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DON'T BE TEMPTED TO EMULATE GABON MILITARY, MURIC WARNS NIGERIAN ARMY

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 In the wake of the recent coup that is sweeping across Africa, with that of GABON being the current, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has urged the military leaders in Nigeria to resist the temptation to follow the path of the Gabonese army regarding the ousting of President Ali Bongo in a bloodless Coup d’etat. On Wednesday, August 30, 2023, it was reported that military leaders in Gabon took over power from President Ali Bongo, whose family had held on to power in the Central African country for a combined 56 years. The development comes barely over a month after military leaders in the Niger Republic deposed President Mohamed Bazoum in a coup. Reacting to the latest incident in Gabon, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, MURIC’s Executive Director, advised Nigerian military leaders to remain apolitical and shun the whispers of military intervention in Nigerian democracy. Akintola's advice was conveyed in a statement on Wednesday evening, in which he also condemned the sit-tight syndrome adop...
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NIGERIANS REJECTED PETER OBI BECAUSE TINUBU WAS A BETTER OPTION - WIKE

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  Nyesom Wike, the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has given an explanation as to why Nigerians chose President Bola Tinubu over the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, in the February 2023 general elections. The fiery Minister declared this in an interview granted on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday, August 30, 2023. The Minister, also the former Governor Rivers State, argued that had Peter Obi been a better candidate, Nigerians would have voted for him instead of Tinubu. The Minister also openly admitted that he supported the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ahmed Tinubu, at the very expense of the torchbearer, Vice President Atiku Abubakar, of his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the controversial poll. When asked whether Obi would have adopted a better approach to resolving Nigeria's knotty economic challenges if he had been elected, the FCT Minister tried to shy away from the questi...
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ANAMBRA STATE GOVERNMENT TO DISTRIBUTE RICE TO 300,000 HOUSEHOLDS BEFORE 2024 - SOLUDO

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Anambra State governor, Chukwuma Soludo The governor of Anambra State, Chukwuma Soludo, has announced an interim response strategy to cushion the impact of petroleum subsidy removal on the citizens of the state. The Governor said this in a state broadcast in Awka, the state capital, on Monday. According to him, the fundamental re-setting of the macroeconomic framework which Nigeria was going through was long overdue though it came with hardship. He said Anambra state was in support of the Federal Government agenda and would partner it to make sure that Anambra residents benefited maximally from the federal programmes  despite the fact that they belong to the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). " In the meantime and over the remaining four months of the year as well as within the context of our 2023 budget framework, we are rolling out a few immediate and medium-term measures. "Anambra government will be distributing rice to over 300,000 households in the coming weeks acro...
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₦5 BILLION PALLIATIVE IS WASTEFUL – FEMI FALANA

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A Senior Advocate of Nigeria and Human Rights Activist, Femi Falana, has raised strong worries over the Federal Government's allocation of ₦5 billion for fuel subsidy removal palliatives, referring them as diversionary and wasteful. Falana made this assertion during an interview on Friday, August 18, 2023, aired on Channels Television. He stressed that the very root cause of the economic challenges that are facing the nation lies in the dollarisation of the economy. He highlighted the necessity for addressing this foundational issue rather than merely providing temporary interventions as solution. Falana expressed his belief that the Central Bank of Nigeria's decision to float the Naira on the foreign exchange market was a wrong step taken, claiming that it has contributed to the country's ongoing economic woes. According to him,  "The majority of the interventions we're witnessing are short-term and sometimes even serve as distractions from the primary concern, wh...
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STOP TAKING RUBBISH FROM POLITICIANS - SANUSI TO NIGERIANS

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The 14th Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi. (NAN) Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the 14th Emir of Kano State, has encourage the Nigerian masses not to feel intimidated by political leaders in the country, saying " We take too much rubbish " from politicians. Sanusi, a former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, voiced this in a video that has now gone viral on social media.  Speaking in the video, the former Emir warned that if politicians are given free reigns, coming generations of Nigerians might have no country to lay hold to as their own. He also said the fact that most Nigerians are not participants in the political fray does not, in any way, make them inferior to their leaders, adding that the citizens are too scared in their comfort zones. Sanusi noted by saying “ We cannot be intimidated by somebody because you are a president or you are a governor, and we cannot tell you that you are wrong." Speaking further, he said, “We have chosen different parts. If I had gone i...
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IT'S DIFFICULT TO END CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA - HOUSE OF REPS SPEAKER

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Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, in an event, has explained why addressing corruption in Nigeria has been very difficult and looking like an impossible task. The speaker, in his speech, affirmed that there’s a high level of corruption within the corridors of power, which according to him has slowed down Nigeria’s ability to reach its full potential. Abbas made this known this while speaking at an event held by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission on Policy Dialogue on Corruption, Social Norms and Behavioural Change in Abuja on Tuesday, August 15, 2023. The speaker pinpointed behaviours, norms, attitudes, expectations, weak governance structures, lack of transparency as some of the factors that contribute to the thriving of corruption in the country. He was quoted of saying  “Despite this recognition, certain corruption-inducing behaviours, norms, attitudes, and exp...
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'WE WON'T WITCH-HUNT ANYBODY WHILE PROBING ALLEGED LOOTING IN ABIA' – PANEL

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Alex Otti, Governor of Abia State The Panel of Inquiry for the Recovery of Government Property and Funds in Abia has come out to assure the public that there shall be no witch-hunt in the discharge of the assignment that was given to it. The chairperson of the panel, retired Justice Florence Duruoha-Igwe, gave this assurance  on Tuesday, August 15, 2023 in Umuahia. At the inaugural sitting of the panel, she was quoted to say " The panel will discharge its duty faithfully and impartially." According to her, the panel was mandated to thoroughly investigate alleged looting of government property and funds and the conversion of the resources to personal use by some government officials between May 2015 and 2023. She affirmed that the panel would make use of all the powers provided by the Laws of Abia State of Nigeria (2005) in relation to the obtaining of evidence in conducting its proceedings. Justice Duruoha-Igwe said “ Ours is not an inquisition and we shall not carry on as if...
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