Day: April 6, 2021

Buhari: Nigeria’s Clueless ‘Messiah’

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By Tunde Odesola I laughed upon remembering Chief Zebrudaya Okoroigwe Nwogbo alias 4:30, and a proverb came to mind: “If death are strike dead the slow-motion chameleon with reckless abandon, why shall it not quench the jumpy-jumpy frog with instant automatic alacrity? Tell me!” Chief Zebrudaya, the patriarch of Nigeria’s funniest English sitcom, New Masquerade, didn’t vocalise the above-written proverb, that’s my inexpert creation. If he verbalised the proverb, Zebby, as his beautiful wife, Ovularia, lovingly calls him, would crack up viewers with his bombast while the funniest clowns in…

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Ibom Air Planning Extension Of Flight Operations To The Gambia – Governor

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Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel, inset, Ibom Air The Akwa Ibom State Governor Udom Emmanuel has disclosed that Ibom Air, the State-owned airline, will extend its flight operations to the Gambia and other West African countries in no distant time. The governor made the disclosure when the Gambian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Mohamadou Musa Njie, on Monday paid him a courtesy visit at Government House, Uyo. The governor thanked the Gambian High Commissioner and the President of Gambia for indicating interest in bilateral relations with Akwa Ibom…

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Ogun State Government Uncovers N50bn Hidden Debt By Amosun

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Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State The Ogun State Government says it has discovered hidden N50bn domestic debt left behind by the immediate-past administration of Senator Ibikunle Amosun. The government said the figures given to it by Amosun’s administration did not capture the entire liabilities it left behind when the former governor left office in 2019. In a statement signed by Kunle Somorin, chief press secretary to the governor, the administration claimed that not less than N50bn in financial liabilities were not accounted for in the financial report handed over…

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We Are Not Responsible For Owerri Heist – IPOB

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The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has dissociated itself from Monday’s attacks on both the Police Command and Correctional Service headquarters in Owerri, the Imo State capital. Mr Emma Powerful IPOB Media and Publicity Secretary, said in a statement on Monday that the group was formed on the principle of peace and would not compromise its principles. It would also not attack government’s facilities, he stated. The statement stated, “The attention of IPOB has been drawn to the fallacious and fabricated reports that it is involved in the attack of…

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