Article: Paralyzed By The Internal Contradictions Of Change: The Ongoing Fuel Supply Crisis As A Metaphor

By Jaye Gaskia

Nothing better demonstrates the collective nature of the decline in quality and gross failure of the collective leadership of Nigeria’s ruling class, than the current fuel crisis with the grand return of fuel queues, occasioned by fuel scarcity, itself driven by disruptions in fuel supply chain.

News Release: Arrest Of Innocent Chukwuma, CEO Of Innoson Motors Ltd By EFCC Is A Dangerous, Unprovoked And Undisguised Act Of Regional Aggression

Going by the chronology of facts available to it  and the verifications of same so far made, the Lower Niger Congress (LNC) has reached a preliminary determination that the aggression unleashed against Innocent Chukwuma, CEO of Innoson Motors Ltd is an arm-twisting brigandage by the Guarantee Trust Bank (GTB) and its owners, using the EFCC and Police an instruments of Intimidation, in a straightforward matter of Commercial Dispute in which the embattled Innocent Chukwuma and his company, Innoson had recoursed to the painstakingly slow judicial process for remediation.

Photonews: Nigeria Labour Congress National Executive Council Meet In Abeokuta

News Release: Statement By Imo People's Action For Democracy (IPAD) On The Attack By The Police During Their Peaceful Rally

The Imo Peoples Action for Democracy (IPAD) wishes to inform the world that Imo State has unfortunately become a fascist state where freedom of expression and assembly is no longer guaranteed.

News Release: Extension Of Tenure Of Service Of Chief Of Defence Staff And Service Chiefs

1. The President and Commander in chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria His Excellency President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR, having carefully reviewed the on-going military operations across the nation and the efforts of the Chief of Defence staff and the Service chiefs in the counter insurgency operations in the North East coupled with the security situation of the Niger Delta region, has graciously approved the extension of tenure of service of  General Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin, the Chief of Defence Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai Chief of Army Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok-EteIkwe Ibas, the Chief of Naval staff and Air Marshal Sadique Baba Abubakar, the Chief of Air staff.

Photonews: Occupy Imo State Photos

News Release: CLO Explains How Anambra Governorship Election Was Won And Lost

What happened during the November 18 election in Anambra 

State was a shame of the highest order. A combination of highly monetized politicking, arm twisting of several groups, vote buying, ICT compromise, desperation to return at all costs, operation deliver at all costs, vendetta and vindictive election deal, money for hand back for ground style and betrayal at its peak.

Article: To Build A Real Nigeria Nation; The Utmost Need For A New Leadership

By Jaye Gaskia

Our country and her peoples have been, and continue to be subjected to intensifying levels of hardships, compounded by growing insecurity.

Fifty-Seven [57] years after independence we seem to be trapped in our past, as we continue to debate not the challenges of nation building or nationhood, but the very notion of whether we can exist as a nation, and coexist as one people with one common citizenship.

Photonews: Virgins' Festival In Okrika, Rivers State, Nigeria

Speech: "I Dedicate This Mandate To The Almighty God"

Secondus

(Being text of  acceptance speech by the new Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party of Nigeria, Prince Uche Secondus)

Photonews: Nigeria's Peoples Democratic Party Convention "Unity List"

Photonews: Nigeria's Peoples Democratic Party Convention

U-Report: Islamic Movement Nigeria Drags El Rufai, Police, Others To Court Over Rights Infringements, Ban, Others

El Zakzaky of IMN

Reported By A Citizen Reporter

The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) has sued the Kaduna state governor Nasiru Elrufai, the Kaduna state government and the Kaduna state Police Command among others over the continued persecution of its members in Kaduna state and the trampling of their religious rights.

Article: Scrutinizing The Self Adulation Of A Dysfunctional Government

President Buhari

By Jaye Gaskia

Where do we begin from? Let us start with the conclusion: This government is the most dysfunctional government in the recent history of our country, and certainly since the 1999 return to civil rule.

Speech: "Let Us All Move Forward....."

Mugabe

(Being resignation speech made by Robert Mugabe)

Fellow Zimbabweans, I address you tonight on the back of a meeting I held today with the nation’s security forces command element.

Photonews: Robert Mugabe Hands Off Zimbabwean Presidency

Mugabe

U-Report: "Ekwueme Was The Stabilizing Factor In Nigeria’s Politics"–Ibori

Late Ekwueme

Reported by Tony Eluemunor

Chief James Onanefe Ibori has described the death of Dr. Alex Ekwueme as most shocking.  He said “though His Excellency, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, GCON, was a great leader, a national father-figure, a stabilizing factor in Nigerian politics, I Chief James Onanefe Ibori can never stop asking “what if”! 

News Release: The Ekwueme Family Announces Death Of Nigeria's Former Vice-president

Late Alex Ekwueme

The Ekwueme family regrets to announce the peaceful passing away of their patriarch, the former Vice-President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Dr Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme GCON. The sad event occurred at The London Clinic at 10:00 pm on Sunday 19th November 2017.

Signed:

HRH. Prof. Laz Ekwueme
Igwe of Oko

U-Report: CNPP Hails Obiano's Victory, Commends INEC, Security Agencies

Reported By Willy Ezeugwu

The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has hailed the reelection of Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State in last Saturday's governorship election in the state and gave a thumb up to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for a job well done.

Special Report: Offshore Trust Linked To Mandela

Late Mandela

Details about an offshore trust linked to former South African president Nelson Mandela have emerged from the Paradise Papers, a trove of financial records from the offshore law firm Appleby.

News Release: Tribute To Chinua Achebe (1930-2013), The Great Symbol of The Igbo Spirit!

Late Achebe

Chinualumogu  Achebe was born in 1938, in Ogidi, Anambra State of Igboland. He was reared in a Christian family, studied medicine and literature at the University of Ibadan. He worked for the Nigerian Broadcasting Company (NBC), where he rose to the rank of Director of External Broadcasting. He left the Services of the NBC in 1966, following the massacres of Igbos that led to the Biafra War. His novel, A Man of the People, was falsely believed to have implicated him in the Civil War. Indeed, Chinua was merely prophetic in that novel.

News Release: Understanding Intersociety’s Rights Campaign In Nigeria & Our Opposition To “No Election” Or “Vote & Die” Campaign In Anambra State

Human Rights campaigns around the world have no boundaries and are beyond municipal, regional and int’l legislative and executive policy restrictions. In other words, human rights campaigns are carried out in the entire 193 member-States of the UN, 46 trusteeship territories and territories of world’s 10 million Stateless persons. Defense of human rights is originally rooted in volunteerism, passion for humanity and selfless service to humanity. It is also not-for-profit activity.

Photonews: Nigeria Immigration Service Moves Against Atiku's Companies, Others

News Release: Falana, Ribadu For Summit On Corruption And Whistleblowing

Falana

Prominent human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana and pioneer chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu will on Tuesday headline a national summit on whistleblowing and the fight against corruption in Nigeria. 

Speech: "What The Zimbabwe Defence Forces Is Doing Is To Pacify....."

Army Chief Constantino Chinwenga(Photo Credit: PressTv)

(Being Speech by the Zimbabwean Military in respect of current situation in the country)

Fellow Zimbabweans, following the address we made on 13 November 2017 which we believe our main broadcaster, ZBC and The Herald were directed not to publicise, the situation in our country has moved to another level.

News Release: Final Appeal To Anambra Voters & Other Electoral Stakeholders

(Come out to vote! Ignore IPOB’s ‘Vote & Die’ threat and FG’s militarization of Anambra polity)

The recent threat of “vote and die” issued against the homeland Igbo population especially the citizens and residents of Anambra State including the State’s 2.15m registered voters by the Uche-Mefor deputy leadership of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as well as the militarization of the poll security by Buhari led Federal Government must not be allowed to scare away Anambra voters, resulting in some say; “ federal executive desperation to rig the Poll and capture Anambra State at all costs”.

Open Letter: "We Need To Caution Against Politicizing The Future Of Our Children"

By Salihu Moh. Lukman (smlukman@gmail.com)

I resolved to write to Kaduna State APC Stakeholders in order to further stress my call for caution against politicizing the future of our children, which I posted on my facebook wall, hereby reproduced again:

News Release: The Gani Fawehinmi Award

Late Fawehinmi

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) hereby formally announce to, and invite, the general public to nominate deserving person or persons (Judges, Legal Practitioners, Scholars, Researchers, Journalists, Human Rights Workers and/or Registered Associations) for the resuscitated Gani Fawehinmi Signature Prize for the promotion of Human Rights and Social Justice in Nigeria.

Special Report: "Paradise Papers" On Outgoing President Of Liberia

President Ellen- Johnson Sirleaf

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has served as the president of Liberia since 2006. Before her presidency, Johnson Sirleaf was a director of Databank, a financial services provider based in the West African country of Ghana.

Speech: "The 2018 Budget Will Consolidate On The Achievements Of Previous Budgets"

President Buhari

(Being 2018 budget speech by President Muhammadu Buhari)

Protocols.

1. I am here to present 2018 Budget Proposals. Before presenting the Budget, let me thank all of you Distinguished and Honourable Members of the National Assembly, and indeed all Nigerians, for your support and prayers for my full recovery while I was on medical vacation.

News Report: A Massive Trove Of Data On Offshore Transactions Is Leaked

Courtesy: The Economist

In April 2016, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) dropped a bombshell. Its articles about the “Panama Papers”, a leaked trove of documents which had been stolen from Mossack Fonseca, a Panama-based law firm, sent shock waves round the world—felling the leaders of Pakistan and Iceland, leading to multiple arrests and pushing several countries to tighten laws related to offshore financial dealings. The revelations also caused a further hardening in public attitudes towards offshore finance, which had been souring since the global financial crisis.

Photonews: Nigeria's State Sustainability Index

Photonews: New AREFFN President And Secretary Brief The Media In Port Harcourt

New President of Association of Registered Freight Forwarders, Nigeria(AREFFN), Alhaji Bala Lawan Daura with New National Secretary, Comrade Chidi Anthony Opara(right) briefing Maritime reporters in Port Harcourt.

Article: The Imperativeness Of Change

By Livy-Elcon Emereonye

"It takes all the running you can do to stay in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that." - Lewis Carroll

News Release: Ibori Condoles Bola Tinubu Over Loss of His First Son,

Ibori

Chief James Onanefe Ibori has condoled Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu over the loss of his first son, Babajide, on Wednesday, November 1, 2017.

News Release: President Buhari Condoles Ruling Party National Leader Over Death Of First Son

Tinubu

President Muhammadu Buhari is deeply grieved to learn of the passing away of Jide Tinubu, eldest son of the APC National Leader, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu.

News Release: List Of Sanctioned Broadcast Stations In Nigeria

The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, has released the list of broadcasting stations that have been sanctioned for various breaches in contravention of the provisions of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code in the third quarter of 2017.

News Release: South-West Group Backs Uche Secondus For PDP National Chair

Secondus

In a new dimension to the race for the PDP chairmanship,Oodua PDP Alliance has drummed support for Prince Uche Secondus and called in South West to drop the bid for the party leadership.

News Release: IPOB's Response To The Recent News Release By An Organization Called MOBIN

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) under the Leadership Team of the Directorate of State (DOS) hereby inform all Biafrans to distance themselves from the information contained in a recent press release by an Igbo-centric organization that goes by the acronym “MOBIN.”

News Report: “Let Me Say Here Without Fear Of Being Contradicted That I Think Halfway Through The Journey, We Are Losing Our Core Values"----Hameed Ali

Ali

Courtesy: Punch Newspaper, Nigeria.

The Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (retd.), has said that the change agenda of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has been derailed because it had not kept to its promises.

News Report: "Only The gods Know The Time To Release Me After Fortifying Me For The Crucial Battle Ahead"---Nnamdi Kanu

Kanu

Courtesy: www.everynews247.com

INTRO: Since the clashes between members of the proscribed and designated terrorists organization, the Indigenous People of Biafra  (IPOB),and the Nigerian soldiers in  September 2017,  leader of the Southeast -based  Biafran secessionists sect, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu  has reportedly gone into hiding. His sudden disappearance raised anxiety   in Nigeria and beyond about his whereabouts, fuelling speculations about his possible arrest by the military.

Photonews: Comrade Chidi Anthony Opara And Others Inaugurated Into The National Executive Committee of Association of Registered Freight Forwarders, Nigeria (AREFFN)

Comrade Chidi Anthony Opara(4th from left) inaugurated as National Secretary

The newly inaugurated National Executive Committee members being advised by the secretary of the Board of Trustees, Innocent Elum, Esq.

Article: Why Government Should Reposition NMCN.

By Emeka Oraetoka

The effort of government in enthroning a functional and responsive health care system in Nigeria may not yield adequate result if the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN) is not repositioned to carry out its mandate effectively. The strategic role being played by NMCN in Nigeria has made it imperative that the establishment be adequately funded. It is a trite fact that in a hospital system, doctors cannot function without nurses.

News Release: The Retun Of “Glover Hausas” In The Nigerian Army: Exposing 95% Dominance Of Key Army Formations In Igbo Land By Northern Muslim Officers

It is sad and shocking that what is called “Nigerian Army” today and its mother “security and defense” establishments are nothing but “resurrected Glover Hausas” of the 19th Century. Recall that in 1863, British Lt Glover of the Royal Navy selected 18 indigenes from the Northern part of the country and organized them into a local force, known as the "Glover Hausas".