Wole Soyinka :Nigeria has World record Number of Imbeciles
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"Wole Soyinka :Nigeria has World record Number of Imbeciles " Mercy Lank Nigerian Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka stated that “Proportionate to Population, Nigeria has a World record of Imbeciles”. ...
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Nigerian Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka stated that “Proportionate to Population, Nigeria has a World record of Imbeciles”. The Nobel Laureate known for his wine sipping habits stated this while speaking on frustration with Nigeria and Donald Trump’ presidency, at an event in London over the weekend. The quotes were tweeted by Financial Times reporter, David Pilling. But we are still searching for the full speech..
Goodluck Jonathan requested for N1Bn from Olisa Metuh before He can appear in Court
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"Goodluck Jonathan requested for N1Bn from Olisa Metuh before He can appear in Court" Mercy Lank Former President Goodluck Jonathan has sought an order directing Olisah Metuh to deposit a sum of N1bn to cover travelling expenses for him...
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Former President Goodluck Jonathan has sought an order directing Olisah Metuh to deposit a sum of N1bn to cover travelling expenses for himself and his security personnel from his home town in Bayelsa State, to Abuja. Justice Abang Okon, following several applications by Olisa Metuh, had ordered Jonathan to testify in defence of the former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. However, an affidavit filed by Jonathan in support of his order read in part, “That he (Jonathan ) as the then President of the Federal Republic (2010 – 2015 ), appointed ministers and different persons to carry out the day-to-day running of the government activities and such appointees are those who directly related with the President and not third parties, such as the 2 nd respondent.
“That it is such appointees that can explain daily government’s transactions which they directly supervised and not the President who was the overall boss. “That the 2nd respondent, Olisa Metuh, was never at any time a personal aide or appointee of the applicant. “That he (Jonathan ) knows nothing about the seven charges for which the 1 st defendant/ 2 nd respondent is standing trial before this court and has absolutely nothing to testify about before this court. “ The he, as a former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, in the event that this honourable court refuses prayer one on the motion paper, shall require the sum of N1,000,000,000.00 (one billion naira) only, to cover travelling expenses for himself and his security personnel, from his home town Otuoke, in Bayelsa State, to Abuja, and also for logistics, and provision of tight security to cover any period of time that he might spend appearing before this court as President of Nigeria between 2010 and 2015.
“That Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, OFR, the lead counsel in this matter, informed me under the same circumstances stated in paragraph 4 above, and I verily believe him, that by virtue of the provisions of section 241(2 ) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015, the applicant is not bound to attend to court except the 2 nd respondent herein (Olisa Metuh), who applied for the issuance of subpoena ad testificandum on him, pays for his travelling expenses.” Among the grounds of the motion filed on Monday by Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, on behalf of Jonathan was that the evidence sought to be obtained from Jonathan would amount to an invasion of his privacy, and family life as provided for in Section 37 of the Constitution. Jonathan also argued that the evidence sought to be obtained from him was likely to expose him to a criminal charge, penalty or forfeiture. He argued that the subpoena was vague and obtained on a bad faith as it was meant to embarrass him. According to Jonathan, Metuh was not his personal aide or an appointee and so could not have dealt with him (Jonathan ) directly under any circumstance to warrant the invitation of the applicant to testify in the charge. The former President said he knew nothing about the charges preferred against Metuh.
NEWS$5.5 billion foreign loan: Why NASS must reject Buhari’s request – PDP Chieftain, Mohammed Usman
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"NEWS$5.5 billion foreign loan: Why NASS must reject Buhari’s request – PDP Chieftain, Mohammed Usman" Mercy Lank The National Publicity Secretary aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the forthcoming national convention, Barrister Mohamme...
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The National Publicity Secretary aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the forthcoming national convention, Barrister Mohammed Kabir Usman has charged the National Assembly to reject President Buhari’s $5.5 billion loan proposal. He stated this at a news conference in Abuja, saying that the loan would mortgage the future of younger Nigerians for the next forty years when Buhari himself might be no more.
Usman reasoned that the economy under the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) government had been backrolled, adding that micro and macro economic indices showed the nation’s worst index since 1999. He noted that bogus economies like Nigeria were often driven by private and public sector, lamenting that under Buhari’s government, private investors have not shown up, while those that were inherited have left thereby creating massive unemployment and economic woes on Nigerians. “Allowing this loan proposal would create serious economic conundrums for Nigerians in the next forty years, when Buhari may not be alive”, Usman pointed. “How can a nation seek loans without understanding the dynamics of the systems of how to generate funds? This APC government wants to sell the future of Nigerians and it must not be allowed.
“Recall that during the Peoples Democratic Party administration, foreign debts owed before the advent of democracy in 1999 was written off and Nigeria had a clean bill of health. In that way, there was vibrant foreign reserve that sustained the value of our currency”, he insisted. The politician added that the President Buhari led administration never meant well for Nigerians, stressing that “the Peoples Democratic Party government was able to put foods on the table of Nigerians, but APC came and changed this course as Nigerians can no longer afford to feed their families”. Speaking further, Kabiru noted that insecurity has heightened in the last two years of the APC led government, as herdsmen have continued to carry out onslaughts on helpless Nigerians unabated. He charged the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Kpotun Idris to release statistics of crimes in the last two years and compare with what it used to be within two years of the PDP led government.
“The level of crime has widened. Kidnappings which used to be a regional crime has suddenly become globalized”, he pointed. Speaking further, he lashed at those who smuggled the erstwhile Chairman of Pension Taskforce, Abdulrasheed Maina into the federal civil service, saying the PDP government at the time found him wanting of corruption and that led to his exit from the service. According to him, the development has cast a slur on the acclaimed integrity of the present administration, saying, it would have been better for the Attorney General of the federation, Abubakar Malami, and Minister of Interior to resign or be sacked else Nigerians will no longer take the anti corruption stance of President Buhari serious. “The Maina gate has exposed the mediocrity of this government and for them to be taken serious, they need to prove to Nigerians that their fight against corruption is not selective”, Usman added.
BIAFRA:see what Ipob plan's to do after 18th November
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"BIAFRA:see what Ipob plan's to do after 18th November " Mercy Lank IPOB will announce a date of Biafra Referendum after a successful boycott of Anamabra election. Please tell your friend to sit at home on ...
Mercy Lank IPOB will announce a date of Biafra Referendum after a successful boycott of Anamabra election. Please tell your friend to sit at home on 18th of Nov 2017. #NoVote #SitAtHome #FreeBiafra
World War 3: Kim Jong-un's master strategy REVEALED but he fears his regime collapsing
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"World War 3: Kim Jong-un's master strategy REVEALED but he fears his regime collapsing" Mercy Lank North Korea’s nuclear threat has been accelerating but Jack Keane, former Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army, has spoken out a...
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North Korea’s nuclear threat has been accelerating but Jack Keane, former Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army, has spoken out about Kim Jong-un’s brutal strategy. Kim Jong-un fears the collapse of the rogue state, and believes the United States will accept the dictator being in control of nuclear weapons, it has been claimed. Speaking on Fox News, Mr Keane opened up on the growing threat of the dictator but said Kim Jong-un fears his regime collapsing after sanctions were imposed on the state. He said: “Director Pompeo said a week ago that this North Korean threat indeed was getting much closer and Secretary Mattis gets those briefings on a regular basis so let’s take them at face value.
“I think what they are trying to tell us is what Kim Jong-un has done all along is he is trying to accelerate the militarisation of nuclear weapons so he can put them on Intercontinental Ballistic Missile that can reach the United States. “He wanted to get that done before these sanctions really start collapsing the regime.
“He believes in his mind that once he has this capability that opposed to the United States attacking him, because he has it, he believes the United States will accept it, because we accept that nuclear bombs going back to 2005 when his father had developed that strategy.” North Korea has been increasing their threats to the US and has ramped up testing of nuclear weapons in recent months.
The most recent nuclear test took place on September 3 at the Punggye-ri Test Site which registered as a 5.7 magnitude earthquake by the South Korean government. Kim Jong-un also issued another warning to the US as a senior diplomat from Pyongyang said the threat of a possible atmospheric nuclear test over the Pacific Ocean should be taken “literally”. The US President is set to visit Asia this week in a bid to highlight his campaign to put pressure on the rogue state and its nuclear programmes. President Trump will visit South Korea, Japan, China, Vietnam and the Philippines, but fears have been raised that the visit could trigger World War 3.
China and South Korea to hold 'emergency summit' amid rising North Korea threat
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"China and South Korea to hold 'emergency summit' amid rising North Korea threat" Mercy Lank SOUTH Korea claim they will hold summit talks with China about improving their countries’ strained relationship. South Korea and China h...
Mercy Lank SOUTH Korea claim they will hold summit talks with China about improving their countries’ strained relationship. South Korea and China have agreed to work to get relations back on track following a year-long standoff after the US installed an anti-missile system in South Korea. The US Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) system angered China, which believed the radar could be used to spy on its territory. South Korea’s foreign ministry in a statement said: "Both sides shared the view that the strengthening of exchange and cooperation between Korea and China serves their common interests and agreed to expeditiously bring exchange and cooperation in all areas back on a normal development track.” President Moon Jae-in will hold a summit meeting with China's President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of an upcoming summit of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) countries in Vietnam between November 10-11, a Blue House official said in a separate briefing on Tuesday. ript async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"> China’s foreign ministry said in a coordinated statement that the two countries have agreed to get their relations back on a normal track “at an early date”. South Korea made it clear that the deployment of THAAD was not aimed at any third country and did no harm to China’s security interests, China’s foreign ministry said. China repeated its opposition to the defence system but takes note of South Korea’s position, it added. The statement added: “South Korea-China relations are very important and in accordance with spirits of joint documents, decided to develop their strategic cooperation partnership.” China retaliated economically over the defence system. It suspended sales of package tours and hindered the operations of South Korean companies operating in China. The Lotte Group, which provided land for THAAD, suspended operations in most of its 99 supermarkets for alleged violations of fire-safety rules. The Lotte Group faces a costly overhaul and is expected to sell its Chinese hypermarket stores for a fraction of what it invested.
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"N88bn compensation Nigeria/Biafra war(Beneficialries): Anambra, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Delta, Ebonyi, Cross River, Abia, Enugu, Benue" Mercy Lank Determined to quell rising agitation by secessionist groups, the Federal Government, yesterday, agreed to release N88 billion for the com...
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Determined to quell rising agitation by secessionist groups, the Federal Government, yesterday, agreed to release N88 billion for the compensation of victims of the Nigeria/Biafra civil war, as well as for completion of demining and destruction of abandoned explosives within the South-East, South-South and North Central regions of the country. Federal Government, in terms of agreement it endorsed before the ECOWAS Court in Abuja yesterday, said while it would pay N50 billion compensation to “true victims” of the civil war that occured between 1967 and 1970, a total sum of N38 billion will be paid to contractors for total and complete demining and destruction of abandoned bombs and landmines within the regions. The decision followed a suit marked ECW/CCJ/APP/06/12, which was filed before the ECOWAS Court on May 2, 2012, by one Vincent Agu and 19 others against FG and five others. Federal Government opted for an out-of-court settlement of the matter after four years negotiation period. According to the agreement document which the ECOWAS court adopted as its consent judgment, two firms, RSB Holdings Nigeria Limited and Deminers Concept Nigeria Limited,
were said to have been contracted in 2009 to carry out demining exercise in the war affected areas. Federal Government told the court that after an exercise that was conducted by medical experts that were employed by the two contractors to screen and identify true victims of the war, “All the parties to this suit acknowledge that 685 persons were selected and classified as survivors while 493 of them were confirmed as victims of either landmines or other dangerous military ordinance including locally fabricated weapons, hence entitled to compensation including their families and communities. “Whereas the parties also acknowledged that a total of over 17, 000 bombs were recovered and destroyed by the 4th and 5th Respondents (the contractors), while a total of 1, 317 are still in the stockpile located at the Mine Action Center, Owerri, Imo State, a large quantity of live bombs still litter the Applicant’s communities.” States listed to benefit from the deal are Anambra, Rivers, Imo, Akwa Ibom, Delta, Ebonyi, Cross River, Abia, Enugu and Benue. The plaintiffs had in the suit they filed for themselves and as representatives of victims of the Nigerian civil war, including all the 493 victims pre-enumerated by the Ministry of Defence, demanded N100m as compensatory and general damages. According to the terms of agreement sighted by Vanguard, while the N50bn compensation would be paid into United Bank for Africa,
UBA, account No. 1018230076 which was nominated by counsel to the victims, Chief Noel Agwuocha Chukwukadibia & Co, the other N38bn woud be paid into Deminers Concept Nig. Ltd UBA account No. 1016296801, belonging to the contractors. Federal Government however maintained that the Terms of Settlement shall operate as full and final settlement of all claims arising from alleged violation of rights of victims of the Biafran war “in any other suits, action or matter however so called that may arise from this subject matter.” The Government said it agreed to release the funds, being conscious of unexploded bombs and other remnants of war that littered some parts of the South-East, South-South and North Central regions and the inherent dangers posed thereof. It said that it reviewed and took “full cognizance of the dire situation and unmitigated threat posed to the Applicants and their communities by aging bombs and other post war lethal materials left under the elements in public places like schools, churches, courts, farmlands and market places”, adding that it was agreed that the contractors, “having satisfactorily performed the 1st phase of the project be mobilised back to site to complete the final phase of the ongoing demining process.” Part of the 11 points resolution the ECOWAS court adopted as its judgment on Monday included: “That a Special Purpose Vehicle, SPV, comprising of all the necessary stakeholders shall be created for the implementation of the activities to ensure transparency and accountability.
“That the Federal Republic of Nigeria undertakes to set up in the South-East, the National Mine Action Center in Owerri Imo State of Nigeria. “That every landmine, unexploded ordinance and explosive remnants of war discovered in the course of the jobs should be completely detroyed. “That the Federal Republic of Nigeria undertakes to rebiuld and or rehabilitate all public/private buildings already identified in the enumerated exercise by the war or used either as military facility or refugee camp during the war as contained in schedule 2 of this Terms of Settlement. “That the Federal Republic of Nigeria undertakes to construct one block of ten (10) classrooms for 50 communities presently barred from using their school facilities because of the presence of bombs and other post war relics; construction of court houses, churches and worship centers where explosive ordnance were found by the 4th and 5th Respondents. “That parties herein urge the honourable court to adopt as the consent judgment this Terms of Settlement in full and final settlement of this case. “That the Federal Republic of Nigeria shall implement the judgment order(s) of this honourable court to wit, payment of the agreed sum as contained in paragraph 16 and 18 above, within a reasonable time not exceeding 45 days from the day of this judgment”
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Falana, Egbeyinka, signed on FG’s behalf Lagos-based human rights activist, Chief Femi Falana, SAN, and Mr. Shola Egbeyinka, signed the agreement on behalf of the federal government and it was documented as consent judgement by head of the ECOWAS Court panel, Justice Chijioke Nwoke. It’s an interim stop-gap to placate Ndigbo – Ebonyi Igbo leader Reacting to the development, an Igbo leader in Ebonyi State, Chief Abia Onyike yesterday described the move by President Muhammadu Buhari to pay N88 billion to the victims of Biafra as an interim stop-gap to placate Ndigbo in the country. He said:”I welcome the gesture as an interim stop-gap measure to placate Ndigbo. It will go a long way to assuage the painful horrors of the Igbo genocide. “However, nothing can replace the self-determination or independence of the Igbo nation as a distinct and autonomous mega ethnic nationality in Africa. Buhari has worked hard to extinguish Biafra and he will fail, the same way Gowon and Murtala Muhammed failed.” Gowon responsible for Nigeria woes since 1967 — Biafra Zionists In another development, proactive pro-Biafra group, the Biafra Zionist Federation, BZF, has lashed out on ex-military dictator and former Head of state, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (rtd), calling him a coward and accusing him of lying. Gowon had recently granted an interview to a national newspaper (not Vanguard) where he accused late Biafra leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu of thwarting the 1967 Aburi accord which brought about the 3 years civil war.
But the BZF, yesterday, described Gowon’s statements as lies and an act of cowardice to have waited for 8 years after Ojukwu’s demise to make such preposterous claims. The group wondered why Gowon did not come out to speak when Ojukwu was alive and why he suddenly fell ill after returning from Aburi, Ghana, as he claimed in the interview. Leader of BZF, Mr. Onwuka Nsiegbe in a statement he released in Enugu, yesterday said it was shameful for Gowon to engage in such a “high calibre twisting of history even at his old age.” While chiding Gowon for going to Aburi unprepared, Onwuka said, “he is a coward and a British stooge. “Why is he coming now to tell us what happened during the civil war; why didn’t he make these declarations when Ojukwu was alive; why did he wait until 8 years of Ojukwu’s demise to say Ojukwu lied; why now?” He challenged Gowon to produce what he claimed to be the true Aburi Accord for the world to see if he was sincere that Ojukwu gave the accord a different interpretation. Onwuka said, “Gowon is to be blamed for the crisis in Nigeria from 1967 till date; he caused the whole crisis. He could not control the killing of the Easterners as the then head of State. The Aburi Accord would have sorted out all Nigeria’s problems. “The Biafrans came up with a model; a Swiss confederation model; the East, led by Ojukwu went prepared; Gowon went there empty; he came up with nothing. “Now, having agreed and signed the accord, it was expected that Gowon would come back and make an announcement but he refused to make the announcement; what happened? “The British government reached out to him and warned him not to implement the Aburi Accord; he was never sick. He was afraid that the Igbos would control the oil. “There was pressure on Ojukwu to tell the people what was agreed in Aburi. Gowon reneged on the Aburi Accord on the advice of British government.
“If he were sick, what of his vice, what of his foreign minister, what of his information minister? So, he deliberately went incommunicado. That was the genesis of the crisis.” Onwuka added that “in further defiance to the Aburi Accord, this same Gowon created 12 states; the British government advised him to create 12 states instead of implementing the Aburi Accord. The East rejected it and that was the beginning of the full-blown crisis. “Ojukwu never envisaged secession; the Eastern region never envisaged secession; it was Gowon’s refusal to implement the Aburi Accord and his subsequent creation of 12 states that caused all these problems which are still lingering till date. “Ojukwu’s only mistake was not accepting the offer from Russia. It was a diplomatic blunder; a diplomatic deficiency; failure to understand international politics. “Gowon is the cause of the civil war; he is the cause of all the problems facing Nigeria today. He brought this up now in order to weaken Biafra agitation; he is doing this to destabilize what we are doing about Biafra’s independence.”
without knowing that he succeeded then because of international support from the United Kingdom. Biafra had none.” “Ojukwu’s only mistake was not accepting offer from Russia. It was a diplomatic blunder; a diplomatic deficiency; failure to understand international politics. That is why we are saying that only the United States can help us get Biafra. “He is already paying for his sins. Look at herdsmen massacring his people in Kogi, Nasarawa, Benue, Taraba, Kwara and the rest. These are the people he used to fight the Igbos. It same on both Danjuma and Gowon.”
