All Nigeria Need To Do Is To Ask The Igbos To Vote And Determine Where They Want To Belong, Biafra Or Nigeria- Dele Momodu

 All Nigeria Need To Do Is To Ask The Igbos To Vote And Determine Where They Want To Belong, Biafra Or Nigeria

BY DELE MOMODU

Fellow Nigerians, the roof is on fire. And the owners of the house should not
sleep and snore lest they get badly burnt. Please, let no one treat or dismiss
this Biafra controversy as humbug because it is very serious and has the
potential of spiraling out of control and snowballing into an unprecedented
conflagration of unquenchable propensities. War has never been a tea party.
I was about seven years old when the Nigerian civil war broke out in July 1967.
I was a child but not too young not to know and understand some of what was
happening. I certainly felt the tremor of it even in far-away Ile-Ife. We knew
something was definitely wrong when we suddenly noticed the inexplicable
disappearance of our neighbors and family friends. The most painful for us in
my own home was the forceful separation from our prayer warrior and spiritual
Guru, Papa Fineface. Papa Fineface had migrated from the Eastern part of
Nigeria to Ile-Ife many years earlier. Suddenly like a wisp of smoke he was
gone! At that time, we called such citizens of Nigeria from that part, Ibo. Much
later, I somehow learnt that the people should actually be addressed as Igbo.
Well, we continued to use the two names interchangeably till today.

President Buhari's Many Foreign Trips Is For The Good Of The Country - Lai Mohammed

President Buhari's Many Foreign Trips Is For The Good Of The Country

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has justified the many foreign trips of the President, saying that such trips by President Buhari since assuming office are critical to the implementation of his administration key policies of enhancing security, jump-starting the economy, creating jobs and fighting corruption.

In a statement issued on Friday in Abuja and signed by the Special Assistant to the Minister of Information and Culture, Segun Adeyemi, the Minister said all the trips have started yielding fruits in terms of turning the tide in the fight against the insurgents, attracting investments in the range of billions of dollars, and securing global support for the administration’s anti-corruption fight.

“Nigerians, whether in the ruling or the opposition parties, have a right to ask questions about the activities of their President, but it is absolutely important that they do so from an informed, rather than partisan or sensational, standpoint,’’ he said.

What Happens To PDP In The Future Depends On The Women - Kema Chikwe

What Happens To PDP In The Future Depends On The Women

The National Women Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ambassador Kema Chikwe, yesterday said party would not have lost the last presidential election to President Muhammadu Buhari if its women wing had a significant role to play before and during the election.
She added that what would happen to the PDP in the future largely “depends on the women because they are more committed, more determined, more understanding, more patient and more futuristic in politics.

100 Local Hunters Had Declared Their Interest To Go To Maiduguri And Fight The Dreaded Boko Haram.

100 Local Hunters Had Declared Their Interest To Go To Maiduguri And Fight The Dreaded Boko Haram.

A team of local hunters from Kaduna state has said that they are ready to assist the military in Maiduguri to bring to an end the war against terror which has continued to claim many innocent lives in the North East.
Addressing newsmen in Kaduna yesterday, the Head of the local hunters in Kaduna, Alhaji Shehu Musa Al-Jan, disclosed that about 100 local hunters had declared their interest to go to Maiduguri and fight the dreaded Boko Haram.
According to him, the hunters were aware of the December dateline given to the military authorities by President Muhammad Buhari, saying that,’ we are ready to go and fight the insurgents to a standstill.

MASSOB,IPOB: Enugu–Port Harcourt Expressway Blocked By Women Protesters.

 Enugu–Port Harcourt Expressway Blocked By Women Protesters 

The ongoing pro-Biafra protest ravaging the South East zone yesterday took a different dimension in Aba, as women stormed the Enugu-Port Harcourt expressway over the detention of the Director of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.
The women clad in Biafra flags marched round the Ariaria junction to the few kilometers on the expressway singing pro-Biafra and anti-Nigerian government and decried the continued detention of Kanu whom they described; our leader.’

Igbo's Are Very Much Blessed And Loved Exceedingly By God - Ezeemo

Igbo's Are Very Much Blessed And Loved Exceedingly By God

A frontline industrialist, Mr Godwin Ezeemo, has called on the pro-Biafra protesters to have a re-think of their actions and consider its consequences on the generality of the Igbo residing in different parts of the country and tread with caution.
He said grounding businesses in the South East, destroying properties of their brothers, and preventing women from fending for their families, among other negative implications of violent protests, do not give credibility to their call, rather dialogue and diplomacy must be employed in resolving any issue of interest, not war or confrontational principle.
Ezeemo said that 99.9 per cent of the people parading themselves today as pro-Biafra crusaders and going about their agitation in a violent manner did not see or experience the 1967- 1970 Nigerian civil war and as such do not know the consequences of their action.
He called on the protesters to go home and ask their parents, uncles, war veterans in their various localities what it means to incite war and its benefits. “There is nothing good that will come out of conflict, confusion, crisis, not to talk of war where every where will be in comatose.

We Are Completely In Support Of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Anti-Corruption Drive. PDP

We Are Completely In Support Of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Anti-Corruption Drive. 

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said it was not against the arrest of its members who have committed various forms of crimes, but stressed that there should be fairness and transparency in the investigation and trial processes.
Reacting to Chief Raymond Dokpesi’s arrest over his alleged involvement in financial deals with the office of National Security Adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan, retired Colonel Sambo Dasuki, PDP national publicity secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, said that the party was completely in support of President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption drive.

Dasuki Denies Implicating Anyone

                        Dasuki Denies Implicating Anyone

The trial of the former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo‎ Dasuki has again been stalled following the filing of a fresh application by the federal government seeking to stop the execution of the bail granted to the accused person on November 3, 2015.

At the resumed hearing, lawyer to the federal government, Mr Oladipo Okpeseyitan said that he had just been briefed to handle the case through a fiat of the Attorney General of the Federation authorizing him to take over the prosecution of the case.

Angry Mother Burns Daughter's Private Part

                  Angry Mother Burns Daughter's Private Part

Lagos State police have arrested a mother on a charge of child abuse after she allegedly burnt her daughter’s private part because she came home late from school.
A concerned source who disclosed the brutal attack said the woman resides at No. 27, Prof. Adenusi Street, Aga, Ikorodu, Lagos State.
The Trent learnt that victim’s stepfather was away from home when the attack took place around 6pm on Friday, November 27, 2015.
According to the police, the 11-year-old victim came home late because she was playing with her friends.

IPOB,MASSOB: Northern Governors Comes Together To Avert Spread OF Violence.

                   
Governors of the Nineteen northern States on Thursday took undisclosed security measures with a view to ensuring that Wednesday’s violence that included burning of places of worship in the commercial city of Onitsha in Anambra State did not spread to the northern part of the country.

Speaking on behalf of the nineteen Governors, Borno State Governor and Chairman of the Northern States Governors’ Forum, Kashim Shettima whose statement was issued by his spokesman, Malam Isa Gusau on Thursday in Maiduguri, said the Governors, particularly those of major cities were in touch with one another yesterday and had taken some firm measures aimed at averting any spill-over.

Press Release From DAAR Communication Over The Arrest Of Chairman Emeritus High Chief Aleogho Dokpesi.

Press Release From DAAR Communication owners of AIT and Raypower 

On Monday Nov 30, 2015 whilst attending the 70th birthday celebration of former Minister and PDP stalwart, Professor Jerry Gana, the Chairman Emeritus of DAAR Communications Plc. received a telephone call from the Ag. Chairman of EFCC Ibrahim Magu inviting him to the visit the EFCC Headquarters to provide some clarifications and documentation regarding some transactions involving the Office of the erstwhile NSA during the 2015 Presidential election campaigns.
On Tuesday Dec 1, 2015 around 2.00pm, High Chief Aleogho Dokpesi honored the verbal telephone invitation and voluntarily drove himself to the EFCC Headquarters in the company of his son, Raymond Dokpesi Jr and a legal representative of the Chambers of Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, in the person of Barrister Justin Omogbemeh. It is pertinent to state that the contrary to news reports, he wasn't arrested nor was he even formally invited, as there is no letter of invitation. At the commission, he was requested to shed more light on some payments that were made to him through the office of the erstwhile National Security Officer to the former President, Mallam Sambo Dasuki. High Chief Aleogho Dokpesi made his statement on the various media exposures and campaign transactions, which were dutifully carried out across most broadcast, print and social media in and outside Nigeria. Surprisingly, rather than been allowed to go home, a free man, or at most on administrative bail, in self recognizance, High Chief Dokpesi was kept by EFCC operatives, with onerous bail conditions imposed for his release. It is theses conditions that we are now attempting to perfect for his immediate release.

Signed Raymond Dokpesi, Jnr For the Dokpesi Family

Okorocha's Plan To Spend N600m To Decorate Imo For Yuletide Is Ridiculous- Ihedioha

The immediate past Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Chief Emeka Ihedioha, has blasted the Imo State government for planning to spend over N600 million for Christmas and New Year decorations in the state.

Ihedioha in a statement by his media aide, Chibuike Onyeukwu, wondered why Imo should spend such outrageous amount on decorations while citizens had not been paid for months.

Oppressors Should Be Blamed Instead Of Blaming The Biafra Agitators. Chukwudi Nwokoye

by Chukwudi Nwokoye

It is cowardly to blame the victims of murder by the Army and Police. Why do we live in a world where the victims are always blamed instead of the oppressors? Why do we live in the world where victims are always at the receiving end of the “blame-masters”?

When a woman is raped, the hypocritical and cowardly society of ours would not blame the disgusting rapist, but would blame the victim of rape. “What was she doing by that time of the night.?” “Why was she wearing a skimpy shorts or skimpy shirt.”? “Why did she go there in the first place.”?

Buhari Should Be Held Responsible For The Renewed Biafra Struggle. Femi Aribisala

In the eight years of Obasanjo’s presidency, there was no headline-grabbing demand for Biafra. Ditto for the eight years of the Yar’Adua/Jonathan presidency. However, within months of Buhari’s presidency, the Igbo demand for Biafra has become deafening.

Without a doubt, the blame for this new impetus must be laid firmly at the doorstep of President Buhari. Moreover, rather than attenuate it, the president and the APC have exacerbated separatist tendencies in the country.

This was part of the reason why people like me did not support Buhari’s election as president of Nigeria. I have written severally in Vanguard that Nigeria must remain a united nation. In my column of 4th March, 2014 entitled: “Re-inventing Igbo Politics in Nigeria,” I maintained that: “Nigeria cannot survive without the Igbo.” The following week on 11th March 2014, I wrote another article entitled: “Nigeria Cannot Do without the North.”

UK launches Its Air Strikes On Syria Islamic States.

British fighter planes have struck suspected ISIL targets in Syria, just hours after MPs approved a motion authorising the use of military force against the group.
A British Ministry of Defence spokesman confirmed to Al Jazeera that Tornado combat jets had returned to base after conducting combat missions against the group on Thursday.
Earlier, the Reuters news agency reported that four warplanes landed at RAF Akrotiri, the base used for British air strikes on fighters belonging to ISIL, or the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group, in Iraq.