Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Sat, 02/15/2020 - 14:47
PAN-CULTURAL Igbo group Ohaneze Ndigbo has slammed the five governors of the southeast geo-political zone calling them sell-outs for failing to establish a regional security network similar to the Amotekun project launched in the southwest.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Sat, 02/15/2020 - 14:17
By Ayo Akinfe
(1) Annually, about 80,000 Nigerians perform the hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia. On average, each trip costs about $5,000, which is way below the average Nigerian salary, so the government has to subsidise it from our meagre national resources
(2) Similarly, about 30,000 Nigerian Christians go on annual pilgrimages to Israel each year. According to the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Board, the cost of each fare is about $2,000
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Fri, 02/14/2020 - 16:01
MEMBERS of the Ekiti State House of Assembly have passed the Ekiti State Security Network Agency bill into law thus becoming the first state in the southwest geo-political zone to formally create the regional body Amotekun.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Fri, 02/14/2020 - 14:18
PROPOSED Nigerian airline Green Africa Airways has placed an eyebrow-raising order for 50 Airbus A220-300 aircrafts in what is a massive $117bn deal which when delivered will equip it to become a major player in the global aviation industry.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Fri, 02/14/2020 - 13:51
SEVERAL Igbo leaders including traditional monarchs and the president-general of Ohaneze Ndigbo recently walked out of a meeting with the five state governors from across the southeast geo-political zone unhappy at the way they are being treated.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Fri, 02/14/2020 - 13:13
SUPER Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr has advised his newly-appointed assistant Joseph Yobo to acquire his coaching qualifications in the immediate future if he wants to go on to become a great manager.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Fri, 02/14/2020 - 12:46
INDIGENOUS People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Nnamdi Kanu's parents have been buried amid a lot of fanfare and pageantry in Umuahia today despite the presence of heavily armed soldiers who barricaded the family compound earlier on in the week..
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Fri, 02/14/2020 - 12:20
FORMER Bayelsa Central Senatorial District lawmaker Senator Douye Diri has received his certificate of return from Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) clearing the way for him to be sworn-in as the next state governor.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Fri, 02/14/2020 - 11:54
By Ayo Akinfe
(1) When I read all the gloomy economic forecasts about Nigeria and grapple with the fact that our economy is only growing at a rate of 1.9%, while that of Ethiopia is forecast to grow by 10.8% this year, I ask what is going on. I am sure all these international financial institutions must be asking the same questions too because it is not as if Nigeria lacks the brains to turn her economy around
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Thu, 02/13/2020 - 14:58
BOKO Haram leader Sheikh Abubakar Shekau has warned President Muhammadu Buhari not to ever return to Borno State saying that if he dares doing so again his boys will be on the ground waiting for him.
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