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2024
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Ohanaeze Wants Prosecution Of Those Calling For Eviction Of Ndigbo From S’West

Ohanaeze Wants Prosecution Of Those Calling For Eviction Of Ndigbo From S’West

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By Hadiza Suleman Those championing the calls for the eviction of Ndigbo from Lagos and other South-West states should be arrested and prosecuted. The call was made by the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide in a statement. Our correspondent reports that some interests, under the hashtag #IgboMustGo on X, are demanding the forced eviction of Igbo people from Lagos and other South-west states. They claimed Ndigbo are protesting against President Bola Tinubu's government. Reacting, the national president of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, warned that any attack on Ndigbo in any part of the country would come…
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Aug
03
2024
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Group Berates Akpabio’s Insensitivity To Plights Of Nigerians

Group Berates Akpabio’s Insensitivity To Plights Of Nigerians

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By Hadiza Suleman A media group, Volunteer Media Advocacy for Accountable Leadership, Saturday, said the Senate president, Godswill Akpabio, is a disappointment to democracy and the upper chamber of the National Assembly. According to the group's national secretary, David Enemali, Akpabio seems not to be ready for the position he currently occupies. Enemali said Akpabio, having been a one time governor, a minister and now the Senate president ought to know that he is not "a small boy" that in the past three weeks should be in the media for the wrong reasons. “How can the Senate president, Godswill Akpabio,…
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Aug
02
2024
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Hunger Protests: Tinubu’s Options For Addressing Nigeria’s Economic Problems

Hunger Protests: Tinubu’s Options For Addressing Nigeria’s Economic Problems

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By JULIUS OGUNRO Let us be clear, the reason for the widespread anger is hyperinflation, which has made the prices of goods, especially food, skyrocket. With an unprecedented inflation ratio of 34.19 in June, driven by more than 40 percent food inflation, the country is reeling as people find it difficult to feed themselves. A bag of Nigerian rice is over N80,000; a bag of brown beans is about N100,000; a bag of garri is N100,000; a crate of eggs is around N5000; a tuber of average-size yam is about N5000; a loaf of normal-size bread is between N1800 and…
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Aug
02
2024
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Prosecute Those Threatening To Evict Ndigbo In S’West, Obi Tells Tinubu

Prosecute Those Threatening To Evict Ndigbo In S’West, Obi Tells Tinubu

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By Hadiza Suleman President Bola Tinubu should immediately arrest and prosecute those threatening Ndigbo living in the South-West Region. The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Mr Peter Obi, stated this following a trending call by some people from the South-West for Nigerians from the South-East geopolitical zone to be evicted from the South-West geopolitical zone. Those behind the calls accused the Igbo of being behind the protest against some economic policies of the Tinubu administration. Recall that a person having the Lagospedia on X/Twitter, in a post, urged, “Lagosians and every South-West stakeholders to prepare…
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Aug
02
2024
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Mike Ejeagha and the power of music

Mike Ejeagha and the power of music

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By People&Politics By Tunde Odesola I grew up hating my name, Isaac, after listening to Fela Anikulapo-Kuti’s song, Upside Down, which he did with his American soulmate, Sandra Isidore, in 1976. Apart from his mother, the king-dethroning Madam Olufunmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Sandra was a major influence in the radicalisation of Fela, burnishing his art and heart with the socio-political wildfires called Blackness and Africanness spreading across the US, Europe and Africa to other parts of the world at the time. Harnessing the genius of multi-talented designer, artist, painter and illustrator, Lemi Ghariokwu, whose brush drenched the sleeves of Fela’s albums in…
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Aug
01
2024
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The Price We Pay When Legislators Die

The Price We Pay When Legislators Die

Opinion, Politics
By AZU ISHIEKWENE We met last on April 21. I went to Asaba from Lagos to promote my new book, Writing for Media and Monetising It, at Delta State University, which, according to JAMB statistics, is one of the country’s highest subscribers to Mass Communications in 2021. Senator Ifeanyi Ubah was on the flight to Asaba that morning. I didn’t see him until we entered the arrival hall. He seemed to have added some weight for a man his height. I teased him about his robustly prosperous looks. He replied that journalists like me tend not to add weight because…
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Aug
01
2024
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Looting, Bonfire In Kano: Gov Imposes Curfew

Looting, Bonfire In Kano: Gov Imposes Curfew

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Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State has imposed a 24-hour curfew in the State following large-scale looting and destruction of public and private properties, as well as the burning of buildings including the gatehouse of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC in Kano. There are also reports of killing and maiming of citizens by thugs and hoodlums who hijacked the #EndBadGovernance protest. The governor addressed reporters on the incident at Government House, Kano, on Thursday, August 1. The hunger protest turned violent in Kano after hoodlums started looting and vandalizing government properties, including traffic lights. The gatehouse of the Nigerian Communications…
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Aug
01
2024
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Protesters Burn Tyres At Govt House In Kano

Protesters Burn Tyres At Govt House In Kano

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By Hadiza Suleman There was pandemonium in Kano as some protesters against hunger burnt tyres in front of Government House, Kano, on Thursday. In response, the police officers opened fire and teargas, leading to the crowd dispersing in various directions. It was gathered that the protesters from different parts of the metropolis had converged on the Government House, where Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf was to address them. Some of them assembled tyres and set them ablaze as they were approaching the gate of the Government House.This made security operatives at Government House to fire gunshots and teargas to disperse the…
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Aug
01
2024
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EndBadGovernance: Banks, Filling Stations, Shops Shut In Enugu

EndBadGovernance: Banks, Filling Stations, Shops Shut In Enugu

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By Johnson Nwankwo Banks, filling stations and most shops were under lock and key in some parts of Enugu State following the ongoing protests against government-induced hardship being faced by a majority of Nigerians.Our correspondent visited Ogbete Main Market, and saw some of the shops locked. According to a trader, who refused to mention her name, “Fear is the cause of the dryness of activities in the market. Many will come tomorrow. Today is the beginning, and it is usual that the beginning is being observed by many.” A visit to Ogige Market at Nsukka showed the same scenario. Most…
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Aug
01
2024
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Protests: Security Agencies Embark On Show Of Force In Kaduna

Protests: Security Agencies Embark On Show Of Force In Kaduna

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By Agency Report The police in Kaduna State, along with the army and other sister security agencies, embarked on a ‘Confidence Building Show of Force Operation’ in Kaduna on Wednesday. The police spokesperson, Mansir Hassan, told journalists that the display was to ensure the state’s safety and security. He said, “This operation is designed to serve as a clear warning to those who may seek to use the upcoming protest to destabilise the state. “It also aims to showcase the capabilities and readiness of our security agencies to maintain peace and order. “The operation saw the active participation of several…
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