God Saved Me From Mistake Of Picking A VP In 1999 — Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed regret in choosing a running mate in 1999. The former president spoke at the National Exhibition and Awards organised by Students for the Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship (SAGE) held at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) in Abeokuta on Saturday. Obasanjo, who won the 1999 and 2003 presidential elections with Atiku Abubakar as running mate, said: “I don’t say I don’t make mistakes. I made many of them. But...

OPINION: APC Runs Into Headwinds as Christian Opposition to Muslim-Muslim Ticket Gains Traction in Nigeria

Presidential candidate faces a dilemma as religious factor threatens to undo campaign.  On Tuesday, July 21, a small crowd of protesters massed outside the secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja, Nigeria. Defying a heavy downpour, they carried placards demanding that Bola Tinubu, the party’s standard-bearer in next year’s presidential election, refrain from choosing a Muslim as his running mate. It was not an impressive crowd by any standard, and the fact, according...

Buhari: No Bail For Nnamdi Kanu Until He Defends The Awful Things He Said About Nigeria

President Muhammadu Buhari disclosed that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), was refused bail so he can defend the uncomplimentary things he had said about Nigeria while in Britain. The president made the disclosure on Thursday at a bilateral meeting with British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, on the margins of the 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Kigali, Rwanda. Reacting to the travails of Kanu who is...

How I Pleaded With God to Kill President Muhammadu Buhari

“Three deadly plagues I have always despised: Donald Trump, COVID-19, and Muhammadu Buhari.” —Anthony Obi Ogbo I am not a sadist, but all through my life, there have been three deadly plagues I have always despised: Donald Trump, COVID-19, and Muhammadu Buhari. So in 2017, I spent seven days fasting and praying, asking God directly to take away the life of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari. I knew that was the right thing to do, and...

The Depletion of Wildlife Conservation in Nigeria ―A Special Report

ARE THERE STILL ZOOS IN NIGERIA? CAUSE OF THE DEPLETION OF WILDLIFE CONSERVATION IN NIGERIA A zoo is considered an establishment that maintains a collection of wild animals, typically in a park or garden, for study, conservation, or display to the public. There abide untapped opportunities in the wildlife subsector for national development but the harnessing of these opportunities in Nigeria appears to be far-fetched as zoos in Nigeria continue to deplete on a regular...

Nigeria 2023 Is Calling, Get Your PVC

For many Nigerians, the 2023 general elections present an important opportunity for a change in trajectory, owing to the aimless drift of the Nigerian state under the incumbent administration. The election will take place amid devastating levels of insecurity, a deteriorating economic situation, endemic corruption, increased poverty levels, and growing discontentment with the government. With political parties concluding their state congresses and national conventions to pick their candidates for legislative and executive branch offices, intense...

Men’s Sexual and Reproductive Health

Whenever we talk about sexual health in Nigeria, it is easily tagged on women so much so that If I asked you what the name for a female specialized doctor is, you probably might not know the pronunciation but you most likely would pull some letters from your memory and say “I know the word has a ‘g’, a ‘y’ and an ‘ist'”, referring to the word ‘Gynaecologist’. However, if I asked you the name...

Emergence Of Okowa: Matters Arising

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, picked Delta state Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, as running mate on Thursday. Addressing members of the Board of Trustees (BoT) at the party headquarters in Abuja, Atiku said he decided to pick the Delta Governor among those recommended because he “personifies not only the seriousness the current moment represents for our country but also the future that our young people yearn for and deserve.” Reacting shortly after...

Soludo To Create 1000 Millionaires Yearly – Anambra Youth Commissioner

By Handel Patrick (Staff Reporter) AWKA — The Commissioner for Youth Development and Creative Economy Hon. Patrick Aghadinuno Mba has disclosed Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo’s commitment and determination to create one thousand youth millionaires annually in Anambra state. Mba who made the disclosure during an exclusive interview with our correspondent at the Government House, Awka said the Governor’s commitment to creating one thousand youth millionaires annually in Anambra is clearly captured in the 2022 revised...

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