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Apr

11

2022

Opinion on 1966 Coup: Pastor Tunde Bakare and the Lies of a failed State

Metro, News, Politics2023, Freedom, Igbo President, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics, Security

By Chuks Iloegbunam. Pastor Tunde Bakare of The Citadel Global Community Church recently spoke through his hat while preaching a sermon. He told his congregation that, on January 15, 1966, during military action that toppled the First Republic, the soldiers that took Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa removed his turban, poured wine on his head, and force-fed him with the alcohol. For abominating him, Balewa, just before he was shot, pronounced a curse on Ndigbo, to the effect that no one from the ethnic group will ever dare rule over Nigeria. Mr. Bakare’s story, fanciful as it sounds, is a…

Apr

10

2022

By OHAFIATV

Nigeria Must Not Be Cloned Into Slavery Through Bad Leadership – Kalu

Economy, Metro, News, PoliticsEconomy, Emeka Kalu, Metro, Mohammadu Buhari, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics, Security

Governance in every liberal democracy does not thrive in the face of recklessness and abuse of office using corrupt tendencies to divert public funds. Governance is all about accountability and good management of scarce resources for the sustenance and development of a sovereign society. Nigeria is not meant to be cloned and politically sold off using sheepish schemes and imposition of orders in the name of running a federal presidential system of government. Global Initiatives For Good Governance (GIGG) is not comfortable with President Muhammadu Buhari's drive to borrow 6trillion Naira to augment a tailored deficit budget or whatever jargon…

Apr

04

2022

By OHAFIATV

EFCC confirms arrest of Cubana Chief Priest

Entertainment, Metro, NewsCubana Chief Priest, DSS/EFCC, Freedom, Metro, Nigeria, Personality

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has confirmed that the popular Instagram celebrity, Pascal Okechukwu popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, is currently in their custody. Reports emerged at the weekend that the commission arrested Pascal at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in the nation’s capital while he was traveling to Owerri, the Imo State capital. Pascal, who is currently being quizzed by the anti-graft agency, was arrested over alleged tax fraud and money laundering. When contacted, the spokesman of EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren confirmed the development on Sunday night. Uwujaren, however, failed to reveal details of the arrest, saying “I…

Apr

02

2022

By OHAFIATV

Embark on road tour to prove Nigeria safer under Buhari – APC stalwart to Lai Mohammed

Metro, News, PoliticsCrime, Metro, Mohammadu Buhari, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics, Security

A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Jonathan Vatsa, has challenged the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, to tour the country by road to prove that Nigeria is safer under President Muhammad Buhari as he claimed. Vatsa, a former Commissioner for Information and Culture in Niger State, told newsmen in Minna that the security situation facing the nation has continued to deteriorate on a daily basis with no end in sight. Asking Lai Mohammed to withdraw the statement credited to him, he said, “when you sit down in Abuja and be issuing statements just to protect…

Apr

02

2022

By OHAFIATV

Resign now, you’ve destroyed, divided Nigerians, Bishop Kukah blasts President

Economy, Metro, News, PoliticsBandits, Boko Haram, Crime, Economy, Metro, Mohammadu Buhari, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics, Security

…Insecurity, poverty, others driving Nigerians into despair, Bishops Obinna, Onuoha …It’s sad that Nigerians now pay taxes, levies to terrorists, bandits —LAGOS CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP, ADEWALE MARTINS By Chidi Nkwopara, Gabriel Olawale & Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo, ABUJA Catholic and Anglican Archbishops from across the country yesterday in their Easter messages decried the high level of insecurity in the country, with some calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to resign, having failed to protect lives and property, which they felt was the fundamental reason for the existence of government. They include the Bishop, Diocese of Kaduna, Anglican Communion, Timothy Yahaya, the Bishop of Kaduna…