Opinion Archives - Page 219 of 232

Nov

21

2021

‘We will prove EFCC wrong with facts’, Kogi govt reacts to N19.3bn salary bailout

Economy, PoliticsCrime, DSS/EFCC, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics, Yahaya Bello

Kogi State Commissioner for Information and Communication, Mr. Kingsley Fanwo, has said that the State Government has facts to disprove the allegation of the bailout funds by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The EFCC had confirmed the return of N19. 33 billion Kogi State salary bailout funds, recovered by the Commission, to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Reacting, Fanwo in a statement to NAN said that the Kogi government would prepare a comprehensive response to what it called “the desperate moves by EFCC.“ The commissioner stated that EFCC’s move was only a way to save its face over its…

Nov

21

2021

By OHAFIATV

Ohanaeze: Nnamdi Kanu cannot be assassinated

Metro, News, PoliticsMetro, Nigeria, Nnamdi Kanu, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Opinion, Politics

Apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has said that it was impossible for the federal government to assassinate Independent People Of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. In a statement by Ohanaeze’s Secretary-General, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, the group said the Federal Government would never contemplate such as it knew the implications. The statement read, “Attempts to assassinate Nnamdi Kanu will end Nigeria; the Federal Government knows the consequences of hurting a British citizen in their custody. “Such stories of assassination attempts is a ruse and will likely lead to creating disaffection to the already sealed deal between the FG and…

Oct

25

2021

By OHAFIATV

Boom! Justice Inyang Fixes Nov. 1 For Hearing Of Igbo Lawyers Joining Suit Seeking South-East Exit From Nigeria

Metro, News, PoliticsBiafra, Freedom, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics

Lawyers of Igbo extraction have filed an application at the Federal High Court, Abuja seeking to join as defendants in a suit instituted by a group of northern elders praying for the exit of the southeast region out of Nigeria. The northern group had approached the court praying to order the exit of the South-East region based on the agitations of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) led by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Specifically, the northern elders had in June this year instituted the suit, wherein they want the court to compel the Senate President and Speaker of the House of…

Oct

07

2021

By OHAFIATV

N30,000 minimum wage no longer takes Nigerian workers home – NLC

Economy, MetroEconomy, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, NLC, Opinion

Comrade Ben Ukpepi, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) chairman in Cross River State, on Thursday, said that the take-home N30,000 national minimum wage no longer takes Nigerian workers home. Ukpepi disclosed this while commemorating the 2021 International Day for Decent Working Environment in Calabar. The 2021 Day has “Just Jobs” as its theme, NAN reports. Ukpepi explained that it was obvious that the workforce in Nigeria was working in environments that were deficient in indecency, adding that something needed to be done. He said, “Today in Cross River, we are marking the World Decent Work Day as a result of…

Oct

07

2021

By OHAFIATV

Open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari: Before your first shot on Southeast; check the cost!

Amos Oge Kalu, Metro, News, PoliticsComr Amos Kalu, Crime, Emeka Kalu, IPOB, Metro, Mohammadu Buhari, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics, Security

HE, Major General Mohammadu Buhari (Rtd) GCFRC)The President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, State House,Abuja. Your Excellency, For all the positions I have taken on political discourse as it affects Nigeria's continued existence, I have never advocated for violence as resolving solutions to any issue, not even a means for an end as the cost is always painful and costlier than the output. Therefore, I condemn any person or group of persons adopting any form of violence or civil disobedience as an option to register any grievances, 'factual or perceived, For the umpteenth time in my advocacies, I've always emphasised that…