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The Nigerian Bar Association on Friday rejected President Muhammadu Buhari’s comment that national security takes precedence over the rule of law. The President had made the comment while declaring open the 58th Annual General Conference of the NBA on Sunday. The conference, on Friday, culminated in the inauguration of NBA’s new President, Mr. Paul Usoro, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, and other newly elected national officers of the association. Usoro, who became the 29th President of the association took over from Mr. Abubakar Mahmoud (SAN), who with his team had piloted the affairs of the association for two years. In its communiqué, which it issued at the end of the conference on Friday, the association said it rejected Buhari’s comment, insisting that the rule of law was central to democracy. It added that national security must be managed within the parameters of the rule of law. The President’s comment had attracted condemnations by Nobel Laureate, P...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday warned Nigerians who continue to migrate from the country through illegal routes, despite the inherent dangers, that they are on their own. He said such people make the uncertain trips at their own risk. Buhari said this during a joint press conference he had with the visiting German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He said his administration had made it clear to all that care to listen that it would not support any illegal acts. He, however, said the government would bring back those who are trapped in Libya in-between Nigeria and their final destinations. The President said, “Firstly, I am against those my countrymen and women that illegally travel to Europe. “I believe you know the ECOWAS protocol encourages free movement of persons, goods and services. But for those going to Europe, we are not, as an administration, agreeing with those who continue to defy the Sahara Desert and the Medi...

Former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has approached the Federal High Court in Abuja, alleging plot by the Nigerian Police Force, NPF, to infringe on his fundamental human rights. He prayed the court to quash and declare as illegal, a summon Police issued for him to appear at its headquarters to be interrogated over allegations bordering on conspiracy, criminal defamation, inciting publication, injurious falsehold and conduct likely to cause a breach of peace. Cited as respondents in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/917/ 2018, were the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, the Nigerian Police, and the Attorney General of the Federation, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN. Specifically, the former Minister, who is a frontline critic of the President Muhamadu Buhari-led administration, prayed the court to declare that the said letter of invitation by the police was unlawful, unjustifiable, illegal and unconstitutional. He contended that the invitation ...

Ike Ekweremadu, deputy senate president, says he will remain in the upper legislative chamber forever, if he wants. Ekeweramdu said this on Thursday while speaking at the event organised by the Not Too Young To Run movement. The theme of the event was ‘Youth Candidacy and the Future of Nigeria Beyond 2019.’ He advised the young political aspirants to go back to their grassroots and “pay your dues.” “I’m in total touch with my people and that is why if I want to remain in senate forever, I will,” Ekweremadu said. “PDP is not a home for urban politicians, for young people. If you want to participate in politics, you have to pay your dues and the best place to pay your dues is your local community. “That is where we all started from. Don’t think you will go to the house of representatives or house of assembly by running around Wadatda Plaza, it’s not going to work.” The deputy senate president has been in upper legislative chamber for more than a decade. S...

  The Nigerian community in South Africa has again cried over the killing of two Nigerians in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the latest deaths have increased the death toll of Nigerians in the former apartheid enclave to 122 in 30 months. The latest Nigerian to have lost their lives in the crime-prone nation were identified as Mr. Okechukwu Chukwumezeriri and Mr. Olushola Ayanleye. The President of the Nigerian Union in South Africa (NUSA), Mr Adetola Olubajo, gave the information in a statement on Friday. Olubajo said that Chukwumezeriri, 39, from Imo was shot dead on a football field on August 25 at Rietondale Park in Pretoria. He said that Ayanleye, 42, from Ondo State was also shot dead in the night of August 26 at Esselen Street, Sunnyside in Pretoria. “Information gathered revealed that last weekend’s violence which claimed two lives with another two hospitalised in Pretoria were gang-related killings. “As t...

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has called on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirants to unite and sack the non-performing All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government. Wike also called on the presidential aspirants to support whoever emerged as the party’s candidate after the presidential primary. He spoke yesterday, at the Government House, Port Harcourt, during a condolence visit by a PDP presidential aspirant and former governor of Sokoto State, Attahiru Bafarawa, over the death of the State’s Attorney General, Emmanuel Aguma. He said: “What we are saying is that all of us must put our heads together to remove this government that does not mean well for Nigerians. Power comes from God. If God says it is you, there is nothing any man can do about it. Man can only struggle.” On Aguma’s death, Wike thanked the former Sokoto State governor for his condolence visit. The governor described Aguma as a dependable ally who stood by his adminis...

Amnesty International has asked the Nigerian government to release those who have been subjected to enforced disappearance in the country. In a statement issued on Thursday to mark the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, the human rights group accused the government of holding several persons in secret detention facilities without charge or trial across the country. “So many families are still searching for loved ones who have not been seen for many years,” the Director of Amnesty International Nigeria, Osai Ojigho, said. “In some cases, families live with the pain of not knowing whether their loved ones are alive or dead.” She added, “It’s time the government did the right thing – and either release these detainees or charge them with a recognisable criminal offence in a fair trial without recourse to death penalty.” Ojigho accused the government of using enforced disappearance as a tactic to “silence critics and instil fear” in civili...

Their will be nothing like Sit At Home come September 14th in my state.  The Governor of Imo state, Mr Okorocha has warned the workers of the state never to adhere on the order given by the indigenous peoples of biafra IPOB.  However the Governor Threatened to sack any worker that disobeys his order. The Information was revealed by one of Okorocha's home aide.

Former Plateau State governor and senator representing Plateau north senatorial district at the National Assembly, Dr. Jonah David Jang, said he will pursue vigorously the task of restructuring Nigeria if elected president. He lamented that the country was deeply divided along ethnic and religious lines thereby creating suspicion and lack of trust among various ethnic group in the country. Jonah Jang disclosed this yesterday , when he presented letter of intent to contest the 2019 Presidential election to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). “I’ve come on behalf people of my constituency, Plateau State, the Middle Belt of Nigeria, and the entire nation. I’ve come to formally and officially announce my interest and decision to join the contest for the Presidency of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in the coming 2019 elections. “The clamour for restructuring will be addressed, in line with the provisions of our laws. Restructuring and reorganising Nigeria to the comfor...

ABUJA—THE Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said Nigeria is fast becoming a destination of choice for international tourists because of the favourable policies of the present administration.  The Minister said this, in Abuja on Monday, when he received the organisers and contestants of the Miss Polo International Beauty Pageant. He said: “There is no doubt that Nigeria is fast becoming a destination of choice for international tourists, thanks to the country’s hospitable people, the country’s increasingly high-rating in the international community and the successes achieved by the present Administration in ensuring the security of lives and property, as well as providing such infrastructure as power, roads, and rail. “The administration’s Visa-On-Arrival policy is also helping in making Nigeria a destination of choice for tourists and business people in general. The Federal Government will continue to pursue those policies that a...

 No leader, however good he may be, can sufficiently address the grievances of the Niger Deltans except true structural reformation of the country," IYC stated. The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has faulted Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo's recent comments on restructuring, stating that no leader can “address the grievances of the Niger Deltans except true structural reformation of the country”. While addressing the Nigerian community in USA, Osinbajo had said Nigeria's problem is leadership, not restructuring. However, in a statement, the Ijaw Youth Council said it could not understand the vice-president’s position on restructuring, noting that “Nigeria’s teething problems are feathered by the internal colonialism of indigenous Nigerians by the major tribes as well as the economic strangulations of the components states”. Citing various peculiarities of the country that support the calls for restructuring, the council stated that Osinbajo should rather “...

Fani-Kayode requested for either September 4 or 5 for the interview, even as he described the reason for the police invitation letter to him as vague. Former Minister for Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has written to the police force headquarters in Abuja for a change of date to enable him appear for questioning over his alleged offense, as the August 28 date given to him was not feasible. He said the change of date was as a result of his engagement at the ongoing national conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), holding in Abuja. Fani-Kayode, in a letter to the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, signed by his counsel, Raphael Oyewale and Idunnu Ajina, specifically requested for either September 4 or 5, 2018, for the interview, even as he described the reason for the police invitation letter to him as vague and ambiguous. Fani-Kayode’s letter, dated August 27, from Kayode Ajulo & Co., read: “We have our client’s instruction...

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, SKC Ogbonnia, has declared that President Muhammadu Buhari has been rejected by the entire people of the world. Ogbannia, a presidential aspirant on the platform of the APC, said that the world does not want President Buhari back in office. In a statement made available to DAILY POST on Monday, the presidential aspirant was reacting to the recent claim by Financial Times that US President, Donald Trump described Buhari as lifeless President. He said, “I told you so. About ten days ago, I revealed to our great party, the All Progressive Congress (APC), and fellow Nigerians that the world is against President Muhammadu Buhari’s second term bid. “I asserted that the opposition is coming from ‘influential leaders within our major allies, including Great Britain, the United States, France, Germany, Russia, China, Canada, etc.’ “I added ‘that the emerging consensus among these nations is that Presid...

The Federal Government has questioned the authenticity of a statement reportedly made by President Donald Trump describing President Muhammadu Buhari as a “lifeless leader.” Trump made the statement shortly after a meeting between the two leaders on April 30, Financial Times reported on Monday. Buhari, the first sub-Saharan Africa president to meet Trump since he was sworn in as the 45th American president, was in the US for bilateral talks. The meeting, according to the Newspaper, ended with Trump saying he never wanted to meet someone as lifeless as Buhari again. Reacting, Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said that if Trump said so, it would be of no significance since the President of the United States of America had earlier publicly endorsed Buhari. Mohammed told Punch, “I doubt the authenticity of the claim that the President of the USA said that. “But if truly he said so, then it is of no significance to us. “This ...

Ahead of the 2019 general electons, Charismatic Anambra Catholic Priest, Reverend Fr. Emmanuel Obimma, popularly known as Ebubemonso has cautioned the South-east against being deceived by the promise of Igbo presidency in 2023. The cleric spoke at his Holy Ghost Adoration Ministry, Uke, Anambra State, when he received Eighteen (18) of the first Christian converts in Guangzhou, China, who arrived Nigeria as pilgrims. The team comprising three Catholic priests, two Catholic Reverend Sisters and other Chinese Christians were accompanied by seven representatives of Nigerians resident in China. In his sermon, Fr. Ebubemonso also cautioned against launching of Operation Python Dance 3 by the Nigerian Military. “The problem of Nigeria is recycling of power and having said this I also want to warn that the Northerners should stop using Igbo Presidency 2023 to deceive Ndigbo as it is impossible to materialize unless by divine mandate,” he said, regretting that “Igbos ...

The British Prime Minister, Theresa May on Tuesday, noted Nigeria was the home of the highest number of poor people in the world. She said this while observing that Africa was home to a majority of the world’s fragile states, and a quarter of the world’s displaced people. Speaking in Cape Town, South Africa, May said 87 million Nigerians were living below the poverty line of $1 and 90 cents per day. She said, “Much of Nigeria is thriving, with many individuals enjoying the fruits of a resurgent economy, yet 87 million Nigerians live below $1 and 90 cents a day, making it home to more very poor people than any other nation in the world. The Prime Minister noted that achieving inclusive growth was a major challenge across the world. She stressed that Africa needs to create 50,000 new jobs per day to keep employment rate at its current levels till 2035. “I am unashamed about the need to ensure that our aid program works for the UK. “Today I a...

Foremost novelist Chinua Achebe claimed that Nigerians, especially of the Hausa/Fulani and the Yoruba stocks, do not like his Igbo ethnic group because of the southeast’s cultural advantage. He made this claim in his new book, There was a Country, which has generated controversy for his onslaught on the role of Obafemi Awolowo as the federal commissioner of finance during the Nigeria civil war. He accused Awolowo of genocide and imposition of food blockade on Biafra, a claim that has drawn rebuttals and contradictions of emotional intensity from some southwest leaders and commentators. “I have written in my small book entitled The Trouble with Nigeria that Nigerians will probably achieve consensus on no other matter than their common resentment of the Igbo,” he wrote under the heading, A History of Ethnic Tension and Resentment. He traced the origin of “the national resentment of the Igbo” to its culture that “gave the Igbo man an unquestioned advantage over...

Respected elder statesman and Nigeria’s First Republic Aviation Minister, Chief Mbazulike Amechi, has told the Nigerian government to include Referendum to the constitution and let it be conducted to determine Igbos’ fate in Nigeria. Amechi was reacting following the alleged plot for former Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu to succeed President Buhari, while the party has been promised to shift power to South-East (Igbo land). He also noted that the moves to scheme out the Igbo in the 2023 electoral calculations were reminiscent of Chief Obafemi Awolowo’s collaboration with the northern military regime in the aftermath of the aborted implementation of the Aburi Accord between General Yakubu Gowon and the late Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu. “What Saraki said is obvious because those who follow the politics of Nigeria know that it is the game that is going on now. We are not surprised. The Igbo have been neglected and not seen as part of the fede...

Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, has declared that President Muhammadu has “passed” in terms of governance rating. He said this at the Month Olives Anglican Church, Tanke, Ilorin in Saturday. Addressing the congregation, comprising politicians, the Vicar, Rotimi Omotoye, had admonished those in authority to render selfless service to the people and shun unreasonable acquisition of wealth and material things. He also charged the government of the day to do more in improving security, peaceful co-existence as well as alleviating poverty and improving the living standard of the citizens. Reacting to the exhortation by the priest, Mohammed said President Buhari was on the right path. “The pastor said that government should aim at alleviating poverty, improving the lives of the citizens. If these are the yardsticks for good governance, I think we have passed”, NAN quoted him as saying. “I can make bold to say that government tha...

Dear Chief Nwodo. I have just read the attached Press Release from your Office lamenting the renewed hostilities between Ohaneze Ndi Igbo and the Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB. I have listened carefully to many of your speeches and I am impressed by your understanding of the issues. Inside me, I do not believe that you and many of the Igbo leaders in Ohaneze deliberately mean any harm to the Igbo people. I can confidently say that you have intended to play the role of a father trying to protect his children from harm. But you realise that you must be seen to be doing that and that intentions are not enough. But your greatest failing has been in communication. You have been called upon to lead Igbo people at one of the most critical periods in our history second only to the period of the Genocidal War against Biafra. It was not a civil war. There was nothing civil about that war. As you know too well, the Igbo people are facing a battle for our very surviva...

Rochas Okorocha, Governor of Imo State, has reacted to the statement credited to the Indigenous of People of Biafra (IPOB) where the group described the Governor as Adolph Hitler of Igboland. Okorocha said he was not ready to join issues with the proscribed group and wondered how the arrest of the women protesters in Imo by the police authorities concerned him. Speaking with Saturday Sun on phone, the Chief Press Secretary, Sam Onwuemeodo said IPOB should tell the world how the Imo State government is involved in the Imo State incident. He said that the governor would not lose sleep over the statement by IPOB as he is already used to such blackmail. Meanwhile, the presidential aspirant of the Young Progressives Party (YPP), Prof. Kingsley Moghalu had called for the immediate release of the 227 Women pro-Biafra protesters remanded in prison custody since last week in Owerri. However, the women were yesterday released unconditionally by the court. ...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday boasted that the All Progressives Congress, will win the 2019 presidential election. According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the President spoke in his hometown, Daura, Katsina State, while receiving the representatives of the 34 chairmen of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria. Buhari said the string of victory recorded by the APC in bye-elections in Bauchi, Katsina and Kogi States was sufficient proof that 2019 elections would be won by the party. He said, “Coming against the backdrop of the victory in Ekiti governorship election, the string of victory by our party, the APC, is a clear indication of the way things will go in 2019. ‘‘For those who are discerning; those who have ears and eyes they will see, hear and understand. “Those who don’t understand are entitled to their mistaken assumptions.” The President said the victories in the...

The Nigerian police is set to arrest ex-aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode for allegedly breaching Peace, conspiracy, falsehood and criminal defamation. FFK, a known critic of the ruling APC and the Buhari administration received a letter of invitation from the Commissioner of Police, Abuja Headquarters, CP Habu Sani.

Report reaching XENDER NEWS has it that plans are underway to assassinate the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom along the Lafia-Makurdi Road by unknown political opponents. A XENDER NEWS source claimed that some political opponents working for top politicians have allegedly connived with top government officials to assassinate the governor along the ever-busy Makurdi-Lafia Road. He said the plan was to frustrate the Governor from using any chartered flight to Abuja for political and other important meetings and consequently expose him to attack along the Makurdi-Lafia Road. According to him, ‘’We have important security information that Governor Ortom is one of their targets for possible assassination. Some politicians working with top people in government are working together to ensure the Governor’s effort to secure the State is frustrated. ‘’Their plan is to attack him along Makurdi-Lafia Road. People have taken politics to a different height...

The over 100 women detained for protesting against the continued disappearance of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in Owerri, Imo State, have all been released. XENDER NEWS gathered that the women were released at about 4:50pm on Friday. IPOB has however called on the international community to query the Nigeria Police Force and the Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha, over the detention. Speaking through its spokesperson, Emma Powerful, IPOB described the detention of the aged women and pregnant mothers as wicked.

Leader of the Biafran Independent Movement (BIM) and Founder, Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, on Thursday, announced that the ongoing sale of 2018 Biafra income tax was part of its annual exercise aimed at achieving the independence of Biafra without violence. Uwazuruike, who addressed his members on the significance of the new Biafra income tax, urged the Igbo to always feel very proud that Igbo is their tribe and Biafra, their identity. The MASSOB leader also enjoined all Biafrans to visit any BIM – MASSOB secretariat nearest to them to pay their tax which he said is voluntary.  In a press statement signed by his personal Assistant on media and publicity, Mazi Chris Anierobi Mocha, Uwazuruike added that the long awaited God’s plan for Nigeria has finally come, stressing that every event happening in the country today is for the overall good of the Biafra struggle for independence. ...