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Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore has revealed what he will do for the Igbos if he is elected to become President of Nigeria in 2019. Sowore, an activist and founder of Sahara reporters online news platform, said that he will give the Igbos a sense of belonging as they have been marginalized since the civil war ended. Speaking at a town hall meeting in Ibadan last week, He said; “From the bottom of my heart, the Igbo man has not just be marginalised, the Igbo man has been trampled upon, their children killed, starved in the civil war and ever since then Nigeria has managed not to pay attention to Igboland. But the Igbo man and his spirit has managed to build for himself the spirit that conquers the world. I will say to you that first and foremost when I become president I’m going to apologize to the Igbos on behalf of Nigeria”, he said amidst applause that greeted his response. But I won’t be like others, apology is not enough, there has to be a rapid economic develo...

POLITICS – Latest update as the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Boss Mustapha, on Saturday promised to conduct himself creditably in office. According to a statement by the Director of Press, Office of the SGF, Lawrence Ojabo, the SGF spoke at a reception organised in his honour by the Hoba Elders Council and Hoba Community in Abuja. He said he would work hard to ensure that at the end of his service, his people would be proud of him. “The SGF pledged that he would conduct himself creditably in office that at the end of the day they would be very proud of him,” the statement read. Mustapha thanked the dignitaries, traditional rulers, elders and the entire community for organising the reception in his honour. He acknowledged the individual and collective roles and contributions of some of the dignitaries to his political career, beginning with his nomination into the constituent assembly. He thanked the community for nurturing him and propelling his growth and ...

The Peoples Democratic Party has berated President Muhammadu Buhari for allegedly insulting Nigerians who criticised the way he handles insurgency as well as governance in the country. The former ruling party said it was shocking that rather than being responsive to the views of the citizens, the Presidency resorted to abusing Nigerians had put their trust and confidence in the President. It said those who trusted him three years ago with their votes were lamenting that his administration had failed abysmally. The spokesperson for the PDP, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, said this in a statement in Abuja on Saturday. Buhari had claimed that herdsmen in the country were trained by the late Libyan leader, Muammah Gadaffi. Buhari’s media, Mr. Femi Adesina, had also criticised those who paid attention to the problem rather than the solution he said the President proffered in a statement. Ologbodiyan said, “Rather than offering explanations, the Buhari Presidency, in the All Progressives Congr...

President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has restated his support for local government autonomy in the country, saying the Senate and the National Assembly appreciate the importance of autonomous governance at the third tier of government and will continue to work towards its realisation. Saraki spoke during a visit by the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), led by its National President, Comrade Ibrahim Khalil. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Sanni Onogu, Saraki was quoted as saying: “Here in the Senate and the National Assembly, we appreciate the importance of governance in the third tier of government — the local government. “As such, it is very important that we strengthen local government administration, part of which is ensuring that there is autonomy. I also believe that strengthening local government administration means that we all do our best to increase capacity at the local government. “In developed countries, people who are co...

Big Brother Naija housemate Miracle has been rewarded with N1 million a year supply of Pepsi products and an all-expense paid trip to Dubai for winning the Pepsi ‘Refresh The Mix’ challenge. The housemates were tasked with solving a puzzle which involved making up the missing pieces that will reveal the faces of different Pepsi Dj ambassadors. Two time Head of House, Miracle, was the first to unravel the puzzle, revealing the picture of DJ Exclusive, one of the four Pepsi DJ Ambassadors. Pepsi ambassadors, Dj Spinall and Dj Obi were in the BBNaija house to reveal to Miracle his rewards for winning the Pepsi Challenge. Miracle will travel with Pepsi DJ Ambassadors, DJ Cuppy, DJ Exclusive, DJ Spinall and DJ Obi to the One Africa music festival in June, 2018. Meanwhile, DJ Spinall announced that the housemates were getting an official invitation, to The Lituation party courtesy of Pepsi on June 30th, 2018 He said, “You are the first to get an invitation from Pepsi for ‘The Lituation...

U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that he ordered a strike on Syria in response to last weekend’s chemical weapons attack. Mr Trump, while addressing the nation on Friday night, said the joint strike with France and the United Kingdom was currently underway. “A short time ago, I ordered the United States Armed Forces to launch precision strikes on targets associated with the chemical weapons capabilities of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. “A combined operation with the armed forces of France and the United Kingdom is now underway,” Mr Trump said. Pentagon, at a press briefing on the strike at 10 p.m., said the strikes did maximum damages to Assad’s regime’s chemical weapons sites. Mr Trump said that the “massacre” last weekend in Syria “was a significant escalation in a pattern of chemical weapons use by that very terrible regime.” “The evil and the despicable attack left mothers and fathers, infants and children thrashing in pain and gasping for air. These are not the a...

Chelsea have submitted an official complaint to UEFA, after investigating reports of their supporters being struck by baton-wielding stewards and police before and after last month’s Champions League 3-0 defeat at Barcelona. Along with the Chelsea Supporters’ Trust, Football Supporters’ Federation and Football Supporters Europe,the Premier League club appealed for information regarding the alleged incidents. After receiving an “unprecedented response”, Chelsea have chosen to take their case to UEFA.“ We issued a plea for information to those fans who may have been involved in these incidents. “This resulted in an unprecedented response, with a large number of individuals coming forward to complain in relation to poor organisation, lack of crowd control, brutality on the part of stewards and police and exposure to generally unsafe conditions. “Chelsea takes the safety of our fans, both at home and away, extremely seriously, and this not what we expect when attending events organise...