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Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Saturday, at the Apostolic Faith Church, said he wants to to die and go heaven, and longs to sing among the heavenly host. Obasanjo, who also lamented on the problems of Nigeria, made this remark during the 2017 Camp Meeting Concert, by the Apostolic Faith Church Choir and Orchestral, at the Camp Ground, Igbesa, in Ogun State. He said: “You have to be fully prepared for the second coming of our Lord, there is no compromise. “I have a friend who will always say that when we get to heaven, we will be exhausted praising God, and it will be like a prison and very boring. “But with what I have seen by the choir this afternoon, I will want to go to heaven and join the host to sing. “If this is an example of what praising God in heaven will be like, then I want to be part of it. If what I have seen here is an indication of how heaven will be, I will like go to heaven. “Jesus Christ came to the world to show us the way to salva...

The members of the public were thrown agog on 12th August, 2017 when the Internet was flooded with a press statement released by Ministry of Interior headed by Lt-Gen Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau (retd). There are many matters arising from that press conference, we will deal with them religiously without alterations. The Minister of Interior, Lt-Gen Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau (retd), accused the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, of violating the bail conditions given to him by Justice Binta Nyako of Federal High Court, Abuja. Dambazau Indirectly asked the judge handling Nnamdi Kanu’s case to detain him on the next court sitting. He said: “Kanu will have a day in court and the court will determine his fate because it is the court that gave those conditions.” How can the Nigerian government be interfering in court processes? We were taught in school that there are three organs of government: Executive, Judiciary and Legislature. From these three organs,...

As the heat of Biafra restoration is raging, most of the clans in the proposed Biafra nation are beginning to sort for a common front where all the clans that make up the nation of Biafra will be well represented when restored. Rising from a meeting held on September 3rd 2016, the Ibibio clan deliberated and resolved to put forward a template of the "proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)" with respect to the Biafra nation. According to the Ibibio clan, this move was not unconnected to the various suggestions by many international organisations in order to have a better understanding on how the proposed Biafra nation will be run when restored. "It is better to have a better understanding among all the clans that make up Biafra so as to mutually and cordially cohabitate when Biafra exits Nigeria to become an independent nation". This resolution was borne out of patriotism for the nation of Biafra, even as they urged other clans to also toe that path in sorting ...

The social media campaign launched by the Indigenous People of Biafra(IPOB) has not ceased to yield abundance of support from high profile personalities across the world as the Vatican power house has once again voiced out their dismay over the inceasant killings and clamp down on Biafran activists in Nigeria and all Indigenous people exercising their right to self determination all over the world. In a statement released through the twitter handle of Pope Francis on Tuesday afternoon, the Pontiff urged for absolute "respect" and freedom to all people bound by the chains of subjugation and extermination in different countries of the world. The twitter message reads-    "We ask for respect for indigenous peoples whose very identity and existence are threatened." This latest reaction from Pope Francis came after millions of Biafrans flooded his twitter account with messages asking for him to speak out against the genocide, incarceration and bullying that is being ...

Independent Newspaper  has gathered that after several months of medication and intensive care in the United Kingdom (UK),  President Muhammadu Buhari’s doctors are yet to diagnose what the president’s illness is all about a  credible source in the presidency said despite series of tests and treatments from renowned medical practitioners both within and outside the UK, nobody has been able to pinpoint what ails the president except that he has completely lost his appetite for food. The failure of the presidency to tell Nigerians the actual state of health of the president has fueled speculations in the country with many alleging that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is guilty of what it accused the then ruling party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) when the late President Umaru Yar’Adua held sway.  The source in a chat with Independent Newspaper said, “Those accusing the presidency of being economical with the truth on the actual state of health of ...

Former Ghanaian President, Jerry Rawlings has advised ethnic nationalities in Nigeria to stop beating the drums of war. Rawlings warned that the current tribal war which he noted has reached "dangerous" level is antithetical to development, adding that it must stop forthwith. The former Ghanaian President spoke as a guest of honour at the 12th Annual Lecture organised by the University of Ibadan Alumni Association (UIAA), Ekiti State branch, which was held at the Conference Hall of Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti in Ekiti State. He stressed that it would be in the best interest of Nigerians to stop threatening one another but rather leverage on their diversity and co-exist harmoniously. He advised Nigerians to shop for the right people of integrity who can perform the much desired miracle, adding that Nigeria can sustain good leadership by persistently deploying their tongues and votes rightly. Rawlings reiterated that the fundamental challenge facing African nat...

Several persons have been reportedly killed while a police station was badly damaged in Otukpa, Ogbadibo LGA of Benue State in a clash between suspected Fulani Herdsmen and villagers. Several persons were injured and rendered homeless in the attack that broke out yesterday. Speaking with ‎DAILY POST, a resident, who gave his name as Cletus, said, “Right now, the Fulani herdsmen are fighting farmers in my community over farm land and crops destroyed by their cows. “It is happening right now in Akpagodogbo Otukpa. Some people have been killed. The source said those injured have been rushed to the Midland Hospital, Branch Otukpa. When contacted, the Benue state Police PRO, Moses Yamu promised to get back to this reporter at the time of this report.