Tag: secession
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Secession agitation: Reps to reconsider ‘failed’ devolution of power bill
The House of Representatives at plenary on Tuesday said it will reconsider treating the devolution of power bill which failed during the constitutional amendment in June. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the decision of the house might not be unconnected to the several secession agitations in the country in recent weeks especially from the Indigenous People of…
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Secession agitation: We are greater together as one nation – Osinbajo
…urges Nigerians to be cautious in their utterances The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday, urged Nigerians to exercise caution in their utterances and respect each other in their conversations and interactions to foster national unity. Speaking at a seminar on national unity and stability at the DSS Training School, Bwari, Abuja, Osinbajo also advised…
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Biafra: Kalu meets Arewa Youths, says ‘I’ll speak with Nnamdi Kanu to drop secession plans’
…says agitations affecting Southeast’s economy Former Governor of Orji Kalu Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu on Tuesday said that he will dialogue with leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu to drop their secession agitations as that was beginning to adversely affect Southeast’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Kalu spoke in Abuja at…
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Secession: ‘Stop playing the ostrich, speak out the truth through dialogue’, Oyedepo tells FG
The presiding Bishop of the Living Faith Church, David Oyedepo on Friday said that there will be no war in Nigeria despite the tension generated by recent ethnic and religious clashes in parts of the country. Oyedepo, however, challenged the nation’s leadership to stop “playing the ostrich and speak out the truth through dialogue.” ‘The…
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Call for secession unpatriotic, Nigeria remains indivisible – Sultan
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Saad Abubakar on Tuesday said Nigeria must remain as one despite her diverse ethnic, religious and cultural diversity. The monarch also noted that the ongoing agitations by some tribes in the country are symptoms of rot in the Nigerian system. TheNewsGuru.com reports that Abubakar disclosed this in Sokoto when Governor…
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Nigeria: 2014 National Conference and Niger Delta Exit From Bondage
By Godini G. Darah Former President Goodluck Jonathan’s initiative in convening the 2014 National Conference has entered the annals of Nigerian and African history as the bravest and most audacious political intervention for the redemption and liberation of Nigeria. As one of the delegates at the conference, I share the popular disappointment that the convener…
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Secession agitation: Jonathan’s defeat bigger threat than Biafra – Amaechi
…Says Nigeria can never break up The Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi on Tuesday said the defeat of former President Goodluck Jonathan in the 2015 Presidential elections by President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress, APC, was “a bigger threat than Biafra”. Amaechi said Nigeria would have plunged into another civil war in 2015,…
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Poverty, hunger responsible for Boko Haram, Niger Delta agitation – Osinbajo
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has attributed the agitation and social tension in the country primarily to hunger and poverty. Osinbajo said this while declaring open the Nigerian Association of Law Teachers (NALT) conference at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UniZik), Awka, on Monday. He said that political leaders across the country had failed to distribute equitably…
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Again, Niger Delta joins secession agitation, declares Rondel Republic
Following the quit notice issued to Igbos in the North by the coalition of various eminent group in the region, a new group from the Niger Delta, known as Rondel Solidarity Movement has also made known its intention to secede from Nigeria to form its own republic, Rondel Republic in 2018. In a statement issued…
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BREAKING: North goes wild, orders Igbos out of region before Oct 1 or face attacks
Sequel to their consistent demands for Biafra Republic and the subsequent stay-at-home order carried out on May 30, prominent Northern youth associations on Tuesday after a joint meeting tagged ‘Kaduna Declaration’ issued a serious threat to Igbos residing in the region to vacate on or before October 1 (Nigeria’s Independence Day) 2017 or face physical…