At least eight out of the politicians working for the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari in the February 2019 election have pending corruption cases worth N232bn, checks by Saturday PUNCH have revealed. Investigation by our correspondents showed that the amount involved in the various graft cases, which are currently pending …
Read More »Buhari’s China Trip Is To Plot Rigging Of 2019 Elections, Saraki’s Removal
Buhari’s China Trip is to Plot Rigging of 2019 elections, Saraki’s Removal, alleges Timi Frank Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has faulted a trip to China on Friday by President Muhammadu Buhari and his party men under the guise of participating …
Read More »Wole Soyinka Reacts To Buhari’s Rule Of Law Comment, Says ‘An Advance Warning’
As Soyinka warns Nigerians of a full-blown dictator should Buhari be allowed to return in 2019 Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, has criticised President Muhammadu Buhari over his comments at the opening ceremony of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) conference last Sunday. In a statement Thursday, Mr Soyinka mocked the president …
Read More »Rule of Law – Buhari Got it Wrong
It is unfortunate that the most important statement made so far at the on-going Annual Conference of the Nigeria Bar Association, an outright derogation of the supremacy of the rule of law, has not yet generated any coherent response from either the Bar or the Bench. President Muhammadu Buhari was …
Read More »Timi Frank Writes Theresa May …Proposes 10 Questions for Buhari
Dear Theresa May, It is with great delight that we welcome you to Nigeria for this auspicious visit. I must say that many Nigerians, particularly my humble self, are very glad to have you visit the country. Nigerian are glad because they believe your presence in Nigeria will enable you …
Read More »Trump Replaces NAFTA and Triumphs — New Trade Deal With Mexico is YUGE win for both countries
President Trump won a major victory on trade on Monday, supplanting the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and replacing it with something far more beneficial. The new deal will help American workers and manufacturers. It’s also a win for Mexico. One of the most fundamental parts of Trump’s campaign …
Read More »PDP Concerned About The “lifeless” Comment of President Trump About General Buhari
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says President Muhammadu Buhari and his handlers have opened our nation for international ridicule arising from reports quoting United States President, Donald Trump, describing President Buhari as “lifeless”. The party said such embarrassment is a backlash a nation gets when incompetent leaders, out of inferiority …
Read More »I Never Wanted To Meet Someone So Lifeless Again, Trump Told His Aides After Meeting Buhari
United States President, Donald Trump, called his Nigeria counterpart, Muhammadu Buhari, “lifeless,” after their April meeting, according to global business newspaper, Financial Times, in a recent publication. Buhari and Trump met at the White House on April 30. Both leaders discussed issues bordering on fighting terrorism and economic growth. However, …
Read More »Rising Rage of Opposition Against Buhari’s Imaginary Anti-Corruption war
“I belong to everybody and I belong to nobody,” this was the nine-worded phrase uttered around 11am on May 29, 2015 by the newly inaugurated President Muhammadu Buhari shortly after being sworn-in as the leader of the largest black nation on the planet Earth. The phrase, though plagiarised from French …
Read More »Killings – The Reign of Impunity by Nigeria Government is to Blame
The United States of America has blamed the killings in the Middle Belt and northern Nigeria on what it identified as the reign of impunity,. The American government also said the killings increased because the perpetrators were not punished. “The Nigerian government should strengthen its laws to deal with killers,” …
Read More »Reporter Secretly Charged To Court by Nigeria Government
A detained Nigerian journalist was taken to court barefooted and charged with trespass and stealing police documents, his newspaper has reported. Samuel Ogundipe pleaded not guilty when he was secretly arrainged in court, with no-one present, except the magistrate, police officers and prosecutors, Premium Times reported. “At the court, I …
Read More »Lai Mohammed Lied, FG Paid ‘Large Ransom’ To Free Dapchi Girls – UN Report
Contrary to the claim by the Nigerian government through the Information Minister Lai Mohammed, the government paid a “large ransom” to free scores of female students kidnapped by the Boko Haram from their school in Dapchi, Yobe State, earlier this year, the United Nations has said. Over 100 girls were …
Read More »Why PDP is Ten Times Better Than APC
APC is an expired drug. Nigerians now know what it means to vote against Goodluck. I have said time and again I am not a member of the PDP. I am saying it again. I have never been and will never be a member of any political party in Nigeria. …
Read More »Trump Vows To Withdraw From Iran Nuclear Agreement, Calls Pact ‘Defective At Its Core’
President Trump on Tuesday announced plans to leave the Iran nuclear deal, declaring the pact has failed to halt the country’s nuclear ambitions in perhaps the biggest foreign policy decision of his administration. Speaking at the White House, Trump said: “I am announcing today the United States will withdraw from …
Read More »Trump Could Address UK Parliament As Members Look To Nix Anti-Trump Speaker’s Ban
President Trump could address the U.K.’s Parliament in July, as members of the House of Lords reportedly look to outflank the anti-Trump speaker of the House of Commons — who nixed a Trump address last year in protest of the White House’s controversial travel ban. Details of Trump’s visit to …
Read More »John Kerry under fire for reported ‘shadow diplomacy’ to save Iran deal
Former Secretary of State John Kerry is under fire over a report claiming that he has been engaged in “shadow diplomacy” with officials from Iran and Europe as part of a final attempt to save the seemingly doomed 2015 Iran nuclear deal. The Boston Globe reported Friday that Kerry sat …
Read More »Australian Court Convicts Muslim Woman For Failing to Stand
The wife of an Islamic State group recruiter has given the militants’ single-finger salute outside a Sydney court after becoming the first person convicted under a new state law criminalizing the refusal to stand for a judge. Moutia Elzahed defiantly remained seated on Friday in the Downing Centre Local Court …
Read More »Steve Hilton: Mueller probe is a political counter-revolution to overthrow Trump — It must be defeated
Nearly two years ago, the British people voted for Brexit. They rejected the arguments of the political, business, academic and media establishment, which were united in their support for the European Union and its elitist agenda that favors the rich. Instead, voters chose populism, voting for Britain to become a …
Read More »Tony Bellew Beats David Haye in Fifth Round of Rematch
Tony Bellew produced an explosive performance to land a stunning second stoppage win in 14 months over fellow Briton David Haye at London’s O2 Arena. Bellew, 35, looked at his best as he evaded a Haye attack in round three before landing a superb left hook and right hand to …
Read More »Restaurant Fined For Making Black Customers Pay in Advance
A Canadian human rights tribunal has ruled that a restaurant discriminated against black customers by making them pre-pay for their meal. Hong Shing Chinese Restaurant, in Toronto’s Chinatown, has been fined C$10,000 ($8,000; £5,700). The money will go to former customer Emile Wickham, who filed the complaint with the Ontario …
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