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In the heels of the recent proscription and branding of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a security consultant, Chigozie Onyeukwu Ubani, has said that IPOB Leader, Nnamdi Kanu, has reawakened national consciousness on the urgent need to restructure Nigeria on the path on peace and justice. Mr. Ubani who is a security consultant, stated this in an interview with Vanguard, condemned the proscription and branding of IPOB as a terrorist organization and urged the federal government to tread with caution in order to avoid the IPOB crisis producing what he described as ‘unpleasant results.’ He said, “Nnamdi has used the language of the beasts to galvanize Nigerians to a subject which notable Nigerians have unsuccessfully championed in the last 50 years. Don’t forget that the Aburi Accord was mostly about restructuring Nigeria. Let us now take it further for the benefit of posterity. Nnamdi Kanu has done his bit and has his place in history. “In my opinion, the Federal Governme...

The stage is gradually taking shape, especially as regards the politics of 2019. And men would vie for positions. But then, I would want to put up an issue for campaign, one that should regulate how we vote, and one which I suggest we all should vote for. I want to nominate rail lines for economic development. Infrastructures and institutions make the economy. There is no politics without economy. Analysis of consumer price indices shows a bulk commitment on transport cost. There is a variation in the prices of given goods between locations. But then, an effective transport system plays a vital role in price determination. Producers consider demand prior to commencement of production. It is the assurance of ease access to markets that ensures increase production. There are many values of the speed rails. They ensure profitable movement of skills and products. They help bring goods and services to optimal use. More so, rents would reduce as less persons would drag ...

For those who might be concerned more with the legality of the proscription of the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB), the news is that a Federal High Court has so declared it. Justice Abdu Kafarati of an Abuja High Court had on Wednesday granted an exparted motion brought by the Attorney General of the Federation, Mr Abubakar Malami.  The court declared that the activities of IPOB in Nigeria, particularly in the South-East or South-South regions, henceforth, constituted “an act of terrorism.” The process of the court is seen largely as an attempt by the federal government to give legality to the branding of IPOB as a terrorist group by the Defence Headquarters which has received wide bashing. The prominent being from the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, who described it as unconstitutional, having not followed the statutory processes. The minister of information, Lai Mohammed had, in the week, said he would not join the debate over the legality or otherwise of ...

Rome, they say, was not built in a day and desires, we know, don't grow wings without persistence. It takes consistent effort to actualise goals. But for most people, it seems and mostly appear that we desire and continuously do so without the commensurate effort to cause them to be. Our biggest challenge is our inability to transform ideas. It seems we are endowed with orators and strategists, who are good in opining and theorizing. But the dedication needed to commit hard-sought resources to actualisation appears to be what we cannot afford. Zero wonder we have more men at the newspaper stands than at workshops. Another fact is the lack of foresight. We prefer today's gains and bother less about tomorrow. We see no link between today and tomorrow. We prefer temporary structures in a bid to keep the artisan busy than establishing solid ones that beat time. Another of our failings is our perception about some facts of life. We tend to have the wrong notion on charit...

The Nigeria's president, today in a speech delivered at the 72nd United Nations General Assembly in New York, condemned the killings in the Rahine region in Myanmar. Pres. Buhari at UNGA President Muhammadu Buhari who affirmed that the killings  are a ethnic and religious offensive backed by state authority and directed against Muslims, likened it to the genocides in Rwanda and Bosnia in 1994 and 1995 respectively.  "The Myanmar crisis is very reminiscent of what happened in Bosnia in 1995 and in Rwanda in 1994," he was quoted as saying.  "The international community cannot remain silent and not condemn the horrendous suffering caused by what, from all indications is a state-backed programme of brutal depopulation of the Rohingya inhabited areas in Myanmar on the bases of ethnicity and religion. We fully endorse the call by the Secretary-General on the Government of Myanmar to order a halt to the ongoing ethnic cleansing and ensure the safe return of ...

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has been branded a terror group and outlawed from the South-east in separate statements made by the Military Defence Headquarters and the South East Governors Forum? But is it not rather amazing, I mean to say wrongly amazing, that the organization has been so, and quickly too, described? Does it not stir a wonderment to the effect that within hours and just days of seeming confrontation between the military and the group, the Nigerian state was swift to so classify it? The confrontation, however, yes, the confrontation from all knowledge was one that happened to be reactionary; a case of having to react when been jabbed on the mouth. In citing the reasons for its conclusion, the bulk of the rationale seems to have been gathered within just these few days of the 'confrontation' between members of IPOB and the army in the widely condemned military exercise codenamed Operation Python Dance II. But how reasonable is that quick conc...

The Nigerian Defense Headquarters (DHQ), Friday, declared the separatist movement headed by Nnamdi Kanu, Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) a 'militant terrorist organization'. Citing reasons that ranged from what it said were open confrontations with the army, illegal mounting of road blocks to extort money from innocent citizens, among others the DHQ said it came to the conclusion following analyses and reports which places the group as a violent one. The Defence Director of Information, Major General John Enenche, while making a press statement said that, contrary to the feeling which IPOB has consistently passed, the group has shown to be violent and arms-wielding. Enenche advised all that have anything to do with the group to heed the warning or face the consequences that arise from aligning with a terror group. He also called on parents to dissuade their wards from identifying with the group. He said, “After due professional analysis and recent developments, ...