Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has once again brought his stupidity to the fore. In a widely circulated video (shown below) where Okorocha was addressing the southeast caucus of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Okorocha blasted Ndi Igbo for what he described as "their myopic way of thinking" that has cost them the positions of the President of the Nigerian Senate or the Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives. Okorocha's argument was that since Igbos rejected APC senators such as Chris Ngige and Osita Izunaso, who could have been made Senate president Ndi Igbo has lost out in the Nigerian political arrangement.
The intimidation of Jonathan out of office: How world powers plotted Jonathan’s defeat
Outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan lost his re-election bid several weeks before the March 28 poll to a web of plots hatched at home and honed abroad, Saturday Tribune has reliably learnt.
Information also in possession of Saturday Tribune revealed a last-minute contest between forces that wanted him to bow out and those that wanted him to hold out for as long as necessary even when it was evident that the news from the field pointed at a possible defeat.
Ijaw Youth Council prepares for self determination
Ijaw Youth Council in an apparent U-turn from their earlier stance has vowed to respond to intimidation of President Goodluch Jonathan out of office. In a dramatic twist, the Ijaw Youth Council, turning away from its earlier stance where it commended President Goodluck Jonathan for accepting defeat at the poll and promised not to resort to attacking pipeline and oil infrastructure, has vowed a hostile response.
Watch: Statement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding the proposed framework for a deal with Iran
The Israeli Prime Minister expressed his opposition to a framework agreement reached with Iran on Thursday. A nuclear deal with Iran based on current framework will “threaten the survival of Israel”, said PM Benjamin Netanyahu, warning it would increase the risk of a “horrific war.” Watch the statement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding the proposed framework for a deal with Iran below.
Niger Delta quakes harder: Explosion rocks Afiesere pipelines. Ijaw Youths convene to discuss freedom from Nigeria
The Niger Delta is beginning to quake harder. The rumbling across the region intensified today with the bombing of oil pipeline in Delta State.
Surprising the first salvo was fired from an unexpected quarters - from an unknown Urhobo militant group. This is coming as Ijaw youths convene to discuss Nigeria's unholy marriage.
Kenya Massacres: How Christian and Muslim students were separated before being massacred by Islamic terrorists
More details of the massacre that killed an estimated 147 people and wounded scores of other christians at a Kenyan university on Thursday are emerging. In a jihadist attack that lasted for hours, the Islamic Al-Shabbab terrorists stormed a christian morning prayer and other parts of the Garrisa University. They carefully separated the Christians from the Muslims before slaughtering the Christians.
The world has empowered Iran to enrich Uranium - Iranian Hassan Rouhani
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said that the world powers have empowered Iran to enrich Uranium. Following the nuclear deal reached in Switzerland on Thursday, Rouhani on Friday during a press conference stated that “The world has acknowledged Iran is pursuing its peaceful objectives,”
Adding that Iran will keep its promises if the other side does.
The Israeli Prime Minister expressed his opposition to a framework agreement reached with Iran on Thursday. A nuclear deal with Iran based on current framework will “threaten the survival of Israel”, said PM Benjamin Netanyahu, warning it would increase the risk of a “horrific war.”
Netanyahu made this known in a phone conversation with the US President.
The Niger Delta is rumbling and Shell and other multinational oil companies are shaking. Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCO), has reportedly shut down its flow stations in Southern Ijaw and Ekeremor Local Government Areas of Bayelsa State due to anxiety that ex-militants may attack the facilities because of the outcome of the presidential election.
Death toll in Al-Shabaab attack on Kenya university climbs to 70
Masked gunmen from Al-Shabaab, an Al-Qaeda splinter group attacked Garissa University College in Kenya, reportedly killing 70 and injuring 79. Gunshots and explosions were heard, and those calling from the university say they have seen many casualties.
"So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth; and it became a loathsome and malignant sore on the people who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped his image. (Revelation 16:2 NASB)"
The Islamic State is facing a new enemy as they are being wiped out by a FLESH-EATING disease, according to UK Express.
Shocker #1! Buhari begin to backtrack on election promises. Don't expect miracles - Buhari tells supporters
Nigeria's president-elect General Muhammadu Buhari has began to backtrack on some of his election promises. Buhari had vigorously campaigned on three core issues,which included his ability to miraculously stop the menace of Boko Haram, eradicate corruption in Nigeria and restore Nigeria's economy.
Ndigbo are wise to align with South-South for Jonathan
Many friends keep reminding me that as a fallout of the Igbos "political miscalculation" in this Nigeria 2015 general elections, the APC has 64 senators, none is Igbo. "so we cant even ask for Senate President".
Asari Tokubo states that “The days coming will be critical, we shall study all the conditions and consult widely before determining the way going forward for our collective existence and survival as a people. The days coming shall either drive the quest of integration or further separate us.”
Asari Dokubo, the Niger Delta nationalist leader has opined that the recently concluded elections in Nigeria has clearly demonstrated that the unity of Nigeria is a charade. According to him, the voting pattern of the presidential results reinforces the fact that Biafrans (southeast and south-south) are "conquered people who are mere appendages existing at the pleasure of the supremacist and the regional overlords".
Buhari declared winner of Nigeria's 2015 Presidential election
Main opposition candidate and former Nigeria military dictator with questionable human rights and nepotistic records Gen Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) has been declared winner of the 2015 Nigeria’s presidential election by Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Buhari was said to have won the election marred by massive underage voting in the north, deliberate disfranchisement of voters from the south and electoral violence that resulted in the death of not less than 20 people across the country by 2.57 million votes, according to official results announced on Wednesday.
Speech By President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan after the announcement of Nigeria's 2015 Presidential Election results
Fellow Nigerians,
I thank you all for turning out en masse for the March 28 General Elections.
I promised the country free and fair elections. I have kept my word. I have also expanded the space for Nigerians to participate in the democratic process. That is one legacy I will like to see endure.
Between President Goodluck Jonathan and late General J.T,U. Aguiyi-Ironsi, it is becoming increasingly difficult to say with certainty who was the most simple minded. Both men had these following attributes in common. They made every effort to appease the North. They surrounded themselves with frienemies (enemies pretending to be friends), who stabbed them on the back. They failed to do the needful for their people when they had the opportunity. Both accidentally came into power, which they never anticipated. Ironsi became Nigeria's president at the failure of of Nzeogwu's revolution, while Jonathan came to power at the death of his boss Umar Yar'Adua. Indeed, the two individuals were delusional or at best overconfident. Ironsi banked on his 'invisibility', while Jonathan relied heavily on his 'Goodluck'. And in all they both wanted One Nigeria.
Mr. President, Nigerians Began checking out from 1966!
“Something must have gone wrong along the line from 1914 when the Southern and Northern Protectorates were amalgamated till date. When you look at the 1914 amalgamation of the Southern and Northern Protectorates, and between the period Nigeria got independence in 1960 and the time I was sworn-in as president, you will agree with me that I am not the problem of Nigeria. I have just stayed two years and the problems have been there before me. What we must do is to make a change for the development of Nigeria. We cannot check out like that of the television man.....”, he added.”
Ndigbos massive support of Jonathan was a demonstration of love and their forgiveness of the role the Ijaws played against them during the Biafran-Nigerian War.
Imminent genocide! Agents of Northern Oligarchy calls for the killing of Igbos for voting Jonathan
Suspected agents of the Northern Oligarchy have started calking for the killing of Igbos in Nigeria. Angst by the massive support President Goodluck Jonathan got from the Southeast, the agents are circulating messages via social media platforms for the extermination of every Igbo person in Nigeria, fearing that General Muhammadu Buhari will lose the election..
Below are screengrabs from one of the agents by the name King with no crown.
At last Senator Chris Ngige, former governor of Anambra State and the arrowhead of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state has met his Waterloo.
Ngige's political demise began with his losing the governorship election conducted in the state 2013 to Governor Willie Obiano. The election clearly showed Ngige's quickly eroding political clout in Anambra State. However, Ngige carried on with an exaggerated sense of popularity until this final humiliation.
Indeed Enugu people have sent a very loud and clear message to Rev Father Ejike Mbaka, who vigorously campaigned against them from supporting President Goodluck Jonathan.
The people of the southeast have made resoundingly clear their rejection of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Mohammadu Buhari.
From recently released results from Enugu and Abia State, Buhari only managed to receive less than 1% of the votes cast, whereas President Goodluck Jonathan got over 90% of the votes.
Anticipation of Nigeria's breakup: Multinational oil giants sell off oil blocks in Nigeria in droves
In anticipation of the breakup of Nigeria, multinational oil giants that have operated in the country for decades are divesting their interests in drove. The latest in line is the French-owned Total who sold of its last onshore oil block to an indigenous company.
BOFF resurrects! Biafran Organisation of Freedom Fighters claims responsibility for bombing across Biafra
The Biafran Organisation of Freedom Fighters (BOFF), a group seeking the freedom of Biafra from Nigeria has claimed the responsibility for several bomb explosions reported across the Biafra yesterday.
Explosions were reported at many polling unit and INEC offcices in Awka, Enugu and other parts, which marred the conduct of the election the affected areas. In a statement released yesterday through their spokesman, Mr okonkwo N. Ukpai, BOFF stated that: "We the Biafra Organisation of Freedom Fighters (BOFF) formed in the year 1969 have woken for the last time and had taken responsibility of the bombings that exploded all over Biafraland. We are motivated by Radio Biafra London (RBL) propagating facts and figures about our dear country, this is to let the world understand when we say we are not Nigerians and can't associate with any activity happening in Nigeria anymore. We are Biafrans not Nigerians and can't vote unless Biafra comes. We use this opportunity to urge all other Biafra agitation group to wake up to realities on ground. We stand to declare that we can no longer be part of any happenings in Nigeria and are ready to take our beloveth Biafra Kingdom freedom by force, this is just the beginning Related Story: In Pictures: Biafrans protest Nigeria's election in London. Delivers protest letter to British PM
BOFF was formed at the peak of the Biafra-Nigeria War by Ojukwu.
According to Prof Chinua Achebe in his memoir There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra, Ojukwu created BOFF as a unit that would improve the overall relationship between the Biafran Army and the people it served and on whose behalf it fought. Colonel Ejike Obumneme Aghanya was appointed the chairperson. He had been president of the Nigerian Broadcasting Service Eastern Region. Other staff of the BOFF included Dr Ukwu I. Ukwu, Dr Oyolu and Major Okoye. Ojukwu created BOFF to make Biafran Army different, by making it pay attention to the welfare of the people of Biafra. Young women were also recruited into the BOFF, some whom eventually joined the Biafran Army.
With the progression of the war BOFF got involved with militaristic operations such as infiltration of enemy camps, guerrilla warfare and propaganda. Col Onwuatuegwu had wanted to transmute BOFF into a full-fledged guerrilla army towards the end of the war, but his entreaties were rejected by authorities at the time.
According to Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, her father Prof Okonjo, who was a Brigadier in the Biafran Army, once headed BOFF.
In a related development, Biafrans in United Kingdom protested the Nigerian election in London. Letters of protest were left for the British Government at No 10 Downing Streets by representatives of the Indigenous People of Biafra. The election was also boycotted in some parts of Biafra as a demonstration of Biafra's protest against the election.
