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•President worsened poverty, we won’t support him – Ango Abdullahi  •You cannot stop him – Gen. Tarfa, Daura, others   Barely three months to next year’s elections, some northern leaders say they will not support President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election.    They, however, shied away from announcing their preferred presidential candidate in the elections, insisting that the candidate to support remained one of their own from the list of the 71 presidential hopeful cleared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to contest the 2019 elections.   The only other high profile candidate in the 2019 presidential election is Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Convener of the Northern Elders’ Forum (NEF), Professor Ango Abdullahi, spoke the mind of the northern leaders in Kaduna.    However, three key officials of NEF immediately distanced themselves from Abdullahi’s position, saying they were soli...

  Hon. Mohammed Monguno represents Jere Federal Constituency of Borno State in the House of Representatives. The Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, in this interview, speaks on the raging insurgency in his home state and the killing of scores of soldiers by the Islamist group, Boko Haram.    As a native of Borno State, how do you describe the place that has been under siege by Boko Haram for many years now?    Borno State and Maiduguri, the state capital, in particular, because of the prevailing peace before the advent of Boko Haram insurgency, had been christened ‘the Home of Peace’.    But the coming of Boko Haram changed all that; with suicide attacks, attacks on villages, killing and maiming of people, and residents relocating to IDP camps and some to neighbouring countries to become refugees with the attendant and concomitant effects of losing their source of livelihood becoming the order of the day.    As a result ...

  A young Nigerian man has been left heartbroken after he was dumped by his 42-year-old Chinese lover.  According to the 22-year-old Nigerian identified as Ejiblinks from Owerri, Imo state, his older lover dumped him after five months of dating because her family won’t approve due to his nationality and age. Despite being heartbroken, the young man still took to Facebook to declare love for her as he vowed to wait for her to come back into his life. She came into my life sad, lonely and in need of a shoulder to lean on. I said I’d be there for her as a friend. So we talked. Though 3000 km apart, we still felt close.Then she tells me she wants more than friendship but afraid of losing her, I couldn’t say I’d fallen for her already. I gave in and said I loved her too. I gave her my soul, my heart. Everything.Five months of happiness. Then one day she simply said she couldn’t be mine. Her family wouldn’t approve. Our love wasn’t enough, am from Nigeria, and sh...

Friendship is supposed to be one of the things that make life worth living, but what happens when your friends betray you? Betrayal is never pleasant, but it always seems to hurt just a little bit more when it comes from a person who you were once close to. If you’ve been betrayed by your friends in any of these ways, you’ve probably experienced the worst a friend can do to you. Here’s how to deal with each situation. Nigeria most controversial journalist at the momemt, Kemi Olunloyo has alleged that 4 friends have back-stabbed their friend by sleeping with her rich boyfriend.  If you recollect, sometimes in November, a certain photo went viral on the internet showing a seemingly married man taking bedroom selfies with various women. According to a report by Kemi, the incident happened in Zambia and she was opportune to have the man’s contact and eventually spoke with him. She wrote: I spoke to this rich Zambian man who I won’t name due to anony...

Bishop David Oyedepo, the Founder and Presiding Bishop, Living Faith Church Worldwide, on Saturday predicted that nothing would disturb the peace of Nigeria and its story would change for the better in the year 2019. Oyedepo made the declaration at the just concluded annual prophetic gathering of the Winners’ family, christened the “Dominion”, in a satellite telecast of the church. In the telecast monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, the cleric also declared that 2019 would be a year of “I have Dominion”. “Nothing will tamper with the peace of Nigeria; the story will change for the better in the name of Jesus. As Nigeria prepares for an historic election in February, 2019, Oyedepo said, “Nigeria shall not see bloodshed, the Prince of Peace will continue to dominate in Nigeria, in Africa and Nigeria is declared blessed. “Anywhere you step, accident is forbidden; death will not come near you and our nation. “Anything that is of grace in...

 The General Overseer of Living Faith Church Worldwide, aka Winners’ Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo has mocked critics urging him to withdraw his statement concerning the President Muhammadu Buhari being dead and cloned as Jubril Sudan. Oyedepo had last week while reacting to report that Buhari was dead and the President in Aso Rock was Jubril El Sudan, urged the congregation to pray to God to deliver Nigeria from slavery, shame, and reproach as the report of alleged cloning was disturbing. But, reacting, the Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Digital and New Media, Tolu Ogunlesi described the cleric as a ‘hater of Buhari’. He had wondered why the cleric would go to a far length to discredit Buhari. However, speaking from Living Faith church HQ at Canaan land, Ota, on Saturday, Oyedepo vowed not to withdraw his statement because it was not a hate speech. According to him, his statement was a self esteem speech. The cleric said, “I have never been as...

   When it was first reported that Fela Anikulapo-Kuti’s daughter, Motunrayo Kuti dislikes Davido’s music, there were misconceptions that she has hatred for the ‘Assurance’ crooner but such is not the case as she has finally come out to set the records straight. Motunrayo-Kuti in a chat, confirmed that she has no hatred for Davido but his pride, arrogance and music. “I don’t hate Davido at all; it’s just something about his music. And then, he is too proud. I have no personal issues with his DMW gang too”, she confirmed.    Speaking further, she explained why she patiently watched him perform at the recently concluded Felabration 2018. “I watched Davido’s performance at Felabration because I’m not a hater like some people, and yes, he saw me. Although we had eye contact but he didn’t talk to be because he was performing and I didn’t intend to familiarize with him or any of his crew members. I was with my man and in one place....