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Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr Peter Obi has urged President Muhammadu Buhari and the 29 state governors sworn in on Wednesday to increase the tempo of development in Nigeria. Obi gave the advice in a press release signed by his Media Officer, Mr Val Obienyem while commemorating 20 years of uninterrupted democracy in Nigeria. Obi, in the statement, urged the newly sworn in chief executives to hit the ground running to accelerate activities that would position the nation on a path of growth. “Do not allow the ecstasies of your elevation to becloud your sense of purpose,” he said.



Obi described their swearing in as `historic’, adding that it coincided with the 20th anniversary of uninterrupted democracy in Nigeria. He said, “How you start will define how you will continue and probably end. “You are embarking on a serious journey. Our country is today negative in all indices of development. “Our power sector, security, health sector are crying for regeneration. “Today, the unemployment rate in the country is alarming. “It is regrettable that our electoral processes are still a far cry to what it ought to be and urgent attention is needed to pull the country from the brinks,” he said. While pledging his support in any way he can, Obi urged them to remain close to the people by always identifying with their sufferings and needs.





(NAN)

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The dday is already around the corner sha

Danzysb:
You non-south easterners will never understand this until 3.5 million people from the south west and has a land die of death and starvation then you'll understand you people are very funny if it were other parts of the country like Yoruba land and northern Hausa land that had lost that amount of people through death and starvation it would sure be a day of rememberance and an authorized democratic day but because of the hate for Igbo's it is not the case......you people remember a day of the death of one man of south west....abiola.....and disregard 3.5 million Igbo's that were killed in a years and you tell me you don't have a terrible hate for south easterners.....

It is well

princeade86:
Why na. Our problems will solve small.

Don't wish a fellow human death

Olusegun Obasanjo, former Nigerian president and other Nigerians escaped death on Wednesday at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport when an Ethiopian Airlines plane almost crashed.



The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that other prominent Nigerians in the Ethiopian airline passenger aircraft, Boeing 777-300, included the Director General of Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) Ambassador Ayoola Olukanni. Also in the plane was Prof Samson Tunde Adebayo, the Director of Ports Inspection, National Agency For Food And Drug Administration And Control (NAFDAC) as well as scores of Nigerians and other nationals. The passenger aircraft, ET-901, had departed the Bole International Airport, Addis Ababa, at about 9:10 a.m., Ethiopian time; 7 a.m Nigerian time. A NAN correspondent, who was among the passengers, recalled that the almost 5-hour flight from the Ethiopian capital to Lagos had been smooth until the pilot attempted to land at the Murtala Mohammed International airport.



Rather than landing on the first touchline of the runway, the pilot over short it, due to rain and heavy wind, landing on the third touchline. NAN reports that, on realising this, the pilot quickly manouvered the plane back air, flying out of the Lagos airport. After hovering around between Lagos and areas suspected to be in Ogun, causing panic in passengers and crew members, the plane landed in Lagos airport, some 20 minutes after the initial false landing.



The atmosphere in the airbus upon landing was replica of what is obtainable in some Nigerian worship centers, as many passengers broke out into worship songs and clapping, while some fell to their knees in prayer. The duty manager and Chief Customer Service (Nigeria) of the airline, Mr Otori Jimoh Otan, told NAN that if the pilot had continued taxing down after landing on the third touchline, he would have overshot the runway. “But this is an experienced pilot. He realised this immediately. “Fortunately, the distance between when he realised the situation still permitted him to take off and renegotiate landing,” Otori said. Obasanjo and Olukanni had both attended a Stakeholders Dialogue on Continental Trade and Strengthening Implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) which ended on Tuesday in Addis Ababa





Source: Saharareporters


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