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E pain am...... illiterate jatijati

NATO will likely decide on Thursday to ramp up military forces on its eastern flank, the head of the alliance said, while also warning Russia against using nuclear weapons in Ukraine,


NATO has sharply increased its presence at the eastern border of the alliance, with some 40,000 troops spread from the Baltic to the Black Sea, and is seeking to deploy four new combat units in Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia.



"I expect leaders will agree to strengthen NATO's posture in all domains, with major increases in the eastern part of the alliance. On land, in the air and at sea," NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg told a news conference ahead of a NATO summit in Brussels on Thursday.

Putin sent troops into Ukraine in what he calls a "special military operation" to demilitarise and "denazify" Ukraine. Ukraine and the West say Putin launched an unprovoked war of aggression

The Ukrainian Government has expressed appreciation to Nigeria and other nations that have stood by her in the ongoing war against Russia.

Speaking to journalists in Abuja, on Wednesday, the Defence Attache, Embassy of Ukraine in Nigeria, Col Andrii Vasyliev, asked for more sanctions against Russia, insisting that it was planning chemical attack on Ukraine and has perpetrated war crimes.

He also said the Eastern Europe nation targeted children while women were raped by Russian soldiers.

Vasyliev said: “By killing civilians, Russia continues to commit crimes against humanity as defined by the Statute of the International Military Tribunal and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, cynically disregarding all requirements of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War.

It is no longer news that both the former governor of Lagos, Bola Tinubu, and the former vice president of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, have declared their intention to run for the next presidential election in which both of them stand a higher chance of winning their party ticket.



Many politicians have declared their intention to compete on the party ticket with them, but both Tinubu and Atiku seem to be the talk of the nation, which makes many people believe that the next president of the country lies between both of them.

The first thing that will give Tinubu the upper hand is the sagacity of his party, over the PDP's Atiku party. The APC, which has the highest number of governors, lawmakers, and local government chairpersons, will be hard to defeat by any other party.



Many of these governors, lawmakers, and local government chairpersons have vowed to support Tinubu, and if they truly work for him in 2023, it would increase Tinubu's chances of knocking out Atiku in the coming election.



Apart from that, the issue of zoning and how many PDP cabals go against each other is not healthy for Atiku because Atiku has not gained the support of any potential southern leaders as they are all chanting one slogan, which is that power should return to the south, and he may give the advantages to Tinubu, whose many northern leaders have already rallied around him.

Another thing that may give an upper hand to Tinubu is the issue of Ohanaeze, who has already vowed not to support Atiku Abubakar if he continues with his presidential ambitions.

Ahead of the 2023 Presidential Election, A Former Vice-president of Nigeria and the 2019 Presidential Candidate of the PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has declared his intention to Succeed President Muhammadu Buhari whose tenure 'll elapse by May 2023.

Atiku who made a public declaration at the International Conference Centre (ICC) in Abuja is taking a shot at the Presidency for the 6th Time. The Adamawa State-born Businessman and Politician has previously contested either as an Aspirant or Candidate in 1993, 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019. During the last Election held in February 2019, Atiku lost to the Incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari of his All Progressives Congress (APC) with over Three Million Votes.

He is expected to challenge Top Politicians including a Former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki; the Governor of Sokoto State, Rt. Hon. Aminu Tambuwal and his Bauchi State, Governor Bala Mohammed for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Ticket. However, if elected as President, Atiku promised that his Administration will focus on Unity, Security, Economy, Education and Devolution of Powers.

This may be the situation in Anambra State now. Just today, the recently sworn in governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, told Arise TV News that Obiano left debts that are running in billions of Naira, with just 300 million naira in cash. Soludo actually lamented, as he told Arise TV that he doesn't want to talk about Anambra treasury because it is pathetic.

I remember vividly that the then governor of Anambra State, before Willie came into power, Mr Peter Obi, had claimed that he left over 75 Billion Naira for Willie Obiano. I am going to present Peter Obi's exact words in 2017.

Attached below is a report published by Tribune on the 20th of September 2017, which is about five years ago. In this published report, Peter Obi stated that he left over 75 Billion Naira for Willie Obiano. It is important I cite Mr Peter.

"I left over N25 billion in cash at the banks, and I left $156 million in the bank in Nigeria. Do you think anybody can leave such money and then go to tell the person he’s handing over to give him N7 billion, when I left over N75 billion?"

Since this statement was made, the immediate past governor of Anambra State hasn't made any reputable effort to refute this claim, which is a call that there are facts to this.




One may begin to wonder, how come Mr Peter Obi left billions of Naira in Cash and also Millions of Dollars in the bank, yet Willie Obiano left only 300 Million Naira in Cash to Soludo, but Billions of Naira Debt?

I am not quoting these figures on my own. To take this further, below is the exact statement of Professor Chukwuma Soludo today:

"In terms of debt I inherited, it runs into hundreds of billions of Naira. In that of cash, we met about 300 million Naira. In fact let's not talk about it. Our treasury is funny."



"But I hope we shall make money henceforth to help us fulfill our promises for infrastructure and development of the state. But in terms of what I met in our coffers, my brother, it's pathetic. Please let us not go there. God will help us", Soludo on Arise TV News interview.

Do we call this irony of Fate or wickedness of Governance'? What would you call this, in your own term? Let's discuss this further.

Let me make it clear. Since 1999 Nigeria returned to the current democratic dispensation, the case of Chief Willie Obiano is actually the first situation in which an Igbo governor handed over power and was arrested the same day for corruption.

EFCC have also stated some allegation against Obiano. According to the Commission, Willie Obiano is facing about 42-billion naira corruption allegation. Although EFCC has declared that Willie has been granted bail, it has left lots of questions on the personality of Chief Willie Obiano.

I am eagerly waiting for him to tell Mr Peter Obi that he didn't leave any 75 Billion Naira for him. I am also waiting gor Chief Willie Obiano to openly refute Soludo's claim today, and tell us what he had left.

If not, then something is wrong somewhere. Every worker should be diligent in rendering clean and clear account of his stewardship. It is neither political witch-hunting nor religious consideration.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that ASUU on Monday 14th March, extended its industrial action by eight weeks, citing inability of the government to meet its demand.

Dearlord:
You could have said nothing because the only one great is God

ManirBK:
So they are allowing hate speech against Russia... OK, that sounds about right for them

Dearlord:
White mind in black body with excess knowledge

Dearlord:
See meat everywhere just small fresh pepper and you are good to go to paradise

12rev:
So much anger and frustration in this country. Make them go burn okowa and ibori

Comradewhy:
This is jungle justice, but on a more serious note,i think they deserve this.
These set of people need to be taught a serious lesson,you can't keep Robbin people and not expect them to get back at you,your theft got you killed.

In his lead debate, Ogun argued that it would check the penchant of public officers taking their wards outside the country for studies while less effort was being made to better the situation of the nations’ public schools.

He said, “I believe that public officers should be subjected to the utility of the public institutions which they are responsible for building and maintaining.

“For instance, reports show that Ghana alone gets N160billion of Nigerian students’ funds, while the United Kingdom gets N80bn from Nigerian students. About 75,000 Nigerians are said to be studying in Ghana, paying over $1bn annually for tuition fees and upkeep.”

Contributing to the debate, the Deputy Minority Leader, Toby Okechukwu, said, there should be a clear perspective on the intent of the bill so that it would not be taken on a biased assumption.

However, when the bill was put to a voice vote by Deputy Speaker Ahmed Idris Wase, who presided over the plenary, it was overwhelmingly rejected by the majority of the lawmakers.

Starberg:
The National Assembly passed the bill for State to generate their electricity.

These are my views:

1. This will break the monopoly of Discos
2. The State Governors will have no where to hide their inadequates.
3.The people will know whom and where to lodge their complaints.
4.The state governments would want to compete with one another by looking into other source of power like solar etc.
5. Price of services will fall like barbing, photocoping etc.
6. Investors would want to invest in states with adequate electricity supply
7. It will be used as one of the criteria to judge a parforming Governor.
8. Las las Ghana will stop mocking us with light
9. Less attention will be focused on fuel.

maticar:
What nonsense is this

Human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore has said that he will retire all serving Generals who have turned the fight against terrorism into a cash cow in the Nigerian Army and other Armed Forces on retirement if he becomes the President of Nigeria come 2023.

Sowore, who is also the National Chairman of African Action Congress (AAC), revealed this on Tuesday in Abuja during his formal declaration to contest for President in the forthcoming general elections.


He said he would show the so-called Army Generals the way out, adding that they were not fit to be called Generals but Boy Scouts.

He said some of them have turned the fight against terrorism and banditry into a cash cow, thereby making the war difficult for the soldiers at the frontline to win.

He appealed to the security agents across the country to be optimistic and committed while promising to improve their condition of service when he becomes the President.

Sowore said, "I cannot end this without talking about our men and women in the Armed Forces. Sometimes we don't like them. Maybe if I get out of here now, the policemen will come and pick me up again and arrest me.

"Part of the problem they have is that they are also being dehumanised by the condition of service. Our soldiers are fighting with bare hands against terrorists who have unlimited access to weapons and ammunition.

"The highest-paid soldier is paid N56,000 thereabouts and is expected to die for the country.

“Immediately we come into the office we will look into the condition of service. As I have said before and I will repeat here, anybody that is a General that participated in this useless war against terrorists is going to be retired. I will fire all the Generals.

“You cannot be called Generals; these are Boy Scouts. Let them go and rest."

Kingpin1000:
Wise man wey vote Buhari twice

fayahude:
Ask Nigerian citizens in Russia to come home, the war is taking a different turn already.

benuejosh:
No place like home. Please come back home.
Our economy is booming, Buhari has also set out soft loans to help start-up, he will also give tax holidays to genuine investors who return hime. There's also guaranteed security in every part of Nigeria. Buhari has made fighting criminal elements his top priority. The UGM and other terrorist organizations making names in the East have also been nipped. Please come back home and invest back home. It is save at home and there's no place like home. No War at home too.

Olawumi1032:
May God have mercy on us

Nvestor02:
Igbo has now turned themselves to glorify criminals.

I wonder why Buhari government hasn't wipe them out of the Nigerian map

Kingosytex:
I tire for your matter.

maticar:
What nonsense is this

shortIGBOman:
Okafor, take am easy. Your supreme leader Nnamdi Kanu dey prison, but you dey Nairaland dey chest beat. Instead of doing what you can to save him.

shortIGBOman:
More watery beans for this Albino.

nnennachiji:
It’s not fake news it’s the truth
I watched it on news here in the USA