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FIRST STANZA               Arise, O compatriots, Nigeria's call obey To serve our fatherland With love and strength and faith The labor of our heroes past Shall never be in vain To serve with heart and might One nation bound in freedom, peace and unity.  SECOND STANZA   O God of creation, direct our noble cause Guide our leaders right Help our youth the truth to know In love and honesty to grow And living just and true Great lofty heights attain To build a nation where peace And justice shall reign. THE PLEDGE  I pledge to Nigeria, my country To be faithful, loyal and honest, To serve Nigeria with all my strength, To defend her unity and uphold Her honor and glory. So help me God

T he new Republican “health-care” bill is out and it’s bad. Once again, it slashes Medicaid, cuts funds from Planned Parenthood, and would likely cause millions of people to lose their insurance. This fight is far from over. The Congressional Budget Office is expected to release a score of the new bill on Monday and Republicans could schedule the first procedural vote as early as Tuesday or Wednesday. On top of that, Senator Mitch McConnell has cancelled the first two weeks of the Senate’s August recess to have more time to ram the health-care bill through. That also means another two weeks of lawmakers not having to face constituents in their districts furious that their elected officials would take away the care many need to survive. We were only able to block previous iterations of the GOP’s health-care plans after massive public pressure. It’s time to step up again. Below are five things you can do in the coming week to keep up the fight. To get a weekly email detailing more actio...

Abdullahi Wammako, a member of Nigeria's House of Representatives is dead. His body has been taken to Sokoto for burial Wamakko who represented Kware/Wammako federal constituency of Sokoto state died at the National hospital after a brief illness. According to Premium Times, the spokesman of the House, Abdulrazak Namdas made this known. “We just got the information that we lost Abdullahi Wammako from Sokoto,” Mr Namdas said. We learnt  that his body has been taken to Sokoto for burial. According to Punch, House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara; Sokoto state Governor, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, and former Governor of Adamawa state, Murtala Nyako were at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, when the corpse of Rep. Abdullahi Wamakko, who died on Friday, to Sokoto was being conveyed to Sokoto for Burial. Sokoto state Governor, ex Governor of Adamawa state, Nyako, the Speaker, House of Reps, Dogara, others at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, conveying the body of W...

The people of Daura, the president's hometown, say they are unhappy with the way Nigerians are treating matters about Buhari's health - They say Nigerians should respect his privacy and let him rest - The kinsmen say instead of invading the president's privacy, Nigerians should be praying more for him Kinsmen of President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura have pleaded with Nigerians to stay out his private life and pray more instead for his quick recovery. The kinsmen made the plea in various messages to Nigerians during a visit by The Punch to Daura, the president’s hometown in Katsina state. Leading the kinsmen Lawan Saidu, Ahmed Haroun and Seidu Awalu, who are elders in Daura, who said the President should be left alone to recuperate. They also urged Nigerians to pray more for God to grant Buhari good health. “Anyone can be sick, so why is everybody attacking the President as if he is not a human being? The last time he was in the country, he told Nigerians that he was ill and h...

Mrs Olufunke Oluwakemi Kolawole, left Osun state where she was the permanent secretary in charge of the Bureau of General Services, for Abuja on Thursday, July 13 - Mrs Kolawole did not get to her destination or return home as she was attacked by alleged robbers in Okene, Kogi state and killed Mrs Olufunke Oluwakemi Kolawole, the permanent secretary in charge of the Bureau of General Services in Osun state, has been found killed on her way to Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city. Mrs Kolawole, it was learnt, left Osogbo, the capital of Osun state on her way to Abuja on Thursday 13, but was reportedly murdered in Okene.we learnt that the permanent secretary was reportedly on her way to join the celebration of a friend, the solicitor-general of Osun state, who was recently elevated to a judge. She was attacked by alleged gunmen along the Okene-Abuja road. Though she was rushed to the hospital in Lokoja, she did not survive. Daily Post reported Mrs Kolawole’s younger brother, Femi Ajibade, as co...

On Wednesday, July 12, it was reported that the 33rd wife, Queen Akwaza, of the most wanted criminal in Benue state was arrested over her refusal to reveal her husband’s hideout. She has been charged with criminal conspiracy before the Makurdi Magistrate Court. Akwaza was also charged with screening of armed robbery, acts of terrorism and kidnapping alongside her husband, Terwase. Nigerian News further disclosed that the prosecutor Hyacinth Gbakor to the court that on June 15, the woman was arrested together with eight persons and on Friday, July 7, they were all arraigned in court. Terwase Akwaza. Source: Google The prosecutor also revealed that during investigation Queen Akwaza was identified as the brain behind the kidnappings and other notorious acts headed by one of the suspects who have been arraigned earlier, Zendedoo Tsekaa. After confessing to her crimes Akwaza further disclosed that any woman her husband touches follow him immediately which was how she got married to him as w...

The Arewa Consultative Forum said the issue of restructuring must be properly defined - It said it is against any restructuring that will affect the country's unity - The apex northern group also rejected the implementation of the confab report The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has rejected the call to implement the 2014 National Conference report describing it as undemocratic. There has been call for the country to adopt the report of the conference held during the administration of former president, Goodluck Jonathan, but the ACF has insisted that it will not support its implementation. According to New Telegraph, this decision was reached after the National Executive Council meeting of the apex northern group on Wednesday, July 12. In a communique released after the meeting, the group explained to the federal government that its reason for rejecting the confab report was in the interest of the country. It said: "The opposition of the North to the implementation of the reco...

Senator Ali Modu Sheriff congratulated Ahmed Makarfi over the judgement which reinstated him as the authentic leader of the People’s Democratic Party - The former Borno state governor urged members of the party to come together and channel a new course forward - According to Sheriff, the party must now focus its attention on reclaiming power from the ruling All Progressives Congress Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, the sacked national chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has finally reacted to the judgement of the Supreme Court which ruled in favor of Ahmed Makarfi. The ousted former chairman posted his response on his twitter handle, @SenAliSheriff. READ ALSO: Nobody can stampede President Buhari out of power, Group warns As he tweeted: The Supreme Court has spoken. I congratulate Senator Makarfi. We must all put our hands together to channel a new course for the PDP 1:39 PM - 12 Jul 2017 283 244 Ali Modu Sheriff @SenAliSheriff Moving forward, we must embrace true reconciliation,...

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti says Nigerians need a live video of President Buhari addressing them - The governor challenges Buhari’s handler to prove to Nigerians that the president is not incapacitated by producing him to the public - Fayose says Buhari should speak to Nigerians publicly to prove that he is can continue as president governor Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti has described the reported visit of acting president Yemi Osinbajo to Muhammadu Buhari in London as another plot by the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration to conceal the true state of health of the president, The governor in a release issued on Wednesday, July 12 by his media aide Media, Lere Olayinka, insisted that what Nigerians need to address their doubts about the president’s health condition was a live video of President Buhari addressing them and not a visit in which no pictorial (photo or video) was made available to the public. He said: “President Buhari has spent 65 days out of the country...

The national coordinator of the OPC Gani Adams, says the group remains consistent in the defence of Yoruba interests - Gani Adams assures the Yoruba nation that the OPC will not abandon them - Meanwhile, Lagos state police command arrests 87 suspected members of Badoo cult group while declaring 20 others wanted The national coordinator of the Oodua People's Congress (OPC), Gani Adams, has described the group’s success over the Badoo cultists in Ikorodu as proof that the OPC remains a potent force in the defence of Yoruba interest. Speaking during a training organized by the Lagos chapter of OPC in Agidigbi, Ikeja, on Tuesday, July 11, the OPC leader said the group remains consistent in the defence of Yoruba interests, despite consistent assault from political forces within the zone. Gani Adams assured the Yoruba nation that the OPC will not abandon them. He however said that different time requires different strategists, noting that the focus remains the same. Meanwhile, Lagos stat...

Professor Osinbajo got the permission to make some key decision - This was part of his visit to the president in London - Some ministers may lose their positions according to sources Details have started to emerge of acting president, Profesor Yemi Osinbajo’s meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in London with focus being on the ministers. The acting president had jetted out to London on Tuesday, July 11 to meet with the president and according to The Nation, the focus was on national development especially as it affects the cabinet. According to a presidency source who spoke on the condition of anonymity, the whole cabinet cannot be dissolved “because the nation cannot afford such a luxury now”. However, some ministers may be reshuffled. It was also learnt that Osinbajo got approval for some appointment and key decisions. “There is likely shake-up of the cabinet in line with the new fast-pace focus of the Buhari administration. Some of the ministers cannot cope with the portfolios ...

Senator Ahmed Lawan says the Supreme Court judgement which sacked Ali Modu Sheriff as the national chairman of the PDP is prove that the present administration respects separation of powers - The Senate leader states that despite the ruling, the PDP will continue to remain in diaspora - Meanwhile, members of the PDP continue to celebrate the Supreme Court judgement which affirmed Ahmed Makarfi as the authentic chairman of the party Senator Ahmed Lawan has said court judgments delivered during the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)-led federal government were unfair. READ ALSO: Osinbajo finally meets Buhari in London, refuses to speak after 1 hour meeting The Senate leader made the statement on Wednesday, July 12, in reaction to the Supreme Court judgement which sacked Ali Modu Sheriff as the national chairman of the party. Speaking during plenary, Lawan said the judgement was proof that the Muhammadu Buhari administration believes in the separation of powers. The senator who is of the All ...

Goodluck Jonathan congratulated the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for its Supreme Court victory - The former president in a statement said the judgment will bring the opposition party together - Jonathan urged the Ahmed Makarfi-led caretaker committee to see the verdict as a moral victory of constitutionality Nigeria's former President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on the resolution of its leadership tussle by the Supreme Court. NAIJ.com gathered that the former president said the apex court's verdict is a judgment where there are no winners or losers, adding that it will bring the party together. Jonathan in a Facebook post on Wednesday, July 12, called on members who had left the party because of its leadership issues to return and build the party.

The real reasons former Borno governor Ali-Modu Sheriff was sacked as PDP national chairman has been unveiled - The Supreme Court had earlier today July 12 declared former Kaduna state governor Ahmed Makarfi as the authentic caretaker chairman of the party - The court, however unbraided Sheriff for demonstrating ‘infantile desperation to lead the party’ The Supreme Court on Wednesday July 12 upheld the election of a former Kaduna state governor, Ahmed Makarfi, as the authentic chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, after a protracted legal battle that ruptured the unity of the party. Premium Times reports that a three-member panel of the court presided by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, upbraided Mr. Makarfi’s contender, Ali Sheriff for demonstrating “infantile desperation to lead the party.” NAIJ.com gathered that while reading out the judgement after weeks of compilation, a member of the panel, Rhodes Vivour, said Mr. Sheriff was not within the category of an ‘...

The Makarfi-led faction of the PDP has won the leadership battle in the party- Sheriff ordered to pay fine by the Abuja Supreme High- The party is likely to experience some major changes after the rulingThe leadership crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seems to have reached its end as the Supreme Court in Abuja gave it's ruling on Wednesday, July 12.The Ahmed Makarfi-led faction of the PDP has just been declared as the original and only recognised PDP party in the country.The party crisis started in 2015, after losing the presidential election to the All Progressive Congress (APC)'s candidate, Muhammadu Buhari. However, with the leadership mantle returned to Ahmed Makarfi, the party is likely to experience some major changes in the nearest future.READ ALSO: Biafra has not been defeated – SoyinkaNAIJ.com has compiled a list of some of the things that may happen to the party after the Apex court ruling:1. Politicians who threatened to leave the party and those that have...

D id Donald Trump Jr. confess to a crime this afternoon? And if so, does he even know it? Since Saturday, Trump Jr. has been windmilling wildly, trying to defend himself against a series of New York Times stories about a June 2016 meeting between young Donald, his father’s campaign manager Paul Manafort, brother-in-law Jared Kushner (now a senior Trump adviser), and a Russian lawyer named Natalia Veselnitskaya. At every step, he’s made things worse for himself, and perhaps his father. But on Monday he may have delivered the knockout punch—against himself. Just as the Times published a shocking new piece detailing e-mail messages sent to him by Rob Goldstone, a music publicist, promising “very high level and sensitive information” about Hillary Clinton as “part of Russia and its government’s support for Mr. Trump,” Donald Jr. released the entire e-mail chain himself, on Twitter. In it, he appears to be committing the crime of accepting campaign help from a foreign government. Gleefully....

Daughter of Nigerian President, Zahra Buhari Indimi, recently opened up on her father's health status- President Buhari has been out of the country for over three months with no solid information on his condition- Zahra shared a post on Twitter revealing that her father is doing pretty wellZahra Buhari Indimi recently revealed the health status of her father. President Buhari has been in London for over two months said to be receiving treatment for an undisclosed health condition. Nigerians have been worried about the state of the president and only just getting information on his status.READ ALSO: Psquare's Paul Okoye and wife Anita welcome twinsThe president's wife, Aisha Buhari who is currently in London with him is yet to speak on his condition but Zahra has assured Nigerians with her recent tweet that he is in fact doing very well. Read more: https://www.naij.com/1114211-zahra-buhari-comments-fathers-health-condition.html?utm_source=mailfire&utm_medium=email&ut...

Acting president, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, is currently meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in London. According to an official information provided by the Aso Rock Villa, the acting president was in UK on Tuesday, July 11, and will be returning back to Abuja same day. NAIJ.com reports that the meeting lasted for one hour after which Osinbajo returned to Nigeria. READ ALSO: Abdulsalami Abubakar reveals those sponsoring hate speech in the country While the purpose of the meeting and issues being discussed have not been made public, there is speculation it has to do with the development of the country. This was also confirmed by the spokesperson to the acting president, Laolu Akande, via his official twitter page. NAIJ.com had reported that President Buhari's medical trip to London which has put him out of the country for more than 50 days has sparked reactions in the country with many people especially from the opposition party calling for his resignation. With Osinb...

THE GENEALOGY OF IGBOS: The Igbos and who they are. (read and forward). If you don't know where you are coming from definitely you will never no where you are going to, we must know our root and who we are. I am here to give you another EDUCATIVE and INFORMATIVE masterpiece. If you are Igbo then this write-up will help you know more about yourself and where you are coming from, but if you are not Igbo, now you have the opportunity to learn more about the Igbos and why they exhibit some of their characters. It is a very powerful masterpiece and it took me time to gather them together. First of all, I will want you to bring out your BIBLE because 30% percent of whatever I will say are recorded in the Holy book. Like I said, it took me time to do this research. For those of you who think there is nothing connecting Igbos and Israelites, then I can tell you that you are wrong. Igbos are 100% Jews. It is simply for educating the young ones and letting them know where they are coming ...

The tragedy of Theresa  May - in five acts  Theresa May has been in power for a year CREDIT:  JUSTIN SUTCLIFFE  By James Kirkup  8 JULY 2017 • 7:00AM  he Roman poet Horace said a play  should not be shorter or longer than  five acts. The German scholar Gustav  Freytag defined those acts for the modern  age. As Theresa May is poised to mark her  first year as Prime Minister, most would  agree that it has been quite a remarkable 12  months - in five acts she has manged to  produce a true drama.  Act I: The Exposition  The protagonist is introduced  It is now hard to remember, yet vital to  recall, that Theresa May took the Tory  crown not by triumph but by default. Every  other claimant removed himself or herself  from contention: David Cameron quit after  failing over Europe. Boris Johnson quit after  failing to convince Michael Gove he was  serious about Brexit. Andrea...

Ivanka Trump has apparently dazzled the women of the People’s Republic with her first-daughter charm offensive: Chinese women admire her as the quintessential American power mom, even as Trump Senior trades twitter barbs with President “Daddy Xi” in Beijing. But while Ivanka markets her new guide to success for “Women Who Work,” the women working for her in China, producing slippers for her elite apparel brand, face a work-life balance that smacks more of Oliver Twist than Lean In.   Earlier this year, the US-based China Labor Watch (CLW) rubbed some of the gloss off the heavily marketed, obsessively scrutinized Ivanka brand when a team of undercover investigators infiltrated the facilities of a supplier to Ivanka’s shoe brand, Huajian, in Guangdong and Jiangxi Provinces. They uncovered shocking brutality, including evidence of wage theft and forced labor, with nonstop production shifts that lasted well over the legal standard. Some employees were reportedly “tricked into the fa...

Donald Trump is such an erratic, narcissistic, and imprudent commander in chief that he will often, in a matter of hours, come up with a horrible idea, abandon it, and then blow the whole debate up without ever applying a measure of common sense.   Witness the president’s sudden show of interest in developing “an impenetrable Cyber Security unit” to guard against “election hacking.” After meeting for more than two hours with Russian President Vladimir Putin—during which Trump may or may not have accepted Putin’s assurance that Russia did not interfere on the Republican’s behalf in the 2016 election—Trump was foraging around for some evidence that he had accomplished anything. The president tweeted: “Putin & I discussed forming an impenetrable Cyber Security unit so that election hacking, & many other negative things, will be guarded.” The reaction was not good. Republicans were dumbfounded. South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham said, “It’s not the dumbest idea I’ve ever ...

I don’t tweet, but I do have a brief message for our president: Will you please get the hell out of the way for a few minutes? You and your antics are blocking our view of the damn world and it’s a world we should be focusing on!   This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To stay on top of important articles like these, sign up to receive the latest updates from TomDispatch.com. Maybe it was the moment, more than a week ago, when I found myself reading Donald Trump’s double tweet aimed at MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski who, on Morning Joe, had suggested that the president might be “possibly unfit mentally.” “I heard,” the president tweeted, “poorly rated @Morning_Joe speaks badly of me (don’t watch anymore). Then how come low I.Q. Crazy Mika, along with Psycho Joe, came… to Mar-a-Lago 3 nights in a row around New Year’s Eve, and insisted on joining me. She was bleeding badly from a face-lift. I said no!” In response to Trump’s eerie fascination with w...

Governors of south-east and south-south Nigeria met in Enugu on Sunday evening - The meeting came on the heels of another meeting of south-east governors and other leaders - The meeting is to address Biafra agitation and form a formidable alliance to demand federal government to restructure the nation As the agitation for Biafra continues in the two region, governors of south-east and south-south Nigeria met at the Nike Lake Resort, Enugu on Sunday evening. The governors met to deliberate on the ongoing agitation for Biafra in the region, especially by the youths. Recall that NAIJ.com earlier reported that south-east leaders, Ohanaeze and governors met at the same venue couple of weeks back. A meeting that saw the leaders showing their support for Nigeria's unity and a call for the country to be restructured. The meetings of governors of the two regions in Enugu, is to find a way to form a strong alliance that can push forward the demand for a restructured governance and th...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders are not happy with the current bickering between the National Assembly and the presidency - The party leaders have resolved to intervene in the situation threatening to tear the party apart - The major reason of the feud is the confirmation of the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu A report by The Punch indicates that APC leaders met over the crisis between the presidency and the Senate on the appointment of EFCC boss, Ibrahim Magu. According to the report, the party intervened in the crisis and would declare its position before the end of this week. A presidency official quoted in the report said those who attended the meeting, which was held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Thursday, July 6, included the national chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun; the deputy national chairman, northSenator Lawal Shuaibu; the national secretary, Mai Mala Buni; the national treasurer, Mohammed Gwagwaruwa; a...

Some of the South-East and South-South governors met in Enugu on Sunday July 9 - The governors resolved to pursue inter-regional cooperation for the economic benefit of the two regions - They also reviewed the current state of Nigeria among many others issues All the South-East and South-South governors have resolved to pursue inter-regional cooperation for the economic benefit of the two regions. The governors also reviewed the current state of the nation. The chairman of the meeting Emmanuel Udom while reading a communique after their meeting on Monday, July 10, said the the governors in the region have agreed to work together to realign as a people with common cultural heritage and affinities. Also, the host of the meeting Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, the Enugu state governor had described the meeting as the first in the present dispensation

Donald Trump announces the Biafra referendum date - Is it a victory? https://www.naij.com/1113011-biafra-referendum-2017-a-time-celebrate-a-victory.html Still anticipating a mind blowing Biafran referendum where we the Igbo's will decided our fate in this world. But still on it, I pray to God not to allow anybody that will vote against Biafra to witness that day in Jesus name, Amen. *21july2017* *savethedate*