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Nnamdi Kanu in an interview with Al Jazeera says Nigeria is a stupid country - The interview was the first time he has spoken to an international media outlet since he was granted bail - Kanu insisted that the Igbo people have nothing in common with Nigeria. Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra, IPOB in an interview has termed Nigeria a stupid country. Kanu who spoke to Al Jazeera in the parlour of his father's home in Umuahia insisted that the Igbo people have nothing in common with Nigeria The interview was the first time he has spoken to an international media outlet since he was granted bail on health grounds in April by Justice Binta Nyako. According to Al Jazeera, Nnamdi Kanu waves his hand and puffs in frustration: "Nothing seems to be working in Nigeria. There is pain and hardship everywhere. What we're fighting [for] is not self-determination for the sake of it. It's because Nigeria is not functioning and can never functi...

The governor of imo state, today sacked the state executive council and 27 local government transition committees with immediate effect. the transition committee chairmen are adviced to hand over to the directors of administration and general services of their respective council area. This was a statement by the principal secretary to the governor, Mr pascal Obi. Source: naij.com I wonder why, and on this biafra remembrance day. A statement by the Principal Secretary to the governor, Mr Pascal Obi, in Owerri directed all former members of the executive to hand over to permanent secretaries or the most senior director in their ministries. Read more: https://www.naij.com/1107407-okorocha-fires-commissioners-27-local-government-transition-committees-biafr.htm

I came across this news on one of naijas top blogs, and it caught me. I had a flash back to a question a young man once asked my dad, “why do the rich get richer and the poor, poorer”  - Yemi Osinbajo, Nigeria's acting president has inaugurated the board of the Nigerian Industrial Policy and Competitiveness Advisory Council - Among the inaugurated members of the council is Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote and Peterside - The Council is expected to plan and supervise policies that will speed up Nigeria’s industrialization bid. Yemi Osinbajo,   Nigeria's acting president has on May 30 inaugurated the board of the Nigerian Industrial Policy and Competitiveness Advisory Council. The 36-member Council, will be chaired by the acting president himself.   I read further and noticed that the remaining 34 members are made up of CEOs and managing directors of productive sectors in the country. Why were these posts not shared among the 36 homeless men in ...

That moment you’re getting used to the holiday and you’ve already engaged yourself with interesting activities and possibly one that pays, then you get this message that says Notice!! Notice!! Notice!! all students are expected to submit their seminar on or before 18 th … your defence is on 19 th then it dawns on you that today is 12 th and you’ve not understood your topic talk less of starting your work, now you confirm you have less than a week to start, complete and memorize. Was It our case or worse? After romancing our predicament, we knew we had to start from somewhere. So we did. After the sleepless nights and frustrating internet connections eg. Glo network… we were able to put our work together and deliver. 19 th wasn’t a smiling day for men… guys were looking like it was their wedding day while girls turned envangelists in their skirt suits. Our lecturers who specialize in making you forget the little you know, left some, wishing they entered alaba ...