Seyi Makinde
In the public-pinion segment of the Blueprint newspaper of Tuesday 26th January 2021, an imam of the of the University of Abuja (UniAbuja)masjid, a professor, thus an âimam-professor,â sent in a piece dripping with cynical sarcastic vitriol.
This professor made it known he hails from Isheyin in the Oke-Ogun area of Oyo State and his broadside against Gov. Seyi Makinde for âabdicatingâ his responsibilities to ensure that Oyo State remains in a state of peace is in line with popular opinions of the Southwest at the moment. The people of the Southwest region of Nigeria believe that the âvacuum of leadershipâ created by a vacillating Makinde was quickly filled by the citizen-activist (a ânon-state actor,â a term now in popular use) known as Sunday âIgbohoâ Adeyemo. In this respect Mr. Adeyemo is being lionised as a âheroâ of the Yoruba folks for standing toe-to-toe against killer Fulani folks and ordering them out
Popular critic and social media activist, Reno Omokri has reacted to claims made by Borno's state governor, Babagana Zulum that members of Boko Haram are Christians
Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan has condemned Governor Babagana Zulum’s claims that Christians are members of Boko Haram.
DAILY POST had reported that Governor Zulum said this while speaking during the 17th Chief Gani Fawehinmi Annual Lecture organised by the Nigerian Bar Association in Ikeja, Lagos State
But Omokri says Nigerians would have been on fire if a Christian had made such claims.
The former Presidential spokesperson making reference to Bishop Kukah’s Christmas message asked Zulum to name the Christians among former Boko Haram members who have been rehabilitated by the Buhari-led administration.
On his Twitter page, Omokri wrote “If a Christian uttered the rubbish Zulum uttered, Nigeria would be on fire.
President of Igbo extraction will be 90% loyal to North: NYLF leader
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Comrade Elliot Afiyo is the National Chairman of the Northern Youth Leaders Forum (NYLF), the umbrella body of 42 Northern youth organizations formed in 1990. Afiyo is the third National Chairman of NYLF and also the Secretary General of the Association of West African Monarchs and a senior Pastor in the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG).
In this interview, Afiyo revealed that NYLF would consider supporting candidates for 2023 presidency from the South and northeast exclusively. He singled out Atiku Abubakar, Bala Mohammed, Bola Tinubu, Nyesom Wike, Orji Uzor Kalu, Peter Obi, among other notable politicians, as formidable candidates that the Forum could back to grab the reins of power in 2023.
Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja
The Order of The Knights of Saint Mulumba Nigeria (KSM) has deprecated the stance of the federal government on the âApologise or Ouit Sokotoâ threat issued to Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, by a Muslim Solidarity Forum.
The Nights contended that the statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu was but a sleight underhand rebuke of the Catholic Cleric instead of his traducers.
A statement by the Supreme Knight, KSM, in Nigeria, Sir Diamond Ovueraye said, “The statement was a slap on the wrist for Bishop Kukahâs traducers, whose ill-advised and unfortunate threat negates the spirit of the Nigerian Constitution and unity of the nation”.