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Kanu: Buhari Lost Chance For Political Settlement, Group Says

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May 18, 2022

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The spokesperson for Coalition of United Political Parties, Ugochinyere Imo, on Wednesday, said that the President Muhammadu Buhari had lost the goodwill he would have garnered from Nigerians had he toed the path of political settlement in the matter between the Federal Government and the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.

Imo, who briefed journalists in Owerri, Imo State, after the Federal High Court in Abuja denied Kanu bail, said it was “unfair that Justice Binta Nyako denied Kanu’s bail application.”

Imo said the trial judge failed to understand the circumstances under which Kanu fled the country in 2017.

Imo said that Buhari had the solution to the trial of the IPOB leader saying that the president had the constitutional power to order for Kanu’s release.

The activist said “the president had the powers to issue a nolli prosequi so that Nnamdi Kanu could be released from detention as a way forward in bringing a political solution to IPOB’s agitation.”

According to Imo, it was equally ridiculous that the Federal Government could file additional charges against Kanu and even added the same charges against his lawyers.

Imo said, “By denying Nnamdi Kanu bail this morning, we lost a great opportunity to kick-start the political solution to these problems.

“Nobody is happy with what is happening in South East today. It will be in national interest if the president can just issue a nolli prosequi so that we can release this man and just put him somewhere even if in a house so that we can stop all these destructions going on in the South-East.

“If the president can pardon those who stole our money, as we saw in Joshua Dariye and Jolly Nyake, granted pardon to Niger Delta militants and even rehabilitated them; granted amnesty to some Boko Haram elements, some of who absolved in the military and police, I don’t see why he can not order the release of Nnamdi Kanu to demonstrate a good faith and his interest in seeing that peace returns to the country.

“I am equally shocked that the judge said she did not know the circumstances under which Nnandi Kanu jumped bail.

“We all knew that Nnamdi Kanu did not jump bail. He was in his house receiving visitors when soldiers invaded his home and this was well reported and documented.

“So it’s ridiculous to say that she failed to understand the circumstances under which Kanu jumped bail.”

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Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger Finalise Regional Alliance Project

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May 18, 2024

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Junta-run Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have finalised plans to form a confederation after turning their backs on former colonial ruler France to seek closer ties with Russia.

Their foreign ministers met Friday in Niger’s capital Niamey to agree on a text establishing the Confederation of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES).

“The objective was to finalise the draft text relating to the institutionalisation and operationalisation of the Confederation of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES)”, said Niger Foreign Minister Bakary Yaou Sangare as he read the final statement late Friday.

He said the text would be adopted by the heads of state of the three countries at a summit, without specifying the date.

“We can consider very clearly, today, that the Confederation of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) has been born,” Malian Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop said after meeting General Abdourahamane Tiani, the head of Nigerien military regime.

The third foreign minister at the meeting was Burkina Faso’s Karamoko Jean-Marie Traore.

The Sahel region has been subject to deadly jihadist violence for years, which they accused France of not being able to curb.

The three countries said late January they were quitting The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), which they said was under French influence, to create their own regional grouping.

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Paul Kagame, Chimamanda Adichie, Aig-Imoukhuede, Other Africans Make Top 100 Influential Global

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May 18, 2024

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Combo of Paul Kagame, Chimamanda Adichie, Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede,Remi Dairo.

Rwanda President, Paul Kagame, Nigeria’s Chimamanda Adichie, and Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, have been listed among top 100 influential global voices 2023/24.

Others list are president, the president , Institute of Productivity and Business Innovation, Africa and the Chief Operating Officer of Productivate Plus LLC, headquartered in Houston, Texas, Mr Remi Dairo; Adebayo Ogunlesi; Jumoke Adenowo, Ibukun Awosika; Malala Yousafzai, Strive Masiyiwa, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum.

In recognition of this groundbreaking record, Dairo was honoured by the Leaders Without Borders Development Centre at the event which took place on 19th April at House of Lords, Palace of Westminster, United Kingdom in recognition of being a global voice.

Commenting, Dairo said, “I feel so excited and motivated for the journey of my efforts and contribution to productivity in the community is globally recognized. The journey started in Nigeria as the School of Productivity in 2007 and metamorphosed into the Institute of Productivity and Business Innovation (IPBiM) in 2017.”

Remi Dairo is the president of the Institute of Productivity and Business Innovation Management (IPBIM), a distinguished African institution with global outreach that globally focuses on African institutions of productivity and innovation learning. The institution is in partnership with some of the world’s best institutions around the globe.

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Disregard Claim Of Me Bringing Investors To Nigeria – Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

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May 18, 2024

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The Director-General of the World Trade Organization, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has denied sending a WhatsApp message claiming she’s bringing investors to Nigeria due to Tinubu’s “commendable policies”.

A message had been circulating on Whatsapp alleging that former Minister of Finance has been contacted by President, respected instutitions and investors who congratulated her because Nigeria has finally found a “focused leader.”

Anything forwarded to you purporting to be a WhatsApp message from me is fake – Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala debunks news claiming she?s bringing investors to Nigeria due to Tinubu?s ?commendable policies?

Reacting via her X handle, Okonjo-Iweala described it as fake. She wrote;

‘’It’s been brought to my attention that another FAKE message has been manufactured and is being forwarded on WhatsApp in my name. I want to make clear that this fake message is not from me. I am pleased that those who know me instantly recognized this as fake.

“Thanks to friends who brought this to my attention. Please be aware that I do not use WhatsApp broadcasts, thus anything forwarded to you purporting to be a WhatsApp message from me is FAKE.

“This is a bad example of the use of social media. I want to warn those in the business of manufacturing FAKE messages, that they will not succeed.”