Isiaka Abiola Ajimobi: I AM the STATE!

The encounter, a few days ago, between the Governor of Oyo State and students of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) accurately and unfortunately validates the points I made in this piece I wrote in June 2016: http://saharareporters.com/…/emperor-ajimobi-and-mujahid-ar….
For those who may not have seen the full video of his exchanges with the students, just understand that LAUTECH, co-owned by the Oyo and Osun state governments, has been shut down for the past eight (8!) months, and the students went to protest (show their displeasure) to Ajimobi. They were not blocking traffic and neither were they destroying any property. They were just chanting their "aluta" songs. To his credit, Ajimobi, according to him, heard about the protest and hurriedly left a meeting he was chairing to address the students.

But some of the students would not have any of his usually bullish I-am-Ajimobi-the-Governor-so-you-must-respect-me attitude. They interrupted him several times with their insulting songs. This caused the ultra-arrogant governor to taunt the students and egg them on to foment trouble and threaten them with consequences. He dismissed them as non-students and demanded an apology from them just like he did from those secondary school students who went on rampage the other time for, among other things, the non-payment of salaries of their teachers. Remember that on that occasion too, he shut the schools for several weeks until he got his apology.

Official - Obama administration expels 35 Russian diplomats, closes two compounds

The United States expelled 35 Russian diplomats and closed two Russian compounds in New York and Maryland in response to a campaign of harassment against American diplomats in Moscow, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday.
The move against the diplomats from the Russian embassy in Washington and consulate in San Francisco is part of a series of actions announced on Thursday to punish Russia for a campaign of intimidation of American diplomats in Moscow and interference in the U.S. election.

UN mourns death of former General Assembly President John Ashe

United Nations General Assembly President Mogens Lykketoft expressed sincere condolences today to the widow, friends and colleagues of former Assembly President John Ashe, who died of a heart attack on Wednesday.

“Despite the many as yet unproven accusations made against him, Mr. Ashe was for many years a hard-working and popular member of the diplomatic corps in New York and at the United Nations,” said Mr. Lykketoft.

“I know that his death will come as sad news to the many professional friends and colleagues he made during his time here,” he added.

US Barack Obama 'set to release' secret 28 pages of 9/11 report, There is speculation that Saudi officials may likely support the attacks

The US government appears set to release at least part of a 28-page classified chapter from the 9/11 report that may point the finger of Saudi collusion into the attacks that struck New York and Washington.

The former head of a bi-partisan committee that investigated the attacks that left more than 3,000 people dead and published its findings, said he believed the Obama administration would make a decision on the issue by June.

The unreleased documents, kept in a secure room in the basement of the Capitol building in Washington DC, contain information from the joint congressional inquiry into “specific sources of foreign support for some of the September 11 hijackers while they were in the United States”.

Mr Graham, a former Democratic senator, said a government official told him that intelligence officials will decide in the next several weeks whether to release at least parts of the documents. The disclosure would come at a time of strained US relations with Saudi Arabia, a long-time American ally.

WHAT CORRUPTION DEPRIVED YOU OF: The Need to Support Ant-Corruption War

Sambo Dansuki, Former NSA

The say Saraki's TRIAL is a witch hunt.
Dasuki's TRIAL is a retaliation.
Dokpesi's TRIAL is opposition. 

But they do not say they are innocent.
They do not say the trial is not fair. 

They say there are many other thieves, So they say wait and catch others first! 

A child will die in about a 1000 homes today because it lacks access to primary health care. Someone is driving a car built from looted funds allocated to Primary Health Care;


A car will hit a pothole and cause grief to families because someone is living in a mansion built from looted funds meant for road projects;

FG Stands on Sanitizing and Trial in NNPC Unchangeable, President Buhari Tells Chinese Xi Jinping

WE'VE BEGUN SANITIZING NNPC TO MAKE IT FREE OF CORRUPTION AND SHADY DEALS/TRIAL OF THOSE WHO MISAPPROPRIATED NNPC REVENUES WILL BEGIN SOON - BUHARI

President M. Buhari and Chinese Xi Jinping

President Muhammadu Buhari Sunday in New York restated his determination to fully sanitize Nigeria's oil industry and make it totally free of corruption and shady deals.


Speaking at a meeting with President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the 70th General Assembly of the United Nations, President Buhari said that a necessary first step in this direction had already been taken with the appointment of a new management for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and its subsequent reorganisation .

The President said that the prosecution of those who misappropriated the NNPC's revenue under past administrations will soon commence.

Chibok schoolgirls face rape danger says UN

The UN special representative on sexual violence in conflict says the abducted Nigerian schoolgirls "definitely" face the danger of being raped.

"My worry is those girls don't come back half of them pregnant," Zainab Hawa Bangura told a luncheon at the British Residence in New York on Friday.

She was meeting with editors, Tina Brown and the British ambassador to the US in preparation for a global summit next week in London on sexual violence in conflict. Angelina Jolie and British Foreign Secretary William Hague will co-chair.

Full Text of President Jonathan’s 2014 Democracy Day broadcast speech

Fellow Nigerians, I greet and felicitate with you all, today, as we mark 15 years of uninterrupted democratic governance in our beloved country. 

Our dear nation, Nigeria, has certainly come a long way and made notable progress since our first Democracy Day on May 29, 1999 when the military finally relinquished power and handed over to a democratically-elected government, marking the true beginning of a government of the people, by the people, for the people.” 

Although I have ordered a low-key commemoration of this year’s Democracy Day in deference to the current mood of the nation, there can be no doubt that the past 15 years, the longest period of sustained democratic governance in our country, have been a blessing to us, as a people. 

As we commemorate 15 years of our Fourth Republic today therefore, I believe that it is fitting that we pay tribute once again to all those who played a part in restoring our nation to the true path of democratic governance, built on the foundations of rule of law and freedom of expression. 

As a result of our collective efforts since 1999, democratic governance is now entrenched in our nation and institutions. I wholeheartedly believe that our people are the better for it. The scope of fundamental rights and liberties enjoyed by our people over the past 15 years has been expanded beyond measure. 

Why Obasanjo’s Wife, Ogun First Lady, Others Join Protest of Free the Abducted School Girls in Abeokuta

Mrs. Bola Obasanjo, wife of former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Mrs. Olufunso Amosun, wife of Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun on Monday joined hundreds of women in Abeokuta the Ogun State capital, to protest the abduction of over 200 school girls in Chibok, Borno State.

The protest which the Iyalode of Yorubaland, Chief (Mrs.) Alaba Lawson, members of the International Federation of Women Lawyers, market women and female artisans also took part in, started at about 8am at the M.K.O Abiola Stadium, Kuto area and from there, the women moved through IBB Boulevard and ended at the Ogun State House of Assembly complex, where the governor's wife presented their protest letter to the Speaker, Suraj Adekunbi, to deliver to President Jonathan.

Crimea War: Nigeria Backs US , EU to Condemn Russian annexation of Ukraine

The Federal Republic of Nigeria on Thursday in New York backed a UN General Assembly resolution which declared Russian annexation of Crimea illegal and affirmed Ukraine's territorial integrity.