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  Prophet TB Joshua of Synagogue Church of All Nation, SCOAN, has assured Nigerians that Nigeria will not disintegrate. Joshua said that though Nigeria would be engulfed by a cloud of “crisis, murder, killings, destruction” but would not disintegrate in the long run as God has a perfect plan to make Nigeria a world power. While addressing members of his church, the prophet said: “I want to assure you, nothing will happen to Nigeria. Nigeria will remain one. “Beyond this crisis, Nigeria is beautiful. Your prayer now is that you should witness it so that this crisis will not take you away. “It is decreed that this nation will be reckoned with as a powerful nation.” TB Joshua’s message is coming when the call for Nigeria’s disintegration is getting to the rooftops within the country and in the diaspora. The likes of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) and Sunday Igboho have been on the front burner of campaign for Nigeria’s dissolution. Their calls fo

By Sanusi Muhammad   The godfather of Lagos politics, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in 2015 led the South-West into an alliance with the North to birth the All Progressive Alliance (APC). His decision, evidently, was informed by the expectation that the two geopolitical regions will share power, invariably to the exclusion of the Eastern bloc. And ultimately that he, or the South-West, will take power by the time the North completes two terms in 2023. But it has proved to be a miscalculation. Certainly, power play is about conspiracies and alliances. Tinubu is well within his right to do what he thought would best advance his political interest and that of his region. However, in backing President Muhammadu Buhari, he cut his nose to spite his face. It may not have seemed obvious to many, but once Buhari took power in 2015, Tinubu’s political career was in jeopardy. To navigate the presidency without bruises, the best Tinubu could have done was to retire from active politics and assume th

  - Says Anambra's over 250 erosion sites not tourist sites but threats that must be defeated Leading Governorship aspirant on the platform of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), Engr. Chris Emeka Azubogu has expressed deep concern over worsening erosion menace across the state. Azubogu spoke at Umunnowu village, Agulu in Anaocha LGA of the state where he had gone to condole with Chief Jude Onyeanwuna Ezeani, the Anaocha LG Chapter Chairman of PDP and the entire Ezeani family, over the death of their beloved mother, Ezinne Felicia Ezeani (Atala) who was laid to rest yesterday. In his exact words, “the spate of erosion menace threatening the Anambra landscape is worrisome; we over 250 erosion sites across the state and they should not be viewed as tourist sites but threats that must be defeated.”   The frontline PDP governorship hopeful regretted that land spaces that should be deployed for commercial, industrial, agricultural and residential use are either already eroded or th

~ PLEDGES BUSINESS-FRIENDLY ANAMBRA  Valentine Ozigbo, a Nigerian business mogul and philanthropist, has promised to create an enabling environment for businesses to thrive in Anambra State if elected as the next governor of Anambra in the forth coming election. Ozigbo made the pledge on Saturday, May 8, 2021, when he spoke at the inauguration of Chukwuemeka Oriaku as the 6th chairman of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), Awka District. In his address at the gathering of accounting professionals, Ozigbo,a fellow of ICAN, asserted that it is time for professionals to take their rightful place in "charting the destiny of Nigeria".  According to Ozigbo, part of the reason he departed the corporate world in 2019 and opened a new chapter of life in public service is to inspire other professionals to seek public office.  "Nigerian professionals have made ground-breaking strides in an environment that stifles innovation. Imagine what would be achieved if

...calls for security summit. Federal Government of Nigeria has been asked to declare bandits and Fulani herdsmen terrorists to show their seriousness in combating insecurity in the country. The Human Right Liberty Access and Defender's (HURIDE) which stated this in a press conference in the FCT ABUJA also issued a seven-day ultimatum from the day of publication of this story to declare the murderous groups terrorists  or face the wrath of already aggrieved Nigerians. The Executive Director of HURIDE , Dede Uzor A, Uzor, who read the text of the conference said if Federal Government fails to declare the two blood letting groups terrorists,  it  will be a clear confirmation that they are behind insecurity in the country. He lamented that insecurity is fast consuming the country with many states and communities losing their citizens and farmland to the killer groups with their wives raped with qualm. Dede Uzor said in Niger State, many local Governments and communities have fallen in

Igbos for a progressive Nigeria (IPAN) a non political organization has decried the incessant killing of police personnel in the country. They made their position known yesterday in a peaceful protest across the streets of Awka, Anambra state capital. In solidarity with the police, they took the protest to the police headquarters in Awka, where they voiced their displeasure over the gruesome killing of police officers across the country. The group leader of IPAN, Mr Lawrence Onuzuluike while at the police headquarters stated that  police officers are humans and also Nigerians with fundamental human rights as well and stressed that their rights should as such be respected also, while calling on the public to avoid the use of terror and mayhem which has not done anybody any good. He pleaded that the killing of police officers should stop forthwith to enable them discarge their responsibilities to the public. In his words Onwuzuluike said “These police officers being killed are fathers, m