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We won’t shift Osun senatorial poll, INEC tells PDP
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THE CRY OF THE ALMAJIRI (PART 1)By Femi Fani-Kayode

On June 27th 2017 in Daura, Katsina State one Tanko Abdullahi and one Mohammed Shehu, after a meeting of the Arewa Youth Council, issued the following statement. They said,

“We are very much aware that all the attacks against President Muhammadu Buhari were planted in the media by the Yoruba and spread by southerners generally just to discredit the north in order to pave way for their son, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to become President.

But their plans will fail insha Allah. We shall resist every of such plans and ensure by all means possible, that the north completes its eight-year tenure and possibly even continue after then, and that the federal structure of Nigeria as it currently is, is not tampered with by secession mongers and their collaborators.

Having given power to the Yoruba on a platter of gold in 1999 as a way of compensating them for the June 12 saga, it is quite worrisome and unfortunate that they have lived up to their legendary reputation of backstabbing and betrayal by supporting the divisive calls for

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Buhari on life-support for 20 days, needs prayer, presidency must tell Nigerians the truth always - Fayose

Today, it makes 53 days since our President; Muhammadu Buhari left Nigeria to attend to his health challenges abroad. No official information as to his whereabouts and his state of health.

Like every other Nigerians, I do not wish the president dead, I have therefore maintained dignified silence since we were told that the President embarked on his second medical trip abroad this year.

However, the recorded audio message which was released by the Presidency as the President’s Ramadan message to Nigerians necessitated my setting the records straight today.

No doubt, the audio message was only a damage-control strategy aimed at further deceiving

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A VOICE FROM THE GRAVEBy Femi Fani-Kayode

"All of us who do not speak the Hausa language in which Buhari allegedly addressed Nigerians are being told one thing: you do not belong here. Can anyone ever come up with a more powerful rationale for secession?"- Kayode Samuel.

Can anyone fault  Samuel's thinking and rationale?

It is obvious to me that it was NOT our beloved President Muhammadu Buhari that spoke in yesterdays Sallah day audio recording.

And for whoever it was to address the nation in hausa is deeply insulting. Hausa is not the lingua franca of Nigeria.

Can you imagine Obasanjo, Shonekan or Jonathan sending the Nigerian people a Christmas

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Moringa is a native flowering plant commonly found in the western region of Africa. This plant is widely cultivated here in Nigeria due to it’s medicinal and nutritional values.

1. Moringa has the ability to control the cholesterol level in the body and also has essential amino acids to balance sugar level, thus making it potent in the fight against diabetes

2. Daily intake of moringa increases the mechanism of the body’s natural defence. Thus, it

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FROM FEMI FANI KAYODE (FFK)IS NIGERIA A FREE NATION OR A CONQUERED VASSAL STATE?

"I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves"- Harriet Tubman

How can anyone describe Nigeria as a free nation when Sheik Othman Dan Fodio, the hero of the core Muslim north, the father of the Fulani Caliphate and the first Mahdi of Nigeria once said,

"Allah has bestowed on me and my people the historic duty to spread the holy faith of the Prophet throughout the Caliphate and convert these pagans. If they refuse to accept Allah and his Prophet we will wash the earth, the forests, the mountains, the rivers and the streams with their pagan blood. Ours is a holy and righteous calling. We are doing the work of Allah".

How can anyone describe Nigeria as a free nation when Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Saurdana of Sokoto, the Premier of the Northern Region and the second Mahdi of Nigeria once said,

"The new nation called Nigeria should be an estate of our great grandfather Othman Dan

Nasir El-Rufai, Pastor Tunde Bakare and the Groove From Timex Social ClubBy Reno Omokri

My readers would be pleased to know that the hardback edition of my book, Facts Versus Fiction: The True Story of the Jonathan Years, Chibok, 2015 and the Conspiracies, is out. And amazon has put a certificate on the front cover certifying the book as a #1 Amazon Bestseller! Thank you! You made it happen. You can purchase the book directly from Amazon or from my website renoomokri dot org.

Now to brass tacks. I never thought I would live to see the day that Sahara Reporters would publish a story alleging, together with supporting documents, that a person reputed to be one of its benefactors, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, the under performing Governor of Kaduna state, has

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‘Nigerians in UK parliament’

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Buhari In A Terrible State, Suffers Memory Loss By Sahara Reporters

Sahara Reporters reports that President Muhammadu Buhari is terribly sick to the extent that his memory has been badly affected.

According to Sahara Reporters, the president has not spoken with Yemi Osinbajo, who is acting on his behalf since he traveled on another round of medical treatment abroad.

In the report, the cabal was alleged to have reduced access to the president ‘in an effort to control information leaks to the public’

The report also describes the current state of the president’s health in a disturbing way.

It reads: “Buhari is said to be rather unaware of his environment, his memory somewhat affected. For instance, on his way to the UK, he was said to have asked if he was on his way

THE SPECIOUS LIES OF A GANGSTER MINISTERBy Femi Fani-Kayode

I watched the Minister Information and Culture Lai (aka Lie) Mohammed's 'Politics Today' interviewTHE SPECIOUS LIES OF A GANGSTER MINISTER

By Femi Fani-Kayode with Seun Okinbaloye of Channels Television a few days ago and I felt sorry for Nigeria.

I couldn't help wondering why Channels Television keeps offering its respected platform to this shameless old fool to beam, broadcast and perpetuate unadulterated falsehood to the Nigerian people and to tell specious lies. The whole thing is simply incredulous.

During the course of that interview he told one big lie after the other with such ease and without batting an eyelid. I really do wonder how this man sleeps at night. I guess such things

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IS MUHAMMADU BUHARI DEAD OR ALIVE? By Femi Fani-Kayode

Most columnists, writers and public commentators have shied away from doing so but today yours truly will treat a matter and pose a question that is in the hearts and minds of many both within and outside Nigeria.

The question is whether President Muhammadu Buhari (remember him?) is actually dead or still alive. And, assuming that he is still alive, is he lost to the world in a vegetative state and deep coma, is he suffering from an extreeme and crippling form of dementia or is he lucid, functional, rational and clear-thinking?

These are the relevant and poignant questions that many are seeking answers to yet this whole matter and everything that flows from it, for some strange and inexplicable reason, is shrouded in the utmost secrecy and subtefuge.

The Presidency has told us that Buhari has travelled out of the country yet no-one has seen pictures or footage of him going out of Nigeria or arriving in his preferred destination in a

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IGBO-HATERS, THE AREWA ULTIMATUM AND OUR NATIONBy Reuben Abati

Fifty years after the civil war ended, Igbos do not yet feel a sense of belonging, acceptance or safety in the Federation called Nigeria. The sad part is that this belief is shared not just by the generation that witnessed the war and its deadly consequences, but Igbos across all generations, including the millennials who have been socialized into believing that there is a gap between their people and other Nigerians.
Let us not deceive ourselves about certain plain truths. The civil war is perhaps the most remarkable incident in Igbo history in the last century. The pain, the loss, all about it, is deeply

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Threat to Igbo: Southerners Will Retaliate - Fani-Kayode

People's Democratic Party chieftain, Fani Kayode has berated the Arewa Youths over the divisive statement made against the Igbos in the north.

A former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, on Thursday, warned the youths who handed three months notice to the Igbo to quit the 19 Northern States, to weigh the consequences of their action because “they are playing with fire that will consume them.”

According to him, any killing of Igbo could lead to another civil war or the end of Nigeria.

Fani-Kayode, in a statement he sent to The Punch in Jos, vowed that any killing of Igbo in the

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Bauchi gov, HoS disagree over ghost workers
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