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Olusegun Obasanjo A former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has commisirated with the people of Ogun State over the death of an ex-lawmaker, Buruji Kashamu, who died of Coronavirus complications on Saturday. In a statement by his spokesperson, Kehinde Akinyemi, Obasanjo said while Kashamu’s death was “sad”, his life and history left “lessons for those of all us on this side of the veil”. Olusegun Obasanjo He said, “Senator Buruji Kashamu in his lifetime used the maneuver of law and politics to escape from facing justice on alleged criminal offence in Nigeria and outside Nigeria. “But no legal, political, cultural, social, or even medical maneuver could stop the cold hand of death when the Creator of all of us decides that the time is up. “May Allah forgive his sin and accept his soul into Aljanah, and may God grant his family and friends fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.”   See Also Breaking News BREAKING: Former Nigerian Senator, Buruji Kashamu, Is D...

“…When the real enemies that we have are up there and they are the ones stealing our money. So, you can see that in front of the Nigerian people today, they won’t even mind to arrest me for having boldness to talk…”  As heard in the viral clip, this were my last words before I fell into the cold but hard grip of fierce-looking operatives of Department of State Security (DSS) who acted on the instructions of the Nigerian government to arrest  others and I, who were  protesters at Osogbo on the 5th of August during the #RevolutionNow protest. Interestingly, the point I was buttressing before my arrest was that the real enemies of the Nigerian state are not the security officers, but those who sent them such errands, while they sit back in their offices and steal away the commonwealth of the Nigerian state. Little did I know that the next 31 hours would give me a vivid insight into how Nigerian citizens are not the only victims of systemic corruption and oppression, bu...

The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties has condemned the indiscriminate arrest of protesters in the country, urging all security agencies to stop militarising Nigerian youth. The CNPP also called on President Muhammadu Buhari to call his security chiefs to order and end ceaseless killings in the country. Reacting to the arrest of several protesters in Kaduna State in a statement issued on Saturday by its Secretary-General, Chief Willy Ezugwu, the CNPP said, “Policemen who have been in hiding since the ongoing massacre of citizens in Southern Kaduna have suddenly woken up from slumber to arrest defenceless youths asking them to do their constitutional job of protecting lives. “Security of lives and property is the only reason a government should primarily exist. If a government cannot protect lives and property as a primary duty as enshrined in Chapter 2 of the 1999 constitution as amended, leaders under such government should hide their faces in shame. “At a time membe...

Senator-elect, Buruji Kashamu Former lawmaker representing Ogun-East Senatorial District and businessman, Buruji Kashamu, is dead. It was gathered that Kashamu died at the First Cardiology Hospital, Ikoyi, Lagos. He was said to have been on a life support machine for weeks at the hospital after slipping into a coma following Coronavirus complications. Buruji Kashamu “I have just lost my good friend of forever to ‪#COVID19‬. Until his death, Sen. Buruji Kashamu and I were inseparable. He died today at First Cardiology Consultants, in Lagos. May his gentle soul rest in peace. I pray his family and loved ones the fortitude to bear this heavy loss,” Ben Murray-Bruce, a former senator, posted on Twitter.  I have just lost my good friend of forever to #COVID19 . Until his death, Sen. Buruji Kashamu and I were inseparable. He died today at First Cardiology Consultants, in Lagos. May his gentle soul rest in peace. I pray his family and loved ones the fortitude to bear this he...

The author, Omoyele Sowore Human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, has criticised the General Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, for keeping mum over bad governance, corruption and oppression under the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Sowore expressed his views in a Twitter post on Saturday. Omoyele Sowore He said, “Where are the liberation theologists in these times of tyranny, particularly, where is Pastor ‪@T_Bakare‬? Why has the man gone totally quiet as oppression, death and destruction ravage the land? ‪#RevolutionNow.” Where are the liberation theologists in these times of tyranny, particularly, where is Pastor @T_Bakare ? Why has the man gone totally quiet as oppression, death and destruction ravage the land? #RevolutionNow pic.twitter.com/NCBathCClw — Omoyele Sowore (@YeleSowore) August 8, 2020 ‪Bakare, Convener of the Save Nigeria Group, was a known critic of former President Goodluck Jonathan. In an interview in 201...

Nigerian ladies stranded in Lebanon Bukola Owolabi, one of the 30 Nigerian ladies trafficked and left stranded in Lebanon is sick. SaharaReporters gathered that Owolabi from Ifedayo Local Government Area of Osun State could not access a doctor because of her visa status. “A Nigerian girl almost died yesterday at the embassy. Apparently the girls can’t access hospitals because of the visa status. Thankfully she is seeing a doctor today,” Omotola Fawunmi, Executive Director and Co-founder of Rescue Africans In Slavery, disclosed told SaharaReporters. Nigerian ladies stranded in Lebanon The stranded ladies had in a video obtained by SaharaReporters last week, said they regretted travelling to Lebanon. “We are stranded. Please, we are pleading. We need your help. We are living and sleeping in one room. “We regret coming to this place (Lebanon); we want to return to our father’s land. Please help us,” they said. The Nigerian Government on Tuesday revealed that the girls have b...

Hundreds of Southern Kaduna women on Saturday in different communities took to major roads to display their displeasure over the incessant killings of their people by Fulani militia. The protesters, who trooped out in large numbers in Samaru Kataf in Zango Kataf Local Government Area, called on government at different levels to tackle the situation.  Speaking on behalf of the protesters, Mrs Dorcas David called on the Kaduna State Government to remove the curfew imposed in the area as a matter of urgency.   She said it was as a result of the curfew that the killers were gaining access to their villages to kill them. She stated that, “The military that was deployed has been baised in protecting lives and properties and has become a tool that is used in killing them. “It is unfortunate that our killers could still beat security check-points, invade our communities and carry out all kinds of heinous acts for hours without any interruption. “We have called ...

Adeola Soetan The corn eaters and other comedy groups on the political stage looking for votes constantly remind me of the vacuity and lack of ideology  in our politics. I covered for NTA the campaigns of Chiefs Obafemi Awolowo, Olabisi Onabanjo (UPN) and Alhaji  Sheu Shagari, Toye Coker (NPN). I was also practically involved in the presidential campaign of Chief Gani Fawehinmi. Honestly, I cannot remember when any of these popular candidates adopted comedy as their manifesto like many of our politricksters especially in the South do nowadays. I didn’t see Jakande invade a bukateria like a pro tem madman to eat Ponmo or a Bola Ige who always emitted classic intellectualism to suddenly stop at Ekotedo or Beere barbing salon to cut his hair all sideshow for the cameras. When Ajasin moved to campaign ground with his aura of spartan lifestyle , the crowd cheered the man for his deep wisdom and integrity not because of money. Prof Ambrose Ali looked every inch an academic d...

Turning and turning in the widening gyre, the Falcon cannot hear the Falconer. Things have fallen apart, the center cannot hold. Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.  Things Fall Apart The late sage, Achebe Chinua, succinctly conceived a thought as it pertains to the issue with Nigeria. He called Nigeria’s problem squarely the problem of leadership this, heralded some criticisms though, picking seriously on him was a weapon for those who thought this statement was not in order.   Uncountable decades after a blockbuster book was dropped by this fine potential as writer is the reality of his thoughts which, came in the likeness of heartless military governments, obnoxiously crazy policies, hike in the price of most basic facilities, not when we have been endowed with the gut in raw materials.   A lot of people assumed the reality of their stupidity, some who are yet to die were made to bear the brunt of some ignorance: maybe by being victimized unjust...

President of Southern Kaduna Peoples Union, Jonathan Asake, has said that security operatives deployed to secure communities in Southern Kaduna were providing cover for Fulani militia killing them. He said the bandits were given unfettered access to traverse the communities to unleash terror on residents despite the 24-hour curfew put in place. Asake, who spoke with SaharaReporters over the weekend, described the attacks as ‘conspiracy theory’ between the Fulani militia, Kaduna State and Nigerian governments to wipe out and eliminate their people from their land. He faulted the attitude of security operatives towards the intelligence report given to them prior to the attacks by bandits during the Sallah break. He said, “There was an intelligence report that was widely circulated, that they were going to strike after Sallah break. The members representing those areas in the National Assembly had a press conference where they raised this fear but government did not do anything...

Few days ago, around the 22nd of July, 2020, the Nigerian populace woke up to the news that another video of police brutality, harassment and torture had gone viral. The video depicted officers of the Nigeria Police Force, who had identified themselves as Wyclef and Gboyega and some unnamed accomplices questioning a young lady who was in handcuffs and who was being grilled for every inch of her life on matters that were not only intrusive, but which were personal and not relating in any way to the official matter which the officers had come to Ibadan to investigate and make an arrest for. Towobola became one more victim in the long list of Nigerian persons; young people, who the police have forcefully taken, intimidated, harassed, embarrassed and damaged their names and reputation while acting with clear impunity, disregard for law and the procedure for handling suspects; bearing in mind the principles of legality and the constitutional rights of accused persons; which arguably,...