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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Veteran politician and second republic governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, while sharing the Igbo view that they have not had their fair share in the scheme of things in Nigeria since the time of the civil war, however, disagreed that majority of the Igbo are in support of Biafra. According to him, the number of the Igbo people asking for Biafra is not more than 10 percent. He told Sunday Vanguard, last week, in an interview: “Sincerely speaking, the South-East has not had a fair-share since the civil war. Their marginalization is quite obvious. But if the policy of reconstruction, reintegration and reconciliation of Gen.Gowon and the late Gen. Murtala’s administrations had continued, the agitation by the few Igbo for Biafra state would have been a thing of the past. It is the marginalization that is making a small section of the Igbo to agitate for Biafra. If the reconstruction and reconciliation had been sustained, there wouldn’t have been any need...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Dele Sobowale “What does corrupting time not diminish?…Horace, 65-8BC.(VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ,P 247). Like him or not, Americans know they have a President who is truly hale and hearty. He speaks to them everyday and even twits to several people. Call him the Liar-In-Chief, or Twitterer-In-Chief, but you are constantly aware of his presence and you hear his voice. Madame Mussolini, Britain’s Theresa May, can be seen and heard. North Koreans probably also listen to their master in their sleep. All over the world, political leaders demonstrate their leadership by being seen and by talking to their people. Vitality is not announced by mealy-mouthed aides but by open demonstration of health. The Buhari we knew and who received our endorsement in 2011 and again in 2015 was one of these people. He had cultivated the image of a strong leader, vigorous even at his age and ready to run a government without caving under the burden of leadership. The Buhari wh...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J •Gov cries out, says terrorists fleeing Sambisa for Taraba •Why we established unit in Buhari’s town — Army By Kingsley Omonobi and Joseph Erunke Troops from 3 battalion of the Nigerian Army, at the weekend, reportedly rescued 998 captives after a fire-fight with Boko Haram in Borno State that claimed nine fighters of the Islamist group. The army did not suffer any casualty in the fire-fight which lasted several hours, according to the spokesman, Brigadier General Sani Usman. The fire-fight came on a day Governor Darius Ishiaku cried out that Boko Haram fighters fleeing Sambisa forest were relocating to Santai and Bali forests in Taraba State. The army spokesman also explained that the security service was setting up a unit in Daura, Katsina State, the home town of President Muhammadu Buhari, in fulfilment of its implementation of the Order of Battle 2016 (ORBAT 2016) approved by the Army Council. According to Usman, the 998 captive were rescued from three ...