Tag: Emeka Anyaoku

Access Bank, Wigwe honoured at THISDAY Silver Jubilee celebration

Access Bank and its Group Managing Director, Herbert Wigwe, were honoured as the ‘Bank of the Decade’ and ‘Banker of the Decade’ respectively by THISDAY Newspaper at its 25th anniversary celebration…

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The YNaija Cover – the 17th of July

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The Big 5: Act now before it’s too late – Anyaoku tells Buhari, NASS; Northern Elders wants herdsmen to relocate from the South | Other top stories

These are the stories that you should be monitoring today: Relocate from the south - Northern elders tells herdsmen The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) on Tuesday asked herdsmen to leave…

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Emeka Anyaoku: Nigeria would be lucky to have Kingsley Moghalu as President

Emeka Anyaoku, the former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, has stated that the country would be lucky to have Kingsley Moghalu, the presidential flagbearer of the Young Progressive Party (YPP), as…

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Ayo Adebanjo receives accolades as he launches new autobiography, ‘Telling It As It Is’

Ayo Adebanjo, lawyer, journalist, elder statesman and close associate of Nigerian nationalist and statesman, late Obafemi Awolowo yesterday launched his autobiography titled, ‘Telling It As It Is’ at the Harbour…

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Leaking NIA secrets will do huge damage to Nigeria’s security – Anyaoku

by Azeez Adeniyi Former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku has warned that the report of the probe on the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) should not be made public.…

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Dele Momodu: Thank God, Buhari is listening

Fellow Nigerians, let me openly express my secret fears all this while about this our beloved Change Government which so many people supported and used all their might to midwife.…

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‘Anyaoku is our negotiator, stop terrifying him with private emails’ – IPOB tells media

Secessionist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), on Thursday, stated that contrary to media reports, former Vice President, Dr. Alex Ekwueme and a former Commonwealth Secretary General, Emeka Anyaoku,…

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I’m not ‘willing’ to negotiate on behalf of IPOB – Anyaoku

Emeka Anyaoku, a former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, has expressed his unwillingness to negotiate on behalf of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra. On Wednesday, the pro-Biafra group had listed Anyaoku…

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I have not endorsed anybody – Soyinka sets the record straight

by Kolapo Olapoju Ahead of the February elections, Professor Wole Soyinka has denied endorsing any presidential and governorship candidate. Consequently, the Nobel Laureate warned the peddlers of his supposed endorsement,…

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Buhari is the best luck for Nigeria – Aregbesola declares

by Akan Ido Ahead of the February 2015 general election, the All Progressives Congress’s (APC) presidential nominee Muhammadu Buhari signed a peace pact alongside his presidential opponent President Goodluck Jonathan…

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#NelsonMandela: Beverly Osu, Derenle Edun, others pay last respect to Madiba in Soweto (See Photos)

by Oke Efagene Former Big Brother Africa (BBA) contestant and model, Beverly Osu and media personality, Derenle Edun, showed up in South Africa to pay their last respect to late…

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Emeka Anyaoku: A tribute to the Mandela I knew

by Emeka Anyaoku In Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, South Africa finally found the man who gave the lead to the people of South Africa in all their “human varieties” to resolve…

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Opinion: Ndigbo and Fashola’s acknowledgement of error

by C.Don Adinuba For a moment, the Igbo nationalists forgot that it was  Fashola who in 2009 personally led the protest against a serving Yoruba naval officer, Harry Arogundede, whose…

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Abati’s mother’s funeral: Gov. Amosun, Gbenga Daniel take political rivalry to church

by Akan Ido The governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun and the forrmer governor, Gbenga Daniel renewed their political hostilities on Friday in Abeokuta during the church service for the…

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Opinion: The dwindling population of genuine role models in Nigeria

by Douglas Anele  Achebe must have taken a long hard look at current events in the country and, correctly in my opinion, decided not to lend credibility to the game…

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Olusegun Adeniyi: Memories of Biafran nightmares

by Olusegun Adeniyi Iloh and most members of his generation do not believe Yorubas did anything against them in the course of the war and do not hold Yoruba people…

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GEJ 2.0: I will go after corrupt governors, he says

by Isi Esene President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday said the government is determined to go after corrupt public officials. He said no corrupt governor or fuel subsidy thief will be spared…

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