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Independence Day: US will continue to stand by Nigeria despite challenges, says envoy

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United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Leonard, has pledged that the Joe Biden administration will continue to stand by Nigeria in spite of the many economic and security challenges confronting the West African nation. The American envoy stated this in an OP-ED on Thursday titled, ‘Reflections on 61 years of U.S. – Nigerian Engagement’. Leonard said the US Mission in Nigeria “recognize that security and economic concerns weigh on the minds of all Nigerians”, adding that it has been working in solidarity with the Nigerian government to address the challenges together. She wrote, “We also recognize that security and economic concerns weigh on the minds of all Nigerians. We work in solidarity with the Nigerian government to address those challenges together. Diplomacy, development, public health, and defense have long been pillars that provide the foundation for promoting and protecting U.S. national security interests abroad. “Our bilateral relationship is strong and based on such mutual interests. We share the Nigerian government’s recognition that, indeed, military aid will not be the exclusive tool to end insecurity in the country. A “whole of …

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Okorocha’s Foundation Partners with Group to Achieve SDG 1, 2 and 4

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By Our Reporter Abuja (Precise Post) – The Senator representing Imo West, Senator Rochas Okorocha has pledged his commitment to partner with a youth group, Unite 2030 to achieve Sustainable Development Goals; One,Two and four. Owelle Okorocha made the pledge in Abuja when he played host to the group led by Comrade Abideen Adams who led other Global change agents under the umbrella of Unite 2030 to his office. He said it was important young people in the country are encouraged and given direction.According to Owelle, “When we don’t encourage young men the future looks blank, you are young men, I remember what it used to be like when I was like you, we hate it when we are not giving attention, so I can feel you and we know that you need some direction; you want to be guided, I will do just that”. “I will give you the partnership you are asking for, we will work on the capacity at your disposal so that we can see how best to work with the SDG projects that you are …

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Politics

Politics: Rochas is a sincere and honest Nigerian not biased – Amb.Fatima

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By Kelechi Henry Abuja (Precise Post) – A support group, Women for Buhari and Osibanjo, has come out to throw their weight behind the movement for a New Nigeria, the group that was basically a support group that worked vigorously in the actualization of President Buhari and Osibanjo’s re-election bid in 2014 Change Agenda and 2019 Next Level journey. The group whose presence is felt in the 36 states of the federation and the FCT,including the diaspora with a structure from top to bottom and bottom to top across polling units of wards ,local council areas, senatorial districts, geopolitical zones and the national, well duly recognized by the UK house of parliamentary.Their support for the New Nigeria Movement by Rochas Okorocha was disclosed during their courtesy visit at the Unity House of Senator Rochas Anayo Okorocha, the senator representing the Imo West APC, senatorial district. The group was warmly received by the distinguished senator and members of his New Nigeria Movement at the institute in the Unity House, Abuja.The group led by its Leader, Ambassador. Fatima Adams expressed the support …

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Buhari throws weight behind Shagari’s grandson for Abuja Municipal Council Chair

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Abuja (Precise Post) – Indications have emerged revealing that a grandson of former President Shehu Shagari, Bello Bala Shagari,  has received the blessings of President Muhammadu Buhari to contest for the chairmanship position of Abuja Municipal Area Council,  (AMAC). Bello Bala Shagari, who is a former President of National Youth Council of Nigeria, (NYCN), is contesting on the platform of All Progressives Congress, APC. In a statement made available to newsmen, Bello Bala Shagari,  who purchased his nomination form today in Abuja,  promised to demonstrate competence in government. He said the President encouraged him and other youths to participate in political activities. According to him, “This is to inform family, friends and well-wishers that I have joined the race for the Chairmanship of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) under the All Progressives Congress (APC) “This was made possible by the kind of encouragement and support we have received from Mr President, His Excellency Muhammadu Buhari. “In the last few years, I dedicated my life to youth activism and advocacy for youth inclusion in government. Today, I have decided to practice what I …

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Fani-Kayode hails Otunba Wasiu Afolabi on emergence as OPC leader

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By Ogechi Okorie Abuja (Precise Post) – The former minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has hailed Otunba Wasiu Afolabi on his emergence as leader of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC). Fani-Kayode noted that Wasiu was one of Dr. Fasheun’s most trusted lieutenants who also was a member of his security team in 2005. The former minister who stated this via his twitter handle, stressed that elected OPC leader is a strong, focused, forthright and courageous man whom he has known for 20 years. His tweet reads: I congratulate Otunba Wasiu Afolabi on his emergence as leader of the OPC. Wasiu is a strong, focused, forthright & courageous man who I have known for 20 years. He was one of Dr. Fasheun’s most trusted lieutenants & in 2005 he was a member of my security team. I wish him well. Details later……

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Opinion

Odumakin: An Eagle’s Return Flight, By Lasisi Olagunju 

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PEOPLE’S editor, you know Yinka has not done one percent of what he came to this world to do?” His worried wife told me two weeks ago while we agonised over his ill-health. I agreed. We further put him in the healing hands of God. He was too full of life to be lifeless – with so to-do stuff on his slate. But we were wrong! Exacted by fate, the labourer’s task was over on Saturday, a day after Good Friday. His eagle took the final flight and a shriek of grief rent the skies from the sea to the Sahara. Yinka Odumakin and I knew each other ‘faintly’ in the mid to late 1980s as undergraduates in Ife. Our paths crossed in very many fortuitous ways. We attended the same university, read the same course but he was a year ahead of me. He was in campus politics and became the Students Union’s public relations officer in a very bitterly contested election that saw some of us ranging a worthy candidate against his aspiration. He was in campus journalism …

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Exposed!How Management ‘Forced Dead Players’ On Me – Ex Warri Wolves Coach

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By Joan Nnenna Iwuchukwu Abuja (Precise Post) – Less than 24 hours after he was sacked as technical adviser of Warri Wolves for poor performance, Coach Evans Ogenyi has blamed the club’s management for the team’s situation in the ongoing Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL). Ogenyi was sacked after Warri Wolves’ goalless draw with struggling Jigawa Golden Stars on Wednesday in Ozoro. The club’s Chief Executive Officer, Etu Moses, deplored the current position of Warri Wolves despite the management’s huge financial motivation of the side. The team’s assistant coach, Paul Offor, is now in charge of the club on interim basis, pending the appointment of a new technical adviser. “We have relieved Evans Ogenyi of his job as the team’s technical adviser,” Moses said. But coach Ogenyi fired back yesterday alleging that he was a victim of a ‘poor managerial system.’ “I want to start by saying that success and failure of any organisation lies with the leadership,” Ogenyi said in his message to The Guardian. “I am not the problem of Warri Wolves but the chairman, who runs the …

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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SENATOR ON THE LAUNCH TODAY HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY “MADE IN ABA”. From the archives.

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The example of Enyi Abaribe THE PUBLIC SPHERE with Chido NwakanmaCourage is the word that first comes to mind as you contemplate the phenomenon and exciting trajectory of Enyinnaya Harcourt Abaribe, senator representing Abia South in the National Assembly. Courage came to mind as he spoke with love in his heart for his people on Friday, February 14, 2020. The event was the final obsequies for Eze Israel and Lolo Ugoeze Sally Kanu, parents of the leader of IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu.Abaribe led a star cast of outstanding Igbo politicians that showed up bravely to identify with Nnamdi Kanu in the best exemplification of Igbo culture. Ndigbo end all wars, disagreements and quarrels in the face of death. Death is the price all men must pay, so our people see it as final and deserving of love to the survivors and respect to the departed.I join in the salutations to Peter Obi, former Governor of Anambra State, Victor Umeh, Tony Ukasoanya, Empire Kanu, Uchenna Madu of MASSOB and all those high visibility persons who mourned with Nnamdi. Well done, Nzuko Umunna. …

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World News

Trump Refused To Call Off The Rioters – New Details About Trump-McCarthy Shouting Match Show

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By Chris Udochukwu Washington (Precise Post) – In an expletive-laced phone call with House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy while the Capitol was under attack, then-President Donald Trump said the rioters cared more about the election results than McCarthy did. “Well, Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you are,” Trump said, according to lawmakers who were briefed on the call afterward by McCarthy. McCarthy insisted that the rioters were Trump’s supporters and begged Trump to call them off.Trump’s comment set off what Republican lawmakers familiar with the call described as a shouting match between the two men. A furious McCarthy told the then-President the rioters were breaking into his office through the windows, and asked Trump, “Who the f–k do you think you are talking to?” according to a Republican lawmaker familiar with the call. The newly revealed details of the call, described to CNN by multiple Republicans briefed on it, provide critical insight into the President’s state of mind as rioters were overrunning the Capitol. The existence of the call and some of its …

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Pat Utomi: Connector, Maven, Salesman And Mentor

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By Chido Nwakanma Abuja (Precise Post) – Leaders from several callings gathered this morning, February 6, 2018, to discuss Africa’s leadership challenges courtesy of the Centre for Values and Leadership (CVL). It is the 15th CVL Annual Lecture. They will also spare some minutes to celebrate the 62nd birthday of Prof Patrick Okedinachi Utomi, founder of CVL.The responsibilities, challenges and failure of leadership have been a preoccupation of Pat Utomi since teen years when as an undergraduate in the department of Mass Communication, University of Nigeria, he wrote to then External Affairs Minister Joseph Nanven Garba and received an invitation to speak with the minister. Utomi would serve as Director of Socials in the Students Union government, deploying all of his skills.Utomi is a connector, a maven, and salesman in the typology of Malcolm Gladwell. He is also a mentor to many across social, intellectual, professional and other fields.Connector: This is one of the principal roles of Pat Utomi. He runs a spider’s web of connections, linking people to people, governments to governments and leaders everywhere. Working for him at …

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Slave To Fulani Comment: Fani-Kayode Begs Ooni of Ife To Forgive Igboho

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By Chris Udochukwu Abuja (Precise Post) – Nigeria’s former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has appealed to the Ooni of Ife to forgive Oduduwa activist, Sunday Igboho over his comment that Ooni of Ife is a slave of the Fulani. Precise Post recalls that Oduduwa activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, had described Enitan Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ife; Bola Tinubu, APC national leader, and Seyi Makinde, Oyo state governor, as Fulani slaves. Igboho also flayed some Yoruba leaders, including traditional rulers, alleging that they have not shown enough support for the struggle to liberate the Yoruba from their ”Fulani oppressors”. Speaking during a virtual town hall meeting, Igboho said the Ooni and others are interested in their own gain even though they claim to represent the Yoruba interest. Fani-Kayode who took to his twitter handle to appeal to the Ooni of Ife said that he spoke with Sunday Igboho on the slave comment and Igboho confirmed to him that what he said about the revered Ooni of Ife was said in the heat of the moment. His words: “I just …

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Sports

Former Wales Defender Keith Pontin’s Death Linked To Years Of Heading Ball

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By Our Reporter Abuja (Precise Post) – The death of the former Wales and Cardiff City defender Keith Pontin may have been linked to heading the ball during his football career, an inquest has heard. Pontin played for Cardiff between 1976 and 1983, winning two caps for Wales but was diagnosed with dementia in 2015, at the age of 59. His family later said they believed his condition was linked to years of heading the football and multiple concussions during his career. Pontypridd coroner’s court heard Pontin died at the Royal Glamorgan hospital on 2 August last year, aged 64. Graeme Hughes, the senior coroner for South Wales Central, opened and adjourned an inquest into Pontin’s death. “I am content to hold an inquest touching on the death of the late Keith Pontin,” Hughes said. “I do so because of the evidence I have received from my officers and from preliminary postmortem investigations. “There is reason to suspect that Mr Pontin’s death may have been unnatural in that his death may have been caused or contributed to by his work …

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Write Your Stories’ of Capitol Riot – Pelosi Asks Democrats

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By Ogechi Okorie Abuja (Precise Post) – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) encouraged her Democratic colleagues to “write their story of January 6,” in a letter sent Wednesday. In the letter, Pelosi makes note of the multiple historic events that have taken place this month, including the second House impeachment of former President Trump and President Biden’s inauguration, each one week apart. “Today also marks three weeks since the insurrection against the U.S. Capitol and against our Democracy,” Pelosi wrote. “I urge all Members to take advantage of this time to write your story of January 6. I also hope you have taken advantage of the trauma and resilience resources provided by the Office of Employee Assistance, and I encourage you to do so if you have not. Members have told me that they have found these resources to be beneficial.” The violent Capitol riot resulted in five deaths, including that of Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick. Trump’s alleged role in inciting the violence led to him becoming the first U.S. president to be impeached twice. His Senate impeachment trial …

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Buhari Mourns Gambo Jimeta, Describes Him As A Man of Great Courage

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By Chris Udochukwu Abuja (Precise Post) – President Muhammadu Buhari has mourned the demise of former Inspector General of Police, Muhammadu Gambo Jimeta who passed on Thursday. Buhari described late Jimeta as a man of great courage, intellect and a true Nigerian Statesman.” The President extended his condolences in a statement released by his his Special Adviser (Media and Publicity), Garba Shehu via his twitter handle. The statement reads: President Muhammadu Buhari expresses sadness over the death of Muhammadu Gambo Jimeta, a one-time Inspector General of Police whose transition was announced Thursday evening. Conveying the condolences of his family and that of the government and people of Nigeria, the President describes the late crack police detective as “a man of great courage, intellect and a true Nigerian Statesman,” adding that “Today, Nigeria lost a great son. He lived for the nation and served with all his strength.” “May Allah bless his soul and give fortitude to the bereaved family, the government and people of Adamawa State to bear this irreparable loss,” President Buhari prays.

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Armed Forces Remembrance Day: Taraba Speaker Salutes Courage of Army

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By Sylvanus Viashima Jalingo (Precise Post) – The Speaker Taraba State House of Assembly Dr Joseph Albasu Kunini on Friday commended the courage of Nigerian military personnel in confronting security challenges facing the nation and ensuring that the country remain one indivisible entity. Kunini who spoke to journalists in Jalingo as part of activities to mark this year’s armed Forces Remembrance Day noted that the role of containing internal security and cohesion as well as protecting the territorial integrity of the country has put a lot of strain on men of the armed Forces. He urged the people to pray for men of the forces especially those on the front line in the fight against insurgency, banditry and militancy in various parts of the country and for the families of those who have lost their lives in the course of working for the safety of the country. “This day affords us to opportunity to really honor men and women of the armed Forces who are working round the clock to ensure that we stay in safety. Most times, we are …

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Covid-19 Challenges With Innovation, Technology as Listed Securities Hit N1.72trn

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Abuja (Precise Post) – The Nigerian stock market in the year 2020 will certainly go down in the history books as one of the most challenging years of modern existence. However, the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE during the year under review overwhelmed the storm through innovation and technology as value of listed securities hit N1.72 trillion. Early in the year, a global pandemic took the world by storm necessitating a significant change in life and work as we know it. On 23 and 24 March 2020, the Exchange took steps to preserve the health and safety of its stakeholders by activating its Business Continuity plan which saw the transition to working from home and remote trading in response to the spread of the Coronavirus, COVID-19. Since then, the Exchange has maintained seamless working and trading operations, experiencing zero down time. Furthermore, NSE has displayed remarkable resilience, continuing to deliver on its mandate to provide a platform for Issuers and Investors to meet their financial objectives even in the toughest of times. Since March 2020, NSE has listed securities worth over …

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