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S on of late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Emeka Ojukwu Jr. yesterday disowned Biafra agitators, vindicating President Muhammadu Buhari on his celebrated discussions with his late father on the Unity and indivisibility of the Nigerian Nation. Ojukwu who spoke in a release to reporters in Awka, Anambra State, noted that contrary to news around the internet by Biafra agitators that he had denied that his father met President Buhari, he never granted any media interview or posted any massage on social media that Buhari was wrong about his discussions with the late father. This reaction is coming on the heels of stories making the rounds in the social media that he; Ojukwu Jr. replied Buhari’s statements as untrue which members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have been describing as lies, demanding proof of the meeting with the late Ikemba of Nnewi with Mr. President. Continuing Ojukwu Jr. noted that his late father actually held the said meeting with Buhar

T he leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to give a better argument in handling calls for secession and restructuring. He said this at his country home in Afaraukwu Ibeku, Umuahia, while reacting to the President’s order against IPOB, and other agitating groups. He warned that Buhari’s order of force to solve national problems would yield no results, adding that the people must not be “railroaded into succumbing to intimidation.” Nnamdi Kanu said Buhari should know that there are better ways to handle issues that concern the growth and development of the country instead of resorting to threat or intimidation of the citizenry into believing in his course. Kanu said: “In this debate for freedom, everybody has to be heard. Buhari should defeat me with the superiority of his argument not AK 47. “Some people quickly recourse to violence, hate and intimidation because they have lost the force of argu

T he Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Femi Adesina has defended the President’s decision to cancel the Federal Executive Council (FEC) Meeting on Wednesday. According to him, no law stipulated that FEC must meet every week. He stated this when he featured on Channels Television’s Politics Today hosted by Seun Okinbaolye on Wednesday night. The presidential spokesman said concerns about its implications were uncalled for. He said: “There is no law that says the Federal Executive Council meeting should hold every week. There is no law that says it must be weekly. Under a past administration, it used to hold once every two weeks. “So, there is no law that says it should hold every Wednesday. It depends on what you have on the agenda to discuss. The President is the Chairman of that meeting. So, he has the discretion to hold or not to hold (the meeting).” President Buhari’s decision to cancel the meeting had led to more q

S hortly after submitting the report from the investigation committee on the allegations of fraud leveled against suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF, Babachir Lawal and the Director General of the National Intelligence Agency NIA, Ayo Oke, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo who chaired the committee, spoke with state house correspondents. He refused to give any information regarding the suggestions made by the committee, adding that he cannot tell if heads would roll following the recommendations the committee had made in the report. Babachir was investigated for the alleged irregular contracts he awarded while serving as chairman of the Presidential Initiative for the North East PINE while Oke was investigated for the large sum of foreign exchanged found in an apartment in Ikoyi which the NIA is laying claim to. Continue to read the transcribed question and answer session Osinbajo had with newsmen after submitting the report... Q: Your Excellency, yo

In a bid to increase our capacity to disseminate information to our reading public, the editorial board of Abia Facts Newspaper has deemed it necessary and important to release our HARD COPY. Abia Facts Newspaper Hard-copy will be a 20 page weekly newspaper for a start. It will contain all the local political activities in Abia State, X-ray government activities (good or bad), grant interviews, showcase Opinions, Entertainment and a lot more. This Newspaper will provide for Abians who do not have the technical skills to access news online to read the Hard-copy which will also carry the flavour and intensity of our online platform. As our fan, we are taking this extra step because of you. Feel free to walk to any vendor in Umuahia or Aba and request for our newspaper from the 1st of September 2017. We promise our readers to be balanced, fair, but we will not shy away from reporting the FACTS. MORE INFORMATION WILL BE COMING CONCERNING THE UNVEILING ACTIVITIES

T he Sultan of Sokoto and Chairman Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Sa’ad Abubakar, has announced September 1, 2017 as Eid-el-Kabir day. The day had earlier been declared by the Saudi Arabian government as the day of the festival celebrated by Muslims all over the world. The festival is marked by the slaughter of rams by Muslims who can afford it who then eat and share the meat and food with families, friends, and the less privileged. The sultan’s announcement was stated in a statement signed by Sambo Junaidu, the Chairman, Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs to the Sokoto Sultanate Council. The statement, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Sokoto on Wednesday, indicated that the declaration followed the sighting of the new moon of Zulhijja on Tuesday. “The advisory committee in conjunction with the National Committee on Moon Sighting received various reports on moon sighting across the country confirming the sighting of new moo

P resident Buhari receives report of the Investigation Committee into the allegations against the suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal and the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayo Oke from Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo at the State House. August 23, 2017.

T his little girl that called herself Adult Baby, has a very important message for all of us, agitation for Biafra. You can abuse her, but she has spoken her mind.

T he meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) will not hold today. President Muhammadu Buhari, will however, receive the Report of the investigation committee into the allegations against the suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal and the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayo Oke, headed by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, at 12 noon, in his office. FEMI ADESINA Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity) August 23, 2017.