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GENERAL Overseer of The Gospel Faith Mission International (GOFAMINT), Pastor (Dr) E. O. Abina, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to take urgent steps to lessen the current sufferings Nigerians are going through in the face of current economic recession. Pastor Abina, in his 56th Independence Day anniversary message to Nigerians, said the current economic challenge Nigeria was facing was surmountable, adding that Nigerians should not lose hope in the current administration. He also stated that most importantly, for the current anti-corruption war to be won, President Buhari must first try to reproduce himself in all other officials of government working around him. “ The anti-corruption war must first be domesticated in all serving government officials at all levels of government including the Judiciary and the National Assembly. “ The founding fathers of this nation, who fought for independence, their goal was not money but nation building. Their desire

By Simon Ebegbulem Why Ize-Iyamu lost •Let’s bury the hatchet, governor-elect tells the opposition Benin-City Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State is a happy man. On Thursday, after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), through the Returning Officer, Prof. Kayode Soremekun, declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Godwin Obaseki, winner of the governorship election in the state, Oshiomhole ran to the streets in wild jubilation sharing bottles of beer with youths. The reason for his obvious joy is not far-fetched. Since he assumed office as governor in November 12, 2012, Oshiomhole has never rested, he has been fighting wars. Soon after he was sworn-in, he promised to end god fatherism, demystify poor governance and improve infrastructures and welfare of the people. After winning the case at the Court of Appeal which sacked the then Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governor, Prof. Osarhiemen Osunbor, the former President of the Nigeria Labo

THE crisis in the South west chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday, took another turn after the Ekiti State chapter flayed Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State over his recent visit and commendation of Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State. Aregbesola and Fayose Aregbesola and Fayose The assertion of the Ekiti State chapter of the party was immediately rebuffed by the Osun State chapter which lampooned the Ekiti State chapter for not recognising the political maturity displayed by Ogbeni Aregbseola in his visit to Governor Fayose, weekend. The war of words was not helped by claims that the two chapters were acting as proxies for larger interests in the party in the Southwest. Aregbesola, a close ally of APC national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, according to sources, was perceived to have hurt the interests of former Governor Kayode Fayemi, who controls the Ekiti State chapter of the APC when he visited Fayose and praised the Ekiti State governor. Fayose, a

May Nigeria be great. May she enjoy all the full  blessings promised by God. You shall be greater than before. God bless Nigeria. Happy Independence.