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 Buhari’s unholy romance with Niger Republic Read more>Thousands of Donald Trump fans and supporters came  again in the rally held in Washington President,Muhammadu Buhari’s romance with Niger Republic has become an affront to the national interest of Nigeria. When he was sworn-in as an elected president in 2015 he went to Mamadou Issoufou’s presidential palace in Niamey, Niger Republic, to celebrate. They gave him the reception of a conquering Fulani warlord: a white horse and sword. I found that curious. How can a Nigerian leader celebrate his electoral victory in a foreign country and not Daura, his supposed hometown in Nigeria? The answer has since been provided through Buhari’s policy actions in the past five plus years. We have since learnt that Buhari is a first-generation Nigerian whose father, Ardo Adamu Buhari, a duck seller, had migrated from Niger, settled in Nigeria and married a Nigerian woman, Zulaihat. The borders defined by the European colonial masters mea...

 *Says he neither met Iwuanyanwu nor attended Imo stakeholders’ meeting *Inner caucus to meet, issue election guidelines next week By Clifford Ndujihe President,General of apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Chief Nnia Nwodo, has dismissed as false reports that he visited Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu and attended Imo Leaders of Thought of meeting, where a leader that will succeed him in January was chosen. Chief Nwodo’s tenure will end in January 2020. By rotational principle of Ohanaeze the next president-general will come from Imo, a reason a host of Imo leaders are now in the race. Those eyeing the Ohanaeze prime seat include Professor George Obiozor, Chief Goddy Uwazurike, and Dr. Joe Nwaogu. Faulting the report, Nwodo said in a statement on Monday morning: “The attention of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has been drawn to a spurious, mendacious and malicious news item making the rounds that a candidate has been chosen to occupy the post of the President-General of the apex Igbo soc...