The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)presidential aspirant revealed he has visited about thirty-one countries in the world studying the problems bedevilling Nigeria.

 

He disclosed these on Monday evening during a consultative meeting with leadership as well as delegates of the party in Akwa Ibom for the forthcoming PDP convention.

 

Obi who expressed optimism that Nigeria despite its worsening economic crisis and deteriorating security system would be redeemed with strong leadership in place tasked the delegates to consider the future of their children while voting for their candidates and not to vote out of sentiment.

 

“When you are going for the convention for those who will have the privilege, remember that you will not be delegates forever, but consider the future of your children and ask yourselves what society I want my children to live in, he said.

 

The presidential aspirant said poor countries such as Bangladesh were able to wriggle themselves out of the quagmire by borrowing and investing in capital intensive projects and wondered why Nigeria cannot do the same but only borrow and consume.

 

He, however, regretted the rising debt profile of Nigeria noting that though borrowing is not wrong but where the monies are channelled to, even as he claimed that the Nigerian government borrows without investing in capital intensive projects saying that only wealth creation can salvage the situation.

 

Obi said the country’s debt profile has risen from N3 trillion during former President Obasanjo’s regime to N58 trillion in the present administration, adding that a situation where Nigeria uses 90% of her earned revenue to service debt alone indicates a major crisis for the country.

 

“Nigeria is in debt crisis, when you use 98% of your revenue to service debt not to repay you are in a major crisis. In the first five months of last year, we earned one trillion, eight hundred and forty-seven billion and we used one trillion, eight hundred and two billion to service the loan, not repayment and we are not putting anything in the reserve. We are just in a monumental crisis, and we are borrowing more money, they will tell you that they borrow for capital projects.

 

“I’ve been going around asking people, to show me the capital projects. No capital vote is more important than power. We have borrowed over $100 billion dollars within this period, and we are still at 4000mw.

 

“This is the only country you hear of power generation, anywhere you go in the world, you just put power on and off. Vietnam has doubled their own from 38 to 76000MW, Egypt generates and distributes 55000MW but Nigeria a giant of Africa is struggling with 4000MW.

 

”I’ve not seen any country that does not borrow, what they do differently is when they borrow, they invest it so that people can live well but our own we borrow and consume and we must end it or it will consume all of us.”

The bodyof the young lady said to be in her early 20s, was found dumped at Rayfield Resort area of Jos South on Sunday night, May 1.

Ms Choji described herself as a "dancer, model, singer, and actress" in her Facebook bio.

Details of the incident are still sketchy at the time of filing this report, however, it was gathered that the deceased was a resident of Cabon, Gada Biyu in Plateau State.

The incident happened few months after the murder of two young women, Plangnan Solomon and Jennifer Anthony, a 300 level student of the University of Jos, UNIJOS.

Meanwhile, friends of the deceased have taken to social media to mourn her.

He shared lovely photos of himself with the beautitiful birthday girl on Instagram along with a stern warning to boys. 

"Happy Birthday to my lovely daughter, the apple of my right eye. Wishing you the very best today and forever. Daddy loves you," the proud father wrote. 

"P.S From the look of things, these guns won’t help me. I need to get myself a nuclear bomb…so parents please warn your sons." he joked. 

United will likely fall short of finishing in Champions League places this season as they sit five points behind fourth-place Arsenal with just two games left to play while the Gunners and Tottenham Hotspur have two games in hand.

Fernandes who has not really had a good season said;

“It has been a long time since I scored.

 “Obviously I am happy but those numbers don’t count for me. I want to get numbers with trophies and not with goals,” Fernandes told Sky Sports.

 

The Buhari administration banned Twitter after the platform deleted tweets by the president, threatening to treat members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in the "language they understand".The ban was announced on June 4, 2021 and was lifted on January, 13, 2022, after 7 months.

Following the ban, the President stopped addressing citizens via Twitter.

Even when the ban was lifted and many politicians and their aides returned to the platform, Buhari didn't return until today, May 2.

In his first tweet in 11 months, Buhari sent his best wishes to Muslims celebrating Eid-el-Fitr while addressing the problem of insecurity in the country.

Before tweeting today, his last tweet was on June 1, 2021.

 

Read his tweets below.

 On Monday, May 2, FIFA’s Disciplinary Committee imposed penalties on the Stadium for the misconduct of its fans during the world cup qualifying tie .The world football ruling body in a statement on its official website detailed the reason for these sanctions as “order and security at matches (failure to implement existing safety rules and failure to ensure that law and order are maintained in the stadium, invasion of the field of play and throwing of objects)”.

The match ended 1-1 but the two had earlier played out a barren draw in the first leg in Ghana.

Video clips from the stadium showed that furious fans invaded the field and vandalized facilities after the match.

The Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) approved the Abuja stadium to host the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Sierra Leone but FIFA ruled that the upcoming game will be played behind closed doors and also made known a fine of $154,000 on Nigeria.

 

The star took to her social media page to entertain her fans.

 

The gorgeous photos have since gotten massive reactions online.

 

See below:

 

@Uncle_sarm – Dear Tems, please what is the condition to be your man 🥺🥺

 

@Big_Aby – Never seen pink looking this good on anyone all my life 💖💖💖😍😍😍

 

@DanielRegha – Tems how about collaborating with other Nigerian female upcomers like urself; Put ur growing influence to good use by paving a way for ur colleagues. The Nigerian music industry is male dominated which is why u females need to stick together. Try elevating other female artistes.

 

@KiingPreshh – Trample upon me, I am the serpent and scorpion bible talked about 😩😩

 

@Myka_veli – My friend was about to give up on life, immediately I showed him these pictures, he decided to give life another chance. Thanks for saving a life. Wanna talk more in the dm?

 

@cashout_nnwa – Tems my Roll model love you so so much 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

In the copy of court processes obtained by newsmen on Monday May 2, it was revealed that the IPOB leader is challenging the court's final decision to retain counts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 15.

In their application at the federal high court, Kanu's lawyers which include Mike Ozekhome (SAN) and Ifeanyi Ejiofor had insisted that the charges against him are legally defective.

 Ozekhome who noted that his client was “unlawfully, brutally and extraordinarily renditioned from Kenya without his consent”, also argued that the court lacked the jurisdiction to try him on the strength of an incompetent charge.

He also said that the charges against Kanu were purportedly committed outside the country, and the court lacks the jurisdiction to entertain the charge.Ozekhome said; 

“The charges appears to give this court a global jurisdiction over offences that were allegedly committed by the defendant, without specifying the location or date the said offences were committed”

He also averred that under the Federal High Court Act, the location where the offence was committed must be disclosed. Punch reported that in the suit filed at the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal by Ozekhome and Ejiofor, it was stated that the trial Judge erred in law by failing to “consider, make finding of facts and accordingly pronounce on issue one raised for the trial court’s determination, relating to the extraordinary rendition of the appellant, and thereby occasioned a miscarriage of justice.”

Kanu is now seeking for; 

“An order of this Honourable court allowing the appeal and setting aside in its entirety, the ruling/final decision of the learned trial court, retaining counts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 15 of the amended charge.

“An order of this Honourable court upon granting relief a above, dismissing the remaining counts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 15 and, accordingly discharging the appellant on those counts.

“An order of this Honourable court terminating the entire charge and discharging the appellant.

“And for such further order or orders as the Honourable court may deem fit to make in the circumstances of this appeal.”

Sergei Lavrov (pictured top left) made the comments to try to justify Vladimir Putin's portrayal of Ukraine as a "Nazi" country despite the fact that its president, Volodimir Zelenskyy (pictured top right) is Jewish.

Lavrov made the remarks in an interview on Italian TV programme Zona Bianca on Sunday, May 1, days after Israel marked Holocaust Remembrance Day, one of the most solemn occasions in the Israeli calendar.

When asked how Russia can claim that it is fighting to "de-Nazify" Ukraine when President Volodymyr Zelensky is himself Jewish,Lavrov said: 

"So what if Zelensky is Jewish?"

"The fact does not negate the Nazi elements in Ukraine. I believe that Hitler also had Jewish blood," adding that "some of the worst anti-Semites are Jews."

Israel has reacted with fury calling Lavrov's comments as 'unforgivable'.

Israel then summmoned Russia's ambassador and asked for an 'apology'.

Lavrov's statement was met with outrage across Israel's political spectrum.

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said: "Such lies are meant to blame the Jews themselves for the most terrible crimes in history and thus free the oppressors of the Jews from their responsibility.

"No war today is the Holocaust or is like the Holocaust."

Israeli foreign minister Yair Lapid reacted angrily, calling Mr Lavrov's words "unforgivable" on his Twitter account.

Israeli officials have also demanded an apology from Russia for the remarks.“His words are untrue and their intentions are wrong,” said the Israeli prime minister, Naftali Bennett. “Using the Holocaust of the Jewish people as a political tool must cease immediately.”

Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Zelenskyy, called Lavrov’s statement “antisemitic” and said that it is “further evidence that Russia is the legal successor of Nazi ideology”.

“Trying to rewrite history, Moscow is simply looking for arguments to justify the mass murders of Ukrainians,” he wrote.

Lavrov was also condemned by the head of Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial, Dani Dayan.

"Most of his remarks are absurd, delusional, dangerous and deserving of any condemnation," he tweeted. "Lavrov deals with the reversal of the Holocaust: turning the victims into criminals, based on the promotion of a completely unfounded claim that Hitler was of Jewish descent."

In recent months, the Israeli government has faced some criticism for not taking a tough enough line with President Putin but the recent comments from Russia might change Israel's stance.

For decades there have been unproven claims that Hitler's unidentified paternal grandfather was Jewish, after an assertion by Hitler's lawyer Hans Frank.

In his memoir, published in 1953, Frank said he had been instructed by Hitler to investigate rumours that he had Jewish ancestry. Frank said he uncovered evidence that Hitler's grandfather was indeed Jewish - but the claim has never been corroborated by historians.