The Parroters

  Barely 24 hours after some concerned Nigerians trooped out en mass in the United Kingdom to support President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption fight, their counterparts in the United States of America have followed suit.  These Nigerians, under the auspices of Restore Nigeria Coalition (RNC) were spotted in the streets of Washington, chanting ‘Sai Baba' as they urged the Donald Trump-led government and the United Nations to support President Buhari in flushing out corruption.  Cosmas Collins, President of RNS, speaking on behalf of the group, believes Nigeria has made tremendous progress in the anti-corruption fight as witnessed in the case of embattled Chief Justice Walter Onnoghen.  “They are sufficing to note that since 2015, the present administration has initiated measures aimed at reducing corrupt practices in the conduct of government business at all tiers of governance. This effort has yielded positive results to the...

  The National Union of Ogoni Students (NOUS) Intl. in collaboration with Ogoni lives Matter Intl. have condemned the alleged abolishment of MOSOP by Goodluck Digbo, and described it as "unconstitutional and dubious." NUOS then called on Mr. Goodluck Diigbo and Mr. Legborsi Pyagbara to disable "their fraudulent claims to con and defraud Ogoni, for their self-seeking ambitions,  but close rank with the rank and file to support and promote Ogoni course from government and corporate enslavement." These were contained in a statement released by NOUS, which was jointly signed by  President (NUOS INTL, USA), Mr. Pius Barikooa Nwinee, Secretary General (NOUS INTL, USA), Mr. Sampson B Npimnee, Coordinator (OLM INTL, USA), Mr. Cornelius J.S Dumerne and Secretary General (OLM INTL, USA), Mr. Tuate Ganego and made available to the press. NUOS reiterated in the statement that the Ogoni's demand for self-determination or Ogoni nation is within a strikin...

  The President of the Senate in the Third Republic, Senator Ameh Ebute, has blamed conspiracy theories promoted by some well-placed Nigerians for the narrative that the government of Muhammadu Buhari was responsible for escalation of  the farmer’s/herders conflict in the country. He stated this at a Roundtable with MPs of the British Parliament, January 23, 2019 at the House of Commons, London, United Kingdom.  Senator Ameh Ebute delivered a position paper titled “Tackling the Violence between Livestock Farmers and Cultivators in Nigeria” before an audience that consisted of Chairmen and Members of committees of the British Parliament on Human Rights, Defense, Environment, as well as African Ministers, and a cross section of delegation from Nigeria. He posited that “violent clashes between two sets of farmers in Nigeria, cultivators, and livestock farmers have been a major feature of the Nigerian security landscape since 2003. These clashes escal...

    The international community and the Federal government of Nigeria have been urged to question former president, Olusegun Obasanjo on his alleged plot to destabilize the country. The Concerned Nigerian Masses, which made this call, said Obasanjo should also be put under house arrest ahead of the general elections. The group said it has followed the events in the political atmosphere in Nigeria with keen interest especially as it concerns the presidential elections in Nigeria and is therefore of the opinion that urgent and proactive steps need to be taken to arrest the plot by some agents of darkness towards plunging the country into a crisis of phenomenal proportion.  A speech delivered by Comrade Okpokwu Ogenyi on behalf of Concerned Nigerian Masses on a protest march from the Unity Fountain Abuja to the Presidential Villa in Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, warned that if urgent steps were not taken, Nigeria might go up in flames. ...