<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong> </strong>“The point is that Nigeria can
become much less relevant to the United States. We have already seen evidence
of it. When President Obama went to Ghana and not to Nigeria, he was sending a
message, that Ghana symbolized more of the significant trends, issues and
importance that one wants to put on Africa than Nigeria.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">And when I was asked by
journalists why President Obama did not go to Nigeria, I said “what would he
gain from going? Would Nigeria be a good model for democracy, would it be a
model for good governance, would he obtain new commitments on Darfur or Somalia
or strengthen the African Union or in Niger or elsewhere?” No, he would not, so
he did not go”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><em>Princeton
N. Lyman, the former U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria and South Africa, delivering a
superlative speech on the panel titled “The Nigerian State and U.S. Strategic
Interests” at the Achebe Colloquium at Brown University, USA</em></strong><strong><em></em></strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8220;Is Evans an Herdsman? The
Herdsmen are also victim of conspiracy in Nigeria, nobody wants them anywhere.
They are not the only group killing Nigerians. Let&#8217;s weigh the fact and stop
sentiment. Every killer can&#8217;t be a herdsman. Some could be killing to paint herdsmen
black just to hang them.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Where are the cows? Did you see
anyone?&#8221;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"> ;<strong><em>Tinubu Speaking to the media after a
condolence visit to Pa ReubenFasoranti whose daughter was killed by gunmen in
Ondo State</em></strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“I clearly disagree with the former Governor
of Lagos State. His statement is uncalled for and watery. He is someone I
respect a lot and I do not wish to dabble into his issue. But the statement he
gave in Akure was a slap on the entire Yoruba land. It is out of place for his
person to make such a statement. It is a slap and it could make one think that
he has a limited interest in the lives and property of the Yoruba.”<br>
<br>
<strong><em>Gani Adams reacting to Tinubu’s
statement over the killing of Funke Olakunri</em></strong><em></em></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"> ;“Let
me make this clear, Air Peace will never be able to combat international
aeropolitics without the support of the government. ; We can only combat it
if our government supports us. It is a shame that several Nigeria airlines are
pushed out of Dubai either through unfair competition or some arm-twisting
tactics, it is very unfair.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><em>Allen Onyema, Air Peace Chairman on
airline challenges</em></strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A breakdown of the figure given by INEC showed
that while only seven women were elected into the Senate during the 2019
elections, the House of Representatives has 11 women.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">While four women were elected as deputy
governors, 40 women were elected into the 36 state Houses of Assembly.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It is common knowledge that the number of
women elected to public offices in Nigeria unfortunately dwindled despite
efforts made ahead of the general elections to enhance women participation in
the electoral process by various stakeholders.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The INEC held several programmes and
activities to sensitise and mobilise more women to participate in the electoral
process with the ultimate goal of having them elected to more public offices.
These programmes held countrywide at the urban areas, as well as grass roots
level.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Sadly, out of 2,970 women who contested for
different political offices, only 62 were elected. The above data shows 4.17%
women representation in the 2019 general elections, as against 5.65% elected in
the 2015 general elections to the National Assembly.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><em>Chairman,
Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor ; Mahmood Yakubu, raising ; concerns about women plight in Nigeria
politics ; at the annual convention of the
Nigerian League of Women Voters in Abuja</em></strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“I
am ready to crown more kings from the Diaspora as long as I remain the number
one king in Yorubaland. I am the custodian of the Yoruba culture. I am going to
give more Obas in the Diaspora crowns. Many of them will get crowns and staff
of office from me and nobody can query me. They know that I’m a special Oba in
Yorubaland. My father, Oba Makin Osangangan, is the owner of Ife. I am the
leader of all Obas in Yorubaland. I speak with thunder in my mouth and I make
bold to say so. No one is above me in Yorubaland in as much as it has been
accepted that we are from Ife. I am the one that Oduduwa met at Ife.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><em>Oba
Frederick Obateru Akinruntan, The Olugbo of Ugbo kingdom, asserting that ; he remains the leader of all Yoruba Obas
during the ; installation of ; Yoruba Obas in Diaspora at his palace in
Ugboland, Ondo State. </em></strong><strong></strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8220;In Nigeria, we have people that never
went to school in our National Assembly. We have people with questionable
qualifications as state governors. We will go nowhere as long as our best and
brightest people are not in politics.&#8221; ;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><em>Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, Kaduna State
Governor on the importance of education in democratic governance</em></strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong> ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Point Blank</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"> ;&#8220;We
have governors, they go to China and spend one month on a tour and come back
with MoU on debts. &#8220;China will lend you $1.8b to build light rail. This
light rail will be done by workers from China, the trains will come from China,
the engines will come from China, the labor will come from China while the
driver is Chinese. &#8220;At the end of the day, what do you benefit from them?
Your citizens will ride on a train and when you ride on a train in northern
Nigeria, in a state like Kano or Katsina, where are you going to? You are not
going to industrial estate to work. You are not going to school. You are not
going to the farm. You borrow money from China to invest in trains so that your
citizens can ride on them to go for weddings and naming ceremonies.&#8221;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><em>Emir Sanusi II ; of Kano challenging ; Dr Abdullahi Ganduje&#8217;s plan to secure a loan
of $1.85b from a Chinese Development Bank that would fund 85% of a Light Rail
project for the construction of a 74 kilometer facility in the state to be
constructed by a Chinese company CR18G-CRECG with the intention of reducing
traffic on the roads and to ease commercial activities </em></strong></p>

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