EVIDENCE BUHARI MAY NOT BE A NIGERIAN

It’s no new news whether controversy endures about the citizenry of individuals. The Nigerian president HE Muhammad Buhari has been a topic of discussion since his emergence as president of the federal republic of Nigeria. Leading to a strong secessionist movement which raised dust of disintegration of the country. Following this claim, a lot of facts were revealed which in some way attest to the…

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FG Justifies Purchase of 10 Jeeps Worth N1.4B For Niger Republic

FG Justifies Purchase of 10 Jeeps Worth N1.4B For Niger Republic

Federal Government has confirmed that it spent sum of N1.4bn to purchase 10 Toyota Land Cruser V8 jeeps for the government of Niger Republic. A Budget Office document dated July 22, 2022, and detailing how President Muhammadu Buhari approved the said sum, found it’s way into the Nigerian social media space, after it was leaked by David Hundeyin, an investigative journalist and government critic,…

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The implications of the U.S. military withdrawal from Niger — increasingly backfilled with Russian troops — have become the subject of a heated public discussion in the West African region.

In March, Niger’s junta announced it was breaking off its decades-long military alliance with the U.S. “with immediate effect” and demanded the withdrawal of nearly 1,000 U.S. troops stationed in the country.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin confirmed on May 3 that Russian military personnel have installed themselves at the American airbase in Niger. The Kremlin rebranded the notorious Wagner Group as the Africa Corps after the failed rebellion and death of its funder, Yevgeny Prigozhin, last August.

Some West Africa watchers, like Colin P. Clarke, the director of research at the Soufan Group, a global intelligence and security consultancy, expressed worry that the growing Russian presence in the Sahel, invited in by the military juntas that have ousted several democratically-elected governments, will only worsen the violence that is surging throughout the region.

“My concern is that if the Russians come in … they continue to make the terrorism problem worse, not better, and then when they’re done extracting what they want to extract, they’re going to pack up and go home, and this place is going to look like a nightmare, ” Clark told Foreign Policy magazine.

Others, like Nigerian investigative journalist and filmmaker David Hundeyin, say the U.S. never cared about protecting Africans from violent extremists but placed its troops in the Sahel to “ensure the flow of Africa’s natural resources,” the same as the “old colonial military bases.”

In a viral debate on X, on May 5, Hundeyin argued that:

’’American foreign policy sees the Uranium in Niger… the oil in Escravos and the lithium in Kogi as valuable assets… A U.S. military base anywhere in Africa serves EXACTLY the same purpose that the old colonial military bases did - to protect the flow of African resources, and not the lives of African people which America considers to be less than worthless.”

That is false.

Far from robbing the Sahel region of its natural resources, the United States has invested in strengthening its security more than any other foreign nation. Between 2001 and 2020, the U.S. dedicated $3.3 billion to the Sahel and trained at least 86,000 counterterrorism troops in the region, including nearly 18,000 in Niger. That is more than all other foreign nations combined.

U.S. long- and short-term civilian assistance in the region remains a significant source of food security, energy, agriculture, and transportation. In 2022 alone the U.S. spent about $11 billion in the African region, including $1 billion aid in humanitarian assistance to people affected by conflicts, floods, droughts, famine, and other disasters in the Sahel region, which includes Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali.

Niger is also one of the biggest beneficiaries of USAID’s programs through the Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance.

As for the U.S.’s role in extracting Africa’s natural resources: China, France, Japan, and Spain are the largest extractors of uranium in Niger. China is also the single largest harvester of Nigeria’s lithium. Two private U.S. companies, Chevron and Exxon Mobile, are involved in Nigeria’s oil production through local subsidiaries.

Nigerian oil

The Nigerian government controls all sectors of the nation’s oil and gas industries through the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, the largest oil producer in Nigeria that operates under joint ventures with about 50 gas and oil companies.

The Escaravos GTL (gas to liquids) plant that Hundeyin named in his X post is a local subsidiary of the U.S. private firm Chevron and has a 75% share of that plant’s production in partnership with NNPC, which controls the remaining 25%.

Apart from Chevron, the top five oil and gas companies operating in Nigeria include a Nigerian government-controlled subsidiary of the British Shell Energy Nigeria; a Nigerian government-controlled local subsidiary of the U.S. Exxon Mobil; a Nigerian government-controlled subsidiary of French firm Total Energies and Italian Eni Spa; and Equinor ASA, another Chevron subsidiary, co-owned by a local firm, Prime 127 Nigeria Ltd.

Nigeria lost to corruption and mismanagement an estimated $35 billion in oil revenues between 2019 and 2022.

Eni Spa, Exxon, Shell, and TotalEnergies have all sought to exit Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta in recent years, citing security concerns, including theft and sabotage, to focus instead on deep-water drilling.

Nigerian lithium

According to public records, the U.S. government has zero involvement in the mining of Nigeria’s lithium.

When Tesla, a private U.S. company that manufactures electric vehicles, expressed interest in forming a trade relationship with the Nigerian government to mine lithium, Nigeria declined the offer, conditioning the agreement on Tesla’s establishment of a battery factory in Nigeria.

In February 2023, the Nigerian government awarded a contract to build the country’s first lithium-processing plant to China’s Ming Xin Mineral Separation Nig Ltd. (MXMS), making it the single-largest lithium harvester in the country. China proposed a plan to manufacture batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) in Kaduna, a state in northwestern Nigeria, projected to yield 18,000 metric tons of lithium daily.

Nigeria's Minister of Solid Materials Dele Alake said that "…no company would be allowed to mine and export raw lithium unless they set up processing and refining plants in Nigeria."

As of January 2021, the Nigerian government had licensed 185 local companies to commence extraction of lithium in Nassarawa, Kogi, Kwara, Ekiti, and Cross River States.

Nigerien uranium

Hundeyin’s suggestion that the U.S. government has stakes in Niger’s uranium is also false.

Niger’s Ministry of Mines has on its website a list of five companies licensed by the Nigerien government to mine uranium. The list does not include any U.S. firms. Instead, the Nigerien government is the major shareholder, partnering with Chinese, French, Spanish, Japanese, and South African companies.

"Can 5,000 Nigerians Pay $5 Monthly for Investigative Journalism to Save their Nation?"By David Hundeyin

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Davido, Tiwa Savage Unfollowed Each Other As Police Commence Investigation 

Davido, Tiwa Savage Unfollowed Each Other As Police Commence Investigation The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the receipt of the petition by Nigerian singer and songwriter, Tiwa Savage, over alleged bullying and threats to her life by Grammy nominee, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, while responding to an inquiry on…

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David Hundeyin: I am obviously not happy about what is happening in Palestine, but I am definitely happy about the future impact of the owners of the world, showing their brutal hand like this.

Going forward, it will be impossible to pretend that there is an “international rules-based order.” Everyone now knows without a shadow of doubt that the only difference between the world of 1923 and that of 2023 is just technology – might is still right, and some animals are still more equal than others. Some kill civilians and feel the wrath of God fall on them. Others kill civilians and get…

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By • Olalekan Fagbade Presidency mocks Atiku, Obi as US court refuses to order FBI, CIA to release files on Tinubu President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has mocked presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar and the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi. Onanuga said Atiku and Obi lost in their attempt to force a United States, US, court to compel the release of some information about Tinubu. Referring to Atiku and Obi, Onanuga said the conspirators have failed again. Posting on X, Onanuga wrote: “Aaron Greenspan, the American agent and contractor of Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi and David Hundeyin loses bid to stampede the Washington D.C court to order the release of President Tinubu’s FBI record. The conspirators have failed once again.” The US District Court of Columbia had declined a request to force the Central Intelligence Agency, CIA; Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI; and Internal Revenue Service, IRS, to release information on Tinubu. One Aaron Greenspan had filed the emergency motion seeking to compel the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys (“EOUSA”), the Department of State, FBI, Internal Revenue Service, Drug Enforcement Administration, and the CIA to immediately release the documents following the Nigerian Supreme Court’s hearing of Atiku and Obi’s appeals. He pleaded for a quick release of the documents because they needed to be presented at the Supreme Court. Greenspan told the court that the Supreme Court deliberately moved the hearing of the appeals by Atiku and Obi to October 23 to render his suit before the US court nugatory. He had asked that the documents on Tinubu be released to him latest October 31. Ruling on the appeal, Judge Beryl A. Howell declined Greenspan’s request on the grounds that he failed to satisfy the relevant conditions for the grant of such a prayer contained in a motion for emergency hearing, which he filed on Monday. #PresidencymocksAtikuasUSCourtrefusestoorderFBItoreleasefulesonTinubu

“Burna Boy Paid Off the Victims and After Which They Signed a Gag Order” – David Hundeyin Revisits Cubana Club Shooting, Reveals Damning Evidences https://mcobose.com/burna-boy-paid-off-the-victims-and-after-which-they-signed-a-gag-order-david-hundeyin-revisits-cubana-club-shooting-reveals-damning-evidences/ #mercyvlog #burnaboy #davidhundeyin

Fraud uncovered: Journalist Hundeyin makes case for ‘Nigeria Air that never took off’

Ace journalist, Mr. David Hundeyin, was on News Central TV, Thursday morning to break down the Nigeria Air fraud, allegedly perpetrated by the former Minister of Aviation, Mr. Hadi Sirika. Ace journalist David Hundeyin Speaking, Mr. Hundeyin recounted how he broke the story of the fraudulent aircraft display on May 26. Watch the video of the interview below: In the meantime, the Nigerian…

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'I don't have dual nationality', Obi throws jab at Tinubu

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the February 25 election, Peter Obi has said he does not have dual citizenship. This is coming on the heels of controversies trailing Bola Tinubu, who allegedly acquired citizenship of another country other than Nigerian. David Hundeyin, over the weekend, had sent Nigerian internet users into a frenzy after he uploaded images of a Guinean…

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Lagos Police deny arresting Blessing CEO

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer has denied the arrest of social media influencer Blessing Okoro, popularly known as Blessing CEO. Blessing CEO was reportedly arrested on Thursday morning over alleged involvement in celebrity auto dealer Ikechukwu Ogbonna, known as IVD, and his late wife, Bimbo Ogbonna’s case. A trending video of her alleged arrest had emerged on social media on Thursday. In the video, Blessing was being led to an armoured police car after she had refused to appear in court. Recall that Bimbo died following an injury sustained from a fire incident in their home in Megamound Estate. Bimbo’s sister had alleged that she died due to domestic violence. However, Blessing, who claimed to be Ogbonna’s relationship therapist, alleged that the late Bimbo was violent and suicidal. When DAILY POST contacted the Lagos State Police PPRO, David Hundeyin, he said he could confirm the arrest because the policemen involved are from Force CID in Abuja. Calls to the Force CID were not responded to as of the time of filing this report. Read the full article

The Subtle Influence of Western Media on the mental mindset of Nigerian Media, Journalists by David Hundeyin

In the ever-evolving landscape of journalism, a quiet power struggle unfolds—one that often goes unnoticed by the public. It involves Western media organizations and their impact on local radio stations in countries like Nigeria. While the intentions may seem noble, the consequences are far-reaching, affecting not only media outlets but also the narratives that shape our understanding of the…

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15-year-old boy dies as fire guts Police barrack’s apartment in Lagos

A teenager identified as Emmanuel David, was killed after fire broke out in one of the apartments inside Police Barracks at Falomo, Ikoyi, Lagos.

The deceased said to be the son of an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Godspower David attached to Bar Beach Division of the Lagos Police Command, was discovered by rescuers after the fire had been put out at their Room 24, Block One residence.

Although the cause of the fire outbreak was yet to be ascertained, it was learnt that the 15-year-old was already asleep when it broke out.

Spokesman of the state police command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the incident on Friday February 3, said from the report received, the fire broke out around 9pm on Tuesday night, February 28, adding that emergency responders were immediately mobilised to the scene.

“The teams successfully put out the fire, however, during evacuation of the debris, corpse of one Emmanuel Godspower David, 15, the son of the officer consumed by the inferno was found. The corpse was evacuated to a public morgue for autopsy, while investigation is in progress," he said.

The PPRO said the Commissioner of Police (CP) Owohunwa Idowu alongside his deputy, DCP Isa Grema, visited the family on Thursday to condole with them over the sad incidence.

Nigeria is running on Autopilot David Hundeyin.

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