NAIJ.COMBuhari commiserates with Sokoto state government over passing away of lawmakerNAIJ.COMPresident Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the government and people of Sokoto state over the passing away of a member of the House of Representatives, ...

Guardian (blog)Osinbajo opens creative industry financing conference in Lagos todayGuardian (blog)In line with the Federal Government's resolve to diversify the economy through strategic empowerment of critical sectors, the Acting President, Profes...

VanguardGov Ishaku extends time frame for inquiry into Mambilla Plateau crisisVanguardJalingo – The Justice Nuhu Adi Commission investigating the violent crisis that recently engulfed Mambilla Plateau in Taraba now has two months to complete its assi...

Leadership NewspapersIGP Idris Easily Accessible, Say Junior OfficersLeadership NewspapersSome junior Police officers have commended their boss, the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Ibrahim Kpotun Idris for his humility, saying he has remained easily ...

Leadership NewspapersFraud: Embattled Enugu APC Chairman, Nwoye, Called To Step AsideLeadership NewspapersStakeholders and members of the All Progress Congress(APC) in Enugu have called on Mr. Ben Nwoye to step aside immediately, so as to allow an inde...

VanguardRestructuring not answer to Nigeria's problems – UdeogaranyaVanguardFormer Lagos State chairman of the defunct African Renaissance Party (ARP) and former chairman of Lagos League of Political Parties (LLPP) who is currently aspiring for t...

VanguardEmployment standards in universities unacceptable, says ObasekiVanguardGovernor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has spoken against employment standards in universities, pointing out that universities were not established to create jobs, but to adva...

CHANNELS TELEVISIONLagos Govt Deposes Traditional Ruler For Faking His AbductionCHANNELS TELEVISIONThe Lagos State Government has deposed the suspended Baale of Shangisha in Magodo, Yusuf Ogundare, for allegedly faking his abduction on July 5. Accordin...

Premium TimesPDP must address image problem before thinking of returning to power — APCPremium TimesPic.34. From left: Deputy Chairman (North), All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Lawal Shuaibu; APC National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun; and ...

The PunchICYMI: We asked FG to make CRK, IRK compulsory — SultanThe PunchThe Sultan of Sokoto, Dr. Muhammad Abubakar, on Friday, rejected suggestions that there were plans to Islamise the country. He said Muslims had been canvassing to make Islamic R...

VanguardEnvironmental degradation: Ambode reads riot act to residents, private developers against tree fellingVanguardLagos State Governor, Mr, Akinwunmi Ambode has urged residents, particularly private developers in the state to desist from massive de...

NAIJ.COMFadar Aso Rock ta yi wayam, Osinbanjo na cikin hadari - Manzo AyodeleNAIJ.COMShahararen malamin addini mai suna Primate Babatunde Elijah Ayodele, ya bayyana cewa ran mukadashin shugaban kasa Osinbanjo tana cikin hadari. Ya kuma bayanna cewa muk...

VanguardAPC alleges plot to assassinate Delta Senator, Omo-AgegeVanguardUGHELLI – THE Delta State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Sunday raised alarm at what it termed as an orchestrated and pre-meditated assassination attempt on the l...

Information NigeriaAlleged Corruption: I'm ready to go to jail – Ex-Minister Diezani Alison-MaduekeInformation NigeriaFormer Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, who is being investigated for a series of multi-billion dollar fraud and mone...

Daily Post NigeriaInside details on why 'cabal' is angry with OsinbajoDaily Post NigeriaClose friends and appointees of President Muhammadu Buhari often referred to 'cabal' within the presidency are angry indeed with Acting President, Y...

The NewsQuit notice: Attack on Igbo is attack on us — South/Middle Belt leadersVanguardABUJA – With the October 1st quit order issued by Arewa Youth on Igbo to vacate the North fast approaching, the South and Middle Belt leaders, yesterday, took a ...

Daily Post NigeriaFani-Kayode 'unveils' those who want to set Nigeria on fireDaily Post NigeriaFormer Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has said those who killed Christians and practiced “stealth” Jihad are the once that will set this...

VanguardBuhari is not a religious bigot – Shehu SaniVanguardSenator Shehu Sani has said that it is unfair to say that President Muhammadu Buhari is a a religious bigot and that if Buhari or his government has any religious agenda he will be the first...

VanguardSuspension of NHIS boss by Health Minister is witch hunt —Hon Chike OkaforVanguardHon. Chike Okafor, member representing Ehimembano/Ihitte Uboma/Obowo Federal Constituency of Imo State, is the Chairman of the House of Representatives Committe...

VanguardSteps PDP must take to survive— Gov DicksonVanguardBAYELSA, a state, whose oil wealth had not translated into prosperity in human and physical terms, is now defying the circumstances it found itself with silent steps to development. This, Sun...

The Nation NewspaperThe Devil's Conundrum: Problems and Prospects of Restructuring in NigeriaThe Nation NewspaperEvery now and then, Nigeria seems to be seized by a strange linguistic animation. A particular word or concept, hitherto innocent and i...

The Nation NewspaperWhy I sacked 93 top military officers in 1999 – ObasanjoThe Nation NewspaperFormer President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo says his decision to retire 93 top military officers on his assumption of office in 1999 has gone a long way in s...

Daily Post NigeriaPorous borders responsible for frequent Fulani/farmers attacks – Miyetti AllahDaily Post NigeriaMiyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, has identified that the porous nature of Nigerian borders was responsible ...

VanguardLate Rep Abdullahi Muhammad buriedVanguardA member of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Abdullahi Muhammad, (APC-Kware/Wamakko), who died on Friday has been buried according to Islamic rites. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Muh...

NAIJ.COMEvans' lawyer says police cannot charge him because of lack of evidenceNAIJ.COMOlukoya Ogungbeje, lawyer to notorious kidnapper Evans, has revealed that the Nigeria Police Force is yet to charge the suspect to court because it had no eviden...

NAIJ.COMBiafra will not be an Eldorado - Man says as IPOB supporters fight each other (photos)NAIJ.COMA young Nigerian man identified as Asiegbu Obinna has advised the supporters of the movement of the Independent people of Biafra that the movement wou...

CHANNELS TELEVISIONSadiq Abubakar : NAF receives 5 fighter planes from PakistanPulse NigeriaSadiq said the planes which would be unveiled later, were acquired for the training of air force personnel and to improve the service air power. Published: 51 m...

VanguardOsun Speaker decries abduction, killing of Perm Sec. on Okene-Abuja highwayVanguardOsogbo – Outraged by the abduction and killing of Mrs Kemi Kolawole, a Permanent Secretary in Osun, the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Mr Najeem Salaa...

TheCableSorry, but PDP never 'won' Osun west senatorial electionTheCableLet me begin this piece by congratulating Senator Ademola Adeleke on his victory. As the saying goes, the harder the battle, the sweeter the victory. The emergence of Senat...

NAIJ.COMNigerian man defrauds US of $12m, faces 20 years in jailNAIJ.COMKunle Sodipo Williams, a Nigerian man living in the United States has pleaded guilty to several cases of fraud in that country. According to a report by Vanguard, Williams faces 20...

VanguardVideo: 'Pronounce Kanu, Biafra a terror group'VanguardThe coalition of Northern group Forum that gave the Igbo three months ultimatum to vacate from the North, following the Igbo alleged marginalization, hatred and significant tribal tr...

VanguardNigerian Sodipo Williams pleads guilty to $12m fraudVanguardA Nigerian, Kunle Sodipo Williams, who resided in St. Louis, Missouri in the United States has pleaded guilty to mail fraud, aggravated identity theft, voter fraud and illegally re-ent...

VanguardWe need a President who is ready to die for Nigeria – Pastor Ituah IghodaloVanguardPASTOR Ituah Ighodalo, a chartered accountant, and an accomplished writer was born in Ibadan on April 6, 1961. He attended the King's College, Lagos and th...

Guardian (blog)Kwara Oba traces root to Ile-Ife, visits OoniGuardian (blog)The people of Ekan Meje Kingdom in Oke Ero Council of Kwara State recently consolidated their history when leaders of the community, led by the paramount ruler, Oba Michael Adey...

VanguardOf lions, jackals, hyenas and other weaker animalsThe Nation NewspaperIf you mingle with the kind of 'crazy' acquaintances I meet on the social media, a day would hardly pass without you opening your '32' to let off some steam. ...

VanguardPDP bounces back after Supreme Court judgmentVanguardA professor and notable diplomat, whose names I am not going to mention here, once told me an interesting story. So funny was the story that I got my ribs cracking with laughter. I can't ...

VanguardConstitutional review: Ambode seeks FG exclusion from land mattersVanguardLAGOS State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has demanded review of 1999 constitution to exclude Federal Government from land administration in the country, describing it a...

NAIJ.COMNigerian police force set to recruit about 155000 personnelNAIJ.COMThe Nigeria Police Force will recruit 155,000 personnel within five years to bridge its manpower shortage, according to the Inspector-General, Mr Ibrahim Idris. Idris told newsm...

Daily Post NigeriaNigeria is negotiable, must be restructured now – Soyinka, DicksonDaily Post NigeriaProf Wole Soyinka on Friday faulted calls by some groups and Nigerians that the country should not be restructured. He said Nigeria was negotiable a...

VanguardTake hard decisions, heaven will not fall; CJN Onnoghen tells JudgesVanguardABUJA – The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen, on Friday, swore-in 19 new Judges of the National Industrial Court, NIC, saying they should “tak...

Daily Post NigeriaWole Soyinka tells Buhari to step aside, not to contest in 2019 [VIDEO]Daily Post NigeriaNobel laureate and playwright, Wole Soyinka, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari against contesting for Presidency in 2019. He said despite hi...

CHANNELS TELEVISIONCourt Grants Bail To Former Acting VC Of OAUCHANNELS TELEVISIONLecturers Protest Arraignment Of Former OAU VC The Osun State High Court sitting in Osogbo has granted bail to the immediate past acting Vice Chancellor of the Obafemi Aw...

VanguardAnambra guber: PPA holds primary July 22VanguardABUJA: The Progressive Peoples Alliance, PPA, has fixed July 22, 2017 for the conduct of its party primaries to pick the candidate for the Anambra State governorship election slated for November 1...

360Nobs.comNigeria Approves Equal Salary For HND, BSc Holders In Civil Defence, Immigration, Prison360Nobs.comThe federal government has announced the removal of the dichotomy between degree and higher national diploma certificate holders in the civil ...

VanguardNigerian newspapers: 10 things you need to know this Friday morningDaily Post Nigeria1. The Independent Electoral National Commission, INEC, Thursday said it will suspend the recall process of Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye due to ...

TheCableSo Peoples Democratic Party is not deadTheCableIt's pretty simple. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is not dead! Like a specialist performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the three-man panel of judges at the Supreme Court, led by chief ...

VanguardNext presidents, replacements for Soyinka, Clarke, others'll be products of Ijaw Academy – DicksonVanguardBayelsa state Governor, Seriake Dickson has said that the Ijaw National Academy, a world standard bastion of learning newly built in...

Guardian (blog)Buhari, Osinbajo, Tinubu, others bid Akande's wife farewellGuardian (blog)Widower and former All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Bisi Akande (Middle); Acting President Yemi Osinbajo; APC national leader Bola Ahmed Tinu...

The PunchFake whistleblower in prison over Namadi Sambo's house raidPulse NigeriaThe ICPC said Sambo's residence was raided after the whistleblower claimed that huge sums of money in local and foreign currencies were stashed there. Published: 2...

VanguardGov Ambode suspends traditional ruler for faking own kidnapVanguardGovernor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has approved immediate suspension of the Baale of Shangisha in Magodo, Chief Yusuf Ogundare, for faking his kidnap, which allegedly took...

The Nation NewspaperEx-Jigawa Governor Turaki gets liberal bailThe Nation NewspaperThe Federal High Court in Abuja, has granted bail to former Jigawa State Governor Ibrahim Saminu Turaki. Turaki, who is on trial for alleged N36 billion scam, jumped bai...

VanguardAvert another war, Danjuma, Dogonyaro, Lekwot, others warnVanguardRETIRED military generals and other Christian elders under the aegis of National Christian Elders Forum, NCEF, have expressed sadness that Nigeria was drifting towards a needless...

VanguardNCP vows to take exclusion up to Supreme CourtVanguardTHE National Conscience Party, NCP whose candidates were all delisted by LASIEC last Tuesday has vowed to pursue its case for justice up to the Supreme Court. All the candidates of the NCP w...

VanguardAKANDE WIFE'S DEATH: Buhari speaks with widower; Osinbajo others attend burialVanguardPRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday commiserated with pioneer National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Bisi Akande over the death ...

VanguardDismissed soldiers petition Osinbajo, seek justiceVanguardNigerian army officers dismissed under controversial circumstances in June 2016, have petitioned the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, accusing the military of bias and injustice. T...

NAIJ.COMBuhari's government cancels dichotomy between HND and university degreesNAIJ.COMThe Nigerian government has reportedly stopped the dichotomy between holders of university degrees and Higher National Diploma (HND). This regularization that c...

NAIJ.COMDavido narrowly escapes being beaten in LondonNAIJ.COMNigerian famous singer and songwriter, David Adeleke popularly known as Davido was said to have narrowly escaped being beaten in London by as he was allegedly rushed out through the back doo...

NAIJ.COMPDP: A lifeline from the Supreme Court by Reuben Abati (Opinion)NAIJ.COMEditor's note: The leadership tussle within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) finally came to an end at the Supreme Court on Wednesday, July 12. Nigeria's apex cou...

NAIJ.COMFederal High Court awards N20,000 punitive cost against Evans' lawyerNAIJ.COMA Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday awarded a cost of N20,000 against Mr Olukoya Ogungbeje, counsel to the suspected kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike a. k...

NAIJ.COMFederal High Court awards N20,000 punitive cost against Evans' lawyerNAIJ.COMA Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday awarded a cost of N20,000 against Mr Olukoya Ogungbeje, counsel to the suspected kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike a. k...

NAIJ.COMLike Lagos, like London, see flooded streets of UK after heavy rain (photos)NAIJ.COMLagos recently experienced flood in some parts of the state and this has attracted different negative criticism about the poor state of drainage infrastructure ...

NAIJ.COMSenate will ensure school curriculum is acceptable, satisfactory to all religions - SarakiNAIJ.COMThe Senate President Bukola Saraki on Wednesday, July 12, called on all stakeholders in the education to remain calm over the review of the new ni...

Daily Post NigeriaPDP Supreme Court Judgment: How we will handle aggrieved members – MakarfiDaily Post NigeriaThe National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ahmed Makarfi, has said his Caretaker Committee is open to reconciling with all ...

New York Daily NewsUS, Nigeria team up to help citizens report corruptionNew York Daily NewsIn this photo taken Wednesday, July. 12, 2017, Oluseun Onigbinde, "Report Yourself" platform designer, speaks during an interview in Lagos, Nigeria. T...

NAIJ.COMArmy inaugurates 1million litre water treatment plant in EnuguNAIJ.COMThe Nigerian Army has inaugurated a water treatment plant at Abakpa Cantonment in Enugu, capable of treating and supplying one million litres of water daily to the barracks a...

Daily Post NigeriaVipers, boars once dethroned python, anaconda in forest – Sani responds to AishaDaily Post NigeriaThe portrayal of Nigeria as an animal kingdom has continued between Senator Shehu Sani and the Wife of the President, Aisha Buhari. Re...

Daily Post NigeriaVipers, boars once dethroned python, anaconda in forest – Sani responds to AishaDaily Post NigeriaThe portrayal of Nigeria as an animal kingdom has continued between Senator Shehu Sani and the Wife of the President, Aisha Buhari. Re...

Gistmaster (blog)We enjoy harmonious relationship with Obaseki —Edo AssemblyGistmaster (blog)BENIN—MAJORITY Leader of the Edo State House of Assembly, Mr Foly Ogedegbe, has said that the Assembly is working harmoniously with the executive to ensure...

The Nation Newspaper133 Badoo suspects held in fresh raidThe Nation NewspaperOne hundred and thirty three suspected Badoo members were yesterday arrested in different parts of Ikorodu by a combined team of security agencies and vigilance groups. They w...

VanguardGroup tasks Ambode, security agencies on kidnapped studentsVanguardAN advocacy group, The Safe Schools and Communities Advocacy Group, SSCAG, has tasked Lagos State Governor, Akinwumnmi Ambode, and security agencies to take urgent actions towar...

US launches anti-corruption website for NigeriaVanguardThe United States, US Government yesterday launched a Web-based platform that leverages Nigerian citizens' engagement to fight corruption in Nigeria. ADVERTISING. inRead invented by Teads. The ...

VanguardKwara govt plans golf academyDaily TrustThe Kwara State Government has announced plan to establish golf and table tennis academies to train youth to become top players and champions in national and international competitions. The State Governor...

The Nation NewspaperObaseki scraps Lands MinistryVanguardBENIN—GOVERNOR Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has assigned the 18 appointed commissioners to various ministries in the state, just as he announced the scrapping of the Ministry of Lands. The gover...

Daily Post NigeriaOsun West: APC candidate, Husain finally speaks on defeat, Adeleke's victoryDaily Post NigeriaMudashir Hasaain, candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has finally reacted to the defeat he suffered last Saturday in the Os...

NAIJ.COMNigerians will not be happy if APC fails to deliver - Nair El-RufaiNAIJ.COMNasir El-Rufai, the governor of Kaduna state has disclosed that to make Nigerians happy, his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) must perform at all levels. Accor...

VanguardLagos polls: LASIEC unveils Nollywood actor, Aina Michael; 1299 candidatesVanguardNollywood actor, Aina Michael popularly known as Aina Gold was one of 1,300 candidates unveiled by the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission, LASIEC to con...

NAIJ.COMLearn from Akala, Hussain's defeat, aggrieved LAUTECH students warn Ajimobi, AregbesolaNAIJ.COMSome aggrieved students of Ladoke Akintola University LAUTECH) Ogbomosho in Oyo state have sent a warning signal to the former Lagos state govern...

P.M. NewsObaseki urges opposition parties to unite for EdoNigerian ObserverGovernor Godwin Obaseki has issued a clarion call to opposition political parties in the State to join hands for building and developing Edo State, adding that his administratio...

NAIJ.COMWhy we are boycotting elections in Baifra land - IPOBNAIJ.COMThe Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has given reasons why it called for the boycott of elections in the South-East and South-South, starting with Anambra state. The group in its st...

Leadership NewspapersPMB Recuperating Fast,Coming Back Soon – OsinbajoLeadership NewspapersActing President, Yemi Osinbajo has said President Muhammadu Buhari is recuperating fast and is expected back very soon. Osinbajo made this known to State Hous...

YNaijaOsun by-election: Did the APC underestimate the Adelekes?YNaijaThe recent by-election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Osun West Senatorial district had the younger brother of the deceased Senator Isiaka Adelek...

VanguardBoko Haram : 19 killed, 23 injured in Borno attacksPulse NigeriaThe attacks, which occurred late on Tuesday, claimed the lives of 12 Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) members and seven civilians. Published: 31 minutes ago , Refreshed: 15 minutes...

NAIJ.COMJust in: House of Reps summon Ifeanyi Ubah over alleged missing N11 billion petroleum productsNAIJ.COMNigeria's House of Representatives committee on petroleum resources (downstream) on Tuesday, July 11, issued a fresh summon on the chairma...

VanguardOut of 22m only 600000 Lagos residents pay tax – AmbodeVanguardLagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode has identified the need for residents to adopt a willful approach to the payment of taxes as a means of addressing fundamental challenges...

VanguardOne of the Justices handling Patience Jonathan's forfeiture case withdrawsVanguardLagos – The hearing of an appeal filed by the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, before the Court of Appeal Lagos Division, seeking to st...

Daily Post NigeriaBoko Haram: Suicide bombers kill 10, injure 21 in MaiduguriDaily Post NigeriaTen persons reportedly lost their lives, while 21 others were injured as Boko Haram terrorists attacked residents of Molai, along Maiduguri, Damboa, Biu road...

Okagbare, Amusan for CAA Grand PrixThe Eagle OnlineThe 2017 Warri Relays & CAA Grand Prix, which is fixed for July 18 at the Delta State Polytechnic Stadium, Ozoro, is guaranteed to have a rich number of top athletes on parade, some of whom are alr...

Daily Post NigeriaQuit notice: What we will do if any Igbo man is killed in North – Orji KaluDaily Post NigeriaA former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu has warned that he will personally lead his people to war if any Igbo man is killed as a re...

TheCableNational Assembly, Fashola and Goje faux pasTheCableIn a democracy, a nation's National Assembly is necessarily an assemblage of members from different socio-cultural backgrounds and conflicting worldviews that reflects the diversity of the...

VanguardCustoms, NPA, NIMASA, others lose over N5bnVanguardLAGOS—At least N5 billion was lost by stakeholders to yesterday's shut down of port operations across the country by aggrieved ports' workers, led by officials of Maritime Workers Uni...

Gistmaster (blog)Nigeria'll be self sufficient in rice production by Nov – OgbehGistmaster (blog)Ibadan—Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has said that the country will be self sufficient in rice production by Nov...

VanguardOAU EX-VC's trial: Protest forces judge to amend detention orderVanguardOsogbo—There was violent reactions from students and staff of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-ife, yesterday, as an Osun State High Court, sitting in Ede remanded the...

VanguardSchool curriculum: Why Reps returned CRK as independent subjectVanguardABUJA—By a unanimous voice vote, the House of Representatives yesterday jettisoned the government policy which subsumed Christian Religious Knowledge, CRK, in Civic Educat...

VanguardPoliticians, soldiers failed Nigeria – Abubakar, Junaid Mohammed, FasehunVanguardABUJA — The National Peace Committee, headed by former Head of State, Gen. AbdulSalam Abubakar, has traced the recent spate of ethnic agitations to politicians...

NAIJ.COMBukola Saraki in trouble as Kwara central senatorial district announces plan to recall himNAIJ.COMSenate President Bukola Saraki's constituents in Kwara Central Senatorial District have announced plan to recall him. The constituents who are...

VanguardBello, Kogi State govt mastermind of Melaye's recall, says SenateVanguardABUJA- THE Recall process of the Chairman, Senate Committee on the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Senator Dino Melaye, Kogi West, Tuesday took another dimension as th...

Daily TrustEkiti lawmaker asks Fayose, Speaker to resign, as assembly suspends him indefinitelyDaily TrustA member of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, who recently defected to the APC from the PDP, Hon Gboyega Aribisogan, on Tuesday, asked Governor A...

VanguardAPC suspends Ibekaku, Nnadozie, 18 others indefinitely in EnuguVanguardENUGU – FOLLOWING the crisis in the ruling All Progressive Congress APC, Enugu State Chapter, the party Tuesday suspended indefinitely President Mohammed Buhari's advi...

NAIJ.COMPeace Corps applaud Osinbajo's handling of agitationsNAIJ.COMThe Peace Corps of Nigeria (PCN), has commended the Acting President Yemi Osinbajo for the matured way he has handled the affairs of the country, in relation with many hate speech...

NAIJ.COMAbdulsalami Abubakar reveals those sponsoring hate speech in the countryNAIJ.COMAbdulsalami Abubakar has accused politicians who have failed to deliver their mandate to their people as being behind the call for the disintegration of the country...