Akwa Ibom Women To Protest Unclad, So That God Will Punish FG

We’ll protest Unclad to summon wrath of gods against FG, gas company over oil spillage – A’Ibom women

NSIT IBOM- WOMEN of Obotim Nsit community, Nsit Ibom Local Government Area, Akwa-Ibom State have vowed to protest Unclad to summon the wrath of the gods against government and a gas company whose pipeline was blown up in the community by the Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, July 24, for allegedly abandoning them to their fate after the destructive incident.

They claimed that the explosion caused extensive damage to all the houses in the village besides ruining their farmlands and other means of livelihood, only for the company, working for the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, which constructed the pipeline, to simply evacuate its equipment after the incident and leave.

However, NDA, penultimate week, declared an unannounced ceasefire following the appeal by monarchs, leaders and stakeholders of the Niger Delta coastal states on militants to sheathe their swords.

In response to an earlier inquiry on the complaints by communities about the effects of their attacks on the environment, spokesperson of the militant group, self-styled Brig Gen Mudoch Agbinibo, empathized with the people, but said it was an unavoidable corollary they would have to bear in the spirit of the struggle to liberate them.

2000 houses under threat

Head of the host community, where the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, gas pipeline control valve is located, Eteidung Okon Aaron Ukpong, told Niger Delta Voice, NDV, that the explosion destroyed nearly 2000 houses in the community.

Besides shattering the villagers’ means of livelihood, he said the people have become susceptible to untold danger and insecurity, as their homes now stand on shaky foundations with the roofing sheets weakened by harmful chemical effects of the gas emissions.

Our anger against gas firm, govt- Nkanta, women leader

Women Leader of the community, Mrs. Dorothy Nkanta, who corroborated the claims of the village head, was aghast at the alleged lack of concern of their plight showed by government and Seven Energy Gas Company before and after the explosion.

Stressing that the explosion destroyed their cassava farms, oil palm and other economic trees, Nkanta lamented: “Unfortunately, Seven Energy came and evacuated their equipment from the site not minding the losses the community have recorded.

“That means that they do not care about the disaster they have brought to us after taking our land to lay their pipeline and locate their control valve. They are not bothered about the health hazards and general calamity the emissions from their pipeline have brought to our land.

“What have they said is our offence for giving our land out for them to do business? Is this the kind of reward we should receive from government and the gas company for the good thing we did for them”?

Stripped protest

Her words: “But I want to warn that they should not provoke us to go Unclad on the streets for them else, it will not be well with them.

“We need compensation for the losses we have recorded as a result of that gas pipeline explosion and for the degradation of our land since that gas pipeline control valve was installed at the Asang Community High School, else, we will go Unclad on the streets to provoke the gods of our land to action against these people, who have suddenly turned our enemies.”

Problem started since 2008

The village head, Ukpong, added: “The people’s worry is that while they were all along trying to contend with the health hazards they were subjected to by the chemical emissions from the gas pipeline since it was installed in 2008, the explosion of July 24, 2016 has come to worsen things for them by completely destroying their means of livelihood and shelter, even as the state and federal governments and Seven Energy Gas Company managing the pipeline have showed no concern for the plight of the people.”

Before the explosion, he said since 2008 when the company laid the pipeline, the people no longer record good yields from their farm lands due to harmful chemical discharges from the pipelines into the soil.

He confirmed that Seven Energy Gas Company, the outfit in-charge of the gas pipeline for the NNPC, indeed, came to evacuate its equipment after the explosion not minding the havoc the explosion had caused the community in terms of devastation of farmlands, lives and people’s houses.

“We thought initially that the laying of the gas pipeline control valve at Asang was a blessing, only for it to become a curse to the community,.

“Since 2008 that the gas pipeline control valve was located at Asang Community High School, Obotim Nsit, our people started having health challenges due to harmful chemical emissions from the pipeline just as our sources of drinking water got destroyed.

“Besides, our farmlands have become degraded and no longer record good yields as a result of harmful chemical spills on the land. Even the roofs on our houses no longer last beyond one year because of leakages caused by harmful effect of chemicals from the gas pipeline.

“And now, the explosion, which occurred on July 24, 2016, has come to cause complete destruction of our farms, our houses and investments and the attitude of government towards us after we recorded the magnitude of losses, is an indication that the location of the gas pipeline control valve and the gas pipeline passing through our community generally, is a curse rather than a blessing”, the Eteidung insisted.

He, therefore, urged both the state and federal governments to send their agencies to assess the magnitude of distress the pipeline explosion has brought to the people of the community with a view to compensating them.

Source:

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/08/well-protest-Unclad-to-summon-wrath-of-gods-against-fg-gas-company-over-oil-spillage-aibom-women/

From Dog Owners To Journalists, Free Expression Under Attack In Nigeria - VOA

LAGOS, NIGERIA — 

A series of arrests of bloggers, newspaper reporters and even a dog owner has advocates worried about a chill on freedom of expression in Nigeria.

While the constitution of Africa’s most-populous country guarantees freedom of speech and the press, Peter Nkanga, West Africa representative for the Committee to Protect Journalists, said those rights are under attack.

“More and more, that freedom is being eroded,” Nkanga said. “How is it being eroded? By the actions of government institutions and government authorities, who are ensuring that that freedom of expression, that freedom of the press that freedom to hold opinion, gradually, steadily, is being eroded.”

Nkanga pointed to a number of episodes in recent months as instances where Nigerian security forces went after people simply because of something they said or wrote.

This month, the army said it wanted to question a journalist who had posted a link to a video released by the Boko Haram extremist group.

A journalist investigating arms smuggling was assaulted in June 2015 after a meeting at a Nigerian border post. Nkanga said customs officers looked on as the journalist was attacked without intervening.

Musa Azare, a blogger known for being critical about the government of Bauchi state in the country’s northeast, also found himself under arrest this month.

"“They were dispatched from Bauchi to come and arrest me,” Azare said of the police officers who traveled 450 kilometers to his house in the capital, Abuja."

He was driven to Bauchi and told that he was being taken in on suspicion of cyber stalking and criminal defamation, before being released. A Bauchi state official denied the government had anything to do with Azare’s detention.

It’s not just journalists that are facing threats. Police took a man in the southwestern Ogun state this month into custody for naming his dog “Buhari,” after the president.

Nigeria’s leaders have pledged to respect the freedom of the press, with Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed saying in June that the government of President Muhammadu Buhari does “not intend to do anything to stifle press freedom.”

Mohammed was not available for comment.

Laws on the books have allowed local politicians to go after journalists and bloggers for their statements, says Mai Truong, manager of advocacy group Freedom House’s Freedom on the Net program.

She said a law passed last year criminalizing “cyber crimes” such as hacking and cyber stalking has become a tool for politicians seeking revenge against online commentators.

“We’ve seen [kind of] an uptick of bloggers, particularly, being targeted for arrest and charged under the cyber crime law for various types of writing related to posts about local governors or officials,” Truong said.

Buhari came into office last year pledging to tackle corruption in Nigeria. The country is Africa’s largest economy but little of the wealth trickles down to its poor due in part to graft in the federal and state governments.

Shuaib Leman, national secretary of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, says much of the ire directed at journalists come from politicians who don’t appreciate seeing allegations of corruption against them printed or broadcast.

“I am not surprised that daily you find one instance or the other where a journalist is either picked up at the insistence of the state governor or a powerful politician for writing against corruption or for bringing up issues that need public attention and adequate scrutiny,” Leman said.

When a journalist is attacked, Nkanga said the perpetrators of the assault rarely face charges.

“Until you start to ensure that those who perpetrate attacks on journalists are brought to justice, there will hardly ever be a time when there will be [no] chill on them,” Nkanga said. “It has become a norm.”

Source:

http://www.voanews.com/a/from-dog-owners-to-journalists-free-expression-under-attack-in-nigeria/3483992.html

Ogun Police Statement On Joachim Iroko, Man Who Named His Dog Buhari

Nigeria Police News @PoliceNG_News

OGUN STATE @PoliceNG COMMAND PRESS RELEASE 29.08.2016 RE: MAN WHO NAMED HIS DOG BUHARI.

Source:
https://mobile.twitter.com/PoliceNG_News/status/770275130962477056

Another hike in petrol price?

Against the background of arguably the worst economic hardship in Nigeria ever, evident in high cost of living and unprecedented human suffering in the country, insinuations of another increase in petrol products prices are not only depressing, they are insulting.  The mere thought smacks of gross insensitivity and callousness on the part of those contemplating it.

Nigerians will, therefore, have no choice but to resist any such cruel attempt at fuel price increase and further aggravation of their pains as any such plan can only be the product of poor judgment based on jaundiced reflections. It must, afterall, be acknowledged by the leaders that no amount of price increases will solve the country’s mounting economic problems as previous increases never solved any but only compounded the suffering of Nigerians.

Those at the helm of affairs will do well to look into the corruption in the fuel supply system and put an end to it.

The Buhari’s administration, barely three months ago, increased the pump price of petrol from N86.50 to N145, the highest ever. This, it was believed was the final act of removing the phantom subsidy on petroleum products.

Unfortunately, now, at a time when palliatives are needed to cushion the effects of the current severe economic hardship, a new price of N151.87/litre is reportedly being canvassed by marketers.

According to them, with the ex-depot price of petrol at N133.28/litre and a selling price of N145/litre, the difference of N12 is not enough to cover their distribution cost of N18.71, hence, their arrival at a N151.87/litre proposed price.

The specifics of this “distribution margin” for every litre of petrol according to the marketers, include retailers charge, N6; transporters’ allowance, N3.36; bridging fund, N6.2; dealers’ charge, N2.36; marine transport average, N0.15; and admin charge, N0.3. This, to say the least, is outrageous!

First, if an additional cost of N18.71 is indeed required for the marketers to break even, why are some marketers currently selling at N140 per litre instead of the maximum N145 approved by the government? Even the most elementary interest in the fuel supply system has shown how opaque and corrupt it is. Why, on earth, has successive governments in Nigeria failed to deal with this massive corruption in this sector in which a few have fed fat while the nation bleeds?

The details above of course, expose the unpatriotic manipulations by players in the fuel importation and distribution business, which more or less determine the price of petrol. Adding a myriad of charges to the actual cost of petrol by different interest groups is tantamount to fleecing Nigerians. And this should not continue.

Perhaps, the only charge that can be justified is the administrative charge of 3 kobo. All other charges are borne out of corruption, which, unfortunately, are passed on to ordinary Nigerians.

How, for instance, could the N3.36 paid as transporters’ allowance be explained? Is the money meant for the transport owners or the drivers? How come there are transport charges when the tanker owners are paid for the job of fuel distribution?

The same question hangs on dealers’ charge of N2.36. Indeed, there are too many questions! And no one is giving any answers.

While experts say in matters concerning oil pricing, politics overrides economics, definitely, in better-run societies, the N18.71 extra cost on every litre of fuel would have come under the scrutiny of the government of the day. So it is important to ask on what basis the Nigerian government would approve the numerous proposed charges even in the face of its own war against corruption?

In India, for instance, the final price of fuel is determined by three approved components, namely, commission to petrol pump owner, excise duty and value added tax, on gross price including excise, which are charged minimally.

In the case of Nigeria, the six components that have bloated the fuel price apparently go into private pockets. There is no mention of VAT or any other tax, which should accrue to government. Matters like this should therefore engage the attention of President Muhammadu Buhari which should effect changes in line with the anti-corruption crusade of his administration.

Nigeria is a nation which gets its priorities wrong all the time and where the leadership daily short-changes the people. For the purpose of any argument, even if any subsidy remains on petroleum products and if the Nigerian government could subsidise foreign exchange for pilgrims, it should also be prepared to subsidise Nigerians to the extent of a life worth living. The Buhari’s administration should therefore avoid plunging the country into needless crises that could result from any further fuel price increase.

Source:

 http://guardian.ng/opinion/another-hike-in-petrol-price/

Presidency Denies Ordering The Probe Of Emir Sanusi And Prof. Soludo

The senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity, Mr Garba Shehu has denied the news published by the sun newspaper that the president had ordered the probe of the tenures of Emir Sanusi Mohammed and prof. Charles Soludo respectively as CBN governors. He made the denial in two different tweets today. 

Source:

https://mobile.twitter.com/GarShehu?p=i

Passengers Board Flights In Darkness At Murtala Mohammed Airport

The Murtala Mohammed international airport on Saturday night hit a new low as darkness enveloped the premier airport due to power outage at the time passengers were boarding flights to different foreign destinations.

The power outage at the airport occurred between 10pm and midnight, when about four international flights – British Airways, Air France, South African Airways, and one other – were boarding.

The departure lounge was pitch dark as airlines officials deployed gas-powered lanterns and battery-powered flashlights to check-in passengers and walk them through the boarding gates.

Passengers groped their ways through the boarding gates into the aircraft.

They discussed the security implications of conducting check-in and boarding processes in darkness in a country currently battling terrorism and at a time when aviation security should be a high priority.

“The place was full of heat and people were sweating. It was a disaster. Our international airport has reached a new low,” a passenger on one of the flights told THISDAY.

The cause of last night’s power outage at the airport could not be ascertained at the time of going to press.

Source:

http://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/08/28/nigerias-international-airport-hits-a-new-low-as-passengers-board-flights-in-darkness/

Woman Cages Girl In Bush In Ondo For Five Months

Peter Dada, Akure

A 28-year-old woman identified as Mary Mathew has been arrested by the men of the Ondo State Police Command for child abuse.

The suspect allegedly caged her four-year-old foster daughter inside the bush for over five months at Imafon Village in Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo State.

Mary said she ‘quarantined’ the young girl identified as Precious Michael when she suspected that the girl was possessed with witchcraft and also suspected that the four-year-old girl must have been infected with HIV, which reportedly killed her mother last year.

The suspect was said to be a relative of the girl’s late mother and brought the little girl to Imafon in December 2015 after the death of her mother.

Parading the suspect at the headquarters of the command in Akure on Thursday, the state Commissioner of Police, Mrs. Hilda Harrison, said the suspect was arrested following a tip off.

While Mary was paraded, her husband was not, but the police boss said both of them were in their custody.

The commissioner said, “Mary Mathew and her husband alleged that the girl was possessed and thus decided to lock her outside the house. On receipt of the information, personnel attached to Juvenile Welfare Centre of the police command visited the scene and met the girl in the cage as reported.

“She (the girl) was immediately rescued and taken to police clinic for medical attention, while the suspects are under interrogation and will soon be charged to court “.

Harrison added that the victim would be taken to the state welfare home of the Ondo State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Welfare.

Also speaking, the police officer at the JWC of the command, Mrs. Olayemi Ojumu (ASP), who led the team that rescued the girl, told our correspondent that Precious had actually tested negative for HIV.

Mary, a farmer and indigene of Enugu State, said she only confined the victim to a corner in her shop.

She said she confined the four-year-old in the morning and released her in the evening whenever she came back from the farm.

Source:

http://punchng.com/foster-mother-cages-girl-bush-five-months/

'Yahoo' Boys Caught With Girls Pants And Other Ritual Items In Delta State. (Photos)

A group of internet fraudsters a.k.a Ghana Burgers were apprehended by policemen at Koko Junction, Warri, Delta State..According to the evidences found on them and their confessions, they went to Oyo State for rituals.

Read below what was shared by Ossai Ovie Success

Mobile police apprehend some group of Ghana Burgers at Koko Junction. According to the visuals and photo of evidence we find out that these guys according to their confession went to Oyo State for rituals. They used two Ecolax buses and boarded the vehicle from Benin and asked the driver to move straight to Sapele.

One of the culprits said his name is Simeon and he stay at Uruhakpa and Otefe Poly student.

According to their own confession after police interrogations , they said they went for rituals at Oyo State. The two Ecolax buses contain the following items.

1. Four used girls pants.

2. Old mat

3. Used girls wig

4. Used girls brassier

And other concoction items.

Source; 

http://www.nationalhelm.net/2016/08/internet-fraudsters-caught-with-girls.html

Why We Did Not March With Oby & Bbog Group To The Villa---chibok Parents

CHIBOK PARENTS NOW TAKES OBY EZEKWESILI & HER BBOG GROUP FOR A FOOL. 

Why we did not March with BBOG Group to Presidential Villa – Chibok Parents

By NAN

Parents of the missing Chibok girls have explained why they did not join the protest march that took place on Monday in Abuja.

Yakubu Nkeki, the leader of the missing girls’ parents who lives in Chibok, told NAN in a telephone interview that parents of the abducted girls based in Chibok held a meeting last week during which they decided they would not attend.

“All we want is our missing daughters and we are willing to work with anybody who will help us find our daughters,” he said, explaining that they did not want to antagonise the government which is in the best position to help them find their missing daughters.

“We do not want to do anything that the government will not be happy about,” said the women leader of the group, Yana Galang.

“We are not after any organisation that is against any party or religion, and we are supporting the federal government to help us release our girls,” he added.

The parents described the unpleasant experience they had during their last protest march in Abuja, when angry comments made by some of the activists who accompanied them to see the president irritated President Muhammadu Buhari to the point where he spoke sharply and dropped his microphone.

“Our own is that we want our daughters,” said Zannah Lawan, the secretary of the parents association.

“Anyone who has the ability to help us to find our daughters is the person we will work with,” Lawan added.

Source:

https://www.bellanaija.com/2016/08/why-we-did-not-march-with-bbog-group-to-presidential-villa-chibok-parents/

How A Group Of Women Beat Me Up Over "Lagos Men" - Actress & Producer

The story of a promising Nollywood movie producer, Chioma Okoye who was recently attacked by a group of women, shook the internet last week. The women claimed to have attacked her for making her life story into a movie and invading her privacy.

Over the weekend, correspondents from IYODATV had a chat with Miss Chioma Okoye to hear her own side of the story as there were different versions circulating the internet.

The movie in question is titled 'Lagos Men' which centers around a man who was constantly having sexual intercourse with his step daughter. 

According to Miss Chioma Okoye, the woman in question who is known as Mrs Oge Ukazia ran to her alongside a mutual friend (of blessed memory) and pleaded with her to help tell her story to the world through a movie because her marriage was a living hell as her husband would not stop having sex with her daughter despite all her pleas and prayers. She agreed to do it but due to technical reasons, it took about 3 years for the movie to be produced and aired online.

She further expressed her shock when some women barged into her house, destroyed some of her properties and ganged up to beat her. She sustained some body injuries in the process and had to seek medical attention. As at the time of this interview, miss Chioma is seen to be recovering from the bruises and trauma this attack has caused her and has contacted her lawyer to take legal actions against Mrs Ukazie.

She has since been receiving threatening phone calls from Oge and has left the comfort of her home so as to avoid another violent attack.

Below is a copy of the letter sent by her lawyer to the Nigerian police to ensure that Miss Chioma Okoye gets the justice she truly deserves.


SOURCE:
 http://www.juicygossips.com.ng/2016/08/attacked-nollywood-movie-producer.html

Come and see New Keke Napep with Full Option AC.

No be small thing ooo..

Never day new innovation..

Keke Napep with full option Airconditioner.

i might just end up buying one for myself with the rate cars consume fuel this day at #145 per litre.

Enjoy your AC Keke Napep..

Ali Baba Shows Off His Pet Dogs Named After OBJ, Abacha, IBB, Obama

Comedian Ali Baba shared the photo below showing some of his pet dogs and revealed that he named them after different world leaders (Both past & present). Ali Baba claims that former Nigerian President Obasanjo, was aware and impressed that he had a dog named after him. Read below.

My dogs and I back in the day. Must have had like 12 at a particular point in time. Interesting time. That time I mean. I had traveled and returned at night, but was too tired to relate with them. OBJ, the big Alsatian was the head of the pack. Then Obama was the big black and white Great Dane, the Alsatian on the bummer was Thatcher. Thatcher must have given me like 18 puppies. In her good days (X120k per puppy) the ridge back by Thatcher was called Madiba. It arrived from South Africa on the birthday of Mandela 

The Second Harlequin Great Dane was named after Queen Amina... But the fiercest of my odds were Chaka, IBB AND Abacha. They took no prisoners. In fact, if I gave you anything I had used before, like shoes or clothes,my advice is not to wear them to my home. Because if Chaka, or Abacha caught a whiff of that item on you... You will not like yourself. They were my trusted securities and my friend. One time in LEKKI, 1997 or so, a guy scaled the fence into my compound in the night. I was woken up to a shouts of "Oga come o!!!!!" 

"Oga I am finished!" And Usman my maiguard was having a good laugh. At 2am! The petty thief was on the roof of my V-Boot. I was more scared for his life than he was of it. Because then we had Chaka, Ghadaffi and Clinton. Those who new these dogs will testify to their brutality. Go ask@basorge_tariah and@officialbunmidavies... But with hind sight now, I am just thanking God. Yes oooo! O have to thank God ooo. That it was not now, that I named my dogs after any sitting president and foreign leaders. In fact, Obasanjo himself was very impressed years later when his friend that brought me a gift from Baba, told him how a dog called OBJ in Ali Baba's house nearly killed him. Baba used to warn my wife then, that if she ever decided to have a dog meal, she should not touch OBJ... But then again, OBJ had a different kind of personality and a high sense of humor. Everyone can not be the same. So I understand. An that is all I have to say.

source:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BJfGywYgpq5/?hl=en&taken-by=alibabagcfr

No Criminal Implications In Naming Dog After Person —lawyers

The incoming Second National Vice President of the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, Mr. Monday Ubani, yesterday, said that no offence is committed by someone naming his dog after somebody else.

He said: “In the eye of the law, it is not criminal for somebody to name his or her dog after another person. It may be offensive by examining the circumstances under which the incident happened.

“I understand that a particular dog was named after a neighbour and both of them were not in good terms; in a Hausa community somewhere in the South-West.

“So expediency would have prevailed on him not to name his dog after somebody he was quarrelling with.

“The Bible says wisdom profited for direction. Anything you are doing must be with wisdom. If such a thing would provoke unnecessary argument, you should avoid it.”

Another Lagos-based lawyer, Mr. Tunji Muyedeen, said: “As far as I am concerned, there is no way such offence could be sustained in law. Anybody can name his pet after anybody’s name.

“He can even call the pet his name. However, spurious charge or charges may be preferred against such person.

“All of us will be living witnesses to the trial of the man. We will see what evidence the prosecution has to prosecute the accused person.”

For human rights activist, Mr. Okey Nwaguna, prosecution must show that accused had the intent to cause breach of public peace.

He said: “The motive of an accused is never and can never be established by the charge: it must be established by evidence.

“Prosecution must show that accused had the intent to cause a breach of public peace. What constitutes ‘public’ is key.”

Source:

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/08/no-criminal-implications-naming-dog-person-lawyers/

Sultan Of Sokoto's 60th Birthday: Buhari Congratulates Muhammadu Sa'ad Abubakar

President Muhammadu Buhari warmly felicitates with the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa'ad Abubakar III, on his 60th birthday, August 24th, 2016.

President Buhari joins the people and government of Sokoto State, the Muslim community and family members of the Sultan in celebrating the unique anniversary.

As the head of Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) and President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), the President affirms that the Sultan has demonstrated uncommon leadership style, patriotism and wisdom in his consistent advocacy for security, peace and unity of Nigeria.

President Buhari believes that the wise counsels and support of the royal father on issues of good governance, girl-child education, infant and child mortality, and agriculture has greatly enriched his administration’s efforts to improve the livelihood of Nigerians.

The President prays that the almighty Allah will grant the Sultan good health and long life to continue in the service of humanity.

Femi Adesina

Special Adviser to the President

(Media & Publicity)

August 23, 2016

Source:

http://www.newshelm.com/2016/08/president-buhari-congratulates-sultan.html

Obasanjo Visits Governor Bindow Of Adamawa, Commends Him For His Good Governance

Obasanjo Applauds Governor Bindow's Commitment To Good Governance

Arriving Yola in the evening of Thursday 18th August Former president Olusegun Obasanjo paid a courtesy call on the Adamawa state Governor Senator Muhammed Umaru Jibrilla Bindow at the presidential lodge, Government house Yola.

Obasanjo was taken through a presentation by the secretary to the state Government Dr. Umar Bindir on the achievements of the Bindow administration since it came into power in May 2015.

The Governor Senator Bindow, welcomed Obasanjo and thanked him for visiting the state and for his fatherly contributions to the development and progress of Nigeria. Bindow also used the opportunity to thank president Muhammadu Buhari for his achievements in securing the North East. He thanked Obasanjo for his contributions and for providing leadership in Nigeria as an elder statesman.

Responding, Obasanjo commended Governor Bindow for his achievements in politics, good governance and for providing positive leadership in the state. He visibly expressed his satisfaction of how Adamawa is experiencing rapid development and serenity under the Bindow administration within a short time. Obasanjo emphasized that he is particularly happy that Governor Bindow was not discouraged by the many problems and set backs he inherited when he came into power. He thanked Governor Bindow for affecting members of his cabinet with his CAN-DO spirit. He promised to help the state in anyway possible and encouraged the Governor to keep on developing the agricultural sector stating that agriculyural business has the potential to eradicate poverty, create jobs and be the economic mainstay of the state.

Earlier, the chief of staff to the Governor Abdulrahman Jimeta informed Obasanjo and his entourage that the Bindow administration has demonstrated resilience, hardwork, commitment and willingness to serve the people, ignoring all cynics within and outside the state.

Source:

Source: http://www.trezzyblog.com/2016/08/obasanjo-applauds-governor-bindows.html

Ezekwesili Never Said Buhari Didn’t Deserve To Be President …what She Said

FORMER Minister of Education, Dr Oby Ezekwesili, never said President Muhammadu Buhari did not deserve to be president.

Our sister publication, Sunday Tribune, had attributed the statement to be part of what she said over the plight of 2,000 immigration service recruits who slept at the entrance of Aso Villa from Friday till Saturday morning.

The statement was actually made by Aisha Yesufu in her reaction to the immigration issue.

Yesufu, a BringBackOurGirls (BBOG) campaigner, was miffed over the misrepresentation in the report, saying “I said if PMB says he doesn’t know youths are camped at his doorstep, then he is not capable of being president.”

On her Twitter handle, @aishayesufu, she said “so, why attribute my words to another person. These weren’t said while she was there, for you to say you mixed the speakers up.

“@Obyezeks I know is one who would never say such to media or anyone, but to the President himself if the need be.

“Never for once did Dr Oby Ezekwesili @obyezeks make such a statement. She talked about government’s need to talk to them.

“When did Dr Ezekwesili talk about the President not fit to be in office? When did I commend the last administration?

“Even when some of us forget and say Buhari, she would always ensure we respect the office and add President.

“I said no one can say PMB doesn’t know youths are camped at his doorstep. If he says he doesn’t know, then what does he know?

“I, Aisha Yesufu, did say several times and in different words that President Buhari was insensitive to the plight of the masses

“I, Aisha Yesufu, never commended Jonathan administration. I only said to redeem themselves, they had a transparent exercise.”

Ezekwesili, while addressing the recruits, had said “I am, therefore, appealing to the president to immediately ask the military as well as the Nigerian Immigration Service to do what is right, give justice to all these young men and women who, on the basis of merit, were appointed into positions in the NIS.

“I want to say that if justice is not given to them immediately, I certainly will join them in sitting here everyday until they get their justice. Justice is to be able to come to table with them.

“Whatever the challenges are, let it be known, but don’t let anything be done in secrecy, and let nothing be done with such opaqueness. These young people are the present of Nigeria, not just the future of Nigeria. If we don’t treat our young right, we are laying ourselves up for what we already have troubling us in the country.

“So, I join my voice with them and I appeal to the President whom they have come to see to immediately do something about their cause. And I also use this opportunity to speak to the Federal Government, there have been too many instances of allegations of illegal recruitment into the public service.

“If our public service is dysfunctional and you are worsening it by recruiting people through the back doors, people who don’t have the talent, skills, competence, capacity, character to be able to give us good service in public service, then, we certainly have no plans to be better than we are.

“So, we should just from henceforth desist from doing this. And usually, when these illegal recruitments are done, we sacrifice the best for the worst among us. Usually, when these illegal recruitments are done, what ends up happening is that the children of the poorer segment of our society who struggle to get through their education are left behind, then, that is the basis of worsening inequality.

“We cannot afford this and an unequal society is a society laying itself up for implosion and God forbid that would be the case with our nation. I want to just applaud all of you for coming out and standing, standing for your cause. I want to say that I would actually be speaking to a lawyer who will become your lawyer in this matter, so that, not just would you be on the streets, but you would have to get legal redress of your sitaution, because that’s very important.

“I also applaud the fact that you have been civil. Today is Saturday, I don’t know what your plan is, Saturday is not a work day. Sunday is also not a work day. So people might say they are not at work, that’s why they are not able to speak to you. Maybe what we would do is have a discussion among yourselves and perhaps resume your sit-out by wherever you chose to do that, by the first day of the week. Then whatever you want to say to the President, I think you should give the opportunity for all your members to speak to the President. He’s the one you came to see.”

The Tribune Newspapers hereby tender unreserved apology to Dr Ezekwesili, Aisha Yesufu and the Presidency for the misrepresentation.

Source:

http://tribuneonlineng.com/ezekwesili-never-said-buhari-didnt-deserve-president-said/

Mastermind Of Abakaliki Jail Break, Awaiting Trial Since 2007- Prisons Boss

ABUJA—The mastermind of last Thursday’s attempted jailbreak at the Abakaliki Prisons in Ebonyi state has been at the facility since 2007 awaiting his trial, Vanguard has learned.

Controller-General of the Nigeria Prisons Service NPS, Ja’afaru Ahmed announced this in a statement issued Sunday morning in Abuja.

Prisons authorities did not immediately give further details about the ring-leader including his name, offences and whether he was among the inmates killed in the crossfire.

Built in 1946 with an installed capacity of 387 inmates, the Abakaliki Prisons had 920 inmates as at Thursday. Of the figure, “811 are awaiting trial prisoners leaving just 109 as convicted inmates. The ring leader had in fact, spent about nine years awaiting trial,” he said.

How the incident happened

In the statement signed by the Service Public Relations Officer, Francis Enobore, the CG also gave an insight as to the circumstances leading to the attempted jailbreak.

While he confirmed that no prisoner escaped during the incident, the Controller General, who inspected the prisons stated that trouble started when prisons officials were about to carry out routine cell-search in the morning but the inmates in a particular cell resisted the exercise.

“They suddenly became riotous, broke other cells and released the inmates. They eventually broke into the workshop to arm themselves with dangerous weapons and severely attacked some staff trapped in the yard while others made for the main gate and pulled it down”, he explained.

According to him, the prisons armed squad and men from other security agencies on guard outside the perimeter fence were firing warning shots to deter the rampaging inmates but a number of them rushed out to escape.

Ahmed said: “the bold attempt was resisted by the combined team of armed personnel who prevented what would have turned into a catastrophic security situation had the inmates succeeded in escaping.”

Six prisoners killed, six officers injured

At the end of the confusion, no fewer than six inmates were killed while 10 were injured. Six prisons officers who were injured are said to be currently receiving treatment alongside the inmates.

“Regrettably, at the end of the fracas, six prisoners died and 10 others were injured. Six prisons officers were severely injured. However, both staff and inmates are responding to treatment with some already discharged from the hospital.

“The Controller General has set up a three-member panel to carry out a detailed investigation into the incident in order to establish both the immediate and remote causes of the riot. He commended the officers and men of Abakaliki Prisons for successfully foiling the attempted jailbreak and also thanked officers of other security agencies that promptly responded in resisting the jailbreak, noting that such synergy was essential in maintaining peace and good order in the society. He also thanked the governor for his assistance and timely visit to the prisons.

“Routine cell-search is a tradition in the prisons, usually carried out as a proactive security measure to ensure that prisoners do not keep dangerous items that could aid escape or compromise the safety of their fellow prisoners or staff. It is the near abandonment of this practice that has largely been responsible for the recent escape of prisoners in Kuje, Koton Karfe and Nsukka prisons.

“The CGP promised to continue to support field officers in the onerous task of securing prisoners in safe and humane conditions. He also assures that reformation and rehabilitation of inmates will be pursued with required vigour in order to stem the vicious circle of repeat offences among ex-convicts,” the statement added.

Source:

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/08/mastermind-abakaliki-jail-break-awaiting-trial-since-2007-prisons-boss/

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Why I Named My Dog ‘buhari’ — Trader

The Police in Ogun State, yesterday, released unconditionally, the 30-year-old trader, Joe Fortemose Chinakwe, who was arrested last Saturday for naming his pet dog ‘Buhari’.

The embattled trader, who was visibly angry after his three-day incarceration in police cell, was let off the hook around 5pm on Tuesday after the intervention of both the Serkin Hausa and President-General of non-indigenes in the state.

It was learned that the prompt intervention of the elders made the complainant to withdraw the case he reported against the trader at Sango-Ota division which was later transferred to Police headquarters at Eleweran.

However, police sources said both the complainant and suspect were made to sign an undertaking not to cause any breach of peace again.

Speaking to Vanguard after this release, the trader, a father of two from the Niger Delta, who trades on second hand clothing lamented that he was made to suffer for no just cause.

Complainant from Niger Republic

Narrating his ordeal, Chinakwe said “It is annoying because the complainant is from Niger Republic and I am sure he is one of those illegal aliens in this country. He connived with one Police Sergeant from the Northern part of Nigeria called Musa, who works at Sango Police division to humiliate me. Worse still, the Divisional Police Officer there, did not help matters as he refused to entertain any plea from me after I was arrested that Saturday night. He simply ordered his men to throw me into the cell.”

Why dog was named Buhari

Continuing, he said “I did not commit any offence. I named my beloved pet dog Buhari, who is my hero. My admiration for Buhari started far back when he was a military Head of State. It continued till date that he is a civilian President. After reading his dogged fight against corruption, which is like a canker worm eating into the very existence of this country, I solely decided to rename my beloved dog which I called Buhari, after him. I did not know that I was committing an offence for admiring Buhari.

Ordeal with Police

“I was intimidated and thrown inside the cell with hardened criminals for about three days. While I was there, the complainant from Niger Republic and Sergeant Musa from the North kept on taunting me saying people from my part of the country are trouble makers and that after detaining me, they will throw me into prison where I will die unsung.

”Even when my wife came with our baby on her back, they stopped her from giving me food. One of my friends that came to see me was also maltreated.

“While taking me to Eleweran the next day, they handcuffed and chained me together with that my friend. Fortunately, when we got to police headquarters, both the Commissioner of Police and other officers were angry with their colleagues at Sango-Ota.

”They were wondering loudly why I was brought to the headquarters over such a minor case. It’s very unfortunate that I have to be so humiliated in my own country because of the antics of a foreigner in connivance with my brother from the North.”

Source:

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/08/named-dog-buhari-trader/

Photo: The embattled trader, Chinakwe.

Army Launches Manhunt For Pro-biafra Publishers In Aba

Soldiers have launched a manhunt for publishers of pro Biafra newspapers in Aba, Abia state.

A vendor who spoke on the condition of anonymity told Vanguard that a group of soldiers accosted him and some of his colleagues demanding them to disclose the identity of the publishers of the Biafra newspapers circulating in the city. Vanguard gathered that one of the vendors identified as Emeka is suspected to have been arrested by soldiers. 

Recall that soldiers attached to the 144 Battalion Asa, Ukwa West Council area, had on March 14, 2016, confiscated unsold and new editions of pro- Biafra newspapers; New Republic, Vesym, Freedom Journal, including copies of Authority newspapers in Aba. 

Some of the vendors have devised strategies to conceal and sell the pro Biafra newspapers and magazines which are in hot demand in the city. 

Pro Biafra newspapers sell more than national newspapers in Aba.

A publisher, who declined to be named for fear of reprisal, in an interview with Vanguard, condemned the action of the military, and denied that pro Biafra newspapers incite hatred among the people, stressing that they only publish Biafra stories as some national dailies do.

“We are publishing only reports about Biafra like other national dailies do. Let the military go and close down all the media houses because they are carrying Biafra stories, after all, we are not the only people publishing stories on Biafra.”

As at the time of filing this report, efforts to get the reaction of the Army Public Relations Officer, 14 Brigade Ohafia, Major Sidney Mbaneme, proved abortive as his mobile number was unavailable.

Read more at:

 http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/08/army-launches-manhunt-pro-biafra-publishers-aba/

Nigerian Boy Builds Standing Fan Using Wires Without Electricity

The young boy, Mr. Ukoma Michael hails from Ideato north, L.G.A in Imo state but resides in Aba with his parents. 

He built a handmade fan using wire meshes which can be powered with a battery. I hear the fan can last for 19 hours if well charged. 

He already has his fans package in cartons for sale. . 

Ukoma says his vision is to have a company of his own that will specialize in producing fan and aircraft.

Below are some of Ukoma's inventions.

Source:

http://www.flexygist.com/2016/08/17/photos-young-nigerian-boy-builds-standing-fan-using-wires-without-electricity/

Murray-Bruce: "Nigeria Doesn't Need 36 Ministers, States", He Gets Epic Replies

Twitter Users have ripped into Senator Ben Murray-Bruce's 'intestine' following his tweet yesterday that Nigeria doesn't need 36 states, Ministers, state Assemblies, others. In response, his followers told him that Nigeria also doesn't need 109 senators and 360 House of Representatives members. Check it out below... 

Source;

https://mobile.twitter.com/benmurraybruce/status/765620919612178432