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MUJAHID DOKUBO ASARI ON AL-MUSTAPHA' s
CONVICTION:"This is the Day of Shame for us all.
Shame on you Nigeria Al-Mustapha and other innocent
Men Will not Die, They will be alive Insha Allah. The
treachery and conspiracy against Goodluck Jonathan
will fail, When you man Obasanjo was there for eight
years he didn't get a conviction. Umar Musa Yar'adua
didn't get a conviction. Shame on you Yoruba. Your conspiracy will fail also.

berom man self. bunch of drunkards.

na today even our president and his wife were indicted to have squandered millions of naira during their reign as governor of bayelsa. who indicted him? no bi Joshua dariye another thief. abeg md. abubakar is the best igp available I the police.

MD ABUBAKAR is one of the few police men left with some iota of integrity. His regin as CP LAGOS, PLATEAU AND KANO speak volume of his professionalism

By Dr. Aliyu U. Tilde The New Challenges of Boko
Haram Within 48 hrs of publishing Jonathan and the
Security of Nigerian Christians on the internet and a
number of Nigerian newspapers and websites, Imam
Abubakar Shekau, the leader of Jama’at Ahlus Sunnah
Lidda’wati wal Jihad – commonly called Boko Haram –
released a video on Youtube describing the objectives of
its mission. I feel that both the international and local
press have not done justice to the speech of the Imam.
Though he has clearly given reasons behind their
mission, everything was just reduced to “Boko Haram
has claimed responsibility for attacking Christians in
Nigeria”, without even stating the reasons. Given the
relevance of the group to our national security today, I
think it is essential for the media to maintain a balance
in its reporting of the group. This is not to say ‘five
minutes for the Israelis and five minutes for the
Palestinians”, but a coverage that ensures the message
of each side is passed to readers in the most
comprehensive form possible is desirable. In following
'few' paragraphs, I set out to discuss the most essential
points of Imam Shekau’s message – the category of
Nigerians that the group is targeting and its reasons for
doing so. Of course, he has raised some controversial
matters in the province of contemporary Islamic
jurisprudence just as there are also many things he did
not say which we would love to hear from him directly.
However, these are matters that can best be discussed
separately at a later date, hopefully, by more capable
minds than mine. As conclusion, the challenges the
group posed by the group to government, Muslims and
Christians are discussed. Targets The video, according
to Imam Shekau, was essentially directed at three
targets: President Jonathan, for whom the Boko Haram
leader promised “more troubling times ahead”; the
Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) for its
“vituperations” in the aftermath of the recent bombings;
and, individuals opposed to the group including those
that see it as a “cancer or disease among the people."
Imam Shekau was also clear on who the group regards
as its enemies. First on the list was security personnels
who the Imam charged with persecuting members of
the group, including the cold blood murder of its leader
in police custody, killing many of its members and
eradication of its centres; two, Christians, for killing
Muslims in various parts of the North in various
religious and ethnic crisis that took place during the
past two and a half decades; and, three, Muslim
informants and moles, "yan chune", who assist the
government to identify and kill its members. “Apart
from these”, said the Boko Haram leader, “we have not
targeted anyone.” Let us discuss each of these targets
separately. Security Personnels It is difficult for anyone
to suggest an alternative for the group after the
treatment meted it by the Yar’adua administration in
2009. Instead of abiding by rule of law, like arresting
its leader and charging him - maximum - with treason,
the authorities deliberately chose to provoke the group.
The police killed a number of its members during a
funeral procession on the flimsy ground of not using a
helmet. To date, nothing was done to the culprits. The
group promised to retaliate after Ramadan in 2009.
What happened after that Ramadan when the group
protested at some police stations in Bauchi did not
actually necessitate an all-out war against it. Many
groups have attacked the police before but they were
handled by normal means without resorting to extreme
measures like massacres. Let us not forget the “finish
them” order that President Yar’adua gave to the security
forces that morning when he was leaving for Brazil. In
fact, he even timed it that by 4.00pm that day, the job
must have been completed. In Bauchi, it was estimated
that over seventy members of the group were
massacred at their centre behind the airport.
Apparently, they were even unaware of the conflict at
Dutsen Tanshi police station that started that morning.
By evening, the state commissioner for special duties
led a team of government agents that leveled the
centre with bulldozers. Passengers at the Yankari Park
in Bauchi also witnessed how eight unarmed members
were arrested and killed instantly by soldiers as the
were boarding a bus to Maiduguri. The governor, Isa
Yuguda, would later claim credit for the “decisive way”
in which his government dealt with the group in his
state. In Maiduguri, what happened was pretty clear.
Government went for total extermination of the group
without recourse to any due process. The world was
witness to how their centre was leveled by soldiers; how
Muhammad Yusuf, their leader, was executed; how
Muhammad Foi, a former member of Sheriff’s cabinet,
was executed on the street after his arrest; and how the
police and the military went about killing anyone that
resembled their members to the extent that people
started shaving their beard en masse because a senior
police officer was reported in the press saying that he
cannot guarantee the life of anyone wearing such
features. So many were arrested along with their wives.
They remain in prison to date without trial.
Extermination is still the strategy of government in
dealing with the group. While some ulama that were in
the good books of government justified the killings
saying that the sect is Kharijite, the world condemned
the killings. We wrote essays then condemning both the
ulama and the authorities on the highhandedness they
showed. The government apologized to the United
Nations after it was condemned for the human right
abuses, promising that it will bring the perpetrators to
book. Actually, it did nothing. No disciplinary action was
taken against anyone until when Boko Haram bombed
the Police Headquarters in Abuja. Two police officers
were then reportedly dismissed from service for the
murder of the Boko Haram leader. Boko Haram
therefore was left with no option but to go into hiding.
The group did exactly that. It took time to heal its
wounds, regroup and re-strategize before returning to
revenge what Imam Shekau described as the “the
injustice meted against it.” To my understanding this is
why he chose the following verses to open his Youtube
video speech: “Truly, God defends those who believe.
Verily, God likes not any treacherous ingrate.
Permission to fight is given to those who are fought
against because they have been wronged, and, surely,
God is able to give them victory. Those who have been
expelled from their homes unjustly only because they
said, Our Lord is God.” The overwhelming opinion
among Muslims then was that the group was indeed
treated unjustly. Public commentators from the North
openly accused Yar’adua of playing ‘Animal Farm’ with
his brothers. The killing of Boko Haram members came
just some few month after the President negotiated and
granted a lucrative amnesty to more destructive
militants in the oil rich Niger Delta. Beneficiaries of the
amnesty were placed under a welfare package and
chunks of the federal government expenditure was sunk
into the development of that region in addition to the
‘lion share’ that its state governments collect from
statutory allocations, which is greater than the
allocations of all the 19 northern states. In addition,
they receive 13% of Nigerian revenue earnings. Finally,
as it was clear in 2011, 76% of federal projects are
allocated to that region. The result is peace. However,
for Boko Haram, the government chose to negotiate
with bullets and bombs. It is not surprising, therefore,
that the group replied it in its own language. In this
context, one can easily understand its resort to violence
as a means of survival. If Yar’adua was wrong in
treating Boko Haram in the 21st Century with the same
strategy that Shagari and Buhari used to overcome
Maitatsine in the 1980s, Jonathan did little to correct
that mistake. He has not shown any interest in
dialoguing with the group, so far. The group has many
times cited this as another reason for continuing its
struggle. Appeal to its members to put down its
weapons and negotiate with government and they will
rebut in this standard format: “How can we trust any
negotiation with people who are amassing arsenal to
attack us?” All that Jonathan did was to constitute a
committee to study the group and matters related to it.
When it was insinuated that the mandate of the
committee included negotiating with the group, the
Secretary to the Federal Government quickly dismissed
any such mandate. Months after the committee
submitted its report, its recommendation for peaceful
negotiation between government and the group
continues to remain frozen. The result is insecurity.
This is in sharp contrast to what happened to the
October 1, 2010 bombers. President Jonathan laboured
hard in public to exonerate the perpetrators, who
claimed to belong to the Movement for the
Emancipation of Niger Delta. They said they did it; he
said they didn't. Security officials told the nation that
they have evidence linking Raymond Dokpesi, the
presidential campaign manager of Ibrahim Badamasi
Babangida and owner of AIT to the attacks. Security
agents quizzed Dokpesi and some arrests were made.
The media guru transferred his support to Jonathan
and allowed his channel become the mouthpiece of the
President. Behold, the bombing charges were forgotten.
The last thing we heard between Jonathan and Dokpesi
ten days ago was that the latter was reportedly paid
N1.3 billion for ‘services’ he rendered to the
government! Informants, Moles and Critics When it
reappeared in 2010, Boko Haram started to selectively
start killing people that assisted the authorities in
identifying them. The initial victims were grassroots
traditional rulers, the lawanis as they are called in
Borno. After killing the first few, Boko Haram issued a
warning that it will go after all those that aided the
authorities in persecuting them. These included a
number of ulama, traditional rulers, and the three
governors of Borno, Gombe and Bauchi states. It
demanded pubic apologies from the governors and got
it from the last two. Though the group rejected the
apology, it is yet to carry out its threat against the big
three. Among the high profile killings made in this
category was that of the junior brother to the Shehu of
Borno, the state chairman of the ruling party in the
state and its gubernatorial candidate during the last
elections. Immediately the group started the selective
killings, the ulama realized their vulnerability and none
of them dire again to condemn the group publicly or
repeat to assign it the Kharijite nomenclature. At a
point, Boko Haram also issued a warning that they will
also go against anyone who publicly condemns its
activities, including journalists who do not live by the
ethics of their profession in reporting it. The
government has been unable to protect its informants
and other citizens from these attacks. This partially
explains the silence of the Muslim community over
Boko Haram. Generally, though, it could be argued that
it has not been the tradition of communities in Nigeria
to criticize their own militants. The Niger Delta and the
killing of Muslims in Plateau and Kaduna States are the
bad examples that readily comes to mind. While
whoever decides to serve as an informant or a mole
knows the risk he is taking, it is my opinion that the
group has gone far when it considers criticisms as
attack. By so doing, though the group would gain the
advantage of instilling fear in the population, it stands
the chance of losing public sympathy and gaining the
benefits of correction, or nasiha as it is called in Islam.
Islam, which the group is linking its cause to, is very
wide and it could harbour a variety of opinions on the
same issue. Throughout its history, given the diversity
of the their environment, Muslims have benefitted
more than losing from such differences. Divergence of
opinion is counted among the blessings of the ummah.
And even great Caliphs like Umar welcome corrections
by ordinary members of the society when they adopt
policies that are contrary to the scripture. Likewise,
there could be many other interpretations to the
Nigerian situation than Boko Haram’s and if the cause
is truly for the common good of the people as Imam
Shekau has said, the door of constructive criticism
must remain open. In his video alone, there are a
number of controversial issues on which many Muslims
would beg to differ with Boko Haram: the status of
Christianity, democracy, jihad, western education, etc.
It is the right of the Muslim community to debate them
publicly in light of its understanding of Islam and it is
the right of Boko Haram to rebut such points with
superior arguments or accept them at its pleasure.
Having made this observation, I must hasten to
mention that debates on issues regarding Islam in
Nigeria are very difficult even among Muslims in
particular. What I have realized in the past thirty-five
years is that some people are impatient, and many
times unwilling, to listen to the other side. Immediately
I differ with you in opinion, the first thing I do is brand
you with heresy, infidelity, blasphemy, or other similar
derogatory words. End of discussion! That is why in
Muslims and Rule of Law in Nigeria (2009) I wrote
strongly against the people who rushed to label Boko
Haram as Kharijite. Others before them have been
labeled with equally disastrous names, making it
difficult for mutual understanding to be reached at on
any single matter that arises. The very day their
massacre started in 2009, the Bauchi State government
sought and got from the ulama in the town a fatwa
which served as a license for authorities to kill Boko
Haram members without recourse to justice. Only the
most elderly sheikh in town opined differently, insisting
that in Islam no soul should be killed without a ruling
from a judge. That is why some of the ulama fled the
country when Boko Haram made staged a return the
following year. The governor too has abandoned the
Government House and practically relocated to Abuja
since after he received the death threat. The reluctance
of Boko Haram to engage this kind of ulama is
therefore understandable. Yet, if it will look around
well, not the entire ummah is a mouthpiece of
government. There are hundreds of other ulama with
whom it can engage constructively. Christians Up to
last Christmas, Boko Haram has not clearly claimed
attacking any church. As we did above, it is possible to
see the angle from which the group justifies its attack
on security personnel, informants and the like.
However, making targets of innocent Christians is
extremely hard, if not impossible to reason with from
the Islamic viewpoint. Justifiably, nothing has negatively
affected public sympathy for the group like those
attacks. The uproar that greeted the Christmas bombing
among Muslims and Christians alike is a testimony to
that repugnance. But let us be fair and examine the
reasons of Boko Haram first before we hang it. Imam
Shekau based his justification on the brutal killings of
Muslims in various incidents Kaduna and Plateau State
since the Kafanchan crisis. He mentioned how Muslims
were killed in the various crises, their women subjected
to dehumanizing treatments, and so on. The acts, and
worse ones, like the reported trafficking of children of
victims and the sex-slavery of their women did not
receive any condemnation from Christians or their
leaders. Government also declined to prosecute
perpetrators clearly identified by their victims. It was
against this background that the Boko Haram leader
rebuffed the vituperations of the President of Christian
Association of Nigeria “simply because of the few
successes we recorded recently,” apparently referring to
the Christmas bombings. There could be few Muslims
who would concur with Shekau, privately arguing that
reprisal attacks are the norm in Nigeria. Christians, they
would argue, would know that if they continue to kill
Muslims in their areas, there are now in place a set of
Muslims that will revenge it. The overwhelming majority
of Muslims, however, were disappointed with the claim.
I was planning to visit Gombe, Yola and Mubi to
investigate the recent attacks on Christians because of
the widespread belief that those attacks could not have
been the work of Muslims. As I reclined on bed to plan
out the trip that Wednesday, the BBC Hausa Service
broke the news that Boko Haram has released a video
claiming to target Christians in Nigeria. I was
completely devastated. Like most people, I have my
reservations about the recent attacks on Christians in
the Northeast. This is not like Jonathan's case of “they
said we did it, he said they didn't .” There is a mountain
of evidence that implicates Christians in activities linked
to Boko Haram. The SSS has shared some with the
public. Some were reported caught attempting to burn
churches. The latest is in police custody right now in
Kaduna. The last person I spoke to in Yola regarding the
bombings that took place there recently. He said, “we
don’t have Boko Haram here; all we have are politicians
who are using the bombings to canvass votes.” Despite
the above revelations, the speech of Imam Shekau must
be given its due weight. We must be honest to say that
Boko Haram has unequivocally declared Christians as
targets of its attacks. Pure and simple. Whether the
group carried all attacks on Christians or not is a matter
that is open to debate, which like many, I thought the
Imam will clarify himself. Unfortunately, he did not. If I
were a consultant to Boko Haram, I would have advised
it against taking this measure on both religious and
political grounds despite my appreciation of their
concern over the atrocities repeatedly committed
against Muslims in . many communities in Plateau and
Kaduna States. From angle of religion, it would be quite
easy to prove, using unquantifiable number of sources,
that collective punishment to Christians in Nigeria is
not in accordance with the letter and spirit of the
Qur’an. It is haram. If the group had taken the pain to
investigate the people or the communities that
perpetrated those atrocities against Muslims and
directed its anger against them, that would have put its
mission of revenge in a more proper context. But to
hold a Christian in Madalla, Borno, Yobe or Adamawa
for the wrong done by some Christians in communities
of Kaduna and Plateau state is a cause that is difficult
to support. Revenge in Islam, even where it is chosen
by the victim over the preferred option of forgiveness,
must be precisely surgical to meet the requirement of
Shariah. Politically, I will continue with my advice,
attacking Christians sends the message that, one, the
group is losing in its battle with the Nigerian
authorities. Two, attacking armless and innocent
Christian worshippers is interpreted as going for a
cheap target. Thirdly, it is a cheap way of conscripting
the entire Nigerian Muslim community into the conflict
after the group failed to earn its support in the ongoing
conflict. In a nutshell, it is a political blunder that it
should not have ventured into. In any case, attacking
Christians does not solve any problem since it exposes
Muslims to retaliatory attacks in the communities where
they are a minority, thus feeding the vicious mill of
violence with the blood of innocent souls. It is doubtful
if God will be pleased with such a bath. Meanwhile, the
attacks have introduced some favourable developments
in Muslim Christian relationship. Muslim groups, in
both Northern and Southwestern parts of the country,
have started visiting Christians in Churches, expressing
their support for living in their communities. Some have
even taken the extra-measures to give protection to
churches on Sunday. The realization that some clerics
on both side of the divide who would not care to ignite
a conflagration must not be,

Freedom Radio correspondents have witnessed more than 100 corpses at the various hospitals in Kano, victims of the multiple attacks of Friday evening. However competent sources indicate that majority of the dead were members of BOKO HARAM.

I just found 2 notes of 10,000 won of bank of Korea currency in a fairly used clothes. I need urgent urgent reply as to the real value in Nigeria naira before I visited one of these mallams. because I don't trust some the mallams

When Nigeria newspaper report anything against Muslim or the north bam every body accept the fact without verification, but when it is reported against Christian or south people will conduct an operation on the news discredit it and in some cases outright denial.
@duluminati
even if you like say na only 2 chickens they killed.

The normal trash from Nigeria newspapers.
I was expecting the SUN to be doing these publication na their work.
our source comfimed from another source who quoted another source that said an unconfirmed and unnamed governor blah blah blah

The normal trash from Nigeria newspapers.
I was expecting the SUN to be doing these publication na their work.
our source comfimed from another source who quoted another source that said an unconfirmed and unnamed governor blah blah blah

I guess is a simple case of dog eats dog meat. reason why they kept mute.

I was expecting another media frenzy as 52 people were Killed In Ezza-eziilo Fresh Crises. Even in nairaland the issue seem relegated.
Southern leader
southern generals
southern religious leaders
southern politicians
southern academicians
where are they even goodluck himself has not said anything

many people have been killed in fresh communal clashes in Ebonyi State. A year ago the same clashes resulted in many deaths but the incident was down played by the media following under reporting of the incident. Many policemen and mopol including the commander of mopol in warri SP Oshala were killed. right now various units of mopol are already heading to Ebonyi.

for the link check daily trust

BUT THEN ON A SECOND THOUGHT I totally disagree with d excuses given by the d church.
The attempted burning may hv nothing to do with paying
of rent & securing job for d man as claimed.
Why was he dressed in kaftan n wearing turban? Was dis
man not trying to implicate d so called Boko Haram?
The question is why would security agents connived wt d
men of god to hide d the truth to our detriment?
Am very sure had the attacked been successful the 1st
and only accused would be BH. This is more reason why
some people say there more to dis attacks than meet d
eye.
The real fact is that others are perpetrating heinous crime
against humanity in d name of Boko Haram and d painful
part is dat security agencies are also hiding d truth.
We are helping ourselves and dis may hunt us.

Thanks you lord. If this man have make it. Its muslim that
will be hold responsible. THIS INDICATED THAT BOKO
HARAMS ARE EVERY WHERE. NOT ONLY SO- CALLED
ONES. BUT THE CHRISTIAN TOO. may the almighty curse
this hoodlum who want to ignite crisis on his personal
need. Amin

A middle aged man (names withheld) from Edo State,
disguised in kaftan and turban, has been arrested while
attempting to set ablaze a Church in Yenagoa the Bayelsa
State capital, Daily Trust gathered yesterday.
Our correspondent gathered that the young man, who hails
from Edo State was dressed in kaftans and wore a Turban
attempted to set ablaze the Redeemed Christian Church
along Nicheon Road Yenagoa.
A senior official of the State Security Service (SSS) in
Yenagoa confirmed the attempt to attack the Church but
said the suspect has nothing to do with the radical Boko
Haram sect as he was a Christian from Edo State.
“There is nothing like bombing of a Church in Bayelsa State.
What actually happened was that a man was arrested while
attempting to burn down a Church. The man is said to have
confessed to the Church of being an armed robber and the
Church promised to rehabilitate him and paid his house rent
for two years.
“When his rent expired, he (the man) when back to the
Church demanding for additional House rent and the Church
said they only promised to pay his rent for two years for him
to find a job and be on his own.
“So the man decided to go back to the Church, attempted to
burn down the Church yesterday (Tuesday evening) and was
arrested. We have handed him over to the police. If you
want any other information, you can contact the Police,” the
official said.
The Bayelsa State police command when contacted, denied
knowledge of the incident saying it did not receive any
report or suspect in connection with attempt to burn down a
Church.
“I have been on duty throughout the Christmas period.
Nothing like that happened. Other reporters have called and
I told them the same. I am not aware of any report of a
suspect handed over to us,” the State Police Spokesman,
Eguaveon Emokpae said.

http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=151210:disguised-christian-man-attempts-to-set-church-ablaze-&catid=2:lead-stories&Itemid=8

oh boy see as the news just skyrocketed to even bbc and cnn without verification

it was not a blast but a gun shot from a mopol who was responding to a threat by some hundloms to snatch his rifle. the incident occurred near mountain of fire around British American junction. believe me am there right now.

the man is not intelligent enough to answer ur qeustion, nor is he wise enough to realise that he is been pushed to a corner by this policy, just like his wife had said i think he wants to put himself in a position where he will rather kill himself than commit suicide
l

While other newspapers notably the THE SUN and other pro GEJ dailies have refused to published any news critical of the present administration. The SUN of example have concentrated in publishing fake and unconfirmed news about the north from an unnamed source, quoting another unnamed sources who do not wish to be named by another unnamed sources.

Foreign ministry bans Daily Trust

Top officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abuja will no longer be supplied with Daily Trust newspaper and they must choose from a pre-determined list of 10 newspapers which ones they must read, our reporters learnt yesterday.

Daily Trust learnt that a circular letter dated November 29, 2011 and sent to all the ministry’s under secretaries, directors and deputy directors said, “Consequent upon the full movement of the Ministry from the old building to the permanent site, the Library Section is in the process of updating the list of all officers entitled for the supply of daily newspapers and weekly magazine as indicated in the attachment to this circular.”

It added, “In the light of this, all entitled officers are hereby requested to kindly reapply, stating only their choice of two daily newspapers and one weekly magazine. Officers should decide carefully before making their choice in order to avoid the problem of frequent change of choice.” The circular, number 3/IG/9S.1/1, was signed by Mr. O. A. Ode, the acting director, CM&PCD.

The attachment listed the newspapers officers must choose from to include ThisDay, The Nation, The Guardian, The Punch, Daily Sun, Vanguard, Tribune, National Mirror, Peoples Daily and BusinessDay. It also listed the magazines they must choose from as Newswatch, Tell and The News. Conspicuously missing from the list are Daily Trust and Leadership newspapers.

A source in the ministry said the two papers were banned by the top hierarchy of the Foreign Ministry for their perceived critical stance towards the Jonathan administration.

When contacted for comments yesterday, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Ambassador Martin Uhomoibhi, denied the allegation, saying it is not possible for the ministry to give such directive. “Daily Trust is a Nigerian and national newspaper, so how can there be such directive.”

When asked why the ministry has not been buying the paper for some time now he said, “Even me I don’t know why they stopped buying the paper and such directive is neither from me nor any top management officer.”

“How can we do that? Daily Trust is our friend and it has been kind to us. I can assure you that no Nigerian institution can issue a directive that will be acting contrary to the Freedom of Information Act. We are too democratic and broad minded, we serve and work for world, we are not parochial people to have to issue such directive.

http://allafrica.com/stories/201112220761.html

I have always maintained that 80% of graduates from the south are wacks. From the blacklisted list of universities not a single one is from the north. we may not be mass producing wacky graduates, but our graduates are genuine.

I have always maintained that 80% of graduates from the south are wacks. From the blacklisted list of universities not a single one is from the north. we may not be mass producing wacky graduates, but our graduates are genuine.

you guys are fools to the highest order.
Who is the judge in question?
what is the guys name
which court is he presiding
why is the whole story surrounded by sources say this sources say that
why is it that only the SUN NEWSPAPER carried the story.

Because the SUN NEWSPAPER are fukin tribalist, stereotype and fukin lies. Have anyone wonder why the SUN newspaper never carried any negative news about GEJ.

Thank god reports from Jankwano hospital indicate no death.

Just like in politics an average hausaman sees another hausaman as his brother in respective of which state they come from. this explain why any hausaman can migrate and settle in any core northern state and he expect to be accepted. to them they dont see anything wrong for Kano To Build N100M Hostel In Sokoto For Usman Danfodiyo University.

1, it was not a bomb or bombs
2. the shop was selling battery and gas cylinders
3. the CP has publicly announced to the world that it was not a bomb.
4. your casualty numbers are too high. even our not too objective media gave 7 death but the CP said one person killed

•Senate panel exposes fuel subsidy beneficiaries!!! Those who made Nigerians Suffered!!!
Senate Joint Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream), Appropriation and Finance yesterday formally unveiled the names of beneficiaries of the fuel subsidy scheme operated by government agencies. The list comprises both major oil marketers and independent depot owners, with 77 beneficiaries.

Major oil marketers include: AP; Oando; Total; MRS and ConOil, while the independent beneficiaries are Bovas, Eterna, Eurafric Oil & Coastal Services, Integrated Oil, Matrix, Northwest Petroleum Pinnacle, RAHAMANIYYA, Sea Petroleum, Maizube Pet, Triquest, Ecogree, Ontario, Dupot, IMAD oil, Nadabo, Brila, SIFAX, Taurus, Yanaty Petro Chemical, AITEO, AMG, Ascon, Dee Jones, Honeywell, Swift, Acorn, Avant Garde, Majope Inv, Spog Petrochemical, Knighsridge, Lloys Energy, Masters Energy, Dupot Marina, Lumen Skies, Nasaman, Somerset, Sirius Energy, Tonique, Ventro Energy, Channex Oil, Valzira, Zenro, Donny Oil and Gas, Naticel, AA Rand, Lingo Oil, Ocean Energy Trading, Ryden, Chiteld Pet, Avidor, Setana Energy, Shorelink Oil, Fradro Int, Linetrale Oil Supply and Trading, Sahara, Valcore, ASB Inv, Lubcon, Ceoti, First Deepwater and Agacan.

Committee Chairman, Magnus Abe, read out a list of the oil subsidy beneficiaries, as at August 2001. Some of them are: Oando Nigeria Plc (N228.506 billion); Integrated Oil and Gas Plc (N30 billion); MRS (N224.818 billion), Con Oil (N37.96 billion), Enak Oil & Gas (N19.684 billion), Bovas & Co. Nig Ltd (N5.685 billion), Obat (N85 billion) and AP (N104.5 billion).

Others are: Folawiyo Oil (N113.3 billion), IPMAN Investment Limited (N10.9 billion), ACON (N24.1 billion), Atio Oil (N64.4billion), AMP (N11.4 billion), Honey Well (N12.2 billion), Emac Oil (N19.2 billion), D.Jones Oil (N14.8 billion) and Capital Oil (N22.4 billion), AZ Oil (N18.613billion).
Abe, however, differed from the amount of N1.346trillion earlier presented by the Executive Secretary of the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), Mr. Reginald Elijah Stanley. He placed the figure at N1.426trillion.

Group Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr. Austin Oniwon, incurred the wrath of the Senator Magnus Abe-led committee when he could not tell them the units of crude oil refined per day in the nation’s refineries.

He had earlier told the committee that all the refineries combined couldn’t operate below 60 percent capacity, while the Port Harcourt refinery has not been operational for more than a month now.
“By the design of the refineries, they can’t run below 60 percent when you charge it. That’s why we say it’s 60 percent. Unfortunately, for over a month now, the Port Harcourt refinery has been shut down. But when it runs, technically, it can’t run below 60 percent,” he said.

Committee member, Senator Bukola Saraki, whose motion triggered the Senate probe asked Oniwon to tell senators “the average capacity utilization of the refineries.”
Oniwon replied:” I’ll get back to you on that.”
This did not go down well with Saraki who pressed on with more questions. He asked again: “What amount of PMS would the refineries give us for the months of October, November and December?”
Again, Oniwon replied: “ At 60 percent, we’ll produce 13 million litres.”
An angry Senator Saraki repeated his question and demanded details and documents on the amount of crude refined for those months to which Oniwon replied: “I didn’t come with the figures but I can submit them later.”

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We knew the ACF never said, I blame any northern politician who grant interview to our stereotype and biased media.

these were the same offence Ndume committed. I have always have this opinion that igbos are into boko haram. from an ibo man providing bomb making materials in Borno, to another ibo convert making bombs in Niger state.