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Another news going round on whatsapp says that he was arrested in Brazil, the Nigerian government have started their useless propaganda again. |
solarized:honestly, you tried, i would be following you with questions soon. |
I'm still wondering the same. |
okoroemeka:i surely would follow the project diligently once it commences. |
okoroemeka:oga mu, your boy wants to do a trial on a rented plot of land, so i would really appreciate a step by step directive from you, pardon my disturbing your life this evening, i really want to go full time into urban farming as a full time career by next two year so this trial is very important to me. |
okoroemeka:please, this thread have been highly informative but it's a tome and very long, can you make a manual like post on planting cucumber on a plot of land in the east, covering everything from suggested species, planting distance, chemicals to be used, estimated total cost of production etc. thanks and remain blessed. |
meanwhile, soldiers were been withdrawn from the same northeast to fight against IPOB/ESN in the southeast. mad people everywhere. |
When unarmed IPOB protesters were been shot in the east, the northerners celebrated it, now, the chicken have come home to roost. |
dettolgel:the remaining half of the northern youths are manning the security bodies of the nation. |
neither the police nor the government would do anything but once the ESN shows up to fight off the Fulani, Wike would send in the military to bomb them with the new planes that he bought specifically for fighting the ESN. |
killed scores of bandits and only recovered a single rifle and a motorcycle? |
If they can liaise and be very bold in their struggle, this country would break up on or before December 2021, however, both nations must adopt an armed struggle because Niccolo Machiavelli said that " An unarmed prophet must always end up in grief". peaceful struggle can't work against the Fulani. |
risos:agricultural inputs and implements are also rising in prices be it tractors, diesel, fertilizers, sprayers etc, the prices of this things have doubled, tripled, quadrupled since Buhari came to power, also insecurity is rife so the areas cultivated have drastically reduced leading to lower quantity of food been produced. |
*Cite disruption of raw materials to food manufacturing segment by insecurity as a problem *‘Huge losses suffered as a result of borders’ closure’ By Tunde Oso There is no end in sight to high food prices as long as the conflict between crop growers and northern cattle herders seeking grazing pasture in the South continues, economic experts have said. Costs started increasing in 2019 when the Federal Government shut Nigeria’s borders to curb the smuggling of rice and other products. Food prices rose 17.4 percent in October from a year earlier, the biggest increase in three years. As prices rose, the United Nations, in late 2000, warned that violence had compounded food production challenges arising from factors such as climate change and the coronavirus pandemic that placed Nigerians at risk of famine. The World Bank, in a report, had said, last week, that high food prices had pushed about seven million Nigerians into poverty in 2020. “Food prices accounted for over 60% of the total increase in inflation. Rising prices have pushed an estimated 7 million Nigerians below the poverty line in 2020 alone,” its report published last Tuesday said. The World Poverty Clock, which uses UN, IMF and World Bank data to monitor progress against poverty, reports Nigeria had 41 percent of its population or nearly 87 million people living in extreme poverty on less than $1.90 per day. “Nigeria faces interlinked challenges in relation to inflation, limited job opportunities, and insecurity,” said Shubham Chaudhuri, the World Bank Country Director for Nigeria. “While the government has made efforts to reduce the effect of these by advancing long-delayed policy reforms, it is clear that these reforms will have to be sustained and deepened.” Nigeria needs urgently to reduce inflation by promoting inclusive growth and job creation and helping small and medium businesses gain access to finance, Chaudhuri said. The Covid-19 pandemic and the oil price crash have hammered Nigeria’s economy, which gets 90 percent of foreign exchange earnings from petroleum exports, pushing it into its second recession in four years. As well as inflation, a rise in joblessness has left a third of Nigeria’s workforce unemployed at the end of 2020, according to the statistics office. Sunday Vanguard spoke to economic experts on the way forward. Food inflation not surprising – Ajayi- Kadir, MAN D-G Segun Ajayi-Kadir, Director General of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria MAN, said the association is not surprised that inflation, especially in the food sector, continues to spiral upwards. “The manufacturing sector has remained in recession even after the technical exit of the country’s economy”, Ajayi-Kadiri said. “As you are probably aware, the manufacturing sector posted a growth rate of -1.51 percent in the Q4 2020 from -1.52 percent in Q3 of the same year. “The current inflationary condition is a major contributor to the low-export penetration of goods manufactured in the country, some of which are largely in the agricultural sector of the economy into the international market. “Note too, the disruption by insecurity of the feeder i.e. supply of raw materials to the food manufacturing segment of our association”. The MAN boss urged government to, among others, pursue consumer price stabilization measures that will stimulate growth in agricultural output; deliberately support the manufacturing sector to guarantee improved output that can engender the reduced intensity of too much money chasing after fewer goods; further diversify the country’s revenue sources; action a CBN sustainable plan to improve the external reserves to a defensive capacity that will raise the months of imports of Nigeria to a dependable level. These, he said, can be achieved by deliberately and sincerely partnering the productive sector to grow non-oil exports. Ajayi-Kadir said: “In particular, the Export Group of the association clearly suffered huge losses due to logistics issues occasioned by the closure of the borders as it takes an average of eight weeks for the carriers to ship and move goods within countries in the same region vis-à-vis moving the goods through the land border, which takes an average of seven to 10 days. “Nigeria, as the largest economy in West Africa and one of the largest in Africa, needs to step up in engaging her neighbors meaningfully in order to improve our trade balance, curb smuggling and stop the trend where other countries are having free lunch at the expense of the Nigerian economy. “Government should sensitise citizens to patronise and consume locally produced goods, imbibe the benefit of consuming local goods and government should set a good example by patronising local products in all government purchases”. Food trucks & items should be tax- free – John Isemede, ex-DG, NACCIMA Dr. John Isemede, a former Director General of Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), said what is fuelling inflation are weak production base, lack of value addition, lack of export culture; more money in circulation and fewer goods /perishable goods without storage silos and cold room etc. Isemede, a United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) consultant on value chains, added that if government is saying it is diversifying into agriculture, there ought to be substantial government interventions to move the farming community away from the old worn- out and archaic subsistence farming to commercial and large scale agriculture. He went on, “Subsistence farming is what we have been relying upon. We are a country that doesn’t have commodity boards compared to what we have in Cote d’Ivoire and some other West African countries; how can we feed ourselves? Where are the silos for storage? “Government should also look at centralizing the taxation system. You can imagine the number of taxes a food truck coming from Jos, Maiduguri, Makurdi – the North – will pay to revenue agencies before arriving in the southern market. “This is part of the reason food prices are escalating. Government should find a way of harmonizing and centralizing tax collection by these revenue collecting organs of government. “In fact, government should completely exempt food trucks or locally-grown, produced food items from tax or levies. “Government interventions have been wrong-headed: like the closure of borders. It breached ECOWAS Agreements. “Government ought to have used tariffs to discourage Nigerians’ unbridled appetite for imported goods and re-invest the gains in its diversification efforts into agriculture. “Before the ban too, government ought to have taken the organized private sector into confidence so as to prepare them for the policy whereby they can fully look at reaping the gains: growing local capacity and production. “Any time government bans any product, it should discuss with private sector concerns that could maximize and reap from such a policy. “Ban here and there without local capacity, no plans in place /trend to be self-sufficient unknown – is dangerous. “Low production of such goods after ban would automatically jerk up both price and lead to hoarding. “We are a nation that is import- based not export-thinking”. Funds can never be enough for agripreneurs – Gimba Ahmad Suleiman Gimba, lecturer at College of Administration, Management, & Technology, (CAMTECH) Potiskum, Yobe State, said the report released by the World Bank is alarming and most disturbing to realize that additional seven million “Nigerians have plunged into poverty. Therefore this is an indication that the poverty ratio has risen once more”, Gimba said. “Both the private and public sectors need to take agricultural business as a priority and inject funds substantially”, he added. “The agric products, whose production has collapsed in the last two years, are the consequences of the agric products that have vanished perhaps ten or more years ago. “Because of successive governments neglect, food crops first like wheat, maize, cassava and some few have suffered with consequential low output. “Mostly, farmers view their expenses, other challenges and difficulties; then they migrate to a more profitable farming venture with higher yields. “Cash crops have suffered a similar issue. Nigeria has lost wheat, barley, cotton among others. “Farming output has diminished and has completely changed the agricultural environment. Therefore, the Nigeria society has to reflect the changes. “Some of the effects that can be seen generally are the cumulative rise in prices attached with increase in the cultivation of rice, soya, sweet potato, millet and few other crops. “This clearly attributes the practical increase of their quantities with their respective prices. “But all these are caused by the systematic high prices of fertilizer, farm inputs, implements and tools, surrounded by very poor agric mechanization. “Food prices in Nigeria have been rising every day without control, regulation or soft pedaling because government cannot stop spending on the critical agricultural sector. “In fact, governments in advanced countries have continued to provide subsidies to farmers and agripreneurs. “Furthermore, those perishable food items cannot be given clear explanations because of its poor, local and unimproved methods of storage, transportation and handling. Their prices vary depending on the everyday market, i.e. daily price effect. “When the market becomes uncontrolled in manner and attributes, it is government that can dominate it and bring it to under control; otherwise it may take longer than expected for it to stabilize. “As a follow-up, the Federal Government needs to ensure that local governments are functional especially in agricultural services. “As a matter of fact, the National Assembly needs to amend the local government services and make them fifty percent agricultural. This will indeed help Nigeria out of food crises in the medium and long term”. https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/06/rising-poverty-no-end-in-sight-to-high-food-prices-man-others/ |
Forsaken ‘victims’ of Boko Haram
•How fallen soldiers’ widows,
children live in untold misery • I’ll
make sure families of fallen heroes
are well catered for - Buhari
19th June 2021. By Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye Mrs Adebimpe Ishola (not real name) is heartbroken. She is one of the several women whose military husbands died fighting to rescue Nigerians from Boko Haram insurgents. Years after her husband’s demise, she seems to have been forsaken by the very country her husband died fighting for. Today, she still sheds tears when she recalls that her husband, a soldier, was drafted to Bornu State in 2018. There was no premonition that when he left, it would be the last she would see him alive. The apprehension of the night before he travelled was doused when he assured her that he would be fine and promised to be sending money for the upkeep of their children. Serving in the military was a passion for the man. He never made it back alive. He was 40 years old. With tears coursing down her cheeks, she recalled: “We had four kids. He loved his children and me dearly. He died in Maiduguri. He was in Maiduguri for two years before they went to the battlefront where he was attacked. I was not told anything until more than a year after his death. Before I was eventually informed, I had gone to Maiduguri twice to find out about him. They kept telling me he was missing in action. It was after a year plus they declared him dead. The attack was in 2018. “He had always loved his profession. I was a full time housewife before he died. “We have been paid benefits in August 2020 but they are yet to pay the insurance. His mother and younger siblings are still alive. “Life is very tough. The last time we spoke was the day he was being taken to the bush. He said he called to inform me because where he was going there was no network. The children are missing their dad daily, he was a good man.” For Nana Abraham (not real name) from Adamawa, she doesn’t know how to make lemonade out of the lemons life has thrown at her. “My husband died in 2015 at 44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital, Kaduna after a prolonged illness relating to the liver. He just told me to look after his children before he passed. He was nearing his retirement when he died. “We have been given benefits but not life insurance. We have four children. My son also joined the army but sadly he was killed in Maiduguri in April 2020. He was the one helping me to take care of his younger ones. He was paying the school fees of the last born who was a boarder in Command Secondary School. After his burial, I sent my daughter who was preparing for her wedding, to go bring his belongings in Maiduguri and that was how she was kidnapped. She has been in Boko Haram captivity now for the past seven months. She too was one of those assisting me. One day she called and asked me to send her N8, 000 recharge card. She now assured me that they are still alive, I just said okay. I advised her to continue to hold unto God. I have not heard anything from the government. All I want is for them to help secure her release. I am always thinking about how she is coping. I was so heartbroken I had to go to my son’s grave and prayed. I told him his sister had been kidnapped and that he should fight for her release. My son was not married before he was killed.” The above are part of the tales of woe that wives of fallen heroes told Saturday Sun . the major problem, they said, is non-payment of life insurance years after death. This is attributed to the issue of Next Of Kin (NOK). Most wives of fallen soldiers revealed that after their husbands died, family members of the deceased descended on them, confiscating their property even as they collected the benefits meant for the fallen heroes. This is because the soldiers filled the names of their family members as next of kin, instead of names of their wives or children. As it stands, there is no hope that they will get the life insurance benefits if and when the government eventually pays. Military authorities however claim that they have persistently requested for soldiers to update their information and change their NOK because mostly, when these soldiers join the army, they were young and unmarried and it was only proper for them to fill their brothers or parents as their NOK. But when they get married, they forget to change it. At the point of death, it is only the NOK filled by the deceased that will by law be entitled to receive the life insurance benefits. Some of the widows, who spoke in separate interviews, said it was unfair for their husbands to pay the supreme price trying to keep the nation one only for their families to be denied the benefits that can help them live comfortably. They said many of their children have stopped going to school because the scholarship too has stopped coming. Joan said she lost her soldier- husband when he and his fellow soldiers were ambushed in January, last year in Niger State. The mother of one, said despite appearing with her mother-in-law for documentation and verification to confirm the next- of-kin at the Military Pensions Board, she is yet to hear from them. “He was the first child and was everything because they lost their dad. He was wonderful. It was the best six years of my life. I met him in church when he was a cadet. He was dedicated to the profession. We used to pray together every morning whether he was in town or not. The day he died, we did the same thing. “He told me he was fixing one of the operational vehicles after several requests to the authorities without response. When we got back, I kept calling him, but he didn’t pick. Eventually, when he picked, he said he would call back. His voice was tense, as if they were running. That was the last I heard from him. I didn’t sleep; I kept calling his lines, his mates and everyone I knew. Then I called his second line. A Fulani man picked. He was laughing and saying, na me, and speaking his dialect. I had to run out to inform my neighbour to help me listen to what he was saying. But he dropped the call. When we tried calling back, the line was switched off. “My husband was good to me. I never saw myself becoming a widow. He was in Maiduguri for years and when he survived that, we did thanksgiving. I will not advise anyone to join the army. I have turned a lot of my friends down that wanted me to endorse a form for their children to join the army. Look at some of these widows, some of them will be driven from their homes soon, and they have not been paid.” President Muhammadu Buhari has, however pledged that his government would never abandon the families of the fallen heroes who paid the supreme price defencing Nigeria. Speaking on Thursday in Maiduguri, Borno State, Buhari said the nation owes a debt of gratitude to military men and women, and security agencies currently tackling security challenges in the country, particularly the many who paid the supreme price. He assured family members of deceased soldiers that the government would continue to support their loved ones. “As I send my heartfelt condolences to the families of our fallen heroes and pray for the souls of the departed, I want to assure you that my administration will spare no effort or resources to ensure that the widows and children of our fallen heroes who paid the supreme price in defence of our beloved country, are well cared for,” the president asserted. Saturday Sun asked military authorities and the Minister of Finance why widows are left to suffer when their husbands die in active service. But the Military Pensions Board told the reporter that the life insurance payment was outside its mandate. “We work with information given. Our mandate covers pensions, gratuity, and death benefits and we pay as soon as we get the list of cleared beneficiaries,” the reporter was told. Sources at the Ministry of Defence said the delay in payment of insurance benefits to fallen heroes is due to bureaucratic bottlenecks. The source revealed that firstly, before now, there was just one-year budget plan approvals for the benefits, it was learnt that if the funds are not released on time by the Ministry of Finance, there would be delays. When soldiers die during the buffer of the approvals, they might not be captured for that year and may not be paid. The source said, however, that President Muhammadu Buhari has now approved a three-year budget, adding that the insurance company now has clearance for verifications and nominal roll sent for verification. The source said the total outstanding group life insurance for three years is N11.1 billion. The source said: “The 2019-2020 budget was approved in January 2020. This covers December to November 2019-2020. We have written seven reminders. The outstanding sum for the three years is N11.1 billion, N3.7 billion for each year. We have already sent that of 2021 and sent a recent reminder like two weeks ago. We feel this should be prioritised because soldiers are dying everyday. Every permanent secretary that gets posted here writes a reminder. This is not how to boost the morale of those paying the supreme prize for our collective safety.” On the allegation by one widow that her husband’s NOK was swapped from her to his brother, the source further stated: “The military doesn’t joke with NOK. They don’t tamper with it. It is the man that will decide. It’s clear the husband did not make her NOK. How does she know? Did she see the record of the service of the officer? I know the military; they don’t change those things because this is dear to them. That is why they advise their officers to choose their next of kin. I know of a case where the next of kin is the deceased younger brother. In fact, he was practically forced to part with a substantial amount for his brother’s widow before he left there. They brought both the man’s brother and wife together and said the next of kin is his brother but this is the wife. What are you going to give the woman? But the bottom-line remains that it is the man that will decide. When you see your late colleague’s wife going through problems, you will want to correct that.” The source advised that government should work on bureaucracy to speed up the processes to boost the morale of those that are still in service. He also explained why those that have not been paid for about eight years are in that predicament. “Those are the ones that fell into the gap period, when the Federal Ministry of Finance does not release the premium on time. That was why the president approved this for three years at a stretch to bridge the gap. But they will be taken care of by the government and not by the insurance. This is because they were not covered so the insurance cannot pay them. It has to be the government that will pay them but it will take time. For instance, the whole of 2014, they were not paid at all. It is not being processed in the Ministry of Finance for payment. They are not covered by premium insurance but at least the next of kin will get their entitlements. It might not be as immediate as those covered.” Findings by Saturday Sun revealed that from January 2020 to date, all those that died and should have naturally been covered are not covered because of the delay. This also affects the former Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, who died recently along with others. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, exonerated herself, explaining that funds had been provided for claims by the Department of Security Service (DSS) because the requests were made promptly, adding that the same is not the case with the armed forces. Ahmed, speaking on the cause of the delay, said her ministry had just received the 2013 request, which unfortunately has not been captured in the 2021 budget. She said: “We just received it. So, it wasn’t planned for. It wasn’t budgeted for. And this has happened all these years. It’s in this 2021 that this request is coming. So, now, we’re left with the work of having to raise money to be able to provide for those families to be paid. And we’re discussing how we can phase it because it was not provided for in the budget. And then the question you should be asking is: where has it been kept all this time? Why is the request just coming now?” But the Ministry of Defence countered that numerically, DSS officers that get killed in active service cannot be placed in proportion with the number of soldiers who are dying in their droves everyday defending the nation. Kayode Ajulo, human rights lawyer, who has handled most of the cases for widows of slain soldiers, regrets that most soldiers do not put their houses in order by specifying who the NOK is before they died. He maintained that the case is rampant and the problem stems from wrong imputation of NOK or refusal to update it when they get married. He was also piqued by the delay or non- payment of life insurance benefits. “If there has been delay in the payment of their life insurance, that is pure corruption. Corruption in Nigeria knows no bounds. It doesn’t even respect the dead. It does not respect someone who has laid down his life for the country. I think that basically, corruption in the sense that as long as that money continues to be in a bank, it’s generating some interest until such a time they can no longer hold on to it. It is deliberate. Their breadwinner died, the children are young, the wife is young, you jeopardize their schooling. It is the same peculiar mess in the name of corruption.” https://www.sunnewsonline.com/forsaken-victims-of-boko-haram/ |
TheGidRedpiller:what's mgtow? i have heard much about redpills, even downloaded a few ebooks on it but never have the time to read up on it. I think it's a good movement provided it's not hijacked by some vocal wackos. |
TheGidRedpiller:any relationship with modern Nigerian women would likely end up as a liability but we need wives and children in Nigeria where there's no government care for the old, the best approach is to use your sense in order to minimise potential loses in your dealings with them. |
—Says FG won’t rest until peace is restored, IDPs return to state By Johnbosco Agbakwuru PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital Thursday said that it was in appreciation for the sacrifice made by Borno State’s volunteers in the fight against Boko Haram that the Nigerian Army was authorized to enlist hundreds of the volunteers from the State into the Army. President Buhari also said that the work of defeating insurgency and terrorism and of restoring permanent peace to the North East region was not yet over. The President, who was on official visit to Borno State to appraise the security situation and commission some development projects, assured citizens of the Federal Government’s presence in fighting terrorism to the end, and ensuring that Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) were fully returned to continue normal lives. He commended the state Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum for his resilience and relentless efforts in rebuilding the state. The President attributed recent successes recorded by the military against insurgents and terrorists at Dikwa, Damboa and Gwoza to careful planning, infusion of new equipment and other war materials as well as quality military leadership. In a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, President Buhari said, “I am very happy to be here in Borno State once again. I consider Maiduguri and Borno State to be my home since this is the place where I cut my administrative and political teeth, when I first arrived here as Military Governor 46 years ago. “While I am happy to return home, I am not happy that this visit is not a normal, peacetime home-coming. I am here today first and foremost to appraise the security situation in Borno State and the North East region in order to move full speed ahead and conclude the work of restoring permanent peace to the region. “The attacks launched by cowardly terrorists against military and civilian targets last month and in previous months were a pointer to us that the work of defeating insurgency and terrorism and of restoring permanent peace to this region is not yet over. “We will not rest until all the millions of Internally Displaced Persons are able to return and resettle in their homes and rebuild their shattered lives,” he said. The President said all the Service Chiefs that were appointed this year either served as Theatre Commanders or were part of the command’s operations at one time or the other. “All of them are therefore personally familiar with the challenge of insurgency. I fully expect them to bring this wealth of personal experience to bear as we move to end this scourge once and for all. “No doubt, these successes owe a lot to the role played by volunteers of the Civilian JTF, hunters and vigilantes. These good people include women, who are making huge sacrifices and patriotic contributions to our peace- restoration efforts,” he added. He noted that many servicemen and women as well as youthful volunteers had paid the supreme price in the fight to rid our communities and our country of terrorism and insurgency, appreciating their gallantry and their sacrifices. He assured their loved ones that the sacrifices will not be in vain. According to him, “I must also acknowledge the very important role and the sacrifices made by parents, guardians and other loved ones amongst the people of Borno State, the North East region and the country as a whole, who support their sons, daughters, husbands, brothers and sisters in going to battlefields to defend Nigeria’s sovereignty, territorial integrity and its peace. I thank and commend them for their resilience and assure them success is in sight. “It was a mark of our appreciation for this sacrifice made by Borno State’s volunteers that the Nigerian Army was authorised to enlist hundreds of volunteers from Borno State into the Army. I urge the people of Borno State, the North East region and Nigeria as a whole to sustain this cooperation with the military and the other security services. Both must see each other as being on one side in order for us to succeed.” He said the late President Idris Deby of Chad played a major role in the fight against terrorism in the Lake Chad region, urging his successors to work hard in restoring democracy to the country and support the processes of bringing peace to the region. President Buhari said the recent appointment of Ambassador Babagana Kingibe, an illustrious son of Borno State, as Special Envoy to Chad and the Lake Chad Basin was intended to accelerate the restoration of democratic stability in Chad Republic and enhance cooperation among all the countries of the Lake Chad Basin. He said, “Let me also assure the people of Borno and the North East that we have taken decisive measures to safeguard IDPs and refugees who recently returned from Cameroon and Niger Republic. They are engaged in the task of rebuilding their communities after more than a decade of war and terrorism. “It was part of these measures that I gave approval for the Federal Government to build 10,000 resettlement homes in Borno State. 4,000 of these homes have already been completed. Furthermore, I approved for constant release of food intervention by Nigerian Customs Service and the North East Development Commission in order to support displaced persons. “I have directed these agencies to sustain and deepen this support. I also wish to specially commend His Excellency Governor Babagana Umara Zulum for his tireless efforts in directly supervising the distribution of food and economic empowerment to IDPs in all Local Government Areas,” President Buhari said. The President noted that the effort at alleviating the suffering of displaced communities will hamper the evil attempts of terrorists and insurgents to recruit fighters and spies from IDPs and other vulnerable populations through the use of paltry material incentives. On electricity supply, President Buhari said the administration will continue to make concerted efforts towards guaranteeing energy security to all populace across the nation and Maiduguri cannot, and will not be left out. The President said Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation had been directed to expedite the delivery of 50MW power plant in order to ensure the prompt restoration of electricity to Maiduguri and its environs. “Furthermore, in the light of the current improvement of security in the state, I have also issued directives for the immediate resumption of Oil & Gas exploration activities in the Lake Chad basin. This is part of our overall effort to restore the state back to normalcy. “One episode we will never forget in our lives was last year’s cowardly attack on defenceless rice farmers in Zabarmari community. I have directed the Theatre Command of Operation HADIN KAI and other security agencies to work out modalities together with Borno State Government and associations of farmers, on ways to improve safe access by farmers to their farms, forests and fishing grounds. “I have also directed the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps to accord special support by deploying more agro rangers, through collaboration with Borno State Government, to secure additional farmlands. I highly commend the Borno State Government for its initiative in deploying the agro rangers. We will extend to it our full support,” he added. The President said Governor Zulum’s effort at providing facilities that directly impact the livelihood of people, particularly building educational and health institutions, and constructing roads deserved applause. “I have gone round to commission some of the capital projects executed by Governor Zulum in two years. I am very happy with what I saw. The Vocational Training Institute at Muna, in particular, is a very dynamic answer to skills acquisition and job creation efforts. Such an effort will ensure that in future, there will be no store of unemployed young minds for terrorists and insurgents to recruit from. “I was exceedingly happy to commission very laudable capital projects executed at the Borno State University. It is the best answer that the decade-long effort of insurgents to disrupt and destroy modern education in this region has come to naught. I have directed the Federal Ministry of Health to liaise with Borno State Government and accord the needed support to the ongoing construction of Borno State University Teaching Hospital in the areas of equipment and personnel. “Finally, let me, from the bottom of my heart and on behalf of the Federal Government and the people of Nigeria, commend His Royal Highness the Shehu of Borno, as well as all the other Royal Highnesses and Bulamas at all levels for their very exemplary leadership, patience, determination and wisdom during this past decade when this land was ravaged by insurgency and terrorism.” The President said the fact that Royal Highnesses now operate from their domains was evidence that peace was being restored to the communities, despite the challenges that remain to be overcome. “The elders, statesmen, Muslim and Christian community leaders all over this state and region also deserve our thanks and warm appreciation for their resilience, moral leadership and support for the Federal and State Governments during these trying times. “I wish to reassure Your Highness the Shehu, all the Royal Highnesses, elders, the Government and people of Borno State and the North East region, of Federal Government’s relentless determination in the search for peace in Borno, the Northeast and the rest of Nigeria. We will never rest until peace is fully restored and all displaced persons are resettled in their home communities. “I will never forget in my life that during my career as a politician, Borno State is where I got the highest percentage of votes, more than 90 percent! The least I can do for you is to continue the relentless effort to fully restore peace to this state, the North East region and the country as a whole,” he added. In his remarks, Governor Zulum thanked the President for the relative peace enjoyed in the State, buoyed by the heavy presence of military and security men who have been engaging the terrorists. “We have witnessed gradual return of peace to Borno State and it is our sincere hope that insurgency will soon be brought to an end,” he said. The Governor said he had already spent 750 days in office, appreciating the President for various developmental interventions, which includes infrastructure, particularly the approval of 10,000 units of housing for IDPs of which 4,000 had been completed. The Governor thanked the President for approval of a Federal Polytechnic in Mongonu after forty years of creation, 1976, urging more security presence so that farmers can return to their major occupation. Vanguard News Nigeria https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/06/why-army-was-authorized-to-enlist-volunteers-from-borno-―-buhari/ |
Can any good news come out of Nigeria? |
In Oduduwa state, this type of nonsense would not happen. |
*Under Buhari, Fulani herdsmen are now called bandits to hide the jihad going on in the country* |
By Ibrahim Wuyo Authorities of Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic in Zaria,Kaduna state have directed that the institution be closed immediately following an attack by bandits on the institution which left one student dead and about 8 other students and lecturers abducted. In a memo to all the students and the entire Polytechnic Community on Friday ,signed by the Acting Registrar,Mahmud Aliyu Kwarba,all students were asked to vacate with the exception of IJMB students. The memo reads. ” This is to inform all students and the entire Polytechnic Community that following the sad incidence of attack by Kidnappers that occurred last night which created serious tension amongst students,the management of the Polytechnic has suspended all academic activities indefinitely.” “Students are to vacate the school premises immediately.However,IJMB students are excluded as their external examinations which is conducted by Ahmadu Bello University ,Zaria will commence on Tuesday 18th June,2021.” https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/06/nuhu-bamalli-poly-zaria-shut-as-bandits-hit-institution/ |
*Tension grips Ibadan residents over alleged influx of foreign herders* ALL secondary and primary schools in Ido Local Government area of Oyo State yesterday hurriedly dispersed their pupils following a report that crisis broke out among some people in the area. Though, no life was lost while the crisis lasted, Vanguard was reliably informed that news filtered in that some herders had invaded some villages in the local government. The local government shares boundary with Ibarapa North and East local government areas where some bandits believed to be Fulani herders invaded Igangan killing people and burning houses and vehicles. A source told Vanguard yesterday that there was a crisis when some strangers invaded some villages in the local government. All schools including Public and private secondary and primary schools asked their pupils to go home immediately after lunch break. Two primary school teachers who spoke with Vanguard said the decision was taken to prevent abduction of their pupils. One of the teachers who was not authorized to speak said, “we got information that some Fulani herders invaded some villages which prompted confrontations. To avoid being caught in the crisis, residents of the area ran helter skelter. It was also gathered that some residents living at Ido town, Camp settlement, Odebode, Idi Igbaro, Shehu, Olunde, Gbopa, Araromi, Akufo and others vacated their villages. Another teacher who lives in Omi Adio also corroborated the story saying all schools in the local government were closed down. Residents of Ibadan metropolis especially those living at Akinyele, Ona Ara, Oluyole, Monatan, Akobo, have been living in palpable fear following alleged influx of foreign herders into Ibadan metropolis. On Wednesday night, repeated gunshots were heard in some places. When Vanguard called the State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Adewale Osifeso, he didn’t pick his phone. https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/06/tension-grips-ibadan-residents-over-alleged-influx-of-foreign-herders/ |
*JUST IN: Bandits kill 60 people in Zamfara* Bandits have killed about 60 people of Kadawa village in Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State, DAILY NIGERIAN gathered. A witness told BBC Hausa Service that the gunmen invaded the community around 6pm Thursday evening and killed 54 people. According to him, the bandits rustled cows and looted many shops in the village. The witness added that the bandits also attacked neighboring villages of Maganya and Jinkirawa after the incident. The witness said: “They killed 54 people, all of who are males. Right now, there are no people to perform funeral service for the deceased because the village has been deserted. “We are presently conveying the corpses of the deceased to the palace of Emir of Zurmi where the funeral will be held.” But other sources told this newspaper that the bandits killed more than 60 villagers during the attack. When contacted, the spokesperson of the state police command, Mohammed Shehu, told DAILY NIGERIAN that he was in a meeting and would get back when he is through. https://dailynigerian.com/bandits-kill-people/ |
A local night guard, Adewumi Gbadamosi has disclosed how he killed a young boy, identified as Kehinde and distributed his severed body to his friends, including a pastor. Fielding questions from newsmen at the state police command headquarters on Wednesday, the suspect, who also claimed to be a herbalist, said he shot the boy after scaling the fence of a building he watches around 2am. He added that the boy has refused to answer his question satisfactorily, hence, he decided to shoot him. “The boy scaled the fence of a building I watched as night guard and I caught. He said his name is Kehinde when I interrogated him. However, he attempted to run away and I shot him. “After shooting him, I became scary, so, I decided to severe his body and threw some of it inside Okpokpo stream on Osogbo, while I gave the head to a Pastor, whom I know through a friend because he said he needed a globe, (human eyes). “I also gave a flesh to another friend of mine, who is a vehicle electrician. I don’t have any need for the rest of the body, I just kept it in my office, at Kajola, where I attend to those seeking spiritual help. “No one knew that I shot or killed the boy, I severed the body to evade arrest. I still have in my custody, the two hands and legs of the deceased”, he said. However, the Pastor, Olagunju Adetunji of a Cherubim and Seraphim Church at Kajola denied receiving any human head from the herbalist, saying they only met once and the guard sought spiritual help and never return till he they met at the police headquarters on Wednesday. “It is true, he came to my Church about thirteen days ago, seeking spiritual assistance, but he did not come back till I met him here today. I did not receive any human head from him. I do attend to customers seeking spiritual help, I help them with the charms, black soap and other dead animals confiscated from my church by the police”, he claimed. Meanwhile, the vehicle electrician, Akeem Saka confessed to have taken a dried flesh from the herbalist, but he had no intention of using it. “I went to him (herbalist) for consultation over my business, but he charged me N1200 and he gave me human flesh, I took it from him to avoid being killed if I refuse, hence, I took it and kept it in a white bowl at my workshop. “I did not follow the herbalist to the pastor to deliver human head to him, I was not involved in the killing of the boy. I only went to him for assistance but he gave me human flesh to keep”, he said. Addressing journalists, the Commissioner of Police, Olawale Olokode disclosed that the suspects have confessed to the crime and assured the public that they will be prosecuted after necessary investigation is concluded. https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/06/how-i-killed-distributes-kehindes-body-local-night-guard/ |
mad man, murderer. |
Ahmadu Bello’s mission was
encapsulated in a speech he
purportedly delivered on the 12th of
October 1960, twelve days after
Nigeria’s independence. The relevant
excerpt that is in wide circulation
reads, “The new nation called Nigeria
should be an estate of our
grandfather, Othman Dan Fodio. We
must ruthlessly prevent a change of
power. We must use the minorities in
the North as willing tools and the
South as a conquered territory and
never allow them to rule over us or
have control over their future.” |
The only solution to Nigeria's problems is a referendum, the same problems have been plaguing the country since independence because we're not a true nation but a forced almagation of different nationalities. |
this deserves to be on the FrontPage to publicize the plight of Agatu people. |
2elliot:The war started shortly before the 2015 election when the Fulani herdsmen were invited into Nigeria to cause a civil war should Buhari lose the election. |
No fewer than 27 mourners were Sunday evening reportedly gunned down and several others sustained injuries when suspected armed herders stormed the Odugbeho community in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue state during a burial ceremony.https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/06/again-27-mourners-and-traders-killed-in-agatu-by-armed-herdsmen/
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These taunting threads ate unnecessary, most of the nairaland members claiming Yoruba to mock Igbos here are actually Fulanis born and brought up in the southwest and can therefore communicate in Yoruba, Fufulde and Hausa, for example the Arewa youth forum president general that gave Igbos to leave the north then is based in Lagos and speaks fluent Yoruba. |
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