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God please heal our land. In your power render these killers powerless.

This is soo bad. What is the crime of this beautiful baby to have suffered this much? Tears drop from my face... Boko haram and their financiers will not know peace in this life and even beyond. You ve caused enough sorrow to us, may God judge you accordingly!!

Why kill Kumuyi? The individual that mention Kumuyi name has brought God's wrath on himself.

sir, it is for the very daring hearts.

bist:
All these for how much?

Why should he thank gej? Did he 'earned' the position as a favour from gej or he was qualified for it?

Etumgbe:
As u are thanking God remember to also thank GEJ

sunshine1974:
How military officers are led to their death
Amnesty International’s damning report
By Jide Ajani
After two weeks of investigation, Sunday Vanguard presents  exclusive  details of the dirty war going on between the military, members of the  Jama’atu Ahliss-Sunnah Lidda’awati Wal Jihad (Western education is evil), otherwise known as Boko Haram,  some influential Nigerians who appear to have lent  support to the terrorists on the one hand, and some officers and men of the  military who are aiding the operations of the terrorists in this war, as well as the sometimes naïve yet complicit contradictory disposition of Europe and America, that have both wittingly and unwittingly allowed the terrorists to gain ground and have become somewhat difficult to defeat.
This report will show that whereas the military is engaged in a battle on the warfront, the political and psychological component of the engagement appears to be currying sympathy for these mindless killers because of those who seem to share their ideological slant and who once (and have again) found their way to the corridors of power in a polity of clashing socio-political and religious interests.    This is the story of how experienced and war-tested officers are led to their death because of the contradictory, compromising and deadly activities of fifth columnists in the military and in government. And beyond AI’s indictment of some top military commanders in Nigeria, former Commander-in-Chief, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, may be dragged before the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity. The details are as revealing as they are shocking.
SAD KILLING OF MAJOR TIMOTHY FAMBIYA, SHOT FROM BEHIND
Major Timothy Fambiya’s story is known to military commanders because the operation in which he took part was both strategic and very sensitive.
Fambiya  was a native of Gwoza in Yobe State.    He was a Christian.
Intel extracted from and some made available by detained members of Boko Haram suggested that their leader, Abubakar Shekau, was hiding somewhere around the hills in Gwoza.    Top military commanders brain-stormed and, after hours of thinking out how to approach the battle, an action plan was hatched. But because of the hilly nature of some parts of Gwoza and the need to be dexterous in prosecuting the operation, someone with a good knowledge of the area of operation needed to be part of or lead the operation.
Enter Major Fambiya.
Now, here was a young man who was on a course at Nigeria’s Command and Staff College, Jaji, in far away Kaduna. Words got to him that Shekau may be hiding around the hills of Gwoza but the top commanders were hamstrung in proceeding.    This was in July, 2014.
“That was how Fambiya came into the picture.    Because he was very familiar with the topography of this town, he volunteered to be part of the operation. The idea was to capture Shekau alive.    Unfortunately, as in some of our operations, we believe some people from within, even among the officer corps, may have leaked the information to the terrorists”, a source said.
Mind you, it was from this battle that the story of Shekau’s killing filtered out.    There were conflicting reports that he was injured during the gun battle and that he died but was quickly buried.    Other reports claimed  he fled with gunshot injuries to neighbouring Cameroun.
Worse still, Sunday Vanguard gathered that it was after this battle that Fambiya was shot in the head from behind.
A top military source lamented: “In Fambiya’s death, Nigeria lost one of her best Special Forces officer”.
The source  went on: “We suspect that Major Fambiya may have been killed by one of his men because he was shot in the head from behind.    Though we have no concrete proof of that, the incident raises the question as to how the terrorists have been able to infiltrate the military because of some people who seem to share their ideological slant”.
A COLONEL IS AMBUSHED AND BURNT ALIVE IN HIS MILITARY TANK
If you are still trying to come to terms with the gruesomeness of the death of Fambiya, the story of this Colonel will shock you even more.
Due to the sensitivity involved, Sunday Vanguard would not reveal his identity.    But the military authorities know him too well.

FILE PHOTO: Soldiers in Yola, Adamawa State: Operational Commander, Brig-Gen. Fatai Alli addressing soldiers on arrival in Yola for the State of Emergency Operation. Photo: NAN.
Also, for fear of giving away sources, the location of the battle would not be mentioned; but it happened in Borno State.
There was an operation to engage members of the  Jama’atu Ahliss-Sunnah Lidda’awati Wal Jihad, (Western education is evil), otherwise known as Boko Haram. The said Colonel volunteered to lead his men into battle.
According to one of his friends who disclosed what happened, the operation was a top secret operation.    “As they advanced in a convoy of trucks and tanks, barely 10kilometres from base, they were ambushed.    You would not believe that the terrorists directed their Rocket Propelled Grenades, RPGs, at the tank in which the Colonel was riding.    Our officers and men attempted to repel the terrorists but these terrorists came prepared.    Now, to demonstrate that they had fore-knowledge of the operation and they knew where their target was, there were dozens of them. While the battle raged, they just concentrated on the Colonel’s tank.    They burnt him alive before fleeing into the forest and hillside”.
The Colonel’s death caused real anguish for the military leadership.
The source then asked somewhat rhetorically: “Do you know what it means to be burnt alive in a tank”?
You may never know.
And apart from the irreplaceable human life, it does not come cheap to train an individual to the level of a Colonel.
THE ATTEMPTED KILLING OF OBASANJO’S SON
And on Monday, September 8, 2014, former President Matthew Okikiolakan Aremu Olusegun Obasanjo almost lost one of his sons, Adeboye, a Lt-Col, to the insurgents.
The attack on his platoon in Baza, near Michika, Adamawa State, followed the same pattern of an insider-assisted information flow to the terrorists.
The officers and men of the Nigerian Army were not even in Michika yet – that was the town they wanted to go and liberate before they were ambushed by the terrorists.
Sunday Vanguard was made to understand that the operation to liberate Michika was  top secret.
But the manner in which the terrorists ambushed and opened fire on the troops had all the signposts of advance intelligence, that the troops were coming. At  the time of the incident, which took place at Baza,    Major Gen J.S. Zaruwa, Colonel Victor Ebhaleme, who served as the Brigade Commander of the 23rd Army Brigade in Yola, and Lieutenant Agwu were all together advancing towards Michika when Boko Haram fighters ambushed them and unleashed the deadly attack on the soldiers.
Adeboye Obasanjo was shot in the leg.    Many other officers were shot. Some officers and men died during that battle while others gave up the ghost  in hospital.
TRAITORS WITHIN
Sunday Vanguard learnt that sometime in December 2013, top military commanders were getting worried that officers and men were being lost to the terrorists not on account of face-to-face combat but due to acts of sabotage occasioned by serial ambush of military convoys.
However, matters began to get to a head with the targeting and killing of the Colonel in his tank in a convoy of many tanks and trucks.    Also, the killing of Major Fambiya marked another very sour point.
A very senior military commander, who spoke to Sunday Vanguard anonymously, gave an insight into the workings of the military today, especially when strategy sessions are held preparatory to combat.
“It has become so bad that we now have some conscientious objectors – these are officers and men who latch on one excuse or the other in order not to be active – in this battle against terrorists. While some claim religion as a basis, others, who just refuse to play by the rules of engagement, would just refuse to be active.    They will just sit there at sessions and will not talk. They will not make meaningful contributions”.
Worse still for the military, Sunday Vanguard was made to understand that sometimes, within minutes or hours after such strategy meetings, whatever had been discussed would find its way to some quarters.
In fact, the source said most of the ambush that had led to the deaths of many officers and men were as a result of insider activities in collaboration with the terrorists.    That is one leg of the activities of the fifth columnists.
Whereas there can be no excuse for acts of barbarism on the part of Nigeria’s military, there have been occasions when the terrorists have tended to use human shields during combat.    This leads to needless loss of innocent lives.
There have also been many instances where the terrorists have been dressed like civilians while attacking the military.    For such scenarios, Sunday Vanguard was told that some officers and men of the military sometimes record such duels with telephone.
“It is the killing of some terrorists dressed in civilian clothing that some fifth columnists, who share the ideology of these killers, post on YouTube and send abroad to propagandise that the war against terror in the North East is a genocide against the people of the area.    Yes, the military is expected to operate within a code of ethics that shares the values of respect for human lives but when terrorists dressed as civilians are killed and these footages are made to look as though the military simply opened fire on innocent civilians, it sends the wrong message”, an Army General said.
“We are not going to behave like the terrorists who are not accountable to no one; but to paint a picture that appears as if the Nigerians military is just spineless does not help the cause of this war”.
SOUL SERACHING AND AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL’S REPORT
And whereas Amnesty International, AI, the global human rights watchdog, released its report on Nigeria’s war on terror, penultimate week, in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, a report which it claimed was as a result of its research and investigation, there are fresh grounds to pooh-pooh the report which Netsanet Belay, its African Director, Research and Advocacy, and Anna Neistat, Senior Director of Research,  promoted by ballyhoo.

Alex Badeh
Two retired senior military officers, who spoke to Sunday Vanguard, said the report, which AI presented as a research work, is not different in content from the findings of a report compiled after an investigation ordered by the Nigerian military itself.    However, the same report was allegedly dangerously manipulated and presented in another context for the intendment of scandalizing the Nigerian military.
Indeed, there had been instances of rascality and recklessness on the part of some officer corps of the military in the prosecution of the war against terror.    Even Nigeria’s human rights body, the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, had challenged the fidelity of the activities of Nigeria’s military in prosecuting the war.
“But there was no structured and tailored systemic modus operandi which tolerated any of such acts of  dehumanization or brutality”, one of the retired officers stated.
Sunday Vanguard learnt that a  former  Chief of Defence Staff, Admiral Ola Sa’ad Ibrahim, sometime in July, 2013, set up an 18-man Joint Investigation Team.    The team comprised members of the various arms of the military as well as the para-military units, including representatives from the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice – while not leaving out legal officers from security agencies in the affected states of Yobe, Adamawa and Borno States.
A statement from the military at that time noted: “The measure is geared towards the need to further ensure that the legal rights of persons involved are observed”.
The mandate of the team was the classification of the detainees as well as an appraisal of any forms of infringement on the rights of the detainees.
The report of the team was submitted within one month.
One of the retired officers who spoke to Sunday Vanguard asked: “Why then would Service Chiefs, working with their Chief of Defence Staff, having launched an investigation into a matter with a view to having a good sense of what had happened or what was happening, be labeled as people who should be tried for war crimes”?
THE MILITARY AND NIGERIA’S HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
The contradictory nature of the activities of the Nigerian military in prosecuting the war on terror needs to be further interrogated.
On a few instances, the NHRC has had to eyeball the military regarding human rights violations.    The killings in Baga, Borno State, and the APO killings in the FCT, Abuja, represent just two of      the interventions of the NHRC.
Indeed, based on the created interface between the Nigerian military and the NHRC, there may have been some improvements on the part of the military
Sunday Vanguard discovered from the Commission that it has offices in the troubled states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe where its men are on ground collating information on any noticed or perceived violations.
To be sure, Sunday Vanguard gathered that a series of meetings with and interventions by the NHRC have yielded quite a number of improvements in the human rights profile of the Nigerian military.
It was learnt that upon intervention by NHRC, the military revised the contents of its operational guidelines and rules of engagement which it now uses in the war-torn areas.    The improvements take cognizance of the sanctity of life as well as the need to protect civilians even while in the line of fire against  terrorists.
As for the endorsement or rejection of AI’s report, Sunday Vanguard was informed that the position of the Commission is that it would not join the fray.
Instead, it is compiling its own data which would be used in writing a thorough report that would be presented to Nigerians and the world.

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if this is true, then the NA has questions to answer

lalasticlala:
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gorgeous woman. FFK sure lack beauty sense.

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beware of a wolf in sheep clothing.

hear yourself out dude and see if you make sense. why are you like this?

OkikiOluwa1:
Muster Adesina, don't worry.
Tell Buhari that I sell original Elixir Tonic with Kunu Flavour. If he starts drinking it with Gworo, there's no poison that PDP can use to harm him.
I v sold to OBJ, HID Awolowo, IBB, Gowon & Shagari in the past.
Last Bullet
The only person it didn't work for was Abacha. because he loved Palestinian pussi es & apple.

lovely ideas there

their excuse presented is not tenable at all. why quit church because other members are starring at you.

ControlX:
Despite their penchant for fasting and prayers, they have not been going to church for close to a decade, but they insisted the action has not affected their close relationship with God, and is also not a result of arrogance.
According to reports online, the Okoye brothers said they tried their hands on a couple of churches in their various area of residence but had to put an end to it after congregations kept focusing on them rather than their maker.
“Each time we attend, other worshipers would not listen to the Pastor’s sermon again. All eyes will just be on us. Instead of praying, some people will even decide to be starring at us. We were not comfortable with that and thought we were distracting a lot of people from serving their God, so we said to ourselves that we should stop going. All men are equal before God, so we don’t encourage people to abandon their primary purpose of being in church because of us.”

Source: yabaleftonline.com/2015/06/psquare-reveals-why-they-quit-going-to-church-since-2007/

Cc : nex ijebabe

damzy88:
Hello everyone, I am a fresh graduate and got my first Job 3 months after Nysc. I am 23 years and I am thinking of going back to school for my Masters. Your opinions please?

if you are living in Lagos 6 out can register for msc program at Babcock University. lectures and exams take place on Sundays. that's if you can afford it . But if not the job u have now is not paying enough. and by the way if its your parents that will finance the prog I advice you take d opportunity.

Gwekzy:
Scam

why are you living in self denial? How possible can Chibok girls story be a scam? To what purpose. Pls and pls if you don't have anything to contribute stay off and don't incur God's anger on your life

you nailed it. gbam...

dannyville2:
Make person hear word abeg, why didn't they urge PMB to name LASU after MKO

hear yourself out. Did you make sense?

drtwist:
Buhari as a former military ruler, I expect your tenure to start in quick pace. 15days now nothing achieve by you except sidelining your VP.

Buhari talk to your boys 15days no be beans o

yes i have bought from them. They are real and they have many property in Lekki eleran igbe axis. After payment i got my allocation.

e dey pain u?

sss2015:
Mumu read before you comment.

Saraki and his cohorts efforts might be in vain in the long run. One thing is sure: Buhari will not give his proclamation for the commencement of the 8th session which will lead to legal battle and defections.

zomoears:
3. Subject to the provisions of this constitution,the person elected as the President shall have power to issue a proclamation for the holding of the first session of the National Assembly immediately after his being sworn in or for its dissolution as provided for in this section.



Oya, Lawyers in the house, has the President issued a proclamation for the first sitting of the National Assembly?

This pictures were taken yesterday Friday June 5th for convocation rehearsal. All graduands are mandated to be present. convocation proper is Sunday 7th June.
The guy was fun to be with and everyone was taking shots with him.

Tomfrench:
Sure!!! Education is good investment...but,


why the slippers on such a special day

remsonik:
I see the sun in your eyes.I see the stars in your eyes I see the colors of the rainbow in your smile

lovely

lovely collections.. wahoo

Guy you badt gan. well nailed...

QuotaSystem:
Exactly. His defence is weak and frankly laughable. Imagine standing in court to say you broadcasted a defamatory documentary to millions around the world because 'the gist' has been around for 20 years. Around where? By whom?

*orders popcorn*

Biafra4ever:
Gowon's reply:



My dear Chief,

I wish to acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated June3, 1971, intimating me of your decision to relinquish your appointments as the vice-president of the Federal Executive Council and Federal Commissioner for Finance with effect from July 1, 1971.

For some time, there have been rumours about your leaving the government, but I was sure, however, that if there was such an intention you would have not hesitated to notify me.

Since I know that you must have taken your decision after the most careful consideration, no useful purpose would be served by any attempt to make change your mind.

It is, therefore, with the greatest regret and reluctance that I have to concede to your request.
In accepting your decision, I would like to place on record my personal appreciation of your most valuable contribution to our achievements during the last four years.

You have earned for yourself respect from all of us who have seen you at close quarters, for your patriotism, coupled with a strong well-meaning conviction on issues of national importance.

I respect your maturity, objectivity, and sagacity, all of which you placed at my disposal; above all, for your advice and co-operation at all times.

Your outstanding performance as this government’s Commissioner for Finance during one of the most critical and turbulent periods of our history will always be remembered. You demonstrated, consistently, great courage, forthrightness, leadership, and a spirit of understanding which helped us to get out of our financial disaster.

That we did not succumb to the temptation to devalue our currency during the crisis and were able to win the war entirely out of our own resources and face resolutely the immediate post-war problems of rehabilitation, reconstruction and reconciliation was due, in no small measures, to your skill in the management of our finances.

I am aware that your position in this government, particularly as Commissioner for Finance, will be difficult to fill. However, I have a consolation in the fact that during your tenure of office, you laid a sound foundation on which your successors could build and carry on the good work.

I have no doubt that, at this moment, you will have the feeling that you have done your best. I share your feelings, too; and wish to extend my appreciation of the contribution of your dear wife who had had to bear more than her share of domestic burdens as a result of your public assignment.

I am glad to note and to accept your offer to hold yourself in readiness for assignment which the Federal Government may consider necessary to give you even when you will no longer be directly associated with public life.

Since there will be occasions soon for me and your colleagues in government to state our assessment of your contribution to the service of this nation in the last four years, I now merely wish to say how sorry I am to lose your services. We will miss your great sense of humour, your debating ability and useful suggestions at all times.

On behalf of myself, your colleagues on the Federal Executive Council, and the people of our great country, I wish you many more years of useful life.


My wife and Ibrahim join me in wishing you every success in your next sphere of life.

Yours most sincerely,
MAJOR-GENERAL YAKUBU GOWON
Head of the Federal Military Government.

this is soo touching.

Please put up some of his nysc pictures as it will look more recent because that's what he wears mostly in the neighbourhood to work. He will be found alive IJN!!

dapyd1:
Please I'll be glad if you can move this topic to front page.
This is my friend Aghaye Mofe Solomon. He is a youth corper serving with Nigerian Customs in Abuja. He left for work on 7th of May (over a week now) and has not been seen since then. Any info on his whereabouts should be reported to the nearest police station and you can also reach the numbers below.
God bless you as you help a brother and I Know he will be found hale and hearty in Jesus name.

if he win nomination, he will be a good match for whoever democrats will be fielding.

fedrick901:
Ben Carson announces Whitehouse 2016 presidency. what do you think?

africanusvu:
They don com,Eunuchs,they knws hw to do it,they av seen it done,but they can't do it,go ask JAMB,peple like u shld be sent t CONGO Brazaville

lol. real eunuchs....

and my thought too.
How did she remember Okito's number off hand to call him (whom she just met coincidentally)? Why cant she call her parents?
Also she has been with Seun in Ojota for 2 weeks to recuperate from her injuries. Does this mean she never got a chance to run away from Seun's house to her parent's place? From the story, Seun is not particular about policing her otherwise he would not have allowed her to go back home to pick another slippers.

tabletop:
Exactly my thought some truth still missing. Don't she have her parents number off heart, instead of calling okito. Deal gone sour, between d girl ɑ̤̈̊nd okito.

why cant he discuss with OBJ on the ways to move this country forward? Has OBJ allegations against GEJ government not true? OBJ is a patriot with immense love for this country.

Built2last:
Aside the excessive audacity which breeds arrogance and pride with Igbos, This is the part i like about Igbos...Everything is business...let truth be told. Igbos are way ahead in business in Nigeria.

I entered Ladipo market one day and couldnt find one shop owned by a Yoruba man in the two hours i spent there. I think business is genetic for them. can you remember the ''my oga at the top stuff'' while some of us typed on the internet, Aba boys were thinking business. Mbaka spoke against GEJ, few days after, (Mbaka but why T. shirt was all over the market). They seem not interested in white collar jobs like every other tribe. If we have more entrepreneurs, the faster we come out of the corruption in public and civil service.

When i finished NYSC, i was retained in the bank with one Emeka boy..I remember during the interview, one of the panelists said, Emeka, you are supposed to be in Aba or Alaba, what are you doing here? the Igbo jokingly said, its capital am looking for..six years after, the Igbo boy resigned, we never knew he was combining banking with real estate business..on saturdays he was a house searching agent. he told me he sold two houses in Ikoyi and resigned...

Till i left the bank, his salary account was in millions...doing so well in business, the latest he told me last year was that, one of the panelists in that our interview is now his account officer...I just love the business part of them and maybe the way they adore their wives and children. They take family very seriously. Emeka is so wealthy and lavishes his wealth on his wife and 3 boys. Needless to say he inspired me into business and i am doing well too, but not anywhere near Emeka.

Throw them into the Lagoon and see the potentials of that water developed by them. Business is a spirit in them most of us find difficult to appreciate.

so much likes for this

Flets:
Posterity will judge GEJ fairly.

Providence brought you this far sir, Congrats for writing your name in gold.

Your best wishes for this country was never hidden as we saw in your achievements in almost all sectors, roads, bridges, railways, agriculture, automobile, alamajiri schools, new universities, fertilizer and ghost worker scam elimination, freedom of press, FOI, free and fair elections, power sector.....etc

Even until late, you kept Nigeria first and saved Nigeria from impending anarchy that could have trailed a tribunal or election rejection even when you could.

You were not as forceful as Nigerians wished because of our years of military rule. We lacked patience to see your policies come into tangible fruition. You were grossly misunderstood and propaganda from the opposition camp fuelled the government apathy of the impatient populace.

I will always maintain that you are Nigeria's best president. We were few months away from implementing the confab report that would have enthroned true federalism which would have set us on the path of recovery and greatness.

I am certain posterity will judge you fairly. Through all the insults, you never reacted. You gave all freedom like we've never seen before.

IF WE MUST PRACTICE DEMOCRACY, YOU ARE THE TEMPLATE.

I don't think you lost this election, you are just a victim of a sectional majority and Nigeria actually lost you instead.

I know we Nigerians are an impatient lot with unachievable high hopes for the incoming government. In few months time, after our hopes have been met with reality. ... then we shall sing your praises.

Whenever the history of this country will be written, your section will be in gold.

Go with your head up high, even you opponents would not have taken the step you took on this journey.

You remain my HERO.

good write up.

Well said. Sentiments apart, we shouldnt let emotions influence our voting come Saturday. If GEJ has done well, we should vote him in, and if we believe Nigeria can fare better under the leadership of another individual, then we should vote accordingly.
No to Violence!
No to Hate Speech!
Nigeria shall be great again!
#TeamOneNigeria#

siraj1402:
NO Pastor, Imam, Babalawo, Oba, Obi, Emir, Obong, Chief, Militant etc can tell me who to vote for, NEVER!....

I bear the brunt of unemployment, not the Pastor....

I suffer epileptic power supply, not the Imams.....

When my landlord increases house rent, the Oba will not send me money to augment it.....
When medical bills needs to be paid, I won't see the Obi....

When armed robbers show up in my neighborhood, the Emir won't be there to rescue me...

When time comes to pay exorbitant private school fees for my children because public schools that produced the likes of Soyinka, Chinua Achebe are derelict, no Militant will come to my rescue...

The roads leading to Obong's palace are bad, he has not done anything about it, how can he help me?

Exchange rate has plumeted while the economy worsened yet the Babalawo suffers in silence with me ad he is unable to use his juju to make our economic problems disappear...

My siblings and the children of the Chief who are graduates for the past 8 years have remained unemployed while he is powerless to help them...

So I alone will decide WHO IS MAKING ME GO THROUGH ALL
THESE HARDSHIP, AND USING MY PVC TO TERMINATE HIS TENURE, IF I DON'T LIKE HIS POOR HANDLING OF GOVERNANCE!