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There is a proposal at today's Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF)'s meeting in the presidential villa for Ameachi and Jang to step down and Yuguda to take over as NGF chairman.

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welcome to 9ja

u threw it out while kids in Somalia are dieing of hunger so good of u

see fresh air i swear Nigeria is a great country

allah ya taimaki sarki ali

sai hamza

hahahq

close to nigerian turkish nile university airport road

Sunday evening 5.0clock

is this picture taken b4 he will be taken abroad

Kabiyasi seun I don bend lyj crayfish greet u

Ginger

Many girls and women have joined the
youth volunteer groups also known as
“Civilian JTF” in the hunt for Boko Haram
suspects in Maiduguri.
This is coming days after reported cases of
suspected members of the Boko Haram sect deploying women or disguising as
women to wreak havoc, Our correspondent
who went round Maiduguri metropolis,
yesterday, saw girls and women, aged
between 15 and 30 carrying swords,
daggers, knives and sticks. They stop and search vehicles and
pedestrians together with their male
counterparts. About ten girls were seen
along Shehu Laminu way, five at West End
roundabouts and more than 25 at various
checkpoints mounted by the “civilian JTF” along Baga road.
Whenever a vehicle is stopped, the women
volunteers check their womenfolk while
men check men and when the vehicle is
“certified” the driver is allowed to go. Both
private and commercial vehicles are not spared in the operation even as the
checkpoints mounted by the youths far
outnumber that of security operatives.
“We joined the civilian JTF in order to be
searching females. A woman can search
any other woman anywhere and nobody can raise eyebrows,” said Halima, a girl of
about 17 years, who was seen around
Ramat Square.
Halima said she was not afraid at all and
had participated in raiding some houses at
Kumshe ward. “Securing Maiduguri is now a collective
responsibility, irrespective of age, gender
or status. The safer the town, the better for
all of us,” she said.
Another girl, Saratu said she suspended
working as a sales girl in order to take part in the routine patrol being undertaken by
civilians.
It was gathered that on Saturday, over 120
young vigilantes, whom the Joint Task
Force (JTF) said should be addressed as”
patriotic citizens” had stormed “Libya” a red spot close to Jajeri in the outskirt of
Maiduguri.
Security sources said the youths had
succeeded in recovering an AK47 rifle and
some shallow graves at a house.
Meanwhile, Daily Trust observed that hawkers of weapons such as swords, bows
and arrows and knives now make brisk
business in Maiduguri as a result of high
patronage by the “civilian JTF.”
Before the emergence of the youth groups,
it was not possible to see anyone selling daggers in the open but our correspondent
saw some middle aged men peddling them
about.
One of the hawkers who was seen around
Wulari but declined to give his name said
his sales had risen by 0ver 80 percent. “The price of sword has also gone up from
N250 to N350 or more,” he said. Inside the
Baga Market, blacksmiths were also seen
making knives and swords and one of them
said there was sharp increase in demand.
Barrister Usman Sani, a legal practitioner said there was the need to control the
proliferation of such weapons in the hands
of the youths.
“If authorities did not take the right
measures now, we would find ourselves
confronted with another serious dilemma in the nearest future,” he said.
Spokesman of the Joint Task Force (JTF) Lt
Col. Sagir Musa had in an interview with
newsmen at the weekend called on
parents to also assist authorities in
regulating the activities of the youth vigilante groups.

i knw its frontpage material so i booked my destiny

Hmm

This are ogas at the top dangote getting some new business tips while some millionaires think they know everything even gun no go work 4 there

#lindalies

Hm

Dis is not the villa

Donmams: Hahaha. See this OP. You must think we are fools. A jonathan mole sent to make us think all is well in Borno State. Well the truth shall be revealed one day. Whether GEJ likes it or not he will be going to the International Criminal Court for his crimes in Baga.

why don't you go there yourself and see it for ur self

oga pikin

As long as EKOTIANS wants her my opinion does not matter

Then aLL nairalanders. Will be in jail

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MAIDUGURI IS BACK
As one approach the ancient city of Maiduguri through Damaturu Jos road, especially if one has not visited the city after the declaration of the state of emergency, one will notice that surely peace is gradually, but steadily returning to the home of peace.

Though I arrive the city in the evening, but I noticed that people are not rushing home like the previous time I visited the city. That is to show that things are now calm in the city. After seeing my mother and some few relatives, having been sure that she is very much ok, I decided to go round the city the next morning to see things for my self.

Right from the gate of Borno state hotel where I lodge because of its maximum security, I begin to notice the activities of the new national heroes as they were called by President Jonathan, but are popularly known as the "civilian JTF", some people call them sector 00. This youths have completely taken over the patrol of the streets in the city with the exception of Baga road area.

There are few check points that are now under the control of the JTF, because most of the check points are now under the full control of the Civilian JTF. As I reach post office area, I came in contact with one of the groups carrying a halve dead person and they handed over the person to the soldiers who are stationed at the Nitel office.

I ask one of the members of the Civilian JTF who confirm to me that this person they brought is one of the
commanders of Boko haram, and they traced him to his hideout and apprehend him. Though I wanted to ask him some few questions, but he told me that they are in a hurry, he said they are still chasing one of
the commanders of the Boko haram.

I then went to the popular monday market, and to my greatest surprise the market is almost full to capacity with a lot of business transaction going as if nothing had ever happen in the city. I was so delighted, I also noticed that most of the Igbo traders that I use to know are still there conducting their businesses. I had a chat with one Okechukwu, I ask him when did he return to Maiduguri, and he told me that he never even left the city despite the security challenge, he told me that, though some of them had left the city, but majority of them did not leave, and even those that had left, are now returning back. He told me that now they use to be outside up to 12 midnight, because peace has return to many parts of the city. He confirm to me that the soldiers don't even patrol the street in his area, he said it is the civilian JTF that now patrol the street, and that they the civilian JTF knows the Boko haram members, so it makes it easy for them to trace and arrest them. He told me that they have arrested so many people within the market, and when they went to search the houses of such people, they normally found guns and other dangerous weapons. He told me that the boys are doing a good job and that they hope that govt will reward them for these selfless service to the nation.

My grandfathers house and one of my uncle's house is in Baga road, so I decided to take the risk and go and greet them, on my way I notice that from west end round about, up to Ibrahim Taiwo Estate or Federal low cost, I did not see a single military check point. Unlike during my previous visits where I saw about three to four check point, this time not even a single one. I begin to feel uneasy as I reach the baga road bus stop, but I sow people going towards the direction of the house so I decided to follow them, but I noticed that only old men, women and children that am seeing.

When I arrived the house, my Anty's children welcome me, but they are very surprise to see me there, I ask the small boy the where about of his senior brother, he told me "uncle this place is not safe", and that his senior brothers had left the area for their safety. When I later met my uncle in his office at the Musa Usman secretariat, he was not happy that I went there, he said all the responsible youths have left the area for their safety and that any youth I found in the area is a boko haram member. He said I was lucky to have went there and came out alive. He said the BH boys don't want to see any new face in the area. But thank God I came out alive, a risk which I will never take again. I don't know why the military have neglected that area, though it may be a strategy that the military wants to use to trap these BH boys in one area.

I also visited Gwange, Polo, Gomari Airport and Tashan Bama area. All I saw in these areas are people full of happiness. I was told that in some places like Old Maiduguri, custom, Housari and many other places, any time the JTF enter those areas, the people hail them and chanting the slogan Soja oyoyo! Soja oyoyo as a sign of peaceful relationship that now exist between the JTF and the people.

Later that evening, I met a soldier and a police officer at an indomie joint. We begin to chat, and the soldier told me that they now have less work as the civilian JTf are doing extremely well. He said before the youth started this work, they always go around in group for fear of attack, but he said now soldier can go anywhere without any fear.

He said even their commanders are very happy with performance of the civilian JTF. But he express his dismay with the activities of some police men. He told me that his commander nearly slap one inspector of police when the said police officer open fire on the Civilian JTF as they were trying to burn down the house of the former Gov Ali Modu Sheriff. He said the civilian JTF had accuse SAS of having hand in the insurgency in the state, hence they decided to burn down his house because they have complain to the govt that they have evidence that SAS had hand in all that has happen in the state, but the govt had fail to take action.

He also told me that the civilian JTF had Beaten up the state chairman of the ANPP, and that it was the police that rescued the man, though they succeeded in burning down the man's house. He told me that Mala Uthman is now in their custody. He said he see no reason why the people will complain and indict certain people of having hand in the insecurity and the govt will not take the necessary action to investigate them.

He said the have a duty to listen to this boys, let the govt arrest this people and investig
ate them, to avoid any problem. My advice here is that the state govt, should immediately structure and regulate the activities of the civilian JTF, because what I observe is that some of the youths are below 15 years, some are even drug addicts, that has no future. But now that they are helping to restore back peace, their welfare should be taken care of by the govt. So that they will be more useful to themselves and the society.

They have done extremely well, and there is the need for the govt and well meaning members of the society to reciprocate this gesture.

Finally, as I left the City, I left with a smile that surely in no distant time, Borno will bounce back

Muhammad Musa Amshi (Aminho) a Nairalander in Maiduguri photo 1 and 2 borno govnor kashim shettima Pic 3 fmr govnor Ali modu sheriff SAS pic 4 fmr govnor muhammad goni and aminho during the visit

If he have called nigeria he would have committed suicide by now

Abaga

2013-07-03 01:07:17
The Nigerian Tourism Development
Corporation, says 16,213 South African
tourists visited the country in 2012.
A statement on Tuesday in Lagos by Mrs
Ibe Ijeh - NTDC's Lagos office
spokesperson - said the figure was 7, 200
higher than the 9,013 South African
tourists that visited in 2011.
According to the statement, out of the
figure, 10,113 are males, 4,100 (females),
while 2,000 are children.
It stated that the visitors were
residents, principal immigrants, visiting
immigrants, government officials and
foreign diplomats.
It attributed the increase to the
implementation of tourism bilateral
agreement between the Nigerian and
South African governments.
It said that the corporation would
continue to promote the tourism potential
of the country to attract more tourists
to it.

Beauty at its peak