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PoliticsRe: When You Voted A Man That Has His State At Heart. by Anasko(m): 6:29am On May 17, 2016
nice one from my governor more to come.
PoliticsUnpaid Salaries: Ekiti Workers Abandon Offices, Close Early by Anasko(op): 8:58pm On May 16, 2016
As Ekiti State government has not paid the salaries of workers in the last five months, it has now been observed that many workers don’t go to work while those who do now close by 1 pm instead of the 4.00pm official time .

In most cases, some of them found it very difficult to come to office due to paucity of funds, while the few that struggle to show up used to abandon their offices by between 12.00noon and 1.00pm.

Mostly affected were the workers operating at the old governor’s office located at Oke Ori Omi along Irona quarters in Ado Ekiti and the State secretariat along bank road in the state capital.

Those operating at the new governor’s office, where Governor Ayodele Fayose and his Deputy, Dr Kolapo Olusola’s offices were situated normally closed by 3pm, because of the fear of being sacked if they are caught in the act.
http://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/05/16/unpaid-salaries-ekiti-workers-abandon-offices-close-early/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook

PoliticsMy Arrest By EFCC Has No Political Undertone – Shekarau by Anasko(op): 3:55pm On May 15, 2016
A former Kano State governor who was accused of helping to distribute N950 million in the #Dasukigate scandal has said he is not being politically victimised.

Mr. Shekarau, a founding member of Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, decamped to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, few months to the 2015 elections.

He was recently arrested by the anti-graft agency, EFCC, amid allegations that he helped distribute N950 million to top Kano and other northern politicians in the build-up to the elections.

The money is believed to be part of the $2.1 billion arms fund allegedly mismanaged by the former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki. Mr. Dasuki and some other officials of the previous administration are already being prosecuted for their roles in the scam popularly referred as #Dasukigate.

On Sunday, Mr. Shekarau, who also served as Education Minster under the Goodluck Jonathan administration, said his arrest and detention by the EFCC has no political undertone.

While addressing journalists at a news conference in Kano, he said “what happened to me could happen to anybody and it was only godly for me to accept my fate, good or bad.”

He, however, insisted that he was ready to spend the next 10 years in the Commission’s custody to prove his innocence.

“I am not suspecting any political undertone in my arrest but rather regard it as an act of God to test my faith.

“I was told that one of the beneficiaries of the N950 million in question implicated me; that I was given N25 million as my share of the money but could not state where, how and when.”

Mr. Shekarau, who thanked his supporters, said he was not suspecting anybody behind his ordeal.

The former minister was arrested by EFCC on Thursday in his house at Mundubawa, Kano metropolis.


He was alleged to have collected N25 million as his own share of the money and consequently quizzed by the Commission.

At Sunday’s conference, Mr. Shekarau did not explain his exact role in the distribution of the funds.
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/203442-accused-distributing-n950-million-dasukigate-shekarau-rules-political-victimisation.html

PoliticsEFCC Invades Shekarau’s Mansion As Ex- Gov Spends Second Day In Costody by Anasko(op): 10:28pm On May 14, 2016
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have invaded the Mundubawa Avenue, Kano residence of a former governor of of the state, Ibrahim Shekarau.

Sources at the residence said on Saturday morning, the operatives began searching the residence of the former governor, who is detained by the anti-graft agency since Thursday.

Mr. Shekarau had denied benefiting from the N950million campaign funds and knowledge of how the money was shared, admitting that the funds were only shared in his house.


Malam Ibrahim Shekarau
After his arrest on Thursday, the EFCC granted him bail on the condition of presenting two directors in the federal civil service as sureties.

Reliable sources said Mr. Shekarau met the bail conditions on Friday, but the EFCC remanded him for his insistence that he did not benefit from the funds.

A former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Aminu Wali, was released on Thursday after admitting that he collected N25 “contingency allowance” from the campaign funds.

Sources told Daily Nigerian that Mr. Shekarau received his share of N25 “contingency allowance” through his emissary, identified as Yahaya.

Daily Nigerian reliably gathered that when a former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Aminu Wali, collected the money from Fidelity Bank, located on Murtala Mohammed Way, Kano, he raised concerns about the safety of the funds in his custody to party leaders.

At that point, sources said, Mr. Shekarau to volunteered to take the money to his house, saying he had enough safes to contain the money.

Mr. Wali and other party leaders allegedly obliged the request.

“Ambassador Wali never even accompanied the money to Shekarau’s Mundubawa Avenue residence and he never participated in sharing the money,” said a source who is a member of the campaign committee.

“Shekarau single-handedly shared all the money to all the beneficiaries. He gave State Assembly, House of Representatives and Senatorial candidates their shares.”
http://dailynigerian.com/2016/05/14/efcc-invades-shekaraus-residence-as-ex-gov-spends-second-day-in-costody/

PoliticsRe: Corruption: Diezani, Ibori, Dariye, 57 Other Nigerians May Lose UK Assets by Anasko(op): 8:32am On May 14, 2016
i will like the names of apc guys included even the names of our current senators, governors and ministers.
PoliticsCorruption: Diezani, Ibori, Dariye, 57 Other Nigerians May Lose UK Assets by Anasko(op): 8:26am On May 14, 2016
Fresh facts emerged yesterday that more
than 60 top Nigerians may lose assets and
cash laundered in the United Kingdom.
The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission ( EFCC) may soon submit a list
of those convicted, under probe, the fleeing
suspects and those watch-listed to the
relevant agencies in the UK.
The UK was said to be in custody of over
£40 million stolen funds recovered from
some Nigerian government officials in 2008.
This is apart from about £22.5million
recovered from the Island of Jersey.
Of the cash, about £6.8million loot had been
traced to ex-Governor James Ibori.
Some of those likely to be affected include
ex-governors like James Ibori, Diepreye
Alamieyeseigha, Joshua Dariye, the late
Abubakar Audu, Chimaroke Nnamani, Lucky
Igbinedion, the immediate past Minister of
Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-
Madueke, and others.
Others are about 13 ex-governors on trial for
financial crimes, some former ministers
either on trial or under investigation, some
indicted top bankers during the 2008
financial crisis.
Six of the ex-governors were alleged to have
acquired assets worth £15million in the
United Kingdom, while in office.
One of the governors allegedly paid
£1.6million at a go in 2005 for a posh
mansion in London.
According to findings, about 60 highly-
placed Nigerians, especially politically
exposed persons and their fronts, have
assets and looted funds in the United
Kingdom and Island of Jersey.
For instance, Ibori’s assets in the UK are
said to worth more than $150 million. A
former director of Nigerian Ports Authority
(NPA) owns a flat in St George Wharf worth
about 450 pounds more than 10 years ago,
while another top civil servant owns 1.65
million pounds Fulham property.
It was learnt that the decision of the British
Prime Minister, David Cameron, to
collaborate with the administration of
President Muhammadu Buhari has dimmed
the hope of the affected treasury looters.
A top source, who spoke in confidence, said:
“With the pledge of the British Prime
Minister, we will just go to our shelf and reel
out the list of those with suspected loot and
laundered funds in the United Kingdom.
“Already, we have the dossiers of all these
suspects right from the days of Mallam
Nuhu Ribadu as the EFCC chairman.
“We can talk of about 60 on our radar,
including about 13 governors, former
ministers, oil subsidy suspects, indicted top
bankers and some of those involved in the $
15billion arms deals.
“We will recover all the stolen funds. In fact,
very soon, we may start publishing the
photographs of the identified assets of some
of these suspects.
“In fact, the Chairman of the EFCC, Mr.
Ibrahim Magu, met with the Special Fraud
Office in London on Thursday.
“We can seize these assets under the Interim
Forfeiture Order in Sections 26 and 29 of the
EFCC Act.
The section reads: “Any property subject to
forfeiture under this Act may be seized by
the commission in the following
circumstances- (a) the seizure is incidental
to an arrest or search; or (b) in the case of
property liable to forfeiture upon process
issued by the Court following an application
made by the Commission in accordance
with the prescribed rules.
“Whenever property is seized under any of
the provisions of this Act, the Commission
may-(a) place the property under seal; or (b)
remove the property to a place designated
by the Commission.
“Properties taken or detained under this
section shall be deemed to be in custody of
the Commission, subject only to an order of
a Court.”
The EFCC and the Metropolitan Police have
been collaborating in the past few years.
The British government had, in 2008,
expressed its willingness to return about £40
million stolen funds recovered from some
Nigerian government officials.
A former Acting British High Commissioner
to Nigeria, James Tansley, on September 27,
2007 handed over two cheques for more
than $250,000 (£126,000, 29.3m naira) to
Nigeria.
The UK Metropolitan Police had said the
amount was only a fraction of the fortunes
that the former Governor of Plateau State,
Chief Joshua Dariye, and other Nigerian
officials had diverted to London.
A cheque for $2 million belonging to a
former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief
Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, was also returned
to Nigeria by the British government.
President Muhammadu Buhari had during
the week pleaded with the UK to return
stolen funds to Nigeria.
“I am not going to demand any apology
from anybody. What I am demanding is the
return of assets,” Buhari said at a function in
London.



http://thenationonlineng.net/global-coalition-corruption-diezani-ibori-dariye-57-nigerians-may-lose-uk-assets/
PoliticsCapital Release For Budget 2016 Begins Today by Anasko(op): 6:36am On May 13, 2016
Economy Seen Picking Up As FG Begins Capital Release Today

Senator Udo Udoma, Minister of Budget and National Planning, on Thursday, said that the Federal Government would begin capital releases for the 2016 budget today. Analysts say implementation of the 2016 budget may inject the funds needed to lift Nigerian economy from the current level.

The minister spoke while giving a breakdown of the 2016 Budget of Change at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

“By tomorrow, some releases would be made. We are ready to start releases as far as the budget is concerned,” said Udoma, adding that his ministry intends to work closely with the Federal Ministry of Finance to ensure cash backing of the capital projects.

“The 2016 budget would run concurrently until May next year as government intends to return to the January to December financial year, the minister said in a question and answer session.

“We intend to take the budget to where it ought to be, the January to December financial year, which is much better for implementation. So for the next year’s budget we intend to get it to the National Assembly so that it is passed by the year end,” he said.

This is even as the budget minister said the 2016 budget would include six strategic areas such as economic diversification, critical infrastructure and reforms in the oil and gas sector.

Others, he said, include ease of doing business, policy, environment, national security and governance, and social investment.

“The Strategic Implementation Plan forms the basis for the preparation and implementation of the 2016 budget, as it documents the key short-term priorities of the incumbent administration to place the economy on this upward trajectory as it is repositioned for change, inclusive growth and sustainable development,” Udoma said.

A breakdown of the 2016 budget projections shows that the fiscal document envisages a net distributable revenue of N5.72 trillion, comprising main federation account revenue of N4.303 trillion and N1.416 trillion from the value-added tax pool account.

Of the distributable revenue, net oil receipts amount to N1.48 trillion or 25 percent while net non-oil revenue accounts for the balance of N4.22 trillion or 75 percent.

The states and local governments’ share of the distributable pool amount to N3.24 trillion while the Federal Government would receive N2.48 trillion.

The Federal Government’s budgeted revenue is projected at N3.855 trillion largely contributed by the internally generated revenue (IGR) of N1.51 trillion, which is 35 percent increase over the N2.855 trillion for the 2015 budget.

Federal Government’s revenue is mainly to be derived from the growth in non-oil resources from corporate tax; VAT and dividends from government corporations and independent revenue.

A projection of N1.88 trillion was made on corporate taxes in the 2016 budget as against N1.42 trillion in 2015, and VAT collection of N1.48 trillion in 2016 from N1.28 trillion last year.

Provisions for expenditure of the N6.06 trillion 2016 budget shows a 35 percent increase over the 2015 budget of N5.067 trillion.

Statutory transfer (inclusive of N157 billion-capital component) is put at N352.37 billion, debt servicing including sinking fund of N1.48 trillion, recurrent (non-debt) expenditure is put at N2.65 trillion.

Capital expenditure (excluding share of capital in statutory transfers) is put at N1.59 trillion while the capital expenditure (including share of capital expenditure in statutory transfer) is put at N1.7 trillion.

Some key allocations in the 2016 budget are Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, N456.93 billion; Transpiration, N202.34 billion; Defence, N443.07 billion; Interiors, N513.65 billion; Education, N403.16 billion and Health, N250.06 billion.

Others are Agriculture and Rural Development, 75.80 billion; Solid Minerals, N16.73 billion; Youth and Sports Development, N75.79 billion; Water Resources, N53.30 billion and special intervention programmes of N500 billion.



The budget is predicated on an oil production benchmark of 2.2 million barrels per day at $38 per barrel and an exchange rate of N197 to a dollar.

Udoma said government plans to actively support the use of public private partnerships in the development of infrastructure and encourages ministers to explore concessioning arrangements for airports, major roads and other infrastructure projects.

The government, he said, was working to raise $25 billion for the establishment of an infrastructure fund within three years.

Among priority projects listed for implementation by government are dualisation of the Kano-Maiduguri Road (sections I-V) for N13 billion; Lagos-Ibadan Expressway (section1) for N40 billion; N1.1 billion for the generation of 700mw from Zungeru Hydro Power Project; N18.3 billion for the completion of Abuja (Idu) – Kaduna 186.5km single track rail line; N60 billion counterpart funding for Lagos- Kano Standard Gauge rail line and N60 billion counterpart funding for Calabar-Lagos Standard Gauge rail line.
http://independentnig.com/economy-to-rebound-as-fg-begins-capital-release-today/

PoliticsCaption This Picture:pmb And Emir Of Daura by Anasko(op): 10:03am On May 10, 2016
President Buhari can crack jokes wooo. May god help Baba to progress Nigeria.

PoliticsRe: Our Story, By Fulani Herdsmen by Anasko(op): 9:31am On May 01, 2016
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PoliticsOur Story, By Fulani Herdsmen by Anasko(op): 9:29am On May 01, 2016
Baba Othman Ngelzarma is the National Secretary, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, otherwise known as Fulani herdsmen. In this interview, he explains the challenges confronting the Fulani herdsmen and frowns at the negative profiling of the Fulani people. And whereas he admits that there are a few criminals who are of the Fulani stock, the true situation is that Fulani herdsmen too are victims of cattle rustlers. I want to believe that you have seen part of the Grazing Bills and the question is, do you think that would solve the problem? Firstly, before I say anything, let me use this opportunity to condemn in totality what has taken place in Enugu, it is extremely shocking and I want to sympathise with the government and people of Enugu State irrespective of who has done it. People have lost their lives. It is a sad happening and we hope the security will do all they could to fish out the perpetrators. We, too, have suffered immensely in the hands of these perpetrators because our cattle are lost in their thousands, Fulanis are always kidnapped - hardly a day passes and you will not hear that five or 10 Fulanis have been kidnapped for ransom. Only that it is a silent happening and the media is not covering it. Fulani being kidnapped? Yes. Every day. Find out from Kaduna State. It’s is really sad. These are things that are perpetrated by criminals but, surprisingly, everybody is blaming the Fulani herdsmen; so we are now victims and culprits at the same time. Since some of them are victims, do you think these Bills will address the issues on the table? Yes, definitely. The law governing the establishment of grazing reserves is not new, it started in 1965. Later in 1978, the Land Use Act was extended to cover it. In 1988, National Agriculture Policy also earmarked 10percent of the total national territory for grazing areas - that is, 9.8million hectares of land were earmarked in 1988 for grazing reserves. That figure was later increased to 20million hectares. So what happened to all the land? What we have today is less than three million hectares - the so-called gazetted grazing areas cover only about three million. We have about 415 grazing areas and grazing reserves and forest reserves because these are different things. The grazing reserves are those that are gazetted. Out of the 415, 141 were gazetted. And those 141 reserves gazetted cover only about three million hectares of land. And even that one today has been damaged by ecology, encroachment and the rest. If that is the case, you now have state governors who are saying they will not give out any land. Do you think they should just hold on to see how they could solve the clashes first, before the Bills? You see, these clashes came as a result of the absence of developed grazing reserves and the protection of those reserves. These are areas that have suffered a lot of neglect because the pastoralists’ livelihood has been frequently undermined by unfriendly policies and laws. The policies of the past administrations have given more attention to agronomy and not the livestock sub-sector. That is what has caused this problem. This is a consequence of the neglect of this long-term sector of the economy. As I told you, we have about three million hectares which have been destroyed. They are mostly located in the northern and the south-western parts of the country. These are all the states of the North, as well as Oyo and Ogun states. How did the grazing reserves work for the herdsmen in the past? A lot of legislations covered them because, if you go to the states, you have the local government and forestry units working effectively to protect the reserves but, today, I do not think they are there again. Some people think if there are grazing reserves, that is where the herdsmen should be? They were occupied to some extent but encroachment by small farmers and big-time farmers, who acquired land to obtain loans from banks and not for real agriculture and the environment, over-grazing and non- maintenance of the reserves, have rendered them useless. Have groups like yours met northern governors to sensitise them to the future dangers of not maintaining those reserves? We have been meeting with them for quite some time now. So why are they not listening? I don’t know. As I told you earlier, it is the neglect of this sector that is causing this problem. If past administrations had done their work like the immediate post-colonial administrations did, we wouldn’t be in this situation that we have found ourselves today. May be the reserves would have been developed to an extent that we won’t have these issues. If you look at the Fulani man, the cattle business is his livelihood, so you then wonder why he would be pushed to the southern part of the country in search of grass and water because, if grass and water were provided in the reserves in the North, I do not think the herdsman would have the desire to go anywhere and expose himself to danger because he always moves with his family. He provides security for his family and security for his business, so how do you expect , no matter how illiterate he is, to go and ignite trouble for himself to get killed. I think some people somewhere are out to profile the Fulani herdsmen as terrorists. Who do you think those people are? We don’t know. That is the problem. We see the media as going against the herdsmen because most of the challenges we face are not reported. But if you don’t incident the cases with the police, how do we report them? The police know very much what is happening. Go to the Police Command in Kaduna State and find out what is happening to the Fulani herdsmen. I’m sure you are aware of the thousands of cattle that are lost daily. Who are the owners of the cattle? They are Fulani herdsmen. We lose a lot of cattle as a result of cattle rustling but who is doing something to protect us? It is only once the coming of this administration that we have seen action being taken in that area. There must be a faint idea of those who are killing people in the name of Fulani herdsmen? They are criminals because we do not know them. But they say they dress like the average Fulani men? That cannot be ruled out. There was a case in Taraba State two years ago. They came in the Fulani attire but, when they were caught, it was discovered that they were not Fulani. Some people are trying to spoil the name of the Fulani herdsmen. That is what we have in the country today. They stereotype and profile the Fulani herdsmen as criminals. What do you do if you were in the shoes of the victims or the media that, while carrying out your duty, the narrative you get is that they were kidnapped by Fulani people and this was the ransom they paid to them. Are you saying people should not say it as it is because it involves the Fulani? Look, we must confess, we have criminals among the Fulani just like any other communities in Nigeria where there are criminals. You are talking about some 30million people in Nigeria. You are also talking about 16million cattle-rearing families in the country. So, if you go to the prison, you will see that the Fulani are more in number. You cannot expect a tribe that occupies just one local government to be compared to one with a spread across the whole country. So what is your group doing? As a voluntary organisation, there is a limit to what we can do. We have been reporting to the security agencies and they have been cooperating with us. In fact, the IGP knows everything. Take for instance the Olu Falae issue. When it happened, a lot of media attacks were on but we didn’t respond; we just took the bull by the horn. We went on tour of the South- West. We went to Lagos, Oyo, Osun, Ogun, Ekiti and later we landed in Ondo. Finally, we visited Olu Falae himself and we discussed extensively and that was what laid that matter to rest because much of what happened then was propaganda. Definitely, Olu Falae was kidnapped; he paid ransom and we discovered that some people were involved. We admit that some people have criminal intent but profiling a whole race because of the crimes of a few or some is something that is not fair. Some solutions have been proffered but a lot of people are saying the Bills cannot work. Some people insist that the Fulani herdsmen have a business to run and they should finance their business on their own without destroying other peoples’ properties? They are entitled to their opinion but, today, because of the profiling, whichever community that sees a Fulani man is apprehensive. Sometimes, youths of the community would push the Fulani, shoot their cows and that is what ignites problem. We visited Benue State during the last administration and we succeeded in bringing down tension. What we discovered was that when they go to graze in the forest, an area that doesn’t belong to anybody, people would come and demand money from them before they can graze. And even after settling, another group would come and demand for money again and, if they refuse to pay, they shoot the cows. When a Fulani man gets to an area, he reports to the Fulani head in that area and then report to the traditional leadership in the community. This is the culture wherever they go. Today, we have over 30million cows in Nigeria, and over 150million sheep and goats. So, if you don’t plan for these things, there is definitely going to be a problem. We want government to settle these people in a place because we too are tired of all these problems. There is this issue of AK-47? That is one issue I would like to correct. If you see a Fulani man handling AK-47, that is because cattle rustling has become so much that one wonders if there is security in the country. With the coming of this administration, we are seeing a lot of improvement. No peace-loving Fulani man would be carrying AK-47 and moving about. What sort of improvements have you seen from this administration? This administration has helped us recover a lot of cattle. I’m sure you’re aware of the amnesty granted to some of them in Kano State. How do you know your cattle? They have marks and there are traditional ways of identifying the cows. If there are many cows here and a Fulani man wants to identify his own cattle from the recovered cattle, some would sing or make some sounds and you’ll see the Fulani man’s cow coming out in his direction. All of them have marks for identification. In Lagos, we have succeeded in catching about, four times, cattle rustlers.






http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/05/story-fulani-herdsmen/
PoliticsRe: Arase Orders Arrest Of Igbo Policeman ‘involved’ In Enugu Killings by Anasko(op): 9:14am On May 01, 2016
As far as we Nigerians and Northerners are concern lets catch this so called herdmens and know their identity and dealth with them. but you cannot point any tribe and called them militants or terrorists without probe. but justice shall prevail tl any Nigerian
PoliticsRe: Arase Orders Arrest Of Igbo Policeman ‘involved’ In Enugu Killings by Anasko(op): 9:07am On May 01, 2016
MirabelArode:
Good, hand him over to the youths, they need to know his family compound, and his lineage roots, if they are really Igbos before executing him.

Many Ebonyians bear Chukwu and we know that Ebonyi has the highest muslim population in SE. Is the corporal a converted muslim? The youth will like to know.

Now Arase, when will the herdsmen be arrested?
ipod sighted.
PoliticsRe: Arase Orders Arrest Of Igbo Policeman ‘involved’ In Enugu Killings by Anasko(op): 8:55am On May 01, 2016
Lets tribalists come and depend your ipod brother. i tired for this people. corporal chukwu helping hoodlums to kill his people for the sake of money by his pay masters.
PoliticsArase Orders Arrest Of Igbo Policeman ‘involved’ In Enugu Killings by Anasko(op): 8:52am On May 01, 2016
Solomon Arase, the inspector general of
police, has ordered the immediate arrest of
a police officer said to be a collaborator in
the attack allegedly perpetrated by
herdsmen in Ukpabi, Nimbo community,
Uzo-Uwani local government area of Enugu
state.
The police officer was simply identified as
Corporal Chukwu.
The IGP, who was accompanied by
Chukwuka Utazi, the senator representing
Enugu North, ordered that the said police
officer be investigated and if found guilty, be
prosecuted.
He vowed to bring to prosecution those
found culpable of the deaths of the
community members
He said: “I am not happy about what has
happened and that is why I have decided to
come and have an on-the-spot assessment
of the situation.
“I have been discussing with the senator
from the area and others to enable us find
lasting solution to the problem. I have been
able to see what happened and we should
be able to find solutions.
“I can assure Nigerians that nobody has the
right to take the life of any other Nigerian
and go free with it. We are going to make
sure that we catch them and prosecute
them, and we will create the enabling
environment for peace.”
Arase met with John Akor, the traditional
ruler of the community, and suggested that
community members be vigilant and law
abiding.
On Monday, some residents of the
community were killed and others injured in
a brutal attack witnesses say was carried
out by Fulani herdsmen, but the police say
was carried out by hoodlums.

https://www.thecable.ng/arase-orders-arrest-of-policeman-involved-in-enugu-killings

NYSCRe: Early Payment Of April Allawee by Anasko(m): 9:35pm On Apr 29, 2016
Access bank Kaduna paid around 6:30pm
PoliticsArase Orders Arrest Of Policeman ‘involved’ In Enugu Killings by Anasko(op): 7:08pm On Apr 28, 2016
Solomon Arase, the inspector general of
police, has ordered the immediate arrest of
a police officer said to be a collaborator in
the attack allegedly perpetrated by
herdsmen in Ukpabi, Nimbo community,
Uzo-Uwani local government area of Enugu
state.
The police officer was simply identified as
Corporal Chukwu.
The IGP, who was accompanied by
Chukwuka Utazi, the senator representing
Enugu North, ordered that the said police
officer be investigated and if found guilty, be
prosecuted.
He vowed to bring to prosecution those
found culpable of the deaths of the
community members
He said: “I am not happy about what has
happened and that is why I have decided to
come and have an on-the-spot assessment
of the situation.
“I have been discussing with the senator
from the area and others to enable us find
lasting solution to the problem. I have been
able to see what happened and we should
be able to find solutions.
“I can assure Nigerians that nobody has the
right to take the life of any other Nigerian
and go free with it. We are going to make
sure that we catch them and prosecute
them, and we will create the enabling
environment for peace.”
Arase met with John Akor, the traditional
ruler of the community, and suggested that
community members be vigilant and law
abiding.
On Monday, some residents of the
community were killed and others injured in
a brutal attack witnesses say was carried
out by Fulani herdsmen, but the police say
was carried out by hoodlums.



https://www.thecable.ng/arase-orders-arrest-of-policeman-involved-in-enugu-killings

PoliticsRe: Armed Men Crossing Benue River En-Route Agatu (Video) - SBM Intelligence by Anasko(m): 6:38pm On Apr 28, 2016
this is an old video. i knew this video for the past 2 years.
NYSCRe: 2016 Batch A KADUNA CM, Lets Meet Here by Anasko(m): 9:36am On Apr 21, 2016
wlcm to black gold camp the most sweetest camp. u will never regret ur service in kd. from serving corp member batch b kaduna state.
PoliticsRe: Why Is There No Fulani Attacks In Core North ? by Anasko(m): 9:05am On Apr 19, 2016
About 50 persons have been killed on
Saturday night by a group of unknown
gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen.
The armed bandits who besieged Kwanar
Dutse community under Maru local
government area of Zamfara state also
razed half the number of houses in the
community.
“I rushed to the main entrance and peeped
through a hole and spotted many
motorcycles, each loaded with three persons
armed with heavy rifles”
This was followed by sporadic gunshots and
horrible wailing sounds of men, women and
children being killed in cold blood. The
gunmen operated till dawn without the
intervention of the military, the police or any
other security organ.
About 50 persons have lost their lives in the
attack.’
A witness, Hamza Bula, said he was awoken
by the sounds of gunshots all over the
community.
“I quickly realized that our community was
under house to house attack by insurgents.’’
The insurgents moved from house to house
in a highly coordinated operation, killing
everyone in sight.
It was gathered that the death merchants, at
the end of the deadly operation, left
unchallenged with an unspecified number of
cattle.
The state police command, spokesperson,
DSP Sanusi Amiru, confirmed that only 12
people were killed in the attack, adding that
police and military squads have been drafted
in the area to restore peace and provide
security for the com.



http://www.thebreakingtimes.com/fulani-herdsmen-kill-50-in-maru-lga-zamfara-state/
PoliticsGov.Okezie Ikpeazu And Okorocha Comfirmed The Killing Of Hausa-fulanis in Abia by Anasko(op): 10:24pm On Apr 11, 2016
Governors Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia and his
Imo State counterpart, Rochas Okorocha,
have said​ that​ the killing of five “Hausa-
Fulani” herdsmen in a forest along the
border of the two states was done by
“miscreants​”.
Mr. Okorocha said the attack was not
directed at a particularly ethnic group as two
Igbos were also killed in the attack.​​
The State Security Service, SSS, had on
Saturday said it discovered mass graves of
“Hausa-Fulani” residents abducted and
murdered by suspected members of the
Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, in Abia
State.
Messrs. Ikpeazu and Okorocha spoke on
Monday in Umuahia, the Abia State capital,
on the outcome of a Joint Security Council
meeting of the two states, apparently
disagreeing with the spy agency’s
statement.
Mr. Ikpeazu said kidnapping had become a
recurring decimal in the area, adding that the
meeting was convened to make a bold
statement on the security challenges that
confronted both states.
“We condemn the killings as it concerns the
five Fulani men that were abducted and
assassinated in a forest.
“And we are all united in the fact that the
particular forest and such other forests will
be rid of criminals that use them as
hideouts.
“It is our responsibility to protect lives and
property of people that reside in Abia, as
security agencies of both states have been
mandated to cross the borders of both
states to hunt down criminals,” Mr. Ikpeazu
said.
He said the time when criminals would
launch attacks and hide in Imo and or Abia
State had become a thing of the past.
In his remarks, Mr. Okorocha also
condemned the killing, saying the culprits
would be punished.
“On the issue of the killing of five Fulani men
that has caused tension, the culprits have
been arrested and will be dealt with under
the law as well as made to pay the ultimate
price,” he said.
Mr. Okorocha said the killing was a case of
kidnapping and had nothing to do with
ethnicity.
“Information reaching us reveal that it is not
just five Fulani men as there are two
corpses believed to be Igbos from the area,
so it is not a direct attack on any ethnic
group”, he added.
Awa Kalu, the Security Adviser to Abia
Governor, said “the alleged killing of
herdsmen should be in Isuikwuato Local
Government Area, along the border between
Abia and Imo around Uturu axis”.
Mr. Kalu, a retired captain, said the suspects
arrested in connection with the crime had
been giving useful information to the
security agencies.
(NAN)


http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/201642-igbos-killed-alongside-hausa-fulani-herdsmen-in-abia-okorocha.html
PoliticsNigeria And China Sign $23bn Deal For Three Refineries by Anasko(op): 10:22am On Apr 10, 2016
Nigeria's state-run oil firm NNPC and China
State Construction Engineering Corporation
(CSCEC) have signed a $23bn (£16bn; 18bn
euros) deal.
The two will jointly seek financing and
credits from Chinese authorities and banks
to build three refineries and a fuel complex
in Nigeria.
The project would add 750,000 barrels per
day of extra refining capacity.
NNPC hopes the construction of new
refineries will stem the flood of imported
refined products into Nigeria.
'Deepen relationships'
Nigeria is the world's 12th-largest oil
producer and the eighth-largest oil exporter.
But the country imports roughly 85% of its
fuel needs because of the disrepair and
mismanagement of its four state-owned
refineries.
"We are about to deepen the existing
technical and commercial relationships
between China and Nigeria through the
signing of a memorandum of
understanding," said Shehu Ladan, head of
NNPC.
The three refineries will be built in Bayelsa,
Kogi and Lagos states, while a location has
to be confirmed for the petrochemicals
complex.
The Nigerian government has said that
foreign companies must invest in developing
Nigeria's infrastructure and economy first,
before they can benefit from its oil and gas
exports.


http://www.bbc.com/news/10116945?SThisFB%3FSThisFB%3FSThisFB

IslamRe: The Patience Of Ummu Sulaym (rodiyallaahu Anhaa) by Anasko(m): 11:24am On Apr 08, 2016
thats the beauty of Islam
BusinessRe: Naira Exchange Rates Today by Anasko(m): 3:08pm On Apr 06, 2016
this thing no dey go below 320
CelebritiesRe: Nigerian Celebrities You Never Knew Were From Kaduna State by Anasko(m): 2:56pm On Apr 05, 2016
RandomVic:
Joel, 6 foot plus and Amokachi are all from Benue State. Why spread false news? Rubbish!
gerrout Amo14 is from kd my area to be precise.
CrimeRe: Hoodlums Attack Churches In Kaduna by Anasko(op): 4:38pm On Apr 04, 2016
emenas:
el rufai 's plan to islamise kaduna 'll not work in jesus name AMEN!!!!
shut off. read between the lines.
CrimeHoodlums Attack Churches In Kaduna by Anasko(op): 4:34pm On Apr 04, 2016
Residents of Ungwan Boro in Chikun Local Government were gripped with fear over the weekend when youths said to be numbering up to fifty, attacked three white garment churches, leaving two persons critically wounded. An eye witness said the hoodlums struck around 5pm when some worshipers were praying in their respective local churches. Speaking to Independent, the Police Public Relations Officer in the State, DSP Zubairu Abubakar, confirmed the incident and disclosed that one Akim Samuel of ECWA Church has been arrested in connection with the attack. The PPRO also confirmed the death of 20- year-old ThankGod Peter, who went to Ferroro river with his friend to swim and got drowned in the process shortly before the attack. His corpse according to him has been taken to the mortuary while investigation continues. Efforts, he said have been intensified to arrest the fleeing suspects for full scale investigation. Founder, Redemption Hill Church, Prophetess Juliana Adebayo said the miscreants were chasing out people from the nearby prayer mountain with iron rod and other deadly weapons; brutalizing anyone at sight and in the process broke into her church where about N250, 000 cash and other valuables including phones, were carted away.



http://independentnig.com/2016/04/hoodlums-attack-churches-kaduna/
PoliticsRe: El-rufai’s Religious Bill Biblical -activist by Anasko(op): 4:59pm On Apr 03, 2016
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PoliticsEl-rufai’s Religious Bill Biblical -activist by Anasko(op): 4:55pm On Apr 03, 2016
Amidst heavy criticisms over the
controversial Religious Activities Regulation
Bill by the Kaduna State government,
Comrade Philip Agbese, a civil rights activist,
has described the bill as a biblical concept
that was initiated by Apostle Paul in the
Bible.
The United Kingdom based activist said
Governor Nasir El Rufai is more of a prophet
of God than those who have predicted his
death.
His words: “Anyone that wants El Rufai to
die does not have a copy of the New
Testament or lacks basic knowledge of
simple comprehension or both. The prophet
calling for El Rufai’s death is not only a joker
playing the brain cards of prosperity on his
followers but as well guilty of the offences
that are enclosed in the letters of the Bill
already sent to the Kaduna State House of
Assembly.
“These very persons were the same goons
who collected our hard earned money in
foreign currency from former President
Goodluck Jonathan that he would win the
Presidential election.
“Unfortunately, when the results turned
upside down, they still shamelessly
attempted to deceive their congregants that
it was God who changed his mind. How do
we explain the flip flops in their prophetic
narratives when those calling for El Rufai’s
head had predicted that he will never
become Governor, that Okorocha will lose
his second term and that Goodluck
Jonathan was going to win again?”
Supporting the move by El-Rufai, he
informed that it was Apostle Paul in the
Bible who encouraged Christians that all
men and women should learn to conduct
themselves in an orderly manner. Whoever
doesn’t respect this admonishment cannot
in the first instance address him/herself as a
Christian anywhere in the world?
He advised that the Bill when passed into
law shall restrict what he termed “cut and
join Pastors and Imams” from misleading
people in Nigeria and should be endorsed
throughout the federation and allowed to
stand in order to bring about sanity in
Nigeria.
According to Agbese, Nigeria has the highest
number of churches and mosques in the
world yet the citizens still find it difficult to
live together in peace and harmony due to
hate preaching and sermons that have
become a part and parcel of them.
Meanwhile, the activist has called on
genuine prophets of God to pray for the
Governor to succeed in his quest to protect
the citizens of Kaduna State irrespective of
religious or ethnic affiliation.

http://independentnig.com/2016/04/el-rufais-religious-bill-biblical-activist/

Politics‘nigerian Army Kills Boko Haram Terrorists, Clears Arms Factory In Borno’ by Anasko(op): 5:18pm On Apr 02, 2016
Troops of the 155 Task Force Battalion of
the Nigerian Army on Thursday discovered
and destroyed Improvised Explosive Device
factory and cleared Boko Haram terrorists’
hideout in Wulwuta village, near Jere, Bama
Local Government Area of Borno State.
The troops also killed nine of the terrorists
while one soldier was wounded in action.
This is contained in a statement by the
acting Director of Army Public Relations,
Sani Usman, a colonel.
The statement said during the operations,
the troops recovered one laptop, one solar
panel, a pair of Nigerian military desert and
woodland camouflage uniform each, as well
as bandolier vest and six ready IEDs
pressure plates.
Other recoveries include a loaded pistol with
registration number D557954, three rounds
of 7.65mm, 13 rounds of 7.62mm (NATO)
ammunitions and combat boots, amongst
others.
The soldiers also rescued 21 persons held
captives by the terrorists, comprising eight
men, four women and nine children, all of
who were moved to the Brigade
Headquarters for further care, screening and
eventual hand over to the appropriate
agencies.
“It is significant to state that the ever vigilant
and professional troops noticed that the
terrorists were determined to cause
maximum casualty on them by stuffing two
empty artillery shells and other cartridges
with IED and batteries ready to explode,” the
statement said.
“They were however safely detonated by the
Explosive Ordinance Device (EOD) team
attached to the unit.
“It is heart warming to state that the troops
morale remains high and fighting efficiency
is equally unprecedented.”



http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/201160-nigerian-army-kills-boko-haram-terrorists-clears-arms-factory-borno.html
PoliticsRe: How President Buhari Got It Perfectly Right With Ogoniland Clean-up. by Anasko(m): 11:57am On Apr 02, 2016
Leboska:
Can somebody tell that foolish idiot called buhari that election is over that he should campaigning & work. Since when have that thing being telling us about Ogoni land.
Wailing is allowed in a democratic system.

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