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A federal court in Abuja has freed Aminu Oguche,
the suspected mastermind of the Nyanya bomb
attack in Abuja, the News Agency of Nigeria has
reported.
The court struck out a two-count terrorism
charge against Mr. Ogwuche on Monday, after
months of trial for the April 2014 attack which
killed more than 70 people.
The court hinged its decision on lack of diligent
prosecution by the state.
Mr. Ogwuche, a suspected Boko Haram member,
was accused by the Nigerian government of being
behind the attack.
The blast at the Nyanya Motor Park occurred
during morning peak hours as residents were
hurrying to work.
The government said Mr. Ogwuche fled to Sudan
after coordinating the attack.
He was later repatriated to Nigeria to face
charges.
Details of Monday’s ruling are sketchy and will be
brought in our subsequent updates.
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/171794-breaking-court-frees-alleged-nyanya-bomber.html

T he Office of National Security Adviser (ONSA)
has described has unfair and a total falsehood the
news report in some media that the National
Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki has
ordered the arrest of Hon. Aminu Waziri
Tambuwal at a meeting with Vice President
Namadi Sambo and Inspector General of Police
Suleman Abba.
Sambo Dasuki, National Security Adviser
The Director Special Duties in the Office of
National Security Adviser, retired Colonel Bello
Fadile described the reports and rumours as
untrue and total falsehood.
Colonel Fadile said: “It is not only untrue and
mere fabricated reports that the NSA met with the
VP and ordered the arrest of Hon Tambuwal. The
fact is that the National Security Adviser, Sambo
Dasuki has been outside the country since
Wednesday on pressing national security issues.
“To the best of our knowledge there is no any
order for the arrest of Hon. Aminu Waziri
Tambuwal of the House of Representatives.
"We therefore urge the media to always cross-
check their stories before going to the press.”
Meanwhile the Spokesperson of the Nigeria Police
Force, DCP Emmanuel Ojukwu has also denied the
report for any such arrest. He nevertheless added
that: “It lies with the investigators to determine
who should be quizzed and/or prosecuted, as the
case may be for criminal acts.”

http://saharareporters.com/2014/11/22/no-order-arrest-tambuwal-nsa

] of the unlicensed local miners were pulled out
of the pit but died shortly afterwards. Another 33
are believed to be still trapped underground.
BY SAHARA REPORTERS
NOV 21, 2014
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40 people mining without licenses in the Ghanaian
town of Tiagbani are reported to have been
trapped in the pit they were mining in.
According to a local Ghanaian radio station seven
[7] of the unlicensed local miners were pulled out
of the pit but died shortly afterwards. Another 33
are believed to be still trapped underground.
Seven of the unlicensed local miners were pulled
out of the pit but died shortly afterwards. Another
33 are believed to be still trapped underground.
Photo Credit:
peacefmonline.com
The bodies of the those pulled out of the pit have
been deposited at the district hospital for
autopsy.
“They went to operate at their site but
unfortunately the pit caved in on them. Rescuers
are doing their best to dig out the dead bodies
but at the moment the whole township is
mourning,” the reporter for the radio station said.
Tiagbani is in the Talensi-Nabdam district of the
Upper East Region, far from the traditionally-
known gold mining sites in Ghana.
http://saharareporters.com/2014/11/21/ghana-40-perish-another-gold-mining-pit-caves

Hamza Al-Mustapha, an army major and former
Chief Security Officer to the late Head of State,
Sani Abacha, recently floated a non-governmental
organisation, Al-Mustapha Unity and Development
Initiative.
In this interview with PREMIUM TIMES, he speaks
on the mission of the organisation and its source
of funding as well as life after 15 years in
detention, his plan to return to the military, and
the allegation by former President Olusegun
Obasanjo that Mr. Al-Mustapha was heading a
killer squad for President Goodluck Jonathan
ahead of the 2015 general elections.
PT: What have you been doing since you returned
from detention?
Al-Mustapha : We were deliberately disconnected
from the society that we have been with for many
years before having served Nigeria, from my
commission to my arrest in 1998. So from 1998
to 2013 is a long period. So, for 15 years that
you’ve been kept out of the society you are
desirous of serving and you believe you owe a lot.
It is only normal that we continue to have a
reconnect as a directive from within our own
programmes from the north to the south. We
have built a lot of goodwill in the years past and
it is only normal that we see ourselves going
around for a reconnect.
PT: What is your impression of the recent
ceasefire agreement between the FG and the Boko
Haram?
Al-Mustapha : Where there are any operations
those who are deep into it are the ones that are
actually aware of the nitty-gritty involved. So, if
out of the surface or I don’t know about the
conception to the present state, it will be foolish
for me to be commenting on it. I prefer not to talk
if I’m ignorant of some topics, rather I am
confident to discuss or talk or contribute on any
matter that I am familiar with and I am aware of.
PT: How would you respond to the allegation by
former President Obasanjo that you are heading a
killer squad for President Jonathan?
Al-Mustapha : I have replied him that it is most
unfortunate. That is what I said. And for him to
have come up with that I’m sure he has no fact,
he has no figures, and he has nothing to say
other than what he has done. If he’s angry that
God has granted us freedom, that’s another thing
entirely. But to give such an allegation, weighty
as it is in the eyes of the law, certainly that is a
fundamental issue that cannot be brushed aside.
I challenge him to an open a debate as a direct
reply.
When he made that allegation in writing to the
president I was not in Nigeria. I was in India
treating the injuries he infected on me courtesy of
torture that he arranged on me since 15 years.
And while I was on hospital bed the information
came that a letter was written on such an
allegation. It’s most unfortunate. I wish being a
statesman, a former head of state (and) a former
senior military officer he should be able to
summon me, even to Otta. I’m ready to go
anywhere he wishes to discuss such issues. But I
was not and I am not to be counted among those
who have ill feelings against Nigeria. Rather we
are bridge builders; we are peace building
machine and we believe in peaceful coexistence of
Nigeria. It is the mission before us. So it was so
it is. We will not deviate from that.
PT: You’ve forgiven him?
Al-Mustapha : Of course, I have. Every other
person, even out of mischief, requires forgiveness.
It is strength to he that has forgiven and it a
lesson to he that initiated mischief. Mischief
cannot and will not have a sustained result no
matter who, where and when.
PT: What are your views about the presidential
ambition of some prominent northerners like
Muhammadu Buhari and Atiku Abubakar?
Al-Mustapha : I am not a political party card-
carrying member. So I cannot comment on that.
I’m watching the way you, as a citizen, is
watching. We will keep watching. So, the interest
and desire of whatsoever as provided by the law
to provide leadership to Nigeria is therefore for
anybody to exercise.
You can aspire to contest for presidency
tomorrow and we look forward with delight where
young men will take up a challenge. Give it a
shot, try, if you can, as enshrined in the law.
While they are contesting we are also looking
particularly for younger ones to do so and to
provide leadership to Nigerians.
PT: What is your take on the entry of late Head of
State, Sani Abacha’s son into the governorship
race in Kano State?
Al-Mustapha : He is desirous of becoming an
aspirant. Mohammed Abacha is my younger
brother and where he has an interest, surely I will
also have an interest there. I don’t think he’s the
one contesting I’m the one pushing him to
contest.
PT: Are you supporting President Goodluck
Jonathan?
Al-Mustapha : The president is the president and
commander-in-chief and as a commander-in-
chief, he is the commander-in-chief to the
military and that is where I belong.
PT: Are you still in service?
Al-Mustapha : My matter will come up at the
Supreme Court and once it finishes everything will
be formally regularized and it will be one. I’m in
court.
PT: Right now you are not in the military?
Al-Mustapha : I’m in Supreme Court. You will hear
the outcome because it will be made public.
PT: You have an NGO called Al-Mustapha Unity
and Development Initiative. Who is funding it?
Al-Mustapha : Well-wishers and many of my
friends in and out of Nigeria! We are committed
to peace building assignment in our hands and
we believe we will add colours and make the
difference in Nigeria. We want a very peaceful
Nigeria. For many things to come, it will.
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/171182-alleged-jonathans-election-killer-squad-al-mustapha-replies-obasanjo.html

ITSEKIRIS in Delta state have accused President
Goodluck Jonathan of encouraging Ijaw agenda
to exterminate them following the violent threats
from Ijaws of Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South
West Area of Delta state which aborted the
Tuesday’s scheduled groundbreaking ceremony
for the $16bn Ogidigben EPZ project by the
President.
President Goodluck Jonathan
In a briefing yesterday in Warri by Itsekiri Leaders
of Thought, the ethnic group in Delta said they
were ready to approach the United Nations to
seek secession and opt for protection under the
United Kingdom or United States in line with
treaties signed with these foreign powers long
before Nigeria’s independence which they claim
have not been abrogated.
The decision read by Secretary to the ILT, Edward
Ekpoko noted, “Itsekiri and other well meaning
Nigerians are surprised at the failure of President
Goodluck Jonathan to commission the
groundbreaking for the EPZ at Ogidigben,
Ugborodo in Warri South West Local Government
area due to threats of Ijaw militants mostly of
Gbaramatu kingdom.
“The EPZ is completely cited in Ogidigben, an
Itsekiri town. The closest Ijaw enclave lying to
the South, Yokiri, is about 14km from Ogidigben.
The other town to the North is Kpokpo. This
Kpokpo has no geographical contiguity with
Ogidigben.’’.
Pa J. O.S Ayomike, Chairman of the ILT, in their
remarks said various court injunctions by courts
of competent jurisdiction held on the land
ownership tussle in the area support the fact that
the entire land space currently occupied by the
Ijaw of Gbaramatu is owned by Itsekiris of
Ugborodo.
“President Jonathan’s refusal to perform the
groundbreaking ceremony of the project as fixed
for Friday was a show of cowardice unexpected of
his office which should stand for the rule of law.
He has shown that he has joined the Ijaw
militants in building fences among the ethnic
nationalities in the Niger Delta and Nigeria.
“Jonathan should know that Itsekiri the world
over will go to the UN to request for secession if
Jonathan and Ijaw want to pursue the
extermination of the Itsekiri people. We will ask
for the protection of the Britain and USA and the
United Nations”, Ayomike, an octogenarian
screamed.
Ekpoko added that, “Jonathan is pursuing an Ijaw
agenda. We will resist it and will never be
intimidated by threats of war and genocide
against the Itsekiri.”
The Itsekiri leaders also took a swipe at Governor
Emmanuel Uduaghan, calling him to resign as
Governor following his failed boast that nobody
can stop Jonathan from coming for the EPZ
groundbreaking.
Ayomike said, “Jonathan has been stopped by the
Ijaw. They have belittled Uduaghan . Uduaghan
boasted that he was governor and that nobody
could stop the president from coming. Now that
his boasting did not yield any result, he should
resign like President Nixon did.
“Jonathan has been intimidated by the militants,
and the Ijaws have grown in fame and importance
so they can control everything, including the
president of Nigeria.’’.
Meanwhile, the Ijaws of Gbaramatu speaking
through Paul Bebenimibo have maintained their
position to see that the EPZ never materialises
until Gbaramatu stakes are as defineds.
Bebenimibo in a phone reaction yesterday said,
“Gbaramatu Ijaws are not at war with their
Itsekiri neighbors. Our leaders are simply saying
what is good for the goose is good for the
gander. We own a large proportion of the EPZ. We
do not deserve to be shut out. Equity is the
password to a successful EPZ. Equity begets
peace. You cannot talk peace in the atmosphere
of injustice and oppression.”
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/11/protest-delta-epz-groundbreaking-ceremony-itsekiri-accuse-jonathan-ethnic-bigotry/

T he hopes of thousands of women mobilized for
the flag-off of the Millennium Development Goals
(MDG) in Bayelsa state by Nigeria’s first lady,
Patience Jonathan, were dashed as they were
sent home with nothing yesterday after policemen
tear gassed a couple of them. Some overzealous
security operatives also used batons on the
hapless women who were frustrated for being
hoodwinked by Mrs. Jonathan to come for the
"empowerment program" she had claimed was
from the MDG, only to be confronted with a
political rally for the president’s re-election.
One of the bags of Rice with expired Rice
Photo Credit:
Sahara Reporters Media
One woman who could not hold her frustration
and anger, Preye Dressman, said the whole thing
was deceitful.
"We came from our communities since 5 a.m.; I
have not eaten and stayed under sun and rain,
and now they are sending us home with empty
hands.”
A motorist, Stella Honesty, wondered why the
President’s wife was coming to give Bayelsa
women empowerment items to the people this
late in her husband’s tenure.
She said, “Is it because general elections are
around the corner? In fact, if I were some people,
I will reject any empowerment. Where was she all
this while? Some of us have refused to be
deceived by this political gimmick. Look at the
kind of suffering one is going through because
she is coming. Must she create tension each time
she visits anywhere? I have been trapped in this
traffic logjam for a long time for a journey that
would not have been more than 30 minutes.”
Commuters and motorists who were trapped in
the gridlock created by the visit were seen
struggling to make detours.
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PHOTONEWS: Patience Jonathan Distributes
Expired Rice, Teargass Bayelsa Women In MDG
Scam
The MDGs, a United Nations benchmark which is
aimed at eradicating extreme poverty and hunger
for all citizens, became the basis for a political
campaign ground for Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) and Transformation Ambassadors of
Nigeria (TAN), a political group affiliated with
President Jonathan’s re-election. Several bags of
rice repackaged in bags branded with Mr.
Jonathan’s photos, sewing machines, hair dryers,
and tricycles known also “Keke NAPEP” were
distributed to some at the rally. However, several
of the women left empty-handed.
A cursory investigation showed that most of the
items, especially food items, had expired, and
most them were later diverted to Peoples
Democratic Party politicians for onward
distribution exclusively to their followers.
Mrs. Jonathan, who was formerly a civil servant
in the state, resigned a few weeks ago even
though she had never shown up for a single day
of work before and after Governor Seriake Dickson
promoted her to the position of permanent
secretary. http://saharareporters.com/2014/11/14/how-patience-jonathan-hoodwinked-bayelsa-women-expired-rice

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A governorship aspirant on the platform of the All
Progressives Congress, APC, in Kaduna State,
Nasir El-Rufai, has deplored moves by the state
government to create doubts about his citizenship
of the state.
In a statement on Wednesday, the El-Rufai
Campaign Organisation, said rather than face
serious issues of governance confronting it, the
Peoples Democratic Party-led government and its
rulers had desperately gone comical by focusing
on his roots.
The organisation, in the statement by its Director
of Media, Mohammed Soba, said it recalled that
the government spent last weekend accusing Mr.
El-Rufai, a former Minister of Federal Capital
Territory, FCT, of funding one of the PDP
governorship aspirants in the state and now
followed it up by assuming the temerity and
authority to decide his identity for him.
It said, “Having been stung by his critique of their
poor performance in Kaduna State, they decided
on a ridiculous way to stem the negative
assessments: simply declare El-Rufai a non-
indigene of Kaduna State in the vain hope to
thereby nullify the criticism. And pronto, the PDP
simply decreed that El-Rufai is from Katsina
State.”
Stating though that it would “not dignify their
backwardness save to set the record straight,”
the organisation, however, explained that Mr. El-
Rufai was born in the ancient city of Zaria and
therefore an indigene of the state.
It said, “Malam Nasir El-Rufai was born to
Malam Ahmad Rufai, from Zaria. His oldest
brother, Air Vice Marshall Ali Rufai (rtd), enlisted
in the Nigerian armed forces as an indigene of
Zaria. Another older brother, Bashir El-Rufai, had
a long career in the federal public service as an
indigene of Kaduna State.
“All three El-Rufai brothers are listed in the Who
is Who of Zazzau Emirate, a compendium of
renowned sons and daughters of Zaria. Alhaji
Nuhu Bamalli, the first Zaria indigene to be
appointed a federal minister, was an uncle to El-
Rufai’s father, and was a well-respected Magajin
Garin Zazzau.”
The organisation also noted that when Mr. El-
Rufai served as the Director General of the BPE
and as Minister of the FCT, there was no question
of his status as a Kaduna man.
It explained that prior to joining the public
service, the governorship aspirant had established
his fledgling Quantity Surveying firm in Kaduna
since 1982, after completing primary, secondary
and university education within the state.
It said now that his bid to serve as Kaduna
governor is gathering momentum, they shame
themselves anew.
“They are exposing themselves badly enough as
masters of division, pettiness and falsehood,” the
campaign organisation said.
“They are well-known as specialists in separating
people along faultlines, be they ethnic, religious
and regional, and they are unrelenting in setting
so-called settlers against indigenes.
“A spectre is obviously haunting them, and they
are running from pillar to post. But their
daydream will deliver nothing, for comedy never
trumps reality.”
The organisation also said Mr. El-Rufai would be
offering a positive alternative to the people of
Kaduna State and that the people found him
credible because he is a man that has made a
success of every public office he has held.
It stated that the aspirant is engaging with and
mobilising the people of Kaduna State for a
mighty effort of change, stressing, “That is a
most worthy focus.”
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/171096-kaduna-2015-desperate-pdp-goes-comical-el-rufai-says.html

Following a petition submitted to the International
Criminal Court (ICC) demanding a thorough
investigation of former Borno State governor Ali
Modu Sheriff and retired Nigerian Army Chief of
Staff Lt. General Azubuike Ihejirika, the ICC has
confirmed they will review the petition and other
supporting documents, which claim the pair were
affiliated with the terrorist sect Boko Haram.
International Criminal Court
Photo Credit:
Alamy
In August, Sheriff and Ihejirika were accused of
sponsoring Boko Haram by an Australian hostage
negotiator, Stephen Davis, who claimed to have
been working with the Nigerian federal
government to negotiate a release of the
kidnapped Chibok girls.
In September, the Human and Environmental
Development Agenda (HEDA), a non-governmental
organization whose mandate is to promote and
protect human rights, petitioned the ICC to act on
Davis' revelations, asserting that the Nigerian
government lacked the "political will" to intervene
against high-profile suspects like Sheriff and
Ihejirika.
"With your public admittance of Boko Haram's
activities as qualifying for crimes against
humanity, we shall not bother with further legal
points to qualify these atrocities under the Rome
Statute," HEDA chairman Olanrewaju Suraju said.
"It is also instructive to assert that the Nigerian
government, under the current leadership lacks
the political will and judicial independence to
prosecute the individuals who are friends and
former subordinates of the President."
"We hereby urge the ICC to urgently open
immediate examination of this development by
inviting Rev. Stephen Davis to provide insight into
his revelations, to assist the court in its
investigation and possible prosecution of those
connected with the crimes," the statement
furthered.
In response to the petition, the Head of
Information and evidence unit, Office of the
Prosecutor of the ICC, M. P. Dillon, wrote to
confirm that the Prosecutor of the International
Criminal Court had officially received, registered,
and promised to review the submission.
According the letter, the office of the ICC
prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, would treat the
issues raised in the petition within its mandate.
"This communication has been duly entered in the
communications register of the office," the letter
read. "We will give consideration to this
communication, as appropriate, in accordance
with the Provisions of the Rome Statute of the
International Criminal Court."
The letter concluded with a promise by the Court
to communicate its decision once determined.
http://saharareporters.com/2014/11/09/international-criminal-court-considering-action-against-modu-sheriff-and-ihejirika

The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has
alleged that the Independent National Electoral
Commission, INEC, is deliberately planning to
shut out Christians in the country from voting in
the 2015 general elections.
The President of CAN, Ayo Oritsejafor, who stated
this at the association’s national executive
council meeting in Abuja on Wednesday, said he
was suspicious of a sinister motive by the
Commission following its poor handling of the
distribution of the permanent voters’ cards.
He, however, warned that Christians would resist
such a plan if the Commission was truly
harbouring it just as he appealed to faithful to
register and vote in other to participate in
governance.
Mr. Oritsejafor did however not substantiate his
claims. He did not say exactly how the electoral
body is shutting out Christians and how it is
failing to issue them cards.
He only said, “I want to say passionately to
Nigerians, go and get your voters’ cards. I want
to appeal to INEC to double up. Our people must
register and have their voters’ cards.
“I hope INEC is not doing something deliberate
here in order to prevent Christians from voting. I
hope Professor Attahiru Jega can hear me. We
must all vote and vote wisely.”
The clergyman also warned the Boko Haram sect
to end their terrorist activities in the North East
region, adding that the association was ready to
meet senior Muslim clerics with a view to ending
the insurgency and unprovoked attack on
Christians and churches.
He demanded that fifth columnists among
security agencies, which allegedly are sabotaging
government’s war against insurgency, should be
fished out and dismissed.
According to him, the nation’s territories that had
been taken over by the dreaded Boko Haram sect
are predominantly populated by Christians who
he said were no longer safe.
Mr. Oritsejafor restated that the insurgents were
waging a religious war against Christians, adding
that he had remained a critic of the satanic
activities of the group.
“What is happening in the North-east is
unacceptable,” he said.
“What is happening there is unacceptable to us.
Christians are the main victims. We are not
saying that other people are not affected. But
Christians are the ones affected more. All the
places where Boko Haram has foisted their flags
are dominated by Christians.”
“They have taken over Mubi in Adamawa state
which is dominated by Christians. Somebody will
now tell me this is not religion. Who is fooling
who? Nigerians should accept that we have a
problem,” the leader of Christian community in
Nigeria stated.
Again, Mr. Oritsejafor did not provide facts and
figures to back his claim that adherents of a
particular religion have been more on the
receiving end of the Boko Haram insurgency.
The CAN president however called on Nigerians to
pray to God to put an end to the mindless
killings.
He said he would not join other Nigerians who
had created names for themselves by constantly
criticising the military, but would continue to ask
the leadership of the military to fish out saboteurs
if the war against terror must be won.
He said, “All well meaning Nigerians must pray
and continue to pray. We must pray. I will not
join those condemning our security agencies.
They are Nigerians. Women are losing their
husbands and children are losing their fathers. I
want to challenge the military. They can do
better. They must continue to fish out those
sabotaging their efforts. Those people should be
expelled. They are in all the security agencies.
“No matter the intention you have, if you have
people working against you, you will not succeed.
There are too many people in the system working
against the system. Why should these kind of
things be happening? Innocent people are being
killed. It’s too much. Enough is enough,” Mr.
Oritsejafor told the audience.
Mr. Oritsejafor also reminded the Federal
Government and other Nigerians of the need to
adopt new approach in the war against Boko
Haram, noting that the use of force alone could
not end the insurgent activities.
According to him, “Even though I have said the
military must continue to work harder, guns and
bullets alone will not save this problem. Boko
Haram is an ideology. Let us not run away from
it. You do not defeat an ideology with guns and
bullets. You defeat an ideology with a superior
ideology. Boko Haram will not listen to me.
“I want to make an appeal to our Muslim clerics
and Muslim political leaders to come together and
see how they can help us solve this problem.
They have the solution. There are some muslim
scholars Boko Haram members respect. To a
large extent, that is the only way out.
“As members of CAN, we are ready to meet with
them. I believe in progressive dialogue. This is my
strong appeal. I want to appeal to those at the
grassroots. This connects to the leaders. The
leaders should talk to those at the grassroots.
They should give reliable intelligence to our
security agents. Please, do not harbour these
people. They are not fighting for you. Expose
them.
While noting that there were journalists at the
meeting, the cleric asked them to pass the
message to the relevant authorities.
He said Nigerians would like to have a better
country where everyone was equal and have
respect for the constitution.
In fact, we want one constitution where everyone
will follow. Those saying Boko Haram is not
religious are deceiving themselves.
“We want a Nigeria where everyone is safe. We
want a Nigerian where a man is not judged by his
religion. That is the Nigeria we all want. If we
want one united Nigeria, we must all pay the
price for it.”
Mr. Oritsejafor called on the international
community to assist Nigeria and its people to
surmount the current challenges.
He said, “I believe as bad as the situation is, with
God, all things are possible. I know that there is
God. He will not forsake us. We have restrained
our people so much and we will continue to
restrain them. But I beg Nigerians to not let this
continue. These are dangerous and serious times.
“I was reading a report from a priest in Borno of
how churches have been destroyed. I wonder why
the international community is not saying
anything. Is this not human rights violation? We
call on government, NEMA, NGOs, the
international community. We need help. Our
people are dying. Come and help us.”
https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/170655-can-accuses-inec-of-plotting-to-disenfranchise-nigerian-christians.html

The Deputy Governor of Borno state,
Zanna Mustapha, said in Yola on
Monday that going by the ease with
which Boko Haram was capturing
territories in Adamawa, Borno and
Yobe, the three North-Eastern states
would soon be history.
“If the Federal Government does not
add extra effort, in the next two to
three months, the three North-
Eastern states will no longer be in
existence,” he said. “The Federal
Government has tried its best but
their best is not enough because
rather than going after the
insurgents, it is the insurgents that
are going after us. It is a big crime
that the criminals are better equipped
than the military and they are just
few kilometres from the Adamawa,
Borno and Yobe states capitals.”
The deputy governor was in
Adamawa to visit thousands of Borno
indigenes that were forced to leave
their state and schools following
Boko Haram attacks in Mubi.
He said the continuous occupation of
more towns by Boko Haram had
confirmed the Borno state governor’s
statement that the terrorists
possessed superior weapons.
He disclosed that 13 local
governments in Borno, three in
Adamawa and others in Yobe were
currently under the control of Boko
Haram. He said, going by intelligence
reports, if the Federal Government did
not step up its security measures the
fall of the three states would only be
a matter of days or weeks.
Mr. Mustapha expressed his doubts
on the purported ceasefire agreement
between the Federal Government and
the terrorists.
“We are yet to believe that there is a
ceasefire because the first day after
the announcement was made, over
30 people were killed in Borno State,
and (the terrorists) continued with
their rampage in Adamawa, Gombe
and only this morning there was a
bomb blast in Yobe,” he said. “Let us
appeal to the international
community to come to our rescue
otherwise in the next few months the
three states may not exist.”
Mr. Mustapha accused the
insurgents of committing war crimes,
saying they deployed anti-aircraft
missiles in killing the people against
international rules and conventions.
The Borno deputy governor spoke in
Yola shortly before a former Vice
President and Presidential aspirant,
Atiku Abubakar, lamented, in Abuja,
the ease with which towns in the
North-East were falling into the
hands of the insurgents.
Atiku wondered why the Nigerian
government was unable to
overwhelm Boko Haram despite the
claim by the administration that an
increase in the country’s security
budget would help relevant agencies
and the military tackle the
insurgency.
“The situation in which we find
ourselves today is grave,” the former
vice president said. “Much of Borno,
and the north of Adamawa and Yobe
states is already at the mercy of the
terrorists. It started a few months
ago with Bama, which is nearly 400
kilometres from Yola, capital of
Adamawa State.
“The next major town to be taken by
terrorists was Gwoza, where a
terrorist caliphate flag has long been
hoisted. Smaller towns near Gwoza
such as Pulka and Limankra are
equally not free. Next was Madagali.
The town is still being occupied.
Then fell Gulak. Next was Michika,
then Bazza. Next was the twin town
of Uba which is half Adamawa and
half Bornu. Its neighboring town of
Lassa was also overrun. Uba was the
latest town captured before the
terrorists trampled on Mubi. People
from these troubled areas are now
pouring into Yola for safety.
“As somebody who hails from
Adamawa State, you can appreciate
why I feel such emotion at the fate of
my people. For whatever reason, our
defence forces are unable to cope
and unable to defend. My sympathies
go out to the soldiers who find
themselves in a situation not of their
making. This is a crisis of
leadership.”
Also speaking in Yola, the Adamawa
state governor, Bala Ngilari, who had
earlier said the state was not under
siege, sympathized with the people
of the affected states.
“We are under siege for now,
although security agents are doing
their best,” he said. “With prayers,
very soon, Boko Haram will become a
thing of the past.”
He said that certain things in life, like
the Boko Haram insurgency, defied
logic.
“No matter the situation, one day it
will come to an end,” he said.
He noted that the Second World War,
in which about 20 million people
were killed, was now history.
“The reason why we are facing this
insurgency is because we have
offended God, and when the rest of
the world is going to space it’s
unfortunate that we are left behind,
plagued by insurgency and other
problems,” he said.


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A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday
summoned the Chairman of the People’s
Democratic Party (PDP), Adamu Mua’zu, the
Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP),
Suleiman Abba, Deputy Speaker of the House
of Representatives, Emeka Ihedioha and four
others following a complaint by the House of
Representatives Speaker, Aminu Tambuwal,
that they were plotting to unlawfully
reconvene the House before its December 3
adjourned date.
Also summoned are the Attorney General of
the Federation, (AGF), Mohammed Adoke
(SAN), the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC), and the House of
Representatives (who are all listed as
respondents in the motion.
They are to appear before the court on
Friday.
Justice Armed Ramat Mohammed, in a
ruling, ordered parties in an ex-parte
application filed on Mondayby Tambuwal to
maintain status quo pending the hearing and
determination of the motion.
The judge also ordered that an enrolled order
of the court, accompanied with a copy of the
ex-parte motion be served on the defendants
for them to appear in court on Friday and
show reasons why the reliefs contained in the
ex-parte application should not be granted.
Justice Mohammed gave the ruling after
listening to Jibrin Okutepa and Sunday Ameh
(both Senior Advocates of Nigeria)
arguments on the motion ex-parte.
“Having listened to applicant’s counsel and
read the processes filed in court, I am of the
view that the defendants should be given
notice. An exhibit attached to the motion ex-
parte shows that there is an urgent need for
an order to preserve the res,” the judge held.
Okutepa (SAN) had, while moving the motion,
told the court that “the defendants have
concluded plans to summon the House for
the purpose of removing Tambuwal as
Speaker.”

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haters shuld GO AND DIE

Every thing in Kano is working, kwankwaso is perporming , pillars is winning. sai masu gida!!!!! 3 times NIGERIAN League WINNERS in a row.. congrats a deserve one.

The officer in charge of police
armoury in Kaduna, deputy
superintendent Nanbol Audu who
was recently arrested for selling
firearms to criminals and prominent
people has shot himself to death.
The officer was arrested together with
one Zingkur Joseph of Trade Centre Jos,
and Samuel Adamu of Kuru Jos-South
Local Government Area of Plateau State
stealing police guns. Police said one of
the suspects arrested with officer Audu
was a local gun maker.
They were arrested with firearms hidden
in a car including eleven G3 rifles, police
commissioner Umar Shehu has said
adding that Joseph and Adamu were
emissaries of other people sent to
Kaduna with the sum of N400, 000 to buy
guns illegally. Police confirmed that
local chiefs and other prominent people
were among the people buying arms
from suspects.
According to officials, officer Audu was
held at a police detention facility in
Kaduna pending the completion of
investigation. While in detention, he
collected a gun from a patrol officer and
shot himself in the tummy at about
5:40am this morning.
Commissioner Shehu confirmed that
Audu actually committed suicide and did
not leave any written message to explain
his intention adding that some police
officers on duty provided him with the
rifle he used in killing himself.
“It is true the officer killed himself this
morning at about 5:40am. The incidence
occurred in one of our offices. Some
police officers on duty gave him a gun
and while they were not with him, he
shot himself in the stomach. They heard
the sound of gunshot and rushed back
but found him dead. Three officers have
been arrested in connection with the
incidence.”
Mr. Shehu said preliminary investigation
indicated that Audu shot himself without
any explanations but police are still
looking for details. He also ruled out
murder in the inquiry.

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spat on the thread.almost 2 hrs but just 0 page

An explosion has ripped through a
bus station in Gombe, residents and
witnesses have told PREMIUM TIMES.
The explosion, our sources said,
happened Friday morning at the
popular Gombe Line Transport
Services Limited.
Details of the incident are still
sketchy, but Abdulrahman Suae, a
resident of the area, said he saw
about five people being evacuated to
the Gombe General Hospital.
He was unable to confirm whether
they were dead or simply injured.
Another witness said the Police have
cordoned off the area and that
emergency officials were rushing
injured victims to hospital.
The Gombe State Command of the
Nigeria Police could not be reached
yet for details of the incident.
Details later….. https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/170394-breaking-explosion-rocks-gombe.html

By Femi Aribisala
Paul’s statement that all scriptures
are written by the inspiration of God
is, itself, not inspired.
The bible is the most important book
ever compiled. However, it is also
one of the most dangerous. It is
used to edify and it is also used to
deceive. Christians like to pretend
that the bible was written by one
person. But in reality, it was written
by 40 different authors from three
continents in three different
languages.
Jesus says: “The kingdom of heaven
is like a man who sowed good seed
in his field. But while everyone was
sleeping, his enemy came and sowed
weeds among the wheat.” (Matthew
13:24-25). This portrait of the
kingdom is directly applicable to the
bible. The bible is a book of wheat
and weeds. In it, the truth of God is
presented side-by-side with grievous
misrepresentations of God.
Justification of Evil
The bible can be used (and has been
used) to justify evil. It tolerates
incest: “They got him drunk that
night, and the older girl went in and
had sexual intercourse with her
father.” (Genesis 19:33). It supports
the selling of daughters: “If a man
sells his daughter as a slave, she
shall not be freed at the end of six
years.” (Exodus 21:7). It supports
witch-hunting: “A witch must not be
allowed to live.” (Exodus 22:18).
The bible supports pogroms: “The
God of Israel says: ‘Each man strap a
sword to his side. Go back and forth
through the camp from one end to
the other, each killing his brother and
friend and neighbour.’” (Exodus
32:27). It supports discrimination
against the handicapped: “No man
who has any defect may come near:
no man who is blind or lame,
disfigured or deformed.” (Leviticus
21:18).
The bible supports slavery: “Your
male and female slaves are to come
from the nations around you; from
them you may buy slaves.” (Leviticus
25:44). It supports discrimination
against women: “Set the value of a
male between the ages of twenty and
sixty at fifty shekels of silver,
according to the sanctuary shekel;
and if it is a female, set her value at
thirty shekels.” (Leviticus 27:3).
Human sacrifice
The bible supports human sacrifice:
“Not even a human being who has
been unconditionally dedicated may
be bought back; he must be put to
death.” (Leviticus 27:29). It supports
capital punishment: “The assembly
took him outside the camp and
stoned him to death, as the LORD
commanded Moses.” (Numbers
15:36). It supports drinking of blood:
“They shall not lie down until they
have eaten what they capture and
have drunk the blood of the
slain!” (Numbers 23:24).
The bible supports the rape of
virgins: “Save for yourselves every
girl who has never slept with a
man.” (Numbers 31:18). It supports
infanticide: “We destroyed all the
people in every town we conquered-
men, women, and children
alike.” (Deuteronomy 3:6). It
supports religious intolerance: if an
idol-worshiper is found, Moses says:
“take that person outside the town
and stone him to
death.” (Deuteronomy 17:2-5).
The bible supports genocide: “When
the LORD your God lets you capture
the city, kill every man in
it.” (Deuteronomy 20:16). It supports
“suicide-bombing:” “Samson killed
more people at his death than he had
killed during his life.” (Judges 16:30)
. It supports the abduction of women:
“While the girls were dancing, each
man caught one and carried her off
to be his wife.” (Judges 21:23). It
supports cannibalism: “We boiled my
son, and ate him.” (2 Kings 6:29). It
has anti-Semitic vitriol: “(Jews) are
against both God and man.” (1
Thessalonians 2:15).
Bible Errors
The bible is full of mistakes. We are
told Abraham had several sons
(Genesis 25:1-6); then only two
(Galatians 4:22); and then only one.
(Hebrews 11:17). Jacob was buried
in a cave at Machpelah bought from
Ephron the Hittite (Genesis 50:13);
but then again he was buried in a
sepulchre at Shechem bought from
the sons of Hamor. (Acts 7:15-16).
Moses had only one wife.
Nevertheless he had four different
fathers-in-law; Reuel (Exodus
2:18/21); Jethro (Exodus 4:18);
Raguel (Numbers 10:29); and Hobab.
(Judges 4:11).
Jesse had eight sons with David as
the eighth. (1 Samuel 17:12-14).
Then again he had seven sons with
David as the seventh. (1 Chronicles
2:13-15). Saul’s daughter married to
David is mistakenly said to be Merab
instead of Michal. (1 Samuel 18:19).
Jehoshaphat, king of Judah (2
Chronicles 20:35), is mistakenly said
to be king of Israel. (2 Chronicles
21:2). Zechariah’s prophecy about
the thirty pieces of silver (Zechariah
11:12-13) is mistakenly attributed to
Jeremiah. (Matthew 27:9).
Bible Contradictions
The bible is also full of
contradictions. Moses says God
created the world in six days and
rested on the seventh. (Exodus
20:11). But Isaiah says God is never
tired and does not need to rest.
(Isaiah 40:28). God created man last,
after creating animals. (Genesis
1:25-26). But then again he created
man before creating animals.
(Genesis 2:18-19). The Nephilim
giants were wiped out in the flood.
(Genesis 6:4). Nevertheless, their
descendants reappeared after the
flood. (Numbers 13:33). The peoples
of the earth had different languages.
(Genesis 10:5; Genesis 10:20). But
then again they had only one
language. (Genesis 11:1).
Moses says God asked the Israelites
to build him a sanctuary so he can
dwell among them. (Exodus 25:.
But Stephen insists God does not
dwell in temples built by men. (Acts
7:48). Moses says God changes his
mind. (Exodus 32:14). But Balaam
says he does not. (Numbers 23:19).
God is said to have blessed Jehu for
destroying the house of Ahab. (2
Kings 10:30). But Hosea says God
condemned him for doing so. (Hosea
1:4).
Pauline Confusion
This goes to show that Paul’s
statement that all scriptures are
written by the inspiration of God (2
Timothy 3:16) is, itself, not inspired.
Indeed, more discrepancies come
from Paul himself than from any
other person in the bible.
Paul says God is not the author of
confusion. (1 Corinthians 14:33). But
Moses says God confused the
tongues at Babel. (Genesis 11:9).
Paul says God is “the God of
peace.” (Romans 15:33). But Moses
says he is “a man of war.” (Exodus
15:3). Paul says God dwells in
unapproachable light. (1 Timothy
6:16). But David says he dwells in
thick darkness. (Psalm 18:11). Paul
says no one is righteous. (Romans
3:10). But Moses says God
considered Noah to be righteous.
(Genesis 7:1).
Paul says the law was given through
angels. (Galatians 3:19). But Moses
says God gave it to him directly.
(Deuteronomy 10:1-5). Paul says all
men are condemned to death
because of Adam’s sin. (Romans
5:12/19). But Moses says children
are not to suffer for their parent’s
sins. (Deuteronomy 24:16). Paul
says God justifies the ungodly.
(Romans 4:5). But Moses and
Solomon say he does not. (Exodus
23:7; Proverbs 17:15).
Thank God for Jesus
We Christians make fools of
ourselves by insisting, in spite of
overwhelming evidence to the
contrary, that everything in the bible
is true. God raised one man to
resolve this mess. He is the Amen;
the one true and faithful witness.
That man is Jesus.
Jesus is the final authority on things
of God. Only Jesus’ words present
the undiluted and unvarnished truth
of God. (John 14:10; John 8:26).
They should be put in our hearts, and
not just left in a book. (Jeremiah
31:31-33).
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governor, Rotimi Amaechi and the
presidency seems to have taken a new twist.
In the latest spate of accusation and
counter-accusation, Amaechi reminded the
Presidency that President Goodluck
Jonathan is not his ‘Prefect’, noting that, he
cannot threaten him of sanctions for
criticizing the president for not attracting
developmental projects to the state.
Rotimi Amaechi
The Presidency had angrily reacted to a
claim made by Amaechi that the the cause
of the frosty relationship between him and
the Presidency was because President
Goodluck Jonathan hates Rivers people and
that the president ceded Soku oil wells in
Kalabari to Bayelsa and 40 Etche oil wells
also in Rivers to Abia state.
Amaechi also accused the wife of the
president, Patience Jonathan of corruption.
He said Patience wanted him to bring the
money meant for Rivers people to Abuja.
In addition to that, Amaechi at a mega rally
held in Port Harcourt on Saturday rubbished
claims by President Jonathan that the All
Progressive Congress (APC) was a party
only on billboards.
And today, in his reply to the statement
from the office of President Jonathan, which
accused him of “Political rascality,” the
Rivers State Commissioner for Information
and Communication, Ibim Semenitari said
Governor Amaechi is an elected official and
not a mere ‘prefect’.
Semenitari also faulted Reuben Abati, the
President’s spokesman for failing to get his
facts right before publishing the statement
despite his wealth of experience.
She added that Amaechi never mentioned
the name of the President nor his wife
during his speech at the rally.
Semenitari said, “I would want to say that
the Presidential Spokesman should be
careful for the kind of threats he issues to
an elected Governor.
“He should remember that the President is
not a prefect of the governor. He was
elected as President just as the Governor
was elected as a governor, and Nigeria is a
federation.
“And please, Abati should know his limits
and need not attempt to cross his
boundaries.
“It is a bit strange to hear the kind of
comments coming out of the Presidency and
this shows that the statement was already
prepared before governor Amaechi spoke.
“At no point in his speech did Governor
Amaechi make any references. His wife was
not even discussed because she is not an
official of government.
“I do not understand where or how Mr. Abati
got his story, so we just take it that this is
one of those clear indications of rascality
within the Presidency trying to call a dog a
bad name and hang it”.


http://saharareporters.com/2014/10/27/you-cannot-threaten-me-amaechi-replies-presidency

Chris Mamman, the immediate past
National President of Eggon Cultural
Association and a gubernatorial
candidate of the Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP, has been kidnapped by
unknown gunmen men, his campaign
director said Monday.
Mr. Mamman was seized Sunday
night few hours after angry youths
attacked him and burnt his car at
what supposed to be a peace
meeting between him and other
governorship candidates, including
the immediate past Minister for
Information, Labaran Maku.
Mr. Mamman is among 13 other
aspirants vying for the governorship
of Nasarawa State in the 2015
general elections on the platform of
PDP.
Mr. Mamman was picked in his
house in Lafia around 8.30 p.m. after
a mob attacked him and burnt his car
at the palace of Aren Eggon, Bala
Angbazo, in Nasarawa Eggon, the
Director General of Chris Mamman’s
campaign organization, Nawani
Aboki, told PREMIUM TIMES.
He claimed the attack on the
candidate and his subsequent
abduction were the handiwork of his
political opponents.
“Our candidate was in Nasarawa
Eggon as part of Effort by the Eggon
traditional council to ensure that they
are able to speak with one voice and
have one candidate but as our
candidate was approaching the place
mob came out and accosted him and
manhandled him but was later
rescued,” he said.
“All other candidates of Eggon
extraction where there; Maku, and
Ewuga but we don’t know who might
have masterminded the attack among
them.
“Even after he was rescued, we were
told later in the day that some
unknown people came and took him
away and we don’t know who the
person is and we are yet to make
contact with him 12 hours after,” he
said.
Mr. Aboki said his team will
eventually inform the police if at the
end of the day they are unable to find
him.
However, the state Police Public
Relations Officer, PPRO, Umar
Numan, said he was yet to be briefed
over the matter. He said
investigations will commence when
such report was forwarded.
On Sunday, Mr. Mamman was in the
palace on the invitation of the
paramount ruler alongside Solomon
Ewuga, a senator, and Mr. Maku, to
discuss how to pick a consensus
candidate among them to represent
the Eggon interest in the 2015
general elections.
They all escaped unhurt as angry
youth stormed the palace of the
paramount ruler of the Eggon people,
on Sunday evening.
The traditional ruler was hosting a
reconciliatory meeting between three
Eggon sons seeking to be Nasarawa
governor under the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP which resulted
in the youth, setting ablaze a Toyota
Corolla belonging to Chris Mamman.



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A former Information Minister,
Labaran Maku, and a senator,
Solomon Ewuga, escaped unhurt as
angry youth stormed the palace of
Bala Angbazo, the paramount ruler of
the Eggon people, on Sunday
evening. The traditional ruler was
hosting a reconciliatory meeting
between three Eggon sons seeking to
be Nasarawa governor under the
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
The youth, who trooped to the palace
in their hundreds, set ablaze a
Toyota Corolla belonging to Chris
Mamman, the immediate past
National President of Eggon Cultural
Association, ECD. Messrs Mamman,
Maku, and Ewuga are all PDP
governorship aspirants.
The meeting was being held to
choose one a consensus from
among the three Eggon aspirants.
Mr. Maku, who was attending the
meeting for the first time, escaped
unhurt before Messrs Ewuga and
Mamman. The two men were rescued
by military officers who came to the
scene in three Hilux vans to forestall
further destruction of property as the
youth had blocked the Mr. Ewuga’s
entourage and prevented them from
going out of the palace.
Ibrahim Audu, a resident of Nasarawa
Eggon, said the youth were angry
with Mr. Mamman’s decision to
contest the election.
When contacted, the Nasarawa Police
spokesperson, Umar Numan,
confirmed the attack and that Mr.
Mamman’s car was burnt. He said
calm had returned to the area and no
arrest has been made.



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By: Luka Binniyat
KADUNA – Well known Islamic Cleric,
Sheik Dr. Ahmed Gumi has foretold
of violence should President
Goodluck Jonathan go on to contest
and win the 2015 Presidential
election.
Gumi made this known in an open
letter he wrote the President
yesterday and made available to
Vanguard in Kaduna.
Reads the letter: “We have never met
despite the fact that we were all born
and we lived for more than half a
century in this great vast country
Nigeria. It’s here we all grew up and
were educated and I presume except
by divine prudence it’s here that we
will all be buried.
“So what truly matters is the legacy
that we will bequest our children and
the next generation of Nigerians to
come. We will not want it a burnt
country with hundreds of thousands
dead, maimed or displaced people
because of the thoughtlessness and
recklessness of its stewardship.
“Nigeria today is a single railway line
with two heavily loaded trains
spending towards each other in
opposite direction.
President Jonathan
“You need to come out of the cocoon
and face the reality. Denial of the
truth can never solve problems.
“Mr. President, from what I heard
from people who are close to you, is
that you are humble with a soft heart.
But still humility is never enough for
an effective leadership. Leadership is
about listening and taking the good
advices from people of wisdom not
from those that benefit from you or
have any agenda other than the unity
and progress of this Nation.
“The mantle of the leadership of this
country was given to you under oath.
Almost four years ago you swore to
protect ‘the interest of the
sovereignty, integrity, solidarity, well-
being and prosperity of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria’. You said: ‘ I will
not allow my personal interest to
influence my official conduct or my
official decisions; and ‘I will do right
to all manner of people, according to
law, without fear or favour, affection
or ill-will’
“Unfortunately, many people
including me before God believe you
broke some of your oath. I’ll only
need to refer you back to the honest
open letter advice you were given by
your political godfather. You appear
more Ijaw than Nigerian. It’s seldom
fathers will deceive their children.
Yet you never listen. And sadly by
your recalcitrance you are
dangerously leading this nation to
chaos and turmoil that only God
knows were it will end.
“Muslims have officially registered to
you on occasions your partiality.
Northern groups have complained
about your bias. The youth about
your neglect.
“You have divided the nation gravelly
on the religious divided. Already we
heard a call in a church that you are
now a savior. Now, not of Nigeria but
the church in Nigeria. With this
religious zeal on both sides, each
side looking at the wrong people for
salvation the nation is heading
towards disaster.
“My fellow country man, it’s
unfortunate that your stand on many
issues have made you into a
polarizing figure while the exalted
office you occupy needs a
nationalistic one. Surely with the
Christian votes and northern PDP
followers you can win another
election but you will also set the
nation into another turmoil because
that segment of the nation that
rejects you do so because they
believe rightly or wrongly you are
involved negatively in the Boko
Haram Saga. The natural thing any
good leader will do in this situation
is to step down for a person all the
segments of the nation will have
confidence with for their well-being.
A credible person that will not stir
apprehension. The decision is not
about your rights but about
responsibility.
“Therefore as you pray in the Holy
Land seek for God’s indulgence to
show you the light of honor and do
the right thing. It’s God’s command
that Nigeria stay united and ‘what
therefore God hath joined together,
let not man put asunder’.
“A word of wisdom says: ‘He who
consults is never disappointed and
he who seeks God’s choice never
regret’ so please don’t brush it aside
call men of wisdom to advice you
too.
“I for a start, I am hereby candidly
advising you to relinquished your
presidential ambition because of
peace, stability and well being of
millions of innocent Nigerians. There
are many politicians that can ‘finish’
it on your behalf. The PDP can
present Akpabio or Obi or Orji etc.
“I rest my case here.
“Ahmad Gumi”





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TANOIDS Are getting confused as 2015 is approaching

10 October, 2014
Jakarta | A catholic priest from the island
of Java in Indonesia who has woken up
from a 17 month long coma has
converted himself to Islam after the man
claims Allah spoke to him and showed
him “the beauty of the heavens”.
The 87-year old priest from Spain has lived
and preached on the island for more then 43
years and is fluent in Javanese and various
dialects of the different ethnic groups of the
island and is a well known and respected
figure amongst all religious groups of the
area.
The man who has suffered a cardiac arrest
while helping local volunteers to fix the roof
of his own church and fell an incredible two
stories high has managed to survive and
come out of his coma, in brittle shape, yet a
changed man.
preaching
Priest Eduardo Vincenzo Maria Gomez
weeks before his tragic accident
“I know nothing of Islam. Never once
have I read the Quran but God spoke
to me and asked me to follow him to
the heavens and the Holy light shone
through my entire being and behold
the golden gates of heaven appeared
before me and God told me his name
and it was Allah” told the newly
convert to a journalist of the
Kalimantan Press.
The man who miraculously suffers no spinal
injury should be able to walk soon, admits
the physician who took care of him at South
Jakarta’s Metropolitan Medical Centre. “This
must be the strongest 80-year old I have ever
seen. His bones should be smashed to
pieces” ponders Jim Won May, who has
practiced medecine for over twenty years.
His conversion to Islam took most of his
church followers by surprise, but interestingly
enough, already half of his christian followers
have showed interest in converting to Islam.
“If Allah is the true God, I don’t want to be
misled in the wrong direction on judgement
day. I trust Father Eduardo. We all believe in
him” explains one of his followers.
The priest who is still under medical
attention has already ordered the
construction of a new mosque and his
followers are already hard at work to find the
funds necessary for the task. “We owe it to
Father Eduardo for all he has done for us”
comments one of the devotees of the old
catholic church, that is now for sale.


http://worldnewsdailyreport.com/catholic-priest-wakes-up-from-coma-after-17-months-converts-to-islam/

Baby Factory Uncovered In Abia State
Isaac Dachen | 16:58 | 30.09.2014
The baby factories have resurfaced
with the Abia State Police Command
parading recently arrested suspects.
Many Nigerians thought the era of
the proliferation of the so called baby
factories » in Nigeria has been nipped
in the bud but they have resurfaced
as the Abia State Police Command
has busted another of such factories
and arrested two nurses and four
pregnant inmates » , among whom
was one with a two year old baby,
disclosing that they were rescued
during a raid of a hospital allegedly
used as baby factory.
The state's Police Public Relations
Officer, Geoffrey Ogbonna, while
parading the suspects in the state
capital, Umuahia, said though the
Medical Director of the private
hospital where the nefarious act was
being perpetrated had bolted by the
time the police got to the facility, the
police was on his trail.
The police spokesman say the
fleeing doctor and the nurses were
using the hospital as shelter for
young women with unwanted
pregnancy only to buy off the babies
upon delivery and in turns sell them
to willing buyers.
The Police Command warned dubious
medical practitioners and charity
homes in the state who use their
facilities as baby factories to desist
from the wicked act or face the wrath
of the law.



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am one of the benificiary of free education in kano state. my registration fee was refunded to me. long live kano state long live gov. kwankwaso long live Nigeria.

By Joseph Erunke
ABUJA – ALL prominent Nigerians
invited Wedneday to the public
presentation and launch of a book
meant to promote President Goodluck
Jonathan’s achievements in office
shunned the event which held at the
Transcorp Hilton, Abuja, leaving the
organizers confused.
President Jonathan, himself who was
expected at the launch of the
resource book that contains what the
author called “proper and effective
assessment” of his administration
stayed away without sending any
representative just as serving
governors, ministers, senators, House
of Assembly members as well as
other prominent Nigerians shunned
the occasion.
When the organizers, who had earlier
arrived the venue in readiness of the
event stayed for several hours
without noticing the presence of any
of the invitees, they without
hesitation left.
The book entitled: “President
Goodluck Jonathan: His Speeches
and Heroic Deeds”, according to the
author, Tana Ejenavwo, documented
selected speeches of the president
which he noted, were indeed
reflective of his deep philosophical
thoughts on issues of governance,
progress and unity of Nigeria.
“It also provides authentic and
verifiable information for sectoral
growth assessment, as encapsulated
in the Transformation Agenda of the
administration,” he added.
The book, according to the chairman
of the book launch organizing
committee, Ahmed Danjuma
Abubakar, unveiled the
methodological disposition of
President Jonathan in handling
national issues in what he called
“uncommon civility, instead of
belligerent approaches that brutalizes
our national psych.”
He said the book also ‘divulges the
prudency in the management of
resources and accountability in
allocations for infrastructural
projects, as well as issues on how to
balance Nigeria’s internal social and
political conditions.
When asked to comment on the
development, the author, Mr Tanu
Ejenavwo refused to comment.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/09/guests-shun-jonathans-book-launch-abuja/#sthash.1SfCNWaS.dpuf

The 19-year old law student of the
Ahmadu Bello University [ABU]
suspected to manifest some
symptoms of the Ebola Virus Disease
[EVD] has tested negative to the
virus.
Authorities of ABU and the Kaduna
State Government had sent the
patient’s blood to Lagos for testing
after he reportedly manifested some
symptoms associated with Ebola
while on admission at the Ahmadu
Bello University Teaching Hospital
[ABUTH].
The state Commissioner For Health,
Thot Dogo, had told PREMIUM TIMES
Tuesday night that the result of the
test was being expected on
Wednesday afternoon (today).
But Ebola Alert, an authoritative
evidence-driven group of volunteer
professionals working on Ebola Virus
Disease interventions in the country,
told this newspaper laboratory test
has shown the student does not have
the virus.
An official of the group, who simply
identified himself as Ladi, said the
test, concluded earlier on Tuesday
night, came out negative.
“Yes, it is true that the result is
negative,” Ladi said in response to
an enquiry by PREMIUM TIMES.
“Whatever information Ebola Alert
puts out is authentic.”
PREMIUM TIMES had contacted the
group after it tweeted on its handle
(@EbolaAlert): “The Kaduna rumour is
not #Ebola after laboratory test.
“Reaching a diagnosis of #Ebola is
dependent on a laboratory test.
However close it may be, it is not
Ebola until it is Ebola.”
The Federal Ministry of Health and
the Kaduna State Government are
expected to announce the result of
the test later on Wednesday.
The Kaduna Commissioner for Health,
Mr. Dogo, had told PREMIUM TIMES
that the student had been on
admission at the hospital for a week.
He said after he “developed rashes
with redness of the eyes”, authorities
became suspicious and decided to
isolate him and test him for Ebola.
The state government also provided
protective equipment to medical
officers attending to the patient, Mr.
Dogo said.
But in a series of tweets Tuesday,
Ebola Alert urged doctors and
hospitals to refrain from divulging
patients’ information so as not to
stigmatize them while also creating
panic in society.
It reminded Nigerian doctors and
hospitals to note that several other
diseases share symptoms with Ebola.
The organization said, “We hope our
hospitals will continue to keep health
information of their clients and care
givers confidential especially #
SUSPECTED#EBOLA .
“It is equally important to stay
professional by not creating panic in
the interest of your staff, patients and
country at large. #Ebola
“Several diseases share symptoms
with #Ebola and there are other viral
haemorrhagic fevers.
“In an #EbolaOutbreak , it is
challenging for the healthcare
workers to balance between high
suspicion and misdiagnosis. Remain
professional.
“It will be hard to have public panic if
patients #health#information is kept
confidential as is #ethically required;
even #Ebola patients.
“We hope our colleagues continue to
remain professional as we work on
this together. #Ebola#HCW#Nigeria
Do not put patients’ info out there.
“When you wrongly classify an ill
person as an #Ebola patient, we
hope you will be around to clean the
stigma caused. #CAUTION
“Reaching a diagnosis of #Ebola is
dependent on a laboratory test.
However close it may be, it is not
Ebola until it is Ebola. #CAUTION
“Healthcare is a very responsible and
accountable sector. #Ebola will bring
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us. Let’s lead now.”

By Ogaga Ifowodo
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan’s
hostage negotiator, Dr Stephen Davis,
has done Nigerians a great favour
and put his employer in a tight
corner. Davis has broken the official
taboo against naming names of
persons behind Boko Haram, those
who fund the ceaseless bloodbaths,
abduction of adolescent girls as
sexual slaves, arson and more.
We owe Davis a debt of gratitude for
letting us know more than our
government has been willing to
disclose: the mere geographical
location of the Chibok girls coupled
with the rote assurance of their
safety.
Dr Stephen Davis
The utter secrecy surrounding what
the government is doing or not doing
to free the Chibok girls or end the
insurgency has led to the unfortunate
impression that it is helpless and all
we can do is wait for Abubakar
Shekau to become human again,
renounce violence and lay down his
arms. Or wait for the United States to
send us night vision goggles and
remaindered equipment from its wars
in Iraq and Afghanistan before a
proper anti-terrorism war can begin.
Davis spoke first to a television
station in Australia and then to a
Nigerian medium, Arise Television .
On 29 August, ThisDay published
Davis’s revelations under the
headline “Australian Negotiator
Names Ihejrika, Sheriff as Sponsors
of Boko Haram.” Davis points with
the certitude of a chief prosecution
witness to two highly placed citizens:
retired Lt-General Azubuike Ihejirika,
former Chief of Army Staff and field
commander of the offensive against
Boko Haram, and Alhaji Modu Sheriff,
former governor of Borno State where
Shekau has his headquarters and
has planted the first flag of his
dreamed Caliphate.
The evidence against Azubuike
appears thin, but Sheriff, Davis says,
“has been funding Boko Haram’s
terrorism for years.” Davis has also
pointed to an unnamed third person
in Abuja whose three nephews
allegedly participated in the Nyanya-
Abuja bombing that killed 77 people.
In his interview with SaharaReporters,
the New York-based online news
platform, Davis gives further details
concerning this man by claiming that
he is a top official of the Central
Bank and Boko Haram’s banker.
To my mind, other than the surprise
mention of Ihejirika, the real news is
the proof by inference Davis gives of
the charge that the government may
indeed have been playing politics
with the terrorist insurgency that has
laid waste to vast swathes of the
North East, killed thousands and
scarred millions.
This is not the first time Sheriff’s
name would be linked to Boko
Haram, but whereas we could only
watch as the government camp and
the opposition traded accusations of
playing politics with the insurgency,
Davis, in the final analysis, has now
indicted the President. Mostly
through his underlying tone of
incredulity as to why Boko Haram’s
sponsors have not been arrested,
why the SSS “doesn’t seem inclined
to interrogate” the three nephews of
the Abuja man for “concrete evidence
against their uncle in whose house
they were living.”
The implications of his words must
have been clear to Davis, hence, I
suspect, his attempt to absolve his
employer of blame. If Jonathan
arrests prominent politicians who are
likely to run against him in 2015, he
would lay himself open to the charge
of hounding the opposition to
enhance his re-election. To deflect
that charge, he says, there has to be
“a very high threshold” of evidence
sufficient to “keep the Western
nations happy.”
This can’t be higher than the normal
weight of evidence to sustain a
criminal charge and it is obvious that
Davis is convinced the threshold was
reached a long time ago. According
to ThisDay , Davis “was emphatic that
the people he names are current
sponsors of Boko Haram,” that he
had information on “some of them
about three years ago; one of them
four years ago,” and that one even
provided “money and . . . in one
case . . . six (Toyota) Hilux vehicles
used for suicide bombing.”
Yet, by the end of Davis’s testimony,
the line between the bad opposition
politicians and the good government
is blurred. Sheriff, now the de facto
poster-politician allegedly
sponsoring Boko Haram, has
decamped to the ruling Peoples
Democratic Party “in the hope this
will give him protection.” What other
course of action does Jonathan have
now than to order the immediate
arrest of all the persons that his
hostage negotiator claims are the
chief sponsors of Boko Haram?
And to charge them to court
forthwith? Unless, of course, his
hostage negotiator is a rabble rouser,
in which case we must wonder how
and why he has worked for three
successive presidents. It can’t be
the case that the evidence that
emboldens Davis to name names is
unavailable to Jonathan and his
security and intelligence heads.
Jonathan must know that failure to
act would give credence to the
opposition’s counter-claim: a
conviction that the insurgency was
fomented by his political enemies to
make the country ungovernable and
prevent his re-election, but that the
plot boomeranged and so it is best
left unaddressed in order to gain him
sympathy votes. My hunch is that
Davis, an independent contractor,
spoke at the bidding of the President,
but even if he acted independently in
order to force Jonathan’s hand, that
should not prevent decisive action
against any suspected Boko Haram
sponsor, irrespective of party
affiliation or status, against whom
prima facie evidence can be
adduced. All that is needed is
political will.
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The South-East chapter of the All
Progressives Congress [APC] has
warned its Peoples Democratic Party
[PDP] counterpart against the
adoption of President Goodluck
Jonathan for the 2015 presidential
election.
It noted that the president had
repeatedly failed the people of the
zone and that it would be fatal for the
entire zone to endorse him.
The party said it wondered why the
zonal chapter of the PDP would
bemoan the marginalisation of the
zone in the recent promotion in the
Nigeria Police Force, NPF, and at the
same time endorse Mr. Jonathan for
the coming election.
In a well-attended meeting at
Umuahia, the Abia State capital at the
weekend, the PDP governors,
ministers, senators, members of the
National Assembly and State
Assemblies and other political
leaders from the South-East zone
rose from a crucial meeting
bemoaning the marginalization of
Ndigbo in the recent Police
promotions.
They also endorsed Mr. Jonathan for
another term in office.
The APC said in a statement by its
spokesperson, Osita Okechukwu, that
although it would not support the
marginalization of the South-East or
any zone, it could not reconcile the
crass parody or the hopelessness
exhibited by the zonal chapter of the
PDP in Umuahia.
It said the PDP was not only in power
at the federal level, but Mr. Jonathan
was the adopted son of the zone.
“South-East APC for the umpteenth
time had warned on the danger of
putting all our eggs in one basket
and the futility of adopting a
clueless, incapable and less than
transparent president once again and
expecting different result,” the
statement said.
“For the avoidance of doubt, we have
nothing personal against our dear
president, but our candid
assessment is that he is clueless,
incapable and less than transparent
to fix a complex Nigeria.
“Otherwise, neither the Police Service
Commission and the Police Council
nor the Inspector General of the
Police Force can promote top officers
to the rank of DIG and AIG without
the perusal of the Commander-in-
Chief.”
The APC said the zonal PDP chapter
had not disclosed the reason the
president unceremonious sack of the
immediate past Chief of Army Staff,
Azubike Ihejirika, who was the first
Igbo to occupy that position since
1966.
On the new allocation of new Polling
Units by the Independent National
Electoral Commission, INEC, the zonal
APC chapter challenged the South-
East PDP to forthwith unravel what
transpired.
It said it was the PDP that nominated
both the national and Resident
Electoral Commissioners, REC, who
represent the zone while another
Igbo son, Andy Uba, chairs the
Senate Committee on INEC.
The APC said, “Or is it not
appropriate to also remind the
South-East PDP that their adopted
son, President Jonathan rejected the
core recommendation of the Justice
Mohammed Uwais Electoral Reform
Committee, which proffered that it is
better to openly and democratically
appoint INEC Commissioners through
public advertisement to avoid corrupt
officials?
“We must be guided by an ancient
maxim that we cannot act like the
chicken that bends its neck to pot
cooking it instead of the knife that
killed it.
“Therefore, to avoid further
marginalization, why re-elect a
president who condone inequality or
is careless over crucial matters of
national importance where justice
and fairness are sine qua non for
equity?”
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