₦airaland Forum

•Fears Aspirants’ Gang-up Against
Ribadu
•I am sure of getting party’s waiver
—Marwa
•Imposition would affect party —
Gulak
By Henry Umoru, KINGSLEY
OMONOBI
AHEAD the October 11 gubernatorial
election in Adamawa State, strong
indications emerged yesterday that
the presidency may have bowed to
criticisms trailing its support for
former Chairman, Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,
Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, just as it has
made a U- Turn on him.
President Goodluck Jonathan and
Mallam Nuhu Ribadu
It was gathered yesterday that for
fear of any gang up against Ribadu if
he emerges the candidate of the
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP by
other aggrieved aspirants and party
leaders, the presidency was said to
have now soft- pedalled on Ribadu.
Speculations have been on that
Ribadu was drafted into the Adamawa
governorship race by the Presidency
on the recommendation of the
Principal Private Secretary to the
President, Ambassador Hassan
Tukur. The presidential aide and
Ribadu were classmates who have
enjoyed a long-standing relationship
with each other.
Meanwhile, former military
administrator of Lagos and Borno
States, Brigadier-General Buba
Marwa,rtd) yesterday declared that he
will contest the governorship race of
Adamawa state under the banner of
the Peoples Democratic Party adding
that he will win the seat for the Party
in the bye election slated for October
11 this year.
Disclosing that he was sure of
getting the party’s waiver to contest
the election, General Marwa said that
the decampment of Mallam Nuhu
Ribadu who is being touted as
‘anointed candidate’ as well as
others, posed no threat to his
ambition.
Also, Special Adviser to President
Goodluck Jonathan, Barrister Ahmed
Gulak has warned that imposition
would have a disastrous effect on the
chance of the party in winning the
state’s guber election, stressed that
the least anybody could wish the
people at this trying moment was for
them to be allowed to choose their
leader.
However, following the support from
the Presidency, Ribadu who was the
2011 Presidential candidate of the
defunct Action Congress of Nigeria,
ACN and a Chieftain of All
Progressives Congress, APCRibadu,
picked his governorship form through
his political associate, Hammidu
Mahmud, at the national secretariat
of the PDP in Abuja where he told
Journalists that he was not aware
that President Goodluck Jonathan
had anointed him as the party’s
governorship candidate.
According to him, “We are not aware
that the president wants Ribadu, it
was some PDP chieftains in the state
who called on Ribadu to come and
contest for the governorship of the
state. So the question of the
president wanting Ribadu does not
arise in the case.”
It will be recalled that the
Presidency, particularly the PPS has
neither denied nor confirmed the
speculations, Ribadu has
consistently denied that he was
running for the governorship of
Adamawa on the strength of an
alleged presidential support.h
Ribadu who has just joined the party
must get a waiver from the PDP in
line with PDP’s constitution, Section
50 (9) which says: “There shall be a
minimum of two year membership
span for a member to be eligible to
stand for election into any public
office, unless the appropriate
executive committee gives a waiver
or rules to the contrary.”
According to a member of Board of
Trustees, BoT of PDP from the
South-South zone and a member of
the president’s inner caucus, “The
race in the coming days is likely to
be very interesting but we have all
resolved to be very careful because
in politics, you cannot take chances,
especially ones that are likely to
jeopardize the chances of your party.
Meanwhile, former Vice President
Atiku Abubakar, a source said was
waiting for aggrieved members of
PDP who will kick when Ribadu
eventually becomes the PDP
candidate as he was said to be
waiting to lure them to the APC.
Those who bought forms according
to the record at the Mobilisation
office in the office of the National
Organising Secretary and obtained by
Saturday Vanguard yesterday are the
Acting Governor, Ahmadu Umaru
Fintiri; a three time gubernatorial
aspirant, Dr. Umar Ardo; former
Chairman, Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mallam
Nuhu Ribadu; Senator Abubakar
Girei; former Special Adviser to
President Goodluck Jonathan on
Political Matters, Alhaji Ahmed Gulak;
Erstwhile Military Administrator of
Lagos and Borno States, Brig. Gen.
Mohammed Buba Marwa and former
Minister of Statement Foreign Affairs,
Dr. Aliyu Idi- Hong. Others are the
immediate Executive Secretary,
Universal Basic Education
Commission, UBEC, Dr. Ahmed
Modibbo Mohammed; Son of former
PDP National Chairman, Awwal
Bamanga Tukur; Marcus Natina
Gundiri; James Shuiabu Barka; Jerry
Kundusi; Engr. Brig. Gen. A.A.V.
Kana and Andrawus Sawa.
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T he All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday
said it would sue spokesperson of the States
security Service (SSS), Marilyn Ogar, for
attempting to blame the party for the series of
bomb blasts in the country.
APC stated that by stating on national television
that whenever the opposition party wins the
election, there would be no bomb blasts, but
whenever another party wins the election, there
would be blasts, Ms. Ogar was implying that the
party was responsible for terrorism in Nigeria.
SSS spokesperson, Marilyn Ogar
A press release issued by APC’s National
Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on
Saturday demanded Ogar’s resignation.
“For the DSS Spokesperson to echo the same
capricious statement that has been made in the
past by the spokesman of the PDP shows that
the agency has dropped its toga of non-
partisanship and has descended into the political
fray.
“If the DSS has any professional ethics, if DSS is
not an arm of the PDP, then the agency must
publicly dissociate itself from the irresponsible
and unfounded allegation by Ogar and disengage
her from the service.
“'Doing that will be the first step in restoring the
credibility, or whatever is left of it, of the DSS. In
the alternative, we challenge the DSS to present
to Nigerians any evidence it may have to link our
party to the spate of bomb blasts in the country.
After all, it is trite that he who alleges must
prove."
The party also commented on Ogar’s allegation
that “a certain political party” believed to be APC
offered the SSS N14 million as a bribe, saying
institutions of state like the SSS must know that
their responsibility is to the nation, and not to any
political party that may be having a transient hold
on power that their loyalty is to the nation, not to
any individual.
“This way, the institutions will keep their integrity
intact and also serve the nation properly.
Irrespective of the government in power,
institutions of state must stay above the fray, in
line with best practices.
“This is a lesson that should not be hard for the
fellows over there at the DSS to understand,
going by the antecedents of their agency.
However, where they choose to play politics with
their professionalism and integrity, they will soon
realise there are working in an agency that is not
worth its salt, one that has lost the respect of the
citizenry."
It saddled the National Assembly with the task of
inviting Ogar's to explain if the alleged N14
million bribe was offered and who offered it

http://saharareporters.com/2014/08/16/apc-threatens-sue-ogar-over-terrorism-bribery-allegations

The Minister of Defence, Aliyu Gusau, said on
Thursday that Nigeria was ‘under siege’ and
called for collective effort in the fight against
terrorism and insurgency in the country.
Mr. Gusau made the call at the graduation dinner/
award night for Course 22 Participants of the
National Defence College, NDC, on Wednesday in
Abuja.
“It is not just government and security services
that are in the war, it is our country that is under
siege.
“It is our war and war can only be won if we keep
a united front, while we are concerned about our
present we should also think of our future.
“The current challenges in some part of the
country remind us that military might alone is not
enough to ensure peace,’’ he said.
Mr. Gusau, however, said that military power was
essential to ensure stability without which it
would be impossible to build and sustain peace.
The minister said without the support of the
people, especially the locals, the unseen enemies
in an insurgency would retain the perception that
they had the upper hand.
He said the armed forces required the total and
unequivocal support of generality of Nigerians for
their actions to remain legitimate.
On training, Mr. Gusau said government was
focused on renewed collaboration with the NDC to
ensure that senior officers of the military were
properly trained to enable them face the challenge
of terror
“To you the graduating participants, I have cause
to believe that you have all earned the right to be
conferred with the qualification of Fellow of
Defence College (FDC),’’ he said.
Mr. Gusau stressed that innovation and foresight
were needed to curb emerging security threats in
the 21st century.
He expressed satisfaction with the progress made
by the college in the areas of training, research
and development as well as for retaining its
position as the centre of excellence.
Awards were given to staff and participants who
had distinguished themselves.
A total of 139 participants, including 15 foreign
participants, would graduate from the college on
August 8.

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A group of soldiers who brought back dead and
injured soldiers from the besieged town of Gwoza
yesterday fired shots at the main gate at
Maimalari Barracks, is home to the 7th Division
the Nigerian army. Gwoza, located near the
border with Cameroon, fell under the control of
Islamist insurgents yesterday, the second major
town in Borno State to be captured by Boko
Haram after the terrorist group seized Damboa on
July 21.
Two sources at the barracks told
SaharaReporters that the soldiers were angry
about the number of dead soldiers’ bodies that
had to be deposited at a military hospital in
Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State. They added
that the commanding officer of the Bama military
unit that was sacked by Boko Haram militants is
also missing.
The military hospital attached to Maimalari
Barracks in Maiduguri received the remains of
dead soldiers as well as those with critical
injuries who were brought in overnight from
Gwoza, a town overrun and seized by Islamist
insurgents in a deadly operation early Wednesday.
One source said that seven Hilux pick-up vans
arrived at the barracks filled with dead bodies
and injured soldiers.
Several sources disclosed that Boko Haram
fighters had massacred at least 100 residents of
the town and inflicted a high casualty on Nigerian
troops before the soldiers abandoned the town to
the superior firepower of the surging insurgents.
Boko Haram blew up two bridges in Gwoza,
forcing hordes of displaced residents to flee into
Cameroon in search of refuge. The new Emir of
Gwoza, Mohammed Timta, remains missing more
than 24 hours after the militants seized his town.
Cameroonian authorities reported that Boko
Haram also killed 10 people in a Cameroonian
village near Gwoza.
The high death toll and injury count among
soldiers provoked the gunshots fired by irate
soldiers at the main gate of the Maimalari
Barracks. “The shooting forced the soldiers on
duty at the gate to take cover in order to escape
being hit by the bullets,” one of our sources
disclosed.
One source said the angry soldiers on arrival also
demanded to see their commander ask him why
they were issued far less weaponry and
manpower compared to that of the Boko Haram
militants. One of the angry soldiers told
SaharaReporters that most of their mortars were
manufactured in the early 1960s, adding that
some of them failed to fire. He also stated that
their rifles often jammed after firing a few times.
“The commander went into hiding,” said one
source. Frustrated by the development, some of
the battle-weary soldiers began to shoot again
into the air, saying they wanted their colleagues
at the barracks to get a little dose of what they
suffered in the bush in Gwoza.
One source added that there was great anxiety
among families of soldiers involved in the Gwoza
battle. “Some of the relatives of the soldiers
attempted to check in the hospital to see whether
their people were among the dead, but they were
not allowed in. The commander gave orders for
the gate to be locked,” he said.
Two weeks ago, military authorities started
building a fence around the hospital to restrict
public view of the facility. One officer said the
military was worried that people were able to see
into the hospital and expose information that the
military considered detrimental to the morale of
its troops.
Some soldiers are reportedly critical of the fencing
of the hospital when the barracks remain
unsecured and vulnerable to attack.
Our sources said there was high tension among
soldiers as the commanding officer of the Bama
military formation who led a reinforcement of
troops to try and repel Boko Haram’s attack is
nowhere to found. One military source disclosed
that Boko Haram militants had condoned off and
laid ambush in all the axes where they suspected
that troops would use for reinforcement. “We
heard that the Bama formation ran into an
ambush and many of the soldiers were killed and
some, including the officer, are still missing,” said
a military source.

http://saharareporters.com/2014/08/07/near-mutiny-army-barracks-maiduguri-over-high-number-nigerian-troops-casualty-gwoza

An address by Dr. Ahmad A. Gumi on the
occasion of the launching of MY VOTE, MY
PRIDE at the Gamji Multi-Purpose Center,
Kaduna on 22nd July, 2014
Protocol,
Assalamu alaikum.
Let me state with this quotation by Lyndon
Johnson.
“The vote is the most powerful instrument
ever devised by man for breaking down
injustice and destroying walls which
imprison man because they are different
from other men”
Ladies and gentlemen, Nigeria today is facing
numerous challenges necessitating the need for
individuals to complement government efforts by
taking on any of the challenges they are capable
of addressing and proffer practical solutions.
Such offers however should be nationalistic
devoid of tribalism, religion or sectionalism. Allah
has created us and brought us together as
Nigerians. Those clamoring for separation are
only exhibiting their nationalistic deficiencies.
Our organization, MY VOTE, MY PRIDE is our
humble efforts to tackle the challenges facing the
country and complement government efforts.
Opposing our ideas is not the solution. The
solution lies in joining us to ensure good and
credible election and good governance. Our efforts
are based on the realization that the whole
democratic system revolves around people votes.
The people should be allowed to choose their own
leaders using their votes. If this process is free,
fair and transparent, the people will listen and
obey those leaders and the leaders will turn
respect the wishes of the people and will do
practice their possible to protect the people’s
lives, property, the freedom to practice their
chosen religion and finally to come their rescue in
times of distress or calamity.
Leaders chosen by the people will not be afraid of
the citizenry.
This is not happening in Nigeria today because
the elections are seen to be manipulated, thus
not reflected the people’s choices. This has
resulted in suspicions and mistrust by the
electorate. Faulty elections give room for the
wrong persons to be in government and this in
turn leads to poor governance. The fault however
doesn’t stop at the leadership. The citizenry are
also guilty in the sense that they allow
themselves to be manipulated through monetary
inducement. The reason for this behavior is
because the citizenry are uniformed on the
enormous powers of their votes. For example, the
citizenry do not appreciate that the offices of
state and national assembly are very powerful.
While these houses can remove a governor or the
president through impeachment, governors and
the president cannot remove any member of these
chambers!
As powerful as the state and the national
assembly are, it is only the citizenry the
determine who goes to these chambers and it is
the people who decide who comes back at
elections. In other words, elected officials must
carry out the wishes of the state and national
assemblies which in turn must also serve the
wishes of the people. What is currently happening
is that the governance is being run as if the
people don’t matter. They are only remembered
during elections when indomie and maggi are
freely mad available. The legislative arms are in
control of the executive, while the judiciary is
compromised.
MY VOTE, MY PRIDE therefore seeks to address
the short coming of free and fair elections by
ensuring that the people are allowed to choose
and effect changes through their votes. Such
votes so casted must be protected peacefully to
ensure that the elections held are credible.
Incidentally this is what the electoral law is all
about. This way, the leaders so elected will be
respected and obeyed by the people and such
leaders so chosen will equally respect and carry
out the wishes of the people.
MY VOTE, MY PRIDE is a nongovernmental
organization which is nonpartisan, non-sectional
and non-religious. Its governing body comprises
Muslims and Christians of high integrity with
nationalistic commitment. It will be funded by the
ordinary people through voluntary contributions.
That way, their mindsets will change from relying
on politicians to fund elections that of them
bearing the cost in nurturing and protecting their
votes to ensure that only their chosen leaders are
allowed to govern them.
The electoral law stipulates that results of all
elections held at election centers must be
compiled, signed by the electoral officers and the
political party agents and PASTED/DISPLAYED at
that election centers for the people to see and
know which party won and by how many votes.
This important provision of the electoral law is
what the people should take maximum advantage
of.
MY VOTE, MY PRIDE is also taking advantage of
technology by capturing/photographing such
displayed result sheet so pasted with their
specialized handset and transmitted through the
internet to their central computers for the whole
world to have instant access to such data. The
citizenry will also be encouraged to snap such
result sheets on their handset. It is our belief that
such efforts will go a long way in complementing
governments’ efforts in ensuring free fair and
transparent elections. Our activities will be
nationalistic, transparent, nonpartisan, non-
religious and knowledge based. Our aim is to
cover the whole country and it is hoped that the
people irrespective of tribe, religion or geopolitical
location will contribute their widow’s mite as the
extent of our coverage will be determined by their
level of contributions.
Ladies and gentlemen, it is my pleasure to invite
you to the demonstration of how MY VOTE, MY
PRIDE will peacefully and by the grace of god
contribute its quota to ensuring a credible
election in Nigeria through technology. It is our
conviction that with the advent of the social
media that provides instant access to global
information at the click of the computer, patriotic
people should come together to provide credible
flat form failing which the citizenry could be
misguided by mischief makers.
Finally I wish to thank all those Muslims and
Christians who have started sending in their
donations to this noble project. We are
encouraged by your responses in cash and in
kind. Once more you very much and god bless.


http://www.myvotemypride.com/all-posts/my-vote-my-pride-initiative-the-way-forward/

Governor Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa State on
Monday morning appeared before the seven-
member panel set up by the Chief Judge,
Suleiman Dikko. The panel is investigating the
16-count charges of impeachment levelled
against him by the State Assembly.
Mr. Al-Makura, who arrived the sitting at about
9.12 a.m. waited for over 30 minutes for the panel
members headed by Yusuf Usman to arrive. The
members were yet to arrive as at the time of this
report.
The governor arrived with a large entourage of
political appointees and a member of the state
assembly representing Keffi-East, Othman Bala
Adam (All Progressives Congress, APC).
Twenty (Peoples Democratic Party members) of
the 24-member Assembly are believed to be in
support of the impeachment of Mr. Al-Makura,
who is a member of the APC.


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Six of the 20 members of the People’s Democratic
Party (PDP) including Speaker of the Nasarawa
State
House of Assembly, Musa Ahmed Mohammed,
who signed the impeachment notice against
Governor Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, are facing
recall by their constituents over allegations that
they did not consult properly before embarking on
the exercise.
The other five members are: the deputy speaker,
Elisha Agwadu, Mohammed Baba Ibaku,
Abdulkarim Usman, Francis Orogu and
Mohammed Sidi Bako. In two of the
constituencies, namely Nasarawa-Central, and
Udege/Loko, where the speaker and Ibaku are
representing, respectively, people have for the
past two weeks been collecting signatures from
constituents. But the other constituencies have
just commenced the exercise, Daily Trust
gathered.
In Nasarawa-Central, the constituents have
already set up a central committee headed by the
chairman of Nasarawa Local Government Area,
Tijjani Ahmed, who is coordinating the recall
process with three sub-committees.
A former council chairman, Barrister Mohammed
Sani Bawa is heading the Nasarawa-Central sub-
committee, the state Commissioner of Agriculture,
Danladi Madaki, is heading the sub-committee for
Udege, while Alhaji Ibrahim Gambo and Nuhu
Abubakar, a former councillor is heading the sub-
committee for Loko axis.
The council chairman, Tijjani Ahmed, told Daily
Trust yesterday that there are also seven sub-
committees for the seven wards of Nasarawa-
Central, just as there are 44 sub-committees set
up to coordinate signatories in the 44 polling
units of the constituency.
“We are on course and signatures have started
coming in from constituents against the two
lawmakers representing the two constituencies of
Nasarawa Local Government,” Ahmed said.
The state commissioner of Agriculture, Madaki
told Daily Trust that constituents are “falling over
each other to append their signatures against
Ibaku,” just as Sani Bawa said they are getting
signatures from Angwan Dalatu polling unit,
where the speaker voted in 2011.
But Ibaku, who confirmed he is aware of the
process initiated to commence his recall, said he
is not bothered by the development.
“I was voted by 43,500 PDP members of my
constituency in 2011. My opponent polled only
13,000. If the 43,500 people who elected me say
they want me out; I will be bothered. If
disgruntled APC members in their microscopic
minority are initiating a recall against me, I will be
sleeping and waiting for 90 days for our people to
go a referendum to decide who is more popular in
Udege/Loko,” he said.
When contacted, the speaker’s spokesman, Tanko
Ibrahim, said: “Frankly speaking, I have no
comments.”
Francis Orogu, on his part, confirmed the moves
against him but insisted that the process is not
one to give him sleepless nights.
“I have 100 per cent support from my
constituents to go ahead with the impeachment
against the governor. I consulted my people and
they gave me the go ahead. Today, they are
promising me an automatic ticket because I did
them proud by appending my signature to the
impeachment notice,” he said.
This is just as Lanze Kassim Ujah, a legislative
aide to Usman of Wamba, said he is aware of
plans by the minority APC members in his area to
recall his boss, but added: “My boss consulted
his constituents and got their approval. He is still
in touch with his constituents”.
The deputy speaker, Elisha Agwandu said he got
the mandate of a majority PDP constituent to
represent the area in the state assembly, just as
he insisted that he had the approval of the
electorate to sign the impeachment notice against
the governor. Sidi Bako could not be reached at
press time.


http://dailytrust.com.ng/daily/top-stories/30771-impeachment-nasarawa-speaker-5-others-face-recall

The National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki
(retd.) on Thursday said contrary to the claims
by some individuals, the Federal Government was
not behind the last week’s attack on the convoy
of a former military leader, Maj. Gen.
Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).
He said as far back as February, the leader of the
Boko Haram sect, Shekau, had threatened Buhari
and some others, calling them infidels that must
be dealt with.
Dasuki spoke while fielding questions from State
House correspondents after the Council of State
meeting during which the issue of the attack on
Buhari came up for discussion.
He said, “We said something about the attack on
Buhari and Sheik Dahiru Bauchi. There was a
threat as far back as February this year issued by
Shekau calling them infidel by names and
positions saying that they were in trouble and
they were going to see.
“Well, the government was not responsible, and if
you say that the government was responsible in
the case of General Buhari, why don’t you say the
same in the case of Sheik Dahiru Bauchi?
“We said this not because we had facts but
because it is what sells the paper. That is the
most unfortunate thing. And we want to say that
it was not only General Buhari, there were others
mentioned too.”
On the fears that the Boko Haram sect might
have started turning the schoolgirls abducted
from Chibok, Borno State to female suicide
bombers, Dasuki said the government did not
have control over the girls since they were still in
captivity.

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AT least, 15 persons were feared killed in Ogba/
Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers
State by unknown gunmen.
The gunmen numbering about 12 stormed seven
communities in the local government area and
opened fire on unsuspecting persons.
It was gathered that the assailants, who were all
armed with AK-47 rifles, rode into the area with
six motorcycles and operated from 9pm on
Wednesday till the wee hours of Thursday.
A source in the area told our correspondent that
while three persons were shot dead in Ede, one of
the communities in the area, one person lost his
life in Obite.
In Egite community, two persons were killed by
the gunmen while two others were injured.
The source told our correspondent that four
persons were shot at close range in Egita
community while one also died in Obiosimiri
community during the raid.
“In Akabta community, the gunmen killed one
person and an undisclosed number of people were
injured. So far, 15 persons were killed during the
night raid by the unknown gunmen.
“They (gunmen) began their operation at about
9pm on Wednesday night till early this (Thursday)
morning. As I speak with you, some of our people,
who were injured, are in the hospital,” the source
from Egi clan in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni added.
However, efforts made to reach the State Police
Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ahmad Mohammad,
proved futile as his mobile phone was switched
off.

http://www.punchng.com/news/gunmen-kill-15-in-rivers/

banito1: please anyone in kd should let me know how this would affect the peace in kd because I am currently on my way to zaria from abj and will be passing through kd very soon. Thanks

nothing will happen. the problem is that if the bomb blast take place in south city of kd the christians there will start maiming people.may God hav mercy on Nigerians

Ceasar1: [color=#000030] You are kidding right?[/color]

may god help us in this country ameen.

Another bomb blast now @Riagchukun B/stop,
Kawo Kaduna with scores dead

picture

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An explosion has occurred in central Kaduna
killing at least 10 people, a witness has said.
The blast occurred Wednesday afternoon along
Isa Kaita road which leads to the popular Murtala
Square.
A witness said the explosion is believed to have
been targeted at the convoy a prominent Islamic
cleric, Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi, who was on his way
to the Square.
The witness, Hassan Mohammed, told PREMIUM
TIMES that the bomb, concealed in a red
Volkswagen golf car parked by the road side, was
detonated as the cleric’s convoy drove past.
The sheikh escaped unhurt, the witness said.
“As I speak to you now, I can see many bodies on
the ground,” Mr. Mohammed said.
The police could not be immediately reached.
But the witness said security and emergency
officials have arrived at the scene evacuating the
victims of the blast.
The blast is the second targeting Mr. Bauchi in
Kaduna State. In June, an explosion occurred
near his house injuring one person.
The Sheikh is a known critic of the extremist Boko
Haram sect. It is however not clear whether the
group is responsible for the attack.
Details later…

if i can recalled some days back the same sheikh dahiru bauchi was targeted with a bomb around kinkinau kaduna.

isa kaita is long road wic star from arewa house to Naf club and end at kaduna state water board.

just heared large sound of bomb blast . and a frend told me is along Alkali road which is link to murtala mohammad square where popular Islamic scholar sheikh dahiru bauchi is closing his annual ramadan tafseer today in murtala mohd square.



http://m.premiumtimesng.com/news/165413-breaking-bomb-rocks-kaduna-many-feared-dead.html

A former Nigeria’s Permanent Representative at
the United Nations, Alhaji Maitama Sule, on
Monday called on Nigerians to put the nation’s
interest above their personal interest.
The ex-diplomat added that he had written a
letter to President Goodluck Jonathan and the
governors, warning of what he called disastrous
consequences if the prevailing trend in the country
was not arrested.
Sule made the call when the Arewa Youth
Development Foundation paid him a courtesy visit
at his residence in Kano.
The elder statesman said, “That was what our
founding fathers like Zik, Obafemi Awolowo,
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Sardauna, Aminu Kano
and Tarka did.
“These leaders belonged to different political
parties, tribes and religion, but they lived and
worked together because the unity of the country
was their main interest.
“About two weeks ago, I wrote to the Chairman of
Northern Governors Forum and his colleagues. I
also wrote to Mr President about the situation in
the country.
“I did point it out that if we do not put a stop to
personal interests, we will have disastrous
consequences in this country. I have written the
letter and I will follow it up.
“We have never had it so bad but what I believe
is that we have to get together and tell one
another the truth, let us agree to accommodate
our differences, be patient and put Nigeria above
our own interest.”
Sule, who is the Danmasani of Kano, however,
urged youths to desist from acts capable of
causing chaos in the country as they had no
other country but Nigeria.
The Leader of the group, Mr Ashiru Sharif, said
the members were in Sule’s residence to express
their concern with what was happening in the
country. http://www.punchng.com/news/maitama-sule-writes-jonathan-warns-of-disastrous-consequences/

The Chairman, Organisation and Mobilisation
Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party in the
South-West, Mr. Buruji Kashamu, has said his
organisation, Omoilu Foundation, distributed
66,000 litres of kerosene to residents of Osun
State.
Kashamu, who spoke in Ede on Sunday through
the Managing Director of the Foundation, Mr.
Samson Onasile, just before the start of the
distribution, said the gesture was not to induce
voters but to assist the people.
He added that an additional 66,000 litres of
kerosene would arrive in Osogbo this week for
distribution.
Onasile said the group was not involved in any
fraudulent activity which could disenfranchise
voters in Osun State contrary to the claim of the
ruling All Progressives Congress.
He explained that politicians started making
overtures to the foundation having realised that
members of the foundation who were benefitting
from the magnanimity of Kashamu had electoral
value.
Onasile said, “The Omoilu Foundation gave out
750 vehicles and 1,000 motorcycles in 2006. The
chairman (Kashamu) at times distributes recharge
cards to members without asking them to do
anything for him.
“We are distributing kerosene today to assist our
members in the state (Osun State).
“Before you are registered as a member of the
foundation, you are requested to obtain a form
and we get your data. We ask them to come with
their voter cards to know that they registered.
“We encourage them to register so that they
would be able to vote and we ask them to bring
their cards to know that they truly registered and
got their cards.”
According to him residents of Ondo State and
other states which are not preparing for elections
are also registering to become members of
Omoilu Foundation.
Onasile said the allegation that the foundation
was an occult group was a lie and was aimed at
discrediting its chairman.
“We have registered 140,000 members for Omoilu
Foundation in Osun State as of today and many
are still obtaining our forms.
“We are distributing 66,000 litres today and
before Tuesday additional 66,000 would arrive for
distribution. The kegs for the kerosene is branded
PDP of course and the chairman is a leader of the
PDP and would work for the interest of the party.
“Omoilu Foundation is not an occult group like
some politicians are saying. We are interested in
the welfare of our members,” he added.
It will be recalled that Governor Rauf Aregbesola
has asked the people of the state to shun
registering with the foundation while claiming the
group was an occult one.
The Director, Communication Research and
Strategy, Osun APC, Mr. Kunle Oyatomi, described
the distribution of kerosene as a ploy to
hoodwink the citizenry.
Oyatomi said, “Why do you need to collect
people’s voters’ cards if not for fraudulent
purposes?
http://www.punchng.com/news/kashamu-distributes-66000-litres-of-kerosene-to-osun-residents/

nemesis must catch pd-pigs!!!!!

The Peoples Democratic Party has said the
impeached Governor of Adamawa State, Murtala
Nyako, is at liberty to return from the All
Progressives Congress to the ruling party.
Nyako, along with the governors of Rivers, Kano,
Kwara and Niger states, had defected from the
PDP, November last year, after several months as
members of a faction of the party known as the
New PDP .
The Publicity Secretary of the Lagos chapter of
the Peoples Democratic Party, Taofik Gani,
speaking in a telephone interview with SUNDAY
PUNCH , accused the opposition party of
contaminating PDP chiefs and governors.
He said, “Gov. Nyako used to be a thorough
person until he had reason to go against
President Jonathan and eventually defected from
PDP. However, let me commend him for having
the moral guts to absolve the President from this
impeachment process
“He has absolved Jonathan, and I think that is
good enough. At the same time, there may be a
subtle way of him trying to retrace his tracks
back to PDP and I will advise that he comes and
does that openly. He should come as quickly as
possible and return to his party.
According to Gani, Adamawa is a predominantly
PDP state and it was tactless of the embattled
governor to have defected from the PDP.
The PDP spokesperson expressed disappointment
that members of the PDP in top positions had
defected.
He said, “It is unfortunate that our governors and
other chieftains of the PDP do not realise that
they are infected and corrupted by these
tendencies in APC. Anytime a member of the PDP,
who has been well behaved, joins these
tendencies in APC, the member becomes another
thing.
“He becomes recalcitrant and politically naïve, so
much so that their attitudes and characters even
go against patriotism.”
He further backed the impeachment process that
led to Nyako’s removal, saying it was in line with
the provisions of the 1999 Constitution as
amended. He added that the constitution was
clear about impeachable allegations.
According to him, if indeed Nyako is popular in
Adamawa, the whole of Adamawa would have
protested in his support.
http://www.punchng.com/news/nyako-can-return-to-us-pdp/

UEFA has announced their disciplinary rules where
players on a yellow card will have their bookings
voided following the quarterfinal stages of the
UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa
League.
In a statement posted on UEFA’s official website ,
it read, “Following a recommendation by the
UEFA Club Competitions Committee - in order to
implement in UEFA club competitions a rule which
is already in force in the UEFA European Football
Championship - the Emergency Panel decided
that, as of this season, all yellow cards from the
beginning of the group stage will expire on
completion of the quarter-finals.”
"Bookings will therefore not be carried forward to
the semi-finals."
Last year, Real Madrid midfielder Xabi Alonso was
forced to miss the Champions League final after
picking up his third yellow card in Real’s semi-
final tie against Bayern Munich. However, he will
still be unavailable to play in Real Madrid’s UEFA
Super Cup tie against Sevilla due to his ban for
his celebration on the pitch during the Champions
League final last season.
Former Manchester United legends Roy Keane and
Paul Scholes had suffered the same scenario
when they had to sit out of the 1999 Champions
League final.
http://m.sportskeeda.com/football/uefa-announce-new-disciplinary-rules-yellow-cards

UEFA has announced their disciplinary rules where
players on a yellow card will have their bookings
voided following the quarterfinal stages of the
UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa
League.
In a statement posted on UEFA’s official website ,
it read, “Following a recommendation by the
UEFA Club Competitions Committee - in order to
implement in UEFA club competitions a rule which
is already in force in the UEFA European Football
Championship - the Emergency Panel decided
that, as of this season, all yellow cards from the
beginning of the group stage will expire on
completion of the quarter-finals.”
"Bookings will therefore not be carried forward to
the semi-finals."
Last year, Real Madrid midfielder Xabi Alonso was
forced to miss the Champions League final after
picking up his third yellow card in Real’s semi-
final tie against Bayern Munich. However, he will
still be unavailable to play in Real Madrid’s UEFA
Super Cup tie against Sevilla due to his ban for
his celebration on the pitch during the Champions
League final last season.
Former Manchester United legends Roy Keane and
Paul Scholes had suffered the same scenario
when they had to sit out of the 1999 Champions
League final.
http://m.sportskeeda.com/football/uefa-announce-new-disciplinary-rules-yellow-cards

Adebayo Rasak Daniel was caught with explosive
materials within the school premises
A man who was allegedly caught trying to bomb
a hostel building at the Obafemi Awolowo
University in Ile-Ife, Osun state, has been
identified as a former police officer.
Adebayo Rasak Daniel was apprehended by
students of the university who caught him with
petrol mixed with a chemical near Awo Hall in the
school.
Rasak is said to have confessed that he was sent
to destroy the building and he reportedly also
claimed responsibility for a previous explosion
within the school.
The suspect was handed over to security officials
by the students who cut his evil mission short.
http://pulse.ng/gist/i-was-sent-to-destroy-the-building-oau-awo-hall-bomb-suspect-confesses-id2991759.html?utm_campaign=i-was-sent-to-destroy-the-building-oau-awo-hall-bomb-suspect-confesses&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

Vig86: I witnessed the protest when I was travelling from masaka to Abuja and I concluded that an average hausa man is a fool

1diot!!! where did u get Hausas in Nasarawa state. illiterate!!!!

No lives were lost.
Gunmen suspected to be hired assassins, in the
early hours of Thursday, stormed the home of
Jeremiah Useni, a former Abuja minister.
Mr. Useni was, however, not at his Langtang
north Local Government Area, Plateau State home,
when the gunmen came.
According to witnesses, the suspects shot at the
building about 48 times.
Mr. Useni, a member of the on-going National
Conference, in a telephone interview with
journalists on Thursday evening, confirmed the
incident.
The retired general said no lives were lost.
“I was not there myself, but I was told of the
incident. No one was killed, but I will later today
(Thursday) visit the scene to see things for
myself,” he said.
The Police Public Relation Officer, PPRO, of the
Plateau State command, Abuh Emmanuel, also
confirmed the incident to journalists in Jos.
According to Mr. Abuh, the alleged assassins
were repelled by the police in the area.
“The suspects shot sporadically at the building,
but no one was killed. Police have brought the
situation under control,” he said.
However, residents of the area said it was a
group of vigilantes and youth who chased away
the suspected assassins.
One of the witnesses, who identified himself as
Nanpon, claimed to no longer be afraid of the
sound of guns shots, as it had become routine in
the area.
He alleged that members of the Special Taskforce,
STF, posted there often shot sporadically in the
air for no just cause.
Mr. Nanpon also alleged that members of the STF
harassed people in the area.
“Soldiers in our area sometimes enter our houses
and beat up people even when no one has
committed an offence. So when the attackers
came, we thought it was soldiers doing their
usual business of shooting in the air,” he said.
http://m.premiumtimesng.com/news/165118-‎gunmen-invade-jeremiah-usenis-home.html

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If Jonathan meets with Malala, a foreigner, it will
go a long way in confirming wide growing
suspicion that his government regards its own
citizens with disdain
…to meet with GEJ
Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani school girl who
became a global icon after being shot by the
Taliban is believed to be in Nigeria.
Malala, who is a UN Ambassador arrived last
night and might be in audience with the President
and some parents of the abducted Chibok girls
during the week.
A vocal advocate of the #bringbackourgirls
campaign, Malala is believed to be visiting for two
reasons; to drum up support for the $100m Safe
Schools Initiative launched at the last World
Economic Forum (WEF) and show support for the
Chibok girls.
Two things stand out from her visit, she arrived a
day before her birthday and she might be meeting
with Goodluck Jonathan who has refused to meet
with the #bringbackourgirls campaigners; a
movement that his government has tagged a “
franchise.”
If Jonathan meets with Malala, a foreigner and
teenager, it will go a long way in confirming wide
growing suspicion that his government regards its
own citizens with disdain since he has refused to
meet with Oby Ekwesili, a former minister and
Maryam Uwais, a first class legal brain.

http://www.sabinews.com/all-news/malala-arrives-nigeria-chibok-girls-onyema-dike/

smartchoice: To win elections pple in d north sleep with donkeys... West human rituals... East human rituals.... Quran forbids inbreeding but the emir of kano is married to his first cousin.... Yet they kill at the mere cartoonation of prophet Mohammed.... Dogs are eaten by a section of the east and west..... So who are those pointing fingers?

what does this bastard knows about Qur'an.

“In that you on or about 14 May 14 at7 DMSH
Maimalari Cantonment in Maiduguri without
justification attempted to kill Maj. Gen. A
Mohammed (N/7915), the GOC 7 div( as he then
was) by firing shots on his official vehicle
(Command Jeep) which hit the right door where
he sat,” the charge reads.
After the attack in Maiduguri, the Nigerian Army
arrested the soldiers and instituted a military
board of inquiry into the circumstances
surrounding their conduct.
The army charged 11 of the 18 soldiers with
criminal conspiracy to commit mutiny among
others.
The soldiers face a six-count charge of
committing mutiny, criminal conspiracy to commit
mutiny, attempted murder, disobedience to
particular orders, insubordinate behaviour
contrary to and punishable under the law, and
false accusation.
The charge sheet read that the soldiers inspired
other military personnel of the 101 battalion to
commit mutiny and also accused E. Azenda, a
Lieutenant colonel, who is the Second in
Command of the 101 battalion, of conspiring with
other officers to kill the soldiers.
One of the charges read “that you between 13
and 14 May 2014 at Maimalari cantonment in
Maiduguri fired sporadically with the intent to
incite other personnel of 101 battalion against the
authority of 7 Division.”
Punishment for the offences under the Armed
Forces Act include; death, imprisonment,
dismissal with ignominy from the Armed Forces, a
fine of a sum not exceeding the equivalent of
three months’ pay among others....... continue reading... http://m.premiumtimesng.com/news/164652-maiduguri-mutiny-nigerian-army-court-martials-18-soldiers.html?wpmp_tp=1

Hadone: Reminds me of a childhood friend Anas. We jokingly called him DAN-ANASKO MAYEN GAFIYA. Ha ha ha...

lollz