Besides, is Premium Times responsible for Buhari's certificate (or lack of it)?
You see how Cambridge (or OCR as it is now called) addressed the war cries of FFK and others back in 2015?
In a new post on its website, the university confirmed result grades for the examination in 1961 were issued in numbers, not letters, as suggested by critics of Mr. Buhari who have dismissed the results he presented as fabricated.
According to Cambridge, “Examination results were classed in grades from 1 to 9”.
“1, 2,3,4,5 & 6 indicate a Pass with Credit; 7 & 8 indicate a Pass; 9 indicate a Failure,” the school said.
Results tendered by Mr. Buhari shows he had credits in English Language, Geography, Health Science, Hausa Language; failed in Mathematics and Woodwork, and had a pass in Literature in English.
In its post, Cambridge said for candidates to qualify for its certificate in 1961, they needed to pass English, and not necessarily Mathematics.
“To pass the School Certificate, candidates had to pass examinations in a variety of groups. It was compulsory to pass English Language, but not Maths, in order to gain the Certificate,” the university said.
The details followed intense controversy over whether Mr. Buhari, a former Head of State and retired Army General, completed his secondary education.
You are not doing it because you hate Omeokachie, rather because you have a conscience. That conscience comes to bear when you see the truth. Some of the guys arguing here on politics are quite mature. The only thing I don't like is the name-calling, cursing, tribal slurs et al. Apart from that, we will all do fine.
I am inclined to believe Buhari did not seat for the final exam in his secondary school, having gotten the 'recommendation letter'. He submitted nada! Other records he alludes to, are probably records of exercise or education after he had joined the military, with his 'recommendation letter.'
Oga PointB,
Stop clutching at straws, it makes a mockery of intelligence (cough cough) Did you not read the excerpt I provided, which shows that Premium Times was able to obtain the master sheet published by Cambridge?
PREMIUM TIMES obtained the computer printout from Cambridge Universityas well as a statement of result, signed by the current principal of Katsina College, dated January 21, 2015.
Has that examination board disclaimed it at any point?
What about the remarks made by Alex Ajayi, the former registrar of WAEC who attests to issuing Buhari's certificate?
I took examiners to Cambridge for training across 10 years and trained them in Nigeria. I had the opportunity of issuing WAEC certificates to three former Heads of State: Buhari, Abacha and Babangida in the 60s. When I was in WAEC, I was put on the council of the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) in 1966 by the national government of Aguiyi Ironsi.
Remember now that this is the same distinguished sage who gave Christopher Okigbo (his friend) a letter of recommendation for a job, in the 60s (see excerpt I have attached)
Now I don't mind debating this subject with individuals who have the right tools of analysis, as I have a library of written information we can reflect on. What gores me are the poorly educated nitwits who are reposed with an inordinate estimate of their true abilities. The kind that is legion on NL.
You probably didn't follow the whole issue in 2015. When PDP, the party in power then, was making a big issue out of the result, the army already reported then that they couldn't find his results in their records, they only found some other documents, including his recommendation letter from his then Principal. Some of those documents found and the response from the NA have already been reposted on this thread.
The fact that they couldn't find the certificates doesn't mean they were not submitted by him and nobody has claimed categorically that his certificate were not submitted. But we have some other retired soldiers like Jemibewon who said his original certificates were also submitted to the Army back then. And we are talking of papers submitted many decades ago. You should also know how poor we are in Nigeria with records kepping. I went to my primary school 3 yrs ago where I was the head boy while in school... And they have no single record I ever passed through the school. Only stories and excuses.
Even though he is now the commander in chief, is he going to line up all the people that were ever in charge of records keeping in the army, including the dead ones and order them to produce his results by force or by fire? You know that is not feasible.
When your results or important documents are lost or destroyed, you simply make a sworn affidavit to explain the situation.
If anyone disagrees with the affidavit, he can simply take you to court and produce a contrary evidence.
The onus lies on those who think he is lying to go to court and prove it. Same thing INEC has said.
The constitution didn't even say he must pass but should have at least have studied up to school cert or it's equivalent. That same argument was what PDP used to qualify Adeleke in Osun who had only an F9 and absents in all other subjects. But his school confirmed he studied till o/level and waec confirmed same.
Same thing that has been confirmed for Buhari by Cambridge that was in charge of O level then and the secondary school he went. If you want to see the new statement of result released by his school in 2015 andbthe reply from Cambridge just goggle it. It's in the public domain now.
If you think he is lying about his claim in his affidavit, please prove it. I really want to know why you people think he is lying.
Else, let's move on to other things.
You have written all that needs to be said on the subject.
To detractors like @PointB and @engineerboat; I ask if Cambridge has ever denied the printout mentioned below? Did the same examination board not set Fani-Kayode and other baggarts straight, when they ran up the 'anthills of the savannah' screaming "Hausa was not offered as a language"?
PREMIUM TIMES obtained the computer printout from Cambridge University as well as a statement of result, signed by the current principal of Katsina College, dated January 21, 2015.
The results show that Mr. Buhari, a former military head of state, failed in Mathematics and Woodwork, and had a pass in Literature in English.
The examination centre number was 8280, while Mr. Buhari’s candidate number was 002.
The statement of results is printed on the letter head paper of the Katsina State Ministry of Education, and it shows that the examination took place in 1961.
The Cambridge print out also shows the result of 17 other candidates at the centre, including Shehu Yar’Adua, a former Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters.
That geriatric is just as unhealthy as the man as the helm Still, I know which one I would prefer to hand the affairs of the state too - if this is what the good people decide.
Say no to #AtikulooterCONtinua Say no to #Lootocrats
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Ratello: Too late, too stupid a step to take as election is drawing nearer. We all are ATIKUlated already including deomelo, sarrki, 4601CE, yarimo my brothers in the struggle
Ah mehn, I am compelled to agree with the first part of your otherwise banal post. It would not be a day too soon when President Buhari pulls the finger out and starts acting as if he is part of the digital age.
Now despite the foregoing, it is still #AnyoneButAtiku. Say no to #AtikulooterCONtinua.
Rossikki: In other words, the country does not earn enough money to do what its citizens think should be done.
It does not earn enough money to become a developed country, even without corruption.
Oga Rossikki.
You advanced some persuasive points - sure. But come o, have you seen our tax footprint?
Did you see how little Atikulooter declared for 3 years running, for instance?
Let's be honest with ourselves for a minute; we are like the Greeks who want to retire at 55 with full pension benefits, having declared as little tax as possible over a relatively short working life That's a circle you cannot square sir
Mrs. Adeosun said only 214 people in the entire nation pay taxes of more than N20 million. All in that category are in Lagos.
The minister said part of the plan was to recruit 7,500 community tax officers who will educate people about tax issues in communities.
“We have just 40 million active tax payers, out of an estimated 69.9 million…and of that 40 million, majority are PAYE, those who have their taxes deducted at source,” she said.
Kemi Adeosun, Nigeria's minister of finance at a meeting with a World Bank Mission of 10 Executive Directors led by Patrizio Pagano, said the country’s taxpayers’ base has risen from 14 million in 2016 to 19 million in 2018, an additional five million people.
Read the first 2 paragraphs of this zombied fellow and you would wail about the comatose educational standards of Nigeria that has compelled many Nigerians abroad to enroll for university courses in the higher standard society they found themselves. Many of them fail simple comprehension exercises in a bid to secure English language certifications, that you would have otherwise thought was an insult on us by the foreign English speaking countries that require it.
People like him will never be pleased on this particular matter, so they continue aimlessly to dribble themselves while no one is obstructing their forward progress, till they dribble into a goal kick with an added dislocated ankle.
Now that the ball is at my foot, let me launch my offensive, while he lays invalid waiting for the stretcher.
Point 1 More than a few military personnel have already buttressed the claim that the military indeed hold on to the original certificates. The military have never disclaimed this policy, and have only said they cannot find Buhari's certificate, and not that they did not or do not collect certificates.
Point 2 The loss of copies of same and other certificates after his arrest upon his overthrow from military power, necessitated the affidavit where he factually stated that the originals of what has been lost are actually with the military. A fact nobody cared to disprove prior to 2015 when his victory was fait accompli.
Point 3 The presidency claiming to have the necessary records, only owe it to the relevant authorities. This same authority that is INEC, have always maintained that they do not have any issues with Buhari's qualifications or suitability for the prime office. That such records might have been newly re-obtained after the military could not provide the original copy in its care, does not invalidate the affidavit earlier sworn when the military never claimed not to have it in its possession.
That Buhari sat for his O'levels and passed the courses that would merit a certificate, has already been long proven by the Cambridge result master sheet, which corroborated the school's statement of result that was newly reissued to the President in 2014. But imbeciles kept on harping on foolish issues like why the passport picture was an old Buhari, as though they did not know it was a new issuance that should bear a current picture submitted for that purpose. By their own logic, if at the age of 70yrs they need a document from their childhood that requires a picture to be reissued, a childhood picture saved for many decades ought to be used.
These same grades scored by Buhari for the specific subjects sat for, were the same statistics the military under the Jonathan administration had released as the scores that were available in their military records for Buhari, even though they could not locate the certificate.
When some further claimed that Hausa language was not offered in that year, some queried the Cambridge authorities who replied and confirmed that Hausa language was indeed on offer for that exam year, and that only the candidate can re-apply for a replacement. certificate if one was required.
Some decided to show extreme stupidity and claimed that the blank marks on the school's statement of result that showed all the many available subjects, were indication that Buhari had a 1 (A1) in all those subjects, and could not have offered that many subjects, betraying their own stupidity and inability to deduce the very obvious argument that was even theirs.
Some decided that being a dunce was better, and began questioning that Katsina State did not exist in the early 1960's, as though a school's letter head for a recently obtained document, should bear a 1960's address. Some even said Katsina did not exist in the 1960's, since the state was a later creation. They suddenly forgot that Kano, Kaduna, Enugu and many states did exist as cities long before independence, regardless of their later creation as states with the same name.
Some tried to be stupidly smart, and claimed that there was NECO option also written on the result template, but NECO only came to live in year 2000/2001. Still they foolishly expected that a school's result template for which scores are entered from a master sheet and printed for the students, should not have NECO option for those whose NECO grades will be printed on that same template, even though the result statement was issued recently and signed and dated as such.
The parambulating dolt knows all these, but is only deliberately acting stupid to further a propaganda that his type do not intend to foreclose on anytime soon.
You are indeed a throwback. This is because your post reminds me of a time when cerebral.minds took up residency here, on Nairaland.
Sadly what now passes for political commentary is the vituperation of the untutored, amid puerile logic from the recalcitrant, which is set against farcical reasoning from the uncultured.
Buhari's intake in the army.Beginning of the defective "quota system" mediocre era in our military.
There was already a regional quota system in place (for all regions) as far back as 1958. It is however true that entry requirements were lowered in mid 1961 for some Northern applicants with 3-4 O'levels.
So no to #AtikulooterCONtinua So no to #Lootocrats
#AnyoneButAtiku and his dog knows this open secret nah #Atikulooter must not be allowed to #CONtinua.
Bunkering: However, the cheap price of the subsidised fuel in the Nigerian market has promoted another type of stealing. This is called 'bunkering'. Originally this bunkering covered the theft of crude oil. Every day the Nigerian economy loses between 150,000 and 320,000 barrels of oil. These are stolen by 'bunkerers', who have small tanker vessels which load the oil in the Delta and tranship this stolen oil to offshore tankers which deliver this stolen oil to other West African states. Further inland illegal tanker trucks load their stolen oil and refined products and drive these into neighbouring countries for black market sale. At the current price of around US$50 per barrel this amounts to a 'leakage' of around US$7.5 to US$16 million a day for the sale of crude oil. The sale of refined products adds to the total. On a monthly basis this amounts to around US$365 million or US$4.4 billion a year.
This illegal trade was pioneered under President Abacha when Akhigbe, Victor Ombu and Ibrahim Ogohi perpetrated the smuggling of petroleum products from Port Harcourt and Warri to neighbouring West African countries. When a real effort at anti-corruption was undertaken by the journalists of the 'Insider', retribution was swift and severe. The editor-in-chief, Chucks Onwudinjo, and Janet Mba-Afolabi, both executive editors of Insider, a weekly magazine, were picked up by men of the State Security Services. Their arrest and detention were on the orders of Atiku Abubakar, the vice-president. They were arrested on Monday, November 24, 2004
While the nation enjoyed Ed-el-fitri public holiday, the trio cooled their heels at the Panti Police Station in Yaba, Lagos where they were detained for a story the Insider ran in its November 24 edition. The story, which made the magazine's cover alleged that Abubakar and a close colleague were behind a bunkering ring recently smashed at the Forcados and Escravos Creeks.
Specifically, Atiku was accused of being behind three of the vessels, MT Gloria. MT Tina and MT Sara, which had about 4,000 metric tonnes of crude oil aboard, while his colleague was allegedly linked to two vessels, MT Berinelo and MT Breton 1 with 17,800 metric tons aboard. The eight ships captured in the bunkering deal collectively had about 124 million barrels on board valued at N35 billion.
On August 30, security officials attached to the Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, attacked and beat into coma, Akintunde Akinleye, a photojournalist with the Daily Independent newspaper. He was eventually compensated in a face-saving mission by the Vice President. He received $1,900 and N 56,287.00 cash.
This bunkering has continued despite the efforts of the Joint Task Force and other law enforcement officers largely because bunkering has the blessing of the local state governors and the high federal officials who condone and prosper from the bunkering operations.
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WhyMoD: Now that you have the opportunity to push your pro-restructing agenda you reneged and have even spoken against it in many cases.
We know genuine pastors and we know the ones who've sold their heart and soul to the devil for a bowl of rice.
Osibanjo you're a disgrace to what the Yorubas stand for.
How could you all of a sudden turn against restructuring?
I said it that the moment a supposed man of God joins politics, he's no longer to be trusted again.
Real religious men stay in the churches and mosques, they don't have businesses in government houses.
We just have to give Atiku a benefit of doubt.. no going back
The call outlined below does not amount to restructuring bah?
Osinbajo Calls For Creation Of State Police
The Vice President professor Yemi Osinbajo has called for the creation of state police amid increasing security challenges in the country. He made the call on Thursday at a National Assembly security summit, as he believes this would help tighten security across the nation.
Did you pay any attention to he hurriedly constituted CONFAB of 2014? Well I did, and I spent a lot of time studying the cacophony of voices that attended that event. You know zilch about public administration, or how complex this whole of business of restructuring is in Nigeria, so zip it rasta.
Ahmeduana: NA BY FORCE YOU MUST PRESENT 9TRILLION BUDGET??
^^^Enemy of progress.
Some perspective provided here...
“In 2010 our debt was $35 billion, $41 billion in 2011, $48 billion in 2012, $64 billion in 2013, $67.7 billion in 2014, $63.8 billion in 2015, $57.8 billion in 2016, $70 billion in 2017 and $73 billion in 2018.
“The nation’s debt as at today was $73 bilłion, an increment of $10 billion from the $63 billion inherited in 2015,” he said.
Mr Osinbajo revealed that from oil, the nation earned $119.8 billion from 1990 to 1998, $481 billion from 1999 to 2009 and $381 billion from 2010 to 2014, while present administration has only earned $112 billion from June 2015.
“The earnings from oil from 2010 to 2014 were the highest recorded in the history of the country. This is a period when the price of oil per barrel sold from $100 to $114.
Asari and Ateke invited to Abuja to come get his own cake and you call it imprisonment
Which Federal Housing estate are you talking about that Federal cicil servants bought into?
Hello, GSM was already in pipeline before PDP took power. Investors had been on ground. And its a private sector investment. Had nothing to do with PDP
Obasanjo revolutionised the telecoms sector? That's one of the urban legends folks like him have been fed as a staple diet. Is there any nation on earth that does not have mobile telephony? The purported brainchild of Obasanjo/Atiku. I no fit laff.
Politics / Re: Breaking News: Buhari Entry Certificate Into Nigeria Army Eventually Found by AnyoneButAtiku: 11:38am On Nov 01, 2018 
