₦airaland Forum

[quote author=ndu_chucks link=topic=414287.msg5705664#msg5705664 date=1268760808]I hope Beaf and his cohorts are sorry for the unfortunate deaths caused by the terrorist acts of MEND's.[/quote]they may remain silent

Eight persons who were travelling in a Mercedes Benz car were burnt to death while six others were seriously injured when two bombs suspected to have been planted by militants exploded at the Delta State Government House Annex in Warri just as the Post Amnesty Dialogue organized by Vanguard Newspapers and sponsored by the Delta State Government got underway yesterday. The police however confirmed only one death.
Three governors, namely Emmanuel Uduaghan, Ikedi Ohakim of Imo and Adams Oshiomhole of Edo were present at the venue, as were Minister for Niger Delta Ufot Ekaete, former Chief of Defence State Gen. Owoye Azazi, Professor Patrick Utomi, PFN President Ayo Oritsejafor, and the Olu of Warri.   

The dialogue came to an abrupt end after the second successive explosion went off, shattering the glasses at the hall and causing pandemonium. The first bomb exploded when the governors and other top dignitaries’ convoys were arriving at the venue, which had over a thousand dignitaries seated. Though the impact of the explosion shook the whole venue, the arrival of the dignitaries who were looking worried however calmed the situation. 

Chairman of the occasion Gen. Andrew O Azazi took his address immediately after the national anthem, but barely two minutes after the host Mr. Sam Amuka took his turn, another bomb went off, this time a few meters away from the Government House. The impact this time around shook the whole hall, shattering all the glasses and even that of the governor’s main office.   

Confusion enveloped the scene as all the dignitaries, governors, other invited guest and even security operatives ran helter skelter, not knowing where to run to. There was confusion everywhere.  Security sources later said that the explosives were planted in two cars and parked along the NPA express way, the route leading to the government house and very close to the venue of the conference.   

The first explosion was apparently targeted at the convoy of the arriving dignitaries.  Two cars that were passing by shielded the convoy and took the direct hit, killing the occupants and injuring a commercial motorcycle rider and his passenger. The second explosion also affected another car and injured four persons who were close to the spot. 

Though men of the Joint Task Force (JTF) were not seen at the venue, the men of the anti- terrorist squad who were present in every corner took to their heels on hearing the explosion but were to later come back to give protection to the dignitaries who were scampering for safety.   

State information commissioner Mr. Oma Djebah later quoted Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan as saying he ordered the evacuation of all participants at the conference to a safe place while the event has been postponed. He however said the state will not be deterred by this action and will continue to deliver the dividend of democracy to the people.  According to him, “The people of the Niger delta will not be intimidated nor be deterred by the cowardly act of a few opposed to a peaceful and non violent approach of resolving the historic grievances of the region”.   

Meanwhile, a group of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has dissociated itself from the current violent act saying they are committed to peace.

According to the group believed to be loyal to Government Ekpemupolo alias Tompolo, they have no hand in the incident as they will continue to support peace in the region, but many feared that a splinter unit of MEND may be responsible for the explosions.

Mr Charles Muka, the Delta Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) said police headquarters in Asaba had received the report of the death of a woman in the explosion, which also injured an undetermined number of persons.

http://www.news.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15723:bomb-blasts-stop-niger-delta-confab&catid=46:lead-stories&Itemid=140

Nigeria's chances of qualifying for the second African Nations Championships suffered a major dent when the home-based Super Eagles were beaten 2-0 by Niger Republic on Saturday.

Both goals were scored in the first half of the game in Niamey.

The result means that the team, led by Daniel Amokachi, will have to score at least three times to progress.

A total of 16 teams will contest the second ever championships, double the number that took part in the inaugural event.

Nigeria, led by Okey Emordi failed to qualify.

Source: kickoffnigeria.com

[quote author=tpia. link=topic=412325.msg5680797#msg5680797 date=1268416896]i dont get your point.

are you saying the man is half hausa half igbo or what exactly?

or you're referring to his outfit which you consider igbo?[/quote]He is Hausa

This is what Nigeria is supposed to be.

This is not an Igbo chieftain or king, it is Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, Governor of Kano.

afam4eva:
I hope they don't go killing Igbos and christains for this.

there is an Igbo program running on Radio Kano weekly, brotherhood is sustaining Kano at the moment, Igbo or Christians (u can't even spell Christians correctly ^^) are not to be blamed for the Inferno, and you will be surprised to see how Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba, Chinese, Lebanese, Kanuri, etc all trying to put out the fire with the fire brigades.

EzeUche:
Watch they blame Christians for this. Mark my words.

lolz, this is not a blame blame game

the only confirmed dead person is an Igbo man who tried to rescue his 2 million naira from his shop, he is never seen again since entry. People tried to prevent him from entering but he refused and enter.

currently, the fire is contained, and only smoke blazes from the area, not fewer than 500 shops were affected.

To the posts that are saying Fulani blah blah, you didn't read well, it is said again here

The Hausa kingdoms, particularly after the influx of Islam, were closely allied with Kanem-Bornu to the east. Because of the military presence of Kanem-Bornu, the Hausa kingdoms were stable and peaceful.

Talking about the Kingdoms after the influx of Islam were stable and peaceful.

Hausaland is in the center of northwestern Africa immediately south of the Sahara desert. Until the 1100's, Hausaland was made up of a number of decentralized agricultural and pastoral villages. However, beginning in the late twelfth century, these villages combined into several kingdoms ruled by partly divine kings. The first of these centralized kingdoms was Daura.

These kingdoms were in close contact with one another since they all shared a common language, Hausa. In the late 1300's, Islam began to filter into Hausaland, but only very slowly and only by means of commercial activities. However, in the 1450's, a group of people from the Senegal River, the Fulani, began immigrating in large numbers into Hausaland. The Fulani immigration was driven by the desertification of north and western Africa; a pastoral people, the Fulani were in search of a land that could support them and their herds. The Fulani were also fervent Muslims, so they not only brough Islam and its books, they also began to set up Islamic schools and learning centers all throughout Hausaland.

The Hausa kingdoms, particularly after the influx of Islam, were closely allied with Kanem-Bornu to the east. Because of the military presence of Kanem-Bornu, the Hausa kingdoms were stable and peaceful.

[url]http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/CIVAFRCA/HAUSA.HTM[/url]

To the posts below that are saying Fulani blah blah, you didn't read well, it is said again here

The Hausa kingdoms, particularly after the influx of Islam, were closely allied with Kanem-Bornu to the east. Because of the military presence of Kanem-Bornu, the Hausa kingdoms were stable and peaceful.

Talking about the Kingdoms after the influx of Islam were stable and peaceful.

[quote author=tpia. link=topic=410621.msg5665621#msg5665621 date=1268244212]are you sure you're Nigerian, or are you one of those rented mercenaries who arm one side and then join the other side to kill the people they armed.

I used to think you had some sense but I see I was wrong.[/quote]I said,

Egyptian Coat of Arms = Saladin
Nigerian Coat of Arms = ??

If you don't have an answer just keep your mouth shut.

to your quest. I was born in Nigeria and I am holding the Nigerian passport, so I guess I am a Nigerian.

[quote author=tpia. link=topic=410621.msg5660796#msg5660796 date=1268176883]The "Eagle of Saladin" holds a scroll on which the name of the state appears in Arabic script, Gumhūriyyat Miṣr al-ʿArabiyyah ("Arab Republic of Egypt". The eagle carries on its bosom a shield with the flag's colors — but with a vertical instead of a horizontal configuration. When appearing on the national flag, the eagle is rendered entirely in gold, and white. During the union with Syria in the United Arab Republic (1958-1961), and in the ten years afterwards when Egypt retained the union's official name, the two green stars of the union's flag appeared in the white band of the eagle's shield. Between 1972-1984 the eagle was replaced by the golden hawk of Qureish, as part of the symbolism of the Federation of Arab Republics.

The eagle as a symbol of Saladin is disputed by archeologists. The symbol of an eagle was found on the west wall of the citadel of Cairo (constructed by Saladin), and so is assumed by many to be his personal symbol. There is, however, little proof to defend this. It was subsequently adopted as a symbol of Arab nationalism by Iraq, Palestine, and Yemen (and formerly by Libya).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Egypt[/quote]Egyptian Coat of Arms = Saladin
Nigerian Coat of Arms = ??

davidylan:
US law copied from quran?   Next they'll say the torah was actually pinched from mohammad's pillow or goats ate the original copy.

Nothing is ever islamic . . . infact i wager islam doesnt even exist.

Law of the United States

While some aspects of Sharia may contradict certain principles of the Constitution of the United States, similarities between Islamic law and the common law of the United States have been noted, particularly in regards to interpretation of Constitutional law. According to Asifa Quraishi, the methods used in the judicial interpretation of the Constitution are similar to that of the Qur'an, including the methods of "plain meaning literalism, historical understanding "originalism," and reference to underlying purpose and spirit." Sameer S. Vohra says the United States Constitution is similar to the Qur'an in that the Constitution is "the supreme law of the land and the basis from which the laws of the legislature originate."Vohra further notes that the legislature is similar to the Sunnah in that the "legislature takes the framework of the Constitution and makes directives that involve the specific day-to-day situations of its citizens." He also writes that the judicial decision-making process is similar to the qiyas and ijma [/b]methods, in that judicial decision-making is "a means by which the law is applied to individual disputes," that "words of the Constitution or of statutes do not specifically address all the possible situations to which they may apply," and that, "at times, it requires the judiciary to either use the consensus of previous decisions or reason by analogy to find the correct principle to resolve the dispute."

Azizah Y. al-Hibri argues that [b]American constitutional law may have possibly borrowed certain concepts from Islamic constitutional law. al-Hibri compares the American constitution to the Qur'an, Sunnah and Constitution of Medina, such as the establishment of a federal government, the declaration of freedom of religion, the abolishment of guilt by association, the right to privacy, and matters such as common defense and peacemaking. al-Hibri notes that while it is uncertain whether or not the American Founding Fathers had access to the Constitution of Medina, it is certain that they had access to the Qur'an.

The earliest known lawsuits may also date back to Islamic law. A hadith tradition reports that the Caliph Uthman ibn Affan (580-656) attempted to sue a Jewish subject for recovery of a suit of armour, but his case was unsuccessful due to a lack of competent witnesses. The concept of a lawsuit was also described in the Ethics of the Physician by Ishaq bin Ali al-Rahwi (854–931) of al-Raha, Syria, as part of an early medical peer review process, where the notes of a practicing Islamic physician were reviewed by peers and he/she could be sued by a maltreated patient if the reviews were negative.

The earliest known prohibition of illegal drugs occurred under Islamic law, which prohibited the use of Hashish, a preparation of cannabis, as a recreational drug. Classical jurists in medieval Islamic jurisprudence, however, accepted the use of the Hashish drug for medicinal and therapeutic purposes, and agreed that its "medical use, even if it leads to mental derangement, remains exempt" from punishment. In the 14th century, the Islamic jurist Az-Zarkashi spoke of "the permissibility of its use for medical purposes if it is established that it is beneficial." According to Mary Lynn Mathre, with "this legal distinction between the intoxicant and the medical uses of cannabis, medieval Muslim theologians were far ahead of present-day American law."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharia

davidylan:
Yeah i know that . . . except during religious riots, honor killings, terrorist attacks, mohammadan raids on the meccans, mohammad's killing of poets and jews, jihad, sharia law verdicts, stoning . . .

Sure i know that islam is "peace".

religious riots - Muslims are not allowed to fight, they are to remain defensive though, any Muslim that kill someone in any riot is a disbeliever
honor killings - this is NOT Islam, and it is never allowed in Islam, this is one of a culture which Islam prohibits.
terrorist attacks - they are not doing any good to Islam or Muslims, they are just brainwashed by fanatics claiming to serve Muslims, they are enemies of Islam
raid on meccans - never happened, when Prophet Muhammad went back to Makkah, not a single soul was lost
killing of poets and jews - tell me what they have done first
jihad - holy struggle to defend Islam, what I am doing now is a Jihad
shariah law verdicts - seeing most of the american laws were copied from the Qur'an and Hadith
stoning - after doing what? only after judges confirm witnesses

davidylan:
the new generation of southern Nigerians have had enough and very soon we will split. You can have all the naira you want, put the quran on it if you like and pledge allegiance to Saudi Arabia. We really do not care . . . just go and form your own country.

Northern muslims DO NOT want to form their own country YET do not want to be a part of the same multireligious nation as the rest of us . . . what is it with these spawns of the devil?

You are not going anywhere, you will remain in Nigeria.

davidylan:
the problem is not the "justice system" but islam. No such violence exists anywhere else in nigeria even with the same bad justice system. find another excuse you satanist.

even Pope Benedict will not believe you.

Islam NEVER permits unjustified killings, and you know that.

I would like to re-affirm to you that any Muslim that kills an Innocent person intentionally, unjustly, is a disbeliever, and an enemy of Islam. This is it because you don't seems to understand any point, to you, Islam is 100% evil, and there is no good in it, judging by this, you are just a hater not a truth seeker,

what do you expect from a country that have no working justice system?

davidylan:
Go form your own country then. Take the ajami with you . . .

no, we will have 2 versions of naira, one in ajami one in latin.

davidylan:
the ajami (that has n[b]o relevance to anyone[/b] since arabic is NOT a nigerian language) is ok but the eagle is a problem?

it has relevance to northern nigerian Muslims

It is clear therefore that ajami (arabic letters) can continue to play a very strong role in the provision of the indigenous knowledge base of Muslim Hausa – or indeed any Muslim population ready to use its language in this way to educate its people. What is needed is the move from debate to action.

It is interesting that a main argument was that the presence of ajami on Nigerian currency was seen to the “detrimental” to southern Nigerians – yet the inclusion of Roman lettering is not seen as a detrimental to non-Roman literate northern Nigerians (especially non-Muslim Hausa). And while not explicitly stated, the links made by the Nigerian economic establishment with Arabic to Islam seems to be part of a move to “de-Islamize” Nigeria – scoring a point particularly in the way most northern Nigerian States re-introduced Islamic Shari’a in their governance from 1999 lead by Zamfara State, and the earlier issue of Nigeria’s membership of the Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) in January 1986. It is not clear where the arguments along the religious lines would end because some significant symbolism of Nigeria is decidedly Christian religious.

Terrorists are Enemies of Islam!

The Eagle that characterizes the Nigerian coat-of-arms is a symbol of Christ and His Divine nature, of regeneration by baptism; it is also an emblem of St. John the Evangelist. As the eagle can gaze upon the shining orb of the sun with steadfast eyes, so can Christ gaze undazzled upon the refulgent glory of God the Father.
(see the full details at http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02576b.htm). (See also Klein 2000).

Further, Because it soars upward, the eagle is a symbol of the resurrection or ascension of Christ. By extension, the eagle symbolizes baptized Christians, who have symbolically died and risen with Christ (http://www.religionfacts.com/christianity/symbols/eagle.htm).

@topic - [size=14pt]Conspiracy Theory![/size]

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DESIGN REPORT

Project title; KANO ECONOMIC CITY
Developer; Integrated Development and Investment Services Ltd (IDIS)
Location/Site; Kano City, Kano State, Northern Nigeria.

The site measures approximately 121.2 hectares, and is located at the outskirts of the city at the intersection of the dual carriageway interstate highways running north-south from Kaduna, and east-west towards Maiduguri respectively. The dominant traffic runs along the north-south highway towards the city. The entire site is relatively uneven which is an added advantage in playing with levels with a seasonal stream running across the lower end of the site (east-west).

The brief was clear in its request for the following:
To develop a composite, efficient and modern commercial facility for wholesale and retail merchandising in the city of Kano, which is suitably adapted to the environment and its users.


DESIGN CRITERIA

Ease of circulation, parking and maneuverability for vehicular and human traffic.
Unobstructed traffic circulation pattern and effective parking control with adequate parking facilities.
Maximum possibility for interaction among the market users.
Provision and full utilization of support facilities.
Efficient goods handling.
Pleasant ambiance, attractive and comfortable environment.
Energy efficiency and ease of maintenance.
Design must meet minimum development standards for health, safety and environmental standards.


PROJECT COMPONENTS:

Administration building
Lettable commercial spaces
Retail market
Ancillary services
Social and recreation facilities.
Adequate infrastructural provisions.
Shopping mall
Offices
Restaurant and Coffee shops to be provided
Boutique required
5 Star Hotel
Conference Facilities
2 Nos Cinema Halls (allow for possible conversion to theatre)
Lock-up shops -15,000 units

Suicide bombers have been described as the "heroes of hellfire" by a leading Muslim scholar in a fatwa condemning terrorists as the enemies of Islam.

Pakistan-born Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri said there were no "ifs or buts" about terrorism and such acts had no justification in the name of Islam.

In a news conference attended by MPs, representatives from the Metropolitan Police, charitable organisations, think-tanks and other groups, he called on Islamic leaders to convey the message that acts of terrorism cut people off as true followers of Islam.

"They can't claim that their suicide bombings are martyrdom operations and that they become the heroes of the Muslim Umma (the wider Muslim community), no, they become heroes of hellfire, and they are leading towards hellfire," he said.

"There is no place for any martyrdom and their act is never, ever to be considered Jihad," he added.

Dr Qadri, who spoke at length in both English and Arabic before his audience, said his fatwa - a religious edict or ruling - was an "absolute" condemnation of terrorism without "any excuses or pretexts".

"Good intentions cannot convert a wrong into good, they cannot convert an evil into good," he said. "Terrorism is terrorism, violence is violence and it has no place in Islamic teaching and no justification can be provided for it, or any kind of excuses or ifs or buts."

He insisted that Islam was a religion of peace that promotes beauty, "betterment", goodness and "negates all form of mischief and strife".

The 600-page fatwa by Dr Qadri, founder of the global Minhaj-ul-Quran movement, which has thousands of supporters across the world as well as in the UK, will be translated into English in the coming weeks. His talk will also be made available online in an attempt to counter extremist versions of Islam available on the internet.

A fatwa, an edict issued by a learned Muslim scholar, may concern any aspect of Islamic life. The term became famous in the Western world in 1989 after the author Salman Rushdie was forced into hiding following a "death fatwa" issued by Ayatollah Khomeni, then Supreme Leader of Iran, on the grounds that his book, The Satanic Verses, had "insulted" Islam.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20100302/tuk-suicide-bombers-enemies-of-islam-6323e80.html

Allah Sarki 'Yar Adua

iwefactria:
I dont think the likes of IBB,jaguda juguda,Yar'dua,Adam Aliero and co will be in support of this  

Of course not, but the movement doesn't rely on them, just wait and see, time will explain.

vigasimple:
Really, you have gain nothing? why do you want to die with the Presidency? why did you think you are born to rule over southerners?

I think the writer personally need to see a shrink, and in the meantime take his/her medication.  AREWA has been a big drag on the rest of Nigeria since 1957, if you know your history. And they ruled this country for over 35 years out of nearly 50, you are still CLUELESS.

SOUTHERN  NIGERIA WILL NEVER MISS YOU

Talking about Education, Health, Jobs, Infrastructure, etc. Arewa gain nothing, I agree with that.

Talking about looting Nigeria's wealth (Mostly from Oil Rich areas), aha, Arewa's cult club are to be blamed (All these are less than 1,000) while Arewa's population is more than 50 Million.

How to Achieve Arewa Peoples’ Republic

For this very important revolution to be effective, we advocate for a National Conference to work out modalities for Arewa peoples’ final Break-up from the so-called Nigerian federation.

We therefore envisage that all respected sons and daughters of Arewa will be key participants in the National Conference.

We are sure that the Conference will offer the opportunity for Southern politicians to learn a big lesson from history. This Conference will set the agenda for Arewa people’s right to self-determination after 49 years of humiliation and vilification under a ridiculous philosophy of ‘One Nigeria’. By the year 2010, the people of Arewa would have suffered for 50 years in the hands of Southern Nigeria. We dare say that the year 2010 is our deadline for the final break-up from a federation in which we gain nothing.

http://arewa-people-movement.com/republic.htm