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IN an arrangement that may put a stop to the 2015
ambition of President Goodluck Jonathan, the Senate
Committee on the Review of the Constitution has
recommended non-renewable single six year tenure
for the office of President, Vice-President, governors
and their deputies.
The Senate panel's recommendation also disqualifies
Jonathan and incumbent governors from
benefitting from the new arrangement if the
recommendation becomes law.
The PUNCH learnt on Monday that members of the
committee, who held a three-day working retreat
which ended in Lagos on Sunday, arrived at the
decision after a heated debate.
A National Assembly member who was privy to the
recommendation confided in one of our
correspondents that, "We thought hard before
arriving at this decision. We considered the current
heating up of the polity by those interested in
running for office in 2015.
"We also looked at what normally happens each time
we are about to enter into an election year.
"If the recommendation scales through, none of the
current office holders from the President down will
benefit from it.
"It is couched in such a way that if someone is
elected as Vice-President for instance and he
becomes President for the reason of the removal
from office of the President, either through ill health,
impeachment or death, he can only serve out the
term of the President even if it is just one month.
"He or she, as the case may be, will be ineligible to
present himself for election as President in
subsequent elections; the same applies to the office
of the governor and deputy governor."
The source revealed further that the committee also
recommended autonomy for local government
administrations and if the recommendation scales
through the legislative process, local government
councils will collect their monthly allocations from
the federation account.
"There is a caveat. Only local government councils
with elected council chairmen and properly
constituted councils will receive such payments," the
source added.
There is however fear that the ruling Peoples
Democratic Party and the Presidency will oppose
these recommendations.
Jonathan had in the past expressed his preference
for a seven-year single tenure for elective officers.
This he justified during his first media chat on
assumption of office.
He had said, "The issue is that in Africa, elections
create social unrest and we need to manage this. In a
situation where you elect a governor and that
governor has not sat down, another election is
around the corner.
"Every four years you conduct elections, you create
so much tension in the political environment. As we
are talking, some people are busy holding meetings
for the 2015 elections.
"It creates series of confusion in the political
environment. I am not saying that single tenure,
alone, will bring one hundred per cent stability.
"There is no political system that is one hundred per
cent stable, you must have some tension. That was
why I came up with that."
The President had also on November 17, 2011
empanelled the Justice Alfa Belgore-led committee,
officially designated as Committee to Review
Outstanding Issues from Recent Constitutional
Conferences.
The committee was mandated to identify gaps in the
current constitution and propose amendments as
adopted by previous constitutional conferences.
The committee was, however, limited in scope as it
was only required to making suggestions on issues
adopted by consensus by the previous constitutional
conferences.
The Belgore panel did not delve into the issue of
tenure as earlier proposed by the President.
Public opinion weighed heavily against the item
following fears that the President was interested in
tenure elongation.
When asked to confirm the Senate committee
recommendation, the Clerk of the Senate Committee
on Constitution Review, Mr. Innocent Mebiri, did not
deny the development but said details would be
made available to the Senate at plenary.
"Don't bother yourself, when it gets to the Senate at
plenary, you will know whether it is true or not," he
told one of our correspondents.
The report of the People's Public Sessions conducted
on the constitution by the House of Representatives
indicated that Nigerians massively supported
autonomy for local government councils.
More than 90 per cent of voters in the 360 federal
constituencies where the sessions were held
supported abolition of State/Local Government Joint
Account in order to grant financial independence to
the councils.
But, they opposed a single term of five, six or seven
years for the President, state governors and other
political office holders.
Rather, they voted in support of retaining the present
two terms of four years each.
The public sessions were held on November 10, 2012.
The results of the sessions will be incorporated into
bills on constitution amendment to be passed by the
House.

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The cold war between the Federal Government and
Lagos State Government may be the reason why the
latter has stopped the Lagos Safe City Project, a
scheme aimed at providing 10,000 solar-powered
closed circuit cameras all over the metropolis,
Saturday PUNCH has learnt.
This emerged against the backdrop of the increasing
cases of kidnapping in Lagos, a menace that has
defied efforts by the police and other in the state.
While making enquiries about police effort in
tracking kidnappers through the security cameras in
the state, a police source at the State Criminal
Investigation Department told our correspondent
that security cameras had never been used in their
investigations.
"The only time we make use of CCTV cameras is
when our investigation takes us to a hotel or mall
with security cameras. But if it is a crime committed
on a Lagos road, forget it," the source said.
Governor Babatunde Fashola had stated in January
2009 that the 10,000 cameras the state planned to
install were to help to reduce crime in the state.
At a demonstration event, Fashola said the number
of policemen in the state was inadequate
considering the number of people in the state.
He said at the time, "Eighteen million people cannot
be protected and policed by 33,000 people. This is
impossible. No matter how much we try to increase
the number of policemen, we cannot continue to do
the same thing and expect a different result.
"In an information technology-driven world, we
have to be counted as one of those states and
communities which will adopt best practices.
Cameras, sensors, tracking devices are the nerve
centre of these facilities that would assist men and
officers of the police force, fire service among others
to do their duty much more effectively."
The project was to be funded by the Lagos Security
Trust Fund while the cameras were supposed to be
managed remotely through a central security
command unit. Four years after this announcement
was made, the state has not had a taste of those
promises.
Our correspondent contacted the state Commissioner
for Information, Mr. Lateef Ibirogba, on why the
cameras have yet to be installed as the governor
promised.
Ibirogba simply said the matter was out of the hands
of the state government.
He said, "The problem with the issue of security
cameras has nothing to do with the state
government.
"When we were about to embark on their
installation, the Federal Government contacted us
and said we needed to stop. The reason we were
given was that the FG had a scheme in the pipeline,
which involved the installation of security cameras
all over major cities in the country.
"According to the Federal Government, Lagos was
going to be in the first phase of the project. That was
why we stopped our own project.
"But we have since written a letter to the Federal
Government, asking it to tell us those locations where
the cameras will be installed so that when we begin
to install ours, we would not duplicate locations.
That is where we currently stand."
A state government official, who is also familiar with
the issue, said the Federal Government's negative
attitude to it might be political.
"We all know the security cameras issue may remain
buried as far as the Federal Government is
concerned. If you think the Federal Government is
overly concerned about Lagos, a state that is not
controlled by the Peoples Democratic Party, then you
are naïve," the government source said.
Efforts to get the Presidency's reaction did not yield
positive result on Thursday as the Special Adviser to
the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben
Abati, could not be reached on his not pick the calls
made to his telephone line.

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Fasehun's OPC Threatens To Expel Gani Adams

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A fresh crisis may be brewing in the South-West as Dr. Frederick Fasehun- led faction of the Oodua Peoples Congress on Friday warned Gani Adams, the leader of a breakaway faction of the pan Yoruba group, to desist from making negative remarks against Fasheun or risk expulsion.

Clashes between the two factions in the past had led to deaths in some South-West cities.

Deputy National Coordinator of the Fasheun-led faction, Mr. Ogunmoye Odunayo, who issued the warning at a press conference in Lagos on Friday, said the office of the national coordinator of the OPC which Adams currently occupies could be given to another deserving member of the group.

He said the warning was based on Adams interview in Saturday PUNCH of April 20, 2013.

Odunayo, who claimed that Adams’ comments in the media were meant to whip up undue support, warned the national coordinator to remember the Yoruba culture of honouring elders.

He said, “In recent times, we have read some comments about the establishment and formation of the Oodua Peoples Congress. Gani joined the congress four years after it was formed. We expect him to have used the peace brokered by former Governor Gbenga Daniel of Ogun State to retrace his steps back to the congress.

“Instead, he has continued to use abusive comments against the person of our founder and president who is old enough to be his father. In Yoruba culture, you do not slap your elders. We want to say enough is enough.

“The position of national coordinator or any other office in the OPC are neither permanent nor a family affair. It can be revoked at any time and given to other deserving member of the congress.”

The deputy national coordinator said Adams was never a founding member of OPC, contrary to his claim in the interview.

He noted that Gani Adams formed a breakaway faction of OPC on March 1, 1999 “for reasons best known to him,” a few years after he joined the group.

Odunayo said, “As far back as 1994 in the early days of the OPC founded by Dr. Fredrick Fasehun, Gani Adams was not known to our president or members of the congress.”

Adams, he claimed, came to the limelight in 1998 “after the arrest of Dr. Fredrick Fasheun by the late head of state, Gen. Sani Abacha, during our meeting at Olusoga in Mushin, Lagos State, when he (Gani) contributed to the discussions.”

The deputy coordinator however stated that a former Minister of Health, the late Dr. Beko Ransome-Kuti, was one of the founders of OPC.

On Fasehun’s plan to resuscitate the defunct Unity Party of Nigeria, Odunayo said the OPC founder was simply exercising his “inalienable right like every other Nigerian.”

Reacting on behalf of Gani Adams, his Personal Assistant, Mr. Segun Akanni, described Odunayo as a ‘faceless person’.

He said it was strange that someone who did not know how or when OPC came to be could issue a threat of expulsion against a key founder of the organisation.

He said nine persons, including Adams, Fasehun and others, sat down in the chambers of Opeyemi Bamidele, a former commissioner in Lagos State and currently a member of the House of Representatives, at 110, Palm Avenue, Mushin Lagos, on August 25, 1994 to form the group.

Akanni said, “The person speaking, Ogunoye Odunayo, is a faceless person and there is no place in OPC record where such a name exists. Those who formed OPC were Dr. Fredrick Fasehun, Gani Adams, late Tony Ngurube, late Olumide Adeniji, Silas Alani, Evangelist Kunle Adesokan, late Ibrahim Abobanawo, late Ibrahim Atanda and Mrs. Idowu Adebowale.

“And in the document which Fasehun and Adams signed after the reconciliation of the two leaders in Ogun State Government House in Abeokuta in 2005, the only two people recognised as leaders of OPC are Fredrick Fasehun as founding father and spiritual father and Gani Adams as national coordinator. So, we don’t know anybody as deputy national coordinator. In fact, I am hearing the name for the first time.

“When the battle was tough, where was the busybody called Ogunoye Odunayo? How can such a faceless person threaten to expel a founding figure like Gani Adams from OPC? As far as we are concerned, such a threat from Fasehun’s camp is a non-issue.”

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Boko Haram were paid N500 million ($3.15
million) to free seven French hostages kidnapped
in February, a confidential document from the
Nigerian government available to Reuters states.
The insurgent group kidnapped the French
hostages in Cameroon on February 19 near Wasa
National Park in Northern Cameroon, which
borders North-Eastern Nigeria.
The hostages, a family of seven including four
children, are believed to have been brought into
Borno State after the kidnap. They were released
two months after the kidnap on April 19.
The document, according to Reuters, did not state
who paid the ransom although French and
Cameroonian authorities denied that any ransom
was paid.
The Negotiations
Apart from the money the insurgents were paid,
the document states, Cameroonian authorities also
released some Boko Haram suspects in detention
as part of the deal.
The sect had threatened, in a video released on
YouTube in March, to kill the hostages unless
Nigeria and Cameroon release some of its
members in custody.
The report also states that Abubakar Shekau, the
sect’s leader had asked for N1 billion to free the
hostages but finally accepted half of the money,
after agreeing to the release of his members in
Cameroonian jails as part of the deal.
French President, Francois Hollande, denied that
any ransom was paid when the hostages were
released, same as Cameroonian authorities. No
one has, however, said what got the insurgents to
release the hostages.
Boko Haram is blamed for killings of several
hundreds of people in Northern Nigeria and has
claimed responsibility for several attacks.
Efforts to get the federal government to react to the
report were unsuccessful. The Minister of
Information, Labaran Maku, and his
spokesperson, Joseph Mutah, could not be reached
as their telephone numbers were not reachable on
Friday evening.
The spokespersons to the Nigerian President,
Reuben Abati and Doyin Okupe, did not pick or
return calls to their phone as at press time.
According to Reuters, the report suggests that the
ransom was paid because officials did not want to
endanger the lives of the hostages in a rescue
attempt; after a rescue attempt last year March to
save a Briton and an Italian hostage kidnapped by
another Nigerian sect, Ansaru, led to the death of
the hostages.
A rich Boko Haram
Apart from waging a war against the Nigerian
Government, Christians and Muslims opposed to
his terrorist acts, Boko Haram has also delved into
kidnapping for ransom, largely to finance its
operations.
Apart from kidnapping for ransom, the group also
robs banks in Northern Nigeria to finance its
operations.
PREMIUM TIMES had also exclusively reported
how a security report sent to the Nigerian
Presidency last year showed that Boko Haram got
N40 million from an Algerian terrorist sect as part
of a long term international terrorism
collaboration.

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Step down 2013 Appropriation amendment
DETERMINED to stop the indiscriminate influx
of foreigners into the country, the House of
Representatives Thursday unanimously passed a
motion permitting the construction of perimeter
fence on Nigeria’s borders with neighbouring
countries.
Nevertheless, the lawmakers stepped down debate
on the bill seeking to amend the 2013 Appropriation
Act to authorise the issuance, from the consolidation
revenue fund, the sum of N4, 987,382,196,690 trillion
only.
Of the amount, N388,063,000,000 billion only is for
statutory transfers, N591,764,000.00 billion only is for
debt servicing, N2,418,976,391,494 trillion only is for
recurrent (non-debt) expenditure while the balance
of N1,588,578,805,197 trillion only is contribution to
the development fund for capital expenditure for the
year ending December 31, 2013.
Speaker of the House, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, who
presided over the plenary sitting, ordered the bill to
be stepped down after the Chairman of Committee
on Appropriation, Mr. John Enoh, briefed the House
that the voluminous copy providing details of the
proposed expenditure would be ready next Tuesday.
Prior to that decision, the House had okayed the
construction of parameter fence around the country
following a motion sponsored by Mr. Hassan Saleh.
He argued that there was need to secure the
country’s 3,140 square kilometre-border, running
from Malaville, north of Republic of Benin,
stretching through Kebbi, Sokoto, Katsina, Jigawa,
Yobe and Borno states, down to Mfun in Cross River
State, which has boundary with Cameroun.
Saleh, who incidentally hails from the same
constituency with the Minister of Interior, who is
responsible for securing the borders, Mr. Abba
Moro, had said: “I am concerned that the rising tide
of insecurity bedevilling our country today is a direct
fallout of the porosity of our borders.”
This adds up with “the lack of effective manpower,
inadequate logistics and lack of conducive working
conditions for those charged with the responsibility
of manning our border posts, thereby making them
to either fail in their duties or compromise their
position by allowing all sorts of persons without
proper documentation access into the country
unhindered.”
The House also enjoined the Executive arm to
provide better working conditions and incentives for
those posted to the borders to keep them focused and
committed to their duties and responsibilities.

Source: www.theguardianmobile.com/readNewsItem1.php?nid=12947

The Defence Headquarters
dispatched yesterday a fact-
finding mission to Baga, the
border town 180 kilometres
north of Maiduguri, the Borno
State capital, where 185 peoples
were killed last Friday.
The massacre drew more flaks
from a cross-session of the
society yesterday.
Majority of the dead were
women and children.
In Yobe State yesterday, 25
people died in a battle between
security forces and Boko Haram
insurgents.
The Action Congress of Nigeria
(ACN) described the attacks on
the civilian population as crimes
against humanity, which it said
should attract the attention of the
International Criminal Court
(ICC).
The party said the intervention
of the ICC became necessary
because the Federal Government
has not demonstrated enough
willingness to bring the
masterminds of the killings to
book.
It said the killings in the North,
especially the latest at Baga, fall
within the temporal jurisdiction
of the global court.
In a statement issued in Lagos by
its National Publicity Secretary,
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party
said far beyond the justifiable
call for a judicial commission of
inquiry into the massacre, the
time has come to hold to account
the leaders under whose watch
these killings are being
perpetrated.
The statement reads: “The
killings in Baga, like previous
ones in the areas where Boko
Haram and the military Joint
Task Force (JTF) have been
engaged in clashes, are
undoubtedly a widespread or
systematic attack against a
civilian population – the
definition of crimes against
humanity, which is one of the
four groups of crimes under the
jurisdiction of the ICC.
“Those engaged in the killings,
including the Boko Haram sect,
cannot and must not get away
with these heinous crimes. The
only reasons that the killing and
maiming of innocent citizens
have continued unabated in
Nigeria is because such killings
in the past, either in Odi, Bayelsa
State, or in Zaki-Biam, Benue
State, under the watch of the then
President Olusegun Obasanjo,
went unpunished.
‘’Enough is enough! Even in
countries at war, innocent
citizens are not being daily
mowed to death either by
insurgents or state forces, as we
are experiencing in Nigeria. It is
clear that the Nigerian
government is either unwilling
or unable to prosecute these
crimes, despite the deceptive
assurances by those at the helm,
hence the ICC must immediately
beam its search-light on the
situation in Nigeria.
‘’While we are aware that the
killings in Odi and Zaki Biam
occurred before July 1, 2002,
when the Rome Statute setting up
the ICC came into force, the
killings in the North, especially at
Baga, fall within the temporal
jurisdiction of the global court.”
The party blamed the Baga
killings on President Goodluck
Jonathan, who it accused of
failing to distinguish between
support for security agencies
battling the insurgents in the
North and the incitement of the
same forces against civilians
who are caught in the crossfire.
It said: “When the President
issued his tactless vituperations
against community leaders, and
by extension hapless civilians,
during his visit to Borno and
Yobe States, we warned that he
was further victimising the
victims of the insurgents’ attack.
That action helped to set the
stage for the mindless massacre
in Baga.
“According to a statement signed
by the Director of Defence
Information Brig-Gen Chris
Olukolade, the military
delegation to Baga is being led by
Maj-Gen Lawrence Ngubani, the
Chief of Training and Operations
(CTOPS) in the DHQ.
The DHQ statement said the
Multi National Joint Task Force
troops on routine patrol in Baga,
Malam Garati Road, had an
encounter with some members
of the Boko Haram at about
7.30pm on April 16.
According to the statement, a
soldier was killed and five others
injured in the confrontation.
It stated that 30 Boko Haram
terrorists died five were arrested
and many escaped with bullet
wounds.
The release also stated that six
civilians were killed and 10
others were injured in the
crossfire.
But some clerics urged the
military to apply the rules of
engagement in tackling
insurgency, with a view to
avoiding civilian casualty.
Allegation insulting, says
Presidency
The Presidency reacted last night
to the allegation that the
President Goodluck Jonathan’s
statement may have sparked the
Baga massacre.
Presidential spokesman Dr.
Reuben Abati said: “Must ACN
play politics with everything?
Reducing the Baga incident to
another opportunity for name-
calling and the politics of blame
and abuse is irresponsible to say
the least. In no manner can
President Goodluck Jonathan be
accused of having incited the
security agencies or the
insurgents against the people of
Bagga during his visit to Yobe
and Borno states. To make such
an allegation is preposterous and
insulting.
“President Jonathan is
committed to the cause of peace
and stability, and he has
remained consistent in this
regard. He is a responsible
leader, a man of peace and a
defender of the people’s causes.
Trying to say what he did not
say, or trying to twist his
statements out of context to
justify their own purposes seems
to be a stock in trade for those
who seem desperate to discredit
the administration at every
score.
“These promoters of the
aphorism that a lie when
reported too often may begin to
sound like the truth, must begin
to realize that they cannot fool
the people all the time. President
Jonathan has ordered an
investigation into the incident in
Bagga and has publicly
condemned it, including clear
assurances that whoever may be
behind the incident will be
sanctioned accordingly, and
where rules of engagement have
been violated, appropriate cause
of action will be taken. He has
also ordered the deployment of
relief materials to the area, and
directed immediate
collaboration between Federal
agencies and the Borno state
government.
“It is further amazing that Lai
Mohammed has not heard of the
Multinational Joint Task Force
that was set up under the
auspices of the Lake Chad Basin
Commission to ensure security
along the joint borders, involving
Nigeria, Niger, Chad, and
Cameroon. He could simply have
done a little research to know
this. Having failed to do so, I
recommend that simple exercise
to him now and always, as a
reality check before he makes his
usual wild and incorrect
allegations.”

Source: thenationonlineng.net/new/news/acn-activists-jonathan-should-face-criminal-court/

The Northern Governors' Forum on Thursday
lamented the effect of the Boko Haram insurgency
on the North and pleaded with members of the
violent Islamic sect to accept the planned amnesty
for them by the Federal Government.
The Chairman of the forum and Niger State
Governor, Dr. Babangida Aliyu, stated this while
receiving the report of the forum's Committee on
Reconciliation, Healing and Security, in Abuja on
Thursday.
Aliyu, who said the activities of the insurgents had
led to destruction of many lives and property, also
advised the Federal Government to complement the
resolve of the forum by taking into account, the
findings and recommendations of its committee.
"Members of the insurgent group are called upon for
immediate ceasefire; accept the offer made by the
Federal Government and come forward for dialogue
and eventual submission of arms," the governor
said.
Boko Haram Leader, Abubakar Shekau had 0n April
10, said the sect members did not need anmesty
because they believed they had done nothing wrong.
He stated that it was the Federal Government that
needed pardon by the group whose activities in the
past few years had led to the loss of at least 3,000
lives and property worth millions of naira in parts of
the North.
"Surprisingly, the Nigerian government is talking
about granting us amnesty. What wrong have we
done? On the contrary, it is we that should grant you
(a) pardon," Agence France Presse had quoted him
as saying in Hausa language.
But Aliyu, who said the governors were determined
to ensure that the amnesty succeeded, explained
that "the formation of the Reconciliation, Healing
and Security Committee was as a result of recurring
incidence of violence and wanton destruction of
lives and property which crippled the economy of
Northern states and paralysed socio-political
activities of the region."
He therefore urged "the Federal Government to
operationalise and streamline critical components
of the (proposed) amnesty in line with conclusions of
this committee (Northern governors' committee)
towards successful and sustainable achievement of
the noble objectives of the peace process.
"This will no doubt go a long way in evolving a
robust framework for peace building and
enforcement, wealth creation, and economic
regeneration in providing practicable solutions to
the security challenges."
The chairman said it was time Northerners began to
see themselves as one because they were treated as
such in other parts of the country irrespective of
their ethno-religious backgrounds.
He also decried what he called an increase in the
fraud associated with fuel subsidy payments which,
according to him, was now a case of outright
stealing with nobody asking questions.
The forum's chairman noted that the masses
believed that governors were doing nothing over the
development.
He said, "Today, we were asking a question when
reports of issues came ( at the National Economic
Council meeting); we were asking: 'how many of you
people have gone to the filling stations and bought
fuel at subsidised rates?' Very few, where is the
subsidy going?
"There were some people discovered to have lied
and collected money in the name of subsidy. Where
are they? Today, we are told that there is more
thievery in our oil sector than before.
"The illegal bunkering and the stealing of oil are
affecting what comes to the federation account. Why
because, if you catch one thief and you do not punish
him, an honest man will think that it is better to
become a thief than to be honest. We must as
individuals, as parents and administrators, stop
these things. We must punish those who have been
caught."
Giving a background of the formation of the
Northern Governors' Forum Committee on
Reconciliation, Healing and Security, Aliyu said, "You
may wish to recall that concerned about the
destruction, killings and instability in the northern
states, and in response to these challenges, the
committee was set up on July 26 , 2012 and
inaugurated on August 22 in Abuja."
Aliyu said the first step towards peace process
begins at the family level through proper
upbringing of children and adherence to moral
obligations.
He added that the governors would soon meet in
Kaduna to study the recommendations contained in
the report with a view to implementing them.
In his remarks, Bauchi State Governor, Isa Yuguda,
said, "We have investigated enough, we have killed
our people enough, the entire northern Nigeria is
filled with our own blood, that of our wives, our
parents and our grandparents without reason.
"We must appreciate that in the Nigerian nation, we
are talking about 400 tribes and only 20 are from the
South . The remaining are in northern Nigeria. I
have about 50 tribes in Bauchi.
He said Islam got to Southern Nigeria first before it
came to the north and pointed out that Muslims in
the South were living in peace with Christians.
"Why are they not killing themselves? he queried,
saying there is a lesson those in the north must learn
from the South.
Governor Ibrahim Shema of Katsina State said, "The
north is a sleeping giant. It has potential in terms of
human and material resources. Its eminent sons and
daughters have performed credibly well in the
affairs of this nation for decades. There is no excuse
for the north to keep hurting itself."
Earlier, Chairman of the Committee, Ambassador
Zakari Ibrahim, observed that the insecurity in the
north had dire consequences for the corporate
existence of Nigeria.
He recalled that the committee submitted its interim
report on February 14, 2013 and requested an
extension of time to enable it to complete its
assignment.
Zakari said, "The north has suffered very serious
economic, social and psychological devastation with
relationships among the people severely fractured.
Specifically, the underlying sources of insecurity in
the northern states are deeply rooted in the
following:
o Economic inequality and narrowing opportunities,
conflicts and unhealthy competition among ethnic
and religious identities , ownership and access to
resources (land and territory), unequal access to
political power among groups and the feeling of lack
of respect; and
o Appointments into traditional headship positions,
the deterioration in personal and inter-group
relationships, poverty, illiteracy and ignorance,
widespread impunity, injustice and disregard for
the rule of law."
Zakari said those factors were surmountable if
serious consideration was given to some of the
recommendations in the committee's report.
He added, "Your excellencies, the people of the north
are tired of having committees formed every time a
crisis erupts, while the recommendations of reports
of the committees are hardly implemented.
"It is the collective view of the committee members
that the north must get its act together. For too long,
it has been seen by the rest of the country as lagging
behind despite its huge human and natural
resources."

Source: mobile.punchng.com/output.php?link=http://www.punchng.com/news/northern-govs-beg-boko-haram-to-accept-amnesty/

Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State has
described as a "media creation" the purported rift
between him and President Goodluck Jonathan.
"I am not aware that Mr. President and I are
quarrelling. As far as I am concerned, we are not
quarrelling", Amaechi told reporters on Thursday in
Kano State.
The governor stated this even as he said the planned
election into the Nigerian Governors' Forum was not
a do-or-die.
Amaechi was in the ancient city on the invitation of
his Kano State counterpart, Rabiu Kwankwaso.
Amaechi, the NGF chairman said, "Governor
Kwankwaso invited me to Kano to come and inspect
some of the projects on the ground, and that is why I
am here."
On the forthcoming NGF election, Amaechi said it
was not a do-or-die thing, as he would bow out if not
given the chance to continue in that capacity.
He added, "If I am not re-elected as the Chairman of
the Governors' Forum, there is nothing to lose, I will
still remain a member of the forum, and work
towards its success."
Concerning his posters for the 2015 presidential race,
which had appeared in some cities, Amaechi said,
"My picture with that of Kano governor as well as
Jigawa governor, Sule Lamido; will I be vice-
president to both of them?"
Meanwhile, civil rights groups, Africa Network for
Environment and Economic Justice and the Ogoni
Solidarity Forum on Thursday in Abuja urged
President Goodluck Jonathan to stop muzzling the
opposition.
According to them, there is a "gradual attempt to
muzzle opposition and human right groups".
Instead, they asked the Federal Government to learn
to tolerate opposing voices since constructive
criticism remained the hallmark of democracy.
The Executive Director of ANEEJ, Rev. David Ugolor,
and the National Coordinator of OSF, Mr. Celestine
Akpobori, at a joint briefing, also pleaded with the
judiciary to redeem its image by maintaining its
independence and integrity.

Source: mobile.punchng.com/output.php?link=http://www.punchng.com/news/i-have-no-quarrel-with-jonathan-amaechi/

Chaiiiii.....

Nairaland is in trouble the day Tonto Dike go do her wedding!

Fayemi weeps as Olayinka’s body arrives Ekiti

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The body of the Deputy Governor of Ekiti State, Mrs. Funmi Olayinka, arrived in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday as her final rite of passage began.

Governor Kayode Fayemi, who received her corpse at the Governor’s Office, initially broke down in tears before summoning courage to eulogise the deceased.

Olayinka died of breast cancer in Lagos on April 6 at the age of 52.

The body, brought to Akure Airport aboard an Aero aircraft, was received by a delegation led by the governor’s wife, Mrs. Bisi Fayemi, and Senator Babafemi Ojudu.

The deceased daughters, Ololade, Olamide and Yeside, who were dressed in blue lace, yellow headgears and dark sun glasses, accompanied the corpse.

The casket, draped in Nigeria Flag was later taken to Ado Ekiti in a wine colour hearse accompanied by a convoy of vehicles and sympathisers.

Police outriders and Okada riders led the convoy which stopped at the secretariat of the Action Congress of Nigeria along Ajilosun Road where party executives, led by Chief Jide Awe, paid their last respect to the banker-turned politician.

The convoy later proceeded to the Governor’s Office.

At the Governor’s Office, Fayemi, who tried in vain to stop weeping, received the body of his deputy even as some others present broke down in tears.

Fayemi said, “We thank God for the arrival of our Princess, who sacrificed herself for the service of the people. On behalf of good people of Ekiti State, we cannot thank her enough. She lived a short and eventful life. We thank God for given her to us; we also thank God for taking her to the world where there would be no more worries.”


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Click like if you believe NGIGE(ACN) will win...

@OP,

Please try and first solve your own problem which is grammatical error.

What do you mean by PRECIDENT?

@MOD...

Who are this people fighting?

Somebody should please get me my sledge hammer.

I need to crack there head for a BRAIN transplant.

If you really wan to fight, i beg commot here and move argument to any nearest railway line...

#idiots#

There was public outrage on Tuesday over the
massacre of no fewer than 185 people during a clash
on Saturday between the militant Islamic sect, Boko
Haram and the Multinational Joint Task Force in
Baga, Borno State.
The condemnation came from the National
Assembly, the Northern Elders Forum, the Action
Congress of Nigeria, the Congress for Progressive
Change and Spain.
While members of the Senate decided after
hearing a motion on the clash to probe the
killings, lawmakers in the House called for a
judicial commission of inquiry.
In Kaduna, the Northern Elders Forum, after its
meeting with the Arewa Consultative Forum, feared
that the massacre could threaten the planned
amnesty for Boko Haram members.
Immediately after hearing a motion by Maina
Lawan, President of the Senate, David Mark,
directed the Committees on Defence, Police and
National Security and Intelligence to probe the
allegations that most of the victims were civilians.
The committees are to report back in two weeks.
Mark did not allow the motion to be debated on the
grounds of security implications and the sensitive
nature of the matter.
He said, "There are standard rules of engagement
and that do not include mass and extrajudicial
killings. The level of death is just too high and we
cannot accept that."
Maina had in his motion, said that Baga which is his
hometown, was in ruins following the onslaught.
He said, "My hometown of Baga is today in ruins,
with 180 to 200 human lives lost and numerous
others unaccounted for. About 2000 homes, 62 cars
and 284 motorcycles and tons and tons of foodstuff
were also destroyed.
"At this stage, I do not want to immerse myself in the
blame game of whether it is the multinational task
force or not. The task force or the insurgents
carried out the atrocities that bear the hallmark of
the Odi massacre.
"Whoever did it, that level of atrocity is
condemnable and is hereby condemned. I call for a
full scale investigation to unearth the truth as this
has become a recurring decimal in all such past
instances in Borno State."
Lawan told journalists after plenary that there was
no contesting the fact that the insurgents attacked
members of the task force.
"It is true that the insurgents provoked the event.
One soldier was shot, but the military went back and
came back reinforced and Baga was levelled," the
lawmaker said.
He said the killing of innocent people over the
action of a few miscreants was unfair.
In the House, members passed a resolution asking
President Goodluck Jonathan to set up a commission
of inquiry to investigate the clash.
A lawmaker from Borno State, Mr. Mohammed
Mungono, told the House that about 195 civilians and
one soldier were killed in the incident.
He informed his colleagues that trouble started
when Boko Haram members attacked the soldiers
and then infiltrated civilian population.
According to him, in an attempt to retaliate, the
soldiers fired in whatever direction the attackers ran
to, killing non-sect members in the process.
He noted that while the soldiers were in Borno State
to provide security, the aim could be defeated if they
were "not professional" in the manner they
conducted their operations.
The lawmakers then observed a minute's silence in
honour of the dead and adopted the prayers of
Mungono, calling for a judicial commission to
investigate the killings.
But, there was a mild drama when another prayer
asking the House to send a delegation to
commiserate with the families of the victims, elicited
murmurs of rejection from members.
Speaker Aminu Tambuwal had suggested that the
Deputy House Leader, Mr. Leo Ogor, would lead the
delegation.
In Kaduna, the Northern Elders Forum which like
the House members called for a commission of
inquiry instead of probe as promised by President
Goodluck Jonathan, said the killings were highly
uncalled for.
Its spokesman, Prof. Ango Abdullahi, said the latest
onslaught cast doubt on the planned amnesty for
members of Boko Haram.
According to him, an allegation that a soldier was
killed could not have warranted the Army to wipe
out an entire community.
He said,"We advised against it much earlier than
now. The fact that the President is saying there
should be a probe means he is not saying more than
he had said before.There have been so many
people who were mercilessly killed in their sleep
and their houses ransacked in the name of
searching for Boko Haram members.
"This certainly is not the way an operation like this
should be conducted. That is why we believe the
President need not order a probe. We need a
judicial commission of inquiry to unravel what has
happened in Baga. The commission of inquiry
should have expanded terms of reference for people
to come before it to raise issues that have been
happening in Borno and Yobe states."
Abdullahi said the National Executive Committee of
the ACF and NEF to deliberate on the state of the
nation.
He said, "We elders of the North came to ACF to
exchange ideas and views on the state of the nation
generally and the state of the north in particular.
Most of these soldiers that are posted to these areas
(Yobe and Borno states) are not only raw as soldiers,
but they are coming from totally different
backgrounds. ACF Publicity Secretary, Anthony
Sani, said the forum would meet today
(Wednesday) over the Baga killings.
The Commander of the MNJTF, Brig.- Gen. Austin
Edokpaye, has however claimed that only six
civilians were killed and not the 185 widely reported
by the media on Monday.
Edokpaye, in a three-paragraph statement he sent
to journalists in Maiduguri, also said that 30 thatch
houses were burnt as against 2,000 which Baga
residents told Borno State Governor, Kashim
Shettima, when he visited the community.
Edokpaye said the troops killed 30 Boko Haram
gunmen and arrested five others. According to him,
a soldier died and five others sustained injuries.
He said "Contrary to media speculation that
hundreds of houses were burnt, instead, it was the
explosion from Boko Haram terrorists'rocket
propelled grenade bombs, anti -aircraft guns and
sophisticated IED materials that triggered fire to
about 30 thatch houses in the predominantly fishing
community."
He also said that three rocket propelled grenade
launchers, two rocket propelled grenade bombs; four
AK 47 rifles, 435 assorted ammunitions, seven
quantities of IED material, and three Toyota Land
Cruisers, were recovered from the sect members.
The Borno State Government said on Tuesday that
'over 100 people' were killed.
In Lagos, the ACN criticised the Federal
Government's handling of the killings, calling it slow
and disrespectful to the sanctity of human lives
The party, in a statement by its National Publicity
Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the security
agencies must respect the relevant rules of
engagement in their onslaught against the sect.
This, it added, was necessary in order to spare the
lives and property of innocent civilians.
The party said it hoped that the probe ordered into
the tragedy by President Goodluck Jonathan would
not be another window dressing.
Also, the CPC said it was outraged by what it called
the wanton destruction of lives and property in
Baga.
Its National Publicity Secretary, Rotimi Fashakin,
noted in a statement that the attendant ecological
disruption and huge humanitarian calamity had
attracted so much attention.
But Spain condemned the clash and expressed
worry about weapons used by the group to fight
soldiers.
A statement made available by its Embassy in
Abuja, reads, "Spain expresses its serious concern
on the use on this occasion of heavy artillery which
indicates a qualitative increase in the escalation of
tension on the part of the insurgents causing at the
time more damage and pain among the population.
"Spain expresses its solidarity and support to the
victims and their families and hopes that those
responsible for these terrorist attacks are brought to
justice according to the law.
"In the same vein Spain supports the Nigerian
government in its flight against the terrorist
challenge and maintains its commitment to the flight
against any form of terrorism."
Meanwhile, the National Human Rights Commission
has said that it will discuss the Baga killings on
Thursday and Friday.
The killings, it said, would be among activities and
events its board would review.
The two-day meeting will be attended by the 12
members of the board which has the Executive
Secretary of the Commission, Prof. Bem Angwe, as
secretary.
Confirming the meeting , the NHRC Board Chairman,
Prof. Chidi Odinkalu, said, " It is true we are meeting
on Thursday and Friday. We will come up with a
position on that day".

Source: mobile.punchng.com/output.php?link=http://www.punchng.com/news/outrage-over-baga-borno-state-massacre/

This is the simple definition of INJUSTICE...

Barca Fans, HOW MARKET?

Margaret Hilda Thatcher, the first female British
Prime Minister was born on October 13, 1925, at
Grantham to Alfred and Beatrice Roberts. She
married Denis Thatcher in 1951 and they had two
children, twins Mark and Carol.Her father was a
local businessman and grocery store owner. Her
father served as both alderman and Mayor of
Grantham. Margaret Thatcher attended Oxford
University where she graduated with a degree in
Chemistry. While attending Oxford she served as
president of the Oxford University Conservative
Association. After graduating in 1947 she got a job
working as a chemist. After running for the
parliamentary seat in Dartford twice, losing both
times, she then went back to Oxford and earned her
law degree in 1953 to better prepare her for a career
in public life. In 1959 Thatcher won a seat on the
House of Commons representing Finchley. She
served there in same manner for 30 years. In 1970
Margaret was appointed to the position of Education
Secretary. While Secretary of Education she ended a
free milk program in the schools and was known for
a time as “Thatcher, the milk snatcher”.
Her position in the Conservative Party continued to
rise over the next few years. In 1975 when the
Conservative Party lost the majority position, she
took over the leadership of the party, becoming the
first woman to become Leader of the
Opposition. Thatcher became Prime Minister on
May 4, 1979, a position she held for over 10 years.
Under Thatcher’s term, British armed forces took
back the Falklands on June 14, 1982 from Argentina
which had invaded the Falkland Islands on April 2,
1982. She played an important role in the Cold War.
Aligning with President Ronald Reagan of the US,
who held a very hard line against communism and
worked with Mikhail Gorbachev to end the Cold
War. She was nicknamed “The Iron Lady” from
Soviet Captain Yuri Gavrilov in response to her
strong opposition to communism.
Margaret Thatcher was a controversial figure of
conservative ideology during her time in office. It is
recalled that during the general crisis and
depression of the 1930s, John Keynes had
emphasised the need for the state to intervene in the
economy through appropriate fiscal and monetary
policies to ensure stability and provide welfare. The
application of the Keynesian programme led to the
post-World War II boom with its prolonged period of
full employment. But its large government became
too difficult to finance, and its bureaucracy too large
to control. The state’s inefficiency was linked to a
claim that it had succumbed to workers’ interest
through social expenditure.
The stagflation of the 1970s and the unemployment
of the 1980s finally ended the reign of Keynesian
economics. Thatcher’s government intervened in the
economy to create a free market by lowering taxes,
privatizing state industries and increasing restraints
on trade unionism. She stood her ground in a major
face off with miners. As many as 200,000 miners lost
their jobs while mining communities were destroyed
as pits that were still economically viable were shut
down. At first things did not go well. Unemployment
skyrocketed and crime went up. There were riots
against the Poll Tax, a regressive taxation that hit the
poor the hardest. But after a few years the economy
began to improve, witnessing the rise of the financial
banks. Her policies are believed to have provided
the foundation for the economic crisis that gripped
the world since 2008. Thatcher never had faith in
society. She claimed it didn’t exist. Her belief in the
individual led to selling off council homes and
refusing to build new ones, leading to record waiting
lists for social housing and homelessness. On
October 12, 1984 a bomb went off at the Brighton
Hotel where Thatcher was staying. But she was not
hurt.
Thatcher’s economic policies, Thatcherism, were
transmitted through World Bank and the
International Monetary Fund (IMF). Her policies
also affected Africa negatively. Africa’s economic
crisis was ascribed to the expansion of the
interventionist state and public expenditures,
worsened by the falling prices of primary
commodities, low workers’ productivity, high wages
and low savings. The IMF and the World Bank
therefore promoted a Structural Adjustment
Programme (SAP) to withdraw the government from
the economy through cuts in subsidies on social
services, across-the-board privatisation and
commercialisation of public enterprises, and
currency devaluation.
These measures adversely affected the living
conditions of workers, the urban and rural poor,
causing upheavals in the process.
Indeed, in the face of this resistance, the World Bank
and the IMF encouraged African leaders to become
tougher with civil servants and other actors who are
undermining public policies, thereby directly
promoting authoritarianism. Thatcher never
supported the anti-Apartheid struggle in South Africa
and she branded Nelson Mandela a terrorist.
On November 28, 1990 Thatcher resigned from office
under pressure from the conservatives that her
policies on taxes were going to hurt them in the
coming elections. She passed away on April 8, 2013
at the ripe age of 87 years after suffering a stroke in
a London hotel.

Source: tribune.com.ng/news2013/index.php/en/editorial/item/10150-the-exit-of-margaret-thatcher

Corruption level in Nigeria exaggerated - Jonathan •Issues certificates to PHCN successor companies

IN an apparent reaction to the excitement of opposition over a reported United States (US) Congress report, which reportedly confirmed mass corruption at all levels of government in Nigeria, President Goodluck Jonathan, on Monday, assured that such claims of corruption in the country were over-amplified.

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) had, in a statement at the weekend, observed that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the government it controlled were at the centre as a “cesspool of corruption,” following the report submitted to the US Congress by Secretary of State, John Kerry.

However, speaking at the Presidential Power Reform Transaction signing ceremony at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Jonathan pointed out that the way government business was conducted in the country had led to a reduction in corruption in the country.

Jonathan was presiding over the handing over of payment certificates to bidders who had successfully paid down the first (25 per cent) instalment of the purchase for five of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) successor generating companies (GENCOs).

He also gave out payment certificates to the bidders that had successfully paid down the first (25 per cent) instalment of the purchase for 10 of the PHCN successor distribution companies (DISCOs).

Citing fertiliser distribution and the power sector, President Jonathan noted that government had since cleaned them up through various transparent initiatives that had been attested to by the private sector and, therefore, pleaded with all Nigerians to see the country as their own.

The president said the signing ceremony underscored the commitment of his administration to transparency, its renewed emphasis on inclusiveness in core transactions and sustenance of the current tempo of transformation in the power sector.

Jonathan noted that the signing signalled a major step forward in the implementation of power sector roadmap, while commending all private sector players for their commitment to and confidence in the Nigerian economy.

“What we have done so far and will continue to do is to set the rules of the game and act as a responsible facilitator and regulator,” he stressed.

Jonathan assured that “this government cares about you and will not rest until you can sleep well at night without the irritating noise of generators.”

In his remarks, Minister of Power, Professor Chinedu Nebo, said the government was expecting to add additional generation capacity of about 2,200 megawatts from the National Integrated Power Projects (NIPP) before the end of 2013.

He said the Federal Government was also investing to boost generation through the large, medium and small hydros, with total capacity of over 4,234 megawatts, which include Zungeru, 700mw; Mabilla, 3,050mw; Gurara 2, 360mw; Itsi, 40mw and Small Hydro Power, 84mw.

Nebo added that a total capital outlay of $3.4 billion was required up to 2016 to bring the country’s transmission grid to evacuate the generated power, noting that government was working out the funding of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) long term expansion plan.

In her speech, the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, said the event was yet another milestone, not only in the act of executing agreements, but also a testimony to the holistic approach the administration had taken in solving in a sustainable manner, gas supply and development in Nigeria.

http://tribune.com.ng/news2013/index.php/en/component/k2/item/10173-corruption-level-in-nigeria-exaggerated-jonathan-issues-certificates-to-phcn-successor-companies

Buhari, Tinubu to PDP: Pack and Go

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For the umpteenth time, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday got the red card from the opposition camp.
Gen. Muhammadu Buhari of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) National Leader Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu told the PDP to be ready to quit in 2015.

The duo spoke in Lagos at the public presentation of a book “Witness to history: Action Congress of Nigeria and its struggle for democracy, liberty and justice”.

The 642-page book, written by ACN National Publicity Secretary Alhaji Lai Mohammed, was unveiled at the Civic Centre, Ozumba Mbadiwe, Victoria Island, Lagos.

The event was chaired by Niger State Governor Babangida Aliyu.

The opposition leaders reiterated their determination for change in 2015. They urged Nigerians to support the push for power shift to the progressives by the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Gen. Buhari, the CPC leader and former military Head of State, spoke on the need to consolidate the merger of the like-minded opposition parties before stepping up the mobilisation of the various constituencies for political action.

Tinubu charged Nigerians to get set for the future electoral contests, adding that “PDP should go in 2015”.

Seasoned poet, Odia Ofeimun, who reviewed the book, praised the author for his courage and sense of duty. He said: “This is not a review, but a statement; a compendium of the publicity output of the party’s spokesman challenging the business-as-usual approach of those in power at the centre. The book is the defender of the public memory of the political situation in the country”.

Dignitaries at the ceremony included: host governor Mr. Babatunde Fashola former Lagos State Governor Lateef Jakande, his wife, Alhaja Abimbola, ACN National Chairman Chief Bisi Akande, Aremo Olusegun Osoba, Otunba Niyi Adebayo and wife, Angela, former Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, former Lagos State Deputy Governor Sarah Sosan, Gen. Alani Akinrinade (rtd), Dr. Amos Akingba, Chief Tom Ikimi, Senators James Kolawole, Olabiyi Durojaye, Chris Ngige, Olufemi Lanlehin, Oluremi Tinubu, Babafemi Ojudu, Gbenga Obadara, Ayo Adeseun, Sola Adeyeye, Ganiyu Solomon, Olorunnimbe Mamora and Prof. Adebayo Williams, and Prof. Ropo Sekoni.

Also at the ceremony were the Lagos State House of Assembly Speaker, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, his deputy, Kolawole Taiwo, Secretary to Lagos State Government Dr. Oluranti Adebule, Olawale Osun, Oba Olatunji Hamzat, Otunba Busura Alebiosu, Mr. Olorunfunmi Basorun, Prince Tajudeen Olusi, Otunba Dele Ajomale, Chief Rasak Okoya, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, Mr. Ayo Opadokun, Prof. Idowu Sobowale, Cardinal James Odunmbaku, Alhaji Ganiyu Badmus, Mrs. Wonuola Folami, Yemi Cardoso, Chief Sam Bolarinde, Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Ade Ipaye, who was the Master of Ceremony and Mohammed’s wife, Kudira Adeoti.

Urging the progressives to remain committed to change, Buhari said: “Let us agree to come together and give an alternative to Nigeria. We should consummate this merger and mobilise our constituencies.”

The CPC leader noted that Nigerians were eagerly awaiting the conclusion of the merger in readiness for the next elections, stressing that “nobody will want to rig because it will not pay.” Buhari commended the ACN for its successful convention in Lagos, assuring that the CPC and the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) will follow suit in Abuja and Zamfara State respectively on May 11.

Hailing the author, Buhari, who wrote the foreward to the book, applauded his single mindedness, intellectual capacity, hardwork, consistency and courage, adding that every school library in the country should have the book on its shelve.
Tinubu observed that the presentation of the book was timely, coming after the last convention of the APC, which has heralded its merger into the APC. Noting that the APC has a permanent place in history, the former Lagos State governor said: “Democracy, justice and liberty may move slowly, but when they gain momentum, nobody can stop them. That is why I talked about positive storm.

“With the APC, we will form a bigger party that will accomplish bigger things for Nigeria. This is a bigger project with an agenda for change. That was why ACN has made a sacrifice for the greater good. We should not call ourselves the opposition again. We are the progressives and government-in-waiting. Those in power only believe in what good governance oppose.

“We have witnessed their empty history. Let them be a witness for our fruitful one. The US State Department has been decrying their impunity and corruption. The presidential aides are blind people embellishing facts. They attack the messengers, rather than heeding the message. We do not oppose for the sake of it. We stand for democracy, fairness, justice, harmony, unity, the eradication of corruption. We oppose indifference to bad governance, unemployment and insecurity.

“Our overriding vision is to gain power at the centre for progressive change. The storm is here. That storm is a positive storm. APC is the storm that will sweep them away. It is time for those in power to go.”

Lauding Mohammed, who he described as a wise man and a one-man army for his sagacity, competence and commitment to the growth of democracy, Tinubu said that he has been issuing press releases with the rapidity of a machine gun and turned them into a weapon of truth.

Fashola, who welcomed the guests, recalled that he had succeeded Mohammed as Tinubu’s Chief of Staff, noting that the astute lawyer and politician performed well in office by setting up the logistics, which facilitated the success of his tenure.

He said the book has told the story of a party that has become yardstick for good government and governance.

Firing the salvo at the PDP, Fashola said: “A party is saying that there is no vacancy in the highest office in the land. Why are they organising elections then? There will be vacancy in 2015.”

Governor Aliyu frowned at late-coming to events, advising dignitaries to send representatives, if they cannot keep to time. He observed that the ceremony was rich in attendance by attracting tall people like Gen. Buhari and Speaker Ikuforiji and short people like Mallam el-Rufai and Dr. Ngige.

Replying Fashola, he said: “We are not saying that there will be no election. There will be election to give you the task to participate. We are not saying that there will be no vacancy. We are saying that you should work hard. I was the first party to pray for the success of the merger so that we will not take things for granted. There is the need for options in democracy. But we should not allow personal ambition to becloud the general interest.”

Aliyu clarified that his presence at the book presentation did not translate into defection from the PDP, stressing that he had deliberately asked the Niger State PDP chairman, Alhaji Mahmud Batanga, to accompany him to Lagos for the ceremony.

The governor cautioned against viewing issues of national importance from the prism of narrow partisan ship, adding that nation-building and development go beyond political partisanship.

He added: “As politicians, we are not up to 10 percent of the people and we decide the fate of all the people. We must listen to all perspectives.”

Applauding the role of the opposition, Aliyu said: “Lai Mohammed has been asking us to understand what Nigerian politics has been and what it will be. If you want to excel, you must have enemies that will put you on your toes. opposition is always there to help you to look at the other side of the coin.”

Osinbajo praised Mohammed’s devotion to image making, he said that he has become the peoples’ publicity secretary.
Ipaye, who read Mohammed’s profile, said that as the country has proceeded on the fast lane to development, it should be remembered that the author is one of the engineers of the movement. He added: ‘He is a thinker, strategist and wise counselor.”

Other dignitaries at the ceremony included Dr. Remi Desalu, Dr. Wale Adebanwi, Hon. Omotilewa Aro-Lambo, Dr. Samuel Adedayo, Hakeem Fashinro, Dr. Leke Pitan, Prof. Abisogun Leigh, Jide Jimoh, Ayodele Adewale, Abiodun Mafe, James Faleke, Rotimi Agunsoye, Jide Sanwolou, Kaoli Olusanya, Segun Dawodu, Chris Ekwilo, Ademola Seriki, Femi Gbajabiamila, Yakubu Balogun, Kemi Nelson, Dele Belgore (SAN), Pastor Eze Iyamu, Chief Adedoyin, Sunday Adepoju, Yekini Alabi, Ismaila Tua, Bolaji Ariyoh, Ife Oyedele, Segun Babatope, Meriko Ebikebina, and Wale Ahmed.

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Federal Government is planning a forensic and
deoxyribonucleic acid laboratory for the police as
part of strategies to combating the nation's security
challenges.
Minister of Police Affairs, Caleb Olubolade, who said
this during the unveiling of the 2013 Police Week
Celebration in Abuja, on Monday, noted that a
Presidential Committee had been set up to assess the
state of the forensic laboratories currently in use by
the Police and other security agencies in the country.
Olubolade said the committee would advise the
Federal Government on the modalities for upgrading
the available ones and the technical and financial
implications of establishing new ones in line with
global standards.
The committee, he added, would examine all laws
relating to forensic services in the country, with a
view to bringing them up to date with what obtains
in other climes, especially in the regulation of
private forensic practices.
The minister, who decried the absence of modern
forensic laboratories in the country, noted that the
development had hampered crime investigations by
the police and relevant agencies.
According to him, the country cannot continue to
depend on other countries for quality and acceptable
forensic services.
Olubolade further said the Federal Government
would invest in the police and in the provision of
forensic laboratories to tackle rising crimes in the
country.
The establishment of the laboratories, the minister
added, would enhance the operations of the Police
and other security agencies at crime scenes, forgery,
DNA and paternity investigations as well as in
prosecution.
He directed data collection agencies like the Police,
Nigeria Immigration Services, Customs, Prisons,
Independent National Electoral Commission,
National Identity Management Commission among
others to be ready for data integration in order to
facilitate crime detection and prosecution.
The Committee, which has a month to submit its
report, draws its membership from security
services, Presidency and the office of the Solicitor-
General of the Federation.
On the police week celebrations, the Inspector
General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, said the
objective of the event was to bridge the widening
gap between the public and the police.
He said, "The 2013 Police Week Celebrations will
engender improved consciousness on the part of the
rank and file of the Force on their responsibility for
enhancing mutual trust and confidence in their
operations and interaction with the public. It is for
this reason that we chose 'Connecting with the
People for a more Effective Policing' as the theme for the celebrations."

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Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole on Monday
warned the Esama of Benin, Chief Gabriel
Igbinedion, to stop undermining state laws.
Oshiomhole, at the inauguration of 14 newly elected
local government chairmen in Benin, said
government had the capacity and the will to contain
Igbinedion's excesses.
He also asked the state Independent Electoral
Commission to tender unreserved apology to the
people of the state for the lapses recorded in the local
government election held on Saturday.
He said, "There is evidence that he (Igbinedion) has
undermined the prosperity of the state for a very
long time. Those who live in glass houses do not
throw stones.
"I want to send a warning to Chief Igbinedion that he
should take it easy; he has acquired a lot of
government land that the people have not engaged
him on. He walks as if he is above the law. He was a
chief tax collector in this state, pocketing 25 to 30 per
cent of every kobo that accrued while his son was
the governor.
"I have not looked back because my mandate is to
look forward. I want to put him on notice that if he
continues with elderly rascality, I will bring him to
justice.
"He must never ever underestimate the fact that I
have the will and I have the capacity to deploy that
will; if he crosses the law, he will be cut to size.
"Elders must teach the younger ones to behave
responsibly.
The governor berated Igbinedion over his alleged
conduct on election day on Saturday in Okada.
"You heard how he is using ITV in a very reckless
manner, in clear breach of the NBC code. He reduced
himself as a high chief, leaving where he is
registered to vote and going all the way to Okada on
a day movement was restricted across the state.
"He got to Okada and illegally used mobile
policemen to walk on the street; going to the police
station where sensitive election materials were kept
in order to vandalise the sensitive electoral materials
to ensure elections did not take place.
"If he misleads himself into believing that he has the
birth right to continue to appropriate and privatise
the resources of Edo State, he is living in a fool's
paradise."

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I beg, shey na hand them they use score the goals?

President Goodluck Jonathan's scheduled visit to
Lagos today has sparked a war of words between
the Action Congress of Nigeria and the Presidency.
Jonathan is expected to arrive in Lagos on Thursday
(today) en route to Ibafo in Ogun State where he
will inaugurate WEMPCO's Cold Roll Steel Plant.
But the ACN said on Wednesday that the visit was
primarily aimed at scuttling its national convention
today at the Onikan Stadium, Lagos. The
Presidency however described the allegation as
baseless and another in the series of "wolf crying"
that has become the ACN trait.
The party, in a letter to the Lagos State Governor, Mr.
Babatunde Fashola (SAN), said Jonathan's visit might
lead to the closure of roads in the city, thus
preventing its supporters across the country from
coming for the convention.
In the letter by its National Publicity Secretary and
member of its national convention planning
committee, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the ACN said the
convention was meant to afford its members the
opportunity to discuss the merger plan by opposition
parties.
It said it feared that inability of its members to
access the venue of the convention could lead to "a
breach of the peace, the consequences of which no
one will be able to fathom."
The party therefore urged Fashola to advise
Jonathan to either reschedule his visit or use a mode
of intra-city transport, like a helicopter if he must go
ahead with the visit.
The ACN letter reads, "We are concerned that based
on precedent, the visit of the President may lead to
the closures of key arterial roads in the city, which
could prevent thousands of our supporters coming to
Lagos from all parts of the federation from making it
to the venue of the convention.
"In particular, the timing of the President's visit and
the attendant disruption of traffic in Lagos may be
seen as a continuation of perceived attempts by the
Peoples Democratic Party -led Federal Government
to frustrate the merger of our party with other
progressive parties, which is a key item on the
agenda of our national convention on Thursday.
"We are, therefore, appealing to your Excellency
(Fashola) to use your good offices to advise the
President to either reschedule his visit or use a mode
of intra-city transportation, like a helicopter, that will
not engender closure of roads on a very busy day in
the city."
The party said that the President would not want to
subject Nigerians to "avoidable suffering just
because of a visit that can either be rescheduled or
carried out in an unobstructive manner on a
gridlock-prone city."
But the Presidency faulted the ACN claim, saying that
Jonathan's visit which was scheduled long ago
would have no effect on the ACN convention.
Special Adviser to the President on Media and
Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, said a courteous check
from the appropriate Presidency officials would
have revealed to the ACN that the President was not
visiting Lagos.
Abati explained in a statement made available to
journalists in Abuja, that his boss would only touch
down at the domestic wing of the Murtala
Muhammed Airport in Ikeja, transit to Ibafo by a
chopper and return to the airport the same way for
his flight back to Abuja.
He said, "We find it hard to believe that any
patriotic and right-thinking Nigerian would have
written the kind of publicly circulated letter
reportedly sent to the governor of Lagos State by
Alhaji Mohammed in which he attempts to dictate
President Jonathan's itinerary, mode of
transportation within Lagos, and motive, and even
suggests that the President's visit could have been
designed to frustrate a planned ACN convention and
merger with some other political parties.
"The allegation is not only baseless, but another in
the series of 'wolf crying' that has become the sole
strategy and pre-occupation of the ACN. It is clearly a
deliberate, further attempt to undermine, ridicule
and debase the office of the President.
"It is certain that Governor Fashola was already
aware of President Jonathan's itinerary in Lagos
tomorrow(today) since in keeping with protocol, the
Presidency always briefs state governments well
ahead of time on all Presidential movements to their
states. Alhaji Lai Mohammed's letter was therefore
pointless and serves no purpose other than
distasteful muck-raking.
"Furthermore, the Presidency completely rejects the
insinuation in the deliberately leaked letter that the
President's visits to Lagos are always disruptive. The
paranoia displayed by the ACN in its plea to
Governor Fashola concerning an imaginary plan to
scuttle a political merger is beneath the politics of
inclusiveness this administration has encouraged in
its interaction with the state, as with all other states.
"We have no doubts whatsoever therefore that
Governor Fashola will prove to be much wiser and
more mature than the ACN spokesman, and consign
his letter to the dustbin."
Also, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on
Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, carpeted
Muhammed, saying he did not have the least
understanding of the workings of government.
" I find it difficult to explain how Alhaji Mohammed
expects Gov. Fashola to control or obstruct the
movement of the President and the Commander-in-
Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
"The insult contained in his letter to Gov. Fashola is a
product of a confused politician.
"We know for a fact that Gov. Fashola is of a
different and higher breed with proper upbringing.
Nigerians must now know Alhaji Mohammed for
what he truly is--a scare-monger ."

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Serena Williams Showed off her hot Bikini body during a photoshoot in Miami Beach, Florida...

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For Nigeria to redeem its image, the Federal
Government should stop covering up corrupt
officials, the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Saad
Abubakar III, and Catholic Archbishop of Abuja
Diocese, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, have advised.
But at the 2013 Annual Conference and Awards
Ceremony organised by Leadership Newspapers in
Abuja where the two prominent clerics spoke on
Tuesday, a former member of the House of
Representatives, Dino Melaye, accused President
Goodluck Jonathan of accommodating ministers
who had previously been indicted for corrupt
practices.
Onayeikan who spoke for the two clerics, said
stealing in government must stop and "there should
be no cover-up."
Nigeria, according to him, "still has enough time to
avoid being a failed state" if corruption and
insecurity could be solved with all seriousness they
deserve.
He said, "We still have enough time to avoid being a
failed state. We need to sustain our great dream.
With sincere faith that is possible. When people in
government say they are doing their best, they
should know that their best is not enough.
"We have what it takes to succeed. All it takes is
leadership that is wise, transparent and sincere."
Onaiyekan, who spoke on the theme of the
conference, "Rebuilding Nigeria", said Nigeria
needed a radical and substantial reformation in its
leadership style.
The former co-chairman of the Nigeria Inter-
religious Council added that the rest of the black
race was looking up to Nigeria redeeming its
image.
On the proposed amnesty for Boko Haram, the
Cardinal urged the government to bring all the
stakeholders to the roundtable since the offer was a
"healthy" development.
At the forum, Melaye took a swipe at Jonathan,
saying, "We have ministers that have been indicted
by one form of report or the other…..but they still
dress in diamond apparel every Wednesday
attending the Federal Executive Council meeting
under the watchful eyes of an unperturbed
President."
According to him, such people "will not help to
rebuild Nigeria."
In his lecture, the Niger State Governor, Babangida
Aliyu, lamented that corruption had permeated
nearly all facets of "our society" and "eaten into the
fabrics of the family."
Aliyu also flayed the activities of Boko Haram,
saying the sect "does not represent Islam."
"Boko Haram is not a Muslim organisation. If a
Muslim commits suicide, he goes straight to hell. If a
Muslim kills another man without justifiable reason,
the sin of that person is transferred to him. There is
no compulsion to the religion of Islam", he
explained.
Appealing to Nigerians to tolerate their differences
and live amicably, the governor called for devolution
of power to Local Governments to bring governance
closer to the people.
He bemoaned a situation where people sit down in
Abuja "and plan for people they don't know".
Aliyu also urged politicians to promote internal
democracy so that people would have the right to
choose their leaders.
"Some people are a misnomer to the positions they
occupy. People must be given chance to elect people
they think can do better for them," he said.
Aliyu, who is the chairman of the Northern
Governors' Forum, advised ruling parties at the
federal and state levels to tolerate the opposition.
He said, "If you have credible opposition, it will keep
you on your toes. You will know you can't take things
for granted. You will know you need to consult with
the people so that you can do the right things
otherwise the opposition will come and take over.
Those who do not appreciate the opposition have no
business being in politics."
The Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, who
chaired the event and his Akwa Ibom State
counterpart, Goodswill Akpabio, however disagreed
on who should take the blame for the problems
facing the country.
While Okorocha said that "leaders should be held
responsible for the crises and challenges in the land,"
Akpabio said they should not be singled out for
blame.
The Imo State governor added that Nigerians must
begin to choose leaders who not only have vision
but are ready to take responsibility for the ills of
the nation.
He advised leaders not to shift blame but to come
together to solve the Boko Haram problem .
According to him, the killings by Boko Haram and
other crises are more than those that took place
during the Nigerian Civil War.
Okorocha said, "Leaders must take responsibilities.
There are crises all over the world. For us as a
nation, we must see these as challenges that
developing nations must pass through to get to the
point of reference.
"Boko Haram will not overcome us. As a nation, we
need to come together to find a solution to this issue
of Boko Haram because the bloodletting in this
country is more than the one let out during the civil
war. Leaders should be held responsible for the
crises and challenges in the land."
He , however, said "all hope is not lost as a nation."
Disagreeing with him, Akpabio argued that the
problems are a culmination of failure of past
leaders.
He said, "It is the business of all of us to solve the
problem of insecurity; everyone of us has a role. We
must rebuild Nigeria through the media. We must
encourage responsible journalism. I will not support
forcing of the press. It was the journalists that fought
for democracy we are enjoying.
"Some journlaists did that through struggling and
sometimes sacrificing their lives. Journalists must do
everything to preserve the democracy they brought
about. We must rebuild Nigeria by rebuilding the
media.
"For us to rebuild Nigeria, we must accept every
religion."
But the Action Congress of Nigeria National Publicity
Secretary, Lai Mohammed, described the arrest of
Leadership journalists by the police as "dangerous
for the survival of our democracy."
He recalled that the Peoples Democratic Party-led
Federal Government recently descended on the
media by imposing a fine on a privately- owned
Liberty Radio station in Kaduna.
Mohammed said that a documentary on poverty in
the country by the station was banned by the
government.
He added, "One wonders why the authorities are
interested in knowing the source of a story it had
earlier denied. Freedom of expression and press is
necessary for citizens popular participation."
Mohammed urged the Federal Government to
remember that no government in the past had been
able to silence the media.
He also described the attitude of the Federal
Government to the opposition as "uncivilised and
unacceptable."

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President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday described
the Monday Boston Marathon bombings in the
United States as an assault on human freedom.
Special Adviser to the President on Media and
Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, made Jonathan's
position known in his Twitter handle.
The President expressed his condolence to the
families of the victims and Americans in general.
"President Jonathan has described the Boston
Marathon bombings as an act of cruelty, an assault
on human freedom and a sad day for athletics. On
behalf of the people and government of Nigeria,
President Jonathan expresses his heartfelt
condolences to the affected families and the people
of the US," Abati wrote.
The explosions near the finish line of the Boston
Marathon killed three people and wounded more
than 100.

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Policewoman: OK.

You are nothing but a product of wasted SPERM and ENERGY.

Where is my sledge hammer?

You deserve a nail on your bald head...

#i.d.i.o.t#

Who is Abati?

PDP 'll win at least 32 states in 2015 -Tukur
2013-04-15 23:16:13

The Peoples Democratic Party on Monday boasted that it had no reason to lose sleep as it would convincingly win most of the 36 states of the federation during the 2015 general elections.

While its Chairman, Alhaji Bamangar Tukur, believes that through hard work, the party would win at least 32 states, the Board of Trustees Chairman, Chief Tony Anenih, said, "We will do what we know how to do best" to sweep the polls.

Tukur spoke when members of a PDP caucus from the South-West visited him in Abuja while Anenih did same after a three-hour closed-door meeting with a former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, in Abeokuta, Ogun State.

"We need to work hard now because we have a (presidential) mandate to move beyond 23 states in our control and win at least 32," the PDP chairman told the caucus led by a former governorship aspirant in Oyo State in 2011, Prof. Taoheed.

But one of the main opposition parties, the Action Congress of Nigeria, flayed the presidential mandate, saying, "It is clear that the PDP does not believe that Nigerians are going to vote and have their votes counted."

Tukur, however, believes that for the PDP to achieve the mandate, reconciliation must first take place in the party so that all its members would begin to invest in the future through hard work, diligence and dedication to the cause of the party.

With this, he said, the PDP would win the polls without any foul play.

Tukur said, "We have to show electoral strength this time. In doing it, we will work hard and work well. We will move with the speed of jet and we will deliver without any foul antics. I use this opportunity to appeal to our members to bury the hatchet and cast away whatever forlorn hope they nurse about the future.

"I appeal to our members to begin to invest in the future right away and doing so involves hard work, diligence and dedication to the cause of PDP."

He said that the National Working Committee of the party under his leadership had concluded plans to embark on a tour of all the states to carry out reconciliation and to put the party on a sound footing for the general elections.

Tukur said that it was worthy of note that the Independent National Electoral Commission had been known to conduct elections that could be adjudged to be free, open and credible under the Goodluck Jonathan administration.

The PDP National Chairman stressed that the membership of the party had a responsibility to prove that the party had the widest spread in the country.

Earlier, Adedoja, who spoke on behalf of the 15-member delegation, had said that they were in Tukur's office to discuss critical issues involving the PDP in the South -West.

In Abeokuta, Anenih, told journalists after his meeting with Obasanjo that the internal wrangling in the PDP would not stop it from winning the general elections.

"PDP is the party to beat; when the time comes, I assure you we will do what we know how to do best,"Anenih, who is known as "Mr Fix it," boasted.

He dismissed the planned merger of opposition political parties as incapable of posing any threat to the ruling party during the polls, saying that all hands were already on deck to ensure that the party was repositioned for better performance in 2015.

Asked to give an insight into the agenda of the meeting with Obasanjo, the BOT chairman said they discussed issues affecting the nation, including insecurity and the crisis rocking the ruling party.

"I am here to see my leader (Obasanjo); I am here to pay my respect and, indeed, I am here with my colleagues, some members of the BOT of our party, to discuss some issues that affect the corporate existence of this country; some issues about the insecurity in the country and some issues about the party itself," he said.

Anenih however declined to make public, the outcome of the meeting .

"As you see, we are all smiling. Can't you see me smiling? And my leader too is smiling. So, we are quite happy about the outcome. For now, it is not for public consumption," he stated.

He also used the opportunity to debunk recent claims by Governor Ibikunle Amosun that the Ogun State chapter of the PDP was "dead and burried."

"Let me tell you, almost all of us here are members of the PDP in Ogun State; so you cannot say that PDP is dead in Ogun State. The leader of PDP in Nigeria is here and that is the former President," Anenih said.

When approached by journalists, Obasanjo merely retorted, "Did you hear what our chairman said?"

Among the party chieftains at the meeting were the Chairman of the PDP Governors' Committee on Reconciliation in the South-West, Governor Ibrahim Shema of Katsina State; his Jigawa State counterpart, Alhaji Sule Lamido; a former Kaduna State Governor, Senator Ahmed Makarfi; former Nasarawa State Governor, Alhaji Abdullahi Adamu, and the party's BOT Secretary, Senator Walid Jubrin.

The sacked PDP National Vice- Chairman (South-West), Chief Segun Oni, a former National Auditor, Chief Bode Mustapha; and former Ogun State PDP Chairman, Joju Fadairo, were also in attendance.

Meanwhile, the ACN has denounced the presidential mandate, saying that Jonathan and Tukur must begin to realise that Nigerians would not vote for them in 2015.

National Publicity Secretary of the ACN, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in a telephone interview with one of our correspondents, said, " They have been talking about plans to capture 32 states.

"If you observe the lexicon of the PDP, you will see that there is nothing democratic about them. By the time Tukur and Jonathan wake up, they will realise that they have been living in a fool's paradise because Nigerians have deserted them a very long time ago and no amount of coercion can make them achieve that kind of fathom ambition.

"The only thing is that it probably confirms our fear that there may be no election in 2015 since they have been given a mandate to capture 32 states. They are not talking about elections.

"Nigerians should be very, very weary. Don't forget that last week, we raised the alarm that the way the Federal Government was going there was no guarantee for free and fair elections. Nigerians should take note and be very, very vigilant but we want to assure Tukur and Jonathan that Nigerians will not vote for them in 2015."

Speaking in a similar vein, his counterpart in the All Nigerian Peoples Party, Chief Emma Eneukwu, dismissed Tukur's assertion as an empty boast.

He said, "He (Tukur) is only trying to console himself by talking big. The elections will be done by Nigerians who will rate them according to their performance in the past 12 years.

"Nigerians are not fools who can be deceived by mere boasts by a party that has plunged the country into terrible darkness. The day of reckoning is approaching."
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