₦airaland Forum

190: I can bet my left scro-sac that benyc is not married

Never - it can't be

That girl is just 15

Did i hear you saying 15yrs?

Haba! She will be 31yrs tomorrow.

So she is there for you without any bride price... Lolz

This thread really shows that the truth is BITTER...

@Vikin et:al, i beg you in the name of God, please pardon me.

I will continue praying along with you. But i believe you will surely get married before vision 20:20:20...

God time is the best!

@190, please watch your back ooo...

Agrika: Nonsense! Anytime i see such threads i weep for Nigerian girls, must a lady be married before the society sees her as a complete woman? The funniest thing is that you will see half-baked, broke arse loosers opening threads like these to make fun of them, some of these women are seasoned professionals in thier areas of specialization and through thier effort have catered for members of thier family, some are not even attracted to the institution of marriage at all, some just want to be free and live thier life the way they please and you are here typing rubbish! Ewu Gambia!

Bro stop crying!

The North on Friday vowed to oppose any plan to
impose a state of emergency in any of the region's
crisis torn states.
Borno, Yobe and a few northern states have
experienced sporadic violence in the past few
weeks.
Over 55 people including policemen and prison
officials were killed in Bama, Borno State, last week,
after suspected Boko Haram insurgents launched
several attacks on the town. A few days later, over
185 people were killed in the Baga area of the state
with thousands of houses destroyed.
There were reports that President Goodluck
Jonathan, who cut short a foreign trip to tackle the
insecurity challenge, might declare a state of
emergency in some of the troubled states.
The Presidency on Saturday said the Federal
Government was studying the situation in the
affected states.
Special Adviser to the President on Media and
Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, said, "The Federal
Government is studying the situations in the affected
states and would take decisions that would be in the
overall interest of the security of not just the people
of the states affected but also of the country.
Declaration of state of emergency is a serious thing
that should not be speculated about."
However, the Arewa Consultative Forum, the
Northern Elders' Forum and other stakeholders, who
spoke to SUNDAY PUNCH, said they would resist
attempts by the Federal Government to apply more
force in the bid to quell the insurgency of the region.
They insisted that President Goodluck Jonathan
should stick to the plan to grant total amnesty to
members of the sect, just the way it was granted to
Niger Delta militants.
The ACF said the recent aggressiveness in attacks by
Boko Haram members should not warrant a
declaration of a state of emergency.
ACF spokesman, Mr. Anthony Sani, said the forum,
which is the apex socio-cultural group in the North,
had resolved that the recurring violence in region
could only be halted by dialogue, thus its opposition
to emergency rule.
He said, "I believe the hike in attacks recently, if by
the sect, is their own way of playing hard (to get), so
that they can secure the best of terms in the ensuing
dialogue. You seem to forget what brought about the
hankering for dialogue: It was because the use of
force had not delivered the desired results. If
military might were successful in campaigns against
terrorism, nobody would talk about dialogue.
"I want to appeal to Nigerians of all religions,
political colorations and of all regions to please give
the government and the amnesty a chance."
Similarly, the Northern Elders' Forum described
speculations about emergency rule in parts of the
North as wrongheaded.
The northern elders advised the Federal Government
to follow through with the plan to grant amnesty to
Boko Haram, which has claimed responsibility for
most of the violent attacks in the region.
The spokesman of NEF, Dr. Paul Unongo, said the
Federal Government could not justify a state of
emergency in the North, since such a measure wasn't
introduced in the South-South states at the peak of
the violence unleashed on the region by Niger Delta
militants.
He said, "Government did not declare a state of
emergency in the states in Niger Delta. General
amnesty was declared and those who wanted to take
advantage of it were asked to come out and lay
down their arms and get some booties.
"Anybody calling for the declaration of a state of
emergency in the North will not be able to justify it.
Amnesty has worked in Nigeria. It can still work."
The National Coordinator, Coalition of Northern
Politicians, Academics, Professionals and
Businessmen, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, also warned
the Federal Government not to declare a state of
emergency in any part of the North.
He said, "Some people in the Peoples Democratic
Party that are talking about state of emergency are
just playing politics because most of the states
affected are not PDP states. Borno, Yobe and
Nasarawa are not PDP states, only Taraba is. Any
declaration now will be nothing but a political
manoeuvre to impose the unpopular PDP mandate
on these states, which did not vote for PDP in the last
election."
The Second Republic lawmaker said a declaration of
state of emergency was the reaction of a failing
government.
"There is something suspicious about declaring a
state of emergency. The people proposing a state of
emergency should give us good reasons. This is
because, clearly, government has failed in its
fundamental duty. This government has failed
woefully."
Junaid's view was also echoed by the National
Assembly on Friday. The Senate and the House of
Representatives ruled out a state of emergency as a
solution to the crises in some northern states.
They said an emergency rule would be "premature."
The Chairman, House Committee on Media and
Public Affairs, Mr. Zakari Mohammed, told SUNDAY
PUNCH that lawmakers would not be in a hurry to
initiate any call for a state of emergency.
He said it might heat up the polity the more and
compound the situation.
"While our committees are working, the House
cannot jump the gun to call for a state of emergency.
"We have to wait to receive the reports of our
committees, then we take it up from there.
"For now, a state of emergency is premature," he
added.
Leader of the Senate, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba,
told one our correspondents on Friday on the phone,
that the violent killings in parts of the North were not
enough to warrant the declaration of a state of
emergency.
"A state of emergency is an extreme measure which
should be applied as a last resort. The security
agencies can handle it and I think they are already
on top of the situation," he said.
Also in opposition to emergency rule, the Congress
for Progressive Change, which is the ruling party in
Nassarawa State, warned the Federal Government
against declaring a state of emergency in the state.
The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr.
Rotimi Fashakin, said though the party condemned
the killings of policemen in the state by a militia
group, it would be wrong to use that as a pretext to
declare a state of emergency.
Meanwhile, the Governor of the state, Mr. Tanko Al-
Makura, has vowed that those behind the killings of
the policemen will be brought to book.
The governor, who spoke in a telephone interview
with one of our correspondents on Friday, assured
the families of the dead policemen that their
husbands would not die in vain.
"We would get those behind the killings of these
heroes. We would not stop at anything to get them.
Wherever they are hiding, we would get them," he
said.
On the possibility of declaring a state of emergency
in his state, he said, "Governance has not collapsed
in the state to warrant that."
Our correspondents also learnt that northern
governors had also vowed to resist attempts to
impose a state of emergency on any state in the
region.
An aide to one of the governors, who spoke to
SUNDAY PUNCH on Friday, said his boss and some of
his colleagues were aware of the plan.
He said, "We are aware that certain individuals will
want to profit politically from the current sad events
in parts of the North, but we will stop them.
"The solution to this problem is not the declaration of
a state of emergency but the implementation of the
various panel reports and government white papers
which government has not had the courage to
implement.
"When Governor Ahmed Makarfi issued a White
Paper and implemented the panel recommendations
on the Kaduna crisis, the problem in the state
stopped. We cannot continue to play the ostrich
when our house is on fire."
Meanwhile, the Army has set up a board of inquiry
to investigate the role of soldiers in the recent
killings in Bama and Baga.
SUNDAY PUNCH learnt that the investigation team
led by a Major General had started work.
However, our correspondents couldn't get the details
of the mandate of the new committee on Friday.
Efforts made to reach the Director of Army, Brig.-
Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, were not successful as calls
placed to his mobile telephone line did not go
through.
Also the Director, Defence Information, Brig.-Gen.
Chris Olukolade, could not be reached on his mobile
phone.

Source: mobile.punchng.com/output.php?link=http://www.punchng.com/news/insecurity-north-opposes-emergency-rule/

tpacalipse: I can actually guess are age. She is so much into the topic. I think the Op touched a sensitive spot.

Bro, no mind Vikin jor.
She will be 36yrs by August 16th(according to her profile).
And she is the grand mother of single ladies on nairaland.

She attended GOD TIME IS THE BEST revival ministry...

GOVERNORS of the Southeast geo-political zone met in Enugu Saturday to articulate the position of the zone on the Southern Nigeria political leaders meeting holding today in Asaba, the Delta State capital.

Although there was no official confirmation to the positions reached by the governors, sources said the Enugu meeting, which lasted for over four hours, deliberated extensively on the role of Ndigbo in 2015 dispensation, stressing that such position would be presented today, when the leaders of the 17 southern states meet in Asaba.

At the meeting were Governors Peter Obi (Anambra), Martin Elechi (Ebonyi), Theordore Orji (Abia), Sullivan Chime (Enugu) and Deputy Governor of Imo state, Eze Mmadumere.

There were also others in the meeting including, Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Emeka Ihedioha Senator Ayogu Eze,Senator Uche Chukwumerije, Minister of Power,Professor Chinedu Nebo, a representative of the traditional institution of the zone, the clergy led by Dr Amos Madu, the archbishop of Enugu Ecclesiastical Province, Anglican communion, among others.

But Governor Obi, who is also the chairman of South East governors forum, who emerged after the closed door meeting told Journalists that the meeting discussed about the visit of President Goodluck Jonathan as well as the burial plans of literary icon, Late Professor Chinua Achebe.

Achebe, he restated would be buried on May 23, this year at his family compound in Ogidi, Anambra state, stressing that the meeting was basically the review plans already made by the burial committee and the governors.

President Goodluck Jonathan will be embarking on a working visit to the Southeast zone of the country within the week. Obi added that the visit formed the reason for the emergency meeting.

The governor, who failed to give the exact date of the President’s visit to the zone, also failed to entertain questions from newsmen on other discussions at the meeting.


Source: www.theguardianmobile.com/readNewsItem1.php?nid=13439

• Government Has Failed — Buhari
PRESIDENTIAL candidate of the Congress for
Progressive Change (CPC) in the 2011 presidential
polls and former Head of State, Gen Muhammadu
Buhari(rtd), has said there is no more room for
“rigging, vote thievery and general impunity that
have become the norms and standard practices
during elections in the country.”
Buhari spoke Saturday at the national convention of
CPC, which held at the Eagles Square, Abuja.
He reiterated the opposition’s resolve not to allow
the mayhem government deliberately creates in
order to cover up guilt.
He said: “We have resolved that, henceforth, our
votes must all be counted… And we declare that this
nation has now resolved through its united
opposition that it will never, again, tolerate or allow
the mayhem the government deliberately creates in
order to cover up its guilt, obscure the issues and
blame the opposition in order to deceive gullible
folks. And we will no longer be intimidated by
anyone.”
Lamenting the rot in the polity, he assured that an
APC-led government would tackle the multi-faceted
problems besetting the country in the past 14 years
the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been
in power.
He noted: “The government has failed in almost
everything; it has proved it cannot secure the
country; there is insecurity everywhere. There is
spiralling lawlessness all over the country. There is
widespread and rising poverty and unemployment
across the length and breath of the country. There is
a complete and total decline in the quality of social
services and an irremediable dilapidation in the
nation’s socio-economic infrastructure across
board.”
Delegates at the convention unanimously endorsed
the party’s merger with other political parties to
form the All Progressive Congress (APC).
The decision followed adoption of a motion moved
by a member of the board of trustees, Alhaji Sule
Yahaya Hamma, and seconded by Chief Oskar Udoji.
Earlier, a motion moved by Vice Presidential
candidate of the party, Pastor Tunde Bakare, calling
for the dissolution of the CPC received the nod of
delegates.
Buhari, who particularly described the occasion as
historic, since several political parties have resolved
to come together to change Nigeria for the better,
assured that once the APC comes on board, the
yearnings and aspirations of Nigerians for good
governance would be achieved.

Source: www.theguardianmobile.com/readNewsItem1.php?nid=13440

Eze Promoe: [color=crimson]Her husband is doing that and he's not complaining [/color]

Doing the cooking?

Chineke oooo!!!

Vikin: For your info,

1.I don marry...
2. I was more than 25 before I got married.

3. I was busy making money and preparing my future.
4. I took my time not pressurized.

5. Even if I wasn't married, my single life will still be the bomb!


And 6. You don arrive?

Yes i don arrived...

But I'm still refreshing inside the airport... Just park outside, I'm coming...

190: ^ask that Nnsuka Nnewi boy called eze promoe for her oga's digits

You sure say that dude doesn't have a secret with her?

How come the dude keep say SUGAR MUMMY?

God is watching!!!

Eze Promoe: [color=crimson]Nonsense! She's married with four kids though one look like me [/color]

Jesus!!!

With four kids?

How come she is always on nairaland spying your the young sexy dudes?

I need to call her 911...

@190, please how can you get me the cell digits of her oga @ the top...

kulyie: i thought you claimed you are a prospective phd student,dont you have the intellectual capability to comprehend and read in between the lines to know what he is implying.i can see how intellectually sound you are 8-)

Relax dear!
We are not fighting.

Honestly, you make me remember a lady i once dated during my Msc days... You are just too hot.

Madam iron lady.
I understand you and God knows your feelings.

I will join you in prayer to get that right man before 2019 presidential election.

Just don't nail your anger at me. God time is the best...

Lolz! Just catching my fun!!!

kulyie: your mind is so warped and obsessed with sex that you think if females are together then its all about lesbianism.this is still part of what i am saying please grow up.there is much more life has to offer one than so much ranting about marriage.afterall we see victims of the so called marriages every where this days,let me not even go to women that are married to men and the man is just a husband by paper instead of fulfilling his responsibilities as a married man all in a bid to be mr and mrs lagbaja

Conscience is judging somebody...

I don't see where the dude mention anything like SEX.

BarryX: ''You & your Girls" again... Hope no foul-play sha? There's an anti-........ bill currently before the Senate,so *coughs**.. My dear do your thing as it take best suit you, it's a free world they say but Marriage is still one thing that completes life.. Let me sleep tomorrow service is blessing-filled. *smiles*

So you also see that I'm seeing?

Please help me ask her that question(hope no foul-play sha) again...

#Just.Thinking#

Ucheosefoh: 39 years and still single lol

Chai, bros! Do you say 39yrs?

Haba! She is just 36yrs ooo.

But she is still single and frustrated as you have seen in her typing...

@Vikin, my surest person! How market?

Lolz... Just fun. Me and you no fit fight jor.

Muhammed Buhari at the CPC convention today
By SaharaReporters, New York
General Muhammadu Buhari has vowed that
members of the opposition will no longer be
intimidated by the Federal Government.
The retired general, who spoke at the national
convention of the Congress for Progressive Change
(CPC) in Abuja today, said gone were the days
when the government would instigate crisis
during an election to scare away members of the
opposition.
From now on, he underlined, not only would votes
be counted, the opposition will not allow the
government to deceive Nigerians that it is not
behind election crises it has created.
"We will no longer be intimidated", he stressed.
He pointed out that Nigeria is already drifting
hopelessly and that anarchy is visible in some
parts of the country, with the government unable
to find any meaningful solution.
He drew attention to some areas of the nation he
described as “virtual war zones” in a country
supposedly at peace, with entire local
governments in the North-East now no-go areas
even to representatives of constituted authority.
"Marauders of every description armed to the
teeth with all manner of sophisticated armaments
roam the national landscape with total and
murderous impunity,” he said. “The patience of
this nation and the various communities within it
has been severely tried and stretched to its limits.
And there is no end in sight.”
He regretted that anarchy is knocking on the door
of many sections of this country while the Federal
Government has not demonstrated it has the good
sense to understand what is going let alone the
competence to check it.
“The nation is hopelessly adrift,” General Buhari
said. "There is unprecedented fall in the nation's
standard and an astronomical rise in the standard
of dying."
Taunting President Goodluck Jonathan's
Transformation Agenda, he observed that it has,
within the space of three years, transformed the
country into a veritable wilderness “Where
verything that should work, doesn't; where
everything that can get broken, has".

Source: mobile.saharareporters.com/news-page/2015-opposition-will-no-longer-be-intimidated-buhari

Ishilove: In that case I weep for the Nigerian educational system. Smh

Anyway as the saying goes, if a beard was a sign of wisdom, the he-goat would be a genius

This is just the simple reason why you are still single @32yrs.

Ask 190 for the address of T.B Joshua deliverance center.

kulyie: no matter the level of education and esposure,when some men talk,you go think say na people way dey carry wheel barrow dey talk.smh.its a pity that whoever wasted his or her money sending the op to school just threw money inside the thrash bin

My sister, i beg no vex...

The tin pain you abi?

I believe the truth hit your anus!

And for your info, less dan 3months to start my PHD degree. Do you understand the meaning?

Get your sleeping drugs and take it accordingly so that your high BP can come... Lolz

Vikin: Off for dinner! Enjoy ya thread at OP and gangs!

@Vikin my friend!

Hum! Why are you so concern about this thread?

Please how old are you?

Don't worry, God time is the best!!!

Its high time we start asking for those ladies birth certificate because you will see a girl of 32yrs claiming 26yrs...

Vikin: Sharap dia! U dis olllldddd cargooooo! You should be expecting ya grand kid now ...
At topic,

Why u dey ask? If u wan know, some are busy making money for their future kids, some are still in school studying, some have also decided to be a reverend sister!

Some want to get the best in life, some even no wan marry at all...

As for you, papa Ejima the OP...you don arrive?

Ah! Do you say some are busy making money?

Stop defending yourself jor! Go and marry!!!!!!!!

190: Wait they'll soon be here to tell you God's time is the best

I keep telling them, if they invest all the time they spend on nairaland on the streets looking for husband

they would have gotten married over 4YRS ago but NO they wont listen, later they'll say 190 is bad

Hahahahahaaa!!! @190, you bad ooo... No mind them jor.

But did i hear you saying God's time?

Tell them because every market get closing time ooo...

Dear 25+ ladies: you said it when you are 20years that you will marry before 25yrs.
So how far? Today is another saturday ooo without getting marry...

So please how market?

Especially the Nairaland ladies who are 25+, please what happen?

Because i have not seen a Nairalander uploading her wedding pictures...

What are you still doing?

I would have love to mention some nairalander ladies name here but let those that will comment do the job... Lolz

Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, in an online interview with Temitayo Famutimi, speaks on the challenges he faces in far away United States

What was your background like?

I am a Yoruba-speaking Ijaw person from Kiribo town in Ese-Odo Local Government area of Ondo State. We are known and referred to as "Ijaw-Apoi" in the Niger Delta region. I studied Geography and Regional Planning at the University of Lagos and later obtained a Master's degree in Public Administration from Columbia University in New York.

What spurred you into becoming a citizen journalist?

The independent media movement in the US was my early inspiration. I saw ordinary citizens reporting on the protests in Seattle, Washington, where a meeting of the World Trade Organisation was taking place. I knew from that moment that I wanted to become a citizen journalist too.

I started writing articles for some Nigerian websites and later began independent research into offshore corruption by Nigerian officials. I was surprised at how much information was publicly available about these officials, including lists of assets, ownership of properties, their divorce records and even multiple citizenships. However, I had no idea how to publish them.

What challenges did you face while starting Sahara Reporters and how did you overcome them?

There were lots of challenges. I think the most serious one at first was public skepticism and disbelief. We were derided and ridiculed for starting something many claimed we were not qualified to do. And then, I was starting something in a country - the USA - that is merciless with people who experiment with novel ideas or idealistic projects when they should be doing time-tested, practical things to earn enough money to pay their bills. However, I could not have lasted more than a few months if I started this website in Nigeria because it is totally dependent on technology, electricity and a constant Internet supply.

Where do you operate from?

I operate from anywhere there is Internet. Until recently, it was difficult to get connected to the Internet during flights and while riding in underground trains in New York City. I believe all that is changing very fast. Most airliners now have in-flight inter-connectivity within the US. But I do have a physical office in New York City. I started Sahara Reporters with an HP laptop bought on e-Bay. In 1995, it took $20,000 and a huge office space to store 20 gigabyte of data, but now one terabyte can fit into your breast pocket. People are now shooting movies with cell phones. No fancy offices are required! The world of computing has migrated to the clouds.

How long did it take you to start attracting visitors to Sahara Reporters website?

Sahara Reporters started attracting traffic from day one. I believe people were hungry for our type of news and many Nigerians waited patiently for me to start something new. Most of these early supporters have since continued to follow me everywhere. Now, we have an Internet TV station and recently started an Internet Radio station.

Which story brought Sahara Reporters to the limelight?

Every story we did brought us greater and better visibility and a good share of the mass media space and traffic. What people were judging, though, were those stories that were picked up by BBC and CNN. But we've been doing major stories since 2006. We did the consistent and significant reports on former Governor James Ibori's corruption, the health woes of the late President Musa Yar'Adua, the rigging of a series of presidential and other elections, the deep rot in the Nigerian judiciary, the Niger Delta insurgency - among others. We also led in covering the first attack on Boko Haram leaders. We obtained the first video showing that the Nigerian troops had lied when they claimed Boko Haram leader, Muhammed Yusuf, died in a shootout.

How profitable has citizen journalism become for you?

Some people live a profitable life out of it, but it was never my desire or intention. A decent living in my view is any form of living that enables me to be an agent of positive change in any society, but primarily in my original society, Nigeria. I understand that our current cultural conditions have reduced our existence to instantaneous wealth, but I don't subscribe to such mental and physical devaluation of human existence. I have always been content with what makes it possible for me to wake up in the morning and do that which my conscience tells me is right.

Have you ever been threatened as a result of your stories?

We have been threatened several times - including by Boko Haram. We have faced numerous legal threats by entities whose objective was to eviscerate our website. And, yes, we have faced direct governmental threats. There have been numerous attacks on our website, including some directed at the larger edifice of our hosts. These attacks amount to attempts to technologically "murder" our website.

What profession were you into before becoming a citizen journalist? Are you still in that profession?

I never took to any conventional profession in life. I have mostly been an activist, which is a calling (apologies to priests). I had toyed with the idea of becoming a hydrologist, a regional planner and public administrator by taking courses in those conventional areas of life. Never practiced one. However, I have also been a visiting university teacher in New York. Each Fall semester, I teach a class on "Post-colonial African" history at a university in New York City. I have been teaching since the Fall of 2009.

Source: http://m.naij.com/news/33530.html

Elder statesmen and former governor of Borno State, Group Capt. Mustapha Amin (rtd.) is dead.

He died on Wednesday morning in Kaduna State. LEADERSHIP gathered that funeral prayers for the late Amin will hold this afternoon at Sultan Bello Mosque, Kaduna.

The late Amin was the first governor of Borno State; he served from March 1976 to July 1978 during the military regime of General Olusegun Obasanjo.

This was after North-Eastern State was divided into Bauchi, Borno, and Gongola states. Before his appointment as governor by the supreme military council, Amin was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Airforce when appointed.

He is remembered for his attempt to stop desert encroachment, by imposing restriction on tree cutting permits.

He also made it an offense to set fires to clear the land and called for the establishment of an inland port to serve Lake Chad.

Source: http://m.naij.com/news/33526.html

Reps, Niger Gov want Dokubo-Asari, Kuku Arrested

The House of Representatives on Tuesday asked the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, to quiz ex-militant, Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, over his latest comment that there would be no peace in Nigeria if President Goodluck Jonathan was not re-elected in 2015.

In a separate statement, Niger State Governor Babangida Aliyu also asked security agencies to arrest Dokubo-Asari for alleged treasonable offence.

In a resolution in Abuja, the federal lawmakers said Dokubo-Asari’s statement was “capable of causing disaffection in Nigeria.”

Dokubo-Asari is the Leader of the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force.

Dokubo-Asari threat came on the heels of a similar statement credited to the Presidential Adviser on Amnesty, Mr. Kingsley Kuku.

Both Dokubo-Asari and Kuku are Jonathan’s kinsmen from the South-South zone of the country.

The Reps said the police authorities should interrogate both men to clarify their statements.

The House resolution also mandated its Joint Committee on Police Affairs/Internal Security to investigate the matter and produce a report.

A member from Kano State, Mr. Ali Madaki, had drawn the attention of the House to Dokubo-Asari’s comment under matters of urgent public importance.

Madaki called on the Federal Government to “check the utterances of some Nigerians capable of causing disaffection in Nigeria,” citing Dokubo-Asari and Kuku’s statements as examples.

He noted that the threat and the reference to the 2015 presidential poll could heat up the polity, “thereby causing unnecessary tension and anxiety in this country.”

The motion was not debated at the Tuesday’s session presided over by the Speaker, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, but lawmakers endorsed the motion in a unanimous voice vote.

Dokubo-Asari, while addressing journalists in Abuja, had threatened that the country would not know peace if Jonathan was not re-elected.

He was also quoted as saying that militancy and struggle for control of oil and gas resources in the Niger-Delta region would be re-ignited after the Jonathan presidency.

According to him, the relative peace in the region is due to the fact that Jonathan is the President and not the amnesty declared by the late President Umaru Yar’Adua.

Dokubo-Asari had said, “I called this briefing because of events that are unfolding in the polity.

“Recently, the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, Mr. Kingsley Kuku, made a statement in the United States of America, that the peace being enjoyed in the Niger Delta will not be guaranteed if President Goodluck Jonathan is not returned as President of Nigeria in 2015.

“This statement has been supported by several groups from the region.

“Also, the statement has been attracting reactions from several quarters, expectedly from the Action Congress of Nigeria and others.

“I want to go on to say that, there will be no peace, not only in the Niger Delta, but everywhere if Goodluck Jonathan is not president by 2015, except God takes his life, which we don’t pray for.

“Jonathan has uninterruptible eight years of two terms to be president, according to the Nigeria constitution.

“We must have our uninterrupted eight years of two tenure, I am not in support of any amendment of the constitution that will reduce the eight years of two tenure that Goodluck Jonathan is expected to be president of Nigeria.”

While receiving members of the House of Representatives Committee on Education, led by Honourable Aminu Sule, who visited him in Minna, Aliyu described the statement credited to Asari Dokubo as “unfortunate and inciting,” saying “by now the security agencies should have arrested him for treason”.

He said, “You don’t win election by frightening people and even if you win, the victory will be pyrrhic”.

While asking politicians to advise their supporters to watch their tongues, the Niger State governor said some statements were capable of causing disunity in the country.

“We should bring discipline to our politics; we should be a nation of rules, so that our country would move forward,” he said.

Meanwhile, Kuku on Tuesday denied reports quoting him as having said that there would be violence in the country if Jonathan was not re-elected in 2015.

Kuku said that the statement he made at the American Department of State was wrongly reported by a section of the media.

The President’s aide said that he made a call on Nigerians to give yet another opportunity to the President to continue in office to ensure implementation of agreements reached between the leaders of the Niger Delta ex- militants and the late President Umaru Yar’Adua that offered them amnesty.

He said that the Yar’Adua administration repeatedly assured the leaders of the various militant groups in the region that the government would take a conscious step to develop the Niger Delta.

That promise, according to him, has not been fulfilled.

http://www.punchng.com/news/reps-niger-gov-want-dokubo-asari-kuku-arrested/

Suspected members of Islamist sect, Boko Haram, on
Tuesday, attacked Bama, Borno State, leaving 55
people dead, the Joint Military Task Force said on
Tuesday.
The gunmen, according to Reuters, killed 22 police
officers, 14 prison officials, two soldiers and four
civilians, while 13 of the sect's members died in the
clash with the task force members.
Spokesman for the JTF, Sagir Musa, confirmed this to
Reuters.
The suspected terrorists were said to have freed 105
prison inmates during the attack which reportedly
began at around 5am.
The JTF, which took journalists to Bama to assess the
damage caused by the terrorists, added that three
children and one woman, were among those killed
during the multiple attacks in the town.
Sources in the town claimed that about 300
suspected members of Boko Haram stormed the
town, first attacking the 200 Tank Battallion, a
military Barracks.
The suspected terrorists were, however, repelled by
soldiers, who killed several insurgents who were
forced to retreat with the corpses of their members.
They were unable to take away 10 of their members'
bodies.
One other member, who was injured, was tied to the
stake when the JTF and journalists visited.
Bama's police station, military barracks and
government buildings were razed, an eyewitness in
Bama said.
Bama is a small, remote town in northeastern Borno
State, where Boko Haram first began its uprising in
2009.
Meanwhile, Senate Joint Committee investigating the
Baga massacre on Tuesday visited Maiduguri,
Borno State capital, en-route the site of the tragedy.
Our correspondent learnt that members of three
standing committees of the Senate namely: Police
Affairs, Defence, National Security and Intelligence,
were in the state on a fact-finding mission.
The state Commissioner for Information, Mr. Inuwa
Bwala, confirmed this in a telephone interview.
"Members of the committee are here. They just
arrived Maiduguri. We are going into a meeting that
is all I can tell you for now," Bwala said.

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CPC warns against appropriating Nigeria’s interest to tribe

By Soni Daniel

The Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, Monday, dismissed as an empty outburst, the threat by former Niger Delta warlord, Asari Dokubo, that there would be no peace in Nigeria if President Goodluck Jonathan was not returned for a second term in 2015.

The party asked Nigerians to ignore the selfish campaign by the controversial ex-militant to remain relevant in the political arena, when he is not in any way working for the collective interest and well being of the generality of Nigerians, who are looking for genuine change and leadership come 2015.

The National Publicity Secretary of the CPC, Mr. Rotimi Fashakin, told Vanguard on Monday that Dokubo was merely seeking undeserved attention from the Presidency for pecuniary reasons, adding that he would change his position when the time comes.


*Dokubo
Although he did not say who will be the President in 2015, Fashakin was categorical that Dokubo will eat his words and line up behind the new administration.

Fashakin said: “Dokubo will adjust the statement when that time comes. It is very easy for anyone to say anything when his stomach is full.

“He made the statement to protect the immense benefits flowing his way by reason of the proximate positioning with the ‘powers that be’ (at the expense of the people). When a truly people-oriented regime comes into power, he will adjust to the reality!”

Source: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/05/cpc-replies-asari-dokubo-youll-recant-after-2015/

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