₦airaland Forum

DanielPop:
Ha! It's a lie

Boko Haram has been technically defeated

Life When you tell one lie, you need a thousand lie to cover it

Useless government! Ehen? Wetin dem fit do?

richidinho:
Shiites no be Nigeria citizens wey buhari swear to protect?

Lalasticlala, Mynd44

Esseite:
2,533 casualties.. 338 attacks...

Our media outfit truly are either being gagged or corrupt.. This is the first most of us are seeing this casualty death rate and attacks.



I personally think that. With all these true words coming out.. Buhari's support numbers are declining by the day within all aspect.

chiwetaluAGU:
Abokki and Oyel be like .... (affix zuma pix here)

Aaaaka ooose abaa n'ike!!

Keneking:
We shall pull out of ICC soon. They can ask South Afric, Sudan and Burundi ...how market?

The United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has raised the alarm that more Nigerians may be displaced in the coming days as a result of the resurgence of Boko Haram in the country’s north-east region.

Peter Lundberg, OCHA humanitarian coordinator for Nigeria said in a Press Conference in Abuja on Tuesday that the main driver of the humanitarian crisis in the north-east continues to be the threat of Boko Haram.
He said up to 1.8 million people remain displaced across the six states of the north-east.

“The onset of the dry season enables greater mobility and the number of attacks on civilians has increased, which could see further displacement to the main centres,” OCHA says.

The organisation also expressed concerns that the use of suicide bombers may continue targeting crowded areas to maximise fatalities and create fears.

Data provided by OCHA shows that 338 Boko Haram related incidents have been recorded this year alone in the north-east with at least, 2,553 fatalities recorded within same period.

OCHA also raised concern about cases of right abuse in the Internally Displaced Persons camps, saying it was making effort to sensitize women and children on safety measures.

Speaking on the right violation in the internally displaced persons camps, Lundberg said OCHA’s job was to work towards the prevention of such cases.

He said efforts will be directed towards the provision of food to the displaced persons as well as those who have returned to their communities, as scarcity of food was responsible for the right abuse on the women and female children in the region.

The international Criminal Court of Justice (ICC) has invited the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice , Alhaji Abubakar Malami SAN to come and explain why those culpable should not be punished over last year’s Zaria clash between the military and Shi’ ites members.

Based on the invitation, the AGF is expected to jet out to the ICC later today and explain the part played by the military during the clash.

This is coming after the members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria otherwise known as the Shi’ites who Tuesday took their protest to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Head Quarters saying that not fewer than one hundred innocent citizens killed in Kano on Monday.

The protesting Shi’ites members alleged that on Monday in Kano, well armed police men in about one hundred trucks after tear gassing thousands of peaceful Shi’ites members’ who were discharging their religious duty- the annual Arbaeen symbolic trek, opened fire on them.

They called on the NHRC to inform President Muhammadu Buhari that its members are citizens of Nigeria that deserve to be protected from all kind of harm from enemies of peace and humanity.

”We equally urge the NHRC to remind Governor of Kano State not to turn the recently peaceful atmosphere enjoyed in the state into a place where innocent lives are being shed for the interest of blood thirsty devils”., said Sihi Ahemd from the Academic Forum of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (AFIMN).

The Federal Government yesterday formally filed a 15 count criminal charge against Justice Adeniyi Francis Adetokunbo Ademola of the federal High Court and his wife, Mrs. Olabowale Toluwatope Ademola.
Justice Ademola is a grandson to the first Nigerian indigenous Chief Justice of the Federation Sir Adetokunbo Adegboyega Ademola.

The criminal charge was yesterday filed at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja and signed by Hajara Yusuf, a principal State Counsel, on behalf of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Alhaji Abubakar Malami SAN.

The duo are alleged to have committed the offences between February 2014 and June 2016 contrary to Section 8 of the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission Act, 2011 and Section 115 of the Penal Code Law.

The defendants allegedly received N30million from Messrs Joe Odey Agi Associates between 11th and 26th March 2015 and another N40 million between 20th and 21st February 2014. His wife also received N30million from Messrs Joe Agi Associates.

According to the prosecution, Justice Ademola on 6th May 2013 received $520 thousand from Messrs Johnson & Johnson Solicitors and another N6 million between 25th of February and 16th April 2015 from Messrs Johnson & Johnson Solicitors.

He was alleged to have accepted N55.6 million from Messrs G.T. J Ademola & Co between 5th January and 23rd June 2016.

It was further alleged that Justice Adeniyi Ademola on 20th February 2014 accepted N40million from Vertice Solutions Ltd as well as accepting another N47.6 million from Acardian Energy Services Ltd.

The prosecution further alleged that the judge on 20 February 2014 accepted N34million from Omotayo Babafemi Aliyu and N4.7m from Lawan Sulaiman between 21st February and 7th November 2014.

Justice Adeniyi Ademola was also alleged to have accepted N30m from Messrs Joe Odey Agi Associates between 20th and 21st February 2014.

Justice Ademola was one of the serving judges recently arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS). No date has been fixed for trial as the case is yet to be assigned to a Judge.

The crisis within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) may have prompted some of the party’s chieftains in the South-West to commence a realignment with their kinsmen in the opposition parties, especially the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), ahead of the 2019 elections.

New Telegraph learnt from multiple sources that the alignment moves were at different stages with diverse groups, particularly those who are not pleased with the APC-led Federal Government.

Although a cold war had ensued among the various blocs in the APC immediately after the victory of the party at the 2015 general elections, the relative peace finally got ruptured after the party’s primaries for the November 26 governorship election in Ondo State.

The party’s National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s scathing attack on the National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, whom he accused of taking side with the eventual candidate of the party, Mr. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, against his anointed, Mr. Segun Abraham, brought to fore, the party’s wide gulf.

On the other hand, the developments in the Ondo State chapter of the PDP, where Eyitayo Jegede (SAN), the candidate of Governor Olusegun Mimiko, is currently battling for the ticket with businessman, Jimoh Ibrahim of the Senator Ali Modu Sherrif ’s faction has alerted some party leaders in the zone of a possible plan of political annihilation from some Abuja-based political Turks. Relating the sequence of event to New Telegraph, a source who craved for anonymity said:

“The game has changed and the Northern bloc in the APC appears to have drawn the line against the South-West bloc, hence the need for a fresh move for realignment ahead of the 2019 polls. “It’s nothing new.

The South-West leaders and some governors in the zone from the party are the ones at the forefront of the budding coalition. Don’t forget that South- West is always progressive in nature and this new alignment is aimed at two sets of people; the former allies of Tinubu like the Afenifere bloc and some willing members of the opposition parties, who are ready to key into the process.

“Several accords have been reached and by the time the new path is unveiled, many will be shocked. Two governors in the South-West are involved. In fact, one of them met with the Afenifere recently.”

Choosing to keep mute on whether the alignment would lead to the formation of new party, the source said: “When we get to the bridge, we will cross it, but I don’t think Tinubu’s meeting with Pa Ayo Adebanjo and other Afenifere leaders was on how to form a new party, but on the need to collapse all structures into one for the South-West to speak with one voice.

“We were used and dumped by the Northern bloc of the APC loyal to Mr. President, but we have decided to take the bull by the horn and damn the attendant consequences.

Interestingly, we have the deep sympathy of the people and that is a big factor in the game of politics.” Several meetings have been held between members of the various political divides in the zone.

Though their outcomes were not made public, they point towards the realignment move. Among such meetings were those between Osun State governor, Rauf Aregbesola and his Ekiti State counterpart, Ayodele Fayose.

The former is a loyalist of Tinubu, while the latter is a known critic of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Some Afenifere leaders led by Adebanjo have also met with Tinubu.

New Telegraph also learnt of another meeting between some chieftains of the PDP and the Tinubu bloc for a possible alliance. A chieftain of the party in South-West, who confirmed the meeting, however, refused to give details.

The meeting is said to have held in London. A PDP source disclosed that some APC members in South-West, who feel marginalised in the party, want to pull out.

“The truth of the matter is that certain sections of PDP want to pull out and merge with some aggrieved members of APC. A meeting was held in London apart from several meetings here in Nigeria,” he said.

He added that the picture of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, Governors Aregbesola and Fayose at the airport, which appeared in most national papers last week, was not by accident.

The source recalled that Fayose and Aregbesola have been exchanging visits for some time, adding “but let’s see what this turns out to.” It was further gathered that the Ahmed Makarfiled faction of the PDP had been ready for the alliance months back, but for some leaders of the party who would not want the name of the party to be changed.

“They are against the formation of an entirely new party. They are also saying that leaving the PDP now is not the best option,” the source stated. He said the decision arose following the consistent frustration in resolving the PDP leadership crisis, which started last May. “We know all along that there is external influence in what is happening in our party.

Sheriff is work-ing for the APC to destroy PDP. They are the ones sponsoring him. That is why some people want the formation of a new party. But there are others, who are not in support. That is where we are now,” he added.

While the various camps have maintained sealed lips on the matter, an insider source told our correspondent that “Tinubu’s bloc is presently receiving overtures from some gladiators in the South-East comprising PDP and the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) chieftains.

This is aside some politicians, who are believed to be out-of-touch in matters concerning the party.” Speaking on the development, the Lagos State chairman of the APC, Otunba Henry Ajomale, told New Telegraph that there was nothing wrong in Tinubu’s bloc aligning with other forces for the progress of the South- West. His words:

“There is no reason why we cannot have realignment of forces to become one and be like we used to be during the Action Group (AG) and the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) days.

“I don’t see anything bad in Tinubu seeing Papa Adebanjo, the late Olaniwun Ajayi and other Afenifere leaders and deciding at this time that enough is enough and that they must unite and come together like they were during the Unity Party of Nigeria and Alliance for Democracy (AD) days.”

Adebanjo, who confirmed the moves, also told New Telegraph that there is nothing wrong in Afenifere aligning with the Tinubu’s bloc ahead of the 2019 polls.

“Why not?” he retorted, adding, however, that, “It is not a question of working together; it is about those of them who walked away from those who put them in office for reasons best known to them.

They should think whether they have got the right thing where they went to or not. If they have hit the wall there, the common sense is for them to go back to where they left and we will welcome them. “In Yorubaland, no elderly man will send his bad son to the lion to be killed.

Tinubu has proved to be a disobedient boy; very stubborn. He has seen it now; then we say, he has behaved badly, but we won’t say because he has behaved badly, we will push him to the lion to be destroyed.”

But, former Minister of Transport and member of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the PDP, Chief Ebenezer Babatope, played down the alignment plot

. “Let those behind the third force come out and announce a party. Political party is not easy to form.I am talking as an organisation man. Even if you have all the rich men of this world, it is not easy to run a political party.

So, we want to see how they want to do it to make themselves an effective third force. But as far as I am concerned, it is too late for me to start jumping ship,” he said.

The federal government on Monday formally filed a 15 count criminal charge against a 63 year-old serving Judge of the federal High Court- Justice Adeniyi Francis Adetokunbo Ademola and his wife Mrs. Olabowale Toluwatope Ademola age 59 years.
Justice Adeniyi Francis Adetokunbo Ademola, is the grandson to the first Nigerian indigenous Chief Justice of the Federation, Sir Adetokunbo Adegboyega Ademola.

The criminal charge was filed at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja and signed by Hajara Yusuf, a principal State Counsel, on behalf of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Alhaji Abubakar Malami SAN.

The duo are alleged to have committed the offences between Febuary 2014 and June 2016 contrary to Section 8 of the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission Act , 2011 and Section 115 of the Penal Code Law .

The defendants allegedly received N30, 000, 000:00 from Messrs Joe Odey Agi Associates between 11 th and 26 th March 2015 and another N40 million between 20 th and 21 February 2014.

Specifically, Justice Adeniyi Ademola was alleged to have received N30, 000, 000 from Messrs Joe Agi Associates between 11 th and 26 March 2015 and his wife also received N30, 000, 000 from Messrs Joe Agi Associates.

According to the prosecution, Justice Adeniyi Ademola on 6th May 2013 received $520, 000:00 from Messrs Johnson & Johnson Solicitors and another N6 million between 25 th of February and 16 th April 2015 from Messrs Johnson & Johnson Solicitors.

Justice Adeniyi Ademola was alleged to have accepted N55, 650, 000:00 from Messrs G.T. J Ademola & Co between 5 th January and 23 rd June 2016.

It was further alleged that Justice Adeniyi Ademola on 20th February 2014 accepted N40, 000, 000: 00 from Vertice Solutions Ltd as well as accepting another N47, 600, 000: 00 from Acardian Energy Services Ltd .

The prosecution further alleged that Justice Adeniyi Ademola on 20 February 2014 accepted N34, 080, 000:00 from Omotayo Babafemi Aliyu and N4, 771, 300:00 from Lawan Suliaman between 21 st February and 7th November 2014.

Justice Adeniyi Ademola was also alleged to have accepted N30, 000, 000:00 from Messrs Joe Odey Agi Associates between 20th and 21 st February 2014.

Justice Adeniyi Ademola was one of the serving Judges who was arrested on 8th October, 2016 by the Department of State Services (DSS). No date has been fixed for trial as the case is yet to be assigned to a Judge.

The Presidency on Monday raised the alarm over imminent famine in Nigeria from January 2017.

According to a statement made available to journalists, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, raised the alarm in an interview he granted a Kano-based radio station on Monday.

Shehu said despite being Africa’s largest producer of cereals and grains, Nigeria risks famine from early next year following a huge demand in the global market that is targeting the country’s surplus production.

“The huge demand for our grains in the global market is creating an excellent environment for the mindless export of Nigerian grains across our borders and unless this is curtailed, Nigerian markets will be bereft of food by January next year,” he said.

The presidential spokesman said the Ministry of Agriculture has advised President Muhammadu Buhari on the need to draw the attention of all Nigerians to the issue which, if not addressed promptly, could lead to a shortage of grains by January.

“Over the past year, providence has blessed Nigeria with a bountiful harvest of grains, more than enough to feed the country and to export to other countries.

“At present, there is a high demand for grains from Nigeria, from African countries as distant as Libya and Algeria, and from places as far away as Brazil.

“However, the Ministry of Agriculture has raised concerns about a massive rate of exportation, which could lead to a shortage of grains in Nigeria by January,” he said. .

He explained that Nigeria currently enjoys a free market situation.

discusant:
Wow, I guess you are not from the southwest region.

People of southwest shall not be bothered even if sharia criminal laws are implemented in the southwest region.

Becos the SW region is mixed with people from both religious faiths.

I laugh off at those of them who blackmail against Biafra people.

discusant:
You think it is northerners and only their region?

It is northerner Muslims against all regions of Nigeria.

Boko and many northern Muslims love sharia criminal laws.

If you are brilliant, struggle to free your constituency from northern Nigeria.

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TheFreeOne:
They are more concerned with capturing power/resources at the centre in order to keep brainwashing their people with religion bigotry/extremism in other to keep perpetuating themselves in power. With such agenda/mindsets the end of terrorism in no where in sight as far as the north is concerned.

And I won't be surprised if those almajiri schools built by Gej administration has been converted to quoranic centres.

Bitterleafsoup:
Hahahaha I have totally rewritten it to publish an ebook on Amazon very reasonable price. It starts with the story of her and Doc all the way in US before he came to 9ja and more details of Ugo and how he made his money. I will dash you for xmas for always encouraging me

Two persons were killed today in an early morning bomb blast in the Umulari area of Maiduguri. Police sources said they defused a second bomb before it could go off. The blast occurred as early as 5 am Nigerian time behind Maimalari military barracks in the city.


Sources said the bomb explosion caused panic in the neighborhood and later across the city which had come under siege from renewed attacks by Boko Haram militants.

A soldier told Saharareporters that three female suicide approached the area with suicide vest wrapped around their bodies, one of the bombers was shot by soldiers before they could wreak havoc on the residents.

The soldiers who were on guard at Umarari-Molai outskirts of Maiduguri said they identified the attackers at about 5 am while trying to gain access to Maiduguri; one was shot and wounded while two others immediately detonated IEDs wrapped around their bodies.

According to Civilian JTF source, all the female bombers were about 12 to 15 years of age.

Lalasticlala, Mynd44