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afanide:
So Liverpool now makes Front page?

I guess it's because ther are playing a top EPL team.

But i need a team that we flog this Liverpool for me Those guys are now beoming stubborn. disgracing any team they go against.

Thank God we (Man Utd) didnt give them chance.

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, on Tuesday urged Nigerians to hold the Federal Government responsible if cattle breeders invade the state.

Fayose, who spoke at a press conference in Ado Ekiti in response to a threat by the

Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) to invade the state, said the silence of the Federal Government was an indication that it was in support of the association’s move.

Fayose recalled that the association had on Saturday October 22, 2016 openly threatened to wage war against the state government and the people over the alleged killing of four cattle by the state’s anti-grazing marshalls.

The full text of the governor’s statement reads: “On Saturday, October 22, 2016, the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders

Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), the umbrella body of herdsmen in
Nigeria openly threatened to wage war against the government and
people of Ekiti State, lying that four cattle belonging to its member
were killed by the newly inaugurated Ekiti Grazing Enforcement Marshal
(EGEM).

Four days after this threat was issued against the government and
people of Ekiti State by the Miyetti Allah, the federal government is
yet to act in any manner that will disabuse the minds of Ekiti people,
who believed that the federal government is in support of the threat.

The silence of the federal government has no doubt further confirmed
the insinuation that there is plot to give tacit support to the
herdsmen to invade some border towns and villages in Ekiti State and
cause chaos in the State so as to justify the evil agenda of
declaration of a state of emergency on the State.

Nigerians should be reminded that in May, this year, Myetti Allah
Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria said openly that the reason for
the killing of over 1,000 people in Benue State was the killing of
over 800 cattle by Tiv youths. In other words, Miyetti Allah boldly
told Nigerians that its members (herdsmen) killed over 1,000 Agatu
people of Benue State because their cows were killed!

Up till today, no one has been arrested for the massacre in Agatu in
Benue State and now, Ekiti State and its people are being threatened
by this same Myetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, and
the federal government has pretended as if nothing was wrong.

From the words and antecedents of the Miyatti Allah Cattle Breeders
Association of Nigeria, it is clear that they have assurance beyond
their personal minds from the federal government to kill Nigerians in
place of their cows. If not, by now, the man who signed that press
statement, threatening the entire people of Ekiti State ought to have
been arrested and questioned.

Therefore, in view of the above, we wish to tell Nigerians and the
entire world that in the event of any invasion of Ekiti State by
killer herdsmen, the federal government should be held responsible.

The herdsmen and those urging them on should also be informed that any
attack on one Ekiti person is an attack on all Ekitis and we shall not
sit back and allow our people to be killed under the guise of cattle
rearing.

In the event of federal government’s security agencies refusal to
secure the lives and properties of Ekiti people, the people will have
no option than to defend themselves. Our forefathers did same in the
famous Kiriji War and we won’t mind doing the same now!

I am therefore using this opportunity to put Ekiti people, especially
residents of border towns in the State on red alert. Ekiti people must
be prepared to defend their land against these Philistines whose
attributes and characters are extremism, violence, bloodshed and
destruction.

For the avoidance of doubt, the Prohibition of Cattle and other
Ruminants Grazing in Ekiti State Bill, 2016 that was signed into law
on August 29, 2016 remains in force. Nigeria is a federation and each
State is empowered by law to make laws to protects its people.

Therefore, the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria
should rather tell its members to comply with this law by seeking from
the government designated land for grazing ranch, which the government
is always willing to give.

Five cattle that were arrested last week are being kept in the
government ranch and their owners can take them back as soon as the
necessary fines are paid.

It is strange that the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of
Nigeria kept silent when its members killed two people and injured
several others in Oke Ako in Ekiti State. So strange that the same
Miyetti Allah that defended the murder of over 1,000 Agatu people of
Benue State and kept silent when herdsmen killed over 100 people
killed in Enugu State and a traditional ruler was killed in Delta
State suddenly found its voice when Ekiti State government decided to
curb the murderous activities of its men.

Why didn’t Miyetti Allah that is now calling on President Muhammadu
Buhari to warn me, the custodian of the mandate of Ekiti people warn
its members when they were killing Nigerians and destroying farmlands?
Are their cows more important than human lives?

To us in Ekiti, lives of 5,000 cows cannot be equated with those of
human beings that are being killed daily by herdsmen across the
country.

Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria should know that
cattle farmers are not different from other farmers. If they want to
rear cows in Ekiti, they should do so in accordance with the laws of
the State. After all, law prohibiting sale and consumption of alcohol
was made in Kano State and the law is being enforced while Sharia Law
made in some States in the north is also being enforced.
We, therefore, want to appeal to all security agencies to be alive to their responsibility of protecting the lives of Nigerians and their properties.”

Lalasticlala, Mynd44

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Nigeria’s Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo is currently presiding over a meeting of the National Economic Council (NEC).

The meeting is being held inside the Council Chambers of the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja on Tuesday.

As members of the council, governors are attending the meeting.

The outgoing governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, arrived the meeting with the state's governor-elect, Godwin Obaseki.

Oshiomhole, who will hand over to Obaseki on November 12, will present him to the National Economic Council today.

Our correspondent reports that Oshiomhole is today attending his last NEC meeting as governor of Edo State.



Details later...

Lalasticlala, Mynd44

xreal:
and urs, that of cucumber controlled by a single lady; now ur brain got that fishy smell.

As the myriad of reactions continue to trail the arrest of some judges by the Department of State Security (DSS) and the probe of others by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on allegations of corruption, leading to mounting pressure that the affected judicial officers step down until they are exonerated, the standoff between presidency and the National Judicial Council (NJC) on the fate of the judges has continued to linger.

This was evident monday when the Chairman of the NJC and Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Mahmud Mohammed inaugurated a 10-man Judicial Ethics Committee with a mandate to review the code of conduct for judicial officers in the country.


A former CJN, Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi, will head the committee while another retired justice of the Supreme Court and erstwhile Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Justice Emmanuel Ayoola, is also a member.

Other members of the committee include the former President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Umaru Abdullahi; President of the National Industrial Court, Justice Babatunde Adejumo; Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory, Justice Ishaq Bello; President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Abubakar Mahmoud (SAN); two retired justices of the Supreme Court, as well as a former President of the NBA, Chief Okey Wali (SAN).

The inauguration of the ethics committee, explained legal pundits yesterday, was indicative that neither the NJC, nor the presidency was willing to back down on the judges indicted for corruption.

A senior lawyer who spoke to THISDAY explained that the presidency would rather that the judges accused of corruption step aside until they are cleared of the charges.

However, the NJC has doubled down insisting that doing so would amount to cowing to the executive arm of government. Specifically, the CJN at the weekend described the arrest of the judges as an assault on the judiciary.

Justice Mohammed also said that two weeks after the DSS raided and arrested the judges, Nigeria’s secret police was yet to furnish it with any complaint against the indicted judges.

According to the lawyer, “If the NJC succumbs by asking the judges to step aside, the council will lose its independence forever.

“Besides, the general feeling among the judges and NJC is that the executive arm is persecuting judges whom it feels did not give the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) favourable judgments during the appeals on election cases challenging the victories of some PDP governors.

“This is seen by the NJC as a political vendetta, so the NJC cannot ask the judges to go on compulsory leave as suggested by the NBA and some other groups.”

He also explained that it would be foolhardy for the executive arm of government to think that it can arraign the judges, because their colleagues who would preside on the alleged corruption cases would never find them guilty.

“It will be foolhardy for the presidency to charge the judges, because they will not get rulings to jail the judges and the presidency knows this. It is for this reason it is getting the NBA, among others, to ask them to step aside,” he explained.

Under the circumstances, the lawyer said that the standoff between the NJC and presidency will continue until one side backs down.

While inaugurating the Ethics Committee yesterday, Justice Mohammed urged the members “to do all such things necessary to ensure a continuous high standard of judicial accountability and probity”.

The CJN acknowledged that corruption was a major problem in the nation’s justice sector.

He said measures were being intensified to curb the menace, which informed the unveiling of a National Judicial Policy (NJP) in Abuja yesterday by the NJC.

He said: “It would be stating the obvious to opine that the greatest single menace that challenges the justice system in Nigeria today is corruption.

“This endemic vice is not peculiar to any region and ethnic group, cutting across faiths, religious denominations, levels of education, and economic status.

“Corruption has serious implications for both the rule of law and access to justice, and must be fought both institutionally and individually.

“This is why the National Judicial Policy contains clear provisions restating the judiciary’s commitment to transparency and accountability.

“This is clearly spelt out in Paragraph 5.1 of the National Judicial Policy 2016, thus: ‘The National Judicial Policy recognises that the greatest and most damaging challenge to administration of justice is corruption and that tackling this challenge must go beyond mere exhortation and sentiments.’

“The policy gives the legal backing for several multifaceted strategies and guidelines to be developed while the judiciary continues to walk the talk in ridding corrupt judicial officers from its ranks, strictly in accordance with due process and the rule of law.”

Justice Mohammed, who spoke at the launch of the NJP, noted that the absence of the policy in the past had resulted in an uneven growth of the judiciary.

“Certainly, the absence of a blueprint has resulted in a demand for the transformation of the Nigerian judiciary into a modern judicial system.

“For a number of years, each jurisdiction has had to muddle along in developing core values and objectives and this has led to a mixed bag of standards and policies.

“This has also been compounded by the challenging deprivations and paucity of resources, without which critical development was limited.

“The National Judicial Policy is a charter of commitment to the values that elevate not only our judicial institutions, but also those who are employed by or involved in it,” the CJN said.

The committee was also mandated to conduct periodic surveys on behalf of the NJC to measure public perception of the level of compliance with ethical standards by the judiciary.

It will also “monitor and report on laxity by judicial officers in the observance of ethical standards in the performance of judicial duties”.

Justice Ayoola, who gave a synopsis of the new policy, said it is a “codification of best ways to ensure an integrity-driven judiciary whose hallmark is a reliable and effective justice system”.

A former CJN, Justice Dahiru Musdapher, who was chairman of the policy launch, stated that the Nigerian judiciary in the past lacked a clear and over-reaching policy structure that defined its core ethics.

He described the new judicial policy as “a laudable and exemplary document that will set a better focus for an effective judicial system in the country”.

Legal luminaries at the unveiling ceremony included a former CJN, Justice Mohammed Uwais; CJN-designate, Justice Walter Onnoghen; President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa; Administrator of the NJI, Justice R.I.P. Bozimo; as well as chairmen and members of the Senate and House Committees on Judiciary.

Among issues covered by the new judicial blueprint are policies relating to the appointment of judicial officers, Judicial Discipline Policy, JudicialCode of Conduct, Judicial Education and Training, Judicial Performance Policy, Access to Justice Policy, Case Flow Management Policy, Judicial Administration and Court Management Policy.

Others are Transparency and Anti-Corruption Policy, Judicial Independence Policy, as well as issues relating to the office of the CJN.

Under the Judicial Code of Conduct Policy, judges and court employees are barred from accepting gifts from other arms of government.

According to the document, “Judges must be accountable for public funds and property in their care and should be prudent in the management and use of resources.”

Likewise, under Judicial Discipline Policy, allegations of misconduct against judicial officers or employees of the judiciary shall not be leaked or published in the media.

It gave institutions of the judiciary concerned with investigation or implementation of decisions taken on complaints against judicial officers to cease further action where such complaints are leaked or discussed in the media.

The Judicial Appointment Policy stressed that the process must be transparent, merit-based and skills-based.

“A transparent and carefully designed appointment process is indispensable to an efficient and independent judiciary, able to command public confidence in the administration of justice and capable of promoting and protecting the rule of law and human rights.

“Every aspect of the judicial appointment process should, therefore, be such as would command public respect and confidence that the best persons in terms of skills, learning, integrity and courage are appointed as judicial officers,” the document stated.

But as the judiciary seeks to clean up its act, Lagos lawyer and rights activist, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has called on the NJC to commence investigation into the allegations of judicial corruption levelled against the embattled judges who are still in service without any further delay.

According to him, having regard to the embarrassing disclosures in the letters addressed to the CJN by the judges, the NJC should take the advice of the NBA by placing them on suspension, pending the conclusion of full scale investigation in line with Section 2.2.3 of the National Judicial Policy of the NJC which stipulates that the council shall have the “powers of interim suspension”.

He said: “However, both the NJC and the NBA should demand a public apology for Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, as the DSS has not been able to link him with any corrupt practice or misconduct whatsoever.”

He said it was wrong for the NJC to refuse to order the affected judges to step down, without allowing the judges to react to the advice of the NBA.

He argued that given the gravity of the allegation of judicial corruption and the far reaching implication for the image of the nation’s judiciary, the NJC should have instituted an inquiry into the matter, notwithstanding the fact that DSS had not submitted any report to it.

He said: “The NJC has allowed the allegation of judicial corruption to continue to hang menacingly on the heads of the judges like the sword of Damocles.

“If the NJC had treated this national crisis with the urgency required, it should have investigated the matter based on the avalanche of materials placed before it.”

He said the NJC had handled a similar complaint of judicial corruption about decade ago.

Falana recalled that in 2006, there were allegations that the members of the Akwa Ibom governorship election petition tribunal had received bribes to pervert justice.

He said: “Without prejudice to the innocence of the judges, the NJC suspended them and requested the Director-General of the DSS to conduct a discreet investigation into the allegation.

“Upon the receipt of the report of the investigation, it was found that each of the members of the tribunal had received a bribe of N10 million while a judge of the Federal High Court had acted as a conduit pipe in the scandal.

“At that stage, the judges were confronted with the allegations. As their defence was found unsatisfactory, the NJC recommended their removal from the bench.

“Furthermore, the NJC referred the matter to the Independent and Corrupt Practices and Other Offences Commission (ICPC). One of the indicted judges collapsed and died when the ICPC operatives wanted to arrest him in his house in Makurdi, Benue State!”

EFCC Probe on Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia

In a related development, more information has been unearthed on why Justice Rita Ofili-Ajimogobia of the Federal High Court in Lagos is currently being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

THISDAY gathered that the judge, among other allegations, is being investigated for transferring the sum of $900,000 abroad.

Operatives of the anti-graft commission were said to have been surprised over the huge sum of money with the judge, which raised a red flag.

Confirming that the anti-graft commission was aware of the huge sum transferred by the judge, the Head of Public Affairs of the commission, Mr. Sammin Ammadin, said the judge was not only being investigated over the transfer but for sundry offences relating to breach of trust.

Ammadin said the anti-graft commission was equally investigating other petitions against the judge and would make them public soon.

“It is not enough to say that the commission is investigating her for the transfer of funds. There are other allegations against her for which petitions were lodged and are being investigated. At the appropriate time, we will make them public,” Ammadin said.

The anti-graft agency had recently invited Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia, alongside five other judges, but she told EFCC operatives that she was in the intensive care unit of a hospital and would not be able to honour its invitation.

The judge, after ignoring two invitations from the commission to appear before it, finally turned herself in voluntarily last week.

Before turning herself in, she had claimed to be ill for two days, a claim the operatives busted by storming the medical facility in which she said she was admitted. Upon swooping on the hospital, they discovered that she was not there.

Last March, the NJC had sanctioned Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia, including precluding her from any promotion to the Court of Appeal or any ad hoc judicial appointment until her retirement from the profession.

It also put her on the “watch-list” of the council for four years.

The decision followed an electoral petition filed by one Victoria Ayeni, which the NJC appeared to find credible.

The petitioner had alleged misconduct and injustice by Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia for failing to deliver judgment in a pre-election suit between her and her political rivals.

Before the sanction, her residence was raided and “vital” documents were allegedly retrieved.

Lalasticlala, Mynd44

Governors from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to change some of the persons he had nominated as ambassadors.

The governors said this was necessary to ensure fairness and equal representation among the various zones in the states.

They presented their complaints to Buhari yesterdayduring a two-hour meeting at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja.The president however asked them to put their complaints in writing.
The president had sent the names of 46 non-career ambassadorial nominees to the Senate last Thursday.
Plateau State Governor Simon Lalong told State House reporters after the meeting that the president had promised to look into the complaints by various states.

Commenting on Pauline Tallen who had turned down her nomination,the governor said: “Well, it’s not only about her husband (being sick). I think it’s the dimension of Plateau politics because I had already made complaints to Mr. President that appointments should not be concentrated in one zone.

“So, the complaint coming from our state is not about her own personal interest, it’s the fact that two ambassadorial appointments are coming from the same zone that we had complained. That’s my zone.
“We had complained that the next appointment should go to the other zone, the central and the northern zones. And so, when that appointment came, the kind of uproar that followed that appointment also necessitated an intervention.

“And I think as a matured politician, Tallen stepped down and sacrificed that for the people of Plateau. We’re still working on a replacement for that. It’s not a big issue, but at times, a little consultation would have solved that problem because these are issues in the interest of the state.

“You can’t have two appointments, very key appointments like that coming from a particular zone that’s already overloaded with appointments. All the federal appointments are from the southern zone.

“It would not be fair. So, we are approaching Mr. President to consider fairness and appoint people from those areas that do not have representation.
“All the states that had complaints are going to put it in writing and the president promised he is going to look into it.”

Daily Trust reports that many governors and party leaders were unhappy with the list, even as some of the nominees, including Dr UsmanBugaje, declined the offers saying they were not consulted.

Speaking on the economic challenges facing the country, the chairman of the Progressive Governors’ Forum, RochasOkorocha of Imo State, said the APC must take responsibility for all the current happenings in the country.
Okorocha said they discussed a lot of issues affecting Nigeria and her development.

Fielding a question on the current hardship in the country, he noted, however, that the problem was not caused by the APC-led government but had existed long before the party came into power, adding that the APC was only trying to clear the mess of the past.

“But we must take responsibility and we must never shift the responsibility to anybody,” the governor said.
Asked whether he meant that the APC was responsible for everything happening in Nigeria, he answered in the affirmative, saying “we are responsible-- the good, the bad, the ugly; but we are promising Nigerians that we shall fix it.”

Okorocha asked Nigerians to bear with the APC-led government, assuring them that things would change for better next year.

He stated: “There is no surgery that is not painful. Nigeria is going through a very serious economic surgery, and that’s the pains we’re experiencing. We share the pains of Nigerians; every human being must feel it.

“We also feel what they’re going through, but we’re asking for a little patience. Let’s do things the right way and do it once and for all. I’m sure that by next year, you’ll begin to see changes, the price of rice will drop, prices of dollars will begin to stabilise and we’ll see a lot of changes.

“But at this painful moment, nobody likes it. It’s like a woman in the labour room; when she is in the labour room, there is no joy, but she has to pass through that moment and that moment she doesn’t wear her high heel shoes, no makeup, no champagne, no party; she’s going through a process, but shortly after that process, joy cometh once she sees the child. So, Nigerians should bear with us as a government.”

Okorocha said they resolved at the meeting to ensure the APC win the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Ondo State, emphasising they had decided “to show support for that election so that APC will take over the government of Ondo State.”

He said though to some extent, there was a controversy surrounding the emergency of the party’s gubernatorial candidate, RotimiAkeredolu, the issue would be resolved “because Ondo is coming back to APC and we will do all we can. These were some of the things we discussed.”
Okorocha said he came for the meeting particularly to encourage Buhari and congratulate him on the release of the 21 Chibok girls.

“We said whatever was the action taken to bring back these girls, let the action be repeated so that the rest of the girls can be free. This will help because this is a very big achievement in the life history of this government.

“Again, we came to report to Mr. President that his agriculture policy is producing result. This time around, we have bumper harvest in most parts of the country in rice production and other things. So, that policy should be sustained. And the funding policy by CBN, the anchor borrowers should be encouraged because it’s yielding results. in the next couple of years, Nigeria will be self-sufficient in agriculture and will not need to import anymore food product into this country. That is a great achievement.”

He said they also encouraged the president to continue the fight against corruption. “We know that in the pursuit of good programmes, certain lapses will be noticed, and there is nothing wrong in pursuing a good cause. We encouraged and thanked him for the efforts he is making to move this country forward.”

Okorocha said the meeting did not discuss the alleged corruption in the judiciary.
On what Buhari told them, Okorocha said: “The president was quite happy and said he appreciated our support to him and we’re looking forward to how we can work together to strengthen the economy and the party.”

On the call by a national leader of the APC, Ahmed Bola Tinubu, for the resignation of the party’s national chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun, Okorocha said: “We’re not talking about anybody resigning; we are talking about rebuilding the party to make it a stronger party right from the booth level to the national level. We come from a party that nobody expected would ever win this election. We need to give them kudos and if there are areas of amendment, we must do that.”

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Emeskhalifa:
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sarrki:
We criticize constructively

Based on facts

Not hatred

We will never be a wailer

Come rain come sun

omanzo02:
Is Bakare also stylishly looking for wailers form like Aisha?

President Muhammadu Buhari’s vice presidential candidate at the 2011 election , Pastor Tunde Bakare has faulted the economic policies of Mr Buhari which he said have failed to yield the desired results in the past 18 months of his administration.

Speaking in Abuja at a lecturer at the 14th year anniversary of the Foursquare Gospel Church, Asokoro, Abuja on the topic: “Church and economic recession”, Mr Bakare said the recession currently experienced in Nigeria “is an opportunity for the church to take responsibility for the destiny of Nigeria”.

“In the past 18 months, attempts at salvaging the economy have not yielded lasting results. While the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) shrunk by 0.36 percent as at the first quarter of 2016, production dipped by 2.06 percent as at the second quarter. Evidently, Nigeria’s recession is largely self-inflicted and could have been avoided,” the pastor was quoted by Sun.


He recalled that price of oil peaked at $145 per barrel around 2008 and, after a brief fall, rose and, subsequently, hovered around $100 until December 2014, when it began to crash. But, the biggest oil boom experience, he said, fell into the hands of an unprepared leadership.

“Hence, with our revenue unaccounted for in the preceding boom era, and with reported massive looting through oil subsidies and diverted defence budgets, the present government inherited a Nigerian economy in dire straits.

Mr Bakare who is the convener of Save Nigeria Group (SNG) said he never regretted occupying the street in January, 2012, following the fuel subsidy removal by former President Goodluck Jonathan.

“I have no single regret about my action in 2012. If I have another opportunity, I will do it again. Save Nigeria Group (SNG) campaign was not about fuel subsidy, but against corruption. We insisted on ‘kill corruption and not Nigeria’. It was corruption in that government that we fought.

“We simply made the then government to understand that sovereignty belongs to the people and we demonstrated it through our actions. And we will do it again and again if time demands for it,” he said.

Lalasticlala, Mynd44

kokoA:
**in Falz's voice** I wee like to appreciate awa wondervul gofernor for dis ashivement. E haf show us aw a lot can be ashieve tru strong karata.

Tallesty1:
Tasteless.




I think Na added too much Magi and Salt.

yeyeboi:
Ok


Oya put source

Many soldiers are believed to be missing after Monday renewed attack on a military location near the Nigerian-Niger border town in the northern part of Borno but army yesterday maintained the report of missing troops was not true.

Some Boko Haram in a convoy of four-wheel vehicles attacked the 223 Tank Battalion at Gashigar at the Nigerian border fringe with Niger. Sources said about 83 soldiers could not be accounted for hours after the attack, while some that sustained injuries have been evacuated to a Nigerien community for treatment.

A military source confirmed to Saturday Sun that, “some soldiers are still missing” but added that the number could be about a dozen. This was also corroborated by another army personnel, saying some of our colleagues are “yet to be reached.” The personnel maintained that troops may be “missing in action” in such unique operation like the counter-insurgency war in the northeast.

Meanwhile, Army Spokesman, Colonel Sani Usman, described the claim as untrue. “It is not true and not correct,” he said in a short message. He blamed some newsmen for engaging in “campaign of calumny” against the efforts of the Nigerian military to end insurgency and terrorism in the country.

In November 2015, some troops were also reported missing during a battle with Boko Haram at Gudumbali, also in northern Borno.

Lalasticlala, Mynd44

sarrki:
The truth is the northern oligarchy and the elites

Don't like Buhari

Co's he didn't allow them do business as usual

The National Missioner and Chief Imam of Ansar-Ud-Deen Society of Nigeria, Sheikh Abdulrahman Ahmad, has said the current socio-economic challenges facing Nigeria would be short-lived and urged President Muhammadu Buhari to look inward for solutions.

He said every Nigerian is not exempted from the nation’s current trial.

The renowned Islamic scholar who recently joined the league of 500 most influential Muslims in the world spoke with Daily Trust in Lagos even as he expressed confidence in the steps being taken by the President to salvage the country's situation.

However, he said the President must always look inwards in whatever steps he is taking and ensure that he is in constant touch with the people in all his actions.

He said, "We need to take stocks; the President must take stocks from time to time. Look at those who are working with him, are they the right people? Are they doing enough themselves? If the administration wants to fight corruption, he must constantly look inwards. Are there corrupt people within the administration?

"These are very fundamental questions and they must at every point in time connect with the people no matter how well intentioned they are; if they are disconnected from the people, then it is not going to work."

Ahmad said though the country is facing "tough and hard times," Nigerians must not lose hope.

He said Nigeria must move from being a consumption nation to a productive one through massive industrialization.

He said he was shocked by the mention of his name in the 2017 edition of 'The Muslim 500', the publication chronicling 500 most influential Muslim personalities in the world.

According to him, this has placed a challenge on him to bear it in mind that his actions apart from being watched by God Almighty, "there are people from afar who are also watching".

Sheikh Ahmad was the new entrant in the publication which featured names of President Buhari; Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Mohammad Sa'ad; Emir of Kano, Alhaji Mohammed Sanusi; Secretary General of Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Prof. Is'haq Oloyede and former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Prince Bola Ajibola.

Lalasticlala, Mynd44

SycophanticGoat:
Next thing is, the useless and brainless governor will send DSS to arrest Emmanuel Ojo...

GoodofNaija:
Am happy to work hard to earn my living but not stealing/looting like you and your people.

In any case, wailing is free!

GoodofNaija:
Reasonable Nigerians understands its for humor.

Only wailers don't

Because wailers must wail.