₦airaland Forum

mymadam:
Young man, read through and you may just understand. The English used is simple enough, IMHO!

iflywithbuhari:
This man is a complete ediot. Don't worry, keep on following Donald Duck. The EFCC will deal with you and your thieving brothers, while the restless militants will finish off what is left.

VolT0xic:
The man had no money for an ambulance.
Take a minute and read again. It's about poverty.

mymadam:
Poverty is real! May God help us all.

Chinakwe says he chose the name Buhari out of admiration. And he may well be right, and he would have been right, and there would have been no problem if he was living in Europe or North America. But he lives in a country where animals have no rights and no recognition other than as victims of human predators, and a dog in our culture is to be treated as an instrument or as meat for the soup pot. Elsewhere, a dog has earned its reputation in mythology and actuality, as a man’s best friend. The root of this is that a dog is considered the most beloved, the most loyal and the most dependable of all animals. People use dogs to guard their homes, to keep away intruders, even to play with children and as companions in the home. There are many stories and legends about the loyalty of dogs. Hawkeye is the name of a famous dog who lay next to the casket of its owner who died in active service as a US Navy SEAL.

There is a film, “Hachi, a dog’s tale,” starring Richard Gere, about Hachiko, a dog who greeted his owner at the train station everyday and after the owner died, the dog went to the same station for nine years. Recently, I posted on instagram the picture of a dog in Santa Catarina, Brazil, Negao the dog, whose owner died eight months earlier and the dog remained outside the hospital awaiting his owner’s return. In the United States, a police dog has been given a state burial, draped with national colours in appreciation of its loyal and meritorious service to the nation. Many centuries ago, Homer wrote inOdyssey, about a loyal dog, Argos who waited for Odysseus until he returned.

The established normal is that a dog can be trusted more than a human being. And this is why in other parts of the world, when people name their dogs after celebrities, they are actually paying compliments and showing respect. World figures like Elvis Presley, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Louis Vuitton, Mandela, Clinton, J. F. Kennedy and others have had their names given to either cats or dogs, and it is no big deal. Admirers transpose their feelings from man to animal. Joseph Chinakwe may actually be saying that President Buhari is a loyal, trustworthy, supportive, dependable and companionable Guardian of the Nigerian estate. It would have been a different thing perhaps if he had given that name to a tortoise, a rat, cat, a fox, or a chimpanzee. But in a country where every animal is considered a prey or a lower, spiteful creature, using the metaphor of a dog could be risky as the Chinakwe case has shown. In Nigeria, we treat animals badly, and we don’t consider anyone a friend, man or animal. We are vengeful, mean and suspicious. We are so scared we are even afraid of domestic and domesticated animals.

In other societies, animals are treated with greater respect and in the United States for example, the life of a dog is far superior to that of a human being in Nigeria. I have written about this twice: In “A Dog’s Life” (1996), I reflected on the life of a dog owned by Stanley Meisler (God bless his soul) and his wife, Elizabeth Fox, my hosts during my journalism programme at the University of Maryland, College Park, United States (1996 -97). I was shocked that the dog had a room of its own, a proper room, not a kernel, and whenever that dog fell ill, we took him to a dog hospital and Stanley bought drugs. I saw that dog living the life of a king, better catered for than many Africans.

I wrote another piece titled “A Hotel for Dogs” (July 23, 2006) about a five-star hotel in Bethesda, Washington, which attends to dogs as customers, and where dogs enjoy a life of luxury. Established in 2003, by PetSmart Inc., by 2006, there were 32 hotels of its type in the United States and the then spokesman of the group, Bruce Richardson, had boasted that by 2010, the plan was to have 240 such hotels across the United States. We are talking luxury, 23 USD per night, 33USD for a dog suite, as at that time, all pre-tax, plus provisions for pooch ice cream. In general, Americans spend about $40 billion dollars a year on household pets. I guess that is more than Nigeria’s annual budget even by today’s relative standards.

And so, what are we talking about? An American dog is a big man in Nigeria by all standards. But because we eat dogs and treat all animals badly in this country, in fact we have no regard for human beings (consider the hundreds that get killed, raped, kidnapped daily and nobody cares), we are bound to be incensed that anyone would name a dog after a deified political figure. Joe Chinakwe’s sins should be forgiven, albeit there is no morality in law, but the Nigerian judiciary should not expose itself to further ridicule by lending the weight of the law to such partisan trash that makes no sense. There are far more important issues requiring serious attention in this country today.

But in case nobody understands that and Mr Chinakwe and his counsel find themselves in a tight corner, they should put out a disclaimer and say their dog, living or dead, is filing for a change of name. That is perfectly within their rights to do. And should they find themselves in any other difficult situation, they have my full permission to rename the dog, Reuben Abati. But should you, dear reader consider this a bad name you wish to hang, you also have my full support, partnership and friendship to offer your own name.

If that will put an end to this circus over the name of a dog, and set Joseph Chinakwe free, and also remind us that we are in a democracy, please, help and so be it. By the way, I hear Chinakwe and his sympathisers finally managed, after a fund-raising appeal, to raise a sum of N90, 000 to perfect his bail bond and that he is now out of detention. Would somebody in a responsible position just put an end to this joke and let us focus on serious issues?

Lalasticlala, Mynd44

Joe Fortemose Chinakwe, the man who named his dog after President Muhammadu Buhari is right now probably regretting his decision to honour his dog with the name of a man he considers his hero. He has been accused of trying to incite hate and breach the public peace. He has been arrested and re-arrested by the police and taken to a magistrate court, which promptly remanded him in prison until he is able to meet the conditions of his bail.

He has spent days in prison custody unable to raise the N50, 000 that he has been asked to pay. His family members have only so far managed to raise N20, 000. Even if he succeeds in putting that sum together, his life is still in danger because aggrieved persons in his neighbourhood, including a man who says he was trying to ridicule his father, have threatened to kill him, if he shows up. The police are not investigating this threat, but they seem so excited about dealing with the poor trader called Joe, for having the effrontery to name his dog, Buhari.

To protect himself, Joseph has allegedly put the dog to sleep, or thrown it away or whatever, in the hope that once the evidence is destroyed there will be no case against him. It is all so pitiable. Public opinion appears to be divided as to the nature and seriousness of Joseph Chinakwe’s alleged felony, with some people arguing that it is definitely an act of provocation and incitement for him to label his dog, Buhari so boldly and to parade the same dog in a neighbourhood where there are many residents of Northern extraction, whose feelings may be injured or who may perceive that he is trying to make a political statement.

Those who want him punished have therefore dismissed Chinakwe’s protestation that he is an admirer of the President, or that he means well. His defenders insist that he is entitled to free speech and there is nowhere in the statutes where a man can be punished on the basis of the perception that some people’s feelings may be injured, and hence, be prompted to commit murder. The law is not structured that way.

We are dealing, therefore with ethnic hate at the lunatic fringe. Nigerians have become so suspicious of one another, and inter-ethnic relationship is so poisonous that even the littlest innocent gesture could result in mayhem. This is why many have been killed for allegedly committing blasphemy or for insulting the religious sensibilities of some people. Remember the woman who was killed by her students for allegedly desecrating the Quoran. Remember Gideon Akaluka. Remember the woman who was recently beheaded in Abuja for daring to preach the Christian gospel. We are also dealing with disregard for human freedom, and Nigeria’s slip into a tragic season of intolerance. Why shouldn’t Chinakwe call his dog whatever name catches his fancy? Well, may be he should have chosen an Igbo name? But if we want national unity, why shouldn’t he take a name he admires from another part of the country?

Ali Baba, the ace comedian, like many others, has come out strongly in defence of Chinakwe saying he actually has a dog in his house named OBJ, and that is quite direct because only one man bears that sobriquet in this country, and neither OBJ nor his kinsmen have asked Atuyota to leave Yorubaland. One of the most famous pictures online is that of a goat named Goodluck Jonathan, with the name written on both flanks of it. President Jonathan’s wife was also once (July 2013) referred to as “shepopotamus” by Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka, and before our very eyes, President Olusegun Obasanjo, donated, to a conservation sanctuary, a chimpanzee, which he named Patience to make a point obviously.

The parody at the time was unmistakable. We all drew humour from all of that. What we seem to be dealing with right now, however, is the absurd deification of a name on ethnic and partisan grounds. It is curious that the Nigeria Police is devoting to the trial of Chinakwe, a feverish amount of energy that we have not witnessed with regard to more statutorily relevant offences. This hullaballoo over the giving of a dog a name that has led to its hanging and the likely punishment of its owner is one distraction too many. We are above all else, dealing with a storm in a tea cup, occasioned by a culture shock, and our underdeveloped understanding of the relationship between man and animals.

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to hearken to the agitations of Niger Delta militant groups, who have had to resort to insurgency and bombing of oil pipeline in recent months.
Soyinka made the call while addressing journalists at the launch of Study Abroad in Lebanon (SAIL) initiative in Lagos on yesterday.

The elder statesman, who said he was recently contacted to play an interventionist role in the crisis rocking the oil-producing region, appealed to Buhari to show more commitment that would bring about lasting solution.
“I wish to make an appeal to government to respond to the outrage of the militant groups. That was a request being made by some of the groups, who got me into this interventionist role in the first place. At the moment, they feel the government of President Buhari is not seriously responding to their outrage. And I wish to personally appeal to the government to positively respond and lets us see where it ends us,” Soyinka said.
The Nobel Laureate was however quick to debunk the insinuation that he was actually working with some international organizations to get the crisis resolved, insisting that so far, he has been acting in his capacity as an individual interventionist.

Former Central Bank governor Prof. Chukwuma Soludo has asked President Muhammadu Buhari’s government to stop blaming the past administration for the poor state of the economy.
He said the government should rather begin to think out of the box.

Nigeria would have avoided a recession, he said, adding that one year of the blame game is enough, and that the government should blame its failures instead.
However, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo retorted that the criticism was inevitable because the level of corruption under the past administration had not been experienced in any country in the world.

Both spoke at the 4th lecture series of the Progressive Governors’ Forum in Kaduna yesterday.
Soludo had also scored the economy low saying the Nigeria Capital Market was still in coma with trillions of Naira lost in assets, nominal exchange rate on free-fall with crude capital controls and more than 100 percent of Capital expenditure borrowed.
“Aggregate revenue to the country has imploded while there is import compression and falling customs revenue; income has fallen due to poor tax administration while public sector employees are owed months of salary,” he said.

He also faulted the manner President Buhari is fighting corruption which he said only aims at the symptom and not the ailment.
“I don’t believe the way we are fighting corruption is the way we should go about it. We are only fighting corruption on the surface; we have to fight it from the systemic level.”

But Prof. Osinbajo in his response said the administration was not blaming the past administration for the sake of finger pointing but due to the realities on the ground.
He said the level of corruption that took place during the past administration was to the level that had not been experienced in any country in the world stating that in one sector alone 15 billion dollars was found to have been stolen.

The vice president said in a situation where the external reserve of the country was about 30 billion dollars it was shocking that a whopping 15 billion could be missing in one sector alone.

“Where you find 15 billion dollars stolen in just one sector, you know that it is a major problem in the country where our eternal reserve is 30 billion,” he stated.
Soludo had earlier advised the APC governors on how to tackle the economic challenges facing their states. He stressed that economic growth in Nigeria and the states would not be inclusive if the states do not break the dynasty of poverty, maximize the comparatives and competitive advantage they have.

Soludo noted that 11 States in the North which have the highest rate of population growth and are affected by desertification are the ones suffering from the worst form of poverty in Nigeria.

He said; “55 million people in 11 states are under serious threat (Adamawa; Bauchi; Borno; Gombe; Katsina; Jigawa; Kano; Kebbi; Sokoto; Yobe; Zamfara) and these account for 40% of Nigeria’s land: These are also the POOREST States in Nigeria while crop yields in these states have dropped by 20 percent. The collapse of oil price is a great opportunity and blessing for Nigeria as it offers ample room for the states to improve on their revenue from the less than 5 percent of GDP they currently record.”

He said it would be the first time Nigeria would be expected to transform its economy without external conditionalities.

He recalled that in the previous administrations, economic policies were being monitored and teleguided by the super powers and other multi lateral organizations.
He however said the APC government must have the discipline to see those programmes through.

Soludo said the way out of the poverty cycle for the states will be to develop the education sector so that the children of the poor will be given same opportunity with others to participate in the economy.
He advised the APC governors to move from an election winning coalition that only wanted to grab power to a governing team.

With the control of the federal government and 23 states in the country the APC has no excuse to fail, he said.
“The APC should go back to its manifesto and instigate framework that will engender the atmosphere for growth as Nigeria cannot develop with the current structure where institutions are created only to share from the federation account,” he added.

“APC needs to come clean with Nigeria, explain to Nigeria’s the agenda and steps it intends to take within the time line to get there. Be the change that we want to see. When we communicate change, symbolism is important. Nigerians have given you a mandate of change, now deliver the change that you promised,” he stated.
Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai in his welcome address noted that Nigeria is facing economic crisis saying the problems are due to past and present missteps adding that Nigeria needs a fundamental shift from how things were done in the past.

Lalasticlala, Mynd44

ABEOKUTA—Joachin Iroko, the man who named his dog Buhari and was arraigned for conduct likely to cause breach of peace has finally regained freedom, four days after he was remanded in Ibara Prisons in Abeokuta, Ogun State.


Iroko, 40, a father of two and a native of Delta State was arraigned on Monday before an Ota Magistrate’s Court, Ogun State, on a two-count charge and was subsequently granted bail in the sum of N50,000 with two sureties, who must be regular tax payers in the state, in like sum.

However, the accused could not perfect the bail conditions until yesterday. Iroko, who spoke with newsmen shortly after he left the prison ward in Abeokuta, described his experience as good and educative. When asked how he felt after leaving the prison yard, he said: “I am so happy. It is a joy to me. I have missed my family; that was most painful.

“Prison is a place to experienced in one’s life. It is like a rehabilitation home: you learn many things there and there are many people you may not have the opportunity to talk to. “But in prison, you will sit down with them and discuss. There are many things you take for granted, but when you go to prison you know there is law.

“The only thing I am regretting about my coming to prison is the intimidation from the Hausa community. Going to prison is a golden moment for me.”

[b]‘I have Obama, Joe’

Explaining why he named his dog Buhari, he said: “As a matter of fact, they misunderstood me. I have three dogs: one bears Obama, one bears Joe, an abbreviation of my name. The third is named Buhari.

“I named these dogs after my role models. My late dog was named after Nelson Mandela. I don’t just give any name to my dogs. I give reputable names to my dogs. It is love I have for Buhari; he is my role model.

“Buhari is not the President of the North. He is the President of Nigeria. I see no reason why Northerners should intimidate me: Nigeria is one. “I see no reason why they will be intimidating me. It is my right to name my dog any name.

“Thank God, I have regained my freedom. The most painful thing is the way they treated my dog. I am not happy that they killed my dog, while I was in detention. “It is my dog, it is my pet. I love my dogs. They have no right to kill my dog.

“Nigerians should know that there are other dogs in other areas that bear Jack as name. Why is Buhari so special. It is a name that has been existing for several years.”

Matters took a funny twist when Iroko was stranded after he was released, as he did not have transport fare to go to his Sango residence.[/b]

‘Buhari must be having a good laugh’

Meanwhile, the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, has said the President must be having a good laugh over the dog saga.

Garba Shehu tweeted: “People should listen to the real story behind this dog incident and not waste precious time seeking the hand of the President in a laughable incident!

“President Buhari must be having a good laugh over this whole thing, as it is cheap and sensational to say he can order a police action against a caricature.”

He further tweeted that anybody linking Buhari to the dog incident is displaying ignorance.

madridguy:
Wailing as in how? Am pouring out my mind.
Meanwhile, I will stand with PMB till final whistle.

DelGardo:
Buhari promised to tackle 3 things and in this order:
1) security
2) corruption and
3) Economy/unemployment.

Boko haram (security) is decimated as a fighting force, Nigeria army is re-positioned, re-tooled and re-energised, so I can say 70% for now. If we can bring some barbaric herdsmen/fanatical Islamist criminals to justice and revamp Nigeria Police Force he will get full marks.

The fight against corruption is well and truly on with over N100b recovered, billions of dollars in forfeiture while legal recovery processes are concluded, loopholes tightened (subsidy, TSA, ghost workers etc) and legislative/judicial processes enhanced (administration of criminal justice act, inter agency collaboration etc). So here again I give 80% since our hero did almost nothing in this regard.

On economy there is a lot to be done but I am very happy with the steps being taken under the ruinious circumstances he inherited, in addition to the global economic slowdown due to low oil prices (and renegade ND criminals recently linked to uncle IB) which have seriously impacted govt revenues and developmental agenda. So I will score him an strong 60% for effort and strategic direction.

Internally displaced persons at the Gidan Taki camp yesterday protested while demanding the immediate removal of the camp chairman over allegations of diversion of foodstuff meant for IDPs.
Daily Trust gathered that displaced persons from the camp took to the street of Maiduguri en masse and barricaded the Maiduguri - Gamboru Ngala road hindering movement of vehicles for over an hour.

The demanded for the sack of Mohammed Sema, the camp chairman over allegations of diverting supplies until security personnel at the camp intervened.

madridguy:
So what will happen before December? Am not convinced at all. Baba should bring itdown to 5K.

DelGardo:
It is too early to bring such bad news to the wailers na... what is all this?

Rice, N9000... we will not take it.

(Agggghhh! Actually credit should go to Jonathan. Buhari should resign)

MrOlihilistic:
Their sins and adultery is gradually affecting the land

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar, on his 60th birthday.
Born August 24, 1956 in Sokoto, Abubakar was commissioned into the Nigerian Army as a Second Lieutenant in 1977 and served in the elite Armoured Corps.

He quit the Nigerian Army as a Brigadier General to become the 20th Sultan in November 2006 following the death of his elder brother, Sultan Muhammad Maccido in a plane crash in October.
Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, said in a statement that Buhari joined the people and government of Sokoto State, the Muslim community and family members of the sultan to celebrate the unique anniversary.
Buhari said as the head of Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) and President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), the sultan had demonstrated uncommon leadership style, patriotism and wisdom in his consistent advocacy for security, peace and unity of Nigeria.
Buhari expressed the belief that the wise counsel and support of the royal father on issues of good governance, girl-child education, infant and child mortality and agriculture had greatly enriched his administration’s efforts to improve the livelihood of Nigerians.
In his own message, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar describes the Sultan as a remarkable man of peace.
He praised the courage and sincerity of the Sultan for always forcefully condemning violent extremism, which has created negative perception problems for Islam and Muslims in Nigeria and elsewhere in the world.

Lalasticlala, Mynd44

Sultan: We’ll continue to work with everybody for peace

Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar yesterday pledged Nigeria’s commitment towards working with the rest of the world to ensure global peace.
He said: “We will continue to work with body to have a peaceful world.”

The Sultan gave the assurance when he received the US Secretary of State, John Kerry who paid him a courtesy call at his palace in Sokoto.

He lauded the choice of Sokoto for Kerry’s speech on the importance of resilient communities and religious tolerance in countering violent extremism‎.”It will further make our state and nation to be a model for peaceful coexistence,” he noted.

Earlier, the US Secretary of State acknowledged the efforts of the Sultan of Sokoto and the state Governor towards fostering peace and development.

He noted that the leaders were deeply engaged in building community of tolerance, understanding and inclusiveness. The efforts, he noted, “are pushing back against those who misinterpret the religion of Islam and extremism.‎”
Kerry stated:”I come here today on behalf of people of the United States and president Obama to express our solidarity with you in your effort to build a place that is prosperous and peaceful, we respect your work.”
Also, Sokoto Governor,A‎minu Tambuwal said the state remained very peaceful with tolerant and accommodating people.

He asserted that the choice of his state for Kerry’s speech would further position Sokoto on the global map.
Yesterday’s visit would make the third time that John Kerry has visited the country in the past 20 months, and has met Buhari on several other occasions.

B/Haram: We’re open to dialogue – Shettima

Borno State Governor Kashim Shettima has said that his state and the federal government were open to dialogue with the Boko Haram insurgents.
He, however, said dialogue had to be held with credible leaders of the sect.
Shettima spoke yesterday with State House reporters after he and his counterparts from Sokoto, Zamfara, Bauchi and Kwara States met with American Secretary of State, John Kerry.

The governor was responding to a question on the warning by Kerry earlier yesterday in Sokoto on government’s handling of the Boko Haram.
Shettima said the country was now in a position of strength to negotiate with the sect, adding that a holistic approach was being adopted to tackle the insurgency.
“Because the Boko Haram is not a uniformed outfit with shared ideology and focus, their perspectives differ a lot.

It’s like the Bermuda Triangle- on one hand, you’ve the economically induced Boko Haram who are amenable to dialogue who can lay down their tools and be part of the reintegration process of the de-radicalisation process of the rehabilitation and resettlement process. And then, we’ve the die-hards that have been called the nihilists, people who are hell-bent on a suicidal path and there is very little you can do and you cannot even talk to them from a position of weakness,” he said.
He said though the humanitarian crisis in the North-east was dear to the US, Nigeria had to recognise that nobody could solve her problems.

“We’ve to take charge of our destiny and do what is right to take care of the needs of our people,” he said.
Shettima said Borno wanted all its internally displaced persons to return home by May 29, next year.
He disclosed that there were challenges of early marriages, child prostitution, drug abuse and gangsterism in most of the IDP camps.

Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal said Kerry specifically expressed the commitment of the US government on girl-child education, healthcare and renewable energy.

Lalasticlala, Mynd44

The United States has pledged more support to Nigeria’s anti-graft fight even as it praised President Muhammadu Buhari’s courage.
“We applaud what you are doing. Corruption creates a ready-made playing field for recruiting extremists,” visiting U.S. Secretary of State, Mr John Kerry, told Buhari at a closed-door meeting at the Presidential Villa yesterday.

“You inherited a big problem, and we will support you in any way we can. We will work with you very closely. “We don’t want to interfere, but will offer opportunities as you require,” Kerry said.
He was also quoted to have pledged to assist in tackling the humanitarian challenges in the north-east. He said the U.S would get the United Kingdom, France and others “to augment the support.”

“Nigeria is priority for us. We won’t miss the opportunity to work together, because you are making significant progress,” he said.
President Buhari in his remarks assured Nigerians that the ongoing anti-corruption campaign in the country will be institutionalized and made to last beyond the life of his administration.

Presidential spokesman Femi Adesina quoted Buhari as making the pledge at the State House in Abuja yesterday while receiving American Secretary of State, Mr John Kerry.
“We will insist on the standards we’re establishing. We are laying down administrative and financial instructions in the public service that must be obeyed. Any breach will no longer be acceptable.

“We will retrain our staff, so that they understand the new orientation. And those who run foul of these rules will be prosecuted, no matter who is involved. But we will be fair, just and act according to the rule of law.
“Anyone perceived corrupt is innocent till we can prove it. We will work very hard to establish documentation for successful prosecution, and those in positions of trust will sit up,” the president said.

He appreciated the US intervention in the 2015 general elections in Nigeria, affirming that “America did not do it because of what it stands to benefit from us. You did it for the Nigerian people. It tells so much what the U.S stands for in the world.”
On the Boko Haram insurgency, Buhari thanked the U.S for both their hard and soft military help.

“The training and intelligence that we could not muster ourselves, we received. The training has made Boko Haram less of a threat to Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin region, while the military hardware has given our troops added confidence,” he said.

The president also told Kerry that though the militancy in the Niger Delta had impacted negatively on the economy and affected the positive intentions of international and local investors, his administration was showing restraint.
Speaking on the economy, Buhari said his administration’s focus was on diversification having learnt lessons from years of over-dependence on oil.
Earlier, in Sokoto, Mr John Kerry lamented that corruption cost the global economy USD 2.6 trillion every year.
Delivering a speech on the importance of resilient communities and religious tolerance in countering violent extremism at the Sultan Palace, Kerry said developed countries were not doing enough to improve good governance globally.

“We are not collectively yet doing enough to improve good governance and that need to be changed because we are all paying for corruption as it costs the global economy USD2.6 trillion every year which ought to be spent in providing infrastructures, education, health and to ensure food security,” he stated.

According to him, the fight against corruption has to be a global security priority of the first order and that developed countries have to help other countries to eliminate corruption in their midst.

“Bribery, fraud and all forms of criminality endanger everything that we own, everything that we value and encourage human trafficking, discourage accountability in governance and undermine the community,” he stated.
On the fight against terrorism, Kerry said Nigeria and itsallies had succeeded in degrading Boko Haram, but that this should be seen as the beginning of the fight.
“People join violent groups because they have trouble finding meaning or opportunity in their daily lives, because they lost hope in the future, because they lost confidence in legitimate government and they are really frustrated,” he said.

He maintained that one of the central tasks was for Nigeria to work towards removing vulnerability through building and rebuilding trust in government and the military. Trust creates citizens,” he stressed.

Ochek:
Yes there are of different bloods. You know how we accuse our Info brothers of loving money ( even though we all do) ? Yeah! That Hausa Muslims are less tolerant and are easy to pick a weapon. They have a reckless life style and are easy to wave off the dead by saying "Allah kiaye" when a soul is lost.

With reckless abandon will drive that edged sharpened knife through a brother of different ethnicity for a little provocation.

Oh! I remember how then slaughtered students in the JOS 2001 crises. At that time it was a "run run run" for the Christians buh today, I think they know better.

The Yoruba Muslims are much more tolerant to direct and indirect provocation because they have families comprising of both religion and so can't kill family for a useless course.

I think that's one of the reasons the core Hausa Muslims refer to the Yoruba Muslims as infidels.


I hope u get a lil of MA yarn?