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Mos_D: Dis tin dey cofuse me o. D money wey forcasted oil alone go generate pas 10trillion n d budget no reach 5trillion. Where d rest de go?

The group says it did not carry out the execution of about 40 students in Mubi Adamawa.
The insurgent group, Jamaatu ahlis Sunnah lil daawati wal jihad, also known as Boko Haram, hasdenied carrying out the attack that claimed the lives of over forty persons, most of them students of tertiary institutions in Mubi, Adamawa State last week.

A man who claimed to be a senior member of the group, who spoke exclusively with PREMIUM TIMES on Tuesday, said his group had nothing to do with the killing of students in Mubi.
“We have no business with students or student politics. If students are our target we would have killed them randomly on sight and in their school and not sneak on them in the creeping darkness in an area occupied by both students and residents,” he said.

The man, whom independent checks revealed to be a member of the group, said if the sect wanted to attack educational facilities; it would have gone for structures not students.
“What would have been our target as far as I am concerned would have been the building and properties of the institution, since it is owned by the Government. At least, by now other students elsewhere would have been attacked if students are our concern,” he added.
He said the mode of attack is not characteristic of the sect’s numerous attacks.

“Several press releases by our spokesman and Imam in the past have made it clear who our enemies are, I don’t have to repeat it here. I don’tthink anybody amongst us has the time to draw up a list or read it out before executing the students.”

The group’s denial throws another controversy into the likely perpetrators of the dastardly act, which saw over 40 people, mostly students of the Federal polytechnic Mubi, killed on October 1 by armed men. Some were shot while others were slaughtered. Security agencies are already investigating the criminal act.

We lost members, but so did JTF
The insurgent leader also admitted that the Joint Task Force, JTF, in various Northern States had killed many of its members; but claimed that some of those killed were innocent people with nolinks to the group.

He accused the JTF of hiding the casualty figure suffered by the force in various confrontations with the sect.
“We have killed a lot of security personnel in the north especially in Yobe and Borno state, far morethan the lies the JTF sell to you, media,” he said; adding that “a significant number of our brothers were killed but most of the people the JTF have killed have nothing to do with us. They are just youths in the wrong place at the wrong time.”

He said his sect was “not like the JTF that hide their casualties.”
“Yes, we suffered some casualties but I want to assure you that our structure, specialists and armpower are intact, and these crises will continue tillwe die,” he said.

Qaqa alive, may have been captured
The Boko Haram member said the sect’s official spokesperson, Abu Qaqa is still alive. He however refused to confirm if Mr. Qaqa is alive with the group or is being detained by security agents.

A successful search operation in Kano, in September, by members of the JTF had led to thekilling of some of the sect’s members and arrest of others. One of the arrested persons is believed to be Mr. Qaqa, according to top security sources.The Boko Haram leader in his talk, like the evasivestatement of its overall leader, Abubakar Shekau, would however not confirm whether Mr. Qaqa hadbeen captured or not.
“Our Imam has made it clear in his last video that Qaqa is alive, but I cannot answer your queries whether Qaqa is alive with us or with the security agencies,” he said.

He said his group was looking at “how best to communicate with the public.”
“Very soon our position will be clear on all these issues, Qaqa and other sundry issues. We are studying the situation, we are strategizing our operations.
“I can assure you that we will not suffer any more defeat like we did in the past Insha Allah,” he added

celepapa: These are brilliant comments. Always knew that Nigerians and Africans would one day rise to clean up the mess of colonization and the negative image some African leaders have created in the past years.

Yes TVC News is owned by Continental Broadcasting Service (CBS),owners and operators of TV Continental( Now TVC Entertainment),Radio Continental 102.3FM amongst other stations. But for TVC News, the first pan-African 24 hour news station to be launched in November, it is not about the owner and the perception of the owner, but its about projecting Africa's voice at the global scene. news reporting that is fearless, relevant and reliable.

TVC News would not only broadcast in Nigeria, but can be viewed across Africa,Europe,USA etc. For the first time Africans can tell their own stories.

TVC News ... Through African Eyes

afam4eva: Is it the same TVC that currently airing a terrestrial channel? I actually think this is a welcome development. We need a channel that can project the good part of Africa to the outside world. it mustn't always be about war, poverty and starvation.

Eko Atlantic#:
What nonsense is that?

ekt_bear: 1. OK, small amount of money relative to the size of the naija economy and banking systems.
2. What of points (b) and (c), which you failed to address?
3. What of the post above, arguing that this is just ordinary credit risk rather than systemic risk?

ekt_bear: My understanding of the term is an organization which could potentially bring down the entire system if it goes insolvent.

But, given that
(a) N141 billion is a relatively small amount of money
(b) it is a single guy
(c) he took out this loan in 2008 and his lack of payment up until now didn't bring down the system

then I don't think that the quoted CBN guy's characterization is correct.

ekt_bear: Really? I'm either not understanding what this phrase means, or the guy is using it incorrectly.

Watermelon: Who scored dat goal, mukina where are you?,

::Andrew:::
changed my ip to uk now working

Dis Guy: in another newspaper and on channels i heard it's for a feasibility study not even a design contract o

these things are all too confusing, cos im sure ive heard the Lagos -Ibadan so many time even 2 weeks ago!!