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It is the governor and the state house of assembly that should pass the law, it is the courts and the police that will make sure that the woman gets justice. The scholars and emirs cannot do that.

Criminal Code Act Chapter 77

Chapter 25 sec. 341:

Any person who unlawfully abandons or exposes a child under the age of seven years, in such a manner that any grievous harm is likely to be caused to it, is guilty of a felony, and is liable to imprisonment for five years.

Chapter 32 sec. 372:

Any person who being the parent, guardian or other person having the lawful care or charge of a child under the age of twelve years, and being able to maintain such child, wilfully and without lawful or reasonable cause deserts the child and leaves it without means of support, is guilty of a misdemeanour, and is liable to imprisonment for one year.

The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi II, has said fathers who send out their children to beg for alms should be arrested.

Sanusi spoke thursday at a conference organised by the Future Assured Initiative, the non-governmental organisation of the the First Lady, Hajia Aisha Buhari.

It was organised in collaboration with the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA).

The emir said no law provides that a man should marry, have children and abandon them without living up to his responsibility to them.

He said any man who is too poor to take care of his family should go out and beg himself, and not send his children.

"Every day, wives are complaining about their husbands who claim their rights but abandon their responsibilities of marriage, women being divorced with their husbands not taking care of the children and those children ending up on the streets, drugs, political thuggery, violent extremism," he said.

"No law that talks about consent in marriage, the rights of wives and husbands, domestic violence, rights of women divorced , the responsibilities of husbands under divorce situations, if a child is found on the streets, is the father that is responsible and can the state hold him accountable?

"Do you just marry and have children without any responsibilities? The reason Allah send His Prophets is that there should be justice in this world - justice in our relationship with our maker and in our relationship with our fellow human beings.

"Justice means that everyone is given his rights. If a man takes the privilege of being the head of the family, he takes the responsibilities of being the provider of the family. You cannot take that privilege and a band the responsibilities.

"Is it a fact that a father has the right to force his daughter into a loveless marriage? that you have the rights to batter you wife? You have the right to have children and push them to the streets to beg? That when you divorce your wife, you ask her and her children to pack and go back to her father's house and that is the end?

"I can spend 100 years saying that it is wrong and un-Islamic for a man to beat his wife, but it is the governor and the state house of assembly that should pass the law, it is the courts and the police that will make sure that the woman gets justice. The scholars and emirs cannot do that.

"So, the problem is these groups of human beings are those who will stand to answer to Allah if there is no justice.

"The traditional and religious leaders have an obligation to ask for justice, but those with the political powers have an obligation to put in place the processes that will make sure that these justices are complied with."

The Postmaster General noted that NIPOST had what it takes to provide banking services for Nigerians.

Finally we are at a final stage where kidnappers are having their field day just because their phones numbers are not yet linked to their I.D. iam very optimistic that as soon as that is done criminalism will be a thing of the past. Thanks

“ Government will not continue to subside the sector .“ If they ( DisCos) are not ready, they should tell us. We have a plan on willing seller , willing buyer ( sic) , ” he stated .

Officialgarri:
We need proof that this is real.

I'm not taught to believe every story I see on social media but many others will as far as it suits their political biasness

KINGwax007:
Two years is small jare...

Why can't I just mine over 50million Naira worth of any illegal mineral and if caught, will go to jail to come back to enjoy my loot

We are coming up with a policy called – Downstream Policy, that, you cannot take away any more.

“Mining is key towards the industrialisation of this nation. The fourth industrial revolution can only be by the way of mining and Nigeria is blessed with over 44 mineral resources.

“Any Security person who is given the job to ensure compliance and he’s found involved, we will not hesitate to get that person prosecuted for any wrongdoing.

omohayek:
More of the same old Nigerian mentality of treating typhoid with paracetamol, or applying a sticking plaster to a stab wound. The basic problem here is one of private property rights, or rather the lack of them. The only workable long-term remedy is to repeal the insane Land Use Act, allow individuals to have free and clear property rights over anything discovered on their land, and then reform the courts to allow said rights to be quickly and affordably enforced. Anything else will just conjure up brand new avenues for politicians, public "servants" and their cronies to illegally enrich themselves at the expense of others.

Chapter IV Fundamental Rights 

44 (3) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, the entire property in and control of all minerals, mineral oils and natural gas in under or upon any land in Nigeria or in, under or upon the territorial waters and the Exclusive Economic Zone of Nigeria shall vest in the Government of the Federation and shall be managed in such manner as may be prescribed by the National Assembly.

Exclusive Legislative List:

39. Mines and minerals, including oil fields, oil mining, geological surveys and natural gas.

As part of measures being put in place to effectively regulate mining activities, the Federal Government is coming up with an all-encompassing policy to adequately unlock the potentials abound in the sector by encouraging and empowering local miners to take over the mining activities, thereby creating huge job opportunities for more Nigerian youths.

Consequently, the Federal Government is currently working on Downstream Policy with a focus on mining activities centred on over 44 mineral resources for which the country is blessed, devising means through which mining activities will be boosted and combating illegal mining activities with a strict trial of any miners caught without necessary approval for mining.

Speaking in Abeokuta on Tuesday during series of meetings with stakeholders in the mining industry, including Lafarge Africa, Uchechukwu Ogah, Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, warned illegal miners across the country to desist from their illegitimate activities, perfect their mining titles or risk being jailed for a minimum of two years without any option of fine.

Ogah noted that Federal Government is already working on a law that will establish zonal courts across the geopolitical zones where offenders caught without necessary mining approval from Federal Government will be tried and jailed without an option of fine.

He explained that the stringent conditions and adherence to law becomes inevitable owing to fact that Federal Government is working towards using the nation’s mining sector to diversify the economy, mitigate the country’s unemployment rates and also lift over 100 million citizens out of poverty.

Ogah said the Federal Government is working on evolving a synergy between officials of the Federal Ministry of Mines, the State Executive Councils as well as other stakeholders to eliminate some issues and bottlenecks in the area of levies and royalties payable to the government, saying that we can all do better for the country so that government can use the resources to develop Nigeria.

He said, “We want Nigeria to be a mining destination because we want to use this ministry as a key for the diversification of the economy of this country to create employment for the teeming Nigerian youths.

“Mining is key towards the industrialisation of this nation. The fourth industrial revolution can only be by the way of mining and Nigeria is blessed with over 44 mineral resources. That is why we are devoting our time on the way forward to develop this sector.

“As you can see, within a short time, we have come up with a lot of policies to encourage local miners. We are coming up with a policy called – Downstream Policy, that, you cannot take away any more.

“We want to encourage you to do your businesses in genuine ways: pay your royalties and let the Federal Government get money to develop the nation. Do your Environmental Impact Assessment Reports. We are encouraging them because mining is key for the diversification of the economy”.

RAZAQ AYINLA, Abeokuta

APCNig:
[s]The thing pain am . . . . Check out Few of Buhari's projects that I have seen and testify

1. Lagos-Abeokuta-Ibadan railway
2. Lagos-Ibadan expressway
3. Apapa-Oshodi-Iyana_Oworo expressway
4. Oyo-Ogbomoso expressway
5. Abuja-Kaduna expressway
6. Ajaokuta-Itakpe-Warri railway
Please list what your PDP did for 16 years.[/s]

APCNig:
That will never ever happen. Buhari will never build Calabar-Lagos railway. Go and meet PDP your party for your railway. Buhari/Osinbajo administration is for Hausa/FUlani?Yoruba.

AceRoot:
Sometimes as I read about this other much touted air-marked semi-coastal rail, I wonder why it is not to first start from the CALABAR end.

there will be an effective oligopoly of milk products, which will mean higher prices and worsening infant malnutrition, Seun says.

Defined land rights would allow collective purchase of land for ranches, providing a path out of the nomadic system, he says.

The Federal Government has said the Ibadan-Kano rail line will be ready by 2023.

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, said this in an interview with journalists in Abuja.

The minister expressed optimism that the project would be ready before the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), leaves office in 2023.

When asked what could be the reason for the delay in completing the Lagos-Ibadan rail project, he said it was not the fault of the contractors but the urban nature of Lagos.

He said, “We have pipes. For instance, for the road to the seaport, we had to bring a company from Italy to identify the pipes and know those who owned them because the companies did not know their pipes.

“The next thing is, if we try to dig out the pipes, the power supply will stop in Lagos and there will be no fuel literally for the entire country apart from those from Port Harcourt.

“So, we brought another company that was not part of the contract. We brought another company that came to find the solution to how to build on those pipes without causing damage because one of the problems with those pipes is that once it is not properly done, the whole of Lagos will be gone.

“We have to put enough engineering to protect those pipe and oil that they carry so that we don’t have an explosion.”

The minister also said the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, had directed a Russian firm to partner with Nigeria to construct the Lagos-Calabar rail line.

He said the government was waiting for feedback from a Russian firm for the construction of the Lagos-Calabar rail line.

The government of Russia and Nigeria had reached an agreement for the construction of the Lagos-Calabar rail line during Buhari’s visit to Russia in October last year.

The minister also expressed optimism that the bill of quantity that the Russian firm would present would be cheaper than what the Chinese had proposed.

Nigeria’s central bank has restricted the availability of foreign exchange for milk imports in a move aimed at increasing local production.

The policy is likely to prove ineffective unless accompanied by steps to improve domestic agriculture.

Six companies are exempt because, the central bank says, because they are supportive of the policy of “backward integration” to raise Nigerian milk output.

The restrictions are “misguided”, argues Ebenezer Seun, private wealth executive at Barino Investments in Lagos. “The government is restricting imports to incentivise backward integration when the local capacity is very low and the infrastructure behind it has not been developed yet.”

That development can’t be achieved quickly, and in the meantime, there will be an effective oligopoly of milk products, which will mean higher prices and worsening infant malnutrition, Seun says.

Increased prices for rice after foreign currency for imports was banned in 2015 prove the point, Seun says.

● “Limiting imported food supply cannot magically make local supply increase in a situation of ineffectual policy and a harsh operating environment.”

● The new restrictions will give authorized milk importers the opportunity to increase prices, while unauthorized importers will source more expensive currency on the parallel market, increasing final consumer prices, Seun says.

Cattle yields

This policy can be effective if other factors like the ease of doing business and infrastructure deficiencies are taken into consideration, says Moses Ojo, chief economist at PanAfrican Capital Holdings in Lagos. He expects that a significant increase in the local production of dairy products will contribute to a decline in inflation in the medium term.

Nigeria targets raising its milk production by 10% to 550,000 tonnes in the next 12 months.

The main problem in doing so, Ojo says, is the low yield of Nigerian cows, linked to genetic composition and feeding practices. The target can be met if those issues are addressed, he says.

Conflicts between farmers and herders in northern and central Nigeria limit productivity. Limiting foreign reserves for milk imports does not address that fundamental issue, Ojo says.

● One source of the conflict is the effect of global warming on northern grazing reserves, which has resulted in desertification and pushed pastoralists southwards.

● “A sustainable solution has to be provided for the scourge of desertification,” Ojo says. This, he argues, should include efforts to persuade herders to embrace ranching rather than the current nomadic system of cattle rearing.

Seun at Barino Investments says that effective land rights and identity systemsare part of the solution.

● “If livestock were tagged properly and ownership can be easily tracked, instances of cattle rustling would easily be reduced.”

● Identity systems might also prevent blind reprisal attacks based on ethnicity, he says. Perpetrators could be identified and prosecuted, so ending a recurring cycle of violence based on vague ideas about the identities of attackers.

● Defined land rights would allow collective purchase of land for ranches, providing a path out of the nomadic system, he says.

Bottom Line: Limiting currency for milk imports will do little to raise domestic production unless accompanied by reforms to raise cattle yields through ranch-based farming.

0m0nnakoda:
Wordiness only leads to more confusion

First of all try to understand before trying to prove you are smart

My point is that there is no Islamic sanction for Caliphates
Crucially

WHAT PROPORTION OF ISLAMIC STATES THROUGHOUT history have been under caliphates
You are arguing that the definition is.........

Hahaha definition of Caliph is pretty clear?
Really?There is a definition?? It is in English?Presumably its definition has not changed in 1400 years?A dictionary entry is not the same as definition. Not every entry is a DEFINITION

[s]You are putting a lot of energy into proving baseless assumptions.
Actually Jihad IS part of Islam. Does that make 9/11 jihad.
What jihad means can vary with speaker

In your mind it is Jihad and not a good example in my mind it is terrorism and a very good example
But it appears in the Quran over 60 times
The issue is that CALIPHATE IS not codified ANYWHERE in Islamic literature in terms of functioning
There us no quote anywhere attributed to Mohamed about Caliphate
He did not have any son or named successor
Even Abacha was called Khalif when IBB was in power.[/s]

That there was a caliph after Muhammad died does not make that Islamic any more than 9/11 bombing is Islamic.

limeta:
Futa jalon is a bit far from zoogeria isn't it

0m0nnakoda:
Opinions are not substantiation

I think you are confused
Heretical??

I do not remember using that word
You are distorting my word.

Do not conflate issues

Islam is based on the Quran and Hadith

Indeed Islam is clear that the prophet was the Seal or Final so where the idea of succession comes from is bizarre.
The prophet never chose a successor and was clear that he was the last Messenger

Succession as a new prophet?

That there was a caliph after Muhammad died does not make that Islamic any more than 9/11 bombing is Islamic.

If caliphate are ,as you claim part of Islam then provide any reference to the Quran or Hadith telling us the function of a Caliph and how they were to be chosen
HOW many caliph are there today in the Islamic world

Allah had promised to those among you who believe and do good works that He will surely make them Successors in the earth, as He made Successors from among those who were before them; and that He will surely establish for them their religion which He has chosen for them; and that He will surely give them in exchange security and peace after their fear: They will worship Me, and they will not associate anything with Me. Then who so is ungrateful after that, they will be the rebellious. (Surah Al-Nur, Verse 56)

It was narrated that ‘Amr bin ‘Abasah said:
“I came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, which Jihad is best?’ He said: ‘(That of a man) whose blood is shed and his horse is wounded.’”

sunnah ibn majah 4:24:2794

Not equal are those believers remaining [at home] - other than the disabled - and the mujahideen, [who strive and fight] in the cause of Allah with their wealth and their lives. Allah has preferred the mujahideen through their wealth and their lives over those who remain [behind], by degrees. And to both Allah has promised the best [reward]. But Allah has preferred the mujahideen over those who remain [behind] with a great reward -

quran 4:95

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "The best life is that of the man who holds his horse's rein in Allah's way and flies on its back to the places from whence he hears a war cry or the clatter of arms, seeking martyrdom or slaughter on the battlefield;

riyad as saliheen 12:1299

0m0nnakoda:
Can you substantiate this claim with evidence ?

The caliph is religious and political leader in Islam

It seems you responded without comprehension
The sultan and emirs are different from so called TRADITIONAL leaders
The point is that they are purported RELIGIOUS LEADERS as well as monarchs .
There is nothing debatable about the fact that there is no provision for inherited religious leaders IN ISLAM
The fact that Muslims do a thing e.g. suicide bombing doest not make it Islamic
So I have no duty to offer precedents.
Your claim about Umayyad dynasty is tangential and irrelevant. Whatever happened there has never been established as a template of Islamic succession
There were Muslim kings in the North of Hausa descent centuries before DanFodio.
They were not SPIRITUAL leaders
Now regarding your claim

In Islam there is no such provision for hereditary religious leaders.Even in Saudi Arabia,the King is a King and not a religious leader as the Sultan claims to be?

Many Hausas and genuine Muslims question why their religious leaders should inherit their positions and why they cannot be Hausa

limeta:
The hausa,s really need to wake up
Expels the invaders from their region
Which ever way they do it will be just fine

happy200:
so why can't they set that bush ablaze and wait for the fleeing terrorist?