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Jonah Jang

Let us not be too quick to judge our players, at least we have won,I think they were just suffering from Jet Lag,as far as I am concern they performed very well considering the psychological torture they went thru the last 72 hours due to the maladministration of the NFF. I want to assure that no team will score Taihiti 6 again, mark my words.

A blogger, Japhet Omojuwa, has described the Nigerian media as junky and useless, in reaction to a Channels TV publication  which suggested that he underestimated the struggles of late human rights fighter, Gani Fawehinmi.
“Any Nigerian news I miss on these foreign news channels will be delightfully missed,” Mr. Omojuwa said. “Too much junk here. Reason these politicians don’t speak to the local press. Most are as good as useless!”
A war of words had ensued on twitter between Mr. Omojuwa and some other social media users on Sunday after the blogger was accused of trivializing the impacts of the dogged fights of the late radical Lagos lawyer.
Mr. Omojuwa, who appeared on a Channels TV youth programme, Rubbin Mind, had tried to argue that social media activism is a more innovative way of mobilizing protests against the government.
When the presenter, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, suggested to the three guests on the programme that protests might be more productive if taken to the streets the way late Mr. Fawehinmi and Mr. Olisa Agbakoba did, Mr. Omojuwa intercepted, asking, “What did those protests change?”
He then added, “I protested against a particular airline without carrying a placard. If you say that is not a protest, mention my name in their offices and you understand how….”
Many people on twitter interpreted the comment to mean that Mr. Omojuwa triviliazed Mr. Fawehinmi’s protests and contributions to Nigeria’s development.
The blogger’s comment became even more controversial after Channels TV posted a short clip of the programme on its website with the headline “Our ‘noise’ on social media is achieving more than Gani did”.
Among the first to react was London-based activist, Kayode Ogundamisi, who said via his twitter handle @canary, “Now I am going to bring out koboko (whip) and flog my brother @omojuwa openly, still does not change my view about him as one with great potentials.”
He described Mr. Omojuwa’s comment as a serious error of judgment and then went on to educate the blogger about how protests by Gani Fawehinmi “changed a lot!” of things in Nigeria.
“Let me start by saying Gani Fawehinmi saved over 370 Nigerian students from unlawful expulsion, Mr. Ogundamisi said. “I can list over 68 Students that Gani Fawehinmi saved from unjust expulsion using the instrumentality of law. That is change you can vouch for.”
He added, “Gani Fawehinmi did not only protest, he led an exemplary life, spent his money and resources. Never received a dime for his activism and protests.
“I analyse Nigeria on social media but the true hero is that Nigerian on the street daring an armed policeman insisting “I won’t give you a bribe.”
But another commentator named F., with twitter handle @unofidel disagreed that Mr. Omojuwa’s comment was an error of judgment.
“It is not an error of judgment,” he said. “It was a cocky, thoughtless statement by someone who felt he was more influential.”
Abuja-based lawyer and activist, Abdul Mahmud, was even angrier at the comments ascribed to Mr. Omojuwa.
“Pity! That youngboy has never smelt the inside of a police cell, so I grant him his stupidity,” Mr. Mahmud tweeted.
The lawyer was to publish several other tweets educating Mr. Omojuwa on Mr. Fawehinmi’s giant strides in the defence of freedom and democracy.
His final tweet for the night read, “If Gani didn’t succeed, please, ask your dad and mum if they ever voiced opposition to Buhari/IBB/Abacha publicly.”
But Mr. Omojuwa soon issued a denial saying, “Whoever said I said that is a liar. If I did, those who watched it (the programme) wouldn’t have had anything else to discuss after the show.”
The blogger then descended on Channels TV describing the station as a mediocre junk news platform and its tweets blasphemous.
He said, “@Channels_TV You are a shame to the ethics of this job. A big shame. You will rot where liars rot for that headline. LIARS OSHI!
“You are absolutely irresponsible. Absolutely. Bow in shame for this. Bow in shame!”
At a point he tore at the local press describing them as junky and useless, and suggested that he would begin to consume news only on foreign channels.http://premiumtimesng.com/news/137455-nigerian-media-are-junks-useless-blogger-omojuwa-says-as-controversy-rages-over-comment-on-gani.html

The American civil rights activists says Nigeria is sailing in the right course.

American civil rights activist, Jesse Jackson, after listening in on the presentation of the mid-term report of the transformation agenda of President Goodluck Jonathan, described the latter’s administration as transparent and unequalled in contemporary democracy.

Mr. Jackson, subsequently, urged Nigerians to rally round him in order to entrench democracy and good governance in Nigeria.

Apparently impressed by the achievements listed in the president’s report, Mr. Jackson said with the mid-term report, it is obvious that the ship of the Nigerian nation is sailing in the right course and should be supported by every Nigerian.

The American activist noted that the entire black race in the world has so much expectations from Nigeria as the most populous black Nation on earth and these expectations have to be justified through the implementation of programs which will improve quality of lives and inspire citizens to be productive.

He urged Nigerians to remain positive about their country and uphold its “ideals” at all times.

Speaking in the same vein, former head of the interim government in Liberia, Amos Sawyer, commended Nigeria’s leading role in peace keeping operations in Africa and urged political leaders to bury their differences especially at moments of National challenges.

Speaking earlier at the event, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Pius Anyim, said the Jonathan administration has enlarged the space for public discourse and dissent which are the hallmark of democratic governance.

Mr. Anyim explained that the President has given practical expression to the principles of checks and balances in government adding that “Mr. Presidents’ uncommon restraint at the face of many challenges is a manifestation of a great desire to deepen democratic culture in all aspects of our National life.”

The Minister of Finance and coordinating minister of the economy, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who gave a general over view of accomplishments in the Transformation Agenda said the fact that Nigeria’s economy is attracting great attention of investors worldwide is an indication that the positive economic indices are not phantom as cynics would want to assert.

Ms. Okonjo-Iweala said the achievements recorded in the transportation, agriculture, manufacturing, power, health and education sectors in the last two years of the Jonathan administration are a result of careful planning, fiscal discipline and unwavering commitment of Mr. President to the total transformation of Nigeria.

She said the 234 page publication titled “The Mid-term Report of the Transformation Agenda’ which the President presented at the public event will further inspire the confidence of Nigerians in the ability of the Jonathan administration to deliver on its campaign promises before the expiration of its tenure.

.http://premiumtimesng.com/news/136872-jesse-jackson-commends-jonathans-transparency.html

Sincerely i don't know what is wrong with this ACN of a party, Lai Mohammed is always busy making noise in a factory fitted AC, while alot of people are been killed by the evil Boko Haram,must they politicize all issues,Haba let them be sensitive for ones, so they are expecting Boko Haram to over the whole north before GEJ can act.That is why i always have reservations for the party, i wonder how they will manage Nigeria if given the chance, its not all about noise, our sovereignty is threatened and you are criticizing the right action to quash it. I think Lai Mohammed and his cohorts should have themselves properly examined

Professor Ango Abdullahi said this on behalf of a Northern group.
Voting for President Goodluck Jonathan in 2011 was a political mistake that Northern Nigeria must not repeat in 2015, a top northern leader, Professor Ango Abdullahi, has said.
Professor Abdullahi said this on Tuesday in Maiduguri when a socio-political pressure group, the Northern Elders Forum (NEF),visited Borno State over the recent Baga massacre.
The famous former Vice Chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, who led a delegation of Northern elders said their forum would soon drag President Jonathan to the International Court of Justice over the recent killings in Baga in which the death of 185 civilians were blamed on Nigerian troops in the Multinational Joint Task Force in Baga Town.
Mr. Abdullahi spoke on behalf of the forum’s leader, Maitama Sule, who could not make the trip. He warned that “the north must not repeat the stupid mistake they made in 2011 by voting President Jonathan against their own interest.”
“The north has serious challenges ahead of it, and this may be what will determine the stake of the north, particularly in the political year nearer to us – the 2015. And we in the forum believe that any discussion that will not lead us in bringing power to the north in 2015 is not of interest for us. We will not be wasting our time on anything other than recouping what we have thrown away in 2015. It was sad that northerners threw away what is correctly their own.
“We know where the lapses are, and we are going to tackle you the governors on that. We know that what happened to us was a connivance which can be squarely put on the tables of the governors of the northern states,” he said,
The former don recalled that he was part of the 10 Nigerians that started the PDP but had to leave when the party began to derail some ten years ago.
“I was a founding member of the PDP before I left; and I can tell you convincingly that we are sure of victory because we have the population, we have the delegates and everything that will ensure that the right of the north is respected in an arrangement that was very clear.
“I was part of those that agreed that the presidency be zoned to the south; and I was part of those who determined where it should start. And that was part of my crime for which I kept on asking God for forgiveness and apology for the people of the north. That was how we allowed Obasanjo, who came and decided to deal with us; and he dealt with us very well. For us to get our right turn back, it is going to take a huge effort, which remains the challenge before us and all the state governors,” he added.
Mr. Abdullahi said the northern leaders have not decided on which party or candidate to support for 2015 election.
“The NEF at the moment has no party; the only candidate we have are the northern people and the only party for now are the northern states. Everybody should forget his party and join us in this struggle. Once we all sit down and make a pronouncement that this is who is going to represent us as the president of this country – so be it. We have the numbers behind us and politics is about numbers. We have the delegates – though the PDP are very good at stealing votes,” he said.
“We have over the years learnt our lessons from other regions of this country; the South West and South-South have succeeded in getting the president and have sealed up their area now; you can’t reach there without their consent. So why can’t we do the same here.”
On the Baga killings, Mr. Abdullahi said his Forum had commissioned a consortium of legal experts to visit the town get first hand information that would enable them file a water-tight legal suite against President Jonathan at the International Court of Justice.
“We had wanted to go to Baga to see things by our self but due to some circumstances beyond us, we are now sending a team of lawyers who are to prepare a case for us to file at the International Court of Justice,” he said.
Governor Shettima was full of praises and appreciation for the elders for the visit. He assured them of his loyalty and full support on the northern agenda, even as he noted that the region still towers tall amongst others in terms of land mass, human, and even natural resources. http://premiumtimesng.com/news/national/134304-supporting-jonathan-in-2011-was-a-blunder-northern-elders.html

Maybe we need to concentrate on the aspects that states that fighting terror is for all sundry rather than looking at monies spend,i think that's the message that Falana was trying to bring forth...

I JUST read Mr. Remi Adekoya’s piece in the Guardian of the U.K. entitled ‘Goodluck Jonathan’s report card for Nigeria? Must try harder’ in which he praised President Jonathan for a booming economy but came down hard on him for failing to help Nigeria’s poor.

When Adekoya says “Infrastructure also remains a problem. Without a modern road network, doing business in Nigeria will remain prohibitively expensive and logistically challenging”, he betrays a surface understanding of recent events in Nigeria.a

For example, before the Jonathan administration if you wanted to travel from Lagos to Kano you had two choices, you either went by road or by air. Today, under President Jonathan’s direction, Nigeria’s railways have been revived and a traveller planning the same journey has a third alternative.

He can travel from Lagos to Kano by rail at a cost of N1,500 which is less than $10. It is rather surprising that Mr. Adekoya did not reflect this major development in his piece especially when you consider that Nigeria’s rail revival miracle has received praise from some of the major newspapers and magazines in the West.

Jon Gambrell of the Associated Press had a string of highly syndicated photos recording this feat. But when you think of it, it is hard for someone reviewing Nigeria’s progress from the United Kingdom to have first hand information.

Besides, what does Mr. Adekoya consider a “modern road network”? Under this administration, previously abandoned road projects have been completed. The previously notorious Lagos-Ore-Benin motorway has been repaired and I personally supplied photographic evidence of that feat on Social Media as well as highlighted testimonials from Nigerians testifying to a reduced travel time from Lagos to Benin since the repairs.

In the Federal Capital Territory, Nigerians are now calling the new Kubwa Expressway our own version of Germany’s autobahn! I lived in England for a while and I know the state of its roads and I dare say that Mr. Adekoya would wish he had a fast car when he sees this new road that connects the business and commercial districts of Abuja to some of its satellite towns.

In his budget speech, the President listed major roads that have been completed and many that are ongoing. Some major road projects that have been rehabilitated and completed include the Vom-Machom road in Plateau State, the Gombe-Numan-Yoka road, Kano-Daura-Mai Adua road, Aba-Owerri road, dualization of the Access road to Onne Port in Rivers state and the Ijebu Igbo-Ajegunle-Araromi-Ife-Sekona road in Ogun state.

But perhaps, the greatest testimonial to the administration’s efforts in roads comes from an advert from the privately owned luxury bus operator, ABC Transport, which reads ‘The Roads are Getting Better’. This is from an end user of the product. Those words carry more weight than the words of a pundit who writes about Nigeria from the comforts of London.

Still on infrastructure, Mr. Adekoya forgot to tell his British audience that while it may be true that Nigeria still does not generate enough electricity for its population, the Jonathan administration has nonetheless increased generation from the 2800 MWs it met on ground to the present 4500 MWs Nigeria generates today a 35% improvement.

But that is not even the main story. This administration has kept faith with the Roadmap to Power Sector Reforms that the President launched on August 22,2010 which in summary charted a course for the privatization of the nation’s power sector.

In keeping with that Roadmap, Nigeria has successfully privatized many of her power generation stations and on April 22nd this year, a Presidential Power Reform Transactions Signing Ceremony was held at the Presidential Villa where the five power generation companies that emerged successful in the bidding process of the privatization of the sector received their certificates.

BUT certainly Mr. Adekoya could not have failed to take note of the praises the power privatization process received worldwide. It was remarkably transparent which is a departure from the past and signals that Nigeria is a safe place to invest which is no surprise given that even the Prime Minister of The United Kingdom, David Cameron, himself led a trade delegation of some of Britain’s top businesses to Nigeria and on return said: “We’ve been hearing about China and India for years but it’s hard to believe what’s happening in Brazil, in Indonesia, in Nigeria”. Mr. Cameron certainly knows a great deal more about Nigeria under President Jonathan than Mr. Adekoya does!

And then Mr. Adekoya goes on to say “Education is particularly problematic: tens of millions of Nigerians are illiterate. Most cannot afford an education: without government assistance, thus far feeble, they will remain intellectual invalids.”Really Mr. Adekoya! Are you talking about the same Nigeria where President Jonathan initiated a programme to provide 400 schools for itinerant scholars in Northern Nigeria known as Almajiri?

The President commissioned the first of these schools on the 10th of April 2012 with almost a 100 completed in 2012. The administration has also increased the number of Federal universities in Nigeria by 12 as well as completed hundreds of blocks of classrooms in 15 states as part of efforts to meet her Millennium Development Goals.

But the cherry on the education cake is that there has been a 15 percent increase in pass rates in School Leaving examinations in Nigeria in 2012 when compared to the 2011 season an indication that the government’s efforts are succeeding.

And then Mr. Adekoya thoroughly pooh-poohed our health sector which I will admit still needs a lot of improvement, but he did not note the improvements which the Jonathan administration made to what it met on the ground.

For instance, this administration established a National Trauma Center in the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital and the National Hospital Abuja. Mr. Adekoya failed to note recent feats in Nigeria’s health sector such as the commencement of Stem Cell Transplant for sickle cell patients at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital and the Introduction of Laser Treatment of Kidney Stones at Chivar Urological Center, Abuja.

Adekoya may wish to note that Nigeria’s Life Expectancy increased from 47 years to 51 years according to the 2011 Human Development Index of the United Nations. That represented the highest increase for Nigeria since records were kept. If anything puts to lie Adekoya’s assertions on minimal improvements in Nigeria’s health sector under President Jonathan certainly it is this fact.

And then Adekoya’s poison pen wrote that “On security, Jonathan has dithered. Boko Haram, the Islamist terrorist group, has killed thousands on his watch, while he seems unsure whether to use crushing force or grant “amnesty”. It may interest Mr. Adekoya to get the recent statement released by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, (OHCHR), which praised President Jonathan for considering amnesty for Boko Haram.

Yes, it is easy for Adekoya to sit down in London and pontificate, but if he were to see firsthand the sufferings our brothers and sisters in the North face as a result of this sect he would understand that discretion is the better part of valour.

After all, the government of the United Kingdom which almost lost its entire cabinet to the Irish Republican Army (IRA) during the Brighton Bomb incidence of 1984 eventually chose to negotiate with them and today there is peace. All the guns and bombs of the British Army could not defeat the IRA as much as diplomacy and negotiation. Is Adekoya saying that it is good for the U.K. but not for Nigeria?

What I will just say to Mr. Adekoya is that nations progress over time and not over night and it betrays a lack of understanding of Nigeria’s past and how far we have come to score President Jonathan poorly in meeting the needs of the poor. It is not for nothing that Henry Bellingham, a Member of Parliament as well as a member of Mr. Cameron’s administration said “Nigeria is the world’s fourth fastest growing economy”.

You don’t achieve that level of economic progress if you have not made reasonable efforts to better the lot of the masses whose productivity is the reason for such a phenomenal growth!

Thankfully David Cameron gets it and I for one am so glad that he is in charge of affairs in the United Kingdom and certainly won’t fall for the very pedestrian analysis that Mr. Adekoya Adekoya tries to pass off to his British audience as in-depth.

Reno Omokri is Special Assistant to the Nigerian President on New Media.


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/05/president-jonathan-deserves-a-pass-mark/

I wonder whether Kaita at 81 years can be remembered for something significant to his name,other than issuing threats about the disintegration of the country,at his age he should start making his ways with God before his departure, but he is busy meddling into politics that his likes contaminated years ago. As far as i am concern he is just a bigot, must the north always produce the leader of Nigeria?

Right activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana on Monday said the present situation in the country is nothing short of a full blown war.

Falana, who was a guest on Channels Television’s programme, Sunrise Daily, said a situation where a clash between terrorists and security operatives led to the death of over 187 people; where unknown cultist ambush and slaughter over 40 police officers; and where a Supreme Court Judge is presently looking for his wife, child and driver can be nothing short of war.

“There is a war everywhere; that is why as Nigerians, we cannot afford to leave the Federal Government to fight this war; they cannot,” he said.

Falana said though the country is facing a huge war it is ill-prepared to fight.

“These boys have more sophisticated weapon than our armed forces,” he said.

The lawyer said the Federal Government is playing politics with the fight against terrorism by not providing the police with adequate equipment to fight insurgents and criminals.

He said, “A lot of money was budget for security and defence this year, what has happened to the fund if by the middle of May you haven’t passed the budget? It is tantamount to shedding crocodile tears if we simply express regret anytime policemen or soldiers are killed when we didn’t armed them, when we didn’t sufficiently equip them.

“How many of our soldiers and policemen have learnt anything about counter-terrorism? It is a new terrain.

How many of them are trained to fight or participate in guerrilla warfare because that is what is going on.

“Are we saying we are so poor that we cannot acquire helicopters to conduct aerial surveillance on a daily basis in these areas?

“Do you know that the policemen and most of the soldiers sent to combat these boys have no bullet proof? It is that bad. You just simply give them Ak47.”

http://pointblanknews.com/pbn/news/fg-cant-fight-terrorism-alonethis-is-war-says-falana/

Asari Dokubo is just looking for cheap popularity, i am very sure he doesn't mean what saying, i don't how he views Nigeria, Nigeria is not his village that he will just sleep and wake up and expect it to disappear as he is imagining. I think its high time Niger Delta call him to order cos he has misfired enough these few days, i think he needs help.

The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has called on the Boko Haram insurgents to accept the amnesty that may be offered by the Federal Government and stop further spilling of blood and wanton destruction of property.

Addressing the press on Wednesday morning after the National Executive Council meeting which held on Tuesday at the National headquarters of the Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) yesterday in Kaduna, the new Secretary General, Ishaq Oloyede, also called on the Federal Government to call to order those making inflammatory statement on the forth coming 2015 elections.

“The Council calls on the insurgents to accept the amnesty that may be offered by the Federal Government and stop further spilling of blood and wanton destruction of property.

“The Federal Government, should as a matter of urgency, call to order those making inflammatory statements on the forthcoming elections, so that the fragile peace in the country will not be jeopardized.

The Islamic organisation, which is the umbrella group for all Nigerian Muslims, also called for a probe of the Baga killings.

“The Council strongly condemns the Baga and Bama massacre as heinous crimes against humanity, and calls upon the FG to immediately set up a judicial commission of inquiry to ensure that justice is done. The Councils frowns at the continual failure of the state and FG to implement the white paper of their commissions/panels of inquiry on various ethno-religious crises and conflicts in the country.

“The Council calls on the FG to act immediately to restore normalcy and ensure enduring peace and security by re settling and protecting Muslims that have been unjustly displaced in crisis ridden areas including Tafawa Balewa in Bauchi State, scores of villages in Wase local government in Plateau state as well as in Southern Kaduna where Muslims had been massively massacred sequel to the 2011 general elections,” he reiterated.

The communiqué also called on the FG and well-meaning Nigerians to restrain those hell bent on exterminating Muslims in Wukari and Tafawa Balewa, while calling on Muslims to shun corruption and stand up to fight it.

“The Council urges all Nigerians to join hands with the FG and other well-meaning Nigerians regardless of religion or geopolitical affiliations, to fight corruption. The Council states unequivocally that the Hijab is a religious obligation for Muslim ladies, as such; government agencies and private organizations should forthwith stop the harassment and persecution of Muslim ladies on the account of observing it.

“The Council also calls on the FG and particularly the members of its committees on Dialogue and Peace Resolution of the security challenges in the North and the small arms and light weapons, to as a matter of integrity and prosperity, demonstrate the sincerity and commitment on the issue with a view to winning the confidence of all right thinking Nigerians,” he said.

The communiqué also called on Muslims to shun all sorts of divisive tendencies and utterances, while imploring scholars to adopt a good method of preaching in order to foster and promote unity among the Ummah.

The Council also appointed a 13-man electoral college headed by the Shehu of Borno, to consider nominated members and recommend new officers that will fill the vacant positions in the Council.

Those in attendance include principal officers of the Council, leadership of major National Islamic Organizations, delegates from all states of the Federation and Abuja, leading Emirs, Oba’s and Chiefs as well as a cross section of Ulama, Imams and notable Muslims in the country.

http://premiumtimesng.com/news/133284-nigerian-muslims-appeal-to-boko-haram-to-stop-killings-accept-amnesty.html

OP,how can someone who lives in poland know the situation in Nigeria,as far as I am concern people like Adekoya are those who write their reports on hear say to get cheap popularity.

The dimension with which our politics is going its really disturbing, i wonder why our politicians will not play the game according to its rules.

Abeg, we are tired of all thes police lies, I read and got tired without been convinced,Governor Adams Oshimole has alredy said that the police has killed his aide,what else are they telling us?The NPF should just own up their blunders and bury their heads in shame.

OP just a question for the confused Mr Joel Brinkley,Is GEJ the first leader of Nigeria?how many years has he spent on power so far?Nigeria has been ruled by bad leaders for decades and u expect GEJ to turn bad things around within three years,the writer of the article must be dreaming.

Now that information was given to the security agencieswe have seen them in action,I believe that we furnish then will information we will see great results.Well done boys.

OP go and think of something better,u think is easy to become a president of the most populous nation,if u lack what to post think of something better,at least we have someone called President in Nigeria.

Its a wake up call for us all..

As bitter as the truth may sound,our attitude towards security is very poor,just move around the city you are,aliens,strangers will come around and nobody will be bothered, at the end of the day they will come and wreck havoc and go. Imagine the people of Borno and Yobe showing where these terrorists are, by now they would have been history by now.We must accept this truth by the secret police and wake up to our responsibilities cos security is everyone's business.Me i no want die now oh, i am still young

I just stumbled on the interview on my way out, the woman knows what she times is doing, most we criticise govt on security issues not knowing that alot are putting their lives on the line to stabalise this country, one thing that is said that caught my attention is that, Boko Haram has failed,i guess that the truth of the matter is that some evil want this Boko Haram evil to continue, that is why we must all rise against them..

Members of the junior teaching staff of the Nigeria Police Schools in the South West region have sent a Save Our Souls (SOS) message to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) over their condition of service in the last 25 years.
The teaching staff appealed to the police boss in a letter, addressed to him to intervene on the issue, as they were being deprived of promotion for over 25 years now. This development corroborates a report in a national daily in which a police school teacher claimed to have paid N30, 000 for promotion in 24 years. The teachers stated that many of them had worked for over 15 years, on the same level without promotion.


Their letter reads in part: “It is heartbreaking that some of us started on level 6 and retired on the same level while children of our bosses that we taught years ago are being placed over us without recourse to certificate and years of experience”.
They lamented that some of the Force Education Officers (FEO) in charge of the police schools did not help the matter as promotion exercises were carried out on the basis of connection with highly placed officers and people. Besides, the teachers also raised the alarm over spate of bribery and corruption in the system as some of them were catapulted from level 04 to 10, while junior staffs that were not favoured are threatened with severe penalties.

See empty threats, i thought the sect said it can overun Borno State, what are they still waiting for? the JTF is no match for Boko Haram they can only boast on youtube,we must give it to the JTF for doing a wonderful job so far inspite of their frailties.

ITbomb: So what if we organise our own summit and invite any other country except USA , will it affect the price of anything ?
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Just because some food aid dependent countries have been invited to the capitalist lord enclave shouldn't give anyone headache.
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If Obama has anything to say , let him come over here and say it.

There is nothing to benefit from the summit sef,at least we can concentrate on other things..

lacasa: There is an element of truth to this.

#.. After all, GEJ is used to arranging bombings in Abuja and other states **Independence day Bombing*

For thid comment,EL rufai's sickness is better than your own,must u write something if you don't have anything to say?common take another look at the nonsense you wrote u will query yourself.

If that is true,its very clear that GEJ is a president in waiting in 2015,Buhari is always a failure.

oxford: 1. BREAKDOWN OF LAW AND ORDER IN THE NORTH:
Current insecurity in the north will be a child’s play when a northerner becomes the president. This is easy to foresee as the JTF will be withdrawn totally from the north thereby creating a field day for the insurgents. As we all know this has been the desired of prominent northerners including the Sultan, Tambuwal, Borno elders and Elrufai.

2. RENEWED MILITANCY IN THE NIGER DELTA
For the first South- South president to be denied a second term will be interpreted to mean a continuation of the exploitation and injustice that the people of the region have been subjected to by the Nigeria state over the years. Of course the reaction of the youth of the region will be rightly or wrongly, to take up arms against the state. I foresee a scenario of zero oil revenue.

3. POLITICISING OF THE NIGERIAN ARM FORCES
Again we will witness a major retirement and redeployment of all those professionals spearheading the current fight against terrorism. Some of them will even face trails and jail. Outcome of all these will be hard to tell. Only time will tell whether Nigeria can survive the upheaval that will follow or not.

4. COLLAPSE OF THE ECONOMY.
To show that the new government is a “populist” and “a people’s” government new policies will be formulated like the restoration of 100% fuel subsidy, subsidizing of religions pilgrimages, increase in workers’ salaries, increase in allowance for the national assembly for “fighting Jonathan”. Needless to say that the Nigeria economy can’t sustain all these and the next resort will be foreign debt.

5. ABANDONEMENT OF PROJECTS
Most, if not all project current being executed by the FG will become abandoned projects – these will include the privatization of PHCN, new universities, Lagos-Ibadan road, Benin-Ore road, airports remodeling, and all South-South projects. This is to “to punish Jonathan and his boys”

OP your prophesy of doom will not stand the test of time,if GEJ is destined to to be re elected nothing will and can stop,wake from your dreamland and face reality...

Reptyle: Don't just knock people who are asking for amnesty for these criminals....come up with your own brighter idea. People who are championing the call for amnesty are doing so in response to the fact that the Nigerian military does not seem to have a hang of the situation. The nation is immersed in an intractable war in the north and innocent civilians are getting shot and blown to bits by bombs.

As unpalatable as the amnesty option sounds, it seems like the best option open to the government for now.

Why some people like you see Amnesty as the best option,do you think the Boko Haram have any agenda apart from wrecking havoc on innocent people and planning to islamise the the whole north,maybe you have not been following this people,they are hell bent on making this country ungovernable,as far as i am concern the govt has done well in curtailing them if not they would have done worst,we must all rise against them,i am not a pessimist but amnesty is not even an option.

chax100: Thanks so much for this masterpiece. My condolences to the family and friends of the departed. I also bereaved with our Igbo brothers and sisters who have always been at the mercy of BH and JAMBS, therefore making them the 'sacrificial lamb' as well as the 'weeping child.'
My take on this issue is that this attack is a deliberate one and targeted at the Igbos and christians alike. The Northern Governors Forum should be held responsible. It's a glaring conspiracy between some two power blocs- the North and West. While the former has repeatedly dare the Easterners that they are a monopoly of violence by the continual attack on the Easterners, the latter has chosen to maintain a conspiracy of silence and has failed to condemn subsequent attacks.
The northerners are not happy that they are been govern by a Southerner. The Northerners are angry that the president is a christian.
Is Rochas Okorocha an Igbo man? What is Rochas Okorocha take in APC, while Tinubu has for long reached an understanding with Buhari on BH and JAMBS in excluding the Yorubas from attack. Rochas is jumping into murky waters.
Death be not proud! Where is the great Ikemba of Nnewi, the spokesman for the conscience of the Igbo people, the Great Chief Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu? It's true that Ojukwu's shoes are so big that no Igbo man could fit his feet on them.
I call on all meaningful Igbos, the NDIGO, OHANEZE, MOSOB to rise up to the occasion and confront their fears. Enough is enough!!!

My brother i understand your pains at such a time as this,undoubtedly Northern leaders need to do more on this issue,but i wan to assure that even Northeerners are not safe from the evil Boko HARAM sect, the people in Maiduguri and Yobe if not for the intervention of the JTF fall victims to the Boko Haram,the grand design of the Boko Haram is confuse the whole country in a religious war and weaken govt in order to capture some places for vain glory. It is important at this point in time for us to stand together and condemn the Boko Haram and its supporters cos we are all Nigerians.

Do u want the GEJ applaude them for the evil,the act is condemnable terror is global phennmeon,rather than criticising GEJ I think we should condemn the evil blood thirty people who mean nothing good to us.

Demdem: A scumbag is a slang used for contemptible person. On that basis, I agree with El-Rufai. The retardeen is surely a scumbag. Heroes like saro wiwa and the rest of his colleagues haven't been pardoned and yet the retardeen deem it fit to pardon a thief. My President the fool, surely needs his head examined. Now, some osun state indigenes are requesting also for the pardon of Tafa Balogun. After all, he is doing well and great for his community.

people like u that lack respect will always support the wrong course,I have never heard u say anything good abt people,its so sad and pathetic..face it GEJ is still ur president.

What do u expect from a man who is desperate and irrelevant,he said it during the AIT focus Nigeria, that GEJ have not recognise him,I guess its the reason why he must have developed hatred for GEJ.But come to think of it,whether we like it or not GEJ is still our sitting President I can't imagine an American calling a Obama a scumbag,it is degrading and disrespectful,this is beyond the freedom of speech,the largemouthed twitter Mallam must be called to order before he does something worst,I just pity him.