The United Nations has urged the Nigerian government to ensure the sanctity of new dates for its general elections, amid increasing concerns the government may yet again move the crucial polls from March 28 and April 11.
The general elections were shifted from February 14 and 28 by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, over security fears.

Many Nigerians and the international community have urged the government to ensure the polls are not shifted the second time. The main opposition, All Progressives Congress, APC, says the government instigated the first shift to avoid the defeat of President Goodluck Jonathan at the polls.

In a statement Friday, the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, “strongly” urged the Nigerian government and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to respect the new dates and ensure there are no further shifts.
“Following the postponement of general elections in Nigeria to 28 March and 11 April, the Secretary-General strongly urges the Government and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure these new dates are maintained, in accordance with the provisions of the Nigerian Constitution,” a statement by the world body said.
Mr. Ban’s statement came days after the head of INEC, Attahiru Jega, told Nigerian Senators he could not commit to the sanctity of the new dates for the elections, saying that was outside the powers of the electoral body.
Speaking Thursday, President Goodluck Jonathan said the elections will hold as scheduled by INEC.

The United Nations Secretary General, Mr. Ban, welcomed the president’s commitment to the new calendar.
He commended the progress made by INEC in the preparation for the elections, including the distribution of Permanent Voter Cards.

He urged all relevant national institutions to continue to work with INEC to ensure all voters can exercise their constitutional right to participate in the elections freely and without intimidation.

The Secretary-General expressed strong concern over reports of election-related violence.
He urged all political leaders to adhere to their commitments under the Abuja Accord, to refrain from inflammatory statements and to immediately condemn any statements from their supporters that amount to an incitement to violence or subversion of the electoral process.
The Secretary-General reiterated to Nigerians that the United Nations will be closely following developments and is offering its full support to Nigeria at this important moment.



Source:: www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/177266-dont-shift-elections-again-un-tells-nigeria.html

Nigeria has gone a long way

Iwe Irohin was Nigeria's First indigenous Newspaper,
first published 3 December,1859. Yoruba edition =
120 cowries, English = 1penny.

oneeast:
Firstly I am not budda nor odenigbo nor chino. I am oneeast.
what I am doing is a task that must be done am happy each time that task is fulfilled to my satisfaction. Since you useless imo people will not stop then oneeast and insurgents will not stop.

Its fun doing what makes you happy-Sphinx

c d way u just insulted ur fellow igbo state. Eh.....is this how the biafra will look like

Back to the thread

Ngwakwe:
Happy deliberations

what did u do to the thread

So what happen to the thread earlier

They live an upside down life

A childless couple in India has decided to bequeath
their entire property, house, land and bank deposits
to their pet monkey, news reports said on Thursday.
Sabista and Brijesh Srivastava, residents of Rae
Bareli in Uttar Pradesh State, have set up a trust that
would oversee their property after their death.
According to the couple, their main beneficiary will
be their monkey, Chunmun.
The couple was
in the process
of selecting
wildlife
enthusiasts as
members of the
Chunmun Trust,
which would
look after the
welfare of monkeys in India. Sabista Srivastava said
she got her first monkey Tintin from a neighbour
who was maltreating the animal and when she
objected sold it to her. Tintin died soon after and the
Srivastavas bought Chunmun in 2005 and brought
him up in luxury.
According to the report, his room has an air-
conditioner for the summer and a heater in winter.
In 2010, Chunmun was married to Bitti, a female
monkey. “Every year, on the monkeys’ wedding
anniversary, the Srivastavas host a dinner for about
1,000 people and feed wild monkeys in the
neighbourhood. “Ever since Tintin and Chunmun
came into our lives, we have prospered and we feel
it is due to them. “They are our children and it is our
duty to ensure that they are well looked after even
when we are gone,’’ Sabista Srivastava, a lawyer, was
quoted as saying by Asian Age.


Source:: www.vanguardngr.com/2015/02/monkey-set-to-inherit-fortune-from-childless-indian-couple/

Papilo created a record that one is yet to beat in nigeria

truly he is a legend

Olympic Gold medal winner Kanu
arrived at Arsenal in 1999 already boasting an
impressive haul of accolades and trophies. By
the time he left North London five years later,
he had added two Premier League titles and
two FA Cup medals.
But it wasn’t always plain-sailing for the Nigerian
striker.
In 1996, after leading his nation to Olympic glory in
Atlanta, Kanu underwent a medical examination at
Inter Milan — he had moved to the Italian giants
from Dutch outfit Ajax Amsterdam with whom he
won the Champions League — and the result was
harrowing. It was revealed that the marksman was
suffering a serious heart defect, and in November
of that year Kanu had surgery to replace an aortic
valve.
Far from let the adversity get him down, Kanu used
his experience, and already escalating fame in
Africa, to set up the Kanu Heart Foundation, an
organisation that helps predominantly young
people on the continent.
His philanthropic work is just an example of his
human touch. Kanu’s touch was equally good on
the football pitch.
He joined the Gunners in the wake of Nicolas
Anelka’s departure to Real Madrid and, at first,
failed to woo the crowd with his languid
demeanour around the pitch. Soon, though, Kanu’s
attributes became apparent and the cheeky smile
he carried with him throughout won over the
Highbury faithful.
Kanu could operate both as a target man or as a
deep-sitting conductor of play. He had the ability to
bamboozle defenders in the blink of an eye, using
superb close control to wriggle out of tight spots.
He was often the scorer of great goals, too.
His delicious flick-of-the heel goal in a 6-1 rout
against Middlesbrough springs straight to mind, as
does the time in a North London derby when he
scooped the ball over a despairing Luke Young
before emphatically burying the ball beyond Ian
Walker.
However the moment Kanu will best be
remembered for was the mesmeric finale to a 17-
minute hat-trick at Stamford Bridge in 1999. Having
already notched twice to haul Arsenal level with
Chelsea, the Nigerian sealed victory with one of the
finest goals in the history of the Premier League.
He won possession by the left by-line and found
himself faced with, first, an out of position
goalkeeper, then two defenders and a narrowing
angle. Ed de Goey was slithered past with a subtle
shimmy before Kanu unleashed a curling effort
which arrowed into the far top corner.
The points were Arsenal’s and a place in the Club’s
history was Kanu’s.
This list of 50 Gunners Greatest Players was
determined by tens of thousands of Arsenal fans
from across the world. The vote took place on the
Club’s official website from May 5 to 19. To help
prevent multiple voting by a single person, only
registered members of Arsenal.com could take
part.


Source: www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/gunners-greatest-players-13.-kanu

Ahajioku conventional center near completion

Here’s the
news making
headlines out
of Abeokuta
today:
Former
President
Olusegun
Obasanjo on
Monday
frustrated
himself out of
the Peoples
Democratic
Party. Obasanjo to further express his frustration, tore
his PDP membership registration card.
The former president announced to members of the
party from his Ward II in Abeokuta North Local
Government Area of Ogun State,when they visited him
at his Hilltop mansion residence in Abeokuta, the Ogun
State capital.
The Chairman of the party in the ward, Alhaji Usman
Oladunjoye, led the delegation.Obasanjo ordered
Oladunjoye to tear his (Obasanjo’s) PDP membership
card at the meeting. The move according to those who
witnessed the event was hailed with a thunderous
applause.
Obasanjo said he has now become a statesman.He
equally denied the allegation by President Goodluck
Jonathan that he was plotting to head an Interim
National Government, which was the reason advanced
by the administration at the centre for the recent
criticism of the regime by Obasanjo.

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Nairalanders what do you think?

There is little or no doubt that Nigeria remains
a popular nation not just in Africa but in the
world. To me, it is of course, preferable to be
unpopular than to be renown for discreditable
reasons.
Nigeria, a country endowed with immeasurable
human and material resources has been
marginalized and relegated to the bottom owing
to the demonstration of sheer incompetence of her
leaders. With no fear or favour, the greatest of all
the challenges confronting our dear nation is that
of leadership!
The saying, that in the land of the one-eyed, the
two-eyed is not a king but an enemy is better
illustrated with the Nigeria scenario.. Even when
the bible says in the book of John chapter 8 verse
6-New Living Translation " ...He Straightened up,
and said to them, He who is without sin among
you, let him be the first to throw a stone at
her"...John 8 vs 7 KJV -- So when they continued
asking Him " He lifted up Himself, and said unto
them, he that is without sin among you, let him
first cast a stone at her" , in our own land Nigeria,
the sane Sanusi Lamido Sanusi was suspended
based on vague and unproven infractions which
appeal not to the sensibilities of many Nigerians.
The pertinent question that must be asked is, can
'our leaders' give any logical explanation to the
$9.3 Million starched away in a private aircraft to
another man's land purported to be money voted
for the acquisition of ammunition to do God
knows what with? While it is reported that 20
percent of Nigerians feed on less than $1 daily?
(POLL Vanguard 21 May,2013.), definitely, the
$9.3 million and over $20 billion dollars missing
would be of immense contribution if channelled
toward poverty eradication. With the picture of
the two that I have painted, who can be said to be
unaccountable and financially reckless? It's a pity
we don't celebrate legends of rectitude and
fairness anymore.
It is only in Nigeria that a leader can use the
channel of the threat of violent insurgency to
justify misrule, incompetence and insensitivity
without a substantial step taken by his followers
to threaten his position, not even by pronouncing
impeachment. For how long will we endure this?
I have always believed in good governance and I
advocated for good leadership and Nigeria's
development. If Nigeria would be better, it's
definitely not with the leadership style of
someone who seeks four years to exhibit
competence that couldn't have been exhibited for
over six years. Nigerians are not credulous
enough to fall for such laughable persuasion
while our blood is used to lubricate the wheel of
the Abuja-based government. We must at this
point in time leave the fool's paradise.
While good people of Nigeria advocate for good
governance, the Transformation Ambassadors of
Nigeria (TAN) has severally got me staring at my
television in utmost bewilderment, seriously
thinking if I am actually not residing in another
Nigeria after seeing numerous songs and act of
praise for Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. What has
president GEJ done about the good initiative of
Pre adult Affairs Organisation's STUDENTS AND
YOUTH SUPPORT PROGRAM, THE STUDENT
AND YOUTHS RIGHTS AND WELFARE BILL?
Instead of working with creative and great minds/
youths, he surrounded himself with praise singers
who derive pleasure in presenting corrupt
students leaders under the umbrella of National
Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) to
endorse him as their presidential candidate while
Mr. President gave a handsome price of Ten
Million Naira. A fund that was reasonably
suppose to be used for students/youths
development programs and projects was
unanimously shared among the so-called student
leaders. Is this the type of leadership and
management we want in Nigeria?
Transformation Ambassador of Nigeria is a body
proclaiming to uphold One-Vision...... Interesting!
I wouldn't be surprised to see that this group of
greedy campaigners hiding under the cloak of
ambassadorship doesn't literally comprehend
what it means to be transformation ambassadors.
How could you possibly use positivity to solicit
mayhem on your own countrymen? While TAN is
dressing GEJ in a delusion of grandeur, I still
strongly hold my opinion that, another four years
of GEJ leadership is tantamount to eternity in
hell!
If the One-vision being upheld by TAN is to bring
back President Jonathan as our President come
2015, then I have this to say to TAN, devoid of
any political affiliation, influence or partisanship,
but as a concerned citizen with utmost patriotism:
TAN! May your families be transformed just "the
same way" His Excellency President Goodluck
Ebele Jonathan has transformed Nigeria! Did I
hear you say,"Ameeen"?
Nigeria, a country full of sensible, vibrant and
incorruptible youths is pitiably under the control
of a man who sees stealing of public fund as an
"ordinary" act and not corruption. Now, I keep
wondering what a perfect example of corruption
is!
Today, we make loud demands for PEACE. Peace!
Peace!! Peace!!! Peace we call upon! Peace we
need to grow! Peace we seek to live together!
Peace we need here and there! Peace to make us
grow bigger and better!
Peace; a disposition free from stress, war,
insurgencies and anxiety. Nigeria; a nation
bedevilled with several unmentionable atrocities,
abduction, sporadic bombing raids, Child abuse,
assasination, defamatory politicking and
objectionable pronouncements, religious and
tribal discrimination, unaccountability of public
office holders, character assassination among
others, also call for peace insistently and noisily.
So, I must say in essence and substance that Peace
will NEVER reign in my dear country Nigeria if
we don't begin to perceive and tolerate one
another from our areas of convergence as
opposed to our areas of divergence, if we don't
start seeing each other as a unified whole, if our
conscience is still beclouded by tribalism, if the
love of money is chosen over the love for
humanity, if we still outrightly find it hard to
accept that there's is right to religion and most
importantly, if we do not seek a SUDDEN,
RADICAL and COMPLETE change in our
political class and government as a whole-
Revolution!
I hereby call upon the teeming mission-critical
and incorruptible youth of Nigeria to reasonably
support and choose an exemplary leader capable
of imposing standard amidst multitudes and ready
to make Nigeria a world-class nation among her
contemporaries.
After Revolution, Peace then come to stay!
By
Dr. Sandra Chidinma Duru -Eluobi, Executive
Director, PAAO
Director General (DG), Students & Youths
Support Program/Trust Fund

Source: www.nigerianbulletin.com/threads/nigeria-and-a-fading-future-by-dr-sandra-chidinma-duru-eluobi.96200/

Owerri city school

Imo state wu oke mba

They Did Not Give Up so you should not give up your
dreams .
50 famous people who were repeatedly rejected early
in their careers but went on to become household
names...
Albert Einstein
Did not speak until he was 4-years-old and did not read
until he was 7. His parents thought he was "sub-
normal," and one of his teachers described him as
"mentally slow, unsociable, and adrift forever in foolish
dreams." He was expelled from school and was
refused admittance to the Zurich Polytechnic School.
He did eventually learn to speak and read. Even to do a
little math.
Beethoven
Handled the violin awkwardly and preferred playing his
own compositions instead of improving his technique.
His teacher called him "hopeless as a composer." And,
of course, you know that he wrote five of his greatest
symphonies while completely deaf.
Leo Tolstoy
Flunked out of college. He was described as both
"unable and unwilling to learn." No doubt a slow
developer.
Walt Disney
Was fired by a newspaper editor because "he lacked
imagination and had no good ideas." He went bankrupt
several times before he built Disneyland. In fact, the
proposed park was rejected by the city of Anaheim on
the grounds that it would only attract riffraff.
Winston Churchill
Failed sixth grade. He was subsequently defeated in
every election for public office until he became Prime
Minister at the age of 62. He later wrote, "Never give in,
never give in, never, never, never, never - in nothing,
great or small, large or petty - never give in except to
convictions of honor and good sense. Never, Never,
Never, Never give up." (his capitals, mind you)
Thomas Edison
His teachers said he was "too stupid to learn anything."
He was fired from his first two jobs for being "non-
productive." As an inventor, Edison made 1,000
unsuccessful attempts at inventing the light bulb. When
a reporter asked, "How did it feel to fail 1,000 times?"
Edison replied, "I didn’t fail 1,000 times. The light bulb
was an invention with 1,000 steps."
Abraham Lincoln
As a young man went to war a captain and returned a
private. Afterwards, he was a failure as a businessman.
As a lawyer in Springfield, he was too impractical and
temperamental to be a success. He turned to politics
and was defeated in his first try for the legislature,
again defeated in his first attempt to be nominated for
congress, defeated in his application to be
commissioner of the General Land Office, defeated in
the senatorial election of 1854, defeated in his efforts
for the vice-presidency in 1856, and defeated in the
senatorial election of 1858. At about that time, he wrote
in a letter to a friend, "I am now the most miserable
man living. If what I feel were equally distributed to the
whole human family, there would not be one cheerful
face on the earth."
Sigmund Freud
Was booed from the podium when he first presented
his ideas to the scientific community of Europe. He
returned to his office and kept on writing.
Charles Darwin
Gave up a medical career and was told by his father,
"You care for nothing but shooting, dogs and rat
catching." In his autobiography, Darwin wrote, "I was
considered by all my masters and my father, a very
ordinary boy, rather below the common standard of
intellect." Clearly, he evolved.
Vince Lombardi
An expert said of him: "He possesses minimal football
knowledge and lacks motivation." Lombardi would later
write, "It's not whether you get knocked down; it's
whether you get back up."
Babe Ruth
Is famous for his past home run record, but for
decades he also held the record for strikeouts. He hit
714 home runs and struck out 1,330 times in his career
(about which he said, "Every strike brings me closer to
the next home run.". And didn't Mark McGwire break
that strikeout record? (John Wooden once explained
that winners make the most errors.)
Michael Jordan & Bob Cousy
Were each cut from their high school basketball teams.
Jordan once observed, "I've failed over and over again
in my life. That is why I succeed."
Stan Smith
was rejected as a ball boy for a Davis Cup tennis match
because he was "too awkward and clumsy." He went on
to clumsily win Wimbledon and the U. S. Open. And
eight Davis Cups.
Charles Schultz
Had every cartoon he submitted rejected by his high
school yearbook staff. Oh, and Walt Disney wouldn't
hire him.
Fred Astaire
After his first screen test the memo from the testing
director of MGM, dated 1933, read, "Can't act. Can't
sing. Slightly bald. Can dance a little." He kept that
memo over the fire place in his Beverly Hills home.
Astaire once observed that "when you're
experimenting, you have to try so many things before
you choose what you want, that you may go days
getting nothing but exhaustion." And here is the
reward for perseverance: "The higher up you go, the
more mistakes you are allowed. Right at the top, if you
make enough of them, it's considered to be your style."
Sidney Poitier
After his first audition was told by the casting director,
"Why don't you stop wasting people's time and go out
and become a dishwasher or something?" It was at that
moment, recalls Poitier, that he decided to devote his
life to acting.
Lucille Ball
When she began studying to be actress in 1927, she
was told by the head instructor of the John Murray
Anderson Drama School, "Try any other profession."
Jerry Seinfeld
The first time he walked on-stage at a comedy club as a
professional comic, he looked out at the audience,
froze, and forgot the English language. He stumbled
through "a minute-and a half" of material and was
jeered offstage. He returned the following night and
closed his set to wild applause.
Marilyn Monroe
In 1944, Emmeline Snively, director of the Blue Book
Modeling Agency, told modeling hopeful Norma Jean
Baker, "You'd better learn secretarial work or else get
married." I'm sure you know that Norma Jean was
Marilyn Monroe. Now . . . who was Emmeline Snively?
Jeanne Moreau
At the age of 21 was told by a casting director that her
head was too crooked, she wasn't beautiful enough,
and she wasn't photogenic enough to make it in films.
She took a deep breath and said to herself, "Alright,
then, I guess I will have to make it my own way." After
making nearly 100 films her own way, in 1997 she
received the European Film Academy Lifetime
Achievement Award.
Harrison Ford
After his first performance as a hotel bellhop in the
film Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round, the studio vice-
president called him in to his office. "Sit down kid," the
studio head said, "I want to tell you a story. The first
time Tony Curtis was ever in a movie he delivered a
bag of groceries. We took one look at him and knew he
was a movie star." Ford replied, "I thought you were
supposed to think that he was a grocery delivery boy."
The vice president dismissed Ford with "You ain't got it
kid , you ain't got it ... now get out of here."
Michael Caine
His headmaster told him, "You will be a laborer all your
life."
Charlie Chaplin
Was initially rejected by Hollywood studio chiefs
because his pantomime was considered "nonsense."
Enrico Caruso
His music teacher said he had no voice at all and could
not sing. His parents wanted him to become an
engineer.
The Beatles
Were turned down by Decca Records who said "We
don't like their sound. Groups of guitars are on their
way out." After Decca rejected the Beatles, Columbia
records followed suit.
Elvis Presley
Was fired in 1945 by Jimmy Denny, manager of the
Grand Ole Opry, after one performance. He told
Presley, "You ain't goin' nowhere, son. You ought to go
back to drivin' a truck."
The Impressionists
Had to arrange their own art exhibitions because their
works were routinely rejected by the Paris Salon. How
many of you have heard of the Paris Salon?
Picasso
A Paris art dealer refused him shelter when he asked if
he could bring in his paintings from out of the rain.
One hopes that there is justice in this world and that
the art dealer eventually went broke.
Van Gogh
Sold only one painting during his life. And this to the
sister of one of his friends for 400 francs
(approximately $50). This didn't stop him from
completing over 800 paintings.
John Constable
His luminous painting Watermeadows at Salisbury was
dismissed in 1830 by a judge at the Royal Academy as
"a nasty green thing."
Auguste Rodin
His father once said, "I have an idiot for a son."
Described as the worst pupil in the school, he was
rejected three times admittance to the Ecole des
Beaux-Arts. His uncle called him uneducable. Perhaps
this gave him food for thought.
Igor Stravinsky
Was run out of town by an enraged audience and
critics after the first performance of the Rite of Spring.
Louisa May Alcott
The author of 'Little Women' was encouraged to find
work as a servant by her family.
E.E Cummings
15 published rejected his manuscript. When he finally
got it published by his mother, the dedication, printed
in uppercase letters, read WITH NO THANKS TO . . .
followed by the list of publishers who had rejected his
prized offering. Nice going Eddie. Thanks for
illustrating that nobody loses all the time.
Emily Dickinson
Only had seven poems published in her lifetime.
Richard Hooker
21 publishers rejected his humorous war novel,
M*A*S*H. He had worked on it for seven years.
James Joyce
22 publishers rejected 'The Dubliners'.
Dr. Seuss
27 publishers rejected his first book 'To Think That I
Saw It on Mulberry Street'.
Jack London
Received six hundred rejection slips before he sold his
first story.
John Creasey
The English crime novelist got 753 rejection slips
before he published 564 books.
William Saroyan
Accumulated more than a thousand rejections before
he had his first literary piece published.
John Milton
Wrote Paradise Lost 16 years after losing his eyesight.
Gertrude Stein
Submitted poems to editors for nearly 20 years before
one was finally accepted.
Louis Pasteur
Was only a mediocre pupil in undergraduate studies
and ranked 15th out of 22 students in chemistry.
Henry Ford
Failed and went broke five times before he succeeded.
F. W. Woolworth
was not allowed to wait on customers when he worked
in a dry goods store because, his boss said, "he didn't
have enough sense."
R. H. Macy
Failed seven times before his store in New York City
caught on.
Bell Telephone
When struggling to get started, its owners offered all
their rights to Western Union for $100,000. The offer
was disdainfully rejected with the pronouncement,
"What use could this company make of an electrical
toy."
Robert Goddard
Found his ideas bitterly rejected by his scientific peers
on the grounds that rocket propulsion would not work
in the rarefied atmosphere of outer space.

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Father Mbaka Blasts Jonathan Again!This Time his wife,
Dame Patience Jonathan Was Not Spared.(VIDEO)
Following his widely publicised sermon on new year
eve, that tore President Goodluck Jonathan’s policies to
pieces, Rev. Father Ejike Mbaka has been recorded
hitting hard on the president again and this time, his
wife, Dame Patience Jonathan was not spared.
Speaking in both English and Igbo language, Mbaka
dismissed suggestions that he is a two-faced individual
based on the fact that he received the first lady in his
ministry few weeks before his controversial
outburst.Recall that in November 2014, Mbaka
welcomed the First Lady, the Deputy Senate President
Ike Ekweremadu and others to his Enugu parish.
He told ‘Mama Peace’ as the Firstly Lady is popularly
called that her husband had “done well” and deserved
another tenure at the Aso Rock.Mbaka while reacting to
the criticisms, quoted a verse in the bible and gave a
biblical instance where God supported one of his
prophets and later withdrew the support because of
the deeds of the prophet.
He further revealed that when he met both President
Jonathan and his wife, they refused his request to give
him their phone numbers so he could reach them
whenever he has a revelation about them or the
country.He also debunked rumours that he was bribed
by opposition politicians to say out all he did at the new
year eve service saying, “I don’t know Buhari, I have
never met him”

Source: www.biafragalaxynews.com/2015/02/father-mbaka-blasts-jonathan-againthis.html?m=1



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mekaboy:
Muslims in northern Nigeria will soon start burning churches and killing in retaliation.

that cannot happen

Na wetin lack of money dey cause

A massive fire has broken out at an Islamic
center in southeast Houston, Texas ahead of
Friday morning prayers, damaging and destroying
most of the building.
According to officials, an accelerant was used in the
fire that started around 5 a.m. However, the cause of
the fire is still unknown.
The Quba Islamic Institute, which provides services
for about 100 families, was closed when the fire
started and that no one was injured.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has
called for an investigation into whether the fire was
the result of a possible hate crime as fire officials say
the use of accelerant usually points to a purposeful
act.
Ahsan Zahid, assistant Imam at the CAIR, said, "They
(fire fighters) said their dog went through and he hit
on some substances inside the place, and he said,
'From what I see right now at this point, I have to say
it was an incendiary fire which means that it was
started on purpose.' That's all we can go on at this
point. I don't want to speculate."
The fire burnt a back building which was used for
storing books, renovation supplies, and furniture.
"The damage on the back building is total," said
Houston Fire Department district chief Ken Tyner.
"The whole entire building back there is burned up."
Zahid also said that a vandalized, smashed table was
found by fire fighters, noting that the night before the
incident occurred someone had driven by shouting
mocking chants.
In addition, Hala Saadeh, who uses the community
center, says the very first thing that comes to mind is
a “hate crime.”
The incident happened at the time that three young
Muslim students, one male and two female, were
shot dead in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on Tuesday.
Mohammad Abu-Salha, the father of the two female
students, told the crowd during their funereal on
Thursday that they were victims of a hate crime.

Source: www.presstv.ir/Detail/2015/02/14/397507/Suspicious-fire-burns-US-Islamic-center

5)Imo girls college

4)Emekuku ward1

3)New imo state library

2)ICAPS