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The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has rejected the June 13 date fixed for the National Youth Service Corps 2016/17 Batch A (Stream II) orientation course.
In a statement Thursday, the group said the date coincided with Muslim corps members’ Ramadan fasting.
“It is illegal, unlawful and unconstitutional for NYSC to hold camp at a time when its Muslim members will be deprived of their freedom of worship and the liberty to practice their creed without fear,” MURIC said in the statement issued by its Director, Ishaq Akintola.
“This planned camp is exclusive, discriminatory and parochial.”
The new date was fixed after several postponements and cancellations, prompting rumours that the programme had been scrapped.
But the NYSC in a statement said the date was fixed after President Muhammadu Buhari approved and released funds for the scheme.
The NYSC orientation programme would run from June 13 to June 29 nationwide.
MURIC noted that any Nigerian institution dealing with schedules and programmes is expected to consider the dates and periods of important festivals, rituals and religious practices.

“This should form the core of its logistics. It is our humble opinion that NYSC headquarters has failed in its strategic planning by allowing its next camp to clash with the Ramadan period,” said Mr. Akintola, a professor.
“What happened to 21st May, 2016, which was the date earlier picked for the orientation?
“We do not want to believe that the shift was deliberately planned to coincide with the Ramadan season with a view to excluding prospective Muslim corpers.
“MURIC is not trying to indulge Muslim youths. Fasting is no joke and it certainly cannot be combined with the physical challenges which characterize the NYSC camp.”
The Muslim group also noted that eligible Muslim graduates would want to be part of the service but “the obstacles standing in their way are gargantuan”.
“Firstly, morning drills in NYSC camps are known to be rigorous and the soldiers in charge will not take excuses,” Mr. Akintola said.
“Dehydration sets in later in the day particularly in the hotter regions of Nigeria. Ramadan period is therefore not the best time to hold NYSC orientation camp.
“Secondly, adequate sahuur (early morning meal taken approximately between 4 am and 5.15 am) cannot be guaranteed in the NYSC camp. Neither can the futuur (meal taken at sunset to break fast ) be timely as camp schedules are bound to ignore and subsume this very important period.
“Thirdly, attending orientation camp and partaking in the energy-sapping activities on empty stomach is an indubitable invitation to health crisis. NYSC may therefore be inviting Muslim corpers to step on landmines in the planned orientation camp if it holds as presently scheduled.”
The fourth issue, Mr. Akintola, continued, is the spiritual angle.
Mr. Akintola said fasting is compulsory for every Muslim adult, adding that any obstacle put in the way of Muslims to make it impossible for them to fast is an encroachment on their fundamental human right and a flagrant violation of Nigerian Constitution.
“There is more to Ramadan than ordinary fasting,” he said.
“That is on the surface. The whole month of Ramadan is a period of spiritual dedication. There are so many other spiritual exercises in which Muslims engage, the tafsiir (exegesis of the Qur’an) session, the taraawih (late evening supererogatory prayers) and nawaafil (night supererogatory prayers).
“Only the deep can call to the deep. All these cannot be possible in the NYSC camp.”

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/205027-muslim-group-rejects-new-nysc-date-says-corps-members-fasting.html

gwales:
in terms of social life kaduna is far better and can be at par with southern States, but kano is more developed in terms of Infrastructure. And for insecurity, people easily forget that kaduna have more religious crises than kano and the Rate of kidnapping and robbery is overwhelming. Though your hausa friends may likely be basing their opinion base on social life which kano is conservative with exception of places like sabongari

OK sir.

mrphysics:
Welcome sir. If it's for NYSC, please, the most preferred state is Kaduna. thanks boss

Yea, is for Nysc scheme, that is what everyone is saying o that Kadunna is cool for Nysc yet am learning from you and gwales that Kano is more developed infrastructurally. In fact, i leave it to God, having stayed in Aba with bad infrastructure but large commerce network, i don't want to suffer and smile o. North is my 1st priority for Nysc, I enjoyed Bauchi even with its scarce resource. Is well sir.

mrphysics:
No sir. But when coming to Kano, you will pass through Kaduna. Anyway I don't know what else to say. Until you come and see the beauty of Kano state. The road network itself will shock you. Only then will you be convinced that it's only Lagos and Abuja that you can compare with Kano. I have been to PH, Akwa Ibom, but am sure, Kano is far more developed. Seeing indeed is believing.

I know you are only passing the state, anyway i agree with you that seeing is believing. I hope to come there by November to confirm for myself, thanks friend.

mrphysics:
Guy Kano is better than kadunna in terms of development. You need to see Kano, Kwankwaso did wonders. You can only compare Kano to few states in Nigeria. One thing you should know is that Kano don't care how you rate them.

Hmmmmm, mrphysics i accept your appraisal of Kano social infrastructural development just because you have stayed there, i don't know if you have been to Kadunna, am not saying this categorically because i have not been there myself but from information from my northern friends that have been in the two states and as well my lecturer, a Jos man said the same about Kadunna being the same, this my lecturer have been to all northern states and more than 30 states of the country, i won't forget how he compared the two states before coming to conclusion. Mrphysics, i sell at shopping center Aba and have many northern customers and friends and i have tried to find out from them and to a very large extent, they said Kadunna is far more beautiful than Kano but that Kano is very rich, no wander 80% of them comes from Kano. I have stayed in Bauchi and while there, I asked some of my northern friends and they all said i should not even compare Kadunna beauty with any northern city, not even Jos talk more of Kano. So let me ask you sir, have you stayed in Kadunna?

gwales:
both state are like a home to me and I can tell you kano is far more secure than kaduna. Kaduna is like the kidnapping capital of the north, robbery is on the increase daily and religious and ethnic crises is very rife. The money flow in kano can't be compare with any northern state, likewise development with exception to abuja

Are you saying that Kano is more developed in terms of social amenities, development and security than Kano?
Hmmmmm, i don't know but all my northern friends seem not to agree with you on this o. They said Kano isn't organize like Kadunna, the only good thing about Kano is just business. From what I've gathered, i am imaging Kano to be like Aba and Kadunna to resemble Enugu, just my opinion o.

mrphysics:
Though Kaduna is a Muslim state, it's not as strict as any other northern state. in kaduna you are free to do what you like. it's a modernized city. though Kano is more developed than Kaduna.

OK, thank you though i find it difficult to believe your last statement that Kano is more developed than Kadunna. The only thing i have learnt so far is that Kano is more viable for business than Kadunna.

mrphysics:
Kaduna.

Though they are many companies in Kano and market too. but in terms of what you listed, I think Kaduna is best for you. Kano is cool too just this Hausa people and their wahala.

Thank you sir for your reply, but please can you tell me why many pcm will always prefer Kadunna to any other northern state? I have been trying to figure out but yet don't have a clue as to why Kadunna is better than other northern states. Do you know sir?

Dreamcome2ru:
Bro,you welcome,can't it be discuss in here?

OK, don't worry.

Op well done o, please i want ask between Kano and Kadunna which will you suggest to be better in terms of security, development, social amenities and other good things of life including higher money flow.
Dreamcomtru, if you don't mind i will like to contact you, I like your reactions to sensitive issues.

Bruh, i am the one doing all the whole likes lately for you, dreamcomtru, some of misspricy and other titanium posts. I want to know how old that girl was when you were paroling her cos u stated earlier that you were assigned to Jss classes.

Hmmmmmmm

Lalasticala what are you waiting for to move this info to front page, people needs to read this.

Which kind business that man d do to owe 5 private jets and promising to dash them 40 billion, nawa o. The wealth of Nigeria is richly located in the south but the Northern Oligarchs are the most recipient of ìts yields. Is not fair.

Lol

By Dele Momodu

Fellow Nigerians, I’m back this week to continue where I stopped last week. If you missed the first part, let me summarise quickly. The piece was largely historical as I took the readers on a tour de force of how we arrived at President Muhammadu Buhari, a stone repeatedly rejected but has now become the cornerstone. I concluded that the second coming of President Buhari was a miracle and that the high expectations would naturally place a heavy burden on him.

Without doubt, life has not been rosy for our dear President and Nigerians in the last one year. What Nigerians expected from Buhari was nothing short of a magical revolution that would transform Nigeria, without military power this time around. The joy that heralded his coming was surreal and uncommon. For once, since June 12, 1993, when Chief Moshood Abiola won the most monumental election since our Independence, Nigerians united in celebrating President Buhari’s superlative victory. Everywhere I went, Nigerians were proud that Buhari had won and world leaders saluted our incredible achievement. In Dubai, where I travelled to shortly after the election, taxi drivers congratulated me once they confirmed that I was from Nigeria. The story was virtually the same in London, a city with probably the second largest concentration of Nigerians outside our dear beloved country. Indeed, we never had it so good.

So what seems to have gone wrong and how did we somehow wasted the momentum that was galloping us to prosperity, given where we have now found ourselves? Nigerians expected our President to have spent the transition period to assemble and get his team ready. His economic team was supposed to have been identified and put on notice and standby. We now know that the outgoing Government did not co-operate as fully as it should have done and the President did not have hand over notes on time, according to some impeccable sources.

Once the newly elected representatives of the people got inaugurated, one expected that everything would be smooth sailing, as APC had the majority in both chambers of the National Assembly. However, the election of principal officers of the National Assembly which was meant to be a simple and straight-forward affair since the ruling party had a simple majority already in its kitty turned out to be anything but that. No one anticipated the raging inferno that would erupt from contending ambitions and conflicting egos. The Eighth National Assembly has never known peace since inception and the rest would be history by the time the gladiators finish tearing themselves to pieces in the market place.

The selection, screening and confirmation of Buhari’s cabinet took place at snail-speed. Nigerians mumbled and grumbled like the Biblical Jeremiah about the time it was taking for the President to pick his men and women. It did not seem the President understood that his people are probably the most impatient human beings on earth. Perhaps, he would have jazzed up the tempo and tenor of his administration by announcing his cabinet long before he eventually did.

The steam started cooling down like melting dew and before long the mumbling turned to moaning and grunting. Those of us perceived to be part of the Buhari Movement have not been spared by those who would never see anything good in our President. We’ve been treated scornfully and attacked as those who brought this scourge on Nigeria. All explanations and entreaties have fallen on deaf ears.

The situation was further compounded by the war against corruption which has been waged with religious fervour by the Buhari government. The horrendous stories of stealing in high places are stranger than fiction. All well-meaning Nigerians have been scandalised by the gory tales of brigandage and high larceny that we have been subjected to. Most Nigerians are happy and pray that maybe Buhari would be able to win a war that was apparently responsible for the abrupt termination of his military rule in 1985, during his first coming. Many big personalities have been arrested, detained and prosecuted, though only one case has been concluded and most are yet to be brought to judgment and conviction.

The Judiciary that should be the last bastion of justice and the ultimate hope of the common man has been on trial and ostensibly nailed to the cross. There have been allegations of bribery and bias. Such an important institution has been weakened miserably and how it would wriggle out and cleanse its self-deprecatory mess remains to be seen. The Buhari government does not seem impressed even though it would need a willing and ready partner in the judiciary in its volatile crusade against corruption.

Security remains a huge challenge. Though our irrepressible military appear to be pushing forward in its efforts towards the obliteration of the terror group, Boko Haram, there are still some skirmishes here and there. Kidnapping is back big time. Just days ago, my young cousin, John Fatoye, a fresh graduate was abducted as he boarded a fake taxi and found himself journeying through places that he would never be able to identify since he was blindfolded. He survived by the whiskers as God miraculously touched the hearts of the bandits who dumped him somewhere on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. This has become rampant.

We didn’t hear of the Shiites, New Biafrans, Fulani herdsmen and Niger Delta Avengers this time last year. But these groups have managed to force their ways to the front pages of our newspapers and the forefront of our attention and reckoning because of their agitations and restiveness. The Amnesty Programme that was meticulously put in place by former President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua has virtually collapsed. The Avengers have wreaked unprecedented havoc on our crude oil supplies and operations. It is reckoned that we’ve lost our production capacities by about one million barrels per day at a time we are grappling with abysmally low income from oil.

By far the greatest albatross of the Buhari is the comatose economy. Many are wondering what suddenly happened to the robust and rambunctious economy that was celebrated globally less than three years ago. Our economy under the government of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathain was supposed to have overtaken that of South Africa to become the front leader. It has nosedived to an all-time low in just one year. We have studiously ignored the fact that we’ve catapulted ourselves into recession. That oil prices crashed calamitously when President Buhari took over power and the profligacy and impunity of the previous administration became manifest as there was no money to cover up and paper the cracks that had been obvious to the discerning public.

The truth is thus that the times have not been kind to this administration. President Jonathan had devalued the Naira twice in the space of six months in the last days of his administration. The effect of that devaluation is only just being felt in the course of this Buhari administration because, in the euphoria of the elections, everyone forgot about the economy. The parallel foreign exchange market took on a mind of its own and defied all permutations as speculators held sway. Prices of food and other essentials have gone haywire. In the end the Central Bank had to capitulate to those clamouring for devaluation by recently announcing a flexible exchange policy. This will naturally mean further economic woes for the long-suffering masses of our great country but we must have faith and believe that there is light at the end of the tunnel.

No one is sure if we’ve finally done away with the ubiquitous petrol subsidy or whether there is now deregulation of the petrol pricing regime. Only time will tell. Thank God however that the unbearable queues at petrol stations have disappeared and we pray it is final this time.

Unemployment has become dangerously massive. In fact, we are now rated as the country with the largest army of unemployed youths in the world. And the list of our woes is full and unending.

The regular excuse for the woeful economic quagmire we have found ourselves is that the past governments created this volcanic eruption. While this is a fact, many have argued that the time for buck-passing is far gone because that is the reason Jonathan was sacked by Nigerians.

Where then do we go from here? I shall endeavour to put my humble suggestions forward. I’m aware that some aides might be dissembling to the President and telling him all is well. But Baba, there is fire on the mountain. As one of your foot-soldiers, I remain committed to telling you what the voices on the streets are saying. I will now take the challenges and prospects together, one by one.

The priority of every nation is to build a buoyant economy. Truth is that would be difficult under the current climate. There is too much tension in the land, and the uncertainties can only scare away any investor. For example, foreign airlines are jittery and United Airlines only just announced that it was closing its operations in Nigeria. The almighty British Airways is exploring its options. Even Virgin Atlantic is shedding a few flights on our routes. These are not good signs. We must douse the tension urgently.

The banks are panicky and rocking although we are all afraid to openly say this for fear of precipitating a grand collapse. This probably accounts for all manner of unsavoury charges that are being levied on unsuspecting customers. The Central Bank must intervene and save the already overburdened populate. The manufacturers are angry. They are being ravaged by epileptic power supply and uncertain currency regulations. Every type of power generation must be explored speedily. Ghana has convinced me that this can be fixed quickly as demonstrated by President John Dramani Mahama. This has made most Nigerians living in Ghana very hopeful that Nigeria would break our electricity jinx one day soon. If Mahama can perform such miracle, we too should work harder.

Farmers are being kicked aground as they are overrun either by diseases or murderous herdsmen and their rampaging herds. No one should play politics with lives and livestock. It should not matter that some of the herdsmen are kinsmen of our President. They should be tackled seriously and I’m sure our President would safeguard every Nigerian soul and property. Once the perpetrators know the President is not on their side they will simmer down quickly.

The major bright spot is the war against corruption which the Government is largely seen to be winning. I would like to sound a note of caution though. While it is good to fight corruption, it should be done systematically. Otherwise, what we lose might be bigger than what we gain. I learnt from Chief M.K.O Abiola that there are two ways of shouting Yeee. He said “you can shout YEEE and people will run and you can shout YE-YE-YE and people will dance.

We can investigate and prosecute corruption without employing gestapo style operations. The President must insist on respect for the rule of law. One must never fight illegality with illegality. We must avoid anything that would suggest that enemies are being hounded. No crime could be worse than apartheid yet Dr Nelson Mandela chose peace over crisis. I recommend that corruption can be fought without making it appear like grandstanding. The looted funds will be recovered when a thorough but fair investigation has been carried out. No Nigerian should be detained on experimental basis at this time and age. We should always embrace dialogue as means to conflict resolution. Great Britain, USA, and other European countries sometimes even negotiate with terrorists. Those asking for blood today will sing a different song and tune when tomorrow comes.

We must do everything possible to secure the cooperation of every Nigerian no matter our ethnic, religious and political differences. In this regard, I implore President Buhari to hold steadfast to the notion that nothing should be done to humiliate a man who voluntarily gave up power when he could have opted for bloodshed. I will always admire and appreciate the sacrifice of President Goodluck Jonathan. We should remember that he was the first man from South South to govern Nigeria by divine intervention. He paid dearly for fumbling in power and that is enough punishment. Other leaders who wasted our resources since Independence are roaming around freely. If they cannot be subjected to a similar treatment, then Jonathan should be left to his conscience and should be allowed to enjoy his retirement without harassment. No man is perfect and we should not sow permanent seeds of discord that may eventually ruin our nation. That does not mean looted funds must not be substantially retrieved from all public office holders without fear or favour. Many in all the Political Parties and civil service fall into this category. The pursuit of one man as is now being advocated by some can only be an unwarranted provocation and unnecessary distraction.

It is never a sign of weakness to run away from danger and regroup. It is for this reason that I urge that we must not add the Avengers to our political and economic lexicon. I pray it is not too late. President Yar’Adua did the wisest thing when he drew the embittered militants closer. The people of the Niger Delta have every reason to be bitter. Their representative was sacked and not allowed to return to power. Yet the Asari Dokubos, Tompolos and others left quietly without a conflagration and it was indeed a miracle. We must not go and wake up unnecessary trouble. Our pots are full already.

Nevertheless, the Avengers have no right or justification for the atrocities and crimes they are committing. All they are doing is contributing not only to the economic woes of the country and even the world but more importantly they are destroying the communities they claim they are helping through environmental degradation and economic deprivation. The President must help these communities, and turn them away from the romantic notions spawned by these militants, by giving them a sense of belonging once again!

According to an old British Telecom advert: “It is good to talk…” Our problems are solvable if we embrace dialogue no matter how difficult it seems.

mtcheeeeeeeeew!, how it concern me? am a business man. Ekeoha shopping center, here i come on Monday, Lord i need great sells that day o. Man needs to make more money in this harsh times or extinction awaits thee .

FG appoints DGs for NTA, other related govt parastatals

The Nigerian federal government has announced the appointment of new chief executives for six information-related parastatals under the ministry of information and culture.

President Muhammadu Buhari
The appointments were announced in Abuja on Wednesday, May 25, by Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the minister of information and culture. The appointments take immediate effect.
The new Chief Executives are:
1. Mr. Ishaq Modibo Kawu – Director-General, Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC
2. Mr. Mansur Liman – Director-General, Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN)
3. Mr. Yakubu Mohammed – Director-General, Nigerian Television Authority (NTA)
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4. Dr. Garba Abari, Director-General, National Orientation Agency (NOA)
5. Mr. Bayo Onanuga – Managing Director, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
6. Mr. Osita Okechukwu – Director-General, Voice of Nigeria (VON)
https://www.naij.com/840763-breaking-news-fg-appoints-new-dgs-nan-nta-frcn-nbc-von-noa.html

favome:
kindly give his detail or a means to get across to him, I close to pH.

if you are on whatsapp, let me have your number so as to tell you more about him. I can't just broadcast him on nairaland. The man is my brother's wife elder brother.

Joe Ajaero is a sellout, double-crosser and ignoble leader. , i disapprove this betrayal of Nigerians. He is just an ignoramus.

Every Buhari news portends evil and danger. Lord please fast forward Nigeria to 2019 or evict him with thy mighty power, please Lord! am just tired of this man

Buhari go hear am from Nlc, Omo fear those people o and dialogue with them. I respect that union and hope to be NLC president someday. The worst is this ASUU own, kai!!! those people sabi book and law combined, they are very rigid and mean eh! Ask GEJ what Nasir isa Faggae did to him, o kwetele!

iche ga ihu, ichekwa ga-azu. Who knows, it might be a set up to bewitch or maybe extort from you. am just saying o but if you ask me "run for your life".

iche ga ihu, ichekwa ga-azu. Who knows, it might be a set up to bewitch or maybe extort from you. am just saying o but if you ask me "run for your life".

Hmmmm, please attach your source to this info, abeg

Am seeing this news for the 2nd time. Hope it doesn't appear on the FP. Am just tired of this confused and lying government, man go survive no matter what they throw at us. :-

Rubbish

Accept my sympathies ma, your husband was a good man, certainly better and wiser than Buhari the dullard, but please you shouldn't not blame Nigerians, rather channel it to her leaders and his former aides and friends that did nothing. Nigeria is simply bigger than one man, is not a one man show. The way things are going now, is highly possible that even the tourist master Buhari won't complete his tenure and i bet you, Nigerians will happily thank God and move on. Take solace in the fact that Nigerians attested to the good will of your husband before his death. The feelings CAN'T BE the same with the current president.

Yea that is true, i just remembered the circumstances of your husband death, kai! you didn't act well, you thought that you can scam a whole country including the upper chambers sef with concealing your husband death just for your selfish greed, Haba! you are a BAD woman and to worsen matter, you never apologized but out to paint Nigerians that you tried to decieve as ungrateful, is very very bad. You need change!

Good woman isn't easy to find. is possible you contributed to his death because your actions that time showed you prioritized in just having the glamor of First Lady to your husband health safety.

How old are you sir?
Aren't you old enough to take yourself to the hospital, i don't know what your problem is. Please see a doctor.

op your source?

Apc keep dreaming, is allowed.

mtcheeeew! am tired of all these throw back photos sef.