Crime › Re: Man Bags Life Imprisonment For Raping UNILAG Student, Judge Slams Victim by cocolacec(m): 12:08pm On Apr 06, 2022 |
Rugaria: Life imprisonment for rape!? Is that what the constitution says? Or is our lordship making up the laws as he goes? As heinous as rape is, and I want a severe punishment for offenders, judgement should be based on constitutional dictates applicable to such crime. I think the judge here is simply using his courtroom to vent his frustrations on a stupid offender and that to me is unconditional too.. Punishment for offences is stated in the Criminal/Penal code not Constitution.He was convicted of two offences: rape and armed robbery. |
Politics › Re: El-Rufai To Tinubu: We’re Aware Of Your Presidential Ambition But…… by cocolacec(m): 4:48am On Apr 06, 2022 |
Frigga13: Typical yorub wailing in agony.. Nigerians have all turn to IPOB to yoruba people
Even Masari wife Na IPOB ..
Igbos King of Yoruba people ... they’ve no option than to involve igbos .
Not even elrufia who the look their Yoruba god eye ball to eye ball the whine am..
He go enter his office follow fulani speak Flude while the yorub jonzing god will embark on a long journey back to his cave Mechonu Bini slave. |
Politics › Governor El-rufai Vacated His Official Seat For TINUBU by cocolacec(op): 9:08pm On Apr 05, 2022 |
Governor El-rufai vacated his Official Seat For TINUBU Asiwaju for President.
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Politics › Re: US Increases Oil Imports From Russia by cocolacec(m): 9:39am On Apr 05, 2022 |
Cubeman: Can you see now? I met a moronic Nigerian immigrant in U.S on Facebook telling me Putin should take a rifle and go fight in the war- front if he is really a hero. I simply told him to shut up and study history. Not to sit down in one corner of U.S and say what others are simply saying. U.S lined up other European countries and coerced them into sanctioning Russia while U.S itself goes behind the corridor to purchase crude oil and natural gas from the same Russia then resell to unthinking,silly lackeys. Them go soon say person no dey mess with Russia
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Politics › Re: US Increases Oil Imports From Russia by cocolacec(m): 9:35am On Apr 05, 2022 |
Redoil: lies lies more lies and smear campaign to make the USA a laughing stock If you understand International politics,you will know US is capable of anything to protect its interests. |
Politics › Re: Ramadan: Adeleke Dynasty Shares Rice And Beans Across Osun State (Photos) by cocolacec(m): 10:58pm On Apr 04, 2022 |
GreaterFuture: Adeleke Dynasty?? That's interesting
Pls Who knows this family history, which Nigerian government era/adminstration did they make Money from?? IBB |
Politics › Re: Sit-At-Home: Governor Soludo Attends Monday Prayer by cocolacec(m): 1:02pm On Apr 04, 2022 |
Simon Groundnut is the New Governor General of Anambra. |
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Politics › Tunubu And The Eko Atlantic Project by cocolacec(op): 1:50pm On Apr 02, 2022 |
Odogwu: Why Haters won't Give Credit To Tinubu For $537m New US Consulate In Eko Atlantic(Photos)
If I was a news presenter working for CNN, BBC or any of the big international multimedia agencies this is exactly how I would report the groundbreaking ceremony of a new consulate office constructed at the iconic Eko Atlantic City in Lagos by the American Government.
" The United States Government Authorities against all odds have started the construction of a new consulate office in Nigeria, to be located at the next financial capital of West Africa, Eko Atlantic.
The consulate when completed would be the largest American diplomatic office in the world and would cost a whopping $537m, demonstrating the importance of the relationship between the United States and Nigeria.
According to the Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Consulate General, Victoria Island, Lagos the consulate would directly benefit the Nigerian people, as an estimated $95 million would be invested in the local economy, with the project employing approximately 2,500 Nigerian citizens, including engineers, architects, artisans, construction workers, and administrative staff.
The project however would not have been possible if not for the visionary leadership of former Lagos State Governor, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu who saw the need to develop a new city right out of the ATLANTIC OCEAN."
Gbam, haters would never want to give credit to whom it is due because of their blind hate for a man who was visionary and saw the need to permanently solve the erosion of the one-time bubbling Lagos Bar Beach.
When Tinubu started this under the Lagos State Waterfront and Tourism Development Corporation which was created by the then Lagos State Governor he met stiff opposition from the PDP led Federal Government.
They accused Tinubu of trying to loot the Ecological Account which was saddled with the responsibility of protecting Bar Beach.
Tinubu said," make una keep una money I get big plans". Tinubu then brought all the experts across the globe and started the long journey towards building the Eko Atlantic City.
Eko Atlantic is poised to be the new financial capital of West Africa and would meet the need for financial, commercial, residential, and tourist accommodations, with infrastructure in line with modern and environmental standards.
My people truth no dey break teeth oh, una don see pictures from the City? E b like Dubai oh.
I no go fit dey waste my quality time list the advantages of living or trading in Eko Atlantic, who dey go Dubai suppose know say Eko Atlantic na the next super Dubai of the world.
But election don reach ground now dem wan rubbish Tinubu, say the man too old, e too dis, na thief , na omila everything just because of hate.
Let them bring the saints that are Pius, Holy, Godly, Exalted, Divine, Spotless, Perfect, Sacred and Heavenly and let them show us how they have been able to transform their local government or street in any way.
Shey all those wey dey contest for president don first get one public office or the other? Let them come here and tell us what impact they have made even in their office complex not to talk of their community or state.
I heard some ignoramuses saying Tinubu does not deserve credit for Eko Atlantic and I laughed. Hate can only tear you down and make you physically sick.
Tinubu is the progenitor of modern-day Eko, if you like you accept am or not na your business b dat, the facts are there for all to see.
Anyway come and see awesome pictures of Tinubu at the groundbreaking ceremony of the $537 million American consulates at TINUBU Atlantic, sorry I mean Eko Atlantic.
Tinubu remains the Odogwu of visionary leadership, hate him or love him we are blessed to have such a visionary as one of us.
Remember the slogan, AS E DEY PAIN DEM NA SO E DEY SWEET US.
Eko oni baje o.........o baje ti.
My name na Osigwe Omo-Ikirodah and I am the Principal/Chairman of Bush Radio Academy Source iReporteronline.
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Politics › Edochie Should Quit Acting For Young And Vibrant Actors by cocolacec(op): 11:35am On Apr 02, 2022 |
Edochie is 75 years old and too old and weak to continue acting analogue films.He needs to retire and let fresh,young,vibrant and hardworking actors take over the screens. Who needs old men movies these days? |
Politics › Re: My Opinion On Adeyinka Grandson's Arrest. by cocolacec(m): 11:03am On Apr 02, 2022 |
KosiGee: There are many Igbos who are against Kanu and they always speak out, they call in on his live radio talks and confront him. There are also those who support him. Kanu wants a separate country and he passionately believe in Biafra which a lot of Igbos are against….In all his talks, there is a unifying factor….he talks about and against Fulani herdsmen evil in the south east. I’m not sure there’s any Igbo man who will support the crimes of the herdsmen in Igbo land. Kanu has no love for anyone who oppresses the Igbos.
Adeyinka Grandson’s problem is Igbos, Igbos and Igbos. If Hausa boys fight with Yoruba boys at the parks, Adeyinka would turn it to Yoruba vs Igbo just like many mischievous folks do here. During election time, Adeyinka Grandson would be on his YouTube and other social media channels dishing out hate and provocative nonsense against Igbos.
In all Kanu’s insults and hate speech as you all call it, there are lots of Yoruba people who listen to and seem to support him. Kanu respects Yoruba elders. Igbos love and respect Igboho. He fights for his people and he is the only one who risked his life to physically confront the fulanis causing problem in south west…Yes Igbos love him for that, don’t mind what some idiots post on Nairaland.
Adeyinka Grandson on the other hand is a schizophrenic, paranoid, hateful, cowardly and mentally disturbed fool whose problem is just the name Igbos and the fact that some Igbos are living and working in south west especially Lagos.
Adeyinka Grandson is lucky to get just 4.5 years. He is a lunatic and a coward. Liar.Kanu that asked his minions to kill Yoruba Govnr and our Asiwaju and children.Hypocrisy is in your DNA. |
Politics › Re: 2023 Election: The Only Thing That Can Defeat Tinubu Is Death. by cocolacec(m): 10:51am On Apr 02, 2022 |
Sergio101: Then he will die before November.
As simple as A B C All REGIONAL ASPIRANTS WILL DIE BEFORE OCTOBER 2022.Isee |
Politics › Re: Anyone Comparing Nnamdi Kanu And Adeyinka Grandson Is Ignorant by cocolacec(m): 10:48am On Apr 02, 2022*. Modified: 1:50pm On Apr 02, 2022 |
ResidentSnitch: You? Your own no pass to dey hyperventilate everywhere like a headless chicken, rather than making your point for once like someone that received even an atom of home training. Take a break from Nairaland, your problem too many. Truth is bitter to a fool like you.Hypocrisy is in your DNA painting Kanu like a good person who is not different than Shekau and ISWAP leader rolled in one. |
Politics › Re: Anyone Comparing Nnamdi Kanu And Adeyinka Grandson Is Ignorant by cocolacec(m): 10:05pm On Apr 01, 2022 |
gidgiddy: So they said that Adeyinka Grandson was jailed for inciting racial hatred? What is laughable are the people comparing Kanu to Grandson. I watched a number of Grandsons videos and the difference between him and Kanu is like comparing a motorcyle to a bicycle
Grandson urged Yorubas to kill Igbos, Nnamdi Kanu never urged Igbos to kill any tribe
Grandson called on Yorubas to sieze the properties of Igbos in the South West, Kanu never urged anyone to touch anyones property
Grandson once gave Igbos an ultimatum to leave the South West on a certain date or be dealt with, I cant think of any time Kanu gave any tribe ultimatum to leave the east
Despite Igbos not being in power for over 50 years, Grandson blamed Igbos for the problem of the Yoruba nation
Grandson even went as far as telling Yorubas that Igbos were responsible for all the criminality in Yoruba land.
Adeyinka Grandson was all about hatred for the Igbo tribe, Nnamdi never showed any hatred for any tribe Liar.Mad Kanu who ordered his minions to burn Lagos down,kill Tinubu ,Sanwo Olu and their children.If his minions have done that in Lagos.Nyanmirins for now say madness pass madness.1966 is not 2022/23. Adeyinka Grandson will appeal his case and will be left off the hook.It is only a matter of time. Never compare your Drug addict school drop out,Kanu to an intellectual. Your Kanu saying rubbish about sending yorubas out of their land. https://www.facebook.com/106142284337349/videos/2433045403663919/?extid=2qO6lJPQFXHglzIy&d=nhttps://www.facebook.com/106142284337349/posts/161502885467955/?vh=e&d=n |
Politics › Re: 2023: IBB Supports Concensus Presidential Candidate Option For PDP by cocolacec(m): 3:37pm On Apr 01, 2022 |
PrinceOfLagos: Tinubu has been relegated to the background by Buhari and his men in APC so under which party will Ashiere Tinubu run? Atiku relagated your imbecilic Peter Obi who talk like dindinrin,amukunnmeko. |
Foreign Affairs › Re: US Calls For ‘Strong African Response’ To Russian Aggression by cocolacec(m): 10:09am On Apr 01, 2022 |
Northernblood5:
1. Donation is scam?. They donate to Africa, but the Idiots you guys vote in Stole the money.
2. Exploiting Africans resources? Can you point out any where in Nigeria news that heavy European company was discovered to be mining our resource without the knowledge of the government? Are you guys okay at all?
3. Europeans Invaded Africa quite alright but, in a way it really help countries that really wants to grow. Check your history very well, not only Africans that was invaded and some of those countries that gave in to some Western culture are doing very well today. Don't forget that India was colonized by British. They gave in to Technology, today they are among World powers with Nuclear weapons .
4. Russia may not have colonized any African country, But they are ready to Detonate Massive Nuclear materials that will send civilization away. Infact, materials that will make you wish to be dead due to hunger
5. Yes, we are not Slaves and have power over our decision. Thanks to a white man Abraham Lincoln that outlawed it. Infact, study your history well, WEST AFRICAN CORRUPT CHIEFS kept on selling slaves to Portuguese Marchants until 18th century which is one of the things that led to British invasion. India and those countries having nuclear power are in alliance with Russia except the one in Africa.Have you seen any western African allies have nuclear power? |
Foreign Affairs › Hungary Accused Of Inflating Number Of Ukrainian Arrivals To Seek EU Funds by cocolacec(op): 9:59am On Apr 01, 2022 |
Hungary accused of inflating number of Ukrainian arrivals to seek EU funds Claim 540,000 refugees welcomed ‘misleading’ as most travelling on to other countries, say rights groups Hungary’s far-right government has been accused of inflating the number of Ukrainian refugees it is sheltering as it seeks to secure European funds to finance their welfare. Days before what will be a closely-fought general election against a unified opposition bloc, Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz administration – which has previously trumpeted its hostility to those it considers illegal migrants – claimed it had accepted more refugees fleeing Ukraine than any other neighbouring country after taking Hungary’s population of 9.6 million into account. Zoltan Kovacs, the government’s international spokesperson, said Hungary had welcomed more than 540,000 people escaping the conflict, a figure he said amounted to between five and six refugees for every 100 Hungarian inhabitants. However, the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, a human rights NGO dedicated to helping refugees, called the statistics “misleading” and said most of those arriving subsequently travelled on to other countries. The number of refugees in Hungary was much lower than the official figures, the committee insisted. It also said the Hungarian government had failed to take adequate steps to inform those who had chosen to remain of their right to official protection, and added that Hungarian communication efforts paled beside neighbouring Poland and Slovakia, which has provided online forms to apply for protection. Despite the massive exodus from Ukraine, as of 27 March, according to official figures, only 7,749 people had applied for temporary protected status in Hungary entitling them to social welfare support including housing, the right to work and access to education, as required by an EU decision on how those fleeing the Russian invasion should be treated across the bloc. Márta Pardavi, the Helsinki committee’s co-chair, said the relatively low number of applicants showed many refugees were merely passing through Hungary, while others were having trouble obtaining information about their entitlements. “How many people entered at the border does not mean anything about how many are staying longer than the time it takes to transit Hungary,” she said. “In reality, there are far less Ukrainian refugees staying in Hungary. “In its quest for additional funds from the EU, the Hungarian government uses the most impressive number it can find. However, it has to provide for a far less number in reality since a high number of Ukrainian refugees move on to other countries. “It’s as if you count the number of people who go into a clothes store and then you tell the company owner that this is the number of your customers – but there’s a big gap between the number who walk in and the people who actually buy things. Actually getting protected status is not made easy, you have to queue up at the immigration office and no one has received it yet.” Orban – who has declared that “all those fleeing from Ukraine will find a friend in the Hungarian state” – wrote to the European Commission on 18 March requesting funding from its recovery and resilience facility to help deal with the refugee inflow, which at that point he put at 450,000. No decision has been made on the application. Orban’s government has been in prolonged dispute with the EU over the suspension of funding as punishment for infringements against EU rule of law procedures, with Brussels having already frozen €7bn (£5.9bn) in Covid relief funds for Hungary. Speaking to the Guardian in his office near the Hungarian parliament, Kovacs said he did not know how many refugees were in the country. “Many of them have biometric passports, which means they have visa-free movement within the European Union,” he said. “We can only have a relationship with those who apply for refugee status or asylum.” In addition to those seeking protected status, another 80,000 had applied for 30-day temporary residency permits, he said. Asked to explain the gap between those figures and the much higher number of arrivals, he said: “Many of those who have come from Ukraine are coming with the knowledge that they have relatives, friends, all over Europe and they try to spend some time with them until the war is over. “The Hungarian state is doing everything according to what we have agreed with the united European opinion.” In a later statement, a press release issued by Kovacs’ office said Hungary had provided 5.4m euros (£4.6m) in humanitarian aid within the framework of the Hungary Helps programme, with an additional €8.1m earmarked to support six charities. It said nearly 9,500 refugees were given assistance at an emergency humanitarian transit point set up at Budapest’s BOK stadium and concert hall on Monday, while 758 Ukrainian children have been enrolled in Hungarian schools and individual tutoring is being provided to help with integration. Pardavi said some of those still in Hungary were staying in hotels at their own expense. Many had not applied for EU protected status because they were not aware of it, while those who had made applications have to wait up to 45 days for the process to be completed. In the meantime, welfare is being provided by charities and NGOs, she said. In the Czech Republic – which, unlike Hungary, already had a large prewar Ukrainian expatriate community but no border with Ukraine – authorities have issued more 242,000 temporary visas to refugees and estimate the total number inside the country at 300,000, far below the Hungarian entry figures. More than 240,000 have already registered for Czech state health insurance. The Czech Republic is also seeking European funding to help deal with the crisis. Poland has had £30bn in EU pandemic recovery funding frozen in a long-running dispute over rule of law breaches. But the country’s differences with Brussels have begun to fade into the background as its humanitarian effort to help refugees and expressions of solidarity with Ukraine have earned it plaudits. Poland has so far received more than 2 million people fleeing the conflict in Ukraine and the Polish government has said it will spend €2.2bn this year alone to support them. Warsaw is pressing for the pandemic funding to be released, plus other sources of EU compensation. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/30/hungary-accused-of-inflating-number-of-ukrainian-arrivals-to-seek-eu-fundsMynd44 |
Politics › Re: The Agro-cargo Airport In Ogun State (pix) by cocolacec(m): 10:33pm On Mar 31, 2022 |
Coolsperm: Hope Yoruba Muslims will not use to export mined human skulls, I know why am asking Na Igbo skulls wey no correct we go dey export go ISRAEL.  |
Foreign Affairs › Re: Roubles for Gas Law Signed by cocolacec(m): 6:45pm On Mar 31, 2022*. Modified: 10:28pm On Mar 31, 2022 |
seunny4lif: Whoever came up the Petrol-Ruble deserves Multi awards because Ruble just hit another all time high since last year Ruble trading at 79
Rejection of Russian gas for Austria is now impossible, - the head of the Austrian oil company OMV Na women be the Russian Central bank Governor,We need her in Nigeria to bounce back our Naira.
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Politics › Nnamdi Kanu Buys Presidential Form by cocolacec(op): 6:41pm On Mar 31, 2022 |
Nnamdi Kanu buys President form to contest as “Gorilla” in the Zoo. |
Politics › Re: ₦223 Billion Lagos Consulate Will Be World’s Largest – US by cocolacec(m): 6:36pm On Mar 31, 2022 |
joyla8: Imagine, 223 Billion, when people are suffering Go and collect the money from The Americans. |
Politics › Re: Udom, Wike, Hayatu-deen Swell PDP Presidential Aspirants To 12 by cocolacec(m): 6:18pm On Mar 31, 2022 |
SenatePresdo: BUHARI won't hand over to Tinubu, he said he won't reveal his preferred candidate so that they won't harm him, his preferred candidate is probably a political underdog! God bless the North! God bless Buhari! God punish leaking nyash Tinubu! God punish oloshibanjo! Mumu Buhari’s candidate is Yahya BELLO from phulani source. |
Politics › Re: Udom, Wike, Hayatu-deen Swell PDP Presidential Aspirants To 12 by cocolacec(m): 6:14pm On Mar 31, 2022 |
OkpaNsukkaisBae: Peter Obi never buy form. wonders shall never end. Him dey wait for Athieku VeePee. |
Travel › Re: African Students Refugees Fleeing Ukraine Detained In EU Immigration Facilities by cocolacec(op): 5:48pm On Mar 31, 2022 |
toxtimmy: Ukranians dey flee to better countries... What's wrong if Africans that were living in Ukraine do the same?... Key word is "living", students or whatever as long as they were legally living in Ukraine dey have to go anywhere safe during a war... If they want to come to Nigeria fine, if they want to relax and get their mind and body in a good place based what they have experience, then they have the right to go same places Ukranians when dey flee the war dey go to (my criteria is any country a car can drive to from ukraine is a valid place for any nigerian that was living in ukraine to go to). When the EU woman,Ursula talked about invoking ”mass flight directive” in the EU.She said Foreign students must return home. Mass flight directive is meant for ukrainian citizens and recognised refugees in UKRAINE and family members. |
Travel › Re: African Students Refugees Fleeing Ukraine Detained In EU Immigration Facilities by cocolacec(op): 5:45pm On Mar 31, 2022 |
jeiz333: Why are some Nigerians on this platform so heartless. What do you mean by good for them? Na jealousy of no opportunity to japa det worry them. |
Travel › Re: African Students Refugees Fleeing Ukraine Detained In EU Immigration Facilities by cocolacec(op): 5:42pm On Mar 31, 2022 |
morinto: I don't know how true this news is but I have alot of friends that flee to Germany after the ukraine stuff and was given 3 month residence paper with opportunity to renew after every 3 month and also Germany is paying them 400 euros every month with unlimited hours for them to work Those people have sought asylum.No EU country give residence papers for 3months,minimum 1year,It is aduro card to be renewed every 3 months. Germany pay aduro €400 every month and a right to work same as Sweden with 2,200 SEK($280) monthly |
Travel › Re: African Students Refugees Fleeing Ukraine Detained In EU Immigration Facilities by cocolacec(op): 5:36pm On Mar 31, 2022 |
Emmastan291: What was the basis of the detention? Because they are Africans or They committed crime? Detained for illegal migration.If you are in an EU and you dont seek asylum,you will be detained because it an offence.To be honest Poland hates blacks,Arab and Afghan refugees,I heard Poland and Hungary were building a wall across its border to stop non whites crossing before the Russian invasion. |
Travel › African Students Refugees Fleeing Ukraine Detained In EU Immigration Facilities by cocolacec(op): 3:36pm On Mar 31, 2022 |
Investigation: African students fleeing Vladimir Putin’s invasion disappearing into detention centres
Non-white students who have fled Ukraine have been detained by EU border authorities in what has been condemned as “clearly discriminatory” and “not acceptable”.
An investigation by The Independent, in partnership with Lighthouse Reports and other media partners, reveals that Ukraine residents of African origin who have crossed the border to escape the war have been placed in closed facilities, with some having been there for a number of weeks.
At least four students who have fled Vladimir Putin’s invasion are being held in a long-term holding facility Lesznowola, a village 40km from the Polish capital Warsaw, with little means of communication with the outside world and no legal advice.
One of the students said they were stopped by officials as they crossed the border and were given “no choice” but to sign a document they did not understand before they were then taken to the camp. They do not know how long they will be held there.
A Nigerian man currently detained said he was “scared” about what will happen to him after being held in the facility for more than three weeks.
Polish border police have confirmed that 52 third-country nationals who have fled Ukraine are currently being held in detention facilities in Poland.
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said they were aware of three other facilities in Poland where people non-Ukrainians who have fled the war are being detained.
Separately, a Nigerian student who fled the Russian invasion is understood to have been detained in Estonia after travelling to the country to join relatives, and is now being threatened with deportation.
This is despite a EU protection directive dated 4 March which states that third country nationals studying or working in Ukraine should be admitted to the EU temporarily on humanitarian grounds.
Maria Arena, chair of the EU parliament’s subcommittee on human rights, said: “International students in Ukraine, as well as Ukrainians, are at risk and risking their lives in the country. Detention, deportation or any other measure that does not grant them protection is not acceptable.”
The findings of the investigation, which was carried out in collaboration with Lighhtouse Reports, Spiegal, Mediapart and Radio France, comes after it emerged that scores of Black and Asian refugees fleeing Ukraine were experiencing racial discrimination while trying to make border crossing last month.
‘They took us here to the camp... I’m scared’
Gabriel*, 29, had been studying trade and economics in Kharkov before war broke out. The Nigerian national left the city and arrived at the border on 27 February, where he says his phone was confiscated by Polish border guards and he was given “no option” but to sign a form he did not understand.
“It was written in Polish. I didn’t know what I was signing. I said I wouldn’t sign, but they insisted I signed it and that if not I would go to jail for five months,” he said in a recorded conversation with a Nigerian activist.
The student said he was then taken to court, where there was no interpreter to translate what was being said so that he could understand, and then taken to a detention centre in the small village of Lesznowola.
“It is a closed camp inside a forest,” said Gabriel, speaking from the facility. “There’s no freedom. Some people have been here more than nine months. Some have gone mad. I’m scared.
“We escaped Ukraine very horrible experience, the biggest risk of my life [...] Everything was scary and I thought that was the end of it. And now we are in detention.”
Gabriel said there are at least two other Nigerian students in the camp, along with students from Cameroon, Ghana, the Ivory Coast and French African nations.
Guards at the centre said inmates have their mobile phones confiscated, with only those who have a second sim card given a phone without a camera.
Many can only communicate with the outside world via email – and even this is said to be limited to certain times.
Another individual detained at the centre is Paul, 20, a Cameroonian who had been studying management and language at Agrarian University Bila Tserkva in Kyiv for six months when the war started.
His brother, Victor, who is in Cameroon, said Paul had told him that he had been apprehended while crossing the border and that on 2 March, a Polish judge ordered that he be transferred to Lesznowola detention centre.
“From his explanation, the camp doesn’t seem like one that welcomes people fleeing from the war in Ukraine. It’s a camp that has been existing and has people that came to seek for asylum. No one knows why he is being detained,” he said.
Victor said that Paul was given seven days to appeal the decision to detain him, but that he has been unable to access the internet in order to file the appeal in time.
“Since that day he filed the appeal, police and guards try to restrict them. He used to get five minutes of internet but on that day they stopped letting them use the internet. The phone he used to communicate with me was blocked. Maybe it’s because they realised that the issue was taking on a legal dimension,” he said.
‘He’s not allowed to be in Estonia’
This investigation has also heard reports that a Nigerian student, Reuben, is facing deportation from Estonia after being detained having fled the war in Ukraine.
Prior to his arrival in the eastern European country, 32-year-old Reuben emailed the head of International House, a service centre that helps internationals in Estonia to communicate with the state, explaining that he wanted to join his cousin living in the country.
The head of the organisation Leonardo Ortega responded by letter that he may relocate to Estonia.
Reuben, who attended Bila Tserkva National Agrarian University in Ukraine and is married to a Ukrainian woman, arrived on 9 March through Poland with his cousin Peter.
After being delayed for three hours at the Estonia border, the pair were escorted to a police station, according to Peter, 30, who has an Estonian residency permit. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-refugees-detention-international-students-b2041310.html%3famp
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Foreign Affairs › African Students Fleeing Ukraine Detained In EU Immigration Facilities by cocolacec(op): 3:28pm On Mar 31, 2022 |
Investigation: African students fleeing Vladimir Putin’s invasion disappearing into detention centres Non-white students who have fled Ukraine have been detained by EU border authorities in what has been condemned as “clearly discriminatory” and “not acceptable”. An investigation by The Independent, in partnership with Lighthouse Reports and other media partners, reveals that Ukraine residents of African origin who have crossed the border to escape the war have been placed in closed facilities, with some having been there for a number of weeks. At least four students who have fled Vladimir Putin’s invasion are being held in a long-term holding facility Lesznowola, a village 40km from the Polish capital Warsaw, with little means of communication with the outside world and no legal advice. One of the students said they were stopped by officials as they crossed the border and were given “no choice” but to sign a document they did not understand before they were then taken to the camp. They do not know how long they will be held there. A Nigerian man currently detained said he was “scared” about what will happen to him after being held in the facility for more than three weeks. Polish border police have confirmed that 52 third-country nationals who have fled Ukraine are currently being held in detention facilities in Poland. The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said they were aware of three other facilities in Poland where people non-Ukrainians who have fled the war are being detained. Separately, a Nigerian student who fled the Russian invasion is understood to have been detained in Estonia after travelling to the country to join relatives, and is now being threatened with deportation. This is despite a EU protection directive dated 4 March which states that third country nationals studying or working in Ukraine should be admitted to the EU temporarily on humanitarian grounds. Maria Arena, chair of the EU parliament’s subcommittee on human rights, said: “International students in Ukraine, as well as Ukrainians, are at risk and risking their lives in the country. Detention, deportation or any other measure that does not grant them protection is not acceptable.” The findings of the investigation, which was carried out in collaboration with Lighhtouse Reports, Spiegal, Mediapart and Radio France, comes after it emerged that scores of Black and Asian refugees fleeing Ukraine were experiencing racial discrimination while trying to make border crossing last month. ‘They took us here to the camp... I’m scared’ Gabriel*, 29, had been studying trade and economics in Kharkov before war broke out. The Nigerian national left the city and arrived at the border on 27 February, where he says his phone was confiscated by Polish border guards and he was given “no option” but to sign a form he did not understand. “It was written in Polish. I didn’t know what I was signing. I said I wouldn’t sign, but they insisted I signed it and that if not I would go to jail for five months,” he said in a recorded conversation with a Nigerian activist. The student said he was then taken to court, where there was no interpreter to translate what was being said so that he could understand, and then taken to a detention centre in the small village of Lesznowola. “It is a closed camp inside a forest,” said Gabriel, speaking from the facility. “There’s no freedom. Some people have been here more than nine months. Some have gone mad. I’m scared. “We escaped Ukraine very horrible experience, the biggest risk of my life [...] Everything was scary and I thought that was the end of it. And now we are in detention.” Gabriel said there are at least two other Nigerian students in the camp, along with students from Cameroon, Ghana, the Ivory Coast and French African nations. Guards at the centre said inmates have their mobile phones confiscated, with only those who have a second sim card given a phone without a camera. Many can only communicate with the outside world via email – and even this is said to be limited to certain times. Another individual detained at the centre is Paul, 20, a Cameroonian who had been studying management and language at Agrarian University Bila Tserkva in Kyiv for six months when the war started. His brother, Victor, who is in Cameroon, said Paul had told him that he had been apprehended while crossing the border and that on 2 March, a Polish judge ordered that he be transferred to Lesznowola detention centre. “From his explanation, the camp doesn’t seem like one that welcomes people fleeing from the war in Ukraine. It’s a camp that has been existing and has people that came to seek for asylum. No one knows why he is being detained,” he said. Victor said that Paul was given seven days to appeal the decision to detain him, but that he has been unable to access the internet in order to file the appeal in time. “Since that day he filed the appeal, police and guards try to restrict them. He used to get five minutes of internet but on that day they stopped letting them use the internet. The phone he used to communicate with me was blocked. Maybe it’s because they realised that the issue was taking on a legal dimension,” he said. ‘He’s not allowed to be in Estonia’ This investigation has also heard reports that a Nigerian student, Reuben, is facing deportation from Estonia after being detained having fled the war in Ukraine. Prior to his arrival in the eastern European country, 32-year-old Reuben emailed the head of International House, a service centre that helps internationals in Estonia to communicate with the state, explaining that he wanted to join his cousin living in the country. The head of the organisation Leonardo Ortega responded by letter that he may relocate to Estonia. Reuben, who attended Bila Tserkva National Agrarian University in Ukraine and is married to a Ukrainian woman, arrived on 9 March through Poland with his cousin Peter. After being delayed for three hours at the Estonia border, the pair were escorted to a police station, according to Peter, 30, who has an Estonian residency permit. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-refugees-detention-international-students-b2041310.html%3famp Mynd44
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Mazisimonekpa: “If Buhari wins the coming election, it would take Igbo and the Southeast a minimum of 20 years or more before… producing the President of Nigeria.” Second republic politician, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai, has raised the alarm over the fate of the Igbo in the present political arrangement, expressing fears that the Southeast might be shut out of the presidency for the next 20 to 28 years should Muhammadu Buhari win the forthcoming general elections.
The octogenarian, who wants the people of the region to support the PDP presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, warned that the region may have none to blame, but themselves if they vote otherwise.
The elder statesman also cast a view on the forthcoming general elections, saying that the contest between Atiku and Buhari would be close in the North even as he argued that the President Buhari we have in the Aso Rock is the real Buhari and not a double as have been alleged in some quarters. Excerpts:
Ahead of the 2019 elections, what is your assessment of the political activities across the country?
My general assessment of the 2019 general elections is that it would be something like the 1964 elections, where you had two major groupings, namely UPGA comprising the NCNC, Action Group, NEPU and others and NNA made up of Northern Peoples Congress (NPC), Midwest Democratic Front (MDF) led by James Otobo, Niger Delta Peoples Congress (NDPC) led by the late Chief Dappa Biriye, Chief SLA Akintola’s Nigeria National Democratic Party (NNDP) and some others. This kind of divide is what is going to play out in the general elections. APC and their allies in the Southwest already have their candidate in the person of President Muhammadu Buhari. And the other block is the PDP, which has Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi as their candidates. This is a divide with far reaching implications. Now, if Buhari who is now looking for a second term wins the election, he would complete his second term of four years. Since his running mate is from the Southwest, the natural thing is for APC to nominate his running mate from the Southwest. The candidate of the party would then come from the Southwest, who will naturally nominate his running mate among APC supporters from the North. If they succeed in winning the elections after Buhari, whoever wins the election on APC’s platform would likely run for two terms of eight years. If you put the eight years plus Buhari’s four years, it would amount to 12 years. And that is not all. After the man from the Southwest, it is impossible for somebody on the platform of the APC to aspire to be nominated to contest election from the entire South and, therefore, the candidature would now come back to the North after the Southwest. The North, naturally, with the trend started by Obasanjo, would also like to have two terms of eight years. If you put together that eight years, plus the eight years of the Southwest and the remainder of four years for Buhari’s second tenure, that would be a total of 20 years. That would be the time that it would take for anybody from the Southeast to have an opportunity to become the President of Nigeria, if elected. That is not all. The scenario is that by the time APC candidate from the North has competed his two terms, the slot will not automatically go to the Southeast or Igbo land, it will be available for both the Southeast and South-South geopolitical zones. But if, on the other hand, PDP with Atiku and a running mate from the Southeast in the person of Peter Obi, wins the election next year, they would run the government for a maximum of eight years, that is two successful terms. And after that government of eight years, automatically the shift would go to the Southeast and the possibility is that his running mate, who is from Igbo land and from the Southeast would become the candidate for the position of the President on the ticket of the party. In other words, if Buhari wins the coming election, it would take Igbo and the Southeast a minimum of 20 years or more before they can have the possibility of producing the President of Nigeria. Therefore, PDP’s victory in next year’s elections is the surest way of giving the Igbo man the opportunity to have one of their own becoming the President of Nigeria.
The way you talked, you must have been concerned about something. What are your worries and fears? What is pushing you to go public, at this time, with this kind of insightful political calculation?
My observation is this… you know I was a member of the NPN in the Second Republic. We in the NPN then decided to adopt zoning and rotation for the country in order for power to rotate among both the majority and minority ethnic groups both in the Southern and Northern parts of the country. Had President Shagari completed his two-term tenure, the late Dr Alex Ekwueme or somebody from Igbo land would have become the next President of Nigeria in that succession. That did not happen because of the military take over in 1983. So, the idea behind NPN adopting the concept of rotation is to ensure that every region or sub-region of this country has a taste of the Presidency within the quickest possible time. Now, the Yoruba under Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has had the opportunity to run the country for two consecutive terms of eight years. The South-South has had their opportunity under President Jonathan, but unfortunately, he could not make it because of the stiff resistance from the North on power shift because they believed that Jonathan should have allowed the North to complete the two term tenure of Yar ‘Adua. Now, we are back at it again. My sincere concern is that if it would take 20 years or more for an opportunity to present itself to the Southeast to produce the President of Nigeria, and in my judgment, that would be grossly unfair to the people in the Southeast, because all along, apart from Zik who held the position of ceremonial president and the brief stop by Ironsi, the Southeast has never produced a president for Nigeria from Independence to date. That does not and would not in future augur well for the unity and solidarity of the people of this country. This is my point.
You have spoken well. One thing is to perceive a problem, but another and most important is to find the solution to the perceived problem. What, therefore, do you advise the political elements in the Southeast to do at this point in time to avert your fears?
You earlier asked me about my concern? Didn’t you? My concern is that I have seen some elements in position of influence in Igbo land thinking of their immediate interest rather than the overall interests of the Igbo as a people in Nigeria. Those of them who are complaining that the PDP candidate did not consult them and all that stuff are complaining so that they could draw the attention of the PDP candidate – probably to settle them, failure of which they would support the other side or they would remain aloof, which is the same thing as supporting the other side. This is the reason I am concerned and I feel that Igbo people and their leaders should not sacrifice their overall interests on the altar of their narrow personal ambition or interest.
The EFCC was recently alleged to have frozen some accounts belonging to the vice presidential candidate of the PDP, Peter Obi. What is your reaction to that development?
Although there are speculation that they (EFCC) have denied the report, when I first heard the story, my immediate reaction was that this combination of Atiku and Peter Obi is now making the APC and its presidential candidate quite jittery to the extent that they can see themselves losing the coming election and, therefore, they are becoming more and more desperate. I have held the view all along that the security forces and INEC, whether anybody likes it or not, would like to dance to the tune of the APC and to the tune of President Buhari because to my mind, Buhari has carefully chosen the people who would definitely not go against his interest and put them in positions of authority in our country, including in INEC. I don’t want to deal with individuals, but I know that some of the key figures at INEC are very close to President Buhari; some of them owe a favour to him because he had favoured them before – either by working under him in the PTF or by getting contracts from him under that organization. So, there is a natural feeling on their part to return this favour to Buhari. So, INEC and the some individuals in the security in the country are intentionally or otherwise skewed to support the candidature of President Buhari. If you look at this fact, some of them who have completed their time in the service, have had their tenure of service virtually extended, despite reaching the stipulated retirement age of service as provided by our law. I cannot expect such individuals to become unconcerned on a possibility of their benefactor losing power. They can hardly be neutral in such a situation. The possibility of that type of people becoming neutral in the forthcoming elections is very difficult to imagine.
But do you think that there is anything that can be done to address the issue of neutrality that you have just highlighted? The election is just weeks away?
I don’t know… I don’t know. But the question is why must we not allow the law to take their natural course? Why shouldn’t they be allowed to retire like any other public servant and enjoy the rest of their lives like their likes as stipulated by the law? The aspiration of any employee is to reach the age of retirement so that he can join his loved ones to live in peace and harmony with them without let or hindrance from any unnecessary incumbency.
Of late, your friend, Ango Abdullahi is singing a different tune about Buhari, indicating that himself and his group are not with him anymore. What do you think could have led to the sudden face-off? Is it that Ango didn’t get what he wanted from the administration or he is crusading for the Nigerian people?
Well, Ango has never been my friend. He has been my junior brother. We maintain a very cordial relationship. I don’t know what happened, but I know that Ango Abdullahi and his friend, Sani Zango Daura had been together politically for many, many years. They are age mates and I don’t know whether they went to school together. I don’t know. They came from two different old provinces – Ango from the old Zaria Province while Sani Zango Daura from the old Katsina Province. But they were very intimate friends all along. I have been reading the discordant views that are being expressed by Ango and I take note of it and I feel that even the organization that they formed and are running together from the onset, Northern Elders Forum, is now virtually divided between a group led by Ango, who is the overall chairman and a group led by his deputy, Sani Zango Daura. My belief is that either Ango has genuinely realized the mistake they made in supporting Buhari in 2015 and he is now trying to amend or the way things happened in the administration did not match his expectation. Whichever is the case, I’m not sure, but I know it is one of the two, and things are not the same.
We are faced with one interesting drama, a very funny one indeed. Is there one Buhari? Does Buhari have a double as alleged? What is your reaction?
The way people are doubled in the past is that it is not done permanently. It is only done for an occasion. You find your look-alike, and you keep him for a purpose. When the need arises, you bring him to appear on your behalf. You don’t do it permanently. You do that only occasionally.
I know that the late Fuhrer Adolf Hitler was said to be doing that. So, also the late Saddam Hussain of Iraq was also alleged to have had a double. But such doubles are only used momentarily and only appear for a moment and disappear as soon as the occasion was over. If it is done for a long time someone clever enough would discover the trick. But it is not done continuously. The double doesn’t appear all the time. He only comes out at a particular time when he is needed. The moment he serves that purpose, he goes back to where he belongs. But he cannot be on a permanent basis.
In the light of this background, how do you see this claim of a Buhari’s double?
It was just an academic exercise, a mere academic exercise. The Buhari we have is the real Buhari. I have not seen anything to convince me otherwise. This is not his replica. It is him.
There is a feeling that 2019 presidential election would be mainly a contest between Buhari and Atiku in the North. How do you size the strength of the two leading contestants in the North?
You know that this is an era of hired crowd and all that. So, I do not judge one’s political popularity based on the gatherings that appear at rallies and political occasions. Having said that, let me begin by saying that there are three important factors that helped Buhari in 2015 to win elections that year which would not be the same next year. One is the fact that he was a Moslem and his opponent was a Christian. That played a very important role particular here in the North. This is so when some Imams in their various Mosques, the Friday before the elections, had urged their respective congregations to vote for somebody who would promote interest of their religion. In other words, they were urging the people to vote for Buhari. That is factor number one. Factor number two, Buhari was a Northerner and Jonathan was a Southerner and as I said at the beginning of this interview, Northerners were itching for the North to complete the eight-year tenure of President Umaru Yar’Adua. There were a lot of people in the North who felt the region had been short-changed by Jonathan, and it was a genuine feeling. Number three, there is the factor that the Hausa-Fulani are largest ethnic group in Northern Nigeria and they have their cousins who always think and act together with them on matters of politics and other aspects of life. For instance, the Nupe people, the Igbira people, the Igala people, the Jukum people, the Camba people, Gbagi and many others. They have been together with Hausa-Fulani for 100 years, they intermarry and do things together. These three factors contributed to the success of Buhari in the North in 2015. They are not there anymore. Today, Buhari is Hausa/Fulani, his rival Atiku is Hausa/Fulani. Buhari is from the North, his rival Atiku is from the North. Buhari is a Moslem, his rival, Atiku, is a Moslem. So, the tendency is for the two of them to share the votes cast in the North, maybe somebody would get 55 per cent of these votes while the other would get 45 per cent. But the scenario would certainly not be the same as what happened in 2015. That I am very sure would happen.
Some Northern states with huge population like Kano are more favourably disposed to Buhari. Don’t you think Buhari would take advantage of this, especially when we are already hearing of claims of five million votes and 2.9 million primary election votes in favour of Buhari?
Well, I am basing my political calculation on genuine votes that would be cast by Nigerians, not on rigging or votes that would come from rigging the polls. Honestly, I fear that an attempt at rigging these would be made particularly by those who control power and resources in order win power in the coming elections. But things will not be the same as before.
But do you, like many, smell the possibility of rigging in this election?
I do.
What makes you think this election could be rigged?
Buhari could not have ensured that he has influence in INEC and in the security establishments all for nothing. I don’t know and I am not in his mind to know why he felt the need to retain some people in that area at all costs? But as a human being, I don’t think he was doing all that for nothing.
A few days ago, a number of political parties formed an alliance with the PDP ahead of the polls. Looking at this development, do you expect their alliance to be as successful as the alliance, which was formed against Jonathan in 2015?
I think that most of the parties in Nigeria have no alternative than to support Atiku and the PDP. And this is for two reasons. One, Nigeria has tested Buhari twice and Buhari has nothing to show for it. In his first coming, you cannot remember Buhari for anything apart from his notorious War Against Indiscipline (WAI). Now, he has spent more than three and half years since his election as a civilian president and there is nothing he can show for it except for some developments in dealing with Boko Haram insurgency. Even in that, the general belief is that Boko Haram has only changed their tactics by now turning their guns against the security forces instead of against the civilian population. This can be seen from the casualties inflicted by Boko Haram against the military and the police. He talks of fighting corruption, but ask yourself: How many people have been convicted? How many important personalities? I can only remember just two, Jolly Nyame and Dariye and if you remember well enough, their cases started with Obasanjo and Jonathan administrations. Their cases did not start with Buhari and if Buhari is claiming credit for these cases, he is not being fair.
But since he came to power, yes, he arrested people through EFCC, ICPC and so on, but none of them is convicted. Majority of those arrested are members of opposition parties. And interestingly, if an opposition party member is arrested the day he decamps to the APC, his case would go into limbo. The case of former Senate minority leader is a classical example. He is now a beautiful bride as Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe once said after the 1959 general elections in this country. Apart from that, Buhari administration did not suffer the kind of sabotage, which the Jonathan administration experienced.
Everybody can remember the case of diversion of huge funds approved by President Jonathan for the prosecution of the war against Boko Haram as we now know that was done by some leading members of the military high command like the former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshall Alex Badey and many others and the purchase of unserviceable military equipment which retarded progress in the prosecution of the war against the Boko Haram insurgency. Well, we have only two months to the elections and let us see if some miracles would happen to change the narrative in the management of this country and if any physical change will happen between now and then. But I doubt.
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