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The Supreme Council of Elders of Indigenous People Of Biafra has distanced itself from the activities of the Niger Delta Avengers and the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra.

The Deputy Chairman of IPOB’s Supreme Council, Dr. Dozie Ikedife, who made this disclosure at a press conference in Nnewi, Anambra State on Wednesday, said “Preachers of violence might be infants or non-existent during the 30-month Nigerian Civil War.”

The elder statesman was reacting to the claims by some IPOB and MASSOB members that the groups were aligning with the Niger Delta militants as well as other militants in the country.
The IPOB chief said there was no such a thing, adding that he witnessed the Civil War and saw how millions of people, especially from the South-East, were slaughtered and properties destroyed.

The ex-Ohanaeze President said, “The IPOB group I belong to is governed by the Supreme Council of Elders. There is a faction led by Nnamdi Kanu that abuses the elders, preaches violence and ethnic hatred.

“We do not believe in that. The MASSOB led by Ralph Uwazuruike from its inception preaches non-violence based on the philosophy of the late Indian leader, Mahatma Ghandi.

“If the militants have been blowing up pipelines, I don’t see how my group that has been following legal and diplomatic process will align with them. We have quite a different philosophy and modus operandi towards the issue of self-determination.
“The two factions of the IPOB and the two factions of MASSOB are all talking about self-determination of the indigenous people of Biafra. But their approach is not the same.

“The aim may be one but the method differs. We have not and cannot depart from dialogue, legal and diplomatic process and of course you know we are in court with the Federal Government over this issue of self-determination.”

On the prevailing economic hardship in Nigeria, Ikedife said, “It is a worthy sacrifice for the citizen to endure the hard living conditions now and enjoin a better future later.

He added, “I see the current hardship as darkness before the break of the daylight.

“We have now discovered that the economy was so badly managed before now that it requires some efforts, sacrifice and patience to get it right again.”



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The 2016 Batch A, Stream Two Corps members deployed to Kano State on Wednesday embarked on a peaceful protest over the non-payment of their monthly allowances.

The protest disrupted the passing out parade of the Corps members after their three-week long orientation course, as they insisted on collecting their allowances before the commencement of the programme.

However, repeated efforts by the Brigade Commander, as well as security agents to pacify the corps members failed just as they stressed that it is only Kano NYSC that refused to pay their allowances.

According to them, they do not know their fate at the end of the programme, as most of them are due to relocate this Wednesday without any money for their transportation.

Despite the intervention of the Kano State Commissioner of Information, Comrade Mohammed Garba, who represented Kano State Governor, Dr Abduallahi Umar Ganduje, on the occasion, representative of Kano Emirate Council and other dignitaries remained stranded as they failed to calm the corps members.

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In what must be the greatest case of straight-faced wishful thinking since Alan Shearer rallied for the England job, a Florida resident is launching a £7.5 billion lawsuit against Apple for stealing ideas from some of his early nineties drawings.

'Inventor' Thomas S Ross believes that Apple's market-dominating iPhone, iPad and iPod are all based on his very own "Electronic Reading Device", which he designed back in May 1992.

In three original drawings discovered by MacRumours, Ross explains how his device would allow users to "read stories, novels, news articles, as well as look at pictures, watch video presentations, or even movies, on a flat touch-screen that was back-lit."
He also planned to include: "communication functions, such as a phone and a modem, input/output capability, so as to allow the user to write notes, and be capable of storing reading and writing material utilizing internal and external storage media. He also imagined that the device would have batteries and even be equipped with solar panels."
Which begs the question: Apple, where the hell are our solar panels? And quit skimping with the modems.

One potential stumbling block (amongst several bazillion other stumbling blocks) for Ross' lawsuit will be that he never managed to attain a trademark on the idea.

He sent the three drawings over to the US Patent and Trademark Office in 10 September 1992, but wasn't able to pay the registration fees. The application was ultimately abandoned in 1995.

But that hasn't stopped eternal optimist Ross from seeking compensation for "great and irreparable injury that cannot fully be compensated or measured in money".

Except he measured it anyway, to the tune of "no less than $10 billion (£7.5b)" and a royalty of up to 1.5 per cent on Apple's worldwide sale of infringing devices.

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A plus size bride-to-be who was fat shamed for her engagement photos by cruel trolls has had the last laugh by marrying

Mzznaki Tetteh, a nurse from Ghana, walked down the aisle with construction worker Kojo Amoah at the weekend.

Her husband, who goes by the name of A Kojo Prince shared a photo of the newlyweds on Facebook, looking the picture of happiness, which has been liked more than 4,000 times.

Wearing a white birdcage veil and a brocade dress with sheer embellished sleeves, Mzznaki left her hair tumbling around her shoulders in loose curls.

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Raising the alarm on Nigeria’s use of aid funds

The U.K. aid commitment to Nigeria has now ballooned to £860 million directed toward the fight against Boko Haram, but what has Buhari achieved? It’s been two years since British counterterrorism experts, joined by their American counterparts, traveled to Abuja after the Nigerian schoolgirl kidnappings to assist Buhari’s predecessor with plans to defeat the Islamist group. Now, Western officials want an investigation into whether the funds that followed are being diverted toward the suppression of Buhari’s own political opponents; in the year since Buhari took power, a number of the former ruling party’s officials have been imprisoned without charge. The arrests are approved by Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crime Commission, with funding from the very same helpful U.K. agency for development.

American officials are calling it a scandal, and warn that Boko Haram remains unchecked even as Nigeria is becoming a police state and Buhari relentlessly pursues his foes. They may be right, but they’re also complicit in the unfolding catastrophe. Nigeria received nearly $600 million from the United States in 2014, with $8 million of that earmarked for military assistance, putting it among the six African nations listed among the top 10 countries in the world who receive the most direct aid support from the U.S. Worryingly, those already important sums are poised to rise even further after the U.S. government announced it would lift restrictions on weapons sales to Nigeria, despite lingering human rights concerns.

In that fight against Boko Haram, the Nigerian military has abandoned all pretense of protecting human rights. Amnesty International reports that babies and children are dying in detention camps where no proof of Boko Haram affiliation is necessary for authorities to incarcerate thousands of people – of whom an estimated 7,000 have died since 2011.

What the West is actually buying is a humanitarian crisis. More than 2.5 million people have been forced to flee their homes in the north, where incessant fighting has disrupted trade and agriculture, leaving 50,000 people to starve. Meanwhile, security continues to deteriorate in the south, according to the International Crisis Group. Clashes between Nigerian authorities and Biafran separatists at the end of May resulted in deaths in several southeastern cities. Elsewhere, Nigerians say their pleas to end the chronic violence of the Fulani herdsmen fall on deaf ears. New extremist groups are emerging, including the Niger Delta Avengers who claimed six attacks on Nigeria’s crucial oil infrastructure last month. With the slumping oil economy – and the structural industry corruption in Nigeria – the news that ExxonMobil is under investigation for a lucrative deal planned in Nigeria brought even more dismay.

End funding for yet another authoritarian African regime

With no relief in sight, the U.K. has announced an additional £32 million in humanitarian assistance to alleviate the suffering in the northeast – this time, to be funneled through the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross. Still, there are no guarantees that Nigerian officials and local agencies won’t misuse the funds. The Global Fund recently announced it has suspended AIDS funding support after $3.8 million was stolen by Nigerian agency workers, but the far greater loss is to the 1.8 million HIV-positive Nigerians for whom it was earmarked.

The world hoped for better. African development expert Helen Epstein, writing as Buhari took office, said that as long as Buhari honored human rights while ending corruption, Nigeria might reflect a new dawn on a continent scarred by the tyranny of its leaders in the post-colonial era – and, ironically, the Western development aid that “enables African leaders to ignore the demands of their own people, and facilitates the financing of the patronage systems and security machinery that keeps them in power.”

That dawn has not come. More feel-good stories, more money and military aid are destroying Nigeria. So, it appears, is Buhari. It’s time for the West to pull the plug, before its well-intended efforts make another decades-long regime for an African strongman and another opportunity lost to history.

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A former Minister of External Affairs and Vice Chairman of the 2014 National Conference, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, has criticised the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, for referring to delegates at the conference as boys.
Akinyemi also faulted the claim by the SGF in an interview published on Monday that delegates to the conference were paid N7m.
“I have no quarrel with the SGF reiterating the opposition of Government to the 2014 National Conference. But I find the language in which his views are couched to be crude, rude, offensive and unbecoming of the high office of state he occupies,” Akinyemi said in a statement “on the intemperate language” used by the SGF in the interview.
Akinyemi expressed disappointment that the SGF referred to delegates at the conference including traditional rulers and scholars who had served the country excellently as boys.
He said, “He (SGF) referred to the delegates as “boys”, BOYS!!!!!!!!!! Among the delegates are the Emir of Ilorin, the Lamido of Adamawa, King Arfred Diete Spiff, the Gbong Gwom of Jos, Emir of Yauri, Emir of Dutse, Emir of Askira, the Amanyanabo of Nembe, various judges of the High Courts.
“BOYS!!!!!!!!!!!! Delegates included a former Chief of Defence Staff, a former Chief of Air Staff, three former foreign ministers, a former Inspector General of Police, two former Senate Presidents, a former SGF, several former ministers, several SANs, several former Governors, Professors etc. etc. etc. Presiding was a former Chief Justice of Nigeria and a former Minister of External Affairs.”
“My own upbringing and diplomatic and scholar’s disposition will not allow me to yield to the temptation to call Engr Lawal by the name his own choice of words has reduced him to.
“Most of the delegates there were people who had paid their dues, served this country in high and exalted positions, risked their lives in the civil war and other domestic insurrections and showed exceptional excellence in the performance of their duties, obviously more excellence than Engr. Lawal had demonstrated in his one year in office.”
On the claim by the SGF that everybody in the conference committee got N7m, Akinyemi said the SGF could simply have gotten the facts from his office.
“Come on Mr. SGF, grow up. You have been in the office that funded the Conference and you have been there for over a year, and all you need to do is to send for the files to know that what members were paid is much less than N7m per member. You do not have to depend on rumours or “dem say”,” he said.

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A FRENCH presidential candidate has claimed English should be banned as an official EU language after Britain leaves Brussels – despite it being an official language of two other countries in the union.

Jean-Luc Melenchon has said English should not be the third working language of European institutions when the UK decides to leave.

But the language is used in day-to-day business in Brussels and it is an official language in Ireland and Malta.

Winger Melenchon, 64, said: “English can no longer be the third working language of the European parliament.”

And mayor of the French town of Beziers, Robert Menard, tweeted: “The English language is no longer legitimate in Brussels.”

But overbearing EU bureaucracy means English could be phased out anyway.

Danuta Huebner, head of the European Parliament’s Constitutional Affairs Committee, said: “We have a regulation… where every EU country has the right to notify one official language.

“The Irish have notified Gaelic, and the Maltese have notified Maltese, so you have only the UK notifying English.

“If we don’t have the UK, we don’t have English.”

Brussels has 23 official languages, but German, French and English are the top “working” languages used in the Commission and council of ministers.

And English is the most popular foreign language used by MEPs and Brussels officials.

However an EU chief promised English will be maintained as a working language in the 27-nation bloc.

German commissioner Gunther Oettinger said: “We have a series of member states that speak English, and English is the world language which we all accept.”


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The member representing Idah/Ibaji/Igalamela/Odolu/Ofu federal constituency of Kogi State, Hon. Emmanuel Makoji Egwu(PDP) has described President Muhammadu Buhari as the greatest enemy of the Ajaokuta Iron and steel complex in Kogi State.

He said Buhari scuttled the almost completed steel complex when he overthrew former President Shehu Shagari in 984.

In an interview, Egwu said it would have served as Nigeria’s cradle of technological development, but was stopped by Buhari led military administration.

He explained that Buhari was against the steel complex because it was cited in Kogi State, North Central Nigeria.

“Buhari’s problems with Ajaokuta Iron and Steel was because it is situated in the North Central. If it was cited in Sokoto, Kano or Katsina he would have left it the way it is, but being in the middle belt, he was not ready to make the place see the light of the day”, he said.

He accused Buhari of marginalising the people of middle belt, noting that Mr President and other people like him in the core North had taken away identity of the people of middle belt

“I tell you, this same Buhari and far northern elements are‎ marginalising us because we are from the middle belt, they have taken away our identities as people of the middle belt”, he added.

Egwu urged Buhari to show commitment, especially with the opportunity he now had by redeeming his image in completing Ajaokuta Iron and Steel Company unconditionally, noting that such would create jobs for the teeming youths and empower the nation economically.

He further berated the present administration for not getting things right, by coordinating human and materials resources in order to move the nation forward.

According to him, the administration was only pursuing a corrective segment of the economy, thereby leaving other important aspects which had left Nigerians living in tension, fear and hunger.

“If you look at the present administration in the last one year, there was no wholistic approach to governance, they have been pursing a segment of the economy and Nigerians are living in tension and hunger”, he maintained.‎

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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that laws should
not be made to restrict the freedom of worship in the
country.
Osinbajo said this in a keynote address at the “First
National Judicial Roundtable on The Intersection between
Law and Religion’’ at the National Judicial Institute, Abuja
on Monday.
The vice president insisted that in a situation where the
laws were made in line with provisions of the Nigerian
Constitution, such laws must be “reasonably justifiable’’.
He averred that the protection of freedom of worship and
the practice of one’s beliefs was crucial especially in a
democratic society.
“Those laws according to the Nigerian Constitution where
they restrict freedom of worship, must be “reasonably
justifiable” in a democratic society in the interest of
defence, public safety, public order, public morality or
public health.
“Or for the purpose of protecting the rights and freedom
or other persons.
“It is this test that restrictive laws should satisfy every law
that seeks to restrict religious freedom, that is, is this
legislation reasonably justifiable in a democratic society
for the protection of one of the listed public goods?

“The crucial question with respect to such laws is whether
they should be allowed to exercise prior restraint?
“For example should there be licensing of places of
worship or the dissemination of religious information?
“Or should the laws punish offending conduct when it
occurs, such as the dissemination of hate speech?
“Is it reasonably justifiable in a democratic society to make
laws that restrict freedom of speech by the fact that it says
you must seek permission before you can make certain
types of public utterances?’’
Osinbajo noted that prior-restraint “is open to abuse, will
unduly restrict freedom of worship and is probably
unconstitutional’’.
He acknowledged that freedom of speech is not only a
fundamental right (in its own right) but it is also the vehicle
for the realisation of other rights.
He, however, said that the laws must however, be
enforced to punish offensive conduct such as the
dissemination of hate speech or the perpetration of
unlawful acts under the guise of religious beliefs.
The vice president emphasised that courts must be more
careful to maintain their neutrality in the trial of such
matters.
Osinbajo said that there was the need to deal with violent
extremism emanating from religion.
He said the ideology of violent extremism such as that
perpetrated by Boko Haram or ISIL rejects the common
basis for human interaction under domestic laws of most
societies and international law.
“The extremists reject the inalienable freedoms and rights
of others, they reject the known universal mechanisms for
negotiation, compromise, and resolution of differences.
“They seek to impose their world-view by force of terror
on others.
“Consequently there is no reasoning with these groups.
“The rest of society who reject this bloodthirsty approach
to spreading a set of beliefs must be prepared to sustain a
war against extremism which must lead to the military
defeat of its forces but more importantly victory in the
ideological battle.’’
Osinbajo said there is no question at all that there are
important intersections between law as an instrument of
social control and religion especially in so far as it tends to
define moral parameters and borders.
The Administrator of NJI, Justice Roseline Bozimo,
represented by the Institute’s Secretary, Mal. Abubakar
Maidama, said the roundtable was aimed at forging
harmony and eliminating religious extremism.
She said religion ought to be used as a tool for promotion
of societal development rather than violence adding that
both religion and law established standards for
development.
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmud Mohammed,
represented by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, noted that
there was great relationship between religion and law as
most legal systems drew from religious practice.
He said the topic was one that would ensure the peace in
the country and pledged the commitment of the judiciary
to ensure its success.


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Inspector General of Police (IGP) Solomon Arase quits
today. Arase is the 18th indigenous IGP.
He was appointed in April last year by former President
Goodluck Jonathan.
Officers and men of the Force are anxiously awaiting
President Muhammadu Buhari’s choice of successor.
Force spokesperson Olabisi Kolawole said: “The IG’s tenure
will end today and we don’t know who the next IG will be
as I speak.
“Even the IGP does not know but maybe he will know later
today (yesterday) or tomorrow (today) but as we speak
now, we are all in the dark. I am sure we will know
tomorrow and will communicate it to you.”
Arase yesterday decorated four Assistant-Inspectors
General of Police. They are AIGs Tili Abubakar, Opadokun
John, Ogunbayode David and Dorothy Gimba.
Arase urged them to work harder wherever they were
posted to.
He said: “The position you are today requires a lot of
responsibility.’’
Abubakar, who responded for others, promised their
dedication to duty and loyalty to the force.
“We will remain more dedicated and loyal to the police
force.
“We will continue to uphold the good tenets of the Nigeria
police force’’, he said.
He expressed gratitude to the I-G for finding them worthy
for promotion.
Some policemen have expressed displeasure over the
promotion of 14 officers to Deputy Commissioner of Police
(DCP).

Those promoted are: Nkechi Enehikuere; Juliana Abah;
Abdulkadir Jimoh; Garba Baba; Joseph Egbunike; Jonathan
Towuru; Adeleke Bode and Muri Musa.
Others are: Magu Mustafa; Lawal Tanko; Celestine
Eluemelu; Edward Ajogun; Sylvester Alabi and David
Igbodo.
Some of those left out are crying foul over alleged “lack of
due process”
The officers, who are unwilling to give their names, alleged
that with exception of Enehikuere, Abah, Jimoh, Baba and
Egbunike, the PSC left out many senior officers who have
attended and passed their Senior Staff course.
“Because the IGP is going out, he has jumped the gun in
recommending some of his loyalists for promotion, “ an
officer said.
Also yesterday, Arase inaugurated a police officers’ mess
and 35 suites.
Arase said as the head of the force, the welfare of men of
the Nigeria police was his top priority.
“As long as I am the Inspector-General of Police, the
welfare of my men is my number one priority.
“I am very unapologetic about the welfare of police
officers,’’he said.
He said the project would help solve the accommodation
problem being faced by officers when they come to Abuja
on official duty.
DIG Mamman Tsafe, in charge of Logistics and Supply, said
accommodation was a complicated problem for the police.
He said the project would rake in revenue for the force if
its maintenance was sustained.
Tsafe hailed Arase for his vision and commitment to
complete the project started by former Inspector-General
of Police, Ogbonnaya Onovo, in 2009.
Other projects inaugurated by Arase included the
commissioners’ quarters and the police finance building.
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The management Da’ar Communication, owners of African Independent Television and RayPower Fm on Tuesday announced the sack of all the workers of its television station in Benin City, Edo State with immediate effect.

The decision of the management was conveyed in a letter dated 2-6-16 and signed by the Senior Manager in charge of Human Resources, Victor Okasoga.

It would be recalled that the affected workers including reporters, cameramen, presenters and producers had protested three weeks ago over undue delays in payment of their salaries running into a year and six months.

In the letter to the affected staff who are reportedly being owed salaries for about two years, Okasoga revealed that their appointments have been terminated with effect from June 13 2016.

Also the letter directed sacked staff to return all company properties in, “your possession especially your identity cards to the Head of Center.”

“Failure to surrender company properties in your possession may delay the processing of your entitlements.”

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Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, Western Zone Chairman, Mr Freedom Atigbi, has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to dialogue with the Niger Delta Avengers.

He, however, warned against any form of military action as the FG/militants ceasefire was still in effect.

Atigni in a statement, yesterday appealed to the Federal Government to be sincere with its decision to dialogue with the militants and also advised government to engage critical stakeholders to end the menace of attacks rocking the nation’s oil industry.
“Any attempt by government to play politics with this dialogue might only extend the evil days facing the economy, traumatised as a result of government’s inability to face the main issues confronting the region, which has been the case with successive governments, which had opened an opportunity for further agitation in the oil rich Niger Delta region.”

He appealed to Niger Delta Avengers to embrace dialogue as the only true process to end the current hostilities in the oil rich Niger Delta region.

“Roundtable discussion with sincerity of purpose will produce a win-win situation for both parties hence it should be regarded as the best option to be adopted to address the issues that had led to the current hostilities in the region to forestall further attacks on oil facilities in the region.

“Therefore, government should take the process seriously because much more damage had already been done to the environment through oil spills by oil companies and militants’ activities.”
“The current hostilities in the region cannot be separated from the age-long neglect on the path of government for not addressing the principal issues such as true federalism,” he added.

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The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) yesterday elected Supo Ayokunle as its new President.

Mr. Ayokunle, a Reverend, is the current National President of Nigerian Baptist Convention and takes over the CAN leadership from Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor.

The election was conducted at the National Ecumenical Center, Abuja.

At the poll, Mr. Ayokunle defeated his rival, Joseph Otubu of the Motailatu Church Cherubim and Seraphim Movement (MCCSW) with 54 votes to 28.

It was the immediate past President of the body, Mr. Oritsejafor, that announced the result of the election and declared Mr. Ayokunle his successor.

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