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An Igbo Ezue Socio Cultural Association, ISCA, has
dragged President Goodluck Jonathan to court urging
the court to compel him to contest in the next general
election in 2015.
The Chairman of the association Prince Elochukwu
Onyekwere, who addressed journalists in Abuja, said
“the non-partisan association is an umbrella organisation
for the people of the South-East geo political zone and
that they instituted the legal action in the Federal High
Court in Abuja asking the court to order the president to
present himself for a second term election into office in
2015.”
According to him, ICSA will only support President
Jonathan and will not allow any Igboman to contest in the
2015 presidential election because they don’t want
uncompleted projects due to lack of continuity by
successive administrations.
Prince Elochukwu Onyekwere described the G7
governors of the PDP as alleged enemies of democracy,
saying ICSA is a collection of whorthy Igbo people who
had since called for the sacking of the Minster of Aviation
Stella Oduah and corrupt officials.
On the inconclusive Anambra election, he said it is sad
how a single state election could not be completed on
schedule, calling on the people to avoid crisis that may
take the state backward and for INEC to address the
anomalies before any election in the future.

Secular ist,Interested pls,I am based in abuja

New Muslim converts consisting of 17 Igbos, one
Yoruba and a Northern Hausa Christian were
yesterday in Abuja charged to uphold the tenets of
Islam in order not the lose the essence of their
conversion.
The Chief Imam of Abuja National Mosque, Sheik Musa
Muhammed gave the charge while administering the
Oath of Sha’adah on the converts and pronouncing
their newly adopted Muslim names during the weekly
Jumat Khutbah (Sermon).
All the converts were unanimous in affirming to the
beauty of Islam as well as the virtues seen in Muslims.
They told the Imam that they were attracted by such
qualities to Islam.
The new converts also commended the Chairman of the
Council of Village Heads in Imo State, Chief Musa
(Sylvester) O. Dimunah, who accepted Islam in January
this year. They also commended a former secretary of
the council and the executive secretary of Justice
Mamman Nasir’s Islamic Centre for Peace and Research,
Alhaji Ibrahim Biobo Nlomije, who they said facilitated
their conversion.
Alhaji Nlomije said the acceptance of Islam by the newly
converts was an attestation that Islam is not a sectional
religion. He said such conversion attests to the
achievement of the Justice Nasir’s Centre, which among
others, deepens religious tolerance and opens more
opportunities for non-Muslims to embrace Islam.
He also commended the Bauchi, Imo, Abia and Sokoto
state governments for their assistance to the centre.
The new converts from Imo State are Chief Suleiman
Nwachukwu (Udobundu 1 of Ifakala Mbaitoli), Ibrahim
Uchenna Ukah, Muhammad Sani Stanley Uziogwe, Bello
Kelvin Nmadu, Habibullah Kosoro Ofolete, Jamilu Osita
Agocha, Haruna Chichebem Nwabirika, Abdulazeez
Paschal Iroegbulam, Suleiman Ifeanyi Uzoma, Adam
Nduka Nweko, Dawuda Nnaemeka Uzoma, Aliyu Prince
Onyekwume and Musa (Anayo) Adugbaa.
Others are Abdulmalik Bongo Edet (Cross River), Hassan
Babalola Shegun (Ondo), Nasir Peter Ndubisi (Anambra)
and Bashir Prince Dulla (Akwa Ibom).
It will be recalled that Chief Hassan Ikenna Kelechi Amah
and Mr Ahmed Aka Onyero from Owerri, Imo state were
last August convert to Islam.

Fear. Of kwankwaso is the beginning of wisdom. stella want sleep well,she is afraid of Formal NPC boss (festus) treatment!!!!

Written by Chris Agabi
The federal government has given approval for
Emirates Airline to fly directly to the Mallam
Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano and
the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport,
Abuja.
Turkish Airlines was recently given approval to
fly to Kano. Coordinating spokesman of
aviation agencies, Yakubu Dati, confirmed this
yesterday in Lagos.
With the approval, Emirates and Turkish
Airlines will join Middle East Airlines and Egypt
Air to airlift passengers from Kano. Dati
however said while government gave the
approval, it was up to Emirates to determine
when to start services in accordance with its
own logistics.
“You can contact Emirates and confirm. It has
been designated to fly to Kano and Abuja so
the delay in starting the route is not that of
government. There are issues which the airline
must have to consider which include safety
and security, profitability of the route and so
on”, he noted.
Dati said on safety and security, FAAN has
assured the airline and other airlines operating
from the Kano airport that the airport
environment is safe and secure.
He also indicated that government’s objective
is to transform the air transport sector and
make aviation a major revenue earner for
airlines, other investors and government, and
would do whatever possible to enhance
domestic and international airline operations
at the Kano airport. He said Kano being a
major strategic business point for the northern
region, especially in farm produce, is key in
the aviation master plan being driven by the
government.

Where in the North?Rubbish and nonsense journalism.How removal Festus concern North.Jobless set of people

This is a great gift to civil servants of sokoto state.Thanks Wamakko.Then for those who are asking silly question of is too early to pay.The Gov and pple of sokoto are not fools,this is like advance salary it will be deducted in 4 or 5 month.So end of Oct the workers will still get part of their salary minus amount deducted.

Governor Danbaba Suntai
By Joke Kujenya in Staten Island, New York
On the morning of Thursday, August 23, I read online
in some Nigerian dailies that ailing Governor Danbaba
Suntai of Taraba State, would be discharged from Sea
View Hospital Rehabilitation Centre and Home located
in New York, United States of America (USA), and
flown back to the country.
Out of curiosity, the reporter in me searched for the
hospital on Google Search engine.
Promptly, the result showed that Sea View Hospital
Rehabilitation Centre & Home is located on 460 Brielle
Ave, Staten Island, New York, NY 10314, United
States.
Staten Island? I asked myself. With me in Staten
Island, then it’s time to pay Gov. Suntai a familial visit
since we are both from Nigeria.
After consulting the internet for directions and getting
appointment fixed by telephone, I set out on Friday to
meet with ‘His Excellency’ at the hospital.
There, the receptionist, a relatively aged woman,
politely pointed my attention to two Nigerian men
seen leaving the hospital and about to enter a black
sleek SUV, she said that the visiting time was over.
Then, the guard, as he scribbled something on a piece
of paper and handed it to the reporter, added, “Well,
you can come back tomorrow and go directly to the
fifth floor 5-East Wing.” With a thank you, the reporter
left.
On Saturday morning, I left the residence where I was
on vacation as early as 6.55 am to join Bus 40
heading for the St. George Ferry Station by 7am. From
the ferry harbour, I joined Bus 61 up to Manor Avenue
where I was to transfer to Bus 54 for the onward trip
to Brielle Avenue location of Sea View Hospital
Rehabilitation Centre & Home.
Face to face with Suntai
At the hospital, on telling the receptionist that I was
there to pay solidarity visit to “Mr. Danbaba Suntai”, I
was given a red visitor’s tag that bore the date: Aug
24, 2013 above the inscription ‘Date’. With that
empowerment, I located the elevator and pressed the
’5′ button.
On the 5th Floor, visitors are welcome to the Elizabeth
E. Conelly Rehabilitation Gymnasium with a hanging
direction slab pointing visitor’s in two directions
namely: “Sycamore Lane 5East and Sycamore Hill
5West”.
I made for the East which is to the left hand side of
the hall. As demanded, I had to stop by the Medical
Desk to ask for the Gov’s Room no. But the lady I met,
wearing the name tag bearing Dorothy Mointosh-
Waddy, Head Nurse, was busy explaining usage of the
dispensed drug for Gov. Danbaba Suntai.
While waiting, I did a quick look-around. And there, he
was. I got locked in eye contact with the man himself,
Gov. Danbaba Suntai!
He sat on a wheelchair in Room 503 beside his bed
laid in white with three pillows well set aside each
one. The name tag on his room read: Dan Fulani. He
wore a red T-shirt on an off-white pair of trouser. He
also wore a grey coloured sneaker to complete the
outfit. On the table beside his bed was a bouquet of
white flowers laced with colour pink on the edges with
a bold inscription that read: “We love you”. But he did
not utter a word to the reporter neither did he move
his body. He only raised and lowered his head on the
same spot.
On impulse, he looked up and saw the reporter. Then
he locked his eyes on the reporter squeezing his face
probably for a recollection. This lasted for over ten
minutes judging by the clock on the wall. After a
while, he looked away and bowed his head.
The medications
A few minutes later, I concentrated on some of the
medications being prescribed for the man. A few of
those read out: amoxil 4mls 2xdaily, there is another
drug he is to take at 9am daily; there is another one
he is to take every six hours, a liquid medication in a
white container with a few measuring cups and
several others all packed in a big brown envelope with
instruction that everything must be dutifully taken till
August 28th when there would be need for him to
change to ‘his’ earlier medication, according to Head
Nurse Mointosh-Waddy.
As soon as there was a brief pause between the man
carefully packing the medication into the bags and the
head nurse, I asked him if he was a Nigerian. With a
big smile, he responded positively and then asked if
the reporter too is from Nigeria, he got a yes.
Then, the reporter told him that she had come to see
Gov Suntai. Politely, he said he was not the one in
charge of his visitors that his is to see to the
governor’s welfare alone. So, he brought out his
phone and called the security aide to the governor.
When the man, who introduced himself as Joseph, got
to the reporter, she explained her mission and
pleaded for understanding. The first thing he asked
was: “Did you tell them downstairs that you are a
reporter”. The reporter said no, and then added,
“why?”
“I am surprised you could be allowed up here,” Joseph
said with surprise written all over his face.
“And why is that,” the reporter insisted.
“Because a male reporter came here from Manhattan
yesterday, and he was roughly sent out,” he informed.
At that point, I mellowed and said “Okay, Joe, I am
here now, I need to speak with the governor, let us
know the whole story, what actually happened and
several others.”
Joseph said: “I am sorry I am not in the position to
permit such. You will have to go to his brother in
Manhattan who is the only one that approves his
visitors.”
Sea View Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre is located
on a vast expanse of land covered with green lush
grass. The structure itself is located at the extreme
end of the compound.
The reporter then asked for the said brother’s
number, but Joseph still declines saying he is not to
give that to just anyone. At that point, the reporter
asked for Joseph’s numbers. And he gave his USA cell
number as well as his Nigeria’s number.
I then asked Joseph if I could talk to the governor
while they are taking him out of the hospital in his car
on the way home. Joseph blurted, “How can you
assume he is going out of here today? Who told you
that?”
I replied: “It was in the newspapers that his wife said
he would be discharged and taken to Nigeria today
(yesterday) which is why I came so I can talk with him
to get some facts.”
“Is that what you read, okay o. The people that will
come and carry him are still back in Nigeria so I don’t
know what you mean by he is leaving here today. Na
you sabi sha…”
Suddenly, Joseph switched to the security mood and
told the reporter sternly that she has to take her leave
and all the pleasantries petered out. Not even the
reporter’s pleading smiles would soothe him.
He walked the reporter straight to the elevator and
told her to please leave. Surprisingly, one of the
guards on the ground floor, who apparently may have
been watching the reporter and the security man, or
perhaps, heard the conversations, just came out of
the elevator and asked Joseph: “Man, it’s like you
don’t want this woman here?”
Trust Joseph, he just said “Yes, I want her to leave
now.”
So, the guard faced the reporter and asked: “And
Ma’am, why did you jump protocol?”
I responded: “I did not jump protocol because I did not
know there was any. Joseph and I just met for the first
time in our lives. I collected his two phone numbers
barely five minutes ago and he just gave me
guidelines on how to see a man who is a public figure,
a governor in my own country.”
The guard looked at Joseph wanting him to either
validate or refute my explanation. Joseph did the
former and the guard said: “Ma’am, I agree with the
fact that you did not know that you have to get
clearance before you come here. Now that you are
here, I would please like you to take your leave now.”
As the reporter walked away, the guard gave her such
a close marking we almost bumped into each other.
Then on the Ground Floor, he still walked the reporter
to the outer door and firmly cautioned her to please
move far away from the hospital building.
I walked away satisfied that I’d been able to see the
governor, although not able to talk with him.

I dey laf!!! Story story.yaradua part ii,Game continuous

karl max: he can move to apc ,in 2011 election Buhari won the election in sokoto ,so it make no difference to gej's re-election .infact he worked against gej in the Election hence why Buhari won his state.all the northern state governors making noise on the pages of the newspapers ,not one single one of them delivered their state to gej .so they are irrelevant the middlebeltans that voted for him in the north in 2011 has already made it clear that they are not part of the so called north.and they are still behind him. So wamakko can quickly decamp his not needed.
you can type what ever you like in the comfort of your room.2011 Election GEJ has 390,000 Votes in sokoto,courtesy of Wamako rigging.Without Wamako GEJ cant even get 1000 vote in sokoto.Pls don't comment out of ignorance.Please define middle belt.

Rubbish!!! If not bcs of wamako can they even win councillor in sokoto.Make them carry their wahala and Go.The foolish man rigged almost 39o,ooo vote for GEJ in sokoto during 2011 election.GOD has answered our Prayer.Thank GOD they have destroyed themselves

By Dr. Aliyu U. Tilde
The announcement by military spokesman, Brig-Gen. Chris Olukolade, that the President, upon advice from his amnesty committee on Boko Haram, has ordered the release of women and Children of Boko Haram combatants might be applauded in some quarters. His supporters, government officials and the ruling party may see it as a kind gesture and a genuine effort toward reconciliation.
I hold a completely different opinion.
First of all, it is attests to the fact that the Nigerian government has held captive women and children for no offence other than those of their spouses and fathers. If anyone did not believe Boko Haram before or thought that Nigerian authorities have been clean or not in its actions against the insurgents especially under the International law, then he does not need to ponder any further. This evidence is an irrefutable.
The order is a self-confession-to the war crimes that the Jonathan administration committed under International Law. Paragraph 5 of the UN Declaration on the Protection of Women and Children in Emergency and Armed Conflict states:
“All forms of repression and cruel and inhuman treatment of women … including imprisonment, torture, shooting, mass arrests, collective punishment, destruction of dwellings and forcible eviction, committed by belligerents in the course of military operations or in occupied territories shall be considered criminal. “
In the case of the arrests and tortures that have been going on in “Guantanamo” in Damaturu and Giwa Barracks in Maiduguri”, the massacre and arson in Baga, etc, Paragraph 4 of the same statute states:
“All the necessary steps shall be taken to ensure the prohibition of measures such as persecution, torture, punitive measures, degrading treatment and violence, particularly against that part of the civilian population that consists of women …”
The evidence from the testimony of victims and reports from the media and civil society groups are unanimous on the deliberate steps taken by the Nigerian military to violate the above UN provisions.
Nigerians authorities have been more Catholic than the Pope in their war against terror. When the US went after Al-Qaida, not in an instance did it arrest their wives and children.
Perhaps, Nigerian authorities went this far to impress the international community. Unfortunately, it achieved the reverse. These abuses and Baga especially have contributed in no small measure in earning the country the snub it received from the US. Obama, for the second time, has declined to include Nigeria among the countries he will visit in Africa. Reasons? Its good governance and human rights records are appalling, and its performances on transparency and corruption indices are manifestly very poor.
If Northern Elders Forum says that it is taking the Jonathan administration to the ICC for war crimes, I think their lawyers will have a field day.
And if the imprisonment of women and children was done to break Boko Haram, any reasonable mind would predict the it folly: it hardened them, as it would to anyone whose family is incarcerated by his government.
Where is the PhD of Mr. President or the professionalism-that his Chief of Army Staff boasts so much about if both of them cannot even understand and respect the basic provisions of UN charters on human rights?
All said, anyone is free to give the President a pat on the release order. I withhold mine. And I doubt if Boko Haram will be impressed too.
The President, COAS, the JTF commanders in Borno and Yobe, their field commanders and the commanders of the Brigades where the detentions were made, all stand liable under International Law. We hope, one day - no matter how distant, they will be arraigned before the ICC as were other African leaders and commanders who thought they were above the law

Nonsense.who is Tanko sulaiman in sokoto.Rubbish article

Aliyu U. Tilde

The kidnapping of Dr. Shettima Ali Monguno has come as a surprise.
He is one of the foremost elders of Borno. Boko Haram is not known to kidnap their elders. Monguna is not a rich man. Kidnappers will have very little to gain from him. He is not a vocal critic of Boko Haram. There is no way he would have offended them. To the contrary, he is in the forefront among the elders that have been critical of how the federal government has been handling the crisis. Every reasonable person would say that he is, by all criteria, not qualified to be a target of Boko Haram.
The circumstance under which the kidnapping took place therefore needs to be carefully examined. We must not be naïve just to think that Boko Haram needs money so they thought the best person to offer it is an 87-year old. They have kidnapped others before, the government would say.
The world has taken Baga seriously as the government has not succeeded in taking it off the radar of world press and the international community. People are starting to ask whether Dr. Shettima was not simply a victim of a diversionary tactic by government that has never shown sufficient interest to end the crisis? I never thought of it until a caller drew my attention to that angle an hour ago.
In this context Baga too was diversionary, something to prove that Boko Haram is not ready for peace, something that will make the world pessimistic about the success of the amnesty project. However, if it is a drive for pessimism, Baga was as wrong as it was needless. Wrong because it would be callous to kill hundreds of people and burn thousands of their houses simply to prove such a cheap point.
It is needless because there are sufficient indications on ground to prove that the government was never serious about the amnesty in the first place. There are a number of the committee members who are yet to receive their appointment letters. The committee itself is homeless. No secretariat is allocated to it among the millions of buildings belonging to the federal government. Finally, the committee is yet to meet for the first time, weeks after the government has announced its amnesia decision. Do we need more to expose the real intention of this government vis-à-vis the Boko Haram crisis?
The truth is that the generals have never liked the idea of an amnesty. If Boko Haram crisis would finish tomorrow, among other queries, what will happen to the fat security budget?
Baga will not be easily forgotten even if all Borno elders are kidnapped. Those behind the massacre will not escape justice. Unknown to our “professional” soldiers, technology today has made it impossible for anyone to hide evidence of mass crime. The soldiers are busy scaring people away from Baga, as one of its resident said this morning on BBC. But they cannot do it forever. One day, the graves where the missing bodies are dumped will be discovered. Surely. Nigerians will look for them and discover them. This is our country. We know every inch of it. And advancement in forensic science is there to aid us.
Those who took charge of the vacated town after they have rained it with bullets and prevented the world from visiting it for a week will be held responsible. Meanwhile, they can continue to think that the day of reckoning will never come as they enjoy the comfort of their offices and the protection of the troops around them.
But so did other war criminals when they massacred the citizens of Liberia, Bosnia, Rwanda, Congo, etc. Gradually but firmly, however, the long arm of the law reached them. The shell of protection that they enjoyed disappeared and, behold, we saw them docked in The Hague, never to return to their people again. That day is awaiting the commanders that massacred Nigerians at Baga, as it awaits their superiors too.
We will keep pressing until the evidence is gathered. We will keep knocking at the door of justice, until is opened to us. The kidnapping of Dr. Monguno will not divert us.

@Danbuchi and cashio you have excellence defence for massacre committed by army against poor defenceless civilian of baga.clap for yourselves.Hope FGN will use the same excuses at ICC

Baga, Our Military and the ICC
By Dr. Aliyu U. Tilde
After reading many reports and listening to many others on the recent massacre in Baga, I have reached the unavoidable conclusion that even by Nigerian military’s punitive standard, Baga, by its sheer scale of destruction, deserves the intervention of the International Criminal Court. Now is the time if future occurrence is to be prevented. This crisis must also be settled even if only in the interest of the politicians – who have the least respect for our collective good – before 2015. Otherwise, that election year will be a disaster waiting to happen.
Baga must be the last stroke that should break the JTF camel. For the death of just one soldier – and our soldiers often boast in pepper soup joints that they are ready to die when death is not by the corner – over 200 people have been reported killed and 2000 houses were burnt. The figure is bound to rise as the hope of finding alive those missing continues to fade away with the passing hours.
Apart from the scale, there is nothing new in Baga. Human right groups and the international media have since the onset of the Boko Haram insurgency two years ago reported recurrent acts of mass killings of civilians, arson and extrajudicial killings of suspected members of the insurgent sect by the Nigerian military.
The Nigerian military authorities have responded to all the complaints, allegations and reports of these war crimes with a characteristic denial of their occurrence or by downplaying their scale. In Baga, it was not possible to deny the occurrence. Thousands of burnt houses are greeting every visitor. So the Nigerian military, the President and government officials have been overdoing the attempt to get the world to accept a less implicating figure of 36 deaths – in revenge for the death of one soldier.
It took a week after the Tuesday night killings, a visit by the Governor of Borno State on Sunday and a flood of media reports indicting the Nigerian government before the Commander of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MJTF) was, for the first time, ready to face the world, with his conscience probably stained with blood of the innocent, to tell his own version of the story. Though he did not deny the 185 deaths that the local government officials gave before him the previous Sunday when the state governor visited the scene, the implication of conceding such a high figure that was to his attention by pressure from above persuaded him to massively edit the toll to 36 deaths only. Hear him:
“During the encounter, one soldier was killed and five soldiers injured, while 30 Boko Haram terrorists lost their lives with five arrested…six civilians lost their lives and ten others were injured in the encounter.”
Only. Only. Hahahaha…
Okay, okay Mr. Commander. You mean all the killings were done by Nigerian soldiers, except the single soldier killed by Boko Haram and the five under dispute over the identity of the killers? Are Boko Haram becoming more humane than the Nigerian military in the battlefield? Were these the same Boko Haram you claimed “came out with heavy firepower, including rocket-propelled grenades, which caused conflagration effect”, yet unable to cause massive deaths?
So Boko Haram’s heavy firepower did not kill any Nigerian soldier apart from the initial officer, nor did it kill more than two or three civilians, but their “rocket propelled grenade bombs, anti-aircraft guns and sophisticated IED materials…triggered fire to (only) 30 thatched houses…”
Mhmm. But the pictures shown in the media were clearly not of thatched houses. Thatch houses in this part of the country are made of mud. And their figure was not 30; otherwise, the Borno State government since would have completed their repair since. The Red Cross, I believe, gave a more honest figure, through the BBC: “about 2000 houses have been burnt down in Baga.” Well the houses are there for people to count.
The Director of Defence Information, Brig. Chris Olukolade, has not been doing a clean job in his effort to downplay the death figures. After a visit to Baga along with some other senior military officers, he said that there was no mass grave in the area – as if very 200 deaths must be buried in a mass grave! We have seen many conflicts in Nigeria in which thousands of people were killed, but no mass graves were discovered. I do not know if the military delegation has seen the graves of even the 36 people killed as reported by the MJTF.
Olukolade did not report that. May be he did not see them. And he was mistaking the reply of the district head when the latter said he did not know the number of dead people to mean that the death toll was not up to 200. So all the victims in the camps and local government officials connived, for the sake of relief materials, to hike the number of casualties, as Olukolade charged?
Now let us move to the big question: Why did Nigerian military authorities prevent journalists, activists and even relief organizations from reaching Baga for over a week after the incidence if their hands were clean? Were they afraid that the “ghost” Boko Haram would kill such visitors? Something is amiss, as this question has practically proved impossible for the Nigerian military to answer.
This massacre was not the first and it will not be the last, from all indications. If the MJTF is determined in “routing out Boko Haram terrorists from their base”, to borrow the words of Olukolade, then the world must be ready to receive more agonizing stories of massacres in seven local governments of Borno North which are literally occupied by Boko Haram. The Nigerian military has been consistent in the way it treats civilians in this conflict: kill one soldier and we will eagerly and swiftly respond in three ways: we kill many Nigerians, burn their houses and deny any culpability or downplay the scale of our destruction.
This is a classical case for the ICC to intervene in. The killings must neither continue nor go unpunished. The international community has treated Nigeria with kid’s glove on issues of war crimes and related matters. And any time it is caught in the act, it would tender an apology to the UN and promise investigations.But no investigation by this administration has ever been useful. Unless a strong signal is sent to one of the most corrupt regimes on earth, it will continue to celebrate the impunity it has exhibited since the beginning of the crises.
The intervention of the ICC now will also save Nigeria a lot before 2015. Without it, this conflict will certainly escalate into something that will not be desirable to the politicians, especially members of the ruling PDP. This conclusion has not escaped my mind few hours ago as I watched Aljazeera report of how the Taliban has been bombing the campaign rallies of the Pakistani ruling party and its coalition partners.
Remember the first name that Boko Haram called itself was Nigerian Taliban. I have no doubt that Boko Haram will borrow a leaf from the Taliban, as they have been doing, and 2015 will be a difficult year not only for us, the civilians whose life mean nothing to the President, but also for the politicians that think they can continue to use the military for their ends. That day, the rich will also cry

A militant group, Jama’atu Ansarul Muslimina fi Biladissudan (JAMBS), which has claimed responsibility for kidnapping of some foreigners and attack on security forces yesterday issued a warning to members of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) over their threats to attack mosques and Islamic institutions, saying any such attacks will not be taken lightly.
MEND had on Monday threatened to start attacking mosques, hajj camps, Islamic congregations and Muslim clerics from May 31, “in defence of Christianity” from annihilation by Boko Haram sect.
But in a statement sent to media houses yesterday, Ansaru said it was shocked by the statement from the Niger Delta militants.
Ansaru faulted MEND’s justification for the planned attack on Muslims, saying Boko Haram’s attacks on Christians’ places of worships were equally condemned by Muslims.
“The JAMBS further draws the attention of MEND to understand the condition which they stated on their threat does not hold as a result of Boko Haram’s attacks on Churches which JAMBS and the entire Muslims condemned. Therefore, attack on the entire Muslims cannot be taken lightly by JAMBS.
“We further remind MEND that the Muslims they know 15 years ago are not the same as the Muslims of today. Should there be any attack as stipulated by the MEND the entire Muslims will react unanimously. It will also be of importance to MEND and the entire Christians of MEND’S idea to find out the situation in Tafawa Balewa Bauchi State, Southern Kaduna (Akwad-Akwap) and Birom in Plateau state how they are presently suffering as a result of their onslaught to Muslims in their area,” the statement said.www.dailytrust.com.ng

@ cronsberg,you are missing it,the topic is about fiscal responsibility of kano state and you are here naming federal and private university of Adamawa state.Go and conduct a research.kano is the only state in the north with 2 state university(state university of science and tchnology wudil and north west university kano)

Boko Haram:Onaiyekan Backs Sultan over Amnesty for sect

Gov.kwankwaso is an achiever per exellence,presently kano is the only state with 2 university in the north,I was in kano last friday the city has change.I watched some live NTA programme of achievement of the state honestly the man is too much and luckly his people loves him.

@Akshow you are not happy,the news is not about bombing and killing.Bros is reality,insecurity shouldn't be excuse for non performance.kwankwassiya

Kano Emerges Best In Fiscal Responsibility

Kano State tops the list of the most fiscally responsible states in terms of budget discipline in the 2012/2013 fiscal years.

Lagos State follows Kano in second place while Nasarawa and Edo states are joint third on the list.

According to an assessment made by Transparency in Nigeria (TIN), an affiliate of Transparency International (TI), a global coalition against corruption, Kano is the most transparent state when it comes to budgeting, budget implementation and monitoring.

A press release distributed to journalists by TIN coordinator, North-West zone, Comrade Abba Anwar, disclosed that many sources were used to get all the necessary information that led to the assessment of all the states of the federation.

The assessment, called Budget Discipline Perception Index (BDPI) 2012/2013, listed Adamawa, Bayelsa and Enugu as the worst states in terms proper and appreciable budget discipline.

“Other key areas the survey and the assessment critically viewed are issues related to stopping leakages at the implementation stage, commitment of public officials and, indeed, some lingering questions that interrogate the essential foundations of budget itself,” clarified the press release.

TIN further noted that the perception of budget process, implementation and evaluation in line with due process, probity, transparency and accountability philosophy were so glaring for all to see and assess.

It was revealed further that the assessment was critically viewed around government expenditure on human capital, youth and women-responsive budgeting, performance in the derivation of the internally generated revenue, housing and urban renewal, and the focus of budget to sectoral targets of the State Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (SEEDS), among others.

Some of the points that scored Kano high were the sponsorship of 500 graduates to 14 countries of the world to pursue higher degrees in different fields, sponsorship of 100 students to Jordan to train as pilots, sponsorship of 200 youths to study medicine and pharmacy abroad, and the provision of 67 high capacity buses for the Girl-Child Education scheme.

Others high points for Kano are the establishment of three new cities in Kano - Kwankwasiyya, Amana and Bandarawo cities, construction of flyovers in the metropolis, establishment of 23 craft schools across the state, training of 88,000 women in different vocational skills, training of over 1,300 youths at the Farm Mechanisation Institute and the publication of the weekly executive council meeting in the state, among others.

It called on the state governments to always consider the stoppage of leakages as an important aspect of any meaningful budget, and advocated participatory budget process by the states of the federation.


http://www.leadership.ng/nga/articles/51285/2013/04/02/kano_emerges_best_fiscal_responsibility.html

Bishop kukah is one of the bokoharam sponsor ,that is tradition in nairaland,anybody that call for amnesty is surely bokoharam goodfather.we know them by their names

Court says Senate failed to justify its order
A federal high court sitting in Abuja Wednesday morning, vacated the arrest warrant issued by NigerianSenate against the sacked chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team , PRTT, Abdulrasheed Maina.
Justice Adamu Bello, in his one hour judgment held that the arrest warrant issued did not comply with section 88 of the 1999 constitution as amended.
The court held that it was regrettable that the respondents failed to make available the National Assembly journal or the official government gazette, containing the process leading to the issuance of the arrest warrant.
According to Mr. Bello, the lack of these documents, means there is no evidence to show that the arrest warrant emanated through the process in accordance with the law.
He further restrained the Senate and its committees, including the Nigerian Police from attempting to arrest or harass Mr. Maina in relation to his failure to appear before it on the pending investigation into the rot in pension administration.
The judgement was delivered in the absence of Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina, who is still at large.

The House of Representatives committee on Federal Character is investigating the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) over skewed recruitment exercise conducted recently.
Deputy Minority Leader Rep. Suleiman Kawu Sumaila (ANPP, Kano) had moved a motion seeking the leave of the House to open investigation into reports of alleged lopsided recruitment in which Abia and Anambra states having one third of the 292 persons employed.
“If urgent steps are not taken the problem will defeat the purpose of the Federal Character Commission establishment Act especially with regards to equal distribution of job opportunities among states of the federation and the supposed transparency and due process in the activities of the civil service it will create serious tension in the country"he said source:www.dailytrust.com

Former Head of State General Muhammad Buhari has said the fight against corruption is beyond the capacity of President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration.
In a keynote lecture on ‘Stable Democracy and Nigeria’s Economy’ delivered at the Houses of Parliament in London last night, Buhari said the present government lacked the political will to fightthe rampant corruption bedevilling the country.
He also said the Independent National Electoral Commission would not deliver on free and fair elections, and that INEC has a “cosy relationship with the executive and the judiciary.”
Buhari said ahead of the 2011 elections, INEC requested and got N80 billion for elections and biometric data, but failed to avail the litigating parties access to the data on grounds on national security. He therefore said only the opposition, if they are strong enough, could stop rigging in the country.
He said though there was the need to restructure the country, “the problem with Nigeria is not the structure but the process”, and described the clamour for more states as “dysfunctional” and outof place.
To get out of poverty and socio-economic quagmire in the country, he said, the government should focus on agriculture and provide the sector with all the necessary assistance to return the country to agricultural boom and halt the rural-urban migration.
Earlier, the chair of British African Development Programme, Lorraine Phelan, described Nigerians as a hard working people who are blessed with wealth but living in poverty. She said it was time for Nigerians to start “asking questions about and taking part in good governance. Nigeria must succeed.”
In her remarks, the hostess of the lecture, Diane Abbot, said Nigeria was key to Africa’s future, stressing that Nigeria’s failure would not just be a failure of Africa, but that of the black race as a whole:source.www.dailytrust.com

@Sagamite typical igbo that hate truth.Bigot remenber gud days of nigerian army and what is obtainable now under biafran chief of army staff.Army are now reduce to only at check point and support service.Gen.ehijerike is on track more grease to his elbow

Hmmm we are just pretending.What we have now is Biafra army not Nigerian army.The enlisting and promotion is exclusively reserve for igbos alone.we know Gen.ihejirake is on mission to destroy nigeria army and he is track.For operation in Mali he send Hausa man as field commander while his igbo brothers are arm chair general looting 1trillion budgeted for security.An officer with no promotion,bad posting and fear of retirement shouldn't be expected to put in his best in the service.Welcome to Biafra army

@Confusion247,if that clause exist then the job is simple.The 2015 is around the corner,let the south south table the issue then we shall see,the region that will oppose them.

@op,we all agree that this fake queen marriage is not working.Equally all the segment and component of this fake marriage are complaining. The question is who will make the first move for the peaceful divorce.pls.don't use biafra war as reference for the desire of igbo to split out nigeria.

love this nairaland forum,especially my leisure time,forum internate warriors and noisemekers.sheik Gumi is chief iman of popular kaduna mosque(sultan Bello mosque)let GEJ security agent arrest him.Mts....arrest my foot.christian leaders made more dangerous statement in the present of GEJ and nobody was arrested.What sheik said is known fact.Nobody can arrest sheik under this queen fake marriage called nigeria.Rubbish!!!!