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Is there any historical dispute about where Awolowo was held? Calabar, and Abakaliki prisons

Is there any dispute about where Calabar and Abakaliki belonged during the war

Is there any dispute about who controlled the police, army and prison services in Calabar and Abakaliki at the time Awolowo was released?

Calabar and Abakaliki did not fall to the Nigerian army at the time Awolowo was released.

Why is there even a question about who released Awolowo when we knew where he was being held?

When did NY times become gospel truth?

It doesn't concern me!
It doesn't concern me, because I am not Dasuki
It doesn't concern me, because I am not El Zaky
It doesn't concern me, because I'm not Nnamdi Kalu.
It doesn't concern me, because I'm not Sowore
It doesn't concern me today, because I'm know that it will not happen to me tomorrow.
It doesn't concern me, because my people are not involved
It doesn't concern you, because you are not able to look at the mirror. When you do , you will see that it concerns you in every aspect.

What does he want?

Good interim idea.

jarawa:
The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Services, Col. Hameed Ali (rtd) has said that Nigerians are eating expired foreign rice. Col. Ali, who spoke on Wednesday at the Custom Service, Area 2 Onne, Rivers State, said those who brought such rice into the country re-bag it and sell to unsuspecting consumers. He said smuggled goods being brought into the country are aimed at bringing the Service to its knees, but that it will surely overcome the challenges. “We are consuming expired rice. When it causes cancer we begin to find who to blame. All those things they are bringing into the country are aimed at bringing us to our knees, but we will surely overcome them.

‘‘We must reach out to Nigerians through the Press to make them know the deadly effect of what they consume. “Let me reiterate our concern and determination to do all it takes to protect the wellbeing and safety of all citizens and residents by preventing the importation of smuggled items’’. Col. Hameed Ali had earlier inspected 98 containers containing tomatoes, rice, vegetable oil, roofing tiles, machetes, baby wipes, metal and other items valued at over N1bn at both Port Harcourt and Onne Ports.

Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/nigerians-eating-expired-rice-customs.html

Stupid and uselessly corrupt customs officer. The owner of the containers probably refused to pay bride. Did he send the rice to the lab to be tested? I think he did not, because he is Almighty.

If you didn't see this coming from sharia law, Hisbah police, and other victimization of Christians in Nigeria from so many years ago, because those victims were not from your tribe or religion then you're truly blind!
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Did someone do DNA to link these children to the parents?
Strange behaviour

Have they stopped Fulanis from Mali and Niger republic from coming in?

Where would you close schools, because the students are just so dumb, or close hospitals, because the patients are so sick? Well in Nigeria where many of the parastatatal like the Customs service are known to be lucrative(not because of their salary), poor understanding of the functions and roles of a modern custom service is the real reason for closing our boarders on the southern part, while leaving the northern parts wide open. Some people also see the boarder closure as an indirect stronger policing of the southerners vs the northerners. Well, we all know who staff the rank and file of this lucrative Nigerian customs authority. Their mission has since changed from legitimate customs duties to illegal extortion in all levels, and all fields. Southerners remain the victims, while northerners filling the rank and file of this authority are the rogues walking around in customs uniforms.

https://qz.com/africa/1736603/nigerias-border-closure-with-benin-wont-stop-customs-corruption/

About two months ago, the Nigerian government announced the closure of the country’s land borders to all goods. According to the country’s Comptroller-General of the Customs Service, Hameed Ali, this was done to stem the influx of smuggled goods, especially rice and tomatoes, into the country.

The border closure is an economic aberration as most countries don’t usually close their borders for trade-related reasons. They do so, as in the cases of Sudan, Rwanda, Eritrea and Kenya, when their security is jeopardized. They also sometimes do so during disease epidemics, such as Ebola, that have the potential to spread across borders.

If the border closure persists and causes sustained increases in food prices, Nigeria could see more people driven into poverty
So, what does Nigeria stand to gain from this unprecedented measure? Ali pointed out that the border closure has significantly increased revenue from import duties. This increase in revenue is a welcome fillip for a country struggling to close the 2019 budget deficit of a whopping 2.18 trillion Naira. This represents about 2% of the country’s 2018 nominal GDP of 127.8 trillion Naira (about $397 billion). In touting the gains from the border closure, however, its latent costs should not be ignored. There are reports that the closure has set the country’s inflation rate on an upward trajectory. The inflation rate, which has been declining since April 2019, rose to 11.24% in September, driven mainly by sharp increases in food prices, the highest since June. If the closure persists and causes sustained increases in food prices, Nigeria could see more people driven into poverty. This would result in an increase in the country’s poverty rate of about 50%. The potential to disrupt the economic lifelines of many traders who depend on legitimate cross-border trade is real.

For these and other reasons, Nigeria has no choice but to address the real problems of cross-border smuggling rather than its symptoms. At the heart of the problem is a network of wealthy smuggling cartels facilitated by corrupt border officials.

Poor paying the price
Thousands of Nigerians, especially women, engage in buying and selling of consumer goods around the border areas. They buy at low prices in one country and sell at higher prices in another. Black market foreign exchange dealers thrive at border posts.

For a country with limited employment opportunities in the formal sector, the informal activities along the borders are instrumental for the survival of many poor Nigerians.

The inability of the formal sector to absorb a growing labour force, coupled with a freeze in public-sector employment under recent economic reforms, has resulted in a bloated informal sector. This is estimated to be about 65% of the country’s GDP – the largest informal sector in sub-saharan Africa.

Informal trade along the borders is carried out by hawkers of assorted goods such as textiles, footwear, alcohol and non-alcoholic beverages. There is also trade in food, fuel, transport services and foreign currencies.

The poor in Nigeria don’t engage in large-scale smuggling.
The poor in Nigeria typically don’t engage in large-scale smuggling. They lack the means of acquiring, transporting and warehousing large volumes of smuggled goods. Some poor unemployed Nigerians may engage in petty and innocuous smuggling, as a means of survival. But they are paying the price for the border closure, while those responsible for the worst cases of smuggling live comfortably. Apart from its domestic implications, the border closure is also inconsistent with the spirit of regional economic integration. Nigeria spearheaded the establishment of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) 44 years ago with the major goal of a “free trade area” among member countries.

Nigeria’s unilateral decision reinforces the general notion that the regional bloc has not been successful at freeing up the movement of goods, services and even people within the sub-region. If that were the case, Nigeria would have coordinated its efforts at curbing smuggling with other member states.

Inept customs and immigration machinery
The border closure is an implicit admission of the ineptitude and incompetence of Nigeria’s customs and immigration officers. To thwart smuggling, the country should strengthen the capacity of customs and immigration officers to administer the country’s trade policies and laws.

Without addressing the inept customs machinery, as well as porous Nigerian borders, we would only be treating the symptoms of a disease.
To combat smuggling, for instance, Hong Kong’s strategy includes profiling all goods vehicles and private cars crossing the border. Detailed inspections are only carried out on high-risk vehicles. X-ray scanners are used to detect concealed compartments of vehicles. But all this technology is of little help without a professional and incorruptible cadre of customs officials, which Nigeria lacks. Anyone who has travelled through Nigerian land borders would be perplexed by how unprofessional the Nigerian officials are. When I travelled in a bus from Accra to Lagos a few years ago, we were stopped at Seme on the border between Nigeria and Benin Republic. After a brief inspection of the bus, customs officials accused the driver of transporting contraband goods.

The same bus had been inspected a few hours earlier by Ghanaian, Togolese and Beninoise customs officers on our way from Accra, who found no contraband. Instead of impounding the contraband, the officers instead asked the driver to “settle” the matter. Apparently, the “settlement” offered by the driver was not sufficient, and the bus was not allowed to proceed to Lagos.

While waiting for alternative transport, I saw many goods-laden lorries pass through the border un-inspected by the customs officials. I was informed by a resident of the border town that the lorry owners had “settled” the customs officials in advance.

Apart from this, the country’s land borders are very porous. There are many illegal paths through which smuggled goods can be transported. No travel documents are required on these routes and there are no checks.

Without addressing the problems of an inept customs and immigration machinery, as well as the porosity of Nigerian borders, one would only be treating the symptoms of the disease. Solutions might include the recruitment of a new cadre of customs officers, who would be trained to combat smuggling and abhor corruption.

Otherwise, when the borders are eventually reopened, the government would be handing them back to the same officials who have profited for years from smuggling.

FFK for president!

Finally found your missing Hausa small boys!

https://www.yahoo.com/news/police-free-nearly-150-school-153243569.html

Police said on Saturday they'd freed nearly 150 students from a purported school in northern Nigeria.

It claimed it was teaching the Koran but had instead subjected them to abuse.

One of the rescued captives, Ibrahim Musa

(SOUNDBITE) (English) RESCUED CAPTIVE, IBRAHIM MUSA, SAYING:

"They chain you up, with your legs and your hands and they beat you for a while and leave you in one corner for a while, so it is extreme punishment for talking about the conditions here."

The raid was the fourth such operation in a month.

It brings the total released from religious schools in northern Nigeria to more than 1,000.

It will put more pressure on President Muhammadu Buhari to take action on loosely regulated Islamic schools.

Experts say such institutions teach millions of children across the mainly Muslim north of the country.

World Bank! Don't do it!.
It's going to be a big mistake, Nigerians do not honor agreements, especially after they get the money!

Everything is a struggle in Nigeria. Why should a university not have admission invite for parents of the graduates, at least

PHIPEX:
Is MURIC aware of these "kidnap"? Should we call it turture for Islam?

Criminals should be treated as same without religious or ethnic colouration ?

MURIC is helping them look for kidnapped small Hausa boys taken to the east, given good food, and baptized as Christians!!!!

Where was the fire service?

Next time someone starts looking for missing small boys, you know where to look

MetaPhysical:
Bloody bigot!
Com'on be nice for once!! Haba!

Don't be surprised now, that's part of your handiwork, even if you took it like a joke. Some slow poke somewhere are bound to believe you and follow suit.

MetaPhysical:
Tooor..Kano Declaration loading...

How can you take Abubakar Saddiq and rebaptise him Cletus Chidiebere....and then to make matter worse, you failed to register Chidi in madrasah? Ahh!!

Ibo too like useless, unprofitable trouble.

Are they clean enough to become Igbos?

Amb. Campbell, and Mathew Page have had wonderful opportunities to speak truth to power in Nigeria, but they always choose to obfuscate.
These are the same people who helped push GEJ out of office using false narratives of what's going on in Nigeria from Boko Haram being displeased, unemployed, and frustrated youths, to helping Hillary Clinton refuse to tag BK as a terrorist organization for a long time.
Even in their post mortem analysis of their Nigerian experience, they are still unable to call it as it is!
What a shame.

AMvanquish:
Diversion you call it. Your better than this please.

If you lived in the north, you'd see how fast poor families get rid of their small boys, because unlike small boys, girls have more immediate potential to attract resources for the family.
The result is the feeding of a burgeoning almajiri industry in the name of learning islamic education.
How can you educate a small boy in a religious school at night and leave him to wander for food all over the place all day?
Election and need to violence have reduced,and these boys are no longer needed to do the dirty works of the masters for plate of food.
This is the dirty secret the north is hiding, unfortunately, now someone wants to blame Igbos for it

The north should not try to change the subject, and distract from their age old infanticide.

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Beaten. Starved. Sexually assaulted. Chained. For the second time in a month, police in northern Nigeria have raided a building where hundreds of boys were held in dehumanizing conditions, officials said Tuesday.

This time, the building was discovered in President Muhammadu Buhari's hometown, putting pressure on him to act against the practice of sending children to institutions run by Islamic scholars rather than conventional schools. The children are often sent out on the streets to beg.

More than 300 boys had been held in the building raided on Monday in Daura, Katsina state police spokesman Gambo Isa told The Associated Press. The building was discovered when some of the boys escaped on Sunday and protested against excessive torture.

"Many of those rescued have been sent to hospital on account of the ill treatment they suffered," Isa said. "Some of them are unable to walk because of the injuries they sustained after being chained for several years."

The building's owner and others involved were arrested, Isa said, and 67 boys were rescued. Search parties were looking for the ones who had escaped.

Some of the boys had been enrolled by their families for Quranic studies, Isa said. Others had been sent there because of delinquency or for treatment for drug addiction in an attempt at "character remodeling."

Police said the school's proprietor, 78-year old Bello Mai Almajirai, "has been in the business for more than 40 years and now he has become old he no longer has the capacity to run the rehab Islamic school."

The raid follows one late last month in Kaduna city, where police discovered some 400 boys and young men. Marks on their bodies showed that some had been tortured, police said.

The office of Nigeria's president did not immediately comment on the latest raid.

An aide to Buhari, who comes from the north, earlier this year noted the widespread view that the "almajiri" learning system associated with begging was a "security challenge and a scar on the face of Northern Nigeria."

But the aide, Garba Shehu, rejected reports that the president had banned the system. "The federal government wants a situation where every child of primary school age is in school rather than begging on the streets during school hours," he said. "At the same time, we don't want to create panic or a backlash."

Many Nigerians have expressed concern that some who study at almajiri institutions are prone to religious extremism.

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Umar reported from Maiduguri, Nigeria
https://www.yahoo.com/news/nigerian-police-raid-frees-scores-164502391.html

Eartquake1:
Who told them that their kidnapped kids were taken to the south?

It's a diversion from this:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/nigerian-police-raid-frees-scores-164502391.html

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Beaten. Starved. Sexually assaulted. Chained. For the second time in a month, police in northern Nigeria have raided a building where hundreds of boys were held in dehumanizing conditions, officials said Tuesday.

This time, the building was discovered in President Muhammadu Buhari's hometown, putting pressure on him to act against the practice of sending children to institutions run by Islamic scholars rather than conventional schools. The children are often sent out on the streets to beg.

More than 300 boys had been held in the building raided on Monday in Daura, Katsina state police spokesman Gambo Isa told The Associated Press. The building was discovered when some of the boys escaped on Sunday and protested against excessive torture.

"Many of those rescued have been sent to hospital on account of the ill treatment they suffered," Isa said. "Some of them are unable to walk because of the injuries they sustained after being chained for several years."

The building's owner and others involved were arrested, Isa said, and 67 boys were rescued. Search parties were looking for the ones who had escaped.

Some of the boys had been enrolled by their families for Quranic studies, Isa said. Others had been sent there because of delinquency or for treatment for drug addiction in an attempt at "character remodeling."

Police said the school's proprietor, 78-year old Bello Mai Almajirai, "has been in the business for more than 40 years and now he has become old he no longer has the capacity to run the rehab Islamic school."

The raid follows one late last month in Kaduna city, where police discovered some 400 boys and young men. Marks on their bodies showed that some had been tortured, police said.

The office of Nigeria's president did not immediately comment on the latest raid.

An aide to Buhari, who comes from the north, earlier this year noted the widespread view that the "almajiri" learning system associated with begging was a "security challenge and a scar on the face of Northern Nigeria."

But the aide, Garba Shehu, rejected reports that the president had banned the system. "The federal government wants a situation where every child of primary school age is in school rather than begging on the streets during school hours," he said. "At the same time, we don't want to create panic or a backlash."

Many Nigerians have expressed concern that some who study at almajiri institutions are prone to religious extremism.

Umar reported from Maiduguri, Nigeria

Exposing corrupt generals under Dasuki and GEJ is good, but exposing current generals who are obviously even more corrupt will be better.

Mod:
Front page.
Is it only when Junaid Mohammed insults Igbos that you rush to FP it?

News became fake and dangerous only when Buhari came to power

plaindealer:
Show us the railway he constructed and even all the ones he built before and after that.

The closest thing he built was an imaginary and computer generated monorail in enugu and onitsha.

The onus is on you, and your hatred!
Show us that the Chinese contract you are masturbating over is the same he was awarded connecting 3 cities.

plaindealer:
That was a bogus report.

Apparently, you don't know the difference between railway to connect Najaf to 2 other cities, and inner-city monorail for Najaf itself.
Or, your tribal hatred no allow you see!

apholaryn:
and he forgot to mention the less than 700k are all Biafrans

Complaining about taxes after the elections. When elections come again, those taxpayers will suddenly become criminals, undesirables, and people who should be denied voting cards

Respeckk:
Matured advice please.....

Ever since i was small my mum have always have this unpleasant smell.she baths often but this smell have choose to not go away, i heard she got an infection after a miscarriage because we do discuss it amongst ourselves,we her children. The smell comes from her private and i dont know if she is aware of it. She baths often but after sometime the smell starts again.

She came to my house for visit and i was embarrassed when my husband passed and was asking what was stinking up the kids room, i know it was my mum but i told him something else.

She is someone that always like tying wrapper without any under and you can imagine how it is.

I dont want to embarrass but i know it has always been an issue with my dad(they have seperate room coz of this).she get angry easy too but i really have to.

Ps she has treated infection often and on but this smell is what i dont understand.doctors should help too.
Why is it that the smell refuse to go away because she bathes morning and night(rule while growing up in our house)

Animals communicate with smells. Before perfumes, and deodorants, people were attracted to each other by guess what? Smells.

You don't need a lesson in the complex science of pheromones, but I advise you as a physician not to worry about your mother's smell, because your father probably was turned on enough to reproduce you by the same smell.

Recommendation: Ask your father what he thinks about the smell. You will be surprised?

Soon your own kids will start complaining about your dress, hair, and then your own smells !