₦airaland Forum

Michael33: We in kano uptill now haven't heard anything!.....they pay may allawi around 17th of june which is very bad of them, I wonder how some state will pay earlier than others!, where did they keep our money?, what are they doing with our money?........we need to know!

we eventually got our pay here in Ekiti on the 10th.. i tout i was the worse untill i heard of the situation in Kano.. dats rily bad.. i dont know y all dis NYSC officials keep treating corpers like beggers.. this money is our monthly allowance them wan make person drink gari tire?..

I am a 2012 bacth C corp member currently serving in Ekiti. Allowy for month of june is still yet to be received we still do not know when it will be paid.. the earliest payment we have received here is on 4th of the next month and worse i have expirienced is 9th.. it gets really tough waiting most times.. it leaves me wondering if its same everywhere!.. How is it like in your state of service?

RIP BABA!!

mr moderator.... front page plz.. let nairalanders av thier take on this.

A retrospective look at the last two
years of the Jonathan administration
with a match of his promises and his
performance in office.
THE key imprint of the transformation
agenda heralded at the onset of the
2011 presidential election campaign
was that Nigeria would be transformed
into a new nation in various aspects of
endeavour. Two years into his term, an
analysis of the specific promises of
transformation shows the
administration succeeding in some
sectors and also struggling to attain
key parameters of the agenda in some
strategic sectors.
Jonathan it would be recalled, had
during his whistle-stop campaign
across the 36 states of the federation ,
pledged to fix the following sectors;
power, economy, energy & gas,
education security, agriculture, water
resources among others. He also
promised a better deal on the Niger
Delta issue, women empowerment, and
reforms where necessary.
Infrastructural development
Accordingly, the President promised
among others; to revive the rail
system in the country, complete Lagos
to Jebba rail project, intervene and
revitalize the moribund Nigeria Machine
Tools and other infrastructure owned
by the federal government, modernize
the ports, complete the second River
Niger bridge before the expiration of the
tenure, make the Minister of Works to
immediately start repairs of the road
leading to Murtala Mohammed
International Airport, and assist in
resuscitating all the collapsed
industries in Kano state.
Others are to work towards making
Akanu Ibiam airport in Enugu an
international airport, seek alternative
funding means to repair the Benin-Ore
road, give Sokoto-Kotangora road
unfettered attention
Verdict
Two years on, there is a consensus
that the President has made
remarkable achievements particularly
on road construction, as many federal
roads are now receiving attention.
However, no new sea ports have been
proposed while many of the country’s
major airports have been rebuilt.
Remarkably, the contract for the
construction of the 2nd Niger bridge,
was recently awarded to Julius Berger
Nigeria Plc.
Power
The nation was promised constant
supply of electricity, stable power
supply by the year 2015 so that small
and medium scale industries can thrive
again, exploration of the coal deposits
in Benue and Kogi states, construction
of more dams, building of more hydro-
power stations.
The electorate was also assured that
Nigerians would not use generators
more than two times in a week,
increment in power generation to about
4,747 megawatts by December 2011
and reduction in the importation of
generators by at least 90% by the year,
2015.
Verdict
Though the government promised about
4,747 megawatts by December 2011,
the nation surpassed that mark mid
last year when power generation rose
to about 4,307.7MW with an additional
170MW,which served as spinning
reserve.
But after the resignation of then
Minister of Power Prof. Bath Nnaji, the
power situation worsened as supply
dropped to 3,224.3MW. At the moment,
the nation is reportedly generating
about 3,443MW, as power supply has
remained unreliable. However, further
investigations revealed that
transmission among others, remain the
current challenge in the sector given
that most transmission infrastructure
are obsolete.
Also power generation companies that
emerged successful in the bidding
process of the privatization of the
sector received their certificates on
April 22nd this year. But all these are
yet to translate to relative stability in
power supply, thereby leading to doubts
on the possibility of a stable power
supply by 2015.
Economy
The president pledged to work with the
private sector and all the relevant
agencies to stimulate industrial growth,
introduce 5-year term budgeting,
diversify the economy, to revive the
Ajaokuta Steel complex and Itakpe Iron
Ore Company, address the issues of
unemployment through diversification
of the nation’s economy to that of
sustainable agricultural development
across the 36 states of federation,
reduce production cost by inviting
manufacturers of high demand
commodities in the country to set up
production factories in the country and
get industries in Lagos up, bring
industries to the Niger Delta, create 1.5
million jobs within 2 years, constitute a
special committee drawing experts
from the MAN, NACCIMA and related
bodies as well as key government
officials to deliberate regularly on
policies that will improve the nation’s
economy among others.
Verdict
While the administration is claiming
economic growth of 6.5 per cent in the
first quarter of 2013 with inflation
down to single digit, fiscal deficit of
1.8 of GDP and foreign reserves $48
billion, others have argued that the
reality is to the contrary. An estimated
70% of the nation’s budget is spent on
servicing paraphernalia of government,
while foreign debts are accumulating.
Energy & Gas
The President pledged to make Nigeria
go beyond producing and exporting
crude oil to exporting refined petroleum
products, create 600,000 new jobs in
the gas industry , boost gas supply
from 1.0 billion cubic feet per day to
10 billion cubic feet by the year 2020,
facilitate the enactment of the
Petroleum Industry Law with emphasis
on local content such that jobs are
created for Nigerians among others.
Verdict
Actualisation of the promises have
been largely unfulfilled. The Petroleum
Industry Bill, PIB is still stagnating in
the National Assembly, Nigeria is still
largely dependent on imported fuel
even while a large amount of money is
still spent on refineries that are not
producing at capacity. The
administration has been dogged by its
failure to fully address the corruption
emitting from the payment of
petroleum subsidy to importers and the
continued insinuation of the sector as a
nest of corruption.
Security
Following the general insecurity in the
country, Jonathan promised to make
anyone caught breaching the public
peace to face the full wrath of the law,
make sure that no part of the country is
allowed to be a sanctuary for criminals,
confront headlong ethno-religious
violence in the country, ensure there is
no sacred cow in the fight against
corruption, strengthen EFCC and ICPC
to fight crime , eradicate kidnappings
impeding entrepreneurship in Eastern
Zone , pursue all bombers and
terrorists among others.
Verdict
Despite the recent declaration of state
of emergency in the states of Borno,
Yobe and Adamawa, observers still
argued that enough is not being done
to curb insecurity.
This is one area that there seems to be
a general consensus that the President
had not done well. While kidnapping
was at one time only prevalent in the
Southeast, it has in the last few years
fully spread into a booming industry in
some other parts of the country
especially in Delta, Edo and Lagos
States. Similarly, the administration’s
war against graft, has been generally
described as weak and unproductive.
Education
At the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile
Ife Osun State, Candidate Jonathan on
12th March 2011 promised a holistic
review of the nation’ education policy.
He also pledged to establish at least
one Federal University in each state by
the end of 2012, improve on hostel
facilities across the nation, revamp
Almajiri system of education, work
towards improving the education sector
as a prelude to transforming economy
and as means of empowering the
people. He also promised to improve
on teaching and learning environment
in schools and to make every Nigerian
of school age to have access to
education.
Verdict
The administration initiated a
programme to provide 400 schools for
itinerant scholars in Northern Nigeria
known as Almajiri. There is also a
reported 15 percent increase in pass
rates in school leaving examinations in
Nigeria in 2012.
The number of Federal universities in
Nigeria was increased by 12 as well,
just as blocks of classrooms in 15
states were completed as part of
efforts to meet Millennium
Development Goals, MDGs.
However, the increase in the number of
federal universities has been met with
criticisms over the administration’s
failure to improve on the standard of
the existing universities all of which
have fallen out of global reckoning. The
condemnation is buttressed by the
allocation of N426.53billion to the
sector, which at about 10%, is grossly
below the UNESCO recommendation of
26 percent.
Agriculture
Jonathan also promised to boost
agriculture through irrigation and
maximizing vast mineral resources in
the country, revive the marketing
boards to ensure that farmers are no
longer cheated on the sales of farm
produce while more silos would be built
to help farmers preserve their products,
provide farmers with information on
agricultural production and move
towards mechanized agriculture and
make each state to specialize in two
crops; cash and local crop.
Verdict
The administration’s strides in the
agriculture sector have been largely
commended and the sector is after
many years of stagnation again looking
up , while the country’s agriculture
experts are now the toast of their peers
around the continent.

GROUND-BREAKING- President
Goodluck Jonathan (3rdR); Gov
Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu of Niger
State (4thR); Minister of Power, Prof
Chinedu Nebo (2ndR); Minister of
State for Power, Hajiya Zainab Kuchi
(R) and the Pdp National Chairman,
Alhaji Bamanga Tukur (L) at the
Ground-Breaking ceremony of 700mw
Zungeru Hydro-Electric Power Project
in Niger State, yesterday. Photo: State
House


www.vanguardngr.com/2013/05/jonathan-at-mid-term-the-promise-and-performance/

When President Goodluck Jonathan
observed not long ago that members of
a dreaded insurgent group had
infiltrated his own government, some
people thought it was politics. From the
look of things, it is becoming difficult
to doubt the assertion.
Although it might not be easy to
identity insurgents within the federal
cabinet as they may never openly
portray a combatant disposition, they
are probably there as patron moles who
supply information on the workings of
government to the insurgents. Such
people have always been in such
privileged positions anyway.
Some persons who had been in the
corridors of power years back can
confirm that the popular incessant
strike actions on prices of petroleum
products in the Obasanjo
administration were partly fuelled by
information from top government
officials to labour.
The way it worked was this: Once the
strike was about to start, the privileged
officials would quickly seize the
opportunity to extract approvals of
huge resources supposedly to quell the
strikes. There is doubt if government
ever knew the real roles of some of the
committees it assembled to resolve
crises. Some members probably passed
information to the other side thereby
making resolution difficult as well as
turning the matter into a recurring
phenomenon.
Can it also be true that there are
insurgents among our law enforcement
agencies? It would appear so because
there have always been stories to that
effect. Indeed, the Nigerian judiciary
had in the past convicted moles in our
Police that helped criminals in diverse
ways to wreck havoc on society.
A good example being the celebrated
underworld gun trotter, Lawrence Anini
who with the unfettered support of a
police officer instilled fear in all and
sundry for quite some time in Benin
City. At the height of his reign of
terror, he masterminded the shooting of
the then State Commissioner of Police.
Contrary to the general belief that Anini
had some ‘juju’ powers, part of which
he used to trace the Commissioner to
the spot where the latter was shot, his
real power was later found to be that
he had a mole in the Police. It is this
type of story that convinces many
people that it is moles in the security
agencies that coordinate criminal
operations. How come, some would
ask, that the Police usually arrive at a
robbery scene only when the criminals
have concluded their business and
have left the area? Would anyone
blame those who are reluctant to help
the police with vital information?
In the recent past, the celebrated case
of a suspected terrorist who was
arrested and reportedly allowed to
escape later is another issue that has
remained inexplicable. It is on the
same score, that the Edo State
Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole,
has been asking everyone to help
unravel a case in which the
ammunition which by police record was
in police custody was the same one
allegedly used to kill his principal
secretary.
Early this month, the police arrested
one of its men assumed to have leaked
the information that led to the ambush
of security agents who were on a
mission to arrest some suspected
cultists in Nasarawa State. Since then,
no less than 15 police officers and men
accused of connivance with the cult
group to massacre their colleagues
have been arrested.
Whereas it has become easy to believe
the allegation that moles in the Police
are part of the nation’s complicated
security dilemma, the police is not the
only place where there are moles. They
are in earnest all over Nigeria
The latest suspected mole in the
Nasarawa massacre is not a police
personnel but a Director in the civil
service of the Nasarawa State
Government. According to media
reports, security agents who were still
peeved over the killing of their
colleagues by the dreaded Ombatse
Cult Group swooped on the Director
after tracing certain vital information
leaked to the cult group to his
telephone.
If this is shocking, a more scaring story
is that which says that there are now
moles in our revered military. On
January 19 this year, a Mali-bound
military convoy was ambushed and
attacked by insurgents in Okene, Kogi
State leading to the death of 2 soldiers
while 5 others were injured.
The Army has now confirmed that the
ambush was made possible by
information leaked by a soldier to the
insurgents. According to Lt.-Gen.
Azubuike Ihejirika, the Chief of Army
Staff (COAS), the soldier, who is now in
detention, is awaiting court martial in
connection with the leakage.
The consolation the rest of us now
have is that the army is dealing with
the issue in a down-to-earth manner.
The pragmatism must not be inchoate
– it has to be taken to its logical
conclusion. The way any one found
wanting is being handled, the recent
stern warning by the COAS at a
seminar organized by the Army at the
Transformation and Innovation Centre,
that all offenders would be decisively
dealt with and the public enlightenment
initiative on the subject are no doubt
reassuring.
Now that moles have become a crucial
part of our security challenges, the
Army must reform its recruitment
process so as always attract only
applicants with some measure of
integrity. A continuous assessment of
operatives for which the Army is well
known should more than ever before
incorporate a strategy which easily
identifies and quickly uproots
operatives that have a tendency to
degenerate into moles. In addition, how
to handle a mole should form an
essential part of the strategy for
forecasting, planning and coordinating
the arrangements for combating
terrorism.
The Police on its part may find it hard
to deal with the subject because of
long years of neglect and subsisting
prejudices but if it prioritizes the issue,
it would not be insurmountable.
Nothing else dislocates an arrangement
better than saboteur -insiders. The
issue of moles in Nigeria’s public
institutions has escalated to a
proportion in which no organization is
free from it. This is thus the time to
deal with the subject before we record
more moles than citizens.

www.vanguardngr.com/2013/05/moles-all-over-nigeria/
..

When President Goodluck Jonathan
observed not long ago that members of
a dreaded insurgent group had
infiltrated his own government, some
people thought it was politics. From the
look of things, it is becoming difficult
to doubt the assertion.
Although it might not be easy to
identity insurgents within the federal
cabinet as they may never openly
portray a combatant disposition, they
are probably there as patron moles who
supply information on the workings of
government to the insurgents. Such
people have always been in such
privileged positions anyway.
Some persons who had been in the
corridors of power years back can
confirm that the popular incessant
strike actions on prices of petroleum
products in the Obasanjo
administration were partly fuelled by
information from top government
officials to labour.
The way it worked was this: Once the
strike was about to start, the privileged
officials would quickly seize the
opportunity to extract approvals of
huge resources supposedly to quell the
strikes. There is doubt if government
ever knew the real roles of some of the
committees it assembled to resolve
crises. Some members probably passed
information to the other side thereby
making resolution difficult as well as
turning the matter into a recurring
phenomenon.
Can it also be true that there are
insurgents among our law enforcement
agencies? It would appear so because
there have always been stories to that
effect. Indeed, the Nigerian judiciary
had in the past convicted moles in our
Police that helped criminals in diverse
ways to wreck havoc on society.
A good example being the celebrated
underworld gun trotter, Lawrence Anini
who with the unfettered support of a
police officer instilled fear in all and
sundry for quite some time in Benin
City. At the height of his reign of
terror, he masterminded the shooting of
the then State Commissioner of Police.
Contrary to the general belief that Anini
had some ‘juju’ powers, part of which
he used to trace the Commissioner to
the spot where the latter was shot, his
real power was later found to be that
he had a mole in the Police. It is this
type of story that convinces many
people that it is moles in the security
agencies that coordinate criminal
operations. How come, some would
ask, that the Police usually arrive at a
robbery scene only when the criminals
have concluded their business and
have left the area? Would anyone
blame those who are reluctant to help
the police with vital information?
In the recent past, the celebrated case
of a suspected terrorist who was
arrested and reportedly allowed to
escape later is another issue that has
remained inexplicable. It is on the
same score, that the Edo State
Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole,
has been asking everyone to help
unravel a case in which the
ammunition which by police record was
in police custody was the same one
allegedly used to kill his principal
secretary.
Early this month, the police arrested
one of its men assumed to have leaked
the information that led to the ambush
of security agents who were on a
mission to arrest some suspected
cultists in Nasarawa State. Since then,
no less than 15 police officers and men
accused of connivance with the cult
group to massacre their colleagues
have been arrested.
Whereas it has become easy to believe
the allegation that moles in the Police
are part of the nation’s complicated
security dilemma, the police is not the
only place where there are moles. They
are in earnest all over Nigeria
The latest suspected mole in the
Nasarawa massacre is not a police
personnel but a Director in the civil
service of the Nasarawa State
Government. According to media
reports, security agents who were still
peeved over the killing of their
colleagues by the dreaded Ombatse
Cult Group swooped on the Director
after tracing certain vital information
leaked to the cult group to his
telephone.
If this is shocking, a more scaring story
is that which says that there are now
moles in our revered military. On
January 19 this year, a Mali-bound
military convoy was ambushed and
attacked by insurgents in Okene, Kogi
State leading to the death of 2 soldiers
while 5 others were injured.
The Army has now confirmed that the
ambush was made possible by
information leaked by a soldier to the
insurgents. According to Lt.-Gen.
Azubuike Ihejirika, the Chief of Army
Staff (COAS), the soldier, who is now in
detention, is awaiting court martial in
connection with the leakage.
The consolation the rest of us now
have is that the army is dealing with
the issue in a down-to-earth manner.
The pragmatism must not be inchoate
– it has to be taken to its logical
conclusion. The way any one found
wanting is being handled, the recent
stern warning by the COAS at a
seminar organized by the Army at the
Transformation and Innovation Centre,
that all offenders would be decisively
dealt with and the public enlightenment
initiative on the subject are no doubt
reassuring.
Now that moles have become a crucial
part of our security challenges, the
Army must reform its recruitment
process so as always attract only
applicants with some measure of
integrity. A continuous assessment of
operatives for which the Army is well
known should more than ever before
incorporate a strategy which easily
identifies and quickly uproots
operatives that have a tendency to
degenerate into moles. In addition, how
to handle a mole should form an
essential part of the strategy for
forecasting, planning and coordinating
the arrangements for combating
terrorism.
The Police on its part may find it hard
to deal with the subject because of
long years of neglect and subsisting
prejudices but if it prioritizes the issue,
it would not be insurmountable.
Nothing else dislocates an arrangement
better than saboteur -insiders. The
issue of moles in Nigeria’s public
institutions has escalated to a
proportion in which no organization is
free from it. This is thus the time to
deal with the subject before we record
more moles than citizens.

www.vanguardngr.com/2013/05/moles-all-over-nigeria/

When President Goodluck Jonathan
observed not long ago that members of
a dreaded insurgent group had
infiltrated his own government, some
people thought it was politics. From the
look of things, it is becoming difficult
to doubt the assertion.
Although it might not be easy to
identity insurgents within the federal
cabinet as they may never openly
portray a combatant disposition, they
are probably there as patron moles who
supply information on the workings of
government to the insurgents. Such
people have always been in such
privileged positions anyway.
Some persons who had been in the
corridors of power years back can
confirm that the popular incessant
strike actions on prices of petroleum
products in the Obasanjo
administration were partly fuelled by
information from top government
officials to labour.
The way it worked was this: Once the
strike was about to start, the privileged
officials would quickly seize the
opportunity to extract approvals of
huge resources supposedly to quell the
strikes. There is doubt if government
ever knew the real roles of some of the
committees it assembled to resolve
crises. Some members probably passed
information to the other side thereby
making resolution difficult as well as
turning the matter into a recurring
phenomenon.
Can it also be true that there are
insurgents among our law enforcement
agencies? It would appear so because
there have always been stories to that
effect. Indeed, the Nigerian judiciary
had in the past convicted moles in our
Police that helped criminals in diverse
ways to wreck havoc on society.
A good example being the celebrated
underworld gun trotter, Lawrence Anini
who with the unfettered support of a
police officer instilled fear in all and
sundry for quite some time in Benin
City. At the height of his reign of
terror, he masterminded the shooting of
the then State Commissioner of Police.
Contrary to the general belief that Anini
had some ‘juju’ powers, part of which
he used to trace the Commissioner to
the spot where the latter was shot, his
real power was later found to be that
he had a mole in the Police. It is this
type of story that convinces many
people that it is moles in the security
agencies that coordinate criminal
operations. How come, some would
ask, that the Police usually arrive at a
robbery scene only when the criminals
have concluded their business and
have left the area? Would anyone
blame those who are reluctant to help
the police with vital information?
In the recent past, the celebrated case
of a suspected terrorist who was
arrested and reportedly allowed to
escape later is another issue that has
remained inexplicable. It is on the
same score, that the Edo State
Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole,
has been asking everyone to help
unravel a case in which the
ammunition which by police record was
in police custody was the same one
allegedly used to kill his principal
secretary.
Early this month, the police arrested
one of its men assumed to have leaked
the information that led to the ambush
of security agents who were on a
mission to arrest some suspected
cultists in Nasarawa State. Since then,
no less than 15 police officers and men
accused of connivance with the cult
group to massacre their colleagues
have been arrested.
Whereas it has become easy to believe
the allegation that moles in the Police
are part of the nation’s complicated
security dilemma, the police is not the
only place where there are moles. They
are in earnest all over Nigeria
The latest suspected mole in the
Nasarawa massacre is not a police
personnel but a Director in the civil
service of the Nasarawa State
Government. According to media
reports, security agents who were still
peeved over the killing of their
colleagues by the dreaded Ombatse
Cult Group swooped on the Director
after tracing certain vital information
leaked to the cult group to his
telephone.
If this is shocking, a more scaring story
is that which says that there are now
moles in our revered military. On
January 19 this year, a Mali-bound
military convoy was ambushed and
attacked by insurgents in Okene, Kogi
State leading to the death of 2 soldiers
while 5 others were injured.
The Army has now confirmed that the
ambush was made possible by
information leaked by a soldier to the
insurgents. According to Lt.-Gen.
Azubuike Ihejirika, the Chief of Army
Staff (COAS), the soldier, who is now in
detention, is awaiting court martial in
connection with the leakage.
The consolation the rest of us now
have is that the army is dealing with
the issue in a down-to-earth manner.
The pragmatism must not be inchoate
– it has to be taken to its logical
conclusion. The way any one found
wanting is being handled, the recent
stern warning by the COAS at a
seminar organized by the Army at the
Transformation and Innovation Centre,
that all offenders would be decisively
dealt with and the public enlightenment
initiative on the subject are no doubt
reassuring.
Now that moles have become a crucial
part of our security challenges, the
Army must reform its recruitment
process so as always attract only
applicants with some measure of
integrity. A continuous assessment of
operatives for which the Army is well
known should more than ever before
incorporate a strategy which easily
identifies and quickly uproots
operatives that have a tendency to
degenerate into moles. In addition, how
to handle a mole should form an
essential part of the strategy for
forecasting, planning and coordinating
the arrangements for combating
terrorism.
The Police on its part may find it hard
to deal with the subject because of
long years of neglect and subsisting
prejudices but if it prioritizes the issue,
it would not be insurmountable.
Nothing else dislocates an arrangement
better than saboteur -insiders. The
issue of moles in Nigeria’s public
institutions has escalated to a
proportion in which no organization is
free from it. This is thus the time to
deal with the subject before we record
more moles than citizens.

www.vanguardngr.com/2013/05/moles-all-over-nigeria/

ABUJA — Following the declaration of
state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and
Adamawa states by President Goodluck
Jonathan last Tuesday, and the
deployment of over 3000 troops and
Counter Terrorists Squad (CTS) within
24 hours of the declaration, the
military, yesterday, launched air and
ground offensive in the thick forests of
Sambisa, Borno State, an area which
the Boko Haram sect was reported to
have used as a recruiting and training
base.
A curfew (6 pm to 6 am) has also
been imposed in the three states while
banks and other public and government
businesses have also been instructed
to suspend their operations. Some of
the residents in Yola, welcomed the
offensive with a trader in Jimeta
Market, Audu John saying, “the state
has been under the control of gunmen
for so long, this state of emergency is
long overdue.”
Soldiers dislodge sect members
A senior military officer who spoke
under conditions of anonymity said
that soldiers attacked the area and
dislodged the sect members who fled
following the heavy military onslaught. The source added that the sect was yet
to mount any serious offensive
stressing that the Nigerian Army was
backed by the Nigerian Air Force who
are part of the operations. The source
also said that soldiers are hunting
down members of the Boko Haram sect
in all their identified bases in Gashua,
Yobe State.
According to the source, “in line with
the directive from Mr. President and
military authorities to immediately
dislodge the sect members, who are
terrorising the states of Adamawa,
Yobe and Borno in particular, as well
as some other northern states of the
federation since 2009 to date, our men
raided some terrorist camps in the
Sambisa Game Reserve, and other
camps of the sect in the affected
states, which I believe will have a
positive outcome”.
Another source who corroborated this
claim said: “So far, more than 2,000
troops have been deployed to Borno,
and as I am talking to you, the massive
operation and manhunt of Boko Haram
members along Sambisa Game Reserve
has started”. He, however, declined to
comment on the forces sent to the
other affected states of Yobe and
Adamawa.
The commencement of the offensive
has also affected telecommunication
services in the affected states as calls
could neither be made or received
which was believed was aimed at
giving the security operatives easy
chance to embark on their mission
without hindrance.
Defence Headquarters deploy more
troops
The Defence headquarters also,
yesterday, ordered the deployment of
more troops to take care of new
hideouts (bunkers) and escape routes
recently discovered.
This followed intelligence reports that
the Boko Haram terrorists and
insurgents are now looking for how to
escape the expected bombardments on
their bases.
It was further gathered that the new
deployments would see units and
military formations from the Southern
flank of the country being airlifted by
Air Force Hercules C-130 and the G222
medium range carriers to parts of the
North as back up on standby.
This is as a result of the fact that over
half of the standing troops of the
Infantry, Artillery and Armoured Corps
in the Northern flank have continued to
flood the three terror-prone states
whose land mass and mountainous
terrain is expected to pose challenges.
A military source said: “These
miscreants underestimated the
capabilities of the Nigerian Armed
Forces. What they are seeing now and
running into their hideouts is just
deployments and movement. Wait until
we begin continuous bombardments,
then they will realize that democracy
doesn’t mean you take the country for
a ride”.
The Director of Defence Information,
Brig. General Chris Olukolade, when
contacted, confirmed that more troops
are being deployed from other divisions
of the Nigerian Army in the Southern
region.
According to him, more logistics are
also being provided by the military
authorities to back up the deployment.
Olukolade said that no amount of
deployment of troops to the troubled
areas would be too much until the
terrorists are wiped out from the
Northern flank.
He said that deployments have already
commenced to all the border towns of
the three states and that very soon the
dividend of the operation will begin to
manifest.
Gen. Olukolade declined to disclose the
number of troops so far deployed but
said that a sizeable number are
already on ground and if need be, more
will be sent to the area.
“As I am talking to you now, we are not
only sending troops but they are
heavily backed up with equipment that
can stand the test of time when
confronting the insurgency”, he added.
Cameroon agrees to cooperate with
Nigeria
Meanwhile, Nigeria and Cameroon have
agreed to strengthen cooperation and
collaboration on trans-border security
following the declaration of a state of
emergency in the North-Eastern states
which share borders with Cameroon.
This was disclosed, yesterday, after
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan met
with the Cameroonian Vice Prime
Minister, Mr. Ahmadou Ali, who
brought a special message from the
Camerounian president Paul Biya to
President Jonathan.
A statement by the Special Adviser to
the President on Media and Publicity,
Reuben Abati, yesterday, said the
special message from President Paul
Biya included an invitation to attend a
summit on security and maritime
safety in the Gulf of Guinea to be
hosted by Cameroon.
He said President Jonathan accepted
the invitation, and said current global
security challenges make it imperative
for countries to cooperate maximally in
order to protect their citizens.
“As criminality and terrorism have
risen globally, it is important for
countries to cooperate maximally, in
order to protect citizens’, he stated.
President Jonathan briefed the
Cameroonian Vice Prime Minister
about the state of emergency declared
in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States
this week, and assured the special
envoy that Nigeria would work with her
neighbours to ensure security in the
sub-region.
He requested Mr. Ali to convey
Nigeria’s appreciation to President
Biya for the cooperation he has
extended and the warm relations
between the two countries.
Earlier, the Cameroonian Vice Prime
Minister, Mr. Ahmadou Ali, had told
President Jonathan that his country
was already identifying members that
will form part of the committee on
trans-border security.

good news.. lets see the army handle the BH bastards the way they deserve..

finally.. Jonathan is taking some actions, lets
the army flush out them BH bastards..

Yet to be identified students of Kogi State
Polytechnic, Lokoja, on Thursday night, stabbed a
senior lecturer of the school, Mr. Anthony
Abimaje, to death during a riot that broke out
on campus.
An eye witness said the lecturer, who was on his
way to pick his wife and daughter who sells
provision at the school centre, came to the scene
of the riot when he was stabbed in the stomach
by the students.
Investigation revealed that Amebija was a stric
lecturer who was fond of refusing bribe to award
marks to students which apparently put him in
the ‘black book’ of the warring students.
”On sighting him, the students forgot their quarrel,
stopped his car, dragged him out, turned the fight
on him and stabbed him repeatedly in the
stomach and left him bleeding on the ground”, the
eye witness said.
Amebija, who taught research methodology and
entrepreneurship before his death, was rushed to
the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
www.vanguardngr.com/2013/04/students-stab-lecturer-to-death/

this question shuld nt be directed to christians only but all regions becoz the all say almost same tin.. personaly I tink judgement day is for us to be judged according to our earthly deeds in respect to our belives and conscience... christian, muslim or pegan we all know the difference bwt good and evil witout been preached to.. so dat day will be more abut ur deeds and responsibility and nt of region as many believes.. that is my own believe anyway.

abeg oo.. I walked tru the whole computer village today from microstatn to all other shops in deing need of an infinix joypad and failed to get one.. them say e don finish for stock and I need it urgently... I don't know where else to find it abeg any ideas?

francis247: How often does this happen in a day? Depending on d number nd type of apps/launchers runned, smartphones need a reboot every once in two to three days unless it's turned off every night before bedtime. They are like computers, with apps running on background, unnecessarily sitting on RAM space. This may b nothing but RAM issue and yes, it can happen more than three times a day and would require u 2 pull off nd replace d battery 4 d phone 2 start. it is mainly caused by apps with intrusive adware; I.e, Non SNS apps that send push notifications/adverts via notification bar.
My advice
-Download a Taskiller; preferably Advanced Taskiller nd kill tasks running in background from time to time.
-Stay away from apps dat send ads via notification bar
-Also stay away from sophisticated launchers like TSF, SPB shell, etc.
-Try nd keep only sure-needed/regularly used apps
- most preferably, use d schedule power off/on option in d settings menu 2 time a reboot on daily basis within a period u lesslikely use d phone; say btw a 1-2hr interval.
- Finally, at ur own risk, root ur phone nd expand RAM with Roesoft RAM Expander if compatible.

tanks brov.. you analysis are helpful and duely noted... 3 gbosa for you!

I got infinix race x400 for over a week now nd its being ok.. but it sumtimes goes off by itself nd won't come on even wen I press the power button not untill I remove nd replace battery... it has happened three times now nd am wondering if it is settings or factory ish.. don't know if anyone has had such complaint before.. don't know what do am tinking of taking it to carlcare..plz help if there is away out... i avent rooted it though.

I got the infinix race about 3 days ago.. nd its been great so far.. but I av been unable to root it.. I enabled usb debuged nd connect it to my pc but it failed to intall the software automatically nd my pc did nt recognise it... plz if there is anybody who av rooted be kind to give us step by step procedure to it.. tanks inadvance

Tope wealth: 5 crazy things I Love in a guy!

• Neatness

•Good sense of dress

• Lovely voice and good English

• Good stature , nt too fat , not too slim nd good height.

• Purpose driven

•God fearing

Gush! I love neat people.

Hmm.. I don't see hw funny those qualities u mentioned are..
The topic is funny things girls like abou guys but girls don turn this thing to advert and wooing page..

Tope wealth: 5 crazy things I Love in a guy!

• Neatness

•Good sense of dress

• Lovely voice and good English

• Good stature , nt too fat , not too slim nd good height.

• Purpose driven

•God fearing

Gush! I love neat people.

Hmm.. I don't see hw funny those qualities u mentioned are..
The topic is funny things girls like abou guys but girls don turn this thing to advert and wooing page..

Pls I want to know more about this jpts professional programes before going in to it. Pls share your thoughts and expirinces..

Young po413: Mine may sound absurd,but don't blame me,I love girls with stretched mark and and k-legs,seeing the marks turn me on like madt and babes with k-leg have tighter p.ussies according to our beliefs.

Where am I from?don`t bother!!!

k-leg hmm! I hear oo

1 shortblackboy: there has been several threads on funny religious flyers so i decided to post a thread of non religious funny ridiculous notices. u can add urs

cant stop laffing.. Nice one dude

naijababe2: U read ma mind

I luv a guy who has hairy legs....

hairy legs?.. Lol

nyere84: Hahahahahaha. Eddy, u are funny. But, hw will i knw if u acutally ve a deep voice?

well dat is no problem.. Mail me your number so i give you a call or add me on fbuk.. Joweto edward nd eddyj_36 on twitter..

nyere84: Well, Each to his/her own.

As for me, i like DEEP BARITONE VOICE in a guy. It makes me go gaga. And, wateva he begs me with that voice, i must surely do it for him. #I cnt resist deep voice#

hmmm i like that (in a very deep voice)

nyere84: Well, Each to his/her own.

As for me, i like DEEP BARITONE VOICE in a guy. It makes me go gaga. And, wateva he begs me with that voice, i must surely do it for him. #I cnt resist deep voice#

hmmm i like that (in a very deep voice)a

lefulefu: some babes prefer to date guys with Pete Edochie ttype of beards because dem believe say men with heavy bear bear na dem dey get money

lolz..

tchidi: I also like tribal marks...just a small straight mark on d cheek...not d one like plotting a scatter diagram
I like guys who r left handed, gap toothed and can sing.

i av marks nd spaced tooth.. Maybe you like moi.. But seriousely would you give ur child marks at this age? Since u like it on others..

a girl once told me that she likes guys with tribal marks on thier faces
another one said she likes guys putting on round neck polo..
And lately a friend told me his girl likes to get intimate on bare floor.
The list is endless drop yours if you have any...

enilove: Dont be decieved, the Muslims are the antichrists.
The mark of the beast is being tested, and world wide, the Muslims are killing and jailing the Christians.

Most Christians are spiritually sleeping and not ready.

The spirit inside them is the spirit of Allah. They jubilate and are happy when they kill innocent people.They will shout "Allah be praised" when they see blood of the innocents flowing.

Christianity was b4 Islam,but it tolerates every religion.

The spirit in the muslims is from the devil that hates peace and loves violence.

The end time is near.Be prayerful.

i personally think its wrong to say muslims are antichrist.. The problems we face here are all politically multivated and what they do is to cover their face with the religeous difference in the country

THOSE born in Nigeria 900
years ago and others who
made unquantifiable
sacrifices on behalf of this
country; either during the
nationalist struggles or paid
the supreme sacrifice on the
field of war to keep the
nation one will not survive
one week in today’s Nigeria.
Many of them, civil servants,
lived freely in any part of the
country. Railway workers,
P&T workers, as well as
traders freely resided
wherever they wanted in any
part of the country.
Last week, I had this mail
which says a building
belonging to The Redeemed
Christian Church of God,
RCCG, at Gusua in Zamfara
State was set ablaze by yet
to be identified persons
three months after the
incidence.
The RCCG parish building
was torched by alleged
hoodlums on January 25 this
year. Quite naturally,
sympathizers visited to
commiserate with the
leadership of the church
with some making promises
to arrest the peperatators of
the heinous crime and bring
them to book.
Three weeks after the fire
incidence, a delegation from
the community paid a
sympathy visit to the church
and empathized with the
leadership of the church.
After the normal exchange
of pleasantries, the visiting
community leaders dropped
the clincher: “We sympathize
with you for the fire
incidence, but we must tell
you that we will not allow
you to rebuild this place as a
church.” Infact, he added:
“We have actually come to
let you know that you have
six months within which to
vacate the site.”
That was when it dawned on
the pastor and his
congregation that Christians
were not wanted in the
community.
After several prayer sessions
and reassured by biblical
promise that wherever you
set your foot, that land will
be yours; members were just
slowly picking themselves
together with a view to
remodel the church to the
shame of the devil.
The pastor immediately
dispatched a protest letter to
the Zamfara State governor
who, in his reckoning, is the
only authority in the state
that can either authorize
their reconstruction work or
in the alternative approve
another location for the
church.
As minutes are ticking
towards the six months quit
notice from the community
leaders, the pastor and his
congregation are still
undergoing an endless
wilderness period not sure if
his SOS letter actually got to
the state chief executive
officer and if there would be
a miracle call from his office
before the expiration of the
deadline.
Exactly 41 days before the
above incidence in Zamfara
State, a Living Faith Church
on Airport Road, Ilorin,
Kwara State, still under
construction, was razed
down.
The founder of Living Faith
Church, also known as
Winners Chapel is Bishop
David Oyedepo, a first class
indigene of Kwara State who
had contributed immensely
to the socio-economic
development of the state
including the establishment
of a state-of-the-art private
university.
The only offence Oyedepo
and his church had
committed is that they dared
to tread where angels and
saints were not expected to
go. The story goes thus: the
church had acquired a land
at Check-Point area along
Ilorin-Ogbomosho Road for
the purpose of building a
church. After the acquisition
of the required statutory
rights of occupancy, they
started construction work.
Trouble started when the
immediate past vice
chancellor of the University
of Ilorin, Professor Isaq
Oloyede allegedly appeared
at the construction site on
December 3, 2012, ordering
the workers to stop work
immediately because,
according to him, the land
on which they were building
belongs to Muslim Students’
Society, MSS.
According to the report, the
former vice chancellor,
instead of opting for the
legal option to settle the
dispute amicably for the
interest of peace, allegedly
threatened to, among other
things, mobilise 1,000
students to demolish the
church if it didn’t stop the
construction work. Nine days
later, on December 12, 2012
the church was razed down
and nobody has been
apprehended.
For how long shall we
continue this master/slave
relationship? Everyday we
mouth the need for a united
Nigeria but at who’s
expense? Why will a group
be regarded as superior
while the other inferior
always? As the National
Assembly is currently
considering another
constitutional amendment, it
would be worthwhile for
members to save a looming
national catastrophe by
genuinely and sincerely
deliberating on the basis of
the nation’s unity before the
planned centenary
celebration to mark the
amalgamation of the two
protectorates.
www.vanguardngr.com/2013/03/churches-not-allowed-here/

weytin me no understand na how the matter take concern US.. na how dem go take coz confusion for us na im dey look for.. >

Controversy has continued
to trail Wednesday’s state
pardon granted the former
Governor of Bayelsa State,
Chief Diepreye Solomon
Peter Alamieyeseigha and
eight others with the United
States of America yesterday
joining the league of those
opposed to the Federal
Government’s action.
President Goodluck Jonathan
who approved
Alamieyeseigha’s pardon
served as his deputy in
office.
The US Embassy in Nigeria
made the country’s position
on Alamiesiegha’s pardon
known on Twitter in Lagos
yesterday, describing it as a
setback to the fight against
graft in the country.
“We see this as a setback in
the fight against corruption,”
Embassy spokeswoman Deb
MacLean said.
Jonathan takes Nigeria
backward — Malami
A Seniour Advocate of
Nigeria, SAN, Abubakar
Malami, has also criticised
the pardon granted
Alamieyeseigha and others
indicted for corruption,
saying that the action had
ridiculed Nigerians before
the international community.
Malami spoke in an interview
with Saturday Vanguard in
Abuja yesterday, pointing out
that Jonathan had taken
Nigeria many steps
backwards in the current
fight against corruption by
that ‘’singular act of
indiscretion.’’
However, Senator Clever
Ikisikpo defended President
Jonathan for granting
pardon to Alamieseigha
saying it was to right the
humiliation meted to him by
former President Olusegun
Obasanjo.
Ikisikpo said it was the
Nigerian government that
actually offended
Alamieyeseigha by stripping
him of his immunity as a
serving governor which led
to his arrest in London and
consequent impeachment
and prosecution. He blamed
the former governor’s
troubles which he said were
not only ‘’political but
orchestrated,’’ on Obasanjo.
Former Senate Chief Whip,
Senator Rowland Owie, also
commended President
Jonathan for the gesture, just
as he frowned at those
criticizing the pardon
granted Alamieyeseigha,
pointing out that “after all
former President Olusegun
Obasanjo was pardoned
after he was released from
prison before he became
President”.
Pardon not wrong — Owie
Owie who said that there
are Nigerians who had
‘’committed more heinous
crime than Alamieyeseigha
but who are walking round
the streets freely today,’’
stressed that there was
nothing wrong pardoning
any repentant Nigerian, since
“we all ask God every day to
forgive us our sins.”
President Goodluck Jonathan
had granted pardon to eight
Nigerians including
Alamieyeseigha, the former
Chief of General Staff,
General Oladipo Diya; the
late former Chief of Staff,
Supreme Headquarters and
brother of late President
Umaru Yar’Adua; Major
General Shehu Musa
Yar’Adua; Major Bello
Magaji, rtd, Mohammed
Lima Biu, former Head, Bank
of the North, Shettima
Bulama, Major Segun
Fadipe, rtd, and late Major
General Abdulkareem Adisa
(post humus).
However, of all those
granted pardon,
Alamieyeseigha and Bulama’s
had been generating a lot of
criticisms, with many of the
critics saying that the
government’s action had
dealt a death knell to the
war against corruption in the
country.
President Jonathan served as
Alamieyesiegha’s deputy
while in office and his
impeachment marked the
start of Jonathan’s rise in
Nigerian politics.