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President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the immediate disengagement from service of Mr Abdullahi Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms.

Presidential spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a three-paragraph statement this afternoon.

Adesina said in a memo to the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, the president equally demanded a full report of the circumstances of Maina's recall and posting to the Ministry of Interior.

According to him, the report is to be submitted to the office of the Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari, before the end of work today.

https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/buhari-fires-maina-queries-head-of-service.html

Lol!

According to radical writer, Tariq Ali, a true revolutionary is one who disregards personal safety in the pursuit of one’s beliefs. He cited Che Guavara who left the comforts of Argentina to fight in the jungles of Bolivia and died while in combat.
He never failed to also mention Malcolm X as one of his heroes who was to meet his waterloo in the heady, violent days of 1965. Unfortunately, there was a disconnection between what he espoused and what he practiced.
During the brutal dictatorship of General Ayub Khan in his native Pakistan where thousands of citizens died in bloody demonstrations, the students urged him to return home to lead the struggle from within and use his vast global contacts to yank off the military from power. Khan had other ideas and preferred to sit in London, editing a journal because he was scared that his passport might be confiscated.
He refused to go to Paris in 1968 to attend an important conference because he was scared he might not be allowed back into Britain since he had five months left to become a British citizen. He was tragically a safety first radical apologies to Adewale Maja-Pearce, former editor of the Index on Censorship.
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu once boasted that he would deal with any invading force from Abuja and that it would be Biafra or death. When death came in the face of Operation Python Dance, what did he do? He allegedly vanished into thin air as his whereabouts have been unknown since his father’s palace was invaded by the military marauders.
His disappearing act must have come as a gargantuan shocker to his horde of disciples who called him a Lion and swore that he would stand as the Rock of Gibraltar in protecting their interests.
What his zealous supporters failed to acknowledge was that their idol failed to stand up for some of his supporters who were detained. He earlier promised not to live them behind in jail but when his bail came through, he made a volte-face. Wasn’t that a sign of more sinister things to come?
He who fights and runs away lives to fight another day seemed to be his mantra as he was not ready to toe the path that Che Guevara, Martin Luther King Jnr, Patrice Lumumba etc trod.
His followers were at the mercy of the army goons who whipped them mercilessly to submit to the constituted authority. They needed succour from the man who touted himself as the next big thing in revolutionary warfare but alas all they got was an elitist conspiratorial silence.
IPOB as part of the fallout has been proscribed as a terrorist organization. The alleged presence of a Biafran intelligence service lent and Kanu’s call for the purchase of weapons made the Federal Government move swiftly to forestall any breakdown of law and order. To categorise them alongside boko haram was in bad taste. It would been interesting to hear Kanu’s voice denounce the actions of the Buhari led administration on his organization.
Tragically, he has been turned into a fugitive and enemy of the state.
He now has the charge of terrorism in addition to the earlier treason charge and this wouldn’t be easy to deal with as being let off the hook may be nothing short of wishful thinking.
One wonders why there has been deafening silence by his supposed foot soldiers and erstwhile sympathizers! No official statement from his bail sureties or any from his horde of disciples. Is it that they failed to successfully buy into his ‘vision?’ Has the tide of the times made it unsafe to publicly associate or identify with him?
Is it a failure on his part as a leader that he had no loyal crop of loyalists? Some traditional rulers went as far as asking the state government to withdraw the staff of office from his father. The greatest blow came from the southeast governors who denounced him and his organization. Let’s not forget that Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe was among those that stood surety which meant an indirect governmental backing from his homeland. Was his fame a nine day wonder accentuated by his prolonged detention and as such had no roots and substance?
Successful liberty fighters have their machineries well oiled either during their time of flight or even death. The likes of Oliver Thambo, Walter Sisulu, Desmond Tutu, Thabo Mbeki etc spread forth the anti-apartheid message while Mandela and the 26 others were behind bars. The 1917 Bolshevik revolution was spearheaded by Lenin from exile in Switzerland. Why hasn’t the so called international support of IPOB seen a propagandist machinery to keep its ideals alive?
We recall with gusto the way and manner Ralph Uwazurike swept the south-east with his Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB). After his first spell in detention, it fizzled out like the musical candle in the wind.
Some of Kanu’s traducers accuse him of succumbing to hubris by allowing a guard of honour to be mounted by his foot soldiers which he inspected and infamous picture that circulated virally which saw him step his feet on an overzealous disciple.
For a man who enjoyed support from the likes of Pat Utomi and Chukwuma Soludo, this is not the best way to end up.
Some cold comfort is coming from the United States who disagreed with the Nigerian government that IPOB is a terrorist organization. The UK and France have come to deny their countries being used as a funding conduit for the marked organization. Nothing has come in the way of support for Kanu from any of the aforementioned countries and it is crystal clear that he has been left to stew in his own juice.
Will Kanu go down the way of Uwazurike? Would he like the phonix re-emerge as another Dim Odumegwu-Ojukwu who was still held in high esteem despite his 1970 cowardice?
Time never fails!
By Tony Ademiluyi

http://thenationonlineng.net/where-nnamdi-kanu/

Imagine a people deceived to worship a man born of a woman. A man that was in the cradle like everybody else. A man that laughed and cried, a man that ate and drank, a man that urinated and shitted like every other man.
A man that in his entire life never knew or heard the words "Christianity, trinity, resurrection", or him dying for the sin of another.
I challenge all the worshippers of Christ here to show me just one verse in the bible where Jesus said "I am God" or "worship me".

Why must we be spiritual to interpret the simple words of a God that "created us in his own image and likeness". Any word that needs spirituality to be understood in the bible are obviously not from God.
Because there are the words of three different beings in the bible, and these words are clearly distinguishable from one another.
The words of God are distinct from the words of Jesus which are in turn distinguished from the words of men inside the same bible.

lofty900:
useless post

Are u one of them?

Now that IPOB has been officially declared a terrorists organization by the Nigerian army, and their enclaves occupied, what next? Would they confront the army and fight to demonstrate their much acclaimed battle readiness or would they chicken out as the going gets tough?
Now that the battle die has been cast who will waiver, General Buratai or Commander Kanu?
-Will Buratai hesitate to do in Biafra what he has been doing in his own state of Borno? I dont think so.
-Can Nnamdi Kanu walk the talk of destroying the "zoo republic" or was he just being sarcastic?
Is the declaration of IPOB a terrorists organization right or wrong? Applying simple logic to this question leads to using our local Boko Haram(BH) terrorists as a scale to weigh IPOB.
SIMILARITIES:
1. BH wanted to carve an Islamic state out of Nigeria/IPOB want to carve a Biafra state out of Nigeria
2. BH brainwashed and coerced jobless youths and formed an army/IPOB brainwashed and poisoned the minds of jobless youths and formed an army.
3. BH illegally acquired arms to execute their war against us/IPOB illegally acquired arms to destroy the "zoo republic".
4. BH leaders defied all voices of reasoning and challenged constituted authorities/IPOB defied same voices and challenged the sovereign.
5. BH committed genocide against innocent civilians/IPOB committed genocide against innocent civilians.
6. BH and IPOB are both arsonists and looters.
7. BH want a reward in a heaven/IPOB want a reward in a Biafra heaven.

DIFFERENCES:
1.BH are ready to die for their cause to get to that heaven/IPOB youths want to live and enjoy their Biafra heaven.
2. BH don't select their victims/IPOB kill only northerners.

What more to compare and contrast them?

Even without PMB Atiku won't be the secessor because he is a desperado.

Where in Rivers?

The recent show of disloyalty exhibited by the minister for women affairs, Aisha Jummai Alhassan by openly showing her support for Atiku Abubakar to run for president in 2019 is a plan to test the waters.See reasons why President Buhari will give the desperadoes behind her the 'Fayose and FFK treatment'= SILENCE

See what their plan:

1. The idea was to push PMB to the edge and provoke some reactions just to read his mind if truly he will seek re-election in 2019.

2. It was also an attempt to know what early preparations should or can be put in place should Baba recontest or not.

3. It was also a desperate calculation to test his statemanship, she really want a sack and very desperate at that because a sack will send a message and the message will be audibly clear that add and subtract, Baba has a plan, may be of re-election.

4. That Mr President promised for only one (1) term is another dirty push to make him talk and that is to help their course.

Now here is the reality:

¤ Mr President is far ahead of these desperados, he will not talk because he has work to do, Governance is more than politics most especially at this critical time of our economy recovery, he will not talk because leaders think of GOVERNANCE while 'The PoliLOOTERS' think of how to win next election.

¤ He will not sack her even as her action apparently begs for it, he will not sack her because thats exactly what they wanted him to do.
So that the sack can ignite and garner some kind of sympathy from the public, may be if his silence frustrates her, she will resign on her own.

¤ The nuclear that has unsettled them is his silence and concentration on what matters most, which is Nigeria.
The joke is now on them as his silence is suffocating them badly, and that's the 'Fayose and FFK treatment'

My opinion.

The first son of late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Emeka Ojukwu (Jr), has vindicated President Muhammadu Buhari on his reported discussions with his late father on the unity and indivisibility of Nigeria.
Mr. Ojukwu told journalists on Wednesday in Awka Anambra State, that Mr. Buhari’s position about he (Buhari) and his late father’s discussion was right.
The son to late Ikemba Nnewi told journalists that he never granted any media interview or posted any message on social media to disclaim Mr. Buhari’s discussions with his father.
“My late father actually held the said meeting with Buhari before his demise and all that Buhari said in his nationwide broadcast were true.
“It has been brought to my attention that there is an article making the rounds on social media attributed to me refuting the remarks of Mr. President concerning his relationship and discussions with my late father.
“Let me state the following categorically; firstly, that I made no such comments to anybody, and secondly that I am aware that His Excellency’s comments were indeed factual,” he said.
Mr. Ojukwu said he has observed a disturbing trend in the social media whereby fake news is attributed to people on the social media.
According to him, “I don’t know who is behind this report attributed to me and what their motivation might be, any time I feel to comment on any matter, I do so publicly and not via some anonymous email’’.
Ojukwu Jr. urged members of the public to discountenance the stories in the social media or any media platform whatsoever credited to him.
He warned that such malicious and damaging publications would not be taken lightly should he track the source.
He called on Mr. Buhari not to take such comments serious as it smacks of gutter and yellow media reportage aimed at overheating the polity.
President Buhari in his nationwide broadcast on Monday made reference to the meeting he had with the late warlord.
“In 2003 after I joined partisan politics, the late Chief Emeka Ojukwu came and stayed as my guest in my hometown Daura. Over two days we discussed in great depth till late into the night and analysed the problems of Nigeria. We both came to the conclusion that the country must remain one and united.
“Nigeria’s unity is settled and not negotiable. We shall not allow irresponsible elements to start trouble and when things get bad they run away and saddle others with the responsibility of bringing back order, if necessary with their blood,” Mr. Buhari said.

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/241365-ojukwus-son-speaks-true-father-met-discussed-nigeria-buhari.html

The question is has he peddled drugs or not?

Heshei:
Op, Are you working for DSS?

No. I am a concerned Nigerian who wish that Biafra be let go peacefully.

uchman48:
This is the job of the Nigerian army not DSS abi if war start na DSS go fight. Well nice warning but the Arewa youths have already started a verbal civil war.

But the secessionist and separatist activities of MASSOB, IPOB and the incessant social media hate campaign by their followers has long preceded the call from the so called Arewa Youths na.

THE DSS:
PRESS RELEASE

The Department of State Services (DSS) has watched with keen interest the disturbing trend desperate and mischievous elements have tended to steer the ship of our nationhood to calamity and irretrievable destruction. Only recently, the Arewa Youths in a press statement called for the relocation of the Igbos from the North. Unfortunately, this development has been followed by a release from an unknown source styled, Niger Delta Watchdogs, threatening all Northerners to quit Niger Delta region. Meanwhile, another group went to the extent of harvesting from the internet, a horrific accident scene, for the purpose of making it look like a site of massacre of Igbo ethnic group by Northern youths. However, the Service has been able to establish that the purported murder scene being depicted as a field of massacre was a high casualty accident scene which occurred along Owo-Akure road, Ondo State, on 3rdMarch, 2016. Those involved in these misleading and despicable acts have since been warned to desist from anything capable of causing disaffection and stoking nationwide tensions.

2. Consequently, the Service, in line with its statutory mandate of ensuring the internal security of the Country, wishes to inform the public that it will stop at nothing to deploy all resources at its disposal to identify and deal with all those culpable, as well as maintain peace and order in every length and breadth of the Nation.

3. To this effect, it warns, in very clear terms, all those who are charting the course of disunity among Nigerians to desist from their divisive actions. The Service is also not oblivious of the efforts of some miscreants to ignite fear and cause ethnic tensions across the country. It strongly condemns in its entirety the call for relocation of anyone to places against their wishes. Such relocation order is not only illegal, but it is strongly viewed to be against the spirit of our Constitution which allows for freedoms of movement and association among others.

4. The DSS, therefore, frowns at the tendency some ethnic chauvinists easily and cheaply resort to hate speeches, misinformation and total manipulation of information especially on the social media simply to fan the embers of discord and subvert the efforts of government in implementing its policies for the good of everyone.

5. Well-meaning and law abiding citizens and residents are enjoined to disregard persuasions by these tribal jingoists to make our beloved country a theatre of the absurd and bloodletting. It is time for us, Nigerians, to show our humanness and patriotism which have been our defining strength as one united indivisible nation. The Service has already commenced a detailed investigation to get the perpetrators of these hate campaigns as well as their sponsors. At the appropriate time all those involved in these condemnable acts will be unmasked and decisively dealt with in line with the laws of the land.

6. The Service wants to reassure the entire populace that it will not leave any stone unturned to ensure that those who are bent on causing a breakdown of law and order are not spared. Meanwhile, anyone with useful information is also encouraged to volunteer same to the Service or the nearest security agency/formation for prompt action.



Tony Opuiyo

Department of State Services,

National Headquarters,

Abuja

18th June, 2017

Retired Assistant Inspector General of Police, Ambrose Aisabo has attributed the recent ultimatum given by some northern youths to Igbos to vacate their land to the continuous agitation and call for secession by some Igbo groups in the country.

He said the recent sit-at-home observed in the south-east as ordered by Biafran agitators should not have been allowed to happen, noting that government should have moved against those who gave the order.
Speaking with Daily Trust, the former AIG and public affairs commentator said the Igbo youths instigated their northern counterparts to give the ultimatum, saying, “It takes two to tango”.
However, the security expert observed that the northern youths over-reacted by the ultimatum because not only Igbos stay in the South East.
He also said those beating the drums of war failed to realize that no country ever survives two civil wars. He specifically advised the Igbo agitators to stop the ceaseless calls for recession especially when their kinsmen and women are all over the country with their investments which took them years to garner.
“One thing I know is that apart from Igbos and the north, no country can survive two civil wars. Igbos are living in the glass house and throwing stones”, he said.
While government should rein in any group of people beating the drums of war, the ex-AIG stressed the need for government to hearken to the call for restructuring to reduce the attraction for power especially at the centre.
He added, “No Nigerian is praying for disintegration. Anyone praying for Nigeria to break up, the loss would be too much. Let those IPOP, MASSOB stop beating the drums of war because no country survives two civil wars because once it happens, you don’t know when and where it would end”.
Aisabo commended the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo for his meeting with leaders of different ethnic groups in the country, described the move as a confidence building measure to calm sprayed nerves.
“The meeting is a step in the right direction, a proactive measure and confidence building mechanism, meeting different zones in the country and political groups because the way things are going, you don’t know what would happen. And it appears majority of Nigerians are supporting this restructuring, restructure the country so that the centre would no longer be too attractive for anybody”, he said.

https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/why-northern-youths-gave-ultimatum-to-igbos-ex-aig/201970.html

Abuja – The suspended former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Rep. Abdulmumin Jibrin, has been invited by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). JIBRIN Jibrin’s invitation is based on his allegations on budget padding against the leadership of the House and to answer questions concerning money looted through padding in the 2016 budget. The EFCC’s letter of invitation to Jibrin dated June 9 was signed by the acting Head of Extractive Industry Grid Section, Mr Michael Wetkas. It said: “The commission has commenced investigation into the petition of corrupt practices and abuses of office reported on 1st August, 2016, by Hammart and Co. (Tafida Chambers) on your behalf against Hon. Yakubu Dogara, Hon. Yussuf Lasun, Hon. Alhassan Doguwa, Hon. Leonard Ogor and others. “In furtherance of the investigation and due to unfolding findings, it has become imperative to request that you attend another interview with the team. “Through Ibrahim Ahmed on 13th June 2017 at the 3rd floor Block A, No.5 Fomelu street, off Adetokumbo Ademola Crescent, Wuse 2, Abuja, at 10 a.m. to clarify some issues to enable us conclude investigation”. Jibrin in a statement on Monday in Abuja confirmed receipt of the letter. He said: “Today, I received invitation from the EFCC for another interview to clarify some issues to enable the commission conclude investigation on my petition against some principal officers of the House on 2016 budget fraud, corruption and abuse of office. “This is a welcome development as it is coming at a time that many Nigerians have lost hope that the outcome of my petition will not see the light of the day. “I have severally maintained that I have full confidence in the EFCC under the Chairmanship of Ibrahim Magu. “I am also aware that the EFCC have been investigating the petition I submitted and far reaching discoveries were made. “It is also noteworthy that this invitation is coming at a time that some revelations were made last week. “The revelations with details of how the Minority Leader of the House, Leo Ogor, used his company where he is the signatory to the accounts to execute constituency project contracts completely against the laws of our land. “It is however worrisome that in his response, Ogor admitted the offence and even boosted that there is nothing wrong in what he did as quoted by the nation’s newspaper. “Let me state emphatically clear that any Member or Senator who used his company or companies with links to him to execute constituency project contracts, whether such contracts are executed or not has committed an offence. “Either way you look at it, he can be prosecuted on charges of corruption or abuse of office. “The case of Leo Ogor is same or even worst than that of Babachir Lawal yet the entire National Assembly has maintained an embarrassing silence. “Is my boss, Senate President and Chairman of National Assembly, Sen. Bukola Saraki aware of this? “In due course I will expose a lot of other issues in the 2017 budget that will shock Nigerians whether the authority decides to act on it or not.”

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/06/budget-padding-allegations-efcc-invites-jibrin/

Story story. Have they paid their worker's salary?

IgboticGirl:
I have noting to say

BUT y do Muslims eat as early as 5am in the morning and still say they are fasting



is just a question pls don't be offended




We are one

Dawn is the beginning of a new day in islamic calendar, not 0001hrs.

North West..... ..7 States = 51
North Central.....6 States = 47
North East.........6 States = 45
South East.........5 States = 41
South West........6 States = 45
South South.......6 States = 45

North ~143
South ~131
Total = 274

Religion Aspects On Ministers.
Muslims = 17
Christians = 19

Strong KEY Ministers In the Government

Transport ~ South
Power-Housing-works ~ South
Finance ~ South
Health ~ South
Employment ~ South
Petroleum ~ South
Budget & National Planning ~ South
Foreign Affairs ~ South
Trade & Investment ~ South
Solid Minerals ~ South
Science & Technology ~ South

Justice ~ North
Education ~ North
Interior ~ North
Defence ~ North

Religion and ethnicity is not spelt in our constitution in terms of appointments but zoning is mentioned.

This information was extracted from the ministry of information's record to educate some gullible Nigerians who are brain washed in believing that this government is one-sided and intolerant to religion and ethnicity of people.

This is a product of corruption, we must do away with it for Nigeria to develop.

©Mohammed Danjuma

Following.

Several police officers are feared to have been killed Tuesday night after suspected officials of the Nigerian Navy stormed a police division in Calabar, southern Nigeria.
Witnesses told PREMIUM TIMES the attack, which began shortly after 8:30 p.m., was still underway as at 10:19 p.m. at Akim Divisional Headquarters.
“The police station is still burning as we speak,” a horrified witness told PREMIUM TIMES.
Naval spokesperson, Suleiman Dahun, told PREMIUM TIMES he wasn’t aware of the development as at 10:26 p.m., promising to revert after his findings.
Police spokesperson, Jimoh Moshood, could not be reached for comments Tuesday night.
Sources said the unrest was a continuation of an initial skirmish between a police traffic officer and a naval officer at a traffic light near the Calabar Stadium along the Airport Road on Tuesday afternoon.
“Some naval officers ran the red light and police traffic officers intervened, but rather than listen, they descended on the policemen and beat them up,” a witness said. “This was around 5 p.m.”
“Police officers now called for back up and and the Navy also called for reinforcement and they took over the road leading to the airport.

“But the Navy Commander and police commissioner in the state intervened and the two sides backed down,” the witness said.
“However, around 8:00 p.m., when everyone thought the matter had been resolved, naval officers descended on Akim Police Station and started shooting and burnt down the facility.
“We confirmed three bodies but we feared there are more,” the witness said.
The witness also accused the naval officers of blocking fire fighters from extinguishing the inferno set at the police station.
Details soon…

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/232631-breaking-many-feared-dead-as-naval-officers-attack-police-station.html

Deyinka007:
Please help ... I generated RRR and paid on Monday, till now it hasn't reflected on my portal and when I try to check my RRR number it says RRR not found.

Please what can I do?

Check the RRR before you login. Then login and continue.

Adeskillz:
Pls I need help o my portal dey tel me you are yet to register your courses 4dis semester afta answering all ma tma even d tmas ar still der o

The same thing is happening to me. I was advised to go to my study centre and complain. But am far from my study centre and there's no guarantee that it'll be resolved in one visit. Am in a dilemma right now. If your centre is within reach reach there. Pls keep me posted as to how fast its resolved. 08055665648. Thanks.

Entrepreneurr:
Please is this result due for graduation... i finished since 2015 but my name has not been included on graduating list of 2016 and 2017... seminar and project are all checked in

Should i go on writing courses... please advise.

I advise you contact the counsellor at your study centre or contact NOUMIS on 080431400539, noumis@nou.edu.ng

Two courses and one exam I registered for this semester have banished from my portal. The system keeps replying me that "you yet to register courses this semester". But they are visible in my wallet. Pls who do I contact to regain them back without necessarily going to my study centre as I am far away? Thanks.
See screenshots:

Ahmed has worked with me and he is a friend. A nice gentleman who worked in Nigeria for long. I believe his side of the story.

Adekanmi1997:
Get involve with us as jamb just released 57000 result, are you one of them?
Drop your result as comment and let people congratulate your effort!!!

Drop yours first.

elnino3:
All I see is don King. So you know that fight was fixed. Forget the wounds.

How do you mean?