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*Nigeria’s Agriculture Sector Suffers ₦5 Trillion Capital Wipeout in Two Years — PeacePro*

_Says destruction is comparable to a financial sector collapse_

The Foundation for Peace Professionals (PeacePro) has declared Nigeria’s agriculture sector to be in a deep structural crisis, warning that Nigerian farmers have lost nearly ₦5 trillion (approximately $4billion) in productive capital over the past two years due to policy induced price crashes, poor and misleading weather forecasts by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), and severe market distortions.

In a statement issued by its Executive Director, Abdulrazaq Hamzat, PeacePro described the losses as direct agricultural capital destruction at the producer level, stressing that the estimate does not include secondary economic effects such as consumer inflation, GDP contraction, foreign exchange pressure, or security related costs.

“Those impacts come later. What has already happened is the liquidation of farmer capital,” PeacePro said.

According to the organization, Nigeria did not successfully “control food prices” in 2024–2025. Instead, a combination of poorly timed policy interventions, price suppression mechanisms, weak market coordination, and unreliable weather forecasting by NiMet forced farmers to sell produce below cost, wiping out the capital required to sustain future production cycles.

“This was not a market correction. It was a policy shock that transferred value away from producers,” the statement added.

While Nigeria has an estimated 38–40 million people engaged in agriculture, PeacePro clarified that the most severe damage was concentrated among market facing producers, not subsistence farmers, although subsistence farmers were also adversely affected, particularly by poor and misleading weather forecasts issued by NiMet.

The most affected group includes 6–8 million producers, small and medium scale commercial farmers, storage poor price taking producers, farmers engaged in grains, tubers, vegetables, and legumes.

These producers supply Nigeria’s urban and regional food markets.

Hamzat explained that repeated price collapses across two consecutive production cycles resulted in aggregate capital losses approaching ₦5 trillion, even under conservative assumptions.

PeacePro maintained that the scale of destruction is comparable to a financial sector collapse, with one critical difference, “This crisis did not happen in banks or stock markets.
It happened quietly, in farms and rural communities.”

Hamzat also cautioned that depleted farmer capital will inevitably lead to reduced planting in 2026, lower domestic food supply, higher future food prices, increased rural poverty and social instability.

PeacePro therefore urged Nigerian authorities to publicly acknowledge the scale of agricultural capital destruction and immediately shift policy away from short term price suppression toward producer protection, capital preservation, and market stability.

“No country can bankrupt its farmers and remain food secure and Nigeria will soon pay the price for policy decisions that treated farmers as shock absorbers for inflation, if not corrected on time”

https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/02/02/peacepro-nigerias-agriculture-sector-suffers-%e2%82%a65trn-capital-wipeout-in-two-years/

Gbenga Hashim Solidarity Movement a Key Force in Osun Gubernatorial Race – Alh Abass Olaniyi

Osogbo, Osun State

The Gbenga Hashim Solidarity Movement (GHSM) has emerged as one of the most influential groups likely to shape the outcome of the next gubernatorial election in Osun State, thanks to its popularity, grassroots reach, and mobilizing capacity, according to Alhaji Abass Olaniyi, Southwest Coordinator of GHSM and a PDP stakeholder.

Speaking on the Lero Temi podcast with Mukhtar Ajelogbon, Olaniyi said the group has not yet decided which candidate to support, noting that the PDP has not officially produced a candidate for the race.

However, he made it clear that the APC candidate is “not an option”, signaling the group’s strong stance against the ruling party.

GHSM’s influence, according to Olaniyi, stems from its ability to mobilize voters across the state, engage grassroots networks, and leverage its broad popularity to influence party decisions.

On the national political stage, Olaniyi predicted that President Tinubu’s defeat in 2027 will begin in Osun State, reflecting the strategic importance of the state in shaping both state and federal electoral outcomes.

“GHSM has consistently played a decisive role in elections where we have been engaged. Our focus is to ensure that the PDP presents a credible, unifying, and popular candidate who can win the confidence of the people,” he said.

The statement underscores GHSM’s growing relevance in the Southwest and signals a critical period of decision-making for Osun’s political landscape ahead of the 2027 elections.

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1JFiUUmiFb/

PeacePro Warns of Escalating Hausa–Fulani Insurgency in North West Nigeria

The Foundation for Peace Professionals (PeacePro) has raised the alarm over a rapidly escalating Hausa–Fulani insurgency in North-West Nigeria, following a fact finding mission to the region in January led by Executive Director Abdulrazaq Hamzat.

PeacePro identified Katsina, Zamfara, and Sokoto States as the epicenters of the growing crisis.

Hamzat noted that the insurgency is distinct from the persistent Almajiri system, but both crises are compounding insecurity and social fragmentation.

Alarmingly, Hausa and Fulani communities are increasingly developing parallel, retaliatory insurgent tendencies, deepening mistrust and cycles of violence.

According to Hamzat, the insurgency emerged from banditry in the mid-2010s, with criminal networks exploiting ethnic tensions to expand kidnapping, cattle rustling, illegal mining, and territorial control, adding that political mismanagement has worsened the crisis, with some leaders downplaying criminal activity or blaming entire communities, fueling retaliation and armed self defense mobilization.

“State failure and political manipulation have transformed what could have been contained disputes into an entrenched insurgency,” Hamzat said.

Zamfara has become the epicenter due to weak governance and unregulated mining. Katsina faces rising reprisal attacks and kidnappings, while Sokoto, historically insulated by religious authority, is now experiencing spillover violence, raising regional alarm.

PeacePro is calling for urgent, decisive action, including impartial security intervention, criminal justice accountability, political de-escalation, and community reconciliation, warning that failure to act risks turning the North-West into a lawless zone.

https://peacepro.org/peacepro-warns-of-escalating-hausa-fulani-insurgency-in-north-west-nigeria/

honesttalk21:
PeacePro's assessment of the Almajiri system hits the mark by highlighting the dire impact on children's lives and the growing insecurity it fosters. However, their proposed solutions echo the same empty promises we've heard for years. During Jonathan's administration, 137 schools were constructed with N15 billion, yet many of them now stand unused. The promise of eradicating the system in five years lacks transparency about accountability and funding sources.

While they suggest engaging religious leaders, this approach overlooks the fact that some of these leaders resist change due to the benefits they reap from free child labor and the exploitation of political thugs. There's no mention of holding parents accountable for abandoning their children or taking decisive action against unregulated Quranic schools.

True accountability would involve legal consequences for neglectful parents, immediate funding solutions, and mandatory school enrollment for all children. Instead, we see another NGO statement offering a coordinated response that lacks real impact. The Northern elites who gain from this system are unlikely to dismantle it of their own accord. It will take bold measures to criminalize child abandonment and sidestep those who resist change. Until then, these discussions will fade away, leaving vulnerable children on the streets.

Reassessing the Almajiri Crisis: Why Education Alone Misses the Point
By Abdulrazaq Hamzat

In January, I visited all the states of Nigeria’s North West to reassess the Almajiri situation before releasing any new publication.

This reassessment was deliberate. It was necessary to confront realities on the ground afresh, practically, not abstractly.

This is not an academic exercise for me. Growing up, I lived among Almajiri children. Yet, even with lived experience, I have come to accept that academic and policy perspectives can still miss critical truths when they are detached from present realities. The Almajiri crisis has evolved, and our responses have not evolved with it.

One of the most persistent misconceptions is that the Almajiri crisis is fundamentally an education deficit. Our recent PeacePro survey across the North West challenges this assumption.

Among the Almajiri children surveyed, just a little over 20% demonstrated any meaningful Islamic knowledge. The sample size was modest, but the implications are troubling. If the survey were expanded, the figure might drop to 10% or lower.

This finding is significant for two reasons.

Our respondents were largely older Almajiri, many of whom had spent years in the system before it became this worse.

Secondly, younger Almajiri are even more disconnected, hit differently by deprivation, displacement, and insecurity.

What this tells us is simple but uncomfortable, the majority of today’s Almajiri are neither being educated nor religiously instructed in any substantive sense. They are not students. They are abandoned children surviving within a system that no longer delivers what it claims to represent.

Approaching the Almajiri crisis primarily through formal education, classrooms, curricula, certificates, misses the point.

Many of these children are already adolescents or young adults. For them, conventional schooling is neither realistic nor immediately relevant.

Policy that insists on “education first” risks producing a new category of failure, children forced into systems that neither meet their needs nor reflect their realities.

Across the North West, we drove for hours, sometimes over four hours, across vast land masses with no meaningful infrastructure or productive use. This is not empty land; it is wasted opportunity.

These spaces can be transformed into large scale agricultural and vocational training hubs, absorbing thousands of Almajiri children and youth across entire value chains.

Crop production
Livestock management
Agro-processing
Storage, logistics, and distribution
Basic mechanics and tool handling

Such hubs would not merely “rehabilitate” Almajiri children, they would equip them with productive skills that immediately translate into livelihoods, even without formal education.

In Katsina and Zamfara, the mining curse is unmistakable. I witnessed illegal mining activities spread across wide areas, often operating openly. In the same spaces, I saw guns carried on motorcycles, largely by young Almajiri recruits.

The connection is direct.

These children possess only one marketable skill: physical labour, digging. In such an environment, Illegal mining becomes employment. Armed groups become recruiters and Violence becomes an income stream.

Even well intentioned interventions can backfire.

Introducing mechanized drilling, for example, threatens their only source of livelihood. When survival is at stake, reform is perceived as hostility.

For the almajiri children, we need to shift from focusing on schooling to dignified livelihoods.

The Almajiri system cannot be solved by Nigeria’s current education framework alone.

What is required is a massive vocational and livelihood oriented intervention, deliberately designed for children and youth who may never pass through formal schooling.

The objective must be clear, dignity without dependency,
Livelihood before literacy and
Skills before certificates.

Then, Education can follow.

Finally, the Almajiri crisis is not merely about out of school children. It is about social abandonment, economic exclusion, and state failure across vast territories.

If Nigeria continues to treat Almajiri strictly as an education problem, we will continue to misdiagnose and therefore mismanage the crisis. What is needed is a bold, practical reimagining, one that turns neglected land into productive space, abandoned children into skilled contributors, and insecurity into opportunity for social reconstruction.

PeacePro’s reassessment confirms one thing clearly, the future of the Almajiri must be built with tools, land, skills, and dignity, not classrooms alone.

Abdulrazaq Hamzat

Almajiri System Must Be Eradicated Within Five Years — PeacePro

_Warns Failure Could Set West Africa Ablaze_

The Foundation for Peace Professionals (PeacePro) has issued a stern warning that Nigeria’s worsening insecurity will remain unresolved unless the Almajiri system is decisively dismantled within the next five years, cautioning that continued neglect of the crisis could destabilize not only Nigeria but the entire West African subregion.

The warning was issued by Abdulrazaq Hamzat, Executive Director of PeacePro, following an extensive fact finding and engagement tour of seven states across Northern Nigeria, where the organization interacted with a wide range of stakeholders on issues of insecurity and the Almajiri crisis.

According to Hamzat, the tour exposed a disturbing and consistent pattern of normalized child abandonment, cloaked in cultural and religious justification, which has produced millions of socially excluded children and continues to fuel banditry, extremism, and organized criminal violence.

“What Nigeria is dealing with is not just banditry, terrorism, or criminality,” Hamzat said.

“It is the long term consequence of a society that has normalized the abandonment of its children.

The Almajiri system, in its current form, is not merely a policy failure; it is a cultural expression of total societal collapse.”

Hamzat described the situation as a composite failure cutting across all layers of society.

“It is a failure of culture, a failure of family, a failure of religion, a failure of government, and a failure of society, all rolled into one,” he stated.

PeacePro declared that Nigeria must eradicate the Almajiri system within the next five years or risk an uncontrollable expansion of insecurity beyond its borders, warning that the current level of violence could pale in comparison to what lies ahead.

“If this crisis is allowed to persist, Nigeria will not burn alone. The sheer scale of excluded, uneducated, and desperate youths being produced annually is enough to set the entire West African subregion on fire,” Hamzat warned.

While acknowledging that the Almajiri system is often defended as culture or religious tradition, PeacePro insisted that culture loses moral legitimacy when it systematically produces deprivation, homelessness, and social alienation.

“Culture is not sacred when it destroys lives. Any culture that turns children into roaming beggars, denies them education, welfare, protection, and a sense of belonging is no longer heritage, it is a social pathology,” Hamzat said.

Based on observations across the seven North West states visited, PeacePro identified the Almajiri crisis as the outcome of a five layer societal failure.

Family failure, where parents relinquish responsibility without safeguards, Ethnic nationality failure, where collective identity is used to normalize tragedy as culture, Religious failure, where children are accepted into learning systems without welfare, skills, or protection, Societal failure, where child begging is normalized and spiritualized and State failure, where child rights and basic education laws are ignored or weakly enforced.

“When families, ethnic nationality, religion, society, and the state all fail at the same time, insecurity becomes inevitable, not accidental,” Hamzat said.

PeacePro warned that children raised outside family care, education, social protection, and civic identity inevitably grow into adults disconnected from the state and vulnerable to recruitment by criminal gangs, extremist groups, and violent political networks.

“You cannot abandon children in the name of culture and expect peace in the name of patriotism. A society that mass-produces excluded children is manufacturing future instability,” Hamzat added.

The organization stressed that its position is not an attack on Islam, Northern culture, or religious education, but a call for urgent reform rooted in responsibility, dignity, and accountability.

“This is not about destroying culture or faith. It is about restoring their ethical foundations. Religion without welfare and compassion has been weaponized against the very children it should protect,” Hamzat said.

PeacePro called on federal and state governments to treat the Almajiri crisis as a national emergency and security priority, and to adopt a coordinated response aimed at eradicating the system within five years. Key measures include large scale rehabilitation and vocational programs for existing Almajiri youths, as well as sustained engagement with religious and traditional leaders to drive culturally grounded reform.

Hamzat concluded that Nigeria’s insecurity crisis will persist unless the country confronts its root causes with courage and honesty.

“Nigeria’s insecurity is not a mystery. It is the predictable outcome of decades of societal abandonment, normalized as culture. Until we end that abandonment, insecurity will only change form, not disappear.”

PeacePro reaffirmed its commitment to peacebuilding advocacy, policy engagement, and community-based reforms aimed at breaking the cycle between child neglect and national insecurity.

https://theeagleonline.com.ng/why-almajiri-system-must-be-eradicated-in-five-years-peacepro/

*Honey Queen, Maryam Mahmud Sets Ambitious Production Targets of 5 Tonnes in 2026, Eyes 20 Tonnes by 2030*

Maryam Mahmud, Zoology graduate from the University of Ilorin and Executive Director of Honeyz Depot, the state’s largest honey distributor and operator of Kwara’s only exclusive walk in honey store has unveiled an ambitious plan to expand the company’s honey production operations.

Beyond her executive role, Maryam is also the lead beekeeper, directly managing the production line and ensuring quality at every stage.

Honeyz Depot, which has dominated honey distribution in Kwara State for the past five years, began its honey production line three years ago and is now set to go semi-commercial, targeting 5 tonnes of honey by 2026, with a long term goal of scaling up to 20 tonnes annually by 2030.

Nigeria’s honey market is valued at approximately USD 63.21 million (2024), with demand rising across food, pharmaceutical, and personal care sectors. Yet, the country produces less than 10% of its annual honey consumption, creating a large import gap and costing the economy over $2 billion annually in imports.

Speaking on the expansion, Maryam said, “Our walk in store, before temporary shutdown and distribution network have shown the growing demand for quality honey. Now, we are taking the next step, controlling production, ensuring traceability, and scaling responsibly to meet rising market demand.”

Maryam stated that, Honeyz Depot’s production roadmap will combine owned anchor apiaries with a structured outgrower beekeeper network, designed to maintain quality, expand supply, and reduce import dependency. The initiative is expected to create jobs, support rural livelihoods, strengthen pollination services, and foster sustainable growth, not just further solidifying Honeyz Depot’s leadership in Kwara State’s honey market, but also across Nigeria.

kpankpangolo:
Let’s watch and see.

Five characters.

What are the 5 characters?

kpankpangolo:
That’s a bold goal. I doubt they can meet it. My problem with honey is I touch it once then never again. I always give out bottles I buy.

Why do you think she can't make it?

Nigeria’s Honey Queen Sets Ambitious Production Targets of 5 Tonnes in 2026, Eyes 20 Tonnes by 2030

Maryam Mahmud, Zoology graduate from the University of Ilorin and Executive Director of Honeyz Depot, the state’s largest honey distributor and operator of Kwara’s only exclusive walk in honey store has unveiled an ambitious plan to expand the company’s honey production operations.

Beyond her executive role, Maryam is also the lead beekeeper, directly managing the production line and ensuring quality at every stage.

Honeyz Depot, which has dominated honey distribution in Kwara State for the past five years, began its honey production line three years ago and is now set to go semi-commercial, targeting 5 tonnes of honey by 2026, with a long term goal of scaling up to 20 tonnes annually by 2030.

Nigeria’s honey market is valued at approximately USD 63.21 million (2024), with demand rising across food, pharmaceutical, and personal care sectors. Yet, the country produces less than 10% of its annual honey consumption, creating a large import gap and costing the economy over $2 billion annually in imports.

Speaking on the expansion, Maryam said, “Our walk in store, before temporary shutdown and distribution network have shown the growing demand for quality honey. Now, we are taking the next step, controlling production, ensuring traceability, and scaling responsibly to meet rising market demand.”

Maryam stated that, Honeyz Depot’s production roadmap will combine owned anchor apiaries with a structured outgrower beekeeper network, designed to maintain quality, expand supply, and reduce import dependency. The initiative is expected to create jobs, support rural livelihoods, strengthen pollination services, and foster sustainable growth, not just further solidifying Honeyz Depot’s leadership in Kwara State’s honey market, but also across Nigeria.

https://blueprint.ng/kwaras-honey-queen-maryam-targets-5-tonnes-production-in-2026/#goog_rewarded

Tinubu's historic miscalculation

The weakness Nigeria has displayed under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and the quiet humiliation that has followed as a result of a disoriented foreign policy, will haunt the country for a long time.

Even at the height of the Boko Haram insurgency, President Goodluck Jonathan refused to allow the United States or the collective West to step directly into Nigeria under the guise of security partnership.

He understood the historic tragedy that follows foreign military intervention in Africa.

He also understood that once a country cedes that line, it rarely regains full control of its security narrative.

Instead, Jonathan acted decisively when it mattered most, neutralising clear and present threats within Nigeria’s own sovereign framework, even if belatedly and under immense political pressure.

President Tinubu, however, has now eaten the forbidden fruit in paradise.

Yes, there will be explanations. There will be arguments about short-term tactical gains and international cooperation. But history is unkind to such justifications. The precedent being set today will linger far longer than the momentary relief it claims to offer.

The most painful irony is that this foreign intervention is unlikely to achieve any substantial or lasting security outcome.

Rather, it risks transforming Nigeria into a theatre of proxy interests and anti-US sentiment, drawing the country deeper into geopolitical contests it neither initiated nor controls.

The United States may claim a rhetorical victory and move on. Nigeria, however, will be left to manage the long-term consequences, consequences that may ultimately prove more destabilising than the insecurity we were originally confronting.

This is not partnership. It is a historic miscalculation. The first, since Nigeria's independence and one that reverses Africa's sovereign momentum.

By Abdulrazaq Hamzat

*5 ways President Trump unintentionally aiding Terrorists in Nigeria*

U.S President, Donald Trump’s repeated claims that “Christians are facing genocide in Nigeria” may sound like distant political rhetoric or concern from a global leader, but on the ground, they are creating dangerous consequences, especially for the Christian communities in Nigeria.

His narrative is unintentionally empowering terrorists, increasing risks for Christian communities, and worsening Nigeria’s fragile security situation.

1. *Elevating Christians as “High Value Targets for terrorists”*

Terrorists seek publicity.

When a U.S. President repeatedly claims Christians in Nigeria are victims of genocide, extremists see an opportunity.

Attacking churches creates global headlines.

Kidnapping Christians becomes more “valuable.”

Targeting Christian gatherings becomes a way to attract international attention.

Before this, terrorists attacked whoever was vulnerable, both Muslims and Christians. Trump’s rhetoric has now turned Christian targets into tools for international visibility.

*2. Deepening Religious Polarization*

Nigeria’s insecurity is driven by terrorism, banditry, governance failure, and resource conflict.

Trump’s claims distort this reality by framing the crisis as a “Christian vs. Muslim” clash.

This sectarian framing benefits extremists.

It fuels fear and distrust between communities.

It allows terrorists to justify attacks as religious battles.

It aids recruitment among young people who feel their faith is under threat.

It increases the likelihood of retaliatory violence.

Terrorists thrive in environments of division, and Trump’s rhetoric has widened those cracks.

3. *Weakening Trust in Government Security Efforts*

When Trump accuses Nigeria of “genocide,” two dangerous things happen.

A. Communities lose trust in the government

People begin to believe the state is targeting Christians. This pushes communities to rely on militias and vigilante groups, creating fragmentation that terrorists exploit.

B. Terrorists perceive Nigeria as isolated

When international actors view Nigeria negatively, extremists assume the state is weakened and vulnerable. They become bolder and more daring in their attacks.

*4. Providing Terrorists With Propaganda Tools*

Extremist groups thrive on narratives. Trump’s comments now allow them to say, “America confirms Christians are under attack.”

“These attacks shake global powers.”

“Nigeria is weak.”


Each attack becomes a propaganda victory, fueling their recruitment and justifying further violence.


*5. Misdiagnosing the Real Problem*

False narratives distract from the true drivers of insecurity. When policymakers abroad adopt Trump’s framing, Wrong solutions are proposed, aid is misdirected and counterterrorism strategies become less effective.

This confusion creates space for terrorists to expand.

In Conclusion, Trump Is Unintentionally Fueling Extremism in Nigeria.

Terrorists do not rely only on weapons, they rely on narratives.

By exaggerating and distorting Nigeria’s crisis, Donald Trump has provided extremists with a religious war framework, global visibility, propaganda ammunition, a reason to target Christians and increased polarization.


The result is clear, Nigeria is now more dangerous for Christians, not safer.

The international community must approach Nigeria’s crisis with accuracy, nuance, and responsibility, not political sensationalism that strengthens the hands of violent groups.

Rising tension: Stop ethnic profiling; pursue peace, says Olawepo-Hashim

ON FEBRUARY 21, 202112:00 PMIN NEWS

As ethnic tension rises across the country, former presidential candidate, Mr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has warned Nigerians to desist from engaging in ethnic profiling so as not to worsen the situation and embolden Nigeria’s enemies to create more crises for the nation.

The politician and businessman, who was reacting to rising ethnic tension in the land, warned that pitching one ethnic group against the other and pushing for attacks and reprisal attacks could only promote more suspicion and mistrust and lead to avoidable destruction.

In a statement made available to Vanguard in Abuja on Sunday, Mr Olawepo-Hashim, expressed serious concern over the ongoing attacks and counter attacks arising from the age-long farmers-herders conflicts and exacerbated by other security challenges, but warned that they should never be a justification for ethnic stereotyping capable of provoking ethnic pogroms.

Olawepo-Hashim said: “All patriotic Nigerians should be worried. I am worried. We all have roles to play, community leaders and social organizations must tone down divisive rhetoric,” he said.

“Now is the time to motivate and encourage various security agencies to step up their games. Now is the time for government leaders to act as statesmen. We must unite to save the nation.

“Public officers at all levels must avoid statements and actions that show support for any party to the conflict as it has tendency to undermine national cohesion and security.

“On clashes between herders and farmers all over Nigeria, it is well agreed by all reasonable citizens and leaders that a pastoral practice that ruins the legitimate businesses of others, must immediately give way to a more acceptable and modern arrangement. ”

“We need a transition to a system that accommodates the aspirations of poor farmers and herders who have long been neglected by successive governments. This is the most urgent task of public policy at both State and Federal levels.

Perhaps it is time again to renew our earlier call for devolution of power to the States in policing and other critical areas, in order to lessen the burden of the Federal Government in policing,” Olawepo-Hashim cautioned.

He reiterated that states and local policing might help reduce tension as security questions requiring prompt attention would be taken at state levels before they fester into broader national crisis, providing incentives for diver’s centrifugal forces to jump in.

While observing that nation building will not be completed in one day, the business executive expressed optimism that there would still be life after 2023 and Nigeria will survive.

The businessman turned politician noted that from ongoing public debate, it was obvious that consensus has been built around issues such as the desirability of state police to deal with insecurity, devolution of powers to states to control resources in their inland basins to pay taxes to the centre.

It will be recalled that Olawepo-Hashim had in a recently admonished Nigerians to agree on things that are agreeable and continue to discuss things that are not clear but may become clearer in the future.

Nigeria, he said, must move forward together in peace and harmony.

Vanguard News Nigeria

What is Nigeria turning into? I am very worried about the rumor i just heard. The management of National Open University of Nigeria under the instruction of the vc is rumored to have given the Nans president N500k to issue statement condemning students who called for the sack of the VC. Without any inquiry, or efforts to understand what was happening within the institution that led to the call for the sack of the Vc, the Nans president, upon hearing money is involved horriedly issued the statement claiming that the students are imposters. This is a trying period for this country.

Even the devil fell remose when he his alone

SHOCKING REVELATION ABOUT GEJ BY REUBEN ABATI

Kayode Emmanuel wrote on facebook:

Reuben Abati, spokesman of President Good luck Jonathan confided in a close associate recently while expressing his deepest concern.
Abati reportedly said, you have to be absolutely bias and extremely sentimental to be able to defend president Good luck Jonathan successfully.

If you are not acting blind to his flaws, you can’t perform your duty to him as a spokesman because there is hardly anything he does right. Even if you advice him to act right on certain occasions, he will eventually act wrongly,yet you have to defend him in his error. Some times, I get tired of defending him because, you have to keep lying continuously.

On your own path, you have to abandon logic and bother less about any personal integrity, else you can’t make the image of this president. If you don’t want to lie to defend him, if you don’t want to be bias or sentimental, then his image can’t be made because he hardly act right on many national issues.

Some times, you have to act foolishly to defend some of his actions because without at least some element of foolishness, some things can't be logically defended. That is one area i find difficult in this job. Abati said.

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thanks for your advice and am ready for real.. add yours

educate people if you know, not abuse them.

Abdulkadir Bala Minjibir
LESSONS FROM LIBYA

This is the first time I am making comment on Libya since the beginning of cospiracy to oust Gaddafi by west an action which to me was based on the motive to plant someone who is loyal to them ,unfortunately many citizens of Libya were part and percel of the conspiracy.

When the war was going on I saw many Nigerians supporting what was happening in Libya without actually taking their time to study the situation ,many were supporting because Gaddafi has been on power for long hence they supported a new govt,some supported simply because Gaddafi was a Muslim our Nigerian orientation ,our so called democrats supported because Gaddafi wasn't democrat like them ,other group simply don't care they were supporting because the west were interested and they believed everything from west is good .

Worst still was the fact that all these groups couldn't condemn the kind of inhumane treatment metted on Gaddafi in fact we saw his corpse being dragged on the ground when he was finally killed, libyans who misunderstood the motives of the killing were celebrating while his supporters were not happy yet don't have the right to protest.

We were expecting the so called human right activists and all the world noise makers to condemn that barbaric actions but to our amazement not much dust has been raised ,proving what many people are saying that human right violation and terrorism are only those practices and actions that are not in the interest of western world religion inclusive.

Whichever way one look at it Gaddafi is now history but there are lessons to learn on what Libya is loosing after west has successfully executed Gaddafi, let me highlight some of the gaddafi's dividens that libyans are loosing as follows:

There was no electricity bill in Libya; electricity was free for all its citizens.

2. There was no interest on loans, banks in Libya were state-owned and loans given to all its citizens at zero percent interest by law.

3. Having a home was considered a human right in Libya.

4. All newly weds in Libya used to receive $60,000 dinar (U.S.$50,000) by the government to buy their first apartment so to help start up the family.

5. Education and medical treatments were free in Libya. Before Gaddafi only 25 percent of Libyans were literate. Today, the figure is 83 percent.

6. If Libyans wanted to take up a farming career, they would have received farming land, a farming house, equipment, seeds and livestock to kick start their farms... all for free.

7. If Libyans could not find the education or medical facilities they needed, the government funded them to go abroad. The trip was not only paid for, but they got a U.S.$2,300/month for accommodation and car allowance.

8. If a Libyan bought a car, the government used to subsidize 50 percent of the price.

9. The price of petrol in Libya was $0.14 per liter.

10. Libya had no external debt and its reserves amounted to $150 billion -which are now frozen globally.

11. If a Libyan was unable to get employment after graduation, the state would pay the average salary of the profession, as if he or she was employed, until employment was found.

12. A portion of every Libyan oil sale was credited directly to the bank accounts of all Libyan citizens.

13. A mother who gave birth to a child received U.S. $5,000.

14. 40 loaves of bread in Libya used to cost $0.15.

15. 25 percent of Libyans have a university degree.

16. Gaddafi carried out the world's largest irrigation project, known as the Great Man-made River project, to make water readily available throughout the desert country.

What the west or the current libyan govt provides for Libya I don't know but time will tell.

My motive for this article centered on current insecurity in this country which many people are linking with the west particularly America who for long predicted that by 2015 Nigeria will devide hence they are trying to justify their prediction ,this is in addition to internal forces as mentioned by NSA last week which instead of reasoning with the two scenarios many choose to take side president directing press to seek clarification from NSA ,PDP beneficiaries mounting pressure on president to sack NSA while poor Nigerians watch helplessly.

HOW I WISH NIGERIA CAN ENJOY EVEN TWO OUT OF THE 16 HIGHLIGHTED GADDAFI'S DIVIDENDS .

THE POWER THAT BE

I first heard of this phrase,THE POWER THAT BE from a former NANS vice president who happens to be a friend,and i ask, what is the power that be? he replied, there are forces in NANS that you must go through to get a position,especially the major one like the president,he went further to say, if those power that be support you,you would get it and if not, you would lost out. I asked him again who these people were and he replied, stake holders, people who graduated in the late 80's,early 90's and others. they work with politicians and government to determine who is best for the head. So i ask, what is NANS all about if those who make the rule are not even part of the students?

After then, i have constantly heard about the power that be in political circle and others places. Who has the power that be? man or God? Who can make you be? the created or the creator? who own that person you regard as the power that be? God.
In essence, there is no body with a power that be. These so called power that be are criminals,sucking the physical leaders,they twist him or her since he regard them as special,he does what ever they ask of him even if it means making every other person cry,hungry or even die. Many of our present leaders are product of that so called power that be,they feared there godfathers even beyond their creator,they would not go against them no matter what,they the godfathers have the key to end the leaders in their setting,they are their lord and masters as far as reality is concern. They can violate and get away with it,they can unjustly abuse with no government to do justice and they can eliminate and no question would be asked. But i want you to know that there is no POWER that be except that from the Almighty creator,he his the one who open or lock,he made people emerge or loss. Don't ever fall for a so call power that be, they are powerless provided you can stand against them. My advice to my fellow youths is to stand creatively independent,avoid relying on any person,don't be arrogant,be confident and focused and you shall be what you want to be.

THE SUPERIOR ONE

When man has a plan to make a car or any other machine, he breaks it down into numerous parts, first making each one of them separately. Thereafter, he puts them together to create the final object. On the contrary, when God raises a tree or creates a human being, his technique is completely different. He brings it out as a complete unit right from the beginning. God’s ‘factory’ ...-- the entire tree and the full man gradually come out from one seed or drop. It is an utterly unique, inimitable way. Indeed it shows that in this existence there is Someone superior to man -- Someone Whose plans are superior to man’s. The sun is more than one million times bigger than our earth. The earth is four times bigger than the moon. All these heavenly bodies are in a constant state of movement. The moon is circulating around the earth from a distance of two hundred and fifty thousand miles. The earth on the other hand is moving round the sun from a distance of ninety million miles in two different ways: in its own orbit as well as around the sun. Similar is the case of all the heavenly bodies, which are following their schedules of movement with extreme precision at distances that are mind boggling. These arrangements help in creating days and nights; they also help in designing the system of our time; likewise, it contributes in enabling man to arrange his life properly. This huge system has been functioning with great precision for thousands of years without any alterations. It all shows that there is Someone out there Whose power is unimaginably immense. These signs of God are showing that the Maker of this system is very knowledgeable. An ignorant being couldn’t have made this system to function. Moreover, He is very Powerful, without being one, this huge factory couldn’t have operated. His planning is thoroughl! y perfect. If that was not the case, it wouldn’t have be! en impossible to find such meaningfulness in this world. God’s world is full of His signs. However, a sign is an argument that is a subjective rationality and not a dagger that strikes and needs no further proofs for its existence. An argument appeals only if there is willingness in the one who is being approached. It appeals only to the one who is seriously inclined to acknowledge its truthfulness, whether it goes with his interests or against them.