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CultureRe: Coronation Of Godwin Oguyenbo As The Pere Of Olodiama Kingdom Edo Causes Tension by father01: 12:43pm On Nov 16, 2017
sarrki:
Oba of Benin

Is Benin

So No tension
well said
Car TalkNigeria’s New Vehicle Sales Drops To Abysmal 10,000 Units by father01(op): 12:35pm On Nov 15, 2017
The prospects of majority of Nigerians buying brand new vehicles in the near future may not be guranteed as the total number of new vehicle sold in Nigeria may not exceed 10,000 units by the end of this year further painting a flood picture of a chequered local auto industry that is not growing at the expected pace.

The number of brand new vehicles according to figures show’s the total numbet of brand new vehicles dropping from 50,000 units, which was recorded before the introduction of a new automotive policy in 2013.
This disclosure which was one of the high points local automakers and dealers stated this in Lagos on Tuesday and gave low purchasing power due to economic crunch, scarcity of foreign exchange and high interest rate as some of the factors responsible for the drastic drop.
They spoke at the 2017 symposium of the automobile and allied services group of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry held under the theme, ‘The Nigeria auto policy: The current drivers’.
Executive Director, Truckmasters Nigeria Limited, . Oseme Oigiagbe, said rather than encourage production and purchase of new vehicle sales, the enforcement of the auto policy had largely led to significant reduction in the sales figures.
He said the figures had consistently dropped from 50,000 units in 2013 to 40,000 vehicles in 2015; 20,000 in 2016 and 10,000 this year.
Oigiagbe, who said the Federal Government ought to have placed a total ban on the importation of used vehicles to drive the new vehicles’ patronage, lamented the high interest rate on vehicle loans, ranging from 25 per cent to 27 per cent.
On his 9.art, Executive Director, Kewalram Chanrai Group, Anil Sahgal, also put the total figures of new vehicles sold this year at 10,000 units, stressing that without the support of the government for the automobile assemblers, the industry would not make any headway.
The Executive Director, Nigerian Automotive Manufacturers Association, Remi Olaofe, said many of the auto assemblers were merely producing vehicles and dumping them in the warehouses as a result of low patronage.
Managing Director, VON Automobile Limited¥Adetokunbo Aromolaran, who described the situation as pitiable, said there was no way the nation could make progress if the government continued to buy imported fully built vehicles.
He said, “The government remains the biggest buyer, and it has to lead by example by buying made-in-Nigeria vehicles. The auto business is a demand-driven; once volume grows, the cost of production will drop and vehicles’ prices will come down. There is also the need to create viable vehicle finance scheme.”
The Managing Director, National Trucks Manufacturers LimitedIbrahim, Bayero, said, “Majority of us have been recording losses in the last five years due to poor sales.”
He criticised the granting of licences by the government to 53 auto firms to assemble vehicles in Nigeria, saying, “It does not make economic sense’ and warned that without sincerity, the auto policy would not achieve its desired goals.”
While the Deputy President, LCCI,. Babatunde Ruwase, urged major players in the industry to be more proactive if they hoped to make appreciable impact in the implementation of the auto policy.

http://www.businessdayonline.com/nigerias-new-vehicle-sales-drops-abysmal-10000-units/?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter
PoliticsRe: IPOB Threatens To Attack President Buhari In South-East (Video, Photos) by father01: 12:21pm On Nov 14, 2017
this Guys are not Ipob. this is government sponsored .
PoliticsOrtom’s Ex-aides, Former APC Governorship Aspirant, 2,000 Others Join PDP by father01(op): 2:15pm On Nov 13, 2017
John Charles, Makurdi

Two former aides to Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom; and one-time governorship aspirant under the ruling All Progressives Congress, led about 2,000 members of APC to defect to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party in Benue South senatorial district on Monday.

The former aides are: Senior Special Assistant on Youth Mobilisation, Anthony Ada, a.k.a ‘Tony Trigger;” former special assistant to governor on legal matters and ex-caretaker chairman of Okpokwu local government under APC, Chris Idu; and Hellen Ode, a gubernatorial aspirant in the 2015 elections.

The ceremony, which held at Okpoga, headquarters of Okpokwu Local Government Area of Benue State, witnessed hundreds of members who had decamped to the APC from PDP at the inception of this administration, return to PDP again.



Presenting them to the party, former Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, said the returnees had discovered that they were deceived into joining the ruling party.

“I said it during the re-run election in this senatorial district when many people I always refer to as ‘Food is ready politician’ left the PDP to join the ruling party.

“But today, they have discovered that the party in power is deceitful, all eyes have seen it with the manner the people of the state have been impoverished and they have decided to leave the comfort zone to come back to suffering zone so that tomorrow will be better,” Moro said.

Receiving the defectors, state chairman of PDP, John Ngbede, said, “It is good these people realised their mistakes and retraced their steps back to PDP.”

Ngbede noted that the returnees had become members of PDP family and promised that the party would not discriminate against them.

In a swift reaction to the development, the state chairman of APC, Abba Yaro, described the defectors as “a bunch of irrelevant people who cannot effect the success of APC in 2019.”

“They are a bunch of irrelevant people, some of them were chairmen of local government councils, they were all in PDP, so let them go back,” Yaro declared.

http://punchng.com/ortoms-ex-aides-former-apc-governorship-aspirant-2000-others-join-pdp/
PoliticsBuhari, Others Have 101 Presidential Aides; Buhari 24, Osinbajo 52 (Full List) by father01(op): 12:13pm On Nov 13, 2017
Between himself, his wife and close lieutenants, President Muhammadu Buhari has at least 101 aides, PREMIUM TIMES can report.

However, over 50 percent of those aides are attached to the office of the vice president.

PREMIUM TIMES has obtained a list of presidential appointees serving as aides to President Buhari, his wife, Aisha Buhari, the vice president, Yemi Osinbajo, and other government officials.

Apart from the two men, Mr. Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, has eight aides attached to him.
Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, has six presidential aides atttached to his office, while the Secretary to the Government of the Federation has five of such aides.

The wife of the president has three recognised aides while the two presidential media assistants are attached to the Minister of information and Culture, Lai Mohammed.

Mr. Osinbajo is said to have appointed at least 15 of those aides between June and August, 2017 when Mr. Buhari was away on medical vacation.

‘ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN’

The list shows that Mr. Buhari’s office has aides on wide range of issues, from key areas of administration and media to social events and housekeeping.
The area with the highest number of aides is media, which has eight appointees – at least one known media aide of the president is however not listed.
The eight in the list, apart from the two official spokespersons of the president, include two aides on new/social media, two on photography and one aide each for “TV Media” and “Broadcast Media”.

LION SHARE FOR OSINBAJO

But while Mr. Buhari has a total number of 24 aides, Mr. Osinbajo has 52, going by the list.

Apart from the initial 21 appointees in the office of the vice president, who handle key areas from economy to social investment programme and media, the vice president has another list of 31 aides to his name.

For the latter list of 31, the aides are grouped into two; 14 are identified as donor funded while the rest are categorised as “government funded”.

Those identified as being funded by donors include senior special assistants on power, IDPs, power privatization, monitoring and evaluation, among others.
Omissions

However, like a previous list of appointees officially released by the president, this list is also not without omissions.

Omitted from the list, by PREMIUM TIMES’s check, are at least one aide each for Mr. Buhari and Mr. Osinbajo.
Bashir Ahmad, a Personal Assistant of Mr. Buhari on New Media is excluded so also is a special assistant to the president on inter-governmental affairs, working in the office of the vice president, Abdulrahman Baffa Yola.

The list also does not include security personnel and civil servants attached to these individuals, who an insider said are also in their dozens.
For example, both the president and the vice president are said to have protocol officers and chief security officers.

The president also has an army colonel serving as his Aide de Camp, ADC. A senior police officer is serving the vice president in similar role.

“This is in addition to a routine of other officials deployed from all over the government to serve the two men,” a presidency source said.

SEE FULL LIST BELOW
LIST OF POLITICAL APPOINTEES

S/No. NAMES PORTFOLIO DATE
POLITICAL APPOINTEES BY THE PRESIDENT

1. Mrs. Anne H. Ewohime Special Assistant (Catering Services) to the President
2. Saleh Yuguda Special Assistant (House Keeping) to the President
3. Mr. Garba Shehu Senior Special Assistant (Media and Publicity) to the President
4. Mr. Sarki Abba Senior Special Assistant (Household & Social Events) to the President
5. Mr. Sabi’u Yusuf Special Assistant (Personal Assistant) to the President
6. Mr. Femi Adesina Special Adviser (Media and Publicity) to the President
7. Ya’u Shehu Darazo Senior Special Assistant to the President (Special Duties)
8. Dr. Suhayb Sanusi Rafindadi Personal Physician to the President
9. Mohammad Hamisu Sani Special Assistant to the President (Special Duties)
10. Brig. Gen. P T Boroh (rtd) Special Adviser to the President/Coordinator, Amnesty Programme
11. Mallam Abba Kyari Chief of Staff to the President
12. Ahmed Muhammadu Mayo Special Assistant on Finance and Administration
13. Tolu Ogunlesi Special Assistant on Digital/News Media
14. Nasiru Adhama Special Assistant on Youth and Student Affairs
15. Ayuba Balami Special Assistant on Social Events
16. Bayo Omoboriowo Personal Assistant to the President (Presidential Photographer)
17. Sunday Aghaeze Personal Assistant to the President (State Photographer)
18. Naziru Mohammad Bashiru Personal Assistant to the President (TV Media)
19. Shaaban Ibrahim Ibrahim Sanda Personal Assistant to the President (Broadcast Media)
20. Lauretta Onochie Personal Assistant to the President (Social Media)
21. Dr. Samuel Ankeli Senior Special Assistant on Physically Challenged
22. Abike Dabiri-Erewa Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs & Diaspora
23. Princess (Mrs. Adejoke O. Adefulire Senior Special Assistant on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
24. Shehu Garba Special Assistant on Physically Challenged
VICE PRESIDENT
1. Dr. Balkisu Saidu Senior Special Assistant to the President on Research, Legal & Compliance Matters
2. Mr. Adeola Rahman Ipaye Deputy Chief of Staff to the President
3. Mr. Laolu Akande Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity
4. Mrs. Maryam Uwais Special Adviser (Social Investment)
5. Mr. Emmanuel Oludolapo Bright Senior Special Assistant to the President on Economic Management Team
6. Mr. Edobor Iyamu Senior Special Assistant to the President on Economic Affairs
7. Mr. Ismaeel Ahmed Senior Special Assistant to the President on Social Investment Programmes
8. Ms. Olayinka Oyeneyin Senior Special Assistant to the President on Project Management
9. Fadi Rose Audu Special Assistant to the President on Domestic Matters
10. Mr. Omolayo Akinfala Special Assistant to the President on Protocol
11. Ms. Imeh Patience Okon Senior Special Assistant to the President on Infrastructure
12. Miss Lillian Idiaghe Special Assistant to the President on Legal Matters
13. Mr. Arukaino Thomas Umukoro Special Assistant to the President on Communication Projects
14. Mr. Daniel Oseaga Ikuenobe Special Assistant to the President on Economic Recovery & Growth Plan
15. Mr. Folarin Alayande Special Assistant to the President on Economic Recovery & Growth Plan
16. Dr. Effiong Essien Special Assistant to the President on Economic Recovery & Growth Plan
17. Olaolu Beckley Special Assistant to the President on Documentation
18. Novo Isioro Special Assistant to the President on Visual Communication
19. Ambassador Abdullahi Gwary Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs
20. Feyishayo Aina Special Assistant to the President (Strategic Communications)
21. Hon. Gambo Manzo Personal Assistant to the President (Political)
DONOR FUNDED
1. Mrs. Damilola Ogunbiyi Senior Special Assistant Power
2. Dr. Mariam Masha Senior Special Assistant (IDPs)
3. Mr. Chiedu Ugho Senior Special Assistant (Power Privatization)
4. Mr. Runde Osibamowo Senior Special Assistant (Monitoring and Evaluation)
5. Dr. Jumoke Oduwole Senior Special Assistant (Trade and Investment)
6. Mr. Muktar Tijina Special Assistant (Power)
7. Mr. Tochi Nwachukwu Special Assistant (Power Privatization)
8. Mr. Mohammed Brimah Special Assistant (IDPs)
9. Mr. Yahaya Maibe Special Assistant (Social Investments)
10. Mr. Peter Dimike Special Assistant (Economic Matters)
11. Mr. Adedeji Adeyemi Special Assistant (NEC Affairs)
12. Mrs. Jibola Ajayi Special Assistant (BPE Affairs)
13. Mr. Ife Adebayo Special Assistant (Innovation and Entrepreneurship)
14. Mr. Myani Bukar Special Assistant (Legal Matters)
GOVERNMENT FUNDED
15. Dr. Adeyemi Depeolu Special Adviser (Economic Matters)
16. Senator Femi Ojudu Special Adviser (Political Matters)
17. Dr. Nicholas Audifferem Special Adviser (Research, Legal and Compliance)
18. Mr. Ayoleke Adu Senior Special Assistant (Economic Matters)
19. Mrs. Foluso Idumu Senior Special Assistant (Administration)
20. Mr. Lanre Osibona Senior Special Assistant (ICT and Logistics)
21. Mr. Sesan Adeboyejo Senior Special Assistant (Documentation)
22. Mr. Tola Asekun Senior Special Assistant (Budget)
23. Mr. Donald Wokoma Special Assistant (NEC Matters)
24. Mr. Bege Bala Special Assistant (NCP/BPE)
25. Mr. Dotun Adebayo Special Assistant (Privatization)
26. Mr. Yosola Dawodu Special Assistant (Protocol)
27. Dr. Abiodun Adelowo Personal Physician
28. Mrs. Koko Iyamu Special Assistant (Admin)
29. Ms. Susan Chagwa Special Assistant Household and Social Events
30. Tayo Basirat Fakorede Special Assistant (Special Duties)
31. Mosope Olaosebikan Special Assistant (Media and ICT)
SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERATION
1. Mr. Gideon Samani Senior Special Assistant to the President (Political)
2. Prof. A. K. Usman Senior Special Assistant on Legal, Research and Documentation
3. Ayuba Musa Birma Special Assistant to the President (Political)
4. Umaru Waziri Kumo Personal Assistant to the President (Special Duties)
5. Ibrahim Bapetel Hassan Senior Special Assistant to the President (Policy Development & Analysis)
CHIEF OF STAFF
1. Mallam Tijjani Yusuf Special Assistant (General Duties) to the President
2. Ahmed Rufa’i Abubakar Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs/Int. Relations
3. Lai Yahaya Senor Special Assistant to the President on Policy and Strategy
4. Fola Oyeyinka Senior Special Assistant to the President on Economic Matters
5. Bode Oyetunde Senior Special Assistant to the President on Finance and Fiscal Policy
6. Farouk Gumel Senior Special Assistant to the President on Special Duties
7. Musa Shafi’i Senior Special Assistant to the President on Administration
8. Abdul Mutallab Muktar Senior Special Assistant to the President on General Duties
The Wife of the President
1. Dr. Mohammed Kamal Abdulrahman Personal Physician to the Wife of the President
2. Hadi Uba Special Assistant to the President (Admin II) to the Wife of the President
3. Dr. Hajo Sani Senior Special Assistant (Admin) to the Wife of the President
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION
1. Alhaji Ahmadu Giade Special Assistant to the President on Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances
2. Mr. Sylvester Imhanobe Special Assistant to the President on Research/Special Duties
3. Mrs. Juliet Chikaodili Ibekaku Nwagwu Special Assistant to the President on Reforms
4. Mr. Abiodun Ayodeji Aikomo Special Assistant to the President on Financial Crimes
5. Mr. Kehinde Isaac Oginni Special Assistant to the President on Financial Crimes
6. Chief Okoi Ofem Obono – Obla Special Assistant to the President on Prosecution
MINISTER OF INFORMATION
1. Mr. Williams Adeleye Special Assistant to the President on Media (SA to Minister of Information)
2. Mr. Segun Adeyemi Special Assistant on Media (SA to Minister of Information)
1. Mr. Ben Ifeanyi Akabueze DG (Planning)
https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/249232-exclusive-buhari-others-101-presidential-aides-buhari-24-osinbajo-52-full-list.html?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter

PoliticsRe: I'm Proud Nigeria Had Best Anti-corruption Ranking Under My Government- Jonathan by father01: 11:16am On Nov 13, 2017
Thank you sir
PoliticsInternal Security: Army Conducts Exercise ‘agbara Opolo’ In Lagos Read More At: by father01(op): 4:35pm On Nov 10, 2017
By Evelyn Usman

The 9 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, will Sunday, conduct an operational exercise codenamed Agbara Opolo, in Lagos state, with a view to exercising its personnel and subordinate units on all aspect of staff duties in Internal security operations.



Exercise Agbara Opolo which means ‘ Brain Power’ , according to the Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, Major Sydney Mbaneme, is an Indoor Telephone Battle exercise, expected to last till Friday 17,2027.

The exercise among other aspects, will include staff works, battle map marking, watch keeping and briefing of visitors.

Mbaneme added that , “Brain Power” also involve handing and taking over procedures between the Military and civil Police, peculiarities of crowd dispersal, road blocks, curfew and cordon and search.

“To achieve the desired objectives, most especially in consideration of various security challenges within the 9 Brigade Area of Responsibility, personnel of the Nigeria Police,

Nigeria Customs Services, Department of Security Service and other Para-military agencies are invited as participants.”

The General Officer Commanding the 81 Division ,Nigerian Army Major General Peter Dauke, is the Exercise Director while the Commander 9 Brigade, Brigadier General Elias Attu is the Assistant Exercise Director.

“Also, a high powered team from the Army Headquarters is expected to be on ground as observers. “

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/11/internal-security-army-conducts-exercise-agbara-opolo-lagos/
PoliticsRe: INEC National Commissioner, Amina Zakari Lodged At Tony Nwoye’s Hotel In Awka by father01: 12:36pm On Nov 09, 2017
They have started. that was How Edo was rigged
CrimeRe: Kidnappers Killed By Police In Cross River After Arrest (Graphic Photos by father01: 10:20am On Nov 09, 2017
hmmm. something is fishy
PoliticsRe: Protesters Storm National Assembly Over Probe Of Ibrahim Idris by father01: 3:56pm On Nov 08, 2017
1k per person.
CrimeDrug Barons Have Not Had A Better Time Than Now | Ndlea Staffs Blast Chairman by father01(op): 4:50pm On Nov 07, 2017
Some officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have accused the Chairman, Colonel Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah (retd.) of aiding the activities of drug barons and criminals.

According to Sahara Reporters, Colonel Abdallah has also been accused of pilfering the sum of N528 million, the equivalent of 85 percent of the agency’s monthly allocation for two years, on inappropriate foreign travels.

The allegations were contained in a petition signed by one Musa Ahmed Yusuf on behalf a group that calls itself Concerned Officers.

According to the petition, the NDLEA Chairman spends an average of N11 million monthly on foreign trips. This, said the staff, has ensured that the welfare of low and medium level as well as top management staff is neglected.

The petition, dated November 6 and, exclusively obtained by SaharaReporters, was copied to the Senate Committee on Drugs and Financial Crimes, House Committee on Drugs & Financial Crimes, Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, National Security Adviser, Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and Femi Falana Chambers.

The petitioners mentioned the case of Senator Buruji Kashamu (Ogun East), as one of the high profile cases swept under the carpet by Abdallah due to personal interest. They added that many high profile drug cases have also been covered up by the Colonel Abdallah-led management.

Because of his willingness to do deals with drug offenders, alleged the petitioners, drug barons in the United States of America have become more emboldened, leading to an increase in their activities.

On account of this, stated the petitioners, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Corruption (UNODC), now has an estranged relationship with the country.

The petitioners pointed out that the UNODC and other allies of the country were absent from the ceremony commemorating the 2017 World Drug Day in Abuja.

Since Colonel Abdallah took over two years ago, the staff further alleged, there has been a sharp dip in the frequency of arrests and drug seizures, a development that is making NDLEA facilities across the country brim with drug-dependent persons seeking rehabilitation.

“In the history of the NDLEA, drug barons have not had a better time than now. In fact, they are having a field day, producing and selling drugs to the detriment of the country. Abdallah has not taken steps to checkmate the activities of drug barons,” Concerned Staff stated in the petition.

The petition further quoted a July 24, 2017, circular (Ref NDLEA/ADM/400/2/V/124), titled “Re: ‘Voluntary Donation for the Families of Our Officers who Died in Active Service”, as an indication of Colonel Abdallah’s loss of vision. Three NDLEA officers (Onwumere Nicholas, Peter Ebun, and Abdulrahman Musa), said the petitioners, were killed by gunmen in Kogi on October 13. The gunmen made away with their rifles. According to the petitioners, the NDLEA gave the families of the deceased officers a total sum of N50,000, amounting to N16,600 for each family.

“There is no succor for both the living and the dead. This situation has heightened the frustration of officers concerning the criminal neglect by a callous management. The deplorable and extreme hardship is unbearable,” the petition added.

The disaffected staff called for immediate suspension of Colonel Abdallah as well as the appointment of a more competent person with integrity, preferably a retired Major-General or an Inspector-General of Police, to correct the administrative abnormalities in the agency.

They equally demanded an exercise of immediate harmonisation and proper placement of officers.

Also being demanded is the provision of life insurance policy for staff and prosecution of Colonel Abdallah for the grief experienced by families of deceased officers.

Other demands include better remuneration, decent offices provision of drug control technological tools, and increased funding/provision of logistic support for the agency such as operational vehicles, scanning machines, sniffer dogs, rehabilitation centres and public enlightenment programs.

https://ynaija.com/drug-barons-have-not-had-a-better-time-than-now-ndlea-staff-make-allegations-against-the-chairman/?utm_source=NNDTW&utm_medium=twitter
PoliticsRe: Jonathan Condemns Death Of British Missionary In Delta State by father01: 12:46pm On Nov 07, 2017
God bless you sir
PoliticsRe: RE: Adesina List, SECTORAL Heads by father01: 1:47pm On Nov 06, 2017
president of the north
PoliticsSoldier Writes Buhari: We Borrow Money From Civilians To Feed by father01(op): 10:42am On Nov 06, 2017
A soldier who refused to disclose his identity has written a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari to complain about the alleged corruption in the army.

The officer on the frontline of the war against insurgency wrote the letter in reaction to the army’s dismissal of the complaints of Abdulrauf Aliyu, a private of the Nigerian army.

Aliyu had complained that he was abandoned after being shot by suspected Boko Haram insurgents.

But Sani Usman, spokesman of the army, denied the allegation, saying Aliyu was declared a deserter for leaving the hospital he was receiving treatment without being cleared by the authorities.

Usman said as a deserter, Aliyu should be apprehended and handed over to the nearest military unit or police station, if seen.

“This is a clear case of a deserter from the Nigerian army trying to run a campaign of calumny against the Nigerian army on Social Media,” Usman had said.

But the soldier who wrote the letter spoke in defence of Aliyu and also drew attention to the plight of his colleagues.


A picture of the rice served to soldiers. Not a single meat in it
He said knowing what they signed for, soldiers “expect to die in the hands of the enemy, not in the hands of the Nigerian Army”.

The letter in full:

Having read the online correspondence between Dr. Idris Ahmed of CUPS and our Army spokesman, Brigadier General S.K. Usman, I have decided to take a major risk and write to your Excellency directly over this issue.

Sir, I am a course-mate of Pvt. Abdulrauf Aliyu, who Oga S.K. claimed that he has gone AWOL. We trained at the same company, Depot Nigerian Army, Zaria, Kaduna State. We are presently posted to Operation LAFIYA DOLE. On behalf of all the colleagues of Pvt. Abdulrauf Aliyu, I categorically refute the allegation that Pvt. Abdulrauf Aliyu deserted the Army. The Sections 59 – 63 of the Armed Forces Act, Cap A20, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004, as quoted by Oga S.K., has always been mentioned by our superiors, to protect themselves and antagonise us, whenever they have done mischief.

Your Excellency, the case of Pvt. Abdulrauf Aliyu is actually not an isolated one. There are many such cases of soldiers who got wounded on the battlefront. It is true, some are well looked after, as mentioned by Oga S.K. Usman in his press release. Unfortunately, due to corruption in the system, some unfortunate soldiers, mostly from less privileged backgrounds, are left to fend for themselves. Like myself, Pvt. Abdulrauf Aliyu comes from a humble family. He sustained life-threatening injuries in the abdomen during a routine operation. The initial first aid treatment and medical care that he received was very inadequate. With full Army permission, Pvt Abdulrauf Aliyu and his family paid for his transfer to University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital. Unfortunately, the care he received in Maiduguri Teaching Hospital too was inadequate. Eventually, his family had to pay for his transfer to a specialist facility in Sokoto.

Your Excellency, corruption in the Army is REAL, and it is killing us. Every man and woman who decided to join the Army knows the risks. While we expect to die in the hands of the enemy, we don’t expect to die in the hands of the Nigerian Army, due to corruption and criminal negligence.

Just the other week, about 14 (I am not sure of the exact numbers) of our colleagues died in the hands of Boko Haram, who attacked the Army camp. The circumstances surrounding their unnecessary death warrants a full investigation by his Excellency. Sir, you will be shocked of the outcome. The bodies of the slain heroes are still lying here in Damaturu, Yobe State. The story of this incidence has hardly been officially published by the Army or Nigerian media. Attached is the picture of the commander of the camp. He too died in the attack.

Your Excellency, this is the third month in a row that we have been denied of our operations allowance. We have to rely ONLY on our meagre salary for everything. From battalion commanders, to Company and Sectors leaders, we are all in debt, because our salaries are not enough to sustain us at the battlefront while feeding our families back at home. It is a big shame that we have joined the Army to defend the civilians, yet we have to go to the civilians in town to borrow money to fend for ourselves at the battlefront.

Take for instance the food that we are fed. Most of the times it is not fit for human consumption. I attach for your perusal, your Excellency, the lunch that was fed to us this afternoon (3/11/2017). As you can clearly see, there is not a single piece of meat or fish in it. The taste of the food is so bad that we have to add surplus salt to be able to eat it. This is also dangerous for our health. A plate of our food per soldier is probably about two hundred Naira (N200).

It is said that the Federal Government spends about fourteen thousand Naira (N14,000) on each prisoner in Nigeria. Here, at the battlefront in Operation LAFIYA DOLE, the Army spends about six hundred Naira (N600) per day per soldier on feeding us, while in reality billions of Naira is appropriated per year for this purpose. Your Excellency, we are treated like animals. Most of us are afraid to talk because of the dire consequence.

As the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, your Excellency, kindly investigate. There is corruption in the Army. Brave soldiers are needlessly dying.

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PoliticsRe: Niger Delta Avengers Calls Off Ceasefire With Nigerian Gov't by father01: 5:35pm On Nov 03, 2017
I knew this will happen, the day court gave order for FG to confiscate Tompolo's Properties
CrimeTwo Killed In An Attack In Jol, Plateau Community by father01(op): 4:11pm On Oct 25, 2017
Two persons were reported killed Tuesday night during an attack in Jol, a village in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State.
The chairman of the transition committee of the local government, Emmanuel Jugul, disclosed this to PREMIUM TIMES in an interview on Wednesday.
He said two other people were injured in the attack and are in hospital.
“Four people were yesterday (Tuesday) night attacked in Jol, two died, the other two persons were badly injured,” he said in Jos.
According to Mr. Jugul, the attack came a day after the corpse of a herdsman earlier declared missing was discovered in the area.
“It is unfortunate that we are recording incidents of attacks again in Riyom Local Government. Two days ago, the corpse of a Fulani boy that had been missing since last week was found by a search party we organized.”
He said the incident of the missing Fulani man was reported to the Special Taskforce on Jos crisis.
The Riyom transition committee chairman had made several appeal for peace to residents of the area.
About 44 persons were reported killed in communal clashes in two local government areas of the state within the last month.


President Muhammadu Buhari condemned the Plateau attacks and mandated security agencies to forestall such incidents.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/247225-two-killed-fresh-attack-plateau-community.html?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter
PoliticsRe: Buhari's Government Begged Maina To Join 'change Agenda' — Family by father01: 3:41pm On Oct 25, 2017
repeat after me

BUHARI IS A CORRUPT MAN
BUHARI IS A CORRUPT MAN
BUHARI IS A CORRUPT MAN
BUHARI IS A CORRUPT MAN
BUHARI IS A CORRUPT MAN
BUHARI IS A CORRUPT MAN
BUHARI IS A CORRUPT MAN
BUHARI IS A CORRUPT MAN
BUHARI IS A CORRUPT MAN
BUHARI IS A CORRUPT MAN
BUHARI IS A CORRUPT MAN
BUHARI IS A CORRUPT MAN
BUHARI IS A CORRUPT MAN
BUHARI IS A CORRUPT MAN
BUHARI IS A CORRUPT MAN
BUHARI IS A CORRUPT MAN
BUHARI IS A CORRUPT MAN
PoliticsMaina’s Family: Buhari’s Govt Reinstated Our Son Because He Is A Messiah by father01(op): 3:38pm On Oct 25, 2017
Family members of Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman of Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, say their son is not a fraudster but a messiah who brought reforms into the pension scheme.

At a news conference in Kaduna on Wednesday, Aliyu Maina, spokesman of the family, accused a “cabal” of being behind the travails of the dismissed civil servant.

He said based on his “sterling record” at the scheme, the government of President Muhammadu Buhari appealed to Maina to key into the “change agenda”.

Aliyu wondered why government officials were denying his brother. He said it was the Department of State Services (DSS) that gave him protection for him.

“It is on record that Abdulrasheed Maina’s reform put to a stop the fraudulent withdrawal of huge sums from both the Nigerian Pension Board, the Nigerian Police Pension Board, etc. Perhaps it is his noble efforts that made him enviable to the present administration when they came into power to convince him to come back and assist in its ‘CHANGE’ agenda,” he said.

“Abdulrasheed was in fact invited by this administration and he was promised security to come and clean up the mess and generate more revenue to government by blocking leakages.

“He succumbed to the present administration and came back to Nigeria. He has been working with the DSS for quite some time and he was given necessary security.

“There is a letter from the attorney-general of the federation where he gave his own legal opinion regarding the court verdict which was submitted to the Civil Service Commission and the head of service respectively. So, one wonders why all the agencies and various individuals responsible for his return are now denying.”

Asked to comment on Maina’s whereabouts, Aliyu said: “As you know Abdulrasheed Maina had been a target of in the past, so experience is the best teacher. But when his security is guaranteed, he will surface from wherever he is and tell Nigerians the truth.”

Aliyu, who said the family had sought the intervention of its lawyers, added that Maina would soon make some damning revelations.

“All the same, we have contacted our solicitors, Messrs Mamman Nasir & Co and instructed them to act appropriately. We equally know that Abdulrasheed Maina is in possession of so facts that are against the cabal and interesting to the Nigerian populace, which he will disclose soonest. One must ask whether it is an offence for somebody to serve his fatherland,” he said

The family said Maina inherited the houses which the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) recently seized in Kaduna.

He said the anti-graft agency had ordered the family members to vacate their residential house in Kaduna.

https://www.thecable.ng/mainas-family-buharis-govt-reinstated-son-messiah
PoliticsRe: Senators Donate 1,270 Bags Of Rice, Fertilizer To Kogi Civil Servants by father01(op): 3:15pm On Oct 25, 2017
Yahaya Bello have successfully turn kogi state into a refugee Camp
PoliticsSenators Donate 1,270 Bags Of Rice, Fertilizer To Kogi Civil Servants by father01(op): 3:10pm On Oct 25, 2017
Senators on Wednesday donated 1,270 bags of rice and fertilizer as relief materials to intervene in the plight of civil servants in Kogi state that have not being paid salaries for several months.

The demonstration of kindness as done by the lawmakers came through a motion of importance moved by Senator Dino melaye (Kogi West).

Details shortly….

http://leadership.ng/2017/10/25/senators-donate-1270-bags-rice-fertilizer-kogi-civil-servants/
PoliticsRe: PDP Convention: Youth Group Endorse Prof Abubakar Olarenwaju Suleiman by father01: 12:58pm On Oct 25, 2017
Mynd44:
Or you came back with the promise that you will help Lanre Suleiman win the National publicity Secretary (a post everyone knows he can't win)?
are you now in PDP
PoliticsRe: PDP Convention: Youth Group Endorse Prof Abubakar Olarenwaju Suleiman by father01: 12:57pm On Oct 25, 2017
welcome back bro, its better late than never. We in PDP are happy to have you back in our folds.
PoliticsRe: Olisa Metuh’s Trial: Jonathan Fails To Appear Before Court by father01:
i'm wait to hear if Dansuki Appeared
CrimeRe: How ATM & Phone Thieves Defraud Unsuspecting Nigerians by father01: 2:54pm On Oct 24, 2017
Everything about this post is correct. The last time i visited my friends somewhere around Ajegunle, some one narrated his ordeal and advised that, we should always delete any detail that have to do with our bank transaction from our phone.
PoliticsRe: UN Counters Nigerian Govt, Says Three Borno Lgas Cut Off By Boko Haram by father01(op): 5:17pm On Oct 23, 2017
the media is under reporting Boko Haram activities. God help us
PoliticsUN Counters Nigerian Govt, Says Three Borno Lgas Cut Off By Boko Haram by father01(op): 4:16pm On Oct 23, 2017
At least three local government areas in Nigeria are still cut off due to the presence of Boko Haram insurgents, the United Nations has said.
The claim is coming weeks after the military command in northeast Nigeria announced that no part of Borno state was under the control of the deadly group.
But the UN said despite efforts by the military, some locations in Borno state, including three whole local government areas, remained inaccessible to aid workers as a result of the threat posed by the Boko Haram sect.
The report was issued by the United Nations’ Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian (OCHA). It said Boko Haram hostilities that slowed down due to the rainy season might increase in the coming months.
“Insecurity, presence of mines, improvised explosive devices, and unexploded ordinances had continued to slow down the response of humanitarian agencies in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states” said OCHA’s monthly report for September 2017, titled, “North-East Nigeria: Humanitarian Situation Update”.
“Most roads to the south, south-west and east remain unusable due to security concerns and most humanitarian personnel movement is done through air assets. Cargo, however, is being transported via road with armed escorts as a last resort.”
The UN agency added that, “No humanitarian aid is currently reaching locations in these LGAs outside of the LGAs’ main towns called ‘headquarters’. Major humanitarian supply routes towards the west, north-west and north are open for humanitarians without the use of armed escorts. Following advocacy efforts, Konduga and Mafa are now also accessible to aid groups without military escorts.”
The UN said it was battling with paucity of funds due to the failure of donors worldwide to fully meet their financial commitment towards the North-east.
The director of Army Public Relations, Sani Usman, told journalists the Army would not Immediately comment on the report until it studied its details.


https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/246976-un-counters-nigerian-govt-says-three-borno-lgas-cut-off-boko-haram.html?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter
PoliticsRe: Clarence Olafemi Dumps APC For PDP by father01: 3:33pm On Oct 23, 2017
And some zombies said PDP is dead, just yesterday over 10,000 APC members decamped to PDP in Katsina state, Long live PDP.
PoliticsRe: President Buhari Sacks Abdulrasheed Maina From Service by father01: 2:28pm On Oct 23, 2017
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CrimeCourt Declares Arrest Of Evans’ Brother-In-Law Invalid, Awards N2m Against Polic by father01(op): 10:43am On Oct 23, 2017
The Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday entered judgment against the Nigeria Police Force in the fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by one Mr. Okwuchukwu Obiechina said to be the brother-in-law of alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans.

Justice Mohammed Idris, in a judgment on Monday, declared Obiechina’s arrest and detention and constitutional, holding that the remand order which the police claimed to have obtained from a magistrates’ court was invalid.

Apart from ordering the police to immediately to immediately release Obiechina unconditionally or charge him to court if they have any case against him, the court also awarded N2m damages in his favour against the police.

Justice Idris ordered the police to tender a public apology to Obiechina to be published in two national dailies.

Details later…
http://punchng.com/breaking-evans-brother-in-law-case-court-awards-n2m-against-police/

https://static.pulse.ng/img/incoming/origs6828613/3176364677-w644-h960/Evans-Kingpin.jpg
PoliticsRe: Breakdown Of Capital Projects Executed By Goodluck Jonathan's Federal Government by father01(op): 4:21pm On Oct 20, 2017
hakimi1974:
thrash.
Why won't be trash, when you have refused to reason
PoliticsRe: Breakdown Of Capital Projects Executed By Goodluck Jonathan's Federal Government by father01(op): 4:20pm On Oct 20, 2017
lalastica help push this to frontpage.
PoliticsRe: Breakdown Of Capital Projects Executed By Goodluck Jonathan's Federal Government by father01(op): 4:04pm On Oct 20, 2017
Goke7:
something that fluctuates every now and then, today is 5000mw tomorrow is another figure, same thing we were experiencing under the last administration . let's not deceive ourselves, it's because we celebrate mediocrity in Nigeria, we think one administration is better than the other.
Last admin is far better than what we have today.

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