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MadamExcellency:
Go and refresh your memories. Bokoharam gave two conditions for peace in Nigeria.

Following their recent affirmation that President Goodluck Jonathan should quit power and convert to Islam, the presidency has replied the radical Islamist sect otherwise known as Boko Haram that Mr. President would neither convert to Islam nor resign his position for peace to reign in the country as demanded by the Sect.

https://www.google.com/amp/dailypost.ng/2012/08/06/i-will-resign-jonathan-reacts-boko-harams-condition/amp/

PrecisionFx:
Boko haram was a baby religious extremist group under yaradua, They were just a group of unemployed northerners being silly but that was under yaradua.

Under gej they they grew into one of the biggest terrorist groups in the world with the support of northern elites.

PrecisionFx:
He wasn't arrested because ur dumb enough to think a sitting governor in Nigeria can be arrested.

amaniro:
The men are not citizens now

The Senate of National Association of Nigerian Students, led by Abdulmajeed Oyeniyi, has distanced itself from what it described as ‘politically motivated protest’ led by one Danielson Bamidele, a factional NANS president.

Members of the Nigerian Labour Congress and the National Association of Nigerian Students, led by Danielson, had on Monday staged a protest in Abuja to demand increased funding for education.

Oyeniyi, in a statement yesterday, alleged that the protest was funded by enemies of the nation and its democracy.

“It is disheartening that some sponsored charlatans who are non-students went ahead to hold a protest in the name of students’ movement in Nigeria to discredit the effort of the Federal government and shamelessly took side with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in the ongoing negotiations between the Federal Government and ASUU with the consciousness that the union has continually used Nigerian students as a tool of pun in the negotiations with government,”


“The demand of the leadership of ASUU at this critical moment where Nigeria is faced with an election is an attempt to heat the polity by blackmailing Mr. President. Their demands have not always been for the benefit of Nigerian students but only for the well-being of the individual pockets of lecturers not considering the dent of the academic calendar and its impact on the future of Nigerian students who are kept at home and often made to rush up after resumption,” he said.

Demmzy15:
∆∆ Please mods, ban this Abuheekmat once and for all. Wallahi, if I was a mod, I'll ban your life on this forum.

Zulyadaini Karaye, the Senior Special Assistant to Kano State governor on Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs, has faulted President Muhammadu Buhari’s comments on the governor, saying the remarks were unstatesmanlike.

In a radio interview at the weekend, Mr Karaye said the president’s critique of Mr Ganduje’s bribe-taking videos was unbecoming of a leader.



“What President Muhammadu Buhari said was unstatesmanlike, unbecoming of a leader of his age. I am ashamed of his action.

“His comment on Ganduje is corruption too. The videos are mere allegations, and they’re being investigated. The president should have waited for the outcome of the investigation not arriving at a conclusion based on hearsay.

“With this, I believe the president is not a leader who can protect the image of his country and its people,” he added.

He also said the president was not fair to Mr Ganduje despite his loyalty to the president, just as he criticised the president for abandoning Kano people.

On November 12 in Paris, the president broke his silence on the videos, saying action would be taken on the matter.



The president’s response on the Ganduje videos followed a remark by a Kano student in France, who lauded the achievements of the governor, especially on scholarship, and advised federal government to emulate the governor.

But the president snapped, asking the student if he had watched the governor’s videos receiving bribe in dollars.

“That aside, haven’t you watched the videos of the governor stuffing dollars under his gown?” one of the participants quoted the president as asking rhetorically while demonstrating how the governor was stuffing the bundles of dollars under his babbarriga.

“We gave the videos to security agencies for vetting. And we will surely take action on the matter if he is found guilty.”



But the president’s response did not go down well with a member representing Nassarawa Constituency, Nassir Ali-Ahmed and personal assistant to the president on Broadcast Media, Sha’aban Sharada, who pleaded with journalists to remove the portion where the president made remark on the governor.

olagbola55:
Y is it not done since den

Alaiye use ur brain
Reset it mayb ur head is just full of water
Try to mingle with d progressive

Since 2002 and nothing has been done

D project is suppose to start from Lagos terminating at abuja but ur lootocrazy govt start from kaduna and even never get completed self den wot again?

Appreciate rather Dan using ur whole life to hate d man buhari since 20!5 haba

Bigii:
It's one of the demonstrations secondary school attach to all federal universities. This one belongs to University of Ibadan.

Blue3k:
My vote goes to DDGN he post his own millitary and policy articles. The content is great and he takes request sometimes.

The famous Zamfara twin sisters who were kidnapped a month ago have been released on Saturday evening.

DAILY NIGERIAN spoke with the twins shortly after their release.

Details later....

In a bid to ensure the extension of the Lagos-Ibadan rail line to Apapa seaport, the Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, has said parts of some terminals in the port will have to be demolished.

Amaechi stated this on Thursday in Lagos during a visit to the port to inspect the standard gauge railway line.

The inspection tour started from the Nigerian Railway Corporation, Ebute-Meta.

He said the purpose of the visit was to “see the challenges we have in taking both the narrow gauge and standard gauge into the seaport.”

He said, “What is best for us is what we will do; we will go back to the President to get an approval to ensure we get something that will outlast us. So, whether it is different from what is in the contract or not, we will get something that will last for a long time.”

Commenting on the reported pullout of General Electric from Nigeria’s railway concession, the minister said, “I don’t know whether GE pulled out: GE is no longer into transportation. What happened is that it was a consortium; we have APM Terminals, Transnet, SinoHydro of China and GE.

“GE is the only one that is no longer into transportation business. So, Transnet has now taken the lead role as the head of the consortium. We are going ahead with the concession.

Asked if the GE’s pullout was a setback, Amaechi said, “What setback is that? Transnet can raise the $2.7bn.”

Bloomberg reported on Wednesday that GE said it was withdrawing from the railway concession and handing it over to Transnet SOC Limited in line with its strategy to exit the transportation business.

GE won a contract last year to manage Nigeria’s narrow-gauge rail network in partnership with three other companies, namely SinoHydro of China, Transnet, and APM Terminals.

They signed an agreement with Nigerian authorities in April to proceed with the interim phase of the narrow-gauge concession that is expected to grow freight haulage capacity in the country ten-fold to 500,000 metric tons annually.

The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority, Hadiza Usman, said, “We have done an inspection to ensure that the rail lines are brought directly into the port. We visited several terminals; there will be areas where the Federal Government will take over for overriding public interest to ensure that the rail track comes in.

“We have situations where certain portions of warehouses, for example, will have to be taken away; we have some portions of land that we have to reclaim to ensure that the rail line gets to the quayside, and that is what is more important than having those warehouses.”

She said not all the terminals would be affected by the demolition, adding, “But, indeed, what is important for port operations is to ensure that cargo is evacuated efficiently and we are deploying intermodal transportation system, and this is one of the steps in introducing rail to the quayside of all our terminals.

“So, I think this is important and imperative, and there is overriding public interest for the government to come and take over certain spaces for this development. Whatever we do, we are going to be mindful of port operations; we will ensure that the quayside is left available for operations while certain portions will be rehabilitated.”

Usman said there would be discussions with terminal operators who would be affected by the demolition to ensure that they were compensated.

She said, “After this inspection, we are going to have another meeting where we will determine the exact increase in scope that the project will have in view of this visit because this visit has expanded the scope to ensure that, for example, we are going to cover Greenview Development Nigeria Limited; we are going to look at expanding into Eko Support Services Limited.

“We are also going to look at providing direct quayside and sidings for Port and Terminal Multiservice Limited. So, all these aspects need to be completed and the numbers will be presented to the Honourable Minister, and in turn, he will make the necessary request for approval from the Federal Executive Council.”

Skyway String Transport Technology, a private firm, says its fast light rail service can move passengers from Lagos to Abuja in about 45 minutes.

It will be moving at an average speed of 150km per hour and has capacity for 500km per hour. The Regional Head, Skyway String Transport Technology, Mr. Arogundade Samson, said that the fast transport system had been carefully designed to assist the Nigerian government in alleviating the sufferings of the people in moving from one point to another. According to him, the hi-tech transportation system will solve the challenges of gridlock and hazards involved in travelling by road from Lagos to Abuja.

The Nigerian Punch newspaper said on Wednesday that Samson stated at a gathering in Lagos to sensitive members of the public on the project that the company “is fully committed; possess the technical knowhow and financial capability to deliver the project in good time”, as long as it enjoys support and cooperation of the Lagos and the Federal Government.

Samson noted that since Nigeria has the same challenge with India in terms of population and lack of social infrastructure, the implementation of similar project there had greatly changed their story. The report quoted a member of the company’s board, Vladimir Maslov, as saying that the company was ready to sign an agreement with the Federal Government and Lagos State to signal the beginning of the fast track transportation project.

Maslov said that some of the benefits inherent in the project included a reduction in the rate at which commuters were exposed to accidents on the road, and encourage zero tolerance for pollution as well as improved security of lives and property of passengers.

A schedule flight from Lagos to Abuja is about 50 minutes, while it takes between 12 and 15 hours to travel from Lagos to Abuja by bus.

abduljabbar4:
Definitely from his parents. But i dont understand what kind of father would let his son have access to such amount of money. Billionaire ai ba hauka bane

abduljabbar4:
hahaha

I would rather donate it to charity. Most girls dont appreciate help from us

Demmzy15:
**poops on his hands and slaps his face**

Go and remove him na!

abduljabbar4:
Ah, im fine my good friend. Long time

emekaRaj:
The different is one got the opportunity and join bokoharam while d other didn't have one. But they are all bokoharam whether in the battlefield or sympathizers

emekaRaj:
Bokoharam pple have arrived,

the Bokoharam tin pain him Sha. Ur partner was just preaching about jihad here, but he will never mentioned dat preach peace.

I dnt follow any scholar I hav the khitab and sunnah at my disposal 24hr, so I dnt know why u are telling me about a schorlar comparing salatul fatih.

emekaRaj:
He is getting their bit by bit, we go still catch u.
Is this not d preaching of bokoharam, tell me that they never told u in ur aqeeda dat wat bokoharams are doing is right, tell me u have never once try to contact bokoharam to see if u can help them.

Why is it that u ppl will never use the verse of the Quran were peace is preached,

abduljabbar4:
But the last time i checked, she was a born again gospel singer. So dont even try to associate her with Islam. Seems like only poor christians care about christianity afterall

ModestGal:
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He who knows not and knows not he knows not is a .........
But your words are alike? So that's the similarities between yourself and Shekau

ModestGal:
That's the problem with you people, Book haram are SUNNI Muslim, ISIS are SUNNI Muslim, so what the hell are you saying bro? You people are filled with so much hatred that sometimes I imagine if its only negatives that they preach to you or happens around you

Save the argument for yourself bro, I have no interest. Arguments brings no good to me, so keep it for yourself

One group of Christians wey dey stay Kano, northwest Nigeria say dem no see anything wrong with taking dia cases and issues to Islamic police and Sharia courts instead of regular police and courts.
Komolafe Johnson na im be presido of those Christians wey call dia name Humanity Peace and Leadership Synergy initiative, dey stay for Sabon Gari, Kano.

Hisbah no go collect kobo from you and dem go make sure dem resolve the issue. Even recently one issue between Muslim Landlord and Christian tenant wey we bring come, na dem solve am. Dem even quote some Bible sections during the hearings," Johnson tell BBC News Pidgin.
Im say for many years now im dey bring cases to Hisbah and unlike normal police dem no dey collect money for im hand.
On wetin give dem confidence despite say many Christians wey dey Kano dey fear Hisbah, Johnson yan say for 2011 during the fuel subsidy protest wey almost turn bloody for Kano, na Hisbah escort dem go church and wait for dem to finish service.
"Dat single act na im make me realise say dis pipo na good pipo unlike wetin some pipo dey think."

Johnson say as far as e dey alive and dey Kano im group go continue to dey bring issues to Hisbah instead of regular police.
"Di same bad bad things wey Hisbah dey try stop like drinking beer and prostitution, our own Bible also dey against am, so you go see say na di same Christian war dem dey fight for di good of everybody."

Hisbah PRO, Adamu Yahaya, wey chook mouth for di mata tok say wetin dis Christians dey do show say no be all Christians dey against Hisbah and Muslim laws.
"We dey co-operate with this group well well, dem dey always come to us with issues to help dem with and also invite us to dia events and likewise we too."
But Secretary, Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN Kano chapter, Ibrahim Isa Wangida, yan say dem dey against this arrangement because dis same Christians wey dey carry case go Hisbah no go gree if to say na Muslims go report dem to Hisbah.
"As far as we are concerned, dis no be ogbonge arrangement because those Christians wey dey carry case go meet Hisbah instead of regular police if pipo report dem to Hisbah on anoda issue dem fit say dem no gree because dem be Christians and di mata no go favour dem."
Wangida tok say dem get good relationship with Hisbah and even recently wey some Christian children miss, na Hisbah find dem and bring dem to CAN before dem carry dem give dia parents.
As lawyer wey Wangida be, e also tok about areas wey Hisbah no fit touch based on di year 2000 law wey create dem.
"For example Sabon Gari Na Christian area and dem no suppose enta dia to seize beer or pursue pipo from hotel. Also any Christian for Kano get right to live di way im want since Hisbah na for Muslims."

Friend01:
See, one thing you should know is I don't digress.
If we are talking about Maggi let it be about Maggi not about salt when that is not the bone of contention.
I am not disputing the fact that you maybe right, all I am saying is, I am basing my argument on the content of that article not what you saw.

And again, you don't just take people's statement out of context simply because it suits your narrative.
Be balanced in your presentation that is more just.

NB:I am not one of those BMCs who are so blinded by the love for our president that they feel he can't do no wrong even when he is human.
I love the president, but I would never defend his errors or mistakes no matter what.
I rather remain objective and constructive in my criticism.