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When pump price was increased, did you call people to come out and protest? When Buratai was exposed, did you call anybody to come out? When Dambazzau was exposed, what did you say? When CBN, FIRS, Immigration did illegal recruitment, what did you say? When hredsmen were killing people from north to south, what did you do? Hypocrites IDnoble1: |
In Yola, queues are everywhere in the few filling stations that dispense fuel. Motorists literally sleep in these stations. A gallon goes for about N1,000. What's the situation in your area? |
3rd March 2016 From MOLLY KILETE, Abuja ESE Oruru, the 14-year-old teenager allegedly abducted from Bayelsa State and taken to Kano by one Yunusa, aka Yellow, has said that she still could not tell how she made the journey to the North West state. In an exclusive interview with Daily Sun in a private home in Abuja, Ese said it was only after she got to Kano and saw that the people and the environment were strange that she realised she was no longer at home. She also told Daily Sun that her real age was 14, not 17 as was being speculated. She said she was born in February 2002.The girl, who now has a deep Hausa accent and speaks Hausa very fluently, said she had to adjust to her new environment. She said she was forced to speak Hausa, as everybody around her could speak only Hausa. During the interview, she appeared a little unstable. She said she missed her mother’s cooking, even as she expressed fear that her parents might decide to punish her for leaving home. How did you meet Yinusa? We sell food in Bayelsa; so they, Yellow and his other people, used to come and buy food from us. What does Yinusa do in Bayelsa? He came to Bayelsa to look for money. People say Inuwa is your boyfriend. Is this true? No, he is not my boyfriend. Like I told you, we sell food in Bayelsa, and so, he used to come and buy food from us. He is not the only one; they are many and I used to play with all of them like my own brothers because they buy food from us. I sell food to them just like that. Can you remember the day he took you from Bayelsa to Kano? How did it happen? I don’t know. Did he tell you that you were traveling to Kano? No. We didn’t go with his Keke (tricycle). His keke, is at home. Did he come to the house to carry you? No. So, how did you travel to Kano? I just followed him. I don’t know how I followed him. People believe that you decided to run away with him because you love him and want to marry him at all cost. I know that we used to play with all of them, our customers that come to buy food from our shop. There is nobody that is different. I sell food to all of them and I laugh with all of them. So, how did you know you were in Kano since you didn’t know how you got there? I saw that the place was different and the people there are people that I didn’t know. So, I knew it was his place because I did not know anybody there, but only him. We went to their house first. So, what did you do? I did not do anything. What did you tell him? I did not tell him anything. So, you just started staying with him like that? We travelled to Kura the next day with one man like that. He is the chief of the town. When we got there, they took me to one place and there they gave me hijab; they put it on me. And after that, they took me to one house in Kura. And from there on Monday, in the morning, we went back to the Emir’s Palace in Kano; then in the afternoon, we travelled back to Kura, to stay in the house. What did you all go to do at the Emir’s Palace? At the Emir’s Palace, they were asking him questions. They did not talk to me. They did not ask me anything, but they were asking him. Then they were speaking in Hausa language and I did not understand the language very well that time; so I didn’t understand what they were saying. Was it at the Emir’s Palace that you first saw your mother? Yes. I saw her, but I was not able to talk to her. I was just looking at her and she was crying. I just looked at her. I did not know her and I did not talk to her. Did you recognise her as your mother? I don’t know. I looked at her and she was crying. But when you saw her on Tuesday at the Police Force Headquarters in Abuja, did you recognise her as your mother? Yes. While you were away in Kano, they said you got married. Is this true? No. Was there any marriage ceremony? No, I did not get married to anybody. But did they convert you to a Muslim? Yes. How did that happen? They took me to one place. Before they took me from the house to Kura, they put me in hijab, then we went to Kura. When we got there, they went to one place, and one old man came there and he would say something and they would say I should repeat. Then I would repeat. If the man said something again, they would say I should repeat and I would repeat just like that. So, that was how you got converted? Yes. There is also this rumour that it was one old man that actually married you and not Inuwa. Is this true? I did not get married to anybody. While you were there in Kano, did you ever fall sick? I don’t know. What kind of medical attention did you get? Did they give you any injection? No, I don’t know. But they did not give me because I don’t like taking injections and I will not take injection when I am sick. It was only when they arrested me on Monday in Kano that they took me to the hospital. And when we got here in Abuja, they took me to the hospital again yesterday, Tuesday. Those are the only two occasions that I have gone to the hospital. Did they give you any medicine? Medicine? I don’t know. But if they put it in water or food… They used to give me something, but I don’t know if it is water they used to prepare it. But if I am not well, they would buy medicine for me and I would take. But it was not those types of native medicine. It was from the pharmacy. Are you happy reuniting with your family? Yes, I am happy to go back to my family. How do you feel now? I don’t know how I feel, but I just look calm. I don’t know what to do. Do you regret what has happened to you? Yes. How? I don’t know, but I have caused my mother a lot of trouble and put her into problem. If you see Yinusa now, what would you tell him? I tell you I’m confused. I don’t know what to do (then she started crying). What were you doing when you were in Kano? Nothing. You mean you just stayed in the house from morning till night? Yes. I did not do anything. I can see that you now speak Hausa language very well. Yes. I can speak Hausa very, very well. Were you speaking Hausa before you left for Kano? No. So, how did you come about it? Did they teach you? No. It is because the people there speak only Hausa. They don’t understand English. And when they spoke, I didn’t understand; so I tried and struggled so I could understand what they were saying and communicate with them. That was how I learnt the language. They call you Aisha. Didn’t you tell them that’s not your name? I answered it like that. What’s your real name? Rita. How would you relate with your other siblings when you get back home? I don’t even know. I have a feeling that they would do something to me for this thing that has happened. Like what? I don’t know if my mother will beat me when we get home for what has happened because she may think that I know everything that happened to me. I don’t think she would do that, considering all the efforts she put to get you back home. (Then the mother assured her that she would do no such thing, saying she was filled with gladness for seeing her alive). How old are you? There has been a controversy about your age. I am 14 years old. When were you born? I was born in February 2002. What is your favourite subject in school? Mathematics. And what do you hope to become in future? I hope to go back to school and become a nurse in the future. Your brother said you are a good Christian and member of the Scripture Union in your school and that you used to preach to people. Is this true? (Smiles) Yes. Tell me about it. Yes, I am in the SU, but they took it to the senior students and the senior students started misbehaving. So, we in the junior class took our own to a different level to sanitise the whole thing. We hold our fellowship in our class and go out for evangelism. What is your advice to young girls like you out there, considering what you have gone through? They should be careful. How? They should be careful with the people they play with or talk with, because it’s not everybody that is good. What is your appeal to your parents since you are afraid they are going to beat you? I don’t know what to do. I am confused. I don’t know what really happened to me and I don’t even know where I am. But I know that she is my mother. What did you miss most while in Kano? I missed my mother’s cooking. She used to cook sweet food for me; so I missed good food. Does it mean you were not eating good food? Yes, I was only eating rice and bread. What would you want your mother to cook for you when you get home? Banga soup and starch. http://www.sunnewsonline.ng/ese-i-dont-know-how-i-got-to-kano-even-now-i-dont-know-what-really-happened-i-just-followed-yinusa/ |
— February 7, 2016 From Timothy Olanrewaju, Maiduguri THOUSANDS of civilians are fleeing Borno central communities following fresh attacks in the area by Boko Haram where four people were killed. A group of Boko Haram insurgents, numbering about 30 raided Malari and Mairi Mai Umar Villages along Konduga-Bame Road, some 11 kilometres from Maiduguri, killing no fewer than four people. “Three elderly women were burnt alive and a Koranic boy studying was shot dead,” eyewitness Umar Goni, a local perfume seller told Sunday Sun at Mairi Mai Umar village yesterday. He said the insurgents came by foot with “almost all of them carrying guns,” shooting into the village. “They came at about 8.30pm and the attack continued till about 10pm. They set fire on houses and burnt three elderly women who were sleeping inside their houses,” Goni further explained. Senator representing Borno Central in the Senate, Kaka Garbai confirmed that four people were killed, regretting that the insurgents visited terror on the people. He said already the communities in the area have been deserted as residents feared the insurgents could launch more attacks in the area. “You can see the place is a ghost town now. Even people in neighbouring communities are migrating to Maiduguri because they are afraid the insurgents are close by, not far away and may attack them too,” he said. Many people were seen with their luggage fleeing the area. Some angry women asked the reporter to tell the authority to protect them, saying they have suffered enough. “Enough of this, we don’t want your food or relief materials, just tell the government to protect us, this is all we need,” she shouted as she struggled with her two children and her luggage, trekking to the capital city yesterday noon. The attack came barely a week after Dalori, some three kilometres away was attack and 85 people were killed and nearly 100 people injured. http://sunnewsonline.com/new/thousands-flee-borno-communities-after-fresh-bharam-attacks/ |
vedaxcool:Buhari unwilling to give up on his search for evidence has unwittingly admitted that there was no form of evidence privy to his government against Mrs. Madueke and as such vindicated her from diverse alleged corrupt malpractices leveled against her by Nigerians. |
President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that he is unable to prosecute the immediate past Minister of Petroleum Resources, Deizani Alison-Madueke and other petroleum workers over what he tagged lack of evidence. The President made this known in London, during an exclusive interview with Peter Okwoche of the BBC, after attending a conference on the ongoing Syrian crisis. Okwoche in a series of tweet after the interview quoted the President to have said, “To prosecute corruption successfully we need evidence. That’s not easy especially in petroleum sector.” Related: Victory for Diezani as UK authorities bow again Buhari had threatened to prosecute all those who dipped their hand into the nation’s wealth for private use and among those brandished and suspected to be prosecuted is the immediate past petroleum Minister. Post-Nigeria gathered that despite heightened tension and anxiety over her possible investigation, the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, has been unable to put up valid prove to justify all forms of allegations against her. Buhari unwilling to give up on his search for evidence has unwittingly admitted that there was no form of evidence privy to his government against Mrs. Madueke and as such vindicated her from diverse alleged corrupt malpractices leveled against her by Nigerians. On the report that she is seeking asylum in some foreign countries, in order to avoid been probed, Mrs. Madueke has reiterated in many fora that the consistent malicious and libelous attacks on her person was due to the reforms she brought to the oil and gas sector which was not favorable to some cabals in the country. “Let me state it clearly for the records that Nigeria is my country and am not going anywhere. I love my country and I do think that I have done the best for my country. “For everything that has a beginning there is an end and that is not a surprise. What is the surprise is the sort of malevolence bordering on personal malicious libel to my person during this period of time. “I do believe that I have done the best for Nigeria in this job and I have attained many firsts in the history of oil and gas, especially in the reforms that we have done. In this period of time, I have stepped on many big toes, particularly the feet of the cabal in the industry when we came in. “I have said severally that we will open up the industry to all Nigerians and we have, but that is not to the pleasure of certain cabal. And I have been continuously maligned because of this and we have taken millions and in fact, billions of dollars out of the hands of multinationals and their sub-contractors and put them in the hands of Nigerians through Nigerian content. “Hundreds of thousands of Nigerians have come into the oil and gas industry because of our reforms.” She stated. http://www.post-nigeria.com/no-evidence-to-probe-deizani-buhari/ |
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President Buhari And The Resurrection Of Corruption In The Award Of Honorary Degrees In Nigerian Universities BY DR. MOHAMMED JIBO IMRANDEC 13, 2015 On Saturday, December 12, 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari shocked the Nigeria’s academic community when he went to Kaduna State University, KASU and received an honorary doctorate degree (Honoris Causa) barely seven months after his inauguration. On the surface of it, one would be tempted to ask: is the president being honoured for his records of yesteryears or is he being honoured for his performance in the last seven month? If it is for his past records, the natural question is why now and why by KASU? That university existed for over a decade, why didn’t they honour Muhammadu Buhari last year or five years ago? If the honour is as a result of his present assignment, what has he done this far to earn him a honoris causa? Isn’t it a case of moral corruption for a serving president, who has a lot of favours to dish out, accept to receive an undeserved honorary doctorate degree from a state university whose vice chancellor was, in the last six months, queried by the Visitor to the University about three times? Is it the case that, after the KASU formula, that the president will not attend the convocation ceremony of any university unless that university include the president as one its recipients of honorary doctorate degree. How not, since over a dozen universities have held their convocation ceremonies since the coming of PMB to office and he attended none, it is therefore safe to assume that his failure to attend was because they have not honoured him with a degree. These include the University of Ibadan, University of Benin, Obafemi Awolowo University, Federal University Owerri, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, etc. And none of them received the respect of the presence of the president. Now that KASU has shown the way, any university that wants the president to attend its convocation should simply include the president in the list of the recipients of its honoris causa. They are sure to have the president coming in person to be decorated. The question is where is the shock? The president action is shocking for three reasons. First, his receiving an honorary doctorate degree, from any Nigerian University, while holding and elected public office is immoral, illegal and a crass violation of the existing regulation guiding the award of honoris causa in Nigeria’s University System. Section 2.0 subsection (a) of the famous Keffi Declaration which was enacted on the 24th September, 2012 by the Association of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (AVCNU) stated that: “AVCNU member-universities hereby make it a policy not to honour with honorary degree anybody holding political office (elected or appointed) while such officers are still in service.” President Buhari violated this rule and the president is an honourable man, apology to Shakespeare in his histo-drama book, Julius Caeser. In 2012, worried by the spate of irregularities and the erosion of academic culture and university tradition especially in the indiscriminate award of honorary degrees in the university system, the vice chancellors of Nigeria’s federal, state and private universities met at the Nasarawa State University, Keffi and resolved, collectively, that the age-long best practices of university culture be restored and maintained. It was the case that politicians, public office holders and all manner of money-bags and favour-flaunters will be conniving with governing councils, vice chancellors or visitors to state universities all in the bid to cajole or hoodwink the university into awarding an undeserving honorary degree. It was so rampant that the credibility of any honoris causa by any Nigerian university was suspect. The Nigeria’s academic community was relieved when the Keffi Declaration on “Sustaining Academic Tradition in Nigerian Universities, Including Guidelines for the Award of Honorary Degrees” was made. It was even more refreshing seeing that all the federal universities, all the state universities and all the private universities at that time have signed the declaration. But the action of President Buhari of accepting honoris causa, in complete violation of the Keffi Declaration, has done one of the greatest damages to the university system since the enactment of the declaration in 2012. The president has just killed the Keffi Declaration and therefore open the floodgate of irregularities and moral corruption in the award of honorary degrees. Will the president refuse to accept another honoris causas from other universities? No. All the remaining 140 universities will now line up with their ceremonial academic robes ready to decorate the president with honorary degrees. It will be a moral dilemma for the president to refuse to accept after receiving one from a sister-university. And not only that, the president cannot stop his cabinet members, other public officer holders, and including civil servants from haggling-and-bargaining to ‘buy’ honorary degrees and even stand on the same podium with the president to be decorated. The era of immoral impunity in the award of honoris causa has effectively returned. And it was declared open by the action of Mr President. Second, and even more disturbing is the fact that Kaduna State University is not competent to award honorary doctorate degree to anybody. Information available on the National Universities Commission website indicates that there are only 22 out of 40 state universities with approval to run masters and PhD programs. KASU is not one them. How can you have an honorary doctorate graduands when you don’t have the regular program with regular students pursuing doctorate studies? More so, the Keffi Declaration, section 2.0 subsection (e) stated explicitly that: “A university shall not award honorary degrees if it has not graduated any PhD or has no postgraduate school or program” Because the president is an honourable man, I dare say that his idea of change is about changing the rule, it will be safe to say that he received a 419 degree that is not recognised by the NUC, a government institution under his watch. The question is how many people graduated with PhDs at the 12th December convocation when President Buhari was decorated by KASU? Have KASU ever graduate a PhD since its establishment? When did they get the approval from the NUC to commence the PhD program? How could KASU award what it does not have? Why should NUC keep mute at this illegality and gross abuse of regulation? If the information they published in their website is correct, why should they allow KASU to award illegal honorary degree even to the resident of the Federation? It is amazing how politicians are always at the forefront of rubbishing our academic traditions and values. It is very clear that the Visitor to KASU who is the Governor of Kaduna State is at the forefront of this manipulative scheme to rubbish the university system and smear the good name of the president of the country. Or why did he dissolved the governing council of the university simply because they allegedly drew his attention to the illegality and immorality of awarding honoris causa to a serving elected public officer? And the VC who was appointed by Governor Yakowa was rattled to his nerves with an array of queries to get him to accept political interference in the running of the university. How else, given the fact that section 2.0 subsection (c) of the Keffi Declaration states, in parts, that: “…the award of honorary degree shall not be tied to wealth consideration or political alignment…” Who will doubt that after sacking the governing council and sufficiently intimidating the vice chancellor of the university, the APC governor as the visitor to the university, is not bullying his way into forcing the university to award illegal degrees to an APC President and a business mogul exclusively for political and material reasons? My third reason is even more scary. Is the Minister of Education so incompetent as not to draw the attention of the President to all these violations? Why wouldn’t the minister of education draw the attention of the president to the Keffi Declaration? And to the NUC guidelines on approved universities with graduate courses? Or better still shouldn’t the honourable minister make the moral common sense argument of not accepting a gift from an institution under ones superintendence? Or is it the case that the president, who ruled the country for over three months without ministers, is still living with that hang-over and is taking decisions without consulting the relevant ministers? If the minister of education is kept in the dark on the KASU honoris causa brouhaha, then our country is in trouble. It means the president will be relying on informal and unofficial (most of the time, misleading) suggestions to run the country. If the minister is in the picture and his opinion sought by the president and he misled the president into going to accept and illegal honorary degree, then some punitive action must be meted on the minister. If on the other hand, the minister was consulted and he advised the president against accepting the illegal degree and his advice was jettisoned by the president, then something is fundamental wrong – it means there is a crisis of confidence between the president and his ministers. And the earlier that crisis is resolved the better for our country. It is important to note that PDP, in spite of its numerous ills had adhered to the Keffi Declaration. Former president Goodluck Jonathan, to his credit – (oh God, remembering PDP and Jonathan again) withstood all the pressures and declined many of such offers. For me, President Muhammadu Buhari can still save the Keffi Declaration, save himself from further embarrassment and save the university system in this regard by doing two things: one, cause his handlers to issue a public statement returning the illegal and undeserved honorary degree back to the awarding university and stating his commitment to respect and protect the Keffi declaration; two, investigate and punish any persons that have hands in misleading him into this embarrassing misstep. Fighting corruption is not just about stolen wealth. It is about respect for regulations. It is about staying on the moral high-grounds. Over to you “Sai Mai Gaskiya.” Dr. Mohammed Jibo Imran Santa Clara County City of San Jose, CA |
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By Husaaini Jirgi — Nov 22, 2015 6:14 am | Leave a comment Suspected Boko Haram members on Friday night launched an attack on Kwanti village in Fika local government area of Yobe State, in which 7 persons were killed, LEADERSHIP Sunday gathered. A witness, Isa Dafa, confirmed to our correspondent on phone that the insurgents stormed the town at about 11:40pm and started shooting. He said many residents fled the community to escape attack. While some of the residents fled into the bush, others moved to the LG headquarters for safety. Fika is about 100 kilometres to the south of the Yobe state and borders Nafada Local Government Area of Gombe state. The attack on Fika came almost three months after the insurgents attacked the town and killed many people, including civilians and security personnel and injured many as well as destroyed both government and public buildings. A reliable security source in the state confirmed the incident, saying that the attack was carried out by fleeing sect members in a desperation and to create an impression that they remain relevant. The Commander, 27 Task Force Brigade, Col. Dahiru Bako, confirmed the attack he said the attack came barely day after arrested three Boko Haram insurgents in Jakusko while two others were arrested in Damaturu, Yobe State. |
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See how they chased people away from queuing up in filling stations to give PMB who is expected in Yola the impression that all is well. APC change is a scam, now I believe. |
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