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Thirty seven people, including two babies have been confirmed killed by suspected members of the Boko Haram militants who attacked Gubio town in Borno State at the weekend.
In the last four weeks, the insurgents have renewed attacks and killings on towns and villages, especially in Borno less than two months after they were dislodged from hundreds of communities they earlier took over as part their territorial conquests.
Over 400 houses, mosques, public and private schools and vehicles were equally destroyed by the invading insurgents who thronged to Gubio on Sunday.
Details of the siege emerged on Tuesday during a visit to the town by Governor Kashim Shettima.
Gubio is 93 kilometers north of Maiduguri and was one of the few towns that the Boko Haram could not establish permanent presence.
Officials of local vigilantes, also known as civilian JTF told Governor Shettima that the insurgents stormed Gubio in a convoy and engaged in sporadic shootings and burning.
"The terrorists killed 37 people, including two young boys," said Alhaji Bukar Mondama, the leader of the vigilantes.
"They destroyed over 400 structures, including eight mosques, four schools, the local government’s secretariat, 22 vehicles and several motorbikes.
''They came around 4.30pm when we were playing football and caught us off guard with sporadic shootings. There was serious confusion in the whole town because everybody was running helter-skelter. We tried to confront them but we were incapacitated, they showcased unmatchable weapons, deadly explosives and heartless fighters," he said.
Another vigilante, Modu Yusuf said beside their commanders, most of the assailants
were young children, aged between 12 and 16.

hary4luv:
Just wait and see what would happen. AIT will surely come out unscathed.

gbrown:
i think dokpesi the pdp kingpin should learn not to mix politics with his private media outfit, i was not happy over the hate campaign of AIT prior to the elections, dokpesi should have known better, dokpesi should take a cue from john momoh of channel, it,s not all news item you air

akins56:
AIT is going down so fast! Owing their staffs 8 months salary is cruel, sowi,, it is just evil!

eazisky:
How vigilante man wan take pay bride price weh reach 1m? anyways, He went too far, what i believe is that when the child grows up, he will ask of his dad

fm4real2k6:
God punish you !!

khiaa:
What could be a better reason than to save a loves one life. I'm not a thief, but if there were no other options, hell yeah I would do it to save a love ones life. Without dialysis he is as good as dead in a matter of days, I know because my sister has been suffering with kidney failure since 2008 and she has to have dialysis 3 times a week and without it she wouldn't be here.

IyfeNamikaze:
she was my coursemate, she and 3 other girls always conduct prayer and worship for the class before lectures. A very happy girl and jovial. used to call me prince of awada land back then. God will surely punish those who did this to her. R.I.P Anita

PDPwayoo:
i love igbos, very practical and hard working..............they dont take nonsense.

A former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Vincent Ogbulafor, who once boasted that the party would rule for 60 years, said his prediction would have come true if the party had not made costly mistakes before the elections.

Ogbulafor, while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria in Umuahia, accused his party of causing President Goodluck Jonathan’s loss in the last elections and called on the members of its National Working Committee to resign.

He said, “When I was the chairman, I controlled 28 states and a majority in the National Assembly and also won additional four states for the party.

“Some of us performed better and had good ideas on how to keep the PDP in power for as long as I predicted.

“I made the prediction in clear conscience and realisation that it was achievable, given that the PDP controlled 28 states, majority in the National Assembly and local government administration.

“So, there is nothing that could have stopped PDP if we were able to control the line-up.’’

He said the party was already on the right path with the resignation of its National Chairman, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Chief Tony Anenih.

He said, “I feel happy about their resignation because I feel they did so in the interest of the party.

“So, I feel it is better for all the committee members to voluntarily resign if they love the party and want it to survive.’’

Ogbulafor further urged the NWC to accept responsibility for the party’s poor performance in the general elections.

He also attributed the party’s failure to the hate campaign and the failure of the PDP to include past chairmen in the campaign.

He said, “Past national chairmen were completely excluded and we were never invited to offer our ideas on how to help Jonathan.”

Ogbulafor argued that the incessant change in the leadership of the PDP which had five chairmen in six years, led to instability and contributed to the party’s defeat.

He said, “Since I left office, the PDP has changed its chairmen five times. This is a pointer that all is not well with the party.

“This is why I am calling on the NWC members to quit without compulsion to pave the way for fresh blood that will bring vibrancy and help to move the party forward.’’

Ogbulafor said that the incoming governors, who would be the financiers of the party, would also wish to inherit a new NWC.

While congratulating the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, Ogbulafor described his election as a compensation to Katsina and the North over the death of late President Umaru Yar’Adua.

He said, “I feel happy that the Presidency went to the North, particularly Katsina, the home state of the late Yar’Adua, who died in office without completing his tenure.”

baybeeboi:
saraki has it

Protesters have locked down the Akwa Ibom Liaison office in Abuja over alleged failure by Governor Godswill Akpabio to fulfil his promise to pay each staff N50,000 for travelling home to vote for the Peoples Democratic Party in the recent general elections.
Staff say the governor also promised to pay them generous Christmas bonus for 2014 but has so far failed to keep his words.
Our correspondent covering the protest quoted staff as saying Mr. Akpabio promised them general financial incentive if they could travel to Akwa Ibom from their Abuja base to vote for his anointed candidate in the governorship election.
The offer was irresistible to many staff who travelled the over 634 kilometres by road to vote for the state PDP governorship candidate, the protesters say.
But over a month since they returned, the staff said, Mr. Akpabio has failed to pay up.
After pressuring him quietly for weeks, the staff ran out of patience and embarked on a protest Monday to compel the governor to pay before handing over to his successor on Friday.
More to come…

By Levinus Nwabughiogu. ABUJA – To show his determination to rid Nigeria of corruption, the president elect, General Mohammadu Buhari, after his inauguration on Friday, will unveil his anti-corruption strategy, Vanguard learnt yesterday.
The Strategy will be such that will put Nigerians with corruption baggages on their toes and make them to return their loots back to the federal government coffers even less persuasion.
To realize this objective, Vanguard investigations indicated that there is likely to be an establishment of a high powered anti-corruption panel with a mandate to investigate corrupt government officials and private individuals who had swindled the country.
The panel shall also have the responsibility of tasking the corrupt individuals on making valuable returns in the form of plea bargain.
A timeline, Vanguard learnt will be given for the returns and once it expires, there will be full probes of the persons who had returned their ill gotten wealth and also of others who refused to return theirs.
This, Vanguard learnt is to ascertain whether such returns were commensurate with history of looted money.
The investigations would also touch on all other government properties which included buildings.
It was not however known if the probe would be restricted to the outgoing government of President Goodluck Jonathan which would cease to exist on Friday.
A dependable source who is a close ally of Buhari both in military and civil politics confided in Vanguard that the president-elect is likely to shock most Nigerians immediately after he is sworn in.
According to him, Buhari is committed to stamping out corruption in Nigeria and would not relent.
The source who didn’t want his name in print said that though talks were ongoing on how best to approach the issue of corruption, the methodology was yet to be fully discussed.
He however stated that the conventional anti-corruption agencies like the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission, ICPC, would be reorganized and reactivated to play the lead role in the fight against graft.
He said: “We have not discussed with the president-elect on how he wants to treat his anti-corruption policy. I know he has said he has zero tolerance for corruption. He is a structured man. He is a man of the system. So, to begin to go round the idea may not be correct.
“I believe he will used the structures that are available to fight corruption. That I know. And the modalities it will take, that will be determined by the time he is in office. He will look at the entire thing and then based on the inputs he will get from the experts, he will determine the methodology to go about fighting corruption.”
“Certainly, I know that that is one of the things on the table which he must face squarely. Corruption is everywhere in the country. It has eaten so deep in our psyche. So, it needs to be fought head on. There has to be an assault on it from every angle.”
Asked if the president-elect will quickly swing into action immediately after he is sworn in on Friday, the source who also has a rich military background said Buhari has since fathomed how best to make Nigeria work again.
“You don’t want him to start that day? This is a man who has been trying to be president for the last 14 years. So, if he has not made up his mind on how to govern this country all these years, then there is problem. So, he knows what to do and he knows how to do it. Just give him the chance”, he said.
Vanguard investigations also showed that the incoming government would reorganize the nation’s security apparatus including the paramilitary especially those whose offices are not tenured starting with the Nigerian Army down to the EFCC.
But whether the reorganization would include relieving the current Heads of the institutions and agencies their present appointments we don’t known.
“I don’t know about that but I am sure he is going to take decision and whatever decision he takes, I am sure it is in the interest of the nation and the interest of greater proportion of Nigeria. So, let’s wait and see whatever decisions and pronouncements he will make. May 29th is just knocking by the door”, the source told Vanguard.
One may think that Buhari may be selective in his anti-corruption fight judging from public perception of many of Buhari’s political allies who may have soiled their hands in the past.

But here, the source said that the fight against corruption would be total and complete cutting across all strata of the society and in the All Progressives Congress, APC.
He added that no one would stop the wind of change either in or outside the APC.
“Are you alleging that someone people around him are corrupt? If you are not alleging that, then what will stop him from fighting corruption? You must understand one thing. General Buhari’s government is going to be far from the PDP government because if you have been following his comments, his pronouncements since the campaigns, there are three items he has selected and said these are the areas he will concentrate.
“He talked about corruption. He talked about insecurity. He talked about economy and by implication job creation. These are cardinal. Not that there are no other things but these are key things to getting this country turned around. These are things that can not be compromised by him. He has only identified and made up his mind that he is going tackle them.
“So, the question of people insinuating that there are people around him who are corruption, that is their business. If people are alleging that, I don’t know of any but if there is any, that is their business because that will not stop the wind of change when it comes to fighting corruption.
“So, the issue of saying he would be handicapped because he is surrounded by anybody, I don’t think that will stop him from forging ahead. There is going to be no sacred cow in this fight because if you want to make a change, it has to be total. And fighting corrupt in all ramifications is the way to go and I am sure the government will face it because the level at which corruption has gone in this country, if you don’t face corruption and fight it squarely, then whatever thing you put on the ground is a waste.
“So, that is our bane and we must face it. Any government that must make a change and bring succour to the people of Nigeria must fight corruption. There are people who will resist it but government is mightier than anybody. As far as the president-elect is concerned, I can tell you that there is no going back when it comes to fighting corruption. There is no second thought about it”, he said.

buygala:
ok

She smells, nags, is overbearing. ...... She is even Lucifer's elder sister...... Yet her money wasn't smelling, nagging, or overbearing ..... The dude took the money, and now wants to throw away the money's container

And the baskad says "he repaid her by showing her true love"

Please someone should explain to me what the fucck that means


THAT DUDE DESERVES AN INVITATION TO OKIJA SHRINE OR A VISIT BY MALLAM SHEKAU

Islie:
So you sabi to quote bible