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The Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, has said despite the insurgency in the state, Maiduguri, the state capital, is safer than Lagos, Abuja and most state capitals in the country.

He stated this in Bauchi on Tuesday while addressing the Batch B National Youth Service Corps members deployed in Borno State, who are undergoing their orientation in Bauchi State.The 1,387 corps members, deployed in Borno State, were sworn in on November 28 at their camp in Bauchi.

Shettima, while assuring them that Borno State was now peaceful, said, “With all sense of responsibility and honesty, am saying that the worst in Maiduguri is over. Borno is now on the path to sustainable peace.

“Maiduguri is now safe even more than Lagos, Abuja and many other state capitals in Nigeria.”

He added that the Federal Government and the state government were working to maintain the peace in the state as the fight against insurgency was getting to an end.

The governor stated that despite some differences among Nigerians, they shared and were tied to a common destiny of making Nigeria great.

He noted that despite the seeming ideological, political and religious diversity of Nigerians, they should strive to ensure unity among themselves, which, he said, was the only way to put the country on the path of development.

Shettima informed the corps members that he was happy with their determination to serve their country by leaving their comfort zones and serving in the state.

He said the NYSC scheme would open their eyes to the reality of national coexistence, adding that the future of Nigeria rests on the shoulder of the youth.

The governor promised to provide necessary assistance to the corps members, including an increase in their allowances and the provision of decent accommodation.

He commended the Bauchi State Governor, Mohammed Abubakar, for accommodating Borno State corps members and the assistance rendered to them.

The Borno State NYSC Coordinator, Alhaji Lawal Turawa, said the prompt intervention of the Bauchi State governor, which led to the relocation of the corps members to the new camp, saved what would have been an ugly situation.

Turawa informed the governor that the Borno NYSC lacked staff accommodation and utility vehicles, appealing to the governor to help in the rehabilitation of staff accommodation, which he said had not been renovated since 1995.

Source: http://nigerianewstoday.com.ng/maiduguri-now-safer-than-abuja-lagos-says-shettima/

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Access Bank Nigeria Plc has warned its customers to avoid dealing with Mavrodi Mondial Movement, a Ponzi scheme, which has been declared illegal by the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The bank in an emailed statement to its customers said it had come to its attention “that some customers are engaged in the Ponzi scheme called ‘MMM’”.
“Please be advised that this scheme is not in line with any applicable or known investment product and may ultimately lead to loss of funds in the long run,” the bank warned.

“We advise that customers avail themselves of genuine and approved investments and products in the Nigerian banking environment.”

However, NE gathered that despite the warning by the Federal Government, thousands of Nigerians have continued to patronize the scheme with its website ranking as one of the five most visited in the country, ahead of Facebook.

Source: http://nigerianewsnow.com.ng/2016/12/07/access-bank-warns-customers-beware-of-mmm-you-will-soon-lose-all-your-money/

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Kaduna state Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has accused the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) also known as the Shiites Islamic sect of refusing to recognize Muhammadu Buhari as the President of the country as well as their failure to recognize him as the Governor of the state.

El-Rufai gave the statement while speaking with journalists on Sunday. He said that the group was outlawed by the state government because its leader Sheihk Ibrahim El Zakzaky and members have refused to respect constituted authorities and their activities amount to running a parallel government against the state.The Governor says the state received the report of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry that looked into the clashes between the IMN and army which concluded that the IMN poses a threat to the peace, security and good governance of Kaduna State.

“The IMN does not recognise the constitution of Nigeria, they do not recognise Buhari as president of Nigeria, they do not recognise me as the Governor of Kaduna state. Because they have their governor, yes, they had, I think he was killed during the clash.”

He said the IMN apart from being an illegal religious organisation, was in the habit of harassing and intimidating members of the public with impunity for several years.

Source: http://nigerianewsnow.com.ng/2016/11/28/shiites-dont-recognize-buhari-me-as-president-governor-el-rufai/

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The current economic recession in the country occasioned by the fall in the prices of oil in the international market has dealt a devastating blow on Nigerians. Following the depreciation of the naira against the dollar among other economic challenges,

Nigerian families now grapple with astronomical prices of essential commodities in the country. Everybody is complaining. Families are particularly groaning under the high price of food items which have increased by 100 per cent from last year. According to a distraught man in Lagos, “We never had it this bad in this country.My family can no longer afford three square meals in a day. We have all along been getting food items on credit. But the foodstuff sellers are now tired of us, our neighbours and friends are also tired of us begging them for food. Everybody is really lamenting these hard times and the high prices of food items in the country”. Staple foods such as rice, beans, cassava flakes are now slipping out of the hands of average Nigerians.

Market survey conducted in some markets in Lagos reveal that the prices of some foodstuffs are now three times higher than what they used to be in 2015. Although, the prices of the food items in some of the markets differ the difference is just minimal.

For instance, the price of rice, beans, cassava flakes, palm oil, groundnut oil, pepper in Mile 12 market is different from the price in Mushin-Olosha, Oyingbo, Cele-Ijesha, Abule Egba, Iyana-Iba, Okomaiko among others According to a trader at Mile 12 market, “there is no fixed price for the foodstuffs, people just sell according to what they buy and that is why the prices are not the same.

Investigation revealed that presently, a 50k bag of rice, is sold at the rate of nineteen thousand naira (N19,000) while the same bag of rice was sold for eight thousand, five hundred naira last year. Also, a bag of beans is now thirty nine thousand naira (39000) but in 2015, it was sold for twenty-one thousand five hundred naira (N21500). It was also learnt that, a bag of cassava flakes is sold at the rate of nine thousand, five hundred naira 9,500, a basket of tomatoes cost N6500, a bag of Tatashe pepper is sold at N3500, and a bag of Rodo pepper at N4500. Also, 25 litres of Groundnut oil sells for N14,200, while palm oil of the same litre goes for N15,000.

In Mushin-Olosha and Oyingbo markets, a bag of rice is sold for N19,000 while a bag of beans goes for 40,000. In the same vein, a bag of cassava flakes goes for N10,000, 25 litres of groundnut oil is sold for N14800, while palm oil is sold for N15600.

A trader at Oyingbo market, Mrs. Sarumi, lamented that the level of patronage in the market has reduced due to the high price of foodstuff adding that, this has inflicted more hardship on them. Mrs. Fatimo Adeyemi, another trader said that majority of traders are facing financial crisis because most of them borrowed money from micro-finance banks to run their businesses but they are not getting returns on their investment because of low patronage. Another trader at Olosha market, Mr. Henry Ugochukwu, said his business used to yield huge profits until the recession period.

One of the customers at Mile 12 market, Mrs. Dorcas Timothy, argued that, the money she spends in buying foodstuffs has doubled compared to last year. She disclosed that she used to buy a bag of rice for her family but since the price has skyrocketed, she can only buy a paint bucket of rice.

A resident in Ajah area of Lagos revealed that, since the recession, feeding her family members has been major challenge saying, “what is most important to the family now is how to feed before thinking of pleasure”.

Source: http://nigerianewsnow.com.ng/2016/11/26/nigerians-lament-as-prices-of-foodstuff-skyrocket/

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The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Maikanti Baru has said that the agemcy is exploring the possibilities of piping crude oil from Niger Republic for refining in Kaduna.

He made the disclosure to newsmen during a visit to the Kaduna Refining & Petrochemical Company Limited (KRPC) in Kaduna.

Baru said high level contacts have been made with Niger Republic on the possibility of importing crude from the country.

“President Muhammadu Buhari has made several contacts with the President of Niger Republic. We are talking with Niger Ministry of petroleum. We are also talking with the Chinese Company operating in Agadam,” he said.

Baru said some investors have shown interest to build another refinery of 50,000 barrels pay day capacity.

“We are convincing them to come and build side by side with the Kaduna refinery. The intention is to build around Kano but we think there is greater synergy to what I have seen here. I am more convinced they will benefit from some of the utilities of Kaduna refinery,” Baru said.

He said that it was important to explore alternative crude supply to Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company, which has been affected by vandalism of pipelines and age.

“Due to challenges with the aged refinery and crude oil pipelines that had been breached severally, the operations of the refinery has been epileptic.

This, we are determined to resolve through various intervention methods including evaluation of alternative crude oil supply from Niger Republic through building of a pipelines of over 1, 000 kilometers from Agadem to Kaduna.

That efforts is being championed by Mr. President himself.

We have already started engagements with the Nigerien Minister of Petroleum and the Chinese that are operating the field at Agadem,” he said.

Baru also pledged to sustain efforts at enhancing energy supply to power industries in Kaduna through the development of Ajaokuta-Abuja-Kaduna-Kano gas pipeline, as well as development of power plants in Kaduna and Abuja.

“These projects will be given special attention during my tenure,” he said.

The GMD disclosed that the College of Ptroleum Resources in Kaduna would start operation on Januarry 1, 2017, and thanked the state government for undertaking to construct internal roads in the school.

He also urged Governor Nasir El-Rufai to sensitise resident against sabotage of the nation’s oil assets due to its adverse effect on the community, environment and national economy.

Responding, El-Rufai said the corporation has assumed a new toga since Baru took over, adding that prompt remittances by the corporation to the Federation Account has remained consistent.

“We are very interested in the NNPC because how well you do affects our lives as states and as a country. This is why many of us are quite gratified you are in charge, and already results are beginning to show as remittances to the Federation Account are higher, state governors are happier than before,” he said.

Source: http://nigerianewsnow.com.ng/2016/11/26/nnpc-to-build-1000km-pipeline-from-niger-republic-to-kaduna-refinery/

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The National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prof Wale Oladipo has described his purported expulsion by an unknown group in Osun PDP as ‘a nullity and of no effect.’

In a press statement issued in Abuja,Oladipo noted that as a National Secretary of the party, he remains “a life member of PDP NEC ”even after my tenure as National Secretary.”
“No state executive council can suspend or expel a NEC member,” he said,affirming that, “the purported expulsion by a certain set of unknown PDP members masquerading as state exco members of the Party in osun state is, “an hallucination of highly disturbed minds.”

He described the author of the slanderous pronouncements, one Dr Faforiji, as a frustrated impostor at his wits end, warning him and his ilks not to abuse the laws of the land by engaging in criminal contempt.

While accusing the group of playing the script of a discredited chieftain of the party from Osun state ,Oladipo said he sympathized “with these misguided fellows on their frustration at being rejected by all well meaning leaders of the Party in Abuja due to the albatross around the neck of their lonely promoter”,he stressed.

He, however, expressed high hopes in the capacity of the behind the scene efforts of genuine national Leaders of the party to finally lay to rest the unfortunate crisis bedeviling the Party.

Source: http://nignews.com.ng/state-exco-cannot-expel-a-nec-member-prof-oladipo/

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Nigeria Remains Nigeria!! this igbo traders No go kill person o lol

Source: http://nignews.com.ng/good-news-donald-trump-opens-first-african-branch-in-onitsha/

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The minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed has disclosed how a top official in his ministry was involved in employment racketeering.Lai Mohammed made the disclosure on Thursday, November 24, during an address to members of the Senate committee on culture and tourism on oversight to his ministry.

The minister detailed how he addressed the challenge of employment racketeers in his ministry and agencies, Premium Times reports

He said the racketeers swindled many unsuspected job seekers, promising to give them phantom jobs.

“When I came in, we were able to uncover a number of cartels engaging in unlawful employment.

“They gave bank account details which their victims paid huge sum of money into and after the payment they issued them with letters of employment.

“They even camped some of them in hotels for capturing into Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS)

“In fact, in a particular organisation, a level 17 Officer was involved in this racketeering, but unfortunately he is late now.

“When we discovered this, we swung into action to get to the bottom of this and get some of them arrested.

“We are still on it and even some of them have taken us to court,’’ he said.

The minister assured the Senate of bringing the perpetrators to book, noting that his ministry was committed to fighting the challenge of ghost workers.

Mr. Mohammed said he had directed all the agencies under the ministry to submit their nominal rolls.

He said anyone that failed to do so would have itself to blame for non-payment of its workers’ salaries from January 2017.

In other news, Lai Mohammed has said the federal government will continue to take responsibility for the current economic situation in the country.

Mohammed made the remark at the fourth commonwealth public relations congress in Lagos, as contained in a statement by the minister’s spokesperson, Segun Adeyemi, Daily Post reports.

According to the statement, the minister said the federal government will stop making excuses about the state of the economy.

Source: http://nignews.com.ng/lai-mohammed-exposes-those-behind-employment-scam/

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Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has congratulated the Makarfi-led Peoples Democratic party candidate, Barrister Eyitayo Jegede over his victory at the Court of appeal.

“Congrats to Eyitayo Jegede, Gov. Mimiko and the PDP in our victory at the Court of Appeal today. Shame on Ali Modu Sheriff and Jimoh Ibrahim”, Fani-Kayode posted on his social media account.

Source: http://nigerianewsnow.com.ng/2016/11/23/ondo-election-fani-kayode-congratulates-jegede-shame-on-ibrahim-modu-sheriff/

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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo would on Thursday visit some companies in Anambra to assess the challenges facing them in the state.

The state governor, Willie Obiano, made this known to journalists in Awka on Wednesday.Obiano said the visit was against the backdrop of the presentation he made to the Federal Government after he met with the Manufacturing Association of Nigeria, Anambra chapter, recently.

He said the visit would enable the federal government to provide sustainability package in the areas of forex and raw material sourcing to 300 firms in the state to enable them stay afloat.

According to the governor, Osinbajo would visit the major industrial hubs of the state including Onitsha, Nnewi and Awka.

He said the need to help the manufacturing firms could not be farfetched as the sector alone employed about 800,000 workers.

“Recently I had a meeting with manufacturers in Anambra where they made their challenges known to us and I tabled the problems in Abuja before the Federal Government and Central Bank,” the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) quoted the governor as saying to journalists.

“On that basis, the vice president will visit the state on Thursday (November 24) and see things for himself; he will visit selected firms in Onitsha, Nnewi and Awka.”

Source: http://nigerianewsnow.com.ng/2016/11/23/osinbajo-to-visit-manufacturing-firms-in-anambra/

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Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday said they arrested 11 suspects and destroyed 2, 317 bags of cannabis weighing 30,992kgs.

The agency’s spokesperson, Mr Mitchell Ofoyeju, stated this in a statement on Friday in Lagos.

He also said that some 67 bags were also transferred to Osun State Command of the agency as exhibits for further investigation.

“The cannabis will also serve as evidence against 11 suspected farmers arrested during an operation inside the cannabis plantation.

“The suspects arrested in connection with the cannabis cultivation are Kofi Mensah, Godwin Monday, Albert Aniama, Liberty Onyeka and Peter Nelson.

“Others are Harrison Ewoka, Ossai Nelson, Sulaiman Niyi, Dominic Tobechukwu, Mutiu Kolawole and Chucks Oghenekwu.

“The raid operation codenamed ‘Operation Herb Spring’ was in response to an intelligence received by the Agency on the activities of cannabis cultivators in the forest.

“The exhibits was estimated to worth three hundred and nine million naira (N309million).

“These exhibits were found in 27 camps used as storage facilities located within a farmland at Orita-Ijebu forest reserve, Ikoyi area of Ikire in Ayedade LGA of Osun State.

“Drug cartels have invaded government forest reserves for the cultivation of cannabis,“ the spokesman said.

He also quoted the Chairman of the agency, Mr Muhammad Abdallah , who said concerted efforts were needed to stop cannabis cultivation.

He said that farmers should be encouraged to cultivate food and economic crops.

“Unless the current trend of cannabis cultivation is addressed, the country is on the verge of a devastating food insecurity.

“It is worrisome that the cartels are using government forest reserves in the cultivation of cannabis.

“Stakeholders must strategise on how to increase food production and prevent criminal organisations from diverting arable farmland for cannabis cultivation.

“A situation where food and cash crops is paving way for cannabis plant portend danger and deserve urgent attention.

“The operation was a sweet victory for the agency because the farmers had done all the work by harvesting and processing the cannabis awaiting evacuation from the farms.

“It was a perfect timing for the Agency and a painful loss to the drug barons.

“They had prepared the cannabis in bags waiting for shipment when we raided.

“The Agency will continue to launch similar devastating attacks on drug trafficking cartels until they are completely defeated.

“All suspects will be arraigned soon,” Abdallah said.

Source: http://nigerianewsnow.com.ng/2016/11/19/ndlea-arrests-11-suspects-in-osun/

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A civil society organisation, Human Rights Defenders and Advocacy Centre, has expressed concern over what it described as “flagrant” disregard for court orders by the executive arm of government, saying, if unchecked, it could bring the judiciary to disrepute.

The rights group added that it was high time President Muhammadu Buhari stopped acting like a dictator as the country was no longer in the military era.
Speaking at a news conference in Lagos on Friday, HRDAC President, Rose Ameh, said it was regrettable that “impunity by men in uniform and those in government had now become a norm” which, according to her, had made Nigerians to start losing faith in the system.

Citing examples, she said, “The ruling of the court (including that of the ECOWAS Court) for the release on bail of a former National Security Adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.); and the order for the release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, were totally rebuffed by the executive.

“The continued detention of the leader of the Shiite Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, is another case of shameful disregard for human rights and due process. These are indeed appalling and condemnable.”

The Chairman, Board of Trustees of the group, Mr. Innocent Agbo, said the group had written to the presidency and embarked on protests, including one at the National Assembly, but that nothing had been done.

Source: http://nigerianewsnow.com.ng/2016/11/19/stop-disobeying-court-order-group-tells-buhari/

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The Peoples Democratic Party has said that Kogi State is currently in the hands of tyrants who have no respect for human lives as the citizens are dying daily of common ailment due to non-payment of workers’ salaries.

The PDP said this at a stakeholders’ meeting of the Kogi West Senatorial district of the party held at Rekiya Ogheha Place in Lokoja on Thursday
Those present at the meeting included a former Deputy Chief of Staff to the President, Prince Sola Akanmode, a former Secretary to the State Government, Sola Ojo, a former PDP state chairman, Chief Hassan Salawu, Henry Ojuola, and Chief Kola Ojo, who is the Kogi West zonal chairman.

Ojo, who briefed the press after the meeting, said the All Progressives Congress-led administration in the state had come to spread poverty, hardship and sickness as hundreds of people had been sent to their early graves due to poor economic management and insensitivity to the plight of the people by the government.

He added, “This Yahaya Bello administration is heartless, inconsiderate, insensitive and irresponsive to the plight of Kogi civil servants, it has utterly failed the people as it is bereft of ideas on what to do to move the state forward.”

Ojo said the APC was running a government of deceit and blackmail, saying the new direction policy agenda of Bello’s administration was aimed at strangulating the masses and making the poor poorer.

He added that in almost a year of the administration, nothing had been done in the state except “rudderless screening.”

However, the Director General, Media and Strategy to the Governor, Kingsley Fanwo, described the PDP’s position as quite paradoxical.

He said, “Someone defecated on the floor and then turn around to blame the person parking it of being slow. The previous PDP administrations in the state were responsible for the rot we are trying to clean. The last government left the civil service morally broken. Months went without payment of salaries.”

Fanwo said there were evidences that certain people were desperately bringing their leaders back to stifle the resolve of the present administration to reposition the state.

“Governor Yahaya Bello is not expecting the PDP to be happy with his reforms and resolve to question previous administrations over how the commonwealth of the people was managed,” he said.

Source: http://nigerianewstoday.com.ng/apc-spreading-poverty-in-kogi-pdp/

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The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2015 governorship election in Rivers state, Dr Dakuku Peterside, has described Governor Nyesom Wike as a disaster and disgrace to everything that represents good about the state.

According to Peterside, in a statement by his spokesperson, Nwaorgu Faustinus, and made available to NAIJ.com. the latest adventure of the governor to hunt perceived political opponents through phantom recommendation of a commission of inquiry ahead of the December 10 re-run election in Rivers state into the Senate is doomed and dead on arrival.
Peterside noted that a statement credited to state commissioner for Information after a state executive council meeting revealed that the attorney-general had been directed to prosecute the APC deputy governorship candidate, Asita Okorie for the murder of an NYSC member at Akinima in Ahoada West local government area during the March 19, 2016 rerun legislative elections.

The attorneygeneral was also directed to prosecute the APC House of Representatives candidate for Eleme/Tai/Oyigbo federal constituency, Barry Mpigi, for the alleged murder of a pregnant woman whose name was given as Mrs Baby Nzuuga in Kpite Tai area of the state.

Peterside said Wike’s latest action was that of a mischievous, drowning man, clutching at anything that would make him stay afloat.

He said playing smart to deceive the public and cover up his own roguery has become Wike’s trademark.

“How can anyone in his right senses link Honourable Asita to death of the youth corps member. Everyone in the state knows that Governor Wike was the architect of the killings and mayhem that trailed the March re-run election in the state.

“The governor was the one threatening the lives of everybody and crying everyday at every available medium.

“How can a governor who orchestrated the mayhem be the judge, complainant and prosecutor in his own case? The actions of Wike are unbecoming of a state chief executive and bringing ridicule to such a revered office,” he stated.

He called on the governor to follow the path of honour and rise to the challenges of governing the state or resign if he lacks the capacity, managerial acumen and temperance to deliver the expected democratic dividends.

“What moral justification does Nyesom Wike have to talk about violence? Who introduced violence into the last elections?

“Who connived with known militants and security agents to rig election in the state? Who has declared amnesty in the state where over 100 AK47 rifles were officially acknowledged?

““Has Wike forgotten that in connivance with militants, APC did not campaign in Okrika and Ogu/Bolo local government areas in 2015?

“Never in the history of Nigeria has that happened, where citizens are unable to campaign in their own state.

“If Wike has any sense of shame and conscience, he should seek for forgiveness from Rivers people and families of those who were mindlessly killed by his goons.

“Rivers people are indeed in one-chance of a governor who lacks the capacity to govern the state.

“No amount of propaganda, blackmail and threat will save the PDP from losing the forthcoming re-run election in the state.
“Rivers people have seen through the brigandage, lies and deceit of Wike’s administration and they shall respond by voting all APC candidates,” he summed up

Source: http://nigerianewstoday.com.ng/dakuku-peterside-bombs-wike-gives-governor-a-new-name/

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The Ekiti State government has ordered the immediate closure of the popular Fayose Market in Ado Ekiti due to incessant attacks on the Task Force, which maintains law and order in the market.

Confirming the directive, the state Commissioner for Commerce, Industries and Cooperatives Michael Ayodele, said the market was closed after some unruly traders attempted to disrupt the peace.
He added that the market will stay shut until traders vowed to stop obstructing access roads and walkways with their goods, adding that stakeholders must abide by rules and regulations guiding the conduct of business in the market.

Source: http://nigerianewstoday.com.ng/ekiti-govt-shuts-down-gsm-market-indefinitely/

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The Kebbi Government has assured residents of the state of regular potable water supply.

The General Manager of the Kebbi State Water Board, Alhaji Mahmoud Gwandu, gave the assurance while monitoring the off-loading of trucks laden with aluminium sulphate and hydrated lime in Birnin Kebbi on Thursday.
He said that a total of 11 trucks with aluminium sulphate, hydrated lime and chlorine were expected in the state.

“We have so far gotten four trucks of chemicals and we are expecting the remaining seven to arrive soon,” he said.

Gwandu said the chemicals would be used to treat water before use by residents, adding that the board was committed to providing the public with safe drinking water.

He commended the state government for its commitment to providing residents with basic social amenities that would improve their socio -economic wellbeing.

The general manager, however, appealed to residents to ensure maintenance of facilities provided for them.

He also called on them to report any damage to pipelines to the appropriate authority for necessary action.

The 220 metric tonnes of aluminium sulphate, 110 metric tonnes of hydrated lime and 200 drums of HTS chlorine would be put to use in the next four months in the state.

Source: http://nigerianewsnow.com.ng/2016/11/17/kebbi-promises-residents-regular-water-supply/

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A cleric and General Overseer of Livingspring Word-Alive Assembly Incorporated, Achuputa Obosi, Anambra state, Bishop Silvanus Onwuachu has warned the National Assembly over the alleged Sharia bill that has passed second reading in the Senate, saying that if passed into law it will cause religious crisis in the country.

He called on the Senate to drop the so-called Sharia bill, if it exists, because Nigeria is a secular state.
Bishop Onwuachu who spoke with Daily Sun yesterday called on Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) and Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) not to wait until the bill is passed into law before they respond.

“We are not comfortable with it at all, and we say no to Sharia. The government should be careful on how they handle religious issues because if we have a religious war in Nigeria it will affect everybody, Boko Haram will be a small issue. Christians in the senate should be careful.”

Source: http://nigerianewsnow.com.ng/2016/11/15/cleric-warns-sharia-law-will-cause-nation-wide-religious-crisis/

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“As you are aware that Lagos State is a leading economy is Africa, and, my ministry is very key to the economy of Lagos, I can assure that with the mandate of His Excellency, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, we are going to ensure that the state continue to be the pride of Africa and human race.” President Muhammadu Buhari’s special adviser on foreign affairs and diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa alongside other prominent sons and daughter of Ikorodu were present at the lecture in honour of Adegbola, the former Vice Chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun state.Lagos state commissioner for Commerce, Industry & Cooperatives, Prince Rotimi Ogunleye has declared that there is no recession in the state.

Speaking with journalists after bagging an award by Ikorodu Division Resource Development Group (IDRDG) during the 16th memorial lecture in honour of Professor Anthony Adegbola in, Ikorodu, a suburb of Lagos on Saturday, November 12, the commissioner argued that the state is one of the leading metropolis in Africa.He said: “There is no recession in Lagos state because we have very vibrant economy that is well-managed by our able governor and we his lieutenant are also committed to the relevance of Lagos state in the global economy.

“The state is the fifth largest economy in Africa with the GDP of about 132 billion dollars and the population is over 22 million.
“The state is a deep and vibrant economy and our local governments are keyed into the state programmes and that was the idea behind the recently commissioned 114 roads across the state.

“This is to open up the rural roads and help in the development of commerce and industry in the grassroots.

Prince Ogunleye, who was awarded for his contributions to the development of the division alongside the majority leader of the Lagos state House of Assembly, Sanai Agunbiade and the representative of Ikorodu at the federal House of Representative, Jimi Benson, also said: “One feels a sense of appreciation when you are recognized by your people. This is a recognition by an important body in Ikorodu division.

Lagos commissioner Rotimi Ogunleye, says there is no recession in the state.

“The IDRDG has been around for more than thirty years contributing to human resource development of the division and for them to have recognized you to have done something worthy of acknowledgement means a lot. I accept the award with sense of joy.

“The award will gear me into doing more for Ikorodu and Lagos state in general. My mandate as a commissioner and public official is to impact and add value on the people and the generality of the state and that is what I’m going to build upon.

“As you are aware that Lagos State is a leading economy is Africa, and, my ministry is very key to the economy of Lagos, I can assure that with the mandate of His Excellency, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, we are going to ensure that the state continue to be the pride of Africa and human race.”

President Muhammadu Buhari’s special adviser on foreign affairs and diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa alongside other prominent sons and daughter of Ikorodu were present at the lecture in honour of Adegbola, the former Vice Chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun state.

Source: http://nigerianewsnow.com.ng/2016/11/15/unbelievable-ambodes-commissioner-says-theres-no-recession-in-lagos-state/

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A mallam was caught and stripped naked for reportedly stealing meat from a butcher’s shed in Enugu, recently.

According to Facebook user, Egwuatu Chukz, a Hausa man was caught stealing meat from a butcher’s shed in Ogbete market, Enugu state.
The Hausa man was said to have casually strolled into the shed, brought out a sack and started stuffing large chunks of meat into it, completely ignoring the fact that there were other people around.

According to the butchers, they had gathered and prayed over the ‘mysterious’ disappearance of meat from their shed, one week before he was caught in the act. He was also accused of using charms to perpetrate his crime.

Read what transpired according to Chukz, below:

“BREAKING: NOTORIOUS HAUSA/FULANI MAN CAUGHT STEALING MEAT WITH THE AID OF CHARM IN THE POPULAR OGBETE MAIN MARKET.

On 12th of November 2016 in the above named market in Enugu, Biafra land, a notorious Hausa/Fulani man was caught after stealing meat weighing over 22 pounds, at the market abattoir located at Akwata side.

Information reaching the family writers, states that this Hausa/Fulani man has been perpetrating this act for a long time, only that he used to be invisible when performing the evil operations, but as God may have it, one of the largest quantities of meat got missing, before he was caught today. The butchers in the area opened up to find out what has been behind the usual missing of meat, therefore the whole meat sellers teamed up together for fasting and prayer which lasted for five days.
However, after their prayer some of the meat sellers (butchers) were convinced that the regular missing of their meat wasn’t an ordinary or physical issue to tackle, so they all teamed up to be vigilant both in the realm of physical and spiritual.

In the morning of Saturday 12th of November 2016, at about 8:30am, about the time the butchers display meats for sale, a young man holding a sack walked in majestically towards the place where some of the meats were packed, and began to pack meat without anybody’s consent and after loading the huge amount of meat inside the sack he came with, he raised it on his head and started walking away with the meat. After moving about 12 feet ahead, one of the meat sellers called him back, and tried to interrogate him. The Hausa/Fulani man refused to answer and this drew the attention of the audience.

After several attempts to stop the man, the crowd succeeded in stopping him and asked him how he managed to have access to the meat and he couldn’t give any reasonable answer to the questions. Few minutes after he was caught, his clothes were collected from him and the crowd saw some african charms which he tied onto his arm and leg. The charms were forcefully removed from his body to stop him from disappearing.

He confessed that he has been doing this for quite some time and during all his operations, he uses the charms to transform himself into an invisible being and that’s how he makes his own money and business by roasting the stolen meat for sale which is popular called “Suya meat” in Nigeria.”

Source: http://nigerianewsnow.com.ng/2016/11/14/where-this-suya-seller-gets-his-meat-from-will-shock-you-photo/

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Samira Abu Ali, wife of Lt. Colonel Abu Ali, who was killed by Boko Haram terrorists alongside some soldiers on Friday, November 4, has made a vow to Nigeria over her children.

Vanguard reports that Samira who spoke when a non-governmental organization called “Nigerian Fallen Heroes Project 2017” paid her a condolence visit at her parents’ home in Kaduna on Sunday, November 13, promised to raise her children as great heroes like their father.

She said: “My children are very aware that their father is no more, I mean the older ones.

“All I have to do now is to commit myself to raising them to the quality that their late father desired of them, so that they can be like him; to become persons this country can be proud of.

“It is unfortunate that he left them at such tender ages. But they will always recall that he was a kind and loving father. Just like he was to me.

“I don’t have anything more to say than everything is in the hands of the Almighty Allah.”

Vanguard reports that Ali left three children namely; Fatimah Abu-Ali 7, Mohammed Abu-Ali 4, and Yasmin Abu-Ali 1.

Meanwhile, the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has dismissed reports that ransom was paidfor the release of the 21 Chibok girls freed by the Boko Haram.

The defence spokesperson Rabe Abubakar, reacting to reports that ransom was paid by the government in exchange for the recently released of 21 of the abducted Chibok girls, described the story as unsubstantiated.


Source: http://nigerianewsonline.com.ng/after-husbands-death-wife-of-col-abu-ali-makes-solemn-vow-to-nigeria/

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The Niger Delta Avengers has claimed that the Federal Government should be blamed for the renewed attacks on oil facilities in the region.

The group told the leaders of the Niger Delta region, under the Chief Edwin Clark-led Pan Niger Delta Forum, that they could not help but bring down some oil facilities in the region because the Federal Government had allegedly refused to honour the ceasefire terms they both entered.

A statement issued by the group’s spokesman, Mudoch Agbinibo, told Clark and other leaders to blame both the Federal Government and the Nigerian military for the fresh attacks.

They added that the government was using military force to undermine the peace process by ‘unnecessarily’ harassing communities and arresting innocent people in the region.

The statement noted that, “We see this as a deliberate move by the military establishment to undermine any effort of dialogue and negotiations with the people of the Niger Delta.”

NDA added that the struggle in the region did not just start for the sake of bearing arms against the Nigerian government, it stressed that over six decades of economic and constitutional colonialism against the region led to the struggle.

“We ask for understanding on the side of the PANDEF and the general public. The High command of the NDA is only reacting to government’s deliberate attempts to undermine the dialogue process and negotiations”, it added.

Source: http://nigeriabreakingnews.com.ng/niger-delta-why-we-resumed-attacks-on-oil-facilities-avengers/

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– Donald Trump says he will deport or jail up to three million illegal immigrants

– Trump says he will build a wall that Mexico would pay for

US president-elect Donald Trump has said he will deport or jail up to three million illegal immigrants.

Trump made this disclosure in his first extensive interview on CBS’ 60 Minutes programme after his shocking victory in the US presidential election.

According to him, those targeted would be migrants with criminal records, such as gang members and drug dealers.

Trump noted that to hit such a high mark, it would involve either casting a very wide net that covers even the smallest infractions or also deporting legal alien residents of the US with criminal convictions.

Donald Trump

Trump told CBS: “What we are going to do is get the people that are criminal and have criminal records, gang members, drug dealers, where a lot of these people, probably two million, it could be even three million, we are getting them out of our country or we are going to incarcerate.

“To pull this off, an expanded deportation force would almost certainly be necessary.”

The President-elect didn’t specify what he would do with the millions of other undocumented migrants with some groups estimating there could be around 10 million people in the USA without proper papers.

He continued: “After the border is secure and after everything gets normalised, we’re going to make a determination on the people that they’re talking about who are terrific people, they’re terrific people but we are going to make a determination [on] that.”

He also confirmed that another election promise, to build a wall with Mexico, still stood but could include fencing.

Asked about his plans for the Mexican border, he said “a wall is more appropriate” in some parts but “there could be so

Source: http://nigeriabreakingnews.com.ng/trump-set-to-immediately-deport-three-million-illegal-immigrants/

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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, has revealed that the Federal Government is set to pay debts owed the 36 states.

He said the government will pay them N720bn, with each state collecting N20bn.

According to him, the said money would be used for the provision of infrastructure by the states.

Speaker’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Public Affairs, Mr. Iliya Habila, in a statement on Sunday quoted Dogara as making the disclosure during a visit to the Igwe of Ogwuekpele, His Royal Highness, Valentine Onyema-Ogidiga.

Dogara visited the monarch in his Ogwuekpele palace in Anambra State.

It reads in part, “Regards to debts being owed to states, I can announce that very very soon, a chunk of money will be given to states.

“It is being processed and I know that no state will get less than N20bn from the money that is coming.

“That will be something substantial in the hands of the governors. Those that are spirited, I believe they will be able to translate that money into development so that they can support the diversification (agenda) of the Federal Government.”

The statement explained that Dogara was responding to complaints made by the monarch that social infrastructure in the state was decaying and needed urgent funds for resuscitation.

It added, “Without capital, you cannot invest; so these are the two things that this government is devoted to. By doing so, state governments can have enough capital; they will have the needed infrastructure for the establishment of functional industries for the evacuation of either solid minerals or agricultural products. And we know that agriculture has the potential of providing employment for the majority of our people.

“And I can assure you that when we talk about diversification, it is not just on paper. Recently, there are efforts by the government to source money so that it can begin in earnest the putting up of infrastructure; functional road networks, intermodal and multimodal connectivity of our transportation system and building airports, railways and integrating them with land transportation.

“These are the things that are on the agenda and then giving citizens access to cheap capital that they can use to better their lives and start business and provide employment that will earn us foreign exchange.”

Speaking earlier, the Igwe appealed to the Federal Government to support Anambra State in the building of infrastructure.

He said infrastructure would help farmers to move farm produce easily from the villages to urban markets in cities like Onitsha, Awka, Nnewi and beyond the state.


Source: http://nigeriabreakingnews.com.ng/fg-to-pay-n720bn-debt-to-states-dogara/

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Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, has returned to Nigeria, after undergoing eye surgery in Germany.
Bello arrived just over an hour ago, in the company of some of his trusted aides and officials.

The Governor, who was declared missing, left the country to correct an eye ailment that had been troubling him for sometime.
All state functions were put on hold leaving the Deputy Governor, Simon Achuba, with only the duty of receiving visitors on behalf of his boss.

See photos below:

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Now that Donald Trump has won the U.S. presidential election, Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated him saying he hopes there’ll be a fresh start in U.S.-Russia relations.
In a telegram, the Russian leader said he was confident he and Trump could start “a constructive dialogue based on the principles of equality, mutual respect, and genuine consideration for each other’s positions.”
He also hoped that Trump would help resolve “the current crisis” in U.S.-Russian relations.
Trump during his election campaign has been a vocal admirer of Putin, saying the world will be a better place if Russia and America got along, even saying he could visit the Russian leader during his first 100 days in office.According to multiple reports, Russia watched the U.S elections closely, they even had a 24 hour election watch on State TV and even had actors play out the roles of Trump and Clinton on election day.

Source: http://nigerianewstoday.com.ng/russia-is-ready-to-restore-relations-with-u-s-putin-says-as-he-reaches-out-to-donald-trump/

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Hundreds of residents of Anglican Road, Ilupewo community, Ado- Odo-Otta Local Government Area, a boundary community between Lagos and Ogun states, have deserted their homes after receiving a letter from suspected armed robbers.

It was learnt that the residents woke up to discover several of such letters pasted to their doorposts. The letter insinuated that the robbers were coming for the operation because of Christmas and New Year festivities.

The most shocking aspect of the letter was the phone numbers that accompanied it. The phone numbers – 0702288949, 080449930 – are, however, incomplete. They stressed that they didn’t want excuses from residents over non-availability of money at home.They said the letter was to inform them about their coming and ensure they keep money at home always. The letter was written in Yoruba language and typed in capital letters.

They introduced themselves as “Strong men of the road that own the night.” A landlord in the area, who identified himself as Mr. Femi Martins, said: “We are used to pilfering in our community, but we woke up on Tuesday morning to see letters pasted on our doors.

About 60 houses on Anglican Road had the letters pasted on their doorposts. We immediately called a meeting. We also reported the matter at the Sango Police Station. We want 24 hours police patrol in our community.

We believe that these hoodlums live among us and they can strike anytime.” Before the letters, police had been patrolling some areas in the community, but didn’t stop a series of robberies taking place.

It was also learnt that residents, who usually switched off their generators around 11p.m. are now being forced to switch off by 9:30p.m., while business owners now close shop by 6p.m.

When contacted, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ahmed Iliyasu, assured the residents that security had been beefed up in the community.

Source: http://nigerianewstoday.com.ng/keep-our-christmas-gifts-we-dont-want-excuses-robbers-write-community/

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Justice Mahmud Mohammed, Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) on Monday said the judiciary remained resolute and committed to upholding its independence.

He said all courts in the country were empowered to adjudicate with utmost fairness and justice as prescribed in the Constitution and the law.He said the decision of the National Judicial Council, last week, to suspend seven judges accused of corruption, showed the desire of the judiciary to preserve its independence.

Mr. Mohammed said this on Monday during the swearing-in of Amina Augie and Ejembi Eko as justices of the Supreme Court in Abuja.

The NJC announced the suspension of the judges on Friday after initially declining to do so, arguing that there were no evidence of wrongdoing against the judges.

The judges had earlier been arrested by the State Security Service for allegedly receiving bribes.

“Certainly, the decision of the National Judicial Council at its last meeting reflects our desire to preserve this independence.

“Hence, we proclaimed to the world that any judicial officer that is standing trial will cease to perform judicial functions.

“The Council took this stand following communications it received from the Attorney General of the Federation that he was embarking on the prosecution of the affected judicial officers for the offences disclosed against them,” he said.

However, he said: “We must not forget that we operate a constitutional democracy, which clearly prescribes the powers accorded to each organ of the state.

“I therefore wish to state without fear of contradiction that the third arm of government will remain resolute in its commitment and resolve to uphold its independence,” Mr. Mohammed said.

Mr. Mohammed urged the new justices to continue to be diligent in the discharge of their duties.

“You must remain blind to personality and status, and remain the hope of all men, whether common or uncommon.

“Hence, the integrity and impartiality of our courts must not be in question or compromised.

“I am confident that with the institutions and initiatives that we have put in place, the Nigerian Judiciary will evolve to meet the high standards demanded by our citizens,” the CJN said.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr. Eko was a Justice of the Court of Appeal, before his elevation to the Supreme Court.

He also served in Benue State High Court between 1989 and 2007.

Mr. Eko, a Benue native, obtained a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), Law/Jurisprudence from the University of Ife, Ile-Ife, in 1976.

Mrs. Augie was a justice of the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division.

Source: http://nignews.com.ng/1326-2/

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Not fewer than 25 people that served as ministers, advisers and aides under the erstwhile Goodluck Jonathan are currently under probe by anti-corruption agencies, The Punch is reporting.

According to the report, the 25 are either currently either being investigated or prosecuted by either of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).
The probes it said range from $15billion arms scandal and the alleged sharing of N23billion stolen oil funds and other corrupt crimes.
Punch reports that from EFCC and ICPC records, Jonathan’s ministers, aides and advisers under probe include:

1. Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, whose assets have been seized and accounts frozen
2. Jumoke Akinjide, a former Minister of State for FCT is being investigated over N650m fraud
3. Amb. Bashir Yuguda, a former Minister of State for Finance over N450m fraud
4. Amb Aminu Wali, a former Minister of Foreign Affairs is being probed over N950m fraud
5. Dr. Nurudeen Muhammad, a former Minister of State, Foreign Affairs, is under probe over misappropriated N500m
6. Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.), a former National Security Adviser, is alleged to have disbursed about $2.1bn arms money.
7. Senator Bala Mohammed, a former Minister of FCT
8. Abba Moro, a former Minister of Interior,
9. Senator Stella Oduah, a former Minister of Aviation
10. Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, another former Minister of Aviation
11. Prof. Viola Onwuliri; a former Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
12. Mohammed Adoke (SAN), a former Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation,
13. Senator Joel Danlami, a former Minister of Labour and productivity
14. Godsday Orubebe, a former Minister of State for Niger Delta Affairs
15. Ibrahim Shekarau, a former Minister of Education
16. Waripamowei Dudafa, a former Special Adviser to the President on Domestic Affairs
17. Hassan Tukur, a former Principal Secretary to the President
18. Dr. Reuben Abati, a former Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity
19. Dr. Doyin Okupe, and a former Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity
20. Kingsley Kuku, a former Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs and the Chairman of the Presidential Amnesty Programme
21. Col. Ojogbane Adegbe, Jonathan’s Aide-de-Camp
22. Gen. Jones Arogbofa, the Chief of Staff to the ex-president
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Also under probe, apart from ministers and aides, the report noted are Jonathan’s wife Patience and his cousin Azibaola Robert, the Managing Director of OnePlus Holdings, are also under probe for an alleged $20m and $40m fraud respectively.
The combined amount of funds seized from the people above who are under probe, when converted to local currency, The Punch reports, is around N115,792,760,499.

Meanwhile, Reno Omokri, a former special assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on new media, has questioned the anti-corruption war of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.

The former special assistant slammed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over the arrest of Reuben Abati, his former principal’s spokesman.

Source: http://nigerianewstoday.com.ng/corruption-efcc-icpc-investigates-25-jonathans-ex-ministers-aides-see-list/

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. . . emmm, MUSLIMS ACTUALLY CONDEMN TERRORISM, ISLAMPHOBES WISH THEY DON’T. Often atimes we hear strange words, muslims should condemn terrorism, bla bla, yet Muslims seem to be not only at the forefront of condemning terrorism but also making theological arguments invalidating terrorism. This claims often made by extremists mimics the depths of illiteracy and shallowness of bigotry, it has no basis in reality. In this thread we would have a look at major terror incidents and muslims reaction to them.

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Mustafa Mashhur, General Guide, Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt; Qazi Hussain Ahmed, Ameer, Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan, Pakistan; Muti Rahman Nizami, Ameer, Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, Bangladesh; Shaykh Ahmad Yassin, Founder, Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), Palestine; Rashid Ghannoushi, President, Nahda Renaissance Movement, Tunisia; Fazil Nour, President, PAS – Parti Islam SeMalaysia, Malaysia; and 40 other Muslim scholars and politicians:

“The undersigned, leaders of Islamic movements, are horrified by the events of Tuesday 11 September 2001 in the United States which resulted in massive killing, destruction and attack on innocent lives. We express our deepest sympathies and sorrow. We condemn, in the strongest terms, the incidents, which are against all human and Islamic norms. This is grounded in the Noble Laws of Islam which forbid all forms of attacks on innocents. God Almighty says in the Holy Qur’an: ‘No bearer of burdens can bear the burden of another’ (Surah al-Isra 17:15).”
MSANews, September 14, 2001 (via archive.org).
Arabic original in al-Quds al-Arabi (London), September 14, 2001, p. 2.

Shaykh Yusuf Qaradawi, Qatar; Tariq Bishri, Egypt; Muhammad S. Awwa, Egypt; Fahmi Huwaydi, Egypt; Haytham Khayyat, Syria; Shaykh Taha Jabir al-Alwani, U.S.:
“All Muslims ought to be united against all those who terrorize the innocents, and those who permit the killing of non-combatants without a justifiable reason. Islam has declared the spilling of blood and the destruction of property as absolute prohibitions until the Day of Judgment. … [It is] necessary to apprehend the true perpetrators of these crimes, as well as those who aid and abet them through incitement, financing or other support. They must be brought to justice in an impartial court of law and [punished] appropriately. … [It is] a duty of Muslims to participate in this effort with all possible means.”
Statement of September 27, 2001.

Shaykh Muhammed Sayyid al-Tantawi, imam of al-Azhar mosque in Cairo, Egypt:
“Attacking innocent people is not courageous, it is stupid and will be punished on the day of judgement. … It’s not courageous to attack innocent children, women and civilians. It is courageous to protect freedom, it is courageous to defend oneself and not to attack.”
Agence France Presse, September 14, 2001

Abdel-Mo’tei Bayyoumi, al-Azhar Islamic Research Academy, Cairo, Egypt:
“There is no terrorism or a threat to civilians in jihad [religious struggle].”
Al-Ahram Weekly Online, 20 – 26 September 2001 (via archive.org).

Muslim Brotherhood, an opposition Islamist group in Egypt, said it was “horrified” by the attack and expressed “condolences and sadness”:
“[We] strongly condemn such activities that are against all humanist and Islamic morals. … [We] condemn and oppose all aggression on human life, freedom and dignity anywhere in the world.”
Al-Ahram Weekly Online, 13 – 19 September 2001 (via archive.org).
Shaykh Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah, spiritual guide of the Hizbullah movement in Lebanon, [/b]said he was “horrified” by these “barbaric … crimes”:
“Beside the fact that they are forbidden by Islam, these acts do not serve those who carried them out but their victims, who will reap the sympathy of the whole world. … Islamists who live according to the human values of Islam could not commit such crimes.”
Agence France Presse, September 14, 2001

[b]‘Abdulaziz bin ‘Abdallah Al-Ashaykh, chief mufti of Saudi Arabia:
“Firstly: the recent developments in the United States including hijacking planes, terrorizing innocent people and shedding blood, constitute a form of injustice that cannot be tolerated by Islam, which views them as gross crimes and sinful acts. Secondly: any Muslim who is aware of the teachings of his religion and who adheres to the directives of the Holy Qur’an and the sunnah (the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad) will never involve himself in such acts, because they will invoke the anger of God Almighty and lead to harm and corruption on earth.”
Statement of September 15, 2001 (via archive.org).

‘Abdulaziz bin ‘Abdallah Al-Ashaykh, chief mufti of Saudi Arabia:
“You must know Islam’s firm position against all these terrible crimes. The world must know that Islam is a religion of peace and mercy and goodness; it is a religion of justice and guidance…Islam has forbidden violence in all its forms. It forbids the hijacking airplanes, ships and other means of transport, and it forbids all acts that undermine the security of the innocent.”
Hajj sermon of February 2, 2004, in “Public Statements by Senior Saudi Officials Condemning Extremism and Promoting Moderation,” May 2004, page 10 (via archive.org).

Shaikh Saleh Al-Luheidan, Chairman of the Supreme Judicial Council, Saudi Arabia:
“As a human community we must be vigilant and careful to oppose these pernicious and shameless evils, which are not justified by any sane logic, nor by the religion of Islam.”
Statement of September 14, 2001, in “Public Statements by Senior Saudi Officials Condemning Extremism and Promoting Moderation,” May 2004, page 6 (via archive.org).

Shaikh Saleh Al-Luheidan, Chairman of the Supreme Judicial Council, Saudi Arabia:
“And I repeat once again: that this act that the United states was afflicted with, with this vulgarity and barbarism, and which is even more barbaric than terrorist acts, I say that these acts are from the depths of depravity and the worst of evils.”
Televised statement of September 2001, in Muhammad ibn Hussin Al-Qahtani, editor, The Position of Saudi Muslim Scholars Regarding Terrorism in the Name of Islam (Saudi Arabia, 2004), pages 27-28.

Shaykh Muhammad bin ‘Abdallah al-Sabil, member of the Council of Senior Religious Scholars, Saudi Arabia:
“Any attack on innocent people is unlawful and contrary to shari’a (Islamic law). … Muslims must safeguard the lives, honor and property of Christians and Jews. Attacking them contradicts shari’a.”
Agence France Presse, December 4, 2001

Council of Saudi ‘Ulama, fatwa of February 2003:
“What is happening in some countries from the shedding of the innocent blood and the bombing of buildings and ships and the destruction of public and private installations is a criminal act against Islam. … Those who carry out such acts have the deviant beliefs and misleading ideologies and are responsible for the crime. Islam and Muslims should not be held responsible for such actions.”
The Dawn newspaper, Karachi, Pakistan, February 8, 2003 (via archive.org); also in “Public Statements by Senior Saudi Officials Condemning Extremism and Promoting Moderation,” May 2004, page 10 (via archive.org).

Shaykh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, chairman of the Sunna and Sira Council, Qatar:
“Our hearts bleed for the attacks that has targeted the World Trade Center [WTC], as well as other institutions in the United States despite our strong oppositions to the American biased policy towards Israel on the military, political and economic fronts. Islam, the religion of tolerance, holds the human soul in high esteem, and considers the attack against innocent human beings a grave sin, this is backed by the Qur’anic verse which reads: ‘Who so ever kills a human being [as punishment] for [crimes] other than manslaughter or [sowing] corruption in the earth, it shall be as if he has killed all mankind, and who so ever saves the life of one, it shall be as if he had saved the life of all mankind’ (Al-Ma’idah:32).”
Statement of September 13, 2001 (via archive.org).

Tahirul Qadri, head of the Awami Tehrik Party, Pakistan:
“Bombing embassies or destroying non-military installations like the World Trade Center is no jihad. … “[T]hose who launched the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks not only killed thousands of innocent people in the United States but also put the lives of millions of Muslims across the world at risk. … Bin Laden is not a prophet that we should put thousands of lives at risk for.”
United Press International, October 18, 2001.

Ayatollah Ali Khamene’i, supreme jurist-ruler of Iran:
“Killing of people, in any place and with any kind of weapons, including atomic bombs, long-range missiles, biological or chemical weopons, passenger or war planes, carried out by any organization, country or individuals is condemned. … It makes no difference whether such massacres happen in Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Qana, Sabra, Shatila, Deir Yassin, Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq or in New York and Washington.”
Islamic Republic News Agency, September 16, 2001 (via archive.org).

President Muhammad Khatami of Iran:
“[T]he September 11 terrorist blasts in America can only be the job of a group that have voluntarily severed their own ears and tongues, so that the only language with which they could communicate would be destroying and spreading death.”
Address to the United Nations General Assembly, November 9, 2001 (via archive.org).

League of Arab States:
“The General-Secretariat of the League of Arab States shares with the people and government of the United States of America the feelings of revulsion, horror and shock over the terrorist attacks that ripped through the World Trade Centre and Pentagon, inflicting heavy damage and killing and wounding thousands of many nationalities. These terrorist crimes have been viewed by the League as inadmissible and deserving all condemnation. Divergence of views between the Arabs and the United States over the latter’s foreign policy on the Middle East crisis does in no way adversely affect the common Arab attitude of compassion with the people and government of the United States at such moments of facing the menace and ruthlessness of international terrorism. In more than one statement released since the horrendous attacks, the League has also expressed deep sympathy with the families of the victims. In remarks to newsmen immediately following the tragic events, Arab League Secretary-General Amre Moussa described the feelings of the Arab world as demonstrably sympathetic with the American people, particularly with families and individuals who lost their loved ones. “It is indeed tormenting that any country or people or city anywhere in the world be the scene of such disastrous attacks,” he added. While convinced that it is both inconceivable and lamentable that such a large-scale, organised terrorist campaign take place anywhere, anytime, the League believes that the dreadful attacks against WTC and the Pentagon unveil, time and again, that the cancer of terrorism can be extensively damaging if left unchecked. It follows that there is a pressing and urgent need to combat world terrorism. In this context, an earlier call by [Egyptian] President Hosni Mubarak for convening an international conference to draw up universal accord on ways and means to eradicate this phenomenon and demonstrate international solidarity is worthy of active consideration. The Arabs have walked a large distance in the fight against cross-border terrorism by concluding in April 1998 the Arab Agreement on Combating Terrorism.”
September 17, 2001.

Dr. Abdelouahed Belkeziz, Secretary-General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference:
“Following the bloody attacks against major buildings and installations in the United States yesterday, Tuesday, September 11, 2001, Dr. Abdelouahed Belkeziz, secretary-general of the 57-nation Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), stated that he was shocked and deeply saddened when he heard of those attacks which led to the death and injury of a very large number of innocent American citizens. Dr. Belkeziz said he was denouncing and condemning those criminal and brutal acts that ran counter to all covenants, humanitarian values and divine religions foremost among which was Islam.”
Press Release, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, September 12, 2001.

Organization of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers:
“The Conference strongly condemned the brutal terror acts that befell the United States, caused huge losses in human lives from various nationalities and wreaked tremendous destruction and damage in New York and Washington. It further reaffirmed that these terror acts ran counter to the teachings of the divine religions as well as ethical and human values, stressed the necessity of tracking down the perpetrators of these acts in the light of the results of investigations and bringing them to justice to inflict on them the penalty they deserve, and underscored its support of this effort. In this respect, the Conference expressed its condolences to and sympathy with the people and government of the United States and the families of the victims in these mournful and tragic circumstances.”
Final Communique of the Ninth Extraordinary Session of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers, October 10, 2001.

Organization of the Islamic Conference, Summit Conference:
“We are determined to fight terrorism in all its forms. … Islam is the religion of moderation. It rejects extremism and isolation. There is a need to confront deviant ideology where it appears, including in school curricula. Islam is the religion of diversity and tolerance.”
Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon), December 9, 2005.

Source: http://nigerianewstoday.com.ng/shocking-reason-why-muslims-dont-condemn-terrorism/

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President Muhammadu Buhari after seeing the enormity of the challenges facing the country when he assumed office in May 2015 said he felt like “absconding”, The Cable reports.

The president said he was utterly bewildered to notice that despite the rising cost of crude oil from which Nigeria made a fortune, nothing was left for him to start off his administration.
Speaking on Thursday, November 3, during a parley with participants of the Senior Executive Course 38 of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPPS) at the state house in Abuja, President Buhari blamed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Nigeria’s economic woes.

President Buhari said: “For 16 years and eight consecutive governments of the other party… there was unprecedented revenue realised, the oil projection which can be verified was 2.1 million barrels per day. From 1999-2015 the average cost of each Nigerian barrel of oil was $100 per barrel.
“When we came it fell to less than $30 per barrel and is now between 40 and 50. Actually I felt like absconding because 27 out of 36 states in Nigeria cannot pay salaries and and we know they have no other source than to depend on salaries.”

President Buhari defeated former President, Goodluck Jonathan by 15.4m votes to 12.9m votes in Nigeria’s national election adjudged globally to be free and fair.

He became the first opposition figure to win a presidential election in Nigeria since independence in 1960. A former military ruler, President Buhari said he is a convert to democracy and would do everything within his power to unite the country.

Source: http://nigerianewstoday.com.ng/buhari-confesses-says-he-almost-abandoned-his-position-as-president/