₦airaland Forum

WARRI- HIGH CHIEF Thomas Osen Ekpemupolo, 84-year-old father of ex-militant leader, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, amputated in July, over a month after soldiers allegedly brutalized him in Kurutie, Warri South-West Local Government Area, Delta State, is dead.

A dependable source, who broke the news to Vanguard said: “He died in the early hours of Wednesday at Lily Hospital in Warri South local government area, Warri.”

Until his death, he was the Tunteriwei of Gbaramatu kingdom, Warri South-West local government area with traditional headquarters in Oporoza.

Contacted, Chief Executive Officer at Lily Hospital, Dr. Austin Okogun, said he was out of town and could not make a concise statement.

However, a senior medical officer at the hospital, who confirmed the death of Tompolo’s father, declined details of the condition under which he died.

Tompolo, who is still at large, in an open letter, July 22, to President Muhammadu Buhari, bemoaning the siege on his family, said that on May 28, “The military went to Kurutie Town in search of my 84- year-old father and brutalized him.”

“We managed to rescue him to Warri and hospitalized him. Sadly, one of his lower limbs was amputated two weeks ago. From the doctor’s report, it will be a thing of miracle if he survives this incident, “he asked, adding: “Is this 84-years old man also a member of the Niger Delta Avengers, NDA.?”

Meanwhile, the Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, has said that it received with shock the demise of Chief Ekpemupolo, father of Chief Government Ekpemupolo in the early hours of Wednesday September 7, 2016 in Warri Delta State.

Spokesperson of the council, Eric Omare, said: “The death is unfortunate and painful, especially considering the fact that he died suffering from the injuries sustained while running from military rampage on Kurutie community, Gbaramatu Kingdom , early this year.

“Indeed, Chief Ekpemupolo is a victim of military unlawful invasion of innocent people and communities of the Niger Delta region in the name of looking for militants. Chief Ekpemupolo has paid the supreme price for the Niger Delta people and cause.

“The IYC sympathizes with the Ekpemupolo family, the Gbaramatu Kingdom and the Ijaw nation on this untimely death. However, the struggle for the betterment of the Niger Delta people continues,” he said.

This came as Tebujor/Okpele-Ama, Ikpokpo, Okerenkoko-Gbene, Opuedebubor, Opuede, Opuendezion, Atanba, Oto-Gbene, Meke-Ama communities in Gbaramatu Kingdom, dispatched a Save Our Soul, SOS, to the state governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, over massive oil spillage in their area.

They said the spillage occurred at the NNPC/PPMC truck-line which passes through the communities on August 17 and had continued to spread since then.

The communities in a letter by Yebrade Moses and others, asserted: “Up to this moment, NNPC and PPMC, owners of the facility have not taken steps to stop the continuous spillage and the consequent damage to fishing nets, properties and the environment. “

“The villagers, who rely on fishing along the river for survival, can no longer do so as a result of the effects of the oil spillage which has polluted the entire area,” they said.

They added: “Oil spillages have occurred on the same PPMC truck-line due to equipment failure three times in January, April and May. “

According to them: “Instead of PPMC to carry out a proper Joint Investigation Visit comprising of community, company and government representatives, PPMC brought in military men to chase away villagers without carrying out a proper JIV to identify and stop the source of the spill, carryout effective remediation and compensate the affected communities and people. “

The communities, therefore, called on Governor Okowa to prevail on PPMC to carry out a proper JIV to stop further spill, take remediation steps and compensate the affected people and communities.

They requested: “In the interim, relief materials should be provided to the villagers to cushion the immediate effect of the spillage on the people to save them from starvation.”

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/09/tompolos-father-dies-3-months-alleged-brutalization-soldiers/?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter

Only Nigerians will understand this handshake.

IbnIslam:
op u r not alright. Tell us the blasphemous comment? Why did u name them Hausa Muslim community and then hypocritically call the other Igbo community without stating the religion of the Igbo community? U guys like playing victim after inviting unnecessary trouble and as usual the gullible and uncultured throlls of nairaland will start throwing insults without looking beyond the intention of wat the op seek to achieve... Islam teaches us to respect and not insult people's faith so don't insult ours.

The Igbo community is made up of Christians and animist.

helovesme:
Stop yarning nonsense.

When the Igbo guy was beheaded on Kano in 1993, was Buhari president?

The infamous riots over Bonnke's crusade in Kano during the 90s - was Buhari president then?

Get a map and learn the difference in the locations of Lagos and Kano. Thank you.

Click like if you understand the handshake between the driver and the police.

Only Nigerians will understand this handshake.

Tokt:

Militants lives also in these communities. All such communities should be given the Odili treatment.

Y not Nigeria as a whole nuked?

Pierocash:
when soldiers levels down d whole community d wailers and d enemies of naija wil cry 'Buhari is a dictator' bt they won't cal their children to order
Niger Deltans always dwell with this false mentality that they confront and withstand d Nigeria Military bt wil be d first to cry whn they been dealt with.
ODI massacre comes to mind

Is is the duty of the soldiers to level militants and their camps and not level communities.

alfarouq:
How does one feel when his parents are ridiculed? A Muslim feels worse when the prophet is insulted than when his parents are insulted.
The earlier those that engage in such acts realise the better for them.
Just a candid advice

And when did how one feels replace the laws governing a country?

Wow

They used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot & then once a day it was taken & Sold to the tannery.......if you had to do this to survive you were "Piss Poor"
But worse than that were the really poor folk who couldn't even afford to buy a pot......they "didn't have a pot to piss in" & were the lowest of the low. The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be.

Here are some facts about the 1500s:

Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and they still smelled pretty good by June.. However, since they were starting to smell . ...... . Brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting Married.

Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it.. Hence the saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the Bath water!"

Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof... Hence the saying "It's raining cats and dogs."

There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence.

The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the saying, "Dirt poor." The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until, when you opened the door, it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entrance-way. Hence: a thresh hold.

In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire.. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme: Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old. Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could, "bring home the bacon." They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and chew the fat.

Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous.

Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or the upper crust.

Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would Sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial.. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of holding a wake.

England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a bone-house, and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive... So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the graveyard shift.) to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be, saved by the bell or was considered a dead ringer.

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The ascension of Bubu to the throne in Aso Rock aided by the likes of Beremx and co has emboldened these riff raffs to act with impunity, killing at will.

I laugh when ignorant Nigerians classify Nigeria as a rich country. Truth is, Nigeria is dirt poor and among the poorest countries in the world.

oduastates:
Putting 4 five million dollars locomotives on rail tracks rehabilitated and paid for by his predecessor is nothing to be thankful about.
Show us one thing he paid for out of the $500 billions

Both tracks and locomotives were put in place by GEJ.

Lalasticlala, Seun, when is this hitting frontpage?

Lalasticlala, GEJ prophesied it.

Wants security assistance to Nigeria withheld
Abimbola Akosile

A member of the United States Congress, Tom Marino, has written a letter to Secretary of State, John Kerry, asking the US government to withhold security assistance to Nigeria until President Muhammadu Buhari demonstrates a “commitment to inclusive government and the most basic tenets of democracy: freedom to assemble and freedom of speech”.

He also asked the State Department to refrain from selling warplanes and other military equipment to Nigeria until President Buhari establishes a track record of working towards inclusion.



In a two-page letter dated September 1, 2016 and addressed to Kerry, a copy of which was exclusively obtained by THISDAY yesterday, Marino, a Republican from Pennsylvania who assumed office on January 3, 2011, said there were a number of warning signs emerging in the Buhari administration that signal “the man who once led Nigeria as a military dictator might be sliding towards former autocratic tendencies”.

The Congressman, who is a member of the Committees on the Judiciary, Homeland Security and Foreign Affairs, and the Chairman, Sub-committee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law, said Nigerian government must “hold accountable those members of the Nigerian Police Force and the Nigerian Military complicit in extra-judicial killings and war crimes”.

In the six-paragraph letter to Kerry, Marino also expressed concern over Nigeria’s anti-corruption war, saying “of additional concern is President Buhari’s selective anti-corruption drive, which has focused almost exclusively on members of the opposition party, over-looking corruption amongst some of Buhari’s closest advisors. Politicizing his anti-corruption efforts has only reinforced hostility among southerners”.

His letter to Kerry reads: “Dear Secretary Kerry, I am encouraged by the personal interest you have taken in aiding Nigeria and its administration as it takes on endemic corruption, multiple insurgent movements, and a faltering economy. However, I believe there are a number of warning signs emerging in the Buhari administration that signal “the man who once led Nigeria as a military dictator might be sliding towards former autocratic tendencies.”

“I would urge the U.S. to withhold its security assistance to the nation until President Buhari demonstrates a commitment to inclusive government and the most basic tenets of democracy: freedom to assemble and freedom of speech. A logical start towards this commitment is for the Nigerian government to hold accountable those members of the Nigerian Police Force and the Nigerian Military complicit in extra-judicial killings and war crimes”.

“Human rights groups like Amnesty International have widely documented torture, inhumane treatment, and extra-judicial killings of defenseless Nigerians since President Buhari took office.”

Quoting Amnesty International Report, he wrote, “in the last six months, Nigeria’s military has unlawfully killed at least 350 people and allowed more than 168 people, including babies and children, to die in military detention.”

He further wrote: “The Secretary to the Government of Kaduna State even admitted to burying 347 of those killed in a mass grave. And while President Buhari promised swift condemnation, his words rang empty. Instead of swift reforms, Buhari chose to reinstate Major General Ahmadu Mohammed, who Amnesty International revealed was in charge of the Nigerian military unit that executed more than 640 unarmed, former detainees.

“Also, in separate incidents concerning the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), the Nigerian Army has killed at least 36 – the real number is likely higher – people since December 2015 in an attempt to silence opposition and quell attempts by the group to gather publicly.”

Describing President Buhari as a former military dictator whose reign (as military head of state) was cut short by a coup, he stated that the President has continually shunned inclusivity in favour of surrounding himself with advisors and ministers from the north of the country and the region he considers home.

“Of President Buhari’s 122 appointees, 77 are from the north and control many of the key ministries and positions of power. Distrust is already high in Nigeria and favouring Northerners for key appointments has only antagonized the issue. These appointments are also primarily Muslim in the north and Christian in the south, adding a religious aspect to long-held regional biases.

“Of additional concern is President Buhari’s selective anti-corruption drive, which has focused almost exclusively on members of the opposition party, over-looking corruption amongst some of Buhari’s closest advisors. Politicizing his anti-corruption efforts has only reinforced hostility among southerners,” he claimed in the letter.

He said the Obama Administration would advance justice by urging the Buhari Administration to act decisively to hold accountable members of the police and military.

The congressman said, “This is a logical first step in making a demonstrable, sustained commitment to inclusive democracy, with distributed power in Nigeria. Until President Buhari establishes a track record of working towards inclusion, we ask the State Department to refrain from selling warplanes and other military equipment to the country.

“The State Department should urge President Buhari to form a government that represents the diversity of its citizens and allows dissenting voices to be heard. Democracy can thrive only if people are free to assemble, to express their beliefs, and voice their concerns.”

http://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/09/04/us-congressman-writes-kerry-accuses-buhari-of-autocratic-tendencies-selective-anti-graft-war/

Can somebody wake Lalasticlala please.

Fish farming in Anambra


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0FoZNozHZk

Wow! I never knew the agricultural revolution in Anambra was this great. I thought it was more of propaganda than actual work.

Kudos ndi Anambra.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etaqn-JyP5w&feature=share

lordkit400:
The controversial actress flashed her famous boobies as she posed in her pink Porsche Parked in her personal home which she calls play girl mansion.. .Her aim was to show off the eyelash on her car's headlights....Just because titty pink gat new eyelash.... Hahahha u like ? Yah or nay..


she wrote But why does her Porsche now have Toyota logo?


See photos below ..

Source:http://www.flexygist.com/2016/09/02/popular-actress-poses-on-her-pink-porsche-car/

That's a Toyota car.

samguru:
There something you guys don't understand,most of these money recovered from looters are still under litigation therefore government can not touch it.

And all these monies generated as revenue are yet to be properly remitted to CBN.

In public procurement act,the government can not disburse fund for any project until after 6 months.

Let's be patient with our government .

Are the ones saved in TSA and subsidy removal also under litigation?

ibibiofirstlady:
Proudly Ibibio Chic

Atang akpan iko?

Ijaya123:
I am senseless

Yea, right.

princemillla:
Crocodile tears tackling crocodile smile. Isnt too early? I thought you guys enjoy harboring the militant. If you don't have anything to hide, and run legit business. Why run away from the military?


Next story

You talk like you live in Mars. An average Nigerian even in places where there are no crisis avoids military and even police checkpoints.

Ijaya123:
I'm sure you ignored that part out of baseless hatred and senseless love for the IB.

How much did you buy fuel this morning? When was the last time you bought a bag of rice and how much?

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I don’t have a twitter account –Adeosun

Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja
The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, on Thursday said she had no Twitter account, stating that the one being used to post comments about the economy within the last 24 hours does not belong to her.
She noted this in a statement issued by her Media Adviser, Mr. Festus Akanbi.
The statement reads in part, “The attention of the Honourable Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has been drawn to a fake Twitter handle in her name, saying that ‘recession is just a word.”
“For the avoidance of doubt, the Honourable Minister does not own a twitter account. The Twitter handle currently trending, and any other twitter handle presently in existence is not, and cannot be that of the Honourable Minister, as a twitter account has not yet been set up for her.
“It is obviously fake and does not represent the views and opinions of the Honourable Minister.‎
“Also, at no time did the Honourable Minister, who addressed the media immediately after Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council, make such a statement.”
The statement added that the finance minister has consistently demonstrated empathy for the plight of Nigerians hard hit by the dwindling oil prices and the impact on the economy.

http://m.punchng.com/dont-twitter-account-adeosun/

PUSH1:
do you have sense?

This is what you get when contraceptives fail.

Lalasticlala, over to you.

The Buhari administration on Wednesday said it had revived the e-wallet system for fertiliser allocation and distribution, a year after suspending it.
The Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh, made the announcement after the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting, saying the policy would however be modified to address the challenges that made it unsustainable.
At the meeting, which held as the National Bureau of Statistics confirmed the nation was in recession, the government also approved a borrowing plan and solid minerals initiatives to stimulate the economy.
But the decision to restart the e-wallet fertilizer scheme represented another economic policy reversal by the Buhari administration, which had earlier dumped the initiative.
The e-wallet system was part of the Growth Enhancement Support scheme introduced by former Goodluck Jonathan administration to address the menace of middlemen in the fertiliser supply chain, which experts identified as a challenge for farmers at the time.
The policy, seen as one of the few successes of the administration, ensured the registration of about 4.2 million farmers within its first year. More than 10 million were said to have been registered at the height of its implementation.
Akin Adesina, who served as Minister of Agriculture between 2010 and 2015, when the scheme was initiated, said its success contributed to his elevation to the African Development Bank where he is now the president.
The policy was however suspended by the Buhari government in 2015.


The Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh, cited accumulated debts to fertiliser and seed companies as well as corrupt practices that had contributed in making it costly and unsustainable.
“We had to look for money from our own sources at the federal level to bear the liabilities of states,” Mr. Ogbeh was quoted by The Punch as saying in July 2016.
“The GES payment was a debt we inherited from the previous administration. The total debt was N57 billion. When we arrived here, the agro-dealers said they couldn’t operate because they didn’t have bulk money to carry on with their businesses and so we applied to government and appealed for help to raise some money to pay the debt.
But the said Wednesday the Buhari administration will now resuscitate the policy.

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/209693-economy-declines-buhari-revives-jonathans-agric-policy-suspended.html