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No Money For Peace Corps But There Is For Cattle Colony - Reno Omokri

"The same President Buhari that wants Nigeria to use public funds to build cattle colonies for his Fulani kinsmen is the same President Buhari who rejected the Peace Corp Bill because he says there's no money. There‘s money for cattle colony, but no money for peace. Well done sir!".

More grace to our gallant soldiers. R.I.P to our soldiers who lost their lives fighting to keep this country safe. Meanwhile, the sudden increase in Boko Haram attack should be looked into properly. Does it have anything to do with the $1billion requested by the Federal Govt to fight insurgency? just thinking aloud.

LAGOS —AT a time some leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the South-East are mobilising support for President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election to pave the way for Igbo presidency in 2023, some Igbo leaders have said that the Igbo are not interested in the presidency without restructuring of the country.
This was the view of some Igbo leaders, who met with the Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe-led Ohanaeze committee on collation of Igbo views on restructuring on Sunday night in Lagos.
Vanguard gathered that Igbo leaders at the meeting held in Ikoyi included Deputy President General of Ohanaeze, Dr Sylvan Ebigwei; Dr Kalu Idika Kalu; Chief Guy Ikokwu; Agunze Chibeze Ikokwu; Professor Uzodinma Nwala; Chief Charles Odinukwe; representatives of South-East governors; and members of Igbo Think-Tank group, Aka-Ikenga among others.
Raised with the intention of ensuring that the Igbo present a common view on restructuring, the Senator Abaribe committee had its first meeting in Abuja. The Lagos gathering is the second in the series. There will be another meeting in Enugu on March 4 to be followed by the Ime-Obi (inner caucus meeting) of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, which will lead to an enlarged Igbo summit.
Asked the views of Igbo leaders at the meeting, Chief Guy Ikokwu told Vanguard : ‘’We debated Igbo position on geo-political restructuring. Igbo insist on restructuring of the polity immediately. We are not interested in Igbo presidency now without restructuring. We are calling on the presidency and the National Assembly to proceed with restructuring immediately.
‘’The Federal Government or the centre should have less power than it has now. It should devolve power to the federating units. We agree with the South-West and the Middle Belt that the federating units should be the zones with the states under them. Each zone should have its constitution. There should be fiscal federalism and resource control.
‘’We are looking at six zones, three in the South and three in the North. The majority of Ndigbo believe, like the South-West, that the federating units should be the zones. With true restructuring, equality of zones, fiscal federalism and resources control, there will be no need for an additional state in the South-East. Each zone will be free to create as many states at it deems fit without recourse to the centre.’’
On the herdsmen crisis, he said the leaders want South-East governors to ‘’see livestock, breeding of animals or ranching as an economic activity, as our forefathers did in the old Eastern region. Chief Michael Okpara established ranches across the Eastern region and we had the Obudu Cattle Ranch. Apart from meat, we produced dairy products. Livestock is not only cattle. It includes pigs, goats, rabbits, sheep, etc. Today, we don’t have Igbo livestock any longer. We expect our governors to have something to show in this regard in 24 months.’’

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/02/not-interested-presidency-without-restructuring-igbo-leaders/

Buhari apologist are hell-bent on promoting Dankwambo for PDP so that Bahari will have an easy ride in 2019. As far as Nigeria politics is concern Dankwambo is not a match and does not have the political spread even in the North.

** Buhari begs families , says abduction a national disaster
** PDP , BBOG, CSOs , others berate Presidency
One hundred and five girls are still missing after Boko Haram terrorist group on Monday attacked the Government Girls Secondary School in Dapchi , Bursari Local Government Area of Yobe State .
The girls were said to have run into the bush after the attack.
But with many girls failing to return home, parents have expressed fears that the girls might have been kidnapped.
Some of the girls’ parents told the
Agence France Presse that they had set up a support group after the attack, bringing to memory a similar situation which occurred when the insurgent group kidnapped 214 Chibok schoolgirls on April 14 , 2014.
The chairman of the newly created group , Bashir Manzo , said , “Our first step was to compile a comprehensive list of all the missing girls. So far , we have compiled the names of 105 . ”
Manzo , whose 16 - year -old daughter , Fatima, is among the missing , said the schoolgirls’ mothers and fathers would seek a meeting with the Yobe State Governor , Ibrahim Gaidam .
He said , “We believe he ( Gaidam ) was misinformed ( about the rescue of 48 of the girls) . The school authorities from the beginning denied and kept denying that our daughters were taken.
“We will see the governor and seek his help , as well as anyone who matters that can in one way or another assist in ensuring the freedom of our girls. ”

https://www..com/latest-news/punch/

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Sheungbengar:
OP, I got an offer into PMP @ cheaper rate being a Corper, what's yur take on this , cuz its relatively cheap and affordable...

The two major certifying body for this program are Project Management Institute (PMI, USA) and AXELOS (UK). PMI not PMP

obailala:
So because he helped kick out the old scum govt, he should spend the rest of his life licking the feet of the next govt?.... The way some people reason sef...

3years is too short a time out of 8years to back out on someone you so much believe in. Pls let him see it to the end. The way some people quickly back out and give up on what they so much stuck out their lives for and held up high is so baffling.

I don't understand why Sowore is against Buhari he helped to promote prio to 2015 general election. he's double tongued. I don't take him serious.

If not for Social Media,Nigeria under Buhari would have been worse than North Korea's Kim Jong-un, where dissenting voices are not accommodated and tolerated.

reportnaija:
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Prince Deji Adeyanju, the former New Media Director to the Peoples Democratic Party was the first person who raised the kidnapping alarm on social media. Deji says it’s a cover up by the Buhari led government.

Checkout his tweet below.

Hundred of girls still missing. Though they are claiming about 10 or so girls found their way to a military checkpoint. It’s all an attempt by the Buhari government to COVER UP.
https://www.reportnaija.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Screenshot-2018-2-22-11-Twitter.png

source
https://www.reportnaija.ng/2018/02/22/no-girls-rescued-military-adeyanju-deji/

cc lalasticlala

It was all staged from the beginning in order to redeem Buhari's depleted image and score a cheap political point. Watch out, APC led federal govt will use this as a propaganda to campaign for 2019 election.

tdayof:
Negative!!Bokoharam terrorist did not abduct anyone from the school.

Operation was foiled by SF and NAF.

If you have a more valuable information than Edward, tell me your source.

Who is Edward? You and the so called Edward want to discredit the news because it will deal you and your Principal (Buhari) a heavy blow.

All we keep hearing since 2015 is 'I will, we will'. no action. The greatest form of corruption World Wide is Nepotism and Favouritism follow by stealing of public funds.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/05/nepotism-worst-form-corruption/

Nairalanddist:
Buhari has no business in benue. He already sent the IGP to represent him.

Same thing happened during Jonathan regime and this was APC's response :
Nyanya Attack: APC Berates President Jonathan For Insensitivity.

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has strongly criticised President Goodluck Jonathan over what it described as his “illegal campaign trail” in Kano State on Tuesday, barely 24 hours after the deadly explosion that shook the Federal Capital Territory , FCT, and its neighbouring Nasarawa State that killed scores of people and left 124 others gravely injured.
The APC said President Jonathan erred badly by not showing enough sympathy for the victims of Monday’s blast, as his action show traits of an insensitive and utterly hardhearted leader and amounts to dancing gleefully on the graves of the dead.

https://www.icirnigeria.org/nyanya-attack-apc-berates-president-jonathan-for-insensitivity/

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Anyone remember Buhari and Osinbajo famous breakfast of 35 Naira Sachet Peak Milk and Milo prio to 2015 Election? Mr Integrity indeed.

All the APC southwest governors except one were absent at Daura where others in the APC Governors Forum has an air-tight meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in his hometown Friday.
While there were speculations the two-hour-long meeting was about Buhari’s ambition for 2019 because Transport Minister Rotimi Amaechi rumoured to have been appointed the 2019 campaign director was there, the governors insisted it was to sympathise with the president who lost two relatives three weeks ago.
Amaechi and Kaduna Governor Nasir el Rufai were bussed into Buhari’s residence shortly after the arrival of the other governors, and they left earlier than others.

Answering questions from journalists, Chairman of the APC Governors’ Forum Rochas Okorocha said the governors were in Daura to condole with Buhari.
He added the governors also used the opportunity to commend the president for appointing Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as the APC chief mediator.
The governors at the meeting included
Katsina Governor, Aminu Masari; his counterparts from Zamfara and Sokoto states, Abdulazeez Yari and Aminu Tambuwal.
Others were Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi); Jigawa(Baderu); Abdullahi Ganduje ( Kano); Tanko Almakura (Nasarawa); Yahaya Bello (Kogi); Abdulfatahi Ahmed (Kwara) and Kashim Shettima (Borno), Godwin Obaseki ( Edo ) and Rochas Okorocha (Imo)

Apart from Oyo Gov. Isiaka Ajumobi, other governors, including Akinwumi Ambode ( Lagos ), Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun), and Rotimi Akeredolu (Ondo) were absent.

https://nationaldailyng.com/swest-govs-absent-at-apc-governors-condolence-visit-to-daura/

SweetPuffPuff:
[color=dodgerblue]not every woman wants marriage , few would agree to co wives And Most men cant finacially support multiple wives and the children produced there from

@ commissioner. U need 2 be fired ,not only is yer postion unnecessary and ridiclous but u dont know what makes happy [/color]

Sister, you're fulfilling prophecy of the last days, which says:

They will say it is wrong to be married and wrong to eat certain foods. But God created those foods to be eaten with thanks by faithful people who know the truth. 1 Timothy 4:3

New Living Translation

FarahAideed:
But he could go to Daura to see the Dullard and the Dullard couldn't advise him

Sometimes i do wonder at what point did we deviate from our culture of togetherness and love. Human lives are meaningless in Nigeria now.

myboy2111:
Out of 3.9 million , 3 million are women, 9 million are men Op correct this mistake

Corrected.

Three days after several citizens of Zamfara state were killed by bandits in two separate attacks, Governor Abdulaziz Yari is yet to return to the state.
The governor, who is the chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum, has remained in Abuja attending various functions.
Bandits suspected to be cattle rustlers had Wednesday attacked Birane villa in Zurmi local government killing 18 persons, according to the police.

The spokesperson of the police in the state, Muhammad Shehu, in a statement Thursday said hunters from Birani village intercepted and accosted a suspected cattle rustler herding in the bush with some ‘stolen’ cattle and sheep.
“The herder abandoned the animals and escaped into the bush, but unknown to the hunters, the cattle rustler went to Isah Local Government Area of Sokoto State and mobilised bandits to attack the hunters.
“On February 14, the bandits ambushed the hunters in the bush and there was a clash that led to fatality on both sides,” Mr. Shehu said.

Vanguard newspaper quoted a witness, Hussaini Abdu, who said that the bandits “arrived in large numbers and on motorbikes, intercepting and killing people who were coming or going out of the village. About 41 people were shot dead within a short period of time.”

He also said a commercial motorbike rider conveying a woman and her three children was killed and his motorbike burnt, while the whereabouts of the woman and her children are still unknown.
A journalist based in Gusau, the capital city of Zamfara state told PREMIUM TIMES on Friday that the bandits “returned to the village again on Thursday and killed more people. So far, I can confirm to you that 74 persons have been killed.”
The journalist who declined to be named due to safety concerns also said Birane villa is difficult to access.

“You can’t drive there from here, you need to take two different motorcycles after parking your car to get to Birane and it’s a dangerous journey because of the bandits,” he said.
State government reacts
Contacted Thursday, the state commissioner of Information, Sanda Danjari, said he was still trying to confirm if the attacks took place.
“I heard it on Radio France this morning, but I am yet to confirm,” Mr. Danjari, who said he was travelling, told PREMIUM TIMES over the telephone.
Asked whether the governor was aware, Mr. Danjari said he tried “without success to speak with the governor.”
“I tried his ADC and Sani Garba but I couldn’t get them. I wanted to confirm if His Excellency heard too,” he said.

PREMIUM TIMES can confirm that Mr. Yari chaired a meeting of the NGF, Wednesday night and he also attended the meeting of the National Economic Council Thursday at the presidential villa Abuja.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/258835-days-zamfara-killings-governor-unaware-remains-abuja.html

The Imo state Commissioner for Happiness, Mrs Oghechi Ololo, has appealed to men in her State to try to marry two or more women as a way of reducing prostitution and redundancy among Imo state Women.
Speaking in Owerri state capital this morning, Ololo said Imo state has more women than men forcing a lot of unmarried women to commit adultery with other people’s husbands.
The commissioner said according to statistics, out of approximately 3.9 million Imo state indigenes, 3 million are women and only 9 hundred thousand are men.
“I am not forcing you, but just encouraging you to marry two or more wives to reduce on women staying without husbands”, Commissioner Ogechi told a conference of about 14,000 men who were receiving training in various life skills in the commercial capital.
“Our women are crying every day due to lack of men to marry and support them economically hence they engage in prostitution. So please try to work hard and be productive so that you can help our women by marrying two or more wives provided you are able to provide for their basic needs”.
“As government, we shall be giving some small incentives to such men provided you don’t abuse your wives”, said Commissioner Ogechi.
Imo state has the highest level of prostitution in South East among young girls and women who are not in school or formal employment.

http://www.thenigerianpost.com.ng/marry-two-or-more-women-to-reduce-prostitution-among-ladies-imo-govt-appeals-to-men/

sisipelebe:
How can someone be in possession of three portfolios and you expect him to work so effectively? It is not possible bro. your are saying Nigeria should not be compared to lagos state, but please can you point out one thing this present administration has done so far? I know it is not possible to turn things around within 4years, but at least we want see that signs that things will turn out for good.

Is the three portfolios more difficult to manage than Lagos state? if yes then don't compare Lagos State with Nigeria.
Read my previous post, it's before the one you quoted.

sisipelebe:
We all know it will take time to fix things in this country within four years. But it will better for you to concentrate on one or two sectors rather than disorganize everything and making you look so incompetent. Mr Goodluck you even spent good six years and their was nothing to show for it. Cant you all learn from Lagos state? Lagos state dont need to wait for the 4years to elapse before they put in any action. Once they get in to office they start work immediately, its something that is so conspicuous, even a blind man can attest to it. all you guys do is to look for lame excuses why you all failed, putting blames in past administrations.

Nigeria is not Lagos State. If it's that easy by now Fashola would have replicated what he did in Lagos State in the Power, Works and Housing sector of the economy.

If you can't FIX the economy in 4years pls don't batter it. Buhari met alot of things working in the economy instead of improving on it, He is busy draging us back to 1984

I thought the Nigeria Military said Boko Haram have been defeated and rendered ineffective. so who do Buhari pay the money to?The truth about Boko Haram will surely come to bear someday.

Good one from Boko Haram,i'm happy they are released. However, this strategy cannot work for PMB and APC this time around.

Happy Birthday Ma'am. You're so inspiring to me

MAKURDI— NO fewer than six persons were feared dead, weekend, in a heavy gun battle between officers of Benue State Police Command and over 200 herdsmen at Yogbo community in Guma Local Government Area of the state.

Vanguard reliably gathered that the suspected herdsmen had attacked and set many houses and farm produce ablaze in the community, before being confronted by the Police drafted to maintain peace and security in the community.
Vanguard gathered that the entire Yogbo community has been deserted by the locals for fear of being killed by the rampaging herdsmen.
Confirming the development, the command’s Public Relations Officer, Assistant Superintendent Moses Yamu, in a statement yesterday, said: “The Police officers deployed to Yogbo community came under serious attack by heavily-armed militia group numbering about 200.

“Our Police team braced up to the challenge and engaged them in a gun battle. Three of the militants died in the battle, but their corpses were taken away by their fleeing members, some of who suffered severe gunshot wounds.
“Sadly, however, the Police lost one non-commissioned officer, while another one is yet to be seen. One other person whose identity is yet to be ascertained, but believed to be a resident of the area, also died.

… in Adamawa, too
Meanwhile, an unconfirmed number of persons have been killed in a clash between herdsmen and villagers in Song Local Government Area of Adamawa State.
The clash, which occurred in Samba and Shore villages on Friday, also left many houses destroyed.
It was gathered that trouble started when the herders took their cattle to a pond said to be the only source of water in the area.
This led to a confrontation between the herdsmen and one of the villagers, who was said to have been injured.

On learning about the incident, the villagers attacked the herdsmen, reportedly killing an unconfirmed number.
The herders then launched a reprisal attack.
Some persons were also said to have died in the reprisal attack, while houses were also burnt down.
Othman Abu-Bakr, spokesman of Adamawa Police Command, confirmed there was an attack but could not give details, promising that “when I get the details, I will call you back. I’m not sure of the casualties yet.”

He also said the command had not been able to make any arrest regarding the incident.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/02/benue-2-policemen-4-others-killed-gun-battle-herdsmen/?_e_pi_=7%2CPAGE_ID10%2C6351178222

An average Igbo man is interested in the govt creating an enabling environment where equity and justice is enshrined and promoted for all and sundry. He will excel without any special considerations and favouritism. So I'll implore all these schemers to stop deceiving themselves in the form of given the Igbos the presidency in 2023. Anyone who think a President who tag a region 5% and who is highly nepotistic and clannish will gladly give and support an Igbo for the Presidency in 2023 is living in fool's Paradise.

if we're not ready to die for any course or what we believe in, bros we never start! It'll only end here on NL as usual.