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A court in Libya has sentenced one of the sons of former Libyan dictator, Muammar Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi and eight others to death over war crimes committed during the 2011 revolution.

Saif al-Islam and others were standing trial for suppressing protests during the political uprising in Libya in 2011 after Libyans revolted against the government of Ghadaffi who was killed in October 2011.

Saif al-Islam was not present in court and gave evidence via video link. He is being held by a former rebel group from the town of Zintan that have refused to release him.

http://www.ngtrends.com/2015/07/muammar-gaddafis-son-sentenced-to-death-over-war-crimes/

JAMB’s Public Relation Officer, Mr. Benjamin Fabian said: ”Candidates should go & write the post-UTME in their institutions of first choices.”

He, however noted that after the post-UTME in their universities of first choice, if necessary, JAMB is still going to redistribute them.

Operatives of the Directorate of State Service (DSS) yesterday night arrested former national security adviser (NSA), Col Sambo Dasuki (rtd) in his private residence at Asokoro, Abuja.
LEADERSHIP Friday learnt that the operatives in four Hilux vans, led by one Mohammed, stormed the Asokoro residence of the former NSA at about 6:40pm and laid siege on the residence, insisting on seeing Dasuki.
According to sources, military operatives guarding the home prevented the DSS operatives from gaining entry into the premises which prompted the latter to threaten to force their way into the house.

LEADERSHIP Friday also gathered that a similar scenario played out in Sokoto, in the home owned by the former NSA’s father, Ibrahim Dasuki, a former Sultan of Sokoto, where some other DSS operatives also stormed the home apparently in search of the retired colonel.

The operatives who visited the Dasukis’ Sokoto home were said to have searched the property, including a large container that had been in the compound for many years. They were said to have locked in all occupants of the house and would not allow anyone in or out of the building.

LEADERSHIP Friday gathered that the invasion of the erstwhile NSA’s home may not be unconnected with media reports of a planned probe of the defence budget and other alleged abuses of office by the immediate-past service chiefs who were relieved of their duties this week.

The DSS operatives later in the night whisked away the former NSA to one of their facilities in Abuja for interrogation.

A security source last night confirmed the arrest of Dasuki to LEADERSHIP Friday. As at press time, no reason was given for the former NSA’s arrest.

Every attempt to get the DSS to react to the incident failed as LEADERSHIP Friday learnt that former spokesman of the service, Marilyn Ogar, had been removed as spokesman, and no replacement has been announced.

http://leadership.ng/news/447651/dss-arrests-ex-nsa-dasuki-in-abuja?fb_ref=Default&fb_source=message

MATCH WEEK 1
The 2015/16 #BPL fixtures have been released. Here's how the opening round in the #BPL shapes up...
•ARS vs WHU
•BOU vs AVL
•CHE vs SWA
•EVE vs WAT
•LEI vs SUN
•MUN vs TOT
•NEW vs SOU
•NOR vs CRY
•STK vs LIV
•WBA vs MCI
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Tomorrow is Valentine !!!!!!!!!!
Join the love walk and concert for Nigeria tagged 'I am ready'. Come and demonstrate your love for Nigeria and encourage other to collect their PVCs.
The walk kick off at Allen Avenue round about Ikeja (Lagos) at 10am, we will be walking to Ndubisi Kanu park Alausa ......Come on, come all let's celebrate Febuhari14

President Jonathan
By Henry Umoru, Asst. Political Editor
AKURE, the Ondo State, literally stood still on
Wednesday, as supporters of President Goodluck
Jonathan’s second term aspiration stormed the
Democracy Park to witness the turn of the state’s
presidential campaign of the Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP.
As early as 7.30 am, a mammoth crowd of PDP
supporters had converged on the well decorated
venue of the campaign rally with beautiful balloons of
PDP colours to receive the august visitor.
Present to witness the campaign of the PDP
presidential candidate, in the state were politicians,
party leaders, stakeholders, businessmen and
women, diplomats, market women, students, among
others. Also there were those who belonged to
different political parties during the last
gubernatorial election in Ondo State.
Jonathan was there with Vice President Namadi
Sambo; PDP National Chairman, Alhaji Adamu;
Muazu, Director- General, PDP Presidential Campaign
Organisation, Dr. Ahmadu Ali; members of PDP
Board of Trustees, BoT; and national leaders of PDP.
On hand to recieve Jonathan and his team to Ondo
State were the state governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko;
members of the Ondo State PDP Working Committee;
the Zonal Working Committee of the party Special
Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, Hon.
Kingsley Kuku; the Chief of Staff to the President,
Brig. Gen. Jones Oladehinde Arogbofa, rtd; a former
PDP governorship candidate and ex- National Legal
Adviser of the PDP, Chief Olusola Oke; business
Mogul, Chief Jimoh Ibrahim; among others.
Mimiko had declared the day as a public holiday to
allow civil servants and students to attend the
campaign rally.
Before Jonathan spoke to the crowd, former
Anambra State governor, Peter Obi; Mimiko; Ali;
Kuku; Oke; Sambo; Muazu had spoken.
When it was time for him to speak, Kuku, who said he
was speaking to corroborate Mimiko who had spoken
for the state, stressed that Ondo was for the PDP and
the President, adding that in those days, election in
the state was between the Labour Party, LP, and the
PDP and come the day of his birthday, February 14,
the people of Ondo will vote for Jonathan and
congratulated him in advance.
The presidential aide, an Ilaje indegene, disclosed
that peace has returned to the state chapter of the
PDP as leaders, stakeholders have buried the
hatchet to ensure victory for the President and the
PDP in next month’s elections, adding that correction
must be made so that original members of the PDP
before Governor Mimiko returned are carried along
if there must be true and genuine reconciliation.
He boasted that he would do everything for the re-
election of Jonathan even as he was optimistic that
the president will win the election landslide.
Addressing the crowd of PDP supporters, Jonathan
said he was overwhelmed by the large turn out of
people at the rally, just as he promised to empower
the young people and that his administration would
increase funding for education, nurture small and
medium scale industries in the country. He promised
to create two million jobs yearly if he emerges the
winner of the Feb ruary 14 presidential election and
that over 1.8 million Nigerian youths enter into the
unemployed market yearly, saying that the two
million jobs he proposed to create will cater for the
teeming unemployed youths on yearly basis.
The President, who declared that his administration
will focus on education, agriculture and youth
empowerment, stressed that the transformation
agenda of his administration will be boosted during
his sec ond term administration to develop the
youths through education. According to him, as an
educationist, he knows the importance of education
and could not af ford to rubbish the sector.
Jonathan explained that his administration had em
ployed several youths pointing out that his
government has provided elec tronic libraries in
many prima ry and secondary schools in the country.
“Politics is about people and I cannot be a leader if I
fail to do what my people want,”he stated.
“I appeal to all Nigerians to vote for the PDP in the
forth coming general elections in order to enjoy
better living. We are ready to strengthen youths
through education and devel op our economy
beyond the imagination of any individual or group of
people.”
The President spoke on the unresolved crisis among
major leaders of the party in the state. While calling
for the sup port of the People of the people of Ondo
State, Jonathan as sured that he would do every thing
within his capacity to ensure that the internal crisis
within the state chapter of the PDP ends. He added
that all the factions of the party in the state will soon
become one.
The President told the warning party leaders.
Jonathan pleaded with Jimoh Ibrahim and Oke to
work with Mimiko.
If they fail to work together as a team, he warned, the
opposition may take advantage of that which will not
augur well for all in the state.
The President said, “ For the PDP family, I use this
platform to state that we will work hard to make sure
that Jimoh Ibrahim and the governor join hands
together and talk about the interest of the state”.
Also addressing the rally, Sambo said Jon athan was
building a better coun try for all Nigerians to benefit,
noting that the achievements of the PDP led
government in Nigeria cannot be over empha sized.
In his remarks, Mimiko boasted that Jonathan
remains the best person to lead the country and that
his level of education and knowledge would take the
country to higher heights.
As the PDP continues the presidential campaigns
head ahead of the general elections, many Nigerians
think it should dwell more on issues by telling them
what the government has done in the last three and a
half couple years, why the people must vote for
Joanthan and the PDP and what the Party plans to do
if elected the President of the country.
www.vanguardngr.com/2015/02/jonathan-million-job-agenda/

ABUJA — Following the promise by the Police High
Command to ensure a hitch-free elections and
checkmate all manner of violence, President
Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, commissioned 263
patrol vehicles for the Nigerian police even as he
appealed to supporters of political parties to eschew
violence at the polls.

Represented by the Vice President Namadi Sambo,
Jonathan said approval for the acquisition of 2,564
operational vehicles was given with the intention to
see that the Police “provide the needed security and
enhance their operation to ensure the conduct of
free and fair elections.”
Jonathan’s words: “The procurement of these
vehicles is aimed at boosting the capacity of the
Nigeria Police Force to deliver effectively, efficiently
and appreciably.
“A well-equipped and adequately motivated police
force will assist in no small measure to assist in
ensuring the security needed in the drive to
economic growth and development of Nigeria.
“In view of the strong commitment of government to
provide for the NPF within available resources, it is
my hope that the gesture by government will be
reciprocated by assisting the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) in ensuring it conducts
free elections this month.
“It is also expected that the deployment of these
operational vehicles will translate to enhanced
surveillance of our communities in order to improve
security.”
Highlighting the efforts of government towards
enhanced peace and security of all over the country,
the Vice President urged all Nigerians to see
themselves as Nigerians and see to the unity of the
country, despite their political leanings.
He said: “I want to call on politicians, the aspirants,
their supporters and their sympathisers to eschew all
forms of violence and unlawful practices, both in
words and conduct, before and after elections.
“Let us eschew any form of violence. We should
condemn any form of violence before, during and
after elections. We should know that elections will
come and go but Nigeria will remain as one nation
and one people.”
Earlier in his opening address, the Inspector General
of Police, Suleiman Abba, said approval for 2,564
operational vehicles was given by the President, but
the first batch of the patrol cars comprising “170
Nissan NP300 hard body Patrol Pick up vans, 129
Nissan Frontier Double Cabin Patrol Vehicles, 50
Nissan Patrol 4WD Jeeps, 10 Toyota double cabin
Armoured Patrol Vans and four Ford 550 model 4X4
state of the art Armoured Personnel Carriers” are
ready for commissioning.
Asked if the remaining bulk will be available before
the elections that are two weeks away, IGP Abba said:
“Delivery particular when it is on production, you
can’t make conclusions, but the most important thing
is that the contract has been signed and the supply is
coming from an indigenous company.
www.vanguardngr.com/2015/02/polls-jonathan-okays-purchase-2500-patrol-bomb-disposal-vehicles/

ABUJA — The presidential rally of the Peoples
Democratic Party scheduled to hold in Damaturu,
Yobe State has been cancelled.
Gen. Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives
Congress, APC, also cancelled his scheduled
campaign trip to Maiduguri for undisclosed reasons
without making his new date for the trip public.
The rally which was supposed to hold after a similar
meeting in Gombe was however called off at the last
minute.
Though no reason was given for the cancellation,
Vanguard gathered that the rally was shelved due to
unfavourable security report about the proposed
rally.
An advanced team of the president’s campaign
delegation was already in Damaturu for the rally
before they were informed that it had been shelved.
Yobe, which shares border with Borno State, is the
birth place of the late leader of the Boko Haram sect,
Ibrahim Yusuf, who was killed in 2009.
Jonathan’s campaign train had come under
increasing attacks from hoodlums in the northern
parts of the country, with his convoy being pelted
with sachet water and stones in Bauchi.
www.vanguardngr.com/2015/02/jonathan-buhari-cancel-campaigns-damaturu-maiduguri/

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The embattled governor of Bauchi State, Malam Isa
Yuiguda is said to have upped his romance with the
opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) through
nocturnal meetings at a private residence in Abuja.
The secret parleys which usually hold deep in the
night from 12 midnight are aimed at perfecting their
game plan ahead of the crucial February 14
presidential contest between President Goodluck
Ebele Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) and APC’s General Muhammadu Buhari. One of
the meetings took place last Tuesday in Abuja.
Governor Yuguda, although a card carrying PDP
member, is said to be surreptitiously working for the
success of General Buhari. Apart from that, he is said
to be the sponsor and godfather of many opposition
candidates in Bauchi State including the
governorship candidates of the APC and the Labour
Party (LP). He tops the list of PDP said to be under
watch by the party’s leadership over alleged double
standard and poor commitment to the party.
Our source revealed that the Bauchi Executive
Governor who is also the PDP candidate for Bauchi
South Senatorial District in the February 14 election,
plans to defect to the APC if he and his cohorts
succeed in scuttling the re-election bid of President
Jonathan to the advantage of Buhari. “His defection is
considered afait accompli once the sabotaging of
PDP’s chances in presidential election is perfected
and the APC victory sealed. The only thing that will
stop his planned cross carpeting is if Buhari is loses
to Jonathan,” he stated.
He said that Yuguda has always been with the
renegade governors who defected from PDP to APC.
According to him, it was later resolved by the clique
that he should stay behind in the party as a mole
leaking crucial and tactical information from within to the APC mainly through his colleagues like Rabiu
Kwankwaso, Magatakarda Wammakko and Rotimi
Amaechi.
The source said that the governor’s role as a black leg within the PDP was known to the top brass in the ruling party over time who have been monitoring his secret anti-party conducts from a distance.
All efforts to contact the Bauchi governor or his aides for their reaction failed as they declined to answer calls.
247ureports.com/anti-party-yuguda-in-secret-meetings-with-tinubu-saraki-others/

#The Fact dat he drink n smoke dnt min he's a bad guy abi ?
#He witout sin alwys cast da 1st stone, mny here wil misguard u on da pssble way forward.
#You or anybdy can't stop him 4rm doin wat he's already into....only God and/or mayb him as well.
#U can only b source of encouragement, support e.t.c to him e.g if he do tak lik 5 sticks a day, help him reduce to 3 or 2 sticks if possble n wit tym it wil over madam n same goes to the drink madam... It a matter of tym, keep the faith
And on the issue front my sis.....
U can play politics in evry xpect of ur life. u knw ur guy is da type dat alwys say, babe abeg leave da front seat 4 my padi....my advce here is, as soon as he stops 4 his frnds, kindly open door n say bros com tak da front seat ..he may say No or he may accpt base on hw coded da guy is sha..bt if he accpt it, use da the bck seat...use the middle btw the two front seats n relax ur shoulder dear. I guess is even more romantic than setin at da front ....
Finally don't 4gt, God is the answer !

ikechukz:
I miss you for guys = "longest time" or "you don forget me abi"

I swear, u b correct coded guy........"I miss you" sound gay nw. Abi how wunna see am ?

Another accusation against General Buhari is that he is a tribalist and religious fanatic who would forcibly
impose Sharia law on Nigerian states. Peddlers of
this accusation contend that Nigerian Christians and
moderate Muslims would reject Buhari’s candidacy.
Surely, General Buhari is serious about his religion
just like many Nigerian Muslims and Christians. But
seriousness about religion does not equate
fanaticism. Like other accusations, this one is not
merely untrue, misleading, and unfair, but also
absurd.
Before the 2004 presidential elections in the
United States, some African immigrants hoped
that Democrats would win. We partly based our
hope on the fact that Iraq and Afghanistan wars were
not going well. Despite the “Mission Accomplished”
declaration by President Bush, both al-Qaida and
Taliban were still strong, and military and civilian
casualties were increasing. Additionally, weapons of
mass destruction were not found, and Osama bin
Laden and Mullah Omar (Taliban head) were still at
large. And America was spending billions of dollars
without knowing when we could achieve real victory.
Indeed, our hope increased when Democrats
nominated a decorated Navy veteran, John Kerry, as
presidential candidate. Kerry was a respected
senator who served honorably in Vietnam War and
received a Purple Heart, Silver Star, and Bronze Star
medals for his gallantry. So with Kerry’s credentials,
we were almost certain of victory. Yes almost
certain, . . . until the Swift Boat Veterans.
You see, after Senator Kerry touted his Vietnam War
records, some Republican veterans formed the Swift
Boat Veterans for Truth and began attacking him.
This tax-exempt and unregulated organization under
Section 527 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code was
permitted to indirectly support or oppose political
candidates. Its members charged that Kerry was unfit
to be president because he allegedly lied about his
military service and misrepresented the nature and
effectiveness of his swift boat operations during the
war. Additionally, they challenged the medals he
received and alleged that he was dishonest about his
records. But fact-checks showed that most of these
Swift Boaters were not present when the relevant
events occurred during Kerry’s service. In fact, U.S.
Navy officials, and even some Republicans, agreed
the Swift Boaters’ accusations were untrue. Hence,
the term “swiftboating” now describes untrue and
unfair political attacks.
Now years after Kerry, it appears that swiftboating is
occurring in the run-up to Nigeria’s 2015 presidential
elections. Among the major candidates are
incumbent President, Goodluck Jonathan, and his
challenger, Muhammadu Buhari, a retired army
general who was military head of state from
December 31, 1983 to August 27, 1985. Even before
Buhari’s party nominated him as its presidential flag-
bearer, President Jonathan’s supporters seemingly
concluded he would be the man to beat.
Consequently, a series of political attacks have been
targeted against the General. However, an
assessment of the major allegations shows that the
General is simply being swiftboated.
One major accusation is that General Buhari is a
dictator because he toppled Shehu Shagari’s civilian
government in 1983. But what peddlers of this
accusation fail to inform Nigerians (especially the
young generation) is that back then, Africa was
different, and military coups were not uncommon. In
fact, military men controlled many African countries.
Consequently, the Organization of African Unity (now
African Union) had no moral authority to condemn
coups. Thus, tagging Buhari a “bad person” for that
coup would be unfair. Moreover, the Shagari
administration sacked by the coup was widely
believed to be corrupt. Widespread violence and
rigging, including ballot-box snatching and stuffing
were reported in the 1983 elections. In fact, the
Nigerian democracy had seemingly gone awry and
needed a rescue mission. There were even reports
of jubilation in parts of the country when the coup
was announced on December 31, 1983.
Another accusation against General Buhari is that he
is a tribalist and religious fanatic who would forcibly
impose Sharia law on Nigerian states. Peddlers of
this accusation contend that Nigerian Christians and
moderate Muslims would reject Buhari’s candidacy.
Surely, General Buhari is serious about his religion
just like many Nigerian Muslims and Christians. But
seriousness about religion does not equate
fanaticism. Like other accusations, this one is not
merely untrue, misleading, and unfair, but also
absurd.
Firstly, as a former military head of state, Buhari had
nearly absolute powers to promulgate any laws he
chose. But there is no evidence that he ever
discriminated against Christians or considered
adopting Sharia nationwide. In fact, he reportedly
hires Christians and Moslems indiscriminately. And
he chose a pastor as running mate in 2011 elections.
Secondly, the Sharia law accusation is absurd,
because it is virtually impossible for Buhari to
introduce Sharia as a civilian president. Nigerian
democracy involves the Executive, Legislative, and
Judicial arms. Only the Legislature makes law.
Nationwide adoption of Sharia requires
constitutional amendment or legislative action. Any
attempt to adopt Sharia by either of these measures
would be frustrated by Christians.
As for Buhari’s alleged hatred for non-Northerners,
there is no verifiable supporting evidence. Surely,
most Nigerians view him as a strict and no-nonsense
disciplinarian. Apparently he is equally strict to
Northerners and Southerners. Moreover, casting
further doubt on his alleged hatred for Southerners,
are reports that good number of his inner circle are
Southerners.
Perhaps the most serious accusation against General
Buhari is that he sponsors the terrorist group, Boko
Haram. This charge is very damaging because this
group continues to kill and maim Nigerians almost
daily. But despite efforts by Buhari’s accusers to link
him to the group, no one has provided verifiable
supporting evidence. In fact, Buhari himself was a
victim of alleged Boko Haram in July 2014. And when
an Australian who claimed he negotiated with Boko
Haram revealed names of its alleged sponsors,
Buhari was not named. Notably, Buhari has publicly
condemned Boko Haram, calling them “mindless
bigots” and urging Nigerians to unite and crush
them.
Indeed, the Boko Haram accusation defies common
sense and logic. Why would Buhari sponsor attacks
that would undoubtedly doom his chances of winning
the presidency? Why would he sponsor attacks that
would undoubtedly prevent his supporters from
turning out to vote for him on elections day? These
attacks occur in Northern states, which are Buhari’s
support base. Most of his votes in the 2011 elections
came from there. Continued violence in these states
will surely make it unsafe for people to go and vote
on elections day. And without these votes, Buhari
will unlikely win. So, Boko Haram’s activities do more
harm than good to Buhari.
The final major charge against Buhari is that at 71, he
is too old. While the General is indeed 71 years old
(he will be 72 on December 17, 2014), it is untrue and
unfair to argue he is too old to be president. His
lifestyle, demeanor and schedule do not suggest he is
too old to handle the stress of being president.
Notably, he would not be the only leader to become
president at that age range. Shimon Peres became
Israel’s ninth President at 84; Giorgio Napolitalo
became Italy’s President at 81, and Arthur Foulkes
became The Bahamas’ Governor General at 82. And
in the United States, Ronald Reagan was few days
from reaching 70 when he became president. So as
they say, age is but a number.
Some say Nigerian politics is a “do or die” affair. But
the 2015 elections should be a turning point, which if
handled carelessly, may plunge Nigeria into more
violence and economic troubles. Thus, it may serve
the country better if everyone shows more sense of
reason and avoid politics of mud slinging, and untrue
and unfair attacks. Engaging in swiftboating attacks
may be laying foundations for post-elections
violence. If politicians continue business as usual,
Nigerians may have to continue the same responses
they usually give to bad situations: “it’s well” and
“God will protect us.”

saharareporters.com/2014/12/23/swiftboating-general-buhari-jude-menes

"Why We Can't Defeat Boko Haram"-
Army Commander And Family
Threatened Over Letter to Jonathan
An army commander, who wrote a comprehensive
letter to President Goodluck Jonathan exposing the
rot and high level corruption militating against a
successful campaign against Boko Haram insurgents,
is now under threat.
Lieutenant Colonel A. Wende of the 103 Battalion,
who is currently serving in “Operation Zamani Lafiya” in Konduga, wrote the letter detailing the challenges confronting the army in trying to crush Boko Haram, including within the army leadership.
SaharaReporters learnt that the army authorities
have threatened to court-martial Lt. Col Wende if he
does not openly denounce the letter. On grounds of principle, the officer has so far refused to renounce the letter.
In the letter, the army commander made several
damning allegations against his superiors including
pinpointing how the General Officer commanding the 7th Battalion in Maiduguri was diverting over 600 bags of rice meant for the troops.
Lt. Col. Wende went as far as revealing that Nigerian
army generals, including the Chief of Army Staff,
Major General Minimah, do not go anywhere near
the battlefronts.
He further disclosed that over 70% of army
commanders are facing court martial proceedings
instituted by the Nigerian army leadership.
In view of these facts being indisputable, and unable to frighten Lt. Col Wende with threats of a court martial, General Minimah on Monday tried to
dismiss the letter as fake and as having been written by people he claimed are affiliated with Boko Haram.
Meanwhile, SaharaReporters has also learned that
the army’s Defence headquarters has since last week quietly began to investigate the Acting GOC of 7th Division, perhaps in connection with the allege
diversion of the 600 bags of rice.
In order to assist the public to understand the
severity and importance of Lt. Col. Wende’s letter, we hereby publish the unredacted copy of his letter to President Jonathan in full.
saharareporters.com/2014/12/23/why-we-cant-defeat-boko-haram-army-commander-and-family-threatened-over-letter-jonathan

agarawu23:
exactly! I dnt see d christianity in him, if nt why will he b thinking of avin sex bfore marriage as a good xtain

The guy is here 4 jokes....he's a big liar

For me, I say may God give who so ever create this topic.....why ? Because
1. The topic is very misleading
2. Wamakko dnt say to GEJ resign n apologise, but say "If he is asked to advise" President Goodluck
Jonathan on his re-election bid .
3. He will tell him "GEJ" to resign and apologise to Nigerians
for his failure.
4. His opinion was base on "as a
patriotic citizen who believes in the advancement of
the country."Wamakko said.
NOTE: b4 anyone quote me, mak sure he/she hve a clear understanding pls and I guess we all hve rgt to our opinion .....thanks

major466:
What can GEJ do when some people are bend on causing harm and violence? What can he do when boko haram terrorist make bombs in their garage for use as suicide bombs? Security of lives and property is not the responsibility of Government alone but for all of us.

Bt won't u b glad if dem Gov't wil put more effort dan us ? Don't also 4gt civilian JTF are civilans lik us ooo.....and wat can u say abt Nig Army ?

babestella:
The northerners and APC gradually telling us we are not one. After all, their monkey and baboon general once said that muslims should not vote for a Christian president, they should vote for Muslim president because they (the muslims) are more in number, victory is theirs.

That is the mates APC is banking on, and come 2015, we will see how that plays out.

Don't get things twisted down here bro,Southerners alwys tend to separate their selves 4rm Northern Nig. I will be glad if u can get me a prove to backup ur post above.....
But pls checkout this “I do not intend to rule Nigeria. I want to democratically govern it with your help. I seek a Nigeria where Christians and Muslims may practise their faiths in peace and security; a Nigeria that is just and where corruption no longer trespasses into our institutions and national behavior and a Nigeria where our diversity could be used for our national prosperity.
“Nigeria is our home. Let us now turn it into the great nation we know it can and should be.”
Buhari’s speech drew a loud ovation from the crowd, some of who gave him a standing ovation.

Trut:
It got worst because the Northerners didn't corporate with GEJ govt.

Sorry pls. if I may ask you, are the civilian JTF people from south or Borno State thesame Northern Nig ?
Pls next time don't cast judgement in a ways will favour you,think n reason in 3D next time pls ....
GEJ or GMB, na wuna wahala, I wil let u knw whn am bck 4rm Dubai ..ok

A security source in Kano town has just tipped
SaharaReporters of an explosion in a market
situated in Kano town.
According to the security source, the blast is
reported at a market popularly known as Kwari
Market, but the actual nature of the blast and
casualty is yet to be ascertained.
“Our men are on their way and I will brief you as
soon as we get comprehensive details.” Also, the
Police spokesperson in Kano, DCP Bagiga said he
could not immediately confirm the nature of the
blast.
The incident is coming barely two weeks after
bombers killed over 100 persons and injured about
150 at Kano Central Mosque located inside Emir’s
Palace in the ancient town.
saharareporters.com/2014/12/10/explosion-rocks-kano-market

Reports just in from a source in the know informs
that APC Governors and Party chieftains are holding
a top secret meeting at the moment in Lagos, with
the agenda being the primaries and chossing a
candidate.in other news the aspirants and their
supporters have started flexing financial muscles as
the delegates have started enjoying the largess and
special treatment in the run off to the
Primaries.chartered flights from their abode to and
fro, accomodation,feeding and domestic
transportation.
In other news some Party chieftains suggested a
consensus arrangement but Alhaji Atiku flatly
refused.
Will bring more updates as events develop
hibe-online.com/just-in-apc-presidential-primaries-update/

The APC Presidential aspirant Turakin Adamawa, was
today present at the contentious book launch of
former President Obasanjo which will come to many
as a suprise considering how he was severally
impugned in the book.love the man or hate him you
cannot deny his absolute maturity even in the face of
extreme provocation.
hibe-online.com/just-in-alhaji-atiku-at-obasanjo-book-launch/

I AM writing this open letter to the 8000 delegates
expected to participate in the APC convention
scheduled to hold at Teslim Balogun Stadium in
Surulere, Lagos to select their presidential flag
bearer among four aspirants on December 8, 2014.
Among the four aspirants, General Muhammadu
Buhari is the leading contender for the exalted
position of potential president of the country. I wish
to advise the delegates to the convention not to select
Buhari as the APC Presidential flag bearer in view of
the following scenario that will happen if the
delegates makes the mistake of picking him as their
presidential candidate for the May 2015 presidential
election against President Jonathan.
South-South Zone/South Eastern Zone: PDP has
continued to use Christian-Muslim sentiments in its
propaganda campaign against the APC in those two
zones, coupled with a divisive president whose stock
in trade is promoting tribal and religious sentiments
to gain sympathy and political support from the two
zones in view of his incompetency in managing the
affairs of the country.
Almost all the voters in these two zones have never
voted for Buhari and will never vote for him because
they consider him as religious apologist, an Islamic
fundamentalist who could promote Islamic and
muslim interest more than national interest once he
has access to the political power as Nigerian
president and nobody in this world can change the
perception of the voters from these two zones. The
main reason Buhari lost in the previous presidential
elections in those zones is still alive if not worsened
by the Boko Haram attacks on Ibos and other
Christians living in the north eastern part of the
country.
South Western Zone: It is most likely Asiwaju Bola
Tinubu would intimidate the South West delegates to
support General Buhari against their interest. Tinubu
does not have the grass root support like Awolowo,
he doesn’t have that capacity and mass appeal to
make Yoruba vote for Buhari. PDP would definitely
exploit the political rivalry between the far north and
the south west that existed right from the first
republic and already two states are with PDP almost
all the Yoruba christians and other Nigerian
nationalities residing in the south west may not vote
for APC if it fills Buhari as presidential candidate.
Like it was difficult selling Awolowo outside the
Yoruba land especially to the Northerners and
Easterners Buhari also is unsaleable in the South
West. Religious and regional sentiments will
dominate the Nigerian Political landscape in 2015 not
ideology or manifestos. If APC fields Buhari, the party
will lose the 2015 presidential election in the South
West like it happened in 2003,2007 and 2011 because
Tinubu cannot market him in the zone.
North Central Zone: PDP would continue to drum to
the many Christian minority tribes that APC is a
muslim party and the party is the sponsor of Boko
Haram. The truth is that 2015 is the APC’s best chance
of getting into power in view of the apparent
incompetence and failure of Jonathan administration
in all spheres of the economy.
If the delegates vote Buhari as presidential candidate
on Wednesday, December 9, 2015, it will show that
the party is unserious in the eye of southerners and
Nigerian christians who are a very important
component of the country. APC delegates should not
fall into the hands of PDP and president sentimental
and divisive politics by electing Gen. Buhari as their
candidate.
The international crisis group a worldwide political
think tank has issued a statement on Friday 22nd
November confirming that competing for the
presidency between Northern and Niger Delta
politicians and along religious lines is leading the
country into a serious crisis, the same prediction was
made by a highly respected Islamic scholar Sheik
Ahmad Abubakar Mahmud Gummi (probably after he
did istihara).
The renowned Islamic cleric advised Gen
Mohammadu Buhari not to contest for presidency
due to the apparent political crisis that would cause
the country but for his selfish and self-centered
personal interest and arrogance he refused to listen
to the word of wisdoms.
In the final note, I wish to appeal to the 8000
presidential delegates to kindly be more patriotic and
nationalistic by voting for less controversial
candidate with little political and religious baggage a
candidate that is less controversial, less divisive that
would command nationwide support cutting across
religious and tribal divide, you please in the name of
God ignored the directive of your political god fathers
and APC big wigs and vote for the survival of Nigeria
and the interest of your children and grand, great
grandchildren by voting with a clear conscience.
If you ignore this advice by voting Buhari in view of
the apparent catastrophy that your action will cause
the country next year posterity and history will never
forgive you and APC will not have another chance to
salvage the country from the hands of Ijaw extremist
that are running the country currently.
Yusuf Aliyu writes from Unguwarsarki, Kaduna.
www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/open-letter-apc-presidential-delegates/

IF you ask me, all the points Chief Olusegun
Obasanjo raised on the Boko Haram insurgency, as
published in the Vanguard newspaper of Thursday
November 27, were all valid. But the paradox is; he
spent a good eight years in the saddle of the Nigerian
government, why did he fail to put any of these
measures he highlighted into place? After all, the
seeds for Boko Haram were sown during his regime,
with many state governors illegally foistering the
sharia laws on hapless citizens.
The fact is, in saner climes, people that have
mismanaged opportunities are allowed to melt into
oblivion but not in Nigeria where things run in
circles. As long as we keep running in circles, going
back to our own vomits and playing politics with the
nation’s jugular, we shall remain the same.
What ever theory on crime or deviancy that is
propounded in the present Boko Haram situation, the
bottom line is; it got to this level because our
politicians allowed it to fester for their personal and
selfish interests. That Obasanjo’s address was
nothing short of self denial of his contribution to the
over all rot we presently face as a nation. Nigerians
are so forgetful. I wish we can play back the years
1999-2007.
The Boko Haram insurgents are human beings like
you and me. They have been blown out of proportion
because of the consequences of omission and
commission on the part of those directing the affairs
of the affected states and the nation.
I have written before on this column that; there is no
way we can win the battle against the insurgents
without the conscious and deliberate efforts of the
indigenes of the north eastern states to defend their
land. The land is their history, it is their ancestry,
heritage, culture and to a great essence, their being.
Without your heritage, you are a ‘born throway’ –
apology to Uncle Sam- and no sane man sits down
and watch his land and that, his forefathers have
laboured for, to go in ruins. Better die fighting than
live a life of cowardice. Forget about the Federal
government and the politics of the politicians, if the
people of the North east decide today that Boko
Haram activities must stop in their land, it will stop.
Watching Wolf Blitzer programme on CNN of 13th
November evening, this fact was reinforced in my
mind. Wolf interviewed a retired US army general,
Dan Bolger, who played active roles in the Iraq war
that toppled Saddam Hussein. He just released a
book on the American mission in Iraq and
Afghanistan which he titled “Why We Lost The War”,
the summary of his book centred around counter
insurgency and he submits that counter insurgency
must come from the people. The Americans
succeeded in occupying Iraq and Afghanistan but
they could not finish the business, they won the
battle but could not win the war, they could not win
the war because they did not successfully carry the
indigenes along.
He submits that: ‘the Iraqis’ had to get the job done’.
It is the Iraqis’ that understands the terrain, the
language, the people and also the insurgents.
Today’s wars have changing patterns and modes as
compared to those of the 20th century, brute force
and ammunitions alone do not make it happen. The
greatest asset is making the people, I mean, the
victims to agree that you are fighting for their cause.
It is even worse when religion is brought into it.
What I am proposing here is not theory, it is real and
working. In the mirror online of 14th November,
2014, was a caption “Army/Vigilante flush out Boko
Haram from Mubi”. In the Vanguard newspaper of
Wednesday 19th November, 2014, the feature article
under the caption ” Recapture of Mubi, Chibok…”
read thus: “… A recent collaboration between the
military and the local vigilante groups seems to be
the magic wand needed to flush out the insurgents. It
worked in Mubi and Chibok, hence the clamour for
this mode of operation in the war against terrorism
in the country.”
In fact, the introduction to the article states thus:
“They realise that they had become endangered
species in their own fatherland and if nothing was
done urgently to flush out the insurgents, their huge
investments would be destroyed, political ambitions
thwarted and their relevance called to question. That
was the quagmire some concerned elite and
business tycoons from Boko Haram ravaged and
other parts…..found themselves in”. It went further; ”
it was against this backdrop that these prominent
indigenes mobilised the local war lords who are not
sympathetic to the cause Boko Haram is fighting, to
take up arms and defend their homeland from being
over run by the overzealous insurgents”.
That was how Mubi and Chibok got rescued from the
hands of the Boko Haram insurgents. It is clear that
our army cannot win the war without the support of
the indigenes, such synergy must be encouraged for
the remaining part of the war against the insurgents.
The army cannot fight without information and it is
the people who are born and bred in that terrain are
in the position to offer accurate or factual data about
the situation on ground.
According to Gen. Dan Bolger, it takes a long term
effort to build an army. He says: “building a military
takes decades” and you have to train the locals to
withstand those insurgents. To train a sergeant for
example will take nothing less than ten years. Also, to
him, it takes more than equipments to win the
insurgency battle; leadership and mindsets are other
vital factors.
What is going on for the insurgents is their mindset,
they are not good or well trained soldiers, they have
only been indoctrinated with very extreme religious
ideologies, of hate and negative jihads, we must find
a way to neutralise this.
Also, the sponsors of the insurgents must be traced,
identified and brought to book. Our politicians must
back off and stop commenting on Boko Haram
activities when they do not have the solutions to
solving it, or, if they have, let them pass it on to the
military authorities under confidential cover.
The boko harams are not invincible, they are humans
like me and you.
Mr. Sunny Ikhioya, a commentator on national
issues, wrote from Lagos.
www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/boko-haram-obj-breaking-myth/

An almost
complete list
of 2015
Grammy
Awards
nominations
has been
released. We
have every
category
except Album
of the Year
now!
Leading the list
of nominees
this year are Sam Smith, Pharrell
Williams,Beyonce, both with six nominations
each.
The nominations were announced all throughout
the day for the first time ever, with some nominees
dropped in the morning and the final Album of the
Year noms announced during the primetime A
Very Grammy Christmasspecial.
Other artists with several nominations include Iggy
Azalea with four nominations and Taylor Swift
with three!
Album of the Year:
Beyonce Beyonce
Pharrell Girl
Ed Sheeran X
Beck Morning Phase
Sam Smith In the Lonely Hour
Record of the Year:
Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX, “Fancy”
Sia, “Chandelier”
Sam Smith, “Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)”
Taylor Swift, “Shake It Off”
Meghan Trainor, “All About That Bass”
Song of the Year
Meghan Trainor – “All About That Bass”
Sia – “Chandelier”
Taylor Swift – “Shake It Off”
Sam Smith – “Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)”
Hozier – “Take Me to Church”
Best New Artist
Bastille
Iggy Azalea
Brandy Clark
HAIM
Sam Smith
Best Pop Vocal Album
Coldplay, Ghost Stories
Miley Cyrus, Bangerz
Ariana Grande, My Everything
Katy Perry, Prism
Ed Sheeran, x
Sam Smith, In the Lonely Hour
Best Pop Solo Performance
John Legend, “All of Me (Live Version)”
Sia, “Chandelier”
Sam Smith, “Stay With Me”
Taylor Swift, “Shake It Off”
Pharrell Williams, “Happy”
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX, “Fancy”
Coldplay, “A Sky Full of Stars”
A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera, “Say
Something”
Jessie J, Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj, “Bang
Bang”
Katy Perry feat. Juicy J, “Dark Horse”
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga, Cheek to Cheek
Annie Lennox, Nostalgia
Barry Manilow, Night Songs
Johnny Mathis, Sending You a Little Christmas
Barbra Streisand, Partners
Best Country Album:
Dierks Bentley, Riser
Eric Church, The Outsiders
Lee Ann Womack, The Way I’m Living
Brandy Clark, 12 Stories
Miranda Lambert, Platinum
Best Country Solo Performance
Eric Church, “Give Me Back My Hometown”
Hunter Hayes, “Invisible”
Miranda Lambert, “Automatic”
Carrie Underwood, “Something in the Water”
Keith Urban, “Cop Car”
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
The Band Perry, “Gentle On My Mind”
Miranda Lambert with Carrie Underwood,
“Somethin’ Bad”
Little Big Town, “Day Drinking”
Tim McGraw feat. Faith Hill, “Meanwhile Back at
Mama’s”
Keith Urban feat. Eric Church, “Raise ‘Em Up”
Best Country Song
Kenny Chesney, “American Kids”
Miranda Lambert, “Automatic”
Eric Church, “Give Me Back My Hometown”
Glen Campbell, “I’m Not Gonna Miss You”
Tim McGraw feat. Faith Hill, “Meanwhile Back at
Mama’s”
Best Urban Contemporary Album:
Jhene Aiko, Sail Out
Beyonce, Beyonce
Chris Brown, X
Mali Music, Mail Is
Pharrell Williams, G I R L
Best R&B Album
Bernhoft, Islander
Aloe Blacc, Lift Your Spirit
Toni Braxton & Babyface, Love, Marriage & Divorce
Robert Glasper Experiment, Black Radio 2
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Give The People
What They Want
Best R&B Performance
Beyonce feat. JAY Z, “Drunk in Love”
Chris Brown feat. Usher & Rick Ross, “New Flame”
Jennifer Hudson feat. R. Kelly, “It’s Your World”
Ledisi, “Like This”
Usher, “Good Kisser”
Best Traditional R&B Peformance
Marsha Ambrosius & Anthony Hamilton, “As”
Angie Fisher, “I.R.S.”
Robert Glasper Experiment Featuring Lalah
Hathaway & Malcolm Jamal Warner, “Jesus
Children”
Kem, “Nobody”
Antonique Smith, “Hold Up Wait A Minute (Woo
Woo)”
Best R&B Song
Beyonce feat. JAY Z, “Drunk in Love”
Usher, “Good Kisser”
Chris Brown feat. Usher & Rick Ross, “New Flame”
Luke James, “Options”
Jhene Aiko, “The Worst”
Best Rock Album
Ryan Adams, Ryan Adam
Beck, Morning Phase
The Black Keys, Turn Blue
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Hypnotic Eye
U2, Songs of Innocence
Best Rock Performance
Ryan Adams, “Gimme Something Good”
Arctic Monkeys, “Do I Wanna Know?”
Beck, “Blue Moon”
The Black Keys, “Fever”
Jack White, “Lazaretto”
Best Metal Performance
Anthrax, “Neon Knights”
Mastodon, “High Road”
Motorhead, “Heartbreaker”
Slipknot, “The Negative One”
Tenacious D, “The Last in Line”
Best Rock Song
Paramore, “Ain’t It Fun”
Beck, “Blue Moon”
The Black Keys, “Fever”
Ryan Adams, “Gimme Something Good”
Jack White, “Lazaretto”
Best Rap Album
Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP 2
Childish Gambino, Because the Internet
Iggy Azalea, The New Classic
Common, Nobody’s Smiling
Schoolboy Q, Oxymoron
Wiz Khalifa, Black Hollywood
Best Rap Solo Performance
Childish Gambino – “3005?
Drake – “0 to 100/The Catch Up”
Eminem – “Rap God”
Kendrick Lamar “i”
Lecrae – “All I Need Is You”
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
Common Featuring Jhené Aiko, “Blak Majik”
Eminem feat. Rihanna, “The Monster
I Love Makonnen feat. Drake, “Tuesday”
Schoolboy Q feat. BJ The Chicago Kid, “Studio”
Kanye West & Charlie Wilson, “Bound 2?
Best Rap Song
Nicki Minaj, “Anaconda”
Kanye West & Charlie Wilson, “Bound 2?
Kendrick Lamar, “I”
Wiz Khalifa, “We Dem Boyz”
Drake – “0 to 100/The Catch Up”
Best Dance/Electronic Album
Aphex Twin, Syro
Deadmaus, While (1<2)
Little Dragon, Nabuma Rubberband
Röyksopp & Robyn, Do It Again
Mat Zo, Damage Control
Best Dance Recording
Basement Jaxx, “Never Say Never”
Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne, “Rather Be”
Disclosure feat. Mary J. Blige, “F for You”
Duke Dumont feat. Jax Jones, “I Got You”
Zhu, “Faded”
Best Reggae Album
Ziggy Marley, Fly Rasta
Lee ‘Scratch Perry, Back on the Controls
Sean Paul, Full Frequency
Shaggy, Out of Many, One Music
Sly & Robbie & Spicy Chocolate, The Reggae Power
Soja, Amid the Noise and the Haste
Best Alternative Music Album
alt-J, This Is All Yours
Arcade Fire, Reflektor
Cage the Elephant, Melophobia
St. Vincent, St. Vincent
Jack White, Lazaretto
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
American Hustle
Frozen
Get On Up
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Wolf of Wall Street
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media
Frozen
Gone Girl
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Gravity
Saving Mr. Banks
Best Song Written For Visual Media
The Lego Movie, “Everything Is Awesome!!!” (Tegan
and Sara ft. The Lonely Island)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, “I See
Fire” (Ed Sheeran)
Glen Campbell, I’ll Be Me, “I’m Not Gonna Miss
You” (Glen Campbell)
Frozen, “Let It Go” (Idina Menzel)
Her, “The Moon Song” (Scarlett Johansson &
Joaquin Phoenix)
Best Spoken Word Album
James Franco, Actors Anonymous
Jimmy Carter, A Call to Action
John Waters, Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes
Across America
Elizabeth Warren, A Fighting Chance
Joan Rivers, Diary of a Mad Diva
Gloria Gaynor, We Will Survive: True Stories of
Encouragement, Inspiration and the Power of Song
Best Comedy Album
“Weird Al” Yankovic, Mandatory Fun
Jim Gaffigan, Obsessed
Louis CK, Oh My God
Patton Oswalt, Tragedy Plus Comedy Equals Time
Sarah Silverman, We Are Miracles
Best Musical Theater Album
Aladdin
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
A Gentleman’s Guide To Love & Murder
Hedwig and The Angry Inch
West Side Story
Best Americana Album
Roseanne Cash, The River & The Thread
John Hiatt, Terms of My Surrender
Keb’ Mo’, Bluesamerica
Nickel Creek, A Dotted Line
Sturgill Simpson, Metamodern Sounds in Country
Music
Best Music Video
Pharrell Williams, “Happy”
Arcade Fire, “We Exist”
DJ Snake and Lil Jon, “Turn Down for What
Sia, “Chandelier”
Woodkid feat. Max Richter, “The Golden Age”
Best Music Film
Beyonce & Jay Z, Beyonce & Jay Z: On The Run
Tour
Coldplay, Ghost Stories
Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer & Judith
Hill, 20 Feet from Stardom
Metallica, Metallica Through The Never
Pink, The Truth About Love Tour: Live From
Melbourne
tooxclusive.com/news-from-africa/grammy-nominees-2015-full-list/

― If you didn't kill earthworms with salt.
― If you didn't play with rubber bands.
― If you never bathed in the rain.
― If nobody told you about India vs Nigeria
99-1.
― If you didn't sleep on the couch and wake up
on
the bed.
― If you didn't go to steal cashew and guava in
the
next street and the owner's dog
comes through the backyard waiting for you to
come
down from the tree.
― if you didn't throw your milk tooth on the roof
for
the lizards to take it and give you
new ones.
― If you didn't just wash your
hands and legs instead of bathing when going to
school.
― If you didn't act film in uncompleted building or
under bed with friends.
― If you never flew a
kite.
- If you didn't use your two legs to build houses
with
sand.
- If u didn't write your name on paper and insert
it into
your pen so that no one will
steal it.
- If you didn't close the fridge door really slowly
to see
when the lights went off.
- If you never waved at white birds
expecting your nails to be whiter
- If you never heard of a ghost dat stays
under mango
trees at nights
- If you didn't drive a single car Tyre with a
stick and
called it ur car!
- If you didnt mix garri n sugar in your
pocket and eat while walking in the street.
- If you never did mama and papa play i.e.
cookin
grass nd sand witout fire.
- If you didn't play table soccer with bottle
cover.
-if you never steal a meat 4rm pot.
-If you never bath inside bathroom and went out
Unclad, with your
cloth in ur hands.
Then I guess your Childhood wasn't
Fun......

A presidential aspirant of the All Progressives
Congress, APC, Mr. Sam Nda-Isaiah, has said it is
still possible for the party to adopt a consensus
candidate for the 2015 presidential election.
According to him, for such to happen, the
candidate would have to be chosen by the aspirants
themselves.
Nda-Isaiah stated this shortly after casting his vote
at the party’s governorship primary in Minna, Niger
State.
He said, “I cannot rule out the prospect of a
consensus candidate because even 24 hours is a
long time in politics. A consensus candidate should
be chosen by the aspirants themselves and would
be base on the facts on ground that the candidate
is more likely to win for the party.
“But so far,
that has not
been done and
no meeting or
attempts have
been made on
the issue at all.
As it is now, all
of us are
aspirants
preparing for
the primaries.”
He also said
the APC is out to rescue Nigeria from further decay,
arguing that if the PDP-led federal government is
given another four years in 2015, the country would
collapse.
“If President Goodluck Jonathan is allowed to rule
for another four years, Nigeria will not be able to
survive it again. The country cannot survive another
four years of an incompetent administration.
“APC has a divine responsibility to win the 2015
elections. Even if it be by default or an act of
omission or by anything we do on our path to make
Goodluck Jonathan continue, even if we allow him
to rig, Nigeria will not be the same again for the
four years he will rule,” Nda-Isaiah said.
www.today.ng/politics/race-to-2015-apc-can-still-adopt-a-consensus-presidential-candidate-nda-isaiah/

The leader of the El-Zakzaky Muslim Sect in Kano,
Sheikh Muhammad Mahmoud Turi, on Thursday in
Kano, alleged that the federal government is behind
the Boko Haram insurgency in the country.
According to him, the sect’s constant violent
activities in the Northeast and other parts of the
North shows that government and its agencies
have a hand in its operations.
Sheikh Turi disclosed this while addressing
reporters at the NUJ Press Centre in the state.
He also disclosed that members of the sect would
commence a six-day mass trekking ritual from
Kano to Zaria starting from Sunday, Dec. 7, to
commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussain,
who he described as a freedom fighter.
“It is an open secret that the present government
cannot exonerate itself from all these mayhem that
is happening in the country. It is so obvious that
whatever may be the reason, nobody in the country
can tell us that the government is not aware or has
no hand in what is happening, the government is
fully responsible and there is no doubt about it.
“If one is
saying that
government is
not Boko
Haram, how
did the
soldiers get
guns and killed
us in Zaria?
Are they not
the Boko
Haram? Who
killed the three
sons of our
national leader in broad day light in Zaria?
The
soldiers killed our people. Those children were
university students and Boko Haram means
education is sin, then the soldiers killed them for
nothing sake! The soldiers are the Boko Haram.
“I cannot agree with the vice president or any other
person who made such a presentation that the
government can be exonerated from the activities
of Boko Haram. Nobody anywhere in Nigeria can
agree to that—except if that person is either afraid
or he is a politician. You can never exonerate or
separate the government from Boko Haram,” he
said.
www.today.ng/news/fg-is-behind-boko-haram-sect-leader-sheikh-muhammad-turi/

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Justice Agatha Okeke of the Federal High Court sitting
in Lafia, Nasarawa State, today December 1, 2014
dismissed an application filed by Timothy Anthony
Anjide, the second accused person in the ongoing
trial of Aliyu Akwe Doma, former governor of
Narasawa State.
EFCC Press Release
Akwe Doma: Court Refuses Request for Transfer
of Case
Akwe Doma
Justice Agatha Okeke of the Federal High Court sitting
in Lafia, Nasarawa State, today December 1,
2014 dismissed an application filed by Timothy
Anthony Anjide, the second accused person in the
ongoing trial of Aliyu Akwe Doma, former governor
of Narasawa State.
Doma, Anjide and Dauda Egwe are being prosecuted
on a 10 count-charge bordering on money laundering
by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
EFCC.
Anjide had approach the court, asking that the case
be re- assigned, alleging bias against her lordship.
At the resumed hearing today, the defence counsel,
Olalekan Ojo, who stood in for Charles Edosomwan,
SAN, brought a notion on notice for an order of the
honourable court to transfer the case. The defence
stated that there had been circumstances in the
proceedings that suggest a likelihood of bias by the
judge. He stated that the judge has failed to
subpoena certain functionaries of the state, and that
her lordship compelled the second accused (Anjide
Timothy) to appear before the court in spite of his
critical health condition. He argued that the second
accused has lost confidence of getting a fair trial
before her lordship.
The prosecuting counsel, Kemi Pinheiro, SAN, urged
the court to dismiss the application. He stated that
‘the application does not show that the first and third
accused have lost confidence in the court. It is only
the second that is complaining’.
Pinheiro further stated that for a case of bias against
a judge to be established, there must be concrete
evidence in support of the charge. “It is not enough
to say there is a suspicion of bias, rather suspicion
must be reasonable and looked from objective
stand.”
The prosecution further said that the defence does
not need a subpoena when it can apply for certified
true copies of document.
According to Pinheiro, the cry of the applicant that
the subpoena applied for has been consistently
turned down by the court is premature and
misconceived because the prosecution is yet to close
its case neither is it time for the accused persons to
open their case.
In dismissing the application, Justice Okeke stated
that the application for transfer of the case lacks
merit.
The case was adjourned to January 19, 20 and 21
2014 for continuation of trial.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media & Publicity
1st December, 2014
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