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PoliticsRe: PDP Convention: Why Igbo Presidential Hopefuls Shunned Parade Of Posters by MANDIPUTIN: 1:33pm On Nov 01, 2021
Demand for Kanu's release insulting to memory of those killed in needless blood-letting, Presidency tells Southeast Monarchs, Archbishops.

*Says Nigerians are waiting for justice to be done

The Presidency on Sunday reacted angrily to the demand by South East Traditional Rulers and representatives of Igbo Archbishops for the release of Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

More here:
https://www.nairaland.com/6830015/demand-kanus-release-insultingpresidency-tells
PoliticsRe: Demand For Kanu's Release Insulting,Presidency Tells Southeast Monarchs,Archbiso by MANDIPUTIN(op): 1:27pm On Nov 01, 2021
The full statement reads:

“The statement by the South East Traditional Rulers and representatives of Igbo Archbishop, demanding the release of a Lunatic, is as annoying as it’s insulting to the memory of those who have lost their lives in a needless blood-letting in the South East of Nigeria.

These are political neonates who are also, ignorant of the laws of our land. Where is their sense of decency? Where is their shame? Where is the truth that Christianity preaches? When will TRUTH be released from jail?

Some years back, I wrote a piece where I implored Igbo leadership to “ALLOW” their younger generation to properly participate in the politics of our nation. They thought every issue in Nigeria, was Yoruba versus North, a post Nigeria Civil war grudge they have passed on to their younger ones who in turn have narrowed it to, and are helping to expand it as a morbid hatred of the man, Muhammadu Buhari.

Their common saying was, “Let them kill themselves as long as the markets are open”. Well, we are now at a stage where markets are no longer permitted to open in Igboland. Who is losing? President Buhari?

No, Ndigbo!

Today, they are essentially followers and not participating in mainstream politics of our nation, many of their leaders, up for sale. Power is not gifted. It’s a matter of sowing and reaping. It’s about building bridges, Collaborating, Cooperating, Friendship and Mutual Respect.

Yesterday, their political party of choice, was on centre stage at the Eagle Square. Ndigbo leaders, Women and Youth were conspicuously “Missing”. Their political traders were on the sideline, grumbling and depressed with VICTIM SYNDROME, yet again. They complained that the venue was littered by posters of those from the North of Nigeria.

So I ask, “Are all the printers in the South East out of printing materials?” So, they couldn’t find their way to UAC, the printing hub in Abuja, where they are all hiding from the monster they created in their region!

They have a political party, Made in the South East, the home of Ndigbo of Nigeria by the late Ikemba, Emeka Odimegwu Ojukwu. But we can see how hard they are working to destroy it, selling off for cash, to the highest bidder.

President Muhammadu Buhari’s government has done more in terms of infrastructural development for Ndigbo, than any other government in recent times. But it’s not enough for them to align with his party.

They are not PDP. They are not APC. They are not APGA.

Who did this to Ndigbo? What do they want? Who contracted Kanu to destroy Igboland? Who are those benefitting from the chaos in Igboland?

This is the time when stupidity will no longer help. At a market place, these monsters did not spare a thought for their own people who came to make a living, before engaging the might of the Federal Government in a gun battle. In a market!

These people now wake up in the morning, go to a shop. Buy some biscuits and fuel. Make a recording of themselves, bragging. Foolishly attack a combined team of the Nigerian Armed Forces who wastes no time in responding with a superior fire power. All dead. Who brainwashed these Ndigbo to commit suicide? Daily!

In 2021, if you have a megalomaniac for a son, you should call him to order and hide your face in shame.

If he is arrested for a capital offence, your role is to shamefully zip your mouth, and blame yourself for failing him by not calling him to order when his madness kicked in.

Many Well-meaning Ndigbo are of the opinion, that their leadership, failed them by encouraging one of them who was clearly an unwell man. They did not speak up when they should. They are still hiding their heads in the sand. I agree. Totally!

To call for his release, is to spit on the graves of Dr. Chike Akunyili, Dr. Lawrence Ezenwa, Dr. Ahmed Gulak, slain traditional rulers, students, virgins, and ordinary Nigerians of Igbo stock who lost their lives on the instructions of this lunatic, not forgetting the security operatives they murdered.

Nigerians are waiting, anxiously for justice to be done. Under President Muhammadu Buhari, a due process advocate, the monster will get a fair trial, a chance he didn’t accord those he ordered their executions. The families of the slain, are waiting for a fair and just closure to their nightmares.

Those calling for the release of a man charged with treasonable felony, are deceiving Ndigbo and must stop insulting our laws and Nigerians. They are doing so for selfish reasons, which is to enable them return to the South East to homes they abandoned for Abuja and elsewhere.

The truth is in jail in the South East of Nigeria. They know they failed their people and Nigeriansin general. They should now bow their heads in shame.

We salute the courage of Governor of Imo State, Onwa Hope Uzodinma, Big brother Joe Igbokwe, Igbo National Assembly Caucus and all Igbo men and women of courage, who spoke up and continue to stand against the evil of Kenny Okwu Kanu’s IPOB, ESN and Evil Guard.

The laws of our land, will take it’s course.

God bless Nigeria.

Lauretta Onochie.

https://theadvocatengr.com/news/9225-Demand-for-Kanus-release-insulting-to-memory-of-those-killed-in-needless-blood-letting-Presidency-tells-Southeast-Monarchs-Archbishops-
PoliticsDemand For Kanu's Release Insulting,Presidency Tells Southeast Monarchs,Archbiso by MANDIPUTIN(op): 1:27pm On Nov 01, 2021
Demand for Kanu's release insulting to memory of those killed in needless blood-letting, Presidency tells Southeast Monarchs, Archbishops.

*Says Nigerians are waiting for justice to be done

The Presidency on Sunday reacted angrily to the demand by South East Traditional Rulers and representatives of Igbo Archbishops for the release of Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

The Muhammadu Buhari-led government declared that the demand for Kanu's release is insulting to the memory of those who have lost their lives in a needless blood-letting in the South East region of Nigeria.

In a detailed statement issued by Lauretta Onochie, Personal Assistant to the President on Social Media, the Presidency reminded the leaders that “Nigerians are waiting, anxiously for justice to be done. Under President Muhammadu Buhari, a due process advocate, the monster will get a fair trial, a chance he didn’t accord those he ordered their executions. The families of the slain, are waiting for a fair and just closure to their nightmares”.

The statement added that “Well-meaning Ndigbo are of the opinion, that their leadership, failed them by encouraging one of them who was clearly an unwell man. They did not speak up when they should. They are still hiding their heads in the sand”

“To call for his release, is to spit on the graves of Dr. Chike Akunyili, Dr. Lawrence Ezenwa, Dr. Ahmed Gulak, slain traditional rulers, students, virgins, and ordinary Nigerians of Igbo stock who lost their lives on the instructions of this lunatic, not forgetting the security operatives they murdered”.

https://theadvocatengr.com/news/9225-Demand-for-Kanus-release-insulting-to-memory-of-those-killed-in-needless-blood-letting-Presidency-tells-Southeast-Monarchs-Archbishops-
PoliticsPANDEF Fumes Over Nnpc’s 21 Road Projects by MANDIPUTIN(op): 10:48am On Oct 30, 2021
THE Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), on Friday, described as lopsided the distribution of the 21 federal roads the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has volunteered to reconstruct in favour of the North, saying the development is unfair, unjust and wicked.

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) had on Wednesday announced the approval of NNPC’s request to fix 21 federal roads at N621 billion with the South getting a total of 228.22 kilometres while the North got a total 2,037.05 kilometres.

Reacting to the distribution of the roads in which the South-South got the lowest of 52.2 kilometres, PANDEF’s National Publicity Secretary, Ken Robinson, in an interview with Saturday Tribune, said the development was an established pattern of the Muhammadu Buhari presidency since inception.

“It is not only unfair and unjust but wicked. This further demonstrates the astonishing level of discriminative bias the Buhari administration bears against the Niger Delta region in projects and programmes distribution and implementation, as well as in appointments and conduct of the government generally.

“There is no responsible government anywhere in the world that would come up with that sort of pesky, lopsided distribution as done by the government in the 21 road projects approved by the Federal Executive Council for NNPC to fix.

“From available information, in terms of kilometres (length of the roads), the South-South has the least with only 52.2 kilometres.

“The North Central has 1,479.9 kilometres; North West has 283.5; North East has 273.35; South-East has 122 kilometres and South West has 119 kilometres,” he noted.

The South-South apex socio-cultural organisation wondered what criteria and reasons could be adduced for the lopsided distribution.

“What is or are the reasons for such an absurd distribution? What was the yardstick?

“Unfortunately, this is an established pattern under the Buhari presidency,” the PANDEF’s spokesman averred.

He recalled that “when the $311 million Abacha loot was returned from the United States in 2020, the South-South was excluded in projects designated for the fund, which included the second Niger Bridge, Lagos-Ibadan and Abuja-Kaduna-Kano expressways, as well as the Mambilla Power Project in NorthEast zone; no project in the South-South zone was listed.

That scenario was repeated in the Ibori loot.

“This kind of situation further bolsters the Niger Delta people’s demand for not only adequate participation in the management, administration and dispensation of the resources nature has richly endowed our lands, but also for the restructuring of the country.

“Will this gross injustice against the people who bear the brunt of the oil exploration and exploitation activities in their land be allowed to continue?

“Will the Niger Delta people continue to condone this unfairness against them by the Nigerian state? Time will tell!”

https://tribuneonlineng.com/pandef-fumes-over-nnpcs-21-road-projects/
PoliticsMiyetti Allah Leader Mocks Southern Govs: Says Grazing Law Can’t Be Implemented by MANDIPUTIN(op): 7:17am On Oct 30, 2021
Except:
I asked the Fulani in those states that banned open grazing how they are faring; they said, they only hear it in the radio and that they don’t know about it.

So, the anti-grazing law is just a media thing; it can never be implemented. It can only operate on the television, radio and in newspapers. It does not concern us and I have asked my people in those states never to obey it, and to continue with their activities.

No Fulani man will obey the law. If you are a governor and you want them to obey it, give them grazing reserve area. You can’t just wake up and tell the Fulani to leave your state or stop grazing their cows in your state.

As a governor, you need food to eat, so also the cows need food to be alive. Or you want the cows to die? We want places provided for us to rear our cows.

We are not lawless; we respect law and obey order. It is the Nigeria constitution we obey, and not the anti-open grazing laws by states. We respect and support the governors; we are not anybody’s enemy. The only problem is the law, which is satanic.

More Read:
https://www.sunnewsonline.com/bodejo-miyetti-allah-leader-mocks-southern-govs-anti-open-grazing-law-exists-only-in-the-media-it-cant-be-implemented/
PoliticsINEC Ad-Hoc Staff Reject Posting, Deployment To Polling Units In Anambra by MANDIPUTIN(op): 11:38pm On Oct 29, 2021
With just one week to the Governorship Election in Anambra State, Dr. Leonard Nzenwa, Chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has raised serious doubt about the turnout of voters at polls despite the best efforts of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Speaking at the Special consultative meeting of the political parties summoned by the electoral umpire, Nzenwa said the people of Anambra are scared stiff to contemplate voting on November 6 owing to the activities of non- state actors in the state.

Nzenwa urged INEC to address unconfirmed reports that INEC adhoc staff are massively rejecting deployment to polling units and even Anambra State owing to the security situation in the state.

He said the worrisome security concerns has also soared the cost of running the election around the billionaire Governorship candidates and the Commission itself, saying that it was for these vicissitudes that informed the call by some IPAC members for the suspension of the poll to allow time for sanity to prevail.
https://independent.ng/insecurity-inec-ad-hoc-staff-reject-posting-deployment-to-polling-units-in-anambra-ipac/

PoliticsTroops Neutralize Biafran National Guard Gunman, Recover Arms by MANDIPUTIN(op): 6:30am On Oct 29, 2021
The Nigerian Army said on Thursday night that its troops conducting Exercise Golden Dawn have neutralised one of the Biafran National Guard gunmen who attacked troops’ location at Amaekpu, Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State on Thursday 28 October 2021.
A statement by Director, Army Public Relations, Brig-Gen Onyema Nwachukwu said, “The assailants, who were heavily armed and conveyed in several vehicles opened fire on the troops’ location, but were met with stiff resistance by the troops.

“In the encounter, the troops neutralized one gunman, while others abandoned their vehicles and retreated in disarray with gunshot wounds. The troops also recovered a pump-action gun, among others.
While the criminals withdrew, having been overwhelmed, they were promptly intercepted at Eda by troops of forwarding Operating Base Ohaozara in Ebonyi State. The troops recovered additional three vehicles and apprehended one of the gunmen.

Meanwhile, the United Nations has pledged continuous partnership with the Nigerian Army in tackling security challenges in the country and the Sahel region.
This was disclosed Thursday 28 October 2021 by Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Central Africa, Mahamat Khatir Annadif Saled during a courtesy call on the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya at the Army Headquarters Abuja.

Mahamat commended the effort of the NA in stemming the security challenges and activities of insurgents in Nigeria and by extension the Sahel regions.

The UN envoy who was accompanied on the visit by the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in West Africa and the Sahel, Mr Francois Luncemy Fall said it is very crucial to adopt a regional approach and provide antidotes to tackle terrorism and other contemporary security challenges bedevilling West Africa and the Sahel region.

He added that most of the current security challenges confronting west African states are a spillover of the Libyan crises. He assured the NA of partnership in the quest to checkmate the proliferation of arms and profiling of terrorism financiers.
In his remarks, the COAS
noted that countries across the globe are currently confronted with terrorism and other security challenges peculiar to each nation, adding that the NA in conjunction with sister services and other security agencies is making steady progress in the fight against insurgency and will not relent in ensuring the menace is brought to an end in Nigeria.

He also harped on the need for partnership with the NA in the areas of terrorism victims’ support, profiling of terrorism financiers, arms proliferation control and technological support.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/10/south-east-security-troops-neutralize-biafran-national-guard-gunman-recover-arms-vehicles/
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/10/south-east-security-troops-neutralize-biafran-national-guard-gunman-recover-arms-vehicles/?

PoliticsDiscontinue Trials Of Igboho, Kanu, OPC Tells FG by MANDIPUTIN(op): 10:49am On Oct 27, 2021
Frederick Fasheun-led faction of Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) has appealed to the Federal Government to discontinue the trial of and persecution of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and Chief Sunday Adeyemo popularly calked Igboho, saying their right to self-determination was guaranteed by international conventions that Nigeria was privy to.

President of the group, Otunba Wasiu Afolabi, made this appeal on Tuesday in Lagos shortly after his induction as its national president, saying failure on the part of the Federal Government to restructure the country was what was fuelling agitation for self-determination.

Otunba Afolabi, while urging the Federal Government to start building a United nation through justice and equity to all the segments and nationalities, noted that the calls to break up Nigeria would not stop until all the nationality groups had a sense of belonging.

This country’s independence was based on true federalism. Nigeria must return to that original master plan. OPC supports restructuring,” he said.

Speaking at the occasion, wife of the Founder of the group, Deaconess Iyabode Fasehun, and leader of the Afenifere Renewal Group, Hon. Wale Oshun, called on OPC members to be upright and committed to the ideals of the late leader, which they said was to promote peace, unity and justice in the country.

Oshun, who chaired the occasion held in Okota area of the state, said Fasehun left behind a worthy legacy, pointing out that there was the need to remind people of the objectives of the founder, the late Fasehun.

According to him, Fasheun established OPC to protect the interest of Yoruba people in Nigeria and diaspora and fight for the unity of the country.

“There is a greater need for these objectives now because our being Yoruba is being threatened, our concern interests are threatened,” he said.

He, therefore, urged OPC members to forge unity with other self-determination groups so that they can work for a common interest.

Oshun charged members of the group to be committed to choosing leaders to lead the country, saying they should not restrict themselves to just being engaged as security consultants.

Deaconess Fasehun, in her remark, urged those elected into positions of authority to lead the group to run affairs of OPC for humanity and not for selfish interest, saying they should see their election as service to humanity.

She said her husband, who founded the group, stood for justice, peace and unity, urging the new executives to follow the foundation the founder laid, just as she appealed to members of the group to be united and speak with one voice.

“Whatever it takes, speak as one, don’t be partisan, say the truth, live for the truth because being good makes you enviable. Unite all fronts and forge ahead, the task ahead is enormous.

“Whatever you do, let the fear of God guide you. You should remember Nigerians are watching you, do the right thing,” she counselled.

https://tribuneonlineng.com/discontinue-trials-of-igboho-kanu-fasehun-led-opc-tells-fg/
PoliticsIgbo Lawyers Seek To Join Suit Asking For South-East Exit From Nigeria by MANDIPUTIN(op): 5:03pm On Oct 25, 2021
Lawyers from Igbo speaking region of Nigeria have applied to the Federal High Court in Abuja to join them as defendants in a suit filed by a group of Northern elders, praying for the exit of the South East region out of Nigeria based on the agitations of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafran (IPOB) and Nnamdi Kanu.

The legal practitioners led by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Chief Chuks Muoma, Ukpai Ukairo, Ebere Uzoatu and Hon Obi Emuka are asking for an order of the court to allow them to join in the suit as representatives of the people of the South Eastern region.

In their application for joinder filed by Victor Onweremadu sighted on Monday in Abuja, the applicants claimed that the case of the Northern elders seeking the exit of South East from Nigeria has the capability to shape the life of the generation of Igbo people.

The Northern elders had in June this year filed the contentious suit asking the court to compel the Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives to hasten the exit of the South-Eastern region out of Nigeria before concluding the ongoing amendment to the country’s constitution.

The request for the court order to compel hastening of South-East exit from Nigeria was one of the three prayers sought in a suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/538/2021 filed by a group of elders and politicians from the North led by Nastura Ashir Shariff, Balarabe Rufa’I, Abdul-Aziz Sulaiman and Aminu Adam.

They averred in a supporting affidavit that their action was informed by the need to stem the tide of violence and destruction being allegedly occasioned by the agitation for secession championed by the Nnamdi Kanu-led IPOB.

Plaintiffs, who claimed that they do not want a repeat of the 1967 to 1970 civil war in Nigeria that cost the nation many innocent lives and properties worth billions of naira., listed the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), the Senate President, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the National Assembly as defendants in their suit.

Although the Igbos are not joined in the suit, the Igbo lawyers claimed that they have an interest to protect in the suit, hence, their request to be made a set of defendants in the case.

In their 12-paragraph affidavit in support of their application, the lawyers noted that the Northern elders in their suit did not think it necessary to join the people of South-East or their representatives to enable the court to hear from them.

The affidavit deposed to by one Ekenna Felix Jonathan read in part, “that this suit is so crucial and a sensitive matter which concerns the Indigenous Igbo speaking tribe in Nigeria and has the capability to shape the life of the future generation of the people of the South-East of Nigeria and other indigenous Igbo speaking tribes in Nigeria.

“That the Igbo Lawyers Association represented by the applicants are an indigenous association of lawyers from the South-East of Nigeria and other indigenous Igbo speaking tribes in Nigeria.

That the Igbo Lawyers Association and its objective is to represent the interest of the Igbo people which said people are Indigenous in the South-East of Nigeria. Thus, the association is interested and is a necessary party to be joined.

“That it will serve the interest of justice if the Honourable court grants the application and join the applicants as defendants in the suit and that the plaintiffs will not be prejudiced if the application is granted.”

Justice Inyang Ekwo has fixed November 1, 2021, for the hearing of the suit.

https://tribuneonlineng.com/igbo-lawyers-seek-to-join-suit-asking-for-south-east-exit-from-nigeria/?utm_source=&utm_medium=facebook
PoliticsRe: IPOB Is Now A Cult Group As They Take This Step PHOTOS by MANDIPUTIN: 6:29am On Oct 23, 2021
OyigboUpdate:
IPOB criminals have started wearing red beret just like cultist
Is this Lady a cultist too?
Honestly, half education is more dangerous than no education

PoliticsRe: Removing 13% Derivation Will Trigger Crisis - Ijaw Congress Warn Lawmakers by MANDIPUTIN: 5:20am On Oct 22, 2021
RZArecta:
This fight will be funny. I like northern assembly members, they quietly do the shít that will benefit them alone no matter whose ox is gored while southerners abuse themselves like fóols
Which fight? IYC and INC are bunch of Noise makers. Just throw some few millions of Naira to them and they'll shut up & crawl back to their shell
PoliticsRe: Removing 13% Derivation Will Trigger Crisis - Ijaw Congress Warn Lawmakers by MANDIPUTIN:
What crisis is this drunkard talking about?
After people like Asari-Dokubo, Tompolo, Ateke Tom, boyloaf have succeeded in mortgaging & collected billions of Naira from the Federal govt, you still want more money. It will not happen & heaven will not fall. The lawmakers should go ahead & do the needful.
PoliticsRe: Nnamdi Kanu Pleads ‘Not Guilty’ To Seven-Count Charge Of Terrorism by MANDIPUTIN(op):
Maxymilliano:
Ok ... What next ?
Till Nov.
PoliticsNnamdi Kanu Pleads ‘Not Guilty’ To Seven-Count Charge Of Terrorism by MANDIPUTIN(op): 10:52am On Oct 21, 2021
Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has been re-arraigned at a federal high court in Abuja on terrorism charges.

The federal government recently amended the charges against him raising them to seven counts as against the five counts he was previously answering to, bordering on treasonable felony and terrorism.

The court session on Thursday commenced at 10 am.

When the charges were read to him, the IPOB leader pleaded not guilty.
https://www.thecable.ng/breaking-nnamdi-kanu-pleads-not-guilty-to-seven-count-charge-of-terrorism

PoliticsRe: Nnamdi Kanu Takes Selfie As He Arrives Court PHOTOS by MANDIPUTIN: 10:25am On Oct 21, 2021
Fahdiga:
How do the OP get all this pictures before anyone else
The pix is everywhere on twitter.

PoliticsRe: Photographs Of Nnamdi Kanu In Court Today by MANDIPUTIN:
Since the government have finally brought him to court. I hope Ipob & all the non-state actors will cease all tantrums and allow peace in South East

PoliticsNnamdi Kanu Trial: Journalists Denied Access To Courtroom by MANDIPUTIN(op): 9:00am On Oct 21, 2021
Many journalists who came for the event were denied access to the courtroom.

The security operatives stationed at the entrance of the Ministry of Justice building told journalists that only accredited judiciary reporters would be allowed in.

The PUNCH, however, observed that even accredited journalists were also not yet allowed to enter the court.

As of 8am. The PUNCH judiciary correspondent and photojournalist as well as several others were standing outside

Also, some lawyers have been denied access to the courtroom.

As of the time of filing this report, at 8.03am, tinted vehicles of the Department of State Services entered the ministry, fuelling speculations that Nnamdi Kanu might be in one of the vehicles.

https://punchng.com/nnamdi-kanu-trial-journalists-denied-access-to-courtroom/?
PoliticsNnamdi Kanu, Igboho: Buhari’s Govt Has Come To Its Wit’s End — Afenifere by MANDIPUTIN(op): 6:40am On Oct 21, 2021
-Prosecution will compound agitations, ill wind, will blow Buhari administration, Nigeria no good

Dayo Johnson Akure

Afenifere, the Pan Yoruba Socio-Political Group has said that the Federal government has come to its wits end in the case with the Biafran leader, Nnamdi Kanu and other self agitators in the country.

Its General Secretary, Chief Sola Ebiseni in a statement issued in Akure said that ” Without prejudice to the determination of the case by the Court it is clear that its end will certainly compound agitations on the national question, an ill-wind that will blow the Buhari administration and Nigeria no good.

The statement reads ” With the amended seven counts charges against Nnamdi Kanu, as released by the press, it appears the Federal Government has come to its wit’s end in the case with the Biafran Leader and self-determination agitations generally.

” lt is time that the Attorney General, Abubakar Malami exercised authoritative superintendence over his office as the Chief Law Officer and Adviser of the Federal Government in a way that the interest of the nation may be served than indulging in petty politicking to massage the ego and pander to the personal idiosyncrasies of the President.

“For instance, the alleged name-calling of Muhammadu Buhari, in April 2015, even before he became the President, would ordinarily be ignored as childish vulgar abuse unworthy of a high profile criminal prosecution.

” ln all the other charges, Kanu is either being prosecuted for alleged statements made in a foreign land as alleged Leader of the proscribed IPOB inciting secession from Nigeria or threatened that anyone who flouted his sit-at-home order should prepare his or her Will.

“It leaves a sour taste in the mouth of serious-minded people that the reason for Kanu’s day in Court was an alleged broadcast that “In 2 weeks’ time, what will happen will shake the world, people will die, the whole world will stand still, mark my word”.

“Months have gone by since May when he allegedly made the statement abroad the apocalypse is not yet here.

“While such inciting statements are punishable under the relevant laws, it is instructive that Government did not say anything about the intended outcome except allegations that “banks, schools, markets, shopping malls, fuel stations were not opened for businesses and vehicular movements grounded” thereby.

” lt is saddening, speaks of multiple standards in the governance of Nigeria and a sad commentary on the unity of Nigeria that this same government has in the hallowed recesses of its administration and in charge of a most sensitive Ministry of Communications Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami whose statements is of a higher incendiary propensity than those of Kanu and with possible aggravated heinous consequences.

“Yet has Government not deemed it important to investigate such statements declaring support for Al-Qaeda, Boko Haram, their leaders and activities including “we are all happy whenever unbelievers are being killed,” and that no believers should work for a secular government.

“There are other terrible allegations which the Presidency took in its stride because the guy has apologised.

“The outcome of this prosecution which is lacking in statesmanship and nobility of character, whichever way it goes, will only enhance the image of the Defendant and in the worst possibility even of conviction, increase his status as a prisoner of conscience.

“Those who opine that if anything happens to Kanu, that the agitation associated with him would suffer or that others would thereby be deterred are merely deceiving themselves and Government.

“A Government that admits that mere words of Kanu has become law, either by legitimate obedience or fear, even while in detention, should think out of the box.

Ebiseni said that “The appropriate mind-set is to admit that Nigeria, as a wobbling contraption of entrenched nationalities, is negotiable and that negotiations do not necessarily lead to dismemberment. Let the dialogue begin now.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/10/state-of-the-nation-nnamdi-kanu-igboho-buharis-govt-has-come-to-its-wits-end-afenifere/
PoliticsSoldier Killed, Houses Burnt As Troops, Imo Youths Clash by MANDIPUTIN(op): 6:00am On Oct 21, 2021
There was tension in Etekuru, in the Ohaji Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State on Wednesday when soldiers and youths in the community clashed.

Our correspondent gathered that a soldier had earlier been ambushed and killed, while his rifle was stolen.

In a reprisal, soldiers invaded the community and burnt houses.

The fight came two weeks after soldiers clashed with youths of Izombe, in the Oguta Local Government Area of the state.

The attack led to the death of three persons, including two military men, and burning of tens of houses in the community.

The latest development caused tension in the community, making many flee their houses.

A spokesperson for 34 Artillery Brigade Command, Obinze, Owerri, Joseph Akuga, did not take his phone, which rang out.

He had also yet to respond to a text message sent to him as of the time of filing this report.
https://punchng.com/soldier-killed-houses-burnt-as-troops-imo-youths-clash/?

PoliticsRe: How Kidnappers, Zealots & Rebels Are Making Nigeria Ungovernable - Economist UK by MANDIPUTIN: 5:07am On Oct 21, 2021
"Nigeria’s instability is largely born of poor governance. Britain, the colonial power, lumped together many groups in one country: Muslims in the north, Christians in the south, numerous and overlapping ethnic groups in different regions"
- Economists UK captured it perfectly.

This is the foundation of all the problems facing Nigeria
PoliticsRe: FG Budgets ₦2,178 For Each Citizen’s Healthcare In 2022 by MANDIPUTIN: 5:06am On Oct 21, 2021
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BusinessRe: I Mistakenly Transfer N10,000.00 To A Wrong Person I Don't Know. by MANDIPUTIN: 2:40pm On Oct 20, 2021
Strongdickfresh:
Dear esteem Nairalanders,

I use the Eco bank mobile app to mistakenly transfer N10,000 to a wrong person I don't know nor seen before. I went to a POS provider agent/stand to withdraw N10,000. However, I mistakenly transfer the money to Ideyi Okoro Joseph of Access bank with account number 0064999199. The time of the transfer is 06:50 PM, on Sunday 10 of October, 2021. I don't know the person and I had never set my eye on him before. It was a wrong transfer. See the details of the transaction below:

AMOUNT: NGN 10,000.00
BENEFICIARY NAME: IDEYI OKORO JOSEPH
DATE: Sunday, 10 October 2021, 06:50 PM
TRANSACTION TYPE: other-local-banks
SENDER NAME:
BENEFICIARY ACCOUNT: 0064999199
DESTINATION BANK: Access Bank

I wanted to transfer the N10,000 to SARAH AVWEROTE of Access bank with account number 0064999198. She is a POS service provider agent. I went to her stand to withdraw money. I made a wrong transfer due to typographical error. I mistakenly type account number 0064999199 instead of 006499198 and 10,000 was transferred to Ideyi Okoro Joseph.

Please what can I do to retrieve the N10,000.00 ? It Is possible for the to retrieve the money.

Please bankers and accountants in this esteem forum should guide me on what to do.

Thanks
Initiate a conversation via customer care with your bank (Ecobank) and detail your transaction to them. They'll liaise with Access Bank to reverse the money using the transaction ID. You can reach Access Bank but its unlikely to retrieve your money except through the complain you initiated via Ecobank.
Initiate a conversation via customer care with your bank (Ecobank) and detail your transaction to them. They'll liaise with Access Bank to reverse the money using the transaction ID. You can reach Access Bank but they're unlikely to retrieve the money except through the complain you initiated via Ecobank.
RomanceWe Bring S€x 2 The Table So Guys Should Pay For Our Expenses”Says Some Uni Girls by MANDIPUTIN(op): 10:20am On Oct 19, 2021
“We Bring S€x to the Table so Guys Should Pay for our Expenses” Says Some University Girls in Ghana


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6mLlHoENMg
RomanceGhanaian lady: My boyfriend is not supposed to take care of my needs. by MANDIPUTIN(op): 9:35am On Oct 19, 2021
My boyfriend is not supposed to take care of my needs when we’re dating, that’s why I have parents

A lady has burst the bubble of many ladies who think and feel their boyfriends are under obligation to take care of their needs.
According to this lady, as far as her parents are around, she sees no reason why her boyfriend should be the one to take care of her needs. She maintained that her boyfriend is not expected to replace her parents and play their role simply because they are dating.

Providing an answer to a public query on what she thought about boyfriends who were somewhat mandated to take care of the girlfriends, the Knutsford University College student said she did not need her boyfriend to pay for her expenses as long as her parents were still alive.

Her parents have the mandate to take care of her, not her boyfriend. This lady has intimated that relationships should not and never become money-making ventures.

Watch the snippet on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CVFfMQOqom0/

CultureMathew Opaluwa Appointed Attah Of Igala By Kogi State Government by MANDIPUTIN(op): 9:18am On Oct 19, 2021
The Kogi State Executive Council has approved the appointment of Prince Mathew Alhaji Opaluwa as the Attah of Igala Kingdom.

The council made the approval during the 6th meeting held at the Council Hall of the Government House in Lokoja on Monday.

Opaluwa is the ninth of the 16 and the fourth of the six surviving males of the late Chief Opaluwa of the Aju Ameacho ruling dynasty of the Igala kingdom.

The Attah designate started his early education at St Boniface Primary School, Idah in 1975 and proceeded to St Peter’s College, Idah where he obtained his West African School Certificate (WASC), in 1980.

He attended the School of Basic Studies, Ugbokolo in Benue State in 1981 and proceeded to Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in the same year and obtained a Bachelor’s of Science (B.Sc.) degree in Business Administration in 1986.

He acquired his Master’s (MBA) degree in Business Administration in 1997.

Before his appointment, he had worked at the Independent National Electoral Commission in 1988 as an administrative officer and rose through the ranks to become a deputy director.

He has served in many local government areas of Kogi, Kaduna and the Federal Capital Territory as an electoral officer but while in Katsina State, he was in charge of the Research and Documentation Unit of the electoral body.
https://dailytrust.com/breaking-kogi-govt-appoints-mathew-opaluwa-as-attah-igala

PoliticsFG Budgets ₦104 Billion To Maintain, Purchase Generators In 2022 by MANDIPUTIN(op): 7:59am On Oct 19, 2021
Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government will in 2022 spend an estimated N104bn on purchasing generators, fuelling and servicing them, The PUNCH has learnt.

The N104bn which will be spent on generators due to the country’s unstable power supply exceeds the Internally Generated Revenue of about 24 states of the federation.

The details are contained in the 2022 budget proposal which has yet to be approved by the National Assembly.

The PUNCH, however, reports that the figure may be higher as about 15 agencies including the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, the Independent National Electoral Commission, National Information Technology Agency, National Pension Commission, Nigeria Customs Service, Central Bank of Nigeria, National Examination Council, Central Bank of Nigeria and others did not indicate their generator budgets.

Finance ministry wants N82bn for generators
A review of the budget shows that the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning headed by Zainab Ahmed, takes the lion’s share of 80 per cent for generators as the ministry set aside N82.03bn.

The item under the heading, ‘Purchase of Fixed Assets- General’ reads, “Purchase of power generating set 82,030,000,000.”

As of press time, the Spokesman for the Finance Ministry, Yunusa Abdullahi, had yet to respond to an inquiry on why the budget for generators for the ministry is very high.

Meanwhile, a further analysis of the budget showed that among the agencies, the Federal Inland Revenue Service has the highest budget for generators.

The agency earmarked N250m for maintenance, N1bn for fuelling the generators and N550m for purchasing new ones, given a total of N1.8bn.

The Nigerian Army has the second highest budget for generators having earmarked N971.7m for generator fuel alone. The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency has the third highest budget for generators at N946m.

The Department of Petroleum Resources set aside N118.7m for maintenance, N666.8m for generator fuel and N120m for the purchase of generators in its offices in Sokoto, Kano, Makurdi, Yenagoa, Ilorin and Umuahia, bringing it to a total of N905.5m.

The agency with the 5th largest generator budget is the Nigerian Ports Authority which set aside N798.2m for the maintenance and purchase of generators.

The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Commission budgeted N470m for the maintenance of a generator plant and N262.11m for the procurement of a generator, given a total sum of N732.1m.

The Federal Road Safety Corps set aside N529.3m for maintenance, fuel and purchase of generators.

The Nigeria Police formations and commands across the country are expected to spend N211.5m on maintenance and N309.8m on fuel for the generators, a total of N521.3m

Similarly, the Nigerian Communications Commission will spend N500m running generators next year having earmarked N190m for maintenance, N150m for the purchase of new generators and N160m for the purchase of fuel for generators.

The Bank of Agriculture set aside N420.5m for the purchase of a generator while the Standards Organisation of Nigeria intends to spend N412m on new generators and the maintenance of existing ones.

The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria will spend N400m on generators.

The National Inland Waterways Authority earmarked N379.93m for the rehabilitation of a generator plant and N50m for the procurement of a generator while the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority budgeted the sum of N240.57m to maintain its generator plant and N124m to acquire a new generator.

Other agencies with large generator budgets include: the Nigerian Defence Academy (N373m), the Nigerian Navy (N344m), the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (N342.2m); and the Accident and Investigation Bureau (N323m).

The Nigeria Immigration Service earmarked N296.91m for generator expenses out of which N86.9m would be spent on fuel while N144.8m and N65.09m would go to the purchase and maintenance of generators respectively.

The Nigerian Meteorological will spend N285m on purchase, maintenance and fuelling of generators in 2022.

The Nigeria Export-Import Bank will spend N217.67m for the maintenance, purchase and fuelling of generators in 2022 while the Nigeria Correctional Service earmarked N134.9m for generator fuel cost, N43.6m for maintenance, a total of N178.5m.

The Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation earmarked N157.8m for the maintenance, fuelling and purchase of generators in 2022 while the National Youth Service Corps set aside N100.2m for the same expenses. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission will spend N127.6m as well.

The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency and the Nigerian Postal Service will spend N100m and N103.1m respectively on generators.

The Federal Ministry of Health and its agencies comprising 88 federal teaching hospitals, medical centres and agencies will spend N3.1bn on generators next year. The health agency with the largest generator budget is the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research which will spend N230m on purchasing generators, N5m on fuel and N1m on maintenance.

The Ministry of Education which oversees 197 federal secondary and tertiary institutions, departments and agencies earmarked a combined N2.8bn for generators. The agency under the ministry with the highest generator budget is the Federal Polytechnic Ekowe which earmarked N237m for the purchase of generators, N18.9m for maintenance and N8.2m for fuel, a total of N264.1m.
https://punchng.com/fg-budgets-n104bn-to-maintain-purchase-generators-in-2022/

PoliticsNigeria-China N720 Billion Currency Swap Collapses by MANDIPUTIN(op): 6:20am On Oct 19, 2021
•Operators allege sabotage –Expert

Three years after the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) signed a currency swap deal with the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), Nigerians are yet to feel the impact of that arrangement, especially as the free fall of naira, currently standing at N570/$1 at the parallel market persists.

In April 2018, the CBN issued the regulations for a US$2.5 billion currency swap agreement in June same year; designed to facilitate trade between the two countries and enhance foreign reserve management.

But tongues have already started wagging that the N720 billion swap deal for at least 15 billion Yuan (Renminbi) (equivalent of $2.4 billion in June 2018) between the two countries has failed to achieve its purpose since it was sealed.

The Bilateral Currency Swap (BCS) agreement was inspired by trade facilitation. It was to allow importers of goods from China to conclude their transactions in Yuan instead of the US Dollar) and vice-versa. This was done to reduce the demand of the US dollars, lift the undue pressure on the naira at the time, consistent with the CBN’s naira management strategies.

While the CBN has continued with the implementation of the BCS with the Peoples’ Bank of China through fortnightly Renminbi auctions, it was gathered that bureaucratic bottlenecks have become a major challenges for traders and importers transacting business with China.
https://www.sunnewsonline.com/nigeria-china-n720bn-currency-swap-collapses/?

PoliticsRe: IPOB’s Sit-at-Home Order Grounds Owerri by MANDIPUTIN:
Anambra election: 2Face Idibia urges youths to be agents of peace.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/10/anambra-youths-group-kicks-off-vote-not-fight-campaign/
PoliticsRe: IPOB’s Sit-at-Home Order Grounds Owerri by MANDIPUTIN: 1:55pm On Oct 18, 2021
I thought Ipob said the sit at home is on Thursday 21st October
PoliticsBuhari Condoles Late Sheikh Gumi’s Family Over Widow’s Death by MANDIPUTIN(op): 7:45am On Oct 18, 2021
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended heartfelt condolences to the family of the late Muslim scholar, Sheikh Abubakar Mahmud Gumi over the death of his widow and matriarch of the family, Hajiya Aminatu Bintu Gumi.

Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said in a statement that Buhari, in a message to the family in Kaduna delivered by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Mahmud Mohammed, he recalled the late Aminatu’s simplicity and warmth and described her demise as “indeed very touching.”

“I am deeply saddened to learn about the demise of your mother. My heartfelt condolences are with you in this intense hour of grief,” the President said to the step children, General Abdulkadir Gumi (rtd), the Kaduna – based cleric Dr Ahmed Abubakar Gumi and the other children.

He prayed to Allah to grant them strength and fortitude to bear the loss.

https://www.sunnewsonline.com/buhari-condoles-late-sheikh-gumis-family-over-widows-death/
HealthParents: TUMBU FLY Can Lay Eggs On Children's Body by MANDIPUTIN(op): 7:06am On Oct 18, 2021
Please post to save lives. I saw this post and I think it may be useful to someone here, if u don't have kids u may have younger ones.
"I want to share an experience I had a few days ago. I noticed my son had four boils, one on his head, his chest, his leg and his fingers. They were so small, I assumed they are slight infections and would go. His doctor recommended an antibiotic cream. You can see the picture of when the thing was still small. Sometimes my son will be shouting "his head, his head" or "his leg", I assumed it was aches that the boil was giving him and I gave him just paracetamol. His teachers also claimed that he usually shouts "my head, my head" in school. On the third day. As I got back from work, I checked the hand and saw that the boil had opened. I saw something like pus. Lo and behold when I pressed it, a live maggot came out!
I wanted to faint. I called my husband and also called the doctor. It was already about 6pm, we couldn't go to the hospital. So the doctor , advised I pressed all of them which I did. 4 live maggots in all. I cleaned the wound with spirit. And his doctor placed him on antibiotics, my son was able to have a restful sleep compared to the past 4 days. The doctor eventually told me about the TUMBU FLY. Please read about it mums. Knowledge is power.
She said it happens to both babies, toddlers and adults! Especially when clothes are spread outside or damp clothes. The fly lays eggs on the clothes or when the fly lays eggs on the grass and your clothes fall on the grass, the clothes magnet the egg. When you wear it, the egg enters your skin and begins to mature as a maggot. At nights, it will be moving which is why my son used to cry a lot at night when he's shouting " My head, my head"
Doctor's recommendation:
1. Hold all your clothes and children's clothes with pegs to prevent them from falling down.
2. Shake all clothes off before taking them inside.
3. Wash all children's clothes with hot water.
4. Iron all clothes especially that of children .
5. Encourage washing of hands.
6. Clean all surfaces with disinfectant.
7. Wash all bedsheets and towel with hot water.
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PoliticsNigeria’s Unity Negotiable – Babagana Kingibe by MANDIPUTIN(op): 7:35am On Oct 17, 2021
At The Sun Awards: Nigeria’s unity negotiable –Kingibee

https://www.sunnewsonline.com/at-the-sun-awards-nigerias-unity-negotiable-kingibe/


Contrary to the claims by many Nigerian leaders that the unity of the country is non-negotiable, a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Alhaji Babagana Kingibe, has declared that the unity of Nigeria is negotiable.

Speaking Saturday at The Sun Newspaper Awards for 2020 held in Lagos, Kingibe however said even the union between a husband and wife is negotiable.

“I was born in Nigeria. I was groomed in Nigeria. I believe in Nigeria. People of my generation believe in Nigeria. We have no doubt about the fact that we have no option, but Nigeria.

“However, I think that a few of my colleagues believe that the unity of Nigeria is not negotiable. Of course, it is negotiable. Even the unity of a family is negotiable. Even the constitution of husband and wife is negotiable. The moment either parties feels this union is no longer bearable, that he or she will rather go his/her way. You help them to sit down consider their condition after a careful and rational examination of the pros and cons of how to be married that they take the decision which suit them best.

“It is enough just to say I do not farewell where I am. So, I am going,” Kingibe explained.

He, however, added that any party that wants to pull out from the union should consider the implications.

“Are you sure where you are going? Are you sure of the consequence of where you are going? Do you really feel that the grass is greener on the other side? If you do, sit with your partner in respect, in mutual respect, in love if possible, but without demonising your husband or your wife because you will always remain the ex of the other person. But discuss quietly so that even if you separate in the future you can inter-relate with love and respect,” he added.

Speaking specifically on the issue of those agitating to leave the country, Kingibe said: “When we ever say we want to go away, I do not think they realise the going away. It is not that you carve out the piece of land, take it up and put it in other side of Ghana. The piece of land will be here. You will be here. Everybody will be here. And we all want to prosper. My appeal to everyone is, please, let us be respectful of one another. Let us not demonise one another. Let us respect the views of everybody,” he noted.
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