iwaeda: Why are you sending me this? the bombing was outside stade de pac, In Ilorin Kunlende and Oke Sobi are always use for this exercise. Stadium is meant for Sports, what if we have accidental discharge, Anyway just kidding
They are conducting the simulation in order to prepare to respond in case there is a terrorist attack on the stadium or metro station. Terrorists love attacking crowded places where they can injure or kill a large number of people. Attacks at such places are also guaranteed to get maximum media coverage and to scare (terrorise) civilians.
That's the same reason that they conducted another simulation exercise at the airport some years ago.
(The exercise is obviously not designed to take place on the playing surface of the stadium, but at the approaches to the stadium and other areas where fans congregate.)
It's my fault. I should have realised from the beginning.
I once told a Nairalander that she should always check the profiles of people before engaging them, but I didn't follow my own advice.
The good thing is that my instincts always work. The first clue was that he was being unnecessarily aggressive and insulting. That always tells me that the person is deliberately trying to troll. The second clue was something that he posted. It reminded me of a time that I argued with him in 2013.
Go and check his profile. He registered today. The sole reason he registered is to have that encounter.
naptu2: This is a video of people from Rivers State protesting in London against Biafra in 1968.
The protesters said that the Biafran authorities had set up concentration camps in which people of Rivers State origin were being tortured. They claimed that the Biafrans were oppressing minorities in the East. They marched to 10 Downing Street to present a letter to the British Prime Minister asking him to help crush "the tyranny of Biafra". They also marched to the residence of the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Heenan, to deliver a protest letter. It was believed that the Vatican/Catholic Church supported Biafra and Cardinal Heenan (who was vocal in his support for Biafra) had preached a sermon at an interdenominational service that angered a lot of Nigerians. You can hear the protesters chanting, "Heenan out".
Many people of Rivers State origin supported the federal side in the war, especially after Rivers State was created. The minorities in the East had been campaigning for separate states since the late 1950s, because they felt that they were being dominated by the Igbos in Eastern Nigeria. Isaac Adaka Boro had launched a rebellion in order to free the Niger Delta people from what he believed was the oppression of the Igbos in Eastern Nigeria. The head of state, Major General Ironsi, sent in the army to crush the rebellion and Boro was arrested. When General Gowon took over and created Rivers State, he released Isaac Boro from detention and Boro became a major in the Nigerian Army and fought on the Federal side in the war.
The chief of air staff of Biafra, Colonel George Kurubo, also defected to the Federal side. He said that his people had always wanted a Rivers State and that there was no reason to keep fighting since their demand had been granted. He later became the Nigerian ambassador to the Soviet Union.
The people of the old Ogoja and Calabar provinces had also campaigned for a separate COR state. They were therefore pleased when Gowon created the South-Eastern State (the predecessor of the present Cross River and Akwa Ibom states). Therefore, the Biafran authorities placed many people from these areas under special watch. Many people from these areas were relocated from their homeland because the Biafrans suspected that they supported and were assisting the Federal side. One of the most publicised war crimes committed by the Biafrans occurred when federal troops landed in Calabar in October 1967. About 167 civilians in detention were lined up and executed by Biafran soldiers.
Brigadier Babafemi Ogundipe was chief of staff of the Nigerian Armed Forces and this made him the second in command and deputy head of state in the Ironsi Regime. However, both he and Ironsi did not have enough followers, both in the military and among civilians and Ironsi was killed while Ogundipe was smuggled out of Nigeria by sea.
Ogundipe was later appointed as the Nigerian high commissioner to the UK.
This is a video of a press conference and interview that he granted in London in 1969.
The interviewer asked him about air raids in Biafra. He said that the allegations of bombing of civilians were exaggerated. He said that the Federal side was not deliberately bombing civilians as this would be counter productive since the aim of the government was reunification. The interviewer pressed him further on issues related to air raids in Biafra.
I want to make one more post about the Mid-West invasion. It's a. "What happened to them" post. I mentioned a lot of people in my posts, so what happened to them in the end? But I'm not sure if I'll have the time to make it.
My mind is already wandering towards another series. It's the 25th anniversary of my argument with that professor, so I feel that I should reproduce the argument here. Who killed Ironsi?? There's a massive myth about the identity of the person that killed Ironsi, despite the fact that the truth is obvious. Many Nigerians love amazing stories and will always stick to these amazing stories even though they are not true. Someone that was right there when Ironsi was shot has told the true story of what happened to Ironsi, the person that is always falsely accused has told the true story, one of the kidnappers has confessed, but people chose to believe that tales of people that were not there when Ironsi was kidnapped.
Anyway, I was also searching for videos of the two press conferences in London (I've watched them before) when I remembered this. The chaos in London. There were two senior officers that played minor, yet interesting roles in the crisis. These officers were General Gowon's seniors. They both gave separate press conferences in London. This particular press conference was interrupted by a Biafran protester. The protester was eventually apprehended (after a lot of drama) and thrown out.
The two senior officers were Babafemi Ogundipe and George Kurubo. Ogundipe had been Ironsi's deputy. He was smuggled out of Nigeria and eventually became Nigerian high commissioner to the UK during the Gowon era. The other was George Kurubo. George Kurubo was the first Nigerian chief of the Air Staff. He was chief of the Air Staff during Ironsi's regime. He became the commander of the Biafran Air Force at the beginning of the war. However, he later defected to the Nigerian side. He said, during this press conference, that the Ijaws had always been fighting for a Rivers State and Gowon had given them what they wanted. Kurubo was eventually made the Nigerian ambassador to the Soviet Union.
However, before Kurubo could begin speaking, this protester held up a sign that read, "Ogundipe and Kurubo are traitors" and then this drama ensued.
I want to make one more post about the Mid-West invasion. It's a. "What happened to them" post. I mentioned a lot of people in my posts, so what happened to them in the end? But I'm not sure if I'll have the time to make it.
My mind is already wandering towards another series. It's the 25th anniversary of my argument with that professor, so I feel that I should reproduce the argument here. Who killed Ironsi?? There's a massive myth about the identity of the person that killed Ironsi, despite the fact that the truth is obvious. Many Nigerians love amazing stories and will always stick to these amazing stories even though they are not true. Someone that was right there when Ironsi was shot has told the true story of what happened to Ironsi, the person that is always falsely accused has told the true story, one of the kidnappers has confessed, but people chose to believe that tales of people that were not there when Ironsi was kidnapped.
Anyway, I was also searching for videos of the two press conferences in London (I've watched them before) when I remembered this. The chaos in London. There were two senior officers that played minor, yet interesting roles in the crisis. These officers were General Gowon's seniors. They both gave separate press conferences in London. This particular press conference was interrupted by a Biafran protester. The protester was eventually apprehended (after a lot of drama) and thrown out.
The two senior officers were Babafemi Ogundipe and George Kurubo. Ogundipe had been Ironsi's deputy. He was smuggled out of Nigeria and eventually became Nigerian high commissioner to the UK during the Gowon era. The other was George Kurubo. George Kurubo was the first Nigerian chief of the Air Staff. He was chief of the Air Staff during Ironsi's regime. He became the commander of the Biafran Air Force at the beginning of the war. However, he later defected to the Nigerian side. He said, during this press conference, that the Ijaws had always been fighting for a Rivers State and Gowon had given them what they wanted. Kurubo was eventually made the Nigerian ambassador to the Soviet Union.
However, before Kurubo could begin speaking, this protester held up a sign that read, "Ogundipe and Kurubo are traitors" and then this drama ensued.
Federal Government Backs Disparity In Unity Schools Cut-off Marks
by cynthy2000: 11:13am On Jun 19, 2013
cynthy2000: Federal Government on Tuesday defended the controversial cut-off point released for admissions into the 104 Unity Colleges in the country.
The government said it was persuaded by the need to make quality education accessible to all Nigerians irrespective of ethnic and geographical locations.
Whereas a pupil from Anambra State, irrespective of gender, is expected to score at least 139 to gain admission into the schools, a male pupil from Yobe and a female from Zamfara is required to score only two.
It also showed discrimination between male and female students in some states.
While a male student from Yobe requires only two out of 300 possible scores to gain admission, a female requires 27 to gain admission into the same school. For Taraba, it is three for male and 11 for female. It is nine against 20 in favour of male in Kebbi State.
In an interview with our correspondent, Mr. Simeon Nwakaudu, who is the Special Assistant (Media) to the Minister of State at the education ministry, Nyesom Wike, said there was no ill motive behind the cut-off points as “the reason the schools were established in the first place was for unity”.
Our correspondent however learnt that the principles of Merit, Catchment Area, and Educationally Less Developed States was insisted on by the Federal Government to accommodate the educationally backward states in the North, especially those suffering from security challenges.
A source who spoke to our correspondent in confidence said, “Many schools don’t even have candidates at all. While there is over subscription for Kings College, Queens College, Federal Government College, Enugu and Port-Harcourt, there is no subscription for schools in Yobe, Sokoto Adamawa, Borno and others that do not even have security issues.”
Unity Schools: Agbakoba reiterates call for adherence to court order on uniform cut off marks
News Agency Of Nigeria March 22, 2019 4:13 PM
As entrance examination into Unity Schools across Nigeria approaches, a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Dr Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), has reiterated his call for a uniform cut off marks for all students.
Agbakoba spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Friday, emphasised the need to eschew ethnicity and promote unity in the society.
NAN reports that Agbakoba had in a suit numbered FHC/L/CS/1358/2013, against the Attorney General of the Federation and the Federal Ministry of Education, had sought an order, restraining discrimination against students applying into unity schools, on account of their ethnicity or place of origin.
The Federal High Court had in a judgment delivered in 2014, ordered that uniform admission requirements, especially cut-off marks, be applied to all candidates seeking admission into Federal Government Colleges.
Responding to questions on the impact of the court’s judgment to consequent admission process into government colleges, Agbakoba said:
“I am disappointed; If you recall, the judgment in Olisa Agbakoba v. A-G Federation & Ministry of Education FHC/L/CS/1358/2013, the Federal High Court Lagos Division, had restrained further discrimination against students applying into unity schools on account of their ethnicity, gender or place of origin.
“The Federal High Court’s judgment has established that the Federal Government policy which prescribes and applies different requirements including cut-off marks for candidates seeking admission into these Colleges, based on gender, ethnicity, or state of origin, is discriminatory and violates the Constitution.”
He, however, lamented that almost five years down the line, since the court’s judgment was delivered, its orders are yet to be complied with by the relevant stakeholders, regardless of whether an appeal subsist against same.
He said: “The full benefit of the judgment will come when it is obeyed.”
On whether the term “Unity Schools” have served its purpose of achieving integration among the diverse ethnic groups in society, Agbakoba said that the first set of unity schools in the country, had strive to achieve a measure of unity among the diverse ethnic groups.
He, however, noted with disappointment, that the infiltration of discrimination among Nigerians is now responsible for polarizing citizens along ethnic lines.
As entrance examinations into the federal colleges are billed to kick off in April, Agbakoba called for a holistic adherence to the decision of the lower court.
“The relevant authorities should obey the judgment of the Federal High Court, Lagos, by applying uniform cut-off marks for all candidates seeking admission into unity schools, irrespective of gender, state of origin or ethnicity.
“The judgment of the Federal High Court is subsisting; the appeal by the Federal Ministry of Education does not prevent the Federal Government or the Unity Schools from obeying this Judgment,” he said.
Court orders uniform cut-off mark for all Unity Schools
December 18, 2014 By Innocent Anaba
LAGOS — A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has granted an order mandating the Federal Government to apply a uniform cut-off mark to all candidates seeking admission into Federal Government Colleges, also known as Unity Schools, irrespective of their states of origin.
Trial judge, Justice John Tsoho, in the landmark decision, declared as unconstitutional, the state-based admission inequality in Federal Government colleges.
Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Mr. Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, in the suit against the Federal Government and the Minister of Education, had challenged the prescribed different cut-off marks for different states, based on candidates’ gender and their states of origin, arguing that same violates the candidates’ fundamental rights to freedom from discrimination guaranteed by Section 42(1) of the 1999 Constitution.
He had argued that Section 42 of the 1999 Constitution prohibits administrative or executive actions by government that discriminate between Nigerians on grounds of ethnicity, gender, religion and place of origin.
He had asked the court to declare that the administrative act of the respondents, particularly the Minister of Education, which prescribes and applies different requirements including cut-off marks for candidates seeking admission into Federal Government colleges, based on gender, ethnicity, states of origin, etc., is discriminatory against applicant’s grandchildren and the group or class they represent, on grounds of ethnicity, states of origin, gender, etc. and therefore violates Section 42(1) of 1999 Constitution.
He also prayed for:
*An order directing the respondents, particularly Minister of Education to apply uniform admission requirements, especially cut-off marks to all candidates seeking admission into Federal Government colleges, notwithstanding their gender, states of origin, ethnicity, etc.
*An order of perpetual injunction restraining the respondents, particularly the Minister of Education, whether by itself, its agents, servants, privies or otherwise howsoever from further acts of discrimination in admission to Federal Government colleges.
Agbakoba in a 19-paragraph affidavit had averred that since the inception of the Unity Schools, the Federal Government had maintained great disparity in admission requirements for candidates wishing to be admitted into Federal Government colleges.
In particular, he had argued that the Federal Government prescribed different cut-off marks for different states, based on candidates’ gender and their states of origin.
After hearing arguments from counsel to parties, the court ordered that the Federal Government and Minister of Education should apply uniform cut-off mark to all candidates seeking admission into Federal Government Colleges, irrespective of their states of origin.
Unity Schools: Agbakoba reiterates call for adherence to court order on uniform cut off marks
News Agency Of Nigeria March 22, 2019 4:13 PM
As entrance examination into Unity Schools across Nigeria approaches, a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Dr Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), has reiterated his call for a uniform cut off marks for all students.
Agbakoba spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Friday, emphasised the need to eschew ethnicity and promote unity in the society.
NAN reports that Agbakoba had in a suit numbered FHC/L/CS/1358/2013, against the Attorney General of the Federation and the Federal Ministry of Education, had sought an order, restraining discrimination against students applying into unity schools, on account of their ethnicity or place of origin.
The Federal High Court had in a judgment delivered in 2014, ordered that uniform admission requirements, especially cut-off marks, be applied to all candidates seeking admission into Federal Government Colleges.
Responding to questions on the impact of the court’s judgment to consequent admission process into government colleges, Agbakoba said:
“I am disappointed; If you recall, the judgment in Olisa Agbakoba v. A-G Federation & Ministry of Education FHC/L/CS/1358/2013, the Federal High Court Lagos Division, had restrained further discrimination against students applying into unity schools on account of their ethnicity, gender or place of origin.
“The Federal High Court’s judgment has established that the Federal Government policy which prescribes and applies different requirements including cut-off marks for candidates seeking admission into these Colleges, based on gender, ethnicity, or state of origin, is discriminatory and violates the Constitution.”
He, however, lamented that almost five years down the line, since the court’s judgment was delivered, its orders are yet to be complied with by the relevant stakeholders, regardless of whether an appeal subsist against same.
He said: “The full benefit of the judgment will come when it is obeyed.”
On whether the term “Unity Schools” have served its purpose of achieving integration among the diverse ethnic groups in society, Agbakoba said that the first set of unity schools in the country, had strive to achieve a measure of unity among the diverse ethnic groups.
He, however, noted with disappointment, that the infiltration of discrimination among Nigerians is now responsible for polarizing citizens along ethnic lines.
As entrance examinations into the federal colleges are billed to kick off in April, Agbakoba called for a holistic adherence to the decision of the lower court.
“The relevant authorities should obey the judgment of the Federal High Court, Lagos, by applying uniform cut-off marks for all candidates seeking admission into unity schools, irrespective of gender, state of origin or ethnicity.
“The judgment of the Federal High Court is subsisting; the appeal by the Federal Ministry of Education does not prevent the Federal Government or the Unity Schools from obeying this Judgment,” he said.
Court Cancels Disparity In Federal Colleges’ Admission Requirements
gratiaeo: DECEMBER 18, 2014 BY RAMON OLADIMEJI { A Federal High Court in Lagos has entered judgement in favour of an application by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, seeking uniform admission requirements into Federal Government Colleges, otherwise called unity schools.
Agbakoba had sued the Minister of Education, Mr. Ibrahim Shekarau, over the disparity in the admission requirements for students seeking to study in the unity schools.
Delivering judgement in the suit marked FHC/L/CS/1358/2013 on Wednesday, Justice James Tsoho held that such disparities in admission requirements into the Federal Government colleges were against the spirit of Section 42(1) of the 1999 Constitution.
The judge held that since the Constitution was supreme, it would automatically override any administrative law or policies adopted by the Ministry of Education.
The court therefore ordered Shekarau to apply uniform admission requirements, especially cut-off marks, to all candidates seeking admission into unity schools across the country.
In a 19-paragraph affidavit filed in support of his suit, Agbakoba had stated that since the inception of the unity schools, the Federal Government had maintained disparities in admission requirements.
He noted in particular that the Federal Government prescribed different cut-off marks based on the candidates’ gender and their states of origin.
He therefore sought a declaration of the court that the action of the education minister in prescribing and applying different requirements, including cut-off marks, to candidates seeking admission into unity schools was in violation of the Constitution.
The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit (Taskforce) over the weekend arrested 71 miscreants in a dawn raid of black spots in Oshodi, just as it impounded 227 commercial motorcycles from riders plying prohibited routes.
Speaking on the operation, the Chairman of the Task Force, CSP Shola Jejeloye, stated that the raid was in compliance with the directives of the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu, to rid Oshodi of traffic robbers and miscreants who harass and dispossess motorists and commuters of their belongings.
The Chairman, who led the raid, said the team combed Oshodi-Oke, Oshodi-Underbridge, Toyota Area and Fatai Atere Way among other locations the axis where many ex-convicts, drug addicts and peddlers were arrested between the hours of 5am and 6am in the morning.
While informing that the suspects were taken to the Agency’s Headquarters in Oshodi where five persons were released after screening, Jejeloye stated that some of the suspects indicted for their notoriety and criminal conduct in the areas included Solomon Ebenezer (29), Toyin Shoboyejo (29), Chidebere Peter (29) and Demola Olowe (a.k.a FGN) all of whom were ex-convicts.
In a related development, the Chairman also revealed that the Lagos State Taskforce operatives have impounded 227 commercial motorcycles (popularly known as Okada) for plying restricted routes. The bikes were impounded in Ikeja Along, Ogba, Alaguntan, Abule Egba, Command, Gate and Ayobo.
He vowed that the Agency would intensify enforcement to complement the efforts of the Lagos Police Command in ridding the State of criminals, while also continuing with the clampdown on commercial motorcycles plying prohibited routes in Lagos.
Some of the motorists and passers-by, who witnessed the arrest of some of the miscreants, commended the Task Force for the clampdown, adding that they had made Oshodi inaccessible at dawn and night.
#LASG #ForAGreaterLagos
CAPTION: PIX: Some of the arrested suspects at the Task Force Headquarters in Oshodi after the Dawn Raid by operatives of the Agency
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