okemejames: There is something more disappointing and devastating when you get to the ATM stand only to find out it can't dispense cash. This is usually more painful after staying on the queue for a long time maybe under an angry sun. A more disheartening scenario is when your card is retained by your own Bank ATM and the situation becomes more critical when it happened during the weekend especially after the closure of Banks. It becomes very painful when an emergency is at hand . These cases are not as serious as when your ATM card is retained by the ATM of another bank other than yours. That can really be heartbreaking as no matter the English you speak the customer agent will direct you to your bank for a new ATM card. They'll tell you it is a directive from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). We all know how these ATMs malfunction sometimes and whenever that occurs and your card happen to be inside is an endgame; the only response you will get is that your card has been compromised. Worst is the case when you consider the rigmarole as it's an Herculean task to get a new card as the process is as difficult as looking for a bank or an establishment without a standby generator. The importance of ATM can't be overemphasized as it has in tremendous ways assisted the banking system and the economy of the Nation at large. Transactions had been eased and businesses done easily but the impediment of a retained card is indeed catastrophic. As long as a proof of ownership can be presented, I see no reason why a retained ATM card won't be released. It may now become a thing of trial and error or risk to make withdrawals from other bank ATMs. It's high time a bill is passed by the National Assembly or whoever in charge in respect to this reoccurring decimal. CBN should carefully look into this situation and reconsider their policy as it pertain this challenge. It cost time and money to get a new ATM card; even energy is also exerted in the process. We all know that one of the customer's bill of rights is that the customer is the most important person in the economy and every business succeeds only when the customer is happy; therefore the customers should be regarded as a king. It will be a thing of joy if this policy is revisited and reconsidered for the benefit of all and for a better relationship in respect to the economy and the Nation at large. Thank You.
By: Jerome Okeme
(Pls this article should be shared to all various social media platforms so that it can reach relevant authorities)
OlujobaSamuel: Which kind emergency number be dis, why not 2 to 3 three digits number, then options of extension to route to like calling customer care. Aside 112 and 727, I can never try to know any of those number. Emergency number should be a number that can be easily dialed on any phone even if not saved prior to time of need/distress
The emergency numbers are actually 112 and 767. The others are not really emergency numbers, but numbers through which you can make complaints to the government.
TheAutoReporter: Many people do not know the history of aircraft in Nigeria, while many thought that civilizations starts and end in Lagos, some starts in Nigeria have their fair share of the feat through. According to Jafaar Jafaar, he was able to analyse about the first flight that happened in Bauch in 1928.
Three years after the first aircraft landed in Kano, Bauchi people also had their own share of the spectacle in 1928.
In preparation for the arrival of the aircraft, an expanse of land was cleared by prisoners to serve as the aerodrome about half a mile from Bauchi.
After their long flight from Egypt, the planes made an impressive landing on the hastily improvised aerodrome before a large crowd of native chiefs, spectators and entertainers.
The first picture shows the arrival of the second plane, which made the best landing.
The second picture shows the Emir of Bauchi Yakubu Usmanu leading other traditional rulers in the province to see one of the aeroplanes immediately after landing.
The third picture shows the young Emir of Misau Ahmadu dan Tafida seated in the cockpit of one of the 'planes.
The fourth picture shows the chief mechanic of the aircraft, while the fifth and sixth pictures show drummers and entertainers at the grand event.
*The Sphere of August 25, 1928, dedicated a full page to feature the event.
Shittes: IMN cries out as Kaduna court denies El-Zakzaky, wife bail
Published on July 18, 2019 By John Owen Nwachukwu
Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, also known as Shiites, has claimed that its leader, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky was on the verge of going blind and may also lose his life if not allowed to go for medical treatment.
IMN raised the alarm after the Kaduna State High Court on Thursday, ordered the Islamic cleric to remain in detention.
In a statement signed and made available to DAILY POST on Thursday, by the Chairman, Free Zakzaky Campaign Committee, Abdurrahman Abubakar Yola, Shiites berated the court for allegedly “failing to stand for truth and justice against tyranny and impunity.”
The statement added, “Today, Thursday 18/07/19 the Kaduna state High Court sat to hear an extraordinary application for bail on medical grounds, instituted by counsels to our leader, Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky and his wife Malama Zeenat Ibraheem.
“Unfortunately, the court once again shirked in its duties to be on the side of victims of extreme persecution by the government. When it mattered most, the court ducked and failed to stand for truth and justice against tyranny and impunity.
The statement added, “Today, Thursday 18/07/19 the Kaduna state High Court sat to hear an extraordinary application for bail on medical grounds, instituted by counsels to our leader, Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky and his wife Malama Zeenat Ibraheem.
“Unfortunately, the court once again shirked in its duties to be on the side of victims of extreme persecution by the government. When it mattered most, the court ducked and failed to stand for truth and justice against tyranny and impunity.
“It will be recalled that the applicants are known to be clearly very ill in detention, consequent on the brutal wounds unjustifiably inflicted on them by the state agents in the name of Nigerian army, the resultant prolonged dehumanizing detention in the custody of the Department of State Security (DSS) and the obvious poisoning of the Sheikh.
“As a result of all these physical and psychological stresses, the Sheikh suffered series of mild strokes and is at the risk of further recurrences. Meanwhile, he lost one eye following the military attack and is at a severe risk of losing sight completely in the other.
“He is now found to have more than twenty times the toxic levels of lead poison in his body! Similarly, the wife has been under excruciating pains with shrapnel deeply lodged in her body for all these years of inhuman conditions in detention.
She now is able to ambulate only with the use of a wheelchair. Even today both were unable to walk to the courtroom and had to wait outside while the case went on.
In spite of all these, the court once again has allowed the government to kill these innocent people by instalments via unnecessary delays.
“We continue to give praises to the Almighty for further evidence that the Nigerian government is both unable and unwilling to serve justice, not even through the courts.
“This further proves to the world that the Movement and its leader have been and continue to be only victims of impunity and mischievous plots by the Buhari-led government.
“We wish to use this opportunity to say a big thank you to all people of conscience, human rights activists and organizations, journalists and all those that continue to be on our side in the dogged campaign for justice for the victims of Zaria genocide.
“We will continue with our unrelenting campaigns to see that the needful is done.”
A Kaduna State High Court on Wednesday denied the Leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria otherwise known as ‘Shiites’, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, bail.
The court refused the Shiites’ leader bail on the grounds that he did not attach a medical report to his bail application.
The court was presided over by Mr. Justice Gideon Kurada.
The IMN leader and his wife would remain in the custody of the Department of State Security until January 22, 2019.
Security was tight within and outside the court located along the Ibrahim Taiwo road in the metropolis.
A High Court in Kaduna has set August 5, 2019, to rule on the application for medical attention by Sheik Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife Zeenat.
El-Zakzaky and his wife Zeenat weren’t in court today, with their lead counsel, Femi Falana, citing health reasons.
The suit between the Kaduna State Government and Ibrahim Elzakzaky led Islamic Movement in Nigeria, popularly called Shi’ites is coming three days after a Federal High Court in Abuja granted the Federal Government the power to proscribe the group.
Commercial and business activities around the court were grounded as hundreds of Shiites troop to witness the court sitting.
Residents were subjected to trekking distances with security personnel placed on high alert.
Justice Darius Khobo after listening to the counsels fixed August 5 to make a ruling on the case.
Endtimebro: From the post he seems to be their medical personal, but the OP said he is the leader
The OP??
naptu2: The ring leader (Monday Chikwunka) also served as medical aid of these criminals by providing medical assistance to the wounded bandits who sustained gun shot wounds and their families. He confessed treating the pregnant wife of the one of the most notorious bandit, DOGO NAHALLI who is still at large.
naptu2: “The ring leader (Monday Chikwunka) also served as medical aid of these criminals by providing medical assistance to the wounded bandits who sustained gun shot wounds and their families.
Troops have arrested 17 bandits in Katsina and killed one of them during a clearance operation, the Nigerian Army announced on Sunday.
A statement by Assistant Director Arny Public Relations, Lt Mohammed Isa Yahaya said the troops recovered arms and ammunition from the bandits.
He added that the bandits have been terrorising Katsina communities and also engaged in cattle rustling in the area.
Lt Yahaya said:”troops of HARBIN KUNAMA III have successfully conducted a joint operation with troops of Operation HADARIN DAJI and personnel of the Nigerian police to clear bandits and other reported cases of robbery, cattle rustling and kidnappings in Katsina state.
“The clearance operation which is aimed at destroying all bandits’ camps in Katsina state has yielded tremendous results.
“In the course of the operation, troops conducted a cordon and search exercise while acting on credible intelligence reports at YAR SANTA village in Kankara Local Government Area and its environ.
“At the peak of the exercise, one Mr Monday Chikwunka, 36 years old, an indigene of Delta state alongside sixteen (16) other bandits specialised in rustling cows, killing and kidnapping of citizens were intercepted.
“Preliminary interrogation and confessional statements by the suspects revealed that the gang are responsible for most criminal activities in the State and its localities.
“The ring leader (Monday Chikwunka) also served as medical aid of these criminals by providing medical assistance to the wounded bandits who sustained gun shot wounds and their families.
” He confessed treating the pregnant wife of the one of the most notorious bandit, DOGO NAHALLI who is still at large.
“The suspects have been handed over to the appropriate security agency for further investigation and prosecution.
“In a similar development, troops while on clearance operations, encountered a group of fleeing bandits and neutralized one of the criminals who tried to escape.
“Many camps belonging to the bandits were destroyed.
The following items were recovered from the scene:
2× AK 47 rifle 4× AK 47 Magazines and 10 rounds of 7.62 mm 6× locally made Dane guns 1× revolver pistol 1× locally made revolver rifle 20× handsets and 2× motorcycles
“The locals expressed optimism and appreciation while commending the efforts of Nigerian Army as well as other security agencies for ensuring the safety of lives and properties which enabled them continued with their routine activities including farming in the areas.
” Troops will continue to exploit by combing all hideouts of the bandits with the view to denying them freedom of action.”
Operation Harbin Kunama III in Katsina Arrests Notorious Bandits and Ring Leader, Monday Chikwunka
July 28, 2019 Mohammed Issa Yahaya
Troops of HARBIN KUNAMA III have successfully conducted a joint operation with troops of Operation HADARIN DAJI and personnel of the Nigerian police to clear bandits and other reported cases of robbery, cattle rustling and kidnappings in Katsina state.
The clearance operation which is aimed at destroying all bandits’ camps in Katsina state has yielded tremendous results.
In the course of the operation, troops conducted a cordon and search exercise while acting on credible intelligence reports at YAR SANTA village in Kankara Local Government Area and its environ.
At the peak of the exercise, one Mr Monday Chikwunka, 36 years old, an indigene of Delta state alongside sixteen (16) other bandits specialised in rustling cows, killing and kidnapping of citizens were intercepted.
Preliminary interrogation and confessional statements by the suspects revealed that the gang are responsible for most criminal activities in the State and its localities.
The ring leader (Monday Chikwunka) also served as medical aid of these criminals by providing medical assistance to the wounded bandits who sustained gun shot wounds and their families. He confessed treating the pregnant wife of the one of the most notorious bandit, DOGO NAHALLI who is still at large.
The suspects have been handed over to the appropriate security agency for further investigation and prosecution.
In a similar development, troops while on clearance operations, encountered a group of fleeing bandits and neutralized one of the criminals who tried to escape. Many camps belonging to the bandits were destroyed.
The following items were recovered from the scene:
2× AK 47 rifle 4× AK 47 Magazines and 10 rounds of 7.62 mm 6× locally made Dane guns 1× revolver pistol 1× locally made revolver rifle 20× handsets2× motorcycles
The locals expressed optimism and appreciation while commending the efforts of Nigerian Army as well as other security agencies for ensuring the safety of lives and properties which enabled them continued with their routine activities including farming in the areas. Troops will continue to exploit by combing all hideouts of the bandits with the view to denying them freedom of action.
The General public are as usual enjoined to aassist troops and other security agencies by providing credible information on any suspicious activities and movements of persons or goods.
ivandragon: The primary issue was why he was not released while in the FG's custody & you have admitted that you were not comfortable with the FG's decision to DISOBEY the court.
So that the matter is now being handled by the Kaduna state government doesn't negate the fact that for about 2 years, the FG chose to disobey court orders on the matter.
Who is arguing about that? The subject of this thread is the fact that the president can not and should not interfere in the judicial process and the fact that he is being prosecuted by the Kaduna State Government, not the Federal Government. Read the title and first post of this thread.
distributeinc: It will leave a bad precedence, let him have his day at court. No man is above the law, you can't blackmail justice...otherwise the force of the Republic will fall on you. Iran should mind their problems, evil extremists.
That exactly is my point.
Ken Saro-Wiwa was arrested in 1992 by the government of Ibrahim Babangida. The case was in court when, all of a sudden an order came from Admiral Aikhomu that he should be released.
Saro-Wiwa was shocked. What happened to the judge? What happened to the court? How can you just order my release when there's a case in court? What kind of judiciary is that?
(He wrote about his experience in a book called "A Month And A Day" ).
It is for exactly the same reason that I was against the Federal Government detaining him when the court granted him bail that I am against the idea of the president ordering his release without going through the judicial process.
If the president can order the release of someone we like, then he can order the release of someone we don't like.
What if, for example, someone related to the president kills someone and he is arraigned in court, but the president orders the police to release him. What will you say?
ivandragon: So why didn't the FG release him at the time the initial court order was given?
Why is the FG spending 3.5m daily to feed zakyzaky when it's the Kaduna state government prosecuting the case?
Note the paragraph in bold.
Court Denies El-Zakzaky, Wife Bail, Orders Them To Remain In DSS Custody
In his ruling on the bail application filed by counsel to El-zakzaky and his wife, Justice Gideon Kurada, the presiding judge, said two accused had not provided sufficient medical evidence to warrant getting a bail.
A Kaduna State High Court has declined to grant bail to the leader of Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim El Zakzaky, and his wife.
In his ruling on the bail application filed by counsel to El-zakzaky and his wife, Justice Gideon Kurada, the presiding judge, said two accused had not provided sufficient medical evidence to warrant getting a bail.
Therefore, he ordered them to remain in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) throughout the duration of their trial.
Kaduna court retains el-Zakzaky, wife in custody, grants them access to medical services
The High Court in Kaduna on Tuesday ordered the Kaduna State Government to avail the leader of Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Ibrahim el-Zakzaky and his wife Zinat, access to medical care.
Justice Gideon Kurada gave the order at the resumed sitting on the case against the duo and two others.
The judge also accepted the withdrawal of charges against the third and fourth defendants, Yahya Yakubu and Sunusi Abdulqadir, who were standing trial alongside the IMN leader.
The prosecution counsel, Dari Bayero, told newsmen after the proceedings that they had withdrawn the charges against the third and fourth defendants.
Bayero added that the court had asked the prosecution to amend its charges to conform with the new development.
Meanwhile, counsel to the defendants, Femi Falana, said that his clients were in dire need of medical attention, as they had not been given adequate medical care since December 14, 2015 when they were detained.
“Malam lost an eye and is in the process of losing the second one because it has developed glaucoma. In the case of the wife, the bullets on her had not been totally extracted,” Falana said.
According to him, doctors would determine where to treat el-Zakzaky and his wife and the type of medical care they would require. He expressed the hope that their medical condition would improve before March 25, the adjourned date.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Kaduna State Government filed eight charges against el-Zakzaky, his wife and two others based in Kano and Katsina.
The IMN leader, his wife, Yahya and Abdulqadir were charged for alleged conspiracy and abetting culpable homicide, among other related offences.
Kurada has adjourned the case till March 25 for hearing on the amended charges.
ivandragon: So why didn't the FG release him at the time the initial court order was given?
Why is the FG spending 3.5m daily to feed zakyzaky when it's the Kaduna state government prosecuting the case?
1) That is a question for the FG to answer. I was among those that felt that it was wrong for the FG to hold on to him after he was given bail, but that case is over. Now he is being prosecuted by the Kaduna State Government.
2) Hamza Al-Mustapha was being prosecuted by the Lagos State Government, yet he was in a federal prison and then at the DMI. This is because, according to law, the prison service, police, DSS, etc are controlled by the Federal Government. There is no state police or state prison in Nigeria. People that are being prosecuted by states in Nigeria are detained at federal facilities.
sapientia: Keep your respect by not supporting what is wrong.
Was the report by the panel acted on before or after he was granted bail?
Even with all the evidence before you, is this all you can come up with?
Why is it difficult to convict the man if he is guilty?
Don't support tyranny.
What support are you talking about?
I am stating the fact and the fact is that he is being prosecuted by the Kaduna State Government, not the Federal Government.
Are you saying that it is the Federal Government that is prosecuting him?
The fact is that his application for bail has been rejected twice by the Kaduna State High Court and his lawyers applied for bail on medical grounds last Tuesday. Are you saying that this is false??
ivandragon: Court orders to release the man had been given long before the Kaduna state govt took over the case in a move designed to circumvent the court orders.
The court ordered his release when he was being prosecuted by the Federal Government. That was a different case!
The Kaduna State Government set up an investigation panel and it began prosecuting El-Zakzaky after the panel submitted its report. This is a different case!
The judge in this case ordered that he should be detained and there have been 3 bail applications by his lawyers. The judge rejected the previous two. The 3rd was filed on Tuesday.
Therefore, Zakzaky is being held on the orders of the judge in the case that is before the Kaduna High Court!
El-Zakzaky, wife suffering from metal poisoning — Court documents
July 23, 2019
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja
The leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, and his wife, Zeenat, have told the Kaduna State High Court in Kaduna that they are battling heavy metal poisoning caused by gunshot pellets in their body system.
This is contained in the court documents filed on behalf of the couple seeking the court’s permission to travel to India for medical attention.
The documents obtained by The PUNCH on Monday stated that El-Zakzaky “suffers from severe recurrent stroke and shock”.
They said his wife too “suffers from heavy metal poisoning” as a result of the “gunshot pellets lodged in the iliac region of her abdomen”.
An affidavit filed in support of their application stated in part, “That the heavy metabolic poisoning is two hundred per cent higher than normal in the body system of each of the applicants.”
The application was filed by Mr Femi Falana (SAN), before the High Court of Kaduna State on behalf of El-Zakzaky and his wife, specifically seeking the leave of the court permitting the couple to seek an “urgent medical treatment at Medanta Hospital, New Delhi, India, and to return to Nigeria (for continuation of trial) as soon as they are discharged from the hospital”.
Falana had alleged that the couple was shot by It added that on July 14, 2019, the doctor was hurriedly called in to attend to the El-Zakzaky “after he again relapsed into a partial stroke”.soldiers in the convoy of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai, in Zaria, Kaduna State in December 2015.
A further affidavit filed in support of the application cited information obtained from the couple’s physician, Dr Ramatu Abubakar, that her medical team had had to attend to them on many occasions at the Kaduna State Environmental Protection Agency health facility “which is grossly inadequate in meeting the dire health challenges of the applicants herein”.
It added that on July 14, 2019, the doctor was hurriedly called in to attend to the El-Zakzaky “after he again relapsed into a partial stroke”.
The affidavit also stated, “That the applicants herein have heavy metal poisoning in their body system as a result of the inability of the complainant/respondent (prosecution)and their agents to remove the toxicity ensuing from the life-threatening gunshot wounds they sustained during the December 25, 2015 raid on their home.
“That heavy metal poisoning is a severe condition that can damage the whole organ and sudden death may occur if emergency treatment is not obtained.”
Falana on July 18, 2019 argued the application on behalf of his client with the Director, Public Prosecutions, Kaduna State Ministry of Justice, Diri Bayero, opposing it at the hearing before Justice Darius Khobo.
Shittes: IMN cries out as Kaduna court denies El-Zakzaky, wife bail
Published on July 18, 2019 By John Owen Nwachukwu
Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, also known as Shiites, has claimed that its leader, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky was on the verge of going blind and may also lose his life if not allowed to go for medical treatment.
IMN raised the alarm after the Kaduna State High Court on Thursday, ordered the Islamic cleric to remain in detention.
In a statement signed and made available to DAILY POST on Thursday, by the Chairman, Free Zakzaky Campaign Committee, Abdurrahman Abubakar Yola, Shiites berated the court for allegedly “failing to stand for truth and justice against tyranny and impunity.”
The statement added, “Today, Thursday 18/07/19 the Kaduna state High Court sat to hear an extraordinary application for bail on medical grounds, instituted by counsels to our leader, Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky and his wife Malama Zeenat Ibraheem.
“Unfortunately, the court once again shirked in its duties to be on the side of victims of extreme persecution by the government. When it mattered most, the court ducked and failed to stand for truth and justice against tyranny and impunity.
The statement added, “Today, Thursday 18/07/19 the Kaduna state High Court sat to hear an extraordinary application for bail on medical grounds, instituted by counsels to our leader, Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky and his wife Malama Zeenat Ibraheem.
“Unfortunately, the court once again shirked in its duties to be on the side of victims of extreme persecution by the government. When it mattered most, the court ducked and failed to stand for truth and justice against tyranny and impunity.
“It will be recalled that the applicants are known to be clearly very ill in detention, consequent on the brutal wounds unjustifiably inflicted on them by the state agents in the name of Nigerian army, the resultant prolonged dehumanizing detention in the custody of the Department of State Security (DSS) and the obvious poisoning of the Sheikh.
“As a result of all these physical and psychological stresses, the Sheikh suffered series of mild strokes and is at the risk of further recurrences. Meanwhile, he lost one eye following the military attack and is at a severe risk of losing sight completely in the other.
“He is now found to have more than twenty times the toxic levels of lead poison in his body! Similarly, the wife has been under excruciating pains with shrapnel deeply lodged in her body for all these years of inhuman conditions in detention.
She now is able to ambulate only with the use of a wheelchair. Even today both were unable to walk to the courtroom and had to wait outside while the case went on.
In spite of all these, the court once again has allowed the government to kill these innocent people by instalments via unnecessary delays.
“We continue to give praises to the Almighty for further evidence that the Nigerian government is both unable and unwilling to serve justice, not even through the courts.
“This further proves to the world that the Movement and its leader have been and continue to be only victims of impunity and mischievous plots by the Buhari-led government.
“We wish to use this opportunity to say a big thank you to all people of conscience, human rights activists and organizations, journalists and all those that continue to be on our side in the dogged campaign for justice for the victims of Zaria genocide.
“We will continue with our unrelenting campaigns to see that the needful is done.”
A Kaduna State High Court on Wednesday denied the Leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria otherwise known as ‘Shiites’, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, bail.
The court refused the Shiites’ leader bail on the grounds that he did not attach a medical report to his bail application.
The court was presided over by Mr. Justice Gideon Kurada.
The IMN leader and his wife would remain in the custody of the Department of State Security until January 22, 2019.
Security was tight within and outside the court located along the Ibrahim Taiwo road in the metropolis.
A Kaduna State High Court on Wednesday denied the Leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria otherwise known as ‘Shiites’, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, bail.
The court refused the Shiites’ leader bail on the grounds that he did not attach a medical report to his bail application.
The court was presided over by Mr. Justice Gideon Kurada.
The IMN leader and his wife would remain in the custody of the Department of State Security until January 22, 2019.
Security was tight within and outside the court located along the Ibrahim Taiwo road in the metropolis.
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