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ocelot2006: Nah, the DSS team under Ababcha was nice oh. Now the folks from Directorate of Military Intelligence? Mehn, those were the real sadistic monsters.

yuzedo: wuz dat? who is ur deer? MOD plis can u give dis gay alligaytor abouttttt 4yrs ban wit had labour. and get me my special iron pampers plis.

[size=14pt]Nigeria Hezbollah suspects allege harsh Mossad grilling[/size]

Published August 05, 2013 / AFP

ABUJA (AFP) –  Two Lebanese suspects alleged to be members of Hezbollah and on trial in Nigeria on terrorism charges told a court Monday they were harshly interrogated by Israeli agents after their arrests.

Mustapha Fawaz, Abdallah Thahini and Talal Ahmad Roda were arrested in May after the discovery of an arms cache in a residence in the northern Nigerian city of Kano.

They have been accused of plotting attacks against Western and Israeli targets in Nigeria and have denied the charges.

An Israeli embassy spokesman did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Fawaz testified on Monday that, after his arrest in Abuja, a security official told him "some European friends" wanted to ask him questions.

"I was taken to an interrogation room where I met three Israeli Mossad agents," Fawaz told the court in response to questions by his lawyer.

Fawaz said one of the interrogators identified himself as a Mossad agent. He said they were "crude and nasty."

"They handcuffed my hands behind my back for days. I lost count because they did not allow me to sleep for several days," Fawaz said, denying membership in Hezbollah.

"They asked if I have any weapon in Abuja ... They asked if I have been asked to do any operation in Nigeria or anywhere else in the world," Fawaz said.

He said further: "During the 14 days of interrogation, I was interrogated by six Israeli Mossad agents and one masked white man.

"I was interrogated in Arabic. I asked to be interrogated in English, but they refused. Most of them are weak in English. They are not Europeans, but Israelis."

Fawaz said no Nigerian official was present during the sessions.

"They asked me about my link with Hezbollah, but they concentrated more on Lebanon -- whether I knew if there are weapons stored in the south of Lebanon or the identities of people who have been trained by Hezbollah," said Fawaz.

Thahini, who told the court he was no longer a member of Hezbollah, gave a similar account during his testimony.

He claimed to have collapsed after being denied sleep for five days by the foreign interrogators.

Thahini said it was easy for him to identify them as Israelis by their accents "because we are neighbours."

Both Fawaz and Thahini denied any knowledge of the arms cache discovered in Kano.

Justice Adeniyi Adetokunbo Ademola adjourned the case to September 30 after both the prosecutors and the defence closed their cases.

The three suspects are believed to own a supermarket and an amusement park in Abuja, but the businesses have been shuttered since the arrests.

A fourth suspect is said to be on the run.

Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, is home to a sizeable Lebanese population, including in the mainly Muslim north.

Israel has raised concerns over alleged efforts by Hezbollah members to plan attacks in west Africa.

[size=14pt]Power: FG seeks $450m from Islamic Development Bank[/size]

August 5, 2013 by Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja

The Federal Government has sought the support of the Islamic Development Bank for the provision of about $450m to expand the power transmission system to wheel up to 20,000 megawatts of electricity.

A statement on Sunday quoted Vice-President Namadi Sambo as making the request on behalf of the government in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, when he received the bank’s President, Dr. Ahmed Ali, who paid him a courtesy visit.

Sambo is currently in Saudi Arabia for the lesser Hajj.

He was quoted as saying that for the progress being made in the power sector to be meaningful, more funds needed to be injected in the transmission component.

The vice-president said Nigeria would need about $450m from the bank to expand the transmission system to wheel up to 20,000MW of electricity.

Sambo also called on the bank to consider the construction of a road linking Lagos to Abidjan, the capital of Côte d’Ivoire.

He also requested the IDB to extend its support to the Nigerian private sector in the areas of education, aviation and agriculture.

“Vice-president Sambo noted the progress made by the government in the power sector, construction and expansion of deep seaports, especially those of Lekki and Ibaka, as well as the development of the Aluminium Smelter Company, where he stated that efforts were being geared towards ensuring the participation of investors in the mining sector,” the statement read.

While thanking the IDB for the continued support and cooperation with Nigeria, Sambo said all the approvals granted by the bank over the years had been ratified by the National Assembly and the Federal Executive Council.

Ali was quoted as saying in his remarks that the purpose of his visit was to give a push to the Nigeria-IDB cooperation.

He said the bank had approved three out of the five projects submitted by the country.

The projects, according to him, are the construction of four new science secondary schools in Kaduna State worth $17,9m; construction of a 300-bed specialist hospital in Kaduna State at $43.15m; and the Zaria water supply project worth  $81.0m.

He explained that the$32.40m Jigawa State rural development project and the bilingual education programme for Borno, Gombe and Niger states worth $30.53m were under consideration.

Ali promised to look at all the requests made with a view to giving them favourable and accelerated consideration.

He said the bank was always pleased to accord priority to projects involving more than one member country.

The IDB president added that the bank was working on a trans-Saharan road involving several countries, including Chad, Niger, Algeria, Tunisia and Nigeria.

He said the road would provide a platform for commuters to travel from Africa to Europe by road.

Ali stated that approval would soon be given for the Lekki seaport worth $150m.

Present at the meeting were the Nigerian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Alhaji Abubakar Shuni; Alhaji Isiyaku Rabiu; Alhaji Kashim Shettima and Alhaji Yahaya Imam, among others.

sheyie2007: naptu what's ur problem, you referred us to this page from this link... you smoke tortoise

sincerenigerian: The Emir needs to disrobe himself before playing football.

Asoozy: Anytime.

Just try being true for once. I doubt anyone is buying into the kumbaya facade.

Asoozy: You are too proud

Hahahahahahaha!

This is so interesting! I'm posting on two threads at the same time, on one thread I'm being called an "ACN goon" (the "Fashola largassese" thread), while on this one it is being implied that GEJ is my "master". Anyway I'll add them to my list.

naptu2: I'm going to add that to my list.

Let's see. . . . All the things I've been called on nairaland.

"Government official or SSS agent", "Benefiting from Lagos State Government", "Yoruba Boy", "Northerner", "GEJ asslicker", "librarian", "journalist", "you people" (I suspect that the guy meant either muslim or northerner), "Fashola". I think there's more.

ilugunboy: Ujuchief and naptu2

We have passed that stage of asking for a ceasefire ......we've tolerated Ibo intransigence longer than necessary...

I have only One moniker and will that I will seek to destroy any Igbo position that messes up with my tribe..

You can call me anything on that....I will wear it with honor..

Enough is Enough....na only Ibo dey Nigeria?

sexkillz: [color=#000030]Impeach? You think this is rivers state? [/color]

Ishilove: Sexkillz! Where did you keep my gari? You think I will keep quiet about it? I have endured in silence and I can't take it again. Either you return my gari that you stole from my shop or I wage a war against you that will make you wish you had gone for wheat or semolina instead of gari.

Hehhhhhhhhn!! I don tok my own ooooo!

Ishilove: You really have time

GenBuhari: Was Azikwe a military man?

Ishilove: At an igbo joint. I was smoking, he was selling. It was love at first sight. I bought fours sticks and he gave me extra two free of charge. I was touched and our love was sealed.

He says what he loves most about me is the way I can blow countless smoke rings with just one puff. And I tell him what I love about him is his ability to market high grade ganja even in the plain sight of NDLEA officials.

Sweet love...

*sob*

Sorry, I'm very emotional right now...