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JAKARTA, Indonesia - Hundreds of Muslims protesting caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad tried to storm the U.S. Embassy on Sunday, smashing the windows of a guard post but failing to push through the gates. Several people were injured

SO and they said islam is not a religion that promote violence?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060219/ap_on_re_as/prophet_drawings

oasis that is the right work crooks

I agree, but the innocent people will suffer the most once they dispatch Military men in full force to Delta area, those Army boys that were kill will cause lots of confusion in that state.  violence is certainly not the answer to any issue, it will only portray you as the bad guy in the public eye, enemy of the state.

Kokscity you are entitle to your opinion, Ill be curious to know your age, just from your word, you need to speak to people with wisdom.  so now you blame Obansanjo for all the problem in Nigeria now, where where you when Umaru Dikko left Nigeria with $1 Billion, what about the abacha lot that was just refunded back to Nigeria, the problem of Nigeria has been going on since the 60s. it's just that now we are seeing and suffering the effects of bad head of states and dictators.

Obansanjo can't change the law that is what the senate and the national assembly are for, and i hope they change the immunity nonsence before this politicians kill poor people.

trust me Kokscity, after been in the state for so long, there is nothing left here for me to do, my main goal is to go back to Nigeria and make a difference, and i love my people my culture and the Nigeria food, is priceless, just simple things in life matter to some of us.and to all my Nigerian people struggling, keep your head up, when there is life there is hope.

Kokscity you must be a fresh meat in Yankee, I've been in the state for more than 20 years and will never uttered those words about My fatherland. my grandmother told me before i left for Yankee 20 someting years ago, never forget the son of who you are no matter what and I stand by those principles. in time of conflict yes Yankee is the best place to be in the world, but what about the daily crisis we encounter, like racism, and unemployment, what about segregation and I'm still appalled you refused to apologized for those statement of yours.  to me you are a prodigal child, and I'm sure your parents are proud of you in Yankee.  one last statement, no place like home. every time i come to Nigeria I always go back to Lagos and Ondo to eat the best meal in the world,

Kokscity, you should be ashame of your statement, just because you are in Yankee now means you can denounce your birth country, me No matter where i am I'm a Nigerian for life. and no war will happen in Nigeria, United we stand

Dariye's days are numbered. Its a matter of time before we know the whole story.

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) intensified its efforts to bring the Plateau State Governor, Chief Joshua Chibi Dariye, to book over alleged financial impropriety as it yesterday charged him (Dariye) and six others to an Abuja High Court for allegedly embezzling the sum of N700 million state fund.

But Section 308 of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria was Governor Dariye's saving grace as it foreclosed his arraignment, whereas six others, including the State Finance Commissioner and the Permanent Secretary in the Finance Ministry of the state were arraigned.

They were arraigned on a seven-count charge.

According to the charge sheet, they were alleged to have diverted various sums of money belonging to the state into the private account of an unregistered company.

Those arraigned at the court before Justice Abimbola Banjoko yesterday include: Nuhu Ali Madaki, the Accountant-General of the state; Shem Yemte Damisa, former Accountant-General of the state and Emmanuel Agati, the state's Commissioner for Finance.

Others are: Joseph Magaji Azi, Permanent Secretary in the State Ministry of Finance; Silas Vongbut, Director of Finance in the ministry and Semshak Semlek, a deputy director.

All the accused pleaded not guilty to all the charges.

Counsel to EFCC, Mr. Ben Ubi, told the court immediately after the charges were read to the accused persons and their plea taken, that Governor Dariye was not arraigned with other accused persons because of the constitutional immunity he enjoys as a governor.

He asked the court to fix a date for trial. He also urged the court to make an order that all the accused persons should be remanded in prison.

He said it is in the interest of the people of Plateau State that justice is done in the case.

Counsel to all the accused persons, Mr. Garbi Puul, did not object to the submission of EFCC counsel that all the accused persons should be tried.

He, however, made an oral application to the court that all the accused persons be granted bail.

Puul said: "I have no objection to the trial of the accused persons. We were served with the charges yesterday (Wednesday).

"The accused have been in EFCC custody and were not allowed to see their counsel.

"The Plateau State government will ensure that they are present in court for trial. I urge the court to grant them bail".

He said it was not mentioned in the charge that any of the accused benefited from the money.

But Justice Banjoko directed the counsel to file a formal application for bail and remanded all accused persons in prison custody.

The seven-count charge preferred against the accused persons, read thus:

Count 1: That you Shem Yemte Damisa, Nuhu Ali Madaki, Emmanuel Agati, Silas Vongbut, Joseph Madaki Azi, Semshak Semlek and Chief Joshua Dariye (now under immunity) on or about 3rd May, 2001 at Abuja in the Abuja Judicial Division of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory being public officers of Plateau State and in such capacities entrusted with certain properties to wit: Plateau State Government statutory allocation committed criminal breach of trust in respect of the said properties by lodging N204,000,000.00 (Two hundred and four million naira) into the private account of an unregistered company known as Ebenezer Retnan Venture whose alter ego is Chief Joshua Dariye from the said properties and thereby committed an offence punishable under S.315 of the Penal Code Act Cap 523 Laws of Federation of Nigeria 1990.

Count 2: That you Nuhu Ali Madaki and Chief Joshua Dariye (now under immunity) on or about 14th April, 2003 at Abuja in the Abuja Judicial Division of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory being public officers and in such capacities entrusted with certain properties to wit: Funds of Plateau State Government committed criminal breach of trust in respect of the said properties by lodging the sum of N6,000,000.00 (Six million naira) into the private account of an unregistered company known as Ebenezer Retnan Venture whose alter ego is Chief Joshua Dariye from the said properties and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 315 of the Penal Code Act Cap Laws of Federation of Nigeria 1990.

Count 3: That you Nuhu Ali Madaki and Chief Joshua Dariye (now under immunity) on or about 25th January 2001 at Abuja in the Abuja Judicial Division of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory being public officers and in such capacities entrusted with certain properties to wit: Funds of Plateau State Government committed criminal breach of trust in respect of the said properties by lodging the sum of N6,000,000.00 (Six million naira) into the private account of an unregistered company known as Ebenezer Retnan Venture whose alter ego is Chief Joshua Dariye from the said properties and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 315 of the Penal Code Act Cap 523 Laws of Federation of Nigeria 1990.

Count 4: That you Shem Yemte Damisa, Nuhu Ali Madaki, Emmanuel Agati, Silas Vongbut, Joseph Madaki Azi, Semshak Semlek and Chief Joshua Dariye (now under immunity) on or about 19th July, 2001 at Abuja in the Abuja Judicial Division of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory being public officers of Plateau State) and in such capacities entrusted with certain properties to wit: Plateau State Government Ecological Funds committed criminal breach of trust in respect of the said properties by lodging the sum of N176,000,000.00 (One hundred and seventy-six million naira) into the private account of an unregistered company known as Ebenezer Retnan Venture whose alter ego is Chief Joshua Dariye from the said properties and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 315 of the Penal Code Act Cap 523 Laws of Federation of Nigeria 1990.

Count 5: That you Shem Yemte Damisa, Nuhu Ali Madaki, Emmanuel Agati, Silas Vongbut, Joseph Madaki Azi, Semshak Semlek and Chief Joshua Dariye (now under immunity) on or about 25th March, 2003 at Abuja in the Abuja Judicial Division of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory being public officers and in such capacities entrusted with certain properties to wit: Funds of Plateau State Government committed criminal breach of trust in respect of the said properties by lodging the sum of N10,000,000.00 (Ten million naira) into the private account of an unregistered company known as Ebenezer Retnan Venture whose alter ego is Chief Joshua Dariye from the said properties and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 315 of the Penal Code Act Cap 523 Laws of Federation of Nigeria 1990.

Count 6: That you Shem Yemte Damisa, Nuhu Ali Madaki, Emmanuel Agati, Silas Vongbut, Joseph Madaki Azi, Semshak Semlek and Chief Joshua Dariye (now under immunity) on or about 14th April, 2003 at Abuja in the Abuja Judicial Division of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory being public officers and in such capacities entrusted with certain properties to wit: funds of Plateau State Government committed criminal breach of trust in respect of the said properties by lodging the sum of N25,000,000.00 (Twenty Five Million Naira) into the private account of an unregistered company known as Ebenezer Retnan Venture whose alter ego is Chief Joshua Dariye from the said properties and thereby committed an offence punishable under S.315 of the Penal Code Act Cap 523 Laws of Federation of Nigeria 1990.

Count 7

That you Shem Yemte Damisa, and Chief Joshua Dariye (Now under immunity) on or about 6th April, 2001 at Abuja in the Abuja Judicial Division of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory dishonestly converted to your own use certain properties to wit: N273,000,000.00 (Two Hundred and Seventy Three Million) belonging to the Plateau State Government and thereby committed an offence punishable under S.309 of the Penal Code Act Cap 532 Laws of Federation of Nigeria 1990.

However, Dariye yesterday told the management and participants of Senior Executive Course 28 of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, Jos, that his administration will not surrender to blackmail or intimidation but remain focused and visionary.

Dariye stated this when the participants visited at the Government House, Rayfiled, Jos. He pointed out that in politics, people attack policies and not personalities.

He renewed the determination of his administration to take people of the State to the promised land, saying that the philosophy of the administration's re-engineering agenda is to leave the state better than it met it.

He used the occasion to advise against the use of religion and ethnicity by politicians to divide the people, stressing that such acts negate national unity.

Director-General of NIPSS, Prof. Akin Akindoyeni, who was represented by the study group Director, James Kolawole, commended the governor and the state government for their continued assistance to the institute and participants over the years.








http://www.guardiannewsngr.com/news/article01

My fav Musician of all time FELA ABAMI EDA said if you tired go jump over mainland bridge and end it now, people complain too much.  The question should be how can you make a difference in Nigeria and not complain about the situation.

Both you guys should have seen the sign, or you just ignore it, you cant turn a dog to a house wife or husband. if your man is cheating you should have known before val day if you paid attention to details.

maxflame that is disgusting what satisfaction will you derived from killing another soul? though we may not like Nigeria police, but police brutality is common in the state, the Nigeria version is extortion

this is bad news for Nigeria, and this guy is only 24 years old? what a way to start your life.

This is sad, the youngest and the last to die,

This should serve as a prime example to Nigerian politicians, I hope Sharon regain his health, but to my Nigerian politicians, you can steal all the money you want and once you loose your health you are hopeless

for those who want to read

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060212/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_sharon

obviously Monie is not happy with the white man, my advice is upload your picture ma and you will get lots more response, Nigeria will travel any distance to find love if they like what they see, for real,

chrischidi your points are baseless, and people keep talking that Tafa rigged the election, can you prove he did that? We all know the man is a greedy man, but he was portray as the man that got Obansonjo the victory, some people said Ibb put baba there and others are just watching, I love Nigeria

where is your faith and what joy will you derive from leaving the man in jail, even Jesus Christ forgave those people who persecuted him.

loveday can you provide some insight to the fact that Obansanjo is corrupt, give us something to substantiate this statement please.

Regardless if this man spent one day in jail or no. look at how he was disgraced out of office, his subordinate have no respect for him now and never will he regain the power and control he had over people. His health has deteriorated significantly and the man has paid more for his crime with his health, so lets move on and go get the next guy and let this guy rest please.

Remeber power money and respect is what we need in life. He dosn't have the power and respect, and maybe money.

i GET ALONG WITH MY PARENTS NOW CAUSE IM FAR AWAY AND WE HARDLY SEE EACH OTHER, AND WHEN WE DO WE REMINISCE ON OLD TIMES, I love my parents and wont trade that for anything, parents In Nigeria have a different style of up bringing

This is why this Governor should go to jail, he is the chief executive officer of the state, and should be held accountable for the state funds, this money mismanaged by him is tax payers money that was supposed to be used for infrastructure development, but he allocate this funds for campaign or how ever he spent it, He should be tried.

FORMER Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Tafa Balogun yesterday regained his freedom after serving a-six-month jail term on the orders of a Federal High Court, which convicted him for fraud.

On November 22, last year, Justice Binta Murtala-Nyako convicted and sentenced Balogun to six months imprisonment, after he pleaded guilty to a mitigated eight-count charge of refusal to co-operate with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) when he was on probe for money laundering offences.

Balogun's release by the prison authorities was confirmed by its spokesman, Mr. Kunle Odeyemi, who said that the erstwhile police boss earned his freedom after serving the terms of his conviction.

http://www.guardiannewsngr.com/news/article04/090206

So I guess this is a global issue in Africa

Ehindero Takes Anti-Corruption Campaign to Motor Parks



Inspector General of Police, Sunday Ehindero, has launched the Police Performance monitoring campaign beyond the police barracks.

Launching the campaign at the popular JABBI Motor Park in Abuja on Tuesday, Ehindero, was accompanied by the Minister of Police Affairs, Brodrick Bozimo, Chairman, Police Service Commission, Simeon Okeke and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Commissioner, Lawrence Alobi.

He told members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), that they should not give policemen at check points the popular N20 bribe they usually demand from motorists.

“Don’t give N20 bribe to the Police. The senior police officers are not putting any pressure on the junior ones at check points to bring back money to them, so why should they ask for bribe?” he queried.

nEhindero said though the National President of NURTW had acknowledged that the incidence of bribe taking by policemen has reduced, “we want them to develop the habit of perceive resistance,” he said.




http://www.independentng.com/news/nnfeb080614.htm

if you pay them good and provide them with good housing, it won't stop bribery but it will reduced it drastically, and that will be a major step

Thank you, the problem is not with the pay, this practice of corruption is acceptable every where in Nigeria, regardless if you are the police collecting bride or the patrons giving the bribe. the government has to be involve in all level of v civil service in the country to be able to reduce bride or completely eradicate this actions.

Malu's outbursts irresponsible, says ex-Army Chief

This is a retired general, so case close, Malu should be arrested


http://www.vanguardngr.com/articles/2002/cover/february06/08022006/f208022006.html

to say the least bribery and corruption is every where in Nigeria not just the police force, I came in through the Abuja international airport with all my valid document, and was interrogated and disturbed to celebrate Xmas for all this customers guys that I have never seen in my life, I replied, I do not celebrate Xmas with strangers. Go to any ministry in Nigeria for any document, and I guarantee you someone will ask you for bribe before they assist you, this is an epidemic once again and must be address in all area not just one.

No matter which way you look at it, corruption is dishonest. Ask most people whether they think they are dishonest or not and I guess that you will find the most common response to be: "Who me, never!" The irony is that if you then ask whether or not they have received expensive gifts, entertainment, overseas trips and the like, some of them may very well have done so. This is what is defined as corruption.

The Oxford dictionary says that, "corrupt is when you are willing to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain." This then includes personal gain in the nature of any type of expensive gift which one could not afford oneself or even heavily discounted purchases. Like perhaps motor vehicles?

On another level, 20 naira bribe collected by the Nigerian police on the road is just a piece of the pie in Nigeria. Government officials and ministers are awarding billions of dollars contracts daily and are expecting kick backs. The issue of bribe is not just within the police force, this is an epidemic that has eaten deep into Nigeria civil service and needs to be address by the government.

THIS IS what educated people are saying about MALU

"Apart from that, he was back classed. In military parlance, once you are not doing well academically, you start to back class. At the time he left the army, most of his colleagues had already left.
"You rather pray for Malu so that he can be taken to a psychiatric hospital, instead of calling for his arrest," George, who took time to defend his credentials, said.

In a related development, NLC president, Adams Oshiomhole, also condemned General Malu on the latter’s regrets for not toppling President Obasanjo while he was Chief of Army Staff.
Oshiomhole, who spoke at the launch of Professor Pat Utomi’s book, Why Nations are Poor, said that Malu should, "shut up, because he is laying foundation for coup."
The labour leader wondered where General Malu was when the late General Sani Abacha ruled Nigeria with iron fist, pointing that since he did nothing then, he should shut up. He said: " A General recently said that if he was still in the army he would carried out a coup, he’s so dissatisfied now that he could have carried out a coup. In this politics of bitterness that has consumed all of us, I am sure some people will urge the military to carry out a coup.

"Where was General Malu when Abacha was going to transform himself, when he moved the Central Bank to his village? General Malu was still in uniform, if he did not find that situation unacceptable, he must shut up now, because he is laying foundation for a coup."

Oshiomhole also took a swipe at the organised private sector, insisting that though Abacha allegedly looted the country, the business class in Nigeria assisted him in doing so

http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2006/feb/07/national%20-7-02-2006-001.htm

demmy , get your facts straight before you talk, Ehindero is from the west not south.