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Vicjustice: Please, for goodness sake, why not blur his face with pixels so as to keep his privacy? This guy has not committed any crime to deserve such open humiliation, it is embarrassing enough that he got himself into this situation, but it is morally unjustifiable to further humiliate him in such an open disgrace to the whole world.[size=20pt]Please![/size]

What are you talking about?. Do you you have to cover up every bad attitude?.

What the guy did was totally wrong and should be a lesson to others who have similar habit.

The Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Ethics and Values, Mrs. Sarah Jibril, lamented in Akure on Monday that she had been having difficulties in travelling outside Abuja for her official engagements as she no longer has an official vehicle.

Jubril said, “No new vehicle was provided for my office since the one given to me on my appointment had an accident sometimes ago.”

Jibril, a presidential aspirant of the People Democratic Party in 2011, stated this while explaining reasons for her lateness to a lecture she delivered during the 2012 Week of the National Association of Women Journalists, Ondo State chapter, on Monday evening.

The Special Adviser said she had to compel NAWOJ to provide a vehicle that would take her to the NUJ Press Centre, venue of the lecture since she had no official vehicle.

Our correspondent learnt that the condition given by Jibril forced the NAWOJ to pay a car hire firm N100,00 for a Toyota Avalon car to bring her to Akure on Sunday and return her to Abuja on Monday immediately after the programme.

It was learnt that the vehicle had an accident on the Okene-Lokoja Road and the company had to send another car from Akure.

The special adviser said she had been using her old Toyota SUV which she said could not withstand long distance journey.

Wife of the Ondo State Governor, Mrs. Olukemi Mimiko, who was the Special Guest on the occasion, made arrangement for a vehicle to take her back to Abuja on Tuesday.

Jubril delivered her lecture titled ‘Peaceful Political Co-Existence, Ingredient for Sustainable Democracy: The Role of Women’, at the event.

She noted that women, as mothers and carriers of life, could help change various challenging situation in the country with fasting and ardent prayers for restoration of peace and harmony in our nation.

http://www.punchng.com/news/i-dont-have-official-car-jonathans-aide/

Plying the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway at night is like walking through the valley of the shadow of death. A lot of people have been attacked on the long bridge along the expressway by hoodlums many people believed to be herdsmen residing in Kara area, at the Ogun State end of the bridge.

On July 6, Brig. Gen. Sylvester Iruh (retd.) was stabbed to death by some hoodlums who swooped on him and others when they attempted to change a flat tyre on the bridge around 6:30pm.

Penultimate Sunday in the same area, some passengers travelling in a 14-seater bus from Ile-Ife, Osun State, were attacked when their bus broke down on the bridge around 7:30pm.

One of the victims is a pharmacist with one of the Federal Medical Centres in the northern part of the country. The pharmacist, who was on official duty at FMC, Lagos, did not want his identity to be revealed for security reasons.

He said as soon as the passengers alighted from the bus, some men numbering about 10 emerged from the bush near the bridge and swooped on them.

The victim said, “Immediately, all passengers took to their heels and ran in different directions. But unfortunately I could not run because I have a health challenge. They concentrated on me and beat me thoroughly.

“They robbed me of all my belongings, including valuable documents. Thereafter, they stabbed me and I was bleeding profusely. After they left me, I walked to a filling station on the expressway where I met some riot policemen guarding the station.

“I told them about my ordeal but they said they could not leave the station because they were asked to guard the place. They directed me to Ibafo Police Division. At the station, the policemen on duty said there was nothing they could do either.

“They said they had killed quite a number of the hoodlums but they kept regrouping and unleashing mayhem on those plying the road. The policemen took me to a private hospital in the area where I was treated.

“I was not having any money on me but the doctor agreed to save my life after I had identified myself as a pharmacist. He charged me N10,000 and also lent me N1,000 from which I took a bus to Lagos. He then gave me his account number.”

The victim, who spoke with our correspondent on the phone, said the next day, he went to a branch of his bank in Lagos and after explaining his ordeal to the bank manager, he was allowed to use withdrawal slip to withdraw from his account and paid N11, 000 into the doctor’s account.

He said as soon as he got to his base, he blocked his three telephone lines and was reconnected on Wednesday.

He said as soon as one of the lines became active, a man called him from Kano State on Friday claiming that his brother had been calling him with the line for about three days.

The pharmacist said the man, who spoke in Hausa, called him with 08020511*** and insisted that his brother owned the line.

He said he later told the man that he was attacked on his way to Lagos by some hoodlums and suspected that the caller’s brother was among his attackers.

The pharmacist said, “Immediately I told him what happened, he dropped the line. After a while, he beeped me with the same number and I called him back. I told him that his brother was among those who attacked me. But he said ‘the boys are not as bad as I painted them.’”

The victim said since he had the caller’s number and was willing to release it to security agents, it should not be difficult to apprehend him since all lines were registered by service providers.

He said once the caller from Kano is apprehended, it would not be difficult to arrest those who attacked him on the bridge, adding that the documents he lost were too vital to let go.

Besides, he said he was now worried because since the man called him, he had been “receiving strange calls.”

When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Command, Mr. Muyiwa Adejobi, advised the victim to report back at the police station and gave the number of the caller from Kano to the Divisional Police Officer.

“There is a way the police can get the call log so that the caller can be located and arrested,” he said.

http://www.punchng.com/metro/robbers-brother-called-me-lagos-ibadan-expressway-robbery-victim/

In my opinion, Glo has the worst customer care service in Nigeria. My reason is not far fetched;

It takes about twenty minutes to acutually get through to a customer care representative that will attend to you.
The customer care representatives have this standard way of telling you that the system is being attended to by the engineers hence they will not be able to access your account. Try to lay a complaint several times about your BB service and you will be able to confirm my point. This to me shows lack of dedication and deceit.

AjanleKoko: 20k Accomodation a month? Where, Sango Ota?

20k X 12=240k. This is still enough to rent a two bedroom flat in Iyana-Ipaja or Egbeda axis.
The problem most people have is that they tend to live above their mains.

I'm quite sure that what happened to Olusola Saraki of Kwara State will soon happen to Tony Aninih. He should learn than the old era of manufacturing vote is over and that people are wiser now.

I got my first job with a multinational company(though was not paying well then) as a floor mechanic on contract term immediately after graduating as a Mechanical Engineer.
However, after four months of dedicated service to the company( though I happen to know the HR Manager through somebody), I was given permanent offer as a senior staff just few days to my NYSC camping. The HR Manager was very helpful as he told me to write for a study leave of three weeks to enable me go for the orientation camp after which I made necessary arrangement to part with a portion of my monthly NYSC allowance to some key people both in the Local Goverment HQ where I was posted to and the N----, so that I would only be visiting once in a while.

After three and half years of working with the company, I was recommended for a position in another multinational company by one of my formal staff(a Manager who got in touch with me despite the fact that we were not even close while he was still with us). I got the job and have being in the company for more than three years now.

In all, I will say it is God's favour and grace.

Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Drugs/Narcotics and Financial Crimes, Mr. Adams Jagaba, said on Monday that he was prepared to tell the police all he knew about the $620,000 bribery allegation involving Mr. Farouk Lawan and businessman, Mr. Femi Otedola.

“I see myself and the police as co-partners in the fight against corruption,” the lawmaker told The PUNCH in Abuja.

According to Jagaba, as the chairman of the committee, which oversees the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, he will not be doing the nation any good if he withholds information from an investigation agency.

Jagaba confirmed that he was aware of a letter sent to the Speaker, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, requesting him to assist the police with information.

He, however, deplored the “weeks of unfounded speculations” over a purported ultimatum given to him by the police to appear before them or he would be arrested.

Jagaba said, “First, they said that I had been invited and given an ultimatum. That is not true.

“Again, they claimed that I was in the country on Friday; that is not true.

“I just returned to the country this morning (yesterday) from South Africa.

“I arrived about 9.30am and I went home to shower.

“What I can say is that I will go to see the police as soon as possible and I will cooperate with them to avail the police of information that will assist in fighting corruption.

“There is no definite date on when I will go to the police.

“What happened was that they (police) followed the procedure to serve the speaker (invitation letter) and since the speaker has seen it, it means that I have seen it.”

It will be recalled that Lawan had claimed that he handed over the bribe money to Jagaba to forward to the leadership of the House.

He also claimed to have reported the bribery to Jagaba through a letter he wrote to him in April.

But Jagaba vehemently denied ever receiving any letter or the bribe exhibit from Lawan. It is still unclear where the $620,000 is.

Meanwhile, the House has said the report of its Committee on Ethics and Privileges on the bribery allegation would not be released in “piecemeal.”

A member of the committee, Mr. Ibrahim Bello, was quoted as saying on Sunday that Otedola disowned the video of the bribery transaction in circulation.

He claimed that Otedola told the committee when he appeared before it last week that the video did not originate from him.

However, counsel for Otedola on Monday, debunked claims that their client disowned the video.

In a statement, Babajide Koku, SAN, said, “For the avoidance of doubt, we wish to state categorically that the statement credited to Ibrahim Bello is entirely false and calculated to misrepresent and misinform the public as to what transpired during the closed door hearing held by the House Committee on the 3rd of July, 2012.

“We wish to state further that there are video and audio recordings corroborating our client’s account of what transpired between him and Farouk Lawan.”

http://www.punchng.com/news/im-ready-for-police-on-620000-bribe-jagaba/

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CHAIRMAN, Zenon Petroleum, Mr. Femi Otedola, has denied insulting members of the House of Representatives Committee on Ethics and Privileges on Tuesday.

In a statement by his lawyer, Mr. Babajide Koku, on Wednesday, the businessman equally debunked reports that he refused to testify before the commitee.

The statement read, “Mr. Femi Otedola, CON at the meeting conducted himself with decorum, he was not abusive and at no time in the course of the hearing made any disparaging remarks against any member of the committee.

“The statement of the Honourable Gambo Dan-Musa (committee chairman) is to say the least unbecoming and underscores manifest bias.

“Mr. Otedola did not refuse to testify before the committee save that his testimony should be taken in public and not in camera.

“The unfortunate misrepresentation of Mr. Otedola’s comments at the meeting further reinforces his call for a public hearing.”
http://www.punchng.com/news/i-did-not-insult-reps-otedola/

Police have advised Nigerians not to be carried away by the purported audio of the N96m bribery scandal involving Farouk Lawan and Femi Otedola aired by Channels TV.

The Force Headquarters stated that the audio recording, which was relayed on Monday by the private TV station, was not enough evidence to prosecute Lawan.

Deputy Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, who spoke on the relay of the audio recording in Abuja on Tuesday, asked for the full video component of the recording which should start from the beginning of its recording.

The police spokesman said the force would not interfere with the ongoing investigation by the Ethics and Privileges Committee of the House of Representatives as long as the committee did not do anything that would jeopardise police investigations.

“We are not interested in what the committee is doing,” he stressed.

He added that the House enjoyed autonomy and so could do whatever it deemed right in the interest of the country.

“For us as a security organisation, we are focusing on our ongoing investigation and in the course of the committee’s investigation, if they stumbleon something they feel could be useful to us, I am sure the Inspector-General of Police would be glad to have such information.

“We are not monitoring them and would not interfere as long as they don’t do anything that could jeopardise what we are doing,” Mba explained.

On why it is taking the police too long to conclude investigation, Mba stressed that with the evidence so far obtained, it would amount to a waste of time and public resources to rush to court.

He said, “You just don’t rush to court for the fun of charging people to court. That is why courts are congested and that is why we don’t make progress. It does not make sense. It is unproductive; it is a waste of public resource.”

http://www.punchng.com/news/no-evidence-yet-to-prosecute-lawan-police/

Outrage as NYSC posts graduates to Borno, others.

Corps members posted to Yobe, Kaduna, Kano, Sokoto, Bornu and Bauchi states have asked the National Youth Service Corps to redeploy them from these trouble states.

The corps members, who expressed sadness as they received their call-up letters for the Batch B NYSC service year, said they were confused as they did not know what to do due to the spate of bombings and other forms of insecurity in these states.

Some of the corps members and their families, who expressed their worries on various social network sites including Facebook and Twitter, said they were extremely sad and disappointed when they received their call-up letters, deploying them to trouble states where there is currently curfew, threats of reprisals and censeless bombings.

Some of the comments on the social network sites read, “We need to arise and stop the government from sentencing us and our loved ones to death. Is our government/NYSC this heartless or simply inhumane? We seek our immediate redeployment, we want to live in places where we can work with peace of mind.’’

Our correspondents learnt that authorities of the NYSC had also been under pressure from parents and prospective corps members posted to northern states, who had been seeking alternative posting.

Our Correspondent learnt in Abuja on Sunday that the NYSC was already collaborating with the affected states on how to ensure security for the corps members posted to their states.

But speaking through the Borno State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Inuwa Bwala, in a telephone interview with our correspondent in Abuja on Sunday, the Governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, made a case for corps members to be posted to the state.

He argued that the security situation in the state was being exaggerated by detractors to further isolate the state from the rest of the country.

He said, “While it is true that we have security challenges, it is a fact that these challenges are not exclusive to Borno State.

“We don’t have on record any attack on visitors neither do we have any record of attacks on the NYSC camp or corps members posted to and currently serving in Borno State.”

http://www.punchng.com/news/outrage-as-nysc-posts-graduates-to-borno-others/

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Nigerian breaks academic record at John Hopkins University
June 26, 2012 by SEGUN OLUGBILE 168 Comments
A 22-year-old Nigerian has emerged the best graduating student of John Hopkins University in the United States. He obtained a Grade Point Average of 3.98 out of a possible 4.0 to earn a degree in Neurosciences, SEGUN OLUGBILE writes.

A 22-year-old Nigerian, Emmanuel Ohuabunwa, has made history at John Hopkins University, United States of America. Ohuabunwa from Arochukwu, Abia State, has done the nation proud by becoming the first black man to make a Grade Point Average of 3.98 out of 4.0 to bag a degree in Neurosciences in the university. He was also adjudged as having the highest honours during the graduation that was held on May 24 this year.

For his efforts, he has won a scholarship to Yale University to pursue a degree in medicine. Besides, he has been inducted into Phi Beta Kappa Society, a prestigious honour group that features membership of 17 US Presidents, 37 US Supreme Court Justices, and 136 Nobel Prize winners.

According to Wikipedia, The Phi Beta Kappa Society is an academic honour society. Its mission is to “celebrate and advocate excellence in the liberal arts and sciences” and induct “the most outstanding students of arts and sciences at America’s leading colleges and universities.”

It was founded at The College of William and Mary on December 5, 1776, and thus it is the oldest honour society for the liberal arts and sciences and among the oldest undergraduate societies in the US.

In an online interview with our correspondent, Ohuabunwa, who was born in Okota, Lagos and attended Lilly Fields Primary School, Lagos, said he left Nigeria after his junior secondary school education at Air Force Comprehensive School, Ibadan, Oyo State.

“My parents moved the whole family when I was 13 years old. I was about to begin SS1 at Air Force, Ibadan. When I got to the US, I was enrolled with my age mates, which meant at 13, I was in middle school. I went to Fondren Middle School, which was in the middle of the ghetto. That was one of the darkest years for me because I encountered a lot of peer pressure. Some of the students, ignorant about Africa, bullied me and called me names such as ‘African booty scratcher’ because to them, Africans were dirty and scratched their butts all the time.

“Some asked me if I lived in mud huts and ate faeces for breakfast. I remember one day, when I was walking to the school bus, a boy came from behind and punched me in the face, called me an African and walked away. It took everything in me not to retaliate. I knew that God had put me in the U.S for a purpose and it did not involve fighting or selling drugs or doing the wrong things.

“My experience during that year gave me a thick skin. I learned to stand for what I thought was right even when the opposition seemed insurmountable. I also learned to look at the positive in all situations. Even though these kids were bullying me, I was still gaining an opportunity to school in America and nothing would stop me from making the best of this opportunity.

“The shocker was that the kid that punched me in the face was black. I would have expected the blacks to be nicer to me. Nevertheless, I don’t blame those kids because they were ignorant about Africa. All they knew about us was the stuff they had watched on TV or documentaries, showing primitive African tribes, living in the jungle and making noises like monkeys.

“In regards to the whites, there might have been some minor episodes but again I don’t blame them for it because it is a problem with stereotypes,” he said.

But in spite of this humiliation and racial prejudice against him, the first in a family of three was not discouraged. He faced his studies and was always coming top in his class. After he completed his middle school education, he passed the entrance examination to DeBakey High School for Health Professions. It was at this school that his interest in neurosciences and medicine started.

“By the second year of high school, we were able to interact with doctors, nurses and other administrators in the hospital. The more I learned about medicine, the more it felt like the thing God was calling me to pursue and by being in the US I got a lot of people to support me to do this. Even though in high school, I got to see first-hand what it meant to be a doctor. We studied advanced anatomy and physiology, learned medical terminology, and learned important skills, such as checking blood pressure, pulse rate, and many more.

“I knew I wanted to go to the best school in the US. I had heard that Johns Hopkins Hospital had been ranked the number one hospital in the US for the past 21 years and I wanted to be in that environment.’’

Worried that his parents might not be able to sponsor him to the university, Ohuabunwa purposed to work very hard. He did and when the result of the PSAT came, he performed so well that he won the National Achievement Scholar.

By virtue of this award, he received certificates of recognition from various organisations including senators from the Congress of both Texas and the US. He also received scholarship from the University of Houston; Rice University, Texas A&M Honors College and many more.

He had also won the Principal’s Award during the annual awards ceremony at DeBakey High School.

“During our graduation ceremony at DeBakey, I also won the Award for the Most Outstanding Senior Young Man and the student volunteer award for my volunteer activities in the State of Texas,” he said.

But his breakthrough came when he won the Bill and Belinda Gates Foundation full scholarship to any university of his choice. He worked hard and gained admission to Johns Hopkins University to study Neurosciences.

But why Neurosciences, Ohuabunwa said, “I studied Neuroscience, because I was fascinated with the brain, its control of our behaviours and how various diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, lead to a decline in its activity. I also minored in Psychology because I wanted to understand disorders in the psyche. What causes bipolar disorders or schizophrenia. I did not just want to label them as crazy but to understand what causes these conditions and how we can treat them,’’ he explained.

But what does he consider to be the missing links in the education sector of Nigeria when compared with that on offer in US, Ohuabunwa said unpredictable academic calendar, corruption, examination malpractice and inadequate funding were some of the problems confronting his home country’s university sector. These, he said, were absent in the US.

“There were a few problems with Nigerian higher education that contributed to our emigration in 2003. The first was the number of strikes that occurred in schools. It took my uncle seven years to graduate with a degree that should have taken him only four years. A second problem was the corruption. We had heard of people going into universities, because they paid someone to look the other way. I also heard of a few cheating scandals, where people would pay someone to take their exams for them or get a copy of the exam a few days before,” he said.

But is he saying that US university system has no such problems at all? Ohuabunwa said, “Although this sometimes occurs in the U.S, it is less common because of the strict security. I remember when taking the Medical College Admissions Test, test required before one can matriculate into medical school, each student had to get his fingerprints taken every time we entered and left the hall. The whole place was packed with cameras and security staff that monitored everything we were doing. The exam was computerised to make sure that no one saw the test before the actual date.”

Another difference, he said, is that America rewards hard-work while the system also emphasises on a balance between academic life and extracurricular activities.

On how he won the scholarship to Yale, Ohuabunwa said his 3.98 GPA in Neurosciences, and many awards he had won and God’s grace, contributed to his winning the scholarship.

“As at the time of my application for medical school, I had a 3.98 GPA of a 4.0. This made me the only black student inducted into the prestigious Phi Beta Kappa. I was also awarded the Becker Family Scholarship for being the most outstanding student in the Neuroscience major at Johns Hopkins University. Furthermore, by God’s grace, I took the MCAT and scored in the top five percentile.

“That, combined with my hours of volunteer service in different hospitals across the US allowed me to gain acceptance into every medical school I applied to, including Harvard, Yale, Johns Hopkins, Columbia, and Cornell. As the time came to make a decision, I had narrowed it down to Harvard and Yale. Both schools, I enjoyed visiting. Nevertheless, while my parents prayed, they asked God to give us a sign of what school to attend. A few days later, I received a letter from Yale Medical School, offering me a full ride scholarship for all four years. That was the sign from God,” he said.

But would he come back to Nigeria after the completion of his programme, he said yes.

“I am absolutely interested in the health care policy decisions in Nigeria. Because there are many changes that need to occur, I will not rule out the possibility of coming back after my studies, in order to join hands with the leaders to make these changes possible.’’

He added that his ambition is to become a medical doctor specialising in brain surgery.

“Two weeks ago, my grandmother passed away after a long battle with strokes. Even during emergencies, it was difficult for her to get to the hospital, let alone get treatment. This is a common theme not only in the health care system of Nigeria, but in different countries in the world, where the poor get neglected.

“Second, Nigerian hospitals lack the infrastructure required to compete with major hospitals around the world. It would be an honour to one day contribute to this transformation that is necessary for improvements in Nigeria’s health care sector,” he said.

He, however, advised Nigerian youths who have the wherewithal, to go abroad to study. Ohuabunwa also called on wealthy Nigerians to invest more in the education of the poor rather than in acquisition of material things.

Ohuabunwa, however, said that his parents, who he described as his greatest role models, contributed a lot to his academic feat through Godly training, counsel and guidance. He also did not forget the impact that his short stay at Air Force school had on him.

“I was definitely not the brightest at Air Force. At that time, I felt like I spent more time running away from seniors than focusing on my studies. Nevertheless, I learned three things at Air Force that have served me well in the US. I learned discipline, adaptability and resilience. These attributes helped me a lot in US,” he said.

http://www.punchng.com/education/nigerian-breaks-academic-record-at-john-hopkins-university/

Jonathan opens up on Boko Haram, Azazi, others
June 25, 2012 by Niyi Odebode, John Alechenu, Friday Olokor, Ade Adesomoju, Simon Utebor and Maureen Azuh 207 Comments
President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday fielded questions from a team of journalists on the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram; the renaming of the University of Lagos, and Friday’s sacking of his National Security Adviser, Gen. Andrew Azazi.

The President also offered explanations on his controversial trip to Rio De Janeiro in Brazil, the 2015 general election and the economy as well as other hot issues confronting his administration.

While Jonathan submitted that he had no regret embarking on the journey, he said the removal of Azazi and Haliru Bello as defence minister was to evolve a fresh strategy in dealing with Boko Haram.

The President stated that those who argued that he should not have embarked on the trip when Kaduna and Yobe states were being attacked by the violent sect , were ignorant.

He spoke during the Presidential Media Chat broadcast live on the Nigerian Television Authority.

Trip to Brazil

Justifying the trip, he said, “I have no regrets going to Brazil. The issue of security in this country, especially relating to the Boko Haram crisis is pathetic, I have lost people and I have lost property. I sympathise with people who have lost property and relations. I feel the pain.

“As President of this country, even if one person dies, I feel sad. But one thing is that if you know the tactics of terrorists, Nigerians who were worried that I travelled got worried out of ignorance.

“One of the tactics of terrorists is to strangle government. If they heard that the President and the Vice-President wanted to travel but couldn’t do so because they struck, they would celebrate it.”

According to him, Presidents of other countries had always encouraged him to ensure that the government of Nigeria does not stop because of terrorism.

The President also dismissed insinuations that Azazi and Mohammed were removed for incompetence.

He commended the two for what he described as, the effective discharge of their duties while in office.

He, however, said the change in tactics by the terrorist group required a change in the security strategy to deal with the growing security challenge.

Jonathan said, “Security is a global challenge now, not just in Nigeria. Just like the economic recession is global, different countries are having their share.

“The issue of Boko Haram which is giving Nigeria the indignity of security challenges which government is dealing with, definitely we will get over it.

“The day the international community gets to know that the President of Nigeria could not travel because of Boko Haram, we are finished.”

Azazi, Bello

“Relating to the changes we made where the Minister of Defence was removed. We have not named anyone yet because that one has to get to the Senate. We cannot announce any name because it is the Senate that has to clear him or her. So we don’t announce until the Senate clears.

“But the NSA, which is a Political Adviser position, some other person has taken over.

“Those two who occupied those two offices have done well. But if you look at the evolution of Boko Haram, they have changed their tactics.

“The interest of terrorists is to destabilise government. If they use one thing it doesn’t work, they want to use another thing.

“So, you too will begin to change your personnel, change your style, (and) change your strategy.

“I also thought it was time some other hands came in to do things slightly differently; it’s not that the people who were there before did not do well.

“They worked very hard. We will continue to adjust our security architecture and where there is the need to change personnel to fit into the new programme, we will surely do that. “

Dialogue with Boko Haram

On dialogue with the sect, Jonathan said there was no ongoing talks with the sect because they had remained in the shadows.

He said, “Security issues are not issues that we are going to discuss in details. The issues of dialogue continue to come up. Some people feel that government should not dialogue with terrorists and criminals. That is the position of some, particularly in the West.

“But to us in this country and to me in particular, the Boko Haram members are Nigerians and I don’t want to lose the life of one Nigerian.

“I will love a situation where the Boko Haram people will stop the rubbish that they are doing so that they can be trained in business skills that will enable them to become productive and contribute to our economy.

“Government will like to dialogue with Boko Haram but presently, Boko Haram has no face. Nobody will come and tell you I am the leader of Boko Haram. “And government will not dialogue with a faceless group. You must have a face; you must tell us the reason why you are doing what you are doing. Then of course, we will dialogue.

“We want them to change; we want them to become decent citizens; to become top businessmen in this country.”

According to him, terrorists all over the world have a common agenda which is to destabilise the government .

The President stated, “They believe that when they attack a church, Christian youths will revolt against Muslim youths, and they don’t care about who dies in the process.................................

http://www.punchng.com/news/jonathan-opens-up-on-boko-haram-azazi-others/

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kaaycee: dis Falana of a man must be ill informed , if not he would know dat world over and in d contitutionally, ICAO recommendations, and IATA recorgnises d fact dat in d principle of seperation of Aircrafts dat VIPs which are usually d Presido and VP in any country, heads of international org. like d UN etc, kings and Queens like d saudi and britain etc are allowed a free airspace 15mins before landing and 15mins after landing. may be he should sue Oga Jona and Sambo. no be dia fault, it comes with d office as 1bn food allowance also comes with d ofis.

The big question is'' Is the air way supposed to be closed for the wife of the president too?''.
Another thing to point out is '' What happens if more than one VIPs are to land in the airport simultanuosly''. Does it mean that all the planes in the air space will be hovering around?.

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We’re doing God’s work –Dying suicide bomber

June 21, 2012 by Jude Owuamanam, Jos with agency report 83 Comments
A suicide bomber who was blown off with an explosive device he was carrying on Tuesday said on his deathbed that the group was doing “God’s work” and would not stop.

The suspected suicide bomber however died in the hospital on Wednesday, police in Bauchi said.

The police said the suspected suicide bomber died at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital, Bauchi, where he was receiving treatment after the bomb he was carrying exploded.

They said the suspect was taken to the hospital by the Police, following injuries he sustained from the blast.

A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr Idris Abubakar, said the suicide bomber died in the hospital, where he was receiving treatment.

He said, “On June 19, at about 5.05pm, an anonymous caller informed the Divisional Police Officer, Township, Bauchi, that there was an explosion opposite ANPP Secretariat along Gombe road, Bauchi.

“The police went to the scene and on arrival, a young man was found at the scene seriously injured.

“Upon search by the police bomb experts, it was discovered that the unidentified man was hit by an improvised explosive device he was carrying.

“We recovered one revolver pistol and five rounds of life ammunition on him.’’

The statement added, “The bomber was rushed to the ATBUTH but died in the course of treatment.

“Before his death, the suicide bomber confirmed that he was member of Boko Haram Islamic sect.’’

On Tuesday, the suicide bomber had travelled by public transport for more than 393 km with the device from Yola, Adamawa State.

He was said to have concealed the bomb in his backpack.

The bomber was unfortunate when he carelessly dropped the bag on the floor to urinate in a corner.

The device subsequently detonated, dismembering his lower limb and fingers.

Shortly after the incident, while conscious and in pains, the bomber told onlookers – including police officers who had come to arrest him – that he was part of a larger cell of the terrorist Boko Haram sect who are infiltrating the city to carry out an assignment in “God’s name.”

He said his colleagues were on their way to the city from other towns.

When thoroughly searched, a gun was found on him, which the police reportedly took away.

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