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aguele:
According to the legal practitioner, the COAS never in anyway suggested using spiritualism to fight insurgency rather called on religious leaders to support the Nigerian Army in eradicating ideologies fuelling insurgency in the country.

It was okay for the Chief of Army Staff to ask religious leaders to eradicate ideologies which encourage insurgency.

However, including the phrase "Spiritual Warfare" in the title and theme of his message was an error, which was obviously going to have various interpretations and result in him being quoted out of context.

One of Southern Cameroon's greatest mistakes was choosing to join La République du Cameroun instead of Nigeria in the 1961 plebiscite.

Nigeria may have its issues but Anglophone Cameroonians certainly would not have been harassed in the present manner if their region had become part of Nigeria.

A survivor of the Nigerian "torture house" raided by police has described being there as "living in hellfire".

"If you are praying they will beat you. If you are studying they will beat you," Isa Ibrahim, 29, told the BBC.

Nearly 500 men and boys were rescued from the building in Kaduna, which was being used as an Islamic school and correctional facility.

The police said it was a place of human slavery, with many detainees found in chains.

Some of the victims had been tortured and sexually abused, the authorities say.

The BBC's Ishaq Khalid, who visited the school in northern Nigeria, says there are concerns that similar abuse may be occurring in other such institutions.

Many families in this mainly Muslim part of the country can't afford to send their children to school and those that can often enrol them in poorly regulated Koranic schools like this one, he says.

Seven people, including some teachers, have been arrested. The government says it will investigate other schools.

Isa Ibrahim's ordeal
Mr Ibrahim said he was sent there two weeks ago by his family, apparently to "correct his behaviour".

He said he had tried to escape the day before the police arrived.

He described being chained up to an old generator and also being subjected to a particularly cruel punishment, known as "Tarkila", where his hands were tied up and he was left hanging from the ceiling.

"I have many injuries. Almost all parts of my body have injuries," he said. "Even if you are sleeping - they'll use [a] cane to wake you up."

He said he had been starved and was only given plain rice to eat. People kept at the centre "lose all of our energy", he added.

Children as young as five were among those rescued from the school, which is believed to have been operating for several years. Most of the men and boys in the school were from northern Nigeria but two were reportedly from Burkina Faso.

Abandoned chains at a 'house of torture'
The Daru Imam Ahmad Bun Hambal facility was supposed to be an Islamic school, as well as a correctional home for children and young people with behavioural problems. But there were clearly far darker things going on behind its walls.

The facility has been shut and taken over by police. The pink two-storey building is a prison-like structure surrounded by high walls and barbed wire. It has an imposing gate, with more than a dozen rooms, with small windows for ventilation.

When I visited, the compound was littered with abandoned household items like mattresses, buckets, clothes and books - apparently left in the wake of the police raid.

Kaduna state police spokesperson Yakubu Sabo told me most of the captives had been rescued with their shackles still on but I could still see some abandoned chains, as well as car wheels and petrol-powered generators to which the victims had allegedly been attached.

People living nearby have been left bewildered - some told me they couldn't believe the shocking discovery.

The "students" did not go to out to beg on the streets as is the usual practice with traditional Koranic schools in this region. Nor had they been forced to do hard labour - some said they had not seen the outside world for years.

Torture was used as a form of discipline - to correct perceived bad behaviour.

Relatives are being reunited with their children at a camp in Kaduna where the victims were taken after being rescued.

Some said they had been prevented from seeing their children at the school.

"If we had known that this thing was happening in the school, we wouldn't have sent our children. We sent them to be people but they ended up being maltreated," said a parent named Ibrahim, who had identified his son.

The Kaduna state government says it will now carry out checks on all Koranic schools across the state.

"This is an eye-opener for us," said Hafsat Baba, Kaduna State Commissioner of Human Services and Social Development. She added that if this scale of abuse was happening in the main city, she didn't know what might be going on in rural areas.

"We have to map all the schools. And we have to make sure that if they violate the government orders then they have to be closed down completely," she told the BBC.

"If we find any facility that is torturing children or is harbouring these kind of horrific situations that we have just seen, they are going to be prosecuted."

President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned reports of shocking abuse at the institution.

He also urged religious and traditional leaders to work with the authorities to "expose and stop all types of abuse that are widely known but ignored for many years by our communities".

[url]bbc.com/news/world-africa-49869804[/url]

Nearly 500 men and boys have been rescued from a building in the northern city of Kaduna, where the detainees were allegedly sexually abused and tortured, Nigerian police said.

Children as young as five were among those in chains at what was thought to be an Islamic school, officers said.

Kaduna police chief Ali Janga told the BBC the building was raided after a tip-off about suspicious activity.

He described it as a "house of torture" and a place of human slavery.

Eight suspects, most of them teachers, were arrested. The police chief said the detainees - some with injuries and starved of food - were overjoyed to be freed.

The detainees said they had been tortured, sexually abused, starved and prevented from leaving - in some cases for several years.

"I have spent three months here with chains on my legs," Bell Hamza reportedly told Nigerian media.

"This is supposed to be an Islamic centre, but trying to run away from here attracts severe punishment; they tie people and hang them to the ceiling for that."

Some of the children told police that their relatives had taken them there, believing the building to be a Koranic school.

Two of the children freed by police said their parents had sent them from Burkina Faso. Police believe the rest are mostly from northern Nigeria.

Islamic schools are popular in the region but there have long been allegations of abuse in some schools, and of pupils forced to beg for money on the streets.

One parent told Reuters news agency that they did not know their children would face "this kind of harsh condition".

The captives are sheltering at a camp where their families are arriving to identify them. Hafsat Muhammad Baba of the Kaduna state government told the BBC the government will continue to provide medical care for the men and boys.

[url]bbc.com/news/world-africa-49850408[/url]

sotall:
How can you mistakenly cut off someone's kidney?


Is he blind ni?

I really don't understand; not one kidney, but both mistakenly cut off!

Well, the report does not give us details of the case.

If the doctor is not satisfied with the judgment, he can appeal.

Does Tanko Muhammad have a qualification from the Nigerian Law School?

alexistaiwo:
Serial killer that is caught within a week of capturing his face, is that one a serial killer

Any person who commits four or more murders on different occasions, with no apparent motive and typically following a characteristic, predictable behaviour pattern, may be regarded as a serial killer.

The real issue is that tattoos are permanent.

It is far easier to print a tattoo than to remove a tattoo.

Each person is the owner of his (or her) body, so in a way whether he gets a tattoo printed on himself is his business. However, having a tattoo may come with consequences, and such a person should be prepared for such.

As implied earlier, when a person is about to get a tattoo, he should realize that there is almost no going back. It is not like having an unusual hairstyle, then changing to a regular style after a few weeks.

In addition, he should realize that there could be social consequences, whether for the right or wrong reasons. If for example, he puts a tattoo on his face and he becomes a subject of social ridicule or he finds it difficult to secure employment, then he should simply accept responsibility for his actions.

Kelvin30286063:
Now that's the real deal. Let me see how EFCC will trace that one now.

EFCC may not have any interest here. Since it is a case of kidnapping, they would say it is for the police to handle.

Besides, EFCC appears to be more interested in financial crime that affects foreigners, than financial crime that affects Nigerians.

I couldn't pick out what the persons in the video were saying.

The only thing that is clear is that there is some kind of argument or quarrel.

What day and time did the mother bring her daughter to the hospital?

Some government hospitals may only attend to emergency cases outside routine hours. Routine hours for children may be from 8 am to 4 pm, Monday to Friday (or Monday to Saturday).

Perhaps there was a queue, and the mother did not want to wait any longer. There may have been other children who were in critical condition, but the mother wanted attention for her daughter which may have been a mild case.

If the daughter's condition was critical, the mother would not complain that her daughter has "typhoid" and produce a lab result to back up her claim.

unbitchable:
Russia or China will never go this far on their citizens. They will never put up a display to impress some FBI.

GeneralPula:
You’re very right!

EFCC serves United States interests.

JONNYSPUTE:
That was a wrong move by the burglers. They can't sell it anywhere.

Gold can be melted and remoulded.

Not knowing the name of the chief justice of Nigeria may be excusable, but not knowing the name of the president may indicate that the candidate is either uneducated or is a foreigner.

Where exactly is it written that a female lawyer cannot wear trousers in court, or that a female lawyer must wear a skirt in court?

AutoJoshNIG:
Also, do not let other drivers pressure you into entering the box when a clear exit is not available.

Good advice. However, some drivers would even pressure you to move onto a railway line when a clear exit is not available.

He is probably performing a ritual, which to him may have some form of spiritual or religious significance.

Delightikechi:
He is also required to sign the sex offenders register for life.

What happens if he refuses to sign the register?

The passport is valid for all countries, but a visa is still required except when travelling to countries that are visa free or visa on arrival for Nigerians.

Visa Free Countries for Nigerians:
Barbados, Benin, Burkina Faso
Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad
Dominica, Fiji, The Gambia
Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau
Haiti, Ivory Coast, Liberia
Mali, Mauritius, Micronesia
Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone
Togo, Vanuatu

Visa on Arrival for Nigerians:
Bangladesh, Burundi, Cambodia
Comoros, Djibouti, Georgia
Iran, Kenya, Laos
Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritania
Mozambique, Nauru, Palau
Samoa, Seychelles, Somalia
Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Timor-Leste
Tuvalu, Uganda

www.travelstart.com.ng/lp/visa-free-countries

He has already served four and a half years in jail, yet the court is threatening him with ten more years for the same offence unless he pays £7.3m.

Assuming he decides to pay, who will get the money? The court, the British government or the Nigerian government.

It may be better for him to refuse to pay and risk the jail term; at least, he can appeal the judgment.

The result was quite close for the top two contestants; it would have been nice if there had been a run-off.

KidsNEXTdoor:
Rubbish...

We have politicians here looting money with bullion vans and what not...

Efcc will turn a blind eye...

EFCC serves United States interests.

If some politicians loot money with bullion vans, this would not adversely affect the United States, so EFCC has no interest there.

He may sue the herdsman for damages.

EFCC serves foreign interests in general, and the United States interests in particular.

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We should consider the economy of the state or country before declaring extra public holidays.

At present, the number of public holidays in the country (13 or 14 each year) are too many.

Osun, by its declarations, has increased the number of public holidays in the state to 15 or 16.

Some days may just be observed but should still remain normal working days.

Benwems:
Why does efcc give some people board/placard to hold but don't give others? Who knows?

Perhaps others refuse to carry the board/placard.

Fatoyinbo has the right to remain silent, even if he is invited by the police.

Where can someone get Hubert Ogunde movies today?

It was so close.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nogyfpMAcY

The ladies were probably not kidnapped. They are all eighteen years and above.

They left Ghana and travelled to Nigeria willingly.

If Gimba Kakanda will not take down the false tweet, then he should be reported to Twitter so that his account can be closed.