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OP need brain restructuring. |
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[size=15pt] In the end, it was the Syrian army - and its Hizballah chums from Lebanon, and the Iranians, and the Russians - who drove the Isis murderers out of Palmyra. [/size] The biggest military defeat that isis has suffered in more than two years. The recapture of Palmyra, the Roman city of the Empress Zenobia. And we are silent. Yes, folks, the bad guys won, didn't they? Otherwise, we would all be celebrating, wouldn't we? Less than a week after the lost souls of the 'Islamic Caliphate' destroyed the lives of more than 30 innocent human beings in Brussels, we should - should we not? - have been clapping our hands at the most crushing military reverse in the history of Isis. But no. As the black masters of execution fled Palmyra this weekend, Messers Obama and Cameron were as silent as the grave to which Isis have dispatched so many of their victims. He who lowered our national flag in honour of the head-chopping king of Arabia (I'm talking about Dave, of course) said not a word. As my long-dead colleague on the Sunday Express, John Gordon, used to say, makes you sit up a bit, doesn't it? Here are the Syrian army, backed, of course, by Vladimir Putin's Russkies, chucking the clowns of Isis out of town, and we daren't utter a single word to say well done. When Palmyra fell last year, we predicted the fall of Bashar al-Assad. We ignored, were silent on, the Syrian army's big question: why, if the Americans hated Isis so much, didn't they bomb the suicide convoys that broke through the Syrian army's front lines? Why didn't they attack Isis? “If the Americans wanted to destroy Isis, why didn't they bomb them when they saw them?” a Syrian army general asked me, after his soldiers' defeat His son had been killed defending Homs. His men had been captured and head-chopped in the Roman ruins. The Syrian official in charge of the Roman ruins (of which we cared so much, remember?) was himself beheaded. Isis even put his spectacles back on top of his decapitated head, for fun. And we were silent then. Putin noticed this, and talked about it, and accurately predicted the retaking of Palmyra. His aircraft attacked Isis - as US planes did not - in advance of the Syrian army's conquest. I could not help but smile when I read that the US command claimed two air strikes against Isis around Palmyra in the days leading up to its recapture by the regime. That really did tell you all you needed to know about the American "war on terror". They wanted to destroy Isis, but not that much. So in the end, it was the Syrian army and its Hizballah chums from Lebanon and the Iranians and the Russians who drove the Isis murderers out of Palmyra, and who may - heavens preserve us from such a success - even storm the Isis Syrian 'capital' of Raqqa. I have written many times that the Syrian army will decide the future of Syria. If they grab back Raqqa - and Deir el-Zour, where the Nusrah front destroyed the church of the Armenian genocide and threw the bones of the long-dead 1915 Christian victims into the streets - I promise you we will be silent again. Aren't we supposed to be destroying Isis? Forget it. That's Putin's job. And Assad's. Pray for peace, folks. That's what it's about, isn't it? And Geneva. Where is that, exactly? http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/why-is-david-cameron-so-silent-on-the-recapture-of-palmyra-from-the-clutches-of-isis-a6955406.html |
The authorities of St. Peter Cathedral Church, Ake, Abeokuta on Sunday warned treasury looters not to donate part of their loot to the church, else a report would be made to security agencies. The Diocean Bishop of Egba, Emmanuel Adekunle, made the declaration in his sermon at the Ogun State Police Command 2016 Thanksgiving Service held at the Cathedral Church in the town. The cleric said it has become stock in trade of treasury looters to donate to churches from their ill gotten wealth; lamenting that, even when churches are aware, they praise-sing the looters. “Don’t steal where you are working and bring to church as donation or tithe, we shall not accept such gestures, whether as donations or tithes. “If we discovered such we shall expose the donor. If you do this you will be ridiculed,” he said. He, however, explained that those with clean wealth would not be discouraged from contributing to the church. The cleric also tasked residents to be vigilant in their various communities, as a way to expose criminals within. He said criminals are not ghosts, but reside within communities, hence the need for community policing. http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/200881-dont-bring-stolen-wealth-church-cleric-warns-treasury-looters.html |
The Nnamdi Kanu Saga has received national and international media coverage in the past few months. Only two weeks ago hundreds of ‘Biafrans’ and supporters of the Biafran cause staged peaceful protests in front of the Vatican, headquarters of the Catholic Church in the world. There had been similar protests by the Biafran supporters in some European capitals. It is therefore timely now to address pertinent issues on the matter. [/size] Counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, Ifeanyi Ejiofor in a recent press briefing in Abuja, circulated in the social media and published in some national dailies called attention to very serious issues in the trial of Nnamdi Kanu. Mr. Kanu was arraigned before a Wuse, Abuja Chief Magistrate Court on 19th October, 2015 for criminal conspiracy, managing and belonging to an unlawful society and criminal intimidation contrary to Sections 97, 97B and 397 of the Penal Code. The trial magistrate Hon. Shuabi granted him bail on the same day on conditions that were promptly satisfied but the Directorate of State Services refused to release him. During the pendency of this charge already adjourned to 19th November, 2015 for hearing, the DSS rushed to the Federal High Court and applied to secure an exparte order to further detain Nnamdi Kanu for another 90 days, in total disregard of the positive order by the Chief Magistrate Court for his release. Immediately the defense counsel became aware of the perverse order an application was promptly brought before the Federal High Court, the very court that granted the order, to vacate it. In its well considered ruling the judge vacated the exparte order and further directed the D.S.S to release Nnamdi Kanu unconditionally. The order was again flouted. In a deliberate effort to legitimize the further detention of Nnamdi Kanu, the office of the Attorney General of the Federation filed a six count charge against him and 2 other defendants including this time treasonable felony and belonging to and managing an unlawful social (IPOB). Barrister Ejiofor explained that Nnamdi Kanu was never caught or arrested with any fire arm, weapon or ammunition of any form. Radio Biafra as well as Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) are duly registered under the regulatory laws of the United Kingdom, the United Nation and several countries across the globe. He attached the said registrations Certificates in proof of his claim. For instance, the registration documents of both IPOB and Radio Biafra made available to the press by Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer (Bar Ifeanyi Ejiofor) revealed that IPOB is registered in over 30 countries across the globe with its headquarters situated at united kingdom. Certificate of registration issued by the registrar of companies for England and Wales, certified that Indigenous People Of Biafra is registered with Certificate Registration number 9141882, in the United Kingdom, Given at the companies House Cardiff on the 22nd July 2014. Registration certificate of Radio Biafra issued by the registrar of companies for England and Wales, also certified that Radio Biafra is registered with Certificate Registration Number: 8635030, in the United Kingdom, Given at the Companies House Cardiff on the 2nd August 2013. It is now undisputable in the light of the above revelations that both IPOB and Radio Biafra are duly registered under the law contrary to the speculations making rounds. The two den guns listed among the exhibits in course of DSS investigation at the residence of Benjamin Madubugwu are said to be den guns for animal hunting which are fully licensed. Are den guns used for levying war against a country as big and as sophisticated in arms and weaponry as Nigeria? One recalls that on 29th December 2015, during a Presidential media chat President Muhammedu Buhari informed the whole world that Nnamdi Kanu cannot be granted bail, as he came into the country without a valid travelling passport. Regrettably and very unfortunately, Nnamdi Kanu and other defendants were on 29th January, 2016 refused bail for being in possession of dual passports as a flight risk. This court decision which came on the same day as the Presidential Media Chat gives an indication of where the direction may be coming from, akin to the witch crying in the night and the baby dying in the morning. However the truth remains that Nnamdi Kanu has two valid passports, British and Nigerian which have since been seized by the D.S.S Operatives. A formal application to secure the release of the passports was made in the open court by Nnamdi Kanu’s defence team on February 9th 2016 but the trial judge refused to grant the application. When did dual citizenship constitute an offence in Nigeria? Dual citizenship is a constitutional right provided under Section 28 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1999) as amended and is therefore not a crime under our laws except if such was not obtained in the manner prescribed under our laws. It is interesting to note further that upon the denial of Nnamdi Kanu’s bail on 29th January, 2016, the court directed for accelerated hearing on the matter on 19th, 10th, 11th, and 12th February, 2016. Surprisingly on 9th February at the commencement of trial the Prosecution served an application to conduct the trial in camera (for witnesses to wear facial masks and testify behind screens). The court in its considered wisdom refused to grant this relief. Curiously when the case was called on 7th March 2016 the prosecution came up with an oral application that the court should VARY its earlier ruling made on 19th February, 2016 against witnesses testifying in camera, to enable witnesses be shielded behind screen while giving evidence. Very inexplicably, the court sat on appeal over its own judgment and granted the application and consequently ordered that the prosecution witnesses be allowed to testify in camera, i.e behind screen, wearing masks, etc. Masquerades will now be prosecution witness against Nnamdi Kanu and his co-defendants. This is a novelty in the Nigerian judiciary and we watch how it plays out. Nnamdi Kanu’s defence team has since appealed this court ruling to the Court of Appeal. They have complained of deliberate and consistent denial of access to crucial documents and materials that will enable them offer their best services to their clients, an action that impedes Nnamdi Kanu’s fundamental rights to fair trial and fair hearing. The allegation made by Nnamdi Kanu that the DSS threatened to kill him if he fails to denounce his Biafran preposition is a very serious one that should not be swept under the carpet. The elimination of one who has now been seen as the Peoples’ hero may cause serious societal upheaval with dire consequencies for the peace, unity and security of the nation. The Judiciary is generally seen as the last hope of the common man. That is why its logo is a woman with two arms outstretched to dispense equitable justice. When fundamental rights, enshrined internationally are denied and arbiters in the temple of justice give and change judgments at will against accused people before them, questions are bound to be raised if it is really justice or injustice that is being dispensed. The prosecution in a criminal charge is expected to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt, adducing evidences there are creditable and verifiable. Anything short of this becomes persecution which in a Democracy such as ours is an anathema. Nnamdi Kanu and his co-defendants should be given a trial that is not only fair but should be manifestly seen to be so. They should not be persecuted. http://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/03/26/nnamdi-kanu-vs-dss-persecution-or-prosecution/ |
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The Special Anti-Vice Squad of Bayelsa State Police Command have arrested a 16-year-old secondary school student, Larry Godsgift, and his 53-year-old stepfather, Seimukumo Aganju, over the mysterious death and secret burial of a woman in the Akenpai area of Yenagoa Local Government Area (LGA), Bayelsa State.http://saharareporters.com/2016/03/25/failure-register-bvn-leads-police-woman%E2%80%99s-secret-grave-year-after-her-death |
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lecturerdabo:Thanks. |
They shall come in one way and scatter in thousand ways.
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The deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Timi Frank, has described the continued trial of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, as “worrisome”, saying there were flaws in the processes leading to the arraignment. Mr. Frank said in a statement on Friday that it was dangerous that the leadership of the APC “chose to sit on the fence and watch Mr. Saraki swim or sink in his trial”. “I sincerely hold that the current trial of Saraki is not only underserved, but amounts to paying a good man with evil. I also want to say that the leaders of our great party have unfortunately remained quiet in the face of evil. “I don’t believe we have forgotten that the victory of the APC during the last general elections could not have been possible without courageous strategists like Saraki who lent their political weight in favour of the APC at the risk of their own lives and personal survival,” Mr. Frank said. “I don’t think we have forgotten how Saraki as a Senator in the 7th Senate brought the attention of Nigerians to the fraud perpetrated by the the last administration in the name of fuel subsidy. “I don’t think we have forgotten so soon how Saraki led five other governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) into the APC – a development that successfully turned the political tide against the PDP and eventually tipped the electoral scale against them during the 2015 general elections. “I don’t think we have forgotten how Saraki led scores of Senators to cross over to the APC on the floor of the Senate. “I don’t think we have also forgotten what he gave of his time, personal resources and energy to ensure that the APC emerged victorious both at the National, State and Local Government level,” he said. Mr. Saraki is facing a 13-count charge of alleged false declaration of assets. On Thursday, the Code of Conduct Tribunal rejected Mr. Saraki’s argument that the case against him was flawed, and ordered the trial to continue. Mr. Frank wondered how the case of Mr. Saraki was being treated differently at the CCT, which in 2011 struck out the case against one of the national leaders of the party “because he was not given the opportunity to deny or admit the alleged discrepancies in his asset declaration forms in line with Section 3(d) of the CCB/CCT Act unlike 11 other ex-governors who had similar cases of irregularities whose cases were dropped by the CCB after they were invited by the agency”. “For the avoidance of doubt, Section 3(d) of the CCB/CCT Act which has been so undermined by the CCT in its Thursday ruling states that the CCB shall: ‘Receive complaints about non-compliance with or breach of this Act and where the Bureau (not the AGF or EFCC) considers it necessary to do so, refer such complaints to the Code of Conduct Tribunal established by Section 20 of this Act in accordance with the provisions of Sections 20 to 25 of this Act: provided that where the concerned makes a written admission of such breach or non-compliance, no reference to the Tribunal shall be necessary'”. Mr. Frank said it was pertinent to mention that when the particular section of the Act was pleaded in the defence of one of the leaders of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria in 2011, the same chairman of the tribunal, Justice Danlandi Umar struck out the case for lack of jurisdiction to entertain the suit when he ruled that “…On Section 3(d), I feel compelled by the argument of the learned SAN for the accused. It is a condition precedent for referring a charge to this Tribunal that the Accused ought to have been invited to either deny or admit the allegations against him. This is missing in this case as the Complainant has no such evidence of a prior invitation. It would be proper for me at this stage to simply decline further exercise of jurisdiction having held that the co diction precedent to the instituting of charges against the Accused has not been complied with. I hereby resolve this issue in favour of the Accused…” He added: “It is based on the above precedent that I want to ask why Saraki’s case is different? Why is the judiciary suddenly giving in to apparent blackmail from a section of the media by refusing to do their job as required by law? “Already the Senate President has told the world that the trial has nothing to do with corruption but that he is being persecuted for emerging as the Senate President. To me the ominous silence of our leaders since the day he was arraigned uphill now serves to validate the claims of the Senate President that he is being persecuted. “Or where else in the world will the number three citizen of a country be hurled before a tribunal over alleged irregularities in his asset declaration forms 13 years ago, and the hierarchy of the ruling to which he is a bonafide member will not come out to show solidarity or defend him? “If it is true that the trial of the Senate President is not borne out of genuine desire yo fight corruption but is being carried out for selfish political ends, then who is next? “I think the party need to be courageous enough to speak out against this unwholesome trend whose outcome will definitely not augur well for the overall development of our party and by extension the country at this hour. “Even the holy scriptures admonish us not to muzzle the (ox) that thresh the corn. Saraki has paid his dues at a time it was suicidal for anybody to stand up against to the then ruling PDP. I believe it is time for all of us to act to save our party. It is time to rally round our generals who have fought valiantly and led us to victory. To abandon Saraki is to abandon a worthy comrade,” he said. http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/200826-sarakis-trial-splits-apc-senior-member-blasts-party-leaders-keeping-quiet.html
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The presidency has formally dissociated itself from the #Istandwithbuhari advocacy group and has demanded that the group immediately stop claiming any alliance with the Buhari Administration.http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/200805-buhari-dissociates-self-istandwithbuhari-group.html |
MR PRESIDENT SHOULD HUMBLE HIMSELF AND SEEK LEGAL ADVICE BEFORE GIVING ORDERS. The Attorney General of the Federation and his advisers should honorably RESIGN! Recently President Buhari confessed that he had to "swallow his vomit" after giving orders dissolving the Councils and Boards of Universities built by Ex-president Jonathan. He withdrew his orders after reading the laws governing those institutions and discovering that it was not in his power as President to dissolve those organs. The civilized and wise approach to presidential leadership is to seek advise first before taking action. That is why we pay an Attorney General to be available to the President 24/7 providing legal advise. It is for the same reasons that a retinue of Staff are serving as Advisers to the President. With the degree of embarrassing legal somersaults that the Presidency have been doing since the inception of this Government, it is either that President Buhari does not seek the legal guidance of his Attorney General or that when such advice is sought and given, it is completely ignored. Apart from the obvious ineptitude of the Attorney General's office or its negligence by the Presidency, It is baffling that there are advisers who collect money every month as Aids to the President. Why are we paying these men if they are not doing their jobs? Let us assume that they are advising the President but the President does not listen. Does this not imply that the President has no regard for their wisdom and experience and hence they should resign their positions. Why would Nigerian tax payers money continue to be frittered away to feed men who are either not working or whose work as Attorneys and Advisers do not add any value to the Governance of Nigeria? These men need to RESIGN without further delay! Their services is worth nothing to the President!. |
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HOW NOT TO KEEP NIGERIA ONE The more this government persecutes its perceived enemies, the more they are sowing the seeds of disintegration of our country. No-one wishes to be part of a country in which apartheid, genocide, ethnic cleansing, islamisation, state-sponsored terror and religious bigotry and the selective application of justice is alive and well. If u want a country to remain together u do not go out of ur way to kill, destroy, intimidate and tell lies about those that oppose u, that criticise u and that are not in ur political party. U do not try to relegate christianity into a second rate faith. U do not drag our nation into a military coalition of sunni muslim countries. U do not get into bed with the Jihadists. U do not refuse to condemn the heinous activities of ur kinsmen, the Fulani herdsmen. U do not try to jail ur opponents for no just cause or attempt to silence them with sensational and sallacious lies. U do not use the security agencies to insult and threaten them on a daily basis and demonise them with half truths and mendacities before the entire world. U do not impoverish the people with half-baked and ill-conceived economic and fiscal policies which have resulted in untold hardship, an unprecedented economic recession, high food and fuel prices, endless fuel queues, high electricity tariffs, the exile of the U.S. dollar, the unofficial devaluation of the naira and the lowest generation of electrical power since 1999. U do not implement an economic policy that is nonsensical, counter-productive and irrational and that has turned us into a nation of poverty-striken paupers, destitutes and beggars. U do not use the Armed Forces or ethnic militias that are armed with AK 47's to kill, crush and terrorise those that you consider to be slaves and second class citizens. U do not attempt to break the spirits of those that refuse to worship you or bow down before you with brutal aggression and naked intimidation. That does not breed love, peace prosperity and unity: it breeds hate, suspicion, fear, rage and ultimately war and bitter conflict. I do not believe in violence and neither do I call for or support the idea of an armed struggle. I am a man of peace and like Sir Winston Churchill once said I believe that "jaw jaw is better than war war". However when a people are pushed up against a wall and the government has as its primary objective the silencing and cowering of the opposition things behin to change very quickly as the blood of the tormented boils and the hearts of the oppressed hardens. Where the voice of reason and peaceful dissent is reigned in and silenced, history proves that those angry young men and women that do not share or care for our disposition for peaceful dialogue will eventually rise up, push the moderates aside and pick up their weapons in an attempt to break the yoke of slavery and liberate themselves from servitude and bondage.
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Sharksblow:I still dey search for him in the picture. |
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Samunique:True talk. |
(CNN)Donald Trump reacted to the explosions that rocked Brussels Tuesday morning, describing the scene as a "disaster" and warning that "this is just the beginning." The Republican front-runner, who has made immigration and security issues central to his 2016 presidential bid, discussed the reported suicide attacks in an interview on Fox News' "Fox and Friends." "I will tell you, I've been talking about this a long time, and look at Brussels," Trump said. "Brussels was a beautiful city, a beautiful place with zero crime. And now it's a disaster city. It's a total disaster, and we have to be very careful in the United States, we have to be very careful and very vigilant as to who we allow in this country. " http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/22/politics/donald-trump-brussels-2016-reaction/index.html |
Saraki is arm twisting the system to his favour. At the end, justice will prevail. |
“In the circumstance, I disqualify myself from this case. I will hereby send the case file to the chief judge for re-assignment to another judge.” |
Hmmmm. |
Justice Abdul Kafarati of the federal high court, Abuja, has withdrawn from a fundamental rights suit filed by Senate President Bukola Saraki to quash the charges of false declaration of assets brought against him by the federal government at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). Kafarati explained that his integrity had been called into question in the matter, hence he would disqualify himself from it. Having read a report of an online medium accusing him of corruption to the tune N2bn, he said that if he ruled against or for Saraki his decision would be interpreted differently. “It is only in this country that people can wake up and start calling people names,” he said. “In the circumstance, I disqualify myself from this case. I will hereby send the case file to the chief judge for re-assignment to another judge.” In February, after the judgment of the supreme court dismissing Saraki’s appeal to stop his trial, his lawyer Ajibola Oloyede filed the lawsuit asking the federal high court to stop his trial and to disqualify the chairman of the CCT, who is presiding over the trial. The senate president couched his prayers in the violation of his rights to fair hearing by the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), which he said did not invite him for explanation before it filed charges against him at the CCT. Kafarati had fixed Tuesday for judgment on the case, but instead of delivering the judgment, he announced his withdrawal from the case. https://www.thecable.ng/breaking-judge-withdraws-sarakis-suit |
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