₦airaland Forum

TERMlNATOR:
I know say e go be north

hmmm

Ihateheadslamer:
Hopefully, it won't as bad as Corona virus

Well, no one know if it is deadlier than corona. But, it is deadly too.

Breaking the news on Monday in Abuja, the country's capital, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development stated that it was “deeply concerned to announce the confirmation of an anthrax case in Niger State, Nigeria." adding that the disease was detected in a farm in Niger State.

The statement reads, “On July 14, 2023, the Office of the Chief Veterinary Officer of Nigeria was notified of animals manifesting symptoms of a suspected case of anthrax in a farm in Suleja, Niger State.

“The case was in a multi-specie animal farm comprising of cattle, sheep and goats located at Gajiri, along Abuja-Kaduna expressway Suleja Local Government Area, Niger State, where some of the animals had symptoms including oozing of blood from their body openings – anus, nose, eyes, and ears.”

The ministry stated that a rapid response team comprising federal and states’ One Health Professional Team visited the farm to conduct preliminary investigations and collected samples from the sick animals.

“Subsequent laboratory tests by the National Veterinary Research Institute laboratory confirmed the diagnosis, marking the first recorded case of anthrax in Nigeria in recent years and after the report of an outbreak of anthrax in Northern Ghana a few weeks ago. All animals affected have died,” the ministry stated.

Read the full news and the Cause of Anthrax here: https://www.zionie.com/read/anthrax-outbreak-first-case-recorded-in-nigeria

Has anyone done the maths yet?

If 12 million families share 500 billion naira. How much will each family get

Oh yes, this is where we find ourselves.

465 National Assembly members will share 110 billion naira. If the money is divided proportionally, each member will go home with about N236,559,139 (two hundred and thirty six million, five hundred and fifty nine thousand, one hundred and thirty nine naira)

While 12 million Nigerians will share 500 billion naira. You can do the maths

However, there are reactions from different national bodies and well meaning Nigerians - describing it as wicked and insensitive.

Meanwhile, the Senate is defending their palliative, urging Nigerians to see it as "partners in progress."

See the story here: https://www.zionie.com/read/national-assembly-members-are-entitled-to-n230-million-palliative-each-senate

Special counsel for Nnamdi Kanu, Barrister Aloy Ejimakor has said the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) must face trial for all the “atrocities and killings done by Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria”.

The lawyer made the statement via his twitter account on Sunday - while reacting to the CNG’s appeal to President Bola Tinubu not to release the detained separatist leader.

CNG had warned President Tinubu not to be bordered about the threats of IPOB and asked that Kanu should be tried for all his “crimes”.

On Saturday, the northern group, through its spokesperson, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, lamented the level of insecurity in the southeastern part of Nigeria, urging federal authorities to resist the campaigns of blackmail to use Kanu's release as a precondition for long-term peace in the country.

Suleiman wants the federal authorities to disregard what he termed 'unpatriotic' calls by Igbo leaders for Kanu’s release and remain resolute in prosecuting him.

Ejimakor reacting to the statement by the northern group said; since CNG vehemently objected to the release of Kanu, the Nigerian government must also charge the group for accessory to murder.

He said the CNG, as the umbrella body of northern groups including herders’ unions, should answer for the crimes committed by herdsmen in the country.

“As the umbrella body of Northern groups which includes HERDSMEN, CNG is vicariously complicit in every murder committed by herdsmen & thus must face trial as an accessory to murder,” the IPOB lawyer wrote on his verified Twitter page.

News Source: https://www.zionie.com/read/coalition-of-northern-groups-must-face-trial-for-herdsmen-killing-ipob-lawyer

beerfraud:
I will renounce my citizenship if FG released that terrorist
Agbadorians want him dead for killing innocent Igbos

What if Tinubu eventually release him? Never doubt what a leader can do.

Curious345:
Love this man,

The original commander in chief and GCFr.

Nigeria dodged prosperity by allowing Yakubu mamoud of INEC to rig obi out

Don't let Keyamo and Fani-Kayode hear this, Otherwise you will be in trouble.

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, has revealed that the Nigerian Government is giving national awards to those who “stole the country dry”.

Speaking on Saturday in a graduation ceremony at Pace Setters Academy in Abuja, Peter Obi stated that while the country is busy awarding looters, it is failing to recognise the roles played by teachers in moulding the “leaders of the tomorrow.” adding that the government have low understanding of the importance of education.

His words read in part, “Education is the most important thing any nation needs. It is the foundation of development. If you don’t have an educated citizenry, you can’t have a healthy society. You can’t pull people out of poverty without education. This is because the more people you ensure get education, the more they would be able to pull themselves out of poverty.

“We can’t have 20 million out-of-school children and start to talk about development tomorrow. That is why we need to invest in education. During our campaigns, we said we will invest in public schools and private schools. We talked about having a budget for every child in a way that the budget for each child will be paid to their respective schools, whether private or public.

Peter Obi continued by saying in his term as the governor of Anambra State, he didn’t have private school because there is no private child in Nigeria - while reinstating that he equipped schools with computers and other necessary facilities. And if he have his way, education will have the highest budget and teachers will be celebrated. "They are the ones moulding the children." He said.

While referencing a teacher, Akeem Badaru, from St Michaels School, Ogun State - for winning the Cambridge best teacher award globally. Obi said, “Many Nigerians did not know. We are busy giving national awards to those who stole the country dry,”

Source: https://www.zionie.com/read/fg-giving-national-awards-to-looters-peter-obi-says

The Indigenous People of Biafra have asked the Federal government to release their leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, to end insecurity in the South-East region.

The group made the statement via its spokesman, Emma Powerful, on Friday, stating that if the Federal Government really wants an end to insecurity in the South-East, it should release its leader unconditionally from detention as pronounced by the courts.

Powerful also condemned the statement by the Nigerian Army that links IPOB to the sit-at-home orders and enforcement in the South-East.

The statement reads in part, “The Army chief, Gen. Lagbaja Taoreed will not claim ignorance of all the previous press releases written by IPOB led by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu disassociating ourselves from Simon Ekpa and his criminal sit-at-home enforcers.

“For the avoidance of doubt, IPOB is not responsible for Mondays nor failed seven-day and purported two-week sit-at-home orders and enforcement.

"The reckless and abusive sit-at-home strategy is from the autopilot group led by Simon Ekpa. We have consistently made it known that Simon Ekpa and his autopilot group are not IPOB members and do not represent Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in their violent enforcement of sit-at-home orders.

“Recently, IPOB members rallied in Lahti City in Finland to demonstrate to the world that Simon Ekpa is not an IPOB member which is why he couldn’t come out to identify with the protesters.

“If indeed, the Federal Government and her security agencies are interested in the peace of the South-Eastern region, they should release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu unconditionally as pronounced by the Appeal Court of Nigeria in Abuja, and see the sponsored criminal agents using Kanu’s detention to perpetrate crime go into oblivion and fade away.

“IPOB has remained peaceful, and when our Directorate of State initiated a sit-at-home that the autopilot has hijacked and abused, we never enforced it. Nevertheless, our people voluntarily complied.

“Therefore, for the Nigeria Army to associate the reckless sit-at-home enforcement to IPOB is to show that the Federal Government is using the promoters of violent enforcement of sit-at-home and criminalities in the South-East to blackmail IPOB and Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.”

See News Source: https://www.zionie.com/read/release-nnamdi-kanu-to-solve-insecurity-issues-in-south-east-ipob-tells-fg

Snowmusic:
The number they use is from the national bureau of statistics you guys/Nigerians have been quoting on poverty during campaign . So it is near accurate i believe

But NBS says we have over 130 million homes, so how did he get the 8 million homes?

IduNaOba:
Embezzlement does not need formula

This one struck me honestly.

The Federation of Informal Workers Organization of Nigeria has asked President Bola Tinubu's administration to explain how it got the number of ‘12 million poor and low-income households in a country with over 130 million people suffering from ‘multi-dimensional poverty’.

In a statement signed by the Secretary General of the group, Mr. Gbenga Komolafe, they requested to know who the 12 million households are and how they were identified, adding that similar programs have failed in the past.

The group further noted that in a similar program, ‘MarketMoni”, some privileged Nigerians had their accounts credited with N10,000 while most women only heard about the program on the radio.

Mr. Gbenga said that development experts and observers have lamented the ‘unprecedented lack of transparency and accountability’ witnessed in fund application, especially concerning the Tradermoni aspect of GEEP.

Furthermore, the statement explains that the programs were overwhelmed by so much politicization, ethnicity, favoritism, and nepotism brought to bear on the generation of data and other vital indicators.

Part of the statement reads;
"The recently announced palliative measure by President Bola Tinubu ostensibly to cushion the effect of petroleum subsidy removal is pathetically too little to make any difference in reliving the overwhelming helplessness that has enveloped Nigeria as poverty holds an increasing number of poor working Nigerians in vicious grip.

See News Source For Full Statement: https://www.zionie.com/read/how-did-you-arrive-at-12-million-poor-and-low-income-households-in-nigeria-group-asks-tinubu

Authorities of the Rivers State Police Command said they had arrested one of their personnel, Bright Oke, for alleged armed robbery and car snatching.

The command’s spokesperson, Grace Iringe-Koko, disclosed this to journalists in Port Harcourt, the state capital on Thursday.

Iringe-Koko, a Superintendent of Police said the police corporal who had already been dismissed, along with three of his accomplices snatched a Toyota Corolla car at the Gateway area of Ada George in Port Harcourt before they were intercepted by men of the C4i Intelligence Unit.

She said, “On Thursday, May 18, 2023, at about 11pm, men of the C4i Intelligence Team, while on a routine patrol, became suspicious of a Toyota Corolla 2005 model with number plate BNY 741 FV along Ada George Road, Port Harcourt, which aligned with an earlier intelligence the team had received.

“The team members gave a hot chase and eventually intercepted the vehicle.

“Three armed robbers, Corporal Bright Okey (a policeman), Samuel Charles and Michael Nwachukwu, were arrested while one member of the gang escaped.

“In the course of detailed investigation, it was discovered that the four armed robbers robbed a victim (name withheld) in a bid to snatch his Toyota Corolla 2005 model with number plate BNY 741 FV grey colour at gunpoint around Apostolic Church Gateway, Port Harcourt.

“The suspects confessed to the crime, while the policeman, Bright Okey, has been tried and dismissed upon conclusion of the investigation in line with police internal procedures.”

She said the dismissed cop would be charged to court along with his accomplices.

“Exhibits recovered from them include one single barrel locally made gun with one live cartridge, a grey Toyota Corolla Car 2005 model,” Iringe-Koko added.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/rivers-policeman-two-others-arrested-for-armed-robbery/%3famp

OloYeOfEgbE:
Nobody dey read newspaper again.

No dull am..Punch dead and fake

Hmmm. Is alright.

SonOfEl:
Fake News

What part of the news is fake? Is it the one said by Punch or by the news source? The source have all its reference in the article.

The Punch Editorial Board has listed the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) among terrorist groups in Nigeria.

In an editorial published on their official website titled "Crush bandits, don’t grant them amnesty," the news media included IPOB in the list of terrorist groups in Nigeria.

Punch made the inclusion while explaining why Nigeria ranks high in the global terrorism index.

Part of the publication reads, "Because of the bandits, killer Fulani herdsmen, Boko Haram/ISWAP/Ansaru, and IPOB, the 2023 Global Terrorism Index ranks Nigeria as the eighth most terrorized country in the world. Together, these terrorist groups slaughtered 63,111 Nigerians between 2015 and May 2023, the National Security Tracker estimated."

IPOB is a separatist group agitating for an independent state of Biafra.

The group believes that its region has been marginalized by the Nigerian state - with less to no inclusion in the Nigerian polity, underdevelopment, and continuous exclusion in benefiting what the other regions benefits from the goverment.

In 2017, the Nigerian state proscribed IPOB as a terrorist group - which is been contested in the court. This happened under the leadership of Muhammadu Buhari, the immediate past president of the country.

Nigerian government accused IPOB of being responsible for many atrocities in the easternregion of the country, with their leader, Nnamdi Kanu, still under detention despite a court order asking for his release.

IPOB, on the other hand, accused the government of extrajudicial killings of its people, and has always distanced itself from any crime committed in its most occupied region. However, they are responsible for the sit-at-home exercise affecting the activities in their region - an event that the group started after their leader was arrested in Kenya and sent to Nigeria in 2021.

Punch publication differentiates between terrorists and agitators - using Niger Delta Militants whose fight is about true federalism and resource control as agitators - which did not see IPOB doing the same.

More details from source: https://www.zionie.com/read/punch-editorial-board-lists-ipob-among-terrorist-groups

Depriest2020:
So there's no CCTV that captor the syndicates?

Very good question. This is so surprising

Some unidentified persons have allegedly stolen the recently reinstalled airfield lighting systems at the domestic runway 18/36L, Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.

The disappearance of the approach lighting systems raised security concerns in the busy airport.

A source who chose to remain anonymous had told Punch that those who stole the lighting systems took advantage of the closure of the runway for over three months - alleging that some FAAN workers connived with outsiders to steal the lighting equipments.

"The criminal took advantage of the closure to commit the crime. I cannot give the actual worth of the theft, but almost all the lighting was removed. The permanent secretary came around to see for himself the huge damage done. A lot of FAAN officials have been suspended,” the source said.

The incident has brought about the suspension of some heads of relevant departments at FAAN on the directives of the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Aviation, Dr Emmanuel Meribole.

According to a report by Punch, the source said, regular incursion and stealing of safety components at the airports are carried out by a syndicate, consisting of some workers of the agencies, who have access to the restricted areas and accomplices from outside.

See full story in news source: https://www.zionie.com/read/chaos-as-lagos-airport-runway-light-got-stolen

Kebbi State Governor Nasiru Idris has sacked his Special Adviser on Youths, Babangida Sarki, for posting pornography on his (Sarki’s) WhatsApp status.

In a statement issued by the governor’s office on Monday that seems to confirm the incident shows that the special adviser posted homosexual pornography on his WhatsApp status on Sunday.

Spokesman to the governor, Ahmed Idris, while quoting the governor says that Sakir’s WhatsApp post “trampled on the moral and social ethos of Kebbi society”.

The statement read, “The Executive Governor of Kebbi State, Dr Nasiru Idris, Kauran Gwandu, has relieved his Special Adviser on Youths, of his appointment.

“The sacking of the S.A. was a sequel to an indecent posting he made on his WhatsApp status.

“The governor, who was enraged by the obnoxious development said the aide trampled on the moral and social ethos of the Kebbi society, which is largely Islamic.

“The Kauran Gwandu vowed that his administration would not condone any of such acts that denigrate the morality and integrity of the people of the state.

“The governor also cautioned other public officers against making such heinous postings in their social media handles and other public fora”.


News Source: https://www.zionie.com/read/kebbi-govs-aide-sacked-for-posting-porn-on-whatsapp-status

delpee:
This is a case of "agbo to sun seyin, agbara lo lo mu wa." The ram that steps backward is only trying to gather strength to launch back.

We really pray it is not. Because those guys are deadly and they seems not to count life as anything.

yinkus6750:
Every para military now showing force.
Imagine, immigration shooting innocent citizen.
Corruption has eaten deep into every sector of our society.

This is it, and unfortunately, our leaders are not doing anything about it. God help us.

adebayo987:
Who give am lieutenant? Lieutenant for bush or what?

That's their ranking though.

A top commander of the Boko Haram, Khaid Malam Ali and his lieutenant, Bunu Umar have surrendered to the troops of Operation Hadin Kai in Borno State, Northeast, Nigeria.

It was learnt that Ali and his fighters were dislodged by a rival Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists group after a coordinated raid on the hideouts of Boko Haram in Bula Alhaji Garwaye at the edge of Sambisa forest, near Bama Local Government Area of the state on July 5, 2023.

According to a July 6 report by SaharaReporters, ISWAP terrorists killed many Boko Haram fighters, including their women and children during a fresh clash in Sambisa Forest.

This was disclosed by a popular counter-insurgency expert and security analyst in Lake Chad, Zagazola Makama in a Twitter post said the two terrorist groups clashed against each other on Wednesday, July 5, 2023.

Following the onslaught, Ali and his lieutenant submitted to the troops of Nigeria’s armed forces.

Ali was a commander of the terrorists in Sabil Huda and Njumia. He laid down his arms following the fierce battle waged by the rival group, ISWAP.

News Source: https://www.zionie.com/read/boko-haram-commander-lieutenant-surrender-to-nigerian-military

An officer of the Nigeria Immigration Service, identified simply as Lamba, has been accused of shooting a protester, Jacob Bamgbola, to death in the Idigbo community, Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State.

It was gathered that Bamgbola was conveying his sister’s daughter on a motorcyclist to a destination in the community when some immigration officers manning a checkpoint on the expressway stopped him along the Ijowun end of the Idiroko Expressway and demanded N200 before allowing him to continue his journey.

It was reported that Bamgbola refused to accede to the officers’ request, noting that he did nothing wrong to warrant him being allegedly extorted of N200.

The situation led to an argument and while some of the officers were busy interrogating other motorists, Benjamin took advantage of the fact that much attention was not on him and zoomed off.

On getting to his sister’s place, Bamgbola dropped his niece and proceeded to inform some youths in the community about his encounter with the immigration officers.

A source in the community had told Punch reporter that the youths, some of whom had also experienced similar encounters bordering on alleged extortion by immigration officers on the road, mobilised other youths to the house of a chief in the community, Moses Faleye, to protest about the development.

The source said during the protest, the immigration officers stormed the premises and while trying to disperse the protesters, allegedly shot Bamgbola dead.

He said, “Bamgbola went to carry his sister’s daughter and on his way back, he met immigration officers on the road. Those officers are always there at the checkpoint. They stopped him and wanted to collect N200 from him but he refused.

“He told them that he is a son of Otun village and why should he pay them anything. After he left, he complained to some youths and the youths mobilised themselves to the Baale’s house to register their grievances over the activities of the officers.


More Details At News Source: https://www.zionie.com/read/protester-killed-by-imigration-officer-in-ogun-state

Goods worth millions of naira have been destroyed in a night fire incident at Powerline Market, Aba, Abia State.

According to a resident of the area, the fire started like smoke at midnight in one part of the market before spreading to other the areas.

The cause of the fire is yet to be known, but victims believe inflammable substances kept in any part of the market may have been responsible.

One of the victims, Agu Igwe, said he received a phone call from a friend in the night that his shop was on fire.

Igwe, who could not control his tears while narrating the loss, lamented that his burnt shop was recently restocked.

Another trader said he took a loan from a local financial organization to buy goods.

The plastic and scrap material dealer lamented that the proceeds of his weekend sales which he kept in his shop, were burnt to ashes.

The victims appealed to the Abia State Government and good-spirited individuals for financial assistance.


See News Source: https://www.zionie.com/read/goods-worth-millions-destroyed-as-fire-engulfs-aba-market

ufuosman:
I shock at first till I see 88yrs

hahaha Even myself the same thing until I see that 88years

Former Barcelona and Inter Milan midfielder Luis Suarez, the only male footballer born in Spain to win the Ballon d’Or, died at the age of 88 on Sunday.

Nicknamed “The Architect” the Spaniard won the prestigious award in 1960 and later coached La Roja at the 1990 World Cup.

“Luis Suarez Miramontes has died this Sunday in Milan at 88 years old,” said Barcelona in a statement.

“He played for Barca between 1954 and 1961 before going to Inter Milan, where he is also a legend."

Suarez was loved in Italy after becoming one of the league’s most celebrated midfielders at Inter Milan under coach Helenio Herrera in the 1960s, whom he followed from Barcelona.

“Saying goodbye to Luisito leaves us with a deep melancholy — the nostalgia of his perfect and inimitable football, which inspired generations, is combined with the memory of a unique footballer and a great, great Inter player,” wrote Inter in a statement.

More details at: https://www.zionie.com/read/luis-suarez-former-barcelona-player-dies-at-88

helinues:
Photos or video?

None yet. The story is being followed. As soon as we get any of the videos, we will make them available

Senator Abdulaziz Yari, a former governor of Zamfara State has been detained and is being interrogated by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS).

Abdulaziz Yari, the senator who is representing Zamfara West reportedly honoured the invitation of the operatives after the senate plenary on Thursday. A source close to the lawmaker revealed.

While the reason for his detention and interrogation is yet to be disclosed, the source close to the lawmaker said that he joined the lawmaker to the DSS office.

Stating that;

“Senator Yari is still in the DSS custody, but he should be out soon in sha ’Allah. He went to their office himself after the plenary. I escorted him there and he has been there since then.”

In an earlier report by Peoples Gazette, Yari was said to have been arrested by the secret police after receiving a call from the director-general, Yusuf Bichi, asking him to report at the DSS headquarters for an 'urgent discussion'.

Senator Yari recently contested for the principal office in the upper legislative chamber against his party colleage Senator Godswill Akpabio, who eventually emerged victorious as the Senate President - going against the All Progressives Congress zoning arrangement and the party's choice.

According to Punch, All their attempt to get a confirmation Senator Yari's detention from the DSS were not successful as a call to reach the mobile telephone of its spokesman, Dr Peter Afunaya, could not go through.

News Source: https://www.zionie.com/read/former-zamfara-gov-senator-yari-facing-interrogation-in-dss-custody

julaion:
how many years mandela spend for prison

This question got me though. And be being honest, one question to ask.

NIGERIAJAGAJAGA:
Nigeria government agencies are set of useless agencies in the world due to their incompetency in many areas and yet, come on social media to defend the useless things they did. The girl may not be at fault truly.

I think those that defends anything that is not worth it - is doing it for selfish interest.