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Despite budget cuts and a reduction in size, the US has maintained its position as the world's strongest military, according to a report on globalization from Credit Suisse.

While the US is still far and away the world's top military superpower, Russia and China are its closest rivals. Canada, however, is the weakest of the 20 countries on the list.

Credit Suisse acknowledged the difficulties of determining comparative military strength in its report. To provide a benchmark, the report assigns weighted values for six variables before tabulating a final score.

The factors under consideration for military strength and their total weights are number of active personnel (5% of total score), tanks (10%), attack helicopters (15%), aircraft (20%), aircraft carriers (25%), and submarines (25%).

The ranking defines military might in purely quantitative terms and does not account for the actual quality of the arms and training that the militaries may have. As such, the placement of some countries on the list may come as a surprise.

The world's 20 strongest militaries are below:


No. 20. Canada
No. 20. Canada
MCpl. Angela Abbey/Canadian Forces Combat Camera
A Canadian soldier on patrol in Afghanistan.
Budget: $15.7 billion
Active frontline personnel: 92,000
Tanks: 181
Total aircraft: 420
Submarines: 4

Canada ended up at the bottom of the list because of the country's small number of active personnel, its lack of aircraft carriers and attack helicopters, and its small number of tanks and submarines. But Canada has still taken part in US operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, and it is a member of the NATO military alliance.

Canada is also a partner in the US F-35 program, although it may decline the purchase of F-35s depending on the outcome of elections in October.

No. 19. Indonesia
Budget: $6.9 billion
Active frontline personnel: 476,000
Tanks: 468
Total aircraft: 405
Submarines: 2

The Indonesian military placed above Canada because of its high numbers of active personnel and relatively large number of tanks. The military, however, suffers from a lack of carriers and aircraft, as well as a small number of submarines.

No. 18. Germany
No. 18. Germany
Fabian Bimmer/REUTERS
German special forces.
Budget: $40.2 billion
Active frontline personnel: 179,046
Tanks: 408
Total aircraft: 663
Submarines: 4

The German military ended up low on the list because of its lack of power-projection platforms. Germany does not have an aircraft carrier and has relatively few submarines, which, according to the Credit Suisse methodology, drops its ranking.

But Germany does have a fair number of attack helicopters. Recently, the country has started considering offering military support to Eastern European NATO members.

No. 17. Poland
No. 17. Poland
Roman Baluk/Reuters
Polish servicemen take part in military exercises outside the town of Yavoriv near Lviv on September 19, 2014.
Budget: $9.4 billion
Active frontline personnel: 120,000
Tanks: 1,009
Total aircraft: 467
Submarines: 5

Poland edges out Germany in the list because of its larger number of tanks and a more fleshed-out submarine fleet. Poland has also drastically increased its military spending in reaction to Russia's seizure of Crimea and the ongoing Ukraine crisis.


No. 16. Thailand
No. 16. Thailand
Surapan Boonthanom/REUTERS
A Thai solider keeps guard from a military helicopter after arriving in southern Thailand's Narathiwat Province on March 2, 2007.
Budget: $5.39 billion
Active frontline personnel: 306,000
Tanks: 722
Total aircraft: 573
Submarines: 0

Thailand's military is currently in control of the country following a coup in May 2014. The military is a major player in maintaining Thai unity, and Thailand receives strong scores from Credit Suisse for its number of active personnel, its number of tanks, and its possession of an aircraft carrier.

Thailand also scores well as it has an aircraft carrier, although it does not have an aircraft fleet to complement the vessel.

No. 15. Australia
No. 15. Australia
Hugh Gentry/REUTERS
An Australian army soldier with the 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment makes his way up a beach after landing in an amphibious assault vehicle from the USS Peleliu while participating in an assault exercise at Marine Corps Base Hawaii during the multinational military exercise RIMPAC in Kaneohe, Hawaii, on July 29, 2014.
Budget: $26.1 billion
Active frontline personnel: 58,000
Tanks: 59
Total aircraft: 408
Submarines: 6

Australia's military is comparatively small — it receives bottom scores on the report for the number of active personnel and the number of tanks. It also receives near-bottom scores for the number of aircraft it has in its fleet.

Credit Suisse boosts Australia's ranking because of its attack helicopters and submarines though.

No. 14. Israel
No. 14. Israel
Ariel Schalit/AP
Israeli soldiers secure the Israel-Lebanon border on January 28, 2015.
Budget: $17 billion
Active frontline personnel: 160,000
Tanks: 4,170
Total aircraft: 684
Submarines: 5

In absolute terms, Israel has a small military. But with mandatory military service, a large percentage of the Israeli population is militarily ready. With a past history of being surrounded by aggressive neighbors, Israel also has a large tank, aircraft, and attack-helicopter fleet.

Israel also has qualitative military advantages. It has space assets, advanced fighter jets, high-tech armed drones, and nuclear weapons.

No. 13. Taiwan
No. 13. Taiwan
Nicky Loh/REUTERS
A trainee leopard-crawls along a 50-meter-long path of jagged coral and rocks as part of the Taiwan marines' frogmen "Road to Heaven" test in Zuoying, Kaohsiung, on January 19, 2011. The test is the final stage of a nine-week intensive amphibious training program.
Budget: $10.7 billion
Active frontline personnel: 290,000
Tanks: 2,005
Total aircraft: 804
Submarines: 4

Threatened by China, which continues to have plans for how to invade and retake the country, Taiwan has focused its military development on defensive plans. As such, the island has the fifth-highest number of attack helicopters on the list. It also has a fairly large fleet of aircraft and a number of tanks.

No. 12. Egypt
No. 12. Egypt
Mohamed Abd El Ghany
Armored personnel carriers and tanks in the Egyptian military.
Budget: $4.4 billion
Active frontline personnel: 468,500
Tanks: 4,624
Total aircraft: 1,107
Submarines: 4

The Egyptian military is one of the oldest and largest armed forces in the Middle East. It receives substantial financial aid from the US and has the fifth-largest tank fleet in the world. It has over 1,000 M1A1 Abrams tanks, many of which sit in storage and have never been used.

Egypt also has a relatively large aircraft force.

No. 11. Pakistan
No. 11. Pakistan
Thomson Reuters
Pakistani soldiers stand guard as people, who fled the military offensive against militants in North Waziristan, receive food supplies from the army in Bannu.
Budget: $7 billion
Active frontline personnel: 617,000
Tanks: 2,924
Total aircraft: 914
Submarines: 8

The Pakistani military is one of the largest forces in the world, in terms of active personnel. Credit Suisse also credits the country with having large tank, aircraft, and attack-helicopter fleets.

In addition, Pakistan is thought to be building nuclear weapons at a fast-enough rate that it could have the world's third-largest nuclear arsenal within the following decade.

No. 10. Turkey
No. 10. Turkey
Umit Bektas/REUTERS
Turkish army tanks take up position on the Turkish-Syrian border near the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa Province on October 6, 2014.
Budget: $18.2 billion
Active frontline personnel: 410,500
Tanks: 3,778
Total aircraft: 1,020
Submarines: 13

Turkey's armed forces are one of the largest in the eastern Mediterranean. Although lacking an aircraft carrier, only five countries on Credit Suisse's list have more submarines than Turkey.

In addition, the country can lay claim to an impressively large tank fleet as well as numerous aircraft and attack helicopters.

Turkey is also a committed member of the F-35 program.

No. 9. UK
No. 9. UK
Shamil Zhumatov/REUTERS
British army Cpl. Birendra Limbu of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Gurkha Rifles shows his rifle to Afghan children as he secures an area near an Afghan National Police checkpoint outside the town of Lashkar Gah in Helmand Province on July 13, 2011.
Budget: $60.5 billion
Active frontline personnel: 146,980
Tanks: 407
Total aircraft: 936
Submarines: 10

Although the UK is planning to reduce the size of its armed forces by 20% between 2010 and 2018, it can count on being able to project its power around the world.

The Royal Navy is planning to put the HMS Queen Elizabeth, an aircraft carrier that has a flight deck measuring 4.5 acres, into service in 2020, carrying 40 F-35B joint-strike fighters across the globe.

No. 8. Italy
No. 8. Italy
Ints Kalnins/REUTERS
An Italian air force Eurofighter Typhoon fighter patrols over the Baltics during a NATO air-policing mission from Zokniai air base near Siauliai on February 10, 2015.
Budget: $34 billion
Active frontline personnel: 320,000
Tanks: 586
Total aircraft: 760
Submarines: 6

The Italian military placed high on Credit Suisse's report because of the country's possession of two active aircraft carriers. These carriers, in addition to the country's relatively large submarine and attack-helicopter fleets, drastically boosted Italy's ranking.

No. 7. South Korea
No. 7. South Korea
Cpl. Matthew J. Bragg/US Marine Corps
Members of South Korea's special forces participate in military training.
Budget: $62.3 billion
Active frontline personnel: 624,465
Tanks: 2,381
Total aircraft: 1,412
Submarines: 13

South Korea has been left with little choice but to have a large and capable military in the face of potential North Korean aggression. With those realities in mind, South Korea has a number of submarines, attack helicopters, and active personnel.

The country also has numerous tanks and the sixth-largest air force in the world.

No. 6. France
No. 6. France
Stringer ./REUTERS
French soldiers patrol in the Terz valley, about 37 miles south of the town of Tessalit in northern Mali on March 20, 2013.
Budget: $62.3 billion
Active frontline personnel: 202,761
Tanks: 423
Total aircraft: 1,264
Submarines: 10

The French military is relatively small, but highly trained, professional, and capable of force projection.

The country has the nearly new aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, and France routinely engages in military deployments throughout Africa to help stabilize governments and fight against extremism.

No. 5. India
No. 5. India
Adnan Abidi/Reuters
India's Rapid Action Force personnel inside their base camp in New Delhi on November 6, 2014.
Budget: $50 billion
Active frontline personnel: 1,325,000
Tanks: 6,464
Total aircraft: 1,905
Submarines: 15

India is one of the largest military powers on the planet. It has the most active manpower of any country aside from China and the US, in addition to the most tanks and aircraft of any country besides the US, China, or Russia.

India also has access to nuclear weapons. It's expected to become the fourth-highest military spender on earth by 2020.

No. 4. Japan
No. 4. Japan
Yuya Shino/REUTERS
Japanese tanks and helicopters participate in a military-training exercise.
Budget: $41.6 billion
Active frontline personnel: 247,173
Tanks: 678
Total aircraft: 1,613
Submarines: 16

In absolute terms, the Japanese military is relatively small. Nonetheless, the country is extremely well-equipped.

According to Credit Suisse, it has the fourth-largest submarine fleet on the list. Japan also has four aircraft carriers, although these vessels are equipped only with helicopter fleets.

Japan also has the fourth-largest attack-helicopter fleet behind China, Russia, and the US.

No. 3. China
No. 3. China
REUTERS/CDIC
A Chinese soldier takes part in a drill during heavy snow in Heihe, Heilongjiang Province.
Budget: $216 billion
Active frontline personnel: 2,333,000
Tanks: 9,150
Total aircraft: 2,860
Submarines: 67

The Chinese military has grown rapidly in terms of size and capability in the past few decades. In terms of raw manpower, it's the largest military in the world. It also has the second-largest tank fleet behind Russia and the second-largest submarine fleet behind the US.

China has also made rapid strides in its military-modernization program, now developing a range of potentially game-changing military technologies, including ballistic missiles and fifth-generation aircraft.

No. 2. Russia
No. 2. Russia
REUTERS/Baz Ratner
Russian soldiers on military armored-personnel carriers on a road near the Crimean port city of Sevastopol on March 10, 2014.
Budget: $84.5 billion
Active frontline personnel: 766,055
Tanks: 15,398
Total aircraft: 3,429
Submarines: 55

The Russian armed forces are the unquestioned second-strongest military power in the world. Russia has the world's largest tank fleet, the second-largest aircraft fleet behind the US, and the third-largest submarine fleet behind the US and China.

The Kremlin's military spending has increased by almost a third since 2008 and is expected to grow 44% more in the next three years. Russia has also demonstrated its ability to project force abroad with its deployment of soldiers to Syria.

No. 1. US
No. 1. US
USAF
The F-22 and F-35 flying together.
Budget: $601 billion
Active frontline personnel: 1,400,000
Tanks: 8,848
Total aircraft: 13,892
Submarines: 72

Despite sequestration and other spending cuts, the US spends more money — $601 billion — on defense than the next nine countries on Credit Suisse's index combined.

America's biggest conventional-military advantage is its fleet of 10 aircraft carriers. In comparison India, which is constructing its third carrier, it has the second-most carriers in the world.

The US also has by far the most aircraft of any country, cutting-edge technology like the Navy's new rail gun, a large and well-trained human force — and that's not even counting the world's largest nuclear arsenal.

http://www.businessinsider.com/these-are-the-worlds-20-strongest-militaries-ranked-2016-4

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While adjourning the trial at about 5pm on Monday, Umar rejected a request by Saraki’s lawyer, Chief Kanu Agabi (SAN), for the tribunal to skip Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday‎ which are the days of the week which the Senate sits.

The request was opposed by the lead prosecuting counsel, Mr. Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), warned that the Senate should not be into the trial.

“The Senate is not on trial. The persons that is on trial is the defendant. The Senate should sit. It’s a disgrace to our nation to be saying that.”[i][/i]

In Nigeria, the Panama Papers leak could be about to claim its latest high-profile victim.

Bukola Saraki, the president of the Nigerian Senate, has been caught up in the scandal relating to the leak of 11.5 million tax documents from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca.

Saraki—who is currently on trial in Nigeria on charges of fraud, including false declaration of assets, all of which he denies—is accused of failing to declare at least four offshore assets listed under his wife Toyin’s name. The assets include a property in London’s plush Belgravia neighborhood, as well as two companies registered in the British Virgin Islands and a third in the Seychelles, both known tax havens, according to Nigeria’s Premium Times, a media partner in the Panama Papers investigation.

Holders of public office in Nigeria are required by law to declare their own assets, as well as those of their spouse and children under 18 years of age.

Saraki issued a statement on Monday protesting his innocence, saying that he has “fully complied with the provisions of the law” on declaration of assets. The statement said that the properties in questions were held by the family of Saraki’s wife and that “the law does not require a public officer to declare assets held by the spouse’s family.”

Combined with the ongoing fraud trial, however, the revelation is likely to heap pressure on Nigeria’s third-most powerful politician behind President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.

The All Progressives Congress politician previously served as the governor of Kwara state in west Nigeria between 2003 and 2011 before entering the Senate, the upper house of Nigeria’s National Assembly. A qualified physician and former banker, he was elected as Senate president in June 2015. The issuing of an arrest warrant for Saraki in September 2015 by Nigeria’s Code of Conduct Tribunal on 13 counts of alleged corruption was the first time in Nigerian history that a sitting Senate president had been subjected to such a warrant.

Saraki’s trial revolves around his time as Kwara state governor. Charges against him include acquiring wealth beyond his legitimate earnings and holding a foreign bank account while in public office, which violates the fifth schedule of Nigeria’s constitution.

Prosecution witness Michael Wetkas, who headed up the anti-graft agency team that investigated Saraki, said on Tuesday that Saraki had laundered money through British and U.S. bank accounts and had failed to properly declare most of his assets. According to Wetkas, Saraki’s Nigerian account had a total inflow and outflow of up to 4 billion naira ($20 million) between 2005 and 2013, AFP reported.

Following the Panama Papers leak, Nigerian civil society groups have called upon President Buhari—who has made tackling corruption a key prong of his administration—to launch a probe into Saraki and other top officials implicated by the leak. Such a probe could raise further
difficult questions for Saraki and is the last thing the embattled Senate president

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Just for the last time. IF YOU EVER INSULT MY PRESIDENT IN THIS FORUM AGAIN I WILL DEAL WITH YOU PERSONALLY, MARK MY WORDS

South Africa's opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Thursday proposed a motion in parliament to impeach President Jacob Zuma.

The move followed a Constitutional Court ruling Thursday that said Zuma should pay part of the $16 million of public funds used to renovate his private home in Nkandla, according to James Selfe, chairman of the DA's federal executive, which deals with legal matters.

It remains unclear if parliamentarians from Zuma's ruling African National Congress (ANC) will back the motion to impeach him. The impeachment requires support from two-thirds of lawmakers to succeed.

"What the Constitutional Court found was that President Zuma has failed to carry out his constitutional responsibilities and has acted in a manner which was unconstitutional and illegal," Selfe said. "That constitutes in our view a serious violation of the constitution, and our view is that he should now be impeached.”

Supporters of the ANC say it is unlikely the party's lawmakers will back the impeachment proceedings against Zuma. They cited previous attempts by the opposition DA after it moved a vote of no confidence in Zuma, which eventually failed.

Selfe disagreed.

"It's less important what the ANC majority does [because] the Constitutional Court has made it very clear that the majority had not fulfilled its constitutional duties to hold President Zuma accountable,” Selfe said, “and that the failure to do this may very well in turn be reviewable in court."

Zuma supporters

Supporters of Zuma say the president has already offered to pay part of the cost of renovating his private home.

Supporters said the move for Zuma's impeachment is a public relations exercise for the opposition to score cheap political points because they have not been able to defeat the ANC during elections.

But Selfe contends that Zuma has a long track record of failure to abide by the constitution, which he says warrants a motion of impeachment.

"[Zuma] is trying, obviously, to minimize the political damage and the legal damage to his reputation," Selfe said.

http://www.voanews.com/content/south-africa-opposition-party-moves-impeach-president-zuma/3263541.html

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the United States for help in returning stolen Nigerian assets stashed in U.S. banks as part of his efforts to crack down on corruption, according to a statement from his office Thursday.

Buhari made the request during a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on the sidelines of a two-day nuclear security summit in Washington.

"President Buhari sought and received an assurance from Mr. Kerry that the United States government will facilitate the repatriation of all stolen Nigerian funds found within the American banking system," his office said.

Buhari told Kerry it would "greatly help our country if you assist us to recover all our stolen funds which we can establish to be within your financial system," according to the statement.

It said Kerry assured Buhari the United States would help and said U.S. officials would meet with the head of Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to discuss further cooperation.

State Department spokesman John Kirby confirmed that Kerry had offered "continued U.S. support to locate and help with tracing and investigating looted funds, as we have done for Nigeria in the past."

In 2014, the United States took control of more than $480 million that former Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha and his associates had siphoned away into banks around the world.

Washington has broad powers to track suspicious funds and enforce sanctions against individuals.

http://www.voanews.com/content/nigeria-buhari-asks-us-help-returning-stolen-assets/3263627.html

Buhari Foreign Trip Yielding Result:nigerian Beans To Be Allowed Into Europe


An European Union team came to inspect NAFDAC’s central lab

– The visit is set to lift the ban on Nigerian beans and other agricultural products

– NAFDAC assures that exported goods go through rigorous screening

In what might be considered a boost to Nigeria’s export trade, there are indications that the European Union may lift its ban on the importation of Nigerian beans, Vanguard reports.

The European Food Safety Authority placed a ban on the importation of beans from Nigeria to European countries in 2015 but there are indications this will be lifted by June.

The European authority banned some agricultural produce which included beans from Nigeria, on the basis that the rejected beans were found to contain between 0.03mg per kilogramme to 4.6mg/kg of dichlorvos pesticide, when the acceptable maximum residue limit is 0.01mg/kg.

The new development came after the visit of an EU team to the central laboratory of the National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in Lagos.

The team was reportedly in Nigeria to carry out an inspection on the procedures of NAFDAC to ensure that future exports of beans and other agricultural produce from Nigeria meet the standards of importing countries.

Mrs. Yetunde Oni, who is the acting director general of NFDAC, said during the inspection that the beans that resulted in the ban were smuggled out of Nigeria and did not pass through the agency. She said the ban had had a negative effect on Nigeria’s economy. “The ban was placed about a year ago due to high insecticide residue in beans but let me sound a note of caution here that the beans that were rejected never passed through NAFDAC, they were beans produce smuggled out of the country.

The ban has brought about a huge economic loss in the sense that Nigeria has large expanse of land, we have a lot of farmers that produce beans and the beans are not able to go out.” She gave her assurance that agricultural produce that passes through the agency never gets rejected because of the rigorous process it goes through before certification.

https://www.naij.com/771321-good-news-europe-lift-ban-importation-nigerian-food.html

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One scientist thinks that we’ll stop having sex to make babies within 30 years.

The romantically named ‘procreative sex’ will be a thing of the past for humans, because technology will have developed far enough that designer babies will become the norm.

Rather than lighting a few candles and sticking a Marvin Gaye song on, prospective parents will head to a lab and provide the raw materials (sperm, skin cells) and scientists will put an ideal embryo together for them, rather than risking an imperfect offspring via traditional methods.

In a paper titled “The End of Sex and the Future of Human Reproduction”, medical and law expert Henry T. Greely posits that it will a legally regulated service that will be low cost enough that everyone - not just the moneyed upper classes - can take advantage.

“Within twenty, maybe forty, years most people in developed countries will stop having sex for the purpose of reproduction,” the summary states.

“Instead, prospective parents will be told as much as they wish to know about the genetic makeup of dozens of embryos, and they will pick one or two for implantation, gestation, and birth. And it will be safe, lawful, and free.”

Parents will be told how attractive, clever and healthy each resulting embryo is likely to be.

“We won’t be able to say: ‘this child is in the top 1% of intelligence,’” Greely told the Sunday Times. “We will probably be able to to say: 'this child has a 60% chance of being in the top half.’”

Described as “prophetic scholarship”, the paper suggests that certain hereditary diseases could be stamped out by the new method, as a handy side effect of a new super race of irritatingly perfect children that will consistently make the older generations feel terrible.

https://www.yahoo.com/beauty/does-this-scientific-paper-spell-the-end-of-sex-as-100112006.html

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(CNN)The grinding conflict between the Nigerian state and Boko Haram insurgents has exacted a devastating human and economic toll over the past six years.

But for Nigeria's first car manufacturer, the crisis may represent an opportunity.
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) recently announced a partnership deal with Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing (IVM), which will see the company supply spare parts for jets conducting airstrikes against the insurgents.
"The ingenious effort by IVM is instrumental to the continued operation of the Alpha Jets," NAF spokesperson Ayodele Famuyiwa said of the deal. "IVM helped to save the day when help was not forthcoming from abroad."

The air force reached out to Innoson in 2015, as it faced increasing difficulty with the import of vital parts such as brake pads. The deal was struck after a series of site visits around the country.
"The army came to our factories in many states," says Innoson spokesperson Cornel Osigwe. "They saw we had the capacity."

IVM, part of the Innoson Group owned by billionaire Innocent Chukwuma, started producing commercial vehicles such as coaches in 2007, before launching a range of private cars in 2014 -- the first to carry a "Made in Nigeria" seal.
The offshoot company now employs over 7,000 people and has capacity to produce 10,000 cars a year. It is hoped that the partnership with NAF could help the business expand further.
"The attention is providing a big boost for the company," says Osigwe.
Innoson has gained several new clients since the deal, according to the spokesperson, including the National Assembly. Leading politicians such as Senator Ben Murray-Bruce have offered strong support.

As Nigeria continues to suffer from falling oil revenues that are devaluing its currency, the Naira, the government is making efforts to build up the domestic manufacturing sector and reduce dependency on imports.
The government-promoted Twitter campaign #BuyNaijaToGrowTheNaira has been enthusiastically adopted by the public, trending on several occasions over the past month.

Innoson has featured prominently in the campaign, with indications that the company is gaining recognition.
A recent poll from news site YNaija showed that 60% of respondents would choose the Nigerian-made cars.
IVM is now seeking to capitalize on the current momentum. The company is planning to increase its manufacturing capacity from 10,000 to 50,000 vehicles per year, including of new, lower cost cars to reach a broader market.

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/03/23/africa/innoson-nigeria-jet-parts/index.html
Collaboration with the NAF will also expand for research and supply. As patriotism grows across Nigeria, this could prove a crucial selling point.

Ade Adesomoju, Abuja

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission told Justice Baba Yusuf of a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja, on Wednesday that the immediate past National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd), refused to be brought to court for his trial.

The EFCC is prosecuting Dasuki and his co-accused − a former Director of Finance and Administration in the NSA office, Shuaibu Salisu‎ and a former General Manager, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Aminu Babakusa − on 19 counts of diversion of‎ N32bn meant for arms procurement.

Two companies – Acacia Holdings Limited and Reliance Referral Hospital Limited – belonging to Babakusa are also being accused.

Justice Yusuf had on February 8 fixed Wednesday for trial to begin after dismissing the application by Dasuki, seeking an order prohibiting the EFCC from further prosecuting him on account of his continued detention.

However, on Wednesday, Dasuki, who ‎had remained in the custody of the Department of State Services since December 29, 2015, was not produced in court.

His two lead counsel, Messrs Joseph Daudu (SAN) and Ahmed Raji (SAN), were also absent from court.

But lead prosecuting counsel, Mr. Rotimi Jacobs, informed the judge that Dasuki refused to be brought to court because the senior lawyers defending him would not be present in court on Wednesday.

“The first defendant said he would not be in court unless he is abducted because his lead counsel, J.B Daudu and Ahmed Raji, were not going to be in court,” Jacobs said.

Jacobs said Daudu had informed him of an application for stay of the proceedings of the trial which was filed before the Court of Appeal on behalf of the former NSA.

He maintained that the law never stopped an accused person in detention from facing trial.

He also alleged that Dasuki’s lawyers had deliberately refused to visit their client in the DSS’ custody so that they could continue to use the excuse of lack of access to hom (Dasuki) as an excuse to frustrate the case.

Jacobs said, “When a defendant is in custody, the counsel should be allowed access to the defendant.

“I asked the DSS whether the lawyers ever made attempt to see him, they said they never did. It is a deliberate plant to frustrate the trial.”

Counsel who represented Dasuki in court on Wednesday, Mr. Wale Balogun, however debunked the allegation that his client refused to be brought to court.

He said, “Concerning the allegation, the defence lawyer is not aware of it. The defendant is not in court. He has not been produced. It is the requirment of the law that he should be here. The proecution has not applied for the accused to be excused form court.

“The DSS official should have deposed to an affidavit‎ to that effect.”

The other defence lawyers, including Mr. Solomon Umoh (SAN), said the matter could not proceed due to Dasuki’s absence.

Justice Yusuf adjourned the case till April 6.

Another ‎judge of the FCT High Court in Maitama, Abuja, Justice Peter Affen, before whom, Dasuki and others are being prosecuted for alleged diversion of N19bn arms fund had fixed ‎April 20 and 22 for trial.

Justice Affend had fixed the date for trial after dismissing another application by Dasuki to stop his trial on account of his continued detention.

Dasuki’s co-accused with respect to the case includes a former Director of Finance and Administration in the Office of the NSA, Shuaibu Salisu, and a former Minister of State for Finance, Bashir Yuguda.

The other co-accused are, a former Governor of Sokoto State, Attahiru Bafarawa, the ex-governor’s son, Sagir Attahiru, and a firm, Dalhatu Investment.

Meanwhile Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court in Abuja had also fixed April 4 for ruling on similar application filed by Dasuki to stop his trial on four counts of money laundering and illegal possession of firearms.

http://www.punchng.com/dasuki-refused-to-be-brought-to-court-%E2%88%92-efccs-lawyer/

Jail him if you find him Guilt and stop telling us what he do. i m tired of hearing all them shit. Are you telling us to so that we will give you permission ? well if that is what u looking for i have given you the go ahead. Jail him and lets see what my brothers who love corrupt leader will do. they might set our Beloved country on fire or maybe give another Ultimatum that has no ending date.

President Buhari has received the highest national honour of Equatorial Guinea

– Buhari was conferred with the honour of “Gran Collar De La Orden De La Independencia”

The honour was conferred on him for his personal integrity and dogged fight against terrorism

President Muhammadu Buhari Monday, March 14 in Malabo was conferred with the Highest National Honour of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea.

ccording to a statement by the special aide to the president, Femi Adesina, the honour was given for Buhari’s personal integrity, exemplary leadership style and courage to fight terrorism in order to ensure peace and safety in Africa.

The honour of “Gran Collar De La Orden De La Independencia” translated “Grand Collar of the Order of the Independence” was conferred on President Buhari by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea at the Presidential Palace.

At the investiture ceremony, President Buhari said the recognition was for the people of Nigeria who had worked tirelessly to sustain peace in the country and across other neighbouring countries in Africa. “On behalf of my country, Nigeria, and the people, I will like to express profound gratitude for the honour given to me and my people. The reality of the situation now is that there had never been a time in history for greater neighbourliness, for security and economic stability than now,” he said.

he President said the challenges faced by African countries had a common thread, and must be collectively appraised and jointly tackled by all the African countries.

President Buhari assured that Nigeria would always support efforts of ensuring socio-political and economic stability of its neighbours and the entire African continent. Earlier in his remarks, President Mbasogo said it was an honour for his country to confer the Highest National Honour on President Buhari on his first visit to the country.

“We are here to recognise the son of the soil. On this occasion, we deem it fit and appropriate to decorate the son of Africa for the great work he is doing in Africa, which includes tackling a great menace to the continent, Boko Haram, “ he said. The President pledged his country’s support to Nigeria in the fight against insurgency and other security challenges.

President Buhari departed Abuja for Malabo, Equatorial Guinea on a 2-day state visit for talks on maritime security on Monday, March 14, 2016. Buhari led a national security team to visit President Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea, in view of reaching a final agreement on certain security issues concerning both countries.

https://www.naij.com/764152-just-in-see-what-happened-to-buhari-in-malabo-photos.html?source=notification

I personally think that the Govt should as a matter of fact allow foreign or Local investor to come on play. we all know that anything the govt handle usually end like nor be govt, like why you they put govt work for head na shoulder them they put govt work so i think no matter how much effort the govt will try its will still be business as Usual.

Take for instance, the Opeklla cement factory in Edo its was abandoned in yrs despite that factory would ve be able to generate thousands of Job for Edo ppl and thousands of money in Edo revenue but the govt did not do that. now that Dangote has decided to buy that factory he is making hug money on that and given lil or no money to the Edo.

Tolu Onakoya, the business consultant, says it is high time the federal government started hearing the voices of those who are part of the Nigerian textile industry.

Nigeria’s textile industry blossomed in the 60s and 70s, following committed government interventionist schemes such as the ban on importation of textiles, which ultimately drove many investors into the sector.

At that time, Kaduna was referred to as the Textile City because it housed giant integrated mills and had the headquarters of the Nigerian Textile Manufacturers Association (NTMA). Then the state could actually boast of about 11 textile companies, including the Arewa Textile Plc, Fantext Nigeria Ltd, Notext Nigeria Ltd., Super text Ltd., United Nigeria Textile Ltd, providing employment and business opportunities to thousands of people.


However, the Kaduna Textile Limited (KTL), one of the oldest mills in the country, established in 1957, was shut down in 2002, with its over 7000 employees laid off, and its once admirable structure now a shadow of itself.

Part of what made the Kaduna Textile Limited close shop was massive corruption on the part of the management of the company, poor power supply, smuggling of relatively cheap textile goods from foreign countries, capital depreciation, lack of access to long-term finance and competition from newer firms.

From available statistics, the dwindling of the textile industry actually started off in the 80s, as the industry began to struggle with high production costs, taxes/levies and poor infrastructure, worsening by 1997, when the ban on importation of textiles was lifted, against many outcries from industry players. Alas, many Nigerians began to patronize foreign textile materials, leading to a decline in sales, a fall in the number of workers employed in the industry, and ultimately to the shutdown of many local textile factories.

It was against this background that the government of Olusegun Obasanjo, recognizing the need to revive the textile sector, consequently imposed a temporary suspension on importation of printed textiles in 2004 to protect the local textile manufacturing firms from unhealthy competition with the foreign firms. Nevertheless, smuggling of cheap foreign textiles continued to trail the market.

Today, though there are local textile companies trying to raise their voice with various designs and fabrics in the Nigerian market, we cannot feign ignorance of the fact that there is still a wide gap that needs to be filled in the Nigerian textile industry. It is undeniable that the lost glory is yet to be restored. Presently, it is even hard to believe that the Nigerian textile industry once occupied an enviable spot of being the third largest in Africa in the 80s, generating as much as $2 billion annually and with a capacity of producing more than 1.4 billion different pieces of textile products, including African prints, shirting, bed sheets, furnishing fabrics, towels, embroidery lace, table and bed linen, guinea brocades, wax prints, java prints, jutes and fishing nets.

It is true that, in recent times, the Nigerian government has taken giant strides to turn around the fortunes of the sector, with the former Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Olusegun Aganga, introducing an Industrial Revolution Plan aimed at revamping and fast-tracking the growth and development of the cotton, textile and garment (CTG) sector, and addressing the various problems facing it.


Despite these steps, it is obvious that, at the moment, one of the most daunting challenges staring the sector on the face is the influx of foreign textiles into the country. With the lifting of the ban on textile importation in 2010, Nigeria now has almost 80% of its textiles imported from China, Indonesia, Taiwan and other countries. This trend is definitely not helping the Nigerian economy and needs to be stopped with an outright ban or some other measures. There is also the need to increasingly check the menace of smuggling, which is another monster derailing growth in the sector.

Above all, we need a well orchestrated campaign for the patronage of local Nigerian textiles, as opposed to the foreign ones. This campaign should be the business of both the government and those playing within the private business sector. This alone will widen the market and create more employment opportunities in the sector. But, for that to be achieved, Nigerian fabrics must offer competitive value in terms of variety and quality. What the government needs to understand is that, even if it increases the funding of the sector, as some players are calling for, the impact won’t be much felt if the issue of patronage is not squarely addressed.

https://www.naij.com/760432-restoring-nigerias-glory-time-revive-nigerian-textile-industry.html

why will the court still need a witness? this alone can be used as a Treason against and he will be killed with a gun shot. no time to wast money on buying rob. just one bullet is enough.

well there is no Smoke with out a fire. if this Happen here In Nigeria they will call Nigeria Police names and Police dont like when ever you Disobey his order. you must follow them and later make your case. its seems like an insult to them when you Refused to obey them and they will be left with no Option other than to use force.

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That accident look more like a setup for me

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