₦airaland Forum

The Taliban have chosen the late Supreme
Leader Mullah Omar’s longtime deputy to
replace him as the ‘king’. The question is:
“What lies behind his dark glasses?"
Very little is known about the new Taliban
king. As with all others before him, the
Islamic fundamentalist political movement is
shrouded in secrecy, and intelligence
information obtained is always classified.
Five keys have been gathered, details that
tend to bring one up, close and ‘personal’ with
the man who will now head the Afghan
Taliban fighting the US-backed government in
Kabul.
1. He is faceless
The new Supreme Leader Mullah Mansour is
believed to be in his forties and from southern
Afghanistan near Kandahar, the province
where Mullah Omar first started the Taliban in
the anarchic years that followed the pull-out
of the Soviet Union after a grisly decade of
fighting with the mujaheddin.
Like Omar, not a lot is known about Mansour
and there are no confirmed pictures of him.
However, his presence is well-known in the
Taliban hierarchy and in the Quetta Shura
council based in the lawless border regions of
Pakistan and Afghanistan.
2. The pragmatist
Mansour has been the author of a number of
statements issued in the terrorist group’s
name, including the recent message
addressed to Islamic State (ISIS) leader and
self-declared caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
He is believed to favour peace – hence his
reputation as a pragmatist. But experts say he
will now need to convince the sceptics.
According to IB Times, the last time Mansour
was linked with peace talks, the affair ended
in farce, when it emerged the man claiming to
be the deputy Taliban leader was in fact an
imposter.
Reports say that the imposter made away
with a significant amount of money and was
never seen again.
Meanwhile, since 2010, it has been Mullah
Mansour and some other key figure, Abdul
Qayum Zakir, who have personally supervised
Taliban contacts with US and European
officials, one of which led to the opening of a
Taliban office in Doha, Qatar, in 2013.
The Daily Beast reports that in 2012, Abdul
Qayum Zakir, challenged Mansour’s authority,
but Mansour was able to have Zakir sidelined
and silenced, ultimately firing him from the
position of the head of the Taliban military
council.
According to a research by the Washington
Foundation , Mansour and Zakir were rivals,
but their competition now seemed to be
contained.
3. Natural devoted leader
Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour served as
the minister of civil aviation under the Taliban
when it ruled Afghanistan from 1996 until the
US-led invasion in 2001, a rather
underwhelming title for a man with his
capabilities.
Sami Yousafza, The Daily Beast’s
correspondent in Pakistan and Afghanistan, in
an article titled “Up Close With the Taliban’s
Next King” wrote: “ Mansour in his days as
student at the madrasa in the camp, was poring
over the holy texts during the day, and sleeping
in a room in the mosque at night.
“Even then, he stood out among the other
Taliban, which means “students” after all. He
seemed a natural leader.”
It is impressive to note that Mansour became
a leader in Harkat Islami, a jihadi students’
union, but when Mullah Omar started the
Taliban movement in 1994, he was not one of
the first to join.
He was picked by Mullah Omar as the Taliban
minister of civil aviation and put in charge of
the airports all over Afghanistan.
Mansour has been said to have the attribute
of a tribal elder, neither conspicuously silent
nor overly talkative, a man who weighs his
words, reasonable and eloquent.
4. He is generous
A story is told of Mullah Akhtar Mohammad
Mansour, when once in the stifling heat of
July in Pakistan, Mansour carried dozens of
Pepsi bottles to his class to kill the thirst of
his fellow students.
According to journalist Sami Yousafza, the
simple gesture showed him to be rich, by
comparison with others, and generous.
5. He is sound and smart
Mullah Mansour was the same man who kept
the death of the Taliban Supreme
Leader Mullah Omar a secret for more than a
year.
A Taliban member explained that Mansour hid
the death of Mullah Omar so he could handle
the transition to his authority with no apparent
vacuum in leadership.
“By keeping the death of Mullah Omar secret for
a year he made a fool of the CIA and made
everyone else look unintelligent.” Mansour’s
friend told to the Daily Beast correspondent.
“That is a brilliant entry in his ledger. He got
the responsibilities of the leadership while the
Taliban were in crisis and there was in fact a
void. He built up strong resistance (to
government forces) and was in contact with
commanders on the ground.”
On Wednesday, July 29, the Afghani
government finally confirmed the rumors
that Mullah Omar was dead.
The Afghani president’s spokesman
stated: “The government of the Islamic Republic
of Afghanistan, based on credible information,
confirms that Mullah Mohammad Omar, leader
of the Taliban died in April 2013 in Pakistan.
The government of Afghanistan believes that
grounds for the Afghan peace talks are more
paved now than before, and thus calls on all
armed opposition groups to seize the
opportunity and join the peace process.”
It was also noted that Omar had died more
than two years before.
The question now becomes: “What will
become of the Afghan Taliban now, under
Mansour?”
Most members seem to believe Mansour has
firm control over their movement, but it would
be odd, many of them say, to call him the
leader of the faithful.
That is a title, finally, that has to be earned,
and whether he aims finally to achieve it
through war or through peace is, at this point,
impossible to tell.
Holding the Taliban together as it turns its
back on two decades of violence and
potentially strikes a deal with the Afghan
government will be an enormous challenge,
not least at a time when ISIS is taking violent
insurgency and terrorism to whole new levels
of brutality.

www.naij.com/503585-things-know-new-taliban-king.html

ShowYourCertificate:
Why don't the military wait until they're done with the Dikwa operation before going to the press? Why feeding us the same Dikwa story in slices? Or is Dikwa the only town in the North East? Isn't that not propaganda.

human being sha we can Neva b satisfied na we dey complain say d soldiers no dey release news of dia victory nw dey are releasing it ur still complaing

ShowYourCertificate:
This same Dikwa story? I thought the Military captured Dikwa last week? Why are they giving us Dikwa story? Why don't they tell us about how they've secured other regions. Regions like Gamboru that was bombed recentlly.

I've observed that the military is just slicing the Dikwa story and feeding the populace. We can't be deceived. The military has to sit up and secure the North East.

after claiming d town dey will still have to go on search missions weda dia still some boko boys in hiding and if d search was nt carried out how will dey locate dis college DAT was converted into a bomb factory?

frankyychiji:
If you are not tired with this government of propaganda, I am and want to see some real actions.

let's jst b optimistic abt d govt sha, I knw tins will change

Judeoxide:
Hehehe I thought bokko haram = education is sin waiting this guys go find for school. Kudos to our military, waiting for another news of when the BH boys will take the town again..as usual

I tink d education of a tin is for d old boko boys. BT dis new boko boys are after anoda tin

frankyychiji:
If Buhari does not expose the names of those on the so called list before the end of this week, then he is not only a durllard, but also a basstard!

haha watin dis man do u or u woke on d left side of ur bed dis morning

fromnigeria:
He isn't under any pressure. He will do that when the time is right.
You will never reach your potential until
your priorities become habitual. MURDOCK

but dia myt b some powerful ppl Dan Buhari himself we myt nt jst knw. e myt have want to release d list BT some cabals myt hijjack it

INTROVERT:
how do they get money to be buying all these cars and weapons....

DAT is a question DAT I tink no one knows d answer yet

Nigerian Army has uncovered Boko Haram bomb-making factory at abandoned chemistry laboratory at Dikwa college of education in Borno state. The military said the factory was operating till troops have retaken the town last week. Sani Usman, the army spokesman made this known saying that troops from the 7 division exposed the laboratory during a mop-up operation in the area. Usman, a colonel, added that some equipment comprising a welding machine and a mine detector were found at the improvised factory. Also discovered from the operation were four Toyota Hilux pick ups. “The gallant troops are in a very high spirit and more determined to further pursue the fleeing terrorists to all known enclaves and sanctuaries, ” army spokesperson said. The army on July 24 claimed to have gained control on Dikwa town in restive northeastern Borno state, once held by suspected Boko Haram insurgents. The air strike sealed way for the soldiers to move in and reseize the town with less resistance, while the search operations are ongoing. The deadly Boko Haram sect has claimed thousands of lives, abducted hundreds of people and displaced close to half a million in the northeastern part of Nigeria, one of the country’s poorest regions.
www.naij.com/504917-troops-uncover-boko-haram-bomb-making-factory-college.html

bugzbunny:
Propaganda Govt

we all knw DAT d last Govt is full of corrupt politicians

powerfulsettingz:
Is there anybody else that doesn't knows those thieves yet?? Seriously on my mind

we are all still speculating until d list is released if truly dey will

President Muhammadu Buhari is under
pressure from Nigerians, who are itching to
know the names of the oil thieves.
Several Western countries comprising the
United Kingdom and France are also said to
have reached out to Buhari not to waste time
in bringing the suspects’ names to the public
knowledge.
It would be recalled that Nigerian leader,
addressing Nigerians during his recently
concluded trip to the USA, had announced
that Washington gave him the list of the
names.
Buhari said that some members of the ex-
president Goodluck Jonathan Federal
Executive Council stole as much as 250000
barrels of crude every day.
A group of prominent Nigerians say the
president should make the names public
immediately and defend against them.
Professor Itse Sagay , front line lawyer, told
journalists that he shocked by the magnitude
of the stealing.
He said: “ Before this fresh revelation, one was
very disturbed when Okonjo Iweala, raised the
alarm that about 400, 000 barrels were being
stolen every day. To hear that the quantity is as
much as one million barrel per day is
something else.
“It shows the country went into a total rot under
the last regime of President Goodluck
Jonathan. They would have looted the country
to bankruptcy within a year if they were not
removed from office. We should be grateful that
a disciplined and upright man has taken over to
clean the mess and save the country.
“The punishments are not farfetched. They are
already enshrined in our law books.
“We may ultimately have to resort to special
court with specific time frame to decide the
cases. The situation is very grave and we need
to deal with it in an exceptional way.”
Also shocked by the disclosure is Chief Ladi
Williams (SAN) who said: “ The President
should make public everything about it because
the oil they stole belongs to the good people of
Nigeria. The people have the right to know what
is happening.
“Some schools of thought have suggested that
the Chinese option should be applied in dealing
with the suspects. It is a common knowledge
that corrupt public officers in China always end
up being executed. But here in Nigeria, we have
the criminal and penal code. The suspects
should be tried.
“The National Assembly has the power to
establish a tribunal to try the suspects because
the courts have too many cases already. From
the tribunal, the next step should be Supreme
Court because many of us are not happy with
the way the Appeal Court has discharged itself.
The Supreme Court has discharged itself
creditably well.
“The suspects should be made to produce the
money they realised from the sales of the stolen
products. Any of them that parts with a
substantial part of the money should be
leniently dealt with.”
Tanko Yakassai, elder statesman, who was
also speaking on the development said: “The
president should not only tell us about the
crime, he should go a step further to list the
names of those involved in the criminal act and
the amount involved. He should get them
arrested and prosecuted. The truth is that these
atrocities didn’t start today. They started way
back when Obasanjo was the head of state.
“Key figures during that regime became instant
multi-millionaires. There is not going to be any
solution to the atrocities except the perpetrators
are brought to book. I want to appeal to
President Muhhamadu Buhari not to limit the
probe to the Jonathan administration. If he
really wants to get to the root of the problem,
he should go back to the days of Obasanjo as
military head of state.”
Enechi Onyia, Second Republic politician,
added that the suspects should be made to
face the anger of the law.
“The government should not stop at that. They
should also do everything possible to retrieve
the full value of the money that the country
ought to realize from the product from the
suspects. The government should not be
swayed by sentiments that people are likely to
express about its position or action plan
because in everything that happens in life,
people would always express sentiments,”
Onyia said.
Festus Keyamio, Lagos attorney, called for
prosecution of everyone found guilty in the
crime, saying: “ The effort of the President in
fighting corruption in the country is highly
commendable. This is what Nigerians looked
forward to when they voted for him and I am
glad that he is living up to his electioneering
promises. I want to do everything possible to
make sure that the perpetrators do not escape
justice.”
Abubakar Tsav , ex-commissioner of police in
Lagos state, was surprised by the disclosure.
He said: “ If the president’s statement is true,
then, it is a serious matter. How can one person
steal such quantity of crude oil? What are they
using the money for when many people are
hungry, homeless and sleeping under the
bridge?
“ The crime is capable of collapsing an
economy of a developing country. The
perpetrators don’t mean well for the country and
should be severely dealt with.
“I don’t support death penalty, but the offence is
worth it. I will suggest that they should be sent
to 25 years or life imprisonment. If the suspects
are not fished out and dealt with, there would
be a big challenge if Buhari is not re-elected
after four years. If Buhari is not elected and
another government that is worse than
Jonathan’s come tom power, the country would
be worse for it.
“If I were Jonathan, I would be ashamed of
myself and refrain from making any comment. I
think he should also be probed because it was
before his very eyes that all this rots was
taking place and he did nothing to stop it.”
Joe Igbokwe, the All Progressives Congress
(APC) spokesman in Lagos state, said more
sad insights of the activities of government
officials in the Jonathan’s government are
coming.
“What Nigerians are hearing and seeing now will
be a child’s play when the full story of how
Nigeria was pillaged and plundered under
Jonathan is told, ” he said.
“In the fullness of time Nigerians will get to find
out that former President Jonathan’s tenure was
a systematic regime of heists. I am believing
God that President Buhari will have the energy,
strength and power to go the whole hog in
repositioning Nigeria in the comity of civilized
nations. Nigeria is getting better and this, l
believe because a good man is in charge.”

www.naij.com/504897-nigerians-pressure-buhari-expose-names-oil-thieves.html

The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) in Ekiti State took a violent turn
on Friday, July 31, as there was a shootout at
the party secretariat in Ado Ekiti.
A factional secretary of the party, Dr Tope
Aluko was injured during the shootout, while
passersby, commuters and motorists
scampered for safety, The Nation reports.
Aluko was said to have been shot when he led
members of the Tunde Olatunde faction to
take over the party’s secretariat not long after
the Idowu Faleye faction announced the
suspension of four members of the State
Working Committee (SWC) led by Olatunde
and left the building.
While Olatunde is the acting chairman of a
faction that has 11 out of 14 SWC members,
Faleye is the chairman of the faction
recognized by Governor Ayo Fayose.
In a telephone conversation, Aluko said: “ I
was shot at close range by policemen. As I was
parking, they opened fire on me at about 3.40
pm. I went there and the policemen were
waiting for me and what followed was shooting.
My cloth was drenched in blood and I am
receiving treatment as you speak with me. I
went to the party secretariat because that is my
office as the PDP secretary in the state .”
According to him, Governor Fayose should be
told that the war has just begun and he
cannot intimidate them. “ We will never leave
the party for Fayose or any other person. Tell
him that the war has started and we are battle-
ready and the people of the state will know the
real members of the party,” he added.
Speaking on the matter, the spokesman of
Ekiti police command, Alberto Adeyemi, said
no complaint has been made at the station by
anybody that he was shot or that any shooting
incident took place.
“Our men were there until they (members of
Faleye faction) left and we are not aware of
any other meeting held after they had left,” he
said.
Yesterday, Faleye’s faction had announced
the suspension of four exco members over
alleged anti-party activities.. The affected
officers are; Dr.Tope Aluko, (State Secretary),
Hon.Tunde Olatunde, Hon. Mrs Busola
Ayobode (State Women Leader), and Hon.
Olanrewaju (State Auditor).
On Thursday, July 30, the National Working
Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) endorsed Governor Fayose’s
backed faction which is headed by Idowu
Faleye-led executive committee of the party
in Ekiti state.

www.naij.com/504702-pdp-crisis-ekiti-deepens-secretary-shot-party-secretariat.html

Popular Yoruba- Nollywood actor, Mufutau ‘Ajigijaga’ Sanni, is dead. Ajigijaga died at the age of 60. Nollywood actor, Ajigijaga According to Best of Nollywood , the late actor’s death was made public to President of The Golden Movie Ambassadors of Nigeria, Comrade Saidi Balogun on Friday morning. It was gathered that the thespian reportedly died on Friday, July 31, 2015, at his residence in Agege, Lagos following injuries he sustained from an accident he was involved in few weeks ago. According to a family source, his remains would be buried according to Muslim rites in Wasimi, Abeokuta, Ogun State. Ajigijaga carved an niche for himself in the movie industry as a go-to actor for crime roles.
www.naij.com/504228-breaking-popular-actor-ajigijaga-dead.html

Dbboy:
Last I checked there was a bomb blast yesterday.

apart from ystaday wen last have dey struck?
Rome was not built in a day it has to b a gradual process dey cannot b wiped out @ once so try and b optimistic

mayorkyzo:
We just want it to end...

Abi nw make e end on time dis killing is too much

Speaking on Friday, July 31, in Abuja,
President Muhammadu Buhari explained
why Nigeria now had increased capacity to
fight Boko Haram insurgency.
PM News reports that the president delivered
his point during the meeting with Mohammed
Ibn Chambas, the UN Secretary-General’s
Special Representative and Head of the
United Nations Office for West Africa.
Nigeiria’s number one politician expressed
confidence that with the formation and full
activation of the Multi National Joint Task
Force (MNJTF), terrorism would soon become
the thing of the past.
President Buhari also noted that after the
command control center had been redeployed
to Maduguri, the morale of the troops on the
battlefield substantially improved.
“You can tell the Secretary-General that we are
doing our best and our best will be good
enough for the nation and the sub-region.”
Regarding the upcoming elections in Cote
D’Ivoire, Guinea and Burkina Faso, the
Nigerian leader urged the UN to assist African
countries in implementing new technologies to
ensure the effective and credible process.
He referred to the experience of his country’s
electoral body which used smart card readers
in the general polls held earlier this year.
Buhari noted that other African countries
might need support and assistance from the
international community in order to implement
modern technologies for the elections
conduct.
“When citizens recognize that their votes count,
it will boost their confidence in democracy and
their countries’ electoral systems.”
Mr Chambas, on his part, praised President
Buhari, for his commitment to fighting against
insurgency in the northeast and for his recent
claims in Cameroon concerning peaceful
resolution of all border issues with the
neighbour .
Meanwhile suspected Boko Haram terrorists
bombed Gamboru market in Borno state
capital Maiduguri, in the early morning of
Friday. Many people are feared killed in the
explosion.

www.naij.com/504569-nigeria-now-powerful-fight-boko-haram-buhari.html

mentorandfriend:
Na you sabi!

Gbaja is Tinubu's puppet anytime anyday

mentorandfriend:
I said APC

BT he is more or less a Tinubu boy

mentorandfriend:
Good man. Loyal party member. He has a bright future in APC. One day, he shall be the Governor of Lagos State.
Y'all should remember I said it first.

a loyal party member or a boy loyal to Tinubu

Lawalsuleiman:
A true party fellow, Femi is a good example for other legislators to follow.

all politician are d same dia pocket is dia major priority

The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, has admitted four exhibits from the subpoenaed Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC’s) witnesses in a petition by Mr Daniel Onjeh of the All Progressives Congress (APC) challenging the return of Senator David Mark by the INEC. The former Senate president was declared winner of the Benue South election held on March 28, having defeated Mr Daniel Onjeh. Mr Yakubu Nachamada one of the witnesses from INEC, could identify five documents, which Onjeh sought to tender, but the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP’s) counsel Chris Alechenu, objected to the permissibility of one of them The document in question is a letter dated July 27, authorising the INEC worker to be a witness in the suit which did not originate from the party. Alechenu said the letter could only be tendered in evidence either through the INEC chairman, the resident electoral commissioner or the writer of the letter which the witness was not. “The witness is not the writer, addressee and is not even copied in the letter. So, the letter cannot be tendered through him.” Mr. Kenneth Ikoni, counsel to Mark, also concurred with the views of the PDP counsel and admonished the court not to accept the letter as an exhibit. Onjeh’s counsel, Tunji Oso, while urging the court to discountenance the objections raised by the respondents’ counsel, said the document can be linked to the witness as there are relevant and sufficient evidence suggesting this. He cited the Nigerian Weekly Law Report , page 17 (G-H) saying that “a document linking a witness to an evidence can be tendered with or without the consent of the writer or addressee. The Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Mosunmola Dipeolu, however, ruled that the document was vital to the appearance of the witness in court and admitted the document in evidence as Exhibit PA. The Card Reader Accreditation Data was also admitted in evidence. The Card Reader Accreditation Data that concerned elections in the senatorial district reflecting the polling units were generated from the INEC website and was presented in court by Mr Yakubu Nachamada. The receipt for the certification of documents was also admitted in evidence. Oso saw his application to tender the subpoena by the tribunal for the two witnesses from INEC to testify in court turned down. Counsel to the PDP had pleaded with the court to reject the admissibility of the order on the grounds that it was already the document of the court, stressing that the court does not need it as an evidence. The tribunal’s chairman, Justice Dipeolu concurred with the respondents’ counsel and rejected the ruled in favour of the PDP’s counsel and adjourned the case for the continuation of trial.
www.naij.news/504428-benue-tribunal-four-exhibits-admitted-david-mark.html

Femi Gbajabiamila, the Majority Leader of the
House of Representatives, has revealed that
President Muhammadu Buhari and the
leadership of the All Progressive Congress
(APC) insisted that he must vie for the
leadership position in the House, otherwise
he would have dropped out.
Addressing journalists at an interactive
session in Abuja, today, Gbajabiamila said he
would not describe the “loyalists in the House
as aggressors but protectors of the interest of
the party.”
He explained that a long time ago before the
crisis heated up he had met with the
President and the party explaining to them
that issue had been framed to be about him
which was not adding that he was willing to
part with any position for the sake of the
President, country and the House.
“A lot of people don’t know this, long-time ago,
I saw the president, I saw my party I explained
to them I told the President I said listen this
thing has been framed to be about me, was
never about me and that is what my members
believe and I told Mr. President and I told the
party that I wanted to withdraw from this thing,
so for the sake of the president, for the sake of
the House for the sake of the country.
“I told the governors at the meeting 4 weeks
ago it was not about office and I told them that
I would leave this thing in a heart beat without
thinking of it.
“I wouldn’t even think twice about it and I will
go and sit on the floor of the House without
even accepting anything even a chairmanship.
“I have never been a chairman of the committee
in this house and never been a deputy chairman
and I made it clear to them that I have turned
down things in the past, I have been offered
National Honours and I turned it down, I was
meant to be a Deputy to Aminu Tambuwal we
turned it down before Emeka Ihedioha took over
and there have been many other things in the
past, “ the house leader said.
He continued, “For me it was not about me, it
was not about office, it’s not the office that
makes you a legislator, the legislator makes the
office. It’s not vice versa and I made it clear
that I will leave it but on principle but my
members refused.
“When I told the President to allow me leave, he
did not accept it, he was reluctant my party did
not accept it and I thank God for that they did
have that kind of confidence in me to be able to
deliver the goods for the party, who am I to say
no?”
Meanwhile, the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, Honourable Yakubu Dogara,
has assured the South east region that they
will be adequately compensated in the
leadership structure in the lower house.
Dogara was elected Speaker of the House of
Reps on June 9 against the wishes of his
party . He polled 182 votes to defeat
Gbajabiamila, who had 174 votes.

www.naij.com/504665-house-leadership-dropped-out-buhari-apc-insisted-gbajabiamila.html

Abugab:
It's our prayers and hope that things take a different turn this time around. Let's hope, wait and pray for a good outcome

sure am optimistic abt dis govt sha I knw tings will get beta

bonechamberlain:
stories every day. I think this govt is playing a psychological game with illiterate nigerians. always bihari would do this, buhari would probe snake market, bihari set to fly to Jupiter, buhari visits Afghanistan. all this is to reduce the pressure the nigerian people put on the govt and to configure the mindset of the masses that the govt is working for them. it then translates to this their new slogan "give the govt time" before the masses know it they have giving them all the time with nothing to show for it.

I pray this govt exposes them because will all know whose govt those assassination took place

let's try and be optimistic abt dis govt.
better days lies ahead

bonechamberlain:
stories every day. I think this govt is playing a psychological game with illiterate nigerians. always bihari would do this, buhari would probe snake market, bihari set to fly to Jupiter, buhari visits Afghanistan. all this is to reduce the pressure the nigerian people put on the govt and to configure the mindset of the masses that the govt is working for them. it then translates to this their new slogan "give the govt time" before the masses know it they have giving them all the time with nothing to show for it.

I pray this govt exposes them because will all know whose govt those assassination took place

let's try and be optimistic abt dis govt.
better days lies ahead

Abugab:
If this is achieved during Buhari's tenure it will be a milestone achievement and will put a stop to state sponsored killings.
We have had too many unresolved killings

but hw are we sure some cabals will nt hijack d process n d story of d killings will b 4goten as usual
cos as far as am concern dia are some ppl bigger Dan d president imself

The House of Representatives has demanded
that President Muhammadu Buhari reopen
investigations into unresolved cases of high
profile political and extra judicial killings in
Nigeria.
According to Premium Times, the essence of
the charge to the Federal Government, the
House resolved, is to bring the culprits to
justice.
This demand was raised in a motion titled,
‘Need To Undertake Further Investigations
Into Cases Of Extra Judicial Killings And Other
High Profile Murders’.
This motion was raised by Kingsley Chinda, he
noted that the extra judicial killings were
allegedly being carried out by men of the
Nigerian Police Force, and personnel of some
other security agencies and unknown gunmen.
Chinda, while charging the Nigerian Police
Force to be more alive to its responsibilities in
the prevention and proper investigation, the
lawmaker also expressed fears that the
efforts of previous governments in curbing the
problem of extra judicial and other high profile
killings have largely been futile and short of
peoples’ expectations as some have continued
unabated and as a result, people now live in
fear and despair.
Chinda enunciated on the issue, stating that
several cases of extra judicial and unsolved
killings in the country included some traders
at Apo (popularly known as Apo Six), invasion
by mobile policemen and armed soldiers of
Ogoni land, the invasion of Odi community in
Bayelsa, the killings of Dele Giwa, Alfred
Rewane, Bola Ige and Funso Williams amongst
others.
The Premium Time report states that the
motion was unanimously agreed on by the
House, and was referred to the Committees
on Police Affairs, Public Safety and National
Security (when constituted) by the Speaker,
Yakubu Dogara, to monitor the investigations
of the cases and present an interim report to
the House within four weeks for further
legislative action.
In some other development, President
Muhammadu Buhari, on July 29, Wednesday,
vowed to abide to the International Court of
Justice (ICJ) ruling ceding the oil-rich Bakassi
peninsula to Cameroon.
Femi Adesina, the presidential aide, revealed
Buhari’s position on his Twitter handle.
Adesina also hinted that the president has
promised to get all Internally Displaced
Persons in Nigeria and those who are
refugees in Cameroon back to their homes.

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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has applauded President Muhammadu Buhari for the fatherly role he played in the resolution of the National Assembly crisis. The emergence of Bukola Saraki as Senate President and Yakubu Dogara as Speaker of the House of Representatives had resulted in crisis which until now had bogged down the activities in the National Assembly. In a statement released by his media office in Abuja on Wednesday, July 29, Atiku commended the peaceful resolution of the crisis, PM News reports. The former vice president explained how he was troubled by the crisis and its effect on the change agenda of the APC administration. According to him, the warring factions have demonstrated maturity, wisdom and sense of patriotism by finally reaching a compromise. He added that both the executive and legislative arms of government should be united by the common goal of offering efficient service delivery to Nigerians and therefore, no rivalry should exist between them. “ As a stakeholder, I am committed to promoting harmonious working relationship between the two branches of government. I was once in government, and I knew why harmony and cooperation are essential in the success of presidential system of government,” Atiku said. The former vice president urged the warring lawmakers in the House of Representatives to put the bitterness of the crisis behind them and direct their energies towards the success of the governing APC administration. Following the crisis over NASS leadership, reports had surfaced that the Senate president, Saraki and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu would be impeached. Recall that the meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and APC legislators had reportedly failed to resolve the crisis as the two factions in the House of Reps stuck to their different positions.
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The planned financial intervention of the presidency to bailout states in distress would be fully implemented in a couple of weeks, the presidency says. In a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, the presidency said meetings are being held between members of the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and also between CBN and commercial banks. According to the statement, the meetings were meant to determine the details of the special intervention fund and the debt relief programme of the President for states. The meetings were also reviewing loan profiles of the states, addressing issues weaved around restructuring of existing loans including time span, and reconciling the figures. “Already, it has been agreed that existing state loans be restructured for 20 years, and regarding the bond option, the rates to be applied will be market-based but with a cap to make it affordable. “Within weeks from now, the states are expected to start benefitting from two other parts of the presidential intervention,’’ the statement added. The presidential intervention would make available more funds to the state governments which otherwise would have been removed at source by the banks, Vanguard reports. Akande, explained that so far, the states have drawn from the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas taxes and dividends which amounts to 2.1 billion dollars in addition to the N518 billion federation account allocation shared last week. He also recalled that during the last National Economic Council (NEC) meeting, the states were encouraged to take certain steps to avert similar financial distress in future. The steps include making the payment of salaries a first-line charge; increasing their internally-generated revenue; cleaning up their payroll to eliminate “ghost workers’’ and opening fully-functional Debt Management Offices. Nigerian governors had a closed-door NEC meeting with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Thursday, July 23 , at the presidential villa, Aso rock.
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A mild drama plays out at the Defence Industrial Corporation of Nigeria (DICON) when the outgoing director-general, Major General E.R. Chioba refuses to hand over to the newly appointed director-general of the corporation, Brigadier General Augustine Odidi, Leadership reports. It was gathered that when the new DG, Brigadier General Odidi went to Kaduna, the headquarters of DICON, to take over from Major General Chioba who was appointed DG in February 2013, he was amazed that Chioba reportedly told him that he was not going to handover to him. According to Sources, Chioba refusal to hand over to his successor is hinged on the order to put on hold all recent postings done in the Nigerian Army on the eve of the exit of the former Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lieutenant General Kenneth Minimah, other sources maintained that the outgoing DG may be afraid of handing over to Odidi who is known to be a straightforward and no-nonsense officer. Odidi was appointed as the new DG by President Muhammadu Buhari in a letter signed by the Military Secretary, Army (MSA) Major General I.I. Abbas and was expected to resume duty on July 20, 2015. He was born on March 4, 1961 in Kano and a native of Agenebode in Etsako East Local Government of Edo State, Odidi joined the prestigious Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna, as a member of the 27th Regular Combatant Course in 1980 and won the best graduating Army Cadet Silver Medal which was awarded to him by the then President Shehu Shagari. He was commissioned as second lieutenant and posted as member of the Nigerian Army Electrical and Mechanical Corps (NAEME). Prior this appointment, Odidi who was promoted Brigadier General on 4 January 2008, was the deputy director, Production, Department of Logistics, Defence Headquarters Abuja.
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