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Abeg which one is more powerful PUSSY OR MONEY.

All is well

Before i take this mofos serious,abeg shey the president wey he talk say he go die don die..

I say a big Amin,Amen and Ashee to that.And may Allah(God) rule ur life same way pdp and ogogoro master rule nigeria,hope u can amen to dat also.

according to the law,where a,b, and care the lengths of the sides of a triangle, and A,B, and care the opposite angles.

Calculus

Alhazen discovered the sum formula for the fourth power, using a method that could be generally used to determine the sum for any integral power. He used this to find the volume of a paraboloid. He could find the integral formula for any polynomial without having developed a general formula.

Scientific method

Ibn Al-Haytham(Alhazen) was a significant figure in the history of scientific method, particularly in his approach to experimentation,and has been described as the "WORLD'S FIRST TRUE SCIentist".

The physician Rhazes was an early proponent of experimental medicine and recommended using control for clinical research. He said: "If you want to study the effect of bloodletting on a condition, divide the patients into two groups, perform bloodletting only on one group, watch both, and compare the results."

im Al-Khalili gives the example of the classification of materials as a sign of new ways of thinking.[46]While the classification of the material world by the ancient Indian is and Greeks into Air, Earth, Fire and Water was more philosophical, medieval Islamic scientists used practical, experimental observation to classify materials.[46]Rhazes, for example, classified minerals into six groups based on their observed chemical properties: Spirits, which were flammable, Material Bodies, which were shiny and malleable,Salts, which could dissolve in water,Vitriols, Stones,and Boraxes.

Astronomy

In about 964 AD, the Persian astronomerAbd al-Rahman al-Sufi, writing in hisBook of Fixed Stars, described a "nebulous spot" in the Andromeda constellation, the first definitive reference to what we now know is the Andromeda Galaxy, the nearest spiral galaxyto our galaxy

asir al-Din al-Tusi invented a geometrical technique called aTusi-couple, which generates linear motion from the sum of two circular motions to replace Ptolemy's problematic equant[48]The Tusi couple was later employed in Ibn al-Shatir's geocentric model and Nicolaus Copernicus 'heliocentric Copernican model[49]although it is not known who the intermediary is or if Copernicus rediscovered the technique independently.

Anatomy
In the cardiovascular system,Ibn al-Nafisin his commentary on Anatomy in Avicenna's Canon was the first to contradict the contention of the Galen school that blood could pass between the ventricles in the heart through the cardiac inter-ventricular septum that separates them, saying that there is no passage between the ventricles at this point.[51]Instead, he correctly argued that all the blood that reached the left ventricle did so after passing through the lung.[51]He also stated that there must be small communications, or pores, between the pulmonary artery and pulmonary vein, a prediction that preceded the discovery of the pulmonary capillaries of Marcello Malpighi by 400 years. The Commentary was rediscovered in the 20th century in the Prussian State Library in Berlin; whether its view of the pulmonary circulation influenced scientists such as Michael Servetus is unclear, as it was not published and only five copies were made.

In the nervous system, Rhazes stated thatnerveshadmotororsensoryfunctions, describing 7cranialand 31spinal cord nerves. He assigned a numerical order to the cranial nerves from theopticto thehypoglossal nerves. He classified the spinal nerves into 8cervical, 12thoracic, 5lumbar, 3sacral, and 3 coccygeal nerves. He used this to link clinical signs of injury to the corresponding location of lesions in the nervous system.

Government sponsorship

The Muslim government heavily patronized scholars. The money spent on the translation Movement for some translations is estimated to be equivalent to about twice the annual research budget of the United kingdom's medical Research Council.[25]The best scholars and notable translators, such as Hunayn ibn Ishaq, had salaries that are estimated to be the equivalent of professional athletes today.[25]The House of Wisdom was a library,translation institute, and academy established in Abbasid-era Baghdad,Iraq by Caliph Harun al-Rashid and his son al-Ma'mun.[

New technology

With a new and easier writing system, and the introduction of paper, information was democratized to the extent that, for probably the first time in history, it became possible to make a living from simply writing and selling books.[28]The use of paper spread from China into Muslim regions in the eighth century, arriving in Al-Andaluson the Iberian peninsula, present-day Spain in the 10th century. It was easier to manufacture than parchment, less likely to crack than papyrus, and could absorb ink, making it difficult to erase and ideal for keeping records. Islamic paper makers devised assembly-line methods of hand-copying manuscripts to turn out editions far larger than any availablein Europe for centuries.[29]It was from these countries that the rest of the world learned to make paper from linen

Philosophy

Rushdand Ibn Sina played a major role in saving the works of Aristotle, whose ideas came to dominate the non-religious thought of the Christian and Muslim worlds. Islamic scholars would also absorb ideas from China and India, adding to the tremendous knowledge from their own studies.[citation needed]Ibn Sina and other philosophers such asal-Kindiandal-Farabi combined Aristotelianism and Neoplatonismbwith other ideas introduced through Islam.[citation needed]Arabic philosophic literature was translated into Latin and Ladino, contributing to the development of modern European philosophy. During this period, non-Muslims were allowed to flourish relative to treatment of religious minorities in the Christian byzantine Empire. The Jewish philosopher Moses Maimonides, who lived in Andalusia, is an example.

Avicenna argued his "Floating Man" thought experiment concerning self-awareness, in which a man prevented of sense experience by being blindfolded and free falling would still be aware of his existence.[31]In epistemology,Ibn Tufail wrote the novel Hayy ibn Yaqdhanand in response Ibn al-Nafis wrote the novel Theologus Autodidactus. Both were concerning autodidacticism as illuminated through the life of a feral child spontaneously generated in a cave on a desert island.

Algebra

Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmīplayed asignificant role in the development ofalgebra,algorithms, andHindu-Arabic numerals.

Geometry
Islamic art makes use of geometric patterns and symmetries in many of its art forms, notably in girih tilings. These are formed using a set of five tile shapes, namely a regular decagon, an elongated hexagon, a bow tie, arhombus, and a regular pentagon. All the sides of these tiles have the same length; and all their angles are multiples of 36° (π/5radians), offering fivefold and tenfold symmetries. The tiles are decorated with strap work lines (girih), generally more visible than the tile boundaries. In 2007, the physicists Peter Lu and Paul Stein hard targued that girih from the 15th century resembled quasi crystalline Penrose tilings.Elaborate geometric zelligetile work is a distinctive element in Moroccan architecture.[36]Muqarnas vaults are three-dimensional but were designed in two dimensions with drawings of geometrical cells.

Trigonometry

Muʿādh al-Jayyānīis one of several Islamic mathematicians to whom the law of sinesis attributed; he wrote hisThe Book of Unknown Arcs of a Spherein the 11th century. This formula relates the lengths of the sides of any triangle, rather than onlyright triangles, to the sines of its angles.[38]According to the law,wherea,b, andcare the lengths of the sidesof a triangle, andA,B, and care the opposite angles

Pastors then across all divides were not exactlymonks but were contented, simple, people called to a service of godliness, humanity, charity and peace . Pastors didn’t struggle to be wealthy because the church existed to redefine the terms of success the world knew. Then, prosperity preaching came , found a foothold in the Pentecostal churches and contaminated everything. And since Pentecostalism possessed the youths the corrosion proved contagious and seeped into many orthodox churches. The clergy then began to regard poverty as sin and began to do all not to be afflicted by it. Reckless unclothed ambition ran amok and precipitated a mushrooming of churches which now had owners and later became commercial concerns.

And the church that wasonce separated from the world gradually sawits appetite for worldliness grow. The orthodox churches , once disparaged for being spiritually docile by Pentecostalism, mocked the capitulationof the latter to greed, acrimony and money. They had viewed the pretensions to superior spirituality with the suspicion orthodoxy reserves for radical reformations. The visible corruption and commercialization of Pentecostalism they claimed were inevitable evils long foretold. The Catholic church has its own very ugly demons.

But who could have foretold that even the Assemblies of God church in Nigeria could be split down the middle , not for any theological controversy but for the sort of mundane things that motor park unions have learnt to manage. When pastors become gods the interest of Jesus becomes dispensable. The cult of personality pastors nurture in churches is not compatible with the sovereignty rights of the Holy Spirit.TO BE CONTINUED

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In 1984 I visited Eyadema’s Togo. I was dumbfounded. Eyadema was after all an empty inconsequential vessel.The stark rurality and wretchedness of Lome and the cheerful naivetyof its residents could only be surpassed by Gnassigbe’s megalomania. The national radio would pause and greet him almost hourly and would never forget to wish him well with his meals. His pictures which hung every where seemed to summon reverence from passersby. Policemen would line the routes he would travel and would herald his passage with their whistles which compelled everyone to stop and to join them in clapping furiously, waving frantically and smiling with a determination to please him.

With the enthusiasm with which the street submitted, it didn’t take long before my bemusement gave way to curiosity. I tried to find mockery beneath the obsequiousness, to lighten its stupidity, but I found duty. How did fear compel such a sense of duty? 1984 Lome was a house of slaves. Their devotion to the worship of Eyadema could only be explained perhaps by a diagnosis of pathological servility. I didn’t meet Eyadema but from his fruits I knew him. Many pastors in Nigeria todayhave turned their congregations to 1984 Togo.

North Korea’s Kim Jong -un and his father before him are perhaps the apotheosis of Eyadema’s social theory. The automaticityof the North Korean population and the vigour and uniformity oftheir compliance are theproducts of the brutalityand repressive whimsicality of a depraved group that has seized the nation bythe scruff of the neck and is dragging it face-down to the edge of an abyss. But if Kim and Gnassigbe god status can be explained by Pavlov, because states have instrumentsof coercion and torture, what will explain the culture of deification of pastors in Nigeria?

Regular pastors and even lunatics like Rev King all manage to be emperors in an age where the Bible and the Holy Spirit are freely available to brethren. You would think that in a society rendered prostrate by widespread poverty occasioned by wanton profligacy and unbridled thievery by the ruling class, the poor would despise anyone ,under any guise, abusing public trust for self enrichment. You would think that the down trodden who have flocked to church to seek solutions to problems their secular leaders recklessly and maliciously inflicted on them would be extra vigilant.

That they would resist attempts to replicate the demons that have haunted politicians, andmade them mad. That they would protect the clergy from those demons. Lack of accountability, lack of tolerance for dissentingopinions and criticisms,self aggrandizement, corruption and theft, greed and megalomania, nepotismand cronyism, disregard for rigour anddeliberation, disdain forscholarship and research, penchant for superficiality and frivolity, conspicuous charlatanism. These demons have seized thechurch, especially Pentecostalism to which I belong. That is why pastors are now pharaohs.

Pastor Adeboye like Pope Francis, epitomes humility, simplicity and sincerity, are revered forthe right moral reasons.For remaining broken, contrite and therefore human despite all their fame and stature. But that tribe is almost extinct in the pentecostal circles. Who amongst the other pastors are like these two? The policy of the Catholic church, in line with Apostle Paul’s teachings, to keep priests away from the worries of raising families and accumulation of wealth has proved to be great wisdom. The Catholic church owns the priestswhile in many of the churches that abound now the priests literally own the churches and parishes.

The church of Christ is now littered with small men in cloth with huge egos. And their whims are passed across as dictates of the Holy Spirit. But in what is the veneration of pompous, empty, ineffectual, vessels preoccupied with self aggrandizement founded? Masters of glib talk whose personal lives cannot recommend them to anyone. The congregations know thetruth but can’t pay the price of righteousness and the pastors interpose themselves between God and miracle seeking men in the manner of the prophets of the old testament, before the veil was torn.

Yes, Jesus came and ordained the whole congregation are priests . These pastors claim familiarity with God and congregations addicted to quick , easy fixes, worship the pastors in the erroneous belief that the pastors can help them attract divine help which ordinarily their unrighteousness and distance from God would deny them. The pastors , now gods, water down christian doctrines, permit all sorts and keep the needed numbers. If the congregation is Spirit filled and not deluded, the pastor loses his ‘divinity’. But the congregation wants magic. Pastors promisewonders at the sight of money.

God wants righteousness from the congregation. The congregation chooses to go to God through the ‘understanding’ pastor. That is why pastors receive more gifts than God and people no longer give secretly. Because thosewho give millions and millions to pastors do so because they believethat in so doing they will tap into the pastors’chumminess with God. And since cronyism is the order in churches now, belonging to the pastor’s cult has added benefits. Only a few pastors understand the millions and billions of naira aren’t theirs.

Small pastors of small churches allow poor congregations empty their pockets to fund their lavish lifestyles. And they turnaround mercilessly , flaunt their‘prosperity’ and mock the congregation by declaring that poverty isa curse or disease. But if these pastors were truly converted they would not need anyone to tell them that all gifts they receive, personal or otherwise, by virtue of their positions must go to the church and the work of God. Only a carnally minded pastor lives a lavish life style while children of God die of hunger and homelessness and God’s works suffer fromprivations. I refer to full time pastors and part time pastors who receive monies from the congregation.

Why do pastors who take offerings from the poorest of the poor in Nigeria ride limousines?Isn’t the flesh at war with the Spirit any longer? Why would a church that accepts offerings from wretchedpeople buy Bentleys for pastors? The idea in itself is immoral. Pastors who live in lavish opulence in the midst of general povertyare not heavenly minded. Before you raise an eyebrow they will claim “God said”. The Bible makes it clear,“Feed my flock”- body and soul! How then do you milk the flock , leavethem desperate and dying, and wallow in sybaritism? You urge them to give so they canreceive and that’s good.Giving is good , giving to pastors is good too. But how do full time pastors accumulate so much wealth and live fantasy lives if they really understand giving? How do they get away with flying first class?

When Pentecostalism crept into Nigeria, the born again Christians ofthose days went about their Christianity with a determination to distance themselves from the world and worldliness. Many saw them as queer because they eschewed substantial mirth and embraced visible abstinence. They pursued their faith with stoicism and mocked, by their aloofness, all that the world cared about. And while the world worried about their non conformity with traditions, their exemplary honesty and general righteousness recommended them as consecrated people rather than deviants.

They would not be found at community meetings but would not be caught envying the pleasures they had foregone. They were scorned for separating themselves but they were perceived as otherwise standard bearers of morality. They were manifestly sin conscious. Salvation and sin, heaven and hell, dominated any interaction with them , they were severe and strict. But within them was a caring and sharing brotherhood that was so obsessed with heavenly ambitions that earthly rigours and pains of meager living inflicted by moral chastity was considered worthy and necessary sacrifice.

chukwudi44:
Oshokomole!! Fearless defender of democracy and slayer of APC!! Carry go my man!! Ekiti state and democracy loving nigerians in generality are fully behind you

he no go better for u,may the spirit of dead people killed in borno torment u.Defender of democracy indeed,he collected $37m 4rm gej .Do u know what the money can do in d fight against terror.OLORIBURUKU ARA RA DEY HERE DEY SHOUT FEARLESS.I repeat he no go beta 4 u.

Diogenes was a very learned man and he shunned both power and wealth. Hence he was called a cynic. He was known to have wandered searching for an honest man carrying a lantern during day and night. He gave up everything he possessed, except a coconut shell for drinking water.

One day he saw a man drinking water forming a cup with his hand. After seeing this Diogenes threw away his last possession, “the coconut shell. The name of Diogenes spread throughout Greece. Alexander the Great heard about Diogenes and one day decided to see him.

Mounted on horseback, Alexander the Great went to Diogenes who was sitting onthe ground. Alexander said “Oh Diogenes, Ihave heard a great deal about you and your life. I am very much impressed by your life and it is my earnest desire to help you in whatever way I can. Please let me know your desires so that I can fulfil them,” to which Diogenes replied “Your Excellency, my only request is that you get aside and allow the sun’s rays to fall on my body.”

Alexander the Great was deeply moved by Diogenes’s reply and said “If I were not Alexander the Great, I would be Diogenes.” Now, the point here is that Diogenes never went to Alexander the Great, but that Alexander the Great came to Diogenes for he was such a learned philosopher.There are many people in this world who have played themselves to death, or eaten and drunk themselves to death. Nobody ever died because of thinking or learning. People who avoid learning or abandon it find no joy in life. They find that life is drained dry. No learner has ever run short of subjects to explore.

The pleasures of learning lead to happiness. One can live longest and best and most rewardingly by attaining and preserving the happiness of learning. Learning is everyone’s birthright. Everyone— young or old, rich or poor, male or female — has access to learning. Exercise your birthright. Remember, what you have learned cannot be stolen by others.
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THE rise of Muslims to the zenith of civilisation in a period of four decades wasbased on Al-lslam’s emphasis on learning.This is obvious when one takes a look at the Qur’an and the traditions of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) which are filled with references to learning, education, observation, and the use of reason. The very first verse of the Qur’an revealed to the Prophet Muhammad on the night of 27th of Ramadan in 611 AD reads: “Read: In the name of thy Lord who created man from a clot. Read: And thy Lord is the Most Generous Who taught by the pen, taught man that which he knew not.” (Quran, 96:1-5)

The pursuit of knowledge and the use of reason, based on sense observation is made obligatory on every Muslim, man and woman.

The following traditions of the Prophet (SAW) supplement the foregoing teachings of the Qur’an in the following way:•“The acquisition of knowledge is compulsory for every Muslim, whether male or female.”

•“The ink of the scholar is more sacred than the blood of the martyr.”•“Seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave.”
•“God has revealed to me, ‘Whoever walks in the pursuit of knowledge I facilitate for him the way to heaven.”

•“The best form of worship is the pursuit of knowledge.”

•“Scholars should endeavour to spread knowledge and provide education to people who have been deprived of it. For, where knowledge is hidden it disappears.”•“Someone asked the Prophet (SAW): “Whois the biggest scholar?” He replied: “He who is constantly trying to learn from others, for a scholar is ever hungry for more knowledge.”

“Acquire knowledge: it enables its possessor to distinguish right from the wrong, it lights the way to heaven; it is Our friend in the desert, our society in solitude, our companion when friendless- it guides us to happiness; it sustains us in misery; it is an Ornament among friends and an armour against enemies.”

The Islamic Empire, for more than 1,000 years, remained the most advanced and civilised nation in the world. This is because Al-Islam stressed the importance and respect of learning, forbade destruction and developed in Muslims, the respect for authority, discipline and tolerance for other religions. The teachingsof the Qur’an and Sunnah drove many Muslims to their accomplishments in science and medicine.

By the 10th century, their zeal and enthusiasms for learning resulted in all essential Greek medical and scientific writings being translated into Arabic in Damascus, Cairo and Baghdad. Arabic became the international language of learning and diplomacy. The centre of scientific knowledge and activity shifted eastward and Baghdad emerged as the capital of the scientific world. The Muslimsbecame scientific innovators with originality and productivity.

For example, Islamic medicine is one of the most famous and best known facets ofIslamic civilisation and in which the Muslims most excelled. The Muslims were the great torchbearers of international scientific research. Some of the best and most eloquent praises of science ever written came from the pens of Muslim scientists who considered their work to be acts of worship.

One of the secrets of success in any profession is to be the most learned or best-informed person. Learning is a pleasure. It is not, then one should cultivate the enjoyment associated with learning. Although the pleasure of learningis universal, there are many dull incurious people in the world. There are several reasons for this. Some people are made dull by bad teaching, isolation and following a routine lifestyle. For some people, it is the pressure of hard work and poverty. For those who are rich, their ephemeral and trivial delights come in the way of the pleasures of learning. The human mind can survive not only poverty but also even wealth with luck, determination and guidance.Learning is a natural pleasure. This pleasure is inborn and instinctive. The pleasure of learning is one of the essential pleasures of the human race. Without learning, survival itself is threatened. It is said that the propagation of the human race might be endangered if the knowledgeof sex through seeing, reading or hearing is withheld from everyone.

The process of learning starts right after birth. It is true that babies who can barely talk investigate problems with all the zeal and excitement of explorers, make discoveries with the passion and absorption of dedicated scientists. At the end of each successful investigation, one can see on the tiny face, an expression of innocent and pure heartfelt pleasure. The process of physical growth stops when a boy or girl reaches puberty, that is, with theonset of menarche in the girls and with thechange in the voice and growth of moustache and beard in boys. After puberty, it is impossible to increase the height both in boys and girls. It is only possible to increase their widths by fattening. On the other hand, the mental faculties grow from birth until death. At some point in our lifetime, the physical body becomes sick or ill and gradually dies; even the emotions become duller. Butthe mind continues to live, and even grows more lively and active, enjoys itself more, works and plays with more expansion and delight.

There are many examples in the history of Art, Music and Science, of both men and women who significantly contributed and lead mentally productive lives at their ripe old ages. Learning extends our lives into new dimensions. It is cumulative.Instead of diminishing in time, like health and strength, its dividends go on increasing, provided one continues to learnthroughout life and integrate the thoughts and make learning harmonious. One should make it a point to learn at least onenew information each day. Now, one can learn even during sleep. This is accomplished with headphones attached to the ears and repeats playing of phonographs or taped cassettes. This method of sleep-learning is found most useful in linguistics- to learn new languages.

The pleasure of learning is not confined to learning from textbooks, which are too often tedious. But it does include learning from book magazines (periodicals), newspapers and movies. When you stand in a big library in front of thousands of books, do not think they are lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves.

Each has its own voice, which is as inaudible as the radiobroadcast waves falling directly on the ears.

Just as one switches on the radio to hear, so does one just need to open a book to hear the voice far distant in time and space. One can hear the voice speaking, mind to mind and heart to heart. Reading of books gives you two different delights. One is the pleasure of understanding the unknown and the unexpected. The other pleasure is of deepening one’s knowledge of a specified field.

The Prophet Mohammad told Muslims to be active in their search for learning, crossing oceans and continents if necessary. The more learned you are the more money you can earn.

It is fitting here to tell you the story of Diogenes, the great Greek philosopher wholived during the time of Alexander the Great.

endowed right. The hijab isa garment of honour and apparel of modesty.

Muslims who wear hijab are doing so not because their fathers or husbands command them but because it is a divine commandment, enshrined in the Qur’an, tobe worn when they leave their homes or in company of people who are not close family members. To consider banning the hijab is like considering stopping Muslims from observing daily salat (prayers) or fasting in Ramadan. It is like stopping us from breathing, snuffing the life out of Muslim women.

While celebrating this year’s World Hijab Day (on Monday), we call on the government to allow us exercise our rights. We also enjoin all Muslim women inhijab to continue to be law-abiding and uphold the tenets of Islam by being models of dignity and uprightness in all spheres of life.

Courtesy: Al Mu’minaat (The Believing Women) Organisation, Oyo State.
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The Arab News, in one of its recent editions, hit the nail on the head when it declared: “Hijab or veil takes the center stage whenever there is battle between truth and falsehood.” A few topics would rank above hijab on the count of the most discussed global issues in recent times, which have drawn attention and distraction alike. The concern about hijab has grown beyond the specific to the general, far above religion to politics, economy, culture and philosophical interests.

Whatever the reason for the worldwide attraction to this topic at this particular time may not be as necessary as the ignorance, misconceptions and mischief that have been displayed by many while trying to participate in a discussion that is certain to shape the faces of many things for a long time to come. It is pertinent to start by stating that hijab belongs to Muslims. If this is the case, it behooves anyone with desire to contribute to the discourse to either devote time to learn or ask those who are versed on the subject. Islam is a religion from Allah, the Creator of the earth and the heavens and all that isbetween the two, Who, in fact, gave the religion its name. All actions and inactions of Muslims without exceptions have connection with the dictates of Allah, in theQur’an, and as explained by the last prophet, Muhammad, in his Sunnah. Islamis a guide to its adherents on their ways of life, and one of the mandatory beliefs in thereligion is to have certainty in the appearance of the Day of Judgment wherethe deeds of man will be reviewed. Those who conform with the dictates of the Creator will be rewarded while man will be punished for his deeds that go contrary. Hijab is only one of such.

Perhaps the gap that has existed between the facts and figures on this topic can be traced to people’s ignorance on the workings of Islam. Hijab represents a woman’s submission to her Creator and her connection with the faith. It is disheartening to note that despite the fact that relevant Qur’an verses, Hadith (Prophetic traditions) as well as scholarly works of pious predecessors on the topic reveal a strict emphasis on the need for Muslim women to observe modesty in their dressing when they appear in public, by covering all of their bodies and any ornaments or other means of beautification they might wear, many people still think that Muslim women are only having fun with their mode of dressing. Allah, the Exalted, says in Surat an-Noor (Qur’an chapter 24), ayah (verse) 31: “And tell the believing women to lower their gaze and guard their private parts and not show of their adornment except only that which is apparent, and draw theirveils over their (necks and) bosoms and not reveal their adornment except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands’ fathers, their sons, their husbands’ sons, their brothers, or their brothers’ sons, or their sisters’ sons, or their women, or their slaves, or male servants who lack vigour, or small children who have no knowledge of women’s private parts. And let them not stamp their feet so as to reveal what they hide of their adornment. And turn you all toAllah in repentance, O believers, that you may be successful.”

And He says in Surat al-Ahzab (chapter 33), verse 59: “Oh Prophet, tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to draw their outer garments close around them. That will be better, thatthey may be known and so not be bothered. And Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

Sadly, for exercising their right to religious association and practice by following the dictates of their religion regarding dressing, Muslim women have been made objects of ridicule, condemnation and harassment. Examples abound in the various sections of the society. Higher institutions of learning are supposed to be havens of freedom of expression, of intellectual thought and opinion. It is unfortunate to note that Muslim students in hijab are sometimes taunted by their fellow students and oppressed by some of their lecturers on Nigerian campuses. Some of these students eventually graduate as the best or one of the best in their departments. This is an indication of the fact that the hijab does not in any way prevent aiming for the best in life. These Muslim women are not spared at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camps as they are sometimes physically assaulted or decamped due to their refusal to put on skimpy dresses that go against the dictates of their religion.We condemn in its entirety the idea of expecting a woman who had covered herself up all her life to now resort to putting on a pair of shorts not up to her knees all because she wants to serve her country. Section 38 (1) of the 1999 Constitution states that “Every person shall be entitled to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, including freedomto change his religion or belief, and freedom (either alone or in community with others, and in public or in private) to manifest and propagate his religion or belief in worship, teaching, practice and observance.” Also, Section 42 (1) says that“no citizen shall be subjected either expressly by, or in the practical applicationof any law in force in Nigeria or any executive or administrative action of the government, to any form of disabilities or restrictions by reason of belonging to a particular community, ethnic group, place of origin, sex.””

Muslim women are also insulted and ridiculed by officials of federal agencies such as the Federal Road Safety Corps and Nigerian Immigration Service during image capturing and biometrics. These officials insist that they remove their head covers or expose their ears even when the face is visible. Nigeria belongs to all and so all Nigerians should be protected by thelaws guiding the different government agencies.

The use of hijab by Muslim women is an expression of fundamental rights protected by the constitution and a number of international human rights conventions. Therefore, the recent statement of the president during a media chat that security concerns might warrant a ban on hijab is a violation of the constitution which he swore by the Qur’an to protect. As a matter of fact, the absence of and the failure of local intelligence-gathering mechanisms have allowed evil doers to resort to the use of various disguises, including niqab, hijab and several other attires by Boko Haram and others on their missions.

Inasmuch as we subscribe to the fact that the safety and security of every Nigerian is germane, we strongly believe that rather than ban hijab, the government should findsolutions to the security challenges facing the country. It is an incontrovertible fact that the Nigerian constitution guarantees every citizen freedom of dressing and Muslim women are no exception. Advocating banning the hijab is, in our view, a case of over-generalisation. Hijab is worn by millions of women who cut across diverse social, political and economic strata in the society. Can these millions be considered to be security threatto the nation? Should the law-abiding Muslim female teacher, trader, journalist, lawyer, doctor, accountant be deprived her right to religion?

Military intelligence, security beef-up, community involvement, renewed strategies, among others, are what the government needs to focus on in order to eradicate Boko Haram and its dastardly activities, not stigmatization of law-abiding, useful citizens of Nigeria. We are aware of the various attempts to discredit Islam and tarnish the image of Muslims in Nigeria. The Boko Haram scourge and the recent strategy of using hijab-donning Muslims is one these. It is an irony that though this deviant group claims to represent Islam, they not only destroy churches, they unleash mayhem on Muslims and burn mosques as well. This means there are brains behind this group whose motives are far from being religious. Thus, rather than make innocent Nigerian Muslim women scapegoats, the government should intensify efforts at wiping out the group. We hereby state categorically that Muslim women in hijab are exercising their God-given and constitutional

Love Machine:
I am entitled to my opinion just like you. Garrit?

go siddon jare

fani just wan kill himself politically... lion siddon jejely for ground ......goat go wake am up, say oya mr lion make we play na....

thank Allah we are getting there....

naija police they dull, abeg tear gas them jare

Good make he vomit the rest of our yam wey he chop or else he go hear wen....

melvinjames:
How can they be effective opposition when Buhari's government is prone to arresting any vocal critic?

stop supporting corruption.

Editor’s note: ‘Yomi Kazeem, the Naij.com columnist, maintains it is high time the PDP started coming up with strategies and solutions to the many troublesome issues Nigeria is faced with, thus paving its way to regain the trust of Nigerians come the2019 campaign season.

For the most part, it is easy to understand why the People’s Democratic Party might be having such a hard time adapting to its new realities. After sixteen years at the helm of affairs in Nigeria, during which the prospect of long-term perpetuation in power seemed a distinct possibility, the party and its members have been left on the sidelines at the national level after losing the general elections to the All Progressives Congress.

With the ascension of the APC to presidency, the PDP has spent the last few months searching for an identity and strategy, but on the evidence of the last few days, it appears that has been an exercise in futility as the party is nowhere nearer to finding itself.

Wild accusations

Once the election results were announced, the PDP predictably went on the defensive. Following a concession call from President Jonathan to Muhammadu Buhari, the hope was that the party’s rhetoric would be significantly altered but it did not. The party remained accusatory leading to suggestions that it had not come to terms with the fact that Nigerians had voted them out mainly because of the 16 years of under whelming leadership.

Well into the administration of President Buhari and the APC, the rhetoric of the PDP is still wildly and baselessly accusatory.

Following the presentation of the 2016 budget to the National Assembly by President Buhari, the PDP’s response was to describe the budget as a fraud.

While it went ahead to detail reasons for its claim in a statement, little allusion was made in specific detail to the budget itself. Perhaps, a more nuanced response, highlighting perceived loopholes and wastages would have earned better reception.

Similarly, in reaction to the damaging$2 billion arms procurement fraud that has dominated news cycles in the last few weeks, the PDP has bafflingly suggested that, despite what appears to overwhelming evidence suggesting his guilt, the presidency was pushing forward with a case against Dasuki simply due to fears of a potential bid for the presidency in 2019.

Revolving cycle

In its eight months out of office at the federal level, the PDP has certainly found itself in a new position but in truth, it is one that it should be quite familiar with. For 16 years, the People’s Democratic Party maintained a stronghold on Nigerian politics for many reasons with one of the most vital being the absence of a strong and strategic opposition party.

Having enjoyed the merits of governing without credible opposition for a majority of its tenure in power, the PDP should understand, more than anyone else, the demerits of not taking the role of an opposition party seriously.

Typically, the electorate will prefer to keep a government in power in the absence of a viable alternative. At this point, the job of the PDP is to be that viable alternative.

There is no universal manual on how to be a great opposition party but there are a few things the PDP can do better

Given the prevalent economic realities, it is clear that the Buhari led government faces a difficult time steadying and navigating the ship. On its part, rather than constantly criticize at the risk of sounding stale and bitter, the PDP must redefine its strategy and focus more on proffering solutions and positioning itself as a long-term alternative for the 2019 elections.

It might be three full years away but the reality is that the PDP’s return to office will not be swift barring a spectacular failure by the APC.

To stand a chance at the polls, rather than accuse the presidency of plans to “destroy” the party, clear thinking positive strategy will pay more dividends.
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Now it becomes necessary to ask if our sybaritic politicians sit with their kids. Ifthey do, what pattern of discussion do they have with their young ones? As thefirst role model to children, what kind ofmoral does Nigerian politicians and leaders who double as parents put into their kids? What could be going on in the minds of Olisa Metuh’s children each time they read his press releases especially the one he alleged that the president was only persecuting retired Colonel Sambo Dasuki for fear of his political clout and not because the former NSA looted the treasury?

Could Femi Fani-kayode have instilled so much goodin his children to make themchallenge him on why at 55, he still finds it amusing to gallivant around with his girlfriend? What about Ayodele Fayose, how many strokes of cane does he receive from his children forbeing so rabid, morbid and uncouth?

Could the Fashola Jnrs’ have read about the N78m state fund-sponsored personal website of their fathers’ and weep for Nigeria? How does the Senate President Bukola Saraki define corruption and public trust each time he sits to mentor his children?

I think our journalists have ignored this important aspect in their investigative works. Save the brief exchange between Iyabo Obasanjo and his father–which were not necessarily instigated by altruistic motives–Nigerians have notbeen able to identify a politician whose world view, political leaning and idiosyncrasies are at variance with those of his children.

With the nation so littered with criminal elements clad in saintly garb, it would be adisaster if the seeds of our leaders are as selfish and corrupt as their parents.

Modiu Olaguro, a youth corps member teaches mathematics at Jebba.Email: dprophetpride@gmail.comTwitter: @ModiuOlaguroWebsite: www.ghettosassembly.

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If i had thought that my mum's word would be all i would hear for the day, i was in for a big surprise.

After a couple of hours alone in the shop, my dad got back from work and we exchanged pleasantries. Hebarely sat before another round of discussion was birthed. Like the effect of mymum’s words, I was left in a state of suspended animation.

"Look at Obinna, the spare-part seller. The end of the month (December 2015) would make it a year since he paid his rent.” My dad complained. "You’re more educated and exposed than I am, what do you think I can do to make him honour the tenancy agreement”?

“Close his shop off course.”I replied.

“That would not be bad considering the fact that he knows I have on several occasions appealed to him to pay up. The problem is I notice that his lifestyle has changed–I’m sure he does not make sales the way he used to.” He explained.

“But he feeds his family.” I said swiftly

“Son, I heard about a landlady that died yesterdaya few blocks away. The day she died, she had just returned from Seme border where she took her personal money to go help a woman start a business. The woman was said to be in conflict with her husbandwho is a tenant of hers and a bid to quench the incessant controversies which were clearly lit by the inability of the husband to fend for the family, the old house owner decided to set her up. Immediately they returned from the market, she died.

“Clearly, the old lady had bought paradise for herself."

As my old man spoke, i saw jealousy written all over his face as though the clock should move in the reverse direction in order to place him in the landlady's stead.

These are the teachings of my parents, Alhaji and Mrs. Musibau Olaguro.

These are what they've–for 25 years–instilled in me that have made me grow up with extreme bile for the Nigerian condition: institutionalised indiscipline, authority stealing and blatant disregard for the laws of theland.

“Every word, facial expression, gesture, or action on the part of a parent gives the child some message about self-worth. It is sad that so many parents don't realize what messages they are sending.” – Virginia Satir

I arrived home after several weeks at my Place of Primary Assignment (PPA) to see my family at my residence in Ibereko, few kilometres off the Nigerian-Benin border. After refreshing myself and passing the night, I woke upthe following morning to go spend some moments with my mum in her shop where she sells provisions as expensive as a N250 pack ofsugar and low-priced as a N5 sachet water, popularly called pure water.

Hardly had the discussion began that my mum, unknown to her began a talethat would forever remain glued to my consciousness.

“See Modiu,” my mum began, “on several occasions, the mechanic across the road had asked me if i was interested in buying several goods ranging from bags of rice, sardines to tomato pastes. Just last week, a friend of your fathers’ called to inform me about a number of goods whom the seller needed to dispose off ASAP.

“Although their prices are always far below market prices, at every instance, I turned them down politely–not by rejecting their offers outrightly like a saint, but bylying.”

“Lying”? I asked.

“Yes,” my mum continued.

“I only tell them I won't be needing the goods as i havethem in excess in the shop–although I might haveran out of stock. Had you been around often, you would have noticed that the mechanic does not bother advertise any product to meanymore as I’m sure he had fathomed that I do not deal in such.”

“But buying them will not only save you the stress of spending several hours scouting for them in the market, it would also increase your profits”; I retorted.

My mum looked at me.

“Modiu.” She called. “You realise it’s from this shop I partner with your father to feed, clothe and made you agraduate today. I was able to do that because I never bought such goods. I do notbecause whenever a man walk up to you to sell a product weigh below the market price, it’s either the person is a thief who stole it, a government official whoseized and sells it illegally, or a criminal who engages in fake and substandard products. The day you stand in front of this shop and observe its emptiness, do not ask further–just know that one of those goods have found their way up on the shelf.”

What did this old woman just utter, I asked myself? Although her words that morning were not surprising as they bore similitude to previous ones, I could not help but ponder on them vis-a-vis the Nigerian condition as it relates to societal ethics and cromulent business values.

In a world where every entrepreneur teaches you nothing except to grow yourbusiness from zero to plenty, and where the economist tells you when it comes to business, neither morality nor religion should be made to interfere with it, you're sitting pretty with an old woman who sees such as an act of indirect larceny to man, criminal to constituted authority, and sinful to God.

Ironically, the same ‘truthful’ Fani-Kayode, who made caustic remarks about Jonathan’s administration ended up the most reckless and restless lackey and spin master to the same administration after he was appointed as the Director of Media and Publicity of the Jonathan/Sambo Presidential Campaign Organisation. Furthermore, as Director of the campaign organisation, he said: “More importantly, we shall let the world know about the sterling performance of our candidate, President Goodluck Jonathan, over the lastfour years and we shall make a strong case and appeal to the Nigerian people to grant him the privilege and opportunity to serve a second term… We believe that General Buhari represents a return to an ugly past which is best forgotten while President Jonathan represents our hope for a greater and better future.” In the samevein, he justified the inciting comment of Dame Patience Jonathan during the presidential campaign, by saying: “…To saythat General Buhari is “brain dead” is an understatement and to suggest that he is suffering from dementia is nothing new… If he is not ready to face public scrutiny and criticism for his often irresponsible, retrogressive, nonsensical and asinine views, he should quit the presidential race and consider retiring from politics.”

From these statements, Fani-Kayode, like achameleon, changed from a staunch critic of Jonathan to his Yes man, while he ceased to be a respecter of Muhammadu Buhari who he initially listed among the seven most respected and distinguished men in Nigeria that Jonathan must beg. But, should we expect something better from a Fani-Kayode who could call a pig, “daddy”, just to have a bite of pork?

At one instance, Fani-Kayode had taken a swipe at the Peoples Democratic Party, when he said: “The truth is that the PDP stopped operating like a political party quite a number of years ago. For the last few years, it has been nothing more than a cult of personality and a power contraptionthat was put in place simply to take power, under the guise of democracy, and to keep that power ad infinitum.” Again he said, “The PDP will continue to sink because it isa political party that has lost it’s bearing and it’s soul and it has mortgaged it’s conscience… Frankly speaking the PDP hasbecome a party that is beyond redemption… I say this because no sensibleperson will go back to a stinking carcass…”

Given these assertions, is it wrong to say that Fani-Kayode is a member of a politicalparty that is “nothing more than a cult of personality”? Although my prayers would make no difference if he is enmeshed in theDasukigate scandal, however, I pray he’s not swept off by this raging Dasukigate hurricane.

For space constraint, I wouldn’t want to quote Fani-Kayode’s comment that crowned him as the worst Kiss-and-Tell of our time or to mention the similarity between Fani-Kayode and the Samaritan woman who met the Lord Jesus Christ at the well. Of course, Fani-Kayode would loved to be seen as a well read product of Cambridge University, a fearless essayist but his words in the media and on social media platforms are valid testaments to who he is, far beyond what any biography would do.
Ahmed Oluwasanjo, writes from Abuja and can be reached on ahmedoluwasanjo@gmail.com.
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Men who put pen to paper as writers often tell the public more about themselves than they would ordinarily want them to know. More explicitly, Professor Olatunji Dare, a veteran and well-respected journalist, in one of his recent articles said that, “all journalism is autobiography, at least to the extent that, consciously or unconsciously, the writer always reveals something of himself or herself.”

Considering Professor Dare’s wealth of experience in journalism, it would be right to agree with him that an average writer describes himself through his or her writing at one point or the other. So, In an attempt to answer the question of who Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode is, it would help to place,side-by-side, what he wrote about former President Goodluck Jonathan and what he is now writing about President Muhammadu Buhari.

For someone like Fani-Kayode who very much prides himself as an essayist who writes nothing but the ‘truth’, nothing should reveal who he is more than his work– past and present. Perhaps, as I quote from some of his piece, the truth about who he is would become obvious. Mind you, this is not out of malice; whoever cares could fact-check but I’m sure Fani-Kayode would be glad that someone is giving him credit for what he said at one point or the other.

I recall that during the Igbo deportation saga in Lagos sometimes in 2013, Fani-Kayode took a swipe at the Igbos like no man’s business in a series of articles on the issue. Specifically, in one titled, “The Bitter Truth About The Igbo”, he said: “The Igbo and their Biafra fought Nigeria and killed Nigerians for three hard years in that brutal civil war in which over one million courageous, loyal and faithful sons and daughters of the Federal Republic lost their lives at the war front trying to stop Biafra from seceding from the federation, from taking our land and from taking the minority groups of the Mid-Western Region and Eastern Region and our newly-discovered oil with them… It is the Igbo people more than any other that have complained about marginalisation in Nigeria, forgetting that there is no other country in the world in which there was a major civil war and yet only 10 years after that war ended the losing side produced the Vice President for the whole country in a democratic election in 1979 in the distinguished person of Vice President AlexEkwueme.” Fani-Kayode in another piece, “A Word for Those Calling Me An Igbo-Hater” said: “If only they knew their own history, where they are coming from, what they used to be, where they were 100 years ago and what their forefathers did to the rest of Nigeria over the last 80 years they would know why they have always had such a hard time in this country…”

Paradoxically, at the resurgence of the Biafran agitation, he had this to say: “I have not always been on the same page with our Igbo brothers yet despite that one thing is clear: only the callous would deny the fact that they have suffered immeasurably in the Nigerian Federation over the last 50 years”. Do will call the obvious contradictions and the inconsistency in Fani-Kayode’s work a manifestation of his ‘special anointing’ to manipulate and spin facts to suit his arguments?

Like other writers in Nigeria, Fani-Kayode vehemently traduced Goodluck Jonathan and labelled him a “president without balls”; he described him in the following words: “President Goodluck Jonathan has handed our country over to a bunch of butchers who have no value for human life.” In another piece entitled, “Centenary Celebration and the Souls of The Slaughtered”, he wrote: “There is no question in my mind that Nigeria is presently being run by vile and evil men. These are cowardly men that are being guided by satan, that have no fear of God… We have become a nation of vampires that is being run by a vampire President who feels no pain and who harbours no remorse when the blood of children is shed…” Again Fani-Kayode opined that: “Those that have been seduced by Jonathan’s promise and charm offensive in this matter will soon learn that he is simply deceiving them… At the end of the day their greatest expectations, hopes and aspirations will be dashed and frustrated and they will be made to look like utter fools.”

On another occasion, Fani-Kayode derisively advised Jonathan in, “Jonathan, Tukur and a Government of Jezebels”, and part of it reads: “If Goodluck Jonathan wants his fortunes and the fortunes of his party to change and if he wants peace to return to our shores he simply has to do twelve things… Thirdly he must go and prostrate flat on the floor with his face touching the ground before seven of the most respected and distinguished men in this country… Those men are President Olusegun Obasanjo, General Ibrahim Babangida, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, General TY Danjuma, General Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Atiku Abubakar and Asiwaju Bola Tinubu… Tenthly he must undertake to stop serving kai kai at the Presidential Villa…”

As Muhammadu Buhari ran for the fourth—and decisive—time for the Nigerian Presidency, his handlers cast him as a man purged ofthe dictatorial tendencies and inflexible disposition that marked his time as Nigeria’s military ruler. Behold, the candidate’s adroit handlers hailed, a reformed emperor, a convert to democratic ways.Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka has stated that his guarded endorsement of Mr. Buhari owed both to his conviction that Nigeria could not survive four more Jonathanian years and assurances that the former general had abandoned his martial mindset. Not that every Nigerian was adamant that the then candidate first demonstrate his metamorphosis to earn their electoral love. In fact, one had a sneaking suspicion that many an admirer of the man wished he would bring a soldier’s stern mettle to the Presidency. It is no secret that many Nigerians, exasperated by the tragic turn of events in their country, nurse that famous fantasy about a Jerry Rawlings showing up among us to deal in a capital manner with some of our more egregious looters and wreckers. Even so, it is a safe bet that Mr. Buhari would have had a harder path to victory in last year’s presidential election had his handlers not refashioned him into a champion of democracy. Last Wednesday, at his inaugural media chat, President Buhari had an opportunity to avow and demonstrate his credentialsas a burgeoning democrat. He not only wasted that opportunity, he also handedammunition to critics who view him, essentially, as an emperor behind a politician’s mask. Former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, and leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, are still languishing in detention, even though separate competent courts had granted them bail. Asked about this anomaly, President Buhari basically defended his government’s clear disobedience of court orders by appealing to the weight of the government’s allegations against both men. It’s illuminating to quote one newspaper’s account of the president’s response at length. ‘“Technically, if you see the kinds of atrocities these people are believed to have committed against the country, if they are given the opportunity, they will jump bail. See, the former president [Jonathan]wrote to the governor of Central Bank and said ‘give N40 billion to so, so and so, and then he gives account.”“The President also slammed the plan by the former NSA to seek medical attention in London, saying it would be irresponsible of the federal government to allow such trip.‘“What of the over two million people displaced, most of them orphans, whose fathers have been killed? What type of government do you want to run? We cannot allow that,”’ Buhari said.“Regarding Kanu, Buhari said because the IPOB leader holds dual citizenship of Nigeria and Britain, it would be easier for him to abscond, especially since he did not come into the country with [either] of his international passports.‘“And the one you are calling Kanu, do you know he had two passports—one Nigerian, one British—and he came into the country without any? Do you know he brought equipment into this country and was broadcasting Radio Biafra? Which kind of government do you think should harbor that kind of person? There is a treasonable felony suit against him and I hope the court will listen to the case.”To be fair, President Buhari has a solid point of view, one eminently worthy of ventilation, but his government has chosen to make that point, a, at a wrong venue, and, b, in a manner so irresponsible and dangerous that all informed Nigerians ought tovoice their outrage. Nigerian military regimes were fond of enacting decrees that included a provision emasculating judges, stipulating that the judiciary could NOT review, scrutinize or invalidate eventhe most atrocious aspects of any decree. Such sidelining of the judiciary could be explained away as part of the baggage of military rule.In a democracy, even one asunsteady as Nigeria’s, there’s no justification for a president’s open disdain fora court order. It is not enough to assert that Mr. Dasuki and Mr. Kanu face respective charge sheets that are grave in their particulars. There must have been hearings before the respective presiding judges granted bail. Surely, the prosecuting lawyers had as much of a shot to press the case for continued detention of the accused as the defense lawyers had to argue for bail. If the prosecutors arrived in court and slumbered off, or somehow made light of the accused men’s respective charges, then Mr. Buhari’s beef is with the incompetent prosecutors, not the accused duo. At any rate, if the president and his advisers felt that thejudges who granted bail had ruled incorrectly, they ought to know of a process called filing an appeal. You approach a superior court and ask it to set aside the lower court’s ruling. The one thing the president—or the executive arm of government—shouldn’t do is to hijack the function of the court. Nor should the president and his cohorts be at liberty to decide whichverdicts he would obey, andwhich disregard. Such arbitrariness in deferring to the judiciary is the worst example of self-help, a monster that should not rear its head even in a fledging democratic setting.If the federal government ignores the judiciary, then who is to stop state governments from doing the same, or rich, politically powerful individuals? Why does Mr. Buhari “hope the court will listen to the case” against Mr. Kanu when the president apparently would not countenance anything otherthan a guilty verdict. Shouldthe courts fail to reach sucha verdict, then what? Would the president declare the man’s alleged crimes extremely serious, and ask the Department of State Services (DSS) to go on holding the accused? Some have argued that President Buhari merely misspoke, that he was guilty of a gaffe in communication. If that’s true, and with the brouhaha generated by his unfortunate comments, whyhasn’t his government ordered the DSS to obey court orders? There’s one small point on which I’m in sympathy with the president. I’ve voiced frustration about the predictable application by a certain class of arraigned public official for permission to travel abroad for medical treatment. No British, American or Saudi court would allow an accused to travel to Nigeria to seek treatment, in a hospital or with a dibia. Whydo we allow our own suspects to jet off to London, Houston or Dubai, ostensibly for medical treatment? Yet, the answer does not lie in Mr. Buhari openly denigrating the judiciary. Instead, he ought to offer a proposal for a major reform of the judiciary. It is the failure to act at this level—toarticulate broad policies that embody a vision of a different, transformed Nigeria—that defines my disquiet with the Buhari dispensation. Sheer swagger, e.g. in keeping detained men that the courts have granted bail, is no substitute for true, gritty and visionary leadership. Please follow me on twitter @ okeyndibe (okeyndibe@gmail.com)
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Metuh must vomit the yam wey he chop.EFCC U TOO MUCH.

By Tabia PrincewillOn the subject of the President’s media chat, some say they found his declarations “dictatorial. So, allow me to play devil’s advocate and ask: Is a good dictatorship better than a corrupt democracy?
In asking this question I’m reminded of an article “Dictatorship, Democracy and Development by a political scientist, Mancur Olson where he points out that studies show no large group has ever been able to reach a voluntary agreement to ensure law and order. Is law and order in everyone’s interest?
The honest truth is that it isn’t. Nigeria is a prime example of this. Those who have looted public funds go abroad and see how things are done but it is not in their interest to develop Nigeria or to give us the sort of schools, roads or healthcare that exist in other climes
With their short term mentality and lack of creativity, what businesses could they start which would give them the sort of instant, wild returns that public office does? Many of those accused of corruption could not survive if Nigeria had a level playing field with opportunities for all.
Talented, brilliant Nigerians abound who would quickly displace the political class were the gates to be opened to them and their contributions. Democracy and openness is not man’s natural state. It isn’t what lays the foundation for law and order either
.Strong men, those with the same frugal, disciplined nature as Buhari, those are the sorts who demand that the law be unwavering and apply to all
.The PDP has incredibly positioned itself as a defender of a would-be democracy.
But in effect, what it has supervised for 16 years is a kleptocracy where certain groups saw it fit and found it incredibly easy to take from Nigeria and give nothing back. Kleptomaniacs are described as people with an obsessive desire to steal. This corrupted form of democracy has not benefitted Nigerians. With Buhari, I believe there is another way.
Dictatorial experience
Typically, it is said that dictatorships enable faster development (decision-making is streamlined) and instill discipline and order. It is interesting then that our military rulers installed and perfected kleptocratic government rather than develop Nigeria.
Indeed, one factor was missing in our dictatorial experience: the love of country. Or if you’re more cynical, the understanding of simple economics. None of our military rulers seemed to understand (or care?) that there would be more money to be made for themselves and their proxies in a state where things work and Nigerians are empowered enough to purchase goods and services which could have been offered by them!
How do monarchies work? The whole of Britain, in essence, works and exists to pay the royals a salary. Why have the Emirati or Saudi monarchies never been toppled?
They provide health care and education, these governments have given their citizens not just the basics, but empowered them with enough spending power to conveniently ignore that the same individuals have been in control of their destinies for centuries
.Dictatorships work: except in Africa where unfortunately, there is no national cause, no sense of purpose, love of country or greatness to strive for. President Buhari is definitely not a dictator (a dictator would not have been able to resist the temptation of throwing Olisa Metuh, Ayo Fayose or Femi Fani-Kayode in jail for the insulting, inhumane comments they often make) but if by dictator his critics mean someone who will do the right thing no matter whose interests are at stake, or someone who won’t listen to groups who come to Aso Rock to “beg for one guilty man or another, then please, let Buhari keep on “dictatoring.Singapore achieved an economic miracle in an impossible time frame: Lee Kuan Yew, a “dictator of sorts, a man who knew right from wrong and kept enemies of social order and collective prosperity at bay, stabilised his country completely.
So, if today young Singaporeans can even aspire to more rights and freedoms,it is because of him. Without order and an end to the sort of reckless stealing we in Nigeria have witnessed, there can be no development, no freedoms.
If we would stop clamouring for the liberty of accused individuals to keep killing us with impunity, we would realise that reckless stealing Buhari’s federal budget for instance, which favours health and education (the back bone of any democracy) for the first time in years is not just a game-changer,but the motivation Nigerians need to eschew our differences in the long term.
In a country led by kleptomaniacs, there has never been any incentive for Nigerians to produce: our non-oil exports are laughable for a country as large and as rich. To use a metaphor from the article I previously mentioned: past governments were wolves preying on unsuspecting elk. Buhari is the ranch owner who makes sure his cattle are protected and given water.
Some have criticised the President for his comments on Dasuki’s trial. The President said: “If you see the atrocities these people committed against this country, we can’t allow them to jump bail. What of the over two million people displaced, most of them orphans whose fathers have been killed? We cannot allow that. I wonder how these purported activists can claim to be pro-people while they defend those accused of killing Nigerians. Justice, the concept of fairness is universal. Unfortunately, in its application by human beings who are of course fallible and prone to monetary persuasions, temptations and corruption,the law or rather lawyers and judges, can fall short of justice
.In such cases it is morally justifiable to ignore them. After all, slavery and the holocaust were once legal and those who assisted Blacks or Jews were outlaws. Margaret Thatcher regrettably once called Mandela a criminal.
So, that some courts granted Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) movement, a group with violent, separatist tendencies,bail and that government refused to release him because they believe him to be a threat to public order, is fine
.Nigeria cannot afford to operate like it once did. We are at war, a war against corruption, a war to keep this country together. Those who are proven menaces to the successful waging of said war, which is in the interest of Nigerians, those who have proven themselves to be enemies of the state cannot be allowed to walk the streets freely.If they are, what will they do if not use their stolen wealth to fight back, to fight not just government, but the average Nigerian, using our own money to furtherkill and oppress us?True leaders don’t allow separatism, ethnic hate to thrive or greedy elite to knowingly harm their citizens. If that makes Buhari a dictator then let him “dictate right from wrong all he wants.Labaran MakuAs a people, we are incredibly fond of speaking after the facts. The former minister of information has called for theremoval of the immunity clause for elected officials from the constitution.Interestingly, he didn’t push for such measures while a political appointee. The Attorney General of the Federation must prosecute the real dictators.The former Chairman of the EFCC, Nuhu Ribadu presented a report to the National Assembly in 2006 detailing corruption cases and indictments involving 31 former governors. The sort of individuals who use public funds meant to develop the poor to fulfill their own selfish whims, they are the real monsters who have supervised the killing of the masses.Rich kids of InstagramPictures of Smart Adeyemi (a former senator)’s daughter’s £19k gold wristwatch (like former FCT Minister Bala Mohammed’s son’s luxury cars) have sparked much debate on social media as to the provenance of the funds used to purchase it, amidst allegations that American reality TV stars dated oil magnates rumoured to be connected to former Petroleum Minister Diezani Madueke. Is it suicidal for politically connected persons to flaunt their wealth in the Buhari era? Time will tell.*Tabia Princewill is a strategic communications consultant and public policy analyst. She is also the co-host and executive producer of a talk show, WALK THE TALK which airs on ChannelsTV.

Mboi:
Nigerians welcome the change you asked for. All the insults Lie Mohamed gave GEJ, nobody harrassed him, why arresting Metuh? Good morning Nigerians.

it shall never been well with u.May God rule ur life as pdp rule nigeria and also may God loot ur life as pdp loot our money.OLORIBURUKU

This story wan make me cry. Check out full post

This isn’t new, last year, Kanye west’s daughter did the same, but this story hasa little twist.

Meet the 7-year old Faisall Shugaa who secretly memorized the password on his dad's iPad then made about 65 transactions worth $5900 while playing Jurrasic World.

According to Phonearena:

“The youngster was playing Jurassic World on his dad’s iPad, and paid to have the dinosaurs upgraded using the Dino Bucks currency in the game. He says that he was not aware that he was spending real money.”

His dad, Mohamed who owns a carpet store realized this and angrily called Apple Inc. because they didn’t do anything to verify that the purchases made within the short time were actually him.

“I’m 32 years old, why would Apple think I would be spending thousands of pounds on buying dinosaurs and upgrading a game?,” he said. “Why didn’t they email me to check I knew these payments were being made? I got nothing from them. How much longer would it have gone on for?

”Now, do you honestly think that he should have been given a complete refund? It isn’t Apple’s fault he made his password easy, is it?

My question is,
if na ur Pikin or junior brother, wetin you go do?

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/01/i-dont-believe-in-unmoderated-rule-of-law-prof-odekunle-sagay-committee-member/ProfessorFemi Odekunle, an expert in criminology, was an aide to Lt. General Oladipo Diya as Chief of General Staff (CGS) under the Sani Abacha regime andone of those held for the 1997 alleged coup against the then Nigerian leader. Odekunle is currently a member of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Anti-Corruption set up by President Muhammadu Buhari and headed by Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN). In this interview, he speaks on the mandate of the committee with particular reference to the $2.1billion arms purchase case against former National Security Adviser Sambo Dasuki, among others.

What actually is the mandate of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Anti-Corruption?
Our committee covers everything, except that we are not operational. We don’t engage in execution because we are not like the EFCC and the ICPC, that arrest people but, in terms of what government should do to actually attack corruption in all its ramifications, our job is to advise the Presidency.
Specifically, we advise in the area of the laws, the operations of the EFCC, the ICPC; about certain policies concerning judges, concerning senior lawyers and how they are collaborating with corrupt people.
For example, we met with the top echelon of the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, and our Chairman (Professor Itse Sagay) was telling them that whoever is collaborating with looters, they are themselves looters.These are the kinds of things that we advise government on – how do we deal with corruption?
For instance, do we not shame names? Do we not need to withdraw from these people national honours and expose those who have been found to be collaborating with those involved in corruption? Or do we not need to go round the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, and some major capital cities and identify the ownership of houses and ask people whether they have been paying taxes on those houses and where they even got the money to build such houses in the first place? How can the ICPC and the EFCC actually train their staff in such a way that they will be motivated and enabled to attend to their work; or how do we enhance the prosecutorial abilities of those in the Ministry of Justice to be able to attend to the cases before them? How do we mobilise judges to deal with the cases before them more than relying on technicalities?
You appear to have packed so much?Our job is advisory and it is not for public consumption.But in the course of our duties, we meet with agencies, whether it is CBN, Customs Service, EFCC, ICPC, and extract suggestions from them on how best to do their work and thereafter we advise government on what to do.But any agency discovered to be derelict in its responsibilities, we would inform the government and some of the activities you see in the Ministry of Education, in terms of probing certain institutions, are as a result of some of the work we have been doing.
In terms of advising the government on the operations of the EFCC and the arrest and re-arrest of people…
We would not want a situation as was the case in the past whereby people would be arrested, they would end up getting bail and the cases would go on for years and these people will now go to the National Assembly to make laws for Nigerians.Our position is that investigations should be thorough and detailed, and, once people are arrested, the judicial process should be proceeded with swiftly and that is why the 2015 Administration of Criminal Justice Act comes in handy because it disallows unnecessary adjournment and, whenever a case of corruption or something like that comes up, it should be handled, with hardly any break in-between.
But there are those who say impunity is returning and ….
Look, we have met the justices, including the Chief Justice of Nigeria and justices of the Supreme Court, and we laid before them these observations and the have said that they are willing to help the country fight corruption, but also it is part of the responsibility of the government to ensure the prosecutorial ability of the Ministry of Justice, and the agencies saddled with the job of prosecuting because it is whatever comes before the court that the judge will deal with, without public sentiments.
Specifically, many say if a man is out on bail, on what grounds does the EFCC re-arrest him, especially when the order is that he should not be re-arrested, and many are raising questions about the integrity of the process?
I do not think so.You see, one of the problems we have in this country is that we put the interest of the individual above the interest of the collective. As a professional criminologist, I am not for unmoderated democracy, I’m not for unmoderated rule of law in which the rights of the individual will be so hyperbolised and override those of the collective.
If a man is accused of stealing N1billion, and he goes to court and the SANs, with all their shenanigans and technicalities, using the Constitution, to say you have committed a bailable offence whereas the consequences are more than what is bailable, then you are able to get bail; then tomorrow, we find that you have stolen another billion naira, that is another offence and, therefore, you should be arrested. To me, once you get a bail for a particular offence, that does not mean you cannot be arrested for another offence.As far as I’m concerned, the government has even been very gentle and constrained in doing its job and dealing with this monster of corruption. If you know the damage that is done to us morally, psychological, socio-culturally and financially, image wise, you will not be going into this discussion about the human rights of certain people who are actually ruining us. If we don’t make examples of these characters, sooner than later, our future and that of our children are jeopardised.
Are you saying….
Don’t get me wrong please, I’m not saying peoples’ rights should not be respected, but I’m saying that in respecting peoples’ rights, you must respect the rights of the collective.
So, when a man has the resources to hire the best lawyers and is released on bail and he uses his resources to sabotage the evidence, to deal with witnesses…
That’s an assumption or can you give us any specific instance of what you’re saying…
That is the time they are always sick. Immediately you arrest a man, that is when he is sick and that is the time he wants to go for medical attention abroad. This type of nonsense has to stop.I believe President Buhari and his government have been very gentle in dealing with these characters. I get emotional when I talk about corruption.
Some people say this fight against corruption has been one-sided and it is as if it is only members of the last administration that are corrupt and have been interrogated.
I’m sorry…hehe…sorry for that appearance, but I do not think the President will be purposely go after those who served in the last administration. What I think has been happening is that what we call the low-hanging fruits of corruption is what is coming for attention.
Remember he said he will not go as far back as….Okay, somebody like me, I will not go as far back as 1986, but he says that the problem is so enormous and so extensive that let him start with the last administration, the most obvious, that is what I call low-hanging fruits and that is why it appears as if the other party seems to be at the end of the fight. I do not think the government is purposely going after the last administration, I do not think so. The government is going against officials who have stolen money and, to me, from what I am seeing and hearing, he has not even gone after 1% of those people who are responsible for our position.
Okay, what is unique about the year 1986?
As a social scientist and criminologist who has been studying corruption since the early 1980s, that was the watershed in Nigeria’s regression into corrupt disposition.