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'You Cannot Withdraw Your Surety Until You Produce Kanu In Court' - Judge Tells Abaribe

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Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday ordered Senator Eyninnaya Abaribe, and two others standing as sureties for the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, to explain the IPOB leader’s whereabouts.

Kanu who was granted bail by the judge on April 24, 2017, was absent from court on Tuesday when his trial was billed to commence. But his three co-defendants were produced in court by prison officials. Kanu’s lawyer, Mr. Ifeanyi Ejiofor, told the judge that Kanu had been missing after soldiers allegedly invaded the IPOB leader’s home‎ on September 14, 2017, adding that the Nigerian Army was in the best position to produce the defendant.

A lawyer, Mr. Ogechi Ogunna, appeared for Abaribe on Tuesday, informing the judge ‎that his client had filed a motion seeking to be discharged as Kanu’s surety. ‎The two other sureties, Immanuel Shalum Okabenmabu and Tochukwu Uchendu, were absent from court and not represented by any lawyer on Tuesday. ‎

But Justice Nyako said Abaribe’s motion could not be heard until Kanu was produced in court. The judge gave the senator three options. One of the options was for Abaribe to produce the defendant in court and then apply to be discharged as a surety. The other option the judge gave was for Abaribe to be ready to forfeit his N100m bail bond. The third option ‎was for Abaribe to request to be given time to produce the defendant in court.

But Ogunna replied saying, “he (Abaribe) is not in a position to do any of these.” However the judge insisted tha‎t Abaribe must opt for one of the three options. With the judge’s insistence, Ogunna opted to be given time to produce him.

The two other sureties were not represented I court on Tuesday. Earlier, prosecuting counsel, Mr. Shuaibu Labaran, noting that Kanu was not present in court, urged the judge to revoke defendant’s bail, order for his arrest, and direct the defendants’ three sureties “to show cause why the bail bond of N100m entered into by each shall not be forfeited or they be committed to prison.”

The trial was been adjourned until November 20.

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Three of the co-defendants facing charges of treasonable felony against the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, have arrived the Federal High Court in Abuja. They were brought to court by prison officials at about 10am on Tuesday. But Kanu, whose lawyers said was last seen on September 14, 2017 following a military operation in his hometown in Abia State, is absent from court as Justice Binta Nyako is now set to commence proceedings.

His co-accused already in court are the National Coordinator of IPOB, Mr. Chidiebere Onwudiwe; an IPOB member, Benjamin Madubugwu; and a former Field Maintenance Engineer seconded to the MTN, David Nwawuisi. But Bright Chimezie, who became a co-defendant in the case following an amendment of the charges was also absent.

Kanu was on bail before he was declared missing. Announcing his appearance on Tuesday, Kanu’s lawyer, Mr. Ifeanyi Ejifor, told the judge that the IPOB leader was still in the custody of the Federal Government.

Senator Eyninnaya Abaribe, who is one of the three persons standing as sureties for the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, ‎on Tuesday pleaded with the Federal High Court in Abuja to give him more time to produce the IPOB leader. ‎Abaribe, who told Justice Binta Nyako, that he had no information about Kanu’s whereabouts, was forced to request for time to produce the defendant in court. Mr. Ogechi Ogunna, the lawyer, who appeared for Abaribe on Tuesday, initially informed the judge that the Senator had filed a motion seeking to be discharged as a surety for the defendant.

But the judge in response said the Senator had three options. One of the options was for Abaribe to produce the defendant in court and then apply to be discharged as a surety. The other option the judge gave was for Abaribe to be ready to forfeit his N100m bail bond. The third option ‎was to ask to be given time to produce the defendant. But Ogunna replied saying “he (Abaribe) is not in a position to do any of these.”

However the judge insisted that Abaribe must opt for one of the three options. With the judge’s insistence, Ogunna opted to be given time to produce him. The two other sureties were not represented in court on Tuesday. The proceedings are ongoing.

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The Super Eagles of Nigeria moved up three places from 44th to the 41st position in the latest FIFA Coca-Cola World Rankings released on Monday. The latest ranking, which was published on FIFA’s official website, places the Super Eagles in the fifth position in Africa.

The Eagles’ recent rise is as a result of their qualification for next year’s FIFA 2018 World Cup in Russia following their 1-0 win against Zambia on 7 October.

Algeria who will host the Eagles in their Group B last qualifying game in November dropped five places from 62nd to 67th.

Cameroon and Zambia who are also in the Eagles’ World Cup qualifying group rose from 45th to 42nd and 78th to 77th spots respectively.

Seychelles, who will host the Eagles on matchday two in Group E of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers next year, improved in the rankings as they climbed from 190 to 188.

Bafana Bafana of South Africa who beat the Eagles 2-0 in Uyo on matchday one of the 2019 AFCON qualifiers, moved up from 80th spot to 74th, while Libya, also in Group E, dropped from 81st to 87th.

Meanwhile in the top 10 ranked teams, Germany are number one, Brazil are number two, Portugal are in third position, Argentina in fourth and Belgium fifth.

In sixth are Poland, France are seventh, Spain eighth, Chile ninth and Peru 10th.

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24 hours after the Lagos state police commissioner indicted him in the death of his friend, Tagbo Umeike, singer Davido, has released a statement telling his own side of the story. He also shared videos to back up his claims.

According to Davido, when Tagbo started acting up after taking 40 shots of Tequila, he advised that he should allow someone drive him home but that Tagbo declined his advise.

He says the videos show how they tried to get Tagbo help. Read his statement below

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Four suicide bombers were killed in a fail attempt to wreak havoc on Maiduguri residents on Wednesday night.

The suspected Boko Haram female bombers stormed Ummarari general area on the outskirts of Maiduguri and detonated their IEDs simultaneously at 8:23pm last night. According to an eyewitness account, all the bombers were teens and wore new set of clothes to avoid detection.

" we were at our duty place, suddenly we heard a very loud explosion, I quickly climb the fence while on the fence I put on the touch light and spotted three of them standing behind the fence so I raised alarm; then second bomber blew up herself.

He added " the third also attacked the deserted mosque in Ummarari, there no civilian casualties, however, State Emergency Management Agency team came to evacuate the bodies of the bombers early morning on Thursday.

Molai general area has suffered a series of suicide attacks in the recent times led to the death of dozens of civilians.

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We Have Not Authorise Vaccination In Abia Schools - ABSG (Press Release)

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The State Ministry of Health hereby discountenances speculation making rounds that the Abia State Government has authorized the vaccination of School Children in the Abia State Public Schools.

This is to set the records straight that there are no such authorized vaccination in our Private/Public School Schools at the moment.

The General Public, Parents, Guardians and School authorities are advised to go about their normal businesses.

The State Government through the Ministry of Health will lead the process when such authorization comes

Agomoh Nwachukwu
Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Health

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Competency Test Mass Failure: El-Rufai Releases Questions Administered to Kaduna Teachers (Photos)

FLASH: Excerpts of the Primary Four level 'competency test' questions massively failed by Kaduna State Teachers. If one cannot score at least 75% in this, is one qualified to teach? That is the question.

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NNPC Scandal: PENGASSAN, NUPENG Pledge Support for Baru (Nigerians Reacts)

Nigerian took to twitter to reacts to the solidarity visit by the Executives of PENGASSAN, NUPENG to Dr. Maikanti Baru amidst alledged financial mess in the NNPC - Read some of the comments below:

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The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), and the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), have pledged unalloyed support for the transformation stride of the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Dr. Maikanti Baru.

Speaking during a solidarity visit to the GMD, National President of PENGASSAN, Comrade Francis Johnson, said the unions and their members considered it appropriate to rally round the GMD and the NNPC Management to pledge their support.

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Comrade Johnson said the unions’ support for the GMD was based on his ability to walk his talk since assuming office last year.

“The National body of PENGASSAN and all the NNPC in-house unions are here today to show our support for you. You have brought stability to the NNPC and we are happy today that staff morale is high. You were Chairman of NNPC Anti-Corruption Committee for over five years and that was what informed your appointment as GMD of NNPC. Today, all the bullets you are taking are on behalf of members of staff. We will continue to pray for you, God will continue to guide and shield you,” Comrade Johnson assured.

The PENGASSAN President called on Nigerians to be cautious of their comments on the controversy, adding that any wrong information was capable of discouraging investors from the oil and gas industry which is the highest foreign exchange earner.

The unions’ visit came on the heels of the recent controversies over a letter the Honourable Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu forwarded to the President alleging non-adherence to due process by the Management of NNPC in some contract administration.

The NNPC Group Chairman of PENGASSAN, Comrade Sale Abdullahi, who also spoke during the visit to the GMD, stated that their concern had to do with the need to protect not only the GMD but the NNPC as an institution.

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He noted that Dr. Baru had streamlined the processes and procedures in the Corporation leading to the full restructuring which was beginning to yield positive results.

“Today, the GMD and NNPC Management receive inputs from staff and this gesture by Dr. Baru has given members of staff a sense of belonging. Today, our inputs are being implemented and we are highly motivated,” Comrade Abdullahi stated.

Supporting these positions, the Group Chairman of NNPC NUPENG, Comrade Udofia Odudu Benjamin, said the unions would continue to pray for divine guidance for Dr. Baru and the entire NNPC management

Earlier, the Chairman of NNPC Corporate Headquarters Chapter of PENGASSAN, Comrade Mathew Duru, reiterated the continued support of the unions for the Dr. Baru-led management.

“We just want to tell the GMD from the bottom of our hearts that we are with him and the Top Management; that we are behind the GMD who has done very well in turning the fortunes of the Corporation around”, the union leader stated.

He said since Dr. Baru assumed office, he had succeeded in clearing the air of uncertainty that prevailed in the corporation because of visionless reforms that left NNPC on the brink of collapse.

He also said the GMD succeeded in resolving the NNPC Pension challenge that had led to disenchantment among staff. “We are with you. We want to let you know that you are not an orphan”, Mr. Matthew emphasized.

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Responding, Dr. Baru dismissed the allegations of award of contracts without regard to due process as unfounded and unfortunate. He explained that as a former chairman of the NNPC Anti-Corruption Committee, he would be the last person to breach the procurement process by disregarding extant laws and rules.

The GMD said both the NNPC Act and Public Procurement Act vested procurement powers on the NNPC Tenders Board, the President and the Federal Executive Council (FEC) depending on the cost threshold, stressing that the NNPC Board had no role whatsoever in the process.

“I know for those of you who are following what we are doing here, you know that there’s no money lost and no process has been breached. Our contracting process is perfect and we will continue to follow the process. The NNPC Board has no role, I repeat, has no role as far as the contracting process is concerned”, Dr. Baru emphasized, adding that the NNPC Tenders Board was made up of the GMD as Chairman and the Group Executive Directors as members.

On the crude term contract and the DSDP agreements, he explained: “These are not contract as such, they are essentially pre-qualification of off-takers of crude oil and in the case of DSDP, of those that will take crude and give us products in return. So there is no value to them. But humongous figures have been put forward mainly to incite the public, it is most unfortunate”.

On the allegation of lop-sided promotions, the GMD asked the union leaders if their members felt disenchanted to which the unionists chorused a resounding “no”.

He urged the union leaders to enlighten their members on the facts and encourage them to go about their duties without distraction.

NDU UGHAMADU
Group General Manager
Group Public Affairs Division,
NNPC, Abuja.
9th October, 2017.

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2018 FIFA World Cup: FIFA Congratulates Nigeria; List Nigeria Among Qualified Nations (Photos)

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FULL TIME: NIGERIA 1-0 ZAMBIA
Nigeria are heading to the World Cup! The Super Eagles knew what they needed to do ahead of the game, and they managed to get the three points that secured their spot in Russia. Alex Iwobi, who scored in the reverse fixture in their Group B opener, came on as a substitute to grab the goal that clinched their passage to their sixth global finals at senior level.

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SPECIAL NOTICE TO UI UTME APPLICANTS - Post-UTME Test Date

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Please, be informed that the post-UTME test for those who have successfully completed their biodata on the website of the University of Ibadan will be coming up ON FRIDAY 20 AND SATURDAY 21 OCTOBER 2017. You will receive further information soon.

Thank you.
O. I. Olukoya, MNIM, FPA
Registrar

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Kidnappers Caught Inside Federal Government Girls' College Umuahia on Visiting Day – Photos

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Three kidnappers (two men and one female) were today arrested inside the compound of the Federal Government Girls' College Umuahia as the school observed their monthly parents visiting day. See Photos:

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UPDATE:
According to reports, the kidnappers were pursued by mob who notice their activites around Ubakala junction, old umuahia.

Given the hot chase, the kidnapper who were on mobile with a keke napep, drove inside the compound of the Federal Government Girls College Umuahia to mix up with other parents to evade arrest.

Luck run out them as the students and parents joined in the search to locate them and the mob beat the three to stupor before the arrival of police officers.

Parents complained about the porous nature of the security network of the FGGC Umuahia. In a chat with NNN Correspondence, one of the said the situation is an embrassment to the college. "See the college entrance gate...so poor and almost damaged, said the concerned parent.

Effort to reach the principal of the college Dr. Mrs Giginna was not successful. She was not within the school compound when the incident happened. The VP Academic Mrs. Onyebuchi who was around refused to talk on the matter.

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PUBLIC NOTICE!!
The attention of TStv Africa has been drawn to an online publication about an ongoing recruitment exercise purportedly carried out by the organization.

We wish to state for purposes of emphasis and clarity, that TStv Africa has not authorized any recruitment exercise as being published.

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Prior to the commencement of a recruitment exercise by TStv Africa, an official announcement will be made with respect to that on our official website and social media handles.

For further information, follow us on www.tstvafrica.com
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TStv Africa…connecting your world!

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JAMB: Report Any Institution That Charges More Than N2000 For Post-UTME (See Replies)

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Lagos State House of Assembly Holds Constituency Stakeholders' Meeting (See Venues)

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This is to inform the general public that the Lagos State House of Assembly will hold the 3rd edition of Constituency Stakeholders' Meeting in all the 39 constituencies of the State as follows:

Date: Friday 6th October, 2017
Time: 10:00am
Theme: 'True Representation and Accountability'

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visit the venue tomorrow and ask questions about the development in your ward....good governance starts from the wards...honourable members will be present to answer your questions....STOP questioning President Buhari about bad roads and poor power supply, high food cost in your ward....go and ask your honourable/councillors what they are doing with their constitutency votes....

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NITDEF Scholarship
The scholarship scheme aims at promoting proficiency in Information Technology at Doctorate and Masters Levels. The Scholarships are targeted at 2 persons per State of the Federal on including the FCT at masters’ level and 1 person per geo-political zone of the country at doctorate level. This will enhance human capacity building in core areas of Information Technology across Nigeria.

Objectives
To produce globally competitive human capital in the area of ICT.
To provide opportunities for Nigerian youths to achieve their dreams especially in the area of ICT
Create jobs/wealth in IT related field.
Provide alternative source of revenue for Nigeria from natural resource-based to knowledge-based.

Outcome
The Agency has successfully sponsored 247 Nigerian Graduates in Information Technology fields at post graduate level and 24 for doctorate. We are continually monitoring skill gaps in the field with a view to help create a capable workforce that can face the challenges of the Agency’s vision of Nigeria becoming an Information Technology driven economy.

Process
The Agency places an advert in two National dailies.
The Agency opens the portal (scholarship.nitda.gov.ng) for application, which will be open for 6 weeks from the date of advent.
Qualified applicants are shortlisted to write an aptitude test and contacted via email and SMS.
Successful applicants are notified through email and SMS.
Verification of original certificates and oral interview of successful applicants.
Release of award letters to successful candidates.

CONDITIONS FOR APPLICANT

Criteria:
The Scholarship award is strictly based on merit and is equally distributed between the six geo-political zones for PhD and the 36 states and FCT for MSc.

Duration:
The Masters programme will run for one year while the Doctorate programme is expected to run for three years.

Eligibility:
PhD: University/Polytechnic lecturers with MSc in any Information Technology related field are eligible to apply for sponsorship.

MSc: All citizens of Nigeria with First Class or Second Class (Upper) Honours Bachelor’s degree, (B.Sc) in Information Technology related field and have not previously benefited from the Agency’s Scholarship Scheme.

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Guaranty Trust Bank has apologies to customers in response to the service disruption experienced yesterday.

In an online apology letter posted on its official twitter handle, the bank assures customers of continuous uninterrupted services.

Read Statement below:
Dear Customer, We know that when you walk into our banking halls, subscribe to our products or make use of our e-channels you expect the best from us, yesterday, we fell short of this promise and for this we are truly sorry. Please accept our most sincere apologies.

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A Biafran spotted voting in Catalonia's Referendum - See Photo

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A twitter user @IykeObedOnuorah posted a picture of a man in Biafra shirt voting at one of the voting center for the Catalonia Referendum.

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Nigeria is Aisha Waziri Umar who is planting libraries in those parts of the north-east devastated by Boko Haram. It is her way of fighting back against the misguided zealots who see education as a sacrilege to be destroyed along with the future of millions of innocent children. Nigeria is Oronto Douglas who, diagnosed with Cancer in 2008, invested the last seven years of his life setting up and nurturing a school for orphaned children in his native Okoroba in Bayelsa State.

The examples are just too many of change agents who are taking up spaces to make a difference in our world. But the message is simple: Our drive and commitment to making Nigeria great should be anchored on the fact that we also have a role to play and numbers don’t matter. What matters is the resolve that we will be part of that positive change.

Let me illustrate that point as I try to conclude my intervention this morning with the Biblical account of the 12 spies as recorded in the Book of Numbers Chapter 13.

The people of Israel had been set free from their captivity and servitude in Egypt. They wandered through the wilderness during which a number of them died. On reaching Mt Sinai, they were given the laws to govern their affairs and the templates they needed for worship. With national census concluded, they inched towards the border of Canaan, ready to enter the land that had been promised their fathers. Suggestions however came from the leadership that a search party be sent to look at the inhabitants and how good the land really was. 12 gentlemen were selected, one from every tribe, and they were sent as spies.

For 40 days, they explored the length and breadth of the land and returned with sufficient proof. About the goodness of the land, there was no deviation in all the reports. However, while ten of the 12 spies concurred that the land was indeed good, they added a misleading bit: “We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than us…it is a land that devours its inhabitants, and all the people whom we saw in it are men of great stature…We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them.”

One can argue that the ten spies possessed critical spirit and there is nothing wrong with positive criticism. But they went further not only to dampen the morale of the people but also to incite them against the leadership. Having lost their self-worth, like many Nigerians have done today, the ten spies likened themselves to grasshoppers and added that they were seen as grasshoppers, even by the Canaanites. How could they have known that?

We have many of such people in Nigeria today. The negative men and women who tell you that nothing can change; that our country is doomed. Meanwhile, Caleb and Joshua saw possibilities and with that, they also gave hope to the people that victory was attainable. Unfortunately, their report could not convince the people and their voices were drowned. As a consequence, Israel wandered additional 38 years in the wilderness with an entire generation wiped out completely.

What the foregoing means is that we should not continue to listen to the naysayers in our midst who do not mean well for our country. Whatever may be the differences in opinions, there is more that unites us as Nigerians than there is to divide. While some of the current agitations are not bad in themselves since they reflect the broad diversities of our country and the different experiences that must be on the table to make us great, we must also recognize that it takes so little to set a house on fire. Any fool can do that. Meanwhile, it takes efforts, perseverance and sacrifice to build. That does not come easy.

Admittedly, ours is a fragile polity but the social and economic bonds that unite us are strong and hard to dissolve. Yet the task of conscious nation building has hardly been done. The rights of citizenship are still shackled by boundaries of state of origin and ethnicity. The excessive hangovers of prolonged military rule are still with us in the form of impulsive arbitrariness. Our government still finds it easy to call in military force to quell elementary civil unrest. We are yet to teach our citizens from infancy the values of group living and how to compete as individuals without resorting to primordial hate when we cannot prevail.

However, despite all these, the real challenge is that of creating enough wealth to cater for the need of our huge population. If we remain a poor country with an external reserve that is less than the cash holding of Facebook alone, our competitions might get more bloody and our future more speculative and tentative. Our task therefore is to make Nigeria a land of equal opportunity for all, a nation whose unity is not decreed as non-negotiable but is guaranteed by the practical incentives it offers for all to want to stay in and perfect the union.

As I stated earlier, the enemy is not the other who speaks a different language or worships a different God. The enemy, unfortunately, is that person with predatory behavior who has benefitted the most from our country, but who like the farmer in the story with which I started this intervention, only rewards Nigeria’s love with eating her up in bits, to the detriment of the majority of our people. This tiny group, which is present in every region and religion, has maintained its hold by setting the majority against themselves. We need to rescue our country from their destructive grip.

Therefore, recognising that we may not always agree on the details of how to perfect our union, it becomes problematic the moment any argument is framed in a way that makes the incumbent think it is an attempt to distract him from governance or to get power through the back-door. But history also shows that leaders who improve their society are not those who divide along the voting pattern in the elections that brought them to power but those who can bring diverse citizens together to work for the common good.

Pastor Poju, distinguished ladies and gentlemen, as I take my seat, on a day such as this, my charge to all Nigerians is simple: We should see ourselves as allies in a struggle for a better country that is bigger than any, and yet needs all of us working together.
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#ThePlatform2017 - A Nation on the Edge: Which Way Nigeria? - Segun Adeniyi (Full Text)

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Let me begin by sharing this story of a teacher who got lost in a rural area, and please don’t ask me in which country because I don’t know. While still wandering, the teacher saw a farm and went there, hoping he would find someone from whom he could seek direction. Fortunately, he found a farmer but as they were exchanging pleasantries, he noticed a cow with a wooden leg and he became curious. “How did that cow get a wooden leg?” the teacher asked the farmer.

“Well”, replied the farmer, “that is a very special cow. One night not too long ago we had a fire in the barn. That cow set up a great lowing that woke everyone, and by the time we got there it had herded out of the barn not only the other cows but indeed all the animals in the farm and saved every one of them.”

“And that was when the cow hurt its leg?” asked the amazed teacher.

“Oh no” responded the farmer. “The cow was fine after that even though a few days later, I was in the woods when a bear attacked me. As it would happen, that cow was nearby and it came running to chase off the bear. That is one experience I will never forget because that cow saved my life for sure.”

“So the bear injured the leg of the cow?” asked the teacher.

“Oh no”, came the prompt reply from the farmer. “The cow came away from that encounter without a scratch. Unfortunately, a week after that incident, my son was working on the farm when the tractor turned over into a ditch with a large pool of water and he was knocked unconscious. Well, that cow dove into the ditch and pulled my son out before he could drown.”

Nodding his head, the teacher said: “Now I get it. That was how the cow hurt its leg while rescuing your son…”

“Oh, no,” the farmer interjected.

By this time the teacher had become very impatient: “So how exactly did the cow get the wooden leg?” he asked.

“Well”, looking in the direction of the cow, the farmer shook his head and muttered, “You should put yourself in my position. A cow like that, you don’t want to eat it all at once.”

Pastor Poju, distinguished ladies and gentlemen, if we will be honest, that unfortunate cow has so much in common with Nigeria, which has over the years become a victim of serial abuse, including by those to whom she has given so much. As I reflected on that story in the past few days, I came to the conclusion that just like that cow, Nigeria is no more than a meal ticket to many of her elites. What is even more unfortunate is that the people who speak ill of her the most, especially in a season like this, are those who have benefited immensely from the opportunities presented to them by this supposedly useless country.

Some of these people were, at various times, governors, ministers, lawmakers, special advisers etc. Many were also in the private sector where they made so much money under a system that demanded little or no accountability of them. Also in this category are some of our compatriots who now live abroad, including with their immediate families, thanks to the fortunes they or their parents made in this same country.

Let me make a confession here: I owe a lot to Nigeria. That someone like me, given my background, could attend a university like Ife as at the time I did was because the state made education at that level to be tuition free. And whether they admit it or not, there are hundreds of thousands like me who are where they are today on account of Nigeria: the education they got, the wealth they have accumulated and the influence they still peddle. Unfortunately, it is from this same collection that you find those who continually trouble our country.

On 6th June this year, some old men under the aegis of Coalition of Arewa Youths gave all the Igbo people living in the North till yesterday, 1st October to vacate the region. Even though the quit notice was eventually withdrawn, the damage that ultimatum did to our national psyche would take many years to heal. But then, the action of this group was also a response to the uncontrolled verbal aggression by Mr Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the so-called Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

Egged on by the mob, comprising mostly okada riders with online support from several of his kinsmen in the Diaspora, Kanu was allowed to take hate speech to an unprecedented level, even by the standards of our country. Even when he was presented a golden opportunity to champion the genuine grievances of his people with civility, following an ill-advised treason trial that catapulted him into national limelight and prominence, Kanu could not rise beyond the mediocrity of the adulation of some street urchins. He felt that by making incendiary statements to offend, insult, intimidate and threaten people from other ethnic groups, he was helping whatever his cause was. At the end, he made a strategic miscalculation.

However, while I do not know why Kanu believes spreading hate and violence would help his cause, the Arewa youth counter-response was also very much unfortunate because the inference was that because Kanu is Igbo, all Igbo people must suffer the consequences of his action. But one must thank the governor of Borno State and Chair of the Northern Governors Forum, Alhaji Kashim Shettima as well as Governor Nasir elRufai of Kaduna State for their prompt interventions.

Unfortunately, the message that was lost on the authorities in Abuja is that you cannot build an inclusive society when you react to national security threats in a manner that suggests some people are above the law; although many people across the country also felt let down that some otherwise respected senior citizens from the South-east who ought to have called Kanu to order were practically genuflecting before someone young enough to be their grandson!

Meanwhile, what many of our young people, as well as the politicians in their sixties and seventies who do not want to grow up, forget or are ignorant about, is that north or south, we need one another. That then explains why all the current agitations and perturbations are a distraction from the real issue which is that Nigeria is not working for majority of its citizens. And we see the evidence everywhere.

For sure, the state of affairs in our country today is enough to make people really angry. But if such anger is not properly channeled, it can be dangerous. For instance, I am angry about how clumsy and inefficient public institutions have become in Nigeria. I am angry about the way public officials, at all levels, betray a lack of creativity even in dealing with simple matters. I am angry when a teenager tells me that their school bribed invigilators to look away so that their teachers could tell them the answers while sitting for a crucial national examination. I am angry by the latest statistics from the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) that in our country about 90,000 children are expected to die of hunger over the next 12 months.

I am angry about the foregoing and much more because I believe we can do better as a nation. But I cannot because of such anger lash at the next person or another group of Nigerians who do not speak the same language or worship the same God with me. Therefore, my charge this morning to our young men and women is: If you must be angry as Nigerians, direct it not to the tribe, ethnicity, religion, race, gender or even the sexual orientation of fellow citizens. Direct it at the greed and the perversion that make some people deny others their decent and fair opportunities in life. Direct it at the ignorance and bigotry of a vast majority who submit themselves as ready tools for those who conspire to hold our nation down. And let us begin to figure out a way to defeat these people and problems.

Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, the challenge of the moment is to create an environment with less suspicion and more equitable distribution of power and resources among the critical stakeholders in our country. This country is full of promise and presents enormous opportunities. Even while it is true that the system is creaking beneath all of us and we must fix it, those who couch the narratives in ethnic or religious arguments miss the point and they are actually the problem. This is not a North-South debate neither is about dismemberment for many of us. What we are saying is that the current situation where money is sent from Abuja to Badagry or Birnin-Kebbi is antithetical to good governance.

Nothing can be more revealing of how wasteful our federal structure has become than a recent revelation by the Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole who said: “I was in Zamfara State. At the Federal Medical Centre in Zamfara, there are about 120 doctors but the state has 23 (doctors) as at the last count to manage 24 hospitals. And, yet, the federal hospital has about 120.” The pertinent question is: How did the federal government engage such a large number of medical personnel who are practically idle and for just one medical centre? The answer is simple: It is largely because of its heavy wallet. Yet, you find this sort of waste replicated in several sectors.

Therefore, we must find a way to make government more efficient and effective. How to make this happen is where the disagreement lies. But we are gradually coming to a consensus that it is the dysfunction at the centre that is creating the current bad blood, frustration, anger, suspicion and unhealthy competition among the various groups in the country.

Anybody who has read the report of the Presidential Committee on the Restructuring and Rationalisation of the Federal Government Paratastals, Commissions and Agencies cannot but understand the waste we call government in Nigeria. Chaired by former Head of Service, Mr Steve Oronsaye, the committee was established in August 2011 by the former President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan with the report submitted to him in April 2012, although he ended up doing nothing with the recommendations.

It is instructive that the committee identified 541 federal government agencies, 50 of which have no enabling laws! There are also 55 agencies that are not under the supervision of any ministry and many of them, according to the Oronsaye committee, “receive more budgetary allocations for personnel than they require because that component of their budget is usually inflated”. These agencies include National Agency for Population Programmes and Development; Population Activities Fund; Population Fund Activities Agency and Population Research Fund.

Yes, those are federal agencies in Nigeria!

I need to state here that bad governance is not peculiar to the federal government because the situation is actually worse in the states and as for local governments, let us not even go there given what governors have done to that tier of government.

As things stand in Nigeria today, accountability diminishes as you move from the centre to the other units: states and local governments. For instance, no president in Nigeria can get away with half of what governors do, almost as of right, in their states where there are neither checks nor balances. The speakers of the state houses of assembly are more or less errand boys of the governors and they serve and are removed at their pleasure. The logical result is that the promise of good governance embedded in the theory of decentralization that many Nigerians now clamour for, will still be delivered in the breach if there is no change in the behavior of the political actors.

Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, I am well aware that we do not have a perfect country but regardless of how our collective resources have been badly managed over the years, there is great gain for us to be positive in the way we relate to the country we all call our own. The pertinent question at this point is: What exactly do we mean by Nigeria?

In our context, the answer may be quite complex but one thing is certain, it should not be about geography or tongues or faith. For me, Nigeria is not the violent man who would demonise and threaten fellow citizens just because they speak a language different from his. Nigeria is not the angry man in a video who would ask his fellow men to go and poison the waters in a section of the country oblivious to the Yoruba saying that when you throw a stone in the market place, you cannot determine who would be hit by it. Nigeria is not the Baba the boys who would issue a dangerous quit-order on innocent citizens in their area of domicile. Nigeria is not the public official who would steal the money meant for some of the most vulnerable of our citizens, knowing he has the back of those who should hold him to account. Nigeria is not the politician who spends his productive hours every day spewing hate and bigotry on social media platforms just because he has a personal score to settle with the president.

Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, if I am sounding like a motivational speaker this morning, I think you should blame my pastor, Evaristus Azodoh. A retired colonel of the Nigerian army and a medical practitioner, Azodoh is always leading us to pray for Nigeria and never to speak ill of her. It is strange because I know a little bit about his family background which suggests he has every reason to be bitter about Nigeria. But he is not. From 6.30am yesterday, Pastor Azodoh led us through a 90-minuite prayer session for Nigeria and President Muhammadu Buhari.

Building a nation, especially from our kind of diversity, according to Pastor Azodoh, is a process that may not necessarily produce quick results but with a leadership that deploys fairness in the distribution of opportunities and citizens who see the value of shared aspirations in an atmosphere devoid of acrimony, it is not beyond us. And in the course of the prayer session, Pastor Azodoh stopped and asked that we all sing the national anthem. He likened Nigeria to a big family where there would be quarrels, squabbles, even injustice; but he also added that, whatever the challenges, we must always remember that families stay together.

To buttress his point, Pastor Azodoh told the story of what happened in 1981 when, as a medical student, he participated in the West African Universities Games hosted by Cote D’Ivoire in Yamoussoukro. In the course of the competition, according to Pastor Azodoh, a Nigerian student was molested and the contingents from our country said the competition would not continue unless the then President of Cote D’Ivoire, the late Félix Houphouët-Boigny, personally came down to apologise to them. “Ministers from the government of Cote D’Ivoire came to plead with us but we insisted only an apology from their president would do”, said Pastor Azodoh, “I felt very proud to be a Nigerian.”

Eventually, it took the intervention of the Nigerian ambassador to Cote D’Ivoire for the contingents from our country to stop the demonstration that had held up the competition for two days. Now, what those students demonstrated was not only our power as a nation but also the power of our unity. They were fighting over an injustice done to a single Nigerian. We need such solidarity today. And despite our challenges, we are already seeing glimpses in that direction.

For me, Nigeria is that young man in Samson Itodo who is working day and night to create a pathway for change, by ensuring that a country where the demographics tilt heavily in favour of young people cannot continue with a policy founded on the erroneous notion that the Wisdom of Solomon had anything to do with age of Methuselah. Nigeria is that young lady in Lagos, Temie Giwa-Tubosun, who took it upon herself to ensure that those who need blood donation across the country are well served and on time with her LifeBank organisation. Through her effort, the lives of hundreds of our citizens are being saved. Nigeria is my beautiful sister, Ibidunni Ighodalo who, despite her own disappointments, decides to put smiles on the faces of other aspiring mothers by deploying her personal resources to pay for their In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) treatment. Nigeria is Kechi Okwuchi, who proudly draped herself in the green white green flag to mark the 57th independence of our country in the United States where she is making many of us proud. This is a young lady who could be said to have been let down by Nigeria at a most difficult period in her life, even when lucky to be alive, unlike her friends and classmates caught in the same plane crash. But she is still proud of being a Nigerian.

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• Text of my presentation at Platform Nigeria in Lagos on 2 October, 2017 By Segun Adeniyi

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57th Independence anniversary service in Abuja; Osinbajo, Obasanjo, Dogara, Others In Attendance (Photos)

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VP Osinbajo with former Nigerian leaders, the Speaker & clerics @ the 57th Independence anniversary service in Abuja.

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Like the popular saying: ”if you have it flaunt it,” popular Nigerian comedian SeyiLaw decided to show other that he has arrived by getting a billboard advertisement to celebrate his chubby-cheeks (like father like daughter) daughter’s birthday.

The advertisement did cause a stir as many people stopped and stared at the beautiful Tiwaloluwa walking majestically to the warm embrace of mom and daddy.

Truly, a father’s love for his daughter knows no bound. Happy birthday Tiwaloluwa.

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UBA Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of the United Bank for Africa Plc, has announced the call for entries for the 2017 edition of its annual UBA Foundation National Essay Competition in Nigeria.

The essay competition, which is put together for senior secondary school students, is organized as part of UBA Foundation’s Education initiative to promote a reading culture and encourage healthy and intellectual competition amongst secondary school students in Nigeria and across Africa.

Speaking at a well-attended press conference on Tuesday at the Bank’s headquarters in Lagos, the Chief Executive Officer of UBA Foundation, Bola Atta, said the essay competition, for which all senior secondary schools students across the country are eligible, provides an opportunity for students to win prizes in the form of educational grants to help them realise their goals in life.

Atta said: “We are well aware that if you help get one child educated, you help support an entire family as that child will eventually positively impact his/her community. The competition is a key aspect of our investment drive in human capital and we will continue to sustain the initiative because education is very important to UBA and we are more than committed to providing the necessary support for students in Nigeria and throughout the African continent.”

Atta also explained that each year, the bank donates thousands of books to students in Nigeria and other parts of Africa, under the ‘Read Africa’ initiative to encourage and promote the reading culture in secondary schools. “We are driven by the mantra to do well and do good and we will not relent in our efforts at touching lives through our various projects, and initiatives,” she told the excited students.

According to her, the first prize for the UBA National Essay Competition is a N1 million educational grant for the winner to study in any African university of his or her choice, while the second and third prizes are N750,000 and N500,000 educational grants respectively.

Atta explained that entries received from students for the competition will be reviewed by a distinguished panel of judges made up of professors from reputable Nigerian Universities, who will then shortlist 12 best essays for further assessment.

A second round of the competition will involve the 12 finalists who will write a second supervised essay, from which three best essays will be selected. “Three best essays will be selected as the overall winners from 12 finalists that will emerge from the first round of the competition,” Atta noted.

Atta explained that the choice of essay for this year’s competition is one that helps promote creative and analytical thinking in students. The students are to develop a manual on any chosen form of technology or innovation (real or imagined) and make this manual discernable for the simplest of minds.

It is important to note that apart from Nigeria, the national essay competition is also held in other African countries, including Ghana and Senegal, with more countries to be rolled out in the first quarter of 2018.

Also Speaking at the event, the Deputy CEO, Anglophone Africa, Ebele Ogbue, asserted that Knowledge is power and the only effective way to transform Africa is through education. Ogbue said: “Undoubtedly, the future of any nation rests on the younger generation.

“Hence, the legacy passed on by the preceding generation could make a nation. “Therefore, investing in the future of the youths is key to redeeming the economy for the collective good. “This is why UBA’s support of education across Africa is relentless.”

As a the CSR platform for the UBA Group, UBA Foundation embodies the Group’s CSR objectives and seeks to impact positively on the society through a number of laudable projects and initiatives.

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Military.com | 25 Sep 2017 | by Richard Sisk

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Iraqi Kurds voted Monday in a non-binding independence referendum opposed by the Baghdad government, the U.S., the United Nations, Turkey and Iran.

The referendum, expected to result in an overwhelming "Yes" vote, was taking place in the three northern Iraqi provinces controlled by the autonomous Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) as well as in disputed areas such as the oil-rich city of Kirkuk.

Last week, the U.S. military warned that the referendum would be a "distraction" in the final stages of the fight to rout ISIS by the Iraqi Security Forces backed by U.S. advisers, trainers and airstrikes.

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In a video briefing to the Pentagon from Baghdad, Army Col. Ryan Dillon, a spokesman for Combined Joint Task Force-Operation inherent Resolve, noted that Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi had just ordered assaults by the Iraqi Security Forces on the last two ISIS strongholds -- Al Qaim in western Anbar province, and the north-central city of Hawija.

"There is a distraction from the fight against ISIS" in the battle for Hawija resulting from the referendum, Dillon said. Kurdish Peshmerga fighters, who had been expected to join the assault in Hawija have been holding back in cooperation with the ISF, Dillon said.

"We estimate that there are 800 to 1,500 ISIS fighters that are in the Hawija area," Dillon said. "The Peshmerga are not a part of the elements that are conducting the advance, but they will very much likely play a part because of the proximity of the Kurdish defensive line," he said.

Although the referendum was not binding, Kurdish officials have said it would put them on a path to realizing a century-old dream of an independent state for the 5.2 million Kurds of northern Iraq. Over the weekend, crowds flocked to rallies in Irbil, capital of the Kurdish region, chanting "Bye Bye Iraq."

"From now on, Kurdistan will be a neighbor of Iraq, but not part of it," Massoud Barzani, president of the Kurdish region, said Sunday. He said that Kurds were opting to separate from the "theocratic sectarian state" of Iraq.

In an address Sunday night, Abadi suggested that the referendum could lead to conflict between the Peshmerga and the ISF. He said Iraq would "take the necessary measures to preserve the unity of the country."

Turkey and Iran, which have large Kurdish minorities, have conducted military exercises on the eastern and western borders of the Kurdish region, and Turkey has openly warned of a possible intervention.

In Istanbul Sunday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said "We may enter at night without warning," and he also threatened to cut off an oil pipeline from the Kurdish region into Turkey.

Last week on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meeting in New York, President Donald Trump met with Erdogan and both urged the Kurds to call off the referendum.

A White House readout of the meeting said that "The two leaders reaffirmed their rejection of the planned Kurdistan Regional Government's referendum on September 25th, and the serious consequences that would follow if it occurs."

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President Buhari has arrived Abuja, Nigeria after a stop over in London.

The Nigeria President had participated in the 72nd UNGA where he delivered a speech among other dignitaries in attendance.

He left the US for London for a brief visit which many presume to see his doctors for medical consultation.

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