₦airaland Forum

Buhari child Zara Is Paying Over 12million Naira
as School Fees Developing Her Future and
Career.
*Jonathan's Children Have Being Moved To
London For Studies and Residence while
Developing Their Career and living In
Affluence.....
*Atiku Abubakar Children Are Abroad
Schooling....
*Tinubu's Children Are Abroad Schooling and
Living in Affluence, They Are All Developing and
Investing In their Children To Continue To Rule
Us After They Are Gone.....
You are there As A Jobless Graduate Wearing
APC and PDP Customized Vest And Polo,
Chanting "Change" Holding Brooms and Carrying
Umbrellas Chanting "Transformation" Killing
Yourself, Fomenting Trouble and Constituting
Nuisance to the Society because of Peanuts that
can't make you a better person...... Stop Being A
Disgrace To Your Discipline,
Stop Wearing APC Vest and Carrying PDP
Umbrellas Because That is the Wish of
Politicians For You...
They Know If You have a Good Job, They Can't
Use You As A Thug / Propagandist.
If Buhari will Not Bring All His Ten Children To
the Street For Campaign And Jonathan Will not
Bring his Children and Blood Brothers To The
Street For Campaign, Then You are a Disgrace
To Your Family If You Don't Stop Masquerading
Yourself As PDP and APC Agents, Because Up
Till Now, I have Never Seen Buhari 's Children
and Jonathan's Children On The Street Wearing
APC Vest and Holding Brooms, Neither Have I
seen Jonathan's Children Carrying The PDP
Umbrella Even On Social Media Let Alone In the
Street.... To whom brain is given, Sense is
expected!
Just Vote. No violence, Have a great week
ahead.
Share this until it get to someone... You might
save a life.
Election is just a few days away, a lot of
innocent people will use their life to vote.... Don't
be one of them. Use your head.....
Let me end this by saying again..... To whom
brain is given, Sense is expected!

Na God win

Dear Mum
I have decided to talk to you, to let you know my
feelings. I want to know why you did it. My story
is short. I have stayed inside you for only three
months. I was very comfortable and warm. I felt
really protected. I know you are a special person
because I ate the food you ate. I longed for the
day
I would see your face. Nine months was a long
time to wait, but I was determined to wait. I had
to be patient. One day I heard you converse with
a
man
about me, and at some stage you quarreled. The
man then offered you some money to get rid of
me. I was happy and prayed that this meant that
I
would at least see you, the only person
that I knew in the world: I was wrong. I had
almost forgotten the issues until I felt something
sharp pierce my tiny ear. I jerked silently and in
pain, and asked you to protect me. Seconds later
the object came, fiercer than
before. My tiny was cut up, starting from the
ears
then
arms and legs. It was an agonizing
experience, my head was then cut off and I died.
It took me a whole hour to die, a whole hour for
an
innocent three months human being to be
murdered. I remember the whole
incidence vividly and I keep asking myself, what I
did to deserve
that cruel death? Why me? Why did you do it to
me? And why was I not given a chance to live? I
know you are having a lot of nightmares. You
remain guilty for
thebeastly act. Please explain to your God why
you
committed the
heinous act.
Personally I have forgiven you
though I never lived to see your face. My journey
to
back to my creator was safe and I arrived safely.
I
was given a red carpet welcome by an angel. I
am infact, without bitterness.
I still love you mum.
But the question is Do u support Abortion
A. Yes
B. No
C. Maybe —

Teacher: If a lion is chasing you, what would
you
do?
Akpos: I'd climb a tree.
Teacher: If the lion climbs a tree?
Akpos: I will jump in the lake and swim.
Teacher: If the lion also jumps in the water
and
swims after you?
Akpos: Teacher, are you on my SIDE or on the
lion's?

TO avoid leaving their wives behind for
“unbelievers”, Boko Haram insurgents were said
to have been murdering their spouses asking
them to wait in heaven for later reunion.
Newly-liberated persons from Bama narrated
how that many of the insurgents fearing that
they would be captured and killed slaughtered
their wives to prevent being inherited by
“infidels.”
Our correspondent was told that the insurgents
who fled Bama for Gwoza, the last of the
territories under them, swiftly slaughtered almost
all their wives before the flight.
One of the freed captives from Bama told
journalists in Maiduguri on Wednesday evening
that many of the insurgents’ wives were killed so
that unbelievers would not remarry them.
The source said the insurgents told the killed
women that “we will not leave anyone of you
because if unbelievers marry you when we get to
heaven, there is no way we can meet again so
we do this so that we can meet in heaven.”
“The women pleaded with them but they refused
and slaughtered them; we were seen as
unbelievers because we didn’t accept their faith
so we were spared,” the source added.
Narrating their ordeal while in custody of the
insurgents, she said, “It was as if heaven will
fall; many lost their lives but we were kept in
some houses so many things happened, my
husband and children were killed but all I could
remembered is that yesterday (Tuesday) we
were brought to Maiduguri by military who saved
us from them.”
Meanwhile, troops of the Nigerian Army, who
carried out the liberation of the Bama, Borno
State, have discovered wells said to be loaded
with corpses of people executed by retreating
members of the Boko Haram Islamic Sect.
An intelligence source said the victims were
some of the hostages who might have resisted
the insurgents during their period of occupation
in Bama.
Our correspondent learnt that several other
corpses of victims of the terrorists were found
by the Bama River.
The terrorists, knowing that that they were going
to lose the town to the soldiers, were said to
have unleashed mayhem on the town, executing
those whose religious ideologies conflicted with
their own.
The troops were also said to be interrogating
some residents of Bama to ascertain their true
identities.

2 to 3 police per polling station? Na wao o.... Hope other security personnel will be there sha cuz 2 to 3 police won't be OK o

So they eat too? Haha funny

Do you know that?

President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday
acknowledged that the opposition was stronger
for him today than in 2011 because people who
defected from the ruling Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) gave the opposition the strength it
currently enjoys.
According to him, if the PDP elements were to
leave the opposition, they would crumble like a
pack of cards, even as he said he was confident,
however, that the PDP was still stronger and
would emerge victorious in the coming election.
Speaking when he appeared in an African
Independent Television (AIT) live programme,
Kaakaki in Abuja, President Jonathan also
declared the Secondary School girls abducted in
Chibok, Borno State who have spent close to a
year in Boko Haram captivity are still alive and
will be rescued soon.
Acknowledging that the opposition is stronger
now than in 2011, Jonathan said, “I agree with
you, it was easier (in 2011) but PDP is still the
dominant party. There is no polling unit in Nigeria
where you don’t have members of the PDP.
“Yes, for one reason or the other, within the
party people get angry and may even vote
against PDP but in terms of membership of the
PDP, there is no party that has that spread. So,
PDP still has the most formidable structure, PDP
has better chances of winning a national
election.”
“Even the opposition will tell you they are
realistic. Who has strengthened the opposition?
Are not the PDP elements? If you remove the
PDP election from the opposition, they will just
crumble like a pack of cards.
“Why are people aggressive towards the PDP to
the extent that even the presidential convoyed is
stoned? Why do you show that aggression? If you
are comfortable, you will not do that.”
Emphasizing on why this election may be more
difficult, the president said, “Globally, it is more
challenging for a president to secure a second
term than the first tenure,” because people get
disappointed when their expectations are not
quickly met by those they voted for.
He added that in spite of that, “PDP still has an
edge over the opposition.”
Giving reasons why he should be re-elected, the
president listed some of his administration’s
numerous achievements in the different sectors
including roads, power, transport, aviation, adding
that if given the chance, he would consolidate on
them in the next four years.
He said when he re-elected, he would make
deliberate effort to better communicate
government’s activities to the people to carry
them along in a better manner.
On the Chibok girls, Jonathan premised his
conviction that the school girls have not been
killed by the insurgents on the notion that if they
were dead, the blood thirsty terrorists would
have been to glad to display their corpses for the
purpose of showing off.
He noted that the terrorist activities of the
insurgents became intense because at first, the
federal government underestimated the group
which started as a non-violent sect which later
grew in capacity.
On why the military is now doing within a period
of six weeks what government could not do in
five years, the president explained that the
military now equipped up to 65 percent and has
the platform needed to prosecute the war
against the insurgents.
He added that with the level of success recorded
so far, the territories yet to be recovered from
the terrorists in Adamawa and Yobe states were
likely to be recaptured in the next few days.
Asked why the Chibok girls have not been found
in spite of the military successes, the president
said, “we still have reasonable territories in the
hands of Boko Haram. We promised that we
must get the girls.
“The good story is that they have not killed them
because the terrorists, when they kill, they
display. They use it to intimidate the whole
society. They girls are alive. We will get the
girls. Luckily, we are narrowing down the area of
their control. So, we will get them”.
He pointed out that why it appeared as if the
military had been reluctant to strike the sect
with full force was because government was
mindful of the fact that the terrorists are fond of
using captives as human shield, saying “that is
why the pace had to be slow.”
On why it took so long for military successes to
come against Boko Haram, the president said,
“Yes, agreed that at the beginning, probably we
did not really (correctly) estimate the capacity of
Boko Haram. It is obvious. Boko Haram started
as a non-violence group led by Yusuf, limited to
around Maiduguri area, Yobe. They did not even
get to Adamawa.
“Just like every group of youths or young people
is inclined to criminality, over the period, they
expanded their network and linked up with other
terrorist organizations like in the North Africa like
Al-Qaeda and other similar brands in the world.
“So, they continued to build their capacity and it
got to point to know that for you to tackle them
in the kind of environment they operate, you
need some specialized equipment to use and we
don’t manufacture these equipment now”.
Jonathan further noted that even though
government had challenges at the beginning in
acquiring the necessary weapons from other
countries, the story has changed with about 65
percent of the weapons now available to
prosecute the war.
The president remarked that efforts were
ongoing to mop up areas that have already been
liberated to ensure that Boko Haram did not
relaunch attacks on them in order to enable the
Internal Displaced People (IDPs) to return to
their homes.
He said he was happy that the mopping up
exercises have succeeded so far because there
were no new reports of terrorist seizing
territories, especially with the collaboration of
neighboring countries’ armies which has blocked
escape routes.
President Jonathan denied that the recent
reduction in fuel price reduction was politically
motivated even as he assured that the issues
responsible for he current fuel scarcity were
being addressed.
He said: “For the fuel scarcity, we are doing
everything humanly possible to ensure it is taken
care of. It is very temporary. Of course, there
issues of payment being addressed and we
believe that within one or two day, this will
completely go.
“Until we start refining our crude oil to get our
own products here within the country, we cannot
get out of some of these. It is even really the
policy of government. When you continue to
export raw materials, you are actually exporting
jobs.”
He assured that the nation’s refineries would
completely be privatized, even as government
would continue to encourage private sector as
according to him, they were better managers of
infrastructure.
He said, “It is not politically motivated. The way
people play politics with everything in Nigeria is
quite unfortunate. Pump prices are not constant
but are based on changes in the international
market.
“When I came as vice president in 2007, the
price of crude oil at the international market
dropped to about $40, there was a day it dropped
to $38 per barrel and we dropped the pump price
to N65 per litre. And we had to keep it up to N97
when the price went up to about $111 per barrel
at the international market.
“The cushioning gap was because the subsidy
became unbearable to government. So, we had
to push it up to N97 per litre. Now that the
international crude oil price has dropped back to
about $60 or so, it would not be fair for you to
still ask Nigerians to pay N97 except you want to
deregulate completely.”

Liberia has released its last Ebola patient and
begun its countdown to being declared Ebola
free.
“I am one of the happiest human beings today
on earth because it was not easy going through
this situation and coming out alive,” 58-year old
English teacher Beatrice Yardolo told the AP
news agency after her release.
She kept thanking God and the health workers at
the Chinese-run Ebola treatment centre in the
Paynesville district of Monrovia, where she was
admitted to the on February 18.
Her release came as the World Health
Organisation (WHO) announced that Liberia had
gone a week without reporting any new cases of
Ebola – for the first time since last May.
Liberia “reported no new confirmed cases” during
the week to March 1, the UN health agency said
in a report late on Wednesday.
Since the outbreak began in December 2013,
23,969 people in nine countries have been
infected with the virus, and 9,807 of them have
died, according to the latest figures.
Of those, 9,249 cases, including 4,117 deaths,
were in Liberia, which six months ago was
reporting more than 300 new cases each week.
At the height of the epidemic in a country whose
health infrastructure had been ravaged by two
back-to-back civil wars, overflowing health clinics
had to turn away people, often to die on the
streets.
But a huge national and international response
helped stem the spread.
Of 45 samples tested nationwide last week, none
were positive, WHO said, adding that it was first
time there had been no new confirmed cases
since May 26, 2014.
The outlook was less positive in Guinea and
Sierra Leone, the other countries affected by the
outbreak, which jointly reported 132 new
confirmed cases last week.

Sierra Leone’s Vice President Sam Sumana has
placed himself in quarantine following the death
of one of his bodyguards from Ebola, a
government spokesman said as the country
reintroduced travel restrictions to combat the
spread of the virus.
Sumana “has decided to place himself in
precautionary quarantine awaiting the results of
tests by the health authorities”, the spokesman
said on Saturday.
Sumana’s bodyguard, 42-year-old John Koroma,
died from Ebola on Friday, medical sources said.
Sources at the vice president’s office said
Sumana is not in danger but had decided to stay
out of his office for the next 21 days and work
from his home in the west of the capital.
Sierra Leone recorded 18 new cases of Ebola
last week, up from 16 new cases the previous
week. This breaks the trend of declining cases in
Sierra Leone. There were clusters of new cases
with many related to the movements of
fishermen.
President Ernest Bai Koroma’s new restrictions,
announced on Saturday, include a night-time ban
on all boats launching from shore and from
commercial vehicles off-loading goods in western
market areas.
Naval vessels will patrol the shore and wharves,
and health checkpoints by the police will be
strengthened.
Sierra Leone’s president leaves for Brussels on
Sunday to consult with the EU at an international
meeting on the fight against Ebola and measures
to facilitate reconstruction in the countries hit by
the virus.
Ebola, one of the deadliest viruses known to
man, is spread only through direct contact with
the bodily fluids of the recently deceased or an
infected person showing symptoms such as
fever or vomiting.
More than 9,500 people have died of the disease
since the West African epidemic emerged in
southern Guinea in December 2013.
Liberia has registered the highest death toll of
4,037, while Sierra Leone has seen almost half of
the total of 23,694 cases.
While Liberia is showing only a tiny handful of
new cases each week, Guinea and Sierra Leone
continue to be a worry to the authorities, who
say they still do not have the epidemic under
control.

kestolove95:
So gwari people don wise sotey dem sabi use internet?..God is real den

I really don't put the blame on you brother (that's if you are a 'he' ) , I was chatting with someone from UK and and when I told her where I'm chatting with her from (i.e Nigeria - Africa) she told me clearly that she thought there were no computers in Africa..... I just smiled and said in my mind: I don't really put the blame on you.
Your post deserve such response.
but please bro, I assume you are just trying to be funny by posting that, even though it doesn't sound funny, next time leave God out of your jest-like post. Thank you and remain blessed.

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Sons of the soil: the history of the Gbagyi
people of Abuja
The history of Abuja was originally the south
western part of the ancient Habe (Hausa)
Kingdom of Zazzau (Zaria). It was populated for
centuries by several semi-independent tribes.
The largest of these tribes was the Gbagyi.
Other areas where they are predominantly found
are in Niger and Kaduna states, and also in
Nasarawa, Kogi and Kwara states in central
Nigeria.
The Gbagyi’s are the most populated ethnic
group in the FCT and their major occupation is
farming, pottery and hunting. They are the
original settlers of Abuja the federal capital city
of Nigeria, and the Gbagyi language is the most
widespread. They are known to be noble, peace
loving accommodating and warm. Their
hospitable and cordial nature earned them the
phrase ‘ Muyi shi Gwari-Gwari’ ( Which means
let’s do it like the Gbagys). Interestingly the
word Gwari, which the Gbagyi are famously
called, is the name of a particular yam in
Gbagyi.
The Gbagys are culturally soaked people, who
despite the over-whelming force of civilization
still cling to the basic rudiments of their culture.
A few have remained aloof to the attractions of
modernity, especially the older Gbagyians, who
still stand strong against the devastating effects
of civilization. For instance, in the past the
Gbagyi women were distinguished with the way
they carried any load on their shoulder, either
heavy or light; because they are of the believe
that the head should be accorded a royal status
as the King of the entire body, saddled with the
task of thinking for the body, so therefore it
should not be burdened with manual or
pedestrian task, such as ferrying goods from
place to place. But this is not so today, as the
venom of civilization has since overtaken and
eclipsed it, and the traditional sight has become
a rarity except for the older women who still
hold on true to this belief and practice.
Another fabric of their culture that has suffered
some degree of extinction is the process of
marriage. In time past, a suitor seeking the hand
of a girl in marriage would have to devote seven
7years of his engagement or notice of interest
on the bride to be to the father’s farm and also
supply grains to the bride’s house in order to
get her robust and ripe for the D-day. Presently
the suitor goes ahead to pay pride price without
serving notice to the father.
The Gbagyi initial habitat was the mountain top
and had eight kings crowned to rule over them,
and when westernization brought in the rain
track, they decided and agreed among
themselves to come down, except for their
forefathers who opined that it was safer to stay
on the mountain than the plains, as this would
make it easier to haul stones at advancing
enemies. The mountains/rocks were a refuge as
well as a mystical source of strength.
Islam and Christianity enjoy almost equal
following. Islam first came to the Gbagyis in the
19th century during the Sokoto Jihad of 1804 by
Usman Danfodio, while Christianity came in the
20th century through the southerners. Islam
was able to gain more converts than
Christianity, the reason for this was that the
practices encouraged by the Gbagyi religion
conformed with Islam, such as polygamy,
devotion, using of rings or amulets. These
similarities made it easy for the Gbagyi’s to
receive Islam whole heartedly. But regardless of
the twin influences of Islam and Christianity the
Gbagyi people still practice their Knunu, which
is their primal religion, as they claim that Knunu
safeguard them and their families from certain
evil forces and uncertainty. Knunu tradition for
the Gbagys is a special tree in the Kurmi
(Forest), where offering of fowl and beers are
made.
The favourite food of the Gbagys is known as
Wyizhe, made from guinea corn to form Zhepwo
a special drink use to drink with Knadolo a
spicy soup made with locus beans, and their
famous dress is call Ajesida , made from local
cotton and traditional woven and dyed by their
skillful dressmakers. Some of their popular
festivals is the Agbamaya festival and the
Zhibaje. The Agbamaya festival is a celebration
usually perform to welcome the rain during the
raining season, while Zhibaje is a traditional
Christmas celebration.
Presently the transformation of FCT as the
capital of Nigeria has almost swallowed these
peace loving tribe. They were persuaded to give
out their farmland and settlement for the
actualization of the national vision of a modern
cosmopolitan city. But the Gbagys years after,
are still reeling under the weight of what they
have come to see and interpreted as betrayal on
the part of the federal government, who they
feel have short-charged them and deprived them
of their land. And land is one issue an average
Gbagyi man does not play with, as majority of
them told KNOW Abuja that the worst thing that
could happen to any Gbagyi person is to deprive
him of his land, because as farmers they see
land as the most important aspect of their life.
They are mostly of the opinion that the federal
government land swap policy has no direct
significant to that lives, instead they see the
policy as a way of taking over their ancestry
lands. The question they want answer is what
happens to a family of five since the
government plan is to allocate a three bedroom
to those who might be affected by the land
swap policy. They also questioned why the land
policy should only be concentrated in the FCT,
why not in Bauchi , Katsina, Kaduna, Nasarawa,
Niger and other states across the country?
They counsel the government to be sincere in
its developmental programme for the ingenious
people in the FCT instead of antagonizing them
all the time with unfavorable land policy.
Though today, the Gbagys especially the new
generation have embraced western education
and now have different professionals in various
fields, as medical doctors, lawyers, surveyors,
architects, soldiers, policemen and women,
including top politicians like senators, house
members and journalists. In fact, with the
exception of Abaji area council in the FCT, five
out of the six area council chairmen are
Gbagys.
Some phrases and words in Gbagyi:
How are you? - Agbowolona
Let’s go - Beyalo
We are farmers - Yizhi’afayinu
Gwari- Yam
I am going to school – Milo ynabanu
Grass – Gbebe
Tree - Shuwa
Man- Zanugbayi
Woman – Eyikoza
. Sleep – Genwa
. Wake up- Kwagyewi
. Mountain – Epe

The Federal Government on Friday further
compounded fears in some quarters that the
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral
Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, could be sacked
before the general elections.
In an answer to enquiries on government’s stand
on allegation that the INEC boss would soon be
asked to proceed on a terminal leave, the
Federal Government through the Minister of
Culture, Tourism and National Orientation, Chief
Edem Duke, gave a rather ambiguous answer.
He said the exit of Jega from the chairmanship
of the INEC would take a natural course. Duke,
who is also the supervising Mtinister of
Information, spoke with journalists at the
headquarters of the Ministry of Information in
Abuja on Friday.
While answering a question on whether the
Federal Government planned to send Jaga on
terminal leave before the expiration of his tenure
in June, Duke said Jega would not be sacked as
President Goodluck Jonathan had pledged, but
added that his exit from the electoral body would
be a natural sequence.
The minister said, “On the issue of the INEC
chairman, I align myself with what the President
said that he has no plan to sack the INEC
chairman.
“That is not to say that if it is time for the INEC
chairman to naturally exit his office, then the
natural course of things will not take place.
“It is like saying a civil servant has done 35
years or achieved the age of 60; we now begin
to say that he must not retire or he must retire. I
think all of that is in the terrain of the
Presidency and he has spoken. I have nothing to
add to that.”
Duke added, “I will also like to say once on that
issue. I recall that for several weeks now; people
keep threatening the President on the shift in the
date of the poll. You begin to wonder that parties
have a couple of extra weeks in order to
reinvigorate their campaigns and try to reach as
many voters as possible. Rather than do that,
you begin to identify imaginary pockets of
unlikely developments and then focus your
attention on them and then when you lose
election, you begin to complain.”
But members of the All Progressives Congress in
the Senate and the Northern Elders Forum said
that they would resist alleged plot to sack the
INEC boss.
The senators had on Thursday alleged that there
was a fresh plot by the Federal Government to
prevent Jega from superintending over the
forthcoming general elections.
The Northern Elders Forum warned against
attempts to remove Jega and insisted that the
elections must hold within the timeline allowed
by the law.
The APC senators, led by George Akume, told a
news conference in Abuja that they heard from a
reliable source that the Head of Service would
direct Jega to proceed on his pre-retirement
leave next week.
“We have received information from a very
credible source that next week, the INEC
Chairman will be given a letter from the Office of
the Head of the Civil Service to proceed on a
terminal leave,” they said.
The opposition senators alleged that the Federal
Government was trying to use a circular from the
HoS dated August 11, 2010 to place Jega on
compulsory pre-retirement leave.
They threatened to resist any attempt by the
presidency to either suspend or remove Jega
before the March 28 presidential election.
Some of the senators, who spoke with one of our
correspondents on the issue on Friday, said they
would employ legal and constitutional means to
ensure that Jega conducts the next general
elections.
Akume said President Goodluck Jonathan has
the right to remove Jega, but could not
unilaterally do so without seeking the permission
of the National Assembly through a two-third
majority.
He, however, said that Jonathan does not have
the legal powers to suspend the INEC boss under
whatever guise.
He said, “Section 157(1) clearly states that the
President can only remove Jega with the vote of
2/3 majority of all senators. Under whatever
guise whether suspension, retirement or
voluntary leave, he cannot be removed.
Akume said, “ Section 157 (1) of the 1999
Constitution (as amended), the President cannot
remove the INEC Chairman from office without
getting approval of the Upper Chamber.
“Section 157 (1) of the constitution reads: “…a
person holding any of the offices to which this
section applies may only be removed from that
office by the president acting on an address
supported by two-thirds majority of the Senate
praying that he be so removed for inability to
discharge the functions of the office.”
He said, “We will resist any attempt by the
presidency to sack jega for any sinister reasons.
We will continue to say no to impunity and any
attempt to undermine the credibility of the
forthcoming general elections. We would never
accept.
“We condemn what the Federal Government is
trying to do. We will rise up and defend our
democracy. This is the Road to Golgotha, the
road to Armageddon. These people want to
destroy this country completely and we will resist
it.
“We are waiting for the president to bring the
notice before the National Assembly and we will
decide on its legality or otherwise.”
Also Senator Ahmed Lawan, (APC Yobe North),
admitted that the President has the
constitutional powers to remove Jega if he so
wishes but that there is a procedure contained in
the constitution.
He said, “The National Assembly must pass a
resolution backed by two-third majority of
members either giving accent to the request or
not. That is the only way that the Chairman of
the INEC could be removed. The President
cannot do it alone.”
Senator Babafemi Ojudu, (APC Ekiti Central)
said, “The President cannot suspend Jega
because he has no such powers in the
constitution. There is no law which empowers
the President to suspend anyone who was legally
appointed to occupy a position for a period of
time.”
Ojudu said his colleagues were raising the alarm
because the information about the plot to sack
Jega was made available to them hence they
would not ignore it.
He said, “We have met, and we are still going to
meet over the issue. We are watching and
already considering all lawful and constitutional
options even pre-emptive strategies to make
sure that this democracy is not truncated
through Jega’s sack”
Addressing a press conference, the spokesman
for the Northern Elders Forum, Prof. Ango
Abdullahi, said that sacking Jega now would be a
recipe for disaster.
Abdullahi said, “With regards to Jega’s tenure,
any attempt at this last minute by this
government or its agency to remove the INEC
chairman is a clear message that the Presidency
is determined to rig the presidential election in
which its sees Jega as an impediment simply
because he thinks that the commission must
follow the rules for a free and fair and credible
election.”
While lamenting that the February elections were
postponed on “flimsy, clumsy and indefensible”
reasons, he said the electoral body had for
several months now been consistent and
emphatic on its readiness to organise and
conduct the 2015 elections in February.
He noted that the insecurity excuse given for the
postponement of the elections must “fail
because only a small fraction of the security
personnel in the country are directly engaged in
the fight against insurgency within the North-
Eastern enclave of the country.”
Abdullahi said, “Assuming that the soldiers are
needed, we need to know that of the about
180,000 soldiers in uniform only about 20,000 are
currently in the North-East of the country.”
Meanwhile, most national and resident electoral
commissioners have expressed their support for
Jega over his readiness to conduct the polls.
They asked him to reject alleged plan by the
Presidency to send him on terminal leave.
Saturday PUNCH reliably learnt that the
commissioners were disturbed that the removal
of Jega would erode the credibility of the polls.
One of the national commissioners, who spoke
with Saturday PUNCH on condition of anonymity,
said there was no way the results of the
elections would be fair, if the polls were not
conducted by the commission’s current
chairman.
He said, “The whole world is watching us.
Anyone who’s thinking about sacking Jega is not
working for the interest of the country.
“Yes, there are plans and attempts at dividing us,
but we need to remain resolute in this task. We
should not allow anyone to put the country into
shame.”
Asked if there was division among the ranks of
the officers, he said it was possible as witnessed
during the meetings on the postponement of the
elections.
Another national officer, who spoke on the issue
said, “We are all the same. There is no seniority
among us. We are all national officers.”
It was learnt that not many commissioners were
happy with the predicament of the chairman.
Investigations by Saturday PUNCH showed that
those in this category included commissioners
that supported the postponement of the
elections and some who were against the use of
card readers and permanent voter cards for the
elections.
Jega’s term ends on June 30, 2015 but the All
Progressives Congress on Thursday alleged that
the Federal Government planned to send him on
a three-month terminal leave starting from next
week.
The chairman, who spoke to The PUNCH through
his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Kayode Idowu, had
on Thursday said he had yet to receive any letter
asking him to proceed on terminal leave.
Also, Idowu told one of our correspondents on
Friday that the electoral body was not prepared
to join any conversation on the chairman’s exit.
He said the commission is absolutely focused on
preparation for elections. “It is the last thing on
the mind of the chairman now,” he added.
An INEC commissioner, who confided in Saturday
PUNCH, identified, “the move to send the
chairman on leave as one of the reasons that
forced INEC to shift the elections to March 28
and April 11.”
Copyright PUNCH.

A woman tells her
husband that
she is going to visit her sick mum in the village.
She goes
on Friday and returns on Sunday, with plenty of
fruits and
food stuff, saying they are from her mum to the
husband
and the children.
The husband gently asks her about her
mother's health and how she was doing, to which
she
replies that she took her to the hospital in the
village and
she is recovering and getting better. The wife
adds that
her mother insisted that she must re-visit the
village in a
few days, to spend at least a week with her. "I'm
worried
about Mama" the wife crooned, with tears swelling
in her
eyes. "She'll be fine, dear." Hubby lovingly replied.
The
husband then politely asks her to take the items
to the
kitchen.
As she enters, she meets her mother preparing
food in the kitchen. Apparently, her mum came
visiting
since the Friday that she left home. You can
imagine the
plight of this woman. stuck, shocked, dazed and
dumbfounded at the kitchen door! whether to go
in and
drop the items' from mama', or return to her
hubby in the
living room! How would you handle this case?
Your
humble opinion is required.

PRESS RELEASE
FG Flags off N1.2 Trrillion Infrastructure and
Housing Project in Abuja
Investors to spend N64B for Resettlement of
Abuja natives
History was made on Thursday as the Federal
Government flagged off the biggest and most
ambitious urban developmental project in the
country for the provision of infrastructure and
quality housing in eight districts simultaneously
under the land for infrastructure swap initiative at
a whopping cost of N1.2 trillion ($6 Billion).
Vice President Mohammed Namadi Sambo while
performing the ground-breaking ceremony on
behalf of President Goodluck Jonathan at the
Waru District, Abuja commended the Minister of
FCT, Senator Bala Mohammed for his ingenuity to
provide engineering infrastructure initiative in
partnership with the private sector within the
context of the Land Use Act to serve as a
solution to the public funding challenges.
Minister of FCT, Senator Bala Mohammed in his
welcome address at the ceremony explained that
the $6 Billion private capital to be deployed by the
developers for the comprehensive development of
the eight districts within two sector centres
comprise of infrastructure investment amounting
to $2.4 Billion and secondary investment in
residential, commercial, multi-purpose, institutional
and active recreation development to the tune of
$3.6 Billion.
According to him, the amount excludes the cost
of over N4 Billion so far expended by the
investors to produce the necessary critical
documentation for the districts, namely the survey
data, the detailed land use plans, the final
engineering designs and the bills of engineering
measurement and evaluation (BEME). This is a
significant saving for the FCTA.
Concerning resettlement and compensation of
Abuja original inhabitants in the area, the Minister
said the investors are committing the sum of N64
Billion for the funding of infrastructure and
housing for the Project Affected Persons at Gude
Resettlement district. He addecd that so far, the
survey, planning and engineering designs of this
resettlement district have already commenced.
Senator Bala Mohammed said that with the
injection of $6 Billion of investment, the huge
benefits accruable to Nigeria, and the FCT in
particular, cannot be overemphasized. The Land
Swap initiative, he stressed, would create over
25,000 plots of land, provide housing for more
than one million residents and create over 500,000
new jobs.
He said that 15 core investors were currently
participating in the project while six of them have
concluded on all aspects of the technical and
financial negotiations including the execution of
the necessary Agreement, which was done on the
23rdof September 2014. The six investors are
Urban Shelter Infrastructure Limited;System
Property Development Company Limited; Afri-
International Projects Limited; BGD Properties
Limited; Gilmor Engineering Company Limited; and
AM-PM Global Network Limited.
The Minister pointed out that eight ( other
investors have concluded all aspects of
preliminary technical works and are awaiting final
negotiation leading to the execution of the
relevant Agreement. These are:Dangote Group;
Ketti East Infrastructure Limited;Bolmus Nigeria
Limited;Deep Earth Nigeria Limited; Dayspring
Limited; Haitong Limited; Rosehill Group; and
Waru-Pozema District Infrastructure Limited.
The FCT Minister expressed delight that the
Administration succeeded in attracting the best of
Nigerian investors including the richest person in
Africa and the richest black woman in the world
as well as prominent construction and property
development companies to key into the initiative.
He explained that the total land area designated
for the Land Swap investment is 3,886 hectares
which represents less than 0.50% of the Federal
Capital Territory and less than 15% of the Federal
Capital City. He said that within the next four to
six years upon the completion of the project, the
Abuja infrastructure stock would increase by more
than 27%. He pointed out that the 15 Land Swap
investors are providing a total of 464km of new
Roads, seven Bridges, 696km of Street Lighting
lines and 334km of Telecommunication Ducts.
Other components include 2,566km of Electricity
Distribution lines, 643km of Water Distribution
lines, 626km of Foul Water drains, 672km of
Storm Water drains and 226 Culverts.
Speaking further, Vice President Sambo said the
Federal Government is not unmindful of the plight
of the affected original inhabitants in the Federal
Capital Territory.
“We recognize their accommodating spirit and
ability to live in peace and harmony with all
Nigerians that are residing in and trooping into
Abuja for work, politics, businesses or other
legitimate activities. I am happy that the FCT
Administration had, for the first time, provided a
realistic platform for synergy amongst the major
stakeholders to tackle issues of compensation and
resettlement of the affected original inhabitants in
the land-swap districts. It is my hope that this
synergy will mark the beginning of a permanent
solution to compensation and resettlement issues
of the original inhabitants in Abuja,” he stressed.
The Vice President Sambo stated that the project
is a testimony to the impact of the present
administration’s commitment in transforming
governance, in order to attract private sector
investment in public infrastructure.
He recalled that the founding fathers of FCT
through the Abuja Master Plan envisaged a
territory that would be built in 25 years with 79
districts, nine Sector Centers and 11 Satellite
towns with a maximum of 3.2 million population.
He however observed that today, the population of
FCT stands at approximately five million, with only
11 districts completed in 38 years while the
population of the Territory is projected to rise to
about 10 million by 2025.
Nosike Ogbuenyi
SA Media to Minister FCT

Culled from 'a devotion'

We Receive From God By Faith

MATTHEW 9:29 NKJ
29 Then He touched their eyes, saying, "According to your faith
let it be to you."

Have you ever wondered why God blessed someone -- when it was
obvious they did not deserve it?

Do you wonder why you are not more blessed -- even though you
are doing your best to be a good Christian?

The answer is faith.

We do not receive from God based on what we deserve, but on
what we believe.

GALATIANS 3:9 ICB
9 Abraham believed this, and because he believed, he was
blessed. It is the same today. All who believe today are
blessed just as Abraham was blessed.

Our receiving from God is not based on our works, but on God's
grace. We have access to God's grace by our faith -- not
through our merit.

ROMANS 5:2 NKJ
2 through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in
which we stand . . . .

Many try to earn something from God when He has already given
us all things through Christ. Now by faith we must appropriate
what God has provided.

Don't despair if your faith is not too strong. The cure for
weak faith is to feed on the Word of God, the Bible.

ROMANS 10:17 NKJ
17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of
God.

If you feed your heart and mind the Word of God, your faith
will grow strong. You feed it in by reading it, hearing it,
speaking it, and meditating on it.

SAY THIS: I will feed on God's Word and my faith will grow.
Then I will receive all God has for me.

Remain blessed

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those who are purpose-driven in life don't waste their time on non-purposeful tips........ most of them get banned in life. God knows why He created you just the way you are, seek his will and He shall direct your path on how to live a purposeful life. God bless you all

helo guys i rep NSU Keffi. I reside in abj. Niger state is a powerful state... It is relatively peaceful and the largest tribe is Gbagyi (gwari) and Nupe....i stand to be corected.

thanks for the insight Yok

hello friends. Pls i need help. I have been mobilised and posted to north-west. Its two days now to resumption day at the orientation camp and i contracted chicken pox, i'm feeling unwell and blisters have surface in my skin. I dont know what do to?. And i have to report at the camp for registration; for those who have been in the camp before, how are those coming in sick handled? Pls i need some advice on what to expect and do. Thnks.

Yungwizzzy: Elect/Elect

bros, ebe like say u no no which course u just mention..... Mmmmm

bros i tink u need spiritual help. Instead of crying and askin God to deliver u from dis immoral act.... U ar here bragin about ur sex life.... Bros u ar wastin ur lyf.
I pray u encounter God genuinely.

My system (PC)no longer read any CD/DVD inserted into the disk drive. i formated d system recently but have drived d system with some necessary utilities. Could that of CD/DVD missing if there is? What could be wrong with the system.

i think the FG are insincere, whats the big deal of meeting ASUU's simple demand. Is it that the FG has no resources to meet the new demand of ASUU? ...... NO. Just insincerity and selfishness In d part of d FG

Ile-Ife:
Carlos Slim is the riches man alive

https://specials-images.forbes.com/imageserve/12924199a0fa9ff34e7becacde136b95/186x282.jpg?fit=scale&background=000000

Honorary Chairman, América Móvil
Age: 73
Source of Wealth: telecom, self-made
Residence: Mexico City, Mexico
Country of Citizenship: Mexico
Education: Bachelor of Arts / Science, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Marital Status: Widowed
Children: 6

Forbes Lists
#12 Powerful People
#11 in 2012
#1 Billionaires
#1 in Mexico

the position has been regained by Bill gate.

how do i tell her without making her feel rejected. I like her and she likes me too. I just want us be friends but she wants us to be more than that. Her calls, her sms, her actions and speech tells it all. I want to tell her that we ok been just friends but i need help, what are the exact word i should use without making her feel as if i rejected her.
Please anyone should advice.
Thanks for the anticipated advice.
Oh pls guys pardon me.... She is not in a relationship and i am not in one either..but i am not ready for one yet, not because of age or anything...i'm 24. But just that i'm not just ready.

awesome.

up barca............

thank God for the victory..... The same victory shall be repeated in the final in Jesus Name.