*** President Goodluck Jonathan has given thanks to God for not allow ing Boko Haram attackers, whom he described as sons of the devil, to succeed in killing former Head of State, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari and popular Islamic scholar, Sheik Dahiru Bauchi last week. He said that the country would have been in turmoil by now if the insurgents had succeeded. The president said he shuddered to imagine what would have happened if both men with millions of followers had died in the attack. Buhari was said to be on his way to Daura, his hometown in Katsina State, to celebrate the Sallah, when his convoy ran into the bomb blast on Kawo Road in Kaduna. Bauchi was attacked after preaching at the Murtala Square, the venue of the Tafsir, where he was said to have hammered on the need for peaceful co-existence among the people, saying: “Your good deed should not end with Ramadan but the beginning of doing more good.” Jonathan, at the Eid-el-Fitri Sallah homage led by Vice President, Namadi Sambo, to his residence at the Presidential Villa, described the attacks on Kaduna and Kano as dastardly, reiterating that efforts were being made to strengthen the security apparatus in the country in order to bring terror attacks and other criminal offences to an end. He urged Muslim clerics to preach peace and not hatred, saying the development of the country would only be possible in an atmosphere of peace and unity. The President also announced that the Victims Support Fund would be launched on on Thursday this week. The funds, which is expected to be raised from Nigerians and private sector, would be used to rehabilitate those affected by terrorist attacks, rebuild churches and mosques destroyed in the attacks as well as assist orphans, widows and the injured in the various attacks. Jonathan said: “Let me plead with my brothers especially the clerics, to preach peace and unity not the gospel of hatred when sending their messages to their followers. Because without peace and unity, we cannot develop this country. In a conflict situation, people move away from such zones and we cannot develop our communities, our local governments, states and our country in a conflict situation. “Not too long ago we had this dastardly attacks in Kano and Kaduna. “We stand to condemn these acts of terror on our people. And we extend our condolence and sympathy to the bereaved and those who might have been injured. “The recent attacks in Kaduna, especially where Sheik Dahiru Bauchi was a target and Gen. Muhammadu Buhari was also a target; you can imagine if these two people had died in those attacks. Sheik Bauchi is one of our top Islamic preachers, he has millions of followers. Buhari, former Head of State, a leading political figure, has massive supporters. “On the same day, people wanted to kill them. Those who planned the attacks are clearly sons of the devil because if they had killed these two people we wouldn’t have been here today. This country would have been in tumoil, we couldn’t have gathered here to celebrate. “We thank Allah for saving their lives and preventing a major calamity that would have befallen our country. “I use this opportunity to call on all Nigerians to work with government to see that collectively, we bring to an end, the excesses of Boko Haram and other terrorist groups. We are doing everything humanly possible to end it. Govern ment is looking on how to raise funds. “In fact, we are launching the fund on Thursday, to help widows, orphans and those whose business premises have been vandalised and even our worship places, mosques and churches that have been destroyed will be rebuilt. Government alone cannot do it because we will need huge sums of money, the Nigerian private sector are vibrant and willing if they see sincerity in government. In his Eid-el-Fitri Sallah homage, Vice President Sambo commended the President for fasting alongside the Muslims during the Ramadan and prayed to God to answer all their supplications*
werey. they killed more of your people than other tribes. unexposed f.ool. if you know the Number of ibos living in kano, katsina, adamawa etc. you will not type crap here.
*******snging i want to "SHOKI"******** i already know, that akpabio is a scammer**** upon all the Billions allocated to the state, the citizens still pack theirselves en-masse to S/WESTERN states. it is well. S/WEST : Feeding the entire Nation (Nigeria) since 1914.
Is that where the Gov't house is located? honestly Alaigbo are just overrated. No development at all. only on www.nairaland.com you will compare ebonyi with chicago. mcheeeeeew
BREAKING NEWS : Some students will be travelling to akure today (monday), from there various states such as lagos, oyo, osun, abuja, Niger etc. news reaching us here is that most students having there exams on wednesday are likely to travel on monday or tuesday. aspirants such as JOVANNA, SEYDAM, YSBASH etc. are already in Akure now. ********more updates later********* **********thank you********
new2020: In this order and you will be surprised if you called in an independent foreign city planners to come and inspect top cities and draw conclusions, they will all rate them as follows;
1. Enugu... Best planned and developing massively. 2. Calabar...Very well planned although slacking in development; steady development. 3. Uyo...also developing massively.
This list will surprised people especially those from SW who don't travel and may be wondering what is Enugu doing on the list as asked by many westerners in this thread. I read one comparing Enugu to Akure and Ilorin, I laughed and almost threw up my ingested food. You are able to make such stup$id comparison because you don't travel and don't blame you. Let me walk you Yorubas who don't travel through some known facts....Enugu is the newest planned city outside of Abuja. It was the former capital of Eastern Nigeria; Eastern Nigerian Government were not st$upid to have moved the capital from Calabar to Enugu. It was moved in the same manner and thorough assessment that Nigerian Government moved its capital from Lagos to Abuja. Enugu road grid/network is second only to Abuja. If you look at Enugu from aerial map or photos, it looks exactly like Abuja; you can barely tell the difference. The city is meticulously planned, beautiful trees and MODERN...yes modern/newer. Don't mistake plan with development. On plan, it's is second to Abuja only, though Abuja is well developed by far. Enugu 5 yrs from now will be something else. This is coming from an estate developer who has access to virtually all 36 states' master plan; we use it to project growth in the market.
See facts about Enugu. Focus on city planning, level of development and infrastructure; particularly on road grid/network... not much difference with Abuja.
Osasu99: Please guys who have registered how did you get to see your seat number cuz my kid sis is having some promblems in veiwing her exam date, time and seat number. Please I need an urgent reply
Hello. Concerning the seat number, learnt candidates will pick any system of his/her choice. so that one is settled, none of us has seat number. may be she should reprint/rechecked her pume form again. thank you.
IGBOSON1: ^^^I'm trying to understand your post a bit better! Are you of the belief that it's only hermaphrodites or females with high levels of testosterone that engage in weightlifting as a sport?
Thank you very much. You understand what i mean. How will a core female engaged in weight lifting?