Igbos Should Follow The Right Channel To Get To Buhari

Igbos Should Follow The Right Channel To Get To Buhari

Chinwoke Mbadinuju, a former governor of Anambra State under the platform of the PDP, is now a member of the ruling APC. In this interview with Vanguard, he spoke on number of issues ranging from the party, Ndigbo, President Buhari’s administration, APC, etc. His words:

President Buhari does not by any means hate Ndigbo. As for appointments, yes, some Igbos across the Niger are complaining, but it is still too early.
The President has just made few appointments. We should exercise patience and give him time before attacking him. Even former President Jonathan whom Igbo gave almost all their votes, what did Igbo get from Jonathan? Nothing! Is it 2nd Niger Bridge or Onitsha to Enugu to Abia to Port-Harcourt roads, indeed nothing?

On the performance of his former party, PDP in the last elections?
PDP has been the party on the ground for about 16 years but its performance all these years cannot be said to be satisfactory. For me, the issue of performance is not necessarily the number of years each party has been in existence. PDP was a party destined to save Nigeria’s democracy but it failed. PDP became a party of the past not a party of today and tomorrow.

And because nature abhors vacuum, the PDP was no longer able to take care of its members, APC now fills the space.

Over the period, PDP turned to something else, it became a party of “use and dump” according to its former National Chairman, with many victims, including my humble self.

Do you believe the APC can wrest power from PDP in the South-East?
It is very easy. I believe there is no question about APC taking over power in the zone. In the last election there was little or no planning by APC in Anambra State that was why we lost. The leaders were more mindful of money, how much was brought from Lagos and Abuja and how much was shared.

There was no proper engagement and party members were running up and down chasing the money bags to no avail. But this will not happen next time around. By the time of another election, PDP will still be in shambles.

On the party leadership
In APC both Tinubu and Buhari are leaders in their own rank. Even in the PDP arrangement it is the President that they usually regard as leader of the party. This has become a convention. In the case of APC, there are four regional parties, namely CPC, ACN, ANPP and APGA that had functioned independently and each of these parties had its party leader and that was how the issue of one party “Leader” came up. It was not wrong for people to refer to Tinubu as leader in a limited party situation.

The over-all party leader of APC today is President Mohammadu Buhari and he is known politically in Nigeria as leader of APC. National President and National Leader are about the same in appellation.

Ay Buys Brand New G-wagon As Birthday Gift For Himself

Ay Buys Brand New G-wagon As Birthday Gift For Himself

The popular comedian turned a year older on August 19 and got this new G-Wagon as birthday gift. Nice!

Boko Haram Massacre: Who Is Now Leading These Killings?

Boko Haram Massacre: Who Is Now Leading These Killings?

Claims that Nigeria's Boko Haram has been "decapitated" have been spectacularly rebuffed by the jihadists’ leader, yet his first broadcast in months may not see off an impending mutiny, say analysts.

Abubakar Shekau released an eight-minute audio recording on - his first since March - denying claims by Idriss Deby that he had been replaced, and dismissing the president as a "hypocrite" and a "tyrant".

The tirade was a reaction to President Deby of Chad telling reporters last week that Boko Haram was no longer led by the fearsome Shekau and that his successor, whom he named as "Mahamat Daoud", was open to talks with the government.

According to AFP, security analysts accept the Shekau recording as genuine and many experienced observers are taking Deby's claims with scepticism, pointing out that similar reports have proven untrue in the past.

But Ryan Cummings, chief security analyst at South African consultancy Red 24 and an expert on the Nigerian insurgency, described the Chadian head-of-state's claims as “not without merit”.

Cummings believes Boko Haram may be an umbrella movement comprising many disparate factions rather than a monolithic organisation and says internal rivalries “would by no means be a new development for the sect”.

He points to the formation of Ansaru, a splinter group formed in 2012 on the back of ideological differences and a leadership struggle between Shekau and a high-ranking Boko Haram commander known as Khalid al-Barnawi.

“So this does highlight that a precedent for leadership squabbles and factionalism does exist within the Boko Haram entity,” Cummings told AFP.

Boko Haram has been waging a six-year uprising against the Nigerian state, claiming more than 15,000 lives, but the jihadists’ recent extension of their northeastern insurgency across borders has brought Chad and its neighbours into the fray.

In March, Shekau pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group and its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, renaming his organisation “Islamic State West Africa Province”, or “ISWAP”.

Deby's speech on the group's decapitation made headlines around the world, but shed little light on Shekau’s putative replacement, an apparently new player in global jihad who was virtually unknown before last week.

Nigerian security analyst Fulan Nasrullah, one of the country's most respected Boko Haram watchers, argues in a blog post for the London-based Royal African Society that the “Mahamat Daoud” to whom Deby referred is actually Muhammad Daud, a Shuwa Arab from Borno State, the cradle of the insurgency.

Daud, aged around 38, is an ex-serviceman and protégée of slain Boko Haram founder Muhammad Yusuf, who disagrees with the 2009 uprising and is “one of the few top dogs against the pledge of allegiance made to Islamic State”, Nasrullah says.

The militant, who has a Chadian mother, is a powerful commander in charge of counter-intelligence and internal security who oversaw the training of suicide bombers and the planning of attacks in major cities, according to the analyst.

Nasrullah says Daud has broken away from ISWAP with hundreds of fighters, including commanders who are against the IS pledge and disagree with Shekau's “extreme brutality”.

Two months ago, he says, they retook Boko Haram’s preferred pre-pledge name “Jama'atu Ahlil Sunnah lidda'awati Wal Jihad”, or “Group of the People of Sunnah for Preaching and Jihad”.

“They have declared Shekau a rebel against the teaching of Muhammad Yusuf, an apostate, a deviant and a religious hypocrite,” Nasrullah writes.

Daud, he says, has approached the government to form an alliance to wipe out Shekau’s IS franchise in return for an autonomous state in the northeast ruled by Islamic sharia law.

Crucially, Daud would go into any negotiations with Abuja in possession of key secrets about Boko Haram’s fundraising, inner structure and even possibly intelligence on how to track down and kill Shekau.

Boko Haram’s leader, according to Nasrullah, is now likely to be in the “rifle sights” of the breakaway Daud, whose “hatred of Shekau may very well surpass his hatred for the Nigerian state”.

Super Rich Civil Servants Selling Their Homes For Fear Of Buhari

Super Rich Civil Servants Selling Their Homes For Fear Of Buhari

These are not comfortable times for some ‘super rich’ civil servants as they are said to be rushing to sell their choice houses and state-of-the-art automobiles in order to avoid losing the properties to the no-nonsense anti-corruption war that President Muhammadu Buhari is about to start from Abuja.

Already, the ICPC has reportedly confiscated some buildings said to have been owned by public servants whose earnings are said not to support ownership of such big houses.

For fear of Buhari, some corrupt big civil servants have been bombarding estate agents in Abuja in order to aid the quick sale of their houses...

According to Punch, financially buoyant buyers were said to have started cashing in on the development.

It was gathered that the sale of properties in Abuja since the new administration came on board had increased by about 30 per cent. In fact, it was learnt that property sales in the FCT increased “tremendously” within the past four weeks, in contrast to the lull that characterised the sector from January to May this year.

“The probe has created panic. People now consult us, requesting our assistance in helping them sell their properties. Of course, they won’t say they are trying to avoid probe, but most of us know that that is what they are avoiding,” an agent and member of the Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria, who pleaded not to be identified, said.

Ex-sgf Anyim Deceived Jonathan To Sign Fraudulent Multibillion Centenary Deal In Abuja

Ex-sgf Anyim Deceived Jonathan To Sign Fraudulent Multibillion Centenary Deal In Abuja

Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Anyim Pius Anyim unilaterally acquired the multi-billion-dollar Centenary City on the Airport Road, Abuja, a PDP chief has alleged.

PDP’s National Vice Chairman (South-South zone) Dr. Cairo Ojougboh said he is ready to face the ex-SGF in court to prove his sole ownership of the controversial housing estate.

At a media briefing in his Abuja home late Monday, Ojougboh, reacting to what he described as “the show of shame”, which he said Anyim sponsored against him on Monday, accused the former SGF of acts of desperation “to cling onto his loot and spoils of office without putting into consideration the millions of Nigerians he is depriving of the dividends of democracy”.

Calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to

probe transactions relating to the Centenary City, Ojougboh said Anyim persuaded former President Goodluck Jonathan to sign the Centenary City documents without the ex-president reading the contents or consulting his advisers.

The Centenary City project is sitting on a land area covering over 1,500 hectares, the size of three districts in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

The PDP chieftain has petitioned President Buhari, stating the facts relating to the transaction and the role played by Anyim in what he described as “a scam” perpetrated by a United Arab Emirates company, allegedly operating as a front for Anyim.

Ojougboh said: “Yes, the former president signed the papers as presented to him by the former SGF. He was not properly briefed because of vested interests.

“I can defend him; he was not part of the fraud. If Jonathan had been properly briefed, he would not have approved the project, let alone going to perform the ground breaking.

“The former President thought that the Centenary City was for the good of all Nigerians because of the centenary spirit. Unknown to him, it was the private project of the former SGF and his cohorts.

“I am calling on President Buhari now to revisit the centenary city project and he will be shocked that the project is owned by a private individual, but procured with government funds”.

According to Ojougboh, the original landlords demanded compensation from the Federal Government, “but the sponsors of the project used a private firm to pay them N1.2 billion. He asked: Where did they source that money from?”

He continued: “How can an individual still serving in the government get such a huge sum to pay compensation without government knowledge?”.

Ojougboh alleged that the money was paid into a private company’s account.

He said: “President Muhammadu Buhari should direct the Department of State Services (DSS), the police, the Directorate of Military Intelligence as well as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to look into the matter.

“The President must insist that each of these security agencies should carryout independent investigations so that the depth of the matter would be reached. I am available to offer the much I know from my independent quests on the matter”.

Ojougboh, a medical doctor, insisted that the project was a scheme used to defraud the Federal Government in taxes, stressing that the Free Zone status given to the multi-district estate was a fraud.

Ojougboh also quoted Anyim as saying that the project was worth $4 billion, adding that the process violated the rules guiding the granting of free trade zone status by the Nigerian Export Processing Zonal Authority (NEPZA).

The PDP chieftain, who was chairman of the board of NEPZA during the project’s conception, said the board did not approve a free trade zone status for it.

“I can categorically attest to the fact emphatically and unequivocally, that the board did not approve the grant of the status of free trade zone to centenary city.

“Centenary city cannot be a free zone because it is purely a residential estate within the confinement of the Federal Capital Territory and it is implicit that those who live in the free trade zone will require re-entry visa for ingress and egress.

“I make bold to say that the Federal Government has no equity in the Centenary City project and that Senator Anyim Pius Anyim is the sole owner of the 3000 acres of land owned by the Centenary City, Abuja.

“This is against the tenets and spirit of the Public Service rules for a public servant to own such a business whilst in government,” Ojougboh said.

The party chieftain stated that his attention was first drawn to the scam by the Anti-Corruption Network, and that he had voiced his opposition to the anomaly.

“It was meant to give import duty to the owners through the back door. The consequence was to rob Nigerian masses of their land, revenue and retard the industrial growth of the nation.

“Therefore, for every one job the project creates today, it robs the nation of over 10 jobs in taxes and industrial development”. Ojougboh stated.

Ojougboh raised some questions for Anyim:

Does the law establishing the FCT allow for a free zone? Is it in the Abuja mater plan?

How did Pius Anyim obtain the N1.2 billion resettlement fees?

In whose custody is the Certificate of Occupancy (CofO) of the Centenary City?

Anyim’s media aide, Mr. Sam Nwaobosi, declined comments because, according to him, the matter is in court. In a telephone conversation with reporters in Abuja yesterday, Nwaobosi said Anyim would not take up issues with Ojougboh.

Said he: “Senator Anyim has gone to court to sue him for defamation on the previous press conference and interviews that he granted in which he accused Anyim of almost all these things you said he is saying now.

“So, the matter is already in court and Senator Anyim does not wish to take up issues with him on matters that are already in court.

“Since he feels aggrieved by what Cairo (Ojougboh) has been saying and writing against him, he is pursuing a very civilised cause by going to court to plead his case.

"So whatever Ojougboh is saying, he will have an opportunity in court to explain and then plead his case."

Court Dissolves Ekiti PDP Chairman’s 28-year-old Marriage

Court Dissolves Ekiti PDP Chairman’s 28-year-old Marriage

An Ado Ekiti Customary Court on Monday has dissolved the marriage of the Chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party in Ekiti State, Chief Idowu Faleye, and his wife of 28 years, Olajumoke.

The union was blessed with two children; Toyin, 27 and Dupe, 24.

Delivering judgment in the suit filed by Faleye, the President of the court, Joseph Ogunsemi, held that the union had collapsed beyond reconciliation.

He held that the evidence by Faleye was unchallenged and incontrovertible as the respondent did not
appear in court to give contrary evidence. He said:

‘This court has no option than to grant the request for dissolution as sought by Faleye.”

He added that Olajumoke had 21 days to appeal the judgment.

Faleye (62) had dragged Olajumoke (52) to court, accusing her of being aggressive and unpredictable. Punch reports that he had said:

“I don’t love the respondent anymore, I only appreciate my children and I don’t see any resolution in the union.”

The PDP chief told the court that upon dissolution of the union, he would allow the respondent to remain in his house for six months after which she would leave the house.

BROKE? 50 Cent Shares Photo of Room Filled With Dollars

BROKE? 50 Cent Shares Photo of Room Filled With Dollars

Moments ago, 50 posted a picture of a living room showing the walls, floor and furniture tacked and splashed with wads of dollars, and he captioned the photo, “I run NY.”

See the photo and what he wrote after the cut:
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Youth Corper Arrested For Armed Robbery While On Nysc Uniform

Youth Corper Arrested For Armed Robbery While On Nysc Uniform

A male NYSC member serving in Gboko LGA has been arrested after he allegedly waylay-ed a woman at GRA On 13th August, 2015 at about 07:00pm and dispossessed her of her car, Mobile phones and monies. The suspect was on full NYSC uniform at the time of the robbery,

The robbed woman called Police and reported that she was intercepted by a lone-gun man at the gate to her house as she was about driving in. That the said gun man forcefully snatched her Honda Accord (EOD, reg no. withheld), huge sum of money and two mobile phones.

All Police units were alerted, one of the Safer Highway Patrol teams also mobilized to go after the hoodlum and they intercepted the car at Akpagher village and one Babatunde Asemoyebun 'm' a Corper attached to Gboko LGA was found to be driving the vehicle and was promptly arrested. One black toy gun, victim's mobile phones, cash stolen from victim, head mask and NYSC ID card were recovered from the suspect.

Victim identified the suspect as the attacker, arrested suspect claim that he is a one man-squad. State CIID Makurdi is investigating.

Matt Barnes Threatens Rihanna's Best-friend After She Dragged Him On Instagram

Matt Barnes Threatens Rihanna's Best-friend After She Dragged Him On Instagram

After Rihanna blasted Matt Barnes for lying about their relationship, one of Rihanna's besties/cousin Leandra Simone, made her own post calling Matt out on Instagram. Baller Alert then caught Matt's response to Leandra and later yesterday Leandra posted threats from Matt she received through direct message. See all that after the cut...

Fayose Says Ekiti Is Working, Shares Pics Of Ongoing Constructions

Fayose Says Ekiti Is Working, Shares Pics Of Ongoing Constructions

Ekiti governor, Ayo Fayose shared these photos of ongoing construction in his state and wrote "Work in progress at Elegberun Modern Market project, Ikere. Ekiti is working, Ekiti people are happy'

The photos also show the dualisation of Awedele-Bank Road-Bashiri, Ado Ekiti link road in progress. More after the cut...

Annie Idibia Rocks School Uniform Photo

Annie Idibia Rocks School Uniform Photo

Mrs Idibia plays the part of a school girl in an upcoming movie "Dangerous blood"..Looking like a teenager.

Annie Idibia Rocks School Uniform Photo

Mrs Idibia plays the part of a school girl in an upcoming movie "Dangerous blood"..Looking like a teenager.

Customs Boss 'dikko' Resigns In A Bid To Avoid Sack By 'buhari

Customs Boss 'dikko' Resigns In A Bid To Avoid Sack By 'buhari

The Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Customs Service, Dikko Abdullahi, has resigned before president Buhari fires him.Dikko took over as the customs boss in 2009.Speaking to pressmen after his meting with the president, he said

The time I’m leaving is the time I feel those young ones that have developed the software can come up and manage the software. So that is basically the reason and I’m sending out this signal to all those who have stayed put. ”Don’t stay until you are asked you to go. When you feel you have done so much and you believe in the system you have built, then why do you stay? Why don’t you be an umpire? Leave, be by the side and watch and advise”.

Customs Boss 'dikko' Resigns In A Bid To Avoid Sack By 'buhari

Seyi Law Exalts Ay Comedian, Says Thank You For Teaching Me Comedy

Seyi Law Exalts Ay Comedian, Says Thank You For Teaching Me Comedy

Not many people will be willing to do this, especially when people have started comparing them with their ‘boss’, but grateful Seyi Law, took to his instagram page, not caring who would read it or what people will say to thank Ayo Makun for the great impact he contributed to who he is today. Quite touching words, read it after the cut. So afterall, Ay isn’t bad like most of you usually say, especially when it comes to a post on his wife. Mabel this, Mabel that, lol, the woman go don hear am tire sef.

Show me a man's success,


And I will point out the man who showed him the way.
It is great, we talk about a successful SEYILAW FAST AND FUNNY,
But I think it will be sweeter to talk about the man who taught me.
I was young and clueless, but ambitious.
This kind hearted man, accepted me as a brother and taught me.
He taught me to grow beyond talent,
Invest in human and build a brand.
I have failed several times, but his spirit of persistence was a huge motivation for me.
He saw me grow to be a man,
And he was there not as a guest for my wedding, but my MC.
I know, don't be jealous please,
Yes, he truly was my MC.
His energy, time and lessons were evidence on Sunday 9th August, 2015
When we pulled off a great show by God's grace.
Thanks for being there always bros.
You are a mentor, a brother and above all, a real father.
I celebrate you now and always.
God's blessings on You and your Household.
SEYILAW.

Indonesian Plane Carrying 54 Passengers Which Went Missing On Sunday, Found Crashed

Indonesian Plane Carrying 54 Passengers Which Went Missing On Sunday, Found Crashed

Indonesian rescue workers have reached the crash site of a passenger plane that went down in a mountainous area with 54 people on board. The teams on the ground have so far seen at least 38 bodies at the scene and haven't found any survivors.

Helicopters are being deployed to the densely forested area in the eastern Indonesian province of Papua to begin the evacuation process.


The airliner, operated by the Indonesian carrier Trigana Air Service, lost contact with air traffic control Sunday about half an hour into a short flight from the provincial capital to a town in the mountains.

Buhari May Forgive Any Looter Who Return Our Stolen Money

Buhari May Forgive Any Looter Who Return Our Stolen Money

The loot recovery efforts of President Muhammadu Buhari may soon take a new dimension as there are strong indications that he could grant amnesty to treasury looters to encourage them return stolen billions kept abroad and in Nigeria, rather than spending money and years to prosecute them.

A credible source told National Mirror that Buhari might opt for amnesty option to fast track the recovery of looted funds to enable him fulfill his campaign promises, which will involve trillions of naira.

The amnesty option would serve as the soft side of the looted money recovery strategy otherwise referred to as a “carrot and stick approach.”

While the carrot approach will be for soft looters, who may be willing to return their loot to the government treasury without arrest and charges, the stick stance would be for hardened ones who, may head to court to protect their ill-gotten wealth.

A close associate of President Buhari, who did not want his name mentioned, said different interest groups had prevailed on the president to consider amnesty to enable looters return money without arrest.

“Some interest groups are suggesting that President Buhari should not only rely on prosecution/trial of looters, but should use carrot and stick approach for him to succeed in his anticorruption campaign.

“Amnesty for looters may fast track the recovery of our national wealth being cornered by some few selfish Nigerians. The idea is that, with the amnesty, many looters will quietly return their stolen funds direct or indirectly to the federal government treasury. I can tell you that President Buhari has no money to implement the APC campaign promises to Nigerians.

“The only option now is for looters to return their stolen money. Crude oil has dropped at international market, so where will APC government get funds to fulfill its campaign promises? Many programmes that will change the fortunes of this country are on line but no money to implement.

“You know, many of the looters have money and they can hire best lawyers to defend them in courts and it may take time before any meaningful progress, but with amnesty in place too, many of them will return the money. President Buhari is looking into amnesty for looters too,” the source said.

Check Out This Cute Photo Of Mercy Johnson And Her 2 Kids

Check Out This Cute Photo Of Mercy Johnson And Her 2 Kid

When a lady is truly wise, she calms down and enjoy her life decently...!

Amaechi Has Been Vindicated Of Corruption Allegations

Amaechi Has Been Vindicated Of Corruption Allegations

...Rivers APC Berates Wike over failed attempt to demonise his Ex-Boss
Former Governor of Rivers State, Rt. Hon. Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi, has been vindicated in the corruption allegation levelled against him by his successor, Chief Nyesom Wike, the State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) said on Sunday.

Rivers APC noted in a statement signed by the Chairman, Dr. Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, that the allegations, which it dismissed as spurious, have been successfully refuted by Amaechi through past Rivers State Government functionaries who served under him.

“Immediate past Secretary to the Rivers State Government, George Feyi, and the Commissioner for Finance, Dr. Chamberlain Peterside, in a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari did not only dismiss the allegations as a figment of the imagination of Wike and his cohorts but also provided concrete proof that Amaechi ran the affairs of Rivers State using transparent financial procedures that cannot be faulted by any well-meaning person or organisation,”

Rivers APC said in the statement issued in the State Capital, Port Harcourt.


“As Messrs Feyi and Peterside made clear in their letter to President Buhari, these fabricated allegations against Amaechi, sponsored by Chief Wike and spread through the State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and such amorphous groups as The Integrity Group are borne out of malice, with the sole aim to malign the integrity of Amaechi and his administration so as to poison President Buhari’s mind and discourage him from appointing Amaechi into his cabinet,” Rivers APC said.

The party said that with the refutation of the satanic allegations by Messrs Feyi and Peterside, it is now very clear to both President Buhari and Nigerians that Amaechi is just one of our few leaders that ran a corruption-free and transparent administration during his tenure as the Governor of Rivers State.

“Thus, Chief Wike has failed woefully in his desperate bid to tarnish the good image of Amaechi. Surely, President Buhari cannot be deceived by the antics of Wike and his cohorts seeking to stop him from making Amaechi part of his administration in recognition of his well-known managerial acumen and the role he played as Director General of the Muhammadu Buhari Presidential Campaign Organisation in mobilising Nigerians to cast their ballots for the APC Presidential Candidate during the March 28 presidential polls,” Rivers APC said.

Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze,
SSA on Media and Public Affairs to the
State Chairman, APC Rivers State.

Stop Begging Me, All Big Thieves Must Face The Law – Buhari

Stop Begging Me, All Big Thieves Must Face The Law – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that no amount of pressure would make him give up the war against corruption in the country.

“I believe it is time for Nigeria to change course. That is why I sought election as President and got elected. As President, I am determined that Nigeria must move away from a course of endemic corruption that was leading us to perdition.
“There can be no question of our willfully allowing anyone to get away with corruption. No matter the pressure and entreaties, the anti-corruption war will continue and all accused persons will have their day in court.”

In an address to a group of Nigerians who marched to the Presidential Villa to pledge their full support for his administration’s anti-corruption campaign, President Buhari promised a relentless prosecution of the war against corruption, with due regard for the rule of law.

The President said all persons charged with stealing the nation’s resources will have their day in court and that, upon conviction, their ill-gotten wealth would be seized and returned to government coffers.

The Nigerians Against Corruption group led by Aisha Yesufu had condemned recent statements by some very respected individuals against the President’s anti-corruption campaign.

They assured Buhari that majority of ordinary Nigerians are fully in support of his anti-corruption stand.

Fg To Recruit 10,000 Policemen

Fg To Recruit 10,000 Policemen

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday unveiled Federal Government’s plans to recruit 10,000 policemen 2 years after the last recruitment by the Nigeria Police Force.

President Buhari, who spoke at the National Security Summit on Community Partnership Approach to Internal Security and Crime Management, organised by the police in Abuja, said the government will also establish a well-trained and equipped anti-terrorism and multi-agency based task force to address the challenges of insurgency in a sustainable manner.


President Buhari also said that efforts were being made to enhance the operational capacity of officers of the Nigeria Police Force through a training programme targeted at giving them the right civil orientation in performing their roles as guardians of the Constitution.

At the summit, the President stated that the government was already considering the expansion of the Closed Circuit Television across major cities and towns in the country.

He said:

“It is in acknowledgement of this that I have identified youth empowerment as one of the cardinal objectives of our administration; in furtherance to this, the Federal Government is planning to employ at least an extra 10, 000 police officers and establish a properly trained and equipped federal anti-terrorism multi-agency task force that will effectively address the challenge of future insurgency in a sustainable manner.
“In the meantime, efforts are being made to enhance the operational capacity of officers of the Nigeria Police through a tailor made training programme that will give them the right civil orientation in their roles as guardians of the constitution. “In order to further strengthen security of the public space, consideration is being given to the expansion of the CCTV monitoring system across major cities and towns in the country, while the police accountability mechanism will be strengthened.”


In appreciation of the strategic roles of the citizens and the community in modern policing, the President stated that his administration will encourage states to look at state-level community police interaction.

He commended the police leadership for dismantling roadblocks and deploying policemen in the highway to protect Nigerians. The Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, called for funding of the Nigeria Police to ensure operational efficiency, stressing that it was only through adequate funding that the huge logistic demand of the police could be met. Arase noted that modern policing was a cost-intensive venture, which he said the benefits far outweighed the value of budgetary investment.
“Through effective funding, the welfare needs of police personnel will be met and the challenge of corruption that has eroded professionalism and public respect for police will be addressed,” he said.

He called for the resuscitation and passage of the Bill on Police Trust Fund pending before the National Assembly to enhance public-police partnership. The bill seeks to tax corporate entities to complement the Federal Government in funding the police.

Arase maintained that if the bill was passed into law, the funding challenges of the police would be addressed on a sustainable basis. He said that the security challenges in the country and inadequate manpower would be best addressed through citizens-driven policing model.

Boko Haram Raids Borno Village, Kills Seven, Loots Grains, Carts Away Livestocks

Boko Haram Raids Borno Village, Kills Seven, Loots Grains, Carts Away Livestocks

On Monday, Boko Haram extremists raided a village in Borno state near the border with Niger, killing 7 people, community leaders said. Dozens of gunmen stormed Awonori, a farming and herding village near the fishing town of Damasak, and carted away food supplies and livestock, they said.

“They killed seven people, looted grains and took away all the livestocks in the village before fleeing into the bush,” Muhammadu Modu Wan-Wan, head of the Damasak fishermen’s union.
“The gunmen who came in vans and on motorcycles around 7:00 am (0600 GMT) besieged the village and opened fire on residents as they were having breakfast before moving to their farms,” he said.

Wan-Wan said the attack forced the villagers to flee but they returned after the assailants had left. Abubakar Gamandi, the head of Borno’s fishermen’s union, confirmed the attack.

“I received report from my members in the Damasak area that Boko Haram gunmen attacked Awonori village this morning where they killed seven people and took away food and livestocks,” he said.

Last month, residents of Damasak and surrounding villages fled their homes and crossed the border into the Niger town of Diffa, fearing Boko Haram attacks. But Wan-Wan said many residents have returned to their farms since then.
“People have no food to feed their families which is why they take the risk of going back to their villages to work on their farms now that the rainy season has started,” he said.

Boko Haram, which is seeking to carve out a hardline Islamic state in northeast Nigeria, has killed some 15,000 people since 2009. A regional 8,700-strong force aimed at ending the insurgency is due to deploy within days.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday told a national security gathering in Abuja that his government would “employ at least an extra 10,000 police officers and establish a properly trained and equipped federal anti-terrorism multi-agency task force” to crush the rebellion.

If Igbos Are Butchered Again,nigeria Will Break-fani Kayode Warns

If Igbos Are Butchered Again,nigeria Will Break-fani Kayode Warns

Chief Femi Fani- Kayode on Monday berated the Convener of the Coalition of Northern Politicians, Academics, Professionals and Businessmen, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, describing his comments that President Muhammadu Buhari owes Igbos nothing as most most insensitive, cruel and Puerile.
Responding to comments credited to Junaid, Fani- Kayode in a message to Vanguard noted that his statements that If the igbo feel marginalised they should attempt to break away again, was most uncharitable and careless, warning that if there was any attempt to butcher the Ibos or a repeat of what happened in 1966, it would be resisted by not only the Ibos, but by all Nigerians, with attempt to secede, which according to him, would be successful.

According to him, the like of Junaid must learn from history, our mistakes, preach peace and peaceful coexistence, rather that boast and beat our chests for yet another round of war. Fani- Kayode reacting to a statement titled, ” If the igbo feel marginalised they should attempt to break away again”- Dr. Junaid Mohammed, The Punch Newspaper, 17th August 2015, said, “Given the immense suffering that the igbo were subjected to both before, during and after the civil war this is one of most insensitive, cruel and puerile comments that I have heard in recent times.


“I daresay that if Junaid Mohammed’s Nigeria ever butchers over 100,000 innocent igbo civilians again, as they did in the north in 1966 just before the civil war, there will indeed be another attempt to secede, but this time it will not only be successful, but they will also take many others with them.
“Rather than boast and beat our chests, we must learn from our history and we must never repeat its mistakes.” Dr. Junaid Mohammed, had in an interview in one of the national dailiies dismissed the sentiments shared by a former Governor of Anambra State that the Igbo have not been treated fairly in the governance of Nigeria.
Junaid who noted that people of the Igbo nation have enjoyed favourable treatment, said it was wrong to reward the Igbo simply on the basis of the Nigerian Civil War, which lasted between 1967 and 1970.

Mohammed had said,

“If it is about Buhari making the appointments based on merit, I have no problems with it. I don’t believe Buhari or Nigeria owes any Igbo anything. I don’t care what Ezeife says; if they had seceded, there would have been no Nigeria today. As people who acted outside the interest of Nigeria as a country, to expect compensation is a very odd logic.
“If the Igbo don’t like it, they can attempt secession again. If they do, they must be prepared to live with the consequences. Nobody owes them anything and nobody is out to compensate them for anything.”

Another Photo Of Gej In Masai Mara

Another Photo Of Gej In Masai Mara

I like to see photos of our former president. I hear he's a very happy man these days..

Goodluck Jonathan And Wife On The Page Of A Kenyan Newspaper

Goodluck Jonathan And Wife On The Page Of A Kenyan Newspaper

A governor in the country welcomed him to his lodge...

Man Who Strangled 3yr Old Stepsister Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison

Man Who Strangled 3yr Old Stepsister Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison

A western Ohio man has been sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for strangling his 3-year-old stepsister. Brian Scales, who turned 22 on Sunday, pleaded guilty to two counts of murder, aggravated murder and child endangering in the death of Tristan Carlton in February.

The toddler's mother told police she found Carlton unresponsive after coming home from shopping. Medics attempted to revive the girl but were unsuccessful.

Insas Scales told her son at sentencing that she still loved him but "it was the devil that took ahold of you" the day Carlton died.

Brian Scales said it was a mistake what happened, but his mother told him "you don't mistakenly murder somebody."