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Extortion In Ondo State-Pregnant Women Danced Naked

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Pregnant women in Akure, the Ondo State capital, yesterday protested what they described as outrageous medical bill at the state Specialist Hospital, Akure.

The protesters complained that the hospital and other government-owned hospitals now charge N25,000 for delivery, while Caesarian Session goes for N50,000 in the hospitals.

Some pregnant women, who spoke with newsmen alleged that other unjustified charges, ranging from N500 to N4,000, were being collected by the hospital’s officials.

They appealed to Governor Rotimi Akeredolu to reverse the charges and also call health officials in the state to order.

The expectant mothers numbering about 150 disrupted operations at the ante-natal section of the hospital while the protest lasted.

Pregnant women and their children below five years enjoyed free medical services under previous administration of former governor Olusegun Mimiko.

Also, residents of the four local government areas of Akoko division, who visited the State Specialist Hospital in Ikare-Akoko yesterday, lamented what they also described as outrageous medical bill.

Our Reporters gathered that the list of the new bill was posted openly in all departments and wards in the hospital.

It was learnt that the charges for caesarian operation had gone up by 100 percent, while emergency department and children wards were not spared.

One of the protesters, who identified herself as Adebayo, told newsmen that the ‘outrageous medical bill’ has forced most of them to resort to traditional midwives and private hospitals.

Meanwhile, the state government has denied hiking childbirth fees.

Commissioner for Health, Wahaab Adegbenro, while reacting to yesterday’s protest said the women were misled.

“I have addressed them personally. I went there to address them and allay their fears.

“It was a false rumour. Somebody was just trying to be funny somewhere; the information was not correct, we are yet to increase any fee,” he told newsmen.

Source : Sun

Blood In Benue-Ten Killed by Fulani Herdsmen

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Ten people were feared   killed by Fulani herdsmen in Mbakyondo, Mbakpa and Sengaev communities in Agagbe District of Gwer West Local Government Area of Benue State, yesterday.

Sources from the area told newsmen that herdsmen stormed the communities at about 2:00am on Wednesday, and shot sporadically; in all directions.

Many villagers were said to have been killed in their sleep and several others injured. Several houses were also said to have been razed by the invading herdsmen.

Our Reporters gathered that the invasion may not be unconnected with the alleged clash between some youths in Mbakpa community and some Fulani herdsmen in the area early this week.

It was further gathered that during the clash, one Fulani herder was missing even as the development led to exodus of locals from the community for fear of a reprisal.

Speaking with newsmen, Commissioner of Police in the state, Fatai Owoseni,  who confirmed the clash, said the police command is already in talks with the leadership of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria and the body of herders on the matter.

“Gwer West Local Government in Mbakpa community woke up to a report that the youths in that community led an attack on some herdsmen in the area. There is now an exodus of members of the community into Naka town for fear of a reprisal.

“We are still talking with leaders of herdsmen in that area to ascertain the level of casualty. We heard that one of the herdsmen is missing and we immediately got in touch with leadership of MACBAN and the body of herders in order to douse and prevent an escalation of anything that could come as reprisal.

The commissioner, who warned that his command will not tolerate any form of self help,  urged the general public to report any form of security threat in their areas, instead of taking laws into their hands.”

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Three Options To Achieve Biafra-Barr Emeka Emekesri

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OPTION 1- Military Method

This involves violence and destruction of lives and properties. The International Community does not support war and violence anymore. It was used in 1967 – 1970 when Biafra declared its independence and Nigeria declared war against Biafra. It is necessary to emphasise that the Biafrans did not declare war in 1967 but only declared their independence. It was Nigeria that declared war against the Biafrans to force them back into Nigeria against their will. The effect of that war has crippled both Nigeria and Biafra up to this day. War is an ill-wind that blows no good to anyone. The Biafrans have
therefore rejected the option of war in the present dispensation.

OPTION 2 -LEGISLATIVE POWER

This is the use of Legislative Power. This would have been very easy if the Biafrans had enough representatives and enough seats in the National Assembly. Oddly enough, when we prepared the Bill for Independence or Referendum to be passed in the National Assembly, there was no Biafran activist in the National Assembly to present the Bill and move the Motion. I was informed that the people who started the Biafran Independence
Struggle about 17 years ago said that the Biafrans were not Nigerians and therefore should not be involved in the Nigerian politics and census. They did not know the difference between the Indigenous Identity of a people and their Citizenship or Nationality. Worse still, the people of the South East have only 5 States with 15 senatorial seats while the other geopolitical zones have 6 and 7 States with 18 and 21 senatorial seats respectively. The votes of 15 senators from the South East will not be enough to push through the Biafra Bill of Independence or Bill of Referendum in the National Assembly assuming that
the Senators decided to become pro-Biafra activists. We have heard about some Biafrans calling for a Referendum. It is a very good method of achieving Independence but how shall we get the Bill of Referendum passed in the National Assembly?

It appears that many people have not yet understood the extent of political
enslavement into which the Nigerian Government has put the Biafrans and their
neighbours. Let me explain it in simple terms: The National Assembly is made
up of the two Houses- The House of Representatives and the House of Senate.
There are six geopolitical zones in Nigeria- three zones in the North and three
zones in the South. Two zones in the South have 6 States each and one has 5
States being 17 States in the South. Two zones in the North have 6 States each
and one has 7 States being 19 States in the North. Every State has three
senatorial seats. Therefore the South will produce 51 senatorial seats while the
North will produce 57. Of all the members of the House of Representatives, 192
are from the North while 168 are from the entire South (South East, South-
South and South West combined). This means that in the National Assembly,
the North has 249 members while the whole South has 219 members.
Therefore, there is no way the South can push through any contentious Bill in
the National Assembly unless they can succeed in lobbying some members
from the North. How possible can the Bill of Referendum sail through? The
Scottish people had enough MPs in the House of Commons in England and
succeeded in passing the Bill of Referendum for Independence of Scotland,
even though they lost. Therefore we considered that the second option, though
very good, was not possible in the Biafran case even if all the senators and
lawmakers of the South East and South-South combined their votes in the
National Assembly. We do not discourage the group of Biafrans advocating for
a Referendum. It is possible that they have a secret to pass the Bill of
Referendum in the National Assembly. I must however advise that for a
Referendum to be binding on the Nigerian Government, it must satisfy the rule
of law that creates a social contract.

OPTION 3-JUDICIAL POWER

The third option is the use of Judicial Power and Diplomacy. It involves human
rights litigation and diplomatic negotiations both at national and international
levels. The Nigerian Law, Cap 10 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 1990,
provides for the right of self-determination. The Nigerian Judiciary has the
power to enforce the law because it is Nigerian law. At the international level, it
was by judicial power that Nigeria was compelled by the International Court of
Justice (ICJ) to give up their claim over Bakassi. Today, the Bakassi Peninsula
is no longer a Nigerian territory but Cameroonian. Recently, when President
Mohammadu Buhari visited Cameroon and had a meeting with the Nigerians
living in Cameroon, the question was thrown to him as to the status of Bakassi.
He emphasised that Nigeria would abide by the ruling of the International Court
of Justice. In his own words, he said as follows: “Since Nigeria allowed the
case to go to Court (ICJ), and we lost, we have to abide by it”. The truth is that
nobody and no government is above the law.
The present case of Biafra v Nigeria in the Federal High Court Owerri and now moved to Abuja may end up in the International Court of Justice if the party that loses in the Nigerian
Court decides to go on appeal. By the judicial principle of stare decisis, the
section of the Nigerian Constitution which provides that Nigeria shall be
indivisible and indissoluble has been overridden by the Powers of the Judiciary
as it could not stop Bakassi from being removed from Nigeria. The Map of
Nigeria has been redrawn and reduced in size by reason of the removal of
Bakassi Peninsula from Nigeria. Just as Bakassi Peninsula was removed from
Nigeria by judicial power, it is our strong legal opinion that Biafra shall also be
removed from Nigeria by judicial power.
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bring action in the ICJ on behalf of the Palestinians just as Bilie Human Rights
Initiative has been recognised by the UN with power to represent the Biafrans.
By the rule of international law, if the Biafrans do not obtain justice within the
Nigerian jurisdiction, they have the right to appeal to the International Court of
Justice.

 

APC and PDP MUST QUIT POLITICS!- OBASANJO

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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday reiterated that neither the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) nor opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has the capacity to chart Nigeria on a different course, economically and as a society.

He said that, in spite of reforms being undertaken by the APC-led Federal Government and apologies by opposition PDP for failing Nigerians during its time in power, both parties lack the vision and wherewithal to take Nigeria to the next level.

Obasanjo characterised the current government as not “competent, effective and performing”, but that there are good people in both major political parties in spite of the failures he pointed out.

The former President spoke at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, while receiving a joint delegation from Nigeria Young Professionals Forum (NYPF) and New Nigeria 2019.

The two groups, led by Moses Siasia and China Anyaso, had visited the ex-President to consult him on the state of the nation and assure him of their preparedness to respond to his call for a popular movement.

He argued that the current administration would not have been voted into power if there were no challenges to address.

Obasanjo noted that only a political party with a strong and popular grassroots movement can bring about desired change, sustainability and stability in Nigeria.

While charging the groups on the need to wrest power from those he termed the “power addicts”, Obasanjo advocated for a virile grassroots movement where Nigerians can come together and form a formidable force which could not be intimidated or divided.

He equally charged citizens not to be afraid of facing challenges in their quest to effect desired change, noting that “when you have an ineffective and incompetent government, we are all victims.”

In his remarks, the former President explained that:

“For us to make it, we need all hands on deck. You see, I have publicly said, and I mean it, that as a party, neither PDP nor APC can get us there. Never mind about reforms and apology and all that. And yet we have to get there. I asked one of the foundation members of PDP, the PDP when we started, was it a grassroots party? He said it was an elitist party. Really, we have never had the so-called grassroots party. Even NEPU, which we could say is the nearest, was not a grassroot enough. And I believe strongly that we must have a strong popular grassroots movement to bring about the change, sustainability and stability that we need in our democracy and development.

“I am happy to meet with you but don’t take anything for granted. There will be a lot of work that we have to do. What those I call ‘power addicts’ would want to do is to divide you based on gender, age, tribe, religion and region. You have one commonality – the interest of Nigeria. And it doesn’t matter where you come from. We had that interest. The truth is this: when you have an ineffective and incompetent government, we are all victims. And don’t let anybody deceive you. Those of you who are in business, your business could have been better today if we have a competent and effective and performing government. As I said, stop giving excuses… If there are no challenges, then we wouldn’t need you to come. You come in because you know there are challenges and then giving us excuse that you have many challenges, that is why you haven’t achieved results. And then you still want to go. The first lesson I learnt in my military training is never reinforce failure. What we have now is failure. Never you reinforce failure. Let failure be failure. And if you do not see what you should see, you will then be a victim of what you don’t like because it’s only when you see what you should see and you do what you should do that you put away what you do not like. And if you don’t see what you should see and you don’t do what you should do, you will be a victim of what you don’t like.

“But let us bring together all these movements because we are pursuing the same thing. If we allow ourselves to be taken piecemeal, it is finished. Yes, I said you cannot take PDP as it is and APC as it is; but they are not all made of evil people. There are good people. I said PDP is a leprous hand, APC is leprous hand, but there are some clean fingers in them. So, let’s take those clean fingers in them and graft the clean fingers in our own. That is the way to go, and if we go that way, we will get there, we will move together, and we will move fast and we will move far,” Obasanjo stated.

GEN. T. Y. DANJUMA: SELF DEFENSE IS LEGAL-Christian Elders

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The National Christian Elders Forum (NCEF) wishes to appreciate and salute the courageous and timely intervention of Gen. T. Y. Danjuma on Saturday 24thMarch, 2018 when, at the Taraba State University Convocation ceremony, he called on Nigerians to defend themselves against the complicity of security forces and Islamist terrorists in the country. The public statement is finally putting a seal on the long known conspiracy between the Islamists in the current Federal Administration and Islamist insurgents in the country.
That such a conspiracy could exist is confirmed by the flagrant violation of the Federal Character Principle in the Constitution by the Buhari Administration. The NCEF had repeatedly decried the concentration of the entire security infrastructure in Nigeria in the hands of Muslims from the North. All the key positions in Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Interior, State Security Services, Police, Customs, Immigration, Office of National Security Adviser, Army, Civil Defense, Prisons, are held by Muslims from the North. This is a total violation of the Constitution of which the Buhari Administration should be totally condemned and thoroughly rebuked.
The NCEF stands with Gen. Danjuma and the Christian Elders support him totally that Nigerians should make adequate arrangements to defend themselves since it is clear the security services have become tools of Islamists in the promotion of Sharia Ideology over and above Democracy which is the authentic ideology of Nigeria. This conflict between Sharia and Democracy was smuggled into the 1999 Constitution making Nigeria the only country in the world with dual conflicting ideologies. Nigerians must begin to question the insertion of Sharia into the 1999 Constitution and demand a Constitution in which Democracy is the only National Ideology. All the current distress in the country is traceable to the dual ideologies in the 1999 Constitution.
Nowhere is the unconscionable intolerance and narrow mindedness of Sharia proponents manifested as in the abduction of innocent children on account of their faith. While the nation is still nursing the wounds of the abduction of Chibok girls, the Islamists abducted another set of school girls in Dapchi and released over 100 of them who professed Islam as their religion and retained in captivity Leah Sharibu on account of her Christian faith. The 15 years old, Leah Sharibu, the only girl among the Dapchi girls still in custody of the Islamist terrorists due to her retaining her Christian faith represents Nigerian’s very own Rosa Park.  She is still in detention for proclaiming Christ and she is telling Christians that (i) it is hard to be a follower of Christ. (ii) That she should not be alone. (iii) That she is suffering like Christ to remind all Christians that Christ suffered for one Church of Christ, so that humanity can have life more abundantly.  (iv)That Christians in Nigeria should be one in the Spirit of Christ.
In the circumstance every Nigerian has a moral duty to pray and press for her release from the promoters of Jihad and intolerance. The National Christian Elders Forum insists that there is a moral burden on President Buhari to ensure that Leah Sharibu is delivered from her abductors alive and well. The continued abduction of Leah Sharibu, on account of her Christian faith, after all the other girls have been released because they are Muslims, further underscores the grave danger that Sharia ideology poses to the Nigerian state.
Nigerians should bear in mind that the country was given Independence with the Founding Fathers agreeing that Democracy shall be the National Ideology. The Founding Fathers of Nigeria agreed that for a multi-cultural, multi-religious, and multi-ethnic society, an all inclusive ideology that would guarantee Justice, Equity, and Fairness would be required. Democracy was adopted as the National Ideology to provide equity, freedom and liberty for all. Democracy is in sharp contrast to Sharia which is discriminatory on religious grounds and highly intolerant of other beliefs or culture. With the Military incursion into governance, Islamists of northern Nigeria worked through the various Muslim Military Dictators to progressively compromise the secularity of the Nigerian State culminating in the 1999 Constitution which is a Military imposition on the country. With the overthrow of General Gowon in 1975, the Islamists launched stealth Jihad in Nigeria and the nation is witnessing the combination of stealth and violent Jihad geared to transform Nigeria into an Islamic Sultanate.
The NCEF has stated repeatedly that it is not possible for three ethnic nationalities (Fulani, Hausa and Kanuri) to imagine that they could impose their religion, culture and political leadership on the remaining 386 ethnic nationalities in the same country. For a very reserved and conciliatory Elder statesman like Gen. Danjuma to speak in the way that he did, it should be clear to all discerning persons that the situation is hitting a boiling point. There is still time for sanity to prevail.
The NCEF is also amazed at the impudence of the Sharia Council represented by Yusuf Rigachikun, and Abdulrahman Hassan who called for the prosecution of Gen. Danjuma. It is very unfortunate the lawlessness and impunity which Islamists have introduced into the Nigerian State. The Christian Elders wonder how any man of good conscience and good will could condemn a call for people to defend themselves yet, would not condemn the aggressors who kill, maim and destroy lives at will all over the country. The Sharia Council might have been taken seriously if it had called for the prosecution of the following people, just to mention a few:
1.        Garus Gololo the leader of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association in Benue state who on 4th January, 2018 told BBC that the New Year genocide in Benue State was a reprisal attack for the theft of cows.
2.      Usman Ngelzerma who on 12th January, 2018 said Fulani herdsmen attacked Guma and Logo because the herdsmen were fined by livestock guards.
3.       Bello Bodejo, the National President of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association who said the cause of the attacks on Benue State was because the State enacted Anti-Open Grazing law.
Meanwhile, there is sufficient evidence to prove that the Government of President Muhammadu Buhari was well briefed by the Taraba State Government about the attacks in Taraba State but ignored the warnings. Governor of Taraba State, Darius Ishaku, speaking through Bala Dan Abu, his Senior Special Assistant on media said, “The case against the military in Taraba is that of outright collusion against the people which has made it easy for the Fulani militia to kill and destroy property. It is also a case of disrespect for the Office of the Governor of Taraba State.” He said Governor Ishaku also wrote President Muhammadu Buhari on January 26, 2016 to complain about threat to peace and security in Taraba State. “In that letter signed by Governor Ishaku himself, he lamented the devastating effects of internal conflicts involving the Fulani and Tiv, which led to the sacking of 200 settlements in the Gassol, Bali, Ibi, Donga and Gashaka local government areas by herdsmen.”  “The governor informed the presidency about the concerns raised by some traditional rulers in the state concerning the influx of Fulani militia and about the attacks on their communities.” “Letters of complaints from the traditional rulers whose communities suffered from these attacks were also attached and forwarded to the presidency.”  “Copies of this letter were sent to the National Security Adviser, Chief of Staff to the President and the Inspector-General of Police,” he said.
The statement from the Taraba State Governor continued, “The widely publicized report on social media and which was investigated and confirmed to the effect that a chopper dropped arms in a village near Wukari was downplayed by the security agencies. Despite efforts by the Taraba State Government to get the military to act, they never did. Since then, the arms and ammunition brought into the state have been used against the people in various communities in the state by the herdsmen. The present Operation Ayem Akpatuma in the state has also been discriminatory. While cutlasses and knives have been taken away from the people, the herdsmen have been left with AK-47 rifles. Through these various acts of deliberate mischief on the part of the military, thousands of people have been killed and a lot more may be killed unless the military turns a new leaf.”
In view of the foregoing, the unfortunate statement by the Sharia Council is an open indication that the current genocide going on in Nigeria is deliberate, intentional, and Government complicit. Those who condemn residents for securing their houses yet do not condemn the thieves raiding them are undoubtedly the thieves. These are very worrisome signals in a Federation that is grossly divided and wobbling economically due to mismanagement. The current state sponsored insecurity is pushing Nigeria off the brink of the precipice and the NCEF is surprised that educated people in the North are unable to read the handwriting on the wall.
Therefore, the National Christian Elders Forum wishes to advise the Government of President Buhari as follows:
1.       Immediately dismantle the current discriminatory appointments in Security and Education and ensure new appointments in compliance with Section 14 (3) of the Constitution.
2.      Commence the implementation of the 2014 National Conference.
3.      Set up a Truth and Reconciliation Commission as the basis of providing healing, reconciliation and forgiveness in Nigeria.
4.      Set up machineries to develop a new Constitution for Nigeria based on Democracy as the only National Ideology. As an immediate step, a return to the 1963 Republican Constitution which was the Constitution negotiated by the Founding Fathers of Nigeria should be considered.
5.      However, if the Buhari Administration fails to take immediate corrective measures to stabilize Nigeria and restore justice, equity and fairness, particularly to stop the reckless murder of Nigerians by Islamist insurgents, then all Nigerians must prepare to embark on civil disobedience and “shut down” the country. Nigeria belongs to all citizens and it is the highest act of treachery, betrayal and treason for elected officials to use the instrument of government to promote sectional interests at the cost of the lives of other citizens.
As Elders, we witnessed Nigeria pre and post independence. What we are seeing presently, is a nightmare compared to the glorious dreams of the Founding Fathers on 1st October 1960. During the Colonial era, Traditionalists, Christians and Muslims all lived in peace and harmony. It is disturbing that after independence, Nigerians are unable to live together in peace. We do not want to believe that the British should be invited to come back and rule us. We can solve this problem but the Islamists in northern Nigeria must be persuaded to back down from this foolish and lives costly adventure that they have embarked upon. It is an ill wind that blows no one any good.
God bless Nigeria.
Solomon Asemota, SAN
Chairman
National Christian Elders Forum (NCEF)
31st March, 2018
Solomon Asemota, SAN (Chairman),
Prof. Joseph Otubu,
Gen. Joshua Dogonyaro (rtd),
Archbishop Magnus Atilade,
Dr. (Mrs) Kate Okpareke,
Dr. Ayo Abifarin,
Gen. Zamani Lekwot (rtd),
Elder Moses Ihonde,
Elder Nat Okoro,
Gen. T. Y. Danjuma,
Elder Matthew Owojaiye,
Justice Kalajine Anigbogu (rtd),
Elder Shyngle Wigwe,
DIG P. L. Dabup,
Sir John W. Bagu,
Dr. Saleh Hussaini,
Elder Mike Orobator,
Justice James Ogebe, JSC (rtd),
Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife,
Chief Debo Omotosho,
Dame Priscilla Kuye,
Dr. S. D. Gani,
Mrs. Osaretin Demuren,
Prof. Yussuf Turaki,
Dr. Musa Asake,
Pastor Bosun Emmanuel (Secretary)

Think Positive-BVI Channel 1 Online

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1. Hate no one, no matter how much they’ve wronged you. Live humbly, no matter how wealthy you become. Think positively, no matter how hard life is. Give much, even if you’ve been given little. Keep in touch with the ones who have forgotten you, forgive who has wronged you, and pray for the best for those you love.

2. Awaken your heart to kindness and mercy for the people and love and tenderness for them, because  people fall into two categories: they are either your brothers/ sisters in faith or your equals in humanity.
3. Never look down on someone unless you’re helping them up.
4. The nourishment of the body is food, while the nourishment of the soul is feeding others.
5. Be like a flower that gives its fragrance even to the hands that crushes it.
6. Speak only when your words are more beautiful than silence.
7. If the eyes of a female cry over a man that oppressed her, Angels will curse him with every step he walks.
8. Do not use the sharpness of your speech on the mothers who taught you how to speak.
9. A moment of patience in a moment of anger prevents a thousand moments of regret.
10.  Life consists of two days, one for you one against you. So when it’s for you don’t be proud or reckless, and when it’s against you be patient, for both days are test for you.
11. The best deed of a great man is to forgive and forget.
12. Live amongst people in such a manner that if you die they weep over you and if you are alive they crave for your company.

Gowon: Confess now or Go To Jail-Barr Emeka Emekesri

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My stomach churned as I read the document published by Uche Onyema from
Washington DC, United States of America, titled “Fulani Hersdmen: Reasons Why Gen
Yakubu Gowon is Silent”. In the said publication, Mr Onyema stated as follows:
“Gowon and his Supreme Military Council thought it would be easy to walk over Biafra and
capture Ojukwu so they decided to launch attack on Enugu to capture Ojukwu. That attempt met with stiff resistance from unarmed youths to the surprise of Gowon and his army.
Mauritala, that beast and a bigot in his zealousness made 2 attempts to take over Onitsha
but was successfully stopped by Ojukwu soldiers. This frustration led to a quick fix that would lead to the worst pact with the devil himself.
In order to aid the Federal Army, Mauritala Mohammed convinced Gowon to bring the
foreign militias called the Godogodo people to fight Biafra. Those who lived or witnessed and
or fought in the civil war are not strange to the atrocities of these people. They were
heartless militias paid to kill and praised for their ruthlessness. Although the Godogodo
people were not trained professional regular soldiers, their duty was to do the military’s dirty job. Massacre civilians, rape and slaughter the already conquered people with hatchet, axe and other dangerous instruments. They are also experts in torture. Anywhere the Federal troops conquered, they would bring the Godogodo people to finish off the civilians. So in some instances the civilians were warned to flee the cities before the Godogodo people would arrive. These Godogodo people were not repatriated after the civil war. Most of them settled in northern Nigeria. The government lost control of them. It is the same Godogodo militias that constitute today’s Fulani herdsmen terrorist group.
Those in the east who witnessed the war will testify about the Godogodo people named after a village in Kaduna of today. So, the Fulani herdsmen are the offshoot or the continuation of the Godogodo people Gowon brought to Nigeria to kill Biafrans. Today they have become the errant virus that eats what it was supposed to protect.
2. Months into the war, Gowon saw that Biafra could not be conquered unless Port Harcourt fell into Federal hands, so he went into pact with the President of Cameroon. In the pact,Gowon pledged Bakassi Peninsula in exchange if Cameroon allowed Nigeria to use its sea route to get to Port Harcourt. We are all aware of how many innocent people that died since the war ended because of this pact. Today the entire people of Bakassi are displaced and no one is talking about them.
3. THE GRAZING ROUTE.
When Gowon and his military found out that Biafra is not a pushover, he entered into
another contract. This time he went to Niger for the help of the Arabs in Africa. In other for Chad and Niger to give the Federal Government the help they sought, Niger and its allies, Benin Republic and Chad Fulanis stated their conditions. That condition was to grant to the Fulani nomads a grazing route from Niger to the Eastern Nigeria. Again Gowon without brains accepted this demand and signed off the arable land of Nigeria to the Fulanis for grazing.Now if you have been listening or reading what the leaders of Miyatti Allah have been saying you would notice one constant claim. They insist that there is international document that granted them grazing route from Niger to Eastern Nigeria. Of all those banning the open grazing, no one has challenged this claim. Did such document exist? Who are the signatories?
Was it rectified (ratified) after the war in which Gowon and the Supreme Military Council was in charge for 6 years after the war?Now we can see why those who fought the civil war and looted Nigeria thereafter are criminally silent over this predicament. The Fulanis claim that Allah gave them our ancestral land to graze. It is clear who the Allah is… Gen. Yakubu Gowon is the Allah that gave our land to the Fulanis”.
I have no reason to doubt the veracity of this story made public by Uche Onyema. It
means there is trouble for General Yakubu Gowon and all the Nigerian leaders who
purported to sign away our ancestral lands to the Fulani herdsmen. We were crying
that we lost Bakassi Peninsula to the Republic of Cameroon and now the Niger
Republic and Chad Republic may claim that they signed an International Agreement
with the Nigerian Government under Gen Gowon that conferred grazing rights on
them to graze their cattle from Niger Republic to Eastern Nigeria. Well, their claim
will not stand in law. A grazing right is an easement or covenant that runs with land
but there are conditions necessary for the easement to be valid. Though it is alleged
that the easement of grazing rights was in writing which satisfies the Statute of
Frauds 1677, the essential omission which destroyed the agreement is that there was
no privity of estate, neither horizontal nor vertical privity. I do not intend to trouble
my readers with the complexities of land law regarding easements but let it be
known that the purported agreement signed by General Gowon granting grazing
rights to the Fulani Herdsmen to graze their cattle from Niger Republic to Eastern
Nigeria is null and void. Therefore, the claim of grazing rights will not stand!
Nevertheless, Gen Yakubu Gowon must be dragged out to give answers to these allegations
Authorized by Emeka Emekesri

Breakdown Of What A Nigerian Senator Earns.

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1. RUNNING COST
Newspaper allowance…….N1.24m
Wardrobe allowance……….N0.62m
Recess allowance ………….N0.25m
Accommodation…………….N4.97m
Utilities …………………………N0.83m
Domestic staff……………….N1.86m
Entertainment………………..N0.83m
Personal Assistant…………N0.62m
Vehicle Mtce Allowance…N1.86m
Leave Allowance……………N0.25m
TOTAL RUNNING COST ………..N13.58m/month
This adds up to N162.96m annually
2. CONSOLIDATED SALARY
He goes home with N750,000 monthly.
This sums up to N9m annually.
3. He is entitled to N200m annually to execute projects which is the duty of the Executive.
SUMMARY
Annual Salary…N9,000,000 per annum
Running Allowee….N163,000,000 per annum
Constituency….N200,000,000 per annum
TOTAL N372,000,000.00 per annum.
This amount is over N1,000,000 every blessed day including Sundays when he is in church.
HE ALSO GETS THIS
Severance Gratuity………… N7.43m
Furniture allowance ……….N7.45m
Motor Vehicle Allowance…N9.94m
TOTAL  N24.82m. I presume once in a Senate life.
He then gets bribed to pass or kill a Bill
 while the minimum wage is N18, 000.
Source: Senator Sani Shehu

Sack Abike Dabiri Now! Concern Nigerians Group Advises Buhari

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Concerned Nigerians group calls for Abike Dabiri sack over fraudulent Martin Luther King’s award
Our attention has just been drawn to a statement made by the Senior Special Assistant to the president on Foreign Relations and Diaspora Affairs, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa.
Mrs Abike Dabiri during a live radio program on Ray Power FM, referred to our convener, Deji Adeyanju as an ‘Idiot’ for exposing the scam called Martin Luther King Jr’s leadership award conferred on president Muhammadu Buhari.
An unrefined Statement like this is unbefitting of the Office Abike Dabiri occupies.
We find it amusing that instead of clarifying to Nigerians on the sham award, the senior special assistant to the President in her usual condescending way of responding to issues of national importance resorted to insults and petty name calling.
Abike Dabiri refused to apologize to our convener, Deji Adeyanju when the anchor of the program, Political Platform Amaechi Anakwe asked her to retract her statement that it is unprofessional and not a broadcast language.
It is baffling that Abike Dabiri-Erewa with her wealth of experience as a broadcast journalist,  would on a live radio program be so boorish  and uncouth.
You would recall that our organization concerned Nigerians had issued a statement condemning foremost American Civil rights activist, Martin Luther King Jr’s family and center for conferring on President Buhari, a leadership award as this is was a sharp contrast to what the late civil rights activist lived, stood and died for.
We also call on the president to investigate Abike Dabiri over alleged media reports that $3m was purportedly paid for the Fake MLK award conferred on the president.
We wish to further point out the incompetence Abike Dabiri and her team for not being able to verify the authenticity of the award thereby embarrassing the country and our president before the international community.
After several calls and text messages to Martin Luther King’s Centre on the veracity of the purported award conferred on the president, the Centre replied through their official verified twitter handle by saying; “The award given to President Buhari of Nigeria was not given by The King Center, at the request of The King Center or by the children of #MLK and #CorettaScottKing. @MrFixNigeria”
If the senior special assistant has any iota of shame left in her, she should immediately tender an unreserved apology to our convener for belittling her office by using a foul language on a citizen whose only crime is to ask for accountability and transparency from the government.
Moreover, we are calling on the president, Muhammadu Buhari to immediately sack Abike Dabiri-Erewa for inappropriate behavior and incompetence.
Theophilus Abu Agada
National Publicity Secretary

Igbo group rejects 2019 poll, calls for provisional government

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