Biafra: Sultan of Sokoto speaks on how FG is responsible for Nigeria’s disunity

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November 10, 2017

The Sultan of Sokoto and President General of the Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar II, on Wednesday said the injustice in appointments and allocation of resources in the country were responsible for crisis and disunity in the country.

The monarch said this at a Collaborative Interfaith Peace and Security Capacity Building Workshop, organized by the Nigerian Army Resource Centre, NARC, in collaboration with Inter-Religious Peace Initiative in Abuja.

Represented by the Executive Secretary of Abuja National Mosque, Alhaji Ibrahim Jega, Abubakar said an all inclusive governance remains the panacea in addressing the myriads of problems confronting the country.

He urged leaders at all levels to be equitable, fair and just to every member of the society in the distribution of amenities and resources, irrespective of the political, religious and tribal inclinations of members of the society.

According to the monarch, “When it comes to issue of dispensation of justice and equitable distribution of resources, that should be done without fear or favour, affection or ill will.

“You are not there yourself as a leader and because you have some encounters with a group of people, either a person or a group of persons in a particular area, you should not hold on to it so as not to extend justice to them.

“Allah says “do not allow your hatred of a particular group of people to make you decide not to extend justice to them. Whatever happens, you must extend the spirit of justice to them all without fear or favour, affection or ill-will.

“This issue of justice goes down to whatever decision you are going to take, whether it’s against you or against your parents or against your own children or against your other relations, let alone saying you will not extend justice because you know somebody or because he is from your town. Justice must be based on fair and equitable distribution of assets to all.”

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NYSC members post lovers’ nude pictures on Internet

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November 10, 2017

The men of the 32 Artillery Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Akure, Ondo State, have arrested four men in Ikaramu Akoko, in the Akoko North West Local Government Area of Ondo State, for allegedly posting nude pictures of some ladies on the Internet.

Though the identities of the suspects had yet to be disclosed by the brigade, punch metro gathered that three of them were members of the National Youth Service Corps who were serving in the state.

According to a source, the suspects usually invited their girlfriends to a hotel where they would ask them to put off their clothes before taking their nude pictures.

The source added that the suspects would later demand money from the ladies with the threat to post their nude pictures on the Internet if they failed to do so.

He said, “Many ladies, including female corps members, have fallen victims. They were making a lot of money from the act before they were caught.

“They would invite their girlfriends to a hotel in Ikare Akoko, and after having sex with them, they would take their nude pictures.

“Some days after, they would demand money from the ladies and threaten that if the ladies failed to give them the money, they would post their nude pictures on the Internet. Any of them who failed to give out money, would find her nude pictures on the Internet.”

The Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, Major Ojo Adelegan, confirmed the arrest of the suspects and said they had been handed over to the appropriate security organisation for further action.

Adelegan, however, refused to disclose the identities of the suspects.

“I can confirm their arrest, but they are no more with us. They have been handed over to another security agency,” the army spokesman said.

Similarly, the Head of the Public Relations Unit of the NYSC in Ondo State, Mrs. Christy Olatoye, confirmed the arrests.

She said the suspects were in the custody of the Department of State Services in the state.

She said, “The matter is with the DSS; we cannot interfere. All we will do is to give them any information they need. It is a criminal offence; we can’t stop the DSS from doing their work.”

However, the Public Relations Officer of the Ondo State Police Command, Mr. Femi Joseph, said the matter was not reported at the command.

“We don’t know anything about it. We are not aware of the matter,” Joseph said.

Source: Punch

THE ORIGIN OF THE NAME “BIAFRA”, THE FAILURE OF THE STRUGGLE IN THE 60S, AND THE NEED FOR THE SOUTH-EAST AND SOUTH-SOUTH TO UNITE

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November 10, 2017

I write as an Ijaw son from Bonny and Nkoro in Rivers State. Ijaw is my tribe, but Biafra remains my national consciousness. I have noticed an inexplicable and unnecessary division in the South-East and South-South in analogy to the reinvigorated quest to restore the Sovereign States of Biafra. I think our people in these sister regions should reflect on these political and divisive ascriptions and rediscover themselves. We are neither South-South nor South-East. We are the people of the Eastern Region, a people politically and economically impugned by our enemy in their bid to break our solid SOLIDARITY. We were too formidable for our enemies. Some of our people think Biafra is an Igbo thing because they are ignorant of the origin of the name. Let me do justice to the origin of Biafra.

*THE ORIGIN OF BIAFRA*

Biafra is not aboriginal to Biafrans, since it was birthed out of the need to work together and escape the pogromists, rapists, land invaders, and religious fundamentalists called Fulani. The leader of the Eastern Region, Dim Ojukwu, an educated military officer, assembled stakeholders from Ijaw, Obibio, Efik, and other tribes that constituted the region in his bid to come up with a name that would reflect the heterogeneous ambience of the region. Chief Frank Opigo, an Ijaw traditional ruler that hails from today’s Bayelsa, suggested BIAFRA, and this went down well with everyone in attendance, for it referred to the water body that covers the entire region. What Ojukwu sought after was a name that would not be exclusionary to any of the tribes (Ijaw, Ibibio, Itsekiri, Urhobo, Annioma etc) in the region. Biafra became the baby of that quest.

Biafra, having come from a non-Igbo stakeholder, became the national consciousness of both the Igbo and non-Igbo constituents of the Eastern Region. Thenceforth, the need to actualise the nation of their dreams, the Land of the Rising Sun, became the aspiration of every easterner. The failure of Nigeria to heed the Aburi Accord reached in Ghana for restructuring stoked the fire of the agitation for freedom. The Sovereign States of Biafra was declared, but it was short-lived because of avoidable internal wranglings that spiralled into the loss of the Civil War. The incongruity in the Eastern Region was the result of the feud between Ojukwu and Dr. Kenule Benson Saro-Wiwa, an illustrious Ogoni son and Ojukwu’s military mentality and disposition.

*WHY THE STRUGGLE FAILED IN THE 60S*

Popular perception has it that the struggle for emancipation from perceived and obvious oppression by Nigeria was scuttled by the Civil War. That is part of the truth, not the whole. Biafra was rocked by internal wranglings. Two prominent figures in the region, Ojukwu and Saro-Wiwa, became estranged friends over an issue that should have remained personal. In one of our serious meetings, I was made to understand this side of the story. Legborsi, Emmanuel, a very prominent Ogoni son who doubles as a formidable member of my team, *THE SOUTH-EAST/SOUTH-SOUTH COALITION FOR BIAFRA* , opened up the Pandora Box concerning the real cause of their feud. Ojukwu and Saro-Wiwa were caught in a love triangle, with Princess Amina, the daughter of the then Sultan as the magnetic force. As scions (sons of very wealthy parents), they had the needed charisma to steer the imagination of the Sultan. Gowon, a senior military officer, joined the fray, but found himself as an underdog, financially and academically, for the duo of Ojukwu and Saro-Wiwa were of both fabulous financial and transformative academic standing.

Ojukwu and Saro-Wiwa, once friends, now rivals, had to slug it out. The laurel at stake was Amina’s affection. Saro-Wiwa, dishonestly struck a cord in Amina’s emotion and carried the day. The Sultan, according to the veracious story, could not find his daughter and had the innocent Gowon, the suitor he abhorred, to blame for it. A triangle of hate became the result of this misdeed by Saro-Wiwa: Gowon hated both Ojukwu and Saro-Wiwa; Ojukwu hated Saro-Wiwa for edging him out in the most dishonest manner; and Saro-Wiwa burned in annoyance over the contest. An Ikwerre elder, nonagenarian, corroborated this story when I met him. He told me that the struggle hit the rock then because of two reasons :

(1) the feud between Ojukwu and Saro-Wiwa

(2) the militarised mentality of Ojukwu’s.

The elder thinks that if Ojukwu, though well educated and exposed, were a civilian, he would have appreciated the need to dialogue with other stakeholders before going to war. If the stakeholders had been told what each constituent would benefit from the emerging nation, the leaders would have had what to say to their people to excite them to take the struggle seriously. Ojukwu, on the other hand, wanted these stakeholders to convince their people to fight first and discuss later. This did not go down well with them. Some, however, saw the need to fight. The festering relationship between Ojukwu and Saro-Wiwa led to a huge sabotage. The bottom line of the accounts of Legborsi and the elder is that our people were not united. Our disunity caused by personal grouse and lack of tact cost us that war. It is incontrovertible that we would have won the war had our house not been in disarray.

*THE URGENT NEED FOR OUR UNITY NOW*

Several years have gone by, yet the socio-economic and political inconcinnities that gave rise to the agitation then still stare us in the face. As a matter of fact, there is no gainsaying that if our fathers had reasons to fight then, there are more reasons to fight now. The situation today is worse than it was then. Oppression, socio-economic exclusion, and glaring prejudice meted out to the South-South and South-East, the real economic mainstay of this contraption called Nigeria, have reached unbelievable and unimaginable proportions. Even Ojukwu could not have conceived the precarious level of hate shown to us by the sons and daughters of Uthman Dan Fodio. The unfair treatment we are shown should make our unity imperative. Our personality issues and lack of tact gave them the happenstance to divide us and make us conquerable. We, the South-East and South-South people, are the victims of their jihadist rituals. Our women get raped, our lands invaded, our crops killed, and our men butchered.

The Igbo, Ijaw, Urhobo, Itsekiri, Annioma, Ibibio, Efik etc have always lived together in love and conviviality. A critical observation of our values and culture reveals our common ancestry. We dress alike, eat alike, behave alike, and worship alike. How different are we, brothers and sisters? Let us come together and fight this monster. They have sent their soldiers to occupy our two regions out of fear of our imminent reunion. Exasperated by their inability to stop us from uniting, they have taken to poisoning our children under the pretense of immunization devoid of the viva of the health departments. In their bid to hold on to power at all cost, they flouted the constitutional proviso concerning absence of the President. Their hatred for us led to the embargo placed on our Igbo brothers and sisters, which makes it difficult for any of them to become President of Nigeria. We and our Igbo brothers and sisters are the real victims here. We have to come together, sit together, discuss together, reach documented agreement, and escape together.

Our unity is the only leeway out of this fortress called Nigeria. Is it not shameful that whereas we have all the resources the Gambari are the ones exercising power over them all? Our Igbo brothers and sisters own both oil and the business environment that sustain this oppressive dungeon called Nigeria, but travel to the East and you will weep. They killed the Bill seeking the relocation of company headquarters to regions where the raw material is fetched. They killed the Bill seeking compensation to develop the Eastern Region. Whatever comes from the South-East and South-South dies on arrival. If bills that seek better welfare packages for our regions always die, who is that mad person that is telling you that we can restructure this dangerous citadel that they claim belongs to them? Was it not the failure of Nigeria to heed restructuring agreement that sparked off the Civil War? The only way out of this quagmire is the unity of South-East and South-South. Let us unite and live in peace and harmony. Our sister regions need respite from rape, massacre, genocide, pogrom, alienation, discrimination, and prejudice. Let us keep our unreal differences aside and face the enemy together. They will continue to defeat us as long as we remain divided. Our division is their strength, but our unity is their weakness. Jasper Adaka Boro, Dr. Ken Saro-Wiwa, and Sen. (Dr.) Obi Wali are some of the great men this fake nation has killed gruesomely. We have not found Mazi Nnamdi Kanu even as I write. Do you see how they hate us? The python that danced in the East has become a crocodile smiling in the South-South.

Brothers and sisters, Saro-Wiwa was guillotined by Nigeria after a kangaroo judgment. Boro was used and shot. Obi Wali was butchered like a condemned chicken. Our beloved leader of IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is nowhere to be found because of his liberating activities. Nigeria is a place where it is a heinous crime to speak up against oppression and neo-slavery. Nigeria has become too dangerous for Christians. Nigeria has become too stuffy for anything that breathes. We have to go, brothers and sisters. We have overstayed in this prison. We do not even know who signed the 1914 amalgamation, since all our nationalists were either adolescents, toddlers, or unborn at the time. Nigeria is the property of Britain’s under the management of the Fulani. Let the South-South and South-East come together and rebirth Biafra. They hate us and we hate ourselves. Let love and understanding lead the way this time. Let us dialogue and end our differences once and for all. The enemy has become vicious. We should become more tactical now. May God bless us all as we heed this clarion call. May God bless the entire constituents of the Old Eastern Region.

Russell Idatoru Bluejack is a thinker, revolutionary writer, university tutor, and socio-economic and political analyst that writes from the creeks in the coastal

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Whistle-blower who led the EFCC to Ikoyi apartment where N13bn was found may reportedly get N325m reward

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November 10, 2017

The whisteblower who led the Economic and Finacial Crimes Commision (EFCC) to the $1.6m apartment in Ikoyi, Lagos where the recovered the sums of $43,449,947, £27,800 and N23,218,000 in April 2017, may reportedly be paid 325m naira.

The Federal Government’s whistle-blower polic states that any whistle-blower whose information leads to the recovery of over N5bn will attract a 2.5 per cent reward and that is 325m of the 13 billion naira recovered.

Speaking at the ongoing 7th Session of the Conference of States Parties to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption holding in Vienna, acting Chairman of the EFCC – Ibrahim Magu, did not disclose how much would be given to the whistle-blower while he disclosed that the anti-graft agency was counselling the man on how to make good use of the money.

“We are currently working on the young man because this is just a man who has not seen one million naira of his own before. So he is under counselling on how to make good use of the money and also the security implication. We don’t want anything bad to happen to him after taking delivery of his entitlement. He is national pride”.

Source: Lindaikejiblog

1914 AMALGAMATION: THE ROOT OF NIGERIA MISFORTUNES!

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November 10, 2017

The major issue in Nigeria could be traced back to the business decision taken by the colonial masters in 1914 to bring together oil and water.

The forceful amalgamation of different protectorate gave birth to the name- Nigeria . If our Colonial Masters had taken our interest into consideration before the amalgamation, they should have understood that a goat and a lion cannot live under the same roof. Or is it that difficult to realize that a sheep and wolf can never stay in one territory?

Now when two tribes that have entirely different cultures, belief, language, religion, lifestyle are forced to live together what result do you expect?

The Igbo tribe has no single culture similar to the Hausas, while the Yorubas have their own contradicting culture and belief with a different language altogether .But our Colonial Masters for selfish and business reasons neglected this mismatch in culture and religion to create a new Nation-Nigeria. According to Oxford dictionary, a nation is said to be specific people with the same culture, belief and language occupying a specific geographical location. But our wise masters amalgamated the Biafra nation, the Arewa nation and Oduduwa nation and called them one nation. It is important to note that even the middle belts are shared to these different nations Eg. South south, South east, westerners ,the north etc.

These different nations have different dominant religion which is Christianity and Islamic. Though both groups claimed superiority over others especially the Islamic which sees any non Muslim as a taboo, that is why major religious crises in the world are being carried out by muslims…

NOW WHAT IS THE WAY FORWARD?

1: There is an urgent need to return power to the Regional Government.

2:Self Determination clause should be acknowledged by the Constitution as marriage is not by force.

UNTIL these measures are taken, we can never have a peaceful Country…..

Victor Bright is a Graduate of Mass Communication

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Femi Fani-Kayode‏ refers to Lai Mohammed as an ‘ugly, diaper-wearing little chimpanzee’

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November 10, 2017

In a recent interview with Vanguard, Minister of Information and Culture – Lai Mohammed while responding to how he feels when he issues statements on behalf of the Federal Government and it’s descrIbed as a lie by People, said:

“I have two burdens. Now, becoming the face of government again, it is automatic that whatever comes from Lai Mohammed, we must shoot it down as fake news and a lie. Unfortunately, my father gave me the name Lai also. So, it makes it very easy for them. But what I challenge them every time is please, give me one thing I said that is not true. “

Responding to the minister’s statement, Femi Fani-Kayode in a tweet this morning called him an ‘ugly, diaper-wearing little chimpanzee’.

Source: Lindaikejiblog

Russia 2018 : Madjer dismisses Eagles

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November 10, 2017

Eagles players as a bunch of Euro based bench warmers who the Foxes can easily handle in friday’s Russia 2018 World Cup qualifier in Constantine

While Madjer has little or no respect for the World Cup bound Nigerian national team, the Franco German coach of Eagles, Gernot Rohr said Algeria is blessed with some of Africa’s best legs.

Speaking to the press in Algeria, Madjer who was not in charge of the team when they suffered a 3-1 loss to Nigeria in the reverse tie played in Uyo said the Nigerian team has many players who don’t get to play for their European clubs.

“I have studied the Nigerian team, apart from Iwobi, every other player is mostly a substitute for their team in Europe , but that doesn’t mean they will not be at the level to face us,” Madjer said.

“The game against Nigeria is not a friendly match for me, to me it’s the first game of the qualifiers for the 2019 African Cup of Nations in Cameroon”.

Meanwhile, Gernot Rohr has described Leicester City duo of Riyad Mahrez and Islam Slimani as some of the best players in Africa, adding that their presence in the Desert Foxes squad will make an appreciable impact. “I know this team, they have one of the best African players… Mahrez, Slimani is the other one. It will be interesting to play in Algeria in these conditions,’’ Rohr said to the Nigeria Football Federation.“They have a new coach (Raber Madjer) and they are playing at home so they will be very aggressive.”

Source: The Sun

THE PRICE FOR NOT BEING IN POLITICS-Ndubuisi

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November 9, 2017

The price good men and women pay for not being in politics, is to be governed by those they are better than.

“The worst illiterate is the political illiterate. He hears nothing, sees nothing, take no part in political life.

He does not seem to know that the cost of living, the price of beans, of flour, of house rent, of medicine all depend on political decisions.

He even prides himself on his political ignorance, sticks out his chest and says he hates politics.

He does not know, the imbecile, that from his political non-participation comes the prostitute, and the abandoned child, the robber and worst of all, corrupt officials, the lackeys of exploitative multinational corporations ‘’ Bertolt Brecht

Tell me why we should abandon the most important aspect of our life to visionless class of people that call themselves ‘Politicians’. Today in Nigeria ,the Political Class has made us hopeless,frustrated , less human,beggars without access to bank loan at single digit,no access to free medicare,no access to quality education,no access to electricity,no access to water,no access to food.no access to shelter and no access to anything that would make life meaningful.Go to the street and ask young people this question: What has Government done for you? You will be shocked that many young people have not felt the existence of government and what to expect from those in power.Since after the civil war,majority of Nigerian soldiers that fought against Biafrans regretted their actions as Nigeria government has never treated them like human except few top ranking Officers.The masses have lost confidence with anything Government and have decided to embrace God for survival Hence,the widespread of Churches everywhere ,whereas factories are shutting down by the day.However,the end solution lies in all of us getting involved in party politics and general election.Self Determination is a political process,however ,we must begin now to make our life better.

All of us must get involved in politics for the sake of our Children.

Ndubuisi Anaenugwu

Obama summoned and rejected for jury duty

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Queen Madu

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November 9, 2017

With Secret Service agents in tow, Barack Obama reported Wednesday to a courthouse in Chicago after being summoned for jury duty – but the former president was not chosen to serve. Obama arrived at the justice centre in Chicago by motorcade, according to several US media reports that showed him entering the building and being greeted by people at the courthouse.

Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans told reporters shortly after Obama arrived that he was not tapped to serve on a jury and was dismissed for the day, according to the Chicago Tribune. Obama was one of 168 people who showed up for jury duty at the justice centre on Wednesday. They were assigned to 16 panels before eight of those panels, including the one Obama was assigned to, randomly selected to be sent home, a spokesman for the chief judge told the Tribune.

Theoretically, every US citizen over the age of 18 could be called for jury duty. The former president, 56, lives in Washington but maintains a home in Chicago, which is why his name came up for jury duty there. A jury duty summons is usually sent in the post and requires the recipient to report on the designated day or face consequences such as a fine.

The first step of the process usually narrows the pool by disqualifying people who might not be able to serve the entire length of a trial or who might have other schedule limitations.

The actual selection process typically includes interviews by lawyers for both sides in order to exclude people who might be biased. With a degree from Harvard Law School and his time teaching law, not to mention eight years as president, Obama certainly has legal experience. But most lawyers reject well-known people on juries out of concern that they create a distraction. Obama is not the first former president to be called for jury duty.

George W Bush was summoned in his home state of Texas in 2015, but was not selected. The presiding judge said it was not because of his fame, but because a jury had already been seated.

source: vanguard

How can Buhari present N8.6trn budget for 2018 but can’t account for N11trn of 2016, 2017? – Adeyanju

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November 9, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja presented about N8.612 trillion as the 2018 Appropriation bill to a joint session of the National Assembly, saying the projected expenditure would drive rapid economic recovery.

He said at the session that with a benchmark of 45 dollars per barrel at an exchange rate of N305 to a dollar in 2018, the budget would consolidate on the achievements of previous budgets to aggressively steer the economy to the path of steady growth.

However, former Director of New Media for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Convener, Concerned Nigerians, Prince Deji Adeyanju has described as illogical the budget presented as the 2018 Appropriation bill, saying there are no projects to show that previous budgets were implemented.

How can president Buhari present an N8.6trillion budget for 2018 when he can’t account for over N11trilion from 2016 & 2017?

— Adeyanju Deji (@adeyanjudeji) 7 November 2017 N6.8tr in 2016 N7.4tr in 2017 Now, N8.612tr for 2018 There are no projects in any part of the country by this government.

— Adeyanju Deji (@adeyanjudeji) 7 November 2017 The president Buhari APC led government cannot account for over N11trillion from 2016 & 2017 budgets.

— Adeyanju Deji (@adeyanjudeji) 7 November 2017 What did you do with 2016 budget? What did you do with 2017 budget? Where is the N11trillion or the projects constructed?

— Adeyanju Deji (@adeyanjudeji) 7 November 2017 How can Nigeria develop like this? A budget of N8.6trillion, only N2.4trillion on Capital expenditures.

That’s money they are going to loot. pic.twitter.com/B5MyKZzZvy — Adeyanju Deji (@adeyanjudeji) 7 November 2017

Source: Vanguard