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Wealthy Nigerians, Pastors Spend $225 Million On Private Jets. God loves a cheerful giver or the pastor loves a cheerful giver? Which one?

caption: Bishop David Oyedepo inside one of his four jets

  Cabin of GLOBAL XRS

A few wealthy Nigerians spent at least $225 million acquiring private jets between March 2010 and March

'MPiece' NIGERIA'S RISING STAR IN EUROPE

 PICTURES FROM THE MAKING OF HIS NEW MUSIC VIDEO IN MAJORCA

CPC Alleges Plan To Arrest Its Chieftains

The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) today alleged the existence of a plan by the Federal Government to arrest and clamp its leaders into indefinite detention

Five Fatalities Reported In New Violence By Boko Haram

  Nigerian Police Force

A new outbreak of violence in the troubled region of Maiduguri claimed three lives over the weekend. Three security personnel are said to have died at the hands of militants of Boko Haram in Budum. The group also claimed reponsibility for the murder of two soldiers enforcing order in the troubled city in Gwange ward.
In another development, a bomb explosion placed near a police checkpoint in the city caused two fatalities. Authorities said the device was planted beside the road.

Police to pay N100m damages over shooting incident

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, weekend, affirmed its judgment for the award of N100 million and N10,000 as damages in favour of citizens Nnamdi Anyaogu and Felix Anyaogu, respectively, against the Nigerian Police Force for their illegal shooting and abandonment at Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH.

Group cautions on US base

The Muslim Rights Concern has called on the Federal Government not to grant the alleged request of the United States to site one of its military bases in Nigeria.

In a statement on Sunday by its Director, Dr. Is-haq Akintola, the group urged the FG to consider the implication of allowing a world superpower to site its base within Nigeria’s territory.

“We are asking the question: Why must a foreign country set up a military base in Nigeria at this point in time? Who needs it and for what? Who benefits from it and how? Is Nigeria now a satellite nation? Have we turned the country into a banana republic?

“Has Nigeria been sold to the hawks? If so, who sold it? Is it a military base we need now in this country or food security, power generation, good health facilities, good roads, qualitative education, etc,,” the group asked.

Gunmen kidnap Briton, Italian in Kebbi

Gunmen have kidnapped two foreign engineers in Kebbi, the commissioner of the police in the state have said.

State police commissioner, Adamu Hassan, told the British Broadcasting Corporation that a British man and his Italian colleague were abducted from their lodgings on Thursday evening.

A Nigerian neighbour, who came to help, was shot and is in hospital.

The BBC correspondent in Birnin Kebbi city, where the raid took place, said kidnappings for ransom were uncommon in the North-west of Nigeria.

It is common in the southern oil-producing Niger Delta where expatriates are often targeted for kidnapping.

Our reporter said the victims were working for B Stabilini, an Italian construction firm based in Abuja.

During the incident on Thursday evening, another Italian employee managed to escape by scaling a fence.

“The kidnappers have not established any contact with us and have so far not demanded for any ransom,” Africa France Pressee quotes Hassan as saying.

He said immediately after the incident, all routes out of the state were blocked by the security forces.

The workers were involved in the construction of the state headquarters for the Central Bank of Nigeria in Birnin Kebbi.

Uduaghan’s Involvement In The Looting Of Delta State Treasury By Liberate - DELTA PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT

 Emmanuel Uduaghan

By Liberate - DELTA PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT

In an affidavit deposed by Yahaya Bello, the head of the team that investigated the Ibori case, the EFCC finally opened a can of worms on the ex-governor’s looting ways.

'Call for Buhari’s Arrest, Strategy to Frustrate Tribunal’

Muhammadu Buhari , CPC Presidential Candidate

Congress for Progressive Change has described last Thursday’s call by the Northern Coalition for Democracy and Justice  for the arrest of its presidential candidate

CPC Justifies Killings

Prince Tony Momoh, CPC National Chairman

The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) Monday justified the post-presidential election riots and killings in parts of the North, describing them as a consequence of the win-at-all-cost mentality of the incumbent president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan.

You’re rude, Buhari scolds Babangida Aliyu ...Says Niger gov unfit to hold responsible office

Presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in the April general elections, General Muhammadu Buhari, has said that Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger State is unfit to hold a responsible office in Nigeria.

Riots planned for the 6th of may in Nigeria follwing Bin Laden's death

Service chiefs move to stem riots in 4 states, FCT

*Kaduna, Borno, Bauchi and Sokoto targetted for attacks

Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Oluseyi Petirin, and the Service Chiefs, yesterday, held a marathon  meeting that lasted nine hours in Abuja following strong intelligence reports of plans by some groups  to use the killing of Al-Qaeda leader, Osama bin Laden, to vent their dissatisfaction with the outcome of the 2011 presidential elections and cause crisis in the country.

Another Corps Member Dies

Gov. Isa Yuguda

A female corps member, whose identity was not disclosed at press time,

CBN’s Limit on Cash Withdrawal

Mallam Sanusi, CBN Governor

Mixed reactions have continued to trail the proposal by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the bankers’ committee to limit the cumulative daily cash withdrawals and lodgements in the country from June next year

Election Petition Tribunals Begin Sitting this Week,Governorship candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in Bauchi State, Alhaji Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, is compiling video evidence to prove that last Thursday’s election was rigged,

President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Salami

The long, mostly tortuous journey to getting redress at the law courts over electoral matters will commence this week when the election petition tribunals across the country begin sitting.

Nigeria not Your village , Niger gov tells CPC presidential candidate, supporters

For the second time in a week, the Governor of Niger State, Muazu Babangida Aliyu has lashed out at former head of state and presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), General Muhammadu Buhari reminding him and his supporters that Nigeria is not their village.

Boko Haram vows more attacks, governor-elect proposes amnesty ,“We will not allow the Nigerian constitution to replace the laws that have been enshrined in the Holy Qur’an; we will not allow adulterated conventional education (Boko) to replace Islamic teachings. We will not respect the Nigerian government because it is illegal.

                                                        

Suspects of Boko Haram sect in police custody

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

by:Hamza Idris & Yahaya Ibrahim, Maiduguri

 

 

A new governor has emerged in Borno State in the person of Alhaji Kashim Shettima. Wittingly, his coming on board coincided with a climax of uprising, occasioned by insecurity which has defied several security measures. In the build up to the governorship election, series of attacks were launched in Maiduguri and other parts of the state, but about a month ago, a new dimension was added to the violence which has rocked the once peaceful city.

Borno: Boko Haram vows more attacks, governor-elect proposes amnesty

Sunday, 01 May 2011 00:00 Hamza Idris & Yahaya Ibrahim, Maiduguri

Suspects of Boko Haram sect in police custody

A new governor has emerged in Borno State in the person of Alhaji Kashim Shettima. Wittingly, his coming on board coincided with a climax of uprising, occasioned by insecurity which has defied several security measures. In the build up to the governorship election, series of attacks were launched in Maiduguri and other parts of the state, but about a month ago, a new dimension was added to the violence which has rocked the once peaceful city.

Though people have been killed in many circumstances, including gunshots, the introduction of bombs into the series of the onslaught have elicited many questions.

The first bomb explosion was at a pharmaceutical shop in London Ciki area of the city. The owner of the shop, Ustaz Muhammed Mustapha, who was believed to be the target, escaped death by the whiskers when he left the shop along with his shop attendants before the bomb exploded and razed more than 70 percent of the shop.

Mustapha, a drug merchant, is said to be vast in Islamic studies and has a mosque at Gwozari, another area of London Ciki where he preaches and leads prayers. An unidentified man was said to have entered Mustapha’s medicine store and pretended he wanted to buy drugs before he dropped a polythene bag which later exploded.

This was followed by another explosion on the April, 9, 2011 during the National Assembly elections at a polling unit in Unguwar Doki area of the metropolis.

A police woman and nine other including corps members and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials sustained serious injuries from the bomb blast. While residents were yet to recover from the morning explosion, another bomb exploded at night at INEC collation centre in another part of the metropolis killing one youth service corps member and injuring others.

On April 20, another explosion killed a police inspector, Luckday Amadi and injured other policemen around London Ciki area of Maiduguri.

The police inspector and two of his colleagues were said to be coming back from the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH) where they took the remains of two people who were earlier shot by suspected gunmen when the vehicle they were moving in matched the explosive which was planted by the roadside.

And on the eve of the recent gubernatorial election, three bombs exploded in Maiduguri at night, two at  Tudu Palace hotel in Madiganari area in the city centre killing three people including a police inspector and injured 14 others including children.  The second bomb was tossed at one of the entrance of the popular ‘Tashar Kano’ but did not kill anyone.

Less than twelve hours after the attack at the drinking joint, two men who rode on a motorcycle reportedly threw a bomb into a police van at Kasuwar Shanu area. Though no one was killed, a policeman was injured and the vehicle got damaged.

On the day of the governorship and state House of Assembly elections, Maiduguri witnessed three separate bomb blasts, a development which negatively affected the turnout of prospective voters.

Borno State police commissioner, Mr Mike Zuokumor, confirmed that the first bomb was planted under a refuse dump by the roadside at ‘Dogo Mai Lamba’ in London Ciki area of Maiduguri.

It exploded when a commercial bus driver drove over it with his vehicle.  Another bomb which was buried by the roadside was discovered at Damboa road by some children who alerted a passerby. The man summoned courage, picked the bomb and threw it into a nearby cemetery.

The third bomb which detonated at Baga road hit a street light and damaged some electrical poles.

Though the police commissioner said that seven youths have been arrested by the operatives of the State Security Service (SSS) while trying to plant other bombs on the day of the gubernatorial election, their identity is not yet known.

Many theories abound as to the people who are responsible for the unabated blasts.  While some believe it is being carried out by members of the Boko Haram, others say it has a political undertone.

The state governor, Ali Modu Sheriff had about two month said some politicians were hiding under the Boko Haram to perpetrate evil. “The security threats are handiwork of detractors and not Boko Haram,” he said.

Others believe that the Boko Haram sect will cease fire if the ANPP government under Sheriff is voted out of power in the state but this argument was knocked out by a recent letter sent to newsmen by members of the sect.

In the letter, the group said insecurity and threats will continue in the country until the current democratic system is abolished. They also demand that the Nigerian constitution be replaced with Shari’a law.

In the three page letter which was written in Arabic and Hausa, the group said it will neither accept amnesty nor enter into any negotiations with the government.

“We are calling on Muslims all over the world, especially those in Nigeria, to understand that we need fairness from everybody because God has commanded us in the Holy Quran to be just in our dealings.

“We want to reiterate that we are warriors who are carrying out a Jihad (religious war) in Nigeria and our struggle is based on the traditions of the holy prophet.

“We will never accept any system of government apart from the one stipulated by Islam because that is the only way that Muslims can be liberated. We do not believe in any system of government, be it traditional or orthodox except the Islamic system and that is why we will keep on fighting against democracy, capitalism, socialism and whatever.

“We will not allow the Nigerian constitution to replace the laws that have been enshrined in the Holy Qur’an; we will not allow adulterated conventional education (Boko) to replace Islamic teachings. We will not respect the Nigerian government because it is illegal.

“We will continue to fight its military and the police because they are not protecting Islam. We do not believe in the Nigerian judicial system and we will fight anyone who assists the government in perpetrating illegalities,” the group said.

In the letter, the sect also made it clear that they were not sorry for all the people who have been killed.

“We are not sorry for all the people we are killing, including ward heads, politicians, police and the army because they are associating with the government by arresting Muslim brothers and sabotaging Islam.

“We want to make it clear that we are fighting, not just because our mosques and centres of learning were destroyed in Maiduguri, or because we were chased out of our houses. The reason we are at war is because our freedom has been curtailed.  For time immemorial, we have been advocating freedom of worship and assembly and the need for everyone to believe in Allah. We have been preaching that people should jettison modern democracy and embrace Islam as their religion,” the group added.

They lamented that while they were carrying out their religious obligations in 2009, they were provoked by the government, which according to them connived with some Imams and ward heads and attacked their members in many states.

But the governor elect, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, said political problems cannot be solved by military might.

“To my mind, the Boko Haram issue requires political solution which entails inviting the members to a round table for dialogue,” he said.

“We are going into dialogue with the members of the Yusufiyya movement. We would also look at the possibility of seeking amnesty for them so that they can get integrated into the larger society,” the new governor said.

“The dialogue with the sect members cannot be achieved without the full cooperation and understating of many people, including traditional and religious leaders, politicians and the general public.

“We want to see a day when there will be no need to have the Operation Flush (joint police and military patrol teams) on our highways. We want all the security outposts constructed in all parts of the state capital to be converted into other viable ventures,” Shettima said.

He said without peace and security of lives and property, no meaningful development can take place. “The Boko Haram people are human beings who deserve fair hearing. They are our brothers and I believe with dialogue, we will be able to arrive at a common ground because late President Yar’adua was able to achieve this in the Niger Delta amicably. I am sure we can also resolve our problem amicably,” he added.

Shettima said the amnesty programme will enable the sect members to return home and live with their families.

But some observers are of the opinion that extending amnesty may be the bargain of the incoming government which to a greater extent, did not include accepting or rejecting the clamour of the sect members for a comprehensive Shari’a state without external political tendencies.

It is now left to be seen how the new governor will handle the issue when he finally takes over power from the outgoing governor, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff.

Bauchi state governor (Isa yuguda) says the slain corpers in his state were destined to experience what they experienced.

"As far as I am concerned, these corps members were destined to experience what they experienced during the course of their service to their fatherland because every new day is a new experience to each and every one of us as human beings. You cannot hold Yuguda or Bauchi State (responsible) for what happened to those corps members, because it was the responsibility of INEC to take care of them."

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Slain corps members: Yuguda under fire over comment

Denunciation and condemnation on Saturday trailed the comments attributed to the governor of Bauchi State, Alhaji Isah Yuguda, that the National Youth Service Corps members who were murdered instate were destined to die the way they did.

General Muhammadu Buhari, has for > the second time in one week challenged President Goodluck Jonathan to arrest him if he could

by AIDOGHIE PAULINUS


Buhari’s daring statement came even as leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Alhaji Mujaheed Dokubo-Asari, called for his arrest and prosecution over the riots that claimed lives and property in the North.