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Monday, October 13, 2014

Buhari, Kwankwaso go separate ways as consensus plan flops

october 13, 2014.

Efforts by stakeholders in the All Progressives

Congress, APC to forge a consensus between

two of the major presidential aspirants in the

party, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari and Governor

Rabiu Kwankwanso have failed.

Both men in an apparent determination to slug

it out have now formally scheduled dates to

declare their aspirations.

Reflective of their efforts for political

supremacy, the associates of both men were

last night engaged in a war of words on who

was better placed to win the presidential ticket

of the party.

Buhari is to declare for the contest on

Wednesday, October 15, while Governor

Kwankwanso has himself scheduled his

declaration for October 23, 2014.

Kwankwaso’s decision to go public with his

bid, it was learnt, was sequel to the failed

effort to forge a consensus deal between him

and Buhari. Both men are presently, the two

major aspirants from the Northwest geopolitical

zone of the country.

The development has led to a serious division

among APC supporters in the zone over who

should fly the flag of the party in the coming

election.

Buhari is mainly supported by the masses but

Kwankwanso is believed to have the support

of government officials and political office

holders especially in Kano State.

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and

Leadership Newspaper publisher, Sam Nda-

Isaiah are the two other major contenders

remaining in the north following yesterday’s

formal declaration by Senator Bukola Saraki to

withdraw himself from the contest. Governor

Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State is also known

to be testing the waters for a possible bid.

While Kwamkwaso’s supporters are making a

case for a young blood to take a shot at the

presidency, Buhari’s followers advance

political maturity, popularity and experience as

factors that cannot be ignored.

Speaking yesterday on Kwakwanso’s plans for

the presidential race, an associate and

member of the Board of Trustees, BoT of the

APC, Chief Olisameka Akamukali said that

baring any unforeseen circumstances, that

Kwankwanso would unveil his presidential

campaign on October 23.

Akamukali, a former chairman of the

Democratic Peoples Party, DPP in Delta State

said that Governor Kwankwaso had consulted

widely concerning his ambition even as he

said that Buhari needed to give a younger

person a chance to contest the presidency.

“Now in as much as we agree that Buhari is a

man of integrity but you will also agree with

me that age is not on his side,” he said.

His claim was immediately dismissed by a

senior official of the party also sympathetic to

the Buhari campaign who described

Kwankwanso’s bid as a clownish act. He said

that Buhari would defeat the Kano governor

even in Kano.

“Yes, I know that Kwankwanso can get a huge

pile of the government delegates from Kano

but that is the much he can get. What of the

other states or is he relying only on Kano?”

“Or have you forgotten in 2011 that Buhari

defeated the former governor of Kano, Ibrahim

Shekarau even in Kano? The Buhari campaign

is a brand, watch out and see what we are

going to do at the declaration on Wednesday,”

the official said.

Continuing, the Buhari associate wondered

why Kwankwanso mobilises his Kano based

supporters anytime he goes out of the state,

saying that on the contrary that Buhari has his

supporters all over the country and does not

need to carry supporters along to show his

political viability.”

“You know the fact that he has control of one

big state does not mean that he is popular

outside the state,” the Buhari man said.

But asserting the viability of Kwankwanso over

Buhari, Akamukali said:

“The issue of anointing candidates for

elections has been rejected by the APC and

that is why the party is insisting that there

shall be transparent primaries. The fears of

some of the aspirants may be due to the fact

of their previous experience where they never

faced competitive primaries to emerge as

party candidate. That is why such people are

pushing for consensus.

“The generality of the party is saying no, let us

do things differently from what the PDP are

doing. We must have a transparent primary. I

can tell you that Kwakwanso has built a lot of

bridges across the political divide. Remember,

he came into the House of Representatives as

a member of then Social Democratic Party

(SDP) in 1991 and became Deputy Speaker.”

According to Akamukali, one factor that gives

Kwankwaso an edge over other aspirants was

his firm control of APC structures in his state.

“One other factor that is considered additional

strength to the Kano governor is that whereas

he has solid home base support, his co-

contestants, like Atiku and Buhari could not

boast of being in control of the structures of

the party in their home states.

“From the angle of qualification, the

constitution is very clear on this, a man who

has a doctorate in Engineering, academically is

qualified, a man who has not been convicted

by any competent court, a man whom the

EFCC and other Federal Government anti graft

agencies have investigated and nothing was

found on him is eminently qualified to contest

for the president of the country, “ he stated.

Sunday, October 12, 2014

Ebola: Health care worker tests positive at Texas hospital

OCTOBER 12, 2014
BY BBC

A Texas health care worker who treated US
Ebola victim Thomas Duncan before his
death has tested positive for the virus,
officials say.
“We knew a second case could be a reality,
and we’ve been preparing for this
possibility,” said Dr David Lakey,
commissioner of the Texas Department of
State Health Services.
Duncan, who caught the virus in his native
Liberia, died at a Dallas hospital on
Wednesday.
The health worker has not been named.
Duncan tested positive in Dallas on
September 30, 10 days after arriving on a
flight from Monrovia via Brussels.
He became ill a few days after arriving in the
US, but after going to hospital and telling
medical staff he had been in Liberia, he was
sent home with antibiotics.

GOD LOVES NIGERIA-
By Femi Fani - Kayode.

God loves Nigeria so much. For those that
doubt it kindly consider the following.
They created ebola in their demonic labs for
bio weapons. They sent the disease to our
shores through an insane Liberian but the Lord
defended us and refused to allow it to take
root in our shores.
The watchers prayed "return to sender" and
ebola was sent back to Dallas through another
insane Liberian. Now they seek to learn
lessons from the Nigeria that they targetted
and sought to destroy about how to "contain
ebola".
God loves Nigeria so much. Why? Because, as
the bible says, ''He uses the foolish things of
this world to confound the wisdom of the
wise''. For those that still doubt it kindly
consider the following.
They refused to label Boko Haram as a terrorist
organisation until all men of goodwill begged
them to do so and until the terrorists had
slaughtered no less than 25,000 Nigerians,
including innocent children whilst abducting
thousands more.
They refused to sell us arms to fight the
Haramites and when we approached other
nations to do so they directed them to say
''no'' and turn us down.
Yet God was with us, we sourced those arms
ourselves and ever since then the tied has
turned and our gallant soldiers are winning the
war against Boko Haram.
Can all this be just coincidence? Do these so-
called friends and allies of our nation really
wish us well?
I read the response of the American
Ambassador to Nigeria about our concerns
about the US arms embargo on Nigeria. He
spoke nothing but nonsensical popycock and
bunkum.
What on earth have we done to them that they
seek to bring us to our knees and decimate
our country with terror, torment, violent
brutality and disease?
Why have they visited us with so much covert
hate despite our obnoxious fawning and
desperate crawling before their superpower
thrones for the last one hundred years?
Have we not played the fool enough for them
and have we not bowed low enough to them
on bended knee for the last 54 years?
Yet despite all our efforts to please our
international partners and modern-day slave
masters they seek to effect their prophecy that
chaos must envelop Nigeria and that our
country must break up by 2015.
They seek to ensure that we are enveloped in a
sea of carnage and fratricidal butchery the likes
of which have never been seen before on the
African continent or indeed in world history.
In the light of all these observations numerous
questions must be asked? Who is really
behind Boko Haram and how come they have
more sophisticated arms than the Nigerian
military?
Who supplies them with those arms and all
that training? Is it the same forces that covertly
trained, armed and supplied ISIS, Al Nusra and
Daesh?
Is it the same powers that used those barbaric
terrorist organisations in Syria to attempt to
topple President Bashar Al Assad and in Iraq
to push Nouri Al Malaki out of power?
Is it the same forces that unleashed mayhem
and created turmoil in the Ukraine and that
sought to plunge Europe and Russia into a
bloody war?
Is it the same forces that created Al Qaeda and
commissioned Osama Bin Ladin to push the
Soviets out of Afghanistan? Is it the same
people that seek to use Boko Haram to
decimate our country, destroy our people and
bring our government to it's knees?
It is very clear to me that NATO will deploy
ground troops to Iraq and Syria relatively soon.
This was the plan all along. The long-term
objective is not just to destroy and defeat ISIL
but also to remove Bashar Al Assad from
power in Syria.
As a matter of fact the latter has always been
the primary objective and America, Turkey,
Saudi Arabia, Qatar and a handful of others in
the Arab Gulf states supported and funded
ISIS, Al Nusra, Daesh and a number of other
terrorist groups specifically for that purpose for
a number of years.
The sheer evil and horror of ISIS has provided
a useful pretext and justification for a full scale
invasion of Syria and Iraq by the western
powers and their sunni Arab allies.
That invasion, which will be clothed in the
name of ''liberation'', will come soon. Bashar
Al Assad, Syria, Russia, Iran, China and their
secularist allies in the region need to brace up
and prepare for the worst. This is indeed a
rhapsody of reality.
Yet whoever unleashed these forces and
whatever their evil intentions for Nigeria are,
one thing is clear: despite all our complexities,
self-hate, self-doubt, ignorance, naivety,
eccentricities and innocent trusting ways, God
loves us dearly and we shall not go the way of
Iraq, Syria or Libya.
After all this is the land of the Ameyo
Adadevoh's and other brave souls. This is the
land where the watchers pray through the night
and stand in the gap for their beloved nation
and their compatriots regardless of faith, tribe
or creed.
This is the land where, though we pretend to
hate one another and we bicker morning, night
and day, we know the meaning of the word
patriotism, honor, dedication, resilience,
ruggedness and love.
This is the land whose people know how to
worship and praise the one true God and who
call on His name night and day.
The earthly powers that be and the emissaries
of the devil, no matter how powerful, how rich
and how connected will never destroy us and
neither shall the counsel of satan prevail in our
land.
Each time they throw a bomb at us, like ebola,
it shall ''return to sender''.
Each time they refuse to sell us arms to enable
us to defend our people and redeem our honor
the Lord shall raise others who shall do it in
their stead.
The bottom line is as follows: you may hate us
and seek to shame and humiliate us but God
loves Nigeria and His purpose for our nation,
whether you like it or not, shall surely come to
pass.
God bless Nigeria and may He continue to
deliver us from our enemies, preserve our
unity, defend our shores and protect our
borders.

Sudan Kicks Eagles Out Of 2015
AFCON Race.

Salifu Usman
Oct 12, 2014

Super Eagles chance of qualifying for the
2015 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in
Morocco appears over following a 1-0
shock defeat to Sudan in Khartoum
yesterday.
The defeat leaves African champions lie
bottom of their Group A with just one
point after three rounds of matches.
Stephen Keshi’s men are now in a
perilous situation that even if they win all
of their remaining three matches, they
may not qualify except table topper,
South Africa and second place Congo fail
to win two of their remaining three
matches respectively.
South Africa, earlier on, beat Congo 2-0
away in Pointe Noire to leap frog the
Congolese to top spot in the group A
with seven points, while Sudan also
leapfrogged Nigeria into third place with
their first win of the qualifying series.
Congo remains second with six points.
Mathematically, Super Eagles, who are
yet to win a match in the campaign
could still make it to the 2015 AFCON in
Morocco, if they win their remaining
three matches – at home to Sudan and
South Africa and away to Congo
respectively and hope that either South
Africa or Congo loss two of their
remaining three matches.
The signals were worrying from the onset
as Sudan quickly settled into the rhythm
on the artificial pitch at the sell-out
Khartoum Stadium, while Nigeria tried to
get going with the long ball.
The Eagles lacked ideas especially in the
final third and must be bitterly
disappointed that they hardly troubled a
well organised Sudan defence for most
of this encounter.
Ironically, the first main chance fell in the
11th minute to Nosa Igiebor, who fired
from outside the box but his shot
crashed against the base of the post to
the relief of the home team.
Yesterday’s game was Nigeria second
defeat to Sudan having lost once to
North African side, back then in 1969.
Nigeria has emerged victorious in six
games and has drawn four times. The
last time Sudan hosted Nigeria in 2001,
they were whacked 4-0 and the story
was more or less the same in their last
encounter as the Super Eagles emerged
2-0 winners in January 2010 in an
AFCON Group C match.

ACF on 2015: ‘Power will shift to the North’

October 12, 2014.
By Isiaka Oyibo, Katsina

A former Inspector General of Police (IGP) and
leader of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF),
Ibrahim Ahmadu Coomassie, says there is the
possibility of power shifting to the North in
2015.
The ACF, which Coomassie leads, has been in
the fore front of the agitation for power shift to
the North..
Fielding question from newsmen in Katsina,
Coomassie said the agitation for power shift to
the North by 2015 was realizable, stressing
that once there was credible election where
people are allowed to freely choose who they
want, power will shift from the South.
He said the fact that the North appears to be
speaking with different voices notwithstanding;
power may go to the North.
“The North has always appeared to be in
disarray but it is not. When the time comes,
things will sort themselves out and the correct
thing will be done. Democracy allows people
to express their views but, eventually, the
majority will carry the day”, the ACF boss said.
“If people want real change, they can always
put their heads together. If we present a
credible candidate and there is honest,
credible and transparent election, the North
can still win.”
“But the important thing is that people should
be allowed to cast their votes and let their
votes count. There should be no changing
results to favour another candidate, let officials
allow voting to take place as is done in
civilized countries. If it is done, then we know
the results will be credible and acceptable”.

Saturday, October 11, 2014

Don joins APC presidential race

october 11, 2014
Vanguard News

Minna – A professor of business education at
Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Mr
Mahmood Aliyu, has declared his intention to
contest the 2015 presidential election on the
platform of the All Progressive Congress
(APC).
The presidential aspirant made the declaration
at a press conference on Saturday in Minna.
Aliyu said his decision to vie for the
presidency was informed by the agitation for
the emergence of new crop of leaders “to fight
the malaise in the country.
“There has been agitation for the emergence
of new crop of leaders by well-meaning
Nigerians in order to take this country out of
problems.’’
The aspirant said APC was the only party that
would tackle the current security challenges
bedevilling the country.
He added that “an APC government will tackle
the security issue with all the seriousness it
requires and deserves.’’
Aliyu, however, called on the national
leadership of the APC to review the N27
million fee for picking the party’s presidential
nomination form.
He said “our party should have a rethink
about the fee for presidential nomination
forms, so that ordinary Nigerians can afford it.
“Ordinary people who have something to offer
get scared away by the amount; even the PDP
fee is not up to that of our party.’’
He described as embarrassing, reports that he
was being sponsored by the ruling PDP to run
for president, arguing that he had always been
in the opposition since he joined politics in
1993.
The presidential aspirant was born on Nov. 20,
1951 in Niger and he is an indigene of Offa in
Kwara. (NAN)

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600,000 Nigerians will need eye surgery by
2020 — National Eye Centre

october 11, 2014
Vanguard News
By Luka Binniyat

The Chief Medical Director (CMD), National
Eye Centre, Kaduna, Dr. Godwin O. Adejor
has warned that that unless there was a
radical improvement in cataract awareness in
the country, more than 600,000 Nigerians may
have to undergo the operation by the year
2020.
Speaking in Kaduna on the occasion of the
World Sight Day celebration (WSD) which was
organised by the centre, Dr. Adejor noted that
the figure was expected to outnumber the
400,000 Nigerians operated of cataract about
seven years ago.
He however, said that the National Eye Centre
was able to render free cataract surgery for
512 patients during “Goodluck Operation
Restore Sight”, a Presidential initiative to
improve the number of cataract surgeries in
the country.
According to him, in order to usher in
universal eye health, there was the need to
train more eye care professionals such as
ophthalmologists, optometrists, ophthalmic
nurses and optical dispensing technicians
among others.
“ I want to advocate for the provision of
comprehensive eye care services and integrate
them into existing health systems as well as
identify and eliminate social and economic
obstacles especially for the poor and the
marginalised.”, he said.
He said: “In Nigeria, according to the results of
the National Blindness Survey conducted from
2005-2007, the prevalence of blindness in
people who were aged 40 years and older was
42% and 0.78% in all ages. According to this
study, 84% of blindness in Nigeria was due to
avoidable causes of which cataract constitutes
43%. The number of operable cataract in
Nigeria then was estimated at 400,000,
which is expected to increase by 43%
(600,000) in 2020 if cataract surgical coverage
of the country remains unchanged.
“It is heart-warming to learn that the National
Eye Centre was able to render free cataract
surgery for 512 patients during “Goodluck
Operation Restore Sight” which is a
Presidential Initiative to improve the Cataract
Surgical Rate of the number of cataract
surgeries per million per year) of the country.
“A brief statistical data is a necessary panacea
to understanding of burden of blindness /
visual impairment. According to the recent
available data, approximately 285 million
people worldwide live with low vision and
blindness. Of these, 39 million, 37 – 40 people
are blind and 246 million have moderate –
severe impairment. 90% of the blind people
live in low – income countries. It is also known
that 80% of visual impairment is avoidable.
“Although the number of people blind from
infectious causes has greatly reduced in the
past 20 years among the high – income
countries, these causes are still very significant
in the low – income countries of the world. It is
estimated that 19 million children worldwide,
are visually impaired”.

Nigeria government procure Two locomotives for Abuja - Kaduna rail road.

Words of wisdom

Synagogue church building collapsed.

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

There are many fifth columnists in armed
forces – CDS

October 08, 2014
Vanguard News

The Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal
Alex Badeh, said on Wednesday there were
“fifth columnists’’ in the armed forces leading
to conflicting information emanating from the
military.
Badeh made the allegation in Abuja, while
reacting to some presentations at the start of a
three-day workshop on “Security/Media
Relations in Crisis Management’’.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports
that the retreat was organised by the Office of
National Security Adviser in conjunction with
Trim Communications Nig. Ltd.
“If your people are misleading you, what do
you do? There are too many fifth columnists.
“There was a report which says oh, we have
seen some of the Chibok girls, only eight are
missing, it was a very senior officer that gave
that information from Chibok area.
“We are dealing with that situation. That was
when people started saying watch what Maj.-
Gen. Olukolade, the Director, of Defence
Information says. He was misled by one of
us,’’ Badeh said.
Badeh urged journalists to be guided by
national interest while reporting the ongoing
counter-insurgency operations in the North
east.
Badeh advised that although they might know
many things concerning the operations but
they should not report things that would hurt
or create panic in the people.
Asked to assess the performance of the media
so far, he said, “I would not say it has been
what we are looking for.
“Because without pointing accusing fingers,
some newspapers celebrate when anything
bad happens to this country.
“They really celebrate it, maybe because of
politics. President Jonathan cannot be doing
everything.
“When an institution has small problem, you
do not go and say the president has failed,’’
he said, adding that journalists should
endeavour to verify their report before
publishing.
“If you know how many condolence messages
I have received that my house is burnt, that
my whole village has been burnt; but no Boko
Haram has gone to my village.
“I do not know whether it is me they want to
bring down or the president that they want to
bring down, that is the media for you.’’ he
said.
Also, the National Security Adviser (NSA),
retired Col. Sambo Dasuki, urged the media to
be diligent in their reportage of the operations.
He said that the country was facing
“significant security challenge’’.
Represented by Prof. Soji Adelaja of the NSA
Office, he said that terrorism was new to the
nation and cautioned against reports and
pictures that could affect the image of the
country.
The chairman of the occasion, retired Gen.
Martin Luther Agwai, said that there was need
for the media and security agencies to partner
in handling the current situation.

There are many fifth columnists in armed forces– CDS

The Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal
Alex Badeh, said on Wednesday there were
“fifth columnists’’ in the armed forces leading
to conflicting information emanating from the
military.
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Ngilari sworn in as Adamawa governor,
appoints chief of staff

October 08, 2014
Vanguard News

Former Adamawa Deputy Governor, Mr Bala
Ngilari, was sworn in as the substantive state
governor on Wednesday in Yola.
Ngilari was sworn in at Government House by
the President, Customary Court of Appeal,
Justice Audu Lagre, following an order by a
Federal High Court, Abuja, that the Acting
Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, should vacate
the office.
The court held that Ngilari did not resign from
office as Deputy Governor in line with section
306 (1)) (2) and (5) of the 1999 Constitution as
amended.
In his address after taking oath of office,
Ngilari said he would run an open, transparent
and all-inclusive government.
” In this regard, I invite other arms of
government, in particular the legislature and
judiciary, not forgetting the civil service, to join
hands with me to achieve these noble goals.
” As a party man and a team player, I pledge
my unalloyed support and loyalty to our great
party and Mr president, ” Ngilari said.
He described his emergence as an act of
“God who gives power to who ever He
chooses”.
” We acknowledge the divine power of God in
all that happened. The holy books of both
religions subscribe to the fact that power
belongs to God and He gives it in trust to
whosoever he wills,” Ngilari.
NAN reports that many dignitaries, comprising
those of PDP and APC, graced the swearing in
ceremony.
In his first official function, the
governor announced the appointment of Mr
Chubado Tijjani as his Chief of Staff. (NAN)

‘Jonathan, 6th richest African president’

Richest Lifestyle, a US-based website, has
listed President Goodluck Jonathan of
Nigeria as the 6th Richest African
president.
In an article titled, ‘Richest African
Presidents 2014′ , the US website compiled
a list of the nine richest presidents and
kings in Africa. According to the article,
President Jonathan is worth $100million.
Other African presidents and kings on the
list include;
1. Jose Eduardo dos Santos of Angola – Net
Worth: $20 Billion
2. Mohammed VI of Morocco – Net Worth:
$2.5 Billion
3. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of
Equatorial Guinea – $600 Million
4. Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya – Net Worth:
$500 Million
5. Paul Biya of Cameroon – Net Worth:
$200 Million
6. King Mswati III of Swaziland – Net
Worth: $100 Million (The monarch shares
the number 6 spot with President
Jonathan)
7. Idriss Deby of Chad – Net Worth: $50
Million
8. Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe – Net
Worth: $10 Million

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Why Good people fail in marriage.

Marital failure is not because you are not a
good man or good woman. It is because you
never took decisions good men or good
women take in relationship. Being good is not
always enough in running a relationship or
marriage. There is always a need to cross a
line and that line must always be there in
marriage waiting. Most good people are not
brave people. That makes them weak people.
Only the brave breaks the law to obey
principles. Jesus would say, 'Only the violent
taketh it by force' most times, you have to
confront yourself. Good men don't become
great men until they let one side of their life
down. Its time you wake up and let one side
of your life down to move over to the other
side. The pains in marriage are curable if you
can be brave to face them. Poverty is not an
end. Its a challenge. You can overcome
anything and win. God is advising you now,
'Arise, shine...'

[UPDATE] Adamawa: Court orders
swearing-in of Ngilari as gov

OCTOBER 8, 2014
BY ADE ADESOMOJU

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered
that the former Deputy Governor of Adamawa
State, Mr. Bala Ngilari, be sworn in as the
governor of the state.
The court ruled that the purported resignation
of Ngilari on July 14, 2014 was invalid, null
and void as it breached the provisions of
sections 306(1), (2) and (5) of the 1999
Constitution because it was addressed to the
Speaker and acted upon by the House of
Assembly.
Ngilari, erstwhile deputy to removed Governor
Murtala Nyako had filed a suit before the
Federal High Court in Abuja, seeking an order
compelling his swearing in as the governor of
the state.
Ngilari had asked the court to declare his
resignation letter dated July 14, 2014 and
addressed to the Speaker of the state House
of Assembly, as illegal, null and void.
In his suit, marked, FHC/ABJ/CS/545/14, the
plaintiff argued that his resignation letter was
in breach of the provisions of sections 306(1),
(2) and (5) of the 1999 Constitution because
it was addressed to the Speaker and acted
upon by the House of Assembly.
Justice Adeniyi Ademola, while delivering his
judgment, ruled that Ngilari’s letter was
written at a time when Nyako had not been
removed, thus implying that the letter ought
to have gone through Nyako, which it did
not, thus rendering the resignation null and
void.
He therefore ruled that Ngilari be sworn in as
the substantive governor of the state.
The judgment implies that the bye-election
slated for Saturday by INEC, has been
stopped.

More details later.

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

#Ebolalert

There is NO active case of Ebola in Nigeria. However, in the United States, 1 case has been discovered, imported from West Africa.

Nigeria is still at risk, therefore, we need to remain extremely vigilant, and continue to follow strict hygiene practices.

Keep safe and wash your hands regularly.

Monday, October 6, 2014

21 Ways To Rescue The North, By Shehu Sani
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These, in my opinion, are viable ways
forward for Northern Nigeria.
(1) End insurgency and restore peace
(2) Restore unity, confidence, trust and
solidarity between diverse ethnic and
religious communities.
(3) Firm up internally generated revenue
(4) Reform, revive and recapitalise Northern
Nigeria Development Company and upgrade
it to a multinational company.
(5) Reach-out for...

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Sunday, October 5, 2014

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Amnesty opposes death penalty for
convicted soldiers

OCTOBER 5, 2014
BY TOBI AWORINDE

An international human rights advocacy
group, Amnesty International, has opposed
the death sentence passed on 12 Nigerian
soldiers by a military court in Abuja for
mutiny, among other offences.
The court three weeks ago, convicted the
soldiers for firing shots at the General Officer
Commanding the newly created 7 Division of
the Nigerian Army, Maj.-Gen. Ahmed
Mohammmed, in Maiduguri, Borno State.
But in an interview with SUNDAY PUNCH ,
AI’s Media Director, Ms. Susanna Flood, said
the organisation was opposed to the death
penalty, regardless of the offence.
“The reason we have not said anything about
(the conviction) was because we weren’t able
to monitor the trial and assess that it was fair,
which is very important for us. We have to
back up our comments with facts.
“We oppose the death penalty in all
instances. So, in the case of these soldiers,
we would be opposed to their death penalty.
We are looking into the trial and trying to
ascertain more facts about all that went on or
the situations that led to these men being,
first of all, charged and then convicted. We
are now investigating,” she said.
She noted that human rights change would
not happen overnight and that one needed to
look at the proverbial big picture.
“If you look at our work on the death penalty,
and you examine the statistics when we
launched our campaign against the death
penalty, which was more than 20 years ago,
compared with the figures now, you will
notice that the number of countries around
the world executing prisoners is decreasing.
“Sadly, Nigeria is still executing. Eliminating
the death penalty is a slow bit of progress.
We can see all the achievements we have
made over the years in getting the death
penalty reduced around the world.
“Recently, we got news from Israel. Israel has
had a particularly harsh form of detention for
African asylum seekers, where they have
been locked up in unacceptable conditions.
We heard that the Israeli Supreme Court had
overturned the ability to do this and this
detention will no longer continue for
Africans,” she said.

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Wednesday, October 1, 2014

We Shall Overcome (Part 1)
By Femi Fani-Kayode
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Blessed be the name of the Most High
God, the God whose I am and the God
whom I serve. Blessed be His holy name
forever.
I thank the presiding Bishop of this great
Church for honouring me in this way and
giving me the opportunity to share a few
words with this massive congregation. I
thank the Pastors and the Board of
Trustees of the Church for inviting me.
I look at this massive gathering of
believers and I am humbled. I am also a
little intimidated. I regard it is an honour
and a privilege for me to be here,
speaking to you today from this holy
pulpit, and in this hallowed hall and
chamber.
Unlike most politicians, I shall endeavour
to be very brief and not to keep you
here any longer than necessary. Permit
me to get to the point without much ado.
We are at war in this nation. That is
obvious and self-evident. Yet, despite
our circumstances, we must harbour no
fears, because we are winning that war. I
say this because my Bible tells me that
darkness cannot overcome light, and
that even though it may tarry, the vision
of total victory is for an appointed time.
I have been told that some of you that
are here today lost their loved ones who
were soldiers that were gallantly fighting
at the war front against the terrorists. I
hear that some died in Bama, others in
Konduga and some fell whilst defending
Mubi.
I am touched to the marrow and my
heart bleeds for the pain that you must
be going through, having lost your loved
ones in this way. I want to assure you
that the great sacrifice of these noble,
courageous and gallant heroes shall not
be in vain.
It is my sincere prayer that their souls
rest in peace and that the cause for
which they paid the supreme price is
achieved. May God reward them and
their loved ones for their service to our
nation. No greater a gift can a man give
than to lay down his life for his people
and for his country. The veracity of this
assertion can hardly be disputed.
And neither is there a more honorable or
noble death than that of a soldier who
falls at the war front whilst fighting for his
nation. Your loved ones fought gallantly
for Nigeria and gave their lives for the
future and unity of their country. We
shall never forget them.
More importantly, history and posterity
shall be very kind to them and their
names shall be listed amongst the greats
who stood to defend our people and our
cause when the days were dark and
when the enemy knocked at our gates.
Again, I am told that there are others
here today whose family members were
innocent and defenceless civilians, but
who were murdered in cold blood in the
sanctity of their own homes by the
butchers of Boko Haram.
What a terrible tragedy this is. It is a
tragedy of monumental proportions and
it has engulfed, not just the north-east,
but our whole nation. It is a tragedy that
touches, concerns and affects us all.
Your loss is ours. We share your pains
and we mourn with you.
I assure you that those that were killed in
this cowardly, brutal and barbaric way
will be avenged and those that killed
them will face the judgement of God and
the justice of men both in this world and
in the world to come.
What dark times these are. Yet, despite
the darkness of the night let us not
forget that joy comes in the morning. As
the Bible says, let us count our
tribulations and suffering as nothing but
joy, knowing that our Lord and Master
has already paid the price for our
salvation and deliverance by shedding
His precious blood on the cross at
Calvary.
Let us remember that in the end, we
shall prevail and we shall overcome,
because we serve a mighty God. Let us
remember that evil can never overcome
good and that the Church of Christ and
our Christian faith itself was built on the
blood of the martyrs and the persecution
and suffering of the saints.
Let us hold onto God’s word. Let us be
courageous. Let us exercise our faith
and let us never forget that hope against
all odds and strength, even in the face of
the most trying times, are the hallmarks
of a true believer. Let us remember that
our God is irresistible and unbeatable
and that in the end He makes all things
beautiful.
Let us take heart and let us make no
mistake about it: in the end, as surely as
night follows day, we shall overcome. Let
us remember that no matter what the
media, the opposition, the Haramites and
their secret friends in high places, the
skeptics, the international community or
anyone else tell us, our Armed Forces
remain the best, the most fearless, the
most courageous, the most disciplined,
the most effective and the most
ferocious warriors on the African
continent, and we have every reason to
be very proud of them.
If I were the President of this country, if I
were compelled to do so by the
circumstances, I would go to the four
corners of the earth and to the edges of
hell itself in order to procure the very
best arms that money can buy for our
soldiers so that they could protect our
people and fight a good fight against the
relentless barbarians that torment, afflict
and plague our land.
If I had to I would violate every
convention and norm in the land in order
to bring the terrorists to justice and to
degrade, kill, maim and destroy those
who slaughter our people at will, who
burn our homes, schools and churches,
who violate and defile our women and
who abduct and enslave our children.
People need to understand one thing:
when fighting a war against an inhuman,
barbaric and beastly enemy like Boko
Haram in Nigeria or ISIS in Iraq, or
Hamas in Gaza, or Al Shabab in
Somalia, or Al Qaeda in Libya and Mali,
or FIS in Algeria, or the Muslim
Brotherhood in Egypt, or Daesh in
Lebanon, or the Taliban in Pakistan and
Afghanistan, or Al Nusra in Syria, or the
Janjaweed in the Sudan, or the
Chechnyan separatists in Russia, the
gloves must come off.
History tells us that the policy of
appeasement and the willful and naive
display of weakness and procrastination
before wicked and heartless men with
reprobate minds can only lead to a
further display of violence and
aggression against the innocent. There
must be no display of restraint or
weakness exhibited to the enemy in this
war and no quarter must be given to
him. This is because we are fighting
against an adversary that is beastly in all
his ways and that does not consider
himself as being bound by the laws of
war or any known and internationally-
accepted rules of engagement.
In such a war, all is fair and all is
permissible, no matter how extreme and
no matter how frightful and ruthless. No
mercy must be exhibited. Absolutely
anything goes and anything is allowed.
We must wipe them and all that is theirs
out completely because they are the
ultimate expression of evil. We must
wipe them off the face of the earth. We
must crush and eliminate them totally
and wipe out all trace and memory of
them. This is our God-given duty. It is
our divine obligation and we must not fail
or shirk it.
We must win this war and thereby stop
the beasts from taking our land,
enslaving our loved ones, beheading our
children, raping our women, burying alive
our men, burning down our churches,
and wiping out our beautiful Christian
faith.
As long as Jesus sits on the throne and
as long as some of us remain alive, they
shall not pass and neither will they
succeed in their cruel venture, because,
ultimately, we shall prevail. We will not,
we must not, we shall not, and we
cannot lose this war.
It is rather these shameless and
conscienceless cowards, Huns, biblical
Egyptians, Philistines and Amalekites:
these enemies of God and those who
secretly support and encourage them,
that shall fail. This I know, because the
Bible says, “The gates of hell shall not
prevail against the Church”, and neither
shall they prevail against the Lord’s
counsel.
I say this with absolute and supreme
confidence, because our God never fails.
I say it because He is the Alpha and the
Omega: the Man of War, the Ancient of
Days, the Holy One of Israel, the Lion of
the Tribe of Judah, and the Lord God of
Hosts whom none can resist in battle.
I say it because He knows the end even
before the beginning. I say it because He
is high and lifted up and the earth is His
footstool. I say it because our God is an
awesome God, He reigns from heaven
above, with wisdom, power and love:
our God is an awesome God.

(TO BE CONCLUDED)
Chief Fani-Kayode’s speech at the Valley View Church on
September 21, 2014.

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

First case of Ebola diagnosed in US
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Kaduna vows to stop Fulani herdsmen’s

attacks on communities

on september 30, 2014 at 9:25 pm in news

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KADUNA—The Kaduna State government has

said that it was committed to finding lasting

solutions to the incessant attacks on

communities in the southern part of the state

by sauspected Fulani herdsmen, pointing out

out that those linking him with the unprovoked

attacks were political jobbers.

This was contained in a statement yesterday

by the Director General, Media and Publicity

to the governor, Ahmed Maiyaki.

Maiyaki’s statement read in part; ‘’While we

share in the pains of those that are genuinely

concerned about finding a lasting solution to

the situation, we have, however, noticed that

some cynics are bent on escalating the crisis

for selfish motives.

‘’We deem it necessary to address some of

the misinformation or outright mischief

conveyed to the public by some interest

groups on the issue.

‘’We wish to clarify from the onset that the

governor’s hands are clean on the issue of

attacks on innocent people of Southern

Kaduna and that he remains unrelenting in his

determination to bring such barbaric acts to

an end.”

Sunday, September 28, 2014

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