Ex president Jonathan is the cause if food shortage in Nigeria

The presidency has attributed the current increase in food prices to the deceit of the last administration led by Goodluck Jonathan. Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Shehu Garba, made the allegation in a statement released recently. 

“This government believes that Nigerians deserve to know the truth. People stole unbelievable amounts of money. 
The kind of money some of these ex-officials hold is itself a threat to the security of the state. Since it is not money earned, they feel no pain deploying just anyhow to thwart genuine and well-intentioned government efforts. Sadly, even that which was not stolen was wasted. Government coffers were left empty, with huge debts unpaid and unrecorded (this government is working to quantify the amount owed). Even the current high food prices can be traced to past deceit. For example, the previous government purchased fertilisers in 2014, worth N65 billion and left the bill unpaid. In 2015 the suppliers could not supply fertilisers which resulted in a low harvest, shortages and high food prices. This government had to pay off the debt so that the suppliers could begin to supply fertilisers again".

Book haram leaders arrested

A Boko Haram suspect on the wanted list number 105, Muhammed Bulama, has been arrested by troops on Tuesday 6th September 2016 in Yobe State. 

A statement by Army spokesperson, Col. Sani Usman, said Bulama was arrested along side with 2 other suspected Boko Haram terrorists; Ardo Abba Muhammed (elder brother to Bulama as claimed) and Muhammadu Kaigama, in Azare community, Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe State, with the help of the local vigilantes in the town.

They were arrested riding on horseback and bicycle shepherding some sheep towards market.

During preliminary investigation, the suspected terrorist personally confirmed his photograph on the wanted list and further revealed that he specialized on rearing animals for the terrorist group.

He further confessed that they came to the village to sell the animals as they had ran out of cash in their hideout and would also get some food items back to for the upcoming Sallah festivity.

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Americans committing suicide in Nigeria too

The police in Lagos kingdom have all started investigation into the loss of life of a fifty seven-12 months-vintage American, who become observed hanged with a rope in a hotel room inside the Lekki place of the state.

Our correspondent learnt that the yank, Charles Carlson, had checked into Ellyx Vile resort on African Line, Lekki segment 1, on Monday earlier than the incident befell.

Our correspondent gathered that the motel employees discovered Carlson had hanged himself whilst it become time for breakfast on Tuesday and he failed to show up or choose his calls.

The hotel room became thereafter forced open and his corpse turned into observed hanged with a rope.

The incident changed into thereafter pronounced at the Maroko Police division which got here to evacuate the corpse.

The Lagos nation Police Public family members Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, who confirmed the loss of life, said the Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, had directed operatives to unravel the mysteries around his death.

She said, “the problem turned into said to the police by the supervisor of the motel, diagnosed as Vincent Owunke. The visitor, Carlson, an American, it become located did no longer pick out calls to the intercom in his room and he did no longer pop out for breakfast.

“The police are investigating a case of surprising and unnatural loss of life. The yank changed into located immobile and hanged himself with a rope close to the door. The CP, Owoseni, has directed the case to be transferred to the homicide segment of the kingdom crook research and Intelligence branch, Yaba, for further investigation.”

Babangida faces Kidnap charges

Olaide Oyelude, Katsina

A Katsina Senior Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday directed that a middle-aged man, Babangida Yusuf, be remanded in prison custody till October 13 when the case of kidnap and extortion levelled against him and two others would come up for mention.

The magistrate, AbdulKareem Umar, gave the directive after the court heard that the legal advice on the case was still being awaited from the state’s ministry of justice.

The police prosecutor, Hashimu Musa, told the court that Babangida, a.k.a. “Beti” of Kidanda village in the Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State, along with Suleiman Abubakar and Usman Shagari (both of Yadi village) in the same LGA,  but who are now at large, jointly kidnapped one Alhaji Saleh Buda of Janda village in the Danja Local Government Area of Katsina State on March 2.

The court was further told that the fourth member of the gang, Dahiru Yusuf, was lynched by members of the community at the place they were supposed to collect the ransom placed on Buda.

The court was told that Babangida and his gang had stormed Buda’s residence with sticks and cutlasses before they whisked him off to an unknown destination.

The gang, thereafter, reportedly demanded a ransom of N10m on Buda. They also left behind a telephone number 08128967501 which they said his (Buda’s) family should use to contact them whenever they were ready to pay the ransom.

Be warned!! Military to Militants

This is a statement issued by Rabe Abubakar, Brigadier General, Acting Director Defence Information: 

The Defence Headquarters wishes to alert the general public of the disturbing spate of how various militant groups are springing up in the Niger Delta with each of them hiding under regional agitation to commit all manners of crimes and atrocities. 

The latest being the Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate (NDGJM) that claimed responsibility for blowing up NNPC oil pipeline few days ago. The same group has come out again, demanding residents living near oil and gas infrastructure to vacate their homes to avoid being caught in its next attacks.

The Defence Headquarters wishes to state, in clear term, that no group or individual has the right to threaten or force residents in any part of Nigeria to abandon their homes in obeisance to certain group’s selfish and devilish interest.

It is more worrisome that despite the Federal Government’s olive branch to broker peace and profer solution to the lingering Niger Delta problem, some groups are still fanning the ember of war. The military and other security agencies would remain focused, un-intimidated and will display professionalism in ensuring adequate security to lives and property.

While the Armed Forces respect the Government’s negotiation with relevant stakeholders in the Niger Delta, the military exercise and operations in the area are not targeted at any group or meant towards making lives difficult for the inhabitants. The ongoing exercise is geared towards enhancing civil-military relationship and building the confidence of the resident on the ability of the military to protect them. The exercise also demonstrates the strength of the troops to purge the region of criminals and economic saboteurs. The Armed Forces would not tolerate any form of criminality in that region.

The military and other security agencies wish to therefore re-affirm their total commitment to ensure security of lives and property, not only in the Niger Delta, but throughout the federation. We also solicit the cooperation of all the stakeholders, including the royal fathers, leaders and youths to achieve this feat. We urge public, especially those residing in the Niger Delta, to discountenance the threat and request innocent citizens and those domiciled therein to go about their legitimate businesses

Emir now declaring public holidays in Nigeria?

coalition of 22 Christian groups in Nigeria led by National Christian Elders Forum (NCEF), yesterday, said the declaration of September 12 as public holiday in commemoration of Eid-El-Kabir celebration by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, was the height of impunity. Sultan of Sokoto  A similar incident took place in July 2016, when Christian organisations criticised the extension of public holiday by the Federal Government over the non-sighting of the moon by the Sultan. A statement issued by the chairman of NCEF, Mr. Solomon Asemota (SAN), on behalf of the coalition and obtained by journalists in Abuja, said it was “very improper for the head of the Islamic faith in Nigeria to announce, declare, or extend public holidays.” The statement entitled: ‘Is the Federal Government Abdicating Its Responsibility?’, reads: “We  unequivocally  wish to state that it is very improper for the head of the Islamic faith in Nigeria to announce, declare, or extend Public Holidays. “This is the function of the Federal Government and need not be abdicated. This kind of anomalous development has not been taking place in Nigeria until the advent of the Buhari Administration which has gone to great lengths to deepen religious divide and tension in Nigeria. “Again, we have no objection whatsoever to the Muslim Public Holiday but our concern is that in a secular society as enshrined in Section 10 of the Constitution, the responsibility of declaring or announcing a religious Public Holiday is vested in the Federal Government and such responsibility is sacrosanct. “We are not unaware of various manipulations and acts of impunity to transform Nigeria from a Liberal Democratic society to an Islamic Theocratic State. As we stated in our previous paper, the full membership of Nigeria in OIC, in 1986, by the Babangida Military Administration is tantamount to making Nigeria an Islamic state. “The nation is yet to resolve this unilateral imposition of one religion over the nation by an individual. We also conclude that the present distress in the nation, occasioned by religious intolerance and insurgency, from the development of Boko Haram to the evolving of fanatical Muslim assailants, like the Fulani herdsmen, derive from this unilateral and improper decision of the Babangida Administration. “Even the sponsors and actors of the membership of Nigeria in OIC in 1986 were aware of the illegality of their action and as such, kept it out of public knowledge for 10 years until 1996 when Sultan Dasuki confirmed to the Pope that Nigeria was a full member of the OIC. “We wish to remind the present Administration that religion is a very sensitive and emotional aspect of Nigerians. The wisdom of the founding fathers of this nation to adopt Liberal Democracy as national ideology to accommodate all the divergent groups in the nation cannot be faulted. “Any attempt to distort that delicate balance in the Nigerian society shall produce nothing but destruction and devastation as the nation is currently witnessing. There is still time for religious extremists to desist before they push Nigeria off the brink of the precipice.”

Say Buhari is working and your story will change

My husband did this to me because I said Buhari is working.
The man who lost is job recently and is going hard time now decided to vent his and anger and frustration on his wife when said the Nigeria president is working.