Friday, October 14, 2016
Bukola Saraki condemns latest bomb Blast in the North.
In a statement by his special adviser on media and publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, in Abuja, Saraki commiserated with victims of the unfortunate suicide attack especially at a time the federal government has stepped up efforts aimed at total eradication of the menace of Boko Haram and keeping Nigerians safe from all forms of criminality no matter where they live. While calling on the security agencies to gear up towards foiling such surreptitious attacks by the largely defeated insurgents, he called on Nigerians to be extra vigilant as they go about their daily businesses.
“If this stealthy suicide attack by the insurgents is meant to divert government’s commitment and focus at ensuring absolute peace and security, rehabilitation and resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the North East, then they have clearly failed. “The government shall not waiver in its resolve to restore normalcy in the region even as it will continue operations aimed at routing the last vestiges of these outlaws,” he said. On the clashes between members of the Shiites group and security operatives on the one hand and the attacks on suspected members of the group by some civilians, the Senate president called for restraint on the part of the security agencies while urging Nigerians not to take laws into their hands, notwithstanding the level of provocation.
“The fact remains that the security agencies have the sole duty to enforce laws, protect citizens and maintain law and order. “However, I call on the security agencies to exercise restraint in dealing with internal crisis so as to prevent avoidable loss of lives and property, while all aggrieved persons must of necessity adopt the use of dialogue in resolving their grievances,” he said.
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President Buhari will not rest until all the Chibok girls in captivity are freed. - Tinubu
APC National party leader,Bola Asiwaju Tinubu, has said that President Buhari will not rest until all the Chibok girls in captivity are freed and completely returned to their families.
He also expressed joy over the evidence that shows that progress is being made by the government in reconnected the girls not just with their families but also their dreams and aspirations.
“I congratulate the families of these young ladies who have endured so much anxiety and pain on account of this horrendous experience. I am also grateful that these budding young stars now have the opportunity to again pursue their dreams and aspirations.
“I know there is road to recovery and readjustment ahead, but I am confident that the support of their families, our communities,and the assistance of our many collaborators at home, and internationally provide the tools required for this.
“I also congratulate and thank President Muhammadu Buhari for his steadfastness and dogged effort in ensuring the release of these girls. I salute our gallant men and women in uniform who continue to make sacrifices on our behalf and have remained focused in the hot pursuit of the terrorists. “I commend all Federal Government agencies- the DSS, the NIA- and indeed our lawmakers and our other partners who remained dogged and worked assiduously to secure this release. “It is a great day for our nation and humanity when as shown there, we demonstrate that every life is vital and must be fought for, no matter what it takes. I know that the joy of this outcome will inspire and encourage the government and all concerned to do everything within human possibility to secure the release of our other daughters who are still in captivity. “The President, I am assured, will not rest on his oars until all the girls in captivity are freed and returned to their families. Security and ending the Boko Haram insurgency remains atop the agenda of the APC-led government and I am happy that the evidence is there to see that progress is being made on this front,” he said.
To those who doubt the Chibok Girls Kidnap, I pray something like this never happens to you or someone you love - Aggrieved Mother pens and Open Letter
People are of the opinion that the chibok girls saga is nothing but a scam and a big lie, but some others are filled with pity for the said parents of these girls (if it really happened).
As news of the recent release of 21 chibok girls and the promise that more will be rescued soon, the people can hope for the best again.
Below is an open letter from a sad mother who narrates all she has had to go through since the abduction of her child
Dear doubters,
I cannot put into words the pain I have been through since 2014 when I was informed of the news of the abduction of my daughter by Boko Haram terrorist. I cried because I felt she alongside other girls who were taken from their school in Chibok would be killed immediately. I resigned myself to fate that I had lost a daughter all because I chose to send her to school.
When I heard that 56 girls had escaped from Boko Haram, my hope was raised. I wished my daughter would be one of them but alas, I was thrown into another round of tears when my girl was not one of them.
Anytime Boko Haram released photos of videos, I would scan through looking for my daughter but I never saw her. I resigned myself again to the possibility that she had died. In 2016 however, I saw a Boko Haram video in which my daughter was present. It was the most sorrowful day of my life. From a young innocent girl, she had grown into a woman. I might have seen the video more than 100 times looking for signs she was trying to communicate something with me. I found it hard to deal with how far she has aged. Her eyes were sunken and the smile I was used to was gone. My daughter looked like a stranger! I wait for the day I will get the chance to see my daughter. A Yoruba friend said that losing a child to death is bad but losing to captors is worse. Every day, I think of my girl living among terrorists. I don’t know what she eats and if she has access to toiletries. What happens when she is sick? Would I ever get the chance to see her or will one day die?
To those people who say the kidnap of our daughter is a big lie, I pray the same thing never happens to you or someone you love before you believe it is real. Our political, ethnic or religious affiliation should not take empathy away from us. No amount of money can replace the loss of one’s child. I pray my daughter comes back home one day to me. I have suffered a lot and my tears have dried because there is no more to come. Until that day comes, I have been asked to stay strong. I am trying to.
May God rescue them all, Amen
Do not over-step your bounds of common decency : Jose Mourinho pleads with Supporters ahead of Manchester United/Liverpool clashs
Jose Mourinho has pleaded with Liverpool and Manchester United supporters not to become embroiled in a vile war of words making a mockery of the respective tragedies involving both clubs.
The two north-west rivals meet at Liverpool’s Anfield ground on Monday, the first meeting between the teams since Mourinho took over as United manager in
pre-season.
Both clubs have already issued a statement imploring their own supporters to refrain from tasteless chants that make reference to the Hillsborough disaster
that left 96 people dead during Liverpool’s 1989 FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest at Sheffield Wednesday’s ground or the Munich air crash that
killed 23 people as United flew back from a European Cup tie in 1958.
Mourinho echoed the call for supporters not to overstep the bounds of common decency during an eloquent news conference on Friday.
“In football we have some football tragedies, if you can speak of them like that, which is the big match we lost, some mistake a player did and you can make
fun of that in some way,” said Mourinho.
“But the human tragedy is something much more serious, and I think is the last thing somebody should use in a football pitch, because they were really big
tragedies.
“So I would be really sad if in such a big football match that was a negative point,” he explained.
The Portuguese boss had a tempestuous relationship with Liverpool in his time as Chelsea manager, taking part in a number of high-profile, often
controversial, matches with the Merseyside club.
And while the United manager pointed out that his current side’s trip to Liverpool will not decide either club’s fate this season, he did not under-estimate
the intensity of the rivalry.
“I have to feel it, to play it, and then take my conclusions, but I have been in England for a long time,” said Mourinho.
“Obviously I have never played this match, but I played many times against Liverpool, many times against Manchester United, I understand the dimension of the
clubs and now I understand better the dimensions of two big historical rivals.
“But the season for me is not about the Anfield match and Old Trafford match (against Liverpool) in January, I think, the season is about many matches, many
points to win, many points to lose and targets to achieve.”
Mourinho added: “I look forward to it, yes, I always like to play at Anfield. I won many times there, I also lost, I won big matches, I lost big matches, so
I cannot say I like to go there because I’m always successful, because it’s not true.
“I like the atmosphere, normally the characteristics of the matches, but being Manchester United manager means something more, because we cannot compare the
historic rivalry between my former clubs and United and Liverpool.
“It can be comparable to Real Madrid v Barcelona, Benfica v Porto, these kind of matches,” insisted Mourinho, himself a former Real and Porto manager.
Source : AFP
Return the 10bn seized from NBC, Buhari orders EFCC
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the return of N10bn seized from the National Broadcasting Commission by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
The Director-General of NBC, Mallam Is’haq Kawu, made this known to newsmen in Abuja yesterday at a press conference to announce the 20th edition of Africa Broadcasting Conference and Exhibition coming up in Abuja next week.
The money is part of the funds realised by the NBC from the controversial sale of frequency to MTN Nigeria Communications Limited.
The funds had been a subject of probe by the EFCC following allegation that the broadcast regulatory agency failed to remit it to the Treasury Single Account at the time prescribed by the Federal Government.
The NBC had claimed that the funds were meant for projects being executed for the country’s migration to digital broadcasting.
Kawu said the funds would be channelled towards projects and programmes aimed at achieving the transition to digital broadcasting for which a deadline of June 2017 had been set.
He added that the NBC was planning to establish a content development for the broadcast industry as the era of digitisation was expected to create immense need for content development as a result of multiple channels to be witnessed in the new era.
“We are going to assist a lot of young people to get finances for the production of their contents. We are thinking in terms of content development fund within the NBC and the NBC also provides opportunity for young content providers” he said.
According to Kawu, a 10 per cent increase in the digitisation of the broadcast industry is predicted to create one million new jobs.
Interesting !!! Aisha Buhari says she may not support President Buhari 2019,- Buhari replies : Her Place is in the Kitchen
The President’s wife, Mrs. Aisha Buhari has warned that her support for her husband for 2019 election rest on the her husband’s readiness to shakeup his government.
Aisha Buhari in a BBC Hausa interview monitored in Kano pointed out that Buhari’s government has been hijacked by cabal who are “behind presidential appointments”.
Mrs Buhari said that “he is yet to tell me, but I have decided as his wife, that if things continue like this up to 2019, I will not go out and campaign again and ask any woman to vote like I did before. I will never do it again “.
However President Muhammadu Buhari responded to the BBC interview with his wife, Aisha, where she questioned his leadership.
Buhari, who left the country on wednesday for a state visit to Germany, reacted to the interview during a joint press briefing with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The Associated Press reports that he laughed it off and said: “I don’t know which party my wife belongs to, but she belongs to my kitchen and my living room
and the other room.”
He also said that he had much more political experience, they reported
