No Nigerian Territory Under Boko Haram –Buratai

Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. General Tukur Yusuf Burutai, has said no part of Nigerian territory is still under the control of Boko Haram. This is even as he sought support for the anti-insurgent operation in the North-East by providing information.

However, Gen. Buratai’s claim is at variance with the position of Borno State Governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, who said two local governments in his state are still under the control of the insurgents.

Both spoke separately at the weekend. Shettima stated this while receiving the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Babachir David Lawan, who led a six-man committee inaugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari to pay condolence visits to Borno and Adamawa states, after the suicide attacks at their mosques last Friday. He said: “They (Boko Haram) are presently controlling two local governments in Borno State; Abadam and Mobbar and partially in Marte,” he disclosed.

But the Chief of Army Staff, who spoke with journalists shortly after addressing troops at the headquarters of 3 Division, Marxwel Khobe Cantonment in Jos at the weekend, insisted that the military had recovered all territories previously under Boko Haram.

Buratai said: “It is not true. Boko Haram is not holding any territory.Have you heard them (Boko Haram) making any claim of recent? We are more determined and we have more professional soldiers on the ground.We have been trained and equipped and ready to face the challenges posed by them”

Earlier, the Chief of Army Staff, while addressing the troops, said he was in Jos on a familiarization visit and to acquaint them of his vision to reposition the Army after his appointment.

The soldiers who had gathered at the cantonment parade ground, however, took advantage of the opportunity and bombarded the Chief of Army Staff with complaints, most of which were on welfare.

The Sun.

#Buratai

Kwankwaso To Yoruba Elders: You Can’t Sack Fulani Herdsmen

• Says Nigeria is home to all
Former governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has told Yoruba leaders, threatening to sack Fulani herdsmen from the South-West geo-political zone to ‘shut up’, saying such utterances could thwart efforts to achieve a peaceful Nigeria.
He disclosed this in a chat with newsmen in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, at the official opening of a N40 million prefabricated structure, comprising two-bedroom and three-bedroom flats donated by Vitafoam Nigeria Plc to the Government College, Ibadan, to mark the jubilee celebration of 1965 to 1971 set.

Corrupt Persons Can’t Fight Corruption –Ali Ndume

It’s unfair to ask Saraki to resign
Senate Leader, Muhammed Ali Ndume, has stoutly denied any division in the nation’s upper legislative chamber. If anything, he says the senate is united and working as one despite the initial friction over the choice of leadership. In an interview with select journalists, he spoke on a number of issues, including the trial of the Senate President before the Code of Conduct Tribunal and President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-graft war, among others. Ndubisi Orji was there.
All Progressives Congress (APC) senators are still divided. The Lawan group remains bitter that the Saraki group, in defiance to the party directive, denied it the presidency. Why is the party still selling a dummy to Nigerians that all is well?

Rise Up Against Buhari, APC, PDP Tells Its Members

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has raised a rallying cry to all its members, supporters and lovers of democracy across the country to rise up and use all lawful means to resist what they call, anti-democratic forces, now using the judiciary and security agencies in their desperate scheme to subvert the will of the people and destroy the nation’s democracy.

The party said though it seeks peace, it is not ready to accept the peace of a graveyard, neither is it willing to surrender the mandate freely given to it by the people in any part of the country, particularly in Rivers, Akwa-Ibom, Delta, Abia, Taraba and other states where it won in the last general elections.

Buhari’s Anti-Corruption War Targeted At Ijaws – IYC

The Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of focusing his anti-corruption war on Ijaws from the Niger Delta part of Nigeria.
The council also rationalised the activities of oil bunkers and operators of illegal refineries in the Niger Delta, charging the federal government not to stop their activities unless it has alternatives for the participants.
The President of the IYC, Udengs Eradiri, who stated this in a chat with journalists in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, claimed that engaging in the illegal activities was a means of livelihood for those involved.

Stop Fighting Biafrans, Focus On Boko Haram – Igbo Monarch Tells Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has been advised not to wage war against members of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), but concentrate on how to end Boko Haram insurgency in the country.
The traditional ruler of Emede Ibeku Autonomous Community in Umuahia North Local Government Area, Eze Henry Ezekwem, made the call in Umuahia.

Fayose Urges Buhari To Give Fayemi ‘Grade A’ Ministry Befitting Ekiti

Following his predecessor’s confirmation by the Senate, Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to consider the State for what he called “Grade A” ministries, saying; “Ekiti State, being one of the States created last in the country, deserves a ministerial portfolio that will have direct impact on the people, not just a minister for the sake of federal character.”
The Governor, in a statement issued on Sunday by his Special Assistant on Public Communications, Lere Olayinka, said his position was not to favour any individual but in the collective interest of Ekiti people.”

Ondo Council Of Obas May Ban Eze-Ndigbo Title

The Deji of Akure, Oba Ogunlade Aladetoyinbo at the weekend said the State Council of Obas will on Thursday ratify the resolution of the first class monarchs that the title of Eze Ndigbo in the state should be scrapped.
Oba Aladetoyinbo spoke in his palace when the leadership of the Afenifere Renewal Group(ARG)under the leadership of Chief Wale Oshun paid a solidarity visit to the monarch.
The group was represented by the Ondo State Chairman of ARG,Dr Bayo Ademodi and other executives.

I Have No One But God, Says Wike

Nyesom Wike, whom the Rivers state election petition tribunal sacked as governor on Saturday, has turned to God for help.  Speaking on Sunday during a thanksgiving service held in honour of his supporters in Port Harcourt, Wike described the verdict as a distraction, urging the people to stand along with him.  “I thank God for the opportunity to serve the people of Rivers state and I know that only God has the final say,” he said.

Bomb The Living Dead: Iraq Okays Russian Airstrikes against SISIL

As Russian airstrikes push ISIL terrorists from Syria into Iraq, Moscow and Baghdad agreed to hit the militants in Iraq, said Hakem al-Zameli, the head of the Iraqi Parliament’s National Security and Defense Commission, according to Fars News Agency.

ISIL militants aren’t going to find a safe haven from Russian airstrikes in Iraq after the country’s parliament gave Russia the green light to conduct airstrikes against ISIL targets in Iraq.

“Iraq agreed with Russia, which leads the joint data center, to hit the ISIL militants heading from Syria into Iraq,” al-Zameli said, highlighting the fact that the move would also cut off ISIL supply routes from Iraq into Syria, as cited by Fars.

The approval comes amid security coordination between the governments of Russia, Iran, Iraq and Syria — all of which seek to destroy ISIL. The four nations launched the Baghdad Information Center to coordinate their military actions against the terrorists both in Syria and Iraq.

On September 30, Russia launched precision airstrikes against ISIL targets in Syria bordering Iraq following a request from Syrian President Bashar Assad. Russian Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov said earlier that Baghdad had not requested similar assistance.

The Russian military operation has been widely praised by Iraqi Shiites. For instance, the members of the Shi’ite Badr Organization have claimed they would “strongly welcome” both air attacks conducted by Russians in Iraq and an increasing role of Russia in the entire Middle East region, as the US’ approach to fight with ISIL militants is “not serious.”

Immediately following Russia’s airstrike campaign in Syria, Russian and Iraqi officials left open the possibility of expanding Russia’s anti-terrorist airstrikes from Syria into Iraq. Earlier this month, Iraq Prime Minister Haider Abadi said he would welcome Russian airstrikes against ISIL positions in his country if the Russian military succeeded in Syria.

Source: Sputnik

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Devalue Naira, Remove Fuel Subsidy, Sanusi Tells Buhari

Restriction of forex to 41 sectors hurting the economy
Advises incoming ministers against flattery of the president
The Emir of Kano and a former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mallam Muhammad Sanusi II, has stressed the need for the federal government to completely remove fuel subsidy.
He also advised the CBN and the Presidency to reconsider their stance against naira devaluation, saying the country cannot continue to live “in denial.”

I’ll Wait For My Eagles Chance, Iheanacho Tells Oliseh

Nigeria youth sensation, Kel­echi Iheanacho has declared that he would continue to bid his time for a Super Eagles’ chance despite being overlooked by Coach Sunday Oliseh in last week’s international friendly against Demo­cratic Republic of Congo and Camer­oon in Belgium.
The 18-year-old was recently pro­moted to Manchester City’s first team prior to the new season following a spectacular pre-season performance, but he was surprisingly snubbed by Oliseh for national team call up.

New Profile Of An APC Leader - Femi Aribisala.

Many monuments have been built in honour of the man Bola Tinubu. He is acclaimed as the political genius of our times who not only engineered the taming of the PDP juggernaut, he caged it and confined it to the backwaters of Otuoke. Since the APC defeat of the PDP in the presidential election, Tinubu the tactician has been feted, celebrated and praised to high heavens. But all these encomiums have proved to be highly exaggerated.

DSS Refuse To Produce Pirated Radio Biafra Director, Nnamdi Kanu – Lawyer

ENUGU – The Department of State Security Service,DSS,Friday,refused to produce Radio Biafra Director,Nnamdi Kanu who was arrested last Monday on his return from United kingdom,arraigned secretly at Magistrate Court,Wuse 11,and granted bail under stringent bail conditions.biafra Nnamdi Kanu

Nnamdi’s Lawyer,Mr.Egechukwu Obetta,who spoke to Vanguard in his Enugu office Saturday,said,”we have fulfilled his bail conditions.
Although the bail conditions were stringent which required the Certificate of Occupancy of a landed property within Abuja municipality, a level 16 officer in the Ministry, which we eventually met in full.

"Magun" (Thunderbolt) Allegedly Kills Prophet After Sleeping With Friend's Wife

 

A white piece of clothing church prophet in a suburb of Lagos, ‘Woli Adesoji’, supposedly met his untimely demise amid s*x with the wife of his dear companion and a senior in the congregation.

It was accumulated that the ‘Woli’, was actually ousted from another church where he was a prophet after he was nabbed with a member’s wife and he later opened his own congregation and appeared to proceed in his indulgence.

Being the pioneer of the congregation, Adesoji had a free rule and laid down with any lady he considered fit, both wedded and single, particularly the individuals who looked for fruits of the womb or spouses.

According to a church member “It was a thing of shame when Prophet Adesoji, a married man with several children, died while making love to another man’s wife. And the woman is married to an elder in the church.

We all know Woli to be very randy and had been suspected by many but since he was the founder of the church, no one could confront him. It seemed the woman’s husband had planted ‘magun’ (a Yoruba voodoo meant to prevent a woman from committing adu!tery), on his wife and behold, it was Woli that was caught in the trap.

He died in a very shameful way in his private room in the church. The woman has since fled the area while church members have been trying to come to terms with the ugly incident.”

#NaijaGist

We Robbed Banks In Abuja To Raise Money For Boko Haram - Arrested Suspects

With the recent arrest of five suspected members of the deadly Boko Haram sect, terrorizing the metropolis of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, the police seem to have been on the verge of dismantling the deadly cell which has coordinated most of the bombings around the metropolis.

Pro-Biafra Campaign Championed By Ignorant Youths – Previous Head of State, Gowon

 

Previous Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (retd.), has dismissed any potential threat to Nigeria’s proceeded with corporate presence as an aftereffect of the exercises of some professional Biafra groups.

General Gowon, who was in charge of undertakings of the country when the Nigerian common war broke out in 1967, noticed that Nigerians have put behind them the terrible recollections of the three year bleeding struggle, including that those behind the protests were adolescents who have no clue what the war cost Nigerians.

 

He, however, said he wished he could meet with the pro-Biafra secessionists to counsel them on the dangers of beating the drums of war, adding that “if there’s anything of the sort, anywhere in any part of the country, just like the Boko Haram issue, Nigeria should deal with it in a mature way”.

The elder statesman stated this in Lafia, the Nasarwa State capital shortly after a malaria eradication campaign visit to Governor Tanko Al-Makura.

Gowon further opined that pro-Biafra campaign was being driven by just a few people and that the generality of the Igbo people do not share the view.

While admitting that the protesters had the right to express their feelings, Gowon stated “with Biafra, it is finished”.

#YakubuGowon

Ever Wonder How a Nuclear Plant Makes low-cost and efficient Electricity ? (Video)

Ever wonder how a nuclear plant like Watts Bar makes low-cost electricity? The heat created by nuclear fission is captured and used to create steam. The steam is used to turn a series of large turbines connected to a huge electric generator. How huge? At any moment, a single unit’s generator is producing all of the power needed for 650,000 homes and businesses with no greenhouse or carbon emissions. With both units operational, that’s 2,300 megawatts which is electricity for 1.3 million homes.

#AfricaEnergy

‘Have you any Common Sense?’ – Putin Crushes BBC Journalist’s Stupid Questions

Is common sense severely lacking in mainstream Western journalism?

Russia’s President Putin found himself having to ask BBC journalist John Simpson if he has any common sense at all, as he pushed the establishment line that Russia is an aggressor in the world.

Right Wing Nationalist and Racist Football Fans In Ukraine Attack African Fans Of Their Own Club (Video)

They cherished the same game and supported the same club however kindred fans assaulted them as a result of the colour of their skin. It is shameful how in this day and age some sport fans could be so nauseating and bigot. Common sense would propose that regardless of the possibility that you are racist against African people, it’s ideal not to show off your inclinations at a broadcast ballgame where there are such a large number of cameras rolling.

Be that as it may, obviously prejudice is still regular, while sound judgment is NOT, in a few sections of Eastern Europe. Amid a Champions League match between Dynamo Kiev and Chelsea on October 20 in Ukraine, four African folks were targeted on and thrashed by others devotees of the same club they all supported.


This implies Dynamo Kiev fans beat up a cluster of other Dynamo Kiev fans on the grounds that they were Africans. It wasn’t only one group targeting on them either. Wherever the quartet went they kept running into fierce Right Wing Nationalist and Racist Football Fans. A few others did attempt to protect them yet they were far and few between.

It’s simply tragic that these kind of disdainful forces are permitted to exist within the Beautiful Game. Football-related accepted racism by Dynamo fans is just the same old thing new. Last season the club paid a fine and was requested to close some portion of its stadium where the Ultras sit as discipline for their supporters’ provocation of the visisting Evertonians.

UEFA needs to descend overwhelming on Dynamo since it’s a rehash offense. In the main time, the club has an obligation to identify and serve life bans to each one of the individuals who were included in the loathsome episode above.

UEFA has in the past banned clubs for failing to agree to its money related regulations. Maybe, it’s time it likewise announces racism as an issue worth banning clubs for. Perhaps then just Dynamo will spring enthusiastically and free itself of its Right Wing Nationalist and Racist Football Fans like people over in Britain did in the ’80s.

#SportGist

Zara Clothing Tycoon, Amancio Ortega overthrows Bill Gates as the richest man in the world - Forbes

Spanish clothing magnate Amancio Ortega, 79, over took Microsoft founder Bill Gates for the first time ever in the Forbes rich list. According to Forbes’s real-time tracker, the elusive multibillionaire founder of European clothing retailer Zara smashed past Bill Gates to become the wealthiest person on the planet, with a fortune of $79.8 billion (€71.83 billion or £51.84 billion). Bill Gates’ estimated net worth is $79.5bn as of this afternoon. He’s expected to take back his top position from Ortega.

The elusive Ortega isn’t as much of a household name as Gates, but he’s quietly ascended the wealth rankings in recent years, as his company continues to perform well and expand.

Unlike many of the richest people in the world, Ortega has a fascinating rags-to-riches story. Born in 1936 during the Spanish Civil War, Ortega’s father earned 300 pesetas a month, a meager salary.  Ortega’s biographer described his memories of a childhood during which his family could not always afford enough food. He left school in his early teens, working his way up from the absolute bottom rung as a messenger boy in a shop.

It wasn’t until he was 40 years old that Ortega got around to setting up Zara, the fast-fashion retailer that has gone from strength to strength — first growing in Spain, then neighbouring Portugal and France, then London. Now it’s all over the globe.

According to Forbes, Ortega’s wealth rose by 5.3%, another $4 billion, over the last 24 hours. That’s partly down to a surge in Inditex shares, the parent company that owns Zara.

In the last 10 years, the market value of Inditex has risen by about 570%, the main driver of Ortega’s climb up the ranks.

n an odd turn of events, Ortega hasMario Draghi to thank for his new rank — the head of the European Central Bank’s hints that the ECB would boost its quantitative-easing programme on Thursday sent shares in the eurozone surging upwards.

Source: Business Insider

#AmancioOrtega

Michael Jackson's doctor who was rumored to be biological dad of his kids passes on

Late Michael Jackson's longtime physician Dr. Arnold Klein, has died. The man rumored for years to be the biological father of Michael's two oldest children, Prince and Paris, passed away Thursday night in California according to TMZ. He was 70 years old. Klein, who was one time the biggest dermatologist in Hollywood, was admitted to the hospital four days ago suffering severe abdominal pains. He was also suffering from Multiple Sclerosis & confined to a wheelchair at the time of his death. Klein hinted on many occasion that he was the biological father Prince and Paris.

Pastor assassinated in Bayelsa state

The head pastor of The Land of Peace Ministry, Alawari Ogili, was allegedly assassinated by known gunmen at his residence along DSP Alamieyeseigha Way, Opolo, Yenagoa, the state capital on Wednesday 21st.

Sources told The Nation that the armed men scaled through the fence of the deceased and lured him out of his house by stopping his generator. When he came out, he was shot multiple times and the assassins left without taking any of his belongings.

I Haven’t Found The Right Man – Genevieve

 

Most up to date motion picture maker in town, Genevieve Nnaji, talks with CHUX OHAI about her new film and plans for what’s to come

At a time many  motion picture fans in Africa are thinking about whether she has given it up with film acting, celebrated performing artist, Genevieve Nnaji, simply declared the arrival of her own movie after what appears like a long rest from the lighted screen.

Titled ‘Street to Yesterday’, the film is delivered by the performing artist – funded straight from her own pocket with extra backing from AfricanMagic, as she claims in a meeting with our journalist. Be that as it may, it is written and coordinated by Ishaya Bak

Explaining why it has taken her a long time to join the growing ranks of new generation movie producers in the country, Genevieve says, “I chose to be an actress. Acting was what I had always wanted to do. I don’t think that I ever imagined myself producing a film. I love acting. If the Nigerian movie industry was as stable as it should be, I probably would have been on the set of a movie every day of my life and not be bothered about what goes on behind the camera. So it is a matter of choice and preference.”

Genevieve plays the lead role in ‘Road to Yesterday’ alongside Ghanaian actor, Majid Michel. Chioma Omeruah, Ebele Okaro and Oris Ehuero, among others featured in the movie.

Apart from Majid and Ebele, most of the actors and actresses are not part of the regular Nollywood crowd. Genevieve tells our correspondent that the departure from the ‘old’ crowd is deliberate.

She says, “It is part of our effort to open up Nollywood to more newcomers and to create opportunities for people who are very talented and who have the passion for this job. This is why we have somebody like Ishaya Bako in the team.”

But to the disappointment of those who have for long expected Genevieve to choose a life partner and finally walk down the aisle, marriage does not seem to be in her agenda yet. Asked when she would finally take the plunge, the actress replies that contrary to speculations, she has not ruled out marriage. But that she would make up her mind as soon as she meets the right person.

“I haven’t found the right man yet. When he comes, I’ll get married,” she says.

#Genevieve

NIS Tragedy: Abba Moro Visits EFCC Again For Questioning

Former Minister of Interior, Mr. Abba Moro, was again at the Economic Governance Unit of the EFCC on Thursday for questioning over last year’s Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, recruitment tragedy.

The former minister, who arrived the commission by 11 am on Thursday, was allowed to leave around 4.20pm after being interrogated by operatives of the agency.

A top operative of the commission told Punch that Moro was asked to go on administrative bail after the interrogation on Tuesday and was directed to return on Thursday for a continuation of the exercise.

The source said, “The former Minister of Interior, Mr. Abba Moro, returned to the commission on Thursday.

“You know that the man came here on Tuesday and was asked to return on Thursday and he kept his word.

“He came by 11 am and left the office after his interrogation by 4.20 pm.”

The report said that the anti-graft agency was still continuing with the investigation into the recruitment which led to the death of 19 Nigerians across the country.

The EFCC had reopened investigations into the NIS recruitment scandal with the interrogation of the immediate past Comptroller General of Customs, Mr. David Paradang, on September 15, 2015.

EFCC spokesman, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed to the newspaper that Moro was at the commission to keep his appointment with the operatives but would not say anything further.

“Yes. It is true that he came today,” he said.

Daily Post.

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