Progress report on the Social Investment Programmes (SIPs) - Osinbajo

The National Home Grown School Feeding scheme, part of our Social Investment Programmes has kicked off in Anambra this past December, in collaboration with the state government. The children have been feeding and enjoying their healthy, well prepared meals.

Generally, the Homegrown School Feeding programme, which is one of the Social Investment plans of the Buhari presidency, is driven through community participation where residents in the community are engaged as cooks to provide feeding services. Also the programme leverages on the agricultural produce available within the communities.

The Homegrown School Feeding programme of the Buhari administration will not only boost school enrollment and improve the nutritional status of the pupils, it would also stimulate local farming, while equally creating jobs including the 774 cooks now in gainful employment in Anambra State.

London-Paris Club loans: Our Governors should fear God and pay outstanding salaries and pensions (Photo)

The Federal Government has released N388.304 billion out of N522.74 billion to 35 states as refunds of over-deductions on London-Paris Club loans.

Topping the list of states with the hugest reimbursements are states controlled by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), contrary to their claims that they were being financially oppressed by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.

2017: ARMY SETS SIGHT ON SAMBISA FOREST FOR TRAINING

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Monday said Sambisa forest would serve as training ground for personnel of the Nigerian Army as from 2017.

Buratai said this in Damasak, Borno, while celebrating Christmas with troops of 145 Battalion after the road leading to the town was reopened by Gov. Kashim Shettima, three years after closure.

He said troops were already conducting a mop up operation in the forest after the last strong hold of the Boko Haram terrorists was captured.

2 killed as female suicide bombers attack Maiduguri cattle market

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Two female suicide bombers on Monday caused heavy explosion outside the gate of Maiduguri cattle market leading to the death of one of them. The second was lynched and eventually died, witnesses and an official said.

The deafening explosion thundered across Maiduguri causing panic among residents. The blast was heard at about 8.40 a.m. when two young girls, in their teens, tried to invade the usually crowded cattle market.

Army Chief Brutai Says Boko Haram Militants Picked Wrong Fight With Wrong Enemy

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, on Saturday reassured Nigerians that the army will take every necessary step to restore normalcy across the northeast.

He says the Boko Haram militants that have in the last seven years pushed for the establishment of an Islamic State and an end to Western education in the region ‘picked the wrong fight against the wrong enemy’.

The COAS gave the assurance in Goneri and Buniyadi, two prominent frontline locations the Nigerian Army is currently prosecuting the Boko Haram war in Yobe State.

Nigeria’s Most Important Assets Are its People says Minister of State for Health Pate

Former Minister of State for Health, Dr. Muhammad Pate, a public policy expert and a strategic member of the World Economic Forum (WEF) agenda committee, has a passion about improving lives and Nigeria’s public health system. He spoke with Paul Obi about his vision for a better Nigeria, education and how government intervention can be effective. Excerpts:

Since you left office a couple of years ago, there is a foundation which has been linked to you…can you take us through it and your other engagements so far?

Troops to wipe out Boko Haram remnants soon – Olonisakin says military determined to rescue Chibok Girls

General Abayomi Olonisakin, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) said on Monday that the military will wipe out the remnants of Boko Haram terrorists from Nigeria in a short while.

Olonisakin stated this while speaking with newsmen during a visit to Maiduguri, Borno. He said that his visit was aimed at getting first class information on the anti-terrorism war.

“I want Nigerians to know that we are determined to wipe out the terrorists from our land. And from the Sambisa axis, we are really committed to ensure that we clear them as soon as possible,” he said.

“I am here for a routine visit with the Service Chiefs. I have come to appraise the level of performance in the operation and see how we can actually address some issues on the operation.

“The operation is actually to wipe out, to clear Sambisa, that is ‘Operation clamp down’ is to clear Sambisa of the terrorists,” he said.

Nigerian Troops begin large-scale operation in Sambisa forests — Commander

The Nigerian Army said on Sunday that it had commenced large-scale operations to smoke out Boko Haram terrorists from their Sambisa forest hideout in Borno. Maj.-Gen. Lucky Irabor, the Theater Commander Operation Lafiya Dole said this while briefing newsmen in Maiduguri.

“I want to inform you that troops of the Operation Lafiya Dole are conducting operations in the heart of Sambisa as we speak. “The troops are deep into the forest to smoke out Boko Haram terrorists,” Mr. Irabor said.

NIGERIAN ARMY: DAILY POST PLEASE SPARE US THE UNNECESSARY CONTROVERSY

The attention of the Nigerian Army has been drawn to an online publication in the Daily Post of today bearing the by-line of one Mr. Wale titled “Boko Haram Not Controlling Any Local Government In Borno”.

In it was alleged that “the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, has dismissed insinuations that two local governments in Borno state are under the control of Islamist group, Boko Haram”, contrary to an alleged assertion by “Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, who told the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir David Lawal, over the weekend, that Boko Haram were in control of Abadam and Mobbar local governments in the state when he played host to Lawal, who led a six-man delegation of the Federal Government sent by President Muhammadu Buhari to commiserate with Borno and Adamawa states following the recent suicide attacks targeted at Mosques in the two states”. The report further alleged that General Buratai disputed the claims by the Governor.

Stephen Davis's Allegations: No smoke without fire - Abubakar Gumi

Stephen Davis was explicitly clear. Modu Sharif and Ihejirika are sponsors of Boko Haram but now they can no more control the group. In the past they pinpoint targets to be hit. I presume the later more especially than the former being a civilian. Just recently Sheriff after meeting president Goodluck said: “I’m not a security man. Whatever that as civilian, I can do using my position as the chief executive of the state for eight years and what I have seen during my tenure, I will contribute to the security agencies through whom I got those information" Daily Trust 16th august 2014.

It's no secret that the security agencies have committed atrocities in Borno which they deny, so since Modu gets his information from them not directly from his kinsmen it's no surprise that what ever ambition he dreams of getting from collaborating with people annihilating his own clan and brothers will becloud his reasoning.
For these young immature suddenly rich politicians, it's easy to sway them with the fantasy of being aided to be the next president or next that. With them the lack of the intellectual capacity to know the contraptions of power struggle is legendary.

THE GRAVE ALLEGATIONS OF STEPHEN DAVIS BY FANI-KAYODE

I read the grave allegations made by an Australian by the name of Mr. Stephen Davis about those that he believes are behind Boko Haram in the 29th August edition of Thisday Newspaper. He made some very serious allegations, he mentioned names and I would be interested in seeing the hard evidence that he claims to have.

I have always said that I believe that anyone, no matter which political party that person belongs to and no matter how highly placed or powerful that person may be, that is involved with Boko Haram ought to be captured, caged, flogged and brought to justice because I regard such people as nothing but bloodthirsty beasts.

I have also always said that I believe that some of the leading members of the opposition APC are secret sponsors and supporters of Boko Haram and I am glad that Mr. Davis appears to share this view and that he has indeed confirmed my worst fears in his celebrated interview with Arise TV.

NIGER DELTA MILITANT, ASARI DOKUBO CALLS NEW EMIR OF KANO A DOG ( photo )

Ex- Niger Delta militant and leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF) Mujahid Asari Dokubo has described the new Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as a dog.

Asari took to his Facebook page to post a photo of a turbaned dog with the caption, "This is how I see Sanusi Lamido Sanusi."


He also tweeted a congratulatory message to the All Progressive Congress, APC on their new Emir while also wondering if the late Emir died a natural death.

Asari is one of the supporters of President Goodluck Jonathan's government, which Sanusi is at loggerheads with.

It could be recalled that in February, the leader of the outlawed Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force said that his kinsmen in the oil-rich belt would foment trouble if President Jonathan failed to secure a second term ticket in the 2015 presidential election.

Asari is always in the news for one thing or the other, from declaring there will be war if Boko Haram sect dares him and his men, to declaring that the abduction of Chibok schoolgirls is a scam.

He even staged an anti ‪#‎BringBackOurGirls‬ protest to show he's not convinced about the abduction of schoolgirls in Chibok community, Borno by Boko Haram terrorists on April 14 2014.

Now That Sanusi Is Now The Emir Of Kano: Would the President Jonathan congratulate him on this?

The suspended Governor of Nigeria Central Bank, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi is now the confirmed and installed Emir of Kano;  Would the President Jonathan congratulate him on this? 

Sanusi’s nomination as the new Emir of Kano signals the beginning of a new dawn in the history of the emirates. Whether or not, the federal government will bow to the new Emir is a question on the lips of many across the country.

Would he (the president) visit Kano for second term mission or campaign ? Would Sanusi stop talking like a parrot?


What happens to President Jonathan and the 1.1million votes that would come from Kano as Sanusi is on the Emir's seat?  What happens to Security in kano?

Is Kano state not on the road to join Emergency states like Borno, Yobe and Adamawa?

Borno govt spent over N10 Billion to fight Boko Haram - SSG

The Borno State Government has disclosed that it had invested over N10 billion to procure Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs), patrol vehicles and hundreds of trailers of petroleum products in the fight against Boko Haram.

"We have also provided material logistics and intervention on area of accommodation to support security agencies in the fight against Boko Haram insurgency since 2011," he said.

The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Ambassador Baba Ahmed Jidda, disclosed this in an interactive session with journalists in Lagos at the weekend.
Jidda said so far, the state government had only received N200million contribution from the federal government.

Addis Ababa In Fresh Effort To Rescue Abducted Chibock Girls

NAN reports that the AU has announced plans to engage the Federal Government and other stakeholders in a meeting, in a fresh move to rescue the more than 200 girls abducted by insurgents in Chibok, Borno.

The AU Special Envoy for Women, Peace and Security, Mrs Benita Diop, made the disclosure at the close of the Conference of Ministers of Social Development in Addis Ababa on Saturday.

Diop, who is to lead a delegation to Abuja on Monday, June 2, is to intimate the Federal Government on the “new approach’’ to rescue the girls, abducted on April 14.

Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau is presently being kept safe in a military camp - Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky

Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky who is one of the controversial Islamic scholars and leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria popularly called Shiite Muslim group, has alleged that the leader of the Boko Haram insurgents, Abubakar Shekau was being shielded by the Nigerian military.

Speaking at the Movement’s 2014 Martyr day in Zaria on Sunday, he alleged that the Boko Haram activities were part of covert operation by the developed nations to balkanize Nigeria and plunder its resources. Claiming that he knows the hide out of the nation’s most wanted man, “Abubakar Shekau is presently being kept safe in a military camp. 

Why Presidency, PDP in secret plot to impeach Nyako

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have resolved to impeach Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State,it was learnt yesterday.

According to a source, the Presidency  was the brain behind the move. Their decision follows Nyako’s recent memo to Northern governors on the insecurity in that part of the country. The Presidency and the PDP consider the memo a danger to national security.

They are also relying on the reports of security agencies into the allegations contained in Nyako’s letter. The security agencies, including the Police, have faulted Nyako’s observations and rated the letter as “subversive and seditious.”

Senate renews emergency rule with 8 conditions

Nigeria Senate yesterday endorsed a six-month extension of emergency rule in three states in the Northeast. The endorsement was, however, with eight conditions which the lawmakers said must be observed in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe.

Some senators of Northern extraction had last week vowed to stop the extension. The lawmakers contended that one year of emergency rule had not yielded the expected results.

Before the upper chamber threw its back behind the extension it held over four hour closed door session to thrash contentious issues especially those raised by opposing Senators. Some observers were, however, taken aback with the turn of events, especially the unanimous adoption of the motion to extend the emergency rule.

APC PRESS RELEASE: FG's insincerity in the fight against Boko Haram/Search for abducted girls

APC PRESS RELEASE: 20th May 2014

After agreeing that the National Convention of the Party will now hold in Abuja on the 13th and 14th of June 2014 the party proceeded to express its views and concerns about the Federal Government's insincerity in the fight against the Boko Haram and search for the abducted girls.

FG's insincerity in the fight against Boko Haram/Search for abducted girls

We make bold to say that the Federal Government has been very insincere in its persistent call for national unity to combat the despicable Boko Haram sect.

This has been manifest, perhaps more than at any other time, since the tragic abduction of over 200 school girls from Chibok over a month ago.

Up to this moment, the Federal Government has yet to reach out to the APC, the main opposition party, on how to forge a common front against this despicable terror group, despite our incessant efforts to reach out to the government.

House of Representatives endorse emergency rule extension in Borno, Yobe, Adamawa

The Nigeria House of Reps has approved President Goodluck Jonathan’s request for another six months of emergency rule in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States, as the deadly activities of the extremist group, Boko Haram are yet to be contained by Jonathan' administration. Nigerian Reps gave the approval Thursday after a closed-door meeting with Nigeria’s security service chiefs.

Earlier, the chiefs of army, navy, airforce and the defence chief had earlier briefed Senators about the present security situation, the abduction of over 250 girls in Chibok, Borno State.