CEP Statement on Twitter’s Suspension of Extremist Accounts

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 18, 2016
Contact: media@counterextremism.com

(New York, NY) – The Counter Extremism Project released the following statement in response to Twitter’s claim that the social media company has suspended 235,000 accounts since February 2016 for violating policies related to promotion of terrorism:

“It is clear that extremists continue to use social media and online communications platforms to organize, propagandize and incite. We encourage Twitter to continue to build the requisite capacity needed to proactively enforce its polices related to terrorism. And other social media companies should follow this example and increase their efforts to enforce their terms of service by removing extremist content.”

Saraki Celebrates Dream Team VI, Urges for Honest Reappraisal

Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Saturday celebrated with Nigeria's Dream Team VI for winning the bronze medal in the men's football event at the Rio Olympics and called on Sports authorities in the country to embark on honest reappraisal.

Saraki in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, in Abuja, also congratulated Nigeria for the feat achieved by the team.


He extolled the doggedness of the Coach Samson Siasia-led boys and their ability to bounce back from defeat to claim a bronze medal for the country.

President Buhari's Must Do List

Time is an unrecoverable asset, you have lost a year and on track to lose another. I recommend the following;

Remove Abba Kyari, he is sabotaging your anti corruption drive and he appears to own you.


Remove Mamman Daura he is no good.

Replace Femi Adesina before the damage to your person becomes irreparable.

Replace some ministers.

STRENGTHENED ELECTORAL PROCESS: THE MEANING OF INCONCLUSIVE ELECTIONS TO INEC – COMMISSIONER AMINA BALA ZAKARI

Contrary to popular perception held by the general public that inconclusive elections are as a result of weak electoral processes, National Commissioner and Chairman of the Board of the Electoral Institute (BEI), Amina Bala Zakari has argued that they are as a result of a strengthened electoral process which is robust and has progressed steadily.

She explained that the emergence of strong parties, fielding strong candidates in keenly contested elections with narrow margins; evidence based elections with the use of technology especially use of the Smart Card Reader and the e-Track leading to a more transparent process are some of the indicators of a stronger electoral process.

EFCC detains Imo State Ex-Governor Achike Udenwa

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission today re - arrested the former governor of Imo State Achike Udenwa in connection with alleged campaign scandal at the last presidential election.

Udenwa as a State Co-ordinator for The Presidential Campaign Organisation in Imo State was said to have collected the sum of N350,000,000 (Three Hundred and Fifty Million Naira Only) from the former senator representing Kaduna South and Director of Finance for the PDP presidential campaign organisation, Nenadi Usman.

The suspect, in his statement to the Commission admitted receiving the money via Diamond Bank account No.0058805692 and 005950791 respectively on the 14th and 28th of January 2015 in three separate instalments. He added that the money came from a company named Joint Trust Dimension Limited. 

Nigeria: Hausa/Fulani and Igbo different worldviews - Tony Osborg

In Kano city, most times, if you enter the Keke of an Aboriginal Hausa/Fulani man and tell him, lets say, you are going to Sabuwar Kofa from Sabon Gari area, he does not necessarily ask you how much you want to pay him. He tells you to get in and he takes you there. If the amount you finally pay him at the destination is not good enough, he tells you it is too poor and persuades you to add more to it. If you plead with him that this is all you have, he takes it and takes his leave.

The Hausa/Fulani Keke driver believes that his primary purpose on the road is to move people from one place to another, making money out of this movement is a secondary purpose. He is contented with whatever profit he makes for that day. I believe this is part of Islamic religious influence in his daily life.

EFCC, IBADAN QUIZZES FUNAAB VICE CHANCELLOR.

The Vice Chancellor, Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta, FUNAAB, Professor Olusola Oyewole alongside the University Bursar, Mr. Moses Ilesanmi are being quizzed at the Iyaganku office of the EFCC Ibadan today, August 17, 2016 in respect of an alleged case of Abuse of Office and misappropriation of funds reported against the Management, the University Pro Chancellor and some members of the Governing Council.

According to a petition submitted to the EFCC by the Concerned Stakeholders of the Federal University of Agriculture, it was alleged that the Pro Chancellor and the Vice Chancellor engaged in an “unbridled corruption and betrayal of public trusts.

Saraki Lauds Yusuf Alli's Appointment As UNIOSUN Pro-Chancellor

Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Thursday, applauded the appointment of a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mallam Yusuf Olaolu Alli, as the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman, Governing Council of the Osun State University (UNIOSUN), by Governor Rauf Aregbesola.

Saraki, in a statement by his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, in Abuja, stated that he was particularly pleased to identify with the legal Icon on the recognition and achievement in view of his exemplary lifestyle and professional pedigree.

He said: "Your recent appointment as the chairman of the Governing Council of a citadel of learning like UNIOSUN did not come to those of us that have keenly followed your pursuit of excellence in both your personal and professional life.

"Your commitment and doggedness in fighting to ensure that injustice has no place in our national life requires no emphasis. Besides, your choice demonstrates that like the proverbial golden fish, your character, positive disposition and good conduct are visible to all.

"The many landmark cases you have successfully handled, your numerous philanthropic gestures towards ameliorating the plight of the downtrodden in society and your contributions to the development of academic knowledge make your appointment both valuable and commendable.

"I am convinced that your chairmanship of the UNIOSUN Council would not only mark a watershed in the success story of the institution, it will turn around the academic, administrative and financial fortunes of the school for better. I expect nothing but the best from you in this new assignment. Congratulations," Saraki stated.

International Day of the Youth (IYD2016): The Youths, Our Future Says Saraki

1. Today, i heartily congratulate Nigerians especially the Youths as we join other nations across the world to commemorate the 2016 International Youth Day (IYD2016). This special occasion observed every 12th day of August in accordance with the United Nations Resolution 54/120 (19th Dec. 1999) afford our youth a golden opportunity to be celebrated and showcase to the world their various achievements in contributing to their communities.

2. This year’s theme: “The Road to 2030: Eradicating Poverty and Achieving Sustainable Consumption and Production” is significant to us as nation to combat hunger and eradicate poverty and encourage quality local production in line with the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) as part of a broader plan to achieve World Programme of Action for our Youth in order to accelerate sustainable development.

From Shoulder Pads Fun to Budget Padding Calamity

(Don't start if you can't sustain a long read) I remember her. My aunt, indeed my cousin, but all cousins are called auntie or brother in the homestead I grew up in. I remember her today and especially for the size of her bra. Even as impressionable as a nine-year old, my aunt's frontal statistic was the most variable of the figures. The others stay the same but the size of her bra varied with the newest object caught by her. While we were growing up and I was like eight or nine she would most likely have been a fifteen year old at best. For her body size, my best bet would be that she was a 32B at that time. But we sometime see her suddenly appearing 34C and sometimes 36C.

The bigger boys around the homestead were less helpful than us little children. The bigger male cousins, if asked, would gawk at those melons and the contours. But we were young and couldn't tell. We only assisted to confirm the tits were big enough and that they were bigger today than yesterday. She could ask us to witness how the frontal statistics were enhanced and whether it was better if enhanced right on the cup or by the sides. Don't mind that three years later we too had grown and now realized we had been "brutally" exposed to what might turn us into the famed "ehonno" further down the line in our teenage years. Let's cut the intro short from this point.