ABDULKARIM MUSA'S BLOG: April 2016

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How Bribe For INEC By Diezani Through Fidelity Bank Was Shared - SR

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President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said his administration was determined to recover money stolen by former public officers to create jobs for the nation’s teeming unemployed youths.

The President said this at the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp, Gbakuta, Iseyin, Oyo State, during the swearing-in of Batch `A’ corps members posted to the state.

Buhari, whose speech was read by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Youths and Sport, Mrs Ololade Agboola, said recovered funds would be used to create jobs.

“One of the disturbing problems inherited by this administration is increasing unemployment amongst young people. “In fact, the unemployment situation has taken a great toll on the Nigeria youths at their prime productive ages.

» Nigerian Breaks 187-Year-Old Record At University Of London (Pictured) «

A Nigerian academic, Professor Abiodun Alao, will today deliver inaugural lecture at King’s College,

University of London, making him the first black

African scholar to deliver such lecture since the

institution was established in 1829.

Alao, a professor of African Studies, was conferred

with professorial title about two years ago alongside

his Nigerian counterpart in the institution’s African

Leadership Centre, Prof. Funmi Olonisakin, making

them first black Africans to attain professorial cadre

at the institution since its establishment.

An Islamic organisation, Muslims Against Terror, has called on the Federal Government to declare Fulani animal herders involved the killing of farmers around the country terrorists and insurgents.

Signed by Dr. Ahmad Amadi Jnr., the statement called for unrestrained condemnation of the herders' violent activities. ‎

President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Prof Yemi Osinbajo, Chief of Staff Mallam Abba Kyari, Minister of National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, SSAP (SENATE) Sen Ita Enang and SSAP (House) Sulieman Kawu met with the leadership of

Security experts cautions on making lead public

Senator Iroegbu in Abuja

The Nigerian military has once again confirmed the possibility that most of the over 200 girls of Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, kidnapped by the Boko Haram terrorists in 2014 are alive and allegedly kept in two locations in the North-east.

This was disclosed by the Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj-Gen. Leo Irabor, through the CNN Special Report yesterday on the ongoing counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency operations.

Irabor said credible military intelligence indicates that Chibok school girls are still being held in a Sambisa Forest, which is the remaining stronghold of the terrorists, and as well as a location close to the Chad-Niger border.

Lagos To Demolish 800 Houses For 4th Mainland Bridge

The proposed 4th Mainland Bridge in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria will claim at least 800 houses, says the Lagos State Government. Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Engr. Ganiyu Johnson said at a Ministerial Press Conference today in Ikeja that at least 800 shanties and structures would be demolished, as government would relocate and compensate affected residents.

Johnson said government had been able to come up with a plan that would minimise the large scale of demolition, unlike in the last administration, in which the project would have claimed about 3,000 structures.

CNN's correspondent Nima Elbagir embarked on a fact finding mission as she reported on the Nigerian military's campaign to eradicate Boko Haram and also locate the abducted Chibok girls. The journalist entered the dreaded Sambisa forest with the aid of battle-ready military personnel (both army and airforce) .. click for more pictures

HOW GEN MURTALA WAS KILLED:.

Murtala would have survived Dimka's bullets - Orderly

*Coup plotters returned to finish him off

*Obasanjo, TY Danjuma were lucky

*I was dumped in the mortuary for dead

Had the coup plotters led by Lt. Col. Buka Suka Dimka not noticed the door of General Murtala Muhammed's Mercedes Benz car open minutes after it was sprayed with bullets from AK-47 assault rifles, triggering another round of firing, perhaps the late Head of State would have survived the brutal attack.

The lone survivor and Orderly to the late Head of State, Staff Sergeant Michael Otuwu, broke his silence in a highly emotional interview with The AUTHORITY Daily, nearly 40 years after the tragic incident.

Hilarious - Pls, let's be the judge, who is at fault?

Pls, let's be the judge, who is at fault?
1. The girl
2. The man
3. The orange seller.

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Cossy Orjiakor Crashes Party In Abeokuta (photos)

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Gina was shot 5 times and left to die in Aluu (University of Portharcourt) Rivers State allegedly by police men in the guise of accidental discharge during the school's violent protest earlier this month. She was the only child of her parents. Her dad is late also. She was buried yesterday and her cousin shared pics from the burial along with a heartbreaking note from her wounded and broken mother.

The Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu, said on Saturday that the Federal Government needed 700 million dollars to upgrade its refineries to produce at maximum capacities.

Mr. Kachikwu, who is also the Group Managing Director of NNPC, disclosed this while speaking with journalists during the re-inauguration of the Port Harcourt/Bonny Crude Supply Line at the Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC), Eleme, Rivers.

Youths in Ekiti State have described Governor Ayodele Fayose’s letter to the Chinese Government opposing loan to the Nigerian government as a display of foolishness.

The youths, under the aegis of Ekiti Kete Youth Forum, expressed as shocking, disappointing, uncultured, unnecessary and unconstitutional, the recent treasonable act committed by Fayose against the Nigerian government and her people.

The Federal Government and 59 other nations will in May sign agreement on the sanctions to be imposed on corrupt political and public office holders. President Muhammadu Buhari will join 59 other world leaders in the United Kingdom to seal the pact by which any of the 60 countries involved would no longer be a “safe haven” for treasury looters.

Man Caught Slaughtering Wild Birds For Sale (PHOTOS)

According to the person who shared the photos on Facebook, this man was arrested at an undisclosed location while slaughtering and preparing vultures for sale as "Suya". See more photos below..

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) held a colorful celebration to mark turning 52 this year, following its establishment by the Statutory Act of Parliament on 18 April 1964. This year’s celebration was tagged “NAF Re-union 2016”, it held from 12 – 15 April 2016 in Bauchi state.

NEW YORK (AP) — Growing up in Oklahoma, Becky Hobbs noticed some of her Cherokee elders wouldn't even touch a $20 bill because they so despised Andrew Jackson. To this day, the 66-year-old songwriter pokes him in the face whenever she gets one.

For Hobbs and many other Native Americans, the U.S. Treasury's decision to replace Jackson's portrait with Harriet Tubman's is a hugely meaningful change.

A slave-owning president who forced Cherokees and many other Indian nations on deadly marches out of their southern homelands, being succeeded by an African-American abolitionist who risked her life to free others? Unprecedented.

If Caitlyn Jenner walked into Trump Tower and asked to use the bathroom, Donald Trump says he would be fine with her using any one she chooses.

During a town hall hosted by NBC’s “Today” on Thursday, the Republican frontrunner weighed in on North Carolina’s new law requiring transgender people like Jenner to use restrooms that match their sex at birth rather than their gender identity — saying the legislation was unnecessary.

“There have been very few complaints the way it is. People go, they use the bathroom that they feel is appropriate — there has been so little trouble,” Trump said. “North Carolina, what they’re going through with all the business that is leaving and strife — and it’s on both sides — you leave it the way it is.”

Phone Thief's Hand Cut In Delta (pics)

There was a fire outbreak at Ladipo Auto spare parts market, Mushin Lagos at about 2 am yesterday morning which razed about 50 shops to the ground. No definite cause for the fire has been ascertained so far. One source told The Nation that the fire was caused by a gas explosion while another source said it was by irregular power supply. The fire reportedly started from the Osoro/Akinwumi area of the market.

One of the traders at the market, Chukwu Ebuka Ekeneze said: “The fire was caused by gas; there is a woman who cooks nearby we heard her gas was left on and that lead to the fire outbreak,” he said.
Another trader, Emeka said:

Four suspected cult members, belonging to Eiye Confraternity, yesterday said they used to fake street fights in order to attack hotels in Lagos State. According to the police, the suspects, Rahmon Sanusi (25), Muftau Jinadu (22), Kareem Idris (22) and Fuad Azeez (25), used to pose as guests in hotels before they swoop on genuine lodgers, to rob them.

Recovered from them were one locally-made pistol, two live cartridges, machetes and assorted charms. The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni, said the suspects were also cultists who used to carry out series of fight at Oyingbo and its environs.

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81-Year-Old Woman Raped And Robbed In Ghana By 3 Men

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Please help to save this young man.
He started having pains in his hand and a small boil at the side of his neck. we thought it was pimple and will go away.

Soon he begin to have pains, we took him to the hosptal in Lagos Nigeria where he was diagnosed with Neurofibroma type 1.

In 2011 with so much pains he was taken to the hospital where he was diagnosed with Neurofibroma type 2 and a surgical excision was attemted in 14 of july 2011 and failed.

Photo: When Your Plate Number Is The Source Of Your Problem

Maryam Abacha Spotted At A Wedding (photos)

69-year-old widow of late former military leader, Sani Abacha, Mrs Maryam is pictured at a wedding last Saturday in Abuja. More photos after the cut..

I want to open doors for African coaches – Amokachi

JS Hercules manager Daniel Amokachi

Former Super Eagles’ Assistant Coach, Daniel Amokachi, has revealed his plans to open doors for African coaches in Europe. Amokachi, who joined a second division Finish club, JS Hercules, in January, described his new role as “the biggest challenge” of his managerial career.

Nigeria’s secret service agents, the Department of State Security, DSS, have arrested a former Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on Domestic Matters, Waripamowei Dudafa, while attempting to travel out of the country through the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos.

Dudafa was on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC’s wanted list for his alleged involvement in the sharing of N10 billion to delegates during the December 2014 presidential primaries of the then ruling Peoples Democratic Party.

A Nigerian diplomat working in Vietnam named Sanusi Yahaya Yakubu received the cellphone he forgot on a seat at the Noi Bai International Airport.

On April 9, Vu Hoang Trung, a staff of the Noi Bai Aviation Security Center, found an IPhone 6 Plus left at a chair near the baggage conveyor belt at the international passenger terminal T2. Trung then gave the phone back to the owner, Mr Yakubu.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned an American businessman, Marco Ramirez, alongside his companies — Eagle Ford Instalodge Group LP and USA Now LLC — on eight counts bordering on obtaining money by false pretences to the tune of $2.3m.

Ramirez was arraigned before Justice Peter Affen of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, sitting in Maitama on Monday, according to a statement by the EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren.

The soldiers of the Guards Brigade of the Nigeria Army have arrested 92 Fulani herdsmen in Abuja.

The Assistant Director, Army Public Relations of the Guards Brigade, Capt. Bashir Jajira, said that 36 of the suspects were arrested by the troops at a military checkpoint between the Federal Capital Territory and Nasarawa State.

Linda Ikeji: I Took Wizkid To Police In Lagos Because Of These

My issue with Wizkid...why I took the case to the police

I'm sure many of you have read that the police is now involved in my issue with Wizkid. Yes, I reported his public threat to me two Sundays ago to the Lagos State Commissioner of Police and I want to explain why I did it! Please pay attention and keep an open mind.

I've read a lot online from people saying I don't like Wizkid. Even Wizkid himself thinks I don't like him. Why he or anyone would think so is puzzling to me to be honest. Apart from his achievements after he started insulting me online a few weeks ago...everything else, every success Wizkid has recorded in the last 3/4 years is on LIB. All the awards, all the record breaking feats, his sold out concerts, his foreign magazine features, and collaborations, everything that has built him up to the young man he is today is on LIB. Please verify! Search my blog. Please continue...

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's acting Industry Minister Jose Manuel Soria resigned on Friday following allegations of links to offshore dealings which emerged after he was named in the Panama Papers.

Soria, who denied all wrongdoing, said he was stepping down to limit any damage to the caretaker government, the conservative People's Party (PP), following reports of alleged links to an offshore company on the British island of Jersey.

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BUDGET IMPASSE: Buhari Returns From China, To Deal With Saboteurs

After spending a week in China to seal economic deals that could see Nigeria draw down $6 billion investments, President Muhammadu Buhari returned to Abuja yesterday to finish work on this year’s budget, which has been dogged by controversy.

But there was apprehension, last night, that Buhari, who feels highly embarrassed by the alleged distortion of the budget by some members of the National Assembly, might press for sanctions against those found culpable.

Lawyers Condemn Saraki's Move To Weaken CCB, CCT

– The Senate is passing a bill to reduce the power of the CCB and CCT

– The move is suspected to frustrate the agencies because Senator Saraki is facing trial

– Professor Sagay condemns the bill and describes it as disgusting

Prof. Itse Sagay who is the chairman of the presidential advisory committee against corruption has lashed out at the Senate for making moves to reduce the powers of the Code of Conduct Bureau and the Code of Conduct Tribunal.The Nigerian Senate on Thursday, April 14, passed the Code of Conduct act for second reading under less than 72 hours.

Two men, who allegedly specialised in attacking hotels and raiding lodgers in Lagos, are now cooling their feet in police custody. The suspects, Kayode Johnson (30) aka Badoo and Sheriff Owolabi (28), used to attack hotels in the metropolis.

The suspects are members of an eight-man gang. Their modus operandi is to attack any hotel after surveillance, raid guest rooms and rob lodgers of their valuables. Speaking on how they operate, Johnson said: “Once we approach a hotel, we would bring out guns and threaten those outside. They would take us into the hotel. Each of us would start raiding rooms and lodgers. Whatever you get during that operation, is yours for the keeping.”

Although this might be to early, this list is necessary to give kudos to state executives that have hit the ground running and are performing according to the expectations of the electorates. This list also serves as a wake up call to governors who are yet to get a grasp of their duties,

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