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Tuesday, November 01, 2016
BREAKING: Heavy Explosion Rocks Gubio Road, Leaves 9 Dead

Not fewer than nine persons were on Tuesday morning killed when an improvised explosive devices conveyed in a pick-up van exploded.

The pickup van was said to have emerged from the bush path along Maiduguri-Gubio town carrying the nine passengers.

It exploded shortly after climbing the tarred road heading towards Gubio, a town 80 km away from Maiduguri.

Police Public Relations Officer, Victor Isuku, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, confirmed the incident.

“There was an explosion today along Gubio road just before the military check point,” he said.

Jonathan was never committed to defeating Boko Haram – Osinbajo
November 1, 2016

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo said on Monday that despite what his administration might want people to believe, former President Goodluck Jonathan was never committed to ending the Boko Haram insurgency during his tenure.

Osinbajo said this in a lecture titled, “The unraveling of Boko Haram and the rebuilding of the North-East of Nigeria” which he delivered at the Harvard University’s Weatherland Centre for International Affairs, United States.

The Vice-President’s media office made the speech available to journalists on Monday.

While attributing his position to many factors, Osinbajo said it was politically convenient for the then ruling Peoples Democratic Party to claim that the Boko Haram sect was sponsored by a northern-Muslim political elite to discredit the government led by a Christian.

He recalled that when the All Progressives Congress was formed, the then ruling party was also quick to paint it (APC) as the political wing of the Boko Haram sect.

He said it was not until President Muhammadu Buhari who was then the leader of the opposition, was nearly killed in an attack in Kaduna that the false narrative began to lose credibility.

The Vice-President added, “Secondly, the ruling party also somewhat cynically seemed to have considered that since BH attacks were actually in the heartland of the opposition it was not necessarily an unwelcome development as it could only weaken the opposition.

“Third, extensive corruption in arms procurement estimated at about $15bn, ensured that the military remained poorly equipped and demoralised.

“A number of well-publicised mutinies occurred and troops involved were taken through widely unpopular court-martials.

“As the government dithered and equivocated BH proceeded to realise the objective of occupying territory and establishing Islamist states in Nigeria and in the Lake Chad basin.

“In Borno State alone, it occupied and hoisted its flag in 20 of the 27 Local Government Areas that constituted the state. In Adamawa State, BH took Mubi and some villages in Yobe State.”

Osinbajo said it was not until the abduction of more than 200 secondary schoolgirls from their dormitories in Chibok that public outrage against Jonathan’s government’s inept handling of the insurgency reached its peak.

He added that the government then incurred widespread anger when it denied that an abduction took place and suggested that the opposition had simply invented the story.

Osinbajo, however, said Buhari’s assumption of office changed the tide.

He said the strongest reasons for Buhari’s victory in the March 2015 presidential election was the expectation that going by his reputation as a no-nonsense soldier, he would defeat Boko Haram and restore peace to the North-East.

True to type, he said within six months of Buhari’s Presidency, the sect had been effectively dislodged from all the local governments they once held and had retreated into the Sambisa Forest and the northern border towns and villages.

He said the terrorists’ military capacity had been severely degraded and their supply lines effectively blocked.

Osinbajo said the ability of Boko Haram to get willing suicide bombers remained a mystery.

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Senate rejects Buhari’s request to borrow $30 billion
November 1, 2016Hassan Adebayo
The Nigerian Senate
The Senate has rejected President Muhammadu Buhari’s request for authorisation to borrow about $30 billion.

The president, last Tuesday, forwarded a request to the National Assembly to approve external borrowing plan of $29.960 billion to execute key infrastructural projects across the country between 2016 and 2018.

He made the requests in two separate letters to the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara.

Mr. Buhari said the external loan, the biggest in Nigeria’s history, will fund targeted projects cutting across all sectors with special emphasis on infrastructure, agriculture, health, education, water supply, growth and employment generation.

Other sectors, he said, included poverty reduction through social safety net programmes and governance and financial management reforms, among others.

According to him, the cost of the projects and programmes under the borrowing (rolling) plan is $29.960 billion.

This is made up of proposed projects and programmes loan of $11.274 billion, special national infrastructure projects $10.686 billion, Euro bonds of $4.5 billion and Federal Government budget support of $3.5 billion.

The Majority Leader of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila, was quoted on Monday as saying that the House would approve the loan.

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Nigeria Moves From 107 To 96 On Global Rule Of Law Rating

Andrew Essien
— Oct 31, 2016 34 am | Leave a comment

An independent, multi-disciplinary organisation working to advance the rule of law around the world, the World Justice Project, has revealed that Nigeria has had an 11-point leap, from 107 to 96, in global rule of law Index adherence rating.

The 2016 edition, which according to the organisers, expanded coverage to 113 countries and jurisdictions (from 102 in 2015), relied on more than 100,000 household and expert surveys to measure how the rule of law is experienced in practical, everyday situations by the general public worldwide.

“Performance is measured using 44 indicators across eight primary rule of law factors, each of which is scored and ranked globally and against regional and income peers: Constraints on Government Powers, Absence of Corruption, Open Government, Fundamental Rights, Order and Security, Regulatory Enforcement, Civil Justice, and Criminal Justice,” it said.

This year, Nigeria was the biggest mover among the 18 countries indexed in the region, climbing 11 points.

In a statement yesterday, the Buhari Media Support Group (BMSG) described Nigeria’s progress in the rating as a reflection of the success of the Buhari administration’s efforts so far, in entrenching and boosting the rule of law compliance in government.

The BMSG noted that the ratings prove that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration’s reforms, seen in its dogged fight against corruption, active transparency in government dealings, restoration of order and security in most parts of the country, especially in the North East, and improved access to justice, were bearing fruits.

In the statement signed by its chairman, Malam Muhammad Labbo, and secretary, Cassidy Madueke, in Abuja, the BMSG called on government agencies and departments to key into the government’s objectives of ensuring more transparency in government’s dealings. The group noted that the keying in of government officials into these goals would strengthen Nigeria’s democratic resolve to ensure open governance.

According to the group, the rule of law is fundamental to the development and growth of any society as it is the bedrock for citizen trust, confidence and participation in democratic governance.

“President Buhari has shown a clear resolve to strengthen Nigeria’s democratic processes and institutions. He has not just stopped at that, but has put his foot to work to bring to fruition this resolve. And that is why, today, respect for fundamental human rights, access to justice, security and transparency in government have improved,” it noted.

BMSG urged the Buhari administration not to rest on its oars in the bid to reform the Nigerian society, just as it called on Nigerians to support the government’s fight against corruption in all forms.

BIAFRA: DID JONATHAN CALL NNAMDI KANU A
PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE; ATTACK BUHARI OVER HIS
ARREST?
By Ifeanyi Chijioke
31 October, 2016
It is a big plus to the people of Biafra and the leader of
Indigenous People of Biafra who has long been illegally
incarcerated that the world is confessing he is a Prisoner
of Conscience. Jonathan is the latest to have taken a
swipe at Buhari for Kanu’s incarceration; and also taken a
due advantage of the matter. This position further means
that to Jonathan and the rest of the world; Nnamdi Kanu
committed no crime. To call Nnamdi Kanu a Political
prisoner is to say he did nothing and is illegally
incarcerated; that is what Jonathan told Buhari and it is
what is expected of every man of good conscience.
When a wise man speaks, it takes a wise head to interpret
and know where he is going; in recent time, Jonathan has
taken to the media to make few sensitive statements. He
questioned the accusation leveled against Dasuki; noting
that such amount of money cannot be stolen because
military hardware was really bought. The level of
diplomacy in his speech is superb; at least there is a
difference between a man that came with hundred
Lawyers to defend his O’level certificate and a man that
finished his university education. On Dasuki statement,
Jonathan was brief and indirect; he never said Dasuki did
not steal, he only said that the figure mentioned makes it
clear that Dasuki is a victim of retaliation.
After his speech, APC got pierced, truth can really hurt,
but this truth should not hurt much, because more will
come when the Court is done. Unlike Buhari who had no
education and would vow how he won’t release a man
(prejudice). Jonathan was quite aware that prejudicial
statements are unlawful; he withheld and allowed the
Court to go on without influence. This is a literate
handling government affairs; but when a dumb ass is
there, he babbles and even reminds us how his wife is
only made for sex and his feeding. APC is already calling
for Jonathan’s arrest; the crime Jonathan committed was
that he spoke for the persecuted. No opposition voice is
wanted in Nigeria; the APC Vice-President is already
giving reasons Jonathan won’t be arrested now.
The press is already making jest of Buhari, just after the
statement, APC were asked why they won’t arrest
Jonathan for talking; the VP was quick to capture the shot
by saying they don’t arrest anyhow; the government only
took power to enable them arrest dissent voices.
Jonathan doesn’t seem to be affected; how I wish they
would arrest him, I think that will be very interesting.
Corruption war indeed; enthroned by corruption and
fighting corruption when one’s source of enthronement is
the source of his dethronement makes the whole thing a
hallucination. If corruption took Buhari to the seat of
power, there is no way he can fight corruption because he
had fought his root or source of air that makes him
breathe.
Most recently, Jonathan boasted that in his
administration, he never had a prisoner of conscience or
political prisoner, referring to Nnamdi Kanu who has long
been detained for saying what the government of Buhari
feels should not be said against Buhari. This latest
statement is a mockery of the Muhammed Buhari’s
administration or rather a campaign strategy. This
statement is a clear message to Buhari that he is getting
it wrong on Nnamdi Kanu because he will soon stand
alone. Indirectly, it could be that Jonathan is trying to
bastardize the government of Buhari with him or calling
for his release. The bottom line is; Jonathan to have
attacked Buhari with Nnamdi Kanu’s arrest shows a
change of tide in the polity.
By referring to Nnamdi Kanu as a prisoner of conscience
shows the length Buhari has been discussed to Jonathan
by foreigners. Clearly, there would be questions like, “Who
is that prisoner that has turned Nigeria into something
else?” “Who is the prisoner the people are protesting for
his release all over the world” and maybe Jonathan is
taking advantage of that to tell the world, you stood
against me thinking that anything will change but you
have only taken Nigeria back to military regime or lawless
era when prisoners of conscience are the order of the
day. One thing Jonathan will sing throughout the period
will be I never had a political prisoner or prisoner of
conscience. In democracy, a democrat is needed to give
the best of it and with the handling of Nnamdi Kanu by
Buhari; it is clear the man cannot survive democracy
unless taken back to the military he knows better.
The message to Buhari is very clear, release the prisoner
of conscience in your dungeon and embrace democracy.
Respect the ruling of competent Court and learn how to be
a democrat because democracy gave him the power he
wields today. Jonathan might not directly tell him to
release Nnamdi Kanu or attack his government for
undemocratic acts; but the obvious thing is, the world is
stepping away from him; sympathy is clustering and
would explode to affect Buhari in every angle. As long as
Nnamdi Kanu is held is as long as issues come out
against this government.