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What 160 Parents , 57 Escape Girls Of Chibok Schoolgirls , Escapees Told Jonathan

Information that almost 100 days after the over 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped from their hostel at Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, some 160 parents of the abducted girls as well as 57 of the students who escaped from their captors, met with President Goodluck Jonathan today at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

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Tuesday

Massive Corruption Behind $1 Loan

MASSIVE CORRUPTION BEHIND FG’S $1BN LOAN —APC
THE All Progressives Congress (APC), on Sunday, cautioned against issuing President Goodluck a carte blanche on the funding of the battle against insurgency in the country, saying he could use such financial empowerment to further cripple the nation’s democracy.
The party was reacting to the president’s request to the National Assembly for $1 billion loan to fight the Boko Haram insurgency.
It requested the National Assembly to properly scrutinise the request, saying the administration had no business borrowing money if it had accounted for $20 billion in oil funds or plugged the alleged official stealing of 300,000 barrels of oil per day.
In a statement issued in Lagos, on Sunday, by its national publicity secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said even if the alleged missing oil fund was only between $10 and $12 billion as admitted by the Federal Government, the amount represented more than 10 times the fund which the FG was now seeking to borrow under conditions yet unknown.
It described as disingenuous and sheer blackmail, the argument that the money was for national security or that it would facilitate the release of the over 200 schoolgirls abducted about 100 days ago.
“That argument is hollow. In the first instance, trillions of Naira have been allocated yearly - in the past few years - for security and defence, yet the fight against the insurgents rages on with deadly consequences.
“Secondly, the only reason the schoolgirls have remained in captivity is the sheer cluelessness and incompetence on the part of the Jonathan-led administration, which waited for 19 days before even admitting that the girls were kidnapped in the first instance,” the statement read.
It asked the National Assembly to put national interest above all other considerations, by taking a dispassionate, non-partisan look at the request.
“What we are saying in essence is that the National Assembly must summon security and military chiefs to explain how the huge funds allocated to security sector in the past has been spent, before more funds can be pumped into the sector.
“They must be asked what happened to the military equipment said to have been procured in recent years.
“If after all the scrutiny, the National Assembly still feels it must approve the loan, so be it, but it (National Assembly) must know that its own integrity and credibility are on the line,” APC said.
The party also reminded Nigerians that the civil war, which lasted three years, was prosecuted by the government without resorting to any external borrowing, due to competent and transparent management of the nation’s economy.
“On the contrary, trillions of Naira have been pumped into the Boko Haram war in the past five years, and Nigerians still do not have any indication of how soon the insurgency will end or what happened to the huge allocated funds.
“Instead, what the tax payers are being asked to do is to shell out more funds to finance the incompetence and corruption of a reckless administration, whose officials fly around the world in jets that burn billions of Naira but cannot allow them to be probed by the National Assembly,” it said.
APC wondered why the administration that chided Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State, when he alerted Nigerians to the need to adequately equip and motivate military men, had now turned around to admit that the military needed modern hardware to fight the insurgency.
The party said it aligned with those who had cautioned against the National Assembly giving a blank cheque to the administration, due to its inability to account for the past budgetary allocations for the security and defence.
“This year alone, 20 per cent of the total national budget of N4.962 trillion, about N968.127 billion, was allocated to defence. How much of that money has been released so far and how has the funds been spent? What about the equally huge allocations in the previous years?
“Approving the $1 billion loan may amount to giving more ammunition to the administration to stifle the nation’s democracy or even threaten the very existence of the country,” it said.
Source: Tribune

THE All Progressives Congress (APC), on Sunday, cautioned against issuing President Goodluck a carte blanche on the funding of the battle against insurgency in the country, saying he could use such financial empowerment to further cripple the nation’s democracy.
The party was reacting to the president’s request to the National Assembly for $1 billion loan to fight the Boko Haram insurgency.

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GROUP SUBMITS BILL FOR REGISTRATION OF SOUTHERNERS IN KADUNA

A Non-Governmental Organization, Concerned Arewa Citizens, yesterday submitted a bill to the Kaduna State House of Assembly for the registration and issuance of work permit to all Southerners living in the state.

A similar bill was last week sent to the Kano State House of Assembly. Presenting the bill to Speaker of the House, Alhaji Shehu Tahir, President-General of the group, Audu Bulama Bukarti, said the “Registration of Southerners and Allied Matters Bill”, seeks to protect the state from the evils of drugs and human trafficking, kidnappings, baby factories, armed robbery, importation of firearms, pipeline vandalism and other terrorist activities, which he said have become prevalent in Southern Nigeria.

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2015 ELECTION: PDP Replies Atiku

The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), National Working Committee (NWC), has declared that former vice-president Atiku Abubakar was keeping wrong company ahead of 2015 general elections.
Atiku had on Sunday accused the PDP and the Presidency of creating division and animosity in the country by linking chieftains of All Progressives Congress (APC), with terrorism. The former vice-president noted that such accusations by the ruling party was meant to divert attention from its failure to deliver democracy dividends to Nigerians.

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Over-Joyed German Players Damage World Cup Trophy

GERMANY PLAYERS DAMAGE WORLD CUP TROPHY
The chief of Germany's football association (DFB) has revealed that one of the team's triumphant players has damaged their World Cup trophy.
Joachim Low's men defeated Argentina 1-0 in the final after extra-time to win the inter-continental tournament for the fourth time in their history, following on from 1954, 1974 and 1990 victories.

The Mannschaft were welcomed home from Brazil to jubilant scenes and toured Berlin with the trophy during midweek, however, they may have celebrated a little bit too hard as their World Cup trophy has been damaged by an unknown member of the Germany team.

"At one point, a small piece of our World Cup trophy was chipped off," DFB president Wolfgang Niersbach is quoted by Die Welt as saying. "But do not worry! We have specialists on the case who can fix it.

"We have investigated persistently who it was that damaged the trophy, but the investigation was concluded without a result."

Luckily for Germany, the cup they have been given by Fifa is just a replica of the World Cup trophy they were presented with at the Maracana on July 13, which is estimated to be worth over €10 million.

Fifa - it would seem wisely - tends not to trust football associations with the trophy after the original World Cup award, the Jules Rimet trophy, had a history of being a target for thieves before being stolen for good in 1983 from Brazil.

The chief of Germany's football association (DFB) has revealed that one of the team's triumphant players has damaged their World Cup trophy.
Joachim Low's men defeated Argentina 1-0 in the final after extra-time to win the inter-continental tournament for the fourth time in their history, following on from 1954, 1974 and 1990 victories.

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Breaking News: Two Soldiers Died In Helicopter Crash In Borno

2 SOLDIERS KILLED IN HELICOPTER CRASH IN BORNO
Two soldiers were killed yesterday when their helicopter crashed in Bama, Borno state, the Defence Headquarters has said.
In a statement issued in Abuja, the Director of Defence Information (DDI), Major General Chris Olukolade, said: “One of the pilots of the crashed Nigerian Air Force Mi-35 helicopter on a training mission earlier reported today, has been recovered alive while the second one as well as the technician on board the 3-member crew flight died in the crash. Rescue is still ongoing.”
Olukolade, however, said there was no act of sabotage, stressing that the helicopter was on a training mission when it developed a technical fault.
Despite his explanation, there are insinuations that the copter might have been shot down by members of the dreaded terrorist group, Boko Haram.
Olukolade gave the assurance that investigation had already begun into the incident and that Nigerians would be kept abreast of developments.
The statement read in part: “A Nigerian Air Force Mi-35 helicopter on a training mission this afternoon, crashed due to technical fault at a location South of Bama. Investigation has commenced to unravel the circumstances that led to the accident.
“Meanwhile, it is established that the crash is not as a result of any enemy action. Further details on the crash will be made known as soon as the investigation progresses.”
Source: Blueprint

Two soldiers were killed yesterday when their helicopter crashed in Bama, Borno state, the Defence Headquarters has said.
In a statement issued in Abuja, the Director of Defence Information (DDI), Major General Chris Olukolade, said: “One of the pilots of the crashed Nigerian Air Force Mi-35 helicopter on a training mission earlier reported today, has been recovered alive while the second one as well as the technician on board the 3-member crew flight died in the crash. Rescue is still ongoing.”

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Read How UNN Lecturer Commits suicide

A lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of Nigeria Nsukka, Dr Bede Opata has reportedly committed suicide over a yet-to-be ascertained reason, Thisday reports.

Sources within the university say the 38 year old law lecturer killed himself in his apartment within the town on Saturday July 19th but his body was only discovered on Sunday July 20th.

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Nigeria Secret Police Claims To Know Location Of Kidnapped Chibok Girls As Speculations Grow About Their Impending Release

The Director-General of Nigeria’s State Security Service (SSS), Ita Ekpeyong, said today that the Nigerian government was aware of the location of more than 200 high school girls kidnapped on April 14 by insurgents belonging to the Islamist group, Boko Haram. According to Mr. Ekpeyong, “Nigerians can go to bed.”

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Impeachment Threat: Governor Al-Makura Solicits President Help

Governor Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa State has met with President Goodluck Jonathan over the impeachment process instituted against him by members of the state House of Assembly.
The PUNCH gathered on Monday that the meeting took place in the Presidential Villa, Abuja at the weekend.

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Boko Haram Leadership Begins Force Recruitment

BOKO HARAM BEGINS FORCED RECRUITMENT
. Two die as military helicopter crashes
The Boko Haram sect on Saturday killed over 60 people at Gaidamgari village in Bama local government area of Borno State, following refusal by residents to allow their young males to be recruited as members of the terrorist group.
The sect, it was learnt, had embarked on a conscription drive to shore up their ranks dwindled in a series of battles with government troops, but villagers resisted the move.
Sources said the attack on the village, which took place about 10pm, was masterminded by the terrorists as punishment following the refusal by parents and elders to heed the demands of the sect to recruit young men from the village into their fold.
“The refusal of the community to allow their children particularly young boys between the ages of 15 and 20 to be recruited into the Boko Haram group, led to the carnage that befall them as the terrorists mobilised and launched a deadly attack on Gaidamgari village,” a security source said. He noted that during the attack, over 60 residents were killed, while several others sustained gunshot wounds.
The source said the gunmen invaded the village in a convoy of Toyota Hilux vehicles and launched attacks with improvised explosive devices, IEDs, on defenseless civilians.
Another security personnel, who did not want his name mentioned, confirmed the attack on Gaidamgari, but said that 29 people were killed. In another development, about five motorists, including passengers, were at the weekend ambushed along Bama- Maiduguri road by a group of terrorists.
A source at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital told our correspondent that five dead bodies were brought into the hospital. Preliminary investigation revealed that they were victims of Boko Haram ambush.
Our correspondent gathered that a large number of troops were yesterday deployed to the surrounding villages and towns of Damboa to confront the terrorists.
This is even as the Federal Government has vowed not to cede an inch of the nation’s territory to the sect, pledging the commitment of its armed forces and other security agencies to the fight against terror.
Government’s reaction came on the heels of reports that the sect had at the weekend effectively sacked Damboa village and consequently hoisted its flag in the area.
Media reports had detailed how Boko Haram militants killed more than 100 people in the area and hoisted their black and white flag in Damboa, about 85 kilometres from the state capital, Maiduguri.
At a security briefing in Abuja, the Director of Defence Information, Maj.- Gen. Chris Olukolade, said no portion of Nigerian territory would be conceded to any terrorist group, insisting that security in Damboa would be restored.
“We are not conceding any portion of the country to terrorist groups; we are sure that Nigeria security agencies have firmed up deployment in that area; patrols are active and we are going to reverse any form of security threat around the area,” he said. Olukolade, however, dismissed reports that terrorists had overrun the town.
He said: “I will not be stampeded to endorse what you read on social media. Nobody, I repeat, nobody will be allowed to hoist any flag in any portion of land belonging to this country.”
Meanwhile, a Nigerian Air Force Mi-35 helicopter on a training mission crashed yesterday afternoon due to technical fault at a location South of Bama in Bama Local Government Area of Borno State, the military said.
The co-pilot and the technician died in the crash while the pilot survived. Bama, about 70 kilometres drive from Maiduguri, is located along the fringes of Sambisa Forest that has witnessed series of deadly attacks by suspected members of dreaded Boko Haram sect. This was contained in a statement by Olukokade and made available to our correspondent in Maiduguri yesterday.
The DHQ spokesman noted that investigation had commenced to unravel the circumstances that led to the accident. “It is established that the crash is not as a result of any enemy action. Further details on the crash will be made known as soon as the investigation progresses,” Olukolade stated.
Source: National Mirror

The Boko Haram sect on Saturday killed over 60 people at Gaidamgari village in Bama local government area of Borno State, following refusal by residents to allow their young males to be recruited as members of the terrorist group.

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ASHIWAJU FACE OF THE WEEK

Cyril Ramaphosa has been elected as the 14th president of the ANC. Ramaphosa became deputy president after his election to the position in the ANC in 2012. At the time he was wooed by President Jacob Zuma’s camp to give the slate “credibility” when then ANC deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe contested Zuma for the top post. Before that he was the chair of the national planning commission that produced the National Development Plan, the country’s blue print for growth towards 2030.

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Wednesday

What 160 Parents , 57 Escape Girls Of Chibok Schoolgirls , Escapees Told Jonathan

Tuesday

Massive Corruption Behind $1 Loan

GROUP SUBMITS BILL FOR REGISTRATION OF SOUTHERNERS IN KADUNA

2015 ELECTION: PDP Replies Atiku

Over-Joyed German Players Damage World Cup Trophy

Breaking News: Two Soldiers Died In Helicopter Crash In Borno

Read How UNN Lecturer Commits suicide

Nigeria Secret Police Claims To Know Location Of Kidnapped Chibok Girls As Speculations Grow About Their Impending Release

Impeachment Threat: Governor Al-Makura Solicits President Help

Boko Haram Leadership Begins Force Recruitment

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