Children discover weapons at school

Fears yesterday gripped Yola, Adamawa State residents following the discovery of  102 live ammunition and two guns tucked in the perimeter fence of Damare Secondary School in Damere Ward of Yola, South Local Government Area.
The residents were worried even as cases of roberies are on the increase in the area.
Eyewitness said the ammunition were discovered by children who were playing around the area. “Some children who are playing around the area spotted the ammunition tucked deeply inside the block holes and quickly alerted the public. “When residents observed that they were live ammunition, they called the police who came and demolished the fence, leading to the discovery of large number of live ammunition and guns,” the source said.

SSS Arrest Man With 15 AK47 Raffles In Bauchi

Operatives of the Department of State Security (DSS) have arrested a 32-year-old gunrunner, Mallam Bello Dakogol, in Bauchi with a 15 AK 47 rifles.
 The rifles were cleverly concealed in Dakogol’s Navy blue Toyota Solara car with registration Lagos 605 EKY.
 Dakogol hails from Kwalla village in Quan-Pang Local government area of Plateau state and specialises in arm trafficking.

Presidential drama: President Jonathan’s N9bn jet refuses to fly

President Goodluck Jonathan and some top government officials on Saturday escaped an air mishap at the Minna Airport, Niger State, when a presidential jet developed a technical fault, while they were aboard.

The presidential jet, Nigerian Air Force 001 (5N-FGT), had earlier conveyed Jonathan to Minna for the -Peoples Democratic Party’s North-Central rally which held at the Trade Fair Centre, Minna.

Ayo Sogunro Replies Sadiq Abacha's Open Letter To Wole Soyinka

I do not know you personally, but I admire your filial bravery—however misguided—in defending the honour of your father, the late General Sani Abacha. This in itself is not a problem; it is an obligation—in this cultural construct of ours—for children to rise to the defence of their parents, no matter what infamy or perfidy the said parent might have dabbled in.

The problem I have with your letter, however, arises from two issues: (i) your disparaging of Wole Soyinka, who—despite your referral to an anecdotal opinion that calls him as “a common writer”—is a great father figure, and a source of inspiration, to a fair number of us young Nigerians; and (ii) your attempt to revise Nigerian history and substitute our national experience with your personal opinions.

Sadiq Abacha's Open Letter To Soyinka!

Sadiq Sani Abacha is one of the sons of late military dictator Sani Abacha. Below is an open letter he wrote to professor Wole Soyinka days after the Nobel Laureate said it was an insult to share an award with his late father, Sani Abacha. Sadiq says Prof Soyinka attacking his dad is an act of cowardice...

If you want to think, speak and act logically then you should know all three.
1. The law of identity
2. The law of excluded middle
3. The law of non contradiction.

Now let's look at each one of these and see what they mean in practice.
1.The law of identity
The law of identity means that things are what they are, which at first doesn't seem very illuminating, but wait; it implies also the following, that things are what they are, whether you like them or not, it implies that things are what they are whether you know them or not, it implies that things are what they are whether you agree with them or not. Continue...

Nigerian governors fighting me are not helping their states, Jonathan says

President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday berated state governors who attacked his office publicly. The president said such attacks were not beneficial to the governors, nor their states.
Speaking to a delegation of Anambra indigenes who paid him a courtesy visit at the Presidential Villa on Tuesday to inform him of the pending exit of the incumbent governor, Peter Obi, from office after his two term tenure, the president said a number of politicians were fund of abusing his office. He, however, did not mention any particular governor.

Jonathan sacks heads of aviation agencies

Some Private Jets parked at the Abuja Airport

President Jonathan also approves the re-organisation of the ministry of aviation.
About three weeks after he relieved embattled Minister Stella Oduah of her appointment, President Goodluck Jonathan has fired the heads of the nation’s aviation agencies and approved the re-organization of the Ministry of Aviation.
A statement from the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation said the reorganization includes the following changes: “Engr. Saleh Dumona (Director Projects, FAAN) to replace Mr. George Uriesi as Managing-Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN).

Nigeria: A century of lies

From Left: Former President, Alhaji Shehu Shagari; former Head of State, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari; President Goodluck Jonathan and former Head of Interim National Government, Chief Ernest Shonekan, at the Centenary Dinner and Awards in Abuja on Friday (28/2/14). 

By Obi Nwakanma

President Goodluck Jonathan’s  government published the list of individuals it honored to mark Nigeria’s centenary and not unexpectedly it roused serious public umbrage. This administration is just simply plodding from one misstep into another, for in releasing that list, the Jonathan administration showed a total ignorance of history and the symbolism that accompanies every historical proclamation. Again, here, the president was offered poor guidance in the choices that he announced publicly.

Normally, Nigeria’s centenary celebration should be a period of true stock-taking; a celebration of this nation and its accomplishments through this stretch of time. From its amalgamation to the present, Nigeria has struggled to become. Indeed there are many who feel that the amalgamation of the three entities the Northern and Southern Nigeria, and the colony of Lagos was a categorical historical error given that the disparate and atomized entities that came to be forced together have thrived more as crabs in a bucket rather than a community of people who feel their destinies tied together. Indeed, the making of Nigeria these past hundred years has been an act of faith, and there are those who embody and reflect that faith in far greater measure than others. No single group has carried the weight of Nigerian nationhood and unity – the building of the modern Nigerian nation – far more than the Igbo group of Nigerians.

Professor Wole Soyinka joins growing list of those rejecting centenary awards honour

NOBEL laureate Professor Wole Soyinka has joined the growing list of eminent Nigerians who are planning to refuse the national honours due to be conferred on 100 of the nation's outstanding citizens over the last century.   On Friday, President Goodluck Jonathan will be conferring awards on 100 prominent Nigerians as part of the government's centenary year celebrations. Professor Soyinka is on the list along with the likes of Professor Chinua Achebe, Chief Gani Fawehinmi, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Chief Odumegwu Ojukwu, Nwankwo Kanu, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Chief Mike Adenuga and Pastor Enoch Adeboye, among others.   Professor Soyinka said: "I would have preferred that the entire day of infamy be ignored altogether. I'm even thinking favourably of just ignoring the obscenity, then turning up at the counter-event."

CBN Governor, Sanusi, replies Jonathan’s query, defends bank’s multibillion naira spending

The documents contain details of the communication between the president and the CBN governor.
The suspended Central Bank governor, Sanusi Lamido, has defended his bank against allegations of spending billions on extensive loans, staff emoluments, and maintenance of devices.
In suspending Mr. Sanusi last week, President Jonathan accused the CBN governor of “financial recklessness”.

Heavy Casualties In Maiduguri Car Bombing

By SaharaReporters, New York
Several persons have been killed by a bomb planted, by suspected Boko Haram sect militants, in a pickup van carrying firewood.

The huge explosion which occurred around 6 pm Nigerian time in a densely populated Bintu-Suga area along Airport road in Gomari neighborhood killed and injured unspecified number of people according to security agencies evacuating bodies of the dead and injured in the area.

Kidnappers demand N500 million ransom to free President Jonathan’s uncle

The police said it was still investigating the crime.
The abductors of Inengite Nitabai, the 70-year-old relative of President Goodluck Jonathan, have demanded a N500 million ransom.
A security source said that the abductors threatened to kill their victim if the family failed to produce the money.
The source also said the family had constituted a committee to evaluate the demand, establish negotiations with the abductors, and facilitate his release.
He said the kidnappers warned against the involvement of security operatives in the matter.
“The kidnappers contacted the family four days after and demanded a whooping sum of N500 million. It is believed that the family of the victim has begun negotiations with the hoodlums”, he said.