Anxiety in Police as IGP Idris’ tenure ends today

By Evelyn Usman & Joseph Erunke 

There is anxiety in the Nigeria Police  over what could happen in the next 24 hours,  as the service term of the Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim Idris, ends today. 

Idris, the nation’s 19th Inspector General of Police, was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari,  on March  21, 2016, to replace Solomon Arase. The 59-year-old Niger State-born Police Chief is due for retirement having enlisted in 1984. But there are speculations that his tenure could be extended by the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration, as he is yet to attain the mandatory retirement age of 60 years. Already,  reactions have started to trail the possibility of the tenure extension, owing to the silence and what was described as the tactical delay to appoint a senior police officer to take over from Idris. One of those agitating for a  new IGP,  the Network on Police Reform in Nigeria, NOPRIN, urged  President Buhari to resist the pressure to extend the tenure of  IGP  Idris and all Service Chiefs. National Coordinator of NOPRIN, Mr. Okechukwu Nwaguma said: “ President Buhari, in your new year message, you reiterated your commitment to ensuring a free, fair and peaceful  elections in 2019. But there are clear dangers to the realisation of this promise. “Among the obstacles is the partisanship of security agencies under your policy and operational control. The worse is the Nigeria Police Force through the obsequious posture of the current Inspector General of Police whose term expires this January. “Mr. President, please, demonstrate your sincerity and commitment to your promise of delivering free, fair and peaceful election this year by resisting the pressure to extend the term of the current IGP. Mr. President, please, avoid the temptation. “Not a few Nigerians are convinced that, given recent events and conducts of the current IGP and  heads of other security agencies which manifest clear partisanship, there is significant concern about the elections.

“The participation of the current leadership of the security agencies in overseeing the elections may gravely harm the perception of fairness and integrity of the process.’’ Those who spoke on the need for the President to urgently name Idris’ replacement also canvassed the need for Buhari to look beyond the North, since nearly all heads of security agencies in the country are from the region. Already, the Action Peoples Party, APP, and the Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, have dragged President Muhammadu Buhari to court over the purported moves to extend the IGP’s tenure.

 The President had on December 18, 2017, approved the extension of the tenures of the Chief of Defence Staff, the Chief of Army Staff, the Chief of Air Staff and the Chief of Naval Staff.

Military Helicopter Fighting Boko Haram Goes Missing In Borno

An attack helicopter of the Nigerian Air Force deployed in the fight against the Boko Haram insurgents has gone missing in action, with fears that the aircraft had crashed at a yet-to-be-ascertained location.

The NAF confirmed the missing aircraft in a release around 10.30pm on Wednesday, noting that the helicopter was lost in combat while providing close air support to troops of 145 Battalion at Damasak in Northern Borno State.

Northern Borno is a vulnerable area where the Islamic State of West African Province fighters were attempting to overrun military bases, with attacks on Metele, Buni Gari and Baga in the latest attempted invasion on December 26 and 27, 2018.

The NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, said the combat aircraft went missing about 7:45 pm on Wednesday, adding that details of the cause of the crash were still scanty.

He said, “A Nigerian Air Force helicopter was lost in combat while providing close air support to troops of 145 Battalion at Damasak in Northern Borno State. The mission was part of the ongoing counter-insurgency operations in the North-East.

“The incident occurred about 7:45 pm on January 2. Details of the cause of the crash are still scanty. As soon as the details of the crash are known, they will be made available to the public".

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Biafra: Israel to help IPOB launch social welfare across Biafra

"IPOB will be launching a social welfare public work scheme across the length and breadth of Biafraland in our effort to use our God given talent and skills to develope and improve our land, even prior to the coming of Biafra, because political office holders we had hoped will do it for us are more preoccupied with stealing as much as our commonwealth as possible"

This was made public by the leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra during his January 1st broadcast.
He went further to state that "we  IPOB are going to do the little they can to stop our young people from trekking from our land to Europe that have resulted in the death of so many young people. This scheme will equally address the issue of lack of infrastructure, as IPOB will embark on minor road repairs.

The rehabilitation of dilapidated primary schools, maintenance drainage systems in areas prone to flooding due to blockage of sewage system like Aba, Owerri, Onitsha, Abakaliki and Igweocha.

A welfare outreach team will be created to provide assistance in public places to those who can not help themselves.
There will be massive job creation in various sectors of the economy where raw materials can be locally sourced to help drive low the rate of unemployment, especially among young graduates. Our people, towns and villages will be our priority as we begin to demonstrate the mindset that will guide us into Biafra.
It is no longer about saying IPOB one family. We are here to demonstrate that we are indeed one family. We are discussion with Israeli businessmen to help facilitate the creation of hi-tech farm settlements, small scale industrial parks in Cross River, In Delta, Imo, Ebonyi and Benue state for now. Should the scheme prove successful, of course it will, we shall roll it out across Biafraland".

BREAKING: Ex-President Shehu Shagari dies at 93

Shagari passed away at the National Hospital Abuja on Friday. He was 93 years old.

The news was broken by the Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, on his Twitter handle.

Shehu Usman Shagari was born in 1925 in Shagari village founded by his great-grandfather, Ahmadu Rufa’i, who was also the Village Head, and took the name Shagari as his family name. His father’s name was Aliyu and his mother’s name was Mariamu.

Shagari started his education in a Quranic school and then went to live with relatives at a nearby town, where, between 1931 and 1935, he attended Yabo Elementary School; and between 1936 and 1940, he went to Sokoto for middle school, and then from 1941-1944, he attended Kaduna College.

Between 1944 and 1952, Shagari attended the Teacher Training College, in Zaria, Kaduna State;and from 1953-1958, he worked as a visiting teacher at Sokoto Province.

He was also a member of the Federal Scholarship Board from 1954-1958.

According to the Wiki citation on him, the late ex-president entered politics in 1951 when he became the secretary of the Northern People’s Congress in Sokoto, Nigeria, a position he held until 1956.

General Olusegun Obasanjo, who was military Head of State had handed over to Shagari in 1979, and he was in office till 1983.

Before then, Shagari had served as a federal minister and federal commissioner between 1958 and 1975.

Shagari was made the Turaki of the Fula Sokoto Caliphate in 1962 by the Sultan of Sokoto, Siddiq Abubakar III.

He worked as a teacher for a brief period before entering politics in 1951 and, in 1954, he was elected to the federal House of Representatives representing Sokoto West.

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In 1958, he was appointed as parliamentary secretary — a post he left in 1959 for Prime Minister  Abubakar Tafawa Balewa. He later served as the Federal Minister for Commerce and Industries.

Between 1959 and 1960, Shagari was made the Federal Minister for Economic Development. Between 1960 and 1962, he was moved to the Pensions Ministry as the Federal Minister for Pensions.

From 1962-1965, he became the Federal Minister for Internal Affairs. And from 1965 up until the first military coup in January 1966, Shagari was the Federal Minister for Works.

In 1967, he was appointed the Secretary for Sokoto Province Education Development Fund. From 1968-1969, he served as Commissioner for Establishments.

After the civil war, from 1970-1971, he was appointed by then military head of state Gen. Yakubu Gowon as the federal Commissioner for Economic Development, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction.

In 1978, he became a founding member of the National Peoples Party. In 1979, Shagari was chosen by the party as the presidential candidate for general election that year, which he won, becoming the president.

Shagari ran for a second four-year term in 1983 and won the general election. However, on 31 December 1983, he was overthrown by then Maj. -Gen. Muhammadu Buhari.

He was Grand Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic, GCPCN

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Breaking: Miyetti Allah Endorses Buhari For 2019

Ahead of the 2019, general election, the Leadership of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) have endorsed the candidate of the All Progressives Congress  (APC), President Muhammadu Buhari. This endorsement came at the 5th Annual General meeting of the Association held today in Abuja.

Announcing this, the National President of MACBAN, Alhaji Muhammadu Kirowa said the administration of President Buhari has directed impacted positively this lives of their members.

He also said that the President had made significant efforts towards reviving graze reserves across the country .

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Atiku To Buhari: Account For Your Family’s Shares In Etisalat, Keystone

The presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has asked relevant agencies to investigate President Muhammadu Buhari’s family’s alleged ownership of shares in the Etisalat Nigeria and Keystone Bank.

Atiku, in a statement yesterday by his Special Assistant to Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, said: “Such a probe was necessary in view of reports that members of President Muhammadu Buhari’s family now own substantial share in Etisalat Nigeria which has an estimated $2bn of its estimated $20bn global net worth".

Atiku said he was shocked by “reports from unimpeachable sources that the first family now plays big in the nation’s financial sector after acquiring mouth-watering shares in Keystone Bank with total assets of $1.916bn as well as purchasing about  ₦3bn worth of shares in the new Pakistani Islamic Bank.

“I know that last week was turbulent for President Buhari and I apologize for adding to his woes, but he is insisting on the myth that he is spotless and anti-corrupt. If this is found to be true, this scandal would break every rule of corporate and public governance, since this will be the first time members of the first family will be openly involved in a once-in-a-lifetime deal that would make them all richer beyond their wildest dreams".

Atiku, however, advised President Buhari “to shun the use of state resources and machinery for the upcoming 2019 presidential poll.

“The other day, a man who scored 15,424,921 votes to win the 2015 general election was reported to have been nominated by 14 million APC members at the presidential primaries for 2019. Now, over 12 million farmers have donated to his campaign. Are they indirectly spewing out outrageous figures of people they intend to claim voted for them in the coming elections? Could that be why the President was flashing an occult double four hand signal that has gone viral? What did the hand signal mean? Does it mean that the President has jettisoned the idea of a free and fair election and telling Nigerians that no matter how they vote, he will return for a second term of four years?

“In any case, if the farmers who just took a loan through the borrowers anchor programme and have not liquidated the facility can donate this huge sum or any sum for that matter, it means the ‘Association of widows and children of all those slain by Boko Haram and herdsmen will donate N5billion to the Buhari campaign. In fact, the 23.1 million youth who lost their jobs between 2016 till date will donate about N12billion to the Buhari campaign.

“Assuming but not even conceding that such a huge sum of money was donated to President Buhari by Nigerian farmers as his handlers would want Nigerians to believe, wouldn’t such donation be in contravention of Section 91 (9) of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended) which says no individual or other entity shall donate more than N1m to an aspirant or a candidate,” he said.

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Secret Of Buhari's Sign At National Assembly Uncovered

The Rabia sign is symbolic of the Muslim brotherhood sect which is associated with terrorism.

The sign originated from Turkey in late 2013. It was used in Egypt by Muslim brotherhood and their supporters to overthrow Mohammed Morsi.

One wonders if Nigeria is an Islamic state?
Has Nigeria been handed over to terrorists?
Time shall tell.