PMB APPEAL TO NIGERIANS TO BEAR WITH HIM..

Side eyes, lol...
PMB On Sunday night appealed to Nigerians to bear with him over the difficulties in the land, saying Nigerians were seeing the darkest days before dawn.

While appealing to Nigerians who he said were known for their inner strength to soldier on, he said the change which they voted for was at the corner and about to rock every nook and cranny of the country.

In a strategic move to counter the difficult times, the President ordered the release of 10,000 tons of grains from the national strategic grains reserves.

The move, according to Presidential spokesman, Mallam Garba Shehu also debunked insinuations that the change mantra of the new administration was concomitant with hard times.

The Presidency said a total of N9 trillion was lost by the Federal Government to the Boko Haram insurgency, lamenting that the loss worsened the economy.

Noting the crippling fuel situation, the administration also observed that it inherited a N600 billion debt owed fuel importers and that it was working on ensuring that newly-licensed refineries commenced operations in 2018.

While noting that the Federal Government’s social programmes, including the payment of N5,000 monthly transfers to eligible Nigerians was set to commence, the Presidency called for more understanding from Nigerians on the challenges it said it inherited.

The Presidency further averred that the difficult times were caused by the economy downturn arising from “the Boko Haram insurgency, corruption and the lack of planning by the past administrations and one that should not be blamed on the Change Agenda of the Muhammadu Buhari administration.”

Shehu said: “The Presidency firmly rejects the insinuations that poverty and lack are products of the Change mantra. This should be dismissed as an erroneous and misplaced opposition criticism.  The President understands the pain and the cries of the citizens of this country and he is spending sleepless nights over how he can make life better for everyone. Contrary to assertions by a faction of the opposition Conference of Nigerian Political Parties, CNPP, the President’s energy and focus are on changing the lives of Nigerians, with a view to making  it better than he met it.

“Change is a process. Change does not happen overnight. Change can be inconvenient. Change sometimes comes with pain. Over the past year, the government has been working night and day to deliver on its promise of change to Nigerians, and the painful process is still ongoing.

“This is work in progress. As life gradually returns to normal in much of the country and the northeast in particular, agriculture will resume and people from other countries will once again feel safe to do business with us.

-sdk

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FULANI HERDSMEN AT IT AGAIN; KILL SCORES AT UWANI- ENUGU.

Below is the image of the fulani herdsmen action once again and the inaction of the government.

For the above munch, "My dad pointed at a car in that compound and told me, hope you know what happened to the owner? I wonder what his wife-to-be felt as it was just weeks to their wedding" my source recounts

BOMBSHELL!!! Blood Flows In Enugu As Fulani Herdsmen Kill People And Dominate Their Land. Scores of people are reported killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen who invaded Enugu in the early hours of Monday.State police spokesperson Ebere Amaraizu haveconfirmed the report. Amaraizu said the police and the army are responding to the situation.The suspected herdsmen reportedly invaded Ukpabi, Nimboin Uzo-Uwani local government area of the state sacking houses and killing many.According to reports, Enuguresidents are fleeing the affected (and other) communities in search of safe havens.Reports say neighbouring Nkpologu and Uvuru, and far away Nkpologu, have fled to Nsukka.It’s not the first time suspected Fulani gunmen would invade communities. Two months ago, the herdsmen reportedly killed over 300 people in Agatu, Benue State.They said the killings were reprisals for a Fulani man killed by members of the community in 2013.President Muhammadu Buhari said the conflict is a “perennial problem” and “we’ll look intoit.”Information and culture minister Lai Mohammed said the government isworking “silently” to fix the menace.

Then the question, is God still watching???

UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT CLOSED INDEFINITELY

Uniport have closed and shut down all academic activities indefinitely. This is a decision unanimously reached by the Senate of the varsity in order to restore peace and orderly to school and it's environment following the protest of students yesterday which led to demise of one comr Peter , the president of faculty of management amongst others.
All students have till 6pm today to vacate the school premises .
Causes if the protest according to a student who pled unanimity include hike in tuition fees, poor electricity supply, poor/lack of social amenities and total insensitivity of the management to students plight.

Sambo Dasuki Wins FG At ECOWAS Court

A former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, on Monday triumphed at the Economic Community for West African States (ECOWAS) court in the first leg of his court action challenging his alleged unlawful arrest and detention since December last year by the Nigerian government.

Against the objection of government, the court ruled in Abuja that it has jurisdiction to entertain the suit brought before it by Mr. Dasuki for the enforcement of his fundamental rights to liberty and to own property as enshrined in the Nigerian 1999 constitution and African Charter on fundamental rights of persons, news agency, PRNigeria, is reporting.

In the ruling delivered by Justice Friday Chijoke Nwoke, the ECOWAS court dismissed the objection of government against Mr. Dasuki’s suit on the ground that the objection was misconceived, frivolous and lacked merit.

Justice Nwoke who delivered the unanimous ruling by the three-member panel of the court, held that the claim of government that Mr. Dasuki’s case emanated from his trial on certain offences was inappropriate since the relieves sought by Mr. Dasuki had nothing to do with his ongoing trial at the domestic courts of Nigeria.

The justices held that the claim of government that Mr. Dasuki ought to have filed contempt charge against the Nigerian government for disobeying court orders cannot be sustained because the case of the applicant is not ambiguous, in that it has no root from any criminal trial in any court.

Justice Nwoke said at any rate, the claim by the Nigerian government could not stand in the face of the law because there was no evidence that Mr. Dasuki had filed similar matter in any international court.

The judge said even if he had similar matter in any Nigerian court (up to Supreme Court), such a domestic court would not be allowed the status of an international court as envisaged in the treaty in which Nigeria is signatory.

“In our opinion, what Dasuki brought before us as a case is an issue for the enforcement of his fundamental rights to liberty and own property and against unlawful arrest, unlawful detention and unlawful seizure of properties without any court order or warrant of arrest.

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“From the totality of the issues brought before this court, it is clear and there is no ambiguity that the applicant is seeking enforcement of his right to freedom and not on the issue of his trial for any alleged offence before any Nigerian court”.
Justice Nwoke further said, “Therefore, the objection of the government and the request that the case of the applicant in this matter be struck out on the ground of emanating from any criminal matter has no basis, the claims and the request lack merit and hereby dismissed and we declare that the application of Dasuki is admissible to this court,” the court said.
The sub-regional court said it was not out to decide the issue of whether the applicant is guilty of the charges against him in the Nigerian courts or not but simply to ascertain whether his continued detention, having been granted bail in criminal matters and rearrested since last year and kept in an unknown place, constitute an abuse of his rights to freedom.
Mr. Dasuki, through his lawyer, Robert Emukpoeruo and Wale Balogun, had filed an action before the ECOWAS court to complain that Nigerian security agencies invaded his homes in Abuja, Kaduna and Sokoto without any court order or warrant of arrest and seized his properties, comprising vehicles, money and documents, an action he argued amounted to abuse of his rights to liberty as enshrined in section 36 and 34 of the 1999 constitution and other international laws to which Nigeria is signatory.
Besides, he complained that the invasion of his homes by operatives of government traumatised his 94-year old father who became traumatised and had, up till now, yet to recover from the sickness that followed.

Mr. Dasuki therefore asked the ECOWAS court to award N500million compensatory damages in his favour having been denied access to medical attention abroad as ordered by a Nigerian court since November last year.

The government, through its lawyer, Tijani Gazali, had objected to Mr. Dasuki’s case on the ground that the ECOWAS court had no jurisdiction to dabble into the trial of any Nigerian in a Nigerian court and asked the ECOWAS court to strike out the case, saying it constituted an abuse to the Nigerian courts.
After the court dismissed the objection of the Nigerian government, it fixed May 17 and 18, 2016 for hearing of the substantive matter._
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BENUE VARSITY STUDENTS SHUTDOWN COMPUS OVER 100%SCHOOL FEE INCREMENT

Protesting students of Benue State University in Makurdi, have shutdown the university campus and the Makurdi-Gboko federal highway over a 100% school fee increment for new entrants.

The President of the Student Union Government, Mr Ojime Martins, told Channels Television that the increment from 62,000 Naira to over 130,000 Naira for law students was outrageous.

UNIPORT PROTEST TURN BLODDY AS POLICE KILL STUDENTS.(PHOTOS)

The above is the image of comr. Peter, president faculty of management, uniport.

A supposed peaceful protest by the university of Port harcourt students have turned bloody as police open fire on unarmed students. This they say us as a result of order given from "above". Question now is why open fire on unarmed students and who gave the order? More updates soon