Shocking Revelations By Military Service Chiefs At Secret Briefing Exposed (DETAILS) By News Release - Feb 6, 2016

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Against the backdrop of recent deadly attacks
carried out in some towns in Borno State by
Boko Haram, the nation’s Service Chiefs have
opened up to the leadership of the Senate why
they have been unable to successfully prosecute
the insurgency war.
They complained of lack of funds to buy
equipment and also, lamented the failure of the
Federal Government to release funds
appropriated for the prosecution of war in the
2015 budget.
These factors were revealed to the Senate
leadership and disclosed by the office of Senate
President, Dr. Bukola Saraki in a statement
yesterday. The closed-door meeting between the
service chiefs and top senators, which lasted for
about two hours on Wednesday was presided
over by the Senate President.
Saraki said several issues tailored at further
empowering the security agencies to win the war
against Boko Haram were discussed in a frank
and open exchange between the two sides.
The military chiefs, led by the Chief of Defence
Staff, General Abayomi Olonisakin, reportedly
briefed the lawmakers on the various challenges
faced by the military, particularly the state of
their equipment which they said required serious
upgrading and restocking.
“They also complained that their vote in the 2015
supplementary budget has not been released
thereby hampering their ability to fund their
operations. Other issues that came up for
discussion were the need to continuously
increase the personnel in the three branches of
the military and the hindrance posed by the
procurement process which they said is very
slow,” Saraki stated in the statement.
“The military chiefs also canvassed the need for
the review of some laws governing their
operations so as to make them able to respond
to emergency situations they now confront in the
North-east zone as well as conform with global
best practices,” he further noted.
The need for regional support for the fight
against insurgency in the North-East by the
neighbouring countries, resettlement of Internally
Displaced Persons (IDPs) back to their traditional
homes, the issue of intelligence gathering and
sharing among the various agencies and
mobilisation of the international community,
particularly through inter-parliamentary efforts in
support of the fight against terrorism in Nigeria,
were also discussed during the meeting.
The Senators assured the military chiefs that
they will fast track the request for the review of
the relevant laws being complained about by
putting them on the Priority Bills list once they
were given adequate information on areas that
need to be amended.
They also promised to take up the issue of
release of funds raised by the military chiefs
with the Ministry of Finance immediately.
Committees on Defence, Finance and
Appropriations have also been mandated to
ensure that the issues raised by the service
chiefs are taken care of in the budget.
The Senators noted that at this point when the
nation had recorded serious gains in the fight
against insurgency, all hands should be on deck
to sustain the tempo against the violent groups.
The meeting was particularly attended by Saraki,
his deputy, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, Senate
Leader, Ali Ndume, Deputy Majority Whip, Francis
Alimikhena, Chairman, Senate Committee on
Navy, Isa Hamma Misau and his colleague in the
Committee on Air Force, Duro Faseyi. However,
Chairman of Senate Committee on Defence,
Senator Ahmed Lawan was absent.
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Olonishakin
led the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur
Buratai, his colleague in the Navy, Vice Admiral
Ibok-Ette Ibas and the Air Force, Air Marshal
Sadiq Abubakar to the meeting.

‘Catholics Are Bearing Your Shame’: Open Letter To Father Ejike Mbaka (READ) By Jude Ndukwe - Feb 6, 2016

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I write you this letter with all sense of humility
and deep respect for you and your calling as a
priest of the Holy Mother Church.
This letter has
become absolutely necessary owing to your
recent political activities which are causing the
Church huge embarrassment. As a Catholic
myself, I, as other Catholics, are now forced to
bear the shame of your recent activities and
asked questions about the transfer policies of
the Church which ordinarily should not have
caused any public inquisition if you had not
caused it to be so.
Fr, it is unfortunate that as a priest of the
Catholic Church, you have allowed your emotions
to take you beyond your allowed limits in
partisan politics before, during, and after the last
elections.
Pray, what is in a transfer of a priest in the
Catholic Church? You were transferred from one
parish to another, an exercise that is a normal
routine in the Church, and instead of you to
move quickly and quietly as expected, you
caused a whole lot of needless hullaballoo and in
an attempt to curry public sympathy, made your
transfer look like anything but usual in the
Church. The razzmatazz and revelry that graced
your movement to your new parish is alien to the
Church! You are gradually eroding the very fabric
that makes the Catholic Church unique and
uncommon among others.
Were you the only priest transferred? Why did
other priests not cry to the public about their
own transfers? Did you reach an agreement with
the Church on the day of your ordination that you
should be exempted from transfers? Fr, you need
not be reminded that you are a priest of the
Catholic Church and not a pastor of any other
denomination. It is no longer news that priests of
the Catholic Church do not belong to themselves
but to the Church wholly, fully and entirely,
hence, you took an oath of not only obedience to
your Local Ordinary, the Bishop, but your oath
also included that of poverty. So, the Bishop
exercises his prerogative to transfer any priest
serving under him to areas where their services
are most needed among other considerations.
Just like you were transferred from somewhere
else to Christ the King Parish, GRA, Enugu, you
have also been transferred to Our Lady Parish,
Umuchigbo, Njinike also in Enugu.
It would be ignorant of me to think that you
actually thought Christ the King Parish, GRA
Enugu would be your parish forever. No priest of
the Catholic Church would ever think a particular
posting of his would last for too long. For
example, in Abuja Archdiocese from where I
write you this letter, there are brother-priests of
yours who have been transferred from the
highbrow area of Maitama to a parish in a
remote village like Yangoji in far away Kwali LGA,
just as there have been priests transferred from
Igu, also a very remote village in Bwari LGA, to
Our Lady Mother of Perpetual Help Parish,
Gwarinpa, and then to Our lady Queen of Nigeria
Pro-Cathedral, Garki, and so on and so forth. Are
you not aware of brother-priests who have been
transferred from the comfort of parishes in
Nigeria here to remote places even in war-torn
and less developed countries like Chad, Sudan,
Mali, Sierra-Leone, Burundi etc.
Some of them in areas so remote cars cannot
even get there nor is there electricity, yet, they
went in obedience and without noise. Fr, how is
yours supposed to be different?
You complained about the parish house you are
to occupy as being too small and by implication,
not comfortable for you. The question is, was it
not a brother-priest that just used and left there?
Are you saying that other priests can remain to
serve God’s people perpetually in a one room
self-contained apartment while you enjoy the
comfort of a gigantic parish house perpetually?
Fr, John the Baptist served God effectively in the
wilderness; all the apostles of our Lord Jesus
Christ left all the comfort of family and wealth
and followed willingly and without complaining,
the Son of Man who had no place to lay His
head. Fr, from which part of the scripture did you
get your reason for complaining?
To describe your transfer as a witch hunt is the
most uncharitable comment any priest can make
against his bishop especially in public. You are
not a Pentecostal pastor or a General Overseer
of any church, you are a priest of the Holy
Catholic and Apostolic Church. You own no
church and you own no parish. The gifts of the
Spirit (miracle, healing, prophecy etc) which God
has blessed you with are not the emphasis of
the Church. The Catholic Church places more
emphasis on the fruit of the Holy Spirit which is
what ultimately helps a man to make heaven: “…
Lord! We prophesied in your name and cast out
demons in your name and performed many
miracles in your name. But I will reply, ‘I never
knew you. Get away from me, you who break
God’s laws’”. There is no ordained priest no
matter how gifted that has survived a
confrontation with the Church. They go quickly
into oblivion soon after while the Church waxes
stronger. Fr, be very careful!
You lamented about the assets of the Adoration
Ministry and where you were going to keep them
since your new parish is too small to contain
them. I understand your concern especially as I
am also aware of the enormity of the assets
being an archdiocesan official of the Catholic
Charismatic Renewal of Nigeria, Abuja, myself.
However, just like you admitted, you have “given”
the assets to the Catholic Church in Enugu. So, if
you have “given” the assets to the Catholic
Church, why not just hand them over to your
Bishop who knows how most appropriate to take
care of them. Why do you still cry over that
which you have “given” out? More so, you know
that as a Catholic priest, you own nothing! There
is no major asset even including a car that you
can own without the consent and blessing of
your bishop. This is how the Catholic Church is
structured. This is how the Catholic Church
works. So, those assets never belonged to you
ab initio, they have always belonged to the
Church. Just take an inventory of them and hand
them over to the appropriate authorities. They
know what to do with them.
One of the reasons why our priests are not
allowed to own anything of their own is so that
when the call of service comes and they are
asked to go anywhere at the shortest notice,
they would not have to look back at what they
would be leaving behind so that they do not drag
their feet on obeying the call to service. Lot’s
wife looked back and turned to a pillar of salt. Fr,
why are you looking back?
As I end this letter, let me remind you that your
gifts of the Holy Spirit do not come in isolation.
They come with enormous responsibility! Enough
of this ridicule you have subjected the Church to.
Focus your attention on your apostolic calling
and leave politics for politicians. If you are so
interested in joining politics and making your
mark there, you know the right thing to do. Stop
parading about like a colossus that the Church is
so badly in need of. No one man or group of men
can hold the Catholic Church to ransom. Even if
the Lord decides that you answer the eternal call
today, Enugu diocese will never fold up!
I pray that God will lead you aright in all your
endeavours.



Jude Ndukwe is a political analyst who lives and
works in Abuja, Nigeria. He tweets from@
stjudendukwe.

Buhari begins vacation, Osinbajo to act as president By Ali Adoyi on February 5, 2016

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Report reaching DAILY POST has it that President
Muhammadu Buhari has begun a short vacation
from, February 5 to February 10, 2016.
This was disclosed by the Special Adviser to the
President (Media & Publicity), Mr. Femi Adesina
According to Adesina, while the President is on
vacation, the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo
will perform the functions of the President.
The statement further said, ”In compliance with
Section 145 (1) of the Nigerian Constitution,
President Buhari has dispatched a formal notice
of his vacation to the Senate President and the
Speaker of the House of Representatives.”

FG fighting corruption within the rule of law – Lai Mohammed By Sylvester Ugwuanyi on February 5, 2016

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The Federal Government has assured that it will
continue to fight corruption with a strict
adherence to the rule of law.
According to a statement issued by his Special
Assistant, Segun Adeyemi, the Minister of
Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed,
gave the assurance on Friday when he visited
The Nation newspaper as part of his ongoing
tour of media establishments in the country.
”In this Administration’s battle against corruption,
we have been accused of not respecting the rule
of law. I make bold to say that this is not true.
The mere fact that those who have been
accused of corruption are having their day in
court is a reflection of our respect for the rule of
law,” he said.
Alhaji Mohammed also said the government
welcomes the criticism of its policies,
programmes and actions, and that it does not
consider those who criticize it as either having
been paid to do so or that they are habouring
any animosity towards us.
But he insisted that there were pseudo-analysts
and hack writers whose stock in trade was to
shoot down the policies of any government they
do not like, and that taking on such people did
not amount to an attack on the media.
”It beggars belief that anyone could accuse us of
attacking or blackmailing the media. It is
inconceivable that a government that has
enjoyed tremendous support from the media will
turn around to vilify the same media. My recent
statement, that pseudo-analysts and hack writers
are out to shoot down the war against
corruption, cannot and should not be interpreted
to mean an attack on the media. That
extrapolation will amount to a dangerous
stretch,” the Minister said.
The Minister assured that the Federal
Government will continue to work closely with
the media in keeping the people educated and
informed, ”thus ensuring the participation of as
many of our people as possible in the process of
governance”.
He said the government would not relent in its
battle against corruption, adding: ”this is
because for our nation, it is a war of survival.
Today, in our country, corruption is on first line
charge. That’s how serious it is. The good news
is that Nigeria is so fortunate to have at the
helm of affairs, at this time, a leader of
impeccable character, proven integrity, courage,
dedication and love of country.
”We need the support of the media to ensure the
success of this fight. As I have said at different
fora, we consider the media as our partners.”
Alhaji Mohammed said the government’s
strategy in sensitizing Nigerians is to dwell on
the cost of corruption, rather than talking about
it in the abstract.
”When we release figures of the huge sums of
money that have been looted, we did not do that
to vilify anyone. Rather, our intention is to give
Nigerians a different perspective to the anti-graft
battle. That’s why we did not mention names,
even though we have all the names,” he added.

Kogi Government, NLC in fresh row over salary arrears

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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Kogi chapter,
has said that the state workforce would not
participate in the fresh screening as ordered by
the government.
The state chairman of NLC, Mr Onuh Edoka,
made the statement on Thursday in Lokoja while
addressing a press conference.
He gave the government up till Feb. 10 to pay
the Sept. 2015 salaries of workers or face
industrial action.
Edoka accused the government of insincerity in
its dealing with workers.
He said that the issue of fresh screening of
workers before payment of their September
salaries did not come up for discussion during
the Feb. 2 meeting it held with representatives
of government.
“We are shocked and surprised that Kogi State
government can back stab workers.
“We agreed on the payment of one month salary
out of four months being owed us out of honour
and respect for the governor.
“The issue of staff screening was not discussed.
“Workers have been down for four months; to
subject them to any screening now will
compound their hardship, “Edoka said.
He said that though labour was not opposed to
government’s effort to identify ghost workers and
curb corruption, it should provide relief to the
workers by paying them their one month salary
as agreed with the NLC.
He said that pensioners in the state would not
participate in the screening scheduled to
commence on Feb. 8, on the ground that they
were too weak to stand the rigours of the
exercise.
Edoka warned that organised labour would
tolerate obnoxious and anti-workers actions from
the government and advised Gov. Yahaya Bello
to be wary of bad advice from certain quarters.
(NAN)

MERCY JOHNSON IS STILL ENJOYING HER LONG VACAY OUTSIDE NIGERIA

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Nollywood actress and mother of three, Mercy
Johnson is still enjoying her long vacay in the
US.
The delectable actress shared a photo of herself
working on clearing snow that covered her
automobile. She captioned the photo with:
I have learn say AC no be FAN lolllzz
bricklayer MJ clearing d snow from my car
MYSELF. Hmmmm
Njoku is a man who…………

Man crushed to death by a train in kano

NAN – A man suspected to be drunk was on Wednesday night crushed to death by moving train in Sharada area in Kano.
An eye witness told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Thursday that the incident happened around 8:00 pm.
According to the witness, who requested anonymity, the deceased might have slept off on the rail track when the moving train crushed him to death.
NAN learnt that residents of the area saw the mutilated remains of the man the following morning.
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer of the state command, DSP Magaji Majiya, said the matter was yet to be officially reported to the police.
He said that they heard of the incident from people who called to find out from him.
Majiya said he had directed the Divisional Police Officer in charge of the area to investigate the matter.

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