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The Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, says nine of its citizens were among those killed in a double air strike on a detention centre outside Tripoli, the capital of Libya.
Deaths from the attack which was carried out on the hapless civilians late Tuesday, has been reviewed to 53 from 44.
More bodies are still being pulled out of the rubble, indicating that the body count has not stopped.
Worst still, the United Nations said in a new report on the war crime that guards fired on migrants trying to flee the site of the explosion.
BBC reports that the first missile landed in a garage beside the camp, while a second struck a hanger occupied by at list 120 European dream seekers.
Two of the migrants informed the British broadcaster that they were coerced to work for a local militia. At list 500 more stranded migrants are vulnerable to attacks according to the UN report.
"There are reports that following the first impact, some refugees and migrants were fired upon by guards as they tried to escape," the UN report said.
"Humanitarian actors call for the immediate release of refugees and migrants from detention centres and for relocation to safe shelter," the report added. Fathi Bashagha, Libya’s Minister of Interior, was quoted by the Libyan Observer, as saying that the government is considering closing all dentention centres.
While people smugglers try to get migrants who are mainly from Nigerian and other Subsaharan African countries, to Europe in crammed rubber boats, Libyan coast guards funded by the European Union, intercept these dingy inflatable contraptions and return them to detention camps. With funding from the EU bloc, Libyans found a new venture in setting up deportation camps.
Nigeria’s foreign affairs ministry which has no communications link, has failed to put out any press release or Tweet on the killings at press time— leaving the report by the BBC as its only mouthpiece.
Prime Minister Fayez Al-Sarraj’s National Accord and War Lord Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan national Army, have blamed each other for the attack.
The Washignton Post in a piece published Thursday, noted that the militia the migrants were working for, was on the side of Al-Sarraj.
The combatants used the hanger adjacent to the camp house to store ammunitions, this would most likely have made it a target for the LNA.
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The Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, says nine of its citizens were among those killed in a double air strike on a detention centre outside Tripoli, the capital of Libya.
Deaths from the attack which was carried out on the hapless civilians late Tuesday, has been reviewed to 53 from 44.
More bodies are still being pulled out of the rubble, indicating that the body count has not stopped.
Worst still, the United Nations said in a new report on the war crime that guards fired on migrants trying to flee the site of the explosion.
BBC reports that the first missile landed in a garage beside the camp, while a second struck a hanger occupied by at list 120 European dream seekers.
Two of the migrants informed the British broadcaster that they were coerced to work for a local militia. At list 500 more stranded migrants are vulnerable to attacks according to the UN report.
"There are reports that following the first impact, some refugees and migrants were fired upon by guards as they tried to escape," the UN report said.
"Humanitarian actors call for the immediate release of refugees and migrants from detention centres and for relocation to safe shelter," the report added. Fathi Bashagha, Libya’s Minister of Interior, was quoted by the Libyan Observer, as saying that the government is considering closing all dentention centres.
While people smugglers try to get migrants who are mainly from Nigerian and other Subsaharan African countries, to Europe in crammed rubber boats, Libyan coast guards funded by the European Union, intercept these dingy inflatable contraptions and return them to detention camps. With funding from the EU bloc, Libyans found a new venture in setting up deportation camps.
Nigeria’s foreign affairs ministry which has no communications link, has failed to put out any press release or Tweet on the killings at press time— leaving the report by the BBC as its only mouthpiece.
Prime Minister Fayez Al-Sarraj’s National Accord and War Lord Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan national Army, have blamed each other for the attack.
The Washignton Post in a piece published Thursday, noted that the militia the migrants were working for, was on the side of Al-Sarraj.
The combatants used the hanger adjacent to the camp house to store ammunitions, this would most likely have made it a target for the LNA.
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Disgraced Senator Elisha Abbo, representing Adamawa North senatorial District, has arrived at the FCT police command in Abuja, for interrogation over his assault of a nursing mother in a sex toy shop.
Following a viral video published by Premium Times on Tuesday, Mohammed Adamu, Inspector General of Police, had the following day said Abbo would be invited for questioning on Thursday.
The Senate had also opened preliminary investigations into Abbo’s conduct. Online petitions have been signed calling for him to be charged to court and arrested.
Punch reports that Abbo had met with Adamu at the force Headquarters, before going to the police command.
Bala Ciroma, the FCT Commissioner of Police, told Punch that Abbo was still with them.
The video, which was obtained from a closed-circuit camera installed in the shop, showed Abbo assaulting a lady who had tried to intervene in an argument between the senator and a sales attendant.
Senator Abbo Elisha with Inspector-General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu PM News
Disgraced Senator Elisha Abbo, representing Adamawa North senatorial District, has arrived at the FCT police command in Abuja, for interrogation over his assault of a nursing mother in a sex toy shop.
Following a viral video published by Premium Times on Tuesday, Mohammed Adamu, Inspector General of Police, had the following day said Abbo would be invited for questioning on Thursday.
The Senate had also opened preliminary investigations into Abbo’s conduct. Online petitions have been signed calling for him to be charged to court and arrested.
Punch reports that Abbo had met with Adamu at the force Headquarters, before going to the police command.
Bala Ciroma, the FCT Commissioner of Police, told Punch that Abbo was still with them.
The video, which was obtained from a closed-circuit camera installed in the shop, showed Abbo assaulting a lady who had tried to intervene in an argument between the senator and a sales attendant.
Senator Abbo Elisha with Inspector-General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu PM News
Disgraced Senator Elisha Abbo, representing Adamawa North senatorial District, has arrived at the FCT police command in Abuja, for interrogation over his assault of a nursing mother in a sex toy shop.
Following a viral video published by Premium Times on Tuesday, Mohammed Adamu, Inspector General of Police, had the following day said Abbo would be invited for questioning on Thursday.
The Senate had also opened preliminary investigations into Abbo’s conduct. Online petitions have been signed calling for him to be charged to court and arrested.
Punch reports that Abbo had met with Adamu at the force Headquarters, before going to the police command.
Bala Ciroma, the FCT Commissioner of Police, told Punch that Abbo was still with them.
The video, which was obtained from a closed-circuit camera installed in the shop, showed Abbo assaulting a lady who had tried to intervene in an argument between the senator and a sales attendant.
To think of the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo as a liar and propagandist is to do a grave injustice to the truth itself, and to vex the millions of Nigerians that have benefited through the many ways his office has helped elevate people from poverty and unemployment. Not to mention, those blessed by his mentor ship, inspiration and leadership.
This Professor and Pastor is easily Nigeria’s most active Vice President since the inception of the 4th Republic in 1999. He has chaired so well the National Economic Council: leading the team whose efforts took us out of a recession, brought upon the country from many years of mismanagement.
The Social Investment Programmes, under his watch has touched the lives of over 12 million Nigerians. No socio-economic Programme in our history has made an impact of this worth. The ordinary women, the everyday Nigerians on the street looking for the next hustle, market men and women trying to make ends meet, needing just a little boost from government and the right atmosphere have found it in this programmes.
Forgive the digression, now to the bone of the issue.
When the Vice President said that Nigeria was experiencing kidnapping, engineered in some cases by politicians, and even in other cases by people who orchestrated their own kidnap, he did not lie. A Google search would prove that. Instances abound. Only recently the story of a man who faked his kidnap in Nassarawa State was shared on Cable NG. But the Vice President did not stop there, he acknowledged that there were indeed real cases of kidnapping and went further to state that the Buhari administration was ensuring that this sad reality became history. Where did the Vice President lie? See Also Opinion Osinbajo: Serial Liar, Buhari’s Brain, Propagandist, Interpreter Of Buhari’s Maladies By Bayo Oluwasanmi 0 Comments 3 Days Ago
While it is true that Nigeria currently has several patches experiencing violence, most of it has been fueled by politics and tribal conflicts. It is also false to assume that the Buhari/Osibanjo administration has not concentrated efforts to address this challenges. Bayo Oluwasanmi might have a serious issue with understanding the difference between a fact and a lie.
The government has sent in troops and entire police divisions whenever a crisis has arisen. Different operations and exercises have been carried out by the Nigerian Army to flush away bandits, kidnappers, terrorists and armed criminal herders who have committed heinous crimes in the communities around them. Many of them have been arrested or even killed. A Google search would show these victories for Nigeria over evil doers who want to bring us back.
Beyond boots on the ground, the government has also launched social-economic programmes aimed at dealing with the crises, especially of the clashes between herders and farmers. Knowing well that it is primarily rooted in disagreements in resource management - land in particular.
The administration has put in place the National Livestock Transformation Plan. It is is one of the most comprehensive plans that aim at ending the several decades long conflict, while looking at the economic benefits of the livestock rearing, and ensuring that there is proper conflict management and justice. A peep at the 8 page summary of the plan shows that the administration means business in ending this crisis.
It’s is overwhelmingly absurd to think of Osibanjo - a man who has spent half of his life in the service of this country - as a liar. All references cited by the author do not hold water and are far from facts. So where is the lie?
Mr Bayo Oluwasanmi upends logic when he writes this long piece of article and at almost every sentence cries that Professor Osinbajo is a liar, but he fails to mention any instance where Osinbajo has lied. He barks like a dog without teeth. A rabid one!
At every point Osinbajo has reeled out government achievements, whether in defence of his boss or simply stating things as they are, they have been backed by facts. Not lies. Are the 500,000 N-Power beneficiaries not real people? Can Bayo beat his chest and say that these beneficiaries do not exist? Or the over 2 Million beneficiaries of the Trader Moni? Or the 2nd Niger Bridge, whose construction is evident for everyone to see despite the naysayers saying it wasn’t real?
The author's misguided interpretations in his article only shows you that he’s either being clever by half or is a pretty seedy personality who’s been urged along by a penny or two.
- Muhammad Gulani is a Political Scientist and Researcher.
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To think of the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo as a liar and propagandist is to do a grave injustice to the truth itself, and to vex the millions of Nigerians that have benefited through the many ways his office has helped elevate people from poverty and unemployment. Not to mention, those blessed by his mentor ship, inspiration and leadership.
This Professor and Pastor is easily Nigeria’s most active Vice President since the inception of the 4th Republic in 1999. He has chaired so well the National Economic Council: leading the team whose efforts took us out of a recession, brought upon the country from many years of mismanagement.
The Social Investment Programmes, under his watch has touched the lives of over 12 million Nigerians. No socio-economic Programme in our history has made an impact of this worth. The ordinary women, the everyday Nigerians on the street looking for the next hustle, market men and women trying to make ends meet, needing just a little boost from government and the right atmosphere have found it in this programmes.
Forgive the digression, now to the bone of the issue.
When the Vice President said that Nigeria was experiencing kidnapping, engineered in some cases by politicians, and even in other cases by people who orchestrated their own kidnap, he did not lie. A Google search would prove that. Instances abound. Only recently the story of a man who faked his kidnap in Nassarawa State was shared on Cable NG. But the Vice President did not stop there, he acknowledged that there were indeed real cases of kidnapping and went further to state that the Buhari administration was ensuring that this sad reality became history. Where did the Vice President lie? See Also
Opinion Osinbajo: Serial Liar, Buhari’s Brain, Propagandist, Interpreter Of Buhari’s Maladies By Bayo Oluwasanmi 0 Comments 3 Days Ago
While it is true that Nigeria currently has several patches experiencing violence, most of it has been fueled by politics and tribal conflicts. It is also false to assume that the Buhari/Osibanjo administration has not concentrated efforts to address this challenges. Bayo Oluwasanmi might have a serious issue with understanding the difference between a fact and a lie.
The government has sent in troops and entire police divisions whenever a crisis has arisen. Different operations and exercises have been carried out by the Nigerian Army to flush away bandits, kidnappers, terrorists and armed criminal herders who have committed heinous crimes in the communities around them. Many of them have been arrested or even killed. A Google search would show these victories for Nigeria over evil doers who want to bring us back.
Beyond boots on the ground, the government has also launched social-economic programmes aimed at dealing with the crises, especially of the clashes between herders and farmers. Knowing well that it is primarily rooted in disagreements in resource management - land in particular.
The administration has put in place the National Livestock Transformation Plan. It is is one of the most comprehensive plans that aim at ending the several decades long conflict, while looking at the economic benefits of the livestock rearing, and ensuring that there is proper conflict management and justice. A peep at the 8 page summary of the plan shows that the administration means business in ending this crisis.
It’s is overwhelmingly absurd to think of Osibanjo - a man who has spent half of his life in the service of this country - as a liar. All references cited by the author do not hold water and are far from facts. So where is the lie?
Mr Bayo Oluwasanmi upends logic when he writes this long piece of article and at almost every sentence cries that Professor Osinbajo is a liar, but he fails to mention any instance where Osinbajo has lied. He barks like a dog without teeth. A rabid one!
At every point Osinbajo has reeled out government achievements, whether in defence of his boss or simply stating things as they are, they have been backed by facts. Not lies. Are the 500,000 N-Power beneficiaries not real people? Can Bayo beat his chest and say that these beneficiaries do not exist? Or the over 2 Million beneficiaries of the Trader Moni? Or the 2nd Niger Bridge, whose construction is evident for everyone to see despite the naysayers saying it wasn’t real?
The author's misguided interpretations in his article only shows you that he’s either being clever by half or is a pretty seedy personality who’s been urged along by a penny or two.
- Muhammad Gulani is a Political Scientist and Researcher.
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The Federal High Court sitting in Jos has decided to throw out the N5 billion fraid trial levelled against Senator Danjuma Goje on orders of the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami who is acting in the orders of President Muhammadu Buhari.
SaharaReporters had exclusively reported a deal facilitated by President Muhammadu Buhari which required Goje to give up his Senate Presidency aspirations for Buhari's favourite Ahmed Lawan in exchange for his case with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to be quashed.
Goje is accused of stealing N5bn between September and November 2010, after forging a document titled, 'Resolution authorizing His Excellency the Executive Governor of Gombe State to acquire a loan of with Ref. No: GM/HA/RES/VOL. 1/17. See Also Exclusive EXCLUSIVE: Senate Presidency: How President Buhari Plans To Drop EFCC Case Against Danjuma Goje 0 Comments 3 Weeks Ago
The Nolle Prosequi by Malami came after the trial judge was summoned to sit at 6pm on Thursday evening.
At the hastily conducted sitting in Jos, one Niyi Akintola (SAN) represented Goje while was presented by one Paul Asika from the Ministry of Justice.
The case will therefore be discontinued at the orders of the Attorney General of the Federation.
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The Federal High Court sitting in Jos has decided to throw out the N5 billion fraid trial levelled against Senator Danjuma Goje on orders of the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami who is acting in the orders of President Muhammadu Buhari.
SaharaReporters had exclusively reported a deal facilitated by President Muhammadu Buhari which required Goje to give up his Senate Presidency aspirations for Buhari's favourite Ahmed Lawan in exchange for his case with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to be quashed.
Goje is accused of stealing N5bn between September and November 2010, after forging a document titled, 'Resolution authorizing His Excellency the Executive Governor of Gombe State to acquire a loan of with Ref. No: GM/HA/RES/VOL. 1/17. See Also Exclusive EXCLUSIVE: Senate Presidency: How President Buhari Plans To Drop EFCC Case Against Danjuma Goje 0 Comments 3 Weeks Ago
The Nolle Prosequi by Malami came after the trial judge was summoned to sit at 6pm on Thursday evening.
At the hastily conducted sitting in Jos, one Niyi Akintola (SAN) represented Goje while was presented by one Paul Asika from the Ministry of Justice.
The case will therefore be discontinued at the orders of the Attorney General of the Federation.
Corruption Legal Money Money Laundering Politics Breaking News News AddThis : Original Author : SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :
The Federal High Court sitting in Jos has decided to throw out the N5 billion fraid trial levelled against Senator Danjuma Goje on orders of the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami who is acting in the orders of President Muhammadu Buhari.
SaharaReporters had exclusively reported a deal facilitated by President Muhammadu Buhari which required Goje to give up his Senate Presidency aspirations for Buhari's favourite Ahmed Lawan in exchange for his case with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to be quashed.
Goje is accused of stealing N5bn between September and November 2010, after forging a document titled, 'Resolution authorizing His Excellency the Executive Governor of Gombe State to acquire a loan of with Ref. No: GM/HA/RES/VOL. 1/17. See Also Exclusive EXCLUSIVE: Senate Presidency: How President Buhari Plans To Drop EFCC Case Against Danjuma Goje 0 Comments 3 Weeks Ago
The Nolle Prosequi by Malami came after the trial judge was summoned to sit at 6pm on Thursday evening.
At the hastily conducted sitting in Jos, one Niyi Akintola (SAN) represented Goje while was presented by one Paul Asika from the Ministry of Justice.
The case will therefore be discontinued at the orders of the Attorney General of the Federation.
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Senator Elisha Abbo’s behaviour is deplorable. This is not debatable. The footage that’s been released of him violently beating a woman inside a shop is simultaneously shocking and familiar for many (African) women. It’s obvious that this vicious behaviour must be condemned, now.
We at Africa Women Board join the global voices demanding for Senator Abbo’s immediate removal from office. Period.
Let’s dive deeper. What we also know in our hearts as Africans and global citizens is that regrettably, bringing someone in power to justice, principally when the issue is a charge of violence against women, is the exception globally.
Ask yourself how often we have seen our nation’s brutalizers not just behind bars, but shamed rather than excused by their counterparts for harming women? We, alongside a whole force of courageous minds, will work tirelessly to ensure that Senator Abbo faces the justice he deserves for his actions.
We will call for jail time, fines, his impeachment from office; but we’re also not naïve enough to realize that he just might evade a real responsibility that our society once treasured: the respect for and protection of our women.
Where are our men?
Where are our African men? Where are our men who will stand with women? Who will protect the agency of our women and protect the space for them to be unapologetically female? Who will deflect the hands of our attackers? Where are our men who will say, no, we don’t do that here?
The Abbo footage shows that while the Senator is attacking a woman, he is flanked by multiple men who say little and do nothing.
As the Senator’s hits land on the woman’s head, these bystanders swiftly lose all innocence and become complicit as they allow the beating to happen.
Towards the close of the video, some of the men decide to put themselves between the attacker and the woman. Imagine if they had made that decision from the start. What could have been prevented?
In this movement that AWB is wielding to advance the causes of African women, our focus is not just on this specific violent incident with Senator Abbo. We are also agonizingly disheartened by the recent Busola Dakolo interview, wherein she shares in detail an account of being raped by Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo; but the issue is far greater than these moments.
Adeptly, we know that these men are just today’s face of a twisted system, a synthetic fabric laced with blind eyes in the countless cases of violence against women.
Men as allies, not accomplices
It is this system, this violent culture that we’re really gunning for. We’re after the individuals who backlashed against Dakolo’s testimony.
We’re after the individuals, male and female, who excuse the violent manifestations of the anger of men which happen daily. In this type of social environment, women are having to constantly police themselves to exist in a culture that views them as guilty and deserving of violence.
How then are they expected to achieve with countless individuals actively allowing abuse to be directed at them? Staying silent on this issue, standing on the sidelines is equivalent to choosing the side of the abuser.
Men, we need you. We women share this earth with you and cannot afford to be disunited from you.
This means we demand to be included in the heavily-male saturated halls of power and also need your presence and power behind our causes for equity and justice. We need you as our allies: our Fathers, Brothers, Husbands and Sons.
We need you on this global task force to right societal wrongs. We cannot make sustainable change without you on board, without you using your agency to protect the whole.
#Youtoo
The shift in western culture which has been sped up by movements like #metoo and TIMES UP, have not reached us here on the continent.
But we still need something that works. We must ask ourselves, what kind of society gives men who witness violence being done against women reason to decide it’s not their business. Why are we siding with oppressors?
There is no neutral position, when the attacker is on one side victimizing another. We are talking about the survival of our people. This is a societal, cultural and business-based issue.
If you continue to hurt half of your population, your industry, your workforce, then you bind your own hands from achieving growth.
The vision of a prosperous and outward looking Africa that was forged at the turn of the millennium and the start of the internet age is now in danger of being eroded again, by the archaic and barbaric perpetuation of unchecked male power within our society.
Instead of debating the veracity of survivors’ testimonies, as we often do with the #metoo movement, we are turning the focus on you, because #Youtoo can be an agent, an activist in this zeitgeist for equality for all.
We at AWB, beseech you to stand with African women. We are a non-profit organization run by African women for African women.
Our goal is to amplify African female voices, support African female empowerment and help to create a world in which African women and girls across all classes, including those of the diaspora, are given the tools and resources they need to fully realise their potentials.
Dr. Nkiru Balonwu is CEO RDF Strategies and Chair of African Women on Board.
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