CESJET calls for immediate arrest of Nnamdi Kanu

A group has demanded the immediate arrest of Nnamdi Kanu

- The group also support the proscription of IPOB by the south- east governors

- They also praised the Nigerian army for declaring IPOB a terrorist group

  The Centre for Social Justice, Equity and Transparency (CESJET) has backed the proscription of the the activities of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its declaration by the Nigerian Army as a terrorist organisation.

  In a statement sent to NAIJ.com , the group also demanded an immediate arrest of Nnamdi Kanu. The group, at a conference in Abuja, also lauded the Nigerian Military for taking the bold step and doing the needful by declaring IPOB as a terrorist group.

CESJET also commended the southeast governors for daring to proscribe IPOB even when they are daily blackmailed politically with threats of being labeled as traitors of their ethnicity.

  The group executive secretary, Comrade Ikpa Isaac also called on the National Assembly, the Presidency (Executive) and the Judiciary to adopt a common front in dealing with the menace of IPOB as a terror group by taking all the steps expected of them.

  The group statement reads: "No room should be left for these terrorists to maneuver or manipulate the system to continue intimidating and threatening citizens. "Since IPOB reportedly enjoyed massive financial, intellectual and political support from highly placed persons from the southeast, we proposed that the federal government delivers an amnesty package for those who funded or supported IPOB up until Friday September 15, 2017 to offer them the chance of distancing themselves from the terror group.

"Anyone subsequently found to be aiding and abetting  the group should be treated in accordance with the Terrorism Prevention (Amended) Act 2013."

  The group urged the state governors to act on the proscription of the IPOB by arresting members and supporters.

  The statement read: "We implore the governors to back the proscription order up with actions. They must immediately audit their cabinets to identify IPOB supporters and sympathizers in their folds since such people can sabotage them from inside.

"We however note that the governors did not prescribe any punishment for these terrorists for the evil they had brought upon the land in the last few years. There was neither any indication as to what would happen to anyone that continues to carry out activities under the name of IPOB.

"Furthermore, nothing was said of the other franchises that the terrorists use to operate, like the Biafra Zionists Movement. They did not talk about their sponsors and sources of funding.

"There was no mention of justice for the innocent Nigerians killed by these miscreants in the last few days. These are questions still begging for answers."

  CESJET called on the southeast governors to be categorical in the terms of reference security agencies will act upon to enforce the proscription of the group.

CESJECT said: "We also observed that there was no call for the immediate arrest of Nnamdi Kanu as the leader of IPOB terrorist group or any other person who goes out in the name of the group or its violent agitation.

All these people, including the lawyer to Kanu, are accomplices that must be treated as such."

  The IPOB’s media and publicity secretary, Emma Powerful, said the speed with which the governors announced the proscription of the group’s activities showed that the governors were disloyal.

CESJET calls for immediate arrest of Nnamdi Kanu

A group has demanded the immediate arrest of Nnamdi Kanu

- The group also support the proscription of IPOB by the south- east governors

- They also praised the Nigerian army for declaring IPOB a terrorist group

  The Centre for Social Justice, Equity and Transparency (CESJET) has backed the proscription of the the activities of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its declaration by the Nigerian Army as a terrorist organisation.

  In a statement sent to NAIJ.com , the group also demanded an immediate arrest of Nnamdi Kanu. The group, at a conference in Abuja, also lauded the Nigerian Military for taking the bold step and doing the needful by declaring IPOB as a terrorist group.

CESJET also commended the southeast governors for daring to proscribe IPOB even when they are daily blackmailed politically with threats of being labeled as traitors of their ethnicity.

  The group executive secretary, Comrade Ikpa Isaac also called on the National Assembly, the Presidency (Executive) and the Judiciary to adopt a common front in dealing with the menace of IPOB as a terror group by taking all the steps expected of them.

  The group statement reads: "No room should be left for these terrorists to maneuver or manipulate the system to continue intimidating and threatening citizens. "Since IPOB reportedly enjoyed massive financial, intellectual and political support from highly placed persons from the southeast, we proposed that the federal government delivers an amnesty package for those who funded or supported IPOB up until Friday September 15, 2017 to offer them the chance of distancing themselves from the terror group.

"Anyone subsequently found to be aiding and abetting  the group should be treated in accordance with the Terrorism Prevention (Amended) Act 2013."

  The group urged the state governors to act on the proscription of the IPOB by arresting members and supporters.

  The statement read: "We implore the governors to back the proscription order up with actions. They must immediately audit their cabinets to identify IPOB supporters and sympathizers in their folds since such people can sabotage them from inside.

"We however note that the governors did not prescribe any punishment for these terrorists for the evil they had brought upon the land in the last few years. There was neither any indication as to what would happen to anyone that continues to carry out activities under the name of IPOB.

"Furthermore, nothing was said of the other franchises that the terrorists use to operate, like the Biafra Zionists Movement. They did not talk about their sponsors and sources of funding.

"There was no mention of justice for the innocent Nigerians killed by these miscreants in the last few days. These are questions still begging for answers."

  CESJET called on the southeast governors to be categorical in the terms of reference security agencies will act upon to enforce the proscription of the group.

CESJECT said: "We also observed that there was no call for the immediate arrest of Nnamdi Kanu as the leader of IPOB terrorist group or any other person who goes out in the name of the group or its violent agitation.

All these people, including the lawyer to Kanu, are accomplices that must be treated as such."

  The IPOB’s media and publicity secretary, Emma Powerful, said the speed with which the governors announced the proscription of the group’s activities showed that the governors were disloyal.

MASSOB's leader Uwazurike calls for election to hold in Anambra

-MASSOB leader urges members of his group to go out and vote during the upcoming election in Anambra

- Uwazurike, during the MASSOB's 18th anniversary said that Biafra will be achieved without violence

  The leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Ralph Uwazurike, has insisted that the upcoming election in Anambra state will hold. While addressing members of his group during the 18th anniversary of MASSOB, Uwazurike said there is no need for Biafra agitators to boycott the November 18 gubernatorial election in Anambra.

  He reassured his followers that Biafra would be achieved without any form of violence whatsoever from MASSOB.

Uwazurike's statement coincide with the army's declaration of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist group.

  Military has categorized the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist group. The Defence Headquarters said following analysis by the military on the various activities of the group, the Armed Forces has profiled the IPOB as a terrorist organization.

  Meanwhile, the founder of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, and top leaders of his group have allegedly gone into hiding following Friday’s September 15 declaration by the Nigerian Army that IPOB and other Pro-Biafran groups were terrorists organisations.
Investigations by Punch on Saturday September 16 revealed that Kanu and his top lieutenants had ‘disappeared’ from his country home in Afaraukwu near Umuahia and other places he frequently visited.

Ikpeazu appreciates God for averting bloodbath in Abia, says 12 million Igbos living in the north

- Abia state governor has appreciated God for averting bloodbath in the state

- The governor also disclosed that about 12 million Igbos are living in the north

- He said Abia needed peace for business to thrive, especially in Aba, the commercial nerve centre of the state

  Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia has expressed gratitude to God for averting bloodbath in the state, following the withdrawal of troops deployed to Abia for a one-month military exercise code-named “Operation Python Dance.”

Ikpeazu made the remark on Sunday, September 17, when he visited the secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Abia council to commiserate with journalists over last Tuesday’s invasion of the secretariat by soldiers.

The governor noted that the presence of the troops sparked tension across the state.

He said: “We are grateful to God for intervening in stopping what could have been the greatest bloodbath known in the history of mankind.”

  He also thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for reposing confidence in Southeast Governors’ Forum, “by giving us a second chance to talk to our people on the need for us to live as one united nation.”

  He added that the Igbos remained the most widely travelled people in Nigeria, living and conducting businesses in every nook and cranny of the country.

  The governor put the estimated population of Igbos in the north at about 12 million, with Borno having the least population of about 50,000 Igbo households. He said Abia needed peace for business to thrive, especially in Aba, the commercial nerve centre of the state. “I am very happy to say that normalcy has returned to the state,” he said, adding that Muslims worshipped in their Mosque on Friday in Aba. He, therefore, urged residents of the state to go about their lawful businesses, assuring them that government would continue to provide adequate security for lives and property.

  The governor described the invasion of the NUJ secretariat as unwarranted, saying that “journalists do not deserve such an attack”.

  He said that although journalists faced different hazards in the course of their duty, military attacks only happened under military regime or war situation and not in a democracy.

  Ikpeazu, who complained that the activities of his administration were under-reported, urged journalists to help in reporting the state positively to the world. He promised to look into some of the challenges facing the Abia NU, including taking steps to complete the union’s unfinished permanent secretariat.

  Earlier, the state chairman of the union, Mr John Emejor, narrated how the secretariat was invaded by no fewer than 20 soldiers without any provocation.

Emejor said that Abia NUJ was the only council in the country that still operated in rented apartment.

He described the relationship between the union and Ikpeazu’s administration as frosty and urged the governor to take steps to reverse the trend.

  The Abia correspondent of The Oracle Today newspaper, Bonny Okoro, was manhandled during the attack. His Samsung tablet, as well as a cellphone belonging to the correspondent of Daily Times, Mr Sunny Nwakanma, was also destroyed by the assailants.

Gov. Ikpeazu was accompanied on the visit by his Deputy, Chief Ude Oko-Chukwu, Rep. Sam Onuigbo representing Ikwuano/Umuahia Federal Constituency, and the Pillar of Abia NUJ, Dr Anthony Agbazuere.

   Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia state had been issued a 24-hour ultimatum to dethrone His Royal Majesty, Israel Okwu Kanu , the paramount ruler of Isiama Afaraukwu in Umuahia, and father of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu.

  The group, Umuahia Youth Movement, said they want the monarch removed because he failed to caution his son, Nnamdi Kanu, leader of IPOB.

  The group in a letter to the Abia state governor said failure of the governor to dethrone the monarch will force them to take laws into their own hands and dethrone the monarch.

Zamfara civil servants begin indefinite strike NEWS

  Civil servants in Zamfara State have embarked on an indefinite strike to protest against the failure of the government to meet their several demands.

  The workers had earlier given the state government a 21-day ultimatum to meet certain demands or face industrial action.

  The Chairman, Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) in the state, Bashir Mafara, announced the commencement of the industrial action after a joint meeting of the affiliated unions in Gusau.

  According to him, the action was aimed at improving the workers’ welfare and development of the state.
He said: “Zamfara workers are faced with a number of problems which include: failure to pay the salaries of 1,400 recruited by the government more than two years ago; nonpayment of backlog of pension and gratuities; nonpayment of minimum wage to primary school teachers and local government employees as well as nonpayment of annual salary increment.

“The Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress, have decided to declare an indefinite industrial action throughout the state from Tuesday, )llSeptember 12, 2017.”

  Mafara, who called for understanding among the workers in the state, urged them to stay at home and pray; adding that three ad hoc committees have been constituted to ensure the success of the strike.

OAU SUG excos fight over N3.8m, VP beaten up, Social Director stabbed (photos)

NAIJ.com earlier reported that the leaders of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Student Union Government (SUG) broke into a serious fight over disbursement of money .

  According to reports, two people landed in a hospital following a fight between members of the SUG in OAU Ile-Ife, Osun state, on Tuesday, September 5, 2017.

  The students had reportedly been fighting over N3.8m which had been given to them by the school's management, to disburse for useful projects within the institution.

  The fight which led to bottles being broken and the SUG vice president, Miss Tosin Jacob allegedly stabbing the social director, Adebayo Emmanuel, in the arm after he reportedly gave her a headbutt, started during a meeting they had called to discuss how the money would be shared.

  Confirming the fight between the excos, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the SUG said: “ What happened is not something we can keep elaborating on. The breaking of a bottle occurred in a meeting held inside the president’s office is not an issue for public consumption and it has been resolved. Even at home and at the federal level, we have misunderstanding. So, we had one here and it has been settled. This is a human setting and anybody can pick an offence. ”

  Confirming that the money has been disbursed to the SUG leaders, Prof. Isiaka Aransi, OAU's head of student affairs division said: “ The money has been disbursed. It is their money and it was approved for disbursement. "

  Reports claim that the SUG had earlier been accused of embezzlement by the students, following claims that they had bought a bus for N900,000 instead of the N2.5m they said they had spent out of the N3m they received.

Photo: Fire destroyed a family's home but this Virgin Mary statue survived

The Rojas family in Robstown, Texas lost their three homes to a fire just as Hurricane Harvey was hitting the area. All three houses were destroyed by fire and as they looked around the remains they found an intact statue of the Virgin Mary in the ashes.

Natali Rojas says, 'some may blame God and some may blame the hurricane but the only thing standing were holy things. As you can see this statue is the only thing that survived. I dug in there for things and all I found is a Virgin Mary'.

The family said the Robstown Fire Department battled the flames even as the hurricane raged. "I wanna thank the Fire Department of Robstown for courage to show up in the storm while the tremendous power, the wind, the rain were going and they were still out here trying their best. It was incredible," said Rojas, Natali's father.

He's in love with her booty! Check out this Nigerian couple's very interesting pre- wedding photos

These pre-wedding photos of Elizabeth and her husband- to-be Eno are quite interesting! Eno made it pretty clear that he's in love with his wife's curvy derriere. Lol ...

Federal government declares 2 days public holiday for Sallah

- Nigeria's interior minister, Abdulrahman Danbazau has announced a two-day public holiday as part of the Eid-el-Kabir celebration

- Danbazau urged Nigerians to use the two days, September 1 and 4, to pray for peace in the country

- He also warned citizens peddling hate speeches to desist from it as government will now frown at such

  The government of President Muhammadu Buhari has declared Friday, September 1 and Monday September 4, 2017 as holidays in celebration of the Eid-el-Kabir.

  Premium Times reports that the announcement of the public holiday was made by Abdulrahman Dambazau, the interior minister. Speaking on behalf of the government, Danbazau congratulated Muslims over the celebration.

  He also urged Nigerians to use the period to pray for peace, unity, prosperity and the stability of the country’s democracy.

The report quoted Dambazau as asking Nigerians to continue to support the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari as it moves to build a peaceful and harmonious country that ensures the rights of citizens are protected.

  The minister also warned against hate speeches by citizens of the country saying that the government. would no longer take it lightly with those found culpable.

The Sultan of Sokoto and chairman of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has declared September 1, 2017 as Eid-el-Kabir day

This was contained in a statement signed by Prof. Sambo Junaidu, the chairman, Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs to the Sokoto Sultanate Council.

Tiwa Savage, Ubi Franklin visit new parents, cuddle Psquare's Paul Okoye twins (photos)

The babies of Paul and Anita Okoye have been blessed with the presence of ace artists in the Nigerian music industry.

  Just last week, they were visited by the legendary 2baba Idibia. Tiwa Savage and Ubi Franklin have also paid a courtesy visit to Paul and Anita Okoye's twin babies at their home.

Ubi Franklin posted the picture taken on his Instagram page with a caption showing he is anticipating the same blessing of twins.

  Tiwa was appreciated for coming by Anita Okoye on her Instagram page sharing the picture she took with the babies with the following words; "Thanks Auntie Tiwa @tiwasavage for stopping by.
@nadiaandnathanokoye are super grateful, can't wait to meet Jam Jam. Lots of love ❤️❤️❤️� �"

Sean Tizzle welcomes a child with his America based girlfriend

Nigerian singer Sean Tizzle has proudly joined his colleagues in the baby daddy's association!

  The new dad just welcomed a bay girl with his American based girlfriend. Announcing his joy, he took to his social media page to inform his followers.
  He shared a cute photo of the baby and captioned, 'Ms Madison ❤️ #Lookingjustlikedaddy'.

Sean Tizzle has now officially joined his colleagues like Timaya, Solid Star, Wizkid, Davido, 9ice, May D, Seun Kuti and many others.

Football fans troll Chelsea following their 2-3 defeat to Burnley

Reigning Premier League champions Chelsea on Saturday, August 12, 2017 began their title defence on a disastrous note after losing 2-3 to Burnley in-front of their faithfuls.

  The Blues finished the game against the Clarets with 9 men as captain Gary Cahill and Cesc Fabregas were sent off after committing foul.

  The Stamford Bridge side were 3 goals down at half time but they manage to score 2 to keep the score-line moderate for their supporters.
  Football fans trolled Antonio Conte's men following their defeat at home to Burnley in their first Premier League game of the season.

BREAKING: President Buhari meets with APC governors and leaders in London (photos)

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday, July 23, met with some All Progressives Congress (APC) governors and leaders in London.

- The delegation included the APC party chairman, John Oyegun; governors of Imo, Kaduna, Kogi, Nasarawa and minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi.

- President Buhari described the negative reports about him as lies

  President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday, July 23, received a delegation of All Progressive Congress (APC) governors at the Abuja House, in London.

  In a telephone conversation with Femi Adesina, the president's media adviser, following the meeting of the APC governors and leaders with President Buhari, he said the president was delighted to receive the delegation and asked each governor about affairs in his state.

  Governor Okorocha said the party delegation spent more than an hour with President Buhari over lunch, and it was very clear from the discussions that he followed developments at home very closely.
President Muhammadu Buhari hosts APC governors and leaders to lunch in London on Sunday July 23 Photo source: Twitter, NGRPresident President Buhari on Sunday, July 23, met with APC governors and leaders in London Photo source: Facebook, JolibaNews Live Buhari with APC governors and leaders in London Photo source: Facebook, JolibaNews Live When asked to react to all the negative things being said about him, the president just laughed, describing such negative reports as lies. Governor Okorocha said President Buhari was completely unperturbed by the cocktail of lies, adding that he sent his best wishes to Nigerians.

  According to Okorocha Nigerians don’t have to worry at all, adding that President Buhari will be back as soon as the doctors give him the green light. “By our visit to London today, the merchants of lies have been put out of business and Nigerians will not buy the garbage they have been selling. All those who look up to fake news can find better use for their time,” Governor Okorocha noted. Governors Umaru Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa; Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna; Yahaya Bello of Kogi; and APC National Chairman, Chief John Oyegun, were also in the delegation.

  President Buhari left Nigeria for London on Sunday,
May 7, 2017, to attend to health challenges, having earlier made a similar trip to London and upon arrival in Nigeria, stated that he was going to return to London at a later date.