Friday, 29 May 2015
Speech: “I Belong To Everybody And I Belong To Nobody.”-------President Buhari
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President Buhari |
I am
immensely grateful to God Who Has preserved us to witness this day and this
occasion. Today marks a triumph for Nigeria and an occasion to celebrate her
freedom and cherish her democracy. Nigerians have shown their commitment to
democracy and are determined to entrench its culture. Our journey has not been
easy but thanks to the determination of our people and strong support from
friends abroad we have today a truly democratically elected government in
place.
U-Report: IHRC Writes Nigerian Government To End Persecution Of Islamic Movement
Report By Stephen Lawan
Since July 2014 there have been at least four incidents in
which Nigerian armed forces or people linked with them have attacked the
Islamic Movement. IHRC has written to the Nigerian High Commissioner in London
requesting that he urgently draw his government's attention to the targeting of
Nigeria's Islamic Movement in what seems to be a concerted campaign of
aggression against the group.
Article: Labour Challenges Facing APC Governments
By Salihu Moh. Lukman (smlukman@gmail.com)
2015 Elections and
Campaign Promises
During the 2015 electioneering campaigns, the All
Progressives Congress (APC) pledged to “create 3 million new jobs a year
through public works programmes and shifting the economy towards value-added
production” as the primary economic targets of governments produced by the
party. The APC is today victorious having won the presidency and 22 states. No
doubt, the challenge facing the party is how it will deliver on all campaign
promises, which include the creation of 3 million jobs annually.
News Release: Afreximbank’s Abidjan Office Comes On Stream, Expected To Drive Integration
The
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) today opened its Abidjan Branch
Office, with the Ivorian Prime Minister Daniel Kablan Duncan saying that the
Branch Office would accentuate the Bank’s effort at achieving economic
integration in Africa.
Thursday, 28 May 2015
News Release: Nigerian-America Leadership Council Pushes For A Bold Agenda Beyond The 2015 Ballot
A cross section of participants at the event |
On Monday May 18th, 2015,
the Nigerian-American Leadership Council hosted a successful gathering of
experts at the Rayburn Building of the US Congress; tagged “Nigeria 2015,
Beyond the Ballot.” The Event was Co-sponsored by Office of US
Congressman Chris Smith, Chairman Africa-Sub-Committee, and the Office of US
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee.
Wednesday, 27 May 2015
Article: EFCC And The Corruption In Jonathan’s Government
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Ibrahim Lamorde |
By
Olufemi Adegbenro
On Monday, when the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) addressed the world, reeling out what it
considered as achievements, the commission left only one feeling: A
desperate agency, whose boss is trying to impress the incoming government in
order to retain his job.
Tuesday, 26 May 2015
Article: Ibrahim Lamorde's Cheap And Lazy Way To Retain His Job As EFCC Boss
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Ibrahim Lamorde |
By Farouk Lawal
Mr Ibrahim Lamorde, the chairman of the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is fighting tooth and nail to retain his job
as head of the anti-graft agency, following the change in the central
administration, which swept away his boss, President Goodluck Jonathan.
Monday, 25 May 2015
News Release: “Africa, A Land Worth Exploring”---DHL
Africa Day 2015 is an opportunity to
celebrate the development of the African continent as well as consider the
various opportunities that it offers - DHL
Africa Day 2015 is an opportunity to
celebrate the development of the African continent as well as consider the
various opportunities that it offers. This is according to Charles Brewer,
Managing Director of DHL Express Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) (http://www.dpdhl.com),
who not only believes that the continent offers vast opportunities but also
that it is one of the last frontiers for economic growth and development.
Sunday, 24 May 2015
Article: The Imperativeness Of A New National Orientation Paradigm (Part 2)
By Chris
Nwaokobia Jnr.
“Today is the moment that makes great
feats possible, yesterday is history, the future scores the moment, we must
work hard in the NOW such that posterity would say of this generation of
Nigerians, when the moment of change came a great band of patriots rose up and
took it.”-
Prof Chris Nwaokobia Jnr.
Since
the March 28 and the April 14, 2015 General Elections our nation has recorded
about 23 Trekkers and Bikers,the young and the old alike, traversing the nation,
doing unimaginable distances with glee, some in support of Buhari, some pro
Goodluck Jonathan for his presumed love for peace ditto the concession of
defeat at the polls, and some for peaceful coexistence, unity and progress. In
all of this the score is manifest; democracy is the winner and Nigeria the
victor. By this Nigerians have said in no uncertain terms that we want to
remain together and make our Fatherland great.
Article: Ahead Of Yaumus Shuhada; Supporting The Cause Of Our Great Martyrs
By Sheikh Muhammad Turi
In
the name of Allah who states “And do not speak of those who are slain in
Allah’s way as dead; nay they are alive but you do not perceive” Q2:154
Peace and
blessings of Allah be upon His chosen servant, our master Muhammad (S) and his
noble progeny.
With best
regards and well wishes to the respected readers appreciated by the Sheikh and
reintroducing my humble self, I wish to carry on with this piece.
Although a little was written on this topic earlier, this can enrich our
readers’ knowledge especially as the event is fast approaching.
The
annual day of martyrs was deliberately set aside to correspond with the
martyrdom of Imam Musa al – Kazem on similar date -25th Rajab- as a result of
poisoning under the Harun – led Abbasid regime. The programme is meant to honor
the over 200 martyrs of the Islamic movement oppressively murdered in its about
40 years history of existence.
Article: Tribute To Emma Ezeazu
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Emma Ezeazu
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By Salihu Moh. Lukman (smlukman@gmail.com)
Emma Ezeazu, former President, National
Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) - 1986 – 1988, former National
Secretary, Civil Liberties Organization (CLO) – 1990 – 1992, former Executive
Director, Community Action for Popular Participation (CAPP) – 1992 – 2000 and
until the early evening of Monday, May 18, 2015, Executive Director, Alliance
for Credible Elections (ACE) died after long protracted illness. He died at the
age of 52 after clearly more than four years of health challenges. Everyone
that may have encountered Emma in the last few months would have certainly
noticed that he was going through very trying times but one thing that is also
veryclear was that he remained his determined self. Partly on account of that,
conversations with him never focus on his personal health. Rather, it remained
as usual around politics and national issues.
Wednesday, 20 May 2015
Article: Where Nigeria’s Power Roadmap Missed Road
By SKC Ogbonnia
Despite investing over $30 billion
in the sector in the past 15 years, Nigeria ’s epileptic power supply has
taken a turn for the worse in recent months. Today, the total electricity supply
is less than 2,100 megawatts (MW) for a country of over 170 million people. As
a result, the citizens and businesses have resorted to use of electric
generators to the point where some industry experts are now placing the frontal
cost including imported fuel as high as the size of annual national budget.
This mire has provoked a wide range of debates with a host of powerful voices
overtly urging the President-elect Muhammadu Buhari to scrap current power
sector reform altogether. But any temptation to toe that line readily
translates to a right cause on the wrong course. The problem is definitely not
the policy by itself. The gospel truth that the highly celebrated Road Map
for Power Sector Reform under President Goodluck Jonathan has simply
missed road, but can and should be redirected.
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News Release: Disastrous Performance Of The Seventh National Assembly Of Nigeria & Challenges Before The Eight National Assembly (Concluding Part)
Summation: This part (three) concludes the
extensively researched appraisal of the parliamentary stewardship of the
outgoing Seventh National Assembly of Nigeria. The appraisal was extended to
the State Houses of Assembly for the purpose of setting the records straight
and putting in public domain and consciousness of Nigerians the
fundamental standard of measuring the modern public lawmaking functions
in Nigeria. In the course of the referenced extensive research by ours ( International
Society for Civil Liberties & the Rule of Law- Intersociety), it was
indisputably established that parliamentary quackery and mercantilism have
steadily remained the bane of the lawmaking processes in Nigeria since the
arrival of the Fourth Republic National Assembly (1999-2003).
News Release: “Nigeria 2015: Beyond the Ballot”
On
Monday May 18th, 2015, the Nigerian-American Leadership Council
hosted a successful gathering of experts at the Rayburn Building of the US
Congress, at an event aptly tagged: “Nigeria 2015, Beyond the Ballot.”
The Event was Co-sponsored by Office of US Congressman Chris Smith, Chairman
Africa-Sub-Committee, and the Office of US Congresswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee.
Tuesday, 19 May 2015
Article: Where Is Emenike Ihekwaba?
Emenike Ihekwaba |
By Engr. Chike Ihekwaba,
Prof. Ola Nnadi, Dr. Nzeribe Ihekwaba And Mr. Okezie Ihekwaba
This
troubling question has been on our mind every day over the last two and half
years that God has granted breath and life to us: Where on this earth is our
brother, Emenike Ihekwaba? We have not given up and would never, at least not
until we have logical answers to our inquiry. We have cried, we have prayed,
and we are still full of hope, because we are believers and much as Jesus the
Christ had admonished us. Like Mary had asked on that faithful morning of
resurrection day, as recorded in the Book of John 20:15, so we ask: “Sir, if
you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.”
It is not a secret that we are hurting. This vicious, man-made agony has
inflicted untold toll on us, during the past 31 months of utter hell. Contrary
to the expectations of the perpetrators of this heinous crime, our heads may be
bloodied but yet it remains unbowed. Here is the inscrutable dilemma: To go
missing, inexplicably, in any part of Nigeria today, is becoming an ironic
civic duty that honest Nigerians ought not to owe their nation. The filial pain
is inexplicable, not just to the wards and siblings of the victim, but also to
the community that cherished the honesty and selflessness of the one to whom
harm has been wrought. The time is now to arrest this peculiar vicious
circumstance that is unraveling the public safety net. No one, anywhere and
anymore, has to become another statistic for this absurd reality.
Article: The Nigerian “New Dispensation” And Options For Strategic Engagement
By Jaye Gaskia
As we
approach the inauguration of the new regime and the ascension to power of the
new governing party, it is important that we begin to outline the manner and
mode of our engagement with this incoming new but old reality.
Three Former African Presidents To Headline Events At Afreximbank’s 22nd Annual General Meeting
No less than three former African
Presidents are expected at activities marking the 22nd Annual
General Meeting of Shareholders of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank)
scheduled to take place in Lusaka from 10 to 13 June, according to a programme
of events released by the Bank.
News Release: Disastrous Performance Of The Seventh National Assembly Of Nigeria & Challenges Before The Eight National Assembly (Part 2)
There are numerous
archaic Acts of the Federation and Laws of the States begging for legislative
attention as it concerns their amendments or repealing. There are also hundreds
of new legislative items waiting to be legislated into law for improved order
and good governance of the country or any part thereof. Yet, the
present legislative chambers at the Federal and State levels have turned blind
eyes on them and stuck to the pursuit of illicit or ill-gotten wealth and other
primordial interests. In the Criminal Justice sector, most of the criminal laws
at the Federal and State levels have remained archaic. Except late minute
(March 2015) passage of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, which
President Goodluck Jonathan signed into law few days ago; many others are left
outdated.
Saturday, 16 May 2015
News Release: Disastrous Performance Of The Seventh National Assembly Of Nigeria & Challenges Before The Eight National Assembly (Part 1)
The heart of the leadership of International
Society for Civil Liberties & the Rule of Law is gladdened over the
decision of the outgoing Seventh National Assembly of Nigeria to join the
outgoing Government of Lagos State in heeding our recent calls for the account
of stewardship of the outgoing executive and legislative arms of government in
Nigeria including the Federal and State Executive Councils as well as the
Federal and States Legislative Chambers. The call of ours under reference stems
from the fact that whatever that has a beginning must have an end
as well as the need to institutionalize at all times an enviable benchmark for
public governance accountability in Nigeria.
Thursday, 14 May 2015
Article: Unmasking The Blackmailing Monster
By Okey Asinobi
With the return of the various
institutions and organs of democracy in the country, which no doubt, granted
the citizenry the unrestrained access to hold and ventilate varied shades of
opinions and information, one major drawback that is militating against this
universally accepted democratic norm remains the unsubstantiated falsehood and
deliberate blackmail, laced with pernicious propaganda, which some ‘unlicensed’
stakeholders had capitalized on to perpetrate one crime or another.
U-Report: Shaikh Zakzaky Gives More Insight Into The Conspiracy To Kill Him
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Shaikh Ibraheem Zakzaky |
Report By Stephen Lawan
Shortly after the Nahjul Balagha
study at the Hussainiyyah Baqiyyatullah, Zaria on yesterday, His Eminence
Shaikh Ibraheem Zakzaky briefly narrated how the plan to kill him by the
out-going President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan administration through the Zazzau
Emirate council was hatched.
Wednesday, 13 May 2015
News Release: Afreximbank Syndications Bring $8 Billion Into Africa
The
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) attracted some $8 billion into
Africa in 2014 through the 19 syndicated financing deals which it either
arranged or co-arranged, Jean-Louis Ekra, President of the Bank, has
announced.
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Tuesday, 12 May 2015
News Release: Public Debts Management In Nigeria; Time For Creation Of Public Debts Management Commission
It is the observation of International
Society for Civil Liberties & the Rule of Law that time has come for
the creation through an Act of Nigeria’s National Assembly of the Public
Debts Management Commission of the Federation to centrally
coordinate the compilation and management of the country’s public debts of the
three tiers of Federal, State and Local Government systems.
Monday, 11 May 2015
Open Letter: Response To Kenneth Uwadi’s Blackmailing Petition Against Rt.Hon Benjamin Uwajumogu
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Uwajimogu |
Gen. Muhammadu Buhari,
President-elect, Federal Republic of Nigeria,
Government Reserved Area (GRA)
Off Daura-kwangolam Road
Opposite Daura Shagari Low Cost Housing Estate
Daura, Katsina state
Nigeria.
His Excellency,
Re:
Nomination Of Rt.Hon Benjamin Uwajumogu As A Nigerian Minister: Response To
Kenneth Uwadi’s Blackmailing Petition Against The Imo Speaker
His Excellency, as we celebrate your
election as the president elect of this country, we congratulate you on your
emergence as the leader of our great party and nation Nigeria. Our hearts are
gladdened by numerous evidence of your integrity, discipline, fairness and high
sense of judgment. You have assured Nigerians that your government would work
tirelessly to ensure the necessary change which will give birth to the Nigeria
of our dreams. Change constitutes a departure from all those vices that has
hitherto shackled our progress as a nation, change translates to a departure
from the usual maligning of public characters to feed the hunger for personal
and political vendetta.
Open Letter: Nomination Of Mr Benjamin Uwajumogu As A Nigerian Minister
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Uwajimogu |
Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari,
President-elect, Federal Republic of Nigeria,
Government Reserved Area (GRA)
Off Daura-Kwangolam road
Opposite Daura Shagari Low Cost Housing Estate
Daura, Katsina State
Nigeria
President-elect, Federal Republic of Nigeria,
Government Reserved Area (GRA)
Off Daura-Kwangolam road
Opposite Daura Shagari Low Cost Housing Estate
Daura, Katsina State
Nigeria
7TH May 2015
Re: Nomination Of Mr Benjamin Uwajumogu As A Nigerian
Minister
His Excellency, once again we say
congratulation to you for your victory at the 2015 Nigerian general election.
The Youths for Human Rights Protection and Transparency Initiative (YARPTI) is
happy to note that you have promised Nigerians that you will not betray or
disappoint them. You made this comments while receiving a delegation of All
Progressives Congress (APC) supporters from Taraba State in Abuja.
Saturday, 9 May 2015
News Release: Unpaid Workers’ Salaries & Allowances In Nigeria; Why Debtor Governors Should Be Impeached
A series of vindication have come
the way of International Society for Civil Liberties & the Rule of Law
in recent times over its research based positions on burning national issues in
Nigeria. From its projection that INEC has already rigged the 2015
general polls (presidential poll in particular) per skewed and lopsided PVC
distribution, to criminal borrowings & governances in
Nigeria; the list is endless. All these are attributed to our
insistence on feeding Nigerians and the global community with factual and
un-adulterated opinions on social, political and economic issues as they
concern public governance in Nigeria or any part thereof, without caring whose
ox is gored.
Wednesday, 6 May 2015
News Release: Governance Accountability In Nigeria & Lagos State Government Response: The Missing Points
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Governor Fashola of Lagos State |
On 28th May 2015, we
issued a public statement titled: “Out-going Governors & Democratic
Governance Accountability In Nigeria: Time For Stock Taking”. The
referenced publication of Intersociety became imperative on
account of the age-long failure of various democratic tiers and arms of
government in Nigeria to give detailed and satisfactory accounts of their
governance particularly towards the end of their democratic tenures. This had
made art of governance in Nigeria roguery, shapeless and directionless.
Tuesday, 5 May 2015
News Release: Roadshow Demonstrates Philips Ambitions To Further Progress Its Business Footprint Across Africa
• Philips’ Cape Town to Cairo
roadshow retains a strong focus on advancing healthcare, and energy efficient
lighting solutions;
• Roadshow
demonstrates Philips commitment to Africa, and its ambitions to further
progress its business footprint across the continent;
• Over
the past five years the roadshow has championed the UN Millennium Development
Goals (4 and 5) with many successes along the way – in 2015, maternal and child
health and non-communicable diseases will continue to remain a focus, aligned
to the upcoming Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs);
• Since
2010 the roadshow has spread light across Africa– improving and beautifying
cities, illuminating iconic landmarks and extending the day for rural life with
solar lighting; new LED innovations will be introduced once again this year.
Philips’
Cape Town to Cairo roadshow (http://www.philips.com/C2CAfrica) is back for the sixth
consecutive year! On Monday 11th May, Philips will embark on its annual journey
across the African continent, covering 12,000 km, 11 cities and 8 countries
over a period of 4.5 months.
The roadshow has gained significant momentum
over the past five years, and as a result Philips has got to the very heart of
some of the key issues facing Africa. This year too, the roadshow will continue
to listen to the markets and focus on advancing healthcare and energy efficient
lighting solutions.
Monday, 4 May 2015
News Release: Power In Africa Awards
(The inaugural awards will honour
individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to the
electricity sector across Africa)
“We’ve
never made such a massive investment in one function in the history of
EnergyNet and I can’t wait to see everyone’s reaction as they walk through
those doors. The Silent Auction alone should raise US$100,000, and 100% of that
money will be given to one attendee of the dinner to donate to their charity of
choice – yes, we’re excited!” Simon Gosling, EnergyNet (http://www.energynet.co.uk).
Article: The Imperativeness Of A New Nigeria National Orientation Paradigm
By Prof. Chris Nwaokobia Jnr
“Nationhood is definitely the product of hard-work; it is not
an event nor is it the product of happenstance, wistfulness and or presumptuous
historicity. Nations are built not wished.” – Prof Chris Nwaokobia Jnr.
The
aftermath of the 2015 General Elections leaves our Country with profound
questions seeking urgent answers; questions ranging from how tenuous the
woodwork of this collective edifice sustains to how variegated the fouled
waters of our corporate existence appear. We cannot pretend that all is right;
we cannot pretend that governance will sail pretty without national cohesion;
we cannot pretend that the CHANGE we preached will not meet with despair if we
do not etiolate the fires that raged during the campaigns; and we cannot
pretend that all is well.
Sunday, 3 May 2015
News Release: “Nigeria 2015; Beyond The Ballot”
The
Nigerian-American Leadership Council (NALC) Presents:
Topic: “Nigeria 2015;Beyond the Ballot”
A Discussion of: Democracy-Governance, Business Opportunities, and Security, in Africa’s largest and fastest rising Economic Power
A Discussion of: Democracy-Governance, Business Opportunities, and Security, in Africa’s largest and fastest rising Economic Power
Saturday, 2 May 2015
News Release: Statement From Brand South Africa On The Progress Made By South Africa In Response To The Violent Crimes Committed In The Country
Brand South Africa (http://www.brandsouthafrica.com)
has participated in a number of platforms aimed at condemning the violent
crimes committed in the past few weeks and implementation of interventions to
quell the violence.
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