BREAKING: Nigerian soldiers fighting Boko Haram in the North-East have openly rejected an alleged fresh directive to deploy "repentant" terrorists into active military operations. warning that forcing them to cooperate, share intelligence, or live alongside former insurgents poses a severe risk of military sabotage and operational leaks.
" تغريدة أجنبية مترجمة "
تفنيد رواية ميسي في كأس العالم :
- لعب 6 كؤوس عالم، لم يلعب أبداً ضد: " البرازيل، إسبانيا، إنجلترا، أوروغواي، البرتغال ولا إيطاليا "
- من بين المنتخبات الكبرى، لعب فقط ضد: ألمانيا (3 مرات)، هولندا (مرتين) وفرنسا (مرتين)خسر جميع المباريات عدا مباراة واحدة تعادل
- في كأس العالم 2010 لم يسجل
- في كأس العالم 2014 سجل 4 أهداف ، جميعها في المجموعات ضد : البوسنة،نيجيريا وإيران
- في كأس العالم 2018 سجل فقط ضد نيجيريا
- في كأس العالم 2022 سجل 7 أهداف ، 4 منهم ركلات جزاء
إنها المسيرة الأكثر تجميلاً في التاريخ بين المساعدات، وركلات الجزاء، والأهداف أمام منتخبات بلا أي تاريخ.
The political crackdown in Kaduna is spreading. It's no longer just about El-Rufai's circle; Uba Sani’s own recent allies are now facing severe blowback for opposing candidate impositions and leaving the APC camp. A shadow of tyranny is falling over the state.
Another day, another massacre of northern lives with zero outrage on the media. A regular day in Northern Nigeria under Tinubu meanwhile the top voices in the North have been turned to political slaves by the very people who have failed to secure these innocent lives. Sayaya community in Matazu, Katsina State.
Lost £22 million partnership with Adidas for speaking against China's act of Brutality on the people of Uighar.
Lost his place from Germany's National team for appreciating Erdogan.
Lost his place from Club as he initiated MUSLIM LIVES MATTER AS WELL and criticised club for not backing him on for his stance on Uighar as they are human too.
Mesut Ozil is more than just a footballer. RESPECT.
Honestly, I support the arrest and deployment of all these street beggars. If you're a northerner/muslim and you pass them in almost all the southern states, you'd feel ashame. This is something that Islam has condemned and we must also condemn it. Let them go back to their states and let their governors cook them and eat, if they can't cater for them.
📌Press Statement By The NBA President
BAIL CONDITIONS SHOULD NOT UNDERMINE THE ESSENCE OF BAIL
In recent times, we have observed with growing concern a disturbing trend in the administration of criminal justice in Nigeria, where courts and law enforcement agencies, including the Nigeria Police Force, EFCC, ICPC, and other security agencies, increasingly impose bail conditions that are excessive, impractical, and difficult to satisfy.
The frequent insistence on sureties who are senior civil servants of specified grade levels, coupled with demands for landed properties of extraordinary value, has in many cases transformed bail from a mechanism for securing attendance at trial into a tool of pretrial detention.
The consequence is that many persons who are constitutionally presumed innocent and have ostensibly been granted bail remain incarcerated because the conditions attached to their release are beyond their reach. This troubling development undermines the constitutional right to personal liberty, weakens the presumption of innocence, and defeats the very essence and purpose of bail within our criminal justice system.
We consider it necessary to reiterate that bail is a constitutional safeguard designed to secure the attendance of an accused person at trial while preserving his or her liberty pending the determination of guilt or innocence. It is neither a punishment nor a mechanism for imposing pre-trial incarceration by indirect means. The law is settled that bail conditions must be reasonable, practical, and capable of being fulfilled by the accused person.
The Supreme Court, in Suleman & Anor v. Commissioner of Police, Plateau State (2008), emphasized that the object of bail pending trial is to grant pre-trial freedom to an accused person whose appearance in court can be secured through appropriate conditions. Bail is not intended to create insurmountable obstacles that make release impossible.
We are particularly concerned by the increasing tendency to impose conditions that are disconnected from prevailing economic realities and often impossible to satisfy. Conditions requiring sureties who are serving civil servants on specific salary grades, ownership of landed properties of extraordinary value, or other burdensome requirements effectively convert the grant of bail into a denial of bail.
Of particular concern is the continued insistence in some cases on sureties who must be senior civil servants, often on Grade Levels 16 or 17, and who must own properties worth hundreds of millions of naira. Such conditions have been strongly criticised by the appellate courts.
In Dasuki v. Director-General, State Security Service & Ors (2019) LPELR-49182 (CA), the Court of Appeal unequivocally condemned the practice of involving serving public officers as a mandatory category of sureties. The Court observed that such requirements are unknown to civilised legal systems and run contrary to public service regulations. The Court further noted that expecting a public servant on Grade Level 16 to own property worth N100 million would not only be unrealistic but could also conflict with public service rules and anti-corruption objectives.
The Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015, is equally clear on this issue. Section 165(1) provides that while the grant and conditions of bail are within the discretion of the court, such conditions must not be excessive. Judicial discretion, though wide, must always be exercised judiciously, reasonably, and in a manner consistent with constitutional guarantees.
We therefore restate that bail conditions must be tailored solely to ensure attendance at trial. They must never serve as instruments of punishment prior to conviction. Conditions that cannot be met amount in substance to a refusal of bail and contribute directly to pre-trial detention and congestion in correctional facilities.
My Loyalty Is Not Blind
A lot of people try to place everyone in their own shoes.
They think everyone supports a politician because he wants money, appointment, contract, access, or personal reward. But we are not all built the same way. We were not all raised the same way. We do not all think the same way.
I am not a rich man, but I am not poor either, Alhamdulillahi. By the special mercy of Allah, I can pay my bills. I get paid well where I work. I have other skills I can use to make ends meet. I have a car I can use for Uber or Bolt if that is what it takes to put food on the table for my primary constituency, my family. I know how to farm. I also trade in legal commodities.
So no, my support for any politician is not driven by hunger.
I have never reached out to any politician in his official capacity to ask for personal favour. But I have benefited from people holding offices; people I have known before office and outside office. Not necessarily money benefits. But a lot more valuable. I don't beg, nor lick toes, not because I have everything, but because I do not believe that is why such person is there. When I have access to a leader, I see that access as a responsibility. I reach out when I have suggestions. I reach out when I see things going wrong. I reach out when people without access have legitimate concerns that need to be heard.
If a leader takes it well, good. If he chooses to shut the door, then I have every right to speak publicly. I am a Nigerian. I am a taxpayer. I am one of the people he is leading.
I have supported people before. Some became inaccessible after getting power. One of them was a representative in a chamber whom I had known since university. We supported him from his first step into politics. I campaigned for him. I mobilised for him. I introduced him to my ward, and he won all the ballot boxes there.
All free of charge.
But when he got there, he became unreachable and failed the same people he made promises to. I told him directly that I would not support him again. When he lost his second attempt, I was not sad.
So when I support someone, it does not mean I have surrendered my conscience.
I have shown my support for Shaykh Prof. Isa Pantami openly, and I will continue to do so. He is my teacher, my mentor, and someone I believe has the capacity to lead Gombe and even Nigeria. We have seen people with far less capacity contesting and even ruling. So why should I not support him with my chest?
Does that mean I see him as infallible? Far from it.
One of the reasons I support him is not only because I have access to him. But yes, if I see something wrong, I can reach out to him. I have done it before, even while he was a Minister. I have sent him messages on issues of insecurity in Northern Nigeria, even though he was not the Minister of Defence, and he still responded and made efforts where he could.
Through me, he has assisted people he did not even know. And I know many people in Gombe, Bauchi, and across the country can call him, advise him, criticise him, or draw his attention to issues.
That kind of access matters.
My loyalty is not blind. It is not stomach-driven. It is built on value, conviction, access, correction, and responsibility.
Prof. Pantami is contesting again as Governor of Gombe, and I am supporting him. And I pray he wins. It is all in the hand of the Almighty.
Anyone who wants to oppose him has the right to do so. That is politics. But nobody can stop me from supporting him, just as I cannot stop anyone from opposing him.
Support your candidate. I will support mine.
Gombe abar wa Malam 🇳🇬
These are our Eid al-Adha Checklist and Sunnah to Uphold on this Day
They are in 4 phases;
Phase 1: Before Leaving the House
1. Performing a full ritual bath (Ghusl) before heading out to the prayer ground.
2. Wearing your absolute best, cleanest clothes and applying perfume (for men).
3. Delaying eating anything until you return from the Eid prayer to eat from your sacrifice.
4. Ensuring your entire family is ready to come along, including women, children, and even menstruating women who can sit nearby to witness the blessings of the day.
Phase 2: On the Way to the Prayer Ground
1. Heading out early to the prayer ground to secure your spot in the front rows.
2. Walking to the prayer ground on foot if you are physically able, rather than driving.
3. Moving toward the Eid prayer ground while loudly reciting the Takbeer.
4. Giving charity to the poor and needy on your way to or from the prayer ground to share the joy.
5. Smiling, showing happiness, and spreading peace to everyone you pass, whether you know them or not.
Phase 3: At the Eid Prayer Ground (Musalla)
1. Performing the Eid prayer outdoors in an open field (Musalla) rather than inside a regular mosque, unless weather forces you inside.
2. Avoiding any voluntary prayers (Nafl) before or after the Eid prayer while at the prayer ground itself.
3. Listening quietly to the Eid sermon (Khutbah) after the prayer is completed before leaving.
4. Congratulating your fellow believers with the traditional greeting: Taqabbalallahu minna wa minkum (May Allah accept it from us and from you).
Phase 4: The Return and the Sacrifice
1. Changing your route on the way back home so you return using a completely different road.
2. Slaughtering your sacrificial animal (Udhiyah) immediately after the Eid prayer is finished, not before.
3. Eating the liver of your sacrificial animal as the very first meal of the day if you are slaughtering.
4. Ensuring that the meat from your sacrifice is divided properly into three parts: for your household, for gifts to friends/neighbors, and for charity to the poor.
Taqaballahu Minna Wa Minkum 🙏
Allah knows best.
It was once unthinkable that stakeholders from Southern Kaduna, especially within SOKAPU, would speak in defense of Malam Nasir El-Rufai. Yet, in the wake of Uba Sani’s recent consensus approach, many are openly admitting that El-Rufai never imposed candidates or local government chairmen on them. Ultimately, the truth always prevails.
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