B-R-E-A-K-I-N-G News! NASARAWA Police Massacre. 25 Missing Policemen Found Buried In Mass Grave.

**Death toll rise to 72.

The death toll of policemen killed by members of the Ombatse cult in Nasarawa State has risen to 72 following the discovery of the bodies of 25 policemen that had been hitherto declared missing in a mass grave in an unnamed village in the state.Earlier, in a joint briefing, security authorities had confirmed 57 operatives, comprising 47 policemen and 10 agents of the State Security Service (SSS), killed in the ambush that took place on May 7 when they were on a mission to a village in Nasarawa State.

Following the bloody attack, the 25 policemen were declared missing because their bodies could not be found to confirm if they were dead or alive coupled with the fact that their whereabouts was unknown.

The manhunt for the killers however yielded fruit yesterday as seven of them were said to have been arrested in Borno State while attempting to escape to Niger Republic.

A top police source who confirmed the discovery of the remains of the 25 policemen in a mass grave in an unnamed village said:
“By the time we found the missing policemen, their bodies were already decomposing in a mass grave in the village. It was a gory sight.”

He, however, promised that no efforts and resources would be spared by the police in ensuring that the perpetrators are fished out and prosecuted.

OUK Sermon in The House of Commons an Insult to Ndi Igbo

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THE ORJI UZOR KALU SERMON IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS IS AN INSULT TO THE IGBO NATION. HE MUST BE CALLED TO ORDER TO STOP DISGRACING NDI IGBO.

The recent sermon of the former Governor of Abia
state Chief Orjl Uzor Kalu in the British House of
Commons may in the surface appear ennobling to
undiscerning and naive minds. It may have given him a
tinge of an Igbo fighter and defender.
But the truth however is that the unsolicited sermon
was a minus to Ndigbo. ln the first place, nobody told
Orji Kalu to go to the British House of Commons to go
and reduce Ndigbo to a beggarly and complaining
race. Ndigbo have not told anybody that they are not
capable of fighting their own course. His self-imposed
mission is therefore a very big insult to the Igbo nation.
Ndigbo have not asked and do not solicit pity from
anybody much less Britain.

If Orji Kalu has a deep sense of history, he would have
Known that if there is any quarter to complain about
Igbo position in Nigeria, it is not Britain for obvious
reasons. How can Orji Kalu expect Britain to
empathize with him over his embarrassing
vituperations? Did they do so in the past? Established
self interest is the mantra of colonial hegemonists and
Britain with all due respect was never comfortable with
groups that challenged its colonial policies of which the
Igbos and their nationalists were in the forefront.
Britain did not hate the Igbos or any other of its colonial
subjects, but it saw them (the Igbos) as a big challenge
to their colonial hegemony in Nigeria, thus their
uncharitable position against them during the Biafran
war.

Be that as it may and even as it is not yet Uhuru for
Ndigbo in Nigeria we should not oversimplify or
trivialize this marginalization mantra, Yes, we have the
least number of states and local Governments, the
least federal presence etc but that should not be used
as an alibi by self-appointed Igbo champions to create
siege mentality and self-pitying syndrome for great
and proud race as the Igbos race. We do not deserve
or need any pity from any quarters but insist without servility
justice and equity for all Nigerians. Such level playing
ground will check the activities of ethnic jingoist that
are even worse marginalisers of their own people.

People that had the opportunity to make a positive
difference in the lives of their own people but could not
do anything out of their own excessive greed, have no
moral justification to attack external marginalizers…

People that never respected the lives and dignity of
their own kins should not question external
adversaries. How did Orji Kalu re-position his own
Abia people for the eight good years he ruled them?
How did he affect their lives positively? While his private
business empire grew geometrically, the fortunes and
conditions of his own people diminished horribly. How
can Britain give him what he did not give his own
people for eight years? When the national confab of
2005 resolved to give Ndigbo an extra state to at least
give them a sense of fairness in Nigeria's geo-political
structure, was it not Orji Kalu and his ilks that joined
hands with adversaries of Ndigbo under the guise of
fighting third term to rob Ndigbo of that state? Are those
people he joined hands with at that time to rob Ndigbo of
that state ready to make Ndigbo get that state today.
Are they not demanding even more states from their
areas thereby making mockery of Igbo genuine
demand?

Yes, he may have contested for the Nigerian
Presidency sometime ago, but was he not among
those that betrayed Dr Alex Ekwueme in 1999 and
2003? What are we talking about? While Ndigbo will
continue to agitate for their fair share in Nigeria we
cannot tolerate anybody trivialising issues concerning
us. We are a proud and great race. Our forebears
fought for and got independence for Nigeria. We have
paid our dues for this country. Nigeria belongs to us
and others and we cannot leave it for anybody.
Britain, with all due respect to them, should work
towards ensuring justice and peace in Nigeria. They
should invest In Igboland and that is what we expect
Orji Kalu to tell them and not to make mockery of us in
London.

If Orji Kalu thinks he has scored a cheap goal with his
unsolicited crusade in the House of Commons, then he
is out of tune with the past, present and future. He has
not scored any goal, Nigeria must however give
Ndigbo their due and fair share of our national
patrimony.

Imo Civil Servants Strike Over Govt's Insensitivity To Their Welfare

Workers in Imo state have defied threats by the state government and shut down the secretariats to protest government insensitivity to their welfare.
Their grouses among other things are:

1. The government's refusal to pay workers in more than twenty parastatals, thereby rendering thousands of breadwinners insolvent.
2. Withholding promotion of workers and reversing promotions done by his predecessor
3. Refusing to pay some allowances- leave, overtime, etc.

A lot of confusion has enveloped the state workforce as some labour leaders are singing the same song as the state government.

Recall that a few days ago, the organized labour gave this same governor a controversial award of excellence. Talk of a state sitting on a keg of chaos.

South East/South SouthGovs Agree On Integration Of Old Eastern/Midwestern Region

Governors of South-South and South East states have condemned in strong terms the various acts of terrorism and their sponsors in parts of the country.

The Governors who gave this condemnation today in a communiqué after a closed door meeting in Asaba condemned the abominable behaviours and antics of some Nigerians and their evil collaborators.

“The South-South and South-East governors plead with all Nigerians to adopt dialogue and peaceful means to resolve issues affecting the country,” the Governors resolved, adding, “the governors also agreed to work together and ensure regional cooperation in stemming the spate of kidnapping, arson,
pipeline vandalisation as well as other nefarious activities in the regions to secure the regions and ensure that the regions remains a conducive environment to attract investments.”

While thanking Governor Uduaghan for been a good host, the Governors stated, “the South-South and South-East Governors agreed on economic and political integration of the old Eastern and
Midwestern regions now the South-South and South-East and pledged to strengthen cooperation across the board with particular focus on development of infrastructure linking the region, particularly federal roads.”

“The Governors also pledged to work together to ensure the development of all the ports in the region including the Abia Dry port and called on the Nigeria Port Authority to facilitate the achievements of
this objective,” the Governors said, reiterating that while they commended President Jonathan on the extensive rehabilitation and modernisation of the airports across the country, it was important for the Federal Government to establish cargo airports in Owerri and additional deep-sea ports in the regions
including Ibaka, Escravos, Agge and also called for the dredging of the Calabar port.

They also, agreed to revive agro-allied industries particularly in palm and rubber plantations to exploit the comparative advantage in agriculture in both regions, adding, “the Governors of the South-South and the South-East states called on the Federal Government to facilitate the
full implementation of the Free Trade Zones status amongst the states of the
region.”

The meeting which was attended by Governors Peter Obi of Anambra, Sulivan Chime of Enugu, Rochas Okorocha of Imo, Theodore Orji of Abia and Martin Elechi of Ebonyi States and their counterparts in South-South States; Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta (host Governor), Godswill
Akpabio of Akwa Ibom, Liyel Imoke of Cross Rivers, Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State while Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State was represented at the meeting by his Deputy, Engr. Tele Ikuru. The
Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomole was conspicuously absent.

The Governors used the occasion to mourn the death of late Professor Chinua Achebe, adding that they sympathized with the people of South-East region and on the death of Professor Chinua Achebe.
They also condoled the Achebe family and acknowledged his legacy as a literary giant and international ambassador of the Nigerian culture.