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www.blueprint.ng No. 1,402 MONDAY January 9, 2017 Rabiul Thani 10, 1438 AH N5,000 BENEFICIARIES: We used Jonathan’s template – Presidency Says selection process not partisan 10,700 Kwara households benefi t SEE PAGE 6 Some offi cers and men of the Nigerian Police, barring members of the #BringBackOurGirls from gaining access into the Presidential Villa, during a procession to mark 1000 days of Chibok school girls in captivity, in Abuja yesterday Photo: Ayuba Raji NSCDC ‘uncovers’ Shi’ite faction in Borno Page 6 1,000 days: We’ll Biafra: Kanu's secret trial Bakare to rescue remaining begins tomorrow PAGE 28 Buhari: Act Chibok girls Ex-Niger gov, Kure Woman, 85, hangs now, Nigerians – Buhari dies in Germany self in Kano are suff ering PAGE 15 PAGE 17 PAGE 5 PAGE 5 APC warns El-Rufai, Kwankwanso over crisis in N/West Page 20 2 Monday, January 9, 2017 In the Nigerians, and the love for the dramatic By the time the fool has learned that are misgoverning or looting News the game, the players have us blind because we share faith, dispersed, and you can beat a PRINCE creed and not on any defi ned Gunmen have, again, attacked fool half to death but you can’t ideology. Angwan Umadi village of Shiroro beat the foolishness out of him. I will end with this small local government area of Niger CHARLES DICKSON state killing one person and African Proverb. gist; its author is unknown-- I have said it countless Th ere once was a farmer who carting away 212 cows and seven [email protected], motorcycles. 7 times that Nigerians suff er low discovered that he had lost his attention span, we suff er focus www.burningpot.com watch in the barn. It was no Sokoto state government at delinquency, like a one-year- 08033311301, 08057152301 ordinary watch because it had the weekend disbanded the state old baby, so easily excitable, we sentimental value for him. Hisbah Commission and pledged pick on every matter and like After searching high and low to reconstitute it in due course, a toy, after a while we drop it among the hay for a long while; the Commissioner for Religious and move to the next one. Most he gave up and enlisted the help Aff airs, Alhaji Mani Maishiko buyers and sellers--business far from us. So we are outdoing Katami, has disclosed. 9 times what makes us cry brings continues, but really it was no ourselves on the peanuts of a group of children playing us so much humor--Like last new news in the fi rst place, all that Diezani stole...ordinary outside the barn. Independent Hajj Reporters, year did you remember all the drama! $158million, it’s all drama, we He promised them that the a civil society organisation, has noise of Mrs. Buhari and the Nigerians naturally choose soon will forget the script, if person who found it would be lauded the decision of Saudi follow-up in the other room. their battles based on sentiments there was any. Just like we have rewarded. Arabia to restore the 20% We just love the dramatics-- I and bias, so often that it doesn’t forgotten the collapsed church Hearing this, the children cut in Hajj quota to all hajj will remind us a few. Th ere was hurried inside the barn, went participating countries. 13 last, as very many times they in Akwa Ibom, the Synagogue a certain Aluu 4, we even had a forget why they choose the building collapse, all collapse are through and around the entire memorial song, signed petitions, stack of hay but still could not Kaduna Electric has stand they took. It’s like picking only part of the drama. engaged the services of 310 so what happened, and then a genre of drama; comedy and Each time we have one major fi nd the watch. Just when the corps members across its four last year a boy was killed by the humor, tragicomedy, agony, issue, the political class gives us farmer was about to give up franchise states for the customer mob in Lagos, fi rst we debated action and thriller, sci-fi and some drama to engage us while looking for his watch, a little enumeration exercise. 15 his true age, and followed-up paranormal...etc. they loot away and we create boy went up to him and asked on whether he stole garri or a All part of the entertainment sainthood of otherwise political to be given another chance. mobile phone. called Nigeria. We only grumble miscreants. Th e farmer looked at him and Remember that drama like a a bit but soon we forget. For me our debates are thought, “Why not? After all, tsunami over the Central Bank Today the epicenter is in dramatic as a people and largely this kid looks sincere enough.” Sport Chief (now) Emir Sanusi and Southern Kaduna, before it expose our poor cerebral quality So the farmer sent the little Islamic banking--what became was Plateau, Jos and environs, regarding nationalism and high boy back in the barn. After a of all the foolish arguments I recall Dogo Nawa, and more amount of hooligan quotient in while the little boy came out especially against...or that Sanusi recently we have confi ne “Pray us. Nigerians learn slowly when with the watch in his hand! Th e donated money to Kano? Today for Agatu” to the dirt bin of they manage to, but sadly forget farmer was both happy and CAN, the umbrella organ of dramas that were exciting. quickly. surprised and so he asked the Christians says that it will kill Follow me let me refresh our Of all that I have read, know boy how he succeeded where the current Central Bank Chief minds to the theatre production and what informed sources say, the rest had failed. who is a Christian for heading of Christians were poisoning at best, we engage in crude fi ght Th e boy replied, “I did one Islamic banking body. crayfi sh and palm oil, sending for power, on the other hand, nothing but sit on the ground Who remembers Ombatse same to the North and Muslims it is a fi ght with no moral, no and listen. In the silence, I heard anymore and all that DSS poisoning suya and injecting agenda, a fi ght of ego and on a the ticking of the watch and just offi cers that died, like an oranges and apples to kill fi nal count--there is no fi ght at looked for it in that direction.” auction market--it came with Christians...in the words of all, it is all diversionary, nothing You can educate a fool, but all the drama, and going, going, Miriam Toews “Depression is will come out of all our fi ghts, you cannot make him think, a going and fi nally it went, a caused by asking oneself too we won’t even learn from it, just whole lot of us as Nigerians have report, a recommendation and refused to sit on the ground Igbinovia, Abamu make many unanswerable questions.” some drama for the moment. the lives lost just was collateral Why do we love foolishness What saddens me is that and listen, we are all talking Team Nigeria’s fi nal list damage. at the same time, are we really 44 with a succinct staying power...? Nigerians have refused to learn, Remember all the actors in I am guilty, you are, we all I hate this psycho-make of us. engaging in any critical-problem the baby factories of the east, guilty. We are only victims of a Unfortunately, it is partly who solving manner, we just do not no one seems to be talking contagion that spreads fast and we are. We are either fi ghting want to think, or maybe we are again. Pregnantors, pregnantees, as it is, for now the cure seems ourselves or fi ghting for those not—Only time will tell Politics Culture Agriculture Judiciary When you talk about gender- based violence, it is synonymous with violence against women. 27 Eagles will make amends for Th e Nigerian Police Force AFCON miss - Pinnick (NPF) has reiterated that they are 45 committed to continual support and enforcement of human rights 28 ABDUCTION in the country. Th e government of Italy has issued interest to fi le criminal charges against a former Minister CHIBOK of Petroleum, Dan Etete, for his alleged role in the $1.1 billion GIRLS Malabu oil deal. 29 GONE 1001 DAYS His clothes were rumpled and smelled of dust. Th e frail, scrawny South-east economic, Aisha Tsamiya: I gate- I will support agenda 2060 man must have journeyed so far security summit: Matters crashed into acting and I’m on agric if… – Obiora –kilometres, miles, who knows? He seems to still have some way to go Arising not regretting but clearly lacked direction.’ 30 21 23 37 Monday, January 9, 2017 3 Buhari and Kanu fi ghting the wrong enemies Business Events after events have shown in Nnamdi Kanu while condoning News that the continued detention of the the corrupt politicians--who return Director of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi a portion of their loot--is sadly an Kogi state Governor, Alhaji Kanu, by the Federal Government SKC oxymoron. In view of this irony, Yahaya Bello has commended of Nigeria needs a serious rethink. instead of the futile detention of Dangote Industries limited for Th e matter is not only plaguing the Kanu, the masses prefer a leader promoting tourism potentials in country socially and politically, but that can summon the courage to Nigeria and especially in Kogi State its toll on the national economy OGBONNIA expose the real enemies who had by sponsoring the state’s 6th Ebira is not diffi cult to fathom.