Jobberman's 2013 - 100 Best Companies To Work For In Nigeria

For the first time in Nigeria's employment sector, Jobberman instituted 100 Best Companies to Work For, an initiative aimed to provide comprehensive rating of employee commitment and satisfaction across employers in Nigeria.

The survey was carried out in December 2013 and over 10,000 individuals across all professional levels participated.

How were the winners selected?

- Over 10,000 employees in Nigeria were surveyed

- Over 5,000 companies were submitted

- 89% of the respondents were gainfully employed

- Companies were ranked based on specific metrics including; Company Culture, Salary and Non-Salary Benefits amongst others.

INDUSTRY Multinationals Indicated
1.       Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC)Oil & GasMultinational
2.       ChevronOil & Gas Multinational
3.       MobilOil & Gas Multinational
4.       NNPCOil & Gas
5.       MTNTelecommunication Multinational
6.       Nestlé Nigeria FMCG Multinational
7.       Nigerian Civil ServiceGovernment
8.       Total Oil & GasMultinational
9.       Dangote FMCG
10.    Nigeria Breweries FMCG
11.    Glo Telecommunication
12.    GTB Banking
13.    CBN Banking
14.    NLNG Oil & Gas
15.    Unilever FMCG Multinational
16.    Guinness FMCG Multinational
17.    Etisalat Nigeria Telecommunication Multinational
18.    First Bank of Nigeria Banking
19.    Julius BergerConstruction Multinational
20.    Cadbury FMCG Multinational
21.    Eni (Saipem) formerly AGIPOil & GasMultinational
22.    CocaCola FMCG Multinational
23.    P&G FMCG Multinational
24.    PZ FMCG Multinational
25.    Oando Oil & Gas
26.    GE Conglomerate Multinational
27.    Zenith Bank Banking
28.    KPMG Consulting Multinational
29.    GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceticals Multinational
30.    Friesland Foods WAMCO FMCG Multinational
31.    British American Tobacco FMCG Multinational
32.    Flour Mills FMCG
33.    SchlumbergerOil & Gas Multinational
34.    Diamond Bank Banking
35.    United Nations International Organization Multinational
36.    Baker Hughes Oil & Gas Multinational
37.    Price Waterhouse Cooper (PWC)Consulting Multinational
38.    PHCN Energy
39.    Nigeria Immigration ServiceGovernment
40.    UBA Banking
41.    7up Bottling Company FMCG Multinational
42.    Lafarge Cement Construction Multinational
43.    NAFDAC Government
44.    Honeywell Flour Mills FMCG
45.    UAC FMCG Multinational
46.    Arik Air Aviation
47.    EKO Hotel Hospitality
48.    Halliburton Energy Oil & Gas Multinational
49.    Airtel Nigeria TelecommunicationMultinational
50.    IITA Agriculture
51.    Accenture Consulting Multinational
52.    Sahara Energy Oil & Gas
53.    Chi Farms FMCG
54.    Stanbic IBTC Banking Multinational
55.    NCC (Nigeria Communications Commission)Government
56.    FIRS Government
57.    Independent National Electoral CommissionGovernment
58.    Fidelity Bank Banking
59.    UNICEF Non-Profit Multinational
60.    AddaxOil & Gas Multinational
61.    Standard Chartered Bank Banking Multinational
62.    Africa Independent Television Media
63.    Conoil Oil & Gas
64.    ARM Financial Services
65.    Silverbird Media
66.    FAAN Government
67.    WHON on-Profit Multinational
68.    Google Technology Multinational
69.    NiMASA Government
70.    Cool FM Media
71.    FHINon-Profit Multinational
72.    Setraco Construction
73.    Ecobank Banking Multinational
74.    May and Baker FMCG Multinational
75.    Texaco Oil Oil & Gas Multinational
76.    Ericsson Nigeria Technology Multinational
77.    INTELTechnology Multinational
78.    Sheraton Hotels Hospitality Multinational
79.    Seplat Petroleum Oil & Gas
80.    Interswitch Technology
81.    Lagos State Government Government
82.    Leadway Insurance Insurance
83.    DHLLogistics Multinational
84.    USAIDNon-ProfitMultinational
85.    IBMTechnology Multinational
86.    Intercontinental Hotels Hospitality
87.    Channels Televisions media
88.    Multichoice (DSTV) Media Multinational
89.    Orange Drugs Pharmaceuticals
90.    MAERSK GROUP Conglomerate Multinational
91.    Access Bank Banking
92.    NestOil Group Oil & Gas
93.    Akintola Williams Delloitte Consulting
94.    ECOWAS International Organization Multinational
95.    MainOne Cable Technology
96.    Nigeria Customs Government
97.    APCON Advertising
98.    Insight Communications Advertising
99.    Transcorp Conglomerate
100.  Mantrac Construction Multinational
100.  FCMB Banking
100.  Consolidated Breweries Plc FMCG
100.  Fan Milk FMCG
100.  Corporate Affair Commission (CAC)Government
100.  SON (Standards Organization of Nigeria)Government
100.  NDIC (Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation)Government

Maupe Ogun Of Channels TV: What Is Happening To Her?

This lady has proved beyond the reasonable doubt as one of the best in the profession of journalism. In the past as a lover of channels TV I admired her so much because of her intelligence.

But these days she is losing form. She looks bothered on set. Sometimes she keep mute too long during interview unlike Maupe who I used to know. In the past due to her level of maturity in journalism, she has anchored presidential chats in the past.

Nigerians Among Races That Excel In America - Travel

Writer Amy Chau, who gained notoriety 2 years ago as 'Tiger Mum' after publishing her controversial book 'Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" where she claimed that Chinese mums make the best parents and ultimately have more successful children, is back in the news.

Chau and her husband, Jed Rubenfeld, just released a controversial (and some say racist) parenting guide called 'The Triple Package', where they declared there to be only eight successful and superior groups of people in the US.

They eight are: Chinese, Jewish, Indian, Iranian, Lebanese-Americans, Nigerians, Cuban exiles and Mormons
'That certain groups do much better in America than others, as measured by income, occupational status, test scores and so on, is difficult to talk about,' Amy and Jed write.
The couple identify three distinguishing features these eight peoples have that guarantees them success over others; superiority, insecurity and impulse control.

Amy Chau, 51, breaks down the 'Triple Package' for her readers as follows:

1) A superiority complex: Chau believes that any cultural group who innately thinks they are just better than others has an advantage.
Ignoring the wars, genocide and abject human misery this kind of thinking has caused, Chau and her husband declare that 'the superiority complex is antithetical to mainstream liberal thinking...the stuff of racism , colonialism, imperialism, Nazism.'

2) Insecurity: Chau and her husband believe that a deep seated insecurity can be a motivating drive to achieving success.
'That insecurity should be a critical lever of success is another anathema, flouting the entire orthodoxy of contemporary popular and therapeutic psychology,' they write according to the New York Post.
'Note that there’s a deep tension between insecurity and a superiority complex,' the authors continue.
'It’s odd to think of people being simultaneously insecure but also convinced of their divine election or superiority.'

3) Impulse Control: Chau thinks that perseverance and patience are virtues that have been lost to most Americans - but still exist among her eight golden cultural groups.
'Impulse control refers to the ability to resist temptation, especially the temptation to give up in the face of hardship or quit instead of persevering at a difficult task.'


http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/nigerians-among-top-8-races-that-excel-in-america/168425/
Do we see this as an innate strength?

20 Kidnapped Women: Boko Haram Demands 40 Cows Per Hostage

Boko Haram terrorists are reportedly asking for 40 cows as a precondition for the release of each of the 20 abducted Fulani women, whom they had held in captivity for about a week now, husbands of the abducted women and security sources have said.The insurgents who picked up the women in Garkin Fulani, a nomadic settlement near Chibok town last week Thursday are now reaching out to the husbands of the kidnapped women with what could be described as ransom.A police official in Maiduguri who spoke to LEADERSHIP under strict condition of anonymity said many Fulani herdsmen had reported cases of abduction to them in various police Divisional headquarters and outposts around Damboa and Kaga local government areas of Borno State.The police source said, the husbands and fathers of the abducted women were not ready to part with even a single calf as ransom for the release of their wives and daughters.‘You know the Fulanis hold their herds more dearly, because without it they have no means of livelihood”, said the police Sergeant. “Most of them have come to report the incident at our offices but they are all saying such demands are not tenable”.The officer said they were presently handling a particular case at the police Divisional Outpost in Jakana town of Kaga local government, about 50km away from Maiduguri, where the Fulani man said he would rather stay without his wife than giving out what he does not even have.“This man in question has a son delivered to him by his abducted wife and presently the man and his son are at the police station in Jakana; he said he was asked to provide 40 cows as ransom for the release of his abducted wife, but the man said he has his son with him; and that if God wills that his wife would return to him, he doesn’t need to part with his means of livelihood to secure her back”.The Fulani man’s concern was that “what if he gave out the cows, which are not even up to 40 and then his wife was not released; it means he would lose in both ways. So he would rather keep his herds and his son and pray that his wife returns safely home one day”.There are a lot of concerns being expressed around Borno State as to the increasing impunity of the Boko Haram, whose activities were gradually becoming unchecked.Borno State police command has hitherto not been able to officially issue any statement in respect of the abducted Fulani women, even though the police public relations officer of the state police command had on Monday promised to get back to journalists once he could confirm the veracity of the abduction itself.Garkin Fulani is situated not very far from Chibok town, where the 219 schoolgirls still in the captivity of the Boko Haram were picked alongside 57 others that had escaped back on the 14th of April this year.

20 Kidnapped Women: Boko Haram Demands 40 Cows Per Hostage

Boko Haram terrorists are reportedly asking for 40 cows as a precondition for the release of each of the 20 abducted Fulani women, whom they had held in captivity for about a week now, husbands of the abducted women and security sources have said.The insurgents who picked up the women in Garkin Fulani, a nomadic settlement near Chibok town last week Thursday are now reaching out to the husbands of the kidnapped women with what could be described as ransom.A police official in Maiduguri who spoke to LEADERSHIP under strict condition of anonymity said many Fulani herdsmen had reported cases of abduction to them in various police Divisional headquarters and outposts around Damboa and Kaga local government areas of Borno State.The police source said, the husbands and fathers of the abducted women were not ready to part with even a single calf as ransom for the release of their wives and daughters.‘You know the Fulanis hold their herds more dearly, because without it they have no means of livelihood”, said the police Sergeant. “Most of them have come to report the incident at our offices but they are all saying such demands are not tenable”.The officer said they were presently handling a particular case at the police Divisional Outpost in Jakana town of Kaga local government, about 50km away from Maiduguri, where the Fulani man said he would rather stay without his wife than giving out what he does not even have.“This man in question has a son delivered to him by his abducted wife and presently the man and his son are at the police station in Jakana; he said he was asked to provide 40 cows as ransom for the release of his abducted wife, but the man said he has his son with him; and that if God wills that his wife would return to him, he doesn’t need to part with his means of livelihood to secure her back”.The Fulani man’s concern was that “what if he gave out the cows, which are not even up to 40 and then his wife was not released; it means he would lose in both ways. So he would rather keep his herds and his son and pray that his wife returns safely home one day”.There are a lot of concerns being expressed around Borno State as to the increasing impunity of the Boko Haram, whose activities were gradually becoming unchecked.Borno State police command has hitherto not been able to officially issue any statement in respect of the abducted Fulani women, even though the police public relations officer of the state police command had on Monday promised to get back to journalists once he could confirm the veracity of the abduction itself.Garkin Fulani is situated not very far from Chibok town, where the 219 schoolgirls still in the captivity of the Boko Haram were picked alongside 57 others that had escaped back on the 14th of April this year.

PROPHET TB JOSHUA TURNS 51! EMMMANUEL

For 51 and years and counting, we have 51 reasons to marvel, be amaze and give glory to God for the life of a living legendLike a blast he was sent into the world armed the healing, saving and the power of prophecy...he was another "ELIJAH"He gives, he helps he cares, and above all he is a symbol of hope to all Today been june 12, is the birthday of Senior PROPHET TB JOSHUAHAPPY BIRTHDAY to a legend @51Moderators please front page please...he is a man of God this his the first birthday thread on him today (thanks)

2FACE IDIBIA FT. BRIDGET KELLY – LET SOMEBODY LOVE YOU (PROD. BY FEMDOUBLE)

Nigeria’s finest and arguably the number one artiste in African urban contemporary music, 2Face Idibia, is set to drop the first single off his sixth studio album ‘The Ascension’.

The single ‘Let Somebody Love You’ was recorded and produced by 2Face’s producer Femi ‘Femdouble’ Ojetunde and features Roc Nation artiste, American singer Bridget Kelly.

According to the multiple-award winner, “the idea for the song comes from people who act like they can do without the love and support of other people. The truth, whether we accept it or not, is that everybody needs somebody.”

The duo performed the single for the first time at the Makurdi Rocks date of the Star Trek concert series to a wild and appreciative audience earlier this year.

“This song is all about giving room for more love”, 2Face says. “Like a diamond in the rough, we need to let our light shine through. The healthiest way to do that is by loving and being loved”, he adds, borrowing a line from the second verse of the single.

Without any doubt the most accomplished artiste of his generation, 2Face Idibia put out his first recording Body & Soul as a member of the trio Plantashun Boiz in 1999. Fifteen years later, having gone through more ups and downs to panic even a seasoned stockbroker, the artiste has emerged a newer, stronger brand winning several awards for all of his past releases.”

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[Video] DJ Xclusive Ft. Wizkid – Jeje

   

Superstar DJ Xclusive teams up with longtime collaborator and African pop prince Wizkid on his brand new hit single titled ‘Jeje’. Produced by the enigmatic MasterKraft and DJ Xclusive, Jeje is a smooth, pendulous club banger which provides the base for Wizkid’s signature killer performance. The stunning visuals directed by Sesan for this dose of sonic goodness come through to provide a more than satisfying experience for fans of the dynamic duo.

With Jeje, DJ Xclusive once again proves that he is in a lane all of his own

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Nigerian Couple Won 50 Million Dollar Lottery In Canada - Gaming - Nairaland

Toronto Jun 03, 2014Last Updated at 08:25 AM ISTCouple recovers USD 50 million lottery ticketA Canadian couple endured a roller-coaster ride of emotions when a lottery ticket worth USD 50 million went missing only to be found and returned by someone at their church.Hakeem Nosiru won the January 17 Lotto Max draw and was one day away from claiming the money when the signed ticket, which he taped to the inside his wife's purse for safekeeping, was missing after they attended church.That sparked a frantic search of their home, with garbage bins being upended and their contents picked through, an effort that left Nosiru and his wife who are originally from Nigeria empty handed and feeling "miserable.But that despair turned to joy after a fellow member of the congregation discovered the ticket and reunited it with them on April 1 a return made possible because Nosiru signed the ticket with their address.But the saga wasn't over yet, as Nosiru gave the ticket to Ontario Provincial Police, who were investigating the matter for Ontario Lottery and Gaming to ensure there were no further snags.Everything checked out and Nosiru and his wife Abiola were beaming for the cameras at the OLG prize center yesterday, telling reporters they were planning on travelling the world and helping out their family.Abiola Nosiru said that when she realized her husband's winning ticket had disappeared from her purse "I had a fly in my stomach and I couldn't sleep for days. I couldn't eat. I was devastated.""We just wanted to see the reality. And the reality is right here now," she said, fighting back tears.She wasn't sure what they'll do for the woman who ended the ticket's exodus, but told her "I just want to say thank you.

I Caused Cristiano Ronaldo’s Knee Injury - Ghanaian Witch Doctor

Ghana’s most influential witch doctor has claimed he is responsible for the knee injury that is threatening to Cristiano Ronaldo’s participation at the World Cup.Nana Kwaku Bonsam – whose name translates literally as “Devil of Wednesday” – predicted in February that the Real Madrid forward would be forced to miss this summer’s tournament in Brazil with injury. A statement from the Portuguese FA on Wednesday confirmed that Ronaldo is suffering from tendinosis in his left knee as well as nursing a muscle problem in his left thigh, which caused him to miss the 0-0 draw with Greece at the weekend.Ghana are set to meet Portugal in their final match of Group G in Brasilia on 26 June and Bonsam claims to have conjured a special powder from his gods, mixed with several leaves and concoctions which have been placed around an image and caricature of the former Manchester United player.“I know what Cristiano Ronaldo’s injury is about, I’m working on him,” Bonsam, who serves at the Kofioo Kofi shrine, said in an interview with the Kumasi-based Angel FM.“I am very serious about it. Last week, I went around looking for four dogs and I got them to be used in manufacturing a special spirit called Kahwiri Kapam.“I said it four months ago that I will work on Cristiano Ronaldo seriously and rule him out of the World up or at least prevent him from playing against Ghana and the best thing I can do is to keep him out though injury.“This injury can never be cured by any medic, they can never see what is causing the injury because it is spiritual. Today, it is his knee, tomorrow it is his thigh, next day it is something else.”

I Caused Cristiano Ronaldo’s Knee Injury - Ghanaian Witch Doctor

Ghana’s most influential witch doctor has claimed he is responsible for the knee injury that is threatening to Cristiano Ronaldo’s participation at the World Cup.Nana Kwaku Bonsam – whose name translates literally as “Devil of Wednesday” – predicted in February that the Real Madrid forward would be forced to miss this summer’s tournament in Brazil with injury. A statement from the Portuguese FA on Wednesday confirmed that Ronaldo is suffering from tendinosis in his left knee as well as nursing a muscle problem in his left thigh, which caused him to miss the 0-0 draw with Greece at the weekend.Ghana are set to meet Portugal in their final match of Group G in Brasilia on 26 June and Bonsam claims to have conjured a special powder from his gods, mixed with several leaves and concoctions which have been placed around an image and caricature of the former Manchester United player.“I know what Cristiano Ronaldo’s injury is about, I’m working on him,” Bonsam, who serves at the Kofioo Kofi shrine, said in an interview with the Kumasi-based Angel FM.“I am very serious about it. Last week, I went around looking for four dogs and I got them to be used in manufacturing a special spirit called Kahwiri Kapam.“I said it four months ago that I will work on Cristiano Ronaldo seriously and rule him out of the World up or at least prevent him from playing against Ghana and the best thing I can do is to keep him out though injury.“This injury can never be cured by any medic, they can never see what is causing the injury because it is spiritual. Today, it is his knee, tomorrow it is his thigh, next day it is something else.”

New Music: Sarkodie & Yaa Pono ft. Lil Shaker – Talk Of Gh www.jaguda.com/2014/05/31/sarkodie-yaa-pono-ft-lil-shaker-talk-gh/ © Jaguda.com

Here is a new single from Sarkodie and Yaa Pono ft lil shaker. This new track is title "Talk of Gh" Produced by Lil Shaker. Listen up and share your thoughts.

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Sarkodie - No ordinary Love feat Tiwa Savage

 

Sarkodie released his 30-track album ‘Sarkology’ last month. This is one of the beautiful songs off it. It features Nigerian singer, Tiwa Savage. Listen below and let us know your thoughts 

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BABA DEE GO DOWN

 

Baba Dee Drops His second single off his untitled upcoming album. God down produced by Del- B is definitely a lovely tune. Bump this, and expect the Video of Park well featuring Vector.

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Tillaman – Ori Owo (Remix) ft Davido + Tear Rubber

Tillaman decides to release Tear Rubber track and also remix his hit track Ori Owo with Omo Baba Olowo himself Davido, check on these, download and Enjoy

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Mavin – Adaobi ft Reekado Banks, Korede Bello, Di’Ja and Don Jazzy

 
Dorobucci still trending won’t stop the Mavin Crew from releasing tracks over tracks, here is fresh from the Mavin Headquarter and its titled Adaobi featuring Korede Bello, Reekado Banks, Di’ja and the Boss himself Don Jazzy, check on it, download and Enjoy

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WANTED -- TIWA SAVAGE

I  personally dont see anything bad or wrong in this video. Its a cool one to me she has tried at least we're gradually getting a "naija miley". I love crazy girls

Another banger from the Mavin Records signed artiste Tiwa Savage, lately the Mavin crew have headlined blogs and newsfeeds from the release of Dorobucci, to Adaobi and now its Tiwa Savages Wanted, this video is *coughs* Check for yourself and Enjoy

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Atumpan – Boys Dey Suffer (Feat. Guru)

Atumpan keeps dropping songs after songs after been signed into a new label HardBoy Music. His new song is titled “Boys Dey Suffer” and it features hit maker, Guru. Listen to the banger below.

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Ice Prince featurin Sunny Neji Whiskey

 I love this song so much especially the yoruba beat aspect of this song.Chocolate City’s rapper ICE PRINCE releases a new video off his album FIRE OF ZAMANI released October 2013. The Video “Whiskey” which features legendary highlife singer Sunny Neji, traces the stories of two young people who through intemperance came to a sudden and unexpected end. Killing their dreams in the process.
Starring in the video apart from ICE PRINCE ZAMANI is fellow label mate DJ CAISE, who stars as a friend of Ice Prince’s in this rural tale. Reflecting on the ups and downs of life, he opens up to the local bar tender lamenting on the different paths his comrades took in life.

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Yaa Pono AMEN

Chaarleys... dis song is dope certified
Yaa Pono seems to have got his first biggest hit commercial song yet, His recently released song, AMEN is doing well in clubs and pubs in Tema and slowly making it to the capital and around the country. The song AMEN was produced by King Dii for Suncity Records. Listen to Yaa Pono’s banger below

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WILL.I.AM & CODY WISE – BIRTHDAY

  

Will.I.Am is trying to impact the radio with his new record with Cody Wise, titled “Birthday”.

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MILEY CYRUS FT TIWA SAVAGE & RIHANNA – ADORE YOU ( MASHUP REMIX)

 
Here is a MashUp Remix  Adore You by Miley Cyrus ft Tiwa Savage & Rihanna mixed by DJMoreMuzic hit the jump and enjoy

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Jonathan’s Secret Negotiator: Chibok Girls Very Ill

Some of the 219 schoolgirls still in the custody of Boko Haram insurgents have taken ill, according to a prominent Australian cleric, Dr. Stephen Davis. Davis, a hostage negotiator, said the online publication of a British newspaper, The Mail on Sunday, was hired by President Goodluck Jonathan to broker the release of the girls.
According to the newspaper, the clergyman who was once the Canon Emeritus at the Coventry Cathedral in London and a friend of The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, has been in Nigeria working secretly on the release of the girls for almost a month now.
It added that he was asked by the President to come to Nigeria after previously brokering a truce between the Federal Government and Niger Delta militants in 2004. Along with Welby, he was frequently blindfolded and held at gunpoint during his peace work in the Niger Delta. In the email, Davis revealed he had had ‘‘ongoing contacts’’ with the groups involved in the kidnapping in the North-East for seven years. He attributed his success in hostage negotiations in Nigeria to “a long process of building trust on both sides.
” The Perth-born Australian described how fraught the negotiation process had been but expressed optimism that the girls would be freed.
He said, ‘One of that small group of girls is ill and we had hoped we might convince the commander of the group holding her that she should be released so we could give her medical treatment.
‘There are other girls who are not well and we have come close to having them released but their captors fear a trap in which they will be captured in the handover process.
‘One girl has what I assume is a broken wrist as they demonstrate to me how she holds her hand.
I have been told that others are sick and in need of medical attention. “But I am encouraged by the progress.
Every day there is the possibility of the release of the girls.
‘This is painful for the parents and the nation.
The well-being of the girls is constantly on our minds and we want to see their release as soon as possible.
” The secret negotiator however ruled out the possibility of a rescue since the girls were not being held in one location.
He said, “There are several groups to deal with as the girls are held in several camps across the Nigerian border in Cameroon, Chad and Niger. This makes any thought of a rescue highly improbable.
To attempt to rescue one group would only endanger the others.
We must not endanger their lives any further.
“The vast majority of the Chibok girls are not being held in Nigeria.
“I say the ‘vast majority’as I know a small group was confirmed to me to be in Nigeria last week when we sought to have them released.” Explaining that he had been to military positions in the North-East in recent days, he said, ‘the troops and their field commanders are doing all that can be done at this point.
” Last week, the Chief of Defence Staff, Alex Badeh, said the military knew the location of the girls and claimed that security agencies had been ‘following them’ since the abduction. Badeh did not divulge details, saying doing so would put the girls in further danger.
Sources said Badeh’s claim might have been
the result of government officials seeing a new, unpublished video allegedly sent by the sect to President Goodluck Jonathan.
The Sunday Mail also quoted a military source on Sunday as saying that with most of the girls outside the shores of Nigeria, ‘any sort of attempt to get to them would have to be cleared by the governments of the other nations.
’ The source added, ‘This has been a race against time from the minute they were captured.
As soon as the girls left Nigerian soil it was always going to be more difficult.
‘The government made no attempt at a rescue until a month after they were taken.
Now the situation gets more serious by the day.
” The Mail on Sunday also claimed that the new recorded video by Boko Haram showed the girls bravely speaking out about their ordeal for the first time.
The footage, not released publicly but seen by the newspaper, was taken in a jungle clearing a month after the girls were abducted on April 14.
It also confirmed David’s claim that a few of the girls were ill.
In the video, eight girls, dressed in their school uniforms of pale blue gingham, plead for release as they stand in front of a camera. The newspaper said they were clearly scared, upset and trying to be brave as they walked in turn to a spot in front of a white sheet fixed to a frame between trees. According to the publication, four of
the girls could be heard in Hausa Language, stating that they were taken by force and that they were hungry. One of them aged about 18 said tearfully, “My family will be so worried.” Another, speaking softly, said, “I never expected to suffer like this in my life.’ A third said, ‘They have taken us away by force” and the fourth complained that, “We
are not getting enough food.” The video, allegedly taken by an intermediary on May 19, said the newspaper,
was intended to serve as ‘proof of life’ for the girls and to Jonathan to accede to the terrorists’ demands. Two earlier videos showed the girls seated on the ground, dressed in hijabs, reciting the Koran. In the videos, Boko Haram Leader,
Abubakar Shekau, declared he would sell the girls into slavery or marry them off to their kidnappers if members of the sect in detention were not released. Pressure from the international community and criticism of the Jonathan’s slow response to the kidnapping had led to a series of contradictory pronouncements from his government. Some ministers have declared that government would not negotiate with Boko Haram or consider the release of prisoners, while official spokesmen said “the window is always open for dialogue.”

MILEY CYRUS – PRETTY GIRLS (FUN)

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Adamawa Explosion: Two Suspects Arrested –Mej. Gen. Chris Olukolade

Yola – The Adamawa Police Command has
confirmed 14 people dead and 12 others injured in
a bomb explosion which rocked Mubi town on
Sunday evening.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP
Usman Abubakar, confirmed the incident in Yola.
Meanwhile, Maj.-Gen. Chris Olukolade, Director,
Defence Information, said that two suspects had
been arrested inconnection with the blast.
He, however, said that one of them later died in the
hospital following an injury he sustained during the
attack.
A resident of the town, who simply identified
himself as Solomon, said that the explosion
occurred in Kabang area of the town in Mubi South
Local Government Area.
“The explosion occurred at about 6 p.m. in Kabang
area where there is concentration of beer palour
operators.
“Security personnel are taking affected people to
hospital. I can’t say whether there is death or not”,
Solomon said.
The three months, the military has imposed 7 p.m.
to 5 a.m. curfew on Mubi town following incessant
attacks by the insurgents. (NAN)