Photos: Meet Zahra, the beautiful daughter of president Buhari. She is an ambassador for a charity NGO

Pres. Buhari's daughter Zahra Buhari looked stunning at the 15th anniversary of Ace Charity which held in Abuja over the weekend. Zahra is the ambassador of the NGO. See more pics after the cut...

10/19/2015 morning, RFI (Radio France Internationale) woke us with this information

 The Mandinka language will now be heard in the radio from that day. The specific information that is after the introduction of Swahili and Hausa languages ​​in this radio. And that the objective is increasing the network of auditors, so that the radio is listened to by some communities of this language in its various dialects in countries: Senegal, Mali, Guinea, Gambia, Ivory Coast ... After this information at 13h 30 GMT, Yvon Amar, the presenter of the daily show "Dance of the words" in RFI always receives the three Mandinka journalists will load information and other emissions in this language spoken, they say, by 40 million people in West Africa.
So then, what each of us wonders Fulbe after becoming aware of this information is: how is it that the Fulfulde-Pulaar-Fulani-Fula (whose speakers are valued between 80 and 100 million Africa and spoken in at least twenty African countries, according to some historians and linguists), and after the third African language Swahili and Hausa, not yet introduced into RFI? What should take care? Do Tabital Pulaagu International should not do anything? Each of us has he not a role to play? Them ... We all nationalists, fighters and precursors of the Pulaar language and culture around the world ... I think we have here a whole debate ...

US-based Gambian boosts Medina Serign Mass Health Centre

Muhammed Kah, a native of Nuimi Medina Serign Mass village, based in the United States of America recently handed over medical items through the Medina Youth Association to the Medina Serign Mass minor health centre in the North Bank Region.

The donated items, which comprise of drugs, dressing materials, hand gloves, and many other equipment will go a long way towards supporting health delivery services of the minor health centre, serving 6 satellite villages.
Speaking at the presentation ceremony, Muhammed Kah said he was motivated to donate the items when he visited The Gambia after being away for 13 years and after visiting a local clinic.
“I might live in the US but this is home and this is where I am from; it is what motivated me to give a donation to the clinic and by the grace of God, it will be a continuous thing . I think it will be helpful because now they have things as simple as gloves, vitamins, pain killers, bandages and other things to help them execute their jobs, as well as help the local community and surroundings,” he said while urging them to make best use of the donated equipment.
Muhammed Kah, the founder of Light Up and Connect Africa (LUPCA) foundation promised to continue supporting the health centre and the rural folks.
Ebrima M. Njie, the president of Medina Youth Association, explained that the association is an auxiliary to the government’s effort in providing health delivery services to the door steps of every Gambian community, as well as to contribute its part in the development of the nation.
He thanked Muhammed Kah for the timely donation and assured that the donation would go a long way in helping those coming for treatment in the health post.
“The association is calling on all natives of the village in town and abroad to come to the aid of the health facility as supporting their development agenda means a lot to the community and nationwide,” He added.
Njie expressed the association’s appreciation to their brother Muhammad Kah and his counterpart for their generosity to the development of the village especially the health sector.
Other members of the health post committee also expressed similar sentiments. 

by Alieu Ceesay

The CON of CONde is Bigger than the CON Man.

was hardly surprised to hear that once again -amid evidence of election rigging- Alpha Conde has been re-confirmed as president of Guinea. It was something that I expected. Once I saw that Conde had regular meetings with Heads of States in America (Obama) and France (Hollande) I already knew that the die was set and the "fix" was in.

Before the election was finished western media outlets repeated the line that "incumbent Conde is favored to win". Anytime this type of sophisticated "polling" is done in a poor third world country -know that there is a bigger hand pulling the strings behind the scenes.

The stealing of this election with the calculated mayhem expected in the aftermath is Classic C.I.A. textbook destabilization of "Third World Countries". Believe it or not Conde is just being used, He doesn't have the intelligence or the where with all to pull of such a massive fraud. This fraud has all of the markings of techniques that take place in "first world" elections, So for a poor country like Guinea it is a "push over".

Well, why the Destabilization of Guinea?

Guinea, though downplayed as an Ebola ridden and Violence plagued African Nation is extremely critical and vital for the Survival of Western Hegemony on this planet. It has the largest deposit of Bauxite on the planet earth. One may ask what is bauxite (aluminum) good for other than foil? Practically every product and construction needs Bauxite!! From Cars, to Buildings, to Soda Cans, toothpaste tubes, Computers, Weaponry, etc, etc, etc, the list is endless.

Therefore, controlling a Bauxite rich country like Guinea by keeping it poor so that they can continue to get this vital material for little or nothing is extremely important. Having someone in power that will continue to allow the west unabated access to the resources is also of tantamount importance.

It is for this reason that GUINEA MUST STAY POOR, GUINEA MUST STAY AT WAR WITH ITSELF, GUINEA MUST STAY AT THE MERCY OF THE U.S. AND THE E.U.

I'm afraid that protesting against Conde is really a no-win situation. The Civil Strife will only serve to further destabilize an already weakened nation by poverty, Malaria, Ebola, and Election violence.

Even if Cellou Dalien Diallo were to force a run-off and take power, he too would be given an Ultimatum to either do the bidding of the West or pay the Ultimate Sacrifice: Be over thrown or killed in a Western organized coup d'etat.

As long as we continue to fight to preserve the Colonial boundaries and System put into place by our former Masters, then we will always be at their Mercy. However, there is a solution. The question is will the people and the leadership be willing to implement it?

By Elijah Shabazz

Mr. El Hadji Diouf, reveals "Alpha Condé has never won an election, he prevented 3,000 Fulani ...

The négalais, Me Elhadji Diouf just react on the re-election of Alpha Condé. For him, France is complicit in the destabilization of Guinea Conakry in wanting to impose Alpha Condé against the will of Guineans. "In 2010 Cellou Diallo D had won the first round with 52%. The French scheming to reduce his score to 44%. Then they arranged to elect Condé in the fraud "reveals Me Elhadji Diouf broadcast on RFM.

As for the 2015 presidential Me ELHADJI denounced the extermination of Diallo and ethnicity. "This year, thieves have changed strategy. Knowing that Mr. Diallo prevails throughout Guinea, they have blended the lists. Over 3,000 Fulani were deprived of voting cards in Dakar. The poll was poorly organized. President Condé is a dangerous and incorrect. Alpha Condé, has never won an election. Since the French are there to swindle his people, he put on fraud only to réelir. This is the obstacle of Guinea "insisted lawyer Diallo.
Lateranga.info

Bambeto "I will never forgive the policeman who killed my son", says father

The father of Yacouba Diallo, the Guinean opposition activist killed on October 7 by the security forces, according to his father, in a famous red-light district in the suburbs of Conakry, said Friday that it would not forgive the forces of the order who killed his son.
Asked at the exit of the cemetery of Bambeto which now rests his son as sixty "martyrs of the opposition," killed by the police during political demonstrations, the father of the victim, Boubacar Diallo Houdy fumed anger .
Dressed in green robe, red eyes, tight voice, Houdy Diallo tells the scene. "My son, Yacouba Diallo was killed in the cross 5 to Wanindara by gendarmes. He was a professional driver, twenties. He left Wednesday night for a show of support for Diallo. They shot him where the show of support took place. They informed me like what they shot my son. I immediately went to the scene. Indeed, I found that he had shot him. I rushed to the hospital in a taxi. There he passed away. The police shot at him, when there was no violence. My son was involved in any problems. They shot him on the spot. We buried today. I leave it to God but I do not forgive one who killed my son, "said the father.
Aware of the risk of clashes, the father Boubacar Diallo Houdy native Dalaba, red eyes, invited young calm to avoid increasing the number of victims.


About From The author / Abdoulaye Bah

El Hadji Diouf ME, FORMER LAWYER Diallo: "CONDE IS THE CANDIDATE OF FRENCH, THE OIF Abdou DIOUF OF"

Alongside his press conference yesterday, Mr. El Hadji Diouf noted the Presidential Guinea. He said the victory Diallo was confiscated in 2010. "This year, we blocked the voter cards supporters of Cellou.

Even here in Dakar, there were 3000 blocked cards. And, despite everything, Cellou won. People say: "They have to wait for the results before the Constitutional Court." No, he will not wait. People will take to the streets, because they confiscated his victory in 2010, "says the lawyer who was the main
















In the opinion of Mr. Diouf, Cellou understood that the international community is complicit. "Europeans have nothing to say. And they have to stop, because there is too much humbug. Alpha Condé, the candidate of the French, the OIF Abdou Diouf. This year, they will fight until we respect the popular verdict, "says the lawyer considers the OIF Abdou Diouf played a decisive role in the election of Alpha Condé.


Source : lequotidien.sn

Home "Alpha CONDE said he will Fulani, Palestinians in Africa," laments Christian SOW Minister of Justice, Attorney

I will continue our policy to hunting Fulani of Guinea. I will do the Fulani, the Palestinians of Africa "insists Alpha CONDE ...
For those who doubted the anti-political peuhle Alpha CONDE has and continues to have in Guinea, is now the abscess burst.
It was during a meeting held at the Presidency of the Republic this week that the new bloody Guinean Alpha CONDE released this sentence.
It is in this strategic meeting about the attack "imaginary" from his home Alpha CONDE said that despite the shadows areas more noticeable as the turn of opinion that true false incendiary attack than were tenuous at the site of the community peulhe Guinea. "I will continue our policy to hunting Fulani of Guinea. I will do the Fulani, the Palestinians of Africa "insists Alpha CONDE.

Exasperated by these remarks ethnocentric, communitarian and sectarian highly condemnable, the Minister of Justice SOW called Christian right out of the meeting, his relatives to bring them these irresponsible remarks of former fugitive Pinet.
"I defended Alpha CONDE volunteer when he was in jail with all the risks that entailed for my family, my family and myself. But I did not know and I could imagine that his struggle for power had communalist and ethnocentric overtones "laments Christian SOW.

Going back to Alpha CONDE as this is what it's all about in this paper, "the will of the number zero to make Guinean Peul Palestinian Africa simply means that he will expelled from the their land to the Malinke ethnic group of his "analysis Sekou SOUMAH www.guinee58.com editorial policy.

Remember that this is not the first time that Alpha CONDE hold of such remarks against Fulani. Indeed, already in the interwar turn, he told Abe Sylla, the president of the NGR "Abe thou art of the Lower Coast so my brother, I will sign nothing with you but just support me for that we boute Fulani off the Guinean borders. " Disappointed and exasperated by ignoble about that could not be kept as a candidate without a political project or development project, Abe Sylla has seen fit to take his distance from Alpha CONDE arguing that "his political struggle is that of improving terms of lives of our compatriots without exception and not want to chase others of their country. "
Moreover, "the ulterior objective of this" imaginary "attack on the home of Alpha CONDE is to find an excuse to liquidate the political leaders, executives and Fulani traders. Setting arrest of soldiers and civilians of other communities is to cover their tracks. All inmates of other communities will be released at the end, only the Fulani are sentenced and tortured until the end of their days, "concedes several military and judicial sources said that we have managed to reach these days.

But Guineans should not fall into the trap again Saharan dictator. [I declare: I am the winner, the Republic of Guinea will be a "settling of scores".] Today, Alpha CONDE attacks the Fulani because the political leader best placed to unseat the power of this community. Let us not forget that he also made remarks even more despicable as these in the past against Soussou and forestry.

In 1998, Alpha CONDE said "the misfortune of Guinea comes from Soussou. Once the Soussou be driven from power, Guinea live in peace. "

It's not all because when Dadis Camara was at the controls, Alpha CONDE had said on the set of a large TV station "Forest managers are human blood drinkers and eaters of human flesh."

Which, we understand the holding of such statements can only be explained by the lack of visions and programs.
About these ignoble were held in 1998 when Lansana COUNTY (from Soussou ethnic group) was in power and in 2009 when Dadis Camara (native forest) led the Guinean junta. "It is understood that Alpha CONDE is so limited in his head that confuses political leader to the community which resulted in the latter" adds Sekou SOUMAH.
In any case, one might ask:
Why is the guilty silence of Ministers of peuhle community and beyond face this ethnocentric and communal politics of Alpha CONDE?
What BAH Ousmane BARRY Rougui and others they are in this sectarian government, communitarian and ethnocentric?

The international community does stand idly facing this to the Rwandan genocide that leads Alpha CONDÉ in Guinea?

We can still hope that Christian SOW and many others cross the denunciation of ruddy in the shadows to the reporting and public disclosure media and why not?



Zenab BANGOURA,

Source of .guineebox.

YORUBA ELDERS WANT HERDSMEN TO GO, REALLY? ASKS SALE BAYARI

For sometime now, there has been speculations and reports

that following the abduction or kidnapping of Chief Olu Falae, an

elder statesman, the Yoruba and their leaders were contemplating

and agitating over what action to take against the Fulani herdsmen

in, not only, Ondo State, where the old man was kidnapped but the

entire South West.

The alleged kidnapping of the former Secretary to the Federal

Government and one time Minister of Finance, by the herdsmen in

the first place did surprise not a few Nigerians, in view of the fat that

no arrest and interrogation of any herdsman or men were made by

anybody, including the Nigeria Police and other security agencies in

the country.

So, a lot of reasonable people did not take this matter of the

allegation that the Yoruba ethnic nationality was taking or preparing

to take any umbrella decision to expel any herdsmen from any part

of Nigeria.  The allegation sounded like a movie fiction from another

wild planet.  The best way to handle such long tale was to ignore it in

the interest of your time and sanity.

Otherwise, how could any Nigerian contemplate the expulsion

from another part of Nigeria of any Nigerian to another part of it?

What could be the constitutional and national consequence of such

an action within the country as a body corporate?  For the sake of

argument let’s assume that the wild allegation were true – that it was

the herdsmen, six of them that kidnapped the Chief. Would the

action of these six demented criminals justify the blanket

repercussive action on the entire herdsmen in the South West?

Every tribe, ethnic group has her own the good, the bad and

the ugly, granted, this is a factual statement.  And that is why there

has never been and there will never be any law that will be enacted

to force people as a whole to carry any vicarious liability on behalf of

others. People will continue to bear liability for their own actions only

– either positive or negative.  This is the standard of any civilized

society. People must be assumed to be innocent until proven

otherwise.

One question that has been agitating my mind and I believe

most Nigerians is how did Chief Olu Falae come to the factual

conclusion that it was Fulani herdsmen who kidnapped him?  What

incontrovertible evidence did he have or put forward to Nigerians that

it was truly the herdsmen that kidnapped him?  To say they dressed

like herdsmen or spoke Fulfulde (the Fulani language) or they looked

like Fulani was not and shall never be tenable for various reasons.

Since when did it become a law that only Fulani should speak

Fulfulde, dress in any particular clothes or manner?  Under what law

did the Fulani get any different colour identity or any other identity

that is legally and lawfully exclusive to them as a mark of a tribal

identity?

It is one of the commonest thing to find better Fulfulde

speakers among the Fulani who are yet not Fulani.  There are still

those who look like the Fulani in all their physical features but are not

Fulani. There are also those who dressed like the Fulani but are not

Fulani especially during cultural displays.  There are also other tribes

that dress like the Yoruba, speak Yoruba fluently, yet they are not

Yoruba.  We also have other tribes such as the Berom, Tarok, Shuwa,

Mandingo, Tuaregs  both local and internationally who are herdsmen

but they are not Fulani.

Are the Yoruba elders telling us today that the Fulani or their

herdsmen who have lived for hundreds of years in Yoruba land who

speak the Yoruba language and have become almost entirely

absorbed in the Yoruba culture of dress, dance and other Yoruba

activities should today go out and commit any criminal activity and

the Yoruba as an ethnic group be forced to take a mortal liability for

it as a people?  The dress, the language, even the marks (meant to

identify different tribes) have failed as the marks of most tribes look

alike. As for physical attributes you need to ask people sometimes

before you know where they come from or who they are tribally or

even ethnically.

Do we need to remind these respected, educated, enlightened,

cosmopolitan and urbane Yoruba elders that the 1999 Constitution of

Nigeria clearly spelt out under Section 41(1) thus: “Every citizen of

Nigeria is entitled to move freely throughout (emphasis ours)

Nigeria and to reside in any part thereof, and no citizen of Nigeria

shall be expelled from Nigeria or refused entry thereto or exit

therefrom”.

As Nigerians, we must try as hard as possible, no matter, our

ethnic, tribal or other differences to respect the laws of the land and

refrain from doing anything that can cause ill-feeling, disunity, ethnic

or religious crises where it is absolutely dangerous to do so like it is

in this case.  There is nowhere that the herdsmen in the South West

in general or Ondo State in particular held any tribal, ethnic or any

corporate group meeting where a decision was taken to kidnap Chief

Olu Falae or any Yoruba man or woman for that matter.

It is also true that so far there is no identity parade or security

report that identified and verified that it was the herdsmen of the

village farm of Olu Falae that kidnapped him.  Even if there were

such facts they would still be subjected to the rigours of our law

courts to establish the level of the culpability of such herdsmen, their

sponsors, if any, and their motive for such criminal act.

Even with that, there would not be any vicarious criminal

liability on anybody, including the blood relations of such criminals.

It remains a very dangerous thing to lump an entire ethnic group

together and accuse them of committing crime only six crazy and

deranged criminals committed. They should be found and be fried

for their criminal action. Yoruba, roonuu!

Sale Bayari, Former National Officer of the Myetti Allah Association,

wrote in this piece from Jos.

We are not responsible for Falae’s kidnap – Fulanis

The herdsmen under the aegis of the Association of the Southwest Nigeria and Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) at a news conference in Lagos on Sunday challenged the nation’s security agencies to fish out the culprits and prosecute them accordingly.The Fulanis in the Southwest region of Nigeria have dissociated themselves from the kidnap of former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Chief Olu Falae last month.

The herdsmen under the aegis of the Association of the Southwest Nigeria and Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) at a news conference in Lagos on Sunday challenged the nation’s security agencies to fish out the culprits and prosecute them accordingly.

Falae was abducted from his farm located in the outskirts of Akure, Ondo state capital last month. He spent four days in the kidnappers’ custody before his release. He had alleged that his abductors were Fulani herdsmen.

The Yoruba social cultural group, Afenifere had subsequently called for the ban of herdsmen from the South west region.

The leader of MACBAN from Ondo state, Alhaji Bello Garuba while responding to Daily Trust inquiry on the kidnapping saga said his members in the state were not responsible for the incident, noting that herdsmen in the area had never been involved in criminal activities.

Garuba who spoke through an interpreter said, the claim that the Fulanis were responsible for the kidnapping came as a surprise to them adding “and we are challenging the security people to go after those who carried out the kidnapping. We are not responsible for it.”

The Sarkin Fulani Lagos and Chairman, Association of Southwest Fulani Chiefs had in a statement described the call by the Afenifere socio-cultural group to the Federal Government to ban the herdsmen activities in the Southwest as reckless and amount to ethnic profiling of the nomadic Fulanis.

“Much as we, as a group condemn in its entirety, the criminal act of kidnapping of anybody or individual for ransom, there is need for us to be cautious in taking rash decisions and making unwarranted statements that could cause socio-cultural or socio-political disorder in our country Nigeria at this very critical period.

“Such calls (banning of cattle rearing or movement in Southwest Nigeria) is not in the best interest of anybody be it Yoruba, Fulani or any tribe whatsoever and as such, we must be seen to be equal partners in this project Nigeria,” it said.

Source:Daily Trust

​Buhari, Sultan, Saleh listed among world’s top 50 Muslim leaders

President Muhammadu Buhari, the Sultan of Sokoto, Saád Abubakar, and a Maiduguri-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ibrahim Saleh, have been named among the world’s 50 most influential Muslim leaders.

The Muslim 500, an annual publication of the World’s 500 most influential Muslims, recognised the three Nigerian leaders in its 7th edition published recently.

The publication says there are 1.7 billion Muslims in the world today, making up approximately 23% of the world’s population, or one-fifth of mankind.

It said those recognised have a sense of belonging to Muslim community worldwide, besides being citizens of their respective countries.

The publication measured influence some Muslims have on other Muslims to include: any person who has the power (be it cultural, ideological, financial, political or otherwise) to make a change that will have a significant impact on the Muslim world.

The impact could be either positive or negative, depending on one’s point of view, it said.

It added that the influence could be of a religious scholar directly addressing Muslims and influencing their beliefs, ideas and behaviour, or it could be a ruler shaping the socio-economic factors within which people live their lives, or of artists shaping popular culture.

“The first two examples also point to the fact that the lists, and especially the Top 50, are dominated by religious scholars and heads of state. Their dominant and lasting influence cannot be denied, especially the rulers, who in many cases also appoint religious scholars to their respective positions,” it said.

While the publication listed the top 500 influential Muslim leaders, the first part recognised the top 50 in which Messrs. Buhari, Abubakar and Saleh appear.

President Buhari was listed as the Number 20, while the Sultan and Sheikh Saleh are listed as numbers 24 and 38 respectively.

In a short citation, The Muslim 500 recognised Mr. Buhari’s past military career, his anti-corruption credentials and his promise and subsequent efforts to deal with the insurgent group, Boko Haram.

It also recognised that on economy and infrastructure.

“President Buhari was the first chairman of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and was the mastermind behind the construction of 20 oil depots throughout Nigeria, a project involving over 3200 kilometres of pipelines,” the magazine said. “Both the Warri and Kaduna refineries were built under his leadership. He also established the blueprints for the country’s petro-chemical and liquefied natural gas programmes”.

On environment, it said Mr. Buhari is “an active environmentalist who has drafted several plans to preserve wildlife in Nigeria. He has also exerted great efforts on the conservation of nature in Nigeria; such as controlling the logging industry whereby he has ensured that double the number of trees felled are replaced by loggers. He has also worked on restricting the Ecological Fund Office so it can deliver on environmental challenges”.

As for the Sultan Abubakar, the publication stated that he holds an important administrative influence in Nigerian religious life.

“Abubakar is the titular ruler of Sokoto in northern Nigeria and is also the head of the Nigerian National Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs. Leadership of this council means that the Sultan of Sokoto remains the only figure that can legitimately claim to speak on behalf of all Nigerian Muslims.

“This role has become increasingly influential over the years with a rise in interreligious tensions between Nigeria’s Muslim majority north and Christian-majority south,” it said.

The Muslim 500 also said the Sultan has started many initiatives to counter and reduce the influence of Boko Haram, including inviting an international joint Muslim/Christian Delegation to visit Nigeria.

As for Sheikh Saleh, the publication recognised him as a lecturer in the fields of Tafsir Al Qur’an (exegesis) and the Hadith as well as Islamic sciences, jurisprudence and ethics.

“He has over 100 written works. He has held and still heads several significant positions, some of which are, founder and mentor of the Islamic renaissance Organization, adviser to the Federal Government on its Islamic Affairs since 1992, Assistant Secretary-general for African Affairs in the World Islamic People’s Leadership 1989 and many more”.

It also said the Sheikh is currently the head of the Supreme Council for Fatwa and Islamic Affairs in Nigeria and recently became a member of the ‘Muslim Council of Elders’ which embraces prominent scholars.

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