BUHARI :DON'T LOSE HOPE IN MY CHANGE AGENDA

President Buhari made the appeal today in his Easter message to the nation. He thanked Nigerians for their patience and understanding in the first ten months of his administration, assuring that he was working very hard to overcome the challenges he encountered on assumption of office. The president also assured that he was moving on with an "unshaken" resolve and determination to deliver on the mandate Nigerians gave him on March 28, last year. He said: "Faith, belief and the fulfilment of expectations are also key themes of the Easter celebration. I urge you all, therefore, to continue to have faith in the future greatness of our country and to believe that the CHANGE my administration promised will surely come to fruition". Buhari, however, stressed that the change which all Nigerians yearned for, would certainly occur more rapidly "if we all place the love of our country above selfish personal and group interests". The president also assured that the 2016 national budget would be efficiently and successfully implemented. He said: "The National Assembly has just passed the 2016 budget. I assure all Nigerians that we will do our utmost best to ensure that the budget, the first since my election as president, is efficiently and successfully implemented towards achieving our objective of faster economic growth and development". He said Nigeria would make faster progress towards achieving the desired peaceful, united, strong, progressive and prosperous country if the citizens eschew all divisive, "parochial, ethnic and religious sentiments and rivalries" as well as begin to live more harmoniously with their compatriots, as Jesus Christ and the founders of the world's other great religions enjoined mankind. According to him, "Our unfortunate notoriety in recent years as a country where the blood of men, women and children are wantonly and callously shed in frequent orgies of criminal, political, ethnic and religious violence has become very embarrassing and utterly unacceptable". Buhari, who said his government was determined to achieve greater peace and security across Nigeria by ending the avoidable conflicts and crises hindering the nation's progress, asked for greater support from the citizenry in that regard. President Buhari also maintained that the country must put a stop to politically motivated killings, saying "Our communities must be made safe again for all inhabitants to live together in peace and harmony." He said the armed forces, police and other security agencies were being progressively "reformed, repositioned and empowered" to win the war against terrorism and make mass killings, abductions and other criminal atrocities things of the past in the country. He urged all Nigerians to also play their parts as patriotic citizens and do all they could to make the country a safer, more peaceful and happier place for its people and others. The president said: "I rejoice with you all, especially our Christian brothers and sisters, as we celebrate Easter. For Christians all over the world, this celebration is in commemoration of the supreme sacrifice which Jesus Christ made for the salvation of mankind. The Gospels also tell us that during his earthly ministry, Jesus Christ repeatedly urged his disciples and followers to 'love one another as I have loved you'. "As we celebrate Easter this year, I sincerely believe that it will serve our dear nation very well if we all imbibe this essential message of Jesus Christ and truly learn to love  our countrymen and women as we love ourselves". President Buhari wished all Nigerians very happy Easter celebrations.

BOKO HARAM THREATEN TO ATTACK DAILY TRUST,VOA,GUARDIAN OTHERS

“This is a message from the public awareness department of the Jamatu Ahlis sunnah lil daawati wal jihad, a group engaged in jihad in Nigeria. “We wish to explain about the attack we carried out on Thisday Newspapers. Some of the reasons why we decided to attack some Media Houses, especially Thisday, is because the paper was used in dishonouring our prophet, Mohammad (SAW) during a beauty pageant in Kaduna in November 2002. “At that time, some people who called themselves leaders of Muslims came out to say they have forgiven those who committed the offence. “But based on our knowledge, we know that no one has the power to forgive anyone for an offence that God himself has given judgement, especially on an offence that has to do with dishonouring Prophet Muhammad (SAW). “No one has the power to forgive this type of offence, and the judgement is for such persons to be killed. “This lady that committed this crime, the judgement on her is to be killed at any opportunity; and the media house is also supposed to be driven out of existence whenever there is a chance to do so. “We are just getting the opportunity to attack the media house, and we are hoping to continue these attacks until we drive them out of existence. “It is our hope that Allah (SWT) will help his religion. “We know that any genuine Muslim must have been deeply touched by the Thisday incident.   “Thisday newspaper is also leading in helping the government in fighting us, alongside other media houses that we will mention soon. “Some of the offences of Thisday and other media outlets include: firstly, during the botched attempt to rescue some kidnapped foreign nationals in Sokoto; these media houses asked us if we have anything to do with the kidnap and we said we have nothing to do with it, yet these media houses reported that we were responsible for the incident, that was a lie against us. “Secondly, when we sent a video of our leader, Abubakar Shekau, the media houses reported things that our leader did not say, such as that in response to the president’s threat to finish us in three months, we have also threatened to finish the government in three months. But the truth is, nowhere in the video did our leader said what they attributed to him. “Thirdly, on the purported arrest of Abu Qaqa by the SSS, we have come out to tell them that the person arrested was not Abu Qaqa,yet the media continue to potray us as liars, and even said that our leader had ordered for Abu Qaqa II to be executed, and we are now searching for Abu Qaqa III. “Recently too, they came out with another lie that one Mohammed Awwal Kontagora was the Abu Qaqa II that was executed, and that even his parents confirmed it, that was just a big lie to convince the world. “The media also said that we have killed the father of Abu Darda, so as to pass a message to him, because he had leaked our secrets after his arrest by security agencies, and they  wanted him to know that he is one of our targets. “These are all lies, and they are many. “These media houses have committed a lot of offences that is detrimental to Islam, and we don’t have the power to forgive them. We will take revenge on them by God’s grace, some of these media houses have been categorized into three groups. “The first group is the likes of Thisday whose offences are big. “The second group we will also attack soon are Punch, Daily Sun, Vanguard, Guardian, Nation, Tribune, and National Accord, which are all newspaper houses. “There is also VOA Hausa radio. All these media houses we will attack them including their staff and offices, by God’s grace. “VOA Hausa for instance have recently started campaigning for people to support the government against us by exposing us, “The next group that are on the verge of joining this list who if they are not careful we will attack very soon include, Leadership, Daily Trust, Peoples Daily and RFI(Radio France international) “There is an online medium known as Saharareporters who have their office in New York, and who have made their site as a platform for attack against Islam. So we are warning them to stop making their site an avenue for attacking Islam, otherwise we will find a way of attacking them too. “We resorted to using this medium to send our message instead of the normal tele-conference because of the fear by journalists; which made them refuse to conduct the conference. “We are grateful to God for the success recorded on the attack on Thisday, and we hope to continue such attacks. “Finally, the government has now resorted to arresting our wives and children and also demolishing our houses, like they did in Biu recently, that is why we have also resolved to start attacking government schools, especially, tertiary ones. “We promise to demolish 500 buildings for any one of our houses that the government destroys.