Boko Haram Kidnap 2 Borno Emirs

By Kareem Haruna
— May 30, 2014
Members of the Boko Haram sect on
Friday kidnapped two Borno Emirs, Emir
of Gwoza, Alhaji Idrisa Timta and the
Emir of Uba, Alhaji Ismaila Mamza.
They were abducted at about 10am
today.
They were on their way to attend burial
of Late Emir of Gombe who died two
days ago when they were abducted.
They were kidnapped near Shaffa town
in Hawul local government area of
Borno State.
A top officer at the Department of State
Services confirmed it.
The two emirs were elevated to first
class status by Borno State governor
early this year.
Details later.

Warning Signs of Cancer:

Warning Signs of Cancer:
By Nima Shei, MD
Edited by Stephanie Dawson
Cancer is a strange disease: Cancer cells are
mysterious, they show all kind of erratic
behavior. They are strange, because almost
every cell has the potential to become
cancerous, but many cells are too modest to
become a monster. Even our approach to
cancer is strange: We have access to
thousands of amazing remedies in nature
that many of them even have been tested
and proved to be effective, but our
pharmaceuticals of course are not interested
to produce mass-affordable less-profitable
drugs, and our scientist are too ignorant to
the fact that we can learn from nature.
Now we all have strange emotions when we
hear the word “ cancer “. Sadness, panic,
grief, fear, all sorts of negative emotions…
But we are PositiveMed and our mission is
to dig deeper and make positive energy
around the most stressful health conditions,
such as cancer and chronic diseases. Let me
first tell you that you’re not alone… We all
have lost a dear one to cancer. So let’s put
those emotions aside when talking about our
own risk of cancer. Don’t ignore yourself! We
all have cancer cells in our bodies.. Yes, You
heard it correctly: WE ALL HAVE CANCER
CELLS IN OUR BODY . This doesn’t
necessarily means we all have cancer. Our
immune system has the capacity to kill
“almost all” cancerous cells. Unfortunately
“almost all” is not necessarily 100 percent,
and those cells who skip the immune system
filter have the potential to form tumors.
Many factors can affect the number of
skipper cells. It’s very simple: The stronger
the immune system, the less skipper cells
and the less risk of cancer… You know the
rest: unhealthy diet, sitting too long,
smoking, etc…increase the risk of cancer.
BUT we have a very important tip for you. If
a cancer is detected earlier, it’s way way
better. When the tumor is smaller and
there’s not metastasis of tumor to other
organs, your body has all the power to fight
it back. But how to detect a cancer earlier?
You should know your body, your own body
and see for anything strange, any change
that is weird. This is the key… Don’t close
your eyes to these changes and simply
ignore them.. You know children think when
they close their eyes, nobody sees them… So
they close their eyes to hide… Some of us
think if we close our eyes to the changes in
our body, we can hide from cancer. Be an
adult! Be alert and watch out for anything
strange that is going on. Here we have
summarized very important warning signs of
cancer that you should always check out:
If you have any of these warning signs of
cancer, I strongly recommend seeing a
doctor for further evaluation. Remember,
you’re not alone. There’s always help for all
of us.
We have previously published an article that
talks more about each one of these warnings
signs of cancer. You can find the “ warning
signs you might have cancer” here .

Jobs vacancy For Senior Sales Officer at Phonic 2014

Phonic is one of the leading Pro Audio
companies in the world and noted for design
and marketing high quality audio equipment.
We currently are in need of Senior Sales
Representative at major location to help our
company expand the connection in Nigeria/
Ghana/ Morocco. This position is responsible
for region’s business development, identifying
sales opportunities and revenue growth
strategies. As a Senior Sales Representative,
you will partner with distributors and develop
your customer base through prospecting, cold
calling, and networking. We are looking
forward to having dynamic individuals to join
our team.
SENIOR SALES OFFICER
RESPONSIBILITIES
Prospect and obtain customers to achieve
target sales growth
Recognize sales opportunities and implement
sales strategies.
Build rapport and cultivate relationships with
distributor representatives and customers
through professional demeanor and strong
interpersonaskills
Provide outstanding customer service by
leading and educating customers throughout
the sales process
Keeps management informed by submitting
activity and results reports, such as daily call
reports, weekly work plans, and monthly and
annual territory analyses.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Account Management with commitment to
develop new business.
Over 5 years of proven sales experience or
related business degree.
Effectively translating sales strategy into
applicable sales actions for the internal sales
division.
Building a collaborative relationship with HQ
sales managers and external sales force
members, and fostering teamwork across the
entire sales division.
TO APPLY
Interested and qualified candidates should
send their resume or CV to:
christianlien@asystems-sys.com
DUE DATE: 27 June, 2014

HPZ Limited Vacancies 2014

HPZ Limited is a joint venture between PZ
Cussons Nigeria (Thermocool brand) and
Haier Group, Nigeria consumers have trusted
the thermocool brand since the 1970′s and
have selected it as the preferred choice. The
Haler home appliances branch has also
experienced phenomenal growth and is
currently the 3 largest white goods
Manufacturer and first in refrigeration
worldwide. Producing over 30,000 products
including Television, DVD, Freezers,
Refrigerators, Generators, Washing machines,
Microwaves etc.
The partnership between these two world-
famous companies through the Haier
Thermocool brands aims to deliver quality,
reliability, service, Innovation and customized
solutions to all Nigeria Household and
beyond.
And as Nigeria No. 1 for cool, we offer to our
customers the followings:
World Class Warranty, 12 month on all
products for parts and services,
3 years on Refrigerators, Freezers and Air
conditioners cabinets and compressor.
World Class National After-Sale Network.
Due to our rapid growth and increasing
markets share, Vacancies exist for experienced
and result-driven professionals in our field
sales as: Commission Sales Executives (CSEs).
COMMISSION SALES EXECUTIVES (CSES)
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Support the sales team by developing sales
plan and strategy for the effective growth,
increased turnover and penetration of products
in various industries.
Maintain and develop relationships with
exiting customers via personal meetings,
telephone calls and e-mails (Key Accounts
Management).
Give weekly reports of prospects interpreting
trends to facilitate planning and forecasting of
future sales volumes.
Gain a clear understanding of customers
businesses and requirements.
Analyze the competitive environment to
ascertain product performance against
competition and advice on winning strategies.
Conduct Industry research and once a quarter
price audit and reporting promptly.
Generating and developing opportunities.
Ensure zero Bad Debts.
ADDITIONAL ROLES
Required in a specified cluster and or
geographical area on a daily basis.
Required to generate, follow and close leads
and work on monthly yearly target agreed.
Agree to travel plan at the beginning of the
week,.
Discuss and participate in weekly Meeting.
Attendance to this weekly meeting is
compulsory.
Ensure all visit information are well
documented.
THE PERSON
Possess a relevant degrees in Social Sciences,
Engineering and Management.
Have 5 years minimum work experience as
Insurance Agents, Banking Marketing agents,
Financing (Car loan/Home loan)
Direct selling experience is key for the success
of the job
All candidates are required to have the
following:
A CAN DO attitude, exhibiting our core values,
Courage, Accountability, Networking, Drive and
Oneness.
Good Microsoft office computer skills
especially in Ms word, Excel and Power Point.
TO APPLY
Interested candidates should send their CVs
to: HPZrecruitment@hpz.com.ng Note: Only
shortlisted candidates would be contacted.
DUE DATE: 10 June, 2014

Women charm Boko Haram terrorists

BY NDAHI MARAMA, MAIDUGURI
Residents of Attagara village, in  Gwoza Local
Government Area of Borno state on Friday
evening repelled attack on their community by
suspected Boko Haram who invaded the area.
Attagara, a border community with Cameroon
Republic is about 10 kilometres south- east of
Pulka District, Gwoza Local Government Area
of the state and about 130 kilometres drive
from Maiduguri, the state capital.
Vanguard sources said the attacker invaded
the village on motorcycles but met some
women as they were entering the village.
“They wanted to hit the women with the stick
in their hands but their hands were hung in
the air. Three of the insurgents fled but seven
were not lucky when the women alert the
people,” a resident of the area who returned to
Maiduguri told journalists
He said the vigilante group in the community
rushed to the scene and disarmed the seven
insurgents, adding that the Boko Haram men
were lynched by the residents who also
destroyed their motorcycles. “Seven of the
insurgents died,” he said.
Also a  Boko Haram leader, Hassan Ali, who
was reportedly arrested by the local vigilante
in Maiduguri three weeks ago, has confessed
that he got “married” to two of the abducted
Chibok schoolgirls in Sambisa forest.
According to reliably source leadership.ng
Hassan Ali, a native of Kwapchi-Kilakise
village who was said to have killed his
biological father, Mallam Hassan Arigizhe, and
his uncle, Zakariya Ali, was also said to have
sanctioned the killing of his younger sister
whom he forcefully took to Sambisa when she
refused to accede to the sexual demands of
one of the Amirs (leaders) in Sambisa, an act
that elevated him to the position of Amir too.
leadership.ng quoting officials of the Vigilante
Group of Nigeria in Borno State, said Hassan
was arrested by the Civilian-JTF and members
of the VGN when he was spotted in a car
trying to leave Maiduguri for Benisheik, along
the Damaturu-Maiduguri highway.
A VGN official said: “It was on the first day
that we mobilised to Pilgrims Camp when we
wanted to be given permission to go to
Sambisa in search for the missing girls. When
he was asked to identify himself, he pretended
to be a dumb person. But those that knew him
said he was lying and they started to beat him
up; it was when he sensed death that he later
confessed that he was a member of Boko
Haram, and that he was sent to come to
Maiduguri to buy yams worth N200, 000. He
said he had finished his transaction and the
truck had since left for Sambisa.
“When we asked him about the abducted girls,
he said they were all fine, that none of them
was being hurt or molested; he said as a
matter of fact he was betrothed to two of them
as wives due to his position as Amir. He said
they eat good food there – mostly canned
foods and canned drinks; they eat spaghetti,
rice, smoked fish and yam.
“I was the one that personally interviewed him
when he was arrested near Njimtilo at the
outskirts of Maiduguri, towards Damaturu. I
even took some jotting of his statement before
we later left him with the Sector-6 officials of
the Civilian-JTF. I did not take his
photograph but some of our local hunters who
had camera phones did. Unfortunately, all of
them had gone back to their various localities
after the state government had disbanded us
last week.”
LEADERSHIP cannot independently verify this
report, even though many members of the
Civilian-JTF in the state attested to such
incident happening. None could tell the
whereabouts of the Boko Haram kingpin,
Hassan Ali.

Onaiyekan Writes On Sultan, Nigeria Muslims And Boko Haram

John Cardinal Onaiyekan
— May 30, 2014
Terrorism has no place in Islam….We
must rise up as always, with one voice
to condemn all acts of terrorism,
condemn those terrorists wherever they
are and try our best as Muslims to
ensure peace reigns in our community.”
— Sultan Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III
This is the core of the message of the
Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad
Abubakar III, and President-General of
Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic
Affairs (NSCIA) during a special prayer
session last weekend organised by the
same NSCIA at the Abuja National
Mosque, an event that was widely
covered by the Nigerian media. It was
also given very wide and positive media
coverage here in Rome, starting from the
Vatican Radio. I congratulate the Sultan
for his bold statement. This has given
me the courage to voice out, with all
good intention, a reflection that has
been going through my own mind for
some time now.
For a long time, we used to pride
ourselves as Nigerians for the generally
good relations between our two major
religious communities. We described
ourselves as “the greatest Islamo-
Christian nation in the world”. This is to
highlight the fact that there is no nation
in the world with so many Christians
and so many Muslims living together in
almost equal numbers and largely
peacefully.We saw cases of “inter-
religious” conflicts with loss of life and
property. But we tended to dismiss them
as anomalies occurring a few days in
the year. We attributed this anomaly to
the actions and utterances of a small
group of extremists on both ends of the
religious divide. At other times, we
blame the manipulation, misuse and
abuse of religion by people with other
aims and objectives, political, ethnic
and social. Often, all these factors
merge.
But we soon began to wonder at the
chronic repetition of such “anomalous”
incidents. The role of religion became
ever more evident, whether directly or
indirectly. Most of the violent religious
conflicts featured Muslim extremists
targeting Christian objectives. It has
also been largely a Northern affair. The
records on this are clear.All this has
become drastically exacerbated with the
emergence of the Boko Haram. They
have raised the level of destruction and
ruthlessness to inhuman dimensions.
They have also been carrying out their
murderous activities calling the name of
“Allah” and giving Islam a bad name.
We do not know how many they are, but
they are enough to constitute a major
danger to the entire nation. Like poison,
you need only a little portion to kill
many people. They have also become a
cause of concern for the international
community, having now acquired the
dubious merit of a mention at the
United Nations’ Security Council.
How do we get out of “this very serious
situation” as the Sultan rightly
describes our present predicament? The
abduction of the over 250 schoolgirls is
no doubt very serious, and we pray that
our daughters will return home soon.
But it is only a tragic symptom of the
wider issue of terrorism, which needs to
be addressed from the roots. The
complexity of the problem calls for
many-sided approaches, military, yes,
but also political and economic. Beyond
all this, the religious dimension is what I
particularly want to draw attention to in
this reflection. The government must key
this dimension into its strategies for a
lasting solution to the problem.
Government should abandon its
tendency to close its eyes to the
religious issues. Too little effort is being
made in this direction.
The Muslim community has come out
several times in the past to condemn
the Boko Haram. That is commendable
but not enough. It is also certainly not
helpful to maintain that the terrorists
are not Muslims because they are doing
things that are clearly contrary to what
the majority of Muslims hold. If there is
ever to be any channels of dialogue and
peace-making with the group, it will
necessarily involve Muslim elements
with access to them, people they respect
and will listen to. We see here the
wisdom and importance of the call of
the Sultan.
To go beyond mere condemnation, it
seems to me that there is an urgent
need for an in-house dialogue within the
Nigerian Muslim community. Such a
dialogue would make it possible to
courageously and sincerely deal with
currents and movements that create the
kind of religious climate and atmosphere
in which Boko Haram and similar
groups emerge and thrive. It is not
enough to condemn market bombing,
killing in villages and places of worship
and abduction of innocent schoolgirls.
All this is expected of any right thinking
person. But it is also necessary to
condemn extreme and intolerant
religious positions and attitudes, which
make peace with others impossible. It is
not enough to merely tolerate people of
other faiths, considered perhaps as
undesirable. It is also necessary to
respect the religious convictions of
everyone and accept the reality of our
multi-religious nation as being in the
plan of the One God whom we all
worship.
Our freedom of religion has to do with
freedom to speak the truth of our faiths.
It cannot be license to insult and
denigrate others, less still to foment
violence and hatred. It is surely the duty
of the state to enforce and ensure good
order and deal firmly with all
troublemakers. But it is the greater duty
of religious authorities to promote peace
and harmony among God’s children in
our nation.Every effort in this direction
deserves the encouragement of the
entire nation, starting with government.
The Christian community too should
welcome and support such efforts, with
a view to “close ranks as Nigerians”, as
the Sultan has wisely suggested. In this
regard, we must say that this is hardly
the time for the Nigerian Inter-religious
Council, (NIREC) to go into a slumber.
We should all wake up to salvage our
nation, before it becomes too late.
Cardinal Onaiyekan is the Roman
Catholic Archbishop of Abuja and Co-
Chair, World Council for Religious
Leaders (WCRL). This piece is the fourth
in the series of his “Letters from Rome.”

Chibok Girls: New Documents Dispute WAEC, Police Claims

Leadership Editors
— May 30, 2014
Contrary to insinuations by the West
African Examination Council (WAEC)
that it had warned the Borno State
government against conducting
examinations in Chibok, Borno State,
fresh facts have emerged from the
Borno State government indicating that
there was no such warning from the
examination body before the unfortunate
abduction of over 200 school girls in
Chibok.
On Friday, May 2, 2014, the head of the
national office of the WAEC in Nigeria,
Charles Eguridu revealed that the WAEC
had specifically warned that Chibok
wasn’t safe for the May/June 2014
West African Senior School Certificate
Examinations (WASSCE) but that
Governor Kashim Shettima overruled the
warning and insisted that the
examinations be held, as he was going
to provide adequate security.
Documents made available to
LEADERSHIP FRIDAY show that, while
the examination body requested for
security measures at examination
centres, it did not single out Chibok as
it claimed earlier in the month. A copy
of a letter written by the WAEC, with
reference number MD/ZO/OA/10/203,
dated March 19, 2014, and signed by
F.M Gaiya, zonal coordinator of the
exam body who wrote on behalf of the
council’s national headquarters, suggest
that the council did not single out
Chibok as “unsafe”, while the council
actually made preparations alongside
the state government to conduct
examinations in all centres. It was,
however, true that the council raised
issues of security which it did by
requesting the Borno government to
provide security in all the centres. By
the documents, it is clear that there was
no particular emphasis on Chibok as
Eguridu, other federal officials and
politicians, including the national
chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic
Party (PDP), Ahmad Adamu Muazu,
seemed to imply.
In the letter, titled “urgent intervention
towards the conduct of the May/June
2014 WASSCE in Borno State,” the zonal
coordinator, whose letter was directed to
the Borno State deputy governor,
Zannah Umar Mustapha, said “Your
Excellency (deputy governor); following
my visit to your office with the
honourable commissioner for education
in the presence of the director, ERC, on
ways of conducting a hitch-free 2014
WASSCE in the State, I wish to
passionately make the following request
for the duration of the examination
(copy of time table attached); Provision
of three (3) pick-up vehicles to convey
security (sensitive exam) materials on
three routes from Maiduguri-Biu (daily);
Maiduguri-Auno (daily) and Maiduguri
to Askira-Lassa-Chibok (twice weekly).”
Communications between the council
and the Borno State government show
that Government Girls Secondary School,
Chibok, was among other schools where
the council planned to conduct its
examination.
Also, correspondence between the Borno
State government and the commissioner
of police show that in a letter dated
March 20, 2014, with reference number
SEC/282/GH/T.I/109, signed by M. M
Gana, the chief administration officer,
special services (security) at the
Government House Maiduguri, it is
evident that the Borno State government
promptly wrote to the Borno State Police
Commissioner, Lawal Tanko, requesting
for security to be provided for all
examination centres in the state
(including Chibok),for the duration of
the May/June 2014 WASSCE
examinations.
This is contrary to statements by the
Borno State Commissioner of Police,
that the police was requested to provide
security in Chibok, only during the day.
Meanwhile, another letter sent from the
office of the minister of state for
education which the supervising
minister claimed he used in warning the
Borno State government against
conducting the WASSCE in Chibok was
said to have focused entirely on ‘Unity
Schools’ – requesting the Borno State
government to move SS3 students from
all federal colleges in the state to
Maiduguri for the May/June exams –
given that they are relatively fewer than
those in government-owned schools. By
the letter, the minister keyed into the
model adopted by the Borno State
government, which collapsed students in
fewer examination centres as against
over 100 located in over 80 public
secondary and private schools across
the state.
The minister has neither controlling nor
advisory powers over schools owned by
Borno State government and, as such,
he couldn’t have directed the Borno
government not to conduct exams in
Chibok.
Last week, the supervising minister of
education, Nyesom Wike, reportedly said
that he wrote, advising the state
government not to hold examinations in
Chibok.
Also relating to the Chibok incident, the
council had written another letter to the
Borno State government with reference
number MD/ZO/OA/10/204, dated May
10, 2014,titled “May/June 2014
WASSCE-logistics for conduct of
examinations,” and signed by the WAEC
zonal coordinator, F.M. Gaiya, as a
follow-up, showed that the council made
a submission to the Borno State
government, demanding the release of
N1.668m out of which the government
released N1.5m which the zonal
coordinator received.
All the correspondences seem to
suggest that both the WAEC and the
Borno State government did not
anticipate any form of security
challenges in Chibok.