Turkey Shoots Down Russian Jet!

Turkey has claimed responsibility for shooting down a Russian fighter jet tresspassing on its air space in Haritan,  a town in northern Syria, after reporetdly issuing series of warnings on Teusday, 24th November.

Russian President, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin has described the act as "a stab in the back". 

Gubernatorial Election Winner Dies Shortly After Polls Result Was Announced!

Just before the Kogi state's (Central Nigeria)  November 21st gubernatorial election results was announced, the All Progressives Congress's (APC) candidate who leads in the polls which is said to be 'inconclusive' by INEC, Abubakar Audu,  from Ogbonicha-Alloma in Ofu local government in Kogi state, passed on, Sunday November 22, after he suddenly took ill and was rushed to Abuja in preparation to being flown abroad. 

Prince Abubakar Audu made history by being the only candidate to have contested every governorship election since May 1999 in which he won and was governor until May 2003, and losing in 2003, 2007 and 2011. Before then, he was Kogi state Governor from January 1992 to November 1993. 

Abubakar Audu was aged 68.

Buhari Visits Iran!

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari in Tehran, Iran for the 3rd Summit of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum.

Fuel Cue Persists In Lagos!

Fuel cue persists in Lagos, takes over most part of major roads, causing serious traffic jam as majority of the gas stations hoard their products in anticipation of price hike...

When will this ever end???

Corruption, The Accused And Ailment In Nigeria!

Welcome to the 2nd edition of Roving Informant Dialogue where we satirically but critically analyse issues that burn.

The dialogue continues at a newspaper stand, located at a busy bus-stop in a major city in Nigeria.

After 'reader 1' left the scene, Baba turned to the vendor....

Baba: I overheard you discussing with Mr. Onyedika, has he finally gotten a job?

Vendor: I pray so, the man has suffered a lot, he said a company is looking for a temporary driver for their Oga whose driver traveled. I pray everything goes well and he is taken, if not for any thing, for the time being.

Baba: That young man is very intelligent, I wonder why people like him will be left scouting for jobs even after obtaining a first degree.

Vendor :(cuts-in) Mr. Onyedika is a first class graduate nah...an engineer by training.

Reader 3: Is that not why I initially dint want to go school in the first instant? I only went to satisfy my father especially, now where is the job? after wasting 7 years of my time for a supposedly '4-year- Biz admin program' due to unnecessary strikes. I wanted to go straight into music, I am now on it though. Very soon you guys will be watching me perform on t.v. (he said with an attitude).

Baba: You studied Business Admin, in a State University and you are about ending up as a musician, your own is understandable, by mere looking at you, one can tell you'r not cut out for a regular 8 - 5 job. Mr Onyedika's case makes me weep for the future of Nigeria. Imagine a very intelligent graduate taking up a temporary driving job just because he can not get any engineering jobs anywhere.

A middle aged Man (Reader 4) enters the scene, takes a daily and flips through...

Reader 4: Let me flip through before settling for one I can pay to read.

Reader 3: Has anyone seen this stealing case on Dasuki, the former Security Adviser? 

Baba: Another stealing charges..how much did they say he stole?

Reader 4: More than $2 billion meant to buy weapons for the military to fight Islamic militant Boko Haram rebels.

Reader 3:(mumbles almost to himself) ...and I am here looking for =N=500k to wax my album. 

Baba: You are talking about 'waxing album'....what of the likes of Mr. Onyedika all over the nation who cant get a job in their line of study and have to end up taking a job way below their educational level just to survive, is it not one of the effects of corruption in this country? what about the many innocent citizens that died in the hands of boko-haram people, just because the Nigerian Army were not equipped to take them on?

Reader 4: And they will debate this case until it is forgotten...then the accused goes on to enjoy their 'ill-gotten' wealth.

Reader 3: And rub it on our faces ooo. Their children will fly private jets to anywhere...even when they want to go to the toilet, buy properties in the best parts of the most beautiful countries around the world, and then snatch our babes as 'aristos'...We don suffer.

vendor: 'laughs'....then when they are caught and summoned they will suddenly fall ill...then request to be flown abroad...same story.... same pattern.

Reader 3: Or they will fain accident...and fly abroad to be treated of bruises....then they will flood social media with pictures of them in hospital or recovering, generate sympathy, then the ones tasked to go after them will  join in the loot too...and case closed...every time, same story..

Baba: But waitooo, why is it that it is only when they are summoned to answer stealing allegation queries that they suddenly fall ill...don't get me wrong, I am not saying that they are not truly ill, but if they had not been charges of corruption hanging on their necks, will they still claim ailment?

'Every one chorused': For where...

Baba: I hope this administration takes this corruption thing seriously and make them return every dime they embezzled or face prison. 

Visibly angry Baba paused to catch his breath then continues..."They should return our money and go collect bed spaces at kiri-kiri maximum to serve as a deterrent to the ones planing to follow suite. That is where they should be, with hardened criminals, that place is not only for petty thieves who stole maggi and cigar, stealing is stealing period. Otherwise I honestly fear for our future.

He then puts the newspaper he was holding  back to the stand, turns to the vendor and said:..."It is time for my breakfast, I need to run along".

Reader 3: Let me run along as well...I have like a thousand and one things to do.  made to bolt...but the vendor grabs his hand...he reaches into his side pocket and hands the vendor a rumbled =N=50 note...then takes off.
Dialogue copyright: Oby Denis 

For our 1st edition see: http://rovinginformant.blogspot.com.ng/2015/11/roving-informant-weekly-dialogue.html

Gunmen Attack Radison Blu in Bamako, 170 Taken Hostage!

News reports has it that about 170 people, 140 guests and 30 employees at the U.S owned Radison Blu Hotel in Bamako, the capital city of Mali- West Africa, are currently taken hostage by gunmen on Friday, 20th November.

Information revealed that two gunmen shot the security at the gate before gaining entrance in, where they locked the guests in the 190 room hotel. 

Six Turkish Airline officials, seven Chinese,  and French citizen(s) are believed to be in the hotel. Mali's security forces are storming the besieged hotel. 

It was rumored that Africa's richest man, Nigerian born Aliko Dangote was among guests at the hotel at the time of the incident, but Dangote has cleared the air in a tweet saying: "Rumour about me being held hostage is false. I was in Mali yesterday.Thank you for your concern. My prayers with those involved.".

Chinese Police Kills 28 Members of A Terrorists Group!

In what was described as "the bloodiest of such operations in months and as Beijing denounces Western "double standards" in the wake of the Paris attacks", Chinese authorities on Friday, 20th November said  the Police killed 28 members of a terrorist group in the mainly Muslim Xinjiang region, North-West - China. 



It was gathered that the killing, which was the first official confirmation of both the attack on the mine and its aftermath, took place over the course of a 56-day manhunt following an attack on a colliery in Aksu in September that left 16 people dead, and a thug surrendering.