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AIG MD Abubakar Appointed Acting Inspectoe General of Police

2012-01-26T06:06:00.001Z

The man, MD Abubakar
By Chris Anucha
The Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 12, Bauchi, Mohammed Dikko Abubakar, popularly known as ‘MD Abubakar’ has been appointed as the acting Inspector General of Police. Born on May 5, 1958, MD Abubakar hails from Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara State. He enlisted into the Force as a Cadet Inspector on August 1, 1979.

The acting IGP, who holds Diploma in Administration and Criminology, has meritoriously served the Nigeria Police in many capacities. Important positions he held in the force include, Assistant Commissioner of Police, State CID, Sokoto Police Command; Assistant Commissioner of Police, Federal Operations, Force Headquarters, Lagos; and Assistant Commissioner of Police, Airport Police Command (MMIA), Lagos. The Acting IG is a committed Crime Fighter (Operational Man) who served as Deputy Commissioner of Police (Administration), Lagos State Police Command.

On his elevation to the position of Commissioner of Police, he served as a substantive Commissioner of Police in charge of many Police Commands across the Federation. Some of these are: Plateau, Abia, Kwara, Kano, Airport and Lagos State Police Commands. Abubakar, while a Police Commissioner in Lagos, was in the habit of paying surprise visits to Commands and Divisional Headquarters at very odd hours. He was also noted for patrolling the city at nights in unofficial vehicles. Sometimes, he disguised himself to be able to catch his men in the act.

An amiable and intelligent officer, he was promoted to the rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) and he subsequently became the AIG in charge of Zone 2, comprising Lagos and Ogun States. He was also the AIG Zone 5, Benin, comprising of Edo, Delta and Bayelsa States. He was later posted to Zone 6, comprising Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Rivers and Ebonyi States.
A detribalized Nigerian, before his appointment MD Abubakar is currently AIG in charge of Zone 12, Bauchi.

Introduction to Islam

2009-04-08T15:18:00.000+01:00

UNIT 4 - INTRODUCTION TO ISLAM

1. Islam is the second youngest religion. Its history dates back to 570 AD.

2. Its founder Hazrat Mohammed was born in Mecca. His father died before his birth and his mother died when he
was only six. He was looked after first by his grandfather and then by his uncle.

3. SUNNIS & SHIAS:
After Mohammed there were many more Caliphas (successors). Important names are: Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman and
Ali. Ali was later assassinated and his supporters refused to accept later Caliphas and would accept only Ali's
relatives. They were later called Shia Those who believed in the authority of only Mohammed called themselves
Sunnis. They believed Mohammed to be the last and the greatest prophet, the seal of the Prophets.

4. Today, the Sunni make up about 80% of the world Muslim population. The Shias live mainly in Iran, Iraq and
Lebanon.

5. UNITY OF GOD AND PROPHET-HOOD OF MOHAMMED:
Muslims believe in one Almighty God and the prophet-hood of Mohammed. Koran describes Allah with 99 'Adorable
names' and Muslims have 99 beads on their rosaries to help them remember him.

6.Mohammed had 9 wives. He wanted to have a son to succeed him but no son survived him. He was also a warrior
and yet a very devout man of God.

7. FIVE PRAYERS:
Muslims pray five times a day. At daybreak and four other times during the day. The prayer words are:
God is most great. God is most great.
I bear witness that there is no God but God.
I bear witness that Mohammed is the Apostle of God.
Come to prayer. Come to salvation.

8. Muslim can say their prayers, known as 'Namaz', at any place: home, street, college, mosque or a playground.
Head, hands and feet are washed before all the prayers. All prayers are started with the words: 'In the name of God,
the merciful, the compassionate'.

9. MEANING OF ISLAM:
The meaning of the word Islam is 'submission' or surrender to the will of God.

10.The spread of Islam was like a hurricane. Mohammed died in 632 and between 635-651 the countries like Egypt,
Palestine, Syria, Iraq and Iran were converted to Islam. Later it spread to Asia, Europe and America. The country with
largest Muslim population is Indonesia.

11. THE MUSLIM SOURCE:
The main sources to learn Islam are:
@. Qoran,the ancient authoritative Muslim text. For Muslims, the Qoran is a sacred scripture and a book of law. It
is the word of God spoken through Prophet Mohammed.
a. Hadith- the traditions, which began to be recorded during the lifetime of Mohammed. Throughout
Mohammed's lifetime Muslims realised that they could learn not only from what Mohammed had said but also
from his life style and behaviour. A Hadith is a verbal report transmitted by word of mouth.

12. THE SALUTATION:
The most common Muslim salutation is : 'Assalamu aleikum' (peace be upon you). It is an Arabic greeting. The reply
is 'Wa aleikum salam' ( peace be upon you too).
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13. THE DUTIES:
For a practising Muslim, the Muslim law prescribes five duties, known as five pillars of Islam.
0. Kalimah (declaration of truth). A Muslim must accept that 'There is no god but Allah, and Mohammed
is his prophet.'
i. Salat (daily worship): This consists of rakats (prayer sequences) five times a day as follows:
@. At daybreak (fajar): 2 rakats
a. At midday (zuhr): 4 rakats.
b. In the afternoon (asr): 4 rakats.
c. In the evening (maghrib): 3 rakats
d. At night (isha): 4 rakats.
Azzan is the name of call to the faithful to pray. The words of azzan are:
"God is the greatest. I bear witness that there is no God but Allah. I bear witness that Mohammed is the
messenger of Allah. Come to prayer. Come to security. God is the greatest."
According to the time of prayer the rakats and positions to prostrate change.
ii. Zakat (charity for purification): A Muslim must give in charity one-fortieth of his savings.
iii. Saum (fasting): A Muslim must observe the month of Ramadan by fasting. Ramadan is the ninth month
of the Islamic calendar. It marks the time when Mohammed received God's first revelation of the Qoran.
iv. Haj (pilgrimage): A Muslim must go to Mecca once in his lifetime. The normal month to go for Haj is the
12th month of the Islamic calendar. Sixteen kilometres from Mecca Muslims clean themselves and wrap
themselves with two white sheets, one around the waist and other over the left shoulder. A woman must
cover herself with a white burka and must accompany a male relative.

14. In addition to five responsibilities (pillars of Islam), a Muslim must not:
@. drink alcohol
a. eat pork, bacon or ham, or any food prepared in lard.
b. must not take part in gambling
c. must not kill, steal, lie or cheat, and
d. must not commit suicide.
He must:
@. speak oneness of God
a. help the needy and the poor
b. pray daily

15. THE FESTIVALS:
The important Muslim festivals are:
@. Id ul Fitr - It marks the end of Ramadan It is in the ninth month of the Islamic calendar
a. Id ul Zuha - It is the festival of sacrifice. It recalls Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son on the
command of God. A voluntary fast precedes the day of the feast. It is in the twelfth month of the Muslim
calendar.
b. Meelad ul Nabi - the birthday of Prophet Mohammed. It falls in the fourth month of Islamic calendar,
c. Hijrah Day - It marks the day of moving to Medina to avoid the persecution in Mecca. It is called the
New year day for the Muslims.

16. THE QORAN:
The sacred book of the Muslims is Qoran. It is believed that it was revealed to Mohammed by angel Gabriel in a cave
at the mountain Hira, in the month of Ramadan.
After Mohammed's death, his successor Abu Bakar ordered Zaid, a slave freed by Mohammed and later adopted by
him as his son, to collect the writings and memories of Qoran which were written on stones, tree leaves and pieces
of leather.
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The third Calipha, Othman, finding there were differences in various versions of Koran, gave orders for an official
version to be prepared. Zaid was again in charge of this mammoth task. The official version was then sent to all the
Muslim institutions and variant versions were destroyed.

17.The language of Qoran is Arabic. It has 114 chapters (suras). Some of these are headed Mecca and others Medina,
indicating the place where they were revealed to Mohammed. Every Chapter of Qoran but one begins with a caption,
'In the name of God, the compassionate, the merciful.' The chapters are not numbered instead have names of
persons or things mentioned in those chapters e.g., Abraham, Mary, Cow, Bee etc.

18. The text of Koran is that:
@. God is one and his name is Allah
a. The greatest sin is to associate any creature with God and worship him/it instead.
b. The man is servant of God and his duty is submission to his commands and laws.
c. The description of the doomsday and the day of judgement.
d. The laws governing a Muslim both as an individual and a member of Muslim society.

19. According to Muslim law, a Muslim can have four wives. A mutah (temporary) marriage is also allowed to the
traders or other persons who have to spend a major part of their lives away from their families and the household.

20. THE MUSLIM CALENDAR:
The Muslim Calendar dates from 622 AD, the date when Muslim left Mecca and moved to Medina to escape the
persecution of the Meccans,, who at that time were pagans and worshipped a number of gods. It consists of 12 lunar
months different from normal solar year.

21. THE BELIEFS:
Muslims believe in the resurrection of the dead on the day of judgement According to their belief the death is only
an end of a life in body, there is more life to come after death.

22. According to Muslim belief, all humans are born innocent, free from sins. They are free to do either good or bad
deeds. They have the freedom of action. The life after death will be one of reward or punishment depending on what
you have done in this life. If you worship Allah and do good actions then you will have happiness here and hereafter.
Everyone is God's tenant on earth and has a duty towards him.

23. THE MOSQUE:
Mosque is a holy place for the Muslims. The interior of a mosque is walls and open-courts. In it devotees prostrate
on prayer-mats facing towards the direction of Kaaba in Mecca. The direction of Kaaba is marked by a niche in the
wall.

24. No images or statues are allowed in a mosque. The focal points of a mosque are the mehrabs (which show the
direction of Mecca), a lectern, or holder, on which is placed a copy of Koran and a pulpit from which the Imam
preaches his sermons. There are no pews in the mosques.
Friday is the day of assembly. On this day Muslim meet together for prayers in the middle of the day and to hear the
Imam preach his weekly sermon.

25. WHO IS A MUSLIM :
A Muslim believes in the reality of the existence of God and Mohammed as the greatest and the last prophet. A
Muslim further believes in the divinity of Koran and believes that it is a book of God brought in this book world
through Mohammed.
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Eldee The Don - Bosi Gbangba (OFFICIAL VID)

2008-11-11T15:15:00.001Z

Commissioner of Police Lagos, MD Abubakar

2008-04-23T16:01:00.003+01:00

A Bayero University lecturer and a long time friend phoned at 6:am while listening to foreign news. I could not believe anyone calling me at that hour, when I picked up the phone without even the normal greetings, he asked, do you know that Alh. Muhammed Dahiru Abubakar, the former Kano State police commissioner, had been deployed to Kano. I told him I would have been very angry with him if it has been any other news. But it was good news, at least, to start the day with.

He told me that the citizens of Kano were jubilating everywhere. Although the way the police commissioner served in Kano with almost zero crime rate was no different from all other places he served.

Apart from the fact that M.D. Abubakar was transferred out of Kano because he refused to support any political party to rig election in its favour, in Kwara before the election of Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, some group of political party leaders brought over six hundred million naira to bribe the Police, INEC and 55 officials to pave way for them to win, Alh. Muhammed Dahiru Abubakar was the Commissioner of police Kwara State. When efforts made to bribe him failed, he was again transferred out of the state but Kwaran leaders fought back by taking their case to the former President Obasanjo, who ordered the return of the commissioner of police back to Ilorin.

Today, the Kwara State Government of Bukola Saraki has been convinced that if it were any other Police Commissioner in Kwara in 2007 election, the story might be different.

Just a week after Alhaji M.D. Abubakar was sent away from Kano as commissioner of police, Kano saw the worst criminal activities like the day-light armed robbery that took place on April 1, 2007 at popular money exchange market known as WAPA at about 11:00 am.

Two people were instantly killed with about 15 others injured just less than 15 yards to Fagge police station. The armed robbers were said to have arrived at the place in three jeeps with sophisticated weapons, had a field day carrying out their operation and left without any response.

According to the eye witnesses as reported by the Daily Triumph reporters, the robbers carted away several millions of naira both in local and foreign currencies.

Kano State police confirmed the incident when their public relations officer confirmed to newsmen of the incident using a Mercedez Benz, BMW and Honda Cars.

Five days after this incidence, the armed robbers also struck at a bank on Murtala Muhammed Road at about two O’clock without any challenge. Since then, several prominent citizens have been attacked including the writer of this article who was robbed on Zaria-Kano road near Kwanar Dongora town, where I was disposed of things including the gown I was wearing. It was therefore not surprising that the rumors of return of M.D. Abubakar to Kano as police commissioner was greeted with much enthusiasm.

Unfortunately, the rumor became truth. Even the officers and other ranks of Kano State police command were shocked at the turn of event when he was redeployed to Lagos.

Although it is not confirmed by any source, the rumor in town is that some politicians both in PDP, the Kano opposition party, and some important politician in ANPP were behind the change as they believe the presence of M.D. Abubakar in Kano will enhance Governor Shekarau’s achievements despite the fact that his return to Kano was on the orders of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. The security in the state has been very poor with the assassination of a local government chairman and the raiding of a top government functionary said to be very close to the governor.

Infact, it is on record that his removal just a few days to the April 14, governorship election is said to have been caused by those who found him absolutely incorruptible and his non involvement in politics would not allow him or his command to be used politically.

M.D. Abubakar was removed twice as commissioner of police in Kwara State when he refused to accept millions of dollars and naira to perpetuate political rigging.

If M.D. Abubakar had been around, the assassination of Sheikh Jafar Adam would not have been possible and if it were, by now the culprits would indeed have been arrested.

What ever the situation is, Lagos State has been jubilating the deployment of M.D. Abubakar as their police commissioner.

The speeches of welcome delivered to him by the Lagos State governor, Barrister Babatunde Fashola and the Oba of Lagos, a former Assistant Inspector General of Police, clearly shows he is welcome to the State of rising crimes of armed robbery, menace of area boys and 419 in high scale.

Hon. Sidi H. Ali, wrote in from Abuja

Web (2.0) Marketing

2008-01-14T13:56:00.000Z

Large companies such as Google and other Web big boys have invested so much into Web 2.0 this is to say it will become a huge success just as it has yeilded into a good thing as it is growing so hugely and has much taken over in the year 2007. Sites like Gmail are free, search-based webmail service that gives up to 2.5 gigabytes of storage. The backbone of Gmail is a powerful Google search engine that quickly finds any message an account owner has ever sent or received. That means there's no need to file messages in order to find them again.

Ning Website (RealmadridFans)

2008-01-14T13:21:00.000Z

I created my ning network based on a football club in Spain called Real Madrid. Well to add to it this is my favourite club, I am so indepted to it that i almost know everything happening in and out of the club.

This network is made for die hard fans of RealmadridFC not just supporters for the sake of having a team. I try as much as i can to provide all necessary information to make the network huge and successful and to also attract more fans to come and share with me their thoughts and views towards our lovely team. Enter the site through the link REALMADRIDFANS or the Realmadrid fancy font above. Fans can also comment on news being posted and suggest what they think is good for the club. Further more there is a questionier to answer which states things like, what's your best line up? what is your favourite starting line up? who is your best player etc. The idea behind this is to bring more Madrid fans together and share our views and thoughts on the progress of our beloved club as we know the fans are the owners of the club, so we have to have a say.

Media Master

2007-10-23T16:27:00.000+01:00

Media Master

OverView:

I have choosen the Media Master as a Web2.0 site that I would review. Media Master is a free media sharing facility that is designed to enable a user listen, upload, stream media and send media to his/her or other peoples pages and devices, also have access to the media where ever they are in the world as long as they have an active internet connection and a Pc.
Home page
To fully access and play around with the site, I had to register to have control over user areas, have a first time exprience of what the site offers and feels like. The way its been layed out and how user friendly it is to the public.

Taking you inside Media Master: Registration first
Create Account
Just like other similar sites registration is neccessary and basic, just a few steps form selecting a user name (screen Name) putting in an existing email address, creating a password and confirming it thats it! you are in. Not to forget the user is free to edit his/her profile at desired times and as much as want to or needed.

Change profile

Get Started:
A user can actually upload media from a choosen device if selected and save unto his/her page or palylist. It is done on cliking on the import music button found on top of the screen. You can invite friends through your account by sending email invites to your friends. It also allows friends to view each others library. Media master has also got a Library accesesble to every user, its even got a link to AMAZON stores meaning you can upload media from Amazon but the bad thing is y ou have to buy off them, nothing is for free only what you upload from your device.

User friends library/invite friends -- Buy From Amazon

Beware: You might get a little upset when it comes to uploading media to your library, though depending on the speed of your computer. But it's pretty okay for patient user. I felt it was slow for me, but i was patient.

It's a good thing that users can upload music from different devices and so on but one bad thing is you can't upload free music from the internet or other websites as we all know we love free things, so as listening you don't have access to listen to other media from outside the site only whats uploaded and stored in the database that you can access, but obviously only for radio stations which most of us have on phones and so on.

Finished: Conculsion
After so much done, i think its a nice site to have, as it saves user trouble keeping or carrying bulk of records everywhere they go. This actually helps as the it helps keep media safe, sound and would not have to worry about loosing them to people who borrow and never return, unless the database crashes or the site closes down. Its worth checking out as you opinion might be different but so far its nice.

As we all know when we are tired and need to relax we need some nice words to calm us down music can do it because "MUSIC BRINGS LIFE"

Tim O'Reilly on What is Web 2.0?

2007-10-17T11:51:00.001+01:00