June 6: Coalition of Arewa Youths gives Igbo living in the North up till October 1 to quit over agitation for Biafra by the Indigeneous People of Biafra (IPOB).
June 7: Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State, at a press conference in Kaduna, orders arrest of members of the groups which gave the Igbo three-month ultimatum to leave the North.
June 8: Northern States Governors Forum Chairman Kashim Shettima condemns quit notice, says security agencies have taken measures to guarantee the rights of all Nigerians living in any part of the North.
June 8: The Inspector General of Police Ibrahim Idris orders Assistant Inspectors General of Police and State Commissioners of Police in the North to arrest the brains behind the Igbo quit notice.
June 8: UN resident coordinator in Nigeria Edward Kallon calls for peace in the country, urges the different ethnic groups to be more tolerant of one another.
June 10: Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State says he aligns himself with the position of northern governors on the quit notice issued to Igbo by Arewa youth groups.
June 13: President-general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, John Nwodo, accuses the federal government of inaction on the quit notice given to the Igbo in the north by Arewa youth groups.
June 14: Information Minister Lai Mohammed, emerging from the weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council, assures Igbo residing in the North of their safety. Says no cause for panic over quit notice.
June 18: The Department of State Services (DSS) says it has launched an investigation to unmask the sponsors of hate campaigns and the quit notice order.
June 18: Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, at a meeting with traditional rulers from the five Southeast states in Abuja says the agitation for Biafra and the quit notice issued to the Igbo by northern groups are violations of the country’s constitution.
June 19: Acting President Yemi Osinbajo at meeting with traditional rulers from the north says Nigeria country “ought to remain, must remain a united country.”
June 28: Shettima Yerima, leader of the Arewa Youths Consultative Forum that asked Igbo to quit the north, says he is not running away from the police for possible arrest.
July 18: The Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State Biafra (MASSOB) declares August as the month of “mass return” for Igbo living in the northern region.
August 4: Leaders of the northern coalition groups and representatives of the Igbo resident in the north meet in Kano,set up 10-man committee to look into the quit notice which Arewa youth issued to the Igbo in the north.
August 12: Interior Minister Abdulrahman Dambazau says authors of Igbo quit notice are not arrested because they claimed to have been misquoted by the media on the matter.
August 24: The Arewa Youths Consultative Forum (AYCF) withdraws the quit notice issued to the Igbo living in the northern part of the country.
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Timeline on hate speech
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Timeline: Kidnapped Chibok girls, three years after
April 2014: Boko Haram extremists kidnap 276 schoolgirls from Chibok in northern Nigeria, the region where the insurgency emerged several years ago.
November 2014: Extremists seize Chibok, and Nigerian army takes back the town.
May 2015: New President Muhammadu Buhari is sworn in, pledging to tackle Boko Haram “head-on.”
April 13, 2016: Boko Haram video appears to show some of the Chibok girls, and tearful mothers recognize their daughters.
May 18, 2016: Relative says one of the Chibok girls is found, pregnant, in a forest; pressure grows on Nigeria’s government to rescue the others.
Aug. 14, 2016: Boko Haram video says some Chibok girls are killed in airstrikes and demands release of extremists in exchange for the other girls’ freedom.
Oct. 13, 2016: Spokesman for Nigeria’s president confirms 21 Chibok girls have been freed, a result of government negotiations with Boko Haram. Nigeria’s government says another 83 girls would be released “very soon.”
Nov. 5, 2016: Military announces the first army rescue of a Chibok girl, during a raid on a forest hideout.
Dec. 24, 2016: Nigeria’s president declares that Boko Haram has been crushed, driven from its last forest hideout.
Jan. 5, 2017: Nigeria’s army says soldiers find one of the schoolgirls wandering in the bush near the forest stronghold.
April 14, 2017: Nigerians mark three years since the mass abduction.
May 6, 2017: Nigerian official says another group of schoolgirls is released.
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Fed Govt approves 48hr for import, export trade deals timeline
The Federal Government has approved the reduction of documentation requirements and timeline for import and export trade transactions to 48 hours.
A circular to authorised dealers, signed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Director, Trade and Exchange Department, W.D. Gotring explained that the revised documentation requirements and timeline for processing Form ‘NXP’ include the Revised Import Documentation: Bill of lading, Certificate of Origin (formerly Combined Certificate of Value of Origin), Commercial Invoice and Exit Note (formerly Exit Gate).
Other documentations are Form ‘M’, Packing List, Single Goods Declaration and Product Certificate. Other revised export documentation include Bill of Lading, Certificate of Origin, Commercial Invoice, Single Goods Declaration, Nigerian Export Proceeds (NXP) Form, Clean Certificate of Inspection (CCI).
The CBN said the timeline for processing Form ‘NXP’ by the authorised dealers shall be a maximum of 48 hours from the receipt of the application subject to appropriate documentation.
“Authorised dealers shall submit returns to the CBN on compliance with the 48 hours timeline. All authorised dealers are therefore advised to note and bring the provisions of the circular to the attention of their customers,” the circular explained.
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Important timeline of Chibok girls’ abduction
April 14: The Government Girls Secondary School in the village of Chibok reopened for exams. Armed men in Nigerian military uniform stormed into the school at night, telling the girls they would take them to safety. The students soon realized the men were not real soldiers; they were actually from Boko Haram, a terrorist group based in northeastern of Nigeria whose name figuratively means “Western education is a sin”.
April 16: The government of Borno state announce a reward of $300,000 for information leading to the rescue of the school girls. Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan calls a National Security Council meeting in Abuja to review security measures to determine the best way forward. The Nigerian military issued a statement that almost all of the girls had been freed. The next day, the military retracted their claim.
April 24: Parents of the missing girls and other Nigerians take to social media to call the attention of the international community to their plight and to put pressure on the Nigerian government to take action. Ibrahim M. Abdullahi, a lawyer in Abuja, sends the first tweet using the hashtag #BringBackOurGirls.
April 30: The “Million-Woman March, held in Abuja, gathers about 500 people who were mostly women dressed in red. They marched to the National Assembly and delivered a letter, complaining that the government was not doing enough to ensure the release of the girls.
May 2: President Goodluck Jonathan announces a “fact-finding committee” to help in the search of the girls. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced that Washington “will do everything possible to support the Nigerian government to return these young women to their homes and hold the perpetrators to justice. That is our responsibility and the world’s responsibility.”
May 5: In a video statement, Boko Haram leader acknowledges that his group was responsible for the kidnapping of the schoolgirls. He declares the students “will remain slaves with us”. The White House confirms that the United States is helping Nigeria in the quest to find and free the abducted schoolgirls. There is some speculation that the girls may have been moved into nearby countries.
May 7: Boko Haram attacks the Nigerian village of Gamboru Ngala on the border with Cameroon. Over 300 people are killed in the attack. In Paris, French president François Hollande offers Nigeria a “special team” to look for the girls and Britain says it will send a team of experts to Nigeria to help with the crisis. China’s Premier Li Keqiang, on a visit to Abuja, promises that his country will make any useful information acquired by its satellites and intelligence services available to Nigeria’s security agencies.
May 12: In a new Boko Haram video, the leader of the group Abubakar Shekau claims to show the missing Nigerian schoolgirls. The girls say they have converted to Islam and the terrorist group declares they will release the schoolgirls in exchange for all imprisoned militants.
May 17: United Kingdom’s Foreign Secretary, William Hague, President Goodluck Jonathan and French President, François Hollande are among attendees of a summit in Paris on the growing threat of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram. William Hague offered Nigeria assistance in the form of military advisors, but has insisted that the country must take its security responsibility seriously in the face of ongoing attacks from Boko Haram.
May 21: Nigeria’s Ambassador to the US Professor Ade Adefuye responds to disparaging remarks made by Senator McCain at a meeting in Washington DC. He said the Nigerian government was doing everything possible to secure the safe release of the Girls and assured that #our girls will be back.
May 27: The military says it knows where the girls abducted by Boko Haram are, but ruled out using force to rescue them. Nigeria’s president was sent a new video of the schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in which they plead with him to spare their lives through a prisoner swap. The Nigerian government has denied that any deal was on the table, and has so far neither confirmed nor denied the existence of the video.
July 12: Pakistani human rights activist Malala Yousafzai visits Abuja and meets, first with five of the girls who escaped (July 13), and then with the President (July 14).
July 15: Jonathan’s planned meeting fails to hold as the parents reportedly cancel it the very last moment. Goodluck Jonathan blames #BringBackOurGirls campaigners for whisking away the parents who were to visit him at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
July 16: Parents explain that they did not shun the meeting with President intentionally, but were unaware of it saying they received the invitation already on the day of the visit scheduled by Jonathan.
July 17: Presidency sends another letter to the girls’ parents and the event gets rescheduled to the next week.
July 22: Jonathan meets with the parents of the Chibok girls at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
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Timeline of Boko Haram attacks
July 23: The Boko Haram insurgents attacked Kaduna killing about 39 people and injuring many others
July 14, 2014: The insurgents descended on Borno killing over 26 people and injuring many others
June 23, 2014: Boko Haram attacked the city Kano killing over 12 people and injuring manyothers
June 1, 2014: Boko Haram attacked Mudi killing over 40 people and injuring many others
May 31, 2014: Boko Haram attacked Kala Balge killing 40 people and injuring several others
May 27, 2014: Boko Haram attacked Borno killing 48 people and injuring several others
May 25, 2014: Boko Haram attacked Yobe killing 54 people and injuring several others
May 21, 2014: Boko Haram attacked Chikongudo killing 25 people and injuring several others
May 20, 2014: Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram attacked Jos killing 108 and injuring 56
May 18, 2014: Boko Haram attacked Kano killing 4 people and injuring several others
May 5, 2014: Boko Haram attacked Gamboru Ngala killing several people and injuring several others
May 1, 2014: Boko Haram attacked Abuja killing 19 people and injuring several others
April 14, 2014: Boko Haram attacked Abuja killing 88 people and injuring several others
April 10, 2014: Boko Haram attacked Dikwa killing 8 people and injuring several others
April 10, 2014: Boko Haram attacked Bala Balge killing 60 people and injuring several others
March 1, 2014: Boko Haram attacked Mainokri killing 39 people and injuring several others
March 1, 2014: Boko Haram attacked Maiduguri killing 51 people and injuring several others
February 25, 2014: Boko Haram attacked Buni Yadi killing 59 people and injuring several others
February 19, 2014: Boko Haram attacked Bama killing 60 people and injuring several others
February 16, 2014:: Boko Haram attacked a village in Borno killing 90 and injuring several others
February 12, 2014: Boko Haram attacked Konduga killing 39 people and injuring several others
July 6, 2013: Boko Haram attacked Yobe killing 42 people and injuring several others
May 7, 2013: Boko Haram attacked Bama killing 55 and injuring several others
July 30, 2012: Boko Haram attacked Zaria killing 5 and injuring several others
June 3, 2012: Boko Haram attacked Bauchi killing 12 and injuring several others
April 30, 2012: Gunmen attacked Taraba killing 11 and injuring several others
April 29, 2012: Boko Haram attacked Bayero University, Kano killing 16 and injuring several others
April 26, 2012: Boko Haram attacked Abuja killing six and injuring several others
April 25, 2012: Boko Haram attacked Maiduguri Police Headquaters killing seven and injuring many
April 8, 2012: Boko Haram attacked Kaduna killing 40 and injuring several others
April 8, 2012: Boko Haram attacked another church in Jos killing 20 and injuring several others
March 24, 2012: Boko Haram attacked Kano killing two and injuring unspecified number of people
March 11, 2012: Boko Haram attacked a church in Jos killing 10 and injuring several others
February 3, 2012: Boko Haram attacked a police station in Kogi State killing four people
Jan 22, 2012: Boko Haram attacked Bauchi, killing 11 people and injuring several others
18 Jan 2012: A key suspect in the 2011 Christmas Day bombing in Abuja, which killed more than 40 people, escapes police custody.
17 Jan 2012: Two soldiers and four BH gunmen are killed in an attack on a military checkpoint in Maiduguri, Borno State. Soldiers arrest six high-profile BH members in a raid on a sect hideout in the city.
13 Jan 2012: Boko Haram kills four and injures two others, including a policeman, in two separate attacks on pubs in Yola (Adawama State) and Gombe city in neighbouring Gombe State.
11 Jan 2012: Four Christians killed by Boko Haram gunmen in Potiskum, Yobe State, when gunmen open fire on their car as they stop for fuel. The victims had been fleeing Maiduguri to their home town in eastern Nigeria.
10 Jan 2012: A Boko Haram attack on a beer garden kills eight, including five policemen and a teenage girl, in Damaturu, capital of Yobe State.
9 Jan 2012: Boko Haram gunmen shoot dead a secret police operative along with his civilian friend as they leave a mosque in Biu, Borno State, 200km south of the state capital, Maiduguri. The president says BH has infiltrated the executive, parliamentary and judicial wings of government.
7 Jan 2012: Three Christian poker players are killed and seven others wounded by BH gunmen in the town of Biu.
6 Jan 2012: Eight worshippers are killed in a shooting attack on a church in Yola. Boko Haram gunmen shoot dead 17 Christian mourners in the town of Mubi in the northeastern state of Adamawa. The victims are friends and relations of one of five people killed in a BH attack on a hotel the previous day.
5 Jan 2012: Six worshippers are killed and 10 others wounded when Boko Haram gunmen attack a church in Gombe city.
3 Jan 2012: Boko Haram gunmen attack a police station in the town of Birniwa in Jigawa State killing a teenage girl and wounding a police officer.
1 Jan 2012: President Goodluck Jonathan imposes a state of emergency on 15 local government areas hardest-hit by BH attacks, in Borno, Yobe and Plateau states. He orders the closure of Nigerian borders in the north.
30 Dec 2011: Four Muslim worshippers are killed in a BH bomb and shooting attack targeting a military checkpoint in Maiduguri as worshippers leave a mosque after attending Friday prayers.
28 Dec 2011: A bombing and shooting attack by BH on a beer parlour in the town of Mubi, Adamawa State, wounds 15.
25 Dec 2011: A Christmas Day BH bomb attack on Saint Theresa Catholic Church in Madalla town near Abuja kills 42 worshippers. Three secret police (SSS) operatives and a BH bomber are killed in a suicide attack when the bomber rams his bomb-laden car into a military convoy at the gates of SSS headquarters in Damaturu. A policeman is killed in a botched BH bomb attack on a church in the Ray Field area of Jos, capital of Plateau State.
22 Dec 2011: BH bombs in parts of Maiduguri kill 20. Four policemen and a civilian are killed in gun and bomb attacks on a police building in Potiskum, Yobe State. Around 100 are killed following multiple bomb and shooting attacks by BH gunmen and ensuing gun battles with troops in the Pompomari outskirts of Damaturu.
19 Dec 2011: One suspected BH member dies and two others wounded in an accidental explosion while assembling a home-made bomb in a hideout in Damaturu.
17 Dec 2011: A shootout between sect members and policemen following a raid on the hideout of a BH sect leader in the Darmanawa area of Kano State kills seven, including three police officers. Police arrest 14 BH suspects and seize large amount of arms and bombs. Three BH members die in an accidental explosion while assembling home-made bombs in a hideout on the outskirts of Maiduguri.
13 Dec 2011: A bomb attack on a military checkpoint by BH and resulting shooting by soldiers in Maiduguri leaves 10 dead and 30 injured.
7 Dec 2011: An explosion linked to BH kills eight in the Oriyapata district of Kaduna city.
4 Dec 2011: A soldier, a policeman and a civilian are killed in bomb and gun attacks on police buildings and two banks in Azare, Bauchi State. BH open fire at a wedding in Maiduguri, killing the groom and a guest.
27 Nov 2011: A Borno State protocol officer in the office of the governor is shot dead by motorcycle-riding sect members while driving home.
26 Nov 2011: Three policemen and a civilian are wounded in BH bomb and shooting attacks in Geidam, Yobe State. Six churches, a police station, a beer parlour, a shopping complex, a high court, a local council building and 11 cars are burnt in the attacks.
9 Nov 2011: BH members bomb a police station and the office of Nigeria’s road safety agency in Maina village, Borno State. No one is hurt.
4 Nov 2011: The motorcade of Borno State governor Kashim Shettima comes under BH bomb attack in Maiduguri on its way from the airport to the governor’s residence as he returns from a trip to Abuja. Around 150 are killed in coordinated BH bombing and shooting attacks on police facilities in Damaturu and Potiskum in Yobe State. Two BH suicide-bombers blow themselves up outside the military Joint Task Force headquarters in Maiduguri in a botched suicide attack.
2 Nov 2011: A soldier on duty is shot dead by sect members outside Maiduguri’s main market.
November 2011: BH says it will not dialogue with the government until all of its members who have been arrested are released.
29 Oct 2011: BH gunmen shoot dead Muslim cleric Sheikh Ali Jana’a outside his home in the Bulabulin Ngarnam neighbourhood of Maiduguri. Jana’a is known to have provided information to security forces regarding the sect.
25 Oct 2011: A policeman is shot dead in his house in a targeted attack by BH gunmen in Damaturu.
23 Oct 2011: Sect members open fire on a market in the town of Katari in Kaduna State, killing two.
23 Oct 2011: BH members kill a policeman and a bank security guard in bombing and shooting attacks on a police station and two banks in Saminaka, Kaduna State.
3 October 2011: Three killed in BH attacks on Baga market in Maiduguri, Borno State. The victims included a tea-seller, a drug store owner and a passer-by.
1 October 2011: A butcher and his assistant are killed by BH gunmen at Baga market in Maiduguri in a targeted killing. In a separate incident, three people are killed in a shoot-out following BH bomb and shooting attacks on a military patrol vehicle delivering food to soldiers at a checkpoint in Maiduguri. All three victims are civilians.
17 September 2011: Babakura Fugu, brother-in-law to slain BH leader Mohammed Yusuf, is shot dead outside his house in Maiduguri two days after attending a peace meeting with Nigeria’s ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo in the city. BH denies any involvement in the incident.
13 September 2011: Four soldiers shot and wounded in an ambush by BH members in Maiduguri shortly after the arrest of 15 sect members in military raids on BH hideouts in the city.
12 September 2011: Seven men, including four policemen, are killed by BH gunmen in bomb and shooting attacks on a police station and a bank in Misau, Bauchi State. The attackers rob the bank.
4 September 2011: Muslim cleric Malam Dala shot dead by two BH members outside his home in the Zinnari area of Maiduguri.
1 September 2011: A shootout between BH gunmen and soldiers in Song, Adamawa State, kills one sect members while another is injured and captured.
26 August 2011: BH claims responsibility for a suicide bomb blast on the UN compound in Abuja, killing 23 people.
25 August 2011: Gun and bomb attacks by BH on two police stations and two banks in Gombi, Adamawa State, kill at least 16 people, including seven policemen.
3 August 2011: The government rejects negotiations with BH.
July 2011: Government says it will open a negotiation panel to initiate negotiations with BH.
27 June 2011: BH’s gun and bomb attack on a beer garden in Maiduguri leaves at least 25 dead and dozens injured.
20 June 2011: Seven people including five policemen killed in gun and bomb attacks on a police station and a bank in Kankara, Katsina State.
16 June 2011: BH targets national police headquarters in Abuja, killing two.
7 June 2011: Attacks on a church and two police posts in Maiduguri, blamed on the sect, leave at least 14 dead.
6 June 2011: Muslim cleric Ibrahim Birkuti, critical of BH, shot dead by two motorcycle-riding BH gunmen outside his house in Biu, 200km from Maiduguri.
29 May 2011: Three bombs rip through a beer garden in a military barracks in the northern city of Bauchi, killing 13 and wounding 33. BH claims responsibility.
27 May 2011: A group of around 70 suspected BH gunmen kill eight people including four policemen in simultaneous gun and bomb attacks on a police station, a police barracks and a bank in Damboa, Borno State, near the border with Chad.
29 December 2010: Suspected BH gunmen shoot dead eight people in Maiduguri, including the governorship candidate of the ruling All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) in Borno State.
24 and 27 December 2010: A series of attacks claimed by BH in the central city of Jos and Maiduguri kill at least 86.
7 September 2010: A group of BH gunmen free over 700 inmates including around 100 sect members from a prison in Bauchi. Four people including a soldier, one policeman and two residents were killed in the raid.
26 July 2009: BH launches a short-lived uprising in parts of the north, which is quelled by a military crackdown that leaves more than 800 dead – mostly sect members, including BH leader Mohammed Yusuf. A mosque in the capital of Borno State (Maiduguri) that served as a sect headquarters is burnt down.
11-12 June 2009: BH leader Mohammed Yusuf threatens reprisals in a video recording to the president following the killing of 17 BH members in a joint military and police operation in Borno State. This was after a disagreement over BH members’ alleged refusal to use crash helmets while in a funeral procession to bury members who had died in a car accident.
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Micro-refinance firms get four-month accounts’ timeline
Micro-refinance companies (MRCs) are required to publish their audited financial statements four months after the close of their financial year, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said.
CBN Director, Other Financial Institutions Supervision, Olufemi Fabamwo said this is in accordance with Section 27(1) of Banks and Other Financial Institutions Act (BOFIA), 2005.
The MRCs, he said, must submit their audited financial statements and the abridged version of the accounts to his office for approval before publication. He said every published account should disclose in details, penalties paid for contravention of the law, policy, circulars and guidelines in force during the financial year in question and the auditor’s report would reflect such contravention(s).
He said a new framework has been approved for the subsector by CBN, providing for the licensing and establishment of MRCs as specialised second-tier institution, which would provide short-term liquidity, long-term funding and/or guarantees to mortgage originators and housing finance lenders.
He said the establishment of MRC is aimed at increasing the liquidity within the mortgage sub-sector and availability of mortgage credit in the country. It will also reduce mortgage, related costs, and make residential housing more affordable.
Fabamwo also specified the standards and criteria for, and timing of, periodic assessments of the creditworthiness of borrowers, obligors, or other counterparties, and for the establishment of credit limits.
The CBN director said the fees to be charged for obtaining, or pre-paying, advances, including any schedules or formulas pertaining to such fees must be specified. To be specified too are the standards and criteria for the pricing of the MRC’s products, including differential pricing of advances.
“The number of directors on the board of the MRC will be a minimum of seven and a maximum of 15 while the non-executive members must be at least twice the number of the executive directors at any point in time. The CBN will approve the appointment of each director who meets the qualifications for licensed bank directors as specified in the Banking and Other Financial Institutions Act (BOFIA), or as may be specified by the bank from time to time,” he said.
Also, executive directors of the MRC is to hold office for a fixed term of not more than five years and such term may be renewed only once, while non-executive directors shall serve for a fixed term of not more than four years and such term may be renewed only twice.
He said the maximum tenure of an executive director will not exceed 10 years while a non-executive director will not serve for periods exceeding 12 years in total.
Fabamwo explained that the internal control framework adopted by the MRC should be developed in line with key components of the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission’s Integrated Framework for Internal Control (2004) and should comprise the control environment, risk assessment, control activities, information and communication and monitoring.
