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Re: Patience Jonathan Battles Parkinson’s Disease? - SaharaReporters by jude33084(m): 4:46pm On Sep 27, 2012
Kx:


Why all the was she, for pete's sake this woman is alive.

Little wonder why she advised
"We should have love for our [size=20pt]fellow Nigerians irrespective of their NATIONALITY"[/size]. Copyright P.J.2011

Re: Patience Jonathan Battles Parkinson’s Disease? - SaharaReporters by Nobody: 4:46pm On Sep 27, 2012
Can somebody tell me why the thread's topic is carrying the website this Bad news is coming from( Sahara Reporters) definitely Seun and his boiz love their garri, grin grin grin
Re: Patience Jonathan Battles Parkinson’s Disease? - SaharaReporters by tpapi: 4:46pm On Sep 27, 2012
Pataki: When our foolish president cannot explicitly state what is wrong with his wife to the people who voted him in, please allow all sorts of medical reports to be stated about her.

Whether SaharaReporters is right or wrong here is not my bone of contention. My bone of contention lies in an idiotic president who chooses to tell lies to his people about his wife's predicament and condition.

As I once said, so I still maintain: Rest in Pieces, Patience. The blood of innocent poor Nigerians that you and your husband have shed will cry out for justice.
am not surprised 2 hear u killed ur father
Re: Patience Jonathan Battles Parkinson’s Disease? - SaharaReporters by Belmot(m): 4:46pm On Sep 27, 2012
topsyking:
I think govt shld shut down sahara reporter for spreading fake and terrible news., dey will always av sources..dey just sit somewhere and fabricate story to sell their news
sahara reporter is based in new york,so the gov't can't touch them.
Re: Patience Jonathan Battles Parkinson’s Disease? - SaharaReporters by otele(m): 4:47pm On Sep 27, 2012
something is really wrong with this aso rock.
since june 12 1993 it has been haunted
abacha went in, left in a body bag
Abubakar went in, ran out within a year . . . in peace
OBJ went in, came out without stella
yaradua went in . . . . . you know the rest
Now this . . . . . now they will spend all our money treating this woman abroad.

can't they get the message from th gods . . . . build our health institutions to global standards or else . . . . cool

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Re: Patience Jonathan Battles Parkinson’s Disease? - SaharaReporters by strangest(m): 4:48pm On Sep 27, 2012
Sahara is feeding us with craps.. first you guys said its food poisoning, then ruptured appendicitis... now Parkinson's disease... maybe next go be whatever... she may have been ill but sahara reporters has done more ill.... for all i care she may be some where recuperating or on holidays like Abati said

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Re: Patience Jonathan Battles Parkinson’s Disease? - SaharaReporters by ehiie: 4:48pm On Sep 27, 2012
@KX
did they have love for Yar Adua,causing him and his family untold hardships with lies upon lies?did they?even though he was good,just and fair,abegi make we hear word jare,what goes around comes around.
Re: Patience Jonathan Battles Parkinson’s Disease? - SaharaReporters by Demdem(m): 4:49pm On Sep 27, 2012
Wallie: The woman is not elected to any public office and as such, her illness or lack thereof is nobody’s business except her husband’s and loved ones.

u are wrong. The day they start using Nigerian jets for private purposes, using Nigerian funds for medical expenses was the day that whole family becomes public property. abi u wan swear say na Jonathan pay for the Jet that ferried her to Germany.
Re: Patience Jonathan Battles Parkinson’s Disease? - SaharaReporters by KENESAGA(m): 4:49pm On Sep 27, 2012
Mr. Globe:
whats really happening to this woman, over 1 month now, from food poisoning to ailments on ailments and the presidency has said nothing.
WHAT DO U WANT HIM TO SAY? IS HER HEALTH NOW A NATIONAL ISSUE? NA WAOOO
Re: Patience Jonathan Battles Parkinson’s Disease? - SaharaReporters by Lawalkay(m): 4:49pm On Sep 27, 2012
My point on this issue is that once you decide to run for any office in 9ja. Do not steal taxpayer's money or loot the tresury. If you do so there is a reward if you do the above. Mama jona's record in bayelsa is terrible not 4 obj annointing or s-election her husband 4 vp in 2007, efcc would have dragged her to court. Do you now think all those bayelsa stollen money will not grow into poison en-route parkinson. The God of nigerian masses never sleep and this to me seems like law of karma. Finally, Is there any office in 9ja constitution called first lady's office? This office now attract spokesman etc. And why must our money be allocated for such nonsense. Weeks ago yaradua and jona wife were at eachother over a piece of land in a choice area of abuja. Solution to her sickness is not foreign but local. Let her return all she has taken from bayelsa to abuja illegally and it's going to be like being healed by Jesus (the woman of issue of blood). QED.
Re: Patience Jonathan Battles Parkinson’s Disease? - SaharaReporters by tyboy(m): 4:50pm On Sep 27, 2012
acidtalk: Wooow!!!
God gives;
Life and Death
Riches and Poverty.
Health and Sickness.
Joy and Sadness. But one thing is innevitable. What ever a man sows so shall he reap (good or bad).

You can loot all the money of a nation but God can also decide to remove every joy in your home. If you think of less than 1% out of a 100% then be prepared that God will take 99% of your joy and leave you with 1% which is the money you think is more important than the inner most joy.

Will the same Nigerians who you made life difficult for since you came in power have a single second to remember you and your family in prayers? No sir! But they will be very quick to curse you because they are not happy.

All the same, God knows best. I wish her quick and safe recovery. Because this might just be an opportunity to really know that Money can nver buy Health or Happiness (especially when it is stolen funds).

Karma! Karma!! Karma!!! I fear the
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acidtalk: Wooow!!!
God gives;
Life and Death
Riches and Poverty.
Health and Sickness.
Joy and Sadness. But one thing is innevitable. What ever a man sows so shall he reap (good or bad).

You can loot all the money of a nation but God can also decide to remove every joy in your home. If you think of less than 1% out of a 100% then be prepared that God will take 99% of your joy and leave you with 1% which is the money you think is more important than the inner most joy.

Will the same Nigerians who you made life difficult for since you came in power have a single second to remember you and your family in prayers? No sir! But they will be very quick to curse you because they are not happy.

All the same, God knows best. I wish her quick and safe recovery. Because this might just be an opportunity to really know that Money can nver buy Health or Happiness (especially when it is stolen funds).

Karma! Karma!! Karma!!! I fear the
w
acidtalk: Wooow!!!
God gives;
Life and Death
Riches and Poverty.
Health and Sickness.
Joy and Sadness. But one thing is innevitable. What ever a man sows so shall he reap (good or bad).

You can loot all the money of a nation but God can also decide to remove every joy in your home. If you think of less than 1% out of a 100% then be prepared that God will take 99% of your joy and leave you with 1% which is the money you think is more important than the inner most joy.

Will the same Nigerians who you made life difficult for since you came in power have a single second to remember you and your family in prayers? No sir! But they will be very quick to curse you because they are not happy.

All the same, God knows best. I wish her quick and safe recovery. Because this might just be an opportunity to really know that Money can nver buy Health or Happiness (especially when it is stolen funds).

Karma! Karma!! Karma!!! I fear the
w
who are u to judge others. Let leave every thing to God almighty, and pray for healing of the first lady.

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Re: Patience Jonathan Battles Parkinson’s Disease? - SaharaReporters by jude33084(m): 4:51pm On Sep 27, 2012
ifihearam: lies

WHATEVER SAHATA REPORTS SAYS IS A BIG FAT LIE FROM THE PIT OF HELL,THEY ARE ONLY GOOD IN PROPAGATING FALSE AND BAD NEWS

THE FIRST LADY IS HALE AND HEARTY IJN

Τhe last ┼iϻe I checked it was SAHARA undecided

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Re: Patience Jonathan Battles Parkinson’s Disease? - SaharaReporters by goofie: 4:51pm On Sep 27, 2012
shouldnt Mr President clear the air and avoid all these speculations about his wife and our first lady?

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Re: Patience Jonathan Battles Parkinson’s Disease? - SaharaReporters by ehiie: 4:51pm On Sep 27, 2012
tyboy: [b][/b] who are u to judge others. Let leave every thing to God almighty, and pray for healing of the first lady.
YOU PRAY,YOU CANNOT DECEIVE GOD,WHAT YOU SOW, YOU SHALL REAP,YOU CANNOT PLANT STONES AND REAP RICE.IMPOSSIBLE,EVERY ONE GETS WHAT IS GOOD FOR THEM SOONER OR LATER
Re: Patience Jonathan Battles Parkinson’s Disease? - SaharaReporters by strangest(m): 4:52pm On Sep 27, 2012
strangest: Sahara is feeding us with craps.. first you guys said its food poisoning, then ruptured appendicitis... now Parkinson's disease... maybe next go be whatever... she may have been ill but sahara reporters has done more ill.... for all i care she may be some where recuperating or on holidays like Abati said
Re: Patience Jonathan Battles Parkinson’s Disease? - SaharaReporters by oradee: 4:54pm On Sep 27, 2012
ndu_chucks: Parkinson's disease is not common in Nigeria or any African country for that matter, besides, the disease does not just set in and completely disable the affected person to the point of requiring weeks or months of hospitalization.

This story is false and I say to the evil authors: Egbe ndi Israeli piafuka gi isi! embarassed

clown,was cancer common in Nigeria?
If one in a hundred suffers from parkinson,does that mean that 1 cant be Dame? just pray for her...
Re: Patience Jonathan Battles Parkinson’s Disease? - SaharaReporters by tunapawizzy: 4:54pm On Sep 27, 2012
KENESAGA: WHAT DO U WANT HIM TO SAY? IS HER HEALTH NOW A NATIONAL ISSUE? NA WAOOO
ODE ayeraye ni e...her health no be national issue but dem dey use national funds pay her bills....chei i neva see mumu like u b4
Re: Patience Jonathan Battles Parkinson’s Disease? - SaharaReporters by DICKtator: 4:54pm On Sep 27, 2012
Pukkah:

The Nigerian arrangement is funny.

When it comes to spending money in public offices (constitutional or unconstitutional), they are public citizens.
They spend the money, travel, collect allowances and launch pet projects.

When it comes to full disclosure or accountability, either about their assets or their health;
The same people become private citizens and 'don't give a damn'.

Is it not a paradox - private citizens spending public money in public offices and refusing to give account to the public?


Mister, you are unfortunately right. I couldn't agree more.
That is why the legality of the office of the first lady should be addressed in order to question situations that may arise like this in a constructive manner.
Hopefully the proposed constitution would/should address this issue.
grin grin grin grin
Re: Patience Jonathan Battles Parkinson’s Disease? - SaharaReporters by vanstanzy(m): 4:56pm On Sep 27, 2012
DON'T ASK ME, AM SPEECHLESS!
Re: Patience Jonathan Battles Parkinson’s Disease? - SaharaReporters by omiobo: 4:56pm On Sep 27, 2012
Pls God help our first lady to recover.
Re: Patience Jonathan Battles Parkinson’s Disease? - SaharaReporters by jude33084(m): 4:57pm On Sep 27, 2012
onila:

he cant telling everyone . .his wife business is pricate

Τhis na Patients Brother oh! cheesy

Re: Patience Jonathan Battles Parkinson’s Disease? - SaharaReporters by tunapawizzy: 4:58pm On Sep 27, 2012
goofie: shouldnt Mr President clear the air and avoid all these speculations about his wife and our first lady?
No he shouldnt we are not even interested anymore.....she is enjoying national rest as far as we are concerned...wind go soon blow, fowl yansh go open
Re: Patience Jonathan Battles Parkinson’s Disease? - SaharaReporters by vanstanzy(m): 4:58pm On Sep 27, 2012
ojotask: Patience Jonathan Battles Parkinson’s Disease
By SaharaReporters, New York
Nigeria’s First Lady, Patience Jonathan, is battling an onset of Parkinson’s disease that has complicated her recovery from a surgical procedure in Germany, several reliable sources have disclosed to SaharaReporters.

SaharaReporters broke the news that Mrs. Jonathan was flown to a hospital in Wiesbaden, Germany close to a month ago to undergo emergency treatment after a botched procedure in Dubai.

In interviews with three sources familiar with Mrs. Jonathan’s health status, SaharaReporters learnt that the Nigerian president’s wife is beset by Parkinson’s disease, a degenerative syndrome. The disease is a progressive disorder of the nervous system. A medical source described it as “a fairly common disorder that occasions degeneration of the nervous system.” The source added that the disease leads to “progressive impairment and disorder of movement.” An online medical site notes that Parkinson’s “is characterized by progressive loss of muscle control, which leads to trembling of the limbs and head while at rest, stiffness, slowness, and impaired balance. As symptoms worsen, it may become difficult to walk, talk, and complete simple tasks.”

The bombshell revelation about the First Lady’s medical woes was first made by a source familiar with Mrs. Jonathan’s previous secret treatments in Spain and Italy. The source disclosed that Mrs. Jonathan had battled Parkinson’s for some years now. In addition, doctors had advised her to “do something urgent about her morbid body mass index (BMI),” said the source. She added that Mrs. Jonathan had indeed considered undergoing the kind of tummy tuck procedure that former Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha once had.

Two other sources close to the Jonathans confirmed that the First Lady has been dogged by Parkinson’s. One said the disease was largely responsible for her clumsiness, drawling speech and slow movement at public events. He added that Mrs. Jonathan has been suffering serious trembling in the left hand. “That’s why she always uses her right to hold the microphone when speaking at public events,” the source revealed. Mrs. Jonathan also reportedly is affected by stiffness of the limbs and trunk which affects her movement.

A news staffer at the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) told SaharaReporters that Mrs. Jonathan’s aides warned reporters covering her never to film her beyond her waist. “Her senior personal assistant told the crew covering her long ago: ‘Don’t ever film Madam’s waist. Show her face only.’ That’s been the code at NTA.”

Two of our sources stated that Mrs. Jonathan had made efforts to slow the disease that had started to ravage her. “She has been visiting a health farm in Italy on a regular basis since 2010,” one source revealed. “To alleviate her pain, she has been taking her medication religiously.”

A friend of Mrs. Jonathan’s said that the First Lady’s health maladies include anxiety, occasional memory loss and disorientation. In addition, her blood pressure often rises to dangerous levels, forcing her to take a cocktail of anti-hypertensive drugs.

Also, our sources said that some officials attached to the First Lady’s office described her as constantly depressed, prone to snapping at people at the slightest provocation. “The First Lady can just get angry at the slightest provocation and rain abuses at anybody in sight,” he said.

As happened during the health crisis of the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, the Nigerian Presidency’s reaction to Mrs. Jonathan’s health condition is to be mum. When SaharaReporters contacted a senior aide of President Jonathan on the matter of the First Lady’s illness, he sharply said, “I’m not saying anything. And please don’t mention that you spoke to me.” SaharaReporters learnt that officials of the Presidency are under a virtual oath of secrecy on the issue of Mrs. Jonathan’s health crisis.

http://saharareporters.com/news-page/patience-jonathan-battles-parkinson%E2%80%99s-disease

“I’m not saying anything. And please don’t mention that you spoke to me cos am speechless!” shocked shocked shocked
Re: Patience Jonathan Battles Parkinson’s Disease? - SaharaReporters by cesil92: 4:59pm On Sep 27, 2012
Nothing is going to kill our 1st Lady, It's unfortunate the media has already killed her..
Everytime "according to close/trusted sources", from Food Poisoning, to Ruptured Appendictis, to Tummy Tucking abi na Surgery, now its Parkinson. This clearly shows the media is completely clueless, their so called "Trusted/Reliable Source is clueless" hence they feel its right to be feeding us with rumour, since we too foolish for their eye.

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Re: Patience Jonathan Battles Parkinson’s Disease? - SaharaReporters by Leemak: 5:00pm On Sep 27, 2012
one Bayelsa Perm. Sec is missing.......nairalanders i bet u dis Patient(patience) Jonathan wil never com back to dis country alive.....God will do wot her senseless drunkard fucking fisherman husband did to subsidy protesters to her...As d FG cannot sanction those security personnel dt killed innocent protesters God too will not heal her from dis complicative diseases IJN.........
Re: Patience Jonathan Battles Parkinson’s Disease? - SaharaReporters by Pukkah: 5:02pm On Sep 27, 2012
Demdem: The bottom line is she is seriously sick and the Retardeen LIED to us.
I wish her a very quick recovery.

This is why I continue to humour them that she is 'hale and hearty'. Afterall, that is what the President has made us believe.

And this is the crux of the matter! This guy blows every opportunity to show true and courageous leadership especially in difficult times. He blew it during the last presidential interview on assets declaration and he's blowing it now that his wife is sick.

Pray, what is the big deal in anyone being sick? Whether or not Patience is a private citizen, it is a piece of information in which Nigerians are interested. It is also a development that can affect the performance of the President. Why make it a secret affair? Why is he not learning from the lessons of the last dispensation? Why lie that she went to 'rest'? Why sneak to Germany to pay your own wife a visit? Why let the issue fester to the extent of it becoming a distraction?

President Jonathan should take advantage of this difficult period in his life and address the nation or get one of his numerous aides or assistants to release the true official position and put paid to baseless rumours and dangerous speculations. If he comes clean and admits the state of health of the woman, what he would get from mature people is sympathy or, at worst, indifference. He would also get loads of pity, deserved or not, from Nigerians who are largely emotional and religious.

The way President Jonathan handles 'disclosure' issues diminishes him as a true and courageous leader. It shows that he's still struggling with 'transparency' and 'good corporate governance'.

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Re: Patience Jonathan Battles Parkinson’s Disease? - SaharaReporters by oradee: 5:04pm On Sep 27, 2012
Wallie: The woman is not elected to any public office and as such, her illness or lack thereof is nobody’s business except her husband’s and loved ones.

but its the govt funds they are using for her treatment...was the money in the 2012 budget or is the money gonna be accounted for?

she is the first lady and so her business concerns us...even when late Mariam was sick,we heard about it how much more a serving and current first lady!
Re: Patience Jonathan Battles Parkinson’s Disease? - SaharaReporters by ELVIKING(m): 5:05pm On Sep 27, 2012
Pataki: When our foolish president cannot explicitly state what is wrong with his wife to the people who voted him in, please allow all sorts of medical reports to be stated about her.

Whether SaharaReporters is right or wrong here is not my bone of contention. My bone of contention lies in an idiotic president who chooses to tell lies to his people about his wife's predicament and condition.

As I once said, so I still maintain: Rest in Pieces, Patience. The blood of innocent poor Nigerians that you and your husband have shed will cry out for justice.
R u really okay, Y d abuse on d president. I tink u r rather d idiot since u can't get d part abt a persons privacy n personal family issues, if he chooses not to tell nigerians abt her conditipn, its his choice, afterall its his wife n not urs. Besides if he tells u, wat do u intend to do about it, hediot!!!
Re: Patience Jonathan Battles Parkinson’s Disease? - SaharaReporters by cesil92: 5:08pm On Sep 27, 2012
The Media has already since wished for Death. Its obvious our journalist wants her Dead.
Could it be true that she has never be videod full or below waistline? I can't recall.
Re: Patience Jonathan Battles Parkinson’s Disease? - SaharaReporters by Wallie(m): 5:09pm On Sep 27, 2012
Stella_Bella:
Excuse me sweetheart,
Where you lost in translation when she was elected some permanent sect. of some state?
Where you in coma when she flies around with the presidential jet, blocking air space and all?
Check your facts before you spew unconfirmed info!
Have a sweet day. sad

See as you take style-style dey yab me? At least, you're not brash about it! grin

Do public servants, except the President, owe any duty of disclosure to the public about their medical history? If so, where can I find the health records of other Permanent Secretaries?

She flies in the Presidential jet because of her "relationship" with the President. Do you know the medical history of the presidential advisers or Senators? Why is she any different?

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Re: Patience Jonathan Battles Parkinson’s Disease? - SaharaReporters by KENESAGA(m): 5:13pm On Sep 27, 2012
GUYS, LET'S BE HUMAN, DON'T because OF UR HATRED 4 GEJ BRING CAUSE 2 U, HOW CAN U WISH ONE DEATH AND U WANT TO LIVE. GOD IS WATCHING. BESIDE GEJ OWES NIGERIANS NO EXPLANATION ON HIS WIFE'S HEALTH. GOD HAVE MERCY.

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Re: Patience Jonathan Battles Parkinson’s Disease? - SaharaReporters by SoloKoree(m): 5:14pm On Sep 27, 2012
Uhmmm Uhmmmm.... Sahara Reporters

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