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 Politics › Re: THE IGBO AGENDA AGAINST THE YORUBA IN LAGOS - by 9ja4Change(m): 7:45pm On Apr 06, 2015 |
IGBOSON1:M.o.r.o.n!!! Why not face the people insulting u and the hausas alone? Ur hatred against the hausas wld be ur doom. That almajiri u r insulting is ur NEXT PRESIDENT whether u like it or not! Jump enter lagoon 2 Likes |
| Politics › Re: TAN Congratulates Buhari, Commends Jonathan by 9ja4Change(m): 8:03am On Apr 04, 2015 |
Billyonaire:And the illiterate Almajiri defeated the so educated who is the dumbest, stupiest and confused president ever! Meanwhile, another Almajiri schooled another educated thug.... 1 Like
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| Nairaland General › Re: Check Out The Location Of This Nigerian Bank's ATM (Photo) by 9ja4Change(m): 11:50pm On Mar 22, 2015 |
EcoTerror:M0R0N, must u display ur juvenile delinquency tendecy on non political topic? Surely, this Buhari u and ur paymaster are so fond of is ur living nightmare! The ATM is moved to Daura not Otuoke because the Bank know their money is safe in Daura with the incorruptible General 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: Police Shoot Anti-boko Haram Protesters In Borno by 9ja4Change(m): 10:13am On Feb 19, 2015 |
hamilton62:Deal with the issues I raised and stop blabbing roooobish! |
| Politics › The Buhari Of My Personal Experience by 9ja4Change(op): 8:54pm On Feb 05, 2015 |
Without ever knowing or meeting me, Buhari gave me a chance. As I now write, I have never met him one-on-one. We have never spoken to each other. It is an extraordinary experience of an unusual man. I was sitting on my desk in the Ministry of External Affairs, 40 Marina Lagos in 1984, when I received a letter appointing me Ambassador to the United States of America. My place of origin did not matter. Incidentally, I am from Ibusa, a famous town now in Delta State, then in Bendel State. My religion did not matter either. I had no worthwhile contacts with Dodan Barracks. All I knew, and had always known, was to work hard and to express my views as candidly and as courageously as I could, regardless of the consequences; provided I was convinced they were right. It was never easy or smooth-sailing. Of course, that had its bitter consequences; but at the end, now at 83, looking back, it worked out just right. Of all the Nigerian leaders, with the possible exception of Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe and Alhaji Tafawa Balewa, Buhari has been the one that has most approximated my dream of what a Nigerian leader should be. Without any attempt at self-advertisement, but simply as a matter of fact, I knew and had worked and interacted with most, if not all of our leaders. I worked with Sir James Robertson, the last colonial Governor-General of Nigeria, after graduating from the University College, Ibadan in 1957. I served as Clerk to the Privy Council and as Assistant Secretary (Administrative Officer) in charge of Security. I worked up to my immediate boss, Mr C. O. Lawson, the then respected Secretary to the Cabinet in the Governor-General’s office. As part of my schedule of duties as officer in charge of security, I had the privilege and honour of being a member of a 3-man-panel, two of them British, which interviewed and recruited the first batch of Nigerian military officers into the Nigerian army in 1958. This batch included Olusegun Obasanjo. In 1958, I transferred to the Ministry of External Affairs, making a career in the Diplomatic Service which lasted forty-two (42) years, from where I eventually rose as Foreign Minister, having served as Ambassador in Nine (9) countries, a few with concurrent accreditation, including Kenya under Jomo Kenyatta, Botswana under Sir Seretse Khama, Lesotho under King Moshoeshoe I, Spain, The Holy See under three Popes, (John Paul VI, John Paul I and John Paul II), the United States of America, Canada and, lastly, in Israel for six (6) years, a mission I established and rose to be Doyen of the Diplomatic Corps. In between, I was Chief of Protocol of the Federation to Zik and Balewa, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as Directing Staff in the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, for two years (1988/1989). I am now a retired pensioner, carefully minding my own business and tending my personal affairs. I do not belong to any political party and have never belonged to any. In the best tradition of the colonial public service of my days, I have remained strictly anonymous and aloof; occasionally, making my views and opinion privately known to the appropriate authorities of the day on any issue I feel strongly about. I seek no office and no financial or material favours. All I am doing is to put on public record my private opinion, views and experience, which may not be available and known to many Nigerians. Major General Muhammadu Buhari not only gave me the opportunity to serve Nigeria as Ambassador in the United States, he did even more than that. He entrusted to me the care and welfare of his family; still without our knowing or meeting each other. He sent his wife and two children to me in Washington D.C. for medical treatment. He took his chance and dealt with me strictly on a professional basis. His family were with me in Washington D.C. when the General was overthrown in a coup d’état. We did the best we could and sent them back home safely under the trying and traumatic circumstances they found themselves- still, never a word from this unusual person. In 1988 after I returned as Ambassador from Washington D.C., I was assigned as a punitive measure as Directing Staff to the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, for two years. The subject of our research in that year led the Syndicate I headed to visit Buhari’s State of origin. With the approval of government, members of the Syndicate visited Buhari who was then under house arrest in his home town, Daura. This most extra-ordinary man received us with warmth and courtesy. We found him living in a modest, sparsely furnished three or four bed-room bungalow which was his house. He still did not know who I was; nor did I disclose my identity to him. It was unbelievable, even in those days, that a former General in the Nigerian Army and a former Head of State could live in such a modest, Spartan abode. What further struck me was a complete lack of bitterness; unless the Fulani in him concealed and dissembled it! What do all these tell me about this man, Buhari? Others may have a different opinion of him. I absolutely concede to them the right to hold their views. As far as I am personally concerned, four short phrases summarise my overall impression and opinion of Buhari. An incorruptible man. A patriotic Nigerian devoid of any trace of ethnicism and parochialism. A deeply religious man. Above all, a stern disciplinarian. We so often talk glibly of the giant strides Asian Tigers have taken to leap from the state of underdevelopment to developed nations. We refer tirelessly to the achievements of men like Lee Kuan Yew. I have, personally, met Lee Kuan Yew in Singapore. I did so in the company of General Yakubu Gowon when he returned from exile from the United Kingdom. Little do we know or appreciate the agonizing hardship, pains and sufferings all Singaporeans, Chinese, Malays, Indians and other ethnic nationalities, had to endure for Singapore to attain its present height as a respected nation. Gold must be smelted in hot burning furnaces before unleashing its shine and purity. Lee Kuan Yew was a benevolent democratic autocrat. He subjected his people to a good dose of rigorous healthy discipline. No country makes that type of progress Singapore made without an unwavering sense of disciplined direction. Moreover, Lee Kuan Yew was an inspirational leader of his people. He governed by example. It is not just the question of the number of kilometres of roads you build that elevates a nation. It is not a matter of the megawatts of power you generate or the number of buildings you erect for the populace. Not even the refineries you build or the volume of agricultural products produced and exported. These are important. Any leader surrounded by brilliant experts, excellent technocrats and loyal advisers can achieve those basic and essential needs. Leadership calls for much greater attributes than the performance of those feats. A leader must have a strong, solid, moral and disciplined background, the inspirational ability to galvanize his people to higher, lofty and common purpose. These are not ordinary attributes available to every man. They are uncommon gifts and talents dispensed and bestowed only to a few. This makes the difference between one man and the other; one woman and the other. It is not often we have a Ghandi or a Mandela; an Ataturk, or a Winston Churchill, a Charles de Gaulle, or a Konrad Adenauer, who became one of the most respected Chancellors of Federal Republic of Germany at the ripe age of 81, a Margaret Thatcher, or even our own often quoted Obama. Nearer home, with all their imperfections, considering that a prophet is without honour in his own country, we must reckon with Azikiwe, the Sardauna, Awolowo, Aminu Kano and J.S. Tarka, the real and genuine ‘founding fathers’ of our nation. Buhari, in my view, belongs to the last and passing generation of this group of Nigerian leaders. It was a pity that fate thrust him into leadership limelight at a period in time when military revolution and coups d’ etats were in vogue and held sway. In a democratic setting, as we now have, I believe that the real worth and essence of this man, encapsulated in an exemplary and enigmatic personal life, will blaze through and shine forth. It will soon be clear that those of his followers of questionable and dubious pedigree who think they can latch on to the reputation of this rare Nigerian would be the first to be highly disappointed. I also believe that what is badly needed at this stage of our national life is a leadership that will turn the country around; and rescue us from the depth of chronic indiscipline, disorder and decadence we have, over the years, gradually descended and slid into. What I believe we need is a strong hand at the helm, with the support of our people, who will instil in us a much needed sense of order and discipline; inspire us into patriotic zeal and sacrifice; bring out the best in each one of us; and encourage in us the love of nation. The nation’s sense of indiscipline and disorder is evident and all pervasive even in very simple things and matters of the day and moment. A roadside mechanic claims to be an Engineer (Engr) and insists on being so styled. A traditional herbalist insists he must be called and respected as a professional medical Doctor (Dr) and, indeed, hugs the appellation. An ordinary traditional village community leader who flamboyantly styles himself a Chief and clownishly attired in a self-designed robe, is addressed not only as “Your Highness”, but takes offence if he is not properly addressed as “Your Royal Highness”. A number of respected Kabiyesis no longer have regard for their beautiful traditional titles, unless we, their ‘subjects’, address them as “Your Majesty” or worse still, “Your Royal Majesty” The same applies to the ‘Ran kadades’, most of our Emirs and prominent men in authority revel in when interacting with the poor subservient so-called talakawas. May I also observe that the awkward title of ‘His Eminence’ is a misnomer that should be revisited and reconsidered. Members of our legislative houses feel incomplete and uncomfortable until they are addressed as ‘Honourables’ or ‘Distinguished Senators’. They are no longer plain ‘Mister’ or ‘Madam’. I believe it is time we became a little more creative and find suitable traditional and local substitutes for these foreign appellations which portray us as caricatures and ridicule us as people and nation in the outside world. What a pride and beauty to have one of the foremost traditional rulers of the land being regaled with the title Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo Oba Erediauwa! Why can we not start emulating and adopting this practice in most of our national institutions? It will give us a sense of pride and self-worth. Ambitious pseudo-intellectual self-publicists cleverly thrust their mediocrity and opinions on us and flaunt their borrowed, half-baked, ill-digested ideas, concepts, jargons and clichés. Pages of our national newspapers are replete with lavishly self-serving advertisements of obituaries, weddings and birthday celebrations. Why not severely tax those who place these wasteful advertisements to rake in and release funds to charities or other good causes such as sporting and educational development of the country. Hitherto decent, pretty, confident young ladies on our television sets in order to make themselves more attractive and acceptable, bleach their skin to pale sickening white, with their veins thinly exposed; their bare knuckles and elbows still looking jet black. They should be reassigned to the back room offices, decorated with mirrors, left to rue their new look which has become an eyesore to many viewers. Our television channels have suddenly become a babel and cacophony of crude and embarrassing noise makers, reflecting the values of a sick society, drunk with democratic excesses. Honorary degrees are sold, bought and conferred on underserving personalities by many of our Universities and these personalities shamelessly parade them at will. A few prominent church leaders have relocated their pulpits from their churches to the seats of secular power while a number of Imams have not been able to teach their adherents the purity of their religion which preaches respect for human lives. Our youths need impeccable high level connections before gaining employment at any level, decent or menial. Impunity freely reigns in the land more than ever before. The temples of justice are daily being desecrated. The Lady now has her eyes wide open; seductively beckoning and soliciting for favours. More painful still, is the near-absolute control of our entire being and lives as a people by others. We appear helpless to cast off that yoke and burden even though we claim to be independent; helpless to govern ourselves with any modicum of self-respect and dignity and take our destiny into our hands. The list is endless. Am I a part of this messy order? Certainly, yes! None of us can pretend not to be part of it, in one way or the other, in differing roles. Only that some exacerbate it more than others. This situation calls for a man who, by personal example, can firmly and fearlessly put an end to these vulgarities and inanities. This is one side of the coin. There is another side of the coin to our national life for which we can proudly hold our heads very high. This is the side no other single country in the world I know can ever match. The list is not exhaustive and much longer than our shortcomings. We do not, however, necessarily need to dwell on them or spell them out here, as we search for positive measures and values that will enhance and edify our nation. Buhari represents, in my opinion, the last opportunity we have to get things reasonably right before the baton passes permanently on to the next and coming generation. After him, the generation of the ‘founding fathers’ would have faded away; with their legacies, left behind, hopefully for good. He should be given the chance to restore and consolidate the disappearing values of that ‘golden age’ so sadly disrupted by the military, to which paradoxically and tragically, he and those in that generation, and that before him, were willy-nilly pressed into being a part of. He carries on his frail, ageing but reliable shoulders a historic responsibility and burden of getting it right. He has a bounden duty to realign the nation towards achieving its manifest destiny. He has no excuses for failure. Otherwise, why should he be seeking power at his age? It makes absolutely no sense. Why not take a comfortable and relaxed back seat like most of us. History will judge him very harshly should he fail. The immediate challenge before him, I feel convinced, is how to curb the excesses of the teaming mass of followers who, undoubtedly, adore him. The next, is to rein in the display of empty, hollow pompousness and offensive arrogance by a few of his elitist, lazy patronage-seeking associates; who, if victorious, will flock to him without discrimination. I had always instinctively recognised and resented this feeling at first hand, even from a distance. I believe it is time for us to begin anew. Let us begin to lead our lives as normal human beings; and not in self-delusion and self-deceit. This is the real transformation needed. This is the revolution we yearn for at this point in time in our national life. I can now start understanding what drove past Chinese leaders into staging the “Cultural Revolution”. Nigeria is ripe; indeed, over ripe for a non-violent revolution which will shake us all up, like a volcanic eruption from our present national stupor. Who will sweep out the quacks and charlatans in our midst? Who will guarantee us enduring values? Who will cleanse the cobwebs from our national home? All said, let no one forget there is no better country than Nigeria in the whole world. I feel happiest when I am in Nigeria, despite the agonizing frustrations; despite the infuriating hardship; and even when I am being driven daily to the brink of desperation! Ambassador Olisemeka is a former Minister of Foreign Affairs SOURCE: dailytrust.com.ng/daily/opinion/46199-the-buhari-of-my-personal-experience 1 Like |
| Politics › Don’t Take The Law Into Your Hands, Buhari Tells Supporters by 9ja4Change(op): 4:22pm On Jan 12, 2015 |
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Flag-bearer, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, urged his supporters to abide by the rule of law and must not tarnish the party’s image. 26 Likes |
| Politics › Re: 200 Reps Sign Impeachment Motion Against Jonathan by 9ja4Change(m): 8:55am On Nov 23, 2014 |
cosmatika:Not funny because we ALL KNOW this is FABRICATED! Show us your evidence or link. But Mr. Dumbo misfiring is open for all to see e.g. "American will know", "corruption is not stealing ", Gwoza is in Adamawa " etc, just a mention a few. It's an open secret Jonathan is the most daft, clueless, confused president to ever lead this nation! |
| Politics › Letter To President Jonathan: Why Asari Dokubo Should Be Deported From Nigeria by 9ja4Change(op): 8:29am On Nov 23, 2014 |
P.O. Box 1709, Ikorodu Town, Lagos State, Nigeria. fabiyirotimi@yahoo.com twitter@fabiyi_rotimi 08129698326, 08184741410, 08134541786, 08077434517 20th November, 2014 Dr. Jonathan, The Executive President of the Federal Republic Of Nigeria, Aso Rock Villa, Three Arms Zone, Abuja FCT, Nigeria Dear Sir, WHY THE NON-NIGERIAN ASARI DOKUBO SHOULD BE DEPORTED FORTHWITH FROM NIGERIA PURSUANT TO SECTION 30, SUBSECTION (2) (a) OF NIGERIAN CONSTITUTION I am writing to request you the Executive President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria-which I am a native, citizen and resident of – to deport forthwith from the country a certain non-Nigerian going by the name Asari Dokubo pursuant to Section 30, Subsection (2) (a) of the 1999 Constitution Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria. This non-Nigerian Asari Dokubo was born in Nigeria in 1964 and was actually named Melford Dokubo Goodhead Jnr. but changed his name to Asari Dokubo in 1990 which was the same year he dropped out of a law programme in University Of Calabar, Nigeria (before subsequently dropping out of River State University Of Science and Technology, Port-Harcourt, Nigeria after re-enrolling in that higher institution of learning and consecutively failing woefully in elective posts in both the 1992 and 1998 elections). According to Section 25, Subsection (1) (b) of the aforementioned Nigerian Constitution, “… every person born in Nigeria after the date of Independence either of whose parents or any of whose grandparents is a citizen of Nigeria… is himself a citizen of Nigeria by birth…” Melford Dokubo Goodhead Jnr. –turned–Asari Dokubo has therefore clearly being a Nigerian Citizen since his birth in 1964 but according to Section 29, Subsection (1) of the Nigerian Constitution “… any citizen of Nigeria of full age who wishes to renounce his Nigerian citizenship shall make a declaration in the prescribed manner for the renunciation …” which was exactly what Asari Dokubo did in 2013 when he officially renounced his Nigerian citizenship and immediately applied for and was granted a full citizenship of Republic of Benin (go to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mujahid_Dokubo_Asari for a documented evidence of Dokubo’s renunciation of Nigerian citizenship and his current status as a citizen Republic Of Benin). With this act of Asari Dokubo (which is clearly allowed under Nigerian Constitution),he has clearly ceased to be a Nigerian since 2013 and therefore could not be qualified to be involved in any civic responsibility of an average Nigerian citizen (some of which include voting and the right to be voted for). Nothing is really wrong with a non-Nigeria like Asari Dokubo to periodically visit or even reside in Nigeria and plausibly transact legitimate business within the country’s national boundary but my request for his immediate deportation is based on Section 30, Subsection (2) (a) of the Nigerian Constitution which clearly states that “… the [Nigerian] President … [may deport any non-Nigerian] … who has shown himself by act or speech to be disloyal towards the Federal Republic of Nigeria…” Since 2013 that Asari Dokubo became a non-Nigeria, he has consciously or unconsciously embarked on the act of making some highly inflammatory, society-bifurcating, and inordinately vitriolic vituperations apropos Nigerian society not in his country Republic of Benin but right inside Nigerian territorial boundaries. Early this year 2014, Asari Dokubo openly stated that residents and indigenes of the south-southern parts of Nigeria should militarily prepare themselves against an impending attack by Northern Nigerians (as if all Northern Nigerians are bloodthirsty terrorists); he subsequently stated in a press conference that if you President Jonathan do not re-contest your seat, you should not “come home” (which was a direct threat to your life because another explanation of this statement is that he would inflict physical injuries on you if you refuse to re-contest and “come home” even though one is not very sure if the “home” he was referring to in his statement is his own home in Republic Of Benin or your own home in Bayelsa State, Nigeria); the self same non-Nigerian rabble rouser Asari Dokubo openly made another nefarious statement sometime this year that people should stop consoling former military head-of-State General Muhammad Buhari (who escaped unscathed) when suspected murderous Boko Haram terrorists attempted to suicide-bomb him because his (General Buhari’s) life was not more important than that of other victims terrorism, a statement which was unarguably an encouragement to the terrorists to re-launch another attack on the gallant ex-soldier General Buhari (and which made many northern Nigerians insist that it was actually the perpetually-blustering Asari Dokubo that planned the assassination attempt on Buhari, not Boko Haram, especially because Boko Haram is yet to announce that it was them that executed the assassination attempt as it is their wont when it was them that executed an act of terrorism) and it is on record that he (Dokubo) requested you President Jonathan in a press conference to apologise (he did not state to whom) for consoling General Buhari; and it should be remembered without an iota of subjectivity that the national publicity secretary of the Nigerian political party named All Progressive Congress, APC Alhaji Lai Mohammed recently wrote a petition to the Inspector General of the Nigerian Police Force to report a threat made during a press conference by the notoriously-obstreperous non-Nigerian Asari Dokubo to “…use his hands on him [Lai Mohammed]…”, a clear euphemism for strangling Lai Mohammed to death. If it is a Nigerian citizen that is committing all these verbal atrocities, the usual thing is for such a person to be arrested, detained and charged to court for conspiracy, sedition, instigation and direct threatening of lives but for all these felonies to be flagrantly committed by a non-Nigerian like Asari Dokubo shows how deep the disregard some persons can make themselves have for the 1999 Constitution Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria. The aforequoted Section 30, Subsection (2) (a) of the selfsame constitution is clear enough about the appropriate punishment for such a non-Nigerian. Thanks for your understanding and expected quick action on this issue (or non-issue) of Asari Dokubo Yours faithfully, FABIYI,Rotimi (MNIM, MNSChE, MNSE,COREN Reg) cc: The Inspector General of the Federation, Nigerian Police Force Headquarters, Abuja FCT, Nigeria General Muhammad Buhari, Daura, Katsina State, Nigeria Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Ikoyi, Lagos State, Nigeria The Director, Council Of Foreign Relations, New York, U.S.A The Secretary, U.S Department Of State, Washington D.C, U.S.A S President Barrack Obama, Washington D.C , U.S.A S Senator John McCain, Washington D.C, U.S.A Nigerian Information And Communication Minister, Abuja FCT, Nigeria Nigerian Minister Of Internal Affairs, Abuja FCT, Nigeria The Head, Nigeria Immigration Service, Abuja FCT, Nigeria The General Secretary, Christian Association Of Nigeria, Abuja FCT, Nigeria |
| Politics › Letter To President Jonathan: Why Asari Dokubo Should Be Deported From Nigeria by 9ja4Change(op): 8:21am On Nov 23, 2014 |
P.O. Box 1709, Ikorodu Town, Lagos State, Nigeria. fabiyirotimi@yahoo.com twitter@fabiyi_rotimi 08129698326, 08184741410, 08134541786, 08077434517 20th November, 2014 Dr. Jonathan, The Executive President of the Federal Republic Of Nigeria, Aso Rock Villa, Three Arms Zone, Abuja FCT, Nigeria Dear Sir, WHY THE NON-NIGERIAN ASARI DOKUBO SHOULD BE DEPORTED FORTHWITH FROM NIGERIA PURSUANT TO SECTION 30, SUBSECTION (2) (a) OF NIGERIAN CONSTITUTION I am writing to request you the Executive President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria-which I am a native, citizen and resident of – to deport forthwith from the country a certain non-Nigerian going by the name Asari Dokubo pursuant to Section 30, Subsection (2) (a) of the 1999 Constitution Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria. This non-Nigerian Asari Dokubo was born in Nigeria in 1964 and was actually named Melford Dokubo Goodhead Jnr. but changed his name to Asari Dokubo in 1990 which was the same year he dropped out of a law programme in University Of Calabar, Nigeria (before subsequently dropping out of River State University Of Science and Technology, Port-Harcourt, Nigeria after re-enrolling in that higher institution of learning and consecutively failing woefully in elective posts in both the 1992 and 1998 elections). According to Section 25, Subsection (1) (b) of the aforementioned Nigerian Constitution, “… every person born in Nigeria after the date of Independence either of whose parents or any of whose grandparents is a citizen of Nigeria… is himself a citizen of Nigeria by birth…” Melford Dokubo Goodhead Jnr. –turned–Asari Dokubo has therefore clearly being a Nigerian Citizen since his birth in 1964 but according to Section 29, Subsection (1) of the Nigerian Constitution “… any citizen of Nigeria of full age who wishes to renounce his Nigerian citizenship shall make a declaration in the prescribed manner for the renunciation …” which was exactly what Asari Dokubo did in 2013 when he officially renounced his Nigerian citizenship and immediately applied for and was granted a full citizenship of Republic of Benin (go to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mujahid_Dokubo_Asari for a documented evidence of Dokubo’s renunciation of Nigerian citizenship and his current status as a citizen Republic Of Benin). With this act of Asari Dokubo (which is clearly allowed under Nigerian Constitution),he has clearly ceased to be a Nigerian since 2013 and therefore could not be qualified to be involved in any civic responsibility of an average Nigerian citizen (some of which include voting and the right to be voted for). Nothing is really wrong with a non-Nigeria like Asari Dokubo to periodically visit or even reside in Nigeria and plausibly transact legitimate business within the country’s national boundary but my request for his immediate deportation is based on Section 30, Subsection (2) (a) of the Nigerian Constitution which clearly states that “… the [Nigerian] President … [may deport any non-Nigerian] … who has shown himself by act or speech to be disloyal towards the Federal Republic of Nigeria…” Since 2013 that Asari Dokubo became a non-Nigeria, he has consciously or unconsciously embarked on the act of making some highly inflammatory, society-bifurcating, and inordinately vitriolic vituperations apropos Nigerian society not in his country Republic of Benin but right inside Nigerian territorial boundaries. Early this year 2014, Asari Dokubo openly stated that residents and indigenes of the south-southern parts of Nigeria should militarily prepare themselves against an impending attack by Northern Nigerians (as if all Northern Nigerians are bloodthirsty terrorists); he subsequently stated in a press conference that if you President Jonathan do not re-contest your seat, you should not “come home” (which was a direct threat to your life because another explanation of this statement is that he would inflict physical injuries on you if you refuse to re-contest and “come home” even though one is not very sure if the “home” he was referring to in his statement is his own home in Republic Of Benin or your own home in Bayelsa State, Nigeria); the self same non-Nigerian rabble rouser Asari Dokubo openly made another nefarious statement sometime this year that people should stop consoling former military head-of-State General Muhammad Buhari (who escaped unscathed) when suspected murderous Boko Haram terrorists attempted to suicide-bomb him because his (General Buhari’s) life was not more important than that of other victims terrorism, a statement which was unarguably an encouragement to the terrorists to re-launch another attack on the gallant ex-soldier General Buhari (and which made many northern Nigerians insist that it was actually the perpetually-blustering Asari Dokubo that planned the assassination attempt on Buhari, not Boko Haram, especially because Boko Haram is yet to announce that it was them that executed the assassination attempt as it is their wont when it was them that executed an act of terrorism) and it is on record that he (Dokubo) requested you President Jonathan in a press conference to apologise (he did not state to whom) for consoling General Buhari; and it should be remembered without an iota of subjectivity that the national publicity secretary of the Nigerian political party named All Progressive Congress, APC Alhaji Lai Mohammed recently wrote a petition to the Inspector General of the Nigerian Police Force to report a threat made during a press conference by the notoriously-obstreperous non-Nigerian Asari Dokubo to “…use his hands on him [Lai Mohammed]…”, a clear euphemism for strangling Lai Mohammed to death. If it is a Nigerian citizen that is committing all these verbal atrocities, the usual thing is for such a person to be arrested, detained and charged to court for conspiracy, sedition, instigation and direct threatening of lives but for all these felonies to be flagrantly committed by a non-Nigerian like Asari Dokubo shows how deep the disregard some persons can make themselves have for the 1999 Constitution Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria. The aforequoted Section 30, Subsection (2) (a) of the selfsame constitution is clear enough about the appropriate punishment for such a non-Nigerian. Thanks for your understanding and expected quick action on this issue (or non-issue) of Asari Dokubo Yours faithfully, FABIYI,Rotimi (MNIM, MNSChE, MNSE,COREN Reg) cc: The Inspector General of the Federation, Nigerian Police Force Headquarters, Abuja FCT, Nigeria General Muhammad Buhari, Daura, Katsina State, Nigeria Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Ikoyi, Lagos State, Nigeria The Director, Council Of Foreign Relations, New York, U.S.A The Secretary, U.S Department Of State, Washington D.C, U.S.A S President Barrack Obama, Washington D.C , U.S.A S Senator John McCain, Washington D.C, U.S.A Nigerian Information And Communication Minister, Abuja FCT, Nigeria Nigerian Minister Of Internal Affairs, Abuja FCT, Nigeria The Head, Nigeria Immigration Service, Abuja FCT, Nigeria The General Secretary, Christian Association Of Nigeria, Abuja FCT, Nigeria 1 Like |
| Sports › Re: Keshi & Crew, Players, Or NFF: Who Is To Blame For Poor Eagles Performance? by 9ja4Change(m): 8:42pm On Nov 19, 2014 |
ggrin:Mu.mu, must you bring sentiments into.sport too? Why not blame that President Jonathan for imposing Keshi om us? |
| Politics › Re: List Of People That Have Demanded Boko Haram Amnesty by 9ja4Change(m): 10:07am On Nov 04, 2014 |
[quote author=gists post=27699707][/quote]Thank you so much for this piece. It's really an eye opener! we must chase Ebola Jonathan back to Otuoke Village!!!! |
| Politics › Non-transformation Agenda: What President Jonathan Said On Power By Timi Frank by 9ja4Change(op): 7:09pm On Oct 31, 2014 |
Speaking with United Nations diplomats on Monday, 31st January 2011 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, President Goodluck Jonathan made this promise: “If I’m voted into power, within the next four years, the issue of power will become a thing of the past. Four years is enough for anyone in power to make a significant improvement and if I can’t improve on power within this period, it then means I cannot do anything" Three years later, in January 2014, in anticipation of his 2015 presidential bid, the same Goodluck Jonathan issued a six-moth ultimatum to power companies to hurriedly address the power situation in the country. Six months came, and six months went, and today, Nigeria’s power generation and supply is at an all time low. Fifteen years ago, when Nigeria’s democracy was still relatively new, the People’s Democratic Party told Nigerians that we had a 6000mw installed capacity of electricity, and “within a year, this would go up to 10,000mw.” Fifteen years later, with over $50 billion spent on the power sector alone, we are now being told by the Goodluck Jonathan administration that power generation in Nigeria has “increased from 3000mw to 4000mw.” With this inconsistency in question, it is clear that instead of Nigeria’s power generation and supply increasing and progressing under the leadership of Goodluck Jonathan, it has gotten worse. However, regardless of the inconsistent figures, let us search our hearts and ask ourselves: has power improved in our homes? Do we have more light that we used to have? Or is the government spending our collective money on invisible power generation projects, while quoting fabricated power generation figures? Sometime in 2013, a legislative delegation led by Senate President, David Mark, went to inspect the Mambilla Plateau, that hosts one of Nigeria’s hydro-electric dams. With over N160 billion ($1 billon) spent on this project, the delegation was expecting to find a facility that had up to 2000mw generating capacity. Instead, what the delegation found was that next to nothing had been done on the project – the dam site had not even been cleared; making the media speculate that the money for this much-needed project had lined the pockets of associates of the ruling party. Earlier this year, the Federal Government again announced that an additional N752 billion has been earmarked for the power sector over the next few years. In the atmosphere of this report, recent studies have shown that due to the government’s inability to provide light for the people, today, everyday Nigerians have been forced to spend N796.4 billion of their own hard-earned income to fuel their generators annually. What this means is that over the next four years, if Goodluck Jonathan is re-elected, based on his track-record (or a lack thereof) of not being able to solve the power situation in the country, cumulatively, Nigerian households will be forced to spend $19.2 billion on fuel, which is equivalent to N3.1 trillion. Another 2009 study on electricity distribution among the six geo-political zones in Nigeria showed that on average, these days, Nigerians enjoy only four to six hours of power supply per day. However, in 2009, the Federal Government and the power holding companies told Nigerians that of the 10 National Integrated Power Projects (NIPPs), four had been completed, and six were 80 to 90 per cent completed. More than 24 months later, and $8billion spent on these projects alone, what do we have to show for it? In this regard, it is time that as a nation, we begin to ask ourselves: what has the president been doing with all the money that has been spent on power generation since he took office? We must also question the significance of the President’s statement, especially when he said that if he cannot improve power within four years, it means that he cannot do anything… The results (or a lack thereof) have begun to speak for themselves… |
| Politics › Re: How Boko Haram Captured Mubi, By Witnesses by 9ja4Change(op): 10:26am On Oct 31, 2014 |
Another bomb blast just occurred at the Gombe State Motor Park!!!!! Do we really have a Government in this Country? Just three days ago, Mubi town (About 2 million people), a strategic and commercial town fell into the hands of the untrained rag boys called boko haram, and to date, the Federal Government HAS NOT deem it fit to response or do anything about the situation! Isn't all this a sinister plot of some sort? Thousands of people are currently been killed or maimed by this lunatics, while some are have wandered into the forest, yet the Government is doing nothing!!!!!! Meanwhile, the man who was "supposedly" elected to protect lives and properties still has the audacity to seek for re-election and some gullible sycophants are still supporting him!!!! Shame on 9ja! 5 Likes |
| Politics › How Boko Haram Captured Mubi, By Witnesses by 9ja4Change(op): 10:06am On Oct 31, 2014 |
Some fleeing residentsof Mubi, Adamawa State’s second largest town, recounted yesterday how it was taken by Boko Haram fighters. According to Abubakar Idi, a resident now in hiding, Boko Haram insurgents divided themselves into four groups and headed for Uba where soldiers were stationed. When the news broke that the group was headed for Uba, about three kilometres away, soldiers rushed out of the town. According to Abubakar, this took place at about 4am. The presence of a large number of soldiers in Mubi that early morning alerted the people that something was amiss. Boko Haram moved in splinter groups at about 6am to attack Mubi town from Mararaban Mubi, which is four kilometres to the main Mubi motor park. Another group came through Vimtim, after the home town of Chief of Defence Staff Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh fell into their hands. Vimtim is 5km to Mubi from the North towards Bazza. Abubakar said another group came out of the road that led to the Republic of Cameroon at Gidin Tsamiya. They swooped on defenceless residents at about 8am. There was confusion as all military personnel in Mubi had rushed out of the town towards Maiha to Yola. Another eyewitness, Hajiya Fatima, 32, said: “My husband was in Yola working. He called me that they learnt of the Uba incident. So I should leave Mubi.” “When I came out of my house at about 9am, I saw many people rushing out of Mubi and as I was about calling my husband, some strange youths came into our house and they asked me if I wanted to run too. I said yes; then the boys said anybody who wanted to go could go, but at night they would carry out their duties.” Hajiya Fatima went on: “That statement alarmed me and I moved out of the town. At that point, many women, children, old men and youths were running from all directions. It was so pitiful that no one could make any efforts at saving the town. It was terrible. Only God knows what happened and why the police left the people behind.” Mr. Innocent Yauba, who lives after the post office in Angwan Lokuwa, said he saw hell before getting out of Mubi. He said when the soldiers got wind of the situation, they did not inform the people. “The youth were prepared to defend themselves against Boko Haram, but the security men simply, left the town and this situation made the multi billion naira economy of Mubi an easy prey. Boko Haram went to the huge Mubi International Market, searching for foodstuff, goods and money.” He said the foreign currency exchange section was most hit because the market was on when they came and surrounded the place. They carted everything into trucks and all the goods were taken to the palace of the Emir as they came back after each delivery at the palace. Mr. Yauba said: “Mubi was so easily taken by a band of ragtag youths masquerading as Boko Haram fighters when able bodied youths of the town, if supported by the military, could have overrun them and sadly the security men allowed a buoyant town like Mubi to be taken like a dead chicken”. |
| Politics › Re: Nigerian Military Unleashes Full Weaponry Against Boko Haram (pics) by 9ja4Change(m): 8:17am On Oct 14, 2014 |
Nonybb:You are the biggest fool. Mumu!!! If GEJ with all the resources, personnel and power at his disposal still to date cannot finger who is behind boko haram, how come an slowpoke nonentity like you say otherwise? Guy, go get a life and tell ur lucifer GEJ to stop his boys from destroying a section of the country all in a bid to win election! |
| Politics › Re: El Rufai Has Been Quiet About The Nigerian Military Victory Over Boko Haram by 9ja4Change(m): 10:26pm On Sep 22, 2014 |
dedons: I'm surprised to observe that the former minister of the FCT and a chieftain of the All Progressive Congress(APC),Mallam Nasir El Rufai is yet to make a comment on the victory which the Nigerian army has so far recorded in the north eastern part of the country in recent time.Go get a life guy..... We all know the ineptitude and cluelessness apart from corruption of Badluck Ebola Jonathan is the main reason boko haram are terrorizing innocent Nigerians. We also know PDP/CAN Presido are massively behind Boko Haram. Thank God for the recent.revelations coming out. Finally, if GEJ with all the power imposed on him as the C-in-C and chief security officer of the nation who controls all security apparatus (Police, Army, Navy, SSS, civil defense etc) could not prove either the northerners or opposition are behind boko haram...... I wonder how then a common nonentity like you can insinuate such and make us believe you? Though some stupi.d myopic ethnocentric educated illiterates would surely agree with your beer parlor talks 5 Likes 1 Share |
| Politics › Katsina Gov. Orders Student Detained For Criticising Him On Facebook by 9ja4Change(op): 6:58pm On Sep 20, 2014 |
A student of the National Open University of Nigeria, Abdulmalik Sa’idu, has been languishing in a police cell for over 20 days on the orders of the Governor of Katsina State, Ibrahim Shema, for posting details of an alleged fertiliser scam in the state on his Facebook timeline. This was disclosed to PREMIUM TIMES by Mr. Sa’idu’s family and lawyer. Abdulmalik was first invited to the Katsina Government House on August 28 by a phone caller who claimed he had a message for him. But when Abdulmalik arrived at the governor’s office, he was promptly arrested, handcuffed and taken to Batagarawa Police Station just outside the state capital, Katsina, and detained on the orders of Mr. Shema’s aide-de-camp, Shehu Koko, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, DSP. According to his father, Maiyawo Sa’idu, while the young student was not charged with any offence, he was accused of cloning the governor’s phone number and using same to call the state Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affair, Sani Makana, with instructions that Mr. Makana deposit N3 million in his account. Mr. Sa’idu said his son was innocent. He said if indeed Abdulmalik cloned the governor’s number to dupe a commissioner he wouldn’t be tricked to come to the Government House to be arrested. “I think they are trying to frame him. I know my son cannot clone the governor’s number and call a commissioner to put three million into his account,” Mr. Saidu told PREMIUM TIMES. He said Abdulmalik was arrested because he posted details of an alleged fertiliser scam by the governor on his Facebook page. Mr. Saidu said prior to his son’s illegal detention, some officials of the state government had warned his son to desist from criticising the governor on Facebook. On one occasion, the General Manager of Katsina State Road Maintenance Agency, Jamilu Umar, threatened to pay N2 million to thugs or policemen to kill Abdulmalik if he doesn’t stop criticising the governor publicly, Mr. Saidu said. Governor Shema’s Chief Press Secretary, Sani Malumfashi, rejected repeated calls made to his mobile phone after this reporter told him he was calling about Abdumalik’s case. The Saidus’ case comes days after global rights group, Amnesty International, released a damning report accusing the Nigerian police of arbitrarily arresting, torturing and killing thousands of Nigerians without following legal process. The report accused the police of running “torture chambers” where detainees are abused for money or for confessions. The police dismissed the allegations as “falsehoods and innuendos” saying the Force does not tolerate torture and that where it occurs, officials responsible are sanctioned. But Abdulmalik’s arrest points to how widespread arbitrary arrests have remained even for the flimsiest of reasons. Many such arrests are effected on the directives of senior state officials, including governors. In November 2012, a civil servant in Bauchi State, who questioned the financial integrity of the governor, Isa Yuguda, was immediately dismissed on direct orders of the governor. In a Facebook post, Abbas Faggo had accused Mr. Yuguda of corruption, questioning the source of funding of the governor’s son’s wedding which took place then. Mr. Faggo was first suspended, and later arrested by the police. He was eventually arraigned before the Chief Magistrate of the state for the same offence. The judge, Adamu Madaki, struck out the case because “it was not properly filed.” A letter terminating Mr. Faggo’s appointment, signed by one Ibrahim Shehu for the Head of Service of the State, said his services were no longer needed. Barely a year after the Bauchi case, the Bayelsa State governor, Seriake Dickson, ordered the arrest of a businessman, Tonye Okio, for also criticising him on Facebook. Mr. Okio, who was also a former Abuja Liaison officer for Bayelsa State, was arrested on October 26 at his Abuja residence. He was subsequently blindfolded and driven to Bayelsa by the Special Investigation Bureau, SIB. The police also stripped Mr. Okio of his mobile gadgets and all postings on his Facebook account about Mr. Dickson were deleted. Two days after his arrest, the Bayelsa police released a statement that Mr. Okio was arrested for “seditious publications against the Bayelsa governor”. “This is to inform the general public and the good people of Bayelsa State in particular that the Bayelsa police command has succeeded in apprehending one Tonye Okio ‘M’ of Otiokpoti, Ogbia Local Government Area, Bayelsa State for the offence of seditious publications,” the police said in a statement. “The suspects whose syndicate members are now at large will be appropriately arraigned in court when investigation is complete.” Police detained Mr. Okio for 10 days without trial before his lawyer filed a case at a Bayelsa High Court demanding his fundamental rights be enforce and that he be charged to court if he has indeed done anything wrong. A day before the case was to be heard, the police charged Mr. Okio before a Magistrate Court for defamatory publication against the Bayelsa governor. After taking his plea, the Magistrate Court adjourned the case to November 21 for trial. Mr. Okio was eventually released after spending 86 days behind bars. Katsina family denied access to Abdulmalik In Katsina, Mr. Sa’idu said he is worried about the wellbeing of his son after relatives were abruptly stopped from seeing him a week into his being detained. “For the first week they used to bring him out to me. He would eat in front of me and they would take him back to the cell but for more than 12 days now, we have not seen him. They told me that they have a directive from above not to bring him to me,” he said. “The DPO (Divisional Police Officer) told me they have a directive from the Government House not to bring him out for his family or anybody in Katsina to see him.” Akin Ajayi, a Kaduna based lawyer, who is helping the family on the case, said the DPO of Batagarawa Police Station told him he had order from above not to release Abdulmalik on bail. “I spoke to the DPO of the Batagarawa Police Station and he said he cannot do anything because it was an order from above,” he said. Mr. Ajayi said as a lawyer, the governor should realise that he was breaking the law by holding the boy beyond 48 hours on a “frivolous claim.” “The governor is a lawyer, his deputy is a lawyer and the attorney general is a lawyer and they all know that it is wrongful of them to arrest someone and keep him in detention for more than 48 hours on a frivolous claim that the boy cloned the governor’s number and wanted to collect N3 million and some other concocted allegations which are not proven. And they now kept the boy incommunicado. His family cannot reach him, and these days because of the security situation in the north, he could be killed,” he added. Mr. Ajayi warned that if Abdulmalik was not released he was going to send a petition to the National Human Rights Commission and the Inspector General of Police. The DPO of Batagarawa declined to talk to PREMIUM TIMES after he was asked on whose orders Abdulmalik was being held beyond the 48 hours stipulated by law. The Police PRO, Abubakar Sadiq, also refused to return several calls after promising to find out the details of the case. SOURCE: Premium Times http://m.premiumtimesng.com/headlines/168397-katsina-gov-shema-orders-student-detained-indefinitely-for-criticising-him-on-facebook.html?share=twitter&nb=1 |
| Politics › Nigerian Army Kills 200 Insurgents In Konduga by 9ja4Change(op): 11:52am On Sep 13, 2014*. Modified: 12:29pm On Sep 13, 2014 |
Boko Haram terrorists yesterday suffered a major defeat when soldiers repelled an early morning attack on Konduga town, killing at least 200 of them, security sources said. According to an insider in Maiduguri, the terrorists were led by one notorious Amir, a top leader of the sect, who also died hours after he was picked alive with serious injuries. The officer said the insurgents, in their relentless bid to invade Maiduguri, were ambushed by the Nigerian soldiers in Konduga, 35km away from Maiduguri, and a no-mercy onslaught followed. “So far this has been the most successful outing in recent times, because we left no stone unturned,” said the officer. “We’ve had hints in the last two days that they would be attacking Konduga with the intention of taking and using the town to launch a major attack on Maiduguri; we waited patiently for the day and, as God would have it, they came as expected. “Unfortunately for them, our men were fully mobilized for the engagement and we’re able to hold them for hours until every one of them dropped dead. “We counted up to 200 of them, including one that was attempting suicide bombings. We also shot dead their cameraman and recovered his camera; there were over 200 of their corpses littering everywhere.” The source added that six of the vehicles that the terrorists used were recovered and brought to the barracks in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. Another top military officer who also confirmed the Konduga attack to LEADERSHIP Weekend in a phone interview said “it is a big victory and our soldiers were disciplined and gallant all through the operation”. “It was what we can call ‘operation totality’, because we didn’t record one single casualty on our part and we ensured that not a single one of them escaped,” said the top soldier who wouldn’t want to be named in this report. The officer added that the Boko Haram kingpin who led the operation was recognized as one that fits the description given by one escaped retired soldier that was abducted by the Boko Haram terrorists sometime last year. “The Amir was alive for some hours before he later died due to serious injury he sustained, but he was heavily bearded and huge, just like that escaped old soldier described to the security intelligence operatives while he was being debriefed. But the big news is that he is dead because we gathered he was one of the deadliest leaders in the sect,” the source said. Konduga wasn’t the only victory story for the Nigeria soldiers. LEADERSHIP Weekend also gathered that another unit of the Boko Haram terrorists met its waterloo at a village called Ngom, about 15km from Maiduguri. According to a local vigilante official who preferred anonymity because the soldiers warned them against speaking on any military operation, “Our soldiers have made us proud at noon of today (Friday) near Ngom, a village market not up to 20km away from Maiduguri, when the insurgents attempted to invade Maiduguri through the Gamboru-Ngala highway. They were repelled by the soldiers. Many were killed and some of them ran away, abandoning their vehicles.” It was reliably gathered that the insurgents, perhaps in anger and frustration over their defeat in Konduga, tried to invade Maiduguri through the Gamboru-Ngala road. They attacked traders at the Ngom market, killing 13 members of Civilian-JTF and four civilians before the military arrived to repel them. Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, was woken by some friendly gun-shooting by soldiers at the outskirts of the city, along the Konduga-Maiduguri road. It was later gathered that the soldiers were reacting with friendly firing as they got the hint of the ongoing face-off with Boko Haram in Konduga. Military choppers continued to hover over the city all day, as residents began to worry over the tensed situation there. The scary atmosphere later simmered when the victory news of Konduga and Ngom reached the city. The Nigerian Army confirmed the victory it recorded in repealing the insurgents through a signed statement by Colonel T.O Antigha on behalf of the director of army public relations: “At about 5:30am today, Boko Haram terrorists launched a massive attack on Konduga town, about 35 kilometres from Maiduguri. After about three hours of fierce fighting, Nigerian troops routed the Boko Haram fighting force of over a hundred terrorists. “Further to the staggering loss of men, Boko Haram also suffered extensive losses in equipment. Specifically, three Hilux and one Buffalo vehicles with mounted anti-aircraft guns, three general-purpose machine guns, over 30 AK-47 rifles and two global positioning systems have been recovered. Four Nigerian soldiers were wounded in action. “The entire area is still being combed for terrorists who may have escaped with bullet wounds. Morale of troops remains very high. Photographs taken at the scene of the battle are being expected and will be forwarded as soon as they are received.” The new development, according to the statement, is traceable to the directive given by the chief of army staff, Lt Gen Kenneth Mimimah, asking troops to liberate every town and village where the terrorists had declared their territory. SOURCE: Leadership Newspaper |
| Politics › Re: Underpass Road (underground Passage) Construction At Kano State. by 9ja4Change(m): 6:13pm On Sep 12, 2014 |
Akshow: Aboki will always be aboki. See as them gather de look construction. What's there to look at here? Lolshow me one place in 9ja dat ppl dont gather to watch anything? at least its better than ur place where ppl gather to watch common tv in the street 1 Like |
| Politics › Jonathan Did Lead 600-man Delegation To 2013 UN Assembly, Foreign Minister by 9ja4Change(op): 12:41pm On Sep 11, 2014 |
Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bashir Wali, has confirmed that× Jonathan did lead a massive 600-man delegation to the United Nations General Assembly last year. It was the world’s largest, he also confirmed. He described the size of× Nigeria’s delegations to the× Assembly every year as “embarrassing.” Mr. Wali, a former× Representative of Nigeria to the× Nations, made the startling disclosures yesterday in× Abuja while addressing heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). In the× Minister’s words, 80% of the people in the delegation have no business being on them, and do not add any value. SaharaReporters broke the story on September 22, 2013, disclosing disclosed that the delegation included including an inner circle of about 26 people. It was bloated by about 547 civil servants drawn from the MDAs, who overran some of New York City’s priciest hotels. Our story was immediately denounced by presidential spokesman× Abati as lacking “substance,” and “a continuation today by Saharareporters.com of its usual scurrilous and baseless attacks” on Mr. Jonathan’s administration. “There is also no substance to the rehashed charge of profligacy which× Sahara reporters annually make against the× President when he leads× Nigeria’s delegation to the UN General Assembly,” he said in a statement, asserting that the delegation was “less than 30” persons. “Other than them, the only other persons who are in× York for the UN General Assembly with the× President’s knowledge and approval are relevant ministers and few essential aides,” Abati said, adding that Mr. Jonathan’s delegation was not out of proportion with× Nigeria’s size, role and relevance in× Africa and the global community. “Sahara Reporters’ claim that the× President’s delegation is the largest at this year’s General Assembly is an unjustifiable fabrication which can never stand any rigorous test of truthfulness,” the spokesman said. “We are certainly aware that many× Nigerian citizens are currently on visits to× York. These persons are here for their own purposes and neither× Jonathan nor his administration has any responsibility for the presence of these persons in New York. “We will not be surprised if it is such persons who include Nigerian businessmen who are here for an African Business Roundtable event, members of non-governmental organizations and tourists that SaharaReporters has been counting, for the sole purpose of mischief-making, as “members of the Nigerian delegation,” he also said. Mr. Abati dismissed what he called “SaharaReporters’ usual fare of mischief, outright falsehood and erroneous speculation,” saying he wanted to “affirm for the benefit of the unwary that there is absolutely no truth in the allegation that the President took a 600-man delegation to New York.” Shoving Abati’s very words back at him, Ambassador Wali’s remarks not only vindicated our report, it put it in perspective. “The size of Nigeria’s delegation to the United Nations General Assembly last year was 567; that is something that is certainly way, way out; certainly it is unacceptable. On that basis I asked that they send me the list of three countries: Germany, South Africa and Egypt, to compare with what we in Nigeria have. None of them is up to one third of our own delegation,” the Minister said. He regretted that not even China with a population of over one billion people can compare with the number of delegates that Nigeria sends to the event annually, confirming that Nigeria did have the largest of all the delegations to New York in 2013. What is worse, the ambassador observed that 80 per cent of Nigeria’s vast delegations to the General Assembly do not add any value to the team’s work at the assembly. “So, you can see that there is certainly need to really take a second look and see that those of our delegates that go the UN General Assembly do have value. It is not a question of having a jamboree, but indeed, it is more like a jamboree. “I happen to have observed for four years as Nigeria’s ambassador to the UN, the delegation of Nigeria to the UN General Assembly. So, I know and if we are going to be honest to ourselves, I know that 80 per cent of the delegates that go from Nigeria do not add value to our team to the UN.” Mr. Wali assured that his ministry was working to ensure that the country has value for money, stressing that there ought to be some measure of accountability and responsibility on the part of Nigeria’s delegates. He is now awaiting the approval of President Jonathan to place a ceiling on the number of delegates that will be in New York this year, he said, declaring that Nigeria can “certainly” not afford a 567-man delegation. “It is certainly something we will have to take a second look at again and see how we can look credible when it comes to issues like this,” the minister said. It is an open secret that Nigeria’s public servants seize every opportunity to travel abroad on bogus official assignments, including meaningless workshops, seminars and conferences, as a ruse for collecting generous travel allowances known as estacode. Some of them do not even bother to show up at such events, preferring to shop, visit relatives or attend to other private businesses. The 69th General Assembly opens next Tuesday, September 16. The annual general debate will begin the following week, and President Jonathan is expected to be there. Nigeria’s 2014 budget proposal presented to the National Assembly on December 19, 2013 by Finance Minister Ngozi Ikonjo-Iweala showed capital expenditure of only 27 percent of the total. The other 73 per cent would go into feeding the recurrent monster, including greedy and corrupt officials. OUR ORIGINAL STORY: President Goodluck Jonathan Leads 600-Man Delegation To United Nations General Assembly Nigeria, which has failed to focus on implementing the United Nations Millenium Development Goals, is sending a record 600-man delegation to the 68th General Assembly in New York which will focus on a follow-up plan, SaharaReporters investigations reveal. The delegation is led by President Goodluck Jonathan, who will speak at the plenary debate on Tuesday. It includes two state governors and the First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan. Most members of the delegation are 547 civil servants drawn from Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), as well as advance team members who arrived in New York earlier to make preparations for the trip of the President. The Nigerian delegation is by far the largest of any nation at this year's UN event, the theme of which is: “Post-2015 Development Agenda: Setting the Stage.” SaharaReporters findings show that President Jonathan’s inner entourage comprises 26 people, including security aides, his wife, doctor and political associates. The Nigeria leader, who has been much-criticized for squandering resources and for failing to lead by example, arrived in New York today and is staying at the lavish The Pierre Hotel across from New York’s Central Park in a presidential suite that will cost Nigeria at least $10,000 per night. This means his tab for accommodation alone, for one room, will hit at least $50,000. According to the hotel’s documentation, the 39th floor presidential suite, which features an expansive living room and two bedrooms, among others, may be combined with other rooms and suites to provide up to 6 bedrooms and a private floor, an opulent option Mr. Jonathan is likely to have jumped at. According to the hotel’s itinerary which was seen by Saharareporters, he is booked for five nights. Several other members of the Nigerian delegations are booked in hotels around the city by the Nigerian consulate and staff members of some of the ministries that arrived in advance. Nigeria has become internationally-known for wasting valuable development funds on lavish foreign trips. It would be recalled that during last year’s United Nations General Assembly, for instance, the Minister for Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, booked into two rooms in two different expensive hotels. One of them was a $5,000 per night suite at the Four Seasons Hotel at 57 East 57th Street, and the other a 28th floor room at the Pierre for $3,000 per night. It was unclear how she slept in two different hotels at the same time. In addition, Ms. Alison Madueke’s delegation of seven from her Ministry also rented 10 limousines, at a cost of $1,800 per day, some of which were never used. As SaharaReporters reported last year, the profligacy of the Nigerian delegation attracted the attention of America’s National Broadcasting Corporation in New York, which reported on how African delegates from the poorest countries stayed in some of the most expensive hotels during the UN General Assembly and shopped in high-priced retail stores. Mr. Jonathan will commence his official duties in New York this afternoon by engaging in an all-expenses paid lunch date with Nigerian professionals selected by Nigerian diplomats in the US. The invitation-only event was chosen after the President and his inner circle abandoned a Town Hall plan for fear of protesters in the New York area. |
| Travel › Re: Longest Flyover In West Africa Nearing Completion By Kano State Government by 9ja4Change(m): 12:20pm On Sep 11, 2014 |
tit: Very poor engineering design and a waste of scarce public resources.Bad Belle!!! People like you (enemies of progress) can go hug the transformer!!!  1 Like |
| Politics › Full Text Of Governor Shettima’s State-wide Broadcast On Boko Haram Insurgency by 9ja4Change(op): 6:30am On Sep 07, 2014 |
“In recent days and weeks, we have come under renewed and augmented attacks, waged against all of us, by an armed minority that seeks to impose on us, a doctrine that is completely at variance with the religion of Islam which they claim to promote; a doctrine that negates the dignity and existence of humanity on earth, despite Allah’s decree in the glorious Quran, that He has dignified the human creature, prohibited unjust killings and made the religion of Islam that which does not sanction compulsion in a multi-faith society like ours. Several innocent communities in Gwoza, Damboa, Askira/Uba, Marte, Chibok, Konduga, Dikwa and the most recent, Bama, have had young and old, amongst them children, weak old men and women, killed in cold blood, their homes destroyed and thousands forced to flee, with some trekking over hurtful distances to become refugees within and outside Borno State. Our Capital City of Maiduguri is today facing a heavy influx of refugees from the local government areas in Borno. Borno citizens have been forced to take refuge in parts of Gombe and Adamawa States mainly on account of man’s inhumanity to fellow man in the gratuitous name of religion. These acts are absolutely condemnable in the strongest of terms. Let me use this opportunity to once again, extend my deepest sympathy to the families of all those who lost their lives in these serial massacres that are designed to send Borno and its people into oblivion, but which will not succeed insha Allah. I also express my very deep sympathy to all victims who either lost property or are taking refuge. Our heart as Government is fully with each and every one of you and we will do everything humanly possible to support you, reclaim your communities, rebuild them and give all of you a new lease of life insha Allah. We will be supporting you as a matter obligation to you as good citizens. You have a right to be supported in distress. You have even more fundamental right to be protected from fear and attack in the first place. The number one duty of Government is to safeguard the lives and property of the citizenry. However laudable policies and programmes of Government could be, no matter the beauty of infrastructures put in place, they would all amount to less than nothing if human lives are at not secured. As Government, we are more than mindful of this constitutional, moral and spiritual obligation. As Governor of Borno State, I am un-forgetfully aware that for every life that is lost in Borno State, I will account before Allah on the Day of Judgment if that life is lost on the basis of deliberate failures on my part, to do what I have the powers, resources and influence to do. This administration has never and insha Allah will never abdicate from its obligations to citizens. We have done, and still doing everything within the limits of our powers and resources, to complement the duty of the Federal Government to safeguard lives and property. Immaterial as it may sound, we have through combined efforts with the Military, the Nigeria Police Force, the Department of State Security; our youth volunteers called the civilian JTF and other para-military organizations averted so many planned attacks. However, this assertion will hardly make sense to most citizens, in a situation where many attacks have been successfully carried out with elevated mass killings and destructions in the past and in very recent days and weeks. Citizens have very legitimate reasons to be aggrieved by the current situation in Borno State. We are pained as your Government. We are in this together. As Governor, I feel a sense of not just responsibility but an even personal loss whenever any attack is recorded no matter what part of the State is affected and who is or are involved. We are in this together. Borno state has been facing this Boko Haram challenge since the four day war of July 2009 in Maiduguri when the Boko Haram waged its major war on Borno’s soil. Haven been defeated by our determined armed forces, insurgents resorted to Guerrilla warfare in 2010 which has raged on in the last four years. At least one third of our local government areas have been affected by their attacks with different degrees of intensity and periodic occupation. In the history of Borno since the 19th century, this is however not the first threat to our existence as a people. We had faced and survived threats in years past and we shall survive this insha Allah. We are confident of victory through a reinforcement of our armed forces and the collective will of all of us, citizens, who are committed to defeating the Boko Haram scourge. Collectively as a people, we have exhibited great determination. Our youth volunteers have made us proud. We are all in this, fellow citizens. We all have roles to play. One of these roles is the devoted offer of prayers and ceaseless appeal to the Almighty to make us victorious. In the past, our armed forces have proven their mettle even in global warfare where they were in foreign terrain in the Second World War, in the Congo, in Liberia, in Sierra Leon, in the Sudan and elsewhere. Our armed forces have also, during the Civil War, successfully saved our country from dismemberment. Our armed forces that have outstandingly proven their capability in such difficult times can by the grace Allah defeat the Boko Haram insurgency with overwhelming federal reinforcement in all areas of their needs. We strongly appeal to the federal government to redouble its present efforts so that the nation will be a historic witness to speedy containment of the Boko Haram insurgency. The Borno State Government will continue to do whatever it can to compliment the constitutional roles of the Federal Government in this battle of ours. Let me reassure the good people of Borno State that measures have been taken by the Federal Government based on information available to us as Government. With these steps; our combined efforts as State Government and resilient people, we shall overcome this tribulation. We must be very forth coming with useful information on what we hear or see because our safety start with what we tell not what we keep or bury. Hiding information that threatens us never helps us or others. We must be very vigilant in all our communities. We must take copious note of anyone or anything strange around us but without raising false alarm or spreading any form of rumour that will cause panic. Let us try to reach out to those in position of authority to verify information concerning public safety or related matters. The Borno State Radio and Television is working on a Television and Radio programme designed with public telephone lines that can be reached by citizens for enquiries on public issues in relation to security, help in orientation and mobilisation of victims, as well as helping them in locating missing loved ones and friends where there are such matters and keeping citizens regularly updated on matters affecting security, victims support and their comfort. I appeal to other media houses to kindly assist in this effort. The Ministries concerned with Home Affairs and Local Governments and Chieftaincy Affairs are equally working with appropriate authorities to make available public lines that can be reached by any victim in search of bearing. The Ministry of Health has already put in place a Mobile Task Force on Insurgency Victims Health. The task force has established clinics in victims camps and it is coordinating the efficiency of the clinics to guarantee the availability of health personnel at all times, drugs, ambulances and other required materials. The task force is moving round Maiduguri and environs to source for and attend to the health needs of victims on both emergency and lesser cases; The Ministry has my express permission to commit Government in the event of any critical medical referral need. Government is not unaware of the multi-facet effects of insurgent attacks on other spheres of human lives in affected communities in terms of food security, means of livelihood and access to education among others. Already, the State Government has taken measures to acquire food stuffs for free distribution to affected citizens. Government has purchased thousands of bags of food stuffs and more is being acquired. On the issue of means of livelihood, the Secretary to the State Government is to chair a High level and Enlarged Victims Rehabilitation, Reintegration and Support Team that will soon meet and work with stakeholders in affected communities to assist victims on a permanent measure. On access to education, Government has observed in recent time, a high scale requirement of admissions into primary and secondary school especially from guardians who seek slots at orphanage schools in Maiduguri and Biu in particular, for orphans whose parents were killed as a result of the insurgency. Consequently, a team of respected academics, school administrators and educationists have been put in place and will be inaugurated by me next week, with the mandate of coming up with State Primary and Secondary Schools for Special Citizens to be cited in Maiduguri and Biu for the time being. The schools are to be designed to accommodate high capacity of pupils with modern boarding facilities. Every child admitted into that school is to be on full Government scholarship from basic to University Education. Members of the public willing to make donations will be entertained to a ‘Adoption of child Education Programme’ though which kind citizens can adopt the education of a child, two or more, through a well organised system that can be monitored by every sponsor. While the team is to fine tune this idea, the Ministry of Education is actively working to identify and enrol affected children into temporary public schools in Maiduguri and Biu and at same time, setting up temporary sites for special schools so that affected children can have immediate access to education soon as schools open. Fellow citizens, we shall at all times be responsive to our duties as Government. We are very much committed to doing just everything that we can do. Borno State has been in the eye of the storm; we have suffered deaths, destruction and hardships on scales never witnessed in the annals of our long and glorious history. We have experienced unprecedented sorrow, tears and blood. We must all work for peace. To work for peace is to covet and protect it. In seeking peace, those of us who mean well for this State, must not only remain united, we must strive to consolidate this unity. Defeating the insurgency is a collective task that must be done, we must not be distracted. We must remain united, focused and vigilant. I will particularly like to direct this appeal to our heroes, the galant and courageous youth volunteers, the Civilian JTF. They must remain united and focused more than ever before. The Civilian JTF must at all times have at the back of their minds that Allah (SWT) in his infinite wisdom and mercy is using them to support security agencies to rescue our state from the advocates of hate and destruction. The people of Borno are very grateful to them for their undying love and sacrifices. As Government which is holding the sacred mandate of the people, we will remain supportive of the civilian JTF as we have been. Our support for the military, police and other security agencies is that of a shared battle against the forces of darkness. We shall accelerate our focus on jobs creation to discourage idleness and criminality. We shall speed up ongoing infrastructures to deliver on our promises to make Borno a better place, a remodeled State, a great home we will all be proud of. Borno is our home. This is why I returned home amidst rumored fears held by some residents on possible attacks on Maiduguri. I cut short my official trip and returned home so we can be together as we have always been in trying to overcome the threat before us. I am confident that together we can overcome this challenge. Our condition cannot be permanent, no condition, ever was. We can overcome this problem with the right attitude from the top to the bottom. Indeed we can. May Allah give us the fortitude to bear the loss of those killed in this crisis, May He grant us peace and guide those of us in leadership, to work selflessly for Borno to become a better place for all of us, and for our children. Long live Borno State! Long live Federal Republic of Nigeria! I thank you very profoundly for your tremendous support and for listening to me today as you always did in the past. Shettima, Governor of Borno State and former University lecturer, delivered this message in a state-wide broadcast to the people of Borno State http://dailypost.ng/2014/09/06/full-text-governor-shettimas-state-wide-broadcast-boko-haram-insurgency-borno/?wt=2 |
| Politics › Re: Bama:death Toll Rises To 130, 35 Insurgents Arrested by 9ja4Change(m): 6:10pm On Sep 02, 2014 |
KwoiZabo: Bad news for El-rufaiBad news Modu Sheriff Bad news Ihejirike Bad news PDP Bad news GEJ 1 Like 1 Share |
| Celebrities › Re: Pastor Chris Was Cheating On Me. Pastor Anita Oyakhilome Cries Out by 9ja4Change(m): 1:11pm On Sep 02, 2014 |
Logicalmindy: Atleast, it is better unlike Islam were they would become a commodity(buy as you wantSo you prefer your sister or relative to be a public property for every dick and harry than be a respectable and responsible married woman? smh  |
| Celebrities › Re: Pastor Chris Was Cheating On Me. Pastor Anita Oyakhilome Cries Out by 9ja4Change(m): 10:12am On Sep 02, 2014 |
Chanchit: Stop decieving ur self. It won't even make the news if its an Imam, cos in islam, women do not have a voice, and it would even be a better alternative for the wife if the Imam just prefer xtra marital affairs to taking another wife.You should be the one to stop deceiving urself. The reason why I wont argue or waste my time on you is because from your comment, you practically exposed your ignorance on Islam and the role of women in it. Learn not to judge until after making enough research on an issue. At least in Islam there is an option of 2nd wife unlike some religions whereby the women prefer to be public properties. |
| Celebrities › Re: Pastor Chris Was Cheating On Me. Pastor Anita Oyakhilome Cries Out by 9ja4Change(m): 9:53am On Sep 01, 2014 |
Imagine this is not a Pastor but an Imam? Your guess is as good as mine on the type of comments, insults and sentiments that will be displayed here...... But now, most of them are turning a blind eye....... Sheer hypocrisy |
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Nice car. Price and mileage missing........... |
| Politics › Re: Buhari Is Not A Boko Haram Sponsor- Dr. Davis, Australian Boko Haram Negotiator by 9ja4Change(m): 6:12am On Sep 01, 2014 |
thebloodykiller: And finally we now know were all this rubbish is heading to.Wasted education........... Its only pathetic ethnocentric myopic nonentities like will reason like this. Did u ever sit down and ask yourself who employed Mr. Davis as a negotiator? GEJ still he kills/starve all of you to hell. Nonsense! |
| Politics › Re: The Grave Allegations Of Stephen Davis - By Femi Fani Kayode by 9ja4Change(m): 6:05am On Sep 01, 2014 |
brixton: Article written by former minister, Femi Fani Kayode.Why are people giving Fani Kayode undue relevance and listening ears? This man is a disgrace and a myopic ethnocentric bias fanatic. He makes one wondered how the hell do people like him get to be FEDERAL Ministers!! It seems he would not face the truth coz we are fortunate to also listen to Mr. Davis revelation, who PDP paid as negotiator exonerating the Gen. Buhari, El-Rufai and APC. This man (fani kayode) shd stop fooling his pathetic miserable life. |
