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Does EFCC have the power to stop candidates? I thought Supreme Court already ruled on this case in favour of Atiku,

They keep getting it wrong on Emeagwali, They should go and do some research about him,

Using math to answer this question.  In set, we  talk about complements,  using 3 letters A, B, C (A= beauty,smart,go getter) , (B=Beauty, Dependable, Honesty), (C= Awesome personality, beauty, brainy, caring,). C = has  most of the things A and B have and most men would settle for C, but hang on to A and B until  Miss C is  found.

Also be  careful on how you handle commitment with guys cos it can be a complete turn off for guys. A girl I barely met told me that her dad been worried about her not getting married and she wanted a husband ASAP. I told myself if you had been this desperate and upfront with all the guys who crossed your leg, you should have been married by now. 2 years later, she is still looking.  Dont make the  new guy seem responsible for the wasted and lost opportunities. It's like "Pay Us Like You Owe Us For All The Years That You Hoed Us"  Jay Z

But Mbu was fiercely defended by Igbo's when he came up with his lies. Because it fit an Igbo agenda to distance themselves away from the casualties caused by the Igbo coup, so history will not judge them. Now they say he is not Igbo when they found out he was lying abi? Funny stuff. . Nothing to be ashamed of about the coup, what happened, happened and it is in the past. We should just learn from the past and move on, not try to deny it. It is our history and going to be our history till the world ends, nothing can ever change that.
Conjectures, Igbos made him say that, Igbos paid him to say that. Igbos told him that they would defend him firecely if he said that. Igbos promised him 21 virgins if he said that. Igbos promised him paradise if he said that,

Why do Nigerian christians suspect any move by the Islamic world to help their Naija brothers in Islam as a ploy to help train them as terrorists?. I see this as a scholarship to kano indigenes to go and study abroad(possibly a better Islamic education) so they can go home and teach other Islamic faithfuls. University of Medina is the Harvard of Middle East.
Why do Saudi Royals go to West to study at Harvard and Co? How many of them studied Islamic education? Why do northern elite send their kids abroad to study not Islamic schools?

The people wey OWN Nigeria and all the things wey dey inside am,

Inasmuch as  I never liked OBJ because he squandered a lot of opportunities,  but his economic policies were better for Nigeria. IBB never had any economic policies and  destroyed Nigeria. OBJ had to settle all money IBB and co borrowed from Paris Club, IMF and World bank.

How about speaking from Hilltop White House? Lion wey dey mercy for sheep,

To answer your irrational question, has Nigeria been a PARADISE on earth since Biafra didnt work out? It's only a thoughtless mind would pose a lopsided hypothetical question. Biafra died after the war, but Nigeria is still living and has lived for 50 years, so let's see how it has worked out for us. The mantra was that Biafra was louse in Nigeria's hair and it was uprooted some 40 years and yet Nigeria has not grown. So should have, could have, and would have should not arise because there is Nigeria to study.

why dont we just give IBB a chance.
He has insisted he will create a change and has made so much noise about it
if we can forgive obasanjo, and others who have wasted our resources in the past,
what is it that we hold against this man IBB that others have not done.

Abegi, make we let him be

Why dont you join one of his thuggery units?

Something tells me this man is coming back on a rescue mission. He desperately want to get his image back and please Nigerian and God. Think well, he has what it takes to get things working. Military era are bygones.
Apply your guts and feelings  where they are needed. Stocking trading where guts and feeling are invaluable, not in supporting IBB. Ever considered that he ruled Naija with decree and PRC and yet did not deliver. He will have to deal with NASS, Judiciary, Press and a host of other entities in a democratic setting. He's not fit for presidency.

It's like a lion telling  a sheep to kill him (lion) for devouring her  lamb.  The outcome is obvious, the sheep is going to be devoured like the lamb.

Pointblanknews.com has replaced Sahara reporters as the source for powerful breaking news since Sahara reporters started actually fabricating news items and photoshopping pictures.
Hope you would say this if it were in Yar'dua and Obj's terms? SR doesnt have to be in JEG's pocket. SR was hard on OBJ. Stella, Andy Uba,Turai, Yardua. So it's a figment of your imagination to think that GEJ should be given a free pass simply becuase it's a contention between JEG and evil (IBB). Chilax and go drink some kool-aid to kool ur temper

I wonder if Shakespare won any Noble Prize?

the same way God told MKO not to contest and simbiat his wife opposed him to save him, the same way God told Bola Ige to leave his house and he refused.

When Prophets speak people say they are seeking attention, telling some one he is about to be kiled is not attention , he is trying to save his life. if the prophet is seeking attention he would not talk about his life but his election.

unfortunately for Jonathan he has supporters but how many of them can fight for him.
SUPPORT IS NOT ENOUGH, CAN THE GOVERNORS FIGHT FOR JONATHAN?THOSE AGAINST JONATHAN ARE MORE DARING THAN HIM.

It looks like you sleep and dine with GOd all the time to know when He speaks to people. Y does God only speak to people of influence ;MKO and Bola Ige?

men are not trust worthy, so i preffer to marry and settle down than keeping boyfriend

Since men are not trust worthy, do you prefer to marry women instead?

how much is this truck?

the problem with Nigerians is that we have selective amnesia and are easily satisfied with an aorta of progress. We celebrate mediocrity; that's why IBB and Odili are coming back to wipe Nigeria out of human existence. We blame white men for everyfn and yet our politicians ship our resources to them for keeps, young Nigerians flock white men's embassies every day looking for greener pastures. We LOVE things made by white men and yet we claim that they hate to see us proper. Truth be told, we really hate to see us prosper. Emeagwali is not the type of guy we should be celebrating.

Peeps can be single for a lot of reasons,
1. U r still looking for d right person,
2: U just broke up with the wrong person
3. U just broke d heart of the right person
4. U r too young to be in a relationship
5. U r too old to be in a new relationship

6. U re free like the freeway and dont have to be worried about what to say if you missed a call from a gf or bf.

Why are press houses calling a house member Mr Speaker even though it was reported that he was selected by 9 members which did not constitute a majority. Shouldn't our press be able to say that daytime is bright and nigh time is dark ? What's grey about it?

Maybe he thought that he would plead guilty and be sentenced to life, in a prison yard that would also have a VIRGIN MEGA STORE in order to sleep with 21 virgins.

this new relationship you are in, dont entangle your finances with ur new BF. Not all relationships lead to marriage. So keep your finances and pay ur bills and dont mke urself vulnerable to severe any relationship that is heading south,

let's start from little things like JAMB forcing U to take ur parents local government instead of where you were born. How about Univesrities offering admission based on catchment areas?

PLEASE STOP THIS STALE AND EMBARRASSING PROPANGANDA.

I doubt if you receive any form of education. Crude Oil may have been struck or drilled in a geographical entity known as southern Nigeria and particularly the so-called Niger Delta but Niger Delta does not produce crude oil. Crude oil is a natural endowment that could be found in certain areas of the world. The only finish product certain area of the so-called Niger Delta can supply is smoked fish. Ignorance is really a disease.

What a replica of idiocy!! Who  ever thought  that an ignoramus could be cloned? C.S.I = Cant Stand an

http://www.saharareporters.com/article/my-arik-airways-flight-nightmare

Posted: August 30, 2010 - 08:24Posted by siteadmin
caption: Flight Ticket
By Mr. Akaninyene Inyang
Dear Mr. Brunner: First of all, I want to thank Mr. Dele (Supervisor in Arik Airways New York office) who took my call on 09 August 2010 . Per our conversation, I am following up that phone call with a formal letter of complaint regarding my recent experience on Arik Airways.

I have included with this letter a copy of my ticket on your airline, flight 108 and 107, flight cancellation notice given to passengers at Lagos International Airport. Also included with this letter is a copy of my New York itinerary with appropriate email confirmations from orbitz and Delta Airline Ticket & Invoice. Below is a written account of my experience as explained to Mr. Dele over the phone:

On 5th August 2010, my daughter (3 years old) and I arrived Lagos International Airport from Calabar (local airport in Nigeria) at 1730hrs to board a scheduled return International flight to JFK New York with Arik Airways (Arik Air 107). We were informed (alongside other passengers) that the flight was canceled due to aircraft technical issues. We were told to return the next day for a tentative flight that was scheduled to depart by 1800hrs. The Arik Airways Airport Manager, Ms. Adaobi Molokwu then told us that Arik Airways will not provide accommodation & feeding for passengers and will not be liable for connecting passengers who will miss their connecting flight in New York JFK due to the flight cancellation. Ms. Molokwu was extremely uncooperative in assisting passengers or addressing our concerns. The same attitude was exhibited by other Arik Airways staffs that were present. One pregnant Arik Airways staff member said “when we the passengers were tried of complaining, we will return home”. They ignored us, while they all stared at their computer screens. They would not respond to many of our questions. This lack of concern from Arik Airways airport management and staff, angered the passengers greatly and resulted in several heated exchanges. Due to all the frustration from them ignoring us, I became vocal and demanded answers to our concerns by turning the computer monitor away from the closest Arik staff. This led to the staff member jumping to his feet to start a fight with me and the other passengers. In the process I was shoved into a 3ft wide X 4ft long window, which broke and injured me. I was bleeding heavily from my right hand. The commotion inside Arik Airways office alerted the Nigerian Aviation Authority, so they came to find-out what was going on. Arik Airways did not provide any medical treatment for my injuries, the Aviation Authority were the ones that called in a paramedic to clean my cuts.

The Aviation Authority on arrival calmed all of us down and moved all passengers including Ms. Molokwu, to their office and we commenced dialogue for the first time since the ordeal began. During the meeting, Ms. Molokwu still insisted that Arik Airways will not provide accommodation but the Aviation authority reminded Ms. Molokwu that it is the responsibility of the Airline to provide accommodation for all passengers in situations like this. Ms. Molokwu was forced to oblige and agreed to make accommodation available. However, once we were outside the Aviation authority’s office, Ms. Molokwu decided to provide accommodation to passengers that could prove that they entered Lagos airport via a transport mode that originated outside of Lagos . This decision further infuriated the passengers. After several rounds of another heated argument between passengers and Arik Airways Staffs, some of us were finally taken to a sub-standard hotel at about 2200hrs. We were reminded that our flight would depart the next day by 1800hrs tentatively.

The next day 06 August 2010, a bus picked over 30 of us from the hotel, and we arrived the airport at about 1500hrs. When I tendered our U.S. passport (my daughter & I) to the check-in staff, he turned it over to another man that was standing with Ms. Molokwu, who confiscated them. He walked up to me accompanied by Ms. Molokwu and introduced himself as the person in-charge of Arik Airways security. He commanded us to hand over our luggage to him and then follow him. At that point Ms. Molokwu looked at me and my daughter and said “I am going to teach you a lesson”. They took us away from other passengers to a secluded room. While there I was informed by the Arik security officer that a compliant was filed against me for damages to the company’s property. He then told me that I had to pay the equivalent of $1,200 USD (180,000 Naira, Nigerian currency) before we could fly. The Aviation authority official present reminded him that this case was settled yesterday during the meeting we had but the Arik Airways security staff insisted that Ms. Molokwu had lodged a fresh compliant. We were detained for about 3hrs without access to food, or water. Our luggage was taken away from our sight, our passport was held as ransom for us to pay the alleged damages to Arik Airways property.

For fear of my 3 year old daughter becoming too traumatized from the stress we were going through, I offered to get a guarantor for them but Ms. Molokwu accused me of trying to run away by playing tricks on her, she then said she will not let us get away. The Aviation Authority personnel then pleaded with her to be merciful and understand that we are still her customers and that she was making a mountain out of a mole hill. Seeing her rigid position, I then offered to pay her with my credit card but she outwardly laughed at me and said that Arik Airways ‘does not use credit cards’. She said she will only receive cash from me. I reminded her that I used the same card to buy my ticket but she replied by saying that it was done on the internet and not in the office. I scrambled and came up with $700 USD and offered it to her but she turned around and said I was wasting her time. I looked down to my daughter and I could see the pain she was going through. She was uncomfortable throughout our stay in the hotel the previous night, she refused to eat any food offered, and now we were under detention for daring to ask for our right as air passengers.

Out of compassion, Mr. S.M Mamman (Aviation Authority Secretary) gave me $500 USD of his own money (as a loan) just to free us from the abuse Ms. Molokwu was meting out to us. Mr. Mamman however made Ms. Molokwu promise to put us on the flight leaving by 1800hrs for JFK as a condition for receiving the money. She agreed but after her security officer took the $1,200 USD, she then said that It was no longer possible for us to make the 1800hrs flight. I requested a receipt of payment for what she claimed I had damaged but I was told that the agent that gives out receipts was not available. She (Ms Molokwu) then said we had to stay behind and join another Arik flight on Sunday 08Aug10. I requested to be put on a Delta flight that was leaving in 4 ½ hrs but they just ignored my daughter and I. Ms. Molokwu walked away and left us behind with her security officer. I then enquired if it was okay now to release our passport to us which he did. They left us to cater for our transportation and lodging needs. Not one staff of Arik management apologized for all the trouble they put us through; rather we were treated as criminals.

I then took my daughter to Delta booking office and paid $4,397.43 USD (with the same credit card Ms. Molokwu refused to take) for a one way ticket from Lagos – New Orleans . I was reliably informed by another passenger Mr. Verem Turugty who was also a witness to our ordeal at Lagos, that the Arik flight that left Lagos at 1800hrs, arrived JFK by 2330hrs on 07Aug10. Most of the passengers on that flight including him ended up sleeping at the airport due to the arrival time and the lack of out-going flight from JFK at that time. This was further compounded by the lack of Arik Airways representative at JFK to attend to passengers needs. Mr. Turugty told me that he could not find one passenger on that flight that was pleased with the treatment they received. On his part he is willing to testify to the accuracy of the account of event I have narrated.

This is the first time I have flown with Arik Airways. Our departure Flight on 19Jul10 was about 2hrs late to depart JFK, which meant that, our flight was late in arriving Lagos , Nigeria . We ended up missing our local connecting flight with Aero contractor to Calabar. We were stranded in Lagos that night and had to pay $233 USD to acquire another flight the next day for Calabar. The cancellation of the return flight on 05Aug10 meant that our connecting flight from New York – New Orleans was missed, which cost us $299.80 USD to purchase. The stress and strain this ordeal has taken on my family is unimaginable; my wife was on the phone all night & day on 05Aug & 06Aug and was forced to take 2days off from work (losing over $750 USD in revenue plus cost of local/international calls), talking with different travel agents trying to arrange flights for us. My parent’s in-laws and parents in Nigeria were very worried about our fate especially when they couldn’t reach me by phone while we were under detention. Financially we are at a loss of over $7000 USD plus the pain and suffering we have experienced. My 3 year old daughter told my wife on our return that “she does not want to visit Nigeria again”. Her statement broke my heart because she was very excited to see her grand parents before our departure. I don’t know what my wife and I will do to help her get over the psychological damage she went through, we are also at a loss reggaerding how to recover financially and emotionally from this sad event. I will never wish this experience on my worst enemy.



For my aforementioned troubles, I expect, at a minimum, that the Management of Arik Airways will do the right thing by complying with Article 19 of the Montreal Convention, governing international flights and credit me back for my financial losses immediately. If this matter is handled properly, It will help start healing the wounds this ordeal has done to my family.

I appreciate your attention in this matter.

Best Regards,

Mr. Akaninyene Inyang
email: akan4uk@yahoo.co.uk
Robert Brunner
VP Marketing, Arik Airways U.S.
One Penn Plaza
Suite 1416
New York, NY. 10119

Does it mean that these politicians do not know about money laundering laws in EU and US? Who are their bankers?

Another Arisekola