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Ramon2:
Gbam. Tinubu is a rascal and all his followers are rascals.

you are perfectly right here

By Tony Edike
DISTURBED by the absence of a representative of Ndigbo in the National Working Committee, NWC, of the ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP, after the removal of the former national chairman of the party, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo, the youth wing of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Ebonyi State chapter, has called for his immediate recall.
The group said Nwodo remained the best option in search of who to fill the vacant position he was forced out of, stressing that “as leaders of Ndigbo youths, we find it unacceptable that the South East is not represented in the highest organ of the ruling party”.
The Ohanaeze youth wing asked President Goodluck Jonathan to “recall how Nwodo put in all in his arsenal and defied powerful lobbies to shut him (Jonathan) out of the presidential race over zoning” and initiate moves to recall him immediately.
Speaking to newsmen in Enugu, state youth president-general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo in Ebonyi State, Mazi Okemiri Alex, stated that since the crisis in the party had worsened, even after Nwodo was forced to quit, “it is now clear that if his reform programme had been allowed to take effect, the party would have been the better for it now.
“It is now very clear that Nwodo meant well for the party as his reform package would have taken care of the acrimony now threatening the victory of the party at the polls.”
Stating that “the time to recall him is now and not later”, the group contended that all Nwodo stood for in trying to open the gate of the party for those angling to come was exactly what President Jonathan was now preaching in calling for reconciliation and for aggrieved members to remain instead of leaving the party.
Protesting the current state of affairs, he maintained that it was not acceptable to Ndigbo that another person from another zone would be allowed to occupy a sensitive position zoned to the South East “when the Igbo man who was removed gave a good account of himself as a man of integrity.
“I am, therefore, on behalf of Igbo youths, calling on President Jonathan to recall Dr. Nwodo to office as the vacuum created by his exit has remained unfilled and the evidence is seen in the confusion in the party, where the party leadership is unable to solve any of the lingering problems.”
The group further called on “Igbo leaders, especially those who are in PDP and continue to watch while Ndigbo are being sidelined wrongly to rise up now and reject this treatment to Nwodo while some others now in NWC who actually worked against the president are there now holding sway and pretending to be Jonathan’s friends”.
They alleged that those who forced Nwodo to quit the exalted office are enemies of Ndigbo who actually saw the man’s profile rising as one of the voices of conscience for the nation as he strove to restore dignity and discipline to the ruling party.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/02/ohanaeze-demands-nwodos-reinstatement/

Media aide to Chief Olusegun Oni, former governor of Ekiti State, Mr Wale Ojo-Lanre, has described as despicable the statement made by former Lagos State governor, Senator Bola Tinubu, calling President Goodluck Jonathan a drun-ken fisherman.

Ojo-Lanre, in a statement issued, on Wednesday, said: “By Tinubu’s statement, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and its leaders have demonstrated that they are indeed rascals.”

He said there were no other words with which people who emerged as governors through fraudulent means could be described other than rascals.

He said: “with the uncouth reactions of Tinubu, the sole proprietor of the ACN, it has been justified that they are born propagandists and men of low integrity.

“Yoruba people cherish their names. We cherish honest, upright and hardworking people, who are always conscious of their father’s name and won’t for any reason seek to achieve anything through dubious means. But can this be said of the so-called ACN leaders, Definitely no!”

While urging President Jonathan not to be deterred by the outbursts of the ACN, Ojo-Lanre said, “President Jonathan has said the obvious, it is left for Tinubu and his hawks in the ACN to retrace their steps and begin to seek penitence.”

http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/news/17703-tinubu-has-proved-jonathan-right-onis-aide

FOLLOWING last Saturday’s stampede at the Liberation Stadium, Port Harcourt, which led to the death of many party supporters during the launch of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) South-South presidential campaign, President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered a special training for security agents in crowd control to avert similar incidents in future.

He gave the directive during Wednesday’s meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) in the State House, Abuja.

According to the Minister of Information and Communications, Mr Labaran Maku, who briefed State House Correspondents after the meeting, the president was determined to ensure that such cases did not recur anywhere in the country.

The minister also revealed that FEC members paid tribute to those who lost their lives and survivors of the stampede and had officially commiserated with President Jonathan, Vice-President Namadi Sambo, families of the victims, the government and people of Rivers State and the South-South geopolitical zone in general.

This followed a motion moved by Maku, who described the incident as tragic and a “sad ending in an otherwise an exemplary show of support by the people of South-South to your (President Jonathan) own presidential ambition.”

The minister posited that the unfortunate occurrence “reminded us again that sometimes even at the best moments, the enemy is always lurking around.

“The people of the South-South in that rally proved that indeed not only are they in total solidarity with Mr President and Vice-President in the forthcoming elections but who went the extra mile to bring out virtually all their people to show their solidarity.

“And because of the level of crowd that massed in Port Harcourt, which is indeed an affirmation of the popularity of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the forthcoming elections, the unfortunate occurrence of the stampede led to loss of lives,” he said.

The Minister of Information also disclosed that council had ratified approval for the variation of some contracts presented by the Minister of State for Power, Nuhu Somo Wya, in realisation of the need to increase power generation capacity.

According to him, council ratified the National Independent Power Project (NIPP) Board of Directors’ approval for variation of the contract awarded for the construction of the 225 megawatts Gbarain Power Plant in favour of Messrs Rockson Engineering Ltd, in the sum of USD138, 675,122.20 to USD220, 101,976.79 payable at the prevailing exchange rate at the time of payment.

He said the variation was necessary because of the requirement of the contractor to modify the design of the plant to accommodate four additional turbine units and combined cycle operation.

Council also ratified the modification of the design of the construction of 338 mega watts Egbema Power Plant under the Niger Delta Power Holding Company Ltd, which was awarded in 2006. The request for modification was informed by the need to accommodate additional three gas turbines and combined cycle operation to raise expected generation capacity to 675mw.

Consequently, council ratified the review of the contract from USD128, 366,751.74 to USD183, 021,115.37, in favour of Messrs Rockson Engineering Ltd/Rockson International Group at the prevailing exchange rate at the time of payment.

Council similarly ratified the president’s anticipatory approval for the provision of consultancy services for the detailed engineering design and project management of the proposed 2,600mw Mambilla Hydro Electric power project in favour of Messrs Coyne et Bellier (in association with WADSCO & De Crown) in the sum of USD37, 220,067.72 with 87 months as completion period.

Meanwhile, the Mambilla Power Project is to add about 2, 600mw to the National Grid by 2018 according to the Minister of State for Power.

Wya told State House correspondents after FEC meeting on Wednesday that the approval of the Mambilla project was a major milestone in the history of power generation and distribution in the country.

According to him, “this is a major milestone, which will give the one single project in the electricity sector a minimum of 2,600 mega watts of power, all coming from the same station. It will be a major milestone in the history of this country”.

“That project has been on the drawing board and Mr. President has come out and held the bull by the horn and has now unravelled mystery behind Mambila. He has done all the studies that needed to be done. This time, he has commissioned a consultant to do the final detailed study, which will now enable any potential investor that will partner with the Federal Government to see this as a well crafted project because of its magnitude.” he stated

http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/news/17698-jonathan-orders-special-security-training-for-crowd-control

FORMER presidents of the country and military heads of state may lose the life benefits approved last year, by the Senate for them, their wives and children.

On the list also are Senate presidents, their deputies, speaker of the House of Representatives, their deputies and chief justices.

The Senate had, last year, through the passage of a bill for an Act to provide remunerations for former presidents, heads of the federal legislative houses and chief justices of the federation, approved the benefits.

The bill stipulated that members of the families of the deceased former presidents and vice-presidents would be entitled to annual payments, as shall be recommended by the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) and approved by the National Assembly and in manner as shall also be prescribed by the National Assembly.

But, on Wednesday, the Senate Committee on Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Affairs declined to lobby for funds for them in the 2011 budget.

The chairman of the committee, Senator Smart Adeyemi, told officers from the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), who were in the National Assembly to defend their 2011 budget, that he could not defend the request.

Senator Adeyemi’s refusal was hinged on the fact that past presidents did not deserve that treatment, because they were comfortable, while he insisted that they had “mismanaged Nigeria.”

According to him, “my conscience will not allow me to champion it. The past leaders should sacrifice the perk for the development and employment which they failed to provide during their reigns.

“Tell them to sacrifice. The hospitals have no drugs, the roads are bad, there is no electricity and most graduates are unemployed.”

The Permanent Secretary in the office of the SGF, Mr Taiye Haruna, who represented the Head of Service, said former presidents were to be provided with a five-bedroom duplex within Nigeria; allowance for their staff, and three vehicle to be replaced every three years.

He added that the former presidents are also to enjoy free medical treatment abroad and a luxurious treat whenever they are in Abuja.

But Smart Adeyemi disclosed that “In a situation where there are a lot of unemployed graduates roaming the streets and threatening a revolution, rather than give this money to them, we should use it to generate employments.”.

http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/news/17690-obj-ibb-abubakar-others-may-lose-life-benefits

BARELY 24 hours after the Adamu Ciroma-led Northern Political Leaders Forum (NPLF) called on opposition political parties to gang up against the candidature of President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the forthcoming election, the presidential campaign of the party has warned Mallam Ciroma against making inflammatory statements that could derail the ongoing electoral process in the country.

In a statement signed by the Director of Media and Publicity, PDP Presidential Campaign Council, Mallam Abba Dabo, in Abuja, on Wednesday, the party wondered why Mallam Ciro-ma, “a well-respected states-man, will associate himself with causes that were at variance with national interest.”

The PDP, while acknowledging the role played by Mallam Ciroma in the formation and nurturing of the party, as well as his contributions to the national development over the decades, lamented that it found it strange that the elder statesman would involve himself in such a sectional pursuit of NPLF.

According to the statement, “we are, indeed, at a loss as to what he hopes to achieve by openly calling for the destruction of a house he laboured so hard to build.

“As a true democrat, we expect Mallam Ciroma to submit to the will of the majority as freely expressed at the last national convention which has been globally acclaimed for its transparency.

“To continue holding tenaciously to divisive positions at a time the entire party and the nation are embarking on a process of healing and reconciliation does not speak well of his hard-earned reputation.”

The party, however, advised Mallam Ciroma not to submit himself “to manipulations by non-PDP members of the NPLF, whose interest was to capture power through ignoble means.

“It is our sincere wish that he reviews his current position quickly and avail his wise counsel to the Jonathan/Sambo ticket, which is the choice of the PDP, where he is a prominent member,” the party said.

It will be recalled that the Ciroma-led NPLF had on Tuesday in Abuja, after a meeting, resolved to work against the candidature of President Jonathan, insisting that the northern region must produce the next president.

http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/news/17686-watch-your-tongue

Obiagu1:
Tinubu has lost it, shame on him!

Tinubu would have called PDP leaders including GEJ thieves, criminals or similar names. This is mere insult and equivalent to rascal GEJ called ACN leaders.

Drunk fisherman is a tribal slur and should not be permitted. It's equivalent to racial slurs used against Blacks and no Black man tolerates it.

Shame on all those that supported Tinubu too.
This episode can lead to the use of tribal slurs openly. Most ethnic groups have their own.

thank you, the most sensible person here

tinubu is doing the samething which really makes him a rascal!!

fstranger3:
Just like how Obama's great great grand father is Ibo. My grandmother is Ibo and my mother speaks fluent Ibo, does that make me Ibo? I hope not.

Always tryna claim oil wells!

fstranger you like wahala too much

Andre Uweh:
@Alh Harem: The map Uchenna posted has Agbor in the West; Enugwu Ezike (Nsukka) in the north; Arochukwu in the East and Half of Port Harcourt in the south.
It did not even include Igbanke in Edo state, Okpokwu in Benue state and Ndoki in Akwa Ibom state. So you can see that he has not claimed non Igbo towns but excuded some Igbo towns.

ok well understood

EzeUche_:
^^^

No one is claiming anyone. My father's eldest brother is married to an Ekpeye woman.

Ekpeye is a language, a people, a culture and an ethnic kingdom in southeastern Nigeria. The Ekpeye are usually included as a subgroup of the Igbo people on linguistic and cultural grounds. They speak an Igboid language. Ekpeye people living in the Ahoada and Ogba-Egbema areas of Rivers State in Nigeria were a population of 80,000 (1991 census), that has increased 63% to approximately 130,000, according to the 2006 census estimates.

Ekpeye people are, perhaps, the most dynamic of southern Nigerian peoples. [b]Its culture is a complex mix of Original Ekpeye, neighbouring Ijaw, and influential Igbo cultures. Ekpeye culture is most similar to Igbo culture because their interactions with the Igbo have been the earliest, the most intense, and the longest. [/b]Yet the differences are very plain. For example, among the mask traditions of the Ekpeye the Egbukele, which reached Ekpeye from Ijaw via Abua, is the major one, distinctive for the horizontal fish-shaped headdresses and other animal representations, which are quite distinct from Igbo representations. Contrastingly, the Aarungu and the Owu masks exhibit a wide range of forms and imagery, human and animal, many of which are also found in Igbo.

ezeuche please my brother listen and learn how to be diplomatic in your approach when having a conversation with someone. well you have a lot to learn in terms of been a leader which i think you are not.

now, you can not say because some people speak you language and you are married to one of them makes the whole ethnic group part of yours.

i know you have a good heart and just want what is best for your people just like others but you have to accept the truth sometimes.

Andre Uweh:
There is nothing wrong with his map. It is accurate and precise.
Nupe people do not speak Yoruba but Nupe. They even speak Hausa more than any other language except Nupe.

ok i understand you, but the map of igboland was a bit generous in the sense that part of ibibio, edo lands were in it.

about nupe people, most of them speak Nupe language but majority of them speak hausa and yoruba, very few speak fula even some speak igala a form of okun yoruba language just like iskekiri which is a form of ijebu language

but my point is even us northerners will not take part of people territory just because of the language we share in common

EzeUche_:
Do not discuss things you do not know. Ekpeye people are an Igbo speaking sub-group who live within the region. GEJ is from Ogbia, and the people of these area speak both Ogbia (Ijaw dialect) and Ekpeye (Igbo dialect) interchangeably. GEJ is clearly an Ijaw man, but that does not mean he doesn't speak Igbo.

What are you arguing about?

Ekpeye people have always been included with the Igbo, and even fought on the Biafran side if you did not know that.

My map is not fraudulent, if you have a problem with the map, the map is actually from a major oil company , so do not get upset with the messenger, because it doesn't serve your purpose.

ok i agree, please no kill me

but the map i am not to sure

funny word by ribadu

lets see!!!!!

EzeUche_:
They speak both Igbo and Ogbia (Ijaw dialect) in GEJ's hometown. The Ekpeye people (Igbo subgroup) are found in that region as well as Ijaws. They have lived side by side for many centuries now. That is why GEJ speaks both Igbo and Ijaw very fluently.

ezeuche how can you say this, do you know that nupe people speak yoruba fluently + nupe and yet you can not say nupe will go with Yoruba people. there are ibibio, efik and others that can speak fluent igbo but are they igbo,.,. certainly not

moreover you map is fraud

Rhino.5dm:
All PDP political office holders are rascals. oh! sorry i didn't mean to say that  

shattap dia, why are u laughing at ur stu.pidity

Sun of god:
Whatever she is - She's no Turai (aka the Devil)

igbo man how is she the devil

she stood beside her husband which bainca is not doing

texazzpete:
[s]Sun Newspaper is one of the top newspapers in Nigeria.[/s]
They are crap, I agree, but they seem to have a substantial reader base.

sorry which nigeria, how many people buy the sun newspaper

people go for punch, thisday, vangruard, tribune before other

what do u think

Muza:
like i've said smtime ago,like i will say now and like i will continue to say until they change,ACN is not too different from PDP.
If they come into power they might even do worse,the answer is BB

yes sooooooo!!!!

ode remo:
@al.harem ,
you are now displaying that diamod size f.o.o.l isness you are known for on nairaland.
just hug transformer like yor friends do daily on here.

i laugh at you acn lovers, you people think you are smart by supporting acn but you are the biggers mumus in nigeria

keep calling someone your fathers age a fool, we will see who laugh last like awolowo said

[size=18pt]who reads sun newspaper

there accounts are never accurate and most of there sources are from other newspaper[/size]

lagos is now a land of rascals as oga Jonathan rightly said

i mean look

What about his wife?
What about his son in law?
What about osobas son?
What about lam adesinas son?
Did there family members face primaries

shame on lagosians for voting for ACN and shame on yorubas that love ACN

EzeUche_:
When people say the violence will end "when there is no more Nigeria." Where do you think the people of the Middle Belt will go. Many of their state states are in the North. If Nigeria does split, cities like Kaduna will go to the North.

and do you want it to go to south

ziccoit:
Over 80% of Nigerians,whether genuinely or sentimentally, supported GEJ just before and as soon as he came on board. All these angers came out of dejection and lack lustre   performance of our dear president, turned PDP presidential candidate. And a love offered but rejected would definitely turned to a hot anger.

And, people know being a PDP presidential candidate is sine qua non to having won the election. So, if this should happen (GOD FORBID), Nigeria is in for another four years of wastage and backwardness.

Come, let me tell ya. A government that fail to perform within 3-6 month of inception would never be a good one if given 30 solid years to rule. I would prove this; the only time Nigerians ever enjoyed a good governance was during the regime of Muritala Muhammed who ruled for just 6 months post destruction.

GEJ, is definitely going to be the worst ever if elected.

you are right but is ACN better the so called progressives that impose candidates on there people

blink182:
I so love what ACN and its leaders are doing, next time Mr President will think twice before talking. See the way a whole seating president is being made a mockery of. Drunk fisherman whose boat is about to capsize. . . Sweet

it just shows that ACN and most of the people of the south west are rascal

Jonathan you are right on that

i mean how can a public figures be exchanging words to each other through the media

na today

acn is a dying slow but painful

tinubu and co are going down. isseeee!!!!!!

excanny:
Flawed argument!

There's a difference between Igbo-speaking and being Igbos. Are Nigerians who bear English names English? You people should leave Ikwerres alone. They've said they are not Igbos, let them be.

now this what i like

ok i believe whether if ikwerri and ika say they are not igbo we should leave them, the more we talk like this, the more they feel special

if something happens, then they will remember there igbo part.

To my igbo brothers lets be watching

Chyz*:
Insulting? Yes. Tribalistic? No. If he called them cowards or snakes, then, although true, it would be considered racist-like.

gbam i think jonathan was right when he called tinubu and co a rascal, i mean what is the meaning of a former governor insulting the current president

i think tinubu should be arrested and charged for lack of respect

tinubu is a real rascal and abgero

Rhino.5dm:
Alarji a daina karya, na harbo jirgin ka

your Hausa converter was coded by a chinise programmer living in spain and working for a German firm Very poor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

if you do not like my hausa then go hang and make sure it is on an eletric pole

i have nothing to prove to you since. you wrote hausa and i replied, i even wrote hausa back to u bu could not reply

so if my hausa is poor, same goes for my english

Onlytruth:
@alj harem.

Do you feed through the anus? Frank question.

no that is not what he said

he was talking about me comforting my father but i decided to not answer him because people like him and ezeuche are delusional when other group talk to them

idan ka iya Hausa, saboda wannan

munafukarka na matsa

rhino i am waiting

Rhino.5dm:
just froget about google's converter

Ba wani jaki, wani sahihin mumu

Rhino.5dm:
if you are kanuri as you claim then answer this. . . in da wasu??

what do you mean if some?

Rhino.5dm:
just froget about google's converter

guy it is late i you should go sleep, moreover does goole have hausa, igbo, kanuri converter

if you find, provide me with the link