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Look at Actress Ifeoma Okeke of Nigeria
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Look at Actress Ifeoma Okeke of Nigeria exposing her bosoms and maybe unmentionables too. U can see her pink bosoms popping out. She should undressed herself on national television too. G8 girl. Asked one certain time about her relationship,she said, I don’t have any regret about my self, the only regret I have was my last failed relationship.

If God can please give me another chance to turn back the hand of time, I will tell God that I’m sorry, that I need an opportunity to amend the two years that I spent in that relationship. I have never regretted anything in my life like that. Apart from that, I love the way I am, though I’m fat but I’m 5.8 tall.

So, am tall enough and I have a pretty face. I’m not saying I’m perfect but, as a human being I’m just okay Thax, for accepting your mistakes on your failed relationship. God will give you another chance, ,but pls be careful this time around…… those bo.obs of yours Your bo.obs are not too bad, try and keep fit But wait ooooo.I hope her bo.obs are not fake. But she’s been lying about their size. the bosoms are not a 32DD, they are at best a C cup Best body ever?
 
Ifeoma Okeke

[b] Her backside is not finishing what her bosoms started,maybe thats the reason for the failed relationships . I want to smoke a blunt with Ify Okeke. Damn big bust, bumper to bumper.Maybe it will give her the test of a true relationship Hahaaaaaa may be all these retarded lovers are all jealous because she is beautiful.All the kick and go lovers are probably sitting behind the television now and wishing they had her bo.obs. You guys are probably looking under her sports bra Look at Actress Ifeoma Okeke of Nigeria exposing her bo.obs and maybe unmentionables too. U can see her pink bo.obs popping out. She should undressed herself on national television too. G8 girl.
Asked one certain time about her relationship,she said, I don’t have any regret about my self, the only regret I have was my last failed relationship. If God can please give me another chance to turn back the hand of time, I will tell God that I’m sorry, that I need an opportunity to amend the two years that I spent in that relationship.
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I have never regretted anything in my life like that. Apart from that, I love the way I am, though I’m fat but I’m 5.8 tall. So, am tall enough and I have a pretty face. I’m not saying I’m perfect but, as a human being I’m just okay

Thax, for accepting your mistakes on your failed relationship.
God will give you another chance, ,but pls be careful this time around…… those bo.obs of yours
Your bo.obs are not too bad, try and keep fit

Ifeoma Okeke


But wait ooooo.I hope her bo.obs are not fake. But she’s been lying about their size. the bo.obs are not a 32DD, they are at best a C cup

Best body ever? Her backside is not finishing what her bo.obs started,maybe thats the reason for the failed relationships . I want to smoke a blunt with Ify Okeke. Damn big bust, bumper to bumper.Maybe it will give her the test of a true relationship

Hahaaaaaa may be all these retarded lovers are all jealous because she is beautiful.All the kick and go lovers are probably sitting behind the television now and wishing they had her bo.obs. You guys are probably looking under her sports bra

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Why power must shift from Saraki lineage, by Islamic cleric
From Abiodun Fagbemi, Ilorin

AN Islamic preacher in Kwara State, Uztas Saanu Shehu, at the weekend canvassed a shift in governorship power from the lineage of influential politician, Dr. Olusola Saraki, come 2011 polls.


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According to Shehu while delivering a sermon at the Government Reservation Area (GRA) residence of the political icon on the occasion of the 47th birthday celebration of Governor Bukola Saraki, God has so much blessed the family politically that it would only be appropriate for the family to allow capable hands outside the lineage to succeed the incumbent in 2011.

He said, in his short exhortation at the event attended by many dignitaries including the Deputy Governor of the state, Chief Joel Ogundeji, the National Secretary of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) Alhaji Kawu Baraje and the Acting Chief Judge of Kwara State, Justice Ayinla Bamigbola, that the family had produced a House of Representatives member for four years, a Senator for eight years (on completion of her tenure of office), and a two-term in office governor and should, therefore, on moral ground, step aside.

Shehu said: " Clerics whose instructions could not be ignored in this state should shun mundane things and speak the truth at all times, especially in the area of politics. Our celebrant should therefore be careful with their pieces of advice.

"My own advice is that come 2011, let somebody else taste power outside the Saraki family. It is more honourable that way. This family has produced a House of Representatives member for four years, a Senator for eight years, and a Governor for eight years. So the most ideal thing now is to allow somebody else to do it outside that family."

The euphoria that greeted the sermon apparently showed the wish of the political associates of the Sarakis for the 2011 governorship polls in the state.

Even though the governor had intended the celebration to be a low key event, considering the present state of health of President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, his associates succeeded in making it big with the presentations of various gift items to the celebrant.

Speaking at the event, the governor commended the people of the state for their supports to his administration, acknowledging that without such supports it would have been difficult for his administration to have the much-needed economic breakthrough.

He thanked God for his achievement in the state as he believed that politicking should always be separated from administration if there must be the much-needed development in any state or nation.

On the on going fuel scarcity across the nation, Saraki attributed it to the inconclusive negotiations between the Federal Government and organised private sector on the issue of the proposed deregulation of the down stream sector of the oil industry.

For Saraki, the on-going Electoral Reforms Bill at the National Assembly, which was the initiative of President Yar'Adua would address whatever may

10-year-old boy wins in mountain climbing festival
10-Year-old boy, Sunday Akinwunmi, wins maiden mountain climbing Mare Festival in the rocky town of Idanre, Ondo State • Climbed 2,000 feet of steep mountain surface with bare hands and feet while professional mountaineers were using ropes and other gadgets.
From Niyi Bello, Akure

A TEN-YEAR-OLD boy, Sunday Akinwunmi, has emerged winner of the maiden Mare Festival in the rocky town of Idanre, Ondo State, for climbing 2,000 feet of steep mountain surface with bare hands and feet while professional mountaineers were using ropes and other gadgets.


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_ For his efforts, which the state Governor Olusegun Mimiko, said typified the traits of gallantry and courage of the average Ondo State youth, the lad was awarded a state-sponsored scholarship up to the university level.

_ Hundreds of local and international tourists, as well as the local population of Idanre, a town completely surrounded by towering rocky walls, participated in the three-day event.

_ Packaged as an avenue to make the town a global destination for tourists by the state government in collaboration with Motherland Beckons, a tourism consultancy firm, the festival also exhibited the customs and traditions of the people through a carnival of dancing and drumming.

Several international tourists, who were drawn to the event by the massive publicity that heralded the fiesta, expressed satisfaction with the organisation and the potential of the carnival to become one of the best in the world's tourist scene.

_ While speaking at the closing ceremony on Saturday, Mimiko pledged to harness all the potential of the state to fast-track its development, stressing that the festival would contribute to the economic development of the people of the state.

The governor, however, said his administration was ready to continue to give Mare Festival what its takes to move it to greater heights to put the state on the world's tourist map.

"The renaissance for the new Ondo State has started and there will be no looking back. As a government, we are ready to provide an enabling environment that will make the people develop economically and socially", he declared.

Yes, godfatherism is our culture in Edo � Senator Ugbesia

Saturday, December 19, 2009




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Senator Odion Ugbesia, a former  political science lecturer, is one of the associates  of Chief Tony Anenih. For more than two years after he was reportedly stopped from picking the PDP gubernatorial ticket just before the 2007 general elections, Ugbesia kept a low profile, rejecting requests for media interviews. It was not as if he was quiet in that period as he kept to his duties both as a senator and in his learning as a faithful  loyalist of Anenih.

Recent events in Edo State and pronouncements by officials of the state government there may now have altered Ugbesia’s proclivity to political concealment and conciliation. In this interview, Ugbesia articulates his reservations on what he describes as the slide in political discourse in Edo State, parries questions on the alleged schism of the party in the state and baptizes himself as a godson of Edo’s leading political godfather. Excerpts:

By Emmanuel Aziken, Abuja

WHAT is the state of affairs in Edo State?
To me, as a person, I think we are not losing  sleep over the political happenings in Edo State. These are things that must necessarily happen in politics of underdevelopment and in an underdeveloped country,  especially when we are dealing with a fledgling democracy. We must sort out a few things. Some institutions have to be properly rooted, the constitution has to be properly interpreted. Some power base must be properly defined. I am not surprised that we are going through what we are experiencing in Edo State, it looks, to me, like some natural political evolution.

Do you agree that the PDP in Edo State is becoming endangered specie?
That is wrong. PDP is not. I have had cause to say that those who have left PDP can be categorized into different groups. There are those who are perpetually, habitually looking for greener pastures. Even if they were not in PDP, wherever they are, they must move to the  government in power because they are essentially looking for greener pastures.

Then there are those who are inordinately ambitious and, because of that, they cannot see through situations because they feel that their ambitions can be better fulfilled with the  government in power and also because they are ambitious, they are more vulnerable to the tactics of intimidation that the government of Edo State has decided to employ. That is exactly what is happening.

What do you mean by tactics of     intimidation?
Incidentally, only yesterday (Tuesday), the House of Assembly passed a resolution asking the government of Edo State to release to some local governments money that is theirs from the federal allocation. That money was withheld by the government in Edo State but some local governments where the chairmen have crossed to AC have since received their money, but those that have refused to cross had their money withheld. That, to me, is coercion or intimidation.

But some blame the affairs in Edo State on Chief Tony Anenih that he is dictatorial. From your close relationship with him, how true is that?
That cannot be true. You see, when it is time to fund an election, you rely on this same leader to fund your election and it is the same leader you will turn around to say  he is dictatorial or  autocratic. So, it is totally untrue that the man is autocratic or dictatorial.

You mean he has been funding elections in Edo State?
Of course yes.

With his money?
With his money and that I can swear to. Ask anybody.

What is the latest on the reported rift among leaders of the party in the south and central senatorial districts?
That rift is exaggerated. I don’t play tribal politics and leader (Anenih) doesn’t play tribal politics. There are some people who are trying to introduce tribal sentiments into the politics of the state. The most attractive basis for the demand for the creation of Edo State was the cultural affinity of the people of Edo State. We cannot now for reason of convenience say that the leader is from Edo Central, and he should, therefore, be restricted to Edo Central whereas when it is time to give leadership its true meaning, you rely on this leader from Edo Central to fund your election in Edo Central, Edo South and Edo North. That is the irony.

It is reported that the rift has led to Chief Anenih and Chief Ogbemudia parting ways.
I don’t know about that. This is a question that either Chief Anenih or Dr. Ogbemudia can answer. But I am aware that they don’t have such rift.

So, what do you make of Dr. Ogbemudia’s presence and alleged approval of Governor Oshiomohole at his first anniversary celebration?
I have had cause to say that one, as a citizen of Edo State; two, as a former governor of Bendel State, that he has the right to attend any function to which he is invited. If he was invited to a function in Benin by the state government and he attends, I don’t hold that against him. What he said there, your interpretation of it may not be the same as mine. My interpretation of what he said there may be different from yours due to our individual judgmental discriminations. There is nothing I can do about that. If there are other questions by what he meant or what he said, only him can answer. Odion Ugbesia cannot.

So, you interpret his presence at the celebration to the fact that he was invited?
Yes.

Did you invite him for the PDP unity rally?
He was not in the country. That  is what I was made to understand.

The PDP in Edo State has lost the two most recent bye-elections and another one is at the corner. What are your party’s chances?
If there is a free and fair election, PDP will win. All we are asking is, let there be a level playing field. Let the government of Edo State not employ government apparatus to rig the election.

But it is not the state government that conducts the elections.
But where government officials are involved in carrying ballot boxes, you can’t but conclude that it is government sponsored rigging.

Not long ago, you were chorusing the same tune with Comrade Oshiomhole on the state’s representative to the board of the NDDC. So what has happened?
Nothing has happened.


What then made you to agree to support the nomination made by Oshiomhole?
Well, I was consulted. On the floor of the Senate, I said I had reservation initially and that reservation was cured by the consultation that was eventually conducted by both the governor and some leaders of the party, but I cannot say the same now.

It is alleged that at that time back in July, there was an understanding between the two parties. Is that true?
No, no, there was no such understanding. No agreement. You know when Oshiomhole was declared by the courts to be the winner, we reached out to him as concerned citizens of Edo State, we were concerned about moving the state forward. It is that passion, it is that spirit about moving the state forward that made us to reach out to Adams Oshiomhole. It is our commitment to the development of the state that drove us to that point. If we went that far and he is not now reciprocating that gesture, then it is a different matter entirely.

Has he betrayed the confidence you had in him?
As far as I am concerned, yes.

In what way?
What baffles me is why he has resorted to this morbid style of campaign against the person of Chief Tony Anenih. Oshiomhole is one Nigerian who came close to bringing down governments in this country through very toxic criticisms of government over some policies. Venomous criticisms of government over whatever, so I expect a person with such background to be able to accept a criticism that borders on advice. What did the leader say?

That he should know that there is a difference between activism and governance. That is a fact that is unimpeachable. It is a fact that is incontrovertible. There is a difference between labour activism and governance, whether Oshiomhole likes it or not,  that fact is there. To now resort to personal attacks on the person of Chief Anenih, to me, is very unbecoming of the person who holds an office as high as that of the governor of the state.

Wishing the godfather dead to me is a tall ambition because the concept of godfatherism has been with human society as far as I can remember. If you want to baptize a child in the church, you go and get a godfather. You can’t wish that kind of thing away from modern society. In my own culture, you take kolanut to go and get a godfather. It is part of our culture. He is somebody who provides inspiration, somebody who provides support to other people. So, if I choose to call somebody who provides inspiration or support to me a godfather, how is Oshiomhole going to stop that? Go to the dictionary and find the meaning of godfather.


Do you have a godfather?
Yes. Chief Tony Anenih is my godfather.

Has he been helpful to your political career?
Yes.

Has he been beneficial to Governor Oshiomhole’s political career?
That is between him and Adams Oshiomhole.

Can you confirm that there was a collaboration between Oshiomhole and Anenih during Oshiomhole’s quest to unseat former Governor Osunbor at the courts?
Again, that is between Oshiomhole and Chief Anenih. The point I am making is that, not Oshiomhole’s, nobody else can kill the concept of “godfatherism.” If godfatherism is given a negative interpretation in Nigerian politics, that is a different matter entirely. I am saying that there will always be godfathers  in religious circles, in political circles and in cultural circles.

There is nothing anybody can do about it. To now resort to this morbid style of politicking in modern day Nigeria  is unbecoming. It is very, very unbecoming. If today, people are still carrying coffins to political rallies, it  is morbid politics and we should not encourage it and, for a governor of a state to be involved in that kind of thing is totally condemnable.

Given the trend in recent bye-elections in Edo State, can you still say that the PDP won the 2007 gubernatorial elections?
Oh, yes. Absolutely.

People cursed me for stopping their daughters from prostitution – Eki Igbinedion
By Simeon EBEGBULEM, Benin City
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Mrs. Eki Igbinedion is the President of the Idia Renaissance, a non governmental organization (NGO) in Edo state.

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Eki IGBINEDION



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The NGO which also has a youth resource centre was established in 1999 as her pet project when she was the first lady of the state, shortly after her husband, Chief Lucky Igbinedion was sworn in as Governor of the state.

The objective of establishing the centre was to fight human trafficking and prostitution which was the prevailing trade among girls from Edo state then. Some of these girls were repatriated back home from Italy where they engaged into prostitution, through her effort.

Even after she left office in 2007, she still kept the centre alive. The Idia Renaissance was ten years old last weekend and Saturday Vanguard cornered the former first lady for this interview after she granted ten orphans scholarship just as she also donated ten wheel- chairs and food items to physically challenged persons.

Governor Adams Oshiomhole was at the occasion and he commended Mrs Igbinedion for keeping faith with the centre where over four thousand youths have been trained, even after she left office. She told Saturday Vanguard how life has been after being a first lady for eight years.

Excerpts:

Can you tell us how life has been out of office?

Well, it has been very interesting, very relaxing and its time to put things together. We have settled down and we are enjoying our retirement from government. But our business is going on and the home front is very good. We thank God.

From what we witnessed from the occasion at the Idia Renaissance center, it shows that you still continued your pet project after office. How has it been ten years after you established this centre?

Well Idia Renaissance for the past ten years has been operational. We had young girls and boys there from the very beginning and we still have people there today. We have graduated over three thousand people in that centre.

Today, you saw one of the young people who graduated, who became Miss Universe representing Nigeria .So, a lot of young people who have been repatriated from abroad, these young people we brought to that centre and they have been trained. And all these young people who passed through that center are all productive today.

And that is the most important thing to me. When I started in 1999, I made it clear to people that what was paramount is the sincerity of purpose. When you set out to do something and you are sincere about it, you want to set an objective that you know you can achieve.

And the objective we set for the centre was to ensure that when we bring these children together, we encourage them to fulfill their dream. We support them to ensure that they are empowered on basic skills and ensure that they are properly guided.

We bring people in to come and recruit these young ones and give them employment. So the support system goes beyond the training. And we oversee what they do when they leave the centre. Many a time, they come back to employ people who are going through what they have gone through. So, the system supports itself and that is what has kept it going.

So in ten years, we have achieved a lot. Today, when I looked at the young girls who passed through the centre volunteering to come back, to come and share what they have experienced in life, it gives me satisfaction and fulfillment.

And in another ten years, I want to see more of these people. I want to see that human trafficking, child trafficking is completely eradicated from our society. We have fought a good fight. We have created awareness; we have provided the opportunity and the enabling environment for these young people to excel.

We want to see a situation where they will establish other organizations where they can also assist people so that every body will be singing the same song in ensuring that this menace is completely eradicated.

We recall that you received a lot of bashing from some homes in Benin land, accusing you of repatriating their daughters from abroad. How do you feel today looking at what you passed through to ensure the eradication of human trafficking and prostitution in the state?

I was shocked at the blackmail and the bashing that I received from people. Even some went to the extent of saying that they had gone to put curses in different shrines against me.

Even people used it against us during the political campaign for my husband’s second term. But that did not deter me, because I was focused on the need to address such an urgent issue and there was nothing any body could do about it. It was a personal conviction that it was some thing that needed to be done and it just has to be done.

And looking back I am glad I stood my ground, I am glad I had the drive which I had then to keep on pushing and of course ,the encouragement which I received from people who saw the good in the programme and supported it. When I look back, I think I am happy that ten years later we are still talking about it.

Even more people are benefitting from the programme now than before. The youth resource centre particularly has grown. More departments have been established.

The children have come out now better refined. So, I feel a sense of fulfillment.

What is the secret or the magic to the success of these centres?

First and foremost, the secret is God. When you trust the Lord in doing any thing he will back you. It is very difficult to carry the responsibility of people particularly when you feel that a segment of the society do not really appreciate it. Some people are very skeptic about certain things.

And the encouragement is not there. I think that is why the programmes of some former first ladies failed after they left office. It is very easy to be frustrated when you are doing something and people are not giving you that encouragement and some people get very suspicious about you.

Even I found it very funny when I read in some papers that Idia Renaissance is completely finished, that most of the NGOs that I started have collapsed. I do not feel that way.

The main reason why I did not feel that way was because it is was a personal conviction. I felt that the young people are from my state, they have been so dehumanized and I see a society that faces extinction of the young people should that sort of attitude continue.

So for me, it was a personal thing. And secondly, I think it goes to show a great level of sincerity and commitment.

When I am doing anything, I get passionate with it particularly when it has to do with moral values, because I see that today, our society is gradually losing that and it is some thing that we need to do very quickly for the benefit of our children who are also part of the society that we all live in.

Also the Bible tells me that if you continue to do good, good will come to you and a lot of spiritual benefits comes from helping people. I feel that it is my responsibility to do what I am doing.

Since we left office, I have not been deterred. And most importantly, while my husband was in office as Governor, I tried and I succeeded in laying a foundation that we today build on. We were able to lay that foundation because I felt that posterity will judge the work we are doing.

And in laying that foundation, the NGO was structured in a way that I do not have to be there for it to run. Most of the children who graduated today, I do not know them. If you remember from what one of them said, she said I have never met you but I live my life every day by looking at you as a mentor and your commitment to the centre.

And that touched me. That is all I need. I want people who will look at me as a role model and they want to strive to be the best they can be. Since the foundation has been laid, I do not necessarily need to be there. All I ensure is that salaries of the staff are paid every month. I ensure that the basic requirement of the centre to run are given to them and that is all.

What is your advice to First Ladies of today?

The most important thing is that first , if you are the wife of any office holder or any prominent person in this country, you must be very prayerful. You must stand on the solid rock and that is Jesus.

If you are not, I do not know how you will succeed because that was the bedrock of all we achieved in eight years in office. It was a beautiful eight years. It was wonderful and it was difficult.

But in all ,it was a learning experience. It is the greatest university that you can attend. When you get your formal education, that is different .I think this one is live education because you are responsible for so many people.

And when you are a leader, as you take responsibility of what happens to people, you carry the burden of every one. I never had any regrets. I have difficulties, I have challenges but never any regret. Because I think in life, it is good you have challenges because it helps you to grow. As a matter of fact I thoroughly enjoyed my time.

You advised Oshiomhole during the graduation ceremony to be wary of some people who follow him about, you said you wish that those who are supporting him will truly support him to the end, what message are you trying to pass from your experience?

It was a very clear message and the clear message is that when you are in office, you are Governor to everybody.

You are Governor to the good, the bad and the ugly and it is your responsibility to be there for them whether you like it or not. So, I was only appealing to those people to try to be good. This is very difficult if not impossible. But an appeal may change one or two persons.

I was telling them to truly support this man because we have confidence in him that he will move the state forward. With the genuine and sincere support of people around him , the job will be made easier for him. When you see some thing that is not right, for heaven sake do not tell him that it is right.

People are used to singing praises even when it is not necessary. Tell a leader the truth, he might not like it immediately but a sensible leader will go back and sleep on it and do what is right. So I am appealing to them to let us join hands and support the man there so that we can have a better state and a better nation.

[size=14pt]Hausa community advocates new capital for Plateau State[/size]
By Onoja Audu, Correspondent, Jos

For the return of lasting peace in Plateau State, the Hausa community under the aegis of Jasawa Community Development Association (JCDA), has recommended that a new capital be named for the indigenes.




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The group stated this at the public hearing on the November 28, 2008 civil disturbances in parts of Jos under the General Emmanuel Abisoye Federal Government’s Investigation Panel, saying its members lost properties estimated at N11.6 billion during the crisis.

While the group believes that the governor and his kith and kin should be held responsible, the University of Jos on its part, stated that the numerous crises in Jos have affected the town’s international reputation, as the last crisis forced the Chinese authority to withdraw its nationals from the institution.

According to JCDA, “Pankshin local government of the state is more central and should be considered as the new capital of the state because the Berom tribe has an agenda against them, simply because it is afraid they want to take over the city of Jos which is the capital.”

Speaking through Yakub Sale Isa Aljasawi, its director of Research and Planning, JCDA said at the last count, the crisis left a total of 309 widows, 144 orphans, with colossal loss of lives and properties, adding that the state and Jos North local government should pay compensation to the affected persons.

He disclosed that Governor Jonah Jang used the police, soldiers and Air Force men to cause havoc to Hausas, because he hated them from time immemorial, insisting “all I know the people that killed us are the security men who are supposed to protect us.

“The Beroms, which the governor is one, has been envious of the progress of Hausas and other Nigerians, that was why they discriminate against them by sponsoring all sorts of inhuman treatment against them and their families.”

He disclosed how Plateau Hospital and the Jos University Teaching Hospital, denied Hausas and Muslims treatment during the crisis, which he added was unethical on the part of health personnel, but the government is yet to investigate and act accordingly by bringing them to book.

On their submission, the University of Jos said that both the students and staff now feel unsafe with the attacks on them and the properties of the institutions by their neighbours who are mostly Muslims from near-by Angwan Rogo.

The students, he added, cannot be accommodated within the campuses of the university because of inadequate facilities, but the crisis usually catches up with them on their way to or from the school after lectures and advised that something urgently should be done to curtail the situation.

Speaking through the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Administration, Professor Dauda Musa, the institution suggested that the Bauchi Motor Park, bordering the university be relocated to give the institution the serenity a global institution of its type deserves for conducive learning.

The panel sat without its Chairman, General E. Abisoye, who is reported to be ill. In his place was Ambassador Geoffrey Preware and seven other members.

ECOWAS leaders to replace Yar’Adua as chairman - ‘His tenure, the worst ever’ - Presidency confused over supplementary budget
From Taiwo Adisa and Christian Okeke
Monday, December 21, 2009

THE failure of President Umaru Yar’Adua to return to the country, 28 days after he left for a medical treatment in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, has taken its negative toll on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Heads of State and Government Summit which was scheduled to be held today (Monday).




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President Yar’Adua was elected chairman of the organisation in Abuja on December 19, 2008 for a period of one year after President Blaise Campaore of Burkina Faso served out the final leg of his third non-consecutive tenure which lasted from 2006 to 2008. His first tenure was in 1990.

Before the unavoidable shift of the date for the summit to January 18, 2010, the heads of state were expected to consider the performance of West Africa’s economy and the 2009 work programme of the institution, which is articulated around five priority areas of activity and expected to be presented to them by the President of the Commission, Dr. Chambas, as part of the 2009 annual report.

The priority areas are the completion of work on the creation of a customs union, negotiations on the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA), the development of agricultural and environmental policies as well as the state of peace and security in the region.

Apart from those areas, the summit was also to consider the Council of Ministers’ report which, among other things, includes recommendations on various sectoral programmes from such meetings as the ECOWAS Ministers of Health, Culture, Justice as well as Telecommunications and ICT.

It would have also considered the guidelines for the preparation of report on the ECOWAS multilateral surveillance mechanism. The ministers had ended their meeting in Abuja on Saturday, November 21, in preparation for presentation of the report to the heads of state.

The regional leaders were expected at the botched summit to sign some supplementary acts and decisions, including such areas as telecommunications and information, communication and technology (ICT) as well as the establishment of a regional copyright observatory.

A major event at the summit, the Nigerian Tribune gathered, would have been the replacement of President Yar’Adua who emerged the sixth Nigerian leader to chair the organisation in 2008 after Olusegun Obasanjo (1978), Muhammadu Buhari (1985), Ibrahim Babangida (1986 - 1988), Sani Abacha (1996 - 1998) and Abdulsalam Abubakar (1998 - 1999).

Indications emerged that the regional leaders will, in January, not give in to any move to re-elect President Yar’Adua for a fresh mandate under any guise, owing to what sources mainly termed his “leadership without direction.”

A source told the Nigerian Tribune that the tenure of President Yar’Adua was one of the worst to be experienced by the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Commission, which was set up by Article 7, 8 and 9 of the Treaty and which defined its composition and functions.

Meanwhile, the presidency is said to be confused on what to do to stop the N353 billion 2009 supplementary budget from lapsing as a result of the failure of President Yar’Adua to assent to the budget bill.

The 1999 Constitution stipulates that the President can only hold on to a bill passed by the National assembly for 30 days after which the lawmakers can override the veto by securing two-thirds majority of the two chambers.

Sources told the Nigerian Tribune on Sunday that the presidency had toyed with the idea of taking the bill to Saudi Arabia to secure presidential assent but that members of the kitchen cabinet advised against that bid after securing vital information on the true state of health of the president.

Again, sources said that the Presidency had contemplated sending a letter from Yar’Adua to the National Assembly, to pave the way for Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan to sign the bill but that other members of the cabinet decided against it with the hope that the President would have returned to the country last week.

But it was confirmed that the Presidency is also suffering from the effects of non signing of the budget as the amnesty programme in the Niger Delta has become the first casualty.

While the House of Representatives passed the supplementary budget on November 18, 2009, the Senate passed it on November 23.

But it was gathered that the clean copy of the bill actually got to the President’s table on Tuesday, December 8, 2009.

Going by the legislative procedure, the bill could be deemed to have spent its 30th day in the presidency on December 23, thus paving the way for the National Assembly to override the presidential veto.

Sources, however, said that some presidential aides were planning to send an emissary to the National Assembly to calculate the days from December 8, when the National Assembly’s bureaucracy actually presented the budget to Aso Rock.

Senators and members of the House of Representatives as well as officials of ministries and parastatal agencies have been lamenting the inability of the system to effect some payments as a result of the failure of the president to sign the budget.

The House of Representatives had said on Friday that it was aware of what to do to get the budget to become law.

Senate spokesman, Mr. Ayogu Eze, also said on Sunday that the Senate, which began its on recess on Thursday, was actually on standby.

“We are on standby. We are strictly not on holiday, if we are called we will come back,” Senator Ayogu Eze said.

A source in the National Assembly said that the presidency might actualise the delivery of the letter that would ensure that vice-president Goodluck Jonathan takes over in acting capacity to the National Assembly this week.

The source said that though the letter had not been sent as at Sunday, top members of the legislature were aware of the possibility that this might happen this week.

If the letter is sent, the vice president would be able to assent to the budget and other pending issues, including the swearing- in of the new Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN).

Mamagee, is that you in your pofile picture?. You are very pretty and you better hide your pictures before Tiger Woods gets hold of them.

shinaidowu:

Why you anybody in hi right mind even believe what that pastor said, as big as heaven in with the number of saints that has died howpossible is it[b] for him to spot Pastor Bimbo in the first place or is there a Nigeria section in heaven or hell.[/b]

LWKMD . They also have east hell fire for igbos, north hell fire for hausas , hell fire west for Yorubas and south south hell fire for ijaws.  The location of these hell fires is somewhere in West Africa near the coast of the Atlantic. You no wan see as Igbos, hausas and Yorubas dey kill each other there with tribalism.

Says who?. Black women are not just bold enough to hit on him. They prefer dating other men like Flavo Flav.

Onwan:

Rear views;

I am comparing the two vehicles because they have a striking resemblance in their rear views. One probably copied another. The BMW 335 coupe is close to that same rear design.

Siena:

There is currently no Audi A5 4-door.

The 4-door car is an Audi A4 B8. There is however, a 5-door version in the making, but not yet available. Won't be offered in the US / Canadian market though.

Just so you know brother. 

I will always pick Audi, and it will always be a quattro model.

The build quality of Audi currently exceeds that of current models of Mercedes Benz, which in turn exceeds the build quality of Jaguar.

Audi A5 4-door is in the US currently. What are you talking about?.

Fhemmmy:


Hahahahahahaha.
In terms of power, Audi, na father
In terms of handle, Audi na father
In terms of Durability, Audi na grandfather
In terms of resale value, Audi is great
In terms of design, Audi won

In terms of being a ride, Audi is just the best.

Good one. Audi is the best machine made in Germany now. It beats the Benz, Beamer and /Opel/. The jaguar/Ford is not even close. Don't mind me for I am a biased VAG freak.

Siena:

Both cars are not directly comparable - the Jaguar is a 4-door saloon, while the Audi A5 is a 2-door coupe.

A better comparison with the Jaguar XF would be the Audi A6 C6.

With Jaguar being owned by Ford now, build quality is not what it used to be, as disgruntled owners have attested.

A5 comes in 4 doors too.

Nigerian women can be silly at times. Imagine the comments below;

She who deserts the husband because he was tempted is not a good wife. A lot of women are out there waiting to enter and will tolerate the man so far their own right reaches them. I will show him love -Rubby Acholonu, businesswoman

Show him love for cheating on you?. Are you kidding me?



And this one is the silliest:

Ninety nine per cent of men cheat not to talk of a young man with that kind of wealth. I will rather concentrate in keeping my marriage by ignoring the rubbish scandal and beg him in the bedroom to protect himself well from STD and HIV if he must do mistresses. As long as I am loved and cared for by my cheating husband, I would stay. Men are animalistic in nature when it comes to sex. It is only by God’s grace that good wives stay in marriage. This is simply the fact of life.

I won’t divorce -Dorcas James, teacher

Beg him to cheat on you?

~Bluetooth:

To be frank that man no be am.He doesn't look GOVERNMENTAL at all.

He is not a civil servant, he is an official looter of Oyo state. You may only compare his picture with popular fat armed robbers[they must be white like him or at least look Fulani] and see whether they look alike.

What is your limit on how many mistresses your husband will have in order to obtain forgiveness?

~Bluetooth:

Biracial ke? You mean akala looks like fulani

After bleaching his skin with tura, he transformed into a Fulani man from a typical negro he was.

~Bluetooth:

He should have gone for plastic surgery instead of using tura soap.

Tura still worked anyway. Oyo people couldn't recognize him after the tura treatment. Grapevine sources told me that some thought he was biracial during the election.

german007:

Lads  ,

I find this revelation of him being a dismissed police officer quite amusing.  How on earth did a dismissed police officer make it to being a governor? and furthermore, Were people aware of this afflatus of him being a dismissed police officer before he was elected?

How do you expect Oyo people to know?. He bleached his skin to change his appearance.

GEW:

a very beautiful hut. at least yaradua and his people could have gone there

It's people like proudly9ja who lay the foundation for our leaders allowing us to live in cesspools while they escape to Saudi mecca to get medical help.

Becomerich/Egwuofor/Bashali/Nigeria 1 = One 1. Classic case of fighting with himself.

~Bluetooth:

Alao christopher akala,a dismissed police officer turned deputy governor oyo state during rasheed ladoja regime.He is a flexing governor,big time party freak and he bleaches his body with soap/cream which makes him outstanding among his colleague.

Outstanding ke?

sistawoman:

Divorce.

Will you still divorce him if you will walk away with nothing?

Tchidi Chikere[Top 5 Nollywood film director]

Congrats.

Akala when his major source of income was bribe received as a policeman



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Akala as a governor. You can see his updated bleaching with more expensive non corrosive acid. I will soon get his picture when he was a black man.