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Boko Haram: Adeboye assures president of prayers
On November 13, 2011 · In News

FG banks on foreign help
By SAM EYOBOKA, VICTORIA OJEME & YINKA LATONA

Deeply concerned by terrorism believed to have been orchestrated by the Islamic sect, Boko Haram, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has assured President Goodluck Jonathan that over 78 million Nigerian Christians will not relent in their prayers at this period of security challenges in the country as the Federal Government declared that it will seek the banking of foreign help to stem the tide.

“As in all situations of terrorism, it would require the cooperation of the international community, especially friendly countries like France to effectively address the challenge. This is why the Federal Government is particularly delighted with France’s expression of solidarity and condemnation of recent acts in our cities which resulted in the loss of innocent lives,” the foreign affairs minister, Ambassador Olusegun Ashiru, said yesterday.

Pastor Enoch Adeboye

Ashiru statement came barely one week after the Boko Haram sect struck in Damaturu, Yobe State capital, bombing the state police headquarters, police stations and churches, and leaving on its trail about 100 persons dead.

Before then, the group had claimed to be behind at least two bombings in Abuja, the Federal Capital including the one that rocked the United Nations building.

It also said it carried out gun attacks and bombings in Maiduguri, Borno State capital.

Ashiru, who spoke at a dinner reception to mark the visit of France foreign affairs minister, Alain Juppe, in Abuja, yesterday, also called for further improvement in the economic ties between the two nations.

The Nigerian foreign minister said: “I should seize this opportunity to make clear that the Federal Government does not take lightly the current challenges facing country. Indeed, the government is determined to tackle this threat head –on ,

as every responsible government should”.

Speaking on the trade relations between Nigeria and France, he described the current volume of the French investment in Nigeria as inadequate despite the strong ties between the two nations, urging France to increase the depth of its investment in the country.

“ I must say that France’s investment in Nigeria , though substantial, does not fully reflect the depth and extensiveness of Franco-Nigeria relations. We need to bridge this gap. I expect our business communities to take advantage of this networking dinner to build friendship and business linkages for the mutual benefit of our countries”, Ashiru added.

Juppe condemned the Yobe and Borno attacks, describing them as barbaric act of terrorism and fanaticism.

“The death toll in Damaturu in Yobe claimed by Boko Haram is a barbaric act of terrorism and fanaticism that provoke these terrible acts are incompatible with our values,” the French foreign minister said.

“On behalf of the French government and before you all, I solemnly condemn in the strongest manner these attacks in the north of the country. I greatly extend my deepest sympathy to the victims families and their loved ones and I offer my condolences to the authority of the States of the federation and authority of Nigeria and the entire Nigerian population.”

Meanwhile, Ashiru has called on France and other developed partners to, in the light of Nigeria’s eminent peace-keeping role, consider expanding the G20 with a view to including at least the three economies from each of the regions of the world as well as its backing to her desire to secure a permanent seat in the UN Security Council.

He stated this yesterday after a closed door meeting by the Franco-Nigeria political Dialogue held in Abuja.

The minister said the meeting came up with a decision on the Franco-Nigeria bilateral and economic relations in trade and investment issues; in areas of energy partnership between the two countries, international cooperation: and consular and immigration matters and judicial and mutual legal assistance.

Speaking on regional issues, the two countries reiterated support for ECOWAS, while Nigeria expressed satisfaction for broad consultation on the Ivorian and Liberian crisis, where both countries positions coincided.

Adeboye to Jonathan: We are with you in prayers

In the meantime, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has assured President Goodluck Jonathan that over 78 million Nigerian Christians will not relent in their prayers at this period of security challenges in the country.

Speaking at the special Holy Ghost Service, in Abuja, Friday night, in response to another presidential appeal for prayers, Adeboye said: “I want to, on behalf of everybody here tonight, specially say thank you to Mr. President. Please convey our greetings to him and tell him that we cannot stop praying because Nigeria is our country.”

Continuing, the pastor pointed out: “We don’t have any other country and, whether the devil likes it or not, peace will reign in this country. And because we serve the Prince of Peace, we will defeat violence with peace, we will defeat hatred with love, and, whether the devil likes it or not, Nigeria, belongs to Christ.”

The large crowd of worshippers immediately saluted that declaration with tumultuous shout of AMEN.

Earlier, during the service, Jonathan, represented by the Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku who paid glowing tributes to the immense contribution of the Church and Adeboye in particular, had appealed to the General Overseer and the Church as a whole to intensify their prayers for peace in the land so that his transformation agenda will not be truncated

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/11/boko-haram-adeboye-assures-president-of-prayers/

i thought ondo has the largest bitumen deposits ?

pukkah and yoji el-rufai said the government should dialogue with boko haram

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ogiye:
haha, my dear it's you that do not know what being igbo means. [b]the word ''Igbo'' will be done with in future and replaced with Biafra. when you say Biafra your mind goes broad but if you say Igbo your mind points at a particular poin[/b]t, Ukwuani will not come to your mind at all. Your elaborations are good but follow me,  Afikpo do not have another Afikpo or Uguta another. there are many Ukwuani dialects some hardly understands others but they are all Ukwuani. just as Igbo has many dialects that some hardly understands others yet they are all Igbo. two trees different names and fruits, one may be related to the other but now it got it's own name. and that shall it be called.

the bolded has no significance to the discussion.as for the remaing things you wrote i just laugh.

You are a cretin if you give your money to a pastor with a private jet!

oh lord

kasiem:
@abagworo,
i can understand that umuahia and abakaliki are now better than awka? Ooh, wonders shall never end ooo.

umuahia is planned and awka is not.do not even go there

sexlog:
Igbo boy,
u are a mad man O! Even a dull child knows that if u are into entertainment industry and u are not lagos base or u've not come to reside in lagos, u are still no where to be found!!!  See MI & Jezzyjagz, both sprung from jos to lagos. Would u compare them to duncan in terms of fame?  Ewu!

MI i understand but jessy jagz?you must be having a laugh.jessy jagz is nothing compared to duncan mighty.leave lagos to anywhere else and ask peeps about duncan and jesse.it is probably on in jos that people might know jesse more than duncan but anywhere else especially south southsouth east and even the streets of abuja jesse has absolutely nothing on duncan.

an assignment go to alaba and inquire which albulm btw jesse jagz latest album and duncan's latest album which one was more in demand at the time each came out.

nigeria does not start and end in lagos.

edoyad you needed in your zone

jason123:
You misunderstood me. I am for the support of "Aba mades" ("China mades" are of no better quality) and Innoson cars. What I meant by my statement was to follow the Eleganza model since the FG is not forth coming. He initially started in Lagos(He's local area) before he could be accepted.

ok

jason123:
Thanks for the video. He said there were attempts but the did not say they built, did he??

Look, I already praise Biafrans for at least attempting, "necessity is the mother of invention". Put a people in a similar condition, they will probably do the same, if not better.

The local refineries are not good. They cause environmental degradation, you need to see it for yourself. Most of the Oil spills are cause by these people. It was shown on BBC a while ago. but they basically use a cut piece of metallic barrel, distill the petrol of the crude oil and pour the remaining crude oil into rivers, lakes or water bodies.

Innoson cars and Aba mades, I have to agree. The FG is stupi.d for not supporting them but I think the locals should patronize them first (just an opinion).

Emegwali is an American citizen, isn't he? And . . . .

No, it is not the "Igbo factor". What manufacturing company has been supported by the FG ? None!

your opinion on the bolded stinks as if enugu state governmnet and some transport co. re not patronising them.this is why the country will not develop as everything is seen as a sectional thing as if the whole country will not benefit.would we still be hearing aba made if no one patronized them?

Beaf:
Its called self deception, I don't think the man can bring himself to comprehend or accept what is happening to him. Its a sure sign that he is deeply traumatised.

the man is just dancing naked in the market place so to speak.his self deception must be something else

why has he flagged of his reelection campaign when he is not yet cleared by pdp? just switch to channelstv and ait now.

Orikinla:
I can say that Ben Murray-Bruce is the most Articulate and visionary governorship aspirant in Nigeria today.

He has is a successful entrepreneur and can turn around the state of Bayelsa State and make it the Dubai of Africa.

It is possible.

na only dubai?what about silicon valley.

then it means it is a 'holy war' going on then?

alj harem:
Achebe is One man a respect from the east of river Niger. If anything at all, he is in the same league as Sanusi, raochas and fashola.

The award became rubbished when GEJ started adding actors and co to a National award.

erm what did he do for the respect?i thought you seem him as a visionless guy?

jakumo no go kill me ooo

any person that believes this story by osun defender must be having a laugh

dayokanu:
Ok Achebe is following in Gbajabiamilas step.

Follow follow

more like the other way round

you want to start another round of back and forth ethnic bashing abi?

seedord247:
why is it  that the Igbo's  like buying Illiteracy plus Ignorance.
 

seedord247:
[b]Ibu oyonchi

Someone is using your money to close street and celebrate in mediocrity and you are here asking me how.

Are you alive when yara'Dua daughter wed with Katsina State Governor.[/b]

so delta state equals igbo?

sheyguy:
How easy is to get an igbo man sell his land to your at reasonable price? how do they see u. what is the attitude of an igbo when his neighbor is in need? i can keep asking these question and u will easily see what i mean by "settle down easily". in my first comment.

the igboman does not sell his land easily simply because of his mindset concerning landed properties.different ethnic groups have different mindsets to things like this.it does not mean that ones outlook is better than the other.land issues are taking seriously there.

simply do not know what you mean by reasonable price.most often that not the bargaining power of the buyer comes in to fore.if you are not good at bargaining then mehn for you.also the igbo man does not really care if the buyer is from his ethnic group.he will most likely sell his land to someone from another ethnic group than his own if the former's price is better.there are no freebies there the same way land is not given free in lagos.

as for what is the attitude of the igboman when his neighbour is in need the question is as funny as they come.you better start having an open mind about people as people being from the same ethnic group does not mean they will behave the same.
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sheyguy:
U still can't follow the message properly? well at least your last comment has improved a bit u most be a good learner . . . . .
I know exactly what i am saying here, i am not one of internet Know-it-all who come here to make cheap claims. if u are in doubt pay a visit to the east yourself and see how hostile an average visitor perceives them to be or better yet ask one in locality.

i will simply ignore the bolded

i still repeat you do not know what you are saying.do you know the number of non igbos going about their business there?what do you mean by hostile?let me tell you something you do not know the average igbo guy in the east does not give a rat ass about you there (if that is what you mean by hostile then you are right) as far as he is 'on top of his game'.you will have a problem if go the east to engage in business the eastern guys are in simply because they are extremely competitive and will most likely run you out of business.it is like igbo guy going to ibadan to compete with those guys there in taxi business or going to the north to do bureau de change

if you go there and engage yourself in a business they are generally not into you will rake in money(like the yoruba taxi guys in onitsha and enugu axis and hausas in livestock and bureau de change) and nobody cares about you simple.

sheyguy:
you are simply what u are . . . a PointB, If u can read properly then u will notice the word "easily" while i was describing the ease with which the Lagosian 'in principle a non-SE especially Yoruba' will settle down in Igboland.
Pls stop following me about NL i dont go around attacking ppl, i strongly suggest u be civilized and focus on the message and not the messenger next time.


  as 4 u asha 80, if u can mis a simple fact twice like u have just done, then i doubt the soundness of your mind.

Like i told your NL Mentor above be civilized and stop chasing me abt NL.

and if you cannot understand that you are talking rubbish about a lagosian not 'easily' settling in the east if he wants to then you are a knucklehead.like i said stop displaying your ignorance because it is annoying

10,000 Hold Candlelight Vigil In Port Harcourt for Ken Saro-Wiwa
Posted: November 10, 2011 - 17:50
Ken Saro-Wiwa
By SaharaReporters, New York

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An estimated 10,000 people from the Ogoni, Ijaw, Yoruba, Hausa, Ikwerre, and other communities from different parts of the state and beyond last night in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State, took over major roads in the city in a mournful and solemn candle light procession to commemorate the 16th anniversary of the death of Ken Saro-Wiwa, Nigeria’s famous writer and activist and his other colleagues.

The men were hanged 16 years ago, by the military government of the late General Sani Abacha and Lt. General Jeremiah Useni, who will at the weekend be honoured with the Commander of the Order of the Nigeria (CON) award by the Goodluck Jonathan government.

Recent human rights reports have also implicated Royal Dutch Shell, the Anglo-Dutch multinational oil company, in the murders carried out by the brutal military dictatorship despite international appeals.

The demonstration started at about 10.00 pm from No. 24, Aggrey Road (Saro-Wiwa’s home in the heyday of the Ogoni struggle fondly referred to as Ogoni). The demonstrators were addressed by Michael Kanikpo, the chairman of the Ogoni Civil Society Platform (OCSP).

Mr. Kanikpo a lawyer who benefitted from the late Saro-Wiwa’s philanthropy, told the huge crowd in an emotion-laden voice, “ I thank you all, I am still shocked that [despite] November 10, 1995, when Abacha and Shell put off the light, today we can still have many lights to light the way. We have come not only to respect our fallen hero, but to continue the struggle he and others were killed for ”.

He urged participants to be peaceful and order during the procession, and that victory is near.
The thousands in attendance were clad in black attires. In their hands they carried white candles, and there was much singing, beating of drums, clapping of hands and dancing by the old and the young, and many women and children who participated in the march.

The Saro-Wiwa activists marched through the major Agrey Road in the southern part of the city to the Port Harcourt prisons where 32-year-old Goodluck Jack Tambari, one of the arrow heads of the movement spoke. “This is a yearly ritual,” he said, and then, pointing at the enormous wards of the prison, he lamented, “It was here that our mentor (Saro-Wiwa) was humiliated and killed. This prison is cursed for hosting the evil drama.’

Other speakers heaped curses on the Nigerian government and Shell, and they chanted such songs as, “Saro-Wiwa don’t you worry, Saro-Wiwa, don’t you worry, if you die in the battlefield we shall meet again;” and “How many Ogonis Shell go kill, how many Ogoni Shell go kill.”

The multitude then moved to the Port Harcourt cemetery where, following their hangings at the prisons, the men, including Saturday Doobee, Nordu Eawoo, Daniel Gbokoo, Paul Levura, Felix Nuate, Baribor Bera, John Kpuinen and Barinem Kiobel, who complete the “Ogoni 9,” were buried.

Michael Gbarale, the Project Officer of the CEHRD’s Niger Delta Child’s Rights Watch, praised the dead Ogoni activists. With tears gushing from his eyes, he said, “We shouldn’t mourn our departed comrades; we are celebrating their death. Their death should strengthen us to continue from where they stopped. We are celebrating them because they died for a noble cause. We shall all die, but how we die is what matters.”

The parade ended around 3.31 am this morning at No. 24 Agrey Road, and the protesters dispersed. Our correspondent who monitored the remembrance procession noted that this year’s event was much bigger than previous ones, indicating increasing awareness of their history by the people. All over Ogoni and beyond, similar activities and lectures will also take place.

In a related matter, the Eleme-based Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD) in Rivers State, a non-governmental organisation, in conjunction with one of its leading supporters, the London-based Amnesty International (AI) was this morning at the Conference Hall of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in Abuja scheduled to launch a report, “The True Tragedy - Delays and Failures in Tackling Oil Spills in The Niger Delta”.

The launch was expected to will bring together members of the press, NGOs, community people, embassy officials, government representatives and others. The 50-page report reveals the enormous devastation caused by two major oil spills which took place in Bodo-City in the Gokana Local Government Area of Ogoni in 2008. They have never been cleaned up.

Meanwhile, SaharaReporters is in possession of an October 29 letter written by The Ken Saro-Wiwa Foundation to the Director-General of the State Security Services (SSS) and copied the National Security adviser, signed by Dr. Owens Wiwa.

In the letter, the foundation threatens to sue Andrew Iyayi, the Bayelsa State director of the SSS who in a recent lecture in the state capital Yenogoa, accused Saro-Wiwa of having a standing army and a designed flag, and was working with Britain to secede from the Federal Republic of Nigeria.


http://saharareporters.com/news-page/10000-hold-candlelight-vigil-port-harcourt-ken-saro-wiwa

nku5:
I wonder how many of the ppl who log on to mouth off about their warrior status have ever actually stared down the barrel of a gun. That's the beauty of the internet I guess, everybody is rocky, einstein and jason bourne all in one

sheguy please keep your ignorance in check

it has been a normal thing around that area for sometime now

Bornagain 190:
U dont need to physically fight b4 u take sides in a war, u could send in cash and arms wherever u are. However lets empower d judiciary to fight coruption and we wont need to go d path of war.

you must be having a laugh

9jaganja:
And no where did it say they do it every week, And your first reply to my first comment obviously gave out your stand. Sallah is a yearly event so comparing it to another yearly event in this context is not logically flawed ok?

How did you know sallah was the blah blah that pissed the pastor off? Was that said in the article? or was it a supporting logic for your vague stand?

Seriously you have no point so pleaseee go away

obviuosly you do not know abuja well.

ogiye:
As there is mistaking identity so there is miss-presentation of ones self. and also over and under presentation of ones self. Our founding fathers made some mistakes which need be rectified, we were miss-presented. Earlier the Europeans mistakenly identified us as Igbo because they hear us speak almost the same with the Igbos, they mistakenly named us kwale instead of ukwuani our name. are we going to contenue to live in the past? did they not say they discovered the river Niger? some things are better not be argued over. We are Ukwani people. not Igbo. do not throw away my identity.

i honestly do not think you know what being igbo means.you and an oguta man can converse easily because the language is the same.an afikpo man cannot i repeat cannot speak 'igbo' with an oguta man because the language of both are mutually unitelligible.

however in your definition both afikpo and oguta is igbo are you are not.

no one is saying you are not ukwuani as no one will say someone is not ngwa,mbaise or nnewi.