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While the recalcitrant ex-junta,coupist and tyrant,who is known for being highly tribalistic and a confirmed religious fundamentalist,arrested Shagari the then president,subjected him to only house arrest,because he is a Northern muslim,he arrested his deputy Alex Ekwueme and imprisoned him because he is from the East and a Christian...while he was the Chairman of Petroleum Trust Fund(PTF) during Abacha's regime,79% of all projects carried out where in the North,Universities from the North where recieving busses,new departmental blocks and roads and projects where massively carried out in the North.The worst hit was Eastern Nigeria where only 0.3% of the project went to and his defence was that,when he was about facing the East,the regime crumbled!!!
Buhari knows quite well that he will never get the vote to rule this country again,he is so much of an irredentist,a bigot of the highest order,he is too myopic,ill-informed,crude,obsolete to rule a 21st century Nigeria.
Buhari's mentality its so low,i suggest he shld be honoured with the title of grand khalif of Kastina,Jigawa and Kano may be included!

barcanista:
Sir, sorry I am not from Anambra State, neither am I an Igbo man. I have no right to condemn your Governor as it doesn't affect me. However, the emboldened is what I find laughable

lol!

If this is true then it is a welcome development,Oja as it is called in Igbo land,is traditionally known as a talking flute,it can communicate with the DEAD & the living,it passes message of great importance to real men who have ears!In the days of yore,'when men were men',great flutist are invited to inspire warriors during intra-communal or inter-ethnic wars!....but cant you see the man in the picture,he needs financial encouragement but he is not begging,rather he is offering his services to his beloved state.....anything coming from Obiano is acceptable!!!

His yellow teeths may be as a result of many years of chewing kolanuts,equally known as gworo!....this politicians are funny and can go to any length to get at their percieved enemies but how come i have nt really noticed his bad yellow teeths,i only observe his eyes,which even some of his enemies tagged it 'frog eye'! Yes he is ugliness personified,agreed! but Politicians shld face facts and forget looks,Obanikoro shld tell Lagosians what he has in store for them and save us all this insults.

...when will this madness stop!!

Court sacks Pinnick and NFF Executive Committee
The Amaju Pinnick led Nigeria Football Federation board has been shown the exit door by a Plateau state high court on Thursday
Oct 23, 2014 17:53:00The Nigeria Football Federation board headed by Amaju Pinnick has been sacked by a Plateau state high court on Thursday.
In granting the order, Justice Ambrose Allagoa said the NFF election conducted in Warri were direct flouting of the orders of the court granted on September 19, 2014 which directed that the NFF congress not to hold.
"I have set aside all the proceedings and decisions of the Warri Extra Ordinary meeting of the 20th September and the Elective Congress of 30th September which were direct contravention of the orders of this court as granted on the 19th September,’ said Justice Allagoa.
"Nobody should foist on the court a complete case of hopelessness so that the principles of law and justice can be upheld.
"It’s not enough to say that the order of court was wrongly made, no matter how unorthodox, its subsisting orders, unless set aside, remains law and must be respected.
"Defendants in this matter have not filed any counter affidavits in this court to contest the facts. There is neither motion nor Memorandum of Appearance. This is a court of Record. On this note, the court has no option to protect the integrity and sanctity of court. Court orders are not tea party. Nobody is above the law. Impunity must be stopped.
Justice Allagoa has fixed November 25, 2014 for hearing of substantive matters in the case.
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I cant help but agree with the visionary Sheik!.....and anybody that knows Kaduna and Kastina very well,will tell you that the sheik is very influential and attracts mammoth followership.The implications of his open disapproval of the recalcitrant ex-junta is that even his home base is threatened and may even lose at home in general elections.

...though one may argue that we are nt readily prepared for it and coming at a time when the elections are at hand.Then coupled with the Ebola scare,it may be difficult for Nigeria to host it but If GEJ who is quite use to attaining great heights in very short time,decides to host it,we will give him our full support and just like his efficiency in containing Ebola,also his leading Nigeria in becoming African largest economy and present taming of boko haram,i am never in doubt of his ability to achieve things nearly impossible.

Nigeria 'interested' in hosting 2015 Afcon
Seyi Akinwunmi, vice president of the NFF, has told Goal that the country has the capacity to host the Africa Cup of Nations if asked by CAF
Oct 20, 2014 15:52:16
Nigeria could host the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations if Morocco pull out of staging the continent’s biggest football showpiece due to fears over the spread of the Ebola Virus Disease, according to Seyi Akinwunmi, vice president of the Nigeria Football Federation.

While the north African country is mauling over the decision whether to pass up the opportunity to host the tournament, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has already written to a few countries including Ghana and Egypt to ask if they can host the Cup of Nations.

Morocco asked CAF to postpone the tournament to a later date instead of its present January/February schedule but the governing body is not ready to.

Nigeria could throw her hat in the ring to stage the tournament despite fears of the possibility of teams from Ebola-ravaged countries qualifying for the competition and bringing along their supporters.

Africa’s largest country was certified Ebola-free by the World Health Organisation on Monday, six weeks after the last case of the disease was reported and this could prompt renewed interest from international organizations.

“I think we are interested [in hosting the Afcon],” new NFF vice president Seyi Akinwunmi told Goal on Monday.

“It is not strictly the purview of the NFF alone but we have been asked [if we can host the competition] and we have said yes, why not?

“I think that the National Sports Commission or the Federal Government is looking at the possibility of hosting the tournament,” said Akinwunmi who disclosed that CAF had not yet written to Nigeria.

South Africa have already turned down the opportunity to host the tournament with Safa president Danny Joordan saying: "The Afcon 2015 tournament will not be held here. That issue doesn't exist. Caf must discuss this matter with Morocco.”

With the Super Eagles struggling to qualify for the 2015 tournament, hosting the competition would give them automatic qualification to defend the title they won in South Africa last year.

It could also be a way for Nigeria to show its leadership role on the continent after successfully curtailing the spread of the disease, something for which it has already earned the praise of the international community.
http://m.goal.com/x/en-ng/news/5302301

Tundeajani:
you made no sense.address my topic and join me in thanking the mods

Mr Tunde you are just like your intolerant APC masters,learn how to listen and dont be quick to words,appreciate the truth and only then you can be blessed with the grace of light...your attitude portrays the worst form of jingo patrotism i have seen and I guess the MODs you accussed are morally conscientious than you are!!!

Tundeajani:
ait raypower and online site who fails to postulate the journalism dictum of balance will cease to exist when he takes over and individuals who collects loots from the nigerian treasury to sit in front of the laptop to spread lies and defend failures. Ngakwe dont let open old wounds of yesterday..it is a battle you cannot win especially with the fact that your posts lack any sense of meaning..more like the rant of of a nursery school pupil chanting abc with mucus running down his nose.

This is the problem i have with the opposition,being in the opposition doesnt mean that one should constantly sell falsehood in other to put a point across.Never in the history of this country has the free-press enjoyed the kind of freedom experienced now,infact the 'presidents men' thinks the president is nt doing enough(by way of bribery or intimidation)to bring the media to his side like past regimes,but this could be as a result of GEJs appreciation of the tenet of democracy and of course,his educational attainment.
Some of us has long stopped reading newspapers from a section of the western Nigerian press,where a particular party(APC) as backed by Tinubu has completely bought over the press and most news are edited by Lai Mohammed and other political mercenaries.Of particular mention is THE NEWS magazine,THE NATION newspaper et all....'remove the log in your eyes before removing the speck in another man's eyes'-THE BIBLE.

Reski:
When Isis. Took over parts of iraq. Iraqis realised maliki was inept and unable to handle the situation. They dutifully called for his resignation. Why can't we ask this otueke high chief to go back home.

...and now that Maliki has gone,what is happening in Iraq?even with US assisted air-strike,it is always a story of more people being beheaded or lost or gain of more territories by warring factions.What am trying to say is that extremist wars base on religious ideology is always very difficult squash because of sympathy from some interest!It needs time and continous aggression on the enemies and certainly,some day,they will be defeated.
I agree with the Bishop where he said that christians are the main target,killed and churches are desecrated by the uncircumcised children of perdition.

AIRDIG:
To many political analysts and observers, the activities of TAN and similar groups mushrooming across the length and breadth of the country, especially in the build up to next year’s general elections, leave much to be desired. With the zonal rallies aimed at galvanizing the people to persuade President Jonathan to come out and contest in 2015, not a few critics have suspected an ulterior political motive behind TAN.

A common feature in all the rallies held so far is the physical presence of the SGF, Anyim Pius Anyim, who is said to be one of the forces behind the TAN agenda. His presence at the rallies is believed to be a tacit endorsement of the project by the presidency. Similarly, it was learnt that Minister of Petroleum, Mrs. Diezeani Allison Maduekwe is another powerful force behind the TAN project. Mrs. Maduekwe’s face has become a ‘signature tune’ in all TV commercials, jingles and newspaper advertisements sponsored by TAN. Also associated with the TAN project, according to checks, is Anambra-born business mogul, Ifeanyi Uba, who a source described as “one of the financial backbones of TAN.” This is in addition to other close political associates of the president, especially those within his ‘kitchen cabinet.’

Other notable names behind the TAN project are Senator Ike Ekweremadu, Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, Emeka Wogu, Professor Chinedu Nebo, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu and former Federal Road Safety Commission boss and current Aviation Minister, Mr. Osita Chidoka.

......'life is a story told by id*ots,full of sound and fury,signifying nothing'!A situation that best describes the author of this ridiculous article.

Our God is merciful father!

From Obi to Obiano,Anambra indeed is a blessed state....now that we have started harnessing our potentials towards creating a state that will serve as an harbinger of great things to come in Eastern Nigeria....God bless Anambra!
God bless Ala igbo!!
God bless Nigeria!!!

'success has so many fathers,failure is an orphan'!
Just everyone wants to key into the great things happening at the moment in Anambra state,regardless of party affiliations.....i honestly think that the greatest opposition to the ruling party is when opposition parties delivers dividends of democracy,rather than carrying out bitter propagandas and politics on the pages of Newspapers and in some instances,sponsoring insurgents just to discredit the ruling party.

Anambra to Synergise with Agric Ministry to Boost Agriculture

Published on Monday, 06 October 2014 13:39
By James Eze

Following the soar away success that the government of Anambra State has so far recorded in attracting significant investments into the agricultural sector of the state, plans are underway for a high-level Townhall Meeting on agriculture to be hosted by the state government in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture.
The planned meeting was one of the highlights of a close-door meeting that recently took place in Abuja, between the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina and a special delegation from Anambra State Ministry of Agriculture led by the governor of the state, Chief Willie Obiano.
The meeting came on the heels of a string of Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) which the government of Anambra State recently signed with big time investors who are currently setting up shops in the food-belt of the state to commence large scale mechanized farming.
Giving assurances of the Ministry’s readiness for the proposed Meeting, Dr. Adesina said, “we are going to have a special agricultural engagement in Anambra State. I will come with a strong team and we shall have high level deliberations on Agriculture.”
According to him, the Federal Government has just approved an Agricultural Mechanization Scheme estimated at N50bn which would finally weed out the dependence on hoes and cutlasses by Nigerian farmers. The mechanization support grant will enable the farmers to hire tractors and engage in more modern farm practices.
The Minister also declared that the Federal Government would fast-track the full realization of the proposed Staple Crops Processing Zone that has been designated for Omor in Ayamelum Local Government Area of the state, describing the Mill as very important to his ministry.
Dr. Adesina also lauded Governor Obiano’s achievements in the past six months which he said had fully restored the confidence of the investment community, leading to the recent acquisition of the moribund Omor Rice Mill by Joseph Agro Limited and the planned investment of $150m to revamp the mill.
Said he; “My Ministry is one of the first few places you visited when you were sworn in as governor of Anambra State. You are one governor that got it right. You came here to share your plans for the agricultural sector and I could see that you were very passionate to make an impact there. Your administration is moving at an incredible speed. I think it comes from your private sector background. I followed your efforts to provide security in Anambra State and I am happy that the benefits have started pouring in now.”
The Minister also assured the readiness of the Ministry to partner with Anambra State in Aqua-culture, promising to lend critical support to governor Obiano’s plans to make the state a leader in the production of fish fingerlings in the country.
Earlier in his opening remarks, governor Obiano had appealed for the assistance of the Minister to ensure that Anambra State is adopted by the ministry as one of the leading agricultural states in Nigeria.
The governor further explained that his administration had set a target to make Anambra State the leading producer of fingerlings in West Africa. Outlining the achievements of his administration in the area of agriculture, governor Obiano maintained that with the inflow of investments into the sector, the state was well on its way to becoming the first agro-state in Nigeria.
He also sought the assistance of the Minister to allow the state take over the Lower Anambra River Basin which had been lying fallow for a long time and integrate it into the overall master-plan of the proposed Omor Crop Processing Zone.
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whitecat1:
Mushroom organization!

Fed. Minister of health Chukwu, will put his own tribe's men forward whether he's competent or not!

some of you yoruba's are shameless,once its nt adebayo,adekunle,olayinka or Iyabo your jealousy level just gets out of control,dont die young competing with Igbos,'whom God has bless no one or people can stop them'!

CyberWolf:
prof. Chukwu, not Nebo...

thanks,noted!

Kudos to president Goodluck Jonathan,Kudos to prof.Nebo(health minister) and kudos to the federal and Lagos state health team.

What Texas can learn from Nigeria when it comes to containing Ebola - Washington Post
Published on Saturday, 04 October 2014 14:18
By Washington Post





Washington - While devastating reports continue to stream out of West Africa, where the deadly virus has overwhelmed already weak public health systems and left thousands of people dead, and anxiety grips the United States over the first case of Ebola diagnosed in the country, one nation serves as an example of hope: Nigeria, which appears to have successfully contained Ebola.
As concerns spread over U.S. hospital readiness, there are some lessons to be learned from Nigeria, where officials managed to get ahead of the fast-moving virus after it was brought into Africa's most populous country by an Ebola-infected man who'd flown into Lagos. This week, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that the outbreak could be coming to an end in Nigeria, with no new Ebola cases since Aug. 31.
As in the U.S. case, Ebola arrived in Nigeria by passenger plane. But unlike Thomas Eric Duncan — who arrived in Dallas before he became symptomatic and was therefore not contagious during his flights from Liberia to Texas through Brussels and Dulles International Airport — Patrick Sawyer was already symptomatic when he landed in Lagos on July 20. At that point, Sawyer, Nigeria's Patient Zero, was contagious and dying.
It was a nightmare scenario with the potential to spiral out of control, given the bustling city of Lagos, Africa's largest, is a major transportation hub. As Sawyer was placed in isolation, public health officials had to track down every single person who'd come into contact with him, from the flights he'd boarded to the Lagos airport and the private hospital where he went after landing. And they had to do so quickly, making the process known as contract tracing a priority.
"In the whole system approach in beating the war on Ebola, contact tracing is the key public health activity that needs to be done," said Gavin MacGregor-Skinner, who helped with the Ebola response in Nigeria with the Elizabeth R. Griffin Research Foundation. "The key is to find all the people that patient had direct close contact with."
From that single patient came a list of 281 people, MacGregor-Skinner said. Every one of those individuals had to provide health authorities twice-a-day updates about their well-being, often through methods like text-messaging. Anyone who didn't feel well or failed to respond was checked on, either through a neighborhood network or health workers.
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stan241: As hard as you tried to hide both your hatred for him and your deep seething hatred for the good people of Imo state u just cldnt help urself....that he is an APC supporter doesnt make him that less of an Igbo man different folks my man instead you should be cautioning the both of them squarely for embarrassing ndigbo in general on this site throughout today with their disgusting posts and not taking sides...and people wonder why an Igbo man cant rule Nigeria

for the record,i do not hide my disapproval for Abagworo and Rochas kind of politics,i know Rochas personally,more than you will ever believe,during his campaign i was so happy and participated,with anticipation that he will go into govt house as a radical and revolutionary APGA igboist governor.He got into govt house and all that changed,he brought down his deputy,changed his party and joined the igbo haters party,with self interest of being the vice president in a Yoruba party,which is impossible,he quickly forgot history.He started his Mosque building appeasement program,which is anti Igbo,he gave money to Igbos in Abuja who were converted from christianity to muslim,that hurts me so much,when works on the second Niger bridge was being commissioned and all Eastern state governors includind Delta state governor came,as a mark of respect for an Eastern interest project,only Rochas choose to stay back,so as to please his APC friends.Then compare this to what Northern governors often do regardless of party,whenever anything concerning Northern interest comes up etc.
As for your accusation of me hating Imo state,it is unfounded,only an Igbo afulefu will hate a sister Igbo state,when some of us had worked so hard to unite and be stronger as Igbos.Am a core igboist and will shed the last drop of my blood for any Igbo or Igbo state and you can check my past posts in this forum to convince you....meanwhile,when i was in university of Jos,i belong to an Isreali-Igbo awareness movement,in which Rochas was also a strong senior visiting member and we shared common Igbo greatness ideals and now he has let us down.

There was a time i tried very hard to caution both Chino and Abagworo but it all fell on deaf ears.Chino is passionate about Obi and defends all his actions with great zeal even when right or wrong,but that doesnt give him the right or impetus to insult another great Igbo state(that i detest) and am angered by his action.
As for Abagworo,he is an embarrassment to igbos and has taken up the kind of Rochas-APC-Yoruba sabotaging and igbo betrayal kind of politics and i have long lost any respect i have for him.Like his mentor Rochas,they can sell igbo land for all they care,as long as their political interest is guided.Abagworo is a national disgrace to Igbos,though i doubt if truly an adult igbo man can behave in such an irresponsible manner as he does.

Congrat to the peoples prof.

After all the years in power,one wonders what they are still looking for in Aso Rock!

nzeobi: Why are you making those people important. Do they even have plan A before you talk of B.
At best they will instigate violence on their fellow northerners like it happened in 2011

you ve said it all.

'if boko haram was plan B,is failing'.

Continuation
On the other hand, the children of thetalakawa– the poor and downtrodden – were rendered into fly-infestedal majiri; street urchins who live with exploitative koranic mallams. They frequently deploy them to kill non-Muslims and non-indigenes in the North. The youth have now channelled their anger into Boko Haram insurgency to overthrow the ruling class of the North for which Ango Abdullahi is a noisy spokesman.
These system wreckers want to gate-crash back into power by all means. These were the people who threatened that if Jonathan was allowed to enjoy his inalienable constitutional rights to vie for presidency of the country, they would make Nigeria ungovernable for him.
Their argument is that after the death of President Umaru Yar’Adua, his Deputy, Dr Goodluck Jonathan should have forfeited his constitutional rights to succeed his boss. He should have given up his inalienable rights to vie for the presidency because of the rotational principle of the PDP.
They call it a fight for justice. Where was equity when Ango Abdullahi and other Arewa freeloaders exclusively called the shots for 39 years, reducing the South to mere spectators? Is it now that a president from the South-South in the former Eastern Region is presiding over Nigeria and gradually restoring the broken institutions of state that Abdullahi attaches a sanctimonious meaning to “equity”?
The truth of the matter is that Ango Abdullahi and the NEF are in no position to carry out the threat they have issued. They cannot stop Nigerians from voting for Jonathan or the PDP if that is what Nigerians want. Also, they have no power to facilitate the victory of the All Progressives Congress, APC. APC victory will happen in spite of the NEF if that is the wish of the Nigerian electorate.
The Northern Region that the British colonial master created and made a monster to rule Nigeria either through ballot or bullet is no more. The three old regions are dead.
The old Northern region was the last to die. It was the inheritors of Ahmadu Bello’s largesse like Ango Abdullahi who killed the North through religious extremism and oppression of Minorities and non-Muslims who helped them and the Yorubas in the war against Igbos during 1966 to 1970. At the just-concluded National Conference, the Middle Belt separated themselves cleanly from Arewa Muslim North and sided with the combined South to create a new political possibility which potentially renders Arewa to an underdog.
Even at that, Arewa North does not dance to the political tune dictated by the faction that Ango speaks for. Ango Abdullahi, Lawal Kaita and Alhaji Ibrahim Coomassie, who boasted that the North would release “Plan B”, are agents of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s faction of the APC. They used their Northern posturing to vie against Jonathan in 2011.
Northern presidential aspirants closed ranks against Jonathan and Atiku emerged as consensus candidate. Jonathan still thrashed Atiku at the PDP primaries by scoring 2,736 against Atiku’s 805. Jonathan went ahead to beat Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential election of 2011, scoring 59% to Buhari’s 32%. Using the ogre of North to frighten political opponents no longer works.
Nigerians still vote along ethnic and religious lines to some extent, but that is not the deciding factor. The deciding factor is where the various political leaders belong. The North is a major stakeholder in both APC and PDP.
The North (both Arewa and Middle Belt) is a major stakeholder in the Jonathan presidency. The choice before these leaders in 2015 is whether their interests are better served with theincumbent, President Jonathan, or whoever emerges as the APC flag bearer. They will direct their loyalists at the localities to vote accordingly. Ango Abdullahi is just letting off empty, hot air.
As for Coomassie’s Plan B, it no longer exists. North used to bring in the army whenever their civilian wing in power was no longer sure-footed. They used to change even military regimes whenever the one on ground was no longer acceptable to them. Those days are over. If Boko Haram was Plan B, it is failing. It will not affect the eventual outcome of the 2015 elections.
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What is “North’s” Plan B?on October 02, 2014 at 3:30 am
By Ochereome Nnanna
A national newspaper over the past weekend carried a bold headline: “North Vows To Stop Jonathan”, with riders: “We will ensure PDP loses” – Ango Abdullahi; Arewa Chair Commassie: “We are keeping Plan B to our chest”.
Professor Ango Abdullahi is the spokesman of the reactionary Northern Elders Forum, NEF, which is overpopulated with former holders of prominent offices at the federal level. They were the people that the late leader of Northern Nigeria, Alhaji Ahmadu Bello, slaved throughout his life to educate and pump into prominent positions during the years that the region exclusively dominated the Nigerian political sphere.
Gowon, Sultan of Sokoto, Yakowa and Sambo
Ango Abdullahi and his cohorts were given free education and pampered like princes while at school because they were just a handful when compared with their teeming colleagues from the former Eastern and Western Regions.
When they graduated, their classmates at Barewa and other colleges in the North who were sent to the military had occupied prominent positions in the Federal Military Government. They enjoyed all the plum postings between 1966 and 1999. At a point they believed that Nigeria was a colony of Arewa because apart from Olusegun Obasanjo, their surrogate who succeeded Gen Murtala Mohammed when he was killed in a power struggle between Northern factions in 1976 to 1979, the North reigned for 39 years.
It was this class of Northern elite that wrecked the country, its economy and institutions set up by the colonial masters and post-independence leaders. Like parasitic cankerworms, they ate down federal parastatals such as the Railways, Shipping Line, Nigeria Airways, Ajaokuta Steel, Alscon, NITEL, NIPOST, among others, until they were either scrapped or sold off for pennies under questionable privatisation programmes.
Back home in the North, they appropriated all the money and power they derived from their dominance of the Federal Government to themselves, friends and family members and produced a tiny core of super-billionaires, with their children attending the best schools in the world.

...this is the old block,the evil gang,the old order,the notorious oligarchy,serial looters,pillagers,political scammers,devilish coupists and the reason Nigeria is still suffering till today!the congregation of the vultures, THIS WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE CONSPIRACY!!!

..i thought the yorubas often claim they have religious tolerance among them...the way the media is covered this days with constant news of clashes between the yoruba traditionalist vs muslim and sometimes squabbles between yoruba muslims vs christians,i fear if this region of Nigeria is actually not living on a 'keg of gun powder'!waiting for grave implosion.