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LG No. Poll Units Reg. Voters Total Vote Cast

APC won 24 Local govt and PDP 6 local govt.
S/N 1 ATAKUMOSA EAST 68 31136 1346 APC= 768 PDP = 422 LP=13
2 ATAKUMOSA WEST 67 24569 4739 APC= 2486 PDP= 1689 LP=17
3 AYEDAADE 132 51252 8122 APC: 3715 PDP=3548 LP=91
4 AYEDIRE 54 25899 1267 APC= 614 PDP= 450 LP=50
5 BOLUWADURO 74 16844 6995 APC=3327 PDP=3241 LP= 28
6 BORIPE 78 47137 3544 APC=1686 PDP=1485 LP=35
7 EDE NORTH 129 51882 7555 APC=4176 PDP=2817 LP=26
8 EDE SOUTH 68 3179 317 APC=127 PDP =163 LP= 0
9 EGBEDORE 53 33925 2355 APC=1135 PDP=887 LP= 3
10 EJIGBO 93 51623 1638 APC=992 PDP=492 LP= 28

11 IFE CENTRAL 168 95471 7684 APC= 2169 PDP=4964 LP=55
12 IFE EAST 91 81430 1802 APC=889 PDP=755 LP=11
13 IFE NORTH 90 45435 4523 APC=1658 PDP=2137 LP=87
14 IFE SOUTH 122 44555 4599 APC= 1923 PDP= 2117 LP=29
15 IFEDAYO 63 13066 3892 APC=1837 PDP=1833 LP=36
16 IFELODUN 105 57591 2628 APC=1378 PDP=1134 LP=14
17 ILA 124 33527 9152 APC= 4996 PDP=3695 LP=41
18 ILESA EAST 95 54746 6767 APC=4347 PDP=586 LP=8
19 ILESA WEST 95 52286 9582 APC= 4443 PDP=1745 LP=52
20 IREPODUN 127 36554 10847 APC=6057 PDP=4066 LP=161
21 IREWOLE 119 53487 5609 APC=3364 PDP=1844 LP=43
22 ISOKAN 67 38493 1625 APC=722 PDP=782 LP=6
23 IWO 144 66657 4984 APC=2565 PDP=1884 LP=258
24 OBOKUN 83 37957 3905 APC= 1940 PDP=1706 LP=20
25 ODO-OTIN 112 48720 5825 APC=2329 PDP=2841 LP=205
26 OLA-OLUWA 52 25524 421 APC=287 PDP=59 LP=45
27 OLORUNDA 116 71580 4594 APC= 3173 PDP= 1082 LP= 25
28 ORIADE 111 47113 10019 APC=4960 PDP=4264 LP=73
29 OROLU 83 24914 6138 APC=3022 PDP=2480 LP=160
30 OSOGBO 227 110670 15834 APC=11367 PDP=3043 LP=254

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Former FCT minister, Nasir-el-Rufai just lost his son in a ghastly car crash this morning .Hamza graduated from the University of Virginia last year..
El-Rufai broke the sad news on his Facebook page some minutes ago saying “From Allah, we came and to Him we shall return. Please join our family in praying for the repose of the soul of my son, Hamza El-Rufai who died this morning in a motor accident in Abuja.”
Last year, Yasmine, eldest daughter of the former minister, passed away suddenly in her London apartment after a reported neurological attack.
Also, in October 2013, El-Rufai’s immediate brother, Ibrahim and his nephew Lawal Sani-Gwandu were also killed in a car crash.

http://amazingstoriesaroundtheworld..co.uk/2014/07/former-fct-minister-nasir-el-rufai.html

About two weeks, after the death of Aare Musulumi Arisekola Alao, the eldest wife of late Ibadan-born business billionaire Aare Abdulazeez Arisekola Alao passed away last night. Alhaja Jelilat Arisekola Alao,(Mummy Abdul) died last night in a ghastly motor accident. She will be buried according to Islamic rites today 2nd of July in Ibadan. May her gentle soul rest in perfect peace.Amen

This is the message, Wole Arisekola Alao posted on his Facebook this morning:
”With deep sense of loss and sadness, I announce the tragic loss of our mother, Alhaja Jelilat Arisekola Alao,(mummy Abdul) the eldest wife of Late Aare Arisekola Alao who died last night in a ghastly motor accident . She will be buried according to Islamic rites today 2nd of July in ibadan. May her gentle soul rest in perfect peace. Amen”.

http://amazingstoriesaroundtheworld..co.uk/2014/07/tragedy-arisekola-alaos-first-wife-died.html

As the darkness crept into the Lagos skyline, on that December Friday.It was evident,to all and sundry,that it was going to be clear departure from the usual nightlife activity,in the metropolis.
Early enough, the human and vehicular activity on Ozumba Mbadiwe, Victoria Island, was totally unanticipated, as all road led to the grand opening of Quilox Nightclub,owned by Shina Abiola-Peller,the handsome son of Late magician,Prof Peller.
Trust the personality of the sociable dude,who owns Aquila Oil and Gas, it was not hard to attract the nouveaux riche and the Nigeria jets set crowd,including two Governors,Senator Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State and his Kwara counterpart Abdulfatah Ahmed.
It was the rarest convergence of those who matter on the socio-political landscape.Those who attended the unveil gig can attest that Quilox is a sheer architectural design, with its interior laced with the best of furnishing and night club equipments.

It has a magical ambience occassioned by its unique red gold and black theme that ushered,the rich crowd, into a new world of style and luxury.Little wonder,the privileged invitees giggled ,wiggled and dancing till the break of dawn.
Notable faces like Mike Inegbese and wife Mary, Lanre Ogunlesi, John Obayuwa,Segun Oniru,Wale Edun,Oba Elegushi,Hakeem Muri Okunola,Dapo Abiodun,Akeem Shodeinde and more all partied along with entertainment personalities like Dbanj,Jimmy Jatt,Banky W,AY etal.With what went down that memorable day,it is evident that Quilox niteclub,has come to take over the elite's nigthlife in Nigeria.Here is a pictoral voyage of the opening gig.

http://amazingstoriesaroundtheworld..co.uk/2014/01/how-govs-amosun-abdulfatah-ahmed-famous.html

Documenting breast implants and liposuction surgeries online is nothing new, but rarely do you see a black woman being so open about cosmetic surgery.
Most women who can afford to leave the country for expensive cosmetic surgeries keep their friends in the dark about how they got their new curves. Whether due to vanity or shame, they return from their “vacation” to the Dominican Republic with a plethora of lies to explain the weight loss and artificially enhanced breasts and butt (exotic diets, new personal trainer, Yoga, etc.)

But Jennevieve Bricks, whose IG username is @Darkerthejenni, has been open and forthcoming about every detail of her surgeries performed by Dominican surgeon Dr. Manuel Diaz Guzman.
For instance, Jenni tells her IG followers that her Lipo, breast lifts and fat transfer to her butt cost her $6,000 USD, including the travel expenses.
But her honesty and openness doesn’t come without heavy criticism from her followers. Jenni dismisses the criticism with her sharp wit and IG hashtags (#PhuckYoOpinion).
Follow Jenni on Instagram,

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A lot of people have said the former Governor is bleaching. In this new interview, a Punch reporter asked him if he was bleaching, and the former Governor, said, write it there that I said you are silly. Did you know me when I was black? I don’t know what gave people that impression, he said angrily. Find part of the interview below.
You talked about quality, is it in terms of your dressing too?
In terms of everything, Akala is a man of quality. Look at me, I am a man of quality, with due respect. I use quality materials.
Is the use of jewelry part of it too?
Yes, I have been using jewelry as a young man. Do you know what they called Ghana before, Gold Coast. I lived in Ghana and that was where I got used to it early in my life. We make statement with our looks in Ghana. In those days when we were in Ghana, your wife bathed you and took care of you.
I am from Ghana, so I have been using jewelry (he sends for an album). I want to show you some pictures. Pictures that I took some 40 years back, you would see chains on my neck. Look at my hand chains and rings in this picture. That is how I was brought up.
Even when I was in (police) uniform, I wore my chain with my uniform.

Is it part of your own fashion to bleach?
Bleach? That is stupidity; you are asking a very silly question, how can I bleach? You are very silly to ask that question. What do you mean by that? What gave you that impression? (He pulled up his clothe and singlet to show his fair complexion.)
Is this bleaching? Have you seen the cream that I use that makes me bleach or did you know me when I was black? So if you want to write that, put it there that I said you are very silly to ask me that kind of question. Don’t ask that kind of question again.
What you don’t know; you ask. You don’t even know my parents. Is my wife complaining or my children? I don’t know what gave anybody the impression that I bleach. You don’t know me; do you know what it takes to bleach?
Does your wife still bathe you?

She can’t carry me anymore; we are old. Don’t forget that the First Lady is not my first wife. My first wife is an old woman like me and she is still with me. She was also brought up in Ghana and that’s why I was able to marry her. Most of the people in Nigeria cannot keep up with my lifestyle of cleanliness.

http://amazingstoriesaroundtheworld..co.uk/2013/12/how-can-i-bleach-you-are-very-silly-to.html
http://www.punchng.com/feature/hotseat/anyone-who-says-i-took-n1bn-from-civil-service-is-senseless-alao-akala/

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and President Goodluck Jonathan at a chanced meeting in KENYA....after his 18-paged letter.
What is your thought, on the body language of president Jonathan.

contd.

A few months later, two members of your Working Committee -Olisa Metu (an Ex-Officio member) and Farouk (the youth leader) -came to appeal to me to specially intervene in reconciling Ngige and Chris Uba, I refused initially because I believed it was really the responsibility of the party. But since you had shirked your responsibility as party chairman, I conceded and asked the two members of the NWC to bring Ngige and Chris Uba to me.

That was the only time, after several months, that I allowed them to enter my residence. I was shocked that a man in the position of aspirant or one elected as governor could actually resign on three different occasions in writing and on one occasion, the resignation was on videotape. I, also, was of the opinion that for Ngige to have allowed that to happen, there must have been some extra-legal motivation. There has been accusation and counter-accusation as reasons for such ungainly behaviour. When the two of them came to see me, the two young men who had brokered the opportunity for Ngige and Chris Uba to see me wanted to leave. I refused and insisted that they had to be at the meeting because I wanted them as witnesses.

After almost two hours of talk, we dismissed hoping that fences would be mended and reconciliation would be fully established. They left and waited on the corridors for a while.

Olisa Metu came back and requested that I should meet with Ngige and Chris Uba alone without witnesses for them to feel free to unwind.

Again, I did and that was when I got the real shock of my life when Chris Uba looked Ngige straight in the face and said, “You know you did not win the election” and Ngige answered “Yes, I know I did not win.”Chris Uba went further to say to Ngige, “You don’t know in detail how it was done.” I was horrified and told both of them to leave my residence.

This incident was reported to you because although constitutionally, Ngige had been declared winner, for me and, I believe, for you there remains a moral burden and dilemma both as leaders in Nigeria and leaders of our party.

You did not consider it important enough to do anything or talk about it. I told Ngige that the only way I could live with this moral dilemma since he had been constitutionally declared as governor is that I will continue to deal with him in his capacity as the governor of a State in Nigeria purely and strictly on formal basis either until he runs out his term, he decides to follow the path of honour or until any competent authority declares otherwise. That remains my position to date.

That notwithstanding, immediately after the Court of Appeal overturned Justice Nnaji’s order, the Police promptly obeyed. That is what rule of law is all about. Furthermore, based on all that I had heard, I told Chris Uba and Ngige that their case was like the case of two armed robbers that conspired to loot a house and after bringing out the loot, one decided to do the other in and the issue of fair play even among robbers became a factor. The two robbers must be condemned for robbery in the first instance and the greedy one must be specially pointed out for condemnation to do justice among the robbers.

To me, the determination of the greedy one is also a problem; maybe they are both equally greedy. Justice, fairness and equity are always the basis of peace and harmony in any human organisation or relationship. Anambra issue is essentially a human organizational and human relationship issue.

I was on a tour of five countries in five days going from the UK through Finland and Sweden with a stop-over in Libya to Tanzania last November when the recent issue of violence broke out. The Inspector General of Police who claimed that the crowd was overwhelming for the police strength was instructed to double the number of mobile
police unit by bringing additional men and women from the adjoining states. He did so and he reported that 19 looters and destroyers were arrested and charged to court with some vehicles seized.

NTA coverage of that unfortunate incidents is not the issue, wars are watched like theatrical plays in the contemporary world. The issue is whether or not the police performed or did not perform their duties.

Mr. Chairman, obviously you do not expect me to do less than I have done. I even went out to do more because since you failed to either resolve the political issues that are intra-party matters and they have been spread to engulf the entire state or decisively punish any offender, I decided in consultation with Governor Ngige, to set up a fact-finding and reconciliation committee under the Governor of Ebonyi State to put an end to the violence, create a conducive atmosphere for the Governor to return to his station and to ensure permanent peace, security through reconciliation of the known warring party members – Chris Ngige and Chris Uba – and their supporters.

And this was after I had a meeting with both the PDP state chairman and the governor. Since the Governor of Ebonyi, whom I have asked to keep you fully posted on his findings and progress of his committee has not yet reported to me, and since I have taken every necessary step to ensure a resolution of the political problem in Anambra which you have failed to confront, I consider your letter opportunistic, and only a smokescreen and I believe I should answer it in some reasonable detail as I have done. I also took every reasonable step to beef up security to deal with the situation. On Tuesday, December 7, 2004, after the party meeting on the crisis in Kogi State, you told me that you had written me a letter on threat to Ngige’s life and you indicated to me, which you did not do in the letter, that one Honourable Chuma Nzeribe was the culprit.

As I will not dilly-dally on an issue of security, even before I received your letter, I directed the Director-General of the State Security Service to look into the matter. It

may interest you that almost on daily basis letters are received in my office of people alleging that other people want to assassinate them. All such allegations are forwarded to security people for investigation. None has been substantiated yet. But we will not take any issue of security lightly no matter who claims to be in danger. And contrary to your belief and insinuation, just today, December 9, the governor of Anambra came to me to seek my opinion and advice on whether or not to constitute a commission of enquiry into what happened in the state. I did not hesitate to advise and encourage him to do so in order that all the facts would be exposed and verifiable truth established rather than trading in rumours.

Let me end on this note: whatever may be your reason for the ambivalent disposition and handling of the party problem in Anambra like you have done in other places and the ulterior motive for your letter, if and when in my capacity as President of Nigeria duty calls on me to act, I will not shirk my responsibility and we will at the end of the day be at the bar of the public both at the party level and national level. Let me also say that it is,indeed, unfortunate that you make so many unnecessary and unwarranted insinuations in your letter about our great country.

I have taken judicial note of the ominous comparisons you made between a government in which you participated that was overthrown in a coup d’etat and this present administration.

I wonder if that is your wish since you may not now go out penniless. But whatever agenda you may be working at God is always in charge and in control. Warped perception must be differentiated from reality. Perception created and manipulated for a sinister purpose cannot be reality. The greatest danger to any country

is putting truth out of favour; extolling evils of lies, deceit, treachery, disloyalty, unpatriotism, corruption and unconstitutionally. That is my greatest fear for Nigeria and it should be yours and that of any right-thinking Nigerian.

Not too long ago, I challenged you to think beyond the ordinary, the expected and the self, I still put that challenge on the table.

Let it be on record that I do believe that I have invested the totality of my life in what I may call “Enterprise Nigeria” and if it means that in the process of repositioning our dear country for sustainable greatness, what is dearest to me would have to be sacrificed, I will in good conscience, not hesitate to do so.

And if that will enhance Nigeria’s development, it is a sacrifice that I will be glad to make. I have reached a stage in life that I have passed the state of being intimidated or being flattered. I can stand before God and man and in clear conscience to defend every measure that I have taken everywhere in Nigeria since I became the President and will continue to act without fear or favour or inducement.

And it does not matter to me what is sponsored in the Nigerian media, in particular, the print media. I believe that our vindication will come through the truth, which is the only thing that can uplift a nation and make an honest man and a sincere believer in God free.

May I crave your indulgence to copy this letter to all those to whom your letter to me was copied. In addition, I am copying the President of the Senate, the number three man in the present hierarchy of this government and a party leader in his own right, whom you deliberately left out of the distribution list of your letter for reason best known to you. One thing I will never stop doing is praying for Nigeria in general and Anambra in particular.

May God continue to bless and prosper Nigeria. In spite of the malevolence of some Nigerians, Nigeria is moving to the cruising level and cruising speed. That is the work of God and what all Nigerians and friends of Nigeria should do is to join hands in hastening the work of God in Nigeria at this juncture. May God help us to help ourselves. I wish you well.

Signed President Olusegun Obasanjo”

cc: Vice-President Atiku Abubakar;

President of the Senate, Chief Adolphus Wabara;

the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Bello Masari;

and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of PDP, Chief Anthony Anenih.

Chief Audu Ogbeh’s Letter to President Olusegun Obasanjo



December 6, 2004

His Excellency,

The President, Commander-In-Chief,

Federal Republic of Nigeria, Abuja



RE: ANAMBRA AND RELATED MATTERS

About a month ago, the nation woke up to the shocking news of a devastating attack on Anambra State resulting in the burning down of radio and television stations, hotels, vehicles, assembly quarters, the residence of the state Chief Judge and finally, Government House, Awka. Dynamite was even applied in the exercise and all or nearly most of these in the full glare of our own police force as shown on NTA for the world to see. The operation lasted three days.

That week, in all churches and mosques, we, our party, and you as Head of Government and Leader of this Nation came under the most scathing and blithering attacks. We were singly and severally accused of connivance in action and so forth. Public anger reached its peak.

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You set up a reconciliation committee headed by Ebonyi State Governor Dr. Sam Egwu, and we all thought this would help calm nerves and perhaps bring about some respite. But quite clearly things are nowhere near getting better. While the reconciliation team attempted to inspect damaged sites in Anambra, they were scared away by gunfire, further heightening public anger and disdain for us.

Bomb explosion in government house, Awka
On Tuesday, the 30th day of November 2004, another shocking development; a reported bomb explosion in Government House Awka. Since then, the media, public discourse within and even outside of our borders, have been dominated by the most heinous and hateful of expletives against our party and your person and government. It would appear that the perpetrators of these acts are determined to stop at nothing since there has not been any visible sign of reproach from law enforcement agencies. I am now convinced that the rumours and speculations making the rounds that they are determined to kill Dr. Chris Ngige may not be unfounded.

The question now is, what would be the consequences of such a development? How do we exonerate ourselves from culpability, and worse still, how do we even hope to survive it? Mr. President, I was part of the second republic and we fell. Memories of that fall are a miserable litany of woes we suffered, escaping death only by God’s supreme mercy. Then we were suspected to have stolen all of Nigeria’s wealth.

After several months in prison, some of us were freed to comeback to life penniless and wretched. Many have gone to their early graves un-mourned because the public saw us all as renegades.

I am afraid we are drifting in the same direction again. In life, perception is reality and today, we are perceived in the worst light by an angry, scornful Nigerian Public for reasons, which are absolutely unnecessary.

Mr. President, if I write in this vein, it is because I am deeply troubled and I can tell you that an overwhelming percentage of our party members feel the same way though many may never be able to say this to you for a variety of reasons. But the back stops at your table and in my position, not only as Chairman but also as an old friend and loyal defender of your development programmes which I have never stopped defending, I dare to think that we can, either by omission or commission allow ourselves to crash and bring to early grief, this beautiful edifice called democracy.

On behalf of the peoples Democratic Party, I call on you to act now and bring any, and all criminal, even treasonable, activity to a halt. You and you alone, have the means. Do not hesitate. We do not have too much time to waste.

A.I. Ogbeh, OFR National Chairman

cc: Vice President

Chairman, Board of Trustees

Speaker, House of Representatives




President Obasanjo’s Reply To Chief Ogbeh’s Letter

December 12, 2004 I am amused and not surprised by your letter of December 6, 2004 because after playing hide and seek games over a period of time, you have finally, at least in writing, decided to unmask and show your true colour.

Having made this introductory point, let us go over systematically and, in some detail, through the whole episode of the Anambra saga. I must add that I have expressed sadness and condemned the wanton destruction of properties that took place in Anambra recently.

When it turned out that, Governor Mbadinuju was an unmitigated failure in Anambra, as PDP governor in our first term, I made it clear to you that I would not go to Anambra to campaign if Governor Mbadinuju was being sponsored as PDP gubernatorial candidate in spite of his calamitous failure.

You did not tell me that you were sending a discrete investigation team to Anambra to find out the situation on the ground. You never said yes or no but I determined that, in good conscience, I could not go to Anambra to campaign for support and seek endorsement for Governor Mbadinuju.

About six weeks later, you came to report to me that you have sent two people discretely to ascertain on the ground whether people wanted Mbadinuju or not and you had received report that 66 2/3 of the people of Anambra did not want Mbadinuju. For me, what we knew about Mbadinuju in terms of failure to pay salaries in some cases for over 7 months which led to school children not being able to take the WASCE did not need any discrete investigation.

However, your discrete investigation convinced you that I was right and you brought Mbadinuju to me, for you and I to tell him that he could not be a gubernatorial candidate of the PDP in Anambra.

You rightly, I believe, requested that I should work with you to give him a soft landing and we agreed to make him an ambassador after the election and we even agreed on which mission abroad, subject to our success in the elections.

Mbadinuju asked for a letter from me and I refused because I said that my word was my bond but that you were free to write him one. A few weeks after that meeting, Mbadinuju decamped from our party to the AD and sought election as governor of Anambra on the platform of the AD. When the members of our party started jostling for nomination, as normal with me, I refused to endorse a candidate; it is only after the primaries that the party’s candidate becomes my own candidate.

And in the case of Anambra, if I had wanted to support anybody at all, it would have been Jerry Ugokwe because he was one man I knew but, of course, I was consistent on my policy. And when Ngige emerged as the candidate of the PDP from the primaries, he was brought to be introduced to me and, of course, he became not only the party’s candidate but also mine. After enquiries about the situation in Anambra and about Ngige himself, I made a point to him that he should go and reconcile himself with his father with whom he was not on talking terms as I believed it was an abomination for an African son to be in a state of enmity with his father to the point of absolute non-communication.

I advised Ngige to reconcile with his father and the rest of his family and he reported to me that he did. The election took place and Ngige was declared the winner. I congratulated him along with other victorious candidates. Realizing that Ngige would need some assistance to help him through the teething problem of his administration, I invited him to consider having a non-partisan honorary committee of elders of the state and he agreed.

I talked to Igwe Nwokedi, Chief Mbasulike Amechi and the Anglican Bishop of Awka to get two more people with them to act as such honourary non-partisan advisory committee of elders for the governor.

For them to maintain their independence, I said that any transportation or administrative funds that they might require would be provided from the presidency rather than the state. After two months, Igwe Nwokedi, who was supposed to be the chairman, reported that the governor was impossible to advise or to work with and that was the end of that effort. Mr. Chairman, I reported that effort to you.

When on one occasion, Chris Uba came to report that things appeared to be going wrong between him and the governor in the presence of Chief Amechi, I asked the latter to go and sort it out for them in his capacity as an elder of the state and veteran politician. I requested Chief Amechi to report back to me. The truth is that as far as

Anambra was concerned, I considered it my duty to work with all stakeholders in the area of avoiding conflict and on that ground I promised to act on any report or advice from Chief Mbasulike Amechi. I never had warning that things were going sour in the state any more until I was in Maputo, Mozambique on July 9, 2003 when I received report that the governor had resigned. I did what normally I do not do except in an emergency by using government facility for strictly non-governmental purpose. I instructed that an airplane from the presidential fleet be made available to a team to rush to Anambra to investigate what was happening.

That team went on Friday morning while I was still in Mozambique and returned on Friday evening. You will recall that the team reported to you and I that what was happening in Ananm-bra required urgent party action to resolve it as a family affair. A Senate Panel that followed in the same vein re-opened something similar. Mr. Chairman, the following Sunday, you received and opened a brown envelope in my residence in Abuja that contained three different letters of resignation and a video of announcement of resignation of Governor Ngige.

You were as shocked as I was and you promised to do something about it that night. You left with copies of the documents and the next thing you did after that was to insinuate that Ngige’s problems were caused by me.

Unfortunately, as in many other instances, you failed to do what you should have done as the chief executive of the party and rather prefer to insult me not only as the President of the nation but also as the leader of the party which you seem never to recognize or acknowledge. From that point on, I only did my job as a President by investigating. What the police did or did not do and dishing out punishment to be confirmed by the Police Service Commission, which in its own report asked for a complete investigation of the matter.

That investigation was carried out by the Attorney General and his report was acted upon. After that, I deliberately remained aloof about political events in Anambra except whatever may affect security and loss of life and property. I, in fact, asked both Ngige and Chris Uba never to come to my office or to my residence and you know this.

As far as I could remember, a childhood friend of yours came with you to discuss the issue of Anambra between you and I on one occasion. Soon after, I briefed the party caucus in detail on my role, on what I saw and did and the party caucus endorsed

every action that had been taken by the executive arm of government in respect with Anambra.




http://amazingstoriesaroundtheworld..co.uk/2013/12/from-archives-audu-ogbehs-letter-and.html

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN (2nd left), Chairman, Nigeria Governor’s Forum and Rivers State Governor, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi (2nd right), Imo State governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha (left) and Borno State Governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima (right) after the 8th meeting of the Nigeria Governor’s Forum at the Rivers State Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja on Wednesday, December 11, 2013.


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More tweets....

Days ago, some media personalities made her the subject of discussion on twitter.
Rubbin' minds host and Ebony Life TV presenter, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu started the discussion by tweeting "Mercy Johnson makes a lot of 'leading ladies' in Nollywood look like amateurs. Yes, I'm talking about all your favorite divas and A listers", the tweet garnered lots of re-tweets and mentions in less than 60 seconds - even Mercy Johnson endorsed the submission by re-tweeting the tweet. BTW, the leading actresses are Genevieve, Omotola, Rita Dominic, and Kate Henshaw, right?!

Reacting to the tweet, Chris Ihidero (a sarcastic writer and NET's editor) and Noble Igwe of 360 nobs had this to say:
Chris Ihidero: She can be very good. She could be amazing in the hands of a very good director.
Noble Igwe: Funny how I told Tula this yesterday . If she was light skinned, some people won't be getting roles sef
Ebuka: I've seen her do everything VERY WELL. Diva, runs girl, villager, corporate chick, mother, grandmother, villain, hero. All!
Chris: I have seen her being pretty immense in a few films. Actually one I look forward to working with someday.
She doesn't "measure up" based on yrs in d industry. But Mercy has delivered more daring roles than they did at her stage.

http://amazingstoriesaroundtheworld..co.uk/2013/12/media-personalities-discuss-mercy.html

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An apparently angry and frustrated ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo has written what clearly competes as one of the most acerbic letters in modern history to President Goodluck Jonathan, accusing him of ineptitude and of taking actions calculated at destroying Nigeria.
“Nigeria is bleeding and the hemorrhage must be stopped,” Mr. Obasanjo said in the 18-page letter dated December 2, 2013 and exclusively obtained by PREMIUM TIMES Tuesday.
He said Mr. Jonathan has failed to deliver on his promises to the Nigerian people, stem corruption, promote national unity and strengthen national security.

He said in the letter titled “Before it is too late” that rather than take steps to advance Nigeria’s interest and up the standards of living of Nigerians, Mr. Jonathan had betrayed God and the Nigerian people that brought him to power, and has been pursuing selfish personal and political interests based on advice he receives from “self-centred aides”.
In the detailed letter, dripping of anger , frustration and what appears a genuine concern to rescue a nation on the brink, Mr. Obasanjo lamented that Mr. Jonathan had become terribly divisive and clannish, destroying his own party, polarizing the country along regional and religious lines and ridiculing Nigeria in the comity of nations.

Without mincing words, Mr. Obasanjo blamed Mr. Jonathan for the crises tearing the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, apart.
He said apart from using party chairman Bamanga Tukur to cause multiple crises and divide the ranks of the party, the president’s failure to keep a promise he made not to seek a second term is also generating tension within the ruling party.
“It would be unfair to continue to level full blames on the Chairman (Tukur) for all that goes wrong with the party,” Mr. Obasanjo said. “The chairman is playing the tune dictated by the paymaster (Jonathan). But the paymaster is acting for a definitive purpose for which deceit and deception seem to be the major ingredients.
“Up till two months ago, Mr. President, you told me that you have not told anybody that you would contest in 2015. I quickly pointed out to you that the signs and the measures on the ground do not tally with your statement. You said the same to one other person who shared his observation with me. And only a fool would believe that statement you made to me judging by what is going on. I must say it is not ingenious. You may wish to pursue a more credible and more honorable path.”
The former President said Mr. Jonathan told him before the 2011 election he would not seek a second term, and made the same promise to governors, party stakeholders and Nigerians.
The president’s refusal to keep that promise cast him as a man without honour, Mr. Obasanjo said.
Saying it would be “fatally morally flawed” for Mr. Jonathan to contest in 2015, Mr. Obasanjo added, “As a leader, two things you must cherish and hold dear among others are trust and honour both of which are important ingredients of character. I will want to see anyone in the Office of the Presidency of Nigeria as a man or woman who can be trusted, a person of honour in his words and character.”
Mr. Obasanjo also accused Mr. Jonathan of anti-party conducts – supporting opposition parties’ candidates in governorship elections in Lagos, Ondo, Edo and Anambra states at the detriment of PDP’s own candidates –, and of pitting party members against one another.
Saying the President had failed to address the underlying causes of the Boko Haram menace, Mr. Obasanjo urged Mr. Jonathan to adopt a carrot and stick approach in dealing with the insurgency explaining that “conventional military actions based on standard phases of military operations alone will not permanently and effectively deal with the issue of Boko Haram”.
Mr. Obasanjo also tackled Mr. Jonathan for allegedly being clannish. “For you to allow yourself to be “possessed”, so to say, to the exclusion of most of the rest of Nigerians as an “Ijaw man” is a mistake that should never have been allowed to happen. Yes, you have to be born in one part of Nigeria to be Nigerian if not naturalized but the Nigerian President must be above ethnic factionalism. And those who prop you up as of, and for ‘Ijaw nation’ are not your friends genuinely, not friends of Nigeria nor friends of ‘Ijaw nation’ they tout about.
“To allow or tacitly encourage people of ‘Ijaw nation’ to throw insults on other Nigerians from other parts of the country and threaten fire and brimstone to protect your interest as an Ijaw man is myopic and your not openly quieting them is even more unfortunate.
Two Ijaw men, ex-militant Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, and a former federal commissioner for information, Edwin Clark, who carries himself around as the political godfather of the president, are known to talk down on people opposed to the president.
Mr. Obasanjo also accused Mr. Jonathan of placing over 1000 Nigerians on political watch list and “training snipers and other armed personnel secretly and clandestinely acquiring weapons to match for political purposes like Abacha and training them where Abacha trained his killers”.
He wondered why the Presidency was providing assistance for a murderer to evade justice.
“Presidential assistance for a murderer to evade justice and presidential delegation to welcome him home can only be in bad taste generally but particularly to the family of his victim,” Mr. Obasanjo said. “Assisting criminals to evade justice cannot be part of the job of the presidency. Or, as it is viwed in some quarters, is he being recruited to do for you what he had done for Abacha in the past? Hopefully, he should have learned his lesson. Let us continue to watch.”
Mr. Obasanjo did not mention the name of the murderer he accused the President of protecting but he seems to be referring to Hamza Al-Mustapha, a former security aide to late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, who is facing trial for allegedly masterminding the killing of Kudirat Abiola, the wife of Moshood Abiola, the winner of the annulled 1993 presidential election.
Mr. Al-Mustapha was freed by the appeal court in July but the Lagos state government has since appealed the judgment at the Supreme Court.
The former President also called on the National Assembly to rise up and take decisive action over the recent allegation in the country that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation failed to remit billions of dollars in proceeds of crude oil sales to the federation account.
“This allegation will not fly away by non-action, cover-up, denial or bribing possible investigators,” Mr. Obasanjo told the President. “Please deal with this allegation transparently and let the truth be known.
“The dramatis personae in this allegation and who they are working for will one day be public knowledge. Those who know are watching if the National Assembly will not be accomplice in the heinous crime and naked grand corruption. May God grant you the grace for at least one effective corrective action against high corruption which seems to stink all around you in your government.”
Mr. Obasanjo said he wrote the letter in the national interest, saying nothing, at this stage of his life, would prevent him from standing up for whatever he considers to be in the best interest of Nigeria, Africa and the world.
He said he was ready for whatever backlash his letter would provoke from the presidency.
“Knowing what happens around you most of which you know of and condone or deny, this letter will proke cacophony from hired and unhired attackers but I will maintain my serenity because by this letter, I have done my duty to you as I have always done, to your government, to the party, PDP, and to our country, Nigeria…,” Mr. Obasanjo said.
“I have passed the stage of being flattered, intimidated, threatened, frightened, induced or bought… Death is the end of all human beings and may it come when God wills it to come.”


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End Times, they call it.... If God did not guide a nation the watchmen are watching in vain. The whole world is a creation of the Lord, death will come when it will. Where were the security guards at Aso Rock when death visited Gen.Abacha? The bible says, my people perish for lack of knowledge, this pastor sure lack knowledge of God's words. What happens to psalm 91? The sinner runneth when no one pursueth!

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LIVE TV: A Tribute To Nelson Mandela: SABC TV Live Coverage @ link below:


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Relatives: Mr Mandela's ex-wife Winnie Mandela Madikizela (left) and his widow Graca Machel (far right) take their seats in the stadium

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Nelson Mandela's body Draped in the flag of his beloved is driven from his home as world mourns death of an icon


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Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace Mugabe (centre) arrive in Pretoria ahead of the memorial

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Arrival: Mr Cameron, Mr Clegg and John Major walking in to the FNB Stadium this morning

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Lines of succession: Obama led the Americans, followed by Michelle, then former President George Bush, Laura Bush, and Hillary Clinton seen just slightly at the end

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Touching down: President Obama and First Lady Michelle looked collected and sombre after coming off the 16-hour flight on Air Force One

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Photo of his abandoned wife and kids?

Aremu Afolayan, Nollywood actor and one of the sons from the popular Nollywood family, has finally tied the nuptial knots with his heartthrob.
Aremu is a few years younger than his newly wedded wife, whom many say comes from a wealthy home. Infact,The bride’s parents, we learnt are one of the wealthy Nigerians in America while Aremu is from a popular theatre legendary home in Nigeria.

The solemnization of the couple’s union took place in Abuja and it had only close confidantes and family members in attendance.
Movie Moment reports that Aremu relocated to Abuja from his Ogudu, Lagos residence several months after the acquisition of his widely publicized Bentley car.

There were speculations sometime ago that this handsome and talented thespian who inherited acting from his late father was a jigolo as he was alleged of sleeping with older lovers such as Sikirat Sindodo, Yetunde Oduwole among others. Aremu didn’t allow this to bother him as he moves on with his life, ignoring all the speculations.

Meanwhile, close friends and colleagues of the actor have condemned the allegations that Aremu is younger than his wife, claiming love supersedes age differences if at all there is any.

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2013 Volkswagen CC
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Deal: Up to $5,000 additional dealer discount; 0.0% financing to 72 months. This swoopy “four-door coupe” midsize alternative to the Passat delivers both added luxury and performance.


2013 Chrysler 300C
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Deal: Up to $6,000 cash; 6.2% financing to 60 months. The biggest Cadillac debuted for 2013 and remains a pleasure to drive with well-balanced road manners, a peppy V6 engine and a cavernous interior.

2013 Volkswagen Tiguan
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Deal: Up to $4,750 additional dealer discount; 0.0% financing to 60 months, 0.99% to 72 months. One of the sportier small crossover SUVs on the market, the Tiguan comes nicely powered by a 2.0-liter turbo-four engine.

2013 Cadillac XTS
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Deal: Up to $6,000 cash; 6.2% financing to 60 months. The biggest Cadillac debuted for 2013 and remains a pleasure to drive with well-balanced road manners, a peppy V6 engine and a cavernous interior.





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2013 Ford Expedition
Deal: Up to $4,500 cash; 0.0% financing to 60 months, 1.9% to 72 months. It may just seem big and lumbering to some observers, but the full-size Expedition SUV can carry a large family to the lake or campsite, carry their belongings and tow a sizeable boat or trailer in the process.

2013 Volkswagen Touareg
Deal: Up to $4,000 additional dealer discount; 0.0% financing to 60 months, 0.99% to 72 months. Sharing its underpinnings and some components with the Porsche Cayenne, the midsize Touareg crossover SUV is sportier than most family minded rides. Though it’s costly, a year-end sales push should make it more affordable.

1. 2013 Jaguar XJ
Deal: Up to $12,000 additional dealer discount; 0.9% financing to 72 months. Jaguar’s flagship sedan is appropriately plush and posh, and can be found fitted with a supercharged V6 engine or either of three V8s in standard and long-wheelbase models in rear- and all-wheel-drive configurations.



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Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN (3rd right), with the Commissioner for Commerce & Industry, Mrs. Olusola Oworu (2nd left), her Establishment and Training counterpart, Mrs. Florence Oguntuase (left), the Managing Director of the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), Dr. Dayo Mobereola (2nd right) and other members of his entourage being conducted round by the Vice President, Dalian Locomotive & Rolling Stock Co. Ltd., Mr. Zhu Zhiyong during an inspection of the production factories of the Dalian Group in Dalian, China on Thursday, December 5, 2013.

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Richard Vedelago is 29 years old and worth more millions than he’s prepared to tell. ‘Money talks, but wealth whispers,’ he says with a smile, sitting back in the bar at Claridge’s – his idea – and lazily sipping an elderflower juice. That whispering is not, the oil, gas, property, telecoms and menswear tycoon goes on, typical of a Nigerian mindset: ‘Very loud, quite brash, larger than life -even if you’re just having a family meal, everything’s over the top all the time. writes David Jenkins for Tatler. So it’s quite fun.’ Real fun, he should have said. Nigerians all say they work hard and party hard, believe that they’re better at anything than anyone else, collect PhDs like confetti and are intensely entrepreneurial. ‘When mankind finally gets to Mars,’ chortles Ateh Jewel, who has both a film production company and a beauty business, ‘they’ll finda Nigerian already there, cutting a deal.’

What’s always been big is the wedding culture, enormous affairs with thousands of guests. Also big are the Lagos Polo Club and the Lagos Motor Boat Club, where all well-connected generations mix – and, no doubt, discuss the two almost identical, and large, yachts that sit next to each other off Victoria Island’s Carrington Crescent. One’s owned by Cuppy’s father, Femi Otedola -his net worth is an estimated £2.2bn – and the other belongs to Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, with a net worth of £10.1bn via a conglomerate ranging from cement to sugar refining by way of oil. He gave himself a £28m jet in April 2010, as a 53rd birthday present.
Dangote recently praised the government’s policies, and he, Otedola and many others have had close ties to Nigeria’s politicians – as has the ‘stupendously rich’ Senator Andy Uba, who’s married to Richard Vedelago’s beautiful sister, Faith, herself the founder of Faith Ministries, a popular and successful church. Richard has a ‘ginormous’ house next to hers in Abuja, which he describes as a slower and calmer place than Lagos – like ‘Washington to New York’. As well as that house, Richard has some dazzling cars in Abuja, including two Bentleys. There’s a market for expensive cars, despite the potholed state of most Nigerian roads, and Porsche has opened up there; its Cayenne 4x4s do well, as do Jeep Wranglers and the Mercedes G-Wagon. But one Nigerian told the Guardian that ‘I have a Bentley, a Porsche and a Ferrari. But people don’t travel by road any more. So the Ferrari in the garage hasn’t done 500 miles in three years.’ Vedelago had a Lamborghini in London, as well as a Bentley, but he drove it so little that he ditched it. He’d like to buy a Smart car to go to the gym, but friends jeer at the idea. ‘So I’m looking for a Porsche or an Aston Martin.’ He laughs. ‘Sounds bad, doesn’t it? A Porsche to go to the gym.’
Kola Karim does drive a very lovely, very yellow Ferrari Italia 458 here in London, one of two he was given by ‘generous friends - good friends’. He had it parked recently in Chelsea, ‘and this lady said her son wouldlove to have a picture with the car. I said, “Feel free.” And then she said, “Who do you play for?” I said, “Play what?” “Football,” she said. ‘What team did I play for? Was she being racist? No. But that was her understanding.’ The automatic assumption was that a prosperous black man could only be a footballer or a rap star. But Karim, a very successful businessman who’s taken his mother’s trading company into construction and oil, does indeed encounter racism. ‘Oh, yes. It’s normal. There’s a lot of ignorance around.’ Ignorance that ranges from stewardesses automatically shepherding you towards economy to policemen pulling you and your Ferrari over. ‘In the country recently, we went to lunch at a restaurant. We walked in, and the whole place stopped eating – it was like we were going to pull a gun and stick everyone up.’ Then some local grandees appeared and sat down with Karim – at which point other people from other tables felt it was in their interests to meet this funny foreigner. It’s happened as well to others in this article, at nightclubs in London and Paris. As for Cuppy, she was in Switzerland, interning at an oil-trading company, when the story about Oprah Winfrey being mistreated in a shop in Zurich was reported. ‘It was hilarious. [Store staff] were all over us. I loved it. I wish Oprah complained every time.’ Mind you, says one man, ‘I find green is accepted everywhere.’ ‘Yes,’ says Karim, only half-laughing. ‘When you’re wealthy, you don’t see it. Either the guy wants to collect your money, or not.’

Kola Karim
But far more important for Karim is showing that there are ‘better and better prospects’ for his continent. ‘Because Africa’s like a pair of shoes. You wouldn’t get good money for it if it wasn’t polished. If it’s dirty and it looks worn out, no one wants to buy it. We’re trying to show the world a side of Africa they don’t see.’ That’s why Karim was more than happy to let Ralph Lauren throw a party for him and donate 15 per cent of the Bond Street store’s takings that day to a charity of his choosing – one benefiting autistic children. ’396 people turned up. Very successful.’ (Misan Harriman helped set it up, and Cartier have been in touch with him about a similar event; he sees great potential in acting as a conduit between Nigeria and the West.) Kessie Edewor-Thorley was there, and Nacho Figueras, and two of Karim’s own polo ponies, outside the store – the other 10 were, as usual, at the Royal County of Berkshire Polo Club. Next year, Karim will focus on buying a farm in England and keeping his équipe there. He’s got another acquisition in mind, too: a Premier League football club.

‘If you imagine a continent of 900 million people who are football crazy, imagine the followership of an African businessman. Think about the marketing. It’s awesome.’ Even more so if his currently 12-year-old son were playing – he’s been scouted by Chelsea already. Meantime, the boy attends Bruern Abbey, while his older sister goes to Benenden and his younger one to ‘Holland Park Prep’. Karim’s son plays polo too, as does his brother, though Karim’s handicap’s gone down from +2 to 0, ‘with so much work going on. We’re the second-largest independent oil producer in Africa, by reserves [1.3bn barrels], and we’re building.’ No wonder he has homes in Lagos, London, Marbella and Miami.

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