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He said: " Reports reaching us from our people at Ekpot Abia, that is, Atabong East in Bakassi, is that on Wednesday December 12, the Camerounian soldiers there gave Nigerians living there until December 15 (today) to leave the territory otherwise they will face the consequences.

where is yaradua now to save these people??

is this how to protect your people when he sworn on May 29th?

but he very fast to accept 'green tea' agrement while these people have 'red tea' by the time the camerounian deals with them.

una dey crayz?
why una dey speak youraba?

Our can people speaking their mother tongue be crazy

only in Nigeria!

The Nigerian government will send its troops to Somalia for peacekeeping mission in early 2008.

foolish yaradua.

instead of sending ground forces to Bakassi and protect Nigerians.

when shall we start loving ourselves as a nation?

this is not new.

we had that letter in 1984 to our street in lagos.

everybody panicked and some travelled to their village, the thieves came and still robbed people.

so, nigeria was never good at any point.

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one passport makes sense.

this will end divide and rule and unshackle africans from the WEST remote control rule.

I suspect foul play: I beg he drops off on the same DATE Ibori is arrested? the top man is meeting with george bush theres obviously a powerful cabal trying to destabilse the current state of play by quietly finishing off yar a duas deputy: theres talk of the niger delta "militants" blowing up oil installations if ibori is not given bail tommorow: this bares the hall mark of babangida: through and through: i have said this many times before: IBB:HIS WIFE AND HIS INLAWS are behind most of the "so called kidnapping" and holding the country to ransome: that is why hes managed to escape justice for this long when ibb was forced out of power he made sure that the seat of government in the oil rich niger delta state was located to his wife and inlaws birthplace in ASABA which was amagalmated into niger delta from igbo land: therein lies the problem: his stolen loot and the influence he can buy through his marriage hes able to buy anyone and because of his military background direct some of the "militants" therefore holding to ransome any government of the day thereby ensuring his immunity from prosecution: nuhu ribadu can only touch the small fronts he has ie Adenuga and by reading through the charges Ibori was apparently recruited by Abacha if that is the cause then that means Abachas who was IBBs sidekick is also iboris master: The paper trail it would appear would lead all the way to minna this reminds me of stella obansajos murder it bore all the hallmarks of ibb obj was meant to hand over power to ibb it did not happen what happened next she was brutally murdered to destabilise obj the powerful cabal shielding babangida do not reside in nigeria remember abiola dele giwa theres a pattern poisoning (mossad style:they are the ones protecting him) remember how umaru dikko was kidnapped in broad daylight and the british security services found him in a container with two israeli doctors ready to be shipped in nigeria there is frenzied talk of babangida coming back to power anytime soon obviously hes itching to reach for the gun but he would like to come back as a civilian so the only option is to quietly murder his opponets their family members to get at them an intimidation we leave in interesting times and its not for the faint hearted put on your seat bealts ibori had better watch what he eats cause once he starts singing like a canary may the vice presidents father rest in peace

indeed. you are on your own!

But Sunday Sun gathered from insiders that the trusted aide of the former president invited the former vice president to Ota Farm on behalf of Obasanjo to “iron out their differences”.
Obasanjo’s emissary, it was further learnt, informed the former vice president that his boss was now remorseful, having realised, with the benefit of hindsight, that information he acted on to persecute Atiku in the build-up to the April 2007 polls was largely false.

OBJ is an owu man. Omo Owu ki ja, Omo Owu ki ba enikan binu.

Atiku should be very afraid.

According to the statement, Pa Jonathan died “peacefully” at about 10:45 p.m. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that Pa Jonathan was initially taken to the Aso Clinic from where he was referred to the National Hospital, Abuja.
Chief Medical Director of the National Hospital, Dr. Segun Ajuwon, told NAN that the vice president’s father was “brought to the National Hospital on Wednesday for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).”

who is paying this medical bill? tax payers or the VP?

there are many nigerians with aged parent. being in govt should not accord any status to any one.

may his soul rest in peace.

Furthermore the Yoruba language has its own dialects initself, We claim official English status, let us embrace that fully!

and english does not have it dialect? american english, queens english, scottish english, kent english.

your claim to english is nothing but colonial handover. It does not represent us.

Please leave Yar'Adua alone, you could not do better

here we go again.

leave IBB alone, we know how it ended.

leave abacha alone, we know how it ended

leave OBJ alone, we know how it ended.

yaradua can parabulate as much as he like.

US dont just issue statements: they choose their words carefull. this is clear below:

In the statement, US. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Todd J. Moss, said: "There was a pause in our close relationship because the elections of April 2007, which brought Yar'Adua into office, were deeply flawed."

Their conduct, he added, "gave us some serious pause as to how close we could be. We expressed our concerns with the Nigerians , and we set some very clear expectations. I am happy to say that, so far, those expectations have been met."

[quote][/quote]First: The deputy reconfirmed Bush statement in June: Nigeria election was flawed.

To show why their now talking to same guy with flawed election; I am happy to say that, so far, those expectations have been met

He was not talking about Nigerians expectation. But about US expectation; which is Nigeria to accept AFRICOM.

How can you ask for assitance without accepting it??

why do you need international driver licence?

it only allows you to drive in foreign country for short-time; less than 3months.

Nigeria driver licence is valid for 6months in many countries afterwhich you may need to change to that country own licence.

here is your answer from same US:

In the statement, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Todd J. Moss, said: "There was a pause in our close relationship because the elections of April 2007, which brought Yar'Adua into office, were deeply flawed."

Their conduct, he added, "gave us some serious pause as to how close we could be. We expressed our concerns with the Nigerians , and we set some very clear expectations. [b]I am happy to say that, so far, those expectations have been met."[/[/b]quote]

the expectation: yaradua agreed for nigeria to accept africom. US will ensure that the tribual do not nullify its deeply flawed election.

this is exactly same game they played in Pakistan yet our people are so DUMMY to read between lines.

africa is doomed. this is one sad moments for africa and Nigeria.

DESPITE the August 28, 2008 final pull-out date, Camerounian soldiers may have given Nigerians living in Ekpot Abia of Atabong East in Bakassi Peninsula up till today to vacate the territory.

Narrating their ordeal to The Guardian in Ibibio language in Abana, one of the fishermen, Mr Etim Udo Inyang said: "On Wednesday (December 12), some Cameroun soldiers who have occupied this place since our (Nigerian) soldiers left last year, came to us and said we must leave on or before December 15, otherwise there will be problem."

"For fear of being maltreated and my fishing instrument seized from me, I have left Atabong to stay in Abana (headquarters) of Bakassi. I don't know what will happen next," Inyang added.
Chairman of Bakassi Council, Chief Emmanuel Etene, confirmed the incident. He said: " Reports reaching us from our people at Ekpot Abia, that is, Atabong East in Bakassi, is that on Wednesday December 12, the Camerounian soldiers there gave Nigerians living there until December 15 (today) to leave the territory otherwise they will face the consequences.

ordinary nigerian people are the one suffering. will same US/UK allow its ordinary people suffer? Because of one old woman they fle to Sudan.
well right on our soil, our people still suffers.

what a shameful country

here we go again.

africans always get carried away, just like fore-fathers of Charles showed our fore fathers 'mirror' and they got carried away.

dont be surprise, 'white uk' will start their own pentecoastal churches, for whites its all about money + taxes.

these are not Nigeria names!

Nigerian names have meaning behind them, so can't be funny. They mean alot to the families, describing situation at birth of such kids.

They are english names. People in Zimbabwe also have these funny english names.

He was not arrested but submitted himself.

The former governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose yesterday voluntarily submitted himself to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Lagos saying he was at the commission to defend whatever allegations it has against him.
Fayose who arrived the Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos office of the commission at about 10.40 a.m., said he would have handed himself over earlier, if not for circumstances beyond his control.
As at press time, Fayose was still being interrogated by EFCC operatives and was not allowed to go home. It was confirmed that he would remain in the custody of the EFCC, until his arraignment on Monday and possible application for bail by his counsel at a future date.

http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=97984

Baba, yes!
Marina Resort is by the Calabar ocean bank and has accomodation but is highly sought after.

any website? contact details? looking forward.

This seems to be a good week for Nigeria. I hope this does not end here but continues.

what happened to kalu and the rest?

arrestting many at same time is to create attention. nothing would be conclusive.

My brother you can accuse President Yaradua of anything you like, but suggesting that he is plotting to stay a further day in power against the will of Nigerians is simply overboard.

Please don't sell us this crap. This guy already received a stolen mandate. He can do anything. Only a fool will trust him.

Everyone said OBJ has been to prison for 5yrs. He is a changed man. I said NO. People don't change only hide. Nigerians know better now.

could you please give your recommendation on how Yar'Adua should have handled this issue?

He should have waited till his court case is cleared to meet BUSH. Bush only invited him because they knew how badly he needs support from them.

The President simply honoured an invitation from a US President protecting their so called strategic interest and yet to come to terms with the fact that  the days when Nigeria and Africa as a whole was monpolised by the west and served as their private garden of resources is coming to an end.

yeah. yeah. believe that you believe anything! US is protecting it is interest while yaradau is protecting its own person interest not Nigeria's

US don't just invite you if they do not need something from you! But Nigeria is blessed with Dumm-Leaders or rather self-serving thieves.

This is international diplomacy at work, while we need to look after our National interest we do not want to be unnecessary rivals with America because hate it or love it they play important role in global politics. However we should not play fool to them too.

agreed with you but why invite yaradua suddenly when yaradua said nigeria will not host this africom.

i am afraid, nigeria will play more than training role.

yaradua needs bush to solidify his presidency. the nigeria-court will also see that US is already supportting yarada, this will influence outcome of election tribunal.

for this opportunity yaradua will make deal to survive while bush makes deal for US to survive.

Pakistan guy already did similar; made deal for his survival while US makes deal for their own country.

@iykrion,

It is not heroic to do a research only on how a country is not moving forward. It is hypocrisy to find faults without profering solutions.

we surely both wants best for Nigeria just process is different.

Who am I to put my proposal on Nigerians?? I can only show the error of what we are doing wrong.

Yaradua will not get us anywhere. This much is clear. Same thing I said about OBJ but nobody listens, his 8yrs was completed mess.

When criminals think that they are smarter than the system.
Eventually the system catches up with them and screws them real hard
We shall overcome!

yeah, yeah.

wonder why it will catch-up with OBJ, IBB etc.

Alarm is free and enjoying himself now. Let see how the story we end.

According to UK court documents obtained by Saharareporters, James Ibori was twice convicted for stealing and dishonest acts by UK courts in 1991 and 1992.

So how did he became PDP Governor. Basically a convict was PDP-Governor for 8yrs, ONLY in Nigeria.

In tokyo stock exchange go and find out what languages they use apart from japan

are you serious at all?

mind you they speak Japanese there!

http://www.tse.or.jp/index.html

this is not about Lagos Stock exchange.

It is about Lagos Assembly. what language do they speak in Japan Assembly?

President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua yesterday at the White House in Washington, D.C., United States (US) stated that Nigeria would partner the US/AFRI-CA Command (AFRICOM) on security on the continent.

Nigeria is in touble. We have an slowpoke as President.

The President did not give details of the discussion on AFRICOM, such as whether Nigeria will be used as the Command’s base, an issue that has emerged contentious in recent times.
But his support at the White House was a clear departure from the leaning of his administration on the issue.
Nigeria’s acceptance of the command is capable of influencing other African countries.

Yaradua blows any direction the wind-blows.

Lagos can be the home to many world culture, you would drive away business which is spoken more in english all over the world. And Nigeria is already behind, So lagos can't or should not use Yoruba,

absolutely unfounded!

Japan speaks Japanese, you have to learn it to do Business with them. They have biggest economy in ASIA.

German speaks german, you have to learn it to do Business with them. They have biggest economy in Europe.

Guys, write whatever you want:

Fact is:

it is BLACKMAN that dying/getting killed in Sudan everyday.

And this rubb on you wherever you go. it is that simple.

until we love ourselves, we will all die alone.

Ibori should be jailed for life.Na big armed robber

Ibori is a pen robber, they kill people more slowly

@ayanfe

Ose fun ohun to fi won wa.

Ope pupo lowo Ojogbon Chinyere Anichebe to mu imoran yii wa. Ero okan mi ni pe, awon ile asofin toku ni Noigeria a gbiyoju lati se ohun ka na

Mo si ti ni ero pe leyin Osu mefa awon ile-asofin ni ipinle Eko a tu eto yii yewo fun ilo siwaju

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Thanks for the update.

Kudos to Prof Chinyere Anichebe for bringing this up. I expect other state assembly to consult her and start similar process.

Also expect there would be review mechanism after 6months to see what other improvement they can bring to this initiative.

may be this is what british police will train Nigeria Police:

The Court of Appeal in Abuja yesterday put to rest the controversy surrounding public procession over whether or not there is a need for police permit.
The court said it was no longer necessary to obtain permit before embarking on any assembly.
In its judgment, the appellate court presided over by Justice Danladi Mohammad held that such police approval infringed on the fundamental human rights provided for in the 1999 Constitution.
“The provision of the Act is unnecessary. We are in democracy and Nigeria has joined the league of civilised societies,'' Justice Olufunmilayo Adekeye who read the lead judgment said.
Justice Adekeye said it was wrong to continue to rely on the colonial method of suppressing people from exercising and enjoying their rights under the guise of Public Order Act.
The lead counsel to the Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP), Mr. Femi Falana, had filed a suit on September 21, 2003, condemning the police for disrupting the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) rally at Kano with tear-gas.
The panel gave the judgment in an appeal by the Federal Government against the decision of the Federal High Court, Abuja.
Justice Anwuri Chikere of the High Hourt had in 2005 nullified the Act on the ground that it was obsolete and a neo-colonialist rule.
Dissatisfied with the decision of the lower court, the Attorney General of the Federation and the Nigerian Police Force had filed an appeal.

Nigeria that wants to be  best 20economies in 2010 is now producting only 100MW of eletricity!

THE nation's largest power station located in Egbin outskirts of Lagos has suffered a double tragedy causing drop in output to 100 Megawatts (MW) against the installed capacity of 1,320MW. For one, the station, designed to run on gas, has since lost its source of supply. And now, its resort to alternative source is being threatened by low stock

The 'darkness-in-nigeria' is preventing yaradau to see how to declare emergency on  electricity after many months.



what a shameless country and President.

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