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Politics › APC Leaders Suspend Visit To Amaechi As First Lady Delays Exit From PH by bcomputer101(op): 5:43am On Nov 05, 2013
APC leaders suspend visit to
Amaechi as First Lady delays exit
from PH •APC chartered flight not
grounded - NCAA

PLANS to receive the national leadership of the
opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) by the
Rivers state governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, was
put on hold Monday due to the delayed travel plans of
Nigeria’s First Lady, Patience Jonathan.
However, enthusiastic supporters of Governor
Amaechi, from various parts of the state, who had
trooped out in their tens of thousands to receive the
visitors were denied access into the Port Harcourt
International Airport by stern-looking, heavily armed
security men, drawn across security formations.
Nigerian Tribune gathered that the First Lady, who
buried her adopted mother over the previous
weekend, was billed to have left Port Harcourt for
Abuja with an 11:40am flight, but was yet to leave the
city as of 5.00 p.m. when the Nigerian Tribune left the
airport.
It was also gathered that the visiting leaders of the
opposition party, who were reportedly visiting to woo
the state governor to join their fold, had decided to
delay their own flight, which was scheduled for
between 1:30pm and 2:00 p.m., to allow Mrs Jonathan
leave the city first so as to forestall any ugly incident.
The change in travel plan of the visitors did not go
down well with the hoard of supporters, who had
waited several hours outside the gates of the airport
to welcome them into the state.
However, when contacted, National Publicity
Secretary of the APC, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the
visit was postponed due to ‘problem of logistics and
coordination’.
Mohammed said, “We have postponed the visit till
Tuesday because of certain logistics and coordination,
it is not on the account of whether somebody travels
or not.
We are definitely sure that our supporters will still be
at the airport and the streets of Port Harcourt to
receive us today, despite the postponement.”
But another source, close to the leadership of the
APC, who spoke privately, said the decision of the
visitors to defer their visit to Tuesday (today) was as a
result of the First Lady’s inability to leave at her
scheduled flight time.
“Our leaders would have been here before now but
when they learnt that the First Lady was leaving
through the airport, they decided to hang on in Abuja
until her flight leaves. They don’t want to have any
confrontation with her supporters,” the source
explained.
Meanwhile, another huge crowd of supporters had
gathered within the premises of the Rivers state
Government House, waiting to welcome the visitors.
Addressing the crowd in the Government House,
Senator representing Rivers South-East Senatorial
District, Senator Magnus Abe as well as the leader of
the Rivers state caucus in the National Assembly,
Chief Andrew Uchendu, decried attempts by the Felix
Obuah-led executive council of the People’s
Democratic Party (PDP) in the state to malign
Amaechi over the planned visit of the APC leaders to
the state.
According to Abe, anybody who wants to win Rivers
State must court Amaechi because he is the leader
that the people of the state know and trust.
Meanwhile, news of the grounding of a chartered
plane conveying some chieftains of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) to Port Harcourt at the
Abuja airport.
According to information gathered, the plane was
stopped from flying by the aviation agencies for not
having proper documentation and passengers’
manifest in line with aviation safety rules.
The plane chartered by the APC stalwarts according
to a source in one of the agencies who did not want
to be quoted declared that the plane was not
grounded but the pilot was asked to identify
passengers on board and provide proper
documentation.
“As soon as they complied with the safety directives,
the plane was cleared for take off so nobody grounded
any aircraft,” the source added.
According to the source, the issue of declaring the
identity of those on board and providing proper
documentations is aviation safety rule not peculiar to
Nigeria and must be obeyed especially at this critical
stage when the country is going through security
challenges.
He, however, said this should not be misconstrued as
political vendetta but purely aviation safety
regulations.
When contacted the Federal Airport Authorities of
Nigeria (FAAN) spokesperson, Mrs. Henrietta Yakubu,
in a text message said: “You need to find out from
NCAA. FAAN does not ground planes.”
The General Manager, Public Affairs, NCAA, Mr. Fan
Ndubuoke, denied such incident at Abuja airport
yesterday.
When contacted on telephone, he said: “I don’t think
any plane was grounded at any airport today. I’m not
aware any of such thing happened and I don’t think
any of such thing occurred.
“Pilots are expected to file their manifest before any
flight and they know what to do before takeoff, and if
you don’t do it and your plane is delayed for one or
two minutes, I don’t think that amounts to grounding
of a plane or aircraft.”
According to Ndubuoke, he had called Abuja to verify
the grounding claims, adding: “I just called the people
who should know and they have said that there was
nothing of such at the airport.” He however directed
this reporter to speak with the pilot who was in charge
of the plane, if no procedural breaches were made by
him.
He explained that it is only when issues regarding
declaration of the details in a manifest that a pilot can
be given a start off. He said: “That does not in any
way amount to grounding. “No plane was grounded
today from my record and if anything of such
happened they will inform me.”

Source: www.tribune.com.ng/news2013/index.php/en/news/item/25571-apc-leaders-suspend-visit-to-amaechi-as-first-lady-delays-exit-from-ph-apc-chartered-flight-not-grounded-ncaa.html
Politics › BREAKING NEWS: ASUU Takes Jonathan's Message To Members •after 13 Hours Meeting by bcomputer101(op): 5:35am On Nov 05, 2013
The over 13
hours
meeting held
by President
Goodluck
Jonathan with
executive
members of
the Academic
Staff Union of
Universities
(ASUU) ended
at 3.35am on
Tuesday morning.


The ASUU executives told reporters who had kept vigil
at the State House that they would take the
president's message back to their members.
Though they came out smiling, the president, Dr.
Nasir Fagge, did not say what the message was when
he spoke with the correspondents.

The Labour Minister, Emeka Wogu, who also spoke
with the press, just said what was discussed did not
go beyond the 2009 agreement.


Source: www.tribune.com.ng/news2013/index.php/en/component/k2/item/25593-ASUU-takes-jonathan-s-message-to-members-after-13-hours-meeting.html
Politics › Uproar In Ekiti Over Killing Of Bamidele’s Supporter by bcomputer101(op): 5:23am On Nov 05, 2013
THERE was uproar in Ekiti State on Monday over the
killing of a supporter of a member of the House of
Representatives and governorship aspirant, Opeyemi
Bamidele.
The victim, one Mr. Foluso Ogundare of Emure Ekiti, died
from gunshots received in the attack on members of
Bamidele’s support group, Ekiti Bibiire Coalition, during a
meeting at Ward 3 in Emure, in the Emure Local
Government Area of the state.
Ogundare died late on Sunday at the Federal Medical
Centre, Ido Ekiti, where he was rushed after suspected
political thugs attacked the EBC members.
Another victim, Mrs. Beatrice Ige, was on Monday
receiving treatment at the state university teaching
hospital in Ado Ekiti, our correspondent reports.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Ekiti State Command,
Victor Babayemi (ASP), on Monday confirmed the attack
and said the police had commenced investigation into
the matter.
“We found out that the attack happened during a village
meeting at Emure on Sunday. But, I can’t confirm to you
that it was a fight between groups within a political party
or not. We are on the trail of the suspected killers,”
Babayemi told our correspondent.
A statement by Bamidele’s spokesman, Ahmed Salami
read, “Two members of Ekiti Bibire Coalition were shot
during an attack on members of the group in Emure Ekiti
by some desperate elements and political appointees in
broad day light.
“In the process, two members of the group were shot at
close range and in various parts of their bodies.
Specifically, Foluso Ogundare was shot in the stomach
and later died at about 10.25pm on Sunday night at
Federal Medical Centre, Ido Ekiti while Mrs. Beatrice Ige
was shot in the buttock.
“We must place on record that this is one murder too
many and it is suggestive of a high level of political
desperation, intolerance and impunity.
“As stakeholders, we recall that during the struggle for
the actualisation of his mandate, Governor Fayemi said,
‘no blood of an Ekiti man is worth shedding.’
“He equally emphasised that he was not desperate to
rule Ekiti. But with the current scenario characterising
the politics of the state, one is constrained to believe the
assertion in many quarters that all these were mere
rhetoric”.
Both Bamidele and Fayemi belong to the All Progressives
Congress.
But the APC in a statement also on Monday condemned
the attack and accused members of the EBC of turning
into bullies.
The statement by the party’s Director of Publicity and
Media, Segun Dipe, said, “The APC viewed the act as one
of the bloodletting exercises, which the Michael Opeyemi
Bamidele-led Bibiire Group has embarked on.”
The statement, which defended the Fayemi
administration, further read, “Some miscreants hiding
under the name of Bibiire Group have turned themselves
into bullies while jostling for relevance. In the particular
occurrence at Emure Ekiti, two MOB factions were
allegedly locked in supremacy contest.
“One was led by one Supo Fakunle, a.k.a Olugeri; and
the other led by Paul Awopetu, a.k.a Doki. They were
allegedly fighting for the loot coming from MOB and his
sponsors to whichever group emerged as superior.”
Reacting to the incident, a governorship aspirant of the
Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti, Prince Dayo Adeyeye,
said the situation in the state had become worrisome
and warned of imminent anarchy.
Adeyeye, a former spokesman of the pan-Yoruba group,
Afenifere, in a statement said, “There is a possibility of
anarchy in Ekiti State if the police and other security
agencies in the state fail to bring perpetrators of the
killings to justice.
“The State Governor, Kayode Fayemi; his party, the All
Progressives Congress; and most importantly, the State
Police Command must be blamed for the latest killing.
“Therefore, if the police and other security agencies in
the country do not want anarchy in Ekiti State, those who murdered Foluso Ogundare in Emure-Ekiti must be
arrested, prosecuted and punished.”

Source: www.punchng.com/news/uproar-in-ekiti-over-killing-of-bamideles-supporter/
Education › Re: Jonathan Meets ASUU Today, Union Warns Against Force by bcomputer101(op): 3:05pm On Nov 04, 2013
odizeey: wetyn dey pain u oga. Na bad tyn him tlk?
Who be this one?

Abi you want make i show you way back to yaba-left?
Politics › Re: ‘Blame Amaechi If APC Leaders’ Visit Turns Violent’ - Obuah by bcomputer101(op): 8:35am On Nov 04, 2013
FreeGlobe: I hope Rivers people will come out enmasse and stone Tinubu while on the trip
You see your life?

You see how people dey attack you?

Next time, don't think with your ANUS!

PDP is falling down gradually but you(40lapdogs) refuse to accept the fact...
Education › Re: Jonathan Meets ASUU Today, Union Warns Against Force by bcomputer101(op):
Lord Mecuzy: Abeg They Should Hurry Up na, My Msc Accounting Don do 3years now like play sad
Na only you first go tertiary institution for your village?

Who ask you the program you are running?

Abi you don loss your BSC certificate ni?

Pray make ASUU call off the strike and stop telling us story here...

Me self na PHD student of CHANGE BY BARTER...

Ode!
Politics › Re: ‘Blame Amaechi If APC Leaders’ Visit Turns Violent’ - Obuah by bcomputer101(op):
Jonathan, Wike and his cohort should shut-up!

What are there plans?

Hire thugs as usual to disrupt the progressive visit abi?
Education › Jonathan Meets ASUU Today, Union Warns Against Force by bcomputer101(op): 2:23am On Nov 04, 2013
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan will meet the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities on Monday (today), apparently with a view to resolve the Federal Government-ASUU face-off that has left varsity gates shut since July 1.

But the union said it had got wind of Presidency’s plan to direct that universities be reopened, saying such directive without amicable resolution of the current strike would deepen the crisis.

Chairman of ASUU, University of Uyo chapter, Dr. Nwachukwu Anyim, said this in a statement in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, on Sunday, saying that the union leaders were invited by the President.

Anyim said the invitation by Jonathan should ordinarily inspired hopes that the four-month-old strike by the lectures would soon end but that the union needed to be cautious in its optimism.

His statement read, “We are aware that President Jonathan intends to meet with the leadership of ASUU tomorrow, Monday, November 4, 2013, in a bid to address the deadlock in the ongoing strike by the members of the union.

“Ordinarily, the invitation by the President to the union would give the impression that the resolution of the strike was on the horizon. While we appreciate the present show of concern from the high office of the Presidency, we are, however, cautious in our optimism that the meeting between the President of the country and the union would yield desired results.

“The apparent lack of enthusiasm among our members concerning the outcome of the meeting is based on government’s lack of commitment towards the implementation of the 2009 FGN/ASUU Agreement and the memorandum signed with ASUU. While we hope that the Federal Government would see reason to finally resolve the issues in contention, we urge well -meaning Nigerians and stakeholders to persuade government to implement the agreement with the union in order to save Nigeria’s public universities.”

It added, “We have received information that President Jonathan intends to direct that universities should be re-opened immediately. As a branch, we do not think that such a directive would resolve the issues at stake. Rather, such a directive would deepen the prevailing crisis. A show of force by the president could only, at best, result in a “pyrrhic victory.”

“We stand on the existing agreement between the union and the Federal Government. The MoU between government and ASUU and also the NEEDS Assessment Report should provide the road map for the resolution of the ongoing strike by ASUU.”
Source: www.punchng.com/news/jonathan-meets-ASUU-today-union-warns-against-force/
Politics › ‘Blame Amaechi If APC Leaders’ Visit Turns Violent’ - Obuah by bcomputer101(op): 1:55am On Nov 04, 2013
AS the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress prepares to visit Rivers State on Monday (today), the Peoples Democratic Party has warned that the state Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, should be held responsible for any breakdown of law and order in the state.

The Rivers State Chairman of the PDP, Mr. Felix Obuah, issued this warning on Sunday at the inauguration of the Grassroots Development Intiative in Eleme Local Government Area of the state.

Obuah accused Amaechi, of using state funds to organise a reception for the national leadership of the APC.

The state party chairman also alleged that Amaechi had doled out N500m belonging to the state to neighbouring states to mobilise people from such states to the airport to receive national leaders of the opposition parties.

He suggested that such action by the state governor could cause a breakdown of law and order in the state.

According to the state PDP chairman, “I want to say this as a sign of warning that any breakdown of law and order in this state, Governor Rotimi Amaechi should be held responsible.

“Only yesterday, he gave out N500m of our state money to neighbouring states to mobilise people to the airport to receive the leadership of APC.

“Is that what our money is meant for? When there is a breakdown of law and order, they will say it is Mbu.”

Also, the Supervising Minister of Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, recalled that though Amaechi had said that nothing would make him (Amaechi) leave the PDP, the governor’s planned reception of APC leaders was contrary to such claim.

Wike explained that the mobilisation of people from neighboring states to support the APC would not prevent Rivers people from supporting President Goodluck Jonathan for a re-election in 2015.

He said, “What you must know is that before now, your governor has lied to you that nobody will make him to leave PDP.

“But today, the same governor has told the people to go to the airport tomorrow to receive the APC leadership; Tinubu, Buhari and co. Does that not show people who are inconsistent? Does that not show that you do not have a governor who is consistent?”

Reacting, the Chief of Staff, Government House, Port Harcourt, Chief Tony Okocha, described Obuah’s allegation as false and a sign of fear in the PDP.

Okocha also predicted a large turnout of Amaechi supporters at the airport and the Government House, describing the expected crowd as a storm that would show the PDP that “Amaechi remains the only politician on the ground in the state.”

He challenged Obuah and his cohorts to show proof of the disbursement of N500m to Edo and other neighbouring states by Amaechi for the APC leaders’ visit to Rivers.
Source: www.punchng.com/news/blame-amaechi-if-apc-leaders-visit-turns-violent/
Politics › Re: US Set To Wipe Boko Haram by bcomputer101: 6:01am On Nov 03, 2013
Garri the 1st: They should just colonize us.....
They should colonize you and your people(family).
This will be a better option...
Science/Technology › Solar Eclipse Occurs On 3rd November by bcomputer101(op): 3:54am On Oct 30, 2013
THE Director-General of National Biotechnical Development Agency (NASRDA), Dr Saidu Mohammed, has said the solar eclipse, which will occur on November 3, will come with mild darkness across the 36 states of the federation.

The Director-General, who made this known during a press briefing, last Thursday in Abuja, also advised Nigerians to remain calm, as the eclipse would not affect satellite communications or air services.

The eclipse, however, will be characterised by a flush of sunlight and mild darkness during its peak. The agency has, therefore, made available at its headquarters, sunglasses, which will serve as filters for the effect of the sun.

Dr Mohammed added that: “It will be like any other day, but its effect will be felt at its peak. It is recommended you wear sunglasses. There is no need to panic,” he concluded.

Earlier in his presentation, the Director of Centre for Astronomy, University of Nsukka, Professor Felix Okpara, who outlined the various times of the eclipse across the nation said, in Abuja, the eclipse will begin by 1:03 p.m. It will be at its maximum by 2.40 p.m and it will end by 4.03 p m in the evening. In Lagos, it will begin by 12.50 p.m, its maximum level will take place by 2.40 p.m and end by 4.01p.m.

In Ibadan, the eclipse will start by 12.52 p.m, the maximum level will be witnessed by 2.32 p.m and it will end 4.01 p.m. In Port Harcourt, the eclipse will begin by 1.03 p.m, its maximum will be experienced by 2.43 p.m and by 4.09 p.m, it will end. In Uyo, the eclipse will begin by 1.06 p.m, its maximum will be experienced by 2.45 p.m and by 4.10 p.m, it will end.

In Enugu, the eclipse will begin by 1.04 p.m, its maximum will be experienced by 2.43 p.m and by 4.07 p.m, it will end and in Kano, the eclipse will begin by 1.07 p.m, its maximum will be experienced by 2.40 p.m and by 4.01 p.m, it will end.

An eclipse is an astronomical event that occurs when an astronomical object/objects is temporarily obscured, either by passing into the shadow of another body or by having another body pass between it and the viewer as seen from the earth.

Solar eclipse was previously recorded in Nigeria concurrently in 1945, 1959, 2001 and 2006.


Source: www.tribune.com.ng/news2013/index.php/en/news/item/25104-solar-eclipse-occurs-on-sunday.html
Politics › Oduah In Another Car Scandal, Faces Reps Panel Today by bcomputer101(op): 3:45am On Oct 30, 2013
The embattled Minister of Aviation, Ms Stella Oduah, has been linked to another car purchase scandal.

This time, Oduah is said to have also approved the procurement of two Lexus Limousine cars and two Toyota Prado jeeps.

The minister is expected to appear before the House Committee on Aviation which is investigating the purchase of two BMW bulletproof cars for her by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority at N255m.

But during the sitting by the Senate Committee on Aviation which is probing the crisis in the Aviation industry, the Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria , Mr. George Uriesi, said the Lexus Limousine cars and Toyota Prado jeeps were in the custody of a bank.

Uriesi, who said the limousines were bought for N60m each , added that he did not have details of the cost of the Prado jeeps.

He explained that the bank whose name he did not give, funded the purchase of the four vehicles.

The FAAN chief told the six-member committee that while Oduah gave the approval, somebody whose name he failed to mention, signed on his (Uriesi) behalf.

An obviously enraged Chairman of the Senate Committee on Aviation, Mr. Hope Uzodinma, lambasted him for receiving approval from the minister instead of the Federal Executive Council.

He was therefore ordered to appear again before the committee on Monday with details of the transactions.

Uriesi, who was said to have sweated in the air-conditioned room while the session lasted, was also asked to bring along with him, details of other vehicles bought for the agency’s directors.

The Senate panel also resolved to inspect the N255m bulletproof cars parked at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.

Meanwhile, members of the House of Representatives Committee on Aviation are set to quiz Oduah on Wednesday(today) over the controversial bulletproof cars.

The minister, who was summoned by the committee to appear before it on Tuesday, had written , explaining that she had travelled to Israel to sign the Bilateral Air Service Agreement between Nigeria and Israel.

On Monday, the committee headed by Mrs. Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, said Oduah would now appear on Wednesday and not Tuesday as ealier scheduled.

It claimed that the decision was to give all stakeholders the opportunity to prepare their documents.

But the committee warned that it would not hesitate to take necessary actions against Oduah if she failed to turn up today (Wednesday).

As of 10pm on Tuesday, it was unclear if Oduah, who was on Monday accused by the House Committee on Public Procurement of shunning similar invitations 12 times, had returned from Israel.

As part of its preparations for the hearing, a five-member sub-committee of the Onyejeocha-led Aviation panel on Tuesday discreetly inspected the controversial bulletproof cars at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.

A source privy to the visit, informed The PUNCH that the aim was to “truly establish that the cars were bought.”

The source added, “This is an investigation and you do not leave anything to chance.

“The idea of the inspection team was to go to the location and physically see the cars.

“All these will form part of the final report to the House.”

When contacted, Onyejeocha confirmed that a team visited the airport to inspect the cars.

She, however, parried questions on the details of what the team saw.

The committee chairman said, “Yes, it is true that we set up a committee to go and inspect the cars.

“The committee went to the airport but they have not reported back to us.

“If you are interested, come to the hearing tomorrow, please, PUNCH.”

A senior official of the NCAA, who accompanied the sub-committee to the airport said the lawmakers “saw the two bulletproof cars .”

The source added, “They were satisfied. Some of them even stated that people were beginning to insinuate that there were no cars. So, I think people can now ask the House members whether there are cars or not.”

Asked if the committee members were also shown the limousines parked at the Total Radar Coverage of Nigeria site at the airport, the official said, “I don’t like joining issues, because people are beginning to write what they like.

“The cars we are talking about here are the bulletproof cars and not limousines.”

The House spokesman, Zakari Mohammed, said sanctions that could be imposed on Oduah if she failed to appear before the Aviation committee included issuing a bench warrant to facilitate her arrest.

He said, “What the committee will do is to apply to the Speaker (Mr. Aminu Tambuwal) for a bench warrant to be issued for her arrest.

“Once that is done and the speaker approves it, the Inspector-General of Police will be directed to arrest her and bring her before the committee.”
http://www.punchng.com/news/oduah-in-another-car-scandal-faces-reps-panel-today/
Politics › We Have Reduced Amaechi’s Powers And Political Front Teeth -wike by bcomputer101(op): 5:47am On Oct 29, 2013
The supervising Minister of Education, Ezebunwo Nyesom Wike, has declared that his political structure, the Grassroots Development Initiative (GDI) has weakened the Powers of Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Amaechi.
This is even as the state chairman of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), Felix Obuah, has stated that
about six commissioners in Amaechi’s government had
declared interest to join the GDI.
Wike and Obuah made the statements yesterday during
the inauguration of executives and wards officials of Port
Harcourt City Local Government Area chapter of GDI,
held in Port Harcourt.
In his address, Wike stated that Governor Amaechi had
become a complainant by appearing before the Human
Rights Commission. He said further that if not for the
doggedness of the group, nobody could challenge the
governor, adding that before, Amaechi could easily order
a Commissioner of Police to arrest somebody and charge
him for cultism, but that has stopped.
“In fact, if for nothing, they have succeeded for the first
time in the history of this country, where you have
pushed a governor to now become a complainant in the
Human Rights Commission.
“If for nothing, the governor has now turned to a
complainant; the governor, would tell a Commissioner of
Police to arrest and charge people for cultism. He is,
today, complaining to Human Rights Commission.
“If for nothing, he should go home and ask God ‘is it how
this world is? That, because of the challenge we are
giving to them now, they are now calling everybody and
giving fictitious names.
“If not for what you are doing, nobody would talk to
anybody; nobody would even know anybody is there.
They turned themselves to demi-gods. Today, power has
returned to the people and you have the power,” Wike
declared.
The supervising Education Minister pointed out the the
clamour for the withdrawal from the state Commissioner
of Police, Mr. Mbu Joseph Mbu, was because he failed to
take order from them.

Source: www.sunnewsonline.com/new/national/weve-reduced-amaechis-powers-wike/
Politics › PDP: Baraje’s Group Strategises On Exit Plan by bcomputer101(op): 5:35am On Oct 29, 2013
THE caucus meeting of the Baraje faction of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on whether the
group should quit the mainstream PDP or cross to any
of the existing or new political parties had been held.
The communique of the group and feelers from the
meeting indicated that various interests are still in
disagreement on the push by some members that
they should quit the PDP and move to the All
Progressives Congress.
Due to lack of agreement the meeting resolved to set
up a contact and mobilisation committee to further
explore all options before the group in case the
ongoing peace talks with the main PDP fails.
Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso had listed four
options such as joining APC, continuing with PDP,
joining a weak existing political party such as the
Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM) and forming
their own political party.
In a communique signed by the group’s publicity chief,
Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, the meeting set up the
committee with a mandate “to explore other options
available to the party should the dialogue with
President Jonathan fails to yield any positive result for
its future political activity as the vision and mission of
the party cannot be derailed by any force or group of
people no matter the ploys and plots.
“The Committee is expected also to liaise with the
new five other PDP governors and other leaders that
have indicated interest to join the group and to submit
their report during the next meeting of the caucus
that will hold in a week’s time to ascertain how these
distinguished new members would be received by the
party,” the statement said.
The statement expressed worries that peace
meetings so far held with President Jonathan and
mainstream PDP have not yielded any positive results,
affirming that “all the issues we raised and presented
through the General Olusegun Obasanjo-led Elders
Committee to President Jonathan and his people have
been bluntly turned down.
“The meeting noted with sadness that instead of
President Jonathan to critically examine and act on
some of the issues we raised, our members in various
states of the federation are being persecuted,
humiliated through the unfair use of state powers,
arrested and put into prison as is the case in Baylesa
and Gombe states just to demonstrate its disdain for
peace and plot to destroy the party,” the group
alleged.
The meeting also accused Alhaji Bamanga Tukur of
“setting up parallel chapters in states where he has
nobody backing him to ensure that PDP is destroyed
without any remedy,” while also lamenting that none
of its demands have been met.
“Some of the demands presented by our governors
include the need to reverse the impunity in Rivers
State, where a sitting governor was suspended from
the party against the constitution of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria and the PDP constitution, and
refusing to uphold the result of the Nigeria Governors’
Forum election that saw Governor Amaechi winning 19
to 16 votes against Governor Jang.
“Others include our request for the removal of Alhaji
Bamanga Tukur as our party National Chairman
knowing his flawed election as our party Chairman,
and ending the impunity in Adamawa State, among
other demands that will put PDP in a strong position
as a political party but for reasons not to clear to
some of us failed to receive the blessing of Mr.
President,” the communique noted.
The group particularly lamented continuous
harassment and molestation of its leaders nationwide,
condemning “the deployment of the police to the
vicinity of the Sokoto Governor’s Lodge, Abuja, with a
view to scuttling the caucus meeting, not knowing that
the Sokoto Governor’s Lodge was used as a decoy
since we’re well aware of the evil mentality of our
opponents.
Despite the lack of results from the peace moves, the
communique said the meeting concluded that” by
urging our governors to continue to pursue peace
within the party in the hope that President Jonathan
and Tukur’s faction would stop the persecution of the
party faithful and allow common reason to prevail.
New PDP chieftains that attended the meeting
according to the communique included Governors
Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso (Kano); Aliyu Wamakko
(Sokoto); Murtala Nyako (Adamawa); Chibuike
Amaechi (Rivers); Sule Lamido (Jigawa); former
governors Adamu Aliero (Kebbi State); Bukola Saraki
(Kwara State); Danjuma Goje (Gombe State); and
Abdullahi Adamu (Nasarawa State).
Others included the party’s National Chairman, Alhaji
Abubakar Kawu Baraje; Deputy Chairman Sam Sam
Jaja; National Secretary Olagunsoye Oyinlola; and
Vice-Chairman, North-West, Ibrahim Kazuare, among
others. The excuse by the Governors of Kwara and
Niger States to be absent from the meeting was
tabled and accepted.

Source: www.tribune.com.ng/news2013/index.php/en/news/item/25046-pdp-barajes-group-strategises-on-exit-plan.html
Politics › Re: Ex-colonel Who Led Yobe Boko-haram Attacks Arrested by bcomputer101: 5:15am On Oct 27, 2013
That Ex-colonel should face court martial.

This is my Judgment: please go and castrate him and throw his balls to dog.
Christianity Etc › Pastors & Imams Come To Consult Ifa – Ifayemi Elebuibon by bcomputer101(op): 6:25am On Oct 26, 2013
Prominent ifa priest, Chief Ifayemi Elebuibon in this interview with FEMI MAKINDE shares his experiences as a traditional priest

Which schools did you attend?

I did not attend any formal school. I had all my education at home. Many people erroneously believe that you can’t be educated until you go to school. I did not step into any classroom to be taught anything. I learnt Ifa at home and I learnt reading and writing also at home

How long did you spend to learn Ifa?

I started learning from my father at the age of four. My father later gave me out to another priest who taught me. I stayed there for 10 years and six months. After that, I started learning from my father’s colleagues at different locations. I moved from Ilobu to Ede, Ibadan and Oyo to add to my knowledge of Ifa. Ifa knowledge is extended, so you continue to learn until you are dead.

Why have you not renounced Ifa worship in this age when many are being converted to Christianity and Islam?

Despite that many are being converted to these foreign religions, we still have some people who are embracing Ifa here in Nigeria and even abroad. This is because the knowledge of Ifa is spreading wide. Before, very many people didn’t know what Ifa was all about. Those who brought these foreign religions tried hard to rubbish Ifa and they painted it black to make our people accept their religions. Many people are afraid of traditional religion and they were not proud to associate with African Traditional Religion.

But now some of those who attend churches and mosques are now embracing African Traditional Religion. More people are now being initiated in this religion. Lots of Europeans and Americans are coming to be initiated into Ifa worship. Some people came from United Kingdom recently to be initiated into it. This is what early missionaries rubbished to have their religions spread to us but I am happy that their offsprings are now coming to embrace it.

How do you feel when people equate Ifa with evil?

The early missionaries started this. They brought civilisation and started calling Babalawo witchdoctor and painted them black to scare away people from them. But now, nobody calls Babalawo a witch doctor anymore. Babalawo is an Ifa priest, just like you have priests in churches and Muslim clerics in mosques.

People still link occurrence of bad things to Babalawo, maybe due to what is shown in home vidoes. How do you feel when this happens?

This is an erroneous belief of Babalawo and Ifa. Babalawos are not responsible for evil happenings. They are the ones who shed light on things which are not right. It is wrong to say that Babalawos are the ones responsible for bad things. We will continue to enlighten people about it. They are the ones putting right what the evil ones have made crooked. For example, when there is no rain or there is famine, people consult Ifa through Babalawo and these problems are always solved. So, Ifa is not wicked like they want many to believe. All those involved in acts of wickedness are not Babalawos because no Babalawo will engage in any evil act.

Apart from Nigerians, do you have foreigners consulting Ifa through you?

As I said earlier, some of those who consult me are based abroad. They make telephone calls almost everyday. They send e-mails to me asking me to consult for them and to prepare sacrifices and to do other things for them. I have a lot of clients abroad.

How do you react to negative things associated with traditional religion, especially in Nollywoood videos?

When you are talking about Nollywoood, you will realise that a good number of those who write their scripts don’t have a good knowledge of Yoruba culture. A lot of them disappoint us because they are misleading many who watch the films. But take a look at the works of Prof. Akinwumi Ishola, Prof. Wole Soyinka, Adebayo Faleti and others, you will discover that their works are different from all these because they know what Yoruba culture is about and they promote this in their works. But some of the Nollywood script writers and producers don’t know much about Yoruba culture.

Christianity and Islam do have converts; do you have those you have converted from other religions to traditional religion?

Yes, we do have people who were Muslims and Christians and were converted to traditional religion. They are now coming back to the religion of their forefathers. You remember that the early missionaries converted our fathers from traditional religion to Christianity and Islam but some are now retracing their steps. They are coming back to the religion of their forebears. All families in Yoruba land have one orisa they worship or another. Anyone who says anything contrary is either telling lies or doesn’t know.

What do you use to convert them?

Some who had one problem or another which could not be solved in the church or in the mosque get automatically converted when they find cure in the traditional way. They do refer some to us from churches and mosques. Some of them whose cases have no solution even with orthodox medicine or through prayers in church or mosque are advised to come back to their roots. When those come and find solutions, it is not difficult to convert them. There are prophets who tell their members to go back to their families and appease the gods their ancestors worshipped. They come back, a lot of aladura (white garment church ) have been doing that. A lot of Muslim clerics have been doing that also. Some of those Muslim clerics use Koran to deceive their followers while they practise traditional religion in secret. They know a lot of herbs and other things we do. That is the way it is.

Is there any rite to be performed on anyone who wants to be converted to traditional religion?

There are rites to be performed on such persons. Such person will be initiated. We will find out the Odu that gave birth to him. We will find out this through divination.

Have you killed anybody with your charms before?

Why will I kill anybody? I don’t do that, I have never killed anybody and I will never kill. You see, Babalawo don’t kill. Although Babalawo have an immense power, they are capable of doing so many things but killing is against the rules in this religion. There are things that are forbidden here. It is wrong to blame killings on the doorstep of Babalawo. Those involved in killing may be oloogun-ika (wicked people) Babalawo are priests, just like you have Catholic priests, Imams. We don’t use Ifa divination and sacrifice to kill. Sacrifices are offered for atonement, for healing of diverse diseases and ailments. But all the religions have some parts they can use to do evil things. There are portions like that used by some wicked Muslims and also the Seven Books of Moses are used by some Christians to do evil. All the religions have positive and their negatives uses.

But will you kill if Ifa asks you to kill anybody?

I have never killed and I am not going to kill. Ifa will never ask you to kill anybody. Some people want to kill when they believe somebody is blocking their progress. But there are many ways to make yourself unstoppable rather than seeking to kill those blocking you. I have had a lot of obstacles in life but what I do is to consult Ifa and ask it to help me to overcome such hindrances.

Have you ever snatched anybody’s wife using your Ifa knowledge or mysteries?

No. I have never done that. I married all my wives the right way. I know what you mean; it is called ‘ape’ or ‘ohunfa’. For example, if you like a lady and want to marry her but the lady does not want to marry you, you use ‘ape’ to bring such lady to your side but I have never done that or snatched anybody’s wife.

Have you ever been attacked by spirits or invincible forces?

I have enemies and there is no doubt about that. There is nobody who does not have enemies, especially when one is successful. There will be envy or jealousy and other things but what you need to do is to offer prayers and you will be untouchable and unstoppable. That is what I do. Back to your question, demons or spirits have never attacked me.

Traditional religion believers are not always given recognition in public functions, don’t you get annoyed with this?

This happens from time to time but I don’t like to argue in the public. There are many functions I attend and while they ask Christians and Muslims to pray according to their religions, traditional religion believers are not recognised. I don’t get annoyed. I just ignore it and keep quiet. I know that raising such issues could lead to crisis and I don’t want that. I know that those who do not recognise traditional religion have limited knowledge. Some people don’t want to hear anything about traditional religion and this shows how limited their knowledge is. African traditional religion believers are the most peaceful people. We don’t fight the Christians and Muslims who preach against our religion. We know that they are all descendants of the gods and how do you expect a father to be fighting against his children. That is why we don’t fight them. They come even to our houses and preach against our religion and abuse us but we don’t fight them. They can’t take that because they are not tolerant. But if anyone criticises their religions, they cause a lot of trouble. Have you ever seen any traditional believer go to any church and fight them there?

Do you think Ifa can assist in curbing corruption that has become endemic in Nigeria?

Corruption thrives in this country because our people are afraid of the truth. They are afraid of African Traditional Religion. Let political office holders and others in public offices swear in the name of Ile (earth). Some of them would say they are Christians and Muslims and would not swear in the name of Ogun ( god of iron) or Sango ( gods of thunder). I agree with them but let everybody swear in the name of Ile. We are all made from the soil and we would return there. Let them swear in this name and you would see that corruption would stop. It should be used in the private sector as well. We will continue to live with corruption unless we start doing this. Corruption can’t stop with the way we are fighting it. It will never stop except somebody would just descend from heaven and kill everybody. We can’t see any change going this way.

Can you recollect any occasion when you were saved by Ifa?

There was a year I was invited to the University of Ibadan for a programme. On the day of the programme, I was set to go and I consulted Ifa to know how the outing would turn out but it was negative. I asked Ifa, “should I not go for the programme? And it said, no don’t go.” So, I cancelled the outing and stayed back indoors. The following day, somebody came and brought a newspaper and I read how those who attended the programme were beaten and molested. I couldn’t believe it; I had to fetch the invitation card to ascertain that the programme I was invited to attend was the one disrupted. I thanked Ifa because it saved my life that day.

Do you have the power to disappear?

I don’t have that power called ‘egbe.’ Anybody who has it can disappear. But this is not to say that I am not protected. I have maximum protection, so I cannot be harmed.

Do you think that you could one day be converted to Islam or Christianity?

That one cannot happen. I have a deep understanding of the Bible and Quran and I also have a good understanding of Ifa but I cannot renounce Ifa. Christians and Muslims scare people with hell fire but I want you to listen to my CD on who will go to hell fire. They say that you will go to hell fire if you are not a Christian or a Muslim, but I am not afraid of hell fire because I am not a wicked person. I know what you can do that will take you to hell fire and I don’t do such things. What will now pursue me to be converted to Christianity or Islam? There is no problem that Ifa cannot solve. A lot of Christians, even pastors and Imams come to consult Ifa and use Ifa to solve their problems. But because we believe in fidelity, it is forbidden for me to start mentioning their names. It is confidential just like medical doctors don’t disclose the ailments of their patients to just anybody. Pastors and imams come to me and I prepare a lot of things for them. I use my Ifa knowledge to solve their problems. So, how am I supposed to go to them? Just this afternoon, a leader of a church came here wearing a native dress, you can’t know that he is a pastor but I know.

Do you take orthodox drugs ?

You don’t know me. I take hot pap with ‘agunmu’ (powdery dry herbs). I spent the last three weeks in Europe and I missed my agunmu so much. I use ‘agbo’ (concoction of herbs). I am almost 67 years old now and I have never slept in any hospital. I only undergo medical checks and take vaccines whenever I want to travel out of the country because it is mandatory.

You travel abroad with your totems; have you ever been embarrassed by security agents at the point of entry into any country?

I travel often to the United States with my ‘opele’ and I have never been troubled by anybody. They respect your religious beliefs in America. They would ask you if any strange object is found on you and it is your duty to explain to them. A lot of white people come here and I prepare ‘elegbara’ for them. They declare it to security officials at airports and they allow them to pass with the objects. One of my clients, a white man called Obakunle Akinlana, came and I made elegbara for him but they seized it from him at JFK Airport and destroyed it. He sued them and he claimed damages and he was paid. I have never been molested because of my religious items but the only people who give us serious headache are the animal rights people. They don’t want you to kill animals even for sacrifice. Anytime we want to kill animals for sacrifice abroad, we would go to the basement and hide the animals from people. There was an occasion in New York about 12 years ago when we wanted to prepare a sacrifice for a lady and she came with the animal we wanted to use. I was staying on the third floor and we went to the basement but the people on the street saw her bring the animal into the house: they called the police and informed the animal rights advocates. They came and asked us about the animal but we denied having any animal in our possession. They searched everywhere and found the animal at the basement and took it away. While they were searching, people started gathering in front of our house. There was a huge crowd and journalists from various media organisations were also there. I don’t know what they would have done to me if we had slaughtered that animal before they arrived. Despite the enforcement of animal rights, a lot of African Traditional Religion believers go to court to take permission to kill animals based on their religious beliefs. Even Muslims in the United States go to a certain place before they slaughter rams for Eid-el-Kabir festivals. You can’t just slaughter animals in the public.

But how would you feel if a law is made stopping killing of animals?

That cannot happen here in Nigeria because it is wrong. Killing animals for sacrifice, for entertainment and others is part of our culture. Killing of animals cannot be stopped here; such law would not work. Killing of animals is not a sin.

How many of your children share the same religious beliefs with you?

Maybe some of my daughters who are married to Christians or Muslims may be following their husbands in whatever they believe. But they all respect traditional religion and we live harmoniously. But this happens because wives must obey their husbands. But there is nothing you can get from the church or mosque that you can’t get from Ifa. Talk about healing or anything, you get it.

Many believe that Ifa divination is an art of deceit. Do you agree with this?

That is what the missionary made our people to believe. They use everything to scare our people away from the religion of their ancestors. They say that traditional religion believers use human beings for sacrifice but they have forgotten that there is no religion without sacrifice. Jesus Christ used his blood as sacrifice for Christians. Just last week, Muslims slaughtered millions of animals to replace Ismail that Ibrahim was supposed to kill. These foreigners use blackmail and fear to lure away our people from their religion to spread their own religions.

How do you react to the Isese Day declaration as a public holiday in Osun State?

It is a very good decision. It is first of its kind. I give kudos to the governor for doing that despite that he is a staunch Muslim. I implore other governors in Kwara, Oyo, Ekiti, Ondo, Lagos, Ogun to also emulate Aregbesola and declare Isese Day in their states.
Source: www.punchng.com/feature/life-times/many-pastors-and-imams-secretly-come-to-me-to-consult-ifa-ifayemi-elebuibon-traditional-priest/
Family › Next of kin: Should it be your spouse, child or sibling? by bcomputer101(op): 5:48am On Oct 26, 2013
Next of kin could best be described as someone’s closest living relative. A spouse should naturally be the next of kin to his/her partner. But the society has changed.
These days, some people prefer having their children as
their next of kin. Of course, they have their reasons.
Some Nigerians express their preference.


It will change after marriage
Oyin Damola
My dad, at the moment, is my next of kin. But when I get
married, I will automatically change it to be my husband.
But when we start having children, I think one of my kids
will eventually become my next of kin.


First my mum, then my wife
Lanre Odukoya
For now, my mother is my next of kin. I will be getting
married soon and thereafter, my wife will become my
next of kin. Even when I have kids, I don’t think I will
make any of them the next of kin, my wife will remain my
next of kin. The closest person to me, who carries my
pains and joy, is my wife.


My mum and sisters will do
Chioma Ogwuegbu
It actually depends on what transaction is involved. I
usually make my mother or any of my sisters my next of
kin. However, when my daughter gets old enough, I will
also use her as one. I use them because I trust them
completely and I am confident that when the need
arises, they will take decisions on my behalf that will be
in my best interest.


She inherits my assets and debts
Yemi Oladeinde
Ordinarily, our next of kin should be our wives but most
men prefer choosing their kids. From my interactions
with friends both old and young, I found out that many
men decide to choose their children as their next of kin
because most women tend to leave their husbands. They
believe that women can change at any moment and that
means the property will go into wrong hands. For me,
however, my wife is my next of kin. If I have assets, she
inherits them and if I have debts, she inherits them as
well. I knew my wife before the children came along.


My child it is!
Aminat Balogun
Your child will always be your child, as such, my next of
kin is my child. I have not filled any form in recent times
that will require me to state my next of kin. However, I
will still use my child.


Son takes over from wife
Gbenga Bada
My son became my next of kin after he was born.
Initially, his mother was my next of kin. I changed it to
my son because in case I die now (God forbid), my wife is
still very young and can remarry and she will share my
sweat and finances with a totally different man, who will
possibly squander the fortunes or even swindle her.


Hubby will take over from my mother
Ngozi Asogwa
Since I’m not married, my next of kin is my mother. I
chose her because she is the closest to me. She is today
my source of joy. However, as soon as I get married, the
template will change. In this case, my husband will
automatically become my next-of-kin. This is because if
anything should happen to me (God forbid), he will be
the one that will take care of our family.


No doubt, it’s my son!
Sony Neme
My next of kin is certainly my son. I have learnt the hard
lessons of life; otherwise, my wife should have been my
next of kin. My wife can leave me but my son can never
leave me. As such, it is only proper for me to make my
son my next of kin. You know your children and even
when they are young, you already know who among
them you will wish to succeed you. My wife doesn’t have
to feel bad that my son is my next of kin. You get what
you deserve; you certainly will not get what you don’t
deserve.


The children get my votes
Ope Ogunjimi
My children are my next of kin. I and my husband agreed
that our kids would be the next of kin. We decided that
anything we would do in the family would be in the name
of the children. One can never tell what will happen in
future. You might think the husband will leave the planet
first and you find out that the wife may even leave first. If
everything is done in the name of the kids, they will not
suffer. My husband had that experience and he wouldn’t
want his kids to suffer the way he did.


I choose my child over my wife
Idowu Samuel
My child is my next of kin. Ordinarily, you would expect
me to choose my wife but we are all human beings.
Anything may happen tomorrow and my wife may walk
away. But my child will always be my child no matter
what happens.

Source: www.punchng.com/feature/adam-eve/next-of-kin-should-it-be-your-spouse-child-or-sibling/


So dear nairalanders, what is your view on this?
Foreign Affairs › Re: Boy Carrying Toy Gun Killed By Police by bcomputer101(op):
Alfa Seltzer: What's wrong in wanting to handle a real gun? Are soldiers not handling real guns?

If we follow your twisted one sided logic, toy cars may make kids want to steal cars when they grow up. Toy barbie dolls will make girls want to become prostitutes, etc.
Please how old are you?
Or where can i get your brand of weed?
Politics › Re: Why APC Is Scared Of National Dialogue - PDP by bcomputer101(op): 8:38am On Oct 25, 2013
ochilikoko: Well said Mr Metuh.I am not seing those APC members as Nigerians in the first place so they are not needed.
Bros, if you quote the whole article next time,

I WILL GIVE YOU A LIFE BAN!

Ode...
Politics › Re: Why APC Is Scared Of National Dialogue - PDP by bcomputer101(op): 8:33am On Oct 25, 2013
Harbosede02: Bcomputer n politics!!!
Harbosede02 and ROMANCE!!!
Foreign Affairs › Re: Boy Carrying Toy Gun Killed By Police by bcomputer101(op): 7:17am On Oct 25, 2013
If this shit happen in Nigeria,

Nairalanders will have blame it on GEJ...

But please, of what reason parents love buying toy gun for there kids?

Rest in peace boy BUT a little blame on your parents for this.
Politics › Why APC Is Scared Of National Dialogue - PDP by bcomputer101(op): 6:28am On Oct 25, 2013
THE leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP)
has slammed the All Progressive Congress(APC) over
its decisions to boycott the forthcoming national
dialogue,affirming that the opposition has nothing to
contribute for the progress of the nation.
The APC had, through its Interim National Publicity
Secretary of the party, Alhaji Lai Mohammed,
described the planned conference as diversionary and
that the Federal Government lacked credibility to
organise such a conference.
Mohammed said, “what we see today is that this
government has lost focus; it has lost credibility, it has
lost control of the economy. In any event, we see this
thing as nothing but a diversion and what are we
talking about a national conference for when even the
President(Dr. Goodluck Jonathan) himself has said the
outcome of the conference would be subjected to the
approval of the National Assembly?” the APC said.
The PDP, through its National Publicity Secretary of
the party, Chief Olisa Metuh, however, condemned the
APC as lacking ideas for national growth and
development,declaring that the dialogue was not a
conference of political parties but that of Nigerians of
various ethnic nationalities.
Describing the position of the APC as unpatriotic, the
PDP said Nigerians were ready to talk and
Dialogue,accusing the opposition party of operating
divison and discord as a tool for politics.
Said Metuh, “the APC thrives in sowing seeds of
discords and division. They promote ethnic interest
above national interest and they value the interest of
their Financial overlords.
“Nigerians have welcomed the
conference.Traditional ,religious leaders and leaders
of civil society have embraced the dialogue. If they
are boycotting,it is because they have nothing to
contribute to the progress of the nation?”
The PDP, he said ,believed in the national dialogue,
adding “we believe we can be better than what we are
today. We believe the goal is to bring up ideas to build
greater nation,” he said.

Source: www.tribune.com.ng/news2013/index.php/en/news/item/24733-why-apc-is-scared-of-national-dialogue-pdp.html
Foreign Affairs › Boy Carrying Toy Gun Killed By Police by bcomputer101(op): 6:18am On Oct 25, 2013
A 13-year-old boy carrying a replica assault rifle has been shot dead by police in the US state of California, the BBC reports.

Officers in the city of Santa Rosa say they opened fire after the boy refused orders to drop the rifle, which they believed to be real.

The shooting on Tuesday is now being investigated.

It comes a day after a 12-year-old boy in Nevada shot dead a maths teacher at his school and wounded two fellow pupils before taking his own life.

In the latest incident, two sheriff’s deputies saw the teenager “with what appeared to be some type of rifle”, a news release from the Sonoma County Sheriff’s office said.

The deputies called for backup and repeatedly ordered the boy to drop the gun before firing several rounds from their handguns, police said.

The boy, who was pronounced dead at the scene, was later identified by his family as Andy Lopez.

“He was holding the weapon in his left hand. He began to turn toward his right in the direction of the deputy, and in so doing he moved the gun toward the deputy, and the deputy’s mindset was that he was fearful he would be shot,” Lt Paul Henry of Santa Rosa police said.

But the boy’s father, Rodrigo Lopez said the shooting made no sense. “My son lost his life. He’s not alive any more just because of the mistake of somebody.”

The replica gun had belonged to a friend, he said.

The sheriff’s office said a plastic handgun had also been found in the boy’s waistband.
http://www.punchng.com/news/boy-carrying-toy-gun-shot-dead-by-police/
Politics › Re: President Jonathan Leaves For Israel Today by bcomputer101(op): 9:45am On Oct 23, 2013
litetias: You are correcting someone else's grammar and his only error was 'them' instead of 'they'. Well yours is worse. This is how you use correct grammar- 'How would you feel if someone prayed a prayer for your father not to return safely from the village'. #Hegoat.
What is this one saying?

Are you aware YABA LEFT hospital as re-open?
Politics › Re: President Jonathan Leaves For Israel Today by bcomputer101(op): 9:40am On Oct 23, 2013
oladoya: see this pot caling somebody black. Put your father too in his teacher's position.
Have you check the pharmacy?
I guess your drugs should be available by now...
Politics › Re: President Jonathan Leaves For Israel Today by bcomputer101(op): 6:07am On Oct 23, 2013
[quote author=ojeka.]May them never come alive if they have no plans for striking ASUU to call off their strike[/quote]•How will you feel if somebody pray this prayer that your father will not return from village?

•secondly, WOE UNTO YOUR ENGLISH TEACHER.
Politics › Calls For SNC, Invitation To Anarchy – Senate by bcomputer101(op): 5:40am On Oct 23, 2013
The Senate on Tuesday said that the calls for a
Sovereign National Conference by some Nigerians could
lead to anarchy.
It also pledged to provide the required legal framework
to ensure the success of the proposed National
Constitutional Conference.
The Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu,
said this when he received the Senator Femi
Okurounmu’s Presidential Advisory Committee on
National Dialogue, on behalf of Senate President David
Mark, at the new Senate building in Abuja.
He said, “When we hear people talking about Sovereign
National Conference, there must be a legal framework
for it.
“You don’t wake up one day, when you have a
constitutional constituents in place, and begin to say you
want a Sovereign National Conference to impose the will
of some people on everybody without a legal basis for
what they are doing.
“That means we are calling for anarchy. So, we believe
that we can now work together to make this work and at
the end, it will not be an effort in futility.”
Ekweremadu said the National Assembly would do
everything possible to ensure the amendment of the
Section nine of the constitution that would empower the
confab to produce a new constitution for Nigerians.
He said, “For us at the National Assembly, the most
important job in this exercise is to provide the necessary
legal framework that will support whatever the outcome
of both your own committee and the committee that will
come after it.
“We envisaged that from works that were done over
these years that a day such as this would come. We
proposed to our colleagues a possible amendment to
section nine of the Constitution that would provide a
legal basis to a possible new constitution.”
Ekweremadu noted that there was no provisions in the
1999 Constitution that empowers the National Assembly
to produce a new constitution, hence he said, the best
the federal lawmakers had achieved so far was an
amendment they carried out in 2010.
He expressed the hope that members of the House of
Representatives would also support the initiative in their
harmonization, especially now that their work was in
progress.
He expressed optimism that the confab committee would
create the framework for the constitution conference
exercise, to provide intellectual background that “would
enable those who will have the conversation to do
something that is seamless.”
Okurounmu said the main job of his committee was to
consult widely with all Nigerians in respect of the
proposed National Confereence particularly on what
should be the agenda of the conference.
He said the committee would also decide the size,
duration and how membership of the conference should
be chosen and what should be the legal basis of the
conference and the transmission of its out come to
Nigerians.
He said the committee had interracted with the people of
Plateau and Ondo State as part of the process to
converse with Nigerians in two states in each of the six
geo political zone of the country.

Source: www.punchng.com/news/calls-for-snc-invitation-to-anarchy-senate/
Politics › Re: Opeyemi Bamidele Resigns As Ekiti Reps Leader Says No Going Back On Gov Ambition by bcomputer101: 5:38am On Oct 23, 2013
This man should decamp to LP,

He is more popular than Fayemi...
Politics › President Jonathan Leaves For Israel Today by bcomputer101(op): 5:33am On Oct 23, 2013
President Goodluck Jonathan will on Wednesday (today) embark on a Christian pilgrimage to Israel.

This was contained in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, on Tuesday in Abuja.

Abati said contrary to media reports that the President would be traveling with 19 state governors and about 30,000 Nigerians, Jonathan would be accompanied by four ministers.

While describing the reports on the bogus number of entourage as a misrepresentation of facts, the presidential spokesman gave the names of those in the President’s entourage to include Senator Emmanuel Paulker; Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina; Minister of Water Resources, Mrs. Sarah Ochekpe; Minister of Works, Mr. Mike Onolememen; Minister of State (Foreign Affairs), Prof. Viola Onwuliri; and the National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki.

The statement read in part, “While the President may meet and interact with some other Nigerians who are already on pilgrimage to Israel, reports in the media that he is leading 19 state governors and about 30,000 Nigerians to Israel are a misrepresentation of facts.

“Irrespective of President Jonathan’s visit, thousands of Nigerians visit Israel annually during the pilgrimage season which goes on for months and they will undoubtedly do so again between now and early next year.

“It is entirely fortuitous for some of these Nigerian pilgrims therefore that their visit to Israel this year will coincide with President Jonathan’s.

“President Jonathan is expected back in Abuja early next week.”

Abati said the President would meet with President Shimon Peres, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and members of the Israeli Parliament, the Knesset.

He said talks between Jonathan’s delegation and Israeli government officials would focus on the enhancement of bilateral relations between Nigeria and Israel.

The bilateral talks, according to Abati, will focus on areas including trade, economic development, infrastructure, transportation, agriculture, communications, culture, education and tourism.
Source: www.punchng.com/news/jonathan-leaves-for-israel-today/
Politics › Re: 93,526 Multiple Registrations Uncovered In Anambra by bcomputer101: 10:01am On Oct 22, 2013
Big4wig: Click like if your IGBO....


guys,anambra dey on point for dis election

#BIGWIG was here
Your English teacher should be arrested...
Politics › Re: Breaking News - Another Boko Haram Attack In Just Over 24hrs by bcomputer101: 6:56am On Oct 22, 2013
OJODEL10: GO SERVE THIS NATION
Woe unto your English teacher...
Politics › Re: Leaked Letter Of Agreement Between Willie Obiano And APGA As The Next Governor by bcomputer101: 6:53am On Oct 22, 2013
Ngwakwe: Is Ngige trying to show the Anambrarians the type of agreement he signed with Chris Uba at Okija Shrine in 1999
What is this one saying?
If you don't know how to use the brain,
Nobody will beat you for not commenting

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