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[quote author=alj_harem link=topic=666949.msg8317743#msg8317743 date=1305356419]no i am not, personally i have not seen boko haram and neither have my relatives seen one

why are they leading the north to think there is al qeada

yes even in the north, we do nt like al qeada because my Quran did not tel me to practise such

boko haram is a fractonal character created by the ss-se media to make the north look bad[/quote]I bet the Borno state governors driver is also a fictional character, created by the SS/SE media. He was shot dead by Boko Haram yesterday.
You sound like a solless id!ot. Real blood is being spilt and here you are defending Boko Haram like a fool.

[quote author=alj_harem link=topic=666949.msg8317726#msg8317726 date=1305356067]when i said north, i meant abuja

also when they kidnapped some of your innocent country men, u did nt call for there arrest

remember no one is above the law[/quote]This your love for Boko Haram na die!
Are you a Boko Haram operative? Do you like the way they kill people, or that someone has been kidnapped?

[quote author=alj_harem link=topic=666949.msg8317592#msg8317592 date=1305352872]beaf u are a hypocrite and a very very bad person/ evil

when MEND was kidnapping bombing killing innocent people (igbos and yorubas) in the north, you did nothing also your GEJ did nothing as well

also why did GEJ betray us [/quote]You must be suffering from mad cow disease!
I am happy you mentioned killings and bombings in the North. That is the job of "aboki MEND", they are fvcking grass eating Boko Haram terrorists, you can see for yourself that the article is speculating that they are al qaeda.

Why would they kidnap a foreigner? Are white people doing things to oppress and pollute the North?

Toad.

[size=14pt]Jonathan , PDP governors in cold war over cabinet[/size]
By Yusuf Alli6 hours ago

Determined to put in place an efficient cabinet, President Goodluck Jonathan has decided to put all recommended nominees on equal footing.

He has directed the governors of the Peoples Democratic Party governors to submit their nominees through the National Secretariat of the party, a decision many governors are uncomfortable with. Until now, governors sent the list of nominees for ministers to the President-elect without any input from either the states or national executives of the PDP.

Investigation by our correspondent showed that many governors trying to forward the list of their ministerial nominees directly to the Presidential Villa were shocked when directed to route same through the National Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

It was learnt that the President took the step to avoid undue pressure from the governors and place all nominees on the same benchmark.

It was also gathered that the President decided to be transparent with the process and promote party discipline in line with his reform agenda.

A reliable source, who spoke in confidence, said: "The era of imposition of ministerial nominees by governors is gone. Most of the governors, who attempted to send their list directly to the Presidential Villa, have been directed to route their list through the party.

"This development shocked most of the governors. In fact, a Northern governor had tried to manouevre his way to send his list of nominees to the President but he met a brick wall as he was directed to go to the PDP National Secretariat.

"The governors have not been happy that they have to go through the party leadership. But in a democracy, this is how it should be.

"This time around, the President is trying to be as transparent as possible and place all nominees on equal footing. So, the screening of all nominees will be strict from the short-listing stage.

"Some of the outgoing governors are still trying to impose their stooges as ministers. But everything will be based on merit and the ability of nominees to work with the President to meet up with his pledges.

"And you know, the President is not bound to accept the governors’ nominees. This is the message the President is trying to pass to the governors. Their recommendations will be considered alongside those of other stakeholders in the party.

"As long as the President meets the constitutional requirements on ministerial appointment, he does not owe the governors automatic obligation on any nominee."

Jonathan had last week served his ministers quit notice and might dissolve the cabinet on May 25.

Most of the governors have started clearing their desks and finalising crucial memos.

The development has increased the jostle for ministerial slots.

Section 147 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) empowers the President to constitute his cabinet.

The Section reads in part: "There shall be such offices of ministers of the government of the federation as may be established by the President.

"Any appointment to the office of minister of the government of the federation shall, if the nomination of any person to such office is confirmed by the Senate, be made by the President,

"Any appointment under subsection (2) of this section by the President shall be in conformity with the provisions of Section14(3) of this Constitution provided that in giving effect to the provisions aforesaid, the President shall appoint at least one minister from each state, who shall be an indigene of such state."

Meanwhile, there were indications yesterday that the National Secretary of the party, Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje, may step aside in line with the zoning formula approved by the leadership and National Caucus of the PDP.

The zoning formula is as follows: President (South-South); Vice-President (North-West); Senate President (North Central); Speaker (South-West); Deputy Senate President (South-East); Deputy Speaker (North-East); National Chairman (North East); SGF (South-East); Senate Leader (South-West); House Leader (South-South); Senate Chief Whip (North-West); and the House Chief Whip (South-East).

With the formula, it was learnt that the party leaders on Tuesday felt it is impossible for the National Chairman of the party, Haliru Mohammed Bello to come from the North-East and the National Secretary from the North-Central.

A southerner may emerge as the National Secretary, but which of the three geopolitical t zones in the South is yet to be determined as at press time.

According to findings, Baraje may be given a ministerial slot as an "appreciation for his sacrifice".

A Presidency source added: "The National Secretary may have to quit for a southerner as part of power balancing in the party.

"I think the President has made up his mind to give him a ministerial slot on merit. He has been an efficient and hard-working National Secretary. He is also a team player.

"I think the President has put Baraje in confidence on why he has to leave the party office. Jonathan loves him but we cannot sideline the zoning formula."

http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news/6162-jonathan-pdp-governors-in-cold-war-over-cabinet.html

oyb:
the ultimate hypocrisy coming from a one time mend apologist whose former heroes midwifed the kidnapping industry in nigeria

One day you will finally realise how foolish you are. We are all praying for you! Holy Ghost fire! Holy Ghost fire!

Lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[quote author=EzeUche_ link=topic=660082.msg8314651#msg8314651 date=1305305063]I knew this thread would come back to haunt me.

The tables have been turned by Obasanjo! [/quote]Lol!

I remember telling you very early into this thread that GEJ was NEVER gonna punish the Yoruba's. Its even difficult to understand how you could have reached such a conclusion, Yoruba people are Nigerians with full rights and they too voted GEJ (that doesn't determine degree of citizenship in any way, tho).

The errors with this thread are manyfold, but the underlying one is having a less than thorough understanding of politics. There was an assumption by many that GEJ's party would become regional as a result of losses sections where it was formerly strong, especially in the SW; that is a trap no serious party will fall into.
The NE even pushed further than any section in their qquest for the senate presidency by threatening to entirely abandon zoning and use the Norths overwhelming majority in the NASS to elect any officer of their choice. . . Today, they are quiet, so why are you running around creating threads that will only turn around and bite you?

Guy, you need to stop making these threads, cos they don't serve anyone in the end.

LoveKing:
Was it terrorism when it was happening down south?

Don't let that bother you.

However, what political goals can possibly justify any of the acts of terrorism in the core-North? A single reason from your kind self would be satisfactory.
What is Boko Haram fighting for? Why did almajiri's kill 600+ people? Why are so many bombs going off in the North? Why was a bomb factory discovered in Kaduna? Why was Nigeria always on Bin Ladens lips? Why Mutallab? etc etc

My broda, na terrorism be dat. It wouldnt come as a shock if we begin to hear about drone attacks in Nigeria soon, because boys for dat side are wayward.

[size=14pt]Briton, Italian kidnapped in northwestern Nigeria[/size]
By Aminu Abubakar (AFP) – 6 hours ago

KANO, Nigeria — Gunmen have kidnapped a Briton and an Italian working for a construction firm in northern Nigeria after storming their apartment, police said on Friday, but a ransom had not been demanded.

A German colleague managed to escape by scaling a fence, police said, while a Nigerian engineer was shot and wounded in the incident on Thursday in the city of Birnin Kebbi, said state police commissioner Adamu Hassan.

"Two construction engineers, a Briton and an Italian working for a foreign construction company, B. Stabilini, were kidnapped from their lodge in Birnin Kebbi last night by unknown men," said Hassan.

"The kidnappers have not established any contact with us and have so far not demanded for any ransom."

Describing the incident, he said "a horde of gunmen stormed the apartment where the construction workers were staying."

According to the commissioner, [size=14pt]a large amount of cash in the lodge where the two expatriates working for the firm were staying was not taken[/size]. The firm, B. Stabilini, was founded by Italians but is located in Nigeria.

The workers were involved in construction of a Nigerian central bank building in the capital of Kebbi state, located in Nigeria's far northwest near the border with the nation of Niger, he said.

A spokesman for the British High Commission in Nigeria, Hooman Nouruzi, said officials were aware of reports of a missing British national and were investigating, but could not comment further.

Italian embassy officials declined to comment.

Kidnappings for ransom have occurred frequently in and around the oil-producing Niger Delta region in the predominately Christian south, but have been rare in the mainly Muslim north of Africa's most populous nation.

Areas of the north are still recovering from widespread deadly rioting following presidential elections on April 16 won by southern incumbent Goodluck Jonathan.

In 2009, a Canadian was kidnapped in northern Kaduna while participating in a Rotary International-organised cultural exchange.

She was held for nearly two weeks before being released. Shortly after her abduction, Nigerian police indicated that her kidnappers had demanded 136,000 dollars in ransom.

[size=14pt]Al-Qaeda's north African branch has claimed kidnappings of foreign workers in the neighbouring nation of Niger, but there has been no indication of the group's involvement in the Nigerian abductions.[/size]

Scores of kidnappings for ransom of foreign oil workers have been carried out in the oil-producing Niger Delta region in the south, though a 2009 amnesty deal led to a sharp decline in unrest there.

Most of the kidnap victims in the Delta have been released after a ransom was paid.

Nigeria is Africa's largest oil producer, but poverty remains widespread. The country is roughly divided between a mainly Muslim north and predominately Christian south.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hm4x954uu5ibEKFw3O4h4hrWpSsg?docId=CNG.e3465c20de9ed0ab1051e340d52cbd47.421

I hope every state asking for more money is definitely going to immediately generate more for the federal purse too, instead of their usual trick of relying on others like disabled beggars.
This is because, many states are no better than huge cassava farms and have zero plans for the future aside from stretching ever bigger begging bowls.

I propose that we don't waste our time with such high level beggar demands. Instead, we must seek ways to merge unviable states and force each merged state to submit a detailed, viable business plan for its survival.
Any state that cannot meet with the above should be turned into a huge cassava farm; or better still, a nature reserve so foreigners can pay money to see the Worlds laziest bastar'ds in their natural goat ridden habitats. That way, the country can make money from their pimply arses.

Rubbish.

[quote author=ndu_chucks link=topic=666169.msg8316322#msg8316322 date=1305324484]We thank the USA for this ship. No doubt, our drunken sailors and naval officers are incapable of operating the ship - we therefore thank USA once more for providing hightly skilled advisers to train our people . This ship will be instrumental in smoking out MEND terrorists  and in launching drone attacks on other terrorists in the area.

We shall also welcome Africom operatives to conduct joint exercises with our people. Alhaji Obama, biko, attach very long strings to this gift, mucha gracias.[/quote]My broda, I strongly suspect that the ship and several others are now capable of sailing up the Niger since it was dredged. You see, the US is very concerned with the spread of Al Qaeda elements into parts of the North.
So I agree with you that the ship could be instrumental in smoking out MEND, which has since diversified and gone 100% aboki.

I expect that ship to be equipped with medium range missiles that can hit targets hundreds of kilometres from Lokoja.
Who knows, the Niger and Benue might even be dredged further up North!

“I will, with all seriousness and patriotism, caution Nigerian government not to unreservedly open their doors to American Intelligence to use Nigeria as a base to track down alleged Al Quaeda elements in Nigeria.

Tam David West

http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2011/may/13/national-13-05-2011-010.html

Almajiri's are the same everywhere.
It is impossible to understand how killing fellow citizens with suicide attacks counts as revenge for the death of a foreigner, who was in turn, killed by foreigners.

There has to be some form of madness behind such actions.

Chei! He was about to plug the cable into the transformer when NEPA kpa ino!

[quote author=High_Chief link=topic=666925.msg8316432#msg8316432 date=1305326130]I didnt bother reading all the story, but thats a white lie. Very big one[/quote]A truly wise decision on your part.

--Beaf reaches for that pesky copy of wikileaks. . .--
--This Julian Assange dude, why does he always come up with very contradictory stories that ALWAYS turn out true?--
--Beaf scratches head. Lef matter jare!--

Joke.

[size=14pt]ASARI DOKUBO: Women are my greatest weakness[/size]
By WOLE BALOGUN
Saturday, May 14, 2011

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Most Nigerians know Asari Dokubo as a fearless freedom fighter, but none, is, probably, aware of his challenging private life. In fact, he has sensationally revealed that women are one of his weaknesses.
In this interview, Dokubo told his life story in Port Harcourt. He talked about his family, lifestyle and others.

Could you tell us the story of your childhood?
I was born in Asari, on January 5, 1964, some how a problem day. And then I attended Baptist Primary School, Asari. I attended  Baptist High School, Port Harcourt and the University of Calabar and Rivers State University of Science and Technology. I read Law.  My family is a family of lawyers; my uncles are judges and aunties and several relatives are all lawyers. I have two or three of my siblings as lawyers. I grew up in a disciplined home. Life was easy for me while growing up. It was never difficult; my father was not a rich man, but he provided everything we needed in life; so life was easy for me.

My father believed that people should do things themselves. For instance, he painted our house; he mends his clothes. If the power is cut, he doubles as the electrician to install it. This is because his own father was also a skillful man; my grand father was a teacher, a missionary teacher, and he was the first postmaster in Buguma division. He was a postmaster and had the first industry in Buguma, in the Niger Delta. My mother’s father was a prominent chief, the head of the second biggest house in the Kalabari kingdom. He was a very rich man, a slave owner, a plantation owner and a very big man, with so many children and grand children. Many of these children and grand children have become ministers and governors, among others. I came from a family of several aunties, running into 20, 30, 40 and 50 of them. Most of my family members had education; all my grand father’s children went to school, at least basic education in primary school. Almost all my mother’s children, who are about 50, also went to school. And as a result I had many aunties I could visit and so my youth was exciting.

What were the boyish pranks you played?
I was a very stubborn person. They call me Oshiownu; it is an Igbo language, which meant a very stubborn person. I am also called Kiliwi. Kiliwi Nwachukwu was a super man and because I was always fighting, they named me after him.

What virtues did you learn from your parents?
My father was a very disciplined and honest man. But I took after my grand parents. My father’s mother, a princess and my mother’s father were known to be very firm on all matters. They would stand for justice and would not compromise even in the face of danger. People say I took after them. My dad was a very peaceful man, even to a fault. If you slap him on the right cheek, he could turn the left for a second slap and wouldn’t do anything in return. But for me, I have never lived my life that way. Right from when I was a young man, I had always maintained that life shouldn’t be like that. But surprisingly, in all my university years I never joined any cult group. I have never stolen or violated any woman. I have never even picked something on the road. But if you say fight with people Oh! God, I did that a lot.

And why were you fighting with people?
Oh! If somebody looked for my trouble I don’t allow him to go. I don’t turn the other cheek for a second slap. If you give me a slap, I give you back.
                                                                                                 
What experiences have you had that shaped your present personalities?
I read a lot. My uncle, who is a trade unionist, introduced me to revolutionary books when I was young. I read all these small pamphlets from North Korea, China etc, in which they talk about African Liberation movements in Mozambique, Angola, Algeria, Cuba etc, at a very tender age I have come to see Nigeria as a usurper of our nationhood. 

Tell us about your love life?
I have so many wives. I am 47 years old. I am worth a chieftaincy called Alaweidiaba of Kalabari, the head of Braide votary, group of working houses in Kalabari. I have so many wives and children. My father was a westernised Kalabari Ijaw man, but I would say that I am a typical Ijaw man living like an Ijaw man. I fight injustice but I love everybody. I love my wives. I am a very romantic person and I love women so much. I have 16 children and four wives. All my children are brilliant. I have my own school, which almost all of them attend. Most of my children are ardent in martial arts. My first daughter is a black belt holder. Most of them are vast in qu’ran; they can recite the qu’ran off hand. My first child is about 12. Most of them speak English, French and Arabic fluently. They are going through training, so that they can live under any circumstances. They are being trained to carry on the revolution, if I do not succeed. They can handle firearms if they are confronted in that situation. And they are strong physically and mentally and they share my belief.

What regrets do you have in life?
I regret a lot of things. One is the crisis that befell Rivers State sometimes ago. I was not a member of any confraternity. I only went in to protect the people, but at times I asked myself, have the people appreciated it? Have I not put a stain on my name?  People take liberty for the good I have done. But do I need to regret it? At times, I feel why did I do it? Maybe I should not have done it? Maybe it was destined to be?  Another is about some women I have gotten involved with. Women are my greatest problem in life. I don’t drink. I don’t smoke and don’t tell lies. But when I look at some of the women I have been involved with, I ask myself would it not have been better if I hadn’t been involved with them? Would my life not have been better if I had never known them? So, I have tried to restrain myself and try to refine my life. The greatest vice I have is my weakness towards women. It is my greatest problem. And I do pray to God about this.

You see, I cannot lie and pretend about my feelings and about my belief. Once I don’t like you, it clearly shows because I cannot pretend. I cannot do something wrong and go to God and pretend to be holy or being sanctimonious and so it also affects my relationship with God.

What was the crisis that engulfed the Rivers, which you talked about earlier?
During the 2003 elections, there were so many killings and problems. There were so many dislocations of people in so many communities. And people were just watching, but I couldn’t watch. As the president of the Ijaw Youth Council, I came out on the side of the people to fight the government of Peter Odili. And in that government were people like the present governor. He was a speaker and was one of the greatest beneficiaries of that crisis. There was Sekibo, who was the Secretary to the state government, at that time and Celestine Omehia, a senior aide to Odili, among others. Lives and properties were no longer safe and the people of Rivers State told me to stand up and I stood up, but mischievously people have misinterpreted my position as IYC president. I risked my life. I put my life on the line and I fought what was wrong. At the end of the day, I got blames.

How did you become a freedom fighter?
My uncle, who was a trade unionist, introduced me to revolutionary ideas in primary school and that was how I started reading revolutionary books and I fell in love with the socialist system, especially with the Cuban state, and later with Libya, with Fidel Castro and later with Mummar Gaddafi, when he was a revolutionary. Though, later in life I felt some reservations with Gaddafi, but much later when I went to Libya several times I came to sympathise with him. I may not accept his ways entirely, but you cannot rule out the fact that he has done a lot for his people and I think it is unfortunate that the evil people are the ones controlling the government of the United States and are collaborating to sack the government of a good man, who has done a lot for his people in Libya. He has done so much for the restoration of the dignity of the black race, because he spent billions upon billions of money to free South Africa, Namibia, Mozambique, Angola and Zimbabwe. So it is very sad to see that the world would stay and watch, while America and the European allies are repeating the same thing they did in Iraq and Afghanistan. But they cannot go and free the people of Gaza, who have been held in prison and in an open concentration camp for many years. It is only unfortunate that the world would watch.

I have been in Libya for a full year. I have been with the people of Libya and I think if there is anybody who should be given kudos in Africa, for standing on the side of his people, that person is Mummar Gaddafi. It is not a matter of years in government. Why are they not talking about the queen of England? Whatever name they call it, hereditary or monarchy, it is like the Animal Farm. The more you look, the less you see. A queen will stay for life and it is hereditary and they would spend billions of taxpayers’ money for frivolities, like marriage and so on. CNN will show it for everybody to see. So what is the difference between that and a government, a dynasty government in Africa? And people say he is killing. What about those who are dropping bombs? Does bomb save lives? Why did NATO decide to throw bombs? Does bomb save lives? Does it build roads, schools, and hospitals or maintain infrastructure? Why did they throw bombs? Why can’t they use diplomacy? Why are they not throwing bombs in Gaza, Bahrain and Yemen, in Saudi Arabia and others?
                                                                                       
Your activism has brought you into limelight. How do you feel about it?
I am indebted to God Almighty, as a Muslim, and to my people. Whatever I have been is not what my parents intended for me. My father wanted me to become a high court judge, like himself. He prepared the way for almost all his children to become lawyers. So, this is not what he intended for me. He wanted me to follow his footprints and walk with him. But I took a different path and that path is to seek freedom for my people and my people have stood by me and have aided me. They loved me, showed so much love and commitment. And I appreciate that. I am humbled by that affection.

If you were offered political appointment, would you accept it?
I don’t think I will ever take political appointment in my life. I m not trained to be a sycophant. Anything that would make me become a sycophant, I have always resisted it. There are so many people who have had robust relationship with me. They have money and have been good to me, but when I don’t agree with them I don’t hide it. I walk away. Everybody knows my relationship with Bola Asiwaju and the help he rendered to me when I was in prison. He was paying the school fees of my children, gave my family a house and when I came out he was extremely good to me. But when it was time for me to choose between what I believe and what he believes, I turned him down. That was when it became obvious that Goodluck Jonathan wanted to be president and the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) could not provide me a comfortable abode because I do not share the same views and aspirations with my benefactor. I opted out. Although we did not quarrel, I ceased to go to his place from that day. This is because I cannot see how I would go and be pretending, as I had declared to stand for Goodluck because I believe that it was the best for my people and that is where my people are going. I cannot take an opposite direction from my people. And at that time people wondered why I would you leave my friend. They wondered why I could sacrifice my friendship for Jonathan. They wondered if Jonathan appreciates that. Jonathan might not appreciate it, but that is my belief and I cannot pretend about it.

In Rivers State, the governor is wooing me. All others are trying to broker peace between us, so that we can work on how to move the state forward, but my spirit cannot accept Amaechi, because it was wrong the way he came to power and whenever I try, my conscience cannot allow it. Look, our people never elected this man. A fraudulent judicial system in Nigeria imposed the man we never voted for. My spirit cannot accept it. But that does not affect my relationship with my people working with him. My concern is the injustice done to the Rivers State people. And now they are rigging election to continue in office. So it is my belief that what I say I will not do, even though people are saying I should do it, I won’t do it. In the recent elections, my wife contested and they rigged her out, but because of the greater goal of Goodluck Jonathan, there are certain things we refused to say. But when my people saw that my cousin, Tonye, who is a speaker, was going for an election, and the community said that he couldn’t lose, I reasoned with them and said no problem. They have the right. It is the community that has produced me. If they are in danger I am also in danger. One man cannot stand alone. He stands when his people are standing with him. And as far as I am concerned, my people count more than any other thing that is why I have been risking my life for their sake and I will continue to do that until God calls me home.

What was your experience during the time you were arrested and detained by the government?
It is a natural consequence. I have been arrested more than 46 times. The longest period of my detention was 22 months. I expected it to happen to me, as a person. I was detained at the kuje Prison and from there I was taken to police Area 10 and from there I was taken to an underground prison, a solitary confinement at the State Security Service headquarters, where I stayed for more than 10 months.

How were you treated?
Nobody beat me, because there was this thing about me. People were afraid to come close to me. I was only put in a solitary confinement, where I was in thick darkness, which later affected my eyes. Today, I can’t read without wearing glasses. Nobody is blind in my family. But I see it as a prize I have to pay because I grew up having everything in life. My father was a civil servant, who became a high court judge. And like a middle class family, I had my books and shoes to go to school. I don’t have a story of ‘I had no shoes’ when I was going to schools. I never walked to school, as there was always a car to take us to school. So, I had everything I wanted, but I chose poverty for myself and I feel that these are prizes I have to pay and I have been paying them. And today I can go to anywhere. I can sleep anywhere. For me, I think the prison was quite a very educating experience. I believe God wanted to put me there. And I thank God for that. I have no regrets whatsoever, but it has added to my profile as somebody who is ready to pay any prize for his belief.

Some people have called for sovereign national conference to solve Nigeria’s socio-political problems. What is your take?
I think it is the most fundamental issue to solve this logjam, as I have said before. It is the most fundamental, a sovereign national conference must be convened and that has always been our minimum demand for the resolution of the Nigerian quagmire.

Some corps members lost their lives in the recent carnage in Bauchi, and people have called for the scrapping of the NYSC. What is your view?
I think there is a positive and negative consequence of what has happened. The national youth service corps has not really achieved what General Yakubu Gowon had intended it to achieve, in bringing us together. If it has done that, nobody could kill corps members with a shining uniforms on them, rendering service and providing free and fair elections that would produce a government that the people wanted to be in place. So, I think that the issues of nationhood has to be settled before programmes, like this can be put in place. The NYSC had been used fraudulently by the North to send their people here and get them employed in oil companies. The programme has given undue advantage to the North, while our people are sent to remote villages in the North, to be teachers, to serve at local government headquarters. Their people are sent here to the oil companies and the big federal parastatals and when they finish their one-year mandatory service they are retained. So coupled with what has taken place, the senseless killing of these corps members, it clearly showed that this programme has not achieved its purpose and I think it would the best to scrap it.

What is your take on the view that Nigeria thrives on politics of ethnicity?
These are the issues that we have been talking about, since some people consider themselves superior to others, for no just justifiable reason. How are they superior to other? Is it economically, socially or religiously? There is none. And people have been condoning it. People have been condescending and condoning these acts of superiority. I am the head of my family; my ancestors were kings in their own rights. They were never conquered by anybody, not even by the British. They only signed treaties, subsisting treaties with the British. How would anybody feel that he is superior to us? And because government has been in their hands, because of government patronage that goes to them, they have free access to resources that were not available to others. So that is why they are fighting for power with impunity. They just want to continue to have that vantage position over and above other peoples. That is just the situation, but we say no, it is not possible.

Look, Major Gideon Orkar said that these people should be removed from Nigeria and that is what the just-concluded election clearly showed. All the states Gideon Orkar said should be removed are the people that voted for Muhammadu Buhari, apart from southern Kaduna. If you see the Kaduna result it was almost balanced with this southern Kaduna. And he said these people should go. We are not the same. That is the truth. They don’t want us. We don’t want them. It has nothing to do with religion. Look at the Yoruba states. Virtually all Yoruba governors are Muslims. Ajimobi that is taking up the affairs of the state, in Oyo is a Muslim. Amosun, in Ogun state, is a Muslim. Raji Fashola is a Muslim. Rauf Aregbesola is also a Muslim. It’s only Fayemi of Ekiti that is Christian. Even Mimiko was a Muslim. I knew Mimiko when he was a Muslim. His brothers and siblings and his mother, who is still alive, are Muslims. So, you look at it critically, what is Islam? Abiola that won an election that they cancelled and murdered was a Muslim. And he was on a Muslim/Muslim ticket for the first time in the country. And the people overwhelmingly voted for him. They cancelled the election and murdered him with impunity. The people who did this are walking freely.

What advise would you offer Nigerian youths, as we enter the next political dispensation?
My advice is that people should think of how to work hard. When people see me carrying seats and doing some work they wonder. You cannot send others to do your work for you. You must do it. And that is one of the reasons I am against amnesty programme, because it is done in such a way that they indulge people. You give people free money. If it is training, it is okay, but free money is bad. It solves no problem. There should be a central training programme for all the Niger Delta youths, those who carried guns and those who did not. The Niger Delta ministry should have a programme for capacity building, for development of the individual. As you develop infrastructure, the greatest development should be that of the individual. That would be more enduring and more sustaining than building roads and schools, which, after some years, would go into dilapidation. But when the individual is developed and made to stand on its own, it would trigger off other development and you are creating an empowered society.

What do you cherish most in life?
My faith as a Muslim is what I cherished most in life and I pray that God should give me time to make amends about my sins and to show remorse and repent and the day I will die (he recites qu’ranic statements.), in sha Allah ta Allah, I will die as a Muslim.

What is your philosophy of life?
My philosophy of life is that I should do well to others and not expect from them anything other than what I have done. My philosophy in life is that I should always do the right thing and also expect others to do same to me. If they do it, fine; if they don’t do it, fine.

Who are your mentors?
I admire so many people. But today I admire King Amakiri of my kingdom, the founder and my progenitor; Mandela, Mummar Gaddafi and my grand mother.

Could you share with us those moments in exile?
It was on January 17 last year. The Nigerian government, during the Yar’Adua years, would have adopted me but they failed. And in exile, I travelled a lot. My friends were very helpful all over the world. They gave me a chance for almost a year. I visited more than 60 countries. It defined my worldview about life. I discovered that in Nigeria we take many things for granted, like basic facilities and infrastructure that we need and when people do it we celebrate and government people put up posters and advertorials on papers to show off that they did them. But these are just basic things the government must do. They are the rights of the people they governed. People have right to them; so they are not things to be celebrated. Go to Libya; houses are provided for everybody. Go to Belgium, you have these windmills that supply electricity. This can be done in our coastal areas. They do not pollute the environment. Go to other places, like China and see the wonders that are going on. These were things I had the opportunity to see in my days on exile.

Have you been close to death?
I have been close to death several times. See my hand (full of scars). This is an accident from a bomb. I was wearing a bullet-proof belt. My compatriot, Tekema Efrebo, who was carrying the bomb, was affected when the bomb incidentally detonated and the explosion cut off his head and finished him. It affected all my side here. It was my bullet-proof that saved me. There was a time, during the crisis, when one of my aides was standing beside me and we didn’t know where a bomb came from. The bomb hit him, beside me and killed him. We turned and saw him dead. Also, there was a time some people fired at me and I didn’t see the bullets. But I don’t carry any charm, as a Muslim. I don’t consider doing that. It is not to please anybody, but it is my belief. I don’t believe that it can help me. It can help others, but I don’t believe in the efficacy of its power. I have submitted that it is only Allah, the most merciful, kind and great, who will assist and protect me because He has always assisted and protected me in the most dangerous period of my life.

What do you do at leisure?
I read so much. I took this Goodluck project as a do or die one, even more than Obasanjo. I travelled from place to place and met my friends, from the west to everywhere. I was going on my own, not because Jonathan called me, but on my own. In the North I have many friends.

What are your likes and dislikes?
I like the truth and I hate falsehood. 

http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2011/may/14/national-14-05-2011-018.htm

I guess the tribunal is "illegal" because, the vulture called Buhari is about to get caught.

Kobojunkie:
Reported death toll was in the high 100s but only 10 youth corp members reported dead? And some people were up in a roar as if it was all against youth corp members!

You are SICK.

[quote author=tpia@ link=topic=666147.msg8309665#msg8309665 date=1305241699]the ones who abuse igbos the most are the ones who will not consider life worth living if they dont get with an igbo person.

so, dont worry about it.[/quote]I'm loving the cuddly new tpia.

[quote author=Musiwa, link=topic=665862.msg8307100#msg8307100 date=1305216409]I informed the USA army of the danger , you face in satellite pictures. some people in the united nation also knows.[/quote]
Really? So why are you not wearing an orange uniform in guantanamo, frying guguru for bin ladens boys?

^
It is not better than Aradu, and if I recall rightly, Aradu is from Germany.

@topic
Nice one from the US.
I hope they'll leave the electronics on it, tho.

Anyways, this is the boat. We go pack di tin for Warri, no threat!

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/USCGCChaseWHEC718.jpg

chuks01:
some top navy officers would have gotten enough dollars for the refurbished warship.

Can someone please post a link to the definition of "gift?" chuks01 doesn't seem to quite grasp the meaning!

Calculia:
All this embezzlement is getting too much in Nigeria. We need a way forward,

Maybe we should adopt the Chinese option where corrupt people buy the bullet that will be the last thing they feel.

This is one hell of a wacky tale!

[size=14pt]Akala, Ladoja Are My Brothers, I Need Them In Govt, Says Ajimobi[/size]
By ABIODUN AFOLABI

IBADAN-Governor-elect Isiaka Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State yesterday said that the out-going governor of the state , Otunba Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala is his brother and that his election is God’s divine one which nobody should lay claim to its successful conduct .

Senator Ajimobi who stated this shortly after he was issued the Certicate of Return along with other elected members of both National and the Oyo State House of Assembly by the National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission [INEC] , Professor Attahiru M. Jega through the Commission’s Secretary Alhaji Abdullahi A . Kaugama here , added that Senator Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja , another contestant in the governorship race is not only a friend but a brother too He told the gathering that ever since the election was conducted and he was declared as the Governor- elect for the state , he (Ajimobi) had paid the duo informal visits and that he would continue to see them as parts of his successful administration of the state .

His words : “ Governor Akala and Senator Ladoja have been my good friends and affectionate brothers and I will continue to treat them as parts of my administration . It is a pity that in politics, no matter how friendly you are , most especially when two brothers or friends are vying for the same elective office , one will emerge as a winner and embrace his loved one “ .

He deposed that “ as far as my election is concerned, I want every democrat to agree with me that there is no loser or vanguish as expect every good citizen of this state in particular and the country in general to give me their unflinching support and co-operation to me so that I will be able to move the state to the next level of positive development . So help me God “.

Sen. Ajimobi who went further to express his appreciation to those who made the just concluded 2011 general elections possible , said “ Let me express my appreciation to President Goodluck Jonathan for providing enabling environment for the credible and acceptable elections in this country by the advanced nations of the world”.

He did not stop at that as he thanked the INEC Chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega for his steadfastness and excellent performance in making sure that we as a nation in the third world set a standard in the enthronement of true democracy .

The Governor -elect who came in company of the echelons of his political party , Action Congress of Nigeria [ACN] , also recognised the positive contributions of the good people of the state at the poll and enjoined them not to abandon him “ as the achievement of success in office depends on your further support and cooperation as enjoyed earlier by me and our great party , ACN during and after the election “.

Earlier in his welcome address, the Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Mr. Ayo Adakeja commended the people of the state, particularly the politicians who were the major actors for making the elections successful and credible.
Said he: “ It is on record that

http://nigerianobservernews.com/12052011/news/Other%20News/othernews%209.html

The OP should write a petition to EFCC or desist. NL is hardly the place to investigate such issues.

Supported.
The entire Middle Belt and South should take this stance.

[size=14pt]Reject postings to northern states, group directs Yoruba corps members[/size]
On May 12, 2011 · In News

BY OLA AJAYI
THE Action Committee for Restoration of Oodua Sovereignty led by its President, Right Reverend Emmanuel Bolanle Gbonigi has directed Yoruba graduates to henceforth reject postings to Northern States of the country since the zone has become a “slaughter slab for Yoruba Corpers”.

The influential Yoruba group also called on the National Youth Service Corps authorities to urgently review its posting arrangement and patterns to ensure that corps members are posted to states within their geopolitical zones of origin.

“This call should be looked into; otherwise the NYSC may be accused of pre-meditated genocide against Yoruba and other Southern nationalities.”

ACROS said, the eruption of violence occasioning gruesome murders, maiming, arson and displacement of persons in thousands in some parts of Northern Nigeria in the wake of April elections were pointers to the fragility of the entity called Nigeria and the urgent need to undertake a comprehensive review and restructuring of the union.

It said that despite its warnings that restructuring should be done before election was held, the country still went ahead and had the election.

“We have to be radical to have true democracy in the country. We are suffering and the situation is getting worse and worse. ACROS and other Yoruba groups would work together to fight for our right without being violent.”

The group maintained that the rules governing the scheme had been rubbished adding that “If you want our children to work in your land, you have to guarantee their safety. We cannot sit down and watch and be watching our youths being slaughtered like rams. We won’t accept this again”

“We cannot use our retirement money to train our children and later they would now bring their dead bodies to us here. We shall not accept any more deaths of our people. When our youths are given employment, they don’t give them jobs, but they give them on contract for a while. And when they notice their children have been trained for the jobs, they sack our children. We are going to use legitimate weapon to fight for our rights”, the group stated.

“We will continue to pressurize the so called political leaders to do politics the way it should be practised. Else, there will be revolution. If things are not right, I am going to be the one to lead the revolution”, the bishop said.

Continuing, the group maintained “It seems our youth corps members are to provide human manpower for the North. How many of Northern youth corpers do you see here in the South? They keep them up there in their zone. To say it is to strengthen the unity of the country is not the issue. If the scheme is cancelled it would not diminish the said unity”.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/05/reject-postings-to-northern-states-group-directs-yoruba-corps-members/

You would expect this section to be peopled by the smartest of the smart, because thats what IT people are known to be.

There used to be some pretty enthralling topics and debates here in the past, but these days what we have is a section where 419 leads, website sales, spam etc are advertised. What has gone wrong?

There doesn't even seem to be a mod here anymore and coming here has become painful. Those of us who were willing to start threads in this section are now losing the will to live, God knows where I'll get the strength to wade through 419 and psycho adverts to return to check this thread.
Is IT in Nigeria all about yahoo deals and other unevolved monkey crap?

Examples of the trash on the front page of the so called "Programming" section:

African dishes
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Strictly For The ''yahoo Boys''

Five and a half billion is some pretty serious shyte! By comparison, Ibori stole three billion.
If the story is not a witchhunt, then Ekiti state govt must take every legal step to recover the money and seek justice. It is not enough to fill newspaper headlines.

[quote author=mama-gee link=topic=665340.msg8302499#msg8302499 date=1305160648][color=deeppink]Good for them. . .

I hope he's shot by firing squad. . .there's no room to harbour this scum![/color][/quote]That would have been ideal, but there are no more firing squads in Nigeria. He will hang.
Personally, I wish they could find a sadist to chop off little bits of his body every day and allow the wounds become septic; make the scum die slowly and painfully.