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The major issue with Africa and Nigeria at large is that we hate to read and research! Knowledge they said is power that conquers all. Before you open your mouth next to condemn Christianity of any other religion, read, research and learn.

"There is far more violence in the Bible than in the Qur'an; the idea that Islam imposed itself by the sword is a Western fiction, fabricated during the time of the Crusades when, in fact, it was Western Christians who were fighting brutal holy wars against Islam."[1] So announces former nun and self-professed "freelance monotheist," Karen Armstrong. This quote sums up the single most influential argument currently serving to deflect the accusation that Islam is inherently violent and intolerant: All monotheistic religions, proponents of such an argument say, and not just Islam, have their fair share of violent and intolerant scriptures, as well as bloody histories. Thus, whenever Islam's sacred scriptures—the Qur'an first, followed by the reports on the words and deeds of Muhammad (the Hadith)—are highlighted as demonstrative of the religion's innate bellicosity, the immediate rejoinder is that other scriptures, specifically those of Judeo-Christianity, are as riddled with violent passages.




Therefore, before condemning the Qur'an and the historical words and deeds of Islam's prophet Muhammad for inciting violence and intolerance, Jews are counseled to consider the historical atrocities committed by their Hebrew forefathers as recorded in their own scriptures; Christians are advised to consider the brutal cycle of violence their forbears have committed in the name of their faith against both non-Christians and fellow Christians. In other words, Jews and Christians are reminded that those who live in glass houses should not be hurling stones.
But is that really the case? Is the analogy with other scriptures legitimate? Does Hebrew violence in the ancient era, and Christian violence in the medieval era, compare to or explain away the tenacity of Muslim violence in the modern era?
Violence in Jewish and Christian History
Along with Armstrong, any number of prominent writers, historians, and theologians have championed this "relativist" view. For instance, John Esposito, director of the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University, wonders,

How come we keep on asking the same question, [about violence in Islam,] and don't ask the same question about Christianity and Judaism? Jews and Christians have engaged in acts of violence. All of us have the transcendent and the dark side. … We have our own theology of hate. In mainstream Christianity and Judaism, we tend to be intolerant; we adhere to an exclusivist theology, of us versus them.[2]

An article by Pennsylvania State University humanities professor Philip Jenkins, "Dark Passages," delineates this position most fully. It aspires to show that the Bible is more violent than the Qur'an:

[I]n terms of ordering violence and bloodshed, any simplistic claim about the superiority of the Bible to the Koran would be wildly wrong. In fact, the Bible overflows with "texts of terror," to borrow a phrase coined by the American theologian Phyllis Trible. The Bible contains far more verses praising or urging bloodshed than does the Koran, and biblical violence is often far more extreme, and marked by more indiscriminate savagery. … If the founding text shapes the whole religion, then Judaism and Christianity deserve the utmost condemnation as religions of savagery.[3]

Several anecdotes from the Bible as well as from Judeo-Christian history illustrate Jenkins' point, but two in particular—one supposedly representative of Judaism, the other of Christianity—are regularly mentioned and therefore deserve closer examination.
The military conquest of the land of Canaan by the Hebrews in about 1200 B.C.E. is often characterized as "genocide" and has all but become emblematic of biblical violence and intolerance. God told Moses:

But of the cities of these peoples which the Lord your God gives you as an inheritance, you shall let nothing that breathes remain alive, but you shall utterly destroy them—the Hittite, Amorite, Canaanite, Perizzite, Hivite, and Jebusite—just as the Lord your God has commanded you, lest they teach you to do according to all their abominations which they have done for their gods, and you sin against the Lord your God.[4]
So Joshua [Moses' successor] conquered all the land: the mountain country and the South and the lowland and the wilderness slopes, and all their kings; he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the Lord, God of Israel had commanded.[5]

As for Christianity, since it is impossible to find New Testament verses inciting violence, those who espouse the view that Christianity is as violent as Islam rely on historical events such as the Crusader wars waged by European Christians between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries. The Crusades were in fact violent and led to atrocities by the modern world's standards under the banner of the cross and in the name of Christianity. After breaching the walls of Jerusalem in 1099, for example, the Crusaders reportedly slaughtered almost every inhabitant of the Holy City. According to the medieval chronicle, the Gesta Danorum, "the slaughter was so great that our men waded in blood up to their ankles."[6]
In light of the above, as Armstrong, Esposito, Jenkins, and others argue, why should Jews and Christians point to the Qur'an as evidence of Islam's violence while ignoring their own scriptures and history?

Bible versus Qur'an
The answer lies in the fact that such observations confuse history and theology by conflating the temporal actions of men with what are understood to be the immutable words of God. The fundamental error is that Judeo-Christian history—which is violent—is being conflated with Islamic theology—which commands violence. Of course, the three major monotheistic religions have all had their share of violence and intolerance towards the "other." Whether this violence is ordained by God or whether warlike men merely wished it thus is the key question.
Old Testament violence is an interesting case in point. God clearly ordered the Hebrews to annihilate the Canaanites and surrounding peoples. Such violence is therefore an expression of God's will, for good or ill. Regardless, all the historic violence committed by the Hebrews and recorded in the Old Testament is just that—history. It happened; God commanded it. But it revolved around a specific time and place and was directed against a specific people. At no time did such violence go on to become standardized or codified into Jewish law. In short, biblical accounts of violence are descriptive, not prescriptive.
This is where Islamic violence is unique. Though similar to the violence of the Old Testament—commanded by God and manifested in history—certain aspects of Islamic violence and intolerance have become standardized in Islamic law and apply at all times. Thus, while the violence found in the Qur'an has a historical context, its ultimate significance is theological. Consider the following Qur'anic verses, better known as the "sword-verses":

Then, when the sacred months are drawn away, slay the idolaters wherever you find them, and take them, and confine them, and lie in wait for them at every place of ambush. But if they repent, and perform the prayer, and pay the alms, then let them go their way.[7]
Fight those who believe not in God and the Last Day, and do not forbid what God and His Messenger have forbidden – such men as practise not the religion of truth, being of those who have been given the Book – until they pay the tribute out of hand and have been humbled.[8]

As with Old Testament verses where God commanded the Hebrews to attack and slay their neighbors, the sword-verses also have a historical context. God first issued these commandments after the Muslims under Muhammad's leadership had grown sufficiently strong to invade their Christian and pagan neighbors. But unlike the bellicose verses and anecdotes of the Old Testament, the sword-verses became fundamental to Islam's subsequent relationship to both the "people of the book" (i.e., Jews and Christians) and the "idolaters" (i.e., Hindus, Buddhists, animists, etc.) and, in fact, set off the Islamic conquests, which changed the face of the world forever. Based on Qur'an 9:5, for instance, Islamic law mandates that idolaters and polytheists must either convert to Islam or be killed; simultaneously, Qur'an 9:29 is the primary source of Islam's well-known discriminatory practices against conquered Christians and Jews living under Islamic suzerainty.
In fact, based on the sword-verses as well as countless other Qur'anic verses and oral traditions attributed to Muhammad, Islam's learned officials, sheikhs, muftis, and imams throughout the ages have all reached consensus—binding on the entire Muslim community—that Islam is to be at perpetual war with the non-Muslim world until the former subsumes the latter. Indeed, it is widely held by Muslim scholars that since the sword-verses are among the final revelations on the topic of Islam's relationship to non-Muslims, that they alone have abrogated some 200 of the Qur'an's earlier and more tolerant verses, such as "no compulsion is there in religion."[9] Famous Muslim scholar Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406) admired in the West for his "progressive" insights, also puts to rest the notion that jihad is defensive warfare:

In the Muslim community, the holy war [jihad] is a religious duty, because of the universalism of the Muslim mission and the obligation to convert everybody to Islam either by persuasion or by force ... The other religious groups did not have a universal mission, and the holy war was not a religious duty for them, save only for purposes of defense ... They are merely required to establish their religion among their own people. That is why the Israelites after Moses and Joshua remained unconcerned with royal authority [e.g., a caliphate]. Their only concern was to establish their religion [not spread it to the nations] … But Islam is under obligation to gain power over other nations.[10]

Modern authorities agree. The Encyclopaedia of Islam's entry for "jihad" by Emile Tyan states that the "spread of Islam by arms is a religious duty upon Muslims in general … Jihad must continue to be done until the whole world is under the rule of Islam … Islam must completely be made over before the doctrine of jihad [warfare to spread Islam] can be eliminated." Iraqi jurist Majid Khaduri (1909-2007), after defining jihad as warfare, writes that "jihad … is regarded by all jurists, with almost no exception, as a collective obligation of the whole Muslim community."[11] And, of course, Muslim legal manuals written in Arabic are even more explicit.[12]
Qur'anic Language
When the Qur'an's violent verses are juxtaposed with their Old Testament counterparts, they are especially distinct for using language that transcends time and space, inciting believers to attack and slay nonbelievers today no less than yesterday. God commanded the Hebrews to kill Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—all specific peoples rooted to a specific time and place. At no time did God give an open-ended command for the Hebrews, and by extension their Jewish descendants, to fight and kill gentiles. On the other hand, though Islam's original enemies were, like Judaism's, historical (e.g., Christian Byzantines and Zoroastrian Persians), the Qur'an rarely singles them out by their proper names. Instead, Muslims were (and are) commanded to fight the people of the book—"until they pay the tribute out of hand and have been humbled"[13] and to "slay the idolaters wherever you find them."[14]
The two Arabic conjunctions "until" (hata) and "wherever" (haythu) demonstrate the perpetual and ubiquitous nature of these commandments: There are still "people of the book" who have yet to be "utterly humbled" (especially in the Americas, Europe, and Israel) and "idolaters" to be slain "wherever" one looks (especially Asia and sub-Saharan Africa). In fact, the salient feature of almost all of the violent commandments in Islamic scriptures is their open-ended and generic nature: "Fight them [non-Muslims] until there is no persecution and the religion is God's entirely. [Emphasis added.]"[15] Also, in a well-attested tradition that appears in the hadith collections, Muhammad proclaims:

I have been commanded to wage war against mankind until they testify that there is no god but God and that Muhammad is the Messenger of God; and that they establish prostration prayer, and pay the alms-tax [i.e., convert to Islam]. If they do so, their blood and property are protected. [Emphasis added.][16]

This linguistic aspect is crucial to understanding scriptural exegeses regarding violence. Again, it bears repeating that neither Jewish nor Christian scriptures—the Old and New Testaments, respectively—employ such perpetual, open-ended commandments. Despite all this, Jenkins laments that

Commands to kill, to commit ethnic cleansing, to institutionalize segregation, to hate and fear other races and religions … all are in the Bible, and occur with a far greater frequency than in the Qur'an. At every stage, we can argue what the passages in question mean, and certainly whether they should have any relevance for later ages. But the fact remains that the words are there, and their inclusion in the scripture means that they are, literally, canonized, no less than in the Muslim scripture.[17]

One wonders what Jenkins has in mind by the word "canonized." If by canonized he means that such verses are considered part of the canon of Judeo-Christian scripture, he is absolutely correct; conversely, if by canonized he means or is trying to connote that these verses have been implemented in the Judeo-Christian Weltanschauung, he is absolutely wrong.
Yet one need not rely on purely exegetical and philological arguments; both history and current events give the lie to Jenkins's relativism. Whereas first-century Christianity spread via the blood of martyrs, first-century Islam spread through violent conquest and bloodshed. Indeed, from day one to the present—whenever it could—Islam spread through conquest, as evinced by the fact that the majority of what is now known as the Islamic world, or dar al-Islam, was conquered by the sword of Islam. This is a historic fact, attested to by the most authoritative Islamic historians. Even the Arabian peninsula, the "home" of Islam, was subdued by great force and bloodshed, as evidenced by the Ridda wars following Muhammad's death when tens of thousands of Arabs were put to the sword by the first caliph Abu Bakr for abandoning Islam.
Even though the Islamic world has the lion's share of dramatic headlines—of violence, terrorism, suicide-attacks, decapitations—it is certainly not the only region in the world suffering under both internal and external pressures.

Just as Christians are exhorted to emulate the lifestyle of Jesus Christ; Muslims are exhorted too to emulate Muhammad in all walks of life.

Sarcastically arguing against the concept of moderate Islam, for example, terrorist Osama bin Laden, who enjoys half the Arab-Islamic world's support per an Al-Jazeera poll,[19] portrays the Prophet's sunna thusly:

"Moderation" is demonstrated by our prophet who did not remain more than three months in Medina without raiding or sending a raiding party into the lands of the infidels to beat down their strongholds and seize their possessions, their lives, and their women.[20]



Though law-centric and possibly legalistic, Judaism has no such equivalent to the Sunna; the words and deeds of the patriarchs, though described in the Old Testament, never went on to prescribe Jewish law. Neither Abraham's "white-lies," nor Jacob's perfidy, nor Moses' short-fuse, nor David's adultery, nor Solomon's philandering ever went on to instruct Jews or Christians. They were understood as historical acts perpetrated by fallible men who were more often than not punished by God for their less than ideal behavior.

As for Christianity, much of the Old Testament law was abrogated or fulfilled—depending on one's perspective—by Jesus. "Eye for an eye" gave way to "turn the other cheek." Totally loving God and one's neighbor became supreme law.[23] Furthermore, Jesus' sunna—as in "What would Jesus do?"—is characterized by passivity and altruism. The New Testament contains absolutely no exhortations to violence.

Still, there are those who attempt to portray Jesus as having a similarly militant ethos as Muhammad by quoting the verse where the former—who "spoke to the multitudes in parables and without a parable spoke not"[24]—said, "I come not to bring peace but a sword."[25] But based on the context of this statement, it is clear that Jesus was not commanding violence against non-Christians but rather predicting that strife will exist between Christians and their environment—a prediction that was only too true as early Christians, far from taking up the sword, passively perished by the sword in martyrdom as too often they still do in the Muslim world. [26]

Does this mean that no self-professed Christian can be anti-Semitic? Of course not. But it does mean that Christian anti-Semites are living oxymorons—for the simple reason that textually and theologically, Christianity, far from teaching hatred or animosity, unambiguously stresses love and forgiveness. Whether or not all Christians follow such mandates is hardly the point; just as whether or not all Muslims uphold the obligation of jihad is hardly the point. The only question is, what do the religions command?
John Esposito is therefore right to assert that "Jews and Christians have engaged in acts of violence." He is wrong, however, to add, "We [Christians] have our own theology of hate." Nothing in the New Testament teaches hate—certainly nothing to compare with Qur'anic injunctions such as: "We [Muslims] disbelieve in you [non-Muslims], and between us and you enmity has shown itself, and hatred for ever until you believe in God alone."[29]

Question:
Did Prophet Muhammad declare war against people because they did not embrace Islam or accept Islamic rule?
Answer:http://www.controversialada.com/2016/04/is-muslim-christianity-violent-religion.html

I concur

CAR OWNERS BEWARE OF THIS EVIL

Just received from a friend.
I Think it's time we stop over focussing on this PDP/APC, PMB and the rest issues and start looking where our problem is. I believe our problem is in the institutions of this country. I don't want to mention that of police now its for another day. It was on the 14th day of March that I drove into one of the police station to obtain the new tinted glass permit, in the process, it was discovered that the plate number of my car is being used by another car. My first question is "How is it possible?" Because I obtained this number from FRSC with all documents intact. I never know the car is going to stay for 12 days in the station.

A file was quickly open and the car became an exhibit. Thank God the car was registered by a very high ranking officer of the FRSC whom was brought to the station. As the investigation was going on, it was discovered that some people were producing these fake and duplicate number plates and giving out to innocent and unsuspecting Nigerians, ripping them off their hard earned money.

My question is, should we now go and buy this numbers at a shop in Alaba or at Idumota instead of the federal government approved agencies? In the course of my research, I stumbled upon the number plate verification system online. I started verifying cars of friends, church members and even cars that I see on the road. A shocking revelation was made that OUT OF EVERY 10 CARS you see on the road with LAGOS and ABUJA number plates, that at least 4 is FAKE.

You can check your own now Below: http://www.controversialada.com/2016/04/frsc-are-thieves-see-prove.html

nabiz:
Ndi igbo ibem ututu oma. Biko gwa-anyi ihe n'eme na'kuku gi.

Ihe gbasara fuel ekweghi mmadu nuo mmiri togbo iko

Isiokwu ndi a bu ihe chikotara isi akiko Uhuruchi n'ubochi Taa.


NFF kwesiri ige Siasia nti: Shoromu (http://www.punchng.com/nff-must-listen-to-siasia-shorunmu/)
Ndi unda 16 kuru mba Nigeria Basketi Bolu nori n'eche onye isi ala Nigeria ka o mezue Nkwa O kwere ha (http://www.punchng.com/buharis-cash-short-changed-basketballers-still-waiting/)
Ufodu adi ama ama ndi oru buu Igba n'ulo kwesiri ileba anya na ha (http://www.punchng.com/uncertainties-entrepreneurs-need-to-address/)



Fashola akowala si na striki ndi ulo oru oku eletiriki gbara emela ka N7.7bn fulahu ngalaba ahu. (http://www.punchng.com/power-sector-lost-n7-7bn-to-workers-strikes-fashola/)
Isiokwu anyi nwetara ugba bu na Naira ga ada karia ka o di ugba tupu Bujeti akutu onu kpomkwem (http://www.punchng.com/naira-to-weaken-ahead-of-budget-signing/)
Onye Isi ala obodo anyi bu Buhari agawala mba ofesi China I ga bite N2bn (http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/04/buhari-heads-to-china-to-borrow-2bn/)
Onye isi ndi APGA ekwuola si o, na o bu Chukwu Abiama roputara Buhari ka o buru Onye isi ala obodo anyi bu Nigeria (http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/04/nigeria-not-as-hopeless-as-some-people-think-says-apga-national-chairman/)
akuko uhuru chi a kowakwara si na Onye isi Uka Katolik bu Pope akowala si na Olulu di na nwunye bu Ogbugba ndu di omimi ya na Ite ime bu nke uka agaghi anabata.(http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/04/marriage-sacrament-cannot-dissolved-till-death-pope/)

O bukwanu ka esiri wee koo ya bu akuku na uhuruchi a.
Aham bu Adaeze Jacinth Oluchukwuamaka
Gwa anyi Uche gi nime isiokwu nke metutara gi karia

Source: http://www.controversialada.com/2016/04/nchikota-akuku-uhuru-chi.html

Nchikota Isiokwu N'ime akwukwo akuko uwa PUNCh na VANGUARD
Kowara Anyi Nke Metutara Gi nime Isi okwu akiko uwa Ndia

VANGUARD

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Mahadum nke Unilag emechiela ulo akwukwi ha maka uko mmiri na uko Oku Eletrik (http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/04/unilag-shuts-water-shortage-epileptic-electricity-protest/)

Ndi Naval akpumiela mbange oru ha ma tinye Iri Puku ato mmadu na onodu nchere (http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/04/300000-jostle-3000-naval-jobs-agency-shifts-recruitment-2/)

Nime IDPS Kampu, otutu bu ndi onodu ha gbara ha ghari n' ihi na ha enweghi ebe ha ga edota isi ha. (http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/04/3000-idps-stranded-recaptured-borno-communities-2/)

Oshimole nke Edo steti ekwuola si na oru na-aga n'iru nime Edo steti. Na ya onwe ya enweghi ihe ozo ya nwere isa ndi ajuju.(http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/04/edo-work-progress-nothing-prove-oshiomhole/)

Ihe kpatara ugwo oku Eletiriki jiri rka elu (http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/04/why-electricity-tariff-is-hiked-osinbajo/)


PUNCH
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Buhari ariola ndi otu Dokinta ka ha kwusi striaki nihi na ya bu Buhari ekwerela ihe ha kwuru gbanyere pact

Otu CBC siri kpughe Aku na Uba Orubebe zoro ezo na Abuja(http://www.punchng.com/how-ccb-uncovered-orubebes-hidden-abuja-property-witness-2/)

Cotu enyeela ndi EFCC iwu ka ha rapu nwanne Goodluck Jonathan ha ji na nga ha.(http://www.punchng.com/release-jonathans-cousin-on-bail-court-orders-efcc/)

Agu choro igwo puku ato mmadu iba nime Borno(http://www.punchng.com/hunger-threatens-3000-residents-of-liberated-borno-community/)

Ndi CMD achorola uzo ohu iji wee mee ka ule ndi umuakwukwo Medisin wee taa akpu karia ka o di na mbu.(http://www.punchng.com/cmd-seeks-tougher-exams-for-medical-students/)


Ekelekwam Unu
Aham bu Adaeze Jacinth Oluchukwuamaka
SOURCE: http://www.controversialada.com/2016/04/nchikota-isiokwu-n-akwukwo-akuko-uwa.html

Polar3:
abeg say it to that jobless and illiterate op..can u beat that kinda stuppidity! Future tense achievements with signs of fuel scarcity,darkness,joblessness,increased prices,.....etc on ground..

Dont forget that you have to sow a seed first before you expect a harvest.....

acenazt:
I for like dey follow Buhari as shoe shinner. My dream na too travel the world. Hehhehhee

Brother its not your portion

ibietela2:
We have been inundated with this narrative of how the Peoples Democratic Party destroyed Nigeria, and the media has been awash with same for quite a while now. The story is that all PDP did in Nigeria within the 16 years of its leadership is to destroy all that was built by our founding fathers. This was one of All Progressives Congress’ strong arguments during their campaigns, which preceded the 2015 general elections, and which saw General Muhammadu Buhari (GMB), now President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) emerge as winner and consequently President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

I do not personally agree with, or subscribe to the assertion or perspective that Nigeria has been destroyed, or Nigeria is a failed state. But you see, that was the story APC sold, and it’s now such a tall order to change the narrative. It will take the APC much more than even 8 years (assuming they are lucky to be in power for that long) to undo this narrative. I still remember how APC celebrated and publicised that CNN interview, when Amanpour grilled Goodluck Jonathan and showed videos of streets in Lagos without electricity. I remember vividly.

This story began like a joke in the ears of Nigerians, but because it has become a constant refrain for the APC, it is beginning to sink. I am beginning to see sense in the postulation of Adolf Hitler’s chief propagandist Joseph Goebbels, that "If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie.” Of course, this seems to be the case.

The APC seems to use subterfuge to seek refuge under this narrative, which is now the explanation for their inability to deliver on any of their campaign promises. This is also the answer to any question which is thrown at the ruling party regarding their performance. It’s quite simple, just blame PDP or blame Goodluck. Blame for power, blame for fuel scarcity, blame for Boko Haram, blame for Fulani Herdsmen, blame for budget mess, blame for INEC’s failures, blame for the President’s frequent foreign trips. Blame for everything.

Just a few days ago, while receiving some guests, the President squirted his familiar tune. He said “In the First Republic, more enduring infrastructure was built with meagre resources. But in the past 16 years, we made a lot of money without planning for the rainy day…We showed a lot of indiscipline in managing our economy…” Of course he did not conclude the sentence without calling in PDP. In saying that, he probably forgot, or is unaware that two of his party’s high ranking chieftains were amongst those most opposed to the Sovereign Wealth Fund. They would rather have the monies shared for immediate spending. Those who even saved for their states emptied the savings before leaving office.

Now, let’s go back to the subject. Assuming the Assertion of APC that Nigeria has been destroyed, and this destruction was done over the 16 years of PDP governance, which paved way for the emergence of President Muhammadu Buhari, every sane mind should ask certain very pertinent and unavoidable questions. First, who is PDP and who is APC? Then, who is in PDP and who is in APC? If these questions are asked and answered, then we would have gotten a clearer picture of this discourse.

THE PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP)

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was founded on the 31st of August, 1998, by a group known as the G34. After the formation of PDP, the G34 formed its initial nucleus. This group was initially known as the G9, comprising of foremost old time politicians like Alex Ekwueme, Chief Solomon Lar, Sen. Francis Ellah, Alhaji Abubakar Rimi, Chief Bola Ige, Dr. Iyorcha Ayu, Prof. Jerry Gana, Alhaji Sule Lamido and Mallam Adamu Ciroma. The G9, which expanded to G18, and later to G34.

The PDP after its formation spread across Nigeria and became a national party. Its popularity grew very fast and attracted a lot of influential Nigerians. The party won the 1999 general elections and emerged the ruling party.

After successfully holding unto power for 16 years, the PDP lost power in 2015 to the All Progressives Congress (APC), which is an amalgamation of numerous political parties which were in the opposition while PDP held sway. APC capitalized on numerous internal crises which the PDP suffered, and attracted a lot of influential PDP chieftains, who eventually decamped to the APC.
Presently, the PDP is in the opposition.

THE ALL PROGRESSVES CONGRESS

The All Progressives Congress APC was formed in February 2013. It is an amalgamation of the three biggest opposition parties while PDP was in power, namely the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP). The alliance was also joined by a faction of the All Progressives Grand Aliance (APGA). The centrifugal driving force which served as the magnetic element in this merger was singular goal to kick the PDP out of power. This resolution which brought the merger to fruition was signed by representatives of the three opposition parties, namely Tom Ikimi for ACN, Sen. Annie Okonkwo for APGA, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau for ANPP, and Garba Shehu for the CPC. Shortly after the merger, Annie Okonkwo, Tom Ikimi and Ibrahim Shekarau resigned from the party and joined the PDP.

From thence, the APC grew bigger and stronger, drawing strong and influential characters to this new merger. The party also benefitted largely from an internal crisis which rocked the PDP, as 49 legislators of the National Assembly and a total of 5 Governors decamped from the PDP to the APC. Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, Abdultafatah Ahmed of Kwara State, Rabiu Kwakwanso of Kano State, Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State, and Aliyu Wamako of Sokoto State were the 5 Governors, who formed the G5 and eventually decamped from the PDP and joined the APC to fight the PDP.

With Alliances drawn from various corners, the APC wrestled the PDP out of power in 2015, seeing President Muhammadu Buhari emerge as Nigeria’s new President.
During APC’s campaigns, certain sensitive and burning national issues were brought to the fore, and formed structure of the APC’s manifesto. The APC rode with a promise of CHANGE, which was the Party’s slogan. The party promised to bring Nigeria out of the many problems which were facing Nigeria at the time. Prominent amongst those promises were: To wipe out Boko Haram in 3 months; to stabilize the Nigerian Naira; to sweep out corruption; to provide stable electricity on assumption of office; to grow a robust economy; to feed all Nigerian school pupils; to pay unemployed graduates 5,000 naira stipends monthly; to rescue the Chibok girls who had been missing for months, and so much more.

Again, the APC constantly blamed the PDP for the many woes Nigeria was facing and begged Nigerians to give them the opportunity to lead, so as to put things right and fix PDP’s mess.
Today, one year after APC’s victory, Nigerians are yet to see the promised CHANGE. In fact, PDP is still blamed for the inability for the APC to fix Nigeria’s problems which seem to be growing in multiplicity and in geometric proportions.

SINNERS AND SAINTS

The picture that was painted by the APC was that the PDP was full of sinners who have destroyed Nigeria, and the APC was full of saints who have been sent from above to deliver Nigeria. While APC marketed this story line, a lot of Nigerians questioned the sincerity of Buhari’s posture, especially seeing that he was surrounded by a lot of people who are far from sainthood. However, Nigerians looked on, hoping that immediately after the elections, PMB will wave his magic wand and a new crop of saints will be delivered from heaven. After all, it is said that you don’t occupy a new territory with the same soldiers who conquered the territory. Let us look at navigators of the Saint-ship which will Navigate Nigeria with President Buhari to CHANGE.

THE SAINT MINISTERS

Amazingly, after many months of waiting, the saints who were delivered from heaven were mostly the same saints from the “Sinnerland”of PDP. Of the first list of 20 Ministers picked, 11 were former members of the PDP, who had served in different capacities both at the national and state levels, within the 16 years of destruction, constituting about 55% of the list. So, who destroyed Nigeria? Or had these ones been taken to a certain river, dipped and washed clean of their former sins? On the list we have names such as my own Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi.

Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi (CRA) was a principal player in “Sinnerland”. He was Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly under PDP for 8 years, When Governor Odili was governor. He was the number 3 citizen of the state. He became Governor of the state, and was Governor for almost 8 years under PDP before jumping ships to the Ship of change. He piloted the affairs of one of the biggest and richest states of the destroyed Nigeria. He served as the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum and championed the course which agitated for the depletion of the Sovereign Wealth Fund. It is safe to assume that his part of Nigeria was not destroyed, or he was ignorant of its destruction. For those who do not know, Rotimi is actually a saint. No jokes, or at least he is a Knight. He belongs to the Knight of Saint John’s Order in the Catholic Church. I like Rotimi because he is not corrupt, has never taken a bribe and does not even have a house. These to me are the most important prerequisites for sainthood.

Enter Saint Audu Ogbeh. Brother Audu, fellow of the Sainthood and Minister for Agriculture is one of the Navigators of Buhari’s Saint-Ship. He was Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party from 2001 to 2005, 4 good years. He is not a Knight in the catholic church like Amaechi, but at least he has earned his sainthood with the President.

Dr. Chris Nwabueze Ngige is one of the President’s best hands. He is Minister for Labour and Employment, and the one who will generate President Buhari’s 3,000,000 jobs. Like Rotimi Amaechi, Ngige is also a double Saint. He belongs to the Knight of Saint John in the Catholic Church too.

By 1999, Dr. Ngige was the Assistant National Secretary and Zonal Secretary, South East of the Peoples Democratic Party. In 2003, he was elected governor of Anambra State under PDP and was governor for 33 months. He was later elected into the Senate in 2011, within the period Nigeria was being destroyed. He served for 4 years, legislating towards the destruction of Nigeria. The same Nigeria he has been called to salvage.

For want of time and space, I will not bother about the long list of former PDP stalwarts, who now make up Buhari’s list of saints, not to talk of the great Bola Tinubu, the Jagaban and one of theChief Pilots of APC, the likes of Fayemi and Fashola who were governors while Nigeria was being destroyed.

THE CHANGE GOVERNORS AND SUPER SAINTS

Today, the APC boasts of 19 Governors, who will join the president to rebuild the wrecked Nigeria, which PDP had put in this sorry state. Interestingly, 12 of their 19 saint governors were senior members of PDP.

We may also take a quick look at the super governors, the saints who will drive the change process at the states in support of the Presidents reconstruction process.

Mallam Nasir El-rufai is the present governor of Kaduna State. He is one of the President’s right hand men and a strong stalwart of the APC. He was one of the loudest voices that screamed change and the need to kick out Goodluck Jonathan. He abused Goodluck without mercy and got very personal with his war of words. Mallam is a saint. Before he joined the Sainthood however, he was a part of the PDP. He was very powerful under the President Obasanjo administration, and was in fact described by Mallam Nuhu Ribadu as the de-facto number 2 citizen. From November 1999 to July 2003, he was the Director General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises and the Secretary of the National Council of Privatization. From 2003 to 2007, he was Minister, Federal Capital Territory (FCT). In september 2007, former President, late Yaradua appointed him into the National Energy Council. He joined the APC and was elected governor of Kaduna State.

Governor of Benue State, Dr. Samuel Ortom was Minister of Trade and Investment under PDP. He was State Secretary as well as Deputy Chairman of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), in Benue State. He was Director of Operations of the PDP gubernatorial campaign in Benue State in 2007 and Director of Administration and Logistics of the Goodluck/Sambo Presidential Campaign Organization in 2011. He was PDP National Auditor before his appointment as Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in July 2011.

In April 2015, he contested for Governor of Benue State and won under the platform of the All Progressives Congress. He is a super saint.

Kano State governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Gandule was a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The party which destroyed Nigeria. He was Deputy Governor of Kano State for 2 terms. Between 1999 and 2003, and between 2011 and 2015. Gandule was also appointed as the Hon. Commissioner for Local Government. From 2003 to 2007 he served as the special Adviser (Political) to the Hon. Minister of Defence, Federal Republic of Nigeria. Ganduje also served as member of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), and was at some point appointed chairman of the Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti in 2008. He was later appointed as the executive secretary of the Lake Chad Basin Commission. He participated in the 2006 Nigerian Political Reforms Conference. It is comfortable to say that he was never a part of the destruction.

Rochas Okorocha, Governor of Imo State was a member of the Peoples Democratic Party. Rochas left the party when he could clinch the ticket to be the party’s gubernatorial flag bearer. He later returned to PDP and was Special Adviser to President Obasanjo on interparty matters. He left the Party again in 2005 to form the Action Alliance (AA), to enable him run for President. He returned to PDP in 2007 and aspired to be the National Chairman of the Party. He decamped from PDP to APGA again in 2011 to run for Governorship. In 2015, he dumped the APGA and joined the APC. He is a saint.

The list goes on and on and on. Lalong the Governor of Plateau State was the speaker of the House of Assembly under PDP, Alhaji Ahmed of Kwara State was Commissioner for Finance and Economic Development under PDP, Alhaji Aminu Masari of Katsina State was Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State was Speaker of House of Representatives, Tanko Almakura of Nasarawa was a founding member of PDP, Bindu J. Umaro of Adamawa was member of House of Representatives under PDP, Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi was a Senator under PDP, Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa was a stalwart of the PDP, and Abubakar Sanni Bello of Niger State was Commissioner for Commerce and Investment under PDP.

WHAT HAS THIS CHANGE CHANGED?

It is obvious that Nigerians have been sold a weapon of mass deceit. The same people who accuse the PDP of destroying Nigeria are the same people who destroyed Nigeria. The destroyer has come to rebuild. I cannot say that some members of the PDP cannot be said to be culpable or blamed for some of the challenges that we face as a country. It is however dubious and deceitful for the APC to completely absolve itself of blames on the situation we find ourselves. We must also stop the narrative that Nigeria has been destroyed. I do not agree that Nigeria has been destroyed. Let us continue building and forget about complaining about yesterday. I agree that all that have sinned and come short of the glory must be brought to book, but that must not take the place pushing the promised change. I am sure the President can multi task.

Rather than keep the blame game going, the President should realize that the buck now stops with him. He should begin to work towards achieving results and delivering on the many promises he made to Nigerians. So far the APC and the President have not brought anything to the table, after almost one year. No tangible change. This change has become synonymous to “flip flop”, and the changers have become akin to dogs who eat their vomit.

He should be able to come out and ask for forgiveness from Nigerians, having realized that he overpromised during the campaigns, because he did not completely appreciate the enormity and complexity of certain issues he saw from afar. Mr. President should also have the humility to call on Goodluck and the likes of Okonjo Iweala and Adesina to give him clues on how they were able to manage certain sensitive aspects of the economy.

The APC must realize that elections have come and gone, and it is now time to govern. The discourse can therefore no longer be about APC and PDP, but about Nigeria and its development. The APC must assume a nationalistic stance and forget about infantile bickering. Very importantly, they should also remind uncle Lai Mohammed that he no longer speaks for the APC, he now speaks for Nigeria. The good old man obviously has not still come out of the campaign frenzy. I wish the President well.

Source: https://www.facebook.com/enemialabo.george/posts/873400999437793?pnref=story

Abge oga, what is the Difference btw PDP actors and APC actors. The earlier Nigerians brace the fact that APC/PDP does not mean well for them the better. 16 years is a long time for PDP to make meaningful impact if they intended doing so.
Thieves and looters

mazimee:
2019 should come and be going already. We are tired of this change

who do you think will Rule come 2019! still same set of thieves who changes party front and back

DON'T CONDEMN UNTIL YOU'VE READ THE DETAIL
By Tommy Udoh

Sometimes, the opposing party would not want you to see the good in the present party. They would do everything within their power to mislead the masses.
Hey my country people, do not be quick to judge ooo. After all, for the past 16 years what does the PDP lead government done for Nigerians?
Me I no bi PDP nor APC, my own job is to pressure the government for Transparency and Good Governance! I'm tired of blame game because it has lead nobody into something good.
Ekelekwam Unu!

On March 19 when I casted my vote for PMB I did it not out of sentiment nor intellect; i did it out of conviction and my conviction is still strong as ever.
President Muhammadu Buhari has traveled to 21 countries in the last 10 months of his administration and his trip to the United States of America for a nuclear summit makes it his 25th time of jetting out for a personal or state affair according to a compilation made by the African Independent Television, AIT.
Buhari’s trips which are heavily motivated by Foreign Direct Investments haven’t been as fruitless as strong social media claims paint them to be. His foreign trips have been tagged as acts of ”globetrotting or junketing” gulping over $23 million thus far from the country’s treasury according to the People’s Democratic Party, PDP.
Here are some major breakthroughs from Buhari’s frequent trips abroad:



(1) China is set to invest $60 billion dollars in Nigeria and Africa:
During the China-Africa summit held in Johannesburg, South Africa attended by President Muhammadu Buhari in December, 2015, Chinese President Xi Jinping promised to invest $60 billion in Africa with Nigeria being the most populous nation in Africa benefiting immensely.

(2) China has also sought more crude oil exportation from Nigeria:
Following an agreement with Buhari at the China-Africa summit, China decided to ignore the emergence of Iran to buy more crude oil from Nigeria which will go a long way in boosting the country’s economy. This announcement was made by the Economic and Commercial Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in Nigeria, Mr Zao LingXiang during an interview in Abuja in March, 2016.

(3) U.S.A has decided to buy more crude oil from Nigeria after suspending trade relations during the previous administration:
President Muhammadu Buhari has made two trips to the United States of America since his emergence. This helped in fixing the strained trade relationship between both countries under the Goodluck Ebele Jonathan administration during which the United States halted the buying of crude oil from Nigeria due to the high rate of corruption in the country. On the 24th of March, reports emerged that the U.S importation of Nigerian crude had jumped to 559,000 barrels per day.

(4) U.S.A is set to invest over $600 million in Nigeria this year:
This was announced by the Secretary of state, John Kerry during the opening session of the U.S – Nigeria Bi-National Commission meeting. This will be aimed at reducing the spread of Malaria, HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and other stringent issues affecting the country.

(5) U.S has pledged to assist Nigeria with concrete intelligence on the loot stashed abroad by corrupt former and current public office holders including the Boko Haram insurgency:
The United States of America is currently helping Nigeria with: http://www.controversialada.com/2016/04/results-of-buhari-constant-trip-abroad.html
What do ya say?

Annunaki:
Whilst muslims may be the most religious group due to the intensive brainwashing that is part of islamic culture, most muslims thankfully don't follow the true tenets of islam as practised by mohamed cause if they did, they will all be terrorists like their 'best' example.

Sir i beg to differ with your opinion. You know nothing about muslim. Try Reading about them. the least that commit terror are muslim converts

Many Christians may try to Cut of my neck for this but truth they said is always bitter.
Its a wake up call after all

;DMuslims More Religious Than Others?

If heaven is meant for the most religious belief and faithfuls, Muslims are likely to occupy the front roles.
According to CNN and a survey by Ipos-Mori, Muslims overall tend to be more committed to their faith than any other religious group and consider Islam to be a more significant part of their daily lives. The survey was carried out in 24 countries, of which three (Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, and Turkey) have Muslim majorities.


Muslims feel a deep personal relationship with the Prophet Muhammad. He is not just a figure, he is the main role model that all Muslims try to emulate, no matter where they are in the world. They also harbor an intense love and admiration for him.

Every religion has its true believers and its doubters, its pious and its pragmatists, but new evidence suggests that Muslims tend to be more committed to their faith than other believers.

Muslims are much more likely than Christians and Hindus to say that their own faith is the only true path to paradise, according to a recent global survey, and they are more inclined to say their religion is an important part of their daily lives.

Muslims also have a much greater tendency to say their religion motivates them to do good works, said the survey, released over the summer by Ipsos-Mori, a British research company that polls around the world.

Muslims have this mindset that we alone possess the final truth," Husain says. Muslims believe "Jews and Christians went before us and Mohammed was the last prophet," says Husain, whose book "The Islamist" chronicles his experiences with radicals. "Our prophet aimed to nullify the message of the previous prophets.

Like Christians who wear "What Would Jesus Do?" bracelets, many Muslims feel a deep personal connection to the founder of their faith, the prophet Muhammad, he says


In regards to national commitment, another recent poll conducted in the United Kingdom by Demos, actually found that British Muslims have a greater sense of national...
Read more:http://www.controversialada.com/2016/04/muslims-will-go-to-heaven-more-than.html

WHEN YOUR PRESENCE IS NOT IMPACTFULL, PLEASE GET OUT
By Tommy Udoh

I was at the Nigerian prisons today and i was shocked to know that even in prison there is the church rivalry trend.
In the Port Harcourt Maximum prison, there are seven (7) different church building and yet just one one mosque, even when the prison has a place where all Pentecostal churches worship each of them has gone ahead to build theirs.


Meanwhile, there are no adequate hostels, library and adequate workshops for inmate to acquire skills; where there are space for workshops, there are no equipment or the ones available are obsolete.
It will in fact shock you to know that in the carpentry workshop, there is only one saw despite the fact that there were over 10 inmates undergoing apprenticeship.

Another sad part of my lesson today was that inmates are recycled, this means that despite the huge number of churches in the prison inmates released, still go out to commit crimes that bring them back. This means that the presence of the church is not helping the prison achieve its reformation, rehabilitation and integration objective.

I am writing this piece to inform us that the Prison especially the Port Harcourt prison does not need another church building so please no one should contemplate going to build one; it rather needs a library equipped with book, it needs equipment for its carpentry and tailoring workshops,it need these workshop to be renovated, it needs carpentry equipment, it need more hostel facilities.

Those of us involved in the Prison ministry should do more than going to conduct service and sharing rice, we should do more sustainable things, things that will help the prison rehabilitate, reform and re-integrate inmates into society.

i must commend one of the churches whose halls have been used for the Open University, other churches should please emulate. if you know your church has a church in prison, please advice your leader to turn into a workshop or put it to uses that will help the prison achieve its aim of reformation, rehabilitation and integration.

I also which to appeal to individual to please visit the prison and see what you can do, for me i have decided to buy 3 SAWs, you can buy a spraying machine, hammer, drill, edge mold, pay for the renovation of the workshops, buy sewing machine.

The best way to start is to go and pay a visit to the prison.
I re-iterate, if your presence can not make meaningful impact, please get out!

Just wondering how Many gods we have as Christians! Wahala dey!
Source:http://www.controversialada.com/2016/04/nigeria-prison-and-religion.html

cckris:
Are you that hopeless, beyond redemption? If you can't find THE NEW COVENANT, promised in Jeremiah 31:31, which was established by Jesus, THE MESSIAH, or CHRIST in Greek, then you're most pitiable among humankind.

Hello, did you read the write up at all? how can we be so forward to condemn ppl.
Chai! Egwu di

Haba were dem dey submit d account details... Mine needs robbing

OK nah! What about Rivers Rail abandoned?

His it concern ye.
Amebo

This is what I call '21st Century African Woman'
I am encouraged

Which way forward

Amebo[sup][/sup]

Ah! I like. Gbagan

Noted

What? was that advise meant for losers or what? Nawaooo, people too like success but are afraid to take the risk yet they open their dirty mouth to insult those who have taken the risk and are enjoying the dividend.
Ask Oga Dangote weda he would have preferred his uncle Dantata salary to where is now!
Bro, all is risk, if you want to grow above average, u gat to take the risk mehn

I think its time we act and quit watching. we have watched for a long time

WHY COME UP WITH A CASE AFTER LOOSING?

I don't wish to go circular with my report and research. For Months now the case of Governor Ikpeazu of Tax Fraud has been splashed through the media. Can we start with the obvious questions. let us back date a bit;

A PDP chieftain and governorship aspirant in the December 8, 2014 PDP primaries in Abia state, Sir Friday Nwosu had shortly after the primary election won by Ikpeazu approached the Federal High Court accusing him (Ikpeazu) of forging the tax certificates he submitted to the electoral body.

QUESTION
Why did he(Friday Nwosu) withheld the accusation till after the primaries which he lost?
In other words; assuming Friday Nwosu won the primaries, this accusation might not have happened even if it was the truth. (Nigerians wake up)
Again;

While the matter was going on, the presiding Judge, Justice M. S. Shuaibu was transferred to Kaduna. However, the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court directed him to hear and conclude the matter in his Owerri, Imo State former division.

QUESTION
Why was Justice M.S. Shaibu all of a sudden transferred to Kaduna?
Even though he was still in charge of the case, why the transfer. I sense foul play already but let us continue with the examination (wait ooo, are you telling me that you are not seeing the obvious loophole?)
While the matter was going on, the presiding Judge, Justice M. S. Shuaibu was transferred to Kaduna. However, the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court directed him to hear and conclude the matter in his Owerri, Imo State former division.

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/03/ikpeazus-tax-forgery-suit-cj-petitioned-alleged-illegal-communication/


Oh ok, hear this;
However, when the matter came up on Friday, March 18, 2016, at the Federal High Court, Owerri Division, for the adoption of written addresses by parties, Ikpeazu’s lawyer, Mr. Casmir Elele informed Justice Shuaibu that the order directing him to hear and conclude the matter has been revoked by the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Abuja, an information that surprised the Judge who has not been informed by the Chief Judge.

QUESTION
How come? How can an ordinary Attorney be in charge of an information concerning all?
Ohhhh! This is really embarrassing.
As a party interested in the poor exploited masses, I rather jubilate on how two elephants are busy killing themselves but on second thought, 'Na we the grass dey suffer am ooh'.
I remember that it is our resources these hoodlums are using to run their personal selfish interest.

Ngwanu hear grammar from Justice Shaibu;
'He therefore promised to probe to know how Elele was the only person who has the information which neither he nor the applicant and his lawyers have, saying that he would find out if the lawyer of his principal had been having communication with his boss, the Chief Judge of Federal High Court'.
Justice Shuaibu adjourned the matter to Thursday 28th April, 2016, to enable him confirm from the Chief Judge if there was an order directing him to hands off the matter.

QUESTION
Bikonu, who is fooling who in this country?
If this case were to involve an average Nigerian, will these long procedures be put in place?
Wait ooo, seems we are really enjoying this evil actors in justice regalia. It is obvious money has exchanged hands but why ridicule the Justice system of a whole country where poor man rely on for proper justice?

Just read further to see how Nwosu fooled himself further;

Meanwhile, the applicant [Nwosu] on his own has petitioned the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Auta, seeking to confirm whether he revoked the order he granted Justice M.S. Shuaibu to hear and conclude the tax forgery case against Governor Okezie Ikpeazu. “In my humble view, there is no way C.C Elele should be in possession of any order revoking Your Lordship’s fiat granted in my favour, when I do not have any copy or any knowledge about it.

“The Judge, lawyers and everybody in the court were very surprised how Barrister C. C. Elele was the one informing Hon. Justice Shuaibu of official information which Your Lordship, the Honourable Chief Judge should communicate to him if it exists.

Again, between Monday 14th March 2016 and today 18th March 2016, nothing happened and no party complained against Hon. Justice Shuaibu to the best of my knowledge. “What could have happened, and what could have warranted revocation of My Lord’s fiat if any, and how could My Lord have sent Barrister Casmir .C. Elele (3rd Defendant’s Counsel) to come and announce same to the Court and to us publicly in the circumstances”, Nwosu said in the petition.”
Meanwhile, the applicant [Nwosu] on his own has petitioned the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Auta, seeking to confirm whether he revoked the order he granted Justice M.S. Shuaibu to hear and conclude the tax forgery case against Governor Okezie Ikpeazu. “In my humble view, there is no way C.C Elele should be in possession of any order revoking Your Lordship’s fiat granted in my favour, when I do not have any copy or any knowledge about it. “The Judge, lawyers and everybody in the court were very surprised how Barrister C. C. Elele was the one informing Hon. Justice Shuaibu of official information which Your Lordship, the Honourable Chief Judge should communicate to him if it exists. Again, between Monday 14th March 2016 and today 18th March 2016, nothing happened and no party complained against Hon. Justice Shuaibu to the best of my knowledge. “What could have happened, and what could have warranted revocation of My Lord’s fiat if any, and how could My Lord have sent Barrister Casmir .C. Elele (3rd Defendant’s Counsel) to come and announce same to the Court and to us publicly in the circumstances”, Nwosu said in the petition.”

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/03/ikpeazus-tax-forgery-suit-cj-petitioned-alleged-illegal-communication/
Gbangan!
Oya make una continu dey fool una sef.
This report is one among million other reports that would be swept under the carpet as usual. The fact that we sit back, fold hands and complain remains the main reason these hoodlums would continue to loot our money and demand us to prais them while doing so!
Arise great men and women of Integrity! Arise and demand for Accountability and Transparency in Government. If you keep mute, they will keep looting!
Today Oyo is issuing ultimatum for salaries owed! what might happen to other tomorrow would be unimaginable if we continue to watch.

Source:http://www.controversialada.com/2016/04/governor-ikpeazu-tax-fraud-underlying.html

Now see more reactions from Vanguard Report;

‘I won’t withdraw forgery case against Ikpeazu’

UMUAHIA—CHIEF Friday Nwosu, who dragged Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State to court over alleged forged tax certificates, has vowed to continue with the matter despite “attacks and intimidation organised against him.” Nwosu said he remained “resolute and undaunted, in spite of official and clannish attempts to appease him for an out-of-court settlement of the suit.”

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/04/wont-withdraw-forgery-case-ikpeazu/
Bikonu my countri pipu... who dey fool who for this matter?

I LIKE EL-RUFAI
By Tommy Udoh

From the day i read Accidental public servant by Mallam Nasir El Rufai, i knew like with a conviction that this is a great man. but quite sadly, our society celebrates charlatans and demonize good people.
hear him


I LIKE EL-RUFAI
"This is something I find both disturbing and disappointing. In any argument and situation, if you have your facts and you are right, you don’t need to refer to religion. Religion doesn’t win arguments for you. What I have found in life is that the moment a person introduces religion in any situation, I know they are wrong because if you are right, have facts and can justify your position, why bring God into it? God will judge us on the day of judgment. People only revert to religion and ethnicity when they have run out of convincing arguments. What I find in Kaduna State is that people can bring religion into everything. I think more than any state in Nigeria, Kaduna state has suffered more in terms of religious and ethnic divisions and that should be a lesson for us but what I found out is that the elite have one weapon and that is religion and it is sad. But, unfortunately for them they have not studied me. If anyone has studied my career at the FCT, they would know that playing the religious card with me will fail all the time, because the moment you play that card, I know you are an adversary that needs to be put down and I will not look back until I am done with you.
One of your policies that has generated a lot of controversy is the religious preaching bill. What does the government want to achieve when it becomes law and how are you going to tackle the anxiety that it has generated among the people?
Kaduna State, more than any state in Nigeria, if you take out the Yobe, Borno and Adamawa axis, which suffered from Boko Haram insurgency, has suffered the most from death and destruction of property due to misuse and abuse of religion. More people have been killed in Kaduna from the words that people have said. And if you go back in history to when the Maitasine incident happened; he was a Cameroonian that came to Nigeria and started preaching. The Emir of Kano had him deported back to Cameroon. After that, he managed to smuggle himself back again and continued preaching. He was preaching a version of Islam that was intolerant, a version that called other Muslims pagans and so on. But in spite of what he was preaching, he acquired followers and we all know what happened. Military operation had to be mounted to flush them out. Those that escaped from the Maitasine crisis moved to Borno State and started the Kalakato sect, which again led to many deaths and destruction in the early 1990s. All these came from people that were not trained in religious matters, people that woke up and started preaching and acquiring followers and inevitably their sects grew in large numbers to threaten communities and there were clashes.
That was also how Muhammed Yusuf started. He was a student of Sheik Jaafar Adam in Kano. They fell out because Jaafar felt that some of the views he was expressing were extreme and intolerant. He went and started his own sect and we all know what happened and we are still dealing with it.
Thus, when you have such things happening in your country, I think as leaders, we have to sit down and examine ourselves and the society and see what we can do to prevent it.
In my opinion, it is the lack of regulation of religion that led to all these circles of death and destruction. Just recently, we had the Shi’ite problem in Zaria, following a similar pattern.
I believe that before you start preaching in any religion, you should have gone through a system of education, training and some kind of certification. Even those that deal with the physical life get certified, let alone those that deal with the spiritual life. We initiated this bill from the Kaduna State Security Council, based on reports of new sects emerging in Kaduna State.
Are there recent cases?
There is one around Makarfi called Gausiyya, they do their Zuhr prayer around 11am, different from other Muslims. This is how this thing starts and if you don’t resolve it quickly, it grows into something else.
A woman in Makarfi said Prophet Muhammad (SAW) was speaking to her and sick people started going to her for their healing. The husband of this woman was busy collecting N1,000 as consultancy fee before people could see his wife. We had to take steps to end that movement because before you know it, people would start coming from far and wide and this woman would become our next problem.
It was the report of two or three of these that compelled us in the security council to ask the question, whether or not there was a law that regulates preaching. Then we were told there was a law; since 1984 after the Maitasine problems, the administration passed the law. It was subsequently amended several times to increase the fine and the imprisonment term. This is a living problem and we know it. Christian priests, the ones I know, go to seminary and spend so many years there, study under a more experienced Reverend to learn what to say and what not to say.
Religious leaders don’t preach hatred; they preach peace, tolerance and love. But today in my religion of Islam, anybody can wake up and start a sect; there is no control. In those days, from Islamiyya School, if you chose that line, you needed to study more books. After that, you would go to the East (Borno area) for more studies and training. Then from there, you would go to a mosque and begin to call people to prayer before you become an imam in any mosque. Before you became an imam of a Friday mosque, the community must agree that you were well learned and competent. But now, everyone can build a mosque, put up loudspeakers, call himself an imam and start disturbing people at night.
A priest that has gone through thorough teachings and training would not go and ask people to cause trouble and kill each other. They are trained men of God. In Christendom today, we all know that some people would drink something overnight and wake up the next day and claim they are apostles, that God had spoken to them. You could not disproof that because you were not there with him and he would start to collect followers. When he begins to preach hatred, what can you do? Is it the society we want? This is the question. The logic behind this law is to strengthen the 1984 laws so as to regulate and ensure that those that are given the opportunity to preach at least know what they are doing, they have a level of responsibility to develop the society rather than divide it. This is our goal; we don’t have anything...
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