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Rip 2 d dead.......obmn d oda hand,BUHARI IS COMING TO THE RESCUE WHILE BOKO HARAM ARE USING THEIR LAST BULLET.

She no get sense at all....sue him 2 court & 80% of the problem is solved.

Port Harcourt – The Nigerian Union in South Africa said
on Saturday that Nigerians lost more than 4.6 million
Rand (N84 million) to xenophobic attacks .
The President of Nigerian Union in South Africa, Mr
Ikechukwu Anyene, on phone from Pretoria, South
Africa, said that the losses were initially put at 1.2
million Rand ( N21 million).
‘’ The Nigerian Union in South Africa has completed
documentation of the losses suffered by Nigerians to
xenophobic attacks.
‘’ Nigerians lost more than 4.6 million Rand or N84
million during the attacks.
’ A mechanic workshop owned by a Nigerian in Jeppes,
near Johannesburg, for example was completely burnt
with 11 cars inside it.
“ The loss is put at more than one million Rand or N20
million,’’ he said.
Anyene said the Union had compiled the losses and
given the list to Nigeria’s Consul-General to South
Africa.
He said Nigerian victims of the attacks needed urgent
assistance to re-settle because many had lost their
means of livelihood.
‘’ The Consul-General has travelled to Nigeria and we
appeal to the Federal Government to do something
urgent to assist Nigerians affected by the attacks.
‘’ We have made representations to the Federal
government .
“ We are also hoping that working with the South
African government, there will be a way to compensate
the affected Nigerians so as to enable them go back to
their normal lives.
‘’ The tension is less now. The South African government
has come out in full force to check the attacks,’’ he
said.
Anyene said the losses suffered by Nigerians were in the
form of vandalised mechanic workshops, burnt
mechanic workshops, looted shops as well as stolen and
burnt cars.
‘’ More than 50 Nigerians were displaced during the
attacks. The Union has assisted them to return home.
‘’ The Union is also planning to assist a family to move
to a new accommodation because the present home is
not safe,’’ he said.
He said the Union carried out a proper documentation
of the attacks, with pictures and other relevant
documents stored to capture the incidents. (NAN)


source: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/04/nigerians-lose-n84m-to-xenophobic-attacks-in-south-africa-2/

ABUJA- FORMER National Chairman of the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur has
attributed the defeat of the party by the All Progressives
Congress, APC during the March 28 and April 11
general elections, to what he termed, failure on the part
of the leadership to adhere to his warning on the
looming loss.
Alhaji Bamanga Tukur and President Goodluck Jonathan
Tukur who noted that he was having the last laugh over
the party’s defeat in the elections, stressed that the
party ignored his warning and refused to mend its
ways.
In a statement yesterday in Abuja, Tukur stressed that
he had warned the party in 2013 that it will suffer
defeat in the 2015 general election if the leaders refuse
to change their ways and allow for internal democracy
within the party.
In the statement titled: “PDP- Were you not warned?”
the former PDP chairman reminded the party leadership
of the speech he read at the PDP National Executive
Committee [NEC] meeting of Thursday, June 20, 2013,
which he presided over as chairman.
Tukur who noted that he had warned his fellow party
leaders and members to have a change of attitude if the
party must succeed, said, “In our efforts to achieve
success, we must rededicate our genuine political
believes, change our attitudes and identify our political
needs. These good values cannot be realized without
accepting the supremacy of the party constitution as
key instrument that ensures progress, stability and
internal discipline.
The former National chairman who also drew their
attention to his words, said, “we must strengthen our
democracy through determination, not personalization,
correction, not manipulation, collectivism, not
individualism and sacrifice, not disservice.
“If these pronouncements are substantial then, the
party should quickly take urgent steps to achieve higher
levels, at least by coming to terms with democratic
norms and practices.”
Tukur argued that he also asked party members to
accord President Goodluck Jonathan some measure of
respect, saying, “We owe ourselves a duty to protect,
project and support our President to leave behind, a
lasting legacy for Nigerians,” while reminding them of
the promises made on the PDP journey.

source: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/04/i-warned-you-on-looming-defeat-tukur-to-pdp/

The All Progressives Congress on Wednesday formally
shut its doors against members of the Peoples
Democratic Party wishing to join its ranks.
The party also enjoined members and leaders of the
ruling party to stay put where they are and rebuild their
party to play its new found role as the main opposition
party.
It admonished the PDP to come to terms with the cold,
hard reality that its fortunes have since plummeted and
that it is now in opposition.
The APC made its position public in a statement signed
by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai
Mohammed, in Abuja.
According to the APC, the leadership of the PDP is not
even waiting to be approached before fleeing to the
APC.
Mohammed said, “PDP leaders and members are falling
over themselves shamelessly and swearing undying
allegiance to the APC.
“Well, in case they did not get the message of the
President-elect and our National Chairman, we want to
repeat it in very blunt terms: PDP leaders and members,
you are not welcome in APC.
“Please stay in your party, but if – as we suspect – you
cannot survive in opposition, then, take a walk, quit
politics.”Mohammed was reacting to a communiqué
issued by the PDP, in which it alleged that the APC was
harassing its members and that it was trying to turn
Nigeria into one party state.
The APC said the fact that the PDP devoted a
substantial part of the communiqué, issued after the
inaugural meeting of the its National Working Committee
and Governors/Senators-elect, complaining about
alleged harassment and intimidation by the APC, instead
of strategizing, shows that it was yet to come to terms
with the reality on ground.
It also observed that the out-going ruling party still
does not understand the enormity of the challenges
awaiting it as an opposition party.Mohammed said, “The
truth of the matter is that the PDP is scared stiff of
being in opposition. We don’t blame them as they have
neither the capacity nor the commitment to be in
opposition.
“A party that stood for nothing but looting and rent
collection will naturally be afraid of being in opposition,
where there is nothing to loot or rent to collect.”The
APC also admonished the PDP to stop whining over an
alleged plan by the APC to use the Election Petition
Tribunals ‘to truncate and subvert the freely given
mandate by the people in the states and constituencies’,
saying it amounts to blackmail.


source: http://www.punchng.com/news/apc-shuts-its-doors-against-pdp-defectors/

abeg na lie..... no need 4 long talk

abeg na lie.....

Meet Nelson Mandela's Great Grand daughter who celebrated her birthday on the 14th of April.

source:
https://mobile.twitter.com/winniemandela/media/grid?idx=0

WYman2:
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Iran violates as well.

What do you call this in your local language?

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1-Syria
Syria occupies the first spot on the list of top 10
countries that are facing huge extent of human rights
violation. According to a UN report, Syrian forces are
responsible for the illegal killing including children,
hospital patients and the employees; torture including
sexual and physical torture. In addition the exploitation
of helicopter gunships and tanks in highly populated
areas, random arrest on an enormous level, destruction
and looting of property, prevention of medical
treatment and arbitrary shelling of civilian residential
areas.
However, UN also blamed the armed opposition fighters
in Syria for violation of fundamental human rights. The
opposition fighters accused of illegal killing, torture,
kidnapping and using children in risky non-combat
characters.

2-Sudan
Human rights institutions have reported a number of
fundamental human rights abuses carried out by the
government forces over the past several years. The
conflicts and armed fighting between the Rebel groups
and the security forces are causing a distress
circumstances for the civilians of Sudan. The
Government authorities failed to protect the civilians
from the strengthened inter-communal clashes, mainly
between Arab pastoral groups.
Many severe violations have taken place in shape of
rape, killings, torture, Ethnic Cleansing particularly in
Darfur, and immense population displacements.The
security forces are performing arrests of activists,
opponent party members, and people suspected of
associations with rebel groups.

3-The Democratic Republic of Congo
The human rights record in the State of Congo has
remained poor in almost all sectors. The records are
revealing the happening of various severe violations
including Unlawful murders, disappearances, rape,
torture, and uninformed arrest by the security forces.
Important thing is that only a few actions were taken to
penalize the violators.
Several armed groups remain active, and their armed
actions on the civilians are continued to occur. Political
disputes have augmented all over the State with protests
against the suggestions to change the Congo’s
constitution and let President Joseph Kabila to run for a
third term.

4-Pakistan
The condition of basic human rights is complex one in
Pakistan because of many factors including diversity of
the country, a large population and an Islamic republic
with mixture of both Islamic and Secular laws.Several
armed actions performed by the Taliban and their
associates during 2013 Parliamentary elections. Many
targeted killings and the bomb attacks carried out
during that election by the Taliban militants. That was
the first time a civilian government transferred the
constitutional power to another civilian government in
the history of Pakistan.
Freedom of the press is permitted but still any report
against the government policy or on a critical military
issue is censored. Freedom House (Non-governmental
association in U.S.) rated Pakistan as “Not Free” and
gave a score of 64 out of 100.Human rights violation
activities made in Baluchistan by the Security forces.
The U.S. drone attacks on some Pakistani remote areas
are also creating violent conditions. A number of people
arrested by the security forces as suspected terrorists
continue to suffer in illegal military custody without
being produced in court or being prosecuted.
Domestic violent behavior against the women is an
epidemic social crisis in Pakistan. According to study
conducted by the Human rights watch in 2009 about
70 to 90 percent of girls and women in Pakistan have
undergone some abuse.

5-Somalia
The new government of Somalia failed to stop the
violation of civilian’s rights. As a result it holds the 5th
spot in the list of top ten countries that are
violating the human rights.The Somalian government
struggled to expand its control beyond the capital and
to some key regions in south-central Somalia in 2013.
Violation of the basic rights have made in Somalia in
terms of sexual violence, indiscriminate attacks, and
random arrests. The Islamist equipped group Al-
Shabaab keeps control of much of southern Somalia
and also increased the number of attacks on high-
profile civilian locals in the Capital.

6-Afghanistan
While talking about Human rights situation in
Afghanistan, there is a lot of conflict and controversy.
Especially Taliban was well responsible for the various
fundamental rights violations in their time of
government. Some areas are still under Taliban control,
where Taliban abused, mainly against women and girls.
A series of highly-profile attacks on women in
Afghanistan highlighted the degree of threat that holds
for Afghan women. The law that was adopted in 2009,
to stop the violence against women, is still not enforced.
The security shift in Afghanistan has moved rapidly as
the International forces handing over areas to Afghan
security forces.

7-Iraq
Iraq remains under harsh circumstances during the
president Saddam Hussein phase of leadership. A lot of
Human rights violations were made during that era such
as mass murder, mental and physical torture, forced
disappearances, assassinations, and deportations. The
total number of murders by torture during that period
is unknown. The associations like Amnesty International
and Human Rights Watch issued regular reports of
extensive illegal custodians and torture.
While talking about violation of basic rights in post-
invasion Iraq, a number of controversies remained
under consideration. The United States and United
Kingdom are investigating numerous allegations of
violations of International along with the internal
standards of conduct in remote events by its own forces
and contractors.On July 18, 2014, the Islamic State of
Iraq the Levant (ISIL) and its partners stricken “untold
hardship and suffering on Iraq civilians”. According to
the UN reports, there is doubt regarding the Iraqi
security forces capabilities to overcome the terrorist
activities.
The reports also revealed that ISIL and its associates are
performing large-scale killings, injuries, and spoil of
properties and livelihoods . These destructive activities
carried out in systematic ways, and the ISIS militants
performed the targeted killings.
In the light of UN provided facts and figures, it is
estimated that over 11,531 civilians were killed, and
almost 1,763 were wounded during the recent months.
The UN reports also mentioned the violations executed
by the ISF (Iraqi Security Forces) and associated forces
including extrajudicial assassinations of detainees and
prisoners.

8-Myanmar
Myanmar (also known as Burma) is one of the top
countries that are facing large-scale violations of basic
rights in several ways. The organizations such as
Amnesty International and the Human Rights Watch
have regularly published reports on the widespread
human rights abuses in Myanmar.The type of abuse
includes Land confiscation, Arbitrary Arrest, Forced
Labor physical torture, Human Trafficking, Rape and
Sexual Violence, Extrajudicial Killings, Child Soldiers,
mental and physical torture.
In addition, a number of human rights violations have
made in the way of Ethnic Cleansing. As the Myanmar
authorities and the Arakanese groups have committed
crimes against the civilians and more importantly
against the Rohingya Muslims since June 2012.
Hundreds of Rohingya Muslims have been killed in
attacks and the precise number of murders is still
unknown because the Government of Myanmar put
restriction on international access to the Rohingya.

9-Yemen
The Government of Yemen failed to defend and maintain
the basic rights of their civilians. The important abuses
include sanctioned inequality especially against women,
officially permitted executions of kid offenders, and
almost no accountability of the earlier governments for
the violation of civilians basic rights.
The armed fight among the Government security forces
and the opposing forces is also causing a great degree
of certain violations. In addition, the state is also busy
in performing armed actions against Al-Qaeda group
along with United States that causing vicious situations.
The security forces of Yemen also accused of unlawful
torture, cruel treatment and even extrajudicial killing
and punishments

10-Nigeria
Nigeria is also in the list of world’s highly ranked
countries that are performing people rights violations at
large scale. The Officials at almost all levels continue to
commit serious abuses.
Women and girls abducted by the Islamist group Boko
Haram are forced to marry, convert, and suffer
psychological and physical exploitation . In addition,
females are forced to unauthorized labor and face rape
incidents. The Islamist group had kidnapped about 500
girls and women since 2009 and increased abductions
since May 2013, when Nigeria forced a state of
emergency in regions where Boko Haram is most
dynamic.
In Nigeria, the Human rights are protected under the
constitution of 1999. Government has made important
improvements in the constitution through the 2012
Human Rights Reports.The Police Force and other
government officials in Nigeria are also entitled for
large scale corruptions such as acceptance of bribes
and stealing public funds.

Today even after passing nearly sixty years of that issue
the Human rights Advocates agree that the exact
implication of Human Rights is still not more than a
dream. It is not the case of one or two countries , but
the violation of basic human rights is occurring in most
parts of the world. Even some of the world’s most
civilized and developed countries are victimized to such
abuses. From the past times, the rights violation are
occurring in several ways such as in Some regions there
is Restriction on liberty of expression of certain
communities. Especially the basic rights of Children and
women are facing great degree of violation in most
parts of the world.
What are the Human Rights?
These are the rights that are basic to all human beings
without the restriction of nationality, place of living,
Religion, Color, race, language, ethnic origin or any
further status. All the people are equally entitled to have
the same rights without any difference. In addition,
these rights are considering as indistinguishable and
interdependent. Such rights often expressed and
guaranteed by law in the way of treaties, general
principles, and other customary global laws.
The worldwide people rights law lays down duties of
Governments of certain countries that are facing
violation of these rights.But there are number of
nations that are not fulfilling their responsibilities to
stop the rights violation.Do you know what are the top
10 countries that are violating the human rights in the
world ?
source: http://www.thecountriesof.com/top-ten-countries-that-violate-human-rights/

The General in his bedroom.
What issue is being discussed at the time this photo
was taken?

David Cameron speaks

Pastor Adeboye and David Cameron in a group
photograph

Pastor Adeboye and David Cameron

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church
of God, (RCCG) Pastor E.A Adeboye, prayed for UK
Prime Minister, David Cameron and the congregation at
the ‘Festival of Life’ programme holding in London.

Pastor Adeboye shared some of the pictures on his
verified Facebook page, Pastor E. A. Adeboye.

Catholics in Nigeria celebrate Mother’s Day.
Some denominations celebrated Mother’s Day on the
fourth Sunday of Lent. Some other countries, like
America (May 11), are yet to celebrate Mother’s Day.
Anyway, whether it is in advance or in arrears, I wish
our beautiful and wonderful mothers a very happy
Mother’s Day.
I celebrate you on this day for your love, motherly care,
patience, sacrifices, the discomfort you went through
during pregnancy and pains at childbirth. I celebrate
you for those sleepless nights and the pregnancies that
created pot bellies out of your flat tummies. We might
buy you gifts, take you out for dinner and spend quality
time with you on Mother’s Day and at some other time,
but we can never repay you for all you have done and
gone through. Whatever we do is just a token of our
appreciation and love.
I dedicate today’s column to all super mothers who
have gone the extra mile and made tremendous
sacrifice in bringing up great children who are useful
members of the society. Specifically, I celebrate the
following women for their great and heroic deeds. Our
first super mother is Mrs. Patricia Ogigirigi. Many years
ago, you showed the world the way to go when you
were holding very important positions in the church
and your children were role models.
One of your daughters got pregnant. More than 90 out
of 100 women in your situation would have secretly
aborted that pregnancy to save themselves the “shame”,
maintain a false façade and continue to live a lie. But
not you; you hauled defiance at what the world will
think or say, you took her in and nurtured her until she
gave birth. You took the baby from her and she went
back to complete her studies. My respect and love for
you have tripled since then.
Thank you for being a real and true Christian mother;
thank you for not throwing away the baby with the
bath water. The last time I came around, the young boy
has grown into a devastatingly handsome man. The
world would have been much poorer had he been
flushed down the drain as a fetus. Happy Mother’s Day,
Super Mother Patricia Ogigirigi.
A few months ago, I saw the photograph of Mrs. Hilda
Adefarasin on the pages of newspapers on her 90th
birthday. At 90, she still looks very trim, beautiful,
elegant and royal. I had not seen or heard about her
for a while and I was wondering until I saw the birthday
photographs. I do not know her personally, but I read a
lot about her in those days, especially when she was
the president of the Women’s Society of Nigeria now
National Council of Women’s societies.
At a time when many women got carried away by the
gale of women liberation and derailed, she came out in
the media to put the records straight: women liberation
does not mean women should shirk their marital and
motherly responsibilities. She proved what she said on
the home front. Her children have turned out great,
whatever earlier hiccups there were. Three of them are
pastors, winning souls for Christ. Happy Mother’s Day,
Super Mother Hilda Adefarasin.
Many years ago, there was a story of a molue that got
burnt with the passengers on board on Third Mainland
Bridge, Lagos. While the fire was raging, a nursing
mother threw her toddler through the window of the
burning bus. The mother was consumed in the inferno
with other passengers, but the baby survived.
Happy posthumous Mother’s Day to this caring and
brave super mother. Mother Teresa of Calcutta was a
Catholic nun. She never had any biological children,
but went on to become the only mother thousands of
sick, abandoned and poor people knew in Calcuta,
India and around the world. She died in 1997. Happy
posthumous Mother’s Day, Super Mother Teresa.
On June 4, 1994, the Rev. (Mrs.) Christiana Bamidele
George sowed a mustard seed which has grown into
humongous shrub sheltering 100s of children. On this
day she started the Little Saints Orphanage whose
programmes over time have transformed over a 1000
lives. Currently the orphanage has over 100 children in
four locations.
Little Saints orphanage has a three-tier programme for
the children: rehabilitation, reformation and
reintegration. Little Saints has brought smiles to
numerous homes of childless couples through adoption.
Surprisingly, the couples adopting these children do not
pay a dime to the orphanage, I learnt. Ultimately, Little
Saints “vision is to erase the stigma attached to the
orphan status and to create a leverage of equality for
these group of children with their peers in the world,
irrespective of the unfortunate circumstances they were
born into. We dream of a greater Nigeria devoid of
street beggars, street children and homeless women
laboring for crumbs.”
Without Mrs. George, these children would have faced
an uncertain future, but because God lives through her,
these children can face tomorrow. What made Mrs.
George’s story more interesting to me was because of
her privileged background. She is the first child of our
former hard-working governor of the Midwest Region,
Dr. Samuel Ogbemudia.
She started her orphanage when it was not fashionable
for the rich, famous and privileged to get their hands
soiled with such issues concerning the “Wretched of the
Earth.” Never mind, now it is become a fad for the rich
and famous to spend birthdays and other landmark
days with the less privileged. Happy Mother’s Day,
Super Mother Christiana Bamidele George.
Happy Mother’s Day to millions of other super mothers,
especially those whose great deeds go unrecognized.
God recognizes you. Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers
who have made enormous sacrifices in bringing up
children who are blessings to their families, their
generations and the larger society. God bless you all
now and always.


source: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/04/happy-mothers-day-to-super-mothers/

Na wa ooo......so apc neva come pwr & pdp don start propaganda. ...Anyway,notin is stoping Kirikiri from granting Madueke Asylum ....

The President of the Nigerian Union in South Africa, Mr
Ikechukwu Anyene, said on Friday that xenophobic
attacks on foreign nationals were on the increase.
Anyene told the News Agency of Nigeria on phone from
Pretoria, South Africa, that the mechanic workshop of a
Nigerian was completely destroyed early on Friday in
Johannesburg.
“In the early hours of today (Friday), the mechanic
workshop of a Nigerian, with 10 cars and all the tools
inside, was destroyed by some South Africans.
“The build up to the attack started last night when the
South Africans started gathering in the neighbourhood
of the Nigerian.
“The Nigerians living there did not sleep and early
today, the South Africans struck,’’ he said.
Anyene said when the South African police intervened,
the attackers dared them and opened fire.
He said though the police chased them away, the
attackers re-grouped and still carried out the act.
“The attacks are spreading and Nigerians do not sleep
again. They keep vigil to ensure that they are not taken
unawares.
“There is tension everywhere. Nigerians have closed
their shops for fear of being attacked,”he said.
Anyene urged the Federal Government to engage the
South African authorities in dialogue with a view to
halting the attacks immediately.
“South Africa has lots of businesses in Nigeria and they
are doing well. Also, South Africans live in Nigeria and
it is on record that Nigerians have never carried out
xenophobic attacks on fellow Africans,” he said.
He said though the South African government had been
responding to the attacks, it was not enough because
more foreigners were being attacked every day.
Anyene added, “Though no Nigerian has been killed, it
may get to that because we have had close shaves with
death.
“The real truth is that Nigerians have lost so much in
their businesses to the attacks. The time has come for
the Nigerian government to make a categorical
statement on these attacks.
“We are not happy with what is happening and
something urgent must be done to stop these attacks.”


source: http://www.punchng.com/news/south-africans-attacks-on-foreigners-increasing-nigerian-union/

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
on Monday declared Sen. Ifeanyi Okowa, the candidate
of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), winner of Saturday
governorship election in Delta. The Returning Officer
for the election, Prof. Bio Nyananyo, announced in
Asaba that Okowa polled 724,680 votes to beat his
closest rival, Chief Great Ogboru of the Labour Party,
who got 130,028 votes.
Chief O’tega Emerhor of All Progressives Congress (APC)
finished in the 3rd position with 67,825 votes.
Nyananyo said that Okowa won in 21 local government
areas out of the 25 in the state while Ogboru clinched
the remaining four LGAs.
“Okowa, having won the highest votes in the elections,
which was contested and having satisfied the provisions
of the law is hereby returned as winner and
governorship-elect for Delta”, he declared.
He announced that 18 political parties participated in
the governorship election while there were 2, 044,372
registered voters and 1,017,796 accredited voters. He
said the exercise recorded 931,808 valid votes while
24,913 ballots were rejected.


source: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/04/okowa-wins-governorship-election-in-delta/