₦airaland Forum

To the husband of cause.

Ozima, give me three reasons why I should marry you?

Please also include your ages in your responses so we will know if your validity has expired or about to expire, just kidding.
@ topic,
1. I’m cooldude62
2. I’m the hottest guy on the block ( check ma pic )
3. I will take you to heaven and back everytime we meet till the end of your life!
Ah! What a game to play on Sunday

Is it the picture that has your phone number attached? You are so desperate!!! Do you really believe that some sane girl on Nairaland will call that number? Change your name to "Desperate Dude62"

Loyal means: "Faithful to a person, ideal, custom, cause, or duty".

You are one hell of a sweetheart. My brother will marry you.

'Am romantic, [b]loyal [/b]and respectful.

Loyal to what?

I am, and would be, [b]entirely [/b]faithful

Entirely?

He was the first premier of Northern Nigeria and a descendant of Usman Dan Fodio. He led his party, the NPC to form alliance with Azikiwes NCNC to foster our independence from the British YET, there are few monuments in Nigeria to immortalize him. Why should the likes of Murtala Muhammed(a villain), Alvin ekoku(don't know what he did for Nigeria) and Herbert Macaulay make it to our currency before the great Ahmadu Bello? Awolowo, Namdi Azikiwe etc has airports, universities, currencies, boulevards to their names but Ahmadu Bello has only a university and 200 naira(which was done lately) to his name.

Ahmadu Bello was a man of peace, very brilliant and an Obama of the 20th century. Because of his gruesome murder, is it not appropriate to dedicate a day for him as our national holiday?

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Sir Ahmadu Bello

this post was uncalled for. classless

She is passing such an offensive statement as a joke. I think the moderator should be notified.

And more ugly Nigerians:
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Nigeria's Samuel Peters and Vitali Klitschiko in a news conference in NY aug 27. Next bout is oct 11th 2008 @ Berlin Germany for Peters WBC title.

And calling us "ugly" and hungry people was deliberate too?

Enjoy more of the gory pictures:

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@deepzone

E don over, i dey talk of 3,4,5 years separation. Updating no be bad idea because them sef dey monitor my movement.

How do you know they monitor your movement? Your mind could be playing tricks on you.

Only the yoruba village movies interest me nowadays.
The rest are rubbishhhhhhhhhhhhhh

So all the yoruba movies are top notch and there are no stupid ones abi? I do not like science fiction movies and most action movies but i know lots of people that love them, does that mean it should be scrapped because i hate them?

What a dumb idea. How can you scrap an independent industry you did not create? Is the Nollywood a government ministry that milks our govt resources without anything to offer? You can propose to scrap NFA, SSS, NP, NYSC,NDLEA because we support them with taxpayers money but NollyWood is a private thing and as long as they are not doing anything to incite anti govt sentiments, or jeorpadize the security in our nation and lives of it's citizens , what is your business with what they make?. Even the Nollywood movies are limited by the Nigerian govt through the censorship board to the stories they can publish. In America, they make top notch movies as well as real stupid ones, will you also propose to scrap Hollywood because of that?

[size=14pt]How many times will i say this, IF YOU DON"T LIKE NOLLYWOOD MOVIES, STOP BUYING, WATCHING OR PATRONIZING IT.[/size]

This bad belle is getting out of hand.

@Deepzone: Yes, am sure. And if you find any group before islam, that surpassed what islam did, before Islam did for women, then tell us. Lets wager before you begin your search! I give you three months to search; your search should include Judaism and Christianity before Islam. When you fail, then I want to see you enter islam! Deal?

Why not give us an insight on when islam started and what they actually did because i'll love to learn?

Is he not from the north? What do you expect? One of them even insinuated that Britain sided with the Biafrans during the war. Can you imagin? Those people's IQ are no better than nama's.

So you are saying that Sotherners have an IQ equivalent to that of malu? is that what you are saying? Your name is quota system abi? Pray tell you guys won't even smell any top govt positions if it were by merit, no wonder you like quota system so much.

And yes. . . before You attack me jst prepare yourself [b]cuzz I know you is[/b] one of 'em.
I'm certainly not talkin to the poster.

@Bold, Typical African American.

@Klas and Keba

Nigeria is not as hot or even close as Texas. So, it doesn't require anything higher than SAE's minimum cooling requirements.

It depends, Nigeria especially the north has high temperatures even more than Texas but the humidity in Texas is higher.

In Nigeria you can see an applicant walking around with a $1000 cell phone. Nigerian people have a culture of procuring a cell phone not necessarily for communication but to ascertain their social status. In America, nobody cares or checks the type of cell phone you are using. Your CEO in America may be using Nokia 3310 simply because it rings louder and he can hear the speaker more clearly and it's more user friendly than the complex ones.

Why? Why can't we invest our money in better things like stocks, bonds etc than in Nokia, Samsung, Motorolla etc? Especially when those cell phones can be stolen from us in a minute. Do you know that if you buy a $500 cell phone with a lot of features that YOU DON"T NEED, you are just paying for nothing. If you only use your cell phone to make and receive calls, why spend a fortune buying Nokia N95? You are just buying what you don't need and I don't think that any of us will love to spend our money on marijuana for eg even though we don't smoke it.


Spend Wisely For a better Tomorrow!!!

what is the difference between river jordan, pool of siloam that was recorded in your bible and river osun?

The difference is that the ones recorded in the bible is just a river and no god or goddess was being worshiped.

weak men Huh for church and another mans' wife Huh
that's ridiculous

What's ridiculous? don't you have men that come to church for the sole purpose of nabbing women?

@post

Capital NO

i don't live in/with the past. Time to move on with life, 3 out of my ex are happily married (that is what i heard) while one is confused about accepting a poor guy's proposal. Just happy married life phone call chats if she want to talk and a big BYE!

Are you sure you've gotten over them this one you are following their story and updating yourself on what is going on in their lives?

whatever!!

Poll for today 06/09/2008


Question: Is Murtala Mohammed a Detrabalized Nigerian Hero?

Yes 9 (40.9%)
No 13 (59.1%)

Total Votes: 22



I can see DEEPZONE face bleak with fury.

Why? when No is 13? did you even understand the question?

You again.

What do you mean by that? You again too!!!

How far back do I have to go, when I am in Orolu Kingdom, further back than 21century? [b]By the way, the first advocate of gender equality is Islam! [/b]And if you argue this point with me, I will have to ask you to wage with me. And the wager is that if I can present compelling argument in favor of Islam, you will become a muslim right away. I want to go that far. Maryland has a lot of Mosque and muslims anyway. You will fit right in. Am sure in Orolu Kingdom, there are many muslims, right?

@Bold, are you sure about this?

How do y'all raise money in Islam? Is it by alms, donations, oil money/federal allocation or thanksgiving? If it's by donation or thanksgving/tithe, do you accept money from the likes of IBB, Abdulsalaami, Adedibu, Arisekola Alao etc when it's obvious that they stole the money? Who is your treasurer and book keeper? Do you probe them sometimes?

[size=14pt]HOW RASHIDI LADOJA EMBARRASSED IBADAN PEOPLE [/size]

Abiodun Ladepo Wednesday, September 3, 2008

oluyole2@yahoo.com
Uijeongbu, South Korea



The news came to me as a rude shock: that former Oyo State governor, Rashidi Ladoja, was arrested…arrested by the EFCC, on gazillion charges of corruption! My natural instinct as a typical "shon-of-the-shoil" was to go into self-denial. There had to have been a huge mistake somewhere. Ladoja could not have embezzled (how much was it again?) N6.5 billion. Some reports have it as N8 billion. But for the sake of argument, we'll stay with N6.5 billion. Either way, this is sad.





We will believe, as the EFCC has charged, that Ladoja egregiously contravened sections of the EFCC Act, the Criminal Code, the Money Laundering Prohibition Act, the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act, by, among other offences, diverting £600,000 to one of his numerous women, Mrs. Bimpe Ladoja. What he asked her to do with the money, only God (and now the EFCC) knows; that he diverted N78 million, belonging to the people of Oyo State to one Adewale Atanda, the point-man that he used purchasing Quarters 361 in Agodi, Ibadan. Until now, I did not know that a building existed in Agodi that was worth N78 million. I did not know that even the Government House, also located in Agodi, was worth N78 million; that through this same Atanda man, Ladoja skimmed N154 million off the coffers of the State and used the money to placate state legislators who supported him during his travails with the late Lamidi Adedibu; and that Ladoja squandered N41 million belonging to his people on lawyers as fees for election petitions. I did not know that all these election petitions were paid for by government! I can go on and on…what about the N25 million (chicken change) he just took for "personal" use, aside from his free-of-scrutiny Security Vote which ran into millions? What about the "measly" $3000 he gave to one Yinka Ladoja? I can go on and on, but I am not going to waste your time by listing all the charges leveled against this devious and dyed-in-the-wool pilferer. In fact, it will do no good as the EFCC did announce that the list is not exhaustive. They may have more charges coming.

Whichever way you skin this Ladoja cat, it does not portend any good for Ibadan people. Ibadan people had been the most vociferous about wanting to decide who governs Oyo State, if not govern it themselves. And truly, just by its sheer population and size, Ibadan, (like Oyo and Ogbomosho), ought to have a major say, if not its way, in who governs Oyo State, and how Oyo State is governed. But the likes of Ladoja, and before him, Lam Adesina, make mockery of Ibadan's claim to leadership in Oyo State. I will return to Adesina's case shortly.

Anybody who has an iota of knowledge about Oyo State politics will tell you that no serving or past politician womanizes more than Ladoja. But nobody quarrels with Ladoja about that - certainly, not this writer. That issue lies in the purview or Mrs. Ladoja1, Mrs. Ladoja2, or any of the other Mrs. Ladoja; which is why I have not bothered to write extensively about it, in spite of the fact that it stares you in the face everywhere you go in the State. What concerns me, and should concern every right-thinking son and daughter of Ibadan is that Ladoja perpetuated the eons-old stereotype of Ibadan people as thieves. Ibadan, omo agesinkole - Ibadan, one who robs majestically - is a popular praise-song of Ibadan people. They were perceived as people that stole with impunity. They were perceived as indolent, good-for-taxi-driving and meat-selling only.

Lam Adesina was the first governor of Oyo State, in the current political dispensation, who truly had the opportunity to burnish the image of Ibadan people and elevate their standing in the State by leading a purposeful government. Elected on the platform of the now-comatose AD party, Adesina, a former teacher and columnist in the Ibadan-based Nigerian Tribune was a personification of ineptitude. I am still befuddled by the irony of the fact that throughout his entire stewardship, Adesina, a former teacher, as stated above, hardly paid teachers' salaries on time. Before he became governor, Adesina lived in the Felele area of Ibadan. Felele, when I actively lived there between 1983 and 1986, had not had pipe-borne water for the previous 12 years. Essentially, when Adesina lived there, he did not have water either. The man governed Oyo State for a solid four years and did nothing to provide water for the people of Oyo State. He did nothing for the people of Oyo State. By the time Adesina was rigged out of office by the duo of Adedibu and Ladoja, practically everybody I knew in Ibadan rained curses on him. This was a man who had used his newspaper column to preach good governance. It turned out that he was a faux progressive.

When the late Bola Ige, during his tenure as a UPN governor of Oyo State (1979 -1983) commented that Ibadan people did not have anybody qualified enough to govern Oyo State, Ibadan people went into an uproar, rightfully angry at the direct insult. The late Adisa Akinloye and Richard Akinjide, eminent members of the then NPN, sought out Dr. Omololu Olunloyo to help prove Bola Ige wrong. The 1983 elections were rigged by the NPN to "elect", in a landslide, Olunloyo as governor of Oyo State. He would be the first native of Ibadan to govern the State. We will never know how Olunloyo might have performed in office, for, the entire civilian administrations in Nigeria were toppled by Muhammadu Buhari, giving Olunloyo just three months as governor. We can only say that in those three months, he had begun to show some promise.

Olunloyo, an acclaimed mathematics lecturer at the University of Ibadan, sought to polish the image of Ibadan people and dispel the notion that kleptomania and laziness were ingrained in them. His efforts must have come to naught as, after Olunloyo, Ibadan people have produced, back-to-back, two pathologically lazy and incompetent governors - Lam Adesina and Rashidi Ladoja, and one inveterate thief, Rashidi Ladoja. If you count the late governor Lamidi Adedibu (he might not have been duly elected, but he was the de facto executive governor), then Ibadan produced two inveterate thieves - Ladoja and Adedibu.

And so I ask myself, what good has Ibadan done for Oyo State? Is Ibadan a curse on Oyo State, or is it a blessing? Would Oyo State have faired better without Lam Adesina, Rashidi Ladoja and Lamidi Adedibu?

If Ladoja spent most of his term fighting Adedibu and about a year on "impeachment" his ability to gobble N8 billion smacks of nothing but ingenuity. Where was this man's conscience when residents of Alaadorin in Ibadan told him that they had not had pipe-borne water for over 20 years? Where was this man's conscience when residents of Yejide in Ibadan told him that their elementary school still had pit latrines in 2007? Where was this man's conscience when the people of Oke Ogun complained of dilapidated roads? Where was this man's conscience when the people of Ogbomosho complained of dirty, disease-infested hospitals that also lacked medicines and medical practitioners? Where was this man's conscience when the farmers of Oyo town complained of the absence of government assistance in agricultural modernization? Where was his conscience? He didn't have one! And because he didn't have one, he didn't visit any of these communities during his tenure as governor. He was ensconced in the plush Government House, Agodi, from where he routinely commuted to Lagos to revel in women, his pastime, and spend some time with former governor Bola Tinubu. This was the governor of my state.

And before any of you hyper-sensitive and hyper-ventilating Ibadan indigenes write back to accuse me of insulting and ridiculing your people, go and read my "How Alamieyeseigha Embarrassed the Ijaw Nation" published on this website. Read my "Fayose: Vox Populi, Vox Dei" and a host of other articles addressing corrupt politicians all over Nigeria. If I can see the mote in other people's eyes, I should be able to see the log in mine. What is good for the goose is also good for the gander, they say. I cannot, in good conscience, criticize governor Alao-Akala for stealing N1 billion and then pretend that all is hunky-dory with Ladoja stealing N6.5 billion. If you are a native of Ibadan and you are offended, suck it up and drive on. You are no more an Ibadan native than I am. My family house in Oja'ba is just three minutes walk to the Olubadan palace. You can hardly get more native than that. If you are not ashamed of Ladoja, I am. And oh, remember that like Baba Adedibu, Ladoja is in line to become the Olubadan. The man is just 64 years old. There is a good possibility that he ascends the throne. If he does, you and I would have a jailbird Olubadan. Try that for size at the first meeting of the Oyo State Council of Obas when Olubadan Ladoja (God forbid) challenges the Alaafin of Oyo for the chairmanship of the Council. I am so very ashamed.

We can only dream about what N8 billion or just N6.5 billion could have done for the people of Oyo State. Street lights, maybe? School chairs in some elementary and secondary schools perhaps? New roads to open up some of our rural areas? Farm equipment and financial aids to our farmers? Public toilets around our cities, towns and villages? Improving our drainage systems to prevent further erosion of our roads? Financial aids to students who cannot afford higher education? Computers for some of our elementary schools? Community policing to stem the rash of armed robberies? Building new motor parks and bus stops in and around our cities? Yes, we can only dream about what N6.5 billion could have done for us. That money is sitting coolly in the private bank accounts of Rashidi Ladoja, while the people of his home town, Ibadan, nay, the people of his home state, Oyo, continue to languish in abject penury and wallow in squalid conditions. If, as the EFCC has charged, Ladoja did breach the trust of his people, my prayer is that every kobo that he stole is recovered from him before he is carted off to jail in some far away hot and humid place like Kaura Namoda.





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Police parade kidnappers of 78-year-old, 4-year-old
Written by Adekunle Aliyu
Friday, September 5, 2008
The Police in Abuja yesterday arrested and paraded five persons including three students of the Imo State University, a borehole driller and a driver who kidnapped Chief Sylvanus Udenkwo, a 78-year-old man at his home in Ofeiyi Umudi in Nkwerre Local Government Area of Imo State and demanded a N5 million ransom payment.




Also paraded yesterday was one Chinonso Benjamin, a final year student of Abia State University who kidnapped 4-year-old Master Chima Orjiako at Mbutu Umuawuka Emii community in Owerri North Local Government of Imo State and demanded the sum of N400,000.


Explaining the modus oparandi of the kidnap of Chief Udenkwo, Inspector-general of Police, Mike Okiro said the suspects, Paul Anyanwu, Chimaobi Azuoma, Ifeanyi Ofoebgu (students), Ujunwa Duru and Akunwafor Festus, kidnapped the chief on the 1st of June 2008, after posing as officials of MTN Communications outfit who were looking for land to mount a mast for their company.


“In the process of showing them a piece of land for this purpose, the victim was kidnapped at gun point and kept for nine days having demanded the sum of N5million as ransom from his children.


Police detectives from Imo command acting on intelligence, located the operational base of the suspects, stormed and rescued the victim without payment of the ransom, and the five suspects were arrested”, the IG said.


One of the kidnappers, Paul Anyanwu disclosed that he masterminded the kidnap of the old man because “He is my brother. I served him for 5 years on the agreement that he would sponsor my trip abroad. But after 5years, sent me packing from the house without fulfilling his promise. He just pushed me away.”


“He said I stole N12, 000 from his wife and I said I did not steal any money and he pushed me away. I them went and arranged with Festus to kidnap him so that he would bring out the money by force”.


On the kidnap of little Chima Orjiako, Okiro said, “On the 9th of July, a group of armed youths kidnapped the little child and demanded ransom from the parents.


Police detectives from the state command, acting on information, swooped on their hideout at Emii, arrested a suspect, one Francis Chinonso Benjamin while others escaped”.


Commenting on the kidnap, Chinonso said, “I was writing my final exam in marketing when a friend called me and said he wanted me to help collect money, that he kidnapped his brother’s son and that if he goes to collect the ransom, he would be recognized.


He said he wanted a strange face and that I would be given N400, 000. When I went to collect the money, I was arrested”.

http://odili.net/news/source/2008/sep/5/301.html

This people You take one step ahead, they take you 3 steps behind. This particular people hm hm hm.

[size=14pt]Oyo: Muslims kick against return of schools to missionaries [/size]
By Adeolu Adeyemo
Friday, September 5, 2008
Muslim community of Oyo State on Thursday kicked against the stance of the state governor, Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala, towards agitation for the return of schools to their owners.



Akala had, while receiving members of the Olivet Baptist High School, Oyo Old Students’ Association led by the National President, Mr. Olusegun Ahmadu, in his office, said returning schools to their former owners was one of the corrective options to re-introduce discipline and good morals into schools, thereby bringing back the lost glory of education system in the country.



The Muslim community, in a communiqué made available to newsmen in Ibadan and signed by its chairman, Alhaji Waheed Olajide and secretary, Alhaji Wahab Gbadeyanka, described the development as unfair.



It said such move was deliberate to widen the educational gap existing in the state to the disadvantage of the Muslims. The community said the return of schools to missions by government was uncalled for, adding that it registered its opposition to such action.



It called on the government to consider opportunities rather than favouring a particular group, adding that a lot of government investments were in these schools and government could not afford to hand over the assets to a few.


http://odili.net/news/source/2008/sep/5/609.html

Again, CBN sacks Wema Bank chief, Omoyeni
By Ade Ogidan, Enitar Ugwu, Adeyemi Adepetun (Lagos) and Mathias Okwe, Abuja

THERE may be no end yet to the lingering crisis rocking Wema Bank Plc as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday removed the bank's Group Managing Director (GMD)/Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mr. Adebisi Omoyeni.



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Omoyeni's sack was contained in a statement yesterday by the CBN Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo.

But sharp reactions have come from a section of Nigerian shareholders, who decried CBN's role in the Wema Bank's saga.

Apart from the removal of Omoyeni as the bank's boss, the CBN also appointed three new members to complement the existing members of its board.

They are Mr. Layi Alabi, acting Managing Director/CEO, Mrs. Christy Okoye, Executive Director and Mr. Iliya Dauda Rapu Ndirpaya, Executive Director.

Also, the CBN announced that the Acting MD, Mr. John Aboh, will continue to act till Monday, September 8, 2008 when he will hand-over to Alabi.

Omoyeni last night confirmed receiving the CBN sack letter and said he was going to embark on a next line of action which he however, declined to expatiate.

When The Guardian spoke with Alabi, who is currently out of the country, he confirmed that the CBN got in touch with him "a few minutes ago".

He said that he would be back in the country soon to take up the appointment.

Mr. Alabi was executive director in charge of commercial banking with Union Bank of Nigeria Plc. He left the bank about two years ago.

He is managing a company, Redesel that is into production of directories on insurance and banking.

Reeling out what led to its decision, the CBN's statement entitled: "Banks and other Financial Institutions Act 1991 as Amended", Removal and Appointment of Directors of Wema Bank Plc", the apex bank chronicled that:


Whereas in exercise of powers under section 32 of Banks and Other Financial Institutions Act 1991 (BOFIA), a special Examination of Wema Bank Plc was ordered and the Special Examination Report has been concluded;

whereas the Central Bank of Nigeria is satisfied that WEMA Bank Plc faces challenges in the circumstances described under Section 32 of BOFIA and it being in the interest of the public to ensure good corporate governance in the management of WEMA Bank Plc and in further satisfaction that the business of WEMA Bank Plc requires immediate strengthening to protect the interest of its depositors and shareholders;

whereas the CBN, NDIC, SEC, ODUA Group, Board Members of WEMA Bank met on 20:08:08 in the desire to find a lasting solution to the crisis bedeviling the bank and signed a Memorandum of Understanding outlining the road map for the resolution of the crisis;

whereas by a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) jointly signed by the relevant stakeholders of WEMA Bank Plc, it was resolved that additional directors be appointed to strengthen WEMA Bank's management team;

whereas the Central Bank of Nigeria is further satisfied that the forceful take over of the affairs of WEMA Bank Plc by Mr. Jeremiah Adebisi Omoyeni despite the Central Bank's express instruction to the contrary portends grave danger for the bank and the financial system and is in violation of the Memorandum of Understanding jointly signed by Mr. Omoyeni and the other relevant stakeholders of WEMA Bank Plc;

and Whereas under the Acting Managing Director since January 2008, WEMA Bank has relatively stabilized, the forceful and illegal take over of the bank by Omoyeni has created tension amongst the rank and file of the staff of the bank, trepidation amongst customers and shareholders thus necessitating that the Central Bank as the Regulatory Authority takes urgent steps to secure and strengthen the bank and safeguard the financial system.

The Wema Bank Plc's saga had continued yesterday with the invitation of Omoyeni by the police.
Speaking with The Guardian yesterday, the bank's spokesman, Tunde Olofintila, explained that Omoyeni came into the office by 1.30 pm but was denied entry by the police, who later invited him to the police commissioner's office in Lagos.

He was later released yesterday after a chat with the police boss.

He also explained that he was arrested on the allegation that he did not fulfil all the conditions reached at the August meeting in Abuja prior to his resumption.

However, when contacted, Omoyeni had said the issue is a storm in a teacup, adding that it will soon be resolved.

An informed source in the CBN had told The Guardian that, all the conditions must be met before Omoyeni could be allowed to resume.

He had noted that, among the terms of the MoU signed by all parties:


All six pending lawsuits relating to the present crisis in Wema bank shall be withdrawn by the parties who initiated them on or before 29th August 2008 and copies of the notices of discontinuance served on CBN.
The withdrawal shall be on the basis that each party undertakes to bear its own cost.


Following the withdrawal of all the suits as mentioned above, CBN shall recall the Managing Director to duty by September 1, 2008.

It was also learnt that after his release by the police yesterday, Omoyeni did not go back to the office.
By the time of this report, his next line of action remained unclear.

However, when contacted on phone by The Guardian, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba denied Omoyeni's arrest.

He insisted that the police did not arrest him, but said he could not confirm whether the police invited him yesterday.

He also explained that as far as the Lagos police commissioner was concerned, what is happening in Wema Bank was an internal affair of the bank, adding that the police will not interfere in the internal affairs of such a corporate organization.

Mba, however, noted that the police would only interfere when it becomes obvious that such affair will disturb public peace.

He was however, categorical in saying that, "as of now, we have not arrested Omoyeni and presently we didn't have such plan.

Omoyeni was supposed to resume duties on Monday, September 1, 2008, but was prevented from doing so by protesting workers of the bank.

On Tuesday, September 2, 2008, he however, resumed amidst heavy security by a detachment of police.

On the same day, the former Acting MD of the bank, Aboh, was invited by the police and later released the same day.

The road back to his Penthouse office started the previous week after a meeting of stakeholders which included the CBN, Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), Security Exchange Commission (SEC), Wema Bank, and ODUA group limited. CBN was represented by its governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, and NDIC by its Managing Director, Alhaji Ganiyu Ogunleye. Others in attendance were Omoyeni, Aboh (acting MD), Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), and the Group Managing Director, ODUA group, Alhaji Jimoh Adebayo.

After the meeting, all parties agreed that suits filed before different courts should be withdrawn on or before August 29, 2008; the two nominees of Odua group should take their seats on the board of the bank; after these two steps, CBN is to recall Omoyeni by September 1, 2008. Other steps to follow include appointment of three independent executive directors by CBN to serve for a period of three to four months, the joint CBN/NDIC special examination report to be laid before the board of the bank for immediate consideration.

The response of the board is to be sent to the CBN within two weeks. SEC is also expected to supervise the disposal of the bank's warehoused shares of 2.7 billion shares. After the disposal, a new list of shareholders is to be compiled while a new board is to be constituted based on the new shareholding structure. The new shareholders are expected to appoint a full set of management team. All these are to be completed by the end of October.

The MoU has however come under attack as the Independent Shareholders Association of Nigeria (ISAN) has argued that the terms were not known to law. ISAN and its coordinator, Mr. Sunny Nwosu were the people that filed the suit before a Federal High Court, Enugu, Anambra State challenging the CBN and Soludo's right to reconstitute the board of the bank.

In a statement Nwosu maintained that his group would not withdraw its case before the court since they were not a party to the agreement reached by the stakeholders. He claimed that his group would never be a party to an agreement where CBN will nominate executive board members to the board of the bank. He insisted that the normal thing to do is for the shareholders to elect their board members and send their names to CBN for ratification.

http://odili.net/news/source/2008/sep/5/7.html

[size=14pt]Idika Kalu heads 40-man N'Delta talks team [/size]


Ani, Onoge, Ihonrebere, Omu, others in panel

From Martins Oloja, Abuja Bureau Chief
THE Presidency yesterday resumed the search for a solution to the Niger Delta question with the constitution of a 40-member team headed by a former Finance Minister, Dr. Kalu Idika Kalu, to hanle the dialogue.



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President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua who is expected to return to Nigeria this morning, has approved the list of nominees to serve on the Technical Committee to review and distil all previous reports on the Niger Delta, and come up with appropriate recommendations on the way forward for the region.

Vice President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is to inaugurate the committee on Monday, September 8, 2008, at the State House, Abuja at s.00 p.m., according to a statement by his spokesman, Ima Niboro.

The committee are as follows:


Dr. Kalu Idika Kalu (Chairman),
Chief E. C. Adiele,
Chief Tony Esu,
Hon. Nduese Essien,
Mrs. Grace Ekong,
Prof. Peter King,
Chief Anderson Eseimokumo,
Prof. Lawrence Ekpebu,
Prof. Austin Ikein and Youpele Banigo.
Also on the list are:

Chief Anthony Ani (MON),
Ukandi Gabriel Ogar,
Col. Edor Obi (rtd.),
Nkoyo Toyo,
Prof. Omofume Onoge,
. B. I. C. Ijeoma,
Chief Isaac Jemide,
Dr. Abel Dafioghor,
Benard Jamaho,
Mr. Sam Amuka Pemu,
Senator Stella Omu,
Ben Bouegha,
Prof. Julius Ihonvbere,
Admiral Peter Ebhalemen,
Charles Edosomhan (SAN),
Prof. E. M. Umezurike,
Dr. Godswill Ihetu,
Cyril Anyanwu,
Dr. Sam Amadi and Hon. D. I. Kekemeke are also on the list.
The others are:

Chief Olusola Oke,
Col. Wole Ohunayo (rtd.),
Engr. Tonye Princewill,
Magnus Njei Abe,
Chibuzor Ugowoha,
Mr. Ledum Mitee,
Mr. Tony Uranta,
Anyakwe Nsirimovu,
Chief Timi Alaibe and Atei Beredu.

The Niger Delta stakeholders' talks had been stalled over its headship after the uproar that followed the initial naming of former Foreign Affairs Minister, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, as chairman of the steering committee.
Gambari, currently a United Nations envoy, later opted out.

The government also charged the summit to a stakeholders' dialogue.

Relatedly, the National Executive Council (NEC) of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) has called on the Federal Government to take more decisive action to develop the Niger Delta.

It said the government had been too slow and sluggish in spite of all the fora and talk-shops held on the issue.

NASU said that it was physical development of the area that was required of the federal government while the oil companies there should devote significant funds for projects in the area's communities.

The national president of NASU, Mrs. Ladi Iliya, stated this yesterday at its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Jos, Plateau State. She said also said that Niger Delta governors should spend a substantial percentage of their revenue earnings from the federation account for the benefit of the down-trodden of the states.

Iliya urged the Federal Government to adequately fund the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to aggressively embark on social services, such as the provision of potable water, effective health care, roads and employment for the restive youth.

While welcoming the electoral reform committee set up by the government, she prayed to God to give it the needed encouragement of patriots to recommend solutions that would impact positively on the future politics of Nigeria. She also urging President Umar Yar'Adua not to allow the outcome of the committee to end up in the archives.

Iliya pledged that NASU would partner with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and other civil society groups to put pressure on Yar'Adua to implement the anticipated recommendations for a credible electoral system.

"we insist that never in life shall Nigerians experience the recent happenings in Kenya and Zimbabwe. Never also shall we allow the 'do-or-die' electioneering of 2007," she said.

Speaking on the proposed increase in the prices of petroleum products, she said the failure of the government to maintain existing refineries and build new ones was responsible for the importation of refined petrol, kerosene and diesel which prices have gone beyond the reach of the people.

Iliya, therefore, called on the government to take full responsibility for its ineptitude and not pass the buck to the citizens. She believed that if the American government can subsidise farming so that its citizens get cheap food, "there is no reason why our government will insist on the removal of subsidies from petrol and petroleum products."

According to her, government should concentrate its energy on how the old refineries can be resuscitated to work at full installed capacity and build new ones to refine the crude oil. She warned that any attempt to increase the prices in January next year as being contemplated by government would be resisted as it would add more burden to the people.

She also called on the government to urgently constitute a body to review, upward, the salaries, allowances and conditions of service of research institutes.

"The research sector suffers total neglect to the extent that even while other tertiary institutions with whom they share some salary structure have government negotiating panels and teams constituted for them the Research Institutes are sidelined,"she said.

She, therefore, implored the President to order the establishment of a National Commission for Research Institutions and Special Projects to coordinate all research institutions in Nigeria for effective performance.

On the on-going negotiations in universities, polytechnics and colleges of Education, Iliya disclosed that NASU was uncomfortable with the inability of government to conclude the talks, a delay which she said was creating an uneasy calm among workers in the sectors that was capable of truncating the relative industrial peace in the institutions.

She stated categorically that while it was not the intention of NASU of engage in any form of disruption of academic activities, "it will be fool-hardy to pretend that we can, as leaders, guarantee industrial peace except government acts speedily to conclude, approve and cause the implementation of the negotiated agreements on salaries, allowances and other conditions of service in these institutions."

She pointed out that unless drastic actions were taken to reposition Education, the desire of the country to feature among the first 20 world economies would be a mirage.

In brief remarks, NLC President, Abdulwaheed Omar, who was never introduced until when he was going to open the meeting after everybody had spoken, regarded as bad news the decision of the Plateau State government to stop deduction of chec- off dues from the workers' salaries.

Omar said that since Governor Jonah Jang came to power through the votes of the people, "it is incumbent on him and his government to respect the rule of law. I know the issue of check-off dues is very clear.

"It is mandatory on employers of government to do just that. So, His Excellency has not been adequately briefed about the situation. May be, it is one of his overzealous administrators in his government out to punish labour," he added

He promised to meet the governor on the matter.



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