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The document shows that after the bombs went off, Uranta sent a text message to Okah, saying, "Please get JG to withdraw claim," ["JG" being the shortened form of "Jomo Gbomo", the mysterious but widely-known email name used in MEND releases] but Okah responded by text, saying , "Don't even think about that".

Mr. Uranta responded with another text message to Mr. Okah, saying the critical words, "Govt will blame bombing on Northern elements."
That was the last text message before Mr. Uranta joined a delegation of Niger Delta delegates which “commiserated” with Jonathan over the bombings.  Meanwhile, as Jonathan possibly thought the deal to blame the blast on "Northern elements" had sailed through with Mr. Okah, he announced publicly that MEND was not responsible for the bombing even as the MEND had already claimed responsibility.

As was exclusively reported by SaharaReporters, Mr. Okah's house was ransacked by the South African police the day before the Abuja bombings, and his phones and laptops—as well as those of his children—confiscated. The search had been initiated by the Nigerian government, having been tipped off by Western security agents about the impending blast.  MEND had also issued press releases announcing its intentions prior to the blast.

chino11:
The report just reaching us confirmed that the Action Congress of Nigeria ACN has intensified discussion with Northern emirs to lobby Al Mustapha to fly the flag of ACN in the 2011 presidential election. When Al Mustapha was contacted last night he confirmed that some chieftains of ACN has visited him while in prison to draft him into the presidential elections immediately they got wind of the fact that he will be released anytime in early December. He however have not made a clear statement on whether he has accepted the offer or not,

medjai:
Gyan doesn't even deserve to be in the running. Was there anything exceptional about Gyan's performance in the year under review? How many goals did he score for Rennes? How many goals did he score at the Nations Cup in Angola?
At the world cup, he scored two penalties and one goal and of course, he ballooned the chance to put Ghana's name in the history books of African football.
Is it with these average performances that he deserves to win the African Player of the Year?
In my opinion, Drogba had the best individual performance in the year under review. He played a very vital role in Chelsea's league and cup win. He was only second to Messi as highest goal scorer in all of Europe with 29 goals. He scored 37 goals in all competitions. He also scored a goal at the world cup despite playing through pains.
Yes, Eto'o won the treble but in my opinion, he wasn't so fantastic. He scored 18 goals in all competitions which is a poor return for someone like Eto'o

shopisky:
did any Nigerian win any award at all?

Boyan:
I believe there are some doubts in the selection process, CAF should tell us the modalties for choosing Eto as the winner. For Naija players, this is a lesson for them

sayso:
does this prove BBC award wrong.

Mobinga:
No Nigerian? >_>

Glo-CAF Awards: Eto'o is African Footballer of the Year •As Perpetua wins Women's Footballer of the Year

Written by Dimeji Ojo,with Agency Report Tuesday, 21 December 2010



CAMEROUNIAN striker,Samuel Eto'o Fils of Inter Milan of Italy has emerged as the Glo- CAF African Footballer of the Year for a record fourth time by edging out Asamoah Gyan of Ghana and Didier Drogba of Cote d'Ivoire who was ruled out due to his absence at a glittering ceremony held in Cairo,Egypt on Monday night.

Votes from the respective senior national teams' Head Coaches or Technical Directors of the 53 National Associations affiliated to CAF decided that the prolific striker was the most deserving of the trio.

Nigeria's Perpetua Nkwocha won the female version of the award by beating other nominees who are also her teammates in the Falcons, Stella Mbachu and Ebere Orji to the award.

The award for the Women's National Team of the Year was also won by the Nigeria's senior women side,Falcons.

Nigeria won in the Presidential award category along with six other countries,namely; Algeria, Cameroun, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana and South Africa.

Other winners of the Glo-CAF awards are Ahmed Hassan (Al Ahly and Egypt) who won the Best African Based player award, Black Stars of Ghana won the Best National Team of the Year, The Club of the Year award went to TP Mazembe of DR Congo, Milovan Rajevac (ex Ghana coach) won the Coach of the Year award and Kwadso Asamoah (Ghana) won the Most Promising Talent of the Year award.

CAF also announced the African best XI for 2010 and they are: Didier Drogba (Cote d'Ivoire), Wael Gomaa (Egypt), Madjid Bougherra (Algeria), Taye Taiwo (Nigeria), Asamoah Gyan (Ghana), Kevin-Prince Boateng (Ghana), Ahmed Hassan (Egypt), Ahmed El Mohamady (Egypt), Andre Ayew (Ghana), Samuel Eto'o (Cameroun) and Vincent Enyeama (Nigeria).

Again, you are doing the same old , saying so much and saying nothing in the end. The case is clear here. It is NO T for legislators to decide for the people who they can vote for. . . the reason people have a right to vote, and play that role is so the PEOPLE can make that decision for themselves. According to the constitution, the only one who must be at the helm of things is the PEOPLE.

The party can choose whomever it wants to represent it(THE PARTY), but the PEOPLE(NOT THE LEGISLATORS) will choose who will represent them in the end.

Kobojunkie:
^^^ But your own views, and that of many others who support your view, have been seriously bias-laden up to this point? You all seem to care more about stabbing back at the north by chopping at your own legs than you do about making sure the law is upheld, no matter where. 

Kobojunkie:
So what? If you feel that way, then you are free, to, at this point, bring up your own candidate. I am not sure how this changes anything of the problem with Legislators taking it into their hands to decide who can or cannot run for election(even from any party primaries) when the constitution is clear on the base qualifications for ANY CITIZEN. Lawmakers do not, and should not have that power!

I mean stating that we do not see the very best at the elections is a moot point because nothing stops, you, or any other citizen, that meets the base criteria, from stepping into the ring to vie for the votes of the Nigerian people.

Do not give up and never be part of this silly movement that is aimed at enthroning a man that has proved his incompetence over and over again.

kobojokobo:
^^^^

Why do we have primaries then?

Kobojunkie:
They are not utopic . . . we have the CONSTITUTION IN PLACE that tells us we can ACHIEVE this if we want to. Problem is we are here hailing an illegal move that SHACKLES AND RESTRICTS THE RIGHTS OF IMO STATE people to vote or not vote for whomever they want to, and we wonder why things don't ever work fine for the Nation as a whole.  

uncle, if you are not matured enough to take your decissions on who to vote for, it means u are not eligible to vote.
if there is any decission that is going to be personal, it is who u want to be the next president?
it is rather unfortunate that many of us sign in here just to follow the crowd.
many cannot tell u why they want a particular candidate to be the next president.

if there is any decission that is going to be personal, it is who u want to be the next president?

Kobojunkie:
help me ooo!

Kobojunkie:
YOU ARE WRONG!!! The House of Assembly MAKES LAWS that Govern the States, in this case IMO STATE. That is the POWER bestowed on the Office they occupy by the Nigerian Constitution.

Kobojunkie:
^^^ The north does not have a consensus aspirant. Ciroma is NOT The decision maker for Northerners. Why are you here advocating that the people in Imo State be SHACKLED because you assume the North is also SHACKLED. What kind of mentality is that?

alj harem1:
[size=15pt]this man should be placed in the placed or printed in the 500 naira or 10 naira note in nigerian currency because he is a legend        fact [/size]

alj harem1:
gbamm

words

he will for ever be greater the the greatest igbo man(ojukwu) fact

Kobojunkie:
Go back and try to read the letter/memo she read to the nation back in January/February of this year and you will be seriously entertained by that one as well. lol

However, having reflected over the years about events in Nigeria and in particular my state, Anambra, I have come to the conclusion that it is indeed a defining moment in my life when I should make the sacrifice of leaving a comfortable place to go to a difficult terrain in order to build a better place for our children. I have, therefore, decided to join my Governor, Mr. Peter Obi, who is doing a great job in continuing to build Anambra State as an APGA Senator. In this regard, I intend to pick the nomination form today to run for the office of Senator Representing Anambra Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly.

Iysayah:
Donmeca, you in this too? i think history has a way of making a man's sins catch up with him. either he made a public apology to Biafrans or he did not means nothing anymore. the man is dead! as much as the pain of Biafra is dead in some. just move on without him, without Biafra.

chosen04:
Same way history has MUNGO PARK as the person who discovered River Niger?

Is PA ENAHORO another case of the best president Nigeria had?

Iysayah:
when do you TRULY learn to forgive?

violent:
or what will happen?. . .search facebook for wikileaks, and you'd be amazed by the number of real people with real faces pledging support for Julian Assange.

Is it a surprise that he was nominated New York times "man of the year"?

gerona:
Only a mad man will keep doing the same thing the same way and expect to get a different result.

My point is - we have tried PDP and being under their leadership for the past 10years and we have gotten nothing but trails of corruption and continuous under-performance, why don't we try someone else from another party like Buhari or Ribadu or any other party but not someone from PDP because their ideologies (if they have any ) is not just working for us.