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US Senator, Ted Cruz, is asking for a peace meeting with Nigerian-Americans who have demanded that he retracts his controversial joke last week which many of them considered insulting, Empowered Newswire reports.

According to a letter from the senator released over the weekend to leaders of the Nigerian community in Houston, Texas, where the controversial comments were made, the senator “regrets any misunderstanding.”

The letter was signed by one of the aides of the senator, Mr David Sawyer, the South-East Texas Regional Director in his office. Sawyer, in another correspondence, is also asking for a peace meeting today between Senator Cruz and representatives of the Nigerian community in Houston.

Senator Cruz has been bombarded with several phone calls from Nigerians in Houston and all across the US since last Monday October 21 comments.

Besides, there has been a big splash of negative media focus on the American Senator here in the US, which peaked on Friday with the widely reported response of the Nigerian Ambassador to the US, Professor Ade Adefuye, who in a firm manner asked the US Senator to apologize.

The letter of apology, a copy of which was made available to Empowered Newswire yesterday, quoted the senator directly in part. It read thus. Earlier this week, Senator Ted Cruz made a joke in which he used the term “Nigerian email scam.”

Senator Cruz regrets that “it is unfortunate that we’re living in a time where just about every joke can be misconstrued to cause offence to someone.”

Senator Cruz has never, nor would ever use a blanket term in a derogatory fashion against such a vibrant and integral part of our community. This usage was never directed to the Nigerian community as a whole.

“To the good people of Nigeria — a beautiful nation where my wife lived briefly as the child of missionaries — no offence was intended.

“I am fully appreciative of the range of mutual economic and security interests that make Nigeria an important friend to the United States,” Senator Cruz said in a statement released yesterday.

Senator Cruz regrets any misunderstanding.

The letter was printed on Ted Cruz official US Congress paper and was dated Friday, October 25.

Adefuye’s interview with a number of leading US media has been making the waves here in the last few days, following after several other calls from Nigerian groups and individuals condemning the controversial US Senator.

According to the Houston Chronicle , Senator Cruz while taking a political swipe at the computer problems of the Affordable Care Act rollout, was reported as saying “You may have noticed that all the Nigerian email scammers have become a lot less active lately… They all have been hired to run the Obamacare website.”

Right after that statement, the Christian Association of Nigerian-Americans (CANAN) issued a statement widely circulated here in the US describing the comments as “distasteful, and disparaging.”

According to CANAN, in a statement by its Executive Director, Laolu Akande, “Cruz has maligned all hardworking, decent and outstanding Nigerian-Americans who add value and bring goodwill to their different communities, especially in Texas, with the largest concentration of Nigerian-Americans in this country.”

Demanding for an apology, CANAN rejected the senator’s explanation that it was just a joke, saying the association “finds it appalling and reprehensible that the good name and reputation of Nigerian-Americans is what the senator can joke with whimsically. This is completely unacceptable.”

Adefuye also confirmed yesterday that the embattled US Senator “has called on the phone for a meeting at the highest possible level to end this matter once and for all.”

He assured that the Federal Government is “determined to make this case an example that Nigeria and Nigerians cannot be kicked around.”

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https://www.osundefender.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Deputy-Senate-President-Senator-Ike-Ekweremadu1.jpgDeputy Senate President, Sen. Ike EkeremaduThe latest effort by President Goodluck Jonathan to save the neck of his embattled Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, hit the rocks last night in Israel.

The Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, who arrived in Jerusalem on Saturday, was drafted to broker peace between the Minister and members of the National Assembly who are currently investigating her stunning purchase of two BMW armored cars, a scam that was first exposed by SaharaReporters.

Ekweremadu called a meeting of two Nigerian lawmakers in the country, a Senator and a Member of the House of Representatives, to meet with the minister. The meeting was attended by Ekweremadu, Stella Oduah, Rep. Jagaba Adams of Kaduna Kachiya/Kagarko federal constituency, and Senator Philip Aduda, who represents Abuja. Also in attendance was Kola Adesina of Sahara Oil and Gas, a company now seen to be a front for President Jonathan.

However as the Minister declared her intention to “resolve” all differences by bribing both houses, Senator Aduda told her directly that it would be in her interest to return to Nigeria on Monday and appear before the House on Tuesday. The Senator said while the Senate could be pacified by bribing the committee on Aviation led by Senator Hope Uzordimma, the House seemed hell-bent on getting to the bottom of the matter.

Following the advice of Adua, Rep. Jagaba told the Minister “Let’s “get to Abuja first,” suggesting that his ability to intervene on Mrs. Oduah’s behalf depended on her returning home first.

Mrs. Oduah reportedly broke down at the meeting, pleading with Ekweremadu to use his wider contacts to save her.

The meeting ended without any specific resolution on how to help the Minister.

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francondu: dropping atomic bomb there can end this war against terrorism once and for all

https://www.ngrguardiannews.com/images/stories/2013/October_2013/Army-logo.jpgArmoured Brigade of the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri on Sunday said it had introduced new measures to counter Boko Haram attacks on civilians in the state.

The acting Commander of the brigade, Colonel Ibrahim Yusuf, who made the disclosure at a news conference in Maiduguri, said `"I want to assure you that the army is doing everything possible to ensure that no civilian is attacked by Boko Haram in the state because we are here to ensure the safety of all Nigerians.’’

He linked the recent attacks on travellers and villagers by suspected Boko Haram militants on highways to frustration.

The acting commander said "most times, the Boko Haram members go to remote villages to kill innocent civilians in cold blood because they have been frustrated by the army. They cannot operate in the open, so they vent their anger on innocent civilians.’’

Yusuf, who said that the military was equal to the task, noted that "we cannot be taken by surprise by the Boko Haram, the recent attacks are nothing but signs of weakness. We are also evolving strategies to make sure that we prevent future attacks, no matter how small.’’

He said the army was willing to give safe passage to members of the sect who wanted to quit.

"I want to assure you that we will give a safe passage to members of the sect, including foot soldiers who are ready to surrender," Yusuf stated.