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Lawyers must chop abi? Have u read the CBN's earlier address on all the issues raised? Anyway, apart from Oceanic, Goody Ibru too has billions of non-performing loans. So I want to believe the Guardian newspapers is not impartial.

The ancestral spirit should have directed their daughter not to mis-apply depositors' funds. Stupid pple

@presido

Pls read Ribadu's testimony to the Met. He specifically mentioned Ibori & Andy Uba's names. The guy was obviously inherently handicapped during his tenure but he is still light years ahead of madam jewelry seller

@ Beerlegend

Ur so pessimistic about da country, why? How come ur observations are always in the negative? For me, conviction is the hallmark, not the number of months/years they spent in jail. Compare Tafa's sentence to Lucky's and maybe u'll be cured of ur diarrhea

Bialegend:
Before anyone should respond with further crap, let that person point to us any corrupt politician that ribadu convicted and jailed despite heading EFCC for over 4 years. What a record.

Do you live in Nigeria @ all? Do you read? We were all witnesses to the conviction of Tafa Balogun, Afolabi, etc. Remember the Siemens saga? Between 2003 & 07, there was no way Ribadu could prosecute the governors b/c they had immunity. By 2007, Aondoakaa started to frustrates his moves.

Pls read his testimony to the London Metro police. Now pls tell all readers on this forum how many corrupt politicians have been prosecuted between the AG and the EFCC chairman.

a la agent 007?

Wonders will never end in Nigeria. Adedibu don die, now him mouth don open, making promises beyond his purview. Anyway na ex-policeman, lying is second nature.

Sorry, the subject is ' [size=8pt]Commissioner Resigns in Ogun State, [/size]

The former Commissioner for Information & Orientation in Ogun State, Kayode Samuel, who resigned in controversial circumstances on Monday, may address a press conference in London today. Samuel, a one-time Chief of Staff to the Gonernor, OGD, sent his letter of resignation , on Monday on his way to Dubai, UAE.

The source who claimed to know the reasons for the resignation however added that 'others with conscience' might follow Samuel's footsteps.

Source: The Punch, Friday 11th 09/09


Let's see how events unfold. It shall be well with Ogun State.

lt was total mayhem at the home of late Gani Fawehinmi late Thursday when a surprise visitor came calling.

Nuhu Ribadu, former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, arrived at the residence at about 6.30pm dressed in a white Babanriga and a black skullcap accompanied by his lawyer, Femi Falana. He went straight to speak with the late lawyer's spouses and children.

After his 15 minutes discussion with the family, Mr. Ribadu signed the condolence register. He wrote in about 10 lines, saying he came to pay his last respect to a great Nigerian who fought genuinely for the poor, and to express gratitude to a man who "shaped my life by the example of a worthy living." When a journalist sought his views about the state of the nation, and about his time at Oxford University in the U.K. where he is completing a fellowship at St. Anthony's College, Mr. Ribadu said, "It's absolutely not about me that we are here today gentlemen. It's about a man who showed great example in sacrifice and selflessness. That is why I am here and kindly do let us keep it to that.

As he sought to leave, other mourners turned into a cheering crowd seeking a photo opportunity with him and damaging his car as he tried to evade the surging admirers.

From the house, Mr. Ribadu along with the Fawehinmi's drove to the mortuary where the remains of Mr. Fawehinmi laid at the Lekan Ogunsola Memorial Home at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja.

At the mortuary, flanked by Gani's two wives, and about half a dozen children, Mr. Ribadu moved towards the corpse which was being dressed as they entered and, touching it, started saying a silent prayer asking God to "forgive Mr. Fawehinmi's sins, as we seek a passage for him to paradise."
Mr. Ribadu added in heavy voice: "Here you lay quiet and gentle, and for all that will secure you easy path to the realm of the anointed, let Allah place a blessing today."

While in the mortuary, news of his presence had spread, attracting a large crowd at the gate, making it difficult to leave easily.

Many stretched their hands to touch him, others seeking autographs. "It is a proper thing for him to do" Mr. Falana said of his client's visit, adding that "Ribadu and Gani were like father and son and there was no way he would be at peace with himself not to say the final good bye."

After leaving the hospital, Mr. Ribadu then drove off towards the Murtala Muhammed airport.

Mr. Ribadu was dismissed from the police on 23 December 2008 in a controversial decision by the Nigerian Police Service Commission. He is currently on a fellowship at Saint Antony's College at the Oxford University in the United Kingdom.


234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/News/National/5458189-146/Ribadu_in_surprise_visit_to_Gani's.csp

SOURCE!!! SOURCE pls

@poster

I'm happy for the security man. Money don land. Just sue the idiot's fcukn ass. Assault, battery, the whole works. Long live Gani Fawehinmi!!!

@ poster,

can't help re-reading this piece. 1st in FB, now here. Great piece tho aprt frm snippets of personal issues.

For where? N'ibo? Will there ever be another Gani? No. Gani is Gani and will ever be Gani. And Festus will be Festus. Pls do NOT belittle the image and memory of the great man.

@poster,

u're here again? Read this in SR. Pls put PII here now now! Enjoyed ur write-up so much.

@Texazzpette,

Wonder why u're personalising issues. Mean u can't discuss or disagree on issues without recourse to abuse or foul words. Please expand ur horizon, read b4 posting replies. U ever of sarcasm?

@texazzpete
1. Dating scam etc; u know so much about these things, na wa o.
2. Somebody you've never met promises u a mouthwatering share of a staggering sum at an effort so easy and u call it trust.
3. Somali pirates - please read more on this and u'll know the impact on global commerce. And of course its making headlines all over the world
4. Did u listen to the commercial @ all? '

How come there are no commercials about Somali pirates? I honestly think the media is being deliberately manipulated to make it look like scamming is a nigerian thing. Its takes 2 to tango, the scammer and the greedy idiot who believes the bullshit. This Sony rubbish is part of an agenda to deny/acknowledge our positive(individual and collective) contributions to global advancement. So sad.

I have a very good idea. Throw a party, maybe in honour of ur great grandmum/grandmum or whatever. Distribute Aso-ebi, u know the type(full options) b4 item 7, let pple drop their envelopes, the fatter the envelope(brown or white) the bigger d food.

Abi?

there we go again. Hate mongers. One should not be surprised sha. The loan used in in taking over(Legacy Hallmark Bank) Daily Times is non-performing. The bell tolls for all big men debtors

See trouble. Where u put OGD(2003-2007)? He not only misgoverned, he also nurtured and empowered killer gangs. The Emperor is still on the throne and the state is worse off.

Ok then. There's this guy, Tunji, his number is 08037231219. Good luck

@jakumo ki rin l'osan,

your fingers are quite deft at villifying your so-called pot-bellied Okija or Ososa shrine attendees. These shrine goers are the same pple that ur man used in coercing the state into its current anti-pple posture. Ogun state is currently comatose using all indices of development. The state never had it so bad in terms of insecurity. It was in the state that armed robbers had such a field day that about 70 people were killed when an on-coming articulated vehicle ran over them while lying on the road at the mercy of these armed robbers. Even the gov's loyalists like Wale Adedayo ran when they could no longer stomach the perfidy called governance. It is in this state that the a traditional ruler was threatened with deposition for saying the there is no develoment in his domain, the state where N400million was found in a cook's bank account. Maybe you don't read newspapers, read them upside down or u're part of the systemic destruction/looting of the state.

@knownothing,

I no blame u. U live in the UK, so u're totally out of tune with reality. Lucky u

@ rusted metal-mind

R E L O C A T E

Suswam, who announced he would be going on vacation,


When will this guys ever be serious?

The man's name is Government, how can he surrender his suzerainty to another sovereign government. I tire for this Ijaw pple self.

in one instance adulation- 'brilliant man from Kano' , next instance rub mud - Sanusi trying to 'rubbish' his predecessors' legacies.

Bob Dee in his natural elements.