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Politics / How Mbazulike Amaechi Hid Mandela From Apartheid Regime In Nigeria by emmaliveth10(m): 6:31am On Dec 07, 2013
ONE of the few surviving nationalists and former Minister of Aviation in the first republic, Chief Mbazulike Amaechi has revealed how he hid the foremost South African nationalist and former president of South Africa, Chief Nelson Mandela for six months in Nigeria to evade his arrest by officials of the apartheid regime in that country.
Amaechi, who spoke with Vanguard at his Ukpor country home in Nnewi South local government area of Anambra State said people like Mandela are great assets to humanity and should not be going through the pains of life.
Amaechi
The former minister, popularly known as ‘the boy is good’, said it was a privilege to him being asked to live with Mandela when he ran away from the apartheid regime and came to Nigeria in 1963, adding that they shared great moments during the six months plus Mandela lived in his house.
According to Amaechi, even when Mandela returned to South Africa and was sentenced to life imprisonment, he still wrote him letters from prison, showing how appreciative he is.
The interview with Amaechi on Mandela went thus:
PRESENTLY, the foremost South African nationalist, Nelson Mandela, is sick and in the hospital. We want to know if you had any relationship with him in the past or an encounter?
Yes, he was the leader of the Africa National Congress, ANC. He led the group that struggled for democracy in South Africa. That was the time of the apartheid regime in South Africa and when the British government was desperately looking for him to imprison him; he ran away from South Africa and took refuge in Nigeria. That was when the late Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe was the President of Nigeria and late Dr. Michael Okpara the Premier of the Eastern Region.
When Mandela came to Nigeria, Zik as the leader of the nationalist group in Nigeria in consultation with Okpara decided that they should find a nationalist of Mandela’s caliber who would accommodate him. So they called on me to take Mandela and accommodate him.
At that time, I was the parliamentary secretary and also a member of the parliament before I became a minister. He moved in to my house and stayed for about six or more months with me and my wife. I was then newly married while he was in his early 40’s or so.
We used to go out together and both the British intelligence and the South African intelligence services knew that he was with me, but there was nothing they could do about it because I was in government. Then, after sometime, during our discussions, he said: “My stay here, how long will it last? “I think I better return to South Africa. They will either kill me or send me to prison and it will spur the other nationalists remaining to continue with the struggle.
So, after about six or seven months in my house, he decided to move back to South Africa. When he went back, he was promptly arrested, charged and sentenced to life imprisonment. He went to prison, but the nationalism in him did not depart from him.
He continued doing his best for some of his colleagues. He wrote me a letter from prison asking me to find employment for one Dr. Barange. Barange’s father was a lawyer who defended the nationalists in a previous case, while Barange himself was a geologist. The apartheid people in South Africa were seriously looking for him and so Mandela wanted him to get out of South Africa. I was able to get a job for Dr. Barange at the University of Ife as a senior lecturer in Geology.
Mandella wrote me from prison. In fact when you called that you were coming, I went to my office to search for this letter. This is the letter he wrote me from the prison on the 18th of February, 1964, he signed the letter as Nelson Mandela, prisoner No 116570/63.
Then during his 74th birthday, he was still in prison, I joined his family to send him goodwill messages.
When he came out from prison, I wrote him too. When he came to Nigeria after his release, he specifically requested to see me and Dr. Azikiwe. So, when he came to Enugu, the then governor, Col. Robert Akonobi, because we were in military rule then, wrote me to say Mandela wanted to see me. I honoured the invitation and I went to Enugu with my wife to see him. He was in the company of his former wife, Winnie. We shared some time together before he went back to South Africa.
After that visit in 1993, have you been communicating with him?
Yes, my last letter to him was on 18th November, 1993.
Since the last letter, have two of you been communicating?
No. We have not spoken to each other again. When he was appointed the President of South Africa, I was invited to his inauguration ceremony, but the military here did not allow me to go. They said I needed clearance to go and I did not get it.

Politics / Re: Your Favourite Nelson Mandela Quote by emmaliveth10(m): 11:08am On Dec 06, 2013
I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward. There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself up to despair. That way lays defeat and death.
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Phones / Re: Tecno L3 Discussion Thread by emmaliveth10(m): 12:51pm On Dec 04, 2013
aooyelami:
Are you sure you didn't attempt to root it?

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Jokes Etc / Wahala Reloaded!!! by emmaliveth10(m): 9:20am On Dec 03, 2013
DEFINITION OF WAHALA:
~When the person
interviewing you at your
new job is the same guy
you insulted in traffic.
You go apologise tire. ~When you tell your friend
"your mama!!!" and turn
around and see his or her
mum staring at you.
Meeehn, u go collect plenty
slap. ~When Mosquito lands on
your father's bald head and
u try to kill it with your
bare hands.
You must provide d proof
ohh, or else...: ~When Patience Ebele is ur
English Teacher before
WAEC.
Na A1 u go get, no worry.
~ When you update "salary
things" on facebook and your landlord
comments "on point"""""
U go travel go villa by
force.
~ when you're in a bus and
you throw away #500 note instead of gala
wrapper.
O'boy, E don red be dat! cry
~ when ur dad works at
NEPA andthey take light
and you shout God punish NEPA.......and he's there
with u.
Na ur mama go start to
pay ur school fees.
~ when u dey on top okada
and the okada man dey ping...
Na automatic ticket to
Baba God be dat.:s
~ when you finish eating in
an eatery and u find out ur
wallet fell out in a taxi... Start to prepare ur
grammar
~ when Usain Bolt chases u
with a Cutlass...
Ol'boy, just stop beg am.
~ When u give beggar #1000 note instead of #50.
Generosity go change
mind....
when go to chemist to buy Condon and waiting to be served with it and behold your Pastor just arrived to buy medicine....oboy see gobe
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When you Just noticed that the girl you had sex with yesterday without condon is HIV positive....hahaha this is foreign suicide
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When your fiancee caught you having sex with a girl in ur room while your marriage with her is in a week time...wetin you wan explain?
Phones / Re: Tecno L3 Discussion Thread by emmaliveth10(m): 10:07pm On Dec 02, 2013
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Phones / Re: Gionee Pioneer P3 discussion thread by emmaliveth10(m): 9:13pm On Nov 30, 2013
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Nairaland / General / SHOCKING: The Flying ‘wizard’ Who Crash-landed At Kasoa. by emmaliveth10(m): 3:38pm On Nov 30, 2013
A man believed to be in his 70s, who claimed to.be a wizard, was on Wednesday found on the banks of the Okrudu River at Kaimebre, a settlement near the Kasoa New Market in the Central Region Ghana.
The man, who gave his name as Charles Atta, looked frail, pale and bore protruding breasts like that of a teenage girl.
His body was smeared with mud from the bank of the river where he was found by two brothers, Liberty Obeng and Innocent Obeng, who claimed they found the strange man crying for help.
The two brothers told Daily Guide reporters that the self-acclaimed wizard confessed to them that he was in the company of colleagues, including a medical doctor and were flying to Cape Coast for a meeting when he was forced down.
According to him, they were flying over a church where an all-night vigil was being held when he crash- landed at Servant Kings International School.
"When we as ked him where he was coming from, Atta told us that he was from Akuapem Akropong but was flying to Cape Coast to attend a meeting for witches and wizards," he said.
Charles also confessed that the two puffy protrusions on his chest were breasts taken from his 16-year- old granddaughter and that he normally borrowed them for his night activities.
The two brothers said they were initially confused and bewildered by the weird sight of the man, and not knowing what to do him took him to Pink FM, a local radio station at Kasoa for help.
When the strange announcement was made on radio, hundreds of people besieged the premises of the radio station to see the suspected wizard.
Upon hearing the news, the Kasoa District Police dispatched a number of police personnel to the station to save the victim from being lynched.
Superintendent Samuel Tabril Punobyin told the paper that the police did not investigate spiritual matters and that the suspected wiz-ard could therefore not be charged.
He said the police would look for the family erf the man and hand him over to them. Charles Atta is still in the custody .of the Kasoa Police.

Politics / Re: LIVE UPDATES On Anambra Supplementary Election by emmaliveth10(m): 10:52am On Nov 30, 2013
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Politics / Anambra Supplementary Polls: Obiano Waits For ‘coronation’ by emmaliveth10(m): 7:40am On Nov 30, 2013
PDP moves to widen lead against APC

SEEING Chief Willie Obiano, the candidate of the All
Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in the November
16, 2013 governorship election on Sunday, November
17, 2013 when Professor James Epoke, the state
returning officer in the election declared the election
inconclusive, and last Wednesday when he joined
some South-East and South-South governors in a
group photograph after their meeting in Awka, it was
obvious that he is already looking beyond today's
supplementary polls.
Having garnered 25 per cent of votes in 18 of the
state’s 21 local government areas and having for now,
the highest number of votes, Obiano is waiting for
Sunday to be declared winner.
After addressing reporters at the Governor’s Lodge in
Awka, Governor Peter Obi beckoned Obiano, who was
among the crowd, to come and the governor
introduced him to the visiting governors as the man
who would soon join them.
One after the other, the governors – Liyel Imoke of
Cross River, Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta, Godswil
Akpabio of Akwa Ibom, Theodore Orji of Abia, Sullivan
Chime of Enugu and Governor Martin Elechi of Ebonyi
who was represented by his deputy, Mr. Dave Umahi –
took a close look at Obiano and were perhaps
weighing how he would fit into the murky waters of
Nigeria’s politics, if he eventually wins.
Going by the voting pattern in the already concluded
elections, it would be very difficult for any party to
surpass the number of votes he has secured. About
113113 votes would be in contention tomorrow in
about 211 polling units. For the PDP or APC to surpass
him, one of them has to secure at least 85,000 votes
with APGA scoring no vote.
Three parties, APC, LP and the campaign organization
of the PDP candidate, Comrade Tony Nwoye, have said
they would not participate in the supplementary
election, but the PDP leadership is insisting that it
would participate in the supplementary election.
Already, the disagreement among PDP members has
led to the suspension of the director general of Tony
Nwoye Campaign Organization, Prince Okey Ezenwa.
Anambra State chairman of PDP, Prince Kenneth
Emeakayi, at the party’s state secretariat, announced
the suspension of Prince Ezenwa and his director of
publicity, Mr. Ken Arinze from the party over their
alleged comments on the Anambra governorship
election. Emeakayi said their suspension was in line
with the provisions of the party’s constitution, Chapter
10 Section 57 (3).
He said: “Following developments in our party
regarding the unauthorized publications in the media
credited to some members of our party over the
supplementary governorship election scheduled for
November 30, 2013, the State Working Committee of
PDP, at a meeting, reviewed the whole situation and
resolved to suspend Prince Victor Okey Ezenwa and
Honourable Ken Arinze from PDP for anti-party
activities.
Both breached the provisions of the party’s
constitution. The relevant chapter provides that a
member could be suspended for a period not more
than one month, after which it could be reviewed.”
Emeakayi said the two suspended members have been
referred to the PDP disciplinary committee for
appropriate action, adding that most members of PDP
have condemned the action of some members who
have been insulting the national publicity secretary of
PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh for expressing the position of
the party’s leadership on the Anambra election. The
chairman said Metuh has been doing his job well and
should be commended.
However, what appears to be baffling PDP members
was when Emeakayi said he has been in touch with
the party’s candidate in the Anambra election, Prince
Tony Nwoye, adding that “Nwoye and PDP have agreed
to participate in the supplementary election on
Saturday because they were deceived by one of the
opposition during the rerun of the election in Obosi in
Idemili North where, he said, the APC earlier said it
would not participate only for the party to send agents
and ensured that the party was voted for.
He said the votes in Obosi helped APC to narrow the
gap between PDP and APC and insisted that PDP
would not allow that to happen again on Saturday
because the party would want to maintain it second
position.
According to Emeakayi, “what it means is that the
campaign team and the candidate are not on the
same page on the issue of the supplementary election
and we regret that the campaign team has been
deceiving the public and bringing PDP into public
ridicule. I want to state that the best way to ensure
unity in PDP is to maintain discipline and the
leadership of the party would never relent in striving to
achieve that.”
But while APGA is hoping to coast to victory tomorrow,
the court action instituted by Mrs. Uche Ekwunife, one
of the party’s governorship aspirants praying that
Obiano be disqualified based on alleged double voters’
registration, is causing disquiet in the state. Ekwunife
has already filed the court processes at the Federal
High Court, Awka. The federal lawmaker was said to
have said that her action was to ensure that APGA did
not lose out in the event of Obiano losing the position.
But the National Chairman of APGA, Chief Victor Umeh,
told Vanguard that what Ekwunife did was
unacceptable to the party and wondered what she
stood to gain knowing very well that her action was an
exercise in futility because Obiano never committed the
said offence.
Umeh said: “Ekwunife wanted to be governor and she
did not get it. She wanted to be deputy governor and
did not get it for obvious reasons. That is not the
reason she should be desperate and there is no basis
for her action.
“She is bringing her political career into disrepute. This
is somebody who contested against Governor Obi in
2010. After that, she came into APGA and we accepted
her and gave her ticket for House of Representatives.
She has indeed embarrassed the party. She is a lady
after my heart, but on this issue, she is on her own.”
With many governorship candidates saying they would
participate in the supplementary election, it is to be
seen if APC will eventually direct its supporters to
participate in the exercise.
The ADC candidate, Chief Anayo Arinze said his
colleagues have agreed to participate, saying: “I wish
to appreciate and commend the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) on its decision to conduct
a supplementary election in some 201 polling units in
Anambra state on Saturday 30th November, 2013 to
make-up the perceived deficiencies in the November
2013 governorship election in the state.
“Given INEC’s declaration of the November 16, 2013
governorship election in the state as inconclusive, we
in ADC believe that only a supplementary election will
afford the disenfranchised voters another opportunity
to exercise their civic responsibilities. I humbly appeal
to all disenfranchised registered voters in the affected
polling units and local government areas to ignore any
negative call and come out en masse and participate
in the electoral process that will produce the next
governor of Anambra State.
“Anambrarians should stand by INEC to successfully
complete the electoral process and announce the
eventual winner of the election. Voters in Anambra
state and INEC should disregard any call for outright
cancellation of the entire election because it is the
handiwork of forces from outside Anambra State, who
want to set our state ablaze while developing theirs.
“I plead with my co-contestants who are aggrieved
over some irregularities perceived at the election to
sheath their swords and resist being pulled by external
forces to destroy our state. It is true that there were
some irregularities which have been acknowledged by
INEC but that cannot vitiate the fact that the November
16, 2013 governorship election was the freest, fairest
and most peaceful election ever conducted in the
history of Anambra state. It is therefore, against
natural justice, equity and fairness if INEC is forced to
cancel the entire election because of the little
challenges it encountered in about 201 polling units
out of over 5000 polling units.
“The call for outright cancellation of Anambra state
governorship election is evil, mischievous and
unpatriotic and should be ignored by all well-meaning
citizens.
“Let me use this opportunity to call on my fellow party
flag-bearers in Anambra governorship election to
continue to participate robustly in the electoral process
to enable a clear winner emerge. After all, of the 23 of
us, only one person can be governor and that person
must be an Anambrarian. We must all come together to
move our state forward.”

www.vanguardngr.com/2013/11/anambra-supplementary-polls-obiano-waits-coronation/

Politics / ASUU Dares FG Over Sack by emmaliveth10(m): 7:31am On Nov 30, 2013
Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities [ASUU],
Calabar Zone, has reacted angrily to the order to return
to the classrooms issued to them by the Supervising
Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike, saying that the
action would worsen the strike action rather than
solving the problem.
ASUU accused the minister of deceiving President
Jonathan on the crisis, alleging that Wike and some
other unnamed officials of the Government did not
want the lingering problem between the union and the
Federal Government to be resolved.
According to the zonal coordinator of ASUU Calabar
zone, Dr. Charles Ononuju, with such threat the crisis
would linger far longer than expected.
In a statement in Umuahia,. Ononuju said that the
union received with shock the pronouncement by the
supervising minister, saying the crisis could not be
resolved that way.
“We received with shock the pronouncement of by the
Supervising Minister of Education, Wike, that lecturers
should resume work or be sacked”, Ononuju said.
He said that the union had gone far with discussion on
how to resolve the crisis and was waiting for President
Goodluck Jonathan’s reply to their letter after their
meeting when the minister came up with the
“unfortunate” pronouncement.
“Sacking lecturers will not solve the problem but will
compound it. Wike should resign and come to the
university and teach. This is not the way to go if they
go this way, the crisis will not be resolved in the next
100 years”, he warned.
SOURCE - www.vanguardngr.com/2013/11/ASUU-dares-fg-sack/
Politics / Tight Security As Anambra Supplementary Election Holds Saturday by emmaliveth10(m): 8:35pm On Nov 29, 2013
Heavy security has been mounted in areas where the
governorship supplementary election will take place
on Saturday in Anambra State.
A visit to the affected wards in Idemili North and
Onitsha South Local Government Areas of the state
on Friday showed heavy presence of policemen, who
mounted checkpoints with patrol vehicles and
Armoured Personnel Carriers.
The security beef-up came as more than 1,000
women occupied the road to the INEC headquarters,
Awka, on Friday to protest against the holding of the
supplementary election.
The women were, however, stopped from proceeding
to the gate of INEC by heavily-armed policemen, who
came in six trucks.
But they stayed over at Arroma Junction, where they
sang and called for the removal of INEC Chairman,
Prof. Attahiru Jega, and the Resident Electoral
Commissioner, Prof. Chukwuemeka Onukaogu.
Meanwhile, the police in Anambra State and the
Independent National Electoral Commission have
announced an 18-hour restriction on human and
vehicular movements in two local government areas
in Anambra State because of the Saturday poll.
In separate statements on Friday, the REC in the
state, Prof. Chukwuemeka Onukaogu, and the Police
Public Relations Officer, Mr. Emeka Chukwuemeka,
named the local governments as Idemili North and
Onitsha South.
source - www.punchng.com/news/tight-security-as-anambra-supplementary-election-holds-saturday/
Phones / Re: Tecno Phantom A3 Specs by emmaliveth10(m): 10:23am On Nov 29, 2013
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Education / ASUU Strike: Ekiti Students Seek Divine Intervention, by emmaliveth10(m): 7:52am On Nov 29, 2013
ADO EKITI — Students of Ekiti State origin in tertiary
institutions embarked on marathon prayers to seek
divine intervention in the five- month old strike by the
members of the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian
Universities, ASUU.
The students, who were drawn from the various
institutions of higher learning converged at Lady
Jibowu Hall, Ekiti Government House where they held
the prayer session
The session had in attendance, the state’s Deputy
Governor, Professor Modupe Adelabu and some clerics.
Adelabu in her remarks cautioned the students
against taking to the streets and engaging in illegal
acts that could lead to violence and disruption of
peace in the state.
She noted that they did the right thing by taking their
petition to God. She said it was unfortunate that both
parties to the dispute – ASUU and the Federal
Government – had remained adamant despite
interventions from well-meaning Nigerians.
The number two citizen of the state urged the students
not to relent in their regular prayer for divine
intervention, saying that the death of Prof Festus Iyayi,
a frontline ASUU member in an auto-crash along the
Abuja-Lokoja Road introduced another twist to the
lingering dispute.
Mrs Adelabu, who expressed the hope that the prayers
of the students would yield the desired result in a
matter of days, counseled the undergraduates against
engaging in activities that could jeopardize their future.
Mrs Adelabu regretted that the situation which keeps
them at home in the past few months was not their
own making and that their teachers did not deliberately
embark on the strike to put the students’ future at
stake.
According to her, the lecturers were only pressing for
their rights and other logistics that will improve the
facilities in the nation’s citadel of leaning and to make
them world standard.
Advising the students to engage themselves in
profitable ventures, she also urged them not to
completely abandon their studies but constantly review
their lecture notes in preparation for the re-opening of
the varsities.
Pastor John Aladete in his sermon at the prayer
session urged the students not to be daunted by their
present predicament as a result of the protracted ASUU
strike.
The cleric charged them to be hopeful with an
assurance that God will be with them irrespective of the
present development. He said God has designed their
generation to bring the desired change needed by the
country.
The students were later led into series of prayer
sessions by some clerics including the Government
House Chaplain, Rev. Fr. Anthony Famuagun, Pastor
Tunde Akinola of the Redeemed Christian Church of
God (RCCG), the Senior Special Assistant to the
Governor on Youths, Pastor Mike Awopetu and Special
Assistant to the Governor on Student Affairs, Mr
Adeoye Aribasoye.
Education / Boko Haram: Kogi State Varsity, ASUU Disown Arrested Lecturer by emmaliveth10(m): 10:24pm On Nov 28, 2013
Following the arrest of Dr. Mohammed
Nazeef Yusuf, a lecturer at Kogi State University,
Ayingba by the Department of State Service, DSS over
alleged involvement with the Boko Haram sect, the
university authority has dissociated the institution from
the activities of the lecturer and the alleged plan to
carry out terrorists attacks in the state.
Also, the Kogi State University Chapter of the Academic
Staff Union of Universities declared that the suspect
was never an active member of the union.
ASUU Chairman in the university, Dr. Sylvester
Ukwuteno said contrary to report from the other
suspects that Dr Yusuf was a strong member of the
organization, the suspect has never been an active
member of ASUU.
According to him, “the only link between him (Dr.
Nazeef Yusuf) and the association was because
ASUU’s due is deducted at source from lecturers’
salaries. And he, like everyone else has his dues
deducted to make him an automatic member. But he’s
not a strong member as it has been widely claimed. I
cannot remember the last time he attended any of our
meetings”.

Also, the institution in a statement signed by the Vice
Chancellor of the University, Prof. Hassan Isah
admitted that though the suspect, Dr. Mohammed
Nazeef Yusuf who was recently paraded by Security
agent is a lecturer in the institution the governing
council and the management of the school do not
know anything about him beyond his duty as a
lecturer
“The Governing council and the management therefore
condemned and dissociated themselves from all
criminality and terrorism in whatever shape or form,
where ever and whenever it exist.”
The VC noted that it became imperative to respond to
the situation as the alleged involvement of the lecturer
has elicited a lot of enquiries from friends, well-
wishers, students, stakeholders and sister institutions.
“In view of the negative interpretation and implication
for our hard-earned reputation, and the damaging
impression on unsuspected members of the public, the
institution dissociates itself from all criminal and
criminal activities including those of the dreaded Boko
Haram sect.”
He assured that security has been beefed up in the
school with enough surveillance to curtail any attack
from gunmen “In the meantime, the governing council
and management of the institution have strengthened
security and increase surveillance on campus with the
view to stamp out all criminals and criminalities,
including Boko Haram activities. We wish to assure the
general public, particularly all our students, their
parents and guardians, that the campus is safe and
there is no threat whatsoever to human lives and
property.
“Members of the university community are advised to
go about their normal life as the university has
adequate security measures to deal with all criminals
and criminal activities on campus whenever and where
ever they are detected”, he said.

Education / ASUU Responds To Ultimatum by emmaliveth10(m): 8:33pm On Nov 28, 2013
"Federal Government Is Just Giving Empty
Threats" - ASUU Responds To Ultimatum.
The Academic Staff Union of Universities
(ASUU) on Thursday described the threat
by the federal government to sack
lecturers if they don't return to classroom
as empty threat that could not hold water.
The union said it is vindicated that the Federal
government was not ready to implement
resolutions reached with the union.
ASUU said the threat will fail, adding that
Nigerian public universities need 60,000
lecturers due to government's failure to
employ more capable hands into the system.
The union said federal government is wasting
the time of Nigerians youths by failing to
perfect the resolutions and get the strike
suspended.
The union added it had reasons to be wary
following the failure of government to honour
their promises to Academic Staff Union of
Polytechnics, resident doctors and other health
workers who have suspended their strikes.
The ASUU National Treasurer, Dr. Ademola
Aremu, while responding to the government's
directive, said the threat does not hold water
as it has confirmed the fears that the federal
government cannot be trusted.
The don said, "With the latest action, the
federal government has shown that they are
not committed to all they have been saying.
We are saying that since we agreed at the
meeting that the sum of 200 billion naira is
for 2012 and 2013 revitalisation, the federal
government should deposit same in the Central
Bank of Nigerian. We are already in November
and December is around the corner. If they
don't do that now, when do they want to do
it? We are saying the non-victimization clause
should be included as agreed while the
renegotiation of the 2009 agreement should be
included as agreed with the presidents".
"It is a pity if the federal government is not
willing to perfect the resolutions reached with
union. This is why we find it difficult to trust
our leaders by their words. How can someone
be threatening to sack lecturers when
universities are already short-staffed by almost
60,000. We are not in military era. The
military tried it and failed. This one will fail
again. They can re-open the school. ASUU did
not shut down the universities. It was the
management of the schools that ordered the
students to go back home."

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Politics / Re: 4,000 APC Members Defect To PDP In Nasarawa by emmaliveth10(m): 2:01pm On Nov 27, 2013
I see...
Politics / APGA Billboard Causes Accreditation Delay At Polling Unit At Aguleri by emmaliveth10(m): 3:58pm On Nov 16, 2013
Anambra – Accreditation of voters was delayed in Aguleri on Saturday as INEC officials insited that a billboard of one of the parties in the Anambra governorship election be pulled down.
The billboard of the APGA governorship candidate, Mr Willy Obiano, and his running mate, Dr Okeke Chukwukaodinaka, was mounted metres away from the polling unit near the Aguleri roundabout, contrary to electoral laws.
INEC regulations do not allow for campaigns or posters of candidates near election grounds 24 hours to the election.
INEC adhoc officials who arrived at the polling unit before 8 a.m. for accreditation of voters, insisted that the billboard be dismantled before anything could be done.
Similarly, some members of the electorate at the unit protested the presence of the billboard and insisted that it must be brought down.
The presiding officer for Unit 004 said that there was no way she could allow the accreditation with the billboard just a few metres from the unit.
“This billboard is so conspicous that it is against our mandate as electoral officers. I can only continue with this election when the billboard is dismantled,” she said.
She confirmed that those on ground for the accreditation had appealed to her to move the polling unit to a nearby space that would not show the billboard but she had declined.
“My reasons are simply because this polling unit is where we registered the voters and I cannot move to another point without superior directive.
“I have spoken to my supervisory presiding officer who said I should remain at my assigned unit,” she said.
The APGA agent for the unit, Mr Peter Nneli, explianed that the billboard was erected long before the election.
“This billboard is not for the purpose of campaign and cannot be easily dismantled,” Nneli said.
Accreditation eventually kicked off in the unit at 10.25 a.m, more than two hours behind shedule after the billborad was dismantled by youths from the town.

Politics / Re: El–rufai Restricted In His Awka Hotel Room Ahead Of Anambra Election by emmaliveth10(m): 12:19pm On Nov 16, 2013
WHAT the heck is he doing in my state
Politics / Re: INEC Releases Names, Contacts Of Officials For Anambra Poll by emmaliveth10(m): 12:13pm On Nov 16, 2013
Oga Henry do the normal thing ooh!!!
UP P.D.P!!!
Phones / Re: Gionee G2 Gpad Discussion Thread. by emmaliveth10(m): 4:15pm On Nov 10, 2013
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Phones / Re: Gionee G2 Gpad Discussion Thread. by emmaliveth10(m): 3:21pm On Nov 10, 2013
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Sports / Re: Mexico Vs Nigeria FIFA U17 WC Final (0 - 3) On 8th November 2013 by emmaliveth10(m): 6:42pm On Nov 08, 2013
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Sports / Re: Sweden Vs Nigeria: FIFA U-17 WC Semi-Final (0 - 3) On 5th November 2013 by emmaliveth10(m): 6:49pm On Nov 05, 2013
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Sports / Re: Sweden Vs Nigeria: FIFA U-17 WC Semi-Final (0 - 3) On 5th November 2013 by emmaliveth10(m): 6:47pm On Nov 05, 2013
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Sports / Re: Sweden Vs Nigeria: FIFA U-17 WC Semi-Final (0 - 3) On 5th November 2013 by emmaliveth10(m): 6:35pm On Nov 05, 2013
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Phones / Re: TECNO M3 - Discussion Thread by emmaliveth10(m): 2:45pm On Oct 30, 2013
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Phones / Re: TECNO M3 - Discussion Thread by emmaliveth10(m): 2:22pm On Oct 30, 2013
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Phones / Re: TECNO M3 - Discussion Thread by emmaliveth10(m): 2:21pm On Oct 30, 2013
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Politics / Re: The Current State Of Port-harcourt Road In Aba by emmaliveth10(m): 12:59pm On Oct 29, 2013
I ply this road twice or thrice a week.... very very bad that I begin to wonder whether any thing good will come out from aba and entire abia state in the hands of Theodore Orji....mtcheew while aba remains the dirtiest city in south east!
Technology Market / Re: OneVPN Tweak For Mtn On Android And PC by emmaliveth10(m): 6:32am On Oct 26, 2013
Gosh.... I've been able to browse with this for only three nights since I activated it on the 18th of this month! Can't even connect during the day!
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Must I be awake till 1am to enjoy it

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