₦airaland Forum

J12: Anyone who knows Arthur Eze should also know that he doesn't mince his words. Ochendo and his Ikuku of a son should be ashamed of themselves.

The governor made the mistake of inviting him for the abia day celebration

It was a bad day for Governor Theodore Amaefule Orji, as
he assembled a battery of illustrious personalities to
celebrate the 23rd anniversary of the creation of Abia
State in Umuahia last Wednesday.
Rather than effusive praises, what came the way of the
governor were a censure from no less a person than
multi-billionaire, Chief Arthur Eze, who told the gathering
dead pan that, “Abia State stinks.” Venue was the Michael
Okpara Auditorium in Umuahia, the state capital, where
the governor had gathered illustrious citizens of the state,
some of whom were to be given awards to mark the 23rd
anniversary. In the session of comments that preceded
the awards ceremony, Chief Eze was recognised to speak,
and what he said, sent cold chill running down the spines
of majority of the people, particularly the governor. “Abia
is stinking,” Eze, believed to have the largest oil bloc in
Africa, bellowed. The audience was stupefied in shock, but
more was to come. “Right from the Abia Tower in
Umuahia, the rot hits you.
Abia State is now the dirtiest in the country. Garbage every­
where, along with bad roads. The people are really
suffering, and you see it in their faces. Are there no elders
in Abia again? If so, what are they doing? What are the
senators, the members of House of Representatives and
other elected people doing? Nothing.” Then, pointedly,
Chief Eze told the governor: “If you do not know what to
do again, please write to President Goodluck Jonathan,
and let him come to your aid. Abia State needs help.”
Having given the gathering a piece of his mind, Eze
dropped the microphone on the floor, and walked out. It
was a dazed Governor Orji who jerked himself out of
stupor, and tried to rationalise what Arthur Eze had said.
He told the crowd that the man was referring to the
collapsed Port Harcourt / Aba Expressway, which is a
federal road. But the explanation sounded hollow to the
governor himself, and after some time, he left the venue
of the ceremony, without taking questions from
journalists, as such occasion would have demanded.
Speaking on the incident, an associate of Chief Eze, told
Daily Sun that the state of Abia State was really dispiriting,
with decay and despondency everywhere. “I am sure most
of the dignitaries quietly agreed with Chief Eze, only that
they could not do so openly. One must commend Chief
Eze’s courage for being bold enough to speak out. Not
many people can do so today. In Abia State today, there is
the son of one of the elected officials, called The Wind,
who is like a terror. He silences all opposition and deals
ruthlessly with anyone in opposition to the government.
So, not many people can speak out. But we must
commend Chief Eze for his boldness and conviction.”
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Dr Kenneth Nwosu, a former
Executive Director, National Root Crops Research Institute
(NRCRI) Umudike, Abia State and currently Abia Commissioner
for Agriculture is dead. He was Wednesday night shot by gunmen. Nwosu
was on his way back to his Olokoro Village home in Umuahia
South Local Council during the time (around 8.05pm) of the
incident at Umuajata/ Amakamma road by Stella Inter-
Communication. Abia State Police Command spokesman, Mr.
Geoffrey Ogbonna who confirmed incident said the victim shot
several times in the stomach with bullets running through his
intestines.
According to police spokesman, Nwosu was overtaken by
gunmen in a Toyota Camry car who opened fire, spraying him
with bullets before fleeing. In Ogbonna’s words , “The gunmen
started shooting at him immediately and bullet touched his
intestines. They continued shooting indiscriminately before
escaping.” Asked whether the assailants were assassins,
kidnappers or robbers, Ogbonna said, “From the look of things it
was obvious they had a hidden agenda as they did not bother to
remove any thing from him or collect his car , but investigations
will unravel their real motive”.
Nwosu was rushed to Abia State Specialist Hospital where
doctors battled to save his life. Dr. Augustus Mbanaso, Chief
Medical Director (CMD) of the hospital told reporters Nwosu
was seriously injured at his intestines and femur. ”His intestines
were shattered and his blood pressure was vey low when they
brought him but we managed him till a level where surgery
could be carried out.” Dr. Mbanaso said. Dr Kenneth Nwosu died this morning. May his soul R.I.P

Abia is a tough one.... Remember heavy weights like Enyinnaya Abaribe

Billionaire business mogul and oil magnate, Dr
Uchechukwu Sampson Ogah (USO), on Tuesday,
June 17, 2014, ended the speculations about his
governorship ambition. On that bright, sunny
afternoon, the lanky chattered accountant and
President of Masters Energy took a bold step by
visiting the Abia State Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) secretariat on Finbarrs’ Road, Umuahia.
There, he informed members of the party
executive committee (EXCO) of his intention to
contest for the governorship position of the state
come 2015.
He was accompanied on the visit by notable Abia
political figures, including Chief Empire Kanu, a
former Nigerian Ambassador to Argentina, Chief
Emeka Atuma, a former member of House of
Representatives, Dr Maxwell Ndukwe Adindu, a
former Minority Leader of Abia State House of
Assembly and a former member of the state
executive council, amongst others. Also present
were teeming members of five Pro-Uche Ogah
groups.
As the crowd settled down, a man simply
introduced as Okosisi (Iroko tree) Obingwa, was
invited to address the audience. Ironically,
Obingwa, hypothetically, parades the highest
number of potential governorship hopefuls. Since
the state governor, Chief Theodore Orji, hinted
that it would be just to allow Abia South senatorial
zone (Ukwa/Ngwa political bloc) to produce the
next governor of the state, 98 per cent of those
being speculated to be interested in grabbing the
exalted seat come from Obingwa.
But Okosisi dismissed them, saying that Ogah,
who comes from Uturu in Isuikwuato local
government area -which is in Abia North Senatorilal
zone, was a better material than all the gladiators
from his home council. He said most of them have
held public and elective offices which they failed to
use to improve the welfare of their people, adding
that they would not do better if trusted with the
task of governing the state.
He posited that Ogah, a philanthropist of immense
proportions and dimensions, would take Abia to
greater heights. He said Abia PDP was lucky to
have Ogah in its fold, stressing that had he
declared his interest to vie for the exalted
governorship seat on the platform of another
party, PDP would have found him a hard nut to
crack. “Give power to Uche Ogah and it will be
well with Abia, it will be well with us,” he
submitted.
Next, Ambassador Empire Kanu, introduced as
leader of the Uche Ogah delegation, was invited to
address the gathering.
“We are here,” he said, “because of Dr
Uchechukwu Sampson Ogah. We have come to let
you know of his aspiration to contest for
governorship in 2015 in Abia state.”
Kanu continued “His name is divine because he
has not been entirely chosen by chance but by
epistemological origin. Dr. Uchechukwu Ogah has
a divine calling to take over the mantle of
leadership from our extra-ordinary performing
governor of our state, Dr. T.A.Orji.”
Inviting his principal to personally state their
mission himself, Kanu said “I will want to at this
point to invite our principal to speak for himself
and by himself. I have the singular honour to call
on the President of Masters Energy Group, with 13
subsidiary companies, a chartered accountant, an
acclaimed banker, an astute business mogul in the
class of Dangote, a philanthropist of the highest
order, a Christian, an Officer of the Order of the
Niger (OON), the sensational young man from
Uturu in Isuikwuato LGA, Dr. Uchechukwu
Sampson Ogah, to speak to you.”
Amidst a thunderous ovation, Ogah took it from
there, thrilling the crowd with his sonorous voice,
eloquence and thoughtful logic.
“I am most delighted, most humbled to be here
today,” he began. “Today is part of what we do;
we have been going around consulting. On the day
of our declaration, we will let you know. This is
just part of our routine consultation. And for the
fact that we are here, we have come to consult
with the members of the exco of PDP in Abia
state. And I want to say, thank you for the
opportunity you have given to us. Thank you for
receiving us. We are sorry for inconveniencing you
with a large crowd of people that are here but we
appreciate you because in your normal self as a
father, you will accommodate everybody. So, we
want to thank you so much and God bless you.”

Billionaire business mogul and oil magnate, Dr
Uchechukwu Sampson Ogah (USO), on Tuesday,
June 17, 2014, ended the speculations about his
governorship ambition. On that bright, sunny
afternoon, the lanky chattered accountant and
President of Masters Energy took a bold step by
visiting the Abia State Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) secretariat on Finbarrs’ Road, Umuahia.
There, he informed members of the party
executive committee (EXCO) of his intention to
contest for the governorship position of the state
come 2015.
He was accompanied on the visit by notable Abia
political figures, including Chief Empire Kanu, a
former Nigerian Ambassador to Argentina, Chief
Emeka Atuma, a former member of House of
Representatives, Dr Maxwell Ndukwe Adindu, a
former Minority Leader of Abia State House of
Assembly and a former member of the state
executive council, amongst others. Also present
were teeming members of five Pro-Uche Ogah
groups.
As the crowd settled down, a man simply
introduced as Okosisi (Iroko tree) Obingwa, was
invited to address the audience. Ironically,
Obingwa, hypothetically, parades the highest
number of potential governorship hopefuls. Since
the state governor, Chief Theodore Orji, hinted
that it would be just to allow Abia South senatorial
zone (Ukwa/Ngwa political bloc) to produce the
next governor of the state, 98 per cent of those
being speculated to be interested in grabbing the
exalted seat come from Obingwa.
But Okosisi dismissed them, saying that Ogah,
who comes from Uturu in Isuikwuato local
government area -which is in Abia North Senatorilal
zone, was a better material than all the gladiators
from his home council. He said most of them have
held public and elective offices which they failed to
use to improve the welfare of their people, adding
that they would not do better if trusted with the
task of governing the state.
He posited that Ogah, a philanthropist of immense
proportions and dimensions, would take Abia to
greater heights. He said Abia PDP was lucky to
have Ogah in its fold, stressing that had he
declared his interest to vie for the exalted
governorship seat on the platform of another
party, PDP would have found him a hard nut to
crack. “Give power to Uche Ogah and it will be
well with Abia, it will be well with us,” he
submitted.
Next, Ambassador Empire Kanu, introduced as
leader of the Uche Ogah delegation, was invited to
address the gathering.
“We are here,” he said, “because of Dr
Uchechukwu Sampson Ogah. We have come to let
you know of his aspiration to contest for
governorship in 2015 in Abia state.”
Kanu continued “His name is divine because he
has not been entirely chosen by chance but by
epistemological origin. Dr. Uchechukwu Ogah has
a divine calling to take over the mantle of
leadership from our extra-ordinary performing
governor of our state, Dr. T.A.Orji.”
Inviting his principal to personally state their
mission himself, Kanu said “I will want to at this
point to invite our principal to speak for himself
and by himself. I have the singular honour to call
on the President of Masters Energy Group, with 13
subsidiary companies, a chartered accountant, an
acclaimed banker, an astute business mogul in the
class of Dangote, a philanthropist of the highest
order, a Christian, an Officer of the Order of the
Niger (OON), the sensational young man from
Uturu in Isuikwuato LGA, Dr. Uchechukwu
Sampson Ogah, to speak to you.”
Amidst a thunderous ovation, Ogah took it from
there, thrilling the crowd with his sonorous voice,
eloquence and thoughtful logic.
“I am most delighted, most humbled to be here
today,” he began. “Today is part of what we do;
we have been going around consulting. On the day
of our declaration, we will let you know. This is
just part of our routine consultation. And for the
fact that we are here, we have come to consult
with the members of the exco of PDP in Abia
state. And I want to say, thank you for the
opportunity you have given to us. Thank you for
receiving us. We are sorry for inconveniencing you
with a large crowd of people that are here but we
appreciate you because in your normal self as a
father, you will accommodate everybody. So, we
want to thank you so much and God bless you.”

chupcake: Kendrick is far from abstract... He is not even on the same continent with abstract. Anytime I hear GKMC, its like I am him cos the pictures are so Vivid.. The skit at the end of the songs just made it more real.. I have never heard this kinda comment on Kendrick my entire 'hiphop life' and about Control... Dude killed that song.. I heard all the response to control including Cassidy. I know JCole is hot buh I never liked the dude anyways. You should goan listen to See No Evil Ft Kendrick - The Game. I am a die hard Eminem fan oo buh when I see true talent, I salute nii.. Kendrick is Talent.

After listening to Jcole's latest album, I'm beginning to rate I'm ahead of kendrick. Cole knows what to say

taharqa: Good. This means PDP and LP may even gap them sef. Even if all d Registered Voters in those 64 units in that LGA voted for Ngige (which is impossible), he wud still hv lost out woefully when other LGAs results are added..... So, Good Radiance. Ngige just stylisely conceded DEFEAT. Apc shld find a party position for him, fast...

Incase U don't know Ngige remains Senator of the Federal Republic

Who dash am to be richer than Enukeme.

NnamdiN: what exactly do you mean by stooping low? Are you aware that some of the anti 7s use ordinary curve 2? If you use a curve 2 and a request from an iphone 5 user comes, who is really stooping low for the other
If Nigerians had not attached sentiments, no one would have noticed the generic pins of non BB users. By the way I'm a BB user. I use it simply because of the cheap data plans. You think anyone would love BB with their crappy battery if iphones or android phones had similarly structured plans Give me a 1k monthly plan on iphone and I'd gladly drop the useless BB I'm using.

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Exactly the reason why I still maintained my bb. Very cheap data plan 3GB for 800 naira. While android is 1.5gb for 3k. Imagine!

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prof800: The Vulture And The Starving Child.!
**sighs**

Why are u sighing? Are u normal.

In March 1993, photographer Kevin Carter made a
trip to southern Sudan, where he took now iconic
photo of a vulture preying upon an emaciated
Sudanese toddler near the village of Ayod. Carter
said he waited about 20 minutes, hoping that the
vulture would spread its wings. It didn’t. Carter
snapped the haunting photograph and chased the
vulture away. (The parents of the girl were busy
taking food from the same UN plane Carter took
to Ayod).
The photograph was sold to The New York
Times where it appeared for the first time on
March 26, 1993 as ‘metaphor for Africa’s despair’.
Practically overnight hundreds of people contacted
the newspaper to ask whether the child had
survived, leading the newspaper to run an unusual
special editor’s note saying the girl had enough
strength to walk away from the vulture, but that
her ultimate fate was unknown. Journalists in the
Sudan were told not to touch the famine victims,
because of the risk of transmitting disease, but
Carter came under criticism for not helping the
girl. ”The man adjusting his lens to take just the
right frame of her suffering might just as well be
a predator, another vulture on the scene,” read
one editorial.
Carter eventually won the Pulitzer Prize for this
photo, but he couldn’t enjoy it. “I’m really, really
sorry I didn’t pick the child up,” he confided in a
friend. Consumed with the violence he’d witnessed,
and haunted by the questions as to the little girl’s
fate, he committed suicide three months later

In March 1993, photographer Kevin Carter made a
trip to southern Sudan, where he took now iconic
photo of a vulture preying upon an emaciated
Sudanese toddler near the village of Ayod. Carter
said he waited about 20 minutes, hoping that the
vulture would spread its wings. It didn’t. Carter
snapped the haunting photograph and chased the
vulture away. (The parents of the girl were busy
taking food from the same UN plane Carter took
to Ayod).
The photograph was sold to The New York
Times where it appeared for the first time on
March 26, 1993 as ‘metaphor for Africa’s despair’.
Practically overnight hundreds of people contacted
the newspaper to ask whether the child had
survived, leading the newspaper to run an unusual
special editor’s note saying the girl had enough
strength to walk away from the vulture, but that
her ultimate fate was unknown. Journalists in the
Sudan were told not to touch the famine victims,
because of the risk of transmitting disease, but
Carter came under criticism for not helping the
girl. ”The man adjusting his lens to take just the
right frame of her suffering might just as well be
a predator, another vulture on the scene,” read
one editorial.
Carter eventually won the Pulitzer Prize for this
photo, but he couldn’t enjoy it. “I’m really, really
sorry I didn’t pick the child up,” he confided in a
friend. Consumed with the violence he’d witnessed,
and haunted by the questions as to the little girl’s
fate, he committed suicide three months later.
_

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After listening to this song, I confirm that Jesse is really great.

Fresh off his sophomore album, The Jagz Nation Vol 1
. Here is Jesse Jagz with a song titled ‘Burning Bush. Lovely joint


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While anoda person had a tecno of 12k and has a
car. All these "devices" will fade away one day. Do
u remember when ladies were dying for guys with
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public. My advice is- use the one wey u like. Buy am
S4 cuz u have the money And not to impress
women. Women are like buses

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Controversy has continued to trail Delta
State Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan’s alleged
N250 million sponsorship of 16 private-sector
journalists to London for a training on
"Investigative Joirnalism" which has been
described as a jamboree.
This comes as a crisis is currently brewing in
the state chapter of the Nigeria Union of
Journalists (NUJ), which could lead to the
removal of its Chairman, Mr Norbert Chiazor,
over the selection of the reporters for the
London training.
Members of the NUJ in the state have
condemned in strong terms the involvement of
Mr. Chiazor, describing it as a sell-out,
clandestine and compromise, stressing that
the “corrupt” manner he led the selected
private journalists to the jamboree said to be
holding at the Thomson Reuters Foundation in
London is an impeachable offence.
SaharaReporters investigations show that the
state government in its bid to buy the media,
hiding under its human capital development
agenda, allegedly approved a whooping N250
million for the training of the 16 journalists in
London for the second time.
Last year, the council chairman had risked
impeachment following his involvement in
controversial and corrupt circumstances with
the state government to take 12 journalists in
state for a similar jamboree at the Reuters/
Thompson Foundation in London, United
Kingdom.
Before now, the state chairman of the union
has been accused by members of the NUJ in
the state of corruption, flagrant disregard of
the union's constitution, lack of transparency,
respect for members, romance with
government to the detriment of members, as
well as intimidation and harassment of
members.
It was reliably gathered that the embattled
NUJ state chairman had reached an alleged
deal with the state government to be
sponsoring selected private sector journalists
abroad for jamborees in the name of training
so as to avoid any form of bad press
throughout the reign of the administration.
According to a release from the office of the
state Information Commissioner, Mr. Chike
Ogeah, 16 journalists from the print and
electronic media in the state have commenced
a one-week training at the world renowned
Thomson Reuters Institute in London under
the sponsorship of the state government with
the theme “Investigative Journalism” focusing
on ethics and the principles of investigation in
news writing.
Ogeah confirmed that the “Training is the
second to be sponsored by the Delta State
Government. Last year, 12 journalists were at
the Thomson Reuters Institute for one-week
training on News Writing.”
He said Governor Uduaghan, who gave his
approval for the training, is of the belief that
it was in line with his administration’s
programme of human capital development.
It was revealed that apart from the 16 state-
sponsored journalists, others including the
General Manager of the state-owned Pointer
Newspapers, Mr. Bioseh Iwobi, whose tenure
has elapsed, the Permanent Secretary in the
Ministry of Information, Mr. Austin Mowah due
for retirement by 28th of this month, the
special assistant and personal assistant to the
commissioner led by Ogeah himself left the
shores of the country on Sunday, September
22, 2013 for the jamboree in London which
sources said would last for two weeks.
According to a Government House member of
staff, "The governor is at good wasting public
funds. Some of the persons on the list were
the same persons who attended the first
jamboree in London. Mowah, Ogeah, Chiazor, SA
to the commissioner and few others currently
in London were among the first set.”
However, a group in the state chapel under the
auspices of “Chapel Leaders Forum” were said
to have started collating signatories towards
the removal of the chairman. It was reliably
gathered that the chapel leadership shall be
meeting Wednesday to decide the fate of the
embattled chairman.
According to the members, the chairman has
been running the union like a private empire as
well as his failure to hold monthly congresses
which has breached Article F 6a of the union
which states inter alia that “the state
congress shall meet monthly.”
Members of group are also not happy that
Article 2 c has also been breached several
times by the Norbert Chiazor-led executive as
it has failed to “encourage the participation of
members in decision making processes in the
union.”
The chapel's leadership and it's members
were quick to mention the 2012 edition of the
Press Week organized by the Council where
the issue was not discussed at SEC or
Congress before a committee was set up and
inaugurated by the council.
“This led to a subtle boycott of the lecture
aspect of the Week where Governor Emmanuel
Uduaghan despite all efforts to flag-off the
ceremony had to mandate his Deputy, Prof.
Amos Utuama (SAN) to represent him due to
the poor turnout of journalists for the event.
Lagos-based lawyer and gubernatorial aspirant
in Delta State, Festus Keyamo who delivered
the lecture spoke to a hall that had less than
10 per cent of practising journalists in
attendance,” a reporter who is in the know of
what is going on in the union, but craved
anonymity said.
“Also, during the 2012 edition of the Press
Week, despite Comrade Chiazor informing
members of SEC that the National Executive
Council of the NUJ approved that only five
persons be given awards during the Award
Nite, more than eight persons bagged the
NUJ, Delta State Council awards prompting
questions as to 'how much was paid for the
awards?' to be asked and the disregards of the
order by NEC," another reporter lamented.
A member of the Chiazor-led executive also
lamented that the NUJ in the state are
worried that the NEC of the Union may not do
anything against Chiazor as he has at several
ocassions boasted that “I put Comrade Garba
(NUJ National President, Comrade Mohammed
Garba) there, I followed him throughout his
campaign and if you are going to complain, who
will you complain to?”
Meanwhile, a pressure group reacting to the
alleged wastefulness of the state funds by the
state government, Liberate Delta Peoples’
Movement, has condemned in strong terms
Uduaghan’s sponsorship of the 16 reporters to
the London training.
In a statement issued by the group’s
spokesman, Mr. Cadre Drake, titled “Delta
Condemned Uduaghan For Wasting Delta State
Funds On 16 Private Sector Journalists For
Reuters Course In London” and made available
to SaharaReporters said, “Members of the
group have expressed great shock and
disappointment to hear that this current
course was the ‘second’ such sponsorship of
journalists from the state coffers. Liberate
believes that it is not the business of Delta
State to act as the human resources
department of privately owned media houses.
“In addition, the group affirms its strong
support for the principal of ‘freedom of the
press’ and it is sad that even the media house
could not see how this might compromise their
reputation as independent press. The group has
also raised concerns about Reuters accepting
these candidates on their course and have
written to Reuters to tender a formal
complaint.
“Uduaghan is taking the ordinary citizen of
Delta State for granted by the unadulterated
waste of the State funds. Even if this was a
good idea, with more 18 people travelling to
UK, it would have been significantly cheaper to
invite Reuters to Warri. The saddest part is
the incompetence of the Uduaghan
administration is that it’s not prone to taking
correction and listening to good advice; the
people deserve more information from the
Commissioner of Information”.

I would want to offer my own
advice. First, to the President: I want you, sir, to
openly intervene in the crisis in Rivers State. By
openly endorsing the Jang faction, it may be safe
to conclude that you are incensed with Governor
Amaechi.
And your anger is natural. I know the governor
must have done certain things that portrayed your
highly-exalted office in bad light, making you take
extreme measures to call him to order. Remember,
Mr. President, to err is human and to forgive is
divine. Rotimi Amaechi is not a match to you in any
way. Fighting him with all the might of your office
is tantamount to killing a fly with a sledgehammer.
You have the 36 states, plus the Federal Capital
Territory as your constituency. Singling one of
them out for such a fight is not healthy and
square. I recall with nostalgia the circumstances
that led to your emergence as President and they
make me feel bad at the protraction of the mess
in Rivers State. Mr. President, you are a child of
circumstance, and should always see yourself in
that light. My fear is that unless you took urgent
steps to restore normalcy to Rivers State, the
ongoing crisis may lead to dire consequences for
the state and our nation.
I am sure you can invite the governor and talk
sense into him as your citizen instead of the
current approach of chastising him. Your
consideration to intervene should be driven by the
love you have for the people of Rivers State, from
where Bayelsa State was carved out. So, no
matter the geographical differences, Rivers and
Bayelsa States are one. Mr. President, some of
those fighting Amaechi with or in your name are
doing so to advance their selfish political cause
and not necessarily that they are loyal to you or
love you. Human beings are very funny and sly: they
stand by somebody when the going is fine and dump
him as soon as things turn sour. If the ‘war’ in
Rivers State is because of your aspiration in 2015,
then there is an urgent need to distance yourself
from it. You should know that 2015 is still in the
bowels of history. It is only God that can
determine what will happen. If it is the will of God
you will be President in 2015 and beyond, then
there is nothing anybody can do about it.
I know deep inside me, sir, that the goings-on in
Rivers State are quietly troubling your heart,
because they are unnecessary distractions. You
have enough troubles on your hands and numerous
challenges to tackle. Then, why add Rivers State
to the list? Seeing the state of emergency you
declared in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa through
requires total concentration. Removing Amaechi as
governor will not add to or remove anything from
your office, which is already exalted. God placed
you where you are today out of His kindness – to
make you a leading light to the world. So, it
behoves you to show similar kindness to others,
especially those that offended you. I challenge
you to restore normalcy in Rivers State today and
see if God will not surprise you with an uncommon
favour.
To Governor Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, this is the
time to wear your thinking cap and beat a retreat
fast. There is no need squabbling with the
President, because it is a battle you cannot win.
The office of the President of Nigeria carries
enormous powers, and when these powers are
evoked, they crush anybody in their trail. You
should not look at the President as a former
deputy governor and vice president. Level has
changed. He is now the President and Commander-
In-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria. He has an unfathomable
capacity to make life miserable for you. Forget all
the noise your supporters are making: they will
desert you the moment you cease to be governor.
From the support you have received from the
state legislature, members of the National
Assembly from your state and other groups, it is
certain you are liked and very popular. But that is
so long you remain the governor and control
tangible financial resources. Bear in mind that the
forces massed against you are formidable. Think
over all that has happened so far and you will
discover to your consternation that your state is
suffering from the burden of the crisis. Your
priority should be to leave lasting legacies for
which generations unborn will remember you. That
being the case, you should choose between your
personal interests and that of the Rivers State
people. They accuse you of harbouring a vice-
presidential ambition.
Though there is nothing wrong in that.
Nonetheless, you should dump that if it makes
some people uncomfortable. Think about your
future, safety of your family and the welfare of
the people of Rivers State who would be
collaterally affected should anything untoward
happen to you. God forbid! God has been gracious to
you – raising you from grass to grace. You had been
Mayor of Port Harcourt, Speaker of Rivers State
House of Assembly during the tenure of Peter
Odili as governor, and now a two-term governor.
What else do you want? If it is the will of God,
you would be vice president or president, nobody
can stop you. They said you contested for a second
term as chairman of NGF against your party’s
directive. If that is true, then, it was wrong. So
long you remain a PDP governor, you must subject
yourself to your party’s directives.
If you want to do things your own way, the proper
thing to do is to found your own party or resign
from PDP. Your suspension is a prelude to a
stiffer action against you, which you may find
unpalatable. As your name, ‘Chibuike’ (God is my
strength) goes, all will be well with you if you
hearken to the voice of reason. God will desert you
the moment you fail to listen to the small still
voice.
Now to those that fuel the crisis in Rivers State:
You should search your conscience and desist from
fomenting trouble. If you love President Jonathan
as you openly profess, then you have a
responsibility to make him succeed. And one of the
ways to attain this objective is to make peace
between him and his perceived adversaries. You
should, for once, bury your selfishness and work
for peace in Rivers State.
Let me make it very clear: the crisis in Rivers
State will not lead to victory for either President
Jonathan or Governor Amaechi or their teeming
supporters; rather it will end up tearing the
entire nation apart, because those involved in the
fight are too powerful and connected to be
ignored, and their tentacles stretch to as far as
Damataru and Jigawa in the North, Lagos and
Ogbomosho in the West, Abakaliki and Awka in the
East, and Calabar and Yenagoa in the South.”

At last, the real reason why Diamond Bank, a new generation bank in Nigeria has been engulfed in too many controversies, allegations and counter allegations, lately, has been discovered. Recall that penultimate week, some contract staffers of the bank took to the streets of Lagos to protest against an alleged unfair treatment meted out to them by their employer, the workers claimed that despite the fact that taxes were constantly deducted from their salaries, there were no hard facts to back up such payments alongside several other allegations of fraud that rocked the bank in recent times. According to feelers emerging into our ears, Mr. Alex Otti, the Managing Director of Diamond Bank Plc is allegedly plotting to become next governor of Abia State. Feelers reaching us have it that he now pays more attention to the governorship project; even sometimes at the detriment of his bank job.A source who claims to be in the know informed us that Otti enjoys the blessings of the incumbent governor, Chief Theodore Ahamefula Orji, which explains why he is pursuing his ambition with vigour and so much vitality. Besides working underground at the moment to actualize his dream, creating a robust image of him in the eyes of the people has equally begun. Two of these moves that readily come to mind are his recent conferment with an honorary doctorate by the University of Nigeria Nsukka and also his decoration as the Banker Of The Year by Prince Emeka Obasi’s Business Hallmark Newspapers. Other media stunts are also daily being pulled for him, the reason he’s now in the media more than before.Hitherto an Executive Director with First Bank of Nigeria Plc, the first class graduate of the University of Port-Harcourt (Economics) was made the MD/CEO of Diamond Bank in March 2011, following the exit of the former MD, Mr. Emeka Onwuka. He began his banking career with the defunct Nigerian International Bank Ltd. From there he moved over to Nigerian Intercontinental Merchant Bank, the United Bank for Africa, First Bank and now Diamond Bank. One of the staffers in their Corporate Affairs Department whom we spoke to on Thursday, January 31, 2013, Tobechukwu Okoli told us that he was not authorized to speak on the matter when contacted.

At last, the real reason why Diamond Bank, a new generation bank in Nigeria has been engulfed in too many controversies, allegations and counter allegations, lately, has been discovered. Recall that penultimate week, some contract staffers of the bank took to the streets of Lagos to protest against an alleged unfair treatment meted out to them by their employer, the workers claimed that despite the fact that taxes were constantly deducted from their salaries, there were no hard facts to back up such payments alongside several other allegations of fraud that rocked the bank in recent times. According to feelers emerging into our ears, Mr. Alex Otti, the Managing Director of Diamond Bank Plc is allegedly plotting to become next governor of Abia State. Feelers reaching us have it that he now pays more attention to the governorship project; even sometimes at the detriment of his bank job.A source who claims to be in the know informed us that Otti enjoys the blessings of the incumbent governor, Chief Theodore Ahamefula Orji, which explains why he is pursuing his ambition with vigour and so much vitality. Besides working underground at the moment to actualize his dream, creating a robust image of him in the eyes of the people has equally begun. Two of these moves that readily come to mind are his recent conferment with an honorary doctorate by the University of Nigeria Nsukka and also his decoration as the Banker Of The Year by Prince Emeka Obasi’s Business Hallmark Newspapers. Other media stunts are also daily being pulled for him, the reason he’s now in the media more than before.Hitherto an Executive Director with First Bank of Nigeria Plc, the first class graduate of the University of Port-Harcourt (Economics) was made the MD/CEO of Diamond Bank in March 2011, following the exit of the former MD, Mr. Emeka Onwuka. He began his banking career with the defunct Nigerian International Bank Ltd. From there he moved over to Nigerian Intercontinental Merchant Bank, the United Bank for Africa, First Bank and now Diamond Bank. One of the staffers in their Corporate Affairs Department whom we spoke to on Thursday, January 31, 2013, Tobechukwu Okoli told us that he was not authorized to speak on the matter when contacted.

slimghost: And your point is? Its obvious you have comprehension problem. Am not disputing the validity of the election exercise, all i asked was "how did Amaechi become the NGF chairman in the first place?" but i guess you cant answer that. FYI, dude came there as a consensus candidate as no election was held (the constitution they adopted had no room for elections). But guess what, the power drunk fool rushed and amended the constitution giving room for elections and re-election without the consent of all the governors. Truth is, he came as a consensus candidate and now Jang is the NGF chairman as a consensus candidate too. Let him deal with it. One problem i have with you is that you always let your hatred for GEJ becloud your sense of reasoning.

Why is GEj turning the position of NGF chairman into a powerful deal..... He should invest this power into working fir the country and giving we Nigerians more reasons to reelect him.
What was the need of renting an office in Maitama as office. Careless spending. Was it a priority? Will it broker peace.
This is suppose to be reconciliation time and If GEJ continues this witch hunting.He may end up receiving a shock. This is democracy not military era

U dey madt to write dis...... maybe ur papa na legend fela kuti

9jadelta: this song stinks
what sort of rubbish is this
if not to say na free internet i dey use, i for don curse u for posting this nonsense. mtchew waste of mb. u be don dada baby u be don dada what sorta rubbish lyrics is that? the beat sounds like someone's hitting pangolo with sticks

U are foolish to write dis...... maybe ur papa na legend fela kuti

9jadelta: this song stinks
what sort of rubbish is this
if not to say na free internet i dey use, i for don curse u for posting this nonsense. mtchew waste of mb. u be don dada baby u be don dada what sorta rubbish lyrics is that? the beat sounds like someone's hitting pangolo with sticks

Chelsea fans will find it very hard to choose between this 2 young brilliant playmakers. What's yuh stand on this one. Who is better

Views: 184About 30 per cent of journalists working with Nigeria’s leading tabloid chain The Sun will likely lose their jobs in an impending downsizing exercise, News Express can report this morning.The bad news came last Tuesday, April 23, when Sun Publisher, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, paid a surprise visit to the paper’s headquarters in Apapa, Lagos, South-West Nigeria.When Kalu, a businessman and immediate past governor of Abia State, South-East Nigeria, stepped into the premises around 2:00 p.m. Nigerian time (around 13 hours GMT) perceptive Sun workers knew there was a problem. Reason: He is not known to come around that time but usually visited late on Saturday night or before noon on Sunday when there are not many workers around.During his Tuesday visit, Kalu exchanged pleasantries with those who saw him and briskly walked upstairs to hold a meeting with the paper’s top management staff. Shortly afterwards, Deputy Managing Director/Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Mr. Femi Adesina, came downstairs and called Mr. Philip Nwosu, Chairman of the local chapter of the Nigerian Union of Journalists. (NUJ). Nwosu was informed that the publisher believes The Sun to be over-staffed and had advised the management to check the staff strength of other newspaper in the country.News Express learnt that about 30 per cent of Sun journalists may be affected in the downsizing exercise at the paper which just celebrated its tenth anniversary with fanfare.  Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief, Mr. Tony Onyima, neither confirmed nor denied the story, telling News Express on phone: “You are a journalist; why don’t you wait till it happens?” Prodded further, he accused the reporter of having made up his mind and then cut the line, saying: “Don’t call me again!”As exclusively reported yesterday by News Express, four Sun chiefs – Editorial Board Chairman, Dr. Amanze Obi; Executive Director, Technical, Alan Jones; Executive Director, Marketing, Paul Onyia; and Principal Human Resource Manager, Patrick Enilama – are also on their way out on Orji Uzor Kalu's orders. Source News Express

We use to have 7 swimming
pools in my house until armed robbers
stole 6.

The race to abia 2015 has begun...... which of these two strong abia men do u think is capable of replacing chief T.A Orji