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[size=15pt]Jonathan okays national confab *Concludes consultations, SNC to take off next year[/size]

Written by Taiwo Adisa, Abuja
Sunday, September 30, 2012


PRELIMINARY consultations scheduled to lead to the convocation of a National Conference were said to have been wrapped up in the outgone week, as President Goodluck Jonathan was said to have given the green light on the planned confab. Investigations by Sunday Tribune revealed that President Jonathan had personally led some of the secret consultations with leaders of ethnic nationalities. Only a few of the consultations were held in the open, as it emerged that the president had also constituted a team that would midwife the conference.

A source said on Saturday that contrary to reports in a section of the media, the presidency was actually spearheading talks with some leaders of ethnic nationalities for the purpose of identifying the need for the much talked about national conference. According to findings, the conference is scheduled to start early next year, while the steering committee is now fine-tuning the modalities for the planned confab. Besides a number of consultations that took place in Abuja, it was gathered that a number of top presidency hands were deployed in Lagos, Kano, Kaduna as well as the South-East and South-South states to directly hold talks with leaders of many of the ethnic nationalities. Through the series of consultations, it was learnt that the consensus of opinion is that the country should provide a platform for the hitherto silent majority to ventilate their views on how to enhance Nigeria's unity and also ensure peaceful co-existence.

A source close to the arrangement said that the president had concluded on the need to ensure that Nigerians ventilate their views within the democratic space while the fears of various ethnic groups were also addressed. It was learnt that while the issues to be discussed at the confab would be moderated towards enhancing national unity, the government was willing to hear Nigerians out. Said a source in the know: "A lot has been said about the need for national conference or even the Sovereign National Conference and the president, being a listening leader, has actually consulted with many leaders from across this country. "There came the feeling that some Nigerians think the National Assembly may not really ventilate their views on devolution of powers, federalism and derivation, and that such issues are better thrashed out at the level of a national confab where people can truly agree on what they see as fundamentals." It was also learnt that the outcome of the planned confab would be handed over to the National Assembly, which would then prepare some bills in line with some agreed issues. A source said that the confab may last for only six months. In case the national confab could not complete its assignment before the completion of the ongoing constitution amendment exercise, a source said that the government would prepare separate bills for legislative action by the National Assembly.


SOURCES: http://www.tribune.com.ng/sun/front-page-articles/8677-jonathan-okays-national-confab-concludes-consultations-snc-to-take-off-next-year; http://odili.net/news/source/2012/sep/30/625.html


[size=15pt]I have two hopes. First, that GEJ unequivocally delivers on this and not renege on it. Secondly, that Nigerians adequately grab this unique opportunity for the sake of posterity.[/size]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJR3keih6CQ

@ Royal: This video demonstrates the level of depravity and barbarism within Islam. Any religions and/or cultures which, in this time and age (21st CE) demand that a human being should be stoned to death (or have their legs and arms amputated) deserve one thing: ABANDONMENT!

Saudi Arabia immigration officials yesterday denied Nigeria’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Alhaji Abubakar Shehu Bunu and other consular officials, access to the detained Nigerian female pilgrims at the King Abdulazeez International Airport, Jeddah... the Saudi immigration officials refused to recognize his official status as a full-fledged ambassador representing Nigeria in Saudi Arabia... But the Saudi immigration officials openly humiliated all of them without recourse to the status as Nigeria’s official representation in that country”...

www.dailytrust.com.ng/index.php/other-sections/lead-stories/177834-saudis-block-nigerian-envoy-from-detained-pilgrims


Honestly, I am enjoying this by the minute! Islam my feet, Prophet Muhammad (Curse Be Upon Him) my bum.

Where are Nigerian Professors of Zoology. This, in my opinion should either be allowed to return to its natural habitat or taken to a zoo only if they can adequately feed him. But this is Nigeria where even human beings can't adequately feed....

https://spyghana.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/820913928_649774.jpg

Girls, I understand you didn't have "male escorts" to accompany you to Saudi. There are loads of them in Europe. I wonder if there are none in Naija. Well, media reports claim you've been starving all these days when it's not even Ramadan! What a pity. Please accept and slaughter these frozen stuff and make some suyas, sausages, etc, etc. Enjoy your well deserved sumptuous meals.

[size=16pt]In fact, if I were these plebeians, I'll ditch Islamism, Muhammadism and Boko Haramism and imbibe HUMANISM.[/size]

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O MA SE OOOO. UHMN.

WHEN A COUPLE ENTERS ASO ROCK AS ITS CHIEF OCCUPANTS, ONLY ONE RETURNS HOME. JONATHAN DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT.
MR AND MRS ABACHA = MRS RETURNED HOME ALONE
MR AND MRS OBASANJO = MR OBASANJO RETURNED HOME ALONE
MR AND MRS YARADUA = MRS YARADUA RETURNED HOME ALONE
MR AND MRS JONATHAN = WAIT AND SEE.

[size=20pt]E YOMBO ANOBI[/size]

[size=14pt]When interviewed as the then Governor of Kano State (before the Buhari-Idiagbon took over and jailed him, in 1985, for 300years), Sabo Bakin Zuwo, in response to the question fielded to him by journalists, concerning whether or not there were mineral resources in Kano State allegedly/reportedly answered "we have Coke, Fanta, Sprite; Yes, we have a lot of minerals". Is GEJ any better than the legendary BARKIN ZUWO?[/size]

Police accused of killing man five days after wedding

[size=16pt]By Eniola Akinkuotu[/size]


When on September 15, 2012, Ugochukwu Ozuah, married Joan, his girlfriend of nearly two years; family and friends rejoiced with them at The Redeemed Evangelical Mission, Lagos. The 36-year-old man and Joan then stayed at the Whispering Palms, a beach resort in Badagry, for three days for their honeymoon.

The couple's joy was however cut short on September 20, 2012, when the groom was allegedly shot and killed by policemen attached to the Anthony Division. Ozuah, an indigene of Anambra State and Mechanical Engineering Graduate of the University of Ado Ekiti, was allegedly killed close to the UPS Bus Stop along Oworonsoki-Oshodi Expressway while dropping his friend off. The friend, Erikefe Omene, who came from the United Kingdom to attend the wedding, told PUNCH Metro that he still could not understand why the policemen shot the deceased. He said, "I went to visit Ozuah at his house at Oke Olowo Estate on Thursday. When it was around 10pm, I wanted to leave but he said taxis were not allowed into the estate so he decided to drop me off outside the estate where I would get a taxi. We got into his car, a Honda CRV, and he drove out. As we approached the expressway, there was an ash/blue car that stopped around the same time to drop someone. "An individual came out of the car which was now parked side by side with ours. Because of the manner with which it was parked, I didn't know the type of car it was. Policemen approached the said car and I thought it was just a routine check so we didn't pay it much attention. "Ozuah parked the car and we both alighted so we could stop a taxi but before he to shut the door, one of the policemen said, 'Who's there? Who goes there?' And shot Ozuah who then fell flat on the floor. Individuals from the ash/blue car suddenly ran behind Ozuah's car to where I was and I thought the policemen might come around to shoot. So, I ran back into the estate." Omene said he went to the deceased's house to inform his wife of what had happened. He said Joan, and her in-laws took another car and drove back to the scene. He said upon returning to the scene about 10 to 20 minutes later, he saw more policemen standing near Ozuah who was lying down in a pool of his own blood. He said, "By the time we arrived the scene, there were many policemen there. The Divisional Police Officer said he just received a phone call that someone was shot. I then told the DPO that it was a policeman that shot my friend. The DPO then asked me to explain and I narrated the story to him. He said, 'Are you sure it wasn't someone in black that shot your friend?' "At this point, Ozuah's wife started shouting that we should rush him to a hospital. Although he wasn't moving, his body was still warm. So, we laid him on the backseat and her brother-in-law drove him down to the hospital." Omene said he remained with the DPO and reiterated what had happened but the DPO was adamant, saying the killers must have been armed robbers in police uniform. Omene added that he and the DPO then drove to the hospital where the doctor said Ozuah was dead.

It was learnt that Omene immediately went to the police station where he wrote a statement. Ozuah's remains were said to have been deposited at the morgue of Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja. At the home of Nkechi, the deceased's elder sister, on Friday, sympathisers came in droves to condole with the family. The deceased's younger sister, who wept bitterly, told our correspondent that Ozuah was, until his death, the only surviving son of the family. "Our mother gave birth to three girls and two boys. One of our brothers died in 2008 and Ugochuckwu (Ozuah) was the only surviving son. Our father is late and when I got married three years ago, he (Ozuah) was the one who gave me away. It feels like a nightmare that he was killed just days after his wedding and he had no child. Our mother is still alive. What a tragedy," she said. Omene, who also wept profusely, described the deceased as a jovial and straightforward person. When contacted, the spokesperson for the state police command, Ngozi Braide, said it was armed robbers that killed Ozuah and not the police. Braide, in a a text message, said, "No, it's falsehood. The guy was actually killed by armed robbers in a Sports Utility Vehicle, not the police please."

SOURCE: http://odili.net/news/source/2012/sep/24/816.html

[size=18pt]Where is the forensic evidence for concluding that the deceased was killed by an armed robber? This DPO and the police spokesperson both deserve to be fed to angry and hungry LIONS. Is this the Nigeria that some of us in the diaspora are hoping to return/relocate back to?[/size]

[size=14pt]DID I HEAR THAT JONATHAN GOODLUCK HOLDS A PhD AND OBAMA HOLDS NONE? WHAT AM I TALKING ABOUT? I'VE HAD SOME GLASSES OF WINE....GRRHHH IT'S 03.00 HOURS. THANK GOSH IT'S A SUNDAY, NO WORK.[/size]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Gzyeo1Z1I4&feature=related

Watch this video about the shocking similarites between Muslim and Nazi beliefs. Listen to a former Palestinian terrorist. What is being taught to Muslim children will shock and amaze you!!

Putting this event on the youtube is the height of ignorance, honestly. How low would this VC further sink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXiQqFNwwCs&feature=plcp