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R2bees: Govt should gather all the mad people in 9ja and hit them with trailer, am sure they will regain there senses.. Anyway thank God shaa

You no well.

I can't wait...

Thank God.

i ve been without food for 40 days now, and still looking good.

The story has been told about the miraculous cure of a 40-year-old mentally ill woman who has been simply identified as Olubisi Aina at Sanyo area of Ibadan, Oyo State on Tuesday, 11th December, 2012 after an auto accident.

According to the Tribune, which reported the story, the way and manner in which Olubisi Aina regained her sanity after about a decade or more of insanity is amazing and it could be described as a wonder. Aina had been insane for 10 years or thereabout and paraded herself, most often nakedly, on the Sanyo-Temidire-Agbamu road, her habitation for over a decade.

She usually slept on her back with her face up in drainages or on the main road close to the bridge on Damo River in the area; and come rain or shine, Olubisi was always in her habitat and is well known in the neighbourhood. Perhaps that was her saving grace on Monday, 10th December, 2012 when a car ran over her where she was sleeping at about 9a.m.

Olubisi was quickly rushed to Oore-Ofe Hospital and Maternity Home where her bruised mouth and legs were attended to. However, after being discharged, patron of the hospital, Mr Toyin Adesina, advised that she should have a bath. She was later led by acquaintances to Damo River where she was given new sponge and soap for her bath. As she raised the sponge above her head, she said “Thank you God” in Yoruba Language. Instantly, she regained her sanity and whatever question was posed to her, she answered accurately!

Culled from the Tribune
www.informationnigeria.org/2012/12/mad-woman-miraculously-regains-her-senses-after-being-hit-by-a-car.html

The Federal Government has declared
Tuesday, December 25, and Wednesday,
December 26, as public holidays to
commemorate the Christmas and Boxing Day
celebrations.
This is contained in a statement signed by the
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of
Interior, Anasthesia Nwaobia, on Monday, in
Abuja. Similarly, the statement said that Tuesday,
January 1, 2013 has also been declared as
public holiday to mark the New Year. It stated that the Minister of Interior, Abba
Moro, declared the holidays on behalf of the
Federal Government. Mr. Moro enjoined all Nigerians irrespective of
their religious beliefs to imbibe and emulate
the spirit of the season, which is love, joy,
peace, justice and kindness. He urged Nigerians to continue to promote
the unity of the country in its progressive
march towards nationhood. The minister also wished all Nigerians a blissful
and peaceful celebration.
www.informationnigeria.org/2012/12/fg-declares-dec-25-26-and-jan-1-public-holidays.html

R.I.P

(sings)Two years don waka, we still dey carry go. I think say dem no go break up.

Na wa o!

RIP

"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" launched Peter Jackson's new trilogy with the biggest December box-office opening ever in the U.S., taking in $85 million in three days. Jackson's prequel to the blockbuster "Lord of the Rings" series, the first of three instalments, shattered the record for biggest December debut set in 2007 by "I Am Legend" with $77.2 million. The overall box office was the highest ever for a December weekend at $134 million, and was up 14 percent over the comparable weekend last year, reports The Wrap. It's been nine years since moviegoers have had the chance to revisit Middle-earth and they were glad to be back, giving "The Hobbit" an "A" CinemaScore. The film is directed by Jackson and stars Ian McKellen as the wizard, Gandalf, and Martin Freeman as the titular hobbit, Bilbo Baggins. New Line and Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer co-produced and co-financed the film. The "Lord of the Rings" movies all opened the week before Christmas, but Warner Bros. head of distribution Dan Fellman said the studio saw an opportunity with "The Hobbit" to get a jump on the holiday season. "You sort of lead with your chin when you go out early like this," Fellman told TheWrap, "but we knew we had a great picture, and we think we're set up to build on this from here. Next week is tricky since it's still pre-holiday, but by the time we get to Christmas we'll be rolling." Fellman said one of the goals was to attract a new generation of Middle-earth fans, and the numbers suggest that could happen. The audience was 42 percent under 25 years of age and 57 percent males. Fellman noted that school's are generally still not out for the holiday break and that, combined with the "A+" CinemaScore that moviegoers under 18 – who made up 20 percent of the audience – gave the film point to the potential to capitalize on younger audiences in the coming weeks. The debut by "The Hobbit" is bigger than any of the "Rings" movies, including the franchise finale "The Return of the King," which opened to $72.6 million domestically in 2003. "The Hobbit" is benefiting from a higher mark-up on 3D tickets. It is the first adaptation of the beloved J.R.R. Tolkien books to arrive in theatres in that format, which accounted for 3,160 of the total 4,045 screens and made up 49 percent of the overall gross. The per-location average overall was nearly $21,000. The 326 Imax locations brought in $10.1 million, averaging more than $30,000 per theatre over the three days. About 460 theatres showed "The Hobbit" in the groundbreaking but controversial 48 frame-per-second format -- which doubles the standard film speed and provides more clarity -- that Jackson utilized when he shot the movie. Between the high-speed film, 3D and Imax versions
and combinations of those formats, moviegoers had six available options for viewing "The Hobbit." Imax screens playing the film in the 48 fps format averaged $44,000 per location. Friday's grosses for "The Hobbit" were swelled by the $13 million in sales from midnight screenings at 3,100 locations, 2,160 of which were 3D. Finishing a distant No. 2 was DreamWorks' animated kids movie "Rise of the Guardians," which brought in $7.4 million to up its overall domestic total after four weeks to $71 million. In its sixth week, DreamWorks and Disney's Oscar front-runner "Lincoln' brought in $7.2 million to raise its overall domestic total to nearly $108 million. Sony's James Bond thriller "Skyfall," also in its sixth week, finished fourth with $7 million. It has taken in $272 million domestically. Fox's Oscar hopeful "Life of Pi" added $5.4 million this weekend. Director Ang Lee's lyrical epic has taken in nearly $70 million after four weeks.
www.thisdaylive.com/articles/the-hobbit-breaks-us-box-office-record/133793/

This country those not belong
to anybody and no body should
hold the country stand
still.things worse than kidnap
has happen to this country yet
the president travel and u cant
tell me that the minister did nt
eat bcoos her mother was
kidnapped.even though we all
aware that the invistigation will
yield not thing she should not
rob it on the face of the rep by
making them useless.i think its
highe time revovulation takes its
place and let us have a new
Nigeria.

ABUJA — The House of
Representatives, yesterday,
threatened to order the
arrest of Minister of Finance,
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and
former Chairman of the
Presidential Committee on
Verification and
Reconciliation of Subsidy
Payments, Mr Aigboje Aig-
Imoukhuede, for failing to
appear before the House
Committee on Public Petitions.
Chairman of the House
Committee, Hon. Uzo Azubuike,
issued the threat at
yesterday’s hearing of the
committee which continued
deliberation on a petition
presented to it by the
Managing Director of Capital
Oil and Gas Ltd, Ifeanyi Ubah.
Azubuike had said the two
personalities had shunned
the invitation of the
committee twice and their
absence was frustrating the
investigative work of his
Committee.
In spite of the absence of the
two personalities, the public
hearing went on yesterday
with the appearance of the
two gladiators, namely
Chairman of Coscharis
Group, Mr Cosmas Maduka
and Ifeanyi Uba, Managing
Director, Capital Oil and Gas
Industries Limited.
In response to the excuse
that Okonjo-Iweala was
absent because of the kidnap
of her mother, Azubuike said
the invitation was not for the
minister as a person but for
the Federal Ministry of
Finance to put up an
appearance and supply the
information requested by
the committee.
C’ttee warns
He warned that if the
ministry was not represented
at the next sitting of the
investigative panel, the
committee would be left with
no other option but to issue
a warrant of arrest on the
head of the ministry.
Aig-Imoukhuede had, through
his lawyers informed the
committee of his absence on
legal grounds. In the letter,
he pleaded that whereas the
committee invited him as
Chairman, Presidential
Committee on Verification of
Subsidy Payments, he had
since discharged his role in
that committee and
submitted a report to the
government. According to
him, there was, therefore, no
more legal grounds for him to
function in that capacity.
Aig-Imoukhuede also pleaded
that the issues for which he
was being invited were
already before different
courts in Nigeria and abroad,
hence discussing them would
amount to contempt of the
courts.
www.vanguardngr.com/2012/12/subsidy-palaver-reps-threaten-to-arrest-okonjo-iweala-aig-imoukhuede/

Britney Spears is the highest paid
female musician of 2012,
according to an earnings report
released by Forbes. Spears raked
in over $58 million in 2012, beating
out Taylor Swift with $57 million.
The figures represent earnings
from May 2011 to May 2012, a
period where Spears released a
#1 album, Femme Fatale, and went
on a massive world tour. To
create the earnings rankings,
Forbes complied income from
record sales, touring,
endorsements, merchandise and
various business ventures. Tours
are huge money makers, as they
also tend to sell lots of
merchandise. Many of the other
top earners also embarked on
wildly successful international
tours, including Rihanna, Lady
Gaga and Katy Perry.
Beyonce managed to make the list
even with a relatively quiet 2011
and 2012. She released 4 in early
2011, but did not tour to support
the record, taking some time off
to give birth to daughter Blue Ivy.

The rest of the Forbes list
includes:

3. Rihanna, $54 million.
4. Lady Gaga, $52 million.
5. Katy Perry, $45 million.
6. Beyonce, $40 million.
7. Adele, $35 million.
8. Sade, $33 million.
9. Madonna, $30 million.
10. Shakira, $20 million.

www.popularcritic.com/2012/12/13/britney-spears-highest-earning-musician-in-2012-x-factor-future-unknown/

Telecommunications services
provider, Airtel Nigeria has taken
a step to lead a new phase of
telecoms revolution in the
country as it announced the
completion of the Long Term
Evolution (LTE) trial in Lagos, the
commercial nerve centre of
Nigeria.
LTE, widely accepted as the true
4G, is a standard for wireless
communication of high-speed
data for mobile phones and data
terminals. It is based on advanced
network technologies with a
central focus of increasing the
capacity and speed using a
different radio interface
together with enhanced core
network.
With the successful completion of
the first 4G LTE trial in Lagos,
Airtel says it is ready for test in
the other major cities across the
country including Abuja and Port
Harcourt.
The company added that the
Lagos trial threw up exciting
results as data users could open
up simultaneous HD Videos on
Youtube without buffering.
Download speed, under ideal
conditions was 37 Megabits per
Second (Mbps), while under non-
ideal conditions, was 32 Mbps;
upload speed was - 10.6 Mbps.
Measurement under non ideal
condition was done using
www.Speedtest.net.
Speaking on the trial, the chief
executive officer and managing
director of Airtel Nigeria, Rajan
Swaroop said Airtel is committed
to strengthening its position as a
true pioneer of innovation in the
Nigerian telecommunications
domain, saying this is in line with
its overall corporate vision of
becoming the most loved brand in
the daily lives of Nigerians.
"At Airtel, we pride ourselves as
leaders and we are passionate
about continuously creating the
next innovation to empower
telecoms consumers and enrich
the lives of our customers across
the country. In the coming weeks,
we shall take this success story
to other parts of the country so
that Nigerians will benefit from
this innovation when finally
unveiled," said Swaroop.
LTE is a truly global mobile phone
standard for advanced mobile
broadband. There is use of
different frequency bands in
different countries, which will
mean that only multi-band phones
will be able to use LTE in all
countries where it is supported.
www.bizcommunity.com/Article/410/78/87104.html

Tenderly1: front page

Yea Front Page.

Given that Nigerians
are gripped with
fear and insecurity, is it not
advisable to ban all sorts of
driving in the country?
Taking somebody's life is
never acceptable but taking
the lives of innocent school
children is tantamount to a
crime against humanity.
Banning driving will bring
Nigeria to a stand still. We
need this break to reflect
on our future as a nation.

[quote author=ODUA_NEGRO]May their souls rest in peace![/quote]Amen

Even the jibrin wey wan ask am
questions sef na thief ask him how
many companies he has registered
and about the contracts they
carried out na only him his
company greenforest for maitama
abuja wetin dem dey do ? na fraud
he registered as many companies
put his brothers and sisters as
board he fit do publishing
agriculture, pharmaceutical,
industrial contracts ..i beg you
people should go and sit down and
not deceive us ..shey we know how
many motorcycles u dashed out
for campaign u don collect all your
money back? You are all thieves
even u Mr SPEAKER .SANUSI JEUN SOKE
IF U LIKE GO AND BOMB THEM FOR
HOUSE BECAUSE WE KNOW SAY U BE
PART OF BOKO HARAM ...OLES BARAO
ONYENOSI

A fatal accident occurred on
Wednesday when a granite-
carrying truck rammed into
students who had just closed
from school.
About eight students were
feared dead from the accident
which occurred in Itori village of
Ogun State. The victims are
believed to be students of Itori
Comprehensive High School,
located in Ewekoro Local
Government Area of the State.
The accident occurred when the
truck swerved off the road. It led
to a violent protest by the
victims’ colleagues, who smashed
vehicles and destroyed several
property on sight.
A witness said the truck, with
registration number LAGOS XZ
628 AKD, was coming from
Abeokuta, the state capital, when
it veered off the median.
Some of the protesters also
complained about the late arrival
of the security and rescue
officials to the accident scene.
Many motorists plying the road,
located along the old Abeokuta-
Lagos road, could not hold back
tears on arriving at the scene.
As at the time of filing this report,
an Armoured Personnel Carrier,
belonging to the Ogun State
Police Command arrived at the
scene of the accident, to restore
order preparatory to the
evacuation of victims.
When contacted, the Itori Sector
Commander of the Federal Road
Safety Commission, Fatai Bakare,
confirmed the accident.
247nigerianewsupdate.com/breaking-news-truck-kills-eight-ogun-secondary-school-students/

It's time too set nigeria free

Following the adoption of a
motion moved by chairman, House
Committee on Finance, Hon.
Abdulmumin Jibrin (PDP, Kano), on
matters of urgent public
importance, informing the House
of failure of revenue collecting
agencies to honour their several
invitations and provide details of
their Internally Generated
Revenues (IGR) as part of the
2013 budget revenue frame work,
the speaker of the Huse of
Representatives, Aminu Waziri
Tambuwal, yesterday, signed a
warrant of arrest on heads of
the affected agencies.
Tambuwal then directed Jibrin to
write to him and list the erring
agencies.
A copy of the arrest warrant
signed by the Speaker indicated
that CBN governor Sanusi Lamido
Sanusi, NNPC Group Managing
Director Engr. Andrew Yakubu are
among those listed.
To face arrest also include heads
of AMCON, FCT, FAAN, Pension
Commission of Nigeria, NIMASA,
NPA, among others.
Meanwhile, the force police
spokesman has said it has not
received any warrant from the
National Assembly for the arrest
of anybody.
It would be recalled that heads
of the government agencies in
charge of revenue collection had
been invited to appear before
the House Committee on Finance
over the non-remittance of N1.3
trillion revenue to government
coffers with most of them failing
to appear at the meeting.
www.247nigerianewsupdate.com/tambuwal-orders-arrest-of-sanusi-15-others/

Ahmadinejad’s government of Iran has launched a social network website whereby government approved contents only can be allowed to be uploaded unto the website, this has been said to be Iran’s version of YouTube but it is mainly to promote culture and values of Iran. It will be recalled that the widely known
YouTube was blocked by President
Ahmadinejad along with other social media
networks like Facebook and Twitter have also
been blocked. This move we hear is to block any kind of
western influence on the people of Iran in
everyway, to curb future uprising against the
Ahmadinejad government. Ahmadinejad decided on the blockage of
YouTube when his election was contested
after he was declared winner and was
followed by a wave of protest which ended
up forcing the state to take tough actions
against dissidents. The government has in its pipeline an internet
provision outfit which it would be launching
to take care of citizens’ connection to the
wider web which allows them access to some
Western media outlets, Blogs, pornography
and social networks like Facebook and Twitter which are already banned in the
country. The move has been widely criticised by the
western world as trying to minimise the
freedom of the citizens of Iran in web access. http://ir.mehr.ir
www.channelstv.com/home/2012/12/10/iran-launches-mehr-own-version-of-youtube/

Please Am Writing The Names Of Nosie Makers. So Nobody Should Make Nosie.

In Nigeria, some movie stars have
proven again and again that they can
guarantee return on investment as
long as their faces adorn the poster. They are Genevieve Nnaji, Omotola
Jalade-Ekeinde, Omoni Oboli, Funke
Akindele and Nse Ikpe-Etim. Or how else could one explain the
success of box office hits like Mirror
Boy, Ije, and Tango With Me all having
Genevieve Nnaji starring in them? And
what about Figurine and Anchor Baby
which both starred Omoni Oboli as the lead actress? Mirror Boy, Tango With Me, Last Flight
to Abuja and Phone Swap all had
sizeable negative reviews, yet they
topped the box office, made huge
profit and left many Hollywood
movies far behind. Below is a list of Nollywood’s five
bankable actresses, their earnings
and what is possibly working for
them.

Genevieve Nnaji
Topping the list of five is Genevieve
Nnaji. Love or hate her, Genny as she
is fondly called, has a way with
cinema audiences that make them
come back again and again for her
movies. So far, Genevieve’s starring in the
movies has grossed over N83 million at
the box office. Mirror Boy (described
by the actress as her first major film
and the first to put her at the box-
office) made N18 million, while Ije netted N60 million turning out to be
Nigeria’s highest grossing movie ever.
But Genevieve had to share the money
with Omotola, who also acted
alongside her. If the sharing formula
is 50-50, then Genevieve gets N30 million of the total gross. Genevieve’s next movie, Tango with Me
went on to make N35 million. So,
putting all the figures together,
Genny remains at the head of the
pack. What seem to be working for
Genevieve are her enduring power, popularity and social media
connection. The actress has been
there for over a decade and is still
waxing stronger. Her wine seems to
taste better with age. Another plus for Genny is her
popularity. Genevieve is hugely
popular across Africa and most
especially among the youths. Before
now, she has been very active on the
social media especially Twitter. She even had to put up a Facebook
advert after reports emerged that
some acts were ahead of her there.

Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde
Next on the list is Omotola Jalade-
Ekeinde with box-office gross of N60
million. She made N24 million with Last
Flight to Abuja, N6 million from Private
Storm and her N30 million share in Ije
bring her total earning to N60 million. This year alone, no actress has made
as much as N24 million from a single
movie; Funke Akindele would have done
so with The Return of Jenifa but the
movie hit the box office in 2011. Omotola, who was reported to have
been paid N5 million by Tarila
Thompson all in the bid to make his
movie a blockbuster, has been
described as the biggest box office
actress of 2012. She recorded successes back to back but it remains
to be seen if she can pull off the box
office magic again with Amina and
other movies coming in 2013. Omotola has been an A-list actress
even before Genevieve got her first
big break and so what has been
working for her is the wise investment
in her brand. Her enduring presence
and unceasing contact with her fans via the social media has made her
popular even in an environment where
a mother of four like her is not
fashionable.

Funke Akindele
Surprisingly, the third person on the
list is Funke Akindele, a young lady
who rose to fame in I Need To Know, a
TV series, and went on to earn a
monstrous fame with Jenifa. Funke is an unlikely candidate on this
list. Now, how can one explain that she
is third on a list parading heavy
weights like Omoni Oboli, Nse Ikpe-
Etim and Stephanie Okereke among
others? So far, Funke has made over N56
million, netting over N20 million in 2012
alone. In The Return of Jenifa, Funke
netted N35 million. The movie ran till
February 2012. Her movie, Married but
Living Single made N9.9 million while Maami made N11 million. The actress is
on her way to another cinema glory
with a movie, A Wish. Let’s hope she
will be able to wave the magical wand
again and create a box-office
success. For Funke who recently got married,
the plus factor for her is her huge
popularity among the masses and
elites. Her movie, Jenifa cuts across all social
groups with the street parlance in it
becoming the mode of communication
in social gathering. And as an icing on
the cake, Funke has moved upscale,
she is now the toast of events organized by the rich and not so rich.
Her box office credibility transcends
the cinema as all DVDs parading her
face turn into gold.
Omoni Oboli

Omoni Oboli, who is still largely
unknown to those who don’t
patronise the cinema and social
media, is fourth on the list. She is a
silent achiever. Before the trio of
Genevieve, Omotola and Funke even dreamt of hitting the box office,
Omoni Oboli already took the lead.
Figurine, her first box office
appearance made N13 million while
her second effort, Anchor Baby made
N18 million bringing her total earning to N31million. Omoni’s strength is her exclusivity and
knack for quality. It is a known fact
that if the project is not big and
ambitious, Omoni might not do it. The
disadvantage of that is, despite her
box office credibility, Omoni is still unknown in areas where there is no
access to cinemas. Perhaps, that is
the reason she tries to make up with
the red carpet presence. For now, the exclusivity is working for
Omoni; perhaps her new movie, Broken
and other works will introduce a new
twist. One other thing that should not
be forgotten is the unprecedented
publicity of Anchor Baby in 2010. The film also had Omoni at the forefront
of meeting and greeting of fans at
the cinemas.

Nse Ikpe-Etim
The fifth slot belongs to Nse Ikpe-
Etim. She seems to be the latest
sensation in big budget movies. In Mr
and Mrs, Nse was a delight, her
performance was a reference point
and it was a hook that kept drawing people to the cinema while the movie
was there. Mr and Mrs made N6 million while
another of her film, Phone Swap made
N20 million, making a total of N26
million. Too early for Nse to cement her place,
as she hasn’t done N15 million back-
to-back but one thing the actress
has made clear is that she has
intention of doing that. The leading
four acts should be afraid of Nse because her strength lies in her pure
acting talent. Nse is born to act, deemed to be
unnecessarily assertive a times, but
you can’t accuse her of not knowing
her lines. And she pushes her movies
with virgour, moving from one cinema
to the other.
www.247nigerianewsupdate.com/top-5-richest-nollywood-actresses/

With N2 billion house for sambo and
more billions for your banquet
house? U must be really joking sir.
NIGERIANS ARE FED UP! You and your
party sir have inflicted more wounds
on Nigerians because you have refused to fight corruption,
nepotism and favoritism. Its
unfortunate.
I am ashamed of GEJ being referred to as the
President of my fatherland,
Nigeria. He does not know what
he is
doing hence i said he lack WISDOM.

President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday urged Nigerians not to lose faith in the country as government was doing its best to address the numerous challenges confronting the nation.

The President said this at the 2012 Service of Nine Lessons and Carols, organised by the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and the Voice of Nigeria (VON).

Represented by the Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku, Jonathan said that the present administration would not relent in its efforts to improve the standard of living of Nigerians.

According to the president, Nigeria’s challenges are not peculiar and insurmountable; they just require strong support and understanding from the citizenry to overcome them.

Jonathan said the Federal Government remained committed to the development of the economy for all Nigerians, irrespective of their status and religious backgrounds.

He urged Nigerians to use the season of Christmas to reach out to their compatriots who were in dire need of assistance, noting that Christmas was a period of love and faith.

In his Christmas message, the presiding bishop of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM), Bishop Mike Okonkwo, urged Nigerians to use the Christmas season to reflect on the challenges confronting the nation.

He, however, urged them to stop complaining about the difficulties but to keep faith with God as no situation was too big or difficult for Him to handle.

Okonkwo called on those in positions of authority to seek God’s favour at Christmas by impacting on the lives of the less-privileged in the society. NAN


www.vanguardngr.com/2012/12/dont-lose-faith-in-nigeria-jonathan-urges-nigerians/

The Governor of Delta State, Mr Emmanuel Uduaghan, has declared that the kidnapped mother of the coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance, Professor (Mrs) Kamene Okonjo, will be rescued within 24 hours.

The governor who refused to give more details on the high profile kidnap that occurred in his state, made it known that he has given the order for the immediate rescue of the Professor.

Mr Uduaghan, revealed this on our breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily, where he said that “I have given the orders that she (Professor Mrs Kamene Okonjo), must be fished out within the next 24 hours.”

The Governor refused to discuss any further on the kidnap and rescue mission saying, “I don’t want to discuss about the kidnap because of the nature of the person involved.”

“Let’s just leave it at that”, he concluded.

Meanwhile, the Delta state police command says that it is on the trial of kidnappers who abducted the octogenarian Professor of Medicine.

Delta state police spokesperson, Charles Muka, said the police have information that will lead to the arrest of the kidnappers.

The oil-rich state has been a major kidnap spot for oil workers prior to the amnesty declared by late President Umaru Yar’Adua for the Niger Delta militants in 2008.

There has been a lull in such abductions in the last few years, but a number of kidnaps have been reported in the last two years.

The mother of the coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance Professor (Mrs) Kamene Okonjo, was abducted by unknown gunmen from her home in Ogwashi-Uku, Delta state at about midday on Sunday.

Confirming the kidnap, a press release signed by the Minister’s personal assistant, Mr. Paul Nwabuikwu, late on Sunday, stated that the mother of the Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was abducted from her home in Ogwashi-Uku, Delta state.

It is yet to be confirmed if those behind the kidnap, are the same people who have made threats against the coordinating minister in recent, past or other elements with hostile motives.

The kidnappers are yet to make contact with the family of the victim.

The 82-year-old monarch’s wife was said to have been abducted at about 1.47PM by a gang of armed men who seized her at the gate of the palace at Ogbe-ofu.

Her husband, Obi Chukwuka Okonjo, a retired Professor of Economics, is the traditional ruler of Ogwashi-Uku.
www.channelstv.com/home/2012/12/10/okonjo-iwealas-mother-will-be-rescued-in-24-hours-uduaghan/