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PoliticsOkupe: 70% Of Boko-Haram's Threats Aborted by fatdon2(op): 5:06am On Dec 03, 2012
As for intelligence gathering, Okupe explained that Government has acquired and deployed highly sophisticated security equipment and members of the security agencies have received and continue to receive adequate training such that intelligence gathering capacity have witnessed a monumental increase in capacity to gather information.

According to Okupe, this has been responsible for the reduction in over 70 per cent of the activities of the Boko Haram and other sinister plans before they occur but said unfortunately, these are not made known to members of the public.


Rather than entertaining fears, Okupe stressed that in times like this, Nigerians should endeavour to exhibit the fire of patriotism, and advised the nation to rally round the government in its efforts to root out the criminal elements within the society.

He said: “We should not allow fear and despair to overcome us, rather we should draw strength from our well-known spirit of nationalism and forebearance to support the government and the security agencies in their effort to curb the menace.”

He also urged the media to join hands and key in into the transformation agenda and ensure that sensational reports that could tarnish Nigeria’s image and bring the country into disrepute and create anxiety and panic are avoided as much as possible.

He said: “This government is committed to moving the country forward.

“The reform in the power and agricultural sectors and current infrastructural rehabilitation and development are taking shape.

“These will encourage the growth of local enterprise and increase in foreign direct investment in an unprecedented manner which will in turn provide more jobs, create wealth amongst the citizenry and reduce tendencies towards crimina-lity and other social malaise in our Nation.

“The President wishes to assure Nigerians that government will not rest but will continue to work.”

tirelessly with all the security agencies in the country to bring to a complete end as soon as possible, cases of insecurity.”

RomanceRe: Most Common Reasons For Break Up? by fatdon2(m): 9:37pm On Dec 02, 2012
sex huh
PoliticsRe: Gunmen ‘burn Churches, Border Posts’ In Borno. by fatdon2(op): 7:42pm On Dec 02, 2012
This Country Don Tire Me cry
PoliticsRe: Gunmen ‘burn Churches, Border Posts’ In Borno. by fatdon2(op): 6:53pm On Dec 02, 2012
PoliticsRe: Gunmen ‘burn Churches, Border Posts’ In Borno. by fatdon2(op): 5:05pm On Dec 02, 2012
Where are we going to
in this country? Why
msut vanguard reveal the
identity of their informations?
Those they are supposed to
realese they dont, those they are not supposed to they do.
We are daily told boko haram
are fighting the government,
but they are yet to convince us
the role churches and christians
in the north played in making the north a region of
alamajiris? They are yet to tell
us how churches and christains
in the north run the
government? I dont really blame
them, but the christian leaders who are more concerned with
winning contracats, buy private
jets and collecting fat
offerings and titles and
forgeting to give the
christiandom direction. Even our government officials are tired
of making empty speeches, they
dont even know what to tell us
again? f.uck this country
PoliticsGunmen ‘burn Churches, Border Posts’ In Borno. by fatdon2(op): 4:55pm On Dec 02, 2012
KANO – Suspected members of the
Islamist extremist group Boko
Haram set fire to churches and
border posts in northeastern
Nigeria on Sunday, residents said,
but it was not immediately known if there were casualties. Around 50 gunmen in cars and on
motorcycles carried out the
attacks on three churches and
border posts with neighbouring
Cameroon, opening fire on police
and chanting Allahu Akbar, (God is Greatest), residents said. Among the security posts burned
were offices for immigration,
customs and the secret police
and a quarantine building in the
city of Gamboru Ngala, about
140 kilometres (80 miles) from the Boko Haram stronghold in
Maiduguri. “The gunmen believed to be Boko
Haram were around 50 in number
and came in cars and on
motorcyles around 8:30 am and
attacked the security offices at
the border posts, burning them,” resident Modugana Ibrahim told
AFP. “They opened fire on the security
personnel but it is hard to say if
anybody was hurt or killed,”
Ibrahim said. Another resident, Hamidu Ahmad,
said the gunmen went into town
“chanting ‘Allahu Akbar’ and
burnt down the divisional police
station and three churches”. Violence linked to the Boko
Haram insurgency in northern
and central Nigeria is believed to
have left some 3,000 people dead
since 2009, including killings by
the security forces.(AFP)
www.vanguardngr.com/2012/12/gunmen-burn-churches-border-posts-in-borno/
Christianity EtcRe: If God Says This Minute, "My Child,this December Make A Wish." . by fatdon2(op): 2:45pm On Dec 02, 2012
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Christianity EtcIf God Says This Minute, "My Child,this December Make A Wish." . by fatdon2(op): 12:04pm On Dec 02, 2012
What would
be your Request?
1. To get married
2. Job 3. Pass my exams
4. Find a true lover
5. Forgiveness from God
6. Long lasting life
7. Wisdom
8. A car 9. To build a house
10. To heal you
11. Protect your lover, friends
and family
12. Endless happiness
PoliticsForbes Names Kenya’s James Mwangi 2012 Africa Person Of The Year. by fatdon2(op): 11:28am On Dec 02, 2012
The Chief Executive Officer of Kenya’s
Equity Bank, Dr James Mwangi, has
been named Forbes Africa 2012
Person of the Year. Dr Mwangi beat the likes of Nigeria’s
Aliko Dangote who is Africa’s richest
man; Tony Elumelu – Founder and
Chairman of Heirs Holding; President
of Malawi Joyce Banda and Stephen
Saad, co-founder of the Aspen Pharmacare. The event was held November 29, 2012
at the prestigious Porsche Centre in
Victoria Island in Lagos, Nigeria. The award was presented to him by
Managing Editor of Forbes Africa
magazine, Chris Bishop. In his acceptance speech Dr. James
Mwangi asked that “all Africans
should brace up and take up the
challenge of improving Africa as our
generation could go into history as
those that changed the African continent for good,” reports Kenya
Broadcasting Corporation. Dr Mwangi was honored for playing a
central role in making Equity Bank the
largest bank in East and Central
Africa, with more than seven million
accounts in Kenya alone. The judges said “Mwangi is an
example of what it means to make it
and to overcome the enormous
challenges facing the average person
in Africa. His influence and
contribution to society, in a difficult environment, is significant.” Mwangi holds a Bachelor of
Commerce degree and is a Certified
Public Accountant. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, Governor of the
Central Bank of Nigeria was recipient
of the first award in 2011.
www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2012/11/30/forbes-names-kenyas-james-mwangi-2012-africa-person-of-the-year/

CelebritiesD’banj’s Sister, Taiwo Set To Marry Cool FM Man. by fatdon2(op): 4:50am On Dec 01, 2012
If the news making the rounds is
anything to go by, then, D’banj
and the Cool FM’s Oladotun
Ojuolape Kayode popularly
known as D.O 2d T.U.N will become
in-laws soonest. Dotun is said to be planning to
spend the rest of his life with
Dapo’s younger sister. According
to our source, the on-air-
personality has been having a
smooth-sailing relationship with D’banj’s younger sister, Taiwo
Oyebanjo, former Mo’hits
accountant who turned-
boutique owner in Victoria
Island. The lovebirds are said to be fond
of each other with the former
often saying, Taiwo has changed
his life. Already, Dotun has made
his intention known to her
parents as they have given their consent and D’banj is said to be
in the know. Dotun started working at Cool
FM since 2004, and he currently
anchors the ‘Midday Oasis Show’
alongside singer-presenter
Temilola ‘Taymi’ Balogun. He also
doubles as an MC at various shows, helping out at the weekly
talent showcase Industry Nite
once in a while.
www.vanguardngr.com/2012/12/dbanjs-sister-taiwo-set-to-marry-cool-fm-man/
PoliticsTroops Find Bomb-making Items In Restive Zaria. by fatdon2(op): 4:17pm On Nov 30, 2012
KADUNA (AFP) – Troops have
recovered explosives and bomb-
making items from a Boko Haram
base in restive Zaria and
arrested a suspect, the military
said Friday. “During the operation, a two-
bedroom bungalow of bomb-
making factory was discovered
in which Improvised Explosive
Devices in stage one state of
readiness and several IED-making components were recovered,”
the military said in a statement. It said bomb-making items found
in the building at the Jushin Ciki
neighbourhood in Zaria on
Thursday included 17 sensor
mechanical timers (remote
contro), 11 primed suicide bombers vest, 36 primed IEDs in
cans and one military kitbag. Others were a hammer,
cellotapes and gums, two gallons
of paint containing prepared
IEDs, two gallons of turkey oil
brand with prepared IEDs, seven
rolls of wires of various lengths, one bag containing several
sensors and 25 volt batteries, it
said. The military said they arrested a
suspect and destroyed the
building. “A sixty-year-old man Umaru
Mohammed was arrested within
the premises and in line with
resolve to deter terrorists, the
building housing the factory was
demolished,” it added. Kaduna state where Zaria is
located, has been hit by
numerous attacks blamed on
Boko Haram in recent months,
prompting frequent military
crackdown on hideouts of of extremist group. Violence linked to the Boko
Haram insurgency in northern
and central Nigeria is believed to
have left some 3,000 people dead
since 2009, including killings by
the security forces.
www.vanguardngr.com/2012/11/troops-find-bomb-making-items-in-restive-zaria/
PoliticsRe: Sanusi: NLC Call Is Hypocritical – CPC. by fatdon2(m): 4:12pm On Nov 30, 2012
PoliticsRe: Court Reads Ojukwu's Will, Bianca Gets Lion Share by fatdon2(m): 4:11pm On Nov 30, 2012
I think am gonna get married to one of her daughters.
PoliticsRe: Ojukwu’s Will: Bianca Gets Lion’s Share by fatdon2(m): 3:29pm On Nov 30, 2012
I think am gonna get married to one of her daughters. wink
PhonesFG May Fine Telcos More For Bad Service. by fatdon2(op): 2:32pm On Nov 30, 2012
Telecommunication companies may have more fines levied on them if their services haven’t improved by the time service quality checks are made in December, Communications Technology Minister Omobola Johnson said. The telecommunications regulator fined companies including MTN Group Ltd. (MTN) and Emirates Telecommunications Corp. (ETISALAT) a combined 1.17 billion naira ($7.4 million) in May for failing to meet minimum service standards. Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country with more than 160 million people, is targeting voice penetration of close to 100 percent by 2014-2015. “Fining isn’t something we want to do every six months, so we’re working very closely with them,” Johnson said in a Nov. 26 interview in the southern city of Warri. “Many of the companies don’t want to get fined again, but if they do not meet those quality of service indicators, they will get fined,” the minister said, adding that most customers say the service hasn’t improved. The Nigerian Communications Commission fined South Africa- based MTN and Abu Dhabi-based Emirates, or Etisalat, 360 million naira each for failing to meet the service standards. New Delhi- based Bharti Airtel Ltd. (BHARTI) was fined 270 million naira and domestic operator Globacom Ltd. 180 million naira. The regulator threatened last year to stop operators from signing new customers unless they reduced the number of dropped calls and improved connections. MTN and Etisalat cited lack of power and sabotage as reasons for the poor service.
Power Cuts
While the companies need to increase
their spending on infrastructure, the ministry is trying to “remove a lot of delays and bureaucratic bottlenecks that are in their way,” Johnson said. Power cuts are a daily occurrence in Nigeria, where demand for electricity is almost double the supply of about 4,000 megawatts. MTN is investing $1.4 billion in Nigeria this year to improve infrastructure and capacity. Etisalat said after it was fined in May that it will spend more than $500 million on its network. The ministry has banned some sales promotions, including lotteries for free minutes, because they added pressure to the system, Johnson said. If the necessary infrastructure is put in place, voice penetration should reach almost 100 percent by 2014 - 2015, compared with about 70 percent now, she said. Data penetration should reach 30 percent by 2017 from 6 percent now.
Stock Exchange
Nigeria wants international companies operating in the country to list on the Nigerian Stock Exchange “to democratize the wealth and the revenue that they’ve generated in Nigeria,” Johnson said. While none of the main four telecommunications operators are listed on the exchange, the authorities have stopped short of compulsory listing “because that will be seen as targeting telecommunications companies, and really and truly, it wasn’t a requirement or a condition for when they were investing, particularly the international ones,” she said. The government should encourage companies to list by standardizing regulatory requirements with global exchanges and removing barriers, the minister said. “We’re looking at a lot of things that detract or discourage investors including some of the shareholder activism that we’ve seen in the recent past, again managing that much better than we’ve done,” she said.
www.businessdayonline.com/NG/index.php/news/76-hot-topic/48341-fg-may-fine-telcos-more-for-bad-service
PoliticsRe: Sanusi: NLC Call Is Hypocritical – CPC. by fatdon2(m): 2:21pm On Nov 30, 2012
Sanusi do certainly has
the rigiht to air his views. The c
also has the right to air their
views. The nigeria labour congr
has right to air its views. Having
said that, my esan people will sa a bad word is an invitation of sl
to the face. It is motorpark
economic policies that will call f
the sack of 50 percent of the
nation work force to create
wealth for capital development. What our leaders take home as
salaries, allowances and other
frivolities associated with their
highly unproductive offices can
take care of our infrastructure
What happened to all the monie budgeted for these
infrastructures annually? Did th
go for workers salaries too? Th
government should see sanusi c
as a wake up call, to sack all th
ghost workers in our civil servic and bring those milking the
country dry with it to book. The
duplication of duties in the nam
of ministers, special advisers an
what have you should be done
away with. I agree wiht the cpc some extend that the present
crop of nlc leaders are a bundle
of disgrace to the world
leadership. The cpc should have
profers solutions to the proble
and not see this as a chance to score a cheap political goal
BusinessRe: UBA Named 'African Bank Of The Year. by fatdon2(op): 12:56pm On Nov 30, 2012
BusinessUBA Named 'African Bank Of The Year. by fatdon2(op): 11:11am On Nov 30, 2012
The Banker Magazine, a publication of Financial Times, has named United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA), the ‘Bank of the Year’, Africa at an event held in London.

The bank also won the country awards for Senegal and Cameroon, bringing the total number of awards received by UBA to three. A statement from UBA yesterday, said the financial institution carted home the regional award for the continent, joining the ranks of other regional winners like Scotiabank- Global Americas, Nordea-Western Europe, Rai

ffeisen Bank International -Central and Eastern Europe, DBS-Asia\Pacific and Qatar National Bank-Middle East. “The ‘Bank of the Year’ is selected based on the overall performance of the financial institution and the opinion of leading financial analysts from the world’s financial markets. Winners were recognised and presented with awards in the presence of over 450 leading bankers across the globe,” the statement explained.

The awards, according to UBAM further attested to its growing recognition “as the leading pan- African financial services institution and as Africa’s global bank.” The awards were received by the Bank’s Deputy Managing Director, Mr.

Kennedy Uzoka; Managing Director, UBA Cameroon, Mr. Georges Wega; Managing Director, UBA Capital Europe, Mr. Ebele Ogbue, and Head UBA Representative Office Paris, DeMontalivet Edouard.

Explaining the rationale for the awards, The Banker said UBA was chosen on account of the bank’s successful turnaround to profitability following the write- offs and clean-up of its balance sheet in 2011. The Banker also stated that other reasons for the selection of UBA were the notable consolidation of UBA’s business across Africa as well as its innovative cross border payment/remittance products and platforms, which have made trade and financial transactions easier and more convenient in the continent. Commenting on the awards, Group Managing

Director/Chief Executive Officer, UBA, Mr. Phillips Oduoza, said it validated the UBA Group’s “leadership position in the continent and lent credence to its expansion across Africa and promotion of industry wide excellence in the global banking community.”

Oduoza added: “Winning the three highly coveted awards is a great accomplishment and it also reinforces UBA’s collective steadfastness and drive to becoming the bank of choice in Africa, in line with the Bank’s positioning as Africa’s global bank.
We dedicate it to all our stakeholders across the continent and are further encouraged to work harder.”

www.thisdaylive.com/articles/uba-named-african-bank-of-the-year-/132095/

EducationUNILAG Ranked 9th Position Among Top 10 Universities In Africa by fatdon2(op): 8:26am On Nov 29, 2012
A recent ranking of African Universities by Africa.com has placed the University of Lagos in the 9th position. Cairo University, Egypt ranks first on the list followed by yet another University in Egypt, American University in Cairo.

According to a statement on their website, “While students from across the continent continue to move abroad to study at leading learning institutions in the U.S. and Europe, Africa boasts its own league of great universities. Presented below is Part I of Africa.com’s Top 10 Universities in Africa. Part II will feature the Top 10 Universities in South Africa, a country that is home to enough academic heavyweights to populate its own list.”

Here is the list of 10 Universities ranked top in Africa:

1. Cairo University – Egypt
2. American University in Cairo – Egypt
3. Mansoura University – Egypt
4. Makerere University – Uganda
5. University of Nairobi – Kenya
6. University of Dar es Salaam – Tanzania
7. University of Botswana – Botswana
8. University of Ghana – Ghana
9. University of Lagos – Nigeria
10. Ashesi University – Ghana

The Statement on University of Lagos: Established in 1962 with the aim of training professionals for the newly independent Nigeria, the University of Lagos is a comprehensive university that strives to learn through “knowledge and research.” The University houses nine faculties, and the Medical School is home to three faculties. With an emphasis on research, the University’s faculty has published over 1,700 papers, with the most publications coming out of the medical, science, and engineering faculties. In celebration of its Golden Jubilee, the University of Lagos will host a three-day research conference and fair with the theme “Research and Innovation for Economic Development in a Globalising Nigeria.”

Notable alumni include Nigerian television actor Francis Agu; publisher and film producer Wale Adenuga; Chairperson of the Nigerian Government’s Economic and Financial Crimes, Farida Mzamber Waziri, and HIV/LGBT activist Bisi Alimi. The criteria used for the ranking include the following: 1) undergraduate and graduate school reputation among higher education peers; 2) student selectivity for entering undergraduate class; 3) quality and quantity of faculty research, including depth of research facilities and engagement beyond immediate community, and 4) international student ratio—the degree to which institution draws students from outside of its national boundaries.

www.bellanaija.com/2012/11/28/university-of-lagos-ranks-9th-position-among-the-top-10-universities-in-africa-by-africa-com/

PoliticsFEC Approves N2.2bn Banquet Hall For Presidential Villa. by fatdon2(op): 8:19am On Nov 29, 2012
Abuja—The Federal Executive Council, yesterday, approved the construction of a new banquet hall in the Presidential Villa for the sum of N2.2 billion.

The approval is part of the final set of N19.4 billion contracts for this year covering road construction, rail transportation and infrastructural development in the Federal Capital Territory.

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, who briefed State House correspondents after the meeting, said the new banquet hall would have a capacity of 150 seats.

He said subsequent Federal Executive Council meetings would be devoted to reviewing what had been achieved by government in the last one year.

Dr Abati, who stood in for the Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, said aside from the roads, rail and other contracts, the council also approved the award of contract for the conduct of fiscal allocation and statutory disbursement audit for 2007 to 2011 as well as oil and gas industry audit.

He said the approval was in conformity with section 2 of the NEITI Act 2007.

He said: “The objective of this initiative is to ensure transparency and accountability in the application of resources from payments received from extractive industries and to further ensure that all fiscal allocations and statutory disbursements due from the Federal Government to statutory recipients were dully made.”

Abati noted that the essence of the contract was to enable NEITI track extractive industry sector funds paid into the federation account as distributed and received by federal, state and local government areas.

He said there would also be special emphasis on the application, utilization of the funds, on beneficiaries of the 13 per cent derivation and relevant federal institutions that directly received allocations from the Federation Account.

www.vanguardngr.com/2012/11/fec-approves-n2-2bn-banquet-hall-for-presidential-villa/
PoliticsRe: INEC To Issue 10- Year Permanent Electronic Voters' Card by fatdon2(m): 8:08am On Nov 29, 2012
true talk..
PoliticsRe: NLC Urges FG To Sack Sanusi As CBN Governor. by fatdon2(op): 8:06am On Nov 29, 2012
huh
CelebritiesEME Crew Plans Christmas Present For Their Fans. by fatdon2(op): 11:15pm On Nov 28, 2012
Popular record label Empire Mates Entertainment (EME) have announced that they will round-up activities for this year with a ground breaking concert tagged “The Baddest”

The concert will have the EME super stars led by their boss and R&B singer Banky W and internationally renowned pop star Wizkid thrilling fans with some of their greatest hits of 2012.

Chairman of the group, Banky W, said the crew have been on a tour in nine states in North America. He said the concert is a gift to their fans who have supported them and appreciated their effort through out the year “The Baddest” concert is a very special gift to our fans for all the support they have shown us throughout the year. What should you expect? EVERYTHING! You don’t want to miss this… TRUST me… No really… Trust me!”

He also added “The BADDEST concert will be the first in a series of specially-designed concerts headlined by Wizkid and Banky, with support from other EME acts and ‘friends of the house, including crowd pleasers selected from home and abroad”

The EME team comprises of Wizkid, Banky W, and Skales to promising acts like Shaydee, Niyola and celebrity disc jockey, DJ Exclusive.

The anticipated concert is scheduled to hold Friday December 21st at The Grounds, Ocean View Restaurant Victoria Island.


http://www.channelstv.com/home/2012/11/28/eme-crew-plans-christmas-present-for-their-fans/

PoliticsNLC Urges FG To Sack Sanusi As CBN Governor. by fatdon2(op): 10:58pm On Nov 28, 2012
NLC Urges FG to sack Sanusi as CBN governor

Abdulwaheed OmarCentral Bank of Nigeria (CBN)channels televisionChannels TVchannels tv newsNigeria newsNigeriam NewsNigerian Labour Congress (NLC)Sanusi Lamido Sanusi

The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has called for the immediate sack of the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Sanusi Lamido Sanusi in a statement signed by its president Abdulwaheed Omar.

“It is obvious Sanusi was never qualified for the office of CBN governor in the first instance, and he must be asked to leave the office as he has shown more than enough incompetence and contempt for the Nigerian people”.

“We see in Sanusi an agent of death that must be defeated and crushed before he further destroys the Nigerian economy”.

Mr Omar accused the CBN chief of not implementing policies that have benefitted the Nigerian people and the economy.

“Since assumption of office as the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, all Sanusi’s major pronouncements have been either directly anti people or ruinous to the Nigerian economy”.

“And we need to ask Sanusi how much work he has successfully done in the CBN to reposition it to contemporary realities? He is surrounded with countless aides that are obviously not required by a man who believes that the Nigerian economy runs too high on overhead cost”.

The NLC also berated the bank chief’s call for the scrapping of the third tier of government claiming it is a pivotal part of the federal system of government that Nigeria is operating.

The NLC further canvassed for increased funding of local governments to enable “them function properly as required under a federal system”.

The statement also said “The truth, which Sanusi as a beneficiary is running away from, is that corruption has become a real burden on the economy and it should be the only priority item on the table of any serious government. Even if you sack all the workers in Nigeria, any amount saved from that will be stolen and the culprits will walk in freedom”.

www.channelstv.com/home/2012/11/28/nlc-orders-fg-to-sack-sanusi-as-cbn-governor/

PoliticsRe: North Becoming Poorer, S/south Getting Richer’ by fatdon2(op): 11:41am On Nov 18, 2012
Abagworo: That's how it should be. South-south( Especially Rivers, Bayelsa, Delta and Akwa-Ibom) should be the richest region in Africa.
true
PoliticsRe: Can Obama Win Election In Nigeria?? by fatdon2(op): 11:04am On Nov 18, 2012
huh
PoliticsRe: North Becoming Poorer, S/south Getting Richer’ by fatdon2(op): 9:34am On Nov 18, 2012
huh huh huh
PoliticsRe: North Becoming Poorer, S/south Getting Richer’ by fatdon2(op): 8:13am On Nov 18, 2012

PoliticsNorth Becoming Poorer, S/south Getting Richer’ by fatdon2(op): 8:13am On Nov 18, 2012
Trouble may be looming over
allocations from the Federation
Account to the states as feelers
from the North indicate that the
governors believe they are not
getting a fair share from the nation’s commonwealth. Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso of
Kano State, one of the 19
northern govs, yesterday,
slammed what he described as a
Federation Allocation regime
that enriches some states, especially those in the South-
south, but impoverishes the
northern states. Kwankwaso said pointedly: “In
this context, many other states,
specifically in the South-south
are today ahead of the northern
states in terms of income from
the Federation Account. This means that some states are
getting richer while others are
getting richer by the day and
people are wallowing in
devastating poverty.” He hinted that the northern
governors are also making an
issue out of the Petroleum
Industry Bill (PIB), currently in the
works in the National Assembly,
saying the implications of the Bill being passed in its form would
have dire consequences for the
North. He said the northern governors
would soon meet to consider the
implications of the PIB for the
region. Kwankwaso did not mention the
specifics of the northern
governors grouse with the PIB.
He spoke while commissioning the
Serbian General Consulate Office
in Kano, an event that coincided with the appointment of a
former lawmaker, Alhaji Faruk
Adamu Aliyu, as the Honoray
Consulate of the Republic. On the allocations from the
Federation Account to the
states, the governor said: “As a
former member of the Niger Delta
Development Commission (NDDC), a
former member of the National Assembly, a former minister and
now a governor, I have vast
knowledge of what is being
shared to all the states.”
‘UNCERTAIN FUTURE’
While speaking on the PIB, the
former defence minister under
Obasanjo administration and
one-time deputy speaker of the
House of Representatives said: “We in the North are keenly
watching and we will not allow
our region to be plunged into yet
another uncertain future as we
will do all we could to make sure
that there is equity that will guarantee a sense of belonging
to every citizenry”. The North today, he said, is at
the lowest political ebb,
stressing that it is the more
reason stakeholders from the
region need to sit on the
roundtable to make their stand known on the PIB and other
sundry matters in the polity. Commenting on the new Serbian
Consulate Office in Kano,
Kwankwaso said his
administration would exploit
their presence to the benefit of
Nigerians. The leader of the Kwankwasiyya
political clan in Kano described
the new Honorary Consulate,
Aliyu, as a man of honor and
integrity, a reason, he said, the
Government of Serbia deemed it fit to appoint him as their
representative in the state. The ceremony attracted two
former Heads of State, General
Muhammad Buhari and General
Abdulsalami Abubakar; Speaker
of the House of Representatives,
Aminu Waziri Tambuwal; a former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN),
Justice Mohammed Uwais; Hon
Nasiru Garba Dantiye, among
others who variously believe
that the appointment of Aliyu
was a deserving one because the man is seen as a strategist, a
consummate politician and a man
of integrity.
www.vanguardngr.com/2012/11/northern-govs-raised-the-alarm-over-oil-revenue-north-becoming-poorer-ssouth-getting-richer/

PoliticsCan Obama Win Election In Nigeria?? by fatdon2(op): 6:03am On Nov 18, 2012
It is no longer news that Barrack
Obama is back to the White
House for his second term as
President of the United States of
America. His eventful first term no
doubt paved the way for the feat. In earnest, the man’s vision,
passion and general demeanour
present him as a person who can
win an election any day. It is probably on this score that
my friend, Paul, spent a whole
day sermonizing to me the other
day about how great Nigeria
would be if she could get a
President like Obama. While I agree that we need a dynamic
President I imagine quite vividly,
that Obama cannot win election
in Nigeria. In the first place, getting a
platform to participate in a
Nigerian election would almost
be an impossible task for an
Obama; yet he has to find one
because the Nigerian political system does not allow for an
independent candidate. To use
the platform of the largest
party in Africa – the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) is
probably the surest way to win but getting its ticket is dicey in
view of the difficulty in
understanding the party’s all-
important zoning policy.In 2011, when the slot was zoned
to the North for example, the
way the party handled it left
some people to begin to see
Bayelsa as a Northern State. On
the other hand, to be the candidate of the Congress for
Progressive change (CPC) is ruled
out because the position is not
available as the members are
reportedly anxious to see the
founder of the party contesting again. There is also no chance in the
Labour Party (LP) which usually
fields no candidate of its own
but merely endorses that of
another party. If however
Obama decides to look up to the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN),
he is not assured of victory
because the party members can
vote against him as they did to
their own Nuhu Ribadu in 2011. All the other political parties
being moribund, the way out
would appear to be for Obama
to set up his own party – an
option which has its humorous
but ridiculous challenges. With some dollars, it would be easy to
find 37 Coordinators in the
States and Abuja but the seed
money for the take-off of the
new party across the nation is
unfortunately likely to be embezzled. It would indeed be a disaster if
some of the Coordinators turn
out to be like one character I
know who uses the one room
accommodation he secured as a
party secretariat in the day time and as a ‘beer-parlour’ in the
evenings. This is however not
serious compared with our
absurd electoral process. To
start with, our Electoral Act –
the law which governs elections in Nigeria is temperamental. The legislature which is made up
of politicians who have interests
in elections may decide to
endorse open ballot as the
voting system for future
elections. All they need to do is to sustain the argument that it is
the system that best suits voting
in our illiterate society. Oh yes
that is the argument with which
they have refused to allow
electronic voting. We all know however that the
reason for the refusal is because
electronic voting would prevent
any voter from thumb printing
more than one ballot paper and
would thus invalidate thousands of votes that politicians score
through massive thumb printing
of ballot papers by some rented
hooligans in hide-outs. Otherwise, why would our
politicians continue to argue
that our so called illiterate
population that can easily use
the GSM cannot understand
electronic voting? It only suggests that if an Obama
decides to contest a Nigerian
election, he should be ready to
contend with a multiplicity of
electoral manipulations. Again, the argument that our
electoral process has improved is
only a theory and at best a
fiction as children who are
legally excluded from the
process still participate in it and openly too because of the bogus
nature of our voters register. A
person’s name can be in it this
year; and out of it next year
while it can return there in the
third year. Notwithstanding assurances, no
one is sure as at today that he
would get what our electoral
commission describes as a
“permanent” voter’s card before
the magical year 20-20. Not long ago, the commission announced
as one of its achievements, the
likely completion of the printing
of the cards next year. In the case of election results,
there are still many areas where
votes often outnumber
accredited voters. An Obama
would probably wonder aloud
about the porous security system which allows such
malpractices. In the USA, the
electoral process is technically
secured whereas in Nigeria it is
manually experimented upon by
law enforcement operatives Soldiers are rarely seen in
American cities except in the
airports when departing to
assignments abroad. For this
reason, Obama may be disturbed
by the number of soldiers on the road during elections. It should
not bother him because our
soldiers are these days part of
the lucrative police business of
mounting check points
supposedly to apprehend criminals. Our soldiers are also quite active
on an election day where under
the guise of ‘securing’ our
electoral process, they
intimidate voters in favour of
wealthy candidates. As if to make the system look credible,
Vice Chancellors of Universities
are then appointed as returning
officers to read the results.
Interestingly, some of these ‘holy’
men are yet to stop examination malpractices in their institutions In all democracies, election
petition is provided for by law.
To utilize the provision may be an
option in America but not so in
Nigeria where almost every loser
usually challenges the outcome of an election. In fairness, some
petitioners are not necessarily
bad losers as Obama may gather
from our media, rather such
‘losers’ are incensed by the
impunity with which elections are manipulated. If an Obama is in
their shoes, he may be forced to
petition. Unfortunately Nigeria courts are
often compromised. Indeed, clean
judges are so few in our clime
that a blanket condemnation of
the Nigerian judiciary is not
uncharitable. So, Obama is likely to lose not only a Nigerian
election but also the election
petition. I rest my case.
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