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[size=24pt]Nnamdi Kanu[/size]
[size=16pt]is[/size]
[size=20pt]Man of the year[/size]

No body is free
You can't vacuum clean the anus without leaving behind a trace of feaces!

#BiafraSpring

if you know the real meaning of boko haram, you will understand why they prioritize roads over education..
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#BiafraSpring
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No 15 on the list , Christian Chinyeaka Ohaa got me thinking what Malam Buhari's anti-corruption war really meant. Is Ohaa not the same guy who as the Accountant General of Enugu State teamed up with Chimaroke Nnamani to embezzle Enugu State fund for eight years?

i smell foul play.

Buhari release their man and let peace be.

[size=16pt]#BiafraSpring[/size]

[size=18pt]Once upon a time, there was : [/size]
[size=17pt]Oba of Lagos and the parable of the Lagoon[/size]
[size=16pt]Malam Buhari and the story of dogs and baboon[/size]
[size=15pt]Deji of Akure and the history of sacred crown[/size]
[size=14pt]mohammed junaid and fiery prophesy of bloodshed[/size]
et al
[size=18pt]now i ask Has hate speech become a crime in Nigeria?[/size]

pauloookay:
Nnamdi Kanu has been release

source pls

[size=18pt]Once upon a time, there was : [/size]
[size=17pt]Oba of Lagos and the parable of the Lagoon[/size]
[size=16pt]Malam Buhari and the story of dogs and baboon[/size]
[size=15pt]Deji of Akure and the history of sacred crown[/size]
[size=14pt]mohammed junaid and fiery prophesy of bloodshed[/size]
et al
[size=18pt]now i ask Has hate speech become a crime in Nigeria?[/size][/color]

All progressive criminals for where

Lying Liars vs Wailing Wailers.

wailing wailers vs lying liars.

The Broom spell...

There is God..

CIA again. May God deliver Uncle Akpabio from powerful enemies. Amen.

dear Carl,

This is a rare opportunity. Prove yourself worthy.

Soyinka Says OBJ is a liar
Orji Uzor Kalu says OBJ is a liar

Is OBJ Liar Mohammed?

I love APC.
They are so damned good with Propaganda.

Is he afraid of OBJ? Just asking

What has happened to Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) Campaign?

Have they finally found the Chibok Girls?

Why have the BBOG Campaigners gone comatose?

Nairalanders ,

Please i am being compelled to ask these questions because i cannot understand why they have been missing in action both in local and international news.

Please can someone explain.

A former Governor of Abia State, has said that any meaningful probe of past corruption in Nigeria must start with former President Obasanjo...in a report published by The Guardian. Read the excerpts.:

ANY meaningful probe of corruption in Nigeria
must begin with former President Olusegun
Obasanjo, former Abia State Governor, Chief Orji
Uzor Kalu has said.
Kalu, who alleged instances of corruption against
the former Nigerian leader, said the former
President fertilized official corruption in the
country during his tenure, stressing that it was on
the strength of the festering sleaze around
Obasanjo that he was moved to draw the former
President’s attention to the monumental
corruption circulating around his office in 2005.
In the official letter dated September 25, 2005 and
addressed to His Excellency, Chief Olusegun
Obasanjo, copy of which was made available to
The Guardian yesterday, Kalu accused Obasanjo
of not only handling major oil deals through his
cronies but also preventing the proper auditing of
the accounts of the Nigeria National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC).
Explaining why he insists Obasanjo should be
probed for corruption, Kalu recalled how in a
media appearance on the Voice of America, (VOA)
in August 2005, he challenged the then President
to openly declare his assets, remarking that “an
exemplary leader genuinely committed to taking
up arms against the invading monster of
corruption would have had no hesitation in rising
to the call.”
While accusing the former President of owning a
foreign account and a platinum credit card, Orji
Uzor Kalu added: “The most pressing question I
wish to put to you, sir, revolves around your long
tenure as Nigeria’s Minister of Petroleum
Resources since 1999. Why has there not been a
properly audited account of the Ministry of
Petroleum resources since then, despite outcry by
the people for this to be done?
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August 16, 2015  5 Comments
Kalu Writes Obasanjo: You Are
Corrupt Sir!
By Ikenna Onyekwelu on August 16, 2015
ANY meaningful probe of corruption in Nigeria
must begin with former President Olusegun
Obasanjo, former Abia State Governor, Chief Orji
Uzor Kalu has said.
Kalu, who alleged instances of corruption against
the former Nigerian leader, said the former
President fertilized official corruption in the
country during his tenure, stressing that it was on
the strength of the festering sleaze around
Obasanjo that he was moved to draw the former
President’s attention to the monumental
corruption circulating around his office in 2005.
In the official letter dated September 25, 2005 and
addressed to His Excellency, Chief Olusegun
Obasanjo, copy of which was made available to
The Guardian yesterday, Kalu accused Obasanjo
of not only handling major oil deals through his
cronies but also preventing the proper auditing of
the accounts of the Nigeria National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC).
Explaining why he insists Obasanjo should be
probed for corruption, Kalu recalled how in a
media appearance on the Voice of America, (VOA)
in August 2005, he challenged the then President
to openly declare his assets, remarking that “an
exemplary leader genuinely committed to taking
up arms against the invading monster of
corruption would have had no hesitation in rising
to the call.”
While accusing the former President of owning a
foreign account and a platinum credit card, Orji
Uzor Kalu added: “The most pressing question I
wish to put to you, sir, revolves around your long
tenure as Nigeria’s Minister of Petroleum
Resources since 1999. Why has there not been a
properly audited account of the Ministry of
Petroleum resources since then, despite outcry by
the people for this to be done?
“There is indisputable evidence that all the deals
in the nation’s oil sector are being handled by
you, through your cronies and agents. What about
the leakages and the fraud at the NNPC with
particular reference to crude oil sales and the
accrued commissions? What have you done to
check the malfeasance?”
The former Abia governor noted that four years
after Obasanjo’s administration embarked upon
its anti-corruption crusade, it threatened fire and
brimstone with pretentious swagger of a national
revolution against corruption, regretting, however,
that “the campaigns have not yielded desired
results because the entire effort lacks focus and a
strong foundation right from the outset.”
Furthermore, Kalu informed Obasanjo: “The most
preposterous and incredulous aspect of your anti-
corruption campaign” was that while the media
was awash with stories connected with the EFCC
and ICPC, “corruption is taking root and
multiplying daily in many federal establishments,
including Aso Villa, the very seat of power, where
you reside.”
“I have repeatedly made the observation that
corruption is rife among senior officials of
government, especially those at the federal level,
and among your friends, your business associates
and cronies. Around you and in your name have
coalesced a few powerful brokers of corrupt
practices who peddle your influence and extract
billions of naira in the form of oil and gas and
defence contract commissions.
“The budget is manipulated at the National
Assembly with the active connivance of your
surrogates and a few Senators, thereby carting
away billions of naira through contract padding
or inflation. The felonious activities of this cabal,
including the foreign accounts of some of your
aides and serving and former ministers are well
known to the international community. I would be
surprised if you feign ignorance of this
unfortunate situation,” Kalu wrote.
Kalu went ahead in the six-page letter to accuse
Obasanjo on specific corrupt practices saying: “A
few examples are necessary to buttress my case:
The Abuja National Stadium, why was the original
design for the stadium, which had a five star hotel
and which contract was won by a Chinese firm
discarded and re-awarded to another foreign
construction company based in Nigeria without
the component of a five star hotel but at five
times the price originally quoted by the Chinese
firm? There is unquestionable evidence at my
disposal pointing to the fact that mega corruption
lies at the base of this dramatic turnabout.
“Why have the operations of Bureau for Public
Enterprises (BPE) remained so murky? Who
collected the commissions for the sale of
Ajaokuta Steel Company and Delta Steel Rolling
Mill, Aladja? To what degree would you, Mr.
President, defend those transactions as
transparent? Who owns Bells University and Bells
Secondary School? Who paid for the construction
of hostels and gigantic sports complex at the
Bells Secondary School? I put it to you sir, that
both projects were financed with Nigerian
taxpayers’ money through the construction giant,
STRABAG, five years ago (2000). What role did a
former Minister of Sports play in the whole deal?”

www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/08/kalu-writes-obasanjo-you-are-corrupt-sir/

princefunmmy:
NYSC came after civil war to unite Nigeria and make pat youths to other parts of the country they've not being to and possibly settle down their in order to bring inter-tribal relationship.
Tell me what you gained from serving in sokoto? I mean something tangible that was added to you professionally

I doubt you understand the real objectives of NYSC. Let me school you on it:

princefunmmy:
NYSC came after civil war to unite Nigeria and make pat youths to other parts of the country they've not being to and possibly settle down their in order to bring inter-tribal relationship.
Tell me what you gained from serving in sokoto? I mean something tangible that was added to you professionally

I doubt you understand the real objectives of NYSC. Let me school you on it:

princefunmmy:
NYSC came after civil war to unite Nigeria and make pat youths to other parts of the country they've not being to and possibly settle down their in order to bring inter-tribal relationship.
Tell me what you gained from serving in sokoto? I mean something tangible that was added to you professionally

I doubt you understand the real objectives of NYSC. Let me school you on it:

The objectives of NYSC

a. To inculcate discipline in nigerian youths by instilling in them a tradition of industry at work and of patrotic and loyal service to Nigeria in any situation they may find themselves.

b. To raise the moral tone of the nigerian youths by given them the opportunity to learn about higher ideals of national achievements, social and cultural improvement;

c. To develop in the nigerian youths the attitudes of mind, acquiired through shared experience and suitable training, which will make them more amenable to mobilization in national interest.

d. To enable nigerian youths acquire the spirit of self reliance by encouraging them to develop skillls for self employment.

e. To contribute to the accelerated growth of the national economy.

f. To develop common ties among the nigerian youths and promote national unity and integration.

g. To remove prejudices, eliminate ignorance and confirm at first hand the many similarities among nigerians of all ethnic groups ; and

h. To develop a sense of corporate existence and common destiny of the people of nigeria.

The reason Omotala adduced for Scrapping of NYSC is flawed because it is based on experience she had with her employees who leaves for the one year programme.
1. If you look at Section 12 , subsection 1 (a) - (c) of NYSC ACT (Cap N84 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004) You will see that Omotala has contravened the Legal provision by her admittance that she employs graduates who have no Certificate of National Service.

2. Her reasoning was childish because her ignorance of the objectives/achievement of NYSC does not portend its irrelevance.

3. If she had served like i did, she will not make that call.

Before the election one Priest aptly prophesied.....

[size=16pt]"From Goodluck to Badluck"[/size]

All these are the result

Before the election one Priest aptly prophesied.....

[size=16pt]"From Goodluck to Badluck"[/size]

All these are the result

Before the election one Priest aptly prophesied.....

[size=16pt]"From Goodluck to Badluck"[/size]

All these are the result

Whats the world turning to? A news report i read on Washington Post indicates that Episcopal Church in United States of America has given nod for religious weddings for gay couples.
See the excerpts:


The Episcopal Church approves religious weddings for gay couples after controversial debate
By George Conger July 1 at 8:11 PM

Gene Robinson, who in 2003 became the first Episcopal bishop living openly with a same-sex partner, attends the Episcopal General Convention in Salt Lake City on Thursday. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

This analysis is by George Conger, who has reported on the Anglican/Episcopal world for almost 20 years, writing for newspapers and magazines in England, the United States and Australia. He also serves as an Episcopal priest in a parish in Florida.

The bishops of the Episcopal Church have authorized their clergy to perform same-sex weddings, but don’t expect sweeping changes across the entire denomination anytime soon. Episcopalians voted Wednesday to allow religious weddings for gay couples, but not every priest will necessarily officiate at a same-sex wedding.

In resolutions adopted here at the denomination’s General Convention meeting in Salt Lake City this week, the bishops have endorsed new liturgies or services for same-sex couples wishing to marry in church. The bishops also approved changing the church’s canons, or rules, governing marriage, making them gender neutral by substituting the terms “man and woman” with “couple.” However, clergy were also given the right to refuse to perform a same-sex marriage, with the promise they would incur no penalty, while bishops were given the right to refuse to allow the services to take place in their diocese.

The compromise means that same-sex weddings may occur after Nov. 1, 2015, with the full blessing of the church in places like Washington, Los Angeles and New York, but likely won’t take place in more conservative parts of the church, like Dallas, Albany and Orlando.

On Tuesday, the leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion that includes the Episcopal Church, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, released a statement expressing his “deep concern” over the votes and urged the bishops to pull back, writing that the “decision will cause distress for some and have ramifications for the Anglican Communion as a whole, as well as for its ecumenical and interfaith relationships.”

The church’s compromise has sparked the ire of Episcopalians who are both for and against same-sex marriage. Those who are more theologically liberal may try to block the bishops’ plan, insisting on the immediate introduction of same-sex marriage with no way for dioceses to opt out. On the other hand, those who are conservative are likely to reach out to overseas leaders in the wider Anglican Communion to pressure the church to stop.

The conservative minority of bishops at the meeting agreed the compromise was the best outcome they could hope to achieve, and told their liberal colleagues they were grateful for the accommodation given them.

[Reflecting on outgoing Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori’s tenure as Episcopal Church brings in new leader]

The bishops agreed to allow clergy to begin offering same-sex marriages using the new rites after Nov. 1. However, no clergy could be compelled to perform a same-sex marriage, and a bishop had the authority to forbid his clergy from celebrating gay marriages.

The former bishop of Virginia, Peter Lee, explained to the bishops in Salt Lake City the accommodation meant that a conservative priest in a liberal diocese would incur no penalty if he refused to perform a same-sex marriage. The priest would, however, have to pass a couple seeking to be married on to another church or priest to perform the ceremony.

Priests in dioceses where the bishop forbid same-sex marriages may not solemnize gay marriages. A priest who did so would be liable for punishment for disobeying the bishop. A diocese that does not perform gay marriages must pass the couple on to another part of the church that permits gay marriage.

The path toward same-sex blessings and same-sex marriage began at the 2012 meeting of the General Convention in Indianapolis — the triennial assembly of bishops and deputies from the church’s 109 American and overseas dioceses. The church approved “provisional” same-sex blessing rites that could be used with the permission of the local bishop.

The default position of the church, however, was that marriage was an exclusive life-long covenant of one man and one woman, as described in the Episcopal Church’s Book of Common Prayer. The provisional rites and trial rites would expand the traditional teaching about marriage, the majority argued, without changing the church’s underlying text or doctrine of marriage.

Where do the battle lines get drawn now?

Bishop Edward S. Little II of northern Indiana opposed the change, telling the convention that the “issue is not the welcome of gays and lesbians” — all agreed they were to be welcomed, he said — but “whether we should alter the received faith of the church?”

Bishop Stephen Bauerschmidt of Tennessee told the convention that “procreation” was a central tenet of the Christian understanding of marriage. It “must have the potential to be fruitful in the procreation of a third person,” he argued.

Bishop William Love of Albany rose and addressed the convention and cited the biblical passage Matthew 19:5, where Jesus states that at marriage “a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”

“If our Lord is the son of God … God incarnate. He is quite aware of the nature of marriage and could have offered alternatives but did not,” Love said. The issue before the Episcopal Church was not whether “men and women can love each other.” The Episcopal Church supported the full civil rights of gays and lesbians, he said. But “God has told us that is not appropriate to use the gift of sexual intimacy” outside of the marriage of one man and one woman.

What the church should be telling partnered gay and lesbian couples is, “Do you love your partner enough not to engage in sexual intimacy? The issue before us is not about relationships but sexual intimacy,” Love said.

Other bishops disagreed, saying same-gender sexual intimacy was morally acceptable and should be blessed in faithful covenanted relationships. The former bishop of New Hampshire V. Gene Robinson — the first openly gay Episcopal bishop — expressed the sentiments of the majority when he told the convention, “I think it is time for us to do this.”

“Gays and lesbians are living out their lives in holy ways,” Robinson said. Changing the church’s rules on marriage “allows us to recognize this” and to “declare how far we have come.”

The Bishop of eastern Michigan, Todd Ousley, also disagreed with some bishops’ emphasis on “procreation” as a central aim of marriage. The theological studies on marriage undertaken over the past few years had provided a more expansive understanding of “fruitfulness” in marriage, he told the bishops. As the biological father of one and adopted father of two children, Ousley stated that he and his wife “have been fruitful” in their marriage. Procreation’s biological meaning should not drive its theological meaning, he argued.

A spokesman for the church, Bishop Rev. Pierre Whalon, downplayed the archbishop of Canterbury’s concern that the votes would cause distress for the global church body. “The change of canons does not change anything,” Whalon told The Washington Post, adding that the introduction of trial rites did not detract from the authority of the church’s official stance as stated in the Book of Common Prayer.

What the bishops did agree on was to hold conflicting stances in tension and allow each side to honor their consciences.

Pls guys whats your view about this development?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2015/07/01/why-the-episcopal-church-is-still-debating-gay-marriage/

Akonomist ......thats what the guy is .

Patrick Obahiagbon - The Politicomedian .....

Nice Pix...
However She should endeavour to take another pix with the Queen before she leaves the Palace..