May God help us. people just wake up and start hating. You people no longer compare celebrities.

jerseyboy: OBJ. On Iyabo we stand.

Iyabo's letter is not a national issue. OBJ raised his children well like every other Nigerian child. no special privileges where his children's personal security beat up ordinary Nigerians or them flying all over the world in private/presidential jets.

OBJ trained Iyabo well, but she refused to be thought or learn. Iyabo is bitter because, OBJ did not allow them live the life at the expense of Nigeria. That's why he is called Baba. tongue tongue tongue grin grin grin grin

See as all of them be, harmattan don show them pepper.

that's unfortunate, Miss Okafor

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The war of words between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and his estranged political godson, incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan, worsened over the weekend, with Obasanjo insisting that he stands by the allegations he made against Jonathan in his controversial open letter of December 2, 2013.

Jonathan had rejected Obasanjo’s weighty allegations in his reply dated December 20 but Obasanjo the next day told a select group of visiting All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders that he stood by the issues he raised in his letter.

“He said he wrote the letter in the larger interest of the survival of Nigeria and its democracy, contrary to the notion that he was self-seeking,” according to a report this morning in The Nation.

Obasanjo’s letter contained many allegations, including that Jonathan was training snipers. “The former President, according to sources, said he was ready to prove the allegations,” The Nation reported.

It sad that Obasanjo reportedly opened up to some top leaders of the APC at a closed-door session in Abeokuta.

“It was gathered that although the ex-President had warmly received all members of the entourage, he bared his mind to select few on the state of the nation,” the paper said.

It quoted an anonymous source as saying: “After the initial obeisance, banters, and the purpose of the APC mission, the ex-President had audience with a group of six or seven leaders.

“He told them that he believed in what he wrote and he had no regrets for doing so. He said he was not ‘self-seeking’ in writing President Jonathan.

“The ex-President also told the team that ‘if it is necessary, I will provide evidence on some of the issues. I have my facts.’ ”

The Nation quoted another unnamed source as saying that Obasanjo’s body language was a “bit stronger on his point on snipers but he did not go into details.”

The source quoted Obasanjo as saying: “I did not write the letter to curry favour or seek undue attention but at my age, I should talk when things are going wrong. I am not on a self-seeking mission.”

Jonathan in his reply released last night had accused Obasanjo of writing the open letter with an ulterior motive, saying: “Let me state that you have done me grave injustice with your public letter in which you wrongfully accused me of deceit, deception, dishonesty, incompetence, clannishness, divisiveness and insincerity, amongst other ills.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXhpXvqerZ4


Lmao at Amaechi's South-south president speech at the end.

Goddex: [size=16pt]By the way, when will he respond to Iyabo's letter?[/size]

Iyabo's letter is not a national issue. OBJ raised his children well like every other Nigerian child. no special privileges where there personal security beat up ordinary Nigerians or them flying allover the world in private jets.

OBJ trained Iyabo well, but she refused to be thought or learn. Iyabo is bitter because, OBJ did not allow them live the life at the expense of Nigeria. That's why he is called Baba.

Obi Okpor: if i wooze you 1 slap eehhh!You go fear fear!!!

You mad!! i go kpo-kpo you. Opio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqwpEjuAqg8

EBK2:

what is happening in Nigeria is a battle between the old and new. The old past still want to be relevant. It may well be that all the old past in PDP will decamp to APC contrary to my initial calculation that APC will be fulll of fresh blood whereas PDP will be full of old past. With all these, i can now confidently say that Nigeria has a great future. There will be tough roads ahead and we may end up in serious crisis as a country but the future is great. Lasting peace is only possible after there is war. We need to go deeper into this type of crisis before we can have any meaningful rise as a nation. I am so about this.

Only in Nigeria and Africa that old men of IBB, OBJ, Buhari etc age that have been at the helm will continue to want to be at the helm. THings are slipping out of their hand and they are increasingly getting desparate. OBJ and APC romance has destoyed OBJ and APC. Those in PDP decamping to APC have destroyed their political career. Those in APC accepting the decampees are going to regret it. This is because the only glue that brings politicians together and keep them together is absent. This glue is a common political ideal. Neither PDP nor APC has it and they will keep falling apart.

Looks like remnants young bloods in PDP will bring the change Nigeria desparately need. APC may well paint a picture of cocktail and portfolio of the elements that are the architects of Nigerias problem. More of them in PDP still need to go (Aneni, Tukur etc).
A change is taking place in Nigeria today. There are those that want to stand in the way, there are those that are making it happen; there are those that ignorant of this change, there are those that will be crushed by this change, and there are those that are indeed part of this change.

If Jonathan & pillars are the new, then we are in trouble. FYI, OBJ does not need to decamp to work against GEJ.

slimghost:
Does being a professor give one immunity from being called to order when he/she errs? Is he God? Is he infallible? Must we always agree with his viewpoints?. Haba!

An unelected citizen takes a state hostage because her husband is the president. Soyinka complains and demanded the president caution his wife.

next we hear, mama peace is disappointed in Soyinka and her husband's pillars rushed on the internet, calling Soyinka a cultist, divorcee etc.

Please

Obi Okpor: what is oracle's business in we(Nigerians) electing our leader?Park well jare. *GEJ all the way*

The Oracle happens to be a Nigerian. You sef pack well well well.

The Oracle would have supported President Jonathan, if he had performed well as president like the Oracle did before, unfortunately, we called the North names for not understanding the simple words of the constitution that a VP must take over and must be allowed to run for office, but performance and result must never be compromised. President Obama faced a worst economy in the history of America in 2008 with a very hostile Congress controlled by the Republican Party, it was not an excuse for him to fail, he worked so hard, his hair turned grey, and he won re-election, instead, our man Jonathan went to his base, he started the tribal war stuff, forgetting he would be back to seek the votes of those he neglected.


Jonathan must have the nerve or the audacity to even ask for the Yoruba votes in a government he removed or sidelined the tribe from the first fifteen positions in the country, in the following order, Presidency, Vice Presidency, Senate President, Speaker, Chief Justice, Police, Finance, Energy, Petroleum, defense Army, Secretary to Federal Government, CBN Governor, EFCC, Court of Appeal, etc yet the Yoruba are almost 30 percent of Nigeria population and you want the tribe to vote for him again? He must be full of that thing El Rufai talked about. Or with a faulty credibility with the North he labelled Boko Haram or many faulty actions like sleeping on the job, and folding his two hand at the back when he was talking to Secretary f State of America Hillary Clinton, or emitting aerosol in the mouth on CNN like Shango god of thunder


The Oracle sent every copy of all his articles from State and City policy, Mayoral System of Government, EPS, every constructive method to help his presidency, some of the recommendations were DHL to his office, and that of Senate President, many organizations all over North America wanted to help were all connected to his office, to help free of charge, but he went for the dubious people in his government, when you are not equipped for a job you can do anything to keep it, some will use blackmail, some will use, tribalism, some will resolve to drinking, as a professional it is called academic depression, the Oracle says the President used all of them

The Oracle says, President Jonathan please stop crying over Boko Haram, or your friends in government, just do the damn job, like the adage on Awodi, that is unable to grab chicken, the presidency is a job for the strong person, so far this man wants to keep learning on the job and honestly, we don't have the time to babysit anybody for this position.

Lord Have Mercy, President Jonathan let those of us who supported him down, with hope the Nigeria will be better off under a very young president from the minority that will understand the pain of the nation, somehow, Jonathan made the enemies of Nigeria unity his friends, those crooks, oil stealer, the corrupt leaders particularly from his areas his advisers, those of us who defended his right to succeed the late President, according to the constitution, and right for his own election, now look stupid , let him realize his re-election must be based on result and performance this where Jonathan lost the Oracle as a supporter.

Finally, President Jonathan you may wish to consider not seeking re-election since you did do a good job in the last few years, but as far as the oracle is concerned, you have lost this baby and if the Oracle is asked why not give Jonathan a second chance, the Oracle will just quote from Julius Caesar, the words of Brutus why he joined the conspirators against his friend Caesar, he said, not that I did not love Caesar, my fiend, but I love Rome more, yes, I love Nigeria more than Jonathan, besides, he can all the time in the whole damn world to drink that thing El Rufai mentioned. lol

ZK Sowunmi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFfAVrh06fA

Eziachi: After knowing all that about them, your father's still waged a bloody war, just to keep them in union with you? You got another chance soon to kick them out as I don't want you saying that Nigeria is indivisible soon, after yapping all these.

No, you (Ojukwu &minions) tried to steal from Nigeria (Land and oil) but you got Aluued. You can pack and quietly migrate, i swear nobody will stop you.

Eze Promoe: If 30% "progressives" can think like this man, I could consider APC!

You Putrid filth, he was a "cultist" and "Bad man" when he called your madame shepopo/peace out for meddling in politics. Now you like the way he thinks.

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These Sahara Reporters are beginning to seem suspicious.. A background research should be carried out on them and their modus operandi.

Because the reported Mama peace is a rouge, using her husbands position as president to rob nigeria of import duty?

Please does anyone know what percentage of Nigeria's daily oil output is gotten from wells on land compared to the amount gotten at Sea.

On land, which part of the oil producing states produce more oil presently.

Ile-Ife:
This is how Jonathanians/pillars argue.

Z.K Sowunmi

Nigeria: The Giant Behind Mandela and South Africa
10 December 2013 at 08:27

A popular adage says if the world refuses to blow your trumpet for you, don’t complain, blow it for yourself, let the world know your worth, it is very sad to note how the world leaders decided to cheat Nigeria out of the glory in the death of the greatest son of Africa, late Nelson Mandela despite all the sacrifices , like the Oracle ones said, most heroes often started as rebels, Nelson Mandela who was a rebel up till five years in most Western world lists as a terrorist, will be buried as a hero and some of the countries that helped with men, money, materials may be sidelined, the Oracle will give details on how Nigeria played significant roles in the liberation of most countries in Africa particularly South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia.


What you will be reading here today, will be from the knowledge and experience of the Oracle who just finished his GCE Advanced level, in History, Economic History and Religion from the Department of Extra Mural Studies University of Ibadan between, 1975-1976, a staff of National Archives who collated all the newspapers and magazines in Nigeria, bounded them up for shelves of the archives and sending copies to locations in Enugu and Kaduna and later in life, the Oracle served with National Library of Nigeria between 1983-1984, meaning I will confine the whole story here to what happened between 1960 to 1984. now let us go to work on the issue of Mandela.

The first country in Africa to support ANC the rebel turned political party in South Africa was Nigeria at a time the man with the Golden voice, Sir Abubarkar Tafawa Balewa was the Prime Minister of a post-independence Nigeria in 1960, during his visit to United States of America when JF Kennedy was the President, Balewa made it known that the freedom in Africa particularly South Africa, Rhodesia and South West Africa (Namibia) must be seen as very important to the freedom of the Africans.

Nigeria foreign policy because of the Civil war between 1967-1970 was not properly defined when General Yakubu Gowon was Head of State until General Muritala Mohamed and his two other Musketeers, General Olusegun Obasanjo and Lt General T Y Danjuma in 1975, including the mustached Col. Joe Narven Garba the Federal Commissioner for Foreign Affairs took over from the technocrat Okoi Arikpo, they became the team which added flesh to the foreign policy which Gowon had tied to the apron of the British.

Within Six months, General Muritala Mohammed reshaped Nigeria foreign policy, he announced over the radio and television, Africa would be the center of Nigeria policy and plans must be set in motion to free Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Africa, the pressing issue then was Angola and General Obasanjo who was number two man was given the assignment to liaises with Savinbi and Augustinho Neto and Nigeria eventually, took side with MPLA group led by Augustinho Neto.

Late President Gerald Ford of the United States of America was not happy with the stand of Nigeria, he sent delegates to Dodan Barracks in Lagos to ask Nigeria Government to drop the support, General Muritala Mohammed ordered the American representatives out of his office and the stage was set for a confrontation between Nigeria and the United States of America, by the time General Muritala Mohammed was Killed on February 13 1976 by Lt Col Buka Suka Dimka, on a Friday, Nigeria leadership and goals on Africa had been defined and western world started taking Nigeria serious.

General Muritala Mohammed foreign policy created the fear that Lagos the seat of the government was likely to be bombed by the Apartheid controlled South African government under Botha which was developing atomic and nuclear energy and signs were there then that Lagos was no longer safe because of the coastal location of the most important City in Nigeria, one of the reasons for taking the Federal Capital to Abuja, by the time General Obasanjo took over, as the Head of State the tempo was fast paced, President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat was elected President of America, the threat was no longer America but Great Britain which was harboring General Yakubu Gowon who was rumored to have been involved in the death of General Muritala Mohammed.

General Obasanjo was a respected and ruthless Head of State who brought Great Britain to its knees, he used all the resources available to Nigeria to fight the only country standing between Africa and freedom because of her veto power with the United Nations, however, General Obasanjo’s administration nationalized all the British investments in Nigeria, Standard Bank became First Bank, Barclays Bank became Union Bank, British Petroleum became African Petroleum, until Britain started asking for dialogue from Uncle Shege with several invitations to visit Britain , General Obasanjo refused, the Queen sent messages, Uncle Shege ignored the Queen, the muscles of Nigeria was greater than that of Britain, cleverly, America under a Democrat became neutral because Obasanjo had developed friendship with Andrew Young a civil right , the first Black or African American US Ambassador to the United Nations, President Jimmy Carter visited Nigeria, he was taken to Badagry, where all the slaves were chained before shipment to the Europe and America in the 18th Century, he also visited other cities in Nigeria like Kano Abeokuta and other places.

Obasanjo was the greatest problem in the flesh of all the countries that stood against the freedom of African countries in his three and half years as Nigeria Head of state, Zimbabwe which the country first supported Joshua Ukomo had to shift to Mugabe who won the election an both merged to run the first post Zimbabwe country, Namibia was next and South Africa which drew tears from Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia next in line, was a protected country of the Western world.

General Obasanjo realized Nigeria must improve on it security network if we have to be leaders of Africa, he set up State Security services SSS, NSO, and University of Ife now Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) became the Center for research on Atomic energy which previous administrations abandoned, today the security system of Nigeria were all creations of this Owu man fondly called "Baba Iyabo"

General Obasanjo, is the Mandela of Nigeria never knew, South Africa actually owed her freedom and the support from most of the third nations to this man from Abeokuta, all Nigerian workers were educated and made to donate 5% of their wages towards freedom of Africa countries, he took the whole country along the part of understanding the freedom of all African countries as the only way we could be proud as Black people and Nigerian musicians like Sunny Okosun wax the LP “Papa Land,” Ngozi made LP in honor of Winnie Mandela.

Because Nigerian men love beautiful women , they could not stand the site of a beautiful woman deprived of her husband, Winnie was beautiful, she was elegant and her smile and beautiful teeth charmed Nigerians, they all wanted to help and we began to understand what Apartheid was all about, which was complete disenfranchisement of the black majority by the white minority, we read how the government of South Africa deprived women from seeing their husbands during ovulation period, the ugly work environment, segregation, lack of education and living conditions, they wanted a systematic reduction in the black population, hoping a day would come the whites would catch with the population growth of the Black people.It was then we appreciated our own fragile freedom, we became greatfull to our founding fathers like Herbert Macaulay, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, Sir Ahamadu Bello, Obafemi Awolowo, Tafawa Balewa, and others

Nigeria Universities and Colleges gave the South Africans free education, their lawyers were trained in Nigeria, the civil service was opened to the potential workers that may take over in future, Nigeria was the training ground for most of the freedom fighters from South Africa, Namibia, and Zimbabwe, they were treated like families, Nigeria was indeed the bigger brother to most Africa countries , some Nigeria secret agents were sent to South African, some of them never made it back, readers Nigeria government and Nigerians made lot of scarifies as Britain tightened her immigration policy on Nigeria, personally, I was a victim, I was denied student visa to Britain in 1977, and I will quote what "Albert the immigration officer wrote on the denied form for readers "Mr. Sowunmi does not look like a person that will return to Nigeria after his education" because instead of just answering simple questions, with my smart mouth, the Oracle was lecturing him on Africa freedom. Lol

However, Britain never found her voice until late Ronald Reagan became the President of America and President Sheu Shagari took Nigeria back to the era of Gowon, he went to Britain which General Obasanjo turned down, he was taken to the farms to inspect Cows and poultry, his funny cap was mocked by the press, and the steam of our foreign policy was deflated, instead of moving Nigeria forward, President Shagari was not focused he allowed corruption to prevail in Nigeria under his watch.

The combined effort of Britain under Margret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan was a big blow to the tempo left behind by Obasanjo; President Sheu Shagari was not equipped to handle Reagan and the Iron Lady. British actions destroyed Nigeria economy because of the actions of the previous government over the policy on South Africa.

However, when Obasanjo left office, the Oracle believed he was appointed a member of the Eminent Personalities along with the Prime Minister of Australia or Canada or so to visit Nelson Mandela in Jail, he did, and he worked for the release of Nelson Mandela, the long match to freedom could be long, but the end result was fine, the son of Africa returned home to his people like the Biblical Joseph, the whole world bowed for him, in life and in death.

Nelson Mandela did not forget his friends when he came out, he visited everyone, from Cuba, to Libya and was also in Nigeria to say thank you to the Nigerian workers that contributed time and money which freed his people, today, Nelson Mandela is gone, he is now the hero of everyone, the enemies of yesterday became friends today, in Africa, we do not cry when an old man dies, we celebrate death because we believe he finished the race, and he should be with his ancestors, his spirit will watch over his people, his memories with guide his people, and the world, Mandela shoes may be too big for anyone now, but the same Almighty God in his wisdom who created Africa as the first place for human DNA will give us another Mandela, the Oracle says , the God watching over Africa will not sleep, when South Africa was hungry Nigeria was there, when the country was thirsty, we gave them water, when Mandela will be buried, Nigeria must be given its rightful place, the giant and big brother must not be pushed aside by the new friends.

As for Nigerians in and out of the country, the Oracle says you should all be proud to see the end of the battle and direction which first came out of the mouth of Tafawa Balewa which Muritala Mohammed took and which General Obasanjo faithfully directed, we did our part, we stood for justice, who will stand for us? We may have problems with ourselves, Igbo, Hausa, and Yoruba, let us remember families can disagree, brothers can fight against brothers, maybe Nigeria already had her own Mandela, Jesus Christ said" A prophet is without honor save among his own people" Maybe Obasanjo, and Muritala could be referred to as Nigeria Mandela, even if our Mandela was a little bit greedy with "third term agenda" maybe we should forgive our own Mandela, who never used Nigeria money to develop his home state or Sango Ota, he was fair to all, and to end this article with the words of Nelson Mandela when they tried to call him a saint.

"I am not a saint, but if you think a sinner who keeps trying to be better after each mistake is a saint, I will accept it"



Zents Sowunmi is a New York based writer. His books are available in most bookstores and online.

THIS IS WHY NIGERIA WILL NOT KNOW PEACE & PROGRESS...

On Stella OduahGate; Check this out:

1. The Aviation Minister, Stella Oduah is Igbo;

2. The then acting Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) who authorised the purchase of the armoured cars in contention, Mr. Joyce Nkemakolom is Igbo;

3. The Minister of Finance who granted the waiver for the said cars, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, is Igbo;

4. The Director General of the Bureau of Public Procurement who issued the Certificate of no objection, Emeka Eze, is Igbo;

5. The Chairman Senate Committee on Aviation, Hope Uzodinma is Igbo;

6. The Chairman House Committee on Aviation, Nkiruka Onyejeocha is Igbo.

7. The car dealer, Cosmas Maduka is Igbo.

geeez: Ekene Dili Chukwu ... Powering economic osmosis since 1970

Ifeasinachi .... Moving people from their towns to develop others' since 1980

Calm down Afam, Otudeko will get to Ebonyi shortly

Philistine: Ogogoro president,yeye man

Jonathan ate Ugwu, he did not drink paraga.