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The Special Adviser Media to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in this rejoinder, dismisses Dr. Femi Aribisala’s latest column entitled The beginning of the end of Bola Tinubu DR. Femi Aribisala’s recent article “The beginning of the end of the Bola Tinubu Dynasty” should not have appeared in The Vanguard or in any newspaper for that matter. What this piece represented was a contribution to fiction writing, not responsible journalism. Even there, it was bad fiction. Aribisala is so obsessed with his animus toward Asiwaju Tinubu that Aribisala cannot see or think straight. Thus, his writing is crooked. If one did not know better, one would think Aribisala does not hate Tinubu as much as he envies the man. Aribisala wishes he were Tinubu. Instead, Aribisala is relegated to being the Asiwaju of his own imagination. The article is presented as an objective news analysis and commentary. In doing so, the writer does injury to the newspaper, the truth and to the reading public. The piece begins with a purported quotation from Bola Tinubu himself used to paint him in an unsavory light. The problem is that this quotation never occurred. It was figment of the author’s dire, envious imagination. What was presented as fact is fantasy. The man has the freedom to write whatever he pleases be it fact or fiction. However, it is unethical for him to portray as incisive journalism what are nothing but the fruits of personal hatred translated into paper and ink. When the truth does not prove the point he wants to make, Aribisala invents his own truth. While this might be an asset for a fiction writer, for a public commentator, it is a serious trespass against the tenets of responsible journalism. Responsiblejournalism Aribisala may well be jumping through these unethical hoops to currying the favor of the monarch of Aso Villa. But he should not be so hypocritical as to try to confuse us that his efforts are done as a public service. The man actually criticizes Asiwaju for being a successful political leader as if doing so were some type of sin when , in fact, Nigeria is in great need of more far-sighted politician leaders not fewer. Aribisala claims Asiwaju wants to be another Awolowo. Here, why did not he quote Tinubu who has rebuked this charge many times? Repeatedly, he has stated there can only be Awolowo and to try to fit into his shoes is to lace yourself to failure. We must learn from the great one and the principles he espoused so that we meet the challenges of our time as our legendary mentor and leader would have us do. This Tinubu’s position regarding Awo. If you want to accuse Tinubu of believing that Awolowo is the father of progressive politics in Nigeria, he would plead guilty. But Aribisala accuses him of trying to supplant Awolowo. The accusation is wrong and mean-spirited. Again, at one point, Aribisala invents a Tinubu quote to as proof for his lies. Then at this point, the writer ignores Tinubu’s public statements because those statements rebuff the lie Aribisala seeks to perpetrate in the public mind. This comes to the meat of the matter. This hack writer asserts that Tinubu seeks a dynasty. He cannot be more incorrect. Tinubu is a leader of a political reform movement along with other patriotic Nigerians. When Tinubu held fast against the tyranny of the PDP and its attempt to capture all states by any means necessary that was the work of a man committed to democracy. If he had not stood against the great odds against him and his party, the PDP would likely have turned Nigeria into a one-party state by now. Instead, the APC has come about and now challenges the PDP in an unprecedented manner. Any objective person would conclude that this competition is beneficial for the public and for the growth of Nigerian democracy. It begs the question why Aribisala seems not to see this enormous contribution. He does not see it because those whose favor he seeks do not want him to expose this truth to the wider public. Take a look at the men Tinubu has helped in their quest for public office. Fashola, Fayemi, Aregbesola, Oshiohmole, Ajimobi, Amosun, etc. These men are not non performing “yes men”. They are all dynamic and outstanding performers in their own right. Each is different than the other and each state government excels in its own unique way. Dynasticpretence This means that Tinubu is not orchestrating them into some limited uniformity but stands out of the way for them to lead as they believe. No major politician in Nigeria has a track record as good as Tinubu’s when it comes to supporting able people for office then leaving them to perform as they believe. Nowhere in the PDP does this happen. If Aribisala wants to see and criticize something with dynastic pretence, he should do an expose on the PDP. In barking at Tinubu, he is barking at the wrong house. This brings us to the Ekiti election. The vote count is in and the PDP has been named the winner. Because there were few overt instances of violence, people have lauded the election as free and fair. I caution you not to be too hasty in drawing that conclusion. Slowly, the truth is coming out about how the military blanketed the state and intimidated APC members and office holders, including the governor himself. A new, subtler form of voter and opposition intimidation took place. We have taken note and shall be prepared to outwit it the next time.On a larger note, Bola Tinubu is one of the leaders of a reformist national opposition party contesting against a behemoth, immoral ruling party that will use any all measures to keep power. This is a long marathon we run. There will be obstacles and pitfalls along the way. Ekiti was one but we are not deterred. Our objective is good and right. We seek democratic good governance for the people. We are not ashamed about that. If seeking to make the people’s vote count and to make government care for the people is wrong, then let us be wrong. For we know that we will only be in the wrong to people with jaded vision such as Aribisala. History shall prove us right. Long after Aribisala’s efforts find their way to the bottom of the wastebasket, the APC shall stand as having pulled Nigeria from the precipice. And history will score Tinubu with high marks for ever remaining the one man standing. Sunday Dare, former General Editor of The News/Tempo magazine and former Supervisor at the Voice of America, Washington D.C. is the Special Adviser Media to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu |
The Special Adviser Media to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in this rejoinder, dismisses Dr. Femi Aribisala’s latest column entitled The beginning of the end of Bola Tinubu DR. Femi Aribisala’s recent article “The beginning of the end of the Bola Tinubu Dynasty” should not have appeared in The Vanguard or in any newspaper for that matter. What this piece represented was a contribution to fiction writing, not responsible journalism. Even there, it was bad fiction. Aribisala is so obsessed with his animus toward Asiwaju Tinubu that Aribisala cannot see or think straight. Thus, his writing is crooked. If one did not know better, one would think Aribisala does not hate Tinubu as much as he envies the man. Aribisala wishes he were Tinubu. Instead, Aribisala is relegated to being the Asiwaju of his own imagination. The article is presented as an objective news analysis and commentary. In doing so, the writer does injury to the newspaper, the truth and to the reading public. The piece begins with a purported quotation from Bola Tinubu himself used to paint him in an unsavory light. The problem is that this quotation never occurred. It was figment of the author’s dire, envious imagination. What was presented as fact is fantasy. The man has the freedom to write whatever he pleases be it fact or fiction. However, it is unethical for him to portray as incisive journalism what are nothing but the fruits of personal hatred translated into paper and ink. When the truth does not prove the point he wants to make, Aribisala invents his own truth. While this might be an asset for a fiction writer, for a public commentator, it is a serious trespass against the tenets of responsible journalism. Responsiblejournalism Aribisala may well be jumping through these unethical hoops to currying the favor of the monarch of Aso Villa. But he should not be so hypocritical as to try to confuse us that his efforts are done as a public service. The man actually criticizes Asiwaju for being a successful political leader as if doing so were some type of sin when , in fact, Nigeria is in great need of more far-sighted politician leaders not fewer. Aribisala claims Asiwaju wants to be another Awolowo. Here, why did not he quote Tinubu who has rebuked this charge many times? Repeatedly, he has stated there can only be Awolowo and to try to fit into his shoes is to lace yourself to failure. We must learn from the great one and the principles he espoused so that we meet the challenges of our time as our legendary mentor and leader would have us do. This Tinubu’s position regarding Awo. If you want to accuse Tinubu of believing that Awolowo is the father of progressive politics in Nigeria, he would plead guilty. But Aribisala accuses him of trying to supplant Awolowo. The accusation is wrong and mean-spirited. Again, at one point, Aribisala invents a Tinubu quote to as proof for his lies. Then at this point, the writer ignores Tinubu’s public statements because those statements rebuff the lie Aribisala seeks to perpetrate in the public mind. This comes to the meat of the matter. This hack writer asserts that Tinubu seeks a dynasty. He cannot be more incorrect. Tinubu is a leader of a political reform movement along with other patriotic Nigerians. When Tinubu held fast against the tyranny of the PDP and its attempt to capture all states by any means necessary that was the work of a man committed to democracy. If he had not stood against the great odds against him and his party, the PDP would likely have turned Nigeria into a one-party state by now. Instead, the APC has come about and now challenges the PDP in an unprecedented manner. Any objective person would conclude that this competition is beneficial for the public and for the growth of Nigerian democracy. It begs the question why Aribisala seems not to see this enormous contribution. He does not see it because those whose favor he seeks do not want him to expose this truth to the wider public. Take a look at the men Tinubu has helped in their quest for public office. Fashola, Fayemi, Aregbesola, Oshiohmole, Ajimobi, Amosun, etc. These men are not non performing “yes men”. They are all dynamic and outstanding performers in their own right. Each is different than the other and each state government excels in its own unique way. Dynasticpretence This means that Tinubu is not orchestrating them into some limited uniformity but stands out of the way for them to lead as they believe. No major politician in Nigeria has a track record as good as Tinubu’s when it comes to supporting able people for office then leaving them to perform as they believe. Nowhere in the PDP does this happen. If Aribisala wants to see and criticize something with dynastic pretence, he should do an expose on the PDP. In barking at Tinubu, he is barking at the wrong house. This brings us to the Ekiti election. The vote count is in and the PDP has been named the winner. Because there were few overt instances of violence, people have lauded the election as free and fair. I caution you not to be too hasty in drawing that conclusion. Slowly, the truth is coming out about how the military blanketed the state and intimidated APC members and office holders, including the governor himself. A new, subtler form of voter and opposition intimidation took place. We have taken note and shall be prepared to outwit it the next time.On a larger note, Bola Tinubu is one of the leaders of a reformist national opposition party contesting against a behemoth, immoral ruling party that will use any all measures to keep power. This is a long marathon we run. There will be obstacles and pitfalls along the way. Ekiti was one but we are not deterred. Our objective is good and right. We seek democratic good governance for the people. We are not ashamed about that. If seeking to make the people’s vote count and to make government care for the people is wrong, then let us be wrong. For we know that we will only be in the wrong to people with jaded vision such as Aribisala. History shall prove us right. Long after Aribisala’s efforts find their way to the bottom of the wastebasket, the APC shall stand as having pulled Nigeria from the precipice. And history will score Tinubu with high marks for ever remaining the one man standing. Sunday Dare, former General Editor of The News/Tempo magazine and former Supervisor at the Voice of America, Washington D.C. is the Special Adviser Media to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu |
with due respect to anyone’s view or opinion per say, I think anybody saying that the emergence of boko haram could in any way make Nigerian to believe in one Nigeria is been deceived. The issue of boko haram has indeed shown that the 1914 amalgamation is a huge error that has brought Nigeria to her knees. For any reason, you don’t keep cat and dog together and expect peace to reign, no matter how we can pretend, there exist a BIG and NATURAL hatred among all the major ethic nationalities we have in Nigeria and that in has in turn bring susption |
We have rejected Tinubu APC in Ekiti state. All Tinubu ass-lickers should deal with it. Osun is next! |
Evergreen123: the tinubu he was protecting did the worst pull him down syndrome in Yoruba politics but here he is lambasting ppl who democratically and peacefully chose their governor.He said that Tinubu introduced waste management program, Lastma and KAI in his whole 8yrs in office |
Go to Alaba Int'l market rd and see things 4 your self. We don't have government at all in this country |
The senate on Wednesday confirmed the appointment of Former Governor Ibrahim Shekarau (Kano), Mr. Adedayo Adeyeye (Ekiti), Dr. Stephen Orhu (Delta), and Dr. Abdul Bulama (Yobe) as ministers. The nominees who answered questions from the senators on the state of the nation, agreed that an urgent review of the country’s education curriculum remained the best way to tackle unemployment, poverty and insurgency. Senate President, David Mark, congratulated the new appointees and urged them to see themselves as ministers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria who are not in office to satisfy their party and sectional interests. http://www.punchng.com/news/senate-confirms-shekarau-adeyeye-others-as-ministers/ |
Orlando Owoh is lying |
Orlando Owoh is lying |
Oyinlola should know that the devil you know is far much better than the angel you haven’t got a clue about …see what Dr Segun oni got himself in already…a bad situation totally bad corner but as always oyinlola is an adult with some serious interest to protect and he cannot be seen as hot nor cold at this critical time so he better make up his mind on time before the train leaves. |
Oyinlola must be a fool for romancing with the same people who stole his mandate through Salami. |
OPC over to you |
Chamack: I don't abuse people but I will abuse for saying that a population of over 30 million people and the forerunners of Nigeria are foolish. I would say that the woman that agreed to marry your dad is the most foolish person on earth to have agreed to marry him and also to produce a useless and a slowpoke like you. What has being president of nigeria done to Awusa-Fulani that has held power for 38 yrs? What has being president 12yrs done to Yorubas? What has Goodluck being president done to Nigerdelta? Are these group of people better than Igbos economically, educationally and otherwise? You the foolish son/daughter of a foolish parents. Next time u think before you foolishly abuse Ndi Igbo.Don't mind those nitwit son/daughters of a grave digger from South West |
What kind of training do these our military have, am ashamed of them, I thought military activities both their achievements and strategies in a situation like this should be secret. Must they open their useless mouth and make public what ever little progress they have made. what is the essence of making public how the arrested suspects operate, how they were arrested and what led to their arrest? Are they telling others at large to change tactics or what? I can see useless politics playing out on this issue of boko haram especially the chibok girls matter. What are the military trying to achieve by all these unsolicited publications. |
Police logo Michael Olugbode Suspected members of the Boko Haram sect Monday invaded Shani Local Government Area of Borno state setting ablaze the Divisional Police Station and many other building in the town. They were said to have razed down shops and vehicles using Improvised Explosive Devices and petrol bombs. The caretaker chairman of Shani council, Alhaji Modu Walama who was said to have escaped series of attacks by assassins and terrorists in recent past, narrowly escaped being killed by the terrorists who were poaching for him. They were said to have attacked the council boss family house in Walama and killed one of his sons when they discovered that the Chairman was not in the house. It was gathered from sources that the heavily armed terrorists invaded the town on motorcycles and bombed the Divisional Police Headquarters at about 2:45pm on Monday, after they realized that almost all the policemen on duty had fled the area. They were said to have snatched one of the patrol vehicles of the police and set it ablaze after they discovered that the engine is not in perfect order. They went from there into the town and shot sporadically aimlessly in the town before fleeing towards Gwaskara village. Shani is the southern part of the troubled state and about 245 kilometres drive from Maiduguri and shares boundary with some parts of Adamawa state. Mallam Aliyu Usman , a resident of Shani who was among those who fled out of town during the attack told journalists that they got news of the terrorists lurking around the town at about 8am when they were sighted by some women on their farmlands around Walama, an outskirt of the town. They had scared off the women from their farms, telling them that they have deadly mission to execute in some places in Shani. All effort to get the Police Public Relations Officer, Gideon Jubrin for confirmation was not successful as his phone line was inaccessible as at the time of filing the report, http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/borno-boko-haram-razes-police-station-kills-council-bosss-son-in-fresh-attack/182301/ |
OSOGBO—All is now set for the mining of the first gold in Ilesha, in the State of Osun as the Governor Rauf Aregbesola, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with an Australian mining firm, Andalusian Mining Industry. This came as the leader of the mining firm, Colin Miller, told the governor that his company would present the first raw gold to the people of the state before the end this year. The signing ceremony took place at the Government House, Osogbo yesterday with a moderate ceremony with the governor in attendance. The governor said the Australian mining firm had conducted a geological survey which confirmed that there was a huge deposit of gold in Ilesha. Aregbesola said the discovery had presented the state with a wonderful opportunity to partner with Andalusian in the breakdown, exploration and mining of gold in the state. He said the people and the state look forward to having maximum advantage of the mining firm’s presence in the state The governor described gold mining in state as a major breakthrough to the government and a business opportunity for the state. He said the government looked forward to speedy operation and intervention in the prospecting for gold before the end of the year. The governor expressed hope that the state has joined the league of mining of non-oil mineral producing states in the country. http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/06/osuns-first-raw-gold-end-year/ |
Very crazy dude |
Fayose victory in Ekiti state must have send shivers down their spines hence the desperate move |
Everything was staged manage by shettima and his co-evils. No girl was missing |
prettyboi1989: Lol @d govnors words, imagine u ran a criminal ring, n den u got a tip dat d cops are coming to burst ur joint, wud u stay dere waitin 4 d cops 2 gate crash ur joint? Hell no u'll ex d place asap, remove evidence dat cud b traced back 2 ur crew. Now if d gov is sayn he knwz d whereabts of d girls, hez eida playn publicity stunt or sending millitary officials on a wild goose chase.Odikwa egwu o. 2 risky my brother |
berem: The FG have confirmed that girls were actually kidnapped and you are saying no girls were kidnapped. Who then should I believe? You or FG?which Fg? |
Nigeria news its the most confusing story ever, i thought the governor once said he knew where the girls are and had given out the information to security operatives, so what is really happening in this issue of chibok girls? |
berem: A whole America does not know where Chibok girls are? Impossicant!My question is what is the governor of that state doing? This animal is the one behind all this kidnap. Even the “almighty USA” couldn’t find the kidnapped girls,meaning no girls were kidnapped. |
But the Nigerian military claimed they know where they are. Let them give us update. The Chief of defence staff lied shamelessly and should have been asked to resign long ago. I still maintain nobody is missing! |
Evergreen123: this is not ikengawo |
ISpiksDaTroof: I stopped by the 4th section when I couldnt bear to see another "...my eatery was the first in the state" or "....mind you, before I came there was none".......Stop hating, whether you like it or not he was the first to introduce food business in Ekiti state. You guys and inferiority complex. Smh |
• As group bemoans FG’s attitude to Kaduna killings By Chuks Okocha and John Shiklam Two Presidency officials and some security experts at the weekend described the report of the presidential committee on the abduction of some schoolgirls from Chibok, in Borno State, as fundamentally flawed. The presidential fact finding committee headed by Brigadier General Ibrahim Sabo (rtd) had been set up on May 2 by the federal government to investigate the circumstances surrounding the April 14 kidnapping of nearly 300 girls from Government Secondary School, Chibok, by the Islamic terrorist sect, Boko Haram. The committee submitted its report to the president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, on June 20, with Sabo confirming that 276 girls were abducted by the sect, while 57 escaped and 219 were still missing. But officials of the presidency and security experts who spoke with THISDAY at the weekend on condition of anonymity described the 45-page report of the committee as lacking in analytical reasoning and depth required of an inquest of such nature. This was as ethnic nationalities in the southern part of Kaduna State yesterday expressed their displeasure at the federal government’s lacklustre attitude to the repeated bloody attacks on their communities by Fulani herdsmen. Their annoyance followed fresh attacks by the marauding Fulani on villages in Sanga Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Friday in which 40 people were killed. “We have seen the vice president and the president rush to the scene of a bomb blast which killed 22 people in Abuja on Wednesday. But they have not issued even a statement concerning the 142 people that were killed in Bondong, Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State,” Southern Kaduna Peoples Union stated in a release. One of the experts who spoke on the Chibok committee report, a retired deputy director in the State Security Service, said whilst the committee explained that Government Secondary School, Chibok, was initially closed for security reasons, but was re-opened for the WAEC examinations because, it was located in “areas least affected by the activities of the insurgents,” the committee, however, “failed to ask what is perhaps the most relevant question here, which is, what security arrangements did the Borno State government put in place to secure the school and its students.” He said, “It is worrisome that the committee did not bother to address this in its evaluation of events leading to the invasion of the Chibok school by Boko Haram insurgents, especially when it earlier noted in its report that ‘The state government made adequate arrangements for security of examination materials and staff of WAEC, especially, in view of the undertaking given to the Federal Ministry of Education by the Borno State government that adequate security would be provided.” Both the Presidency officials and the security experts believed the blame for the security lapse that preceded the seizure of the girls should have been laid firmly at the Borno State government’s door by the committee, instead of virtually adopting the position of the state government on the issue. Another area that the analysts faulted was the committee’s conclusion on the number of girls abducted on the night of April 14, when the insurgents attacked the School. They wondered how the committee ascertained that all 395 girls of the school were in the hostel on the night of the attack since WAEC had confirmed that there were candidates who had not shown up for any of the exams held before the attack. “Who verified that 395 girls slept in the hostel?” the security expert asked, explaining that there were no wardens, principal, or staff in the school on the night of the attack. He accused the committee of being engrossed in an arithmetic meant to arrive at a predetermined figure of 276 rather than doing a thorough work to ascertain the actual number of those kidnapped. Another expert, who said he had looked through some of the findings of the committee, raised yet another poser. If, indeed, the students were made to believe that the insurgents, who disguised in military uniforms, were there to take them into safe custody, what motivated the 119 girls to escape while some 276 followed, since there was no apparent violence, according to eye witness accounts? A presidency official added, “The committee also failed woefully to remove the cloud on how the insurgents evacuated such a huge number of girls at such an hour of the day. How many vehicles were commandeered and used? At what stage was the school burnt down? These are issues that ought to be addressed to give credibility to the report.” The experts also faulted the committee for its failure to visit chibok and hold thorough dialogue with the local community. “It was inconceivable that a committee, which had such a wide terms of reference, only sent two of its members to Chibok and those two only spent 30 minutes in the locus,” one of the security analysts said. He added, “This is a very major defect in its assignment and it raises lots of questions on the report eventually turned in. Whoever prevented the committee from having direct interaction with leaders of the Chibok community has done a great disservice to the nation. The committee’s report has, therefore, raised more questions and provided less answers. It has presented government with misleading information and figures that are apparently unreliable.” But at the weekend, the people of southern Kaduna State accused the federal government of showing no concern to their plight after raids by suspected Fulani herdsmen that have killed more than 200 people in Sanga Local Government Area in the last one week. “Yet the southern part of Kaduna State is the stronghold of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party,” the people lamented in statement by their umbrella body. “This is an area that gives the PDP 100 percent support to bring them to power. We don’t know what we have done to this government to deserve this type of negligence when our people are being slaughtered like animals.” SOKAPU said, “We are disappointed with the attitude of the federal government towards the massive killings that are going on in the southern part of Kaduna.” http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/presidency-experts-fault-presidential-committee-report-on-chibok-abduction/182172/ |
gunuvi: na Lagos own go worse pass. fashola behaves as if the people of Badagry are not existingOjo Alaba Int'l mkt road is the worst i have ever see in my entire life |
thegreatman4ww: If long term beneficial projects were abandoned because the electorate in Ekiti voted for a person who had meet their immediate needs then I foresee greater infrastructural decay in next few years. I am confidence that in few years to this time ppl will understands.You did justice to the piece based on your limited understanding of the situation in Ekiti. Fayemi was totally rejected because he ran an elitist government that Ekiti nay Nigeria is not ripe for. His government was too expensive for the agrarian Ekiti. He milked the people dry without empowering them. Like others said, Fayemi’s government like other APC governors was very corrupt and vindictive. An election whereby all civil servants, teachers, students, and artisans voted was totally disconnected from the people they were leading. Let me make it clear to you that your prayers and prophecies will not be answered. While Fayose distributed 10kg of rice + N2000 to students, Fayemi shared 50kg of branded rice + N5000. Lastly, except Fayemi change his attitude and the people he surrounds himself with also connects with the people, Ekitis will not vote for him in 2018. |
36 yrs old man marring a 23yrs old gurl...what did he expect ?? Men wake up. It is not the issue of calling the young lady an evil woman though she committed it but the fact still remain that she is immature both her young siblings too. |
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