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Knowledgeable people hav spoken.

Not all newspaper publishers are members of NPAN, short for News Paper Proprietors Association of Nigeria.

Not all editors are members of NGE, short for Nigeria Guild of Editors.

Register your coy. Do d ISSN thingy. Register with vendors if it is a mass market publication, shikena.

We will be sure dis shizzle is for real when they arrest Northern Governors past and present for corruption.

Dem thief reach Ibori, Igbinedon, Odili, Tinubu, Fashola et al.

In short na dem carry first.

@Ziddy
Steve was also on the Tinubu side.

He is close to Ayobolu, the former Tinubu CPS dt served under Fashola before resigning his appointment when the Tinubu/Fashola power struggle became messier.

Steve is now with Jimoh Ibrahim's about to be relaunched National Mirror Newspaper.

My trust in Jonathan is not misplaced.

Jonathan for Presido 2011!!!

Sai Jonthan!!!

Somebody high-up at Arik is high on drugs. Acts on drugs, recruits and sacks on drugs!!!

A junkie, junkie situation.

Once worked for an airline with HQ on Opebi. The CEO was equally scandalous. He ruined the coy eventually.

Some say he does d*ugs, maybe d dude at Arik is same of same.

Heard two people died at the Enugu venue of the test, while trying to break d walls of INEC office to have access to the test venue.

Rip DAGRIN.

U looku like Pasitor Chriss Joooor! Don't mind them haters.

[quote author=olayinka.j link=topic=434170.msg5940177#msg5940177 date=1272016440]Una no go leave am? if im pay am salary every month no be im business. Aproko ppl.[/quote]U are same of same, as we are!!! Aproko catcher

God give the family he has left behind fortitude to bear this great loss.

Timaya is a  CLOWN!!!

The Executive Director (Publications) of Punch Newspapers Mr Azubuike Ishiekwene has resigned his appointment. In a related development CNN also axed Azu from his CNN African journalist Award Panel of judges.

The fall from grace was said to be self-inflicted due to his perceived shady dealings with Gov Fashola's administration. This is believed to have compromised the editorial objectivity of Punch. Azubuike's problems started over his decision to force the resignation of the editor Steve Ayorinde for allowing news deemed unfavourable to Gov Fashola's govt. Steve reacted with a petition detailing Azu's romance with the Lagos Govt and how it has created conflict of interest.

The Punch Management issued a statement promising a fair investigation of the allegations made against Azubuike. The newspaper management is expected to issue a statement in the next 24hrs.

The Chinese have a reputation for efficient production. Dt explains why American coys are relocating to China cos of cheap production cost. The Chinese have been able to replicate same in Nigeria. They migrate into the country in droves and they are taking over the economy gradually (buying massive lands in the hinterland) and even competing by hawking at Ojuwoye Market.

The Americans and Eurpoeans overprice stuff while the Chinese will give the quality you pay for (Let's hope LASG has not paid for Taiwan quality )

_{This is one of the most balanced thread I hav seen on N-land in years.}

This is for debosky and all irrational Oyedepo supporters - the visit is private indeed, talk about roforofo politicking by 'anointed' men of God, abi Baal ni sef.

abegi, give me second base!!!



Oyedepo, Onayeikan brief Jonathan on visit to Yar’Adua

Four Christian clerics, who reportedly met with President Umaru Yar’Adua in the Presidential Villa on Monday returned on Wednesday to brief Acting President Goodluck Jonathan about the development.

The clerics, including the National President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Archbishop John Onaiyekan; the General Overseer of the Living Faith Church, Bishop David Oyedepo; Pastor Emmanuel Kure of the Throneroom Trust; and Prof. Yusuf Obaje, met the Acting President in company with the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission, Mr. John Kennedy-Okpara.

The meeting held behind closed doors.

The four clerics did not speak to journalists after meeting the Acting President. Rather, they consulted briefly on the corridor before leaving the Presidential Villa.

However, it was gathered that their visit was not unconnected with Monday’s trip to the President’s residence, where they reportedly met and prayed for Yar’Adua.

Four Muslim clerics had earlier said that they had met and also prayed for the ailing President, who has not been in public since his return from Saudi Arabia in February.

Meanwhile, Onaiyekan confirmed on Wednesday that he joined some Christian clerics to pray with Yar’ Adua at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Easter Monday.

The overseer of the Throneroom Trust Ministry, Pastor Emmanuel Kure, had made public the prayer session with the President in an interview with Reuters.

He had disclosed that other clerics such as Onaiyekan; Oyedepo; and Obaje were part of the prayer group.

Onaiyekan, in an earlier interview with our correspondent on the telephone at about 3.30pm on Monday, had said that neither he nor the Christian Association of Nigeria had been invited to pray with Yar’ Adua.

But in a clarification on Wednesday on the telephone at 5.30pm, Onaiyekan confirmed that he actually joined the delegation that prayed for Yar’Adua.

The Catholic cleric said that he got a personal invitation to join the prayer session after he had spoken with The Punch on the telephone.

@Nagoma
At least, Mr. Soyinka is not good at extorting people in the name of the Lord like some Bishops dt used poor peep's sweat to build varsities they can't afford, private jets, mansions etc

Oboma1:
Kidnapping biz undoubtably, the most lucrative and the fastest growing in Nigeria.

[b]Christian leaders had been arraigned to meet Yar’Adua and in case a doubting nation did not believe the raising of a hand story of a local Islamic cleric their was the need to enroll the service of respected men of God and who else than Bishop David Oyedepo who is described as the “flamboyant pastor and jet-set cleric of the prosperity winners chapel, accompanied by Reverend Emmanuel Kure, and Archbishop Onaiyekan and by the time the men of God left Yar’Adua the medical report they could come with was President Musa Umoru Yar’Adua being hail and healthy and managing to “grunt Amen” and then a denial by senior pastors in Oyedepo’s winners chapel, swearing to God that Bishop Oyedepo was busy tendering to his disciples in Ota during the time of the said Yar’Adua visit and that the on line media Sharareporters fabricated the story.

Before we could say Sahara our man of God was seen less than 24 hours after the Yar’Adua visit in the company of Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Ogun State governor Gbenga Daniel and the many Oluwos of Egba telling Nigerians to mind their business that his visit to Yar’Adua was a very private visit and like every soap opera in Nigeria, a visit by cleric to a President who refuse to see his deputy or any member of his ruling party is in the words of the Bishop “private” and then the denial swept under the carpet. [/b]

The Imams Came! The Bishops Saw! The President “Grunt” And He Said “Amen” Wednesday, 07 April 2010 08:47
http://www.saharareporters.com/articles/external-contrib/5738-the-imams-came-the-bishops-saw-the-president-grunt-and-he-said-amen.html

That President Musa Umaru Yar’Adua has been away from public view since the 23rd of November 2009 is no longer news. That his absence and the subsequent power play and shenanigans almost led the country to a state of anarchy is also not a news story, what is however bizarre is the tragic-comedy we are being subjected to by handlers of the President, the more we try to move forward as a country, putting the Yar’Adua drama behind us, the more forces behind the presidents disappearance are also determined to keep the Yar’Adua memory on our table. It is done in such a way that they arrogantly want to tell us we can not move forward as a people without the President. If the President is sick we should be sick, if he coughs we must cough, how best can we describe the macabre dance?

Check out the rough time-line, 23rd November 2009 Yar’Adua was reported to have walked on to the Presidential Jet unassisted and jetted out to Saudi Arabia for a “routine medical check up”. The country was subjected to series of debate as to how “routine” the presidential check up was. The presidency spent weeks refuting speculations that he was smuggled out of Nigeria, then as tensions rose with online bloggers digging, the presidency was forced on the 26th of November 2009 to release a statement that he had pericarditis – inflammation of the heart lining, when it became obvious that the restlessness of a minority calling on the president to step down was becoming justified, a court case was filed on the 23rd December urging him to step down, followed suit by two more court cases by January 5, and then several protest in four continents followed, on the eve of a mass protest in Abuja Nigerian capital a man purportedly President Yar’Adua “granted few minutes interview with the BBC and at a time his country was being put on a terrorist list all Mr Yar’Adua could think of was to wish the Nigerian football team “good luck” in the African cup of Nations football tournament.

Under pressure from Nigerians and with its own survival in mind a docile national assembly circumvented the constitution and rather than impeach Yar’Adua went for a political compromise by invoking a forgotten “principle of necessity” to make Vice President Goodluck Jonathan acting president, Nigerians grudgingly accepted the faith accomplice so as to in the usual mantra “move the nation forward” but as determined as Nigerians are to move forward, those who appear to have hijacked Yar’Adua and making political advantage of his incapacitation are for ever determined to place Yar’Adua’s interest above the interest of 150 million Nigerians, it was first the Nollywood style drama of bringing what appears to be Yar’Adua into Nigeria in the wee of the night without the acting Presidents having a clue that a military operation was taking place, then news feeds about the president drinking the traditional tea with a long lost cousin who later disappeared after his Al-Jazera interview, then before the tea got cold, we were entertained with another news feed of the president taking walks around the beautiful gardens of Aso Villa and having syndicating whispers with birds and nature, all this while is closest next door neighbour who happens to be his Vice President even with powerful binoculars could not set eyes on Yar’Adua and then we were told the president was meant to resume work and shame his enemies.

When the usurpers ran out of lies and scripts, a nation not lacking in drama had to go for another round of expectations with Yar’Adua handlers telling the world he would appear at the Abuja Central mosque, Nigerians took it upon themselves to run live updates at the mosque and the closest of what they got was a Yar’Adua poster close to the entrance of the mosque, as the appearance failed to materialise, Islamic clerics where horridly arraigned to brief doubting Thomas’s that Yar’Adua was fit and healthy as he managed to raise his hands and that was it, our president is fit as a result of a medical certification of a local imam, whose diagnosis was the raise of a hand.


When you think the Yar’Adua handlers had ran out of script and that we would be allowed to face the many daunting challenges facing a sleeping giant of a Nation then from the Nollywwod script came a bombshell. Christian leaders had been arraigned to meet Yar’Adua and in case a doubting nation did not believe the raising of a hand story of a local Islamic cleric their was the need to enroll the service of respected men of God and who else than Bishop David Oyedepo who is described as the “flamboyant pastor and jet-set cleric of the prosperity winners chapel, accompanied by Reverend Emmanuel Kure, and Archbishop Onaiyekan and by the time the men of God left Yar’Adua the medical report they could come with was President Musa Umoru Yar’Adua being hail and healthy and managing to “grunt Amen” and then a denial by senior pastors in Oyedepo’s winners chapel, swearing to God that Bishop Oyedepo was busy tendering to his disciples in Ota during the time of the said Yar’Adua visit and that the on line media Sharareporters fabricated the story.

Before we could say Sahara our man of God was seen less than 24 hours after the Yar’Adua visit in the company of Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Ogun State governor Gbenga Daniel and the many Oluwos of Egba telling Nigerians to mind their business that his visit to Yar’Adua was a very private visit and like every soap opera in Nigeria, a visit by cleric to a President who refuse to see his deputy or any member of his ruling party is in the words of the Bishop “private” and then the denial swept under the carpet. We can not touch the anointed men of God but pretty soon God “grunt” will become a roar and then questions will be asked, what a sad ending to a badly written script, do we have to be reduced to this comedy?

Why cant Yar’Adua’s handlers get it and acknowledge that the power game is up, let the man rest, recover peacefully and if it is Allah’s wish that he his in last days give him the grace to reconcile with his creator and our nation the grace reconcile with the task of “moving forward” it is time to save Yar’Adua from Yar’Adua so that Nigerians can free Nigeria from some Nigerians.

"A source told Saharareporters that Onaiyekan was keeping silent for now because he was reportedly too shocked at the condition of Yar’adua."

Same for Oyedepo

Source:
http://www.saharareporters.com/real-news/sr-headlines/5735-how-james-ibori-recruited-christian-leaders-to-visit-yaradua.html


How James Ibori recruited Christian leaders to visit Yar'adua
Tuesday, 06 April 2010 21:32

Authoritative sources have told Saharareporters that former Governor James Ibori of Delta State organized yesterday’s visit of four Christian leaders to see ailing Nigerian ruler Umaru Yar’adua in Aso Rock Villa.

Archbishop John Onaiyekan, the outspoken Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Bishop David Oyedepo, the high-flying prosperity pastor who is general overseer of the Winners Chapel, Pastor Yusuf Obaje, who served as chaplain in Aso Rock during former President Obasanjo’s tenure, and Reverend Emmanuel Kure of the Throne Room Church in Kaduna made the trip to see Yar’adua.

Our sources said that Ibori, who remains in hiding after the EFCC chairperson, Farida Waziri, tipped him off on plans to arrest him for fresh money laundering offences, made contact with several Christian leaders to arrange a “Christian” visit to the gravely ill Yar’adua. Ibori, our sources said, acted at the request of Turai, Yar’adua’s wife, who felt that a visit by a Christian group would be a good move after an earlier visit by Islamic prelates backfired.

Besides, Ibori reportedly told her that a visit by Christian leaders would help calm a raging negative storm triggered by the visit by Muslim clerics. One of the Islamic clerics, Datti Ahmad, had issued widely reported threats that Nigeria would experience crisis if Yar’adua was removed from power.

“Hajia [Turai] convinced Chief Ibori to arrange some Christian leaders to see her husband, whatever his condition, to douse any lingering controversy – and also to enlist some Christian sympathy for her desire to secure her husband as a continuing relevant factor,” said one source.

After Saharareporters broke the news about the composition of the Christian delegation, some newspapers rushed to town with claims that Archbishop Onaiyekan and Bishop Oyedepo had denied being part of the delegation. But Oyedepo today broke his silence in Abeokuta where he had gone to preach at Governor Gbenga Daniels’ birthday event. Besieged by reporters, Oyedepo confessed that he was actually part of the delegation. However, he arrogantly told the newspapers that he does not owe the Nigerian public an explanation for his visit, which he described as private.

Our sources disclosed Turai Yar’adua was overwhelmed by the public outcry that greeted the visit to her husband by four imams. A close source to one of the imams revealed that the Islamic leaders had held several meetings with Turai to fine-tune strategies for frustrating “acting President” Goodluck Jonathan’s consolidation of power. Saharareporters has learnt from various political sources in Abuja that Mrs. Yar’adua had lost a lot of sleep over the possibility that her physically ravaged husband could be declared incapacitated by a new cabinet put in place by Jonathan. “She had hoped that the imams’ visit could help ignite some sort of demonstration after Friday prayers in mosques across the north,” said one security source. When that outcome failed to materialize, she asked Ibori to help reach out to credible Christian leaders who could help douse the criticisms trailing the visit by the imams.

One source said that Ibori first contacted Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor who declined the offer. He then invited Oyedepo, Onaiyekan and Obaje who agreed to pay a visit. Obaje, who had a falling out with Obasanjo towards the end of his tenure because the ex-president had failed to anoint him governor of Kogi State, was said to be “excited to be part of the delegation.”

Saharareporters could not establish why Onaiyekan, who has a reputation for being outspoken about political corruption, and Oyedepo agreed to be part of the delegation. However, our source indicated that Ibori specifically recruited Reverend Kure to “help the Yar’adua group out with some propaganda.”

“Perhaps unknown to the other three, Reverend Kure was specially hired to do the same job for Turai Yar’adua that Dr. Datti did after the Muslim clerics’ visit,” said one source. “That job was to present to the public an impression that Yar’adua was making steady improvement and should be expected to return to office.”

However, after being grilled by foreign correspondents and local journalists after the encounter with Yar’adua, Kure was forced to admit that Yar’adua could only manage to grunt “Amen” during their prayer session with him. In yet another interview he said that he had closed his eyes to pray and could not tell if Yar’adua actually said Amen.

A source told Saharareporters that Onaiyekan was keeping silent for now because he was reportedly too shocked at the condition of Yar’adua.

mikeansy:
exactly!!!

Its simply a political excersize.

@Mikeansy. Been following this thread and I quite agree with most of your submission. Mr. Oyedepo did not visit in a personal capacity. He visited as a pawn to be used in the game of power to checkmate the Jonathan presidency, whether acting or substantive.

His visit alongside three other clerics was facilitated by Mr. James Ibori, after Mr. Oritsejafor and Adeboye could not make it for logisitic reasons.

Peeps fail to see the significance of Professor Obaje's inclusion in the team (the man is a politician and has burning ambition to be governor of Kogi state).

The visit is a shameful sham. As priests, they are obligated to visit and keep mum about a condition if only it is not controversial.

I wish u guys success. Will refer peeps to you if any inquires about your line of service.

I agree with Dominique. Peeps are not interested in the arty and didactic aspect of the festival.
Feelers from the improved Fanti aspect of the celebrations bears eloquent testimonies to where people's interest lies.

@Warlly, thanks for the offer. Sourced the vehicles already.

Thanks. I wish u a profitable sales.

busybody20:
Off topic: A friend was invited to write a test in Lagos. On getting to the venue, about 10,000 people turned up. The test organisers asked if they brought a passport photograph (they were not asked to bring a passport photograph in their invitation letter for the test ooo) a few said yes, they said that it didnt meet the requirements of the passport photographs that the photos will be upload directly into their software on the system; and applicants cannot write the test without the photos on their system

They told everyone who came to write the test that the cost of taking passport photographs which will be loaded in their system will cost N500 (five hundered naira) they made it sound so cheap so that lots of people will pay it since its quite affordable . They company already have some stand-by photographers at the venue

About 4, 000 people (the wise ones) left while around 6,000 people waited and paid N500 each for their photos to be taken and loaded into their software!

N500 x 6000 = N3,000,000

Test was written, EVERYBODY Failed the test, Firm disappeared into thin air!

I just thought i should share, in case, you come accross such; because it seems so many fraudlent and non-existence firms suddenly turn up taking advantage of the economy recession in Nigeria at the moment and taking advantage of innnocent Job seekers.

I think this happened in Abuja, maybe the consulting capable scam.
The idiots did a two page centre spread advertisement in the newspaper and peeps flied to Abuja, paid for hotels etc., only to realise that it was a scam.
The beat the living day lights out of members of the scam team they could lay hands on.

This is stranger than fiction!!!

U can get married under 50k sef,

In short for 6k (Just go to Federal Marriage Registry Ikoyi , pay the statuotry 5k and take two witness). Nobody cares if u are on bathroom slipper.