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All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential
candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), has
promised to provide allowances to discharged but
unemployed Youth Corps members for Twelve (12)
months while in the skills and entrepreneurial
development programmes, if elected in 2015.
There is also the pledge to provide One Meal a day
for all Primary school pupils.
Buhari/Osibanjo administration also vow to create
a Social Welfare Program of at least Five Thousand
Naira (N5000) that will cater for the 25 million
poorest and most vulnerable citizens upon the
demonstration of children’s enrolment in school
and evidence of immunisation to help promote
family stability.
“As a nation and the Sub Saharan Africa’s leading
energy producer, we had in the past squandered
the opportunity to build functional infrastructure to
better the lives of the average Nigerian. We can no
longer afford this luxury of inactivity. We must
revive our public and private sectors in order to
provide functional services and secure the good of
the individual Nigerian and his or her family,”
Buhari said in a document that reveals some of his
plans for 2015.

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that guy needs a hot deliverance session from Steven keshi for wearing Nigerian Jersey to climb a mad woman.

Turkey’s Islamic-rooted government has
authorised the building of the first church in the
country in nearly a century, officials said Saturday.
The church is for the tiny Syriac community in
Turkey and will be built in the Istanbul suburb of
Yesilkoy on the shores of the Sea of Marmara,
which already has Greek Orthodox, Armenian and
Catholic churches.
The announcement came after Prime Minister
Ahmet Davutoglu met Turkey’s religious leaders in
Istanbul on Friday and said no faith that has lived
in the country could be regarded as foreign.
“It is the first (new church) since the creation of the
republic (in 1923),” a government source told AFP.
“Churches have been restored and reopened to the
public, but no new church has been built until
now,” he added.
Turkey, which once had large Christian minorities,
is now 99 percent Muslim and critics of the ruling
Justice and Development Party (AKP) have
accused it of trying to Islamicise its officially
secular society.
However, as part of its bid to join the European
Union, Ankara has made efforts to widen minority
rights and return some seized property as well as
restore churches, monasteries and synagogues.
Christians now make up less than 100,000 of
Turkey’s population of 76 million and are
sometimes the target of attacks.
But the prime minister insisted that the ruling AK
Party “does not discriminate between our citizens…
the principle of equal citizenship continues to be
our characteristic trait,” he added.
He condemned recent attacks on mosques in
Europe and urged the religious leaders he met with
Friday to “speak up together against
Islamophobia”.
The country’s ancient Syriac minority, which now
numbers less than 20,000, live mostly in the
southeast and tend to be either affiliated to the
Orthodox or Catholic churches.
But their numbers have swollen in recent years by
thousands of Syriac refugees first forced out of Iraq
by war and sectarian violence and later by others
fleeing the fighting in Syria.
During his visit to Turkey in November, Pope
Francis denounced what he termed the current
wave of “Christianophobia” in the Middle East,
accusing Islamist radicals of “hunting” Christians.
The various Syriac churches are among the oldest
surviving Christian denominations, and use
Aramaic, the language of Jesus Christ, in their
services.
The new Istanbul church will be built on land given
by the local council and paid for by a Syriac
group, the government spokesman said.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/01/turkey-gives-go-ahead-first-new-church-century/

what of the recommendations of the national conference?

Gej, pls don't crash our hopes.

what of the recommendations of the national conference?

Any albino in the house should hit me for a serious relationship on whatsapp or Bbm asap..

Mr Labaran Maku, a former Minister of Information,
has given the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) one
week to correct anomalies in the party’s
governorship primary in the state. Maku gave the
warning on Saturday while addressing youths in
Wakama Villege of Nasarawa-Eggon Local
Government Area (LGA) of the state.

He said that he had already written a petition to
the appeal panel set up by the national
headquarters of the party challenging the outcome
of the primaries.

He mentioned the irregularities that occurred
during the primary to include shortchanging of
delegates names in many LGAs, intimidation and
threatening of delegates, among others.

According to him, the fraud committed in the
recent PDP governorship primaries in the
Nasarawa state is worse than the one committed at
party’s primaries in the state in 2007.

He said that he would take a decision and seek for
peoples mandate directly if steps were not taken to
correct these anomalies in the next one week.
“Since they think they can shortchange the names
of delegates and intimidate them, we will see how
they can shortchange and intimidate the members
of the public,” he said.

He vowed to move on with his ambition to contest
the governorship seat of the state in 2015 and
advised all those who thought they could deny the
state of good leaders to have a rethink.

Maku promised that he would restore peace in the
state within six months and reposition the state for
total transformation if elected as governor in 2015.
He, however, urged all his supporters to support
the re-election of President Goodluck Jonathan in
2015 for consolidation of development of the
country.

Maku said that Jonathan was one of the best
presidents the country had ever produced using all
parameters of developments.
He called on his supporters to remain calm and
law abiding, stressing that he would make
decisions known publicly in the next week.


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/nasarawa-guber-primaries-maku-gives-jonathan-pdp-one-week-ultimatum/#sthash.ZKSq0QT0.dpuf

These Nigerian celebs have at one time or the
other granted interviews, making known their first
sexual experience.

Actress Uche Ogbodo said she lost her virginity at
the age of 20. Recounting her experience, she
said:

“I met my first boyfriend at 20. I came from a
Christian home and was trained by Christian
parents. My father made sure we imbibed the
Christian values and this helped me very much in
my career as an actress. I actually thought that as
a Nollywood actress I was ripe enough to have a
boyfriend and this will make me feel more
sophisticated. I did not lose my virginity to an
actor, you know.”

“I did not stumble on losing my virginity, I was
ready for it and I knew what I was getting into.
” I was ready, I felt like I was ready to bring the
world down. I felt like whatever it is, bring it on.”

Actress Foluke Daramola lost her virginity to a
rapist and here’s what she had to say:

“…. I intend to talk about things that people just
take for granted: for instance, a frigid woman in a
marriage or a frigid lady that has been raped. I
have been a victim of that, so I understand what it
feels like.

“Yes, my first introduction to sex was rape. I talk
about it when I have to. I was deflowered by a
rapist. These are things people don’t talk about.”

Actress Laide Bakare said her first sexual
experience was at age 21 and it was horrible.
“I didn’t start having sex at early age. It took me a
very long time even though it was something I had
always been looking forward to. I looked up to it
almost three years before I eventually had sex. It
wasn’t a nice experience with my first boyfriend.
We dated for six years and we had sex after four
years of our relationship. I was 18 when I met my
first boyfriend. I was still a virgin then, even while
in the movie industry for close to three years. I
think the first time I had sex I was about 21 years
old. It was what I had been looking forward to, but
it wasn’t`t a nice experience.”

Beautiful actress and mother of three, Omotola
Ekeinde said she was still a virgin when she got
married.
“Given my mum’s stern attitude, it is natural to
think I didn’t date anybody before I got married.
But, that’s not the case. I had boyfriends before I
met my husband but it’s not something too deep
as people may think nowadays. You just go out
and have lunch together and all the rest of it. As
for deep my affairs went before I met my husband,
it is just to say that I got married as a virgin, so
that answers the rest of the question.”

Omotola’s husband seem to have buttressed his
wife’s earlier assertion when he responded thus in
an interview:

“Hmmm! Truly and honestly, I can’t forget the very
first day I made love to my wife.”

Actress Benita Nzeribe lost her virginity at
a university. She has this to say when the question
querying if she was a virgin or not popped up:
“Virgin? You asked that question very direct. And if
the truth must be told, I was a virgin all through
secondary school, the juniorate until I entered the
university. But one had great moral upbringing.”
Rapper, Ice Prince had his first kiss at 13 and he
was raped by an aunty.
“I had my first kiss when I was 13,” the rapper said
coyly, while speaking with a reporter from Pulse.
This is a throwback to a 2012 interview where the
rapper also revealed that he was raped by an aunt
when he was 13.
“I had my first sexual encounter. I would not say it
was a good thing at all. It’s something I regret,
whatever it was. It wasn’t a sweet experience at
all. I had this aunty, though we were not related,
she was just a neighbour who was living close to
us, who came into my room and slept with me. It
wasn’t a good experience at all. I was scared, very
scared. I saw hell.
“It was a terrible experience. I am not excited
talking about it at all. Sex is not that good. I think
sex is over-rated. I don’t know. She just came into
my room and just forced me to do it with her… Oh,
let’s not talk about it. I was so young and
innocent. But she made me lose my innocence.
The woman is still alive. I don’t think I have even
seen her since then.”

Singing duo, Peter & Paul (PSquare) had their first
sex at the age of 14 and 15 respectively.

They claimed to first know what sex was at
relatively young age. Peter narrated:
“I had my first
experience in 1993 at the age of 14. At first, I felt
terrible that I let a woman seduce me. Later, I
realised that it didn’t matter and I enjoyed it.”
Paul had this to say: “For me, it was 1994 and I
was 15 at the time. The first time was kind of
strange. I thought the poor girl would get pregnant
immediately and I’d become a father. As the
thought of what we had done raced through my
head, I became afraid, but felt better when I
realised I had used a condom.”

Actress, Iyabo Ojo had her first boyfriend at age 18
in SS3….

“….I relate with their father. I do not talk about it
because I give respect to my children, it is their
privacy and they want to keep it private. Like I
said, we were not just compatible, I met him and in
a very short period of time, we got married. We
really did not have much time to date. I was 21
years old then. In less than three months, I was
pregnant and in less than six months, I was
married to him. It was a very short period of time.
“We basically got married because of the
pregnancy. We did not want to have the baby out
of wedlock. We got married and we later
discovered that there was some part of him that I
did not like and there were certain things about me
that he did not also like. We were not friends and
that was the disadvantage. He was not my first, he
was actually my third. I feel apart with my first
boyfriend. My second boyfriend, we did not get
intimate.
“So my ex was actually the second but my third
boyfriend. I was young, I had my first boyfriend
when I was in SS3 and I was about 18 years old.
Then we broke up and I had somebody else. We
were more like brothers and sisters in Christ so we
really did not have any sexual relationship. Then, I
met my ex-husband. He was the second man I
was intimate with when it came to a relationship. I
was young and the kind of life he wanted was to
be married and still live the bachelor life while I
wanted him to be married and stay at home. That
was were we started having issues and problems
but we are still friends. He still communicates with
his kids. “

Actress Genevieve Nnaji said “getting pregnant at
age 17 shocked me….”

Genevieve lost her virginity at 17 and got pregnant
afterwards. The actress spoke on a topic she never
talks about on her daughter who she had when
she was a teenager. Genevieve talks of how her
world came crashing when she discovered she
was pregnant at the age of 17.
“The pregnancy was seven months gone before my
Catholic mum discovered it. She couldn’t believe
it,” she said.
How can she be pregnant when she was “very
careful” according to her still remain a mystery to
her till date. When a test confirmed it, her parents
were disappointed but stood their ground against
the abortion.
“I didn’t feel anything. I didn’t even know till I was
about four months. It was there, but I was still in
shock. I didn’t believe it”.“The only time I actually
believed it was when I saw it in a scan. Seven
months! And I saw it’s in there and I said, “Okay,
it’s true!” I was like, “Oh, it’s like some disease….”
I think I was pretty much hard on myself then than
my parents or people. I was harder on myself,
really. My parents reacted the way any parent
would react – disappointed. I didn’t know. My
mother discovered it for me. I didn’t know
anything really. She discovered it.”

Big Brother Star, Uti Nwachukwu said his first sex
was a disaster.
“I remember very well who I had it with but I won’t
like to divulge that. It was a disaster, you know
you find out that what you watch is different from
practical and you had to learn and I can tell you it
was a disaster that the girl kept looking at me
asking are you sure you know what to do and I
was so embarrassed but the second time was
much better …” Uti revealed.

A heavy duty truck, conveying crates of
soft drinks, yesterday, at the Okorodafe Roundabout
in Ughelli, Delta State, crushed a four-month-old
baby girl, who had fallen off the back of her mother
travelling on a commercial motorcycle, popularly
known as Okada.
According to witnesses, the mother of the baby,
who is in her 30s and simply identified as Ese,
was said to have been struggling to adjust the
wrapper with which she strapped the baby to her
back, while the Okada was in motion.
One of the witnesses, identified as Efemena
Okiemute, told Vanguard that the baby fell on the
middle of the road and was immediately crushed
by the truck, which was directly behind the Okada.
When Vanguard visited the scene, officials of
Ughelli Command of the Federal Road Safety
Commission, FRSC, were seen clearing the remains
of the dead baby from the road.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/baby-falls-off-mums-back-okada-crushed-truck/

nigerian marathon and relay rase slot at Olympics should now be reserved for the Nigerian police

where are olamide and wizkid?

United States said on Friday in Abuja that
it remained committed to helping the Federal
Government in tackling the threat of Boko Haram
and other extremist organisations to the country.
This is contained in a statement issued by the
Public Affairs Department embassy in Nigeria.
It said the U.S. government has also restated its
commitment to support Nigeria’s efforts to” rescue
the abducted Chibok girls and all others who have
been abducted in various communities”.
It particularly condemned in the strongest terms
the attack on Gumsuri village, Borno , which was
reported to have been perpetrated by Boko Haram.
“We are aware of reports from persons who fled the
scene of the attack that suspected Boko Haram
gunmen kidnapped more than 100 women and
children and killed 35 people.
“We abhor such violence, which continues to take
a terrible toll on the people of Nigeria, and we
extend our condolences to the victims and their
families.
“Boko Haram has shown no regard for human life,”
it said.
It expressed concerns that this year alone, Boko
Haram had murdered thousands of innocent people
in vicious attacks on schools, churches, and
mosques.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/u-s-restates-collaboration-fg-defeat-boko-haram-rescue-chibok-girls-2/

Amaechi is having his fun for all I care. if yu are hating on him, man, that's ur boras!

You say: The Ten Most Beautiful Stadia In Nigeria

Not: The Ten Most Beautiful Stadium In Nigeria

The presidential candidate of All Progressives
Congress, APC, General Mohammadu Buhari,
Wednesday, officially presented his running mate,
Prof. Yemi Osinbajo.
At a brief ceremony held at the national
secretariat of APC in Abuja to publicly unveil
Osinbajo, Buhari stated he chose Osinbajo as his
running mate based on his impeccable integrity.
He stated that the process of choosing his
running mate was both meticulous and rigorous.
“The challenging process of rescuing our country
and changing Nigeria for good has commenced.
One of the first decisions that I have to make is
the choice of the Vice-Presidential candidate and
my running mate.
“The method employed in this choice was quite
meticulous but yet rigorous. It involved the
establishment of objective criteria, broad
consultations with party leaders and a few opinion
leaders outside the party and interactions with a
number of nominees.
“To assist me in this great task of securing
Nigeria’s future, I have chosen a man of
unimpeachable integrity, an excellent professional,
a man of faith, a devoted family man and a role
model to our fellow countrymen and women. He
is a professor of law and a Senior Advocate of
Nigeria. An alumnus of the University of Lagos
and the London School of Economics. He is a
prodigious author who has to his credit several
books on civil procedure in Nigerian superior
courts.
“The Vice-Presidential candidate is a friend of the
less privileged, compassionate and zealous in
service. A man of uncommon humility, a loyal,
dependable and selfless patriot.
“Ladies and Gentlemen, I present Prof. Yemi
Osinbajo, who by the grace of God and the vote of
Nigerians will be the next Vice-President of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria,” Buhari said.
In his acceptance speech as a running mate,
Osinbajo expressed gratitude to Buhari and the
APC for finding him worthy to serve.
He pledged to work with Buhari and the party if
elected into office to restore the hope of
Nigerians.
He said: “I am deeply honoured and grateful to
have been nominated as the Vice-Presidential
candidate of our party, APC and especially the
Presidential candidate, General Muhammadu
Buhari.
“I also thank the leaders and elders of our great
party, APC for the trust reposed in me.
“The task of rebuilding this nation is one to which
I am fully committed. There can be no other
President, Leader and commander that can lead
that common sense revolution Nigeria urgently
needs than General Muhammadu Buhari. I will
proudly serve this country with him.
“General Buhari’s uprightness and fierce
commitment to good governance is well known. It
will be a privilege to work with him. I come to
this assignment with lots of hope and a resolve to
be a part of this movement to bring Nigeria back
to its lost glory. With the support of all Nigerians
and the help of God, we shall make Nigeria work
again.
“I will work with him and the party to restore
hope and confidence in millions of our youth and
provide comfort and security for millions of our
country men and women.
I thank you all”.

http://lindaikejist.com/2014/12/why-i-chose-prof-osinbajo-buhari/

Former Abia State Governor, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu, has
apologised to people of the state for choosing
Governor Theodore Orji as his successor in 2007.
He expressed regret over the choice and
acknowledged that it is a monumental mistake.
Kalu worked with Governor Orji as his Chief of Staff
for eight years, after which he anointed him to
become his successor. He had worked hard for the
victory of the governor, who was in detention during
the campaigns and election in 2007.
In a letter to the people of Abia State, entitled: “Now
is the time for Peace and Reconciliation”, Kalu urged
them to put the mistake of his supporting Orji
behind them, and face the future.
The former governor said the challenges ahead of
Abia people are greater and mightier than those they
had already overcome, saying that there is an
urgent need to convene a mini-Summit mid-
January 2015 to discuss the way forward for Abia.
He cautioned that people of the state cannot afford
to fold their arms and watch mediocrities toy with
their collective destiny.
His words: “One fact all of us should bear in mind
is that our state has drifted dangerously in the past
eight years. We may wake up one day and discover,
to our chagrin, that our state has been mortgaged
on the altar of greed and selfishness, unless we do
something drastic now to avert it.
“No time is better than now for us to work together
to reposition our state. We are blessed with rich
human and material resources, yet our state is very
backward in terms of infrastructural development.
“We did our best to develop Abia State between
1999 and 2007, in spite of the staggering problems
we met. We thank God for the wisdom and strength
he gratuitously bestowed on us, which saw us
through.
“What we achieved might not be adequately
appreciated today. I am confident posterity will
judge us better”.
He said that coming together to discuss the way
forward in Abia State will eliminate acrimony, which
is brewing steadily among those who felt short
changed in the just concluded primaries of different
political parties, and produce suggestions that will
promote peace, progress and development of Abia
State.
On the forthcoming general elections, Kalu said that
since there is a resolution to collectively throw
support behind President Goodluck Jonathan’s
reelection bid, whatever is left of other political
positions will be distributed in such a way as to
promote equity and fair play.
He said that the survival and sustenance of the unity
and progress of Abia people should not be decided
by one man but through a collective decision and
choice.
“The interest of our state is bigger than the interest
of any one man. We must place our collective
interest above our personal, parochial, and narrow
interests. We cannot afford another round of lousy
and clueless leadership characterised by
egocentricity, arrogance and mindboggling
malfeasance.
“We need a clean break from our past to chart a
new course for the growth and development of a
new Abia State.We must have made mistakes
individually and corporately; it is now time to
reconcile and move on. What is paramount is the
new attitude we bring to the table. This new attitude
should be built on mutual trust, respect for one
another, love and reconciliation.
“I urge all of us to embrace the new wind of change
blowing in our state. This is the only opportunity we
have to right the wrongs of the past and build a new
Abia State in which our millions of youths will be
gainfully employed, in which peace and harmony
will thrive, and in which the fear of God and love of
neigbhour will flourish”

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The General Court Martial sitting at the
Army Headquarters Garrison in Abuja Wednesday
sentenced 54 soldiers to death after finding them
guilty of mutiny. 59 soldiers were on trial on a
two-count charge of criminal conspiracy to commit
mutiny and mutiny.
Four of them were however acquitted.
While the judgment was going on, stern looking
soldiers posted at the entry gate into the
Mogadishu Barracks, turned back journalists saying
they had instructions not to allow the media into
the barracks.
An officer who was at the Court Martial however
confirmed that 54 of the 59 soldiers were
sentenced to death. The 59 soldiers who were
serving in the epicentre of the Boko Haram
insurgency in Borno state, allegedly refused lawful
orders by their commander to proceed on a
mission to clear out terrorists and secure a town
for subsequent military deployments.
All the soldiers had pleaded not guilty to the
charges levelled against them at the
commencement of the trial last October. The
soldiers are the second batch of Nigerian soldiers
condemned to death by Nigerian Military courts for
mutiny.
File: Court martial
The soldiers, attached to the 7 Division, Nigerian
Army in Maiduguri include two Corporals, Cpl, nine
Lance Corporals, LCpl and 49 Private soldiers.
According to the charge against them, they
conspired to commit mutiny against the
authorities of the 7 Division on August 4, at the
Mulai Primary School camp, opposite AIT
Maiduguri, Borno State.
The prosecutor, Captain J.E. Nwosu, told the
military court that the accused soldiers had on
August 4, in Maiduguri, refused to join the 111
Special Forces Battalion troops, commanded by
Timothy Opurum, a Lieutenant Colonel for an
operation.
Mr. Nwosu said the operation was meant to
recapture Delwa, Bulabulin and Damboa in Borno
State from the Boko Haram terrorists.
According to him, the offence is punishable under
Section 52(1) (a) of the Armed Forces Act Cap A20
Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.
The prosecution called the commander of the 111
Special Forces, Lt.-Col. Opurum, as one of the
witnesses. The statement of the commander was
admitted by the court and marked Exhibit P1.
Mr. Opurum, in his testimony in October, said the
Special Forces were tasked with advancing to
recapture Delwa to clear the way for other
battalions to pass through to recapture Babulin
and Damboa from the insurgents.
He said he took off for the operation with only four
officers and 29 soldiers as “tasked” after majority
of the 174 soldiers in the unit refused to join the
operation.
The witness said after he took charge of the
Special Forces, he addressed and assured them
that they could achieve the task given to them.
He, however, said the soldiers were “hesitant to
partake in the operation” in spite of the
assurances.
Under cross examination by Femi Falana, who
represented the accused soldiers, Mr. Opurum said
47 of the soldiers who initially refused, later re-
joined the forces for another operation.
Mr. Opurum said the 47 soldiers joined, after he
called for reinforcement, as they came under attack
from terrorists, who out-numbered them and had
superior weapons.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/54-soldiers-sentenced-death-mutiny/

mynairatime:
Shut the hell up! what do u mean by jesus is god? at anytime there had never being any called jesus christ. only jesus wey dey play for man city i know & the jesus wey they coach basel abi wetin then dey call that club? as for jesus christ that is a myth, poem. CHIEF LIAR

u read before commenting...
Jesus is Lord...

While I was working in a muslim mosque as an
imam, as a parish priest, I preach in my parish
that Jesus Christ is not God, for me, God was
only Allah, and I believed Allah never got married,
so no sons for Allah. So I preached there that
Jesus is not God. Then somebody ask me, who
is Jesus?’’ from the crowd. Maybe a muslim, but
he asked me, who is Jesus?’’ I was preaching he
is not God, but the question is who is he? To
know who is Jesus? I read the entire Koran once
again: 114 chapters, 6666 in the Koran when I
read it, the name of prophet Muhammad. I found
it in Koran 4 places, but the name of Jesus I
found in 25 places. There itself, I was a little
confused. Why does the Koran give more
preference to Jesus? And second thing, I could
not see any woman’s name in Koran: the Prophet
Muhammad’s mother’s name, or wife’s name, no,
in the Koran, there is only one woman’s name
that i found is Mariam, the mother of Jesus no
other woman’s name. And in the holy Koran
chapter 3, the name of the chapter is family of
Mariam,’’ and holy Koran chapter 19, the name of
the chapter itself is ‘’MARIAM’’ one chapter is
‘’MARIAM’’ so I was very curious to know why
does Koran says all these things about MARIAM,
holy Koran chapter 3 verse 34 onwards says that
Mary was born without original sin, she never
committed any sin in her life, she was ever
virgin.
Koran chapter 50 verses 23 say that she went to
heaven with her physical body. Even the
assumption is writing in the holy Koran and then
about Jesus, when I read chapter 3 verses 45 to
55 verses, there is 10 point which the Koran
makes about Jesus. The first thing Koran says
(kallimatulli) the arabic word which means ‘’the of
God’’ and second thing is ( ahimokuli ) which
mean spirit of God and the third (isa masi) which
means Jesus Christ so Koran give the name for
Jesus WORD OF GOD, SPIRIT OF GOD, JESUS
CHRIST. And then Koran says that Jesus spoke
when he was very small, like 2 days old. after his
birth he began to speak , Koran says that Jesus
created a live bird with mud. He took some mud,
he formed a bird; when breathed into it, it became
a live bird. So I think Jesus can give life because
he gave life to mud, clay, and then Koran says
that Jesus cured a man born blind and a man
with leprosy, e.t.c
Curiously, the Koran says that Jesus gave life to
dead people; Jesus went to heaven; he is still
alive and he will come again. When I saw all
these things in the Koran I taught of what Koran
says about Muhammad, according to the Koran,
prophet Muhammad is not the word of God, not
spirit of God he never spoke when he was 2 days
old, he never created any bird with mud, he never
cure any sick people, he never raised any dead
people, he himself died, and according to Islam
he is not alive and he will not come back. So
there is a lot of different between these two
prophets. I didn’t call Jesus, God, you know my
idea was ‘’He is a prophet but he is a prophet
greater than Muhammad; so one day I went to my
teacher, the one who taught me 10 years in Arabic
college, and I ask him, teacher, how did God
created the universe? Then he said God created
the universe through the word,’’ THROUGH THE
WORD. Then my question is: ‘’WORD’’ is creator
or creation? He must clear this, my question is
whether the WORD of God is creator or creation.
Koran says Jesus is WORD of God. If my teacher
says word of God is creator, which means Jesus
is the creator, then muslim must become
Christian suppose if he says the word is creation
he will be trapped. You know why? He said
everything was created through the word.
Suppose if he said the word is creation, then how
did God created the word? So he cannot say that
the word is creator, or creation, so he was quite
angry he push me out of his room and said word
is not God, not creator or the creation you get out
of here, ‘’he said
The reason why Muslim doesn’t accept to be
Christian is because they are blinded with the
wrong teaching of their priest, Imam. They said
that the word is creation they try to prove it
wrongly…… they say the word is not creator, not
the creation, but not God. And no creation also.
They don’t equal with God, that all their problem.
So when he said that I told my teacher, word is
not the creator or the creation.’’ So, that is why
Christian says the word is son of God. Then he
told me if there is son for God, I must show him
the wife of God. That without wife no chance of
having a son then I showed him a portion from
the Koran. Koran says that God can see without
eyes, God can talk without tongue, God can hear
without ears. It is writing in the Koran. I said if
that is the case, so God can have a child without
a wife. I took my Koran, I put it on my chest, and
I said ‘’Allah’’, tell me what I should do because
your Koran says Jesus is still alive, and
Mohammad is no more. Tell me whom should I
accept.’’ after my prayer I opened the Koran, I
didn’t asked anyone, I asked only my Allah. When
I opened Koran, I saw chapter 10 verses 94. You
know what Koran says? It says if you have any
doubt in this Koran which I give to you, go and
read the Bible, or ask the people, those who read
the Bible. The truth is already revealing that.
I beg all muslim to give their life to Christ
because he is the only way to the kingdom of
God. Please don’t perish like other muslims that
is serving the god they do not know. I welcome
you into Christ Jesus as you change your mind to
accept him today. God bless you.

http://lindaikejist.com/2014/12/shocking-news-the-ex-muslim-priest-said-that-all-muslim-must-change-to-christian-to-avoid-hell-fire/

Henry Chuks
7th Jan....
any luck?

How corrupt is the government of President
Goodluck Jonathan? The answer may vary
depending on who is interpreting the latest global
corruption index from Transparency International.
According Transparency International’s Corruption
Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2014, Nigeria is up
eight places to 136 out of 175 countries ranked by
the index.
The government has unsurprisingly interpreted this
to mean that Nigeria is “winning the war on
corruption under President Goodluck Jonathan’s
watch.”
The government has also said in a rather
celebratory tone that, “It may not be immediately
apparent to those who do not understand the
dynamics of applying creative techniques in
upturning an age-old habit that has cost this
country a lot in terms of financial resources; but to
those like the officials in Transparency International
knowledgeable in the nuances of fighting
corruption, a lot of grounds have been covered.”
Two central observations become clear; firstly, the
statement seems to take a dig at government’s
critics for lacking “creative techniques” in the fight
against corruption.
But creative techniques? I’m sorry; no serious
observers of the government’s record will succumb
to this cheap shot. Secondly, the government also
may be accused of inconsistency and political
opportunism because having previously questioned
the validity and credibility of the index, now seems
to be its strongest ‘apostle’ by suddenly
acknowledging the ‘knowledge’ of Transparency
International “in the nuances of fighting
corruption.”
The government’s response is nothing more than
a standard public relations tactic. But this
triumphal tone needs to be moderated; and the
government’s real record in the fight against
corruption has to be placed in proper perspective.
The country’s current ranking is clearly better than
its scores for 2013 but it doesn’t really tell us
something we don’t already know: that this
government is still considered highly corrupt, as
the country still ranks in the bottom half of the
index. As a matter of fact, Nigeria shares 136th
position with well-known corrupt countries like
Cameroon, Kyrgyzstan, Iran, and Lebanon.
The CPI ranks countries on a scale from 0
(perceived to be highly corrupt) to 100 (perceived
to be very clean). More than two-thirds of the 175
countries surveyed, including Nigeria, scored below
50. Nigeria is clearly not the country with the
lowest score on the index (its score was 27%), but
according to Transparency International, any
country that scores below 50% on the index is still
considered “highly corrupt.”
This shows that corruption is rife as it ever has
been in the country, making this government one
of the most corrupt on earth.
This is therefore no time to feel comfortable with
Nigeria’s sheer mediocrity on the index. But the
government’s response says something about
diminished expectations for a country that is
endowed with enormous human and natural
resources and should be doing much better in
terms of socio-economic and infrastructural
development to see the 27% on the index as good
news.
Millions of Nigerians who continue to live from
hand to mouth, unsure of the next meal, while their
‘leaders’ enjoy the commonwealth with their
families and friends certainly won’t celebrate this
score. And they won’t celebrate a score that still
shows a serious breach of the country’s
international anti-corruption obligations and
commitments.
It would seem that the government doesn’t even
understand the depth of disgust Nigerians feel for
the increasing level of corruption among high-
ranking government officials and the impunity of
perpetrators.
For many years President Jonathan has devoted
dozens of speeches to rooting out corruption. For
example, the President once promised to “fight for
justice, for all Nigerians to have access to power,
for qualitative and competitive education, for
healthcare reforms, to fight corruption, and to fight
for your rights.” But it is now another election time
and he has not even published his asset
declaration (to show the way in the fight against
corruption) let alone “fight for your rights”!
Under the President’s watch, no high-ranking
public officials has ever been brought to account
for corruption, despite widespread and increasing
allegations of corruption at the highest level of
government.
By celebrating a marginal movement on the index,
the government isn’t focusing on the job of fully
and effectively combating corruption by high-
ranking public officials.
Instead, it is downplaying the magnitude of the
problems, and seems to be kidding itself and
kidding millions of Nigerians. This is unwarranted,
counterproductive, and on balance, does more
harm than good.
This government has to come clean and be
straight with the Nigerian people on its record in
fighting corruption.
But Nigerians are not fooled, as they are very
aware of the lack of integrity, trust and credibility of
their political institutions and the lack of quality
behaviour from their politicians generally. They
know pretty well that corruption is still a major
problem in Nigerian politics, with various
government agencies becoming deeper and deeper
involved with the widespread use of political
appointments even at the highest level of
government.
The simple fact of the matter is that Nigeria’s
corruption is now institutionalised into the political
system and where democracy has been replaced
by “Nairaraincracy” (or more accurately
“Dollaraincracy”, as most of the country’s
politicians consider US dollar as the legal tender)
and where politicians are elected to provide self-
serving favours to donors and “godfathers”.
It is clear that the government is still largely run
for the benefit of the very rich and socially and
politically connected. When people say, ‘it is not
what you know but whom you know’, there is a
problem.
Corrupt judiciary and weak anti-corruption
mechanisms well illustrate the damaging lack of
political will by this government to confront
corruption and impunity of the corrupt. Serious
human rights violations, including poverty, crimes
against humanity and the environment are now
considered normal.
Yet, lack of prosecution of high-ranking
government officials for corruption has created an
impression that they are above the law. No
wonder, then, that corrupt officials are so unfazed
in their wrong doings, they are all doing it openly
and lavishly and don’t even bother to hide their
misdeeds.
Unfortunately, the more corrupt the country
becomes, the less motivated its leaders and
politicians are to end it. This doesn’t present much
hope for the future.
But we can’t simply throw our hands up in the air
in frustration. Progress is not only possible but
necessary as it is simply unacceptable to continue
with ‘business as usual’. The government will
need to get to work and move swiftly to improve
the independence and freedom of action of the
anti-corruption agencies to genuinely fight
corruption. These agencies should be free to
investigate and prosecute any allegations of
corruption, not just those the government has a
partisan interest in seeing pursued.
It is time for the government to let the country’s
anti-corruption agencies off the chain and allow
them to prosecute those indicted by: the KPMG
report, involving large-scale corruption in the
Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC);
the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency
Initiative (NEITI) audit report, which exposes 10
years of corruption in the upstream and
downstream sectors of the oil and gas industry;
‘pension funds corruption report’; ‘corruption
report’ in the capital market, and of course the
case of the missing $20 billion from the account of
the NNPC.
Some level of transparency and accountability
won’t hurt the country. In fact, it will ensure better
governance and the returns for effective enjoyment
of human rights by the citizens will be huge.
One can only hope that the government will wake
up and genuinely begin to address corruption and
associated human rights violations. Nigerians
deserve this. The success (and sustainability) of
the country’s democracy depends on this.
And this is the most important promise for the
politicians to take to the February 2015 elections
and subsequently keep if elected.
Olaniyan, author of ‘Corruption and Human Rights
Law in Africa’, is Legal Adviser, International
Secretariat of Amnesty International, London.


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/corrupt-nigeria/

The anxiety over who emerges as
the vice presidential candidate of the All
Progressives Congress (APC), may have been laid
to rest, as the party’s flag bearer, General
Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday picked former
Attorney General of Lagos State, Professor Yemi
Osinbajo as his vice presidential running mate.
Buhari picked Osinbajo ahead of other names,
including governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi
and Governor Adams Oshimhole of Edo State, as
well as former Ekiti State governor, Kayode Fayemi.
It was not clear as at press time if Osinbajo had
been ratified by the party leaders, especially those
from the South West who are meeting to take a
final decision on the issue.
Chieftains of the party from the Southwest
geopolitical zone, had been meeting since Sunday
night to deliberate on the choice of Buhari’s
running mate.
The meeting was attended by the national leader of
the party, Bola Tinubu, the immediate past National
Chairman of the party, Bisi Akande, the immediate
past Governor of Ekiti State and Chairman of the
National Convention Committee of the party,
Kayode Fayemi, governors Babatunde Fashola
[Lagos], Ibikunle Amosun [Ogun], Rauf Aregbesola
[Osun] and Abiola Ajimobi [Oyo].
Others present at the meeting include Segun Oni
[Deputy National Chairman, South], Pius Akinyelure
[Vice Chairman, South West], Tajudeen Olawutan
Bello [National Financial Secretary], Lai Mohammed
[National Publicity Secretary], and Muiz Banire
[National Legal Adviser].
Sources at the APC leaders’ meeting had on
Saturday night hinted that the vice president’s slot
has been zoned to southwest because the defunct
All Congress of Nigeria, ACN is rooted in the zone.
The source explained that Buhari has taken the slot
for CPC, which is thought to be a junior partner,
the least the ACN bloc as a senior partner in the
merger could get is the number two position.
Professor Yemi Osinbajo is a Senior Advocate of
Nigeria and Senior Partner in the Law firm of
Simmons Cooper Partners. Yemi Osinbajo is a
professor of law and was the head of department of
Public Law at the University of Lagos (1997-1999).
His tertiary education was at the University of
Lagos and the London School of Economics and
Political Science obtaining the LLB and LLM
degrees respectively.
Previously served as the Special Adviser to the
Attorney General of Nigeria (1988-1992), he later
became the Attorney General and Commissioner
for Justice of Lagos State in 1999 reappointed for
a second term in 2003. During the period of his
public service, he commenced the Lagos State
justice reform project. A prominent feature of that
project was the establishment of the Directorate for
Citizens’ Rights (DCR) which provides free legal
services and legal representation to indigent
citizens of the state. This initiative gave a voice to
many who would otherwise not have a way to
access their rights.
Osinbajo is a Senior Pastor of the Redeemed
Christian Church of God (RCCGM)

http://www.nigerianobservernews.com/2014/12/16/buhari-picks-Osinbajo-as-running-mate/

Even before Major General Muhammadu Buhari
(retired), a former Head of State, emerged as the
presidential candidate of the opposition All
Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2015
general elections on Thursday, many book makers
had predicted his victory. The prediction was
predicated on what was described as the cult-like
followership he enjoys, especially in the North.
With a record of vying for the fourth time for the
presidency, Buhari is challenging President
Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) in the 2015 presidential election. This
interview gives a glimpse into the thinking of the
APC presidential candidate on governance,
corruption, insecurity, the economy, etc. Excerpts:
Some people look at you and the feeling they
immediately get is one of amazement, others
express amusement, while some are just
bewildered; a few even pooh-pooh your ambition,
describing you as a permanent presidential
candidate. There must be a spirit that propels you
because having contested twice before and seeing
how it went, you are in the race again this time
around, what is that driving force?
I am hoping that Nigerians would eventually be
allowed to choose their presidential material.
I am going to refer you to the Electoral Act 2003
and 2006 as well as the Electoral Act of 2010 and
2011 as amended. I am also going to refer you to
the judgment of the Supreme Court in December
2008 on the matter and you will find out that the
way our presidential materials emerged was not
the proper way. The judgment placed so much
doubt on the outcome of that election that it split
the Supreme Court into two. The records are
there. Three Justices said the elections were not
held properly and that they had their facts and the
others said well we had to stabilize the polity and
that conducting another election at that time would
not be auspicious. The Chief Justice cast his last
vote.
For me, it is about doing good and the people give
me the drive.
The President took a swipe at some former
Nigerian leaders, describing them as those who
have destroyed our economy and coming out now
to complain. You have ruled this country once
before and one of your economic policies was
Counter Trade. Looking at the economy today,
what are those things you would point at that are
fundamental to making the economy prosperous?
I am not an economist but with my experience, it
is about the indiscipline and lack of probity of the
PDP government because they have been the
government in charge in the last 12 years and so
let nobody come out and blame others for the
woes of their party which they have foisted on the
nation.
Which ever leadership the President was referring
to could not have been any other leadership but
the PDP leadership that is so corrupt and inept
and undisciplined.
Just go and take a look at our earnings since 1999
and tell me that we have proper records or that we
have spent the money judiciously.
Okay, again, take a look at the state of our
infrastructure now and tell me that since the PDP
took over in 1999, things have really been far
better than they were before they took over.
You are a Nigerian and you know what I am talking
about.
You have spoken in general terms but were you to
make a presentation to the business community,
what are those things you would be telling them
about your economic agenda – in specific terms?
Firstly, let us secure our country.
It means anything that comes to this country
should be secure, but with people being
kidnapped, armed robbery, bombings here and
there, bad roads, fraudulent practices, nobody
would come in and invest in quantum, nobody
would bring substantial investment into this
country, we are all joking. Which investor would
bring money into the country and then you kidnap
his manager and the money you are asking for as
ransom is far more than the money he even wants
to come and invest in the country, nobody would
agree to that.
What the PDP governments in the past ought to
have done is to properly manage this country and
one of the best ways of doing that is by putting the
infrastructure right and which would support the
resuscitation of industries – that is power. Then
there is the issue of roads and making
transportation less of a burden for the people.
Between Lagos and, say, Kano, you’ll be surprised
that the number of road blocks on the road is as
much as 50, with officers and men of the Customs,
the police, FRSC, and almost all demanding for
money – this kills the spirit. The PDP cannot
escape responsibility for the mismanagement of
the country and its economy. Under the PDP,
everything has been going from bad to worse.
Give two examples?
The Jos and the Niger Delta crises!
What solutions would you proffer?
It is not about telling them what to do which I have
as plans but we have to understand how the
problem developed?
The ruling party must first accept responsibility for
the failure of the nation before we can begin to talk
about solutions. Let our people be honest about
where they have dragged this country to.
These are facts.
Buhari
But apart from the ruling party, the psyche of
Nigerians has been beaten so badly that no matter
how bad we complain about a government in
power, the minute that administration leaves and
another one comes in, people begin to say the
past administration, which they lampooned so
much, was even better. The Sani Abacha
government, too, at some point in the life of the
Obasanjo administration was beginning to gain
primacy. How did we get to this level as a people,
using your experience as a former head of state?
It is a correct reflection.
You are absolutely correct; you are very correct
and it is a correct reflection of how bad things
have become.
Even you were a victim of this same mentality.
During your regime, people started complaining
that even the civilians were not as bad as you
were, but after your government was toppled, and
the new regime came and the value of the Naira at
some stage began to nose-dive, people also said
even the Buhari government would have done
better?
You are correct.
Just go and check the level of decay in the
infrastructure and you’ll have a sense of why that
observation is correct. Look at power and the
money allegedly spent, what can we show for it?
Look at the roads; look at water, people buy water
in every part of this country.
I do not think anybody can factually defend the
incompetence, indiscipline and corruption of the
PDP; I don’t think anybody can defend it with
facts. Nobody can do it.
And it is up to Nigerians to vote the PDP out.
Everything you have said paints a picture of
hopelessness and helplessness. Why is it that the
Nigerian people abhor righteousness. You brought
War Against Indiscipline, WAI, which people
applauded but suddenly, you were thrown out and
the same people said ‘ah, thank God he’s no
more’. Is there any hope that Nigerians would
ever get a leader that would mean well and be
allowed to do well by the elites?
That is the point, to the extent that Nigerians have
to make the sacrifice of making sure that elections
are allowed to be free and fair.
Kano and Lagos proved that Nigerians can elect
the leaders they want. It happened in these states.
I thank God that so far so good, I am satisfied that
Nigerians are beginning to demonstrate that they
would not allow the PDP to steal their votes again.
That way, they can vote into power the people
they want and, if they are not satisfied with their
performance, they can again vote them out at the
appropriate time and vote in those who would
perform.
It is becoming very clear in today’s world that you
can not have democracy on a platter of gold; you
have to fight for it. You have to fight for it. And
Kano and Lagos fought it without casualties and
they proved the point and that is our only way out.
There are fears in some quarters and it is serious.
Some people say a General Muhammadu Buhari
becoming President and Commander-in-Chief of
the Armed Forces would spell doom for a section
of the elites. There are even talks that some
people would just head for exile. I’m sure you’ve
heard this talk before. What would be your
response?
Well, it would appear that individuals are free to
live wherever they choose to live and live
comfortably.
Individuals are also very free to leave the country if
they so choose especially since they would be
able to afford it.
Those of us who are sentenced to live in Nigeria
will continue to live in this country because, to us,
we do not have any other country than this and we
would not leave the country and go and seek
comfort in another country.
Well, if people would feel unsafe, they can leave
the country.
We will continue here.
What I’m trying to say relates to a possible witch
hunt; some people may be afraid based on past
deeds?
If people feel unsafe to live under some leadership
in Nigeria because of what they have done or
because of some atrocities they have committed in
the past and, therefore, would not feel safe to live
under some type of leadership in the country, then
may be they are using their sixth sense.
I ask that as a preamble to the issue of corruption
in Nigeria. At a point, the index gave hope, but, at
some other time, the index showed the opposite
went down again and some people say the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,
is not doing enough to fight corruption? How
would you tackle the issue of corruption?
One of the things that the we will do is to
strengthen the institutions.
We already have the police.
We have said that security, prosperity will bring
stability. We have been harping on these three
things before.
If we empower the police, it will do its work very
well.
There are too many boards or commissions
handling this or handling that.
We will look at the ones that would still be
relevant to strengthen the police.
Will will make the military more efficient by
training and re-training and also by providing
equipment and machinery.
EFCC, there are volumes of representations which
they can not cover because of inadequate
manpower or lack of resources.
We will do our best to strengthen the institutions
by managing resources judiciously.
We have financial regulations in every department
and every ministry and in every state and they
have to work.
There must be a proper accounting of public funds
in all the three tiers of government and what is
lacking is that judicious use of public funds. This
is the aim of the CPC.
People say you are a good man and that you mean
well?
(Cuts in) Thank you very much Jide.
The question is: You would not be in every
ministry or every government department or
agency to properly monitor these things. So, how
much confidence would you have in your point
man because you gave an instance of politicians
attempting to highjack elective tickets?
The laws and regulations on accountability in all
these places you have talked about are not lacking
at all. People just choose to do what they like.
People just refuse to respect the laws of the
country.
What we would do is to ensure that there is proper
and judicious use of the country’s resources for
the good of the people. The laws are there.
You remember when Obama went to Ghana, he
said what Africa needs are strong institutions and
not strong people. In the case of Nigeria, I dare to
say that we are unique.
We need strong people to create those institutions
and they strengthen those institutions for
effectiveness.
The truth is that, without a strong and clean
leadership, Nigeria cannot be stabilized.
The other side of the coin is that you may not
even be able to strengthen the institutions if you
are not strong and firm as a leader.
Followership and leadership: Which one should
come first?
Look, Nigerians can not be taken for granted any
more.
As a state governor, you can not be stealing state
funds and then expect the people to fall in line and
be disciplined.
It will never work.
Everybody responsible for some part of the
treasury would also be pocketing the money
because they know what the governor is doing.
If the President of the country is spending monies
outside the approved budget or acts outside the
approved regulations from the Office of the
Accountant General, Nigerians would rise against
such a person and would not even obey such a
leader and they’ll do whatever they like.
That is why we have had this mess on ground
since 1999.
The infrastructure we met, we refused to build new
ones and even the ones on ground were not being
properly maintained.
Don’t forget, we used to have four functional
refineries in this country with more than 480, 000
bpd capacity.
We had more than 20 depots.
I don’t know how many pumping stations.
We had more than 3,500 kilometre length of
pipelines.
The PDP government could not maintain them;
instead, we are importing petroleum products at
world market prices, something that we produce in
this country.
This is the height of corruption, killing the
petroleum industry which the country depends on.
Why can’t we refine our own crude and sell in our
own country?
Instead, we give people contracts to import
products and sell to Nigerians at world prices.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/m-u-h-m-m-d-u-b-u-h-r-interview-want-flee-take-free-run/

Older women are really fun to be with.... and they are very real in all they do....

this interview with Dr. Reuben Abati, Special
Adviser to the President on media and publicity, he
explains the type of persona President Goodluck
Jonathan his and the success of his re-election
declaration penultimate week.
He speaks about the uncommon virtue of calmness
and good sense of President Jonathan.
On last week’s drama at the National Assembly,
Abati categorically denied any involvement of the
presidency in the episode.
Excerpts:
The President has indicated his readiness to
contest in the next election. What will he do
differently that he has not done?
President Jonathan stated that in his speech. If
you look at that speech, he indeed spoke like a
statesman. He focused on issues unlike some
other persons who have indicated interest in the
office of the President. He did not use his speech
to insult anybody and a lot of people have praised
the maturity and the statesmanship that the
President demonstrated. He thanked Nigerians for
the opportunity that they have given him. He went
on to outline what his administration has done in
various sectors of the economy, how this
administration has been able to turn Nigeria into a
favourite investment destination and the largest
economy in Africa and how, under his watch, the
scope for human expression and freedom have
been very well expanded.
In the later part of his speech, he went ahead to
say that his administration is committed to
continuing to expand the opportunities that have
been created for Nigerians to realise themselves to
the fullest especially in the area of job creation.
The determination of his administration, if re-
elected, is to continue to take Nigeria forward. In
four years, he has been able to transform the
economy and our lives in many ways. He wants to
take that achievement further.
That is why in the later part of his speech you will
find key words about his vision for the future: it is
a vision of continual progress, it is a vision of
expanded opportunities, it is a vision that will
further empower Nigerian youths, it is a vision of a
country that will remain a leading country and a
top nation in various aspects including sports,
science, communications and technology. It is
about looking forward. The whole of that speech is
a continuation of his conversation with Nigerians.
One of the leading Muslim clerics in the country,
Sheikh Gumi in an unsolicited advice to the
president and the chieftain of the APC, General
Buhari said the duo should not present
themselves for election because doing so will
further divide the country. What do you think of
that advice?
Sheikh Gumi is completely wrong in terms of his
advice to President Jonathan. I read the interview
too but he did not say categorically that the
President has not done well in terms of
performance. He alleged that the President is
divisive but anyone in this country will know that
that allegation is completely incorrect. The bulk of
his comment is based on the challenge of Boko
Haram, that is the insecurity in the country. He
did not deny the fact that this administration has
been able to transform the country in many ways,
but he was alleging that this administration is
aiding and abetting Boko Haram and that the
administration is divisive. Anybody who is
objective will see that President Jonathan cannot
be blamed for the challenges of insecurity in the
North Eastern part of the country. It is an inherited
problem.
But there was a turning of the tide in April with the
abduction of the Chibok girls. I think when people
talk about this insecurity challenge, they should be
more constructive and objective in terms of how
complex the challenge of terrorism is. The other
thing to realise is that the terrorism we are dealing
with has become part of the Global Jihad and this
is well demonstrated in terms of the proven
connection between terrorists in the North East and
international groups like Al Qaeda and Al Shabab.
We expect Nigerians to continue to encourage the
armed forces and to appreciate the efforts of this
administration in checking terrorism and
insurgency. What is happening in the North East is
a threat to all of us, whether we are from the
South, East, North or West. Opinion leaders like
Sheikh Gumi ought to be better informed. In any
case, his opinion is a minority opinion. What is
very clear is that the majority of Nigerians at all
levels are solidly behind President Jonathan. Look
at the day President Jonathan made his declaration
for 2015, no other person has been able to attract
such a show of affection, solidarity and support
across the country and also among Nigerians in
the Diaspora. If the declaration was a test of
popularity, that was a very good outing. We are
happy with the fact that the President is the
President of all persons. Nay-sayers like Sheik
Gumi are in the minority.
One of the arguments raised is the fact that
making a declaration just a day after school
children were killed in Potiskum was rather
insensitive of the president?
Majority of the people making the allegation are
members of the APC. Given the success of the
event, given the overwhelming demonstration of
support for President Jonathan by all categories of
Nigerians, you should expect that naturally the
opposition who say they are also interested in the
office would be jealous and will try to find ways to
discredit the event. That is what they have been
trying to do but they have not succeeded because
Nigerians know the truth. They know that the
declaration was a prescheduled event and it was
an event that attracted a lot of local and
international attention. Members of the opposition
are also just being hypocritical.
A day after the President’s declaration, there was
an event in Benin City, a celebration by the Edo
State Government, which was attended by APC
chieftains. If they wanted to stand on a moral high
ground, why didn’t they postpone their own event?
But nobody is talking about that. Our position is
that governance cannot stop. President Jonathan
cannot stop running the country; he has to
continue to provide leadership. All of us, not just
the President, must refuse to be intimidated by
terrorists.
That is why the President says again and again
that to defeat terror we need solidarity, collective
action and all Nigerians must place the interest of
Nigeria first. What we get all the time from APC is
a case of particular individuals placing their own
ambitions first. I think in this case, they have no
point whatsoever but I sympathise with them, with
all their grand-standing, they are seeing very
clearly that President Jonathan is the favourite and
Nigerians are solidly behind him.
The argument has been that the President as the
commander in chief has not demonstrated enough
leadership and people point to the fact that more
territories are being lost to the terrorists.
It is not correct to say that the President is not
providing enough leadership. Do they expect the
President as the Commander-in-Chief to mobilise
and go to the war front himself and begin to drive
the tanks? Nobody can doubt that President
Jonathan has stood firm on the side of the security
forces and on the side of the victims. That is why
he launched the Presidential Initiative in the North
East. That is why he introduced the Victims
Support Fund. That is why his government has
also initiated the Safe Schools Initiative. He has
also been in the fore-front of internationalising the
challenge of terror to make everyone understand
that this is a battle for the whole world. To say that
he has not shown leadership is wrong.
Although there may seem to have been setbacks
in recent times, going forward you will see that the
tide will turn against the terrorists because the
soldiers have continued to receive training and
equipment and the government has shown very
clearly that it will spare no effort until this
incursion of global terrorism into our territory is
checked.
The economy seems to be facing some challenge
now because of the drop in the price of crude. The
coordinating minister of the economy made some
announcement about the possibility of austerity
measure. What is government doing so that we will
not have to depend on the politics of international
oil pricing?
It is true that crude oil is our principal export and
major revenue earner but before President
Jonathan assumed office crude oil was about 90%
plus responsible for foreign exchange earnings in
this country. But under his watch, non-oil export
has gone up considerably by about 40% and he
referred to that in his speech.
This administration has succeeded in diversifying
the economy in many ways and that is one of the
major high points of the achievements of this
administration. Before President Jonathan
assumed office, agriculture was treated as a social
development programme. Today, Nigeria is a
major exporter of cassava to China and some other
parts of Asia and the revenue from cassava alone
is very high. Cement used to be a major import
for Nigerians but today Nigeria is a major exporter
of cement, with Dangote Cement and Lafarge in
particular, setting up factories in other parts of
Africa. Manufacturing has also increased in terms
of capacity utilisation. There is more activity within
the economy. Yes, crude oil still remains the
dominant export but what has happened is that
there has been a drop in the price of crude oil in
the international market.
In terms of internal revenue, since this government
took over, it has placed a lot of emphasis on
revenue collection, and tax reform. Last year, the
government set a specific target for the Federal
Internal Revenue Service. That target is going to
be increased in the coming year. There was about
$70 billion target for 2014 and government has
managed to collect as at this point over $60
billion. For 2015 that target has been raised to
about $120 billion.
But this is not about more tax for poor people; the
projection is to protect the poor. The tax is going
to be on luxury items, and specifically for the 2015
Budget Framework. The drop in crude oil price is
not going to be permanent but government is
prepared. We are doing a lot more in other areas
of the economy to increase non-oil revenue and
that is a step in the right direction.
What has been your experience being on this job?
It has been very exciting. I will encourage
everyone in civil society specifically journalists,
whenever they have the opportunity to serve in
government, they should come and have the
experience because they will learn a lot. For me it
has been a very good learning opportunity. I have
learnt a lot from working for President Jonathan. I
used to easily get angry and upset with people but
working with him, I have learnt that oftentimes you
need to be patient with people, to be a bit more
tolerant and yet remain firm and focused.
People who are close to the President have said
that he is very slow to anger but when it gets to
that level it is always very explosive.
No, he does not get angry in an explosive manner,
he is not that kind of person. He is a very calm
and contemplative person, and he is very tolerant.
I have never seen him getting really very angry but
the thing is if you do something that he objects to
and he calls you and he points out your faults to
you, you will feel very sorry for yourself. You will
see that he must have been observing that
particular mistake you are making for a long time.
He will not just get angry with you, he will call you
and confront you with the evidence, with detailed
illustration and you will on your own realise that
you should not do that next time. You cannot
afford to be lazy around him; if you are productive
he knows, and if you are just hanging around just
to be seen to be doing something, he knows, but
he will allow you go on fooling yourself until one
day, he will call you to order.
Before you came into government, you were very
critical about government policies and decisions.
Several years after, what is it that you know now
that you didn’t know then?
If you work in government, you will gain a better
understanding of how government works and what
goes on. A lot of people out there really do not
have much access to real information about what
goes on in government. People just make wrong
assumptions and on the basis of wrong
assumptions, they jump to conclusions. I also
found out that a lot of people out there easily form
opinions, people call it perception but even
perception should be informed. For instance, when
we went to Chad, a photograph was taken at the
airport and when it was put out we explained that
this was at the holding room at the airport, during
the reception for the President. Some people
argued ‘that cannot be the airport; you are trying
to deceive us’ whereas that was a fact that could
be easily verified.
Nobody will make any effort to verify and even
when you offer any explanation, people will say
you are reacting; you should be proactive. I have
seen a lot and I have reached a stage where when
I hear these comments, I ask the people if they
have ever held the office of Special Adviser on
Media. I ask: on what basis are they making those
comments? In addition, every Presidency has its
own objective conditions, which you must
understand. Anyhow, I think anybody who comes
into government will gain more information and
knowledge beyond those general comments on
how society should be.
How much has this job affected your social life?
It is a 365 days, 24/7 job. I am on call 24 hours;
there are a few of us like that who have to be
around all the time. That is why I am unable to
socialise as much as before. Again, this is a very
sensitive assignment. Before I took up this job, on
my way from the office, I could stop by at a pepper
soup joint. I went to the club and attended social
functions. I socialised a lot. I used to jump from
one event to the other. On this job, I really cannot
do that. I have to watch where I go, what I say and
who I associate with. I have to choose where I go
carefully and who I relate with otherwise you could
be easily misrepresented. This kind of job
exposes you to a lot of scrutiny. It is also a job
that gives certain privileges and special access. I
attend privileged meetings, and I took an oath of
office, which in sum says I must discharge my
duties with a sense of responsibility.
What is your greatest challenge relating with
journalists who cover the presidency?
I have a very large press corps who are here full
time covering the president. We quarrel, we make
up. When I came initially, most of them did not
understand my style, they were used to a
particular kind of old style. Some of them used to
boast that they have been here since the days of
IBB. I used to wonder how that is an achievement.
Over time, however, we have come to understand
each other and we have reached a stage where
both the press corps and this office work as a
family. Even when we quarrel, we all know that it is
all in the line of duty. I don’t fail to realise that
they are here not as staff of the President, they are
not here as political appointees, they are
employees of media houses, they are here to cover
the president and report, and they are answerable
to their employers, some of whom even ask them
to look for negative stories. My own job is to
facilitate their work, ensure good coverage of the
President, and to make sure that I prevent them
from reporting unnecessary news.
What do you think is the greatest
misunderstanding of Nigerians about the
president?
I think Nigerians appreciate the President. Ordinary
Nigerians understand the President. They know
that this is a President who is doing his very best
to serve the people and who has achieved a lot.
They are solidly behind him and I have no doubt
that in the 2015 elections, they are going to queue
up behind him and support him robustly and
ensure that he gets the second term that he is
asking for. The people who grumble are those in
the opposition, the ambitious persons who also
want power. They constitute a minority but a very
vocal minority that owns instruments of
propaganda. They own radio stations; they have
newspapers.
There are some newspapers, it does not matter
what the President does, they will not report it
well. It does not matter what the President says,
they will look for how they can twist it. You can
identify the papers and those are the papers that
are owned by politicians, these are media houses
that are owned by people with desperate political
ambitions and the public is not fooled.
When critics go out of their way to insult the first
lady and the office of the president, as a human
being, does he take it very personal?
He does not take it personal and he has responded
to this question on very many occasions. He
knows that his job will attract criticism because if
you are a leader, you will be criticized. On one
occasion, he even said he is the most criticized
leader in the world. What he asks for is objectivity
and fairness. He prefers to be criticised objectively
and constructively, not all this heckling and
hustling. That is our message to the opposition. It
is not that the idea of somebody or a group
constituting themselves into an opposition is bad,
but in other parts of the world when people call
themselves the opposition, they provide alternative
ideas, they engage the government at the level of
policy, not this perpetual abuse and name calling
that the APC engages in on a daily basis.
The Police last week locked up the national
assembly, tear gassed the Speaker of the House of
Representatives. People have accused the
president of being behind it. Did the president
order the closure of the national assembly?
The matter is being investigated; we should await
the outcome of the investigations and so I urge
that we should all refrain from saying anything that
may be prejudicial, partisan or uninformed as
some people are already doing, which may then
turn out to be incorrect. But I can tell you that
President Jonathan did not authorise any form of
assault on the National Assembly. He did not. He
has no hand in it. The police authorities
themselves have said that they acted on their own,
based on information that some thugs were
planning to cause mayhem and compromise the
safety of lawmakers. Let the police explain exactly
what happened. And they have said they will. This
is certainly not about President Jonathan. He has
a very excellent relationship with the National
Assembly.

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