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More PDP jagbajantis by the Crook-in-Chief, Goodluck Jonathan.


Make no mistake, Jonathan was the "rigger in Chief" who was appointed by Yara to go to Ekiti and ensure PDP victory.

He was also appointed to "deliver" Anambra, but for the grace of Chukwuma Soludo who would not allow his home state to be torn apart by PDP rigging machinery and all it's attendant violence, and decided to fight a clean fight.


Now the same Judge who effectively pronounced Oni (and by extension Jonathan) as election riggers of the most putrid calibre has been "moved upstairs" to a position created specially to move him out the way.


Whither Nigeria?

The Nigerian Judicial Commission has offered a surprise promotion to the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Isa Salami, the "troublesome" judge behind the recent rash of electoral rulings that involved the sacking of some People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governors in the Southwest.

Justice Salami's promotion is being undertaken despite the lack of a vacancy for a North Central zone at the Supreme Court, but to make Salami's elevation politically possible, President Goodluck Jonathan will be increasing the number of Supreme Court justices to 21, thereby creating the spot needed for Justice Salami.

Since assuming the presidency of the Court of Appeal, the "activist” judge had been at loggerheads with the Chief Justice of the federation, Mr. Aloysius Katsina-Alu over the intended ruling in the governorship elections in Sokoto state, which the CJN "arrested" and prevented a duly constituted Court of appeal panel from delivering.

After the CJN scuttled the ruling, the new president of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mr. J.B. Daudu, was at the Senate to condemn the judges of the Court of Appeal.  He suggested that gubernatorial cases be allowed to terminate at the Supreme Court instead of the Court of Appeal.

The scathing attack was coordinated with renegade Senator, Iyiola Omisore, who had lost the governorship race in Osun state.  Omisore blames Justice Salami for his loss because the judge gave the governorship to Raufu Aregbesola, who is expected to spend four years on the seat.

Justice Salami has been openly accused by lawyers of the ruling party of working for the opposition especially the former governor of Lagos state, Ahmed Bola Tinubu.

By promoting Justice Salami out of the Court of Appeal, the ruling PDP will have the chance to choose the next Court of Appeal judge who will be malleable to their agenda especially in the electoral disputes that will arise in the next election.

As SaharaReporters fully documented during the electoral challenge of the Umaru Yar’Adua /Goodluck Jonathan election at the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court, the existence of highly corrupt justices at the appellate and the Supreme courts made it possible for Yar'Adua and Jonathan to remain President and Vice-President, a situation that would have been different if the judges had ruled according to the incontrovertible evidence that their election was massively rigged.

The curious elevation of the radical judge also indicates that the PDP are not ready for free and fair elections.  The CJN, who heads the Nigerian Judicial Commission (NJC), met with his team yesterday to recommend Justice Salami, someone known as his archenemy for the "promotion."  The nomination is expected to be sent to Goodluck Jonathan by the NJC in two weeks.

A new president for the court of appeal would likely be Justice Dalhatu Adamu currently in the Sokoto division of the court.

Politics of convenience

hannie:
@Ibime


shame on u

u dey see wetin Nsofor dey do now ?

Sharrap dia! We need someone who plays with consistency, not "as the spirit leads".

Can you compare Obinna's performance to Odemwingie this season?

Levels dey abeg.

Does Warri/Asaba have no airport?

The last time I took a bus from Lagos to Onitsha, then Onitsha to PH, I swore I would never travel that kinda journey by road again.

I pray for the family.

Im sure the clamour for new artistes to insert themselves into PMAN has everything to do with the $200m fund that GEJ just inserted into the entertainment industry.

I was wary of Banky's write-up from the start. My Naija brain told me he is chasing the money. For one, he never listed any policies or anything else he plans to implement, just ratcheting on about "a new PMAN", "Don't resist change" bla bla bla.

The elections for PMAN will take place in 2 years. Why dem dey rush to take over now? Abi na the $200m cause am?

My glock chrome/ disable vital organs and pop bones/
I been a knucklehead ever since I was a snot nose/
Every year, my gwap grows/ Real Estate, I got those/
I could house the whole of Sweden. . . . the way that I stock homes!/   (Stockholm)


When its beef, you quick to shout. . . call ya boys/
But without all ya toys/ You lack the clout. . . or the poise/
Y’all rappers run ya mouth . . . talking noise/
But ya rhymes are like the earth. . . it's without. . . form. . . and void!!!/



Going to war with this stranger/ puts you in horrible danger/
Y’all know my calibre. . . forty four in the chamber!/
Pardon my awkward behaviour/ but Im naughty by nature/
I ain’t ya God or ya saviour. . . but I was born in a manger!/

Igbo commissioner in Lagos?


Lagosians are far ahead of the rest of the country. . . .forget!

Alaibe is a big thief as well, but he is not a cocaine sniffing, kleptomaniac MAD MAN like Timi Sylva

nwabobo:
I still maintain that the Mukhtar of a guy is an extremist and potential terrorist and shouldn't be handled with kid gloves.

Here are some recent posts from his facebook page;



Moukhtar Ibrahim Aminu
ALLAH KA WARGAZA SULE LAMODI DA SAURAN TSINANNUN ABOKANSA, ALLAH KA WALAKANTA SULE LAMIDO DA TSINAN NUN ABOKANSA, ALLAH KATONAWA SULE LAMIDO DA ABOKANSA ASIRI, ALLAH KA TSIYATA SULE LAMIDO DA TSINAN NUN ABOKANSA, AMEEN DUK NA ANNABI YACE AMEEN
January 18 at 8:57pm

Moukhtar Ibrahim Aminu
ALLAH KA TSINEWA PASTOR SULE LAMIDO, REV SHEHU SHEMA, CARDINAL NYAKO, DA KUMA MOST REV ISAH YUGUDA. DUK NA ANNABI YACE AMEEN
January 18 at 8:44pm


Moukhtar Ibrahim Aminu
ALLAH KA TSINEWA DUK WANDA YA ZABI BADLUCK A ZABAN FUDDA GWANI DA SUKAYI LAST WEEK. DUK NA ANNABI YACE AMEEN
January 18 at 8:35pm

Translation please. . . .

Anderlecht rejected winter bid from Chelsea for Romelu Lukaku - general manager Herman van Holsbeeck


Anderlecht rejected an offer from Chelsea for the services of youngster Romelu Lukaku during the winter transfer window.

The Belgian club's general manager Herman van Holsbeeck confirmed that an offer, rumoured to be in the region of £25 million, was on the table from the Blues.

"Chelsea wanted him this winter, but after consultation with his agent, we decided to decline the offer from the Blues," Holsbeeck said on VRT Reyers Laat.

Originally the offer was thought to have been accepted but the player and his agent, David Steegan, confirmed that Lukaku wants to stay in Belgium for a while longer.

Steegan also hinted that the 17-year-old may yet snub a move to England in the summer.

"There is no talk with Manchester City and you can quote me on that," Steegan was quoted as saying by talkSPORT.

"In the summer? Anything is possible but there is nothing definite yet. He is very young, so he might decide to stay for a while yet."

Looks like this will be Chelsea's new formation:


                               Torres         Drogba

                                         Anelka

                     Malou/Lamps         Lamps/Ramires/Essien     

                                     
                                     Essien/Mikel


Three man strike force!!!!


Anelka more like playmaker, but can drift wide, play between the lines etc.




http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2011/02/01/2333836/carlo-ancelotti-insists-torres-and-luiz-signings-will-boost


"Anelka played very well behind the striker tonight and has the ability to play there. So now we have the opportunity to put him behind the strikers."

MeGaStReEt:
FROM A CHELSEA FAN

Anelka deserved m.o.t.m.,but for the most part he's­ more or less been like the invisible man since he came­ to chelsea,and now there's a new gunslinger in­ town he decides he's gonna turn for once;if torres­ had'nt been bought anelka would more than likely­ stilll be playing like he's sleep walking, Just my­ opinion of him,but all the same well done chelsea,

This is rubbish. Anelka was brilliant last season, and I had him up there as one of the best three wing forwards in the world last year.

This season, ever since we started our bad run, he's been playing like he's on holiday.

Chelsea interested in Edinson Cavani @ £22m next summer.

Waaaaargwaaaaan!!!


Players will step up their game when you put em under pressure!

What's Andreas Ottl still doing at Bayern. Abi is he the David May or Nicky Butt of Bayern?

Westermann has been a flop in central defence. He needs to relocate to LB or DM.

I see Schalke have signed my boy Anthony Annan

When is someone gonna sign Nuri Sahin?

Hmmmm see Babel demoing for Hoffenheim

Since when did Arturo Vidal become an attacking midfielder/forward?

Muller would brush Robben.

chic2pimp:
I'm more worried about the £35M Loserpool splashed on Carrol than I am the £50M splashed on Torres. Fu, c.k me if Caroll is worth £35M , how much is Sammy Eto'o worth?

Newcastle were the main winners yesterday.

Onlytruth:
WHF!

Fanatics are Lunatics!

You should know since you are one also!

She couldnt detect phony Nigerian yankee accent from the real one?

Charlie Adam isnt worth more than £5m.

(1.) He only has a year left on his contract

(2.) Blackpool can't pay him any more than 10k per week.


If you cant match the wages being offered (for example, Charlie was offered 5 times his current salary by Liverpool), then you have no leverage to be obdurate on price



In addition,

David Vaughn has played better than him.

The only reason Charlie gets the limelight over Vaughn is that he takes all the set-pieces.

Someone who failed in Scotland has a LONG road to redemption, and that would always put downward pressure on price.

Akolawole:
Though 50 milla is crazy but if Carol(a typical english hype) cost 35, i believe FT worth triple of that!

As per the injury , well, ummg, I will be fine if he can give me 70% of the season with a remarkable goal ratio.

TBH, Im more encouraged by David Luiz signing. our defence is leaking. I dont believe in paying more than £15m for a defender, but David Luiz is a strong quick boy that we needed.

I woulda also liked to see a good DM as well.

When GEJ was denied Presidency by the cabal, it was not his friends, the Anenih's, Gbenga Daniels and Omisores who stood up for him.


It was this man Bakare who stood up for truth and justice, sending marchers out on to the street whilst GEJ's friends (Timi Sylva and Saraki) paid for thugs to go and waste the protesters with bullets, but thank God it didnt happen.


This man Bakare is a man who cares about his country, and has always spoken against certain cabals, often confusing his emotions for the "voice of God". However, having seen my own father hear many strange voices from God which never came to pass, I am willing to overlook his religious madness, and judge him on his actions.

@ Dis Guy,


Soludo attracted a lot of FDI into Nigeria simply by limiting risk of bank failure. At consolidation, FDI was around $1 billion per annum, but after consolidation, it immediately shot up by 100% compounded annually as Foreigners and Nigerians abroad brought hot money flows in Nigeria to profit from interest rate arbitrage, hinged on a constant Naira-dollar exchange rate. However, this FDI increase which was built on the perception of the infallibility of the banks, was also burst in 2009 when it became clear that these banks were not as safe as first thought due to massive corruption.


Soludo thus did great things in the sector, but failure to regulate undid a lot (but not all) of his work. In that sense, I see Soludo as the Nigerian version of Greenspan, and funny enough, Soludo sees himself as the Nigerian Greenspan as he identified himself with, and empathised with Greenspan in his last riposte to Aganga.


From an economic standpoint, Soludo did great things, but he did not align his knowledge with moral integrity.

Good development. . . .

Thats what he should have said in the first place instead of involving himself in a mudslinging contest.

@ Abagworo & Redsun,


Sorry, Ma J Blige is not Beaf.

Beaf does not write like a semi-literate whilst Ma J writes like someone with school leavers certificate.

We all laughed when they sacked him for stealing N11m anyway while those who stole billions are fraternising with the CIC. We already know the CIC is a protector of thieves.

All dis talk about AW need to buy defenders.

3 years ago, my Arsenal friends swore that Gavin Hoyte was the future, now I see him sliding from Watford to Brighton to Lincoln City.