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[quote author=haka_nai link=topic=699136.msg8590867#msg8590867 date=1309037303]We can't continue like that abeg! haba this politicians PDP una want kill us first destroy this country.
Shameless people,see how people of National assembly no even get common national unity. [/quote]I do not think this is a pdp problem, it is  rather a Nigerian problem. Some of the Distinguished Senators  from these zones are from other parties.

This guys should just do their job

25 Jun 2011
By Kunle Akogun in Abuja

Against the backdrop of the on-going controversy over the sharing of Senate principal positions among the various geo-political zones of the country, the South-south Caucus in the upper legislative chamber insisted Friday that it would not trade off the position of Senate Leader zoned to it by the leadership of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party.

Senators Ita Enang (PDP, Akwa Ibom) and Heineken Lokpobiri (PDP, Bayelsa) who made the stand of the South-south senators known at separate press briefings in Abuja Friday described the agitation by some of their colleagues from the North-east over the position of Senate Leader as "raising needless dust".

[/b]Senators from the North-east had in an unsigned statement on Wednesday alleged that the zone was being marginalized in the scheme of things in the Senate because the position of the Senate Leader has been taken up by the South-south.[b]

[/b]They also alleged that the leadership of the Senate is being ‘christianized’, as the Senate President, Senator David Mark (PDP, Benue), his deputy, Senator Ike Ekweremadu (PDP, Enugu) and now the Senate Leader-designate, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba (PDP, Cross River) are all Christians.[b]

Enang told Senate correspondents that the South-South zone would not trade off the position of the Senate Majority leader because that is the only position zoned to the region in the current dispensation.

He, however, enjoined the aggrieved Senators from the North-east to accept Senator Ndoma-Egba as Senate Majority Leader for the unity of the Senate.

He explained that the South-south had thus far stood with PDP in maintaining the zoning of offices to different parts of the country.

Enang said: “The office of the president of the Senate was zoned to the North-central and we unanimously agreed on our leader, the president of the Senate, Dr. Mark. We also agreed on the position of the deputy Senate president, Senator Ekweremadu.

“The position of the leader of the Senate was zoned to the South-south and we have agreed on our friend and brother, distinguished Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba.

“I want to say that the South-south will not negotiate, nor trade off or in any manner compromise the position of the leader of the Senate. And we pray our colleague and brother in other geo political zones to also agree on the position zoned to our zone.

[/b]In his own reaction, Senator Lokpobiri (PDP, Bayelsa) said contrary to the accusation that some people wanted to ‘Christianize’ the Senate leadership, “the North-east caucus is rather guilty of attempting to Northernise the National Assembly leadership”.[b]

He said in a press statement that both the President of the Senate, Senator David Mark and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, are Northerners and wondered why the South-south should be marginalized in the scheme of things.

Lokpobiri noted that "besides the two presiding officers of the National Assembly, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, President of the Appeal Court, and Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, are all Northerners," wondering "who is marginalising who."

He said the South-south Senate caucus is not just laying claim to the position of Senate leader but it has been duly zoned to the South-south by the leadership of PDP.

[/b]Lokpobiri said: “The North-east zone got the position of the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives but they traded it off on the floor of the House, so why should they turn round to blame anyone.[b]

“We are not prepared to join issues with any group or any of our colleagues but they should not take us for granted. We shall mind our business but let nobody insult our sensibilities.”

Lokpobiri noted that the alleged spokespersons of the North-east caucus are fully aware of the hollowness of their case hence their reluctance and refusal to put a face to the alleged agitation.

"The fact that a Senator of the Federal Republic, purporting to speak for his zone on matters ostensibly critical to the welfare and corporate interest of the zone but cannot summon the courage to append his name and signature on such a supposed noble and just cause, tells a poignant story of the hollowness of their cause", Lokpobiri said.

He added: “It is either that he is speaking for himself or that he is trying to fly a kite; which unfortunately lacks the necessary oxygen for the already ill-flight".

[/b]The North-east is known to be rooting for former House Leader, Senator Abdul Ninigi from Bauchi State, for the position.[b]

http://www.thisdayonline.com/

dre11:
thank u Amaka
i want one of those 3 witches to go back home & d another one 2 b sent 2 d tails house 2 learn some lesson about human relation and etiquette in life
dey surely need it.

We need to vote for a country, that will vote for our naija reps when they are up for eviction. I don't know but i think i will be voting for hanni (ethiopia).

dre11:
thank u Amaka
i want one of those 3 witches to go back home & d another one 2 b sent 2 d tails house 2 learn some lesson about human relation and etiquette in life
dey surely need it.

We need to vote for a country, that will vote for our naija reps when they are up for eviction. I don't know but i think i will be voting for hanni (ethiopia).

Don't worry about Weza. when the time comes we'll deal with her. We've dealt with her before and we can still deal with again whenever she's up for eviction. Come to think of it why do you think the girls in the heads house ganged up against her? It was because they saw her for who she really was.

Nic is intelligent and has seen Weza for who she really is. He told Karen and the other girls, but instead of Karen to be smart about it; she told Weza what Nic had said. My problem is that Karen is not as smart as she thinks.

wesley80:
^^^ Did you have to quote the entire post just to make an empty one-lined point? SMH.

@ScreenDiva, Great and very refreshing write up.

Karen just gave Otono one of those well deserved shut-your-mouth-and-be-a-man telling off. The issue apparently was Luclay's insecurities over his height which had been discussed by the girls but which Weza Seemed to have ratted out to Luclay. Luclay almost in tears -trust him- confronted Karen as soon as she came out but Karen would have non of it telling Luclay he should deal with his insecurities as he's not the only short man in the world lol! Weza is proving to be a cunny snake in the house and i foresee a bust up with karen pretty soon.

Weza is playing the game. After gossipin with d girls about luclay, she will then go and tell luclay what d girls are saying about him. She told luclay what karen said about him.
Also, Karen is being silly by not noticing that Weza is playing her. Karen should learn to wise up

wesley80:
^^^ Did you have to quote the entire post just to make an empty one-lined point? SMH.

@ScreenDiva, Great and very refreshing write up.

Karen just gave Otono one of those well deserved shut-your-mouth-and-be-a-man telling off. The issue apparently was Luclay's insecurities over his height which had been discussed by the girls but which Weza Seemed to have ratted out to Luclay. Luclay almost in tears -trust him- confronted Karen as soon as she came out but Karen would have non of it telling Luclay he should deal with his insecurities as he's not the only short man in the world lol! Weza is proving to be a cunny snake in the house and i foresee a bust up with karen pretty soon.

Weza is playing the game. After gossipin with d girls about luclay, she will then go and tell luclay what d girls are saying about him. She told luclay what karen said about him.
   Also, Karen is being silly by not noticing that Weza is playing her.  Karen should learn to wise up

aieromon:
You're gettin' no sympathy from me until you clearly explain your goof in refering to Jonathan as a VP.

The account of the unfortunate health saga of President Yar’Adua, including how he was brought back to the country from Saudi Arabia under the cover of darkness, will be told but it is convenient for my critics to ignore the fact that between November 23, 2009 when he travelled to Saudi Arabia and his controversial return 93 days later, I spoke only five times. The first, to announce on the day he travelled that he was going on medicals; the second, four days later, to say that diagnosis revealed he had pericarditis (which I had a challenge pronouncing); the third, to say on January 10, 2010 from Angola (where I had gone to watch the Cup of Nations) that the president was not dead as a reaction to the rumour fuelled by a story in NEXT; the fourth, to announce on February 24, 2010 that he was back to the country (where then acting President Jonathan was addressed as VP: explanation will come another day) and the fifth, [/b]24 hours later, to clarify that Jonathan remained acting president![b]

who do we believe? Everybody tells a different story.

From: Kemi Oni

Haba Mr. Adeniyi, while we were expecting detailed accounts of what truly transpired in the Nigerian government, you have only succeeded in letting Nigerians see that you actually nursed the ambition of resigning from the Government for over 1 year and you eventually did a couple of hours before Yaradua "died". or was it that you waited for Yaradua to die, tendered your letter of resignation to VP Jonathan and pretended to Nigerians that the President actually died after you had resigned. This is just an attempt by you to wash your already soiled image with the Nigerian Public. If there was indeed no Cabal and Turai was not interfering in the running of government, who then was making all the decisions? who gave you a speech to read when the lifeless body of the President was later smuggled into the Country? Who directed you to thank VP jonathan for holding forth while the President was away on medical treatment? Please answer us and stop giving promises

The Verdict According To Olusegun Adeniyi. Email, olusegun.adeniyi@thisdaylive.com


Given that the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua showed me much affection and trust, it was natural that I would feel for him at his most trying moments, especially during the crisis that followed his last trip to Saudi Arabia. At that critical period, there was no doubt in my mind that the correct thing to do was to send a letter of notification to the National Assembly so that Dr. Goodluck Jonathan could assume the presidency in acting capacity as specified by the Constitution. I did all I possibly could to make those who were in a position to influence such decision see reason but I failed.

With this situation, towards the end of 2009, I began to weigh all my options. By then also, there were people calling on me to resign from government. I can categorise them into two: the first comprised my friends and well wishers who argued that I couldn’t possibly justify being spokesman to a president with whom Nigerians had lost contact. I agreed with the position of this group but nonetheless felt that it was better for me to wait for the arrival of the president before taking any such decision.

I had my reason: At that point, I had nothing to lose by resigning since I had my exit plan already mapped out but the question I asked myself was: how would Yar’Adua feel whenever he recovered and he heard that I had jumped ship just because he was sick? He definitely didn’t deserve that from me. Incidentally, there was a second group that also wanted me to resign but was not thinking of my interest or for that matter that of the nation. By that period, there were already cold calculations towards the recently concluded 2011 general elections and different politicians were making their projections. Owing to the strategic position I held, there were those who felt that a public announcement of my resignation would weaken Yar’Adua’s hold on power and they wanted to use me to achieve that end.

By going into public service, I was under no illusion that everybody would like the choices I would make but at every point in the course of my stewardship, I tried to stay true to the values I espoused as a commentator on public affairs. Did I make mistakes? Yes I did. But my decision at every point was based on the evaluation of the information I had and what I considered to be the best approach in the circumstance I found myself at the time. It is possible that others might react differently given the same situation but I made my choices and I take responsibility for them. Quite naturally, the illness of Yar’Adua and the power struggle it unwittingly fuelled led to all manner of speculations, the most ludicrous of which was the myth of a cabal that had hijacked power in Aso Rock and for which I was fronting.

While I never placed much premium on the “cabal” theory, a conversation on the day Architect Namadi Sambo was sworn-in as VP put the issue in its real perspective. As Governor of Kaduna State, anytime Sambo came to the villa, he always visited my office after seeing his childhood friend, then State Chief of Protocol (SCOP), Ambassador Ghali Umar and with that we became quite close. So when he was nominated to the position of VP, I decided to visit him the moment it was confirmed by the National Assembly. I met him at his new Akinola Aguda official residence but as I made to leave, he requested that I witness his inauguration. I joined the vehicle of Mr Isaiah Balat, (erstwhile Minister of State for Works and Housing under President Olusegun Obasanjo) where there were other important personalities. On the way to the villa, Balat asked: “Segun, this Cabal thing, were you really a member?”

Before I could respond, Mr. Nasir el-Rufai (the big masquerade behind the Save Nigeria Group which played a prominent role in the media and civil society campaign that eventually culminated in the National Assembly making Jonathan the acting president) interjected: “There was no cabal, we created the myth to neutralise Turai”.

While Balat and other people in the vehicle appeared shocked, I was not. The former FCT Minister explained how the idea of ‘cabal’ came into being as well as his understanding of the role played by former First Lady, Hajia Turai Yar’Adua and the different people whose names were frequently mentioned as being members. El-Rufai was right only to the extent that the myth of a ‘cabal’ capturing power at a time Jonathan was effectively in charge was mere propaganda. The fact is that whatever may be her faults, Mrs Yar’Adua never interfered with government as being reported by a section of the media, she simply prevented people from seeing her husband. But the presence in the villa of a president Nigerians were not exactly sure as to whether he was dead or alive indeed engendered a situation in which the federal government had broken into several ‘cabals’ of vested interests all desperate either to retain their powers and privileges under a Yar’Adua they could not see; or to seize control under the presidency of Jonathan whose legendary ‘good luck’ (derived from his first name) some ministers made song and dance about within the Federal Executive Council. It was a terrible period for the nation. It was also a most difficult period for me.

The account of the unfortunate health saga of President Yar’Adua, including how he was brought back to the country from Saudi Arabia under the cover of darkness, will be told but it is convenient for my critics to ignore the fact that between November 23, 2009 when he travelled to Saudi Arabia and his controversial return 93 days later, I spoke only five times. The first, to announce on the day he travelled that he was going on medicals; the second, four days later, to say that diagnosis revealed he had pericarditis (which I had a challenge pronouncing); the third, to say on January 10, 2010 from Angola (where I had gone to watch the Cup of Nations) that the president was not dead as a reaction to the rumour fuelled by a story in NEXT; the fourth, to announce on February 24, 2010 that he was back to the country (where then acting President Jonathan was addressed as VP: explanation will come another day) and the fifth, 24 hours later, to clarify that Jonathan remained acting president!

It is usually the lot of people like me who had the privilege of reporting events and analyzing same to be exposed to cynicism whenever we cross the line but I remain indebted to the late Yar’Adua for giving me the opportunity to experience governance at the highest level in my country. The job that I did is basically media work, dealing with the same constituency and I have no doubt been enriched by the privilege of seeing both sides of the coin. The late Mr. Tony Snow, Spokesman for President George W. Bush (whom I met in the White House on his last day in office in the course of the International Visitors Program for which I was invited by the US State Department in July 2007) had written shortly after taking the job “for somebody like me who's been a pundit for many years, you become part of something that's very rare, ”

By the end of 2009, however, it was glaring the health of the president had become an issue that would not go away. I therefore came to the inescapable conclusion that I had to leave government. But mindful of several factors, including ethnicity and religion, I resolved I would have to do it with tact. I recall that when I was appointed, there were some people from the Northern part of the country who felt that Yar’Adua had not made a wise political choice. The argument was that his predecessor, President Olusegun Obasanjo, a Yorubaman and Christian, picked three kinsmen of his (and of the same faith) in succession and so by the same logic, Yar’Adua ought to have picked a Hausa Fulani Muslim. At a period ethnicity and religion had crept into the issue of his illness, I didn’t want to give those who criticized my appointment an opportunity to say “we warned him”. He didn’t deserve that from me. But I had my plan.

Through the help of my friend, the Consul General of the Chinese Embassy in Nigeria, Mr. Guo Kun, I had secured a very generous Chinese scholarship for a special one-year MPA programme at Beijing University that included going to China with my family. My plan therefore was that whenever the president came back, I would inform him that I had secured admission which would then mean I could disengage from government. That way, there would be no question of disloyalty as the reason for my resignation would be clear. But the circumstances of his arrival back to the country in late February did not make such discussion possible. So, I kept things to myself.

Even though it was a very difficult period for me, I just could not abandon my boss at his hour of trial, especially when I knew the state he was in as one of the very few people granted access to see him. Incidentally, even his Katsina loyalists whose names were touted in the media as ‘cabal’ members never saw Yar’Adua from the time he was in Saudi Arabia to when he died at the villa but I did. I recall having a conference call with THISDAY Editors who told me to resign until I confirmed to them I had seen the president. I also explained my exit plan to them given my Beijing University admission.

By a stroke of fortune, however, on April 14, 2010, a friend sent me an internet link to the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, the largest international research center within Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Without bothering to examine the requirements, I simply applied and sent my resume to the program director, Dr. Kathleen Molony. Less than an hour later, I got a response from her. She wrote that application had closed two months earlier on February 25 and participants had been taken. She however added that given that she found my application quite compelling, she would discuss it with the selection board to see if they could make exceptions to accommodate me. That began an exchange of correspondences with Harvard University and on May 4, 2010, I finally got the offer of appointment. Choosing between Beijing and Harvard was not an easy decision given my desire for my children to speak Mandarin but they preferred going to US. By 5pm the next day I was with acting President Jonathan to show him the letter from Harvard and to submit my letter of resignation from government. He was evidently happy for me and I must have spent about 30 minutes with him as we reviewed the state of the nation. Less than four hours later, President Yar’Adua died.

The Tightrope

Sege, Just finished reading you online. Welcome back on the beat. I had read the bit published today in the introduction to your book, but it was fun reading it all over again. And "Simply Overwhelmed" is thoughtfully phrased. Note however, that your readers will be eager to see what note you will strike in the days ahead, and particularly, the government will be rather anxious to see whether you will support them or become their critic. The Verdict is at that moment in its public career when it may be faced with the challenge of "walking the tightrope". Wishing you all the best as you forge ahead.

Last week Thursday, I received the foregoing mail from Dr Reuben Abati, who was in Portugal for the African Development Bank (ADB) annual conference as moderator of their seminar on Innovation Hubs and Growth in Africa. Abati is one of the three persons who read the first draft of my coming book on the Yar’Adua Years even though the aspect published last week – an account of how I joined government – has been removed from the draft. I, however, understand his concerns about the ‘tightrope’ I would have to work given that I can claim to be an ‘indigene’ of the Jonathan administration. While I will remain fair and balanced on the issues I will deal with, the temperament of this column will change for two reasons. One, there is a Yoruba adage which says that to whom you can whisper, there is no need to shout. Two, participation in government has broadened my horizon. The good side to it is that I have also acquired the leverage to provide better insight into issues on this page so the character of the column will remain essentially the same. That I promise. Having now concluded with how I joined government and how I left, my book will supply the details of what happened in-between. The adjournment of this ‘court’ is hereby lifted. The Verdict is back!

A clear line of distinction must be drawn between lawful supporters of a political party and unlawful actions committed by a band of criminals operating as party supporters.

Friday, 03 June 2011
By Levi Obijiofor


THE Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) is experiencing a free fall. Before the presidential election on 16 April 2011, the party looked like it would make history by overhauling the widespread support enjoyed by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). After the release of the results of the presidential election, it became obvious that the CPC could do no better than take the runner-up position. It was this shocking result, in particular the misleading impression by leaders of the CPC that their presidential candidate – Muhammadu Buhari – was denied victory in the election, that galvanised the party’s supporters into violent demonstrations across the northern states.
Someone in the CPC leadership must have fed the gullible party supporters with exaggerated information to the effect that Buhari was the front runner in the election. Anything short of victory for Buhari, the supporters were informed, must be interpreted as electoral injustice and must be violently resisted. Well, the party supporters have demonstrated violently and spilled blood in the process. That’s not how people in civilised societies express their feelings or lodge appeals in a disputed election. There are legal avenues set out for aggrieved politicians to rectify electoral injustices. In this particular situation, naive CPC supporters took the path of jungle justice to express their dissatisfaction with the presidential election outcome.
Despite the protestations, despite the gruesome murder of defenceless citizens and National Youth Service Corps members, despite extraordinary allegations by CPC leaders that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) conspired with the PDP to install Goodluck Jonathan in office, nothing much has changed since the release of the presidential election result. Jonathan has already been sworn in. However, if the CPC could construct impeccable evidence that Jonathan is sitting on a stolen mandate, the Election Petition Tribunal could still strip the man of his presidential title, regardless of the fact that he has been sworn in. If the tribunals could sack state governors from office, nothing precludes them from doing so to Jonathan. Before that could happen, the CPC would have to overwhelm the tribunal with unassailable evidence.
The CPC has already lodged an appeal at the Election Petition Tribunal. Now, the party leaders would have to back their allegations with evidence. They have to convince members of the tribunal beyond doubt that INEC conspired with the PDP to rig the election or that the PDP manipulated the election result without the knowledge of INEC. Either way, it is the responsibility of CPC leaders and lawyers to give the tribunal something to make their heads squirm. In a disputed election result such as this, evidence counts more than public screaming of injustice.
Ever since the release of the presidential election results, key leaders of the CPC have been making public statements (some of them uncultivated) about how the party was denied victory at the last moment. They said they would produce and deliver unimpeachable evidence to demonstrate to everyone that the presidential election which was widely regarded by national and foreign observers as relatively free and fair was indeed anything but free and fair. The presidential election result, they believe, fell far short of public perceptions. In their view, the election was marred by extensive malpractices.
These are interesting times. It’s all too easy to make allegations. It will be much harder to sustain those allegations in the court of justice and in the court of public opinion. In an interview he granted to the Daily Sun (Tuesday, 24 May 2011), former governor of Anambra State Chukwuemeka Ezeife reviewed the allegations made by CPC chairperson Tony Momoh and ridiculed the arguments.
In response to the argument that the post-election violence in the northern states represented the people’s reaction to a stolen mandate (a line that the CPC leaders have been pushing in defence of the violent demonstrations), Ezeife who clarified that he did not belong to any political party, said: “, , let me give you the mathematics of stolen mandate. How many governors are in CPC? Only one from Nasarawa. How many Senators are also CPC? How many in House of Reps and other positions? Then, how does Buhari think that he would become President with only one governor out of 36 states? How does he win by virtue of having his villagers vote for him?”
Ezeife continued: “CPC does not even qualify as a regional party because it did not cover the region enough and has no structure at all. Then, leave Northwest and go the Southeast, South-South and Middle Belt, , So, nobody’s mandate was stolen. Tony Momoh told the National Television that the INEC computers were programmed to deduct 40% from Buhari’s votes. That is part of the mathematics of stolen mandate. Now, multiplying Buhari’s vote by 1.4 to bring back the 40%, how many million did he have behind Goodluck Jonathan? So, there is no reason and justification for the post-election riot, except that people are unmasking themselves, letting us know what they truly were. Some people decided to go and incite people to shed innocent blood.”
As if to lend credence to Ezeife’s argument, the Vanguard reported on Monday (23 May 2011) that the Kaduna State wing of the CPC earlier this week said it had bailed more than 600 persons suspected to have been involved in the post-election violence. They were held in detention pending their trial in local courts. According to the report, the CPC said it took the decision to bail the suspects as a gesture of sympathy for the suspects and as an expression of solidarity. If the report is true, the CPC has exposed the sinister side of how it plays politics.
A political party that supports violence and those who engage in the brutal murder of human beings should not be registered to seek political office. CPC leaders in Kaduna have positioned themselves not as members of a political party but as members of an organisation that promotes and sympathises with perpetrators of violence. Surely, the act of bailing the suspects has depicted the CPC as an accessary after the fact, in regard to the cold-blooded murders that took place in the northern states following the release of the presidential election results. What that action implies, in essence, is that the CPC is in the same league with those who committed violent crimes after the presidential election.
Is the CPC an outlawed organisation that parades itself as a political party? The party should be helping security officials to apprehend those who committed grisly murders in the northern states, not to offer them a blanket of sympathy. It is not the responsibility of the party to protect or sympathise with supporters who violate the laws of the nation. The CPC must be careful not to be seen to be rewarding those who kill and maim ordinary Nigerians. A clear line of distinction must be drawn between lawful supporters of a political party and unlawful actions committed by a band of criminals operating as party supporters.
The argument made by Ahmadu Yaro, the CPC chairperson in Kaduna State, for the bailing of the criminals held in detention for the post-election violence, is reckless, unconscionable, illogical and imprudent. Yaro told the Vanguard reporter: “Most of those arrested shortly after the post election violence were mostly CPC members but their arrest was done in error while the allegation against them is false and baseless.” He also said: “The violence did not start from the CPC, it started as a result of people’s anger with the leadership of the country. The people were angry because of government’s failure to give them what they want. So they decided to protest to show the government that they are doing badly.”
It is people like Ahmadu Yaro who believe that politics without bloodshed is not genuine politics. It is also people like him who lack basic understandings of the role of political parties in the growth of democracy and the achievement of socioeconomic development. Yaro is an embarrassment to civil society. He should not be entrusted with the responsibility of leading the state branch of the CPC.


http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=50096:obijiofor-cpc-in-a-free-fall&catid=38:columnists&Itemid=615

Yes we owe Miss P, but that girl is dangerous. She was gossiping with ernest about karen and mumba. She told ernest not to trust karen and mumba, because they are close to luclay. What is her business if they are close to luclay

tatiana009:
Karen is fugly

ScreenDiva:
The eighteenth contestant is from South Africa, her name is Nkuli Ngquola (23yrs)

The Nineteenth contestant is from Ghana her name is Confidence Haugen (37yrs) the oldest so far in Big brother history

The Twentieth contestant is from Namibia his name is Jossy Ailonga (28yrs)

The Twenty first contestant is from Tanzania her name is Bhoke Egina (28yrs)

The 22nd contestant is from Ethiopia and his name is Danny Kassa (34yrs)

The 23rd Contestant is from Zimbabwe and his name is Wendall Parson (23yrs)

[/b]The 24th contestant is from Nigeria and her name is Karen Igho (27yrs) the second contestant from Naija, this girl be like Agbero oooooo its getting hot in here, [b]

The 25th contestant is from Malawi and his name is Lomwe Namali (27yrs)

The 26th contestant is from Ghana and his name is Alex Biney (31yrs)

honeyfave:
you re welcome icez.
honestly speaking, i still ve some level of hatred on zimbabwea housemates, may be because of their racism and munya strategies. i will support east africa housemates to the fullest eventhough i'll nt neglect our own- i dont want nigeria to win but zimbabwea ll never smell d money.

thanks

montelik:
Wow. I can see some old names from bba allstars are here. Hello ScreenDiva, Tatiana009, Honeyfave, Otumfour.

tatiana009:
Hi Montelik, nice to be back yeah

na wah o!! nobody wan greet me

vina vina vina!!!!!!

hanni and ernest

it has started. watching it online!!!

coolbright:
I just pray God liberate us from this constant killing cos am tired,

Amen.

Jakumo:
Armored cars and kevlar jackets are for wimps who are not schooled in the martial discipline of Juju-ological Warfare.

When in Nigeria I keep a pair of smoke-dried vultures' heads in my car, to ward off evil spirits and enemies of frogress, but it is the live tortoise strung around my neck that protects me from incoming fire of all calibers up to Threat Level 4.

brosss i dey hail o!! only you carry juju wey suppose protect full community put for neck.
but seriously these unjustified killings have to stop.

Kobojunkie:
You should spend some time thinking exactly how SNC will secure the people -- farmers, businesses, individuals, students, NYSC members, etc. How will convening an SNC provide a solution to the security issues that exist in the north, and south?

All that will do is accomplish NOTHING if the major issue of security is not tackled once and for all. Even in countries like the U.S.A, all the different groups who live here do not necessarily see eye to eye or love each other but the mere fact that security is NO JOKE at the local, stat, and National levels, FORCES individuals to curb their appetites for blood. That is why the KKK still exists even as the black population continues to explode. We have Jews all over the place even as the Nazi party also exists in the same communities and country.

[/b]We need to stop picking on the foolish issues and start focusing on the major solutions. Have we not wasted enough time in thinking that dividing the country will make things change? Isn't it time for common sense solutions that have been tried and tested in other worlds to be the focus? Haba!![b]

Na wah o! na fight

Kobojunkie:
That is because I don't subscribe to the pack mentality, that many of those you are used to ,do. I try to see things as they really are . . . not create fantastical views of reality like you do.

People come here every other month to cry and wail on the very same things quarter after quarter. When the rest of the world has moved on to other problems we are still stuck tangling with the same old that we could easily fix if only we would use our heads.

Do you think we should convene a SNC? or can we still work things out (south and north)

[quote author=dem_people link=topic=657082.msg8232222#msg8232222 date=1304134496]The most disgusting aspect to all of this is that, after all these, it would be business as usual. No SNC, no restructuring, nothing. . . . . we continue to be one nigeria. Why're we in the same country with these guys? GEJ should understand he's in a divine position to convene a SNC and fast. If we've got to divide, so be it for the sake of ourselves and posterity.

We can't continue living a lie.[/quote]Even if there is going to be a SNC, who should convene it? The President, The National Assembly, Civil Society or Ethnic Groups?

May their souls rest in peace. Amen

sometimes i just wonder why things happen like this in nigeria

why does this have to happen?

From PAUL ORUDE, Bauchi
Friday, April 29, 2011

But for an act of Providence, Samson A. Sunmonu, an undergraduate of the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID), would have been dead by now. He narrowly escaped death in the hands of rampaging, dagger-wielding youths who were protesting the outcome of the recent presidential polls in Darazo, Bauchi State.

Sunmonu who was travelling to Lagos from Maiduguri on Sunday, April 17, the day after the presidential election, was oblivious of the danger that lay ahead. He ran into the angry youths who were carrying sticks, machetes and dangerous weapons in the sleepy town of Darazo.
The undergraduate, who thought he had come to the end of the road said he saw how the youths killed and maimed people and looted their property, adding that how he managed to escape from the ferocious mob remains a mystery to him.

Sunmonu, an indigene of Kogi State, also told of how he witnessed two female corps members being mercilessly hacked to death by the rioters just as another one, a male, was hit in the waist and beaten to a pulp.
He said: “I think they hit the man so hard on the waist that he became paralysed. If he survived, I don’t think he will be able to walk in his life again.”

In an interview with Daily Sun, Sunmonu said: “We left Maiduguri early in the morning. I was in a Marcopolo bus which was carrying about 62 passengers. We took the bye-pass and as we approached Potiskum in Yobe State, some people stopped us and told us that the road was not good. “Before we knew what was happening, we saw a roadblock, and bonfire. Our driver slowed down. We wanted to know what was happening. Everyone became afraid.  We advised the driver to turn back. We started heading back to Maiduguri.

“We later heard that problem had started in Postikum where we just left. Some of the passengers now advised the driver to go inside the bush so that we could hide in a village. At this time we saw some trailers carrying cows. They parked by the road side including some small cars. We also parked. There was a village nearby.
“Soon, we saw small boys who came to us, that they were waiting for others to come and join them, that they would slaughter all of us. I was so afraid. They were even demonstrating how they would slash our throats using their hands.”

Sunmonu said at this point the consensus among those who parked including himself and the other passengers in the Macopolo, the trailer carrying cows and other small vehicles was to go to Postikum, where there was a Mobile Police base. He said: “We got there in a convoy and we saw about 10 mobile policemen. We heaved a sigh of relief. The policemen asked us to come out of the cars and sit down outside and minutes later we saw the OC MOPOL from Damaturu who came and was making a call. Other mobile policemen came in three Hilux jeeps and after several hours, they escorted us to Potiskum.

As we entered Potiskum, we saw houses and cars that had been burnt. Then, we started approaching Darazo before they left us. As we came to Darazo, we were told that the road was bad, that Darazo was on fire. Some drivers were afraid and drove inside the bushes.  We stopped cars coming from Bauchi to inquire about the situation. They warned us that Christians among us should not proceed. We had to stop and we waited for another three hours. We stopped one man carrying the poster of General Buhari on his car. He told us that he bought those posters for N1, 500 and that was what had been saving him from the rioters. He said he was travelling to Maiduguri for a very important assignment.

He advised us to be patient and he left. We saw another car and the driver of that car told us that he had to disguise himself, saying he would have been killed if he didn’t. About 30 minutes later, we proceeded and when we got to Darazo, it was a different ball game.” Sunmonu said in Darazo town, they drove right into the rioters as they were carrying out their destruction of lives and property. He said the rioters could not stop the first, second and third cars, but noted that the fourth car was stopped by them.
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He said: “They stopped the car and started destroying it. There were two girls sitting in the back of the car. I saw it with my own eyes when they brought out the two girls and killed them with machetes. They were shouting “Sai Buhari”, “Sai CPC”, “Allahu Akbar.” They held the two girls and killed them. They stopped our bus and they were asking us to come down. As I was coming out, I shouted Sai Buhari, Sai CPC, Allahu Akbar. They said this is our own and they let me pass. But the girl behind me was scared. She could not say anything. She did not understand Hausa and they killed her.”[b]

He said another guy in another car was stopped and they hit him on his waist. “They broke his spinal cord. I don’t think he can ever walk again if he survived.” According to Sunmonu, there would have been more casualties if the security personnel had not arrived in Darazo immediately. He said: “Luckily, soldiers and mobile policemen came from Bauchi and they opened fire. Right there before we were rescued I counted nine dead bodies- six men and three women. There were two female corps members too. A male corps member also broke his spinal cord. The soldiers then rescued us. Otherwise, we would have been slaughtered like rams. If not for their intervention, I would have been a dead man.”

Sunmonu said the soldiers escorted them to the Darazo police station. He met more shocking scenario there. “On getting there, I saw two corps members who were slaughtered. They soon removed their bodies and took them to the mortuary. I saw some who escaped with only skirts and underwear at the station. I saw little children crying, their parents had been killed. It was terrible. The army officer in charge of the operation, a full lieutenant escorted our bus to the Armoured School, Bauchi, including some corps members that had escaped. We were told that a curfew had been imposed on the town, so we slept there.”


http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2011/apr/29/national-29-04-2011-006.htm

“We feel completely betrayed by the ACN leaders. They brought him on board to give the party the semblance of a national party and also win international acceptance because of his international status. But you can see that they were clearly not sincere to us. If they say anything to the contrary, how could ACN lose steam within seven days and how do you explain the low turnout?” the source asked.

what does tinubu have to say about this?