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Shock awaits Zimbabweans as the country is set to swear in president Mugabe's former Vice president as President.
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The son of ousted Zimbabwe’s former Vice President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, who will be sworn in as president following the resignation of Robert Mugabe on Tuesday, has taken to social media to show off wads of dollar bills and private jet.

Pictures of Michael Sean Mnangagwa have gone viral on social media as his father is set to take over as president of Zimbabwe.

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A Speech by H.E. Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan,
Former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Delivered at Bloomberg Studios, London, United Kingdom.


Monday, 6 June 2016

Since leaving office one year and one week ago, I have had the luxury of time to be able to reflect on the future of my great country, Nigeria.

So today is not about my personal memories or a litany of ‘what ifs’. No! Today I would like to share with you what I believe is the key learning from my experiences for the future of democracy not only in Nigeria but also across the entire continent of Africa.

I said before the last election that my political ambition was not worth the blood of one Nigerian.

I was true to my word when on March 16th, 2015, just after the election, when the results were still being collated by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), I called my opponent, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) to concede, in order to avoid any conflict and ensure a peaceful transition of power.

This was without precedent in my country and I am proud that it achieved my goal of no conflict arising from the result of the election.


Some may think it is ironic that perhaps my proudest achievement was not winning the 2015 Presidential Election. By being the first elected Nigerian leader to willingly hand over power via the ballot box, to the opposition party, without contesting the election outcome, I proved to the ordinary man or woman in the country that I was his or her equal.

That his or her vote was equal to mine, and that democracy is the ‘Government by the will of the people’, and Nigeria, and indeed Africa is ripe for democracy.

It is my sincerest wish that democracy continues to be consolidated in the continent of Africa and it will even get better.

For it has always been my consistent desire to help consolidate peace and cultivate democracy in Nigeria and across the Continent.

In fact, it was the key foreign policy objective of my Administration when we were able to help broker peace and restore democracy in Niger, Mali, Guinea Bissau and Cote d’Ivoire.

¬ In Niger – The first challenge that confronted ECOWAS when I was Chairman in 2010 was the military intervention there. We were able to resolve it through sheer determination and prudent consultations which paved the way for the country’s return to constitutional rule and democracy.

¬ In Mali – As the Co-mediator of the effort to return the nation to democracy after a surprising military take-over, I was the only sitting President to visit Mali and meet all the stakeholders in the early and difficult times of the crisis.

I ensured that Nigeria played the leading role in all the negotiations coordinated by ECOWAS. Our efforts produced a political timetable for the holding of democratic elections. I was happy that our work led to the historic Peace and Reconciliation Agreement signed in Bamako on 15th May, 2015, which I was privileged to witness.

¬ In Guinea Bissau, a nation known for its long history of political crises. As leaders of ECOWAS then, we worked hard to bring about peace by building international consensus around a transition arrangement. This led to the full restoration of constitutional order in the country. After leading the negotiations that produced an interim government, Nigeria provided both financial and logistic support, making it possible for a successful election to hold. The process produced a democratic government that is currently running the country.

¬ In Cote d’Ivoire, in 2010, ECOWAS, under my leadership, demonstrated its commitment to enduring democracy, by standing firm behind the winner of the Presidential elections. The winner H.E. Alassane Ouattara, assumed his rightful place as President, and went ahead to provide quality leadership not only to his country, but also to ECOWAS as its Chairman.

As the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and a key actor in ECOWAS, we were also able to encourage peaceful elections in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Togo. //

And today, the focus of my energies is to uphold democratic principles, promote peaceful political transitions and support citizen entrepreneurship and intra-Africa trade. These are precisely the objectives of the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation.

We will achieve this by working with African Governments, the private sector, civil society and other friends of Africa to galvanize action towards improving our societies and making a change in the lives of the ordinary people in our various countries.

We will work for good governance by promoting credible and transparent elections, as well as peaceful power transfers. I have no doubt that this is the basic requirement we need for strengthening our institutions and enthroning stability.

Our interest in youth and women entrepreneurship is driven by the urgent need to create jobs for Africa’s teeming young population. To this end my Administration championed various initiatives and programmes, including the “Youth Enterprises with Innovation (YouWin), which encouraged young people to go into business, and the “Nagropreneur” programme, which encouraged them to go into mechanized agriculture.

Beyond job creation, Nigeria like other developing countries, faced the challenges of corruption, which is a stumbling block to the development of nations.

I think it is important to let you know my administration took many steps to curtail this scourge, in the areas of Finance, agriculture and petroleum.

To take just one example, we drastically reduced corruption in the agricultural sector with the help of a simple mobile phone.

We achieved this by providing an e-wallet to farmers which grew the percentage of registered farmers receiving subsidy from 11% to 94%. And in the process we were also able to save billions of naira in fertiliser subsidies.

Through our Agricultural Transformation Agenda, we greatly boosted food production and saved almost a trillion naira on food imports.

This one initiative had the benefits of improving food security, creating more jobs and reducing inflation to its lowest levels in over 5 years.

Our ambition was to sanitize the corruption in petroleum subsidies by completely deregulating the sector. However, our efforts were frustrated by unhealthy political resistance.

Consolidating democracy and the effective war against graft should be the collective responsibility of all citizens. I would like to emphasize my ongoing commitment to good governance, effective stewardship and transparency.

For Nigeria to further develop and progress we need peace, freedom and unity.
These values need to be deeply, strongly and irreversibly entrenched in Nigeria for all time.

For this to happen, it is imperative that both the Executive and the Legislative arms of Government institute a Bill of Rights.

A Bill of Rights that will end discrimination and tribalism, and promote equality, enabling everyone to work towards the common goal for the development of the nation.

A Bill of Rights which like the British Magna Carta, some 800 years ago, enshrined the principle of habeas corpus so that no person is deprived of his liberty without a trial of his peers.

A Bill of Rights, like that introduced by America’s Founding Fathers, which stated “the people shall not be deprived or abridged of their right to speak, to write, or to publish their sentiments; and the freedom of the press, as one of the great bulwarks of liberty, shall be inviolable.”

There is a phrase from Cicero going back to Ancient Rome, “Civis Romanus sum.” Meaning, “I am a Roman citizen.”

But it meant much more than that.

It meant that every Roman was entitled to all of the rights and protections of a citizen in Rome. It didn’t matter if you were rich or poor or even a prisoner, you were still a citizen of Rome and protected by the state.

Wouldn’t it be good for us to aspire to a Nigeria where we too could apply that same principle “Civis Nigerianus sum”?

Each of us could say, “I am a citizen of Nigeria!”

We would be able to look beyond where each of us comes from, and look past our tribal origins.

We would be able to evaluate each other on our merits, rather than our religion, or region.

We would be free to think or do as we wished, as long as we observed the laws of the land, without fear that the land would withhold our rights under the law.

What would it mean to be able to declare “I am a Nigerian citizen”?

You would be judged on your own merits, not your tribe.

You would have access to education that can help you succeed on whatever path you choose.

You would be part of a proud culture, one that others want to invest in.

You would be safe in knowing that society judges you by your successes and failures, rather than your place of origin.

You would be equal before the law and your protection is enshrined in the laws of the country.

You would be an asset and a valued member of your country; one who is worth investing in; who can return that investment tenfold within your lifetime.

Ultimately, it means that you would be an ambassador for Nigeria, and you would be able to proudly go around this world and say, “I am a citizen of Nigeria.”

Isn’t it true that we are all citizens of a proud Nigeria?

Home to great civilizations, such as the NOK and Igbo Uku, which date back over 4,000 years, we are one of the oldest cultures in the world.

We are a civilization that had faced challenges, fought wars, and reformed our systems; we have always prevailed through difficult times.

We are a civilization that now stands at a crossroads a key time when we must make a decision to move forward or go back.

It is my belief, that
No matter what location,
No matter what faction,
No matter what tribe,

Each one of us can come together as citizens of the future Nigeria.

It was the American Green Party politician Ralph Nader who said, “There can be no daily democracy, without daily citizenship.”

The first transformation… must be … a shift in our mindset.

We have to make the decision to make the rights of our people our priority when making government and investment decisions.

Rather than spending money on resources that will run out, we should be investing it in people who are the key constant elements in the socio-economic transformation of society.

Nigeria is projected to have a population that will surpass that of the United States of America by the year 2050. But if we have not invested in our people, then we will not be ready to manage.

Our money must go towards providing education for all, because we know that once our citizens are educated, they have futures.

Those futures lead to safer cities, stable economies, and more businesses. When a young person does not have access to education, their future is jeopardized and statistics show that they may be prone to antisocial and criminal activities.

I am proud of the fact that my Administration established a Federal University in every one of the 12 States that did not previously have them. Now, for the first time in our country’s history, every state has a university established by the Federal Government.

Despite it not being the responsibility of the Federal Government to develop primary and secondary schools, we built hundreds of these schools across Nigeria.

Yet we need to build on these achievements by changing our mindset to investing in the resources above the ground, rather than below the ground.
Once we invest in our citizens, it will be our time to confidently enter the international stage. Each one of us will be able to go to any nation and proudly proclaim: I am a citizen of Nigeria.”

When we have a good mindset, we must also strive for equality.

No investment in our people is going to pay off if we are unequal.

One area some of the international community disagreed with me, was that while I was in office, I signed into law a bill that discriminates against a segment of our population.

This private member bill was put forward in the context of polls that showed 98% of Nigerians did not think same sex marriage should be accepted by our society. This was the highest percentage of any country surveyed.

The bill was passed by 100% of my country’s National Assembly. Therefore, as a democratic leader with deep respect for the Rule of Law, I had to put my seal of approval on it.

However, in the light of deepening debates for all Nigerians and other citizens of the world to be treated equally and without discrimination, and with the clear knowledge that the issue of sexual orientation is still evolving, the nation may, at the appropriate time, revisit the law.

When it comes to equality, we must all have the same rights as Nigerian citizens.

Former US Congressman Charles Rangel noticed the same thing when talking about America, he said “Full participation in government and society has been a basic right of the country symbolizing the full citizenship and equal protection of all.”

Equality will promote meritocracy, growth and security. Tribalism, regionalism and religious intolerance should never be acceptable in Nigeria.

Within the Nigerian Federation, anyone, regardless of their home state should be treated equally and have full protection under Federal Law.

That is the only way that all Nigerians can be at home in any part of the country and proudly say “I am a Nigerian Citizen.”

That is the only way we can eradicate tribalism, regionalism and religious intolerance before they destroy our beloved Nigeria.

The constitution recognizes anyone born in Nigeria by Nigerian parents as a citizen. We must go the next step and accept all Nigerians residing in any part of the country as equal citizens.

Our new Bill of Rights must therefore amend our constitution to criminalise discrimination of Nigerian citizens residing in any part of the country based on their place of origin.

Indigenes and residents must pay the same amount for school fees and social services all over the county.

I ask the same question that Eric P. Liu asks, “The next time someone uses denial of citizenship as a weapon or brandishes the special status conferred upon him by the accident of birth, ask him this: What have you done lately to earn it?

Every Nigerian must feel at home in any part of Nigeria. It is the only way that each of us will be able to say, “Civis Nigerianus Sum.”

As our country increases its equality, its cultural value will increase too.

When we increase the cultural value of Nigeria and show it to the world, not only will people spend their business dollars in our country, but their vacation dollars too.

You have to buy into the culture of a country before you decide to visit or invest.

It will become a self-fulfilling prophecy for our beloved nation.

As we invest in the equality of our people and strive to make ourselves more equal, the world will take notice.

As our image rises in the eyes of others, we will become even prouder of our national culture. This will repeat and repeat in a positive feedback loop where both parts feed each other and grow as a result.

Before I conclude, let me ask you this:

Which Nigeria do we as citizens want?

An equal or unequal Nigeria?

An educated or uneducated Nigeria?

One Nigeria or many Nigerias?

We all know the answers to these questions hence my call for a Bill of Rights, based on our shared vision for a future Nigeria which is…

A Nigeria where you are judged on your merits and not your origins;

A Nigeria where you can get the education you want and the future you choose;

A Nigeria whose government serves the people and is not above the law;

A Nigeria whose government invests in its resources above the ground and not just the resources below;

A place where we all work together, rather than allow ourselves to be divided by tribalism or prejudice;

Nothing better sums up this vision for Nigeria than our national anthem, which sounds as good in prose as it does in song:

“Arise, O compatriots
Nigeria's call obey
To serve our fatherland
With love and strength and faith
The labour of our heroes past
Shall never be in vain
To serve with heart and might
One nation bound in freedom
Peace and unity.”

I will leave you with this: I am a patriot.

I am so very proud of my country.

And I believe it is only right and proper for me, and every Nigerian to be able to proudly proclaim, in our villages, in our towns, in our cities, in our country and anywhere in the work:


" Civis Nigerian us Sum"
I AM A CITIZEN OF NIGERIA

telemapreye1:
Nice one op...I hope cr7 has that no 10 character

Awwwww! na no 4 sure pass for cr7ooooo , no go there

okuneddie:
Na which of the husbands above u be OP

Haba trust me nahhh, am a central mildfielder nahh, sure 10

Yhello fellow nairalanders , how are guys doing? its weekend again and hope your week was fruitful? despite the harsh economy, there is still need to enjoy your life as the future is promising especially with God on the steering. Though am not an authority in this field like Tosin2much, i present to you 10 category of husband you will most likely find in Nigeria , enjoy your weekend

1: BACHELOR HUSBAND
Does things on his own without consulting wife. Hangs out a lot with friends more than wife. Not serious about marriage life.


2: ACIDIC HUSBAND. Is always boiling like acid and always angry violent, moody, dominating and very dangerous

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3: SLAVE HUSBAND
Wants to be treated like a King but treats Wife like a Slave. Likes wife to perform old tradition respect and hates being called by their first name.

4: GENERAL HUSBAND
Husband for every woman. loves and cares for girlfriends more than his wife. Likes giving money to girlfriends and has more female friends. na this group they like other ppls wife pass their own, them the carry family matter come social media . hmmm


5: DRY HUSBAND
Very moody and stingy, doesn't consider wife's emotions, doesn't make the relationship enjoyable. Has no sense of humor.


6: PANADOL HUSBAND
Uses wife as problem solver, only loves wife when needing something from her. Is clever and knows wife's weaknesses and capitalizes on that to get relief from wife.

7: PARASITE HUSBAND. Lazy and only loves wife for the sake of money. Uses wife's money on girlfriends. No initiative and does not help wife with house responsibilities, e.g Doro husb and, i no talk anything oooo

8: BABY HUSBAND
Irresponsible and childish and can't make decisions on his own without asking his Mother or relatives; compares Wife to relatives and runs to them always if something goes wrong.


9: VISITING HUSBAND
Not always at home, comes as a visitor. Provides family all material things but has no time for them. hmmmm nija politicians dey for this group


10: CARING HUSBAND
Caring and loving. Provides material and emotional needs and makes time for family. Guides home spiritually. Very responsible and treats wife as partner and helper.


feel free to add yours , HAPPY WEEKEND

he is being supported

leke12:
A beheaded man still standing? I don't get it

he is being supported

After all the fight that took place in Rivers state during the last election, Wike became Governor, Amaechi became minister, Ibim became NDDC chair and Dakuku became NIMASA DG. What did you get? Youths don't be silly and allow yourself to be used during the coming election BE WISE!!!

An official of JAMB, Mr. Clement Ojo, says the ongoing UTME, on the all Computer Based Test (CBT) platform, would be improved upon with time.
Ojo, who is supervising a centre in Yaba, gave this assurance in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos.
According to him, since the total migration of the examination on the CBT platform, it has stemmed incidences of examination malpractices drastically.
He said that the platform has also proved cost effective and reduced stress for the candidates, their parents and the board generally.
“Since we started this year’s examination for instance, it has been hitch-free.
“The candidates themselves are already armed with the schedules of their examination and they come in for the examination and go happily.
“The development is a far cry from what used to obtain in the past when the Paper Pencil Test (PPT) mode was still in place.
“With the current development, it can only get better with time as the board will continue to research and deploy more modern technology in ensuring that it sustained global best practices in the conduct of public examinations,’’ he said.
Ojo said that more than 1.8 million candidates registered for this year’s examination across 400 centres, both within and outside the country.
The examination, which started on Saturday, Feb. 27, is expected to be concluded on March 15.

source:
http://thenationonlineng.net/jamb-hopeful-cbt-improvement/

realestworld:
I blame the citizens of this country for this.
You wont see any of this idiots children fight for their parents, but they will still give their foolish followers peanut to help them accomplish their evil desire

you got a point brother, imagine the current situation in Rivers State.

Thanks boss, guess i will check this morning .

Blackfire:
citizen's bank

Thanks boss, guess i will check this morning .

A member of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr. Doyin Salami has argued again that the currency restrictions are hurting the economy and fueling inflation, proposing that the naira should be devalued by 10 percent.
Salami, an academic, who lectures at the Lagos Business School, voted at the January meeting to weaken the midpoint of the currency band to N220 per dollar from N197, according to personal statements of members of the MPC published on the central bank’s website. He also proposed widening the exchange-rate band to 5 percent around the midpoint, according to Bloomberg.
With the backing of President Muhammadu Buhari, the CBN under Governor Godwin Emefiele has rejected calls to devalue the naira despite a plunge in oil prices that’s slashed revenue in Africa’s biggest crude producer. The bank has instead effectively banned imports of some goods and restricted foreign currency supply, pegging the naira at N197 to N199 per dollar in the past year.
That however has not stopped the black-market rate from soaring to about N320 against the dollar, adding to costs in the economy as businesses turn to the parallel market to access foreign currency.
Inflation, which was unchanged at 9.6 per cent in January, has been above the central bank’s target band of 6 per cent to 9 per cent since June.
“The central bank’s concentration on exchange-rate stability seems to have led to abandonment of its price stability/inflation objective,” Salami said. “We are, unnecessarily, paying –- in the form of eroding confidence, slowing growth and increasing joblessness of our population –- a needlessly heavy price.”
Salami is a lone voice among 12 MPC members seeking devaluation. In August, he said the currency restrictions would slow economic growth and have confused foreign investors.
Nigeria’s gross domestic product (GDP) rose 2.8 per cent last year, the slowest pace since 1999 and down from 6.2 per cent in 2014, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Tuesday.
“The majority of the committee is expected to toe the line of the president,” Ayodeji Ebo, head of research at Afrinvest West Africa Ltd., said by phone from Lagos. “His persistent statements against devaluation will influence the MPC’s decision because of the way the committee is nominated.”
Nigeria’s economic growth data also confirmed what Emefiele has been loath to admit: that currency controls are hurting the economy, Bloomberg added.
Industrial output contracted 2.2 per cent last year, compared with expansion of 6.8 per cent in 2014.
Tumbling oil prices have battered Nigeria, a country that relies on crude for two-thirds of government revenue. Capital controls and restrictions on currency trading imposed by the central bank to prop up the naira — and backed by Buhari — have made matters worse.
Rather than benefiting manufacturers, as Emefiele has claimed, the GDP data showed industries such as food and vehicle production continue to suffer.
The figures “confirm widespread fears of a slowdown, possibly even a recession,” Alan Cameron, an economist at Exotix Partners LLP in London, said in an e-mailed note. “The lack of investment and access to imported inputs has hamstrung the corporate sector, and is increasingly being felt by the man on the street.”
GDP rose 2.1 per cent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier, down from 2.8 per cent in the previous three months and lower than the 2.9 percent median estimates of 11 economists surveyed by Bloomberg.
The central bank’s measures have effectively hindered the ability of manufacturers to pay foreign suppliers. They have also caused investors such as Aberdeen Asset Management Plc and Ashmore Group Plc to sell naira bonds and stocks.
Nigeria’s main stock index has fallen 9.8 per cent this year, more than any other bourse in Africa apart from Zimbabwe’s. Forwards prices suggest the naira will drop 31 per cent to 288 in a year, while the black market rate is around N320 to the dollar.
Brent crude oil has plunged 28 per cent in London since the beginning of last year and was trading as low as $40.62 a barrel yesterday.
Buhari became the first opposition leader to win power in Nigeria last year, riding on a wave of optimism that he would fix an ailing economy, end an insurgency by Boko Haram in the northeast and combat rampant corruption.
While he has scored some successes in fighting the militants and tackling graft, investor confidence in his economic policies have waned.
“We see some scope for faster growth, forecasting the economy to expand by 3.8 per cent this year,” David Faulkner, an economist at HSBC Holdings Plc in Johannesburg, said in a note to clients. “However, much will depend on Nigeria’s exchange rate policy, with the current foreign exchange and import restrictions — imposed to stabilize the naira — having a detrimental effect on economic activity and growth.”
But there is little to suggest the economy has improved so far this year, according to Manji Cheto, an analyst at Teneo Intelligence in London. While the government plans to boost growth with a record $30 billion budget, lawmakers are yet to pass it.
“Growth for the first quarter of this year could be worse because nothing has happened,” Cheto said by phone. “Government hasn’t yet ramped up spending since we don’t have a budget. The performance in this quarter will drag growth down for the rest of the year. It confirms that Buhari’s government has been very slow off the line.”
source: http://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/03/11/again-cbn-mpc-member-doyin-salami-calls-for-naira-devaluation/

Blackfire:
Have u received your 5k?

not yet sir, plz where are the recieving points as i desperately needs to fuel my Generator

Pheals:
.... Laughing matter

spacebooker, i sight you

The Nigerian political class and elites out of desperation, regularly over heat the polity with careless utterances and comments that are capable of dividing the nation.
These comments are usually before major elections when the stakes are usually high for who gets what in politics.
Rightly so, these comments were condemned by many political observers, analysts and commentators because of their inciting nature, divisive tendencies and also violent tone.
Most careless and inciting statements are made in political campaign grounds

Enjoy.....



1. Before the 2007 general elections, former president Olusegun Obasanjo while addressing Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members in Abeokuta, Ogun state, on February 10, 2007 said: ”It is left to you to ensure that we elect credible and committed leaders. I commend those of you in the PDP for your efforts so far. I will campaign. This election is a do-or-die affair for me and the PDP. This coming election is a matter of life and death for PDP and Nigeria.”



2. President Muhammadu Buhari while addressing his supporters in the defunct Congress for Progressives Change (CPC) on May 14, 2012 said: ”If what happened in 2011 (alleged rigging) should again happen in 2015, by the grace of God, the dog and the baboon would all be soaked in blood.”



3. Reacting to Buhari’s threat, Asari Dokubo while speaking to Channels Television on September 8, 2013 said:
”2015 is already a settled matter. Goodluck Jonathan would be President in 2015. Whether they contest or they don’t. If they say the blood of the dogs and the baboons will be soaked in the streets, or salt water in the streets, we will help them in blood in the streets.”
4. Former vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, while reacting to former president Goodluck Jonathan’s decision to contest the 2011 elections against what he termed the ”zoning policy of the PDP” said: ”Those who make peaceful change impossible will make violent change inevitable.”



5. Alhaji Kaita Lawal, a close associate of Atiku added his voice to the agitation then in a rather threatening tone. He said: ”The North is determined, if it happens, to make the country ungovernable for President Jonathan or any other southerner who finds his way to the seat of power on the platform of the PDP against the principle of the party’s zoning policy.”
6. Senator Shehu Sani, then a civil rights activist in Kaduna, also said: ” President Goodluck Jonathan should not contemplate contesting the 2011 presidential election. Any attempt by him to contest amounts to incitement and a recipe for political instability.”
7. Minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, who was the director general of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign before the 2015 election said: ”If the 2015 elections are rigged, the party will not recognize the outcome and will go ahead and form a parallel government.”



8. Chief Ralph Uwazurike, leader of the MASSOB, before the 2015 elections, told his supporters: ‘ ‘No Igbo man will become president in Nigeria because the Igbo have no agenda for 2015; Igbos are going nowhere because they have no agenda. The Hausas have agenda, The Yorubas have agenda and even the South south have agenda; that is why they have produced the current president, but the Igbo have none, hence they are going nowhere…nobody has been given pwer free of charge, you must go for power.”




9. Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of IPOB and director of Radio Biafra in far away America in 2015 said: ”We need guns and bullets from you people in America…..on the 22nd of this month something will happen it’s called the blood moon…, in 1967 before the war started there was a blood moon as well and there is blood moon this year because after this year we are going to be free no matter what happens because if we don’t get Biafra, everybody will have to DIE, as simple as that”.





10. Kingsley Kuku, head of the presidential amnesty programme in Jonathan’s government told the US State Department led by the deputy assistant secretary of state (Bureau of African Affairs), Donald Teitelbaum in America, before the 2015 elections: ”There would be dire consequences in the Niger Delta, should Goodluck Jonathan fail to secure a fresh term in 2015. It is only a Jonathan presidency that can guarantee continued peace and energy security in the Niger Delta”.

source:
https://www.naij.com/758371-10-political-statements-shook-nigeria-foundation-since-1999.html

Mikkystorm:
You are not a jambyte ? , yet you tend to criticize. It's not injustice, it favored me and every other person. Don't compromise anything.

[color=][/color] guy u are not being fair and considerate but only selfish just because it benefited u

http://independentnig.com/2016/02/saraki-eager-prove-innocence-tribunal-olaniyonu-2/

Alh. Yusuph Olaniyonu Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki speaks with Temidayo Akinsuyi, on the call for the Senate President to resign over the ongoing trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) . Lagos-based human rights lawyer, Femi Falana has called on your principal, Dr. Bukola Saraki to resign his position as Senate President in order to preserve the integrity of the National Assembly. What is your take on that?Mr. Femi Falana is a senior lawyer and a SAN for that matter. I am sure he is very familiar with the fundamental philosophy of our legal system in which an accused person is deemed innocent until he is proven guilty by a competent court with relevant jurisdiction. The Code of Conduct tribunal has not even started looking into the substantive matter involved in the charges preferred against the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki. So, on what basis is Mr. Falana making his call? Or is it that Mr. Falana, who is a well known human rights activist, believes that when the matter concerns a man of the status of the Senate President, due process, justice and the fundamental philosophy of the legal system should not apply? That will smack of inconsistency anddiscrimination. So, to re-echo the words of the Senate Committee Chairman on Information, Sen. Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi who recently issued a statement on the matter on behalf of his colleagues, the call by Mr. Falana is “premature, unnecessary and unwarranted”. We should all wait until this matter runs its full course and end in the final platform of our judicial architecture.There were reports that there is serious pressure by his political associates who arealleged to be uncomfortable with the ongoing tria on Saraki to resign. Are you aware of such moves?My answer to your question is that the statement issued by the Senate after their Sunday night meeting has taken care of this question. Saraki’s associates and all impartial, objective and rational observers of the developments around this case against him know that it is simply a case of political vendetta. It is persecution not prosecution. Some people are seeking to achieve through the Tribunal what they failed, and will continue to fail, to achieve on the floor of the Senate. To answer your question specifically, Saraki’s associates want him to continue to do the good job heis doing in providing good, robust, creative and intelligent leadership for the Senate in particular and the National Assembly as a whole.The Leader of the Senate, Ali Ndume, recently led some of his colleagues to a meeting with Vice President, Yemi Osinbajoat the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Some have insinuated that they were sent by the Senate President in order to find a political situation to the crisis. How true is that?Honestly, I do not like answering questions, which are based on speculations. The Senate leader after the meeting with the Vice President told journalists they came to discuss issues bordering on the present assignment beingundertaken by the National Assembly in conjunction with the executive arm. It should be clear to you that the visit is about the 2016 budget. Remember at the time of the visit, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was the acting President.Now that the trial at the CCT will continue, do you believe Dr. Saraki will be vindicated at the end of the day?There is no doubt that the Senate President will prove his innocence. Anything built on lies; malice and manipulation will not stand. Dr. Saraki is in fact eager to do just that, anytime the trial commences.Can we say that the rancor that arose as a result of Saraki becoming the senate president has been resolved?If you read the statement by the Senate after the Sunday night meeting, you will see that Senators emphasised the fact that Saraki has provided stability for that legislative institution. An overwhelming majority of his colleagues have on three different occasions passed votes of confidence on him. The Senate has continued to move on progressively to playits law making, advocacy and oversight roles in the nation. And the Office of the Senate Presidency under Saraki has been very creative, pro-active and forward-looking more than ever. That does not mean there are no very few Senators who still hold a different view from that of the majority. However, that is democracy at work. In a Senate where members represent the diversity of our country, everybody cannot be thinking the same way or hold same view on one issue.There were indications that following the outcome of the Supreme Court judgement, senators opposed to the Senate President under the aegis of the Senate Unity Forum, had regrouped to force Saraki out of the seat, how true is that?Like I said earlier, an overwhelming majority of the Senators have spoken to express unflinching support for Dr. Saraki. And that is what matters. In a democracy the majority will always have their way while the minority will have their say. A very large, comfortable majority is in support of the Senate President.What is the relationship of the Senate president with Senator Lawan and other senators who disagreed with his emergence now?Dr. Saraki is the President of the Senate with responsibility to serve all the other 108 Senators. As a leader who knows that he is just in fact the primus inter pares in the Assembly, he relates well with all Senators, including Senator Ahmed Lawan who is chairman, Senate Committee on Defence.Given the support he has enjoyed from majority of the lawmakers, who usually show solidarity with him whenever he appears in court especially from senators under the umbrella of the opposition PDP, can you say Saraki’s emergence was ordained by God?I am a Muslim and by orientation, antecedent and belief, I know that the Quran says Allahu Molika li Muliku etc which means only God enthrones kings and only Him can remove Kings. As a Yoruba, I also know the saying that no leaf can wither from the tree that bears it except with the knowledge and permission of Almighty God. If God does not want Saraki to become Senate President, he won’t be occupying the position today. I believe he will continue to be there until Allah decrees otherwise. So, if human beings can live with that unassailable reality, they will do less scheming, manipulation and mischief to supplant people in authority.There were reports that there is a no love lost relationship between Saraki and the Kwara state governor since the praying ground issue last year. How true is that?There is no iota of truth in that statement. Maybe that is the wish of some people whocannot understand why the duo continue to remain close after similar relationships across the country had collapsed shortly after the emergence of the successor-governor. That wish will never be realized in this case.There were also reports that Dr. Saraki is being wooed by some disgruntled elements in APC who are uncomfortable with the way the party is being managed tojoin them in forming a new party. How trueis that?Dr. Saraki has stated it several times that he is a member of the APC. He was elected as Senator on the platform of that party and as Senate President; he is a member ofall the principal organs of the party. There is no basis for him to be doing forum shopping. He is focused on his job as Senate President and will appreciate that people allow him to focus his energy, vision and thinking on how to make the Senate continue to serve the interest of thepeople of Nigeria.What will you consider as the legislative areas of interest of the Senate President?If you have been following his speeches, the forum he attends, the guests that he receives and his remarks at Senate plenarysittings, the issues where his views have been very effective and make impacts and areas where he is more articulate and pungent, you will see that he is interested in promoting issues bordering on economy, putting more people to productive work across the country thereby putting money into the pocket of ordinary Nigerians and alleviating poverty. That is why you see him championing the cause of Made in Nigeria Goods. He has said the Procurement Act will be amended immediately after the passage of the 2016 budget to help local manufacturers. That is why he has focused his energy in amending laws that will make resolution of business disputes very easy in Nigeria. He is always talking of reviewing all laws that has to do with investment promotion, helping small and medium scale entrepreneurs. He has been working with some experts on resolving the obstacles onthe way of the passage of the Petroleum Industries Bill (PIB) into law. His interest in the PIB is because of the potentials it has for generating employment, creating opportunities for local entrepreneurs to benefit from the oil industry and the possibility of generating more revenue for Nigeria that can be channeled into stimulating local economy, providing infrastructure and other social services for the benefit of the people.

source: http://dailypost.ng/2016/03/04/okorocha-leaves-nigeria-hours-after-efcc-nabbed-aides-for-diverting-n2bn/

Imo state governor, Rochas Okorocha, has flown out of Nigeria to an undisclosed country.Thisday reported on Friday that Okorocha travelled abroad as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) seeks to unravel how over N2 billion from the bailout fund given to Imo by the federal government for the payment of civil servants salaries was diverted.A statement issued on Thursday by the anti-graft agency named the suspects as: Obi Paschal Chigozie, Principal Secretary tothe Governor of Imo state, Uzoho Casmir, Director of Finance and Iheoma Kenneth, Treasurer.EFCC added that “their arrest followed an investigation into the alleged diversion of the said money which revealed that, the cashier had made cash withdrawal of N456.532m between September 3, 2015 and October 10, 2015 from the government house account domiciled in Zenith Bank.“However, it was revealed that the said amount was given to an aide of the chief ofstaff to the governor, following approval and directive by the principal secretary to the governor.”The EFCC assured that the suspects would be charged to court as soon as investigations were concluded.

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered an investigation into the clashes between herdsmen and indigenes of communities in Benue State.
The order was contained in a statement made available to journalists by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, today.
Shehu said the President expressed deep shock at the latest incident that happened during the past week, which led to hundreds of deaths in four communities in Agatu Local Government Area of the state.
He quoted Buhari as ordering security agencies to get to the root of the problem.
“We will conduct an investigation to know exactly what happened; the only way to bring an end to the violence once and for all is to look beyond one incident and ascertain exactly what factors are behind the conflicts,” the President was quoted as saying.
Buhari added that all Nigerians must learn to live together as one, in peace and unity.
“We are all one nation and one people. There should not be any reason why Nigerians of any group or tongue cannot now reside with one another wherever they find themselves after decades of living together,” he said.
The President further expressed his condolences to the government and people of Benue State, particularly the people of the Agatu communities, assuring them that the government would do everything possible to ensure that no such incident ever occurred in their midst again.
“Once the investigations are concluded, we will act immediately to address the root of the problem,” he said.
Reports had it that at least 145 persons had been killed in 25 villages in the local government area.
The attacks on the communities by herdsmen which started on February 22, 2016, are said to be ongoing.
The state governor, Samuel Ortom, had on Thursday lamented that the killings were getting out of hand.
He said the situation, which had led to the death of many people and the destruction of several settlements, had deteriorated to the stage that he decided to come and brief the Presidency.
Ortom spoke with State House correspondents after meeting Vice President Yemi Osinbajo behind closed doors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
He confirmed that many people have been killed in the attacks while many other people from the affected areas have been turned to refugees.
He said he could no longer sit back in the state and watch the ugly events unfold without seeking help from the Federal Government.
source: http://www.punchng.com/37161-2/

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In the twilight of his successful football career, Sunday Oliseh became a polarising figure. Talk about the midfielder shifted from his football to his fiery temper.
He missed the 2002 World Cup due to disciplinary actions and was sent packing by Borrusia Dortmund for punching a teammate two years later.
His appointment as Super Eagles Head Coach in July 2015 split opinions. Some questioned his experience as a coach despite his UEFA Pro License; others were worried about his temper.
His time as Super Eagles boss would end up being dotted by avoidable controversies. Outbursts of emotion led more people to question his ability to turn the fortunes of the Super Eagles around and he lost the needed support to lead the team to glory.
Here are the top controversial decisions of his short reign as Super Eagles boss:



Leaving Ighalo, Mikel and Moses out
Oliseh’s first task was to assemble a team for Nigeria’s 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier away to Tanzania. The Eagles had struggled to beat Chad 2-0 at home in their first match of the series — under Stephen Keshi – and expectations were high ahead of the Dar es Salam clash.
The new coach’s list of 18 overseas-based players for the match, played on September 5, 2015, was missing three top players – Odion Ighalo, Victor Moses and Mikel Obi.
“Let’s not start with controversies, we can only play 11 players, we have two strikers now and we’ll call in everybody eventually,” Oliseh said. “We have no choice but to hit the ground running, let’s just hope that we get the best result.”
It was early days and his explanation sufficed.



Stripping Vincent Enyeama of captaincy
Three months after his appointment, Oliseh stripped Nigeria’s most capped footballer, Vincent Enyeama, of his captaincy after a dispute with the goalkeeper. He replaced Enyeama with CSKA Moscow forward, Ahmed Musa, who has flattered to deceive. The drama that followed led to Enyeama unceremoniously retiring from the national team.
“I want a captain who is disciplined; a leader who can motivate other players; a player who comes to camp early. I want a young player not a retiring player as captain. And Ahmed Musa is that player. He is my captain,” Oliseh said on Brila FM when asked about the captaincy issue.
“The fact is that I would like to have somebody (as captain) who is thinking of playing now and not somebody who is preparing for retirement or thinking of life after football. And I think it’s time we had peace and quiet around the Super Eagles.”




Emmanuel Emenike’s retirement
After the Super Eagles beat Cameroon 3-0 in a friendly on October 11, Emmanuel Emenike retired from the team in controversial circumstances, alleging that he was threatened.
The West Ham forward wrote on Instagram, “After five great years, I am happy to announce that I have put a full-stop to my national team career for the sake of national peace.
“It’s a pleasure for me to have played for this great country. I never regretted it and I think it’s the best time to end it… Super Eagles is a camp not a family house, and it shouldn’t be a threat zone for any individual.”
The coach? Well, he said he was surprised by Emenike’s decision.
“I have made him a part of our rebuilding process; in fact, he has had more playing time than any striker we have had, so I am very surprised that he has decided to retire,” Oliseh said when asked about Emenike’s decision.
“He is a man. If a man chooses to retire, it should be his decision; if you force him back it could be counterproductive. Be that as it may, I have always said only one thing is irreplaceable and that is Nigeria itself we are all replaceable and that is it.”



First half substitutions
In the match against Tanzania, Oliseh substituted Lukman Haruna after 15 minutes in the first half. The coach cited the player’s disobedience as a reason for the change.
He did the same for AS Trencin midfielder, Rabiu Ibrahim, in the World Cup qualifier against Swaziland in Lobamba, pulling him out after just spending 26 minutes on the pitch as a substitute.
The action drew the ire of fans but the coach explained that the player hid an injury from the doctors, adding that it affected the team’s tactical plan in the match.
Both players have yet to make a return to the Eagles since their last invitation by the coach.



Blaming the NFF for CHAN failure
After the Eagles crashed out of the African Nations Championship, Oliseh blamed the Nigeria Football Federation for the shocking exit.
The Eagles had started brightly and were expected to easily progress from a group with Niger, Guinea and Tunisia. However, after beating Niger 4-1 and playing 1-1 with Tunisia, a 1-0 loss to Guinea saw the Eagles who topped the group going into the final game crash out.
Amid calls for his removal, Oliseh accused the NFF of failing to motivate the players, saying, “Personally, I’m very proud of the boys, they have given a good image of themselves in as much as that we did not go through.
“This is an adult tournament and there are certain things which must be present if you want to go far and win the tournament, and that is what my players see existing in other teams that we don’t have in our team.”



That Youtube rant
Before the NFF was done getting the coach to clarify the comments he made about the Eagles collapse at the CHAN, Oliseh posted a video on Youtube .
It was a response to his critics; it was months of pent-up frustration set free. The critics were insane. Yes, insanity has befallen them, according to him.
“I want to speak on the insanity that has befallen some of our national team critics. I call it insanity because you must be insane to start seeking a plebiscite on the future of the national team coach of Nigeria because we lost the CHAN,” he said.
Oliseh
“The contract is made out. We signed a contract, me and the NFF. If they aren’t happy with the performance, it is okay, we go over it and we shake hands. But I will like to remind you that this is the 14th game I have been in charge of the Super Eagles and we’ve lost only two; and only one official game.”
Well, it backfired with the coach apologising and receiving a N6m fine from the NFF for his ‘efforts’.

source: http://www.punchng.com/sunday-oliseh-eight-months-six-controversies/

Gun men suspected to be Fulani Militias have continued to bombard Akwu village in Agatu LGA, popular Benue journalist, Yemi Itodo told DAILY POST.
According to Itodo, the gunmen are now heading towards Ayila village.
He said that despite the heavy gunshots, no military or any security presence could be felt.
He disclosed that from a distance, an Helicopter could be sighted hovering on the air.
He told DAILY POST that over 200 persons have been reportedly killed and many houses razed by the marauders.
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source: http://dailypost.ng/2016/02/23/breaking-many-killed-as-suspected-fulani-herdsmen-raid-agatu-community/

Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom says the state will soon implement the one teacher one subject policy in public primary schools in Akwa Ibom.
Emmanuel stated this in Eket at the inauguration of five renovated classrooms block at St. Paul’s Lutheran School in Ikot Ibiok, Eket, on Saturday.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr Andrew Okon renovated and donated five classroom blocks with 60 dual desks as well as five tables and five chairs to St. Paul’s Lutheran School, Eket.
The governor, who was represented by the Commissioner for Education, Mr Aniekan Akpan, said that the policy was to ensure quality education.
“Government is coming up with a policy of ensuring that we utilise effectively our own teachers who have specialised in different areas starting from next year.
“We want to gradually move from the old Teachers Training College arrangement from next session.
“ We will have teachers of mathematics teaching mathematics in all the classes,’’ Emmanuel said.
According to him, a teachers that teaches different subjects is not making use of his knowledge well and not helping the system. “Rather than keeping one teacher to be a master of all or to be teaching all subjects, we better create professionalism and division of labour in teaching.
“From studies, we have discovered that is not really helping and preparing the children for further education.
“But they can still go round other classes to teach, we want to fully utilised the capacity of the teachers that we have in the primary school, for now they are not fully utilised,’’ he said.
He said the state government had commenced distribution of computers to public primary and secondary schools in the state, adding that computers would be sent to St Paul’s Luthuran School next week.
The governor said that his administration was passionate about education and promised to support schools across the state.
The governor appealed to the people to assist school management to protect infrastructure provided by the state government.
In his remarks, the Transitional Chairman of Eket, Mr Frank Archibong, commended the philanthropist who paid the bills for the renovation.
He urged other well to do stakeholders, public spirited individuals and corporate organisations to emulate him.
Also speaking, Mrs Grace Etok, the Head Teacher of the school, expressed appreciation to God and the philanthropist for the initiative.
Etok called on government to build a perimeter fence round the school to check trespassing and stealing.
NAN recalled that the pupils of the school had over the past years been sitting on bare floor to learn


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Source: http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/11/temitope-another-corps-member-cut-down-in-her-prime/


TEMITOPE Balikis Lamina bore the torch of happiness among her friends. Born 21 years ago in Lagos, she strived to understand the human mind, solve the little problems she could and deploy a rare facility with words, to sooth pains, stir laughter and crack life’s dizzying puzzles.
From her days at Ambassadors Primary School, to Iganmode Grammar School, Ota, to Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, to the University of Benin, she wielded an outstanding intellect that saw her curry double promotions, clinch prizes and, finally, finish among the top five in her graduating year at the Mass Communication department in the university.
But, in what her family and friends described as the darkest day of their lives yet, Temitope was untimely snatched from them by the cold hands of death in a ghastly road accident along Kaduna-Sokoto expressway while reporting back to her duty post at Rima Television in Sokoto, where she was observing the one year national youth service.
She had traveled home after due documentation to celebrate her mother’s safe return from Hajj. She was returning to base after being called up to form the core of a team of corps members who would coordinate orientation for the latest batch of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members in Sokoto State.
Eyewitnesses said that passengers in the Golf car, which Tope boarded, were asleep when the vehicle rammed into a lorry carrying cows. The surviving passengers woke up to find themselves in a nearby bush, with various degrees of injuries. Only Temitope died. The car, they said, had to be cut open to retrieve her remains.
When The Guardian visited the family’s Ota, Ogun State, home, her grieving family asked what could be crueler than losing a child, who was an ‘inspiration’, and whose grace and charm radiated, not just within her immediate family, but also among friends, colleagues and acquaintances.
Temitope’s father, who is a senior sales executive at New Telegraph newspaper, quaked as he spoke glowingly about a daughter that could have taken over from him and excelled in the media industry.
According to him, “I decided that my children wouldn’t go to public primary and secondary schools, because I value education. I worked in the media, and because I could only afford a diploma while I was with Concord newspapers in the North, I have had to endure playing second fiddle to young university graduates, who headed the various media establishments. I made up my mind to take up bricklaying, if that was what I could use to afford sound education for my children. Tope was the brightest of them all. I ensured she was enrolled in the best of schools. When she showed interest in the media, particularly in broadcasting, I was relieved that I would have one of my children who would go the lengths in the industry that I could only dream about.
“She worked towards her goals. I was proud to see her name among the credits at news programmes on African Independent Television (AIT), while she was an intern there. She would tell me not to worry, that she was on track to achieve her dreams. It pains to lose such a child. But, so far, we are not God; we can only hope that she is happy wherever she is. I believe it is God that gives and takes. If I could, I would have stopped the death. I was always praying to God to make her live long because Tope had the luck of finishing school at a young age.”
He said he had premonition of danger and asked Temitope to pray before she travelled. In obedience to the advice, she decided to move the date of the journey from Saturday to Sunday, and fasted to ward off evil.
He noted, “I called her elder sister, who was also serving in Kebbi, and asked her to pray too, warning her not to go too far from her Place of Primary Assignment (PPA). It was unfortunate that the incident occurred. On the day she was to travel, I went to her room and found her already prepared. The journey was top priority for her. She was always determined and set her mind to whatever she wanted to do.”
He said there have been efforts by National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) officials in Kebbi State to fast track the deceased sister’s redeployment to a nearby state, so the family wouldn’t have to worry about her or live in perpetual fear of a double-tragedy during the service year.
Late Temitope’s mother, Rahliat Lamina, who, hard as she tried, couldn’t hold back tears, said more than her other siblings, the deceased understood her needs and above all, was a determined child, who kept her eyes on the mark.
According to her, “She understood me; she was so helpful. She understood my health condition and searched the Internet for solutions. She would come and tell me what I needed. Some of the medications she prepared for me are still in the refrigerator. She was so knowledgeable. She would make cakes for her brothers.
“I believed in her. Before she left, she collected N2000 to fix her hair, and the hairdresser told me later that the job was worth more than my daughter paid. So, anytime Tope came to me for money, I told her that I would collect all the money I spent on her. See me, now?”
She continued, “While I was in the Holy Land, I called her to ask when she was coming home. She said she wasn’t going to come home until after Ileya. When I came back, she was around and she asked me to rest. She said she would be spending a month here, but she came one day to tell me that she would be going back, that her attention was needed in orientation for new corps members.
“Who will say that I did not pray enough in Hajj; I prayed. When you come back from Hajj, you have 41 days to pray for people. That was why we were rest assured.”
Mohammed Lamina, Temitope’s immediate younger brother, said his late sister was his motivation, a perfect sibling anyone could ask for. He would miss her knack for understanding and protecting the ones she loved.
He said, “She was ready to do anything for us. She was a sister I looked up to. I always wanted to better her records. Anything I do in academics, I always strived to break her records. It wasn’t jealousy; it’s just that it was cool to better an elder’s feat. She would always light up a dull house. She was that sweet.”