₦airaland Forum

Evil men at work again. They will all quench to death because of envy. Instead of them to do something tangible with their time like getting a job, they are busy hating on Obasanjo. Bad belle na cancer.

may the God of the jews answer his prayers. Who is the mumu fooling by wearing a skull cap?

Is Mecca next on the itinerary. I would be praying to lord too if the EFCC was breathing on my neck.

You think he went before God just to fool you?. The guy looks sincere and penitent to me.

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Dude must be down low for sure. Can you find any similarity with the picture below?
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Oh please that movie was just too sappy. I had to turn it off about 30 mins into the movie, it was a poor parody of another American movie i forget now.

Well I was fixated on Yemi Blaq all through the movie. His voice is orgasmic and I can't find any reason on earth why Deloaded don't feel that guy. She must have a poor taste in men. .

see orobo baked beans making mouth

no make me send you heinz laser baked beans, na so you go just open sesame one time

Make sure you hang around me after sending the beans so you can absorb the gas. Don't be too quick to foirget my name is Gay iReport Lussac.

Beans and pap.

Oh Boy!! now praying in front of the wall is wrong Jeezz!!! I guess Obama is stupid as well since he also did the same on his trip to Isreal . . . OH well, that should mean america is doomed!!

Roflmao!!

Ask them.

all those hot women that those governors and general parade about as official wives are rarely the first wives. most of them are like the woman in question( they bonk the guy on the side for yera plus, then use their wiles and he marries them). it seems the chick's game was not tight enough. better luck next time.

What of all the ones you parade? What do you give them to get you laid?. Engineer OYB?

Watch letters to a stranger starring my boo, Yemi Blaq who is the sexiest Nigerian male living actor currently. It's on youtube now.

Nairaland killed this movie for me. I never cared to see it anyway.

Read more reviews at rotten tomatoes:

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/seven_pounds/#contentReviews

I don't care if he goes to Mount Everest to drop his prayer,tsk, he should just beg GOD for ideas on how to develop OYO cos he gat none

Isn't that what he just did?

lets assume for the sake of this discourse that government cannot continue to pay their pension,do you honestly think a one off pension paid to an ex governor will not give his family a comfortable life?google how much pension was paid to the governor before muazu babangida the present governor of niger state(forgotten his name)and you ll realise it was running into hundreds of millions of naira,these gys you mentioned shouldnt just have had their pensions paid,but government should take over their personal effects and compensate the family and use them as museum pieces,do you realise that nnamdi azikiwe's wife also cried out about this same thing this man is saying last year or 2007?google it and you ll find the story,and by the way she is educated and a university lecturer,so how would you justify that

Like I said before you don't know how much that was paid to this man as gratuity and pensions. Namdi Azikiwe was a president so their own case may be different. How many ex presidents do we have in Nigeria?. American ex presidents receive the same accolades like she requested. Ronald Reagan's wife is still getting stipends from the American govt.

exactly my point,you dont know them and you never heard their names because they dont want anyone to do so,their family house is in g.r.a ikeja and they have been a part of every single government in nigeria,right from the late patriach of the family to the ensuing generations,the strange thing that brought them a little notce was the fact that they all wear white suits and any clothing from the oldest to the youngest,and [/b]yes jimmy carter sleeps over at their house[b] i am that sure because i know this for a fact,but i wouldnt want to disclose anyone's privates on an online portal,i cant put their address on here but i challenge anyone that lives or works in gra to find out who this family are,they own oil blocs,banks,real estates e.t.c and have all lived in the same house,they buy cars e.t.c at the same time e.t.c

No matter what you say, Kola abiola cannot be compared to his iconic dad in the field of business and politics. he can't even match him in the field of accumulating women lol.

as to lekan abiola,i still find that veeery hard to believe,as i have tried to give you the benefit of doubt by googling it and i came up with air,i dont believe it.

PITY
, Quit notice haunts MKO Abiola’s son
By Linus Obogo (linusobogo@yahoo.com)
Saturday, May 5, 2007

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•Lekan Abiola
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The last may not have been heard of the late politician and business mogul, Chief MKO Abiola’s children, almost ten years after his passage.

With everybody to himself, following their father’s death in military custody in 1998, life has been a mixed bag for some of the children who have since come to terms with surviving on their own.

But with that famous line “Life’s been a little bit hard on me”, made into a household jingle by Juice Newton in the 80s, it offers a glum insight into how surviving on their own has been for some of the Abiolas, particularly Lekan.

The eldest son of late Kudirat, MKO’s second wife, Lekan who is the chief executive of Kudi Oil has been going through a sticky patch, according to a source very close to him.
With an eviction order hanging on his neck like an albatross over unpaid rent arrears spanning four years for his Kudi Oil office complex located at 70 Allen Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos, and a near quit order from his rented apartment at 16B Sule Abuka Street, it’s been a rough road for Lekan to travel.

According to Saturday Sun investigation, Lekan, since 2003 has found it increasingly difficult to pay his rents, a development that prompted lawyers from Sofunde, Osakwe, Ogundipe & Belgore chambers, Leo Wallace Cochrance Junior, Jorge Wallace Simonsen Junior, Ronald Wallace Simonsen &Luis Vicente Barros Mattos Junior, landlords of the property to issue him a quit order dated Agust 2, 2006. Lekan has been tenant in the property since 2001.

The property in question was among many forfeited by Chief Emamanuel Nwude, by virtue of the judgment of the High Court, Lagos in charge No. ID/924/04, delivered on November 18, 2005.
At Lekan’s 16B Sule Abuka Street residence, where his rent is due to expire in July, 2007, Saturday Sun’s source disclosed that it was hell before he could raise the money to pay. It took him nine months to source the rent.

To highlight the chasm that has laid siege in the late businessman’s family, since his death, a scenario that has seen them pitch tents with varied political groups, Lekan was alleged to have approached the bank where his elder brother, Kola is a director for a loan facility to buy the property, which also houses a branch of Union Bank Plc when it was put up for sale by EFCC, but the loan could not pull through. And so Lekan consigned himself to remaining a tenant. Saturday Sun reliably gathered that he was actively involved in general Buhari’s electioneering and had actually facilitated the visit of the ANPP presidential candidate to the Ikeja family home of the Abiolas.

Renowned for his wealth and philanthropy, a source close to the family wondered what has gone wrong with all the goodwill MKO laboured to build during his lifetime. This ugly turn of event, he said has cast a slur on the management of the late chief’s estate.

Indeed, it is hard to believe, as a close family source expressed doubt that, any of Abiola’s children, not even after his death, would suddenly assume the status of tenant.
Even though Lekan has been allowed to stay put despite the eviction order, Saturday Sun gathered that this has been due largely to his father’s name.

With the odds stacked heavily against him, Lekan, it is understood, is prepared to head for the court in an effort to stave off his forcible ejection by lawyers managing the 70 Allen Avenue property, where his Kudi Oil office is located.

Until his death in 1998, it used to be rumoured that for every lady that carried MKO’s baby, he provided a house even before the baby was born. And how Lekan, one of the supposed beneficiaries of the late businessman’s estate suddenly regressed to being a tenant is rather difficult to comprehend. This development has left many to wonder: Could Lekan have mismanaged his share of the father’s estate? Or was he schemed out in the sharing formula? This becomes even more confusing viewed against the backdrop that Lekan is not even a regular face in the celebrity/social circuit. He is said to be very prudish and rigid – almost to the extent of being branded a religious fanatic. He even wears a beard like every Islamic cleric or scholar.

Barely scrounging, his Kudi Oil, according to the source, merely exists in name, as it has been in the doldrums even before he secured the licence.

Sometime in March, at one of the fast food joints on Allen, Lekan reportedly openly and bitterly confessed to a friend how life had gone from bad to worse for him.
With the July expiry date of his 16B Sule Abuka residence looming large, the question is, where does Lekan go from here? This is surely one question that former associates, friends and especially those who benefited from MKO’s large heartedness should ponder.

Life might not have completely crawled to a stop yet for Lekan, but then, the rich also cry.

Lekan reacts
Speaking to Saturday Sun during the week, Lekan said before the property reverted from Emmanuel Nwude to a new owner in 2005, he had paid for a space on the 7th floor of the building, but did not move in until 2003.

According to him, the delay in moving in was occasioned by the non-availability of facilities such as elevator and generating set. “In effect, I paid the rent in 2001, but only moved in 2003. Why I could not move then was because the landlord then (Nwude) had assured tenants that these facilities would be in place. Sadly, they were not fixed.”

Continuing, he said: “It would interest you to know that in addition to the rent, I also paid service charge for facilities that were never provided. So when I effectively moved in, in 2003, I expected that that was when my rent ought to have commenced. By 2005 when Nwude was convicted, he forfeited the property to a new owner, I later learnt was somebody close to President Obasanjo.”

Quit notice not because of insolvency
Lekan also countered that the quit order served him was not as a result of his insolvency. “The new owners wanted everybody out at all costs. In March this year, when I was away from the country, I learnt on my return that EFCC laid siege to the premises and locked up all the offices. They said they would only open the doors if we agree to pack, else, it would remain under lock. But two weeks ago, I spoke to lawyers to the owners and they assured me of a compensation or a period of grace, but as I speak to you (Saturday Sun), they never got back to me again.”

Lekan who said he no longer operates from the property, further disclosed: Owing to the stifling environment, my business was adversely affected, as my clients no longer find it convenient to come there for business.”
http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2007/may/05/national-05-05-2007-02.htm

i never said she started microfinance,i said she was heading a microfinance bank,what exactly do you mean it is a concept,in case you have been disconnected from happenstances in naij,do you realise there are microfinance banks operating now?http://www.imfb-bank.com/aboutus.html
yes,even you can start it,if you have a couple of hundred millions in your wallet to register,get the necessary deposits,running costs,and other logistics e.t.c. !!i dont know what pastor adelaja has to do with this??

That was what landed pastor Adelaja in hot soup and yes anybody with little connections can start it. It may be a very big feat for you and me but not for someone that stood on MKO's pedestal.

again,let us even assume that pensions shouldnt be paid after the death,surely you agree that a man's pension package should be paid to his family?after all even retired soldiers and civil servants's families claim their pensions,you can easily google this fact or find out from anyone in nigeria, first,the guy by his own admission did not say anything about a point/issue as important as them having collected their father's pensions,all he said was thaT they have been helped out by charities from their father's former associates,second how much do you reckon a former governor's pension package will be worth considering how much has been paid to subsequent governors in some cases running into hundreds of millions?

I think it was paid and they squandered it and no a thieving governor will continue to steal because it's motivated by greed and not want.

its not like the guy didnt go through an institution,he did do the printing course thingy,he was just unlucky that his father wasnt there to get him the necessary machinery and stuffs to actualise his course and like i stated earlier,this is not peculiar to the barkin zuwo man,the very same thing is happening with the late nnamdi azikwe's widow,the story showed her compound overgrown with weeds,and the lady having to go back to teahing as no money was coming in and non government recognition both state and federal

Azikiwe's status is different from Zuwo.

@kola abiola and habib bank
surely,you know that isnt an indication that kola abiola isnt broke??if you inherited your father's businesses,obviously there will be concerns that you will divest yourself off,there ll be some that you might be dropped from solely for the fact that they only have a relationship with your father,some you dnt have an interest in, and you might want to try out your own ideas,dangote's family the dantatas,gave him money and he went in a different direction,otedola's dad was into printing press(impact press)but he veered in a different direction so this article is not proving much other than the fact that recapitalisations,shake ups e.t.c is inevitable in a business of this size and in the circumstances that his father died,
im sure you know enought about nigeria to know it is not as clear cut as a jeffrey archer novel,

oooh whareva

They ought to be ashamed of themselves seriously

They brag about it instead.

Why do I keep having a feeling of deja vu on this particular topic?

Creepy to say the least though.

Guilt is a bitch. I hope your wife sets the record straight with your mistress someday.

This lady obviously has watched Reloaded yet. . .

I say follow her and when you get to a stranded road, stop her and take your car keys.

Nonsense. All these ashewos of nowadays. Oh pardon, they'd like to be called "mistresses"

It's from mistress they graduate to second or third  wife.  It's not every woman you can snatch your car keys from.  Taekwondo is now a prerequisite for being a mistress in Naija. Go and watch that old nollywood movie called Nneka the pretty serpent on youtube.

Praying ke?? . . . . maybe when he was doing the up and down game

Na you sabi. Men can give stupid lines whenever they are lying.

Its not the mistress fault o, how did she get the key to the car, if not for the husband?
I dont have any bizness with the mistress but the husband
Altho i might have slapped the bitch outta her b4 i realise she is not really to blame

May be she stole while he was busy praying at the church.

Nollywood not better than Ghollywood — Yvonne Nelson
Written by Aramide Pius
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Yvonne Nelson is a well known Ghanaian actress who has endeared herself to a large crowds of fans during her few years sojourn in the Ghanaian movie industry .

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Yvonne Nelson





Cornered at one of her various movie locations in Nigeria, she speaks on how she got into Nollywood, her experience in Nigeria as well as her childhood passion for music which she describes as a stage in life and one which she has outgrown. Enjoy;

How is Ghana?

Ghana is fine and great.

What strikes your interest in venturing into Nollywood?

The fact that I want to cross boundaries is something striking. You know it is important to go international so you can sell your country by making other countries know that we also exist.  It sounds so good to have this collaboration between Ghana and Nigeria; it is really good because it is helping the industry.

Tell us about your first contact with Nollywood?

It all started this year, and that was my first Nigerian movie. I was invited here to shoot a movie by Kingsley Okereke of Divine Touch Productions, so I came. The title of the movie was ‘To love and to Cherish’

How has it been, working with Nigerian movie stars?

It has been great, only that everybody wants to keep to themselves because of fame. But above all,  Nigerians are very nice people. 

How would you compare Ghollywood with Nollywood?

I cannot compare the two movie industries because right now, the Ghanaian movie industry has really picked up.  Before now, it used to be soaps and with just a few producers but now, things have really changed. We now have so many producers and as you can see, we are doing well.

Right now, I see Ghollywood and Nollywood on the same level apart from the fact that you guys have a bigger market than we do in Ghana because as you know, Nigeria is bigger than Ghana and this will in effect impact on the market.

How did it all begin?

It just happened by the way.  I took part in Miss Ghana beauty pageant and that gave me a little exposure…

Are you a model?

Not really, I only took part in a beauty pageant; I am not a professional model.  I did that in 2005 and it was as a result of this that I was spotted by a producer who invited for a little audition and that was how it all began.

So did you win the pageant?

No, I was the first runner up.

Which was your very first movie?

I played a supporting role in ‘Return of Beyonce” while my first major break was in ‘Princess Tara’.

What went through you when you watch yourself on set?

Before now, I was just doing it but now I have fallen in love with acting and I am so much in love with it that I am very proud of myself and I am trying to make Ghana proud of me.

Being a 300 level Human Resource Management student of the Central University College in Ghana, don’t you intend to abandon acting someday for practicing your career?

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Yvonne Nelson
Not at all; I am planning to work for an event organizing company and I still want to be in the showbiz.  You never can tell, I may own my own event organizing company in the near future and I will be doing both the event organizing and will still be acting because I can never let go of acting.
Were your parents happy at your choice of career when you started out?

They were very supportive and my mom had always been there for mean that makes me happy.

Are you fully Ghanaian or you are a mixed blood?

I am fully and truly Ghanaian.

Being a ravishing looking young lady, male advances must be coming your way always, how do you handle these advances?

They are always going to be there and they will always come one’s way but it is left for me to know how to handle the situation and manage it.  I believe that you don’t have to be extremely nice to everybody that come your way all the time because they can take advantage of that sometimes.

Who is that special man after your heart at the moment?

I am very, very single and would not love to go into any relationship right now.

Why taking such decision?

For now, I am single and focused.

So that makes your sex life less busy?

Yes, I am really focused now, besides, I am a very boring person.  If I am not working and I am not in school, I am always at home; I am quite a boring person.

But how come it is not showing on you?

Yes, I know but appearance can be very deceptive.

How do you unwind?

I unwind by hanging out with a few friends.  I have about three friends that I am really always go out with. Whenever I am not doing anything, I usually hang out with them, we watch movies, play some music or we might just eat out.  I am also very much into music.

Which is your kind of music and do you sing?

I love hip hop and as a growing child I used to sing.

Who is your favorite musician?

Naesto Jones but he is popularly called NAS, he is an American singer.

How stylish are you and who are your favorite designers?

I am very stylish and I am also into designs. I know what is in vogue and I make sure that I look trendy all the time.  My favorite designer is Vera Wang but I also have other designers that I love but Vera Wang is my favorite for now.

Where did you grow up and what was growing up years like for you?

I grew up in Accra Ghana.  I am the last born and growing up for me was a swell time because as a last borne of two boys and a girl. I was pampered and given all the attention.  It was real fun for me. 

Is acting a childhood passion for you?

I can remember in my secondary school days, I used to go on stage and perform rap, I used to sing but never acting.

Are you not thinking of going back to do music later on?

No, that was only a stage in my life.  All in my mind then was that I just want to be in entertainment, I wanted to be in the showbiz industry.  Now, for me, it is acting, music was only a stage in my life and I have outgrown that stage.
http://odili.net/news/source/2009/apr/4/309.html

Assuming the woman is your husband's mistress, what will you do?. Repossess the car and beat the hell out of her or stay out of it?. What if you are the person paying the car note?

Ride with husband’s girl friend in his car?
By GIDEON OPARINDE {08076616717 tomgidops@yahoo.com]
Sunday, April 5, 2009


When it comes to marital matters, women have different views to issues. If they see a married woman, having a ride in their husband’s car, what would be their reaction? To some, it’s nothing, but other ladies may view the act as a red alert sign to pull the plugs.

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•Gbemi


In Nigeria, where marital affairs are very sensitive, one may conclude easily that women may most likely possess a zero tolerance to any seemingly close association of the opposite sex to their husbands, yet with the new age women, nothing seem wrong with it.

FUNMI AWOYEMI

I’m a very possessive person, so I won’t be able to stand it. Years’ back, I had this guy who was all over me and we wanted to get married to each other. He was into women and he won’t let me be. I had gone to Dominion and he spotted me and begged to take me home. I was so angry that he had to stay with me where I was even after dropping me at home. The lady in his car had to find her way. I saw no reason why he had to be seeing other girls when he was always on my neck. Now he has four wives; and I thank God that I did not marry him.

LILIAN OKOJI

I won’t be happy about it, rather I would always warn my husband to be careful of these incarnates, patrolling themselves as friends. We have heard where friends become husband snatchers and take over the home. There’s nothing new under the sun anymore, says the Bible. Although I can’t keep monitoring him where ever he goes but I know if he’s unfaithful to me, he is answerable to God, his maker. And for any woman or lady who feels she’s smart to take over my home, she has missed it.

MRS. LEIGH

It depends on who is involved. If the lady is familiar to me, I might not go crazy or wild so far her ways are not questionable. But if the lady is not familiar to me, nothing keeps me mute from asking him certain questions. I would ask him how they knew each other, to the extent of giving her a ride; although he is free to give anybody a ride, provided nothing is attached to it the other way.

Once it’s a mere ride and not to the extent of going to a rest house, it wouldn’t move me that much. The first thing that would prove his insincerity is, if afterwards seeing them, he is now guilty of coming home late, lying and coming up with flimsy excuses for keeping late nights. The better the solution, that means its better to stay clear such ladies than ever.

TOSIN OLORUNISOLA

I will not hesitate joining them in the ride. The determinant factor would be the way how introduced the lady to me, and the lady’s reaction in return. These two episodes would make me put things together and arrive at a conclusive end.

Seeing them together, you can’t jump into conclusion and draw out your judgment because she might mean no harm but rather an ordinary friend, business friend, family friend or anybody nice.

SEUN LAJORIN

There’s no woman that doesn’t get jealous seeing such thing happen. Some women are jealous to the extent that they get almost crazy when a lady waves at their husbands. Some of them fight them when they get home, not that they are too crazy but just on the preventive side. I for one would feel a similar way because loosing a loved one to a strange person or woman will bring you back to the first track.

MARIAM ABOLARIN

I will not feel bad so far I love and trust my husband. What I would expect from the lady is that she moves to the back seat while my husband and I will seat in the front seats respectively; except she is my husband’s elder sister.

On the other hand, if I it happens I saw a lady in the front seat of my husband’s car when I was supposed to be riding out with him, I may go back and board another vehicle if I’m not so comfortable with what I saw, but I’d ask him when he returns home.

JOY ALOZIE

Although, it’s so common with men these days but that wouldn’t make me behave rashly if such happens because nobody knows; she could be his business partner or office colleague. Secondly, she might be his old school friends, colleague or one of his associate. The fact that most men wouldn’t let go of anything that goes in skirt does not mean I won’t trust my man anymore. Taking a drastic decision might prove me wrong; the woman might mean no harm.

MRS. AFOLABI

Hmm,  girls of nowadays are not to be trusted as such. If a married woman sees a young lady in her husband’s car, she need not be told that she is seeping with her house on fire. We need not fake things that are not right because if we pretend to be happy while we are far from it; we will some day weep and nobody would be there to console us.

AMOSU KEMI

I don’t think it’s bad my husband gives a lady a ride, but I would suspect there is something secret between them if she seats comfortably kin the first seat, when I’m supposed to be the my seating space right there beside my husband. If she respects and excuses me by moving to the back seat, it shows she’s responsible but if on the contrary I would deduce they has a hidden ambition towards each other. If couples are to drive out, third parties are expected to seat right behind them in the car, except the woman happens to be one of the family members or in-law, to put it.

LAIDE AKINWANDE

When you over protect your husband, there is the tendency that he will one day get loose. The only solution is to understand each other and let love take its hold in the relationship. Love cannot be quantified, it’s emotional and does not cheat the other partner, neither does it punish or put your partner into pain.

BOSEDE ADEMOL

If any lady would ride in my husband’s car, it shouldn’t be any rough looking lady or girl. First, appearance would show you the kind of person she is made of. If my husband introduces her to me with a clear conscience or on a platonic level, and her reaction also demonstrates the same, it means she’s not out to harm or jeopardize my marriage or home.

http://odili.net/news/source/2009/apr/5/503.html

[size=14pt]Danger! Danger!
Forces against Nigeria’s World Cup ticket uncovered [/size]
… Fans call for Amodu’s sack
Sunday, April 5, 2009

Nigeria are up against so many forces as they struggle to qualify for the South Africa 2010 World Cup.

Following Super Eagles unimpressive performance against Mozambique in Maputo last Sunday, a prophet has prophesied that Nigeria will not qualify for the World Cup event.

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•Amodu




According to him: "I am a man of God and I am speaking the mind of God. What I am telling you now, was divinely revealed to me by God. The truth is that Nigeria will not be in South Africa for the 2010 World Cup.

This is so because some Nigerians are mocking God, some of the players are not serious at all even as both the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and the technical bench are confused. Indeed, there is a spiritual force against Nigeria as far as the qualifiers are concerned," the prophet who pleaded anonymity said.

Asked why he does not want his name in print, the fierce-looking man of God said: "Look at me very well! I have lived for seven years drinking only water. I am not making money from my mission as a missionary. My mentor and God, Jesus Christ, never called a press conference when he was doing all he did. It was after he died, resurrected and ascended into heaven that his deeds were recorded. So also, please, do not write my name or my missionary in your paper. When I am gone, the spirit of God that sent me will reveal my identity."

He observed that a worse disaster is awaiting the Super Eagles in Abuja and Kasarani. He said: "We should even be grateful that Nigeria ran away with a draw in Maputo last Sunday To be honest with you, Nigeria will be disgraced in Abuja when Tunisia come calling and even a greater shock in Kasarani when they play guest to Kenya on the last day of the qualifiers."

He added: ‘What I cannot guarantee now is whether or not the forces against Nigeria can be appeased so as to make things easier and clear for the Super Eagles. For now, the forces are: the players pride, and as you know, God hates pride. Two, the current coach came through the window – I mean he took another person’s job, so the god of soccer is angry. And then, Nigeria are not in good condition, so there is no way, the football sector will work."

Meanwhile, some fans have called on the NFF to sack coach Shaibu Amodu immediately and employ a sound foreign coach and be given a four-year contract. According to one of them, Emma Okey of 34, Ebo Street, Ojodu: "The fact remains that Amodu has no business being in the Super Eagles again. He is a coach of the past. The NFF should employ a sound foreign coach and give him a four-year mandate. I am not talking of a coach like Berti Vogts, but one in the mould of 1989/94 Clemence Westerhof."

http://odili.net/news/source/2009/apr/5/512.html

Africans destroy themselves because they want to flex their muscle. If care is not taken, these two giants will fight themselves to poverty and render millions jobless.

Why are igbos determined to get under this man's skin?. He has lost his job already yet they are screwing him again.

U.S. panel wades into envoy, lawyer feud over $1.55m
From Laolu Akande, New York

A U.S. legal authority has now waded into the feud between the recalled Nigerian Ambassador to the country, Brig-General Oluwole Rotimi, and the Embassy lawyer, Ephraim Chukwuemeka Ugwuonye, regarding the fate of the $1.55m tax refund paid to the lawyer by U.S. authorities on proceeds of over $20m property sales.






The Ambassador, according to sources close to the Embassy, had directed that a disciplinary complaint by the Nigerian Embassy in Washington, D.C. be filed against its US-based Nigerian lawyer for not forwarding the said refund to the Embassy's account.

But in a statement last week obtained by The Guardian, the Washington, D.C. Office of Bar Counsel, which is the legal authority to which the Embassy complained, said it had now dismissed the Embassy's allegation and complaint against the lawyer.

Rotimi had disagreed with the Embassy lawyer's position that his retention of $1.55 million tax refund made to the Nigerian government in the sales of Nigerian property in the U.S. capital and state of Maryland was based on an agreement between him (the lawyer) and the federal government.

Controversy over sales of Nigerian property in the U.S. with over $20 million proceeds blew open after the government recalled Ambassador Rotimi following media leakage of Rotimi's letter to the Foreign Affairs Minister, Ojo Maduekwe, which allegedly smacked of ethnic jingoism.

After Rotimi and the lawyer, Ugwuonye, disagreed on the status of the refund, Rotimi directed officials of the Nigerian embassy to protest Ugwuonye's action to the D.C. Bar for disciplinary measures. It is the view of Rotimi that the money belongs to the Federal Government and should be released by the lawyer.

The lawyer is, however, relying on an earlier agreement between himself and the Embassy, which gave him the right to hold the money in case his earlier fees for services rendered to the Federal Government in other litigation matters remained unpaid.

A letter from the Office of the Washington D.C. Bar indicated that the Nigerian Embassy had protested against Ugwuonye in September last year, and only dismissed the case last week, after completing its investigations

According to the Office of DC Bar Counsel, "this office has completed its investigation of the disciplinary complaint that you filed against Ephraim C. Ugwuonye. We have evaluated this matter in light of an attorney's obligations as set forth in the District of Columbia Rules of professional Conduct."

However, the letter signed by Dolores Dorsainvil and dated March 24, stated that the DC Bar "do not find evidence in our investigation of the matter, and therefore, must dismiss the complaint."

In addition, the letter noted that after a review of the Embassy's complaint late last year, in which the Nigerian Embassy stated that Ugwuonye "engaged in unethical conduct," the Bar decided to docket the matter and proceed on investigation on September 22, 2008.

Quoting Ugwuonye's response to the Embassy's allegation against him, the letter from the DC Bar Counsel stated that the lawyer argued that "the Nigerian Government owed him significant legal fees," as the government's lawyer in several matters "including a lengthy litigation matter."

The DC Bar letter conveying the dismissal of the Embassy case also quoted Ugwuonye as saying that "there was a dispute between the various departments within the Nigerian Government as to which agency bore the responsibility of paying the legal fees."

But in a curious revelation, the letter stated that after the Nigerian Embassy filed its complaints and allegations against Ugwuonye, the Embassy "declined to further comment on Mr. Ugwuonye's response despite our letters to you."

Therefore the DC Bar concluded in the letter, which was addressed to the Nigerian Embassy, that "based on all the information and documents that have been reviewed in connection with your complaint, we have determined that we do not have sufficient evidence to prove that Mr. Ugwuonye violated any of the DC Professional Rules of Conduct."

Meanwhile the lawsuit filed by the U.S. lawyer against the Ambassador, Saharareporters and another US-based Nigerian, Professor Bolaji Aluko, has now been assigned to a District Court in the state of Maryland and is pending the determination of a date of hearing. Ugwuonye is suing the three defendants on civil charges of libel, defamation and malice.

According to court rules, the defendants have 60 days after the filing of the case to respond. So far, both Saharareporters and Aluko have vowed a vibrant defence, but the recalled Nigerian Ambassador has not made any public reaction on the case.

A leading US-based Nigerian pro-democracy activist and university administrator, Dr. Baba Adam, has also launched a legal defense fund for Saharareporters in the defamation suit, promising to donate $1,000 to the fund.

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On this Tuesday, March 10, 2009, it was windy on the mountain and Akala had to struggle to keep the small jewish skull cap on his head, but this middle-aged Baptist was determined. Twice it fell and twice he picked it up.

Eeeeyaaah, he was determined to find God oh.

'Take me to the wailing wall' - Gov Alao-Akala cries to God in Israel
Sunday, April 5, 2009
David Ben Gurion, you will recall, is the founder of modern Israel. The 747 dislorged its content of passengers including Governor Alao-Akala and his wife, Kemi, onto the tarmac.

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Gov Akala in suit dropping his prayer

requests in a hole on the wailing wall







The British Airline taxied to a smooth halt at Ben Gurion airport, in the Israeli capital of Tel-Aviv.

London experienced one of its coldest winters in over 50 years, so he was decked in thick clothes and an overcoat.

The leader of the Oyo State pilgrims Rev. Edward Alabi had drawn up the itinerary that Tuesday and was going over his schedule when he was jolted by Akala’s voice ‘please take me to the wailing wall’

Alabi looked up to protest but changed his mind when he saw the polite but determined look on the Governor’s face.

The Wailing Wall, like all other landmarks in Israel, has a remarkable history. It was built on mount Moriah, where Abraham took his son Isaac to sacrifice onto the Lord and the offering was replaced with a ram.

King David also proposed to build a temple on mount Moriah but it was his son, Solomon who eventually did.

Such is the importance of the Wailing Wall and similarly, such is the universal consensus that, that singular gesture by Abraham remains perhaps, the most significant test of faith, of all time.

In the same vein, after Solomon completed the Temple in the summer of that year, God appeared to him at night and said “if my people shall humble themselves and pray, and seek my face, then will I hear from heaven” Akala, the man whose refrain is to rule with the fear of God, apparently knew all these.

At the Wailing Wall, oblivious of the fact that he was being recorded, he was determined to get his message across to his Lord.

The wall is strewn with patches and natural pidgeon holes and worshippers would write their prayer requests on a sheet of paper, fold it and insert in any of the holes with the belief that the Lord will accede to their prayers.

On this Tuesday, March 10, 2009, it was windy on the mountain and Akala had to struggle to keep the small jewish skull cap on his head, but this middle-aged Baptist was determined. Twice it fell and twice he picked it up.

He quietly scanned the wall holes to see where his folded prayer request could fit, he saw many but he wasn’t satisfied.

He paused bewildered only to see an empty white chair to his right. He pulled the chair tentatively and climbed, stretched his full 6.2" height and inserted the covenant paper in a crack, in the wall well and above the rabbis who were discreetly watching!

The power of faith! Or how else do you describe a man who travelled thousands of miles to insert a folded paper in a cracked wall!

Sure, he must have done that knowing fully well that he would get something in return. Mission accomplished, the camera barely picked a conspiratorial grin on the face of the man, who, about forty days later, would have all the five judges at the appellate court singing his praises.

No wonder he was amused when critics picked him up for rolling on the church floor last year March, after the tribunal ruled in his favour.

He told a private audience that night’ I sympathise with them because they do not know that I serve the God that reverses the irreversible’

In the last quarter of 2002, he was bent on returning as council chairman of Ogbomoso North, with many powerful foes in tow.

At a meeting in Eruwa with his opponent seeming to have an edge, he was summoned to Abuja and was there for seven days in the same beige colour agbada lace and in the end, to the frustration of his traducers, he returned with the ticket of the Deputy Governor of Oyo State.

If that is not the hand of God what it is.? After the pilgrimage, Akala came back with the new confidence that became so infectious; an attitude that wasn’t helped by the demure smile that radiated his face and the gubernatorial swagger at its wake.

No wonder the un-initiated mistook it for a dummy but were dead wrong.

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dangote versus otedola: mutually assured destruction
Written by Dele Sobowale
Saturday, April 4, 2009
The two acclaimed richest Nigerians are now at war. And if you think that the rift between Alhaji Aliko Dangote and Mr Femi Otedola is no concern of yours; then you must be living in that blissful state of ignorance which the rest of the nation can ill-afford. And, if you are happy about it; then rest assured that your joy shall be short-lived as the consequences of this supposedly private disagreement becoming a national issue.









It is in the national interest to bring this war to an end before it escalates and consumes all of us - including the combatants. Already the seeds of Mutually Assured Destruction, MAD, had been sown by the adverts in the newspapers by AP Plc controlled by Otedola. It is perhaps too late to recap the can of worms that the publication had opened. I pray that will be the last revelation because the consequences are extremely grave for Nigeria at any time but more disastrous at this time.

Like most media practitioners, I have heard rumours of a rift between Otedola and the man he addressed as “My Oga” - Dangote —at the launching of Dangote Sugar Plc, IPO. He went on to demonstrate the depth of their friendship by committing his group of companies to the purchase of three billion naira worth of the Dangote Sugar shares. That disclosure almost brought down the roof as some people with poor listening or semantic habits thought he said three billion shares.

Dangote had to step in to reassure the audience that his friend will not alone mop up the entire offer, especially when it came with a one naira dividend paid up front. While others around me grumbled, I inwardly applauded. Envy has never been part of my make up and I have long accepted that we can’t all be billionaires. What thrilled me was the fact that a northerner and a Lagos state indigene could be so close as to invest so much in each others enterprises. I prayed for more of those; not only between Dangote and Otedola but between other Nigerians.

Thus for me it was a painful experience to learn that this great friendship was crumbling for reasons not yet sufficiently disclosed. I prayed that some mutual friends of the two would step in and mediate the conflict and restore the relationship to what it was before.


Alhaji Aliko Dangote (left)
I have never met Otedola -one on one - despite the fact that we are both from Epe Local Government of Lagos State, but I was always happy that a Lagos boy is showing to the world that Eko is not just “for show”; that in fact, the “good men she (Lagos) breeds are the best of their kind” - to borrow a sentence from Plutarch, AD 46-120, one of the greatest historians the world has produced. Dangote, I had met once and I was deeply touched by his humility and knowledge of media personalities despite his busy schedule.
Since, it is generally assumed that birds of the same feathers fly together, I have no reason to doubt that Otedola would be just as nice in private. Anyone who is fortunate to have a good friend will readily agree with me that that is the most precious possession anybody can have; it is the “all-purpose medicine” which makes it possible at times to maintain one’s sanity in a world which seeks to separate us from our senses. Conversely, the loss of a good friend, irrespective of how it came about, is often very devastating because the impact is immeasurable.

I was still thinking of ways to get in touch with both of them when I saw the advert by AP Plc, alleging grievous infractions of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, regulations, and impliedly, that of the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, by Alhaji Dangote and Nova Finance and Securities Plc, resulting in steep decline of the price of AP Plc shares.

I was alarmed for two reasons. First, this step, by AP Plc, which could not have been taken without the approval of Otedola, was capable of escalating this conflict beyond any peaceful settlements -if it has not done so already. Second, it will, unquestionably, damage the capital market further by undermining the confidence of investors at a time when doubts regarding the integrity of the market can be ill-afforded.

As it turned out, I started writing this article on Thursday, March 26, 2009 at nine o’clock at night; but I did not finish it. The next morning, virtually all the newspapers had reports about the suspension of Nova Finance and the fine imposed. One of the papers also reported about shareholders of AP Plc asking what the NSE and SEC would do to Dangote -who incidentally seats on the Board of the NSE.

No one needs to be a prophet or jujuman to predict what would happen next. Those who were old enough to remember the “If you Tarka me, I’ll Daboh you” incident of the 1970s must expect not only a retaliatory response from Dangote and Nova but an expansion of the revelations that will involve other shares on the capital market demonstrating, or seeking to do so, that Otedola and some stockbroker have also been involved in share price manipulation.

When that happens, Nigerians will witness the destruction of two reputations that the two men have laboured over the years to build. I have mentioned reputation because I consider integrity as the most valuable possession any human being can have. And, despite the rumours that always swirl around the names of wealthy people about the sources of their wealth, nobody has been able to establish any criminal activity on their part -until now.

The fine and suspension of Nova has changed all that; it has also opened several avenues of inquiry which have the potential of doing further damage. From information available to me, the knives are already being brought out from several quarters which will bring to the lime light many things that the two combatants will eventually wish had not been uncovered.

“Crossing” which was the vehicle allegedly used to bring down the price of AP Plc shares has now come under the searchlight. And the issues involved are too numerous to discuss in this short piece. But, let me draw the attention of our readers to a few.

First, if “crossing” can be used to artificially devalue the shares of a firm, why can’t it be used to artificially inflate it? A call to a retired stockbroker friend confirmed to me that it has been used and abused widely in the NSE in the past and perhaps it is still in use and still being abused even now.

He went on to state that the use is most prevalent when firms already listed on the exchange want to go to the capital market for additional funds.

Then crossing had been used to boost the price of shares to lure investors. If that is true, the NSE has done a superficial job by just imposing a fine and suspension on Nova; it must go beyond that and carry out a forensic study of all the shares whose prices have appreciated astronomically from 2006 to 2008 May; and whose directors and management have sourced funds from the capital market during the period under review, to determine how many have been subjected to share price manipulations by a few people for their own benefits and to the detriment of the millions of investors who have been under the illusion that the NSE was operating a free market.

As a necessary corollary to that inquiry, the rest of us, because I am also involved, would want to know who, if anybody, were the people involved in these shady deals because we certainly have several dates in several courts with all of them.

I hope no bank is caught in the web of the conspiracy that fraudulent manipulation of crossing represents because millions of Nigerians invested in their securities based on the unprecedented appreciation of their share prices before each and every IPO. The invasion of Rome by the barbarians and the rapine and pillage that accompanied it will be child’s play compared to the wrath of investors who paid N45, N36, N30 for shares that are now tending towards N5, N4 or N3. If it turns out to be so, not only will the banks Boards and directors face violent uprising, they would have destroyed the Nigerian Stock Exchange beyond repair for years to come.

It goes without saying that not only would the NSE and the SEC Boards, Management and the Stockbroking firms will also come under scrutiny but they would also have lost the most important element in their operations - investor confidence. And they should expect it, because of what use is it for millions of people to be tricked into playing a game in which the deck is stacked in favour of a few and the stock brokers knew it all along?

However, while we must ascertain the truth; we must be very careful that we don’t, out of perhaps justified anger, destroy more than we should. Until another exchange is created, and a case can be made for the establishment of a rival exchange because of the known evils of any monopoly, we should not completely destroy this one in the interim. We should balance anger with reason.

These are some, but by all means not all, of some of the consequences of this private war between the two men. And that is the reason for calling on friends, relatives, advisers (especially lawyers) of the parties to mediate and prevent further escalation. Former President Obasanjo, as well as President Yar’Adua might even find the time to call the two to Aso Rock for a peace meeting.

The truth is; if they go down on account of deliberate or inadvertent self-destruction, they will take a lot of Nigeria’s economy down with them. War is hell. And hell is one more thing we don’t need in this country right now; at least not one between two people who hold some of the keys to our future advancement. If ever this nation needs experienced mediators, this is the time and this is the conflict requiring their services; for the sake of Nigeria.

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Chelsea drags Obafemi towards Toon exit
From Gbenga Ayeni, London
Sunday, April 5, 2009
NIGERIAN international, Obafemi Martins has his exit from St James Park confirmed after a 2-0 home loss to Chelsea yesterday.

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Obafemi Martins battles for the ball with

John Mikel Obi during the Barclays Premier League match between Newcastle United and Chelsea on









confirmed after a 2-0 home loss to Chelsea yesterday. Debutante manager, Alan Shearer said after the game that he intended to start next season on a clean slate and that the decision to sell big-earning players if the club goes down from The Premiership remains intact.

With yesterday’s defeat, only a miracle can save Newcastle as the club is currently third to the last on the table.

It emerged last week that Newcastle listed Obafemi and 10 others for massive Toon clearout. Yesterday, the Nigerian striker struggled to make an impact before being replaced by Carrol in the 80th minute.

Last month, Obafemi hinted he could dump Newcastle if the club fails to retain its Premiership status. Newcastle United is desperate to slash its £73 million wage bill and also considers its eleven top earners surplus for recruitment if the club was relegated.

Consequently, Michael Owen, whose £110,000 a-week contract runs out in June, Mark Viduka already considering moving to Australia this summer, and Martins valued £10 million have no more lucrative deal.

Other top earners likely to be affected includes Sebastian Basson, Allan Smith,Joel Barton, Damien Duff ,Geremi Njitap among others.

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419: US court jails three Nigerians for 17 years

By Emeka Madunagu

A United States federal court in Brooklyn, New York has sentenced three Nigerians to varying jail terms totaling about 17 years for defrauding American victims of over $1.2 million (N177m) in an advance-fee fraud scam.







An email statement sent to our correspondent by the US Department of Justice on Friday quoted Acting Assistant Attorney General Rita M. Glavin of the Criminal Division and US Attorney Benton J. Campbell of the Eastern District of New York as saying that the Nigerians, Nnamdi Chizuba Anisiobi, Anthony Friday Ehis and Kesandu Egwuonwu, pleaded guilty in January 2008 to one count of conspiracy, eight counts of wire fraud and one count of mail fraud.

The statement said the suspects were extradited to the US from Holland on February 21, 2006 after they had been arrested for defrauding their victims of various amounts. They had sent spam mails to their victims, claiming that they controlled millions of dollars. Also, the joint investigation by the US Postal Service and Dutch authorities found that they used various aliases, phone numbers and e-mail addresses.

In one instance, they sent e-mails purporting to be from an individual suffering from terminal throat cancer who needed assistance distributing approximately $55m to charity. In exchange for a victim's help, the defendants offered to give a 20 per cent commission to the victim or a charity of his or her choice but the American victims ended up with substantial losses.

The statement said that in delivering judgment on Thursday, US District Judge Dora L. Irizarry sentenced Anisiobi to 87 months in prison, while Ehis and Egwuonwu received 57 months apiece.

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Fight To finish: Dangote, Otedola shun peace meeting by OBJ - YarÁdua to intervene
Idowu Samuel
Saturday, April 4, 2009
THERE are indications that the two Nigeria’s foremost billionaires, Alhaji Aliko Dangote and Mr. Femi Otedola who have been at loggerheads on conflicting business interests, are now set to exhaust their strength in battle, the two having shunned entreaties from high quarters for prompt reconciliation.







Fresh findings by Saturday Tribune have revealed that both Dangote and Otedola had repeatedly shunned peace initiatives called, first by former President Olusegun Obasanjo and then President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua long before the crisis of confidence between them hit the roof top lately.

The two billionaires who regard the former president as their father, had though appreciated the peace initiative by Obasanjo by honouring his invitation for peace parley only that they never sat together with him at a roundtable to jointly strike a peace chord.

Findings revealed that Obasanjo had summoned the two business moguls to meetings, twice, long before Femi Otedola scurried out of Nigeria reportedly for security reason, whereas the peace initiative failed because neither Dangote nor Otedola was prepared to meet face-to-face for the possibility of being friends again.

Dangote and Otedola had visited Obasanjo at different times after ensuring that the other party would not be in attendance, although the former president had requested a joint meeting with them.

The duo had equally refrained from meeting President Yar’Adua whom investigation revealed had acted on a personal protest filed by Otedola to him, thus prompting him (President) to urge them to meet him at the Presidential Villa for the purpose of resolving their differences.

Some close friends of the two billionaires confirmed to Saturday Tribune in Abuja that notwithstanding the failure of the initial peace initiatives on the crisis, the former President was not relenting in his efforts aimed at reconciling the money-bags whom he believed have been very close friends.

Femi, son of the former governor of Lagos State, Sir Micheal Otedola, left the shores of Nigeria a couple of weeks ago on alleged attempt to his life through possible food poisoning. The case was said to have been brought to him by one of his domestic staff who reportedly claimed he was approached to that effect.

Both Dangote and Otedola hit national limelight as good jolly friends during the civilian government of Obasanjo, the two having ridden on the crest of heavy patronage by the former president to advance the coasts of their business empires.

Dangote and Otedola, all through the era of Obasanjo in government, clung to one another like Siamese twins. The two at a point became recurring decimals in big time social events organised either by the government or private individuals, while they were both noted as biggest donors during launching programmes at such events. They had both funded the campaigns of former President Obasanjo for re-election in 2003.

As findings revealed, so close were the two billionaires that they became inseparable even to the extent of exchanging visits to their residences both in Lagos and Abuja, as Dangote was said to have almost turned the Abuja residence of Otedola to his second home anytime the duo were in Abuja.

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