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our dear presido also once said terrorism is not a new thing maybe it is the turn of nigeria to experience its own (UN building bombing)..... also Professor CHINEDU NEBO with all his education will stand before senate screening committee to claim that witches, demons are hindering electricity supply in Nigeria & yet he was appointed as minister of power so I do not blame her.... our leaders are all dumbasses.

Afam4eva: How can the leader of the opposition come back 3 days after Nigeria's independence and this are the people that want to rule Nigeria

Btw, who owns that jet. is this how they're going to fleece the treasury when they get there ?

Why should the airline land in Lagos. is Lagos the capital of Nigeria? When will these progressives start obeying the constitution

gbao...u are so on point....lol

Aristotoh:
victory is so sweet especially against our greatest opposition, Drogba na d man.

[b]mumu, [/b]mtecheeeew

u see i can't blame those children, I blame NFF, they allowed them take their wives, mistresses and girlfriends, when it is suppose to be football business. All the energy for fitness is used over night on something else. Besides, how many of them are genuinely marry? Kanu and Mrs Yakubu and who esle? then the rest spend the cold south African fornicating with girlfriends. Then the annoying part is that they start praying before and after every match, who are the fooling, God?, silly children, hisses

Did you get to see pictures of KANYE WEST SUV when he had an accident? He should have died from that accident, but the Doctors and Nurses were able to save him. The point here is, in whatever profession we find ourselves, we should work at it so well, even when we are dead and long gone, people will always remember us for our outstanding work.

Assuming DaGrin made it alive from LUTH, the Doctor that treated him would have being greatly rewarded and recognized, but unfortunately he will never be known. But we all know BEN CARSON, and the other great physicians who have excelled in their line of profession. They went the extra mile, to save a life and put a smile on someone face. There should be no excuses for doing the job you are paid to do, if you feel you are over worked or under payed, then you should quit the job and STOP KILLING PEOPLE.[/font][/color]
[quote][/quote]spot on!

1 Corinthians 13, explains all the questions of love, submissiveness, understanding or whatever words we want to play with to buttress our points.
I believe if both parties in a marriage, courtship or friendship have a clear understanding of that part in the bible without being selfish in its interpretation for ones advantage, everyone will know his or her place in the relationship.

tlops:
I think amidst all this we can pray for him (Yar adua). the prayer of Serenity:

God grant him the serenity
to accept the things he cannot change;
courage to change the things he can;
and wisdom to know the difference.

I think our concern should be focused on the last 2 lines,

o Ya e gbadura, Ni oruko,

i just hate it when people talk about prayer this prayer that for one fcked up man. Is he a baby that does not know his right from left? Besides who told you that even if he wants to take the right decision his greedy wife will allow him? It will make more sense for you to say we should pray that every persons disturbing this nation nigeria God should do away with sharp sharp

deols:
Must everything be black or white? you are not even sure what their motive was. It would be better if Nigerians are less judgemental

pls tell me what children and women (Not men) in a country as poor, as unstable with water crisis as Yemen want to go and do there. what kind of biz can they want to there. CHILDREN and sudanese another terror listed country!!! haba, there is more to meet the eyes men! Yemen authorities don't need sorcerer to make arrest especially with the additional image Muthalab just gave us except those arrested are mistaken as Nigerians.

Remii:
that is the problem with some Nigerians, any small thing visa denial , travelling out dificulies come their minds, some would deny there mother for visa, lol, haba, Arabs go to US, UK every days, these guys check, if you have genuine reason to travel, they would allow you, if not, stay at home, prosperity is everywhere. na wa.

Its not about the traveling and Visa alone. its about the reputation and image this gives us as Nigerians. we have never had a better reputation in the eyes of the Americans more than the country you have mentioned above and now with terrorism attached to it then that seals it. Here in Michigan even before the Muthalab struck u have to go an extra mile build to a honest reputation the moment u announce you are a Nigerian. Two weeks ago a Nigerian honorable was deported from Armstrderm without any real reason. So it is not necessarily about the visa alone it is about the image of those living outside Nigeria and also the bi-lateral relationship Nigeria has with other countries.

PeeDaVinci:
as much as i know nigerians can go anywhere in search of greener pasture, i can bet that the people arrested are not nigerians, yemen is just trying to vindicate itself diplomatically and absolve itself of any terrorism blacklisting!!! And they have a weapon now, they know alot of africans migrate to saudi their country, and they ever african they arrest is a nigerian

i can bet that is the plot

well, it another view but that will be ridiculous if Yemen thinks that they can absolve themselves from having terrorist network in the Arab peninsular because some of the caught terrorist that were Yemenis that have being released by America after rehabilitation have gone back to Yemen have released Video tapes that they were back in their former trade even before Muthallab was caught.

Now we can never be off that terror list again, This makes Visa grants more difficult and checking in more humiliating from immigration/security officers.

sjeezy8:
haha lmfao Ibori might have gotten a way in London but they will nail his associates esp with No yaradua to save him!
Jonathan as president.

The way everything falls into place is crazy like it was all planned maybe by Obj.

This is the beginning of good things to come , now that the chicken has come home to roast it looks like action like in WWF . Asaba has no relevance in London. Did you hear that well IBORI . What a strategy by the clowns of the thieves AGF and IBORI. If they ladies loose in London, Ibori will be exposed finally by the mistress as she can't afford to be jailed while he is breathing fine in Nigeria. Here goes the hurricane.

Contrary to the expectations of the former Delta State Governor James Ibori, following his scandalous acquittal in Asaba, his associates will have to face trial for offences of money laundering and fraud in the UK, starting on February 16 2010. This ruling was given by Judge Christopher Harding of the Southwark Crown Court in London today after listening to two days of arguments last week. Ibori’s associates, led by their well-paid counsels, each of them a Queen Counsel (QC): Mr Andrew Trollope, for Ibie-Ibori (his sister) and Theresa (wife); Mr Owen, for Ms Okoronkwo (his mistress); and Mr. Ian Winter, for Mr. Bhadresh Gohil, and Bimpe Pogosan (his personal secretary), by Oba Nsugbe. Ms Wass, also a QC, represented the Prosecution. The case started at 2: 00 PM on Monday, January 25, and finished at 4pm on Tuesday, January 26. The three QCs argued that Mr Ibori was vindicated. As had been widely reported by Saharareporters, they stressed that the Nigeria ruling was such that all the charges against Ibori were dismissed, and that there could no longer be any case against the defendants in the UK.

The lawyers argued strenuously that the ruling in Asaba was valid and amounted to a full acquittal. They claimed that if Mr. Ibori’s monies are not proceeds of crime what did it matter how and in what way the money was used by his associates? They put forward a hypothetical scenario that if the Asaba decision had been made in Snaresbrook Crown Court then the Southwark Crown Court would not be retrying the issue, and that Southwark could not do the same to the Asaba court.

Ibori’s lawyers further argued that as far as Ibori’s women were concerned, the matter had now been settled in Nigeria and the UK court had to respect that judgment. They noted that the hat EFCC has appealed the Asaba judgment, but that since that appeal has not been heard, Southwark should not proceed with the first trial.

It was strong advocacy as they pulled all the stops for their clients and argued with intensity and at times even anger at the judge when he asked them questions which showed that the judge questioned their position.

There was constant reference by Ibori’s defence team to an email sent by one “Mr Dodoo” from Nigeria. They also had in court a lawyer from Nigeria who they said was Mr Ibori's lawyer and would be available to explain the impact of the Asaba judgment to the UK court but Judge Hardy declined to accept his presence. They said that the ruling was made in accordance with the criminal procedure rules in Nigeria.

The Crown prosecution witness rebuttedby arguing that the Asaba judgment was merely an opinion as opposed to a full acquittal and that the judge in Asaba had not considered the weight of evidence that the UK prosecutors has. The Prosecution argued that they wanted no further delays, and strongly urged that the case proceed to trial in the UK.

The Crown argued strongly that the decision in Asaba has no relevance to the hearings in the UK, noting they had provided a summary of the Asaba judgement and a page by page breakdown of the account to show why it cannot be relied on for the cases in London. Indeed, they said, the first 20 pages of the Asaba ruling were in no way relevant to the current proceedings

With particular reference to Mr. Bhadresh Gohil, the Crown said they had never even relied on the Nigerian evidence and that they possess sufficient evidence to prosecute him. That included the hard drive found behind his fireplace, and the transactions he explained as 'families,' then later when disproved, pleaded 'client privilege/confidentiality. There was also the new case of V-Mobile shares.

There were a lot of documents to go through, and Judge Hardy listened patiently to everyone over and over. When it became clear to Ibori's lawyers that things may not turn out well they bandied around the Law Commission report of 2003 on Double Jeopardy - and also cases including DPP v Connelly to fortify their argument.

But in the ruling which was made available to the defendants and the prosecution directly without any open court session, the judge ruled that that trial will continue as planned on February 15, 2010 and gave the defendants till February 14 2010 to file an appeal.

http://saharareporters.com/real-news/sr-headlines/5060-london-court-okays-trial-of-ibori-associates

Olodo,, So why wait this long and causing unnecessary cases in court. He should send the letter of handover to the National assembly NOW and make it official, hisses (ode Oshi)

The funny thing is that with all this tite the guy is paying, he might not still be sleeping with the babe, The girl has just open an office on the guy's head

@ poster, its funny story cuz it happened in the church moreso u are now telling the world. so u can't blame the guy for exposing ur friend's dirty underwear cuz u just did the same thing Yet still its a small world

Not all muslims are terrorist. We only tend to remember the ones done by muslims. What about the ones in ireland that have been terrorising the UK for decades? they are catholic, and they hated anglicans. Did you know that the word "fundamentalist" was first used to describe christian separatists in america in the early 1900s? They were also called extremists.

Terrorism has a very long history and has been rooted in every society known to man. Now, so-called "Islamic terrorism" is not islamic at all, they just happened to be done by muslims and their reason for doing so is not far fetched. They are doing it because of percieved oppression, i said PERCIEVED! and occupation of their lands (i.e. Iraq, Afghanistan etc).

Now, Islam as a religion urges its followers not to tolerate oppression and aggression. This is where Islam comes in. But you know america and the west are a strong force and these terrorists are not match. They're real target is the western governements, but they can't touch them. So they cowardly kill civilians because they are easy target, not because they gain anything from doing so (certainly not any reward from God). How many of you know that muslims are not allowed to engage women, children, the elderly, kill animals or even destroy trees and buildings unecessarily when engaged in war?

And those verses quoted refer to the oppressor. You don't know what the early muslims were put through,

these boys should pls convert one of this corner kicks. we seems to be getting alot of it from the pressure we are mounting, but men! this their keeper dey try sha!

Well if dis is true. Then it is quite unfortunate. Cuz most of these guys in the church already knew what they were gonna do otherwise they shouldn't have attended the wedding two years ago when he got married. So why cry foul now! I dont get it? Its all dirty politics. Politics everywhere even in the churches. No wonder you hear pastors fighting to be posted or transferred to juicey parishes of the same church. No pastor wants to be posted to the villages. Yet they will say being a pastor is a calling from God. Bloody hypocrites. That why naija is stagnant.

i heard the goat was given grass but it refused to eat but when given eba and iseawu, it grub everything, lol

Abeg, so what! if rides an okada in yankee, Oba, no be human being, him get two heads, You wan make hunger kill oba for naija ni?

Oba ride on jare i dey feel your hustle,

Like ma jigga rightly said " you can't knock the hustle"

secret of a first class,
hmmm, try as much as possible to avoid the EFCC's grades dancing across your results, and how do you do that?

1) Dub in the exams hall without any shame like your life depends on it , i.e use all the micro chips you find jump from sit to sit and stretch you neck to the fullest of lengths, but make sure you are not caught or you will demonstrate it to the senate

2) settle all the sortable both in kind and in cash, giving them close marking at all times

3) pray that all your effort does not go in vain and also pray for a miracle like you never read for the exams

4) calculate your GPA at the end of every semester and and fashion out a new strategy if that fails you
Try that and tell me your results, lol, , On a more serious note , what does it profit a man to gain all this and lose his soul,

Its bad, it also applies to those crooks asking you to pay before they offer you scholarships, so what is the essence of the scholarship when you all paid for it and only 3 people where taken and others where left behind, meaning it was every bodies money that was used to sponsor just 3 people and the remaining change will be kept by the fraudsters

AS the Federal Government hands over the oil rich Bakassi Peninsula on Thursday (today), a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Chuks Muoka, has accused three world powers of conspiracy in the ruling of the International Court of Justice which gave the area to Cameroun.

They are the United States, France and Britain.

He told our correspondent in Port Harcourt that the world powers worked against Nigeria’s interest while the case was pending at The Hague.

He said, “There was an international conspiracy against Nigeria. That conspiracy affected the judgment of the IJC.

“For instance, France was against us, the United States was against us and at that instance, Britain had no option than tow the line of its former colonial partner.”

He faulted the ruling of the world’s court, saying that a plebiscite should have been conducted to enable the people choose where to belong before the ruling was given on the case.

Muoma also called on the Federal Government to prosecute the former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, for the wrong decision he took at the time.

Mouka said the former president should be punished for signing the Green Tree Agreement without the consent of the National Assembly.

The Port Harcourt-based lawyer said the action of the former president was not only wrong but also scandalous.

He said, “Obasanjo and his co-travellers have to tell Nigerians what they have gained by ceding Bakassi to Cameroun because Nigeria has not gained anything from that action,” he said.

“It was surprising that Obasanjo went to Washington to sign the GTA without recourse to the National Assembly.

“Who told Obasanjo that he could cede any part of Nigeria ’s sovereign territory to another country without the approval of the National Assembly.”

He argued that Nigeria should have adopted a military option to resolve the ownership question on the peninsula instead of implementing the decision of the ICJ.

He contended that Nigeria’s constitution had operated for several years on the peninsula which has representation at the Senate and the House of Representatives.

He noted that President Umaru Yar’Adua should not have been hasty in handing over the disputed peninsula since the lives of thousands of Nigerians would be affected by the action.

http://www.punchontheweb.com

ALL is now set for the final handing over of the oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula by the Federal Government to the Camerounian government today.

This development followed the decision of President Umaru Yar’Adua to obey the ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ceding the peninsula to Cameroun in a case filed by Cameroun against Nigeria.

The ICJ, in 2002, literally caught the entire world unawares when it ruled that the oil-rich peninsula belonged to Cameroun, ordering the Nigerian government to vacate it for consequent occupation by its rightful owner.

No sooner was the ruling, premised on the Anglo-German Treaty of 1913 given, than mixed reactions from Nigerians and foreigners alike began to trail it, with many urging the Nigerian government not to obey the ruling.

Part of the argument of many of those opposed to the ruling bordered on the composition of the judges in The Hague as they had an overbearing French influence. Cameroun was a colony of France.

However, President Yar’Adua, in line with the respect for the rule of law by his government, resolved to defy all the odds and act in line with the ruling of the ICJ by handing over the oil-rich peninsula to Cameroun today.

Meanwhile, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday did not discuss the handing over of the peninsula and other Nigerian territories at its Wednesday meeting.

Briefing State House reporters after the meeting, Minister of Information, Mr. John Odey, said the FEC approved a contract of N81 million for consultancy services for the conduct of due diligence as well as valuation and audit of assets and liabilities of the defunct Department of National Civic Registration (DNCR).

It will be recalled that the Federal Government on Tuesday issued a statement saying it was going ahead with the handover of the territories in compliance with the judgment.

In a related development, the Senate on Wednesday tactically backed the handover of Bakassi to Cameroun when it stated that today’s event might just be a symbolic way of commencing the process of handing over the disputed area, but added that the issue could still be revisited.

Besides, the Senate said the issue of Bakassi was a delicate one which must be handled with caution, adding that a lot of issues were involved and Nigeria must choose between being the bad boy of the international community or hand over peacefully.

It also stated that following investigations, the parts of Bakassi being ceded to Cameroun were not really very heavy with mineral deposit as alleged.

Addressing journalists after a brief sitting of the Senate on Wednesday, Senate spokesperson and Chairman, Senate Committee on Information and Media, Senator Ayogu Eze, said:“ One other point that people have spoken about is the issue of the treaty and its domestication, well, processes like this, from experience, are not something that can be concluded in a day.

“The handover, for instance, is just a process. Tomorrow (today) might just be a symbolic day of starting the process of handover. Because when you hand over, you have to take care of creating or re-naming or re-creating the Bakassi Local Government as enshrined in the Third Schedule of the constitution.”

He said: “The Senate in its wisdom has already done quite a lot of work on the Bakassi issue. You know that we have a joint committee that has been working on it and it would be over-flogging the issue for us to come to floor today and start talking about it.

“As I said in some of the interviews I gave before I travelled, the issue of Bakassi is an issue that is very delicate and we have to handle it with a lot of caution and a lot of care.”

Also, ahead of the handing over of Bakassi to Cameroun, some members of the House of Representatives on Wednesday insisted that should the Federal Government obey the Green Tree Agreement, it must ensure that people of Bakassi were properly resettled.

But Minority Leader of the House, Honourable Mohammed Ali Ndume, still maintained that the handing over was illegal and declared that the House’s position on the issue was clear.

Honourable Patty Etete, who spoke on the issue, said since the government was resolved to obey the ICJ ruling on Bakassi, the government should endeavour to ensure that the citizens to be affected did not suffer.

Also, Hon. Lanre Agoro canvassed for the same position, even as both lawmakers expressed displeasure at the anguish of the Bakassi people on the matter.

But Minority Leader, Honourable Ndume, maintained that the Federal Government had committed illegality by obeying the ruling on the ceding of Bakassi, saying since the executive wanted to disregard the House on the issue, there was nothing the National Assembly could do.

In a related development, the Oron Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State on Wednesday inaugurated a seven-man committee to ensure the welfare of the returnees from the Bakassi peninsula.

Last week, Governor Godswill Akpabio also inaugurated a similar committee when he called on members to assess the impact of the ICJ ruling on the people.

Akpabio said 80 per cent of the returnees were indigenes of Akwa Ibom, and expressed the determination of his administration to resettle them.
Factsheet on Bakassi

•The 3,000 sq km peninsula in the Gulf of Guinea is mostly wetlands, rich in fish. Its offshore waters contain several oilfields and there are expectations of more to be discovered.

•With its close proximity to the Niger Delta, heart of Nigeria's oil production, industry experts believe the peninsula could hold significant amounts of oil deposits that would help boost Cameroun's declining production of around 90,000 barrels per day.

•The International Court of Justice (ICJ) gave Bakassi to Cameroun in a 2002 ruling, based largely on a 1913 treaty between former colonial powers, Britain and Germany.

•Nigeria and Cameroun fought over Bakassi in 1994 when Cameroun first took its case to the World Court. There were serious clashes in 1996.

•The handover has been delayed since an initial 2004 deadline, but Nigerian troops have gradually handed over control and the process would be complete on August 14.

•Some Bakassi leaders and Nigerian lawmakers object, saying 300,000 people are there and do not want to become Camerounians. UN. officials put the population much lower.

•Suspected Nigerian rebels killed 21 Camerounian soldiers on November 12, 2007 in a raid for which no group claimed responsibility.

•Last month, a little-known armed Nigerian group launched two attacks on Camerounian soldiers in Bakassi and threatened more violence until the transfer is renegotiated.

•Nigeria's border with Cameroun, which runs from Lake Chad to the Gulf of Guinea, has never been established using modern surveying techniques and was charted in colonial times using landmarks such as rivers and trees.

•A UN.-led joint commission was set up in 2002 to define the 1,600-km land boundary between the two countries following the ICJ ruling on Bakassi.

www.tribune.com.ng/14082008/news/news1.html

Caliente:
[size=13pt]Why did you find it so damn idiotically easy to believe that it happened those days without a proof from a damn camera?[/size]

abeg help me ask O! dis shawn guy or gal just doesn't make sense in all his postings so far. pls if you are under aged and cannot reason properly like matured minds do, why come here and fool around. abeg, it really sucks

i sure say for these nairaland sef. some witches and wizards fit dey and dem go dey laugh at our comments

@ seun
i am sad that someone like you can come up here and make such generalizations about Nigerians thereby posting like an IDIOT. These things are possibly and it is not even a Nigerian thing it is a global thing. The word called Devil, Witch, Wizard, Witch doctor, God, voodoo (Fetish powers) etc exist are all in the dictionary so they can't be all assumptions,imaginations or fallacies. We are all entitled to our opinions to believe it or not. Even though technically i am not a Christian but i don't just take those things for granted. i have alot of christain friends and i believe the bible when they tell me about it and i read it too.
afterall Saul went to visit a mediator that talks to the dead after Samuel died. Moses along with the pharaohs magicians guys had their staff turned into snakes. even devil came like a snake to tempt both Jesus in the new testament and eve in the old testament and countless other miracles in the bible like peter's shadow healing the sick, paul bitten by a viper without being hurt, etc. Above all the bible says the devil is the prince of these world and off course he his gonna love-vendor up his agents to do worst things if he can change to any snakes just to do evil. reminding you he wants to capture as much as possible to hell with his evil acts. Don't be beclouded by civilization.
So my dear, like i said technically i am not a christian but i respect everyone's religion and i do not take anything for granted we are all entitle to our opinion. So seun, don't be an idiot making such generalization about nigerians you are supposed to be more enlighten with your choice of words.

Olaolufred:
Seun, if you choose to commit the FA LACY OF GENERALIZATION this way,

I can logically conclude that you are the master of the IDIOTS.

My advice is that even though you are free to express your opinion,
you must do so in a more responsible way.

Do you know that this generalization includes your own relations? Not to talk about ones parents.

Please, opinion must be tabled with wisdom and not in Full-blown foolishness.

Hope to see you improve on this.

well said, i couldn't have addressed him better for someone who knows the rules. what a shame

those who thinks that theres nothing wrong due to the reason of having personal privacy should stop hiding those many diseases of theirs.free your disease to your partner,let him/she understand the pains you have been going through because of this disease.