₦airaland Forum

There was never a state of palestine in history.So how can you occupy what has never existed?If the Arabs had accepted the partition of the land after the balfour declaration instead of going to war,there will be a palestinian state today.

Bunch of idiots.Can they spell Jerusalem?Only if Gideon Orkar had succeeded.May his soul rest in peace.

Useless police.If it's massob,they will have strength.Idiots

Ther is no advantage.Nigeria is a failed state and it is time we Igbos secede.We don't need Nigeria and we don't need other tribes

fb_ude:
Those who sponsor Boko Haram.

and recent bombing in Nigeria.



IBB,Atiku Abubarkar,Chiroma,Dambazu,

BuhariAbdullahi Sarki Mukhtar,Abdusalami

Abubakar,Umaru Ali,Yakassi The entire

members of Arewa consutative forum,

Northern Political Leaders Forum (NPLF)

God bless you.I hope Jonathan knows this.

By Festus Akanbi

A new regime in mobile telecommunications in Nigeria is set to unfold soon as the Nigerian Communications Commission is expected to announce the nation’s mobile phone number portability service provider.


Industry sources conversant with the bid conducted by NCC to appoint a service provider for number portability, have revealed that a consortium comprising US-based Telcordia Technologies and Interconnect Clearinghouse Nigeria (ICN) is likely to be announced by the industry regulator soon.


Telcordia is the chief architect of the telecommunications system in the US, and has pioneered many of the telecommunications services used today, including caller ID, call waiting, mobile number portability and toll-free telephone number service.


It was also appointed the service provider for number portability in South Africa when the service was launched in the country a few years ago.


ICN, on the other hand, is a licensed interconnect exchange operator which was established over five years ago by the husband of the Minister of Petroleum Resources and former Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Alison Madueke (rtd), and other shareholders, to provide accurate billing of interconnect traffic for telecom operators in Nigeria.


In a recent interview with Technology Times in Abuja, NCC Executive Vice Chairman, Dr Eugene Juwah, revealed that the telecoms regulator had selected a company from those who bid for the service to enable mobile phone users change service providers while still keeping their unique numbers.


He, however, declined to disclose the identity of the company that will be licensed for the “Mobile Number Portability Administration Service”.


The ability of mobile phone users to port their phone numbers from one operator to the other, will mark a major milestones in the industry and will engender competition in Nigeria’s telecoms sector of over 90 million active subscribers. It was also enable new entrants and smaller operators gain market share.


The service will also be available to fixed line users after the successful execution of the project for mobile phone users.


In the interview, Juwah had said NCC was delaying the announcement of the winner because some of the details of the porting arrangement "are being worked out."


The telecoms regulator had recently shortlisted four companies, including Telcordia, among those bidding for Nigeria's mobile number portability operator licence.


Apart from Telcordia, three others that were considered for the licence include Interconnect Clearinghouse Nigeria, Wagatel and TeleTeck.


But the four companies were later to forge alliances into two consortia with Telcordia and ICN pushing a joint bid against the Wagatel-TeleTeck team.


This was done in an apparent deference to NCC’s preference to issue the mobile number portability administration service to companies, which may have provided similar services “in other jurisdictions”, but must have a partnership with a Nigerian company.


The two consortia presented their proposed service offerings, solutions and terms at a recent briefing held at the NCC corporate headquarters in Abuja where they made presentations to key decision makers in the telecoms industry, the regulatory agency and other stakeholders, in what marked the final phase of consultations and evaluations preceding the eventual grant of the number porting licence to one of the two bidding consortia.


According to the bid documents issued to the bidding consortia, NCC plans to implement number porting in response to service quality challenges and also step up competition in the telecoms sector.


Juwah, during the interview, said: "I am happy to tell you that we have now selected a service provider for the number portability. Don't ask me who it is but I can tell you we have selected the company and in the right time, we will announce it."


Before the eventual selection, NCC held consultations with telecoms operators and stakeholders and also evaluated proposals and solutions proffered by the bidders for mobile number porting in which phone users will keep their mobile numbers when they change service providers.


Under the plan, the number porting service is expected to commence after the completion of the ongoing nationwide mobile phone registration that ends September 28.


The number porting service will be available to only registered phone users as NCC has directed network operators to disconnect unregistered lines at the end of the mobile phone registration exercise.


“The registration is expected to be completed by September 28, 2011. After this period, all unregistered SIM cards will be disconnected from the networks,” the NCC had earlier announced.


Juwah said under the terms of the selection deal, network operators, rather than mobile phone users, would pay for number porting by their subscribers, adding that finer details of the licence are currently being worked out among all stakeholders.


Asked if the operators will not transfer the cost to their subscribers, he said: "Well, not directly. At least, they cannot say because you transferred your phone number, this is the cost. As far as we are concerned, the cost of transfer of porting to a subscriber is free. It is zero."


He said even if the licence is issued to a Nigerian company, part of the licence term is that the partnership forged during the licence bids must be retained.


According to him: "It is not really a consortium but a partnership which must go on in the operations. It will be part of the agreement that these partners that came from day one in competition for this licence must be retained during the operations. So it is a partnership rather than a consortium."


He said the decision is informed by the need to guard against a situation in which the partnership is severed once the licence is issued to the successful company.


NCC had earlier said SIM registration would precede number portability not only to generate a database of phone users but also to assist security agencies in resolving crimes and by extension to enhance the security of the state; facilitate the collation of data by NCC about phone usage in Nigeria and enable operators to have a predictable profile about the users on their networks; and effectively implement other value added services like number portability, among others.


Under the plan, NCC's non-mobile market expansion plan is to expand number portability to the other telecoms markets, including operators of fixed and VoIP, among others, that will see the mobile number portability administrator offer and manage the service between fixed, VOIP operators, fixed to mobile and mobile to fixed, among others.

http://www.thisdayonline.com/

By Tokunbo Adedoja

One of the United States diplomatic cables released by internet whistle-blower, WikiLeaks, has revealed that US government suspected that former National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Abdullahi Seriki Mukhtar, had links with extremists.

The cable, dated December 31, 2008, originated from its Consulate in Lagos and was authored by Ambassador Robin Renee Sanders.

Mukhtar, who was NSA to late President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, was described by Sanders as “a closet extremist we need to watch”.

Narrating a December 22, 2008 encounter she had with Mukhtar to discuss a range of issues, including internecine violence in Jos, she said: “Mukhtar, known as a hawk, should also be known now as a racist and anti-Semite."

She said that though they knew that Mukhtar holds a less than favourable opinion about the US, during her encounter with him, he presented an “even more worrisome personality as he provided more insight into his thinking”.

She characterised his thinking as not only “racist, anti-Islamic (apparently she meant anti-Semitic) and disparaging of official US persons, but radical and fundamentalist”.

She said: “This should give us grave concern in his position asYar’Adua's National Security Advisor, given his easy access to the President where the latter is hearing his strong opinions on the nature of our relationship.”

According to her, “Post believes that we need to be extremely cautious in engaging with Muktar, especially in any official US-based meetings in which he may accompany Nigerian President Yar’Adua. His comments and views border on him being a radical fundamentalist as well as anti-US.”

The envoy then sent a clear warning to her country: “Any USG meeting in which Mukhtar is present should be handled with extreme caution. He is extremely close to certain Arab and Russian elements, and we do not know at this time if those contacts are on the extremist end of the spectrum, but it sounded like it in this meeting with the Ambassador as she listened to some of his dialogue regarding his discussions with both certain Arab nations and Russians on USG policy.

“He is someone we need to monitor and be careful with regarding any conversation with him, and any access to senior USG officials, particularly in Washington in any meeting he might attend with President Yar’Adua.

“His anti-Semitic comments about certain members of the in-coming administration need to be taken seriously and we need to limit Mukhtar's access to senior USG officials in Washington for the time being.”

Describing his view of the world as "bizarre" and "disconcerting", Sanders said Mukhtar's “perception is that the USG's goal was to eliminate Islam, like it did with communism”.

Sanders stated in the cable that she clearly told him that not only was this not true, but it did not make sense.

The US official said she pointed out the range of her country's efforts that debunk this perception, and highlighted not only what the US Mission in Nigeria was doing, but her government's overall efforts to help build better relations in this area.

She also said she “directly asked him then whether this 'perception'that he was stating was also his personal view; Mukhtar refused to answer”.

In the cable, the US envoy said Mukhtar also provided insights into the Jos crises. She noted that the former NSA said he and other Federal Government officials warned Plateau State Governor Jonah Jang not to hold the Jos North Local Government Area election in the manner he did.

She noted that Mukhtar said not heeding the advice resulted in the violence that erupted.

Sanders also said that the former NSA told her that Chadians and Nigeriens participated in the violence, but that they were long-time residents of the area and not recent arrivals.

According to Sanders, Mukhtar said: “There were eight Chadian students who were attending the University of Jos who participated in the fighting once it started, while the Nigeriens have been informal workers in the area for decades," but added, "there was no evidence they had initiated the violence."

The US envoy said Mukhtar told her that he wanted to find a way for Jang to be removed, or to call for another election that would see him defeated.

Mukhtar was appointed NSA by former President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2006, when Gen. Aliyu Gusau, Mukhtar’s predecessor, resigned to participate in the 2007 presidential election. Late President Yar’Adua, on assumption of office in May 2007, retained Mukhtar, who eventually got replaced by President Goodluck Jonathan when the latter appointed Gen. Andrew Azazi on assumption of office as president, after the death of Yar’Adua.


http://www.thisdayonline.com/

Make your wife a housewife and another man will give her work on his bed

Andy Whitfield, the British star of US TV drama Spartacus: Blood and Sand, has died at the age of 39.

Whitfield died on Sunday in Sydney, Australia, 18 months after being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, his family and manager said.

His wife, Vashti, described him as “our beautiful young warrior”.

Whitfield was born in Wales and moved to Australia in 1999. Actor Liam McIntyre took over Whitfield’s role in the TV series when he became ill.

“On a beautiful sunny Sydney spring morning, surrounded by his family, in the arms of his loving wife, our beautiful young warrior Andy Whitfield lost his 18-month battle with lymphoma cancer,” his wife said in a statement.
‘Courage and strength’

“He passed peacefully surrounded by love. Thank you to all his fans whose love and support have helped carry him to this point. He will be remembered as the inspiring, courageous and gentle man, father and husband he was.”

Chris Albrecht, president and chief operating officer of US TV network Starz, said he was “deeply saddened” by Whitfield’s loss.

“We were fortunate to have worked with Andy in Spartacus and came to know that the man who played a champion on-screen was also a champion in his own life,” Albrecht said in a statement.

“Andy was an inspiration to all of us as he faced this very personal battle with courage, strength and grace,” he added.

Whitfield played the title role in all 13 episodes of the first series, screened in 2010, and was about to shoot the second series when he was diagnosed with cancer.

Spartacus, which attracted media attention in the US for its graphic scenes of sex and violence, was first seen in the UK on the now defunct Bravo channel before moving to Sky One.

In an interview with the Deadline Hollywood website last year, Whitfield said having cancer had taught him some important lessons.

“After the initial shock – I was a healthy young man and had no idea this could happen – it was frustrating that the first season was ending on such a high note.”

But he added he then found “time to heal, figure things out and spend time with my family. Stay in the now and enjoy every moment.”

Whitfield’s Spartacus co-star Lucy Lawless also paid tribute to the actor in a statement to EW:

“Andy Whitfield left an indelible mark on all of us in the Spartacus family,” she said. “He was a gentle man who never said a bad word about anyone, a gifted photographer, engineer (no really!) and a brilliant actor.

“How lucky we were to have him grace all our lives. Godspeed, Andy!”

BBC

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/09/andy-whitfield-of-spartacus-loses-battle-with-cancer/

fb_ude:
IBB,Atiku,Chiroma,Dambazu and the entire
executive members of the Northern Political
Leaders Forum they are responsible for this
bombing and killing in Nigeria.They sponsor
Boko Haram.

Especially dambazzau

Members of the task force are responsible for these killings.

Nobody should take sahara reports seriously.They are just pathological liars who have a deep seated hatred for Jonathan.

Beaf:
That goat might be alj harem.

Oritsejafor Restates Stance On Islamic Banking .
Saturday, 10 September 2011 00:00 From Joke Akanmu, Abuja News - National .

THE president of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, has again cautioned Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, on his role in the establishment of Islamic Banking system in the country.

Speaking with journalists yesterday in Abuja, Oritsejafor who is also the president of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), said the CBN governor has no business spearheading the Islamic Banking system in the country.

He also urged firmer government action against the extremist Boko Haram Islamic sect.

He berated Sanusi for spreading the notion that non-interest banking was synonymous with the Islamic religion. The cleric insisted there were more than two recognised models of non-interest banking.

He, however, called for uniform guidelines for all non-interest banking systems seeking licence from the CBN.

The CAN president also alleged that Sanusi was promoting Islamic banking with public funds, which according to him, is beyond the CBN governor’s constitutional limits.

He challenged the CBN governor to give account of funds spent on Islamic banking to Nigerians and return such money to public treasury.

He also called on the CBN to announce uniform guidelines for licensing non-interest banking system, as it is done in the educational sector, so as to avoid discrimination in the nation’s financial sector.

His words: “There has to be one uniform guideline for all non-interest banking. You cannot have one separate guideline for Islamic banking and another set of guideline for all others. That is wrong and discriminatory and totally unacceptable to us.

“In the educational sector, there is only one set of guideline to start any kind of school and if you meet the condition, they will give you the licence. We are saying in Nigeria, everyone should be treated as equal.”

On Boko Haram terrorism, Oritsejafor said government should bring to book the sponsors of the sect.

He stated: “We know that government knows the sponsors of this Islamic sect, but are only treating them with kids gloves. Government needs to act forcefully and decisively because Boko Haram is out to Islamise the country and that is the reason why the government needs to act fast”.

The Christian leader also noted that if appropriate measures were not taken to stem the tide of violence in Jos and its environs, it might snowball into a crisis that might not be easily handled.

He enjoined the federal government to take proactive and forceful measures to curb incessant killings in Jos and bring lasting peace to the country as a whole.


http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=60587:oritsejafor-restates-stance-on-islamic-banking&catid=1:national&Itemid=559#comments

Massive man-hunt for three terrorists plotting a truck bomb attack on New York or Washington for 9/11 anniversary

Three people have come to U.S. with 'intent' to carry out plot, say officials

By Daily Mail Reporter

Last updated at 11:47 AM on 9th September 2011

Three suspected terrorists are being hunted in America amid fears they are plotting car bomb attacks in New York and Washington D.C. on the tenth anniversary of 9/11 on Sunday.
It is the first 'active plot' timed to coincide with Sunday's sombre commemoration of the terror network's 9/11 attacks a decade ago that killed nearly 3,000 people.
The terrorists may be targeting tunnels and bridges around Manhattan, said one source, but other big cities, including Los Angeles and Chicago, are also on red alert.

Federal officials say three individuals - one believed to be a U.S. citizen - entered the country last month by air with 'intent' to carry out a terrorist plot against Washington, D.C. or New York.
Police sources told reporters the individuals are believed to have come to the U.S. via Afghanistan with at lease one stop in another country, possibly Iran.

The FBI and Homeland Security Department issued a joint intelligence bulletin last night to law enforcement around the country urging them to maintain increased security and be on the lookout for suspicious activity.
'There is specific, credible but unconfirmed threat information,' the head of the FBI's New York division, Janice Fedarcyk, said.
'As we always do before important dates like the anniversary of 9/11, we will undoubtedly get more reporting in the coming days.'

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg told reporters that police there were deploying additional resources around the city but that New Yorkers should go about their business as usual
He added that the city's observance of the attacks will go on as planned.
In Washington, law enforcement officials said they were working 12-hour days indefinitely, and Police Chief Cathy Lanier said unattended cars parked in unusual locations risked being towed.
Briefed on the threat information yesterday morning, President Barack Obama directed U.S. counter-terrorism agencies to redouble their efforts, a White House official said

A White House official yesterday told ABC: 'The President was briefed on this specific threat information this morning and has been updated on it throughout the day.
'The United States government has already significantly enhanced its security posture in advance of the 9/11 anniversary to protect the country against possible terrorist threats.
'Nevertheless, the President directed the counter-terrorism community to redouble its efforts in response to this credible but unconfirmed information.'
U.S. INTELLIGENCE WARNS OF 'LOTS OF CHATTER' ON JIHADI WEBSITES Intelligence officials have warned of 'lots of chatter' on jihadi websites about the imminent anniversary of 9/11, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, pictured, said yesterday.

The department will be at a heightened level of readiness as the U.S. commemorates the anniversary but, she said, nothing yet warrants raising the terrorist threat status.

CNN reported Ms Napolitano as saying: 'We don't have something that would reach that standard, but we still have lots of chatter out there. And we take every bit of that seriously and are tracking it down.'

She said the anniversary would likely be an 'iconic' day for al Qaeda. But despite the heightened level of threat she declined to give out details of security preparations.

'I don't want to give those (details) out because I don't want to tell the bad guys exactly what we're doing,' she said.

'But I think it's fair to say that in addition to asking citizens to be vigilant and so forth, that we have ourselves leaned forward and have made sure that we are doing all that we can from the DHS perspective.'
As of late last night, there were no plans to change Obama's travel schedule on Sunday in light of the threat, the White House said.
The president is scheduled to mark the September 11 anniversary with stops at New York's Ground Zero, the Pentagon and Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
He also will deliver a speech on Sunday night at a memorial concert at the Kennedy Centre in Washington.
The Department of Homeland Security, which said only last week that there was no credible information that al Qaeda was plotting an attack around the September 11 anniversary, declined to offer details on the threat.
It cautioned that there were always threat reports before important dates like the anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
Spokesman Matt Chandler said: 'Sometimes this reporting is credible and warrants intense focus, other times it lacks credibility and is highly unlikely to be reflective of real plots under way.'
'Regardless, we take all threat reporting seriously, and we have taken, and will continue to take all steps necessary to mitigate any threats that arise.'
A second law-enforcement source played down an ABC News report about missing rental trucks - saying the vehicles had been recovered and there was no connection to terrorism.
A press conference was held in New York City on Thursday evening where Mayor Michael Bloomberg spoke on additional precautions being taken in the event potential threats were confirmed.
The Mayor said intelligence agencies have been on 'heightened alert' as the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks approaches.
He advised New Yorkers not to change their daily routines but to be vigilant in reporting anything suspicious.
Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said heightened security measures would include increased bag inspections on the city's mass transit system, increased deployment of radiation monitoring equipment, increased focus on landmark, houses of worship and government buildings and increased bomb sweeps of parking garages and other locations.
Daily routine: Mayor Bloomberg urged New Yorkers not to change their plans ahead of the 9/11 anniversary, so it was a typical Thursday night in Manhattan


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2035207/Hunt-terrorists-plotting-truck-bomb-attack-New-York-Washington-9-11-anniversary.html#ixzz1XS7XrdTP

engineerd:
What do u expect the owner is a JEW.

Another meaningless comment

Tell me something new

originalty:
seedorf247 or wot eva u called urself, u are d most tribalistic ever exist in nairaland.U are detriment to life.mischievous human being.if person like u lives in d village,u will be infecting people with juju, why did u hate igbo people for christ sake? u are supposed to be in the village where u belong, i do not knw why u live in d township.i have been listening 2ur comments all this while, Dey are all tribal comments, u dont talk maturely,u talk awkwardly.We are all Nigerians and we are all one,stop criticizing tribes.u are tribalstic hopeless person.May be u are not umemployed thats why u hve many time in d world 2come here everyday to talk tribal rubbish,u ANTI-IBO.NON SENSE.

Don't mind the tribalistic bastard.I am sure he lives a miserable and frustrated life.Stupid decayed skunk.

He is a very sectional idiot and religious bigot.He built a mosque at the Garki modern market when he was the FCT minister but never bothered to build a church. He the defended the ex commissioner of police that ordered the massacre of the Apo six. The man should never smell that office

Give Jonathan time. He will become a great leader.

kokoA:
I liked that Tsiga man o. They should have reapointed him nau

The same Tsiga that sent youth corpers back to borno and bauchi

EFCC denies recovering $13.5m from Jonathan’s wife
By Yusuf Alli 10 hours 57 minutes ago

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mrs. Farida Waziri, yesterday said the commission did not recover $13.5million slush funds from the First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan.

She also said the commission had not witch-hunted anyone or group in the last three years.
Mrs Waziri made the clarifications when she addressed members of the Women Empowering and Enriching Lives (WEEL) in Abuja.

The EFCC chairman said the agency was not investigating Mrs Jonathan for any financial crime.
Mrs Waziri said: “This even provides me an opportunity to respond to several enquiries I have been getting on an alleged pending case against Mrs. Jonathan. Let me state clearly that the commission will not allow itself to be used to drag innocent people’s names into crimes, cases or allegations they know nothing about.

“In this particular case, I have read my predecessor say in interviews in September, last year, that Mrs. Jonathan was not in any way involved in any case of money laundering investigated by the EFCC under him. I have thereafter checked our records and cannot find any case of money laundering against Mrs. Jonathan or the President. So, each time I get an enquiry or read about this, I often wonder where this is coming from.
“If the person said to have investigated her for money laundering had, as far back as September, last year, disclaimed this, I wonder why people still refer to it.

“As I said, the commission does not have any account or record where $13.5 million was recovered from Mrs. Jonathan in 2006. I don’t have the details of the account where it was put and it was not documented. If there was a case against the First Lady, it should have been documented. There is no such record in the commission.

“But in the case of the controversial $15million bribe offered the former Chairman of the EFCC, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, by former (Delta State) Governor James Ibori, I met the records and the money is still with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
“We should learn to separate the truth from blackmail. Our society can only thrive on justice and fair play if we uphold the right values and shun the politics of pulling innocent people down.”

Promising that the commission under her operates within the law, the EFCC chairman said: “I am equally glad to note that women in authority are reputable for maintaining high standards and playing by the rules. This is why only the mischievous would say the EFCC under my leadership witch-hunts or drags people’s names through the mud or violates rule of law in our operations.
“I am proud to say that in the last three years, we have done much more and achieved great feats without operating outside the ambit of the law.

“For us in the EFCC, we will continue to promote the right values, focus on our mandate and abstain from tendencies that will not help the cause for a better society.

“This we cannot do alone, and that is why we continue to enlist as many patriotic citizens and groups, like yours, to join in our crusade for good governance through a vigorous and masses-driven fight against economic crimes, including corruption.”
She praised the WEEL for promoting women’s cause.
Mrs Waziri said: “I am often delighted whenever I have women’s groups visiting me like this; maybe it’s because I am a woman or because I am just sensitive to women’s rights and well-being.

“This is why I support the objective of WEEL for its commitment to empowering women towards sustainable development.
“Without sounding feminist, I am bold to say that women in positions of authority are not only achievers- as instances abound around us - but their empowerment secures the future of children, families and the society as a whole.”

http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news/18806-efcc-denies-recovering-%2413.5m-from-jonathan%E2%80%99s-wife.html

Frandey:
U c anytime any group want anything in naija dey call demselves igbo now anioma is calling demselves igbo because dey want anioma plz do u fink igbo will be foolish enough 2 let anioma state go in d name of new igbo state this is what ijo presido did(add Ebere-Azikiwe 2 his name) and it work 4 him. Long time ago on this nairaland people start debating weda anioma & ikwerre,ogoni,egbema,etche etc are igbo land to my suprise indigenes of those places categorically denied dey ain't igbo people dey are different ethnic groups 4rom ss. De fact is that dey call us Ndigbo aa! Thanks no vex.fferent ethnic groups 4rom ss. De fact is that dey call us Ndigbo aa! Thanks no vex.

Don't generalize. Say some indigenes.The truth is that most of anioma proudly say they are Igbos. The only exception are the Ikwerres even though some of them like the late Francis Ella were proud of their Igbo identity.

Jonathan’s 100 days in office a waste –Buhari
From AIDOGHIE PAULINUS, Abuja
Thursday, September 08, 2011

As President Goodluck Jonathan marks 100 days in office, hard knocks came yesterday from former Military Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari, saying Jonathan’s 100 days in office is a waste.

Buhari, the presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in the April, 2011. election, said that it is those who had misplaced expectations that would be surprised that the country has gone the way it has gone in the past 100 days.
He said that in the last 12 years, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been in power and Nigeria has been going down on daily basis.

Speaking through his spokesman, Mr. Yinka Odumakin, Buhari said that it is clear today that Jonathan is not doing badly in terms of the expectations of those who know what the PDP is all about and his own level of competence.

“The blind can see that it is not well with our country and that there is no sign of leadership in place that is even giving any ray of hope of addressing the issues confronting us.
“This is the continuation of the way the PDP has mismanaged this country in the last 12 years and they are going to continue that way until Nigerians know that it is time to make for a better country.”
On the change of members of the presidential election panel, Buhari said that the action was quite absurd and only confirmed the fears that people raised when all the abracadabra of the National Judicial Council (NJC) and the president’s illegal suspension of the President of the Court of Appeal was done, that something was in the offing.

“Now, the fingers are clear. We have now seen that the hand that was the hand of Jacob before, we can now hear the voice of Esau in everything. “That a president would hurriedly approve the illegal suspension of a President of the Court of Appeal (PCA) who was presiding over a petition against him and the successor, within few weeks, disband the entire panel, I think intelligent people can make their deductions and conclusions and know that the Nigerian judiciary is about to be swallowed by the octopus PDP that has ravaged all our values, destroyed our system and make sure that nothing is standing to defend honour and integrity in Nigeria,” Buhari stated.

While calling on Nigerians to keep hope alive and continue to contend for the soul of this country, Buhari further said that what equity is all about, is the contention for the soul of Nigeria.

http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2011/sept/08/national-08-09-2011-009.html

You a

onyeka13:
JENIFA, Are you aware the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo is from ANIOMA?

Don't mind these ignorant and clueless non Igbos.They just sit in their rooms and make comments about Igbos without any sense of Igbo history or anthropology.

paraphase:
None of my Delta friends agreed to be called Igbo, so how realistic is this Anioma ? Even my Calabar\Cross River Friends would not agree to be called Igbos. I think Biafra have a huge problem to deal with.

The president of Ohaneze is from Anioma. Don't talk if you are totally clueless

@Poster,u are just a piece of scum.Tribalistic bastard.

[size=13pt]Terrorism here to stay, says Azazi, NSA[/size]
On September 7, 2011 ·

National Security Adviser, Gen. Andrew Owoye Azazi said yesterday that the nation’s  security outfits were caught unawares by the new dimension introduced by Boko Haram sect, declaring that terrorism has come to stay.

Gen. Azazi who briefed an emergency meeting of the National Council of State yesterday, attributed the inability of the government to arrest rising spate of terrorist acts to lack of preparedness on the part of security operatives, despite the fact that the activities of the sect started in Nigeria over 15 years ago.

He warned that unless adequate arrangements were put in place in terms of training and retraining of security operatives on modern security management that is technology based, and provision of modern equipment, there might not be an end to the growing insecurity across the country, saying that [size=13pt]“terrorism has come to stay”[/size].

The NCS meeting which was presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan, had in attendance three former Heads of State including Alhaji Shehu Shagari, President Olusegun Obasanjo and General Abubakar Abdulsalami; the Senate President, Speaker of House of Representatives, Attorney-General of the Federation, serving and former Chief Justices of the Nigeria; the 36 governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.

The NSA who was accompanied by the governors of Benue, Hon. Gabriel Suswan, Jigawa, Alhaji Sule Lamido, and that of Cross River, Senator Lyel Imoke, briefed State House Correspondents at the end of the session which lasted for over six hours, at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa.

According to Governor Suswan, the NCS discussed five key issues including terrorism, Jos crises, appointment of National Population Commission, NPC, and prerogative of mercy for deserving prisoners as well as National Honours; but with special focus on terrorism

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