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El Rufai... The man that divided Kaduna state completely

By Anayo M. Nwosu
My grandfather Nwosu Ezeechedolu was amongst the dignitaries invited by Chief Aghaukwu, the then Obi of Uruagu Nnewi sometime in 1893, to welcome visiting members of the Church Missionary Society (CMS) from Onitsha en route Obosi in today’s Anambra State, Southeast Nigeria. That was before the British colonial masters cowed Nnewi town to surrender to its authority in 1905.
The message was the same as those from Catholic Mission and others when they arrived. They were marketing Heaven described as an Estate of many mansions somewhere in the sky, built by God for those who lived holy life on earth.
Our people were encouraged to see their stay on earth as temporary and a preparation for making Heaven. In the said Heaven lives the Christian God and his family who are worshipped by His servants known as angels.
Many elders of Nnewi attended most of the meetings called by the people of the new religion as Nigerians attend those meetings called by pocketful politicians, because at the end of every meeting, gifts of all sorts would be shared. Such gifts softened the elders resistance to their children’s attendance to the christian gatherings and schools. Many of the elders didn’t believe the heaven story for so many reasons.
My grandfather wondered when the christian heaven estate was built. He had also reasoned that since his ancestors were not christians and were never baptized or knew Jesus, that they went elsewhere which the christian people didn’t know about. Of course, they wouldn’t know about the Land of the Ancestors where only those whose funeral ceremonies and passage rites were performed after or during burial.
Nnewi elders never believed in Hell as a place where human beings would be roasted like yam tubers or goat being de-furred by fire. They believed that Hell was here on earth; that whatever punishment anyone couldn’t serve out while alive would be suffered by his or her descendants.
While the Anglican missionaries were busy selling heaven and hell to our people, the Catholics introduce another Estate they called purgatory which was said to be in-between Heaven and Hell. Early 1900s was an era to learn new things in my town.
I believe that stubbornness and perchance to query the incongruent was hereditary hence I guess that the spirit of my ancestors were upon me when I was waiting to meet with the parish priest of St. Dominic Catholic Church, Yaba Lagos.
It had to do with my insistence on using Igbo names for the baptism of my first daughter.
I was told that by the catechists that I must choose my daughter’s baptismal name from the Church’s approved list of Saints in Heaven.
On that list were no one from Nnewi or Igboland. There no names from our neighboring Ijaw, Edo, Ibibio and even Yoruba.
Mbanu!
Fortuitously, my parents baptized me the day I was born and I didn’t have any opportunity to choose a religion. They chose one for me and even initiated me into Catholicism without my consent.
I grew up to practice the faith of my parents but with serious reservations to some of their teachings which I reasoned were introduced with cultural self righteousness.
I intended to resist those ideologies that I felt I could resist. This resolve was fired up in my first year in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka after reading “How Europe Underdeveloped Africa” by Walter Rodney. The book says that if you want to subdue a people, make them to abandon their own gods and kill their language. Can’t you see how we foolishly converse with our own children in English as our local language is sinful?
The reverend father at St. Dominic’s parish was warm and pleasant. But I was resolute in the pursuit of cultural justice for my people.
“Father, did St. Augustine, St. Catherine, St. Timothy etc. choose the names of saints that lived before them at baptism? How do we as Africans increase the list of the names available to be chosen from by catechumens or baptismal candidates if the faithfuls with Igbo names are not made saints? Must my daughter bear the name of a patron saint?” was a barrage of questions I shelled out of the gun in my mouth to a surprised priest. I suspected that he must have seen a human right activist in me.
Trust catholic priests, especially the well educated ones, with their ability to handle a deviant like me. “My dear Anayo, what names have you chosen?” he asked.
“Chiemelie, meaning that ‘God has become victorious’. I chose the name after the battles my wife and I fought in our three years of childlessness in which God defeated Satan”, I told the priest, stressing the reason behind the choice of the name.
“What is your choice of a second name?”, the priest asked me with a countenance of a father expecting a son to do the right thing, which I suspected to mean, that I should choose the name of a saint as a compromise.
But, I wouldn’t do that.
“Mmesomachukwu, meaning the ‘goodness of God”, I responded.
The priest, said, “that’s ok. I approve. Give this paper to the lady in the parish office. Nice meeting with you, Mr. Nwosu”. And I left.
I didn’t have to tell the priest that I was aware of some scholarly publications by brilliant Igbo bishops like: Late Professor Ezeanya, a former Archbishop of Onitsha Ecclesiastical Province and his predecessor, Francis Cardinal Arinze on some Igbo names that could be used for baptism. Some of the publications also translated many biblical names into Igbo language.
Some of the names like Ikechukwu, Ifunanya, Chukwuka, Okwukweka etc. sound nice.
Irrespective of acculturation efforts by the Catholic Church, we still have opposition more in our African priests than Europeans in the refusal to accepting local meaningful names for baptism hence decreasing the nomenclature or number of diverse names in register containing the names of saints.
Despite my spirited entreaties, the parish priest of a church located off Itire Road Surulere, refused to allow my cousin give the daughter, “Ginikachukwu” as a baptismal name. The name means “what is greater than God”. My cousin was forced to finally pick an European name that means “a plant” which was born by someone who later became a saint.
Does “Peter” not mean “Okwute or Rock” and “Thomas” not “Twin or Ejima”? To our priests Okwute or Ejima is not good enough for a name. It is either a Peter or a Thomas.
Even the most educated don’t know that there are always the human or cultural superiority complex embedded in every religion just as there are many cultural impositions on the new adherents from another climes.
Any surprise as to why the muslim God doesn’t like prayers said in English or French but only those said in Arabic? Even in Igbo villages, most people believe that Pentecostal God answers faster in English and prayers said using loud microphones.
Therefore, one can understand my confusion when some of the poorly educated Christian converts from my town shout “My Rod is good!” I don’t say anything. If I must, then I need to ask their wives before I respond, “All the time!”

By Anayo M. Nwosu

My grandfather Nwosu Ezeechedolu was amongst the dignitaries invited by Chief Aghaukwu, the then Obi of Uruagu Nnewi sometime in 1893, to welcome visiting members of the Church Missionary Society (CMS) from Onitsha en route Obosi in today’s Anambra State, Southeast Nigeria. That was before the British colonial masters cowed Nnewi town to surrender to its authority in 1905.
The message was the same as those from Catholic Mission and others when they arrived. They were marketing Heaven described as an Estate of many mansions somewhere in the sky, built by God for those who lived holy life on earth.
Our people were encouraged to see their stay on earth as temporary and a preparation for making Heaven. In the said Heaven lives the Christian God and his family who are worshipped by His servants known as angels.
Many elders of Nnewi attended most of the meetings called by the people of the new religion as Nigerians attend those meetings called by pocketful politicians, because at the end of every meeting, gifts of all sorts would be shared. Such gifts softened the elders resistance to their children’s attendance to the christian gatherings and schools. Many of the elders didn’t believe the heaven story for so many reasons.
My grandfather wondered when the christian heaven estate was built. He had also reasoned that since his ancestors were not christians and were never baptized or knew Jesus, that they went elsewhere which the christian people didn’t know about. Of course, they wouldn’t know about the Land of the Ancestors where only those whose funeral ceremonies and passage rites were performed after or during burial.
Nnewi elders never believed in Hell as a place where human beings would be roasted like yam tubers or goat being de-furred by fire. They believed that Hell was here on earth; that whatever punishment anyone couldn’t serve out while alive would be suffered by his or her descendants.
While the Anglican missionaries were busy selling heaven and hell to our people, the Catholics introduce another Estate they called purgatory which was said to be in-between Heaven and Hell. Early 1900s was an era to learn new things in my town.
I believe that stubbornness and perchance to query the incongruent was hereditary hence I guess that the spirit of my ancestors were upon me when I was waiting to meet with the parish priest of St. Dominic Catholic Church, Yaba Lagos.
It had to do with my insistence on using Igbo names for the baptism of my first daughter.
I was told that by the catechists that I must choose my daughter’s baptismal name from the Church’s approved list of Saints in Heaven.
On that list were no one from Nnewi or Igboland. There no names from our neighboring Ijaw, Edo, Ibibio and even Yoruba.
Mbanu!
Fortuitously, my parents baptized me the day I was born and I didn’t have any opportunity to choose a religion. They chose one for me and even initiated me into Catholicism without my consent.
I grew up to practice the faith of my parents but with serious reservations to some of their teachings which I reasoned were introduced with cultural self righteousness.
I intended to resist those ideologies that I felt I could resist. This resolve was fired up in my first year in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka after reading “How Europe Underdeveloped Africa” by Walter Rodney. The book says that if you want to subdue a people, make them to abandon their own gods and kill their language. Can’t you see how we foolishly converse with our own children in English as our local language is sinful?
The reverend father at St. Dominic’s parish was warm and pleasant. But I was resolute in the pursuit of cultural justice for my people.
“Father, did St. Augustine, St. Catherine, St. Timothy etc. choose the names of saints that lived before them at baptism? How do we as Africans increase the list of the names available to be chosen from by catechumens or baptismal candidates if the faithfuls with Igbo names are not made saints? Must my daughter bear the name of a patron saint?” was a barrage of questions I shelled out of the gun in my mouth to a surprised priest. I suspected that he must have seen a human right activist in me.
Trust catholic priests, especially the well educated ones, with their ability to handle a deviant like me. “My dear Anayo, what names have you chosen?” he asked.
“Chiemelie, meaning that ‘God has become victorious’. I chose the name after the battles my wife and I fought in our three years of childlessness in which God defeated Satan”, I told the priest, stressing the reason behind the choice of the name.
“What is your choice of a second name?”, the priest asked me with a countenance of a father expecting a son to do the right thing, which I suspected to mean, that I should choose the name of a saint as a compromise.
But, I wouldn’t do that.
“Mmesomachukwu, meaning the ‘goodness of God”, I responded.
The priest, said, “that’s ok. I approve. Give this paper to the lady in the parish office. Nice meeting with you, Mr. Nwosu”. And I left.
I didn’t have to tell the priest that I was aware of some scholarly publications by brilliant Igbo bishops like: Late Professor Ezeanya, a former Archbishop of Onitsha Ecclesiastical Province and his predecessor, Francis Cardinal Arinze on some Igbo names that could be used for baptism. Some of the publications also translated many biblical names into Igbo language.
Some of the names like Ikechukwu, Ifunanya, Chukwuka, Okwukweka etc. sound nice.
Irrespective of acculturation efforts by the Catholic Church, we still have opposition more in our African priests than Europeans in the refusal to accepting local meaningful names for baptism hence decreasing the nomenclature or number of diverse names in register containing the names of saints.
Despite my spirited entreaties, the parish priest of a church located off Itire Road Surulere, refused to allow my cousin give the daughter, “Ginikachukwu” as a baptismal name. The name means “what is greater than God”. My cousin was forced to finally pick an European name that means “a plant” which was born by someone who later became a saint.
Does “Peter” not mean “Okwute or Rock” and “Thomas” not “Twin or Ejima”? To our priests Okwute or Ejima is not good enough for a name. It is either a Peter or a Thomas.
Even the most educated don’t know that there are always the human or cultural superiority complex embedded in every religion just as there are many cultural impositions on the new adherents from another climes.
Any surprise as to why the muslim God doesn’t like prayers said in English or French but only those said in Arabic? Even in Igbo villages, most people believe that Pentecostal God answers faster in English and prayers said using loud microphones.
Therefore, one can understand my confusion when some of the poorly educated Christian converts from my town shout “My Rod is good!” I don’t say anything. If I must, then I need to ask their wives before I respond, “All the time!”

What happened to your alter sir ( Man of God ) ? Be not conformed to things of this world.......

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Expected outcome

3 points.. another Hazard double

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has told Paul Pogba he will not captain the club again because of concerns about the midfielder's attitude.
Pogba was told of the decision before Tuesday's Carabao Cup tie with Derby.
Mourinho has attempted to underline his authority after an error by Pogba led to Wolves' equaliser at Old Trafford on Saturday and the player's
subsequent comments criticising United's tactics.
Pogba, 25, tried to play down his comments in a tweet on Monday.
In his programme notes for Tuesday's game with Derby, Mourinho said he was unhappy with some members of his squad.
"[The game against Wolves was] an important lesson; a lesson that I repeat week after week after week, a lesson that some boys are not learning," he said.
"Every team that play Manchester United are playing the game of their lives, and we need to match that level of aggression, motivation and desire - 95% isn't enough when others give 101%."
Pogba was not named in the match-day squad, with Ashley Young captaining the side.
Following last Saturday's 1-1 draw, Pogba said the wanted the team to be able to "attack, attack, attack" at Old Trafford.
"We are at home and we should play much better against Wolves. We are here to attack," said the France World Cup winner.
"When we play like [that] it's easier for us."
Pogba - who rejoined the club from Juventus for a then world record £89m in 2016 - fell out of favour at United last season and suggested he was dissatisfied with life at Old Trafford.
France boss Didier Deschamps recently said the perception of Pogba as "individualistic" was inaccurate, and that his midfielder was misunderstood by fans and the media.
Analysis - who will walk through United exit?
This feels like a significant moment for Manchester United.
It has been obvious for a while that Paul Pogba does not see eye-to-eye with the man responsible for paying a club record £89m to sign him from Juventus. It has also been clear for a while that Barcelona are keen on him.
Now, Jose Mourinho has opened the door.
But the big question is, which one of them will go through it?
Letting Pogba go would be viewed as a monumental failure for Mourinho and executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward given it is only a few months since the player impressed as France won the World Cup.
The alternative is to stick with him, but that would almost certainly mean Mourinho's position had become untenable given he was also blocked from signing the players he wanted in the summer.

Source: BBCFootball..

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How Ras Kimono ’ s Wife , Efemena Okedi , Died
September 24 , 2018 • By Gbolahan Adeyemi
Ras Kimono ’ s wife, Efemena Okedi , died yesterday , Sunday September 23 at her residence in Magodo , Lagos .
It was reported at about 2 pm , that Efemena died in the early hours of Sunday.
LIB reached out to a family member who give an insight as to how she died .
” Efe went for an event on Saturday September 22 nd and returned home complaining of chest pain . The pain lingered till the next morning. She slumped and died in the house before she could be rushed to the hospital” the family member said
Efe had just returned three weeks ago from the funeral of her husband , Ras Kimono , who died in June.
May her soul rest in peace , Amen .

whether Sanwo olu or Ambode Lagos will always grow at the study of The Jagaban

Federal power.. se na only PDP dy sale vote?? make una talk true

you're a Nigerian... Pressure is not one of the problems we inherited from our ancestors.. You can handle it

CNN)A young production assistant thought she had landed the job of her dreams when, in the summer of 2015, she started work on "Going In Style," a bank heist comedy starring Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine and Alan Arkin.

But the job quickly devolved into several months of harassment, she told CNN. She alleges that Freeman subjected her to unwanted touching and comments about her figure and clothing on a near-daily basis. Freeman would rest his hand on her lower back or rub her lower back, she said.
In one incident, she said, Freeman "kept trying to lift up my skirt and asking if I was wearing underwear." He never successfully lifted her skirt, she said -- he would touch it and try to lift it, she would move away, and then he'd try again. Eventually, she said, "Alan [Arkin] made a comment telling him to stop. Morgan got freaked out and didn't know what to say."
Freeman's alleged inappropriate behavior was not limited to that one movie set, according to other sources who spoke to CNN. A woman who was a senior member of the production staff of the movie "Now You See Me" in 2012 told CNN that Freeman sexually harassed her and her female assistant on numerous occasions by making comments about their bodies.
"He did comment on our bodies... We knew that if he was coming by ... not to wear any top that would show our breasts, not to wear anything that would show our bottoms, meaning not wearing clothes that [were] fitted," she said.
At 80 years old, Freeman is one of Hollywood's biggest stars, with a movie career that spans nearly five decades. His starring roles in movies like "Driving Miss Daisy" and "Shawshank Redemption" in the late 1980s and early 1990s made him a household name. He won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for 2004's "Million Dollar Baby," and has earned four other Oscar nominations. His voiceover work has also become iconic, including his narration for the Academy Award-winning documentaries "The Long Way Home" and "March of the Penguins."
Morgan Freeman at an event in California in 2016.
Morgan Freeman at an event in California in 2016.
In all, 16 people spoke to CNN about Freeman as part of this investigation, eight of whom said they were victims of what some called harassment and others called inappropriate behavior by Freeman. Eight said they witnessed Freeman's alleged conduct. These 16 people together described a pattern of inappropriate behavior by Freeman on set, while promoting his movies and at his production company Revelations Entertainment.
Of those 16, seven people described an environment at Revelations Entertainment that included allegations of harassment or inappropriate behavior by Freeman there, with one incident allegedly witnessed by Lori McCreary, Freeman's co-founder in the enterprise, and another in which she was the target of demeaning comments by Freeman in a public setting. One of those seven people alleged that McCreary made a discriminatory remark regarding a female candidate for a job at the Producers Guild of America, where McCreary is co-president.
Four people who worked in production capacities on movie sets with Freeman over the last ten years described him as repeatedly behaving in ways that made women feel uncomfortable at work. Two, including the production assistant on "Going in Style" whose skirt he allegedly attempted to lift, said Freeman subjected them to unwanted touching. Three said he made public comments about women's clothing or bodies. But each of them said they didn't report Freeman's behavior, with most saying it was because they feared for their jobs. Instead, some of the women -- both on movie sets and at Revelations -- said, they came up with ways to combat the alleged harassment on their own, such as by changing the way they dressed when they knew he would be around.
CNN reached out to dozens more people who worked for or with Freeman. Some praised Freeman, saying they never witnessed any questionable behavior or that he was a consummate professional on set and in the office.
Several other times during this investigation, when a CNN reporter contacted a person who had worked with Freeman to try to ask them if they had seen or been subjected to inappropriate behavior by an actor they had worked with -- not initially even naming the actor they were asking about -- the person would immediately tell them they knew exactly who the reporter had in mind: Morgan Freeman. Some of those people were sources for this investigation while others declined to comment further or did not want what they said used in this story.
The pattern of behavior described by those who spoke with CNN shows another example of the systematic problems that exist in the entertainment industry. The allegations against Freeman are not about things that happened in private; they are about things that allegedly happened in public, in front of witnesses -- even in front of cameras. Before #MeToo, many men in the industry could behave without fear of consequences, because many times when a powerful man did so, it was the victim who suffered repercussions.
CNN reached out to Freeman's spokesperson for comment and then, at his request, emailed him a detailed list of the accusations against Freeman. The spokesperson did not respond to multiple follow-ups by email seeking comment on the accusations.
CNN also reached out to a spokesperson for McCreary, and then provided her with a detailed list of accusations regarding Freeman's alleged behavior at Revelations and details of the accusation against her as well as a number of questions for her regarding Freeman's alleged behavior at Revelations and the environment there. The spokesperson did not respond to multiple follow-ups by email seeking comment.
The allegations of inappropriate behavior by Freeman are not limited to the confines of his company or to movie sets. Three entertainment reporters who spoke to CNN said Freeman made inappropriate remarks to them during press junkets, which are publicity events for journalists who cover new films, typically attended by the movie's biggest stars.
One of the three, CNN entertainment reporter Chloe Melas, the co-author of this article, says she was subjected to inappropriate behavior by Freeman more than a year ago, when she interviewed him at a press junket for "Going in Style." According to Melas, who was six months pregnant at the time, Freeman, in a room full of people, including his co-stars Arkin and Caine, shook Melas' hand, not letting go while repeatedly looking her up and down and saying more than once a variation of, "I wish I was there." She says he also said to her, "You are ripe." Cameras were on and recording during one of Freeman's remarks to Melas -- "Boy, do I wish I was there" -- but not for the rest. As is common practice with such junkets, Melas was the only CNN employee there at the time.
Afterward, Melas reported what had happened to her supervisor, who instructed her to inform CNN human resources. According to Melas, she was told that CNN HR contacted their counterparts at human resources for Warner Bros., which produced and distributed the movie, and which like CNN is owned by Time Warner. Melas said she was also told that Warner Bros. HR could not corroborate the account because only one of Freeman's remarks was on video and the Warner Bros. employees present did not notice anything. Melas and her supervisor agreed that she would not cover the movie.
Asked for comment, a spokesperson for Warner Bros. confirmed that what Melas was told was accurate, but declined to comment further. A representative for Caine declined to comment. A representative for Arkin said he was not available for comment.
After the encounter with Freeman, Melas started making calls to see if other women had experienced anything similar, or whether this was an isolated incident. She soon learned that other women had similar stories -- and so she, and later her co-author, began this months-long reporting process.

Davido ‘s name has been linked to cult activities in South Africa. The singer has been accused of sponsoring Romeo, the Nigerian man who was recently killed in a cult clash in SA.
It was recently reported that a Nigerian man named Romeo lost his life in a South African cult clash. New report has it that Romeo’s death was a retaliation by loyalists of another late Nigerian man named Aro, who was killed in SA a while ago.
A certain @Culbary Williams made a post on social media, narrating how the late Romeo worked for Davido and how the singer tasked him to make a kill that eventually led to his (Romeo’s) death.
In reaction to the post, another social media user confirmed the story and broadened the narrative, warning Davido to be careful, especially whenever he is in SA, because he (Davido) is a hard target for cult members in the country.

At list he's healthy and working...
Abeg make dem play d tape 4buhari ..

FUEL SCARCITY: I will try and break down the real cause of the fuel crisis from what I gathered, it all started when PMB became the minister of petroleum, He came in and saw that we were importing refined fuel through businessmen-marketers who were practically unaccountable, These marketers just tell the govt "we brought in 5 cargoes, and our money is $1bn", Yes, when the dollars rose to N400, it was because of these marketers who hold dollars and sell to the black market and posted 200%+ profits, The marketers will collect dollars from govt[to pay for refined crude]but would sell this dollars in the black market, making huge profits, PMB said "enough is enough. NNPC will start importing fuel, since the marketers are cheating us and killing our economy, In PMBs thinking, if NNPC buys directly from the refiners, we'd remove those greedy marketers and be in charge. But corruption fights back, The first problem NNPC faced with the refiners was liquidity issues. Nigeria was quite notorious in the international community for owing So the refiners were a bit skeptical to give NNPC products upfront because they didn't trust that they'd pay up. Scarcity starts,NNPC struggles to convince refiners that they'd pay up but refiners are like "nothing personal bro. It's just business". Queues increase,While NNPC convinces refiners, they don't have enough huge barges to transport the products, so there's a capacity gap. Queues multiply, It takes 3 weeks for fuel to come from Europe[where we buy from] but NNPC never hesperredit. They weren't prepared, so queues everywhere,Marketers refused to lease their ships to NNPC, so NNPC was stuck with their tiny ships which couldn't handle Lagos, let alone Nigeria, By this time, the marketers were like "just give us dollars and we will deliver products in 2 weeks". Buhari just had to concede defeat,PMB reluctantly gave them dollars again - over $800m, and products are beginning to come into our shores. Corruption always fights back, GEJ couldn't fight them, neither has PMB. The cabal has proved itself to be much more of a force than we had imagined....

na ask i ask o...pls is there a level in Naija music industry where you'll attain then you start losing your parents?

“I do not admire Tinubu because he is a saint… I do not admire Tinubu because he is from the south… I do not admire Tinubu because he is a Yoruba… If I want saints, I will proceed to heaven not on earth… Every human is fallible (but) I admire Tinubu because… He saved Nigeria from the danger of falling into “one party state”. He has nurtured many renowned National successors. He listened to the voice of the ma$$es to surrender his personal ambition at the most critical moment. He strategically terminated PDP 60 years life span in 16 years. The robust critic and critique we are enjoying today is because Tinubu aligned himself to the ma$$ es to return the power to them. Tinubu has the option of joining the PDP elites to hold us hostage for another decade but he gave his all to the ma$$es to dethrone the elites. Political juveniles believed that APC won because of the votes from the North. No!!!, APC’s victory was cemented the day Muhammadu Buhari and Asiwaju Tinubu resolved to work together. Asiwaju and PMB almost became a Nomadic by visiting every human that can help midwife Nigeria’s salvation. Those ‘Nomadic Almajiri’ walk later brought salvation to us. God willing, PMB is the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Anybody, any cabal, any Viju milk activist, attempting to humiliate Asiwaju must have me to contend with. An average PDP man is sad with Asiwaju because he brought them to their knees. If anyone thinks that to bring down Asiwaju is his project, that mission will not only crash but it will boomerang. Don’t tell me he is overbearing, your “underbearing” mentors were nowhere to be found when this Country was lying critically at the intensive care of the universe. Recall my first line, Asiwaju is not a saint. Stop demonising what you admire out of envy. Even your mentors admire him. He owns Lagos? I hear you! Ask your grand father and parents how they acquired your so called “family land”. Is it God that allocated it to them? You are terrorizing your neighbours and village with your kpof-kpof kobo yet you criticise a man that is naturally addicted to technocrats, irrespective of their tribe or religion. He is evil? I agree, but we need more of him than any of your saintly specie. Dear Asiwaju, the gentle stride of a tiger is not a symbol of a cowardice”. – Prof. Wole Soyinka’s Tribute to APC National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

choi...for this hot sun na e u blow all dis oyibo!...........well, Mr faleke consider him as ur next lai mohammed...

saw that coming anyway..Remember when pmb announced that he was runing 4president,days later dangote grp brought down their price of cement,.

*wink*...for husband n wife play

Pa Ikechukwu Okonkwo, a septuagenarian, and his
family stayed back in their three-bedroom apartment
in Festac Town, Amuwo Odofin, Lagos, to monitor
reports from his large screen television while the
April 11 gubernatorial election lasted.
Unlike the previous election, where the aged grandpa
had encouraged all his children to vote for President
Goodluck Jonathan in the March 28 presidential
election, this time, he handed down a warning to all
members of the family never to be involved in the
gubernatorial election in the state. His reason was
not farfetched.
The
fear
of
the
pronouncement of a first class tradition ruler was the
beginning of wisdom. Even though some people
believed the recent Oba Akiolu’s tirade was only a
mere joke, Pa Okonkwo did not want to leave it to
chance as according to him, “When a king makes a
pronouncement on what bothers on his interest and
even swears to it, it is better to abstain than to take a
risk.
“I will not take chances; traditional rulers are
powerful. They can do anything in the name of
culture and tradition.”
Okonkwo, without apology said: “What people don’t
know is that if he meant it, it may not necessarily be
dying in the lagoon. It could be a philosophical
statement which may manifest in the form of ill-luck
or inexplicable occurrence at a later date on those
who go against his wish, especially when people said
he swore by his throne. I warned my children to stay
at home and watch how it will end.”
Pa Okonkwo may not be alone on this line of thought;
other Igbo residents in the state had different ideas
on how the Oba’s threat affected their voting pattern
or contributed to the turn-out of the last election in
the state. If the Igbo actually came out for the
election, did they vote out of anger and emotion? Did
it cause voter apathy among Ndigbo or spur them to
vote against the Oba’s wish?
“Vote Akinwunmi Ambode or be drowned in the
lagoon within seven days! The Oba’s threat came like
a bolt out of the blue and it resonated throughout
Lagos and the length and breadth of Nigeria and
became the subject of discussion here and there.
Political observers believe that the pattern of voting
in the presidential election, especially from the
South-East, could have given the monarch much
concern about how the Igbo in the state could sway
the votes for Agbaje and therefore he handed down
the threat.
Whether a mere joke or not, with the outrage that
greeted the development, political analysts therefore
expected protest votes from Igbo voters against the
APC candidate. And scared of this the APC almost
went on their knees to plead with Ndigbo to
disregard the Oba’s threat and maintained that he
spoke for himself and not the APC. The fear of
protest vote swinging the pendulum for PDP’ Jimi
Agbaje was palpable. Would the Igbo vote in Agbaje?
Alas, that was not to be. Instead, not only that the
Oba’s candidate won, the margin showed that many
Igbo might not have voted.
And as a matter of fact, many stayed away from the
voting centres. There were those who really felt
threatened by the threat of the Oba and those who
lost interest after President Jonathan was routed in
the Presidential election.
Like Pa Okonkwo, many felt that the threat could not
be treated with kid gloves, thereby abstaining from
the process entirely.
Some of those who spoke to Saturday Vanguard
maintained that the royal outburst of ‘drowning
threat’ was just a media creation and a huge joke
after all. They said that much as it was dismissed as a
joke, it was inconsequential.
An Igbo domestic worker to one media executive,
when asked why he refused to cast his votes said: “I
wanted to vote for the PDP because I was tired of
APC in Lagos, but I was scared of the Oba’s threat.”
Even when reminded that as a Christian he needed
not to be afraid of such threat, he maintained that it
was safer not to vote than to be weighing the efficacy
or otherwise of the Oba’s fetish dispositions. “Oga,
we are all Christians but in a matter like this it is
better not to give chances to anything,” said.
This was at Amuwo Odofin. “Many of my friends
decided same way, just stay away,” he added.
An Igbo transporter at Volks Bus Stop, Ojo, also
reacted: “I stayed away merely because I honestly
believed PDP would win, and that there would be
protests and violence. My family did not step out of
our ‘yard’ till late in the evening, when we saw that
the situation was calm.’ He however confessed that
he thought of the Oba’s threat and the fear of
drowning in the lagoon but not as much as he
thought about the possibility of chaotic and
inconclusive election.
Buttressing this point, a teacher, Kingsley in his 40s
who resides in Oyingbo, Lagos, said, “The Oba’s
threat was a major factor why most Igbo resident in
the area refused to vote.’’ According to him, “it was
an all Yoruba affair; Igbo had nothing at stake. I
stayed back at home to monitor what was going on.
So, I don’t see how the Oba’s threat would get at me
or any of my family members if I decided not to vote.
I consider the statement as careless but that did not
affect my decision. I just stayed away, merely
because I had nothing to lose,” he said.
A supermarket clerk at Amuwo-Odofin, who did not
want her name in print, said she did not vote because
her husband asked her not to vote. Even when we
asked why her husband prevented her from
exercising her civic duties, she retorted: “Are you
asking me to question my husband?’ She however
was indifferent on whether it was the Oba’s threat
that informed the decision of her husband.
In another development, some other Igbo people
were part of the process as they went out to cast
their votes regardless of the threat. Anita Ihemba
who hails from Anambra State and resident in
Ajegunle, disclosed to Saturday Vanguard that she
voted according to the directives given by their
leaders at home. She stated that they were warned
not to succumb to the threat of the Oba and not to
vote APC in the state. “Since the outburst of the Oba,
we have been inundated with messages from home
that we should not vote for APC and my family
complied.
Mr. Reuben Okafor is an Igbo trader at Alaba
International Market, Ojo, and a resident of Ilufe,
Ojo, said he voted PDP in the presidential/national
assembly elections, but refused to vote in the
governorship/state assembly elections. His reason
was that votes did not count in the first elections. “I
don’t think the votes counted in the presidential
election. If the votes counted, I believe Jonathan
would have won in Lagos. So, that was why I never
bothered to vote in the governorship election.”
He dismissed the Akiolu’s threat, saying it was
inconsequential. “No! The threat could not have
caused it. Which threat? How can you cause all the
Igbo in Lagos and say they would drown in the
lagoon in this modern age? It is not possible,” he
stated.
In his reaction, the Eze Ndigbo of Mushin, Eze John,
commented that Oba Akiolu’s threat motivated them
to come out and vote according to their conscience.
“Every Igbo man condemned the threat totally. That is
why every Igbo in my area was motivated to come
out and vote.’’ “For me, I didn’t see the comment by
the Oba of Lagos as a threat, rather, we saw it as not
responsible and this actually motivated some people
to vote according to our conscience. For us, it was a
challenge for every Igbo in the state. Even those who
travelled came back to Lagos to vote. I also rushed
back to Lagos to vote regardless of the Oba’s threat.
So, it geared us to come out to vote”.
John explained that the Oba Akiolu’s outburst only
strengthened their resolve to vote and against the
wish of the Oba in the gubernatorial election, adding
that the results of the presidential election which did
not go in the favour of President Jonathan had
initially whittled down their interest.
“Before the Oba’s comment, immediately after the
presidential results were announced, the Igbo in
Lagos had decided not to vote in Lagos again because
we believed our votes would not count. That had
necessitated our initial refusal to vote, but we
decided again to come out and vote according to our
conscience after the Oba’s threat. So, it only
galvanised our sympathy for Agbaje.
Meanwhile, Eunice Ugochukwu, a petty trader in
Egbeda said, “In my own ward, most of our people
did not come out to vote, not because of the Oba’s
threat but because of the results of the presidential
election” which according to her dampened her
interest. According to her, “What I gathered from a
lot of them was that they had premonition that APC
candidate would win and so they did not bother to
come out and vote.
“So, if there was voter apathy in the last election in
Lagos state, it would not have been as a result of the
Oba’s threat, but it could have been because the Igbo
were not happy the way the last election went. In
Lagos, we wanted a change in government,
unfortunately, the person we voted for did not win,”
she said. There could be other reasons why some
Lagos Igbo residents stayed away from the polls last
Saturday, but it will not be out of place to suspect
that the threat from the Oba of Lagos could have
played a major role.

Petroleum Minister, Mrs Diezani Allison Madueke, has been elected as President of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
Alison-Madueke was elected President of the organization, Thursday at the ongoing 166th ordinary meeting of the oil body in Vienna, Austria.
Mrs Deziani Alison-Madueke
She becomes the first female to head the oil producing countries’ organization.
Alison-Madueke, was born 6 December 1960. She became Minister of Transportation on July 26, 2007 and was moved to Mines and Steel Development in 2008. She was appointed Minister of Petroleum Resources in April 2010.

Fainting while urinating standing up, particularly just after waking, is quite common for men.
The medical term is micturition syncope. Micturition is the tecnical term for "emptying the bladder" and syncope the term used for fainting as a result of reduced blood flow to the brain.
When you sleep you have a lower than normal blood pressure because your veins are dilated due to lowered nerve activity. When you get up at night to pass water, the nerves should "kick in" and cause the veins to contract and push up your blood pressure.
When you pass water, the nerve stimulation involved in relaxing the bladder sphincter and contracting the bladder may lead to a fall in blood pressure, even in "normal" people.
In micturition syncope the blood pressure doesn't normalise fully when the person gets up, and when that person then starts to pass water he passes out.
The best would be to have your blood pressure taken, to make sure that you don't have an irregular heartbeat and that you aren't anaemic and that there are no underlying diseases.
Other factors that could cause micturition syncope include dehydration, excessive alcohol intake, medical conditions such as a respiratory infection and the use of certain medications, including alpha blockers that improve urination in men with prostate problems.
If a man has micturition syncope, he should just remember to sit on the bed for 1-3 minutes before walking to the bathroom. It's also a good idea to urinate sitting down.

No doubt both players are doing well for their respective clubs. But I'll like everybody to have a say here. Between Alexis Sanchez and Edin hazard who has made the better start to the season?

Senator Chris Anyanwu was on Saturday Nov 1,2014 during the PDP ward Congress election in the Imo State, engaged in a slapping match/ competition with the PDP
chairman of Ezinihitte LGA, Mr Chinemerem Madu over the LGAs delegates list.

According to the information when Chris Anyanwu was dissatisfied over the attitude
of the Chairman who is said to loyal to Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, she slapped the Chairman who in retaliation, slapped the amiable senator severally till people came to her rescue.

It would be recalled that Senator Chris Anyanwu's call-to-fame is her unwarranted ways of slapping men at the slightest provocation.

It is allegedly on record that she slaps her hu***** at will, throws slippers and shoes at men anyhow, slapped Chief ID Nwoga in public and her Hot Fm's staffers are not left out in her way of showing that her hands always crave to be useful at all times.....

THe titanic battle between Senator Ike Ekweremadu, the deputy president of the Senate and Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Enugu Southwest ticket is daily stretching the nerves of political stakeholders in the state.
Many observers had pointedly seen the governor’s ambition to succeed Ekweremadu as an act aimed at retiring him unduly from active politics especially given the fact that the governor had zoned the 2015 governorship ticket to Enugu-North.


Remarkably, both men have continued to mobilise traditional, political and religious groups to project their interests in the battle.
In the battle of wits between both men, the pro-Chime men, fired a salvo penultimate week when they successfully mobilised some traditional rulers in the state to endorse the senatorial ambition of Governor Chime on the basis of what they claimed as his selfless leadership qualities and his unprecedented achievements as governor. The position of the royal fathers was part of a nine-point communiqué issued at the end of the quarterly meeting of the Enugu State Council of Traditional Rulers. It was signed by the chairman of the council, Igwe Ambasador Lawrence O.C Agubuzu.
The royal fathers said they noted with “delight the unparalleled, amazing and spectacular quantum leap to modernity which the urban centers and rural areas communities in Enugu State had taken in the past seven years and three months under the governor.”
They also commended Governor Chime for, “not being boastful about his outstanding achievements; for not wasting the resources of Enugu State in advertising his achievements; and for his single-minded, resolute and genuine efforts in entrenching a positive culture of investing the funds of Enugu State in the development of the State. “As members of the Enugu State Council of Traditional Rulers, we are prepared to support Governor Chime if he seeks elective office in 2015 because of his selfless leadership qualities,” the Royal Fathers added.
They were followed penultimate weekend by some leaders of the PDP and other stakeholders in Enugu-West senatorial district who at a meeting endorsed Governor Sullivan Chime for Enugu-West senatorial seat come 2015.
Led by the Chairmen of the five local government councils and party executives in the zone, they debunked as “baseless and laughable”, the report of the removal from office of the Chairman of the Awgu Local Government Council, Mr Nathanus Nze, a strong loyalist of the governor.
Nze had been purportedly removed from office when a majority of the councillors in his local government who are themselves believed to be loyalists of Ekweremadu sacked him from office. The same group of councillors also removed the leader of the legislative council, Kingsley Okeke.
Nze was especially targeted on account of his leading role in the adoption of the governor for the Senate seat during the stakeholders meeting.

Ekweremadu’s own endorsements cut across different spectres of the political sphere in Enugu and there is some quiet unease among some that Ekweremadu could in days activate his political structure which reportedly includes some commissioners and top officials of the party and government who had until recently openly queued behind Chime but secretly drifted towards the deputy Senate President.


Firebrand priest, Revd Fr. Ejike Mbaka had a week ago endorsed Ekweremadu for the Senate in the 2015 general election.
Fr. Mbaka who declared the support during the weekly prayer vigil at the Adoration Ministry ground in Enugu, said the Deputy President of the Senate had done so well and deserved to be re-elected.
He said: “We have had a Senate President, and we have equally had Senators, but it is Senator Ekweremadu that has given the people of Enugu and the South-East the feel of governance.
“Many of the roads and development projects you see around Awgu, Oji-River, Ezeagu, Aninri, and many parts of Enugu and the South-East came courtesy of the quality representation by Senator Ike Ekweremadu.
“Besides, he is here with his wife, he has demonstrated the ability to keep his family, and that is the first test of leadership”.
Describing Ekweremadu as a man with a good heart and compassionate feelings, he said the Adoration Ministry would stand by the Senator to ensure he is returned to continue his good work for Enugu and the South-East geopolitical zone.
He described the impeachment of the former Deputy Governor of Enugu State, Mr. Sunday Onyebuchi as demonstration of wicked politics.
Charismatic priest
The charismatic priest observed: “How could anybody think of impeaching Sunday Onyebuchi? Did anyone ever hear the quiet man? How many people even knew he was there? Yet they impeached him for rearing poultry whereas the governor himself has poultry, piggery and ranch in the Government House. The Governor’s cattle and all sorts of animal move about and harass people in the Government House“.
PDP stakeholders
Ekweremadu’s own endorsment was solidified last weekend when PDP stakeholders in Udi, Gov. Chime’s hometown endorsed him ahead of their famous son. The stakeholders who were led by Chief Mike Ugwu, a member of the Second Republic House of Representatives said Ekweremadu was better positioned to serve the people than Chime.
The stakeholders who received him were led by Chief Mike Ugwu, a member of House of Representatives in the Second Republic and a native of Udi, hometown of Governor Sullivan Chime.
He said: “I am a stakeholder of PDP in Enugu West and therefore I know everything about PDP. What I’m saying is that Ekweremadu has the capacity of being a senator. Sullivan Chime hasn’t got the attribute, what it takes to be a Senator. “Ike Ekweremadu has performed very well. He has worked hard and that is why we are supporting him.”