''E ma sora Jesu fere de o'', a man who was mightily used by the almighty God, a champion in the place of prayer. I remember Prophet Timothy Obadare and the ministry of Elijah readily comes to mind. His life was full of the demonstration of apostolic exploit backed consistently by the power of the Holy Ghost. Baba we'll miss you. Rest till we meet and part no more.

How much more selective can you be? but no matter how hard you try you cannot re-write history. Interesting to note that the article you selectively quoted from provided more answers than the questions you have raised here. Get drunk on the idea of Buhari presidency for as long as you want it changes nothing and I doubt if you yes you would have decided otherwise in those circumstances.

Hear this retard o,the day he was arrested in his D-Line PHC office,he was picked up like a chicken while all his boys were just looking like mumu. Make the guy go sitdown and get drunk on his share of amnesty liquour.

kettykings: if this is not a declaration of Economic war on Igbos then what is it,Useless Igbos will keep taking this insult living low and pretending that their exist one Nigeria.
What stops igbos from mustering their financial strength and do a 3 to 5 year plan of Divesting their Businesses from Lagos state.

The Importation Business would take place from Ibaka port and the new port in Bayelsa.
The Telecommunication Businesses will be Divested and new Companies founded in the East with New transatlantic optic fiber laid.
Banks owned and affiliated to igbos Relocate/move their Headquarters to the east.
The Real Estate owned by Igbos and Niger Deltans should be put up for sale and better structures put up in the East
All Oil and Gas Drilling Business and oil servicing Businesses owned by SE/SS should relocate within the 5 year plan to the East.
While the one not owned by Easterner would be made to pay very heavy Annual registration fees.
The Oil Companies not owned by SE/SS would also be made to pay very heavy fines to sort out Environmental Degradation and at the slight of any Oil Spillage the companies should be closed down and until the owners pay a heavy fine of $16B.
All fights to and fro the Major Destinations in the World will originate and terminate from any of the international Airports in the east

Such an inflated opinion about your so called ''economic'' importance. By the way it's a good plan,please implement it and lets see what happens.

Lobatan moment for the academy club

Get spiritual guidiance prayer and praise can never fail you except there's a closed side somewhere as some posters have earlier pointed out here. Christianity is pragmatic in every sense of it and by the grace of God ‎​i've lived a life full of testimonies since ‎​i chose this part. Stay blessed.

valicious1:
When I see some useless comments on NL i jst feel like rippin the writers apart & feeding them to wild wolves. This exact incident happened to my friend's father in owerri last two weeks. The old man went to deposit 250,000 in the bank & these same fulani fraudsters were busy entertaining along bank road. The man observed the scene for a while, when he got inside d bank lo & behold his money was nowhere to be found. I've also heard stories from friends about these guys. They exist & they are so real, I don't believe in diabolism but I know these guys have a deviced means that the ordinary eye cannot see.

Don't mind these NLders who don't know what's happening out there, A friend once bought a working BB in Oshodi and on getting home he discovered it's "fufu" that he bought. The guy sef dey NL and I cant but laugh any time I remember his story. Moral of this is don't just get carried away by all those nonsense roadside entertainment/magical display or buy items that come at unbelievable prices.

Little wonder some denomination are pulling out of CAN. This voice is surely not from CAN because as far as I'm concerned there's no where in my Bible that I've been instructed to defend my God rather the word of God consistently assured me that my God will defend me. Mr CAN's voice please speak for yourself.

I remember Herve Renard boasting that the SE looks so ordinary after the friendly against Cape Verde and just before the tournament he said "this is the worst SE team he has ever watched".....Result;the SE had to be cheated for his side to get a draw.

I remember Dani Alves (Barcelona) boasting before the Chelsea semi-final encounter in the 2012 UEFA champions league that Chelsea was scared in the second leg of 2009 Champions league semi-final which was why they couldn't win after Barcelona was a man down......Result; Barcelona too became scared to win in the 2012 encounter after Chelsea were reduced to 10 men (John Terry's red card)

Now I can say this;if I wasn't sure SE will win before,now I'm so sure of it. All I need to do now is follow that i.d.i.o.t on twitter and torment him after we must have dumped them out of tournament.

Tony Spike: Gombe o ni baje...impressive though! At least, one Northern state dey rep.

May I suggest to the MODS (OAM4J and AFAM) to create monthly state platforms, where a minimum of three states, will be analysed and discussed per month. A particular state, say Benue, can be discussed and dissected this week, and then perhaps, Niger next week and so on. Nairalanders would be made to judge the STATE of THE MONTH based on the progresses made on the level of development and modernization attained by the state governments. I suggest this can be attained by asking for volunteers from each state of the federation, to present pictures and if possible, data from the state budget e.t.c.

Thanks

+1000 likes, spot on

Pictures and VIN please

Quit smoking in my first year in school,that December at my eldest brother's wedding I had an overdose of White London+B&H+Rothmans all on the same night thereafter this terrible migraine came and I felt as if my head should be removed from the rest of my body,the pain was so much I was forced to pray for my life and in that prayer that night I actually begged God to spare me because I got really scared and I vowed to my God that "if He can take the pain away I'll never smoke again" I slept off afterwards and woke up to a perfect health. Since then I've not even had a single drag.

Most of the Doctors I know are actually immune to such feelings as the woman is just another patient and her breast just another organ. I once had a friend who was diagnosed of hernia and needed to go through surgery. While being in prep for the surgery a stunningly beautiful nurse walked in, opened up his gown and began to shave his groin area and as she began my guy started having a hard on, guess what! the nurse just smiled and told him "do you want your joystick injured or what? you better calm down and let me shave you" My guy said he calmed down immediately . On the day he was to be discharged he saw the nurse again and was so shy because of what happened earlier but the nurse being professional told him not to worry about it because he's just another patient. This guy tried in vain to date this woman.

Redmosquito: Group hug kwa? Oya in Jesus name! All my lonely enemies, begin to recieve group hugs from all types of snakes, vipers, cobras, mambas. Oya hug! Huuuuugggggg

After reading your comment I switched to the ''overlaugh'' gear... Still engaged.lolz

RIP Bisi

Come to Bayelsa and hear really funny names.lol

Frostyzone: What is this childish thread doing at the front page?

And what are you doing commenting on it?

Nice one, lol

Talking about little known, steady above half a million six figure monthly pay job with extensive international travels and unimaginable pecks and benefits? Ans:International NGO, Usually they don't keep more than 5 staffs nationwide and you can hardly hear about them.

Reading this piece makes me proud to be a YORUBA man, seriously you can't beat our acute sense of judgement. "And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free" John 8:32, NKJV. Some people really need to be set free.

Sincere 9gerian: Fashola had better kept quite on this issue because it is highly INSENSITIVE and PROVOCATIVE to suggest that we should sweep under the carpet the genocidal actions of principal actors of the Nigerian civil war.

Ok, don't sweep it under the carpet do whatever you want to do. Start another war if you want, please this time I need action from you guys not some armchair e-war. It all points to the fact that you don't really know what you want because we asked you to stop crying and move on you said no, take your case to ICJ/ICC (if you are scared of war and you have facts) and get justice you refused rather you prefer to remain the cry baby, pathetic to say the least. You guys want to be seen as the endangered specie in this country while wilfully choosing to be selective in the chronicle of events before,during and after the civil war which in turn has given birth to the streams of lies being passed down and was quite recently and rather unfortunately given literary credence by a man of Achebe's standing,well we know better. Lies lies and lies have characterized your cry baby syndrome. All Achebe wrote has been refuted with facts and his gift of literary guile to people like you has been placed where it belongs. Get a life.

Charles Okah, a suspected member of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), blamed for the 2010 Independence Day bomb that killed at least 10 people with many more injured, has written to the Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Cardinal Olubunmi Okogie, saying he was pressured by government to implicate leading opposition figures in the incident.
“At the SSS Headquarters Abuja where we were flown to, blindfolded with our legs and hands bound, my ‘cooperation’ was solicited for something completely different to my surprise,” Mr. Okah, whose younger brother is being tried in South Africa over the same allegation, said in his November 19, 2012 letter from the Kuje Prison in Abuja. “My captors threw me a lifeline; offering me our freedom and a lucrative contract in exchange for false testimony against my younger brother Henry, who is resident in South Africa.
“I was to write a false statement claiming to have been told by Henry about the bomb plot and naming the following persons as his conspirators: Former Head of State, General Ibrahim Babangida, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, Mallam Nasir El Rufai, Chief Timipre Sylva, and Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan. I bluntly refused.”
Mr. Okah has been in prison custody since 2010 after he was over the incident.
Mr. Okah’s younger brother had also said in a shocking court depositions a few months ago said Mr. Jonathan and his aides organized the attacks in a desperate political strategy to demonize political opponents, and win popular sympathy ahead of the 2011 elections.
“The purpose of the 14 March 2010 bombing in my opinion was to create an atmosphere of insecurity in the Niger Delta where President Goodluck Jonathan at that time, was fighting to oust the governor Mr. Emmanuel Uduaghan whom President Goodluck Jonathan intended to replace with his Minister for Niger Delta, Mr Godsday Orubebe,” Mr. Okah said in a 194-page affivadavit obtained by PREMIUM TIMES.
“The bombing on 1 October 2010 was a platform for the elimination of political opposition from the north in the form of General Ibrahim 8abangida. The bombing of 1 October 2010 was also intended by the President Goodluck Jonathan Government to create anti North sentiments nationwide in order to galvanize support from other sections of Nigeria against other northern candidates in the Presidential elections,” he said.
In his letter to Cardinal Okogie, Charles Okah has now leveled the same allegation against the administration, saying he is being persecuted for refusing to implicate opposition elements as requested by government.
He also talked about the poor treatment he and his colleagues were facing in prison custody.
Read full letter below.
November 19, 2012
Charles T. Okah
Single Cell Block
Kuje Prison
Abuja, Nigeria.
His Eminence
Cardinal Olubunmi Okogie
c/o Catholic Church Secretariat
Lagos, Nigeria.
Your Eminence:
October 1 2010 Bomb Blast Setup and Government Double Standard
Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, and I hope this letter meets you well. The reasons I choose to direct this letter to you are that I am a Catholic and you are an old boy of my alma mater, St. Gregory’s College, Lagos.
I write from Kuje Prison Abuja where two other Catholics and I have been languishing in solitary confinement for 2 years on trumped-up charges relating to the October 1, 2010 bomb attack claimed by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND).
My name is Charles Tonbra Okah, aka Billy Bones. On October 16, 2010 my residence in Apapa GRA was invaded by operatives of the State Security Services on the warrant that I was the suspected spokesman for MEND using the pseudonym
“Jomo Gbomo.” My eldest son, visiting from the United States where he attends the University of Kansas (KU) was also arrested.
At the SSS Headquarters Abuja where we were flown to blindfolded with our legs and hands bound, my ‘cooperation’ was solicited for something completely different to my surprise. My captors threw me a lifeline; offering me our freedom and a lucrative contract in exchange for false testimony against my younger brother Henry, who is resident in South Africa. I was to write a false statement claiming to have been told by Henry about the bomb plot and naming the following persons as his conspirators: Former Head of State, General Ibrahim Babangida, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, Mallam Nasir El Rufai, Chief Timipre Sylva, and Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan. I bluntly refused.
To maintain pressure on me, I was told that my son would be implicated in the bomb matter, my containers of legitimate imports then at the Tin Can Port would be impounded and my business destroyed. I still did not budge, tossing their lifeline back with royal disdain.
When they realized I was not going to connive in their scheme, they became formal and reverted to the main reason for my arrest. I was asked for the MEND password which I told them I did not know. They bound me in a chair, took off my trousers and clamped a device to my penis. My legs were then put inside a basin of water. The device when turned on passed a high voltage of electricity to my body and I lost consciousness. This was on Monday October 18 at about 6pm. When I regained consciousness, I discovered I was at the National Hospital emergency room. I remember the doctors asking why I had trauma marks on my chest where the SSS doctor performed Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). The SSS operatives
were evasive in answering questions at the hospital. That night I was released and taken to rest for the night at the State House Clinic. That was the last time a torture was carried out on me.
My son was eventually released after Mr. Femi Falana visited in the company of my wife after a month of being denied access to a lawyer. However, my containers have been impounded up to date and my bank account frozen.
The SSS stopped asking about the MEND password after Jomo Gbomo made another statement while I was in their custody but refused to still let me go because I did not cooperate earlier with them. Meanwhile in the ongoing trial in South Africa, Henry is accused of being the same Jomo Gbomo by the same people who say I am JG.
Double Standard in Kuje Prison:
On December 24, 2010 we were remanded in Kuje prison as a result of our application to be removed from the SSS detention cell. Unknown to us, the SSS passed instructions from “above” to the prison authorities to carry out “special treatment” in order to stampede us into a trial towards conviction. For 2 years we have been locked up in solitary confinement, are not allowed to exercise or get sunlight outside and are forced to sleep on the floor when bunk beds are available. Even a court order by Justice Gabriel Kolawole to the prison for a change in our confinement style was ignored after it was superseded by an ‘order from above.”
In late 2011, while locked up inside our cell block, prison officials clothed in protective apparel, face masks and gloves carried out fumigation without opening us to wait outside. Our protests fell on deaf ears and by the time they were finished we were in distress.
The Youth Corper doctor on call tried her best within her limits to the emergency she was confronted with. The poisonous gas and barbaric action reminiscent of the Nazi concentration camp infamous gas chambers, eventually led to the death of one Francis Osuwo, aka Gboko, also roped into this case by the SSS and a man I have never met before.
Interestingly, the four persons in detention were strangers to each other except for one Obi Nwabueze who is a family friend and close associate of Henry.
The fumigant, whose chemical constituent were never relayed to us, have affected my neurological system and I have been on a daily prescription of strong neurological medication prescribed by a neurologist of the National Hospital, Professor Bwala.
While the Boko Haram suspects at Kuje prison are allowed to worship in the prison mosque, we have never set foot in the prison chapel. They are also enjoying privileges such as cable television, radio, liberty to move within the prison walls, bunk beds to sleep on and phone calls to their families. We are denied all of the above.
When I asked the current Controller of FCT Command the reason for the disparity, he said “the fear of Boko Haram is the beginning of wisdom.” He further said the Moslem community was concerned about their welfare in custody.
Double Standard in the Court:
Even in the Courts where justice is supposed to be blind, the double standard is glaring. While Senator Ndume, accused of being a financier to Boko Haram was given bail by the same Judge presiding over our case, we have been denied bail.
I understand that this Senator was permitted by the same court to travel on his religious obligation to Mecca for the lesser Hajj while we are refused from attending mass in a chapel less than 50 meters from our cell block.
The court is willing to permit the Senator approval to travel abroad for his medical check if he can provide proof that such check up is not done locally. Meanwhile, I have been denied my application to go on a compulsory checkup which in my case is mandatory for a kidney donor, having donated my left kidney to my mother 30 years ago.
Our cases have been adjourned repeatedly for cruelly long durations. The last time I appeared in court was March 2012 and the next adjourned date is January 31, 2013, that is if that date will not be shifted again under a flimsy excuse.
All we ask is for a free and fair justice from an independent Judiciary that should release us instead of holding us as scapegoats over an obvious power show. While this government continues holding us hostage, our families are becoming destitute.
Our rights to freely worship as Catholics is being infringed by the state who have more respect for Islam when all religions should be treated equally.
Double Standards in the Polity:
The National Security Adviser, Col Sambo Dasuki (rtd.) was quoted as saying that the government of President Goodluck Jonathan has the phone numbers of suspected Boko Haram sponsors. Later the Inspector General of Police said certain
individuals had been put on a “watch list” as suspected Boko Haram sponsors.
Now the big question is why did the government not simply have our phone numbers and put us also on its ‘watch list” while we move about freely? They did not hesitate to arrest us, clamp us on trumped-up charges and detain us on flimsy excuses. They did not merely talk, they took action even in South Africa where
my brother was arrested since 2010. Is there a better word to describe this other than hypocrisy?
The same government eager to negotiate with Boko Haram who claimed responsibility for over 100 attacks where Catholics have suffered the brunt, have refused to negotiate with MEND and continue to delude themselves that all is well.
Why would this government expect Boko Haram to unmask it leaders and negotiate when they can see that perceived leaders and supporters of MEND are being persecuted and jailed?
I welcome a fact-finding visit from the Church in the company of credible Human Rights groups to verify our allegations.
On the two occasions Kuje Prison was visited by the Bishop of Abuja during the Christmas of 2010 and 2011, he was surreptitiously steered away from where were we are held hostage and I believe he has no idea of what is going in inside Kuje prison.
Our prayers is that leaders of our Churches will be more sensitive and proactive in politics of the land that touches the lifes of their followers and not leave delicate issues solely in the hands of corrupt and selfish politicians, and majority of the population rid of a “Potiphar” mentality who believe lies when
told by SSS.
May God save our beloved country.
Yours Sincerely,
Charles T. Okah
CC: Pope Benedict, Vatican, Rome
Catholic Bishop of Abuja Diocese, Abuja FCT
“I was sick and in prison, and you visited me.”
-Matthew 25. 35, 36



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agbari socket: well igbos no get sense/

You dey find trouble abi,you'll soon get what you wish for.

micki83: This story is too funny sha! So ridiculous,I can't stop laughing! Imagine jimo,who "used to strong" crying like a baby.his colleague no even help matters at all (I didn't know it was ordinary bite that was scaring him).hahaha! Another priceless quote: "don't u know chritmas is coming...";that's sufficient and plausible explanation for every crime commited around xmas period.
This story reminds me of one I read sometime abt 2 thieves trying to rob a man on a bush-path in lag.d man turned out to be so powerful,that at d end of d day,he seized their gun,seized their motor-cycle,and seized d money in their pocket.one escaped but d other was nearly beaten to death by d man.he somehow escaped and went to REPORT 2 THE POLICE!hahahah!
But com o,why did dis politician bite jimo's p.rick nah?he didn't see other body parts to munch on? Not fair o!!!!

This even cracked me up the more.looool

Been a while though, don't think I can cry again.

Princessaleeza: Their true son of there father.

Can someone please tell me what is happening here? I thought enough alarms have been raised here today. Na waa oo

Sanponna laa pa oo, iwo obinrin buruku yi. Hahaa ase bayi lo buru to,leekansi Sango laa san pa enu re ni. How much more insensitive can this government be?

RIP sir, you've done your bit

This is a wooden advertisement of the kleptomania ability this GEJ government is made of and I've not heard or seen a government that is this brazenly corrupt and yet wants to force lies down our throat. I don't like Buhari as an individual but I voted for him in 2011 because I knew this GEJ guy has nothing to offer ,so glad I did anyway. Enough of whining, 2015 will soon be here. I'm sure sentimental voters have learnt their lessons.

emma atuo: #justAskingo! What has this trend told us now

And what are you doing reading it?

Sir Chukwuma I salute you, we need more of you.