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atlwireles: Even before it got off the drawing board, former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s plan to lead the peace moves in Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has collapsed.
The meeting of elders to resolve the party’s crises was slated for today in Abuja.
It was “technically” called off last night at the Presidency’s prompting, The Nation learnt.
President Goodluck Jonathan, it was said, advised the elders to shun the meeting, following intelligence reports that Obasanjo was behind the crises.
The former President could not be reached last night.
Among the elders expected at the meeting are former chairmen and notable leaders.
A pre-meeting session of some governors at the Rivers State Governor’s Lodge went on for hours last night.
It was not clear what was discussed, but the news about the Obasanjo mission may have been broken.
“All was well, until this evening when we learnt the President was opposed to Obasanjo presiding at the meeting,” a source said, adding: “He believes that Obasanjo is the architect of the crises; he shouldn’t be called to settle it and be seen as a peacemaker.”
The meeting slated for next Tuesday will hold. President Jonathan will preside.
Brickbats continued to fly yesterday amid shaky efforts to rescue the PDP.
A group loyal to President Jonathan also accused Obasanjo of being the architect of the crises. He should call his associates in the Kawu Baraje faction of the party to order, the Media Network for Transformation (MNT) said.
The group said Obasanjo could not continue to be the hand of Esau and the voice of Jacob at the same time.
In a statement in Abuja, signed by its Coordinator, Mr. Goodluck Ebelo, the MNT urged Obasanjo to either renounce his associates in the New PDP or be treated like those rated as rebels by the party.
The group said “no arbiter, who is the guiding light of the rebels can make peace”.
To the President’s camp, Obasanjo is the unseen hand pulling the string of crises in the ruling party. There is suspicion in the Presidency over his peace mission.
Some governors were meeting last night at the Rivers Governor’s Lodge in Abuja ahead of today’s meeting.
National Chairman Bamanga Tukur yesterday described members of the Kawu Baraje faction as “prodigal sons” who would be accepted back into the fold, if they retraced their steps.
But the Baraje faction told Tukur that his “time is up”.
The statement said: “We call on former President Olusegun Obasanjo to call his associates to order. Apart from being their sponsor, the rebel governors draw their inspiration from him.
“Apart from numerous clandestine meetings, former President Obasanjo started his public romance with the rebel flank when he became unavoidably absent at this year’s Democracy Day celebration in Abuja, but vigorously participated in the day’s activities in Dutse, Jigawa State. That was followed by the rebel governors’ visit to his Abeokuta home.
“Then came last Saturday, and Chief Obasanjo’s mischief literarily flew over the Eagle Square venue of the Special Convention. Unavoidably absent, again, he was to turn up the next day in church, at the Presidential Villa, made a few platitudinous remarks on the need for a peaceful resolution of the crisis and thereafter called a meeting . His meeting failed and will continue to fail.
“Obasanjo cannot continue to be hands of Esau and the voice of Jacob at the same time. No arbiter, who is the guiding light of the rebels, can make peace. Peace, in this matter, will continue to elude President Obasanjo because his activities are the very antithesis of the conditions precedent to peace.”
The group said it suspected that Obasanjo cannot resolve the crisis in the party with alleged partisan interest.
The statement added: “Unfortunately, his eight years in office provides no road map to resolving a political dispute. All that can be gleaned from the debris of his time in power are abuse of institutions of State in shutting down dissent, hounding political opponents into prison and forcing a party chairman to resign …. Little wonder that such baleful legacy dogs his attempt at making peace.
“President Obasanjo has to come out publicly to renounce his ties with the seven governors who are trying to impose their will on the remaining 29 states and the Federal Capital Territory or acknowledge them and be treated like them.”
President Jonathan is yet to speak on his political future, but MNT said he is free to run again. It said: “The governors are welcome to contest the PDP primaries, individually or present a candidate. That’s democracy. But for persons, who themselves, stood for elections for their second terms to demand that Mr. President cannot avail himself such amenity is not only rude but feudal.”
Obasanjo’s media aide Vitalis Ortese declined to comment on the statement credited to the group last night.
“I cannot speak on what a faceless group is saying”, he told our reporter on the telephone.


http://thenationonlineng.net/new/pdp-crisis-jonathan-tells-elders-to-shun-obasanjo/

Sherlock Holmes: I believe its the Tukur Led faction...

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GLeesMODEL: Smartphone maker Blackberry has formed a committee to explore strategic options for the business, which could lead to the sale of the company, and possible change of name.
The company wants to look at options to increase sales of its Blackberry 10 smartphone and could also include joint ventures or partnerships.
Timothy Dattels, a Blackberry board member, will chair the new committee. "We believe that now is the right time to explore strategic alternatives," said Mr Dattels.

"During the past year, management and the board have been focused on launching the Blackberry 10 platform and BES 10, establishing a strong financial position and evaluating the best approach to delivering long-term value for customers and shareholders."
Prem Watsa, chairman of Blackberry's largest shareholder, Fairfax Financial, resigned from the board as the formation of the committee was announced. Mr Watsa said he wanted to avoid any potential conflict of interest.

"I continue to be a strong supporter of the company, the board and management as they move forward through this process, and Fairfax Financial has no current intention of selling its shares," he said.
The company has struggled in recent years to regain market share lost to Apple and users of Google's Android operating system.
The company dropped its Research in Motion name in January 2013 and rebranded as Blackberry, to coincide with the launch of the Blackberry 10 model.

Source - http://gleesconcepts..com/2013/08/blackberry-set-to-change-name-as.html

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wengerjay: Cristiano Ronaldo gave his former
coach one more dazzling display of his
skills, and delivered a trophy to Real
Madrid in the process. Ronaldo scored a pair of highlight
goals, lifting Real Madrid to a 3-1
victory over Chelsea in the final of the
Guinness International Champions
Cup on Wednesday night. Marcelo Vieira also scored for Real,
which became the event's inaugural
champion by topping a Chelsea club
now being coached by Jose Mourinho.
He left Madrid earlier this year for a
return to Chelsea, and after years of enjoying watching Ronaldo frustrate
opponents, it was Mourinho who
couldn't find a way to stop him. Ramires scored for Chelsea, which
posted a pair of shutouts to get into
the championship match before
67 273 fans at Sun Life Stadium, home
of the NFL's Miami Dolphins. The colorful Mourinho took what were
considered a few subtle jabs at Real
Madrid leading up to the Guinness
final, though Ronaldo took the high
ground when asked about his former
coach. After all, this was supposed to be merely an exhibition between two
strong teams, part of their preseason
preparations. The way they played certainly didn't
suggest this one was meaningless. ''I would expect those two teams to
play it seriously,'' said Los Angeles
Galaxy forward Landon Donovan,
whose team fell to AC Milan earlier
Wednesday in the third-place match of
the eight-team event. Donovan was proven correct. With the match tied at 1 in the 30th
minute, Ronaldo was the recipient of a
hard foul from behind by Branislav
Ivanovic. Ronaldo merely smiled as he
sat on the turf, adjusting his uniform
while most of the other players convened for a bit of shouting. Ronaldo got his revenge on the
resulting free kick. From about 25
yards, his strike curled to the left,
sneaking just under the crossbar and
off the fingertips of diving goalkeeper
Petr Cech. And in the 57th minute, Ronaldo
struck again, perfectly timing his run
toward the goal line and sending in a
header for a two-goal advantage. That
left Mourinho with a blank expression,
and the outcome essentially decided. Ronaldo had the crowd frenzied at
that point, including one fan who got
onto the field later in the game.
Wearing a Ronaldo jersey, he was able
to not just get to the Real Madrid star,
but wrap him in an embrace near the sideline and share some words for
several seconds before police officers
escorted the man off the field. Real opened the scoring in the 14th
minute. Vieira dribbled into the
penalty area and skipped a shot
through defender Gary Cahill and into
the right side of the net. Chelsea got the equalizer quickly.
Ramires split two defenders and went
in against goalkeeper Iker Casillas,
who charged off his line to cut down
the angle. His effort was in vain, as
Ramires flicked the ball softly over him and into the net. Chelsea had three great chances in the
first seven minutes of the second half
to tie it again, the best of those when
Eden Hazard got behind a defender
and carried the ball in alone against
Casillas. The keeper sprung off his line to make the save and protect the one-
goal lead. Ronaldo's second goal came five
minutes later. mobi.supersport.com/football/pre-season-tour/news/130808/Ronaldo_powers_Real_past_Chelsea

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Former Governor of Abia State, Chief Orji Uzor Kalu

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/kalu-threatens-to-sue-fashola-over-forced-relocation-of-igbos/154823/

bilms: http://247nigerianewsupdate.com/obasanjo-a-troublesome-student-at-noun-vc/

ruffneck: Nov stl too far na
Why nat oct??

Havilah93: PENALTY TO CIV!!!


24th minute.

GOAL CIV 2-0 Nigeria. Kevin
steps up. Drills it straight
through the middle.