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ugodaniel:
Last View on Tue 20th February, 2007
Last Modified on Tue 20th February, 2007 10:40:12 am
Author: AdminSahara

The Federal Appeal Court sitting in Abuja today rules that President Obasanjo doesn't have any right to sack his Vice ,Atiku Abubakar. The entire court area in Abuja went wild in jubilation over the ruling.

The Appeal Judges in their ruling insisted that the allegiance of the Vice President should be to the constitution not to the President.

Meanwhile, Vice President Atiku and AC presidential flagbearer has picked his Vice Presidential candidate. He is Senator Ben Obi from Anambra State.

More details soon,

http://saharareporters.com

McKren: if you tell us what EFCC did that caught your fancy and what latter made you to change your mind we will understand your point better.

shutmouth:
Take it or leave it, IT'S THE END OF THE ROAD for the disqualified candidates.

Nigeria will be more peaceful and prosperous after the elections as this is the first time Nigerians have the chance to elect clean candidates.

If you don't accept it, please jump the river or punch the wall.

Case Closed!

"Possible targets could include expatriate personnel, Western businesses or facilities and locales visited by tourists and foreigners in other regions of Nigeria," the Lagos-based consulate said in a statement.

Big B1:
MARIORY:

You really think so?

JosBoy4Lif:
How the hell would you be able to forecast that?
Unless offcourse your are planting seeds of hatred. Well done ooo

Big B1:
@JosBoy4Lif:
Good post.

MARIORY(Emeka's mum) goes around planting seeds of hatred. She is known for that around here.

FYI: MARIORY is not a guy.

daznitro:
who are the top guns in the oil companies, is the foriegners they have their own power but they are using us in the niger delta,they collaborate with this governors to harm us.If they say no i don't think they are going to kill them.think about it please every body.The oil executives can help us in the niger delta but they don't want and some people are doing what they feel is the best all man to his own opinion so no sweating about hostage taking.

ono:
How is it that I changed my initial position of not joining issues with you again on this forum? Well this is the last from me to you. The very last, Mariory, cause we're always never coming to an accord on anything.

twinstaiye: that is why, sometimes i wonder whether there could ever be peace in the middle east.

MODERATE Arab states believed to be uncomfortable with the growing influence of extremist sister nations in the Middle East are reportedly pushing for better ties with Israel and the United States (U.S.) Jews.

The initiative is said to be aimed at undercutting the grip of Iran and Syria, which are accused of promoting militancy in the region.

The arrowhead of the scheme, Saudi Arabia, has already garnered the support of five other Arab states to make what has been described as "their most public overtures ever to Israel and American Jews."

The collaborating Arab nations also intend to use the improved ties with Israel and U.S. Jews to contain violence in Iraq and Lebanon as well as push for a Palestinian solution.

The high-profile gestures coincide with Saudi Arabia's lead role last week in brokering a deal for a coalition Palestinian government.

Last month, Prince Turki al-Faisal, Saudi Arabia's departing ambassador to the U.S., attended a Washington reception sponsored by American Jewish organisations. The event honoured a State Department diplomat appointed to combat anti-Semitism.

The appearance of a Saudi diplomat is "unprecedented," said William Daroff, Washington office director for the United Jewish Communities, which organized the reception.

The Associated Press (AP) said that Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) had stepped up contacts with Israel and pro-Israel Jewish groups in the U.S. The outreach reportedly has the George Bush administration's blessing. American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said six Gulf states and Egypt, Jordan and Israel are a new alignment of moderates to oppose extremists backed by Iran and Syria. She has said an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal would weaken militants such as Hamas and Hezbollah.

Contacts have intensified as part of a strategy meant to undercut extremists and build momentum for a peace deal between Israelis and Palestinians, said Jamal Kashoggi, an aide to Saudi Prince Turki.

Judith Kipper, a Middle East expert at the Council on Foreign Relations, said: "What really concerns pro-U.S. Arab states is that Iran is setting the political agenda in the region."

Saudi and Gulf Arab contacts with Israelis and American Jews go back more than a decade but have never been so public. Arab countries have treated Israel as a pariah since it gained independence in 1948. Most Arab countries ban travel to Israel, investment there and other commercial ties with the Jewish State and routinely refer to it as the "Zionist entity."

Only three of 21 Arab nations recognise Israel: Egypt, Jordan and Mauritania. A 2002 peace plan put forward by Saudi Arabia offers diplomatic relations with the other 18 Arab states if Israel withdraws to the borders it had in 1967 - meaning giving up the West Bank and the Golan Heights - and cedes land for a new Palestinian state.

Among the other recent Arab-Jewish contacts are:

* Saudi National Security Adviser Bandar bin Sultan met privately with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in Jordan in September last year, said Daniel Ayalon, Israel's former ambassador to Washington. He said it was the highest-level Saudi-Israeli meeting he'd ever heard of.

* The United Arab Emirates has invited a delegation from the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. The conference, a 51-member umbrella group, is a strong supporter of Israel.

* Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres met the Emir of Qatar in late January after taking part in a debate with Arab students there. It was the highest-level Israeli meeting with the Gulf nation since 1996, when Peres visited as Prime Minister.

ono:
That ''farm'' became a world class facility only after OBJ became the president of this cursed country. If he had remained in the gulag (where he rightly belonged) I guess by now, he would have turned to manure in Yola prison. I wonder how he would be able to pay back a loan worth N10, talkless of a N2 billion naira loan. Of course we know that he dipped his filthy hands into the treasury. Treasury filled with the proceeds from the sale of the Niger Delta people's God-given resources.

ono:
The people of Ogun and Lagos state have nothing to loose. At best they're just a bunch of opportunists waiting for ''manna from heaven'' to help develop their lands. The present skewed arrangement has made it possible for them to flash their dirty teeths reaping where they did not sow, and taking from the resources of other people's lands. All of the power projects at Papalanto, Geregu and Mambilla will all be funded by the FG with the proceeds from the sale of crude oil, right? Or is it the proceeds from the sale of cassava and cocoa that they will use? Open your eyes, Nigeria is destined for failure, as long as the present arrangement remains.

Echidime:
What Igbo's saw and fight the Nigerian Biafran Civil war that lasted for 3 solid good years, is what you people are seeing just today? Rememver Ojukwu went to greet ken saro wiwa in prison,they right there ken saro wiwa apologies to him for not supporting ojukwu during that Bianfran war and now the whole zone is suffering. and what happens after that, he ken saro wiwa lost his life.

When you guys talk of OIL producing states, remember that ABIA STATE,IMO STATE,and Anambra STATE all have oil a very big one for that matter and yet The federal Government SEALED this places for fear that this people will come again to fight another Biafran war,take it or leave it Nigeria is not one country and will surely divide.

Republic of BIAFRA Must exist,do you think it is the people of the Niger delta that are causing this crisis? South East OR South South are all BIAFRA

The commissioner said the state was waiting for the National Assembly to invite it, so that it would "prove with facts and data" how the figure of 17.5 million was arrived at.

"We will fight this injustice: How would you say eight million people do not exist, where are the graves, where they are buried?" the commissioner asked.

He said the government would adopt the 17.5 million figure as the official figure for planning until the National Assembly hears the case and comes out with an appropriate and amicable solution to the figure.

The commissioner said the National Assembly should invite the NPC commissioner in Lagos State to furnish it with all the data as to how it got to the controversial figure.

ono:
OK. It's N2 billion.

Now, where/how on earth did OBJ come about the means of paying back such stupendous loans to the banks?

ono:
And what about Gbenga Daniel and Bola Tinubu,whose building/mansions in the UK is the talk of the area where these properties were located.

Leave the Niger Delta governors alone. Remove the log in your eyes before you can help remove the dirt in another person's.

Donzman:
It's not about technology, that's why the US is still stuck in Iraq, that's why the US failed in Vietnam and Somalia.

LePhilippe:
I disagree with this they are fighting for the welfare of their neglected people!!!! If they were fighting for themselves the hostages would be killed for ransoms!!!

Big B1:
Yaradua and others see OBJ as co-worker and nothing more, while they see folks like IBB, Buhari and even Atiku as family; and in most cases family will never deceive family.

LePhilippe:
The Brt lane is a ridiculous plan. The are making 6 lane highways into 4 lane highways and expect traffic to get better!!! Give me a break!!!

mubowa:
4. you guys are so proud, stingy,u have low self esteem and you are selfish

Big B1:
What have your leaders done for you lately?

Stop blaming whiteman for everything, we've created most of our disastrous situation by ourselves.

osigwe:
lady t ignorance has not made you to see that atiku is today the true face of democracy in nigeria.a man who has exposed the wickedness and deceitfullness of obasanjo's regime against all odds.atiku has came out with facts against the goverment while the govment is only speculating on atiku a man who is always ready to face any probe panel can that be said of obasanjo?