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Nigerians woke up this morning to an accusation on the notorious gossip site, saharareporters.com, to the effect that the Jonathan administration had procured the judgment that set former Chief Security Officer to Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapaha, free via a $2 million bribe to the presiding judge, Justice Amina Augie. Not done with this allegation, saharareports alleged that the Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, Professor Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, wrote the judgment. All this was done by President Jonathan in order to pave the way for his 2015 reelection which according to the site was going to be impossible if Al-Mustapha remained in jail per a prophesy from renowned seer, T.B. Joshua.

Saharareporters did not provide any evidence to back up its claims beyond stating that it got the information from an unnamed ‘source’!

However, NaijaPundit’s investigations have established that the saharareporters story is untrue and malicious. We have seen documents from both Chidi Anselm Odinkalu and Femi Falana which indicate that the story is a pack of lies.

Femi Falana revealed that rather than bribery as alleged by saharareporters.com, the Al-Mustapaha case was lost "due to shoddy investigation and procedural irresponsibility". It is instructive that the prosecution of the case was handled by the Lagos State ministry of Justice which is controlled by the Action Congress of Nigeria and not the Federal Ministry of Justice which is controlled by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party.

NaijaPundit exclusively brings you two emails from both Professor Odinkalu and renowned Human Rights Activist and foremost lawyer, Femi Falana (a known critic of the Jonathan administration) which put the lie to the saharareporters story;

The email below is from Femi Falana;

> From: falana*****yahoo.com
> Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 10:33:07 +0000
>
> Dear Carol,
>
> In a commendable manner, efforts were made by some of our colleagues to comment on the judgment of the Court of Appeal through this medium. I think that was last week.
>
> That should have continued instead of descending to the scandalous level of impugning the integrity of judges and lawyers over a case that was painfully lost due to shoddy investigation and procedural irresponsibility. For instance, why was Sergeant Rogers Jabila not turned into a hostile witness by the prosecution when he began to retract his copious confessional statements?
>
> Although there are disagreeable aspects of the judgment which have been highlighted in this medium it is difficult to dismiss the reasoning and conclusion of the Court of Appeal on the acquittal of Major Hamza Al-Mustapha and Alhaji Lateef Shofolahan.
>
> In another clime the legal profession would have wished to find out why the cases of those who were charged with the brutal assassination of Pa Alfred Rewane, Chief Bola Ige, Mrs Kudirat Abiola et al were all discharged and acquitted. Most of the on-going cases of murder involving rich suspects are bound to end the same way. It is a neo-colonial State that is on the verge of total collapse. The ruling class is just pretending to run a modern State.
> It is a banana republic.
>
> There are no measures in place to equip the investigation departments of the police or improve the skills of prosecutors. Witnesses are not protected by the system. Hence it is easy for defendants who are rich to bribe or scare potential witnesses from testifying for the prosecution.
>
> In the 2013 federal budget the sum of N300 bn was earmarked for the police. Out of that sum N293 bn goes for recurrent expenditure while the remaining N7 bn will service 10,515 police stations and posts, police colleges,laboratories etc as well as corruption. Where is the fund for investigation? It is collected from complainants or suspects or from both. At the end of the day reports of investigation are tailored in favour of the highest bidders. Such dubious reports are then forwarded to the office of the DPP for legal advice and possible prosecution!
>
> FF
>
>
>
> Sent from my BlackBerry wireless device from MTN



The email below is from Professor Chidi Anselm Odinkalu;

> From: ch******@hotmail.com

> Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 10:15:24 +0000
> Subject: Re: [OurCountryNigeria] The Scheme That Freed Al-Mustapha - SR
>
> IBK,
>
> Let me try and understand you. It is ok to accuse judges of taking bribes but not ok to read their judgments in order to be informed about what we're talking about;
>
> it is ok to believe allegations circulated by a web-based publication but a judgment is "inauthentic";
>
> it is ok for the ICTR to share its judgments by e-mail but only those that wish to "destroy Nigeria" can do that here. What else?
>
> IBK, my bother, no vex, joo: how many CTCs of judgments did you process in the ICTR? How many have you processed in England? Why is what is good for the climes in which you practice bad for us? White people can do it but if blacks do it it must be because we're corrupt? If a white person said that to me, I'd have dumped on them. But...
>
> Well, I circulated the judgment of the Kenyan Supreme Court on the elections the day it was given. No one said I shared money with any of the judges or parties nor asked about CTC - and by the way I have Long standing personal relationships with all the parties in the Kenyan case and all but one of the judges in the case. I shared the judgments of the South African Courts on Silk from High Court to the Supreme Court of Appeals, no on asked bothered to allege they were inauthentic. I could go on: What does consistency matter to us?
>
> Chidi.
>
> Sent from my BlackBerry wireless device from MTN
>
> -----Original Message

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Femi Falana, Odinkalu, Debunk saharareporters Bribery Story in Al-Mustapha Judgment

Nigerians woke up this morning to an accusation on the notorious gossip site, saharareporters.com, to the effect that the Jonathan administration had procured the judgment that set former Chief Security Officer to Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapaha, free via a $2 million bribe to the presiding judge, Justice Amina Augie. Not done with this allegation, saharareports alleged that the Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, Professor Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, wrote the judgment. All this was done by President Jonathan in order to pave the way for his 2015 reelection which according to the site was going to be impossible if Al-Mustapha remained in jail per a prophesy from renowned seer, T.B. Joshua.

Saharareporters did not provide any evidence to back up its claims beyond stating that it got the information from an unnamed ‘source’!

However, NaijaPundit’s investigations have established that the saharareporters story is untrue and malicious. We have seen documents from both Chidi Anselm Odinkalu and Femi Falana which indicate that the story is a pack of lies.

Femi Falana revealed that rather than bribery as alleged by saharareporters.com, the Al-Mustapaha case was lost "due to shoddy investigation and procedural irresponsibility". It is instructive that the prosecution of the case was handled by the Lagos State ministry of Justice which is controlled by the Action Congress of Nigeria and not the Federal Ministry of Justice which is controlled by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party.

NaijaPundit exclusively brings you two emails from both Professor Odinkalu and renowned Human Rights Activist and foremost lawyer, Femi Falana (a known critic of the Jonathan administration) which put the lie to the saharareporters story;

The email below is from Femi Falana;

> From: falana*****yahoo.com
> Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 10:33:07 +0000
>
> Dear Carol,
>
> In a commendable manner, efforts were made by some of our colleagues to comment on the judgment of the Court of Appeal through this medium. I think that was last week.
>
> That should have continued instead of descending to the scandalous level of impugning the integrity of judges and lawyers over a case that was painfully lost due to shoddy investigation and procedural irresponsibility. For instance, why was Sergeant Rogers Jabila not turned into a hostile witness by the prosecution when he began to retract his copious confessional statements?
>
> Although there are disagreeable aspects of the judgment which have been highlighted in this medium it is difficult to dismiss the reasoning and conclusion of the Court of Appeal on the acquittal of Major Hamza Al-Mustapha and Alhaji Lateef Shofolahan.
>
> In another clime the legal profession would have wished to find out why the cases of those who were charged with the brutal assassination of Pa Alfred Rewane, Chief Bola Ige, Mrs Kudirat Abiola et al were all discharged and acquitted. Most of the on-going cases of murder involving rich suspects are bound to end the same way. It is a neo-colonial State that is on the verge of total collapse. The ruling class is just pretending to run a modern State.
> It is a banana republic.
>
> There are no measures in place to equip the investigation departments of the police or improve the skills of prosecutors. Witnesses are not protected by the system. Hence it is easy for defendants who are rich to bribe or scare potential witnesses from testifying for the prosecution.
>
> In the 2013 federal budget the sum of N300 bn was earmarked for the police. Out of that sum N293 bn goes for recurrent expenditure while the remaining N7 bn will service 10,515 police stations and posts, police colleges,laboratories etc as well as corruption. Where is the fund for investigation? It is collected from complainants or suspects or from both. At the end of the day reports of investigation are tailored in favour of the highest bidders. Such dubious reports are then forwarded to the office of the DPP for legal advice and possible prosecution!
>
> FF
>
>
>
> Sent from my BlackBerry wireless device from MTN



The email below is from Professor Chidi Anselm Odinkalu;

> From: ch******@hotmail.com

> Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 10:15:24 +0000
> Subject: Re: [OurCountryNigeria] The Scheme That Freed Al-Mustapha - SR
>
> IBK,
>
> Let me try and understand you. It is ok to accuse judges of taking bribes but not ok to read their judgments in order to be informed about what we're talking about;
>
> it is ok to believe allegations circulated by a web-based publication but a judgment is "inauthentic";
>
> it is ok for the ICTR to share its judgments by e-mail but only those that wish to "destroy Nigeria" can do that here. What else?
>
> IBK, my bother, no vex, joo: how many CTCs of judgments did you process in the ICTR? How many have you processed in England? Why is what is good for the climes in which you practice bad for us? White people can do it but if blacks do it it must be because we're corrupt? If a white person said that to me, I'd have dumped on them. But...
>
> Well, I circulated the judgment of the Kenyan Supreme Court on the elections the day it was given. No one said I shared money with any of the judges or parties nor asked about CTC - and by the way I have Long standing personal relationships with all the parties in the Kenyan case and all but one of the judges in the case. I shared the judgments of the South African Courts on Silk from High Court to the Supreme Court of Appeals, no on asked bothered to allege they were inauthentic. I could go on: What does consistency matter to us?
>
> Chidi.
>
> Sent from my BlackBerry wireless device from MTN
>
> -----Original Message

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When you tell ladies that indecent dressing is bad, some will say they put on what makes them comfortable. Anyway, actress Rukky Sanda caused a lot of commotion with her boobs-exposing dress at Yvonne Nelson’s movie premiere in Lagos that even she was ashamed of herself.

At one point, she was forced to use her hands to close her cleavage.

See the photos below:

http://www.brimtime.com/2013/07/photos-actress-rukky-sanda-goes-out.html#.Ue0G2qyq7IV

Is Apkabio's bed room also a bank strong room that houses American dollars? Ok that money must be the governor's personal savings from his salary and emoluments. Look at Akpabio!

babyosisi: Ekiti of course,where else

Na lie,na Osun state

Jarus: Anyone remember teh story of police arresting goat few years ago? remind me where it happens.

Osun state

I hear everyone singing in one avalanche 'do your own thing' 'fire your boss' 'start your own business' and all the sweet motivational talks here and there...

While I agree this is a sound message to preach, I also want to help you balance the sermon. Kindly note that you don't own your own business because you failed at your profession or because you failed at school and simply because you cannot humble yourself in submission to the structured authority of a workplace.

Please count your cost before you jump into 'doing your thing', this is not to discourage you but to prepare you for the life ahead. I have two businesses and I can tell that your KPIs as an entrepreneur are way higher than those of an employee... don't get into it, if you are not ready to give it all it takes to succeed

And for those who have become too proud to return to paid employment having failed woefully as an entrepreneur, here's my advice, humble yourself, take a paid job, learn the ropes, get all the knowledge and experience you need and come back to 'doing your own thing' when you are ripe for it..... don't go before your time

I could get nailed for this unpopular message of mine, but I have just poured out my mind to you and trust me, this is not for everyone but I am certain it is for someone

By:Faseesin Babatunde

Madiba & Kongi...Every Country Do Have Them!!! Some Personalty's Name Is Stronger & More Influential Than That Of Their Present & Past President's Name. Little Wonder Both Are Born In July. Long Live African True Heroes. HAPPY BORNDAY, MADIBA!!! Africa's Greatest Living Son...CONNE

1.He was born in a polygynist family of four(4) wives on July 18 1918.His mother was the third(3rd) wife and affectionately referred to as the right hand wife.His father had thirteen(13) children,four(4) sons and nine(9) daughters.He was the last son of the family as well as the first(1st) child of his mother.His would later give birth to three(3) daughters.(Page 6)

2.He was the first(1st) child of the family to attend school at the age of seven(7) which was owned by the Methodist Church or Wesleyan as it was then known.He had earlier been baptized into the Church.On his first(1st) day at school,his teacher,Miss Mdingane gave him the English name, Nelson.His native name is Rolihlahla.In Xhosa,Rolihlahla means “pulling the branch of a tree” but its colloquial meaning more accurately would be troublemaker,perhaps an indication of the battles and storms he will fight and weather in later years.(Pages 3,13 and 14)

3.His father died when he was nine(9) years old.(Page 14)

4.The name of the first(1st) girl he wooed in his life was Winnie Matyolo,not the Winnie he would later marry and divorce.(Page 24)

5.He was circumcised at the age of sixteen(16).(Page 25)

6.While he was in a school called Clarkebury Institute,also owned by the Methodist School,a female classmate by the name:Mathona told him that the meaning of a B.A(Bachelor of Arts) is a very long and difficult book.He didn’t doubt her because he was ignorant of what a B.A was.(Page 33 and 34)

7.He acted in a play about Abraham Lincoln while he was a student at University College,Fort Hare.He played John Wilkes Booth,Linclon’s assassin .It was at Fort Hare he wore pyjamas for the first time,finding them uncomfortable in the beginning,but gradually growing used to them.He had never used a toothbrush and toothpaste before at home.In his words,we used ash to whiten our teeth and toothpicks to clean them.The water-flush toilets and hot-water showers were also a novelty to him.He used toilet soap for the first time not the blue detergent that he had washed with for so many years at home. He didn’t complete his studies at Fort Hare,where he voluntarily withdrew because of an altercation he had with the school authorities over his decision not to serve in the Students Representative Council.He would later acquire a B.A(Bachelor of Arts) from the University of South Africa via correspondence in 1942.(Pages 46,48,53,71 and 85)

8.He worked as a clerk in a law firm known as Witkin,Sidelsky and Eidelman.It was owned by Jews.(Page 70)

9.The name of his first(1st) wife is Evelyn Mase.Finding a place to live was their most immediate problem in the early days of their marriage.They first stayed with his wife’s brother and later stayed with the wife’s sister over a period of time.They had four(4) children with three(3) reaching adulthood. Their first(1st) son,Madiba Thembekile was born in 1946.Shortly afterwards in 1947, a daughter named Makaziwe was born but died when she was nine(9) months old.In 1950,a second(2nd) son named Makgatho Lewanika was born named in memory of Sefako Mapogo Makgatho,the second(2nd) President of African National Congress(ANC) from 1917 to 1924 and Lewanika,a leading chief In Zambia.In 1953,Evelyn gave birth to a girl named Makaziwe in memory of the daughter the lost six(6) years earlier.The couple would later divorce in late 1957 after being separated since December 1956.The grounds of their divorce was anchored on the fact that Evelyn joined the Jehovah Witnesses sect and she could no longer stand the political and revolutionary bent of her husband.It is common knowledge that members of the Jehovah Witnesses are apolitical.Nelson would later marry Nomzamo Winifred Madikizela,later popularly known as Winnie.Their wedding took place on June 14 1958.They had two(2) daughters,Zenani and Zindziswa born on 4th February 1958 and December 1960 respectively.The younger sister was named after the daughter of the poet Laureate of the Xhosa People,Samuel Mqhayi.(Pages 119,206,215,226 and 255)

10.In August 152,Nelson Mandela opened his law firm.A few months later he invited his bosom friend,Oliver Tambo to join him.”Mandela and Tambo” was the first(1st) black law firm in Johannesburg.(Pages 148 and 149)

Compiled from his autobiography:Long Walk To Freedom,1995 Paperback Edition

Dear Madiba.

I'm not wishing you a happy birthday. I don't think any Nigerian should either. In fact Madiba, if you get any official-looking greeting cards from the Nigerian government, especially its Senate, may I ask that you rip the card into pieces and return to sender unread?

You see, we love the wrong things about you. We love your celebrity, your superstar status as the one African who commands unqualified global respect from people of all creeds and colours. I happen to know that this is the least important thing about you, that when you started out on your long walk with Tambo and Sisulu those many years ago, stardom was not on your mind. You were fiercely against oppression of the weak by the strong, and that guided all your actions.

Your life and example is a slap in our face as a nation, but you wouldn't think it if you merely drank in all the encomiums being flung at you by people who have no intention of living the life of sacrifice you led. Only two days ago, just two days ago, about four thousand years after the end of the Stone Age, our Nigerian senators voted to retain a clause in our Constitution that positively rejects a minimum age for the marriage of a girl child. I know, there were no Ghana-must-go bags to share either way, so we cannot attribute this baffling behaviour to their usual greed and rapacity. It's sheer callousness.

They've seen the research. They know how tragically the incidence of child marriage affects the life chances of a girl child, starting with her diminished opportunities of getting an education. They know that both infant and maternal mortality rates shoot through the roof when babies are made to give birth to babies. They've been told of the horror symptoms of vesicovaginal fistula, and how it has ruined the physical and emotional well-being of countless young women who gave birth when their reproductive organs were simply not ready for the rigours of childbirth. And they, quite frankly, did not care.

We are told that their voting was guided by a pious adherence to Islamic principle. Nonsense. They've never heeded the teachings of Islam against thievery and bribe-taking. They've never followed the practice of the Prophet when it comes to protecting the poor in the society. But suddenly, when trying to justify their perverted sexual proclivities, they hide behind a twisted interpretation of Islam to deny protection to the vulnerable they are sworn to serve.

We are a nation whose median age is slightly over 18. 43.8% of all Nigerians are under the age of 14. For a nation of about 170 million that's a staggering demographic. And yesterday our highest law-making body demonstrated in clear terms precisely how much regard it had for its welfare - none. We wondered before why it was taking so long for the Child Rights Act to be passed into law and properly domesticated into Nigerian law after we had become signatories to the international Convention on the Rights of the Child. We blamed the Nigerian Factor for the go-slow. Now it's clear why it's been fatally delayed; Nigeria is at war with its own children.

Madiba, given your early struggles for majority rule, the plight of an oppressed voiceless majority should resonate with you. This majority will not ask to be given the vote; it's not practical or desirable, but it can demand, by virtue of its humanity, for the protection that human society is supposed to give its members. To treat a little girl as a piece of chattel to be married off, often against her will, during those crucial years when she should be educated and nurtured into full womanhood is nothing less than a crime against humanity.

So if you receive any delegations today from Nigerian civil society groups bearing congratulations, please send them back with the question; 'What are you doing here when the future of your country is being destroyed by wicked men?' You remember the comical Reverend Scheffer who you met on Robben Island? The one who told you prisoners: "Whenever you blacks have a problem, you have an excuse. You can simply say 'Ingabilungu' (malaprop Xhosa for, 'It's the White Man')". Well we have a problem right now in Nigeria, and it's not the white man. It centers on our own refusal to accept that our little human neighbour has rights as a human being that must be respected above all else, and that it is our individual and collective responsibility to fight for the protection of those who cannot fight for themselves. And until we embrace that paradigm, both in theory and praxis, we have no moral right to claim spiritual kinship with a man of your standing in the fight for human freedom.

There you have it! The jamboree by President Jonathan and his entire cabinet and the extended factional arm of the People's Democratic Party Governors' Forum to China was to spite President Barack Obama for ignoring Nigeria during his tour of African countries. To show how clueless the Transformer in charge of the amorphous Transformation Agenda which has become a mantra for every official of government, less than 24 hours after leaving China, he sent an advert to CNN to showcase and promote his success in obtaining a loan facility to the tune of $3 billion [USD].

The questions are legion, but we must ask them; ''Why CNN, why not NTA or African Independent Television which is fast becoming pro-government? How many Nigerians, especially the hoi polloi watch CNN? Does charity no longer begins at home? Now that they have paid for advert on CNN and the request was turned down because Ted Turner would rather be in the good book of Uncle Sam rather than enrich himself with the lucre from a 'money-miss-road' Oga at the top, what then is the lot of the money already paid for advert, against the background of the impending sanction on government officials doing business with CNN? The ossussu don enter voice mail? Dis na real ogbonge one chance! Why go to CNN, when you can engage the services of your's truly at a lesser fee to propagate the dividends of the jamboree to China. By the way, does the gag on government officials include Oga at the Rock? Christiane Amanpour will not be happy about this development because I know she most certainly must have been expecting another brown envelop from lobbyist of the transformation regime to have Oga on the hot seat once again.

The big question is, why not NTA ( Nigerian Television Authority )? Is NTA International no longer the largest TV network in Africa and our reach out station? Yeye indeed dey smell! CNN don do Oga the thing ala 419. The least they should have done is to return the ossussu without delay! Which one be future business? But all the blame goes to the Transformer and his team wey no sabi!!!!!!!!

There you have it! The jamboree by President Jonathan and his entire cabinet and the extended factional arm of the People's Democratic Party Governors' Forum to China was to spite President Barack Obama for ignoring Nigeria during his tour of African countries. To show how clueless the Transformer in charge of the amorphous Transformation Agenda which has become a mantra for every official of government, less than 24 hours after leaving China, he sent an advert to CNN to showcase and promote his success in obtaining a loan facility to the tune of $3 billion [USD].

The questions are legion, but we must ask them; ''Why CNN, why not NTA or African Independent Television which is fast becoming pro-government? How many Nigerians, especially the hoi polloi watch CNN? Does charity no longer begins at home? Now that they have paid for advert on CNN and the request was turned down because Ted Turner would rather be in the good book of Uncle Sam rather than enrich himself with the lucre from a 'money-miss-road' Oga at the top, what then is the lot of the money already paid for advert, against the background of the impending sanction on government officials doing business with CNN? The ossussu don enter voice mail? Dis na real ogbonge one chance! Why go to CNN, when you can engage the services of your's truly at a lesser fee to propagate the dividends of the jamboree to China. By the way, does the gag on government officials include Oga at the Rock? Christiane Amanpour will not be happy about this development because I know she most certainly must have been expecting another brown envelop from lobbyist of the transformation regime to have Oga on the hot seat once again.

The big question is, why not NTA ( Nigerian Television Authority )? Is NTA International no longer the largest TV network in Africa and our reach out station? Yeye indeed dey smell! CNN don do Oga the thing ala 419. The least they should have done is to return the ossussu without delay! Which one be future business? But all the blame goes to the Transformer and his team wey no sabi!!!!!!!!!

The International news network CNN has rejected an advertorial sent to it by the Nigeria government to promote the recent five days visit of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to the People's Republic of China.

The advert which was already paid for by the Government was to highlight some of the key areas of achievement of the visit.But the CNN said the advert had some political undertone and rejected the advert but did not release the money . It requested the money be "kept for future businesses" with Nigeria which obviously did not go down well with the Nigerian government.

The FG government has demanded more explanation from CNN and may consider severing all ties with CNN and also banning government officials from granting any form of interview with CNN in the future.

The Nigerian government sees this action by CNN as unprofessional and against the rule of journalism. - Doyin Okupe.

http://www.cknnigeria.com/2013/07/cnn-rejects-fg-advert-on-gej-visit-to.html?showComment=1373903963684

Dike Chimezie: In a series of declaration,mr Bakare asserted, "When the shoelless takes over,he does clueless things.When such a man of low estate find themselves in power,terrible things begin to happen".He added.
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In the scripture, Joseph the slave became King Joseph.Did it lead to terrible things happen as a result?
Teacher pls dont teach me nonsense.
This pastor? Can not pastor my church.

Have you forgotten the fact that before Joseph was sold into slavery by his brothers,he was what you could call in contemporary times the "spoilt child" of the family as evidenced by Jacob's(his father) unalloyed affection for him which was further evidenced by his coat of many colours.In biblical history,his grandfather,Abraham was a man of immense wealth,Jacob was wealthy as well.His antecedents,pedigree and lineage reveals a family of means and abundance.

In conclusion,you a self nonsense taught student.

I have been wondering on the desirability of a Nigerian revolution as the calls become more frequent and intense. Are those calling for a revolution aware of its far-reaching impact or they simply assume it’s another buzzword they can bandy about? Are they mere pessimists who have found a cliché to romance so they will not have to address critical issues? Are they perhaps overwhelmed by the troubles with Nigeria and resorted to calling for a revolution as a sort of pacifier? Is there an ideology driving these calls or it’s just a nostrum that gives them time to do nothing?

How many of them have engaged in strategic thinking in readiness for the fall of the present administration? In fact, has it occurred to them that a revolution would mean at least toppling the present system of government and replacing it with something else, radically different? Have they thought of how to avoid a power vacuum post-revolution so that while we chase out one demon, seven others do not replace it? Or is this a case of “Let the Empire fall first”? What if we start it and the military hijacks it? Are Nigerians prepared to start all over again under a military government? Can they resist the military? Weapons, anyone?

Of course, we can compare the famous examples of revolution: French, Russian, Nazi and American. The first three had revolutionaries turned autocrats, more evil than their predecessors; the last one was comparatively successful because the founding fathers worked assiduously to build a great nation from scraps they wrested from the Empire. Does Nigeria have such selfless forward-thinking fathers/mothers waiting in the wings, ready to rebuild?

Have those who think a revolution will solve anything taken cultural specificity into account? Do they imagine Nigerians have as much staying power as the Egyptians or Syrians to sustain a revolution? Or we would soon be eager to get back to the rituals of our daily grind while hoping some other people keep up the fight?

Have we reviewed our history enough to question whether revolution is for us? Africa is full of old men who were youth revolutionaries but became a bigger plague on their countries than HIV/AIDS. The 1966 coup in Nigeria is a revolution in and of itself; till today, Nigeria is still giddy from its after-effects.

Wishful thinking is not a bad thing but can revolution advocates state how their end desires differ from what is already stated in the Constitution and why we need a revolution to achieve them? What really fascinates them about a revolution? The spectacles of violence and bloodshed, or a genuine desire for change? If the latter, is a revolution really necessary? Won’t protest culture or even rebellion suffice? Won’t a more participatory citizenship be far more helpful? I have put out all these questions, not necessarily to seek answers but for us to interrogate our thoughts.

Very soon, we would be called upon to begin the process of electing a fresh set of leaders. Rather than expressing outrage the President plans to re-contest, it is up to us to act with circumspection. It is our duty not to be carried away when our leaders start crawling to religious grounds or kneeling before gods. They will cut a perfect picture of pathetic prayer projects when they assume a humble stance and announce they need divine wisdom. When that time comes, can Nigerians transcend all this vaudeville and reject directionless and clueless leadership? Can we transcend tribalism, ethnicity, regionalism, sexism and all those factors that have successfully held us down in the past and choose more worthwhile people to lead us? That might be a revolution to look forward to.

sexymoma: DOES IT LEADS TO HEAVEN.

Prove beyond reasonable doubt that heaven exist.

Nigeria is the headquarters of the rumour mill of the world.To think I believed that apocryphal is bewildering.

Drink responsibly.

Welcome to a weird church where animals are freely slaughtered for sacrifice. As you step into this place of worship, you are confronted with the sight of a spot on the right that will make you conclude that you may have strayed into a slaughterhouse.

Even though insinuations of a slaughterhouse stick out starkly and grisly, this is by no means an abattoir. There is neither buying and selling of meat in this worship centre called As God Said, It Must Done, The Temple of The Most High God.

An evangelist at the church explained that the spot is called the ‘Earth Altar’ and that it’s where different types of sacrifices are offered unto God.

Located on a street named after it, Off Fakunle Street, Oke-Aro in Ogun State, a suburb near Lagos, the church is neither Pentecostal nor orthodox. All the same, both the shepherd and the sheep are strongly convinced that they are serving the living God the right way.

This reporter gathered that the blood splattered all over the ‘Earth Altar’ is that of animals. Similarly, in sharp dissonance, the mode of worship verges on the oddity, just as members cling on to what many people will consider unusual beliefs and teachings of the church.

As your curiosity wanders untrammeled at the multihued sight of the church and the strangeness of its name, you meet Prophet Blessed Dike, the general overseer and self-styled seer. He tells you with celestial audacity that God revealed the name of the church to him while in a trance. “While I was praying God gave me the name of this church from the Book of Isaiah 46 verse 11”, he said.

A probing by this reporter further revealed that besides the ‘Earth Altar’, the church also has a place called the ‘Holy of Holies.’ A worker in the church, Mr. Isaiah Anyaehie explains that the ‘Holy of Holies’ was put up as a replica of the ark of God built by Moses in the Old Testament. Like the pool of Bethesda in the Bible, members believe that anytime you are sick and you climb into the ‘Holy of Holies’, you would instantly receive your healing.

Here, members show forth when they also want to receive forgiveness of sins and other requests from God. “We have access to the ‘Holy of Holies’ anytime there is a special programme in the church. When you ascend into the ‘Holy of Holies’, you would be healed of whatever ailment you have and whatever you ask God for, He would do it for you,” another member said.

While you are still wondering why the entire premises is painted in red and white, the self-styled seer tells you that white symbolizes peace while red is totemic as it blots out sins.

“God used the blood to wipe out the sins of Adam and Eve. We offer sacrifices because that is what God commands. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and other great men in the Bible offered sacrifices,” he said.

A female member of the church revealed to this reporter that members of this church are expected to wear red or white attires every first and last Sunday of the month. On the floor of the auditorium, there are straight red lines drawn across the floor. She explained that the red lines are Angels’ pathways. “God revealed to Daddy to make those pathways because angels usually visit the church,” she said.

There are two types of sacrifices that are offered in As God Said It Must Be Done, the Temple of The Most High God, this reporter gathers. There is the sacrifice of atonement, which is offered when seeking forgiveness of sins from God. In carrying out the sacrifice, the prophet slaughters whatever animal the member provides at the ‘Earth Altar’ and ‘forgiveness’ is obtained from God after the prophet has prayed and blessed the person.

There is also the sacrifice of thanksgiving offered when a member wants to thank God for a favour granted him by God. The type of animal used for this type of sacrifice may vary based on individual needs. “You can bring a cow, a ram, a goat, a chicken or even a dove,” another female member of the church said.

Creepy and funny caveats are never in short supply at As God Said It Must Be Done, the Temple of The Most High God. For instance, a woman who is in her monthly cycle is not allowed to enter into the temple; else, she may be visited by God’s wrath.

Prophet Dike said “It’s a sin for a woman to come into the church while she is observing her menstrual flow. It is a very terrible thing. No woman has the right to come into the presence of God while she is menstruating.”

Despite his weird doctrines, Prophet Dike is very hospitable albeit in a way that one may describe as shocking. As soon as visitors to the church among whom was this reporter stepped into the auditorium, he instructs his workers to bring them refreshments.

This consists of two cartons of canned Guinness, popularly known as small stout. While you are yet to overcome the shock of seeing a prophet of God serve alcoholic drinks in the church, he further instructs that some bottles of whisky be brought to entertain his guests.

Seeing the surprise on the faces of his visitors, he immediately explained the reasons for his actions. “There is nothing like alcohol or strong drink in the bible, so where did you get that from? In Deuteronomy 14 verse 26, God says, “You shall spend that money for whatever your heart desires, for oxen or sheep, for wine or similar drink, for whatever your heart desires, you shall eat there before the Lord your God and you shall rejoice, you and your household.”

God told us to spend our income on what we want. If a man calls himself a man of God and he doesn’t have money, the anointing would turn to annoyance. It is better that you drink in the House of God than to go to a public place and misbehave” he said. Before the prophet was through with attending to his visitors, he had gulped two bottles of small stout.

“Are you not afraid of going to hell” this reporter queries the prophet? Then he laughs hysterically and said “It is unfortunate that you have been taught the wrong doctrine from the time you were little. Who told you that hell exists? Heaven and hell do not exist. Can a spirit judge a spirit? There is nothing like heaven or hell. They don’t exist. All the punishment is here on earth. If a man cannot feed himself and his family, he is living in hell. If he cannot pay his house rent and cannot afford to buy a car for himself, he is living in hell. When your mates are enjoying life and you cannot enjoy it, you are living in hell.

“If you are suffering, it means that God is punishing you for something you have done, so there is no hell anywhere. When a man dies, that is the end. He does not go anywhere and God does not judge him. In Mark 12, verses 18 to 27, it is written there that “God is not the God of the dead but of the living.

“So what death are we talking about? If you are living well and you are enjoying your life, you are living in heaven. People like Aliko Dangote, Adenuga, Otedola, Obasanjo and other rich men are living in heaven already. In the Bible, it is written that it’s God’s wish that we live in health and prosper even as our soul prospers.”

Led by God to steal?

Reflecting on how he came into the ministry as well as his early encounter with the “holy spirit”, Prophet Dike hinted “From my tender age, I used to steal a lot. Wherever any person kept money, I would steal it, even if I was not there when the money was being kept. You may have money in your pocket and you would not know when I would take it.

“I remember when my father used to hide his money in the spring bed in his room. Though I wasn’t around when he kept it, but the spirit of God would lead me to where the money was and I would just go straight to the room and to the exact spot where he kept the money and steal it. I did not know that it was the hand of God that was at work in me.

“This thing continued and because of that, my father sent me to Benin after my primary education. I went there but I continued having the same problems until I finally came to Lagos. It was while I was in Lagos that Jesus appeared to me and gave me the message from God.

“On April 14, 2001 by 7am, I was approaching Omole Phase 1 Estate when Jesus appeared to me in the form of a young man. I remember that I had a cigarette in my mouth and I thought that the odour of the smoke would offend him .He told me “Son, my father is calling you”.

“I had this encounter three times. In one of such encounters, Jesus came to my shop where I was a panel beater and told me, ‘Son, my father has need for you. The time for panel beating is up, now is the time to panel beat your children. Father said you are too stubborn, but if you think you are stubborn, He’s more stubborn than you.’

“After He said that, He disappeared and I didn’t see him again. I still did not obey. I went from one shop to the other but it was one misfortune after the other. At a time, my shop got burnt and that was when I decided to obey God’s instruction. That is why till date, no one can come out and say he shepherded me. I do not have any human mentor; it’s God that is my mentor. He speaks to me all the time and when I need anything, I go to Him for advice. No man can say he ordained me. It was God that ordained me.”

Man of God or Anti-Christ?

“People can call me names. Some may say I am an antichrist. Others may say I am Ogboni, but I do not care. My calling was foretold in the Bible. The book of Isaiah 42 verses 1-2, says “Keep silent before me, oh Islands and let the people renew their strength. Let them speak; let them come near and let them speak; let us come near together to judgment. Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? He gave them as the dust to his sword and as driven stubble to his blow.” The man from the East that God was referring to is me,” Prophet Dike boasted and added that “On October 28, 2012, I met with God in the Garden of Eden. In that revelation, Oyedepo was there, Adeboye was there, Okonkwo was there, Pope John Paul was there and so many other pastors. While we were meeting, God was very angry and told me to drive them away , because they were not doing His will and they were encouraging people to worship Jesus instead of God. Four months after that, the Pope died. God raised me to test people to know whether they are obeying the law of God or the law of men. There is nothing like the trinity. What we have is God, the Word and the Spirit. And those are the three witnesses.”

God is angry with Nigeria

“One of the reasons why God is angry with Nigeria is because they have abandoned the day that God said the New Year should be celebrated. They are now celebrating January 1 as the New Year day. It is totally wrong. New Year should be celebrated on July 10 each year and not on January 1. In the book of Leviticus 16 verse 29, God says: “This shall be a statute forever for you. In the seventh month on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls and do no work at all, whether a native of your own country or a stranger who dwells among you.”, he quipped.

On the New Testament

More curious to know why some of their doctrines negate what is written in the Bible, especially in the New Testament, Prophet Dike said “the New Testament is the mind of man but the Old Testament is the mind of God.

“In the Old Testament, God spoke directly to the prophets and they wrote down what He said, but in the New Testament, the disciples only wrote their minds. For instance, there is nothing like being born again because God can never be born again. The New Testament is not the mind of God. It is men speaking and not God. In the book of Matthew for instance, what is written there is the mind of Matthew and not the mind of God. But in the Old Testament, God spoke directly to his prophets. He spoke directly to people like Moses, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Solomon and so on.”

One of the cardinal points of Christianity is the belief that Jesus Christ is the son of God, and that he died for the sins of the world and rose again. Prophet Dike is furious over these assertions. “Jesus was just a servant and not God. He has finished his duty on earth the same way other prophets finished their calling,he said adding “Any Christian that leaves God and starts giving glory to Jesus should be ashamed. Jesus can never be God. He is not the savior and he did not die for anyone. Anyone that tells you that Jesus is the son of God is a fraud and is not of God. Do the Muslims worship Mohammed? No. They worship only God, but you see Christians worshiping Jesus and even equating him with God.

“In the book of Deuteronomy, God says he is the only one that should be worshiped and that we should not bow down to any image. So why do people worship Jesus when he is just a prophet? He did not die for anybody’s sins. He died just like any other human being. If he died for you, why are many people still afraid to go to their villages? If you say that Jesus is the only son of God, then what was Adam? Was he not also a son?

“When Adam who was made in the image of God could not save you, then who is Jesus to save you? I don’t want to hear the name of Jesus because he is not God and has never been God. God is very angry with Nigeria because they have taken His glory and given it to a mortal man. Why we have this high level insecurity is because of God’s wrath.”

This reporter sought to know from some members why they attend the church and if they are not skeptical of the doctrines propagated by the prophet. The leader of the men’s fellowship in the church, Mr. Richard Onyekachukwu said that he would continue attending the church because God used the prophet to raise him from the dead.

His wife, Esther confirmed his claim. According to her, “My husband was admitted at LASUTH (Lagos State University Teaching Hospital) for what started as fever. The situation gradually worsened and he eventually died. Doctors had certified him dead and his brothers had started making plans to take him to the village for burial. But when I called the prophet, without seeing my husband, he prayed for him and he came back to life.”

http://sunnewsonline.com/new/cover/inside-ogun-weird-church/

deletrue: This is the greatest opportunity i have been waiting for. There is no way a man, particularly professor Soyinka and considering his age, could celebrate his berth day WITHOUT a WIFE by his side. I repeat, to God, if this prof. who find it very simple and easy to insult the wife of president could celebrate his berth day without any woman (wife) then you are not suppose to live. Quickly go and commit suicide. Simply put, you are less than homeless ginny pig. Yes, you will be of no use not only to Nigerians but also to the larger human race. Infact, am not aware of any objective to describe you prof. if you fail to come with your wife to the occasion. Am still waiting. Could it be that he is impotent? Lifeless human for that matter.

Professor Wole Soyinka, Folake Soyinka and famous American opera singer, Jesseye Norman, inside the Eugene 'O' Neil Theater

Billionaires: Happy Birthday to the FOunder of Pyrates COnfraternity, a cult responsible for murder of hundreds of Nigerian Students.

I love your creative writings in literature, you are a literary icon but lacking in common sense for calling women 'mere domestic appendages', what wonders if its the attitude that made you marry and divorce 3 times.

With age comes responsibility, your brain is in your head, locate it and use it.

First lady is a domestic appendage of power - Professor Wole Soyinka
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This quote has been interpreted variously by many 'olodos' on social media. Many of them only had F9 in English so you can pardon their useless interpretation. This is not an insult. The domestic appendage is qualified by the last word 'power'. This statement is only saying that the first lady is not elected into power and therefore an ordinary and meaningless addition to it. I hope those raising dusts over it will go to sleep now.

In a couple of hours from now,Professor Oluwole Akinwande Soyinka will turn 79.Let us open the deluge of tributes for one of the greatest Nigerians of all time as he embarks on the last lap of the septuagenarian age group.

If there was one disease the human race ought to dread most, it is the twin-disease of arrogance and ignorance spurn from knowing one is famous and wrapping outright falsehood in finely crafted language. Unfortunately, people infected with the diisease are so sure many would not take the pains to research their assertions and authenticate what they put forth what with the excruciating economic conditions many a Nigerian contends with on a daily basis – too busy seeking a means of self-sustenance to have time for academic research and critical thinking.

Professor Akinwande Oluwole Soyinka, grandson of the Rev. Canon J. J. Ransome-Kuti, his maternal grandfather, was dead wrong on so many counts in his essay on Gen. Muhammadu Buhari.

Please, do not get it wrong. I have utmost respect for the Nobel Laureate, a playwright and prolific author of “The Interpreters”, “You Must Set Forth at Dawn”, “The Swamp Dwellers”, “The Lion and the Jewel” and so many more classical works and one of the leading lights of Nigerian authors of the second generation of the nation’s literary giants.

I feel so pained one with such outstanding achievements on many fronts would fail to research what he puts forth in the public domain, knowing many would run with it without verifying the issues raised therein. I admit though that man, in his present fallen state, is subject to making mistakes – sometimes very costly ones too and our illustrious professor is not immune.

Soyinka is not in a position to castigate Gen. Muhammadu Buhari. While he talks about alleged human rights abuses, he plays the blind man to the excesses of the present civilian administration. Soyinka made no comment when a governor whipped a PHCN official in this dispensation. He made no comment when a critic of the Bauchi State Governor was hounded into detention for speaking the truth. Soyinka was so audibly silent when a governor summoned a Reverend Father to Government House and flogged him mercilessly. I can go on and on. All over the world leaders, in their zeal to deliver on their mandates, might commit one infraction or the other and they do step on toes. It does not make sense to play down on the weight of circumstantial evidence at the time and to seek to malign Gen. Buhari, even when the same respected professor demonstrated in his treatise that he does not know the reasons for the decisions or he chose to feign ignorance.

Let us examine for ourselves the veracity of the professor’s claims. You have a right to know the truth and many alive today will testify to the facts that I present herein. I focus on three major outright false allegations leveled by Professor Wole Soyinka against Gen. Buhari.


A Mere Hoax: The 53 Suitcases
It is obvious that Prof. Wole Soyinka chose to pander to baseless sentiments founded on outright lies. First, Atiku Abubakar whom he had referred to as the Customs Officer in question is still alive and Gen. Muhammadu Buhari had since asked Atiku to speak up. For the records, Buhari was not at the airport. What was reported to the then Head of State was that an Emir had returned to the country with his retinue of 15 wives and so many children and someone had mischievously counted all the luggage they had returned with, claiming they had contained foreign currencies. One of the Emirs that returned was the father of then Major Jokolo. Courtesy demands that he goes to welcome his father and he had gone there to do so. Even Atiku Abubakar never reported seeing foreign currencies in any of the luggage. He is still alive and I believe Professor Wole Soyinka could so easily have reached him. I still want to throw the challenge to any journalist who had seen foreign currencies in any of the luggage should step forward and say so. It is interesting that none of the media outfits that spread the rumors reported sighting even a cent. If, as Atiku Abubakar claims, the military boys rudely whisked the items away, how then did he or anyone see foreign currencies in the suitcases?

Buhari’s Refusal to Appear before The Oputa Panel
The Oputa Panel set up by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo was not a constitutional body neither could its findings be said to be binding on anyone. It is critical to note that the Oputa Panel never indicted Gen. Muhammadu Buhari. It did not even have the mandate to do so. What Gen. Obasanjo tried to do with the Oputa Panel was akin to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa with a view to calming frayed nerves and to foster unity what with the pent up anger built up over the botched June 12, 1993 Presidential Election won by Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola a free and fair process that was scuttled by Prof. Wole Soyinka’s friend whose evil action he did not condemn: Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida. The only straw Prof. Wole Soyinka could clutch onto in a sea of lies he amazingly peddles is that the former Head of State did not appear before the panel, forgetting that the Head of State had immunity for his actions while in office and as at the time the panel was set up and until this very second, the immunity clause has not been expunged from our laws. Legally, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari was under no obligation to appear before the panel. I really would not know why the renowned professor would overlook these established facts and run to the public with half-truths and outright lies. Until this day, I have not heard or seen Prof. Wole Soyinka clamour for the removal of that vexatious clause from our laws.

Alleged Human Rights Abuses
Professor Wole Soyinka was already an elder states man when Gen. Muhammadu Buhari became Head of State. He, therefore, cannot feign ignorance of the compelling circumstances that brought in the military. Those circumstances required drastic measures to tackle with a view to lifting off the nation her pariah status in the comity of nations. The prevalent circumstances at the time include:
Widespread corruption that crippled the economy;
Nigeria had assumed the notorious status of a major drug trafficking hub;
Excessive violence due to irresponsible politics on the part of the civilians who had held sway leading to unprecedented carnage and wanton bloodshed and we witness a repeat of it right now;
Hoarding of essential food items, petroleum products and the essentials for daily living by an unscrupulous few who created artificial scarcity to sell their stock at cut-throat prices;
Excessive dependence on import and abuse of foreign exchange allocations as well as import licensing in such a manner that encouraged nepotism, tribalism and excessive fraud;
All of the foregoing put excessive pressure on the economy and created galloping inflation and the Naira began to be worthless in terms of its exchange value with other major world currencies;
There was a general abysmal slide in the educational sector and the nation experienced the horror of unbridled examination malpractices and our institutions were producing some idiots and imbeciles who presently ruin everything in the nation;
Workers were receiving wages for work not done; Public servants stayed away from their work places for days and would come to work late; Head teachers and principals in schools introduced all sorts of illegal levies on students; Students were found loitering aimlessly on the streets during school hours and indulging in all forms of crime;
The nation was generating a lot of revenues from various sources that were not judiciously and productively managed and public infrastructure were in a state of total disrepair while state funds that could have been properly channeled by vision went into private pockets; and
There are many more.

It is obvious from all the foregoing that drastic measures were required to restore the image of Nigeria and to put her on the path of true growth and development on all fronts. Though some measures were truly drastic, they were inevitable. They were simply sine qua non to turning around the fortunes of the nation for the good of all. There were instantaneous results in economic rebound from a comatose state to a healthy status. The nation made massive savings. Inflationary pressure ebbed. Nigerians learned to do things in an orderly fashion. The state of heightened insecurity was managed competently and with drastic measures and the unending violence was curbed. Nigerians caught on with the can – do spirit. The exchange rate of the Naira to international currencies improved. There were massive investments in infrastructure within a short time. The country’s image improved instantly and we did not borrow a dime to do any of those things. Is Prof. Wole Soyinka feigning ignorance of those things? He obviously is doing so for reasons best known to him. He was a living witness at the time. Let his conscience be his judge.

It is, however, not surprising that those who were the major beneficiaries of the rot prior to the Buhari administration and whose nefarious activities were cut short in the interest of all Nigerians are not happy and still have an axe to grind with the man who was fair, just and impartial who also chose to channel the nation’s wealth towards productive ends to oil the engine of growth and true development, rather than participate in cornering the nation’s wealth. Quite a number of them infused massive funds into some media houses and dictate to the editors what to write and whose image to destroy. Their common enemy is Gen. Muhammadu Buhari who stands with the people anytime and all the time in an unflinching manner and no matter whose Ox was gored.

It beats me that Prof Wole Soyinka could ignore all these facts that were extant at the time to play on the English Language to tell polished lies which remain what they are no matter the finesse that went into crafting them: pure and unadulterated and highly concentrated lies from the pits of hell.

What the professor did not tell us is that he was also ashamed of the status of Nigeria in the comity of nations at the time. He did not tell us that he was disappointed at the turn of events years after a hard-won independence from the nation’s colonial master. He did not mention salient piercing questions his peers asked about the state of affairs in his country and how ashamed he was.

It is also significant that Prof. Wole Soyinka did not tell us what he would have done if he were in Gen. Buhari’s shoes at the time. There was this urgency to stem the tide of gross indiscipline on all fronts that made the nation a laughing stock.

I also find it hard to believe that Prof. Wole Soyinka chose to ignore the roles of civilians who were always serving in every shade of government who added the negative image to various administrations with their notorious activities.

It is also shocking that he chose to ignore the realities of the working of the military administration under the leadership of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari. The decisions were jointly made at the Supreme Military Council with many civilians as advisers at federal and state levels. He also forgot or he deliberately chose to ignore the fact that the laws that were termed draconian, though necessary at the time, were all drafted by civilians who were lawyers some of whom are Senior Advocates of Nigeria today with inputs from civilian directors and heads of MDAs. There was no time we really ran a pure military government in Nigeria. Civilians ran the business as Permanent Secretaries and advisers and offered their services as drafts men to the soldiers.

It is interesting – quite interesting – that Prof. Wole Soyinka who believes everything military was evil accepted to serve in the most corrupt of all the military regimes in Nigeria headed by Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida. He was the pioneer Chairman of the Federal Roads Safety Commission. I had actually thought that a man of principle should never have accepted to serve under such a government. Could that be the reason he was silent at the atrocities of his good friend and benefactor, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida?

I can go on and on. The father of secret cults on Nigerian campuses goofed in so many ways in that cheap essay written in fine English. It is so unfortunate that he succeeded in convincing anyone at all who also runs with unfounded rumors just because a revered Professor of Letters uttered them.

Facts are truly sacred and even lies told in the finest language cannot become truth. It will be announced from the rooftop.

BY:Segun Melchizedek Edward II

Let’s detach ourselves a bit from this country. Let’s say we are foreigners taking Nigeria as a case study. A country that makes billions of dollars from crude oil every month. A country that once sold crude oil for $147 a barrel. A country where private jets are purchased everyday. A country where legislators earn jumbo pay. A country where government officials are A-list billionaires. A country where you find the latest cars from Rolls Royce and Mercedes. A country where government officials acquire land and erect mansions in the most expensive parts of town. A country where electricity is a stranger. A country where the schools are in terrible shape. A country where public hospitals offer no sanctuary. A country where the roads to the ports are so bad that it makes more sense trekking than driving. Try coming to Apapa, a key city in Nigeria’s economic chain, on any day of the week and you will understand the gist. What a country!

Despite the gloom and doom hovering the nation,I still dare to dream.I dream of a Nigeria where our lawmakers will make laws in the best interest of the public. I dream of a Nigeria where our best and brightest will not spend their most productive years building other countries; a Nigeria where the police will indeed be your friend; a Nigeria where you go to court for justice not thinking there is a malevolent judge somewhere willing to pervert justice for a little fee. I dream of a Nigeria where the value of citizens is not in the amount of money they have or number of cars and houses they posses, but their integrity and contribution to society.I dream of a Nigeria where human life is worth something, where human rights are respected, where good governance, right to life, security, and environmental safety are the norm rather than the exception. I dream of a Nigeria where our graduate will be worthy of their degrees, not recipients of “sexually transmitted degrees”, in the words of Okey Ndibe. I dream of a country that will be a global contender, a country where our God-given resources will be a blessing and not a curse.

The Lagos Division of the Appeal Court has discharged and acquitted Major Hamza Al- Mustapha, former Chief Security Officer to the Late Head of State, Mohammed Abacha of the conspiracy and murder charges against him.

Mustapha has been standing trial since 1999 for allegedly masterminding the assassination of Late Alhaja Kudirat Abiola, wife of presumed winner of the 1993 Presidential election, Chief M.K.O. Abiola.

Details letter…

http://thenationonlineng.net/new/news-update/appeal-court-acquits-al-mustapha-of-conspiracy-and-murder/

It is when they send drivers or special assistants flashing sign-posts with name tags to welcome our president that some of our people will get it .... You don't buy self-esteem... it must be natural to you

Omowaiye Oluremi wrote

The Man that came to welcome GEJ is number 10 on the hierarchy level of the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1.Wang Yi,Foreign Minister
2.Zhang Yesui, Executive Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
3.Song Tao, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
4.Zhai Jun, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
5.Cheng Guoping, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
6.Liu Zhenmin, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
7.Zhang Kunsheng, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs
8.Zhang Ming, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs
9.Ma Zhaoxu, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs
10.Le Yucheng, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs ********
11.Zheng Zeguang, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs

Check China Foreign Affairs Ministry Website :http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/wjb/zygy/

Habba ! How can a Assistance minister not even a vice minister of foreign affairs receive a visiting president of a country. Not just any country, Nigeria for God’s sake the Nigerian delegation was over 100 including 11 Nigerian Minister. Whether we believe it or not, economically, Nigeria is a power house in Africa. If Obama goes to China today, will Li Yucheng receive him at the airport? As China is to the world in population and econmic (sic) might, so is Nigeria to Africa. When Obama visited China in 2009, President Obama got the full entourage. He was welcomed by then President Hu Jintao and Premier Xi Jinping and a host of other officials who met the Air Force One when it landed in Beijing. When U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron visited in 2010, he was welcomed by Prime Minister Wen Jiabao. So why not afford the same courtesy to the president of China’s third largest trade partner ?

So Mr always ask questions when you dont know !

Calculus is the science of change and if you know any student of Calculus that think they are studying the very latest and greatest in mathematics, tell them they are off by a couple hundred years. Mathematics Is Endless. Happenings from the political terrain in Nigeria where a group of bandit propounded a Mathematical model where 16 is greater than 19 will surely task Albert Eistein, Gottfried Leibniz and Isaac Newton's brain and take the trio aeons to come up with a mathematical model suitable for the differential equation of the calculus involved in the politics of the controversial NGF's election. Recall Plateau state governor, Jonah Jang is the chief proponent of the ''Jangglized Rule'' where 16 is greater than 19 in an election involving a voting population of 35 people, [16>19].

The main ideas which underpin calculus developed over a very long period of time indeed. The first steps were taken by Greek mathematicians. Like most discoveries, calculus was the culmination of centuries of work rather than an instant epiphany. The main duty of the historian of mathematics, as well as his fondest privilege, is to explain the humanity of mathematics, to illustrate its greatness, beauty, and dignity, and to describe how the incessant efforts and accumulated genius of many generations have built up that magnificent monument, the object of our most legitimate pride as men, and of our wonder, humility and thankfulness, as individuals. The study of the history of mathematics will not make better mathematicians but gentler ones, it will enrich their minds, mellow their hearts, and bring out their finer qualities. So it was believed, but not anymore. Happenings from the political terrain in Nigeria has ''pooh-poohed'' that submission.

If we thought the ''Jangglized Rule'' was the apogee of all Mathematical models, then we ain't seen nothing yet, as the Yankees will put it. Earlier today, in the oil rich city of the 'Garden City' a group of 5 rebel backed by the powers that be from Abuja attempted to impeached the Speaker of the Parliament made up of 32 individuals. According to the 'Laplace Transformation' of the 'Jangglized Rule' that was used to carry out this coup and attempted raped on democracy, ''5 is greater than 27!'' [5>27].

This prompt the question, who is the 'Father of Calculus? Let's go down memory lane again and see together how Liebniz differentiated himself from Newton and went home with the crown as the ''Father of Calculus.''

The discovery of calculus is often attributed to two men, Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz, who independently developed its foundations. Although they both were instrumental in its creation, they thought of the fundamental concepts in very different ways. While Newton considered variables changing with time, Leibniz thought of the variables x and y as ranging over sequences of infinitely close values. He introduced dx and dy as differences between successive values of these sequences. Leibniz knew that dy/dx gives the tangent but he did not use it as a defining property.

On the other hand, Newton used quantities x' and y', which were finite velocities, to compute the tangent. Of course neither Leibniz nor Newton thought in terms of functions, but both always thought in terms of graphs. For Newton the calculus was geometrical while Leibniz took it towards analysis.

It is interesting to note that Leibniz was very conscious of the importance of good notation and put a lot of thought into the symbols he used. Newton, on the other hand, wrote more for himself than anyone else. Consequently, he tended to use whatever notation he thought of on that day. This turned out to be important in later developments. Leibniz's notation was better suited to generalizing calculus to multiple variables and in addition it highlighted the operator aspect of the derivative and integral. As a result, much of the notation that is used in Calculus today is due to Leibniz.

And this brings us to the question, which is the most notorious application of the 'Jangglized Rule?' The application of the rule in the politics of the NGF's election or the impeachment in Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital?

DISHONORABLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, Evans Bipi, who was [s]elected as speaker by his Abuja backed faction takes it as he brings the sordid and putrid event in perspective. The leader of the civilian putsch, has claimed that 16 members of the assembly voted for the impeachment of the speaker. Now, by law, 11 members must be present before a quorum can be formed for a sitting. Some eyewitnesses affirmed that only 8 members were present, which decreased to 5 after the first wave of violent clash in the legislative chamber. However DisHonorable Evans Bipi claimed that there were 27 members present, out of which 16 voted for the impeachment of the speaker and also voted for him as the substantive Speaker.

What is the interpretation of the relevant section of the constitution in this imbroglio? Even if the claims of Bipi are accepted, Section 92, subsection 2(c) of the constitution says that, “The speaker or deputy speaker of the House of Assembly shall vacate his office if he is removed from office by a resolution of House of Assembly by votes of not less than two-third majority of members of the House.”

Since the Rivers assembly comprises of 32 members, it means that the impeachment of Otelemaba Dan Amachree as speaker could have only been possible with the support of 22 members, which is two-third. Bipi claimed that he got 16, which falls short of 22 by 6 members!

By putting Calculus on a logical footing, mathematicians were better able to understand and extend its results, as well as to come to terms with some of the more subtle aspects of the theory.
When we first study Calculus we often learn its concepts in an order that is somewhat backwards to its development. We wish to take advantage of the hundreds of years of thought that have gone into it. As a result, we often begin by learning about limits. Afterward we define the derivative and integral developed by Newton and Leibniz. But unlike Newton and Leibniz we define them in the modern way - in terms of limits. Afterward we see how the derivative and integral can be used to solve many of the problems that precipitated the development of Calculus.

In summary, let us go back to the beginning, If you know any Calculus students that think they are studying the very latest and greatest in mathematics, tell them they are off by a couple hundred years. Math Is Endless.

This is the kind of elections they want Nigerians to get used to. Watch blood flow in Rivers and see the possibility of 5 out of 32 people impeaching a Speaker.

Segun Adeniyi wrote on March 2nd, 1997 in his weekly column, The Verdict According to Olusegun Adeniyi, then published in The Sunday Concord newspaper: "While Saraki is neither the Chairman nor Secretary of the CNC, his word is law just because he holds the nebulous title of a 'National Leader'. He calls meeting and issues statements on behalf of the party most often without recourse to the Chairman, Dr. Abel Ubeku. He has been able to do this because he supplies the funds for running the party." My take: Won't be wise to erase Saraki and write Tinubu, erase CNC and insert ACN, then erase Dr. Abel Ubeku and put Bisi Akande. Try it and you will see that the statement is still valid even now. The Progressives!

TWENTY –TWO-YEAR-Old Nigerian, from Yobe State, Adamu Abdullahi, has made history by graduating as Best Student from the Department of Electrical Electronics Engineering , Gaziantep University Turkey, at the weekend.

He also emerged as the Second Best Braduating student from the Faculty of Engineering.

By this feat, Adamu, according to a release from the university authorities, becomes the first Nigerian to graduate from the school and the first African to receive such award from the university.

Adamu studied at the university under the Yobe State Government Scholarship programme, established in 2008 by the late Governor Mamman Bello Alis administration and later continued by Governor Ibrahim Geidam’s administration.

He was among over 4,000 students from different faculties of Gaziantep University, who were awarded degrees at the graduation ceremony.

Governor of Gaziantep Provision of Turkey, Erdal Ata, who spoke on the importance of education and the role of the youths in the development of the country, said: “This nation is entrusted to youths, and its future totally lies on their shoulders. If we want to make this country successfully, cherish forever as well as transform it to a leading nation of higher modern civilization, we must work hard towards education as a state and as a nation “

The University Rector, Prof. Yavuz Co?kun, addressing the parents of the graduands, said: “God blessed you with babies whom you took on to your laps, you raised them and brought them to us as teenagers it was our responsibilities to train and educate them. Now, we release them into life as well-talented and highly- educated degree holders and we have done our best not only in transforming them into graduates but also transforming them into people of high experience, who can firmly withstand the challenge of life and become successful in their fields.”

According to the statement made available to The Guardian: “ After the national anthem, the best students in their faculties were then publically awarded their degrees by Governor Erdal Ata, Rector Yavuz Co?kun and other respected leaders across the nation.

“The ceremony was colorful and full of happiness of both the students and their families, the Second Best Student of the Engineering Faculty named Adamu Abdullah, expressed his happiness by the holding flag of his country (Nigeria). “

In a statement, Yobe State Students’ Association, Turkey, congratulated Adamu for his accomplishment.

The Group said in a statement sent to The Guardian: “Such honour you brought is not only to our association (Yobe State Students’ Association Turkey) or Yobe State, but is also to Nigeria as a whole.”
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IN a bid to boost accessibility to land, President Goodluck Jonathan has directed the Presidential Committee on Land Reform to work out modalities for the repeal of the Land Use Act 1978, observing that Nigeria’s economy would not grow without massive investment in agriculture.

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Akinwumi Adesina, made this known on Monday in Abuja at a summit on Realising the Potentials of Agriculture in Africa, which was organised by the Rockefeller Foundation as part of its centenary celebration.

Jonathan noted at the summit that there has been an unprecedented transformation in Nigeria’s agriculture sector, adding that the country must look towards agriculture to feed its people and earn foreign exchange.

“Unless we transform agriculture, our economy can’t grow,” he said. “Millions of our people depend on agriculture for livelihood, not oil; we must look elsewhere if we will continue to feed our people.

“Agriculture has a new frontier for growth; with abundant land and water resources and vibrant labour force, Nigeria has all it takes to use agriculture as its new frontier for growth.”

He added that the country has no reason to be an importer of food items since it has vast arable land and favourable ecology.

Adesina said the presidential committee was tasked to ensure that Nigerians have land titles. According to him, the President wants the Land Use Act removed from the constitution to ensure that Nigerians can begin to have land titles, which can stand as collateral for lending or accessing funds.

Adesina also said the Federal Government was doing a lot about land registration, in terms of cadastral survey, mapping and ensuring that anybody who wants lands for agricultural purposes could access it.

He disclosed that government would change the labour composition of the country’s agricultural sector by recruiting 760, 000 for agricultural production and processing before the end of the year.

The empowerment strategy, Adesina said, would cover provision of access to land, which would be accomplished in conjunction with state governments, technical skills, business investment skills and provision of funds.

He warned that the country was at the verge of agricultural extinction if young farmers were not empowered, stating: “The structure of the population of our farmers is old; a lot of them are aging rapidly, so we are essentially one generation away from extinction in agriculture if we don’t change the labour composition.

“So we are creating this programme, which would be launched sometime this year. It is called Nigeria Agricultural Entrepreneur (Nagro-preneurs), (involving) about 760, 000 young commercial farmers (who) be graduates from universities.

“This new generation of farmers will take Nigeria well into the future with efficient and comparative agricultural sector. It is a presidential initiative.

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A new unemployed gentleman of 29 who’s destined to be Britain’s youngest grandpa had been falsely accused last night of wanting to ‘cash in’ with his 14-year-old daughter’s maternity.

Neighbors branded the person a ‘lazy scrounger’ the way it had been claimed he or she got into contact with various advertising organisations previous to marketing his family’s history with a On the classifieds for the five-figure total.
His schoolgirl daughter, who is pregnant by her 15-year-old boyfriend of a few months, is due to give birth in August, and announced the news on her ­Facebook page, writing that she was ‘looking for a pram with the mr’.
Yesterday the teenager’s father said: ‘It’s quite mad. I’m about to be a grandad. I was 14 when my daughter was born, and now she’s having a baby.
‘She is very young, but she was determined to keep the child. We were not going to force her into doing anything else. We don’t want her to hate us.’
Because of their age, the identity of the two teenagers, who attend the same comprehensive school in South Wales, is currently protected.
In a depressing portrait of Broken Britain, the unemployed grandfather-to-be does not live with his daughter or her mother, a cafe worker who has two other children and lives with another unemployed man on a housing estate.
Her current partner claimed the girl’s father had ‘not contributed a penny to his daughter’s upbringing’.
The grandfather-to-be said: ‘She is not the only girl at her school to become pregnant or to have a baby.’
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