₦airaland Forum

HOW THE N10 BILLION WILL BE SQUANDERED


. Anniversary parade including march past, fleet review and aerial display - N950 million



2. National unity torch tour - N350 million.



* Special visit to special homes, orphanages, prisons and hospitals - N50 million



3. Special session of the National Children Parliament - N20 million



4. Party for 1000 children - N20 million



5. Presidential banquet - N40 million



6. Calisthenics performance - N50 million



7. Cultural, historical and military exhibitions N310 million



8. Food week - N40 million



9. Secretariat equipment, accommodation, logistics and utilities - N320 million



10. Designing and unveiling of the 50th anniversary logo - N30 million



11. Special reports on Nigeria in both local and international media - N1.2 billion



12. Jingles, adverts, billboards, documentary and publicity - N320 million



13. Accommodation and Transportation of guests - N700 million



14. Production of branded souvenirs and gift items for foreign heads of state and erection of a coat of arms on Aso Rock - N450 million



15. Variety gala night and fireworks - N210 million



16. International friendly football match and local competition - N200 million



17. Event managers and producers - N120 million naira.



18. Designing and publication of a compendium on Nigeria - N400 million,



19. Compendium on the legislature - N150 million



20. Compendium on the judiciary - N50 million.



21. Commissioning of the golden jubilee plaza - N10 million naira;



22. Designing, construction and mounting of Tower of Unity in the 36 states of the Federation - N540 million.



23. Debates, essays, conferences, lectures, and a colloquium - N150 million;



24. Musical concerts and carnivals in the 6 geo-political zones - N60 million;



25. Durbar, masquerades and cultural dances - N100 million and



26. Designing and construction of 10 monuments of the founding fathers - N80 million.



27. A memory stone at the Tafawa Balewa Square , Lagos will consume - N40 million,



28. Security and protocol - N500 million



29. Medicals - N25 million



30. Miscellaneous - N105 Million.

1. Anniversary parade including march past, fleet review and aerial display - N950 million.



2. National unity torch tour - N350 million.



* Special visit to special homes, orphanages, prisons and hospitals - N50 million



3. Special session of the National Children Parliament - N20 million



4. Party for 1000 children - N20 million



5. Presidential banquet - N40 million



6. Calisthenics performance - N50 million



7. Cultural, historical and military exhibitions N310 million



8. Food week - N40 million



9. Secretariat equipment, accommodation, logistics and utilities - N320 million



10. Designing and unveiling of the 50th anniversary logo - N30 million



11. Special reports on Nigeria in both local and international media - N1.2 billion



12. Jingles, adverts, billboards, documentary and publicity - N320 million



13. Accommodation and Transportation of guests - N700 million



14. Production of branded souvenirs and gift items for foreign heads of state and erection of a coat of arms on Aso Rock - N450 million



15. Variety gala night and fireworks - N210 million



16. International friendly football match and local competition - N200 million



17. Event managers and producers - N120 million naira.



18. Designing and publication of a compendium on Nigeria - N400 million,



19. Compendium on the legislature - N150 million



20. Compendium on the judiciary - N50 million.



21. Commissioning of the golden jubilee plaza - N10 million naira;



22. Designing, construction and mounting of Tower of Unity in the 36 states of the Federation - N540 million.



23. Debates, essays, conferences, lectures, and a colloquium - N150 million;



24. Musical concerts and carnivals in the 6 geo-political zones - N60 million;



25. Durbar, masquerades and cultural dances - N100 million and



26. Designing and construction of 10 monuments of the founding fathers - N80 million.



27. A memory stone at the Tafawa Balewa Square , Lagos will consume - N40 million,



28. Security and protocol - N500 million



29. Medicals - N25 million



30. Miscellaneous - N105 Million.

Save Nigeria Group in junction with Coalition for Democracy(CODER) invites all to the grand rally on Wednesday 23rd June 2010 at Onikan Stadium Lagos by 10am prompt.

The theme of the rally is:IT'S TIME TO SAY NO TO ELECTORAL FRAUD

Speakers at the event will include:

Wole Soyinka
Alani Akinrinade
Babatunde Fashola
Nasir El Rufai
Usman Bugaje
Uche Onyeagucha
Tunde Bakare
Donald Duke
Olawale Oshun
Asari Dokubo
Femi Falana
Joe Okei Odumakin

THE TREE OF OUR COLLECTIVE LIBERTY MUST BE WATERED BY THE CONSCIENTIOUS EFFORTS OF AN AWAKENED CITIZENRY IN ORDER FOR US TO REAP A HARVEST OF PEACE,UNITY AND PROGRESS.

Save Nigeria Group in conjunction with Coalition for Democracy(CODER) invites all to the GRAND RALLY on Wednesday June 23 2010 at Onikan Stadium by 10A.M prompt.

The theme of the rally is:IT'S TIME TO SAY NO TO ELECTORAL FRAUD.

Speakers at the event are:

Prof.Wole Soyinka
General Alani Akinrinade
Gov. Babatunde Fashola
Dr. Usman Bugaje
Uche Onyeagucha
Pastor Tunde Bakare
Mr Donald Duke
Hon. Wale Oshun
Alhaji Asari Dokubo
Mr Femi Falana
Dr. Joe Odumakin and other notable leaders

THE TREE OF OUR COLLECTIVE LIBERTY MUST BE WARETERD BY THE CONSCIENTIOUS EFFORTS OF AN AWAKENED CITIZENRY IN ORDER FOR US TO REAP A HARVEST OF PEACE,UNITY AND PROGERSS.

Judge to child: Do you want to live with your mother?

Child: No

Judge: Why?

Child: She beats me.

Judge: Okay, so you want to live with dad?

Child: No

Judge: Why not?

Child: He beats me too.

Judge: So who do you want to live with?

Child: SUPER EAGLES!

Judge: SUPER EAGLES? WHY??

Child: They never beat anyone!

Judge to child: Do you want to live with your mother?

Child: No

Judge: Why?

Child: She beats me.

Judge: Okay, so you want to live with dad?

Child: No

Judge: Why not?

Child: He beats me too.

Judge: So who do you want to live with?

Child: SUPER EAGLES!

Judge: SUPER EAGLES? WHY??

Child: They never beat anyone!

Nigeria has created a record,conceding the fastest goal so far in the competition.

The End Time Journal, a Lagos-based soft-sell magazine had published the story in which Erelu Agbaye challenged Oyedepo to deny her claim that she was the one that had been empowering him spiritually, threatening to reveal more about the issue if Oyedepo denied it. “Of all the people I have mentioned, only one of them is no more, and that is Abacha, Erelu Agbaye had said. “

I, therefore, challenge any of them who thinks I am lying to make a public denial and I will reveal more of their atrocities.”

The onus is now on her to expose the dastardly acts of her patrons.

tpiah:
can we have some info on this remi abiola who cost a king his kingdom.

She was a former wife/concubine of late M.K.O ABIOLA

As someone rightly said that It is easier to be critical than to be correct.In addition no person born of woman knows everything.

In light of the above and Sincerely speaking,Wale's faux pas is pardonable and his critics could even perform worse then he did.

Bialegend:
For those who do not know and will come here to open their mouths to do nothing else other than to bash, Samuel Eto'o runs a diamond wrist watch brand/fashion company. The watches he gave out as gifts to his team mates are actually a sort of publicity/advertisment in disguise, and he stands to gain more that he gave out through that worthy awareness creation. They are only his brands of luxury wrist watches which he is only advertising through that way. Check this out: http://www.luxgallery.com/luxury/the-time-of-eto%E2%80%99o/375/

Hoping that Nairalanders whose comments are often characterised by Sweeping statements,over-generalizations and hasty conclusions will learn not to pass damning verdicts over issues they have little or no knowledge about.

Thumbs up Bialegend

Pastor Tunde Bakare is the Senior Pastor of Latter Rain Assembly in Lagos. Early this year, the fire-spitting pastor was spotted at the head of the group asking that power be transmitted to Goodluck Jonathan since the then President Umaru Yar’Adua was ill. In this interview with Sunday Sun, he explained why he was involved in that political venture and also slammed the decision of former military President Ibrahim Babangida to contest the 2011 Presidential election. As far as he was concerned, IBB “has eaten his future in the past, so there is no future politically for him…. we will vote for him with stones when the right time comes”. Excerpts:

You are involved in a group that is seen as political, now that we have a president after the unfortunate demise of Yar’Adua; does that bring an end to the struggles of your group?
What is the name of that group?

Save Nigeria Group
It is only a thief that will not be proud of what he’s doing especially if he gets caught. By God’s grace, the ‘Save Nigeria Group’ has come to stay as a political organization to influence public policy, to decree social mobility in our country, to restore voice back to the voiceless, to help Nigerians to know that sovereignty is in their hands. That way, the best, the brightest, the most competitive and the fittest will be the ones that will rule the country instead of the worst of us ruling the country while neutralizing the best so that the rest can continue to suffer.

We didn’t just march, we didn’t just do the rallies that we did, we are continuing and that is why we are flagging off another campaign for free, fair and credible election in Nigeria beginning from 2011 so as to ensure that those in power do what is right for the people of Nigeria.

I asked that question because a lot of people have started misinterpreting you. They ask questions like, why is Pastor Bakare in a political organization? Is he now a politician?
Is being a politician a criminal offence? So, why do you say is he now a politician? The bible says, when the righteous are in authority, the people enjoy, when the wicked are in power, the people groan. Where are you going to get the righteous? The Bible said we are the salt, the light of the world, a city set on the hill that cannot be hidden.

Why do you think Christians and believers, Pastors and righteous people should not be involved in partisan politics?
The most critical part of any missions in life, whether you like it or not, the decisions these people take will affect you the Christians. Meanwhile, if we don’t get involved we will have ourselves to be blamed. A people deserve the type of leadership they get.

As a pastor and man of God, won’t politics drag your name in the mud?
My name will be dragged in the mud if I have done something that deserves it, but if I’ve not and you throw mud at me, it’s a question of time and it will bounce off me. It reminds me of John 9; the story of the blind man that was born blind from his mother’s womb. The disciples asked Jesus why he was born blind, was it because of the sin of his mother or that of his father? Jesus said, none of the above. He said, so that the glory of God will be seen; and they brought the blind man to him and he spat on the ground, made mud out of it and put the mud in his eyes. Jesus then told him; go to the pool and wash and you’ll see. Why would Jesus put mud in the eyes of a blind man?

He was demonstrating his creative ability. If the man had said, you can’t put the mud in my eyes, then he probably wouldn’t have seen. He was able to stand the mud. If you can stand the mud, then you’ll see the glory.

When people throw mud at you, you let it dry and then it would go off except you have become a corrupt person or you have damaged some things.

Will you be seeking an elective post in 2011?
No, not at all.

What of in 2015?
I am not in a position to determine what happens tomorrow because I am not God, but I know that in 2011, I won’t be seeking any elective office.
We are building the ‘Save Nigeria Group’ to become an alternative to the mess we have around us. It is not a political party. I have not held any party card in my life. I have not been a member of any political party but we are building this political organization to provide the alternative solution to our hydra-headed problems.

We don’t even want Save Nigeria Group to become a political party. There are groups within the party and there are individuals that will join different political parties. We want it to be a political organization to shape public policy in Nigeria and when the right time comes, if God wants some of us to go that way, we would go but not 2011.

Some public commentators, even Pastors, are saying that you are stepping off your calling by going into politics, what do you have to say about that?
First, opinions are like noses, everyone has one, but they all look different. Anyone can make any comment, he’s the owner of his mouth, I don’t have to respond to it if it doesn’t apply to me.
Secondly, many of such people are ignorant because when you take your Bible and read, it says, ‘He has made us Kings and Prince who will reign on earth’. Where do you want to exercise that domain? The Bible went further and said, ‘are you a King?’ He says ‘to this end was I born and for this purpose, came I into the world’, it’s in the Bible. Was he born to become a King in heaven or on earth?

Some of these people who are so ignorant would say, He had said His Kingdom is not of this world but he would not read the end of the book where he said, the Kingdom of this world has become the Kingdom of our God and of Christ and He will reign forever. They will not read Romans Chapter 13 where he said; ‘those who are in governmental positions are God’s ministers’. We have a narrow mind and narrow interpretation of what God means by minister to mean a man behind the pulpit or a man in church preaching the gospel.

There are apostles in the marketplace; there are apostles in every field of endeavour. He has sent us to preach the gospel to the entire world and to make disciples of nations and individuals.
In Psalm 78,He said ‘He took David from the sheepfold’, from following the little ewe lambs. Why? So that he could shepherd Isreal. He translated him from being the shepherd of little sheep’s to shepherd an entire nation, then he shepherded Isreal with the integrity of his heart and with the skillfulness of his hands. You need such people prepared by God. It doesn’t have to be me, and it can be anybody. So, those who don’t know are reading their Bible upside down.

Why keep on talking about credible election when the President has already promised to ensure that?
Earlier you asked me whether I’m contesting for any elective office and I said no, you don’t know why. The reason is because many people build their houses from the rooftop. I didn’t say I will not be involved, but I have said I would not be involved in seeking elective office in 2011.

What are we doing presently? We are building grassroots’ support everywhere so that when the time comes to demonstrate that we can do something, because politics is the act of the possible, it’s a game of number. You just don’t go there because you have money to throw around. If money can translate to political power, then, many would be in politics today but we need to get to our people to let them know that there is a better way and alternative to this mess and ensure those people’s voices are restored.
Do you think Jonathan can conduct credible election in 2011 especially now that all fingers are pointing to the fact that he might contest?

That question should be addressed to President Jonathan Goodluck, if he can or can’t do it. He must know his own capacity, capability, his ability for fairness and at the same time, an umpire.
If you have strengthened the institution called INEC, we would not be asking this questions because American Presidents right now contest in elections after they have won and nobody is screaming that they will not conduct a free and fair election or not because it is not their responsibility. It is the responsibility of the state to conduct the governorship election, but here, it is the responsibility of the federal government to do everything. It is because we have not strengthened our electoral body that we are afraid.

It is only in Bangladesh that the president has to step down, every other country is exceptional. In Britain, a sitting prime minister conducted an election and he lost, in America, President Bush conducted an election but lost to Bill Clinton. It depends on his ability and credibility and if he is going to be a sportsman because the day is coming, when sitting president would be defeated in this nation and that is not many days from now.

Does the SNG trust Jonathan to organize a credible election?
If we trust anybody, we would not be going out to speak about how to conduct one. It is because we can’t see anything in place that points to the fact that there would be a free, fair and credible election. Why do you want to run a campaign to show that this is how it’s been done?

If we have a credible INEC chairman, do you think we can have a credible election?
There are some many things involved, you can have a good INEC chairman that would still be a lame duck. If you go into a rotten place, there is no way it will not affect you. What we are talking about will be more than just an INEC chairman, it has to do with the enabling legislation; the independence of that particular legislation that they are not dependent on the President; the credibility of each person. There must be a credible voters register. A voters register that will have a picture of the person who’s supposedly registered so that we don’t have Mike Tyson, Michael Jackson in our voters register like they saw in some places.

Enabling legislation, conducive and enabling environment where the policeman is not on the side of any political party but he is there to protect every citizen who is voting. Year 2006 was the last time we had a voter’s registration exercise last in Nigeria. So, everybody that turned 18 since 2006 has been disenfranchised.

If the youth in this nation of voting age are up to 80 million people and they are saying something contrary to what is happening in our nation. The day you create enabling legislation, enabling environment, the day you strengthen the institution of INEC to be independent and you settle it at national and state level with credible people and men turn out to vote and they know how to vote and to ensure that their votes counts, we would have credible election.

People believed that one way of having a credible election in 2011 is Jonathan not contesting, that if he’s contesting, he would be an interested party, do you share that sentiment?
I can’t because I have seen it done elsewhere except you are saying we are all a pack of fools here. Would Obama contest election after his first term? Definitely, so does that mean he would rig election? Didn’t President Bill Clinton beat Bush senior when he (Bush) was seeking second term? Did Bush not lose the election? Let’s blame ourselves because we are more than these people (political class) in number and yet we are the ones constituting the problem because most of the people are not even interested in voting and then they’ll complain that wrong people are there.

Do you vote during elections?
I didn’t vote in the 1993 election because I knew the result and in 2003 and 2007, I was not in the country. I was abroad. In 1993 when God spoke to me that SDP will fail to clinch power, NRC will lose, the military will fall, so I didn’t even bother to vote because I knew the result, I knew that if I had voted, I wouldn’t have seen the result and eventually there was no result.

But the game is changing. I am a registered voter. I have my cards. I once joked with General Yakubu Gowon, I saw him at the airport and I said, ‘they are having election in Nigeria and you are traveling abroad’ and he said, ‘I have some international engagement’, I said well, ‘it’s kettle calling pot black, I’m also traveling’. If you’ve perceived that the environment is so polluted and that there is nothing meaningful going to come out of it, you don’t waste your energy but now, things are changing.

What do you think of IBB contesting in 2011?
He won’t do anything like that. Do you notice that not much is coming from his camp again? The moment they started talking about the oil windfall, the Okigbo panel report and that the report is on the desk of the Attorney General, have you seen that he is now very quiet? He has eaten his future in the past, so there is no future politically for him. I have told you we will vote for him with stones when the right time comes.

Do you think Jonathan will have a fair chance against IBB?
Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida is a Nigerian that is free to contest except he’s proven to be a criminal or that he has committed some crimes by way of embezzlement of public funds and he’s found guilty. But you may contest an election but that doesn’t mean that you would win. Just as he frustrated the hopes of millions of Nigerians in 1993 and nullified what is considered today, the fairest and freest election in Nigeria, so will his own hopes be dashed.

Is that a prophesy?
It’s not prophetic; it’s a special prayer for him. If he wants to live long, let him leave Nigeria alone, if not we would compare notes at Christmas.

Will you want to give a word of caution concerning the involvement of OBJ in the presidency? He seems to be a power broker at least from behind the scene in this administration?
I can’t give any word of caution to anybody because he is a free citizen and he’s free to associate with anyone. You don’t blame President Obasanjo for putting his hand in everything. You’ll want to ask President Goodluck Jonathan whether he has an opinion of his own or is he a man of his own self? Can he assert his own authority? Is he the executive president of Nigeria? Or he’s just a puppet on the seat being remote controlled by some people? Those questions should be directed to him. I don’t blame Obasanjo. Obasanjo cannot come to this church and direct the affairs of this church because if he comes, he will sit in the congregation.

Suppose he was a former senior pastor here and he wants to wield some influence, what would you do?
He would have to see me and we talk privately. He cannot do that. Who tried to goad him when he was in power? Even Bush didn’t try to influence Bush jnr, not publicly. When people are no longer relevant, they would want to make noise so that you think they are still there. Their days are numbered.

Are you saying OBJ is no longer relevant in Nigerian politics?
Do you think he’s still relevant? He can’t pass a bill. He can’t sign a bill. He can only vote like every normal citizen just like me, what relevance does he have? He’s the B.O.T. chairman of PDP . You know the meaning of BOT? Build, Operate and Transfer. It’s a question of time.

Ribadu’s AIG post has been restored and some people believe that this is immoral and that the government is blowing hot and cold at the same time, where do you stand?
I don’t have all the facts at my disposal, but I think except for the time that it was perceived that Obasanjo was using Ribadu to attack his perceived enemies in politics, he truly fought gallantly and he tried to take on the sacred cow and the untouchables in the history of Nigeria. Now, if the Police Service Commission and the board has restored his rank and retired him at the same time, I don’t have all the facts at my disposal but it is certainly not the first time that such will be happening. We’ve pardoned many prisoners, we have pardoned many certificate forgers, the former speaker of the House of Representatives, Salisu Buhari, was pardoned by Obasanjo. So, it’s not new.

What will happen to the remaining 138 officers that were demoted at the same time with Ribadu?
Well, the Yoruba’s say, ‘ori la fi n m’eran l’awo,’ ‘ori yeye lo n mogun taise lo po’. We are back in the animal farm days where all animals are equal and some are more equal than others. So, if this is animal farm, we need to read George Orwell’s Animal Farm again. The 138 others that were demoted probably do not have Ribadu’s profile.

There is discussion over which zone should rule Nigeria again. The south has enjoyed eight years and the north’s slot was cut short by the death of the former president, where does SNG stand in this discourse?
SNG totally believes in zoning. We have our own philosophy of zoning and I will tell you in a simple format. East, West, South, North, only the best is good enough for Nigeria. Even in homes, there’s zoning. When you are hungry, your wife cooks and brings the food to the table. Somebody’s work is in the kitchen; the other person work is on the table. There’s zoning everywhere.
Zoning itself is not bad as long as the best, the brightest, the most competent and the fittest are the ones coming up.

The zoning you have mentioned is not a constitutional provision; it’s a party thing. So why do you want to get pimples because of PDP and their jargon?
All this is because there are no formidable opponents or parties that can withstand PDP. That is why it isbecoming an issue.
Secondly, for those who say things will go back to the north because it is north’s time. Nobody killed Yar’Adua. It was sickness that killed him and it was God who took him away and since this (Jonathan) was his Vice President, we perceive that it’s still the same administration and he would now look for someone within the PDP, because he can’t take someone from AC or where ever, and they continue, whether east, north, south, west; what we want is the best, the most competent to be in charge of the affairs of our nation.

But we don’t have credible opposition against PDP. Do you think any thing good can come out of this 2011 election?
I hope something good would come out because I desire the best for my country. I don’t see anything good coming out of PDP, as far as I am concerned, they are all politically demonized people but you’ll work with what you have for now while you are preparing the alternative and my simple inspirations comes from the scripture.

When Isreal demanded for a king, He gave them Saul but He was already preparing David because that is the man after His heart. And in the course of time, he showed the person with the anointing when he brought Goliath out. Saul was the tallest in Israel until someone from the enemy camp showed up that was taller than Saul. So, they brought a 16-year-old to face Goliath and he killed Goliath. God gave Israel a king in his anger; he took him away in his wrath. God has a way of balancing all these interests behind this thing because he rules in the affairs of men and gives victory. But today, PDP looks larger than life, you can see division has begun already.

Their chicken has begun to eat it’s own intestine and it’s only a question of time before PDP suffers the implosion at the rate at which it’s going and the other parties that are neither here nor there, a little here, a little there, eventually, they can muster strength, and what stops us from having regional parties?

Regional parties in Nigeria?
With all the might of PDP, they couldn’t take Lagos state and they will not take Lagos state in the future because the governor of Lagos state is out-performing every other person.
There is this argument that Christians should not get involved in politics because it is a dirty game so that they won’t get their hands soiled.

It is like the stupid thought that television is dirty so you should not have one in your house. It is not television that is dirty. It is the programme on television that is dirty. You can choose and select your own programmes and the things you want to watch on TV. Television is not the devil’s box. There can be demonic programmes on the television like the internet, so it depends on what you are looking for. If you say politics is dirty, I will only give you two quotations, both of them from Edmond Burke. In one, he said ‘those who will say nothing in the face of tyranny must endure the rule of idiots’ and number two, he said ‘the good people, all that you need for evil to triumph is for the good people to keep quiet and do nothing’. So it is dirty because clean people are not there.

A school of thought claims that if the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) decides to pick a candidate and say this is our candidate, all Christians should cast their votes for him, the number of Christians should be able to enthrone a candidate, you believe that?
That is because Christians are the most divided group that you can find around. They are divided by doctrine, divided by personality, divided by things that are not actually very important to what they claim to believe. I like what I will call the philosophy of ministry of the Foursquare Gospel Church. There are three principles and I call them the principles of philosophy of ministry: in doctrine unity, they call it inessentials, in essentials unity, in non-essentials liberty in all things charity if we follow that and we do not allow funny little things to divide u.

We can use the muscle of our population and number to bring about change in our country in an orderly fashion but the moment I show up that I will be a candidate and you show up and you are from Celestial Church and another person from Synagogue signifies interest, trouble starts. People say they won’t back me because I am from Latter Rain.

He is from Foursquare and the other one we don’t know where he is from and so we all now get up and argue. Christ is already divided and mutilated and we do not have a strong challenge. In spite of all the efforts of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria and CAN, we are not matured enough along that line and nobody should play any religious card. We should look for the best, the most competent to lead our nation and Christians and Moslems should vote for such people regardless of religious persuasion provided we can see in them some credibility and a level of integrity that matches the office.

We have so many churches in Nigeria and moral decadence increases by the day, would you say this is a failure of the church?
I don’t think so. I am not going to blame the church for the failure of the country. I am sure the churches are doing their best. Let’s put it this way; we have this number of churches and we have this level of moral decadence, then let us withdraw them and see what will happen. It is like saying we have light here and there and there is still darkness.

Then we switch off all the lights; won’t the darkness go darker? If we have all the churches and the moral decadence is like this, what will happen if they are withdrawn? We should also consider that. What we should do is to raise the standard, walk the talk and be doers of the word and not hearers alone. Let the preachers and those in their congregation live by example not by precepts.
You were once reported to have said that Obasanjo’s blood would be used to cleanse Nigeria but it never materialized

I have never said such a thing in my life. Every message I have preached, we don’t doctor tapes here. I can tell you what message I said in 1999, March the 7th, rejoice not yet oh land or your joy will be temporary. I am bringing your judges, your rulers, your prophets, your priests to my threshing floor and after I have threshed them I will restore to you a permanent joy. Obasanjo is not your messiah and the prophetic axe will fall upon his head before May 1999.

I have just given it to you the way the prophecy was said.
But it was reported that you said the man was going to be used as the person to sacrifice for the nation?
You know any body can report what he likes but on your way out you can please pick the tape it is titled “ No more walls”. It will throw light on the matter. I was preaching about the church when that prophecy came and I have heard everything. Fortunately, Concord Newspaper of that era published that thing verbatim, word for word and I endorsed it because that was what I said. I stand on whatsoever the Lord has given me to say.

What do you mean by prophetic axe falling upon him because I think that what people expected then was that he will not ascend the the presidency when you said the prophetic axe will fall upon him before May 29?
Spiritual things are discerned spiritually. For example, God spoke concerning Babylon: ‘you are my battle axe and my weapon of war is you. I will smash the nations, I will defeat the kings.’ Look is Obasanjo the statesman alive or is Olusegun Okikiola the statesman dead? You can have a corpse walking up and down. Is it he still the same man everybody thought would be the hope of Nigeria and restore Nigeria back to the path of glory? Is he invited to the Comity of nations as he used to be? Did he save Nigeria or did he become power drunk and greedy that he wanted a third term?

He said he didn’t want a third term?
He can tell that to the baboons and to people who are not intelligent because those who carried money around are still in Nigeria.

leading player John Obi Mikel was ruled out of the World Cup in South Africa, joining a lengthening big-name casualty list with a severely bruised ankle.

He picked it up on his first day back in full training following a separate knee injury, a week before the month-long tournament kicks off on Friday.

The 23-year-old joins Ghana's Michael Essien (knee injury) and very probably the Ivory Coast captain Didier Drogba (broken bone near elbow) on the sidelines, leaving the finals likely to miss three of its biggest African names.

That trio all play together at club level for Chelsea, and they have also seen team-mates Michael Ballack and Jose Bosingwa ruled out of the tournament through injury for Germany and Portugal respectively.

Mikel learned on Saturday that he would miss this month's showpiece (June 11-July 11) after a scan showed he would not recover in time.

Nigerian Football Federation spokesman Idah Peterside said Nigeria's key midfielder had pulled up after some 50 minutes of training in Richards Bay on Friday with severe pain.

"He had been complaining about a niggle in the ankle when we first arrived in South Africa but after training yesterday it really flared up. His knee was doing fine and you can understand he is devastated about this new problem.

"He is not sure how it happened. It wasn't a tackle with another player or anything like that," Peterside said.

"It was been very emotional for him and for the other players too. The team has been trying to consol him. He's been to the Olympics but this was to be his first World Cup."

Mikel will return to London for further medical examinations at the weekend, the spokesman added. Nigeria's team were flying on Saturday from their coastal base camp to Johannesburg, where they play a friendly against North Korea on Sunday.

Mikel, who has scored twice in 30 appearances for his country, is being replaced by the uncapped Brown Ideye, a striker from French club Sochaux, the NFF said.

9ijaprince:
Who really is brown Ideye? Is he a midfielder? Someone should just enlighten me.

He currently plays as a striker for a french clubside,Sochaux.He was a member of the flying eagles team to the U-21 world cup in 2007 hosted in Canada.He scored Nigeria's first goal in that tournament,I think against Costa Rica.

I believe he was chosen as a replacement for Mikel because there are no other midfielders in the original 30 man list.Reports also has it that he can also play as an attacking midfielder.

I hope this satisfies your curiosity.

Kgdavid:
i think ibrahim might have been a better option than yet another striker

FIFA regulation states that you can only make a replacement from the original thirty(30) man list.So those clamouring for Rabiu Ibrahim's inclusion should forget the idea.

Adeboye Bans Mini-skirt, Trousers In Church

Pastors of the Redeemed Christian Church of God in Nigeria have started enforcing the dress code for all worshipers handed down by the General Overseer of the Church, Pastor Enoch Adeboye

The GO, as Adeboye is called by the teeming worshipers, had announced recently that women must not wear gold trinkets, artificial hair and trousers and short skirts to church.

He also banned women and men from colouring or bleaching their hair when they are coming to church.

P.M.NEWS gathered that pastors in the various parishes of the church have started implementing the strict dress code, starting with the church workers.

A member of the church who is also a senior worker in one of the parishes confirmed that the pastors are enforcing the ban among the church workers.

The church worker, who pleaded for anonymity, said the pastors started with the church workers because they are directly supervising the workers

He said the pastors cannot force the larger congregation to abide by the new dress code because worshippers, especially first timers, voluntarily went there to worship.

According to him, “new worshippers who unknowingly flout the dress code will definitely change by the time they listen to what the pastor preaches from the pulpit. Changing their mode of dressing is a gradual process.”

The strict dress code has been criticised in some quarters and described as too conservative, considering the fact that in some Pentecostal churches, female members are allowed to wear trousers and artificial hair to church. In those churches, women and even men bleach their hair while while some men also wear earing in one of thier ears.

In Kris Okotie’s Household of God, Chris Oyakhilome’s Christ Embassy, and in Paul Adefrasin’s House on The Rock Church, it is fashionable for women to wear trousers and short skirts to church. It is this freedom to wear anything that makes these churches the place to be for youths on Sundays.

SOURCE: PM NEWS 01 JUNE 2010

ifihearam:
whats wrong with that?he just trying to be honest

A NIGERIAN SUFFERING FROM AMNESIA

Several human rights activists, lawyers and others in Nigeria have slammed former Military President, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, IBB, for calling for the immortalisation of the late Moshood Abiola after annulling the election he won 17 years ago.

They were pained not because it is not a good thing to immortalise Abiola, the acclaimed winner of the freest election ever conducted in the history of Nigeria, the 12 June, 1993 election, but that such a statement is coming from the architect of the annulment of the election.

Abiola was believed to have won by landslide the 12 June, 1993 election which was annulled by IBB, which eventually led to the demise of the late business mogul during the struggle for the actualisation of his mandate.

IBB is eying the presidency of Nigeria next year and has been scoring cheap political points through his public comments, the latest being his call for the immortalisation of Abiola, his bosom friend, whom he allegedly betrayed by annulling the election he won.

According to constitutional lawyer, Prof. Itse Sagay, IBB’s statement was cheap political propaganda, saying that he was responsible for Abiola’s downfall and his death.

“If he had not annulled the election, Abiola would not have died and would have become president.   Abiola was a martyr.   IBB is the remote cause of his death.  Calling for Abiola’s immortalisation sounds very ill to have come from the mouth of the person responsible for his death,” he said.

Pastor Tunde Bakare, founder, Latter Rain Assembly and convener of the Save Nigeria Group, was disgusted by IBB’s statement and simply said “It is medicine after death.”

Festus Keyamo, a Lagos based lawyer said: “Nigerians at this point should demand for the trial of IBB because what he is saying now is a confessional statement.   He is saying in the real sense that Abiola won the election and that he annulled it, which is a criminal offence.

“Nigerians should call for his trial.   The most insincere and deceitful statement I have ever heard since I was born is coming from the mouth of a conman.   This call should be dismissed and Nigerians should call for his trial at this point in time.”

“What IBB said is like urinating on Abiola’s grave; it is a mockery of MKO in his grave and he is playing politics with Abiola’s name.   The blood of MKO will haunt him till the end. “Shortly after the annulment, MKO had said that IBB bit him.   I pray that MKO’s ghost will continue to haunt him until he made a true confession,” added Mr. Yinka Odumakin, National Publicity Secretary, Afenifere Renewal Group.

Comrade Debo Adeniran, Chairman, Coalition Against Corrupt Leader, CACOL, said IBB did not deserve to be forgiven for deliberately annulling the 12 June, 1993 presidential election won by Abiola.

“He should have confessed his sins earlier and asked for forgiveness.   He has destroyed the democratic structure.   It is not for him to tell us what to do, but it is left for the government to immortalise him; he should go back to Minna and die there,” said Adeniran.

Comrade Tony Iyare expressed bitterness over IBB’s statement because it was a political one and not out of love for Abiola and called on the former military president to stop all the deceit.

“Abiola ought to have been immortalised before now.   12 June ought to have been democracy day and not 29 May.   Without Abiola, there would not have been democracy by now.

“IBB said what he said to achieve his selfish aim.   We are ready to tackle IBB.   He should go back to Minna to continue to mourn Mariam.   He spent eight years in power and entrenched corruption.   There is no way for the likes of IBB to call for the immortalisation of Abiola,” he stated.

Immediate past Convener, United Action for Democracy (UAD), Comrade Biodun Aremu said “all these things are diversionary tactics by IBB.   These are just criminally minded people that Nigerians should disregard.

“IBB should not be relevant anymore.   We should disregard his statement and find ways to address our problems.  People like IBB should be stoned,” he said.

SEOUL, South Korea – A South Korean couple were convicted Friday of abandoning their newborn daughter, who starved to death while they addictively played an online game raising a virtual child.

The husband, a 41-year-old taxi driver, and his 25-year-old wife were sentenced to two years in prison, but the woman's term was suspended because she is pregnant.

The couple played at Internet cafes on average 10 hours every day and bottle-fed their baby only once a day, prosecutors said in an affidavit.

The girl, who was born prematurely and weighed 5 pounds (2.25 kilograms), was often fed rotten formula and was beaten when she cried out of hunger, the affidavit said.

They found her dead when they returned to their home in Suwon, just south of Seoul, after an all-night gaming session last September, the ruling said. They hid at a relative's home after a autopsy found the baby died of malnutrition.

"This constitutes an inhumane crime where the defendants abandoned even the most basic responsibilities as parents, and is unforgivable beyond any excuse or reason," the Suwon District Court said in the ruling.

The mother will avoid jail time if she stays out of trouble for three years. The couple, who have only been identified by their surnames, Kim, have seven days to appeal.

The case shocked South Korea and raised concern over the severity of online gaming and Internet addiction in the nation of 49 million. The government says there are 2 million "Internet addicts" in the nation considered one of the world's most technologically wired.

NEW DELHI - An Air India Express plane trying to land at a tricky hilltop airport in southern India overshot the runway, crashed over a cliff and burst into flames at dawn Saturday, killing some 158 people, officials said. There were eight survivors.

Dense black smoke billowed from the wreckage of the flaming Boeing 737-800 aircraft in a hilly area with thick grass and trees just outside Mangalore's Bajpe airport.

Firefighters sprayed water and foam on the plane — which was traveling from Dubai — as others struggled to find survivors. An Associated Press photo showed two rescuers running up a hill carrying a young girl covered in foam to waiting medics.

There were unconfirmed reports the child taken to a Mangalore hospital with severe burns, but the child's fate was not immediately known.

The plane was carrying 160 passengers — all Indian — and six crew members, Air India official Anup Srivastava said. The British pilot and Indian co-pilot were among the dead.

Workers pulled scores of burned bodies from the blackened tangle of aircraft cables, twisted metal, charred trees and mud at the crash site. Many of the dead were strapped into their seats, their bodies burned beyond recognition.

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sayso:
The man is looking for recognition among the elites.

BETTER NOT TO SPEAK AND BE THOUGHT OF AS A FOOL THAN TO SPEAK AND REMOVE ALL DOUBT.

WHAT SORT OF RECOGNITION IS BAKARE LOOKING FOR AMONG THE ELITES?IS THE THE TYPE THAT MADE HIM LED A PROTEST MARCH ALONGSIDE HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTERS?

IS IT SAFE TO ASSERT THAT ALL WOMEN IN NIGERIA WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE CORPS(NYSC) ARE HELL BOUND?

The death toll in a powerful earthquake which has shaken eastern Turkey has reached 20, although a local mayor has put the figure at 38.

The Disaster and Emergency Adminstration says 60 people have also been injured in the magnitude 6.0 quake.

Turkey's Kandilli earthquake observatory said the tremor, which had its epicentre at Basyurt in Elazig, struck at 4:32 am local time (02:32 GMT). It added that more than a dozen smaller aftershocks had followed the main quake.

Hospital workers and relatives carried casualties from cars and ambulances into the state hospital in the nearby town of Kovancilar as concerned locals looked on.

A Red Crescent team has reached the quake zone and set up a crisis centre, while rescuers worked to search for survivors still trapped under rubble.

Turkey is criss-crossed with faultiness and frequently suffers earthquakes. A large earthquake measuring 7.4 killed some 18,000 people in August 1999.

antonafro:
Why do people in Nigeria always use the word "SACKED" when people are laid off?

Employees are SACKED in cases of gross misconduct or other negative acts while at work.

They are made REDUNDANT when an employer cant afford their services any more, which is obviously the case here. Any school kid in the UK, USA, etc knows this.

'Being sacked' is a very disparaging statement - while I'm not a spokesperson or customer of this bank, I dont relish in the misfortunes of others. None of us should.

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SIX AND HALF A DOZEN?THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT PEOPLE HAVE BECOME JOBLESS.

goldtito:
HELLO NAIRALANDERS.

SOON I WILL START A TOPIC DESCRIBED ABOVE WITH YOU IN NAIRALAND. IT IS THE UNREVEALING SECRETS OF THE DARK KINGDOM.
THIS IS WHAT I WILL REVEAL TO YOU:
HOW THE DARK KINGDOM(SATAN AND HIS FOLLOWERS) OPERATE.
THEIR ORGANIZATION
THE DIFFERENT BETWEEN THE PHYSICAL WORLD AND THE SPIRITUAL WORLD
SPIRIT BEIGNS
BATTLE FOR PLANET EARTH
AND EVERYTHING YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE KINGDOM. ALSO WE WILL DISCUSS THEIR SOME CERTAIN THINGS ABOUT PLANET EARTH HELD WITHIN THE KINGDOM.

COMING SOONEST

BETWEEN THE LATE 80'S AND EARLY 90'S,THERE WAS A POUPULAR BOOK AMONG CHRISTIANS WRITTEN BY ONE FACELESS CHARLATAN BY THE NAME EMMANUEL ENI.THE TITLE OF THE BOOK WAS "DELIVERED FROM THE POWER OF DARKNESS".THE AUTHOR CLAIMED THAT HE ROSE TO BECOME THE DEPUTY TO SATAN IN HIS KINGDOM.OTHER INCREDULOUS STORIES FILLED THAT BOOK SO MUCH SO THAT AN INVESTIGATION WAS LAUNCHED TO ASCERTAIN THE VERACITY OF THE OUTLANDISH AND BOGUS TALES IN THE SAID BOOK.IT WAS FOUND OUT THAT THE CONTENTS OF THE BOOK WAS A TALE RECOUNTED BY AN USURPER WHOSE IMAGINATION WAS RUNNING HAYWIRE IN HIS BID TO DECEIVE THE UNDISCERNING.

SO GOLDTITO,ARE YOU SURE YOU NOT IN THE SAME SHOES AS THE LIAR THAT WAS EXPOSED YEARS AGO.

(CNN) -- A massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake rocked Chile early Saturday, killing at least 82 people and triggering tsunami warnings for the entire Pacific basin.

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet said she expected the death toll to rise.

"We are taking all the necessary measures at this time," she told reporters.

Officials did not give any information on the number of those injured. The full extent of the damage was not yet known, although there were reports of collapsed buildings and hundreds of people in the streets.

The capital of Santiago lost electricity and basic services including water and telephones. Bachelet said regional hospitals had suffered damage; some were evacuated. A major bridge connecting northern and southern Chile was rendered inoperable, and the Santiago airport was shut down for at least the next 24 hours.

Chilean television showed buildings in tatters in Concepcion, with whole sides torn off. At least two buildings there were engulfed in flames, and roads in the city were broken up, video showed.

Television Nacional de Chile reported that only three stories of a 15-story building remained standing.

Numerous aftershocks -- including one of magnitude 6.9 -- were felt within hours of the initial quake, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

"There are really aftershocks like every hour," said Felipe Baytelman, speaking to CNN from Santiago.

The quake's epicenter was located off the coast of Maule, about 200 miles southwest of Santiago. It struck at 3:34 a.m. (1:34 a.m. ET), when most people were sleeping.

"This is a major event. This happened near some very populated areas," said Randy Baldwin, a geophysicist with USGS. "With an 8.8 you expect damage to the population in the area."

The earth's rumbling was felt by millions in Chile and in parts of Argentina, as well. Some buildings in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, were evacuated.

The Nigerian Army has warned politicians and activists who thrive on spreading false alarm to leave the Army out of their game plan.

In a press statement signed by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Chris Olukolade, the Nigerian army says it remains committed to supporting the practice of democracy, rule of law and submission to constitutional authorities in Nigeria, and would not wish to be dragged into unnecessary controversy meant to cause confusion in the country.

The statement adds that the attention of the Nigerian Army has been drawn to the statement issued by the Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress (AC) condemning a statement said to be credited to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Abdulrahman Dambazau who was alleged to have said “he is only loyal to President Yar’Adua and no one else”.

Read statement here

The Nigerian Army stated emphatically that the claims in that statement from AC are completely unfortunate as they are meant to put words in the mouth of the Army Chief.

The statement further adds that the Army would like to reassure Nigerians that it has not shifted from its commitment to the tenets of democracy and absolute loyalty to constituted civil authorities as consistently emphasized and demonstrated by the chief of army staff

Brigadier General Olukolade says the call and warning coming from political activists is indeed absolutely unnecessary as no coup or security breach (as they called it) is being contemplated by the Nigerian army.

Nine years after she was refused enrolment by the Supreme Court, the Federal High Court, Abuja Division has ordered the apex court to issue a Call to Bar Certificate to Mrs. Rachael Elohor Obodo.

The court ordered the Council of Legal Education to release her Bar certificate to her immediately and also ordered the Supreme Court to enrol her in the rolls of the apex court and back date her said enrolment to year to 2001 when she graduated from the law school.

Although Obodo was called to Bar, the Council of Legal Education (CLE) withheld her Call to Bar Certificate as well as her qualifying certificate on the ground that her re-sit examination was invalid, thus causing the Supreme Court to deny her enrolment.

Dissatisfied with the development, Obodo through her counsel Mr. Ogwu Onoja, in an originating summons approached the federal High Court and sued the Council of Legal Education as 1st defendant, Council of the Lagos State University 2nd defendant and the Chief Registrar, Supreme Court as third defendant.

Onoja asked the court for a declaration that the Bar re-sit examinations organised and conducted by the 1st defendant I n March 2001 was valied and effective and that the call to Bar of students who passed the Nigerian Bar final (re-sit) examination in March was valid, binding and effective, also for a declaration that Obodo had fulfilled all the conditions precedent for her call to Nigerian Bar on July 3rd, 2001.

Delivering his judgement which was the end product of an out-if-court settlement, Justice Kolawole said it is a notorious fact that in the legal profession, the date and year of call court in terms of seniority in the profession. He noted that it appears that the plaintiff had suffered great and irreparable hardship, adding that not even the N50 million she claimed against the 1st and 2nd defendants can erase having been denied enrolment since 3rd July, 2001 when her classmates had been admitted to the Bar as Solicitor and Advocates.

Consequently, Justice Kolawole ruled thus: "It is hereby ordered as follows: that the 2nd defendant will do a letter to the 1st defendant confirming the fact that the plaintiff was cleared in respect of her academic records with the 2nd defendant prior to the plaintiff writing the said examination referred to in paragraph 5 above. That an order is hereby made directing the 3rd defendant to enrol the plaintiff in the Rolls of the Supreme Court effective from 3rd July 2001. That an order is hereby made deeming the 3rd day of July, 2001 as the date of enrolment of the plaintiff in the Rolls of the Supreme Court."

The Judge order was based on a memorandum of settlement dated and filed on the 25/1/2010 and duly signed by the defendants' Representatives.

The trial judge, Justice Gabriel

Kolawole had on July 4th, 2009 ordered the parties in the suit to meet with a view to reaching an amicable resolution of the matter if possible.

The 1st and second defendants heed to the advice of the presiding Justice and entered into an out of court settlement.

In the terms of settlement, Onoja sought a declaration that the plaintiff had fulfilled all the conditions precedent fort her call to Nigerian Bar on July 3rd, 2001 and for an order of the court deeming as valid and effective the plaintiff's March 2011 Bar re-sit examination which was written the full knowledge and consent of the 1st defendant.

Onoja also asked for an order deeming the plaintiff's call to Bar on July 3rd, 2001 by the 1st defendant as valid and effective, also for an order declaring as unlawful the continuous seizure of the plaintiff's call to Bar certificate by the 1st defendant and an order directing the 1st defendant to immediately release to the plaintiff her call to Bar certificate and qualifying certificate having fulfilled all the requirements under the law.

Specifically Onoja, asked the court for an order declaring that the 2nd defendant failed to exercise due care when compiling the list of students who failed their courses for withdrawal from the 1st defendant by including the plaintiff's name, and a declaration that the plaintiff's enrolment in the Rolls of the Supreme Court takes effect from July 3rd, 2011 when the plaintiff wad duly called to Bar by the1st defendants.

And for the sum of N50,000,000.00 (fifty million naira) as damages against the 1st defendant for unlawful seizure of the plaintiff's qualifying certificate and certificate of call to Bar, and the sum N50,000,000.00 (fifty million naira) as damages against the 2nd defendant for negligence.

Also, he was seeking for an order directing the 3rd to enrol the plaintiff in the Rolls of the Supreme Court effective from July 3rd, 2011 and for an order deeming the July 3rd, 2001 as the date of enrolment of the plaintiff in the Rolls of the Supreme Court.

SOURCE:GUARDIAN THURSDAY FEB.25 2010

THE economy and in particular, the real sector, may experience further unsavoury hardship from the ubiquitous power supply crisis, as poor gas supply to the local electricity generating plants has threatened to unleash a regime of total blackout on the country.

Already, four power stations have shut down, with aggregate power generation plummeting to 2,500 mega watts (mw).

Indeed, indications emerged yesterday that unless the Acting President extracts actual commitment and gas deliverable targets from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the International Oil Companies (IOCs) on gas supply to the domestic power plants, the nation may soon be heading towards an embarrassing national blackout.

SOURCE:GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER THURSDAY FEB.25

agape Luv:
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