₦airaland Forum

i think sanusi's reforms has done more damage than good.

1.A PASTOR THAT DOES NOT TALK ABOUT SIN BUT WRAPS HIS MESSAGE ALWAYS ON HAPPINESS,JOY AND SAYS GOD IS ALWAYS MERCIFUL TO FORGIVE SINNERS.

2.A PASTOR THAT 99% OF HIS MESSAGES ARE ABOUT THINGS OF THE WORLD-PROPERTY,MANSIONS,CARS E.T.C.IF HE WANTS TO GIVE TESTIMONY ABOUT PROOF OF HIS MINISTRY,IT IS ABOUT THE LATEST CARS,HOUSES,CLOTHES OR PLACES HE HAS VISITED.

3.A PASTOR THAT DOES NOT TALK ABOUT HEAVEN AND DOESN'T DIRECT PEOPLES HEART TO GOD AND ONLY PREACHES GOD AS A FATHER CHRISTMAS.HIS MESSAGE IS ONLY ON WHAT GOD CAN DO FOR YOU AND NOT YOUR OWN RESPONSIBLITY TO GOD.HE DOESN'T TELL YOU TO REPENT AND GET OUT OF YOUR UNGODLINESS AND DO WHAT IS RIGHT.

4.A PASTOR WHOSE EVERY SERMON ENDS IN OFFERING AND RAISING MONEY.HE SEES COFFIN AND TELLS PEOPLE TO REDEEM IT WITH MONEY SO THAT THE PERSON WILL NOT DIE.

5.A PASTOR WHOSE MEMBERS LIVE VERY UNRIGHTEOUS LIVES IN PRIVATE AND IN PUBLIC.

BY FRANCIS AKIN JOHN.

the game has been cancelled because paraguay prefers to play athletico bilbao,a spanish club

ayettymama:
guys cruy because they think of how much pu**y they gna miss b4 they find the next stable gf!!!

Then they worried if it's gna be as good as!!

NA WA FOR THIS REASON

A new form of government is slowly being introduced to the world by the government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The test run for this new, innovative and unique system of government was launched from a sick bed in a Saudi Arabian hospital two months ago, by Nigeria's ailing President Umaru Musa Yar'adua. He will soon establish it and make it fully operational when he returns to Nigeria and his newly built, designer and specialist ground floor hospital bed (with state of the art and modern life saving and sustaining machines) in the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja.

This system of government is called "corpsology" and it allows for the country to be ruled by a leader who is on a life support machine, who is in a coma, who is permanently on a kidney dialysis machine or who is suffering from dementia and chronic heart and liver failure.

Under this new system of government the leader does not ever have to leave his bed, he does not have to speak to his people, he does not have to sign or approve any memos or treaties, he does not have to abide by the constitution, he does not have to lead the military, he does not have to give day to day directives on the economy, foreign policy and the running of his government and he does not have to see or be seen by his ministers and staff, let alone the Nigerian people that he is leading.

All he has to do to sustain his mandate and to continue to legitimately and lawfully lead the country is to ensure that he maintains a weak pulse whilst he is in his vegetative state and to ensure that his wife indulges in the deepest form of black magic, necromancy and copious praying on his behalf daily. As long as he is still breathing and even if he is not conscious, he can continue to rule and lead the people even where he is physically and mentally unfit to do so. And just in case he ever feels like speaking to the people, a faint one-minute drawl, preferably in his native language, is all that is required of him. And even that can be to the BBC Hausa service and certainly not to any Nigerian media house or medium.

In the event of war being declared on the country there is no cause for alarm because under this system his wife will have the sole responsibility and exclusive right to command the Nigerian army, lead them into battle and defend our sovereignty and territorial integrity. And whilst she is doing that his ever faithful ministers can handle the onerous and all important task of receiving and making tea for the president's numerous mallams, prayer warriors and mourners in the Presidential Villa and they will also be charged with the additional and vital responsibility of changing Mr. President's diapers everyday, washing him and supervising the changing of his bed sheets and the cleaning of his bedroom at least once every 3 hours.

As for running the government, that will be left in the able hands of a tiny cabal of provincial villagers, family members and Special Advisors who had never travelled out of Katsina state, let alone Nigeria, before 2007. And the best part of it all is this: there is absolutely no role to play or any need for a vice president under this new system because once the president dies completely, his wife will automatically take over and assume full power.

Is this not a great achievement: our very own version of democracy? I am so proud to be a Nigerian today. And instead of wasting our time complaining we should just keep quiet and pray for our president to get better and return from the land of the dead after all anyone can fall sick at any time and all that is happening to us as a nation today is simply the "will of God".

That is how God wants it so who are we to question or resist His will? This is our own form of democracy and all true patriots should just accept it. In any case this new system of government quite apart from showing the world how brilliant and innovative we are as a people, really does provide great hope for the future of our country.

Someone should go and tell President Obama that Nigeria has now come of age and that he is not the only one that has brought the concept of "change that we can believe in" and popularised the expression, "yes we can," to the world of politics and governance. Nigeria's version of "yes we can" is known as "corpsology" and this can be accurately defined as "the rulership of the living by the dead".

This is Nigeria's own unique contribution to the world of global politics and the historical debate about competing systems of governance in today's unipolar world.

WRITTEN BY FEMI FANI KAYODE

Yar'-adua (noun), a person who abandons his people and is silent for a long period of time, e.g. my girlfriend's gone yar'adua on me again, why the yar'adua, is everything okay?, yar'adua is the best answer for a fool,



Turai: (verb): very greedy person, Eg that babe is too turai for my liking, why are you eating like a turai person?



Amoduverb): clueless individual, daft in the extreme, eg that guy is an Amodu. Also a disease, its not his fault he is suffering from Amodu's syndrome.

ONE OF THE BANES OF FOOTBALL IN AFRICA IS DISCONTINUITY.A FURTHER SLIDE INTO THE ABYSS AWAITS BENIN FOOTBALL AS A RESULT OF THIS THOUGHTLESS AND ILL CONCEIVED DECISION BY THEIR FA.

IN ADDITION,IN A GROUP CONTAINING EGYPT AND NIGERIA,BENIN COULD NOT HAVE FARED BETTER.

FOR those who want to explore the depths of the Caribbean Sea, there is now an opportunity to do so via a new plane that can fly underwater. The newly unveiled plane is the latest addition to Richard Branson's luxury fleet.

The Cable News Network (CNN) said yesterday that guests on Necker Island, a retreat in the British Virgin Islands, would be able to dive underwater in a submarine dubbed the Necker Nymph for $25,000 a week. But that's only after shelling out around $300,000 for a one-week stay on Necker, the private island owned by billionaire and Virgin Group Chairman, Richard Branson.

Beginning on February 20, two riders and a pilot will be able to take the plunge from land, or from a boat. The underwater plane uses the downward pressure on its wings to fly through the water for up to two hours at a time, while an open cockpit will give riders a 360-degree view.

The Necker Nymph's typical speed is two to five nautical miles per hour and it can dive more than 100 feet, said Karen Hawkes, a spokeswoman for Hawkes Ocean Technologies, the company that designed the Nymph.

A statement by Virgin Limited Edition, the luxury arm of Virgin Hotels, described the Nymph's launch like a plane's takeoff. "Gliding on the water's surface like an aeroplane on a runway, one of the three pilots will operate the joystick to smoothly dive down."

Vacationers will be able to fly the Necker Nymph while chartering the Necker Belle, Branson's 105-foot yacht, or the submarine can be launched from shore. Necker Belle is rented out to guests for $88,000 a week, bringing the full Necker Island experience to more than $400,000 per week.

Riders must follow scuba procedures and be trained or accompanied by a certified pilot before entering the underwater plane. Scuba tanks are mounted in the submarine and passengers must wear masks while underwater, said Hawkes.

The Necker Nymph claims "near-zero" environmental impact because its "positive buoyancy prevents the sub from landing on a reef, and its low light and noise emissions ensure the fragile ocean ecosystems remain undisturbed," Virgin said.

SOURCE:GUARDIAN THURSDAY FEB 04 2010

The Living Faith Church,also known as Winners Chapel is targeting a membership of 120,000 by August 2010.

Bishop Oyedepo,President of the church disclosed this at a special workers forum recently.He explained that this prophetic agenda for 2010 will be achieved through the Winners Satellite Fellowship(WSF) otherwise known as the cell system.The target is to have 12,000 WSF or cell locations in the Lagos area by the end of August,he said.

SOURCE:SUNDAY TRIBUNE 31 JAN.2010 PG 33

muhsin:
Source?

I asked because the news interests me; I'll like to share it elsewhere.

GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER MONDAY 01 FEB 2010

Bauchi State Governor, Isa Yuguda has broken a world record! By appointing 952 personal assistants (broken down to 56 Senior Special assistants, 289 Special assistants, and 607 Personal assistants) one begins to wonder what is the real duty and responsibilities of a governor. Can the governor explain to us what the portfolios of these appointees are? Will he be paying them from his personal salary or from state government resources? Is it part of his employment generation drive? How do they report to him? What "rocket science" job is he doing as a governor that he needs this number of personal assistants to work with him? What has the Bauchi State legislature done to curb this bizarre display of insensitivity?

This is the same governor who recently married a 21 years old daughter of our president, as the fourth wife. As a son-in law to President Yar'Adua, and with our president's incapacitation via illness, he is allegedly planning to become the president of Nigeria in 2011. If he becomes president he will need a total of 35,224 personal assistants. That is, 952 personal assistants from each state plus FCT. How sad.

AN inventor, Mr. Kehinde Durojaye and a University of Lagos (UNILAG) Electrical/ Electronic Engineering First Class graduate, Miss Olayinka Oduwole, have been offered lifelines by Pastor Temitope Balogun Joshua of The Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN). They got the succour during a service at the Ikotun-Egbe, Lagos headquarters of the church.

Speaking on the occasion, Oduwole, a youth supervisor at the church, who started attending SCOAN when she was five years old, remarked: "I finished secondary school at the age 15 and immediately gained admission into the university. I still recollect how the Prophet would come into our midst, counsel us, tell us about his life history, the challenges he faced and encourage us to be the best we can be. This has really motivated and inspired me.

"During my final year, the man of God called me and specifically told me that he wanted me to finish with a first class result. I was surprised and told him I was struggling between first class and second class upper. Prophet Joshua gave me anointed water and I read as if everything depended on it. When the grades came out, even in courses where others were failing, I had an 'A' and when my results were compiled, I finished with a first class result."

At that point, the clergyman declared that the ministry would sponsor her to the best university in the world for her Masters Degree.

On his part, Durojaye said he was named a professor in 1991 shortly after the visit of the then military President, General Ibrahim Gbadamosi Babangida, came to an exhibition where his projects were displayed. Kehinde is at present a researcher and lecturer at UNILAG.

Speaking on one of his inventions, a land-and-sea vehicle, also referred to as an amphibian vehicle, he stated that he was able to put some materials together to present a faint glimpse of the idea of what he had in him. He added: "This is a new initiative that I invented. I only designed this one to move on land and sea. I started the building of this project right from my childhood. You can call it amphibian jet or a land-and-sea vehicle. I picked some of the materials I used from the refuse bin. I am loaded but because of poverty, I cannot help myself. If I should sit down, I will grow old and will not be able to do all these things. So it is better for me to just go out to struggle.

"I got to The Synagogue Church of All Nations through what I heard the man of God has been doing around the world. I was told he has been assisting people with talent and I believe God is going to use him to help me. I know he is going to help me to shoot this project and reveal it to the world. I am a beneficiary of what the prophet has done for my community in Bolorunpelu, Lagos, where he provided two transformers for the community."

Ultrame:
LWKMD. Bros u too much. whenever I'm forced to watch a nolllywood movie, it's just like paying to watch a comedian that is not funny. I WANT MY MONEY BACK GO.DAMNIT!!!

WHAT DOES LWKMD MEAN

Kx:
Is it still his grace or her grace?

THAT IS WHAT THE INVITATION CARD READS

Christian Women Fellowship International (CWFI) congratulates her President-General "His Grace,Most Rev. M. E. Benson-Idahosa on her consecration and elevation to the office of the Archbishop,Church of God Mission International Incorporated.

Your Grace,God has made you a voice to the nations and a mother in God's Kingdom.

Reception in honour of the first female Archbishop in Africa.

DATE:Saturday January 30 2010
VENUE:Oriental Hotel,Lekki Road,Victoria Island Lagos
TIME:11am-3pm

STRICTLY BY INVITATION

Contrary to reports that Everton and Super Eagles defender Joseph Yobo has gone to Europe to see a specialist over his hamstring injury.SoccerStrar can reveal that the player was actually in N igeria to seek spiritual healing.

Yobo who flew out of Angola Thursday night was at the Synagogue Church of All Nations to see Pastor T B Joshua where night vigil and healing service was held for him last friday.A source in the church told soccer star that the defender may still make the Super Eagles on Thursday if the team qualifies for the semi-final against the Black Stars of Ghana.

The source in the church strongly believes that Yobo has been healed and that team doctors are likely to certify himfit for the remaining matches of the African Cup of Nations.

He will not be the first Super Eagles star to have gone to see Pastor Joshua who is fondly called the Man of God.

Nwankwo Kanu,Daniel Amokachi,Peter Rufai and James Obiora are some of the players who had visited Pastor Joshua for spiritual healing in the past.

Christiano Ronaldo broke Patrick Mtiliga's nose as he struck him in the face in Real Madrid's 2-0 win over Malaga, earning a red card in the process.

Yet the world's most expensive player insisted that he should not have been sent off, branding the referee's decision "a disgrace".Ronaldo scored both goals for Real Madrid in their 2-0 home win, moving them to within five points of leaders Barcelona.

But he picked up a red card in the 70th minute after swinging his arm behind him and catching Mtiliga in the face as he tried to spin away from the Danish defender's clutches.

"People who understand football know that my intention is always to try and play. The red card is a disgrace I don't understand it," Ronaldo said.

An Ethiopian Airlines plane with 90 people on board crashed into the sea shortly after taking off from Beirut in bad weather early on Monday. Nine bodies were recovered as a search for survivors began. Skip related content
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The Boeing 737-800, heading for Addis Ababa, disappeared off the radar some five minutes after taking off at 2:37 a.m. (12:37 a.m. British time) during a thunder storm and heavy rain. Lebanese President Michel Suleiman said he did not think the plane had been brought down deliberately.

"As of now, a sabotage act is unlikely. The investigation will uncover the cause," Suleiman told a news conference.

Eighty-three passengers and seven crew were on the flight, Lebanese Transport Minister Ghazi al-Aridi told reporters at the airport where relatives of the passengers gathered to wait for news of survivors.

"(The crash) site has been identified three-and-a-half km (two miles) west of the (coastal) village of Na'ameh," he said.

Fifty-four of those on board were Lebanese, 22 were Ethiopian, two were British and there were also Canadian, Russian, French, Iraqi and Syrian nationals.

Marla Pietton, wife of the French ambassador to Lebanon Denis Pietton, was on the plane, the French embassy said.

The Lebanese government declared a day of mourning.

"BALL OF FIRE"

Lebanese army patrol boats and helicopters were searching a small area off Na'ameh, 10 km (six miles) south of Beirut.

The military spokesman for U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon, Colonel Diego Fulco, said two ships from its maritime task force were at the crash site and a third was on its way. Two U.N. helicopters were also at the scene, he said.

A Cypriot police helicopter and another from the British military stationed in Cyprus were also involved in the search.

According to one source, residents on the coast saw a "ball of fire" crashing off Na'ameh.

State-owned Ethiopian Airlines, which confirmed the crash, has positioned itself as a major player in international air traffic in Africa and has recently expanded its Asian network.

It has regular flights to Lebanon, catering for business clients and the hundreds of Ethiopians who work there as domestic helpers. Lebanese aviation sources said some of the passengers had been en route to Angola.

Last Friday the airline announced an order for 10 of Boeing's Next-Generation 737-800s for a total price of $767 million (475 million pounds).

The last major incident involving Ethiopian Airlines was in November 1996 when 125 of the 175 passengers and crew died after a hijacked Boeing 767 crashed into the sea off the Comoros Islands.

(Additional reporting by Yara Bayoumy and Mariam Karouny in Beirut and Michele Kambas in Nicosia; Writing by Nadim Ladki and Yara Bayoumy; Editing by Louise Ireland)

An Ethiopian Airlines plane with 90 people on board crashed into the sea shortly after taking off from Beirut in bad weather early on Monday. Nine bodies were recovered as a search for survivors began. Skip related content
Related photos / videos
Lebanese soldiers carry a passenger's bag from an Ethiopian Airlines plane which …More Enlarge photo

The Boeing 737-800, heading for Addis Ababa, disappeared off the radar some five minutes after taking off at 2:37 a.m. (12:37 a.m. British time) during a thunder storm and heavy rain. Lebanese President Michel Suleiman said he did not think the plane had been brought down deliberately.

"As of now, a sabotage act is unlikely. The investigation will uncover the cause," Suleiman told a news conference.

Eighty-three passengers and seven crew were on the flight, Lebanese Transport Minister Ghazi al-Aridi told reporters at the airport where relatives of the passengers gathered to wait for news of survivors.

"(The crash) site has been identified three-and-a-half km (two miles) west of the (coastal) village of Na'ameh," he said.

Fifty-four of those on board were Lebanese, 22 were Ethiopian, two were British and there were also Canadian, Russian, French, Iraqi and Syrian nationals.

Marla Pietton, wife of the French ambassador to Lebanon Denis Pietton, was on the plane, the French embassy said.

The Lebanese government declared a day of mourning.

"BALL OF FIRE"

Lebanese army patrol boats and helicopters were searching a small area off Na'ameh, 10 km (six miles) south of Beirut.

The military spokesman for U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon, Colonel Diego Fulco, said two ships from its maritime task force were at the crash site and a third was on its way. Two U.N. helicopters were also at the scene, he said.

A Cypriot police helicopter and another from the British military stationed in Cyprus were also involved in the search.

According to one source, residents on the coast saw a "ball of fire" crashing off Na'ameh.

State-owned Ethiopian Airlines, which confirmed the crash, has positioned itself as a major player in international air traffic in Africa and has recently expanded its Asian network.

It has regular flights to Lebanon, catering for business clients and the hundreds of Ethiopians who work there as domestic helpers. Lebanese aviation sources said some of the passengers had been en route to Angola.

Last Friday the airline announced an order for 10 of Boeing's Next-Generation 737-800s for a total price of $767 million (475 million pounds).

The last major incident involving Ethiopian Airlines was in November 1996 when 125 of the 175 passengers and crew died after a hijacked Boeing 767 crashed into the sea off the Comoros Islands.

(Additional reporting by Yara Bayoumy and Mariam Karouny in Beirut and Michele Kambas in Nicosia; Writing by Nadim Ladki and Yara Bayoumy; Editing by Louise Ireland)

he who the gods want to destroy they first make mad.there is no fitting word other than madness to describe this.

touch not mine anointed and do my prophet no harm.

Common thought would suggest that the words menstruation during pregnancy should not exist. Surely, all periods halt as soon as you become pregnant? That's the main pregnancy symptom that encourages people to seek confirmation. So if menstruation occurred it would mean that you are not pregnant after all?

NAIRALANDERS, PLEASE BAIL ME OUT?

, One, he has enough intellectual capacity to run the affairs of Nigeria. Two, he has sufficient personal integrity to run the affairs of Nigeria. Three, he is sufficiently broad minded enough-politically, religiously, socially, whatever to manage the affairs of Nigeria. These three were the important things.



Though the best thing would have been a free and fair election not a do or die election, but even going by all the criteria listed Umoru does not fit any of them by anyone's stretch of imagination. Fact is there are other criteria used in selecting Yaradua that Obasanjo is not telling us. The ruling cabal and Obasanjo are feeling threatened right now, and they are beginning to expose each other. 2010 is already very interesting and January is not even over yet !!

This man is the biggest problem of Nigeria.

So, it wasn't PDP that selected Umoru, it was OBJ! He alone also imposed him on Nigerians!

In 2006, OBJ thought it wasn't a good idea to hand over to a southerner. Where is his claim to statesmanship if leadership is about where you come from, not your ability to deliver? The same idea he had in 1976 when he handed over to Sheu Shagari, a grade II teacher, in a country of intellectuals!

Such high-handedness. Why did you OBJ not allow the Nigerian people to decide who governs them. Your contribution should have been just one vote. Yet you have the audacity to go public to declare that you were looking for a person with certain qualities. OBJ, get ready things must certainly change. I do not believe in this perfidy should continue.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – A powerful aftershock struck Haiti on Wednesday, shaking buildings and sending screaming people running into the streets only eight days after the country's capital was devastated by a major earthquake.

The magnitude-6.1 temblor was the largest aftershock yet to the apocalyptic Jan. 12 quake that shattered Haiti's capital. It was not immediately clear if it caused additional damage or injuries.

The new quake hit at 6:03 a.m. (1103 GMT) about 35 miles (56 kilometers) northwest of the capital of Port-au-Prince and 13.7 miles (22 kilometers) below the surface.

Wails of terror rose from frightened survivors as the earth shuddered at 6:03 a.m. The U.S. Geologic Survey said the quake was centered about 35 miles (56 kilometers) northwest of Port-au-Prince and was 13.7 miles (22 kilometers) below the surface.

Last week's magnitude-7 quake killed an estimated 200,000 people in Haiti, left 250,000 injured and made 1.5 million homeless, according to the European Union Commission. A massive international aid effort has been launched, but is struggling with overwhelming logistical problems.

Still, search-and-rescue teams have emerged from the ruins with some improbable success stories — including the rescue of 69-year-old ardent Roman Catholic who said she prayed constantly during her week under the rubble.

Ena Zizi had been at a church meeting at the residence of Haiti's Roman Catholic archbishop when the Jan. 12 quake struck, trapping her in debris. On Tuesday, she was rescued by a Mexican disaster team that was created in the wake of Mexico City's 1985 earthquake.

Zizi said that after the quake, she spoke back and forth with a vicar who also was trapped. But after a few days, he fell silent, and she spent the rest of the time praying and waiting.

"I talked only to my boss, God," she said. "And I didn't need any more humans."

Doctors who examined Zizi on Tuesday said she was dehydrated and had a dislocated hip and a broken leg.

Elsewhere in the capital, two women were pulled from a destroyed university building. And near midnight Tuesday, a smiling and singing 26-year-old Lozama Hotteline was carried to safety from a collapsed store in the Petionville neighborhood by the French aid group Rescuers Without Borders.

Crews at the cathedral compound site Tuesday recovered the body of the archbishop, Monsignor Joseph Serge Miot, who was killed in the Jan. 12 quake.

Authorities said close to 100 people had been pulled from wrecked buildings by international search-and-rescue teams. Efforts continued, with dozens of teams sifting through Port-au-Prince's crumbled homes and buildings for signs of life.

But the good news was overshadowed by the frustrating fact that the world still can't get enough food and water to the hungry and thirsty.

"We need so much. Food, clothes, we need everything. I don't know whose responsibility it is, but they need to give us something soon," said Sophia Eltime, a 29-year-old mother of two who has been living under a bedsheet with seven members of her extended family.

The World Food Program said more than 250,000 ready-to-eat food rations had been distributed in Haiti by Tuesday, reaching only a fraction of the 3 million people thought to be in desperate need.

The WFP said it needs to deliver 100 million ready-to-eat rations in the next 30 days. Based on pledges from the United States, Italy and Denmark, it has 16 million in the pipeline.

Even as U.S. troops landed in Seahawk helicopters Tuesday on the manicured lawn of the ruined National Palace, the colossal efforts to help Haiti were proving inadequate because of the scale of the disaster and the limitations of the world's governments. Expectations exceeded what money, will and military might have been able to achieve.

So far, international relief efforts have been unorganized, disjointed and insufficient to satisfy the great need. Doctors Without Borders says a plane carrying urgently needed surgical equipment and drugs has been turned away five times, even though the agency received advance authorization to land.

A statement from Partners in Health, co-founded by the deputy U.N. envoy to Haiti, Dr. Paul Farmer, said the group's medical director estimated 20,000 people are dying each day who could be saved by surgery.

"TENS OF THOUSANDS OF EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS NEED EMERGENCY SURGICAL CARE NOW!!!!!" the group said.

The reasons are varied:

• Both national and international authorities suffered great losses in the quake, taking out many of the leaders best suited to organize a response.

• Woefully inadequate infrastructure and a near-complete failure in telephone and Internet communications complicate efforts to reach millions of people forced from homes turned into piles of rubble.

• Fears of looting and violence keep aid groups and governments from moving as quickly as they'd like.

• Pre-existing poverty and malnutrition put some at risk even before the quake hit.

Governments have pledged nearly $1 billion in aid, and thousands of tons of food and medical supplies have been shipped. But much remains trapped in warehouses, or diverted to the neighboring Dominican Republic. The nonfunctioning seaport and impassable roads complicate efforts to get aid to the people.

Aid is being turned back from the single-runway airport, where the U.S. military has been criticized by some of poorly prioritizing flights. The U.S. Air Force said it had raised the facility's daily capacity from 30 flights before the quake to 180 on Tuesday.

About 2,200 U.S. Marines established a beachhead west of Port-au-Prince on Tuesday to help speed aid delivery, in addition to 9,000 Army soldiers already on the ground. Lt. Cmdr. Walter Matthews, a U.S. military spokesman, said helicopters were ferrying aid from the airport into Port-au-Prince and the nearby town of Jacmel as fast as they could.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday that the military will send a port-clearing ship with cranes aboard to Port-au-Prince. It will be used to remove debris that is preventing many larger ships carrying relief supplies from docking.

The U.N. was sending in reinforcements as well: The Security Council voted Tuesday to add 2,000 peacekeepers to the 7,000 already in Haiti, and 1,500 more police to the 2,100-strong international force.

"The floodgates for aid are starting to open," Matthews said at the airport. "In the first few days, you're limited by manpower, but we're starting to bring people in."

The WFP's Alain Jaffre said the U.N. agency was starting to find its stride after distribution problems, and hoped to help 100,000 people by Wednesday.

Hanging over the entire effort was an overwhelming fear among relief officials that Haitians' desperation would boil over into violence.

"We've very concerned about the level of security we need around our people when we're doing distributions," said Graham Tardif, who heads disaster-relief efforts for the charity World Vision. The U.N., the U.S. government and other organizations echoed such fears.

Occasionally, those fears have been borne out. Looters rampaged through part of downtown Port-au-Prince on Tuesday, just four blocks from where U.S. troops landed at the presidential palace.

Hundreds of looters fought over bolts of cloth and other goods with broken bottles and clubs.

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Associated Press writers contributing include Paul Haven, Michael Melia, Jonathan M. Katz, Michelle Faul and Vivian Sequera in Port-au-Prince; medical writer Margie Mason in Hanoi, Vietnam; Charles J. Hanley in Mexico City; Tales Azzoni in Sao Paulo, Brazil; Edith M. Lederer at the United Nations; and Seth Borenstein, Pauline Jelinek, Anne Flaherty and Jennifer Loven in Washington.

papa deceiving pikin at it again.may you never run of tales by moonlight.

saintvalo:
corruption

I AGREE 101%

How else do we describe what Sat Guru Marahaji and T B Joshua are doing on issues concerning the national soccer team,the Super Eagles.The two prophets are neck deep in the scramble for supremacy for the team's success in international competitions.

Guru is not happy that the team's coach,Shuaibu Amodu,dumped him as a spiritual consultant and has decamped to the Synagogue Church of All Nations.The Ibadan based flower worshipper said he was the first to help Amodu spiritually and he prayed fervently for the Eagles coach to succeed and the team eventually grabbed a world cup ticket.Guru's grouse is the manner with which Joshua suddenly came up to claim all that he laboured for on the Eagles.An angry Guru placed a curse on the Eagles Nations cup campaign,that the Eagles would lose its first game against Egypt 2-0.Though the Eagles were beaten 3-1,the margin of 2-0 still materialised.

The genesis of this shameful act was the testimony Amodu gave at the Synagogue late last year where he attributed the Eagles world cup ticket to the prayers of Joshua.He went on to add that the man of God had told him that the team would perform excellently well in Angola.

Observers are of the opinion that feud between the two spiritualists is desperate tool for them to increase their popularity and followership.

SOURCE:NIGERIAN COMPASS MONDAY JANUARY 18 2010 PAGE 56

cashii25:
@MAYOWAAK

I was in church when he said those things and I see the point of One Nigeria but personally.

Since we are not great at management I would prefer a split.

Remember that song he sang "Obasanjo - Ni wa la ra ohh baba" lol

THE PRACTICE OF TRUE FEDERALISM IS THE ONLY ANTIDOTE FOR THE EVENTUAL BALKANISATION OF NIGERIA

Crusading-cleric,Pastor Tunde Bakare of the Latter Rain Assembly ,Lagos in his characteristic boldness announced to his congregation yesterday that he is ready to die for a cause that he believed in.

In a sermon that contained the reason he (Bakare) joined the Save Nigeria Group(SNG) that took to the streets of Abuja to protest the continued absence of Yar"Adua,Bakare declared that he was ready to pay the supreme sacrifice in the following words "I don't care about my life any longer.It is not self -seeking or seeking popularity,it is about leadership and leadership is responsibility."

"I am ready to go into the streets.You have to be ready too.I am ready to die in the streets for a cause I believe in.That was why I took my two daughters to march on the streets of Abuja."

He called on the congergation and Nigerians to join the SNG rally on Thursday January 21st 2010 from Ikeja GRA to the Governor's office in Alausa.

Bakare said: "I call on all of you to join other Nigerians as we march on the streets of Lagos on Thursday.We shall march to the office of the Lagos State Government in Alausa. We shall march to the gate of the enemies and will not stop until we take over what belongs to us all.We shall continue marching until we take over the driver's seat.

SOURCE:NIGERIAN COMPASS MONDAY JANUARY 18 2010 PAGE 1&45

Outgoing Primate of the Church of Nigeria,Anglican communion,Dr Peter Akinola took a look at the situation in the polity and declared at the weekend that "only a revolution by the generality of the citizens can change the lot of the country for the better."

Akinola,who had been consistent in his criticism of Nigerian leadership,especially in the last one month,told reporters at the Cathederal Church of Holy Trinity where he presided over the inauguration of the Anglican congregation of Ido-Ani,Ondo State, "to be bold enough to take their own destiny in their hands and salvage the situation."

While supporting the call of revolution,the Primate said:"It is the only option left for the long suffering people of this country.Nigerians are a very docile people and have been so manipulated over the years by the leaders,hence things are getting worse by the day.But, I know that one day,these people who are so docile and have been so manipulated,will wake up and say,we have suffered enough and resist the injustice in a way that would bring the desired change."

He, however, advised against violent or bloody revolution saying "violence will only make things worse.Whatever the people can do constitutionally as a nation with the fear of God,we will welcome it as a church."

When asked on what platform the revolution could be achieved,the cleric said, "such a peaceful revolution is not planned or programmed.It will be a spontaneous reaction."

When people are pushed to the wall and their sufferings reached a certain limit,they will react by themselves.

SOURCE:GUARDIAN MONDAY JANUARY 18 2010