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Him turn never reach.
After Mode blow, e go reach am

I read the IBB post and i almost laughed my head off.
I have said it repeatedly, after the actions of Yar Adua cabal, the reign of rumours,lies and deceit in this country have become a tool of governance and might lead to the downfall of this country.

read through the entire thread hoping to see a semblance of intelligent argument telling us or even proving that Ibori is innocent of the massive theft and fraud charges that stand before him here and in the UK.
Instead, all i read are same old tired arguments about not catching the biggest thief, so all other smaller thieves should be let to roam around free until further notice.
Do you guys/gals have no shame?
Even among thieves their is some honour.So i thought.
Since we can't catch the biggest thief (we can't even decide who the biggest thief is in the first place), let us disband EFCC,ICPC, The judiciary and even the police.
96billion naira has just been declared missing in the Agriculture ministry, let us hold a thanksgiving service for those in charge and ask them to continue enjoying the loot until we sort out bigger thieves.
Defendants of Chief Ibori, kindly apply your higher intelligence and tell us lesser mortals, how much force will be proportional to his level of looting.We await your advice.Until then Ibori et al, carry go.Nothing do you.
Nigeria and Nigerians, i just tire for una.

meanwhile, the guy don hammer!!!
him life no go remain the same again.

marcdunu:
I think it is time to review our Presidential security arrangement. This business of soldiers standing behind the President even in the FEC chambers is simply outdated.

It is a military legacy and we need to learn to shade such legacy. Soldiers can still guard the President but 21st century intelligence should be brought to these things.

I don't know what difference it makes having a scary looking man standing behind the President. He can dress in mufty while co-ordinating other security personels meant to guard Mr President.

Very apt comment.
I often wonder how many bullets the guy can catch by physically standing behind his boss.
With technological advancements, we should be able to do away with this archaic practice.
With recent happenings in the presidency, i hope this one will not frustrate democracy and rule of law but aid it.

^^^
History ke?
I no know the guy from Adam o!
We are used to such online, sha.
People discover a new word and look for avenues to utilise them,even if it does not make sense within the context of the arguments in question.
I would be surprised if he can define the word BIGOT without using Google and i doubt if he did same before using it on me.
Anyway, just like Segun Adeniyi, i leave him to his conscience as he continues defending the indefensible.

Sagamite:
Shut up!

There is a difference between being informed before talking and just talking from your arse.

Do you think everybody wants to be informed?

All they want to see is that banks are hiring, stock market share prices are skyrocketing without any real value seen being added and anything else that excludes these is a failure, even though the banks are taking excessive risks.

You are now coming here to talking about factual indices you have seen like if it counts. Abegi, lets just have banks that loan billions to friends without due process as long as banks are the biggest employers.

my exact sentiments when Ibime is holding free Economics lecture for Naijaking et al.
Despite repeatedly telling him and tkb that the man is looking for a victim after falling for the scam called NSE built on fraudulent banks' Annual reports.
Some people are not interested in details.
All they know is that he went to Sudan, so he must be a fool.

yemmight:
You must be a bigot. What has Segun done wrong here. Because he worked PDD, or Yaradua or OBJ? The guy moved up by leaving Thisday and thts at point in one's career, we need to decide we don't have to keep doing same thing or to remain static.

calling me a bigot is very rich, coming from you.
I will refrain from insulting you back.
However, my views on Segun Adeniyi remain unchanged.
He is a loud mouth who could not walk the talk, he wasted newsprint dishing out every Thursday for over 4 years.
He aided and the lying and rumour mongering presidency of Yar Adua.
Under his watch as the president's spokesman, lies and rumour mongering was raised to the status of national policies.
Yet you have the effrontery to call me a bigot?
Are you kidding?

^^^^^
wait for Naijaking1, he is on his way.

With all due respect to you ^^^^^, Segun Adeniyi is rubbish.

To all those who hold these ivy league schools in extreme high esteem, it is now clear that even mediocres and men lacking in character go there.
I what he will contribute in such an environment?
[b]Political journalism 101 - The rise of Lies, Deceit and Rumours in Public institutions: An expert view[/b]If he likes after finishing in Harvard, he can head to Stanford and round off at Oxford.He remains a man devoid of priniciples and full of plenty talk.
When he was at Thisday, he was talking plenty,when it was time to walk the talk,he was worse than those he criticised in the past.

From Ike Abonyi in Abuja, 05.13.2010

Former Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to late President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua Mr. Olusegun Adeniyi has resigned his position.
Adeniyi handed in his resignation letter yesterday. He would proceed to Harvard University, US, where he has been offered a fellowship programme.
Adeniyi met with President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday afternoon to bid him farewell.
The Director of Programme, Weatherhead Centre, Harvard University, Dr. Kathleen Molony, had last Tuesday, informed Adeniyi that the school had made him an International Affairs Fellow for the session beginning August 2, 2010 and ending July 31, 2011.
When THISDAY spoke to him on phone last night, he confirmed the news of his resignation.


"Yes, I left the villa this afternoon after meeting President Jonathan and I handed over to Ima Niboro who has been a friend and brother. Incidentally, I had met Dr. Jonathan last week Wednesday, then in his capacity as Acting President, to inform him of the Harvard offer and to formally notify him that I would be leaving government latest by July.
"As it would happen, President Yar'Adua died only a few hours later that same day. Now with the official burial rites completed, I see no need to hang around, so I told the President yesterday to release me and he did. He also congratulated me on the Harvard offer. I'm leaving with joy of having served my boss to the very end because I was at the villa the night he died," Adeniyi stated.
Adeniyi was a practising journalist for more than 14 years before accepting the offer to work with the late Yar'Adua in June 2007.


In April 2004, he was appointed by former President Olusegun Obasanjo as a member of the Governing Board of the Nigeria Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (NEITI).
Adeniyi began his journalism career with The Guardian as a Staff Reporter in December 1990 and left for African Concord as Senior Staff Writer in April 1992. He rose to become Sunday Editor at the Concord and then joined THISDAY as Deputy Editor, Sunday Newspaper, in February 1999.
He became the Editor of the Saturday title of the same paper a year later. He would later become the Editor, Daily, THISDAY before joining the Yar'Adua administration in 2007.


His column then: "The Verdict According to Olusegun Adeniyi", was a must-read for many public officials. His lucid way of writing and tight political analysis won him many fans.
He bagged a Bachelors Degree in International Relations from University of Ife in 1989. In 1998, he got his Masters Degree in International Law and Diplomacy from University of Lagos (UNILAG).
Adeniyi is the author of two books.
Informing him of Harvard's decision, Molony said: "On behalf of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, I am very pleased to invite you to be a Fellow during the academic year 2010-2011.


"You will be appointed as an Officer of the University for the period August 1, 2010 to July 31, 2011. As one of approximately 15 Fellows, you will join the Weatherhead Center community of over 200 people. In addition to other Fellows and the Center’s faculty, your colleagues will be the Center’s small permanent staff, visiting scholars, doctoral and postdoctoral fellows, and undergraduate students of Harvard.
"I believe that you will find that this is a unique environment offering maximum opportunities for research and discussion of international issues."

By Bassey Udo and Oluwaseyi Bangudu


May 13, 2010 02:16AM
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After a persistent gap between falling interest rates and high lending rates, in the lending rates of banks the Central Bank of Nigeria today said that falling interbank rates have finally began to reflect on bank's lending rates.


"The falling interbank rates appear to reflect marginally on the DMBs' lending rates. The retail lending rates have started declining albeit by far lower magnitudes than the decline in interbank rates," said Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the Central Bank governor on Tuesday after the Monetary Policy Committee meeting in Abuja.

The average maximum lending rate dropped to 22.88 per cent in March from 23.32 and 23.18 per cent in February and January. The rate was 23.45 per cent in December 2009.

Mr. Sanusi added that despite the recent criticisms against his decision to intervene in the nation's banking crisis, the first quarter returns by some of the banks have shown that the year will be bright.

"For many years, we complained about banks continued declaration of huge profits in a depressed economic environment. People have been wondering where these profits were coming from. More than a year ago, banks were afraid to disclose that their profits for the following year are lower than that of the previous year. They were ready to do anything to show that they were making profits, including paying dividends.

"But, we have come to a stage where the banks have recognized that it is not a crime to make losses. If a loan is booked, and because of the poor economic environment, the loan becomes non-performing, if it is provided for and disclosed honestly, the market will not punish anyone for it," he said.

Criticisms are welcome

On the recent criticism of his administration, policy as fuelling uncertainty in the financial system and capable of grounding the economy, Mr. Sanusi noted that public policies are always subjects of open criticisms, adding that public officials should always understand that such policies would not be accepted by everyone.

"The mandate of the CBN is monetary and financial systems stability. And we have delivered on that mandate. That is what matters. Inflation is moderate. There is no volatility in money market and exchange rates. The banking system that was on the verge of collapse is now stable, as the banks' balance sheets are being repaired. We have taken steps to improve governance, fighting corruption, eliminating criminal behaviours, improving risks management, enhancing disclosure and transparency are still in line with that mandate. It does not matter whether any politician is happy or not," he said.

Mr. Sanusi said the Asset Management Company (AMC) bill passed by Senate will be harmonized with the version passed by the House of Representatives, before being sent to the President for assent. The company, he explained, is structured not only to deal with the purchase of non-performing loans backed up by approved collaterals from banks, but also to serve as recapitalization vehicle to restore them to a firm capital base.

"If the amount of money that the bank gets from the sale of that asset is not enough to restore their capital to that level where they are ready for the next round of capitalization merger or acquisition, the AMC is empowered to inject money into the bank in exchange for equity to facilitate the movement and transition of the banks to well-capitalized institutions."

eldee:
Na wa ooh . . . Saucekid released album listing and Nairaland crashed because Seun choked out of shock.
What will happen when he releases the full album?? Facebook will crash too??

Na the Rugged/9ice Phone conversation crash the site.
too much argument over nodding.

something crashed and wiped out a portion of the site.
I guess.
it seems pretty obvious.

There might be a probe but absolutely nothing, i mean nothing, will come out of it.

, And Jonathan wept at the death bed
By Yusuph Olaniyonu, 05.09.2010
As details emerged at the weekend on the last moment of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, THISDAY can confirm that he gave up the ghost at exactly 9.02pm on Wednesday, May 5, 2010 after a long battle with kidney ailment, organ failure, pericarditis and some form of cancer.

The late President, sources said, died after he had shown positive signs of recovery the previous week. THISDAY checks reveal that since Yar’Adua was stealthily brought back from Saudi Arabia on February 24, his health had not been in stable condition, a situation medical experts explained as the symptom of the diseases that afflicted him.

Sources close to the family confirmed that he was able to speak with members of his family, the weekend before he died.
Prior to his discussion with members of the family, the condition of the then President was said to have “tremendously improved only for him to suffer a relapse on Monday, May 3.”

By Tuesday, May 4, new experts were flown in to attend to him. Between that Monday and Wednesday when he finally died, he had problems with breathing on some occasions and had to be supported by machines to support his breathing and stabilise his body temperature.

On some of these difficult occasions, the doctors would pump him and he would recover only for him to suffer a relapse.
“It was a great battle by the medical team to sustain him in those last 48 hours,” a source told THISDAY.
On the Wednesday night that Yar’Adua died, at about 8.45pm, his wife, Hajia Turai was downstairs receiving visitors when the team of specialist doctors, attending to her husband sent for her and then informed her that they had lost the battle to save the life of the former president.

The team of doctors consisting of experts from Germany, United States and Saudi Arabia had been reinforced a day earlier after the president’s condition suddenly grew worse.
Yar’Adua was eventually certified dead at 9.02pm in the presence of his wife.

Immediately after the doctor had confirmed him dead, the aide-de-camp (ADC), Colonel Mustapha Onoyiveta and Chief Security Officer, Yusuf Tilde told Turai that the first person, who had to be informed of the sad development, was the then Acting President Goodluck Jonathan.

The two top security operatives then drove to the Aguda House residence of Jonathan but they stopped on the way to inform the National Security Adviser (NSA), Lt. General Aliyu Muhammad Gusau that they had an urgent news for the then acting president.
On getting to Aguda House, the then president’s CSO and ADC met the acting president receiving some visitors but they got a message across to Jonathan that they had an urgent message for him from the Presidential Villa.

Jonathan, THISDAY learnt, quickly dismissed his visitors and took Tilde and Onoyiveta into an inner sitting room where he was informed that his boss and the 13th head of the Nigerian government had died a moment earlier.

The then acting President was shocked and grieved and had to be consoled by the two security operatives who also informed him that he was free to visit the family.

Jonathan immediately called the NSA, Hon. Dimeji Bankole, speaker of the House of Representatives, Senate President David Mark, who had earlier travelled to London, and Alhaji Yayale Ahmed, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SSG).
Within minutes, all the top officials Jonathan called gathered at his Aguda residence and drove in convoy to the Presidential Villa, with the exception of Mark.

At the Villa, the Jonathan team met a distraught Turai downstairs. They then commiserated with her.
In between sobs, the then First Lady told the party that as Muslims, her family had accepted their fate. She  invited the then acting president to go up stairs and see the remains of his principal.
Jonathan insisted Bankole should accompany him while others remained downstairs.

When they got inside the late President’s bedroom where his body was lying on the bed, immediately Jonathan sighted the body, he broke down and tears flowed freely from his face. The then acting president had to be consoled for several minutes by Bankole and a few members of the family who were with him.

When Jonathan and Bankole joined the rest of the delegation downstairs, they spent sometime to offer prayers for the repose of the soul of the departed leader and asked for God’s protection for the family he left behind. They later drove back to Aguda House.
Soon after, Jonathan and his team arrived at the Aguda House, they went into full security meeting where many more top security and government officials joined them to plan the burial and transition arrangements.

At the security parley, it was agreed that the burial arrangements should adopt the Murtala Muhammed and Sani Abacha plans as template.

Meanwhile, immediately after the news of the death had been officially broken to the then acting president, the NSA had moved to secure the Presidential Villa, changing all security staff from the pilot gate to other posts.

The immediate transformation of the security network was so exhaustive that by Thursday morning, any visitor to the Villa who did not have the new security clearance was unable to gain access into the premises.
Coincidentally, while the security meeting at the Aguda House was in session, the Yar’Adua family was equally packing all their belongings.

By 6.am, the family members had packed every one of their personal effects from every room and compartment.
Some of the items were conveyed to Katsina  in a C-130 aircraft, while others were loaded into trucks to move by road to Katsina.
Equally, the ADC, CSO and other security operatives had packed out their belongings ready to relocate from the seat of power.

The swift relocation of the Yar’Adua family and security operatives around the late president was the symbolic indication of the end of an era and the beginning of a new administration under President Jonathan.

you too fear!!!

ayx,
i dey wait o.

^^^^
Guy, you dey harsh these days o!
Abi person hack your account?
This seems like the kind of post you posted on the Ibru thread.
I don run comot from this thread.
Take am easy o!!

After mourning Dagrin, i doubt i will have any sympathy left for Yar Adua.
It is just a shame cos it was never the man's making.


Hold on, come to think of it, it was his fault.
He should have chosen his crowd better.

They have just awarded a contract for a replica of Aso rock,caled Aso Marble.
It is just next to Aso Rock, as soon as construction and decorations are complete she will move in.
But she will retain the spare key to Aso rock,in case she wants to pick up anything she forgot.
However Jonathan's wife has just released a tender for the spiritual fumigation of Aso rock before they move in (after Turai moves out).
Informed sources confirm that a few "Men of God" and traditional priests are bidding for the contract and have submitted their tenders.

ayx,
kindly resend an invite to me.
kk202009@yahoo.com

i did nopt create an account before the guest profile expired.
i dey wait.
cheers,

touchmeder:
loved d video. they keep getting berra
like d song before sef
i have played d end of d song up to 4times sef
for the sake of d kissing part.classic!

ol boy take am easy for the soap o!!
your hand go pain you o!

Kobojunkie:
Just read of it from Washington post, I think it is true. Yes, I had to wait to see it in a non-Nigerian media report to confirm it's validity!

silly mentality.
like that BBC YarAdua interview init?

i think say Dbanj dey wear sunglasses baff?

pass me the pop corn.

By Tosin Sulaiman


It’s a sunny Saturday afternoon in Brixton and Kemi Adegoke, the would-be Conservative MP, is preparing for one of the biggest challenges of her campaign so far: convincing traditionally Labour-supporting Nigerians to vote for her.

Ms. Adegoke, the feisty, outspoken Conservative candidate for Dulwich and West Norwood in south London, has decided to target a part of her constituency that has a high concentration of Nigerians, an area where her party rarely ventures.

“People say Conservatives never come here and I’m trying to prove them wrong,” she says. “No one campaigns in Brixton because Labour thinks it’s so safe they don’t do anything and we don’t have the resources.” The Dulwich and West Norwood constituency is currently held by the Labour Party and Adegoke will have to defeat Tessa Jowell, a government minister, if she is to achieve her goal of becoming an MP. Comparing her chances with those of Chuka Umunna and Chi Onwurah, the other candidates of Nigerian descent who are running for the House of Commons and are inheriting safe Labour seats, Adegoke says she has a tougher job.

“I have a much harder task because I’m trying to get rid of a Labour MP,” she says. “They’re not fighting a campaign. They’re just doing publicity. I’m actually fighting.” On the day NEXT catches up with her, Adegoke has bolstered her regular campaign team, drafting in a few of her Nigerian friends and members of her family, including her father, Femi, who recently flew in from Lagos. “They will be able to talk to Nigerians in a way that nobody else will,” says Adegoke who was born in the UK but lived in Nigeria until the age of 16.

Many of the Nigerians in this part of Brixton are recent migrants who tend to live in council flats and rarely vote because they are unfamiliar with the political system, Adegoke explains. Those who are politically aware are most likely to vote for Labour, because they see the party as being the most friendly to immigrants.

“It’s the papers,” Adegoke says. “Many of them may not have come into the country legally. (They believe) Labour regularised them. It’s just fascinating. They don’t care about their standard of living or what the schools are offering their kids. It’s just ‘my immigration papers.’ This is the toughest place for us. The Nigerians who live in other areas are a lot more amenable because they’re wealthier.”

Ms Adegoke wants more Nigerians to give the Conservative Party a second look because she believes it is a party that encourages people to aim higher. “The Labour Party is not a party of aspiration. It’s a party of handouts,” she says. “There’s a left-wing ideology that pushes black people not to aim high. If you look at the range of jobs Nigerians are doing in this country, they almost always take a step or two steps down. Very few people come here and continue where they left off. The education system is where it starts.” The candidate tells of her own experience studying for A-levels in the British state school system. Although she wanted to study medicine at university, her teachers suggested she study nursing instead and she believes that many black children are limited in similar ways.

“There’s a problem with state education, especially with ethnic minorities,” she says. “I don’t feel they’re very aspirational when it comes to black kids.” As a black Conservative, her views sometimes come as a shock to those on the left. She says she was once slapped by a white lady at a charity event who couldn’t believe that a black African woman would choose to be a member of a party of white, middle-aged men.

“She came over to me and thought I was someone who was going to be aligned with her and I told her I disagreed fundamentally with so many things she said,” recalls Adegoke. “She said, ‘look at you, you’re not really black. You’re rich. I can tell by the way you’re dressed.’” Ms. Adegoke argues that those on the left are only interested in poor black people whom they think they can help. “The moment they feel you’re superior to them, they can be very hostile,” she says.

Ready to be convinced

Fortunately for her, the reactions of Nigerians on the streets and estates of Brixton are not as unfriendly and many are happy to speak to a fellow Nigerian. However, the word ‘Conservative’ is often enough to wipe the smile off people’s faces.

One of the first Nigerians Ms. Adegoke speaks to that day is a short, plump middle aged man who takes his time opening the door. As soon as she introduces herself as the local Conservative candidate, the man shakes his head in disgust and says: “Consa? No way. Never. Never. Ko possible.”

Adegoke responds confidently: “I have a very good chance of winning here.”

“E ba ti lo si party to favour foreigner,” the man says in a mixture of Yoruba and English, asking why she didn’t choose a party that was sympathetic to foreigners. “For 10 years, I suffered under Margaret Thatcher. I suffered a lot.” Undeterred, Ms. Adegoke appeals to his sense of patriotism as a fellow Nigerian.

“I’m working so hard. I don’t want Naijas to have no part in it,” she says passionately. “If I win without Naijas, it’s not good. Conservatives are most likely to win. They don’t need me to win but if they win, won’t it be good if I’m there rather than have no Naijas there?” By the end, she has not only convinced the man, whom she calls Uncle Sonny, to vote for her, but also to display a Conservative Party poster in his flat. In fact, when she gives him one he asks for more.

“E fun mi ni meji si. La ti fun awon eyan,” says Uncle Sonny, asking for two extra posters to give to his friends.

Adegoke is only too happy to oblige.

you have not looked hard enough.
there are a few of them on the religion board.
we don't do religion here on the politics section.