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newmaster:
Swiss court sentences dictator's son
by Swisster Staff
June 18, 2010 | 12:23


A Geneva police court on Friday sentenced Abba Abacha, son of the former Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha, to a suspended two-year jail term for participating in a criminal organization.

The court ruled that Abacha could not properly account for the hundreds of millions of francs he kept in 20 bank accounts under different names.

Last fall, an investigating judge orderd the confiscation of 350 million dollars seized by authorities from banks in the Bahamas and Luxembourg.

Abacha’s father is believed to have absconded with three billion francs from Nigerian government coffers between 1993 and 1999, when he died.

Much of the money ended up in Swiss bank accounts. Most of the 870 million francs frozen by government authorities in Switzerland has already been returned to the Nigerian government.

The case against Abacha’s son began in 1999 at the request of the Nigerian governm[b]ent.

He has already spent 561 days in preventive custody.[/b]


http://www.swisster.ch/swiss-court-sentences-dictators-son.html?

thats a lie!!! 561 days where? I attended his sister's wedding last August in Kano and he was there!!

Apollos Ikpobe- Youngest Executive Director, Zenith Bank PLC

HND Accountancy- Yabatech, Fellow, ICAN, and MBA Unilag.

Fhemmmy:
Cos we never appreciate anything that is ours.
We never appreciate our own women
Never appreciates our own men
Never appreciate our own education
Never appreciate our own "anything"
That is why even some stinking indians will get into a nite clubs in Nija before a clean shaved Nija man.


Design a cloth in Ibadan and label it "Made in USA" and see how it will fly off the shelves

Seriously, Fhemmy is very correct. We Nigerians do not appreciate anything "OURS"
Agreed, some of these foreign wears are of good quality, we are not doing enough still to identify with our things.
I was in Ghana recently and I noticed the high sense of national identity. More people wear their traditional attires and even when they wear T-Shirts, most of their T-Shirts carry the national colours. Everywhere you go, you see their flags all over even in their malls. In Nigeria, majority of us "the educateds and open-eyed" feel people who identify too much with Nigerian things are "local".

Go to the typical sportwear shops in Ghana, the jerseys you will find on sale are Black Stars jerseys carrying names like Muntari, Essien, Appiah etc and these are the stuff that really move. In naija, its either Chelsea, Arsenal or Man U, why are we like that??

Lets go a step further, see ghanaian, Ivorien and Cameroonian footballers. Even at their European clubsides, you see them wearing wrist bands of their national colours or carrying something to indicate where they come from. How many Nigerian players wear GreeWhiteGreen wrist bands apart from Sodje who used to wear a bandana carrying the colors at his clubside.

So, in Summary, our sense of National Identity is very poor and needs to be improved on.

Finally!!!!! Good Riddance to bad nonsense!!!!!

There is no evidence to jump to this conclusion. Logically, with the calibre of friends, wellwishers and associates who were around him, if they felt he wasnt getting the best attention he could get, they would have arranged for his transfer to another hospital.

Let us not start another baseless arguement here

3m for this heap??

PLEASE, PLEASE PLS, IS IT YOUR MONEY??

IS HE YOUR GOVERNMENT?

HAS HE NOT CONTRIBUTED HIS QUOTA BY INVESTING HIS BILLIONS IN NIGERIA, EMPLOYING THOUSANDS?

DOES ANYONE QUESTION HOW U SPEND UR MISERLY COINS?

MIND UR BUSINESS ABEG!!!!

all those bad belles doubting if the prize is up to $1m, why not drag ur daft asses to google and key in "p square wins one million dollars"?

Hello tadeus, pls how much can you get me a 2006/2007 Honda Accord V6 and a 2005 Range Rover Sport

This should include agent fees, custom papers and cost of landing in Lagos, though I am presently residing in abuja

Then I want to know how u operate- do we go to the market together with u?

Thank u

MY DAD- hmmmm.

1. He never wanted us to watch the video cassete player in his absence(God knows why). He would remove the player from the living room to his bedroom, Carefully keep it and draw on a sheet of paper, a diagram of the positioning of the electricity cable running from the machine, then hide the paper somewhere. when he returns, he will use the diagram to see if the cable is still in the position he left it. If yes- that means we never touched it. If no, we get some serious flogging. One day we stumbled on the diagram book and since that time, he never flogged us again, cos we would use it and arrange it back using the diagram.

2. He never wanted anyone to touch his car especially wheneva he travelled, so he would use charcoal to mark the tyre positions. upon his return, he would check to see if the car was still parked within the marks he made. When we discovered, we would cruise the car well well, park it anyhow, clean his own marks and make new marks whereva we park it

So, why didnt anybody complain until now that he is out of office?

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm. you guys are busy arguing on wetin no concern una! there's fire on d mountain o. Can someone tell me how Big Danny Shittu will stop Little Messi

best rap- Shina Peters in d album "Experience".
who remembers the rap=

Baby mi, shotigbo,
wo isale mi ko wo'eru
owo wa lowo, eru wa labe, ileke idi oti jabo, something like dat

LOL!!!!!

Coach:
Samson Siasia (43)

Goalkeepers:
Ambruse Vanzekin (22) (Akwa United)
Ezenwa Ikechukwu (19) (Ocean Boys)

Defenders:
Chibuzor Okonkwo (?) (Bayelsa United)
Taye Taiwo (23) (Olympique Marsielle, France)
Onyekachi Apam (22) (Nice, France)
Dele Adeleye (19) (Sparta Rotterdam, Netherlands)
James Monday (22) (Bayelsa United)
Adefemi Olubayo (22) (Hapoel Jerusalem, Israel)
Efe Ambrose (19) (Kaduna United)

Midfielders:
Sani Kaita (22) (Sparta Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Isaac Promise (20) (Trabzonspor, Turkey)
Oluwafemi Ajilore (20) (Groningen, Netherlands)
Emmanuel Ekpo (20) (Columbus Crew, USA)

Strikers:
Chinedu Ogbuke (22) (Hoffenheim, Germany)
Victor Nsofor Obinna (21) (Chievo, Italy)
Solomon Okoronkwo (21) (Hertha, Germany)
Peter Odemwingie (27) (Lokomotiv Moscow, Russia)
Victor Anichebe (20) (Everton, England)

Tosin, pls stop responding to these people. its the same bunch of dumbos who are saying the album is crap. If u know ur problem is that u dont undastand Yoruba, keep quiet rather than make stupid criticisms. The album is dope- take it or leave it. How dare u compare little money with Tradition? They are not even close. Even Gongo Aso had just street credibility, Gongo aso and Photocopy as hit songs.
This new album, tradition has depth and meaning. I must admit the first time I heard it, It didnt sound so great but after subsequent listening, I really felt it.
Can u imagine some1 come here to say 9ice split ways with cabasa when cabasa produced 70% of the album. must cabasa even produce 9ice? are they in a group? pls keep quiet if u gat nothing to say
alapomeji rocks 4eva

I'll give it to Da Grin- CEO. that guy rhymes like crazyyyy!!

Sorry, who put Terry G on the list? Is that guy a musician God forbid!!!

Just players? what about coach? Amodu to continue?

website

TODAY'S UPDATE ON THE DEJI OF AKURE ISSUE:

Ashroud of confusion descended over the throne of Deji of Akure on Monday with the Ondo State Government and kingmakers singing discordant tunes on the fate of embattled King Adesina Oluwadare Adepoju. While the state Commissioner for Information, Remi Akerele, issued a statement declaring that the Deji’s throne was not vacant, the kingmakers insisted the Oba’s dethronement announced on Sunday was final.

Akerele’s statement reads: “The attention of Ondo State Government has been drawn to newspapers publications wherein some Akure chiefs purportedly removed the Deji of Akure, Oba Adepoju Adesina.

“For the avoidance of doubt, the Ondo State Government has not removed the Deji of Akureland and indeed any Oba in Ondo State.
“We, therefore, appeal to the people of Akure and indeed Ondo State to go about their lawful duties, and nobody should allow himeself or herself to be used to destroy the peace and progress which Ondo State currently enjoys.
“The State Commissioner of Police and other security agencies have been briefed to maintain the existing peace in Ondo State.”
However, kingmakers said they could not rescind their decision because the monarch had been a bad image for the community.

The kingmakers’ statement came barely a day after they announced the removal of Deji of Akure for violating traditions and customs of the land. They have already begun the selection process to appoint a new Oba for Akure Kingdom.
Speaking with reporters in Akure, the Elemo of Akure, High Chief Bolanle Adedipe said they took the decision after carefully consulting different stakeholders
He said, “at this point we have reached a point of no return on Deji’s issue. Our decision remains the final.”
Adedipe who is the spokesman of the chiefs said the Akure sons and daughters should have nothing to do with the palace of Deji until further notice.

His words: “The Deji is supposed to be a personification of customs and tradition not a breaker of customs. As far as we are concerned there is no Deji in Akure. We are to uphold tradition.
“We are unhappy with the way he ignored the kingmakers and high chiefs at a meeting, which was convened to resolve allegations leveled against him (Oba).
“He walked out of the meeting which was convened to clear the air over some allegations of disregard to and abuse of traditions and customs preferred against him.”
The act, which Adedipe said was the second, was contrary to the traditions for a Deji to walk out on Akure people.
He added, “this is not the first time he will be doing this. His first disrespect and rudeness was when he was new on the throne, even though he was later pardoned.”


http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/features/newsonthehour/2009/nov/10/newsbreak-10-11-2009-001.htm

Violation of Akure tradition and custom by personally going to the market to disturb market women from trading and engaging in wanton and indiscriminate destruction of essential food items in the markets.

Incessant, rampant and re-occurring cases of highhandedness, brutal and repressive oppression of the people in and around the Akure community.

“Oba Oluwadare Adepoju Adesina has been personally leading a team of recruited and sponsored thugs, gangsters, hoodlums and armed terrorists to the people’s houses at the late hours of the night to inflict injuries on innocent citizens in the Akure community in his presence

Apart from these, the council added that part of the allegation against the embattled Deji were descration of the palace and grooming of a notorious gang known as “60 by 120” that was involved in land disputes.



LWKMD- even Al Capone no do pass like this,

The Deji of Akure, Oba Oluwadare Adesina III, Osupa has been deposed by the Akure Traditional Council. He was found guilty on various allegations leveled against him.

The council, consequently warned Adesina to quit the palace immediately and hand over all items belonging to the Akure community including the funds that belonged to the community.

Adesina, was dethroned as Deji after reigning for four years. The monarch assumed the throne of Deji of Akure on November 26, 2005 after 10 years of interregnum and was removed having been found guilty of conducting himself in a manner “unbefitting and desecrates of the much exalted, revered and respected throne of the Deji of Akureland.”

According to the resolution of the Akure Council of Chiefs, including the 17 traditional kingmakers that approved Adesina’s installation, various allegations had been leveled against him.
The resolution signed by the traditional Prime Minister of the town, Chief Folorunso Davies, the Olisa of Akure, the Odopetu of Akure, Chief M.A. Falade, the Elemo of Akure, Chief Bolanle Adedipe and others found the erstwhile monarch guilty of the offences.

The council said that some of the allegations include: “Violation of Akure tradition and custom by personally going to the market to disturb market women from trading and engaging in wanton and indiscriminate destruction of essential food items in the markets.

“Flagrant breach of age long and hallowed custom of Akure that makes it mandatory for the Deji not to leave his official palace without the knowledge and concurrence of the chiefs.
“Oba Oluwadare Adepoju Adesina deliberately failed and refused to complete the traditional rites for the stool of the Deji of Akureland contrary to the tradition and custom of Akure. By so doing, he renders his selection and appointment incomplete haven failed to give Akure chiefs the traditional ‘Igbarunjo’.
“Incessant, rampant and re-occurring cases of highhandedness, brutal and repressive oppression of the people in and around the Akure community.

“Oba Oluwadare Adepoju Adesina has been personally leading a team of recruited and sponsored thugs, gangsters, hoodlums and armed terrorists to the people’s houses at the late hours of the night to inflict injuries on innocent citizens in the Akure community in his presence and at his instructions and directives.”

Apart from these, the council added that part of the allegation against the embattled Deji were descration of the palace and grooming of a notorious gang known as “60 by 120” that was involved in land disputes.
Having carefully investigated the allegations leveled against him, the council said, “the entire members of the Akure Council of Chiefs and the Akure Community have considered you as unfit, unworthy and improper to continue to occupy the cherished and exalted throne of Deji of Akure land having brought disgrace, dishonour and impudence to the office.

The chief said further: “You are consequently warned in the interest of peace to stop holding yourself out or parading yourself as the Deji of Akure kingdom henceforth.”
The Olisa of Akure said the kingmakers were misled in choosing Adesina as Deji of Akure in the first instance and were ready to correct the mistake made four years ago.


http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2009/nov/09/national-09-11-2009-00-002.htm

pls be like KANU- "BE DETERMINED AND NEVER GIVE UP" (thick Igbo accent)

pls be like KANU- "BE DETERMINED AND NEVER GIVE UP" (thick Igbo accent)

omar22:
How much would it cost you to clear it?

because you could get an extremely clean and well maintained car for around £300 but would be right hand and more than 10 years but around £500 to ship it

seriously, can 800 pound deliver me such a car? Thats quite cheap, if true.

like how much will it cost to land a 2007 camry?

[quote author=jay-girl link=topic=339329.msg4770548#msg4770548 date=1256085373]HERES A SOLUTION,
USE D MONEY TO BUY TWO BIKES (OKADA) THEN GLUE THEM TOGETHER,
U'VE GOT your WHEELS RUNNING, [/quote] abeg I no fit laugh

Someone sent this to me and I had a very good laugh. Please read too





Why did the Chicken Cross the Road?



Simple.

Answers from All Over The World


Julius Caesar:
It came, it saw, it crossed.

Aristotle:
To actualize its potential.

Isaac Newton:
Chickens at rest tend to stay at rest. Chickens in motion tend to cross the road.

Darwin:
Chickens, over great periods of time, have been naturally selected in such a way that they are now genetically positioned to cross roads.

Karl Max:
It was a historical inevitability.

Einstein:
Whether the chicken crossed the road, or the road moved beneath the chicken, depends upon your frame of reference.

Freud:
The fact that you are at all concerned that the chicken crossed the road reveals your underlying sexual insecurity.

Saddam Hussein:
This crossing was an unprovoked act of rebellion and we were quite justified in dropping 50 tons of nerve gas on it.

George W. Bush:
We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road or not. The chicken is either with us or it is against us. There is no middle ground here.

Tony Blair:
I agree with George.

Yar'dua
Where is the chicken?

Niger Delta Militants:
The chicken only cross to get her share of national cake

Boko Haram:
To correct the abnormality on the road

Fani-Kayode:
The chicken did not cross the road. This is a complete fabrication calculated to embarass the Federal Government. We don't even have a chicken!

Bill Clinton:
I most certainly and unequivocally state that I did not cross the road with that chicken.

Gandhi:
Imagine all the chickens; crossing roads in peace.

WHO:
The chicken crossing will further spread Avian Flu to another unprepared country.

National Geographic: ", and as we watch the lone chicken undertake this hazardous journey, we can only wonder at the awesome nature of this dangerous, yet necessary, migration. , "

Bill Gates:
We have just released the new Chicken Office 2009, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your chequebook.


The Rock (WWF):
If you saw me coming, you'd be crossing the road too!

Martin Luther King, Jr.:
I have a dream: of a world where all chickens will be free to cross roads without having their motives called into question.

Grandpa:
In my day, we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Someone told us that the chicken had crossed the road, and that was good enough for us.

Patrick Obahiagbon:
It may very well have been one of the most astonishing events to grace the annals of history. An historic, unprecedented avian biped with the temerity to attempt such a Herculean achievement formerly relegated to homo sapien pedestrians is truly a remarkable occurrence. In fact it deserves to be alloted the enviable sobriquet, " tomahawk of iconic avian salamander"

Sanusi Lamido Sanusi:
I think there is something we are missing here: the chicken has some unresolved cases which audit has thrown out, the details and envidences of which might be lying on the other side of the road. by the power vested on the chicken it is empowered to do so, it is paramount for the chicken to ensure that the matters are resolved in order to prevent window-dressed financial and road crossing statements, since CBN cum EFCC are lurking.

Obj:
Ahhh, where are these people, please ensure it is returned back to otta whether it is from there or not

Me:
To get to the other side.

Someone sent this to me and I had a very good laugh. Please read too





Why did the Chicken Cross the Road?



Simple.

Answers from All Over The World


Julius Caesar:
It came, it saw, it crossed.

Aristotle:
To actualize its potential.

Isaac Newton:
Chickens at rest tend to stay at rest. Chickens in motion tend to cross the road.

Darwin:
Chickens, over great periods of time, have been naturally selected in such a way that they are now genetically positioned to cross roads.

Karl Max:
It was a historical inevitability.

Einstein:
Whether the chicken crossed the road, or the road moved beneath the chicken, depends upon your frame of reference.

Freud:
The fact that you are at all concerned that the chicken crossed the road reveals your underlying sexual insecurity.

Saddam Hussein:
This crossing was an unprovoked act of rebellion and we were quite justified in dropping 50 tons of nerve gas on it.

George W. Bush:
We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road or not. The chicken is either with us or it is against us. There is no middle ground here.

Tony Blair:
I agree with George.

Yar'dua
Where is the chicken?

Niger Delta Militants:
The chicken only cross to get her share of national cake

Boko Haram:
To correct the abnormality on the road

Fani-Kayode:
The chicken did not cross the road. This is a complete fabrication calculated to embarass the Federal Government. We don't even have a chicken!

Bill Clinton:
I most certainly and unequivocally state that I did not cross the road with that chicken.

Gandhi:
Imagine all the chickens; crossing roads in peace.

WHO:
The chicken crossing will further spread Avian Flu to another unprepared country.

National Geographic: ", and as we watch the lone chicken undertake this hazardous journey, we can only wonder at the awesome nature of this dangerous, yet necessary, migration. , "

Bill Gates:
We have just released the new Chicken Office 2009, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your chequebook.


The Rock (WWF):
If you saw me coming, you'd be crossing the road too!

Martin Luther King, Jr.:
I have a dream: of a world where all chickens will be free to cross roads without having their motives called into question.

Grandpa:
In my day, we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Someone told us that the chicken had crossed the road, and that was good enough for us.

Patrick Obahiagbon:
It may very well have been one of the most astonishing events to grace the annals of history. An historic, unprecedented avian biped with the temerity to attempt such a Herculean achievement formerly relegated to homo sapien pedestrians is truly a remarkable occurrence. In fact it deserves to be alloted the enviable sobriquet, " tomahawk of iconic avian salamander"

Sanusi Lamido Sanusi:
I think there is something we are missing here: the chicken has some unresolved cases which audit has thrown out, the details and envidences of which might be lying on the other side of the road. by the power vested on the chicken it is empowered to do so, it is paramount for the chicken to ensure that the matters are resolved in order to prevent window-dressed financial and road crossing statements, since CBN cum EFCC are lurking.

Obj:
Ahhh, where are these people, please ensure it is returned back to otta whether it is from there or not

Me:
To get to the other side.

YOU,

Someone sent this to me and I had a very good laugh. Please read too





Why did the Chicken Cross the Road?



Simple.

Answers from All Over The World


Julius Caesar:
It came, it saw, it crossed.

Aristotle:
To actualize its potential.

Isaac Newton:
Chickens at rest tend to stay at rest. Chickens in motion tend to cross the road.

Darwin:
Chickens, over great periods of time, have been naturally selected in such a way that they are now genetically positioned to cross roads.

Karl Max:
It was a historical inevitability.

Einstein:
Whether the chicken crossed the road, or the road moved beneath the chicken, depends upon your frame of reference.

Freud:
The fact that you are at all concerned that the chicken crossed the road reveals your underlying sexual insecurity.

Saddam Hussein:
This crossing was an unprovoked act of rebellion and we were quite justified in dropping 50 tons of nerve gas on it.

George W. Bush:
We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road or not. The chicken is either with us or it is against us. There is no middle ground here.

Tony Blair:
I agree with George.

Yar'dua
Where is the chicken?

Niger Delta Militants:
The chicken only cross to get her share of national cake

Boko Haram:
To correct the abnormality on the road

Fani-Kayode:
The chicken did not cross the road. This is a complete fabrication calculated to embarass the Federal Government. We don't even have a chicken!

Bill Clinton:
I most certainly and unequivocally state that I did not cross the road with that chicken.

Gandhi:
Imagine all the chickens; crossing roads in peace.

WHO:
The chicken crossing will further spread Avian Flu to another unprepared country.

National Geographic: ", and as we watch the lone chicken undertake this hazardous journey, we can only wonder at the awesome nature of this dangerous, yet necessary, migration. , "

Bill Gates:
We have just released the new Chicken Office 2009, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your chequebook.


The Rock (WWF):
If you saw me coming, you'd be crossing the road too!

Martin Luther King, Jr.:
I have a dream: of a world where all chickens will be free to cross roads without having their motives called into question.

Grandpa:
In my day, we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Someone told us that the chicken had crossed the road, and that was good enough for us.

Patrick Obahiagbon:
It may very well have been one of the most astonishing events to grace the annals of history. An historic, unprecedented avian biped with the temerity to attempt such a Herculean achievement formerly relegated to homo sapien pedestrians is truly a remarkable occurrence. In fact it deserves to be alloted the enviable sobriquet, " tomahawk of iconic avian salamander"

Sanusi Lamido Sanusi:
I think there is something we are missing here: the chicken has some unresolved cases which audit has thrown out, the details and envidences of which might be lying on the other side of the road. by the power vested on the chicken it is empowered to do so, it is paramount for the chicken to ensure that the matters are resolved in order to prevent window-dressed financial and road crossing statements, since CBN cum EFCC are lurking.

Obj:
Ahhh, where are these people, please ensure it is returned back to otta whether it is from there or not

Me:
To get to the other side.

well, the album is not as tight as the last three but it shouldnt be described as a flop. it happens to every artiste worldwide, the R-kellys, ushers etc being mentioned here have all experienced it in the past.

MY OWN QUESTION IS- MUST EVERY ACCLAIMED PRODUCER DROP HIS OWN ALBUM, Ksolo, ID cabasa, OJB,Terry G etc. cant they just stick to production? must they drop flop albums?

DUMBO JIM OVIA HATERS
EVEN MY 8 MONTHS OLD DAUGHTER KNOWS ITS BANK PHB

ARSENAL ATTITUDE TOWARDS  ADEBAYOR, UNACCEPTABLE!!!
Posted 15/09/09 08:36
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Prem 2009/10 Win Outright: Man City 9/1

Kolo Toure has rounded on his former Arsenal team-mates for their treatment of Emmanuel Adebayor on Saturday.

Adebayor is set to learn his fate for his alleged stamp on Robin van Persie, and his overzealous goal celebration in the 4-2 victory at Eastlands.

But Toure insists Adebayor's treatment at the hands of his former colleagues even before the match was "unacceptable".

"I am astounded because he has received blows from all the Arsenal players," Toure told the Sun.

"Even though he was the first to go and salute them in the tunnel, even those who had an affinity with him didn't want to shake his hand.

"For me that is unacceptable."

Toure admitted Adebayor's confrontation with the fans was regrettable.

"There was a very difficult moment with the supporters," he said.

"At the start of the game they were whistling at him as if he never brought anything to the club. It was hard.

"I don't caution him for his gesture although I tried to stop him and I also have apologised to the fans. It's not to them that he should do this.

"I told him that this was not a good thing and he apologised. The problem is that they booed him while they applauded me.

"It was a reaction of pride. The whole world could have a reaction like that."

Toure also defended Adebayor's move insisting that it was not financially motivated.

"Certain people want others to believe he left for the money but we know he was pushed to leave. I know it because I was present," he said.

"I firmly believe he left to bring money to the club."

-football365.com