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Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom
State, a close ally of President Goodluck
Jonathan, has stated that the president has
a right to seek re-election in 2015. Mr.
Akpabio made the assertion in a chat with
State House correspondents where he
discussed the outcome of Sunday’s meeting
between Mr. Jonathan and several aggrieved
governors of the Peoples Democratic Party.
The meeting took place at the Presidential
Villa.
Excerpts:
On yesterday's temporary peace accord:
Well, what you heard is true. The PDP family
is coming back together. We have started a
process of total reconciliation. And, of
course, you know the house is very large,
very robust, and [the] PDP is very entrenched
and there is no way we can have internal
wrangling without being able to resolve [it].
So, clearly speaking, it was just a family
disagreement and the processes are in place
now to bring everybody on board and
Nigerians are very happy.
I have received a lot of calls from party
faithful across the entire country. And
people are happy, stakeholders are happy
that the family is coming back as one strong
family.
On the conditions for reconciliation:
The disagreement differs from state to state.
So, it wasn't as if there was a major issue
with all PDP governors. There were [a] few
states that had difficulties. Some states
complained about may be their delegates
were not allowed entry to Eagles Square,
some complained about party positions and
some had court issues. But these are all
things that we cannot allow to affect the
fabric of the party and, of course, by
implication the fabric of the nation because
the PDP is Nigeria.
We have been in power for the past 14
years and Nigerians have confidence that
this is the only truly national party that
expresses true aspirations of all and sundry.
And, of course, it is also the only party that is
not owned by any individual. It's a party that
belongs to all Nigerians. Even the market
woman in Sokoto claims ownership of the
PDP and, of course, the same thing with the
trader in Akwa Ibom State. [It’s] the same
thing with somebody in the south west and
the same thing in [the] south east. So, the
PDP is Nigeria and so anything that affects
the PDP will affect the entire country. And so
that is why we commend the President for
the peace process, for his humility and for
his decision to be a father to all and for
behaving like a good shepherd where if one
single sheep goes astray, he abandons the
99 to go and pick that one. And that was the
spirit and everybody is coming on board
now. That process is going to be concluded
on the 7th of October. We are all very
excited.
On the three issues raised by aggrieved
governors:
That is why I said that the processes are on
and, of course, on the issue of 2015, both
sides agreed that it wasn't an issue for
discussion because every single person has
a right to have ambition. Some of the
governors may have ambition like I have
ambition to go to Senate and you can't
discuss anything about another person's
ambition. You are the only person that can
discuss your own ambition. Ambition is
personal. So both parties agreed to that.
In all other issues, we have put in place
methodologies of settling them and of
course it's a process issue. [The] process is
on. It was in the first place an internal issue
of the PDP and so we are going to settle it
internally and if you want to know how it is
going to be settled, then you have to leave
being a journalist to join the PDP family.
On whether the opposition will feast on PDP
crisis:
In the first place, the controversy was too
minor for the opposition to feast on. Which
opposition are you talking about? Is it APC?
Well, you know, the only thing I can see for
the APC, in 2015 they will change their
name. They normally change names. That is
the only thing I know. I think they used to
be AC, later they changed to ACN, then of
course they now linked it with CPC and now
they turn to APC and by 2015 it will be
Panadol.

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Nigeria and some other countries will no
longer be eligible to participate in the
America Diversity Visa lottery programme.
Information from the United States
Department of State sighted on Sunday
said Nigerians and citizens from few
other countries were not eligible for
DV-2015
The department said Nigeria was
excluded since over 50,000 Nigerians
had immigrated into the United States in
the last five years.
The department listed other countries
not eligible as Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada,
China (mainland-born), Colombia,
Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador
and Haiti.
Others are India, Jamaica, Mexico, Nigeria,
Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, South Korea,
United Kingdom (except Northern
Ireland) and its dependent territories,
and Vietnam
However, many African countries would
continue to enjoy the programme.
Some of them are Algeria, Angola, Benin,
Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi,
Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African
Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote
D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Djibouti, Egypt,
Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia,
Gabon, Gambia and Ghana.
Others are Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya,
Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar,
Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius,
Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger,
Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal,
Seychelles and Sierra Leone.
Diversity visas are said to be distributed
among six geographic regions, while no
single country could receive more than
seven per cent of the available space in
any year.
Already, advertsiements for the 2015 US
DV lottery have started with several
businesses inviting Nigerians to apply for
the program.
Applications for the 2015 US DV lottery is
expected to take off from October 1,
2013.
In 2012, 14,769, 658 persons were said
to have qualified worldwide for the US
DV lottery among the 19, 672, 269 which
applied.

www.theeagleonline.com.ng/news/nigeria-18-others-barred-from-us-visa-lottery/

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The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed
Abubakar, on Saturday married, Zarha, the
daughter of a one-time FCT Minister, Ibrahim
Bunu.
The wedding “fatiha’’, which took place at
the National Mosque, Abuja, was conducted
by the Chief Imam of the mosque, Ustaz
Musa Mohammed, who prayed for the
success of the marriage.
Dignitaries at the wedding include Vice-
President Namadi Sambo, two former Heads
of State, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida and Gen.
Abdulsalam Abubakar, the FCT Minister, Bala
Mohammed, and members of the National
Assembly.
The reception, which was held at the
ThisDay Dome in the city-centre, was
attended by Gov. Ibrahim Dankwambo of
Gombe state, the Acting Governor of Taraba,
Garba Umar, Senators Andy Uba and
Paulinus Igwe.
Others dignitaries at the reception include
the former Chief Security Officer to late Gen.
Sani Abacha, Maj. Hamza Al-Mustapha,
business moguls, Aliko Dangote and Femi
Otedola as well as Akin Oshuntokun, a
former Managing Director of News Agency
of Nigeria (NAN).
Adamu Bello, who spoke on behalf of the
bride’s family, described the turnout for the
marriage as “fantastic’’ and expressed
gratitude to Allah for the event.
Mr. Bello urged the couple to live according
to Islamic tenets for the success of the
marriage.
In his remark, Mr. Oshuntokun also noted
that the large turnout was a reflection of the
goodwill which the I-G had from all the
nooks and crannies of the country.
(NAN)

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magkhan: they were not of Mary's womb(google the circumstances surrounding the marriage between Joseph and Mary)
if you don't believe it,let me ask you,if you were the 2nd child of your mum,and on the death of your elder brother,he put his best friend in charge of your mum when you are still alive,will you allow it?
woman behold thy son,son behold thy mother ....hope it rings a bell

i Like Ur Faith

fijiano202: if Jesus is God and mary is the mother of God,my question is do you mean Jesus brothers and Sisters Are god and Goddess? cos its clearly stated in the bible that Jesus has brothers and Sisters,one of them is name Simon,try to confirm this

The Gospels are also very clear that Mary was a virgin at the time she conceived Jesus through the power of the Holy Spirit (cf. Mt 1:18-25, Lk 1:26-38). Remember when the Archangel Gabriel announced to Mary God's plan, she responded, "How can this be, since I do not know man?" After the birth of our Lord, although the Gospels do not give us many details of His childhood, no mention is made of Mary and Joseph ever having other children. Never does it refer to the "sons of Mary" or "a son of Mary," but only the son of Mary. This point is again corroborated at the crucifixion scene: Before He dies, our Lord says to Mary, "Woman, there is your son," and then to St. John, who is definitely not a blood brother, "There is your mother."

Therefore, as Catholics, based on Sacred
Scripture and Tradition, we do not believe
that Mary and Joseph had other children and
consequently that Jesus had blood brothers
and sisters.

akpur1: [b][/b]ig lie nasty admin

na Play U dey.

Anthony0094: Wu post dz

U Blind?

Why Are U Diverting Frm D Qustn.
Miss Know All.
I Have Better tinx To Do Than to Engage In a Baseless Argument.

quivah: ohhh shut up!!!
Na Whr u c trinity?! E dey ya bible?!!

My Dear U Are Jst Confused.
Must EverythiNg Be written in d Bible
You better come
down from that high horse and learn to
respect another's believe. Learn to air
contrary view with respect,except you still
live in the illusion of cerebral monopoly.

quivah: woow!! So the almighty god has a mother finally!! I tot its written in ur book that god was nt born?!!.. god sha!!! He impregnate a woman to born himself..it must be a lonely life for him in heaven..

goiing tru Ur Post I jst Found out how Ignorance U are.
U must be A member of One of diS Mushroom churches who only teaches Prosperity instead of the Word Of God.
Thats If u are a true Xtian.

What Do Say Abt Dis Bible Verse
Therefore the Lord Himself shall give you
a sign: Behold, the young woman who is
unmarried and a virgin shall conceive and
bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel
[God with us].
Isaiah 7:14
why is JESUS christ called IMMANUEL
AND WHAT IS THE meaning Of The Name
Pls Educate Me on that

This is total rascality and show of miss-use of power. Amaechi remains and elected state and not subject to anybody than Rivers people who elected him. Please someone should advise our president to kindly slow down his approach on Gov. Amaechi. Amaechi has already proven to be a hard nut to crack and he is ready for any kind of belligerence.
What a ridicule to the office of a state governor. All these atrocities being committed by the executive, and the national assembly are keeping quiet, afterall these does not affect their allowances and constituency projects. Shame on them. The police is being used to muscle a state governor in a democrasy. What a country.

Police Prevent Governor Amaechi From
Entering Government Huose In Port Harcourt
A police detachment in Port Harcourt has
prevented the convoy of the Rivers State
governor, Rotimi Amaechi from using one of
the two entrances to the government house
earlier today. The governor's convoy was
stopped as it made it way to through the
Fortes road entrance by four truck loads of
policemen led by several senior officers. An
argument ensued between the policemen
and the governor's aides as they claimed they
were acting on orders from above.

www.saharareporters.com/gallery/photonews-police-block-amaechis-convoy-port-harcourt

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iQpLOpeW2c&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D0iQpLOpeW2c

fijiano202: Can you stupiid catholics stop referring to Mary as Mother of God,Jesus is not God,stop confusing christains with ur lack of wisdow,Jesus always refer to God as his father,mary gave birth to Jesus Christ not God,am a christain and it hurts when i see my fellow christain been manipulated or confused for nonsensical beliefs

Trinity
A. The Trinity is one God who exists
simultaneously in three persons. Each is
coequal, copowerful, and coeternal with the
other. Each person--Father, Son and Holy
Spirit--is not the other. Without either there
is no God; all comprise the one God.
B. Analogy of the Trinity: With time, for
example, the past is distinct from the
present, which is distinct from the future.
Each is simultaneous. Yet, they are not three
'times,' but one. That is, they all share the
same nature: time
C. Trinitarian Verses
i. Matt. 28:19, "Go therefore and make
disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in
the name of the Father and the Son and the
Holy Spirit,"
ii. 1 Cor. 12:4-6, "Now there are varieties of
gifts, but the same Spirit. 5And there are
varieties of ministries, and the same Lord.
6 And there are varieties of effects, but the
same God who works all things in all
persons."
iii. 2 Cor. 13:14, "The grace of the Lord Jesus
Christ, and the love of God, and the
fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all."
3. Objections to the Trinity answered
A. The Word Trinity is not in the Bible.
i. Just because the word "trinity" is not in the
Bible doesn't mean that the concept is not
taught. The word "monotheism" is not in
the Bible, yet the Bible teaches it ( Isaiah
43:10; 44:6,. Therefore, your criticism is
invalid.
#Fact
Jesus Is The 2nd Person Of The blessed Trinity That Means He is God the Son.
That Also Make The Blessed Virgin Mary
mOther Of All Saints
Queen Of Angels.
The Mother Of God.




Next Time No Display Ur ignorance online.

John Cassian
"Now, you heretic, you say (whoever you are
who deny that God was born of the Virgin),
that Mary, the Mother of our Lord Jesus
Christ, cannot be called the Mother of God,
but the Mother only of Christ and not of God
—for no one, you say, gives birth to one
older than herself. And concerning this
utterly stupid argument . . . let us prove by
divine testimonies both that Christ is God
and that Mary is the Mother of God" (On the
Incarnation of Christ Against Nestorius 2:2
[A.D. 429]).
"You cannot then help admitting that the
grace comes from God. It is God, then, who
has given it. But it has been given by our
Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore the Lord Jesus
Christ is God. But if he is God, as he certainly
is, then she who bore God is the Mother of
God" (ibid., 2:5).
Council of Ephesus
"We confess, then, our Lord Jesus Christ, the
only begotten Son of God, perfect God and
perfect man, of a rational soul and a body,
begotten before all ages from the Father in
his Godhead, the same in the last days, for
us and for our salvation, born of Mary the
Virgin according to his humanity, one and
the same consubstantial with the Father in
Godhead and consubstantial with us in
humanity, for a union of two natures took
place. Therefore we confess one Christ, one
Son, one Lord. According to this
understanding of the unconfused union, we
confess the holy Virgin to be the Mother of
God because God the Word took flesh and
became man and from his very conception
united to himself the temple he took from
her" (Formula of Union [A.D. 431]).
Vincent of Lerins
"Nestorius, whose disease is of an opposite
kind, while pretending that he holds two
distinct substances in Christ, brings in of a
sudden two persons, and with unheard-of
wickedness would have two sons of
God, two Christs,—one, God, the other, man;
one, begotten of his Father, the other, born
of his mother. For which reason he
maintains that Saint Mary ought to be called,
not the Mother of God, but the Mother of
Christ" (The Notebooks 12[35] [A.D. 434]).

Athanasius
"The Word begotten of the Father from on
high, inexpressibly, inexplicably,
incomprehensibly, and eternally, is he that is
born in time here below of the Virgin Mary,
the Mother of God" (The Incarnation of the
Word of God 8 [A.D. 365]).
Epiphanius of Salamis
"Being perfect at the side of the Father and
incarnate among us, not in appearance but
in truth, he [the Son] reshaped man to
perfection in himself from Mary the Mother
of God through the Holy Spirit" (The Man
Well-Anchored 75 [A.D. 374]).
Ambrose of Milan
"The first thing which kindles ardor in
learning is the greatness of the teacher.
What is greater than the Mother of God?
What more glorious than she whom Glory
Itself chose?" (The Virgins 2:2[7] [A.D. 377]).
Gregory of Nazianz
"If anyone does not agree that holy Mary is
Mother of God, he is at odds with the
Godhead" (Letter to Cledonius the Priest 101
[A.D. 382]).
Jerome
"As to how a virgin became the Mother of
God, he [Rufinus] has full knowledge; as to
how he himself was born, he knows
nothing" (Against Rufinus 2:10 [A.D. 401]).
"Do not marvel at the novelty of the thing, if
a Virgin gives birth to God" (Commentaries
on Isaiah 3:7:15 [A.D. 409]).
Theodore of Mopsuestia
"When, therefore, they ask, ‘Is Mary mother
of man or Mother of God?’ we answer,
‘Both!’ The one by the very nature of what
was done and the other by relation" (The
Incarnation 15 [A.D. 405]).
Cyril of Alexandria
"I have been amazed that some are utterly in
doubt as to whether or not the holy Virgin is
able to be called the Mother of God. For if
our Lord Jesus Christ is God, how should the
holy Virgin who bore him not be the Mother
of God?" (Letter to the Monks of Egypt 1 [A.D.
427]).[b][/b][font=Lucida Sans Unicode][/font]

Irenaeus
"The Virgin Mary, being obedient to his
word, received from an angel the glad
tidings that she would bear God" (Against
Heresies, 5:19:1 [A.D. 189]).
Hippolytus
"[T]o all generations they [the prophets]
have pictured forth the grandest subjects
for contemplation and for action. Thus, too,
they preached of the advent of God in the
flesh to the world, his advent by the spotless
and God-bearing (theotokos) Mary in the
way of birth and growth, and the manner of
his life and conversation with men, and his
manifestation by baptism, and the new birth
that was to be to all men, and the
regeneration by the laver [of
baptism]" (Discourse on the End of the
World 1 [A.D. 217]).
Gregory the Wonderworker
"For Luke, in the inspired Gospel narratives,
delivers a testimony not to Joseph only, but
also to Mary, the Mother of God, and gives
this account with reference to the very
family and house of David" (Four Homilies 1
[A.D. 262]).
"It is our duty to present to God, like
sacrifices, all the festivals and hymnal
celebrations; and first of all, [the feast of] the
Annunciation to the holy Mother of God, to
wit, the salutation made to her by the angel,
‘Hail, full of grace!’" (ibid., 2).
Peter of Alexandria
"They came to the church of the most
blessed Mother of God, and ever-virgin Mary,
which, as we began to say, he had
constructed in the western quarter, in a
suburb, for a cemetery of the martyrs" (The
Genuine Acts of Peter of Alexandria [A.D.
305]).
"We acknowledge the resurrection of the
dead, of which Jesus Christ our Lord became
the firstling; he bore a body not in
appearance but in truth derived from Mary
the Mother of God" (Letter to All Non-
Egyptian Bishops 12 [A.D. 324]).
Methodius
"While the old man [Simeon] was thus
exultant, and rejoicing with exceeding great
and holy joy, that which had before been
spoken of in a figure by the prophet Isaiah,
the holy Mother of God now manifestly
fulfilled" (Oration on Simeon and Anna 7
[A.D. 305]).
"Hail to you forever, you virgin Mother of
God, our unceasing joy, for unto you do I
again return. . . . Hail, you fount of the Son’s
love for man. . . . Wherefore, we pray you,
the most excellent among women, who
boast in the confidence of your maternal
honors, that you would unceasingly keep us
in remembrance. O holy Mother of God,
remember us, I say, who make our boast in
you, and who in august hymns celebrate
your memory, which will ever live, and never
fade away" (ibid., 14).
Cyril of Jerusalem
"The Father bears witness from heaven to
his Son. The Holy Spirit bears witness,
coming down bodily in the form of a dove.
The archangel Gabriel bears witness,
bringing the good tidings to Mary. The
Virgin Mother of God bears
witness" (Catechetical Lectures 10:19 [A.D.
350]).
Ephraim the Syrian
"Though still a virgin she carried a child in
her womb, and the handmaid and work of
his wisdom became the Mother of
God" (Songs of Praise 1:20 [A.D. 351]).

Fundamentalists are sometimes horrified
when the Virgin Mary is referred to as the
Mother of God. However, their reaction often
rests upon a misapprehension of not only
what this particular title of Mary signifies but
also who Jesus was, and what their own
theological forebears, the Protestant
Reformers, had to say regarding this
doctrine.
A woman is a man’s mother either if she
carried him in her womb or if she was the
woman contributing half of his genetic
matter or both. Mary was the mother of
Jesus in both of these senses; because she
not only carried Jesus in her womb but also
supplied all of the genetic matter for his
human body, since it was through her—not
Joseph—that Jesus "was descended from
David according to the flesh" (Rom. 1:3).
Since Mary is Jesus’ mother, it must be
concluded that she is also the Mother of
God: If Mary is the mother of Jesus, and if
Jesus is God, then Mary is the Mother of God.
There is no way out of this logical syllogism,
the valid form of which has been recognized
by classical logicians since before the time of
Christ.
Although Mary is the Mother of God, she is
not his mother in the sense that she is older
than God or the source of her Son’s divinity,
for she is neither. Rather, we say that she is
the Mother of God in the sense that she
carried in her womb a divine person—Jesus
Christ, God "in the flesh" (2 John 7, cf. John
1:14)—and in the sense that she
contributed the genetic matter to the
human form God took in Jesus Christ.
To avoid this conclusion, Fundamentalists
often assert that Mary did not carry God in
her womb, but only carried
Christ’s human nature. This assertion
reinvents a heresy from the fifth century
known as Nestorianism, which runs
aground on the fact that a mother does not
merely carry the human nature of her child
in her womb. Rather, she carries
the person of her child. Women do not give
birth to human natures; they give birth
to persons. Mary thus carried and gave birth
to the person of Jesus Christ, and
the person she gave birth to was God.
The Nestorian claim that Mary did not give
birth to the unified person of Jesus Christ
attempts to separate Christ’s human nature
from his divine nature, creating
two separate and distinctpersons—one
divine and one human—united in a loose
affiliation. It is therefore a Christological
heresy, which even the Protestant
Reformers recognized. Both Martin Luther
and John Calvin insisted on Mary’s divine
maternity. In fact, it even appears that
Nestorius himself may not have believed the
heresy named after him. Further, the
"Nestorian" church has now signed a joint
declaration on Christology with the Catholic
Church and recognizes Mary’s divine
maternity, just as other Christians do.
Since denying that Mary is God’s mother
implies doubt about Jesus’ divinity, it is clear
why Christians (until recent times) have
been unanimous in proclaiming Mary as
Mother of God.
The Church Fathers, of course, agreed, and
the following passages witness to their lively
recognition of the sacred truth and great
gift of divine maternity that was bestowed
upon Mary, the humble handmaid of the
Lord.

My Grand Mother is A Virgin

Dike Chimezie: shut up! If Atiku warants prison Obj warants hanging.

I learn’t the chinese govt. didn,t invite Atiku
as speculated by his media aide.
Time has come when Nigerians should not
believe these people calling themselves
progressives.
Tinubu did same when he alleged Baraka
Obama gave him special invite to attend
Democratic convention. All these lies are to
potray then as progressives and good for
governance.
Atiku spent 8 years as vice, what did we as a
region benefit from his 8 years? Absolute
nothing.
If he really want to disprove OBJ, he should
travel to the US immediately.
I am quite sure, very positive that OBJ is
telling the truth.
Shekena!

Back On The Matter.


HOMOSEXUALITY RESPONSES TO OBAMA
Robert Mugabi President of Zimbabwe Tells
President Barack Obama Of USA "If you truly
want me to accept Homosexuality in my
country, let me marry you, if it isn't easy"

Baba hadly talk nd anytime he talks dia must b atom of truth nd empirical of fact. Hmm,God is watching una thru his cctv

Garba Shehu,
Who do you think you are trying to fool??
Perhaps some mugus/nonentities from your
geo-political zone. Under what circumstance
did your benefactor leave the Customs
Service in 1993 as a uniformed officer?
Definitely not gloriously or as a faithful
servant of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
For someone that has been so used to free
money, OBJ’s comment on him has not come
as a surprise to discerning Nigerians.
With people like Turaki desperate to rule
Nigeria, we are all doomed and the
economic life-line of the state is bound to be
JEOPARDIZED if successful in his bid.

assu2013: Both of dem r d same

you are absolutely right Obasanjo might not
be saint but am 100% sure that the old man
knows what is talking about .people like
Atiku should be cooling his greedy- ass in
prison by now if Nigeria really punish vices.
there are load of criminals hiding behind
politics to loot public treasury for example .
Atiku -Abubakar, Bola Ahmed Tinubu,
Gbenga Daniel , Alao akala , James Ibori ,
Alamesiegha, Orrji Kalu , Bukola Saraki, Lucky
Igbinedo, infact there is a long list of looters
who should be dealt with if Nigeria need to
progress and if we seriously want to make
this country a better place for all we need to
recover this loots

Mallam Garba Shehu, Media Adviser to
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar,
issued a strong statement Wednesday in
Abuja defending his boss in reaction to
corruption accusations made by former
President Olusegun Obasanjo in an EFCC
magazine “Zero Tolerance”.
Obasanjo had said in the interview that the
former Vice President risked jail if he
travelled to the United States.
“The former President is wrong. It is widely
known that Atiku didn’t enter government
broke. He declared his assets at the
commencement of his Vice Presidency and
did so at the end of his term as required by
the constitution, which is a sacred
document to Atiku,” Garba Shehu said.
According to him, “Atiku, who is currently
returning from China after leading a private
economic trade mission at the invitation of
the Chinese government, travels often and
has a well-documented record of building
industries and putting thousands of
Nigerians to work. And this record, quite
frankly, has been thoroughly investigated.”
While reiterating that Atiku has no case
against him by any arm of the law in any
country in the world, including the United
States, Shehu observed that “President
Obasanjo’s repeated ‘jokes’ about Turaki not
being able to go to America have become
cliché, tiresome and not true.”
The Media Adviser recalled that
in 2006, former President
Obasanjo sent his National
Security Adviser (NSA) to stop
Atiku from travelling to the US,
saying that the Vice President
risked arrest on arrival.
He said that Turaki spurned that
advice, left Nigeria to land at the
Andrews Air Force Base, the
official airport of the US
government, to receive the best
reception ever on a visit to
America.
“So, we are used to those taunts,” he said.
He noted that when the former Vice
President left office shortly before late Musa
Yar’Adua was inaugurated as President,
Atiku spent three months in the US, adding
that if they (US authorities) wanted him for
anything, they would have met him.
“It is time to start dealing in facts.
Specifically, the fact that Atiku’s visa to visit
the United States has been recently
renewed.
“Another fact is Atiku is one of the most
investigated politicians in Nigerian history.
And every investigation, whether politically
motivated here at home or by the FBI
abroad, has yielded the same result every
time: not guilty.
“If Atiku is guilty of anything, it is crushing
persistent attempts at re-writing our
constitution.
“Atiku has chosen the path of optimism and
hope. Moving forward, he will continue
working to fuel Nigeria’s economy through
investment and job creation, while also
passionately and persistently defending our
young democracy,” Garba said.

www.kaaf.com/2013/09/Obasanjo-a-liar-says-Atiku-435620

The Alhaji Bamanga Tukur-led PDP yesterday
filed a contempt process before an Ikeja
High Court, Lagos, against leaders of the
party's faction to prison for allegedly
violating an order made by Mr. Justice
Ganiyu Safari.
In the motion filed on their behalf by their
counsel , Mr. Ajibola Oluyede, the PDP
Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur; the Deputy
National Chairman, Uche Secondus; National
Women Leader, Dr. Kema Chikwe; and
National Publicity Secretary, Olisah Metuh,
want the court to commit officers of the
new PDP to jail.
The alleged contemnors include Alhaji Kawu
Baraje, Dr. Sam Sam Jaja, Prince Olagunsoye
Oyinlola, Maode Hiliya, Timi Frank, Mrs. Binta
Koje, Malam Nasir Issa, Chief Chukwuemeka
Eze, Aliyu Wadada and Malam Tanko Gomna.
The application is different from the one
filed at the Federal High Court, Abuja, in
which the party urged the court to jail the
alleged contemnors for 'appointing'
Olagunsoye Oyinlola as 'National Secretary'
after the court had nullified his nomination
by the PDP South-West Zonal Chapter.
The old PDP in this application wants the
court to jail Baraje, Jaja and Oyinlola for a
term of one year or as the court may
otherwise determine for alleged criminal
contempt which they committed 'in their
conspiracy and actions to flout the purpose
and authority of the court.
The party argued that the named
defendants obstructed the administration of
justice by subverting the court's processes
and engaged in overt acts of defiance and
violation of an order made on September 2.
It will be recalled that Justice Ganiyu Safari
had ordered in a ruling that 'parties
maintain the status quo ante pending the
hearing and determination of the motion on
notice for interlocutory injunction filed by
the new PDP.
The judge also re-affirmed the order on
Monday but despite the order, the alleged
contemnors were said to have opened a
new office/secretariat on September 4, and
appointed themselves and others into
various offices constituting the PDP National
Working Committee (NWC).
The applicants said the 'contemnors' did so
'for the purpose of rendering the said
orders of this honourable court nugatory
and of no effect.'
The PDP also sought an order committing
the fourth to 10th alleged contemnors to
prison for a term of one year for alleged
criminal contempt.
It said they should be jailed for 'aiding and
abetting the defiance and violation of the
order of this honourable court through their
appointment into various offices
constituting the National Working
Committee (NWC) of the People's Democratic
Party (PDP) for the purpose of rendering the
said orders of this honourable court
nugatory and of no effect.'
Stating the grounds for the application, the
PDP said: 'The plaintiffs (Baraje and others)
instituted this action via a writ of summons
dated September 2, 2013 and also filed a
motion ex-parte for interim injunction.
'On September 2, 2013, this honourable
court refused the prayer for interim
injunction but rather made an order
directing that 'parties maintain status quo
ante pending the hearing and
determination of the motion on notice for
interlocutory injunction.'
'The above order of this honourable court
that parties maintain status quo ante was
re-affirmed by this honourable court in the
proceedings of September 9, 2013.
'Despite the said order of this honourable
court directing parties to maintain status
quo ante, the 1st to 3rd alleged contemnors
rather than wait for the outcome of the
judicial process to which they had
submitted themselves and accord the
requisite respect to the judiciary and due
process of law, continued to parade
themselves and to act as the chairman,
deputy national chairman and secretary of
the party respectively.
'On September 9, 2013, the 3rd alleged
contemnor announced in a statement in
Abuja the appointment of the alleged
contemnors into various offices in the
National Working Committee (NWC).
'This honorable court has the power and
the responsibility, as well as other courts in
the land, to shed the cloak of indignity,
which the contemnors have attempted to
foist upon the judiciary generally and this
honourable court in particular, to rescue the
authority and majesty of the courts of the
land from the denigration and insult which
the respondents and the alleged
contemnors have conspired to assault the
temple of justice with by ensuring that the
alleged contemnors purge themselves of
their contempt.'

www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/124000/1/new-pdp-tukur-prays-court-to-jail-baraje-oyinlola-.html

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has
said the appointment of Mrs. Farida Waziri
as the chairman of the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was on
the recommendation of former the Delta
State Governor, James Ibori who is currently
serving term in a UK (United Kingdom)
prison for fraud.
Obasanjo, in an exclusive interview he
granted Zero Tolerance, a magazine
published by the EFCC, said Waziri was a
wrong successor to Mallam Nuhu Ribadu,
the pioneer chairman of the anti-graft
agency and that her appointment has
slowed down the fight against corruption in
the country.
The former President, whose administration
established the EFCC and the Independent
Corrupt Practices and Other-Related
Offences Commission, stated that 'I know
that the woman they brought in to replace
Ribadu was not the right person for that
job because I understood that one of those
who head-hunted her was Ibori. If Ibori,
who is now in a UK (United Kingdom) prison
for fraud, head-hunts somebody who will
fight corruption in Nigeria, then you can
understand what happened.'
To butress his argument that Waziri was a
wrong person for the job, he challenged the
publication to 'go and look at her track
record.'
'Go and look at the condition or the
qualification; go and look at the type of
interaction that anybody holding that job
will have with a similar organisation
elsewhere; did Waziri have that type. What
connection did she have with the FBI, what
relationship did she have with Metropolitan
Police in London. It's not a picnic,'Obasanjo
added.
Waziri, a retired senior police officer, was
appointed head of the EFCC in 2008 after the
controversial exit of Ribadu, who was also
a former police officer.
Obasanjo commended Ribadu, saying his
performance as the EFCC boss helped
reduce corruption in Nigeria and improved
her rating by the Transparency
International.
He said, 'When I was there, the EFCC and ICPC
worked tirelessly and we moved this
country from the corruption perception
index being number two from the lowest to
number 45 from the lowest. We should have
graduated from being number 45 to being
number 50 to being number 60, to being
number 100. But we are not doing that,
rather we have started sliding down.'
The former President flayed the manner
Ribadu was removed from office, saying he
cautioned the late President Umaru
Yar'Adua against his removal.
Obasanjo said if given the opportunity
again, 'I will reappoint Mallam Ribadu and I
will not dismiss him the way he was
dismissed from the EFCC.'
He, however, criticised Ribadu for
hobnobbing 'with people he had declared
as corrupt.'
Asked to rate the incumbent EFCC Chairman,
Ibrahim Lamorde, on the fight against
corruption, Obasanjo, said he did not know
how to score him.
But he recalled that Lamorde was directly
involved when he requested the anti-graft
agency to investigate him.
He said, 'I was investigated. I told the EFCC
to investigate me. I told the EFCC to carry out
clinical investigation and they did.
'They also did same with all people on my
farm. One of them was telling me the other
day how Lamorde called him three times
and took statements from him. The EFCC
even made sure they did not submit that
report to me; they waited until I left and
updated their report after going round the
world and saying look this is the report.
Nobody should be below board in the fight
against corruption.'
The Egba chief also expressed concerns
about the perceived corruption in the
judiciary, saying it required the efforts of all
Nigerians to check the trend.
In a separate interview with Zero Tolerance,
Waziri denied that Ibori supported her
appointment as the EFCC chairman.
She said, 'I never knew him. I never knew
James Ibori.
'Let me ask you, if I was in league with Ibori
and was not sincerely pursuing him, would
he have run, gone out of this country to
Dubai in the United Arab Emirates?
'It is all lies of the enemies. By the time I
write my book, the truth will prevail. I never
knew Ibori; look I believe what is worth
doing at all is worth doing well. I don't
believe in half measures. By my training and
upbringing, I can never betray my country
for anyone.'
Justifying her appointment, Waziri said she
secured the first conviction in the history of
the EFCC.
'N190bn, one single recovery from one
person that went to jail was during Farida
Waziri. That is why it is good to have
changes in an organisation', she added.
Waziri faulted the manner she was sacked
by the Goodluck Jonathan administration
despite committing more than 30 years to
serving the nation.
She said she learnt of her removal in
November 2011 in the news media and
stated that she did not deserve the
humiliation since she had not been found
wanting for any misdemeanour.
'If you are removed like that, it has a
tendency to scare some people. I wasn't
bothered that I left because my philosophy
of life is simple, 'what has a beginning has
an end,'' Waziri said.

www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/123994/1/jail-serving-ibori-recommended-waziri-efcc-chairma.html

The big question of the day is, in the
ongoing ASUU strike, who between the
Federal Government and the Academic Staff
Union of Universities (ASUU) have the
nation's Education at heart most?
Is it ASUU who is saying that the
government has refused to implement its
2009 promise to the body which stipulates
that, within three years, the government
would make available N1.5 trillion to federal
universities amounting to about N500
billion per annum, but instead presented a
N100billion?
Or the government, who have threatened to
pull off from further negotiations following
ASUU's refusal of its N100 billion presented
to the University body, with blames on the
university body for not being considerate
with the government who's been spending
on other sectors too, to better the lots of
Nigerians?
The big question of the day is, in the
ongoing ASUU strike, who between the
Federal Government and the Academic Staff
Union of Universities (ASUU) have the
nation's Education at heart most?
Is it ASUU who is saying that the
government has refused to implement its
2009 promise to the body which stipulates
that, within three years, the government
would make available N1.5 trillion to federal
universities amounting to about N500
billion per annum, but instead presented a
N100billion?
Or the government, who have threatened to
pull off from further negotiations following
ASUU's refusal of its N100 billion presented
to the University body, with blames on the
university body for not being considerate
with the government who's been spending
on other sectors too, to better the lots of
Nigerians?

www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvmovie/123962/3/big-question-of-the-day-between-ASUU-and-fg-who-ha.html

now I Can See Where Some Alaba Boiz Got Their Bad Character frm.

wetyn u want make we do


make we dey cry?

Segeggs: Only fools make threats.

boko haram dont.

Mumu What of all d blabbing wey shekau dey blab Not Be threat Be that.


IF Millitant Start U go Know Say Sugarcane dey different frm bamboo