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Jokes EtcRe: GEJ And GMB Photoshopped As Women (Photo) by newgroom: 11:15am On Feb 26, 2015
shininglite:
Chai buhari no even get purse no wonder d cattle warlord no get certificate...
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PoliticsPsalm 91- General Buhari Version by newgroom(op): 8:19am On Feb 07, 2015
I saw this on Facebook and decide to share it. Some Naija guys dey bam....

Psalm 91- General Buhari Version

1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the APC shall abide under the shadow of the progressive.

2 I will say of Buhari, he is my leader and my president: my C-in-C; in whom will I trust.

3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the militancy, and from the noisome insurgency.

4 He shall govern thee with fear of God, and under his experience shalt thou trust: his integrity shall be thy shield and buckler.

5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror of Boko Haram; nor for the arrow of Niger Delta Militants;

6 Nor for the corruption in governances; nor for the destruction of value system.

7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thy nation.

8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the work of the terrorism on CNN and Aljazeera.

9 Because thou hast made Osinbajo, who is my beloved, even a learned Professor, thy Vice President;

10 There shall no unemployment befall thee again, neither shall any power failure come nigh thy dwelling.

11 For he shall direct his security agents to protect you, to keep the territorial integrity of thy nation.

12 They shall be creativity in revenue generation, lest thou depend solely on oil again.

13 Thou shalt tread upon the cluelessness of Papa deceiving picking: the umblerra shalt thou trample under thy feet.

14 Because thou have shown thy love to him on Valentine day, therefore will he love you back: He will make you first on his priorities, because you have voted for him.

15 Thou shall call upon him, and he will answer thee: He will be with you in trouble; He will not run away from war front, because he is a General.

16 With long life will God satisfy him, and shew him his mercies to lead you to the promised land.
(c) Wale OLAYANJU, 2015

PoliticsExclusive: How Buhari Is Qualified Even Without Secondary School Certificate by newgroom(op): 8:20am On Jan 21, 2015
Section 131 (d) of the Constitution states that a person shall be qualified for election to the office of the President if he has been educated up to at least School Certificate level or its equivalent.

What is the equivalent of School Certificate?

According to section 318 of the same constitution, "School Certificate or its equivalent" means

(a) a Secondary School Certificate or its equivalent, or Grade II Teacher’s Certificate, the City and Guilds Certificate;

OR

(b) education up to Secondary School Certificate level;

OR

(c) Primary Six School Leaving Certificate or its equivalent and -

(i) service in the public or private sector in the Federation in any capacity acceptable to the Independent National Electoral Commission for a minimum of ten years, and

(ii) attendance at courses and training in such institutions as may be acceptable to the Independent National Electoral Commission for periods totalling up to a minimum of one year, and

(iii) the ability to read, write, understand and communicate in the English language to the satisfaction of the Independent National Electoral Commission, and

(d) any other qualification acceptable by the Independent National Electoral Commission;


From the above

Let’s assume Buhari possesses only a Primary School Leaving Certificate. He has been able to fulfil the requirement in red color above because:

1. He was in the Nigerian Army (Public Service) for up to 24 years rising to the post of a Major General. He also ruled the country for about 2 years as a Military Head of State.
2. He attended many military trainings in the best military institutions around the world.
3. He is able to read, write, understand and communicate in the English language
4. He possesses numerous military qualifications (from the trainings attended) and many other qualifications after his career.
PoliticsRe: Nairaland POLL: 2015 Presidential Election by newgroom(op): 4:48pm On Jan 13, 2015
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PoliticsRe: Nairaland POLL: 2015 Presidential Election by newgroom(op): 3:53pm On Jan 13, 2015
I will vote for
Others

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PoliticsRe: Nairaland POLL: 2015 Presidential Election by newgroom(op): 3:53pm On Jan 13, 2015
I will vote for
Muhammadu Buhari

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PoliticsRe: Nairaland POLL: 2015 Presidential Election by newgroom(op): 3:52pm On Jan 13, 2015
I will vote for
Goodluck Jonathan

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PoliticsNairaland POLL: 2015 Presidential Election by newgroom(op):
Who would you vote for in the Nigerian Presidential Election coming up on February 14, 2015?

To vote for Goodluck Jonathan, simply click "Like" Under Goodluck Jonathan below.
To vote for Muhammadu Buhari, simply clikc "Like" under Muhammadu Buhari below.
To vote for Other candidates, simply clikc "Like" under Others below.

No long talk.
Let's go.
PoliticsRe: APC Replies DSS, Alledges Jonathan's Plan To Postpone Gen. Elections by newgroom(op): 7:28pm On Jan 11, 2015
Interesting time...
PoliticsAPC Replies DSS, Alledges FG Plans To Postpone Gen. Elections by newgroom(op): 4:53pm On Jan 11, 2015
Text of a press conference addressed by the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Sunday, Jan. 11th 2015 at the APC Data Centre, Ikeja, Lagos on Jan. 11th 2015

Good afternoon gentlemen!

As you are very much aware by now, the Department of State Services, DSS, on Jan. 7th 2015 released the so-called findings from its investigation following the Gestapo-like raids of our Data Centre here at Number 10, Ajibola Street, Ikeja, on Nov. 22nd 2014.

The summary of the ‘findings’ is that our party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), had an ”articulated plan to inflate the party’s membership data as well as hack into INEC’s voter registration database through the creation of party membership forms and cards to match INEC’s voters register across the country”.

Our immediate response, which was issued on the same day and which got a big play, was to dismiss the ‘findings’ as hogwash, a great disservice to Nigeria and an embarrassment to all intelligence-gathering organizations around the world. Our stand on the ‘findings’ has not changed.

However, having taken our time to study the ‘findings’, we believe it is necessary for us to respond to the allegations in a more detailed manner that will show that we were even charitable to have described the report as hogwash. That DSS report is bunkum, garbage, and is not worth the paper on which it is written. We will demonstrate that to you shortly

But first, let us address the motive of the DSS for this report and the timing of its release.

We will like to tell all Nigerians that the crap called ‘findings’ is part of the ongoing efforts by the Jonathan Administration to postpone next month’s general elections. Having seen the handwriting on the wall vis-a-vis the growing rejection of the PDP by Nigerians, the Jonathan Administration has gone into a panic mode, while embarking on a plan to postpone the elections.

Apparently, the thinking at the DSS, which is working in cahoots with the PDP, is that its report that the APC plans to hack into the voters’ registration Data Base of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will raise doubts about the integrity of the voter’s register to be used for the forthcoming polls, and subsequently force a postponement of the elections since the existing register cannot be used for the polls.

Unfortunately for DSS and the PDP, this thinking was based on a wrong premise, as we will show shortly, and it has backfired.

Before you say our claim is outlandish, remember that some prominent Nigerians have publicly called for the postponement of the election – which can only benefit the Jonathan Administration and delay its impending Waterloo at the polls. Place the calls side by side with the apparently doctored outcome of the DSS investigations and the timing of the report’s release, and you will understand where they are coming from.

THE ‘FINDINGS’

We make bold to say that those ‘findings’ cannot stand a serious scrutiny by independent investigators.because the DSS worked backwards, from answer to question, in an effort to reach a pre-determined conclusion

HACKING OF INEC’s DATABASE

The allegation that the APC planned to hack into INEC’s voters’ registration Data Base is false. The fact that the DSS made the allegation at all shows that the agency does not understand the concept of hacking, which is pathetic for a primary intelligence agency of its stature.

We are not aware that INEC has made a complaint of anyone or group trying to hack into its system. The DSS ‘findings’ are baseless as INEC’S database is a reflection of the registered members with the Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVCs). Please note that at the time of the DSS’ raids, the PVCs had already been printed. Therefore, of what value would it be to hack into the system and input more names?

Simply put, it is not possible for the APC to hack into the INEC Data Base for the following reasons:

* INEC’s database is not online, how then is it possible for anyone to hack into it?

* To prevent virus intrusion, there is no Internet service at the APC Data Centre that was raided. Therefore it is not possible to hack into INEC’s database.

* The DSS has claimed that hacking tutorials were discovered on an external hard drive. This is a lie! All the USB ports on the pc systems in the office were disabled to prevent virus intrusion. Therefore, the use of external hard drives is not allowed at the APC Data Centre. If this is so, how is it possible for an external hard drive containing these so-called hacking materials to be found on the premises of the APC Data Office?

Please note that the work stations at our various data registration centres in the country are manned by unemployed youths with just basic computer knowledge. The question to ask is: Would the party have employed these people if the intent were to hack into INEC’s Data Base or employed gurus in the IT world?

It is clear that the DSS purchased a hard drive and downloaded the information themselves from the Internet. After all, the DSS, by virtue of its duties, should be the hacking experts, hence hacking tutorials will be part of their staff induction training.

TIMING OF THE DSS RAIDS

As we have said, the overall motive of the raid of our offices and the so-called findings is to give the impression that the INEC voter’s register has been corrupted, hence cannot be used for next month’s elections. Now, a more specific question: Why did the DSS break into the APC Data Centre at the time it did?

It is no coincidence that the DSS raided the APC Data Centre on Nov. 22nd 2014, exactly one week before the start of the PVC distribution exercise on Nov. 28th 2014.

The reason the DSS came to vandalize our Data Centre is because the Service is working hand-in-hand with the PDP. They carried out the raids to know our party’s strength in terms of membership. Please note that after the raids, many of our registered members could not find their names on the list when they went to collect their PVCs. This is not a mere coincidence.

ALLEGED MULTIPLE REGISTRATION OF MEMBERS

After the first visit of the DSS, it was clear to all Nigerians that the Service’s claim that we were cloning PVCs could not be sustained. That explains why they could not display a single cloned PVC

During the second raid carried out by the DSS on the same APC Data Centre, the security personnel carted away bags with unused membership registration forms. These are the forms to which they have fraudulently attached pictures of babies & military personnel in order to implicate the APC.

Or what on earth was the purpose of the DSS carting away blank APC membership registration forms? Why did it take the DSS almost 50 days to reveal this information? If it were true, won’t they have released the information to the general public immediately? Has the DSS hired any renowned IT organization to attest to its ‘findings’? Can you be an accuser and a judge at the same time?

ALLEGED REGISTRATION OF ARMED FORCES/PARAMILITARY PERSONNEL

This is a no-brainer! The question to ask the DSS is: Will any member of the armed forces and paramilitary organizations be so daft as to join a political party using a passport photograph of himself or herself in uniform? The DSS must think Nigerians are fools.

ALLEGED REGISTRATION OF BABIES

To the best of our knowledge, a baby cannot vote? So, why would any organization register a baby as a member? Our application edits date of birth, hence will not allow the registration of under-aged persons. The DSS should tell the world where it got the pictures of babies that it affixed to the blank forms that were carted away from our Data Centre. We did not and could not have registered babies as members. This allegation is nitwitted, to say the least.

ALLEGED CONFESSIONS BY WORKERS ARRESTED FROM THE DATA CENTRE

Please recall that in a statement we issued of Dec. 5th 2014, we accused the DSS of resorting to the use of torture to obtain forced confessions from the workers who were arrested during the first raid on our party’s Data Centre.

In that statement, we called the action of the DSS a contravention of the UN Convention against Torture to which Nigeria is a signatory and a violation of the citizens’ fundamental human rights.

We also said:

– The DSS shackled the hands and legs of those arrested and blindfolded them while they were being taken to Abuja; The arrested persons remained in chains even at the dark detention cell where they were made to sleep on the bare floor for the 10 days they were detained illegally.

– The workers had guns pointed at their heads by DSS personnel who threatened to shoot them

– A pregnant woman among those who were arrested was denied access to her drugs even when she started bleeding due to the torture to which she was subjected by the DSS.

Gentlemen, we now present to you some of those who were arrested and tortured by the DSS, so they can narrate to you their ordeal in the hands of the DSS – A national institution being maintained by taxpayers’ funds but which has now become the enforcement arm of the PDP to be used by the ruling party to terrorize innocent citizens.

The DSS said it had charged these workers to court. This is a lie. We were the ones who charged the DSS to court, and the court ordered the security agency to release the arrested workers. Be that as it may, we are expecting them to join us in court, and let the court decide on the crap they called findings. We are confident that the ‘confessions’ extracted from these people, after they were subjected to incredible acts of torture, cannot even stand in any court of law.

I thank you!

Alhaji Lai Mohammed
National Publicity Secretary
PoliticsAPC Replies DSS, Alledges Jonathan's Plan To Postpone Gen. Elections by newgroom(op): 4:47pm On Jan 11, 2015
Text of a press conference addressed by the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Sunday, Jan. 11th 2015 at the APC Data Centre, Ikeja, Lagos on Jan. 11th 2015

Good afternoon gentlemen!

As you are very much aware by now, the Department of State Services, DSS, on Jan. 7th 2015 released the so-called findings from its investigation following the Gestapo-like raids of our Data Centre here at Number 10, Ajibola Street, Ikeja, on Nov. 22nd 2014.

The summary of the ‘findings’ is that our party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), had an ”articulated plan to inflate the party’s membership data as well as hack into INEC’s voter registration database through the creation of party membership forms and cards to match INEC’s voters register across the country”.

Our immediate response, which was issued on the same day and which got a big play, was to dismiss the ‘findings’ as hogwash, a great disservice to Nigeria and an embarrassment to all intelligence-gathering organizations around the world. Our stand on the ‘findings’ has not changed.

However, having taken our time to study the ‘findings’, we believe it is necessary for us to respond to the allegations in a more detailed manner that will show that we were even charitable to have described the report as hogwash. That DSS report is bunkum, garbage, and is not worth the paper on which it is written. We will demonstrate that to you shortly

But first, let us address the motive of the DSS for this report and the timing of its release.

We will like to tell all Nigerians that the crap called ‘findings’ is part of the ongoing efforts by the Jonathan Administration to postpone next month’s general elections. Having seen the handwriting on the wall vis-a-vis the growing rejection of the PDP by Nigerians, the Jonathan Administration has gone into a panic mode, while embarking on a plan to postpone the elections.

Apparently, the thinking at the DSS, which is working in cahoots with the PDP, is that its report that the APC plans to hack into the voters’ registration Data Base of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will raise doubts about the integrity of the voter’s register to be used for the forthcoming polls, and subsequently force a postponement of the elections since the existing register cannot be used for the polls.

Unfortunately for DSS and the PDP, this thinking was based on a wrong premise, as we will show shortly, and it has backfired.

Before you say our claim is outlandish, remember that some prominent Nigerians have publicly called for the postponement of the election – which can only benefit the Jonathan Administration and delay its impending Waterloo at the polls. Place the calls side by side with the apparently doctored outcome of the DSS investigations and the timing of the report’s release, and you will understand where they are coming from.

THE ‘FINDINGS’

We make bold to say that those ‘findings’ cannot stand a serious scrutiny by independent investigators.because the DSS worked backwards, from answer to question, in an effort to reach a pre-determined conclusion

HACKING OF INEC’s DATABASE

The allegation that the APC planned to hack into INEC’s voters’ registration Data Base is false. The fact that the DSS made the allegation at all shows that the agency does not understand the concept of hacking, which is pathetic for a primary intelligence agency of its stature.

We are not aware that INEC has made a complaint of anyone or group trying to hack into its system. The DSS ‘findings’ are baseless as INEC’S database is a reflection of the registered members with the Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVCs). Please note that at the time of the DSS’ raids, the PVCs had already been printed. Therefore, of what value would it be to hack into the system and input more names?

Simply put, it is not possible for the APC to hack into the INEC Data Base for the following reasons:

* INEC’s database is not online, how then is it possible for anyone to hack into it?

* To prevent virus intrusion, there is no Internet service at the APC Data Centre that was raided. Therefore it is not possible to hack into INEC’s database.

* The DSS has claimed that hacking tutorials were discovered on an external hard drive. This is a lie! All the USB ports on the pc systems in the office were disabled to prevent virus intrusion. Therefore, the use of external hard drives is not allowed at the APC Data Centre. If this is so, how is it possible for an external hard drive containing these so-called hacking materials to be found on the premises of the APC Data Office?

Please note that the work stations at our various data registration centres in the country are manned by unemployed youths with just basic computer knowledge. The question to ask is: Would the party have employed these people if the intent were to hack into INEC’s Data Base or employed gurus in the IT world?

It is clear that the DSS purchased a hard drive and downloaded the information themselves from the Internet. After all, the DSS, by virtue of its duties, should be the hacking experts, hence hacking tutorials will be part of their staff induction training.

TIMING OF THE DSS RAIDS

As we have said, the overall motive of the raid of our offices and the so-called findings is to give the impression that the INEC voter’s register has been corrupted, hence cannot be used for next month’s elections. Now, a more specific question: Why did the DSS break into the APC Data Centre at the time it did?

It is no coincidence that the DSS raided the APC Data Centre on Nov. 22nd 2014, exactly one week before the start of the PVC distribution exercise on Nov. 28th 2014.

The reason the DSS came to vandalize our Data Centre is because the Service is working hand-in-hand with the PDP. They carried out the raids to know our party’s strength in terms of membership. Please note that after the raids, many of our registered members could not find their names on the list when they went to collect their PVCs. This is not a mere coincidence.

ALLEGED MULTIPLE REGISTRATION OF MEMBERS

After the first visit of the DSS, it was clear to all Nigerians that the Service’s claim that we were cloning PVCs could not be sustained. That explains why they could not display a single cloned PVC

During the second raid carried out by the DSS on the same APC Data Centre, the security personnel carted away bags with unused membership registration forms. These are the forms to which they have fraudulently attached pictures of babies & military personnel in order to implicate the APC.

Or what on earth was the purpose of the DSS carting away blank APC membership registration forms? Why did it take the DSS almost 50 days to reveal this information? If it were true, won’t they have released the information to the general public immediately? Has the DSS hired any renowned IT organization to attest to its ‘findings’? Can you be an accuser and a judge at the same time?

ALLEGED REGISTRATION OF ARMED FORCES/PARAMILITARY PERSONNEL

This is a no-brainer! The question to ask the DSS is: Will any member of the armed forces and paramilitary organizations be so daft as to join a political party using a passport photograph of himself or herself in uniform? The DSS must think Nigerians are fools.

ALLEGED REGISTRATION OF BABIES

To the best of our knowledge, a baby cannot vote? So, why would any organization register a baby as a member? Our application edits date of birth, hence will not allow the registration of under-aged persons. The DSS should tell the world where it got the pictures of babies that it affixed to the blank forms that were carted away from our Data Centre. We did not and could not have registered babies as members. This allegation is nitwitted, to say the least.

ALLEGED CONFESSIONS BY WORKERS ARRESTED FROM THE DATA CENTRE

Please recall that in a statement we issued of Dec. 5th 2014, we accused the DSS of resorting to the use of torture to obtain forced confessions from the workers who were arrested during the first raid on our party’s Data Centre.

In that statement, we called the action of the DSS a contravention of the UN Convention against Torture to which Nigeria is a signatory and a violation of the citizens’ fundamental human rights.

We also said:

– The DSS shackled the hands and legs of those arrested and blindfolded them while they were being taken to Abuja; The arrested persons remained in chains even at the dark detention cell where they were made to sleep on the bare floor for the 10 days they were detained illegally.

– The workers had guns pointed at their heads by DSS personnel who threatened to shoot them

– A pregnant woman among those who were arrested was denied access to her drugs even when she started bleeding due to the torture to which she was subjected by the DSS.

Gentlemen, we now present to you some of those who were arrested and tortured by the DSS, so they can narrate to you their ordeal in the hands of the DSS – A national institution being maintained by taxpayers’ funds but which has now become the enforcement arm of the PDP to be used by the ruling party to terrorize innocent citizens.

The DSS said it had charged these workers to court. This is a lie. We were the ones who charged the DSS to court, and the court ordered the security agency to release the arrested workers. Be that as it may, we are expecting them to join us in court, and let the court decide on the crap they called findings. We are confident that the ‘confessions’ extracted from these people, after they were subjected to incredible acts of torture, cannot even stand in any court of law.

I thank you!

Alhaji Lai Mohammed
National Publicity Secretary
PoliticsStop Using, Dumping PDP Members, Mu’azu Tells PDP Caucus by newgroom(op): 6:09pm On Jan 06, 2015
The National Chairman of the ruling People’s Democratic Party, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, has told President Goodluck Jonathan to stop using and dumping members of the party.

He said the idea of someone working for the party and others reaping the fruits must stop.

Mu’azu spoke in Abuja on Tuesday at the inauguration of the Presidential Campaign Organisation of the party, which was attended by President Goodluck Jonathan.

The campaign is being headed by a former Chairman of the party, Senator Amodu Ali.

Mu’azu said it was injustices like this that were making members of the party to defect to the opposition political parties.

Source:
http://www.punchng.com/news/stop-using-dumping-pdp-members-muazu-tells-jonathan/
Nairaland GeneralThe Need To Introduce "Dislike" Button by newgroom(op): 9:29am On Dec 18, 2014
Just like "Like" button was introduced to comment to associate, agree with and support it, there is a need to introduced "Dislike" button to registered a disapproval, disagreement and displeasure with it.

Some comments are so annoying that you begin to wonder where the poster is coming from.

Over to you, Seun and other mods....
WebmastersRe: Reporting Web Application Urgently Needed by newgroom(op): 2:16am On Nov 28, 2014
Can you give me a link to your past works
WebmastersReporting Web Application Urgently Needed by newgroom(op): 6:52pm On Nov 27, 2014
Hello house,

I am looking for a good application which surbordinate in an establishment can use to login and document their activities/transaction, which can then be pushed to their supervisor for vetting/approval etc.

I dont know the name they call such an application. I will be glad to know the general name and recommendation of a good one, please.
PoliticsRe: Chidoka becomes Aviation Minister. Oyeyemi is FRSC New Head by newgroom: 11:51am On Jul 23, 2014
Jonathan said he decided to appoint him from the commission in order to ensure stability.
Good one, GEJ
PoliticsRe: Former Chief of General Staff, Mike Akhigbe is Dead by newgroom(op): 7:13am On Oct 28, 2013
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PoliticsFormer Chief of General Staff, Mike Akhigbe is Dead by newgroom(op): 7:07am On Oct 28, 2013
Reports reaching me has it that Chief Mike Akhigbe is dead.

He was aged 68.

Details later..

Former Chief of General Staff, Vice Admiral Mike Akhigbe, is dead. He was 68.

Akhigbe, whose position in the Armed Forces Ruling Council (AFRC), headed by Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, made him the military vice-president in the junta that superintended the return to democracy in 1999, died at the weekend in England, THISDAY learnt Sunday.

It was gathered that the deceased had been battling with cancer. for a long time.

Before his appointment as the chief of general staff following the death of the then Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, in 1998, Akhigbe, who hailed from Edo State, was the Chief of Naval Staff.


After his retirement from the navy he went to read law and became an attorney with specialisation in Maritime and Real Estate Law.

He was a seasoned businessman with substantial interests in real estate.

During his military career that spanned several decades, he was the Principal Welfare Officer of the Nigerian Navy Flagship NNS Aradu, military governor of Lagos and Ondo States, Director at the Naval Headquarters and Flag Officer Commanding, Eastern Naval Command.


Akhigbe attended the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Royal Naval School of Maritime Operations Dryad, Southwick the United Kingdom, Command and Staff College Jaji, National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) Kuru and University of Poitiers, Rouan, France.
http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/mike-akhigbe-dies-at-68/162813/

Events"Aso Ebi" For Patience Jonathan's Mother's Funeral by newgroom(op): 7:25pm On Oct 23, 2013
At last it has landed!

Aso Ebi for the burial of Mrs Charity Fynface OBA, foster mother of Dame (Dr.) Patience Faka Jonathan is out.

Join us at Okrika this Saturday, 26th October, 2013 for the grand ocassion.

Get your copy now!

CelebritiesRe: Pictures From Chris Ubah's Daughter's Wedding by newgroom: 12:11pm On Oct 18, 2013
eric1960: Daughter of Anambra State political godfather Andy Ubah,
eric1960: Her uncle Andy Ubah who is Obasanjo's close friend
What did you smokehuhhuhhuh
Christianity EtcLord’s Chosen And Charismatic Revival Church's Hq Shut by newgroom(op): 7:24pm On Oct 08, 2013
The Lagos State Government has shut down the headquarters of the Lord’s Chosen and Charismatic Revival Church on Ijesha, Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, Lagos, southwest Nigeria over environmental nuisance.

The Lord’s Chosen is founded by Pastor Lazarus Muoka, who serves as the General Overseer of the church.

Officials of the Ministry of the Environment shut down the church on Sunday morning and prevented the worshippers from having their Sunday service usually attended by thousands of faithful.

Investigations revealed that the church does not have solid waste disposal facility. It burns its waste inside the church premises, thereby exposing the lives of its worshippers to serious health hazard.

A substantial part of the sprawling church lies on the Odo Asimawu Canal drainage channel, thereby impeding the flow of storm water.

The church also built its toilets on the canal, thereby discharging all its human waste into the canal.

In order prevent an outbreak of epidemic, the state government had to seal the entire church premises.

The government accused the church of defacing and degrading the environment and refusing to abate the nuisance even after it had been served abatement notice to upgrade the environment.

Commissioner for the Environment, Mr. Tunji Bello said the church had committed lots of environmental abuse which it must abate before the massive edifice could be re-opened by the government as such illegality could not be tolerated any longer.

According to him, the church did not have proper waste management system, adding that it burnt its refuse inside the church, an action which ran fowl of the environmental and sanitation law of the state.

“The church does not have proper sanitary system and they discharge their wastes into the canal. Most of their members trade on the expressway and we don’t want that,” he stated.

PM NEWS
PoliticsRe: A Night At A Lagos Police Station by newgroom: 1:31pm On Sep 26, 2013
Even though this is a common happenstance in Lagos, Nigeria, I can swear on top of Seun's girlfriend that this is entirely fictional, a superstory!
PoliticsRe: Ibibios Dare Godswil Akpabio, Accuse Him Of Assasination, Maiming And Kidnapping by newgroom(op): 1:21pm On Aug 30, 2013
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PoliticsIbibios Dare Godswil Akpabio, Accuse Him Of Assasination, Maiming And Kidnapping by newgroom(op): 1:19pm On Aug 30, 2013
An Open Letter to Godswill Akpabio: Ibibio dares you to Frame-Up Umana Okon Umana

Dear Mr. Godswill Obot Akpabio:

Umana Okon Umana may not be the best Ibibio person alive, but he is our son, an Ibibio son. Umana Okon Umana may be considered by other persons of Ibibio extraction as a traitor, but he is our traitor—the traitor of Ibibio—; every ethnic group, community, and society has people of his kind among them. And I am sure that the Annangs, too, do have at least one traitor among them.

The Ibibio persons (including me) that are opposed to the governorship aspirations of Umana Okon Umana do not want him dead or do so because we hate him. Rather, our opposition is on the basis of his association with you and for not being bold enough to stand up and condemn your heinous behavior while you were busy hurting, kidnapping, assassinating, and murdering several Ibibio sons and daughters.

Our quarrel with Umana Okon Umana is that of parents against a son; that of brothers against a brother; that of sisters against a brother and; that of kinsmen against their fellow kinsman; —-nothing more, nothing less.

If you think you have the right to take advantage of our misunderstanding by planning to hurt Umana Okon Umana, you would be making the biggest blunder, which you may ever live to regret.

Before I continue, sir, let me repeat that Umana Okon Umana is an illustrious Ibibio son, his mistakes and frailties notwithstanding. We do not have problems over your cowardly removal of him from office. We understand that you appointed him into that position; therefore, you had the right to remove him. Our only regrets are that if he had listened to the warnings of his kinsmen (such as mine), he never would have waited for you to remove him from the office in the manner you did.

However, reliable sources have confirmed to us of a recent meeting you held with your group during which you deliberated on how you are going to “finally do away with Umana.” At that meeting, you discussed and deliberated extensively and seriously on a plan to assassinate a prominent Ibibio leader and frame-up Umana as the culprit, thereby affecting his arrest. At that meeting, you also deliberated on the alternate decision to kidnap Umana’s wife with plans to keep her in captivity until Umana spends all the money he has piled up for election before his wife would be released.

Mr. Akpabio, if past history did not support the fact that you are capable of resorting to this type of atrocities, I and many others would not bother to expend our needed energies to write and worry about this issue.

During the 2010-2011 gubernatorial election, you issued the order for Comfort Ewang, whose husband was also a governorship candidate, to be kidnapped. In spite of pleas by her husband to you in the presence of Chief Nsikak Eduok, you were so heart-hearted that you refused to order her release. It was only after her husband, Group Captain Sam Ewang, had paid close to a billion naira before you affected her release.

When Senator John James Udoedehe declared his intention to run for the same position, you ordered kidnappers to pick up his aged mother. The plan failed because the woman left home for a doctor’s appointment, just ten minutes before your kidnappers arrived at her house.

Iniekong Udonwa left his business in Singapore to contest against you. Rather than let the electoral processes to decide who the people picked as their choice, you went after him. One evening, he was returning from a campaign rally, when gunmen, sent by you, accosted him. They shot at him but he was lucky to escape with his life. In spite of the bullets embedded in his body, he managed to escape to Singapore.

His escape irritated you so much that you ordered the kidnapping of his 72 year old mother. As soon as you realized that Iniekong had managed to flee to Singapore, you ordered his kidnapped mother murdered. Her nude body was thrown by the roadside. Till this day, the Ibibio people are wondering how you would have felt if Mamma Udonwa happened to be your own birth mother.

In the heat of the frenzy for the 2010-2011 campaign, all Paul Inyang did was to say hello to his kinsman Obong Victor Attah. That irritated you. The next day, Paul Inyang was assassinated. At first you blamed his assassination on Monday Akpautong. His house was bulldozed and he had to flee the state for his own safety. When the frame-up of Monday Akpautong failed, you turned to Steve Ibanga, who was also a governorship candidate. You destroyed his fish farm and other properties in retaliation.

When your nonsense on Steve Ibanga failed, you went after Senator Udoedehe as the culprit. The rest is history.

This letter is to inform you that Ibibio people are tired of your madness. Just because you are covered from prosecution by the Immunity Clause is no reason you should deceive yourself into believing that you have the right to kill, maim, kidnap, and frame-up Ibibio people at will.

If your madness ever leads you to be stupid enough to hurt Umana Okon Umana, he will be the last Ibibio man or woman that you would ever mess with. This time around, the Ibibio are ready to take all that would be needed to let you know that we will not let a single mad man to treat us as nothing by trampling and infringing on our right to perform our civic responsibilities for our own people.

Dear Mr. Godswill Akpabio, if you hurt Umana Okon Umana, the Ibibio will hold you responsible. And we will retaliate in our own way, even if it takes 20 years of planning. So, be warned!

Ikpafak Thompson Essien
The Voice of the Poor Masses
Defender of the Oppressed
Social Critic
A native of Ibibio nation of Ubium Republic extraction, now living in the safe and beautiful city of Portland, Oregon.
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CelebritiesRe: ' Kunle Afolayan Gets Tribal Marks For His New Movie 'october 1' [PHOTOS] by newgroom: 11:50am On Aug 22, 2013
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PoliticsRe: Students Killed In Oyo Protest By Policemen by newgroom: 10:57am On Jul 24, 2013
Syenite: Which one is Emmanuel Alayande College of Education. Una go just dey change name of School any how for South West. Rufus Giwa poly, Adekunle Ajashin university, Olabisi Onabamjo Univeristy, Tai solarin Univeristy, Ladoke Akintola etc. They almost changed UNILAG to Moshood Abiola Univerity sef. Mtcheeew. Soon we will have Gbenga Daniels polythecnic or Alao Akala University. Anyways, RIP to the dead and students please stay off trouble.
You must be either uninformed or eediott.

Bukar Abba Ibrahim University, Damaturu.
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Michael Okpara Uni. of Agric., Umudike
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Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai
Ignatius Ajuru University of Education,Rumuolumeni.
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Akanu Ibiam Federal Polytechnic,
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Jokes EtcPicture Of A Nairalander In Jacuzzi With Hollywood Star by newgroom(op): 8:10am On May 16, 2013
How I go take start am sef?

Anyway.. As in... Abouteeee.... And emm... But emm.. Since this is the time of photo sharing, I say make me sef share this pix to encourage you that hardwork pays and that u can achieve anything in life, if you 'dream' it.

Here is yours truly in a jacuzzi with a top rated hossywood (as in Oshodi) star. Baba God noni!!!

I know some of you will say this OP don shak kain kain because una no dey see well. All na beef.

Now, if you want God to do ya own and get to frontpage, hit 'Like'... Thank you, thank you, ma people

Meanwhile, please how do you create topic? I want to post my JAMB result on nairaland...

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The old man must have seen the deceit in the FG...
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This must be a sad news for mama. I guess this is the third child she will be loosing.
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OMG. May his soul RIP
CelebritiesHow Wizkid Beat Ice Prince, Others To Win 2011 Hyundai S U V @ Hip Hop Awards by newgroom(op): 5:10am On Oct 23, 2011
Rave of the moment and winner of MOBO’s ‘Best African Act’ award, Ayo Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid as emerged winner of Next Rated award at this year’s Headies (Hip Hop Award) and with that he rode home in a brand new 2011 Hyundai SUV.

He succeeded Skuki who beat Mo’Cheddah, D’Prince, Jesse Jagz and General Pype last year and rode home in a brand new 2009 Kia Optima.

This year, Wizkid beats other acts like Ice Prince, Tiwa Savage and Olamide to the highly coveted award.

The award which has been the talk of the town for several weeks took place Saturday at the New Expo hall of Eko Hotels and Suites. Despite the Local Government elections which took place earlier in the day and the accompanied rain, security had hectic time controlling the mammoth crowd who graced what has become the most anticipated event in the calendar for the events of 2011.

Hosts of the event, music artist and producer, eLDee and Nollywood diva, Rita Dominic blended like a perfect pair to thrill fans to a most rewarding night.

A total of 21 award plaques popularly called ‘Headies’ and designed by ACE Awards England made up of 21 carat gold were given out to deserving music industry professionals whose works have been screened by a team of selected critics and practitioners commissioned by the organizers

Apart from Wizkid, 2face remains the highest winner of the night with three awards. He won album of the year, best RnB/Pop Album of the year and the Artiste of the year. Darey also went home with best RnB single and best recor. . . . . . .

For details, click http://www.channel801.com/Varieties/wizkid-2face-win-big-at-2011-headies.html

Music/RadioHow Wizkid Beat Ice Prince, Others To Win 2011 Hyundai S.u.v At Hip Hop Awards by newgroom(op): 5:05am On Oct 23, 2011
Rave of the moment and winner of MOBO’s ‘Best African Act’ award, Ayo Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid as emerged winner of Next Rated award at this year’s Headies (Hip Hop Award) and with that he rode home in a brand new 2011 Hyundai SUV.

He succeeded Skuki who beat Mo’Cheddah, D’Prince, Jesse Jagz and General Pype last year and rode home in a brand new 2009 Kia Optima.

This year, Wizkid beats other acts like Ice Prince, Tiwa Savage and Olamide to the highly coveted award.

The award which has been the talk of the town for several weeks took place Saturday at the New Expo hall of Eko Hotels and Suites. Despite the Local Government elections which took place earlier in the day and the accompanied rain, security had hectic time controlling the mammoth crowd who graced what has become the most anticipated event in the calendar for the events of 2011.

Hosts of the event, music artist and producer, eLDee  and Nollywood diva, Rita Dominic blended like a perfect pair to thrill fans to a most rewarding night.

A total of 21 award plaques popularly called ‘Headies’ and designed by ACE Awards England made up of 21 carat gold were given out to deserving music industry professionals whose works have been screened by a team of selected critics and practitioners commissioned by the organizers

Apart from Wizkid, 2face remains the highest winner of the night with three awards. He won album of the year, best RnB/Pop Album of the year and the Artiste of the year. Darey also went home with best RnB single and best recor. . . . . . .

For details, click http://www.channel801.com/Varieties/wizkid-2face-win-big-at-2011-headies.html

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