eGuerrilla:

Jonathan, accompanied by his wife, Patience, a[b]nd an official retinue ''of a cool 170 people!'' that wouldn't be out of place among the diamond-ear-studded homeboys who regularly surround rappers from, say, Harlem, fairly lit up Perth's Pan Pacific Hotel.[/b]

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arsenefc:

Freely was the 'oyel' given, and lavishly shall we spend the revenue that accrues from the oil.

Our god is a god of prosperity.

Julia Gillard greets Nigerian-Australian Emannuel Hart (in pink) and companion, as Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, and his wife, Patience, (in gold) :-Xlook on.

SOMETIMES, when you're a bit down on your luck, a rare moment of radiance appears as if from the ether and lifts your whole day. And so it appeared to be when Prime Minister Julia Gillard found herself greeting the much bejewelled [/b]and marvellously named Goodluck Jonathan, President of Nigeria, and his friends.

Jonathan, accompanied by his wife, Patience, and an official retinue ''of a cool 170 people!'' that wouldn't be out of place among the diamond-ear-studded homeboys who regularly surround rappers from, say, Harlem, fairly lit up Perth's Pan Pacific Hotel.

Gillard, who has been out of fortune in the polls of late, happily bathed in the infectious enthusiasm of Goodluck, Patience and their colleagues.
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[b]And why not? Jonathan had never been elected to a major public position in his life when he found himself standing in for the ailing former president, was declared President of Africa's most populous nation within 12 hours of the incumbent's death last year and then won an actual election, storming home with 77.7 per cent of what was said to be the valid vote.

Goodluck indeed. Gillard could hardly dream of such political munificence.

Whatever else might be said about the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, when the leaders of what was the British empire get together, there's no shortage of vibe.

Perth itself may not be quite as funky as, say, Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago, where the last CHOGM was held. Nor might it have the languid colonial charm of Colombo, where the next meeting is scheduled, despite suggestions it might not be entirely suitable, considering concerns about recent atrocities in Sri Lanka's civil war.

CHOGM-goers with longer memories might recall the 1991 event in Harare, Zimbabwe, where Commonwealth leaders fawned over Robert Mugabe as a champion of African democracy. Zimbabwe is no longer a Commonwealth member and Mugabe is viewed widely these days as a brutal despot.

Indeed, Perth could be considered a tad boring by comparison … if it were not for the fact that the guardians of its splendid beaches are involved in a shoot-to-kill search for a great white shark.

And what nation but Australia could field the estimable Tim Mathieson to escort the spouses of the 50 or so Heads of Government (HOGs) around Perth's attractions?

Yesterday, at a rehearsal for this morning's official opening of the summit, Mathieson leapt into the role of sound system roadie for Gillard, blowing into the official microphone and mouthing the ritual ''one, two, one, two''. The microphone wasn't on. Perhaps somebody should have called Goodluck Jonathan and the Homeboys.

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I say it again by the time this clown is finished with 9ja, Shagari will be a role model

Rhino.5dm:

^ But thats the "raw" truth. How do expect them to qualify a group of worthless looking moorons, led by a clownish confused dunce, with blinks and tattoo all over them? I mean, that meeting was suppose to be a decent round table meeting, where people discuss ideas and profer solutions to problems and not thug nation or "district 9"(gathering of corrupt blood sucking imbe-ciles with more than 120 contingents)

Certainly, not messionaries.

 

ekt_bear:

I am not excusing GEJ's actions. No sane person would defend it (notice that even an insane sycophant like Beaf dares not.)

Just don't like this particular reporter's tone. Maybe I'm reading an undercurrent that isn't there.

playmode:

My cousin in sydney just told me now that the Nigerian entourage is the laughing stock of the day in Australia.Most of the the political forums in Australia are busy disccussing and laughing about Jonathan and his "thugs".What a shame   Anyway Nigerians got what they deserve.

Demdem:

Who will see th Retardeen and the rest of his cohorts and won't laugh

ekt_bear:

I am not excusing GEJ's actions. No sane person would defend it (notice that even an insane sycophant like Beaf dares not.)

Just don't like this particular reporter's tone. Maybe I'm reading an undercurrent that isn't there.

udezue:

That was morally and ethically wrong of GEJ. Smdh

arsenefc:

Is it your money?

arsenefc:

Whats your froblem


Is it your money?

Is it your 'oyel'

Leave GEJ alone, you only live once.

Yesterday, at a rehearsal for this morning's official opening of the summit, Mathieson leapt into the role of sound system roadie for Gillard, blowing into the official microphone and mouthing the ritual ''one, two, one, two''. The microphone wasn't on. Perhaps somebody should have called Goodluck Jonathan and the Homeboys.