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AutosRe: Loaded *2011 Toyota Highlander Limited* Pre-order From Fhemmmy By A Nairalander by Nokia3330: 9:58pm On Nov 18, 2014
Fhemmmy:
kiss kiss kiss
Hi Fhemmmy, can you pre-order for a Toyota Avensis? I know its more of an European brand. Need your cost to land a 2010 full option Avensis. Thanks
BusinessRe: Dangote Refinery To Start Production In 2018 by Nokia3330: 2:05pm On Nov 18, 2014
lastpage:
Please STOP regurgitating this nonsense and failed argument!
First, a businessman (or the typical investor) is not a charity organisation and they have zero moral code, especially in a corrupt environment like Nigeria!. They are just after more and more money! It is NEVER enough.... even if you raise the price of Petrol to #2,000 per Litre!

Secondly, The private sector is NOT interested in building any refinery. All those "investors" are nothing but "Profit takers and Asset strippers"
Checkout what they did to our Steel Plants that was sold to them at knockdown prices/ They simply strip the assest like steel billets and sold it to recoup their investment, with profit and forgot about any plough-back into the business.

Again, look at the Power Sector, after all the incentive and tariff increases, how many power plants have been put on stream by private investors in the last Eight years (since under Obasanjo)? Has Power become stable? NO!

Again, let me remind you that Dangote is not building refineries or Cement plants because of PATRIOTISM! He is doing it because he has done his "calculations" and knows there is a lot of money to be made! He is a businessman, not some charity cheerleader!

Subsidy has been shown to be a SCAM as it does not translate to a cheaper product price nor does it increase availability.
You can claim to be subsidizing what you are already selling above cost price

To keep saying "INCREASE IN PRICE" is the only solution for "availability and stability", is mere foolishness!
It will never happen!

Its either Government puts in-place measures to "FORCE" anyone who buys into the Sector to invest a certain percentage of their income, into building the sector (for example, like every 35% of money made from tariffs by any DISCO must be invested (or pooled) towards building a new Power plant)......

........... Government does a "build and sell" of Power Plants and Refineries if it does not want to be involved in the management of these sort of assets.
Government build it and sells it to private investors who will recoup back their money from tariffs.

The fact that none of this TWO OPTIONS has happened means that the government is either clueless or is part of the corruption.
It does not surprise anyone if you look at the owners of the DISCOS, for example.


The Government in the U.K has just signed a private Contract to build another Nuclear Power plant but we all know that sales of power in the U.K is managed by private operators ..... in a "build and sell" business model.
Why are they not waiting for "private Investors" to build their refineries and power plants for them as is Nigeria's case ... or just continue to increase tariff until some investors come out and shout: Oga, this money is enough for us naah!, we will now build Power Plant for you? grin grin

Lastpage!
I just liked your post above... I concur with all you have said on this thread.
HealthRe: Ebola Could Return To Nigeria In December - Dr Haliru Alhassan (health Minister) by Nokia3330: 7:57pm On Nov 16, 2014
Someone wants to chop his own money before Feb 2015.... lipsrsealed
PoliticsRe: Picture Of The Incoming Nigeria's First Family! by Nokia3330: 8:12am On Nov 13, 2014
PoliticsRe: Ngozi Okonjo Iweala Challenges All Nigerians!!! by Nokia3330: 2:30pm On Oct 26, 2014
Let her accept this challenge first- http://newsdiaryonline.com/oby-ezekwesili-challenges-fg-to-a-public-debate-of-the-facts/

grin grin grin grin grin... Voodoo economics!
PoliticsRe: Buhari, Jonathan And Atiku: The Video That Exposes Who They Are by Nokia3330: 10:29pm On Oct 24, 2014
calculusx:
I can be reached on 08096386600 or c a l c u l u s f o w l e r 1 9 4 8 a t y a h o o d o t c o m
You got mail...
PoliticsRe: Buhari, Jonathan And Atiku: The Video That Exposes Who They Are by Nokia3330: 10:05pm On Oct 24, 2014
calculusx:
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I just checked my personal email, nothing from you oooo. Hope you sent to the right mail? Because the email I registered with on Nairaland is a dummy email as such I wont be able to receive any mail.
PoliticsRe: Buhari, Jonathan And Atiku: The Video That Exposes Who They Are by Nokia3330: 9:48pm On Oct 24, 2014
calculusx:
Sai Buhari
Hello Mr. Calculusx... I am trying to get in touch with you. Just dropped you a mail via your contact page on your website. Kindly respond.

Cheers
PoliticsRe: Igbo Community Roots For Ambode Candidature (picture) by Nokia3330: 5:20pm On Oct 24, 2014
Gorrbachev:
Are igbos the only migrant community in Lagos, why are they so irritating? w[i]hy their noise too much? i tire for these pipu o.
The supposed "Lagos is no mans land" igbos are the only noise makers... The sensible ones know the deal.
PoliticsRe: FG To Halt Importation Of Petroleum Products By 2018 — Aganga by Nokia3330: 9:46pm On Oct 17, 2014
Jonathan's cabinet is just filled with comedians and intellectual frauds.

You have the crude robbers ala Wike, Obanikoro, etc and the pen robbers ala NOI, Aganga, Adeshina etc.

Very soon the average Nigerian will be liberated.
Politics. by Nokia3330(op): 6:02pm On Oct 02, 2014
Apologies... Topic already posted on the forum. Mods kindly merge comments with the previous thread and delete this.
PoliticsRe: Seized Aircraft: CAN Attacks El Rufai, Lai Mohammed by Nokia3330: 9:55am On Sep 17, 2014
I have argued times without number that the bokoharam spokesman- Shekau's accent doesn't sound like someone whose arabic/na hausa sounds like his 1st language.

He sounds like someone who picked arabic/hausa as a second language. To me he sounds very much like a southerner.

Just my thoughts....
PoliticsRe: Tambuwal Faces Sack Over Bid To Defect To APC by Nokia3330: 1:34pm On Sep 16, 2014
beopened: I wish i didnt have to reply you but for posterity sakes

Some of you are probably experiencing politics,politicking and democracy for the first time hence always think in a straight-jacketted manner

Politicking is an art of doing all that is legally permissible while having the big picture of the electorates at heart to unnerve and undo your political opponent during contest for a political post

You opined that it was because Mulikat might constitute a political challenge to Late Lam Adesina hence she was undone......how infantile and politically jaundiced your postulations were. Who even knows the political neophyte then

Hope you knew that Mulikat was a loyalist of Alao-Akala who himself as a Godfather could not win his own election against Lam Adesina candidate in Ajimobi...........Now Dimeji Bankole and Patricia Olubunmi Etteh were Speakers before now,were they able to constitute any impediment to Tinubu's ACN then? Were they not beaten in their elections too even as a sitting Speaker in the case of Dimeji?

What i said was that Zoning of political positions is a PDP affair but invariably it will still be subjected to election in the House which unfortunately didnt gel with the political calculations of the opposition parties ACN,CPC and ANPP hence they all aligned politically and voted against someone they feel will not serve their political agenda,that the person is a SWner is immaterial

Tambuwal has discharged his duties as a Speaker creditably because he has refused the House from being a rubber stamp to the useless shenanigans of the clueless Executive


The last bolded part of your statement is the height of political naivety that i have been saying.......You said Tinubu should not try to attain his( his party's) political ambition on the backs of the Hausas........Then i ask,can the votes of the Yorubas alone deliver a win for Tinubu or any person from his party at the Federal level without the votes of either the Hausas or Igbos( and you know the disposition of the latter to anything SWner at the moment)

The same juvenile reason you adduced to is the reason why the late sage Chief Obafemi Awolowo never actualised his ambition to become the President of Nigeria which is by practising the politics of exclusion and alienation. It is the same political strategy being presently employed by people who insults other 2 major ethnic tribes in Nigeria and yet feel those they currently hate and insult will dash them the Presidency on a platter of insult

In politics,you dont shy away from eating with the devil(s),but you must learn to do so with a long spoon!

Tinubu is a great student of history.......you might not understand it because you are not him
How I wish Seun can update the like function so that we can see monikers who like our post. I liked every post of yours on this thread.
You are well grounded in intellectual politics- you just won a fan.
Science/TechnologyRe: The Ozone Layer Is Growing Back by Nokia3330: 10:21am On Sep 16, 2014
ayusco85: The Ozone layer never depleted, the west (U.S and co) just came up with the global warming hoax just to cut down the chinese growing economy which was mostly powered by hydrocarbon (coal and crude oil).

Evidences suggest that the earth pass through a period of global heating which occurs after a long period of time, that was responsible for the rise in global temperatures. So I don't believe that the ozone was ever depleted hence don't believe it is growing back.



*All na Lie*
10 Gbosa for the man wey sabi.... All the ozone layer talk is just politics. Have you seen Al Gore lately? The clown is fat as f*&k; living large off 'green'.
PoliticsRe: PDP Accuses Bankole Of Planning To Dump Party by Nokia3330: 7:09pm On Sep 15, 2014
poiZon: the only stella we knw for nairaland na STELLA ODUAH, DASALL
bleeping illiterate. She just schooled your ass right there but your pride won't just allow.
PoliticsRe: TAN: The Sensibility Of Nigerian Youths Has Been Insulted by Nokia3330: 12:33am On Sep 13, 2014
I was about starting a thread about TAN until I saw this. Just can't stand their silly adverts. They have bought all advert slot on prime time in all TV stations.

It is a sad story for the Nigerian youth!



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Car TalkCar Brands: Who Owns What? by Nokia3330(op): 1:44pm On Sep 10, 2014
A road map to the auto industry partnerships

The auto industry has a very confusing family tree. The past few years have seen partnerships, sales, separations, bankruptcies, and entire divisions killed off, making it difficult to keep up with who owns which car brands.

As automakers slim down to become more profitable and efficient, a number of changes have been made in recent years. We have seen storied names, such as Hummer, Mercury, and Pontiac, fade away into the history books. We have seen others, such as Chrysler, Jaguar, and Volvo, find new international corporate parents. And some, such as Aston Martin, remain in flux.

To help clear up some of the confusion, we present a basic road map to navigate who owns which car brands among the major automotive companies that sell in the United States. Of course, the list is definitely subject to change.

BMW owns: Mini and Rolls Royce.

Fiat owns: Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Dodge, Ferrari, Jeep, Lancia, Maserati, Ram and SRT.

Ford Motor Company owns: Lincoln and a small stake in Mazda.

General Motors owns: Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, and GMC. GM owns a controlling interest in Opel and Vauxhall in Europe and Holden in Australia. (The U.S. Treasury Department is in the process of selling off the remaining GM stock holidngs.)

Honda owns: Acura.

Hyundai owns: Kia.

Tata Motors (India) owns: Jaguar and Land Rover.

Mazda mostly independently owned (Ford has small stake)

Mitsubishi is independently owned.

Daimler AG owns: Mercedes-Benz and Smart.

Nissan owns: Infiniti. (Nissan, in turn, is owned by Renault.)

Saab is owned by National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS).

Subaru: Owned by Fuji Heavy Industries with Toyota a minority partner.

Tesla: Toyota is a minority partner. Partnership with Daimler AG.

Toyota Motor Company owns: Lexus, Scion, Daihatsu and Hino Motors, with a stake in Fuji Industries (Subaru's parent company) and Isuzu.

Volkswagen owns: Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Porsche, and overseas-brands SEAT and Skoda.

Volvo is owned by Chinese-automaker Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, aka Geely.

Source- http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2009/06/car-brands-who-owns-what/index.htm

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I was surprised to find out about KIA being owned by Hyundai. In Nigeria the two brands are in competition with each other while Toyota and Honda are just a step ahead.

What's your thought on car brands of same family being in direct competition?
FamilyRe: Who Is A God-fearing Individual? by Nokia3330(op): 6:58pm On Sep 09, 2014
plaetton: A god fearing person is usually a superstitious person, a pretender, a fake who uses the camouflage of religion to hide his or her true character.
We have millions of them in Nigeria.

For a good example, go to Badoo, or 2go, all run girls say that they are all god fearing... and I believe them.
All our elected leaders are pius christians and moslems who are godfearing, but look at the way they rob our common wealth.

So, whenever I hear "godfearing" , I smell fraud, because that is what it actually translate to.
Gbam!!! I rarely take anyone who displays the God-fearing badge serious either in business or romance. They always turn out to be the direct opposite of what they claim.

I will really like an extensive debate on this topic.
FamilyWho Is A God-fearing Individual? by Nokia3330(op): 6:08pm On Sep 09, 2014
Hello guys,

Trust you all are having a great week.

There are questions that keep bugging my mind and I will seriously like to hear your views on them.

1. Who is a God-fearing person?... Who is a God-fearing man or woman?

2. How do you recognize a God-fearing individual?... What are the characters of a God-fearing man or woman?

3. How do these characters or if at all a God-fearing individual shape your decision is selecting a spouse?

I keep hearing both male and female giving the above condition in selecting a spouse. The idea of a God-fearing individual is quite bogus and I will really want to learn how the married guys/ guys courting who had gone through this selection process achieved it.

Please your mature contributions will be appreciated.
PoliticsRe: Tinubu Replies Tom Ikimi by Nokia3330: 4:00pm On Sep 02, 2014
Hate or love him, no one can deny that BAT is highly cerebral...
PoliticsRe: Australian Negotiator Exonerates Buhari And El Rufai.. by Nokia3330: 12:48am On Sep 01, 2014
The absurdity of Nigerian leadership... GEJ is a corrupt pig in a fedora hat!




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PoliticsRe: Jonathan’s Chief Boko Haram Negotiator Implicates SAS, Ihejirika As BH Sponsors by Nokia3330: 11:28am On Aug 29, 2014
Nigeria.... The more you look, the less you see.






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PoliticsRe: by Nokia3330: 3:57pm On Aug 23, 2014
@Barcanista sure understands Lagos State party politics very well. kudos!!!




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HealthRe: Doctors Hit Lagos Streets To Protest Mass Sack (PHOTOS) by Nokia3330: 8:51pm On Aug 18, 2014
Why are they protesting in Lagos? What's wrong with them booking flight tickets to Abuja... Funny set of people!




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PoliticsLand Grabbing In Africa, The New Colonialism (Africans Invest In Africa Series) by Nokia3330(op): 10:21pm On Aug 13, 2014
Hello Nairalanders,

I have been a part of the Nairaland community since 2006 but recently decided to re register on the site. I will be running series of publications, opinions , and debates on the need for we- Africans to look inward in developing Africa (Africans Invest in Africa series).

This is a step in re-igniting our sense of patriotism to the motherland and the need for us to curb an imminent threat that stares us in the face and may become a reality if cautions are ignored in the nearest future.

The Threat- "The Scramble for Africa- Economic re colonization of Africa".

Please read the below publication. Your opinions and debate will be highly appreciated.


[size=14pt]Land Grabbing in Africa, The New Colonialism[/size]


May 28, 2014 — The silent recolonisation of Africa is happening on a mass scale. To address this issue, the first Africa Conference on Land Grabs is set to take place in South Africa on 27–30 Oct. 2014. Land is the source of life and death, but it might not always be with us.

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Land grab protest in Senegal, 2012. Photo: Ndimby Andriantsoavina

One of the reasons South Africa’s apartheid system is said not to have vanished with the swearing in of Nelson Mandela as President is the question of land. The colonial system was complete in places where land ownership was taken away from the colonised, and decolonisation remains incomplete if the land does not return to its rightful owners, those who were brutally and slyly dispossessed.

Tragically, a silent recolonisation on a mass scale is happening through further dispossession in areas where the original colonisation had not been complete. The new colonisation is dressed in the language of economic development and fighting poverty but its interest is the satisfaction of the needs of multinational companies for markets and land to grow food for export – to satisfy the food needs of their primary market while depriving Africans the satisfaction of their needs.

Land is the source of life and death

Land is not just a material possession. The 1997 Church Land Conference in Johannesburg was indeed accurate in noting that land is and should be above commerce and politics, that land is the source of life and death, like a mother who gives her children sustenance without which they would perish. As Andile Mngxitama reports in The Chimurenga Chronic April 2013 edition, land is always with us, it gives us life and when we die, it takes us back.

In the same article, Andile narrates the story of Sipho Makhombothi, the founder and now deceased leader of the Landless People’s Movement, who left instructions that on his death, he should be buried near his ancestors, on their and his land. Militant members of the movement indeed honoured his wish and buried the activist on the land, in defiance of guns and dogs belonging to the White ‘owners’ of the same land. Two years after the burial, Makhombothi’s body was exhumed under court order. Andile reminds us that “Makhombothi’s bones – landless in life, landless in death – still scream for justice across the fields and plains of Mpumalanga.”

The effects of colonial era land grabbing are not only visible in South Africa. Kenya’s tale of land-owners and squatters, of political families that own entire counties as rewards for political deals with the ‘departing’ colonialists remain an open sore during electoral campaigns. The case of Namibia, where residents of European countries still own huge chunks of land native Namibians have no access to is another sign that decolonisation of the land is still far from reality.

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Repossession was bad for Zimbabwe. Really?

The case of Zimbabwe’s repossession of hitherto-White farmer owned land is perhaps the most known attempt at the decolonisation of the land. It has been heavily criticised by Western media and branded as an act of an almost mad and senile man, Robert Gabriel Mugabe. The neo-liberal capitalist in the true imperial fashion has preached that the repossession is bad for the African. Food shortage in the country has been blamed on the repossession, despite the fact that the White farmers used to export more food than they supplied to the Zimbabwean market when they owned the farms. The thirst for land by extreme capitalists is insatiable. Thus, parts of the continent that had almost survived the original land colonisation have to be recolonised, and those where the land was effectively ‘stolen’ consolidated.


Protests in Uganda

Since the end of active hostilities in Northern Uganda, the war has turned to the land. With residents migrating to camps for protection and refuge, most of their land remained bare alongside communally-owned land. With ‘commercial’ farmers like the Madhivani group and the discovery of oil deposits beneath much of this land, the post-conflict period has seen new forms of land conflicts emerge between the commercial farmer and government on one hand and residents who do not want to part with ownership of their land. The government claims it wants the land on behalf of the commercial farmer to grow sugarcane, and consequently the economy, but some critics think this is a disguised attempt at disenfranchising the people, especially that oil deposits have been reported to be in plenty beneath the same land.

The resistance against this recolonisation has taken on conventional and non-conventional methods. Women in the Amuru district – where the land grab machinery has invested both sly and direct intimidatory means – undressed in protest against political leaders, an act considered the most severe expression of displeasure and discontent. The wrangle continues. It is a big political issue, accusations of bribery of politicians by the corporate monsters are rife, but there is still hope that the people may prevail.

In Southern Uganda, in somewhat dissimilar circumstances, the people objected to the award of the Mabira forest-land to another sugar plantation-farmer in 2007. A huge demonstration in Kampala, that saw some Indians and Asians victimised by the demonstrators and some of the demonstrators gunned down by the army and police expressed the mass disapproval of the government plans. Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi, the reigning king of Buganda, where the forest is located, offered his own land to the sugar-cane grower in return for the forest, but his offer was rejected. On paper, it was reported that the land grab was stopped, but some press subsequently reported that some parts of the forest had been grabbed and were being used for sugar-cane growing anyway.

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The African Union is complicit

The language of development and economic production is rife in the land grab justification. Like the 19th century colonisation, the new wave of land grabbing is allegedly well-intentioned. It is also well-planned, in the same way the 19th century colonisation was well hatched by European powers of the time. Ironically, the African Union is complicit in this new plan. The core plan comprises the G8′s “New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition in Africa” and the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA).

According to the African Centre for Bio-Safety, “opening markets and creating space for multinationals to secure profits lie at the heart of the G8 and AGRA interventions”. The Centre has labelled the plans as a new wave of colonialism. The plans include the harmonisation of laws across Africa to favour foreign direct investment in agriculture, ease land ownership laws to favour foreign multinational companies and allow the use of genetically modified seeds. All this compromises the ability of the majority small-scale farmers, the so-called subsistence farmers who grow food for their own consumption and a surplus for the market in order to continue producing for their own consumption, not to mention the market. Dis-empowering such people means controlling their lives and turning them into consumers of products they can’t produce. The use of genetically modified seeds enables multinational companies to collect royalties from farmers who use the seeds, thus destroying the seed varieties cycles that have proved sustainable on the continent for time immemorial.

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Turning food to biofuel

The recolonisation plans are already working. A report published in April 2014 by UK campaigning group World Development Movement (WDM) titled Carving up a continent: How the UK government is facilitating the corporate takeover of African food systems showed that “huge tracts of land in African countries with access to the sea and high economic growth are being targeted by corporations such as Monsanto and Unilever with help from the British and American governments”. According to the report, agreements signed with key African countries Benin, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal and Tanzania expose huge tracts of African land to a risk of being grabbed by multinational companies under the guise of fighting poverty and food insecurity.

As the African Centre for Bio-Safety reported, huge projects such as the ProSavanna project in northern Mozambique are already displacing farmers from their land and imposing large-scale production structures for export. They add that “actual farmers are separated from the land and the only realistic option for a livelihood.” Like the 19th century colonisation project, some African entities are cooperating in this new wave of colonialism; latter-day governments, to wit. They are the ones signing these agreements and lending their coercive machinery to the multinationals to evict small-scale subsistence farmers from the land.

The faulty development mantra that the market is a fix for all needs – including basic needs – does not consider the fact that most African populations, as reported by The Guardian (UK), are “fed by smallholders as opposed to corporate farming, which tends to focus on exports and rich markets.” Like 19th century colonialism, the New Alliance strategy focuses on using Africa as the production grounds for the consumption needs of Western markets. The food security and sovereignty of African local populations is of no concern for the multinationals and the foreign governments funding their activities in Africa.

Controlling their lives and turning them into consumers of products they can't produce
In 2012, Human Rights Watch reported that the Ethiopian government had forced tens of thousands of people off their land, and given it to ‘investors’. The BBC reported the land was bought by Chinese and Saudi Arabian ‘investors’ who intended to grow more than one million tonnes of rice on it, to export to their countries.

In Liberia, a community in Grand Bassa county is resisting the encroachment of Equatorial Palm Oil (EPO), a British palm oil company on their land. Around 169,000 hectares had allegedly been allocated to the company by the government, without consulting over 7,000 people of the Jogbahn clan who have lived on the land for several generations. Skirmishes involving the company’s security unit and the Liberian Police Support Unit have not shaken the resolve of the people to defend their land, and as of May 2014, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the Liberian President, has promised to halt the grab, although the company has not acknowledged the presidential statement.

As a result of the increasingly deteriorating situation, the first Africa Conference on Land Grab is being organised, scheduled for 27–30 of October 2014 at the Pan African Parliament, South Africa. The conference will feature various speakers who will focus on a range of country case-studies of land grabbing in Africa. One hopes that a feasible resistance strategy is hatched to halt the recolonisation of the continent.

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Photo: Meags Fitzgerald

Source- http://thisisafrica.me/land-grabbing-africa-new-colonialism/
SportsRe: Kelechi Iheanacho Ranked 9th Most Exciting Teen In The World by Nokia3330: 8:27pm On Aug 11, 2014
Good for the lad! I hope his work permit is sorted out fast. EPL is going to be interesting this season.

How I wish Berlusconi will just sell my club to a willing investor. Can you imagine AC Milan not playing any continental games this season?? Its really a sad story at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza.

And why the hell was Seedorf sacked to usher in a tactless Inzaghi? whyyyyhuh?!!

Enough of my rant.

FORZA Milan!


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PoliticsOritsejafor Snubbed As Sultan, Oonaiyekan Others Meet Over 2015-elections by Nokia3330(op): 7:50pm On Aug 11, 2014
Ahead of the 2015 general elections, the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar, Catholic Archbishop of Abuja diocese, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, among others, will on Monday and Tuesday meet in the nation’s capital to deliberate on best ways to ensure a successful conduct of the election.

The Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja made this known in a statement issued by Rev. Fr. Patrick Alumuku, the diocese’s Director of Communications, in Abuja.Sultan Onaiyekan religious religion

The statement said President Goodluck Jonathan was expected to declare the conference open.

Expected to attend are state governors, national and state legislators, the judiciary, religious and traditional leaders, professionals, academics and leaders of thought, civil society, media, as well as critical stakeholders.

Others include Dr William Vendley, Secretary-General, World Council of Religious Leaders, Sheikh Shaban Mubaje, Grand Mufti of Uganda and co-chair, African Council for Religious Leaders and other religious leaders across Africa.

The statement added that the conference, with the theme “Interfaith Understanding and Cooperation for Responsible Politics,” would hold a symposium on religious extremism in Nigeria.

Similarly, a statement issued by the Sultan in Kaduna, said the event was aimed at ensuring credible and peaceful electioneering process in 2015.

“The conversation that it will generate is considered apt for setting the mood of the nation as we step into the threshold of another electioneering campaign.
“His Eminence, John Cardinal Onaiyekan and I, as well as other members of the Interfaith Initiative for Peace, will be happy leading the conversation towards a better Nigeria,” the monarch wrote.

A communiqué is expected at the end of the conference, while a workable resolution will be adopted towards peaceful electioneering period ahead of the 2015 general elections.

However, President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, DailyPost gathered was not officially invited to the conference.

Under normal circumstance, the Warri-based preacher by virtue of his position as the official head of Christians in the country, should participate.

Speaking to DailyPost Monday morning, a media practictioner operating from Abuja, lamented the non-invitation of Oritsejafor.

“Can you see how they are mixing religion and politics,” the source who did not want his name revealed, asked rhetoretically.

“Why would such gathering of respected religious leaders and prominent persons, meet and not invite the president of CAN? Is he not a stakeholder? It’s just unfortunate. I was discussing this matter with some of my colleagues before you called.”

Asked why Cardinal Onaiyekan did not insist that the body extends invitation to Oritsejafor, the source replied: “You see, Cardinal Onaiyekan is one of the biggest problems Christians in the North have. He gives us away cheaply to our Muslim friends.”

“The Muslim North see him as a soft man, so they rather have him attend any meeting than the president of CAN, who speaks his mind regardless of how revered the indvudual is.”

“I believe they left him out because he (Oritsejafor) might disagree with them on some of the agenda. But this is not the right thing to do.”

In a chat with DailyPost, a functionary in the office of CAN General Secretary, Rev. Dr. Musa Asake, said he was not aware of the conference.

“Where and when is this event holding please?” he quipped.

After our reporter answered, “In Abuja sir,” he said: “Well, I don’t think CAN President was invited, perhaps because it is an initiatve of the Catholics.”

When informed that a number of key stakeholders from within and outside the country were invited for the discourse, the official responded: “I am sure the (CAN) president would attend if he got an invite.”

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