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Jonathan and the Rice Pyramid

When I look back I remember those miscreants who at a point represented all that was wrong in my area, who are today the proud owners of large rice farms , I lift up my hands to heaven to Bless the king that never sleeps, for the life of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Whose initiative has transformed those haggard looking Boys whose only vocation was violence into vibrant and economically buoyant rice farmers overnight.

Shared into groups of 20s these young rice farmers have transformed the wastelands of Nassarawa, Kebbi , Lokoja - Abuja Highway etc into viable rice farms .
Today some of them are proud owners of Brand new motorcycles and tricycles which they purchased from the profits they made from selling rice paddy!

The picture of the president beside these huge pyramids of rice is a clear testimony of the ''CAN DO'' spirit of the average Nigerian.

The fact that the policies of this administration has led to a huge reduction of our food imports from a total of N1.4 trillion (about $7 billion) in 2009 to N717 billion (about $4.35 billion) as at December 2013, a decline of $2.65 billion (N429bn) is a pointer to the fact that given the opportunity Nigerians have the ability and the capacity to feed the Nation !

GOD BLESS THE PRESIDENT

GOD BLESS THE FEDERAL

REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

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President Jonathan welcomes Malala Yousafzai, renowned Girl-Child Education Campaigner to Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Malala Yousafzai,is the Pakistani teenager shot in the head by the Taliban for championing the right of girls to education,she pledged to help free a group of more than 200 schoolgirls who have been held captive by Islamist militants Boko Haram since April.
The activist, who turns 17 on Monday, held an early birthday celebration with some of the girls who escaped the mass abduction in the north-eastern village of Chibok in April. "I can see those girls as my sisters…
and I'm going to speak up for them until they are released," she said during a meeting on Sundaywith some of the parents of the abducted children in the capital, Abuja. "I'm going to participate actively in [the]
Bring Back Our Girls campaign to make sure that they return safely."
Later, standing beside four visibly delighted children from Chibok, she
blew out the candles of a birthday cake.
Malala was shot shortly after boarding a school bus in 2009 by Taliban insurgents in Pakistan's Swat district, an event that turned her into a
global symbol of defiance against the militants. Similarly, the abduction
of 300 secondary school girls has shone a global spotlight on the atrocities of Boko Haram, whose name means "western education is forbidden".


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It’s the secret that could ruin Hillary Clinton’s prospective bid for The White House.

President Bill Clinton once came clean that he was NOT in fact the biological father of the political pair’s only child, Chelsea Clinton. Even more shocking, he allegedly said the real father is the former mayor of Little Rock, Ark., Webster Hubbell, who’s also Hillary’s one-time law partner, claims former Clinton aide Larry Nichols.
years ago Bill admitted to having an affair with a local Little Rock woman after rumors surfaced that the woman was pregnant with his baby. According to Nichols, Bill denied the allegations and revealed that he’s sterile.

“We were discussing a woman’s claims that Bill had knocked her up and what we should do about it,” said Nichols. “But he denied that he could have gotten her pregnant. He said he had measles as a kid and that rendered him sterile.”

“His exact words were, ‘I shoot blanks.’ Stunned by what I’d just heard, I asked him, ‘Then what about Chelsea?’ And he said, ‘Oh, Webb [Hubbell] sired her.’”



Webb Hubbell is rumored to be the biological father to Chelsea Clinton.Reportedly, businessman Finis Shelnutt (who was once Hubbell’s brother-in-law) told The National Enquirer that Hilary Clinton and Hubbell’s alleged affair wasn’t a big secret.

“That was rumored in Arkansas for years and totally public. A lot of people suspected that,” Shelnutt said, adding that the older Chelsea gets, the more she looks like Hubbell.

“Chelsea kind of looked like Webb at that time,” he said. “That is what a lot of people talked about. Of course Webb never discussed it with the family. It was just never brought up.”

The rumors of Chelsea’s biological father surfaced right around the time Hilary is expected to announce whether she will join the 2016 Presidential race. Chelsea is also pregnant with her first child with husband Marc Mezvinsky.

What do you think

This comes at quite a sensitive time given that Hillary will soon announce whether she will run for president in 2016 and her daughter is pregnant with her first child with her husband, 36-year-old Marc Mezvinsky.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3174601/posts

Eleven soldiers will face a six-count charge including
committing mutiny.
The Nigerian Army has court–martialed 18 soldiers for
attempted murder and mutiny in Maimalari cantonment,Maiduguri.
In an internal memo seen by PREMIUM TIMES, the
Commander, Army Headquarter Garrison, B.T
Ndiomu, ordered the General Court Martial, GCM, to be
presided by C.C Okonkwo, a Brigadier General.
Mr. Ndiomu, who is also a Brigadier General, had
ordered that a GCM be assembled at the garrison’s
conference hall on June 26.
The GCM is made up of seven members, two waiting
members, a judge advocate and two prosecuting officers.
Others include: a liaison officer, a contact officer, two
officers authorized to sign any amendment convening
officer and eight other soldiers who form a court
secretariat.
The 18 soldiers are to be court-martialed for an incident
that occurred in May at the barracks On May 14, some
soldiers, angered by the death of 12 of their colleagues in
a Boko Haram ambush, opened fire on the vehicle of the
General Officer Commanding, GOC, 7 Division of the
Nigerian Army, Ahmadu Mohammed.
The soldiers blamed Mr. Mohammed for the death of
their colleagues killed in the ambush.
Sources had told PREMIUM TIMES that the soldiers were
ambushed while on a special operation in Kalabalge
Local Government Area where locals on the Tuesday
morning killed about 150 insurgents and arrested 10
others.
After the operation, during which some military
equipment were recovered from the insurgents, the
soldiers who had arrived the council, at night were asked
to return to Maiduguri.
The soldiers reportedly pleaded to be allowed to return
to Maiduguri the next morning, as the night trip would
be too risky.
Their request was allegedly turned down and the troop
had to drive to Maiduguri at night.
“Those commanding the troop declined their request to
pass the night in one of the villages on the grounds that
the top ranks at the headquarters of the 7 Division would
not be pleased if they don’t go back to Maiduguri that
night,” said a ranking soldier, who sought anonymity.
The 7 Division, recently formed, is located in Maiduguri,
the capital of the troubled Borno State.
But half way through their journey, they ran into a Boko
Haram ambush and 12 of them got killed while some
others were injured, sources said.
The military later claimed that only four soldiers died in
the ambush, before it increased the figure to six.
The survivors, in what seemed a vengeance mission,
opened fire on their commander, Mr. Mohammed, when
they eventually arrived in Maiduguri.
Mr. Mohammed, a Major General, was immediately
redeployed to another command which the military did
not reveal.
However, in its version of the attack on the GOC, the
military said the soldiers did not shoot at their
commander.
“The fact of the matter is that troops on patrol around
Chibok were ambushed by insurgents yesterday. Troops
engaged the insurgents in a fierce combat and extricated
themselves from the ambush killing several insurgents.
“Four soldiers however lost their lives during the
ambush.
“On evacuation of the remains of the fallen troops, the
General Officer Commanding addressed the troops who
registered their anger about the incident by firing into
the air,” the military spokesperson, Chris Olukolade, a
Major General, had said in a statement.
The Nigerian Army, however, instituted a military board
of inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the
conduct of soldiers who fired some shots.
In a charge sheet signed by Mr. Ndiomu on June 28, it
was specified that 11 of the soldiers are being charged
with criminal conspiracy to commit mutiny among
others.
These eleven soldiers are facing a six-count charge of
committing mutiny, criminal conspiracy to commit
mutiny, attempted murder, disobedience to particular
orders, insubordinate behaviour contrary to and
punishable under the law, and false accusation.
The charge sheet read that the soldiers inspired other
military personnel of the 101 battalion to commit mutiny
and also accused E. Azenda, a Lieutenant colonel who is
the Second in Command of the 101 battalion of
conspiring with other officers to kill the soldiers.
One of the charges read “that you between 13 and 14 May
2014 at Maimalari cantonment in Maiduguri fired
sporadically with the intent to incite other personnel of
101 battalion against the authority of 7 Division Below are names of the accused soldiers, their ranks and
service numbers:
96NA/ 42/6235 Cpl Jasper Braidolor
96NA/ 43/ 10277 Cpl David Musa
05NA/ 57/ 3451 LCpl Friday Onun
09NA/ 64/ 4905 LCpl Yusuf Shuaibu
09NA/ 62/ 1648 LCpl Igono Emmanuel
09NA/ 64/ 4214 Pte Andrew Ngbede
10NA/ 65/ 8344 Pte Nurudeen Ahmed
10NA/ 65/ 7084 Pte Ifeanyi Alukhagbe
13NA/ 69/ 2898 Pte Alao Samuel
13NA/ 69/ 2907 Pte Amadi Chukwudi
13NA/ 69/ 2898 Pte Allan Linus
The other seven soldiers also court-martialed but yet to
be charged are:
93NA/ 36/ 1542 Cpl David Luhbut
97NA/ 45/ 7423 Cpl Muhammed Sani
03NA/ 53/ 816 Lcpl Stephen Clement
09NA/ 62/ 1648 Inama Samuel
09NA/ 64/ 5858 Iseh Ubong
10NA/ 65/ 6912 Ichocho Jeremiah
10NA/ 65/ 7343 Sabastine Gwaba. Maiduguri mutiny: Nigerian Army court-martials 18 soldiers http:///

“Nigeria is aggressively confronting the Boko Haram
threat” in response to Karen Attiah’s misinformed July
3 op-ed, “#BringBackMyEasyDays,”.
Excerpts: “The claim that the president has a “do-
nothing” attitude toward rescuing the girls is no
different than what was written about President
Obama’s decision not to disclose his efforts to seize and
arrest the alleged ringleader of the 2012 terrorist
attacks in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans
— until he did just that.
Mr. Jonathan won’t put the lives of these girls at risk by
publicly revealing details of the recovery operation for
the sake of satisfying his critics.
Despite Ms. Attiah’s claims to the contrary, even before
the abductions, the president was engaged in
international intelligence-sharing involving West
Africa, Europe and the United States, and he had also
launched the Counter-Terrorism Centre in Nigeria.
He has been working intensely on the very challenging
situation posed by Boko Haram since assuming office,
including declaring a state of emergency in May 2013 in
the three most affected northern states. Washington Post: My Letter to the Editor by Reuben Abati - http:///IMrbMVtrTL

Nigerian women are being trafficked to Italy under the pretence that they will be working as nannies or in factories – but often end up working the streets as prostitutes.
Their plight has been highlighted by Paris-based photographer Elena Perlino, originally from Italy, who began to notice the presence of young African women working on the streets during her commutes from Turin.
www.theheraldng.com/nigerian-prostitutes-languishing-europe-photos/?wt=3

NwaNimo1: match don finish just like APC

Lol

YES!!!

But on the following conditions

1. If the Girl was pregnant outside wedlock and about to put to bed or has just given birth

2. If the bride has started receiving the Dino Melaye kind of treatment (Black eyes, swollen lips, before day break)

3 If the couple already had a child before the wedding and wants to go on honey moon alone

4. Finally ,if the newly wed decides its time to end their new union in slow motion !

the chances of Brazil equalizing in their match with Germany were about the same as APC winning the 2015 Presidential election ! PDP=GERMANY
APC=BRAZIL
TOURNAMENT= 2015
WINNER = GEJ
More tweets at : www.twitter.com/ochejoseph

lakpalakpa: How does that affect the miserable life of an Nigerian??

Senseless OP....

. Abuse and use of vulgar words is not my style if it makes you feel better continue ! I wish you well . God Bless Nigeria

Social networking site twitter has suspended the twitter account of the APC National Youth Leader. The handle of the 53 year old youth leader @ibrojaloAPCYL has been very active in recent times posting the youth leaders second birth certificate and other documents. It was not clear at the time of this report why the networking site suspended the account. Source: www.twitter.com/ibrojaloAPCYL

EBOLA DISEASE AS OF TODAY HAS NO CURE HERE ARE SOME FEW TIPS THAT CAN HELP PROTECT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY FROM THE DEADLY VIRUS

1. Avoid bush meat or any meat you are not sure of its source.
2. Wash your hands frequently with detergent or soap using clean water.
3. Avoid trips to Ebola endemic countries (DRC ,UGANDA , CONGO, GABON SUDAN etc)
4. Get a hand sanitizer for people to use in your office and educate them on the importance of sanitizers, Get one for your kids to use in school frequently and if possible for their class.
5. Avoid buying Food stuffs, Clothing or other personal materials from Markets/Shops that share the same vicinity with live or roasted bush meat, dealer’s or sellers
6. Be careful with hands when using railings on the stairs, door knobs and other utilities used by the public.
7. Gloves and other appropriate protective clothing should be worn when handling sick animals or their tissues
8. Watch out for people with flu-like symptoms and sudden fever
9. Avoid Pig farms, Pig farms in Africa play a role in the amplification of infection because of the presence of fruit bats on these farms.
10. Avoid bat meats and bat products

FOR HEALTH WORKERS
WHO states as follows,
Standard precautions are recommended in the care and treatment of all patients regardless of their perceived or confirmed infectious status. They include the basic level of infection control—hand hygiene, use of personal protective equipment to avoid direct contact with blood and body fluids, prevention of needle stick and injuries from other sharp instruments, and a set of environmental controls.
Signs and symptoms of Ebola
EVD is a severe acute viral illness often characterized by the sudden onset of
1.Fever
2.Intense weakness
3.Muscle pain,
4.Headache and sore throat.
5.Followed by vomiting, Diarrhea, Rash, Impaired kidney and Liver function, and in some cases, both internal and external bleeding

(Oche Otorkpa is a WHO Trained IDSR Specialist)
http://tsuntsumediaservices..com/2014/07/tips-on-how-to-stay-protected-from.html

Oby I never expected an educated fellow like you to fall for such a Scam. 1. The technology that will erase an ink from a (cellulose or fiber ) based paper must leave a residue on the point of impact ! If this is the case then that Ballot would have been considered invalid. 2. Ink especially the one used for stamps and elections are mainly composed of dyes and pigments which leave an indelible mark on any paper it comes in contact with. 3.the procedure for elections is such that accreditation takes place earlier and no matter the size actual voting do not take more that 40 minutes to conduct ! If such chemical reaction actually took place the ''Disappearing'' acts would have been noticed as soon as counting begins. Obiagelli my sister accept this defeat in good faith before the one in Osun takes you by surprise! God Bless Nigeria

idumuose: Nyako's cup is full and overflowing

you can say that again

The seven-member investigative panel constituted by the acting Chief Judge of Adamawa State, Ambrose
Mammadi, to investigate allegations of gross misconduct
by Governor Murtala Nyako, commenced sitting on
Monday.
The panel ignored the directive of the state government
which had on Sunday declared Monday and Tuesday as
public holidays.
Mr. Nyako had declared the holiday to allow citizens
pray for peace in the state, but critics said it was aimed at
stopping Mr. Mammadi from inaugurating the panel he
appointed last Friday.
Mr. Mammadi’s tenure as chief judge ends on Monday,
while the panel was expected to be inaugurated on
Monday. No public inauguration was done.
Speaking to journalists on Monday, the Registrar of the
State High Court, Abubakar Babayola, said the
inauguration of the committee is a mere ceremony and
not a constitutional requirement.
Mr. Babayola signed the Friday statement, on behalf of
the acting Chief Judge, announcing the composition of
the committee.
“The Hon. Acting Chief Judge Hon. Justice Ambrose D.
Mammadi by the powers vested in him under Section
185(5) of the 1999 constitution as (amended) has
approved the appointment of seven (7) Man Panel to
investigate allegations of Gross Misconduct of the
Executive Governor of Adamawa State Admiral Murtala
Nyako and the Deputy Governor of Adamawa State Mr.
Bala Ngilari,” the registrar had said.
The committee is chaired by Buba Kaimaga from Mubi
Northern Zone.
The other members are Laraba Hassan, Michika
Northern Zone; Njidda Kito, Song Central Zone; Joshua
Abu, Hong Central Zone; Binanu Esthon, Guyuk Southern
Zone; Sa’ad Lawan, Mayo-Belwa, Southern Zone; and
Esthon Gapsiso, Genye Southern Zone.
The registrar had said the committee members would be
sworn-in at a later, unannounced date.
However, as at 3:00 p.m. on Monday, the committee was
sitting amidst tight security at J & J Holiday Villa located
at Atirwucha close in Karewa GRA, Yola.
It is not clear if Messrs. Nyako and his deputy, Bala
Ngilari, will appear before the committee to clear
themselves of the allegations.
Twenty of the 25 lawmakers in the state had, as part of
the impeachment proceedings, asked the chief judge to
set up the committee. PremiumTimes BREAKING: Nyako Impeachment: Investigative Panel begins sitting http:///20hvIDiTPP"

Apparently reacting to
the impeachment crisis
currently rocking
Adamawa State, the
state government has
declared Monday and
Tuesday work-free days.
In a statement made via
SMS by the director of
press, Mallam Ahmad
Sajoh, the state
government said it
deemed it fit to make
the declaration of the
two working days work-free to afford the people of
the state the chance to reflect on the current
happenings in the country and to use the period to
offer special prayers for peace in the country.
“His Excellency Governor Murtala Nyako has
approved Monday 7th and Tuesday 8th July as work-
free days in Adamawa State. This is to enable the
people to reflect on the current happenings in the
country and to use the period to offer special
prayers for peace in the state and the country.
“The period is to also allow Adamawa workers
reflect on their current challenges. It is also a
thanksgiving period for citizens to appreciate God’s
protection despite all the challenges,” the statement
noted.
The declaration of work-free days was a shrewd
political calculation by Governor Nyako’s camp to
prevent the acting chief judge of the state, Justice
Ambrose Mammadi, from inaugurating the seven-
man panel he had earlier constituted on Monday.
Since his tenure will expire tomorrow, it means that
by the time the two-day holidays expire, the tenure
of the acting chief judge will elapse.
Mammadi was inaugurated as the acting CJ for
Adamawa State on April 8 by Nyako. Since he was
appointed on acting capacity for three months,
Mammadi’s tenure ends tomorrow.
But a constitutional lawyer in the state, Mr Joshua
Sunday Wugira, said the decision of the state
government would not affect the constitution of the
investigative panel as the extension of the tenure of
the acting CJ was the exclusive reserve of the
National Judicial Council (NCJ). With the prevailing
situation in Adamawa, he said, he believed the NJC
would take the appropriate action.
Wugira further said that the governor has no right to
interfere with the tenure of an acting CJ when it
expires, adding that the issue has become the
exclusive right of the NJC to decide whether to
extend the tenure of the acting CJ or not.
He faulted the declaration of work-free days by the
government, saying he read mischief behind it as
nothing serious happened in the state to warrant the
impromptu holiday. “You can’t just declare public
holiday as nothing serious happened to warrant its
declaration. It could be declared a nullity,” he said.
When asked to comment on whether someone other
than the CJ can inaugurate the panel in the absence
of the acting CJ who constituted it, Wugira said the
inauguration can be done by any high court judge or
any notary public.
Similarly, the state secretary of the PDP who is also a
lawyer, Mr A.T. Shehu, noted that section 188,
subsection 1- 10, of the constitution provides that
once the committee has been set up, any high court
judge or notary public can inaugurate it. He noted
that they were not perturbed by the antics of the
government.
The confusion was sparked by the war of words
between Governor Nyako’s camp and the PDP’s
camp. Nyako’s camp insisted that the acting CJ has
no constitutional right to inaugurate the
investigative panel while the PDP camp contended
that the constitution permits someone other than
the acting CJ to inaugurate the committee.
But the public relations officer of the APC, Mr
Phineas Padio, said that the acting CJ had adopted
double standard by the way he has been acting. He
said it was surprising for the same acting CJ who
told the lawmakers that their action was against the
law to turn around after a few days to give a
counter-ruling.
Padio added that, from the information available to
them, the acting CJ has been hijacked by the military
who asked him to constitute the investigative panel
under duress.
Already, Nyako’s camp has made known its
intention to challenge the inauguration of the seven-
man panel going by the court’s rejection of the
assembly’s substituted charges.
Speaking to LEADERSHIP on the matter, the director,
press and public affairs, Government House, Yola,
Mr Ahmad Sajoh, said, “We’ll challenge the setting
up of the panel on the grounds that the same judge
that gave a judgement in the day time took an action
contrary to the judgement in the evening. We are
looking at the issue from the legal point of view.
“The same acting chief judge gave an order that
there should be stay of action and then the House
passed a resolution superseding his order; he cannot
again take the resolution of the House and act on it.
Our lawyers are working on the legal interpretation
of the action and they will go to court.”
Count us out – military
The military authorities yesterday denied any
involvement in the ongoing process toward
impeaching Governor Nyako, especialy the alleged
taking over of the residence of the acting chief judge
of Adamawa State.
According to reports, some soldiers have taken over
the residence of the acting CJ, Ambrose Mammadi,
with a view to intimidating him to facilitate the plot
to impeach Governor Nyako and his deputy, Bala
Ngillari.
Last week, the acting CJ made the list of the seven-
man committee to investigate the governor and his
deputy.
However, findings show that there was never a
directive from the military authorities asking any
soldier to take such a step. But a top military officer
accused politicians of trying to blackmail the
military over the impeachment matter which he
described as “a purely political matter”.
Neither the director of information, Defence
Headquarters, Major General Chris Olukolade, nor
the spokesman for the army, Brigadier General
Olajide Laleye, agreed there was such a directive
emanating from Abuja.
Speaking in a telephone chat, Major General
Olukolade said, “We are still investigating the story,
but let me tell you that I am not aware of any
directive from the DHQ asking soldiers to do so. As
soon as we get to the root of the matter, I will get
back to you.”
That was the same position of Brigadier Laleye who
simply said, “We will investigate the matter.”
But speaking under a condition of anonymity, a top
military officer cautioned the politicians against
bringing in the military into a purely political
matter.
“I read the story but if you looked at the whole story,
it was sponsored by some politicians who always
like drawing the military into a purely political
matter. The military has no business in the
impeachment process; the position of the
constitution is unambiguous about it. Tell those who
want to involve the military to stop their unpatriotic
agenda; it is not good for the military and the
country. If the story is true, any soldier involved
would face the consequence because it is purely a
political matter,” he said.
The constitution is silent on inauguration –
lawyers
Some lawyers yesterday expressed their view on the
appointment of a seven-man panel set up by the
chief judge of the state to investigate an allegation of
corruption against Governor Nyako.
Some have argued that the CJ needed to inaugurate
the committee before it can commence
investigation.
But some have said that section 188 of the 1999
Constitution (as amended) is silent on inauguration.
Malam Abubakar Malami, a senior advocate, said
the constitution only talks about appoinment and
says nothing about inauguration.
“I think the CJ has acted according to the law,”
Malami said.
Another senior advocate, Chief Awa Kalu, agreed
with the argument of Malami but said that an
inauguration will not be out of place as their terms
of reference would be spelt out to them.
“The constitution does not talk about inauguration
but inaugurating the panel will not be out of place
since they have terms of reference they will work
with,” Kalu said.
The chief justice had constituted a seven-man panel
on Friday to investigate allegations of gross
misconduct brought against the governor and his
deputy by the state House of Assembly.
Controversy over soldiers’ presence at CJ’s
residence
Controversy has continued to trail the alleged
occupation of the house of the acting chief judge of
the state, Justice Ambrose Mammadi.
The incident has led to tension in the state as
opposing camps continue to throw brickbats against
each other.
The public relations officer of the APC, Mr Phineas
Padio, has condemned the action of the soldiers,
saying that it was the height of impunity. He added
that they learnt that the acting CJ was even coerced
to constitute the investigative panel at gunpoint.
The development, he said, is a big minus for
democracy as anti-democratic forces seem hell-bent
on ousting a legitimate government through the use
of force.
While corroborating the position of Padio, a source
close to the acting CJ who did not want to be quoted
said the acting CJ had been under intense pressure
from the authorities since the impeachment
process commenced. He has been under the
surveillance of soldiers since then, he said.
Security sources told LEADERSHIP in confidence
that the deployment of soldiers to keep tabs on the
acting CJ was to ensure the security of his life as any
of the contending sides who felt threatened by his
actions might try to harm him.
But, when contacted, the army public relations
officer of the 23rd Brigade Command, Captain Nuhu
Jafaru, said he knew nothing about soldiers being
deployed to guard the acting CJ’s house.
Mercenaries were smuggled into the state to kill
or kidnap our members – speaker
The speaker, Adamawa State House of Assembly,
Hon. Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, has raised the alarm
over the smuggling of merceneries whose job was to
either kidnap or kill members of the state House of
Assembly following the impeachment move against
Governor Nyako and his deputy.
The speaker made the position known through his
chief press secretary, Mr Solomon Kumanga,
yesterday in Yola.
Kumangar said followng threats against members of
the House of Assembly, each member was attached a
security detail to ensure the safety of his life.
“Some people who are not happy with what is going
on in the state have brought in mercenaries to either
kill or abduct our members; as such, each member
was attached a security detail to safeguard him.
“We have it on good authority that those
mercenaries have been given the photographs of all
our members for them to carry out their nefarious
activities.”
Kumanga also said the House was not aware of the holiday declared by the government and will go about its activities unperturbed . www.leadership.ng/news/377060/nyako-moves-outwit-adamawa-assembly

PapaBrowne: The people living there, do they have security clearance to stay there?
All this one na wash!! Go to Chibok if you want to. Sitting in a park is appreciated, so is holding bringbackourgirls signs as well as sharing on twitter. But the real brave ones would go all the way to Chibok, security clearance or not to show they truly care.
Like I always say, we need more actionists and not activists!!

Lol

Nyako going going go......!!!!

1. Ekiti down

2. Nyako to follow

3. After that Aregberascal will sent to Sambisa to join his colleagues

4.Then Okorocha will be butted out and sent to NTA to host a show for clowns

5. Gov Almakura the leader of the Ombatse group will be upgraded and allocated a personal shrine to practice vodooo

supporters of APC cleansing is a national assignment and a civic responsibility which every Nigerian should take seriously

Nigeria will Overcome

God Bless Nigeria

he BringBack Our Girls group(BBOG) group, Abuja family has stated that apart from its daily sit outs and rally, the group is still determined to go Chibok to visit the family of the schoolgirls abducted by the Boko Haram sect,2014.
The group, which spoke through one of its leaders, Dr Oby Ezekwesili, while responding to questions from journalist yesterday, said that during the early weeks of its advocacy, the group had wriiten to the National Security Adviser (NSA) for security clearance to visit the place, she added that Col. Dasuki (rtd) the group is still waiting for the NSA response on the matter
Ezekwesili said that the visit to the community is important to the group as it will have the opportunity to empathise and engage with the families of the kidnapped girls, adding that the group has had many engagements with them through people from the community who were in the group.
She said ” We want to go to Chibok and see the families of the girls who have been in the hands of their abductors for over 80 days. Imagine what the families are passing through? We want to go there to empathise with them and make them know that they are not alone and that we stand by them in their anguish.”
Also speaking, the chairman of Chibok Community in Abuja, Tsambido Hosea-Abana, stated that his people appreciated the activities of the BBOG, saying that the group activities was the only thing that gives them hope in their present situation.
” The group gives us hope because what government promised us have not been fulfilled. My people call us every time to asks us what is happening here. They commend this group. If it wasn’t for this group, our girls would have been forgotten,” he added.
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Abdullahi Maibasira, the national youth leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in this interview with CHRISTIAN OKEKE, speaks on how the transformation going on in the party is already bringing goodwill to it as well as the party's plans to win back Osun State in the next month.

YOU are a member of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP and only recently, your party secured victory at the Ekiti governorship election. How will you describe the election and what can you say gave PDP the victory?

First, we must thank the people of Ekiti for coming together across the 16 local governments and showing support by voting for our candidate. I must also cease this moment to thank the youths of the state, most especially, the various students' movements within the state. They chose to identify with the party in the electoral process. All credit must go to the people of Ekiti, who worked tirelessly to ensure that the poll was free and fair, devoid of any form of violence, and this is what the PDP has always stood for: one man, one vote; one woman, one vote; one youth, one vote.

The belief in Nigerian politics is that it is difficult to defeat an incumbent. How does the PDP assess the incumbent governor of the state, Dr Kayode Fayemi; Does your party believe that he performed creditably at all?
[b][/b]
The issue of governance is people-oriented; it is the people that will pass the verdict and it is either they pass a yes verdict on your performance or they pass a no verdict on your performance and in this case, the people of Ekiti passed their verdict. They chose to change their path; they chose to change their direction. They chose to be led on a different political platform with different ideology altogether.


As leaders, there is a time to be elected and there is a time to work and that is exactly what the result of the election has shown us. Across the 16 local governments of the state, our candidate got majority votes. The people spoke and that is the beauty of democracy that not only do the majority carry the day, but the will of the people will always prevail.

The PDP is people-oriented, people centred, with our perspective always driven by an ideal to put the people in the frame of development, advancing their goal and participating fully in democracy. I think we must also give it to Dr Fayemi, who, I think for the first-time, conceded an election magnanimously in line with the verdict of the people. I think his concession and ongoing steps towards a smooth transition showed that Nigeria's democracy is coming of age and advancing and I believe that most Nigerians, who are aspiring for political offices, will toe the line of Dr Fayemi. We must definitely praise him for his statesmanship; we must salute him for his courage; we must also identify with this position he has taken and we hope that parties will also toe this same line in future elections.

Recently, we saw that some notable members left your party. Ironically, the PDP has just won an election in a state some pundits believed before the poll that it was not possible. What has happened in the PDP?

The beauty of democracy is greatly enshrined in certain fundamentals and these include our rights as Nigerians: to freedom, liberty and association. You can choose at your free-will to associate with whoever you may wish to associate with and that is also one of the central elements of politics: that where perhaps you are best suited, you pitch your tent there. As a party, we have shown Nigerians that this is a party for all Nigerians; a party where you can rise to any level irrespective of what you are and where you are coming from; to aspire for any office.

To play your part in building this country, this is the only party that can guarantee you that. We have shown it time and over again and the PDP is the most formidable political platform ever built in the country. Why? Because we have maintained Nigeria's democracy since 1999, the longest period in our democratic experience and it is the PDP that has done that. So, the party is a very big family; it is a very big party. Therefore, it accommodates everybody and you must also give it that the NWC of the party has opened the doors for everyone to participate and of course, the national leader of the party, the president has also provided leadership. Our agenda are working, the fundamentals of our macro economy are stronger, and that is why I think you are seeing the change in tide. In every human word, you will find there are times when you have challenges but it is not the challenges that build a political party. It is how that institution responds to those challenges and as a party, I think we have shown to Nigerians that we can brace up to our inherent challenges and we will continue to rise up to the occasion to ensure that the mandate given to us by Nigerians of protecting this democracy and advancing our common wealth.

The next governorship election is coming up in Osun State in August. What is the PDP looking at?

Every political party goes to an election with the hope of winning. That is why there is competition for votes and of course, we are moving towards Osun with hopes and prospects to win the state. This has been a PDP state before and we still want to bring it back to PDP. We believe that the state should also follow the line of the transformation agenda that is going on at the federal level. I want to believe that our politics and of course our victory in Ekiti will propel and give us the necessary confidence to be able to approach Osun election. Of course, we are in contact with our people on the ground. For the youth structure there, we have already begun our mobilisation and we are working towards a strong and victorious show in Osun.

With few months now to 2015, do you think that APC is a threat to PDP?

I don't think the APC, as presently constituted, with no real manisfesto, with no plans for youths inclusion in governance, with no definite alternative policy proposals to PDP's and with no concrete alternative measures for national unity, is a threat to PDP.

Giving our party's structures, our chances, of course, are bright. We are the largest political party in the country. The transformation agenda is working, we have thousands of youths in federal government-led youths empowerment programmes and we have had transformation in the agricultural sector. We now have federal universities in all the states of this country. We have advanced infrastructural development and the roadmap for power sector reform that will provide greater electricity for the generality of Nigerians. We have continuously opened up the gate to Nigeria's economic growth and that is why we are still the most investor-friendly country and we still receive the highest foreign direct investment in Africa and to cap it up, we have made Nigeria the largest economy in Africa. We have made heavy and critical investments in the rail sector.

I personally believe that ideologies should drive party affiliation. Of course, all nations have challenges and we do have challenges as a country but we are pushing forward to ensure that these challenges become a thing of the past and that is why I believe the youths of this country will generally identify with the PDP. More so, as a party, we have given young people opportunity and it will continue. We are moving towards effective and sustainable strategies for youths inclusion in politics, in both appointive and elective positions.

But, do you think there is any challenge the PDP may need to sort out before 2015?

We have our internal dispute-resolution mechanism and that is the beauty of PDP as a party. Over time, we have developed internal processes that will ultimately resolve different and varying degrees of challenges that will come up politically. As a party, we have demonstrated, we have proved to Nigerians that we have the mechanism and strength to solve our problems and maintain the unity of the country and with that, we will approach this election.

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berem: 35years and 53years,what's the difference? Age is nothing but a number. What matters is the competence of the youth leader. Abi?

Berem I expect you guys to appoint senator Ahamed Sani Yerima as your Next women Leader since its all about Competence ! Berem I need this your zeal in the PDP stop utilizing it for the Janajaweeds ! APC is about suicide bombs, desperation and terrorism

Look closely and you will realize this girl is Not happy , she is been forced into this. !!! NAPTIP pls Act

A delegate in the National ongoing National Conference just informed Nigerian's that the National conference has adopted a benchmark of 35 years as the Maximum age limit for Party youth leaders . Abdul Mahamud in a tweet moments ago said '' @AbdulMahmud1: #Confab recommends: to become parties youth leaders, aspirants shall not be more than 35 years old. #News. it will be recalled that the Opposition All Peoples Congress APC selected a 53 year old Grand father as its National youth leader after barring qualified and vibrant youth leaders in its fold from contesting. Source :
www.twitter.com/ochejoseph www.twitter.com/AbdulMahmud1

New Media, dominated predominantly by Social Media, may not determine who wins elections but it will determine who influences perceptions.

Ask yourself when was the last time you heard a breaking news on TV that had not already broken on New Media?

The fact is that New Media influences perception but as Ekiti has shown us, perception itself is not reality no matter what spin doctors say.

Now, perception may not be reality but if you do not take care of your perception, it will interfere with your reality.

However, perception is not the same as propaganda.

I got a lesson in the difference between perception and propaganda when I went to school in England.

The brochure of the school had a picture of this amazing hall and when I arrived on campus I asked for the whereabouts of that hall and received a rude shock when I was told I was in the hall.

I looked around and it was indeed the hall, but it did not look as grand as it did in the brochure. They had taken the picture of the hall from an angle that emphasized its grandeur. That was an example of perception influencing reality which influenced choice.

Elsewhere in England, a fellow Nigerian student had gone to his university only to find that the halls in the brochure of his schools existed, only not in that school. The school had used pictures of stately buildings. They did not expressly say those buildings were in their campus, but they knew it would be assumed. That was an act of propaganda influencing choice.

But while I remained at my school, the other Nigerian did not.

The moral here is that perception can be tolerated by reality but propaganda will be rejected by it.

The President, as one having the largest Facebook following of any political leader in Africa (almost 1.6 million followers) could engage in propaganda if he were so inclined, but that is not the Jonathan way.

His way is to deliver results while his detractors deliver activity and then let those results speak for themselves.

And the results are speaking for themselves with his Facebook page being the most visited FB profile in Africa, with one single post commanding over 110,000 likes and over 36,000 comments.

For now though, let us consider the word ‘clueless’. It is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as ‘having no knowledge, understanding, or ability’.

Now, this tag is a major arsenal in the propaganda unit of the opposition. The higher echelon have given their foot soldiers the order to tar the President with this adjective.

Now let us touch on reality for a bit.

In Nigeria, the two states with the highest population density are Kano and Lagos.

Incidentally, these two states are right now being governed by the opposition.

Anybody who knows these two states will attest to the fact that the major issue facing Kano is the sheer number of school age children that are out of the formal education system. It is estimated that there are at least 2 million itinerant scholars known as Almajiri in Kano who do not have access to formal education.

In Lagos, the major issue has been how to deal with the traffic situation that keeps Lagosians trapped in ‘go slow’ thereby depriving the economy off the man hours lost to this unproductive drudgery.

State and local officials have for almost half a decade been ‘clueless’ as to how to resolve these two debilitating municipal issues. The problems have grown in scale each passing year and appeared to be insurmountable.

But there has been a revolution of late which has addressed these two malaise and which is providing a solution in the present while turning adversity to opportunity.

In Kano, multiple schools have been purpose built for almajiris. They are called Almajiri Model Schools. They have Quranic recitation halls, Malams Quarters, libraries, hostels and science laboratories.

These schools are now in operation. They do not follow the traditional curriculum. They have a special curriculum which is built around Islamic education and science. The direction of the schools are determined by the Malam in charge and the only external influence is supervision from the ministry of education.

As a result, they are being utilized and kids are now leaving the streets of Kano to the comfort of the Almajiri Model Schools. Thus, a decades old problem is being solved. Of course it will take many more Almajiri Model Schools to absorb the over 2 million kids outside the formal education system, but now, we have a template that works.

In Lagos, when Lagosians first heard of the air conditioned trains, they thought it was a rumour, a ruse. Those kinds of things do not happen in Nigeria, they thought.

And then people started boarding the air conditioned trains that take you from one end of Lagos to another. They began taking selfies of themselves in these trains and tweeting or facebooking it.

Soon the news spread like wild fire! You can now escape Lagos traffic by taking the new air conditioned trains. It will stop in Oshodi, it will stop in Agege. It is meant for the masses. It is used by the masses!

And just like that, the number of people who travel by train in Nigeria has increased from 1 million per annum in 2009 to 5 million per annum and growing today.

But the koko of the matter is that these initiatives were the personal initiative of President Goodluck Jonathan in the case of Almajiri Model Schools, and the joint initiative of the President and his minister in the case of the Lagos Air Conditioned Trains or ‘Jonathan trains’ as some call it.

So this man, Jonathan, has in a space of a few years brought about a solution to two of the most pressing and recurring municipal issues facing the most populated areas of Nigeria.

It takes knowledge to come up with these ideas. It takes understanding to implement them. It takes ability to focus on them in the midst of distraction from terrorists and their sponsors. It takes humility to do it in the sphere of influence of the opposition.

The facts above cannot be dismissed.

If these are the acts of a ‘clueless’ person, then we need more cluelessness in Nigeria.

[b]When the Jonathan administration launched the new National Automotive Policy in 2013, the opposition called it a pipe dream. But they were not dreaming when President Goodluck Jonathan became the first Nigerian to publicly drive the new Made in Nigeria Nissan on the 29th of May 2014.

To cover their embarrassment at this feat, they said the cars were not made in Nigeria because not all the components were manufactured in Nigeria. In that case, no country manufactures a car because in this modern age, no single country makes all the parts that make up a car.

Mercedes Benz for instance makes parts in different continents including Africa. The nationality of the car is determined by the location where the final product is put together.

But for the sake of arguments, let us say that these cars are not even made in Nigeria. Is it not a fact that they are in Nigeria, they are inexpensive because of the National Automotive Policy, they are providing jobs for Nigerians and they are designed for our weather and environment?
[/b]
My people, things are changing in Nigeria and at such breath taking pace that the propaganda of ‘clueless’ cannot sell any more.

Before Jonathan, Nigeria as a nation was importing cement today we are producing enough to meet our domestic demand and have enough left over to export to other African nations.

As the cement is being manufactured, they are put on trains and hauled directly from the factory to Lagos port because the president had the foresight to extend the rail lines to the site of production.

On Monday the 14th of July 2014 the President commissioned the largest rice mill in Nigeria in Nasarawa, the Olam Rice Mill. At that event the President said “our commitment is to continue to reduce our food importation bill to the barest minimum. To demonstrate our commitment, I am glad to report to Nigerians that from a total food import bill of One trillion, one hundred billion naira (N1.1tr) ($6.9billion dollars) as at 2009, we have reduced our food import bill to Six hundred and eighty four billion, seven million naira (N684.7billion) ($4.35billion dollars) as at December 2013″.

That Nigeria is changing for the better under Jonathan is a reality. That he is solving decades long problems is a reality. That ordinary Nigerians have seen through the propaganda of the opposition is also a reality.

It is also a reality that they can no longer sell the propaganda of a clueless Jonathan.

In fact, the President’s abilities has begun to shrink the ranks of the opposition as we now read about defections from their ranks to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP on a weekly basis.

They confuse the President’s meekness for weakness, forgetting that meekness is power under control ready to be unleashed if and when the situation demands it.

They confuse the President’s thoughtfulness for foolishness forgetting that it is better to think then act than to act then think.

They confuse his tolerance for timidity forgetting that as the leader of the nation he must think of the good of both those who love him and those who don’t while their only thought is for those who love them.

So, let them continue with their propaganda. The best answer to them is one crafted by MKO Abiola of blessed memory who said ‘if you change the name of honey, it will still be sweet’.



Reno Omokri is Special Assistant to the President on New Media.

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lakpa lakpa: Killer Party..

I guess you meant APC the supporters of APC and their Armed wing Bokoharam !!!

Come this Saturday July 5th 2014 Rethink Nigeria will be Hosting the National Youth Leader of the PDP Hon Abdullahi Husseini Maibasira to an event at the Lounge Wuse II Abuja By 8 pm.
Rethink Nigeria is a Non profit organization
incorporated in the United States of America ,it strives to empower ordinary people to DO extraordinary things that positively improve their lives and ultimately impact their environment and the world.

For More Details follow the youth Leaders twitter Handle www.twitter.com/Nat_YouthLeader

APC Members wherever they are must be thanking their stars that Nairaland Crashed moments after Fayose's victory ! The Crash of Africa's Biggest Social media platform Nairaland provided the perfect escape route for APC e-rats and e-leeches who had sworn that Fayemi will win by a landslide some like Nwaniba even threatened to Go on exile Now the hackers have wiped her slate clean after Afghanistan and Somalia granted her express asylum . I have been asking my self some Important Questions ! 1. Who stand to gain from the attack on Nairaland ! 2. What could be the motive for attacking a media site that had provided a platform for millions of Nigerians to access information ? Thanks to the hackers people like Cramjones have their handles back all their sins have been forgiven its like it never happened , they now have clean slate ! Nevertheless , in the end we must realise that we are all Nigerians seeking for ways of making our country Better, once again I welcome us all back to Nairaland!

Op I agree with your Opening remarks 100% its Nice to have everyone Back !in the end we all Nigerians seeking for how to Make Nigeria Better ! Barka Da Zuwa

Op you are right ! Thanks to the Good people of Ekiti the state is now free from Janjawedic spirits !

12 Accidental Deaths You Won't
Believe
by Grace Murano +

Strange Stories 938,404 views
Tags: accidental death, strange deaths

1 Woman gets smashed by huge Taco
Bell sign

Diana Durre, of Chambers, Nebraska, died
after a 75-foot (23 m) Taco Bell sign fell on
top of the truck cab she was in. The pole
broke at a welded joint about 15 feet (4.5
m) above the ground owing to strong
winds. The sign fell right on top of the
quad-cab pickup. Diana was meeting a
Wyoming couple to sell them some dogs.
They had agreed to meet in North Platte,
Nebraska, at about 1 p.m., “right
underneath the big Taco Bell sign.” North
Platte's Animal Control Division took two
Yorkie dogs to the shelter. The Wyoming
couple showed up after the accident.


2 Man dies crushed by a suicidal
woman
A suicidal woman who jumped from an
eighth floor window crushed a passer-by to
death in a horrific accident. The woman
hurled herself from the balcony in
Viladecans, near Barcelona, and landed on
top of a 50-year-old pedestrian who was
walking below. The jumper died instantly,
and the man, from the Ukraine, died in
hospital shortly afterwards from his
injuries. His wife, who was walking with
him at the time, escaped with minor
injuries in the incident, which happened at
5.45 on a Monday evening. (Source)

3 A lawyer, demonstrating the safety
of windows in a skyscraper, crashed
through a pane and plunged to his
death
Garry Hoy, a 38-year old lawyer and a
senior partner at the Holden Day Wilson
Law firm in Toronto, Canada, fell to his
death on July 9, 1993, after he threw
himself against a window on the 24th floor
of the Toronto-Dominion Centre, in an
attempt to prove that the glass was
"unbreakable" to a group of visiting law
students. He had apparently attempted this
stunt many times in the past, having
previously bounced harmlessly off the
glass. His first attempt failed to damage the
glass at all. On his second attempt the glass
still didn't break but instead actually
popped out of the window frame, and he
fell over 300 feet to his death.
(Source 1 | Source 2)

4 Man dies after falling into vat of
Hershey's chocolate
In a scene straight out of Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory, but with grim real life
consequences, Vincent Smith II, an
employee at the Cocoa Services Inc.
chocolate factory in Camden, New Jersey,
had a fatal accident. He was loading
chunks of raw chocolate, when he slipped
and fell into a large melting tank filled with
50°C (120°F) Hershey's chocolate, and was
knocked out by one of the mixing paddles.
Smith was trapped in the melting tank for
10 minutes before rescuers were able to
extract him. He was declared dead a short
time later. ( Source)

5 Naked man dies suffocated in
condom
A thrill-seeker trying to give himself a
sexual high killed himself by pulling a
condom over his head, an inquest has
heard. Gary Ashbrook, 31, was discovered
naked on his bed alongside three empty
cans of nitrous oxide he used to blow up
the contraceptive. A post-mortem
examination revealed that Mr Ashbrook,
who had been HIV positive for seven years,
died from asphyxiation. ( Source)
6 Roller Coaster Operator, caught by
hair, gets scalped and killed
In 2003, an American amusement park
operator was killed when his hair and arm
got caught on a roller coaster car, pulling
him up as high as 12 metres before he fell,
back-first, onto a fence. Doug McKay, 40,
was spraying lubricant on the tracks of the
Super Loop 2, a ride at the Island County
Fair on Whidbey Island, northwest of
Seattle, when his long hair got caught on a
car full of fairgoers. It basically scalped
him, then he fell and landed on the fence.
( Source)

7 Man dies after bee attack at his
wife's funeral
Jaam Singh Girdhan Barela, a 50-year-old
man, died after being stung by a swarm of
honeybees while he was cremating his wife
in a Madhya Pradesh village. The bees
were disturbed after flames from the
funeral pyre enveloped their nest in Naya
Bilwa village in Khargone district, 330 km
from there. While others fled, Barela could
not, as he was performing the rituals. He
died following multiple stings.
( Source 1 | Source 2)

8 An entire soccer team dies after
being struck by a lighting during a
match
During a game between Bena Tshadi and
visitors Basanga in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo, all 11 members of a
football team were killed by a bolt of
lightning which left the other team unhurt.
Thirty other people received burns at the
match. The two sides were drawing 1-1 in
the match in eastern Kasai Province when
the lightning struck the visiting team. The
athletes from the home team curiously
came out of the catastrophe unscathed.
( Source)

9 Teenager girl dies after getting hit by
a hockey puck
Brittanie Cecil, an American 13-year-old
hockey fan, died two days after being
struck in the head by a hockey puck shot by
Espen Knutsen at a game between the
Columbus Blue Jackets and the Calgary
Flames at Nationwide Arena in Columbus,
Ohio, on March 16, 2002. It was the first fan
fatality in the NHL's history. A shot by the
Blue Jackets' Espen Knutsen was deflected
by the Flames' Derek Morris and went over
the glass behind the net, striking her in the
left temple. She died nearly 48 hours after
being struck. (Source | Photo)

10 Stewardess was sucked out of a
plane after decompression
On Aloha Airlines Flight 243, flight
attendant C.B. Lansing was sucked out of
an airliner when the bulkhead tore off in
mid flight. On April 28, 1988, a Boeing
737-297 serving the flight suffered
extensive damage after an explosive
decompression in flight, but was able to
land safely at Kahului Airport, on Maui.
The only fatality was the chief flight
attendant, Clarabelle "C.B." Lansing, who
was standing at seat row 5 collecting drink
cups from passengers. She was sucked
through a hole in the side of the airplane.
Another 65 passengers and crew were
injured. The safe landing of the aircraft
with such a major loss of integrity was
unprecedented and remains unsurpassed.
( Source)

11 Italian stripper suffocates to death
inside surprise cake
In Consenza, Italy, stag party friends were
curious when a stripper failed to jump out
of a huge cake. Assuming she was no
longer in there, they received a nasty
surprise when they found her dead inside
it. Gina Lalapola, 23, had suffocated after
waiting for an hour inside the sealed cake.
( Source)

12 Man dies after his ambulance
stretcher rolled down
In 1991, Edward Juchniewicz, a 76-year-old
man, was killed when the ambulance
stretcher he was strapped to rolled down a
grade and overturned. The ambulance
attendants, while speaking to a doctor's
staff, had left the stretcher unattended.
Juchniewicz suffered a head injury and
died a short time later. He was being
transported from a nursing home to a
doctor's office for an appointment.


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