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Buhari was nothing but a figure head, and should not be allow to rule Nigeria ever again.

demmy , Let me reiterate, this man Malu is a coward, and has no credibility. 1st he said the money balogun was accused of looting was the money given to him to rig the election? point, who gave Balogun the money and secondly why was he malu forced to retire? this are valuable questions that should be answered, and Military man are trained to obey and respect their superior officer, and as my memory serves me.OBJ was a retired superior officer to Malu, Malu statement is what is setting Nigeria back today, and this man should be arrested and punished. there is a Yoruba saying that the empty barrel makes the loudest noise,

just like many Military troops in Iraq don't support the invasion of Iraq, but they are loyal to their president and their contry and go there to fight and die for this mission, None of the ex generals or present general will publicly criticized the current administration.

Owo Micheal Moor is a film maker, and had never held a public office, this man malu was once a military man, working for the president, big difference. he should be hang for all i care

Ababoy, there is something call loyalty, Obj appoint this man to be chief of what ever before he was thrown out for incompetence, now the man is bitter about it and venting out to no avail, Nigeria today is too civilized for a coward statement like that, we are trying to be a democratic nation not an authoritarian nation, Army are do defend us in time of war and not to rule us.

Woman can not rule Nigeria respectfully, no way man, Nigerians are tough breed

Thank you Ijebuman, this guy should be invited for interrogation, statement like that can destabilize a country

Well the only reason this man is making all this noise now is because he is broke, and not getting any contract from people in power, this man should be arrested and prosecuted. This is the kind of people killing our country.

Nigerian people when the water is hot the rice will cook. May be all this commissioners were dipping their hands in the state funds as well, and they know once the governor goes, they all will be exposed. Nigeria is a wonderful place i tell you. they all chop and let them quench

One day, a poor boy who was selling goods from door to door to pay his way through school, found he had only one thin dime left, and he was hungry. He decided he would ask for a meal at the next house.



However, he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door. Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water. She thought he looked hungry so brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it slowly, and then asked, how much do I owe you?



You don’t owe me anything, she replied. “Mother has taught us never to accept pay for a kindness.” He said…”Then I thank you from my heart.”



As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt stronger physically, but his faith in God and man was strong also. He had been ready to give up and quit.



Many years later that same young woman became critically ill. The local doctors were baffled! They finally sent her to the big city, where they called in specialists to study her rare disease.



Dr. Howard Kelly was called in for the consultation. When he heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light filled his eyes. Immediately he rose and went down the hall of the hospital to her room. Dressed in his doctor’s gown he went in to see her. He recognized her at once.



He went back to the consultation room determined to do his best to save her life. From that day he gave special attention to her case.



After a long struggle, the battle was won.



Dr. Kelly requested the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval. He looked at it, then wrote something on the edge and the bill was sent to her room. She feared to open it, for she was sure it would take the rest of her life to pay for it all. Finally she looked, and something caught her attention on the side of the bill, She read these words…..



“Paid in full with one glass of milk”



Tears of joy flooded her eyes as her happy heart prayed: “Thank You, God, that Your love has spread broad through human hearts and hands.”



There’s a saying which goes something like this: Bread cast on the waters comes back to you. The good deed you do today may benefit you or someone you love at the least expected time. If you never see the deed again at least you will have made the world a better place – And, after all, isn’t that what life is all about?

Nigeria is moving forward for sure. thanks to Mr president

Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Mr Joseph Udeh, said yesterday that the service has sacked 200 personnel who were involved in passport racketeering and what he described as "official touting" in their passport offices.
The Immigration boss told newsmen in Abuja that "Corruption in the passport office is the biggest problem for the Nigerian Immigration Service. Official touts are out there, immigration officers, making things difficult, muddling up things", he said.
He disclosed that 200 passport officers were removed leaving only 35 "useful ones" who were relevant to the passport office while noting that investigations were still on-going at the end of which the affected staff would be formally dismissed from the service.
"We are not resting on our oars, we are fighting it. Sometimes people put pressure on me to get posted to the passport office but we are resisting it. We removed over 200 people leaving only 30 useful ones.
We are handling corruption cases and we will dismiss them", he said.
He stated that his administration was deploying new measures aimed at curbing the trend even as he commended President Olusegun Obasanjo for his anti-corruption drive without which it would have been difficult to confront graft in the service.
"We will deploy new measures that would rid the service of corruption. We have quite a number of solutions and we are applying them", he noted, even as he called on passport applicants to present genuine documents to ease the work of the service.
On the Immigration Act of 1963, Udeh pointed out that provisions of the act were no longer in tandem with modern day practice hence the move to review it.

http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=38994

To me this are trained professionals like Military mans, and not robbers. this is a mercenary mission. I am sadden that Innocent policeman has to sacrifice their life for this animals

I hate to admit, and not to offend anyone, that is a funny Joke. itys for real

The following scene took place on a BA flight between Johannesburg and
London.

A white woman, about 50 years old, was seated next to a black man.
Obviously disturbed by this, she called the air Hostess. "Madam, what is
the matter," the hostess asked.
"You obviously do not see it then?" she responded. "You placed me next
to a black man. I do not agree to sit next to someone from such a
repugnant group. Give me an alternative seat."
"Be calm please," the hostess replied. "Almost all the places on this
flight are taken. I will go to see if another place is available." The
Hostess went away and then came back a few minutes later. "Madam, just
as I thought, there are no other available seats in the economy class. I
spoke to the captain and he informed me that there is also no seat in
the business class. All the same, we still have one place in the first
class."
Before the woman could say anything, the hostess continued: "It is not
usual for our company to permit someone from the economy class to sit in
the first class. However, given the circumstances, the captain feels
that it would be scandalous to make someone sit next to someone so
disgusting." She turned to the black guy, and said, "Therefore, Sir, if
you would like to, please collect your hand luggage, a seat awaits you
in first class."
At that moment, the other passengers who were shocked by what they had
just witnessed stood up and applauded. This is a true story.

http://www.thenewsng.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=711




Oyo State politics is all about one man: 77 year old Lamidi Ariyibi Adedibu, a maverick populist and doyen of political thuggery, who lives by his own rules and relies on his own authority.

Despite his limited education and open admission of the crudity of his methods, Lamidi Ariyibi Adedibu is warmly received in most political circles. At a recent function in Ibogun, President Olusegun Obasanjo’s village, Adedibu arrived on a white horse. It was an entry meant to show the range of his political influence. And he succeeded, earning instant recognition from Obasanjo. “We appreciate not only your coming, we appreciate your coming in a special style. Chief Adedibu, you have, for a long time, been a force to reckon with in the politics of Ibadan in particular, and Oyo State in general,” Obasanjo drooled.

But the President was not done, adding: “I will just plead with you and others in the mainstream of Oyo State politics, to bear in mind these four items: peace, security, solidarity and loyalty.” For avid watchers of Oyo politics, Obasanjo’s utterance was as much a recognition for Adedibu as a warning to Senator Rashidi Ladoja, the governor of Oyo State who was locked in a supremacy tussle with Adedibu.

Soon, another admission of Adedibu’s influence followed. This time, it was by Dr. Ahmadu Ali, National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. “Ibadan is a military garrison. You must obey orders. If you are not going to take orders, don’t join forces. Ladoja should be able to take orders from him (Adedibu),” Ali told a national daily.

Ali’s words re-confirmed that Adedibu was a law unto himself and that the presidency was not averse to forcing an elected governor to be the footmat of his political godfather. And that was how it played out. On 12 January, Ladoja was impeached by 18 out of 32 legislators in the Oyo State House of Assembly. The impeachment was ordered by Adedibu whose influence got Ladoja into office in 2003. The 18 Adedibu lawmakers began the process by suspending 14 of their colleagues loyal to the governor.

Ladoja must have fretted when his former godfather declared: “I put him there and I know how to remove him.” Adedibu also said Ladoja had no justification to complain of his dependence on ‘‘thugs and hoodlums because that was the system that brought the governor into office.’’ Whatever his fears were, Ladoja was willing to dare Adedibu, believing the law would offer a refuge. Beyond the law, the impeached governor also hoped that the intervention of respected politicians and PDP members would calm Adedibu and the presidency. Both hopes were misplaced.

Two days before his impeachment, Ladoja, accompanied by governors in the South West, sought Obasanjo’s intervention. But the President reportedly said he could not intervene because the matter had become a judicial one and he did not want to meddle in affairs of the judiciary. On Wednesday 11 January, Obasanjo went to Ibadan for the 96th birthday of renowned politician, Pa. Emmanuel Alayande. During the event, the octogenarian pleaded with Obasanjo to save Ladoja from Adedibu. Again, he declined and told Alayande to advise the governor to resign.

Ladoja did not, electing to slug it out in court. Not known to obey laws not made by him, Adedibu managed to get his impeachment plan into speed gear. Early last month, his thugs, aided by the police, broke into the Oyo State House of Assembly and the Governor’s Office and destroyed property worth N450,000. The attack paralysed government activities, as civil servants were too scared to go to work. On 28 December, a triumphant Adedibu was on the Osun State Radio, boasting that Ladoja was on his way out of office.

Despite the Adedibu-induced paralysis of government activities and the attendant insecurity in Ibadan, the PDP and the Presidency behaved as if nothing was amiss. By 12 January, Adedibu was ready to push the ejector button. He arranged for security operatives to bar civilians from entering the Oyo State Secretariat, where the 18 pro-impeachment legislators were to consider the report of the panel raised to investigate allegations levelled against Ladoja.

In about 30 minutes, the session was over, as the panel found the governor guilty of nine of the 14 charges brought against him. The panel submitted that he was guilty of illegal diversion of local government funds from excess crude oil proceeds, assaulting lawmakers, undermining their integrity and disregarding separation of powers among others. He was pronounced impeached. It was another triumph for Adedibu, but a rape on due process.

Ladoja’s loyalists had filed two separate suits at the Oyo State High Court contesting the legality of raising an impeachment panel. The first suit was instituted by Ladoja’s counsel, Yusuf Ali (SAN). Ali asked the court to interpret Section 188 of the 1999 Constitution and determine whether the 18 legislators seeking to remove the governor from office had compiled with the section. Although the suit was slated for hearing on 13 January, the 18 lawmakers hurriedly impeached the governor.

Mr consc, are you a lawer and what kind of law do you practice? and where do you practice?

The EFCC could be relying on EFCC (Establishment) Act, 2004 in Section 6(d) which provides; “The adoption of measures to identify, trace, freeze, confiscate or seize proceeds derived from terrorist activities, economic and financial crime related offences or the proprieties the value, of which corresponds to such proceeds.”Could a State government be accused of these activities? EFCC submits that state officials constitute the state. Did Justice M. L. Shuaibu of the Federal High Court who granted the ex-parte order to freeze all accounts of the Plateau State Government look properly at this provision?

EDITORIAL

EFCC, Plateau State and the Law

Posted to the Web: Tuesday, January 24, 2006

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as the best president Nigeria has ever had, and the man who brought cell phone to Nigeria

Sema we not talking of gangster, we talking or corruption , public officials and business Moguls

Last week the Governor was impeached, and the deputy governor was confirmed the interim governor. Now the Godfather wants his aid to be the next governor. That's it in a nutshell.

Ibadan elite divided over dep gov - We have no hand in it - CCII
IBADAN elite in Oyo State are said to be sharply divided on the choice of the deputy governor even as Alhaji Lamidi Adedibu has insisted on having his personal assistant, Alhaji Hazeem Gbolarumi, as the state’s number two citizen.


Nigerian Tribune reliably gathered that despite the intervention of President Olusegun Obasanjo in the matter and his advice on the need to have a technocrat as Akala’s deputy, Alhaji Adedibu has insisted on foisting his personal assistant on the state.


Sources revealed to the Nigerian Tribune that Governor Alao-Akala had earlier disclosed to some elders and leaders of the party that he was leaving the choice of his deputy to the party.


The disposition of Alao-Akala on the choice of his deputy, it was further gathered, had caused the delay in the announcement of the deputy governor.


According to a chieftain of the party who spoke on condition of anonymity, “some elders and leaders in Ibadan met on Tuesday at the residence of a religious leader to decide on the choice of the deputy governor which has been zoned to Ibadan.


The meeting, it was further gathered, generated a heated debate on Alhaji Adedibu’s stance on having his personal assistant sworn in as the deputy governor.


The argument said to have been put forward to Alhaji Adedibu was the need to have an experienced, acceptable and educated person to pair with Akala.


They also argued that “in case of death, resignation and impeachment of the governor, Gbolarumi as the deputy governor will not have the charisma, experience, education, comportment and acceptance of the people as the governor because of his level of education.”


The meeting, was said to have ended without arriving at the choice of who to be named as the deputy governor, while as at press time, sources close to the Molete home of Alhaji Adedibu told the Nigerian Tribune that “Baba is still insisting on having Gbolarumi in office as the deputy governor.


It was further gathered that when the name of Hon. Taofeek Arapaja was mentioned as the likely successor in view of his experience as two time local government chairman, Alhaji Adedibu was said to have informed the gathering that Arapaja was almost on the verge of serving out his four-year term in the House of Representatives and having him as the deputy governor would mean the party will have to face another bye-election to fill the position.


Meanwhile, after only a week in office, Governor Alao-Akala looks set to incur the wrath of Alhaji Adedibu, as he was said to have turned down the requests of the strongman of Ibadan politics thrice.


Party sources who asked not to be named told the Nigerian Tribune that the eight-day old governor had turned down the demand of Alhaji Adedibu to release the detained former chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Alhaji Lateef Akinsola (Tokyo), who is currently detained at the Agodi Prison, Ibadan, over an alleged murder case in Ogbomoso.


Governor Alao-Akala was quoted to have said that “Tokyo’s case is a judicial process which a governor could not interfere in”. Apart from this, the Nigerian Tribune also learnt that the request of the PDP chieftain to Akala to remove the democratically elected local government chairmen in the state and replace them with some caretakers who had been pencilled in by the Adedibu group, was refused by the governor who said that “they are democratically elected and the state House of Assembly has given them the duration of three years to complete their term.”


Chief Adedibu, the Nigerian Tribune learnt, had also queried the governor for appointing a non-indigene of the state as his Special Adviser. The appointment of the aides, Akala said, was personal to him which could be done with his own discretion.


According to Akala, “I think I have the authority to choose anybody I trust as a personal assistant or special adviser, but the House of Assembly on the recommendation of the leaders of the party would need to screen and approve the list of the commissioners and the deputy governor.”


Also, the Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes (CCII) has reacted to insinuations that it is taking sides on the situation in Oyo State. In a statement entitled: Ladoja/Adedibu face-off: where we stand, the CCII said it observed the various misrepresentation of its role in the face-off between Senator Ladoja and Chief Lamidi Adedibu.


It, however, declared that it did not and will not take sides on the issue. Meanwhile, confusion and drama rocked the House of Representatives on Wednesday as a majority of lawmakers resisted the attempts of an anti-Ladoja group and the leadership to prevent debate on the motion on Restoration of Rule of Law and Observance of the Constitution in Oyo State.


The development, which led to the session of the House being suspended following long-drawn arguments and rowdiness among members, followed the objection raised by a parliamentarian from Oyo State, Hon. Depo Oyedokun, who was joined by those who shared his views.


Oyedokun had hardly allowed the mover of the motion, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, to say a word when he shouted point of order, basing his objection on the House rule (Order 9 rule 5) which forbids the House from entertaining any matter before the court of law.


Though the Deputy Speaker, Hon. Austin Opara, who presided over the plenary session, cautioned him to allow the mover and 16 others to move their motion, soon after the mover finished, Hon. Oyedokun’s contribution sent the House into confusion as it became divided with the shouts of ‘no’ and ‘yes’ renting the air.


As Oyedokun spoke, some members left their seats to exchange words on the floor, while a member also representing Oyo State, Hon. Adegoke, was seen engaging in a combat with Hon. Basir Nadabo who was seen moving around with an anti-Obasanjo poster, on which the word: No to Third Term was superimposed on Obasanjo’s photograph.


The two were, however, immediately separated by colleagues. The deputy speaker, who had a hectic time controlling the House, even with the Speaker, Hon. Aminu Bello Masari, moving around to have friendly handshakes with his colleagues, had to be forced to reverse his earlier ruling to refer the matter to the House Committee on Judiciary.


He took the option of the ruling after listening to opinions of some lawmakers on whether or not to continue with the debate against the backdrop of the submission made by Hon. Oyedokun that the matter could not be discussed because it was before the law court
http://www.tribune.com.ng/190106/news02.htm

Newsupdated: 19 Jan 2006  Tribune.

Consc EFCC did not freeze the state funds the court did. all EFCC did was present a valid case of alleged corruption to the court and bingo, here come trouble.

its time for this man to take the back seat and let democracy prevail In Oyo state

Dang that is cold

Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson went on a camping trip. After a good meal and a bottle of wine they lay down for the night, and went to sleep. Some hours later, Holmes awoke and nudged his faithful friend awake. "Watson, look up at the sky and tell me what you see."

Watson replied, "I see millions and millions of stars."

"What does that tell you?" Holmes questioned.

Watson pondered for a minute. "Astronomically, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets. Astrologically, I observe that Saturn is in Leo. Horologically, I deduce that the time is approximately a quarter past three. Theologically, I can see that God is all powerful and that we are small and insignificant. Meteorologically, I suspect that we will have a beautiful day tomorrow. What does it tell you?"

Holmes was silent for a minute, then spoke. "Watson, you idiot. Someone has stolen our tent

the only gangster trying to be are the youth. the JJC in America are trying so hard to be gangster, and its not gangster, is the hip pop world girl, this is the new generation, let them adapt to their surrounding don't hate the player boo hate the game.

The CIA had an opening for an assassin. After all the background
checks, interviews and testing were done, there were 3 finalists...2
men and a woman.

For the final test, the CIA agents took one of the men to a large
metal door and handed him a gun. "We must know that you will follow your instructions, no matter what the circumstances. Inside this room, you will find your wife sitting in a chair. Kill her!"
The man said, "You can't be serious. I could never shoot my wife."
The agent said, "Then you're not the right man for this job. Take
your wife and go home."


The second man was given the same instructions. He took the gun and went into the room. All was q uiet for about five minutes. Then the man came out with tears in his eyes. "I tried, but I can't kill my wife." The agent said, "You don't have what it takes. Take your wife and go home."

Finally, it was the woman's turn. She was given the same
instructions to kill her husband. She took the gun and went into the room. Shots were heard, one shot after another, eight in a row. They heard screaming, crashing, and banging on the walls.



After a few minutes, all was quiet. The door opened slowly and there stood the woman. She wiped the sweat from her brow. "This gun is loaded with blanks," she said. "I had to beat him to death with the chair."

Moral: Never put a woman to the test.

The question I have for the people that impeached this governor for corruption is that why has the governor not been picked up by EFCC ? something is wrong with this picture

NA so w eall man be masa

He will never be president

True people abroad are weeping because I came home after been away for a while, and I have to tell you the Nigeria I saw wasn't what i was expecting, the poverty rate is appalling, and the transportation is nothing to write home about. Corruption is every where in the country and only God can save us.