@OP

I have no qualms in stating my wish as far as Nigeria is concerned. I had constantly wished Nigeria is disintegrated however the loudmouthed ninnies such as Asari Dokubo should understand that Nigeria is not made up by only the so-called Niger Delta, South-South and South-East


Irrespective of what Asari position is, I still believe in One Nigeria!

“I will, more than ever before, subject myself to severe self- discipline. Only men who are masters of themselves become easily masters of others. Therefore, my thoughts, my tongue, and my actions shall be brought under strict control always.”
       Awolowo

I don't really understand what is going on, is this a game plan or something else? because Gej must realise this will affect his bid to contest come 2015 and he allowed that to happen. Nigerians need to wake up and be vigilant.

Front page please

https://www.nairaland.com/1540151/pres-jonathan-t-win-2015. Its under politics

One of the biggest supporters and kinsman of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, has declared that the president has lost the support of his political base, the South-south and the South-East owing to the failure of his government to deliver on its promises.

Dokubo-Asari, at a press conference in Abuja on Friday, said that it would be tough for Jonathan to win the presidential election in 2015 if he decides to run based on the poor showing of his administration.

He said that his decision to speak out was for him and others who are ardent supporters of Jonathan not to be blamed for his failure in 2015.

He said: “I want to start with an Ijaw proverb, which says: the eyes watched its seven children to death. Instead of advising them, it was just looking at them until they died, while the mouth talked its only child to life and success.

“We have continued as Ijaw people and the entire Niger Delta and South-South to support the presidency of President Goodluck Jonathan, but a time has come when silence cannot be golden.

“We mainly speak out in issues that are very critical to the survival of our people, the survival of the people of the South-South and the South-East, which happens to be the political base of Goodluck Jonathan.

“Jonathan is surrounded by very greedy people who are only in the Presidency to enrich themselves at the expense of Goodluck himself.

“This brings us to another Kalabari proverb, which says: where there are elders, a goat cannot be allowed to deliver tied to a stick.

“If we don’t talk and we continue to brush it aside, tomorrow we will be blamed and people will say: Mujahid Dokubo-Asari was around when Goodlcuk Jonathan was president and he didn’t talk.

“Them I will be an accomplice and accessory after the fact….

“It is alarming because the South-South must have its uninterrupted eight years tenure, which is constitutional.

“But with how things are going under Jonathan’s watch, we are afraid that we may not be able to have our eight years tenure because there will be no magic about it if it is going to be one man one vote.”

Dokubo-Asari said he will continue to speak out despite the fact that he had benefitted from Jonathan, adding that one of those causing trouble for the President remains the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Chief Godsday Orubebe.

He said: “I have benefited immensely from Goodluck Jonathan with my stake but benefit alone is not enough to make me to keep quiet when the period is very challenging for our people.

“So, some of us are tempted to ask this question: why are all these things happening?

“Why has the President allow some ministers like Godsday Orubebe to continue in government?

“Everyday people die on the East-West Road.

“If Orubebe is incompetent as he has shown himself to be, he should be removed.

“Nobody voted for Orubebe.

“And why is Orubebe so important to the President that he can’t remove him even in the face of his obvious incompetence and several allegation to corruption?

“We feel very ashamed and embarrassed.

“Orubebe was one of us.

“He was attending meetings with us, sleeping in the ground with us, entering night bus with us and we nominated him to be appointed a minister.

“We have gone to him and complained to him that we don’t like they way things are going in his ministry and told him that if the President leaves in 2015 without the completion of the East-West Road, we are finished.

“And the man keeps telling us there is no money.

“When IBB (former military President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida) was there, there was money.

“When Abacha was there, there was money.

“When others were there, there was money.

“How come the money disappeared when Jonathan got there?

“Jonathan and orubebe will account for the death in the East-West Road.”

On the face-off between Jonathan and former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Dokubo-Asari said there was no need for it.

He said that no matter what Jonathan feels, he still remains a beneficiary of Obasanjo’s large heartedness.

He said: “First, there was no need for Goodluck Jonathan to disagree with Olusegun Obasanjo.

“I don’t like Obasanjo.

“I don’t like his face.

“I hate him.

“But he was instrumental in bringing Goodluck Jonathan to power.

“And the greedy people around Jonathan have not managed him enough to the extent that the President and people around him will allow Jonathan to disagree with Obasanjo openly.

“And if you check, all the people who supported Goodluck Jonathan and fought to bring him to power, have openly disagreed with him.

“What was the cause of these disagreements?

“These are the questions we want to put to the president.

“Some people say Obasanjo is manipulating Goodluck Jonathan, that is why Jonathan is disagreeing with him and we ask: what has Goodluck Jonathan’s government achieved to show that it is a departure from other governments that have existed since 1956?

“For us, nothing has changed.

“It is still business as usual.

“So what are the advice that Obasanjo gave to Jonathan that were so difficult for him to fulfill, that made him decide to fall out with Obasanjo?

“Obasanjo was instrumental and manipulated the process that illegally removed Diepreye Alamieyeseigha as governor of Bayelsa State and installed Jonathan as governor, made him vice president, fought for him to become acting president and also fought for him to become president of Nigeria.

“Apart from Obasanjo, there are so many people who supported Goodluck Jonathan, some have been pushed out by those who were not there to give him any support, while some others are trapped and they cannot talk.

I have a feeling that Fulani man Buhari would have done more for Niger-delta than Jonathan has done so far Jonathan has done nothing for Niger Delta actually. It is getting more and more difficult to support him, the second niger bridge is another issue. Even his allies are denouncing him. What a shame!

My question is what year or class is it appropriate for a child to start making use of a mobile phone.pls I need ur opinions.

tayoccu: Dude are you a learner?
Actors play multiple roles all the time, Eddie Murphy played 5/6 roles in "coming to America", Jackie Chan and Jean Claude Van Dame have also done it in the past, even Jet li.
So it is not an error.

Hello mr know it all: this thread is meant to create fun nd nothing more. Your comment shows ur level of understanding and reasoning. Get out of my thread if u don't have a sense of humour.

General juma in season 7 was the same detective that investigated Alan milliken's death.

Americanvisa: I thank every body that have contributed,any one that my condition touched should throw more light on it.Thanks

My bro there is no where in the ds 160 requesting for kid(s) details.if atall it comes up,its going to be during ur interview which I even doubt,so relax bro.it is well.am sure d agent didn't feel anything like u having kid in d form then,he only asked her to say that during her interview so as to av home tie,that's all.

lance458: canthis be real?

MEND/QTD/82MP/2013
23rd JANUARY 2013
Ref: CONVICTION OF OUR LEADER AND FOUNDER MR. HENRY OKAH.
We witnessed ourselves firsthand the conviction of our dear leader yesterday the 21st of January 2013 by the South African Supreme Court on all the 13th count charges which as we all know has to do with ASO ROCK politic on a man simply because he refused to be bought over.
Before yesterday’s ruling, we had high regards for the South African judiciary but not now as we were wrong on our previous assessment nevertheless, people pays for mistakes committed by others so we the High Command of MEND have an advice for the South African people, which is TELL YOUR GOVERNMENT through your judiciary stay away with events that happened in Nigeria or else some South Africans will pay dearly for it.

To the Nigerian military (The Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta) don’t bother for now placing officers on alert, we will not bomb nor kill anybody for the time being, as we had communicated months back, we no long require IED or car bombs as we’ve gone pass that stage. Nigerians as a whole will feel our presence when we finally decide to carry out our targets which will not be restricted to the Niger Delta Region alone.

We so much understand the job load of an image maker but I most point our here clearly that the JTF’s spokesman, Lt.-Col. Onyeama Nwachukwu will have much jobs to do in the region anytime soon for thinking we rely on the OLD COMMANDERS that sold out to take up arms on behalf of our leader, just don’t underrate our capabilities which will take the Nigerian Military another 10 years to catch.

We are not on the same program with regional agitators in the north or elsewhere, we will not hide our faces, soon and very soon, Nigerians will get to see the structures (Diaspora and Home) as well as our new states, regional commanders and new National Leader, arresting and killing Henry Okah will change nothing.

To the Nigerian Government, you have seen NOTHING, the disintegration of Nigeria will start through us and by us, we are well equipped for this task. We have details of all the family members of the Government (1999-2013) and our Diaspora Command will take care of that aspect, we will get to them, we will skin them and post their remains to your door steps as compensation to the Ode people, except our resources are handed over to us without conditions.

All Federal, States and Local Government officials under the pay roll of the Government ( ministers, Permanent Secretaries, Director Generals, Directors etc ) should stay away from the Niger Delta, if found anywhere in the South South region, they will have themselves to blame and that is if they live to tell the tales.

The Minister of the Niger Delta Ministry Mr. Orubebe Peter Godsday is hereby banished from Delta State and the region at large pending when he returns the money he stole which was meant for the Niger Delta Development Councils and also while with:

(a) Burutu Local Government Council, Delta State (1991-1993),
(b) As second Member: Primary Education Board, Asaba, Delta State 2000-2003.
(c) As the Special Adviser to James Ibori former Delta State Governor on Urban/Regional Planning between January 2004 and November 2005.

This whole money belongs to the Niger Delta people and most be return or he should be ready to face the consequences along with your nuclear and immediate family members.

To our Natural Resources, there will soon be a massive earthquake that will be trigged by our nuclear war head, this earthquake will destroy the entire oil wells, oil pipelines especially to Kaduna refinery, oil installations, oil rigs and what have you, when it happens, which we know will be very soon, the Government and those owners of these oil wells and installation will know it’s a different ball game.

All oil companies, (foreign or local) should start parking up from the region as this might be the last warning, we really will not want civilians to be caught in between so please take this warning seriously.

To our old breed Commanders, you can talk as much as you want just because you were bought over for a token but we wonder why the fight against your masters, the hurricane is almost there and it will sweep everything left.

And finally to the South Africa Companies: we made some promises before and now we are repeating same, LEAVE NIGERIA totally, there will be massive and aggressive campaign on all companies owned, operated and affiliated to the South African Citizens or their Government both in Nigeria, Western and Southern Africa respectively.

OUR CAMPAIGN START AFTER HENRY OKAH’S APPEAL.
WE WILL MAKE A POINT!!!!
SIGNED:
COMRADE AZIZI
23rd January 2013

GEJ is from that region,will he allow that to happen to Nigeria. If they make good of their threat,then mtn and dstv should start packing.

''Nigerians as a whole will feel our presence when we finally decide to carry out our attacks which will not be restricted to the Niger Delta Region alone'' MEND. Do we as a Nation have the Intelligence to fight this?

bigfrancis21:


Today was my convocation ceremony at UNN. The 42nd UNN convocation ceremony. I graduated with my high 2.1. My father and relatives couldn't be any happier when they flipped the pages of the convocation booklet and saw my name boldly printed in it.

Hard work pays off, cognrat my brother good job! We in Naija how we go take wash am now?

jiraiyasage: Hi can anybody tell me where they runzz sat in nigeria?

I guess u wanted to ask where to register and how to prepare for SAT. Brotherly, if you truly want to study in the USA you better BRACE up cos its not a childs play. We don't discuss or encourage stuffs like this here pls. Aye si wa lati tun omoluabi e se!

bigfrancis21:
Sent.

Got it.thank you

@ bigfrancis:pls I nid toefl and gre material.pls send to morokins@yahoo.com.thank you

olatunji_n: Hello Ĥ♡Ѡ please help mε̲̣̣̣̥ out here,here are the schools I found.
1)University of Utah
2)University of District of Colombia
3)Connecticut university
4)The City university of New York
5)University of Florida
6)Southern university at New Orleans
7)Southern Arkansas University
The course I want to do is Biochemistry or pharmacy or Applied Biology.I want to start the process now please advise mε̲̣̣̣̥ because I'm new in this system and I got my inspiration from this trend,Which one is best for mε̲̣̣̣̥ as undergraduate and I'm responsible for my sponsorship.

@ olatunji:self sponsor for an undergraduate degree? Pls think twice about it my bro.

@shoggie He glanced through each page & Keep murmuriing sth about $77,000 on my I-20 which was the money I submitted to my school before my I-20 was issued.(possibly he mistaken it for $36, 400 for tution fee on my I-20 as well)

@ shoggie: So sorry about ur delay.I feel its a different statement of account you sent to school for the issuance of ur 1-20 and you took a diff one to the embassy for the interview.he is confused abt d figure on ur 1-20(77k dols)taking it for ur tuition fee.from my own opinion,just get another I-20 from d school nd tell them to correct d abnormality.

walex57:
Yeah, you may be correct to a point, it's okay to discuss some other things outside visa at times, but it becomes disturbing when it's now an everyday issue to always talk about "other stuff" not related to visa, I know we want to keep the thread lively and on but i personally feel we have chased away so many prospective visa applicants due to the way we answer them when they ask questions and we decide to neglect them and discuss our own "issues"...I have also said some jokes or said stuff not related to visas but I don't do it everyday, some people are scared now that if they ask a question, they will be insulted or talked to out of anger and disgust so they have just decided to keep mute and read whatever they can grab from the thread...we can joke or derail a bit but not all the time...

Nice one bro!!!

@ Mr chris: its been a while.we need to talk.

iykrion:

It went thus:

Me: Gdmorn'
VO: Gdmorn' how are u doing?
Me: Very well, I can see you are enjoying your ice tea
VO: Yeah! Could you pls pass ur docs
Me: Sure! Here pls
VO: (After studying the I20), you are going to University of Massachusetts to study Peace & Conflict Studies, what do u intend to do with this degree?
Me: I will major in Policy Analyses, it is obvious that in today's Nigeria, we have issues with policy formulation and implementation. And until we get these right, we will continue to go without guideposts.
VO: Ok, who will fund your studies?
Me: I will
VO: Where do u work and how long?
Me: I told him.
VO: How much do u earn?
Me: I told him.
VO: Why do u want to abandon ur lucrative job for graduate studies in the US.
Me: Because I want to be relevant in the process of peace building, policy formulation and analyses in Nigeria.
VO: Is there any evidence of sufficient funds to support ur claims?
Me: Sure, (I gave him the bank statements)
VO: (After studying them) Ok, did u take any test?
Me: Yes, I wrote both TOEFL $ GRE, (I handed the results to him) though UMass does not require TOEFL for students that the language of study is English
VO: Why then did u take the TOEFL test?
Me: For the purpose of this interview, I understand that you require it
VO: Oh! That's not correct, it is only on very few instances that it may be demanded
Me: Ok. I only wanted to be on d safe side
VO: How many schools did u apply to?
Me: 3 in the US (named them) & 1 in Nigeria (named it)
VO: Why 1 in Nigeria?
Me: To cushion the effect of visa denial
VO: Oh! Ok! (laughs), go to the address on this paper and pick up ur visa on Wednesday.
Me: Thanks a lot!
VO: You are welcome.

It was a very short interview.

Congrats. Very well structured answers.

imperiouxx:

Walex said well. If your I-20 still valid for like a day or 2 days before your interview, I would have suggested you go for it but to be on the safe side, defer and hope for a better day. I deferred in Jul 2011, 1 month and few days to resumption.

Thank you so very much. I will do just that,
@ walex57: you are well appreciated.

imperiouxx:

Yes of course and still serving it's purpose. Hope you got the link I posted yesterday?

Yes I did,thank you for that. Pls what do u feel about my previous post,d one walex57 commented on?thanks

smithjanetstore: yes, but ill like to do another because my scores are a little bit low

I can see u are a bit confused right now. Firstly u have to look for a way to fill in the gap of the 7 years u had inbtw ur education.
Secondly forget about the viu and the presidential scholarship u were given. It is just a bait to lure you to their school.Look for a minimum of two good schools in different states,pay their application fee and apply.
Thirdly:defer till summer or fall 2013 and write another toefl exam since u said the previous one u did was pretty low.
Lastly:I suspect the agent was the one that filled ur ds 160 for u b4 and the agent must av filled married for you that was why the vo was asking are you married repeatedly(I guess). Fill ur ds 160 ursef and be consistent with it.
Take your cool and I wish you all the best in ur next interview and keep praying.

The original purpose of this thread is to help ourselves not.......

walex57:
Well i doubt if that's possible...the embassy may not give you a visa once the date on your I-20 has been exceeded...so i will say you defer till whenever the school says and wait till then before you go for your interview.

@ walex57.thank you

[quote author=ollyboy1]@ House: pls I have a question to ask that needs ur urgent response. My school resumes on jan 14th but the appointment date I got was jan 17th. I wrote the school for extension letter but was told they can't cos enrolment would av been over by then that I should defer my admission. Pls I want to ask that can I still go for my interview on the 17th and defer after I must have gotten the visa. Thank you.

@ House: pls I have a question to ask that needs ur urgent response. My school resumes on jan 14th but the appointment date I got was jan 17th. I wrote the school for extension letter but was told they can't cos enrolment would av been over by then that I should defer my admission. Pls I want to ask that can I still go for my interview on the 17th and defer after I must have gotten the visa. Thank you.

@ house: pls is it possible to do interview two days after school resumption date coupled with letter of extension from the school. Hope there won't be any problem? Thank you

@ house: pls is it possible to do interview two days after school resumes coupled with letter of extension from the school. Hope there won't be any problem? Thank you

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Congratulations

Happy new year to my fellow nairalanders. All spring applicants,receive ur visa by fire in jesus name

makaveli16:

The school has some draconian laws like refusing to send a scanned copy, refusing to send an I-20 to any other address apart from your personal address. Sending it to friend would have been my best option if not for their very tough stance. Would still recommend fedex though my lawyer wants me to sue them for this gargantuan ineptitude.

let's just be hopeful.it is well my bro.