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I pray the good Lord save this generation of ours from destruction. Everyday, we are inundated with very disturbing information about the lifetyles of youths of today. From illicit sex, to cultism, hard drugs, unwanted pregnancy, HIV and AIDS, all forms of societal ills and the evils that goes with them. Sometimes, in the closet of my study, I ponder how we arrived at this stage in our lifetime.

Is it that we've allowed our sense of judgement, decency and morals to fade away having embraced the practice and traditions of the western world, which clearly negates our culture and traditions?  Or is it our obsession with ''advancement in technology'', lust for wealth and cravings for finite things of this world? The children of today (I'm talking about kids born into the world in the last 10 - 20 years), from my experience are some of the worst set of demoralised kids roaming the surface of the earth. What's even more disturbing is that the parents,who should know better, are accomplices in the evils of the day.

Parents now write exams for their kids in Nigeria. The other day, I read on the Vanguard that some kids who helped their parents to write their exams were nabbed somewhere in Lagos. 

I have experienced some of the things this Prof meted out to his son, from my mother. I'm grateful to her now, and I'll forever remain grateful.  And if you read between the lines, it seems to me that the Profs ''sins'' have been sugar-coated with other stuff - obviously to make it look very bad. I don't quite believe someone of that Profs calibre will do all that's written up there to his son.

In any case, his daughter at least acknowledged that it was his father disciplinary method of bringing up a child that is at the root of her success. Now if she can say that, and be proud of her dad, then I believe that young chap brother of her's must have done something terribly wrong for the dad to treat him like that. No mention was made of what the young boy did though. Probably he took some crack and was nabbed by the dad.

I will not like to spend too much time in the US, if given the chance. I have said it in one of my posts that the present day American lifestyle is one of the worst ever in human history -  and that with facts.

OK Guys, I now have the true meaning of ''gross misconduct'' - as supplied from the library of the one and only davidylan.

Gross misconduct - A vague ubiquitous term that does not describe any particular crime but is used as a smokescreen by legislathieves to remove those who deny them access to the public till.

I really did not know where to post this one. But since I'm a 'political' fan on this board, and have some friends in here, I decided I should share this with you.

Please take some time out and read it. After going through the article, please tell me if it's good for a core Naija man like me to want to spend the rest of my life in the US, or any other country like that.


Nigerian professor jailed in US
By OUR CORRESPONDENT - 22.11.2006

A Nigerian professor based in the United States who used pepper and ants to punish one of his sons is to serve two years in prison for child abuse, despite pleas by two of his children and ex-wife.

Hinds County Circuit Judge, L. Breland Hilburn, on Monday sentenced Professor Festus Oguhebe to five years in prison with three years suspended on his no-contest plea to one count of child abuse.


“I know he went overboard in his punishment, but he loves us. If he is in jail, that would totally mess me up so much,” said 16-year-old Anna Oguhebe, who will graduate from high school in the spring. “I want my dad to be there when I graduate, not in jail.”


A native of Nigeria, Oguhebe was accused of abusing his 11-year-old son by “placing him in a bathtub, then putting hot pepper juice in his eyes, on his penis and buttocks; and also by tying his hands behind his back and covering his body with ants,” according to court records.


Oguhebe was also accused of abusing his son by “whipping and striking the child in such a manner as to cause serious body injury,” according to records filed by Hinds Assistant District Attorney, Jacqueline Purnell.


Hilburn told Oguhebe if the case would have gone to a jury, “it would have been very difficult for a jury not to find you guilty of child abuse.”


Oguhebe, who has six children with his ex-wife, wiped off tears when his children spoke of their love and respect for him, urging Hilburn to spare their father jail time.


“Give him counselling, extensive counselling. That would be better than jail,” said Anna Oguhebe. Anna Oguhebe and her brother, Festus Jr., also a high school senior, said their father might have gone overboard in his punishment, but his discipline and guidance as a father had kept them out of the kind of trouble they see peers getting into.


All six children were in the courtroom, including the child Oguhebe was charged with abusing. The child didn’t testify. Oguhebe said the kind of discipline he inflicted upon his children was a custom in his native land.


Oguhebe’s ex-wife, Mary Oguhebe, said what her former husband did was wrong, but he was no danger to society and didn’t need to be locked up.


“I don’t know how I will control the children if he is in prison,” Mary Oguhebe said. Mary Oguhebe had repeatedly reported abuse of the children by their father to the Hinds County Sheriff’s Department, a department spokesman said.


In February, Oguhebe dropped off one of the children at the University of Mississippi Medical Centre with an older sibling, the spokesman said.


After the child was examined, the Mississippi Department of Human Services contacted the Sheriff’s Department, which began an investigation, according to the Sheriff’s Department.


Oguhebe was arrested in March 2005 on five counts of child abuse. The charges were whittled down to the one. Monday was the first time that Oguhebe had seen his children since his arrest in 2005. His bond had forbidden any contact with them.


While on the witness stand during his sentencing hearing, Oguhebe apologised to his children.

segoye2:
Men, you are right. I believe is another act of bombing our air crafts again. Meanwhile with the facts that the last air crash we witnessed started in the middle points out to us that it coud be a bomb issue. What happends to their findinds / Report? Have they ditected the cause yet? The Bellview issue, Sosoliso and the host of men loster, WHat is the real cause of the crashes? Is it that we have old machines? Lets stop decieving ourselves and face the fact, All this could be bomb. Only God knows what would have happend to those on board that faithful day the Vampire (what is his name)? Is pretty sad that some persons or group of persons are really deriving pleasure in a national Disaster. , , Even if you- you- you is not going to board that flight because of what you have done to it, Your relation, family or Anccesstors will, God go Purnish you- you- you 77,000 times.

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One of my friends once told me I look at issues like a kid. He said I need to understand that issues don't always appear in black and white; sometimes, they have shades of grey in them, and I should be able to accommodate them.

So, I set out to start looking at the ''greyish'' part of issues, so that I would be a[b]''mature'' person[/b]. Over the years, and as I age, I realise that It just did not work with me. I found out that It is the way corrupt people look at issues. The greyish portion of issues does not go down well with my person and I love looking at issues in black and white. Some of my friends have come to that realisation that it's the way I want to live my life, and as such will have to adjust to accommodate me.

So, friends on NL, take no offence when I don't seem to bend. That's just the way I am.

OBJ is a greedy man. Those who know him well will tell you that he's very cunning. He never forgets, he might forgive you, but he won't forget. And he loves paying back his ''enemies'' in a very ''big'' way. He loves ''accountability''

Payback time caught up with Dariye, and paying, he's done very well.

All said, what ever political turmoil/goodwill we're experiencing in this country, and in any other country for that matter is easily traceable to the guy at the helm of affairs of state. I need not outline all the evils that has befallen this country in the last seven years plus of OBJ's ''rulership''. It's there for all to see.

I do not object to Dariye's impeachment for any act of ''gross misconduct'' (I guess I'll need Davidylan to interprete that one), but should they go about it the way they have done? If we were still under the ''rulership'' of Abacha or ''Marangida'', I will not give a hoot if they tie Dariye to the stakes and burn him for corruptly enriching himself. But to remove the man, when we're in a democratic setting, under a ruler whose slogan is anti-corruption but who is also corrupt! then, I'll give everything I have to shout against that sort of injustice,

[quote author=Iyke-D link=topic=26059.msg702886#msg702886 date=1163455776]chidiChris,
Ono,
I suppose I am suppose to believe your "reliable source" too, right? I suppose your
reliable source might have informed you too that OBJ just signed off on Dariye's
impeachment today. I have one question for your "reliable source", can you ask
him why it took over 3 years to finally impeach Dariye? Give me a break! I have my
"reliable sources" too![/quote]Iyke-D,
It's no longer news that we have spies on this board. So I wll not disclose my ''very very reliable'' source in here. Sorry.

Now to your question: Why it took 3 years to get Dariye out (I understand he's been booted out). This is simple enough for political folks on this forum to answer.

Taking a look at the trail of events that led up to his removal from office, (by willing tools in the hands of their master - EFCC, very few members of the SHA, and a sacked judge), it's glaring to all that Dariye fell out of favour with the boss (OBJ). I have said it time and again on this board that many, if not all the governors re-elected on the platform of the PDP were handpicked and not voted for. They were picked by the cabal in the PDP. Some of them felt they could bite the finger that fed them and get away with it. One of such is Dariye. The results is the impeachment gale sweeping across the land.

So, it took this long to get him out because, OBJ wants the impeachment moves to look as ''clean'' as possible and generally acceptable to everyone both in the state and the country in general. This could not be done, hence the use of ''brutal'' force.

Odeku:
I was going to be quite on this issue, but since you guys are calling me out, let me say. There are two ways you can look at this issue.

1 Obj gave Uba the money to buy the euipment, and when the allam blows Uba been a good steward took the blame for the big man.

2. OBJ has no prior knowledge of Uba having the money, but when Alam blew he must have been briefed on the issue.

As bad as this issue sound. it's so funny we are hear discursing a $45,000 equipment. If OBJ will steal from what we've known as far back as 70s when FELA said 2.8 Billion Naira oil money is missing. I can assure and guarrantee you it won't be $45,000. its common to give gifts to public officials in Nigeria i've seen it 1st hand, but it's not ethical. President Mitterand, is involved in a scandal involving payments from a major French businessman. In Italy, front-ranking industrialists, political leaders, and senior civil servants, have been so implicated in scandal, that not only have they been imprisoned or dismissed. Japan has also not been immune to the wave of corruption. The election several years ago removed from power the Liberal Democratic Party after decades of rule, replacing them with anti-corruption zealots. so in closing as bad as this may sound, NAME ONE MAN IN NIGERIA THAT has not accepted gifts in public office?

''shakes head'', Odeku is a corrupt chap.

[quote author=Iyke-D link=topic=26059.msg698394#msg698394 date=1163189255]BushFellow,
So every time some politician gets impeached in Nigeria, Obasanjo must have a hand in it?

By the way, you left out one item in your long list of why Obasanjo is the worst Nigerian leader
- the worst air disaster recorded in the country

Man, get real - you think because someone doesn't live in Nigeria they don't know a thing about
whats going on in Nigeria?[/quote]Actually, Iyke, I know from very very reliable sources that OBJ plays a major role in all the impeachment saga in the country. Make no mistake, he's the invisible hand rocking the boat whenever there's some impeachment upheavals in any part of the country.

And you're dammed right in your stating that: We've never had it so bad with air disasters in the nation's history under the 'rulership' of OBJ.

All said, OBJ is the ''worstest ruler Nigeria has ever had'' I honestly would love him to resign at this time and turn his face towards Otta.

I would rather ignore Chxta and his ilks, Otokx. Stop wasting your time, Chxta will not change his style when posting on Niger Delta matter.

Really, I did not know OBJ has some Adedibu blood flowing thru his veins. Hmn. Some things are beginning to make sense.

I thought I read:

Obasanjo The Greatest Problem Nigeria Has Ever Had.

This indictment could explain why the President loves globetrotting. No wonder he's the most widely travelled of all the Presido we've had and will ever have. He's using his big plane to siphon (launder) big money.

A quick calculation, using an average of $170,000 dollars per flight, per Andy Uba, using 100 flights per year, and then multiplying that by 8 years (of being on the throne) will give staggering figures. This is excluding fringe benefits and other incentives.

This is not the time for ''business as usual, anything-goes and other vices''. We are poised to make sure that the masses enjoy the full dividends of democracy

What is happening in the Niger Delta is the result of a ''Combined Cumulative Neglect'' of the area by successive administration of the country.

alwahidi:
DEAR BUCHIO7
YOU WILL NEVER SEE THE TANGIBLE THING IF YOU SEE BY YOUR EYES BUT TRY TO SEE BY YOU HEART
AND YOU NO NEED TO HOPE THAT I WILL HEAR YOU BECAUSE I HEAR AND SEE BY MY HEART AND SOUL
NOT BY SENTIMENT AND PROPAGANDA, BUCHIO7, IF THE TANGIBLE THING ,,INFRONT OF YOUR EYES
BUT YOU NEVER TRY TO VALUED IT, FOR WHAT YOU BUSY WANT TO TALK ABOUT TANGIBLE THING BUT
IN FACT THE IN-TANGIBLE THING YOU ALSO NEVER KNOW HOW TO VALUED IT.YARIMA WILL BECOME
PRESIDENT NO MATTER WHAT IS YOUR REQURIMENT TANGIBLE OR INTANGIBLE THING.
BEST REGARDS FROM MALAYSIA

I'm having nightmares reading any meaning to your posts my friend. Could you please do something about it.

lewa:
@ Ono
That Muritala was from Edo is news to me and to countless history buffs that have been following our chequered history. However i await with anticipation, the revealation of this discovery.Secondly to those who apart from knowing their left from their right have taken the time to read up on the genesis of our problems would tell you that the purported sacking that Muritala carried out inevitably allowed the paucity of seasoned bureacrats from not only the Federal Civil Service but from the Tertiary institutions as well.That lead to the genesis of the breakdown of meritocracy, due process and the like that we are withnesses of today.I don;t know of any award given to Muritala's regime, which was an illegality by the way(before you shout here it was a military coup that ushered him in) The chap was no hero-over to you

You don't seem to understand my point here. The state of origin or the policies of the leader notwithstanding, what everyone wants is a situation where you can go about your normal life in the midst of plenty knowing that tomorrow holds a bright future. That was what Muritala gave Nigerians during his brief tenure as head of state, and that's what I've pointed out.

No other head of state or president in this country have been able to live up to what Muritala did to help the lot of the common man on the street.

Hope you understand now.

belloti:
David and the rest. You seem to be wasting too much energy on a matter that rest on the hand of God. we all know that if the whole world stand against an individual but God stood by him, The world has no case. Yarima is a product of nigerian society, he may not be a saint but certainly he is better than some of the rogues parading themselves as presidential candidates. The nigeria as it is can not be govern by an angel, we ve got to resign our fate to the kind of characters we produced. But i assure you guys that yarima is not what you think he is. Try to get to know him better.

But the man was ''fingered'' recently for corrupt enrichment by the EFCC. Don't you think he'll do worst than baba Kingkong if he's allowed to get to the exalted seat? Besides, he's got this insatiable desire for amputating limbs - so I heard. How in the world do you think such a man would be allowed to govern this country?

Holderness and Lambert remains my greatest Chemistry texbook of all time. Lots of questions to set you ablaze in chemistry. If you can answer any chemistry question in Lambert, then you can read up Ababio with no stress at all.

nigeriaone,
When you're done reading up Buluti's entry, I want you to go back and tell your friends that the OKLNG project will fail, if the ''points'' you posted are the reasons for locating the plant in Olokola.

mostingo:
Obasanjo is the bigger thief and a hypocrite. He has done more harm than good to this country. He should retire to his Otta farm and leave us alone

I heard he has a penchant for grabing more and more. And I read some really disturbing things about his over the board desire for women - married women. If staying at Aso Rock will help him get all he wants till he breathes his lasts, I bet he'll do everything withing his reach to do just that.

lewa:
@ Ono.
Muritala laid the foundation for the northernization of the Federal Civil Service and lots more.Please before you jump to reply my post check your facts,i'm waiting

Well, Chxta claimed - with some kind of evidence I'm inclined to believe, though I have my reservations, that Muritala Muhammed was originally from Edo State. He later became a Kano man, after some kind of transmutation in the army. Right Chxta?

In any case, the vast majority of the folks who know their left from right when Muritala Muhammed was at the helm of affairs in the country all agreed that he was the best of all the military (and civilian too) rulers we've had so far. Why should I doubt them? That the civil service was ''northernised'' during his time is a completely different ball pack. And I wonder how that civil service ''northernisation'' affects the common man on the street who had enough money to do whatever he wants during Muri's time.

lewa:
Heard he was crying when the state monarchs paid him a solidarity visit,protesting his innocence.If they really want to go ahead and impeach him he should resign and go back to his house.I always had high regards for Mr Obi,but now i'm at my wits end-it's not sine qua non to be in GH.He should dare the legislators,strip himself of his constitutional immunity and call EFCC to check the alleged claims.If he can't do that that means he's a rogue too like his predecessors-Ngige and Mbadinuju, two shameless kleptocrats

Hmn, seriously, that's a good way to clear oneself. But I just realised now that it does not really matter anyway. If OBJ wants you out, there's nothing anyone can do about it - no matter how clean you might be. Please read the passage below.

http://elendureports.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=279

buffny:
u guys forget ondo state has its own oil and gas reserves.

ok

You forget that some areas around the world, which are really not deltaic regions, hosts oil and gas resources.

donmayor:
We are all thieves in Nigeria. We have a mentality that hates accountability.

Han han!! You don go far o. Me I no be thief. That one, I can die for. All the bloody asses, god-forsaken lunatics, blood-thirsty demons, foul smelling idiots, shameless fools, looting gays residing in Abuja's Aso rocks are the goddam thieves!! All of em- put together, with KingKong at the helm of affairs!!! Call them thieves!!!

twinstaiye:
In any case, no government has ever pass in this country without being criticised by any opposition.

Except the government of the late military head of state: Muritala Muhammed - Or have you forgotten about that one?

Well, I would ask him what he meant by ''stepping aside'' way back in 1993. Does his stepping aside as at that time carry some ominous tone of wanting to come back ''later''? Or he meant stepping aside permanently?

Christ!! I've been LMAO.

Geez. What da hell is going on in here?!

texazzpete:
We are in agreement in that!
But see, eh, if we want to pluck fruit from a mango tree, wouldnt we first reach for the low hanging fruit within our grasp before trying to pluck the ones high up? So also, let us cast our eyes first on the leaders in our reach,

It depends. It's possible (as it's often the case) that the ripe fruits - mangos in this case, are way up there. It's better to get a bamboo stem and pluck off the ripe ones up there rather than going after the unripe ones below. Remember, it all depends on where the ripe fruit is

You see, the ripe fruits in the Nigerian context are way up there - in Aso Rock. Lets pluck these first, then we can begin to look at the unripe fruits in the states.

Akolawole:
Ono Baba

You people send me away from Politics, i hope you wont punch me again.

Now to the topic, you are not clear enough sir.

Kola,
I noticed you've been away for a while now. Did obantalapipi of Nairaland ban you or what? We did not send you away o! how could we have done that?

Anyway, what I meant in my last entry is that OBJ has a hand in virtually every impeachment moves in the country. He's been the brain behind all impeachments. I think it's high time he's impeached too, abi ki lo think?