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read inbtw d lines,u will get my point

Which lines should I read in between a meaningless sentence?

omoge:
ummmmmmmm i thought men generally are closer to their mama because it is easy to get away with many things. most mama are soft with their male kids unlike the dad who is always carrying koboko and belt

Very true but igbo man's affinity to his mother is overwhelming. A yoruba man no matter how much he loves his mother will one day draw the line especially when it comes to relationships. Most yoruba men will hate their dad for a while[they usually get over it quickly] if they marry another wife and dump their mom in case of monogamous homes but most igbo men will wage a war with their father just to force him to love their mom forever.

Remember that igbos are the most monogamous tribe in Nigeria. So, It means that if the theory above is true, igbos [b]may [/b]have the highest number of men in unhappy marriages because their culture made it difficult for the men to walk away.

An igbo man may be tall, suave, smart, handsome, ingenuous and all that but beyond that facade is a gigantic mama's boy that is not ready to put a nail on his decision unless his mother does not veto it.

whatever90:
thank u my sister

I'm not a tribalist,infact i don't waste time in dissing d igbos not minding d fact that i am one of them

olabowale:
And there is a group of people who claim they are Muslims. But in everything they do, their actions, their speeches, their deeds are conclusively opposite of this claim of theirs. These people are called Hypocrites. Their conditions are worse than that of the outright disbelievers, because of their deceitfulness. Their hearts are filled with gimmicks and insincerities.

I pray that I and others don't come from this group of Muslims. Amin.

I thought the quran said something about judging others. Are you a righteous man?

I am not talking about thanksgiving. I repeat my question: Is it proper to ask God for something you've asked before if your initial request is yet to come?. If yes, does it mean that God has forgotten the one you asked Him before?. Why do some christians love to bully your questions with an imposing biblical speech that does not offer a solution? If you don't know the answer or you are a culprit here, step aside and let somebody who knows the answer offer some insight.

Because when you have life, you have hope. Being alive with no job, no food, no house etc means that you could achieve all those things - and therefore God should be thanked for the chance (life) he has given us to get all these things. Being alive means that you have hope. Hope that someday job, food, house etc will perhaps one day come . . Perhaps by prayer and also making by an effort. In heaven (or hell) your fate is sealed - And it's too late to ask for anything. What do you need hope for in an eternal cycle of bliss or suffering (as the case may be)? The only logical need for hope would be to escape heaven/hell as the case may be, but with our understanding that that is the end of the end - The last bus-stop of fate itself, then hope in itself is hopeless at that point. Take the Formular 1 Championship for example : Lewis was lagging behind halfway through the race - But the point was that he still was in the race. As long as he was still in he could try harder, and win. It didn't matter his current position, jst as long as there was a possibility that he could win. When that possibility is taken away (i.e if he quit halfway), then it would have been better than he didn't even start in the first place.

All you said is true but wouldn't it be better if you ask God for death instead since you will end up in heaven which is a better place than this pathetic world?

Tuesday, November 4, 2008


EFCC to try 10 other ex-govs
Presents report to Senate
Aduku loses freedom bid
From Alifa Daniel and Lemmy Ughegbe, Abuja

TEN former governors, apart from the 11 who are currently facing prosecution, may soon appear in court for various alleged corrupt practices bordering on their management of public funds, going by a report before the Senate from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).



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Although their names were not listed in the report, specific offences they were said to have committed include embezzlement of public funds, abuse of office, money laundering and conspiracy, among others.

Also, an Abuja High Court yesterday refused an application by former Minister of State for Health, Gabriel Aduku, to secure his release from EFCC's custody following his re-arrest by the anti-graft agency.

Early last year, the former EFCC boss, Nuhu Ribadu, had told the Senate that over 30 governors whom he named had been found to have mismanaged funds meant for their states.

In addition, the EFCC last year received 3,672 petitions, most of which involved Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) and their collaborators.

Of the petitions, 183 were fully investigated and subjected to litigation, while 544 are still being processed by the EFCC's Legal Unit for "possible prosecution." The balance of 2,945 cases are being processed in the EFCC, according to the 2007 yearly report of the Commission available in the Senate in Abuja yesterday.

The Commission recovered about N21 billion, in addition to the prevention of the stealing of several more billions in government agencies, the report said.

"The Commission will continue to intensify the investigation of Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) and ensure that good governance is enthroned in the country. The accusation of selectivity or partisanship cannot be supported as the Commission is always guided by law and the law alone," the report noted.

The EFCC admitted that the war against Advance Fee Fraud (also known as 419) remained a major challenge as perpetrators were changing their modus operandi and moving to neighbouring African countries because of the heat from the Commission.

"A disturbing trend in this area is the large number of young persons, mostly undergraduates, in this criminal enterprise," the report noted.

Meanwhile, 38,000 counterfeit cheques worth about N30 billion were intercepted by the EFCC in collaboration with the United States Postal Services and the United Kingdom Serious and Organised Crime Agency (SOCA).

Also, 600 telephone lines suspected to be used to perpetrate advanced fee fraud were disenabled.

To enhance its work in the banking sector, the EFCC is considering having a surveillance team in the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) domiciled in the Commission to focus on the operations of banks nation-wide.

"For example," according to the report, "a Nigerian Bank operating in the United States of America, was recently fined U.S.$15 million by U.S. authorities for anti-money laundering (AML) violations. The EFCC is taking steps to address similar violations locally."

In the course of spot checks in banks, the NFIU last year, recommended sanctions against six financial institutions, issued five warning letters, with over N2 million fines recommended against others.

In recognition of the work, donor aid to it increased last year with the European Union (EU) topping the list with a grant of $32 million (about N3,712,000,000). The three-year grant has been extended to next year, while a World Bank Economic Reform and Governance Project (2005-2009) credit of $3.2 million has been secured.

The credit is being used to support the NFIU, media and publicity, procurement of vehicles, office and computer equipment and capacity-building in investigation.

To be more effective, the EFCC is asking for the review of its laws to enable it curb corruption. It quoted Section 7 of the EFCC Act which vests on the Commission some "special powers viz: (a) Cause investigations to be conducted as to whether any person, corporate body or organisation has committed an offence under this Act or other law relating to economic and financial crime; (b) Cause investigations to be conducted into the property of any person if it appears to the Commission that the person's life-style and extent of the property are not justified by his source of income.

It adds: "If there is one section that is relevant to the Nigerian situation, it is Section 7 (1) (b) of the EFCC Act. By that section, the Commission is empowered to investigate the property of any person (and this includes corporate bodies) if the person's life-style and extent of the property are not justified by his source of income.

"This provision is in compliance with Article 20 of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC), which enjoins nations to criminalise as an offence illicit enrichment where there is significant increase in the assets of a public official that he or she cannot reasonably explain in relation to his or her lawful income.

"This is one section that Nigeria needs perhaps more than any other country. It is only here that a man who has spent all his life in public service with known remuneration package would retire into a flourishing business empire without reasonable explanation as to how he/she came by such sudden wealth. It is therefore necessary and expedient to criminalise such conduct in order to bring culprits to justice and have the assets illicitly acquired confiscated and returned to government to be utilised for developmental purposes. If crime does not pay, then culprits must be denied the enjoyment of wealth illicitly acquired at public expense.

"In this regard, the proposed non-conviction based assets forfeiture laws will not only be a useful tool to combat corruption, but will serve as deterrent to public officers who abuse positions of trust."

As part of its six strategic goals, the Commission plans to protect and strengthen the financial system through effective administration of the EFCC Act, as well as other laws enforced by the anti-corruption body.

Other goals are:

Ensure that preventive measures are taken to minimise the commission of economic crimes reports through robust intelligence gathering and a refocusing of the public advocacy activities of the Commission;
Increase the Commission's capacity to combat terrorist financing and terrorism;
Combat corruption, money laundering and other financial crimes through beaming our searchlights on areas that had hitherto not received sufficient attention, principally the administration of Local Government Areas and heavy spending Ministries Departments and Agencies (MDAs);
Intensify international anti-laundering collaboration through the global network of Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs) and international law enforcement authorities; and
Facilitate inter-agency collaboration with other law enforcement agencies and regulatory bodies, locally and internationally.
Also in Abuja yesterday, Aduku lost his bid to be freed to secure his release from the EFFC 's custody.
Three weeks ago, counsel to EFCC, James Binang, had applied to the court to drop charges of alleged complicity in diverting N300 million unspent Ministry of Health 2007 budget against Aduku and the Permanent Secretary, Prof. Simon Ogandi and the Director of Finance, Hanafi Mohammed, in the Health Ministry.

Consequently, the trial judge, Mr. Salisu Garba, granted Binang's prayer and accordingly discharged Aduku, Ogandi and Mohammed.

But following the stir, which the development caused in the Presidency, the EFCC moved to revive the case against the trio, who are said to be vital to its case by attempting to re-arrest them last week.

The EFCC even took further steps by applying to the court to recall Aduku, who is an architect, and two others for the purpose of facing fresh trial over the roles they played in the expenditure of N300 million unspent budget of the Ministry of Health.

Whereas Aduku was re-arrested, a source in EFCC alleged that Ogandi was on the run, but was confident that the long hand of the law will catch up with him eventually.

When the application for the EFCC to release Aduku was argued by his counsel, Ben Annachebe (SAN), the anti-graft agency objected to it on the score that it was an invitation for the court to prevent a statutory body from performing its duties prescribed by the statute establishing it.

In his ruling, the trial judge ruled that Aduku's application was "incompetent as it was not properly brought."

He held that the proper application that ought to have been brought was that for the enforcement of his fundamental rights and not one to declare his arrest unlawful.

Meanwhile, one of the accused persons in the on-going trial of the budgetary fraud, Chairman, Senate Committee on Health, Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello, has taken her battle to clear her name of complicity in the diversion and illegal retention of part of the N300 million unspent Health Ministry funds to the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division.

Specifically, Obasanjo-Bello filed an appeal, seeking to upturn the decision of an Abuja High Court not to quash the charges preferred against her by the EFCC over her alleged illegal retention of the sum of N10 million, which was said to be part of the N300 million unspent funds from the Health Ministry's 2007 budget.

The daughter of former President Olusegun Obasanjo wants the appellate court to determine whether an accused person who is challenging the jurisdiction of the court to try him/her must first be arraigned before his application could be heard. She also wants the court to determine whether the trial judge, Justice Salisu Garba, was right when he held that a prima facie case was established against her when the proof of evidence against her did not contain any incriminating evidence.

She contended that the holding by the trial judge that a prima facie case was established against her was baseless and negated the principle of fairness, justice and equity.

According to her, the Appropriation Act 2007 made provision of about N35 million for the retreat to deliberate on the National Health Bill out of which the Senate committee was given N10 million.

In Ground 6, she said: "The learned trial judge erred in law when he failed to make any finding and pronouncement on the budget for the Ministry of Health contained in the Appropriation Act 2007, which made provision for the retreat of the Health Committee of the National Assembly outside Nigeria to deliberate on the National Health Bill even though I made the whole of the Appropriation Act 2007 available in court and I referred to the page of the Ministry of Health budget where the sum of about N35 million was approved for the retreat."

She further stated that the Senate openly accepted responsibility for the trip to Ghana for the retreat on the National Health Bill and wondered why doing a legitimate duty could constitute a crime.

Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello was charged with conspiracy to retain stolen property punishable under Section 97 of the Penal Code Act Cap 532 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 1990 and the offence of dishonestly retaining the N10 million belonging to the Federal Government, having reason to believe same to be stolen property punishable under section 307 of the Penal Code Act.


http://odili.net/news/source/2008/nov/4/6.html

Pay back is a bitch.

Foreigners now rob freely on highways

By Sunday Aborisade, Ibadan

Armed robbers suspected to be foreigners have taken over major highways in the country unleashing terror on innocent Nigerians after dispossessing them of their valuables.






Investigations by our correspondent in the last one week revealed that the robbers were usually armed with sophisticated weapons suspected to be pump action guns.

Eye witnesses who sighted them near the Ogere Toll Gate area of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway last Wednesday explained that the men of the underworld dressed like the Arabs.

A traveller, who escaped from their attacks last week and monitored their modus operandi from a short distance, said the robbers, numbering about 20, wore police uniforms.

Recounting his experience in an interview with our correspondent, an Ibadan chief who craved anonymity, said the incident occurred between noon and 1.00pm last Wednesday.

He said, "I was on my way to Lagos last Wednesday when I sighted the robbers operating on both sides of the Road near the Ogere Toll Gate. I saw people turning. I turned too.

"One of the occupants of my vehicle jumped down immediately and hid himself in the bush, watching the activities of the robbers. He witnessed the whole drama live!

"Many of the travellers attacked were shot and wounded after the criminals carted away their valuables worth thousands of naira.

"The most painful aspect of the unfortunate development was that the robbers operated freely for one hour only for the police to surface few minutes after the robbers had gone," he lamented.

The Ibadan Chief, who said the incidence will linger in his memory for many years to come, noted that it was his first experience since he had been travelling on the highway.

He called on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway as the lives and property of Nigerians were no longer safe on the road.

http://odili.net/news/source/2008/nov/4/412.html

bioye:
Does being Bankole's relative disqualify anyone from making objective and productive contributions to the discussion?

I wonder o.

KarmaMod:
I work. Some of us arent into the graveyard shift, dear

Thanks for doing something with your life.

If it's very dumb then walk away and do something more resourceful with your life. Why do you want to waste your time reading dumb stuff from a frustrated lesbian that needs a husband asap or ain't you in school or something?

How many times have you seen in sexuality section because I'm vaguely interested. Does it mean I should storm there and complain about their threads or accuse somebody of what he or she is not? Get a life and tell your parents to teach you simple etiquette.

how come u claim to know d igbo's but still can't type and pronounce the name well?

since u knw too well,then i wonder why u r always corrected wt the igbo and ibo

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Because i try so hard to write the former since am used to the latter. It'll take some time to fizzle away.

KarmaMod:
Lmao I do NOT want to be here will osisi sees this. Hopefully she'll be too engrossed in making sure her 2nd husband reaches the white house

jenny, when I used to argue with am, didnt you used to yell at me that I'm always on her back?

I believe that I've explained that phrase over and over again. You can quote it,enlarge it and project it on high definition as many times as you wish.

Some people don't know when to stay off. The same Osisi that banned you from mentioning her name ago some days ago? Same Osisi that you and your group ganged up for because she's saying the truth is suddenly your sweetheart because you want to stir trouble between her and Erelu. You really think that Osisi is that dense?. I think that your lack of home training is the real problem here because i wouldn't know what will make you think that you are more clever than Osisi who is clearly more educated and experienced than you. Gosh, that's why I swore never to raise my kids in America. Tired of writing these fables for an ignorant generation.

Some people here want to get your attention so much that they talk through their ass sometimes just to get you talking. I believe I said that I hate it when elders yarn opata and expect you to shut your trap but where I said I'll disrespect them over that still beats me. I am seriously getting tired of these dime a dozen bimbos that needs to get some job and do something resourceful with their lives instead of bitching around the cyber world.

being smarter than your elders proves nothing if you don't have the humility to give them their due respect when necessary.

They say a child can have as many fine clothes as an elder, but you can't have as many rags as an elder.

I'm not talking about prostrating or whatnot here. Anyone who feels like prostrating should prostrate, and if its not your cup of tea, then don't.

Being in America or overseas doesnt mean people should start disrespecting others for no reason. True, many of the older generation may not be setting as good an example as one would wish, but being rude doesnt make anyone better than them.

lucabrasi:
if thats true then i guess 99.9% of nigerian parents of ibo,yoruba and hausa ethnicity all abuse their children both male and female seeing as they all share bonds of that nature with their children either male or female

Forget the abuse part, have you noticed that ibo women have a very thick emotional chord between them and their sons. It's not as if others don't have it but theirs is a bit higher which makes me think there is an innate factor that is the sole cause of it.

ukukaegbu:
@ pepperspray

It's your momma that abused her sons sexually and not igbo mothers. IDIOT.

Lol, was that all you saw? That was a tongue in the cheek.

sexual abuse is supposed to scare the men away from their mothers and not bond them together if my allegation was something to go by.

Ifygurl:
Because Igbo men love their mothers.

Most mothers from the Igbo tribe will die for their children.

Why are you so concern about Igbo people? Abeg, make u leave us alone oohh.
Wetin dey worry you for Igbo men and their love for their mothers?
you've come with your generalization again.

Abeg, wetin be Juju. A Igbo man cannot love his mother (He must be in a juju to love his mother).

That love is too much oh. Other tribes love their mothers but an igbo mans love surpasses the one akata men have for their mother. That i think is not natural and something must be behind it. Juju or some form of mental hypnotism.

_{Somebody told me sometime ago that most igbo women abuse their sons sexually hence the undying bond. It's from tribal gossip oh and not from me.}

in all things, give thanks

Is it not better to give thanks while begging Him to take your life so you can join Him in heaven? Why thank God for a failed life?

yemivictor:
You're just unbelievable, what of all the evidences that have been gathered against him!?

Or are the evidences tribalistic too!!

Which evidence? and yes, evidence can be tribalistic because it depends on the method they used to get them. An Hausa police can frame you up with murder while wielding crooked evidence gotten from crooked means.

African American men do have a very strong bond with their mothers because their mothers in most cases raised them singlehandedly while picking cottons and that is very understandable. Forgive me for following that mosaic line but what factor in igbo culture is responsible for the strong affinity between an igbo man and his mother?. An igbo man's mother in most cases has the final say over their lives no matter how much they love their girlfriends or wives.

An igbo man can argue his fathers opinion and may or may not end up accepting that opinion but his mothers opinion about everything in his life in most cases is not up for argument. He may grunt and complain but will eventually bow down to her wishes. Could there be a certain way igbo women bond with their male children that made them wield so much power over their lives?. What is their secret recipe? Could it be juju? . Why is their hypnotic jujuism not effective on their daughters so much?

Igbo men are notorious for waging endless wars with their own father just because he is dumping their mother and marrying another woman after 40 years of marriage. Is it not time to look into this matter?

Gamine:
Can God Forget?

Is God Deaf?

God may be Dumb

Can God really see everything?



Why do we keep attributing Human Qualities to a being that is clearly Far above.

chei!

IT is Well!

Of course we that God is not deaf and dumb but the question is: Are we suppose to repeat a request to God over and over again on the same issue like most christians do?. I believe that if you've asked God for a child back in 1998 and still can't get one till 2008, you don't have to remember your condition for God again even though it's been 10 good years you prayed over that issue because He has not forgotten.

nypha:
I use to wonder why Nigeria always have a special requirement for visa applications to tourist countries.
Now I understand why, it's because they might be seing Nigeria as an islamic country, and therby apply strict rules that are applied to terrorist countries.

Apart from the fact that we nigerians have our odd characters, this OIC stuff might contribute to one of the reasons why we are treated like these islamic terrorist countries.

Even countries like Indonesia have the guts to include Nigeria in this visa ristriction process. You can check out this site below and you will find out the list of countries listed are mainly in the OIC club.

http://www.indonesianembassy.org.uk/consular_visa_type_approval.html

it's OIC membership that nailed our coffin finally. Who would see that coming and I'm telling you there will be more if terrorists continue to prevail. Northern Nigeria is now a domain for terrorists. a lot of them have been arrested and you know what that means for the rest of us from the south?

yemivictor:
All i'll say is, Bankole is lucky Gani Fawehinmi has this medical condition & he can't shout!

If not, he'd have had it hotter than this!!

Gani can still shout from his death bed. He is silent simply because Keyamo is making an empty fuss that has tribalism written all over it. I don't know why many Nigerians fail to see this. Keyamo should go back to preparing and swearing affidavits that he is used to and not ant corruption crusade.

Men cheat to get even(vengeance) or as a result of being adventuresome.

If you want adventures, travel, go hunting or do some fishing. There is no adventure in a womans honey pot because they are all the same. It's not as if you have not seen a honey pot that looks like that before. Do men know anything about decency?

I used to cheat just to see if i could GET AWAY with it uncaught and unharmed.

You Hannibal used to cheat or you are currently on cheating break because of economic hardship? If you quit, your Mack daddy, Pataki will lose an invaluable client.

men i don't knw if I'm cheatin all i knw say u no go get rest of mind as u dey do am and bsides most guys cheat because they feel that their Girl(s) both of them have guys somewher else, afta all many say u kant put ur eggs in 1 basket

If that is true trust me, men will kill her before looking for another sex mate. Men cheat simply because they are naturally egocentric.

kaka: Christy Essien ibekwes son. Do they show songs like this in Nigerian Tv?



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNBmmFfMvwo

daby:
@ Peperspray,

Its quite unfortunate that we tend to attribute every event in nigeria to tribalism.
Eventhough its no news the acts of IBB, Abubakar and their like, is that enough reason for the stealing to continue expecially by people like Bankole who every youth in nigeria looked up to as a new breed in the nigerian political scene.
by the way, why is OBJ's name missing in your list or is he rather a saint to you.

You know every one of us complains about all these leaders, the fact remains that from the way most of us sound, we are no different from these ones. Imagine your own ways peperspary.
i bet u wont be differnet from them if you ever have the oppurtunity of being ther ursef. hope ur not bankole's relative because to me you sound as if u have a percentage in the loot.

1) I've said it before, if you have any proof that Obj stole your money, bring it to our knowledge but IBB and his fellow Northern brothers stole Nigeria to rags.

2). I do not have to get share of Bankole's loot to defend the truth. Did I hear you say loot?. Which loot?. Loot is when you cart away lumps of money from the govt coffers like IBB, Abacha,Mustapha,Atiku,Abdulsalaami,Useni,Yaradua etc except Buhari that did not touch Nigeria's money because he was a born again muslim. Something is common with those names, do the math.

bioye:


I would appreciate if you don't twist my words. I did not say anything of the kind that you expressed! Why not dispute my statements first? It appears you have made up your mind already and any contrary views expressed to yours would be summarily attacked. Take it easy. Now to respond to your hasty conclusions, the House of Reps collectively agreed to the purchase of cars for the committees. It was not singlehandedly decided by Bankole. Bankole had no hand in the purchase of the cars itself - it was entirely executed by the National Assembly management. When the cars were purchased, Bankole was not in the country. When he returned he was seriously dissappointed with the way the Deputy Speaker Nafada handled the matter. The issue was on the pages on newspapers then.

On the new issue of tv sets and all, my question is this: Were these purchases part of the 2008 budget as approved by the Legislature and accented to by the Executive? If so, there are definitely [/b]similar items in other budgets asides that of the [b]House. The only reason light is being shone on these is because some great enemies of Bankole are bent on taking power away from him. I wont be surprised if some of them are active in this very thread.

Finally we have someone with correct gist. Leave Kobojunkie to continue with his tribal opata.

Eziachi:
What is it, with this Igbos- Bankonle and Ette and money/corruption?

Thunder fire you there.

Shaz:
[color=olive]because most times you are asking for the wrong things that do not glorify his name.[/color]

Ohh no, I do not see any reason that is wrong in asking God for legitimate job. People that do illegitimate deals rarely pray. Shall we then stop asking immediately we ask God for the same thing for the right reasons?

Preachers always ask us to thank God for our lives and so on. If you ain't got no job, no education, no health and nothing to live for here on earth while you still believe that when you die, you are going to heaven. Why thank God for your life here on earth? Is it not better you beg Him to take away your life so you can go and live with Him in heaven where there are no diseases, heart break, joblessness, economic downturn, hunger etc?. Am I missing something here because thanking God for your present sorry life means you enjoy suffering.