Such things are real. I remember a guy from Abia contact a friend that he does this GSM Shortcode stuff, and even had forms for people to fill. SO, my friend filled the form and paid N30,000 for the shortcode. Till this moment, the guy has been in the air, This is very bad to the Nigerian economy because it will affect the dignity of those who are genuinely in business.

Does it mean that one can buy ebook from clickbank with graphcard?

The happiest day of my life was the day a DHL courier man came to my house and dropped a parcel from the USA. I opened it and behold, it was $108 cheque from Google.

It's money i earned from Blogging.

This simply means that Nigerians who take their time to learn legitimate online businesses and do it well will smile to the bank someday just like Google has done for me.

What i did so far to earn that amount was:

(1) Build a blog using word press

(2) Find an interesting topic that Nigerians will like to read about (e.g. Politics)

(3) Use tools like Facebook to promote my blog.

(4) Also created a group on facebook where i was able to gather a group of people interested in the subject.

From time to time, i post an article on my blog and send to my friends.

Already working towards another cheque from Google,

If you believe, you can.

Cheers!

Information that have been coming from government and employees is that our graduates are unemployable. What can be done about it?

AS the experts from the United States and Europe to treat ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua arrived the King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Saudi Arabia, plans have been concluded to fly in the president into the country as soon as he picks up, to enable him to attend to pressing issues in the country.
The authorities of the King Faisal Specialist Hospital, where President Yar’Adua is currently receiving treatment for an acute heart condition, flew in experts from the United States and Europe, sources said on Sunday.

It was gathered that the hospital called the experts to further ensure stability for the president after the ailment refused to show appreciable improvement in the first week of his admission.

According to sources, part of the plan to engage the services of medical doctors from Europe and the United States was to ensure the stability of the president for him to recover quickly and attend to national issues demanding his attention.

The development is coming on the heels of fears that government activities might be grounded to a halt this week, following the failure of the president to assent the supplementary budget aleready passed by the National Assembly.

Many government agencies, including the National Assembly, are relying on the supplementary budget to run the remainder of the 2009 fiscal year, but their inability to access the budget would mean that their activities would be on hold.

Not only that, it was also felt that the presence of President Yar’Adua in Nigeria would calm all frayed nerves and put to rest the clamour for his resignation.

“The plan is that as soon as he (president) picks up, he would be brought into the country through a chartered flight,” sources said.

Sources even added that even when the president returned, he would still need some days off to stabilise before he could be in a position to attend some events and state matters.

President Yar’Adua is suffering from acute pericarditis, which is regarded as one of the symptoms of the degenerative disease known as Churg Strauss Syndrome (CSS).

The presidency had, on November 26, admitted that the president was suffering from acute pericarditis - the inflammation of the sac-like covering of the heart- which is one of the symptoms of the advanced stage of the incurable degenerative disease, CSS.

Medical experts have said the disease is a rare one and only about 400 cases had been reported worldwide.

It was also gathered that the president’s health had been unpredictable in line with the symptoms of CSS.

A medical expert said the unpredictability of the state of the president was not strange because the syndrome attacked different sytems in the body at the same time.

“Those planning to return the president to the country are mindful of the fact that his absence has been causing a lot of hues and cries, but they are also being careful not to return him to the country through air ambulance, which could further raise anxiety,” a source said.

Information reaching the Nigerian Tribune on Sunday also indicated that some groups had started mounting pressure on Katsina indigenes who recently joined members of the G53 to canvass for Yar’Adua’s resignation.

A source in Abuja said plots against the G53 members by some groups in Katsina include attack on their properties.

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THE Overseer of Latter Rain Assembly, Lagos, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has said that for Nigeria to remain an indissoluble entity, ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua should honourably resign from office and hand over to Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan.

Delivering his message to the nation in a sermon entitled “Beginning of the End,” Bakare warned politicians not to manipulate the Constitution, saying, “If Yar’Adua refuses to leave office, the office will leave him.

Quoting from 1 King 22:47, which states that “there was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king,” he said that it was divine and in Nigeria’s case, constitutional, for Jonathan to become the president after Yar’Adua’s exit. “Long live King Jonathan,” Bakare said.

Speaking to the congregation at his Ikeja Church on Sunday, the pastor said the political schemings over whether or not the president should resign and who should succeed him were uncalled for.

“Now as I’m speaking, we don’t have a functioning president and the vice-president we have is a lame duck.

“So if you cannot empower the vice-president to function for whatever reason, then you are left with only two options. One, step down or resign and hand over for your deputy to function, that is what the constitution says. But except you kill him and if you make a mistake of killing him, all the weapons that are hidden in the Niger Delta, plus those owned by people in other parts of the nation will be brought out and this will lead to the disintegration of Nigeria.

“Also, the Western power will move into this country and this will give rise to forming of seperate nations in the country by ethnic nationalities in Nigeria.

“The current state of health of the president warrants an immediate resignation from office as his patriotic duty to the country,” Bakare said.

He cautioned the politicians calling for Jonathan’s resignation to beware of the consequences of their actions.

Bakare said the only way out was for President Yar’Adua to hand over to Vice-President Jonathan, and to forestall a situation like this in future, Nigeria must have a full, functional and effective deputy that will discharge the duties of the president when he is not around.

He said such a deputy must be “someone that will always stand in place of the president when he cannot perform his duty.

“It is an insult upon our collective integrity for the president to travel and go for treatment under presidential fleet, whether in coma or not in coma, without a proper handing over, thereby creating a vacuum,” Bakare said.

Sympatising with President Yar’Adua over his predicament, Bakare said it was not his fault to be sick, saying, those who wished the president dead may even die before him.

“God sees my heart; only wicked people will wish others dead. Since it is not his fault that he is sick, we will not wish him dead.

“But since this is the situation, Jonathan must take over.”

According to him, “if politicians knew beforehand that Jonathan could not preside over the country because he will turn Nigeria into a zoo because he is a zoologist, why did they put him there?
“If you think Jonathan will treat the nation like a zoo because he studied zoology, you should have probed him first before you put him there, so if you see the whole country as monkeys, then you need a zoologist to treat it.

“Now at the presidential lodge you have created this mess, you better give him power to function or else, others will rise up and wipe all of you out of office.”

However, in what appears to be the first reaction of President Yar’Adua’s family on the current controversy surrounding his health, the president’s younger sister and former women leader of the Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organisation, Hajiya Binta Kuraye, has dismissed the calls on her brother to resign, insisting that her brother will continue to be president by the will of Allah.

“Those calling for the resignation of the president on his ill-health should have the fear of God for the sustenance of democracy of the country,” she said.

She told newsmen in Kaduna, at the weekend, that her family and their well wishers were not happy to hear the rumoured death of the president.

“The president wiIl soon bounce back, stronger than ever, to assume the leadership of the country. President Yar’Adua cannot be changed by anyone. If the president is given the chance, he has the ability and capacity to lead the country for another 16 years.

“Those clamouring for the death of the president or for his removal must know that death, itself, is inevitable; power belongs to Allah. Those calling for constitutional change of government are the real enemies of democracy in the country. They have vested selfish interest and ulterior motives calculated at creating disharmony and total disintegration of the Nigerian nation.

“Corrupt politicians in the country are not comfortable with the present administration’s pursuit of war against corruption. The leadership qualities of the president are those of the late Sir Ahmadu Bello, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe and Chief Obafemi Awolowo.”

She said wishing the president dead was an ugly development and bad omen for both Muslims and Christians, adding that what was expected at a moment like this is for all Nigerians, irrespective of their religions, to pray for the president.

Kuraye urged Nigerians to be their brothers’ keeper, just as she stressed the need to sustain the current peace initiatives by the president in the Niger Delta.

She described the current presidential roadmap in the Niger Delta and the 13 per cent derivation for the oil producing communities as unique and laudable, saying that this was a feat successive administrations in the country could not achieve.

“His rumoured death is the handiwork of corrupt politicians in the country, who are not comfortable with his style of administration. Those politicians have lost out of the struggle for power.

“These politicians calling for constitutional change of government are the real enemies of democracy in the country. They have selfish interest and ulterior motives calculated at creating disharmony and the total disintegration in the country.

“Why do you wish others dead, when you know that death is inevitable? Power is of Allah. So, nobody can change the president. We will soon bounce back in sha Allah.

Nigerians, she said, should have faith in God and the ability of the president to lead Nigeria on the right path.

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The bodies of about 15 victims of the communal violence in Ijebu Ife, Ogun State, may have been deposited in the mortuary of the state hospital in Ijebu Ode.

Although no official figure of casualties has been given, a competent security source, who did not want his name printed, told our correspondents that the number would not exceed 15.
An Assistant Commissioner of Police, Mr. Omololu Oladokun, was burnt to death by aggrieved youths on Saturday.

The youths were said to have been protesting the alleged killing of a tailor by some members of the community’s vigilante group when a distress call was sent to Oladokun.

Sources claimed that the senior police officer arrived at the scene with some of his officers whom he later asked to go and purchase petrol. One of the sources said that while he was trying to calm the irate youths, he was lured to a corner where he was shot dead and his body set ablaze.

The security meeting, it was learnt, was said to be strategic in guiding the state government to fashion out steps to prevent the violence from escalating.

The meeting at the Government House, Abeokuta, was also attended by the Chairman, Association of Local Government of Nigeria and Chairman, Remo North Local Government Area, Mr. John Obafemi, as well as the state ALGON Secretary and Chairman, Abeokuta North LGA, Mr. Abeeb Ajayi.
Others in attendance were the Special Adviser to the Governor on Security, Alhaji Lamidi Odulawa, and the Chairman, Ijebu East LGA, Mr. Tunde Oladunjoye.

Our correspondents who visited Ijebu Ife on Sunday saw only few residents and domestic animals. One of the residents claimed that many people had fled for fear that policemen might carry out a reprisal attack on them over the death of Oladokun, who was the Area Commander, Ijebu Division.
Burnt vehicles and houses revealed the level of the violence which was sparked by the alleged killing of a tailor.

While riot and regular policemen barricaded entrances to the town, Armoured Personnel Carriers were also seen patrolling the town.

Daniel, who visited the town on Saturday, described the mayhem as unfortunate and called on the police to launch a full scale investigation into it.

He said, “These people must be brought to book. One wonders why some of these people would take the law into their hands. Even if they have grievances, are there no channels to resolve such grievances?”

He said that the slain Oladokun was a gallant officer, who did not deserve such a gruesome murder.

http://nigeriabreakingnews..com/2009/12/ijebu-violence-15-bodies-deposited-in.html

The bodies of about 15 victims of the communal violence in Ijebu Ife, Ogun State, may have been deposited in the mortuary of the state hospital in Ijebu Ode.

Although no official figure of casualties has been given, a competent security source, who did not want his name printed, told our correspondents that the number would not exceed 15.
An Assistant Commissioner of Police, Mr. Omololu Oladokun, was burnt to death by aggrieved youths on Saturday.

The youths were said to have been protesting the alleged killing of a tailor by some members of the community’s vigilante group when a distress call was sent to Oladokun.

Sources claimed that the senior police officer arrived at the scene with some of his officers whom he later asked to go and purchase petrol. One of the sources said that while he was trying to calm the irate youths, he was lured to a corner where he was shot dead and his body set ablaze.

The security meeting, it was learnt, was said to be strategic in guiding the state government to fashion out steps to prevent the violence from escalating.

The meeting at the Government House, Abeokuta, was also attended by the Chairman, Association of Local Government of Nigeria and Chairman, Remo North Local Government Area, Mr. John Obafemi, as well as the state ALGON Secretary and Chairman, Abeokuta North LGA, Mr. Abeeb Ajayi.
Others in attendance were the Special Adviser to the Governor on Security, Alhaji Lamidi Odulawa, and the Chairman, Ijebu East LGA, Mr. Tunde Oladunjoye.

Our correspondents who visited Ijebu Ife on Sunday saw only few residents and domestic animals. One of the residents claimed that many people had fled for fear that policemen might carry out a reprisal attack on them over the death of Oladokun, who was the Area Commander, Ijebu Division.
Burnt vehicles and houses revealed the level of the violence which was sparked by the alleged killing of a tailor.

While riot and regular policemen barricaded entrances to the town, Armoured Personnel Carriers were also seen patrolling the town.

Daniel, who visited the town on Saturday, described the mayhem as unfortunate and called on the police to launch a full scale investigation into it.

He said, “These people must be brought to book. One wonders why some of these people would take the law into their hands. Even if they have grievances, are there no channels to resolve such grievances?”

He said that the slain Oladokun was a gallant officer, who did not deserve such a gruesome murder.

http://nigeriabreakingnews..com/2009/12/ijebu-violence-15-bodies-deposited-in.html

Tragedy on Saturday hit the Ogun State police command when an Assistant Commissioner of Police, Mr. Omolodun Oladokun, was burnt to death by unknown assailants during a communal clash.

The incident which happened at Ijebu Ife, SUNDAY PUNCH gathered, also claimed the lives of four other persons when the police allegedly visited the community on a reprisal attack.

Oladokun, who was until his death the Area Commander, Ogere, Ijebu East local council area, our correspondent learnt, had gone to intervene in the community following the eruption of violence and the death, on Friday, of a tailor, who was allegedly manhandled by a vigilance group over a week ago.

A source told our correspondent on Saturday that the vigilance group was set up to complement the effort of the police following the increasing wave of armed robberies in the area.

The State Police Commissioner, Alhaji Hashimu Argungu, who spoke to our correspondent on the telephone on Saturday, said Oladokun had responded to a distress call from the town as the youth took up arms against the security outfit to protest the death of the tailor.

Argungu added that the vigilance group allegedly clashed with the tailor, who was said to be working overnight in his shop.

The police commissioner said, “About nine days ago, the town‘s vigilance group met the tailor, working in his shop in the night. So, they told him to go home and come back the following morning to continue with his work but he refused. I believe they asked him to go because of the security situation in the town.
“Unfortunately, it led to a fight and the tailor was wounded. He, however, died yesterday (Friday) and the community now rose up against the members of the vigilante group.

“The Area Commander, however, went there to find out what was happening and ensure that peace was restored to the place. On his way, he was shot and burnt.”

Argungu added that the command had deplored more men to the community to forestall further breakdown of the peace in the area.

The explanation of the police boss, however, differed from an account by a member of the community, who claimed that the clash was between the youths and some riot policemen who had been keeping watch in the town for some time now.

http://nigeriabreakingnews..com/2009/12/police-boss-burnt-to-death-in-ogun.html

There were palpable anxieties across the country on Saturday over the health of President Umaru Yar‘Adua who is currently receiving treatment at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for what his doctors named as acute pericarditis.

This was as fresh facts emerged that President Yar‘Adua abandoned the Horst Schmidt Klinik, Wiesbaden, Germany for the Saudi Hospital because the German hospital had asked him to resign from office in order to attend to his fragile health.
The president was said to have been prepared to heed the German hospital’s advice but that he later changed his mind when members of his kitchen cabinet asked him not to do so.

Those who persuaded the president was said to have prevailed on him to seek medical help from elsewhere, thus his change to the Jeddah hospital.

Meanwhile, throughout Saturday, the news desk of SUNDAY PUNCH received many frantic calls as anxious citizens sought to clarify speculations over the state of health of their president.

The anxiety by Nigerians persisted even as an online publication, Earth Times.org said a doctor at the Saudi hospital said on condition of anonymity that President Yar’Adua would be released “as early as next week.

“He was no longer in the intensive care wing of a Jeddah hospital and was undergoing routine medical tests,” the publication quoted the anonymous doctor to have said.
Checks by our correspondent, however, confirmed that Yar‘Adua was responding to treatment, though he was said to be in critical condition.

Efforts to receive assurances from the President‘s spokesman, Olusegun Adeniyi, did not succeed as calls to his mobile phone did not go through. Also, text message to his phone received no response.

Sources close to the President told our correspondent that visitors were barred from the private ward where he was receiving treatment under tight security.

”The man‘s health is stable but he is continuously placed on drip by doctors who are doing everything to rescue his life,” a source said.

Another source told our correspondent that the president would have taken a definite position on how to respond to advice to resign but for those whose continued relevance depends on the president‘s continued stay in power.
“The President is not power drunk as some people are thinking but those close to him who think they may lose their position if he resigns will not allow him,” the source added.
Before he became a patient of the Saudi hospital, President Yar‘Adua was said to have visited the HSK, based in the city of Wiesbaden, regularly since he was the governor of Katsina State.

As a president, Yar‘Adua‘s first visit to the German hospital was said to be in August 2008 when he was kept under observation for 11 days.

He, however, was said to have stopped patronising the HSK where he was being treated for Churg-Strauss syndrome because he was not willing to accept the advice by his doctors to relinquish power on health grounds.

http://nigeriabreakingnews..com/2009/12/uncertainty-still-hovers-around.html

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GOMBE State governor, Alhaji Danjuma Goje, declared yesterday at Okada, near Benin that those asking President Umaru Yar’Adua to resign from office on grounds of ill-health were doing so with a view to gaining power through the back door. His Edo State counterpart, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, joined the call, appealing to Nigerians for prayers for the ailing president.

Speaking at the convocation ceremony of Igbinedion University, Okada where he was awarded honourary degree in public administration, Goje said, “If democracy is to be sustained, we should not be sentimental. We should pray to God to speedily give good health to Yar ‘Adua. We should join other Nigerians to pray for Mr. President. Anything that will bring instability is unpatriotic. God who gives life and everything will save us.”

On his part, Oshiomhole called for prayers for Yar ‘Adua. “All of us have the duty to pray for our president Yar’ Adua has make contributions to ensuring the peace and stability of this country at very difficult times.
I do not belong to the same umbrella with him but we belong to the same country. Yar’ Adua is an asset to this country. He is a statesman”, the Edo governor said.

Earlier in his welcome address read on his behalf by the deputy vice-chancellor of the university, Prof.Tonye Grace Okorie, chancellor of the University, Chief Gabriel Igbinedion, stressed the need for mutual cooperation between the school and the home front for a holistic moral upbringing of children.

http://nigeriabreakingnews..com/2009/12/why-they-want-yaradua-to-resign-gov.html

FORMER Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Ghali Na’Abba, has said that there is nothing to celebrate about President Umaru Yar’Adua’s administration because of the low standard of living in the country.

Alhaji Na’Abba, who said this when speaking with newsmen in Kano on Friday, maintained that Nigerians had not enjoyed dividends of democracy in the last two years of President Yar’Adua’s administration.

Na’Abba, who was the Speaker of the House of Representatives between 1999 and 2003, disclosed that the country was generally weak due to lack of effective governance.

According to him, “there is nothing so serious about President Yar’Adua’s administration under two years that can make people celebrate him.

“At present, Nigerians’ living condition has not changed. In fact, it is even worse than before,” he said. He stated further that as far as he was concerned, attempt to measure how happy people were had to be based on policies that enhance the well-being of the people.

http://nigeriabreakingnews..com/2009/12/nothing-to-celebrate-about-yaraduas.html

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At least, the URL of the forum can be placed in the signature,