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Christianity EtcRe: Shiloh 2013: Exceeding Grace: Share Your Shiloh Experience Here by rooftech: 8:32am On Dec 12, 2013
tmgtreasure: PLEASE WHERE IN ITIRE IJESHA @ SURULERE CAN I WATCH SHILOH 2013 SATELITE TV OR GIVE ME THE LINK TO STREAM
IT ONLINE.
http://www2.davidoyedepoministries.org/
PoliticsRe: 2015:12 States That Should Be Placed Under Close Security Watch by rooftech: 5:17pm On Dec 11, 2013
nonsense,hey have not seen akwa ibom where a minority media hyped minority governor is openly campaigning for his successor another minority against the majority.
PoliticsRe: Jonathan, Madueke, Okonjo-Guilty Of Diverting #8 Trillion crude oil funds by rooftech: 6:49am On Dec 11, 2013
put it simply and better,gej has stolen 8trillion naira btw serveral months
PoliticsRe: If Mandela Was A Pdp Member by rooftech: 12:42pm On Dec 06, 2013
is pdp a ideological party, or a bunch of criminals united in looting nigeria. your end draws near
Foreign AffairsRe: Nelson Mandela Is Dead by rooftech: 5:11am On Dec 06, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25249520
oldenglish: Not on BBC, SKY, ALJAZA
Christianity EtcRe: Jesus Was A Drunkard. Yes, He Confessed. by rooftech: 12:33pm On Dec 01, 2013
you will soon need jesus ,before the end of this week .God bless you.
PoliticsRe: Gov. Akpabio Alleges That APC Bigwigs Are Begging To Join PDP by rooftech: 12:09pm On Nov 26, 2013
this man is causing problem for gej if anybody knows his antecedent .he will soon be among the g7
SportsAmunike Prevents Fraudulent Transfer Of Ihenacho by rooftech(op): 1:35pm On Nov 20, 2013
Iheanacho Transfer Saga:
Amuneke Slaps, Beats Up
American Football Agent
An American football agent,
Henry Galliano, was on Monday
evening assaulted by a Nigerian
coach, Emmanuel Amuneke , at
the Rockview Hotel, Owerri, the
Imo State capital.
The assault, which happened at
about 6:00 p.m. was caused by
the decision of Golden Eaglets
star, Kelechi Iheanacho, to
choose Galliano as his agent
ahead of one recommended by
Amuneke.
As agent, Galliano would be
responsible for arranging club
transfer deals for Ihenacho, a
member of the world-conquering
Golden Eaglets. Iheanacho was
selected by FIFA as the best
player of the just-concluded FIFA
U17 World Cup in the UAE.
He has since been linked to top
European clubs including FC
Porto and Manchester City.
Iheanacho has signed an agent
deal officially with Galliano with a
copy of the agreement sent to
the secretariat of the Nigeria
Football Federation, NFF.
The agent also confirmed that a
copy of the agreement with
Iheanacho was submitted to the
NFF on October 21. In a chat
with a source, Galliano and his
Nigerian partner, Solomon
Oluwaseun, accused Amuneke of
assault; and threatened to press
charges against him.
They said the coach invited them
for a meeting before he got
angry, saying that his (Amuneke’s
chosen) agent must be the one
to handle Iheanacho’s transfer.
“The coach invited us, we went
to see him and he started
threatening Kelechi that he
should follow him to Abuja to
sign with his agent who is
working with a Nasiru Jubril, a
staff of the NFF; or else Nasiru,
the man in charge of the ITC
(International Transfer
Certificate), will not release
kelechi’s ITC to him and they will
both make sure that he is
banned from Nigeria football;
also he will not get a good club.
“When the agent tried to talk
back, the coach slapped him and
beat him up in the presence of
over 25 people,” Solomon said.
In his comment, Galliano said he
only came to Nigeria to take
Iheanacho abroad for club
engagement; and he didn’t know
why the coach threatened him.
“I came here to take Kelechi to
his club. FC Porto and
Manchester City are interested in
him but Manchester City has a
better package. This was our
discussion and conclusion when
Mr. Amuneke sent for me, and
asked me to go back to my
cousin.
“He called me names, beat me
up and embarrassed me, he said
it’s impossible to just take his
players,” Galliano said while
accusing Amuneke of racial
statements.
Galliano, an American, said Keshi
ordered Ihenacho to follow him
to Abuja and also threatened
him; which made the boy to
burst into tears and went away.
“Kelechi is nowhere to be found,
he started crying after the threat
made against him, the small boy
is afraid and I hope he will not
lose hope. “Amuneke said he will
delay his ITC and deal with him,
he called vulgar words, cursing
the boys and the players,” he
said.
When Reporters tried to speak to
Iheanacho, but his phone was
switched off. His father, when
contacted, declined comment.
Amuneke, a Nations Cup winner
in 1994 with the Super Eagles,
and current assistant coach of
the Golden Eaglets, confirmed
that he assaulted the American.
When contacted on phone, an
angry Amuneke confirmed that
he slapped Galliano. He
threatened to beat him up again
whenever he sees him. He,
however, denied being involved
in the player’s possible transfer.
“Yes, of course I slapped him
very well and I will do it again
whenever I see him,” Amuneke
said. “He is an idiot, useless
white man, he wants to come
and reap where he didn’t sow.
“Kelechi is a nobody; yes, I said
we helped him into the team,
made him, moulded him into
what he is today, he shouldn’t
allow anybody to fool him,” the
former winger said.
When asked the reason for his
action and his rumoured roles in
Kelechi and other players
transfer business, Amuneke said,
“I care so much for my players, I
am a coach.” “I’m not an agent
but I just look out for the boys.
He wants to come and sign a
player just like that, he’s an idiot,
I will not allow him. “Because the
boy’s parents are poor and
illiterate, he wants to use them.
We are Nigerians and we’re not
foolish,” he added. Despite
Amuneke’s denial, the shady
involvement of Nigerian coaches
and football officials in the
transfer of players to foreign
clubs is something muted and
known by close observers of
Nigerian football.
A football website, Goal.com,
recently revealed that Super
Eagles midfielder, Sunday Mba’s
move to a French club, was
scuttled because of the financial
demands and involvement of
Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi, and
some officials of the NFF. Mba
had been unveiled by the French
club, Bastia, before he was
forced to return to Nigeria.
The NFF also recently suspended
a former Secretary General of
the Federation, Taiwo Ogunjobi,
over the latter’s alleged
involvement in the transfer of a
Flying Eagles forward, Olanrewaju
Kayode.
(Premium Times)
SportsRe: Nigeria Vs Ethiopia- WCQ (2 - 0) On 16th November 2013 by rooftech: 5:36pm On Nov 16, 2013
buygermancarsng.com
PoliticsRe: Ibaka Port: An African Economic Miracle by rooftech: 5:26pm On Nov 02, 2013
Pdp propagandist,there is nothing on ground.liar
PoliticsRe: What Is A Coup Plotter Doing In National Confab Advisory Commitee by rooftech(op): 7:50am On Oct 29, 2013
3:09am
Alleged PDP thugs disrupted the
proceedings of the Presidential
Advisory Committee on National
Dialogue/Conference in Benin
City yesterday when they
stopped Governor Adams
Oshiomhole of Edo State and
others from making
contributions to the ongoing
talks. Col Tony Nyiam (rtd), a
member of the committee was
the arrowhead of the disruption
as he shouted down the
Governor while making his
contribution.
The Governor who took the
stage to make his contribution
shortly after the Isoko Ethnic
group had made their
contribution said he objected to
spending huge public funds on a
wasteful venture saying, during
the tenure of President
Olusegun Obasanjo, money was
spent on similar conference and
at the end, nothing positive
came out of that conference.
He said:"I will be surprised if
anything changes. Sincerely, I
have no business to deceive or
mislead anyone. I believe that
the outcome of this conference
will not be different from that of
other conferences we have had
in the past."
But as soon as Governor
Oshiomhole made this
statement, committee member,
Col Nyiam jumped to his feet
and would perhaps have lunged
at the Governor were they close
enough. He was restrained by
other members who were taken
aback by his action. Even while
the Governor was still making
his contribution, Nyiam started
screaming at the top of his voice
for the Governor to shut up and
sit down. He was then joined by
alleged PDP thugs who
disrupted the whole proceedings
and many dashed for safety as a
result of the unruliness of the
committee member and thugs.
The Governor who insisted on
concluding his remarks however
yielded the floor when the thugs
were getting violent and he was
booed out of the venue.
However, the Governor had a
courtesy visit in his office by
members of the Committee led
by Senator Femi Okurounmu, he
insisted he had no faith in the
whole process.
Oshiomhole said:
"...all I owe Nigeria now is to
speak my mind. It could be
error of my head but certainly
not of my heart. As much as I
wish you well, I just want to say
that I have no faith in this
process and I do not think it was
necessary at all. I am unable to
find any basis to give me some
illusion that this exercise will not
be different from the others.
And I honestly think that in
terms of the private sector,
when a country keeps debating
how we can live together that
cannot be one of the basis on
which the outside community
will invest in Nigeria. They may
well wait until we know how we
want to live in Nigeria."
He lamented that 53-years after
independence, Nigerians still
prefer to look at themselves
from their ethnic origin rather
than being Nigerians, saying,
"for me, I am just a Nigerian".
"I do not think that more than
hundred years when we have set
aside billions of naira to
celebrate the centenary
commemorating the
amalgamation of the North and
Southern Nigeria, and we have
lived together as one country for
over a hundred years, and we
have gone through
independence, we have been
free for fifty three years and we
are coming back to ask the
question, how could we be
there. I think Nigeria needs to
address very serious issues.
When I see eminent Nigerians
discussing this issue, I am sure
they know that Nigeria’s
problem is not this politics of
sharing which the national
dialogue is all about, who is
getting what, who has this
natural endowment, who should
do this or not do this. For me
this is the act of perfecting
poverty. The real challenge is
getting Nigeria back to
production. The real challenge is
creating industrial base and this
cannot be resolved through
conferences. We have moved
from parliamentary system in
our own wisdom to the
presidential system. We have
test-run it and it was aborted by
the military and it has re-
incarnated in the present form.
Nigeria does need a serious
reflection about how to return
to those core values that made
Nigeria work before. Those
healthy competition between the
governments, visit the whole
question of attitude and unless
that changes, I do not see how
any dialogue can work." he said.
The Governor noted "I was
discussing with somebody last
week and he noted that this is
the eleventh conference and I
ask what ten conferences could
not do, how would the eleventh
one do it? Why do we think we
can continue doing the same
thing the same old way and
think that this time the outcome
would be different?"
The Governor said nobody
convenes a meeting without
stating an agenda and asking
others to draw up an agenda for
that meeting adding "from
conception we know we want to
talk but we do not know what
we want to talk about."
Earlier the Chairman of the
Presidential Advisory Committee
on National Dialogue/
Conference, Senator Femi
Okurounmu said they were in
Benin as part of their visits to
the six geo political zones to get
their input as regards the
content of the agenda, the
duration, choice of delegation
and legal framework.
http://
www.allaroundgist.com/2013/10/
adams-oshiomhole-escapes-
being-lynch.html#more
http://www.youtube.com/wat
PoliticsRe: What Is A Coup Plotter Doing In National Confab Advisory Commitee by rooftech(op): 7:49am On Oct 29, 2013
3:09am
Alleged PDP thugs disrupted the
proceedings of the Presidential
Advisory Committee on National
Dialogue/Conference in Benin
City yesterday when they
stopped Governor Adams
Oshiomhole of Edo State and
others from making
contributions to the ongoing
talks. Col Tony Nyiam (rtd), a
member of the committee was
the arrowhead of the disruption
as he shouted down the
Governor while making his
contribution.
The Governor who took the
stage to make his contribution
shortly after the Isoko Ethnic
group had made their
contribution said he objected to
spending huge public funds on a
wasteful venture saying, during
the tenure of President
Olusegun Obasanjo, money was
spent on similar conference and
at the end, nothing positive
came out of that conference.
He said:"I will be surprised if
anything changes. Sincerely, I
have no business to deceive or
mislead anyone. I believe that
the outcome of this conference
will not be different from that of
other conferences we have had
in the past."
But as soon as Governor
Oshiomhole made this
statement, committee member,
Col Nyiam jumped to his feet
and would perhaps have lunged
at the Governor were they close
enough. He was restrained by
other members who were taken
aback by his action. Even while
the Governor was still making
his contribution, Nyiam started
screaming at the top of his voice
for the Governor to shut up and
sit down. He was then joined by
alleged PDP thugs who
disrupted the whole proceedings
and many dashed for safety as a
result of the unruliness of the
committee member and thugs.
The Governor who insisted on
concluding his remarks however
yielded the floor when the thugs
were getting violent and he was
booed out of the venue.
However, the Governor had a
courtesy visit in his office by
members of the Committee led
by Senator Femi Okurounmu, he
insisted he had no faith in the
whole process.
Oshiomhole said:
"...all I owe Nigeria now is to
speak my mind. It could be
error of my head but certainly
not of my heart. As much as I
wish you well, I just want to say
that I have no faith in this
process and I do not think it was
necessary at all. I am unable to
find any basis to give me some
illusion that this exercise will not
be different from the others.
And I honestly think that in
terms of the private sector,
when a country keeps debating
how we can live together that
cannot be one of the basis on
which the outside community
will invest in Nigeria. They may
well wait until we know how we
want to live in Nigeria."
He lamented that 53-years after
independence, Nigerians still
prefer to look at themselves
from their ethnic origin rather
than being Nigerians, saying,
"for me, I am just a Nigerian".
"I do not think that more than
hundred years when we have set
aside billions of naira to
celebrate the centenary
commemorating the
amalgamation of the North and
Southern Nigeria, and we have
lived together as one country for
over a hundred years, and we
have gone through
independence, we have been
free for fifty three years and we
are coming back to ask the
question, how could we be
there. I think Nigeria needs to
address very serious issues.
When I see eminent Nigerians
discussing this issue, I am sure
they know that Nigeria’s
problem is not this politics of
sharing which the national
dialogue is all about, who is
getting what, who has this
natural endowment, who should
do this or not do this. For me
this is the act of perfecting
poverty. The real challenge is
getting Nigeria back to
production. The real challenge is
creating industrial base and this
cannot be resolved through
conferences. We have moved
from parliamentary system in
our own wisdom to the
presidential system. We have
test-run it and it was aborted by
the military and it has re-
incarnated in the present form.
Nigeria does need a serious
reflection about how to return
to those core values that made
Nigeria work before. Those
healthy competition between the
governments, visit the whole
question of attitude and unless
that changes, I do not see how
any dialogue can work." he said.
The Governor noted "I was
discussing with somebody last
week and he noted that this is
the eleventh conference and I
ask what ten conferences could
not do, how would the eleventh
one do it? Why do we think we
can continue doing the same
thing the same old way and
think that this time the outcome
would be different?"
The Governor said nobody
convenes a meeting without
stating an agenda and asking
others to draw up an agenda for
that meeting adding "from
conception we know we want to
talk but we do not know what
we want to talk about."
Earlier the Chairman of the
Presidential Advisory Committee
on National Dialogue/
Conference, Senator Femi
Okurounmu said they were in
Benin as part of their visits to
the six geo political zones to get
their input as regards the
content of the agenda, the
duration, choice of delegation
and legal framework.
http://
www.allaroundgist.com/2013/10/
adams-oshiomhole-escapes-
being-lynch.html#more
http://www.youtube.com/wat
PoliticsRe: What Is A Coup Plotter Doing In National Confab Advisory Commitee by rooftech(op): 7:48am On Oct 29, 2013
3:09am
Alleged PDP thugs disrupted the
proceedings of the Presidential
Advisory Committee on National
Dialogue/Conference in Benin
City yesterday when they
stopped Governor Adams
Oshiomhole of Edo State and
others from making
contributions to the ongoing
talks. Col Tony Nyiam (rtd), a
member of the committee was
the arrowhead of the disruption
as he shouted down the
Governor while making his
contribution.
The Governor who took the
stage to make his contribution
shortly after the Isoko Ethnic
group had made their
contribution said he objected to
spending huge public funds on a
wasteful venture saying, during
the tenure of President
Olusegun Obasanjo, money was
spent on similar conference and
at the end, nothing positive
came out of that conference.
He said:"I will be surprised if
anything changes. Sincerely, I
have no business to deceive or
mislead anyone. I believe that
the outcome of this conference
will not be different from that of
other conferences we have had
in the past."
But as soon as Governor
Oshiomhole made this
statement, committee member,
Col Nyiam jumped to his feet
and would perhaps have lunged
at the Governor were they close
enough. He was restrained by
other members who were taken
aback by his action. Even while
the Governor was still making
his contribution, Nyiam started
screaming at the top of his voice
for the Governor to shut up and
sit down. He was then joined by
alleged PDP thugs who
disrupted the whole proceedings
and many dashed for safety as a
result of the unruliness of the
committee member and thugs.
The Governor who insisted on
concluding his remarks however
yielded the floor when the thugs
were getting violent and he was
booed out of the venue.
However, the Governor had a
courtesy visit in his office by
members of the Committee led
by Senator Femi Okurounmu, he
insisted he had no faith in the
whole process.
Oshiomhole said:
"...all I owe Nigeria now is to
speak my mind. It could be
error of my head but certainly
not of my heart. As much as I
wish you well, I just want to say
that I have no faith in this
process and I do not think it was
necessary at all. I am unable to
find any basis to give me some
illusion that this exercise will not
be different from the others.
And I honestly think that in
terms of the private sector,
when a country keeps debating
how we can live together that
cannot be one of the basis on
which the outside community
will invest in Nigeria. They may
well wait until we know how we
want to live in Nigeria."
He lamented that 53-years after
independence, Nigerians still
prefer to look at themselves
from their ethnic origin rather
than being Nigerians, saying,
"for me, I am just a Nigerian".
"I do not think that more than
hundred years when we have set
aside billions of naira to
celebrate the centenary
commemorating the
amalgamation of the North and
Southern Nigeria, and we have
lived together as one country for
over a hundred years, and we
have gone through
independence, we have been
free for fifty three years and we
are coming back to ask the
question, how could we be
there. I think Nigeria needs to
address very serious issues.
When I see eminent Nigerians
discussing this issue, I am sure
they know that Nigeria’s
problem is not this politics of
sharing which the national
dialogue is all about, who is
getting what, who has this
natural endowment, who should
do this or not do this. For me
this is the act of perfecting
poverty. The real challenge is
getting Nigeria back to
production. The real challenge is
creating industrial base and this
cannot be resolved through
conferences. We have moved
from parliamentary system in
our own wisdom to the
presidential system. We have
test-run it and it was aborted by
the military and it has re-
incarnated in the present form.
Nigeria does need a serious
reflection about how to return
to those core values that made
Nigeria work before. Those
healthy competition between the
governments, visit the whole
question of attitude and unless
that changes, I do not see how
any dialogue can work." he said.
The Governor noted "I was
discussing with somebody last
week and he noted that this is
the eleventh conference and I
ask what ten conferences could
not do, how would the eleventh
one do it? Why do we think we
can continue doing the same
thing the same old way and
think that this time the outcome
would be different?"
The Governor said nobody
convenes a meeting without
stating an agenda and asking
others to draw up an agenda for
that meeting adding "from
conception we know we want to
talk but we do not know what
we want to talk about."
Earlier the Chairman of the
Presidential Advisory Committee
on National Dialogue/
Conference, Senator Femi
Okurounmu said they were in
Benin as part of their visits to
the six geo political zones to get
their input as regards the
content of the agenda, the
duration, choice of delegation
and legal framework.
http://
www.allaroundgist.com/2013/10/
adams-oshiomhole-escapes-
being-lynch.html#more
http://www.youtube.com/wat
PoliticsRe: What Is A Coup Plotter Doing In National Confab Advisory Commitee by rooftech(op): 7:48am On Oct 29, 2013
3:09am
Alleged PDP thugs disrupted the
proceedings of the Presidential
Advisory Committee on National
Dialogue/Conference in Benin
City yesterday when they
stopped Governor Adams
Oshiomhole of Edo State and
others from making
contributions to the ongoing
talks. Col Tony Nyiam (rtd), a
member of the committee was
the arrowhead of the disruption
as he shouted down the
Governor while making his
contribution.
The Governor who took the
stage to make his contribution
shortly after the Isoko Ethnic
group had made their
contribution said he objected to
spending huge public funds on a
wasteful venture saying, during
the tenure of President
Olusegun Obasanjo, money was
spent on similar conference and
at the end, nothing positive
came out of that conference.
He said:"I will be surprised if
anything changes. Sincerely, I
have no business to deceive or
mislead anyone. I believe that
the outcome of this conference
will not be different from that of
other conferences we have had
in the past."
But as soon as Governor
Oshiomhole made this
statement, committee member,
Col Nyiam jumped to his feet
and would perhaps have lunged
at the Governor were they close
enough. He was restrained by
other members who were taken
aback by his action. Even while
the Governor was still making
his contribution, Nyiam started
screaming at the top of his voice
for the Governor to shut up and
sit down. He was then joined by
alleged PDP thugs who
disrupted the whole proceedings
and many dashed for safety as a
result of the unruliness of the
committee member and thugs.
The Governor who insisted on
concluding his remarks however
yielded the floor when the thugs
were getting violent and he was
booed out of the venue.
However, the Governor had a
courtesy visit in his office by
members of the Committee led
by Senator Femi Okurounmu, he
insisted he had no faith in the
whole process.
Oshiomhole said:
"...all I owe Nigeria now is to
speak my mind. It could be
error of my head but certainly
not of my heart. As much as I
wish you well, I just want to say
that I have no faith in this
process and I do not think it was
necessary at all. I am unable to
find any basis to give me some
illusion that this exercise will not
be different from the others.
And I honestly think that in
terms of the private sector,
when a country keeps debating
how we can live together that
cannot be one of the basis on
which the outside community
will invest in Nigeria. They may
well wait until we know how we
want to live in Nigeria."
He lamented that 53-years after
independence, Nigerians still
prefer to look at themselves
from their ethnic origin rather
than being Nigerians, saying,
"for me, I am just a Nigerian".
"I do not think that more than
hundred years when we have set
aside billions of naira to
celebrate the centenary
commemorating the
amalgamation of the North and
Southern Nigeria, and we have
lived together as one country for
over a hundred years, and we
have gone through
independence, we have been
free for fifty three years and we
are coming back to ask the
question, how could we be
there. I think Nigeria needs to
address very serious issues.
When I see eminent Nigerians
discussing this issue, I am sure
they know that Nigeria’s
problem is not this politics of
sharing which the national
dialogue is all about, who is
getting what, who has this
natural endowment, who should
do this or not do this. For me
this is the act of perfecting
poverty. The real challenge is
getting Nigeria back to
production. The real challenge is
creating industrial base and this
cannot be resolved through
conferences. We have moved
from parliamentary system in
our own wisdom to the
presidential system. We have
test-run it and it was aborted by
the military and it has re-
incarnated in the present form.
Nigeria does need a serious
reflection about how to return
to those core values that made
Nigeria work before. Those
healthy competition between the
governments, visit the whole
question of attitude and unless
that changes, I do not see how
any dialogue can work." he said.
The Governor noted "I was
discussing with somebody last
week and he noted that this is
the eleventh conference and I
ask what ten conferences could
not do, how would the eleventh
one do it? Why do we think we
can continue doing the same
thing the same old way and
think that this time the outcome
would be different?"
The Governor said nobody
convenes a meeting without
stating an agenda and asking
others to draw up an agenda for
that meeting adding "from
conception we know we want to
talk but we do not know what
we want to talk about."
Earlier the Chairman of the
Presidential Advisory Committee
on National Dialogue/
Conference, Senator Femi
Okurounmu said they were in
Benin as part of their visits to
the six geo political zones to get
their input as regards the
content of the agenda, the
duration, choice of delegation
and legal framework.
http://
www.allaroundgist.com/2013/10/
adams-oshiomhole-escapes-
being-lynch.html#more
http://www.youtube.com/wat
PoliticsRe: What Is A Coup Plotter Doing In National Confab Advisory Commitee by rooftech(op): 7:47am On Oct 29, 2013
3:09am
Alleged PDP thugs disrupted the
proceedings of the Presidential
Advisory Committee on National
Dialogue/Conference in Benin
City yesterday when they
stopped Governor Adams
Oshiomhole of Edo State and
others from making
contributions to the ongoing
talks. Col Tony Nyiam (rtd), a
member of the committee was
the arrowhead of the disruption
as he shouted down the
Governor while making his
contribution.
The Governor who took the
stage to make his contribution
shortly after the Isoko Ethnic
group had made their
contribution said he objected to
spending huge public funds on a
wasteful venture saying, during
the tenure of President
Olusegun Obasanjo, money was
spent on similar conference and
at the end, nothing positive
came out of that conference.
He said:"I will be surprised if
anything changes. Sincerely, I
have no business to deceive or
mislead anyone. I believe that
the outcome of this conference
will not be different from that of
other conferences we have had
in the past."
But as soon as Governor
Oshiomhole made this
statement, committee member,
Col Nyiam jumped to his feet
and would perhaps have lunged
at the Governor were they close
enough. He was restrained by
other members who were taken
aback by his action. Even while
the Governor was still making
his contribution, Nyiam started
screaming at the top of his voice
for the Governor to shut up and
sit down. He was then joined by
alleged PDP thugs who
disrupted the whole proceedings
and many dashed for safety as a
result of the unruliness of the
committee member and thugs.
The Governor who insisted on
concluding his remarks however
yielded the floor when the thugs
were getting violent and he was
booed out of the venue.
However, the Governor had a
courtesy visit in his office by
members of the Committee led
by Senator Femi Okurounmu, he
insisted he had no faith in the
whole process.
Oshiomhole said:
"...all I owe Nigeria now is to
speak my mind. It could be
error of my head but certainly
not of my heart. As much as I
wish you well, I just want to say
that I have no faith in this
process and I do not think it was
necessary at all. I am unable to
find any basis to give me some
illusion that this exercise will not
be different from the others.
And I honestly think that in
terms of the private sector,
when a country keeps debating
how we can live together that
cannot be one of the basis on
which the outside community
will invest in Nigeria. They may
well wait until we know how we
want to live in Nigeria."
He lamented that 53-years after
independence, Nigerians still
prefer to look at themselves
from their ethnic origin rather
than being Nigerians, saying,
"for me, I am just a Nigerian".
"I do not think that more than
hundred years when we have set
aside billions of naira to
celebrate the centenary
commemorating the
amalgamation of the North and
Southern Nigeria, and we have
lived together as one country for
over a hundred years, and we
have gone through
independence, we have been
free for fifty three years and we
are coming back to ask the
question, how could we be
there. I think Nigeria needs to
address very serious issues.
When I see eminent Nigerians
discussing this issue, I am sure
they know that Nigeria’s
problem is not this politics of
sharing which the national
dialogue is all about, who is
getting what, who has this
natural endowment, who should
do this or not do this. For me
this is the act of perfecting
poverty. The real challenge is
getting Nigeria back to
production. The real challenge is
creating industrial base and this
cannot be resolved through
conferences. We have moved
from parliamentary system in
our own wisdom to the
presidential system. We have
test-run it and it was aborted by
the military and it has re-
incarnated in the present form.
Nigeria does need a serious
reflection about how to return
to those core values that made
Nigeria work before. Those
healthy competition between the
governments, visit the whole
question of attitude and unless
that changes, I do not see how
any dialogue can work." he said.
The Governor noted "I was
discussing with somebody last
week and he noted that this is
the eleventh conference and I
ask what ten conferences could
not do, how would the eleventh
one do it? Why do we think we
can continue doing the same
thing the same old way and
think that this time the outcome
would be different?"
The Governor said nobody
convenes a meeting without
stating an agenda and asking
others to draw up an agenda for
that meeting adding "from
conception we know we want to
talk but we do not know what
we want to talk about."
Earlier the Chairman of the
Presidential Advisory Committee
on National Dialogue/
Conference, Senator Femi
Okurounmu said they were in
Benin as part of their visits to
the six geo political zones to get
their input as regards the
content of the agenda, the
duration, choice of delegation
and legal framework.
http://
www.allaroundgist.com/2013/10/
adams-oshiomhole-escapes-
being-lynch.html#more
http://www.youtube.com/wat
PoliticsWhat Is A Coup Plotter Doing In National Confab Advisory Commitee by rooftech(op): 7:42am On Oct 29, 2013
the acts of col. tony nyiam yesterday at benin shows that what he could not succeed using guns and bullets,he is getting near.remember april 20. gideon orkar coup. dividing nigeria.was he not the most senior officer.
PoliticsRe: Jonathan Being Prayed For By Ministers In Israel by rooftech: 9:37am On Oct 26, 2013
hypocrites,God will judge pdp and CAN politicians.indian juju don fail them
Car TalkRe: Japanese Or German Cars- Which Do You Prefer And Why? by rooftech: 6:09pm On Oct 22, 2013
people will stay here and say jap consume less fuel but fail to look at the yr, a flatboot mb 230 1982 will consume more fuel than toyota corolla 1995.buy 2012 audi and compare it with camry same yr.you will be amazed that europeans have gone far.
PoliticsRe: Police To Move Against Israeli Security In Rivers •may Sanction Lastma, O Yes, Y by rooftech: 8:01am On Oct 20, 2013
this is not news na today dem see those jews. since 2007.they have made it difficult for wike to bring in guns.
PoliticsLunar Eclipse Visible From 10.53 To 2.48am Lagos Watch Out by rooftech(op): 10:24pm On Oct 18, 2013
PoliticsRe: Lunar Eclipse Tonight by rooftech: 10:20pm On Oct 18, 2013
PoliticsRe: Police Road Blocks Have Returned by rooftech: 7:58am On Oct 18, 2013
the strategy ia simple 5am to 8am,and 3pm till daybreak.
PoliticsRe: Naval Base Takes Off In Onitsha (Picture) by rooftech: 7:54am On Oct 18, 2013
satellitedaisy: WTF...
They will soon sell it
na anambra igbo trust dem
Car TalkIncreasing Tarrif Before Policy- A Wicked Goverment by rooftech(op): 5:56am On Oct 18, 2013
http://www.punchng.com/business/business-economy/imported-cars-reps-differ-on-higher-tariff-policy/

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Imported cars: Reps differ on higher tariff policy
October 17, 2013 by John Ameh 17 Comments



Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila

Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila

Two members of the House of Representatives on Wednesday held opposing views on the Federal Government’s decision to raise tariff payable on cars imported into the country.

The new tariff regime, fallout of the government’s Automotive Industrial Policy Development Plan, implies that Nigerians will pay heavier tariff on cars they import into the country than they are already doing.

The aim of the policy is to discourage imports, encourage production by local car assembly plants and drive the supply chain in the country.

The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr. Olusegun Aganga, had indicated two weeks ago that the new tariff regime would kick off on October 4.

However, lawmakers failed to agree on the relevance of the policy on Wednesday in Abuja.

For example, the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, observed that higher tariff on cars would be an added burden on “impoverished Nigerians.”

He also argued that there was nowhere in the world where the government would begin to tax its citizens ahead of a policy that had yet to take off.

The lawmaker said he expected that the assembly plants would have taken off and started supplying cars to the market before the government would begin to introduce measures to discourage imports.

Besides, Gbajabiamila opposed the idea of the government raising tariff by fiat without recourse to the National Assembly to put in place the necessary legal framework.
TravelRe: IRS Airline Plane Crash-Lands In Kaduna by rooftech:
pdp needs blood for 2015


IRS Fokker 100 With 92 Passengers In Emergency Landing At The Kaduna Airport
Posted: October 13, 2013 - 16:50
Posted by siteadmin
By SaharaReporters, New York

An IRS Fokker 100 aircraft with 92 passengers on board nearly crashed upon approach to the Kaduna international airport earlier today.

The aircraft was carrying passengers from Lagos to Kaduna when it suddenly developed a hydraulic fault which forced the pilot to activate an emergency landing around 11:00 AM Nigerian time.

Efforts to get the ministry of aviation to explain what happened to the aircraft has proved abortive as aides to the minister has not responded to email inquiries.

However, some of the passengers who spoke to SaharaReporters said they were alarmed at the sudden drop in altitude as the plane began preparing to land in Kaduna

An airport source who pleaded anonymity said all the crew and passengers were safely evacuated, adding however that it was a terrible situation. While the plane remains at the airport.

Security has been beefed at the airport and journalists were barred from entering the airport as the time of filing this report.

The last incident in Kaduna airport was on 20 August 2010, when a Chanchangi Airlines Flight 334, operated by Boeing 737-200 5N-BIF struck the localizer antenna and landed short of the runway. Several passengers were slightly injured and the aircraft was substantially damaged. Chanchangi Airlines later suspended operations following the accident.

http://saharareporters.com/news-page/irs-fokker-100-92-passengers-emergency-landing-kaduna-airpor
PoliticsRe: Pictures of Ibom Connection Uyo In 1930s and present by rooftech: 6:44am On Oct 13, 2013
give us a pix of 1987 when the state was created.
PoliticsRe: Revealed: G7 Govs Can’t Leave Pdp Apc Rejects New Pdp Condition For Alliance by rooftech: 6:19am On Oct 13, 2013
dont believe tribune news,the are spin writters.you know the owner died in the 80's they need to survive.
PoliticsRe: Chris Ngige Murder Case by rooftech: 4:50pm On Oct 12, 2013
you see wetin indian hemp can cause
PoliticsRe: Fani-kayode Should Hide Himself In Shame – Aviation Minister by rooftech: 4:06am On Oct 09, 2013
ashara na minister ok na
PoliticsRe: G7 Are Now G5-gulak by rooftech: 4:47am On Oct 06, 2013
this man tells lies too much,i dont know what to believe

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