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President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated Anthony Okechuwku Ojukwu as the executive secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).

The nomination of Ojukwu was contained in a letter read by Senate President Bukola Saraki on the floor of the upper legislative chamber on Tuesday, as reported by The Cable news outlet online.

Buhari asked the senators to confirm the nominee according to the act of the commission.

‎”Dear distinguished senate president, confirmation of the appointment of Mr Anthony Okechuwku Ojukwu as the executive secretary National Human Rights Commission,” the letter read.

“In accordance with provisions of section 8 of the National Human Rights Commission amendment act 2010, I have the pleasure to present Mr Anthony Okechuwku Ojukwu for confirmation as the executive secretary of the National Human Rights Commission by the senate.

“Please find attached copies of his curriculum vitae.”

“That is why even President Buhari has been able to move from party to party, including ANPP, CPC and now APC.

Above quote from Atiku's statement is just of of his various attempts to make himself look good, Atiku is spreading half truths.

Buhari was not jumping from one party to another like Atiku. The only party Buhari joined not as a foundation member was ANPP, unlike Atiku

Buhari left ANPP, which was then larger than AD, to form his own party CPC, which later joined forces with ACN and a faction of APGA to form APC.
Working to establish you own party or working with others to form a bigger party is totally different from Political prostitution that Atiku has come to be noted for.
It is instructive to note that even when Atiku was the AC presidential candidate, he was not part f the foundation member, but only jumped ship when OBJ squeezed him out of PDP. He has also confessed that he was persuaded to join APC by the founding members, believing he would be the party's presidential candidate

Zimbabwe's new president named his first cabinet Thursday, appointing two senior military officers to key portfolios and dropping close allies of Robert Mugabe who resigned after the armed forces took control of the country.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa appointed as foreign affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo, the army major general who went on state television announcng the military's take-over, a dramatic powergrab which culminated in Mugabe stepping down a week later.

The long-serving airforce commander Perence Shiri also became the Lands and Agriculture minister, according to a statement released late Thursday night.

Mnangagwa however kept a sizeable number of ministers from Mugabe's former cabinet - including Patrick Chinamas who returns to the finance ministry from which he had been removed by Mugabe during a cabinet reshuffle in October.

War veteran leaders who spearheaded mass protests to force Mugabe out of office, four days after the military sent tanks to the streets of the capital Harare, were also awarded positions in the cabinet.

Chris Mutsvangwa is now the Information Minister while another became a deputy in the defence and security ministry.

The cabinet did not include figures from the opposition to Mugabe.

Mnangagwa, 75, was sworn in last Friday following dramatic events in the southern African country after the military took over saying they wanted to arrest criminals in government around 93-year-old Mugabe.

Mugabe's tenure withstood repeated claims of hanging on to power through brutal repression of dissent, election rigging and corruption, until concerted pressure from the military finally forced him to quit.

Parliament had begun proceedings to impeach Mugabe for allowing his wife Grace and a coterie of followers to "capture" the ruling Zanu-PF party.

Now the new president has vowed sweeping changes in government and new policies to attract investment and revive the ailing economy.

Even 27 psychologists, psychiatrists, and mental health professionals in the US have confirmed that the man constitutes danger, not only to US but the entire world . This is their summation as contained in a book titled, "The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump", edited by Brandy Lee and published by Thomas Dunne Books in October 2017.
They argue that the president's mental health is affecting the mental health of the people of the United States[1] and that he places the country at grave risk of involving it in a war and of undermining democracy itself because of his pathological narcissism and sociopathy.

Donald Trump is suffering from psychopathy and has a mental state that poses an “enormous present danger”, a clinical psychiatrist has said.
The US President has psychosis and is “a very sick man”, said Dr Lance Dodes, a former assistant professor of clinical psychiatry at Harvard Medical School who now works for the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute.
It comes after Mr Trump provoked fury by retweeting three Islamophobic videos posted by the deputy leader of far-right group Britain First.
Dr Dodes told US cable channel MSNBC: “It’s another example of his being close to psychosis when he’s stressed.
“The simple explanation for it, which people don’t want to hear, is that he’s not in control of himself. This is what we mean when we say that somebody is becoming psychotic or is briefly psychotic."
[b]He added: “All of his delusional ideas come up when he is stressed in some way, and then he loses track of reality because it doesn’t fit what he needs to believe.”
Dr Dodes said it was “an extremely dangerous thing” for a position of power to be held by someone who “appears so wantonly unconcerned about the welfare of others and willing to do anything to promote himself”.
He added that Mr Trump was "an enormous present danger to us from the standpoint of creating a nuclear war and even from the standpoint of doing what he can to destroy democracy as well as attacking ethnic groups in the way he’s done.
“This is a very sick man. He is truly very sick”.
Mr Trump was "villainous because of his sociopathy and psychopathy but with a tremendous veneer that he’s extremely good at,” he said.
Nothing that Mr Trump might do would now be surprising to him, including dissolving the US constitution, firing the Supreme Court or starting a nuclear war with North Korea, because such actions would be “consistent” with his previous behaviour”, he added.
The US Congress and allies of Mr Trump need to accept that the President is “an extremely incapable, disordered, sick individual”, he added.[/b]

Jokerman:
So you'd pick Buhari ahead of Trump??

Face the issue. We are no comparing Trump with Buhari.
Rather, that Trump rubbished the Native American tribes with his racial slur and the people are mad about such "unpresidential " behavior.

The man is a racist. he still goes about peddling the fake news that Obama was not born in America, not to talk of his pro-white supremacy actions and remarks

fellowman:
Do you know that the descendants of Pocahontas said Trump did not offend them?

Google is your friend boy.

secondly you can't compare Trump's show of respect to veterans with Obama's. Obama's was a failure.

The post I made was a reaction from a Chief of one of the native American Tribes, who felt insulted by the way Donald Trump behaved, you can check link below.

Also below is the reaction of twitter to Eric Trump's attempt to defend his father's Pocahonta's insult
https://www.yahoo.com/news/eric-trump-defends-dad-apos-182845534.html
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-apos-pocahontas-punchline-ignores-225832886.html

Also see where his fellow Republican slammed his comment as an insult to Americans
https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/a2a67898-aa1a-3cb2-adcc-f8803fa6b250/ss_mccain-calls-trump-pocahontas.html

Russell Begaye, president of the Navajo Nation rebuked Trump, telling CNN: 'This was a day to honor them, and to insert something like that, the word Pocahontas as a jab to a senator, you know, that belongs on the campaign trail.

'That doesn’t belong in the room when our war heroes are being honored.


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“ I am deeply ashamed of the way the President of the United States has treated the veterans during an honoring ceremony at the White House. Veterans are brave heroes who sacrificed everything, despite the historical trauma to tribal nations, when asked to defend the United States. Absolutely nothing should have taken away from honoring the veterans for their contributions to the war that ensured the American way of life.
The President of the United States had an opportunity to honor veterans and bridge gaps in the relationship Tribes have with the Federal government. Instead, he chose to disgrace himself, his position and the nation he represents. It has been more than 200 years of living together yet the President of the United States knows nothing about us. We have been forced to learn the way of the American life. We have learned American religions, language, economy, politics and society. We all share in following the American dream of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. A dream that all of those things we learn about, try to keep us from achieving. The President’s comments are another reminder that we are not allowed to participate.
Pocahontas was only a child when she became a victim of rape, kidnapping, imprisonment, and her forced conversion to Christianity. What happened to Pocahontas is still happening today to our women. Native American women continue to be victims of rape and exploitation by white men. The President of the United States is practicing that by exploiting native women as an insult for political machismo. Pocahontas is beloved by native people and is recognized as a victim of European colonialism. To use her name in that manner is disgusting and reflective of the President of the United States’ ignorance.
This President of the United States does not deserve to represent the American people if he cannot acknowledge the contributions of the people who make America great. The President of the United States has shown no responsibility when caring for American resources or the people. An apology is in order for the warriors that were present, to the native nations and the United States for his behavior. The President of the United States wanted to utilize an opportunity to honor native warriors who defended this land to make a political attack. I have one for him, leave the office you bought and take your swamp things with you

During ongoing debates in the Senate about the 2018 budget, the common sense senator was quoted as saying that “I called President Obasanjo on phone two days ago and he said to me that the National Orientation Agency was necessary when we had no political parties. What is the value of the National Orientation Agency in today’s world for instance? Yet billions of naira is spent in it. Let us look at agencies that make no sense and sell them to staff. FRCN has 8,000 workers. Sell it to them. Sell NTA to the staff. Voice of Nigeria… Who listens to Voice of Nigeria? Sell it. If the staff want to buy, let them buy it. Set up a cooperative, like Awolowo did, sell it to them. If we spend 71 per cent on recurrent expenditure, we will never get out of this predicament.”

But he failed to recall that he was made Director General of the NTA by Obasanjo between 1999 -2003, and was given hundreds of millions to buy broadcasting equipment for the NTA. why did he accept the job or is it now that he realized that these organs are no longer relevant in the scheme of things

Nicknamed "the Crocodile" for his ruthlessness, Emmerson Mnangagwa who took over Friday as Zimbabwe's president, is a hardliner with ties to the military who could prove as authoritarian as his mentor Robert Mugabe.
It was his driving ambition to take over as leader which set off a bitter succession battle with Mugabe's 52-year-old wife Grace, triggering the crisis that toppled the long-serving president, who resigned on Tuesday.
When Mnangagwa was dismissed as vice president by Mugabe on November 6, it initially looked like he'd been outfoxed by the first lady, forcing him to flee the country.
Slideshow: Emmerson Mnangagwa just became Zimbabwe's new president (provided by Business Insider UK)
But the situation quickly turned on its head, with his dismissal triggering a military takeover and mass street protests, which ended with Mugabe's ouster and Mnangagwa catapulted to centre stage.
With the nation still reeling from Mugabe's lightning demise, the 75-year-old made a triumphant return home on Wednesday and was sworn in as president on Friday.
- Climax of long feud -
A former close Mugabe ally, Mnangagwa's initial fall from grace appears to have been engineered by the first lady, who lobbied her husband to back her own political ambitions.
It was the climax of a long feud between the pair over who would replace the ailing and increasingly frail 93-year-old leader.
But Mnangagwa's dismissal alarmed the army, with the generals quickly moving in, staging a military takeover which brought him down within days.
Mnangagwa's rise to the top comes after decades of experience under Mugabe since Zimbabwe won independence from Britain in 1980.
In the early days, Mugabe appointed Mnangagwa, a young trainee lawyer, as Zimbabwe's first minister for national security.
After that, he held a host of different cabinet positions -- but relations between him and his political mentor were not always easy, and the younger man was no stranger to presidential purges.
In 2004, he lost his post as administrative secretary in the ruling ZANU-PF after being accused of openly angling for the post of vice president.
- Violence and intimidation -
But it was during the 2008 election that his fortunes really began to change, when he was serving as head of Mugabe's election campaign.
Mugabe lost the first round vote, and Mnangagwa allegedly supervised the wave of violence and intimidation that forced the opposition to pull out of the run-off vote.
He was targeted by EU and US sanctions imposed on Mugabe and his close allies over the elections and the ensuing violence but was promptly handed control of the powerful defence ministry.
- A young fighter -
Born in the southwestern Zvishavane district on September 15, 1942, Mnangagwa completed his early education in Zimbabwe before his family relocated to neighbouring Zambia.
His grandfather was a traditional leader and his father a political agitator for the repeal of colonial laws that disadvantaged blacks.
In 1966, Mnangagwa joined the struggle for independence from Britain, becoming one of the young combatants who helped direct the war after undergoing training in China and Egypt.
He was arrested and sentenced to death but his sentence was later commuted to 10 years in prison because of his young age.
After independence in 1980, he directed a brutal crackdown on opposition supporters that claimed thousands of lives in the Matabeleland and Midlands provinces.
He once remarked that he had been taught to "destroy and kill" -- although he later claimed to be a born-again Christian.

Nicknamed "the Crocodile" for his ruthlessness, Emmerson Mnangagwa who took over Friday as Zimbabwe's president, is a hardliner with ties to the military who could prove as authoritarian as his mentor Robert Mugabe.

It was his driving ambition to take over as leader which set off a bitter succession battle with Mugabe's 52-year-old wife Grace, triggering the crisis that toppled the long-serving president, who resigned on Tuesday.

When Mnangagwa was dismissed as vice president by Mugabe on November 6, it initially looked like he'd been outfoxed by the first lady, forcing him to flee the country.

Not surprised about the Oba's utterances, he was a policeman prior to ascending throne. It was because he wanted to grab the throne that made him to voluntarily retire from the Police Force. Unfortunately, despite understudying the late Oba Adeyinka Oyekan, he is still manifesting that Police trait for mischief

sarrki:
Mechonu

Why foaming all over your system ?

It appears you did not understand the comment.
It was made to draw Biacan's attention to the inappropriate use of the word "boy", unfortunately you responded with a something quite close to being daft.

We should ensure that Universal Health Care coverage is extended to those working in the Organised Private Sector, OPS.
Most of these firms, especially those controlled by Indians are not providing UHC for their workers.
Anything beyond, malaria fever, the workers will be paid to pay through deductions from their salaries.

The National Assembly and the NLC should champion this cause

[b]A former Nigerian Vice President, Alex Ekwueme, is dead.

According to the SUN newspaper, a statement from his family said he died at a London clinic on Sunday.

The statement, signed by his brother and the traditional ruler of Oko in Anambra State, Igwe Laz Ekwueme, said Mr. Ekwueme died at 10:00 pm.

The statement reads in part: “Ekwueme family regrets to announce the peaceful passing away of their patriarch, the former Vice-President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Dr. Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme GCON.

“The sad event occurred at the London Clinic at 10:00 pm on Sunday 19th November 2017.”

The former vice president, who turned 85 in October, reportedly collapsed in his Enugu residence few weeks ago.

He was immediately taken to the Memfys Neurosurgery Hospital, Enugu, where he relapsed and went into a coma.

President Muhammadu Buhari subsequently directed that he be immediately flown abroad for urgent medical treatment.

Mr. Buhari authorised the trip after being briefed on Mr. Ekwueme’s condition.
[/b]

As he was driven back to his opulent palace in Harare on Tuesday, surrounded by bodyguards in military fatigues and wearing motorcycle helmets, Robert Mugabe had no reason to suspect that his 37-year rule was about to end.

Having been in power since 1980, Mugabe — not to mention Grace, his high-handed, grasping second wife — thought he was invincible. Just days earlier, he beamed with satisfaction at a ceremony to change the name of Zimbabwe's main airport to the Robert Mugabe International Airport.

He believed he would be president of the former British colony until he died, and had once proclaimed 'not even God' wanted his murderous reign to end. His wife, meanwhile, had called for a Mugabe family 'dynasty' to run the country for ever
But what neither knew that sunny afternoon was that Mugabe's loyal presidential guard had been swapped for military personnel who were in league with his enemies — the very generals who had previously been loyal to the despot since he came to power after the bush war against white rule.

The first sign of any trouble was when Mugabe's convoy arrived at his home in a suburb of the capital city, and the men accompanying him arrested the security officers on duty there.

The 93-year-old president was then hustled into the house and, a short time later, the man in charge of Zimbabwe's armed forces arrived to break some rather bad news to Mugabe.

A fearsome individual known for his volcanic temper, General Constantino Chiwenga is one of the so-called 'Dirty Half Dozen' — six sinister military and intelligence chiefs whose junta has kept Mugabe in office for decades, terrorising opponents and rigging elections.

Bluntly, Chiwenga told Mugabe he was under arrest. Without uttering a word, Mugabe promptly collapsed to the floor.

'He was in shock, and collapsed when he realised what was happening,' one coup plotter told me. 'He had to be resuscitated and revived. He could not believe what was happening at first.'


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femidejulius:
The western world will be happy Mugabe is deposed. Mugabe has been a Pan African who cannot be threatened or controlled by the West. In spite of several sanctions, there were no popular uprising against Mugabe.

Mugabe may have several shortcomings but he is an African hero.

Was an African Hero. He derailed and destroyed a nation. Under his leadership/ruler ship, a nation renowned as a food basket became a basket case economically . They had to abandon their own currency for US dollar and South African Rand.

The man should just go
HE wanted to turn his country to his family fiefdom, by making his wife his successor, as if na North Korea

History parallel to Defection Of Emeka Ojukwu to the Ruling party

Ojukwu fled into exile in Ivory Coast after the Biafra fell to the Federal forces in January 1970 to escape arrest and trial for treason.
He did not return to Nigeria until after 13 years and a granting of official pardon by President Shehu Shagari in 1982.
His political advent took him not to the then Igbo political party, the NPP, but he prefer to pitch his tent to the then ruling party NPN, which nominated him senatorial candidate in the 1983 general elections. He subsequently lost to Senator Edwin Onwudiwe of the NPP.

Now is son Emeka Ojukwu Jr., has followed in his father’s footstep by defecting to the ruling party, this time APC, instead of the Igbo party, APGA.
Anybody using derogatory words on the fellow should cast their mind back to 1982. The will realize that the fellow has simply shown himself to be a true son of his father

FarahAideed:
The same Nigerian airways he killed

How did he kill the Airline?
Was he the president when the airways was shut down and workers sent home ?

We should not allow our hatred of this man to becloud our reasoning. That he is paying their outstanding severance entitlement is commendable.
Why didn't OBJ, Yar dua and GEJ pay them, when these THREE were in power ?

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has described ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo as the “boss of bosses”, saying any politician who ignores the elder statesman does so at his own peril.

Jonathan said this while speaking with Dele Momodu, publisher of Ovation Magazine, on the 2019 election.

GEJ finally accepts BABAOBJ as the DON

https://www.thecable.ng/jonathan-obasanjo-boss-bosses-ignore-peril