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Wayne Rooney's wife Coleen tweets:
Fantastic news!! Wayne Rooney captain
of our country!! So proud!!! Bleep

"Boots to fill"

Wayne Rooney is "the right man",
"right choice" and will show "enormous
enthusiasm", according to Roy Hodgson
who has selected the 28-year-old as
England captain.
"He has a lot to live up to because the
previous captains of England have been
top men. The Robsons, Beckhams,
Gerrards, Lampards," says Hodgson.
"I found Wayne mature when I met him
two years ago and the experiences have
matured him even more with another 20
or 30 caps. He's the right choice, the
right man and he'll show enormous
enthusiasm and responsibility."

'Arsene assured me Chambers
was ready'

Roy Hodgson reveals he talked with
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger
about whether he should include
Gunners defender Calum Chambers in
his England squad.
The England boss checked Wenger was
not "pushing" the 19-year-old "too
quickly" and says "Arsene assured me
he's ready for any challenge".
Hodgson adds: "Chambers jumps over
the Under-21s but with 10 injuries and
six of them in the defensive part of the
field I didn't have the luxury of saying he
could start in the Under-21s."

'I see no reason to be fearful'


After England's miserable World Cup
showing that saw them finish bottom of
their group, manager Roy Hodgson
remains optimistic for the future of the
national team.
He says: "I don't think there is any
reason for trepidation. With these
players we are bringing bringing into
the squad, and don't forget there's no
Theo Walcott, Ross Barkley or Adam
Lallana, I see no reason for us to be
fearful.
"It will be exciting but there will be
some anxious moments to see how these
players step up. We've been a bit
unlucky that our first qualifier is
arguably our hardest one [Switzerland
away] and these players may not get the
soft introduction they may have had."

'Being England captain is a dream'

New England captain Wayne Rooney
tweets: Being named England captain is
a dream and something I'll take great
pride in doing.
In an extended statement, Rooney
adds: "As a kid I always loved the
occasion of watching a big England
game on the television. Back then I had
a burning ambition to play for my
country. Now to be appointed captain is
beyond my wildest dreams.
"I would like to thank Roy and the
coaching staff for having the belief and
confidence in me to do the job.
"I hope I will have the full backing of the
fans. I am their type of player once I am
on that pitch. My only thought is to win
and give everything I have got. Sharing
that desire will be the way I want to
captain the team."

'Are you prepared for it?'

Roy Hodgson explains what his said to
Wayne Rooney when he told him he
would be his new England captain.
Hodgson says: "In the meeting we had
face-to-face we sat down, I said to him
'as far as I'm concerned you're the
captain so the question may be do you
want it and are you prepared for all it
will entail?'. He is perfectly happy with
that and perfectly happy to step forward
and suffer whatever comes his way."

'It was Wayne's time and moment'

More from Roy Hodgson's news
conference on his decision to name
Wayne Rooney as England captain.
"When you name a captain it does go
through your head that it will make it a
lot harder if I had to drop him," says
Hodgson.
"I don't think Wayne would expect me to
keep him in the team just because he is
captain. I'd like to think if it was
necessary I would do it (drop him) and
I'm pretty convinced he would accept it.
"We've got players like Joe Hart and
Gary Cahill in that they are experienced
players, not new to the international
team and play for big clubs. It would be
harsh on them to say Wayne was the
only choice. But had I chosen them it
would have been unfair on Wayne
Rooney - for most people it was his time
and moment."

The Ginger Pirlo

Roy Hodgson has been talking about
Newcastle midfielder Jack Colback,
who has been called up to the England
squad for the first time.
"I spoke to someone who knows him well
and he called him The Ginger Pirlo
(after Italian playmaker Andrea Pirlo)
and it would be nice if he turned out like
that.
"I was impressed with him last year and
he has an awful lot to offer. He is a very
talented player. Suddenly we have lost
Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard and
Michael Carrick. Jack plays in a position
where vacancies can quickly arise and
we will see how he gets on."

Hodgson on Rooney

More from Roy Hodgson on new
England captain Wayne Rooney: "It
has been said in the past the captaincy
will take him onto a new level.
"With his 95 caps, goals and all the
things he has done, what we've seen he
is willingness to take responsibility. All I
can hope is that he continues to play
well and shoulders the responsibility as
well as the captains before him.
"We were bitterly disappointed not to do
well in the World Cup. We had high
hopes dashed in 90 minutes really. We
had been building up for a long time and
it's more a chance to continue."

England boss Roy Hodgson explains his
decision to choose Wayne Rooney as
his new captain:
"I gave it a lot of thought but Wayne is
an obvious choice. He deserves it - his
commitment to the cause and his
experience. He has captained England in
the past and has that responsibility at
Manchester United.
"I'm pleased to say I've been able to
offer it to him. I've had a long
conversation with him and he's prepared
to accept the pressures that the England
captaincy brings. It's important that the
player wants to take on that enormous
responsibility."

Manchester United striker Wayne
Rooney has been named the new
England captain by manager Roy
Hodgson.
The 28-year-old takes over from
Liverpool's Steven Gerrard, who retired
after England's World Cup elimination.
Rooney has 40 goals in 95 appearances,
and was named club captain by United
boss Louis van Gaal earlier this month.
England play Norway at Wembley on 3
September in a friendly before their
Euro 2016 qualifying campaign starts in
Switzerland on 8 September.
Hodgson has named four uncapped
players in his latest squad, with
Arsenal's Calum Chambers, Newcastle's
Jack Colback, Tottenham's Danny Rose
and Aston Villa's Fabian Delph all called
up.

Goalkeepers: Fraser Forster
(Southampton), Ben Foster (West
Bromwich Albion), Joe Hart
(Manchester City)

Defenders: Leighton Baines (Everton),
Gary Cahill (Chelsea), Calum Chambers
(Arsenal), Phil Jagielka (Everton), Phil
Jones (Manchester United), Danny Rose
(Tottenham Hotspur), John Stones
(Everton)

Midfielders: Jack Colback (Newcastle
United), Fabian Delph (Aston Villa),
Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), James
Milner (Manchester City), Alex Oxlade-
Chamberlain (Arsenal) Raheem Sterling
(Liverpool), Andros Townsend
(Tottenham Hotspur), Jack Wilshere
(Arsenal)

Forwards: Rickie Lambert (Liverpool),
Wayne Rooney (Manchester United),
Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool), Danny
Welbeck (Manchester United)
More to follow.

Racism at it's peak!

Robot!

While we are still talking about the out spread of Ebola Virus, someone wake up in this country and decides to have sexual intercourse with a dog. Ha! This is really pathetic.

By Emmanuel Elebeke
ABUJA — The Minister of Health, Prof.
Onyebuchi Chukwu, has charged
members of the Institute of Chartered
Chemists of Nigeria, ICCON, to
industrialise Nigerian economy by
converting raw materials into finished
products.
The Minister made the call during the
6th Mandatory Continuing Professional
Development, MCPD, workshop,
organised by ICCON in Abuja, with the
theme: ‘Nigeria’s Industrial and
Economic Boom: Impact of Local Raw
Materials.’
According to him, ICCON has the
potential of employment generation,
wealth creation and raising citizens’
quality of life through research and
manufacturing of finished goods.
He noted that the economic
development of any nation increased in
geometrical proportion with growth in
manufacturing from raw materials to
finished products.
According to him, this will serve as a
further boost to the government’s quest
for economic empowerment of our
people


www.vanguardngr.com/2014/08/can-industrialise-nigeria-minister-tasks-chemists/

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)
yesterday put the cumulative amount of
funds disbursed under the Commercial
Agriculture Credit Scheme (CACS)
since inception at N236.969 billion.
The CBN stated this in its Development
Finance Department (DFD) report on
the activities of the business unit as at
July. According to the banking sector
regulator, the amount was in respect of
313 projects.
The CACS was established to finance
large ticket projects along the
agricultural value chain. The scheme is
being administered at a single digit rate
of nine per cent to beneficiaries for a
period of seven years, which has been
extended to 2025.
The balance on CACS fund as at end of
July was N0.169 billion, while balance
on CACS repayment account as at end
July, 2014 was N3.662 billion.
"No bank was sanctioned for infraction
on the CACS guidelines during the
month. However, the total penalty
charged for infractions, stood at N1.242
billion from inception in 2009 to July,
2014," it added.
The central bank stated that the fund
disbursed through 20 banks made up of
N199.831 billion from CACS receivable
account for 273 projects and N37.138
billion from CACS repayment account.
The report also put funds disbursed
under the Nigeria Incentive-based Risk
Sharing System for Agricultural Lending
(NIRSAL) as at July 2014 at N29.064
billion. This, the central bank explained
in respect of 158 projects.
The NIRSAL is a mechanism designed to
provide farmers with affordable
financial products and reduce the risk of
exposure of financial institutions that
lend to the sector. It is also expected to
build the capacities of banks to lend to
agriculture as well as provide incentives
for those that are financing the sector.
According to the report, no Credit Risk
Guarantee (CRG) was issued during the
month. Furthermore, it stated that
cumulatively, 46 CRG cover valued
N16.280 billion were issued from
inception to date.
In addition, it showed that the central
bank organised a stakeholders' meeting
between Bankers, Cocoa Farmers
Association of Nigeria (CFAN) and off-
takers (Armajaro, Yero International,
Olam, etc) at Akure in the month under
review, to anchor financing relationship
between the lenders, borrowers and off-
takers.
Commenting on the challenges faced
during the period, report noted the
validity of information provided by
counter parties for credit risk
guarantee, low public awareness and
poor perception of NIRSAL, amongst
others. Going forward, the central bank
stated that guarantee would be
extended only to projects with fixed
value chain.


m.allafrica.com/stories/201408131200.html/

Chairman of the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission, Mr Ibrahim
Lamorde, said on Monday that women’s
involvement in organised financial crime
in the country had been statistically low,
the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
Lamorde said this in Abuja when he
declared open a one-day “Anti-
corruption Sensitisation Workshop for
Women Civil Society and Community-
Based Groups’’ in the North Central
zone.
Represented by the EFCC’s Director,
Planning and Statistics, Dr. David
Tukura, the chairman also said that
research had shown that fewer women
than men were involved in corrupt
practices in the country.
He said, “We have done a gender
analysis on crimes; in the area of
advanced fee fraud, economic
governance, money laundry, and all the
others.
“When we did the gender analysis, we
found out that men were tops. The index
showed ninety something per cent,
while women’s participation is as low as
less than five per cent.
“So, we find that the number of women
who are actually involved in economic
and financial crimes are low and we can
prove that statistically from our own
work.’’
Lamorde, therefore, urged women to
key into the fight against corruption and
financial crimes in the country.
He said, “We all agreed that corruption
undermines human development and
democracy, corruption reduces public
revenue, often resulting in lower levels
of spending on education, healthcare
and other social services.
“Women are more vulnerable to the
impact of corruption than men.’’
Lamorde said participants drawn from
the conclusion of the various zonal
workshops were expected to form a core
platform known as “Women Anti-
corruption Network’’.
He said that through such platform the
commission and other stakeholders
could interface with the public on the
issue of gender and corruption.
The theme of the workshop was, “How
Women’s Organisation Can Aid the
Fight against Corruption, Economic and
Financial Crimes.’’

www.punchng.com/news/womens-involvement-in-financial-crimes-low-efcc/

AUGUST 13, 2014 BY ADEYEMI
ADETUNJI

It has become the norm, never to expect
military intervention in Nigeria again.
Thankfully, therefore, politics and
politicians become serious issues for all
to ponder over. What exactly does
politics mean? More narrowly, it refers
to achieving and exercising positions of
governance — organised control over a
human community, particularly a state.
Furthermore, politics is the study or
practice of the distribution of power and
resources within a given community (a
hierarchically organised population) as
well as the interrelationship(s) between
communities. (Source, Wikipedia).
The phrase, “politics is too serious to be
left to politicians” comes to play,
(Charles De Gaulle, Dwight Eisenhower
at different times uttered these words).
However, can this phrase be true in
Nigeria? Can Nigeria be an exception to
this oft-quoted and proven phrase?
We, citizens of this great land, cannot all
be politicians. Since pre-independence
days, a class of people…politicians have
emerged. Unfortunately, their
development, in terms of maturity,
knowhow, rigour of thought, has for
reasons of our collective history been
truncated several times.
The longest period of civilian rule is
what we are experiencing presently.
1999 to date; 15 years and counting. To
several democracies, this is a child’s
play, to us in Nigeria, it’s phenomenal.
Thus, it is time to examine the political
class and see if they are going to take us
to the Promised Land. This Promised
Land scenario being where Nigeria
ought to be. The challenge? For as many
Nigerians as there are, this concept of
Promised Land is as many and varied.
Maybe, all politicians should sign up to a
common idea of the Promised Land,
routes to it would differ based on
political persuasions, but we would all
know where we are heading for.
Unfortunately, it seems this concept of
the Promised Land is what is missing in
our political journey. What do we, as
Nigerians want? A few examples that
have been a cause for discourse in the
recent past would be used. Free
education? Certainly not, as many
Nigerians do not think this is necessary.
Freedom of association? This certainly
seems to be one point that we all agree
with. Freedom of religion? This we do
not seem to agree with, though we pay
lip service to it. Evidence? Several of us,
would not countenance the existence of
a place of worship of another religion/
faith in our communities and or towns.
That we have not thought about it this
way, shows our disdain for facts.
Electricity, we do not all consider this to
be a required tool for existence in the
21st century. Evidence? We have put up
with lack of, absence of and inability to
provide electric power to all, that it
would seem to be a favour when
electricity is available.
Nigerians to reside anywhere they wish
to within Nigeria. It would seem that
this concept is alien to us. Evidence?
The news is replete with stories of
certain citizens, maybe based on
religion or origins (within Nigeria,
unfortunately) being asked to leave
where they are domicilled for “home”
wherever that is!
Health, we do not all believe access to
health is a necessity for all Nigerians.
Evidence? Lack of health care facilities
in every nook and cranny of this land.
Access to nutritious food year round, we
pay lip service to this, or else, why do
we perennially have absence of staple
food at certain times during the year?
This shows up in our lack of food
security, a prime concern to this writer.
Respect for the Nigerian citizen? This, is
the most important and on which the
challenges of lack of development to
date hinge. Evidence? A concept rightly
or wrongly of a master servant
relationship between office holders and
the governed.
Indeed, in the view of this writer, the
major challenge of Nigeria and
democracy is the view of the office
holders being BOSSES, and the ruled
being EMPLOYEES! I refrain from using
MASTER and SERVANT because of a
few office holders who are truly humble,
but, by and large most, office holders
regard themselves as RULERS.
Is it the existence of royalty in Nigeria
that has given rise to this? Or, the long
incursion of the military in our
leadership positions?
An Indian friend tells this writer, that
right after independence in 1947 in
India, it was decided to do away with
the Raj system. Raj system is equivalent
to our royalty – Obas, Obis,
Amanyenabos and Emirs. All positions of
rulership in India have since been by
election, not birthright. Should the
office holder who is not by birthright,
royalty, emulate royalty?
Will we ever see in Nigeria a
phenomenon like in the USA, where the
President addresses citizens as Sir/Ma?
Will we ever see in Nigeria where law
enforcement agents address citizens as
Sir/Ma?
Respect is one item we do not earn as
Nigerians from our government officials.
Instead, it is an attitude of lords and
serfs that we have as the governed from
the office holders. Is it then time for an
attitudinal change? Might this affect all
forms of governance in Nigeria? Would
it usher in peace and plenty or chaos
and want?
Do we have the courage to try? What
would be the benefit to us as a people
for this paradigm shift? It is this writer’s
contention that the reason for our lack
of development, when considered
against where Nigeria ought to be,
given our God given resources- human
and non human, is the lack of respect for
the Nigerian citizen by political office
holders and seekers. It is when we the
people insist that both office holders and
seekers realise they are not, and can
never be royalty that the required
paradigm shift to make respect for the
citizens front and centre of all office
holders/seekers thoughts and actions
that positive change will happen.
Disdain for the citizen results in the lack
of provision of amenities- social,
education, health and other life
enhancing ones. This also permits (in
the 21st century ) use of anomalies of
tribe, state of origin etc. to obstruct
collective efforts in improving the lot of
the Nigerian citizen. Or, how do we
position the origin and not the capability
of an office holder/seeker as the prime
determinant of if s/he can even offer to
serve?
Once respect for the citizen is enshrined
in both our conscious and unconscious
thoughts and actions, a wholesome
approach to making Nigeria a better
place to live in becomes the norm. Can
we trust our political class to appreciate
this? Is indeed politics too serious a
business to leave to politicians?
The answer from this writer’s
perspective is no, if in this day and age,
after 100 years of the formation of
Nigeria, we are still saddled with
“teething problems of nationhood”. If we
are still grappling with mundane issues
of religious plurality, tribal persuasions,
settler/indigene issues, entry into
institutions of learning on basis of origin
and not merit, still looking at options of
making life more abundant for the
citizens from the perspective of poverty
alleviation, and not wealth creation. If
the foreigner in Nigeria still has ‘more
rights than the citizen.’


www.punchng.com/opinion/random-thoughts-on-nigeria-and-our-politicians/

AUGUST 13, 2014 BY ADELANI
ADEPEGBA, ABUJA

As part of measures to curb the
proliferation of small arms, light
weapons and other explosive materials
in the country, the Acting Inspector-
General of Police, Suleiman Abba, has
ordered immediate establishment of
Tactical Operation Points in select states
of the North-East and North-West.
The points which would be manned by
police officers who have received
adequate training in tactical operation
and counter-terrorism, will be
established in strategic locations,
including highways in Kano, Jigawa,
Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara, Bauchi, Gombe
and Taraba states.
A statement by the Force Public
Relations Officer, Frank Mba, in Abuja
on Wednesday, said the IG had charged
all Assistant Inspectors-General of
Police in charge of the zones and
Commissioners of Police in charge of the
affected states to ensure close
supervision and constant “re-skilling” of
the personnel performing the special
operation.
It said, “As part of strategic measures
lined up to contain the illegal movement
of small arms and light weapons and
other explosive materials, the Acting
Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman
Abba, has ordered immediate
establishment of Tactical Operation
Points in select states of the North East
and North West.
“These points which will be manned by
Policemen who have received adequate
training in tactical operation and
counter-terrorism will be established in
various strategic locations, including
highways in Kano, Jigawa, Sokoto,
Kebbi, Zamfara, Bauchi, Gombe and
Taraba states.”
It said the IG was optimistic that the
latest measure would enable the Police
to halt further spread of violence in the
land and frustrate the activities of
insurgents and other criminals, adding
that the Force remained determined to
track and stop illegal arms trade and
arrest the unchallenged movement of
explosive materials by hoodlums and
other unpatriotic elements.
While noting that the Police will always
work in close collaboration with other
security Forces in the land, the IG
pledged that the Force “will leave no
stone unturned in ensuring that the
citizens of Nigeria enjoyed maximum
safety and security in their country.”
He called on the general public,
particularly those in the North-East and
North-West to cooperate with the Police
and see any inconvenience the operation
might cause as a necessary sacrifice for
the greater safety of
all.

www.punchng.com/news/terrorism-police-create-operation-points-in-north/

By EVELYN USMAN
LAGOS — The Lagos State Police
Command has arrested a 46-year-old
man who masquerades as an Assistant
Commissioner of Police.
He was arrested in connection with the
recovery of two stolen cars found in his
possession.
The suspect, a father of five, identified
as Alexander Abiodun was arrested in
Ijoko area of Ogun State following a
confessional statement of an arrested
robbery suspect.
The robbery suspect identified as
Gabriel Asaolu, who was discovered to
be a pastor of an undisclosed church in
Ogun State, was alleged to have stolen
exotic cars from Ogun and Lagos states.
During interrogation, Asaolu reportedly
mentioned Abiodun as one of the
receivers, which made the Lagos State
Commissioner of Police, Umar Manko,
to direct operatives of the Special Anti-
Robbery Squad, SARS, to go after him.
Police sources said when the operatives
stormed Abiodun’s home at 29,
Okegbale Street, in Ijoko, Ogun State,
one of the stolen cars, a Toyota Avalon,
was recovered. Also recovered in his
apartment were Police uniforms with
the rank of an Assistant Commissioner
of Police and Deputy Superintendent of
Police.
Police sources said: “When asked if he
was a policeman, he shook his head.
Also, an unregistered Acura Legend car
suspected to have been stolen, was
found in his residence.
During an earlier interrogation, Asaolu
confessed that he sold two stolen
vehicles— a Mitsubuishi Montero SUV
and a Toyota Avalon car— to Abiodun.
But only one of the vehicles was found in Abiodun’s residence while the other was said to have been involved in an accident in Ondo State.

"I used Police uniform to smuggle
cars from Benin Republic"
—Suspect
During interrogation, Abiodun said he
did not belong to any robbery gang but
that he only used the police uniform to
smuggle cars from Benin Republic.
According to him, “I got the uniform
from a friend named Segun and I used it to smuggle cars from Benin Republic
because I am a car dealer.
“All I do whenever I am going to get
cars from Cotonou is to hang the ACP
uniform in the car. That way, Customs
officers, policemen and other security
agents would not disturb me along the
border because they would assume I am a senior Police officer.
“I knew Gabriel about four years ago as
a Pastor of a church in Oke-Aro, Ogun
State,where I had gone for a revival
programme.
“During a chat with him, he told me he
was also a car dealer and would be
supplying cars to me at cheaper rate.
“In August 2011, he called to say he had some cars for sale and sold a Toyota Avalon car for N750,000. That was the only car I bought from him and I never knew he was a robber.”

Training of private guards

The father of five also revealed that
apart from using the uniform to smuggle cars, he also used it to train private security guards, with their management staff assuming he was a serving officer.
He said: “I have trained several private
company guards as policemen. I got all
the training idea during discussions with serving security personnel.
“This is another way I generate money
to take care of my family. I have never
stolen with the uniforms since I started
using them.”


www.vanguardngr.com/2014/08/used-police-uniform-smuggle-cars-benin-republic-suspect/

Togo Asks CAF to Relocate Match away
from Guinea.
Togo wants its next month's Africa Cup
of Nations game in Guinea to be moved
because of fears about the Ebola virus.
The match, the responsibility of the
Confederation of African Football, is
scheduled for 5 or 6 September and is in
the first group round of qualifiers.
More than 300 people have died from
Ebola in Guinea, the origin of the
outbreak which is also now centred on
neighbouring Liberia and Sierra Leone.
"We are scared by the situation," the
Togo Football Federation (TFF) officials
said yesterday.
The TFF said it would follow advice from
its government, which would likely
prevent the party travelling to Guinea.
In recent weeks, countries around the
world have advised their citizens not to
travel to the affected countries and on
Friday the World Health Organization
(WHO) said the spread of the virus was
a global health emergency.
Nations Cup qualifiers involving Sierra
Leone are already under scrutiny after
the country said it would not host any
football matches until further notice
because of Ebola.
BBC Sport learnt that Sierra Leone
wants to play its home matches in
Ghana and has made a request to the
country's football association.
Ghana FA Spokesman, Ibrahim Sane,
told BBC Sport: "We have asked the
Sierra Leone Football Association to use
the government to contact our foreign
ministry and ministry of health for
clearances."
The Confederation of African Football
(CAF) has yet to rule on requests from
Togo and Sierra Leone to move
qualifying games away from Ebola-
affected areas.
Even away games involving the Sierra
Leone and Guinea teams could be
problematic after the Seychelles
prevented the Sierra Leone squad from
entering its country last month because
of fears they could bring in the virus,
which has a mortality rate of around 60
per cent.
After Seychelles authorities refused to
let the Sierra Leone party in, the
Seychelles Football Federation was
forced to forfeit the game and its place
in qualifying.
Sierra Leone are due to play Ivory Coast
and Cameroun, as well as Congo, in the
last round of qualifying, which runs from
early September to mid-November.
Guinea has been drawn in a group with
Ghana, Togo and Uganda.
The qualifying competition will decide
the 15 teams to join host Morocco at the
Nations Cup finals in January and
February.

www.thisdaylive.com/articles/ebola-scare-grips-afcon-2015-qualifiers/186095/

http://www.punchng.com/politics/pdp-
rejects-osun-gov-election-result/
The Osun State chapter of the Peoples
Democratic Party has rejected the
election result declaring Governor Rauf
Aregbesola as the winner of the
governorship poll.
The PDP agent in the election and State
Publicity Secretary, Mr. Bola Ajao,
distanced the party from the result after
the announcement of the outcome of the
poll by the Returning Officer, Prof.
bamitale Omole,on Sunday morning, in
Osogbo.
Ajao refused to sign the election results
form given to agents at the INEC office.
The party spokesman faulted the
process of the election, saying some of
the figures published were
unacceptable.
He said the party had earlier written a
petition to INEC, complaining about the
election process in some units.
He said, “I cannot sign. We cannot
accept the outcome of the election. My
principal,
Iyiola Omisore, knows the next line of
action. We will decide what to do. We
have earlier written a petition to INEC
to establish our complaints.”

dollarsplenty: OSUN is the refuge of the opposition and the heart of the progressives. Aregbe will triumph today. vox populi vox Dei (the voice of people is the voice of God). Besides 100 Omisore cannot win 1 Aregbe in a free and fair election as far Osun state is concerned. THIS IS NOT EKITI.

Where is this specifically, this is a huge crowd!

careytommy: APC campaign is based solely on propaganda. let me see their performance without their rigging machinery.

Listening to a radio program presently now and a man (anonymous) said who called from Osun state said there were a lot of arrest of APC dignitaries overnight.

Plus10: You people said,you don't need military men around so why complaining!

What is observed is agains what was feared; we taught people won't be free to come out and perform their obligatory duty.

Manuelcrc: So, how can you generalize in such a manner? Are you saying every ward is like this?

Please be more specific...ward, town, etc.

Thanks

I'm sorry abt that, I'm new to using nairaland though I have been here for a while now, I did this on my fone and could give to many details.

The Gubernatorial Election is Osun state is currently ongoing with high early turn out of voters and no soldier could be observed present at the unit as against what was earlier feared.

H.N.D. holders are not allowed?[b]H.N.D. holders are not allowed?[/b]H.N.D. holders are not allowed?

Better. It's a WIN/WIN for both parties.

It gives you the platform to exhibit your leadership potentials.

United's game at Chelsea on Sunday has been postponed.

A statement on Chelsea's official website said: "Sunday's game at Stamford Bridge has been postponed following consultation with the Police and the local authority.

"There has been heavy snow in London on Saturday.

"Should customers require a refund they can send the tickets back to the box office with credit card details and they will be cancelled. Customers are advised to send tickets back by Royal Mail special delivery in order for the tickets to arrive safely. Any tickets that do not arrive cannot be refunded.

"All tickets WILL remain valid for the new date once it is confirmed."

http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Features/Football-News/2010/Dec/Chelsea-game-postponed.aspx

The problem we are facing in this country as regards leadership is because we don't have a democratically elected leader. Enough is enough of zoning system. Am not a supporter of any candidate but i just took the stand that zoning as failed us in this country and we don't want it again.