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Pervic:
Which institution?

AAU Ekpoma

callmemercy:
I think d new Dean wants to work in favor of his faculty students. What dept n year did u grad?

Really this NYSC thingy is spoiling a lot of things for me. But am not sure the man is doing anything to favour us.
Graduated from Mechanical Engr (same dept as our Dean of students. 2014/2015 set.
What bout you? Dept n Year?

callmemercy:
them dey hungry, daris why. I just tire for them

Tension wan kill person. I have to take excuse from where i work but i need to be sure. Don’t understand this new Dean

It is as if they don’t know what they are doing in Ambrose Alli University which kind yeye pple dey students affairs

chiefoboh1:
pls can u help me snap shot of the list, am nt in ekp

Am no longer in Ekp. i just checked for my name and left. but the list is for those with problems

callmemercy:
Good evening, please tag me when u get d screenshot of the list, i'm not in ekp either.

Have left ekpoma. i just checked for my name and left

AMBROSE ALLI UNIVERSITY Correction list list has been pasted at student affairs.
Apart from that we don’t know what is happening...
No name is showing online

OLUPET009:
I heard dey go upload jst 1200 names n preference is given to medicine students..another infor frm DSA says d slashing infor is nt wit dem..we no knw wat 2 believe again..#AMINTHENUMBER #IREPAAUEKPOMA

Jesus is lord.

What is happening with AMBROSE ALLI UNIVERSITY?

Still waiting for Admission process to start.
Remember to join the school’s FACEBOOK PAGE so as to get every information you need to know about the Admission list, Acceptance Fees and School Fees, and other info concerning your department and the school hostels.
www.facebook.com/proudlyaau
That is the link, open it and like the Page.
That how i get my info on time and it has helped me.

The national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Chief John Odigie Oyegun has again lost his unit to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the ongoing Edo election.

Oyegun, who voted at Oredo Ward 2, Unit 1 has not won an election for his party in the unit since joining the APC.

The returning officer of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced that the APC scored 69 votes, while the PDP scored 78 votes.

Meanwhile, Situation Room is reporting that there are tension in some polling booths and wards over issues ranging from over-voting to unused ballot and many more.

It reports that a polling unit in Etsako, the number of voters did not tally with the number of votes cast. In Oredo, it says there is argument between party agents over election materials.


Voting has ended in practically all the polling booths and counting of ballots has commenced.

Meanwhile, it was jubilations galore at Ward 4, unit 19 as APC candidate Godwin Obaseki won election in the ward.

See the Facebook post that put Paulinus Okpere in trouble
see the link of the video he shared https://mobile.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1444337245582600&id=100000190164542&refid=17&_ft_=top_level_post_id.1444337245582600%3Atl_objid.1444337245582600%3Athid.100000190164542%3A306061129499414%3A54%3A0%3A1475305199%3A8115849234453594305

Now according to Pharez Okpere, one Bright Kokoma an APC member, who parades himself as the chairman of Ibviotor community did to his Brothers Maximus
Okpere and Paulinus Okpere today as he led over 20 thugs to their
office complex along dumez road today to beat and stab his
brothers for resisting the exploitation that the poor helpless traders
in Ibviotor community are going through. As you are reading this one of
my brothers is in a life threatening condition in the emergency unit
of the hospital. This is the Edo state that we live in.

How it all started, last week Bright Kokoma asked the petty traders
in the community to start paying 1200 naira to him every month,
most of the women protested and refused and in the process,
Bright Kokoma went to the shops, many of which are wooden
shops and shanty containers, destroyed them and throw away
their food items, His brother went to one of the shops and did a
video in the shop, to draw attention to the plight of these poor
hepless petry traders, and for doing that video Bright kokoma
came today to unleash mayhem on them.
https://mobile.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10210375854098998&id=1422139304&refid=17&_ft_=top_level_post_id.10210375854098998%3Atl_objid.10210375854098998%3Athid.1422139304%3A306061129499414%3A2%3A0%3A1475305199%3A-7873150488803569371&__tn__=%2As

Hey guys...
Just started following this thread.
Anyway for any breaking AAU story you’ll need to see AAU Online Fm. [ www.facebook.com/proudlyaau ]
dunno if you guys heard about it? i follow it so am recommending it to you guys. check it out. it carries every story about AAU and about Ekpoma. having almost 20,000 readers.
Like the page and Join us in this community

Please permit me to rant this monday.

In what i still feel was a ‘‘Test and see their reaction’’ tactics, the federal government announced last week through the the Minister of State, Petroleum Resources and Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, that they have decided to unbundled the NNPC into four or five main operational zones comprising 30 companies to be headed by a director each.

This of course did not go down well with a lot of Nigerians especially the stakeholders.

Labour unions in Nigeria’s oil sector, the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas (NUPENG) and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), reacted quickly as they went on an immediate strike.

Something they are good at doing.

The government seeing that whatever plans they had were going to backfire, came out to withdraw the earlier statement.

The minister, Ibe kachikwu claimed that he was misconstrued.
Typical.

Well, for whatever the initially reasons were, it is good that he clarified his statement and records were set straight.

We can not begin to imagine what would happen if the oil workers were to down their tools because even without a strike Nigerians are still suffering to get fuel.

While the prices of purchasing fuel now falls between 140 to 180 Naira in most filling stations across the country, the stress Nigerians pass through in trying to purchase the product is another hell of a story..

The scarcity of the product is just one of the numerous issues the nation have been plunged into.
And it seems all we are entitled to now is the sympathy of the government.

Again, few days ago, the government in it’s magnanimity apologized to all Nigerians over the worsening power situation experienced in major parts of Nigeria.

Just a quick thought;
Are these guys in charge of power no longer scared of the New Sheriff in town?
Is it not high time we relieved the Governor of Nigeria of some duties? or we still don’t think power and works alone is too much for one man.

MOVING ON……..

While we thank the government for been gracious enough to send an apology over the Fuel situation, we have to point out to them that their are still more lingering issues that needs apology too, if it is what we need to cushion the weight of the pains we have been subjected to..

We demand an apology for those precious hours we spend and waste on daily basis just to get fuel with our money.

The unbelievable and continuous rise in dollar, and the alarming high prices of goods and foodstuffs.
We would need an apology here too.

I think the youths deserve an apology too or don’t you think so?
I think they do for the 5000 naira stipend once promised them.
After months of singing with it, there hopes were dashed just like that. Apology is needed here.

By the way, who would apologize to the dead who met their fate at the hands of the Fulani Herdsmen men due to the poor response of our security personnel.
What of those who lost their homes and properties to the dastard act of these persons around the country.

If apologies is all the government have to give for now then they should make sure it is dispensed properly.
Everything today is an apology, we are all becoming victims of one situation in our nation.

ALL IS NOT WELL
ALL IS NOT WELL
http://sincerenigerian.com/2016/03/14/nigeria-is-configured-to-make-our-lives-a-living-hell/

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Akin Omo Akin [@clemsakin71] shared this on twitter.
He claims it is a filling station in benue state and they sell fuel for 180/litre

I'm sure you must be familiar with the popular phrase, "Ghana Must Go"?

Not talking about the bag, but the incident that brought about the phrase where Ghanaians were being deported from Nigeria back to their country in the early 1980s.

Historic pictures of Ghanaians returning to their country after being expelled by Nigeria has surfaced online.

You can see Ghanians being deported from the ship deck in Lagos on Feb 2, 1983 as they prepared to sail back to their country.



In the 1970s, Ghana was facing a lot of economic hardships, just about the same time Nigeria had an oil boom, Nigeria’s economy was flourishing. Citizens of some West African countries (mostly Ghanians) flocked into Nigeria in search of greener pastures .

In a similar vain, oil prices dropped in the 1980s and the revenue from foreign exhange dropped drastically due to the over-reliance of Nigeria on oil. There were no jobs and the hardship started, hence, the need to expell the Ghanaians that were straining the Nigerian resources.

Other foreign African nationals had to leave too. The Federal Government endorsed the expulsion of 700,000 Ghanaians. They all packed their properties in a particular bag and till date the bag is still being referred to as the "Ghana Must Go" bags.

http://www.tori.ng/news/5806/see-historic-pictures-of-ghanaians-leaving-nigeria.html


1st Photo, Ghanaians being deported on the ship deck in Lagos on Feb 2,
1983 as they prepared to sail back to Ghana

2nd Photo, Truckloads of deported Ghanaians returning back to their
country.

3rd Photo, Thousands of Ghanaians on their way home.

No fewer than 23 members of secret cult groups have
publicly renounced cultism at the Ambrose Alli University (AAU ),
Ekpoma , Edo State .

This is as two suspected cultists have been arrested in the
university town of Ekpoma for attempting to forcefully recruit
some students into their cult group.

The repentant cultists renounced membership of secret cults at a
church service organized by the Chapel of the Good Shepherd
Church and the Redeemed Christian Church of God in
conjunction with Ambrose Alli University .

Speaking at the event , the dean of Students Affairs of the
university, Prof. Isaac Aigbedion enthused that the renunciation
marked the beginning of a new dawn in the university .
Aigbedion said renouncing cultism meant abandoning reckless
life style and evil ways , adding that no good thing comes from
the devil .

“ I know today, the devil have been put to shame through these
young lads who have decided to abandon him for God , leaving
the bush for a straight road that leads to God ’ s own way.
“ After today’ s renunciation , I am quite sure that a lot of parents
and guidance would know that cultism has been swept away
from AAU and Esan West Local Government Area ” , he said .
In a brief sermon by the pastor of the Good Shepherd Church ,
Rev. Innocent Ebbeh praised the student for taking the decision
to resource cultism , noting that by the decision they have opened
positive doors to their futures .

He warned the congregation to be mindful of the decision they
make in life , pointing out that choices made by humans in life
either makes or mar his or her future.

High points of the event were prayer and deliverance exercises
for repentant cultists , conducted by the zonal pastor of Edo
Province 4 , Benin, of the Redeemed Christian Church of God
(RCCG ), Pastor Allan Dirisu and Pastor (Mrs ) Hilda Aigbedion of
RCCG, Ekpoma .

Meanwhile , two suspected cultists have been arrested in
Ekpoma , Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State , while
attempting to forcefully recruit some students into their cult
group.

They were apprehended and handed over to security agency by
the Association of Indigenes Against Cultism in Esan West, and
were paraded at the renunciation venue .

Items recovered from the suspected cultists are two cut to size
guns and one small axe otherwise known as battle axe .
The suspected cultists who confessed to be members of Jurist
Confraternity, however claimed they were on the verge of
renouncing their membership of the cult when they were
apprehended .

http://www.sincerenigerian.com/2016/02/two-arrested-as-23-renounce-cultism-in-AAU-Ekpoma.html?m=1

Finally, the argument over if Linda Ikeji’s hermes bag is real or
fake is gradually fading which is natural.
She has apologized in her usual ‘lindaway' over her rant, and
everybody is moving on.

But before we finally let sleeping dogs lie, i have had observations
from the episode, so i had to compile this,

Five things i noticed from the drama, and here it goes:

1) Linda seems not to have much celebrity friends
Dunno if you have noticed but,
Linda ikeji seems to be like an outcast celebrity especially when it comes to getting their support during the storm like the hermes bag brouhaha.

Unlike most celebrities who during times of troubles, have their fellow colleagues defending them, or and having their backs in a way, it is rare to say the same about linda.

Not even among her fellow bloggers.
SDK's recent shade at her during the saga tells a lot.

2) Women are women’s biggest problems.
Well, even my mom has said this as many times as i can
remember.
And she never lied.

Did you notice how ladies were the ones over exaggerating all the
whole thing.
They kept calling her fake, and other crazy stuff.
Same ladies she always seem excited about helping succeed.

Compared with someone like davido who had few days earlier,
flaunt his new watch twitter, and how many men do you see hating
even though it's annoying for some people.
Some women are just crazy like that sha.

3) Linda is becoming her blog
Ok, linda ikeji remains famous and of course one of the leading
bloggers in Nigeria, if not Africa mainly because of her past.
Linda is was known for breaking controversial stories in Nigeria.

Those kind of stories that you imagine how she got them.
Though of recent, she is beginning to sound a lot like Vanguard but
have you noticed that instead of breaking the stories, she is
gradually becoming the stories especially negative ones.

In over the last one year, she has trended for the wrong reasons
except maybe for the N500 million naira house which even had it's
own share of controversies pertaining to the real amount in which
the house was bought.

She was even accused(allegation) of funding the building project
from monies gotten from the popular Dasukigate Arms deal.

4) Everyone hate criticism
Everyone enjoys bad mouthing the other person, but nobody wants
to be at the receiving end.
When it comes to criticism, nobody wants to hear you quote the
Golden rule.
‘DO to others what you would like’.

Time again, Linda has gone all ‘bruce lee’ online, at anybody that
dares say something imperfect about her.
She puts in lots of energy to defend heraelf from bad publicity.
She would curse and swear just to make her point.

She would always brand those persons haters and poor.
The number one controversial Nigerian would always play the
victim.

And you wonder if it is the same lady who with no sense of
remorse or apology would drop a story, not minding how bad it
would come out.

Funny thing was, while she was busy tackling her ‘enemies' with
one hand, her other hand was having no problem blogging about
the Okoyes(Psquare) brouhaha. It's business sha.

5) Much ado about nothing
Pardon me as i get religious on this one, but we do worry much
over unnecessary things. Vanity, as the bible calls it.
Imagine the noise all over social media for just for a bag?
A 4.8 million naira bag, i know.
But the hype, was it that necessary?

I think the hype and all that noise should have been about the
amount she spent in buying it and not getting unnecessary
headache over if it’s real or not.
Especially when everyone is complaining of how hard the economy
is.
On her apology note, She even acknowledge the fact that the
money spent for the bag was too much.

Yes, we all know it’s her money, gotten from hard work, but the
best thing was to let the rich lady droll over her expensive bag
instead of taking another person's medication on our already
empty stomach.

http://www.sincerenigerian.com/2016/02/5-things-drawn-from-linda-ikeji-hermes-debacle.html?m=1

February 14- Lovers day.
February 14th has become the busiest day for cupid every year.
Most people are busy, thinking of how to make that day wonderful,
while for some it’s just like every other day.

It is just a couple of hours to Valentine and as usual everybody is
talking about it, and writing one article or the other about it.
I noticed that there are few people talking about the DON’TS of
Valentine day and YES, i decided to write something about it.

So, here it goes,
7 things you should never do on valentine’s day

1) Calling up your EX on Valentine’s day
RESIST PLEASE
Occasions like this, especially if you still single, or your new
relationship is not going the way you expect, there is that tendency
that your thoughts would drift back to the last person you were
with, those fond memories you had and all.
It is normal but remember, the past is the past for a reason.
You broke up for a reason, so don't let that moment of weakness
make you take decisions you would regret later.

2) Doing nothing on that day
It's a day of love and love means activity
Take yourself out,
Dress to kill,
Be determined to have fun.
Make yourself happy.
Treat yourself real good..
have some self-love time.

3) Going on a First Date
That is a ‘NO NO’ for me.
Remember that pressure that comes on a first date?
You want to impress, you want everything to go perfect.
Most of the time, we go with the hope (high hopes) that He/She
would be the 'one'.
What i'm saying is, first dates are hard enough as it is
without the added pressure of taking place on a special day like
this.
Val day is NOT the day to take such dating risk.

4) Giving money as gift:
To me, this is so unromantic.
Or sending recharge cards?
weird too.
Guys are guilty of this.
"I don't know what to buy" That is always the excuse.
By the way, i said unromantic, never said she won't like it.

5) Pretending to be having a good time whereas you are not
Most people do this especially on special occasions such as
Christmas, and birthdays.
If you not doing anything on that day, you don't have to pretend
you are, it's just Val day, it's not even a public holiday.

6) Assume it’s just for couples
Who made that law?
If you've got a boo, wonderful – If not, or you just got out of a
relationship and you still feel bad, you can still spread the love that
day, whether it's with yourself, or better still, your family, or
friends.
Remember, Misery loves company.

7) On a lighter note; Don't compose a Poem if you have never
done it before and don't record songs to send your patner if your
voice is awful.
For God sake not spoil that special day for your patner.
you’ll put your partner through the ordeal of pretending to like it.

Add yours.....

Have a great Valentine.
Be safe.
http://www.sincerenigerian.com/2016/02/7-things-never-to-do-on-valentines-day.html?m=1

"Life is very important, but very few people, fail to cherish it until
they are faced with death".

I am quite sure you are wondering why I made that statement.
I just got back from a funeral.

A man in my parish died.
A very good man. Everyone who knew him, have lots of good tales
to tell about him.

But one question I always ponder in my heart is, why do good
people die so young?

Yet the bad ones are enjoying the luxury of a long life.
Well I know some good people live long, but they are very few.

Some bad people die young too, just that it is more shocking when
a good man dies.

My dear, I barely survived the funeral mass.
I cried uncontrollably through out the program.

The man was not very close to me, neither was I a close friend to
his children.

The man was extremely humble, meek and kind hearted.
You might say "Wow those qualities are too big for one man"
But its the simple truth.

If he wanted to greet me, he would bow his head and shake me
with both hands.

Sometimes he was always too quick to say "Good morning" first.

hmmmmmm....
A man who was twice my age, old enough to be my father.
He was a rare gem and a perfect example of a "Sincere Nigerian".

Now you understand why I said I barely managed to survive the
funeral.

At a time I hid my face and put on a dark shade.
My sister was with me, and her face was soaked in tears.
I was supposed to be the man.

I was supposed to be consoling her, not crying like a baby.
*Smiles* wEll, there is no hard man when it comes to death, so
what I did was natural.

What was more touching was seeing his male colleagues
(members of the male organization in the church) carry his body
which was in a casket, into the church.

At that point, I whispered to my sister "Those were his friends"
It was heart breaking.
You can imagine.

Well, that is life for you.
Dust we came from, Dust we shall return.
Indeed the End is near, and we will all die one day.

Nor fear sha.
E still far.. lol

On a serious note though,
We should always learn to appreciate those around us.
Most times we take people for granted until they are no more.

When they are dead, everyone starts putting their pictures on
different social networks and writing fake tributes whereas they
were never friends, they never spoke for once, not even on phone.

We quarrel over little issues, we keep malice for too long.
We fight over things not worth it, and we envy each other
unnecessarily.

The most important thing is to live your life the way you want, and
let others live theirs.

Not Everyone can be like you.

Live free, Love free, so that when you are gone, people will only
have nice things to say about you.

http://www.sincerenigerian.com/2016/02/live-before-its-late.html?m=1

hmmm

Embattled National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Olisa Metuh, has
dragged the Federal government before a Federal High Court in
Abuja over his continued detention. Metuh is being detained for
allegedly receiving N400 million from former National Security
Adviser Sambo Dasuki.

In a suit filed by his counsel, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, Metuh claimed
that his arrest by the antigraft agency was part of a plan by the
ruling party APC, to silence the PDP.

Metuh said that since Buhari came into office in May 2015, he has
organized the EFCC to serve as a tool to go after PDP members.
He argued that his detention tramples on his fundamental human
rights and also breached the African Charter on Human and
Peoples Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act, Laws of the
Federation of Nigeria, 2004.

“I verily believe that the applicant has not committed any
offence other than his principled opposition to the ruling
government and his arrest and detention are meant to
silence the opposition and create a one-party state by the
respondents to allow the APC to dominate Nigeria. Nobody
knows the present whereabouts of the applicant, as to his
exact place of detention, his condition in the custody and
how he is faring.

Recently, detainees in the custody of the
1st respondent have been dying due to lack of proper care
and adequate medical facilities, as the 1strespondent is not
normally well-funded to function effectively, except to be
used by the ruling government to hound the opposition,”
No judge has been assigned to the case.

http://www.lindaikejisblog.com/2016/01/olisa-metuh-sues-fg-over-his-prolonged.html?m=1

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Governor Seriakae Dickson was yesterday
returned as the winner of the Bayelsa State
governorship election. This followed the
declaration of the results of the supplementary
elections conducted at the weekend in Southern
Ijaw Local Government Area and 101 polling units
in six other local government areas. The
supplementary elections followed the cancellation
of the election in Southern Ijaw and the 101 units
due to irregularities in the governorship election
conducted on December 5, 2015.

Dickson, who was the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party,
PDP, polled 134,998 votes to triumph over his predecessor and
candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Timipre Sylva
who polled 86,852 votes. A total of 242,114 votes were cast in the
election out of which 6,647 votes were rejected as invalid.
Moses Siasia, a younger brother of Nigeria’s Under 23 football
coach, Samson Siasia, who was the candidate of the Peoples
Democratic Movement, PDM, took a distant third with 1,572 votes
despite a high-profile campaign.

The declaration of the final results by the returning officer,
Professor Zana Akpagu commenced shortly after 8.00 p.m. last
night and punctured the high drama and suspense that had held
many of the state’s political stakeholders for most of yesterday.

The agents of the PDP, Chief Fred Agbedi and that of the APC,
Barrister Dennis Otiotio had in the course of the day at the collation
centre, Yenagoa, repeatedly exchanged accusations over
the conduct of the supplementary elections in Southern Ijaw Local
Government Area and some other units where the elections were
cancelled last December.

Earlier in the day, the returning officer for Southern Ijaw Local
Government Area, Dr. Johnson Dagana had declared the result of
the election in the local government area putting Dickson as the
winner of the contest in the area with 23,2081 votes. Sylva, who
had earlier linked his victory in the governorship election to the
amassing of significant votes to wipe away the 30,000 plus lead of
Dickson, garnered last December. However, he failed to record the
upset in the local government area.

In the end, he got only 10,216 votes out of the 33,607 valid votes
cast in the local government area that is also the base of Dickson’s
late patron and first civilian governor of the state, Diepreye
Alamieyeseigha.

Following the declaration of the results, Barrister Otiotio, agent of
the APC candidate immediately renounced the declaration of
Dickson as the winner, saying the election should have been
declared inconclusive on the claim that the difference between the
two leading candidates was less than the number of cancelled
votes. He also alleged irregularities in voting in some sections of
the state.

His claim was immediately dismissed by Agbedi, the PDP agent
who blamed the irregularities on the APC even as he acclaimed the
performance of Dickson as the reason for the PDP victory.

Ekweremadu congratulates Dickson
Following the declaration of the results, the Deputy President of the
Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, the highest elected PDP official
in theFederal Government, congratulated Dickson saying the
victory was sweet.

He said: “It is a sweet victory, coming against all odds. It is a
testimony to the performance and popularity of Governor Seriake
Dickson and our great party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

“I commend the people of Bayelsa State for standing up to be
counted, for protecting their democratic rights to freely choose
their leaders. They have made a resounding statement to the effect
that the state remains a PDP enclave and that they are committed
to keeping it so.”

He, however, charged Governor Dickson to repay Bayelsans for
their faith in the PDP and his leadership credentials with greater
transformation in his second term.

He also enjoined him to reach out to his opponents for the peace
and progress of the state, while ensuring that every part of the
state is fairly treated irrespective of their political choices.

The state chapter of the PDP, however, rued what it described as
the cost of human lives it took the party to achieve victory.
The party stated this through the Director of Publicity, Restoration
Campaign Organisation, Jonathan Obuebite, shortly after the
declaration of the results.

“It is clear that this victory has come with so much pain because
we lost dear ones. Those who died are our brothers. So many are
yet in the hospitals nursing life-threatening injuries because our
opponents wanted to win at all cost. We wish to express our
deepest condolences once again and to assure them that their
death will not be in vain”, it stated.

Obuebite who noted that the victory was important because it
came the way of the PDP even in the face of intimidation, tyranny,
threats and violent attacks, added that “despite the challenges,
democracy won.”

He said: “We want to use this opportunity to sincerely thank all
Bayelsans for their doggedness and patriotism because even in the
face of such terrible intimidation and violence decided, out of their
own volition, they came out to re-elect and return the Countryman
Governor to office for the next four years. We are grateful for your
remarkable decision as expected in a democracy.”

In his acceptance speech, Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake
Dickson, thanked the electorate for ensuring his re-election for
another four years but said there would be no celebration because
of the number of lives that have been lost.

The governor in an emotion-laden statement signed by his Chief
Press Secretary, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, released to journalists
last night in Yenagoa, however, vowed that he would do everything
possible to identify the perpetrators and bring them to justice.

He promised to work tirelessly to justify the mandate given to him
“as we tried to do in the first four years to almost universal
acknowledgement and approbation.”

While extending a hand of fellowship to his political opponents,
Dickson said since the election has been won and lost, the needs
of Bayelsans, the challenge of improving their material condition
remains and is, even more, urgent.

The text of the Governor’s statement reads thus: “My good people
of Bayelsa State, I am extremely humbled tonight on the valiant
efforts you made to revalidate the mandate you gave me four
years ago. With all manner of forces arrayed against us not least
the utter desperation of our political opponents, community after
community led by women and youth stood gallantly to defend the
sanctity of their votes and to resist the efforts of hoodlums who
style themselves as “militants” to undermine the democratic
process.

“To the extent that the people ensured that they spoke loud and
clear and that their choice clearly emerged provides some
reassurance that our democracy is coming of age. Sadly however
the elections were conducted at the price of several lives lost and
mayhem visited on many communities by mindless brigands
clearly suborned by those who do not respect the democratic
process and have equally scant regard for the sanctity of lives and
property. Unfortunately, we can’t celebrate because people have
died.

“I want to assure you that we will do everything possible to identify
the culprits and bring them to justice. I want to express my
heartfelt condolences and sympathy to the families of the innocent
victims of the violence. The government will be undertaking a full
account of what happened.

“The mandate you have given us having been clearly
demonstrated, I want to assure you that my administration will
work tirelessly to justify this mandate as we tried to do in the first
four years to almost universal acknowledgement and approbation.

The present economic climate in the country may be very harsh
with the precipitous slide in oil revenues but I want to assure you
that we will courageously tackle the challenges of economic and
social development with renewed vigour.

“Here I will like to extend a hand of fellowship to our political
opponents. The election has been won and lost but the needs of
our people, the challenge of improving their material condition
remains and is, even more, urgent. That should now be the focus
of all our attention and efforts.
“God bless the valiant people of Bayelsa.”

http://saharareporters.com/2016/01/10/bayelsadecides-how-dickson-won-bayelsa-gov-poll

The paramount ruler of Peremabiri community in Southern Ijaw local government of Bayelsa State popularly known as ”progress never die” was shot today, January 10, by unknown gunmen.

The monarch was said to have sustained bullet wounds during a clash that ensued between his supporters and that of a popular youth leader.
The monarch was sighted being conveyed in an ambulance to an undisclosed hospital for treatment.

https://mobile.twitter.com/SaharaReporters/media/grid?idx=1

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What other evidence do you need before being convinced that
Lagosians are truly law abiding citizens...lol

wow

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana pictured with Afrobeat legend
Fela Anikulapo Kuti and his brother Beko Ransome Kuti during one
of Fela's court cases many years ago.
Falana's son FalzTheBadGuy shared the photo on instagram

StefanSalvatore:
Dey should gv us a nice scripted show nxt tym

Tru. its was poorly organised