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UP GEJ!

UP EMS!!

UP NIGERIA!!!

FRESH AIR BLOWING EVERYWHERE!!!!!\

berem: Good! At least everyone can own a meter at home without PHCN doing shakara for Nigerians.

Oh, you even believe the story? bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

I thought the power reform is a fraud and will soon crash and GEJ is only using it to raise money for 2015.

omanzo02: Gbawe is now happy government privatisation process is advantageous afterall, lol.

Abi o! He didnt post his normal "They are telling us story" posts. How would you believe the company will be setup if you dont believe the privatization is working? These APC people have started repenting gradually. UP GEJ! GEJ has just provided more jobs for jobless Lagosians and more revenue for LASG! After, they will say they cant see what he is doing.

Obasanjo, Atiku are finished politically – Jubril Aminu

Prof. Jubril Aminu is a founding member of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). He was also at different times the Minister of Education and Petroleum Resources. He was equally a senator. In this interview, he speaks on the PDP crisis, saying the attempt by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and some governors to break away from the mainstream PDP is borne out of the need to remain politically relevant.

According to him, President Goodluck Jonathan should concentrate on delivering on the mandate given to him by Nigerians and worry less about second term, which, he says, the president would get on a platter, if Nigerians see him as performing.

Excerpts:

How do you see the breakaway moves of some PDP members led by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, some governors and former national officers of the party?

What they did is nothing to worry about. Democracy is partly about the expression of personal opinions. There is nothing in jumping ship by any party member under democracy. As an original founding member of the PDP, I have been around all the time and I can be described as a major stakeholder in Nigeria and my state of Adamawa.

I don’t support what they did and I also presume that what they did was not motivated by their love for the country but by personal ego and a way to salvage themselves from the situation in which they have found themselves. I suspect that when we get to know the extent of the forces behind the move, one would be surprised to see powerful people inside and outside the PDP, not necessarily governors, who are trying to settle scores or re-direct the party in some ways or just playing mischief.
Jubril Aminu

Jubril Aminu

I don’t get jittery when this type of thing happens. Nigeria moved from the worst moment to the present without collapsing. That will not happen since we survived the June 12 crisis that led to the sacking of Interim Head of State, Chief Ernest Shonekan, from office. What is happening now does not worry me. Until about a few months ago, there were only two parties but now we have new ones, which have no real ideology. To that extent, nobody should get jittery because these groups are driven by ego and their games don’t add up. I suspect that they need some tricks in order to survive. So, nobody should be worried about the antics adopted by the people causing trouble for the party.

In other words, they are frustrated people?

They are losers and they are looking for new avenues to win the game. Let me give you an example: Atiku does not stand any chance in 2015 because Jonathan is already in the game for re-election and he Atiku needs a new game in order to be relevant politically. Obasanjo, for example, is finished, but he has decided not to be seen as finished. So, all these people need a new game in order to be politically relevant. They have decided they are not finished politically. These are some of the things you should look at and not to be scared by what is happening. It is nothing new.

But when you put together all that is happening now, do you see the PDP resolving its crisis in order to win the next election?

The crisis will be resolved, but I don’t know who will be the scapegoat at the end. I don’t know who they will use to resolve it. This entire thing is being done to retain power by those who are there and those outside also want to wrest power from those wielding it. So, what is happening is a normal political game that goes on in any democracy and it will not break the party and the country as some persons have predicted.

Some people insist that the National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, be removed as a condition for peace to reign in the PDP. Are they justified?

Those are very mean people, particularly the Adamawa State governor, who never liked Tukur. He does not want Tukur at any point and has always gone for his jugular. That is unfair and unhealthy for the party and the country.

But do you think that Tukur has led the PDP well?

What power do you think Tukur really has? What power did Audu Ogbeh wield when Obasanjo was in power? Obasanjo is the one who changed party supremacy for something else. He sent people to the Ministry of Power in South Africa to study how power was being managed and they said, ‘no, go to the African National Congress, ANC, and see what the party has on power’. I don’t see that happening in Nigeria because our people are pre-occupied with personal control of everything. They are concerned with using power. So, you cannot really accuse Tukur of using power.

He has shown strong commitment as a Fulani man to move the party forward. It is not easy for anybody with a modicum of self-pride to continue to hold on. What does he really want if not trying to work for the nation and its people? He has tried and people should leave him alone to move the party forward.

People like you, who have seen it all, should be able to play a fatherly role in the emerging crisis rocking the party and the nation. What advice have you given President Jonathan to solve the crisis?

I think Jonathan is too concerned about his second term and, because he is focused on that, there are people around him who are making a huge capital out of the situation. His fixation on second term brings about a good menu for people to exploit. He should focus more on fixing Nigeria and believing that, at the appropriate time, Nigerians will vote for him. Let me give you an example.

Lagos State governor is one governor who is working without looking back. He does not want the state to be ruffled by anyone. He keeps on working not minding whose ox is gored. The people are happy that the governor is working for their interest. The President is too concerned about second term. My advice to him is to continue to do the work that he was elected to do and he will get a second term.

If he works hard, he will get his second term easily. All these people who are talking do so for selfish reasons and nothing more. But, at the end of the day, Nigerians won’t judge their performance but that of Mr. President. He should ask them to allow him the chance to do his work. Many of them do not wish him well, they are looking for an opportunity to exploit every loophole for their personal aggrandisement.

In other words, Jonathan himself should step forward and do the work at hand.

Exactly! That is what I mean. Look at the ASUU strike, he should face it. He should tackle the security challenges in the northern part of the country and the problems in the health sector. People are taking advantage of his obsession with second term and are making money from it. Jonathan should see that the things he promised Nigerians are faithfully implemented and his second term will be smooth sailing. That is my advice to him. Jonathan should learn from the situation and make more impact.

Former Minister of Science and Technology, Gen. Sam Momah, argued against the continuous application of the federal character principle on the grounds that it encourages cheating and laziness at the expense of merit and hard work?

General Sam Momah is a good man and he is probably very sincere about it, but his proposition will not work. He can say what he is saying because of where he comes from. But, in the context of peace and unity of Nigeria, there is no reason to discontinue with the principle of federal character. The day somebody from Kano or Sokoto comes out and speaks about FC, you can believe him that he is serious. Nobody will believe Momah or anyone else from Imo or Enugu because they are from educationally advantaged states. But, in the context of Nigeria, for peace and unity to reign, the principle must be continued to give everyone a sense of belonging.

What do you make of the allegation that lawmakers are most highly paid in the world by a former Education Minister, Dr (Mrs) Oby Ezekwesili?

These people have seen what the executive is doing with public funds, what the governors are doing with public funds and so on; why do they worry about the payment being made to the legislature? Are they fair? Anyone who wants to talk about the way public officers in Nigeria are being paid or how they are managing public funds should take a holistic look at the three tiers of government and stop singling out a particular organ for ridicule. It does not solve the problems facing the nation in any way.

Have we made progress as a nation at 53?

A former friend of mine used to tell me that you can always find fault if you want to. Nigeria has made enormous progress already in all sectors of the economy. In the past, we could count the number of bridges and schools in the northern part of Nigeria, but, today, it is difficult to do so. In Yola alone, you can see the level of infrastructural progress that has been recorded. I wrote a paper sometime ago that we are contacting diseases that were peculiar to Europe because of improved living standards brought about by advancement in our nation. We should even thank God that we went through a civil war and came out of it. We did not disintegrate.

We are largely affected by the selfishness of certain persons in the country and nothing more. Many states have also been created, thereby creating more centres of economic development and we should be happy that these things have been put in place for Nigeria’s transformation. We should be grateful to the founding fathers of Nigeria and do our own part to move the nation forward instead of always complaining that the nation has not made progress.

I disagree with those who hold that view and state categorically that we have made progress as a nation.

In education, our adopted policies that cost money and we should be ready to pay for such services and move on like the countries we are trying to copy. Corruption has increased the cost of everything in Nigeria and we should be ready to fight the virus like other forward-looking countries in order to make the kind of progress we envisage. It is only by so doing that we can record steady progress that even cynics would be able to see.


http://www.naijapundit.com/news/obasanjo-atiku-are-finished-politically-jubril-aminu

Who cares what Lie Mohammed says? Maybe we might start to care when he changes his name. Why would I take anything from a man called Lie serious. Lie ko, Liar ni!

nuclearboy: They are useless
They are powerless
They are greedy
GEJ can stamp on them like an elephant quashing an ant

[size=13pt]so why is PDP trying to "settle" with them? [/size]

Bamanga will go
$12 Billion Dollars
Kwakwanso refusing to stand beside GEJ that looked like he just swallowed 4 remote controls

Its obvious those who matter regard them more than the noisemakers here

Everything you quoted is from the paid propaganda press and you actually quoted them like facts. I feel sorry for you...

When a group of people come together with the sole aim to fight against one man and not to improve the lot of the people, then it is surely bound to fail. That is the same fate APC is going to have. You cannot form a party just to fight GEJ and grab power. It will surely fail.

eGuerrilla: Nice to see you referencing the outcome of a lawsuit filed against saharareporters to debunk this particular story.
Is it safe to say SR is not quite the shyte that you implied it is, in one of your earlier posts copied in below?

The point is not Sahara reporters. The point is that that guy is a fraud. He committed fraud against many people, not just Sahara Reporters. I posted several links, not just Sahara reporters. So try another story

More from this looser...


US Judge Dismisses Ugwuonye’s Suit Against SaharaReporters

Judge Peter J. Messitte, a United States District Judge, has dismissed a defamation and invasion of privacy lawsuit filed in 2009 by Nigerian-born controversial attorney, Emeka Ugwuonye, against Sowore Omoyele, the founder of saharareporters.com.

Sowore was represented by notable free speech attorneys, Laurie Babinski and Bruce Brown at the law firm of Baker Hostetler in Washington DC. The two lawyers are part of the pro-bono network of the UK-based Media Legal Defence Initiative. Mr. Ugwuonye represented himself.

In a ruling dated November 20 but officially released this morning, Judge Messitte declared that Mr. Ugwuonye’s claims in his lawsuit lacked merit.

The judge consequently granted Mr. Sowore’s motion for a summary dismissal of the lawsuit.

Mr. Ugwuonye filed the lawsuit following a series of investigative reports by SaharaReporters to the effect that he had improperly withheld $1.5 million in IRS tax refunds to the Nigerian embassy in Washington DC. The funds in questions were tax refunds to the Nigerian embassy from transactions in which the embassy sold off some of its real estate holdings. Since Mr. Ugwuonye had represented the Nigerian embassy in the transactions, the refunds were given to him for transfer to his clients.

Instead, Mr. Ugwuonye kept the money, claiming that the Nigerian government owed him for legal work he did for other government functionaries.

Nigeria’s former attorney general Michael Aondoakaa has since denied that the government owed any outstanding fees to Mr. Ugwuonye.

Mr. Ugwuonye’s original lawsuit named several defendants, including former Nigerian ambassador to the US, Oluwole Rotimi and Professor Mobolaji Aluko. However, Judge Messite penalized Ugwuonye for suing Aluko in the US District court instead of a state court and then dismissed the case against Professor Aluko. The judge also dropped the case against the former ambassador because he could not be served the summons. The court then focused on Ugwuonye's case against SaharaReporters.

In a 15-page memorandum accompanying his ruling, Judge Messitte extensively quoted various legal principles to support the dismissal of Mr. Ugwuonye’s lawsuit. The judge stated that summary judgment “is warranted when a party fails to make a showing sufficient to establish the elements essential to the party’s claim and on which the party will bear the burden of proof at trial.”

Judge Messitte also declared that Mr. Ugwuonye’s failure to respond in a timely manner to queries administered on him by the defendant amounted to admission that “each statement he alleged to be defamatory was in fact substantially true and made without malice.”


http://saharareporters.com/news-page/us-judge-dismisses-ugwuonye%E2%80%99s-suit-against-saharareporters

[size=14pt]more from the looser. He thinks he can get amywhere with this propaganda?[/size]


Last Friday, Nigeria achieved a significant milestone in its war against corruption and looting of public funds.

But the war and the victory were on foreign soil in faraway Washington DC, where United States District Court Judge Barbara Jacobs Rothstein announced a default judgement against Emeka Ugwuonye in a case that has lasted over five years.

The judge found Mr. Ugwuonye liable on all claims made by the Embassy of Nigeria in Washington DC, and awarded the Embassy monetary damages in excess of $2 million.

Mr. Ugwuonye’s troubles in the United States with the Embassy, his former client, concern diversion of $1.55 million proceeds of tax refunds in a real estate transaction in Washington DC he undertook for the Embassy.

Mr. Ugwuonye, who practiced law in the State of Maryland, has proved to be a bad lawyer, but perhaps an even worse gambler or mathematician who chose the risk of a $1.55 million check in exchange for monetary damages that could rise to $6.2million. He also stands to lose his professional licence and even personal liberty.

In the five years in which Mr. Ugwuonye has been defendant rather than counsel in a State of Maryland courtroom, he has suffered loss after loss, including even the very companies he used in the real estate transaction on behalf of the embassy, for failure to pay property taxes.

He has forfeited, at least twice, ECU Associates PC, the firm he used in some of the real estate transactions. Originally incorporated in July 1999, the firm was forfeited in October 2006, following which Mr. Ugwuonye incorporated ECU Law PC with the State of Maryland between January and March 2007.

Between April and June 2007, Mr. Ugwuonye somehow revived ECU Associates PC to receive money from the Nigerian Embassy for shady real estate deals, but he would eventually forfeit the company to the State of Maryland, like ECU Law PC.

In October 2009, Mr. Ugwonye sued various Nigerian citizens and reporters who questioned his sale of the properties and handling of the tax refunds. He lost all those cases.

He has also remained suspended from practicing law in Washington DC and New York jurisdictions after the state of Maryland suspended him for mishandling cases involving some of his clients.

Filing a motion for default judgement on May 23, the Embassy asked the judge to compel Mr. Ugwuonye and his firm to pay $6.2 million in restitution and additional costs, as follows:

· $1.55 million in base compensatory damages;

· Prejudgment interest on the tax refund in the amount of 6% per annum commencing on November 20, 2007;

· Punitive damages in an amount equal to two times the total compensatory damages, inclusive of prejudgment interest;

· Post-judgment interest in accordance with 28U.S.C. § 1961; and

· Such other relief as the court may deem just and proper.

Evidence presented to demonstrate the scope and severity of Mr. Ugwuonye’s fraud in the matter and his contempt of the Court’s procedures and orders included documents showing that he recovered the tax refund on the Embassy’s behalf, lied to the Embassy concerning the whereabouts of the funds, and proceeded to use the funds for his personal benefit.

But as had been the pattern, Mr. Ugwuonye was absent at the hearing, having filed a 3:00 a.m. motion requesting an indefinite continuance of the case.

“He did this clearly fearing vigorous questioning and simply failed to appear, in the process further exasperating the court,” said a lawyer for the Embassy who noted that Mr. Ugwuonye’s absence was particularly glaring in light of the court’s scheduling order which cautioned him not only to be present, but also prepared to respond to [the] Plaintiff’s allegations.”


http://premiumtimesng.com/news/141014-nigeria-floors-u-s-based-lawyer-emeka-ugwuonye-who-stole-1-55million-embassy-funds.html

This is the guy making the allegation...Looser...

Nigerian Embassy in Washington DC last week won its case against United States based lawyer Emeka Ugwuonye.

The case was headed by judge Barbara Jacobs Rothstein in Washington and the judge ruled a default judgement against the lawyer in a case that has lasted over five years.

The judge found Mr. Ugwuonye liable on all claims made by the Embassy of Nigeria in Washington DC, and awarded the Embassy monetary damages in excess of $2 million. Mr. Ugwuonye’s troubles in the United States with the Embassy, his former client, concern diversion of $1.55 million proceeds of tax refunds in a real estate transaction in Washington DC he undertook for the Embassy.

Mr. Ugwuonye, who practiced law in the State of Maryland, has proved to be a bad lawyer, but perhaps an even worse gambler or mathematician who chose the risk of a $1.55 million check in exchange for monetary damages that could rise to $6.2million.

He also stands to lose his professional licence and even personal liberty.


http://www.nigerianmonitor.com/2013/07/16/theft-of-nigeria-embassy-1-55m-tax-refund-nigeria-wins-case-against-emeka-ugwuonye/

1radioguru1: Did any of the akapabio cheerleaders, miss the post that says the penny was built in collaboration with the u.k government for the much awaited nigerian criminals transfer thingy.

Why are you clutching at straws? What difference does that make? You are getting too desperate. Cheer up bro! It aint that bad now. e go better one day. Now is Akwa Ibom's time. Dont freak out!!!

Ibom Ayaya!!!

jmaine: https://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff390/ShaneDawg021/raydisgusted.png Hm !! This one too enter . .Chei !!!

Bro, check this one out! I love it! and the state government does not need to declare a public holiday so the whole city can come out and witness it and celebrate it.

agbameta: ^^^^ Still no taker??

Guy. Do you really take yourself this serious! Do you really think anyone cares that much about you or your post? You must really be delusional!!!

You are as important as the worst post in the NL events section!

agbameta: ,http://ibomelibrary.org/index.php/my-account/subscribe



The Phony and tolled Library....

Even school children must pay to use that phoniness called library...smh

...

I just liked this your post. I was actually looking for the picture. Thanks for putting it up. You have really helped me a lot today! Thanks a million!

Eshe gan!

Demdem:
In ur very daft state, u placed a prison yard and expect us to praise akpabio who u claimed is doing wonders better than Fashola . U placed the thread in public domain so shut da hell up.
I am the first on this thread that appreciated akpabios roads so what's ur fuss?
Prison yard. Nonsense.

Is it every thread you see on NL you have to click and follow? Hahahahahahaha! Troll! Why do you care?


Who cares if you appreciate Akpabio? Who needs your appreciation or support? You are inconsequential. Abeg clear road joor! Agbero II from Alausa.

Yeah. Eko Ile. That online subscritption system is just the icing on the cake. It is so beautiful. It actually means parent can keep track of their childrens activities in the library. I love it. I am actually implementing something similar for an organization using open source code. Brilliant stuff!


The only problem is you have to actually have a facility to even use such a user management system. So your state kids do not qualify for that because you have no such facility. Dont worry, one day e go better!

Emmadani: u dey mind those apc pple.If fashola build him own dem go shout eko oni baje o.

Why are you guys even bothered about trolls. Enjoy the thread bro. Leave agba whatever to his kids play. He is inconsequential.


Check out this pic! Breath taking!

You know the street lights always work so we dont need to celebrate it on the front page of NL when they come on

Ibom Ayaya!

My beautiful E Library!!! O so beautiful

Ibom Ayaya!

ujoinme: OP dont waste your energy in posting or proving anything to Demdem, Agbameta AKA ekoile they like the devil know akpabio and his transformational agenda very well and tremble at it.
The reason the post what they do is not out of conviction but they are paid by ACN/APC. because Akpabio is the nemesis to their ACN/APC agenda hence the attacks it has nothing to do with akpabios performance.

I have engaged this goons before and i know their antics.

Me? Waste my time on motor parks touts? Never! My time is too precious to me

@ujoinme, dont waste your bandwidth on trolls. Dont even bother. They are no worth it. Some of them dont even have voters card! Like the ones that post from pechkam.

@Agbameta, that is a beautiful van right there, isnt it? You sure wish you could take a ride in that, I know! Hahahahahahahahaha. One day, e go better for you. I know at the end of the day, Fashola pays you guys peanuts and keeps the lion share...

Demdem: Now u are putting ur brain to work. Show me more of this and excellent water projects cum hospitals and not prison yard.

I dont need to show you anything. I didnt put up the thread for you. You are inconsequential. A small ant. I dont do agberos and bigots....sorry...

That is the world class 30,000 capacity stadium...

This is he 191 MW power station which is already supplying to the national grid! Who is laughing now? Please show us that your fashola lister generator again used to power Ikeja street lights!

Demdem: [s][/s]

Rubbish and out of point.
The issue at stake here is why should u be excited that ur governor just built a new world class prison yard for FG at the expense of a world class water project for the people.
Is it because u are rest assured that ur future room after akpabio leaves office will be bliss. Far much better than kirikiri.

I dont need to talk much in this thread, The picture has spoken the major message. Then you guys have done the rest for me. People are reading your jealousy, bile, bitterness, partisan comments and bigot statements. That is all I need to drive the thread.

Thank you for helping me out! You are the best! Eshe!


NB:

If you want to see the other infrastructure he has built, check out the thread by Rossike. It is breath taking. The world class stadium is almost compete now and the airport is going on strong. The airport will showcase the first airplane repair hanger in the whole of west and central Africa. Hahahahahahahahahahahaha! Who is laughing now!

cKaiser: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/crisis-pdp-states-paralysed-as-govs-relocate-to-abuja/

Hahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


You quoted one of your propaganda threads as source of information. You are a clown! bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

APC supporters are so petty and childish. They keep making a fool of themselves. I didnt even call their name and they answered. Very petty set of kids they are. Look at that one even saying Akpabio relocated his family to Lagos. The 4th worst city to live in the world compared to the peacefull and near crime free city of Uyo.

It shows clearly that they never travel. They actually think everyone in Nigeria lives in Lagos. The funny part is that most of the biggest men from the south west dont even live in Lagos. They do business in Lagos but always run back to their home towns in Ekiti, Osun, Ogun, etc where they can enjoy a serene environment from the urban jungle called Lagos. But what do you expect, most of the people posting on NL are kids. Some of them are clerks at Alausa. Some are just jobless thugs. So they will always talk trash

Hahahahahahahahaha

BlackBaron: You sure that's a prison or some kind of rehab hostel? Looks ok...

I mean the walls looks like something an athlete could clear in one fell swoop by high jump or a pole vault.

Take a closer look and you will see the walls are higher than the building. It is a correctional center for prisoners. Great work by Akpabio