*Why you dey drink panadol for person headache.
*omo hold your body o,
*guy arrange yourself.
* shey you hold side abi.
* omo no lele

venatus25:
can u tell me their mistake, mr correction

Such Accidents dont just happen there is certainly a cause which must have been perhaps from one of the drivers involved or perhaps all of them(overspeed most of the time or lack of patience)

Too bad. I just hope they take corrections.

Good news. Since people say he is too weak, he has now shown he is up to the task.

1000% photoshop. Mr president does not wear ring on his little finger and also the hand band in the pix makes it fake.

Another one is cutting your fingers with your teeth.

careytommy: Stop peddling lies. This act was carried our by the POLICE!
www.vanguardngr.com/2013/05/policemen-go-berserk-shoot-doctor-destroy-hospital-buildings/

I wonder o, earlier reports say it was the police and then the JTF came to calm the situation. Now you are saying otherwise.

@OP my advice for you is to immediately visit central bank of nigeria website and get their complain lines and or email then you email them your complains. They will get back to you as soon as possible.

Nigeria needs men and women
Who cannot be bought
Whose word is their bonds, Who put character above wealth, Who possess opinions and a will, who do not hesitate to take chances, whose aspirations are not confined to their own selfish interest, who will not say yes because everybody else says yes, who will always stand for the truth even when it seems weird, who will always do the right thing not minding who and what is involved, who will defend their father land, who will defend her cultures and virtues even when the world does not support, who will strive to see that the country succeeds, who will give PEACE A CHANCE. NIGERIA NEEDS YOU, NIGERIA NEEDS ME. LETS JOIN HANDS TO IN OUR OWN LITTLE WAYS MAKE NIGERIA GREAT. God bless Nigerian's and Nigeria. PEACE TO YOU ALL

Camera(editing) or make up at work here. Buhehe

stan325: He deserve to die...when he was busy. Sleeping with secondary school girls and getting them pregnant he didn't know dat one hee will die...and his cup will surely get filled!!! We was suffering from a spiritual aattack that finally killed him....am just sorry for his poor wife and kids.."rot in hell"

Bros na wa for you o, did he sleep with your sister, friend, neighbour, relative or anyone you know. If you cant prove it pls keep quite. Gosh.

All those who say President Jonathan has not done anything. Pls feel free to contest and win if its easy as ABC so you can fight corruption and make nigeria the most developed country in the world in 2016. Else shut up and keep hustling. Haha. President Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan rocks. If e pain you go and buy airtime on television or space on newspaper and air your dumb views

My President himself. I Rep you.

Hahaha. All these political illiterates who just go to news paper stand and hear people argue without dimension and then you come here and post what you heard there pls go and gather your facts before coming here to insult mr president.

Its so unfortunate that nigeriams today cant think without sentiments. Everybody is throwing insults at the president yet we forget that constitutionally the local government and state government are more responsible for grass root development. But you can be rest assured that after president Jonathan leaves office and another man comes into power then you will realize the value of president Goodluck.

Lagos – A Ghanaian, who was
charged with theft of motorcycle
spare parts valued N550,000, on
Monday urinated in court when a
two-count of offence of conspiracy
and stealing was read to him.
Mohammed Daniel, 34, whose
address is unknown, sells pastries
(puff-puff).
The edgy accused urinated on the
floor of the Ebute Meta
Magistrates’ Court as he was
docked.
Daniel immediately pleaded guilty
to the charges.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Cpl.
Iyobosa Onaiwu said the offences
were committed on March 25 at
12.15 p.m. at No. 23, Coate St.,
Ebute Meta.
She said the accused went into the
shop of one Mr Silva Chinemadu
and stole the spare parts.
Onaiwu noted that the offences
contravened Section 285 and 409
of the Criminal Law of Lagos State
2011.
The accused may be sentenced to
three years imprisonment, if
convicted, under Section 285,
while conspiracy attracts a two-
year jail term.
The Magistrate, Mr F. J. Adefioye,
adjourned the case to May 6 for
fact and sentence. (NAN)

ZURICH (AFP) – Joao Havelange
has resigned as honorary FIFA
president over claims that he had
accepted bribes, world football’s
governing body announced on
Tuesday.
Havelange stood down after being
targeted in the findings of an
Ethics Committee set up by FIFA to
investigate a scandal involving the
now bankrupt Swiss-based
marketing agency ISL and World
Cup television rights.
The Brazilian’s conduct was
described as “morally and
ethically reproachable” in the
report into the affair headed by
the head of the committee, Hans-
Joachim Eckert.
Havelange, now 96 and in poor
health, is alleged to have taken
improper payments during his
time serving as FIFA’s seventh
president between 1974 and 1998.
His successor, Sepp Blatter, is said
to have known about one
payment to ISL destined for
Havelange of 1.5 million Swiss
francs ($1.6 million), with the
report concluding that Blatter’s
conduct was “clumsy” but not
“criminal”.
Blatter welcomed the report’s
findings.
“I have taken note of the report
from the chairman of the
adjudicatory chamber of the FIFA
Ethics Committee, Hans-Joachim
Eckert, regarding the examination
of the ISL case,” Blatter said in a
statement.
“I note in particular that, in his
conclusions, chairman Eckert
states that ‘the ISL case is
concluded for the Ethics
Committee’ and that ‘no further
proceedings related to the ISL
matter are warranted against any
other football official’.
“I also note with satisfaction that
this report confirms that
‘President Blatter’s conduct could
not be classified in any way as
misconduct with regard to any
ethics rules’.
“I have no doubt that FIFA, thanks
to the governance reform process
that I proposed, now has the
mechanisms and means to ensure
that such an issue, which has
caused untold damage to the
reputation of our institution, does
not happen again.”

Wow. Wat a sophisticated gang.

Lady Mechanic, Sandra Ekperuoh's mechanic workshop re-opened

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After reporting what happened to Sandra Ekperuoh's workshop (It was sealed by officials of the Waste Water Management and Sewage Board yesterday, the gates of the workshop was re-opened last night around 10pm upon directive of the Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola

One of the governor's aides read about the incident online and called the staff at the workshop to find out the situation of things. On informing his boss, Governor Fashola directed the gates be reopened because those who came to seal them up yesterday acted on their own directives without the Governors knowledge. Great stuff!

http://lindaikeji..com/2013/04/lady-mechanic-sandra-ekperuohs-mechanic_23.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+%2FOqshX+(Welcome+to+Linda+Ikeji's+Blog)

@OP your quotation is wrong. It is "The love of money is the root of all evil"

Biola Ige is an epitome of
beauty. She joined the industry
about four years ago and already
she has become one of the most-
sought- after actresses in
Nollywood. Recently, she
suffered a terrible growth of her
thyroid gland that affected her
neck, tongue, complexion and
ultimately her budding career.
Then, it looked as if, all was over
for her. But with divine
intervention, she was flown to
India where an operation was
successfully carried out on her.
And today, Biola can live to retell
her story. In this interview, she
talks about the operation, the
rumoured controversy between
Tonto Dikeh and her new-found
faith- Hinduism. Enjoy!
How did you become an actress?
I have always wanted to be an
actress since I was a child. Then,
I wanted to star in Hollywood
movies because my dad was a
movie person. As a child, I had
the opportunity to watch all the
hit movies produced in
Hollywood alongside my elder
brother. My dad also supported
my dream, but he wanted me to
travel to America after my
studies.
Unfortunately, when I completed
my secondary education, my
dad was not as wealthy as he
used to be. He couldn’t send me
to America again as he
promised. As a result, there was
nothing I could do. Like I said
earlier, I fell in love with acting,
but l wanted to act in Hollywood.
When it didn’t work out because
of lack of finance, l moved to
Lagos after my University
education. I went for auditions
in Lagos and landed my first role
in “Blindfold” produced by OJ
Productions.
How many movies have you
done to date?
Acquiring experience in
whatever job you are doing is
very vital and my experience has
helped me star in more than fifty
movies and I am still counting.
Yes, I have been in the industry
for about four years. I am proud
of my achievement. I would
have starred in more than fifty
movies now, if not because of
my sickness that took me to
India. I am back in the country
though lam not looking the same
again. I am grateful to God for
giving me my life back.
Which role has been the most
challenging in your career?
The most challenging role for me
was the one I played in the
movie “Blackmail”. In that
movie, l played the role of a
model who married a rich man.
Complications set in when the
model’s old flame showed up as
an employee in the company
owned by her husband. And the
situation became more complex
when she fell again for the old
flame who was already married
to another woman. The intiruges
at play were very challenging.
Which of your movies has been
most financially rewarding and
how much did you rake in from
it ?
The monetary compensation is
good, but it is not the most
important thing when it comes
to growing in your craft. Yes, l
was rewarded for some of my
jobs, but l cannot tell how much
was given to me. I remember,
“Blackmail”, Grand Player”,
“Shakira”, “Darkest Link” and “My
Fantansy”, were quite
rewarding.
Is it true that you went to India
to undergo an operation?
Well, I was very sick at some
point in my acting career. I ran
different tests because l didn’t
know what was wrong with me.
The test results showed I had
thyroid problem. So, I travelled
to India for treatment as well as
to worship. I am sure people
would think I went there for
spiritual powers.I am sorry to
disappoint you guys because I
am not that kind of person.
What do you mean, you had a
thyroid problem?
Having a thyroid problem is a
grave disorder and illness. It is as
a result of the expansion of the
neck. It occurs when your
thyroid gland over works itself or
under works itself because of
lack of the nutrient known as
iodine.
When you said to worship, what
do you mean by that?
It was an avenue for me to
worship my God and yes, l
worship as an Hindu. I know
what you may want to say. I do
not see anything wrong with
following any religion of your
choice. It is a free world. And I
choose Hinduism.
What is your view of women
who do body-enhancing jobs?
It is all about choice, so if you
don’t feel good about your body
and you have the money to do
body makeover surgery, then do
it with joy. As for me, I am good
with the body God gave me. If a
man doesn’t like me the way l
am then he is on his own. But
my only advice is that you
should love yourself the way you
are, there is nothing wrong with
the body God gave you.
What would attract you to a
man?
The way l carry myself is unique,
but you can never tell what these
men see in the ladies that attract
them! Moreover, we all have
something that should attract
different men as the case maybe.
Most men see things we don’t
even know we possess. So, I
would leave that to the men to
decide what they see in me.
Did you become an Hindu when
you travelled to India or while
you were in Nigeria?
I was a Hinduist before I
travelled to India. I was a
Christian before I changed my
faith and I must tell you I have
found peace in Hinduism. And in
India, I felt at home. I didn’t feel
like returning to Nigeria again
because everyone was so nice to
me.
What is the controversy
between Tonto Dike and
yourself?
When I was sick, there were a
lot of stories flying here and
there that Tonto Dike was
responsible for my sickness. But l
didn’t believe it because we
were not even friends before I
fell sick. And why would Tonto
Dike want to harm me when she
has made a name for herself?
Are you in a relationship?
I don’t have time for that at the
moment. I have just returned
from a long break of illness and l
need to make up in my career for
the time I have lost.
When are we hearing the
wedding bells for you?
Marriage comes naturally in the
course of living and meeting
people. I am not in a hurry to tie
the knots. In fact, I am taking
another three years to grow
myself before thinking about
marriage.
Some of your female colleagues
are getting married to married
men. Would you marry a
married man?
When I am in a relationship, it
takes my whole being and life.
So if I am in love, l fall hopelessly
in love, hence l cannot see myself
loving another woman’s
husband. I cannot share my
man at all with any woman as I
do not share my love.
Who are those people you
admire in the industry?
I admire everyone I have
worked with and my colleagues
in the industry. I cannot actually
mention one person as being
more special to me. They are all
different and special in their own
ways.
Before you take up a role what
do you consider first?
I picture the role and character in
my mind’s eyes and how it is
going to play out. I also consider
what people would say when
they see the movie and the
character I played. If it will boost
my image then the role is mine,
if it is not good for me then l
leave it.
Do you have any regret since
choosing acting as a career?
I regretted not having my usual
childish yearnings. I hate it
when people discuss you, when
they don’t even know you to
guide their judgment. I hate
that l cannot join the regular bus,
but l don’t care what people say
when l park to buy my regular
roasted plantain known as boli.
When it comes to that l don’t
care what people say again!
Tell us a little about your
childhood?
My childhood was awesome! I
was a kid who loved to play
football when I was growing up
with my siblings. We went
swimming in the river, climbing
mango trees to pluck mangoes
and all that. I was a tomboy
while growing up, I never did
girls stuff at all.
Are you related to the popular
late Bola Ige family?
No. It is just a case of name
sakes; late Bola Ige was from Oyo
state, while l hail from Osun
state.
Which part of your body do you
consider sexiest?
Most people would say they
prefer my boobs, shape and all
that, but to me, I prefer my eyes.
They are the mirror to my soul.
Nollywood is really evolving,
with more sensual scenes. Would
you take a role that involves you
having sex on set?
I won’t describe it as having sex
because it is drama- a make-
believe world; hence everything
done is not real. I would describe
it as pretending to have sex. And
yes I have done that in many
movies, but they were never
real.
How do you describe Nollywood
love-making scene?
Nollywood love-making scenes
are not like Hollywood where
boobs and bums are exposed. In
Africa, it is not in our tradition to
do stuffs like that; hence the
producers, directors and actors
themselves are careful how they
interprete such roles.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/01/why-i-chose-hinduism-over-christianity-biola-ige/

Ikogosi-Ekiti, (Ekiti) – The
location in Ikogosi in Ekiti West
Local Government Area of Ekiti
where the first plane crash was
recorded in 1942, is to be
converted to tourist centre.
The Special Adviser to the state
Governor on Tourism
Development, Mr. Segun
Ologunleko, who inspected the
crash site on Wednesday in
Ikogosi-Ekiti, said the decision
was to turn the state into
attractive tourism destination in
West Africa.
The Ikogosi town is also famous
for being the home to warm and
cold water co-existing together
on the same spot.
He said government’s
determination to make the state
a place where people could visit
and see the relics of the airplane
would complement the appeal of
the warm spring in the area.
Speaking on the crashed plane,
one of the elders of the
Community, who claimed to be
an eye witness to the incident,
Pa. Olu Adeniyi, recalled that the
plane crashed on April 12, 1942
at about 8.15 p.m.
According to him, it was a war
plane that contained arms and
ammunition, including
explosives that went off with
loud bang throughout the night.
Visible at the site, were the relics
of the two engines of the plane
and other aluminium and metal
materials. (NAN)
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/12/first-plane-crash-site-in-nigeria-to-be-made-tourist-centre/

Security situation at the
Ikoyi, Lagos home of the former
National Security Adviser,
General Andrew Owoye Azazi,
who died in a helicopter crash in
Bayelsa State on Saturday was
yesterday beefed up as stern
looking soldiers barred access to
the house.
Even journalists from various
media organisations were
turned back by the soldiers and
security operatives.
Some of the journalists reported
as early as 9.00 a.m. waiting for
‘clearance’ to take pictures and
interview dignitaries who visited
to pay condolence to the
bereaved family but around
11.00a.m., a plain-clothe security
personnel asked them to leave.
The soldiers who claimed to be
acting on instructions from
above, threatened to deal with
any of the journalists who either
took photographs or conducted
interview with any visitor to the
house.
Among the dignitaries sighted
before the development were
top military officers, both
serving and retired such as
General Gold Eburu, Group Capt
Disu, Colonel CP Izuorgu, among
others.
It has been reported that the ill-
fated helicopter, in which the
former governor of Kaduna state,
Patrick Yakowa, a former
National Security Adviser, Owoye
Azazi, and four others, were
traveling in, burst into flames,
before plunging into the creeks.
The chopper is owned by the
Nigerian Navy and was said to
have been shuttling repeatedly
between Port Harcourt, Yenogoa
and Okoroba, the town where an
aide to President Goodluck
Jonathan, Oronto Douglas, was
burying his father over the
weekend. The governor and the
former Security chief, were on
their way to Port Harcourt, en-
route Abuja.
Multiple reports say the carrier
wobbled shortly after it
stabilized in air and then
plummeted into the swamps
around 2.30pm.
There seems to be no end to
insinuations that there was more
to Saturday’s crash than meets
the eyes.
The Federal Government has
however begun investigation
into the crash.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/12/security-beefed-up-at-azazis-lagos-home-as-soldiers-chase-out-journalists/

Hundreds of commuters in Lagos, Friday, groaned for hours in traffic snarl on the Lagos-Ibandan expressway following the visit of President Goodluck Jonathan to the Redeemed Christian Church of God, (RCCG) Congress.

Commuters were stranded at different Bus Stops for several hours, as security officers attached to the President closed the roads from the Marina axis to the Lagos- Ibadan expressway.

Speaking to Vanguard, Mr. Adewale Adekoya, a motorist, lamented, that ” I closed from work early today but to my surprise, I was told that I cannot make use of the road now because the President I elected into office want to pass. This is appalling.”

Adekoya explained “I have been in this traffic for hours and due to this, I am hungry here now because I did not eat at work hoping to get home early and eat.”

Vanguard observed that the right side of the road was closed completely to resist the movement of motorist and commuters for the president to have easy passage thereby causing the traffic gridlock on the roads.

Some of the roads visited by Vanguard were: Lagos Island through Lagos – Ibadan Expressway to Lateef Jakande Road, Nurudeen Olowopopo, Amara Olu and Ogunnusi roads, among others.

Visit to these roads by Vanguard, further revealed that there was long queue of vehicles which ran into adjoining streets and highways.

As this traffic snarl increases, commuters who could not bear the stress of waiting at the Bus Stops for vehicle resorted to an endless trekking because the vehicles were trapped in a ‘bumper-to-bumper’ traffic.

Mr. Simeon Anthony, a commuter, said “I had no option than to trek because I cannot say when the traffic would subside. And for me, I cannot wait at the Bus Stop for a commercial bus that I do not know when it would arrive.”



http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/12/traffic-gridlock-as-jonathan-attends-rccg-convention/

How Okonjo-Iweala’s mother was released…N10m ransom paid


SIX days after a 10-man kidnap gang seized Professor Mabel Kamene Titi Okonjo, mother of the Minister of Finance, Dr. (Mrs.) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, at Ogwashi-Ukwu, Delta State, the 82-year-old retired professor of sociology, University of Nigeria, UNN, Nsukka, was released, Friday morning, by her kidnappers in Benin City, Edo State, after collecting between N10 to N11 million ransom.

Suspect arrested
A young boy, suspected to have been used by the kidnappers as a “sacrificial lamb” to lead the old woman to safety after the ransom was delivered to them on Saturday, has been arrested by security agents to help in their investigations on the identity of the hostage takers.

Prof Okonjo flown to Abuja
Professor Kamene Okonjo was shepherded to her Ogwashi-Uku home by security agents, who kept the information secret.

Journalists, who mounted siege in the country home of the Okonjos waiting for her to be brought home did not know that she was already inside until about 1.56 pm when they noticed movement in some the compound.

It was only then they found out that she had come back. Unlike December 9 when she was forcefully taken away, she was quietly led, yesterday, from the house, to enter a vehicle for the airport, evidently on her way to Abuja, to reunite with her daughter, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.

The chartered flight that took her Abuja from Asaba Airport departed at about 2.29 pm. Her son, Onyema, accompanied her. Soldiers, Police and Customs officials prevented photographers from taking pictures throughout.


Prof Kamene Okonjo mother of Minister of Finance, Prof. Okonjo-Iweala
It was gathered that because of the situation at home, her husband and monarch of Ogwashi-Uku, Obi Chukwuka Okonjo Agbogidi, who travelled 24 hours before the queen mother was abducted, was advised not to return home yet.

As it is, security would be beefed up in the palace and security agents, including soldiers deployed to the palace before the monarch would return to Ogwashi-Uku, a family source confided in Saturday Vanguard.

Jonathan, Okonjo-Iweala thank Uduaghan
Her elated daughter, Dr. Okonjo-Iweala, reportedly called Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State to thank him for his immense support towards the release of her mother.

Saturday Vanguard also gathered President Goodluck Jonathan was alerted as soon as Prof Okonjo was released, Friday morning.

A source said President Jonathan was also happy with the news and commended the governor for a job well done.

Negotiation for Professor Okonjo’s release was carried out by her son, Prince Onyema Okonjo, who spoke various times with the kidnappers on phone between Sunday, December 9, when she was snatched and Friday morning.

Security agents monitored part of the negotiation with the kidnappers, but could not trace their exact location until ransom was paid.

…….
Vanguard confirmed if the security agents were put in confidence in the payment of ransom to the kidnappers, but it was obvious that they were not, as the ransom was dropped and coolly collected by the hostage takers.

Finally, between N10 m – N11 million ransom paid

Our source was not emphatic on the amount paid, but he said, “Between N10 million and N15 million was paid as ransom”
We gathered that it was after the kidnappers satisfied themselves that the Okonjos kept to their side of the bargain that they released the family’s matriarch on Friday morning in Benin City.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/12/how-okonjo-iwealas-mother-was-released-n10m-ransom-paid/

Borno State has in recent years been in the throes of crisis. In the midst of the security crisis, Governor Kashim Shettima seems to carry on as usual with the art of governance aiming to deliver democracy dividends to the populace.
The State Commissioner for Home Affairs, Information and Culture, Inuwa Bwala in an interview explains how the governor is carrying about. Excerpts:
H OW do you think the Federal Government can intervene to ameliorate the insecurity in the state?
I have always maintained that itis wrong to isolate Borno as the worst case scenario in this crisis.
Until we look at it as a national palaver, capable of affecting any part of the country, and where every Nigerian is a potential victim, we will be missing the point.
It may have started from our axis, our people may have been most affected, and it may have lingered on for too long; again the frequency of incidents may be more, but even these indicators are not enough to warrant the often exaggerated reports we receive.
We shall get out of it. We have a sensitive, responsive and responsible Government which shares in the anguish of our people. We see the problem more as our own problem than it is of the people, because we have personal attachments to the people.
At every turn, we have always voiced out our concerns over theloss of innocent souls in the crisis. We have always come outto sympathize with victims, even as we often provide palliatives to some. His Excellency, the Governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima is personally pained with the situation we find ourselves in.
He has often been moved to tears, anytime he reviews the situation. The man has been so emotionally attached to the plight of the people, that he defies his own personal security to visit sites and victims of the crisis.
As Government officials, we know we are also vulnerable, given the fact that it has been people who are in one way or the other related with this government that have fallen victims.
That is why as leaders, we have been appealing to our brothers to sheath the dagger. We do nothave the instruments to otherwise compel a cease fire. We may have been collaboratingwith the federal Government, but the reality on ground is such that we have been virtually left to our fate, and knowing the enormity of the situation, we always appeal for peace to prevail. We are worried; we are concerned, because we are affected.
Just when it was thought that it was fading away, the insurgency intensified. How has this affected you?
What many people do not tend to understand is the fact that, there is more to the whole crisis than just an insurgency.
While we cannot deny that we have that ideological problem that has snowballed into violence, greater number of the incidents these few days are purely cases of political intimidation from our opponents.
If you look at the roll call of people affected, you will agree with me that there is a serious political underpin. We are also aware that armed robbers and other related crimes have often found a good alibi in the Boko Haram situation to wreck havoc on the state. The danger in all these is the possible extinction of our future productive force and the future effect can be better imagined.
As a government, we are conscious of the fact that our citizens are being exposed to unwarranted dangers, whereby we have taken up arms against each other. While some people have hijacked the crisis and converted it into a political tool, we cannot on our part afford theluxury of playing politics with the lives of our people.
We believe that, in the fullness of time, the truth about the whole thing will come out, and our state and indeedNigeriawill be freed from this entanglement.
While we appreciate the plight of your people, we also need to know how you feel about the reported excesses of members of the JTF?
The JTF is a sort of necessary evil,and our people must understandthe situation, to the effect that their coming has attendant inconveniences. It has its own structures that can respond to such allegations. They operate on strict orders from the Federal Government, and we are not in aposition to give contrary directives on what they need to do. We have heard of the allegations of excessive use of force in certain situations, but I think it is left for the agency responsible for their actions to explain.
On our part, we have been telling the citizenry to be law abiding and to avoid making troubles. We tell them to tolerate whatever situation we find ourselves in believing that itis temporary.
One fact I would like to point out however is the fact that the situation in Borno is often exaggerated, and the world outside tend to draw conclusions that are very often erroneous. We are trying our best to correct the wrong notions people have about our state, to the effect that we are not a dead end.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/12/there-is-more-to-boko-haram-than-seen-bwala/

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has confirmed that it has sought Switzerland’s help in the investigation of a multi-billion dollar fuel subsidy scam, after some Swiss oil trading houses refused to cooperate with the authorities in Abuja.
EFCC’s boss, Ibrahim Lamorde, confirmed to Reuters that a request was sent to Swiss authoritiesin October after some trading houses declined to provide documents.
“They are not forthcoming. And mostof the information is not in their Nigerian offices,” Mr Lamorde told Reuters on Friday.
He declined to name the companies which did not cooperate.
The EFCC is trying to unpick a web of collusion between fuel importers andcorrupt officials that has led to the federal government, paying of nearly double the amount of fuel it receives.
Asked if trading houses were themselves complicit in the fraud, Mr Lamorde replied: “We just want information to confirm some of the things the (Nigerian fuel) marketers have said … whether they sold such products to Nigerians or not.”
The judicial authority for Geneva, home to many private trading houses, said Switzerland had requested additional information on the probe from Nigerian authorities.
“This case involves suspected subsidyfraud on imports of refined products by Nigerian companies. They acquired the oil from companies based in Geneva,” a spokeswoman for the authority said in an emailed statement to Reuters.
She added that Geneva-based tradinghouses were not directly implicated in the Nigerian investigation.
She did not name the companies involved in shipments. Past suppliers have included many large Swiss-based private trading houses. Swiss-based Nimex Petroleum was suspended earlier this year by Nigeria’s fuel regulator for failing to provide documents for shipments.
A source at a trading house said some international commodity trading firms had been asked earlier this year to provide paperwork of fuel shipments to Nigerian authorities as part of the probe.
A probe by the National Assembly put the cost of the fuel subsidy fraud at $6.8 billion between 2009 and 2011, almost a quarter of the national budget.
As a result of the probe some fuel importers have been charged in courts but no one has yet been convicted, and most of the targets have been relatively low level, rather than big players.
The federal government opened an investigation in January into fraud in the administration of the subsidy scheme after an abortive attempt to remove it by President Goodluck Jonathan.
Nigeria imports most of the fuel it consumes because its refineries are ill-maintained and run at a fraction oftheir capacity. The government buys the fuel then sells it to the public at cheap, subsidised prices.
Private fuel marketers are thought tohave abused the country’s subsidy system by misreporting fuel volumes, for example by reporting the same cargo more than once in a practice known as “round-tripping.”
Some of this fuel was sourced from tankers chartered by large trading houses anchored offshore Nigeria.
Source:http://www.channelstv.com/home/2012/12/10/efcc-asks-swiss-authority-for-help-over-6-8-billion-subsidy-scam/

President Goodluck Jonathan, Saturday, said his junior brother,Chief Meni Innocent Jonathan, died of cardiac arrest.
The late Jonathan who, until his death, was the chairman of Otuoke chiefs council, was laid to rest, Saturday, at his Otuoke home town in Ogbia council areaof Bayelsa State after a solemn funeral service at St. Stephen’s Anglican Church.
In an emotional laden voice, President Jonathan, clad in a black shirt, who described the death of Meni as very painful, said he died of cardiac arrest.
President Goodluck Jonathan (right), his wife, Dame Patience, the
mother of the President, Madam Eunice, Bayelsa State
Governor, Hon.Dickson and his wife, Rachael during a commendation
church service held in honour of Late Chief Meni Jonathan at Saint Stephen’s Anglican Church, Otuoke. Photo: Lucky Francis
The president spoke at the church service. According to him,his brother lived a good life, though he was still a young person at his death, his death is particularly too painful to bear.
His words, “I always know that people will surely die. I always believe that people will live to an age where they make their names. Some persons die before they are born, there are a lot of still births. Some others die before they grow up to an age where people recognized them. He (brother) had his two sons fairly grown up; that, at least, will be with us. The circumstances of the death sometimes worries me. What worries me is the he died so suddenly.
”This was a young man I came home on a Friday, he came to my house, nobody carried him, he moved down just from his house across the road. We discussed he was a bit frail.I said follow us so that he could do medical check up.
”He drove himself down to Yenagoa to board the chopper toAbuja. He got to Abuja that Saturday and was admitted in hospital. The following Monday, his breathing changed. I said, ‘letus make arrangement to get him out to let him get treatmentoutside’. So an arrangement wasbeing made. Unfortunately the following he had cardiac arrest and inflamed heart at the State House Clinic.
”We were making arrangement to move him to National Hospital. It is a very sad thing. He had been covering the home front for us. He has a very humble person. He was a reliableand trustworthy person you could ask to handle things for you. He is dead, there is nothing we can do. I must thank all of you who have come to join the Jonathan family to give us this respect. In some traditions, I’m supposed not to be in church. It is tradition that you don’t bury your younger ones.
Luckily for this community, we don’t have too many of these cultural and traditional things. It is quite sad, it pulled the whole Nigerians to the community to bury my younger brother.”
Present at the church service were Mrs. Eunice Jonathan, mother of the president; Dame Patience Jonathan; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal; his Deputy, Emeka Ihediora; Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa Stateand his wife. Also in attendance were Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan; (Delta); Matin Elechi (Ebonyi), Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers); Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom); Theodore Orji (Abia); among others.
Source:http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/12/my-brother-died-of-cardiac-arrest-president-jonathan/