₦airaland Forum

President Goodluck Jonathan
yesterday said that, but for the
security measures to check Boko
Haram, this year’s Christmas
celebration would have been the
bloodiest, going by the Islamist
sect’s plans. This is even as a
church disclosed that it lost 109
members and 50 branches to the
group. Jonathan spoke of plans
by Boko Haram to push the
nation backwards and stop the
government from providing the
dividends of democracy.
“They would not succeed
because 2013 will be a good
year for Nigerians and
Nigeria,”he said. The President
noted that Christianity and Islam
are religions of peace and
tolerance which forbid killings
and blood-letting. The President
disclosed this at the Ekklisiyar
Yaruwa a Nigeria, EYN, (Church of
the Brethren in Nigeria), Utako,
Abuja, where he attended
Sunday service. While re-assuring
that his administration was
working round-the-clock to
address insecurity, Jonathan said
that government will contain
insecurity posed by the sect.
The President said that
government will ensure that the
activities of the Boko Haram did
not push the nation backward as
the strategic security plans put in
place were already yielding
positive results. According to
him, the sect had intended to
unleash deadly attacks on
Christmas day, but the plans
were aborted because of the
effective strategic operations of
the various security agencies.
“The Boko Haram planned to
carry out a lot of attacks on
Christmas day, but we
suppressed their plans during
the Christmas, because the extent
of their plans was not executed
as a result of the strategies by
the security agencies.
“Although, we still recorded
some incidences, but the extent
of attacks which they planned,
was not allowed to be executed.
Boko Haram will not push us
backwards. If their plan is to stop
government from providing the
dividends of democracy, they
would not succeed because
2013 will be a good year for
Nigerians and Nigeria. With your
persistent prayer, we shall defeat
them,” he said. Jonathan noted
that it was strange how
terrorism and suicide bombings
which were alien to the culture
of any section of the country had
crept in. He thanked the EYN
nationwide for keeping faith and
remaining calm even in the face
of provocation.
Earlier, Senior Pastor of the
church, Rev. Daniel Mbaya, said
that about 50 of their churches
had been burnt and 109
members killed in the North by
Boko Haram. He said that EYN,
predominantly in the North- East,
was worse hit by the Boko
Haram insurgence. The Senior
Pastor thanked the President for
worshipping with them, saying it
was a demonstration that the
country was blessed with a
caring, loving and concerned
leader. Mbaya also noted that
Jonathan was the first sitting
President to worship in any
branch of the church since its
inception.
In a sermon titled: “Walking with
God” and taken from Genesis
chapter 5, Verses 22 -24, the
clergy dwelled on the benefits of
putting God first in all human
endeavours. According to him,
any mortal being who walks with
God by obeying His laws and
instructions would have peace,
everlasting joy and eternal rest.
At the service were the
President’s mother, Mrs Ayi
Jonathan, his Chief of Staff, Chief
Mike Oghiadome, Sen. Philip
Aduda (PDP-FCT), Executive
Secretary, Christians Pilgrims’
Board, John Kennedy-Opara and
some presidential aides.

http://sunnewsonline.com/new/cover/boko-haram-we-lost-109-members-50-branches-church/

but the pastor should have said it in a rebuking way instead of a compaint so that Jonathan would feel sober and understand what governance is all about.
The pastor's complaint still gave hin chance to shift the blame on the nigerian citizen.

they didn't even see mammy water or yeye osun. Na wetin dem con see self!

umar musa yar'adua part 2.
Time will tell!

Where is Governor Sullivan
Iheanacho Chime? Is he
dead? Is he alive? There is
clear indication that in Enugu
state, a cabal of state officials
has taken government
hostage by their complicity
to stage what might be the
most scandalous and most
elaborate cover-ups in
Nigeria’s public
administration.
There have been indication
that Governor Sullivan Chime
is not in good health; the
grapevine, usually more
reliable in these matter than
the more established media
is rife with the rumour that
Mr. Chime is in harrowing
and terminal ill-health. The
word thrown-about is
“terminally ill” and it has
gained momentum in the last
month when the governor’s
absence became quite stark.
The administration in Enugu
has repeatedly doused the
chatter with its own talk that
the governor is in fine and
dandy health; he is merely
vacationing; taking an
extended vacation from a
backlog of unspent leave.
The only problem with this is
that Mr. Chime, a Lawyer
before he became a
governor, knows well the
constitutional limits or
requirements incumbent on
a governor who is deemed
no longer capable of carrying
out his sworn responsibility
to the people as a result
either of physical or mental
debility.
Gov Sullivan Chime
Gov Sullivan Chime
A governor who runs mad in
office is a danger to that
office; as much indeed as a
governor who develops full-
blown AIDS in office, or who
in the course of driving to
the office one day gets into a
freak accident that renders
him permanently, physically
incapable of carrying on with
the tasks of the rather
demanding office of
governor.
The evidence of Chime’s real
health situation is hard to
come by; there is no medical
records – particularly since
state officials travel now to
India or Germany or some
such places to receive
treatment – more so because
the sheer weight of
executive power makes their
actions unaccountable and
their Medical history
indisclosable.
As a result, far too little is
available to the media which
have either been gated from
the facts, or have remained
in a convenient fog of
impotent but complicit
distrust, and who have
chosen to swallow fully and
with a satisfied belch, the
hook, the line, and the sinker
thrown by our friend, Mr.
Chuks Ugwuoke, Enugu’s
commissioner for
information, that there is no
“vacuum” in Enugu.
No one knows the true state
of Chime’s health because it
has become “a security risk”
to know such detail. The
governor is a god, his
powers are sublime and
limitless, and as a result the
people on whose mandate
he purportedly remains in
office must be kept in the
dark of convenient
ignorance. But what is very
clear is that Sullivan Chime
has been serially absent from
his duties.
This is troubling. He has been
away from his job since
September, over ninety days;
well past the statutory period
allowed for the governor of a
state to be constitutionally
away from office. The
constitution is not silent on
this. In fact, the constitution
makes a provision for
dealing with a governor
whose duties are impaired
by a continuous and
sustained absence from
office as a result of ill-health.
But the executive council in
Enugu has not deemed it
necessary to make full
disclosure to the people of
Enugu State. The absence of
the governor from the public
in the last ninety days has
also not compelled the Enugu
State House of Assembly, to
raise the question on behalf
of the people and to take
appropriate action as the
demands of the constitution
warrants.
This is irresponsible. The
Enugu state executive Council
has, by law under the current
supervision of the acting
governor of the state, Mr.
Sunday Onyebuchi, the
responsibility to call for votes
to replace the governor of
the state in the face of his
continued absence from his
public duties outside of the
specified number of days
allowable for such an
absence.
At this stage, it is imperative
for all who are committed to
good governance to say
without ambiguity that
Governor Sullivan Chime
seems permanently impaired
and therefore incapable of
continuing in the office of
the governor of Enugu state
and that the Deputy
Governor of the state has the
constitutional right and
obligation to assume full
duties as governor forthwith.
Even if the governor appears
publicly on Monday morning
hale and hearty, he has
demonstrated with his long
absence from office, a lack of
interest and a lack of
judgment.
Staying away for so long
from his job makes his
tenure in that office
untenable. There is no public
officer who overstays his or
her leave without
consequence and Governor
Chime has broken a cardinal
rule of his obligation as Chief
Executive of the
administration of Enugu
State.
We, the people, who
recruited him to that job and
the State Assembly, as the
key trustees of the people’s
interest must either
commence impeachment
moves against the governor
or nudge him gently into
dignified rest if indeed it is
true, as the rumors go, that
the Governor is in no
physical or mental state to
continue in office.
He should also come out
publicly in a press
conference to dispel these
rumors of his ill-health for
both his sake and the sake of
the administration, already
compelled to make
interminable excuses for an
inexplicably absent governor.
We need full disclosure. We
must move away from the
tradition of silencing and
cover-ups long associated
with such offices in Nigeria.
The governor’s health is no
security matter. It is, or
ought to be against the law,
for government officials to
feed false information to the
public about the state of
affairs in any administration.
Information sent out to the
public, if found to be false,
even if to protect an
administration or the
government should be fully
prosecuted. It ought to earn
such an official a long term
in jail who retails false
information to the public.
So the question again: where
is Governor Sullivan
Iheanacho Chime? Is he dead
or alive? Can he continue as
the governor of Enugu? We
ask because it is long past
time to tell the truth.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/12/governor-not-on-seat/

bushmeat don catch the hunter!
Hunter no wan gree tell truth cos of him pride.

Chanchit: WTF is Ato..? Oh..! He must be a son a gun, for tryin teach me how to use my MB on that useless imbesu.

common guy. Stop insulting your president!
Jonathan isn't a useless imbesu, he is jst only clueless

A NIGERIAN immigrant’s dream
came true when President
Barack Obama signed into law a
rare private bill granting him
permanent residency in the
Unites States.
Victor Chukwueke, who lives in
Michigan on an expired visa,
came to the United States 11
years ago to undergo treatment
for massive face tumors.
He graduated from a university in
the state, and plans to attend an
Ohio medical school that requires
him to have permanent
residency, also known as a green
card.
In a rare act, the United States
Congress passed a private bill
this month granting him
permanent residency. President
Barack Obama signed the bill
Friday.
Private bills — which only apply
to one person and mostly focus
on immigration — are rarely
approved. His is the only one to
pass in Congress in two years.
“I was overwhelmed with joy; it
was nothing less than a miracle,”
the 26-year-old says. “Only in this
country can so many miraculous
and wonderful things happen to
someone like me.”
Before coming to the United
States at age 15, Chukwueke
lived in the southeastern Nigeria
town of Ovim.
He suffers from
neurofibromatosis, a genetic
disorder that causes massive life-
threatening tumors on his face.
Treated as an outcast because of
his deformed face, he was
depressed and humiliated, he
says. His family abandoned him
at an orphanage after taking him
to the nation’s best facilities for
treatment.
“I went to a large teaching
hospital in Nigeria and the
doctor touched my face and said
there was nothing they could
do,” he says. “ I cried and
begged him to do something. I
was so tired of the humiliation.”

http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=109049:obama-signs-bill-to-grant-nigerian-residency&catid=1:national&Itemid=559

VIOLENCE continued in Maiduguri,
the Borno State capital, as
gunmen, suspected to be
members of the Boko Haram
sect, attacked the military post
attached to telecom masts and a
primary school in Bolori ward,
killing a soldier and injuring
another in an exchange of
gunfire that lasted for half an
hour on Friday.
According to an eyewitness, the
gunmen ambushed the soldiers
guarding the GSM telecom masts
and school, before opening fire
on them. The shoot-out at the
Chezcon area lasted for 30
minutes, forcing residents to flee.
The area was later cordoned off
by the Joint Task Force (JTF).
He said one of the soldiers was
killed, while the injured one was
carried away in one of the patrol
vehicles to the University of
Maiduguri Teaching Hospital
(UMTH) for treatment of gunshot
wounds sustained in the clash.
The Guardian also leant that the
roads and streets leading to the
Area, Federal Low-cost Housing
Estate, and the Ibrahim Taiwo
Police Station, that was attacked
and repelled last week, were
however, cordoned off to
prevent further killings.
Although there was no official
confirmation of the killing from
the spokesman of JTF, Lt. Col
Sagir Musa, a relation of the slain
soldier said, in a telephone chat,
that “the Military authorities had
contacted us on the sad news of
our brother’s killing in Maiduguri.
The JTF said Mohammed (my
brother) died in Maiduguri and
we are awaiting further details
from them.”
He said he was not certain on the
circumstances surrounding the
death, adding that: “they did not
actually tell us how he died…they
only said he died yesterday
(Friday).”
When contacted to confirm the
Friday attack, JTF spokesman,
Lt.Col Musa, in an SMS to The
Guardian, simply said: “Not true.”

http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=109051:gunmen-kill-soldier-in-jtf-boko-haram-clash-&catid=1:national&Itemid=559

jesse8048: Who possibly have killed him?

na the killers naw abi who else wan kill am!

[quote author=ekt_bear]Damn. Why did they kill him?[/quote]Damn. That should be rhetorical o! Cos i wasn't there when they killed him o.
Probably when those Godforsaken killer log in to nairaland, they will answer why they did the stupid act.

why must we be insulting our dear president that brought facebook to nigeria?
'thank you President Goodluck Jonathan for bringing facebook to Nigeria'!

A group, the Niger Delta Youth Initiative for Positive Change, has appealed to Nigerian youths to desist from insulting the country’s President on Facebook and other social media.

The group said some Nigerians had taken delight in using abusive words against President Goodluck Jonathan, adding that such attitude was not common in other countries.

National Coordinator of the group, Mr. David Ato, who made this call while speaking with newsmen in Port Harcourt on Friday, explained that President Goodluck Jonathan meant well for Nigerians.

Ato stated that the President needed the support of Nigerians, including youths, to be able to deliver on his election promises.

He said people using abusive words against the President should realise that Jonathan did not create the economic and political problems facing the country.

Ato said, “The youth should desist from using abusive words against the President of the country. We should learn how to respect our leaders and we need to support him because we elected him into that office.

“Insulting him on Facebook and other social media is not the best. The truth is that Nigeria has been facing a lot of economic and political problems for a long time. President Jonathan did not create these problems.”

He, however, urged the President to begin to deliver on his election promises in 2013, adding that Nigerians were waiting anxiously to see the manifestation of his transformation agenda.

Ato, who expressed optimism that Nigerians would soon begin to enjoy the dividends of democracy, also charged Jonathan to address the problem of insecurity, especially in the northern part of the country.

He decried the continued onslaught against innocent Nigerians by the Boko Haram sect, even as he called on Nigerians not to relent in praying for an end to the bomb attacks in the North.

He argued that the situation in the North was adversely affecting the image and economy of the country, adding that no investor would invest in a crisis-ridden environment.

Calling on security agents to relate with members of the public on security issues, Ato said such measure could help to improve intelligence gathering.
http://www.punchng.com/news/dont-insult-jonathan-on-facebook/

Affluent citizens of Enugu State,
especially returnees from abroad
are now shunning public
functions, even as they have
beefed up security in their
homes. This is due to the killing
of Dr. Ogbo Edoga, a United
States-based financial economist,
by gunmen on Boxing Day in his
home town, Aku, Igbo-Etiti LGA of
the state. Edoga was killed on
December 26 this year by
gunmen in the house of his
kinsman where he stopped over
while returning to his village
home in Aku on the fateful day.
Since his murder, the prominent
member of ‘Nsukka USA’, an
elitist organization of
professionals of Enugu North
extraction, his home town, Aku,
and Odenigbo area of Nsukka
urban where the deceased was
born, have been thrown into
mourning as villagers and
residents gather in clusters,
looking moody and discussing
the tragic incident.
The late Edoga left the United
States mainly to raise fund for
the construction of ultra-modern
medical diagnostic centre sited at
Ede-Oballa in Nsukka Local
Government Area, in an effort by
the organization to improve
health care delivery in Enugu
North senatorial district. The
killers of Dr. Edoga were said to
have shot him in the chest and
waist after snatching a briefcase
from him, even as he pleaded
with his killers to spare his life.
The hoodlums reportedly
escaped in a car they snatched
from a retired officer of the State
Security Services (SSS).
Information reaching the Sunday
Sun said the snatched car has
been spotted at 9th Mile Corner
in Udi LGA, about 15 kilometres
to Enugu. Edoga’s in-law, Hon
Ogbo Asogwa, an ex-lawmaker,
has expressed shock at the tragic
death of Edoga, describing it as
most gruesome and barbaric.
Commenting on Edoga’s killing,
President of ‘Nsukka USA’, Eddy
Agbo, said in a terse text
message: “Nsukka has suffered a
great tragedy with the senseless
and untimely death of our
brother, Ogbo Edoga, on
December 26, 2012. ‘Nsukka USA’
has agreed to hold an abridged
version of the event with
candlelight vigil at the Princess
Alexandria Auditorium, University
of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), in
honour of Edoga.
We are resolved to affirm and
advance the great works of our
fallen hero, Ogbo. He lost his life
serving our people. Please, join
‘Nsukka USA’ to honour him and
drive his passion forward.

http://sunnewsonline.com/new/cover/enugu-killing-rich-igbo-men-run-for-cover/

think doyin okupe is in charge of the media if am right. What is now his responsibility if he doesn't follow up the political and social situation on nairaland which is the most visited site in nigeria. Or is social media all about ' thank you president Jonathan for bringing facebook to Nigeria'?

[quote author=Okija_juju]REALLY!!!




WOW!!




EHn try o!!


So whats his/her next political ambition with this public donation?![/quote]osun gubanatorial election is on the way, 2014.
He was supposed to contest under the platform of the pdp in 2011 before the court of appeal overruled the election that brought in the then governor, olagunsoye oyinlola in novermber after 3years 7months in office bringin in Rauf Aregbesola.
Iyiola omisore was the deputy governor from 1999 to 2003 before goin to the national assembly spending 8years(2003-2011).
He was the chairman, senate committee on appriopriation during his 2nd term in the upper chamber.

Sincere 9gerian: So Borno state receives a massive N106billion annually from sales from Niger delta(including Ondo) and Igbo oil? While Anambra and Enugu for instance cannot boast of recieving up to N70billion annually from this same sales from this same oil. This is a perfect example of some of the distortions caused by several yrs of hausa-fulani dominated military rule. Yet these northern states cant give us some peace for national development. SMH!

you claimed that the nigerian problems were created by the abokis? But 2years 7months is enough for us to start seeing if their will be rectification to the problems.

[quote author=Okija_juju]Bros,

Without a doubt, its a nice gesture, but I am not impressed... #Simple.

Hopefully, lives will be saved, but for the billions these Senators are collecting, 2.5million donation should have been low key and we should never have heard of it..[/quote]senator iyiola omisore is no more a senator.

can there be a smoke without a fire? Who are the people behind the boko harams, arent they?
Maybe the guy cried when he saw the state allowance he is gonna convert to his own personal wealth lieng on the boko haram's evil perpetration

hmmm!
Life!
Lmfao!
Na who no know say osun gubanatorial election is on the way.
Jst try to look forward to see if he would continue with this father xmas donation if he didnt win the gubanatorial race.

cr8v: The pitiable thing about human beings is that sometimes we are so engrossed with "where and how one is buried" without ever sitting down to wonder where he/ she is going after now. Has it ever occurred to you that contrary to some African belief how you are buried does not determine whether you are resting in peace or not.

Most of the early disciples were fed to lions, they never had a befitting burial, but they are resting, relaxing and wearing the crown of honor many that were buried with pomp and pageantry can never smell

[size=14pt]Its not how you died or where/how you were buried that matters but how you lived[/size]

how was Jesus Christ burried?

fkaz: But he fly in helicopter to some one burial, they can as well fly to his own too.

was the person's burial he went for dead of helicopter accident?

Helicopter to convene people again? Elders think twice. But culture must be respected anyway.

what about otapiapia and garri?

dayokanu: Is this eidiot talking about Dejo Tumfulu?

no he is talking about a wiser guy than him. Dejo tumfulu is very much wiser than farmer4eva is an understatement.

i gained that you shouldn't turn fiction to history for you not to be inducted into the hall of shame!