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rasputinn: Now we know why the ACN had been on overdrive in their deluded calls for the reinstatement of the criminal ex president of the court of appeal and long time partner in judicial crime to the national leader of the ACN,Bola Tinubu.

Their calculation had been that if Ondo people remained wise and refused to allow foreigner like Tinubu who desperately want to lay their hands on the treasury of the state have their way by not voting for Akeredolu/ACN,then Salami(as PCA) would help them with his usual crooked judgement and steal the governorship from Mimiko and declare Akeredolu winner(just like he did in Ekiti and Osun).

Ondo people,shine your eyes o

Point of correction, Tinubu is not a foreigner in Ondo; we are Yorubas and we are bonded as the offspring of Oduduwa. creations of states does not change the fact that Ondo is still part of the Yoruba nation. having said that why will you support an outright disregard of the basic tenet of the rule of Law as demonstrated by the fmr CJ all because you hate ACN or Tinubu? don't forget that Salami's is a Nigerian and he has every right to frolic with any class of persons. if you call their calls deluded you will only be endorsing anarchy which is the opposite of rule of law.

what Buhari said is the truth that people that are bent on ruining the chance of GEJ come 2015 are not telling him. Edwin Clark and his co-debators are busy isolating the president from the rest of the regions like they single handedly made him a president in 2011. And to free and fair election i doubt if GEJ can win one.

another increment evident in house rent; no thanks to this law

The Anglican Bishop of Uyo Diocese, the Rt. Rev. Isaac Orama, has advised Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom to fight the widespread unemployment and poverty in the state.
Mr. Orama gave the advice on Saturday in Uyo, while delivering the Bishop’s Charge 2012 at the first session of the sixth Synod of the Anglican faithful drawn from churches in the Uyo Diocese.
The Uyo Diocese of the Anglican Church was created 20 years ago for all the churches in the Anglican Communion in Akwa Ibom and would celebrate its 20th anniversary in November.
The bishop said that unemployment and poverty were major issues in Akwa Ibom that needed “urgent” attention from government.
Governor Akpabio is widely celebrated in the local media and the Peoples Democratic Party for “governing Akwa Ibom State well”.
But residents say beyond the facade, the poverty and unemployment rate in the state remained among the highest in the country.
Local contractors are routinely ignored for multinationals in the execution of infrastructural projects, and residents complain of huge capital flights from the state.
The largest employer of labour in the state remain the civil service which is already overstaffed.
Most state-owned industries have closed shop and the state is not known to have attracted any substantial investment in spite of Governor Akpabio’s several overseas trip in search of foreign investors.
The clergy, in his courageous address to the governor, therefore urged the state government to approach the proposed industrialisation of the rural communities with seriousness.
“The government should speed up this industrialisation projects for the provision of employment for the youths, who will be trained by the free and compulsory education programme.
“The news that 1,000 youths are to be sent abroad for entrepreneurial training is commendable,” Orama said.
Speaking on the state of the nation, the bishop assured President Goodluck Jonathan of prayers from the church.
“We need to advice that he needs to put around him people who can implement his transformation agenda and avoid sycophants and corrupt people.
“We appeal to all to give him the needed support and encouragement,” Mr. Orama said.
The clergyman called on the president to tackle security challenges seriously and stop “this endless and senseless killing of innocent people.”
“We welcome the recent news that the Boko Haram leader is now ready for dialogue and we hope for the best,” Mr. Orama said.
He called on the police to let Nigerians know what had been done so far about the fuel subsidy bribery scandal and that of the pension funds.
On the proposed constitutional amendment, the bishop advocated for rotational presidency to allow all zones opportunity to be in the exalted position.
“With a zoning formula, all zones will have a chance at the presidency, and this will give us the needed peace and harmony in a politically tense country,” Orama suggested.
He urged the Church in Nigeria to wake up to the responsibility of evangelism and also advised the citizens against corruption and violence.
In his speech at the occasion, the Akwa Ibom Deputy Governor, Nsima Ekere, called on Nigerians to be patient with the present government both at the state and federal levels.
Mr. Ekere said that he was happy to be part of the administration that had performed creditably well.
He assured the citizens that all the lofty projects of the Akpabio’s administration would be actualised before the end of the tenure.

Is the governor's action an impeachable offense? That shld be d bone of contention here - d gov is trying no doubt but recklessness shld not be traded for performance

THE silent war over the management of some properties belonging to Ojukwu Transport Limited, OTL, has taken another dimension as the wife of  the late Ikemba Nnewi, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, Ambassador Bianca Ojukwu, through her lawyer, has insisted that the estate management agent, allegedly appointed by her late husband, Mr. Emmanuel Omuojine of Omuojine & Associates, would remain in charge of the five properties in Lagos.

Directors of OTL, Professor Joseph Ojukwu (Chairman), Engr. Emmanuel Ojukwu, Mr. Lotanna P. Ojukwu, Dr. P. Ike Ojukwu, Arc Edward Ojukwu and Mr. Lotanna  A. Ojukwu, had, in a recent public notice, disowned the  agent, saying that at no time was he appointed by the company’s board of directors to manage any of their properties.

The properties in question are, 13 Hawksworth Road, Ikoyi (now 13 Ojora Road, Ikoyi) Lagos; 32A Commercial Avenue, Yaba, Lagos; 29 Queens Drive, Ikoyi, Lagos; 30 Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos and 4 Macpherson Avenue, Ikoyi, Lagos.

Counsel for Mrs. Ojukwu, Emeka Onyemelukwe of  Emeka Onyemelukwe & Associates, in a letter, dated May 28,  in response to a letter by the OTL counsel, Ifeanyi Okumah of Sterling Attorneys, Enugu asking Omuojine to hands off the properties, informed the directors that the management firm was appointed by the late Ojukwu to manage the said properties under his care and was not relieved of that responsibility until the late Ikemba Nnewi’s demise.

Okumah, writing on behalf of the OTL Directors, in a letter dated May 17, 2012, informed Omuojine and Associates that Massey Udegbe and Co had been duly appointed management agent of OTL properties in Lagos and that he (Omuojine) should not in any manner interfere with the firm (Massey Udegbe) in carrying out its duties.

“You are reminded of the serious consequences of not adhering to the above and that to continue to parade yourself and/or your company as an agent of OTL constitutes economic breaches which are criminal in nature and highly unprofessional,” Okumah stated.

He further asked Omuojine to provide OTL with itemized list of all monies he collected while managing the said properties for several years and remit same to the company, adding that he should among other thing “cease and desist  from holding yourself out to be their managing agent”.

Besides, the OTL counsel requested Omuojine to furnish the company with concrete documentary evidence of his appointment as the company’s managing agent including the management agreement and power of attorney purportedly issued to him as well as the statement of account of the funds so far collected.

But replying the OTL Directors on behalf of Mrs. Ojukwu, Emeka Onyemelukwe, her counsel, said  “Messrs Omuojine & Associates were appointed by late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, to manage those properties under his care”, adding that “they have not been relieved of that responsibility by late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu until his demise.”

“As our client, the next of kin, to the deceased Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, has not also relieved them of that responsibility.  We therefore see your demands from them as spurious and fishy,” Onyemelukwe stated, explaining that the properties of OTL had for many years been managed by three separate branches of the family.”

He disclosed that Omuojine manages some of the properties under the care of the late Ikemba Nnewi, insisting that “Massey Udegbe & Co has no business disturbing the properties under the care and management of Omuojine & Associates.”

“May we then use this opportunity to warn that you (Okumah) call your client, Messrs Massey Udegbe & Co, and the unknown director who briefed you to order.  They should not in any way disturb the tenants, who reside, and or carry on their legitimate businesses on those properties under the care and management of Messrs Omuojine & Associates, in any form or manner inimical to those tenants’ interests. If they do so, we may have to resort to appropriate measure/s to stop them,” Mrs. Ojukwu’s lawyers further wrote.

When contacted on the seeming face-off, one of the OTL Directors, Dr. P. Ike Ojukwu, said that there was no complication whatsoever, explaining that the properties in question belonged to OTL

Is He Stepping into Ojukwu’s Shoes?

“I purposely kept away when Ojukwu died because his burial became an avenue for sycophancy. People who abused Ojukwu in my presence, people who never believed in him were praising him in death. I was surprised. That was why I sent a delegation to extend my condolences and I didn’t go”, he says..

“When Ojukwu was alive, they abandoned him. Most of these people who were talking abandoned him. Ojukwu’s brothers are there, they can speak because they know how close I was to him. They know I always tried to be with him at any point of his need.”


extract from: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/09/2015-igbo-dont-have-to-wait-for-jonathan-orji-kalu/

Imo State governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, yesterday, asked President Gooluck Jonathan to call his Political Adviser, Alhaji Ahmed Gulak, to order so as not to stoke a political war in Imo State and stall the flow of its development strides.

The governor, who spoke through his Information Commissioner, Mr. Chinedu Offor, and the Special Adviser on Media, Mr. Ebere Uzoukwa, was reacting to the claim by Gulak that Okorocha had committed an impeachable offence by not reinstating the deposed 27 local government chairmen in the state, as ordered by the Appeal Court last month.

Gulak had while receiving the 27 local government chairmen sacked by Okorocha, who were in his office to submit a letter of protest to the President in Abuja on Monday, said the governor’s action was an impeachable offence.

The commissioner, who spoke in Abuja, described Gulak’s statement as outrageous and unbecoming of a man who has no stake in Imo State and warned him to stop heating up the polity unnecessarily.

“Imo people were really shocked and disappointed to hear such a reckless statement from a man who has no business in the politics of Imo State and we want him to tell the world whether he was speaking for himself or was sent by Mr. President.

“The matter for which he wants the governor impeached is already before a court of competent jurisdiction and we want the President to sanction Gulak before he commits further blunders that could jeopardise the government and the people of Nigeria,” Offor said. The Special Adviser on Media to Okorocha asked Gulak to advise Mr. President to recall Justice Ayo Salami, as directed by the Judicial National Council, JNC, before extending his counsel to other leaders in Nigeria.

“He who goes to equity must do so with clean hands and I think it is always good for one to remove the speck in his eyes before seeing the log in another’s eye.

“We see the call by Gulak for Okorocha’s impeachment as an attack by another attack dog of the Presidency and an assault on the people of Imo State House of Assembly and its people.While calling on Gulak to retract the inciting statement within 24 hours or face the wrath of the government, the SA however said that Okorocha would not be distracted by the antics of the PDP-led government to abandon the good work he has started.

Another Tinubu post...o dabi igba ti Asiwaju she ogun awure ni...Iberu 1 of the world, oro e lon so ni'gboro ekun oko haters - ma ba ise re lo. Olori buruku oni ma se oriburuku, iwo ti se ori ire na ota le ma pegan...Asiwaju!!!

afam4eva: So, lagos has now started feeding people. Nna na waoo. Nothing wey we no go hear. Ogbeni, e gbe enu yin dake te ba ni ikoti ti efe so.

ur statement just invented d word brain-lock

Any post abt Tinubu henceforth shld be in d business section cos Asiwaju seems to be d new business in town and hater are really minding it

Eko Ile: But why we these losers killing themselves over everything SW?

The front page is full of Tinubu. Now its SW. After spending all your time worrying and showing concern over everything SW, what time do you losers have left to worry about your own backward villages?

This unending love fest for SW is really moving, but this is our SW and we love it. Why you losers won die inside shalanga over our wahala is mind bungling...

u dey mind dem - my igbo and hausa friends in Lagos who truly understnd dat we are their economic and sustance ally doesn't act like d bread brain individuals on dis forum cos they understnd wat daily bread is and wat Lagos and daily bread ve in common. All dese e-haters on nairaland are just nt sincere cos even d moni used in browsing is sent to dem by their uncle in Lagos...ki le tun fe ka she fun yin?

gregg2: Gbawe is a big disgrace to humanity. Very irritating.

are u serious? Ur stupidity is stunning...hypo-craze

afam4eva: For not knowing the difference between Afam and Afang soup, it's obvious your brain if ull of Afang soup and Akpu. I guess you're another ACN apologist. If you can provide facts about the employment you keep ranting about then shove your azz down your azz.

o dun o facts abound, google is not a bigot like u so it will help u out. And to d Afam and Afang don't mind me jawe I dnt knw d difference cos am gud at minding my business which u re bereaved of...let's go kukere kukere

afam4eva: You've been shouting employment employment everywhere. I guess you're referring to Aregbesola. How come it's so difficult for you to give give us concrete proof that he really employed that much people and that it's not the usual criminal posturing that that has no bearing. He won't be the first person to claim to have employed the whole of Osun state and he won't be the last. We've heard over and over again. Prove me wrong.

frm ur name its obvious u re from akwa Ibom, pls can u juts celebrate d only chievement of ur state so far? - dance kukure and let d underdevelopment continue we so much appreciate our SW...am frm Osun state and I knw wat d governor has done wit employment we dnt nid to give u fact or figures it doesn't matter cos we are nt answerable to dumbs like u...ok let's do dis - all my ladies kukere, kukere...

PointB: From frying pan (PDP) to fire (AC.,N), citizens of SW have truly suffered. Perhaps, LP will rescue them.

if dis is sufferness then we rilly nid more of it...I knw u re enjoying abi? Continue. Leave us wit our choice

ballabriggs: This is cheap and absolutely stupid. And so what? Is it that these Nigerian 'presstitutes' have run out of stories?

"He is living his life, this journalist should get a life".

Seriously some of these Journos need decree one to shut their garbage mouth up.

is dat not suppose to be his official fb account? Or does he have another one dat accomodate his role as the president's online PR? Just asking

:DJoke section please!!!

[quote author=Mr. Globe2]NATION NEWSPAPERS BROKE THE STORY. CHECK THE THREAD ON NAIRALAND. IT MAY HAVE BEEN CARRIED BY CHANNELS TELEVISION. BUT Tinubu'S NEWSPAPER NATION BROKE THE STORY[/quote]are u comparing d credibity of Nation Newspaper to dat online gutter of a tabloid? Dnt even make me use dis as a yardstick to rate ur intelligence PH...cos u did score a screaming zero

Which zone benefit from GEJ sef? None so far...

Nyc one

[quote author=Mr. Globe2]THIS IS WHY I KEEP SAYING THE MODERATORS OF NAIRALAND ARE BIGOTS!!!!! I HAVE NO APOLOGIES....

Tinubu SECURES GOLDEN TICKET TO DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION ------------------ HOMEPAGE

Tinubu'S PICTURES AT THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION ----------ZOOM--------- HOMEPAGE

Tinubu LIED ABOUT OBAMA'S INVITATION TO DEMOCRATIC PARTY CONVENTION SAYS DNC (WITH 2 PAGES) -------- HIDDEN IN THE POLITICS SECTION..


YOU BIGOTS SHOULD KEEP SUPPORTING Tinubu AS HE CONTINUES TO RENDER EACH AND EVERY YOROBAMAN POOR.


YOU CAN HIDE OR DELETE THI9S HARMLESS POST... CORNY PEOPLE[/quote]how credible is the source of the rubbish u want on d frontpage? Is dis an official statement from Obama campaign group or is it from reliable source like AP,CNN and co? See am nt holding brief for Seun o but u dnt expect dis "slander" on the frontpage till other credible new media report it...I knw u hate him bt don't do d same mistake ur fore-father did dat cost ur folks 3 million pple - dnt be driven by hate

cytell Property: I am not surprised by what Tinubu & Co is doing to gain attention.
I have always doubted his sincerity. They try to paint every other person as a "DEVIL" and paint themselves as "SAINTS".
We all know how he siphoned funds and is still siphoning funds that belongs to Lagos State.
In as much as am not trying to praise the ruling party, Tinubu & Co are not clean.

at last someone knows how Tinubu siphoned Lagos state fund; oya go and tell GEJ or EFCC...mumu

Da infamous: hahahahaha their is no way a criminal, a thief, will ever tells the truth. The man is a criminal....But this man tiefumbu have tried and convince some die hard follower's that want to be like him,well his admirers should forget that because our generation will not allow it...

even if d news which is obviously a ruse is true-did d paper say Tinubu stole 5000 @ d convention? Y tag him a thief over a report dat is as baseless as ur thought base...and talking abt some pple wanting to be like him; wow! Y won't one want to be like Asiwaju ...evn ur father will want to be like him

Didier King: To make matter worse he abandoned his competent traditional attire and trade mark fila to match for this inapt western attire...Just wondering if the Yoruba leader is now teaching Yoruba youths to disown their own culture...American wannabes

so are u saying ur father died wearing leaves or leopard skin? Mr culture

gregg2: Hm . . . 30b naira just for a 6 lanes 13km road?

u mischievously omitted d bridges abi?

valdprof: u have not added d power of incumbency , mr ,mathematician

when u add incumbency; then its a probabilty of politics. but d next time u want to call Yoruba cowards pls make sure am offline. I will let dis pass, oya take ur net go and fish...