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Sports / Re: Siasia Appears At Keshi's Unveiling by Yinkay: 10:41am On Nov 11, 2011
Keshi na baba for them all afterall
Politics / Re: Senator Wants Amnesty For Treasury Looters by Yinkay: 7:39pm On Nov 10, 2011
Are the Treasury Looters Inc. agitating for pardon or complaining of stomach ache for what they chop? Harebrain idea ,
Politics / Re: FG Ties Contract Payment To Performance by Yinkay: 7:32pm On Nov 10, 2011
na today, is that not the standard for all contract payments? payment are based on % of work certified done. Of what essence is the requirement for Bank Guanrantees or Advance Payment Guarantee in contract applications and appointment of Project Managers?
Politics / Lg Polls: Bode George Made Us Lose Lagos –ogunlewe by Yinkay: 8:23am On Nov 10, 2011
LG polls: Bode George made us lose Lagos –Ogunlewe
•He needs psychiatric help –George
By REMI ADEFULU
Thursday, November 10, 2011



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Weeks after the conclusion of the controversial Local Government election in Lagos State, a silent war may have broken out between former works minister, Senator Adeseye Ogunlewe and former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George.

Reviewing the election in an exclusive interview with Daily Sun, Ogunlewe lamented that despite collecting a whooping N50 million to prosecute the polls, George misapplied the money. “They (PDP), gave Bode George N50 million to share to the contestants, he gave the money to his leaders, and they didn’t give the money to the candidates. All they gave them was N200,000 and that was the cause of his problem, because so many of the candidates are not happy with him,” he said.

According to him, this was what led to the aggression within the party, and why the former chairman of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) cleverly organized a protest on the outcome of the election. “You chop the money, then you are now protesting, are you not the one that has shot yourself in the foot?, he queried.
Tracing how the Lagos PDP participated in the election, Ogunlewe stressed that he personally went to Abuja to impress it on PDP national secretary, and other party leaders that the party must participate in the polls.

It was the leadership of the party (Lagos PDP) that were orchestrating the boycott. They will get money from Bola Tinubu, get to Abuja and tell them we are not prepared,” he claimed. Continuing, the former works minister maintained that but for misapplication of funds by George, the PDP would have done far better in the Lagos Council election.
“He chop the money. That is always his characteristic. The man is a trickster and that is his stock-in-trade. I know him very well,” he declared.

Continuing, the former Senator rubbished George’s threat that the party may expel him, saying the PDP leader has no such legal authority. According to him, the issue should be other way round as it was George that was more or less a burden to the party. Said he: “He was jailed for corruption involving N80 billion. That is not a small money and the Reverend told him “go and sin no more” and he has continued to sin. He has problem and his problem is called prison insanity.”

Reacting to the allegation, George who was peeved by Ogunlewe’s comments, said the former minister needed psychiatric help. According to him, disbursements of funds for the local government polls was done by the Lagos PDP leadership and not himself, asking Daily Sun to verify. The former PDP deputy national chairman said he was too busy to discuss Ogunlewe, as the allegations lacked merit.

http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2011/nov/10/national-10-11-2011-001.html
Business / Re: Best Banks In Nigeria For Domicilary Accounts by Yinkay: 4:29pm On Nov 09, 2011
Skye Bank Visa in Dollar or Mastercard in Naira Debit card or Credit card.
Romance / Re: Most Romantic Honeymoon Destinations In Nigeria. by Yinkay: 2:31pm On Nov 09, 2011
Try Abraka Turf and Country Club Resort,
Education / Re: Ekiti To Shut Down Brothel Near School by Yinkay: 10:59am On Nov 04, 2011
Dont they have different Business hours? For school 8am to may be 4pm. Brothel 7pm till dawn, grin
Celebrities / Re: Pictures Of Baba Suwe In Court by Yinkay: 4:06pm On Nov 01, 2011
This NDLEA are fumblers, at least they help Baba Suwe loose some belly fats. NDLEA should order scanner customized to differentiates our local diets?
Politics / Goodluck Jonathan- Latest Facebook Message by Yinkay: 3:41pm On Nov 01, 2011
Goodluck Jonathan
I just returned from Australia where I attended the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Perth. While in Perth, I attended and delivered the keynote address at the Commonwealth Business Forum with the theme "Unleashing Africa’s Potentials: A New Vision”. Part of this new vision is that even as we want foreign investors to come to invest in Nigeria we must also look inwards with a view to doing what is required to cut waste in our society and spend the savings on those things that really impact the lives of the everyday Nigerian. As Nigerians, we want power, good roads, good schools and good homes to live in with our families but we need to understand that if these things are to be a reality Nigeria cannot keep doing the same things we have always done. It is only by prudently managing our resources in such a way that more investments are going into regenerative ventures rather than consumption that we can 'Unleash Africa's Potentials' and ensure that in future summits of the Commonwealth we no longer talk of just potentials rather we would be talking about achievements and potentials fulfilled. GEJ
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Is he still not refering to the elusive fuel subsidy removal,me I thought he would have outgrown that after seeing Australia that is not a member of OPEC.
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Celebrities / Re: Baba Suwe Appears In Court Today by Yinkay: 10:33am On Nov 01, 2011
WIll they let him excrete poo in front of Judge

  grin grin u no well fa



Better in front of all the crowd that will be in the court with widescreen TV for those outside. So we can all be convinced once and for allgrin grin
Politics / Re: Gov Okorocha Sponsors 60 Imo Students To The US by Yinkay: 6:11pm On Oct 31, 2011
Hope proper commitments has been made to ensure they all return back to apply their knowledge instead of dissapearing from there.
Webmasters / Re: MC Hammer Launches 'WireDoo' To Rival Google by Yinkay: 3:53pm On Oct 31, 2011
Dare to dream! wishing you the best, Please Hammer, don't hurt 'em,
Politics / Re: Tinubu Worse Than Abacha And IBB – Obanikoro by Yinkay: 4:18am On Oct 31, 2011
IBB and Abacha are former Head of States of a country, how can a former governor be worse comparatively speaking. Obanikoro is only bitter that he was beaten at his own game.
Art, Graphics & Video / Re: The Amateur Photographer Competition Is Here! by Yinkay: 5:15pm On Oct 26, 2011
1st Prize:
Certificate in Photography as an intern for 1 month
KIA Picanto 2012 Model
40D Camera and Laptop

2nd Prize:
Certificate in Photography as an intern for 1 month
Automated Photo Printer
30D Camera and Laptop

3rd Prize:
Certificate in Photography as an intern for 1 month
5.0 KVA Generator
30D Camera and Laptop
Lots of consolation prizes

Getting first 5,000 amateurs to register will bring in cool N10million which will cover the prize cost and other expenses,after that, it is profit galore. You need brain to make it in 9ja if you are not a Politician.
Music/Radio / Re: Who Is Nigeria's King Of Highlife Music? by Yinkay: 5:10pm On Oct 25, 2011
Cardinal Rex Lawson.

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Politics / Re: Nigerian Hereos Of The War In Burma . Touching Documentary. by Yinkay: 8:36pm On Oct 20, 2011
this are the authentic heroes, not those that fought in the nigerian civil wars who are only genocidal killers on both sides. i remember late Marshall Kebby was in Burma, their heroism was not recognised by the British and Nigerian Army that emerged after independence.see an excerpt below

The Burma Front 1943

When the Japanese almost ran out the Europeans from the entire continent of Asia durning the world war II, it appeared that the European powers were truly doomed at least in Asia. The Japanese war machine was unstoppable.

It was only in Burma, in the year 1943, that European powers were able to contain the enemy. The secret weapon used was the force of the west African soldiers mostly from Ghana, and Nigeria, who fought, overcame and destroyed the Japanese war machine after more than two years of continous warfare in the Burma jungles.

Nigerians made up more than half of the total force of 90,000 West African soldiers deployed to South East Asia after 1943 as part of the British Army’s 81st and 82nd (West Africa) Divisions. Their contribution was never adequately recognised.

The role of Indians and Gurkhas in the field of battle was widely aknowledged. But the Africans were simply ignored by a racist and ungrateful beneficiaries of their sacrifice. For example, when the European Allied commander General William Slim thanked his 14th army at the end of the campaign, he appeared to have forgotten that African soldiers were the bulk of the fighting force that defeated the Japanese. He did not even mention the Africans soilders in his vote of thanks!

The contribution of West Africans was played down in official versions of the Allied war in Asia. Their sacrifice remained unrecognized by the defunct and ungrateful British Empire, and until now, their story is largely unknown even in Asia which they saved.

In fact, it must be emphasized that only two in 10 of the soldiers who fought in Burma against the Japanese were white.

African Marksmen

Japanese soldiers were trained well in the art of jungle warfare, where the first rule was concealment. White soldiers could not operate in the type of terrain which the Japanese dominated. As such, the British sought the help of Africans who were already acknowledged as tough as nails and brave like lions in battle.

Soldiers from Nigeria, Ghana, Ethiopia, Sudan, and Egypt were deployed to Eastern Asia in 1943, as part of the 81st and 82nd airborne division of the British Army, West African Division. There were about 90,000 of those soldiers and half of them made up the Nigerian Regiment or the 4th Battalion.

Officer positions were reserved for the few white expatriates from Britain and other parts of the empire, with only one notable exception: Lieutenant Seth Anthony from the Gold Coast was the British Army’s first African officer.

The African soldiers were instrumental to the defeat of the Japanese and by doing so, save British India from the occupation and rule of the determined Japanese soldiers who had almost driven the Europeans completely out of all Asia.

This was achieved through a gruelling campaign of sacrifices, death, injuries, mutilations, jungle marches, battles and ambushes, in which supplies were delivered entirely by air.

From Soldiers to Political Force

The war demonstrated to the Africans for the first time, the real nature of the Europeans. As a result of earlier defeats in wars, and later colonial policies, young Africans of that period actually believed in their own inferiority status as compared with the natural superiority of the Europeans.

But the war theatre of the second world war Burma ended all of that delusion. There for the first time, at close quarters without the props and curtains of colonial powers, the African boys realized the cowardly and gutless nature of their so called colonial masters.

Despite the hierarchy established between the few white officers and the brown African soldiers, the war in Burma played a key role in breaking down the race barriers of the era.

They developed a reborne sense of self and a new race pride founded on their baptism of fire deep inside the Burma jungles where they saw the white boys crumble with fear, where they stood their grounds and destroyed the Japanese war machine.

“Initially I saw the white man as someone better than me. But after the war, I considered him lesser…” recalls former infantryman Dauda Kafanchan.

It was boys like this who became the mass supporters of Pan-African nationalists like Azikiwe, Kwame Nkrumah, Sekou Toure, and so many others, who later went on to win political independence for most of those countries.

They were the hard-edge of the new African nationalism. They had forged a new identity, a new consciousness, a determined objective. And they spread continent-wide.

The colonial governments were afraid of those veterans and did all they could to neutralize or frustrate them. In post-war Nigeria, the colonial government gave some veterans land to begin new lives as farmers. The project was also a scheme to reduce their potential impact as a new political force.

Nigerian soldiers who chose to continue their military careers went on to form the core of independent Nigeria’s national army, which retains the 81st and 82nd Divisions to this day.

Many of them later served as a peacekeeper in the Congo and Chad. Unfortunately, they were key resources in the frontlines of Nigeria’s tragic and bloody un-civil war 1967-1970.
Education / Papa Tete Allen Goes To To School At Age Of 90 Years by Yinkay: 7:25am On Oct 17, 2011
Pa Tete Allen, this is for you!

I WATCHED a feature on Channels Television about the story of a 90 year-old man, Pa Tete Allen, who enrolled into Primary One to get educated in a school in Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. He was shown sitting among five to seven year-old tots, young enough to be his great grand children. He learned to count and read ABC proudly in front of television cameras.

Pa Allen said he had never sat in a classroom (or broken a chalk as my people would put it). He told the reporter that he was tired of thumb-printing and would be thrilled to be able to sign his own signature “before my dying day”. It was not only my spirit that was uplifted by this exemplary elder.

Many other uneducated grown-ups interviewed confirmed they had been inspired by Pa Allen to put aside shame and go to school.

Pa Allen is my own idea of a hero because already in his village and surrounding towns he is hailed wherever he goes. These are the kinds of small folks we want our national honours awarded to, not the highly educated vermin and parasites that ate down this country and consigned the vast majority of its ordinary people to destitution and economic refugees in foreign land.

Thank you, Pa Tete Allen!
Politics / Re: Police Detectives Storm The Nation's Office & Arrest Four Editors by Yinkay: 1:43pm On Oct 12, 2011
If the letter is a forgery, Police needs to prove it first and let the law takes it cause, if it is authentic but they want to intimidate by arresting the journalists so they can reveal the source, no journalist worth the name will reveal its source of information but they are obliged to pass such information to the general public.
Romance / Re: Bacherlor Jailed For Seducing A Married Woman In Bauchi by Yinkay: 12:49pm On Oct 11, 2011
@mathskill
Check previous convictions under Sharia law in cases involving man/woman relationship issues, Safiya and co were to be stoned to death while the man involved was exonorated since there is no evidence but since the woman was pregnant out of wedlock that is enough to convict her under sharia. In this case, if Sharia was applied, conviction is not possible against the man.
Romance / Re: Bacherlor Jailed For Seducing A Married Woman In Bauchi by Yinkay: 11:12am On Oct 11, 2011
Why is the man convicted under the Penal Code, I guess the Sharia law didnt envisage this kind of situation since it is lopsided against women in case of adultery and favours men.
Politics / Re: Imo State Commissioner For Commerce Has Been Kidnapped! by Yinkay: 10:51am On Oct 11, 2011
This is audacious if confirmed, but why would a commissioner be buying recharge card on the road, she never heard of postpaid plan? shocked
Celebrities / Re: Adaora Ukoh (Nollywood Actress) Shaves Her Head For N2M by Yinkay: 1:45pm On Oct 10, 2011
Is it Badagry coconut or from agric plantation? grin
Computers / Re: Steve Jobs Is Dead by Yinkay: 6:12pm On Oct 06, 2011
Just got this: @olaone

Three apples have changed the world. One seduced Eve, second awakened Newton, the third one was in the hands of Jobs.


You forgot that apple killed Abacha and brought democraczy to Naijashocked grin angry
Computers / Re: Steve Jobs Is Dead by Yinkay: 8:41am On Oct 06, 2011
Adieu, bye,

Computers / Re: Steve Jobs Is Dead by Yinkay: 5:27am On Oct 06, 2011
Rest in Peace & Bits, hope his brain will be preserved and studied like that of Albert Einstein,
Politics / Re: Onitsha River Port Ready By October by Yinkay: 1:47pm On Sep 30, 2011
Notice some recent activities there this morning on the way to office,would have take pics but the area is cloudy due to rising mist from the Niger, will try to take it this evening and upload.
Politics / Re: 'Don’t Commit Suicide' - Commissioner To Police Officers by Yinkay: 7:11pm On Sep 28, 2011
At the rate our public officials are seeking refuge in Prayer, it will be better if 9ja adopts the Praying Mantis insect as the country mascot or logo.
Crime / Re: 4 Banks Raided In Osun by 50 Armed Robbers, Policeman Killed by Yinkay: 8:26am On Sep 24, 2011
So, Iwo people are now using doors, in the olden they dont use doors. (Iwo tio ni lekun,tio ni kokoro)
Business / Re: Cocoa Production In Nigeria Will Double By 2015 - Minister by Yinkay: 11:45am On Sep 22, 2011
FG will not allow the sucess of the scheme, because it will empower the SW Rascal governors economically and make them less dependent on Federally shared allocations,Awolowo once developed the Western Region from Cocoa proceeds.
Politics / Re: Must They Humiliate Tinubu Like This? by Yinkay: 8:56pm On Sep 21, 2011
Nigerian Politicians and their double standard, GEJ is proposing an amendment to the costitution so that public office holders can operate foreign account, at the same time they are using same to nail an opponent. If it is a wrong law,why is it right for this shenanigan?
Celebrities / Re: Check Out Terryg's New Ridiculous Hair Style Which He Calls, 'swagalazito' by Yinkay: 9:01pm On Sep 20, 2011
What's he doing on a piggery farm, or he dey raise pigs on the side?

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