Ohanaeze faults Iwuanyanwu on Igbo presidency

<div class="post-content description " itemprop="articleBody"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="emmanuel Iwuanyanwu" class="attachment-main-slider wp-post-image no-display appear" height="191" src="http://sunnewsonline.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/emmanuel-Iwuanyanwu-702x336.jpg" title="Ohanaeze faults Iwuanyanwu on Igbo presidency" width="400" />■ Apex group insists Ndigbo hasn’t decided to support any candidate</strong></div><br /> At a recent retreat for the South- East and South-South tradi­tional rulers held in Enugu, prominent Igbo son, Engr Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, openly stated that <em>Ndigbo </em>would not ascend the presi­dency after 2019, saying that the race is ill-prepared for it.<br /><a name="more"></a><br /> He, therefore, said that the Igbo should support President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015, adding that when he leaves in 2019 power should return to the North. This has, however, not gone down well for <em>Ohanaeze Ndigbo </em>which has faulted him, saying that power must come to the Igbo after Jonathan in an unbroken succession.<br /> The Secretary General of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, <em>Ohanaeze Ndigbo</em>, Dr Joe Nwaorgu, who spoke to <em>Saturday Sun </em>after the inauguration of the women’s wing of the organisation in Enugu, said that when the time comes, the President-General of <em>Ohanaeze </em>would make pronouncement on who the Igbo should support in 2015 for the presidency. He also spoke with the duo of <strong>CHINEDU ASADU </strong>and <strong>IFEOMA IGWE </strong>about for­mer Governor Peter Obi’s defection to the PDP and other national issues. Excerpts:<br /> <strong>As the </strong>Ohanaeze Ndigbo <strong>Secretary General, how would you describe your experience so far on the activ­ities of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisataion? </strong><br /> I am an old hand in <em>Ohanaeze</em>. I used to be the deputy secretary-general from 2000 to 2004, so I have undergone tutelage. Having been equipped with much experi­ence, the road has been sailing smoothly but not always. No organisation is all rosy, even the human family. An organisation is a necessity, especially in a structure like Nigeria that comprises ethnic groups that were not consulted before they were clamped into a nation. Hence the Hausas have theirs, the Arewa Consultative Fo­rum; Yorubas have theirs, <em>Afenifere</em>; the Igbos, <em>Ohanaeze</em>; the Ijaws have Ijaw National Congress; same with the Middle Belt. When we achieve nationhood, the in­fluence will subside but under the present circumstance, it is a necessity.<br /> <strong>Recently, at a forum organised by Igbo traditional rulers which </strong>Ohanaeze <strong>officials including you at­tended, a prominent Igbo son, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, stated that no Igbo man will contest for the presidency after Jonathan, what is your take on this? </strong><br /> <em>Ohanaeze </em>has not taken a different posi­tion. In 2011, we clearly stated that after the tenure of the South-South, it will be the turn of the South-East in an unbroken suc­cession. It will take an <em>Imeobi </em>and a Gener­al Assembly to alter that decision and that has not been done. So, at the moment, the position still holds. When the South-South finishes its tenure, then it will be only the South-East that has not produced the number one person in this country. If Jona­than wins, since he has agreed to run on behalf of his party, PDP, it means he will spend four years, making it eight years the South-South has been in power. So, after the South-South, it will be the South-East in an unbroken succession, that is, our po­sition.<br /> When we get to the bridge, we will cross it; in the present circumstances we will wait for the South-South to complete its tenure.<br /> <strong>The 2015 general election is just few months away, what is the view of </strong>Ohanaeze <strong>as regards the election year? </strong><br /> Generally, I like the developments so far. What we are emphasizing on is zon­ing so that all components will fill a part of the whole. Peter Obi did it in Anambra by zoning to the North that had not produced a governor. Governor Sullivan Chime has also taken such a good decision by saying it is the turn of Enugu North. Governor Martin Elechi of Ebonyi has also done the same thing, saying power should shift to the South. Governor Theodore Orji, who is the Chairman, South East Governors’ Fo­rum, also did it. So, this is a welcome de­velopment in the South-East. That is what we have been emphasizing. That is why we said after the South-South, it should then become the turn of the South-East so that all zones would have produced a president. I thank the governors of the South-East for that and I want them to maintain that stand because we cannot be against zoning at home and argue about zoning at national politics.<br /> <strong>Has </strong>Ohanaeze <strong>begun any mobili­zation for a candidate that it thinks will have the interest of </strong>Ndigbo <strong>in 2015? </strong><br /> We have not mobilised <em>Ndigbo </em>towards a candidate, but we have mobilised <em>Ndigbo </em>by asking them to register <em>en masse </em>dur­ing the electoral registration exercise. Recently, we were in the North asking all the leaders of the organisations and all the Igbo to stay where they reside and register there so as to enable them to vote. Finally, all Igbo will be ready for an election after we conclude consultations with the major Igbo stakeholders and <em>Ohanaeze </em>will take a stand on the candidate we should sup­port. We did that in 2010/11 and the Igbo supported President Goodluck Jonathan <em>en masse</em>. We can’t make any pronounce­ment now because we have not finalised our consultations. We are following the trend. When the consultations are con­cluded, <em>Imeobi </em>will sit to take a decision. Once the general assembly takes a deci­sion, the President General will make it known. Then <em>Ndigbo </em>should vote for the person during the presidential election. For the state elections, <em>Ohanaeze Ndigbo </em>will not take a decision because anybody who will arise next in the state is an <em>Ohanaeze </em>person and they are all our sons and daugh­ters. We don’t take stands on states, local governments or even the Senate. They are basically Igbo, but at the national level, the Igbo will take a decision and back one can­didate <em>en masse</em>.<br /> <strong>Some people have posited that Obi’s defection to the PDP will rub off negatively on the interest of </strong>Ndigbo <strong>in the belief that APGA is the only strong Igbo party which even the late Ojukwu supported, what is your opinion on that? </strong><br /> First and foremost, Ikemba did not form APGA, he was brought into APGA by Justice Eze Ozobu; APGA was put to­gether by the activities of Chekwas Oko­rie and Engr Chris Okoye. The entry of Ojukwu into APGA gave it a wider vis­ibility to the members. That is the histori­cal fact because I took part in the activi­ties leading to APGA being an Igbo party. Nobody says APGA should not be, but we are discussing national politics. APGA is not strong enough to make an impact at the national politics. At this point in time, they should re-engineer themselves so that by the time it gets a strong home-base support, it can now be used as a negotiat­ing tool. The party is not strong enough because there has been too much rancour in it. Peter Obi described it as ‘an emp­ty shell’ now. He went ahead to say that the problem with APGA is the chairman, Chief Victor Umeh. Chekwas, the founder of APGA, has moved out of APGA and has a party known as UPP. What I think is that APGA and UPP should come together and remobilise and strategize their movement. Peter Obi, while replying Ojukwu’s wife, Bianca, said that he kept all the promis­es he made to Ojukwu. I don’t know the promises; I don’t want to get into the saga. At this point, I am interested in the Igbo interest in the national polity. Igbo interest is superior to the antics of one individual. Igbo interest is a collective will and in the future, any personal thing must subside in our corporate worldview. What affects all of us today and in the future is Igbo inter­est.<br /> My advice to <em>Ndigbo </em>is that every Igbo man should read the political barometer clean and clearly. There should be no ras­cality. This is a very dicey time for <em>Ndigbo </em>because the nation is at crossroads. They must take a firm decision and push the po­litical wheel where it should go because they have the strength in terms of popu­lation. So, when we find a candidate that will be in Igbo interest then we will vote <em>en masse </em>for the person. For now, we are yet to decide....post by expdonaloaded<br /> </div>

Ohanaeze faults Iwuanyanwu on Igbo presidency

■ Apex group insists Ndigbo hasn’t decided to support any candidate At a recent retreat for the South- East and South...

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…Count me out of your woes – Atiku

<div class="post-content description " itemprop="articleBody"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Atiku-Abubakar" class="attachment-main-slider wp-post-image no-display appear" height="190" src="http://sunnewsonline.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Atiku-Abubakar-702x336.jpg" title="…Count me out of your woes – Atiku" width="400" />■ Says I’ll never leave APC</strong></div><a name="more"></a><br /><br /> Reacting to claims by the embattled National Chairman, Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN), Dr Fredrick Fase­hun, that he was the one sponsoring those who are creating trouble for him within the party, former Vice President Atiku Abuba­kar said he has nothing to do with the crisis in UPN.<br /> According to Abubakar, he remains a staunch member of the All Progressives Con­gress (APC) and one of the party’s presiden­tial aspirants, and therefore would have noth­ing to do with any other political party.<br /> Asking Fasehun to count him out of UPN crisis, Abubakar, who spoke through his Me­dia Adviser, Mallam Shehu Garba, urged Fasehun to look elsewhere for those behind UPN’s crisis.<br /> “Count Atiku out of UPN crisis. Atiku has no business in UPN, he is a prominent and loyal member of APC, and not only that, he is a presidential aspirant on the platform of the party. His name should not be linked to the crisis in UPN.”<br /> Shehu, who revealed that his principal is currently out of the country, however, insisted that Fasehun and his party members should look for ways to resolve the crisis within their fold rather than dragging Atiku into it.<br /> He further affirmed that the former Vice President would not under any circumstance leave APC for another party.<br /> “Atiku has not met with anybody within UPN or any other political party, he still re­mains a committed and loyal member of APC. Any story of Atiku’s movement to an­other party is pure falsehood. Atiku does not only believe in APC, but is also of the view that APC is the force or platform that would afford Nigerians the opportunity to vote out PDP in 2015.”<br /> While saying that it is unfortunate that some elements have been peddling rumour of Atiku leaving APC, Shehu asserted that the former vice president has no plan to dump APC for another political party.<br /> He added that Atiku media office has over the past months been dispelling the rumour of the former vice president’s alleged romance or alleged planned defection to another party.<br /> Insisting that Atiku will never have any­thing to do with UPN, Shehu further stated that UPN was only trying to find someone to blame for their woeful failure to deliver after collecting so much money from the presi­dency.<br /> “If you check the recent election results in Osun and Ekiti states where UPN took part, the party got only 2,000 votes in Osun State, and 1,000 votes in Ekiti State governorship elections. What is there in UPN to make it at­tractive to anyone?”, he asked rhetorically....post by expdonaloaded<br /> </div>

…Count me out of your woes – Atiku

■ Says I’ll never leave APC Reacting to claims by the embattled National Chairman, Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN), Dr ...

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Atiku wants to hijack UPN from me – Fasehun

<div class="post-content description " itemprop="articleBody"> <strong><img alt="fasehun" class="attachment-main-slider wp-post-image no-display appear" height="300" src="http://sunnewsonline.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/fasehun.jpg" title="Atiku wants to hijack UPN from me – Fasehun" width="612" />■ Says those who expelled him from party are jokers</strong><br /> Founder, Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) and embattled National Chairman, Unity Party of Nigeria, (UPN), Dr Fredrick Fasehun, has declared that nobody can expel or suspend him from the party even as he described party chieftains who recently sacked him as jokers.<br /><a name="more"></a><br /> Making the declaration in an interview with <em>Saturday Sun </em>in Lagos, Fasehun described UPN leaders who announced his expulsion from the party as renegade members who are being sponsored by former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. He described arrowheads of the action, Alhaji Bariu Salau and Mr Tunji Olateju, as political prostitutes who were out to sell UPN to Atiku in exchange for money. In this interview with TUNDE THOMAS<em>, </em>he spoke further on this and other issues<em>. Excerpts</em>:<br /> <strong>What is happening in UPN as some members recently announced your expulsion from the party? </strong><br /> It is time for Nigerians to know the truth. These people claiming to have suspended or sacked me from UPN are being sponsored and used against me and majority of other party’s exco and ordinary party members who are with me by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. These people met with Atiku in Abuja recently and he gave them an initial sum of N10 million to go and look for a building to be rented as party secretariat. I challenged Atiku to deny my allegations. Atiku’s ploy is to use UPN as another platform to actualise his ambition to contest the next presidential election should he fail to secure APC’s ticket. I make bold to say Atiku is behind these re­bels in UPN and I challenge Atiku to disprove my claim. I have strong evidence linking him with the plot to hijack UPN.<br /> Both Atiku and Salau and other rebels in their fold will fail in this mission. Have you ever seen a tenant ejecting his landlord? I founded the UPN and the party’s certificate of registration is with me. Let me see how Bariu and Atiku, with all his millions, will succeed in their mission. They have embarked on a failed mission.<br /> <strong>Those who expelled you from UPN complained about your style of lead­ership, that you are dictatorial among others, what is your reaction to this? </strong><br /> This is purely falsehood. I allowed Salau and some of these other young men into UPN fold because I thought with their young age, they will be able to assist us in crystalising ideals of UPN as championed by the late sage, Papa Obafemi Awolowo, into a reality, but unfortunately it was a mistake as these young men are after money they can make in poli­tics. They are for politics of the stomach, and not stickler for politics of ideology. They are bread and butter politicians. It is a big shame that Salau and his co-travellers have exposed our great party, UPN, to this needless crisis. But I pity these rebels and Atiku, they don’t know me. I’m a fighter, they should prepare for a long battle. I’m out to sanitise Nigerian politics, and I will never succumb to any at­tempt to derail my vision to achieve that goal.<br /> <strong>What has been INEC’s reaction to the crisis? </strong><br /> I’m waiting for INEC to speak out on the issue. Already, INEC is aware of the crisis, and actually, it was some officers from INEC that called me when some of these men plot­ting against me went to INEC headquarters to collect UPN’s registration certificate without my knowledge.<br /> Unfortunately for them, these INEC offi­cials alerted me, inquiring to know whether I was the one that asked them to come to IN­EC’s office to collect the certificate.<br /> I was shocked, but I quickly told them that the certificate should not be released to any­body. The following day, I travelled to Abuja to collect the certificate, and I have kept it where it is safe, well beyond the reach of these rebels.<br /> <strong>How far is it true that </strong>Ooni <strong>of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade has inter­vened with a view to resolving the cri­sis?</strong><br /> It is true, <em>kabiyesi </em>has summoned a meeting for the palace at Ile-Ife. Ooni’s intervention is a welcome development. Oba Sijuwade is somebody I hold in high esteem. I will honour the royal father’s invitation, but once again, I want Nigerians and the whole world to know that these men plotting against me are doing so in order to sell UPN to the highest bidder.<br /> <strong>With what is happening in UPN, do you entertain any fear about 2015? </strong><br /> I pray for our dear nation, I pray that love of money would not put our democracy in jeopardy.<br /> There are no politicians again. What we have today are pretenders. You have people who are into politics because of pecuniary gains. It is sad that many of our young men that ought to be men of honour and principle have been compromised. The love of money has taken over their hearts and souls and these are supposed to be newbreeds who should be ready to give politics a new face.<br /> Our political leaders need to imbibe a new orientation towards politics. They should start seeing politics as an avenue to serve rather than a platform to loot.<br /> <strong>How would you rate President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration? </strong><br /> Jonathan has not fared badly. Nigerians should exercise patience with him. I know that today Nigeria is facing a lot of challeng­es, especially insecurity occasioned by <em>Boko Haram </em>insurgency. My appeal is that we should all join hands with the Federal Gov­ernment to tackle the challenge.<br /> We should also realise that the issue of se­curity should be of everybody’s concern. We should be our brother’s keepers.<br /> I’m not trying to speak on behalf of Jona­than or to be an apologist for his government. I’ve not taken any contract from government, even the proposal we made to government to recruit OPC men in helping to guard the oil installations and pipelines has not been ap­proved.<br /> And for those who are talking about eli­gibility or otherwise of Jonathan to contest 201`5 presidential election, I will say that the man is constitutionally allowed to seek a re-run. But while it is the constitutional right of Jonathan to seek re-election, it is also the right of the electorate to either accept or reject him....post by expdonaloaded<br /> </div>

Atiku wants to hijack UPN from me – Fasehun

■ Says those who expelled him from party are jokers Founder, Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) and embattled National Cha...

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MY STEWARDSHIP AS ABIA GOVERNOR (1999-2007) – 7

<img class="rg_i" data-src="https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRauXjmq6ViMI1Hy3vMERbnSIlOrOiNg77GD6g0sF6lph0NtkHo" data-sz="f" height="268" name="nWEuV3H6SciKBM:" src="https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRauXjmq6ViMI1Hy3vMERbnSIlOrOiNg77GD6g0sF6lph0NtkHo" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="400" />(HUMAN EMPOWERMENT/FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION)<br /><a name="more"></a><br /> Without sounding immodest, I am proud to state there was no administration be­fore us which fought cor­ruption as much as we did for the eight years we held sway in Abia State. I lay claim to this feat because the evidence of our 22monumental war against treasury-looting, malfeasance and other forms of cankers that impeded the administration of the state in the past was unambigu­ous. In my inaugural address on May 29, 1999, I pledged to run an open, trans­parent and God-fearing administration, hinging my hope on the covenant I made before God to serve the people of Abia State with all my heart, mind and soul.<br /> I thank God that we were able to keep to this promise despite the huge challenges that confronted us.<br /> To drive the transformation agenda of our government was no mean task. But we knew that we could achieve the agenda only when we had given up our selfish desires and em­braced altruism and openness. And so, we started by reorienting the people, beginning with the civil service – teaching them the need to imbibe the culture of discipline and self-giving.<br /> However, the initial opposition we faced was how to make many people who had been used to the culture of impunity to give up their old ways and step into the new vi­sion we had conceptualized. Those who did not want change worked hard to sabotage our effort in this direction but failed. The reason they failed was very simple: they could not get any accomplices from among the policy-makers in our government – be­ginning from myself, the governor, down to the directors in the ministries and govern­ment parastatal agencies.<br /> It was a beautiful thing to see a once-cor­rupt citizenry embracing God and renewing their lives in the ways of moral rectitude and candour. Punctuality soon became the soul of business in Abia State. The civil servants who used to come to work any time that suited them and used the greater part of the day doing their own businesses turned a new leaf. A special department in the Office of the Head of Service was established to mon­itor the performance of civil servants, reap­praise them and reorient them. The resultant reports showed dramatic shift in attitude and service-delivery capacity among workers.<br /> It was a wonderful feeling to hear civil servants discuss the positive changes that had taken place in the service and expres­sion of interest to partner with the govern­ment to move the state forward.<br /> I wish to state at this juncture, that the performance of any administration is ma­jorly dependent on the virility and vibrancy of its civil service. That was why we fo­cused attention on rearming the civil serv­ants to serve as an added impetus to our fight against systemic decay.<br /> The Abia State Civil Service for the whole of the years we served as governor cooperated with us wholeheartedly in driv­ing the structural changes that we spear­headed. The most surprising thing they did was to consciously expose corruption where it existed. They brought the names of gov­ernment officials involved in official corrup­tion. Some of the names on the list would make even the most incurable pessimist quiver. We handled identified cases of cor­ruption as swiftly as the occasions demand­ed without sparing anybody found culpable. By so doing, we were able to almost achieve a corruption-free state before we vacated of­fice in 2007.<br /> I must mention here that money saved from leakages was what we leveraged upon in providing the social amenities that have helped to elevate the living standards of our people. I have spent the past seven editions of this column listing the achievements of our administration from 1999 to 2007. All these achievements were made possible by the austere mien and fiscal discipline we adopted in the running of government affairs. Between 1999 and 2007 we col­lected only N108 billion and achieved so much, while the present administration has collected over N600 billion (not including internally-generated revenue) and achieved nothing tangible.<br /> Imagine what Abia State would have be­come if Governor Theodore Orji had con­tinued with the pace of development we put in place, rather than the current wild-goose chase and shadow-boxing he has engaged in since he was sworn in! My heart bleeds whenever I see the projects we built being allowed to waste, because the governor does not like my face. What have these projects got to do with him not liking my face? Go to Umunnato General Hospital or the Univer­sity Teaching Hospital, Aba and see how the governor has allowed petty envy to erode his sense of reasoning.<br /> Our administration committed huge fi­nancial resources to establish the two pro­jects to better the lot of our people. Why has the governor not allowed both projects, which we completed and equipped before we left office, to operate? All the equipment and buildings in the site have depreciated for lack of operability. The same situation ob­tains at many of the projects we completed before the expiration of our tenure.<br /> Let me ask: what is the situation in Abia State with the fight against corruption? Has the governor been able to resist the tempta­tion of not compromising his office for what­ever reason? How far have his workers and other appointed officials fared with the war against corruption? I have asked these ques­tions because there is nothing on ground to show that the Theodore Orji administration is performing. The administration is bogged down by corruption and bureaucratic bottle­necks in high places. If the government of Theodore Orji were not corrupt, perhaps, it should accept the challenge I threw at him over a month ago for us to bring the best auditing firms in the world to audit our two administrations to see which has performed better in terms of human capacity building and fighting corruption.<br /> The governor is simply being afraid not to have accepted the challenge. In the alterna­tive he has intensified his media war against me and acted in a manner inconsistent with decency and truth. An administration that has nothing to hide would have spent scarce resources working for the people instead of fighting perceived enemies in order to cover its inefficiencies and incompetence. The governor knows deep in his heart that he has failed Abia people, which was the origin of our misunderstanding. Again, the gover­nor is a very incorrigible person and hardly brooks meaningful criticisms. So, what he gets daily is praise-singing and sycophancy. And huge sums of money go into greasing the palms of thousands of the praise-singers who troop to the Government House on a daily basis.<br /> My fear is that it will take his successor enormous time, thinking and strategising to address the wanton destruction caused to the system. For instance, the incoming governor will be expected to perform wonders. But with what resources when the current gov­ernment in Umuahia has never ceased bor­rowing money from the banks? The simple deduction is this: whoever takes over from Governor Orji will spend the first tenure cleaning the Augean Stable created by the governor’s gross incompetence and grab­bing propensity.<br /> Who will bell the cat then? This is where experience and vision come to play. Abia State needs a governor that is with enor­mous capacity to create new ideas. We need somebody who is selfless, God-fearing and people-oriented in his thinking and ideol­ogy. We do not need a political demagogue, a salacious and garrulous person, a sloth and grabber. It is to avoid this latter kind of per­son arising that has motivated me to devote my time, resources and energy to the rescue mission I have embarked upon. I have never pretended that it is going to be an easy and smooth sail. But I am determined, because I am familiar with the terrain, to go the whole hug. Anybody who thinks he will intimidate me into abandoning the struggle is deluding himself.<br /> Those who know me very well will at­test to the fact that I do not fight shy when I believe in a cause. Abia State needs imme­diate redemption as things have continued to go out of hands under the close watch of a grossly incompetent and selfish leader. What are well-meaning Abians – at home and in the Diaspora – doing to rescue our state? Should we all sit down and watch while corruption destroys the fabric of our state? What are we going to tell the future generation that we did when the state was in dire need of redemption?<br /> I am glad that Abians are wiser now than they had ever been. The clamour from them for things to be done right in our state grows by the day. I am inundated daily with inquir­ies from numerous Abians about what role they would play to wrest power from the grips of the evil government in Umuahia. In­terestingly, many of the inquirers are youth below the age of 30.<br /> There is no doubt that the future is for this age group whom the administration of Governor Orji has constantly relegated to obscurity. Since 2007 his administration has not done anything tangible to provide jobs for the teeming population of our youth. All the government had done since 2007 was to establish a personal foundation called Gov­ernor Theodore Orji Foundation. The major objective of the foundation according to its founders was to empower the youth of Abia State. From the activities of the foundation it is very clear that it was established to fund clandestine operations targeted at perceived enemies of the governor. Run by his eldest son, all the foundation has done so far to em­power the so-called youth was to distribute second-hand vehicles with the photograph of the governor boldly emblazoned on them to political thugs and social misfits. How many of the youth have been given decent jobs? They should name them. What would N5000 do to a full-blooded youth with big dreams? Even the N5000 per beneficiary does not go round. They just hand pick the beneficiaries and hand out<br /> to them the miserable sum every month or as the occasion demands.<br /> What we did during our stay in govern­ment was totally different. We set up well-equipped skills acquisition centres across the state to train youth in diverse vocations. The result we achieved was amazing. The products of these centres, on graduation, were provided working tools and financial assistance to continue life from there. Ex­pectedly, thousands of youth benefitted and are doing well today.<br /> We also removed many youth engaged in hawking from the highways and other spots across the state. We enrolled them in mass literacy centres, where they were taught by special teachers and prepared for WASCCE. Surprisingly, many of them made it in first attempt and have since graduated from ter­tiary institutions. I know many of them who occupy important positions in government and private organizations and are doing well overall.<br /> Apart from the youth we also empowered other categories of people. It is on record that it was during our tenure that many Abians built their first houses and bought their first cars. Anybody in doubt should conduct an independent and random survey to ascertain the veracity of this claim. What do we have today: many people are hungry because they could not benefit from government: no jobs, no patronage of any sorts. The allocation from Abuja every month does not go round. It is held by a few people, leaving the major­ity hungry and rejected. Go to the markets and you will be shocked at the the level of poverty ravaging our people. Many traders could stay the whole week without selling a pin. Many of them also have died while those living are worse than those who had died. That is how bad the situation has be­come.<br /> What is the purpose of a government that does not serve the interest of the people or cater to the welfare of the same people? Such government should be called to order and made to pay for its sins. The government of Chief Theodore Orji has only succeeded in impoverishing our people throughout the 8 years it has served. And our people are groaning under the weight of rejection and abandonment. All the noise you hear from the government propaganda media is nothing but gibberish. This government has nothing to offer to the suffering people of our state.<br /> I thank God that our government came at the time it did, because the little we were able to do with the little funds available to us is what people point to as the presence of government in Abia State. Yet the man at the helm of the misdeeds in Abia State has never thought it proper to give some credit to us. Instead of giving us credit he has con­tinued to cast aspersion on us and do other atrocious things to destroy our reputation.<br /> Thank God the people of our state are wiser now. They know who between Theo­dore Orji and me who has served them bet­ter.<br /> For Theodore Orji, the clock is ticking fast...post by expdonaloaded

MY STEWARDSHIP AS ABIA GOVERNOR (1999-2007) – 7

(HUMAN EMPOWERMENT/FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION) Without sounding immodest, I am proud to state there was no administration be­fore us which f...

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Awo remains my role model – Solomon, Senate Minority Whip

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="solomon ganiyu" class="attachment-main-slider wp-post-image no-display appear" height="191" src="http://sunnewsonline.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/solomon-ganiyu-702x336.jpg" title="Awo remains my role model – Solomon, Senate Minority Whip" width="400" />Senate Minority Whip, Senator Ganiyu Olanrewaju Solomon popularly called GOS is no doubt a household name in Lagos politics. He is today one of the longest serving public official in the state; having won election into the state House of Assembly, elected Chairman of Mushin Local Government Area in 1999, member, House of Representatives in 2003 and Senator representing Lagos West in 2007 and re-elected 2011. </div><a name="more"></a>Son of an astute poli­tician and die-hard Awoist, Alhaji Rafiu Ishola Solomon, better known as R.I, the younger Solomon appears set to contest the governorship of Lagos State in the 2015 general elections.<br /><br /><div class="post-content description " itemprop="articleBody"> In this interview with <strong>CHIOMA IGBOKWE</strong>, the Senator opens up on his political sojourn so far, his governorship ambition and the cat-and-mouse game between the legislature and the executive. In all, he submits that the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo remains his role model even in death because of his leadership qualities. He urges current leaders in the country to emulate Awolowo so as to deepen the nation’s democracy. Excerpts:<br /> <strong>You have been in the Senate for almost eight years now. How has the experience been? </strong><br /> It’s been a wonderful experience being in the Senate. It’s quiet an eye-opener and gives one the opportunity to gather a lot of experience as it relates to legislation and representation. I think it’s a worthwhile experience.<br /> <strong>Have there really been challenges you want to share especially as a member of an opposi­tion party? </strong><br /> I think the Senate being a key part of legislature is ex­pected to play a prominent role in the polity and given the composition and the entry requirements, Senators are considered as elder statesmen. To that extent, we hardly result in partisanship, not that it doesn’t happen. There are occasions when we toe party line, but we are always at every time guided by national interest. Occasionally, issues of the party you belong find a way of creeping in on us. The method of voting is by majority most times. We on the minority side most time have our say. One major challenge that readily comes to mind is when some of our colleagues wanted to leave our party. It was quiet a key mark. Eventually we had to let it go. That can be considered as our greatest challenge. We should also know that this came to be because of the swell in the rank of the opposition side. Suddenly, we controlled more than one third as against the situation we had be­fore. The size increased the activities of the opposition party. It became more visible. Apart from that, we work together irrespective of party affiliation.<br /> <strong>How would you describe the relationship be­tween the Senate and the presidency? </strong><br /> The relationship between the Senate and the presiden­cy is that of two arms of the government that are work­ing together. That should be the ideal thing. But we still have the situation where part of the executive still sees some legislators as mere close accomplice. We are just lucky that the leadership of the senate is always finding ways to avoid crisis between the executive and the leg­islators. Everybody has his duties and responsibility. It’s part of our duties to check whatever they are doing, may­be their excesses as human beings. But they still think it’s none of our business. They need to go through a lot of re-orientation so that they will know that whatever the Senate is doing, it’s still within the provisions of the law and it’s not necessarily interference. After all, there can­not be any spending without the approval of the National Assembly and if that is so they must also be ready to submit themselves. They still go about saying they are not answerable to any Senate. And we believe 16 years along the line, we should have gone beyond this. I think it’s because of the constant change of ministers. They ought to be told their responsibilities to the Senate and the president. We are not doing too badly.<br /> <strong>It’s on record that you sponsored a bill to cater for older people. Why not the youths? </strong><br /> The whole idea is that elderly people are vulnerable and they need assistance. It is agreed that they must have spent their pro­ductive years one way or the other in the service of the country. It is the responsibility of the government to make sure that at their old age they are taken care of. That’s why we came up with the bill. The bill is not to build old people’s homes. It will be a research cen­tre for old people and health service delivery for old people. It has passed first and second reading and then to the president. But he did not sign. The bill is still sitting there. We have another Bill which seems to amend the Act of National Directorate of Employment. The essence of this is this; the present Act is over 20 years old. It needs to be looked at. When it was introduced, they didn’t have as many youths as we have now. Perhaps there is need to look at it here and there to put reality into it.<br /> <strong>Last week, the Senate President read a letter announcing your inter­est to be the next governor of Lagos State. That seems to be the first time such was happening in the Senate. How did you come about that? </strong><br /> I have been in the Senate for two sessions. I thought it wise to meet my friends in the Senate to tell them of my intention to be the governor so they can assist in any way they can, including through their prayers. It’s only right that I tell my friends. And because of the relationship we have in the Senate, I feel one of the best ways is to tell the Senate President. He announced it. The reception has been en­couraging. It is also part of the consultation process. As I said, Lagos is a mini Nigeria, every senator has relatives in Lagos. Letting them know that am running is just like let­ting their relatives know that am running. We agree that every state is represented in Lagos. The aftermath has been heartwarming.<br /> <strong>You are seeking the ticket of your party from Lagos East. There are al­most eight other aspirants running for the same ticket from the same zone. How well do you think the par­ty can elect a candidate among you without rancor? </strong><br /> The solution to that is very simple, if we have transparent election without manipu­lation. The electorate are more enlightened now. They are interested in the process of the emergence of a candidate. We have moved from an era when everybody will say let me present a candidate and they vote for him on the strength of my political party or the candidate. We have moved out of that time. The recent happenings in some states indi­cate that as long as you belong to a particular political party, whoever is showing interest does so legitimately. The only thing in par­ty leadership is to present a level platform. We cannot afford a situation when you say I will support this particular person and you expect them to just accept that. We have got to a stage when everybody is going about meeting party members. It will be difficult to support a particular person. What happens to those people? You will show your intention by buying the form. Nobody will come out to say we have agreed to support this person. What we should be looking at is having a pri­mary election. We require a very transparent election. We believe we have come to a stage when we show institutionalized democratic precedent. I thank God, our party leaders, when they were forming this party, said that they will make sure that the principles of internal democracy are adopted within the party. I know none of them will change this policy. So, whenever we are having election, everybody will know about it. And nobody will have the fear that he is hopeless because he doesn’t know anybody. This will increase their chances of vying for positions and polit­ical offices without being pushed aside.<br /> <strong>Does that signify the end of the wide held view of godfatherism? </strong><br /> Right now, people talk less about that. Emphasis is about the primaries. I was at a function when Asiwaju Bola Tinubu said that whoever wants to run should go and pre­pare for primaries. I believe some of these aspirants want him to embrace them and en­dorse them. If you want to contest, meet the members. Why disturb the leadership about anointing you or endorsing you? But because there will always be one flag bearer, the only way to go about it is through primaries and the leaders as fathers will have to sit down and watch without indicating their preference whether openly or secretly because at the end of the day if there is no reconciliation, they are the ones to see it and settle it. Whoever wins will first need to bring the rest together because it shouldn’t be difficult if the process is transparent.<br /> <strong>Now that there is this move for in­ternal democracy in your party, some of your leaders have been heard se­cretly say that some of you calling for primaries have been beneficiaries of the old order. </strong><br /> They are talking of the old order. This one is a new order. We are talking about a mega party. We are talking about change. Let’s make sure everybody has an opportunity of becoming who he wants to become. Let’s not leave it at the level of select few. It’s never done anywhere. Yes, you can have sympathy for a person but you don’t pursue that vigor­ously. So, even if you are beneficiary of the old order, this is a new order. It’s time for change. We should not continue with that. We should not continue to gamble with ev­erything. Picking one person may be right or not. It’s only God that can do that successful­ly. I always quote one part of the Bible. God chose David. He gave instruction to Samuel to go and look for him and he has ways of choosing such people through His prophets. That was the Old Testament. In the New Testament, when they wanted to choose a re­placement for Judas, they prayed. Candidates came forward. Matthias and Barnabas and they prayed. He didn’t give them a particular person but they voted through election. Now nobody should attempt to manipulate the votes. Let me say this. I am not saying this for this election alone. I am saying this for fu­ture elections. Let everybody have a sense of belonging. It means they have a future in this party. It’s better than a system where a few people are picked, where the leader says if you don’t want to be part of this you can leave us. You can’t say if you don’t take it you can leave us. Nobody says that anymore. So, if you can’t say that you should have on ground something that is highly acceptable.<br /> <strong>You just quoted from the Bible. That means you have a good knowledge of the Bible even though you are not a Christian. What is your view on the issue of religion being played up in Lagos politics now as a factor in de­termining who the candidate of the party becomes? </strong><br /> That is also part of the grand plan to impose a candidate on the party. It has never been an issue in Lagos politics. Anybody can prove me wrong. Until now there has been no idea of zoning. It’s now that you see a group of people talking about a candidate coming from a particular zone or local government. Even if you want to do that you can mention a sena­torial district. On the issue of religion; we are trying to start what is not known in Lagos. Nobody cares about religion. We have people go to church and mosque. We have house­holds having both Christians and Muslims. In my family, it’s a mixture of both religions. My dad was a Muslim and his elder brother was a Christian and that’s how it runs in the family. I can wake up today and tell you that I am a Christian. We attended missionary school. When my grand mum died in 1985, the burial ceremony was held right in the church. Even Chief Obafemi Awolowo was there. So, what are you talking about? Why should anyone bring the issue of religion to a place that is religion tolerant? I know Lagosians are wise. You cannot force them. They are enlightened. They know when you want to deceive them<br /> <strong>You just mentioned Chief Awolowo. What is the relationship between your family and the late sage? </strong><br /> My father, also of blessed memory, was an Awoist through and through. He was into politics from his 20s playing active role in the Action Group. He was the councillor represent­ing Ikorodu before we moved to Mushin. On several occasions they had to move us out of the house because of what was happening then. I grew up knowing the family particularly when there was ban on political activities. I remem­ber in the 80s, Committee of Friends held meet­ings in our house. Because of that, we had the opportunity of meeting Chief Awolowo. I still have pictures of the 71 and 72 and some of their meetings in our house. That is how close the two families were. To my dad, Awolowo was everything. The only person that would say a thing and he would not bother to crosscheck. He will always tell you that papa said this, papa said that. He is my role model even in death. People asked me why I don’t do certain things in spite of my exposure. That’s how I grew up learning from my dad. We were warned against doing some things. To me, he was just a perfect model.<br /> <strong>Was that how you picked your own progressive politics? </strong><br /> Yes. I tell people that have had cause to in­teract with me. I always encourage them to be better politicians and to learn from the founding fathers. If you have them as your role models, there is no way you will go wrong. Our present leaders have one or two things to learn from them.<br /> <strong>How would you place the chances of your party against PDP both at the fed­eral and state levels? </strong><br /> Let me start with Lagos. I am very sure about Lagos. There is no doubt. We know that 2011 was not the same as 2007 but we came out victorious. This time too we have a lot of losses and takings. It’s allowed. It’s free. But I know from the performance of our governor, Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN and from our determination and with the result of the pri­maries, we will remain on top. But at the same time, Nigerians should be ready for a shocker. We are analyzing everything. APC stands the chance of winning. We are the party that will bring the needed change. The voters are more enlightened now. There is a little that you will tell them now that they don’t know. The issue of I belong to this party, am going to vote for this party will not count. It’s behind us. It is my well considered opinion that APC stands the chance<br /> <strong>On a final note, why do you want to be the governor of Lagos State? </strong><br /> My supporters and I believe we have strongly what it takes to take Lagos to the next level. We have been interacting with Lagosians at various levels both with the rich and the poor. We have everything it takes to make that happen. We have this passion to serve. We know what they require. They want better life. We have every­thing it takes to make that happen. We need the government that is far ahead of individuals. We need the government that will take into cogni­zance the state of the people in future. We are not going there to manage. We must be innovative. Whatever mark that will be left by the current government, we will do much better through continuity, consolidation and innovation. I have been election into the state House of Assembly, I have served as a local government chairman, I have served as an elected member of the House of Reps and twice I have been elected as Sen­ator representing Lagos at the National Assem­bly. The implication of that is that, I have been deeply active in governance at the grassroots, local council level, state level and federal level. In essence, I have got sufficient knowledge of the two major arms of government; legislature and executive. That’s a rare advantage God has given me far and above every other person in the race for my party’s governorship ticket to­day and I am confident the people know who’s got the experience, the popularity and the net­work to bring dividends of democracy to them. We won’t start learning the ropes, we know the issues, we are conversant with what our people want and that’s what we will give them when they vote us in...post by expdonaloaded<br /> </div>

Awo remains my role model – Solomon, Senate Minority Whip

Senate Minority Whip, Senator Ganiyu Olanrewaju Solomon popularly called GOS is no doubt a household name in Lagos politics. He is today o...

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Moses returns for West Ham challenge

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="moses clubside" class="attachment-main-slider wp-post-image no-display appear" height="191" src="http://sunnewsonline.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/moses-clubside-702x336.jpg" title="Moses returns for West Ham challenge" width="400" />Victor Moses is expected to re­turn to action for Stoke City as in-form West Ham United bandwagon rolls on to the Britannia Stadium today.</div><a name="more"></a><br /><br /><br /> Sam Allardyce’s men have won four of their last five games, and knocked off champions Manchester City last weekend to indi­cate that they are more than a flash in the pan.<br /> The victory kept the Hammers in the top four of the table, and there is a growing belief around Up­ton Park that they could gatecrash what has been an exclusive European party this season.<br /> Diafra Sakho contin­ued his record of scoring in every West Ham game in which he has started by notching for the seventh match in a row, but he is a major doubt for their trip to the Potteries after injuring his shoulder against City.<br /> His potential absence is cushioned by the fact that fellow summer signings Enner Valencia and Mor­gan Amalfitano are also chipping in with goals, but it is the capture of Alex Song which could prove to be Allardyce’s shrewdest piece of business since his Bolton Wanderers days.<br /> The Cameroonian mid­fielder has been instrumen­tal in West Ham’s success since joining on loan from Barcelona and has imme­diately formed an effec­tive partnership with Mark Noble which will keep fit-again Cheikhou Kouyate on the bench.<br /> Club-record signing Andy Carroll, who is yet to feature this season because of an ankle injury, is near­ing a return, but this week­end perhaps comes too soon for him and therefore Carlton Cole is on standby to deputise for Sakho in at­tack.<br /> With Mauro Zarate and Guy Demel still nursing knocks, Allardyce’s only other selection decision seems to be whether to re­tain James Collins at cen­tre-back, or recall James Tomkins now that the acad­emy graduate has recov­ered from the injury that has cost him two matches.<br /> Stoke too have the scalp of Man City under their belts this season, but their problem is proving to be consistency, with Mark Hughes’s side having won three and lost three of their last six matches.<br /> Their latest defeat came in the Capital One Cup fourth round to Southamp­ton on Wednesday, as they came from two goals down to level the match before conceding late on after the dismissal of Peter Crouch.<br /> Crouch joins Phil Bard­sley in being suspended for the visit of the Irons, so Hughes will be forced into a reshuffle, with Geoff Cameron switching from midfield to right-back and Mame Biram Diouf play­ing centrally up top.<br /> Victor Moses and Char­lie Adam could be recalled at the expense of Marko Arnautovic and Bojan, while Steve Sidwell may be handed just a second Stoke start in midfield, with Glenn Whelan injured.<br /> Defender Robert Huth and forward Peter Odem­wingie, who scored in a 3-1 victory at the Britannia last term as the Potters com­pleted a Premier League double over West Ham, re­main out...post by expdonaloaded

Moses returns for West Ham challenge

Victor Moses is expected to re­turn to action for Stoke City as in-form West Ham United bandwagon rolls on to the Britannia Stadium today....

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Shekau denies ceasefire, says Chibokgirls have converted to Islam, marriedoff

Boko Haram denied that they had agreed to a<br/>ceasefire in a new video obtained on Friday by<br/>AFP, describing the Nigerian government<br/>claims as a lie and apparently ruling out<br/>future talks.<br/>The group’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, also<br/>claimed the 219 schoolgirls kidnapped from<br/>the remote northeast town of Chibok, in Borno<br/>state, in April had converted to Islam and<br/>been married off. <center><img border="0" height="200" src=" http://dvsl3w2q45hb8.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Chibok-details.jpg " width="250"> </a></center><br/>In addition, Shekau said the Islamists were<br/>holding a German national, who was<br/>kidnapped in Adamawa state, also northeast<br/>Nigeria, in July.<br/>The video comes after a surprise Nigerian<br/>military and presidency announcement on<br/>October 17 that a deal had been reached with<br/>the militants to end hostilities.<br/>A senior presidential aide to Goodluck<br/>Jonathan also said agreement had been<br/>reached to free the schoolgirls, whose<br/>abduction sparked global anger and demands<br/>for their release.<br/>There was immediate scepticism about both<br/>claims because of previous assertions of<br/>ceasefires and the identity of the purported<br/>Boko Haram envoy at the supposed talks,<br/>Danladi Ahmadu.<br/>Violence — and fresh kidnappings — have<br/>continued unabated since the announcement,<br/>including a triple bombing of a bus station in<br/>the northern city of Gombe on Friday that<br/>killed at least eight.<br/>Nigeria’s government maintains that talks<br/>were ongoing in the Chadian capital,<br/>Ndjamena.<br/>But Shekau, speaking in Hausa, dressed in<br/>military fatigues and boots with a black<br/>turban, and flanked by 15 armed fighters, said:<br/>“We have not made ceasefire with anyone…<br/>“We did not negotiate with anyone… It’s a lie.<br/>It’s a lie. We will not negotiate. What is our<br/>business with negotiation? Allah said we<br/>should not.”<br/>He also said he did not know Danladi.<br/>– Kidnapped girls –<br/>There was no indication of when or where the<br/>video was shot but it was obtained through<br/>the same channels as previous<br/>communications from the group.<br/>In it, Shekau mentions the Chibok girls for the<br/>first time since a video obtained on May 5,<br/>when more than 100 were shown in a rural<br/>location dressed in the hijab and reciting<br/>verses from the Koran.<br/>Then, the militant leader said many of the<br/>girls had converted to Islam but in the latest,<br/>he indicated that all of those held had become<br/>Muslims.<br/>“Don’t you know the over 200 Chibok<br/>schoolgirls have converted to Islam? They<br/>have now memorised two chapters of the<br/>Koran,” he said.<br/>Shekau previously threatened to sell the girls<br/>as slave brides and also suggested that he<br/>would be prepared to release them in<br/>exchange for Boko Haram prisoners.<br/>In the latest message, he said while laughing:<br/>“We have married them off. They are in their<br/>marital homes.”<br/>Human Rights Watch said in a report<br/>published this week that Boko Haram was<br/>holding upwards of 500 women and young<br/>girls and that forced marriage was<br/>commonplace in the militant camps.<br/>One former hostage said she saw some of the<br/>Chibok girls forced to cook and clean for other<br/>women and girls who had been chosen for<br/>“special treatment because of their beauty”.<br/>– German national –<br/>Shekau’s claim in the video that they were<br/>“holding your German hostage” is the first<br/>claim of responsibility for the abduction,<br/>which happened on July 16.<br/>The German foreign ministry in Berlin said it<br/>did not want to comment when contacted by<br/>AFP.<br/>Armed gunmen kidnapped the foreigner, who<br/>was said to be a teacher at a government<br/>technical training centre in Gombi, about 100<br/>kilometres (62 miles) from the Adamawa state<br/>capital Yola.<br/>Suspicion immediately fell on Boko Haram,<br/>which has repeatedly attacked schools<br/>teaching a so-called Western curriculum, as<br/>well as teachers and students.<br/>An offshoot of Boko Haram, Ansaru, has<br/>previously claimed the kidnapping of at least<br/>eight foreigners in northern Nigeria since 2012<br/>but the group has been largely dormant for<br/>more than a year.<br/>The group reportedly broke with Boko Haram<br/>to specifically target foreigners instead of<br/>Nigerians and executed seven expatriates it<br/>seized from Bauchi state in 2013.<br/>In January 2012, Boko Haram kidnapped<br/>German engineer Edgar Raupach at a<br/>construction site on the outskirts of the<br/>northern city of Kano.<br/>He was killed in a military raid on a Boko<br/>Haram hideout on the outskirts of the city four<br/>months later.<br/>Kidnappings for ransom by criminal gangs are<br/>common in the oil-producing south. On<br/>October 24, armed men shot dead one German<br/>national and kidnapped another in Ogun state,<br/>southwest Nigeria.<br/>Both were working for the construction firm<br/>Julius Berger. The hostage was later released,<br/>the company said on Thursday.

Shekau denies ceasefire, says Chibokgirls have converted to Islam, marriedoff

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Ebola scare in Lagos motor park

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="motor park child" class="attachment-main-slider wp-post-image no-display appear" height="190" src="http://sunnewsonline.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/motor-park-child-702x336.jpg" title="Ebola scare in Lagos motor park" width="400" />The prompt intervention of Chisco transport officials has saved a pregnant wom­an, who after alighting from one of the company’s buses at its terminal, Jibowu, Lagos, started vomiting blood through her mouth and nose.</div><br /><br /><a name="more"></a><br />The bus, with registration number KJA 950 XR, was said to have arrived from Abuja at about 10am on the fate­ful day when the incident occurred. Scared by the development, other passengers were said to have taken to their heels as one of the passengers screamed that the pregnant woman was displaying Ebola symptoms.<br />It took the timely intervention of Chisco officials who made use of their standby ambulance to rush her to three different hospitals that rejected her when they realised that she was still bleeding.<br />Narrating the incident to <i>Saturday Sun</i>, a staffer of the company, simply identified as Juliet, said that the pas­senger, whose name is Joy, boarded their bus from Abuja to Lagos where the incident happened.<br />“On October 12, 2014 at about 10.15 am, a passenger, who was preg­nant, alighted from one of our buses that just arrived from Abuja. Immedi­ately she alighted from the bus, she fell down and started vomiting through the nose and mouth.<br />“The Jibowu branch manager called on the medical section, who organised an ambulance and took her to three dif­ferent hospitals who rejected her.<br />She was finally admitted at the Mili­tary Hospital, Yaba, Lagos. After sev­eral tests, they informed us that she was hypertensive which led to convulsion. The hospital demanded that an initial deposit of N36,000 should be paid be­fore they could treat her. We paid the said amount and directed our workers to take turns in taking care of her.<br />“This became necessary as we could not make contact with anyone who is related to her. We even discovered that she did not fill the next of kin column in the form we give our passengers. She later gave birth to a premature baby, and we had to pay another N5,000.”<br />According to Juliet, the woman and her child were later brought to their of­fice as soon as she was discharged on October 16, 2014. “We later assisted Joy to locate her sister, who resides in Ikorodu area of Lagos.”<br />Elated Joy thanked the manage­ment and staff of Chisco transport for assisting her in such a time of need. “I am okay and so is my little baby. It is only God that will reward them,” she prayed...post by expdonaloaded

Ebola scare in Lagos motor park

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Happy New Month, AC readers!

<center><img border="0" height="200" src=" https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8nmMIImr4pMhI5kyKU0OtFvDP8rXZ9u02UfR4hIzNnojdU-IRkPA0wcIBATQ4Mk2m_QJIBxANl3Of2uSEtj4sRDNmbyTpRvUz6gzcjvrlhoDPH_IR52xLEdP0KSqwGD6FCrlGgyBlrjND/s1600/november.jpg " width="250"> </a></center><br/>Happy new month guys. Remember that every<br/>new day, every new month is an opportunity<br/>to start all over again..if you feel you've<br/>messed up. It's never too late to start all<br/>over. In fact starting all over is not a bad<br/>thing, it gives you the chance to do things<br/>rights.<br/>Also, you need to understand that you have<br/>more potential than you believe you do...than<br/>people believe you do. If you believe in<br/>yourself, in your dreams and you focus,<br/>there's absolutely nothing you can't do. You<br/>have to understand that you have as many<br/>hours in a day as those that are successful,<br/>so why are you wasting time? There's a<br/>powerful driving force inside of you that you<br/>need to unleash.<br/>Start today. Work hard, work smart and you<br/>will shine amongst those who never believed<br/>you could.<br/>Happy new month!<br/>May all you dreams come true!.<br/>I love you all. Thanks for being my readers muah!

Happy New Month, AC readers!

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Canada suspends visas forresidents of Ebola-hit Africancountries

<center><img border="0" height="300" src=" https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnIthXEwK2Tqyxwg9wtRlcJbpyhi2jimXte6ZDxT9mXAk9aylfGcqFmWnDuVxzSplhQbyKY84rr1EVHuhbUA88MF7WIz_1NG9lQYjeDHeFku_dCV9dBpucqjbDMNpqusHihz5iA_foAkwf/s280/ebola-liberia.jpg " width="250"> </a></center><br/>In a bid to also stop the spread of Ebola into<br/>its borders, the Canadian government today<br/>October 31st announced its suspension of<br/>visa applications for travelers from Ebola-hit<br/>countries.<br/>Below is the statement released today by<br/>Canada's health minister, Rona Ambrose<br/>"Our number one priority is to protect<br/>Canadians. We continue to work with<br/>domestic and international partners to<br/>aid efforts to respond to the outbreak in<br/>West Africa, while strengthening our<br/>domestic preparedness here at home."<br/>The Canadian immigration minister, Chris<br/>Alexander said Canadian immigration<br/>authorities will not process any visa<br/>application for individuals who have been in<br/>any Ebola-affected nation 'within three<br/>months prior to the date of the application.'<br/>"Canada has been a leader in the<br/>international efforts to respond to the<br/>Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The<br/>precautionary measures announced<br/>today build on actions we have taken to<br/>protect the health and safety of<br/>Canadians here at home." he said.

Canada suspends visas forresidents of Ebola-hit Africancountries

In a bid to also stop the spread of Ebola into its borders, the Canadian government today October 31st announced its suspension of visa app...

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Photos: Check out actress StellaDamasus' Halloween look

<center><img border="0" height="300" src=" https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWjYV9z9JLO0LN8Oyytrdc3tiNjeD741ZEwucFmJ3LSyP-bKBoxuNCk90-NLnH9TpukIRAygicL1WL36fHF6eME_CB164ZsK_Y0IBlnfJYJxEw8_f9aNbS4wIzBpNNujEZJn1mlfW8F628/s280/aa.png " width="250"> </a></center><br/><center><img border="0" height="300" src=" https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuvdvqdFWliOMODGZZUsHhKVrTsPRV8ODUIsBHB6Wh_DnUgZ17NbuZQDlm-F7e5zc2M-ycJcZKIUJWvh1C8lmpEqsjirxX4mWbt9Lr3PNF7kjORq1gquBR7JKCV6gBBtTIccS17V3oU9SK/s1600/b.png " width="250"> </a></center><br/>Is that cat woman or...?

Photos: Check out actress StellaDamasus' Halloween look

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Check out beautiful couple Dr Sid & wife's outfit to LFDW yesterday

<center><img border="0" height="300" src=" https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHGgD6OkPVOTqo3pS_YaPw7eKJA0_kbUfalAC5lAEGbkNgU16AS9RkIfFiuhr3b8rr06xTS2r8lhWFrn8aP_IYfMAJhyyXQ8uOhIyCMPvmXAAGdRTx1ldrZrafKz-bVBjEpk1WejKJoj0L/s1600/2.jpg " width="250"> </a></center><br/><center><img border="0" height="300" src=" https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXkimaFEdgKwBwRPi1xDKi6btKfbEkA8GX8nRyze5Z3f_KsrX0ryeFKvc6L-MiYyjCdXaAL0zOb86vFAM0BZ_wk0VK3h1rK3a7-U-BPZBUsUXi__B1wujry83qefCct46-W5IL5SgkhyphenhyphenND/s1600/Untitled.png " width="250"> </a></center><br/>Dr Sid and his wife Simi Esiri looked stylish<br/>as they attended the Lagos Fashion and<br/>Design Week yesterday. Simi wore a $1, 500<br/>Givenchy mosaic dress and Manolo Blahnik<br/>shoes. Stunning!

Check out beautiful couple Dr Sid & wife's outfit to LFDW yesterday

Dr Sid and his wife Simi Esiri looked stylish as they attended the Lagos Fashion and Design Week yesterday. Simi wore a $1, 500 Givenchy m...

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Tambuwal drags FG to court overremoval of his security aides

<center><img border="0" height="300" src=" https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXQYaypQuipbYuz5fy6u0Eku6A9tkjeyhD7Zp_lbykmibmUPnnNj5K9mMZOjlIztIwOhpfJCQ1mWNOLLOOpPkoty1431uj64N7ecn7w09bRSY_ugTqV5roMxWzHrK8eFPwL7YxGmG1FJTL/s280/Aminu-Tambuwal.jpg " width="250"> </a></center><br/>A day after his security aides were withdrawn<br/>by the Federal Government, the Speaker of<br/>the House of Reps, Aminu Tambuwal, has<br/>filed a suit against the FG before a Federal<br/>High court in Abuja.<br/>Tanbuwal filed the suit today Oct. 31st<br/>asking the court to declare that the<br/>withdrawal of his security aides while he's<br/>still the Speaker is unlawful and<br/>unconstitutional. He also asked the court to<br/>restrain FG from further infringing on his<br/>rights and privileges. There are reports they<br/>are trying to declare his seat vacant and<br/>organize a bye-election for the purpose of<br/>replacing him. Tanbuwal asked the court to<br/>restrain FG, INEC, PDP and IGP from doing<br/>this. In the meantime, he wants the court to<br/>order FG to return his security detail pending<br/>the determination of the suit.

Tambuwal drags FG to court overremoval of his security aides

A day after his security aides were withdrawn by the Federal Government, the Speaker of the House of Reps, Aminu Tambuwal, has filed a suit...

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MTN To Lavish Subscribers WithPleasant Surprises

<center><img border="0" height="300" src=" https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2W6XtmBF4sU5uTZQVsafQGiGRpbh9bQdylpw8ImtmmAWu86sBoFgVsBY6E86a8n6W75RYDFqUHQsJVFQr9sfRxWRLznCeDUUrv_58k19IEsTt-3BS8FER_ZGosNBMmHk0Hp9Mf5OkW8s5/s280/0.jpg " width="250"> </a></center><br/>The good times are here again as MTN is set<br/>to usher its subscribers into a season of<br/>surprises. Information emanating from the<br/>leading ICT company says like never before,<br/>from November 1,existing and would-be<br/>subscribers on the MTN network are about to<br/>have the best moments of their lives that can<br/>only be described as memorable experience<br/>worth the while.<br/>Interestingly, this experience is coinciding<br/>with the Yuletide season that is naturally<br/>associated with love and care among family<br/>and friends. MTN will use this opportunity to<br/>demonstrate its brand promise in ways that<br/>would make its customers’ lives a whole lot<br/>brighter.<br/>Speaking on the rationale behind this<br/>campaign, the Chief Marketing Officer of the<br/>company, OlubayoAdekanmbisaid,“In every<br/>business, the consumers are always the<br/>kings. For this singular reason they deserve<br/>to be treated with respect, love and care.<br/>Riding on this understanding,MTN is poised<br/>like never before to make its customers’ lives<br/>a whole lot brighter with its surprise<br/>campaign.”<br/>Speaking further, Olubayo stated that it is a<br/>fact that life is made better by the moments<br/>of surprises we create for others and<br/>ourselves. “There is no better period to<br/>exhibit this other than this season. As a<br/>company that is committed to making life<br/>better for our subscribers, we are pleased to<br/>kick off the campaign as a platform for our<br/>subscribers to find moments to surprise their<br/>families, friends and loved ones.”<br/>Observation has shown that at the moment,<br/>on different media platforms, MTN Surprise is<br/>already reaching out to customers. Watch out<br/>for these mind-blowing awesome moments.

MTN To Lavish Subscribers WithPleasant Surprises

The good times are here again as MTN is set to usher its subscribers into a season of surprises. Information emanating from the leading ICT...

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Would you sleep in a BarbieThemed Hotel Room? See photos

<center><img border="0" height="300" src=" https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha75P-G3oTSZF8to5Z5F1bX9HCr_MMPO7sRiHY7AXYQVOWytZjfWNta_gplXj_juC-XepoBGfZUcissveKx3pe115guZpehoP5rRFBSF9KvP2W7sA0Svk_KaO3DGTRfulQ1OT6rpp3LTPm/s1600/hilton_barbie-0085-2__large.jpg " width="250"> </a></center><br/>The Hilton hotel in Buenos Aires Argentina<br/>has launched the world's first Barbie-themed<br/>suite. According to the official room<br/>description, it’s based on Barbie’s<br/>Dreamhouse with the decor ‘flushed pink’<br/>throughout and it's located on the first floor<br/>of the hotel in room 136. You'll be able to<br/>spot the suite by its pink door.<br/>It costs £112 per night (rising to £356 during<br/>peak holiday season) but the suite is already<br/>fully booked till 2015. See the pics after the<br/>cut and tell us if you will sleep in it..if you<br/>had the opportunity <center><img border="0" height="300" src=" https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_oeCSWdUz5hjhbEngKhNKF9gO_0VyuxR67fRkusbAO-mSvrt42EUDx5XKSBJy5q4sIWNPS_PQG14Y6FkGTcAbe4kDonC0dVUaYo-VfvXZtbrFeU3gGONRBttLl6kvLuHcRZHXn73_RnNx/s1600/hilton_barbie-0097__large.jpg " width="250"> </a></center><br/><center><img border="0" height="300" src=" https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTArxWs2vxfMUwBtYYUKCVs34YEh1RCweR8Lf0165cDLgyS7VT_xaTyLHlh7AHA3EBUZwOPcINsSDuf26T2NRh2c7AmyyS_pIVkM22ngADPjn3xFJ97OFPY1lqnav45dfcSxmo615fRsKB/s1600/hilton_barbie-0121__large.jpg " width="250"> </a></center><br/><center><img border="0" height="300" src=" https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5TJSxmeXjpdMLw-eMM2Vl6Jzkcru-nIHPsQuFwMbmtLzVwudDATnLSnxrolJicEKIXr42q-izfI84XdvNwwnsJpIDeObSUCVpHjzDgCqmyOk4Aj49BClsLp3zVZ8a4wz8dqSs4BEH_28V/s1600/hilton_barbie-0121__large.jpg " width="250"> </a></center><br/><center><img border="0" height="300" src=" https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju8G1dmAqULrMidXAx-TLPMSGyCIJvp4JH9bAPvmRmSUFofbScBxeghyphenhyphenfwx14egYQEToNkwmxxUUbJxt8obrPv1etXu_aaErBWVZKrnH8OndTONlLECHl3SlIdexNQoJFjmzCt7K2FI6tw/s1600/hilton_barbie-0131__large.jpg " width="250"> </a></center><br/><center><img border="0" height="300" src=" https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMaR3bn2rar0HCiXusZPOpWGj2MdZ2fFD6d4dMT5bEsN0eeHREgvPbpX_g-4ufdbsYaqUCunDgElQhBACC1vJguh2W9NgNo5Wm_B0yomd8Q2pWYDlRZU8mFKBzz0w77uWejl8oTlSBNNon/s1600/hilton_barbie-0219__large.jpg " width="250"> </a></center><br/><center><img border="0" height="300" src=" https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwx2oxdXqVQj8fKCmKYFWdRb3VsuoYrYvIOhAAAGKOPy65TYExwTCF1dLtW22nnwUmv5JEajJSImZXR-ue0D5n9cR-Zuil1rtJ2xSCymjcKaBhFUqOQcNTJLgvbjqgfGmsaGbwVAAopz6C/s1600/hilton_barbie-0287__large.jpg " width="250"> </a></center><br/><center><img border="0" height="300" src=" https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNeYhgq3QOEOdku2GUlses6q-saPAon_fNR98WgTz6KCGjm_ZMxORQfHap6n122MGnOQSV-T2ZF47FVZ-5pwxACpGyNSyaWXoV-6YHFGUfSDoj_yeICnJ4oYhW5T5x8gQfM2En830TmW59/s1600/0.jpg " width="250"> </a></center><br/><center><img border="0" height="300" src=" https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtjJdLaRnsVpFqZRO1UmHapeQJaV2foW1NE03FL1_Xdboe7egKi11JXG9LLIVf9IDtxeUnNZgpvlPYIz3AAiiLE1cS7CuA0DC_57Qv85WgZiVxV-BRXOrCsub0rtJ0Ch9665CDNcXqXtBJ/s1600/1.jpg " width="250"> </a></center><br/><center><img border="0" height="300" src=" https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSf-vUAKyeyutS-ZhbWMwZca66iG9CQULCbNQixSwlHOxAnLyQYYTi3ZhbIEvLrSL_KHR1ERd1hdD416SK3-ilb0iC5Uk8ZrRDehCpL0Mpl90-ZHAiZb-y33Sr1uzmN00jQQ5dpzTugu3C/s1600/2.jpg " width="250"> </a></center><br/>Photo credit: Associated Press

Would you sleep in a BarbieThemed Hotel Room? See photos

The Hilton hotel in Buenos Aires Argentina has launched the world's first Barbie-themed suite. According to the official room descripti...

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TV/Radio personality DejI Falopeweds

<center><img border="0" height="300" src=" https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjglIAKMBxbd21TnX3TPMbcOUDoCVq8lCmm6wV1l_hehQzCP0JzGZQah_-kznuU8rHqj85ZCJ7vj8so1xPpWJNERGZgRnLrlsE_WwT80WwqY8fvQKInBieWTvUpIlYf4_CnuxP-_bDquv8u/s1600/Deji-Falope.png " width="250"> </a></center><br/><center><img border="0" height="300" src=" https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtvp5ugqRNFiqrUVtsVveGWgYZsFiUuFo2V6oEjh6kDMgJd7Et6H56ZRmNhrMPTlU7GcGX3HkZBl0ER8jFDx-YvOIbIRyjFIFr4zNjTg5jubwnKMHa9_nTNSPFrFhDRUXSWGUx2sAXQp8d/s280/unnamed.jpg " width="250"> </a></center><br/>Former Soundcity VJ and Radio personality<br/>Deji Falope is a married man. He married his<br/>fiancee in a traditional wedding ceremony<br/>that held yesterday Oct. 30th in Calabar.<br/>Their white wedding will hold this Saturday.<br/>Happy married life to them.

TV/Radio personality DejI Falopeweds

Former Soundcity VJ and Radio personality Deji Falope is a married man. He married his fiancee in a traditional wedding ceremony that held...

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"Yes, I slept with a married man" - Taqoyatalks affair with Mathew Knowles

<center><img border="0" height="300" src=" https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXjPdj2eNJYtWUoRpbZ1u2yjCBAwm55XmQ2ri9xIOWnLgBHNks7pVCBeOkUPxfaSDSXcJ_QdUbJl7V8iDOCPWTmGk2zgpdGCA8syfzwQrmJrbLU8GDKCdGDTFbzi9vnornZ0zu2mVNQc7P/s1600/Screen+Shot+2014-10-31+at+10.30.42+AM.png " width="250"> </a></center><br/><center><img border="0" height="300" src=" https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqUyMl90PlqEFT9uwoZBXvdfAU0kCUuqWVXhS-xTKtQdtwPwsgKk4ONmWA3P9O148d4nAwxBN0hb8veC223YcxKOqCQf0Ilww_2D8Ih0dEzLObB6Fb5JenFA6r7ntumDzRfGdcw16wBEeD/s1600/00.png " width="250"> </a></center><br/>Matthew Knowles other baby mama, former<br/>lingerie model Taqoya Brancomb sat down<br/>with Inside Edition recently and opened up<br/>about her affair with Mathew Knowles where<br/>she readily admitted to sleeping with Matthew<br/>while he was married to Beyonce's mum, Tina<br/>Knowles.<br/>"Yes, I slept with a married man and it was<br/>the wrong thing to do, but I have a beautiful<br/>daughter who came out of the situation.”<br/>Taqoya said Mathew treated her like 'the love<br/>of his life' until she got pregnant...and also<br/>claims he lied to her about having a<br/>vasectomy and has made it very clear he<br/>wants nothing to do with her or their<br/>daughter, 4 year old model and actress, Koi<br/>Knowles (pictured right). Continue...<br/>IE: When you told Mathew Knowles that you<br/>were pregnant with his child, how did he<br/>react?<br/>Taqoya: "It can't be my child.” Before then,<br/>Taqoya says, “He treated me like I was the<br/>love of his life."<br/>After she had Koi, Mathew Knowles refused to<br/>play any role in her life, not even making an<br/>effort to meet her.<br/>Taqoya said, “He does not want to be a<br/>father. He makes it very clear.”<br/>IE: “How does that make you feel?”<br/>“His loss,” she replied.<br/>IE: “He's not financially supporting Koi?”<br/>“No,” she replied.<br/>IE: "Court records show you were arrested for<br/>prostitution. What happened?<br/>“I was 20, 21 years old. I was a dancer at a<br/>prominent strip club. There was a raid. When<br/>everything was cleared up it was dismissed,”<br/>she said.

"Yes, I slept with a married man" - Taqoyatalks affair with Mathew Knowles

Matthew Knowles other baby mama, former lingerie model Taqoya Brancomb sat down with Inside Edition recently and opened up about her affai...

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Bukina Faso President resigns following riot,military takes over

<center><img border="0" height="300" src=" https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7eSTnJbfsMpH3LpDXCW5LDbYfp2LvzWMmXJ5dVRYC5r0r5Mz5CeumlPh5R9tuAch7eIEaDCUrAhfx3CVK1BWOi8XbTUnBaQ8GQifLwGVHF-fQuanxkzmEwwIqpNvAsFHbTNUZpbPFZ7J/s280/00.jpg " width="250"> </a></center><br/>The President of Burkina Faso, Blaise<br/>Campaore has resigned from office following<br/>yesterday's massive protest by people who<br/>were opposed to the elongation of his 27<br/>years tenure. In a statement released today,<br/>Campaore said his seat was vacant and urged<br/>his people to conduct an election in the next<br/>90 days.<br/>Mr Compaore had earlier said he would<br/>remain in power until a transitional<br/>government had completed its work in 2015, a<br/>position the opposition parties and the army<br/>refused, forcing him to resign from power. His<br/>whereabouts is currently unknown.<br/>In the meantime, Bukina Faso's army chief<br/>Nabere Honore Traore has taken over power<br/>and has instituted a transitional body that<br/>would conduct elections for the seat of the<br/>president in the next 90 days.

Bukina Faso President resigns following riot,military takes over

The President of Burkina Faso, Blaise Campaore has resigned from office following yesterday's massive protest by people who were oppose...

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Meet 2face Idibia & Wizkid @ The Bank Abujatomorrow

<center><img border="0" height="300" src=" https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0J_1ZhWxBPSpQjzOp-VVaVLS10hzhc1jmbknbNfFD_xcFinfV1mTqZHxHvomXbt5gk8Ot4xE9wvBaueGeYZ4YnxN1Z6Pgn_2tQg_7JPFYTi1IuTfMhcvU2E_HFQiNgI83jOEG__0hbgmu/s280/00.jpg " width="250"> </a></center><br/>The legendary 2Face Idibia and Wizkid<br/>brought together to make this Hennessy<br/>Artistry at one of the most outstanding clubs<br/>ever, The Bank Abuja this Saturday November<br/>1st, a diamond crested one, right immediately<br/>after his Triple Threat Tour gig also on the<br/>same day at The Congress Hall Transcorp<br/>Hilton. Abuja is coming super alive this<br/>weekend. Be there!.. <center><img border="0" height="300" src=" https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMj3LgzbFGUd-1vR8ltCyS5kzSYYDluNlZeyJM4GRdL96HmhF3DPPtPIuJ6SAjdiJYlZWSK00W-F6qxvaOaJymBG_eIX59U6AWHVgShF7h5MhBHyJPt-OvhinBrjFQrce7wLSq3wdqURzu/s280/01.jpg " width="250"> </a></center>

Meet 2face Idibia & Wizkid @ The Bank Abujatomorrow

The legendary 2Face Idibia and Wizkid brought together to make this Hennessy Artistry at one of the most outstanding clubs ever, The Bank A...

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Pics: Shark FC, other football players sleep infront of Rivers Govt House

<center><img border="0" height="300" src=" https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Hqru0y61y63At9cRDGKFO4qjfI9LCNeQI_KK7LsuyvBEqyf2sg6qxN2drStcrt_bSGEdyT7asxyvD3R3qdDgqN01rAsHSjZj0i_RI8akaSq_kDiEIQquLhZlGiF7WkN7WNBG1YaQrNyK/s280/2.png " width="250"> </a></center><br/><center><img border="0" height="60" src=" https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieZ2Ka3KaheXiNwUYV-2tbq_EXFE4KB6GQOBp9I0lnV8ACIS8o88BEPrRhWioLN5ADS6jDPkii8lo6Xc-b93OyCuuDROlmZ1AJCQQ_voktQ_nbKWrWHI5W-qNuaCXr7BXaWYKc8mg3hv9s/s1600/00.png " width="250"> </a></center><br/>See another photo after the cut... <center><img border="0" height="300" src=" https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj685ig0NW96Wy0FK7YqBOKc6_qexD4eTzeEejQP-gghT6RZWdPNr81SMTURwRzwynHT9-264p9Mas-nsX3uEgcILoUeV409KVTlVTtI7mQnm7IePrybiFYV8ZLNevYGZ4V8TmDxEQcqwrC/s1600/unnamed.png " width="250"> </a></center>

Pics: Shark FC, other football players sleep infront of Rivers Govt House

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“Gay Apple CEO Tim Cook could bring Ebola, AIDS, or Gonorrhea” – Russian Politician

<br /><div class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_463411" style="width: 316px;"><img alt="Russian Activist" class="wp-image-463411 size-full" height="429" src="http://bellanaija.cdn.ng/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Russian-Activist.jpg" width="306" /><div class="wp-caption-text"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6708494349602141604" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a 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imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><strong>Vitaly Milonov</strong></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ever since Apple CEO <strong>Tim Cook</strong>, made the public revelation that he is gay, there have been varying reactions from the public. Some have lauded what has been described as his “brave” declaration, while others have expressed outrage.</div><a name="more"></a><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;">One of those people who is angry about Cook’s sexual orientation is Russian politician, <strong>Vitaly Milonov. </strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He has called for Cook to be banned from entering Russia.</div>Milonov, who is also an anti-LGBT campaigner stated “<span id="ext-gen143">what could he [Cook] bring us? The Ebola virus, AIDS, Gonorrhea? They all have unseemly ties over there.</span>

“Gay Apple CEO Tim Cook could bring Ebola, AIDS, or Gonorrhea” – Russian Politician

Vitaly Milonov Ever since Apple CEO Tim Cook , made the public revelation that he is gay, there have been varying reactions from the public...

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