The National Association of Nigerian students (NANS) has issued a warning to South Africans to stop the Xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and other African residents or they deal with their citizens here in Nigeria.
Saturday, 18 April 2015
How MKO Abiola Was Betrayed - Tinubu
October 18, 1998
In this revealing interview with Sunday Dare and Henry
Ugbolue, Senator Bola Tinubu, a returnee exile replays the
intrigues of the Abacha regime, the games politicians and
the military play and his hopes for the future.
Ugbolue, Senator Bola Tinubu, a returnee exile replays the
intrigues of the Abacha regime, the games politicians and
the military play and his hopes for the future.
Dozens Trapped In Collapsed Building At Dolphin Estate
There are strong indication that a yet to be ascertained number of persons are currently being trapped under the rumble of a collapsed house at Dolphin Estate, Ikoyi, Lagos.
PHOTO: Caugt In The Act! Chukwuemeka Ujam , On March 28th, The Law Caught Up With Him. On April 17th, He Received A Certificate Of Return From INEC
Dr Chukwuemeka Ujam, A house of representative candidate On March 28th whom the law caught up with.
PHOTO: What the street of SA looks like now
Foreigners must go! See the photo below to see what SA looks like
Unbelievable! You Need To See This, Doyin Okupe Lost It All!
Below was a tweet from a presidential aide, doyin okupe , giving his opinion on what he thinks the motive of chibok girls kidnap was.
The tweet was followed by a response. Pls see below for your self what it is!
Cross River Re-Run Election Scheduled For April 25
The Independent National Electoral Commission has said the rescheduled elections for the two remaining constituencies in Cross River State House of Assembly will hold on April 25.
How The Zulu King Triggered South Aftica's Xenophobic Attacks
According to latest reports, it was Zulu King Godwill Zwelithi’s utterances on March 23rd that triggered the Xenophobic attacks in South Africa and he had refused to retract his words, even after realizing the implications of his utterance. He’s still holding his ground that every foreigner should go back to their countries but tried to save face by saying attacking the foreigners is not how to chase them away. He is however saying that he’d expect that the government to do it legally.
During a speech in March 2015, Zwelithini called for the deportation of foreign nationals living in the country, saying it was unacceptable locals were being made to compete with people from other countries for the few economic opportunities available. King Zwelithi said “foreigners must pack their bags and go home”.
His three major arguments and why he wanted foreigners to go were; 1. SA traders in the townships said they could not compete with the prices that foreign-owned businesses were selling their products. 2; foreigners involved in crime. 3. Lack of respect shown by foreigners to locals.
Addressing Pongolo community members during a moral regeneration even, Zwelithini accused government of failing to protect locals from the “influx of foreign nationals”.He said;
“Most government leaders do not want to speak out on this matter because they are scared of losing votes. As the king of the Zulu nation, I cannot tolerate a situation where we are being led by leaders with no views whatsoever.
“We are requesting those who come from outside to please go back to their countries. The fact that there were countries that played a role in the country’s struggle for liberation should not be used as an excuse to create a situation where foreigners are allowed to inconvenience locals. I know you were in their countries during the struggle for liberation. But the fact of the matter is you did not set up businesses in their countries,” he said.
His comments were widely condemned with the SA DA describing it “highly irresponsible’ ‘Particularly given the recent spate of xenophobic attacks in South Africa, he should do the right thing – retract and apologise,”
Instead of issuing an apology, his spokesman went on record to say the King had nothing to apologize for, that he meant every word he said.
“I think the people who’re complaining are misinterpreting his speech. He didn’t say foreigners must be attacked or harassed. The king was talking about foreigners who are here illegally. Some are involved in serious crimes like drug and human trafficking. We don’t need such people in our country so the king is right.” His spokesman said
He’s expected to address the public directly and clarify his statement and ask his people to stop the violence which his words started
Xenophobic Attacks: Nigeria Gives SA 48hrs Ultimatum Or Face Economic Sanctions
The federal government of Nigeria was said to have issued a 48 hours ultimatum to South African government to stop xenophobic attacks against her citizens or face economic sanctions
SA Xenophobic Attacks: Evacuation Of Nigerians Starts On Monday
Information reaching us is that Nigeria has concluded plans to start evacuating Nigerians from South Africa on Monday 20th of April. This was stated by the Nigerian high commission in Pretoria...
Details soon
Ondo Deputy Governor Blast His Boss Mimiko
Ondo state is back in the news over the 11th hour defection of Governor Olusegun Mimiko’s deputy, Ali Olanusi.
Olanusi defected from the Labour Party to the All Progressives Congress about 48 hours before the governorship elections of April 11.
Mimiko had earlier left the LP in October 2014 when he defected to the Peoples Democratic Party, alongside his commissioners.
However, the deputy governor was left out of the mass defection, and as a result, he waited for a crucial moment to also jump ship, this time, to the APC.
Ever since, a quiet and slowly building storm has been brewing between himself and Mimiko.
In a new interview with Punch Newspapers, Olanusi questions Mimiko’s right to be upset with his defection, owing to the fact that he blazed the trail in the defection-department.
Below is an excerpt from the interview, where the deputy governor explained the rationale behind his action.
“When Mimiko wanted to defect to PDP, I was here in Akure. He had been in Abuja for two weeks at the time. Early in the morning around 4am, the governor called me and asked where I was, I told him I was on my bed, he said alright and that he just wanted to hear from me. About three hours later, that should be around 7 or 8am, the Chief of Staff called me.”
“I asked where he was calling from and he said he was in Lokoja. I asked what was happening, he said he thought the governor had sent for me, that he was on his way to Abuja to go and defect to PDP. Defect? That was what I wanted to do since last year. February last year, I wanted to return to the PDP, Mimiko pleaded with me that I should not.”
“I stayed back. He went there, he defected with his commissioners. I only heard of it in the news. When he came back, I thought he would give reasons why he did not consult me but he did not say anything or mention it at all. I called him and complained to him. I told him what he did wasn’t right. I asked him why he would go to Abuja to defect to PDP without letting me know.”
“One of the party officials even said I was not a member of PDP because when Mimiko defected with his commissioners, I was not there. It dawned on me that this action was not by mistake; it was deliberate. He said I was no more useful or relevant. I gave him 48 hours. After all the maltreatment he had given me, I said alright, I defected to APC since he did not even want me in PDP. He defected from LP to PDP while I defected to the APC. I don’t know why he is annoyed.”
13 Political Parties Pulls Out Of Bayelsa Assembly Polls Today
No fewer than 13 political parties in Bayelsa State, including the All Progressives Congress, have pulled out of the postponed State House of Assembly polls scheduled for Saturday (today).
Alliance for Democracy, Labour Party, Social Democratic Party and Democratic Peoples Party are among the remaining 12 political parties boycotting today’s poll.
The parties, under the aegis of Coalition of Political Parties in Bayelsa, said at a press conference in Yenagoa, on Friday, that they took the decision to boycott the polls because INEC had allegedly colluded with the Peoples Democratic Party to rig the polls.
The Independent National Electoral Commission had last week rescheduled elections in eight constituencies in the state.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr. Baritor Kpagih, had named the affected constituencies as Ekeremor Constituencies 1, 2 and 3; Kolokuma/Opokuma constituencies 1 and 2; Sagbama constituencies 1 and 2; and Southern Ijaw Constituency 1.
Kpagih had explained that the shift in the affected constituencies in four Local Government Areas of the state was in agreement with the stance by stakeholders that no election should take place in the constituencies without full complement of ballot papers.
The communiqué signed by chairmen of the 13 political parties alleged that INEC had entered into concrete agreement with the ruling PDP in the state to undo other political parties.
The parties said, “Their ploy is to hoard all the sensitive electoral materials – result sheets inclusive, such that after the conduct of the election with the non-sensitive materials, the INEC staff, the electoral officer of the eight local governments and other ad-hoc staff in the state will converge on designated places to enter their manufactured results into the original result sheet in favour of the PDP.
“The PDP had perfected an illicit arrangement to use the military to intimidate, harass and muzzle other candidates and genuine voters in a ploy to influence the election in favour of the PDP.
“The PDP intends to repeat their manipulative tendencies as experienced in the recently conducted state Assembly elections where INEC manipulated the result in favour of the PDP.”
The parties also alleged that armed military men were guarding the INEC staff, the EOs and ad-hoc staff while they illicitly entered fake results into the original results.
They said in the previous polls, armed military men were shooting sporadically in a deliberate bid to intimidate the electorate during the election.
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Friday, 17 April 2015
Ondo Strange Disease: Government Set Up Emergency Services, Quick Response Lines
its effort at containing the spread of the strange illness ravaging the Ode Irele community of the state, the Ondo state government has set up emergency task teams and a Situation Room to coordinate the response teams working from the frontlines.
The state Commissioner for Health, Dayo Adeyanju, said in a statement Friday that five emergency response task teams have been raised to handle different aspects of control mechanisms.
The task teams are:
1. Contact Tracing Committee – the committee is already tracing and establishing contacts with those already exposed to patients or dead bodies and monitoring them for possible manifestation of any of the symptoms.
2. Case Management Committee – this is made up of health personnel and volunteers already trained to attend to medical emergencies of this nature. They are to ensure safe and proper management of new and existing cases of the illness. They are required to also train health workers in Irele.
3. Laboratory/Forensic Committee – to establish the etiological/causative agent for the strange illness and ensure safe disposal of corpses.
4. Community Education & Mobilization Committee – intensify mass education and sensitization of the community and the state in a way that will not constitute public health hazard.
5. Print, Electronic & Social Media Sensitization Committee – to make progress report of unfolding developments available in a timely manner to the world to dispel rumours that may lead to widespread panic and fear.
Mr. Adeyanju added, “These and other measures have been put in place to ensure the safety of lives of our dear people of Irele. Let us continue to exercise calm and caution and eschew fear mongering as there is manifest evidence that the situation is being contained.
“In case of any suspected case, contact: WHO 08033720966, LGA DSNO – 08112524793 and the State Epidemiologist – 08062078384.”
APC Raises Alarm Over May 29 Handing Over Date
It appears that the All Progressives Congress, APC is uncomfortable with the May 28 handover date proposed by the out-going administration.
Punch Newspaper is reporting that the outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan and the President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) are set to clash over a proposal by the Jonathan team to hand over the mantle of leadership to Buhari on May the 28th, instead of the 29th.
The Newspaper gathered that the Buhari team was already suspicious over what they considered as an act of ill-will laced with sinister motives.
This is sequel to an announcement by the Minister of Information, Senator Patricia Akwashiki, that President Jonathan would perform the handover ceremony at a dinner on May 28.
Akwashiki made the announcement after Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council meeting.
She told journalists, “By May 28, the President intends to have the formal handover done at a dinner so that we can reserve May 29 for the incoming government.”
However, since the return of democracy in 1999, the traditional date for the handover of power has been May 29, which is also observed as Democracy Day.
This tradition has been the vogue for the past 16 years. It also presents an opportunity for the outgoing President to formally present the instrument of authority to his successor in the full glare of members of the public, local and international media, as well as foreign dignitaries.
A top member of the All Progressives Congress, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak to the media said, “It is simply not acceptable, we are rejecting it, it is a trap.”
He explained that from a security point of view, it could be considered a trap.
“How can anyone explain a situation where an outgoing president and his team will conveniently excuse themselves from an event where they are supposed to play a role when the President-elect and the Vice-President- elect are supposed to be present?” he queried.
According to the party chieftain, power abhors a vacuum as such, the constitution does not envisage a situation where Nigeria will be without a sitting President even for one hour.
He said, “If Jonathan hands over on the 28th, who accounts for the hours before the morning of the 29th when the Chief Justice of the Federation is to administer the oath of office and the oath of allegiance?
“What if there is even a sinister motive to this whole saga? As the President of the nation; who will still be the Chief Security officer until he hands over, there is no excuse that is strong enough to excuse him from the event.”
When contacted, a member of the Buhari campaign team, Mr. Rotimi Fashakin, said while he was not privy to any meeting on the subject yet, it was only logical to ask Nigerians not to rest on their oars until total liberation was achieved.
He described the announcement by President Jonathan to hand over a day earlier than was due as a ploy to rubbish the gains made with the historic win by the opposition APC.
Fashakin said, “It (the proposed handover on the 28th) portends ill for the political destiny of this nation.
“That statement is loaded and it shows that the Nigerian people should not rest yet that there is still ominous signs which we should never take for granted. If Jonathan truly said he is handing over on the 28th it presupposes that he will be absent on the 29th.
“Number one, if he hands over on the 28th to the President-elect, does Gen. Muhammadu Buhari start to act effectively on that date? The answer is an emphatic NO.
“GMB does not start to act on that date, if you get what I mean. Handing over to GMB on that date is not only meaningless, it is stupid. It has no meaning in law, or reality. It means that for 24 hours before GMB takes over there will be a vacuum.”
He further argued that on the side of morality, Nigeria borrowed its constitution substantially from the American Constitution, and as such, it should learn a thing or two about how it operates.
He said there was never a time in recorded history where an outgoing American President, who is hale and hearty, will absent himself from the handover ceremony of his successor no matter their political differences.
Drama As Man Leaves Hospital With Police Escort After 17 Girlfriends Appearance
When a man from China’s Hunan province got into a car accident last month, he never knew it would be the beginning of even bigger problems in his life. Hospital staff contacted his loved ones after he was rushed in and shockingly seventeen women turned up at the hospital, claiming to be his girlfriends. The man, whose last name is Yuan, had been seeing all of them secretly, swindling them of large sums in the process.
According to telegraph.co.uk, most of the women are from Hunan province and the oldest is 40 while the youngest, a student, is 19. Yuan was married to one of them but had a child with another. When they came to know the truth, all 17 of them were left in total shock.
“I was really worried when I heard that he was in the hospital,” said Xiao Li, Yuan’s girlfriend of 18 months. “But when I started seeing more and more beautiful girls show up, I couldn’t cry anymore.”
The women’s claims led to a full-fledged police investigation, open a can of worms on the deceptive life of Yuan. The man milked his wife of about $40,000 before divorcing her. He then proceeded to meeting several other women, fleecing them of thousands of yuan in the process. Apart from the 17 women he was seeing in real life, his WeChat account revealed that he had over 200 female targets online.
Once these incriminating details were out in the open, Yuan actually had to leave the hospital early with a police escort to protect him from his scorned girlfriends. With no job or relationship, the man has returned to his hometown to start a new life. He would soon be charged for criminal offence and fraud by the police in China.
Ondo Strange Disease, Death Toll Reach 17
Three more persons have died from the strange disease that hit Ondo recently, bring the death to seventeen.
Ondo State Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, on Friday in a broadcast, has however given the assurance that his administration was on top of the situation and so there was no need for panic.
In a broadcat message sent out hours ago, he said, “In all, 17 deaths have been confirmed in Ayadi community and Ode Irele township and all the deaths were preceded by symptoms of sudden blurred vision, headache and loss of consciousness.
“Our investigations thus far have been in conjunction with our development partner, the World Health Organisation and report sent to Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. The symptoms in this situation are not peculiar to any known epidemic and so have remained largely confounding.
“As we speak, there are no new cases reported in the last 48 hours and none presently in the hospital. We have deployed trained volunteers for active surveillance and case management should the need arise.
“Also, advocacy and sensitisation efforts are ongoing in print and on electronic media.”
According to Mimiko, cerebro-spinal fluid, blood and urine specimens have been taken for examination, and that preliminary results have not detected any known viral infection.
The governor said, “We have ordered toxicology test, we have commenced active surveillance through the local government area disease surveillance and notification officer. We await final laboratory results to be able to fully apprehend and finally surmount this challenge.”
World Bank Show: D'banj Performs New Song Aimed At Gender Equality
D'banj premiered a song dedicated to gender equality and performed it for the very first time. Preaching the Gospel of being Sexual Ordinary equals the act of looking beyond her physical appearance to seeing the extraordinary potentials she possesses #LookingBeyondHerBody #He4She #action2015 #globalcitizenearthday #endpoverty at World Bank, Washington D.C
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