Tuesday, 8 September 2015
Michelle Obama blasted for calling Beyonce a 'role model'
Seyi Shay in the studio with Tinie Tempah (photo)
Seyi Shay posted a photo of herself with British-Nigerian rapper Tinie Tempah on instagram last night and captioned the photo 'Studiorats". She also made mention of #SeyiorShayThealbum. Seems like the talented singer is already concluding plans for her first ever album and we might already have an idea of possible international collaboration...
OMG! They said this happened on a road in Dubai (photos)
Naija Bad Boy Kekere-Ekun Sentenced To Life Imprisonment
A Naija bad boy, Abdul Adewale Kekere-Ekun, was Monday sentenced to life imprisonment in the UK for murdering an 18-year-old back in 2001, following a brawl outside Luton’s Atmosphere Nightclub.
The mother of the killed teenager Marcus Hall, while reacting to Kekere-Ekun's action, had said:
"You did not just ruin one life, you left a ripple effect which has impacted on everyone involved in my son, Marcus’ life."
A statement issued by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said that the 39-year-old Kekere-Ekun, had initially pleaded guilty to the murder charge before the Luton Crown Court before he later fled to Nigeria.
Investigation revealed that Kekere-Ekun, who was arrested by EFCC on February 12, 2015, for identity theft-related offences was on the wanted list of the UK Police.
“Consequently, an extradition notice signed by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Mohammed Bello Adoke, was served on him by the EFCC.
“He was finally extradited back to the United Kingdom, where he reportedly admitted to the killing."
After the sentencing, Hall’s mother, Icelyn Wilson, in a statement issued through the Bedfordshire Police, said: "My son’s death still hurts as if it had happened yesterday and I will get over it."
Please, Do Not Be Provoked By Radio Biafra To Attack Igbos
This is an important message especially to Hausas and Fulanis, the intended targets of Radio Biafra's plotted terror.
Do not be provoked, do not be tempted to retaliate. Leave it to the government and justice system to answer to harassment and murder of your people by Radio Biafra maniacs. Do not be played in the usual games that mischievous elements have plaid and used to provoke chaos over the years.
We have been following recent broadcasts from Nnamdi Kanu's Radio Biafra. The terror group has been apparently joyous since the events that led to about half a dozen deaths in Onitsha on Sunday 30th August.While the details of the events that led to the deaths are being investigated, the Nigerian Navy has denied it shot directly at protesting IPOB persons. We have no idea if they were shot at, if they were injured and died as a result of a stampede when the navy fired into the air to disburse them after 'they had overrun a police post.' Or if certain unscrupulous Radio Biafra terrorists shot at their own people as many of their conversations have suggested they have the capacity to and as is common in world history.
The true details of Sunday the 30th will come out after the Buhari government concludes its investigation. However what we are aware of is a plan to terrorize Nigeria in reaction to the incidents and this plan by Radio Biafra is in full effect as several public conversations of the station have indicated.
Callers on Radio Biafra have been plotting to kill Hausas and Fulanis in Igbo states with intention to provoke a retaliation against innocent Igbos in other parts of Nigeria in hope of using this to "provoke chaos and drive Igbos home to Igbo-land."
These people supported Goodluck Jonathan and his army chief/thief Azubuike Ihejirika during their campaigns that led to the deaths of tyhousands of innocent Nigerians and now they are angry that a war is being waged against corruption and terror and Nigeria is finally in recovery and they are desperate to provoke trouble. We must not let them.
Chilling audio from the station can be listened to in these clips:
https://youtu.be/dM55jjM7n64
https://youtu.be/VcT-ZmjgPwQ
Do Not Attack Innocent Igbos; It Is A Wrong, Criminal And Sinful Reaction
We have read comments with promises to retaliate on innocent Igbos around Nigeria. We strongly reject such comments. No one must attack innocent people around him because some insane people have attacked other people elsewhere. This is not revenge or reprisals, it is further terror. Do not become a terrorist because others are terrorists. You will be arrested and you will go to hell. The innocent Igbos or others living with you deserve your protection. They are not implicated in the fanatical actions of Nnamdi Kanu and his Radio Biafra barbarians.
"Protect Igbos Living Around Nigeria"
Please be patient and allow the law take control of the situation. We advise Nigerian police to be on the alert and arrest anyone in any part of Nigeria found involved in secret or open attacks, gang attacks and gang retributions. Any mob should be apprehended and duly sentenced. Justice must never be delivered by those who are not authorized.
In the past in our writings on "Genocidal Thinking" we have explained and backed with the following quote why one must never attack another innocent person of the "other" culture or ethnic group because some lowly people in the "other" ethnic group attacked people we associate with. We must always remember that we have no right to attack or otherwise harass innocent people. Muslims understand the Quran says as we quoted,
“…Let not the hatred of others to you make you swerve to wrong and depart from justice. Be just: that is next to piety: and fear God.” Quran 5 verse 8.
We call for 100% restraint on the part of all people who may soon be harassed, intimidated and killed by Radio Biafrans. Do Not Retaliate! Report to the authorities.
Radio Biafra is an enemy of Igbos and any actual cause for actualization of a "Biafra." They are vainglorious blood thirsty megalomaniacs and the scum of the earth. We encourage the urgent listing of the organisation as a terrorist organization and actions related.
Dr. Peregrino Brimah
Callers on Radio Biafra have been plotting to kill Hausas and Fulanis in Igbo states with intention to provoke a retaliation against innocent Igbos in other parts of Nigeria in hope of using this to "provoke chaos and drive Igbos home to Igbo-land."
These people supported Goodluck Jonathan and his army chief/thief Azubuike Ihejirika during their campaigns that led to the deaths of tyhousands of innocent Nigerians and now they are angry that a war is being waged against corruption and terror and Nigeria is finally in recovery and they are desperate to provoke trouble. We must not let them.
Chilling audio from the station can be listened to in these clips:
https://youtu.be/dM55jjM7n64
https://youtu.be/VcT-ZmjgPwQ
Do Not Attack Innocent Igbos; It Is A Wrong, Criminal And Sinful Reaction
We have read comments with promises to retaliate on innocent Igbos around Nigeria. We strongly reject such comments. No one must attack innocent people around him because some insane people have attacked other people elsewhere. This is not revenge or reprisals, it is further terror. Do not become a terrorist because others are terrorists. You will be arrested and you will go to hell. The innocent Igbos or others living with you deserve your protection. They are not implicated in the fanatical actions of Nnamdi Kanu and his Radio Biafra barbarians.
"Protect Igbos Living Around Nigeria"
Please be patient and allow the law take control of the situation. We advise Nigerian police to be on the alert and arrest anyone in any part of Nigeria found involved in secret or open attacks, gang attacks and gang retributions. Any mob should be apprehended and duly sentenced. Justice must never be delivered by those who are not authorized.
In the past in our writings on "Genocidal Thinking" we have explained and backed with the following quote why one must never attack another innocent person of the "other" culture or ethnic group because some lowly people in the "other" ethnic group attacked people we associate with. We must always remember that we have no right to attack or otherwise harass innocent people. Muslims understand the Quran says as we quoted,
“…Let not the hatred of others to you make you swerve to wrong and depart from justice. Be just: that is next to piety: and fear God.” Quran 5 verse 8.
We call for 100% restraint on the part of all people who may soon be harassed, intimidated and killed by Radio Biafrans. Do Not Retaliate! Report to the authorities.
Radio Biafra is an enemy of Igbos and any actual cause for actualization of a "Biafra." They are vainglorious blood thirsty megalomaniacs and the scum of the earth. We encourage the urgent listing of the organisation as a terrorist organization and actions related.
Dr. Peregrino Brimah
http://ENDS.ng [Every Nigerian Do Something]
Email: drbrimah@ends.ng Twitter: @EveryNigerian
FULL DETAILS: The Sad Story of Madam Marilyn Ogar
For those who have been following the controversial public profile of Ms. Ogar since she broke into public reckoning in the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan, her sacking was not surprising.
They said she had it coming. Her exit has become a tragic denouement in a controversial career. Ogar will also go down as one officer in a long line of ignominious operatives who have had their fingers burnt because they were willing to be used as henchmen and women to settle political scores.
They said she had it coming. Her exit has become a tragic denouement in a controversial career. Ogar will also go down as one officer in a long line of ignominious operatives who have had their fingers burnt because they were willing to be used as henchmen and women to settle political scores.
The Ogar narrative was a sad story...
It represents the unraveling of an agency which is supposed to be an epitome of professionalism. It is a metaphor for our broken institutions and the urgency to restructure them, away from the clutches of unscrupulous politicians’intent on corrupting their operations.
But there are lessons to be learnt. One: that officers in sensitive professional duties must never become too ambitious albeit inordinately as Ogar was alleged to have been. Two: that the security apparatus must stay away from partisan politics. Ogar, who stole into our consciousness during the Jonathan era, will be remembered for her unending press conferences in the company of the National Orientation Agency Director-General, Mike Omeri. We remember how Ogar would dominate those conferences and regale Nigerians with her cock and bull tales of her organisation’s discovery of ‘enemies’ of the state and their plot to ‘destabilise’ the government.
But unfortunately, allegations never produced any lead nor resulted in prosecution of her ‘suspects’. In the build up to the 2015 general elections, Mariyn Ogar public appearances became frequent. As more conferences followed, it had become clear that Ogar had gone fully partisan. The opposition All Progressives Congress became the talking point at the conferences. On many occasions Ogar would accuse the APC of terrorism.
Specifically, in August 2014, during the governorship election in Osun State, Ogar, at a press conference after the election result was announced told the media that some opposition APC politicians had offered the Service’s personnel N14m bribe. But like all of her allegations, it ended at the press conference. Not long after the bribery allegations, she again accused the APC of being sponsors of terrorism.
On a TV interview, she did not mince words. "It is not the first time security forces are being deployed for election duties. We had provided security for election in Edo and at the end of that election, permit me to say, there was no bomb blast. We moved to Ondo and the Labour Party won in Ondo, there was bomb blast. We moved to Anambra and APGA won in Anambra, there was bomb blast. We moved to Ekiti, PDP won in Ekiti, there was bomb blast. We thank God that we were able to deploy appropriately. The results have come out and the APC has won and thank God there was no bomb blast.
“We should thank God that since after the Osun State election there has been no bomb blast. Glory be to God," Her last statement was a direct answer to the reporter’s question asking her if she was insinuating that the APC was responsible for the bomb blasts. But Ogar, again, did not provide any evidence to back her allegations.
On another occasion, the DSS spokesperson disparaged the #BringBackOurGirls campaign as a terrorist franchise. According to her, “Bring Back Our Girls Movement has become a franchise and security forces know what they are up to. If it is an ordinary movement seeking to pile pressure on government or security agencies to release these girls, there will be no need for the group to begin to have tags, insisting that you must have a tag and be properly registered to be part of them. Security forces also know that they have bank accounts; we also know that they want to go to Asokoro Extension and simulate some false movements where they will have some foreign media to say that they are marching inside Sambisa and Chibok.
“We also know that they brought in some experts from outside the country to come and teach them on how to beat security onslaught when they are demonstrating; to withstand police teargas and security operations. We are waiting to see when these things would work. We also know that they are dividing themselves into groups and zones giving each other specific assignment’’. She further accused the campaigners of paying courtesy calls to money bags to solicit support.
But again, in spite of such weighty allegations that border on national security, she did not supply further evidence to back up her allegations. The accusation against the advocacy group represented a new low for Ogar and a country in search of the lost girls. Her attempt to denigrate a group which represents the conscience of the nation exposed her as conscienceless.
As she continued to mount allegations against the opposition, it had become clear whose interest she was serving. But she continued, unmindful of how her actions hurt the organisation she represents. In spite of calls for her to be cautioned, the Department did nothing to Ogar. The failure of the DSS high command to act on the numerous careless and partisan statements of its spokesperson was interpreted by Nigerians as an endorsement of her position by the DSS which at one point raided the offices of the APC after it had accused the party of cloning voter’s card.
At a press conference, Ms. Ogar again, defended the action of the DSS but failed to provide evidence. The case was never mentioned again and no one was prosecuted. By the time the election was over, it had become clear that Ogar had lost the game. But the outgoing government had rewarded her with a last minute promotion, a move many considered to be payback for her role in ‘haunting’ the opposition during the Jonathan era. The promotion was later reversed until her sacking.
There are lessons to be learnt. Ogar’s case was tragic. It points to failure of institutions and how absolute power corrupts. In other climes, issues with national security implications are not subject of unsubstantiated allegations and wild propaganda. It also beats the imagination why she was so recklessly biased. She put her career and the reputation of her organisation on the line.
But we have seen this before. For years, the Secret Service was used by successive governments to perpetuate illegality in the name of national security. We all remember, the dreaded Nigerian Security Organisation under Lawan Rafindadi. During military regime, the agency was deployed to harass and intimidate perceived enemies government. Tales of suspects languishing in underground cells became stuff of legend. But it was always a vicious circle where the hunter will later become the hunted. Such is Marilyn Ogar’s plight as the latest casualty of political power play – a victim of her own indiscretion.
by BAYO OLUPOHUNDA
But unfortunately, allegations never produced any lead nor resulted in prosecution of her ‘suspects’. In the build up to the 2015 general elections, Mariyn Ogar public appearances became frequent. As more conferences followed, it had become clear that Ogar had gone fully partisan. The opposition All Progressives Congress became the talking point at the conferences. On many occasions Ogar would accuse the APC of terrorism.
Specifically, in August 2014, during the governorship election in Osun State, Ogar, at a press conference after the election result was announced told the media that some opposition APC politicians had offered the Service’s personnel N14m bribe. But like all of her allegations, it ended at the press conference. Not long after the bribery allegations, she again accused the APC of being sponsors of terrorism.
On a TV interview, she did not mince words. "It is not the first time security forces are being deployed for election duties. We had provided security for election in Edo and at the end of that election, permit me to say, there was no bomb blast. We moved to Ondo and the Labour Party won in Ondo, there was bomb blast. We moved to Anambra and APGA won in Anambra, there was bomb blast. We moved to Ekiti, PDP won in Ekiti, there was bomb blast. We thank God that we were able to deploy appropriately. The results have come out and the APC has won and thank God there was no bomb blast.
“We should thank God that since after the Osun State election there has been no bomb blast. Glory be to God," Her last statement was a direct answer to the reporter’s question asking her if she was insinuating that the APC was responsible for the bomb blasts. But Ogar, again, did not provide any evidence to back her allegations.
On another occasion, the DSS spokesperson disparaged the #BringBackOurGirls campaign as a terrorist franchise. According to her, “Bring Back Our Girls Movement has become a franchise and security forces know what they are up to. If it is an ordinary movement seeking to pile pressure on government or security agencies to release these girls, there will be no need for the group to begin to have tags, insisting that you must have a tag and be properly registered to be part of them. Security forces also know that they have bank accounts; we also know that they want to go to Asokoro Extension and simulate some false movements where they will have some foreign media to say that they are marching inside Sambisa and Chibok.
“We also know that they brought in some experts from outside the country to come and teach them on how to beat security onslaught when they are demonstrating; to withstand police teargas and security operations. We are waiting to see when these things would work. We also know that they are dividing themselves into groups and zones giving each other specific assignment’’. She further accused the campaigners of paying courtesy calls to money bags to solicit support.
But again, in spite of such weighty allegations that border on national security, she did not supply further evidence to back up her allegations. The accusation against the advocacy group represented a new low for Ogar and a country in search of the lost girls. Her attempt to denigrate a group which represents the conscience of the nation exposed her as conscienceless.
As she continued to mount allegations against the opposition, it had become clear whose interest she was serving. But she continued, unmindful of how her actions hurt the organisation she represents. In spite of calls for her to be cautioned, the Department did nothing to Ogar. The failure of the DSS high command to act on the numerous careless and partisan statements of its spokesperson was interpreted by Nigerians as an endorsement of her position by the DSS which at one point raided the offices of the APC after it had accused the party of cloning voter’s card.
At a press conference, Ms. Ogar again, defended the action of the DSS but failed to provide evidence. The case was never mentioned again and no one was prosecuted. By the time the election was over, it had become clear that Ogar had lost the game. But the outgoing government had rewarded her with a last minute promotion, a move many considered to be payback for her role in ‘haunting’ the opposition during the Jonathan era. The promotion was later reversed until her sacking.
There are lessons to be learnt. Ogar’s case was tragic. It points to failure of institutions and how absolute power corrupts. In other climes, issues with national security implications are not subject of unsubstantiated allegations and wild propaganda. It also beats the imagination why she was so recklessly biased. She put her career and the reputation of her organisation on the line.
But we have seen this before. For years, the Secret Service was used by successive governments to perpetuate illegality in the name of national security. We all remember, the dreaded Nigerian Security Organisation under Lawan Rafindadi. During military regime, the agency was deployed to harass and intimidate perceived enemies government. Tales of suspects languishing in underground cells became stuff of legend. But it was always a vicious circle where the hunter will later become the hunted. Such is Marilyn Ogar’s plight as the latest casualty of political power play – a victim of her own indiscretion.
by BAYO OLUPOHUNDA
Gov Wike is "Finishing" Rivers State with Patience Jonathan
“He represents everything that should not be found anywhere near the corridors of power...
“Besides setting up the vindictive Judicial Commission of Inquiry and awarding contracts to his companies for the filling of potholes in Port Harcourt and Obio/Akpor Local Government Areas, Wike cannot justify the expenditure of the N30billion he borrowed and the N10billion left by the administration of Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, as well as the over N80billion that has accrued to the state through the IGR and from the Federation Account.
“Apart from presenting roads constructed by the Amaechi’s administration as his feats in his 100 days in office, no high quality road can be constructed within six months, much less of 100 days. Wike is busy sponsoring media war and documentary aimed at disparaging and decimating the character of Rt. Hon. Amaechi.
“Wike is visiting various churches to pray for forgiveness for the 100 Rivers people killed, in order to install himself as governor, but he can only boast of increase in insecurity, kidnapping, robbery and other criminal activities associated with a visionless administration.
“Today, all the initiatives of the Amaechi administration to curb insecurity in Rivers State have been annulled by Wike and his cohorts. The result is that Rivers residents now sleep with two eyes open, as kidnapping, such as the case of Vanguard Columnist Donu Kogbara, is now the order of the day.”
APC, in a statement Monday by its Chairman, Davies Ikanya, insisted that the new Rivers governor is an ingrate, especially for betraying his benefactor and former boss, ex-governor Rotimi Amaechi.
They say the only one running government with Wike is Patience Jonathan, hence the lull in governance.
Obasanjo Storms Aso Rock to Check Out Ministers for Buhari
Zimsglobal.blogspot.com gathered that both men had a closed-door meeting that lasted for hours, discussing some of the names on Buhari's ministerial list. Obasanjo also gave the President some new names.
At the end of the meeting, both men came out smiling, indicating that all went well during the meeting.
Buhari's Powerful Ministerial List: Some Names Leak
“After I was sworn-in, I said I will have my cabinet in September. I expect that Nigerians should ask me questions after the 30th of September if I do not do so,” President Buhari said.
A credible source told zimsglobal.blogspot.com that some of the names on the list are:
Ogbonaya Onu, Babatunde Fashola and another politician from Lagos loyal to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, one of the serving Senator from the North West, Rotimi Amaechi, Donald Duke, a former head of an important committee in the Oil sector from the North, a respected lecturer based in Ibadan, etc.
President Buhari gave his assurance at a joint press conference with President John Dramani Mahama.
Buhari also said the Nigerian military, in close collaboration with the Multi-National Joint Task Force, has recorded remarkable progress in the fight against Boko Haram since he assumed office as President.
“The first thing I did after I came into office was to reorganize the military and clear orders were given to them in terms of retraining, re-equipping and redeployment of troops.
"In the northeast, the military is gaining ground and Boko Haram has been limited to the Sambisa forest."
President Buhari gave his assurance at a joint press conference with President John Dramani Mahama.
Buhari also said the Nigerian military, in close collaboration with the Multi-National Joint Task Force, has recorded remarkable progress in the fight against Boko Haram since he assumed office as President.
“The first thing I did after I came into office was to reorganize the military and clear orders were given to them in terms of retraining, re-equipping and redeployment of troops.
"In the northeast, the military is gaining ground and Boko Haram has been limited to the Sambisa forest."
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