Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed in a U.S. helicopter raid on a mansion near the Pakistani capital Islamabad early on Monday, ending a long worldwide hunt for the mastermind of the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.

Members of an elite Navy Seals team dropped by helicopter to the compound were under orders to kill not capture bin Laden, who had eluded U.S. forces for 13 years, a senior U.S. security official told Reuters.

"This was a kill operation," the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Many analysts see bin Laden's death as largely symbolic since he was no longer believed to have been issuing operational orders to the many autonomous al Qaeda affiliates around the world.

Fearful of revenge attacks, the United States swiftly issued security warnings to Americans worldwide. A top Republican lawmaker briefed by the White House on bin Laden's death said U.S. security agencies were working to prevent any attacks on the United States or its installations overseas.

"This is a key moment because al Qaeda has to avenge. This is a terrible defeat for them and they have to move as quickly as they can, and it's up to us to stop them," said congressman Peter King.

Bin Laden's death is unlikely to have any impact on the nearly decade-long war in Afghanistan spawned by the September 11 attacks on Washington and New York. U.S. forces there are facing record violence by a resurgent Taliban, which has vowed to avenge his death.

President Barack Obama, whose popularity has been hit hard by rising gasoline prices, will likely see a short-term bounce in his approval ratings. But he may also come under more pressure from Americans to speed up a planned withdrawal of U.S. forces from the unpopular war in Afghanistan.

U.S. officials said bin Laden was found in a million-dollar compound in the military garrison town of Abbottabad, 35 miles north of Islamabad. After 40 minutes of fighting, bin Laden was among several people in the mansion killed.

A source familiar with the operation said bin Laden was shot in the head. A senior U.S. official in Washington said the al Qaeda leader was killed in a firefight after he resisted the assault force.

Two officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said bin Laden was buried at sea. A third official said this was done to prevent a gravesite on land becoming a shrine for followers.

"Justice has been done," Obama declared in a dramatic late-night White House speech announcing the death of the elusive head of the militant Islamic group behind a series of deadly bombings across the world.

Pakistan told after raid

Leaders worldwide praised the killing as a dramatic success in the war against al Qaeda, a mood reflected in financial markets. The dollar and stocks rose, while oil and gold fell, on the view bin Laden's death reduced global security risks.

Thousands of jubilant, flag-waving Americans thronged outside the White House and in the streets of New York after Obama's announcement.

It was the biggest national security victory for the president since he took office in early 2009 and will make it difficult for Republicans to portray Democrats as weak on security as he seeks re-election in 2012.

In sharp contrast, on the streets of Saudi Arabia, bin Laden's native land which stripped him of his citizenship after September 11, there was a mood of disbelief and sorrow among many.

The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas mourned bin Laden as an "Arab holy warrior."

But many in the Arab world felt his death was long overdue. For many Arabs, inspired by the popular upheavals in Egypt, Libya and elsewhere over the past few months, the news of bin Laden's death had less significance than it once might have.

The operation could complicate relations with Pakistan, a key U.S. ally in the battle against militancy and the war in Afghanistan. Those ties have already been frayed over U.S. drone strikes in the west of the country and the six-week imprisonment of a CIA contractor earlier this year.

A U.S. official said Pakistani authorities were told the details of the raid after it had taken place.

The revelation bin Laden was living in style will hugely embarrass Pakistani officials, who will be under pressure to explain how he could have been right under their noses. Residents in Abbottabad said a Pakistani military training academy is near the compound.

"For some time there will be a lot of tension between Washington and Islamabad because bin Laden seems to have been living here close to Islamabad," said Imtiaz Gul, a Pakistani security analyst.

REUTERS

why two "errant" people might not cooperate even if it is in both their best interests to do so.

The Flying Eagles of Nigeria on Sunday emerged champions of the 2011 African Youth Championship after a hard-fought 3-2 win over the Young Lions of Cameroun.

It is the sixth time the Flying Eagles will be crowned champions of Africa and also their first AYC title since 2005.

Sunday’s win also means that the Nigerians head into July’s FIFA World Cup in Colombia as African champions.

The Nigerians however, made things tough for themselves after squandering a two-goal lead in the match which was played at the Dobsonville Stadium, in Soweto.

With a quarter of an hour left on the clock, Olanrewaju Kayode opened scoring for the Flying Eagles with a shot from inside the Camerounian area following an error from the Young Lions’ defence.

And when Uche Nwofor converted from the penalty spot after Kayode was brought down by Young Lions goalkeeper, Komguep Efala four minutes later, the Nigerians probably thought they were home and dry.

Fightback

But with eight minutes left on the clock, the Camerounians, like wounded lions, fought back and pulled back two goals within the space of two minutes with Franck Ohandza leading the fight back for his side.

The Thailand based striker, who grabbed the only goal of the game when both sides met in the group stage of the tournament, ran into the area and turned his marker, Gbenga Arokoyo inside-out before slamming the ball off the underside of Danjuma Paul’s crossbar.

Two minutes later, Edgar Salli, brought the Young Lions back on level terms with the Flying Eagles with an unstoppable drive from inside the Nigerian area after some sloppy defending by Ganiyu Ogungbe, who uncharacteristically headed the ball onto the path of the Camerounian forward.

The game then drifted into extra time, but it was the Nigerians that were to have the last laugh, when substitute Terry Envoh dribbled his way into the Camerounian area in the second minute of extra time, to score what turned out to be the match-winning goal.

It was a deserved victory for the Nigerians who were for the greater part of Sunday’s encounter the better side.

Kayode’s show

John Obuh’s side also had far more chances than the Camerounians and came close to going ahead in the 11th minute through Kayode. But the ASEC Mimosas of Cote d’Ivoire youngster, following a cross from the right by Nwofor, headed the ball onto the crossbar much to the delight of Efala who was rooted to the spot.

And with two minutes to the end of the first half, Kayode found some space in the Camerounian area only to smash his shot onto the side netting with Efala at his mercy.

The Camerounians also had chances of their own and Salli proved more than a handful for the Nigerian defence with his powerful runs and mazy dribbles. But the Nigerians always looked the more likelier to score, and deservedly went ahead in the 75th minute when Kayode latched onto an error by the Camerounian defence, ran into the area before slamming the ball past an onrushing Efala.

Four minutes later, Efala was slow in coming off his line and brought Kayode down in the area for a penalty, which Nwofor dispatched with ease to grab his fourth goal of the tournament, and thus overtake South Africa’s Lucky Nguzana on the scorers’ chart.

Then came two goals in as many minutes by the Camerounians, before Terry Envoh, who took the place of the injured Abduljeleel Ajagun on the dot of 90 minutes, dribbled his way past the tiring Camerounian defence, before calmly slotting the ball under the onrushing Efala for the cup-winning goal.

It wasn’t over yet though as the Camerounians adopted a gung-ho approach and could had pulled back on level terms once again but for impressive saves by the Nigerian goalie.

Not even a 113th minute red card to Kayode for a second bookable offence could deny the Nigerians a deserved victory as they now set their sights on Colombia.

Little five-year-old Ayo Azeez had known his mother’s boyfriend, Adesile Ogooluwa (41 ) for a while and had seen him as his “stepfather”. His mother had left his biological father after irreconcilable misunderstanding which led to their separation.

Amina

The story, however, changed when family members intervened in the rift between her and her husband. “I cannot but listen to my people when they insisted that I should go back to the father of my only son, he was also willing to take me back”, she told Daily Sun.

Trouble was, how does she summon enough courage to inform her new lover about the new development that wouldcertainly end their dream of living together as husband and wife? Somehow she did, but, the news was not taken in good faith by Ogooluwa, as he was said to be desperate to have Amina as his wife. All entreaties to let him see reason fell on deaf ears. Amina eventually left Lagos and returned to Ibadan to live with her former husband. Broken -hearted Ogooluwa decided to take his pound of flesh.

He went to Amina’s mother’s house in Ibadan, where she was at the time, under the pretence that he was in town on an errand and had called to say hello. He allegedly demanded that Amina allow Ayo to go out with him. “Since that was not the first time they’ve been going out together, I couldn’t object and besides Ayo was fond of him, that was the last time I saw my son alive”. She recounted amidst tears.

Ogooluwa, now a suspect, was said to have called after some hours, threatening the mother to come and pick the boy if she loved herself somewhere around Odinjo area of Ibadan and like a true mother would act, she rushed to the area, but couldn’t find them there. She later called and was informed by the suspect that he had moved to Olorunsogo area with the little boy. “We eventually located the address he gave us at Olorunsogo, we asked him for my boy and he told us he was sleeping. We immediately rushed in to see the boy, but as we were trying to rush into the room, he ran out, that was when we found my son in the pool of his own blood”, Amina said.

The boy was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital but he gave up even before any medication could be administered on him. Understanding the gravity of his offence, the suspect was said to have rushed back to Lagos.

Unfortunately for him, his father had received a message informing him of the evil his son had allegedly perpetrated in Ibadan. The father, Daily Sun learnt, played along with him, pretending he was unaware of the incident.

He was said to have given him food and while eating went ahead to the police station to effect his arrest.

He was consequently arrested and brought back to Ibadan to face the law. The suspect is being interrogated by the state police command. The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Olatunji Ajimuda, a Superintendent, confirmed the incident and the arrest of the suspect, adding that the police had since commenced full investigation into the matter.

Tony Muonagor, popularly known as Tony One Week, has won the House of Assembly election for Idemili North constituency in Anambra State. 
Muonagor, who contested on the platform of the Action Congress of Nigeria, was the only candidate of the party declared winner in the election which held on Tuesday.

The All Progressives Grand Alliance won 13 of the 24 seats released by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
The Peoples Democratic Party came second with eight seats, while ACN, the Accord Party and the Labour Party won one seat each. 
Results from six other constituencies were declared inconclusive. They were results from Idemili South, Aguata I, Onitsha South I, Awka South I, Nnewi South II and Ogbaru II. 

No date has been announced for the rerun in areas where elections were inconclusive. 
Meanwhile, the ACN House of Assembly candidate for Awka South II, Mr. Kenechukwu Chukwuemeka, has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission to declare the result of the constituency.

AMERICANS REJOICE OUTSIDE WHITE HOUSE !  

As news of the death of Osama bin Laden spread, a large crowd gathered in front of the White House to celebrate, chanting "U-S-A U-S-A" and waving American flags.

After midnight Monday, the throng had filled the street in front and was spilling into Lafayette Park. People rode there on bikes and some brought dogs and took pictures.

Legislative aide Will Ditto was getting ready to go to bed at his place on Capitol Hill when his mother called him with the news.

He called the terrorist leader's death "huge."

Twenty-year-old Alex Washofsky came despite finals on Monday at George Washington University. He's also a member of the Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps.

He said former President George Bush said the U.S. would get Bin Laden dead or alive, "and we did it."

India calls Pakistan names

President Obama announced late Sunday that Osama bin Laden, the leader of Al Qaeda responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks, was killed in a firefight during an operation he ordered Sunday inside Pakistan, ending a 10-year manhunt for the world's most wanted terrorist. American officials were in possession of his body, he said.

Here is the statement issued by Chidambaram on the incident:

Earlier today the United States Government informed the Government of India that Osama Bin Laden had been killed by security forces somewhere "deep inside Pakistan."  After the September 11, 2001 terror attack, the US had reason to seek Osama Bin Laden and bring him and his accomplices to justice.  

We take note with grave concern that part of the statement in which President Obama said that the fire fight in which Osama Bin Laden was killed took place in Abbotabad "deep inside Pakistan".  This fact underlines our concern that terrorists belonging to different organisations find sanctuary in Pakistan.  We believe that the perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attack, including the controllers and handlers of the terrorists who actually carried out the attack, continue to be sheltered in Pakistan.  We once again call upon the Government of Pakistan to arrest the persons whose names have been handed over to the Interior Minister of Pakistan as well as provide voice samples of certain persons who are suspected to be among the controllers and handlers of the terrorists.

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi survived a NATO air strike on a Tripoli house that killed his youngest son Saif al-Arab and three young grandchildren, a government spokesman said on Sunday.

Libyan officials took journalists to the house, which had been hit by at least three missiles. The roof had completely caved in at places, leaving mangled rods of steel hanging down among splintered chunks of concrete.

"What we have now is the law of the jungle," government spokesman Mussa Ibrahim told a news conference. "We think now it is clear to everyone that what is happening in Libya has nothing to do with the protection of civilians."

The deaths have not been independently confirmed. But they would be sure to heap pressure on NATO -- which denies targeting the Gaddafi family -- from opponents of the mission who say it goes beyond its U.N. mandate to protect civilians.

It would also show the vulnerability of Gaddafi himself.

Fighting in Libya's civil war, which grew from protests for greater political freedom that have spread across the Arab world, has reached stalemate in recent weeks with neither side capable of achieving a decisive blow.

Ibrahim said Gaddafi's youngest son, Saif al-Arab, was killed in the attack. Saif al-Arab, 29, is one of Gaddafi's less prominent sons, with a limited role in the power structure. Ibrahim described him as a student who had studied in Germany.

The grandchildren killed were pre-teens, Ibrahim said.

"The leader himself is in good health. He wasn't harmed," he said. "His wife is also in good health.

"This was a direct operation to assassinate the leader of this country. This is not permitted by international law. It is not permitted by any moral code or principle."

NATO denies Gadaffi target

NATO denied targeting Gaddafi, or his family, but said in a statement it had launched air strikes on military targets in the same area of Tripoli as the bombed site seen by reporters.

"NATO continued its precision strikes against regime military installations in Tripoli overnight, including striking a known command and control building in the Bab al-Aziziyah neighbourhood shortly after 1800 GMT Saturday," it said.

NATO's commander of Libya operations, Canadian Lieutenant-General Charles Bouchard, said the target was part of a strategy to hit command centres that threaten civilians.

"All NATO's targets are military in nature...We do not target individuals," he said in a statement.

Any appearance of an assassination attempt against Gaddafi is likely to lead to accusations that the British- and French-led strikes are overstepping the provisions of the U.N. resolution to protect civilians.

Britain said on Sunday it was investigating reports the ambassador's residence in Tripoli had been attacked, along with other countries' diplomatic premises.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, a long-time ally of Gaddafi, called the attack attempted murder.

"There is no doubt the order was given to kill Gaddafi. It doesn't matter who else is killed, kill Gaddafi... a murder, this is a murder," he said in Caracas.

Konstantin Kosachev, head of the international affairs committee in the lower house of Russia's parliament, told Interfax: "More and more facts indicate that the purpose of the anti-Libyan coalition is to physically destroy Gaddafi."

NATO's Bouchard said: "I am aware of unconfirmed media reports that some of Gaddafi's family members may have been killed. We regret all loss of life."

British Prime Minister David Cameron declined to comment on what he also called the "unconfirmed report".

He told BBC television: "The targeting policy of NATO and the alliance is absolutely clear. It is in line with the U.N. resolution 1973 and it is about preventing a loss of civilian life by targeting Gaddafi's war-making machine, so that is obviously tanks and guns, rocket launchers, but also command and control as well."

Second close call

Gaddafi, who seized power in a 1969 coup, is fighting an uprising by rebels who have seized much of eastern Libya. He describes the rebels as religious extremists and Western agents who seek to control Libya's oil.

Inside part of the villa hit late on Saturday, a beige sofa was virtually untouched, but debris had caved in on some striped upholstered chairs. The blasts were heard across the city.

A table football machine stood outside in the garden in a wealthy residential area. Glass and debris covered the lawns and what appeared to be an unexploded missile lay in one corner.

It appeared to be the second NATO strike near to Gaddafi in 24 hours. A missile struck near a television station early on Saturday when the Libyan leader was making an address in which he said he would never step down and offered talks to rebels.

The rebels say they cannot trust Gaddafi. The past days have seen fierce shelling of rebel outposts in the west. A rebel spokesman in Zintan said government forces showered the city with up to 30 Grad missiles late in the evening.

Tripoli has also declared a sea blockade on the western outpost of Misrata, potentially robbing the rebels of a vital aid link to their eastern heartland. An International Organisation for Migration ship, the Red Star One, was waiting offshore to deliver aid and evacuate migrants and the wounded.

A rebel spokesman and an oil official said an air strike destroyed a Gaddafi convoy after his forces killed five civilians in fighting in the eastern towns of Jalu and Awlijah. More fighting also broke out close to the Tunisia-Libyan border, scene of repeated skirmishes over the past days.

Celebratory rifle fire and car horns rang out in the rebels' eastern capital of Benghazi as news of the attack spread.

However, the rebels' military spokesman Ahmed Bani, a former colonel in Gaddafi's army, told Reuters: "We don't believe it. I'm sure if he was killed it was not by an air strike. We know him (Gaddafi) as a man with a big mouth."

The announcement of the attack was made live on state television, which later showed hundreds of people in and around Gaddafi's compound, chanting and vowing revenge.

"We will fight and fight if we have to," Ibrahim said. "The leader offered peace to NATO yesterday and NATO rejected it."

Gaddafi's daughter was killed in a U.S. air strike in 1986, ordered after a bomb attack on a West Berlin discotheque killed two U.S. servicemen. Washington linked Tripoli to the attack.

Speaking in a Heavenly Language

Many Christians who speak in this "babel" called tongues today, use a couple of verses from the apostle Paul to excuse their speaking in this ecstatic tongue. The problem is, they ignore the rest of the evidence which points to speaking in tongues as the sudden ability to speak in another language of the earth, which brings glory to God and is a sign for non believers, NOT some supposedly heavenly language that angels use. On this page we will take a look at these couple of Bible verses to see the truth about speaking in tongues of angels.

Speaking in Tongues of Angels

What point was Paul trying to get across when he talked about speaking in tongues of Angels? Let's take a look at the Bible verse in question:

1 Corinthians 13:1 .....'Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.'

Now the key to understanding this Bible verse about speaking in tongues ofangels, is in the VERY NEXT verse! What does Paul say in the next verse? ..... 1 Corinthians 13:2 .....'And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.' ..... This is amazing! Did any man or woman who has ever lived (except Jesus) understand ALL mysteries? Did any man or woman that has ever lived have ALL knowledge? Did any man or woman that has ever lived have ALL faith? Of course not! So what is Paul trying to get at? He's basically making the point that even IF (by the way, that word "though" should be IF). Even IF he or anyone could speak in all languages of men and angels. Even IF he or anyone had ALL understanding and knowledge and faith. Even if they had ALL these things but did not show love and charity, they would have NOTHING. Do you see this? He's not saying that we CAN speak in the language of angels, or have ALL wisdom and understanding and faith. He's just saying that IF we could do these things but still didn't show love, then they would mean nothing.

Why would we want to be speaking to Angels anyway ? WHY ? When we have direct access to God through Jesus christ & the Holy Spirit the comforter who will teach us ALL things  ? But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. John 14:26

Saying it in another more worldly way. If we were like superman, but did not show love and charity, us being like superman would count for nothing ! Does it mean we CAN be like superman? Of course not ! Paul in 1 Corinthians 13 is talking about the importance of true love in your life. Even if you had ALL gifts and wisdom and knowledge and faith (which you wouldn't) and did not have love, those gifts would count for nothing. Do you see this truth ?

And anyway, take a look in the Bible when angels spoke to people. What language did the angels speak ? They spoke in the language of that person, not some ecstatic gibberish that the person could not understand. You really have to stretch and twist God's Word in order to say that speaking in ecstatic tongues (gibberish) is speaking in a heavenly language of angels.

1 Corinthians 14:2,9,13,14 .....'For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries. So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air. Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret. For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.'

This is another Bible verse that Christians who speak in ecstatic tongues use to defend what they do. They cling to those words "unknown tongue" and make them mean a heavenly language of tongues of angels. But we have learned  that tongues is basically languages of the earth. So let's say a Japanese person came into an English church and started speaking in their own language. What would that be? It would be an UNKNOWN TONGUE. And if there wasn't anyone in the church who had the gift of interpretation, or the person himself could not interpret, who would that Japanese person be speaking to? God alone! Because only God would understand what that person was saying.

And look at what Paul said further on in this chapter, which clarifies what he was talking about:

1 Corinthians 14:18 .....'I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all.'

We know that Paul could speak in a number of different languages of the earth. He wasn't speaking in ecstatic tongues like many Christians do today, but simply different languages of the earth. This is what he is talking about with speaking in tongues. And in verse 22 he wraps it up by saying ..... 'Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe.' ..... Speaking in tongues (speaking in different languages) is for a sign to those who don't believe. Now how can speaking in ecstatic tongues (gibberish) be a sign to those who don't believe, when all they think when they hear it happen is that the people are crazy! And it largely remains behind closed doors. How can that be a sign to non believers?

2 Corinthians 12:4 .....'How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.'

Now it's interesting that Christians use this Bible verse to excuse their speaking in ecstatic tongues, and yet Paul says that the words he heard in Heaven were NOT LAWFUL for a man to utter. Did he tell us what he heard? No, because it would have been sinful for him to do so. And anyway, no one knows what he heard, so how can we attach speaking in gibberish to this verse ? Again, some stretching and twisting needs to be done to say that this Bible verse promotes speaking in ecstatic tongues.

The truth is, the gift of speaking in tongues is the sudden ability to speak in another language of the earth, and nothing more! And the lesson to learn is that even IF we could speak in the tongues of angels (which we couldn't), and did not show love and charity, then we would have nothing. Showing true love is the most important thing in anyone's life. That is what we should focus on. I pray that your heart would be touched by the truth of God's Word.

Pot demanding to know why kettle is black and asking for kettle to be killed for being black. Who made them Militant Police ? 

Niger-Delta Militants call on President Goodluck Jonathan to arrest Generals Muhammadu Buhari, Ibrahim Babangida , Aliyu Gusau, Mallam Adamu Ciroma and Abubakar Atiku. Failing which, the millitants shall mobilize for "vengance and anger on all Hausa and Fulani people we can find inside and outside our region."
Vengeance is absolutely not the way forward...it will only cause more chaos and anarchy. Dear Lord, help this nation.The press release by the joint revolutionary council (JRC) of Niger Delta when you continue...

Now that elections are over
“We suspended our armed campaign for the independence of the Niger Delta when we discovered that General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida and his co-travellers in the Northern Political Leaders Forum (NPLF) were attempting to fund hoodlums in our region to engage in terrorist activities aimed at painting a picture that the Niger Delta freedom fighters are against the Presidential ambition of President Goodluck Jonathan. We saw that the activities of criminal groups funded by the NPLF to oppose the Nigerian President would taint our genuine struggle for the independence of Niger Delta. However, we do not have anything against the Presidential ambition of President Goodluck Jonathan who happens to be from our region that has been politically marginalized under the heavy burden of internal colonialism.
Nevertheless, elections have come and gone. It is unfortunate that those who submitted themselves to the process refused to adhere to the layed down laws, rules and regulation enshrined in the Nigerian Electoral Act. Instead they resorted to violence in Northern Nigeria.
The violence has led to the indescribable massacre of 10,000 innocent civillians of Southern Nigerian origin by miscreats and supporters of General Muhammadu Buhari and his Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) which lost in the April 16, 2011 Presidential Election. Also, thousands of homes, shops and places of religious worship of people from the south of Nigeria living in the north were burnt and bombed.
It is sad that nothing concrete has been done to bring the masterminds and perpetrators of these dastardly acts to justice. We all know that the northern quartet of Mallam Adamu Ciroma, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku,General Aliyu Gusau and General Ibrahim Babangida promised that hell will let loose if ruling party (PDP) refused to zone the presidency of Nigeria to the north, thereby setting the tone for a return to a north/south political rivalry. As part of their plans to achieve that, they sponsored terrorist bomb attacks in different part of Nigeria, including an attempt on the life of President Goodluck Jonathan on October 1, 2010. Their attempt to intimidate him out of the Presidential Primaries of PDP failed and he won.
Furthermore, the northern quartet rallied round and joined forces with General Muhammadu Buhari and his northern-based CPC in a bid to promote their Northern Regional bias. General Muhammadu Buhari triedto absolve himself of the massacre and mayhem in the north, but there are evidence to proove that he and the northern quartet were the mastermind. Before the beginning of the electoral process he said severally that Nigeria would become another Somalia. He also promised an uprising if the PDP prevents him from winning. The biggest of them all was when he alleged that the ruling party flew millions of ballot papers to several parts of the country in the previous night before the election day. In that reckless remark, he rejected the possibleoutcome of the election and vowed that he would never challenge the result of election in court neither will he contest in any election after 2011. With this comment, he set the tone for the sporadic violence and massacre of the lives of 10,000 innocent civillians of southern extraction in the north.
It is sad that when statesmen were patriotically calling for the arrest and trial of General Muhammadu Buhari, he and his supporters dared the Nigerian government to arrest him and see the consequence.This act of arrogance and impunity should not be encouraged. Post election violence in Kenya that took this form of tribal violence and massacre led to the investigation of the International Criminal Court(ICC) and today, people are being tried for 'crimes against humanity'.
Unless this is done in Nigeria, this matter will not be put to rest. This has been a recurring decimal in our checkered political history and the Nigerian Civil War was a fallout of the first ethnic cleansing in Nigeria in 1966 orchestrated by elements from the same Northern Nigeria who believe that they were born to rule. They are not even considering the repercussion that would befall Nigeria if we choose toreact violently.
It is on the basis of this, that we make a minimum demand of the arrest and trial of Generals Muhammadu Buhari, Ibrahim Babangida and Aliyu Gusau. This should also include, Mallam Adamu Ciroma and AlhajiAbubakar Atiku. Failing which, we shall mobilize our people to visit vengance and anger on all Hausa and Fulani people we can find inside and outside our region. We deliberately waited for the end ofelections to make this well-thought-out declaration as we did not want to be dragged into the murky water of Nigeria politics.
Ignore this declaration at your own peril!The Niger Delta Struggle Continues!!Long Live the Niger Delta!!!Bakabio WalterSpokesman, Joint Revolutionary Council (JRC) of Niger Delta “

He went to serve his fatherland and got killed in the most gruesome manner. Beaten, butchered and set on fire. The horrific pic of his charred remains when you continue...

Ukeoma Aik's burnt body. So who do we hold responsible for his death? These guys can't die in vain...
And no, I'm not going to take this picture down. I hope it hunts us all enough to do something about the way these young men died..

It is time that we all see what is happening in our dear country, this is not Christian Vs Muslim, this is a fight were Christians and Muslims have to work together and fight these Extremist and bring them to justice, all these people can't die in vain LETS DO SOMETHING. 

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Reminder Again Forgive Dont Forget !Forgive Dont Forget

Reminder Again Forgive Dont Forget !

These are photos of thoe who survived the ordeal

Forgive Dont Forget

Forgive dont forget