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jegainec.jpgWhen the Commission last Saturday, April 2nd, 2011, rescheduled the National Assembly elections, it stated very clearly that the elections will hold this Saturday, April 9th, 2011. We are happy to say that the elections will go ahead this weekend as planned.


We as a Commission fully appreciate the enormous sacrifices made by millions of Nigerian voters who turned out for the exercise on the 2nd of April. I urge you to also do the same this weekend.

 

Since the postponement, the Commission has worked tirelessly to address the challenges observed in the conduct of the rescheduled elections. Thus, result sheets have not only been delivered to the country, but have been received by states and Local Government Areas nationwide. Similarly other election materials needed at the State and Local Governments have been supplied. Logistic challenges have been addressed and we have had further consultations with political parties, security services and other stakeholders to address other challenges that emerged last Saturday. Consequently, all is now set for the National Assembly elections to hold across the country on Saturday.

However, some challenges emerging from the fact that voting took place in some areas in spite of the postponement require more time than we have had since last Saturday. For example, in some areas a good quantity of ballot papers had been used and it is not possible to reprint enough replacement ballot papers before the elections. Also, in a few constituencies, party names and logos were missing on ballot papers. While some of these resulted from human errors in compiling the names of qualified candidates and parties for the elections, others are related to sudden changes emanating from several judicial pronouncements on party nominations. These challenges dictate that fresh ballot papers be printed prior to conducting the elections.

The Commission has made strenuous efforts to get these ballot papers printed within the available time; but given the security requirements of the printing of ballot papers and the inability of domestic and international companies to deliver on time, it has become imperative that sufficient time be given for the printing of these ballot papers. Consequently, while elections will in general take place next Saturday, it has become inevitable to postpone elections in a few affected constituencies, that is 15 Senatorial Districts and 48 Federal Constituencies which are as follows: [See Below]

I should say that the postponed elections affect only about 14% of all Senatorial Districts and 13% of Federal Constituencies. This means that elections will take place this Saturday in 86% and 87% of Senatorial Districts and Federal Constituencies respectively.

Elections in these affected constituencies will now hold on Tuesday the 26th of April 2011 together with the Governorship and State Assembly elections.

For purposes of clarity, it is not everywhere that voting took place last week that is affected by this rescheduling. In some areas, only very few ballots were used, which means that elections can go on unhindered in those places this Saturday.

I want to seize this opportunity to advise all voters to be orderly and peaceful during the elections. Those who choose to stay behind after voting must be orderly and non-violent. I appeal to political parties to implore their supporters to eschew violence. We are working closely with the security agencies to arrest political thugs and vigilantes. Also, underage voters will be arrested. I appeal to parents and community leaders not to allow their children to indulge in this illegal act.

We also noticed last Saturday that some Governors did not comply with the appeal to them not to move around with their security orderlies during the elections. Although we recognize that Governors are Chief Executives of their States, I once more appeal to them to vote and return home in order to reduce political tensions during the elections. Security agencies will strictly enforce compliance with this directive.

Let me once again thank Nigerians for their understanding and support for the Commission in its efforts to deliver free, fair and credible elections. I urge you all to come out on Saturday, April 9th, to exercise your right to vote.

Professor Attahiru M. Jega, OFR,

Honourable Chairman

 

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Present Election calender


INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION (INEC)
DISTRICTS & CONSTITUENCIES WHERE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS WILL NOT HOLD ON 9TH APRIL 2011
S/N STATE ELECTION TYPE
SENATORIAL DISTRICT FEDERAL CONSTITUENCY REMARKS
1 ABIA 1 Isialangwa North/South Need to reprint Ballot Papers. A significant quantity of Ballot Papers were used on 2nd April 2011 inspite of suspension of Elections
2 AKWA IBOM 2 Ukanafu/Orun Need to print additional Ballot Papers.
3 ANAMBRA 3 Anambra East & West Need to reprint Ballot Papers. A significant quantity of Ballot Papers were used on 2nd April 2011 inspite of suspension of Elections
4 4 Nnewi/Ekwusigo Need to reprint Ballot Papers to include missing Accord logo
5 5 Oyi/Anyamelu Need to reprint Ballot Papers to include missing CPC and CDC Logos
6 BAYELSA 1 Bayelsa Central Need to reprint Ballot Papers to include missing APGA Logo
7 BENUE 2 Benue North Need to reprint Ballot Papers to include missing CPC Logo
8 6 Gwer East/West Need to print additional Ballot Papers.
9 7 Katsina Ala/Ukum Need to reprint Ballot Papers to include missing CPC Logo
10 CROSS RIVER 3 Southern District Need to reprint Ballot Papers to include missing DFPF Logo
11 4 Central District Need to reprint Ballot Papers to include missing CPC Logo
12 8 Abi/Yakurr Need to print additional Ballot Papers.
13 DELTA 9 Aniocha/Oshimili Need to print additional Ballot Papers.
14 10 Ethiope East/West Need to print additional Ballot Papers.
15 11 Bomadi/Patani Need to print additional Ballot Papers.
16 EBONYI 5 Ebonyi North Need to reprint Ballot Papers. A significant number were used on 2nd April 2011 inspite of suspension of Elections
17 12 Ohaozara/Onichal/Ivo Need to reprint Ballot Papers. A significant number were used on 2nd April 2011 inspite of suspension of Elections
18 EDO 13 Akoko Edo Need to print additional Ballot Papers.
19 EKITI 6 Ekiti Central Need to reprint Ballot Papers to include missing NTP Logo
20 7 Ekiti North Need to reprint Ballot Papers. A significant quantity of Ballot Papers were used on 2nd April 2011 inspite of suspension of Elections
21 8 Ekiti South Need to reprint Ballot Papers. A significant quantity of Ballot Papers were used on 2nd April 2011 inspite of suspension of Elections
22 14 Ado Ekiti/Irepodun/Ifelodun Need to reprint Ballot Papers to include missing NTP Logo
23 15 Ido/Osi/Moba/Ilejemeje Need to reprint Ballot Papers. A significant quantity of Ballot Papers were used on 2nd April 2011 inspite of suspension of Elections
24 16 Ijero/Ekiti West/Efon Need to reprint Ballot Papers. A significant quantity of Ballot Papers were used on 2nd April 2011 inspite of suspension of Elections
25 17 Ikole/Oye Need to reprint Ballot Papers to include missing NTP Logo
26 GOMBE 9 Gombe North Need to print additional Ballot Papers.
27 18 Yamaltu/Deba Need to reprint Ballot Papers. A significant quantity of Ballot Papers were used on 2nd April 2011 inspite of suspension of Elections
28 19 Kaltungo/Shongom Need to reprint Ballot Papers. A significant quantity of Ballot Papers were used on 2nd April 2011 inspite of suspension of Elections
29 20 Dukku/Nafada Need to reprint Ballot Papers. A significant quantity of Ballot Papers were used on 2nd April 2011 inspite of suspension of Elections
30 IMO 21 Okigwe/Iheme/Mbanu Need to reprint Ballot Papers to include missing PPA Logo
31 JIGAWA 22 Taura/Ringim Need to reprint Ballot Papers to include missing CPC Logo
32 KADUNA 10 Kaduna North Need to reprint Ballot Papers. A significant quantity of Ballot Papers were used on 2nd April 2011 inspite of suspension of Elections
33 23 Ikara/Kubau Need to print additional Ballot Papers.
34 24 Kachia/Kagarko Need to reprint Ballot Papers. A significant quantity of Ballot Papers were used on 2nd April 2011 inspite of suspension of Elections
35 25 Kauru Need to reprint Ballot Papers. A significant quantity of Ballot Papers were used on 2nd April 2011 inspite of suspension of Elections
36 26 Makarfi/Kudan Need to reprint Ballot Papers. A significant quantity of Ballot Papers were used on 2nd April 2011 inspite of suspension of Elections
37 KADUNA 27 Z/Kataf/Soba Need to reprint Ballot Papers. A significant quantity of Ballot Papers were used on 2nd April 2011 inspite of suspension of Elections
38 KANO 28 Dala Need to print additional Ballot Papers.
39 29 Gwarzo/Kabo Need to print additional Ballot Papers.
40 30 Karaye/Rogo Need to print additional Ballot Papers.
41 KWARA 31 Ekiti/Oke Ero/Isin/Irepodun Need to reprint Ballot Papers to remove AC logo and add missing DPP Logo
42 LAGOS 32 Ifako/Ijaye Need to reprint Ballot Papers to include missing LP Logo
43 33 Shomolu Need to reprint Ballot Papers to include missing LP Logo
44 34 Ikorodu Need to reprint Ballot Papers to include missing LP Logo
45 NASARAWA 35 Keffi/Kokona/Karu Need to print additional Ballot Papers.
46 NIGER 11 Niger South Need to print additional Ballot Papers.
47 36 Bida/Gbako/Katcha Need to reprint Ballot Papers to include missing CPC Logo
48 37 Lavun/Edasi/Mokwa Need to print additional Ballot Papers.
49 OGUN 38 Abeokuta North/Obafemi-Owode 1 Odeda Need to print additional Ballot Papers.
50 39 Ijebu Ode/Odogbolu/Ijebu North-East Need to print additional Ballot Papers.
51 40 Egbado South/Ipokia Need to reprint Ballot Papers. A significant quantity of Ballot Papers were used on 2nd April 2011 inspite of suspension of Elections
52 OGUN 41 Ijebu North/Ijegu North East/Ogun Water Side Need to reprint Ballot Papers. A significant quantity of Ballot Papers were used on 2nd April 2011 inspite of suspension of Elections
53 42 Ikenne/Shagamu/Remo North Need to reprint Ballot Papers. A significant quantity of Ballot Papers were used on 2nd April 2011 inspite of suspension of Elections
54 OYO 43 Ibadan NW/SW Need to reprint Ballot Papers to include missing CPC Logo
55 PLATEAU 12 Plateau North Need to reprint Ballot Papers. A significant quantity of Ballot Papers were used on 2nd April 2011 inspite of suspension of Elections
56 13 Plateau Central Need to reprint Ballot Papers. A significant quantity of Ballot Papers were used on 2nd April 2011 inspite of suspension of Elections
57 14 Plateau South Need to reprint Ballot Papers. A significant quantity of Ballot Papers were used on 2nd April 2011 inspite of suspension of Elections
58 44 Jos North/Bassa Need to reprint Ballot Papers. A significant quantity of Ballot Papers were used on 2nd April 2011 inspite of suspension of Elections
59 45 Pankshin/Kanke/Kanam Need to reprint Ballot Papers. A significant quantity of Ballot Papers were used on 2nd April 2011 inspite of suspension of Elections
60 RIVERS 46 Port Harcourt 2 Need to reprint Ballot Papers to include missing CPC Logo
61 SOKOTO 15 Sokoto North Need to reprint Ballot Papers to include missing DPP Logo
62 ZAMFARA 47 Anka/T. Mafara Need to reprint Ballot Papers. A significant quantity of Ballot Papers were used on 2nd April 2011 inspite of suspension of Elections
63 48 Zurmi/Shinkafi Need to reprint Ballot Papers. A significant quantity of Ballot Papers were used on 2nd April 2011 inspite of suspension of Elections
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tukur.jpg?width=234A reader labeled Mr. Asiwe, “racist”, when huhuonline.com broke the story that Prof Attahiru Jega rejected the bid from competent contractors from southern Nigeria and awarded the printing of ballot papers, result sheets and other sensitive materials for the 2011 general elections to contractors from the North.

According to documents obtained by huhuonline.com, the six firms are: VI Solutions, backed by Alhaji Yahaya Sani; SanFrano, a German/Polish firm, which had Alhaji Sanni Musa as its front; Graphic Inline (Gi), which had Alhaji Sanni Lamido as its proxy.

The others companies are: Tip3, a Spanish company represented by Alhaji Hashim Dikko,Aero-vote represented by Alhaji Yerima, and Kalamazoo, sponsored by Dick Jackson, who holds dual nationality (Nigeria/British).His wife is from Kano State.

Findings reveal that the six men, who collectively received a whopping sum of Thirteen billion naira, were proxies for Prof Attahiru Jega and Alhaji Hassan Tukur, principal Secretary to President Goodluck Jonathan.

Our checks reveal that Hassan Tukur chose and engineered the appointment Prof. Attahiru Jega as INEC chairman.  

The Man Hassan Turkur

In the words of Ambassador Jetta, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is a man of uncommon loyalty, impeccable integrity, and possesses an immense commitment to Nigeria. But it appears these great attributes might become an impediment, as his closest associate from the North, Hassan Tukur, who appears to have gained his absolute confidence, may be covertly working against his ambition to become President.

Hassan Tukur, who has been a friend to the President for a very long time and currently works as his principal secretary, may be a “Frenemy” (one who pretends to be a friend but is actually an enemy).

Mr. Tukur is a diplomat and technocrat par excellence. His friendship with President Jonathan dates back to pre-Aso Villa days. He was President Yar’Adua’s special assistant on Petroleum Resources. Tukur is assumed to be the president’s closest associate from the North and is alleged to have single-handedly picked most of the regime’s political appointees that were employed from the North by Goodluck Jonathan.

According to sources who have had contact with him, Tukur does not hesitate to inform you that “he can get the President to do anything”, and really in most cases he delivers; a source added.

However, Hassan Tukur, Huhuonline.com learnt is torn between his loyalty to his boss and his kinsmen from the North, who are vehemently opposed to the President`s 2011 presidential ambition.

To this end, Tukur is alleged to have asked the President not to contest the 2011 election. But his advice has not been heeded.

Now, Hassan Tukur has pulled another fast one on his supposed friend, as he ensured his proxies did not deliver the election materials as scheduled, after they pocketed thirteen billion naira.While Attahiru Jega continues to issue ambiguous directives. 

Our source at the Abuja INEC commission mentioned that the trio of Jega, Prof. Okechukwu Ibeanu Jega’s chief of staff and personal consultant, and Hassan Tukur took charge of the award of the contracts for the printing of 200 million copies of the ballot papers and result sheets.  

Our source revealed that in December 2010, INEC set up four committees to traverse the United States, Canada, England, Ireland, Germany, France, Italy, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Lithuania, South Africa, Asia and the United Arab Emirate (UAE) to search for suitable printers which made Jega, as chairman of the committee ‘A’, visited the United States and Canada, with Prof. Lai Olurode and U.F. Usman as members of his committee while Mr. Nuru Yukubu, chairman of committee ‘B’, visited England and Ireland, with Mrs. G.N. Nwafor, Dr. Oniyangi, Col. M. K Hammanga, D. I. Anumba as members of the committee.

The third committee, according to our source had Mr. Philip Umeadi, Mrs. T. Iremiren and K.N. Ukeagu as members and visited Germany, France, Poland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Lithuania, while the fourth committee headed by Dr. Ishmael Igbani visited South Africa, Asia and UAE. Members of the committee included Dr. Chris Iyimoga, Prince Solomon Soyebi and Mrs. Amina Yusuf.  

Findings by huhuonline.com revealed that after the overseas assessment tour of facilities of printers of security materials by the four committees another committee headed by the INEC National Commissioner in Charge of Logistics, Col. M. K Hammanga, was allegedly set up to harmonise the reports of all four committees.  

In its report, the Hammanga led committee rejected printing in US and England due to distance and high cost of printing respectively. The option of South Africa was also thrown out as a result of the 2007 general election experience which led to the delay, as some of the sensitive election papers were still on ground during the poll.   

The committee however recommended that the ballot papers, result sheets and other sensitive materials be printed in Germany, France and Poland and subsequently shortlisted 21 companies and the list was submitted to Jega.

It was discovered that to the utter surprise of the committee members, INEC dumped the shortlisted companies. 

Our source disclosed that “Since then, the issue on the award of the contracts for the printing of the ballot papers, the result sheets and other sensitive election materials was shrouded in secrecy. The files relating to the contracts were always kept in the office of the INEC chairman”.

 

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Professor Wole Soyinka has declared his lack of support for Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria Nobel Laureate made the declaration at this interview, watch below

 





El rufai for Buhari Bakare 

Former Minister of FCT, Malam Nasir el-Rufa’i said that he supports Buhari despite his relationship with President Goodluck Jonathan and Malam Nuhu Ribadu because of all the presidential candidates, none has the capacity to address Nigeria’s enormous security threats and corruption like General Muhammadu Buhari of the Congress for Progressive Change. 
El-Rufai stated this at an interview with newsmen yesterday shortly after he chaired the unveiling of the CPC presidential manifesto which held at Hotel Presidential in Port Harcourt, the Rivers capital.
The former minister said he has been a friend of PDP’s presidential candidate, Jonathan since the latter was deputy governor in Bayelsa State which made him (El-Rufai) visit Bayelsa four times. In the case of ACN’s candidate, Ribadu, he said they were not only friends but brothers.
El-Rufa’i also said he knows Malam Ibrahim Shekarau of the ANPP closely, stressing that his association with the three foremost candidates had afforded him the opportunity to assess their individual strengths and weaknesses and came to the conclusion that none of the three can manage Nigeria’s numerous challenges as Buhari.
“Credible leadership is not about friendship, it is about competence and commitments. I know all the candidates; I know what they can do and what they cannot do. By my own assessment and conviction, I can tell you that none of them has the competence of Buhari in terms of being president of this country given our huge problems,” El-Rufai said.
“Buhari has what it takes to stamp out corruption because his mere presence will instil discipline in every one and this is the kind of person we need in this country,” he added.
Buhari’s running mate, Pastor Tunde Ba-kare,- who unveiled the manifesto enumerated Buhari’s programmes for the country on all sectors while listing ways by which the programmes will be implemented. He said Buhari will neither borrow fund nor refer to the foreign reserve to carry out transformation, but will mainly rely on prudence and transparency.

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Nigerian polls put president ahead in election race
Former anti-corruption chief Nuhu Ribadu is hoping to secure strong backing for his presidential bid in the southwest, the stronghold of his Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) party, but the poll put him on just 4.7 percent of the overall vote.
It said 92 percent of respondents in Nigeria's most populous city of Lagos, in the southwest, would vote for sitting state governor Babatunde Fashola (ACN) in the governorship election, but 80 percent would vote Jonathan for the presidency.
Jonathan inherited power after the death of late northern President Umaru Yar'Adua last year and is seeking what would have been Yar'Adua's second term.
Buhari is hoping to capitalise on northern resentment at his candidacy but would need Ribadu to perform well in the southwest if he is to have a hope of forcing a run-off.
A second poll carried out by local firm NOI Polls, which has a partnership with Gallup, said 68 percent of Nigerians approved of Jonathan's performance so far as president.
The poll, commissioned by Nigerian civil society group the ANAP Foundation, said 53 percent of respondents expected Jonathan to win the April polls.
It said 73 percent of those questioned were aware that Buhari was running for president, while only 48 percent were aware that Ribadu was standing.
Jonathan has just completed a high-profile tour of the 36 states. Buhari's campaign is ongoing, while Ribadu's has been comparatively low key.
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Woman trapped in Abeokuta crash wreckage

A housewife, identified as Bimpe Awotiku, was crushed by a truck in Abeokuta, Ogun State, yesterday.

 

The accident occurred at the hill top dual carriage road between Guaranty Trust Bank and Mobile 16 Base, located in the Oke-Ilewo area of the town. Witnesses say the heavily loaded truck was fast descending the steep road, while Mrs Awotiku was driving up hill. The victim, who was in the car with her two children, tried to get out of the path of the speeding truck before the impact. The truck fell on the car and trapped the occupants, however the two children were rescued from the trapped car unhurt. The truck’s impact on the drivers side of the car was greater.

 

For hours, witnesses tried to extricate the unconscious woman. Medical personnel deployed to the scene tried unsuccessfully to revive her with the aid of an oxygen mask. As at the time of going to press, a crane brought by the state government to remove the truck was unable to do so. The victim, reportedly a staff of the Nigerian Meteorology Department, remained in the car.

 

The children were taken to a hospital, while officials of the Fire Services, Nigerian Police, Federal Road Safety Commission, continued the rescue efforts. “On getting to the spot, we were told the driver of the truck had already run away,” said a police officer at the scene who did not want to give his name. “We quickly chased after the direction he was heading to and brought him down. He is in the cell now.

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jpeg&STREAMOID=73Xi_hbrRZAXObrlypd$2C6SYeqqxXXqBcOgKOfTXxRzoqq7U$i_09OCGnydJATPnW_PgxgftuECOcfJwS6Jtlp$r8Fy$6AAZ9zyPuHJ25T7a9GKDSxsGxtpmxP0VAUyHL6IDcZHtmM2t7xO$FHdJG95dFi6y2Uma3vSsvPpVyo-&width=345Five white American students from the University of Wisconsin, United States of America, who are undergoing a Language immersion programme at the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, were some of the guests at the 2011 Yoruba Day at the Vivian Fowler Memorial Girl's College, Lagos. Their mastery of the Yoruba Language is raising fresh concerns among language enthusiasts on the need for parents to encourage their children to speak the language, MOTUNRAYO ABODERIN reports One man's meat is another man's poison is a witty saying that aptly describes the decision of some American undergraduates to obtain Bachelors of Art degree in Yoruba Language. pix201104051154582.jpg

The American students are actually treading a path that many Yoruba parents will never encourage their children to tread. Due to civilisation, the usage of the language has become a taboo in many homes, let alone going to the university to study it. But this is not so for Lauren Halloran, Caraline Harshman, Kelvin Barry, Kelly Moses and O'Neil Keegan, all undergraduate students of the University of Wisconsin, United States of America. Apart from studying the language, they have even adopted Yoruba names. Halloran is Abike, Harshman is Titilayo, Barry has adopted Kayode, and Moses is Akinwumi while Keegan's Yoruba name is Kolade. photo above:Clockwise from up: Kayode, Akinwumi, Kolade, Abike and Titilayo

Yoruba Language is the language of about 40 million people living in the South West geo-political zone of Nigeria.

But the language is being threatened with extinction because of the poor disposition of some Yorubas to it. Yoruba Language and culture enthusiasts including Prof. Wande Abimbola, Prof. Akinwumi Isola and Prof. Ayo Bamgbose had at various forums, expressed fears that if care was not taken, the language might go into extinction in some years to come.

However, these students, who are currently at the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, for a one academic session language immersion programme, were part of guests that witnessed the Yoruba Day organised for pupils of Vivian Fowler Memorial Girl's College, Lagos recently.

The school's proprietor, Chief Leila Fowler, said that the Americans were invited for the event to motivate pupils and parents to embrace the use of Yoruba Language in their homes and in school. As each of the students from the University of Wisconsin spoke the Yoruba language with such dexterity and passion, with the American accent, the audience was forced to clap and scream for joy. "Americans speaking Yoruba, our mother tongue! Should this be a slap in the face of Yoruba girls who can't even say a word in Yoruba?" a parent sitting close to our correspondent asked rhetorically.

The Americans have been at the UI since September 2010 to sharpen their understanding of the Yoruba language and culture. This involves living with Nigerian families for close to one year. The Nigerian families signed an undertaking to speak to the students in Yoruba as well as encourage them to speak the language.

Before coming to Nigeria, they had been learning the Yoruba language at the University of Wisconsin, in the US along with their major courses for close to three years. At their first day in the Yoruba class in America where they were taught by professors from Nigeria, they were given a list of Yoruba names to pick from, and were asked to choose the appellations that best suited them.

And since then, they prefer being called their Yoruba names.

Interestingly, they eat Yoruba food, greet in the Yoruba way, and speak the language better than many Yoruba-born persons.

Kayode, when asked what his best food was, said in Yoruba, "Any day, any time I will go for Oka and Abula (Okro and Amala). It's divine and I love it. Nigeria is one place I've always wanted to live. So, being here is like a dream come true. I wouldn't trade this opportunity for anywhere else.''

Being endowed with an unbeatable talent and skills on how to beat the talking drum came as a surprise to the audience. "I developed an intimacy with the language by listening to radio stations, reading Nigerian newspapers, and also watching Yoruba movies. I always listen to Radio Lagos 107.5FM from the US. That really helped in getting to know the Yoruba accent.

"Also, I leant through the Yoruba films, you can watch any type of Yoruba movie on YouTube from America."

Titilayo, who was the most outspoken of the group, said someday, she wants to become a West African correspondent for one of the top media houses in the world.

"I want to be able to communicate in various African languages without any barrier. After mastering the Yoruba language, I'm going to pick up other African languages," she said.

Living in the ancient city of Ibadan, she said, had been an interesting experience, bringing her closer to the Yoruba culture and its components,

"My experience in Nigeria so far has been better than what I expected. I never thought I would become a motivation for kids to take pleasure in learning their mother tongue. It has been a big experience. Everyone has been so warm and welcome. Well, I hope this challenges people to know that the Yoruba language is a beautiful one, and Yoruba-speaking parents especially should ensure that they teach their children how to speak the language. If I can do it, so can they," Titilayo said.

Kolade, the most reserved of the group, said because of his nature, naturally he didn't think he could stay in Nigeria other than the stipulated time his course required, but because of the warm nature of Nigerians, he might change his mind.

"I'm more of the quiet type, I don't really like talking. Nigerians are really great at making you feel at home. A lot of people don't know much about Nigeria, that's why they have the impression that the country is wild and dangerous. But I have discovered that this impression is not true," he said.

On some of the challenges he faces, one of their teachers, Mr. Moses Mabayanje, said despite the passion he has for his job, teaching foreigners was harder than teaching Nigerians. "I have passion for what I do, but it can be challenging teaching foreigners than Nigerians who already have an idea and the nitty-gritty of the language. For foreigners, you have to start from the scratch. Also, I have to make sure that the five of them master the Yoruba language," he said.

Responding to fears that foreigners would one day have to teach Yoruba people their mother tongue, he said, "There is every possibility that this could happen. It may look like a joke, but it could happen. However, I don't think this would happen as a result of me teaching foreigners the Yoruba language; rather it will be as a result of parents failing to teach and imbibe in their children the Yoruba culture."

Also, Yoruba author, Olarotimi Makanjuola, said children now prefered speaking either the British English, or most especially the American English to their peers and parents, and that in some years' time, there would be nothing left of the Yoruba culture if caution wasn't taken.

"Would our grand children know the English meaning of the Yoruba word, 'Wa'? Almost everywhere this issue is brought up, people lament on the neglect of the Yoruba language. As they speak, you can hear the pain and sadness in their voices. Very soon, the whites are going to be the ones teaching our children their mother tongue," he said.

However, the Chairman, Association of Yoruba Language and Culture Teachers Association, Lagos State, Mr. Atanda Olawale, has called on parents and stakeholders in the education sector to fight against the extinction of Yoruba language.

He said, "The greatest tragedy regarding language is the dominating trend of parents wanting to speak only English to their children, making it their first language, and then sending them to private schools which only teach English. This makes these children to value English above other languages."

"When I heard about the story of the five students from University of Wincosin who are currently in UI studying Yoruba, I was not so shocked because I've always said that if we are not careful, the Yoruba language will soon become extinct. Then we will have foreigners coming down here to teach us our own mother tongue," he said.
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jpeg&STREAMOID=2Qs5WIVboCQiz9C2hRU3$S6SYeqqxXXqBcOgKOfTXxQTShsO5X5l3pHb4jRjo8F$nW_PgxgftuECOcfJwS6Jtlp$r8Fy$6AAZ9zyPuHJ25T7a9GKDSxsGxtpmxP0VAUyHL6IDcZHtmM2t7xO$FHdJG95dFi6y2Uma3vSsvPpVyo-&width=234Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, yesterday blamed the People's Democratic Party for masterminding the different messages being circulated through several electronic media about a "fictitious" rift between him and his predecessor, Bola Tinubu.
The message, being circulated under the title of "Lagos Voters" read that "Fashola says no to Tinubu's juju oath swearing, let us all pray for Fashola's protection from the evil Tinubu godfather."
Mr Fashola, while speaking to journalists after a meeting of the party's leaders held at Mainland Hotel in Oyingbo, urged all Lagos residents to ignore the message. "I will ignore it and I implore every right thinking member of our party to remain vigilant," he said. "This is the manifestation of the corrupt character of the PDP which is posing as Labour and all sorts of things to destabilise all other parties. People must be vigilant. They must wake up to all these false antics. They must ignore all these text messages of fear and deception. People should ignore all those text messages; they are messages of farewell because the PDP is going."
Internal rift
The governor denied any rift within the ranks of the party, especially in the Mainland Local Government where the meeting held. The party was allegedly losing last Saturday's botched National Assembly election which was already underway before it was cancelled. The postponement of the election was therefore a lifeline for the party to close cracks existing within the party. "We have just finished our meeting and there is no rift in our party," he said.
Another message being circulated advised Lagos residents to vote for Mr Fashola but not for legislative candidates of the ruling Action Congress of Nigeria because if the party has the majority of the House of Assembly, it will be easy to impeach Mr Fashola. However, the governor urged Lagos residents not to use the power of their vote in accordance with baseless opinions. Rather, he said, they should consider the track record of the party, which he described as a "refreshing breath of fresh air."
Attacking the PDP
"We expect to win in all the places where we fielded candidates," he said. "People must wake up and listen to us because we mean well. They should look at our track record in all the states we are controlling. So, we are imploring the voters to try something new because the PDP has failed them. The truth is that PDP has not campaigned on any issue. They have not told us a believable solution for health, housing and other problems confronting our people. Those peddling the rumour that we shall lose have their opinion. We have focused on our campaign and our manifesto. What do other parties bring?
After a party have run government for 12 years without a record of any progress, then we are a refreshing breath of fresh air. We must be. Look at what they have done to themselves in other states they controlled. You see candidates emerging overnight and some being removed. Within one year, they have changed national chairman thrice. PDP is a party that cannot even manage its affairs. They said their former chairman has a case to answer, were their eyes closed when they picked him?"
Support for INEC
While commenting on the uncertainties surrounding the ability of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mr Fashola urged asked Nigerians to show their support for the commission, which he said is working "in a difficult environment created by the mismanagement and inefficiency of the PDP-led federal government."
"But we have to understand that this is a country where the PDP government has wrecked virtually all our infrastructure," he said. "So, what normally is a difficult task becomes monumental. There are no roads and no rail. So what miracle do we expect, really? How do we get materials to far flung areas on time? Is INEC supposed to perform overnight magic by constructing roads?"
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jade: an ornamental stone ,jaded: made dull, apathetic, or cynical by experience , jada: a very talented mother of a very talented family , jaga: a double word used by eedris abdukarim 9gerian rapper to describe 9geria . my remix  "9geria jaga jaga, we don jaded  so tay, all the jadas wey remain, na jade necklace dem want !  gunshots inna  d air  ....i wish Fela were alive .

 

jpeg&STREAMOID=zaHnjOWsOioENvG_ju4gqS6SYeqqxXXqBcOgKOfTXxScnWY7QdSvrHYAgKwYXHmlnW_PgxgftuECOcfJwS6Jtlp$r8Fy$6AAZ9zyPuHJ25T7a9GKDSxsGxtpmxP0VAUyHL6IDcZHtmM2t7xO$FHdJG95dFi6y2Uma3vSsvPpVyo-&width=234Charles Okwandu has won an NCAA winners medal after his team, the University of Connecticut Huskies defeated the Butler Bulldogs in the final of this year's NCAA National Men's Division One Championship.
The match which came up on Monday night (early hours of Tuesday morning in Nigeria) at the Reliant Stadium, in Houston, Texas, saw the Huskies running out with a 53-41 victory. It is their NCCA title in 12 years.
It was a game of contrasting fortunes, that saw the presence of the 7-feet-tall Okwandu, who featured for 13 minutes and finished the game with two points, along with five rebounds, four of which were offensive rebounds, after the Bulldogs over photo:Connecticut Huskies center Charles Okwandu (35) knocks the ball out of the hands of Kentucky Wildcats guard Brandon Knight (R) during their semi-final NCAA Final Four college basketball game in Houston, Texas April 2, 2011. Photo: REUTERS    and over again failed in their bid to box him out of the paint.
The former Dodan Warriors of Lagos player, also finished with a block and with his success with the Huskies, becomes the first player from the Nigerian Premier Basketball League to win an NCAA Championship ring.
Okwandu, was discovered by Dodan Warriors president, Sam Ahmedu, a retired Army colonel, and the late basketball coach, Emmanuel Chagu in Satellite Town, a suburb of Lagos, from where he was drafted as a tall skinny high school prospect.
He participated in the Radar Hoops/Nestle Milo Top 50 Camp and the NBA-organized Basketball Without Borders Camp in South Africa and then played for the Lagos-based Warriors in the Premier Basketball League in 2005.
Thereafter, he featured for the Warriors in the finals of the 2006 African Champions Cup for Men hosted in Lagos where the Warriors finished in third place.
And Ahmedu can't but heap accolades on the 25-year-old and his team for winning the 2011 title.
"We give glory to God that the shy, skinny kid of yesterday has grown up to be a man influencing an event of such magnitude on the world stage," said Ahmedu.
"The entire Dodan Warriors programme, and I believe all well-meaning basketball lovers in Nigeria and beyond, are proud of this remarkable achievement which has never been attained by any player from the Nigerian league.
He added: "This is an indication that the Nigerian league will produce world beaters any day, if properly harnessed and managed."
Okwandu wasn't however the only Nigerian player in the Huskies line-up, as they also paraded Alex Oriakhi who, although born in the United States, has Nigerian parents.
The 20-year-old Oriakhi featured for 25 minutes and finished the game with 11 points and 11 rebounds.
"We've been down that road before throughout the whole tournament," Oriakhi said in a statement posted on his school's website. "We just keep playing basketball and we stick together, and I think that's what's most important."

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12166307292?profile=originalFolake Fadele is an actress in the Yoruba movie industry. She debuted about five years ago in a movie entitled: Ile Ola Lewu, after which Saheed Balogun spotted her for a lead role in a movie, Sako Jiya. In this chat with Adunola Fasuyi, she talks about herself, the industry and nudity in the movie industry. 
CAN you tell us a little about yourself?
My name is Folakemi Fadele Victoria Okoye; I am an actress. I went to school like every other girl who appreciates the importance of education. I am a loving lady who loves to be loved and love to love.I’m from Imo State but my mum is from Ondo in Idoani. I have sisters that are all doing well in their various fields of endeavour. My mum and my entire family live abroad.
Were you born in Lagos?
Yes, I was born in Mushin area of Lagos.
Where would you place yourself in the cadre of up and coming actresses in the industry?
Though, life itself is competitive, but I am not going to tell you where I belong in the cadre of upcoming actresses.
When I had my appearance in Ile Ola Lewu, about three years ago, I never knew I would step up as quickly as I did in the past months.
So, God, who has placed me on this level is not done with what he’s doing in my life. I am always on top.
You must have had your challenges as an aspiring actress, what were the major ones you had?
The major one, to me, is sexual harassment. I have had a couple of producers who asked me for sex before giving me a role. Though, sexual harassment is a universal phenomenon, notwithstanding, it has to be based on mutual understanding.
You don’t have to compel me to sleep with you before giving me a role to play in a movie. Aside this, other challenges are just the normal things an aspiring actress tends to face in the course of acting.
Have you dated a movie producer before?
Not really. But I can actually date a producer if he falls into the category of my kind of man. Within my short time in the industry, I have had hundreds of advances from co-actors, producers and even marketers. But as an adult, if you caught my fancy, I will date you, that’s all.
What are the qualities that stand you out from other actresses?
My lips are not the same with others, my boobs are not same with others, in fact, my entire body structure is not same with other actresses. These qualities, coupled with my artistic prowess, stand me out among others.
When do you want to get married?
When the right man comes. I am not even thinking along that line at the moment. All I want to achieve is to be on top of my game in this industry and affect my generation and the next, as well.
Are you saying marriage can affect your career negatively?
Yes, of course, it can and we have many cases of marital disorder in the industry. Actually, I have tried it once, I was once engaged, but it was obvious my career would be at jeopardy, so I pulled out of the relationship.
You know our job is time-consuming and very tedious, so it only takes an understanding man to have a good home as an actress.
How many movies have you featured in?
A lot of movies, but all in the Yoruba genre.
Which one shot you into limelight?
Sako Jiya by Saheed Balogun. I played the major role there, as the wife of Saheed Balogun.
Have you ever dated Saheed Balogun?
Mr. Saheed is my boss, mentor and of course, my godfather in the industry. We are very close, he’s more or less a family friend, but if people see our closeness as something they are not comfortable with, they can form their opinion.
Who is your first love?
It’s personal.
Are you seeing anyone at the moment?
No. I am single and still searching. Guys can forward their application letters to me.
How would you describe your background?
I was born and grew up in Mushin but I left that area when I was 13 years old to Abule Egba area of Lagos.
We were born with silverspoon because that time, we never lacked any good things of life.
In fact, my mum built the Abule Egba house when I was 12 years, so we were quite comfortable as kids.
My mum and my entire household (five siblings) have been living in the United Kingdom for more than 20 years now.
Why did you choose acting?
I love acting even when I was still very young; my passion for it was awesome.
So, when I grew up and I wanted to do something different, I got introduced to Saheed Balogun through my sister, when he came to see her about someone they were supposed to feature in their movie.
Fortunately, Saheed sighted me and asked my sister to allow me play that role. After much persuasions, my sister allowed me and I got involved with his production outfit. That was how I got into the industry.
Since you had the flair from childhood, did you study the arts in school?
On the contrary no. I was in UNILAG to study Banking and Finance, though I dropped out because I wanted to travel and was also doing business. But the travelling didn’t click at the end. So, I didn’t complete my degree programme.
Can you act nude in a movie?
I laugh when I read in the papers about some actresses’ opinion on this question. No one has ever admitted to act nude for a fee. Let me tell you here, a whole lot of them act nude but they don’t know.
You cannot act nude and you are sleeping with a producer, marketer, director etc, how else do you want to act nude? For me, the question is yes, I can act nude if the pay is right, if the producer is ready to pay me handsomely, why not? Afterall, Hollywood stars act nude and yet, we want to get to where Hollywood is and we keep shying from versatility in acting.
As a versatile actress, I can act nude but the pay must be good! In fact, the fee must be able to sustain me throughout my lifetime. To act nude is against our tradition, friends, associates and even some colleagues would turn you a recluse, you would be stigmatized. So, if I have to act nude, I would consider all these things and ask for a fee that will last me a lifetime. With that, I can buy a world for myself even a man if need be
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"I was driving one of my posh rides in Abuja when all of a sudden these men dressed in different uniforms, army, police and even a colour that I don't even recognize just swooped on me and asked me to get down from my car. I did that and then I was told I am not authorized to have tinted glass, that it's against the law, so they proceeded to remove the tint. But all of a sudden this set of people arrived with some huge cameras I have never seen before and started recording the scene. That was when I got upset and drove away. In fact I think it was just a set up because I don't know how those people got to know what was happening at the time and they came with their cameras like it was a movie scene." Jim Iyke to Vivian Onuorah of City People Magazine.

 

 

The Inspector General of Police, Mr Hafiz Ringim, recently announced a ban on the use of tinted glasses on vehicles in the country. No reason was given for the ban, but a few specified top government officials were exempted from it. The Police were ordered to arrest drivers of vehicles with tinted glasses, except those that are factory-fitted. The ban which was announced through advertisements in the media, had a deadline of March 15, 2011. Since then,  policemen have begun a clamp down on car owners who have not complied with the order.

The growing menace of kidnapping and other vehicle-facilitated crimes in the country may have compelled the revocation of police permits which hitherto allowed car owners to use tinted glasses. The Police had wanted to monitor and account for motorists that were using tinted glasses on their vehicles by demanding that they  (car owners) obtained police permit before using such cars. However, the process soon got abused, as almost every applicant got the permit, whether the tint was factory-fitted or not. Indeed, driving a car with tinted glasses soon became a status symbol, as it conferred on the owner some mystique of social importance, with a pseudo VIP flourish. Sadly too, even policemen at checkpoints seemed to treat car owners in tinted glasses with greater respect, if not awe. That way, criminals who rode in cars with tinted glasses, sometimes with kidnapped victims in the cars, got reverent courtesies from the police and other members of the society. The need to forestall the pseudo posturing may have led to the outright ban on the tinted glasses.

While we appreciate the difficulty tinted glasses pose to the police in identifying the status of all car owners, we are concerned that the enforcement of the order may soon lose its steam. Most of the police officers, especially those of junior rank, who are often at highway checkpoints, scarcely know the difference between factory-fitted tints or local film tints.  Thus, despite the exemption of the former from the ban, the police still harass car owners with factory-fitted tints, the same way they do locally-fitted tinted cars. Many policemen have even turned the new order to avenues for monetary extortions from car owners.

 The Police authorities should therefore further educate its rank and file on the difference, as only the back windows of factory-fitted tints are darkened.

More than that, we believe that the mere use of cars with tinted glasses (factory-fitted or not) does not confer any special importance on the car or its occupants. They should thus be subjected to routine police checks, where and when the need arises. That way, those who hide under the cover of factory-fitted tinted  glasses to perpetrate crime can be nabbed and prosecuted.

We are also worried, like the Inspector General of Police, that even some state security chieftains, including policemen, are, as always, lifting themselves above the law by yet driving official and even private cars with local tints on their glasses. We are familiar with this flagrant abuse of office by security agents, as they drive, unchallenged, against traffic, ride motor cycles without helmet, drive menacingly on the highways etc. Perhaps,  they need to be reminded that those entrusted with the responsibility of enforcing the nation’s laws should not be the same people that so flippantly flout the laws of the land.

All said, we believe that while the ban should help check crime rate in the country, the issue of tinted glasses should not distract the police from the task of securing lives and property. The police should re-work their security system by exposing the men and officers to advanced and latest forms of security strategies with the aim of re-assuring Nigerians of their overall safety.

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There were strong indications in Abuja on Monday that the Independent National Electoral Commission might for the third time, postpone the National Assembly elections in some senatorial districts and constituencies in nine states. 

Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega
 

A very reliable source in INEC made this known just as THE PUNCH learnt that a fresh set of election materials, including ballot papers, arrived the cargo terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, on Sunday night from China. 
The source in INEC headquarters, a senior official who asked not to be named, explained that the planned shift was due to the fact that voting had taken place in some districts and constituencies before the commission's Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, announced that the April 2 poll had been halted nationwide. 
Investigations by one of our correspondents on Monday revealed that apart from Lagos, the other states likely to be affected are Rivers, Ogun, Katsina, Ondo, Jigawa, Anambra, Gombe and Imo. 
It was learnt that the other reasons that might be given for the third rescheduling of polls in the affected areas included the ommission of parties logos on ballot paper and shortages of other materials. 
Also, it was learnt that the elections might be postponed where serious cases of omission of names in the voter register had occurred. 
When contacted, the Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Mr. Kayode Idowu, confirmed the imminent postponement of the National Assembly polls in some places he described as "isolated areas." 
Idowu said, "The commission had said that a proper audit of (ballot papers) would be taken. Where there are shortages, such that we cannot get enough ballot papers to go round, elections will be postponed in those areas. 
"The chairman (Jega) said that by Thursday, places where elections will not be able to take place will be known. 
"Voting took place in less than two per cent of the polling units in the country. If the quantum of ballot papers that were used is such that there would not be enough for fresh elections, the polls will be postponed in such areas. So, obviously, there are some areas where elections will not take place on Saturday." 
He said that where there were shortages of ballot papers it, would be impossible for the Commission to place order for another set between now and Saturday. 
"The chairman said that those elections could be conducted along with the governorship elections or rescheduled for any other day around that time," he added. 
Idowu also said the death of the Action Congress of Nigeria House of Representatives candidates, in Katsina State, could lead to the postponement of Saturday's poll in the constituency. 
However, he allayed fears that ballot papers sent out on Saturday might have been hijacked by politicians. He added that the ballot papers sent out on that day were serially numbered. 
"Let's assume that they got into the wrong hands, of what use will they be? The system of voting we put in place is a system where people will stand in line and be accredited," he added. 
Also, Idowu disclosed that INEC had reported the vendor, which failed to deliver form EC84s to it in time, to the appropriate authorities for punishment. But he declined to disclose the identity of the contractor. 
"The contractor has been reported and handed over to appropriate agencies that would seek for the enforcement of the contractual terms and apply the penalties agreed," he said. 
Meanwhile, a fresh set of election material, arrived the MMIA aboard a Boeing 747 aircraft belonging to Saudi Arabia Airlines. 
A source at the airport said that the aircraft landed at about 10pm on Sunday. 
He put the weight of the new materials at 30 tonnes, explaining that several tonnes had earlier arrived on Friday evening aboard the same carrier. 
Another carrier, Cargolus Airlines, according to him, had also brought in some election materials into the country on Saturday morning. 
The source, who asked not to be named, added, "There are other airlines that the Independent National Electoral Commission is using to bring the elections material into the country, not only Saudi Arabia Airlines. 
"I think they are trying to bring in all the materials as quickly as possible. Some of the materials which came in aboard Saudi Arabia Airlines on Friday night were immediately transferred to one of the South-South states. The ones that came in last night (Sunday night) were cleared and taken away this morning (Monday)." 
It was also learnt on Monday that more election materials were still being expected by INEC ahead of the commencement of the general elections on Saturday. 
INEC had last Saturday cancelled the National Assembly elections due to a lack of sufficient election materials. Its Chairman, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, blamed the development on contractors and the crises in Libya and China. 
He had announced that the poll would hold on Monday (yesterday) but on Sunday, he made a U-turn after a series of meetings with President Goodluck Jonathan, security agencies and the leaders of the 63 registered political parties in the country.
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A Nige.rian, Oladapo Oladokun, has been sentenced to two years imprisonment for carrying out a scheme in which he took over financial accounts belonging to about 25 victims. 

He was said to have fleeced his victims of $300,000. 
An account takeover occurs when individuals obtain names and identifying information of victims, and then using this information, call the victims' banks and credit card companies pretending to be the real account holders, Reuters reports. 
The authorities said Oladokun, 37, took over more than 40 financial accounts fraudulently, according to an online publication, African Outlook. He was accused to have also used, possessed, or opened the accounts without the victims' authorisation, causing more than $300,000 in losses. 
Oladokun, who lived in Lanham, Maryland, pleaded guilty in February to a charge of aggravated identity theft. 
He was sentenced on Friday by Judge Ellen S. Huvelle in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. In addition to the prison term, the judge ordered Oladokun to pay restitution of $269,304. 
Oladokun will also be on one year of supervised release upon completion of the prison term. 
The sentence was announced by U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr.; James W. McJunkin, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI's Washington Field Office; Daniel S. Cortez, Inspector in Charge, Washington Division, U.S. Postal Inspection Service; and David Beach, Special Agent in Charge, Washington Field Office, U.S. Secret Service. 
According to the government's evidence, Oladokun and others engaged in a scheme to defraud bank and credit card companies through an account takeover scheme. 
Once in possession of the victims' checks and/or credit cards, Oladokun and others engaged in financial transactions such as buying goods and services, depositing the bank cheques into accounts opened in the names of other victims, cashing cheques, and purchasing money orders. 
From July 2008 to August 2010, the defendant was involved with account takeovers of numerous financial accounts. Banks, credit card companies, and others suffered losses with respect to these accounts in the approximate total amount of $301,431, although some money was later recovered. 
Oladokun admitted in court that he engaged in identity theft, knowing that the victims were actual persons
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B0642011ADAMS-OSHIOMHOLE.jpg?maxwidth=400&maxheight=540&width=234Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole has raised the alarm over the rising tension in the state following alleged brutality unleashed on the people by troops at the instance of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during last Saturday’s botched National Assembly elections.


But a group sympathetic to the PDP in the state, Edo Youth Vanguard (EYV), has accused the governor of training and camping 600 youths at Okpujie Primary School, Uromi, to be used as thugs ahead of this Saturday’s rescheduled elections. Addressing journalists Tuesday in Benin City, the governor said as the chief security officer of the state, it was his duty to appeal to President Goodluck Jonathan clearly and promptly about the dangers posed to the Nigerian Army and the nation, should the troops continue to provoke and humiliate citizens of the state on behalf of a political party.


According to Oshiomhole, by the early hours of Saturday, the troops had been unleashed on leaders and members of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), ordinary voters and members of the public across the three senatorial districts of the state.
He added that the conduct of the officers and men in various places strongly indicated that their operational order was not to give effect to the president’s resolve to provide adequate security during the elections.


He said rather, the army actively executed the bidding of the PDP, as the various contingents were allegedly deployed to harass ACN leaders and members in order to pave the way for the rigging of the elections.


He alleged that in Owan West and East, Edo North, PDP thugs, including those hired from neighbouring states wore special red and yellow arm bands, which became symbols of immunity even in the face of premeditated violence they unleashed. He said the pre-agreed colours allow PDP thugs easy passage.


The governor also disclosed that several innocent persons and voters were rounded up in eateries, on the streets and in voting centres in Edo Central for no reasons, while in Edo South, many ACN leaders had abandoned their homes based on reports that they were to be arrested and bundled to Abuja.


In contrast, Oshiomhole said in Akoko-Edo, the army left off the hook, even without interrogation, well armed PDP thugs brought in from the Niger Delta who had been apprehended by the youths and handed over to the military patrol teams.
He also alleged that thugs allegedly arranged by two PDP senatorial candidate paraded the streets and shot at ACN leaders, including one Andrew Osigwe, yet no arrest was made by the army or the police.


Meanwhile, speaking to newsmen Tuesday in Uromi after its emergency meeting, National Coordinator of the EYV, Mr. Mathew Idemudia, said ACN’s alleged recruitment of thugs was worrisome as the Federal Government had done everything humanly possible to see that this year’s election was devoid of rancour and acrimony following the review of the Electoral Act and the promise by Jonathan to allow a conducive environment for free and fair election.


Idemudia alleged that the inducement of Esan Youths Coalition (EYC) with N60,000 each to the 600 members amounted to N36 million, adding that the amount was taken from the local governments’ funds for  developmental projects.
He said four members of the Esan Youth Coalition (EYC), who rushed to the secretariat of EYV to report the incident, said arrangements had been concluded to recruit additional 500 youths to the existing 600, adding that residents of Uromi who watched the parade were scared at such number of youths few days before the general elections.


In Umuahia, the Abia State government has condemned a report in a national newspaper that election materials meant for the botched National Assembly elections in the state last weekend, were allegedly taken to the Government House by the State Resident Electoral Commission (REC) , Mr. Austin Okojie.


A statement issued in Umuahia Tuesday and signed by Mr. Kingsley Emereuwa, Chief Press Secretary to Governor Theodore Orji, described the report as routine falsehood, wondering   if the newspaper had its “usual” invisible “reporters” in the Government House “when the materials were brought in”.


Maintaining that it was glaring that the report emanated from the political enemies of the state governor, the statement noted that “it is laughable that the same man who has never visited the Government House since he assumed duties would suddenly divert materials meant for elections to the same Government House”.


While advising the general public to disregard the report, it stated that “It is common knowledge that the current Resident Electoral Commissioner in Abia, Barrister Austin Okojie, since he assumed duties in the state had even neglected simple courtesies of paying official visit to the sitting governor.


“And when he was confronted by newsmen on that unusual development, he said it was the directive given by the INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega,  that RECs are banned from paying courtesy calls on state governors,” Orji said.

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B0642011ERASTUS-AKINGBOLA.jpg?maxwidth=400&maxheight=540Former Chief Executive Officer of Intercontinental Bank Plc., Dr. Erastus Akingbola, Tuesday,  stated that there is no truth whatsoever in a recent media report that  United Kingdom (UK)  had asked him  to forfeit any asset or pay £68million or any other sum to Intercontinental Bank Plc.


Intercontinental Bank had on December 23, 2009 instituted the case against Akingbola, alleging financial impropriety against the former chief executive of the bank. But  a  statement issued in Lagos Tuesday  and signed by his Media Counsel, Charles Nwajagu, described the media report as misleading, saying the case involving  the bank and Akingbola in which the bank was asking for a summary judgment on financial misappropriation has been slated for trial next year. Nwajagu said ”Contrary to the erroneous March 24, 2011 report being  spread around, the judge gave his ruling only on Monday, April 4, 2011 thereby casting doubt on the motive and credibility of the story being circulated.”


According to the statement, the April 4 ruling rejected the bank’s application for Summary Judg-ment  “on the ground that it is only fair for a defendant (in this case Dr. Akingbola) to cross examine the plaintiff’s witnesses,” adding “ Consequently the judge ordered trial to start sometime next year.”


Maintaining that all allegations regarding payments are misleading, the statement affirmed that “no court has asked Akingbola to forfeit any asset or pay £68million or any other sum to Intercontinen-tal Bank Plc.”

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jegainecballot_2.pngFor daring to speak up about how Attahiru Jega`s led INEC plotted the false start, in the April 2nd elections, and how INEC was ill prepared for the subsequent presidential elections on April 4th, a local printing contractor in Nigeria has received death threats.


 

A text message sent to him, threatening his life for being a whistle blower reads:

 

“You idiot whoever your sponsors are, they will not protect you when we come for after you. You don’t know anything about INEC, so shut up your dirty mouth. Be warned”.

 

Another text message he received reads:

 

“My brother, I read your interview on the failed election. Good but thread softly; Nigeria is not worth dying for yet. Talk no more”

 

However, for the third time within seventy two hours, INEC chairman, Prof Attahiru Jega has chosen to be economical with words.

Rather than take responsibility for his actions, Jega has absolved himself and labeled the contractors, whom he hired single handedly, against the better judgment of many specialist, as saboteurs.

Not holding brief for the contractors, but if anyone should be branded “saboteur” it should be our activist lecturer turned INEC czar, who lied to Nigerians and the President, who reluctantly refused Jega`s resignation letter over the weekend, as it brought to question the President`s sense of judgment. After all, he hired Jega, a source affirmed

Was it the contractors who waited till March 10th 2011, three weeks before the elections to award contract for the printing of over five hundred million election materials? the source asked.

Huhuonline.com understands that Prof. Attahiru Jega rejected contractors who were competent and had excellent track record of delivering because they were from Southern Nigeria. Finding shows that ¾ of the contractors hired by Prof Jega were from the North.

Specifically, one Alhaji Musa, a very close ally of Attahiru Jega and his benefactor (a Presidential aide) received a chunk of the printing job.

The total sum of printing contract awarded to Musa was one hundred and fifty million naira (N150, 000,000.00), which he subsequently subcontracted to UK based Graphic Inline.

Alhaji Musa was first given a work order for Seventy five million naira, and later another Seventy five million naira work order was signed off for him, after a leading printing company (name withheld), rejected the job, because they were over booked.

The other two local contractors are Alhaji Sanni and Alhaji Yerima, who represents Aeroprint and Aero Vote Limited respectively. Aero Vote Limited is a security printing company, based in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom.

Our checks reveals that Aero Vote Limited, Aero print and Graphic Inline are not new to INEC as the have printed election material for the commission in the past.

 

As  reported previously, besides the material for the National Assembly elections, we understand that material for the presidential election, originally scheduled for April 9th, but rescheduled to April 16th are not ready. However INEC has already printed all the materials for the Presidential runoff elections, which simply amount to a case of putting the cart before the horse.

 

 findings shows that INEC had contracted a Spanish firm to print one hundred and fifty million ballot papers for the presidential elections. Eighty million of the ballot papers were to be used for presidential, while the other seventy million was for the runoff. Due to conflicting instructions or lack thereof, the company rather than start with the ballot papers for the presidential elections, printed the runoff first.

 

 

According to our sources, they found out they did not have the capacity to print the ballot papers for runoff and main presidential elections; they returned the main to INEC.

 

Stuck and desperate, Prof Attahiru Jega then re-awarded the printing of the ballot papers for the presidential elections to his crony Alhaji Musa, who had not delivered the first job that was awarded to him.

Unbeknown to Nigerian registered voters, on April 3rd 2011, INEC had not taken delivery of all the electoral materials. Yet, Prof Attahiru Jega in his nationwide broadcast, titled “we can’t afford to fail”, said:

“Finally, as elections commence tomorrow, we must seek free, fair, credible and peaceful elections with a vigorous commitment that restores confidence, dispels fear, and moves the nation away from the mistakes of the past. We must do the elections right".

Continuing, Jega said:

“We must not fail each other and we must not fail our dear country”.

But Prof. Attahiru Jega, who in the past had told Nigerians not to expect a "perfect poll", was not true to his words, as he had planned to fail; he did not have the material conduct the elections.Yet he announced that Nigerian should go to the polls.

Embarrassed by the public outcry, Jega hurriedly move the election to the 4th of April, which also was not a feasible date, until he was prevailed upon by the presidency, (who had received intelligence report that Jega did not have the election materials), and other political parties to move the election to April 9th.

However, it remains to be seen if Prof. Attahiru Jega and his select team of contractors will do the election right.We are watching 





More News:

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, insisted this morning that it will not reveal the identity of the vendor whose failure to deliver sensitive election materials resulted in postponement of National Assembly election last Saturday.

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•INEC Chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega at a press conference in Abuja.

Kayode Idowu, the spokesperson for Professor Attahiru Jega, Chairman, INEC told P.M.NEWS this morning that the commission will not disclose the identity of the contractor in spite of curiosity from the public. The refusal to reveal the name of the vendor, he said, is to avoid “media trial of the contractor”.

Professor Jega had last Saturday afternoon announced the postponement of the National Assembly elections in spite of the fact that millions of prospective voters had lined up in polling booths across the country, with voting already commencing in some areas.

Jega had blamed the postponement on ‘ unprecedented late arrival of result sheets’ as one of the vendors awarded contract for the printing of the document said he was unable to secure aircraft to transport the materials to Nigeria on time.

The INEC Chairman said the contractor had in turn blamed the Tsunami disaster that occurred in Japan for the problem.

According to Jega, though the vendor had earlier promised to deliver the materials to Nigeria on Thursday, the result sheets arrived in Nigeria late Saturday morning, when the process of the election is already underway across the country.

The INEC Chairman said it therefore became imperative to postpone the election because it will not be possible to distribute the materials across the 120,000 polling booths in the country before the end of the polls that day.

“We could have proceeded with the election in a few states of the country where materials are available such as Lagos, Kaduna, Kebbi, Delta, Zamfara and Enugu among others. In order to maintain the integrity of the election and take effective overall control of the process, the commission has taken a very difficult but necessary decision to postpone the National Assembly election to Monday, April 4,” Jega said.

But as controversies mount over the reason given for the cancellation of the election, Nigerians have continued to demand that the identity of the contractor who defaulted in the supply of the report sheets be disclosed.

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, former Governor of Lagos State and Action Congress of Nigeria leader, had, following the postponement of the election last Saturday raised posers on the contract and the contractor: “Can you vouch that contract has not turned to patronage? How much did it cost Bangladesh to register 80 million? How much did it cost Nigeria? Is it not part of influence? Is it not that some National Assembly members influenced the INEC to favour one contractor or the other irrespective of its capacity to deliver? Has it been independent of all the exercise?”

There are reports that about 10 companies were awarded the contract for the printing of the ballot papers and the result sheets. One report had indicated that the company is Royal Mint of Spain, while there are speculations that the company is a Japanese company.

Idowu had denied that the company is based in Spain, but insisted this morning that INEC will not reveal the identity of the defaulting vendor since the issue is being taken through a legal process for appropriate sanctions. He said this is to avoid media trial while he vowed that the commission will ensure that appropriate punishment is meted out to the contractor.

When asked if the commission is trying to shield the contractors from Nigerians, Idowu replied: “No, no, appropriate measures are being taken to punish the vendor for breach of contract and media trial of the contractor may also be another breach of the contract.”

Idowu also told P.M.NEWS that contract for the printing of the result sheets was awarded just before the elections, but was not specific on the particular time. We gathered that the contract was awarded on 10 March.

On whether the late award of the contract was not responsible for the delay in the delivery of the materials, Idowu, while insisting that the contract was awarded at the appropriate time, added that “even if the contract was awarded late, the contractual terms will not stipulate that the materials should be delivered late.”

Apart from Royal Mint of Spain, other foreign companies allegedly contracted to print the ballot papers are Aero Vote Limited, a security printing company based in Buckingamshire, United Kingdom, Sanfrano, a Germany-based company with a Nigerian associate called Alhaji Sani; Musa.

Aero Print, and V.I Solutions said to belong to a Nigerian called Alhaji Yahaya Musa.

 

culled & adapted from huhuonline.com & pmnews papers

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HOW GENERATORS WORK 
First, Let us take a look at the working mechanism of the normal generators you know (that is generators that use fuel) to see how they are able to
supply electricity with the help of fuel (petrol or diesel). In general,
GENERATOR consists of two basic parts. The part that required fuel,
this part is called the piston, and the part that doesn’t need fuel,
this part is called the alternator. Both the piston and the alternator
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roll the coils of the alternator, hence the production of electricity.
This is an easy way to explain the working mechanism (in a lame man’s
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purpose of the fuel is basically to enable the piston to roll the coil
of the alternator. I hope that is quite simple? Did I hear you say “OF
COURSE, YES”. Good, then let’s continue…

INTRODUCTION TO THE FUELLESS GENERATOR 
Now, talking about FUELLESS GENERATOR: the principle behind FUELLESS-GENERATOR is based on this question deduced from the above
explanation on which the normal generators function: since the main
purpose of the fuel in the workability of generators is basically to
empower the piston to roll/rotate the coil of the alternator, which in
return supply electricity as explained earlier. Then, the reasoning that
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question “what another and better alternative way can we come up with to
roll the alternator’s coil that can replace the piston so that there
won’t be a need for fuel in the process?” So the idea behind the
fuelless-generator is the discovery and introduction of an alternative
device that is capable of rolling the alternator coils of generators
without fuel to produce electricity. It’s just as simple as that, and
once you understand that, the rest is just as easy as ABC. Therefore, a
DC Motor (a device that doesn’t need fuel to drive the alternator) is
brought in to replace the piston (which usually requires fuel in other
to drive the alternator in the normal generators). DC Motor, unlike the
piston, can rotate/drive the alternator without fuel. In this case,
instead of the fuel (petrol or diesel), a battery (energy source) and
other components are introduced into the system to enable the DC Motor
to roll the alternator in other to generate electricity. Did I hear you
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DEFINITION OF THE FUELLESS GENERATOR 
FUELLESS GENERATOR is an electrical combination of DC motor (DC=Direct Current) and alternator that attempts not to use fuel for generating power
(electricity). All it needs is to keep circulating the chemical energy
source (the battery) down to the DC Motor, from DC Motor to the
alternator and back to the battery (circulating energy within itself).
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THE ADVANTAGES THE FUELLESS-GENERATOR HAS OVER FULLED-GENERATORS AND INVERTERS

1. It does not need or depend on fuel (petrol or diesel), solar energy or wind energy to function.

2. It preserves the safety of our immediate environment from noise and air pollution (it is noiseless & smokeless)

3. The six basic components needed to construct it are readily &
easily available in the market-you wont need to go far to get them

4. You can build it to the capacity of the load you want it to carry:
850watts(I-BEETER PASS MY NEIGHBOR SIZE) or 3KVA to 5KVA (THAT CARRIES
YOUR FRIDGE AND SO ON)

5. It is smokeless, noiseless and pollution free

6. It wont require any mechanical service or maintenance 

7. It is free from current surge (electric shock)

8. It saves you over N250,000 every year – No buying of fuel, no maintenance, no service!

9. Very easy to construct/couple (you don’t have to be an engineer to
couple the components together . Anybody with half a brain can do it and
in less than 3 hours)

10. It has little or no relationship whatsoever with PHCN/NEPA, hence
it’s self-dependent & self-charging (unlike inverters where you will
still need NEPA LIGHT to charge the battery) and it's very safe to use.


11. It does not wear or tear, hence no maintenance cost!

12. It can work for as long as you want if properly kept

13. It does not make as much noise as the Fuelled-generators; so it
won't disturb you and the people in your neighbourhood - The one am
using is right inside my sitting room

Features of this information kit/package

1) It comes with a step-by-step practical MANUAL and VCD that explain the process in details.

2) It contains the phone and contact address of the places you can get
all the components needed to construct the Generator yourself without
stress ( even if you reside in a remote village).

3) It also contains the phone contacts & office addresses of
specialist that can help you to build it at moderate price in case you
are the busy type and wont have the time to buy the components and build
it yourself. These are people that ordered for the information kit and
are now into the business of building it for others!

4) We also give you support & assistance anytime you call us on
phone in case you have any question during the process of coupling it
yourself. (Though I doubt you will have any question after reading the
step by step graphical manual and watching the vcd... it's just as
simple as A,B,C)

5) It contains the actual types and sizes of components needed to contruct it and exactly where to get them

DONT MISS THIS PART: VANGUARD NEWSPAPER INTERVIEW:

BELOW IS AN INTERVIEW CONDUCTED ON SAT MAR-5, 2010 BY MR KINGSLEY ADEGBOYE, A REPORTER FOR VANGUARD NEWSPAPER

VANGUARD: Sir, Can you tell us the differences between the new
fuelless-generator and the normal Generator that uses fuel and
inverters?

FUELLESS GEN: Inverters always depend on NEPA, because the battery needs
electricity to charge, and that's why the inverters can only work for a
limited period of time as the battery get discharged as it's beIng used
and eventually it will stop working if there is no light to continually
charge it .... while the fuelless generator don't depend on NEPA
although, it has an alternative or supportive external charger we can
use to charge the battery using NEPA power source, maybe for just one
hour to further boost the efficiency.However, in the absense of NEPA
light, the fuelless generator has a capacitior that stores the energy
which is being produced under a working condition and this energy in
return is being used to continually charge the battery which makes the
fuelless generator self-sustainance, self-dependent, self-charging and
it can work for as long as you want it, if the recomended battery type
in the manual is used

VANGUARD: But Can such people with no mechanical or electrical
engineering knowledge or experience and those who are not priviledged to
go to the university actually learn the coupling process without
supervision or is it only meant for a particular class of people?

FUELLESS GEN: Just anybody can easily couple the fuelless generator!
They don't need to be Engineers, they don't even need any engineering
experience whatsoever or any special skill to build the fuelless
generator. As a matter of fact, you are not building it yourself per say
because all the components needed have been made ready for you and they
are easily available in the market; the only thing you need is common
sense and just your two hands to couple the components together after
watching the step-by-step coupling process as explicitly explained in
the practical manual and video Guide which has been made so simple that
even a fool can read, watch and implement it in less than 3 hrs

VANGUARD: How and where can people get the needed components to buy?

FUELLESS GEN: The place to get all the components, the price cost of
each componets and even the exact types of components to buy are already
included in the information kit

VANGUARD: How will people have access to this information Manual Kit?

FUELLESS GEN: We have made it a lot easier for anybody anywhere in
Nigeria, or even outside Nigeria to have instant access to the fuelless
generator information kit which contains the practical manual and vcd
without stress. When they place order, after payment confirmation, the
softcopy of the manual saved in two easy downloadable pdf and word
formats and all the bonuses will be sent to their email box and they
will receive it in less than 30 minutes anywhere in the world (for
safety and fast delivery) while they wait for the vcd in the mail to be
delivered by courier in 48hrs. A lot of people have been calling to ask
if we organise seminar so that they can atttend one. Yes we did and our
seminars  recorded over 2000 attendees but, right now we don't organise
seminars any more because everything they need to know about the
fuelless generator and start the business on their own have been
detailed in the step by step manual.and filmed in the vcd. With that,
they wont need any seminar or one-on-one training even if they have
never touched a single bolt all their life

VANGUARD: For people who still can't trust their abilities to construct
the fuelless-generator themselves and prefer to buy a ready-made one. Do
you have provision for such people - can someone build one for them
while they pay for the service?

FUELLESS GEN : The answer is "YES"for the busy type who wont have the
time to build it themselves, I have good news for them: This information
kit contains the contacts of specialists who are now into the business
of building it for others. All they need do is get a copy of the kit
first to have instant access to such people. With the help of the
manual, they can go get the components themselves and only pay the
service charge. However I am 100% convinced that everybody will be able
to and even prefer to do it themselves after studying the
easy-to-understand 32-pages manual and watching the demonstration video

VANGUARD: Sir, what are the disadvantages of the fuelless generator, any disadvantage?

FUELLESS GEN: That's a Good and brilliant question. Of course, I wont be
honest if I tell you that the fuelless generator does not have any
disadvantage at all, because nothing is made by man that is 100%
perfect. Even the best discovery in the world today is not perfect,
there is always a room for innovation and improvement. However, the
disadvantages can be managed or even avoided if one is disciplined
enough. For example, If water soaks it, it can reduce its efficiency.
So, you must always keep it away in a cool dry place. And in as much as
we declare that the fuelless generator can work for as long as you wish,
we still advice that you should put if off to rest after working for
some very long time. Even humans need time off work to rest

VANGUARD: Considering the money-making potential of this invention, like
we all know that irregular power supply is a major problem that is
affecting virtually every home and business in Nigeria, no doubt your
fuelless generator will be a welcome idea and it will make you Millions,
if not Billions of Naira, but why have you decided to share the
knowledge with others? it's unlike a typical Nigerian. Don't you think
that if too many people know this secret, they will compete with you and
your chance of making big money may be jeopardised?

FUELLESS GEN : (smile), for a long time, I've been praying to God for a
powerful idea that will make me a blessing to other people so I derive
more joy and a sense of fulfilment sharing the concept with others who
truly desire a successful life full of enviable accomplishments.
Moreover, Nigeria is a big nation with over 150 millions people, so any
smart person who want "money-rainfall" this year like a damaged ATM
machine and who can act fast before the market is dominated can actually
make over 3 millions from this business even before the year runs out.
Also we look beyond the Nigeria Market but the entire West Africa
Countries. A lot of people are already calling us from neighbouring
african countries. Suprisingly, even Nigerians in far away countries
like Europe are eager to tap into the business opportunity so, I dont
see any competition here. The money-making potential is enormous that
even 100,000 people cannot exhaust it in the next ten years. My Goal is
to give many Nigerians a genuine business concepts that will make them
lots of money this year and forever

VANGUARD: That's a big opportunity indeed for smart-action takers. I
heard you mentioned N20,000 for the information kit! But why are you
giving out this highly valuable and million-dollar information at such a
ridiculously low price of N20,000? Since you've generously decided to
share this 5 years researched business opportunity with others, we think
the price of the "information kits" will go for, probably N200,000 or
even more?

FUELLESS GEN: Yes you are right , the value of the money-making business
opportunity we are giving out is worth over N200,000 but our intention
is to give everybody an equal opportunity, including students and
applicants by making the price affordable by all so that it wont be for a
particular class of people who have the money. We believe with just
N20,000, though that is a promo give away price for now, many people who
are smart enough and know how to act fast can afford it. But as you
know, many are called but only a few are chosen because success is by
choice and not by chance

VANGUARD: You said the N20,000 is a promo price, can you tell us how long this promo will last?

FUELLESS GEN: We have a limited target of 200 people. We are giving out
the "fuelless generator information kit" at a give away price of just
N20,000 for now to only 200 lucky and smart Nigerians and so far 100
slots are gone, we have just 100 slots left which will be gone in no
time too. considering the rate at which people are calling to make
order. The promo will be over as soon as the remaining 100 slots are
gone

VANGUARD: After the promo is over, what will then be the fate of those who still want the "information kit"?

FUELLESS GEN: Honestly, we are yet to decide on that but we are
considering two options: either we stop selling the package and if at
all we decide to sell again, it wont go for less than N40,000, am very
sure of that. When that happens, they wont have to bother to call us to
negotiate or make any deal, the answer is "No till further notice" By
then I know those who got it for a token of N20,000 now will be making
huge money especially now that the world cup is around the corner and
their testimonies will attract millions of doubting thomases out there
who have the spirit of unbelief or procrastination, who want to wait
until the lights are green before they start. We have intentionally
limited it to just 200 people so that when the offer is closed, the few
lucky 200 who see opportunity as something that comes once in a lifetime
will dominate the African market with little competition and smile to
the bank everyday. I have no sentiment for procastinators and doubting
people. Wealth comes only to those who take calculated risks and
immediate action

VANGUARD: Do you have some people who have bought your information
package on the fuelless generator and already built one successfully or
even making money with it?

FUELLESS GEN: Yes, those people who ordered for our information package
have successfully built it and are now making cool money selling the
components and the ready-made fuelless generators to thousands of
Nigerians within their neighbourhood. However, there are many states yet
to be covered. Even now, we only have few people in Lagos and there is
no way they can supply over 18 millions people that live in lagos alone .
So you can see, there is a huge money-making potential for anyone
anywhere in Nigeria who need a genuine source of income to tap into this
golden opportunity

---------------------------------Interview closed--------------------------------------------
SO HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK THIS INFORMATION IS WORTH TO YOU?
If I give you a life time money-making information which you only
pay once to get and which is good enough to put continually at least
N250,000 into your Bank account every month for life, how much will you
be willing to pay to get such valuable informationt?

HERE IS THE DEAL:
A valuable offer at a fairly reduced price...

With just N20,000 the package is all yours if you place your order today

SPECIAL NEW YEAR OFFER!

Those who order before the expiration of this New Year offer get the
package at a slashed price of just N12,000 plus get a FREE shipping to
anywhere in Nigeria through EMS courier delivery service

N13,000 TILL WE SAY IT IS OVER... And the price jumps back to the original N20,000.

MY 100% IRON CLAD MONEY BACK GUARANTEE:

IF YOU INVEST IN THIS OFFER AND FOR
WHATSOEVER REASON WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS DECIDE IT IS NOT FOR YOU.
EITHER YOU FEEL YOU CANNOT BE ABLE TO COUPLE THE FUELLESS GENERATOR OR
YOU DON'T SEE WAYS YOU CAN MAKE PLENTY OF CASH OUT OF THIS OPPORTUNITY
THEN CALL ME AND ASK FOR A FULL REFUND. NO QUESTIONS! NO BUTS! NO HARD
FEELINGS!


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12166306886?profile=originalAmodu Shuaibu, in the estimation of Osaze Odewengie, was a good coach until he benched him a few times during the Angola Nations Cup in 2010.


Osaze with team mates celebrating a goal in one of their matches under Coach Samson Siasia.



Thereafter, Amodu's style was dubbed obsolete by the same Osaze. The West Brom striker publicly campaigned for the engagement of a foreign coach especially when he was absolutely sure the authorities had opted to sign one in spite of the short time to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

Lars Lagerback was signed. After few training sessions under the Swede Osaze almost idolized the man, saying that "now we have a good coach."

His remarks on the style of the man painted the Swede as first class coach.

The World Cup started and Argentina pipped Nigeria by a lone goal. By the time Nigeria had fumbled against Greece and Korea and Osaze also found himself on the bench, the Swede, in the estimation of Osaze, had turned a bush man from a civilized country. Osaze publicly, too, ate his words on Amodu and regretted that Nigeria ever signed Largaback. He said that Amodu should have been left to continue.


All the players who were invited for the Ethiopia qualifier were also invited for the friendly against Kenya.

But after the March 27 match Osaze returned to England the following day. Nigeria Football Federation officials Tuesday night complained that Osaze did not inform anybody before leaving. They were considering sanctions against him.

"We have told Samson Siasia to take any disciplinary decision that he may deem fit," a top Federation member said Thursday, adding "if Osaze is not disciplined, it may send wrong signals and other players may toe his line. He just ignored the federation and the coaches. This is wrong and an act of indiscipline."

By Friday, what Osaze said on his twitter page was already in the media. He had attacked Siasia, found faults in his coaching style and claimed that senior members of the team were not comfortable with Siasia's coaching style.

"His training methods, his unguarded outbursts, attitude and treatment of older players is causing disaffection," Osaze was reported to have said. He came in as a substitute against Ethiopia.

Contacted on this Siasia preferred to focus on his job and not to respond to his players tantrums.

"I have got serious things to do. My focus now is how to play Argentina June 1 and win the next Nations Cup qualifier in Ethiopia. We should win that match," he said.

We gathered from the Federation last night that Osaze may be suspended from the team or quietly be left out of matches lest he causes disaffection in the team.
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