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who am i ?

who am i ?
Jackie Chan did a movie where he lost all his memory after busting himself up as usual and the only questions he had to ask was

WHO AM I ? e never really got on with his life until he found out who he was .


Who am i what am i what is my purpose am i fulfilling my destiny or
rather am i walking within my destiny.

Most motivational speakers are actually dwelt on the basis of
discovering who they are.Some Folks discover who they are in this world
but others discover who they are in God .

Questions:

Who is God what does God want from me and why does he want this from
me.What does he think about me now ? yesterday and tomorrow.
Will he change his feelings about me when i sin when i am wrong or
when i am right.

Who is Jesus ? what does he want from me, what has he done for me ?

By identity are we recognised, without knowledge of identity are we
destroyed, By identity does society recreate the orweillian big brother
concept and it is this very same singularity of identity that judges us
in the end.
The last day shall not be a matter of how many shares or cars or kids
or female or husband or wife but by identity and singularity of choice
whilst in this world.

If you have been failing in your life walk be it Christian or
otherwise then you need to go find out who you really are that is who
God made you to be and from there can you go very far !

With knowledge comes much enlightment and sorrow , Without knowledge
people are destroyed and ignorance is no excuse.

For even the brothers of the Rich man could not reached from the grave
as Father Abraham said that they have the Law and the prophets !

Grace comes to those that recieve it and TRUE FAITH comes to those
that realise the absolute faithfulness of God .

Who are you ?

God Bless

Frank
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Wealth theory

Wealth theory


I was born into a middle class family of Parents practically interested
in fullfilling the status quo of Man get married have kids raise them
and provide and protectthem .Work till you are 65 retire on a fat old
pension and the cheque the kids send and wait to die .

I am middle aged now 35ish and the tookish (adventorous ) part of me
is unmarried working a Job I should not be doing , have my dreams of
having my own business facing the adversities of life including me my
greatest enemy and yet the dream is still large and big !


To make money there are quite a lot of ways to do it but the simplest
way is to be given money for nothing.Loads of us thriveon this concept
Kings,Queens,Dictators,Fraudsters,Robbers pen robbers too,Banks,
Charities, Non govenrmentals etc,
The other way is to work ! make an honest living .Become a doctor,
Lawyer, entreprenuer etc ....

Being a very After death minded fellow I have come to these
conclusions:


Desire is a keen factor in wealth acquisitions
Networking is another keen factor
Giving Wisely


Practical ways of receiving money is to sell
a.Services
b.Goods


Goods are tangibles Services are intangibles .

But an amazing secret is that a lot of people do not know that the
best ways of making money is to sell goods that make goods and services
that make services e.g the estate agent owns no homes all he does is
help people sell homes that dont belong to him he is selling a service
that sells a tangible (goods)

There are a lot of categories of these fellows running around think
up some they are called the middle men. Meg Whitman and co of Ebay hit
on a gigantic blow it out of the water way Create a market system that
makes money .

Years back i quit my Job, went back to school and got another Job less
tasking with better hours .

I boldy state that right now I dont have a dime in the bank but i i spend very well .

wait for part 2 ! or pay for it .Cost is 25pounds email request to biodunb@gmail.com
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The world revolves around Lindsay.

Lindsay Lohan is suing the financial company E-Trade, insisting that a boyfriend-stealing, "milkaholic" baby in its latest commercial -- who happens to be named Lindsay -- was modeled after her. And she wants $100 million for her pain and suffering, The Post has learned.

The actress filed a lawsuit yesterday in Nassau County Supreme Court over the commercial that debuted during the Super Bowl this year.

The ad -- part of a series starring babies who play the stock market -- features a boy apologizing to his girlfriend via video chat for not calling her the night before..

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SPILT MILK: Lindsay Lohan is suing E-Trade, saying the company is trading on her image with a TV ad that debuted during the Super Bowl and features a "milkaholic" baby named Lindsay (below).
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"And that milkaholic Lindsay wasn't over?" the baby girl asks him suspiciously.

"Lindsay?" the boy replies, just before a baby girl sticks her head into the frame and slurs, "Milk-a-what?"

Lohan's lawyer, Stephanie Ovadia, said the actress has the same single-name recognition as Oprah or Madonna.

"Many celebrities are known by one name only, and E-Trade is using that knowledge to profit," Ovadia said.

"They used the name Lindsay," Ovadia said. "They're using her name as a parody of her life. Why didn't they use the name Susan? This is a subliminal message. Everybody's talking about it and saying it's Lindsay Lohan."

Ovadia wants an injunction to force the spot off the air, and the Lindsay camp wants every last copy of the commercial.

Chris Brown, a spokesman for Grey Group, which produced the spot, is throwing cold milk on the controversy, saying it "just used a popular baby name that happened to be the name of someone on the account team."

Ovadia said E-Trade has violated Lohan's rights under New York state civil-rights law and used her "name and characterization" in business without paying her or getting her approval.

The lawyer said that since the spot was seen by hundreds of millions of people watching the Super Bowl and Winter Olympics finals, the firm has garnered great profits.

She says Lohan is owed $50 million in exemplary damages, plus another $50 million in compensatory damages.

E-Trade could not be reached for comment.

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Four bundles of goodluck: Okada rider gets more blessings; car, house, scholarship for quadruplets
From KASSIDY UCHENDU, Nsukka
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Four months after Mr Mathew Amoke and his wife, natives of Akpa Edem in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State were blessed with a set of quadruplets, two males and two females, the couple have returned the children to God, Who has brought new hope to them through the babies. Already, they have received God’s favour with their new kids given scholarships, and their one-room apartment changed into a flat, as well as a car donated to them.

The quadruplets in church

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Daily Sun had broken the news of the arrival of the quintuplets to an Okada rider father who had appealed for help from public-spirited individuals.

As the quintuplets were dedicated to God at the Winners Chapel, Nsukka, their father said: “I am grateful to The Sun newspaper, Winners Chapel.”

The quintuplets were delivered through a caesarean section at the Bishop Shanahan Hospital, Nsukka.

The four new born babies christened Mathew, Mark, Miracle and Favour were ushered into the church which perches atop the Nsukka hills with tumultuous ovation from the enthusiastic congregation who had been waiting eagerly for their entry.

Describing the kids as international children, the officiating pastor in charge of the Church, Peace Efemena, thanked God for the children and called on the congregation not to relent in their support and assistance for them, describing them as rare gifts from God.

He disclosed that a scholarship scheme has been endowed for the babies courtesy of some members of the Church who have also relocated the family from a one-room apartment to a two-bed room flat.

Pastor Efemena also told Daily Sun that a car has been donated to the kids by philanthropists.

His words: “Our founder Bishop Onyedepo has a very large heart for welfare of the people, so in our branches we emulate him. That is why some of us here have decided to give scholarship to the quintuplets. Besides, we also relocated them from their one room apartment to a two bed room flat. We are very much concerned about the lives of the kids because they are God’s special gift and we see them as future pastors. I urge the couple to stop getting more children. They should concentrate on giving them proper up bring both spiritually and physically.”

In a chat with Daily Sun, the father of the babies said: “I cannot thank God enough for what he has done for me. May his name be glorified forever. I thank him for opening my eyes to choose where to worship him. It is only him that can adequately compensate our pastor and my brothers and sisters in the church for their love and assistance to us.

“My gratitude goes to The Sun newspapers for exposing us to the global community from where we have been getting assistance. In fact, somebody in Europe called us, saying he saw The Sun publication about the quintuplets in the Internet.

“Caring for four kids at a time is an enormous task, but by the Grace of God, we are coping, we are still appealing to the Nsukka Local Government to come to our aid. The kids are yearning for favour from the state governor, Dr. Sullivan Chime and his wife whose love for the under privileged is unequaled. Any financial help to us can be paid to the kids account at the Intercontinental Bank, Nsukka Branch number – 0012110000558931.
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EFCC arrests ABSU VC, registrar for financial recklessness ..
Written by Biola Azeez


Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested vice-chancellor and registrar of the Abia State University (ABSU), Uturu, Professor Mkpa A. Mkpa, and Mr. Ernest Onuoha, respectively, over allegations of financial recklessness, which allegedly runs into N10 billion.



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The Nigerian Tribune gathered that the two university administrators were arrested based on a petition written to the commission by the university's alumni association, dated November 11, 2009 with reference number ABSUAA/NEC/10/1 and signed by its national vice-president and national secretary of the association, Mr. Ken Nwakanma and Mr. Peter Onyeokoro, respectively, a copy of which was made available to the Nigerian Tribune in Umuahia on Tuesday.

The association, which called on the agency to carry out extensive investigations into financial activities of the two principal officers and their accomplices in the administration of the university, added that they also converted university properties to their own.

The petition also accused the principal officers of engaging in admission racketeering, saying that over 60 per cent of the admissions in the university were by racketeering process, stressing that they make over N200 million each admission year.

It also wanted the EFCC to investigate the establishment of the university's package water industry and the fencing of the ABSU International Secondary School, among other contracts, which the association said had consumed more than N60 million.
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A most bodacious move done by a most excellent man !

The 82nd Annual Academy Awards red carpet was a madhouse this evening, as it always is. MTV's Josh Horowitz was there to deliver a live streaming account of the festivities, with interviews and category previews to take you into the big show. One of the familiar faces he chatted with was Keanu Reeves, who was on-hand to present Best Picture nominee "The Hurt Locker" for his "Point Break" director Kathryn Bigelow. Since he had Reeves' ear, Josh asked if we might be seeing a new "Bill & Ted's" follow-up at some point in the future. And it seems we might be!



It's hard to tell if he's serious or simply placating when he says this, but Reeves responded to Josh's question with, "I'm trying, I'm trying." This gave Josh pause. Could the "Point Break" star be serious? "Sure," he said.


Really? Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves, together again?! He's got to be joking. Right?


"I'm not," Reeves said. "We'll see."


It's still somewhat hard to read. So I put the question to you readers. Is Reeves shooting straight here or is he just trying to get into the theater? Do you want more from Bill and Ted? Sequel or reboot?

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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Africa ’s most decorated football player, Nwankwo Kanu has joined the ranks of global figures whose compelling stories_have been immortalized on the silver screen (i.e. Pele, Muhammed Ali,_Maradona and Mike Tyson). But Kanu takes it a notch further as his feature_is to be released simultaneously with his biography, after the World Cup_in South Africa. Kanu considers this movie and book to be his heartfelt gift to Nigeria on her fiftieth anniversary, to Africa and indeed the world...


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Titled Lion Heart: The Kanu Story, the movie is a documentary feature,_directed by BBC London-trained Nigerian director, Bayo Awolaja, and_produced by Neil Oyenekan (Dragons Den Nigeria, Taking Sides, 2002, UK ).

The Executive Producers include Kanu Nwankwo, Lighthouse, IBST Media, Worldwide Management Ltd. and Connect Marketing. The movie is currently being filmed in Nigeria, London, Amsterdam, the USA, South Africa and_India, and has a plot that chronicles Kanu’s inspiring rags to riches_story from a unique perspective that delves into his journey into the world of soccer from his humble beginnings in Owerri, to his struggle with a near fatal heart condition at the peak of his football career, to his heart surgery in Cleveland, Ohio, and back to his tribulations and triumph at Arsenal, Ajax, Portsmouth etc.

In addition to his exploits on the football pitch, the movie also unveils one of the most recognisable UNICEF ambassadors as a mentor, businessman, husband, and friend. According to the Lighthouse Productions CCO, “ this film isn’t just about Kanu the footballer, we intend to reveal the Kanu story through interviews with all the world renowned players, coaches, administrators, including his wife, his child-hood friends, his doctors and those people that played very important roles in his life.

“It’s going to be a three dimensional documentation of Kanu’s story according to Kanu, his fans, and his critics too – it’s definitely going to be compelling and well-balanced because we intend to highlight the challenges he’s encountered and how he overcame_them, in order to inspire many young Africans with his exceptional story of hope, determination and success”

Explaining the plot a step further, the film director, who used to work with BBC Wales, added that “it’s not just about Kanu and his story, but Lion Heart: The Kanu Story is a film with a strong message that will greatly touch audiences across the globe, because despite the fact that his role as a great sportsman is emphasised, yet the salient themes in the movie revolve around determination, overcoming tribulations, triumphing over life-threatening obstacles and circumstances to soar to heights of iconic greatness.”

Kanu expressed his excitement when he spoke about the project, saying: “I’m a very private person, but it has been a very interesting experience to watch my colleagues, team mates, coaches, doctors, fans, friends and family telling my story in a very passionate manner. This movie humbles me – I can see the aspects of my life that the world identifies with, and it’s not easy to open up your life to the world, but then it is very noble to do so in order to inspire those who wish to do the things you have done – at least so that they can see how you did it.”

But why do we have to wait until after the World Cup to see this movie? And to this Kanu replied: “The producers have been working tirelessly for a very long time now, but I believe this World Cup should be part of the film. Whether I play or not, I definitely want the experience to be part of the film…”

Lion Heart: The Kanu Story is scheduled for a global premiere in_September, but so far the film parades an excellent cast of renowned footballers from some of the teams Kanu has played for, alongside coaches, and revered FIFA officials, all passionately telling the story of a true African icon in more than four languages.

An official movie trailer, posters, and snippets from the projects will be leaked to the media soon. Also, an interactive website is also in the works, and fans can participate in fun trivia for a chance to win a front-row seat at the London premiere of the movie.
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Another reality game show debuts

A NEW reality game show, which offers handsome rewards ranging from N100,000 to N300,000 and above, to "people living in filthy and dirtybedrooms"..


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The Filthy Rooms game show is being organised by Nice Dreams Properties Ltd, a leading estate development firm based in Lagos State.

Explaining the rationale behind the reality game show, chief executive of the estate company Mr. Richard Uwagie said that the intention was to "create a platform where thousands of people could interact freely on the internet, have fun and at the same time earn some money".

According to him, every participant in the game show stands a chance of deriving one form of benefit or another in the activities lined up for the show.

To be a part of the show each participant are encouraged to log on to www.nicedreamsproperties.com to follow the promptings.

To win cash prizes, Uwagie explained, the participant could either upload via a mobile phone, or a flash drive or a digital camera, the photo shot of their "Wacky," "Ugly," or "Dirty" bedroom or living room.

The "Wackiest" of such photo shots, he said, would win a cash award, or any of the moneymaking opportunities available.

Alternatively, Uwagie explained, a participant can join those who would cast their votes to determine which of the photo shot entries deserve to win the award.

The first 20 voters to log on to the site, he said, would earn cash rewards of up to N3,000.

A selection of the most unkempt or sloppiest apartments, he said, would be done every week, following which an overall winner will emerge at the end of three months.

The star winner will receive a renovation package worth N300,000 with additional cash sum of N150.000.

Similarly, the second "Worst" apartment will earn a cash sum of N100.000, while the third place winner will cart away a Hi-fi Home Theatre equipment.

Consolation prizes are equally lined up for other categories of internet surfers on the bsite.

The reality game show is billed to run every quarter with higher cash bonanzas to be attached to subsequent entries.
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Na wa o ! New Formats everyday for Fraudsters


Five persons who claimed to be pastors are currently in the custody of the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly operating an illegal military outfit.



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They were also accused of unlawful possession of Nigerian Army uniforms with badges of ranks.

The suspects include Bishop Macrran Ransome; Rev. Al-Hassan Emmanuel; Bishop Raymond Bakeh; Prophet Sunday Ofordu; and Robinson Igbarumah.

The command's Public Relations Officer, Mr. Frank Mba, told journalists on Tuesday that the suspects were accused of running a military outfit known as Go Army.

Mba, a superintendent of police, said the suspects were arrested by the Military Police, Nigerian Army, Arakan Barracks, Lagos and were handed over to the command for further investigation and prosecution.

As at the time of their arrest, they were said to be wearing military uniforms with badges of ranks ranging from Lt.Col. to Maj.-Gen. and were in possession of identity cards bearing military ranks.

Ransome, who claimed to be the group's Commandant-General and goes by the rank of "Chaplain Lieutenant Colonel," told journalists that the outfit was established to provide service to humanity.

He said he lured others into the group with the claim that he had the backing of the Director of Chaplain Service (Protestant) of the Nigerian Army and that the group would afford them the opportunity to sharpen their pastoral skills.

He was allegedly using the auditorium of his church, The Apostolic Christian Chapel, Itire, Lagos, for military training for members every Saturday.

Other suspects, who spoke with journalists, confirmed that Ransome fooled them into joining the group.

They claimed that he had realised over N4m, especially from the over 50 members of the group that were made to part with between N70,000 and N80,000 for registration and kits.

They alleged that trouble started when they suspected that he was not saying the truth about the involvement of the military in the programme and they decided to approach the said Directorate to ascertain the true position of things.

Apart from being a clergyman, Igbarumah claimed to be a chartered accountant and the managing partner of an accounting firm, Robinson Igbarumah and Co.
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
A TERRORIST suspected to belong to the Al-Qaeda network, Ibrahim Haman Ahmed, who was extradited to the United States of America by Nigerian government officials had been on the wanted list of the United States Central Intelligence Agency for more than two years, security and diplomatic sources in Abuja told Vanguard, yesterday..



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The man who was allegedly trained by Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan and working for the Al-Shabaab group in Somalia, was said to be the most senior figure of the terrorist organization in Nigeria. He was said to be trying to recruit young Nigerian Muslims to join the terrorist organization.

Ahmed’s arrest and extradition to the United States was, however, said to be connected to his role in fighting the government of Somalia where he was said to have spent eight months.

He was extradited from Nigeria to the United States through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Before then, he was said to have hiden somewhere in Sokoto and moving around the north western states of Kano, Katsina, Kebbi and Zamfara states where he was said to have been targeting western educated youths for recruitment.

According to Vanguard sources, Ahmed was arrested by security officials in Sokoto following intelligence provided by American security organizations, the Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI.

A special jet, ostensibly provided by the CIA was flown into Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport in Abuja, Friday night and where parked till Saturday morning when the terror suspect was moved in.

According to security sources at the airport, Ahmed was driven through the tarmac to the foot of the aircraft where he disembarked and was handed over to the waiting American security operatives.

Security cooperation

A source told Vanguard: “He was hooded, handcuffed and had leg shackles and was led by two men into the aircraft. He did not pass through normal entry at the airport but was driven though the tarmac right to the foot of the aircraft where he was led into the awaiting American jet. Airport staff were prevented from going near them by both Nigerian and American security men.”

It was gathered that his extradition was part of security cooperation between the United States government and her Nigerian counterpart in tackling growing terrorist threat in Africa.

The December last year attempt by Nigerian born Faruk Abdulmutallab to bomb a jetliner destined for Detroit, USA, Nigeria has attracted closer scrutiny from the American security apparatus which has listed Nigeria as a country of interest on terrorism.

The arrest of the terror suspect who is suspected to be from Eritrea has, however, heightened American concerns about Nigeria which is seen as an emerging haven for Muslim terrorists around the world.

A western diplomat in Abuja told Vanguard yesterday that with this development, it was becoming increasingly difficult for Nigeria to be de-listed from the American list of countries of interest, stressing: “Nigeria has to do more than protest for it to be de-listed from the American list.”

Repeated attempts by Vanguard to get official reactions from the State Security Services were unsuccessful as repeated calls to the spokes person of the service, Mrs. Marylyn Ogar were abortive.
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Madmen & specialist Is jonathan the specialist or the madman ?

Hold Jonathan responsible if Nigeria explodes – Soyinka

By Mudiaga Affe


Plateau State Governor, Mr. Jonah Jang, on Monday alleged that the army was guilty of complicity in the recent attack on three Jos villages which led to the death of about 500 people, mostly women and children.


Wole Soyinka

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The Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Tuesday asked Nigerians to hold Acting President Goodluck Jonathan responsible for the successes and failures of the present administration.

Soyinka’s position was contained in a message to be delivered today at a rally organised by the Save Nigeria Group, whose sole demand is the urgent implementation of the Justice Muhammadu Uwais-led Electoral Reform Committee’s recommendations.

According to the playwright, who is the Convener of Citizens Forum, the position of the acting president currently occupied by Jonathan is not entirely an original concept, saying he came into power as a result of the ill-health of President Umaru Yar’Adua.

He said if the nation exploded as a result of the ongoing manipulations and distractions by a cabal to perpetuate illegality after 2011, neither Yar’Adua nor the Presidential Advisory Council would be held responsible, but Jonathan himself.

He said, “If the nation explodes as the result of ongoing manipulations and distractions by a cabal to perpetuate itself illegally after 2011, the people will hold neither a phantom, nor the emerging 32-headed presidential monstrosity responsible. You will bear full responsibility.”

Soyinka recalled that a similar incident played itself out during the military regime of Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo, noting that after the assassination of Gen. Murtala Mohammed, the successes and failures of that administration were linked to Obasanjo.

He, therefore, advised the Acting President not to be pushed around by certain cabal and even the governors under the guise of Governors’ Forum.

He said, “When Olusegun Obasanjo came to power unexpectedly after the assassination of Gen. Murtala Mohammed, the nation was also presided over by a ghost, on Obasanjo‘s orders.

“He decreed that Murtala‘s portrait be displayed side-by-side with his own throughout the nation for a full year. To ensure that this continuity remained unbroken even after the year ended, he embroidered a new currency denomination with the portrait of his predecessor.

“At the end of Obasanjo‘s rule however, assessment was made - positive or negative - on him, not on a ghost. Murtala Mohammed ruled the nation in mortal frame for six months. By contrast, Yar‘Adua had already served in office for two years and some months.

“The circumstances are different in other ways, one obvious difference being that Jonathan‘s predecessor is very much alive, from all available evidence, but only as a phantom. From ghost to phantom - it is a sign of progress.

“So now, we come to my advice. Please say to Jonathan: prepare yourself also to vanish at a second‘s notice. Change your name - mentally speaking - from Goodluck to Goodbye Jonathan.

“Write a letter, undated, asking for leave of absence on compassionate grounds, ready to be presented to Yar‘Adua the moment he declares himself fit to resume duty. This, we do know, from carefully calibrated reports, is virtually tomorrow. By doing this, you silence all capers who suggest that you are after power.

“You indicate your readiness to accept any reversals of whatever decisions you may have taken during your acting tenure. In the meantime, however - and here we come to the crunch-remember that there is no provision for a phantom ruler in the constitution.

“Action, dereliction, evasion, blunders or successes are considered mortal responsibilities, and the buck stops at your desk, personally.

“Regarding the Governors‘ Forum, let me remind you that under Olusegun Obasanjo, I publicly berated the governors numerous times for allowing themselves to be bullied and ordered around like schoolboys by that President.

“By the same token, I find it even more obscene that even an Acting President should be pushed around by governors who properly belong within their own specific governance jurisdictions. There has to be consistency in relations under a federal structure, and a political party, even a ruling party, is not the same as a nation.”

Soyinka said that the SNG would insist that the implementation of the Uwais report was sacrosanct.

He said the urge to press for the implementation of the report was informed by the need to have its content actualised ahead of the 2011 elections.

He said he had made similar demands to Yar’Adua shortly before he proceeded to Saudi Arabia for medical treatment.

Hes said, “The demands of the SNG are specific and directed at whoever occupies the presidential seat. Most immediate among these demands is electoral reform before, and in good time, before the next elections.
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Hundreds of Nigerians gathered in the capital Abuja on Wednesday for a march to the presidency to demand the appearance of ailing leader Umaru Yar'Adua, two weeks after he returned from a Saudi hospital.

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The 58-year-old leader has not been seen in public since being flown back after three months of treatment in Jeddah for a heart condition. There have been no announcements on his health but presidency sources say he remains in intensive care.

His return while still too frail to govern raised fears that his inner circle of aides, led by his wife Turai, would fight to maintain their influence over Africa's most populous nation and seek to undermine Acting President Goodluck Jonathan.

A power struggle at the top of the OPEC member nation of 140 million people could bring paralysis in government decision-making, threatening an amnesty programme in the oil-producing Niger Delta and stalling momentum on reforms.

Several hundred people, many wearing T-shirts with "Save Nigeria Group" on the front and "Enough is Enough" on the back, gathered near to a city centre hotel under the watch of police officers lining the avenue.

"We want the invisible president to be revoked. We are tired of a president we can't see, who can't govern. We want to see him," Babatunde Ogala, a politician from the commercial capital Lagos, told the gathering crowd.

"If we can't see him we want someone else who is allowed to govern. Why is a cabal controlling our country," he said.

Officials organising the march said they planned to walk to Aso Rock, the presidential villa, and hand a letter of protest to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, who co-ordinates between the presidency and government ministries.

"Turai, leave Nigeria alone" and "Jonathan get decisive now" were among the banners held up above the crowd.

A police spokesman addressed the protesters, pledging that the security forces were there to protect them and would help them carry their message "in a peaceful manner". He said officers were not carrying tear gas or weapons.

Such political demonstrations are relatively rare in Nigeria, where the vast majority of people get by on $2 a day or less and feel politics is a game played by multi-millionaires whose outcome has little effect on their daily lives.

Similar marches in recent months have passed peacefully.

Should Yar'Adua be formally declared too sick to govern, or resign or die, Jonathan would be sworn in as head of state and complete the unexpired presidential term, which runs to May next year, with a new vice president.

The demonstrators are also demanding electoral reforms to avoid the sort of chaos seen in the 2007 polls which brought Yar'Adua to power, a vote so marred by ballot-stuffing and intimidation that observers said it was not credible.

Reuters

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The leadership of the Nigerian Army in Plateau State should be blamed for last Sunday’s massacre of hundreds of villagers in Jos, the Plateau State governor, Jonah Jang, said yesterday in Abuja..

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Mr. Jang, a retired Air Force officer, accusing the military of nonchalance, told journalists after the National Economic Council meeting at the presidential villa, that the tragedy could have been avoided if its leadership had heeded his call for intervention.

How it happened

The governor, who narrated the sequence of events on the tragic day, said the state government and security officials were all caught unawares and that the much vilified Fulani were not really involved as some reports have suggested.

“Yes, we were caught unawares about the present attack. I don’t know why it happened, but what was written in Daily Trust today tried to justify it as a reprisal attack for what happened in Kuru Jenta on January 17. To the best of my knowledge, I don’t think Fulanis were involved in what happened in Kuru Jenta,” the governor said. “Kuru Jenta is a tin-mining camp and houses were burnt there. I mean everybody who lived there was involved. You could not say it was one-sided, because the houses that were burnt cut across, which means the killings cut across. But some people moved Aljazeera (a foreign-based television station) there, and then covered dead bodies and started labelling them. When you cover dead bodies and start labelling them, who knows who you are covering? And then today, Daily Trust was saying it was because of what happened in Kuru Jenta, because Fulanis were killed in Kuru Jenta. Fulanis don’t live in Kuru Jenta.

“And so, to say it was a reprisal for what happened in Kuru Jenta was a distortion of facts. We know that what happened was that some people came across the border to Plateau State and started attacking villages. Nobody within Plateau got to these villages and started attacking them.”

Mr. Jang said he received reports at about 9pm in the evening that some movement of people with arms was seen around those villages, and he reported the intelligence to the commander of the army in the state.

“He told me he was going to move some troops there,” Mr. Jang said. “And because it is near where I live, I even saw a tank pass through my house and I thought it was going towards that area. Three hours or so later, I was woken by a call that they have started burning the villages and people were being hacked to death and I started trying to locate the commanders, but I couldn’t get any of them on the telephone. The massacre could have avoided if they acted on my report.”

The helpless governor

The state’s chief executive also said it was regrettable that, despite the fact that he is governor and chief security officer of the state, he is incapacitated security wise, since he cannot issue any security order.

“You are asking what am I doing?” He asked. “I have said it several times that state governors are highly incapacitated. You are the chief security officer of a state. You don’t command even a fly. What do you use to stop anything? Security report that I gave, I didn’t even get that security report officially. It was the villagers themselves that saw the movements and reported. I didn’t receive any security report about what was going to happen. So the security people should have to double up their efforts, particularly the army that said they have now taken over security in Plateau State because the police are unable to cope.”

Mr. Jang then suggested that the army should leave the state. “I expect that the army should live up to expectations and stop the carnage in Plateau. If they cannot, then they should as well get out of the place,” he said.

A joint exercise

Asked to react to this, Chris Olukolade, the army public relations officer noted that the operation is not that of the army alone, emphasising that is a joint exercise involving the army, the navy and the police.

“Because of the nature of the exercise, it is only the defence headquarters that can comment,” he said.

Calls and text to the director of defence information, Muhammed Yerima, were not picked up.

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NEWARK -- Six women from the Essex County area who wanted fuller bottoms ended up in hospitals after receiving buttocks-enhancement injections containing the same material contractors use to caulk bathtubs, officials said.

The women checked into hospitals in the county after their procedures, apparently administered by unlicensed providers, went horribly wrong, state health officials said. The women underwent surgery and were given antibiotics. No arrests have been made.

Different from medical-grade silicone, the substance used in the botched procedures was believed to be a diluted version of nonmedical-grade silicone.

"The same stuff you use to put caulk around the bathtub," said Steven M. Marcus, executive and medical director of the New Jersey Poison Information and Education System, who learned about the bizarre procedures through a committee he sits on that monitors outbreaks in the metropolitan area.

"What a tragedy," said Gregory Borah, chief of plastic surgery at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick.

Using over-the-counter silicone can cause abscesses that he said resemble "a big zit."

Borah, also president of the New Jersey Society of Plastic Surgeons, said the botched procedures underscore the need for patients who seek augmentation to have it administered by a licensed professional in a sterile setting.

A plastic surgeon doing buttocks augmentation would make an incision to develop a pocket underneath the muscle and shape the buttocks with inert medical-grade silicone, Borah said. He noted it is a relatively uncommon procedure in most practices and that he has done only two in his 24-year career.

By the time he tells patients of the potential risks — from anesthesia, scarring and silicone shifting when patients sit down — they often change their minds.

Breast and cheek augmentations are the most common procedures, he noted. Borah said buttock augmentation is more popular in some cultures than others.

The state Department of Health and Senior Services did not identify the women or release any details about their ethnicity. It also did not say where the "unlicensed medical provider or providers" performed their procedures.

"Fortunately, these women are being treated and are recovering," said Tina Tan, the state epidemiologist. "But there is the potential for more serious complications if these infections are not treated early and properly."

Investigators have not determined if the six cases, which began to be reported in mid-February, are related, but they have stoked concern among officials that such injuries are more common than previously thought.

Health officials issued an alert to state hospitals and doctors about the cases and the potential for more victims.

Marcus said there have been other incidents over the past couple years of providers providing implants of nonmedical-grade silicone, then getting put out of business — only for other shady providers to surface.

"Caveat emptor: Buyer beware," Marcus said. "If it looks too cheap, there’s probably a reason it’s too cheap."

By Rohan Mascarenhas and Mike Frassinelli/The Star-Ledger

(Article extracted from Nj.com)
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Small Earthquake hits off Hawaii's coast

(CNN) -- A 4.4-magnitude earthquake struck Hawaii on Monday evening, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake struck about 6:30 p.m. (11:30 p.m. ET) and was 19.3 miles (31.1 km) deep. The epicenter was 13 miles (20 km) southwest of the coastal region of Laupahoehoe and 189 miles (304 km) east of Honolulu, the USGS said. There were no immediate reports of damage
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Monday, March 8, 2010
In the past few weeks, the internet has been inundated with offensive photographs of an accident scene where a driver allegedly crushed to death 19 robbery victims at the Obalende area of Ijebu-Ode in Ogun State.

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Fresh details have, however, emerged on the incident, as the man who drove his truck over the robbery victims has cleared the air.

The incident, according to him, happened on July 31 2009. And contrary to the general belief that the driver of the ill-fated luxury bus was ordered to run over his passengers by the bandits, the man whose vehicle crushed the robbers was actually the driver of a truck.

The Edo State born driver spoke with Daily Sun at the police headquarters, Louis Edet House, Abuja at the weekend. He said he ran over the passengers thinking they were barricades put on the highway by armed robbers. Giving a graphic account on how the 19 robbery victims met their gruesome death, Osayande Idahosa, 40, said he was driving a Seaner Truck with registration number XN 808 BEN on July 31 last year from Benin en route Lagos.

According to him, he was in company with his conductor, Lucky, and the woman who hired him for the trip. The woman, he said, was going to supply some bags of garri.

Idahosa said he encountered a huge traffic jam at Ore but said he decided to continue the journey because of the nature of the goods in the truck.

He said he noticed that there were no other vehicles on the road until he sighted the headlights of some vehicles at Obalende area of Ijebu-Ode. “When I saw the lights, I was happy. I did not know that it was an evil light that will continue to haunt me till eternity,” he said.

Idahosa said immediately he approached the vehicle, he sighted some barricades that looked like logs of wood on the highway. “I thought it was a police check-point, so I slowed down. But I started hearing gun shots. I saw many people firing at me. Out of panic, I decided to run over what I assumed were logs of woods.

“As my truck ran over the ‘barricades’, I noticed that they were too soft. I also heard gun shots and agonizing cries of people. I suspected that I must have killed some people but I did not know who my victims were. I couldn’t control the vehicle and it ran into the bush. I immediately jumped down and took to my heels. “While in the bush, I saw about 20 armed men in civilian clothes searching for me. They were boasting that they would soon fish me out and slaughter me in pieces. At this time, I did not know the fate of my conductor or that of the woman who hired me.”

He explained that while the armed men where searching his vehicle, he ran deeper into the bush where he found a hole in which he hid. The incident, he said, occurred about 9.45p.m. He said he continued hiding in the bush till six the following morning, August 1. Idahosa further said that in the morning, he started hearing the sound of siren and he saw some of the robbers fleeing the scene. When he suspected that the robbers were all gone, he now traced his way to the highway, he explained.

According to him, when he got to the road, he saw another driver who told him that those he ran over were actually human beings. Idahosa was reportedly advised not to venture near the scene as he would definitely be lynched by the angry mob who were still in shock at the huge number of corpses that littered the road. His driver friend, he said, dropped him off at Ijebu-Ode junction where he picked a commercial motorcycle to the Obalende police station and surrendered himself to the policemen on duty. The cops reportedly took his statement and advised him to go back to the scene as the Commissioner of Police, the Divisional Police Officer and other senior policemen were there for an on the spot assessment.

Idahosa said when he got to the scene and sighted the havoc committed by him, he bent down and wept. He then allegedly surrendered himself to the mob who were walling uncontrollably. “But rather than stoning me to death, they all started listening to my story on how I unintentionally killed innocent robbery victims who I mistook to be robbers’ barricades. The sympathizers started consoling me, telling me it was not my fault. The policemen took me along with them and I was with them for four days before I was granted bail.”

He revealed that for the next one month, he couldn’t stand the sight of meat. “Right now, I won’t engage in a night journey anywhere. The pain is too much for me to bear. My wife is devastated. You can’t imagine the agony I go through everyday when I remember how I crushed 19 innocent people to death. But I trust that God will forgive me because I did not know that they were human beings.”

Driver of the robbed Young Shall Grow luxury bus with registration number XF 285 AKD, Okechukwu Okafor, blamed the tragedy on the bad condition of the road.

He revealed that, on the fateful day, he was on a morning trip from Enugu en route Lagos. The journey, he recalled, was smooth until 3.00p.m when he met a traffic gridlock at Ore. He said he was in the traffic for over four hours. In his words, on reaching a point between the Federal Government College, Odogbolu and Babcock University junction along the Ijebu-Ode/Shagamu Expressway, the luxury bus was forcefully stopped by a gang of armed robbers numbering about 50.

According to him, when he saw the intimidating number of the bandits, he jumped out of his bus and took to his heels. He revealed that while in the bush, he was hearing gun shots and wailing of people in agony. “I thought it was the robbery gang that was killing my passengers. It was not until the following morning when I found my way out of the bush that I learnt that it was a truck driver who refused to stop for the robbers that ran over my passengers.”

Okafor said he wept when he was confronted with the crushed bodies of the passengers. “You know, right from the park at Enugu down to the scene of the ugly incident, we had all become friendly. In fact, in my 22 years of driving, I had not seen or heard such a story that looked like a fairy tale.”

Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Mr. Emmanuel Ojukwu, said the incident happened on July 31, 2009.

“Following some offensive photographs being posted on the internet by some mischievous people who made the incident looked like it happened recently, the force would like to inform the public that the ugly accident happened on July 31, 2009,” he said.

He said 19 passengers of the luxury bus, including six females and 13 males, were crushed to death by the truck.

He explained that the file in respect of the case has been duplicated and forwarded to the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) for legal advice.

The Senate had earlier called for a thorough Investigation into the incident after a serious dressing down of the Police Boss IG Ogbonaya Onovo
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Acting President, Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday fired the National Security Adviser, Sarki Mukhtar, and replaced him with a former holder of the office, Aliyu Gusau.
PHOTO: (L-R)Chief of Naval Staff, Ishaya Ibrahim, Chief of Army Staff, Abdulrahaman Danbazau, Chief of Defence Staff, Paul Dike, former National Security Adviser, Sarki Mukhtar and Acting President Goodluck Jonathan, at the security meeting in Abuja yesterday. note all except the CDS & Jonathan are from the north

Mr. Mukhtar was appointed NSA in 2007 by President Yar'Adua following the retirement of Mr. Gusau, who was the National Security Adviser to former president, Olusegun Obasanjo.

A terse statement from the office of the Acting President, Goodluck Jonathan, signed by his Senior Special Adviser on the Media, Ima Niboro, simply stated that Mr. Gusau will replace Mr. Mukhtar.

The statement added that Mr. Jonathan "thanked the outgoing NSA for his services to the nation and the present administration, and wished him well in his future endeavours."

The announcement came after a four-hour meeting of the National Security Council, which was chaired by Mr. Jonathan and attended by the heads of most security agencies, including Mr. Mukhtar.

After the meeting, the council members all appeared in a haste to leave and none agreed to any interview with reporters. However, Mr. Niboro, who had been mandated by the group to speak, said the renewed crisis in Jos was one of the issues discussed and "measures are being put in place" to curb the crisis in Jos South, Plateau State.

"As you all know gentlemen, this is National Security Council meeting and usually there is no press briefing after this meeting," Mr. Niboro said.

"Because of the situation in Jos, we are willing to make a remark to let Nigerians know that the issue has come up for serious discussion and measures are being put in place to make sure that this incident does not happen again."

Security meeting

The meeting was attended by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Yayale Ahmed; the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Adetokunbo Kayode; and Mr. Sarki Mukhtar. Others in attendance included the Minister of Defence, Godwin Abbe; the Minister of Interior, Shetima Mustafa; and the Chief of Defence Staff, Marshall Paul Dike.

The three service chiefs and the Inspector-General of Police, Ogbonna Onovo, were also in attendance. Although government officials refuse to speak on the reason behind the removal of Mr. Mukhtar, there was a sense that he was one of the officers whose loyalty to the ailing Mr. Yar'Adua was affecting the ability of Mr. Jonathan to effect some needed change in power.

Mr. Mukhtar had a fairly prominent army career, culminating with his appointment as the general officer commanding the first division, Nigerian Army in Kaduna State, and the Chief of Staff of a peace keeping force in Liberia. He was one of the few serving high ranking officers in the 1990s who voiced concerns over the detention and trial of the former president, Olusegun Obasanjo and his former deputy, Shehu Yar'Adua.

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Reacting to how the Acting President, Goodluck Jonathan sacked the National Security Adviser yesterday, the chairman, Egalitarin Mission, Kayode Ajulo, said that "Again, it is like the Acting President is gradually getting the grip of steering the nation. It is a welcome development." According to him, we should expect further changes.

"Certainly, he is like a leader that is responsive. I am not talking of responsible now. He is responsive, he may be slow at it, but it is an understanding of this kind of government, yet gradually he is doing it."
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Stanley Macebuh dies in poverty !

Stanley Macebuh dies in penury

...Cant afford rent, medical attention

...Why he suffered stroke in 2006

...Why he moved to Gwarrimpa


One of journalism’s great minds, Dr Stanley Macebuh, is dead.

He died yesterday at the National Hospital, Abuja. He was 67.

Sympathizers thronged his Abuja home last night as the news of his death spread.

Many wept at the passage of Macebuh, pioneer Managing Director/Executive Editor of The Guardian, who was rushed to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the National Hospital at 6p.m., on Saturday.

Macebuh suffered a stroke in 2006.

His widow, Pauline, was all tears at their Gwarimpa, Abuja home, as she recalled her husband’s last moments.

She said she would miss Macebuh who she described as "my best friend".

Mrs Macebuh said: "He was a nice person but the greatest thing about him is that he had an attitude of giving. Stanley can fend for others and forget his family. Right now, I don’t know how to tell Kelechi that her dad is dead: you know he calls her ‘Babes’ and calls me ‘Champion’ as I had helped him recuperate after the partial stroke that almost took his life in 2006. I still love him and would miss him greatly."

Macebuh’s immediate younger brother, Prof. Kingsley Macebuh,

described him as "bookish" adding: "He was the kindest big brother any person could strive to have".

He said Macebuh’s friends in the United States called him "Baba Uwa" meaning father of all because of his selfless nature.

"He was not interested in accumulating wealth, he aimed for no property as far as he had a roof over his head", Prof. Macebuh said.

He said Macebuh had been complaining of weakness for the past one week, after being treated for malaria two weeks ago.

"He had even gone for a typhoid test, which came out negative. I spoke to him just yesterday (Saturday) about 1:38pm but I didn’t check on him till his personal Assistant came and told me that ‘Oga is shaking O!,’ we then rushed him to the hospital around six o’clock from where he gave up the ghost at 4:15am at the National Hospital Abuja.

"My brother has left a serious vacuum, he was selfless, he gave everything he had. He worked more for his friends’ welfare than his family. The family will miss his sense of natural patriotism for which he gave all in deeds and writings. He was more patriotic to his country than to his family. But still he gave all he had for the upkeep of the entire (extended) family".

Macebuh died a pauper. "He suffered a lot before his death. In 2007, the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) took his home on Panama Street in Maitama because he couldn’t pay for the house sold to him by the Federal Government." He really suffered, a relation said.

His widow recalled that they lived in the street for three months before help came in Gwarimpa House 13 Road 12 where he lived till he died.

Before his death, the caretaker/landlord had served him quit notice, which expires today.

Mrs Macebuh noted that in 2007, when he was robbed and his hands broken, there was no aid to fly him abroad for surgery.

This was said to have led to first stroke he had.

His 10 year-old child Kelechi risks being sent out of school for non-payment of fees.

At the mortuary, no money had been deposited for a space for him when The Nation visited.

Only money for embalmment had been paid.

Mrs Macebuh pleaded that her husband be immortalized because of his large heart.

Macebuh was born on December 28, 1942. He attended Ngwa High School and King’s College, Lagos.

He attended University of Ibadan and graduated with a second class upper division. He was admitted to the University of Sussex in 1967, receiving a Ph.D in English Language in 1969.

He is survived by his wife, Pauline and three children-Ikenna (23), Marissa Adaku (27) and 10-year old Kelechi.

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Over 500 residents of Dogo Hawa village in Jos, were massacred in the early hours of Sunday morning by Fulani herdsmen .

This attack came despite the curfew by the state sequel to the mass attack that occurred few weeks ago in various crannies of Jos.

the herdsmen who sneaked into the village during the wee hours of Sunday, shot sporadically into the air before launching the attack.

According to our source, after the sporadic shooting, the scared and curious residents ran out of their homes only to be mowed with machete wielding Fulani killers. They then went from house to house torching the homes as they rampaged.

It was learnt that most of those killed were women and children.

The curious question making the rounds is, how did these killers beat the security cordon occasioned by the curfew.

Acting president, Goodluck Jonathan, has already put chiefs on red alert.

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After months of hide and seek, sick President Umaru Yar’Adua’s mother, Hajia Dada Yar’Adua was allowed access to him on Friday by the restrictive cabal led by Her daughter-in-law, Turai and Chief Security Officer (CSO), Yusuf Tilde. our source in Abuja revealed that few minutes after setting eyes on her son, shocked Hajia Dada broke down and wept like a baby, repeatedly calling him “Babangida, Babangida” her choice name for President Yar’Adua. The President never responded to his mother as he sat and looked at her in a manner that suggested he may have lost memories of her, according to a source. “Hajia was so shocked at his state of his health and the most painful was that even while she called him Babangida, the name she gave him from birth by which family members know Mr. President, he did not respond, he was just there looking at her like he doesn’t know who she is,” the source told us. For months Turai and her co-travelers restricted access to the sick President. They did not even allow his immediate family including his mother to see how he is doing. It was against this background that Hajia Dada called on the PDP, General Ibrahim Babangida, and Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo to prevail on Turai to allow her access. According to our source, on setting her eyes on her son, she repeatedly called out her favorite name she calls him. She named him Babangida after his paternal grand father. Our source said she kept calling “ Babangida, Babangida” , but her son just starred at her and could not utter a word. advertisement our source said after several minutes of trying to establish communication with her gravely ill son, with stone-faced Turai watching, Hajia Dada was taken away by security operatives. It was leant that the President’s mother returned to Katsina later Friday night, with the possibility of not seeing her son again, at the back of her mind. Our source also hinted that several times Hajia Dada had asked that her son be brought back to Katsina, where is expects marabouts to perform a miracle. Sources say shortly before Yar’Adua was evacuated to Saudi Arabia, the sick President had requested audience with his mother at the Presidential Villa. But Hajia Dada spent two days with the President and did not know why other brothers and sisters of President Yar’Adua never came around to see her. According to sources, Turai, wife of the President had instructed security operatives in the villa not to allow any of the President’s siblings around. An operative who is said to be very close to the Yar’adua’s had hinted the President’s mother. The President’s mother, it was gathered had told the president and for the first time, President Yar’Adua, according to a source “tongue lashed his wife and immediately ordered than his family members be granted unrestricted access anytime they want to see him.”
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