JONATHAN MEETS THE POPE!!!

President Jonathan of Nigeria met with Pope Francis on Saturday, in Rome. He seized the opportunity to justify the anti-gay law in Nigeria.

• Na you SABI.
• My own be say, I hope you were able to do your CONFESSION.
• Tell God why you have not yet moved Nigeria out of the DOLDRUMS. 
• Tell Him why you fail to see the abject poverty, pain and sadness all around you....in the midst of PLENTY.
• Tell him why you fail to give the right people the right jobs, and why you continue to re-cycle and retain dumb ministers at the expense of real progress!!!
• Tell God why you allow your wife to 'give her blessings' to persons on your ministerial list, or why such persons must first 'perform' (aka. wet ground/shake body) before dey can be ministers...regardless of their qualifications!!!
• Oga...Go on your knees and CONFESS.

DON'T GAG ME (FELA KUTI).

A MESSAGE FOR THOSE WHO DISLIKE THE TRUTH....from Fela Anikulapo Kuti (Omo Iya Aje) of blessed memories!!!

• Walahi...me I go tok....weda una like am or not. Bcos I kno say una no like as Victor Smart dey tok!!! It is bcos me I smart pass una. Most of una be DICK HEADS. Give d SMART guys a chance to head awa country, and lets enjoy some PROGRESS.
• Una no fit GAG me ooooo.
• Una no fit Close my mouth.
• Until una do d right tin for awa country, me I go use d only weapon wey I get to FAYA una.
• I never kno any country wey get OYEL like awa own, and yet d people go dey run go work (do GBURU) for other yeye countries, just bcos awa leaders no get VISION and APTITUDE.
• Weda you be Presido o, you be Senator o, abi you be governor sef...I dont 4ukin give a 4UK. All of una be tif-tif and bull-shit people.
• JUST DO IT....shikena. Do d damn job...dat is why you were 4ukin elected by d poor people of Nigeria. Ordinary electricity, we no get...in dis 21st Century.
• Stop d 4ukery, and 'Get my people out of Egypt'.
• Is it such a HARD job to fix dat damn country???
• I want dis to happen in my life-time (even tho una don waste am (my generation) for me small), so dat I can go to my grave knowing dat my children will have a fair CHANCE in dat 4ukin country...for 4uk sake.
• JONAH...make una WAKE UP!!! Damn it!!! Stop taking Nigerians for granted.
• Dis beautiful music was produced by FELA in the early 70s...and yet we still dey GROPE IN THE DARK. 
• Dis tune is a masterpiece which epitomizes our present plight. Was released when Nigeria was NIGERIA, compared to our present MIASMA. As a teenager... me I danced dis music to nonsense!!! Could never have imagined we will ever get as LOW as we now are in Nigeria. For those who were fortunate/old enough to attend the SHRINE then...you can bear me witness!!!
• Wettin sef....Na CURSE????

FEMI SEGUN IS DEAD!!!

Femi Segun, popular Broadcaster, renowned Master of Ceremony, Humanist and Historian, is dead. He died in hospital as a result of complications sustained from an accident on his Power Bike. He is survived by two daughters, Rolari and Fikemi. He was known to have been once married to Fela Anikulapo's daughter, Yeni.

• RIP.
• What a shame...d guy was doing what gives him d HIGH. How for do???
• After all, despite d japajantus state of awa nation, Naija, people still try to live their lives to d best of their desires. Man no die, man no rotten.
• D only tin be say some of dis oyinbo-type hobbies no dey too straight-forward for awa side...for example wuside d good road dey wey person go take ride 'power bike'??? Even sef, security nko??? And then even d ordinary drivers are not trained to respect pedestrians and cyclists etc etc. Most of all wey d emergency services dey, in case of accident??? If person fall for Bike, where d ambulance dey??? If you manage to reach hospital dem go say make you pay before dem treat you. (I have my own stories to tell). In fact everytin is equal to SUICIDE ke!!!
• Even sef Molue and Damfo go run you over...dem no get respect for human lives o.
• Nawa oooo...Femi don reach eem own BUS-STOP.

THE PLAIN TRUTH FROM PASTOR KRIS OKOTIE!!!

The big news this week was the inauguration of the National Conference, but the deaths of more than 16 young applicants who died in Abuja and other venues, during the Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS recruitment exercise, overshadowed it. This tragedy mirrors the desperate situation of Nigeria.

One only hopes that this unfortunate loss of lives, coupled with the incessant Boko Haram killings and other youth-based violence, would serve as a wake-up call to the summiteers, that this country needs a new governance paradigm. If the conference cannot produce that, then the over N7 billion invested in it would amount to another colossal waste of our scarce national resources.

NIGERIA, Abuja : Job-seekers cover their nose and mouth for safety after security agents from the immigration services threw a cannister of tear gas to disperse the crowd in Abuja National Stadium, on March 15, 2014. At least seven people were killed and dozens injured in Nigeria’s capital Abuja on March 15 after thousands of pannicked job-seekers stampeded during a government recruitment drive at the national stadium. AFP PHOTO

It is an irony that each delegate would earn a whopping N12 million for the 3-month duration of the conference. By conservative estimates, N12 million is enough to provide self-employment for 12 resourceful graduates, and N7 billion could do likewise for thousands, some of whom perished under chaotic conditions in stadia around the country, while waiting for a poorly organised aptitude test by the NIS. The young graduate job-seekers who turned out for the tests filled up many stadia around the country, as if they came to watch high-profile football matches.

These hapless chaps paid N1,000.00 (One Thousand Naira) processing fee each. So, the Nigerian Immigration Service must have made quite some money, considering that in Lagos and Abuja alone, over 125,000 applicants turned up. We may be looking at millions of Naira that this monetised recruitment exercise generated for the NIS. There was record turnout in each of the 34 states for just 45,000 slots that the NIS advertised. The alarming job application horror is a clear evidence of the inability of our public institutions to manage events, resulting in poor crowd control and avoidable deaths through stampede. This is not an isolated case, it is a regular occurrence.

When things go wrong, our leaders seldom take responsibility. The NIS has tried to duck charges of culpability, by claiming that it outsourced the recruitment exercise to a private firm which actually collected the N1,000.00 levy. As usual, a panel would be setup to investigate this incident, followed by a white paper, and then, the report may end up gathering dust in a cabinet somewhere in Abuja, while government officials focus on the more important 2015 general elections in a country where competition for political power is about resource control, not the promotion of the general good of the people.

The fact that four expectant mothers died in this incident, with about 700 others reportedly injured, is enough reason why those who organised this event should not escape appropriate sanctions. Unfortunately, the Jonathan Administration is not known to punish errant public officials, although the NIS boss and the Internal Affairs Minister have been queried. In other countries where human life is valued, the President should compensate the victims and, more importantly, prevent a future re-occurrence. But the Federal Government has other priorities.

For me nothing else matters in our quest for a functional, self-accounting and representative democracy, than a fundamental change of the prevailing order which is responsible for our national predicament. It should be reasonably assumed that delegates to the conference would know this, but I have my fears.

Many commentators have observed that the composition of the delegates to this National Conference is skewed in favour of the old politicians, and some of those who ran this country aground. How can we expect any meaningful change from this set of people? 20th century ideas cannot solve 21st century problems. If you look critically, the composition of the participants in this conference reflects the geriatric propensity of our polity.

All the progressive nations of the world, especially those who have graduated from under-development to emerging markets, are being governed today by new sets of leaders, whose orientation reflects the new world order, and are thus able to successfully confront the challenges they encounter in their respective nations.

As this NIS recruitment tragedy shows, our meal ticket educational system is not designed to drive industrial development or produce resourceful, self-employed folks who can create opportunities, rather depend on employment. The belated introduction of entrepreneur studies in the newly remoulded college curricula is like putting the cart before the horse. While vocational studies have been introduced, there are no teachers to instruct carpenters, electricians etc.

I have long been advocating a shift in the paradigm of our educational sector, which should be anchored on Human Capital Development. Science subjects are foundation of technology. Without a solid, qualitative, continuous stream of local production of graduates in the technical, or science-related courses, our dream of industrial revolution as recently articulated in a widely publicised launch by Mr. President, would be a mirage.

The secret of Asia industrial miracle is that, leaders of that continent sent their students to Europe and America. The returning Asian students, who went to learn the technological wizardry of the West, laid the foundation of the technological revolution that produced the Tigers, who now threaten the scientific dominance of Europe and America. This is a model we could learn from.

Rev. Chris Okotie, a Pastor-politician wrote from Lagos.

• YOU HAVE SPOKEN.
• I HOPE THEY ARE LISTENING???
• YEYE PEOPLE.

SENATE PRESIDENT ESCAPES DEATH!!!

David Mark, the Senate President narrowly escaped death on thursday as his convoy was attacked by unknown assailants, when returning from the burial ceremony of late business mogul, Sir John Richard Anyaehie in Orlu, Imo State.

• Lucky Guy.
• Shows dat d terror on d streets of Nigeria is getting to d door-steps of the privileged people. Maybe dey will be forced to do something about it.
• Na you guys suppose to make us safe, but soon na una go become victims....dats exactly what the poor man goes through on daily basis.
• What a shame....naim be say you would have become STATISTICS, like so many wasted victims.
• Never have so few owed so much to so many....Only in Naija.
• You guys should get your 4ukin acts (ASS) together, and GET REAL!!!

SEMEN IS GOLDEN!!!

This UK grandmother says her wrinkle-free face is all due to a semen therapy which she applies on her face from her lover after sexual intercourse. 

The 67 year-old said she learnt the bizarre anti-aging method while in India studying a unique sexual therapy called Tantra. According to her, all you need is a lover with healthy sperm residue..

"All you need is a lover but if you don't have one you know what to do. All you need to do is just ten days or two weeks, you both should have a nice time and make sure he has a great time, and when your beautiful love making session is over, you are going to scoop this amazing sperm mask in your finger, apply it all over your face, leave it for fifteen minutes and then wash off. I know some of you are thinking "What is she saying?". But we have to assume that your lover is a healthy clean man and eats wells".

• Oyinbo don come with d regular Bull-Shit o.
• Some stupid girls go start dey even EAT/DRINK am sef.
• Anyway wettin man dey take SPAMITO do sef? D tin plenty where it came from. lol.
• In fact if una wan start to buy, we go fit start dey sell sef. My own go cost well well...walahi.
• But make sure you no take mistake go buy d ones wey be like 'toxic waste'...go damage your face oooo. Bcos na ORISHIRISI Spamito dey!!!
• Anyway notin spoil...Naija girls go dey use dat kain to BLEACH face. Yours truly!!!
• Hehehe.

NIGERIAN GOVERNORS ON 2ND ROUND OF 'CHOPPIES'!!!

Culled from The Nation.

The Senate is turning into a resting haven for governors who want to sustain their relevance in the polity. The list of ex-governors in the Upper Chamber increases at every dispensation. Ahead of 2015, some governors who are serving their second term have declared their intention to contest the senatorial election. This development, Assistant Editor LEKE SALAUDEEN writes, has pitched them against serving senators in their constituencies and, by extension, against some political blocs.

Next year, many governors will complete their two terms of eight years in office. They are not contemplating retirement from politics. Some of them are already jostling for the senatorial tickets in their districts.

Governors who want to become senators include Martins Elechi (Ebonyi), Theodore Orji (Abia) Sullivan Chime (Enugu), Jonah Jang (Plateau), Babangida Aliyu (Niger), Gabriel Suswam (Benue) and Sule Lamido (Jigawa).

Aliyu

The ebullient and outspoken Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger State initially thought of contesting the Presidency. The retired Federal Permanent Secretary from Niger East Senatorial District and Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum stirred controversy when he declared his presidential ambition on a radio programme last year. He told listeners that President Goodluck Jonathan signed an agreement with PDP governors from the North that he would serve one term, as a condition for endorsing his candidacy for the 2011 presidential election. The governor has not made public the purported agreement. He also failed to clarify whether the agreement is written or oral. The presidency has since denied the existence of such agreement.

Aliyu, a second term governor, seems to have dropped his presidential ambition since he declined defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC), alongside six other governors of the defunct new PDP. He has reconciled with the PDP and President Jonathan. Sources said the unfolding events within the PDP may have made Aliyu to change his mind on his presidential ambition. He is now said to be eyeing the Senate.

It is going to be a battle of supremacy between him and Senator Dahiru Awaisu Kuta, who has so far spent seven years in the upper chamber. Kuta has vowed not to yield the seat to the governor, who is a member of the PDP like him. He said no political machinations by Governor Aliyu would frustrate him from seeking the mandate of his people to return to the Senate for the third time in 2015.

Kuta, who chairs the Senate Committee on Federal Character, said: “My people back my move to seek re-election for a third term. I will seek re-election under the PDP, even though Governor Babangida Aliyu has shown interest in the seat. I cannot be intimidated by anybody after being in politics for 32 years. There is nothing I have not seen. I have been in politics for long and for that, I cannot be intimidated by anybody not only in Niger but in this country.”

Lamido

Like his Niger State counterpart, Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa may have put his presidential ambition in 2015 on hold. He was one of the G-7 governors, who battled Jonathan over the President’s yet-to-be-declared 2015 re-election bid. Lamido has, however, vowed not to leave the PDP under any circumstance. He was rumoured to be nursing presidential ambition for 2015, with former President Olusegun Obasanjo believed to be backing him for the plum job. In the height of his feud with President Jonathan, Obasanjo was in Dutse, the Jigawa State capital, to commission some of the projects completed by the governor. Obasanjo was then expected in Abuja on Democracy Day as a guest of the President.

Lamido was a member of the House of Representatives in the Second Republic and National Secretary of the defunct Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the Third Republic. On the return of democracy in 1999, Obasanjo appointed him Minister of Defence. Lamido is in his second term as governor of Jigawa. His tenure would lapse in May 2015.

Lamido has kept quiet over his presidential ambition since like Niger’s Aliyu he declined to defect to APC. Indeed, party sources say Lamido has decided to settle for the Jigawa Central Senatorial District seat in 2015.

Suswam

Another governor heading for the Senate is Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State. Being a young politician, Suswam, who would be completing his second term as governor in May next year, is scheming to continue his political career as a Senator representing the Benue North District. But Senator Barnabas Gemade, who currently occupies the seat, is not taking things lightly. Gemade is interested in a second term and he has made it clear that he is ready to fight to retain the sweat, even if it means dumping the PDP for the APC. However, sources say the party leadership is not ready for such high profile battle. Even at that, reconciling the duo sent a hard nut to crack for party elders. Gemade’s disposition is infuriating PDP elders who perceive him as being arrogant. But as the sitting governor, Suswam appears to have the upper hand.

Observers are not happy over the disagreement between Gemade and Suswam. The governor was in the House of Representatives when Gemade was the PDP national chairman. They have polarised the party in their senatorial district. For instance, the last local government election in the zone was bloody because of their bid to position their men at that tier of government. On several occasions, their supporters clashed, leaving sorrow and blood. Gemade’s supporters have accused the governor of mischief and conspiracy against his constituents. They accused him of disrespect on a party elder. But Suswam’s supporters have refuted the claim, saying it is only proper for the older generation to vacate the stage for younger ones. Suswam is one of President Jonathan’s loyalists in the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF), Northern State Governors Forum and PDP Governors Forum. He relocated to Abuja during the NGF crisis to protect Jonathan’s interest. Thus, it is not surprising that he has the backing of the President for his senatorial ambition. Political observers predict a tough senatorial shadow in the Benue North District.

Akpabio

The two-term Governor of Akwa Ibom , Chief Godswill Akpabio, was the first among his colleagues to declare his senatorial ambition in 2012. His plan sparked a row, with the insistence of serving Senator Alloy Etok that the seat was not vacant. Etok knew from the beginning that the governor was eying the senatorial ticket on completion of his second term in office in 2015. The conflict of interest has since degenerated into a crisis in Akwa Ibom between supporters of Akpabio and Etok, who is serving his second term in the Senate. Etok alleged that the governor planned to assassinate him over his ambition to seek re-election in 2015. To buttress his claim, the senator, who recalled the abduction of his wife and mother-in-law, alleged that he received “series of text messages from the Akpabio killer squad” threatening to assassinate him, if he insists on contesting the senatorial election in 2015.

But the governor dismissed the allegations as baseless, deceitful, and mere hallucinations that serve no purpose. Interestingly, Akpabio claimed to have manipulated Etok’s victory in 2007 against the winner of the PDP primaries.

It took the intervention of the security agencies, which probed the alleged planned assassination for the dust to settle.

Akpabio is the political leader of the state. He is popular among his people because of his developmental projects. Since he unfolded his plan, various groups have been holding endorsement rallies in his support. Traditional rulers are not left out.

His political profile is soaring because of his transformation of the state. Critics, describe Akpabio as a dictator. He was criticised for opposing the decision of the former Secretary to Government, Okon Umana, to run for governor. They say it is unfair, unjust and unkind for Akpabio to object to the ambition of Umana who worked assiduously for the success of his administration.

Wamakko

Governor Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State will complete his second term in office in May 2015. He was deputy governor on the platform of the defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), but defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2007 and became its governorship candidate. The PDP governorship candidate then, Alhaji Mukthar Shagari, was persuaded by Obasanjo to step down for Wamakko. The governor was among the five PDP governors who were pushing for reforms in the party. They defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) when PDP leadership refused to accede to their demands.

Wamakko is popular in the Northwest. His popularity was put to test when he was suspended from PDP last year. The party leadership in the zone stood by him. Party chieftains including the Northwest zonal leader, Alhaji Ibrahim Kazaure, and House of Representatives Speaker, Aminu Tambuwal attended the solidarity rally held for him on his return from abroad. The party leadership realised the negative impact of his suspension and reversed its decision. Sources say Wamakko is scheming to take over the senatorial seat of Senator Maccido.

Imoke

There are speculations that Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State may contest for the Cross River Central Senatorial District seat in 2015. The speculations have fuelled a subtle squabble between the aides and associates of the governor and the senator representing the district, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, who is the leader of the Senate.

The decision of Ndoma-Egba, who used to be a close associate of Governor Imoke, to vie for a fourth term, has led to acrimony between his camp and that of the governor. Those plotting against Ndoma-Egba’s return argue that after spending 12 years in the Senate, he should quit and allow others with fresh ideas to represent the people.

Despite the disagreement, Imoke, who represented the district between 1992 and 1993, could easily return to the Senate without serious opposition from his party.

Uduaghan

Initially, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, who would complete his second term as governor of Delta State in 2015 was planning to retire from politics and go back to his medical practice. But that is no longer the case. The governor, according to sources, has caved in to pressure from his associates to continue his political career in the Senate. Consequently, he is planning to contest the Delta South Senatorial seat in 2015. Uduaghan may get a free ticket to the Senate because the incumbent senator, James Manager, having spent three terms, would be willing to step down for him. Stepping aside for the governor would be in line with the convention that each of the three major tribes in the senatorial district, Itsekiri, Isoko and Ijaw would take the seat one after the other. So, unlike his colleagues, moving to the Senate is a smooth sail for Uduaghan.

Chime

What promises to be the most contentious battle is the struggle between the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu and Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State for the Enugu West Senatorial District ticket.

The duo are now embroiled in a battle of wit. There are no pretences that Chime wants to go to the Senate at the expiration of his tenure in 2015. It is no news that Ekweremadu and Chime are at each other’s throat. The battle is so fierce that the governor sometime last year embargoed another term for all Enugu people in the National Assembly.

But Chime is not having a smooth sail. He was promptly challenged not only by Ekweremadu, but by some other party leaders. They told Chime that he lacks the constitutional powers to deny any member the right to contest election if the person wishes.

Jang

The Plateau State Governor, David Jang, is said to be interested in representing the Plateau North Senatorial District on completion of his second term as governor in 2015. Jang perfected a smooth entry into the Senate when he sponsored his former Chief of Staff, Mr Gyang Pwajok for the position last year, following the death of Senator Gyang Dan Tong. Observers say Pwajok is holding the position in trust for Jang. His tenure in the last seven years has witnessed several ethno-religious crises, in which lives and property were lost.

Jang is at the centre of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) crisis. He lost the chairmanship election with 16 votes to Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi, who got 19 votes. Yet, Jang with the support of the Presidency claimed that he won.

• KAI...UNA NO DEY SHAME. YEYE PEOPLE. 
• AND SOME OF DIS FOOLISH GUYS DON ALREADY DO TWO TERMS AS GOVERNORS OOOO WITH NOTIN TO SHOW FOR IT....DEM JUST DEY WASTE AWA PEOPLE LIFE FOR NOTHING.
• UNA CHOP SOTAY DEY VOMIT FOR BODY, AND YET CANNOT STOP D CHOPPIES. NA DAT CHOP GO KILL UNA, BCOS IT IS NOT AS IF UNA DEY PERFORM FOR UNA PEOPLE.
• WETTIN RESPECTABLE GOVERNOR GO WANT GO DO FOR SENATE AGAIN???
• COMMONSENSE TELLS ME DAT GOVERNORS OFFICE SHOULD ORDINARILY BE HIGHER THAN SENATE.
• SOME OF UNA GO EVEN WAN RETURN AS GOVERNOR SEF OVER AND OVER AGAIN...LIKE AWA OGUN AND ANAMBRA FRIENDS...DANIEL (green snake) AND EZE-IFE (Ogunfe). 
• DIS NA BABANLA 4UKERY....walahi.
• D TIN DEY SURPRISE ME O...MAKE MAN NO GET SELF-RESPECT AND DIGNITY.
• SHAME ON UNA.
• NEVER HAVE SO FEW OWED SO MUCH TO SO MANY....Only in Nigeria.