GOD WILL SAVE WITH UNLIKELY TOOL

During World War 2, a soldier was separated from his unit on an island.

The fighting had been intense, and in the smoke and the crossfire he had lost touch with his comrades.

Alone in the jungle, he could hear enemy soldiers coming in his direction.
Scrambling for cover, he found his way up a high ridge to several small caves in the rock. Quickly he crawled inside one of the caves.

Although safe for the moment, he realised that once the enemy soldiers looking for him swept up the ridge, they would quickly search all the caves and he would be killed.

As he waited, he prayed, "Lord, please spare my life. Whatever will happen, I love you and trust you. Amen."

After praying, he lay quietly listening to the enemy begin to draw close.

He thought, "Well, I guess the Lord isn't going to help me out of this one."

Then he saw a spider begin to build a web over the front of his cave.

"Hah" he thought, "What I need is a brick wall and what the Lord has sent me is a spider web. God does have a sense of humour."

As the enemy drew closer he watched from the darkness of his hide out and could see them searching one cave after another.

As they came to his, he got ready to make his last stand, but then he heard the leader of the soldiers say:

"you may as well ignore looking in this cave ...if he had entered here this web would be broken!" So they left and he was delivered!

To his amazement, however, after glancing in the direction of his cave, they moved on.

Suddenly he realised that with the spider web over the entrance, his cave looked as if no one had entered for quite a while.

"Lord, forgive me," he prayed. "I had forgotten that in you a spider's web is stronger than a brick wall. He will use the most foolish things in this world to confound the wise!

God is your protector, if you believe in him. Please share it and bless someone.

FEMI ADESINA MEDITATES ON NIGERIA

In December 2009, I was at Aburi, while holidaying in Ghana. We Nigerians call it A-b-u-r-i, but the Ghanaians pronounce it as E-b-r-i. For those who have read widely about the civil war that we fought between 1967 and 1970, Aburi is a significant place. This was what I wrote about Aburi, after returning from that journey:

“Aburi. Beautiful, serene Aburi, set daintily atop a hill. It is home to a botanical garden that is 119 years old. But for us in Nigeria, Aburi goes beyond just nature and its preservation. It is the town where General Yakubu Gowon and Odumegwu Ojukwu met, to try and avert the Nigerian Civil War that lasted between 1967 and 1970. They came out with Aburi Accord, which later broke down. And a shooting war started. You could see the Presidential Lodge on a hill, where the Nigerian leaders had parleyed at the behest of Ghanaian leaders. It all ended in futility.”

As one of the key parties to the Aburi Accord, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, returns to mother earth today, it is also apposite to return to Aburi, and look at the letter and the spirit of the accord once again, an agreement that was violated by the Federal side, and which made a bloody internecine war inevitable.

For most part of 1966, the northern part of Nigeria, particularly, had been turned to killing fields. Non-natives, especially Igbos, were killed in thousands. Many fled, many others were displaced. There was complete anarchy in the land. The average Igbo looked up to Lt. Col Odumegwu Ojukwu, military governor of the Eastern Region, to provide leadership and direction. He did not fail. He picked the gauntlet and championed the cause of his people.

By January 1967, the drums of war were loud and clear, reverberating across the length and breadth of Nigeria. But there was a last ditch effort to prevent what was imminent. There was a peace meeting hosted at Aburi, in Ghana, by the then Ghanaian head of state, Gen J. A. Ankrah. At the meeting were Gowon, Ojukwu, all the military governors of the regions, and some top civil servants, both from the Federal side and the Eastern region. The meeting held on January 4 and 5, 1967, and came out with what is popularly known today as the Aburi Accord.

The agenda of the meeting consisted of three crucial issues: (i) Reorganization of the Armed Forces (ii) Constitutional agreement (iii) Issues of displaced persons within Nigeria.

The two-day meeting reached consensus that were acceptable to both sides. Among others, it was resolved that legislative and executive authority of the Federal Military Government was to remain in the Supreme Military Council (SMC), to which any decision affecting the whole country shall be referred for determination provided it is possible for a meeting to be held, and the matter requiring determination must be referred to military governors for their comment and concurrence. What does this mean in simple language? The SMC would run the affairs of the country, but not without consulting the regions as represented by the military governors. This was something akin to federalism, even under a military government.

Other terms of the agreement include that appointments to senior ranks in the police, diplomatic and consular services as well as appointment to superscale posts in the federal civil service and the equivalent posts in the statutory corporations must be approved by the SMC. What does this mean again in simple language? Equity, fairness, true federalism.

Other matters like the holding of an ad hoc constitutional conference, fate of soldiers involved in the January 15, 1966 coup, rehabilitation of displaced persons, etc, were also amicably resolved, and the conferees returned happily to Nigeria. Only for the Federal side to deliver a blow to the solar plexus: the Aburi Accord, Gowon said, was unworkable, and he reneged on all the agreements.

Using the Eastern Nigerian Broadcasting Service, Ojukwu played the tape recording of the proceedings at Aburi repeatedly, to educate the populace on who was playing Judas. Later, he made a broadcast in which he said: “we in the East are anxious to see that our differences are resolved by peaceful means and that Nigeria is preserved as a unit, but it is doubtful, and the world must judge whether Lt. Col Gowon’s attitudes and other exhibitions of his insincerity are something which can lead to a return of normalcy and confidence in the country.

“I must warn all Easterners once again to remain vigilant. The East will never be intimidated, nor will she acquiesce to any form of dictation. It is not our intention to play the aggressor. Nonetheless, it is not our intention to be slaughtered in our beds. We are ready to defend our homeland.”

In a piece I did last December, shortly after Ojukwu passed away, I said he was virtually pushed into war by the infidelity of the Federal side to the Aburi Accord. I still stand by that position. Ojukwu was called ‘warlord’ for many decades, but he was by no means a warmonger. He only did what he needed to do for his people–and for the country.

As his earthly remains are interred today, it is tragic that Nigeria is still submerged in the morass that Ojukwu already identified about 45 years ago. Today, bombs go off like firecrackers in the country. There is agitation for the review of the revenue allocation formula. There are strident calls for the convocation of a sovereign national conference. Even some component parts are threatening to pull out of the federation if anything happened to their ‘son’ who is now in power. Didn’t Ojukwu warn of these landmines ahead? Were all these issues not already settled at Aburi? Foremost journalist and media administrator, Akogun Tola Adeniyi, in a recent media interview, explained the Aburi Accord this way: “Let every region be semi-autonomous and develop at its own level.” Yes, that was the spirit and letter of Aburi, but which sadly became a road not taken. And is that not why we are still suffering today, living in a rickety and decrepit country that can burst at the seams any moment? I tell you, Ojukwu was a prophet, and like most prophets, he had no honour in his own country. Pity. But whether we like it or not, there’s no way we won’t return to Aburi. Willy-nilly. I only hope it will be sooner than later, before Nigeria goes to grief. On Aburi I stand.

Federal Government was perfidious and duplicitous on Aburi. It is still the same way today. That is why as Nigerians, we are most times disillusioned, dismayed, dispirited, dejected and depressed. When will change come to this land? Our hearts are getting weary.

Last December, I wrote that Ojukwu should be buried like a hero. I’m glad at the rites of passage so far, culminating in the interment today. Yes, bury him like a true hero. An icon, an avatar, deserves no less. This generation will surely not see another like Ojukwu. He fought not only for his own people, but for a true federation founded on justice, fair play, equity and rectitude. Unfortunately, he did not see the Nigeria of his dreams. Will we? Adieu the Ikemba, the Eze Igbo Gburugburu. May your soul rest in peace. Ka nkpur’obi gi zue ike n’adukwa.

By Femi Adesina
Friday March 02, 2012

HOW NIGERIAN STATE GOVERNORS CREATE POVERTY

There is an old Chinese adage which states that if you teach a child to fish, he will feed for a life time but if you give him fish he will eat for one day. It was Ex Governor Peter Obi that said that creating job is not the function of the government, rather the government should provide the enabling environment so that the private sectors can create jobs. Instead of providing the enabling environment for private sectors to create lasting jobs, Nigerian state governors fall on top of one another trying to create jobs and trying to pay people who are in temporary jobs before they pay those who are career civil servants.

For example the governor of Borno state recently employed over 700 aides, the governor of Yobe followed suit by employing over 750 aides. Governor of Edo state employed 192 special assistants. The list goes on and one. Every governor is employing people to hover around him or her and accompany him or her to every trip, Of course they are fully aware that at the end of 4 year term, those aides will not only be jobless, they would have lost the skills they had before they were employed as aides. When they are eventually kicked out by next governor they will constitute nuisance in the society because they have become used to the fine things of life without any income to sustain the habit or even a pension or insurance for basic income until they find their new job.

I would suggest that instead of employing 700 aides and special assistants, governors should go back to the olden days when every state in Nigeria had several companies and business ventures where people are gainfully employed and in the process they are learning useful skills that will sustain them even if the company collapses. A few states have actually done some soul searching but majority of the states in Nigeria are selling the little assets they still have and governors are gathering youths to feed and drive around for four years or at most 8 years and thereafter to your tents oh Israel.

A poor man who is willing to do a dirty job will not be poor for too long.Whereas a poor man who is waiting for a white collar job and huge income is gambling with time. He or she may succeed in no time or take a life time to break even.

A SWORN AFFIDAVIT EXPOSES FRAUD BEHIND DINO MELAYE RECALL

ELECTRONIC TERMINOLOGIES AND THEIR MEANING

Be educated with the electronic world!

1. *PAN* - permanent account number.
2. *PDF* - portable document format.
3. *SIM* - Subscriber Identity Module.
4. *ATM* - Automated Teller machine.
5. *IFSC* - Indian Financial System Code.
6. *FSSAI(Fssai)* - Food Safety & Standards Authority of India.
7. *Wi-Fi* - Wireless fidelity.
8. *GOOGLE* - Global Organization Of Oriented Group Language Of Earth.
9. *YAHOO* - Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle.
10. *WINDOW* - Wide Interactive Network Development for Office work Solution.
11. *COMPUTER* - Common Oriented Machine. Particularly United and used under Technical and Educational Research.
12. *VIRUS* - Vital Information Resources Under Siege.
13. *UMTS* - Universal Mobile Telecommunications System.
14. *AMOLED* - Active-matrix organic light-emitting diode.
15. *OLED* - Organic light-emitting diode.
16. *IMEI* - International Mobile Equipment Identity.
17. *ESN* - Electronic Serial Number.
18. *UPS* - Uninterruptible power supply.
19. *HDMI* - High-Definition Multimedia Interface.
20. *VPN* - Virtual private network.
21. *APN* - Access Point Name.
22. *LED* - Light emitting diode.
23. *DLNA* - Digital Living Network Alliance.
24. *RAM* - Random access memory.
25. *ROM* - Read only memory.
26. *VGA* - Video Graphics Array.
27. *QVGA* - Quarter Video Graphics Array.
28. *WVGA* - Wide video graphics array.
29. *WXGA* - Widescreen Extended Graphics Array.
30. *USB* - Universal serial Bus.
31. *WLAN* - Wireless Local Area Network.
32. *PPI* - Pixels Per Inch.
33. *LCD* - Liquid Crystal Display.
34. *HSDPA* - High speed down-link packet access.
35. *HSUPA* - High-Speed Uplink Packet Access.
36. *HSPA* - High Speed Packet Access.
37. *GPRS* - General Packet Radio Service.
38. *EDGE* - Enhanced Data Rates for Globa Evolution.
39. *NFC* - Near field communication.
40. *OTG* - On-the-go.
41. *S-LCD* - Super Liquid Crystal Display.
42. *O.S* - Operating system.
43. *SNS* - Social network service.
44. *H.S* - HOTSPOT.
45. *P.O.I* - Point of interest.
46. *GPS* - Global Positioning System.
47. *DVD* - Digital Video Disk.
48. *DTP* - Desk top publishing.
49. *DNSE* - Digital natural sound engine.
50. *OVI* - Ohio Video Intranet.
51. *CDMA* - Code Division Multiple Access.
52. *WCDMA* - Wide-band Code Division Multiple Access.
53. *GSM* - Global System for Mobile Communications.
54. *DIVX* - Digital internet video access.
55. *APK* - Authenticated public key.
56. *J2ME* - Java 2 micro edition.
57. *SIS* - Installation source.
58. *DELL* - Digital electronic link library.
59. *ACER* - Acquisition Collaboration Experimentation Reflection.
60. *RSS* - Really simple syndication.
61. *TFT* - Thin film transistor.
62. *AMR*- Adaptive Multi-Rate.
63. *MPEG* - moving pictures experts group.
64. *IVRS* - Interactive Voice Response System.
65. *HP* - Hewlett Packard.

*Do we know actual full form of some words???*
66. *News paper =*
_North East West South past and present events report._
67. *Chess =*
_Chariot, Horse, Elephant, Soldiers._
68. *Cold =*
_Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease._
69. *Joke =*
_Joy of Kids Entertainment._
70. *Aim =*
_Ambition in Mind._
71. *Date =*
_Day and Time Evolution._
72. *Eat =*
_Energy and Taste._
73. *Tea =*
_Taste and Energy Admitted._
74. *Pen =*
_Power Enriched in Nib._
75. *Smile =*
_Sweet Memories in Lips Expression._
76. *etc. =*
_End of Thinking Capacity_
77. *OK =*
_Objection Killed_
78. *Or =*
_Orl Korec (Greek Word)_
79. *Bye =*♥
_Be with you Everytime._

OHANEZE NDI IGBO PUSH FOR FREE AND FAIR ELECTION IN ANAMBRA STATE

The President of Ọhaneze ndị Igbo, Dr Nnia John Nwodo, earlier today met with the Honourable Members of Anambra State House of Assembly. Below are his exact words...

1. Mr. Speaker Sir,

Honourable Members of Anambra State House of Assembly.

2. I am delighted to be here in this honourable house to share thoughts with you on a number of issues confronting our people in this state and Igbo land as a whole.

3. Anambra State is outstanding amongst the various states in Igboland.

4. I have in facts held in many quarters that Anambra claims more than 50% of blessings the Almighty God showered on Igbo people.

5. Let me give a few examples:

6. One, the only Igbo man that has been president of Nigeria (even if ceremonial) H.E. Hon. Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe is from Anambra.

7. Two, the only Igbo man that has ever attained the exalted office of elected Vice President of Nigeria, Dr. Alex Ekwueme is from Anambra.

8. Three, an Anambra son, Dim Odimegwu Ojukwu is the only Igbo man to have been referred to as Head of State of Republic of Biafra.

9. Four, of all Igbo States, no state has produced two Senate Presidents (Dr. Nwafor Orizu and Dr. Chuba Okadigbo) except Anambra state.

10. Five, similarly no Igbo state is yet to beat the record of Anambra State in producing two Speakers of the Federal House of Representatives namely Chief Edwin Umezuoke and Chief Agunwa Anakwe.

11. Six, in the international political arena the only Nigerian that has occupied the office of the Secretary General of the Commonwealth is from Anambra State, Chief Emeka Anyaoku.

12. In all fields of learning and enterprise Anambra's distinction is unparalleled.

13. In ICT Philip Emegwani, in Literature , Chinua Achebe, Cyprian Ekwensi, Chimamamda Adichie stand out significantly.

14. I shall not bore you with more names in commerce and industry and other fields of endeavour.

15. But suffice it to say that Anambra State is outstanding in Igbo land.

16. Today, Anambra has the lowest poverty index in Nigeria.

17. Today Anambra has the highest growth rate of manufacturing outfits in Nigeria.

18. Today Anambra has the highest growth of import substitute endeavours in rice and vegetable production in Nigeria.

19. Today Anambra is the state with the lowest loan exposure in Nigeria with capacity to meet its monthly publications to its workers timeously.

20. Today Anambra and Lagos are the only state involved in the building of new cities planned to meet the standard of any modern city in the world.

21. It's edge over Lagos is that it is also building along with this modern city, an international airport with the capacity for passengers and cargo haulage.

22. In Onitsha, every village in Igbo land is represented in burstling and highly competitive commercial transactions.

23. Anambra is important to the Igboland. Anambra is important to Ọhaneze.

24. News that reached us in the past few days that Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of IPOB has declared that there will be no election in Anambra State in November is shocking and disturbing.

25. I hereby countermand that declaration as President of Ohaneze Ndi Igbo.

26. Whereas Ohaneze understands the marginalization and unfair treatment of Igbos which have given rise to self-determination movements in Igboland,....

27. ... leaders of these movements must not arrogate to themselves the supreme leadership of Igbo land.

28. Statement of the kind credited to Nnamdi Kanu are provocative, misleading and unproductive.

29. Why should Anambra people be denied the opportunity to choose their own leader?

30. Why should any of us who are not from Anambra, no matter how highly placed, descend to the arena and dictate for Anambra people when to vote, whether to vote or who to vote for?

31. Anambra, nay Igbos, are still part and parcel of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

32. Yes, we are not happy with our treatment in Nigeria.

33. Yes, some of us want Biafra.

34. Yes some of us prefer a restructured Federal Republic of Nigeria.

35. But the fact remains that we are still part and parcel of the present Federal Republic of Nigeria, bound by its laws, no matter how repressive or unjust.

36. Our approach to reforms of our laws even if it leads to self-determination or restructuring must be lawful.

37. We must convince other Nigerians of our point of views, we must strive to make others share our convictions.

38. Our language must be civil, respectful and leads to consensus building.

39. We must resist any attempt to turn division amongst us, as to which way we must go, becoming a source of altercation between us.

40. As we speak very many of our people living in Northern Nigeria are in complete awe and consternation regarding how safe they will be after October 1st.

41. Other Northerners living among us here are also worried.

42. The Inspector General of police has taken public notice of Nnamdi's comments inviting a possible invasion of Anambra by the Nigerian Police,...

43. ... Increasing the already existing siege of our people which leads to daily extortion on our highways.

44. All these developments have arisen out of unguarded utterances.

45. I find no venue suitable for the statements I make here.

46. Every constituent part of Anambra State is represented here.

47. I believe that the honourable members here are competent enough to carry the Ohaneze message to every nook and cranny of Anambra State.

48. We are happy with the peace that exists here.

49. We are happy with the steady progress Anambra has registered over the years.

50. The next election can only improve not retard it.

51. I thank you for your kind attention.

JOHN NNIA NWODO
PRESIDENT GENERAL
OHANEZE NDI IGBO.

WHY PRESIDENTIAL JET CANNOT LEAVE LONDON....BY .SHEHU :

STATE HOUSE PRESS STATEMENT

NAF 001, PRESIDENTIAL AIRCRAFT IS AT THE SERVICE OF THE PRESIDENT - GARBA SHEHU

The Presidency is constrained to decry criticisms, mostly on social media, on the retention in London of the Presidential Aircraft, NAF 001 as mostly informed by lack of understanding of protocol around foreign trips by Heads of State all over the world.

It is important to state that for reasons of protocol, national security, diplomacy and prestige, there is no world leader who travels abroad and is left without plans for immediate return or possible evacuation.

From operational point of view, this country’s Armed Forces as represented by the Nigeria Air Force are not to abandon their Commander-In-Chief in whichever circumstance he is. This is a standard operating procedure.

We have also read claims about outrageous fees allegedly paid by Nigeria. The published amounts are totally untrue. Aircraft conveying heads of state all over the world usually enjoy waivers even where payments for parking are differentiated by aircraft categories.

We been assured that where the waiver is not granted, payment will not exceed £1,000, which is a quarter of the amount being peddled.

For the avoidance of doubt, this President is not the first to have a presidential aircraft standing by for him, as he will certainly not be the last.  All past Heads of this country have had this privilege, and the part that surprises the most is that leaders who in the past travelled with three Nigerian aircraft did not suffer this trenchant criticism.

We appeal to Nigerians to ignore opposition campaign aimed at derailing this administration's big plans for the country.

This is a government that is constructing the Second Niger Bridge, the Mambila Power Plant, the East-West and the North-South standard gauge railway lines.

We are a government that has saved this country an annual loss of two trillion Naira from fraudulent petroleum subsidy schemes by influential citizens and their children, and rid the public service of about 50,000 ghost workers.

The Buhari administration certainly deserves a chance.

GARBA SHEHU
Special Senior Assistant to the President
(Media & Publicity)
June 29, 20175

700 NIGERIAN PROSTITUTES DEPORTED FROM THEIR OWN COUNTRY

Report from Abuja Nigeria reveals that over 700 sex workers who reside in Abuja have been rounded up by the authority and deported back to their home states. The idea and reason was to sanitise the city and reduce the scourge of sexual immorality rampart in the capital of Nigeria. We should not forget that a Nigerian governor once attributed Meningococcal meningitis to sexual immorality.

This is not the first time one state capital is arresting and deporting fellow Nigerians from other states. It is as if Nigeria is not a country because in a true country or even a federation, citizens have the right to live and work in any part of the nation without fear of being told to leave or being arrested and sent home. Why is it that Nigeria is resisting integration and resisting disintegration. Something is terribly wrong some where because the last deportation took place in the so called centre of excellence :Lagos .


The sad part of the problem is that civil right activists, pastors and educated Nigerians do not normally react to human right abuses in Nigeria because it has become a norm. The issue of exposure is another thing. Some body Like Nnamdi Kanu the Biafra activist had to live abroad for many years before he realised that the country Nigeria is dysfunctional.

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ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE IS OVERRATED.

Prof. Abletor Sedofia from University of Ghana has this to say:

"Academic excellence is overrated! I said it. Being top of your class does not necessarily guarantee that you will be at the top of life.

You could graduate as the best student in Finance but it doesn't mean you will make more money than everybody else.

The best graduating Law student does not necessarily become the best lawyer.

The fact is life requires more than the ability to understand a concept, memorise it and reproduce it in an exam.

School rewards people for their memory. Life rewards people for their imagination.

School rewards caution; life rewards daring. School hails those who live by the rules; life exalts those who break the rules and set new ones.

So do I mean people shouldn't study hard in school? Oh, no, you should but don't sacrifice every other thing on the altar of First Class.

Don't limit yourself to the classroom. Do something practical. Take a leadership position. Start a business and fail. That's a better Entrepreneurship 101. Join or start a club. Contest an election and lose. It will teach you something Political Science 101 will not teach you.

Attend a seminar. Read books outside the scope of your course. Go on missions and win a soul for eternal rewards... Do something you believe in! Think less of becoming an excellent student but think more of becoming an excellent person. Make the world your classroom."

INVESTMENT FOR AMNESTY PROPOSED BY NIGERIAN HOUSE OF REPS..

This sounds unbelievable but a member of Nigerian House of Representative from Ebonyi state has forwarded a bill that will grant amnesty to any Nigerian or foreigner who is willing to invest his loot in the economy. The person will not be asked how he or she came about the money as long as the person is going to invest it in Nigerian economy and pay the necessary tax so the government can fund their budget and reduce borrowing.

This move will appear to be a patriotic one but when you consider the fact that Speaker of the House of  Rep, Senate president and several other ex governors in the National Assembly are under investigation, it gradually starts smelling of self serving stunt to enable all the law makers live their life in peace without interference from EFCC and other law enforcement institutions.


This is a country where petty thieves are murdered on the road side for stealing yams and phones. It is true that President Buhari during his campaign once agreed to draw a line after winning election and become strict from Inauguration day, however immediately he got inaugurated he started anti corruption fight without cleaning out his own stable. In fact his latest budget has been labelled "Budget of Corruption" by the same National assembly.

Several analysts have faulted the country for other age long corrupt practices like giving oil wells to individuals who are making more money from the wells than some state government. Injustice continues and this bill will only add a little flavour to the cesspool of corruption.

WE WANT REFERENDUM NOT WAR..............IPOB

The IPOB or Indigenous people of   Biafra  has accused many Nigerians including fellow brothers of mis understanding their intention for Nigeria. They made it know that in a civil society, any section of the country that feels uncomfortable and can prove that they are not given the full liberties of a citizen have the right under United Nation to seek self determination. They also added that seeking self determination is not the same thing as asking for war. No right thinking person will wake up and start asking for war especially in Nigeria where Biafra designated natives are known to invest more in structures than other ethnic group.

The group gave example of Catalonia in Spain seeking referendum, UK seeking to exit from European Union, South Sudan that got a new state and Southern Sahara that even got the blessing of Mohammad Buhari president of Nigeria. They went along to ask the question why the Nigerian youths are so fond of threats and intimidation in matters that can be settled amicably. They cited the case of Scotland where referendum did not translate to session or a new country.

In the same streak, IPOB warned fellow Nigerians that 2017 is not 1967 when Nigerian leaders went to Aburi and agreed on confederation only for Gowon to come back to the country to say that he was bamboozled into signing the agreement and waged a war against Biafra. They promised that any attempt to wage unnecessary war will boomerang because IPOB has members in 180 countries and consultations are ongoing.

It seems that when a man is dancing in the middle of the market someone is beating drum for them. In the interest of peace well meaning Nigerians are urging the government to at least start working on the constitution so that every Nigerian citizen will have a sense of belonging. It was announced recently that Air force carried out a recruitment and 80% of those accepted were Northerners. This is not the attitude of someone that has the interest of the country at heart

SELF HELP FOR HEART ATTACK SURVIVAL

This is from Dr. Geetha Krishnaswamy, Please give your 2 minutes and read this:

1. Let’s say it’s 7.25pm and you’re going home (alone of course) after an unusually hard day on the job.
2. You’re really tired, upset and frustrated.
3 Suddenly you start experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to drag out into your arm and up in to your jaw. You are only about five km from the hospital nearest your home.
4. Unfortunately you don’t know if you’ll be able to make it that far.
5. You have been trained in CPR, but the guy who taught the course did not tell you how to perform it on yourself.
6. HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE? Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack without help, the person whose heart is beating improperly and who begins to feel faint, has only about 10 seconds left before losing consciousness.
7. However, these victims can help themselves by coughing repeatedly and very vigorously. A deep breath should be taken before each cough, and the cough must be deep and prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest. A breath and a cough must be repeated about every two seconds without let-up until help arrives, or until the heart is felt to be beating normally again.
8. Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze the heart and keep the blood circulating. The squeezing pressure on the heart also helps it regain normal rhythm. In this way, heart attack victims can get to a hospital.
9. Tell as many other people as possible about this. It could save their lives!!
10. A cardiologist says If everyone who gets this mail kindly sends it to 10 people, you can bet that we’ll save at least one life.
11. Rather than sending jokes, please... contribute by forwarding this mail which can save a person’s life.
12. If this message comes around you... more than once… please don’t get irritated... You should instead, be happy that you have many friends who care about you & keeps reminding you how to deal with a Heart attack.

From: DR. N Siva (Senior Cardiologist)

Ex . GOVERNOR KWANKWANSO IS AN IGBO MAN.... R. OMOKRI

In 1927, a certain Felix Okonkwo who later became a member of Kano house of chiefs in the '50s founded a groundnut trading business along the rail lines of Kano state. He had many sons, so he named his business Okonkwo and sons which was pronounced as kwankwasons by the locals based on Hausa accent. Kwankwasons later became kwankwaso and later a kwankwason became governor in Kano state. Would Gov. Rabiu Kwankwaso also leave Kano come October 2017?
_~ Reno Omokri.*

FEMI FALANA SAN. FAULTS 2014 NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Femi Falana, SAN:

“On May 23, 1986, four young people were killed at the Ahmadu Bello University. I am saying this because somebody has said we are supporting this quit notice. Prof. Ango Abdullahi was the Vice Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University.

“When those students were killed by the police, he came out and said only four students were killed. That angered Nigerians, particularly Nigerian students, and there were protests. One of the universities where that protest was very successful was the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.

“The man who led that protest was the late Chima Ubani. The state did not like that there was a national protest against the killing of students. The government did not arrest people in the North; they did not arrest students who were demonstrating in the West.

“The Babangida regime went for Chima Ubani and arraigned him and eight of his colleagues under a military decree that required that they be sentenced to death. I left Lagos and went to Enugu to defend those young men and we got them freed. When they returned to campus, the Vice Chancellor expelled them. Again, I went to court and got them freed.

“This story is important because a Hausa Vice Chancellor invited police and they killed four young Hausa people. Nigerian students protested and an Igbo young man led that protest in the East against injustice. There are lawyers in the east, but a Yoruba lawyer from from the west went to free them.

“So, we must look at those things that tie us together and not those ones that the ruling class are using to divide our people. Poverty is the same all over the country; injustice is injustice all over. So, there is no nation without challenges and there is no nation without problems. It is the ability of a nation to rise to the challenge that matters.

“Those who are talking about restructuring, many of them are talking in the air. We must concretise this now. You can’t have political restructuring without economic restructuring. If you are talking about restructuring, you can’t be selling the assets of the country to individuals.

“How can a serious nation be giving oil blocks to individuals when states are broke. You are not giving these oil blocks to states. States are not buying electricity companies. We have just been informed that what is owed to pensioners who have served our fatherland is N300 billion. Just this week, the Federal Government released N701 billion to those who bought our electricity companies. Initially, they were given N300 billion. That is over one trillion naira to manage darkness in our country. So, please, let us begin to ask relevant questions.

“On the national conference, don’t be carried away because power is not given without a fight. Those who want implementation of the recommendations of the conference should be prepared for a struggle with Labour and with progressive extraction of the civil society.

“The most important recommendation is never touched by the ruling class. The most important recommendation is chapter two of the constitution that the fundamental objective of the state shall be made justiciable. In other words, right to education, right to health, right to unemployment benefits and living minimum wage, which are all set out in that chapter.

“Those who are talking of restructuring and federalism are not interested in these areas. But we must all remind them that the Awolowos, the Ahmadu Bellos and the Azikiwes of this world addressed social services for our people. That is no longer the case. So, please this talk about restructuring and federalism must be concretised.

“You can’t be going to Abuja every month to take money and yet, you are talking of true federalism. True federalism means you must produce what you need in your area and then, we can ask everybody to pay."

NIGERIAN PARENTS GROAN OVER FEE HIKE IN UNIVERSITIES

UNILAG) increased fees from N14, 500 to N63, 500 as tuition fees.

, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), from N27, 000 to N41,0 00; 

University of Nigeria (UNN), from N60, 450 to N66, 950; 

Obafemi Awolowo University, from N19, 700 to N55,700.

 Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), from N20, 100 to N65,920;

 Bayero University, Kano, from N26,000 to N40,000; 

University of Abuja, from N39,300 to N42,300 

Usman Danfodiyo University, from N32,000 to N41,000.

National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), from N36,000 to N41,000; University of Benin (UNIBEN), from N12, 000 to N49,500; 

University of Ilorin, from N16, 000 to N75,000 and 

Federal University of Technology, Akura (FUTA), from N13, 560 to N83,940.

Federal University, Minna (FUTMINNA), from N20,000 to N37,000;

 University of Calabar, from N30,500 to N42,750 

 University of Uyo, from N71, 000 to N84, 250.

Federal College of Education (Technical), Akoka, from N16,000 to N40,000; Osun varsity, from N95,000 to N135,500; 

Anambra State University, from N76,000 to N139, 000 

Lagos State University, from N96,750 to N158,250.

Ibrahim Badamosi Babangiga University, Lapai, from N25, 000 to N52, 000; 

Imo State University, from N120,000 to N150,000; 

Plateau State University, from N50,000 to N100,000 

 Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, from N57,000 to N75,000.

 Ibadan Polytechnics, from N30,000 t0 N50,000;

 Abia Polytechnics, from N56,550 to N61,000; 

Auchi Polytechnic, from N14, 800 to N28,000 

Ondo State University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa, from N70,000 to N80,000.

Enugu State University of Science and Technology, N104,900 to N124,900; 

Kwara Polytechnic, Ilorin, from N28,000 to N44,000; 

Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), from N65,000 to N72,500 and 

Tai Solarin University of Education, from N66,500 to N76,500.

Afe Babalola University, from N675,000 to N1,075,000;

 Igbinedion, from N540,000 to N820,000; 

Crawford university, from N400,000 to N600,000  

Redeemers University, from N545,000 to N605,000.

Covenant University, from N774, 500 to N814, 500 

 Benson Idahosa University, from N284, 300 to N1, 150,000.

JAMB 2017 CUT OFF MARKS FOR UNIVERSITIES IN NIGERIA

This information is very essential for all those who sat for this year 2017 JAMB exam.

OFFICIAL JAMB GRADING SYSTEM FOR 2017/2018
ADMISSION.... FROM OUR SOURCE
JAMB SCORE GRADE POINTS
180 – 185 --------20 points
186 – 190--------21points
191 -195---------22points
196 – 200--------23points
201 – 205--------24points
206 – 210--------25 points
211 – 215--------26 points
216 -220---------27 points
221 -225--------28 points
226 -230----------29 points
231 -235----------30 points
236 – 240--------31 points
241 – 245---------32 points
246 -250----------33 points
251 -300---- (34- 43points)
300 -400-------(44 – 60 points)
WAEC / NECO O’LEVEL GRADE POINTS
1. Single sitting--- 10 points
2. Combined Results--2 points
A1-----------------6 points
B2 and B3---------4 points
C4 – C6-----------3 points
For example
Yakubu Kehinde Obinna scored 242 in UTME = 32 points
He applies for Electrical Engineering
He presents only one WAEC result=10 points
He has 1A, 2B and 2C in the necessary subjects. 1 A: 1 x 6 =
6points
2 B: 2 x 4 = 8points
2 C: 2 x 3 = 6points
His total points = 32+10+6+8+6 =62 points
He will now await the school to release the cut off point for
his course.
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Jamb cut off Mark​

The cut off mark for JAMB varies from course of study to course of study. Below you will find all the essential JAMB news about cut off marks for gaining admission in 2017.

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released JAMB 2017/2018 cut off marks for all Nigerian universities.
According to Professor Is-haq Olanrewaju Oloyede, the JAMB registrar, the general cut-off mark is between 150-200, depending on the university.

Moreover, he added that some colleges could lessen JAMB cut off marks to 150, while the others can increase them to 200 and higher.

​.Akwa-Ibom State University (AKSU) JAMB cut off mark – 180​

​.Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education JAMB cut off mark – 180​

​.Anambra State University Uli (ANSU) JAMB cut off mark – 180​

​.Auchi Polytechnic JAMB cut off mark – 150​

​.Benson Idahosa University JAMB cut off mark – 180​

​.Bauchi State University JAMB cut off mark – 180​

​.Bells University of Technology JAMB cut off mark – 180​

​.Bowen University JAMB cut off mark – 170​

​.Benue State University JAMB cut off mark – 180​

​.Bayero University Kano JAMB cut off mark – 180​

​.Covenant University cut off mark for JAMB – 180​

​.Cross River University (CRUTECH) JAMB cut off mark – 180​

​.Delta State University, Abraka (DELSU) JAMB cut off mark – 180​

​.Dental School Enugu JAMB cut off mark – 150​

​.Ebonyi State University (EBSU) JAMB cut off mark – 180​

​.Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti (EKSU) JAMB cut off mark – 180​

​.Enugu State University of Science Technology (ESUT) JAMB cut off mark – 180​

​.Federal Polytechnic Nekede JAMB cut off mark – 150​

​.Federal Polytechnic Ado-Ekiti JAMB cut off mark – 170​

​.Federal Polytechnic (Bida) JAMB cut off mark – 150​

​.Federal Poly Ede JAMB cut off mark – 150​

​.Federal Polytechnic Idah JAMB cut off mark – 150​

​.Federal Polytechnic Ilaro JAMB cut off mark – 150​

​.Federal Polytechnic Nasarawa JAMB cut off mark – 150​

​.Federal Polytechnic Offa JAMB cut off mark – 150​

​.Federal Polytechnic Oko JAMB cut off mark – 150​

​.Federal University of Agric Makurdi JAMB cut off mark – 180​

​.Federal University Dutse JAMB cut off mark – 180​

​.Federal University Dutsin-Ma JAMB cut off mark – 180​

​.Federal University Kashere JAMB cut off mark – 180​

​.Federal University Lafia JAMB cut off mark – 180​

​.Federal University Lokoja JAMB cut off mark – 180​

​.Federal University Ndufu-Alike JAMB cut off mark – 180​

​.Federal University Otuoke JAMB cut off mark – 180​

​.Federal University Oye-Ekiti JAMB cut off mark – 180​

​.Federal University of Petroleum Resources JAMB cut off mark – 180​

​.Federal University of Technology Akure JAMB cut off mark – 200​

​.Federal University of Technology Owerri JAMB cut off mark – 180​

​.Federal University Wukari JAMB cut off mark – 180​

​.Gombe State University JAMB cut off mark – 180​

​.Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University JAMB cut off mark – 180​

​.Imo State Polytechnic JAMB cut off mark – 150​

​.Imo State University JAMB cut off mark – 180​

​.Institute of Management and Technology JAMB cut off mark – 150​

​.Kaduna Polytechnic JAMB cut off mark – 150​

​.Kaduna State University JAMB cut off mark – 180​

​.Kogi state polytechnic JAMB cut off mark – 150​

​.Kogi State University JAMB cut off mark – 180​

​.Kebbi State University of Science and Technology JAMB cut off mark – 180​

​.Kano University of Science and Technology JAMB cut off mark – 180​

​.Kwara State Polytechnic Ilorin JAMB cut off mark – 150​

​.Kwara State University JAMB cut off mark – 180​

​.Lagos Polytechnic JAMB cut off mark – 150​

​.Lagos State University JAMB cut off mark – 180​

​.Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso (LAUTECH) JAMB cut off mark – 200​

​.Modibbo Adama University of Technology (MAUTECH) JAMB cut off mark – 180​

​.Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike JAMB cut off mark – 180​

​.Nasarawa State University, Keffi JAMB cut off mark – 180​

​.Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU/UNIZIK) JAMB cut off mark – 180​

​.Obafemi Awolowo University JAMB cut off mark – 200​

​.Olabisi Onabanjo University OOU JAMB cut off mark – 180​

​.Ondo State University of Science and Technology (OSUSTECH) JAMB cut off mark – 180​

​.Osun State University (UNIOSUN) JAMB cut off mark – 180 (Economics, Accounting, Law, andPolitical Science– 200)​

​.Polytechnic Ibadan JAMB cut off mark – 150​

​.Rivers State University of Science and Technology (RSUST) JAMB cut off mark – 180​

​.TAI Solarin University of Education (TASUED) JAMB cut off mark – 180​

​.Umaru Musa Yaradua University JAMB cut off mark – 180​

​.Usman Danfodio University Sokoto UDUSOK JAMB cut off mark – 180​

​.The University of Abuja JAMB cut off mark – 180​

​.Uniben cut off mark for JAMB JAMB cut off mark – 200​

​.The University of Calabar JAMB cut off mark – 180​

​.The University of Ibadan cut off mark for JAMB – 200​

​.Unilag JAMB cut off mark for allcourses– 200​

​.Unilorin cut off mark for JAMB – 180 (Please take into consideration that the cut off mark may differ depending on the university course)​

​.University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) JAMB cut off mark – 180​

​.University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) JAMB cut off mark – 180​

​.University of Uyo (UNIUYO) JAMB cut off mark – 180​

​.UNN cut off mark for JAMB – 180​

​.Yabatech JAMB cut off mark JAMB cut off mark – 150​

​.Yobe State University (YSU)[truncated by WhatsApp]This information is very essential for all those who sat for this year 2017 JAMB exam.

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A Prodigal Son That Stayed Home

One day, I was so angry, that I left home, swearing not to return, till I became a big guy.
Parents, who can't even buy me a Bike, have no rights to dream to make me an Engineer.
In my fit of anger, I didn't even realise that I was wearing my father's Shoes.
I even stole his wallet, which had some papers, torn as well, which my mother hadn't seen...
While, I was rushing on foot towards the bus station, I realised some prickly pain in my foot. I also felt dampness inside the shoe.
That is when I realised the shoe had a hole underneath.
There were no buses around.
Not knowing what to do, I started to look in my Dad's wallet. I found a loan receipt of Rs. 40,000, which he taken from his office. A laptop bill (he had bought for me).
To my utter shock, also found a letter from his manager to wear a neat looking shoes, henceforth to the office.
I remembered my mother pestering him to buy a pair of new shoes, but he would convince her that his shoes would last another six months atleast.
Also, found an old scooter to a new bike, Exchange offer letter in his wallet.
I instantly remembered, that when I left home, my Dad's scooter was not there.
I started feeling weak in my legs, and felt like weeping uncontrollably!.
I ran back home with my foot paining, only to find my Dad nor the scooter there. I found him at the exchange offer place.
Looking at my Dad, my grief engulfed me.
I hugged him tightly and started crying loudly, said "Dad I don't need the Bike".
That is when I realised, the pain, hardship our parents go through, and the unconditional love that they give us.
We should only look to seek our needs and not our unrealistic wants.
Ridiculing parents when they are alive, and longing for them when they are not around, has no meaning..
Kindly tell this story to your children to help them identify and develop human values in them.
This is one of the best messages that I have read. Please read and share without fail.

NIGERIAN PRESIDENT MAY HAVE HAD A STROKE

The ruling government in Nigeria can be aptly described with one word; "Deceptive". Nigerians can no longer count on spokesmen and women of the president to tell them the true state of affairs in the country. This has deteriorated to the extent that it was a New York based news media ;Sahara reporters that revealed to the nation that the president is no longer able to speak coherently and that he has memory impairment. Both symptoms are generally regarded as symptoms of dementia or stroke.

One spokesman of the president in reaction to the widely circulated report said that the speech impairment was a temporary impediment that got quickly resolved after the president received blood transfusion and rested properly. Another one simply said that it was a false report. Another top official said the president speaks to the acting president on daily basis. Another report insisted that the president has not spoken to the Ag. president since he traveled to London.

To cap it all a recording of micro presidential address in Hausa language was released by a radio station and some people were busy translating to English  for Nigerians so they can rejoice that their president can still speak. One opposition chieftain said the voice was not that of Buhari and Sahara reporters claimed they analysed the recording and confirmed that it was the voice of a very weak man who was given a written passage and probably some stimulants to support him long enough to read the passage.

The most plausible conclusion is as follows; The president has a cancer or other chronic disease that manifest as anemia or low blood count. At a stage he had a stroke and anemia at the same time. After he was transfused to treat the anemia, he miraculously recovered from the stroke but his memory of spoken English lagged behind. He was also able to read but cannot generate a cohesive thought or communication. He was therefore given a passage in his mother tongue to read and prove to Nigerians that he is still alive. Q. E.D.

In conclusion, any person telling you that Buhari will soon be back and that he will contest again in 2019 is an enemy of the country and should be treated as such. Some of them are interested in keeping their position and some are protecting their investments.

AZIKIWE ON NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR

AZIKIWE ON NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR

"Yes. I played a prominent role in Biafra for the unity of the country in order to restore peace and bring about unity of the country. That’s the role I played. I advised Ojukwu. I said well look, you have declared secession. What we should do is to get the elder statesmen and women of the nation to reconcile you and Gowon. I said by declaring secession, you get so many people who do not believe you to remain there. You see all of us were interned. As we were interned then, we couldn’t express our own views as we see it because, he made Decree Number 5 which vested absolute powers in himself and if you were against his views, it then constituted an act of subversion and the penalty was death by shooting. Well, it was a war-time measure and that is understandable. So, I advised him. I said go to the conference table and iron out your differences. Allow elder statesmen and elder stateswomen to bring the two of you to the conference table and settle this matter so that there will no more be civil war and the country may be united. He agreed. But Gowon was advised by the Ministry of External Affairs to insist on pre-conditions. That is that before he could negotiate with the secessionists, that they must accept certain terms; accept the 12-state structure and all. So, it was quite obvious that the Federal Government wanted Biafra to come to the conference table with their hands tied and their feet tied. But they won’t be free agents. That was the diplomatic mistake on the part of the Federal Government. So, when they did that, then Lt- Col. Ojukwu told me, “How can I go to the conference table based on these ultimatums?”
Still I advised Ojukwu to go to the OAU and ask them to use their good offices to settle the dispute and that we should avoid loss of lives. He accepted my advice in good faith. Then he said, ‘Now, you have some heads of state in Africa who are your friends, would you mind going to appeal to them to use their good offices so that the Nigerian civil war could be an item on the agenda for OAU summit in Kinshasa?’ I said I would gladly go. So he sent me to Monrovia as a peace envoy. I went there and met my friend, President Tubman. Tubman expressed his willingness to use his good offices. He told me he would see another mutual friend, the late Haile Sellassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, and both of them would see that the civil war was placed as first item on the agenda of the OAU Summit in Kinshasa.
I returned and broke the news to Ojukwu. He was very pleased. Then, when the OAU summit opened, Chief Awolowo, as Vice-Chairman of the Federal Executive Council and Commissioner for Finance, led a strong Nigerian delegation to Kinshasa and raised a very strong objective on the Nigerian civil war being placed as an item on the agenda on the grounds that according to the OAU Charter, this was a domestic affairs and member states were precluded from interfering in the domestic affairs of each other, which was really sound according to international law. But we wanted to solve it in the African way, to use mediation and conciliation to bring two warring brothers together.
The OAU accepted the submission of Chief Awolowo and so it was not put into the agenda. Well, history will show now between Chief Awolowo and myself, who actually accentuated the war. I was trying to get the OAU to settle the dispute so they could go to the conference table and he was thinking of legalism, that it would amount to interference in the domestic affairs of a member-state. But meanwhile here you have two brothers killing each other.
Well, Ojukwu told me, I have done my best. You see, Nigeria was relying on law and we are relying on humanity. What’s next? I said why not try other heads of states and see what could be done to bring about peace? He then said he left the initiative with me. I suggested going to some heads of state and see what can be done. But his advisers led by Dr. Nwakama Okoro suggested recognition. That if we can get other states to recognize Biafra, maybe the hands of Nigeria may be forced to go to the conference table.
Well, I thought that was a sound idea and I placed my services at their disposal so as to meet my friends. We had in mind President Senghor of Senegal, President Houphouet Boigny of Ivory Coast, President Julius Nyerere of Tanzania, President Milton Obote of Uganda, President Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia and of course Francois Bongo, he is now Omar. He now has become a Muslim. He was then a Christian. The long and short of it all was that I and these great African statesmen agreed that if Gowon persisted with pre-conditions, then they would accord recognition to force the hands of Gowon to go to the conference table and bring about peace. That was one.
Two, Gowon had already predicted that the war would end on March 31 and as far as these African statesmen were concerned, these killings and atrocities did not do any credit to the image of Africa and as such what should be done was to stop it as soon as possible. Therefore if the war didn’t end by March 31, then the propaganda of ‘Biafra’ that it was an act of genocide would be justified. And they didn’t want to accept that.
I went on this mission and succeeded in persuading these heads of state to agree to give recognition just to force the hands of Nigeria, diplomatically speaking, to the conference table.
President Senghor said he couldn’t because the majority of his supporters were Muslims and rightly or wrongly they felt it was a religious war. And he said well, if he granted recognition, then his government would fall. But he supported the idea of forcing the hands of Nigeria to the conference table. Houphouet Boigny was prepared, provided his people backed him. Ditto for the others except Milton Obote who told us that Prince Mutesa and the Bagandans wanted to secede and he couldn’t support secession when his own state was confronted with similar problems. It left four of them. That is, President Nyerere, Houphouet Boigny, Kaunda and Bongo. They agreed on the understanding that the war did not end by March 31, 1968 and pre-conditions would be removed to make it easy for both Ojukwu and Gowon to go to conference table.
So they granted recognition and it worked like magic because immediately after this, Dr. Okoi Arikpo, who must be presumed to be responsible for this diplomatic blunder (he was the Commissioner for External Affairs]---a good man no doubt, but he is a very poor diplomat in my own humble opinion - announced to the outside world that Nigeria would no longer insist on pre-conditions and that he was prepared for conference table but the war did not end on March 31 and so, they left the impression, you see, that Nigeria wanted to annihilate the Ibos. You noticed the Soviets gave Nigeria more arms and Nigeria used those arms to destroy the secessionists. Here, I came in again and I advised Ojukwu. I said look since Gowon has withdrawn the pre-conditions, go to the conference table and argue the points so as to pave way for a peace conference. It was agreed that they should meet in Niamey. I advised Ojukwu to go. Again Gowon was ill-advised so he couldn’t come.
At Niamey here was Ojukwu. I was on his side. Gowon wasn’t there but Haile Sellassie, Hamani Diori, Tubman and General Akran were there representing OAU. So, I told Ojukwu, I said now you have an upper hand. These respected leaders of the OAU were there. I had briefed Ojukwu. I said ‘look your line of approach is to express appreciation for what the OAU was doing in order to maintain peace in Africa but you were prepared to co-operate and you are leaving the whole matter in the hands of the OAU to see what could be done to bring an earlier cessation of hostilities. I said just say that and thank them and sit down.
Now Gowon didn’t attend. He sent a junior man, I think Alhaji Femi Okunnu or so, to represent him. And they didn’t even attend this conference at which the four heads of state presided. It was only the Biafran side. So Ojukwu won a diplomatic victory and you know Ojukwu is a very good speaker if you give him all the facts. He was a good public relations expert and he won. He said, ‘well if Gowon was sincere why did he spite such great men and didn’t attend?’ That worked.
They agreed that Nigeria could be contacted so that we have a peace conference in Addis Ababa. It was a diplomatic victory for Biafra and so we returned to Biafra highly elated. And Ojukwu insisted that I should accompany him to Addis Ababa. Then something happened. Some of his advisers felt that I was becoming a victim of compromise and that I was a bad influence. That all I was trying to do was to make Biafra impotent. They told Ojukwu that Biafra was holding its own militarily. And why should we want a peace conference? That he should be very, very careful with me, especially as an Onitsha man because they thought that I was using him as a means to give publicity for myself internationally and that time will come when people will look more to me than to himself.
Well, as a young man, human, he fell for such flattery. I don’t want to mention all the names, but particularly influential in swinging his opinion at that material time was Mr. C. C. Mojekwu, who was based in Lisbon. Then Mr. Matthew Mbu was our Commissioner for External Affairs and he himself did as much as possible, but then he realized that he was having someone who has power of life and death over everybody. So, we went to Addis Ababa and on the night before the conference, Matthew came to my bedroom at about 10 in the night. He said, “Do you know that all we have done, this man is going to undo them tomorrow?’ I said ‘No’. Then he brought out a printed version of a long speech. The world press said it lasted for 90 minutes.
He [Ojukwu] went back on everything we discussed. He attacked the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union - all the nations of the world and the OAU, and said that they were misleading us and that the sovereignty of ‘Biafra’ was not negotiable. We went to the conference. I sat next to him. I thought that he was going to speak in accordance with the spirit of Niamey. But he spoke for 90 minutes and he just got the whole place upside down.
Naturally Tony Enahoro - he led the Nigerian delegation - replied in kind and so we were back to square one. So, when we returned, I advised him. I told him that I was surprised at what he did but it was not late. He said, ‘The sovereignty of Biafra is not negotiable and if anybody should try to compromise that sovereignty, then it will be an act of subversion.’ Well, that was quite clear to me so I said, ‘Your Excellency, you still have Port Harcourt and you can still bargain from position of strength - after all, the main issue in the civil war is oil and they say that in international politics, oil is combustible and as you have a combustible situation you can begin from the position of strength’. He said, ‘No, Port Harcourt is impregnable.’ ‘Very well, Your Excellency,’ I said. I went back to Nekede where I had been in protective custody since February, 1968. Two weeks later, Port Harcourt fell.
He sent for me. I said, ‘Well, Your Excellency, I did warn you. You cannot now negotiate from a position of strength but having received recognition from four states, we can still use them to see what we can do to appeal to the outside world.’ He said, ‘Very well, I think you should go to the United Nations to seek for recognition.’ I said, ‘Your Excellency, let us wait until after OAU summit in Algiers and find out what Africa thinks.’ In the meantime, I went to Tunisia to see my friend Habeeb Bourguiba of Tunisia. He wasn’t quite well, so we moved from Carthage to Hermit where he stayed. Ojukwu had always said the civil war would be won on the battlefield and not on the conference table, and Bourguiba didn’t take kindly to that. He said don’t you people advise this young man? I explained to him that I have done everything I could to advise him, but he insists on going to the battle field.
So we crossed our fingers awaiting the verdict of Algiers. You know it was decided by 33 to 4 in favour of Nigeria. I advised Ojukwu that to go to the United Nations to seek recognition would be unrealistic since Africa had decided by 33 to 4 in favour of Nigeria. I said Nigerian envoys, the Nigerian delegations, would just percolate the membership of the United Nations and they would frown at the whole thing. He insisted. I was then in Paris. I wrote him a letter. I said, ‘Since you refuse to go to the conference table to negotiate for peace, since you prefer that the civil war should end on the battle field and not on the conference table; since you said that the sovereignty of Biafra is not negotiable, I am afraid I cannot continue as a peace envoy because you have destroyed all the vestiges of any optimism for peace. Therefore I am relieving myself of my services as a peace envoy. I cannot continue as a peace envoy. I cannot continue as a peace envoy because you have let me down. You left me under the impression that if I succeeded in getting recognition you will go to the conference table. You got four recognitions; you did not go to the conference table. I am therefore going to London on exile.’
I went to London in voluntary exile and the British government granted me asylum. I do not see how anybody could say that I ran away from my country. I crossed the Atlantic 46 times, trying to negotiate with various heads of state so that they could grant recognition or make OAU to settle the dispute. How could the head of state turn round now and accuse all those who were politicians in pre-1966 and post-1966 as being responsible for the downfall of the republic? I did my best to preserve the unity of Nigeria and also to preserve the lives of old men, able-bodied men and women and children but I failed. What could I do? I went on free exile and they keep saying that I was among those responsible for the downfall of the republic. I plead not guilty".

Excerpts from the interview he granted to New Nigerian Newspapers, 1979, as Presidential aspirant under the platform of Nigerian People's Party.

12 BILLION NAIRA FOR SECOND NIGER BRIDGE RETURNED INTACT

The Federal government of Nigeria has missed an opportunity to address the draught of infrastructural development in the South East Nigeria by budgeting Twelve Billion Naira in 20 16 budget and instead of spending the money they returned it intact to federation account leaving the numerous motorist that drive across the present Niger bridge in constant fear that the 50 year old weakened bridge may collapse at any time. The revelation came after an outcry that the Legislative arm of government reduced budget for second Niger bridge from 15 Billion to ten Billion in 2017 Budget. The Law maker defending the National assembly emphasized that not a single Kobo was spent on second Niger bridge from 2016 budget and the minister of Transportation demonstrated incompetence by not being able to describe the details of Private Public Partnership  arrangement that helped lower the cost of the bridge to FGN to mere 14 Billion Naira.

In a related accusation it was alleged that Minister Fashiola demanded a sum of 20 Billion Naira to be appropriated to his ministry without stating what he was going to do with the money. At the end of the explanation right thinking Nigerians are no longer sure whether or not they are better of not knowing the details of wastage, shenaniganism and incompetence in Nigerian government. No wonder every Nigerian who has up to five Million Naira is thinking of sending his or her children to another country for proper education.

UK AND CHINA LAG BEHIND IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENTAL INDEX

 are the countries that scored they .

The United Nations just published its annual Human Development Report, which ranks where people live long, healthy lives —in other words, the countries that are best to live in.

The UN looked at nearly 200 countries across a number of categories, including life expectancy, education, gender equality, and financial wealth.

Here are the countries that scored the highest.

11. The United States — The US ranks high in financial wealth. Americans earn an average of $53,245 per year.

10. Canada — Tying with the United States, Canada ranks high in education achievement. More than half of its residents graduate from college.

9. Iceland — People in Iceland have a high life expectancy, living an average of 82.7 years.

8. Ireland — Crime is low in Ireland. The homicide rate stands at only 1.1 per 1,000 people, according to the most recent data available.

7. The Netherlands — This country has one of the lowest rates of income inequality in the world (12.4%), and it's been continually decreasing since the mid-1990s.

6. Singapore — People in this nation can expect to live long lives, too. The average life expectancy is over 83 years in Singapore.

5. Denmark — Denmark tied with Singapore in the UN's ranking. When comparing median wages between men and women, the gender wage gap is now at 7.8% for full-time employees in Denmark. For comparison, the gap hovers at 17.9% in the US.

4. Germany — As of October 2014, all universities are free for residents and international students in Germany, where over 96% of the population has at least some secondary education.

3. Switzerland — This country ranks high in overall health. On average, people live to age 83 and have a relatively low risk for diseases like malaria, HIV, and tuberculosis.

2. Australia — Education makes up over 5% of the national GDP in this country, which tied with Switzerland. The UN found that most students go to school for around 20 years in Australia.

1. Norway — For the 13th consecutive year, Norway ranked highest in standard of living, life expectancy, and education. Thanks to the country's robust, publicly funded healthcare system, the average life expectancy is 82 years.g

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Nigeria Government Secretly Push Islamic Agenda

ON THE CURRICULUM ISSUE (CONCERNING CRK)
By: Rev. Fr. Gabriel Okonkwo C.S.Sp.

Nigerian government and lies. They have lied again. The way Nigerian government behaves is like a thief who wants to steal a fowl. He approaches the fowl gradually, watching with sides of his eyes if anyone is looking. If eventually someone shouts, "Who is doing that?", he will stand pretending as if he is just making the fowl give way. If he already has the fowl in his hand, he will tell you that the fowl just flew up and perched on his hand, that he is not trying to steal it. This is exactly what this Nigerian federal government is doing now with regards to the accusations that they have removed CRK as a distinct subject and merged it with Civic education while Islamic and Arabic studies are left intact as distinct subjects. They are a bunch of liars. My cousin in Asaba came back from school sometime last year and told me that they were told that if any of them wanted to read law or any of such courses in the University, the person MUST choose Islamic and Arabic studies as subjects in secondary School. I asked him about CRK. He said that they were told that CRK would no longer be studied. I boiled with anger. If anyone doubts this story, go to Asaba and make research on it. Now that the issue has come up, Nigerian government is denying. Now simple evidence, let them produce CRK question paper in the last Junior WAEC let Nigerians see. CRK appears only as questions in one of subjects and not as "Christian Religious Knowledge" exam paper. What they are doing is that they want to make CRK part of Civic education so that when you talk they will say no, CRK is not removed. Gradually it will disappear even from the Civic education. We Christians want to see, and we insist on it, that CRK is returned pure and untainted as a distinct subject as it used to be. Just as they left Islamic and Arabic studies, CRK should be left intact with qualified teachers should be employed to handle it. If they are teaching Islamic and Arabic history, cultures and tradition, Christian history, cultures and tradition should also be taught. Or does someone think that Christianity doesn't have all these? If they remove CRK from school curriculum in primary and secondary schools, very soon CRK as a course of study will disappear in our universities.
    I seriously blame our Christian leaders who are lukewarm about defending what they profess. They are like shepherds who are not interested in what happens to the sheep. They eat chicken, drink tea and sleep in the comfort of their water beds. They think only of their overflowing pockets. Some of them thinking only about the tithes members will pay, thinking about their religious business empires. I  think some of them need to be pushed out and replaced with those who are ready to work. Whenever anything pertaining to religion comes up, see the enthusiasm with which Muslims come out. Our leaders will not even open their mouths. Other ministers will be busy preaching breakthrough. Our leaders will not talk about political issues, advising followers how to choose whom to vote for. They will tell you church is not for politics while they go back to the church and play internal, dangerous worthless politics. If our Christian leaders were serious, the political structure of this country would have been different. This is a Clarion call on our bishops, church founders and ministers and the entire Christian faithfuls to compel the federal ministry of education to return CRK completely as a distinct subject to primary and secondary school curriculum. Seasoned Christian Religious scholars should be charged with the responsibility of drawing up topics that will be contained there in. Anything less than this should be protested against. (Feel free to circulate).