Reassuring and professional speech.
Together we can combat terrorism; quit criticizing and do your part.



Security is evry1's business.









God bless Nigeria!!!!!

Thought they said he wasn't supporting GEJ!



So many people will relocate to Chad after the elections cos GEJ's victory will shock all of them.


Get your PVC card today and say no to backwardness.


##team continuity.

Ride on silent achiever!

Ride on GEJ!!

True Nigerians are solidly behind you!!!

#Teamcontinuity. ....








GEJ till Buhari learns how to pronounce PDP well.

PDP has boxed APC to a tight corner by asking them to campaign with facts and avoid throwing tantrums unnecessarily.

The result is the confusion emanating from APC camps lately including that of a retired general supporting mutiny. This to me is the height of desperation.


Anyway, I expect to hear more unrealistic and deceitful statements in the coming days.

The sharpness of GEJ'S card says it all.



Gej till 2019.

##teamcontinuity!

Lies from the pit of hell.

adonbelivit until his wife responds.

hmmm


Breeze don dey blow small small and fowl nyash don show

Nice one from the military, together we can defeat boko haram

sauce

Story for the gods!!


perform well or be kicked out, that's democracy.

Good news from the court room.

Good news for PDP.

Good news for GEJ..

Good news for Nigeria.



GEJ till 2019!!!!

Mr. President can Never be impeached. His impeachment would cause more harm to the already fragile nation.

Sauce?




Take it or leave it, Mr. President can never be impeached! The aggrieved senators should engage themselves in real grassroot politics rather than waiting for an automatic ticket. The president can't please all of them at his own detriment.

I wish him well.


One thing is very certain.... He will decamp to PDP after all this macabre dance.

They are all power hungry govs, once they are compensated ; they would forget all this baseless allegations/ gang ups.





Muazu is going nowhere, @least not now.

GEJ till 2019!!!!






We who are with you are greater than those who are against you.

The only way out of this is to upgrade our polythecnics to universities so that they can award degrees. Apart from that, I don't see the discrimination/ dichotomy ending anytym soon.

His failure is guaranteed!

Nice one Chief Spyder, this seems to be Mainland Emene


Following......

Nice one from coal city.

We welcome our dear president to 042, Obodo Oyibo, Obodo ife nine na eme!!!

HBD President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan!

Wish you the best my dear president.

President Jonathan said the government will only find a way to assist the thousands of victims of the crisis.
The Nigerian government will not pay compensation to victims of Boko Haram attacks, President Goodluck Jonathan said Tuesday, ending speculation about a critical aspect of the government’s response to a crisis that has killed thousands and injured several more.
The president however said the government would “find ways to assist” those who have been affected one way or the other by the violence that began in 2009.
Mr. Jonathan spoke Tuesday as the committee he named to dialogue with members of the deadly sect, submitted its report.
The Kabiru Turaki-led Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Security Challenges in the North, Tuesday, recommended the setting up of a Victims Support Fund for victims of insurgency to be administered by a new agency established specifically to assist the victims.
It also recommended the setting up of an advisory committee on continuous dialogue that will have powers to advise the president on all matters related to resolution of crises.
The committee was set up by the president in April 2013, with a three-month mandate to come up with resolutions and recommendations; and had in August gotten an extension of two months.
While submitting its report to the president, the committee admitted its failure to reach out to the leadership of Boko Haram despite its efforts.
“Some of our difficulties in having a productive dialogue include the refusal of their leaders to submit to dialogue. However many of the key members of the insurgents both in detention and at large have positively responded to contacts and have accepted the dialogue option as capable of full resolution of the conflict,” said Mr Turaki, the chairperson of the committee.
The committee said that in the course of it work it discovered that the absence of effective conflict early warning response mechanism, and impunity in crimes and other acts of violence due to absence of deterrent measures taken to punish perpetrators, are the reasons why the country faces a high rate of violence and wanton killings.
It added that the proliferation of small arms and light weapons in the country exacerbates conflicts and circle of violence in the country.
In his response, the president said he agreed with the recommendation of a permanent advisory committee but said there will be no compensation for victims of the crisis.
“You have made recommendations, one of them you have suggested the setting up of an advisory committee on continuous dialogue. This I also believe in. We always say that even in war situations, finally, people must discuss at the conference table to make sure that people live in peace,” he said.
“Force alone, no matter how, cannot bring peace. People must be willingly ready to leave in peace.
“We agree with you that even though this committee is today winding down its activities, we need to set up a follow up committee that will concentrate on dialogue so that some of these issues you raised, that committee will be able to anchor them properly working with other departments of government.
“We also noted the suggestion about the victims’ support because that is one of the terms of reference; how will government help to see that we can assist. Government is not going to compensate. It is not an issue of compensation but how do we assist people who have suffered to get back to business one or the other”.
The president said the government will look into the recommendations and will ensure the right decisions are taken.
“Incidentally, we have security council meeting because this committee was an offshoot of the security council and we will review some aspects of this report and probably set up a team to look at it and work out a planned programme in terms of implementation of the recommendations,” he said.
The president further assured Nigerians that this challenging period for the country will pass.
“This is a country that never knew terror. Some countries have been passing through terror for years even before the Boko Haram came on board. But within the short period Boko Haram is operating, globally, it is being classified as one of the most deadly terror groups.
“It is quite unfortunate that the country will get to this level but with your report and the commitment of the security and intelligent services, we believe that we will bring this situation under a reasonable control,” he said.

Source: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/149137-jonathan-rules-compensation-boko-haram-victims-presidential-panel-submits-report.html

A member of the Presidential Advisory Committee on National Dialogue, Tony Nyiam, has resigned his membership of the committee, citing his recent altercation with the Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, as the reason for the action.
Mr. Nyiam announced his withdrawal from the committee in a letter to President Goodluck Jonathan, through the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.
The 13-member Committee was inaugurated on October 7.
Mr. Nyiam, a retired army colonel, had publicly exchanged verbal attacks with Mr. Oshiomhole at the committee’s public sitting in Benin City two weeks ago.
He was later to explain to journalists that he took on the governor, who was delivering his speech because of his (governor) “sarcastic remarks” about the proposed conference.
The committee, which later apologised to Mr. Oshiomhole in a letter signed by its Chairman, Femi Okurounmu, was reportedly not happy with his outburst during the conference and had vowed never to allow its members to embarrass it in such a manner.
In his resignation letter dated November 3, Mr. Nyiam said though he had accepted to serve on the panel with great enthusiasm and dedication, he took the decision to pull out after several meetings and wide consultations with the progressives, self determination and civil society movements and in order not to be cast as a distraction or be used as an excuse to destabilize the president’s noble cause.
He narrated what led to the Benin incident and condemned Mr. Oshiomhole for lecturing the Committee members on how he was a Kaduna-made man than an Edo indigene rather than addressing issues relating to the proposed confab.
“What became troubling was the Governor’s talking down on the people gathered; amongst who were former governors, senators, retired armed forces generals and judges,” Mr. Nyiam added.
“What was equally disturbing was the Governor’s insensitiveness to the ethno-nationalities yearning for self-determination,” adding that they expressed their feelings by openly booing the Governor.
“Noticing the increasing protests against the Governor, I stood up and walked to the chairman, to remind him of the need to moderate, to remind the Governor that he has gone well over the time allowed for a speaker. I went back to my seat, which was on the other, far side of where the Chief Executive of Edo State was speaking from.
“The provocation from Governor Oshiomohle’s derogatory insinuations, and the casting of aspersions on eminent personalities such as were gathered before him, was just too much. Lest we forget, the Comrade Governor openly declared that he was not speaking as a Governor or on behalf of the Edo people. Thus he needed to be reminded that he cannot, in his personal capacity, usurp the people’s opportunity to express their feelings by themselves.
“Some of our leaders need to know that they cannot continue to use the garb to obfuscate and confuse citizens and presenting as patriotism their personal agenda. An auspicious time will come, when the obfuscation will unravel and Nigerians will come to know the true character of some of these leaders.”
The former committee member apologized to anyone that felt disappointed with his reaction to the governor’s provocation in Benin City.
Mr. Nyiam, however, stressed that he would be leaving the Committee believing that equity, fairness, and justice will continue to be guiding principles of its deliberations.
Already, President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointment of Solomon Asemota, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, to replace Mr. Nyiam on the Committee.
This was disclosed in a statement signed by Sam Nwaobasi, the Special Assistant on Media to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.
The statement said Mr. Asemota is to resume with the Committee with effect from Wednesday.
Full text of Mr. Nyiam’s letter:
Presidential Advisory Committee
On National Dialogue,
International Conference Centre,
Abuja.
3rd November 2013
To: The President and C-in-C
State House, Aso Villa,
Abuja.
Through: The Secretary To
The Federal Government of Nigeria,
Your Excellency,
Resignation From The Presidential Advisory Committee
I would like to thank the President and Commander-in-Chief of our evolving Federation, His Excellency President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan GRFR, for giving me the opportunity to serve my mother land as a member of the Presidential Advisory Committee on National Dialogue.
When Mr. President, just like Nehru of India changed his mind about the desirability of a National Conference and announced on Independence Day that there will be a National Dialogue, I knew that a new dawn is around the corner.
Some of us have all our lives been fighting for the oppressed people of our mother land, and to be given an opportunity to use dialogue to resolve our myriads of problems was too good a moment to be ignored. I took up the appointment with great enthusiasm and dedication, working as hard as my colleagues, to give our very best to our country.
After several meetings and wide consultations with the progressives, self-determination and civil society movements and in order not to cast as a distraction or be used as an excuse to destabilize the noble cause the President has put before us, I Col. Tony Nyiam rtd has decided to withdraw from the Presidential Advisory Committee on National Dialogue. I will from now on, work with colleagues from outside, using all peaceful and democratic means to bring our many decades of aspirations to fruition.
Mr. President, I will like to put the Benin event in its proper perspective so that evil propagandists bent on derailing the dialogue train will not continue to fabricate falsehood to confound Nigerians so as to achieve their devilish intentions.
It all started in the Benin consultations with us being made to be twice late for important appointments. First, we were made to be over an hour late to the 12-noon appointment we had the privilege of getting at short notice, from the palace of one of Africa’s most reputable monarchs, the revered Oba of Benin.
Secondly, we were made to keep critical South- South stakeholders, and other people’s representatives, waiting for over three hours. The two occasions of lateness to important appointments which are against the ethos of our duty, were caused by the twice, and sudden, shifting of the time we had earlier agreed to pay courtesy call to the Executive Governor of Edo State, His Excellency, Comrade Adams Oshiomohle.
Firstly, a few minutes to our 10 am meeting with His Excellency, Governor Oshiomohle moved the appointment to 11:00 am. Secondly, another few minutes to the newly agreed time of 11 am, the Comrade Governor shifted the appointment to coincide with the 12 noon appointment we already have with the one and only, Oba of the historical Benin Kingdom. The two unilaterally changes of appointment times by the Governor, left us wondering what His Excellency was up to.
When eventually granted audience, the Comrade Governor proceeded to give us a background on why he is vehemently opposed to the initiative of any leader daring to convene a National Conference. The background story was essentially a lecture on how the Governor of Edo State was, ironically, more a Kaduna- made man than an Edo indigene.
This was followed by a tutorial on how we were deluded to see anything of significance in the opportunity Nigerians are being given to dialogue amongst themselves. One instance of the Governor only knows, is his self opinionated, and sarcastic question: who initiates a process towards a meeting without a pre-conceived agenda?
To all his great oratory we (all members of the Committee) listened to quietly. As it is the democratic right of Governor Oshiomohle to speak to us. Like the late dictator, Mamman Gaddafi use to tutor for hours, his cowed Libyan subjects we respectfully listened to him. After over forty minutes of the
Comrade Governors’ exercise of his human right we left the Governor’s office.
We paid homage to the Oba of Benin who with grace and above all love received us after the Committee’s chairman apologized for our coming over an hour from what was earlier agreed. We left the Great Edo Palace with the Oba’s commendation and prayers for the initiator of a pre-national conference committee, such as ours.
We got to the venue of consultations with the people to find over a thousand people eagerly waiting. We then began taking submissions. Most of the submissions, contrary to Governor Oshiomohle’s opinion came from ethnic nationalities. Later on, the Governor walked in and ran up dramatically to take his seat at the high table.
After listening to statesmen and eminent leaders of the Itsekiri, Urhobo, Isoko, Ijaw, Benin and Anioma nations making their enlightening presentations, the Governor indicated his interest to comment before departing. Rather than a few minutes’ remarks, the Governor went on, and on, repeating the lecture we had previously listened to, for about an hour in his office.
What became troubling was the Governor’s talking down on the people gathered; amongst who were former governors, senators, retired armed forces generals and judges. What was equally disturbing was the Governor’s insensitiveness to the ethno-nationalities yearning for self-determination. This they expressed by their beginning to openly boo-ing the Governor.
Noticing the increasing protests against the Governor, I stood up and walked to the chairman, to remind him of the need to moderate, to remind the Governor that he has gone well over the time allowed for a speaker. I went back to my seat, which was on the other, far side of where the Chief Executive of Edo State was speaking from.
The provocation from Governor Oshiomohle’s derogatory insinuations, and the casting of aspersions on eminent personalities such as were gathered before him, was just too much. Lest we forget, the Comrade Governor openly declared that he was not speaking as a Governor or on behalf of the Edo people. Thus he needed to be reminded that he cannot, in his personal capacity, usurp the people’s opportunity to express their feelings by themselves.
Some of our leaders need to know that they cannot continue to use the garb to obfuscate and confuse citizens and presenting as patriotism their personal agenda.
An auspicious time will come, when the obfuscation will unravel and Nigerians will come to know the true character of some of these leaders.
However, my sincere apologies to whoever may have been disappointed by my over reaction to the provocation.
I will be leaving the Committee believing that equity fairness and justice will continue to be guiding principles of its deliberations.
Like all Nigerians, I look forward to the report and will continue to believe that a better and greater Nigeria is possible.
May God bless our evolving Nigeria and its great people.
With highest regards,
Col. Tony Nyiam

Source: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/149146-national-conference-nyiam-resigns-presidential-committee-jonathan-appoints-replacement.html

National check - up day ke Kai! This my country funny o.

Wat will NMA, PSN, AMLSN, NANNM... etc nw be doing on there annual health week's?

Abeg make dem find anoda story joor!
Every professional association ought to be doing this free health check as part of there annual health week programme, whether in urban or rural areas.

This strike is long overdue, ASUU shld do d necessary as soon as possible. GEJ's gvt has already shown enuf sincerity.

Coal City soaring higher!!!


042...not just a number..

Nice step by FG, expecting @least 20 -21 hours of constant power supply soon.


Sai GEJ!!!

Fresh air till 2019!!

Haters can hug d nearest new transformer closeby.

HBD naptu2, may ur fountain of knowledge neva run dry.

Ethnicism $ Nepotism.

The end finally!

Atiku $ his cohorts can now officially flag off dia PDM or joyfully join APC.

My lovely alma mater, I miss thee so so much.


Greatest Nigeria students!!!!