SPEAKER OF HOUSE OF REPRRESENTATIVES DEFECTS TO APC

After months of speculation and denial, the speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, has dumped the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for main opposition, All Progressives Congress, APC. House of Rep Speaker, Aminu Tambuwal

Mr. Tambuwal formally announced his defection on Tuesday at the House plenary.
The speaker, had denied he was moving to the APC despite openly associating with the party.
The clearest indication he had joined the party came more than a week ago when he attended a meeting of the opposition party in Sokoto State.
He said the state governor, Aliyu Wammako, had invited him for the meeting after he was snubbed by a visiting PDP delegation to the state, led by Tony Anenih, the Board of Trustees chairman.
Mr. Tambuwal is expected to contest for the governorship of his native Sokoto State.
His months of denial is believed to have been informed by his concerns about losing his position as the speaker.

Why Buhari May Defeat Jonathan By Godwin Ndubuisi Aleke

“Buhari has been running for President since 2003 and … For one, a lot of intellectual energy is usually expended analysis him and the many baggage he represent. In the process, core issues that should be tackled at election time get suspended” – Abimbola Adelakun, (Back Page) The Punch, Thursday 23rd October 2014.

Gen. Buhari and President Jonathan The heavy contradiction and self-indictment inherent in the above lines summarises the essence and meaning of her essay. How can intellectual energy be channelled to analyse a non-core issue? Such energy cannot be said to be of any intellectual value; it is at best an emotional one. If Abimbola can admit that herself and the people she represent has channelled all their energy in analysing Buhari – of course, we know it to be the manufacturing of and creation imaginary fears to scare the poorly informed masses away from him; refusing to focus on that which is important; she should go ahead to tell us more of the interest they protect by so doing.
You cannot eat your cake and have it. You cannot take to corrupt ways and expect development. Corruption kills all it comes in contact with, and Abimbola should get this.
We all know the real “baggage” that Buhari represents. This the shameless Nigerian elites who have brought our country to her kneels will never admit. They will rather manufacture the lies of religious extremism, and continually twist Buhari’s words, to scare away the masses. They have been able to use this; in addition with the massive rigging capabilities of PDP to put off the day Buhari will climb back to our seat of power, to cleanse our land. As is natural in our world, every lie expires one day. As also as expected, the force of nature conspires to bring up one capable of cleansing a polluted land. This, Buhari represents.
As a humble and humane character that he is; Buhari, unlike most Nigerian leaders have proved over the years, to be at best in utilizing the positive energies of his deputies. In an outstanding manner, he enabled Idiagbon to work to his fullest that the government of 1984/85 is till date called Buhari/Idiagbon government. The scaremongers in PDP have tried to credit only Idiagbon with all the positive ideas of that Government, in an all-out attempt to undermine Buhari’s record. Yet the writer wants us to believe, against all contrary evidences, that Buhari will never grant his deputy the free hand to deliver, where necessary, as is the norm in PDP since 1999. To achieve a pre-determined goal of pulling down Buhari, to stop his emergence come 2015 a President we so desired; she cooked-up every possible dirty to paint Buhari bad.
I put it to her that hers is not an intellectual work, but a poorly articulated marketing script that is bound to fail. The last days of their deceits are here with us. The scales have fallen out of our eyes, and we can clearly perceive who is out to protect the interest of our nation and our people among the Presidential contenders. For this reason has Atiku with all his stolen billions, and thousands of agents among the press, lost their voice. For this has Buhari, just days after declaration, become the centre of attraction. Not even the government in power, command the amount of interest and enthusiasms that follows Buhari.
If I am Abimbola, I will start by confessing that my Proprietor by instructing us, in a written memo, during the build up to 2011 election to report none of the numerous negatives about the then acting President Jonathan, and to dig deep to pull down Buhari; took away a sound intellectual discuss of the candidates. This was well reported by Sahara reporters then. I will hold him responsible for the lack of debates centred on core issues; and most importantly for laying the ground for the present clueless sorts, in-charge of our national affairs.
She should tell us more about the brown envelops that fly around the media houses which determines what is reported and the lies that are manufactured. She should do a comparative analysis of the contents of the Newspapers and Magazines coming out from our lazy corrupt Journalist with that of their overseas colleagues.
If she is free and clean, she should be bold enough to admit that all corrupt Nigerian Elites are scared of Buhari. That once the name Buhari prompts up, corrupt Nigerian elites rally round each other to stop him; for no other reason than to protect their corrupt ways.
Buhari is anathema to corruption. Buhari is a man preserved by God and nature as a cure to Nigerian corruption. We know what it takes for one to withstand the innumerable challenges of our day; the devious billions flowing from our seat of power, seeking to buy every willing hand; and persistently remain on the side of the masses and truth. This is no mean achievement. Buhari, even in death, will ever be remembered as the man that stood against Nigerian corrupt ways; and God willing, Buhari will inhabit Aso Rock come 2015, to give a final knock to our corrupt ways.
If Abimbola does not know, I will put it to her that it is down to corruption that her Proprietor could not pay her salary regularly. It is as a consequence of corruption that their sales volume has been continually dwindling. It is as a result, that the content of their papers are worthless. On several occasions, I have regretted buying the papers, because they do not represent values for money. All they contain are lies concocted from their office seats; poorly written lies at best.
When I read Times and Economist Magazines, the sentence structures, the grammatical presentation, the factual presentation and the flow of the construct makes my day. But when I pick Nigerian newspaper, the reverse becomes the case. I have discussed this with several reporters who admitted it to be so. I have made attempt to get a book reviewed by all the top Nigerian papers, only to meet open demand for twenty thousand bribe. Abimbola should tell us more about these; and why the crème-la-crème of Nigerian editors is afraid of Buhari.
I do not want to write on the emergence of the present day elites of our time; needless to say they are product of colonization, and such is expected from them. The world is constantly evolving and the days of the ex-slaves ad never-do-wells prompted by colonialist to rule us will soon come to an end. At such time, heroes and worthy characters like Buhari will be celebrated.
At such time, the positive energies of my country will be taken away from corruption and acquisition of stolen wealth; toward creative and inventive ideas. At such time, we will know what it takes to have a country we can call home, and a President that truly cares for his people. At such time character like Abimbola who controls our press will take the back-seat.

FG BANS COMMERCIAL MOTOCYCLISTS IN NIGERIA

The Federal Ministry of Transport on Saturday evening stated that the ban placed on commercial motorcycle propels towards  provision of adequate safety and secure transportation in Nigeria.

It also stated that the recommendation was contained in a statement of the week long meeting which was attended by all the state commissioners of transport, permanent secretaries, directors and officials in the federal and state ministries of transport across the country.

The council therefore advised all states in the federation  including the F.C.T to henceforth discourage the use of commercial motorcycles as a means of public transportation.

“All states and the Federal Capital Territory have therefore been advised to establish a public transport system that ensure strict regulation of the operation of public passenger transportation system through a well-articulated management system for enhanced safety, security, effective and efficient service delivery,” the statement said.

In addition, “The states are to also develop master plans for the development of intelligent transport system to facilitate the development and management of their transport operations in line with emerging trends and global best practices.”

The statement noted that the council has agreed that all commercial vehicles should be properly registered in all states while their enumeration should be carried out periodically to enhance safety and security.

NURSE QUARANTINED FOR SUSPECTED EBOLA RELEASED BY NEW JERSEY

The nurse forcibly quarantined in New Jersey after she came home from treating Ebola patients in West Africa was released from the hospital Monday. Kaci Hickox has been held against her will in a tent inside a wing of a New Jersey medical center since she was taken off a flight, flushed and distraught, Friday.

Hickox has hired a lawyer and spoken out publicly against her quarantine.

“Since testing negative for Ebola on early Saturday morning, the patient being monitored in isolation at University Hospital in Newark has thankfully been symptom free for the last 24 hours,” New Jersey health department officials said in a statement. “As a result, and after being evaluated in coordination with the CDC and the treating clinicians at University Hospital, the patient is being discharged.”

The case quickly escalated over the weekend, with Hickox protesting from her confinement and scientists including Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, saying there was no medical basis to hold her. The White House even weighed in, pressing New York and New Jersey to reverse their decisions to quarantine all returning medical workers who have treated Ebola patients.

White House Approves of Decision to Release Hickox From Quarantine

Hickox will be allowed to take private transport home to Maine. “Since the patient had direct exposure to individuals suffering from the Ebola Virus in one of the three West African nations, she is subject to a mandatory New Jersey quarantine order," the statement read.

“Health officials in Maine have been notified of her arrangements and will make a determination under their own laws on her treatment when she arrives.”

State and federal officials have been under enormous pressure from the public to do something to protect people from Ebola ever since Thomas Eric Duncan was diagnosed with the virus in Dallas and died earlier this month.

SOURCE: MAGGIE FOX (NBC NEWS)

2015 ELECTIONS

    As we approach 2015, the water is getting hotter. Nigerian politics has now become a show of insulting prowess with the two major parties having a war of words. In the PDP rally held today in Rivers state, the focus was not on promoting the party's manifesto but on bringing down the opposition party. The same is true for APC. With these aspiring leaders showing no shame and openly insulting and castigating each other, I only wonder if any of them qualifies to lead Nigeria. How can Nigerians vote for people who show no manners in their speech to one another. I believe this is part of the reasons why there are predictions of a breakup  of Nigeria come 2015. Honesty has been long lost amongst our politicians we know, but bringing themselves to this state is most alarming. We never witnessed this during the election periods of the U.S.A. This goes a long way to prove that we have an immature political system in Nigerian, which is as a result of the baby politicians in the system. That's why the development pace of Nigeria is slow; because we have immature politicians becoming our leaders.

Photo of Goodluck Johnathan and Patience on her graduation.

For those still wondering if the first lady ever attended school, you need not wonder anymore. This picture tells us She attended school. what we are not sure of is if at all English language was part of their curriculum.

SUCCESS

THE MAKING OF A SUCCESS

I once read a story that made me dig deeper into my Attitude than I ever did before I read it. It was about a firm that employed a large number of people. One day, the boss made a saddening but at the same time exciting announcement. He said; “I’m sorry to announce to you all that the enemy that has held everyone of you from succeeding in this firm, is dead, and tomorrow you all will be given the chance to see who this person is before he is buried” first they were all sad because someone had died. Second, they were excited because finally they have been given the chance to each know who their enemy really is.

The following day, still puzzled and perplexed they all lined up in front of the casket of the said deceased, waiting anxiously to know who laid in it. They were all just as curious as you are now, to knew who this enemy. One after the other, they walked clumsily towards the casket. On getting to the casket, they discovered that what laid in the casket was actually not a human being but a mirror. Surprised? Yes! Laying in the casket was a mirror, and thus, when they looked into the casket, each one of them beheld his or her own face. When they were all done looking into the casket, the boss said, “Now you know who your enemy is, and now that he is dead, you can all go back to work, putting in your very best without fear of enemy attack.”

You are the greatest asset you have and it is your choice what you make out of you. Many have made themselves their own enemy yet they seek to blame others for their failure. They’ve decided not to succeed, yet they blame others for their failure. Some hide under the cover of so called humility to speak against wealth and success, thereby criticizing those who have made it to the top, and most unfortunately hampering their own success.

When God created man, he gave him all he needed to succeed; CHOICE. It therefore means that I can decide either to succeed or otherwise. The same applies to you. The daily choices we make, determine our success or failure. Making the right choices therefore is imperative, if you most succeed as a business man/woman, sales-person, lawyer civil servant, banker, and athlete or even as a student. Life generally is built on choices and can also be destroyed by choice. Now, lets take a look at some of these choices;

NEGATIVE CHOICES

Just like it is called, Negative choices Negate your success in life. I must point it out rightly, that some negative choices we make are out of ignorance.  Choices such as; cheating, stealing, arrogance, fighting are obviously Negative choices. But there are also less obvious Negative choices (Mindset) we make as individuals, because these less obvious choices, are the progenitors of the obvious ones.

POSITIVE CHOICES

These are the choices that bring out the champion in you. They fan your talent, conquer your fears, trade your worries for hope and plunge you into a lifetime of success.

Doxa: THE PLIGHT OF THE CHURCH

Doxa: THE PLIGHT OF THE CHURCH: WHAT IS HAPPENING?          w hat phase are we in? what hope is there that things will get better in the future? what has gone wrong wi...

THE PLIGHT OF THE CHURCH

WHAT IS HAPPENING?

 

       what phase are we in? what hope is there that things will get better in the future? what has gone wrong with the church? Is the church not supposed to be the correction of the wrongs in the society? why then do we have the opposite as the case? Why do we have Ministers antagonizing fellow ministers over petty inconsequential matters? Is the the church coming to an end?

      These are some of the questions troubling many Christians today. Concerned about the plight of the church and the society, they remain troubled by these questions as there seems to be no answers coming forth at all. Taking the case of the Boko Haram insurgency for an example, someone told me most assuredly that if Arch Bishop Benson Andrew Idahosa was to witness this present insurgency, he would have put a stop to it with just a word. As true as this view point is, we still cannot let go of the fact that all that is happening in the church is seasonal. 

      It is true the church has not taken her stand in the society. we've lagged behind for so long a time and allowed the devil take a hold of the society. We've heard of men such as John Knox of whom the queen of Scotland testified; "I fear the prayers of John Knox that the army of Scotland." What was his prayer? "GIVE ME SCOTLAND OR I DIE".  Men such as Saint Patrick of Ireland, John Branham, A.A Allen, Billy Graham, took over their territories during their life time. Without gadgets, Jets and other high tech innovations, they took over countries, causing kings to fear and the hearts of men to be turned towards God. Now, the church is stupendously rich, with assets and all available gadgets and high tech innovations at the very tip of our fingers, yet we have very little impact in our environment. 

Looking at all of these, we should bow or heads in shame. But on the other hand, there is hope steaming from the rising of young people whose hearts are craving to see the kingdom of God advance. When we hear of Churches such as; THE REBUILDER'S HOUSE (T.R.H; Pst. Favour Sule) and ministries such as, KOINONIA (Apostle Joshua Selman), our hearts are gladdened. There are several other ministries and churches geared towards the same course. We must therefore hold our heads up high and prepare ourselves for the move that's brewing in the realm of the spirit. For there's about to come, the fulfillment of Joel 2:1- 32.

THE CHURCH IS MARCHING ON!!!