BIAFRA MAN HEADING TO PRODUCE FIGHTING WAR JET

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cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Uduogu Nwayinya Onu Nekulu Biafrans in Scandinavia</a></span> added <a href="https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=609364269220830&id=606189122871678" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">4 new photos</a>.</span><br /> <div class="_5pcp" style="color: #9197a3; position: relative;"> <span class="fsm fwn fcg"><a class="_5pcq" href="https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=609364269220830&id=606189122871678" style="color: #9197a3; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="">3 hrs</a></span><span aria-hidden="true" role="presentation"> · </span><a class="uiStreamPrivacy inlineBlock fbStreamPrivacy fbPrivacyAudienceIndicator _5pcq" data-hover="tooltip" data-tooltip-content="Public" href="https://www.facebook.com/#" role="button" style="color: #9197a3; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: middle; zoom: 1;"><i class="lock img sp_tYNlLs36fdj sx_3c3a35" style="background-image: url("/rsrc.php/v2/yp/r/kBjCpLg7DIM.png"); 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BIAFRA MAN HEADING TO PRODUCE FIGHTING WAR JET

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MTN TELECOM JOINED NIGERIA SECURITY SERVICE(SSS) TO ATTACK BIAFRANS:

<div class="_5pbx userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="js_13u" style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.38; overflow: hidden;"> <div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed" id="id_56fcfddc1e89b8f18977703" style="display: inline;"> <div style="margin-bottom: 6px;"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 6px;"> MTN TELECOM JOINED NIGERIA SECURITY SERVICE(SSS) TO ATTACK BIAFRANS:<br /> THIS IS VERY HIGH INTELLIGENT INFORMATION EVERYONE MUST TAKE SERIOUS TO AVOID EXTRA-JUDICIAL ABDUCTION BY MURDEROUS KILLER SQUADS OF HITLERBUHARI:</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"> We have a confident information that MTN telecom is working in collaboration with Nigerian murderous armed forces to spy on her customers. The information said that MTN is tapping on her customer's line to monitor every calls,text messages and locations using th<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">eir network Global Position System(GPS) in order to gather information to hand over to Nigeria security service(DSS).<br />The gathered information is use to track anyone who they perceived to be working towards BIAFRA restoration or those sympathetic to the course. And those they think are criticizing Buhari evils. Also those not singing praises for HITLERBUHARI and not in support with current govt destructive program.</span></div> <div class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"> <div style="margin-bottom: 6px;"> Every MTN numbers are with DSS, i am warning our people especially hardcore Biafrans to avoid MTN line completely because its a killer network.<br /> I advice hardcore Biafrans to destroy all the MTN SIM cards and handset that the same SIM used because we have noted that all the arrests and tracking were done on using MTN platform. Do not save people's numbers who are using MTN against their names avoid the extra judicial abductions by the murderous TerroristBuhari and his terrorist gangs(SSS). DO NOT ASK ANY QUESTIONS BUT DO WHAT YOU'RE ASKED TO DO!!!</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"> <a href="https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xat1/v/t1.0-9/12931059_1113528665366106_6935362988538087939_n.jpg?oh=5b446665112aa8d56a4a15319ef29953&oe=5771EBBA" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xat1/v/t1.0-9/12931059_1113528665366106_6935362988538087939_n.jpg?oh=5b446665112aa8d56a4a15319ef29953&oe=5771EBBA" style="line-height: 1.38;" /></a>Please share.</div> <div> <br /></div> </div> </div> <div class="_5wpt" style="border-left-color: rgb(220, 222, 227); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 2px; padding-left: 12px;"> </div> </div> <div class="_3x-2" style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.08px;"> <div data-ft="{"tn":"H"}"> <div class="mtm" style="margin-top: 10px;"> <div class="_5cq3" data-ft="{"tn":"E"}" style="position: relative;"> <a ajaxify="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1113528665366106&set=a.655048367880807.1073741826.100001269485101&type=3&size=570%2C342&player_origin=newsfeed" class="_4-eo _2t9n" data-render-location="newsstand" href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1113528665366106&set=a.655048367880807.1073741826.100001269485101&type=3" rel="theater" style="box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0470588) 0px 1px 1px; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; display: block; position: relative; width: 470px;"></a></div> </div> </div> </div>

MTN TELECOM JOINED NIGERIA SECURITY SERVICE(SSS) TO ATTACK BIAFRANS:

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MTN TELECOM JOINED NIGERIA SECURITY SERVICE(SSS) TO ATTACK BIAFRANS: THIS IS VERY HIGH INTELLIGENT INFORMATION EVERYONE MUST TAKE SERIOUS TO AVOID EXTRA-JUDICIAL ABDUCTION BY MURDEROUS KILLER SQUADS OF HITLERBUHARI: We have a confident information t… Continue Reading»

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Over forty shops worth millions of naira, have been gutted by fire at the Ikom market in Cross River State.

<header class="entry-header" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px;"><div class="entry-thumbnail" style="background: none; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px auto; padding: 10px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="FILE PHOTO" class="attachment-860x800 size-860x800 wp-post-image" height="548" sizes="(max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px" src="http://media.premiumtimesng.com/wp-content/files/2016/01/860x548xPIC.-4.-FIRE-OUTBREAK-AT-CENTRAL-MARKET-IN-YOLA.jpg.pagespeed.ic.Foch3CG0FB.webp" srcset="http://media.premiumtimesng.com/wp-content/files/2016/01/PIC.-4.-FIRE-OUTBREAK-AT-CENTRAL-MARKET-IN-YOLA-526x335.jpg 526w, http://media.premiumtimesng.com/wp-content/files/2016/01/PIC.-4.-FIRE-OUTBREAK-AT-CENTRAL-MARKET-IN-YOLA.jpg 1024w" style="border-color: rgb(249, 249, 249) rgb(249, 249, 249) rgb(173, 0, 2); border-style: solid; border-width: 2px; cursor: pointer; display: block; float: none; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px auto; opacity: 0.7; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.6s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;" width="860" /><div class="caption" style="border: 0px; color: #b4b4b4; font-size: 11px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 6px; vertical-align: baseline;"> FILE PHO<img alt="FILE PHOTO" src="http://media.premiumtimesng.com/wp-content/files/2016/01/860x548xPIC.-4.-FIRE-OUTBREAK-AT-CENTRAL-MARKET-IN-YOLA.jpg.pagespeed.ic.Foch3CG0FB.webp" style="background-color: initial; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;" /><span style="background-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">TO</span></div> </div> </header><div class="top-middle-outer" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 22px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="entry-content manoj single-add-content" style="border: 0px; float: right; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; width: 694.391px;"> <div class="single-related" style="border: 0px; clear: left; display: inline; float: left; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 25px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 138.875px;"> </div> <div style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-left: 0.5rem; margin-right: 0.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Over forty shops worth millions of naira, have been gutted by fire at the Ikom market in Cross River State.</div> <div style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22px; margin: 10px 0.5rem 0.3em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The inferno, which started at about 2AM on Tuesday and was attributed to power upsurge from the public power supply, could not be contained in spite of frantic efforts by shop owners to put it out.</div> <div style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22px; margin: 10px 0.5rem 0.3em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The state fire service station in Ikom, which was contacted for intervention, could not act due to complains of lack of facilities to combat the fire.</div> <div style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22px; margin: 10px 0.5rem 0.3em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The director general of the state emergency management agency, John Inaku, who visited the scene of the incident, described the destruction as serious.</div> <div style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22px; margin: 10px 0.5rem 0.3em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Mr. Inaku, who said he was there on a rapid assessment of the destruction, said efforts would be made by the state government to ameliorate the sufferings of the victims.</div> <div style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22px; margin: 10px 0.5rem 0.3em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> According to him, the burnt shops required total rehabilitation. He urged the victims to remain calm.</div> <div style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22px; margin: 10px 0.5rem 0.3em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> One of the victims, Augustine Chinedu, who said he lost virtually all his goods worth millions of naira, said it was devastating and urged government to urgently come to his aid</div> </div> </div>

Over forty shops worth millions of naira, have been gutted by fire at the Ikom market in Cross River State.

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FILE PHOTO Over forty shops worth millions of naira, have been gutted by fire at the Ikom market in Cross River State. The inferno, which started at about 2AM on Tuesday and was attributed to power upsurge from the public power supply, could not be … Continue Reading»

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Nigeria: After 50 Years, Still Struggling to Be a Democracy When Nigeria became independent 50 years ago, it expected to lead Africa to prosperity and democracy. But ethnic and religious violence, rigged elections, military takeovers, and a greedy political class have drained the hopes of Nigerians.

<table class="contentpaneopen" style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14.04px; line-height: 21.762px;"><tbody> <tr><td valign="top"><div align="center"> <strong>Nigeria: After 50 Years, Still Struggling to Be a Democracy</strong></div> <strong>When Nigeria became independent 50 years ago, it expected to lead Africa to prosperity and democracy. But ethnic and religious violence, rigged elections, military takeovers, and a greedy political class have drained the hopes of Nigerians.</strong><br /> Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, is composed of more than 250 ethnic groups, speaking many languages. Three ethnic groups, however, dominate this West African country.<br /> Today the Hausa-Fulani, two peoples who merged in the 1800s, is the largest ethnic group, making up nearly 30 percent of Nigeria’s population. The Hausa-Fulani live mainly in the country’s north region. The Yoruba and Igbo with homelands in the southwest and southeast each make up about 20 percent of Nigeria’s people. The remaining 30 percent are members of small ethnic minorities.<br /> People first inhabited the area surrounding the Niger River thousands of years ago. Over the centuries, kingdoms and empires rose and fell, usually as the result of warfare.<br /> In the 1300s, Muslim preachers who followed caravan routes from North Africa began to convert the Hausa, Fulani, and to a lesser extent the Yoruba to Islam. Their kings, however, did not enforce a strict form of it.<br /> Around 1790, a Muslim preacher led a jihad (holy war) to establish a purified form of Islam. The result was the Sokoto Caliphate, an Islamic religious empire ruled by a sultan from the northern city of Sokoto.<br /> In the 1500s, the British, French, and Dutch arrived along the southern coastline of Nigeria to trade guns, manufactured goods, and liquor for slaves. (The slave trade ended in the 1860s.) By the mid-1800s, European and American Christian missionaries were making many converts, especially among the Igbo in the southeast. Christian preachers were not successful in the heavily Muslim north.<br /> In the 1860s, Nigeria expanded its trade with Britain. The British bought Nigerian products such as palm oil (for candles and soap), rubber, coffee, cacao, and tin. Soon, British companies controlled the production and sale of these products. As the demand for them grew, Britain conquered additional areas of Nigeria, including the Muslim Sokoto Caliphate.<br /> In 1885, the European powers divided Africa among themselves and drew boundaries for their colonies, including those for Nigeria that remain to this day. The Europeans drew colony boundaries that often split apart ethnic groups or combined those hostile to one another, as in Nigeria.<br /> In 1914, Britain combined the areas under its control in Nigeria into one colony. The British adopted an indirect form of colonial government. This permitted the Hausa-Fulani Muslim political class in the north to continue to rule, but under British supervision. In this region, the Hausa language and culture along with Islam remained strong.<br /> In the Yoruba and Igbo regions of the south, the British educated a select class of Nigerians (frequently Christian converts) to assist in administering the colony. The Yoruba and Igbo political classes accepted Christianity, adopted European ways, and learned English, which is the official language of Nigeria today.<br /> After World War II, many of Europe’s colonies in Africa demanded independence. To prepare Nigeria for independence, Britain created a Nigerian federal state with a central government and governments for each of the three regions. The Hausa-Fulani, Yoruba, and Igbo each formed a political party in the region they dominated. This tended to emphasize the ethnic differences of the country rather than Nigerian nationhood.<br /> A few years before independence, European companies discovered vast oil deposits in the Niger River Delta. This seemed to assure a bright future for Nigeria. But many things went awfully wrong.<br /> <strong>The First Republic</strong><br /> On October 1, 1960, Great Britain declared Nigeria an independent nation with Abubakar Balewa, a northern Muslim, as head of state. The Nigerians established a federal republic with a parliamentary government modeled on Great Britain’s.<br /> Many Nigerians believed their country would become the “giant of Africa.” Nigeria had a large population, experienced government administrators, and valuable natural resources such as oil. Nigeria looked destined to show other African countries the way to prosperity and democracy.<br /> As the Nigerians took over from the British, however, the three major ethnic political parties competed to win control of the national wealth. Most of this wealth came from selling oil production leases to foreign companies. The Hausa-Fulani, Yoruba, and Igbo political leaders wanted the oil money to enrich themselves, their followers, and their regions. Thus, greed and corruption soon became common in Nigerian politics.<br /> The ethnic party that won control of Nigeria’s parliament controlled the oil leases, the import trade licenses, government construction projects, and jobs. Even more important were the bribes that went along with them.<br /> The first national election under the newly formed federal republic, took place in 1964. Desperate to win to get their hands on Nigeria’s considerable oil wealth, politicians used bribery, vote rigging, and even violence to win.<br /> Election fraud led to months of political party conflict and deal making. In the end, the Northern People’s Congress Party, representing mostly Hausa-Fulani Muslims, held a slight majority of seats in the parliament. The majority chose Abubakar Balewa as prime minister. He appointed government officials mostly from his party.<br /> Over the next two years, corruption reigned. With oil money flowing into the pockets of government officials and their friends, the ruling party ignored the needs of the Nigerian people.<br /> <strong>Military Rule I</strong><br /> Fearing the Muslim Hausa-Fulani would never give up control of the government, Igbo military officers from the heavily Christian southeast staged a military coup (government take-over) in 1966. Nearly 30 members of the government, including Prime Minister Balewa, were murdered.<br /> Almost immediately, Hausa-Fulani soldiers began to attack Igbo soldiers. This led to a second coup that violently replaced Igbo rule with northern Hausa-Fulani military officers. The Igbo southeast region refused to accept control of the federal government by the northerners.<br /> Ethnic hatred kept boiling over as the new military regime’s soldiers began to massacre Igbos. The Igbos retaliated against northerners. The slaughters resulted in the death of about 8,000 soldiers and civilians. More than a million Igbos fled back to their homeland.<br /> In May 1967, the Igbo southeast region seceded from Nigeria and declared itself the Republic of Biafra. The Nigerian military regime invaded Biafra and established a naval blockade to cut off imports of weapons and food.<br /> The Nigerian Civil War lasted more than two years and killed about 1 million people, mostly Biafrans. More of them died from starvation than bullets. Nigeria’s blockade and superior military force finally crushed Biafra by early 1970.<br /> Nigeria had a chance to start all over again in the 1970s. The military regime’s leader, Gen. Jack Gowon, successfully drew the Igbos back into the Nigerian federation. He also created Nigerian states in order to increase the political influence of the minorities and lessen that of the three dominant ethnic groups. Finally, he promised a return to civilian elected government.<br /> In the 1970s, high world oil prices injected huge amounts of cash into Nigeria’s treasury. In fact, Nigeria became one of the richest countries in the world. But the military officers in charge of running the government turned out to be just as greedy for a cut of the oil money as elected politicians had been.<br /> The oil revenue could have modernized Nigeria’s agriculture, developed its manufacturing, built roads and electricity grids, financed schools and colleges, and accomplished many other things for the Nigerian people. Some progress toward these goals did happen in the “golden ’70s.”<br /> But Nigeria soon became what economists call a classic “rentier state.” These states usually depend on the world market price of a single valuable natural resource such as gold, diamonds, or oil. Rentier states often make the mistake of collecting and spending their unearned revenues on expensive imports rather than investing them in economic development and the welfare of their people. Nigeria made this mistake by neglecting manufacturing and food and cash crop agriculture. Thus, Nigeria became vulnerable to economic booms and busts, depending on the price of oil.<br /> By 1975, money from oil leases and exports made up 80 percent of Nigeria’s total national income. Nigeria got used to importing luxuries like expensive cars, most of its other manufactured goods, and even food. The military regime created many government jobs and boosted wages to gain public support.<br /> Many Nigerians abandoned farms for the high-paying government jobs in the cities. Food got more expensive. The country’s traditional export crops like coffee and rubber declined. Nigerians invested little in private enterprises. After all, the oil money kept rolling in without anybody really having to work for it.<br /> In the late 1970s, however, world oil prices crashed. Nigeria suddenly found itself short of cash. It became a nation in debt. Unemployment kept rising.<br /> <strong>The Second Republic</strong><br /> Faced with economic decline and the growing unpopularity of military rule, a new regime leader, Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo, supervised the writing of a second constitution. It enabled the people to elect a president directly. The constitution also required all political parties to include different ethnic groups from all parts of the country.<br /> In 1979, Shehu Shagari of the conservative National Party of Nigeria won the presidency in a relatively fair election. Thus began Nigeria’s Second Republic.<br /> At first, Shagari’s government took positive steps to improve Nigeria by expanding the public school system, universities, and hospitals. It did not take long, however, for party politicians to capture the machinery of the federal government and distribute jobs, contracts, and favors to their followers. Government officials again feasted on bribery and other kinds of corruption while most Nigerians suffered high unemployment and inflated food prices.<br /> In the heavily Muslim north, an Islamic preacher provoked riots against the corrupt and secular (non-religious) government. He called for the revival of pure Islamic faith throughout Nigeria and demanded death to those who opposed it. Rioting killed more than 10,000 persons, often brutally with machetes, before the army finally restored order.<br /> In 1983, amid widespread reports of massive election fraud, Shagari and his party were re-elected to power. The Nigerian people seemed to lose confidence in the civilian government and even democracy itself. At the end of the year, another military coup overthrew President Shagari’s government. Military rule returned to Nigeria.<br /> <strong>Military Rule II</strong><br /> A new string of military rulers proved to be just as incompetent as the civilians in managing Nigeria’s worsening economy. Continuing low oil prices caused more unemployment and a drastic drop in the standard of living for all Nigerians except for the corrupt officials in the military government. In the midst of this economic disaster, religious conflict between Muslims and Christians erupted.<br /> Since Muslims make up the country’s largest religious group, some have long demanded that Nigeria become an officially Islamic nation. They have called for Islamic religious law, called <em>Sharia,</em> to apply throughout the land. The Christian minority has opposed such a move, fearing second-class citizenship and even their mass slaughter.<br /> In 1989, the military government oversaw the writing of another constitution. The new document declared that federal and state governments “shall not adopt any religion as State Religion.” It did, however, permit states to create Islamic courts to apply the <em>Sharia,</em> but only to Muslims. Christians and other non-Muslims could still go to civil courts that applied secular laws passed by the federal government.<br /> The compromise over religion and the law did not satisfy Muslims who wanted the <em>Sharia </em>applied everywhere or Christians who wanted no mention of the <em>Sharia </em>in the constitution. This dispute led to outbreaks of violence between the two religious groups.<br /> In 1993, Gen. Sanni Abacha grabbed control of the military government and brought on Nigeria’s worst period of dictatorship. He imprisoned his opponents, gagged the press, and staged a phony election in which all “official” political parties nominated him for president. He also looted the treasury and encouraged a “rush to steal” among others in his government.<br /> Gen. Abacha suddenly died under mysterious circumstances in 1998. His military replacement announced a timetable for the return of civilian-elected government<br /> <strong>A New Try for Democracy</strong><br /> In 1999, a new try for democracy resulted in the election of Olusegun Obasanjo as president. Obasanjo, a retired general and former military ruler, along with his People’s Democratic Party, won control of the government by a wide margin.<br /> Despite many reports of election fraud, the Nigerian people accepted the new civilian government. They did this to prevent another military take-over.<br /> In 2003, President Obasanjo won re-election in another vote tainted with ballot-box stuffing, the use of child voters, and other forms of fraud. During his two terms, corruption continued among the civilian political class that ran the government.<br /> By this time, Nigeria was one of the 20 poorest nations in the world. This astounding development mocked Nigeria’s ambition to become the “giant of Africa.”<br /> During President Obasanjo’s two terms, a major dispute arose over the distribution of oil revenues. Complaints came from the Nigerian states and especially the ethnic minorities who lived in the Niger River Delta, the country’s main oil producing area. The U.S. gets 10 percent of its oil imports from the Delta.<br /> The Delta minorities complained bitterly that they got little money from the oil taken from their lands. Moreover, 50 years of careless oil spills by big foreign companies like Shell Petroleum severely polluted Delta farmlands and fishing waters.<br /> The Delta minorities began to organize peaceful protests against Nigeria’s government and the oil companies in the early 1990s. The minorities demanded a fair share of oil revenue from the government and help from oil companies to get clean water, electricity, and health care. The Ogoni minority declared, “[I]t is intolerable that one of the richest areas of Nigeria should wallow in abject poverty and destitution.”<br /> When their peaceful demands got nowhere, some protesters turned violent. They sabotaged oil facilities and pipelines, kidnapped and killed company workers, and clashed with the army. In addition, widespread stealing of oil caused up to a 15 percent drop in daily production. As time went on, youth gangs emerged to kidnap, steal, and extort money for their own benefit.<br /> President Obasanjo tried and failed to change the constitution to allow him to run for a third term. Obasanjo, a Christian from the south, then handpicked a former Muslim governor of a northern state, Umaru Yar’Adua, to run as the presidential candidate of his People’s Democratic Party. The party has an unwritten rule that candidates for president must rotate between a southerner and a northerner after two terms.<br /> Known as an honest politician, Yar’Adua promised to reform the government. In 2007, he won easily, but in perhaps Nigeria’s most corrupt election. Nevertheless, he became the first elected Nigerian president to take power from another elected president. Moreover, a Gallup Poll found that 82 percent of Nigerians favored democracy as the best form of government followed by 8 percent for military rule and 6 percent for a religious government.<br /> Illness prevented Yar’Adua from accomplishing much reform. He did, however, negotiate a shaky truce in the Delta that reduced violence there. After an extended period of medical treatment, Yar’Adua died on May 5, 2010. The vice president with the unlikely name of Goodluck Jonathan, a southern Christian, replaced him.<br /> President Jonathan faces numerous longstanding problems in Nigeria. Great distrust still prevails between the Hausa-Fulani in the north and the Yoruba and Igbo in the south. Violence between Muslims and Christians recently broke out again. No agreement exists on a fair distribution of oil revenue among the states and Delta minorities. The fragile truce in the Delta is starting to fall apart.<br /> In addition, the dependence on oil money for most of Nigeria’s income rather than a diverse economy has enabled a deeply entrenched and corrupt political class. One historian has called Nigeria a “kleptocracy,” a form of government that exists for the political class to loot it.<br /> A new presidential election is due in 2011. If southerner Goodluck Jonathan decides to run, he will violate his party’s rule that another northerner should fill what would have been Yar’Adua’s second term. More political turmoil could result. Whatever the outcome, the military will be lurking in the background.<br /> <strong>For Discussion and Writing</strong><br /> 1.  Why was Nigeria referred to as the potential “giant of Africa”?<br /> 2.  What prevented it from achieving its potential? What do you think is Nigeria’s most serious problem today? Why?<br /> 3.  What is a “rentier state”? What examples other than Nigeria can you think of in the world today?<br /> <strong>For Further Reading</strong><br /> Falola, Toyin. <em>The History of Nigeria</em>. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1999.<br /> Joseph, Richard and Gillies, Alexandra. “Nigeria’s Season of Uncertainty.” <em>Current History.</em> May 2010: 179-185.<br /> <div align="center"> <strong>A C T I V I T Y</strong></div> <div align="center"> <strong>The Future of Nigeria</strong></div> The article identifies three major problems that Nigeria faces: (1) ethnic divisions, (2) its economic dependence on oil, and (3) corruption. Imagine that the Nigerian government has hired you to advise it on how to address these problems.<br /> Form small groups. Each group should:<br /> 1.  Look in the article to identify each problem and what, if anything, has already been tried to address it.<br /> 2.  Discuss possible solutions for each problem.<br /> 3.  Select your best solutions and prepare to discuss them with the class.</td></tr> </tbody></table>

Nigeria: After 50 Years, Still Struggling to Be a Democracy When Nigeria became independent 50 years ago, it expected to lead Africa to prosperity and democracy. But ethnic and religious violence, rigged elections, military takeovers, and a greedy political class have drained the hopes of Nigerians.

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Nigeria: After 50 Years, Still Struggling to Be a Democracy When Nigeria became independent 50 years ago, it expected to lead Africa to prosperity and democracy. But ethnic and religious violence, rigged elections, military takeovers, and a greedy political class have drained the hopes of Nigerians.

<table class="contentpaneopen" style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14.04px; line-height: 21.762px;"><tbody> <tr><td valign="top"><div align="center"> <strong>Nigeria: After 50 Years, Still Struggling to Be a Democracy</strong></div> <strong>When Nigeria became independent 50 years ago, it expected to lead Africa to prosperity and democracy. But ethnic and religious violence, rigged elections, military takeovers, and a greedy political class have drained the hopes of Nigerians.</strong><br /> Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, is composed of more than 250 ethnic groups, speaking many languages. Three ethnic groups, however, dominate this West African country.<br /> Today the Hausa-Fulani, two peoples who merged in the 1800s, is the largest ethnic group, making up nearly 30 percent of Nigeria’s population. The Hausa-Fulani live mainly in the country’s north region. The Yoruba and Igbo with homelands in the southwest and southeast each make up about 20 percent of Nigeria’s people. The remaining 30 percent are members of small ethnic minorities.<br /> People first inhabited the area surrounding the Niger River thousands of years ago. Over the centuries, kingdoms and empires rose and fell, usually as the result of warfare.<br /> In the 1300s, Muslim preachers who followed caravan routes from North Africa began to convert the Hausa, Fulani, and to a lesser extent the Yoruba to Islam. Their kings, however, did not enforce a strict form of it.<br /> Around 1790, a Muslim preacher led a jihad (holy war) to establish a purified form of Islam. The result was the Sokoto Caliphate, an Islamic religious empire ruled by a sultan from the northern city of Sokoto.<br /> In the 1500s, the British, French, and Dutch arrived along the southern coastline of Nigeria to trade guns, manufactured goods, and liquor for slaves. (The slave trade ended in the 1860s.) By the mid-1800s, European and American Christian missionaries were making many converts, especially among the Igbo in the southeast. Christian preachers were not successful in the heavily Muslim north.<br /> In the 1860s, Nigeria expanded its trade with Britain. The British bought Nigerian products such as palm oil (for candles and soap), rubber, coffee, cacao, and tin. Soon, British companies controlled the production and sale of these products. As the demand for them grew, Britain conquered additional areas of Nigeria, including the Muslim Sokoto Caliphate.<br /> In 1885, the European powers divided Africa among themselves and drew boundaries for their colonies, including those for Nigeria that remain to this day. The Europeans drew colony boundaries that often split apart ethnic groups or combined those hostile to one another, as in Nigeria.<br /> In 1914, Britain combined the areas under its control in Nigeria into one colony. The British adopted an indirect form of colonial government. This permitted the Hausa-Fulani Muslim political class in the north to continue to rule, but under British supervision. In this region, the Hausa language and culture along with Islam remained strong.<br /> In the Yoruba and Igbo regions of the south, the British educated a select class of Nigerians (frequently Christian converts) to assist in administering the colony. The Yoruba and Igbo political classes accepted Christianity, adopted European ways, and learned English, which is the official language of Nigeria today.<br /> After World War II, many of Europe’s colonies in Africa demanded independence. To prepare Nigeria for independence, Britain created a Nigerian federal state with a central government and governments for each of the three regions. The Hausa-Fulani, Yoruba, and Igbo each formed a political party in the region they dominated. This tended to emphasize the ethnic differences of the country rather than Nigerian nationhood.<br /> A few years before independence, European companies discovered vast oil deposits in the Niger River Delta. This seemed to assure a bright future for Nigeria. But many things went awfully wrong.<br /> <strong>The First Republic</strong><br /> On October 1, 1960, Great Britain declared Nigeria an independent nation with Abubakar Balewa, a northern Muslim, as head of state. The Nigerians established a federal republic with a parliamentary government modeled on Great Britain’s.<br /> Many Nigerians believed their country would become the “giant of Africa.” Nigeria had a large population, experienced government administrators, and valuable natural resources such as oil. Nigeria looked destined to show other African countries the way to prosperity and democracy.<br /> As the Nigerians took over from the British, however, the three major ethnic political parties competed to win control of the national wealth. Most of this wealth came from selling oil production leases to foreign companies. The Hausa-Fulani, Yoruba, and Igbo political leaders wanted the oil money to enrich themselves, their followers, and their regions. Thus, greed and corruption soon became common in Nigerian politics.<br /> The ethnic party that won control of Nigeria’s parliament controlled the oil leases, the import trade licenses, government construction projects, and jobs. Even more important were the bribes that went along with them.<br /> The first national election under the newly formed federal republic, took place in 1964. Desperate to win to get their hands on Nigeria’s considerable oil wealth, politicians used bribery, vote rigging, and even violence to win.<br /> Election fraud led to months of political party conflict and deal making. In the end, the Northern People’s Congress Party, representing mostly Hausa-Fulani Muslims, held a slight majority of seats in the parliament. The majority chose Abubakar Balewa as prime minister. He appointed government officials mostly from his party.<br /> Over the next two years, corruption reigned. With oil money flowing into the pockets of government officials and their friends, the ruling party ignored the needs of the Nigerian people.<br /> <strong>Military Rule I</strong><br /> Fearing the Muslim Hausa-Fulani would never give up control of the government, Igbo military officers from the heavily Christian southeast staged a military coup (government take-over) in 1966. Nearly 30 members of the government, including Prime Minister Balewa, were murdered.<br /> Almost immediately, Hausa-Fulani soldiers began to attack Igbo soldiers. This led to a second coup that violently replaced Igbo rule with northern Hausa-Fulani military officers. The Igbo southeast region refused to accept control of the federal government by the northerners.<br /> Ethnic hatred kept boiling over as the new military regime’s soldiers began to massacre Igbos. The Igbos retaliated against northerners. The slaughters resulted in the death of about 8,000 soldiers and civilians. More than a million Igbos fled back to their homeland.<br /> In May 1967, the Igbo southeast region seceded from Nigeria and declared itself the Republic of Biafra. The Nigerian military regime invaded Biafra and established a naval blockade to cut off imports of weapons and food.<br /> The Nigerian Civil War lasted more than two years and killed about 1 million people, mostly Biafrans. More of them died from starvation than bullets. Nigeria’s blockade and superior military force finally crushed Biafra by early 1970.<br /> Nigeria had a chance to start all over again in the 1970s. The military regime’s leader, Gen. Jack Gowon, successfully drew the Igbos back into the Nigerian federation. He also created Nigerian states in order to increase the political influence of the minorities and lessen that of the three dominant ethnic groups. Finally, he promised a return to civilian elected government.<br /> In the 1970s, high world oil prices injected huge amounts of cash into Nigeria’s treasury. In fact, Nigeria became one of the richest countries in the world. But the military officers in charge of running the government turned out to be just as greedy for a cut of the oil money as elected politicians had been.<br /> The oil revenue could have modernized Nigeria’s agriculture, developed its manufacturing, built roads and electricity grids, financed schools and colleges, and accomplished many other things for the Nigerian people. Some progress toward these goals did happen in the “golden ’70s.”<br /> But Nigeria soon became what economists call a classic “rentier state.” These states usually depend on the world market price of a single valuable natural resource such as gold, diamonds, or oil. Rentier states often make the mistake of collecting and spending their unearned revenues on expensive imports rather than investing them in economic development and the welfare of their people. Nigeria made this mistake by neglecting manufacturing and food and cash crop agriculture. Thus, Nigeria became vulnerable to economic booms and busts, depending on the price of oil.<br /> By 1975, money from oil leases and exports made up 80 percent of Nigeria’s total national income. Nigeria got used to importing luxuries like expensive cars, most of its other manufactured goods, and even food. The military regime created many government jobs and boosted wages to gain public support.<br /> Many Nigerians abandoned farms for the high-paying government jobs in the cities. Food got more expensive. The country’s traditional export crops like coffee and rubber declined. Nigerians invested little in private enterprises. After all, the oil money kept rolling in without anybody really having to work for it.<br /> In the late 1970s, however, world oil prices crashed. Nigeria suddenly found itself short of cash. It became a nation in debt. Unemployment kept rising.<br /> <strong>The Second Republic</strong><br /> Faced with economic decline and the growing unpopularity of military rule, a new regime leader, Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo, supervised the writing of a second constitution. It enabled the people to elect a president directly. The constitution also required all political parties to include different ethnic groups from all parts of the country.<br /> In 1979, Shehu Shagari of the conservative National Party of Nigeria won the presidency in a relatively fair election. Thus began Nigeria’s Second Republic.<br /> At first, Shagari’s government took positive steps to improve Nigeria by expanding the public school system, universities, and hospitals. It did not take long, however, for party politicians to capture the machinery of the federal government and distribute jobs, contracts, and favors to their followers. Government officials again feasted on bribery and other kinds of corruption while most Nigerians suffered high unemployment and inflated food prices.<br /> In the heavily Muslim north, an Islamic preacher provoked riots against the corrupt and secular (non-religious) government. He called for the revival of pure Islamic faith throughout Nigeria and demanded death to those who opposed it. Rioting killed more than 10,000 persons, often brutally with machetes, before the army finally restored order.<br /> In 1983, amid widespread reports of massive election fraud, Shagari and his party were re-elected to power. The Nigerian people seemed to lose confidence in the civilian government and even democracy itself. At the end of the year, another military coup overthrew President Shagari’s government. Military rule returned to Nigeria.<br /> <strong>Military Rule II</strong><br /> A new string of military rulers proved to be just as incompetent as the civilians in managing Nigeria’s worsening economy. Continuing low oil prices caused more unemployment and a drastic drop in the standard of living for all Nigerians except for the corrupt officials in the military government. In the midst of this economic disaster, religious conflict between Muslims and Christians erupted.<br /> Since Muslims make up the country’s largest religious group, some have long demanded that Nigeria become an officially Islamic nation. They have called for Islamic religious law, called <em>Sharia,</em> to apply throughout the land. The Christian minority has opposed such a move, fearing second-class citizenship and even their mass slaughter.<br /> In 1989, the military government oversaw the writing of another constitution. The new document declared that federal and state governments “shall not adopt any religion as State Religion.” It did, however, permit states to create Islamic courts to apply the <em>Sharia,</em> but only to Muslims. Christians and other non-Muslims could still go to civil courts that applied secular laws passed by the federal government.<br /> The compromise over religion and the law did not satisfy Muslims who wanted the <em>Sharia </em>applied everywhere or Christians who wanted no mention of the <em>Sharia </em>in the constitution. This dispute led to outbreaks of violence between the two religious groups.<br /> In 1993, Gen. Sanni Abacha grabbed control of the military government and brought on Nigeria’s worst period of dictatorship. He imprisoned his opponents, gagged the press, and staged a phony election in which all “official” political parties nominated him for president. He also looted the treasury and encouraged a “rush to steal” among others in his government.<br /> Gen. Abacha suddenly died under mysterious circumstances in 1998. His military replacement announced a timetable for the return of civilian-elected government<br /> <strong>A New Try for Democracy</strong><br /> In 1999, a new try for democracy resulted in the election of Olusegun Obasanjo as president. Obasanjo, a retired general and former military ruler, along with his People’s Democratic Party, won control of the government by a wide margin.<br /> Despite many reports of election fraud, the Nigerian people accepted the new civilian government. They did this to prevent another military take-over.<br /> In 2003, President Obasanjo won re-election in another vote tainted with ballot-box stuffing, the use of child voters, and other forms of fraud. During his two terms, corruption continued among the civilian political class that ran the government.<br /> By this time, Nigeria was one of the 20 poorest nations in the world. This astounding development mocked Nigeria’s ambition to become the “giant of Africa.”<br /> During President Obasanjo’s two terms, a major dispute arose over the distribution of oil revenues. Complaints came from the Nigerian states and especially the ethnic minorities who lived in the Niger River Delta, the country’s main oil producing area. The U.S. gets 10 percent of its oil imports from the Delta.<br /> The Delta minorities complained bitterly that they got little money from the oil taken from their lands. Moreover, 50 years of careless oil spills by big foreign companies like Shell Petroleum severely polluted Delta farmlands and fishing waters.<br /> The Delta minorities began to organize peaceful protests against Nigeria’s government and the oil companies in the early 1990s. The minorities demanded a fair share of oil revenue from the government and help from oil companies to get clean water, electricity, and health care. The Ogoni minority declared, “[I]t is intolerable that one of the richest areas of Nigeria should wallow in abject poverty and destitution.”<br /> When their peaceful demands got nowhere, some protesters turned violent. They sabotaged oil facilities and pipelines, kidnapped and killed company workers, and clashed with the army. In addition, widespread stealing of oil caused up to a 15 percent drop in daily production. As time went on, youth gangs emerged to kidnap, steal, and extort money for their own benefit.<br /> President Obasanjo tried and failed to change the constitution to allow him to run for a third term. Obasanjo, a Christian from the south, then handpicked a former Muslim governor of a northern state, Umaru Yar’Adua, to run as the presidential candidate of his People’s Democratic Party. The party has an unwritten rule that candidates for president must rotate between a southerner and a northerner after two terms.<br /> Known as an honest politician, Yar’Adua promised to reform the government. In 2007, he won easily, but in perhaps Nigeria’s most corrupt election. Nevertheless, he became the first elected Nigerian president to take power from another elected president. Moreover, a Gallup Poll found that 82 percent of Nigerians favored democracy as the best form of government followed by 8 percent for military rule and 6 percent for a religious government.<br /> Illness prevented Yar’Adua from accomplishing much reform. He did, however, negotiate a shaky truce in the Delta that reduced violence there. After an extended period of medical treatment, Yar’Adua died on May 5, 2010. The vice president with the unlikely name of Goodluck Jonathan, a southern Christian, replaced him.<br /> President Jonathan faces numerous longstanding problems in Nigeria. Great distrust still prevails between the Hausa-Fulani in the north and the Yoruba and Igbo in the south. Violence between Muslims and Christians recently broke out again. No agreement exists on a fair distribution of oil revenue among the states and Delta minorities. The fragile truce in the Delta is starting to fall apart.<br /> In addition, the dependence on oil money for most of Nigeria’s income rather than a diverse economy has enabled a deeply entrenched and corrupt political class. One historian has called Nigeria a “kleptocracy,” a form of government that exists for the political class to loot it.<br /> A new presidential election is due in 2011. If southerner Goodluck Jonathan decides to run, he will violate his party’s rule that another northerner should fill what would have been Yar’Adua’s second term. More political turmoil could result. Whatever the outcome, the military will be lurking in the background.<br /> <strong>For Discussion and Writing</strong><br /> 1.  Why was Nigeria referred to as the potential “giant of Africa”?<br /> 2.  What prevented it from achieving its potential? What do you think is Nigeria’s most serious problem today? Why?<br /> 3.  What is a “rentier state”? What examples other than Nigeria can you think of in the world today?<br /> <strong>For Further Reading</strong><br /> Falola, Toyin. <em>The History of Nigeria</em>. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1999.<br /> Joseph, Richard and Gillies, Alexandra. “Nigeria’s Season of Uncertainty.” <em>Current History.</em> May 2010: 179-185.<br /> <div align="center"> <strong>A C T I V I T Y</strong></div> <div align="center"> <strong>The Future of Nigeria</strong></div> The article identifies three major problems that Nigeria faces: (1) ethnic divisions, (2) its economic dependence on oil, and (3) corruption. Imagine that the Nigerian government has hired you to advise it on how to address these problems.<br /> Form small groups. Each group should:<br /> 1.  Look in the article to identify each problem and what, if anything, has already been tried to address it.<br /> 2.  Discuss possible solutions for each problem.<br /> 3.  Select your best solutions and prepare to discuss them with the class.</td></tr> </tbody></table>

Nigeria: After 50 Years, Still Struggling to Be a Democracy When Nigeria became independent 50 years ago, it expected to lead Africa to prosperity and democracy. But ethnic and religious violence, rigged elections, military takeovers, and a greedy political class have drained the hopes of Nigerians.

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<div style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 23px; text-align: justify;"> President Muhammadu Buhari will go to jail for his atrocities against Biafrans, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has said. The group made the prediction in a statement signed by its Spokespersons, Barrister Emma Nmezu and Dr. Clifford Chukwuemeka Iroanya.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 23px; text-align: justify;"> Buhari “has never hidden his orgy for the extermination of Biafrans,” IPOB said in the statement issued Tuesday from its headquarters in Spain.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 23px; text-align: justify;"> The alleged that “Buhari was among the army officers who led the British-backed Nigerian Military to massacre over two million Biafrans at Owerri in 1968. Since his forced entry into the Presidency of Nigeria in May 2015, Retired Major General Muhammadu Buhari has supervised the massacre of Biafrans in their thousands.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 23px; text-align: justify;"> “Barely seven weeks into his tenure, Buhari bombed Biafraland with the internationally-banned NAPALM bombs leading to the death of hundreds of defenceless Biafrans. When Buhari is not snuffing lives out of unarmed and peaceful Biafrans, he is incarcerating them and denying them access to basic information platforms.”</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 23px; text-align: justify;"> IPOB alleged that Buhari Monday, March  14, 2016, “ordered his soldiers from 144 Battalion, Asa Ukwa West local council, Abia State, to seize newspapers that have captions or stories related to Biafra.”</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 23px; text-align: justify;"> It described the action as absurd and evidence that Buhari “relishes killing Biafrans and intimidating those who are lucky not to have been felled by his gun-toting killer squads.” IPOB asked: “What does Buhari want to achieve by seizing newspapers that published Biafra stories? Which part of the 1999 Constitution is Buhari enforcing by this dastardly act? Is Buhari aware that what he did today violates every aspect of Chapter IV of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria? Does Buhari know that what he did today is in contravention of the Seventh Schedule of the 1999 Constitution and is a ground for impeachment? When will Buhari’s illiteracy-inspired insanity come to an end?”</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 23px; text-align: justify;"> According to the separatist group, “By confiscating newspapers, Buhari has taken his madness to another level. His despicable conduct today is another evidence that the International Criminal Court shall consider when looking into the various crimes he has been committing. It is possible that Buhari is willingly working himself into the prison yard in The Hague.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 23px; text-align: justify;"> “Notwithstanding, the international community must caution Buhari and stop him in his tracks. The world must not wait until Buhari commits his second Owerri-like genocide before taking action.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 23px; text-align: justify;"> “Supporting and bringing into fruition, the restoration of the sovereignty of the nation of Biafra is a stitch-in-time that will prevent Retired Major General Muhammadu Buhari from continuing with his orgy for the extermination of the peace-loving citizens of the nation Biafra.”</div>

Buhari Will Go To Jail For His Crimes Against Humanity – IPOB

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President Muhammadu Buhari will go to jail for his atrocities against Biafrans, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has said. The group made the prediction in a statement signed by its Spokespersons, Barrister Emma Nmezu and Dr. Clifford Chukwuem… Continue Reading»

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EYIMBATV: RIVERS STATE SENATORIAL RE -RUN - PEACEFUL ENVIROMENT

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EYIMBATV: RIVERS STATE SENATORIAL RE -RUN - PEACEFUL ENVIROMENT

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EYIMBATV: FROM A HARD CORE BIAFRAN

<div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.08px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"> FROM A HARD CORE BIAFRAN</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.08px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"> I used to be a staunch believer of one Nigeria even when MASSOB was at its peak; I never believed in MASSOB’s ability to restore Biafr<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">a. I saw a group of unserious people, catching fun and doing business with agitation. They have dealt badly with my friend a certain time for wearing Biafran cap; he was warned never to wear the cap again because he is not a Biafran, to them, only members of MASSOB are Biafrans. I have spotted them for many times, I had encounter where they asked me to join; but how will I join when I am not a thug, when I can’t kidnap and when I don’t have the heart to molest people in the name of a freedom fighting.<br />The Biafra agitation was a shambolic and disgraceful exercise, there was plenty hope of getting Biafra, but all were lies and deceit. The observer status, the recognition by UN and all sorts of story, I wondered why the Nigerian newspapers allowed such deceit and lies to be propagated through them.</span></div> <div class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; display: inline; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.08px;"> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"> Uwazurike dealt us a blow until he was arrested, we were jumping up that his arrest will be a breakthrough for Biafra but little did we know it was a breakthrough for his pocket. Lives were lost and properties lost, despite everything that went on; Biafra was sold out by him and that was the end of Biafra under Uwazurike.<br />The deceit continued and we agreed but slightly truth broke out and Biafra agitation was demonized; Biafrans gave up the dream of Biafra and we rearranged our home to face our misery in Nigeria.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"> On 23rd of February 2015, a voice was heard on a radio station “I am Nnamdi Kanu the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra worldwide and also the director of Radio Biafra. I will serve you and shall be whiter than white and whiter than snow; I will never know corruption and corruption shall never know me. It is this time Biafra or we all die, if you want Biafra,prepare for death”. A strong-willed and reverberating voice; mean and determined; his vocal was firm and his words were correctly spelled out; his grammar so pure and his message so penetrative.<br />I was unfortunate not to be the first to hear him, I heard him on that very day of Presidential election where I came to vote. “Boycott the election, boycott everything boycott-able” gladly and confidently he reverberated and I was moved by this young man. My friend had told me “come and see what a small boy like you built, he can broadcast from anywhere; it is like a phone, he goes everywhere with it” Not until I knew he was not a small boy and not even a small personnel; I trusted myself that the young man I heard his voice was a trained and fearless soldier.<br />Within a period of six months; his message spread like wildfire; people keyed in and within eight months he took unimaginable prominence. Nobody sleeps without listening to radio Biafra and despite his awareness that he needed only men ready to die for Biafra; he was able to get millions of followers. On the altar of freedom of speech he anchored his agitation; he said many things and I knew he was looking for attention. He urged his followers to always be law-abiding, believe in God, obey the commandments of God and be very peaceful. If this man really came here for war, would he actually be this disciplined and righteous? I knew right from the beginning that he was only intellectually based and today I have been vindicated.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"> By October 2015 he had gathered all Biafrans from Southsouth and Southeast together; millions of people across the globe had accepted his message and turned his followers. He officially was recognized the Leader of Indigenous People of Biafra in world convention of Indigenous people. He had finished his tour to IPOB families in Europe and carved a road map for Biafra restoration. He accomplished everything needed to be accomplished and announced his coming to Biafra land. On his way to Biafra land; he was arrested in Lagos by secret police and information reached at once of his arrest; amazed by how the information got out, Nigerian government quickly arraigned him but then he has beaten them to everything.<br />Yes, this man that wanted to cause a war in Nigeria has been arrested, now we can be at peace. Let him take his settlement and go to bed like Uwazurike” A friend told me when the news came out. We waited for him to take the bribe or accept offers but to no avail. When Nigerian government found out they were holding an innocent man; they were caught in the middle; they can’t move back and they can’t move front. This is the end of the road and Nnamdi Kanu has won; instead of to throw in the towel; the government choose to illegally and at all cost have advantage over the case. This undue advantage is the count-down to another Biafra war. Who is now causing a war?<br />Now it is clear that Nnamdi Kanu needed attention and never war; he has gotten the attention that will give us Biafra but Buhari’s led federal government want to wage another civil war of extermination on Biafra. This Biafra war being nursed will be squarely averted and for these reasons Buhari is guilty.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"> After the arrest of Nnamdi Kanu; Biafrans peacefully and lawfully went to the street to demand for the release of our leader. Buhari shot us, we were massacred thrice in Onitsha. First was on 30th August, the second was December when we protested at head-bridge; third was when we celebrated the order of High court for DSS to release our leader. The massacre in Onitsha left a wound and reflected our 1967 genocide. Vengeance is breathing in every Biafran and yet we have endured while we are killed.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"> In Aba we were massacred when we came out again to protest; we had no arms, no sticks nor a knife. We only carried our flags and sang songs of motivation on the streets of Biafra; we were only telling Buhari to release our leader in a civilized way. We were killed, Buhari massacred us; our seven years old school child was his victim. This replaces the pogroms that resulted to the civil war, we are being massacred and how long shall we endure and watch them kill us? On the second massacre in Aba, we had gathered in a school compound to pray; they came like battle ready men and massacred us. They arrested many whom they killed and displaced with chemical weapon in mass grave.<br />We have seen horror<br />yet we have remained peaceful, how long shall it continue this way?</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"> In Port-Harcourt, we had come out to protest peacefully; they shot at us like we are criminals or at war. In Bayelsa, they arrested and molested us. In Delta, they killed us and arrested us; forced us to disappear and today we live in fear. In Enugu they killed us and arrested us; forced us to disappear. Our mothers, fathers, children and youths were murdered. We are not cowards but this is the count-down to another Biafra war that shall be more aggressive and fierce.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"> We have approached the court to get justice because we do not want jungle justice (war) but the court has not done enough. When the court gave us justice; Buhari opposed justice by not releasing our leader against the order of the court.<br />When we approached the court again, Buhari through Tsoho denied us bail. When he went on to rule that human beings shall testify against us instead of masquerades; we applauded him that we are seeing light of justice. But just before the end of our joy; he turned back and told us masquerades will testify against us. Our effort to get justice from the court proved futile; while we are being killed and jailed; the government is supporting others doing the same thing we are doing. This is injustice extraordinaire but it is only a countdown to another Biafra war.<br />Buhari after killing us has not shown any remorse, he has only warned us never to try his military that he would not tolerate us. He made it clear that he would kill more of us if we dare demand peacefully for anything. If peaceful demand is prohibited then war is guaranteed; because with Aljazera he has shown we are a species of terror, and he is ready for our extermination which we shall oppose. His military and institutions believe that killing us is the way forward. We are not ready to quit and they are not ready to stop killing us and this means we shall not die a fool but die defending ourselves. In the end of this count-down, this war shall explode but let Britain and the world sees we have not caused any war; but only defended ourselves.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"> We have been provoked and chased to the wall; we have stayed against the wall while we received their bullets and machete cuts. We are defenseless but will defend ourselves in due time and hence attack is the best form of defense; we shall surely give it the best.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"> Buhari is hopeful Britain will supply him another weapon but he has forgotten Russia and US under Trump will not accept genocide on Christians again by Islamic Nigeria. We are calling for a peaceful resolution and never wanted war or any violence; hence EU, UN and other relevant bodies have kept quiet; it will not go on this way until we are no more but shall match Nigeria arm to arm. Buhari can go on killing us and jail our leader but let him be rest assured that vengeance is on the way.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"> ALL HAIL BIAFRA!!!</div> </div>

EYIMBATV: FROM A HARD CORE BIAFRAN

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FROM A HARD CORE BIAFRAN I used to be a staunch believer of one Nigeria even when MASSOB was at its peak; I never believed in MASSOB’s ability to restore Biafra. I saw a group of unserious people, catching fun and doing business with agitation. They… Continue Reading»

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EYIMBATV: President lacks intellectual capacity to govern Nigeria - Ben Nwabueze

<div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.08px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"> <img src="https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/1486_10208323520346179_8555607208789386999_n.jpg?oh=5deafb2f7cdd55310671b99865fc7f88&oe=578883AD" /><br />President lacks intellectual capacity to govern Nigeria - Ben Nwabueze</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.08px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"> Renowned lawyer, Professor Ben Nwabueze also warned Nigerians not to expect much f<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">rom the Buhari administration.</span></div> <div class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; display: inline; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.08px;"> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"> Renowned lawyer, Professor Ben Nwabueze has reportedly said that President Muhammadu Buhari lacks the intellectual capacity to govern Nigeria.<br />Nwabueze also warned Nigerians not to expect much from the Buhari administration.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"> The Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) made the comments during an interview with the Daily Sun. Excerpts below:</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"> Are you satisfied with the direction President Buhari is going?</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"> The President is not going in the direction of democratic rule. He is not going in that direction. He declared himself to be a born again democrat. He said that after his election and installation. But I don’t think the way he has been going has really proved him to be a born again democrat.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"> Some have accused the President of not following due process in the fight against corruption, is it possible to tackle corruption without such allegation flying in the air ?</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"> We all support the war against corruption, but that war must be fought according to the constitution. It is a choice we have to make whether we want to fight corruption at all costs, irrespective of the constitution; is that what we want? The moment we throw away the constitution, you are inviting anarchy.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"> The constitution is like a glue, maybe a weak glue, but it is still a glue that holds all the over 389 ethnic groups in this country together. The moment you throw it away, there would be problems. Corruption is a very small part of the problems of this country, relatively speaking.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"> The country’s economy appears to be at a standstill and some people have advocated an economic summit that would come up with solutions to our economic problems. Do you subscribe to that, or do you recommend that Nigerians be patient with the President?</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"> It may help, because the economic situation right now is really biting hard. Some solution has to be looked for. I do not know what the solution is, but we can’t continue like this. Our currency is almost valueless because of the exchange rate.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"> Some have argued that these developments shows that this administration was not actually prepared for governance, while others say that President Buhari does not have the capacity to govern the country. Which of the two claims is correct?</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"> I do not think that it is a question of not being prepared. Don’t forget that the 2015 election was his fourth time of contesting, of making attempt at being President. He tried to be president for 12 years. So, he had more than enough time to prepare himself if he had the capacity. So, it is not that he was not prepared; the fact is that he lacks the capacity to govern as the problems are beyond him.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"> Even if you give him 20 years to prepare, it would still be beyond his capacity. Nigeria is a very complex country. I have told you before, that we have 389 ethnic nationalities. The complexities and the issues involved in ruling such a country are huge.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"> Leading such a complex country is an intellectual issue and Buhari does not have the intellectual capacity to comprehend what it means to govern this country.</div> </div>

EYIMBATV: President lacks intellectual capacity to govern Nigeria - Ben Nwabueze

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President lacks intellectual capacity to govern Nigeria - Ben Nwabueze Renowned lawyer, Professor Ben Nwabueze also warned Nigerians not to expect much from the Buhari administration. Renowned lawyer, Professor Ben Nwabueze has reportedly said that … Continue Reading»

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Dr. Ifeanyi Patrick Ubah: good investment!!!

<br /> <div class="_3x-2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 16.08px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;"> <div data-ft="{"tn":"H"}"> <div class="mtm" style="margin-top: 10px;"> <div class="_5cq3" data-ft="{"tn":"E"}" style="position: relative;"> <a ajaxify="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=600241850124680&set=a.169079989907537.39437.100004166105944&type=3&size=700%2C500&player_origin=newsfeed" class="_4-eo _2t9n" href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=600241850124680&set=a.169079989907537.39437.100004166105944&type=3" rel="theater" style="box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0470588) 0px 1px 1px; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; display: block; position: relative; text-decoration: underline; width: 470px;"></a></div> </div> </div> </div> <br /> <div class="_5pbx userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="js_65" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.38; orphans: auto; overflow: hidden; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;"> <div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed" id="id_56ec203deb7e70938547408" style="display: inline;"> <div class="_5pbx userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="js_65" style="line-height: 1.38; overflow: hidden;"> <div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed" id="id_56ec203deb7e70938547408" style="display: inline;"> <div style="margin-bottom: 6px;"> Good investment ..When you make money invest in your land..Ubah to spend 300 Million Dollars on Nnewi Int'l Games Village</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"> Buys Israeli club</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"> The Chairman/CEO of Capital Oil and FC Ifeanyi Ubah, Dr. Ifeanyi Patrick Ubah yesterday said his company is to spend over $300 million on the FC Ifeanyi Ubah international Games Village in Nnewi.<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><br />Addressing newsmen after Governor Willie Obiano’s inspection of facilities at the Games Village in Nnewi, Ubah said when completed, the Games Village will employ over 5000 Anambrarians.<br />The Games Village, he further said would contain two football stadia with multiple Training Pitches, Industrial Park, Hospital, sports academy, Technology Hub, 5 Star Hotel, Conference Center and Women and Youth Development Center.<br />It will also boast of an Indoor Sports Hall, Shopping Malls , Residential Housing/Estates, Corporate office complex, Linguistic School , Police Post and Fire Service Station amongst other facilities.<br />He also disclosed that he is buying a foreign club based in Israel but did not disclose the name of the club, adding that his group has made some payments.<br />His words: ‘’I am partnering with a foreign club. We are buying a club in Israel and we have just made some payments. We will announce our European partners in two weeks time. We will be having European friendly matches soon. We want to act sharply before we go to London.<br />"With the above facilities in place, Anambra would be the toast of Nigeria and the world, attracting people from all over the world to our state while taking Anambrarians to the world through sports and tourism to mention but a few’’.<br />The Chairman of the Anambra Warriors further said that a solid foundation has been laid to guarantee sustainability of the club, even as it has been re-positioned to make indelible marks in the nation's football.<br />''We are funding one of the privately owned Nigeria Premiership League clubs and our desire is to make a meaningful impact this season with a continental ticket.<br />"We have long identified the need to use sports as a veritable instrument of unity and economic vehicle to uplifting our teeming youths.'' He concluded.</span></div> </div> <div class="_5wpt" style="border-left-color: rgb(220, 222, 227); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 2px; padding-left: 12px;"> </div> </div> <div class="_3x-2" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.08px;"> <div data-ft="{"tn":"H"}"> <div class="mtm" style="margin-top: 10px;"> <div class="_5cq3" data-ft="{"tn":"E"}" style="position: relative;"> <a ajaxify="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=600241850124680&set=a.169079989907537.39437.100004166105944&type=3&size=700%2C500&player_origin=newsfeed" class="_4-eo _2t9n" href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=600241850124680&set=a.169079989907537.39437.100004166105944&type=3" rel="theater" style="box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0470588) 0px 1px 1px; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; display: block; position: relative; width: 470px;"></a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div style="display: block; margin: 0px 0px 6px;"> Good investment ..When you make money invest in your land..Ubah to spend 300 Million Dollars on Nnewi Int'l Games Village</div> <div style="margin: 6px 0px;"> Buys Israeli club</div> <div style="display: block; margin: 6px 0px;"> The Chairman/CEO of Capital Oil and FC Ifeanyi Ubah, Dr. Ifeanyi Patrick Ubah yesterday said his company is to spend over $300 million on the FC Ifeanyi Ubah international Games Village in Nnewi.<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><br />Addressing newsmen after Governor Willie Obiano’s inspection of facilities at the Games Village in Nnewi, Ubah said when completed, the Games Village will employ over 5000 Anambrarians.<br />The Games Village, he further said would contain two football stadia with multiple Training Pitches, Industrial Park, Hospital, sports academy, Technology Hub, 5 Star Hotel, Conference Center and Women and Youth Development Center.<br />It will also boast of an Indoor Sports Hall, Shopping Malls , Residential Housing/Estates, Corporate office complex, Linguistic School , Police Post and Fire Service Station amongst other facilities.<br />He also disclosed that he is buying a foreign club based in Israel but did not disclose the name of the club, adding that his group has made some payments.<br />His words: ‘’I am partnering with a foreign club. We are buying a club in Israel and we have just made some payments. We will announce our European partners in two weeks time. We will be having European friendly matches soon. We want to act sharply before we go to London.<br />"With the above facilities in place, Anambra would be the toast of Nigeria and the world, attracting people from all over the world to our state while taking Anambrarians to the world through sports and tourism to mention but a few’’.<br />The Chairman of the Anambra Warriors further said that a solid foundation has been laid to guarantee sustainability of the club, even as it has been re-positioned to make indelible marks in the nation's football.<br />''We are funding one of the privately owned Nigeria Premiership League clubs and our desire is to make a meaningful impact this season with a continental ticket.<br />"We have long identified the need to use sports as a veritable instrument of unity and economic vehicle to uplifting our teeming youths.'' He concluded.</span><img src="https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xft1/v/t1.0-9/936603_600241850124680_4191272972964057410_n.jpg?oh=b36591f8aec1e9c672d247abb7060792&oe=574A8ED5" style="line-height: 1.38;" /></div> </div> <div class="_5wpt" style="border-left-color: rgb(220, 222, 227); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 2px; padding-left: 12px;"> </div> </div>

Dr. Ifeanyi Patrick Ubah: good investment!!!

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Good investment ..When you make money invest in your land..Ubah to spend 300 Million Dollars on Nnewi Int'l Games Village Buys Israeli club The Chairman/CEO of Capital Oil and FC Ifeanyi Ubah, Dr. Ifeanyi Patrick Ubah yesterday said his company is t… Continue Reading»

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BUILDING COLLAPSE IN LEKKI GARDEN CITY

<div class="_5pbx userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="js_k7" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.38; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="margin-bottom: 6px;"> Oloshos have been deployed to quickly recover the male victims. Oh boy, see yansh!</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"> Following the March 8thbuilding collapse, Lekki Garden’s through its Community Development and Welfare team paid another round of visitto the survivors of the unfortunate incidentwho have been on admission at the General Hospital.</div> <div style="display: inline; margin-top: 6px;"> During the visit, provisions were handed out to the survivors along with pre-loadedmobile phones to facilitate effective day-to-day follow up and communication with the survivors. Of the 12 Survivorsfrom the incident, only 2 are still receiving medical care whilst the other 10 have been discharged and reunited with their families.</div> <div class="_5wpt" style="border-left-color: rgb(220, 222, 227); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 2px; padding-left: 12px;"> </div> </div> <div class="_3x-2"> <div data-ft="{"tn":"H"}"> <div class="mtm" style="margin-top: 10px;"> <div class="_2a2q" style="height: 470px; overflow: hidden; position: relative; width: 470px;"> <a ajaxify="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=817050228511&set=pcb.817050542881&type=3&size=400%2C225&source=13&player_origin=newsfeed" class="_5dec _xcx" data-ft="{"tn":"E"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=817050228511&set=pcb.817050542881&type=3" id="u_jsonp_28_l" rel="theater" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; display: block; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; height: 313px; left: 0px; line-height: 16.08px; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 470px;"><div class="uiScaledImageContainer" style="height: 313px; overflow: hidden; position: relative; width: 470px;"> <img alt="Gabriel Totoma's photo." class="scaledImageFitHeight img" height="313" src="https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/1915730_817050228511_6750048995891191552_n.jpg?oh=86fe33edc2933b0d6792dd2f6d2c38e7&oe=578A69C5" style="border: 0px; height: 313px; left: 0px; min-height: 100%; position: relative; width: auto;" width="557" /></div> </a><a ajaxify="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=817050223521&set=pcb.817050542881&type=3&size=400%2C225&source=13&player_origin=newsfeed" class="_5dec _xcx" data-ft="{"tn":"E"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=817050223521&set=pcb.817050542881&type=3" id="u_jsonp_28_m" rel="theater" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; display: block; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; height: 155px; left: 0px; line-height: 16.08px; position: absolute; text-decoration: none; top: 315px; width: 156px;"><div class="_46-h" style="height: 155px; overflow: hidden; position: relative; width: 156px;"> <img alt="Gabriel Totoma's photo." class="_46-i img" height="157" src="https://fbcdn-photos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xal1/v/t1.0-0/s280x280/282347_817050223521_3373886551740360660_n.jpg?oh=d030a76f38278dc5b9756af030505f30&oe=578A8E2F&__gda__=1464669584_e85b19d64013fb6ef7b6e96310fa4456" style="border: 0px; left: -62px; position: absolute; top: 0px;" width="280" /></div> </a><a ajaxify="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=817050218531&set=pcb.817050542881&type=3&size=225%2C400&source=13&player_origin=newsfeed" class="_5dec _xcx" data-ft="{"tn":"E"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=817050218531&set=pcb.817050542881&type=3" id="u_jsonp_28_n" rel="theater" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; display: block; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; height: 155px; left: 158px; line-height: 16.08px; position: absolute; text-decoration: none; top: 315px; width: 155px;"><div class="_46-h" style="height: 155px; overflow: hidden; position: relative; width: 155px;"> <img alt="Gabriel Totoma's photo." class="_46-i img" height="280" src="https://fbcdn-photos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xtf1/v/t1.0-0/s280x280/10154227_817050218531_4324070496481267379_n.jpg?oh=cc92d09b5d8514124ef7ac8a21dc2766&oe=579799FD&__gda__=1469532331_baf79cc4cfe47eb40011bd800d7b11f9" style="border: 0px; left: -1px; position: absolute; top: -38px;" width="157" /></div> </a><a ajaxify="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=817050213541&set=pcb.817050542881&type=3&size=569%2C320&source=13&player_origin=newsfeed" class="_5dec _xcx" data-ft="{"tn":"E"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=817050213541&set=pcb.817050542881&type=3" id="u_jsonp_28_o" rel="theater" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; display: block; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; height: 155px; left: 315px; line-height: 16.08px; position: absolute; text-decoration: none; top: 315px; width: 155px;"></a></div> </div> </div> </div>

BUILDING COLLAPSE IN LEKKI GARDEN CITY

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ENYIMBATV: DONALD TRUMP LEADS WITH OVER 65% IN NEWYORK

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ENYIMBATV: DONALD TRUMP LEADS WITH OVER 65% IN NEWYORK

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I will win New York in the general too! Donald Trump Hits 65% in New York Poll, More than 50% Ahead of Ted Cruz. Poll: Donald Trump Hits 65 Percent in New York, More than 50 Percent Ahead of Ted Cruz - Breitbart Poll: Donald Trump Hits 65 Percent in… Continue Reading»

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GOOD NEWS: Doctors Confirm That HIV/AIDS Cure Has Finally Been Found!

<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: Lato, Tahoma, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 15.2015px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24.3224px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-top: 0.75em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img src="http://i0.wp.com/www.sundayadelajablog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Docs_treating_spain_nurse_AFP_650-compressor-1.jpg" style="background-color: transparent;" />By utilizing blood transplants from the umbilical cords of people with a genetic resistance to HIV, Spanish medical professionals consider they will deal with the virus, having confirmed the process profitable with one affected person.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: Lato, Tahoma, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 15.2015px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24.3224px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-top: 0.75em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: Lato, Tahoma, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 15.2015px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24.3224px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-top: 0.75em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> A 37-year-old man from Barcelona, who had been contaminated with the HIV virus in 2009, was cured of the situation after receiving a transplant of blood.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: Lato, Tahoma, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 15.2015px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24.3224px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-top: 0.75em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> While sadly the person later died from most cancers simply three years later, having developed lymphoma, the Spanish medical workforce continues to be massively inspired by what it considers to be a breakthrough within the struggle towards HIV and associated circumstances, in accordance with the Spanish information supply El Mundo.Doctors in Barcelona initially tried the method utilizing the precedent of Timothy Brown, an HIV affected person who developed leukemia earlier than receiving experimental remedy in Berlin, the Spanish information website The Local reported.</div> <div> <br /></div>

GOOD NEWS: Doctors Confirm That HIV/AIDS Cure Has Finally Been Found!

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