Female Chemistry 101

Female Chemistry

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INFORMATION SHEET
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MATERIALS SAFETY DATA SHEET: WOMEN - A CHEMICAL ANALYSIS

ELEMENT: Women

SYMBOL: Wo

DISCOVERER: Adam

ATOMIC MASS: Accepted at 53.6kg, but known to vary from 40-200kg

OCCURRENCES: Copious quantities in all urban areas 

PHYSICAL PROPERTIES:

1. Surface usually covered in painted film.
2. Boils at nothing; freezes without known reason.
3. Melts if given special treatment.
4. Bitter if incorrectly used.
5. Found in various states from virgin metal to common ore.
6. Yields if pressure applied in correct places.

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES:

1. Has great affinity for gold, silver, and a range of precious stones.
2. Absorbs great quantities of expensive substances.
3. May explode spontaneously without prior warning and for no known reason.
4. Insoluble in liquids, but activity increases greatly by saturation in alcohol.
5. Most powerful money reducing agent known to man.

COMMON USES:

1. Highly ornamental, especially in sports cars.
2. Can be a great aid to relaxation.
3. Very effective cleaning agent.

TESTS:

1. Pure specimen turns rosy pink when discovered in the natural state.
2. Turns green when placed beside a better specimen.

HAZARDS:

1. Highly dangerous except in experienced hands.
2. Illegal to possess more than one, although several can be maintained at different locations as long as specimens do not come into direct contact with each other.

She's a child and not a bride.

Check your status!

Who is the caller? lol

Who called the radio presenter?

I finally solved the equation!!!

All these while have been straining my brain on how to solve the equation below:

Neymar + Ribery = ?

But i finally got it..

Neymar + Ribery = Neybery

(check the picture to see for yourself)

Whats your definition of a Big Club.

Have been arguing with mates over this for a while now and we've not been able to set a criteria on what actually makes a club a big club because every time we tried to do so ever fan tried to skew the criteria in their favour.

What actually makes a club a big club? This question have been going on for a while even among professional pundits and commentators.

1. People talk about history. Personally i believe once a club is a day old they already have history the proper question should be "how successfully is your history.

2. Some people grade club in terms of their financial pull. What sort of player and manager a club can attract.

3. Some grade with how well they have performed in recent time in European tournaments.

4. Another yardstick used will be stadium capacity and money generated from gate takings not having a half filled huge capacity stadium. Also the size of their fans.

5. Some is about here and now. What can your club do now? Have they got the power to hold on to your best players and fulfil their ambitions?

6. Some will argue that its all about global recognition about how their name is a brand name known all over the world.

7. Some will argue that its the set-up of a club that makes it a big club. How well their academy is set up. how many young talented players they've produced over the years.

Depending on which criteria suits one, using these yardsticks to judge teams say for example premier league top 10 one will see teams drifting in any out of the so called "Big Club".

Every Pastor Who Collects Tithes Is A Thief - Femi Aribisala

5 May, 2013

As far as many pastors are concerned, the most important scripture of all is not to be found in the word of Jesus.  Neither is it even in the New Testament. 

That scripture says: “‘Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and try me now in this,’ says the LORD of hosts, ‘If I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you such blessing that there will not be room enough to receive it.’” (Malachi 3:10).

This scripture is drummed repeatedly into Christians on Sundays.  However, the only time Jesus mentioned tithing in scripture, he pointed out that it was not a weighty matter of the law. (Matthew 23:23).  Hebrews says people only receive tithes “according to the law.” (Hebrews 7:5).  It then insists tithing (and everything else under the law) has been annulled: “The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless.” (Hebrews 7:18-19).  Nevertheless, mercenary pastors continue to insist on the payment of tithes.

Latter-day Pharisees

Jesus rebuked the Pharisees for keeping part instead of the whole law. (Matthew 23:23). That is what tithe-collecting pastors do today.  If we insist our congregants must pay tithes, we must also insist that they keep the rest of the law.  James says: “Whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all.” (James 2:10).  Therefore, if we insist on tithing, we should also refrain from eating pork.  We should stone adulterers, execute homosexuals, kill Sabbath violators and restore blood-sacrifices.

Tithe-collecting pastors counter this by maintaining the payment of tithes pre-dated the law.  Here Abraham is cited as the cardinal example of someone who paid tithes before the promulgation of the Law of Moses, as did Jacob, his grandson.  However, such arguments are disingenuous.

Before the law, tithing was at best an example but not a commandment.  Moreover, pastors fail to mention that Abraham only tithed once in his lifetime.  When he did, he did not even tithe his own money: he tithed the spoils of war.  He gave ten percent of the plunder he took when he rescued Lot to Melchisedec, king of Salem.  But then he did not even keep the rest but returned it (all ninety percent) to the king of Sodom.

For his part, Jacob also tithed only once.  He did this in a “let’s make a deal” arrangement he offered to God: “Jacob made a vow, saying, ‘If God will be with me, and keep me in this way that I am going, and give me bread to eat and clothing to put on, so that I come back to my father’s house in peace, then the LORD shall be my God.  And this stone which I have set as a pillar shall be God’s house, and of all that you give me I will surely give a tenth to you.’” (Genesis 28:20-22).  This kind of deal about accepting God only under certain self-serving conditions should certainly not be a term of reference for any serious believer.

Lies upon lies

The first lie pastors tell Christians is what some have referred to as “the eleventh commandment:” “Thou shalt pay thy tithes to thy local church.”  But the bible says no such thing.  The storehouse of Malachi was not a church.  It was a place where food was kept.

Pastors hide from church-members the fact that money was not acceptable as tithe.  The tithe was a tenth of the seed and fruit of the land and of the animals which ate of the land. (Leviticus 27:30-32).  That is why God says: “Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be FOOD in my house.” (Malachi 3:10).  He does not say “that there may be MONEY in my house.”  The food was used to feed the Levites, the poor, widows, orphans and strangers.

Pastors also conveniently fail to teach the biblical tithe.  The principles of tithing were not laid down by Malachi.  They were laid down by Moses.  The study of Moses’ guidelines quickly reveals that the biblical tithe has no application whatsoever to Christians and is mischievously violated by tithe-collecting pastors today.

According to the Law of Moses, the tithe was divided into three allocations.  The first year, it was given to the Levite.  The second year, it was given to widows, orphans and the poor.  The third year, it was eaten in the company of the faithful before the Lord as thanksgiving for his faithfulness. (Deuteronomy 14:22-28).  In the seventh year, there was no planting and no reaping and therefore no tithing.

So the next time your pastor asks you to pay tithe, ask him about the seventh-year reprieve.  Also ask him if you can give your tithe to the orphanage, or bring it as food items to be eaten in church.  Believe me; he will not agree with you because it is your money he is after.

Inapplicability of tithes

Tithing was only applicable to Jews and to the land of Israel.  When large populations of Jews lived in Babylon, Ammon, Moab, Egypt, and Syria, these lands became tithe-able lands.  However, tithes were not acceptable from strictly Gentile lands.  So you need to ask your pastor how come he is collecting tithes in Nigeria.

Servants or slaves who worked on the land did not tithe because the land did not belong to them.  Since only agricultural and animal resources were included, a fisherman gave no tithe of his fisheries.  Neither did a miner or a carpenter pay tithes, nor anyone from the various professional occupations.  So if you are not a farmer or a keeper of livestock, tell your 419 pastor tithing is biblically inapplicable to you.

Moreover, the only people authorised to receive tithes were the Levites. (Hebrews 7:5).  So if your Pastor is a “tithe-collector,” ask him if he happens to be a Jew.  Remind him that, even though a Jew, Jesus could not receive the tithe because he was not from the tribe of Levi but from that of Judah.

The trick, of course, is for pastors today to claim we are “Levites.”  If your pastor is one such dissembler, ask him if he lives as a Levite.  Remind him that Levites had no land and did not have private property.  Ask him also how he knows he is from the tribe of Levi, which happens to be one of the lost tribes of Israel.  Point out to him that even Jewish rabbis don’t claim to be Levites today because all Jewish genealogical records were lost with the destruction of the Temple in AD 70, ensuring that it is no longer possible to ascertain the true identity of Levites.

Therefore, if Jews no longer tithe because the Levites are a lost tribe, how can Christian pastors collect tithes when we are not even Jewish, how much more Levites?  If Jewish rabbis, whose terms of reference remain the Old Testament no longer collect tithes, then pastors who insist Christians are under a New Testament have no business doing so.

The conclusion then is inescapable. Every pastor who collects tithes is nothing but “a thief and a robber.” (John 10:1).

WHY IS THE CHILD IN HANDS OF THE BEGGARS ALWAYS SLEEPING????????????

WHY IS THE CHILD IN HANDS OF THE BEGGARS ALWAYS SLEEPING??????????????

"Why is sleeping child in the hands of beggars? Have you ever wondered ... "

This article I read a few months ago. Who is the author of, I don't know.

Please read…..

""Near the metro station sits a woman of uncertain age.

Women’s hair

is confused and dirty, her head bowed in grief.

The woman sits on the dirty floor and next to her lies a bag. In that bag

people throw money. On the hands of a woman, asleep, is a two year old baby. He's in a dirty hat and dirty clothes.

“Madonna with baby” - numerous passers-by will donate money. The people of our kind- we always feel sorry for less fortunate. We are ready to give unfortunate people the last shirt, the last penny out of your pocket and never think another issue.

Helping, seems like. “Good job done”...

I walked past a beggar for a month. Did not give any money, as I knew that this is a gang operated scam and money collected by the beggar will be given to whoever controls beggars in the area. Those people own numerous luxury properties and cars.

Oh and beggar also gets something, of course “ A bottle of vodka in the evening and a döner kebab”.

A month later, walking past the beggars, as shock, it suddenly

hit me….

I'm staying at a busy crossing, stared at the baby, dressed as always- dirty track suit. I realized that it

seemed "wrong", finding a child in a dirty underground station from morning to evening.

The baby slept. Never sobbed or screamed, always asleep, burying his face in the knee of a woman who was his MUM.

Do any of you, dear readers, have children? Remember how often they

slept at the age of 1-2-3 years? Hour two, maximum three (not consecutive)

afternoon nap, and again – movement. For the whole month, every day of my

walking in the underground, I've never seen a child awake! I looked

at the tiny little man, with his face buried in the knee of his mother, then at the beggar, and my

suspicion was gradually formed.

– Why he sleeps all the time? I asked, staring at the baby.

The beggar pretended not to hear me. She lowered her eyes and

hid her face in the collar of her shabby jacket. I repeated the question. The woman again

looked up. She looked somewhere behind my back, tired with utter irritation. Her look was similar to the creatures from a different planet.

-F **k off ... her lips murmured.

-Why is he asleep?! I almost cried ...

Behind me someone put his hand on my shoulder. I looked back. A some old man was looking at me disapprovingly:

– What do you want from her? Can’t you see how hard she’s got it in her life… Eh …

He gets some coins from his pocket and throws them in the beggar’s bag.

Beggar made a hand wave of a cross, portraying the face of humility and universal

grief. The guy removed his hand from my shoulder and strolled out of the underground station.

I bet, at home, he will tell how he defended poor, distraught woman from a soulless man in a tube station.

Next day I called a friend. It was a funny man with eyes like olives Romanian nationality. He only managed to complete three and a half years of education. The complete lack of education does not prevent him from moving around the

City streets on very expensive foreign cars and live in a “small” house with countless number of windows and balconies. From my friend I managed to find out that this business, despite the apparent

spontaneity, clearly organized. Its supervised by begging organized crime rings. The children used are in "rent"

from families of alcoholics, or simply stolen.

I needed to get the answer to the question – why is the baby sleeping? And I received it. My friend Gypsy said the phrase, completely ordinary with calm voice that twisted me in shock, just like he was talking about weather report:

-They are on heroin, or vodka ...

I was dumbfounded. "Who is on heroin? Whom – under vodka?! "

He answered

-The Child, so he doesn’t scream. The women will be sitting whole day with him, imagine how he might get bored?

In order to make the baby slept the whole day, it pumped up with vodka or drugs. Of course, children's bodies are not able to cope with such a shock. And children often die. The most terrible thing – sometimes children die

during the "working day". And imaginary mother must hold another dead child on her hands until the evening. These are the rules. And the by passers-by will throw some money in the bag, and believe that they are moral. Helping

"mother alone" …

… The next day I was walking near the same underground station. I stocked up journalistic identity, and was ready for a serious conversation. But the conversation didn't work out. But turned out the following ...

A woman was sitting on the floor and in her hands she was holding a child. I asked her a question about the documents on the child, and, most importantly, where was yesterday's kid, which she simply ignored.

My questions were not ignored by passers-by. I was told that I was out of my mind screaming at poor beggar with a child. All in all, I was escorted out of the tube station in disgrace. One thing remained was to call the police. When police arrived, beggar with the baby disappeared. I stood with a full sense of - “I'm trying to fight windmills”.

When you see in the subway, on the street whether women with children,

begging, think before your hand climb for money. Think about that, if it wasn't for your hundreds of thousands of handouts, the business like this would have died. The business would die and not the children-inflated with vodka or

drugs. Do not look at the sleeping child with affection. See horror… Since you're reading this article, you know now- why the child is sleeping in beggars hands.

P.S.

If you copy this article on your wall or just click "Share", your friends will read it too.

And when you decide again to open your wallet to throw a coin to a beggar, remember that this

charity could cost another child's life.""

Why did the chicken cross the road? (joke of the day)

SIMPLE QUESTION: “Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road?”

Check out the following answers and reactions:-

GEORGE W BUSH:
We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road or not.
The chicken is either against us or for us.
There is no middle ground here.

BILL GATES:
I have just witnessed eChicken2012 which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your checkbook; internet explorer is an integral part of eChicken.

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR:
I have a dream... and envision a world where all chickens will be free to cross roads without having their motives called into question.

GEJ:
I guess it's a manifestation of our transformation agenda for fresh air. Meanwhile, we'll set up a committee to look into that and probably grant the chicken amnesty.

PATIENCE JONATHAN
You see, i don't knew why the chicken wil behaviourance like that,the only things i can said is that the chicken can be an prostitute

GANI:
Why wont the chicken cross the road? When there is no light in her house. No fuel in her car!No food in her stomach! No job to do! Armed robbers are after her eggs, the schools are closed,..... ....why wont it cross to the other side?

HON PATRIC OBAHIAGBON:
The question strikes to mind a perpendicularit­­y of oblivious occurrences. The rationale for the crawling species of the hen folk for advancing across the Broadway to the obvious greener side, portray a phantasmagoric allegory in my homosapious mind, that there is a reason. The metaphoric proposition may be that it is going to cast its vote for Fresh Democratic Party and hence justifying it subconscious mind that she has done her civil biddings.

NSCDC LAGOS CHAIRMAN
The reason the chicken crossed the road is only going to remain known by my oga at d top,I cannot categorically tell you the reason why the chicken crossed the road now and my oga now tells you another reason later.

My Solutions to Boko Haram menace.

It is paramount to know that no government can get everything done but all government should try to get something done which is where i have concerns with this government.

Going by the a term used in the court of law that says "He who come to equity must come with clean hands", so is it necessarily for any one sincerely willing to tackle the menace of Boko Haram to be a straight forward person. Sadly Goodluck Jonathan is not the person to do so, not only has he not got the will power to do the right thing he is also one of the most timid president in the history of man kind. This is a man few weeks ago was saying he will never consider granting amnesty to ghost because people were against it then, the moment people start to say amnesty should be considered in one of the options to tackle Boko Haram now he's the one championing the idea. 

Why would any one even think amnesty can work when the group has not shown any signs of remorse for their actions? And why should amnesty even be a monetary reward? Amnesty can be in form of granting partial pardon or total pardon to members of the group and the pardon shouldn't be free, anyone wanting the pardon must bring something to the table like giving the security service information on how they operate and how catch the big fish among them.

It is common knowledge that backers and financiers of Boko Haram are in government and even in the corridors of powers. If so how come no big fish has been arrested and prosecuted? There is no way Goodluck Jonathan can tackle this kind of dynamic problem unless he is willing to sacrifice himself which is not a common trait of any African leader with the exception of few. 

From my point of view this government can not solve the problem of Boko Haram because its too corrupt to  do so. Even the president said it himself that there are members of Boko Haram in his government and yet he has not make any high profile arrest and prosecution because they are busy trying to suppress "Fuelling poverty" and arresting journalists for doing their job.

The government kill more people than the Boko Haram they are trying to arrest. They kill on daily basis, any death in hospital due to lack of adequate medicine and medical equipment is their fault. Any accidents on the road caused due to the poor state of the road is their fault. Any death from malnutrition caused by the high level of poverty is their fault. Any death caused by ignorance due to low level of education of an individual caused by inadequate funding of education is their fault. In fact the Jonathan led government to be called "Jonathan Haram".

The actions or the inactions of the government fuels the thriving of Boko Haram directly and indirectly. When you pardon a corrupt former governor this is a direct indication that no matter how corrupt you are you can get away with it, therefore making the group to know that no matter what they do they can be pardoned and a clear indication is the amnesty package in the pipeline. No doubt the activities of the group is paralysing economic activities in the north leading to unemployment, unemployment leading to idleness and we all know that an idle mind is the devil's work shop add that to the poor state of education, its a perfect mix needed for the group to boom.

A men with no job, no hope of getting one soon, have little or no education, has loads of time in his hands and sees the people responsible for his problems lavishing what is suppose to be the wealth of the nation and granting pardon to one another when caught, definitely that kind of man is a easy recruit for the menacing group. 

For the people in power to proffer an adequate solution to this problem they need to feel the heat like average Nigerians buy from the same market as we do, use the same hospital, roads, schools e.t.c. Until they start seeing the problem as "our problem" and not "their problem" solution will never come.

My recommendations to solve the havoc called to Boko Haram.

1. The government need to know and understand that there's is no partial approach to the problem, no one size fits all, no stone must be left unturned and no one should be spared. The should walk the walk and not talk the talk. Unless they show that they mean business nothing will get done. Be a government that live and die by its word, not only on issue concerning Boko Haram in other area as well. When you say you will construct a road within a certain period make sure its so. So when you say you are going to tackle Boko Haram they will be quaking in their boots. But unfortunately that's too late for this government.

2. A man can not adequately protect his family if his front door and back door is not properly monitored. How can Boko Haram members be captured when all they have to do when the heat on them is too much is to stroll across the boarder to Niger until the heat  subsides. The government should make sure the country has a defined and properly monitored boarder. Limit the movement of Boko Haram members and restrict their supplies this will cripple their activities and break their resolves. 

3. Kill corruption. Punish people found guilty to have mismanage and embezzled money with out fear or favour. This will send a clear sign to Boko Haram that the government mean business. Even the government can build a reputation on that.  

4. In as much as what Boko Haram backers in government offers to the group is better than what the government is officially offering them, then their activities is likely to continue. Fish out their members in the government and charge them accordingly. With out the pillar supporting a fence the fence is likely to collapse.  

5. The concept of punishment and reward is there for a reason. Amnesty can not give giving out like a carnival balloon, one has to deserve it to earn it. Granting amnesty should be one of the approaches not the only approach in solving the problem of Boko Haram. With what Boko Haram has done someone has to go to prison or else this is a great injustice to the people that have been killed and their families. Amnesty must have grades ranging from reduced sentence to total pardon and these should be given based on what each member brings to the table in terms of information. Monetary reward should not be an option. Boko Haram members providing information of their activities and members to the authority is also a way to separate a genuine member of the group from someone that just want to seize the opportunity to earn money. 

6. The government need to be closer to the people so as to be able to get a direct and unadulterated information from them. Its very difficult to talk to the president directly, his facebook is not managed by him there fore chances of getting your message deleted if it doesn't suit the person that manage the account is high. His monthly TV interview is so restricted that even the wife of the president can't get through to him if she tries and the moderators are so timid to ask a genuine question because of the fear of being arrested after the show.  

For a country with so much wealth and abundant intellectual and man power Nigerian should by now be a developed country and not a developing country.

Written by A. Alabi

follow me on: @akuna_matata24

Fuelling Poverty: a Film on the (Mis)Management of Nigeria’s Oil Wealth

I met Ishaya Bako during my last trip to Nigeria, on 13^th January 2013 to be precise, at a lunch appointment with a friend in Wuse, Abuja. When I got to the Salamander Café by late afternoon, my friend was already there with Ishaya and three other people eating and chatting. I joined them, ordered some food and we proceeded to chat about life in general, our career paths and of course, Nigeria.

Two other friends subsequently joined us and the conversation got really chatty as all seven of us i.e. the filmmaker (Ishaya Bako), the journalist (my friend), the graduate researcher (myself), the author, the two lawyers and two others, disagreed on some points, agreed on many others but overall, we were all clearly concerned about Nigeria’s progress.

It was towards the end of our lunch discussion that the journalist mentioned the documentary “Fuelling Poverty”, credited it to Ishaya Bako and urged me to watch it on Youtube. The filmmaker, true to his African values, was quite bashful as he smiled modestly, lowered his voice and acknowledged he made the film. It all sounded really interesting so I promised to watch the short film afterwards.

After I got back to the UK the next day, I tried several times to watch the documentary over the next few weeks, but for one reason or the other, each time I opened the Youtube page, I got distracted and kept procrastinating.

So, I woke up this morning to find Twitter all a’buzz with the story of how an agency of the Nigerian government, the National Film and Video Censors Board, NFVCB, which vets, classifies, and approves films and videos meant for distribution and exhibition in Nigeria had banned Fuelling Poverty. Parts of the story, as reported by Premium Times goes thus:

“…in an April 8 letter to Mr. Bako, exclusively obtained by PREMIUM TIMES Friday, the agency (NFVCB) prohibited the distribution and exhibition of the documentary in Nigeria, saying its contents “are highly provocative and likely to incite or encourage public disorder and undermine national security.”

The letter, signed by the NFVCB’s Head of Legal Services, Effiong Inwang, warned the filmmaker against violating the order, saying “all relevant national security agencies are on the alert. A copy of this letter has been sent to the Director General, Department of State Services and the Inspector General of Police for their information.””

Of course, the buzz around Fuelling Poverty fueled my own curiosity and I didn’t hesitate further in finally watching the documentary on Youtube. I felt two things simultaneously. First, I was and am incredibly impressed by the technical quality of the film itself and how the feelings of Nigerians towards the fuel subsidy scam, oil wealth mismanagement, corruption and governance in general are relayed in a simple, clear and lucid  manner. It’s even more gratifying to see such a gritty film about Nigeria made by a Nigerian (albeit in partnership with the Open Society for West Africa, OSIWA) living in Nigeria. It is a clear indication that we should and are beginning to own and tell our own stories.

Secondly, I am yet to identify what is so provocative about the documentary that put the Nigerian government on its toes. A good chunk of the film is based on content analysis of media reports available at the click of a button on the internet; footage from widely publicised proceedings of the Nigerian Parliament, the National Assembly and from interviews with policy makers all freely available on the Internet. There is no leaked or stolen classified information, no interviews with people pleading anonymity, nothing suspicious or speculative… all the information and general themes are widely discussed online and on the streets. What is so inflammatory about this film, it is not clear. I heard on the grapevine that the film maker has gone underground.

Interestingly, the move by the government to ban the documentary from TV stations in Nigeria, simply fueled people’s interest in it – those who had never heard of it prior to this incident and others, like myself, who only just got round to watching it. Now the film has gone viral! Nigerians are sharing the link to the Youtube video via Blackberry Messenger, Facebook, Twitter and other social media tools. Soon, counterfeit DVD copies will be sold freely at traffic jams in Nigerian cities. Thanks to the internet, the days of media censorship are long buried in the past. Besides, I am technically not in Nigeria…so… here is the video below, enjoy!

Chelsea Home and Away kit for 2013/2014 Season

This is what the boys will be wearing next season.

Presidency Has Lost Credibility Over First Lady’s Illness Revelation – ACN

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has congratulated First Lady Patience Jonathan for her miraculous return from the dead, while slamming the presidency for losing whatever is left of its credibility over its handling of the First Lady’s illness saga.

In a statement issued in Lagos on Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the revelation by the First Lady on the extent of her illness, especially the fact that she passed out for seven days before she said God miraculously brought her back to life, cannot but elicit joy among Nigerians, irrespective of their political leanings.

However, Nigerians must be wondering why the government they elected into office chose to lie to them that the First Lady was holidaying abroad when indeed she was gravely ill in a foreign hospital.

”While we felicitate with the First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on her recovery from whatever illness it was that afflicted her, we will be remiss if we fail to recollect how the presidency denied ‘rumours’ of the First Lady illness and poured scorn on the media and the imaginary enemies of the government for fuelling the ‘satanic rumours’.

”We will also like to remind the presidency that its denial, instead of full disclosure that would have elicited nothing more than fervent prayers from Nigerians, fuelled the rumours that the First Lady suffered from sundry afflictions or the consequences of tummy tuck!” ACN said.

The party said that in one of the many rebuttals, the First Lady’s spokesperson, Ayo Osinlu, was quoted to have said she (Mrs Jonathan) travelled abroad to take a ‘moment’s rest’, given that she had not taken a rest since President Jonathan’s election.

Osinlu had told Nigerians in the heat of the illness saga: ”If you look at her itinerary in August (2012), you will be wondering how she was able to accomplish that. In the course of this week, she will be back home.

But remember, it all depends on her plans.”

ACN also recalled that the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, dismissed Mrs. Jonathan’s reported
illness as a rumour, saying ”there is nothing like that.”

It said that amid all the denials, the President himself maintained a stoic mien and carried on with his duties as if all was well, thereby
lending credibility to the lies and deceit.

”The issue here is simple If the presidency can so shamefacedly lie on an issue of such public interest as the health of the First
Lady, why should we not believe it can lie on any other issue, whether it is economy, politics, social development or any other matter? For
how long has this presidency been misleading Nigerians on critical issues, since we now have reason to doubt its credibility? Does it occur to
this presidency that it has turned Nigeria to a laughing stock by its now routine denials of the truth?

”Like we have said time and again, any government needs to be credible to win the trust of the citizens, without which it cannot govern effectively. With the revelation by our back-from-the-dead First Lady, it is clear that the Jonathan Presidency has egg on its face, and must apologize to Nigerians for lying to them. Also, the spokesmen for this government have lost total credibility, hence their words will henceforth be taken with a pinch of salt,” the party said.

It reiterated its earlier stand that the health of public officials cannot and must not be a closet affair, because it is of public interest. While it may be argued, though not conceded, that the First Lady is not a public official by virtue of her position, she is a public official by virtue of her being a Permanent Secretary in Bayelsa State!

”It is sad that despite what we and many Nigerian groups and individuals have said on this issue, the Jonathan Administration took its script directly from the Yar’adua group’s book of deceit when the late President was ill and flown abroad. Now, Governors Sullivan Chime of Enugu, Danbaba Suntai of Taraba and Liyel Imoke of Cross River are all playing according to the Jonathan script.

”We are therefore renewing our call for openness and full disclosure on the state of health of public officials. Life itself is transient, not to talk of positions. And as a spiritual leader of the calibre of Pope Benedict has shown recently, no office is more important that life itself,” ACN said

Alhaji Lai Mohammed
National Publicity Secretary
Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN)
Lagos, Feb. 18th 2013

Youth of today, leaders of today!!!

In 1979, Bamanga Tukur was the Governor of the defunct Gongola State (now Adamawa & Taraba) and 33 years after he is today the Chairman of the ruling Party; The PDP; Dr. Bello Halliru was commissioner in the Old Sokoto State (now Sokoto, Kebbi & Zamfara) and 33 years after he is today Minister of Defence; Major General David Mark (rtd) was the military governor of Niger State in 1984 and 28 years after he is today the Senate President;Gov. Murtala Nyako was the governor of Niger State in 1976 and 36 years after he is today the Governor of Adamawa State; Ogbonnaya Onu was governor of Abia State in 1992 and 20 years after he is today the National Chairman of ANPP; Gov. David Jonah Jang was the governor of Benue State in 1985 and 27 years after he is today the governor of plateau state; and Martins Elechi the Ebonyi State Governor is over 80 years old! Only in Nigeria is this possible, where the youth of today have no hope into the future! Where do we go from here?

People Deceive People (PDP), 1985, IBB was the president of Nigeria and our teachers told us that Buhari was the former Head of state. Our teacher also called us the leaders of tomorrow..27 years later, IBB and Buhari are still contesting for President.. Its either our teacher lied to us about being the leaders of tomorrow..Or tomorrow is yet to come. Who’s fooling who? Let’s stand and fight for our right because we are the leaders of Today. Please let all youth form alliance together and fight for the unborn. We can’t continue like this. Pass it to everyone if you believe in the NIGERIA DREAM.
Note: Don’t Just Get involved in Politics, let’s Live d Dream and Make it Real… #Yes We Can!!!

Yes, that is our beloved Nigeria, but the unbelievable tale above is not even the half of it. Nigeria was ruled by general Obasanjo in 1976 when he ruled for 3 years, and then, guess what? Nigeria was so defunct of viable’s, or better put, the coalition of elder politicians who rule Nigeria had no ‘better’ choice than to return same Obasanjo to power again in 1999 to again rule Nigeria till 2007! Little surprise, OBJ graduated Adbusalam, so Abdusalam returns the favour.

It beats the imagination how Nigerians allow these things happen to ourselves. Are our youth, the teaming 100 million of us, so prosaic, we continue to allow the same people who wrecked and keep ruining us, determine our fate and recycle their idea-vacuous cronies into all offices?

Musa Yaradua, Nigeria’s 13th head of state was a member of the 1988 Constituent Assembly. He was also member of the party’s National Caucus and the SDP State Secretary in Katsina. In 1991 he contested the Governorship election of the state.

Buhari contested for president again in 2011, and still promised to contest in 2015 when he will be 72 years old! This clearly indicates one thing. Unlike G. W. Bush senior who at least trusted his son and supported his candidacy, our Buhari can not even offer his son or daughter and the product of his nurturing for the top job. No! He campaigns for himself over and over. What does this say about how the elder generation rejects putting the youth in office?

Nigeria’s youth must be blamed and no one else. All we do and think of is Man-U, Arsenal, Barcelona. The youth must truly be weak and bereft of aspiration. We youth must love fighting and killing each other as hired political thugs and suffering and smiling as our hopes and aspirations to live decent, endowed lives as human beings are continuously trashed by the recycled goons whose best achievements over the decades are as Wole Soyinka described: “moral insolvency, stagnation in national development and increasing societal decay.”

Our existing political platforms are vestiges of the old colonial divide and rule, exploitation mentality. Like the black hole of Calcutta, anyone that is a part of them or comes close, becomes a chronically filthy remains of deadly germs of corruption and fountain of inebriation.

The philosopher Plato said- The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men.

The Sovereign National Party is a youth coordinated platform upon which our best new generation candidates will emerge and be chosen by us to contest in all future elections.

I am not into politics or a politician, but I am a member of the Sovereign National Party. I have declared my full independence from the old way of things. I believe every youth should come together now on this single platform and win or lose, let it be known that we have departed from the old way of things.

A youth is intelligent.
A youth is capable.
A youth is ambitious.
A youth is courageous.
A youth believe that corruption is a fancy word for thief.
And a youth can damn well lead a council, state and Nation better than these old fellows.
What about you?