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Chibok Bombers: Chibok Girls Turn Bombers: This Is Worse Than Death

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name"><br /> </h3><div class="post-header"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKFkD3vftssOFI5Q8-8vO4QtJWJ3b5fDoTxMfOIHM9ODaMrRcc9aCkq4vBg9fYkpxpAraVmRo2pKPrLvAcgBMD9r2tTfUnVPnZ7QH5TK2QusXqPDcpWTadrgWXpzqNS_o08ZwAqcspYnp6/s1600/CHIBOK+GIRLS+1.jpg" width="400" /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>A source told Vanguard news that our Chibok daughters were now  successfully hypnotized and had become Chibok bombers. – That is in the  news today. A Military spokesperson had recently failed to deny this  horrific possibility. DailyMail of UK in their publication yesterday  also highlighted these fears.<br /><br />So, it is possible that our Chibok 234 are now being employed as suicide  bombers; killers who have not just been abandoned by us for dead, but  worse yet have been abandoned by us to be indoctrinated into messengers  of death.<br /><br />While the President of Nigeria, Goodluck Ebele (not Ebola as many are  beginning to percolate) Jonathan was sleeping and dancing, things have  surpassed our worst fears. We said the girls were as good as dead  already; now they may be worse than dead. Jonathan said he could not  hurry to bring back our girls, because ‘he did not want them to die in  the process.’ Really? We told him to quit the BS already.<a name="more"></a><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">#BringBackOurGirls, dead or alive! He left the girls and left Boko  Haram; and even if our best hopes – that these suicide bombers are not  our Chibok girls, they are our girls and as he leaves Boko Haram intact,  they ARE recruiting our other girls, forcefully strapping them with  bombs and sending them forth...</blockquote><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1273158107245326844" name="more"></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjOm0PyL9YrZGt1q1ayuLJ2L_uGWdjXo-VVXNUYMraaVi2HRB7-z6XzNdmMXNQPMsaL13gRs6SimVKGtWXHgvB54V1OnJ3EmZVyIwdgYP_jlfr2PJgPS7U15EhluxYoyou9cqLK5kbzym2/s1600/1+a+girl+begging+for+it+online.jpg" width="320" /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>While he waits, Boko Haram is bombing up our Churches and Mosques,  massacring our farmers and blowing up our bridges as they spread West  and South, marking up more territory from Nigeria for their evil nation.  <br /><br />These happenings are not unusual. These are things that were clear to predict. This is why we marched, we wrote and we swore. <br /><br />If you did not read my “#BringBackOurGirls: 100 Days In Captivity,” I  suggest you do. Permit me to re-present these portions from the sixth  and ninth weeks: <br /><br />“By the sixth ten days, we were angry. These were the angry days. These  were the bitter days. By these ten days, something had changed. We hated  the world, we hated ourselves. Some of us asked to be taken on terror  missions. Some of us wanted to go out and kill. We had completely lost  faith in ourselves and in the world around us. Some of us still had  faith in God, but frankly, some of us just did not any more. Our captors  saw this in us. They commented that we had become more deadly than  them. Our conversations were cold. We laughed when they talked about  their campaigns of carnage. We discussed life with them; we discussed  their plans with them. We discussed death with them. <br /><br />“By the ninth ten days, we spent a lot of time praying for our parents.  We spent a lot of time praying for you. We felt empathy… no, pity  actually for you in the world outside. You see, our fate was pretty  simply laid out. We had done what we could, considering our predicament.  We had been brave and fought the terrorists; some of us were killed  trying. We had negotiated with them. Our destiny was determined, harsh,  but circumscribed.<br /> But how are you? How is your world? Your world full of wickedness,  corruption and politics. How do you sleep at night? By these ninth ten  days, we wished not to return to your wicked world – a world where you  could abandon your children in the forests with very very bad men and  were able to sleep at night, able to go to work the next mooring, to  eat, drink, have séx, laugh and play, purchase nonsenses: a world where  you could do and did nothing; a world where you could feel and felt  nothing; a world where you could choose and chose nothing. You made  these men. You made this world. You created this terror and you left it  this way, afraid, unable or unwilling to do anything about it. Boko  Haram was your reward. We felt empathy for you, who could live with  yourselves knowing what you had created and that you failed for 90 days  to come here and fight or die fighting to rescue your children. In these  ten days we prayed for you and for Boko Haram. We prayed for the  world…” Read full at [http://ends.ng/?p=1234] <br /><br />Indeed it was clear to us that this abandonment, this curse will bring  upon this nation more horrific punishment, as is the nature of life. <br /><br />We told Jonathan from the first weeks that he should give us civilian  patriots including ex-service men, youth, hunters and vigilantes the  right to bear arms so we go into Sambisa and rescue and destroy – a  mission our army has been too screwed up, thanks to systemic and  executive corruption, to carry out. Jonathan loudly ignored us. <br /><br />We told Jonathan to forget his cheap excuse of not wanting the girls’  lives to be risked and send in what troops he has; he danced and  campaigned for 2015. <br /><br />We told Jonathan in the first weeks of the abduction, that is the Chibok  parents so chose, he should swap non combatant Boko Haram prisoners  (who had no blood or rape on their hands) for the abducted girls, he  rather abandoned the families till the great Malala came, and after she  directed him to see them in Abuja, he rather ‘bribed’ them with N100m to  forget their daughters and be quiet. <br /><br />So Nigeria continues to live the curse. We continue to be plagued by  this virus, worse and more deadly than Ebola. For Ebola leaves at least  10% of its victims alive, however this E**** virus does not only kill  its victims, but also turns them into death machines. <br /><br />After every hardship there is a time of respite and ease. So He has  promised. Soon this noisome era in Nigeria's history shall pass... some  months, maybe years, but soon it will surely pass and we will have life  again and be emancipated from this death spewing virus of corruption. <br /><br />May the good and kind Lord have mercy on the Chibok girls and on us.<br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> Dr. Peregrino Brimah</span></b></div>

Chibok Bombers: Chibok Girls Turn Bombers: This Is Worse Than Death

A source told Vanguard news that our Chibok daughters were now successfully hypnotized and had become Chibok bombers. – That is in th...

Love Is A Beautiful Thing: SEE Beautiful Photos From Dr Sid & Simi's Wedding In Lagos

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name"><br /></h3><div class="post-header"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1x01hv6hi2m1LX5IvyE_MGCKaijANRatKsnoDkxz0i5j67ZJKKS9zDk7XITUBvT3BJGA9DaLXTzhmzpx_FYEfIFWMe-B9GKPmTDXELKSRu1H9u3Z7uHCNTdX9lfqU7vmHSgfxCosm7Zgr/s1600/WEDDING+DR+SID+AND+SIMI+1.jpg" width="400" /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div>Surulere crooner Dr. Sid and his beautiful heartthrob Simi Osomo  completed their marital rites on Saturday in Lagos with a classy white  wedding. Their reception was at Oriental Hotel. See all the lovely  photos...<a name="more"></a></div></div><div><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1273158107245326844" name="more"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlPNICDFFXZnsRrDPmKCC8bXO6MCwicW1fW4wmQm005HesN7jVe1glGsxJ-od6dWMNGfDw4vIe8exeJ6o0Npeok23ANpOHuIQmK8c30olk3wUzG5nn73zR3eevc5uPn5QkI2Z9yMXJVXA3/s1600/WEDDING+DR+SID+AND+SIMI+2.jpg" width="400" /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVj7P_UdXmuDKY0V7Q1aD4c7-I_OuuAmNblePvVHj1S7cdFqqzT0xkzhbiCDYlql5Qid8esp2MW1xPC5XVwzO9Xc-t2zledUzm_0akiVzcPLbafB4dPiaKjpxufvbqtlySz0JCLUq5jQxz/s1600/WEDDING+DR+SID+AND+SIMI+3.jpg" /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwS9y_ikll61T2Yqp7p7OGRtXpq45cXI9iofVRbk9ixDVWaGvxp5TeX3wwhDSnCaEqOxVeZVDfJ0nLrJfcyNDVK7sOBfK3nbyWb-ZAxe6othYIAa0h_8rCJFex5d0H5Mlij1amlu0Sc7Ky/s1600/WEDDING+DR+SID+AND+SIMI+4.jpg" width="400" /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4jO1oNSdXr3hCw87r3_KVULx-xJZ9BuBLhvHKA5c0WQQUH4b_ebv95_s14A-1cUrbgW16o4Abq5kqrM-dhmds4-dAkGy0HNNBnncW4YWSEpVSdDCm7jlL8bhUvw0lhRLNhjY0x9Jm4F5g/s1600/WEDDING+DR+SID+AND+SIMI+5.jpg" /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw2z2OkOOXOI-NgNHs_TAhw_fEDz020GLz1MWjZ9uLe8oofGrhYVWXX_Lj2BhIorbJxYt5Z_26dD6-wSM49AwtfiKOeM7PZpxW6lJTsYcVd0GstwBMYEtvhG2OP1QW53RvIUv0uS7_joTw/s1600/WEDDING+DR+SID+AND+SIMI+6.jpg" width="400" /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJN7VZo2XDDraF3jbKUIdj58dRAyb7oNzvacH5yWkfG7jlMH8crt3RSUF_C-38QfN5i8EM515JyXc5Qw0WeIZvMJKfrpMzl5v0wDH3JtsILdwcCgcrBrU6IuZvircMmCTHN5wsn6cOiDnI/s1600/WEDDING+DR+SID+AND+SIMI+7.jpg" width="400" /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxgi8sSKwDNjuVIjYKEipA5COKVH3ey1PcLmtyi7o0MB-cM2z808cmTaNuzejKrtC_3lb25kblnN8NhSlQHHIZAd2kvjCsQypVDY46kVtdFyixg_FBwY63_etUGPi1qIguHjWMPn04hGiT/s1600/WEDDING+DR+SID+AND+SIMI+8.png" width="400" /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfBYkW27Ag-_J5pIFJBDVzTAgRJ7eCYanzoL0PCLXcKcANkqHq3vahsbsj-KjHkvVI2l6sblh0e5gkx7pwYqWumyFvH5DwgelBaNTaW8t8sS2o8LnX_wqA1y67WeMRo6DE0-PJyuVBpCMs/s1600/WEDDING+DR+SID+AND+SIMI+9.jpg" width="400" /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wishing a fruitful journey!</div></div></div>

Love Is A Beautiful Thing: SEE Beautiful Photos From Dr Sid & Simi's Wedding In Lagos

Surulere crooner Dr. Sid and his beautiful heartthrob Simi Osomo completed their marital rites on Saturday in Lagos with a classy whit...

Not Funny: US to Test President Jonathan’s Aides for Ebola Before Meeting

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name"><br /> </h3><div class="post-header"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPCuL27796C81gyPtK-9Z2UwTUuWeprwXPvo5IR67nCFMmavsC83aUS8gQqbrCBPw95Z5mJSrNIWHtS6zKob8EjlMI1GtHAVoMwE6UbKKPEZXGP1AdG1R4Xh0bmkAGZiyCD3LeOPsxM0HD/s1600/EBOLA+1.jpg" width="400" /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>There is Ebola scare in the land and nothing is being left to chance in  the bid to curtail its spread. Ahead of the coming African/American  Leaders Summit billed for Monday in Washington DC, United States,  President Barack Obama, has said African participants attending will be  screened for exposure to Ebola.<br /><br />President Goodluck Jonathan along with his aides are among the African expected to attend the event.<br /><br />According<a name="more"></a> to a Reuters, Obama said the action is to protect the US from the outbreak of the disease.<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">President Obama said, “Folks who are from these countries that have even  a marginal risk, or an infinitesimal risk of having been exposed in  some fashion, we’re making sure we’re doing screening.”</blockquote><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1273158107245326844" name="more"></a><br />The United States, Obama said, takes risks from the deadly Ebola virus  very seriously hence the planned test for the expected African leaders  and their aides.<br /><br />Also, two African leaders have said they would not attend the meeting  because of the outbreak of the Ebola disease in their countries. The  leaders are Presidents of Liberia and Sierra Leone, Mrs Ellen  Johnson-Sirleaf and Ernest BaiKoroma, respectively.<br /><br />Meanwhile, professional health bodies and medical experts have condemned  Nigeria’s response to the global outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease. They  strongly condemned what they described as poor preventive measures put  in place by the Federal Government.<br /><br />Nigeria has recorded the death of an Ebola victim, Patrick Sawyer, who flew into the country on July 20.<br /><br />The deceased collapsed on his arrival in Lagos and was rushed to  hospital where he was diagnosed with EVD. He later died on July 25.<br /><br />Ebola, which has killed scores in Guinea, Gambia and Sierra Leone and  Liberia, is an acute viral illness and often characterised by fever,  intense weakness, muscle pain, headache and sore throat.<br /><br />These are followed by vomiting, diarrhoea, rash, impaired kidney and  liver function, and in some cases, both internal and external bleeding.<br /><br />A virologist and President, Nigerian Academy of Science, Prof. Oyewole  Tomori, in an interview with Punch on Saturday, decried that the porous  nature of Nigerian hospitals would allow the disease to spread easily  between patients and health workers.<br /><br />He said, “In an ideal situation, there is no need to close the border.  As a matter of fact, there are too many entry points into the country.  How many of these can be closed? But beyond closing the borders is the  actual state of preparedness. The truth of the matter is we’re not  prepared.<br /><br />“Also, the government needs to collaborate with private medical  laboratory facilities. Testing for the Ebola Virus Disease isn’t  something that can be done in a moment. It takes time. The Federal  Ministry of Health should now be asking laboratory facilities what they  have and what they need, as part of preparedness, in case there’s an  overwhelming need for blood samples to be tested for the virus.<br /><br />“The bottom line of my response is that the country is not prepared for an outbreak of the Ebola virus.”<br /><br />Prof. Tomori lamented that the case of late Sawyer caught Nigeria  unawares. He said, “We are not prepared to handle any outbreak of the  Ebola Virus Disease. There’s no sign of any state of preparedness. What  happened in the case of the dead Liberian man with Ebola virus visiting  Nigeria was circumstantial. It was not that we prepared for it as a  nation.<br /><br />“If the man had not been sick at the point he arrived in Nigeria, he  could have travelled to Calabar for his conference. At that point it  would likely be difficult to know there was a case of Ebola in the  country. He could have died in Calabar without any trace.<br /><br />“Interestingly too, what happened at the airport seemed to be a blessing  in disguise. Just imagine what could have happened, had the Nigerian  Medical Association not been on strike. The situation could have been  worse by now. If medical doctors were not on strike, with the Liberian  arriving sick at the Nigerian airport, he would likely have been taken  to one of the government hospitals.<br /><br />“In government hospitals, there are many people around; you have many  outpatients and visitors who could have come in close contact with the  man (Sawyer); that could have been a disaster.”</div></div>

Not Funny: US to Test President Jonathan’s Aides for Ebola Before Meeting

There is Ebola scare in the land and nothing is being left to chance in the bid to curtail its spread. Ahead of the coming African/...

LMAO: By Next Year Igbos Will Take Over From Fashola – APGA Leader Umeh

<strong>In a brave and controversial statement, All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) leader Chief <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_7">Victor</span> Umeh told reporters that come 2015, <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_3">Lagos</span> will be under the APGA flag.</strong><br /><br /><br /> <img alt="APGA Chief Victor Umeh" border="0" data-x-src="http://img.naij.com/n/00/9/apga-chief-victor-umeh.jpg" data-zoom="1" height="320" hspace="5" src="http://img.naij.com/n/00/9/apga-chief-victor-umeh.jpg" vspace="5" width="586" /><br /><br /><br /> <strong>APGA Chief Victor Umeh </strong><br /> Umeh, who gave an interview to The Punch <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_9">reporters</span>, said in 2015 Lagos <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_8">elections</span> only 2 million votes are needed to gain the gubernatorial position,  and, with over 10 million Igbos and half that number sympathetic with  the APGA cause, there is more than a high chance of this becoming a  reality.<br /> More excerpts of the discussion are below:<br /><a name="more"></a>POLI<br /> <br />You talk about capacity; how many supporters does APGA have in Lagos?<br /> <em>If democracy is about the electorate, APGA has what it takes to <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_6">win</span> elections in Lagos. The Igbo in Lagos today are more than 10 million,  not to talk of other non-indigenes, who are not loyal to the APC.  Although not every Igbo man will vote for APGA, but those who we know as  our potential supporters and sympathisers are more than five million.  If what is required to get to Alausa is about two million votes, which  no one has surpassed, APGA will get it. Election is not about the elite;  it’s about the <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_5">ordinary people</span> who will go out and cast their votes.</em><br /><div id="article_end"><br />Do the victories of APGA in Anambra and Imo states automatically translate into victory for the party in Lagos?<br /> <br /><em>I’ve told you that the population of the Igbo in Lagos is more  than the population of any state in the South-East because they are  combined here. But this is not an Igbo agenda; I’m only saying it  because every party has its sympathy base. The APC has Yoruba sympathy.  However, a Yoruba man can also run on the platform of APGA. We also have  the sympathy of those who believe that one man cannot control Lagos  because it’s a cosmopolitan state.</em><br /> <br />Do you really believe an Igbo man can become a governor in Lagos State?<br /> <br /><em>I believe it 100 per cent. I was born and raised in Lagos. If you  are born and bred in a place and you see that the place is not well  run, what do you do? You go for the government. That was why I ran in  2003. It was my candidacy that made them pick two Igbo people to be part  of the government in Lagos – Ben Akabueze and Joe Igbokwe. It was just  to deceive novices that Igbo people are in government. Except the Awori,  nobody owns Lagos. Most of the people claiming Lagos came from nearby  Yoruba states.</em><br /> </div>

LMAO: By Next Year Igbos Will Take Over From Fashola – APGA Leader Umeh

In a brave and controversial statement, All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) leader Chief Victor Umeh told reporters that come 2015, Lago...

Mikel Obi To Rescue Kidnapped Chibok Girls If He Knows Where They Are

<strong>Footballer Mikel Obi says his <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_11">thoughts</span> are with the families of abducted <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_4">Chibok</span> girls who have been held by <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_3">Boko Haram</span> for more than three months in the Sambisa Forest.</strong><br /> <br /><br />According to Nigeria midfielder Mikel Obi, he is praying for the release and <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_6">safe return</span> of the kidnapped girls.<br /> <br />In May, the <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_7">Chelsea star</span> joined #BringBackOurGirls campaign by posting his picture where he  carries a cardboard with the popular #BringBackOurGirls hash tag, but he  spoke about the issue publicly for the first time on Monday, July 14.<br /><a name="more"></a><br /> <br />"I wish I knew where those girls are, I would go there, pick them up  and bring them back but it’s out of my hands," Mikel said, while <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_17">responding</span> to a question at a soiree by Amstel Malta in Lagos.<br /> In August 2011, Mikel’s dad was <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_10">kidnapped</span> in Jos but released after about 10 days in captivity. Thus, he hopes the same will happen to the girls of Chibok.<br /> <br />"We will keep praying and keep hoping that [the girls] are all safe and they will return to their <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_12">families</span>," said the midfielder.<br /> <br />The 27-year-old helped Nigeria reach the <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_8">second round</span> of the World Cup in Brazil before losing 2-0 to France.<br /> <br />He was named man of the <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_13">match</span> in their <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_9">first game</span> against Iran but came under criticism after the final match against  France where he struggled to impose himself on the encounter.

Mikel Obi To Rescue Kidnapped Chibok Girls If He Knows Where They Are

Footballer Mikel Obi says his thoughts are with the families of abducted Chibok girls who have been held by Boko Haram for more than thre...

Why Boko Haram May Never End

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<b>With the current insecurity in the country and the </b><b>incessant</b><b> attacks by <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_3">Boko Haram</span> sect, there are different opinions on when there would be an end to the  violence. A behavioural analyst, Olokode, has written the article below  from Ibadan, sharing his opinion on why Boko Haram insurgency may never  end.</b><br />
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Read more on his <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_4">point of view</span> below:<br />
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Truth is bitter. The piece I am set to write already gives me a  foretaste of bitterness. A signal of the sure surge of fury, resentment  and provocation its caption is likely to provoke in most readers, at  least, at first sight. This seemingly pessimistic and, probably,  outwardly ill-wishing title may even, compel some, in a rage of  rashness, to cast me off as a Boko Haram apologist or even an outright  Boko Haramite. Whatever name you call me, I patriotically acquiesce.<br />
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And, before I get crucified, let me quickly reiterate that my seeming hopelessness came from the <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_8">n*ked</span> dehumanisation of the masses I sighted as this overloaded six-<span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_7">passenger bus</span> sn*ked its way through some city-based ‘villages’ on a domestic  journey. Nothing in all I saw, left and right, suggested the presence of  a government, monarchy or leadership of any sort that cared for the  basic human needs that would ensure that natural humans get nurtured  into social humans.<br />
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The adage, man is a product of his environment, thus, asked me a  painful rhetorical question: Can these hostile-living conditions produce  socially-responsible masses filled with blood of love for fellow  citizens of ‘strange’ origin, religion, education<br />
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Why Boko Haram May Never End

With the current insecurity in the country and the incessant attacks by Boko Haram sect, there are different opinions on when there woul...

#REAL: Three-Year-Old Girl Rises From Dead At Her Own Funeral

<img alt="Photo - MIRACLE: 3-Year-Old Girl Rises From Dead At Her Own Funeral" border="0" data-x-src="http://img.naij.com/n/0b/2/3-year-old-girl-awakened-at-her-own-funeral-zamboanga-620x315.png" data-zoom="1" height="254" hspace="5" src="http://img.naij.com/n/0b/2/3-year-old-girl-awakened-at-her-own-funeral-zamboanga-620x315.png" vspace="5" width="500" /><br /> <strong>A three-year-old <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_9">girl</span>, who was pronounced dead on Saturday after being taken to <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_7">hospital</span> the day before suffering from a fever for several days, woke up during preparations for her own funeral.</strong><br /> <em>Scroll down for the <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_2">video</span></em><br /> <br /><br /><br />This incredible moment was captured on video. When the girl started breathing again, her father <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_16">lifted</span> her out of the coffin in the <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_4">church</span> in Aurora, Zamboanga del Sur, in the Philippines, and took her to hospital.<br /> According to <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_11">Inspector</span> Heidil Teelan,<em> "the attending <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_8">clinic</span> personnel and physician confirmed that the young patient had no more pulse and was clinically dead last <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_6">Saturday morning</span> about 9am."</em><br /><a name="more"></a><br /> <br />When one of her parents’ neighbours removed the lid of the coffin to  arrange the girl’s remains, she saw the three-year-old move.<br /> <br />Teelan added: <em>"We really cannot make confirmation on the status of the girl but based on the observation of the police <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_12">personnel</span> I deployed it appeared the girl remained in a state of comatose in their house."</em><br /> \<br />After being lifted out of the coffin she was given <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_10">water</span> and taken to the hospital before returning home with her parents.<br />

#REAL: Three-Year-Old Girl Rises From Dead At Her Own Funeral

A three-year-old girl , who was pronounced dead on Saturday after being taken to hospital the day before suffering from a fever for severa...

#Brazil 2014: Arsenal Manager Reveals Why Super Eagles Failed

<div><strong><span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_3">Arsenal</span> Football Club manager, Arsene Wenger, at the weekend revealed what, in  his opinion, caused the Super Eagles’ failure at the just concluded FIFA  World Cup hosted by Brazil. </strong></div><div> </div><div><span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_12">Speaking</span> to Beinsport, <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_11">Wenger</span>, who revealed he has been doing an examination of the African champions’ display in <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_4">Brazil</span>, stated that it was <em>“not <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_17">lack</span> of <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_16">talent</span>”</em> that affected the team but rather, it was <em>“<span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_9">poor</span> organisation”</em>.</div><div> </div>He said the <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_6">Super Eagles</span> would have gone beyond the round of 16 in the competition, if conditions were ideal. <div> </div><div><em>“Nigeria had no solidarity. They showed the whole world the  problems they had before the World Cup and it was the same with  Cameroun. The problem was not lack of talent but with poor  organization,” </em>Wenger said.<a name="more"></a></div><div> </div><div>The Arsenal manger, however, commended the <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_10">Eagles</span>’ first half display against eventual victors, <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_5">France</span>.</div><div> </div><div><strong> </strong></div><div> </div><div><em>“Nigeria was not too bad against France. They had a good first half but could not maintain the momentum in the second half,” </em>he said.</div><div> </div><div>Meanwhile, the Super Eagles have never been able to go beyond the round of 16 in any of the previous <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_8">World Cups</span>. The attempts were made in 1994, 1998 and 2014.</div>

#Brazil 2014: Arsenal Manager Reveals Why Super Eagles Failed

Arsenal Football Club manager, Arsene Wenger, at the weekend revealed what, in his opinion, caused the Super Eagles’ failure at the just c...

LMAO: Suarez To Lose N830,000,000 From His Wages If He Bites Again

<br /><img alt="Photo - Suarez To Lose N830,000 From His Barcelona Wages If He Bites Again" border="0" data-x-src="http://img.naij.com/n/04/0/luis_suarez_0923.jpg" data-zoom="1" height="347" hspace="5" src="http://img.naij.com/n/04/0/luis_suarez_0923.jpg" vspace="5" width="500" /><br /><br /><br /> <span style="color: grey;"><span style="font-size: smaller;"><span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_6">Luis Suarez</span></span></span><br /> <strong>Footballer Luis <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_10">Suarez</span> will see his £10million-a-year (about N3billion) <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_3">Barcelona</span> pay packet slashed by up to £3m (N830,000,000) if he tries to bite another opponent.</strong><br /> <br /><br />The Uruguayan became the most expensive signing in the Catalan giants’ history when he <br /><div data-cid="2378" data-kw="completed" style="border-bottom: 1px solid; color: #f35b00; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; text-decoration: underline; width: auto;">completed</div>his move from <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_5">Liverpool</span> on Friday, agreeing a £200,000-a-week (N55m), five-year deal at the Nou Camp.<a name="more"></a><br />Liverpool say Barcelona paid the £75m (over N20billion) they wanted  for the 27-year-old, but the La Liga side claim the figure was 80m  Euros.<br /> <br /><br />His <em><strong>salary makes Suarez the fourth highest-paid player</strong></em><em><strong> at the club</strong></em> behind <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_7">Lionel Messi</span>,  Neymar and Andres Iniesta, but he will drop a long way behind if there  is any repeat of the shameful biting antics that have landed him in hot  water three times.<br /> <br />Suarez’s contract at Barca is littered with clauses which will hit him hard if he errs again and, according to Sunday People <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_9">Sport</span>, he could be docked as much as 15 to 30 per cent of his wages.<br /> <br />The club intend to pursue an appeal to have his four-month ban from all <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_4">football</span>-related activities reduced and are hopeful they will succeed.<br /> <br />Suarez is expected in Barcelona on July 15, 2014, Tuesday, and is set to be <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_16">unveiled</span> on Wednesday at the city’s L’Auditori <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_12">building</span> before going on <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_11">holiday</span>.<br /> <br />Sources close to the Catalan giants briefed <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_2">local</span> media that they were delighted to have landed Suarez for less than the  100m Euro – N22billion – they would have had to pay under normal  circumstances.

LMAO: Suarez To Lose N830,000,000 From His Wages If He Bites Again

Luis Suarez Footballer Luis Suarez will see his £10million-a-year (about N3billion) Barcelona pay packet...

CAN THIS BE TRUE? :Meet Cheerful 17-Months-Old Baby Girl Born Without A Nose (PHOTOS)

<strong>Meet an <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_9">adorable</span> 17-month-<span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_5">old baby</span>, Tessa Evans, who was born with a rare congenital disorder, arhinia, which means the girl does not have a nose.</strong><br /><br /><br /> <strong><img alt=" Meet Cheerful 17-Months-Old Baby Girl Born Without A Nose" border="0" data-x-src="http://img.naij.com/n/00/a/tessa_evans_girl_with_no_nose4.jpg" data-zoom="1" height="269" hspace="5" src="http://img.naij.com/n/00/a/tessa_evans_girl_with_no_nose4.jpg" vspace="5" width="500" /></strong><br /><strong><br /></strong><strong><br /></strong> Arihnia could lead to a partial or complete absence of the nose at  birth. It is an extremely rare condition, with few reported cases in the  <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_3">history of modern</span> medicine. Tessa’s parents were notified about their baby’s condition  during the 20-week scan which showed an abnormally flat facial profile.  However, the next several tests revealed stable development of the  healthy fetus.<br /><a name="more"></a><br /> <br /> <img alt=" Meet Cheerful 17-Months-Old Baby Girl Born Without A Nose" border="0" data-x-src="http://img.naij.com/n/08/d/tessa_evans_girl_with_no_nose1.jpg" data-zoom="1" height="333" hspace="5" src="http://img.naij.com/n/08/d/tessa_evans_girl_with_no_nose1.jpg" vspace="5" width="500" /><br /><br /> While talking to journalist, <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_6">baby mother</span>, Gráinne Evans, said she had no idea about Tessa’s problem until the girl draw the first breath. She said: <em> </em><br /><br /><br /><em>"I was so excited to have a <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_8">natural birth</span> for the first time, but as soon as I saw her face I knew something was  wrong. I was in shock and I just froze. The midwife cut the cord before I  could even say anything and whisked her away from me. There were <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_4">alarm bells</span> ringing and I was so frightened I couldn’t stand without fainting."</em>

CAN THIS BE TRUE? :Meet Cheerful 17-Months-Old Baby Girl Born Without A Nose (PHOTOS)

Meet an adorable 17-month- old baby , Tessa Evans, who was born with a rare congenital disorder, arhinia, which means the girl does not hav...

READ Atiku Reacts To Governor Nyako's Impeachment

<strong>Following the impeachment Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State, <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_11">former</span> Vice President <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_3">Atiku Abubakar</span> has warned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led federal government against excessive use of power.</strong><br /><br /> <strong><img alt="Atiku Abubakar" border="0" data-x-src="http://img.naij.com/n/05/e/atiku-abubakar-71.jpg" data-zoom="1" height="330" hspace="5" src="http://img.naij.com/n/05/e/atiku-abubakar-71.jpg" vspace="5" width="495" /> </strong><br /><br /><br /> <span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span><br /> In a statement by his media <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_10">office</span> in <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_8">Abuja</span>, Atiku said impeaching elected public office holders to settle scores would only build tension in the country.<br /> <br />He explained that the <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_18">excessive</span> use of power is not good for decent democratic practice, saying triumphalism in the <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_16">suppression</span> of opponents is a bad omen for democracy.<br /><a name="more"></a><br /> <br />According to PM report, Atiku decried the use of <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_7">impeachment</span> to settle scores by the PDP-led <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_5">federal government</span>,  saying the the frequency with which elected officials were being  removed from office by impeachment would destroy the whole purpose of  inserting the impeachment clause in the <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_4">Constitution</span>, adding that it could not have been the intention of the framers of the 1999 Constitution.<br /> <br />He said the impeachment clause in the constitution was not put there  to provide ammo to anybody to harass and humiliate opponents or <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_15">force</span> them out of office.<span class="open-news__jsreadmore">Continue <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_12">reading</span></span>

READ Atiku Reacts To Governor Nyako's Impeachment

Following the impeachment Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has warned the Peoples Democratic ...

BIG TROUBLE: President Jonathan Playing With Serious Fire

<br /><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwR535okqOoZRrgkxqELPEoGvQ05gQpvG0sjUxnM2LGzHcndd_oVXljY_yZBQSZS9as1EgVWNs48gpcO_a_pCmV8DyuKu-s2Ej12jYSUVw_vHbOGnOS8Tt5KhpfMvNoQZCnaQ46z6so4zX/s1600/1+a+made+in+naija+by+Innoson+Group+1.jpg" width="400" /><br /><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>Early this year, the newly selected National Chairman of the Peoples <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_8">Democratic Party</span>,  Alhaji Adamu Muazu, described his party as master poachers. What he  meant then is crystallizing: instigate (read bribe) troublemakers to  pester the opposition, induce opposition members to cross over to the  ruling party, and suborn state lawmakers to remove opposition governors  and install PDP governors. The steamroller is on.<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">It seems most strange that a government that has failed on all fronts  and buffeted by terrorists is opening up more war fronts. Has it come to  this? Has the destruction of Nigeria become state policy? </blockquote><div>This madness must stop...<a name="more"></a>POLIT</div><div><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1273158107245326844" name="more"></a>The world should see the hand of tyranny in the  impeachment of Adamawa State governor Murtala Nyako and the forced  resignation of his deputy Bala James Ngilari yesterday. Only on Monday,  the Nasarawa State House of Assembly began impeachment proceedings  against Governor Tanko Al-Makura. Edo State governor Adams Oshiomhole  has been in the <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_1">line of fire</span> because some APC House members have been bought over and the minority  PDP members are said to be dangling the impeachment threat. Rivers State  governor Chibuike Amaechi knows that some of the state’s lawmakers are  ganging up against him. Rochas Okorocha of Imo State is also facing a  benign threat of impeachment. These five governors have one thing in  common: they are APC members. There are fears that Kano, another APC  state, may also have its governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, dragged to the  execution range soon.<br /><br />Anyone who doubts the motive behind the destabilisation plot should consider that the <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_24">governors</span> have six months to face the electorate again or about a year to leave <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_19">office</span> after <div data-cid="2378" data-kw="completing" style="border-bottom: 1px solid; color: #f35b00; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; text-decoration: underline; width: auto;">completing</div>two terms. Which impeachment offences remained hidden for seven years but were discovered only towards the end of their tenure?<br /><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;">And why is it that vestiges of trouble only begin to emerge in non-PDP states after their governors <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_25">defect</span></span>? Is it a coincidence that terrorists <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_20">discover</span> a state only when its governor leaves the PDP and joins the opposition  party? And why is it that whenever a scandal is about to be unearthed –  like the missing $20billion and the chartered jet saga – terrorist  activities intensify to divert the people’s attention? It is about time  these questions are answered.<br /><br />But <span style="color: #cc0000;">those who seek to destroy Nigeria through non-tolerance of the opposition should read the handwriting on the wall of history</span>. There is no doubt that a good number of the <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_12">evil people</span> that have held the nation hostage operate freely under the umbrella of the ruling party. It is the same <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_3">kind of people</span> that wrecked the First, <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_2">Second and Third</span> republics. And, after the first round of elections in the Fourth  Republic, they all found shelter under one umbrella, because they  couldn’t play or stand opposition politics.<br /><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;">The <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_18">Jonathan</span> government is jittery because a mega party that could defeat the PDP in next year’s elections has been formed</span>.  Apparently unable to stop the wind of change and acting in desperation,  the government has found a leeway by destroying everything and everyone  associated with the APC.<br /><br />Left to the PDP government, there should be no elections in 2015. After  eliminating all the APC governors and replacing them with PDP stooges,  for instance, the coast would be clear for a repeat of the Ekiti “magic”  in other states.<br /><br />Yet, there is nothing strange about what has happened in Adamawa, <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_4">what is happening</span> in Nasarawa and what could happen in Edo, Rivers, Imo and Kwara states.  Party stalwarts are directed to dip their hands into nest-bags of money  stolen from public funds; they gather members of a state assembly and  haul scores of millions of naira on those willing to swear to an oath of  trust. After Ghana-must-go bags have changed hands, it is time to  gather impeachment offences.<br /><br />Can the lawmakers in Adamawa look the public straight in the eye and swear that the impeachment of Nyako was done in the <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_7">best interest</span> of the state; that it was an altruistic exercise?<br /><br />As the steamroller turns to Nasarawa, the lawmakers may find it  convenient to argue that in a democracy the majority must have its way.  But we know that their action is hardly in defence of democracy. Is  there a relationship between the <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_17">bond</span> that the Nasarawa State governor has raised and the impeachment threat?  At a time of serious national crisis brought on by the incompetence of  the Jonathan-led government, politicians must stop <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_5">playing with fire</span>. They must stop playing with the future of the country. The madness must stop.<br /><br />From the missing Chibok girls to the general insecurity in the country  and from the unaccounted for $20billion to the troves of unattended  reports on stolen funds, there’s more than enough serious work to be  done. It beggars belief that at a time when the government should  double-down on <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_22">retrieving</span> the country from the jaws of terrorists and thieves, it is very busy plotting to silence the opposition.<br /><br />And we must say that we are worried by the deafening silence of elder  statesmen, who only on July 8, 2014, met Jonathan on the state of the  nation. Their continuous silence not only emboldens this government it  gives the impression that the unfolding tragedy carries their stamp of  approval.<br /><br />It was Adamawa yesterday, Nasarawa today, where next? If we are serious  about keeping this country together – as we believe we should – then  it’s time to pay more than <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_13">lip service</span> to the <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_6">ties that bind</span> us.<br /><br />We must stop the bull in the <span class="fb49g17e7067" id="fb49g17e7067_14">china shop</span> now, or risk losing the shop, the wares and the bull as well. We advise  the Presidency and the PDP against starting another fire. Nobody knows  how it will end.</div><div><br /><b>By Leadership Editors</b></div></div>

BIG TROUBLE: President Jonathan Playing With Serious Fire

Early this year, the newly selected National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party , Alhaji Adamu Muazu, described his party as mast...