Keshi: Ethiopia will be tough, unpredictable, predicts upsets in final round By | Sep 19, 2013

Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi, has spoken for the first time since the draws for the final round qualifier for the Brazil 2014 World Cup qualifier, (Africa zone), were held last Monday in Cairo, Egypt. The draws pitched the Super Eagles against the Wylan Antelopes of Ethiopia. I have a lot of respect for the Ethiopians and all the teams that made it to the last round of the qualifier and I am certain that it will be tough, unpredictable and exciting for both the so called big teams and the minnows, he said. Speaking specifically on Ethiopia, Keshi who is on a brief visit to his family in the United States, said he foresees a very difficult opposition in the East Africans, assuring that the Eagles will not disappoint. The last time we played the Ethiopians it was quite tough and I know when we meet next its going to be the same thing. All we need to do is to be focused, concentrate and pray for good health for our best players and the rest will be history. Keshi also said all the ten teams that made it to the final qualifier round are equally matched and warned those teams having an air of superiority to beware, because there might be upsets in some of the games if the opposition is underrated. He said his list for first leg encounter in Addis Ababa will be released on time but assured that all the players are aware of the enormous task of qualifying for the World Cup and the team show the stuff its made of when the games are held.

Nigeria's'BokoHaram': Abuja sees security forces targeted

A cell of suspected Islamist militants has opened fire on security forces in Nigeria's capital Abuja, say officials. The clash occurred at about 03:00 local time after a tip off about the location of a suspected Boko Haram weapons cache, Nigeria's spy agency said. The State Security Service did not give any details about casualties. A witness told the BBC he saw nine bodies. Boko Haram is most active in north-eastern Nigeria, where a state of emergency was imposed in May. If confirmed, it would be the first time Boko Haram has staged an attack in Abuja this year. Attacks in the north-east have increased recently despite a massive military deployment to the worst-affected areas. In the latest incident in Borno state, officials said at least 87 people had been killed by militants, who disguised themselves in military uniforms at a checkpoint outside the town of Benisheik. They shot dead those trying to flee. The group wants to create an Islamic state across Nigeria and has waged a deadly insurgency since 2009. 'Digging for arms' The BBC's Mohammed Kabir Mohammed in Abuja says the shooting took place at a two-storey building which has just been built but is not yet complete. Young men have been using the building to sleep in at night, he says. The security team which approached the building were acting on information received from two men, agents said. "No sooner had the team commenced digging for the arms, than they came under heavy gunfire attack by other Boko Haram elements," Reuters news agency quotes a statement from State Security Service as saying. Our reporter says the building is in Abuja's Apo district, home to a huge residential complex for Nigerian parliamentarians. Abuja suffered two major Boko Haram attack two years ago, when a suicide bomber rammed a car into the police headquarters killing eight people in June 2011. About two months after that, the group attacked the UN headquarters in Abuja, killing 23 people. The attack near Benisheik took place on Tuesday, but news of it was slow to emerge as all phone lines have been cut off in an effort to help the military offensive. The Boko Haram members drove into the town in about 20 pick-up trucks, the AFP news agency quoted an anonymous security source as saying. The BBC's Nigeria correspondent Will Ross says it was one of the deadliest since the state of emergency was declared. In the three days since the attack, health workers have been loading dead bodies onto trucks and some reports say the militants killed more than 140 people. "Apart from the dead bodies recovered today [Thursday], we collected 55 on Wednesday and the fact is that we did not go deep into the bush where I strongly believe that many people have fallen there," Nigeria's Daily Trust newspaper quotes Abdulaziz Kolomi, an official with state's environmental protection agency, as saying. There was also an attack by suspected militants on Wednesday night in neighbouring Yobe state, which is also under a state of emergency but has not witnessed so much violence. A resident of Buni Yadi told the BBC Hausa Service that Islamists attacked the town at about 22:30, burning the police station and other public buildings. "A soldier was killed in a shootout and the wife of the [divisional police chief] was burnt to death in her home," state police commissioner Sanusi Rufa'i told AFP. Local vigilante groups have been formed to help counter the militants but scores of these volunteers have been killed in recent weeks. Last month, the army said it had killed Boko Haram's leader Abubakar Shekau but this has not been confirmed and the militants' attacks have continued.

Amaechi and Okonjo Differs On the State of the Economy.

Okonjo-Iweala / Credits: file copy RIVERS State Chairman of the and Governor Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Rotimi Amaechi, Mr. declared on Thursday that the Nigerian economy had gone comatose. explained that contrary to the rosy Amaechi picture painted on Wednesday by the Minister of Finance and the Coordinating minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, about the nation’s economy, Nigeria was battling to survive economically. Okonjo-Iweala had while responding to a call for resignation by the Amaechi-led NGF told her journalists in Abuja, that in spite of the revenue challenges facing the country, all macro-economic indicators showed that the economy was performing “reasonably well.” “The economy is doing reasonably well. It is not perfect but it is doing reasonably well. I say this because actual realities on the ground are bearing this out,” she had said. But at an event organised for future leaders by Rotary International, District 9140 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Amaechi recalled that the minister once disagreed with him when he said that poverty rate in Nigeria had risen to 70 per cent. The governor, who also flayed his Delta State counterpart, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan’s advice that opposition against President Goodluck Jonathan should not come from the South-South, stated that Okonjo-Iweala had insisted that the country’s poverty rate was not 70 per cent, but 68 per cent. He said, “In 1970, the poverty rate in Nigeria was 30 per cent. How many of you know the poverty rate now? I was in a meeting where I said it was 70 per cent; the Minister of Finance said it was 68 per cent. What’s the difference between 68 and 70? “We are giving you a nation that is in a state of coma; that is what we are handing over to you. If it is a nation that is progressing from 30 per cent in 1970, we should be talking about 15 per cent now.” that the Federal explained also Amaechi Government had yet to pay fully the Rivers State allocation for July, 2013. “We (NGF) asked the Minister of Finance to resign if she is not able to man 20th September, 2013

CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES AND CURE FOR PROCRASTINATION.

THE slothful (lazy) man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious. Proverb 12:27.
Last week,  we discussed procrastination as the bane of life's achievement. This week we are examining the causes, consequences and the way out of this monster of a habit.
To begin with, the causes  of procrastination include
a. Laziness: This is the first cause of procrastination mentioned or indicated by the the wisest man that ever lived - Solomon. Lazy or slothful people find it easy to have their way through procrastination. This way they silenced their supervisor or anyone assigned or trying to pressure them to accomplish the task.
b. Disorganization: Many people are not organized. They have many irons in the fire at the same time. This attitude, though might appear harmless albenitio have a way of beclouding and overwhelming people until nothing out of the many is done eventually.
c.  Lack of Time Table or To Do List: Many think time table stops with the school days. But think a little about it. If the school knew without it much will be undone, don't you  think that must be true for you. The simplest time table in form of to do list will go a long way to curb much procrastination. So begin each day with at least, a to do list.
The indisputable consequence of procrastination is the waste of time and lack of achievements. You see,  life is so short that from the moment you were born, we can calculate the number of seconds you have to live. The point is your life achievement is tied to your activity volume and your activity volume to time. By procrastinating, you reduce your activity volume.
What is/are the solutions to procrastination?
1. Realization: Realizing and accepting that procrastination is a monster to success is the beginning. Also, realizing that lost time come not back will keep you on the go.
2. Be organized: Create a time table and let it be workable.
3. Resolution:  Make up your mind not to be lazy and to leave what to be done now till a second later. If you need to read, read now. Just make "do it now" your motto and you will be a success.

Your life will not be the same again. God bless you.

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FG orders troops deployment in Nasarawa

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013 BY FIDELIS SORIWEI, ABUJA

Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier-General Ibrahim Attahiru. The Federal Government has ordered the deployment of soldiers in Nassarawa State to prevent further breakdown of law and order in the state. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig. Ibrahim Attahiru, said during a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, that the soldiers were a little less than a battalion. A battalion in the Nigerian Army ranges from 750 to 1000 soldiers. Attahiru said that the mandate of the troops was to support civil authorities in their efforts to curb the violence. He stated that soldiers had prevented the crisis between Eggon and Alago youths in Obi Local Government Area from spreading to other parts of the state. According to him, the federal and Nasarawa State governments were also seeking other ways of resolving the crisis without delay. He said, “Due to the heightened security situation in Nasarawa State, the Federal Government has ordered the deployment of troops as an aid to civil authority in order to prevent further escalation of the violence and its spread to other parts of the state. “It is gratifying to note that the deployment of troops in the violence-prone area has helped in curbing the spread of violence by the Ombatse and other ethnic groups in Nasarawa State. “The Federal Government and Nasarawa State Government are exploiting ways of ensuring the quick return to normalcy.” About 30 persons were feared killed in a communal clash between Eggon and Alago youths on Saturday. Some communities were also razed down and several people rendered homeless. The crisis led to the evacuation of corps members from the crisis-hit communities to the state capital, Lafia. The State Director of the National Youth Service Corps in the state, Mrs. Bolanle Olabanji, had said that 121 out of the 6,335 corps members who were serving in Obi, Dedere, Tudun-Adabu, Barkin-Kogi, Asakio and other towns were affected by the crisis. Prior to the latest crisis, 63 policemen and 10 personnel of the State Security Department were killed at Alakyo in Nassarawa Eggon Local Government Area of the state. The security personnel were on a mission to arrest the leader of the dreaded Ombatse cult, Ala Agu, when they were ambushed and killed on May 7, 2013. There were reports that two police corporals from the area who were part of the mission leaked information on the mission to the members of the cult who killed them. Attahiru, who also commented on the ongoing campaign against the Boko Haram insurgents, said some insurgents who were dislodged from their camp at the Kasiya Forest, Ngazai Local Government Area, attacked Benisheik, a town in Kaga Local Government Area of the state, killing ‘a lot of civilians.’ He added that troops in the Forward Operation Base killed a top Boko Haram Commander, who is a high-value target, named, Abba Goroma. The Army spokesman said that a $10 million bounty was earlier set aside for his capture. Attahiru said as part of the efforts, the troops in the formation had conducted operation to pre-empt, dislodge and disrupt the insurgent’s activities in the North-East. According to him, in the process, insurgents’ camps located at Kitumari, Alkaderi, Kurunmati, Abali, Gajiram and Iza within the Sambisa Forest in Borno were destroyed. He said, “Other areas where insurgents’ camps were attacked, include Bubalin and Ngaram within Maiduguri Metropolis as well as Gulimba Area of Gwoza. “The division continues to dominate the area through aggressive mobile patrols of highways and major urban centres as part of confidence-building measures to facilitate the quick return to normalcy. “All these efforts are aimed at denying the terrorists the freedom of action. By and large, military operation within the division’s area of responsibility has been largely successful.’’ On the soldiers being court-martialled in Jos, Plateau State, he said the nine soldiers were still being tried. The director, however, appealed to journalists to clarify all reports from the Directorate of Army Public Relations before going to the press. He said anything contrary to such clarifications from the directorate would be tantamount to giving “oxygen to terrorism and creating undue fear amongst Nigerians".

Anti -Christ Comments: Enough is enough - christian youth vanguard.

The Christian Youth Vanguard, a coalition of various Christian youth organisations, on Wednesday in Abuja threatened to “reciprocate in equal measure” the anti-Christ comments by a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai. The youths said they would beam their searchlight on Prophet Mohammed and the Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar 111. The threat is coming on the heels of comments against Jesus Christ and a recent outburst by el-Rufai that the Christian Association of Nigeria and its President, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, have become appendages of the Peoples Democratic Party. The CYV in a statement by its National Coordinator, Yakubu Mecham; and Secretary, Emeka Okoli said from el-Rufai’s uncomplimentary remarks against CAN , Oritsejafor and the Christian faith in Nigeria, someone needed “to help the ex-minister before he goes completely mental.” The NYV recalled how el-Rufai recently “made blasphemous and abominable tweets about our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ” but that the incident was swept under the carpet for peace sake. The group wondered what would have been the consequence if such a blasphemous remark was made about Prophet Mohammed. It warned, “Enough of this insults on our Christian faith and our CAN President. The CYV hereby notify el-Rufai and his group of unpatriotic Nigerians that we will not sit back and tolerate insults aimed at our Christian leader any longer. “We wish to stress very emphatically that henceforth any further careless statements, comments or insults on our Faith or on the person of our CAN President will be reciprocated in equal measure. A word, they say, is enough. If you have read this post, you must 've seen a little of the great power the Gospel of Christ carries. You can delve into this ocean of power with this book; the power that makes the Gospel revolutionary You will surely experience God in a new and exciting way. God bless you.

Stop encouraging corruption, President Jonathan tells Nigerians

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

While addressing the 54th Annual Conference of the Nigerian Economic Summit that held in Abuja yesterday, president Goodluck Jonathan blamed the level of corruption in Nigeria on the society. He said instead of punishing corrupt people, we reward them.

“When you talk about corruption, the private sector is involved; the public sector is involved; even the individuals, including other societies, and I wouldn’t want to mention names so that I will not be attacked. But I know that if collectively all of us don’t reward corruption, people would not be attracted to corrupt practices, but when we all reward corruption, then of course, we will be tempted to go in that direction.

“I want a society where all of us will frown against people who come up with what they are not supposed to have. If a young man who just started a job and within six months or a year comes up with a car of N7m to N15m and you clap for him, then you are rewarding corruption." the president said. More when you continue...



“So for us as a nation to bring corruption down in Nigeria, it’s not just blaming government or blaming police, but all individuals must frown at people who have what they are not supposed to have, who live in houses they supposed not to live in; who drive cars they are not supposed to drive and who wear suits more expensive they can afford.

“And until we, as Nigerians are able to do this, then invariably we are all rewarding corruption and until we stop that, I don’t think we will get to where we want to go. We believe that we should not create an environment where people would be tempted to take what belongs to the public because that is why even in the fertilizer business we talked about electronic wallet, e-Wallet, so that funds are not exposed to corrupt people"

JP MORGAN AND THE TITANIC CONSPIRACY

The tragic sinking of the Titanic has now seen its 100 year anniversary. With this anniversary has come renewed interested in this sad story. We all know about the famous passengers like the unsinkable Molly Brown, John Jacob Astor and Sir Cosmo and Lady Duff Gordon. But what many of us do not know about is the conspiracy theory surrounding JP Morgan Titanic. Since the 1830s, America did not have a central bank. Jesuits in America and internationally wanted a central bank located in America, a bank that they could use as a bottomless resource to fulfill their Jesuit agenda of taking money and planning wars and schemes in the world. In 1910, seven men met in Georgia to form a central bank. This bank was called the Federal Reserve Bank. Benjamin Strong, a representative of JP Morgan was present at that meeting. According to Jesuits, at this point they wanted to do whatever they could to bring the pope to world dominion. Three very wealthy families: the Rothschilds, the Morgans, and the Rockefellers do all the bidding when it comes to the Jesuit Order JP Moran was scheduled to travel on the first voyage of the RMS Titanic, but he cancelled at the last minute. No one will even know why JP Morgan was not Titanic bound. However, JP Morgan was a big part on the birth of this large unsinkable ship, whereas the Jesuits are theorized to be the death of this large unsinkable ship. Many wealthy men were opposed to the Federal Reserve banks. The Jesuits supposedly decided to invite several powerful men who were opposed to the Federal Reserve Bank on the Titanic’s maiden voyage. By arranging these multiple deaths in such a preposterous way, no one would know the better. John Jacob Astor, Benjamin Guggenheim and Isador Strauss were those invited on the cruise who the Jesuits planned to dispose of. Edward Smith was a boat captain with many years experience. He was also a Jesuit tempore co-adjator, meaning not a priest but short robe. Jesuits believed in martyrdom, and Captain Smith was going to play this role. In a series of questionable mistakes, such as warning flares being white when they were supposed to be red, and life boast being sent away only half full, you really begin to wonder if this JP Morgan Titanic theory could have some truth to it. Was the sinking of the Titanic a series of unfortunate mistakes, or a larger plan carried out by the Jesuits for their political and financial gain? With no clear answers, the JP Morgan Titanic conspiracy theory continue.

PDP FACTION ASK JONATHAN TO REOPEN OFFICES.

New PDP Chairman, Baraje Asks President Jonathan To Order Reopening Of Its Offices In Abuja, Bayelsa, Rivers, Kwara And Kaduna September 15, 2013 - 18:40

caption: Police siege at New PDP secretariat By SaharaReporters, New York Chairman of the breakaway faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), known as the New PDP, Mr. Kawu Baraje, has called on Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan to reopen its office in Maitama, Abuja, the country's capital, which was sealed off by the police last week. Mr. Baraje hinged his action on a ruling by An Abuja High Court presided over by Justice E.S. Chukwu that the group should be allowed to operate without any harassment or inhibition as its existence does not contravene any known law. The chairman of the faction also appealed to the Nigerian president to reopen its other offices hitherto sealed by the police in Kwara, Rivers, Kaduna and Bayelsa States. In a statement signed by the faction's National Publicity Secretary Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, Mr. Baraje said, "To the glory of God, contrary to the prayers of Alhaji Bamanga Tukur’s faction of PDP, a Federal High Court in Abuja on September 13th 2013, once again ruled Justice E.S. Chukwu in his ruling held that there was no evidence before the court to show any tardiness on the part of Baraje’s faction as claimed by the Tukur-led faction, which requested it to stop the Baraje-led PDP from operating. "In view of this ruling, the Police no longer has any valid reason (it never did, anyway) to continue to seal our Secretariats. We implore the president to save the Police from the plot to ridicule it by using it to perpetrate illegalities such as sealing the lawfully-acquired National Secretariat of PDP and our Secretariats in states like Rivers, Bayelsa, Kaduna and Kwara." According to the faction, "Powers that be should as a matter of urgency stop projecting and portraying the Police as a tool of injustice and attack on the perceived political opponents of Mr. President "We will continue to use the Judiciary to prove to Tukur’s faction that the days of running the affairs of our great party with impunity and high-handedness are gone for good. The time has come for him to correctly read the handwriting on the wall and honorably throw in the towel along with his National Working Committee (NWC)." The New PDP also inaugurated a four-member committee to be chaired by the Niger State Governor Babangida Aliyu, to look for ways of resolving the stand-off between the Nigeria Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), which had resulted in the union embarking on strike. Other members of the committee are Adamawa State Governor Murtala Nyako, Hon. Chinwo Ike, President of University of Port Harcourt alumni and Mr. Timi Frank, the faction's national youth leader.