DAL INTERNATIONAL NEWS MAGAZINE,SEPT.2011 BY DAUDA AWWAL

DAL International Magazine, September, 2011 1

DAL International Magazine, September, 20112


girl

Name: Marry KhanOccupation: ModelingHeight: 5.5 cm

She is an actress , she has aspeech command. As far asbeauty is concerned with herfacial look. Mary Khan is acomplete Queen

Editor’s Note: Do you consider yourself stunning enough to grace this page. If yes, send yourpicture and bio-data to No. 3 Agadez Crescent, Off Aminu Kano Crescent, Wuse II, or P.O. Box 938,

Ikorodu, Lagos. Or e-mail it to [email protected]


C O N T E N T S

JONATHAN:TRANSFORMATIONBEGINS, TIME OFLAMENTATION IS OVER – Pg 52

SARAKI ‘SRECONCILIATION— PG.33

I’ll welcomeconstructivecriticisms— Kwara Gov — 38

IT'S TIME FOR ACTION— JONATHANPG— 10

FIFABriberyScandal— PG. 110

FASHIONPG. — 108

The Nigeria Police AsInsecurity — PG.101

I prefer toremain local formy origin —Gbemisola Ekiti(Producer, Owokoko)— PG. 94


PUBLISHER NOTE

DAAL TEAMSEDITOR-IN-CHIEFDauda Y.M. Awwal

MANAGING EDITORAdedayo Adejobi

INTERNATIONAL EDITORSWilson Ometan

Uthman Nurudeen

CONSULTANT EDITORDapo Ogunmisi

ASSOCIATE EDTIORBabatunde Savage

CONTRIBUTING EDITORSSoji Omotayo

Babs Adegbenjo

PHOTO EDITORIdowu Isaac

REPORTERSSeun Apara

Jamilu AbubakarAbdulrahman Hamza

Umar AdamMukaila InakakanaHaruna Muhammed

Bukola OmotolaVenesa JamesBola Okin

Toun Ademola

NIGERIA CORRESPONDENTStela Olaoye

U.K.CORRESPONDENTSToun Oladapo

White Eberekpe

U.S. CORRESPONDENTSAjose Adams

Oluwunmi Adenekan

NIGER REPUBLIC CORRESPODNENTKabiru Maja

PROOF READERSYera Ozooma John

Damilola Ogunremi

SENIOR LIBRARYLola Lawal

COMPUTER OPERATORAzeez Lawal

GRAPHICSIdris AdewaleRamon Fatimo

PHOTO JOURNALISTSFred BastelFemi Jacob

Musa Olajide

PHOTO EDITORIdowu Isaac

AUDITORSalau Musa

SENOR ADVERT EXECUTIVEBunmi Ajayi

CIRCULATIONSIsiaka Lawal

Suleiman Gamban

NIGERIA ADRESS:Abuja: 3 Agades Street, Off Aminu Kano

Crescent, Wuse Ii, Fct, AbujaLagos: 107, Allen Avenue, Ikeja, P.o. Box.

17341, Adeola Odeku, Victoria Island, Lagos,Hotlines: 08037136134, 0803447048,

07028114230

UK54, Camberwell Road, London Se5 Oen

E-mail: [email protected]@Yahoo.co.uk

Print By Crystal Printers Hallow U.k.

OUR MISSION“Facts Are The Life Blood Of

Journalism”

We at DAL Internationalfelt bad, someone lefthis state to another

state to serve his fatherlandonly to have his Corpsebrought back to his family.

Corps members are heroes ofour collective national aspirationfor credible and endur ingdemocracy. Indeed, their role hasbeen widely commended bydomest ic and in ternat ionalobservers who observed the 2011general elections in Nigeria. Wepray for most of our youth Corpswho lost their lives in 2011 poste lec t ion r io t v iolence thaterupted in some par t of thecountry eternal rest and perfectpeace to their soul. We appeal toNigerian Government to establisha panel of inquiry on the violence.

We commend IndependentNational Electoral Commission(INEC's) Chairman Prof. AtahiruJega and a l l those whocontributed to the success of thepolls. The voters did not onlyvote for the candidates of theirchoice, they also waited aftervoting and ensured that their votescounted.

The e lec t ion wi tnessedunprecedented voter's turnout andenthusiasm. If we continue thisway, there is no doubt that the2015 exercise will be better thanthis. Although the elections werenot 100 percent free and friar, butfar better than 1963, 2003 and2007 elections.

President Goodluck Jonathanalso tried to deliver crediblepolls and provided enough fund

Although the e lec t ionswitnessed violence, loss of livesand destruction of properties insome parts of the country, ballotbox snatching, massive thumbprinting, falsification of resultsand under-age voting, these lapsesmust be corrected before the

ISSN-1751-1568

2015 polls.We advise losers to accept

defeat and congratulate thewinners. The winners shouldremember Nigerians who votedfor them and understand thatdemocracy is the government ofthe people by the people.

President Goodluck Jonathanhas been declared winner of2011by INEC. On Sunday May29th 2011, he began anotherfour-year tenure and he haspromised Niger ians a t h isswearing in ceremony at EagleSquare Abuja to revive Nigeria.Nigerians have spoken loudlyirrespective of tribe and tongue.

In this edition, we covered theful l s tory of the leader ofterrorists-Osama bin Laden andhow he was killed and buried inPakistan. We also brought thestory of the best Royal weddingin England to our readers.

Enjoy it.

Cheers!Dauda Y.M. AwwalEditor-in-Chief/Publisher0803 713 6134


Sir,Bin laden actually succeeded in giving Islamic

religion a bad perception in the mind of people of otherreligions His killing is over due, He has paid for hiswickedness.

Ballah lbrhimZaria.kaduna Nigeria

Sir,Osama Bin Laden is not a Muslim faithful as people

thought he is an American terrorist; he was broughtup and trained by them. He only disagreed with them.He is a great loss to American because he was oneof them but he was an enemy to the world.

Yahaya WilsonSpain

Sir,180% agree with President Barak Obama that the

killing of the insane terrorist - Osama Bin Laden is anact of national self-defense. His hurried burial raisesa lot of questions, what is behind the curtain.

Mary ObyEnugu Nigeria

Sir,Osama Bin Laden lived by the sword and died by it,

the way he was buried will also send signals to others,the only thing, he did not get chance to repent,whatever a man sows he will reap it.

Funke Ishola.Oyo State Nigeria

Sir,Terrorism is a threat to human race and must be

condemned both Quran and the Bible condemnedterrorism.

Dr lsac James Edo State Nigeria

Sir,Action Congress of Nigeria ACN really challenged

other parties in the general election, its like historyrepeated itself compared to past Yoruba politicalleaders who paved way to southwest in Nigerianpolitics.

Kabiru Yahya Kaduna Nigeria

Sir,Our political system in Nigeria is a circus because

recent general election 2011 confirmed it.

Lola ldowu

Sir,The result of the recent general elections shows that

Peoples Democratic Party PDP, in the South-Eastreceived over 85% support in the National Assemblyelections, and about 97% in the Presidential election.

Ladi lawal.Ilorin Kwara State Nigeria

Sir, Cash withdrawal limit is a good step but wrong time

in Nigerian banking sector.

Shue Awwal Osun State Nigeria

Sir,It is an international embarrassment for the recent

arrest of IMF Boss who was charged with sexuallyassaulting.

Mr. Garry James London United KingdomSir,We want Gen. Muhammadu Buhari to rule Nigeria

because over the past twelve years, PDP as a partyhas proven to be incapable of combating corruption inour Country.

Maryazm Zakariya Kano State Nigeria

Sir,The people of northern parts of Nigeria were not

against Jonathan, They were not against christains,but against Peoples Democratic Party PDP, becausethe leaders of the party exploited the situation byengaging in a looting spree, they did not spare anyone,including emirs and southerners. The events do notjustify the pessimism about the future of a UnitedNigeria.

YahayaMohammed. United States of America

All letters should be addressed to:No.3, Agades Street,

Off Aminu Kano Crescent,Wuse 2, Abuja

ORNo.65, Opebi Road,

107 Allen Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos P.OBOX 938 IKORODU LAGOS

ORNo. 54, Camberwell Road, London,

SE5 OENE-MAIL: [email protected]

or [email protected]

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR


NEWS

As the 6 th House ofRepresentatives gets set towind up, its members may bein for a shocker. The facilitybeing sought by the HouseLeadership to enable itse t t l e the two-monthouts tanding sa lary ofmembers i s ye t to beapproved by the banks thatwere contacted last week.The banks, sources toldDAL International thaytheyhave re ferred therequest to the Central Bankof Nigeria for advice.

The Speaker of theHouse, Mr. Dimeji Bankole,at an executive session ofthe House on Thursdayassured tha t theoutstanding salaries wouldbe paid this week as somebanks had been approachedfor bail-out. Except the CBNgives the banks approvalbefore Wednesday, housemembers may round up thelegislative session withoutthe two months as theNat iona l Assemblymanagement has given May18 notice to all Senators andmembers of the House tovacate their offices.

Sources sa idalthough the affected banksmet on Fr iday to dec idewhether to accede to therequest of House or not.they have not decided to get

N10BN LOAN SAGA: BANKOLEIN FRESH TROUBLE WITH EFCC

the nod of the CBN to avoidany negative reactions fromthe apex bank and anti graftagencies.

It was learnt that thebanks have fears that thenew leadership of the Housemay no t honour anycommitment by i t spredecessor.

In spite of the factthat the amount needed bythe House is already in the2011 budget, the banks havedecided to adopt a cautiousapproach’ to the request forlast-minute facility.

A top source , whospoke in confidence, said“The banks are keeping theHouse in suspense becausethey a re no t su re i f thecoming House leadershipwill honour any outstandingcommitment.

The new leadershipshould be ab le to bearwhatever liabilities it willinherit. All these allowancesand runn ing cos t a relegitimate rights of members.

But the banks a reafraid of taking r isk andsome of them may go to theCBN clearance on Monday.

As a t p ress t imehowever, there were signsthat Bankole may open upon the financial health ofthe House to “se t therecords straight”.

Another sources said: Thespeaker may give membersof the house acomprehensive picture ofthe financial status of theHouse espec ia l ly thecontrovers ia l N10bi l l ionloan.

The public has beenmisinformed to believe thatBankole took a personalloan whereas a f te r thefaci l i ty was secured, themoney was paid direct lyin to every member ’saccount.

And having withheldsome a l loca t ions o f theHouse to offset the facility,the House dozes not oweUBA any money again.

But the speaker i suncomfor tab le tha t h i simage is being spoilt overthe matter when the N10billion loan was meant forall members.

Meanwhi le , a l lSena tors and House ofRepresentatives have beenasked to vacate their officeson or before May 18.

A Senator, who spokein confidence said: We havebeen asked to leave ourof f ices in the Nat iona lAssembly to a l low themanagement to renovatethese o f f ices fo r newSenators and members of theHouse of Representatives.

The 7 th Na t iona lAssembly will resume onJune 7 and they need to tidyup all these offices. Some ofus are already packing ourloads having received thenotice from the Clerk to theNational Assembly.

Ideally, they said weshould have been onvacation a month to the endof our tenure. But you seethe adjustment of the 2011election timetable affectedmany things” Bankole is stillin EFCC Custody by the timethis story is going to press.

EFCC GRILLS BANKOLE AND HISDEPUTY OVER N12B LOAN

Dimji Bankole, FormerSpeaker, b r i l l i an t , wel l -spoken, it was very hard tolook at him as the EFCCarrested him over N12 billionfrom first bank plc three daysbefore the end of the tenureand another 10Billion from

•Hon. Dimeji Bankole

•President GoodluckJonathan

UBA Plc , Nafada’sspokesman Bello Hameedtold Dal that “it’s true thatmy boss Bankole was at theEFCC net.” An official ofEFCC sa id “Wherenecessary, we may invitesome officials of the affectedbank for interaction on whythe loan was given for whatpurpose on what term andthe collaterals relied upon”.

Economic and FinancialCrimes Commission, EFCCinterrogated Dimeji Bankoleand his Deputy over themanagement of the funds ofthe House of Reps, EFCCalso launches investigationin to a l l eged one b i l l iondollars account traced tobelong to him, N4bn 37-S torey house so ld toBankole’s firm, the speakerwas a r ra igned before aFederal High Court, Abujaon a 16-Count charge ofcontract inflation amountingto N894 million by the EFCC.The charges sheet againsthim specifically bordered onabuse o f the publ icprocurement Act was filedby the prosecution counsel,Festus Keyamo

Bankole gets bail but thefreedom was short-lived aswas re-arres ted by Ant i -graft over another offence.The cour t acceded toBankole’s application foranother bail in the sum ofN5Million with one surety inlike sum who should own alanded property in Abujawor th the sum Jus t iceOkorowo also ordered thesurety to deposit the titledocument to the said landedproper ty a t the cour t sRegistry for verification aswell as a recent passport-


size photograph of himselfand the former speaker

YCE accuses EFCC ofselective trial

The Yoruba Council ofElders YCE otherwise knownas Egbe Igbimo Yoruba hasexpressed sadness over thecur ren t t r ava i l s o f theimmediate past speaker ofHouse of RepresentativesDimeji Bankole describing ifas selective. The councilsaid that all those involvedin the a l l egedmisappropriation of fundsshould have been arrestedby EFCC/The counc i l sp res iden t AdeyinkaAdebayo and Secre ta ryIdowu Sofola sa id “ i t i sembarrassing and surprisingthat the Hon Dimeji BankoleCFR the former speaker ofthe House o fRepresentative; the numberfour citizen of Nigeria wasarrested and detained on thea l lega t ion of ob ta in ingillegal loan”.

NEWS

The pres ident ia lelection petition tribunalhas adjourned indefinitelyto enable it rule on theproperty of an applicationbrought by PresidencyGoodluck Jonathanseeking to s ta l l an

Presidential rolls tribunaladjourns indefinitely

Mrs. Far ida Waz ir i ,EFCC boss , who YCEaccuses her commission ofbe ing se lec t ive in theprosecution

attempt by Congress forProgress ive Change(CPC) to ambush him tocourse of full hearing ofits petition seeking tonul l i fy the Apr i lpresidential polls.

The gateway into thecity centre of the FederalCapital Territory is billedto undergo a major newface l i f t as FCTAdministration gets set tocons t ruc t an Ul t ra-Modern Mega City gateto welcome visitors intothe Federal CapitalAbuja. The city gate will

FG Earmarks N61B To FCTbe moved to a positionnear Kuje Junction fromKukwaba village whichbuilt by Julius Bergers ince 1991 dur ingPres ident IbrahimBabangida Regime andcos ts Federa lGovernment N61 billionunder publ ic pr ivatepartnership arrangement.

G e n e r a l O w a y e A n d r e wA z a z i a s t h e N a t i o n a lSecurity Adviser, NSA.

This was the first set ofappointments made by theP r e s i d e n t s i n c e h i si n a u g u r a t i o n . T h ea p p o i n t m e n t s w e r eannounced in a statements i g n e d b y t h e S p e c i a lAdviser to the President onM e d i a a n d P u b l i c i t y,former, Ima Niboro.

Blasts in Bauchi,Maiduguri, Zaria

A d a y a f t e r t h einauguration of PresidentGoodluck Jonathan and 26state governors across thec o u n t r y, r e c e n t l y, f o u rp o w e r f u l b l a s t s w e r ereported in four differentstates. At least 15 peoplewere conf i rmed to haved i e d w h i l e m a n y o t h e r si n j u r e d . T h e b l a s t so c c u r r e d a t t h e B a u c h is t a t e c a p i t a l , Z a r i a a n dK a d u n a , a t M a i d u g u r iBorno state and Zuba nearAbuja.

PublicInformation is setfree as FOIbecomes law

T h e f r e e d o m o fi n f o r m a t i o n b i l l , F O I ,g e n e r a t e d s o m u c hconcerns it is designed tomake ‘public records andinformat ion more f ree lya v a i l a b l e p r o v i d e f o rp u b l i c a c c e s s t o p u b l i crecords a l so p ro tec t thep u b l i c r e c o r d s , t h e i ri n t e r e s t a n d p e r s o n a lprivacy. It is a simple billw i t h t h e a i m t o f o s t e rt r a n s p a r e n c y a n daccountability but to a fewnumber of people.

T h e f r e e d o m o fi n f o r m a t i o n b i l l , F O I ,introduced since 2008 byHonourable Abike DabiriE r e w, A C N m e m b e r,r e p r e s e n t i n g I k o r o d uconstituency, Lagos State,has been passed by bothc h a m b e r s , b u t w i t hdi f fe ren t amendments , acommit tee was set up toh a r m o n i s e t h e t w oversions so that i t couldbe suit for the president’s

a s s e n t . P r e s i d e n tG o o d l u c k J o n a t h a n h a smade a record by signingit into law.

Buhari’s partyhails Jonathan,N a t i o n a lAssembly overpassage of FOIbill

T h e o p p o s i t i o n p a r t y,Congress for ProgressiveChange, CPC, commendedP r e s i d e n t G o o d l u c kJonathan and the NationalAssembly member s t ha tr e c e n t l y p a s s e d t h ef reedom of in format ion ,FOI, bill into law.

According to a statementby the National PublicityS e c r e t a r y o f t h e C P C ,R o t i m i F a s h a k i n , t h ecurrent FOI law can onlyp r o v i d e t h e p l a n k f o rf u t u r e a m e n d m e n t s t h a tcan give true meaning tot h e n a t i o n ’s d e m o c r a c yand radical change f romt h e c u l t u r e o f i m p u n i t ythat had characterized ourbrand of democracy in thepast .

“ T h e C o n g r e s s f o rProgressive Change, CPC,as a political party, herebye x p r e s s e d s a t i s f a c t i o nwith the signing into lawt h e F r e e d o m o fI n f o r m a t i o n , F O I , b i l l .Undoubtedly, this opens anew vista into the ease ofaccess to information fort h e e n g e n d e r i n g o fr e s p o n s i b l e d e m o c r a t i cgovernance.”

Menwhi le , fo rmer v icep r e s i d e n t t o O l u s e g u nO b a s a n j o , A l h a j i A t i k uAbubakar also commendedt h e J o n a t h a n a n d t h eN a t i o n a l A s s e m b l y f o rhave courage and sign intol a w t h e f r e e d o m o finformat ion bi l l . Alhaj iA t i k u A b u b a k a r i n h i ss t a t e m e n t “ g i v e n t h enature of our society thefear of exposure of wrongdoings will appear to me tob e a f a r m o r e e f f e c t i v ede te rment to pub l ic andprivate officials than eventhe courts could possiblybe,” Atiku added further“the signing of the bill wasa ‘victory for all Nigeriansto wage relentless war toentrench t ransparency ingovernance.”

J o n a t h a nappoinTs Anyim

Pius Ayim, former SenatePresident as Secretary tot h e G o v e r n m e n t o f t h eF e d e r a t i o n , S G F, i nsuccession to the formerS G F, M a h m u d y a y a l eHamed who had occupiedthe position since the lateP res iden t Yar ’Adua andYar ’Adua appointed himSGF in 2008 immediately her e m o v e d B a b a G h a n aK i n g i b e a n d r e t a i n e d


NEWS

My dear Compatriots, Istand in humble gratitude toyou , this day, having justsworn to the oath of officeas President, Commander-inChief of Armed Forces of ourgreat nation.

I thank you al l , fel lowcitizens, for the trust andconfidence, which you havedemonstrated through thepower of your vote. I will domy utmost at all times, tocontinue to deserve yourtrust.

I would like to speciallyacknowledge the presence inour midst today, of BrotherHeads of Sta te andGovernment, who have cometo share this joyous momentwith us. Your Excellencies, Ithank you for your solidarity.I also wish to express mygrat i tude, to theRepresentatives of Head ofState and Government whoare here wi th us . Myappreciation also goes to thechairperson of the AfricanUnion and other worldleaders, our developmentpar tners , and a l l ourdistinguished guests.

Presidential Inauguration News

I want to specially thank allNigerians for staying thecourse in our col lec t ivecommitment to bui ld ademocrat ic nat ion. Tomembers of the PDP familyand members of o therpolitical parties, who havedemocrat ic enterpr ise , Isalute you.

At this juncture, let meacknowledge and salute myfriend and brother, Vice-President Namadi Sambo;and my dear wife, Patience,who has been a strong pillarof support.

I thank her for galvanizingand mobi l iz ing Niger ianwomen for the cause ofdemocracy . In the samevein, I owe a debt of gratitudeto my mother and late father.I cannot thank them enough.

I cannot but pay tribute toour late President, AlhajiUmaru Musa Yar' Adua, withwhom we won thePresidential election fouryears ago, when I contestedas his running mate. MayGod bless his soul.

IT'S TIME FOR ACTION— JONATHAN

I also wish to pay tributeto our founding fa thers ,whose enduring sacrificesand abiding faith in the unityand greatness of ourcountry, laid the foundationfor the nat ion. We takeenormous pr ide in theircontributions. The pivotaltask of this generation is tolift our fatherland to thesummit of greatness.

Your Excel lencies ,Distinguished Ladies andGentlemen, earlier this year,over seventy-three millioneligible Nigerians endured allmanner of inconveniencejust to secure their voterscards, in order to exercise theright to choose those thatwill govern them.

At the polls, we saw themost dramatic expressions ofthe4 hunger for democracy.Stor ies of courage andpatriotism were repeated inmany ways, including howfel low ci t izens helpedphysically challenged votersinto polling stations to enablethem exerciser their franchise.

The inspiring story of theone hundred and three year -old man, and many like himacross the country, whostruggled agains t thephysical limitations of age tocast their vote, is noteworthy.

Such determination derivesfrom the typical Nigeria spiritof resilience in the face of thegreatest of odds. That spirithas over the years, stirredour hopes, doused our fears,and encouraged us to gatherour selves to build a strongnat ion even when otherscapacity. Today, our unity isf i rm and our purpose isstrong. Our determinationunshakable. Together, we willunite our nation and improvethe living standards of all ourpeoples whether in the Northor in the South; in the Eastor in the West. Our decadeof development has begun.The march is on. The day oftransformation begins today.We will not allow anyoneexploit difference in creed ortongue, to set us one againstanother. Let me at this pointcongratula te the e lectedGovernors, Senator, memberof the House ofRepresentatives and those ofthe State House of Assemblyfor their victor ies a t thepolls. I am mindful that Irepresent the shareaspiration of all our people toforge a united Nigeria; a landof justice, opportunity andplenty. Confident that apeople that are t ru lycommitted to a noble ideal,cannot be denied therealization of their vision, Iassure you that this dream ofNigeria, that is so deeply feltby millions, will indeed cometo reality.

A decade ago, it wouldhave been a mere daydreamto think that a citizen from aminority ethnic group couldgalvanize nation support, onan unprecedented scale, todiscard ancient prejudices,and win the people's mandateas President of our belovedcountry. That resul temanated from the toil andsacr i f ice of innumerableindividuals and institutions,many of whom many neverget to receive publ icappreciation for their effort.


Only a couple of days ago, Ireceived an entry on myFacebook page. It was sentby Mr. Babajide Orevba. Hewrote to inform me that I hadlost a great fan. That fan washis father, Mr. EmmanuelBamidele Orevba. Thedeceased the son told me,was no politician, but hadcampaigned enthusiastically,for my ticket. Tragically, overwhelmed by the joy ourvictory, he collapsed, andpassed on three days later.Pray God Almighty to granthis soul eternal rest. Thesuccess of the 2011electionsand the widespread acclaimwhich the exercise receivedwas due to the uncommonpatr io t ism and di l igenceexhibited by many Nigerians,including members of theArmed forces , Nat ionalYouth Service Corps (NYS)and others. Unfortunately,despite the free, fair andtransparent manner theelections were conducted, asenseless wave of violencein some parts of the countryled to the death of tenmembers of the NYSC andothers. These brave men andwomen paid the supremesacrifice in the service of ourfatherland. They are heroesof our democracy. We offerour heartfelt prayers andcondolences in respect of allthose who lost their lives.

In the days ahead, those ofus that you have elected toserve must show that we aremen and women with thepatriotism and passion, tomatch the hopes andaspirations of you, the greatpeople of this country. Wemust demonstra te theleadership, statesmanship,vis ion, capaci ty, andsacrifice, to transform ournation. We must strengthencommon grounds, developnew areas of understandingand collaboration, and seekfresh ideas that will enrichour national consensus. It isthe supreme task of th isgeneration to give hope tothe hopeless, strength to theweak and protection to thedefence less.

Fel low ci t izens , theleadership we have pledgedis decidedly transformative.The transformation will beachieved in all the criticalsectors, by hamessing thecreative energies of grow theeconomy, create jobs, andgenerate enduring happinessfor our people. In have greatconfidence in the ability ofNigerians to transform thiscountry. The urgent task ofmy admmistra t ion is toflourish. I therefore call onthe good people of Nigeria,to enlist as agents of thisgreat transformation.

My dear countrymen andwomen, being a Nigerian is ablessing. It is also a greatresponsibility. We must makea vow that; together we willmake the Nigerian Enterprisethrive.

The leadership and thefollowership must strive toconvert our vast human andnatural resources into theforce that Nigeria of ourdreams must be built on hardwork and not on shortcuts.Let me salute the Nigerian

workers who bui ld ourcommunit ies , c i t ies andrewards, and country. Theydeserve fair rewards, and sodo the women that raise ourchi ldren, and the rura ldwellers that grow our food.

The moment is right. Thesigns are heart warming. Weare ready to take off on thepath of sustained growth andeconomic development. Inour economic strategy, therewill be appropriate policysupport to the real sector ofthe economy so that Smalland Medium Enterprises maythrive. Nigeria is blessed withenormous natural wealth, andmy Adminis t ra t ion wi l lcont inue to encouragelocally owned enterprises totake advantage of ourresources in growing thedomestic economy. A robustpr ivate sector is vi ta l toproviding jobs , for ourrapidly expandingpopulation. But this must bea collaborative effort.

We must form technicaland financial partnershipwith global businesses and

organizations. We live in anage where no country cansurvive on its own; countriesdepend on each other foreconomic wel l -being.Nigeria is no investment inNigeria remain among thehighest in the world. We willcont inue to welcomesustainable investment inour economy.

We will push programs andpolicies that will benefit bothlocal and foreign businesses,but we must emphasizemutual benefits and win-winrelationships. The overallongoing reforms in thebanking and financial sectorsare therefore designed tosupport the real sector of theeconomy.

To dr ive out overal leconomic vision, the powersector reform is at the heartof our indust r ia l iza t ionst ra tegy. I ca l l on a l lstakeholders to cooperatewith my administration toensure the success of thereforms.

Over the next four years,attention will be focused onrebuilding our infrastructure.We will create greater accessto qual i ty educat ion andimproved heal th caredelivery. We will pay specialattention to the agriculturalsector, to enable it play itsrole of ensuring food securityand massive job creation forour people.

The creat ion of theNiger ian SovereignInvestment Authority willimmensely contr ibute tos t rengthening our f iscalf ramework, byinstitutionalizing savings ofour commodity re la tedrevenues . With th ismechanism in place, we willavoid the boom and bust

Presidential Inauguration NewsNEWS



Presidential Inauguration NewsNEWS


cycles , and mit igate ourexposure to o i l pr icevolatility. The lesson wehave learnt i s that theresolution of the Niger Deltaissue is crucial for the healthof the nation's economy. Inthe interest of justice, equityand national unity, we shallac t ively promote thedevelopment of the region. Ibel ieve that peace is anecessary condi t ion fordevelopment.

Fellow citizen, in everydecision, I shall always placethe common good before allelse. The bane of corruptionshal l be met by theoverwhelming force of ourcollective determination tor ide our nat ion of th isscourge. The fight againstcorruption is a war in whichwe must all enlist, so that thel imited resources of thisnat ion wi l l be used forgrowth of ourcommonwealth.

I am confident that we haveevery reason to look to thefuture with hope. We oweourselves and posterity theduty of making this countryrespectable in the comity ofnat ions . Niger ia , as aresponsible member of theinternational community will

remain commit ted to themaintenance of global peaceand secur i ty. We wil lcontinue to play an activerole in the United Nations.Our role in the African Union,ECOWAS and the Gulf ofGuinea will be enhanced toensure greater human andenergy security.

Your Excel lencies ,Distinguished Ladies andGentlemen, this is a new dawnfor Africa. We fought fordecolonization. We will nowfight for democratization.Nigeria, in partnership withthe African Union will leadthe process for democracyand development in Africa.In particular, we will supportthe consol idat ion ofdemocracy, good governanceand human r ights in thecont inent . Afr ican mustdevelop its vast resource totackle poverty and under-development.

Conscious of the negativeeffect of insecur i ty ongrowth and development, myAdministrat ion wil l seekcollaboration at bilateral andmultilateral levels to improveour capability in combatingtrans-border crimes. In thisregard, we will intensity ouradvocacy against the illicit

trades in small arms and lightweapons, which havebecome the cata lys t forconf l ic ts on the Afr icancont inent . Al l Niger iandiplomatic missions abroadare to accord this vision ofdefending the digni ty ofhumanity the highest priority.

My fellow countrymen,and women, Nigeria is notjust a land of promise; it shallbe a nation where positivechange will continue to takeplace, for the good of ourpeople . The t ime forlamentation is over. This isthe era of transformation.This is the time of action. ButNiger ia can only betransformed if we all play ourparts with commitment andsincer i ty. Cynicism andskepticism will not help ourjourney to greatness. Let uswork together to build a greatcountry that we will be proudof. This is our hour.

Fellow Compatriots, liftyour gaze towards thehorizon. Look ahead and youwill see a great future that wecan secure with unity, hardwork and collective sacrifice.

Join me now as we beginthe journey of transformingNigeria.

* I will continue to fightfor your future because I amone of you.

* I will continue to fightfor improved medical care forall our citizens.

* I will continue to fightfor all citizens to have accessto first class education.

* I will continue to fightfor electricity to be availableto all our citizens.

* I will continue to fightfor an eff ic ient andaffordable public transportsystem for all our people.

* I will continue to fightfor jobs to be crated throughproductive partnership.

Your have trusted me withyour mandate and I willnever, never let you down.

I know your pain because Ihave been there . Lookbeyond the hardship youhave endured. See a newbeginning, a new direction, anew spirit.

Nigerians, I want you tostart to dream again. Whatyou see in your dreams, wecan achieve together. I callupon al l the Presidentialcandidates who contestedwith me to join hands with usas we begin thet ransformat ion of ourcountry.

Let us work together, let usbui ld together, le t usbequeath a greater Nigeria tothe generations to come.

I thank you! God bless youal l ! And God bless theFederal Republic of Nigeria

•BEING FULL TEXTOF PRESIDENT

GOODLUCKJONATHAN'S SPEECH

AFTER THE SWEARINGON 29TH MAY, 2011.

•Concluded


NEWS

SOLDIERS KILLEDDPO, DCO IN LAGOS

Soldiers launchingreprisals in Badagry, Lagosrecently killed the DivisionalPolice Officer (DPO)Salihu Samuel, a chiefSuperintendent of Police,and the Divisional Crimeofficer (DCO). It broughtto four the number ofpolicemen killed in two dayssince the conflict betweensoldier and the policestarted recently, two mobilepolicemen was reportedlyshot dead by soldiers atmile 2 on the Lagos-Badagry Express wayrecently. The face offstarted when officer of theRapid Response Squad(RRS) stopped at checkpoint at BadagryRoundabout, a soldier whodressed in civilian clothesand rode a motorcycle.

The Soldier engaged thepolicemen in a brawl whichreportedly resulted in hisbeing beaten up. Thesoldier called his colleaguesin operation MESA whowent to the scene andengaged the police incombat. In the commotion,the soldier was Reportedlyshot in the leg, which led tobleeding. He was taken to

SIX KILLED IN DRCONGO ‘COUP SID’

Six people were killed in anattack on a residence of thePresident of the DemocraticRepubl ic o f Congo. An“uniden t i f i ed g roup ofarmed men “attacked theres idence o f p res iden tJoseph Kabila in the capital,Kinshasa , a governmentspokesmen said, describingthe ra id as an a t temptedcoup.

Mr. Kabila’s guard killeds ix o f the men , thespokesmen said.

Kabila took power in 2001after his father, PresidentLauren t Kabi la , wasassassinated. He was laterelected in his own right.

Plagued by violence. In1989, DR Congo was plaguedinto more than five millionpeople died-the deadliestconflict since World War II.

The Nigeria ImmigrationService(NIS) has installedDocument fraud Readers,scanners and o therpassenger reg i s t ra t ionequipment at the variousinternational airport to checkhuman t ra f f ick ing . NIScont ro l l e r -Genera l , MrsRose Uzoma to ld theNewsmen in Abuja recentlythe equipment would also

hospital where he later died.It was learnt that the

DPO and DCO wereheading to the militarycantonment to make peace

ILORIN BANKMANAGERS’ FORUMDONATESMATERIALS TOCHILDREN,OTHERS

The Ilorin Bank Managers’Forum last Friday donatedmater ia l s , goods andbeverages valued severalthousands o f Nai ra toMotherless home: NigerianPrison, Oke-Kura, ChildrenSpecialist Hospital, Centre-Igboro, all within the Ilorinmetropolis.

The Chai rman of theforum, Mr. Bolaji Dare saidthat the materials were givenout to commemorate theChildren’s Day Anniversary.

Bolaji remarked that theforum compr i ses a l l thebanks located within thestate, adding that it has beenbecome necessary to assistthe less-privileged in orderto alleviate their sufferings.

The Chairman said thatchildren were the future ofthis nation, adding that theyare those in company of theChairman are Mt. OlatundeAkande , Mr. Akin tayoOgunr ib ido , Mr. Vic torInyang, Mr. Muyiwa Danielamong other.

G o v e r n o r ,Babatunde Raj iFashola of LagosState

when they were ambushedand killed by the soldiers.Residents around the areaand those transactingbusinesses on theinternational route, whichleads to Benin Republic,have fled. Police officershave also abandoned theirarmoured personnel carrierat Badgary Roundabout.

Senior Police officers,including AssistantInspector General of Police(ZONE 2) Sulaiman Faka,have met their counterpartsin the military to resolve theimpasse. Police publicrelations officer, OlusolaAmore said he was yet toget detail of the clash.

However, Army publicRelation officer, ColonelKayode Ogunsanya confirmedthe incidents but said thesituation is “under control andthe cause of the clashes will bethoroughly investigates.

SCANNERS TO CHECK HUMANTRAFFICKING check movement of people in

and out of the country. Atthe international airports, wehave taken necessary stepsto ins ta l l in format ionTechnology (IT) equipment,the Document fraud Readersand the scanners. We haveins ta l l ed the passengerRegistration equipment thatenables us take s tock ofwhoever i s l eav ing orcoming into this country.

M u r t a l aMuhammed Airport,Lagos; where one ofthe scanners wasinstalled


NEWS FROM NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

during the four year tenureof the ou tgo ing s ix thsess ion of the Nat iona lAssembly. Leader of thesenate, Teslim Folarin whoannounced th i s whi leexplining the motion for thesena te ’s va led ic to rysess ion, among the b i l l sinc lude the severa lamendments bills to the 1999constitution, amendments tothe Elec tora l Acts , Ant imoney laundering and theAnti Terrorism bills. Thesenate raised 13 bills thatwere forwarded by the Houseof Representatives. Otherinc lude the Ins t i tu te o fCer t i f i ed Publ icAccountants bills, NigeriaCouncil of Food Science andTechnology bill, personalincome Tax and 2004(Amendment ) b i l l ,discrimination of PersonalLiv ing wi th HIV/AIDS(proh ib i t ion) b i l l , deb tmanagement o f f ice(Establishment) bill, StateSecurity Services Pensionbill and National Bio SafetyAgency Bill among others.

Pres iden t GoodluckJonathan told elected andappointed member of thePeoples Democratic PartyPDP tha t much neededreforms and transformationof the country must beginwith the ruling party.

Goodluck who spoke atthe beginning of a two-dayre t rea t fo r e lec ted PDPgovernors , s t a tes andNat iona l AssemblyMembers , and top par tyleaders in Abuja. Jonathandecried the high level ofindiscipline in the party, wemust build and strengthenour political parties so thatthe ins t ruc t ions o fdemocracy cons tan t lyproduce such individualswho can defend our party,

Jonathan: PDPneeds reformsto succeedSTORIES BY DAUD AWWAL &

MUKAILA INAKAKANA

T he s ta te recen t lyannounced passage of89 bills and 118 motions

Pres iden t GoodluckJonathan met leaders of themajor political parties inAbuja appealed for a unitedfront, saying he intended torun a “co l lec t ivegovernment”.

Leaders of All ProgressiveGrand Al l iance APGA,Labour Party LP, ActionCongress of Nigeria ACN,Peoples Democratic PartyPDP among others attendedthe meeting. The meeting isthe f i r s t in a se r ies o fconsultations the presidenthas l ined up wi th keystakeholders in a bid toensure the success of thenew administration.

Jona than sought thesupport of the parties in hisopening remarks said hemus t run a “s tab legovernment in o rder tosucceed. Jonathan told theparty leaders “I will notwant to run a government ofopposition party or mainpar ty. I want us tocollectively run a Nigeriagovernment.

JonathanMeets PartyLeaders

in the Northern part of thecountry. This se t t les theoperation which the bill hasbeen suf fe r ing f romNorthern lawmakers who hadexpressed susp ic ion andfears about government’scommitment to intensify theexploration of petroleum inthe North.

Most of the lawmakers hadopposed the PIB on theground that it contained noser ious p rov is ion tha tshowed any spec ia lcommitment by governmenton the issue of petroleumexploration in the North.They argued that until anindependent agency wascreated to take care of thatresponsibility, support forthe PIB would be difficult.Other lawmakers agreed withtheir Northern colleaguesand the sec t ion 35 wasamended to the effect that anew independent agencywould be National frontierExploration Services.

NATIONALASSEMBLY PASSES4.5 TRILLIONBUDGET FOR 2011

National Assembly makes U-turn, slashes 2011 budgetby the National Assemblyrecently adopted the sum ofN4,484,736,648,992 Nairaas the amended budget forthe 2011 financial year,leav ing an increase o f53billion naira from thesum of 4.407trillion nairarequired in the budgetamendment Bill sent in byPres ident GoodluckJonathan. GoodluckJonathan had requested thelegislatures by slashing the2011 appropriation by overN500billion. However, theparliament rather jerked theNational Assembly’s budgetup by as much as 30billionnaira from the 120 trillionNaira recommended by thePresident by the Presidentin the amendment bill.

A major victory was wonfor the Petroleum industryBill (PIB) as the House ofRepresen ta t ives f ina l lyagreed to create a separateagency to explore petroleum

•SenatorDavid Mark,

SenatePresident

SOKOTO:WAMMAKKO B.AkSets UpAbduction Team

The Sokoto S ta teGovernor, Aliu MagatakardaWammakko (B.ak) hasrecently set up an abductionteam tha t goes roundabducting members of theIs lamic Movement whohappen to be ident i f ied.This team which works handin hand wi th the s ta teSecur i ty tha t inc ludesPol ice , which in i t i a l lyoperates within Sokoto hasnow extended its activitiesbeyond Sokoto and hasabducted one Malam Sanusifrom Niger State.

Madam Sanusi who sellsand record tapes o f theIslamic Movement and alsotrades in textiles materials atLambatta in a Guara LocalGovernment area of Nigerstate was abducted by the


team on Sunday the 2nd ofDecember from his shop atthe Lambatta market.

The team which operatesin a clandestine mode visitedMalam Sanusi’s shop andpurchased a casse t t ecar ry ing the mus icdescribing Wammakko’s pastl i fe ac t iv i t ies as a loca lcommunity thief that stolegoats, and left.

The WammakkoAbduction Team came backcarrying weapons and gothim abducted left with him toSokoto as mentioned thosepresent when he was beingabducted . The accident ofthe abducted was confirmedto some members of theIs lamic movement tha tinc lude Malam HamisuLambat ta , Malam BabaAdamu and MalamMuhammad Nazir by thecommander of the police atSuleja.

The commander of the

Suleja police command said“I have been informed by thepolice Commissioner of thecoming of the team that theyare coming for an operationunder my command”.

The members of theMovement in Sulja who wereonly aware of the incident atday after decided under theHead of the Center MalamHassan Adamu not allow theWammakko Abduction Teamto whisk away Malam Sanusibut it was too late to actwhen they got there. Someof the members o f theMovement present as at thetime of the abduction alsomade unsuccessful efforts.Malam Sanusi Hails fromGwarzo local governmentarea of Sokoto state.

The team also providesprotect ion for thugs andhoodlums in Sokoto whoat tack members o f theIslamic Movement at willand murder or injure them.

SOKOTO: WAMMAKKO B.Ak Sets Up Abduction TeamBrother Masud Kaduna, whonarrowly escape by thugsafter praying at the ShehuMosque in Sokoto while ona visit, confirm the saying ofthe thugs that “ours is tobutcher for the police tocarry away”.

In the same clandestineoperation by the WammakkoAbduction Team, BrotherBashir Hubbare was alsoabducted at the premises ofthe high court in Sokotoabout a month ago.

Wammakko (B.ak) i sorganizing more terroristattack on the members of theIs lamic Movement evenafter killing many and keepabout 130 in police custody,bribing the court to refusethem bail, demolishing theirhouse and shop that includethe house of the Head ofthe Sokoto Center MalamQasim Umar, the center ofthe Islamic Movement in

Sokoto that house a libraryand a dispensary and hasa l so d i sp laced hundredstha t inc lude woman andchildren who are currentlytaking refuge in other states.It was even these terroristsact of Wammakko (B.ak) thatled the reversed leader ofthe I s lamic movement ,Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky (H)to declare the curse of GodAlmighty on him.

Meanwhile, action are yetto be set place by the Islamicmovement on the activitiesof the Wammakko AbductionTeam tha t have beenextended beyond SokotoSta te . The lawyersstruggling for the bail of the130 members in po l icecustody under Wammakko(B.ak) in Sokoto are due tofine an appeal with the Courtof Appeal in Kaduna soon asmentioned in a press releaseissued three weeks ago.

DAL INTERNATIONAL CAMERA, CAPTURE SPATE OF POST ELECTION VIOLENCE IN NORTHERN PART OF NIGERIA



DAL Inves t iga t ionsrevealson the irrestible paypackage tha t makes theNat iona l Assembly soattractive that politicians areready to kill for a seat there.

Those bickering over thejumbo pay of ou tgo ingfederal lawmakers may haveto wait for the real shockers:The new 469 lawmakers willearn N338.6 billion in thenex t four years ,inves t iga t ions haverevealed. , it will cost thecount ry a t l eas t th reehundred and th i r ty-e ightb i l l ion , s ix hundred andfor ty - f ive mi l l ion e igh thundred and for ty - f ivethousand, five hundred andten na i raN338,645,845,510bn in officefor the next four years.

The amount which coverssa la r ies and sundryallowances to be earned bythe lawmakers does not ,however, f ac to r in thedeferential pays and otherperquisites that go to theprincipal officers of the twochambers o f the federa llegislature. It does not alsoinclude expenses incurredon duty tours and estacode.I t i s a l so s i l en t on theunverifiable lump sums thatcome f rom ‘overs igh tfunctions’ and ‘lobbying’.

Instruct ively, however,only a meager N18.245 billionis the actual salary projectedto be paid the legislatorsover the period. The rest ofthe jumbo pay would comein the form of the quarterly

a l lowances the twochambers of the legislatureapproved for themselveslast year. They christened it,runn ing cos t /quar te r lyallowance.” The breakdownof the a l lowance whichcomes down to N42 millionand N45 million for everyRep and Sena tor

respectively would see themembers o f the GreenChamber ea rn ing anaddi t iona l N168 mi l l ionevery year, a f igure thattranslates to N672 million forthe four years such alawmaker would s tay inoffice.

For the Red Chamber, it comesto N720 million per Senator.

Incidentally, what wouldreflect on the pay slips of thelawmakers would be thestatutory salary which whenadded together, comes to ano t - too-pa l t ry N18 .245billion for the two chambersin four years.

Of this amount, N4, 881,394, 960 will be spent on the109 Sena tors whi le theremaining N13, 364, 450, 550wi l l be spen t on themain tenance of the 360members of the House ofRepresentatives.

In l ine wi th theremuneration package forpolitical, public and judicialoffice holders approved bythe Revenue MobilizationAl loca t ion and F i sca lCommission (RMAFC) fromJuly 2009, a Senator earns anannua l emolument o fN8,206,920 while a memberof the House ofRepresentatives takes homeN6, 352, 680 per annum.

The cumula t iveemolument of a Senator forthe four years will, therefore,come to N32, 827, 680. Inaddition, each of the 109Sena tors i s expec ted topocket another N11, 145, 200in allowances described bythe RMAFC as the non-regular, and are collectedone off as the case may be,a t the beg inn ing of thetenure.

The total annualemoluments comprise thebasic salary which is N2, 026,

LAWMAKERS TO EARNN338.6 BILLION

On December 2, 2008 when the Nigerian National Assembly, headed by the Senate President,Senator David Mark sat and discussed the harmonized version of the national budget sent tothe assembly by late Umaru Yar’Adua for assertion jerked up their emulment and overallbudget by 30 percent in the 2008 budget, although late President Yar’Adua warned the nationfor the danger ahead, either by implementation or constitutional. President Yar’Adua andmany Nigerians condemned the act saying there is no money to implement the budget. If so,why signing the law?

• S e n a t o rDavid Mark


400 for a Senator and N1, 985,212.50 for a Rep, plus a numberof regular allowances forvehicle maintenance andfueling, personal assistant,house maintenance, domesticstaff, entertainment, utilities,consti tuency, newspapersand periodicals.

The non-regular allowancesinclude accommodation (N3,039, 600 for each Senator);furniture allowance (also N3,039, 600); and vehicle loan (N5,066,000). Besides, eachSenator is entitled to an annualleave allowance of N202, 640or N810, 560 in four years.

In effect therefore, it willt ake N44, 783 , 440 tomaintain a Senator in the nextfour years or N4, 881, 394, 960to maintain the entire 109members of the Red Chamberof the Senate is referred to.

In the House ofRepresentatives, a memberwho is entitled to N6, 352, 680in annual emolument will earnN25, 410, 720 in four years,plus non-regular allowancestotaling N10, 918, 668.75 aswell as four years leave grantsof N794, 085. What this meansis that each Rep will earn N37,123, 473.75 in the next fouryears.

The non- regula rallowances of the membersof the House ofRepresentatives include anaccommodation allowanceof N2, 977, 818.75; a furnitureallowance of another N4,963, 031.25. At the rate ofN198, 521.25 per annum, theleave allowances of eachmember of the House in fouryears will come to N794, 085.

Added together, therefore,


•Federal lawmakers gulp N339bn in 4 years•Actual salary (on pay slip) N18.245bn•N45m per senator for quarter (N720 million in four years)•N42m per new member for quarter (N672 million in four years)•N4,881,394,960 to maintain 109 senators.•N13,364,450,550 to maintain 360 House of Representatives members

Analysis of the senators take home

a Rep is expected to earnN37, 123, 473.75. In otherwords, the 360 members ofthe Green Chamber will takeaway N13, 364, 450,550 fromthe national coffers in thenext four years.

Besides, allowances havea l so been made for theseverance gratuity of eachlawmaker after a successfultenure. Each Senator andRep will smile home with 300per cent of his annual basicsalary as severance benefit.

For instance, the SenatePresident will earn N7, 452,727 .50 ; h i s Deputy, andother Sena tors wi l l ge tN6,927, 500.25 and 6, 079, 200respectively. In the House ofRepresen ta t ives theseverance g ra tu i ty asapproved by the commissioninclude N7, 431, 330 for the

Speaker, N6, 861, 102.75 forthe Deputy, and N5, 955,637.50 for the rest of themembers.

There is also an annualleave allowance of N202, 640(which comes to N810, 560in the four years).

I t i s usua l ly to thesestatutory salaries from theRevenue mobilization andallocation commission thatthe lawmakers readily referenquiries about their paypackage. It is on this groundthat the Senators will tellwhoever cares to listen thatno Senator earns more thanone million naira per month,and they are always armedwi th the i r pay s l ips toconfirm it. But that usuallyis not the whole truth.

S e n a t eP r e s i d e n t ,David Mark,

Tanbwal, Speaker, Houseof Representative


The seven th Nat iona lAssembly took of f June6 th,2011 wi th memberselecting their main principalofficers. In the senate it wasa smooth r ide for DavidMark and his deputy as theywere returned respectively.

But in the House ofRepresen ta t ives , thes i tua t ion was d i f fe ren t .House of Representat iveignored peoples democraticpar ty and pres iden tGoodluck Jona than’sdirective to elect MulikatAkande Adeola as newspeaker, but members choseAminu Wazir i Tambuwalfrom Sokoto State (NorthWest)Tambuwal -a 45 yearold lawyer polled 252 votesin a landslide victory whileAkande Adeola a l so alawyer f rom Oyo Sta te(South Wes t ) po l led 90votes dur ing seven-hourelection that was dogged byintrigues. There were 351votes out which eight werevoided and one memberabstained in the open secretba l lo t ing . The peoplesdemocratic party PDP has202 lawmakers in the House,as against a total of 158legislators elected on theplatform of other politicalparties. The PDP had zonedthe position to the southwest and had warned i tsmembers no t to con tes tagainst Akande Adeola whois a l so the p re fe r redcandidate of 26 PDP StateGovernors.

Tambuwal, a former deputywhip of the house was oneof the anti-zoning movementin the house which later gotthe support of the majorityof the 266 fresh member.

With his election, the northwest now has the positionof the vice president andspeaker. Aminu was invitedto the podium to take theoath of office which was

adminis tered by CAN atexactly 4.43 pm, 6th June2011.The gavel and a copyof House Rules were handedover to him before he tookthe seat, while the sergeant-at Arms placed the macewhich i s the symbol o fauthority on the table. Thechamber rose in applause towelcome the new speaker ashe hit the gavel. Later, CNAcalled for the nomination ofDeputy Speaker, EmekaIhedioha from Imo state.

IBB SALUTES 7TH

NATIONAL ASSEMBLYFormer Military President

Alh Ibrah im Badamas iBabangida (GCFR)described

the resolve of member of theGreen Chamber to elect theirprincipal officers as a greatcourage of the federa llawmakers in his statementava i lab le to Da linternat ional . ’’From myre t i rement abode , I f ee lexcited about the bold andcourageous step taken bythe Nat iona l Assembly(Upper and LowerChambers) through a showof independence for electingthe i r l eadersh ip ’’ . IBBfur ther added tha t ; ’’ ITherefore congratulate bothleadership of the NationalAssembly for be ing therepresen ta t ives o f thepeople, well-done, I salute

How TambuwalEmerges New Speaker

NEWS FROM NATIONAL ASSEMBLY your courage . I have nodoubt in mind about thecapab i l i ty o f thespeaker.Aminu Wazi r iTambuwal, to discharginghis legislative duties, withh i s i r repress ib le depu tyEmeka Iheh ioha . ’Thecombination will no doubtg ive Niger ia ’s t rue andpositive representation inthe act of law making andstability of Democracy.’’

Alh Aminu Tambuwal hasassured Nigerians that theHouse will not repeat themistakes of the past, whichcost it the confidence of theelectorate. He also called fora new rev iew of thefedera t ing un i t s in thecountry. Aminu said ‘’Wemust be a l i s t en ingAssembly of E lec tedRepresen ta t ives . Wazi r iappealed to Nigerians forforg iveness over themistakes of the past . weaccept responsibility for ourfailures and ask Nigeriansfor their forgiveness, we willbe responsive, transparentand accountable in all we do.

PROFILE OF NEWSPEAKER HOUSE OF REPS

The new speaker of theHouse of Representatives,Aminu Waziri

Tambuwal was born June10th ,1966 inTambuwal,Tambuwal localgovernment area of SokotoState.

He a t t ended Tambuwalprimary school where he leftfor Government Teacher ’sCollege in 1994.In 1991,waziriobtained Bachelor of lawdegree f rom Usman DanFodio Univers i ty andBar r i s te r a t l aw f romNiger ian Law School in1992 .He a l so a t t endedStanford Graduate School ofBusiness in 2008 and TelaneUniversity for Internationalcourse in2008.Aminu hadhe ld var ious pos i t ion inNigerian Bar Associationinc lud ing Sokoto S ta tebranch secre ta ry,1992-1998 ,Nat iona l Ass i s tan tSecre ta ry 2000-2002 .Tambwal was theHouse Deputy Chief Whipbetween 2007-2011.

Tanbwal, Speaker, House of Representative


NIGERIAN YOUTHCORP MEMBERSAGONY

OPINION

bringing Nigerians togetheras brother’s keeper and stoptribalism, nepotism, andreligious violence and boastthe economic sector byutilizing our abundant nationaland human resources, mostespecially the agriculturalsector.

We advise NationalAssembly and otherappropriate authorities to doall they can to make sureNigerian Youth Corpmembers don’t experiencethe recent agony, scenarioagain during the presidentialelection. This is our opinionon the monetarycompensation of 5 millionwent to the families of the

all levels should join handswith President GoodluckJonathan to provide thepeople with the proverbialdividends of democracy.Nigerians need goodgovernance, good road,uninterrupted power supply,water, sound education,functional hospitals. Theirgood performances canensure re-election as itworked in some states inrecent general elections. Thegovernment should fightagainst corruption which isalready eating deep into ournational life. Most of thosemilking our resources todayare the elites.

Government should comeout with an initiative of

Corp members killed duringthe post-election violence insome parts of NorthernNigeria recently Corpsmembers are heroes of ourcollective national aspirationfor credible and enduringdemocracy, indeed, their rolehas been widely commendedby domestic andinternational observers.They are our nationaltreasure and trustees of ourcountry.

Most of our youth corpslost their lives in 2011 pastelection riot violence thaterupted in some part of thecountry following thedeclaration of thepresidential election.Corpers of the younggraduate were subsequentlydeposited at the mortuary ofAbubakar Tafawa balewaTeaching Hospital onSaturday, April 30th 2011,they were conveyed inseparate ambulances to theirrespective home stateswhich include Ekiti, Kogi,Bayelsa, Abia, Osun, Imoand Kwara. It wassorrowful sight! Assympathizers, friends andrelations of the fallen heroesdressed in their NYSC kits.It is sad, NigerianGovernment cannot protectthe corps members, one lifeis too many to lose andgovernment has not beenable to stop this trend for thepast twelve years. Thiskillings increasing annually,there is no point in continuingthat scheme. AlthoughGovernment gave the familyof the victims 50m Naira butcan that money be value tolife? We at Dal appeal to thegovernments of the affectedparts of the north to bring theperpetrators of the killing tobook. It is a duty of FederalGovernment to honour theslain corps members posthumanity as a sign ofacknowledging theirsacrifice to their fatherlandNigeria.

The 2011 general Electionhave come and gone, weenjoin the wnners to bemagnanimous in victory,we also urge the losers toaccept their defeat withequality. We advice allnewly elected politicaloffice holders to put effortfor better life to Nigerianswho voted for them in theirnext four yearsprogrammes.

We heartily congratulate allthose winners and those re-elected for their victory. Thenewly elected ones shouldlearn one or two lessons fromthose that failed in their re-election bid. The present cropof political office holders at


RELIGION

Jesus once asked hisd i sc ip les : “whichfather is three amongyou who, if his sonasks for f i sh , wi l lperhaps hand him aserpent instead of af ish? Or if he alsoasks for an egg, willhand h im ascorpion?” (Luke11:11 , 12) Thechildren of Gali leeenjoyed eating eggsand fish; they knewwhat they wanted.

Jesus sa id that weshould keep on askingpersistently for the HolySpirit, like a hungrychild asking for food.(Luke 11 :9 , 13 )Unders t and ing thenature of the Holy Spiritwill enable us to graspthe fey role it can playin our lives. So let usfirst examine what theBible teaches us aboutthe Holy Spirit.

“Power of the MostHigh”

The scriptures makec lear tha t the HolySpirit is a force thatGod uses to accomplishhis will. When the angelGabriel announced toMary that she wouldhave a son even thoughshe was a virgin, theangel told her: “HolySpirit will come uponyou, and power of theMos t High wi l lovershadow you. Forthat reason also what is

born will be called holy,God’s Son.” (Luke 1:35)According to Gabriel’swords. There is a linkbetween the Holy Spiritand the “power of theMost High”.

A similar idea appearselsewhere in the Bible.The prophet Micah said:“ I myself have becomefull of power, with thesp i r i t o f Jehovah .”(Micah 3 :8 ) Je suspromised his disciples:“You will receive powerwhen the Holy Spiritarrives upon you.” (Acts1:8) And the apostle Paulspoke of “the power ofholy spirit.” – Romans15:13,19.

So , wha t may weconc lude f rom theforegoing? There is ac lose connec t ionbetween the holy spiritand the power of God.The holy spirit is themeans by which Jehovahexerts his power. Putsimply, the holy spirit isGod’s applied power, orhis active force. Andwhat a force that is! Wecannot comprehend thepower needed to createthe en t i r e un ive r se .Through the prophetI sa i ah , J ehovahsuggested that we reflecton the following: “Raiseyour eyes high up andsee. Who has createdthese things? It is theOne who is bringing forththe army of them even by

number, all of whom hecalls even by name. Dueto the abundance o fdynamic energy, he alsobeing vigorous in power,no t one o f them i smissing.” – Isaiah 40:26.

Thus the bible indicatesthat the universe in all itso rde r and ha rmonyex i s t s thanks to the“dynamic energy’” orpower, of Almighty God.Clearly, God’s activeforce is immense, andour own ex i s t encedepends on it.

Jehovah may use hisholy spirit on a grandscale, as in the creationof the universe. But cana l so use i t i n B ib leabounds in references tohow God’s active infusedhis servants on earth withpower.

Why the holy spirit isnot a person

The Bible comparesholy spi r i t to water.When promising futureblessings for his people,God said: ‘I shall pourout water upon the thirstyone , and t r i ck l ingstreams upon the dryplace. I shall pour out myspirit upon your seed,and my blessing uponyour descendants. “ –Isaiah 44:3.

When God pours outh i s sp i r i t upon h i sservants, they become“full of holy spirit’” or“filled with holy spirit.”Jesus, John the Baptist,

Peter, Paul, Barnabas,and the disciples whowere gathered togetheron the day of Pentecost33 C .E . a re a l ldescribed as being fullof, or filled with, holyspirit, -Luke 1:15; 4:1;Acts 4:8; 9:17; 11:22,24; 13:9.

Consider this: could aperson be out’ on manydifferent individuals?Would you say that oneperson could ‘f i l l ’ awhole group of people?That defies logic. TheBib le does r e fe r topeople becoming filledwi th wisdom,understanding, or evenaccurate knowledge, butit never describes anyoneas be ing f i l l ed wi thano the r pe r son . –Exodus 28:3, 1KINGS7:14 ; Luke 2 :40 ;Colossians 1:9.

The Greek wordtranslated “spir i t” ispneu’ma, which alsoconveys the idea of aninv i s ib le power.Accord ing to Vine’sExpository Dictionary ofNew Testament Words,the word pneu’ma“primarily denotes thewind… also breath; then’especial ly the spir i t ,which, like the wind, isinvisible, immaterial andpowerful.” Clearly, then,the holy spirit is not aperson.

JAMILU ABUBAKAR

What Is THEHOLY SPIRIT?


FOOD

On this score, the recent claimby Tunde Falase, marketingDirector, Guinness Nigeria Plc,that Malta Guinness is not justone of the most popular maltdrinks in Nigeria but the biggestin African Continent, may notbe an empty boast afterall.

Another interesting factor ofconsideration was the low sugarcontent. 16 out of the 25 964percent) chose the brand basedon the low sugar contentcompared the normal softdrinks.

Out of the total number ofrespondents, 20 out of the 50(40%0 take malt occasionally, 19out of 50 (38%0 drink it 3 or 4times a week while 11 out of 50(22%0 claim they drink theirfavourite malt brand everyblessed day!. Curiously too,only one of the 50 people (2%)interviewed stated no particularreason for taking malt drink. Butone Moses Ebwadeghe, then a58-year security man who livesat lwaloke Usomi, Esa NorthEast LGA of Edo State hadsomething exciting to say aboutMalta Guinness.

“Talking it (Malta Guinness)is more than a past time for me,it stimulates me. It makes mehappier. And if one takes MaltaGuinness it makes one easilysatisfied, especially if you takeit in the afternoon.”

For someone who has beentaking Malt drinks for over 25years, his message is instructiveenough.

As part of its innovativemarketing strategies, theeggheads behind MaltaGuinness have also strived tofulfill its pay-off message. From“Make you feel Goodeveryday” to “top-of-the WorldGoodness” and now GoodnessInside out, There is no denyingthe fact, that the brandconnects intimately with theconsumers through sales

(84 percent) respondents saidthey love Malta Guinnessbecause of its appealing tasteand flavour, and of course, highquality production.

Similarly, 20 of the 25 Malta-loving consumers (80 percent)accorded it the high statusbased on what they term as thehigh nutritional value becauseit has vitamins, minerals andcarbohydrate that provided theneeded energy and vitality.

The recent public presentationof the new, trend-setting,stylish bottle of the brand-to-beat, Malta Guinness conveysmore meanings than meets theeye.

For a product to assuage theever-charging tastes anddesires of the averageconsumer, especially in anincreasingly urban andsophisticated society like ours,it must possess certain unique,compelling and sterlingqualities that stand it out,above its peers.

Chief among these is productquality, in terms of nutritionalbenefits and the organolepticelements of taste, flavor andcolour. The consumers must beable to identify and connectwith the distinct factors ofaffordability, availability andaccessibility. With theheightened competition in themalt-drink segment of thenation’s food and beveragesub-sector of the nation’seconomy, Malta Guinness isone such rare product, whichhas over the past ten yearsproved its mantle, settingstandards for others to emulate.

Back in 2005, yours truly as afood technologist/journalistembarked on a field research todetermine which of the maltdrinks is the undisputedfavourite of the teemingconsumers. Interestingly, out ofthe 50 respondents spreadacross 22 states of thefederation, 25 consumers,representing an astounding 50percent chose Malta Guinnessas their numerous brand. Theyhad their reasons.

The result, which waspublished in Healthy Eatingmagazine (Vol. 1, issue 1, 2005),caused quite a stir in theindustry. Yet, 21 out of the 25

Malta Guiness,Redefined

STORY BY AYO OYOZE BAJE

promotions exciting TV/radioand print mediaadvertisements.

Essentially, Malt drink isprocessed industrially frommalted sorghum, maize, maltsucrose and hop extracts.

In the Nigerian socio-economic millinium Malt drinkhas become a significant factorpraised for it’s distinct malty-taste and a unique flavourderived from roasting thegrains. That combined with adark brown, caramel colourappeals to many a consumers’sense.

Notably, Malt drinks haveeffectively bridge the gapbetween the purely “soft,”mineral drinks and larger beerbrands, especially at socialfunctions. These includebirthday parties, product launchand house-warmingceremonies.

The labels on the bottleinform the buyer/consumer ofthe ingredients and brandbenefits, each conveys. For thenew, shapely bottle these areprinted in brown against ayellow background.

Goodness Energy VitalityWith extra B-Vitamins. Serve

Extra cold. A unique anddelicious non-alcoholic Maltdrink, packed full of the finestingredients and added vitaminsfor that “Top of-The World”Feeling guaranteed.Ingredients: Carbonated water,sugar, maize, sorghum, barley,Malt extract, sorghum Malt,colour E1500 from hopsstabilizer-E405. Brewed underlicense by Guinness Nigeria Plc,24 Oba Akian Avenue,Ikeja.Nigeria

Nutrition InformationTypical Value Per 100mlEnergy 272K5/64 KcalProtein 0.39Carbohydrates 16gof which sugars 13g Fat 0.001gVitamin 0.002gBiotin 2mg

The 330ml bottle has theNigeria Industrial Standard(NIS) Mark of Quality productsafety from the StandardsOrganization of Nigeria (SON).In a salient manner that conveysan enduring symbol of productquality, assuring


POLITICS

Bukola Sarakireconciled withhis father

Implosion tears apart the political harmony that onceexisted in the Saraki political dynasty in Kwara State as

the patriarch frets over the challenge by his governor-sonagainst the installation of his sister as successor.


It was an unusual meeting,one that tells the story of themoment I Kwara State. Fivehundred Mogaj i s , c lanheads, In Ilorin Central,were meeting with OlusolaSaraki, Second RepublicSenate Leader and politicalgodfather in the State, inhis house recently. Thelook on the face of their hostshowed that he was troubled.Perhaps the last time theynoticed something close tothis countenance was on theeve of 2003 election, Whenlate Mohammed Lawal, thethen governor, challengedhis political supremacy inthe state. This time, Saraki,foudly called Oloye by hissupporters, is even troubled,because the latest challengeis coming from a product ofhis own loins. GovernorBukola Saraki, his eldestson, who he installed in2003, is challenging his

hold on the politics of thestate. The bone of contentionis the o lder Saraki ’ sinsistence that Gbemisola,his daughter, must succeedBukola. The son, for whatsome regard as self-servingreason, is said to believe thatthe development would be anembarrassment to thefamily, so he wanted thefather to look elsewhere fora candidate . When thegovernor could not bepersuaded to shift groundfor his father, the man leftthe people’s democraticparty, PDP where the sonhas a hold on the partymachinery. He moved to theAllied Congress Party ofNigeria, ACPN, which heclaimed he had registeredsome years ago, perhaps inanticipation of a situationlike this.

On tha t p la t fo rm. , hesimply gave Gbemisola the

POLITICS

ticket for the governorshipe lec t ion . Were there nodisagreement between fatherand son, Bukola would haveexpec ted to p rov ide thefinancial war chest for hissister’s election. Now thatthe support is not coming,the eldest Saraki is having tolook elsewhere for funds toprosecu te Gbemiso la ’selection.

That was not the way itwas in 2003 , when theelection of Bukola was seenas a family project, duringwhich everything, includingf inances o f the fami ly-owned businesses, amongmany other th ings , werethrown in . Apar t f romdenying family f inancialsuppor t , the governor i sclearly using his power ofincumbency to advantage ofAbdulfatah Ahmed, the PDPcandidate.

I t was l e rn t tha t i f

Gbemisola went to an area tocampaign and spent N2,000.Bukola and his team wouldlater visit the same area andspend N6,000 . Such hasbeen the issue of what thegovernor and h i s g rouphave been spending tha tsome suppor te r s o fGbemisola sang in Yorubathat the governor and histeam would spend money tillthey go bankrup t i t i sGbemisola that would stillwin the election.

Despera te to have h i scho ice because the nex tgovernor, the father decideto fall back on old allies tocash political tricks. “It isonly Oloye that cares aboutyou, as l have served youwith all l have, you must allwork to deliever and ensurethat l am happy because myheart is very heavy at thistime”, the older Saraki toldthe gathering. It is said that

Bukola Saraki reconciled with his father


N10million was shared to thegues t ins tan t ly, wi th amandate to commencemobilization.

Obviously suspecting thepresence of the f i f thcolumnist in the proup, theGaladima, who is the head ofthe executive council of themogaj i s , d i s so lved thecabinet with the promise toreconstitute it later and withthe assurance tha t on lygenuine loyalists to Oloyewould be appointed into thenew cabinet. Mogaji Nda, apr inc ipa l o f f ic ia l o f thegroup, also canvassed thepoint that it is time to showgratitude to Oloyu for hisbenevolence to the peopleover the years. But whatpropelled the meeting withthis group of people? TheOloye had held a meetingwith the Emir of Ilorin theprevious day.

Though the outcome ofthe mee t ing was no t

disclosed, sources say thepa lace summoned theMogajis shortly after themeeting. The emir reportedlylambasted them after whichhe ordered them to report toSaraki’s house the next day.That method was part of thestrategies used in 2003 toensure the outer of Lawaland the enthronement ofBukola, It is yet to be seen ifit will work this time around.

However, the old man isno t jus t r e ly ing on theMogajis, he is also goinginto the field. He moved lastweek to complement thecampaign of Gbemisola ,earlier flagged off after thevist by President GoodluckJonathan. But as the fatherreturned from United Statesof America where he hadbeen rece iv ing medica ltreatment to campaign forh is s i s te r las t week, thegovernor also went on thesoapbox with Ahmed, who

prior to the recent conflicthad a l so been a a l ly o fOloye . In fac t , when hearrived the Ilorin airport in achartered aircraft , i t wasGbemiso la and hersuppor te rs tha t rece ivedOloye . Bukola wasconspicuously absent. Thecontest in Kwara is betweenthe PDP and ACPN, the otherpar t i es appear to bewatching on the sideline.

For instance, when theyouth v i s i t ed thesecre ta r ia t s o f the Al lNigerian people party ANPP,their offices look deserted.

Tha t was a t the t imeBukola was l ead ing acampaign for the PDPcandidate in Ilorin SouthLoca l Government . Byimplication, therefore, and asomewhat bizarre tinge ofirony, it is a straight fightbetween father and son. Andwith the PDP government atthe cen t re open ly

supporting Bukola, and hisrecent appointment as thecha i rman of theReconcilistion Committee ofthe PDP adding to h i scredibi l i ty, a long drawnbattle lies ahead. The PDPstill has its members in theHouse of Assembly,tructures, and other politicalof f ice ho lders in tac t .Besides, the zoning option,which threw up Ahmed, fromthe Kwara South Zone, mayalso work in his favour. Thisis because, for long, peoplefrom the Central zone haveru led the s ta te .This i splosophy of Bukola Saraki

As it is now, Gbemisola,ACPN candida te , DeleBelgore, ACN candidate, areboth from the Central zone.This implies that althoughthis zone accounts for 48 percent of the total votes.

POLITICS

Bukola Saraki reconciled with his father

Senator Bukola Saraki congratulating Gov, Abdulfatah Ahmed, during the inauguration in Kwara State


portends for the future ofKwara State?

Well, l think it is very clearnow that Gbemi is going tosucceed, maintain and lookafter the dynasty becauseshe has my qualities – she iskind-hearted and available.Bukola is not a politican thati s why he i s do ing th i sbecause he has see tha tthere is no way for him. Howcan he oppose me? Who puthim there (and) why does hethink in his eight years hecan change the setting inKwara?

Would you say that it isego trip on the part of yourson, or an attempt to save theSaraki dynasty or his love

for part ic ipatorydemocracy?

But democracy i s thevoice of the majority. Here inIlorin central, comprising of

Asa , Moro , I lo r in Wes t ,Ilorin East, we have 48 percent of the total votes castin the entire state. So if he isclaiming to be fighting for

POLITICS

What Bukolaand PDP are

doing is wrong

Abubakar OlusolaSaraki has been inpolitics for 47years. Hisachievements onthis slipperyterrain, particularlyin his home state,Kwara, have earnedhim the nickname,‘Strongman ofKwara politics’. Inthis interviewBEFORE THERECONCILIATION,he says he isunhappy with theway his son, Bukolaand PDP, have beentreating himwondering howBukola, who wasbarely six monthsold when he,Olusola joinedpolitics couldoutwit him inKwara poltics.Excerpts:

Q: What does thepolitics of successionwithin your family


democracy, he should let thepeople decide what theywant . So l don’ t knowwhether i t is ego; l haveasked him what his sisterhas done to him, and he saidshe doesn’t respect him,never took par t in h i sgovernment. When l askedGbemi, she said his brothernever inv i ted her topar t i c ipa te in h i sgovernment and for eightyears he never asked her tobring a candidate for even acounc i l lo r sh ip pos i t ion ,much less a commissioner, orP.A. (personal assistant). Ifit is egoism, we wait till theelection and the people willdecide.

Apart from throwing yourpol i t i ca l might behindGbemisola, what else do youthink wil l work for herduring the election?

It is just for me to go outand tell the people who sheis, and that l support her,Kwara people know that ldon’t deceive them and theyknow whatever l tell them isthe truth. She has also doneso many things that l didn’teven know of – so manychi ld ren tha t she i srespons ib le fo r the i reducation up to universityleve l . She i s such awonderful girl.

You are an lslamic elder.How true is it that womendon’t take leadershipposition in lslam?

I t i s no t t rue ; there i snothing like that. Even inPakistan and Bangladesh, awoman is their leader. It isall part of Bukola’s strategyin conjuction with boys inhis cabinet. We have womenin h igh of f ices in the i

POLITICS

country like commissioners,min is te r s , ambassadors ,(and so on), so what are wetalking about?

How many wives andchildren do you have areBukola and Gbemisola of thesame mother?

I have on ly one wi fe ,Morenike; she is a Christianand l am a Muslim and wenever discuss religion in ourhouse. My wife is the firstwife in the world because sheis very wonderful. I marriedher in London in December1962, when l was doing myhouse job as a medica ldoctor. We both returned toNigeria and gave birth toGbemi two years later. Sothey are of the same mother.People a re on ly say ingrubbish that his mother isfrom South Africa. I haveonly one wife and she has

four children for me. I don’thave any wife elsewhere.

What sort of governancewill Gbemisola bequeath tothe s tate i f she getselected?

Peace, love, and positivedevelopment. She cannot doanything less than that andl am happy with the wayKwara people are acceptingher. I quote Leo Max, aBritish poet: “Life that l haveis all that l have and the lifetha t l have i s yours andyours and yours and yours:the love that l have of thelife that l have, is yours andyours and yours”. My life isfor the Kwara people.

Why did you float theAllied Congress Party ofNigeria, ACPN, consideringthat you were a respectedperson in the PDP?

What Bukola andPDP are doing is

wrong


ACPN was registered inJnuary 2011, and we were ledto do that because of theway the PDP was behaving.In 2003, Atiku Abubakar andformer PDP chairman, AuduOgbeh, met with me andbegged that l should join thePDP because then , theycould no t win o rd inarycouncillorship seat in KwaraState. They asked me to takeany positions l wanted, so ltook the cha i rmansh ip ,secretary, woman leader, andtreasurer. I t was on thatplatform that Bukola, myson, contested election in2003. I actually formed theACPN in 2003 but mellowedon i t . I ensured tha t mymembers were going to INECmeetings with parties andrunning the party, as if lknew tha t th ings mightchange. Thank God for thatreasoning, now look at whatBukola, my son, has done tome. According to the PDPconstitution, the governor isthe leader in the state, andat the national level, it is thepresident. I told Bukola thatl cannot be here in Kwaraand still be in politics andyou call yourself the leaderof the part : l thought hewould take note of that buthe didn’t and was acting inthe capacity.

When he was to nominatethe executive, he broughtthe list to me and l changedone or two persons on thel i s t , but he was fu l ly incharge of the party withoutte l l ing me what washappening. I immediatelysaw that his idea was toensure that Gbemisola, hisyounger sister, did not havea single delegate when itcame to con tes t ing theprimary. So l decided it wasbetter for me to leave thePDP for another party, butmy team of elders advisedthat we should return to ourparty, ACPN, and we camefully on stream. We are nowfully ready to win all theoffices in the state. We haveno presidential candidatebut whoever wants to talk tous we a re ready. I to ldPresident Jonathan that l amnot a member of PDP, but asupporter because l havetwo of my children there.But what Bukola and PDP

are doing i s wrong. Theparty should be independentand the government

independent but now for agovernor to be running theparty is not healthy at all.

POLITICS

WhatBukola

and PDPare doingis wrong

Here in Kwara, PDP cannotde l iver any th ing fo ranybody; it is ACPN theyneed to talk to.

What do you make ofBukola’s refusal to toe yourl ine o f rea l iz ingGbemisola’s ambition? Doeshe now command enoughfo l lowing to c la imleadership of the politicalterrain in the state?

That is the mistake he ismaking. He believes becausepeople have been praisinghim that he has done well bybuilding roads, water, lightand others, that has madehim to become a leader. Ihave been telling him severaltimes that all those boys youare carrying about in yourcabinet are nobody; theycan’t tell even their sistersat home to vote for you; theyhave no value. They tel lBukola that he is the leaderand that the people of Kwaraare deceiving him. But doyou see any s ign of thepeople deceiving me now?(Referring to the crowd thatgathered in his house duringthe in te rv iew) . We a rewaiting to see how thingsgo. But what can l do to him,absolutely nothing becausehe is still my son. We haveall spoken to him, especiallythe mother ; bu t the reappears to be another forcepushing him. He claims hewanted a change he canbring in eight years; l havebeen in this thing for 47years, when he was only sixmonths old when we broughthim home from London, andwhen l contested in 1964, hewas only two years old, buthe believes eight years isenough to change things inKwara. You don’t know howsad l am tha t my son i sdoing this against me; l praythat God will change his mindto let him know that this iswrong . I be l i eve tha tBukola’s eight years cannotwipe out my 47 years inKwara politics; the electionswill show who is who and lam waiting for that.


After the swearing ofGovernor AbdulFatahAhmed as ExecutiveGovernor in KwaraSta te , the Pol i t ica lElders, Watchers ofpolitical and Analystsin the State had severalmeetings to settle therift between FormerGovernor SenatorBukola Saraki and hisFather, Dr.OlusolaSaraki , the pol i t icalkingmaker of KwaraSta te . Thedisagreements wasthrown open andpolitical face-mendingmiracle happened.Dr.Olusola Saraki

promised to forgivehis son and he said hebel ieve in uni ty.’’Pol i t ical ly as f romtoday, we are nowone, GovernorAbdulfatah Ahmed isour governor. We willrally round him, Weare going to give himal l our support tosucceed’’. The Waziriof I lor in urgedGovernor Abdulfatah

SARAKI ‘SSARAKI ‘SSARAKI ‘SSARAKI ‘SSARAKI ‘SRECONCILIARECONCILIARECONCILIARECONCILIARECONCILIATIONTIONTIONTIONTION

POLITICS

to consult him in hisdecision- making. Theposs ibi l i ty ofreconciliation showedthat there is nopermanent enemy inpolitics, after the rift,vexat ion during andaf ter the generalelection result 2011,DrOlusola saraki reunitewith his son. Thereconciliation did onevi ta l th ing for theSarakis,it strengthensthem, i t also renewstheir grip on politicalpower in kwara state.At the peace prayermeeting in Ilorin,manysta tesman whoattended the meetingincludes GovA b d u l f a t a hA h m e d , B u k o l aSaraki,Speaker,KwaraState of Assembly,Barr.Rasak Atunwa,Chief ofStaff to the Kwara stateGovernor,MuhammedSanusi among others.The wazir i of I lorinpromised to return toPeoples Democrat icParty,PDP.


History bears witness tothe fact great man who strivehones t ly wi thou texpectations always havegood future. Former Kwarastate Governor, Sen. BukolaSarak i d i scovered manyqualities in Governor AhmedAbdulfatai and supportedh is ambi t ion to becomeKwara State Governor.Alh.Abdul fa ta i Ahmed wassworn in on 29th May, 2011as the 19 th Execut iveGovernor

NEW KWARA STATE GOVERNORSWORN IN, APPOINTS SSG &COS

Immedia te ly a f te r theswearing in of Kwara StateNew Governor, Alha j iAbdulfa tah Ahmed, May29 th , 2011 ,h i s f i r s tassignment he appointed anew Chief Press Secretary(CPS), a Secretary to theState Government and newChief of Staff (COS). Thenew governor appoin tedChairman of Nigeria Unionof Journalists (NUJ) LagosState council, Alhaji WahabOba, Succeeds MoshoodAdebimpe who had servedin tha t pos i t ion fo r theformer governor Sen. BukolaSaraki almost five years. Healso appointed Alhaji IsiakaGold as the new Secretary tothe State Government (SSG)who was PermanentSecre ta ry Kwara Abujaliaison office. According tothe information reveals to

POLITICS

NEW FNEW FNEW FNEW FNEW FACE OF HOPE INACE OF HOPE INACE OF HOPE INACE OF HOPE INACE OF HOPE INKWKWKWKWKWARA STARA STARA STARA STARA STAAAAATETETETETELuck fall like gentle rains from heaven on

soothing men on honour by chance. Alh. Abdulfatai Ahmed the new Executive Governor ofKwara State is one of the most successful bankerswho turned to politics, he gives to alms to thecommunity irrespect ive of race, e thnici ty,political philosophy. The new face of hope hascome, let’s join hand together with him to makeKwara better.

STORIES BY DAUDA AWWAL Dal International states thatAlhaji Toyin Sanusi who isthe chairman of Ilorin WestLocal government is the newChief of Staff GovernmentHouse, the appointments arewith immediate effect.

In h i s inaugura t ionaddress , GovernorAbdulfatah promised thathis administration will focuson youth empowerment andjob c rea t ion , he a l sopromised to consolidate forach ievements o f thepredecessor, Dr. BukolaSaraki in all action in linewi th h im. He sa id jobcrea t ion and youthempowerment would begiven utmost priority.

He said; “…in the first onehundred days in office, wewill capture a reliable data,for us to know the actionplan and how to cater forthem, we would sustain theinves tment and humandeve lopment o f theimmediate past government.He stressed to embark onongoing pro jec t . “…al longoing pro jec t s in thestate will be completed. Healso promised to open ruralroad”. Ahmed promised theindigene of the state waterproject, good health service,payment o f sa la r ies andallowances of workers in thestate without delay.

The new hope has come toKwara, the new governor ofKwara State is a man ofd ign i ty, d i sc ip le andcompassionate.

THE PROFILE OF ALHAJIABDULFATAH AHMED – A NEWHOPE OF KWARA STATE

Abdulfa tah Ahmed wasborn on 29th, December1963,he was one of s t rongNiger ian Bankers and apubl ic se rvan t who waselected Governor of KwaraState in the 26th April, 2011elections on the Platform ofthe People’s Democrat icParty (PDP).

BACKGROUNDAhmed was born in Share,

Ifelodun Local GovernmentArea of Kwara State. Hea t tended GovernmentCol lege Funtua , Kats inaState 1973 – 1978 and theSchool of basic Studies ofKwara s ta te Col lege o fTeleology now Kwara StatePolytechnic, Ilorin 1978 –1980. He attended Universityof Ilorin where he earned aB.Sc. in Chemistry 1986 and

a Mas te r o f Bus inessAdministration (MBA) 1992.

He was a l ec ture r inOrganic Chemistry and laterActing Head of Departmentat Federal College of Artsand Science in Sokoto State1986 – 1990. He became anAss i s tan t Manager a tDistrict Savings and Loans,Lagos 1991 – 1993. In 1993,he worked with GuarantyTrust Bank (GTB) in creditand Marketing Unit. In 1998,he moved to Soc ie teGenera le Bank Niger ia(SGBN) as a Sen iorManager /Group Head ,Consumer banking. Later hebecame Public sector Groupfor the North west region.

His Political CareerAhmed was appoin ted

Commissioner for Financeand Economic Developmentduring the first tenure of

Alh. Abdulfatai Ahmed


Bukola Saraki in Kwara State2003 . He becameCommissioner of the newlycreated Ministry of Planningand Economic Development.During this period, Ahmedwas also a treasurer of theforum of Commissioners ofFinance in Nigeria for sixyears, and chairman, BudgetFormulation Committee andEconomic Team of KwaraState. He was appointed amember of board of directorof the International AviationCollege, Ilorin, Chairman ofthe Mi l lenn iumDevelopment Goalsimplementation Committeeand Chairman of ShongaFarms Holding Ltd. KwaraState Nigeria.

In the PDP pr imar ies ,Ahmed won 695 vo tes ,defea t ing Chie f Bash i rOmoloja Bolarinwa 39 votesand Alhaji Yekini Alabi 9votes. In the 26 April, 2011governorsh ip e lec t ions ,Ahmed won Governorshipelection with 254,969 votes.The runner-up, Dele Belgoreof the Action Congress ofNigeria (ACN) scored 152,580 votes. Alhaji AhmedAbdlfatah became the 19th

Execu t ive Governor o fKwara State on 29 th May2011 .He promised tocont inue the meaningfullegacy of fo rmer KwaraSta te , Senator AbubakarBukola Saraki (CON).

POLITICS

OLUSOLA SARAKI CLOCKS 78Olusola Saraki’s 78th

Birthday Kwara StatePolitical Godfather, Dr.Abubakar OlusolaSaraki marked his 78th

birthday May 17th 2011at his residence GRAIlorin. His birthdayhave a lways beencelebrated with Joy,pomp and pageantry.The State and localgovernment, loyalists,contractors, youths,women and politicalassociates used tobattle to give secondRepubl ic SenateLeader best birthdaycelebration, but thisMay 17th 2011 is faraway from al l that .Almost all those whocontested on theplatform of the AlliedCongress Party ofNigeria , ACPNincluding SenatorGbemisola Saraki weredefeated by PeoplesDemocratic Party PDPled by GovernorBukola Saraki andthey were very sadabout the result of therecent e lect ion,Particularly Oloye whodecamped to ACPNfrom PDP and believedhe have magic toperform like he haddone in the last 47years, but the story isdifferent this time. Forthe first time in manyyears , Olusola’sb i r t h d a y ’ scongratulations in themedia were at thelowest ebb. and hardlydid people in the Stateremember his birthdayunlike before.

Aside h is Son,Governor Bukola Saraki

and a few otherpoliticians, who placedcongratulatory advertsfor h im and somepoliticians he brought upand those benefited fromhim most of the peoplewho a t tended thebirthday programme toldJournal is ts that theyattended the occasion tograce Gov. BukolaSaraki not the celebrant.The other programmewas organized by themember of ACPN at theIle Arugbo (house ofAged) Imam Maraba ledthe prayer sessions forthe elder statesman andafter there was a lavishparty for all at the samevenue . Aremu AladeOwo a popular Fuj imusician led four others

on the band stand tothrill the loyalists ofOloye . Later in theevening special guests ofthe f r iends andsupporters of ACPN andelder statesman weretreated to refreshmentsa t the pres t ig iousKingstone Hotel Ilorinowned by Senator SmartAdeyemi . Specia lAssistant to the governoron media Alhaj iAdedamola billy spoketo newsmen. “Baba isthe father of all of us, so,any group, association orpol i t ica l par ty canorganize special prayersfor him….” The twoprogrammes for thece lebra t ion of thebirthday was not a signof disunity and quarrel .’’

NEW FACE OFHOPE INKWARA STATE


ACPN, ALP,ANPP, ACNre jec t s the resu l t s o f theGovernorship general election.Immedia te ly a f t e r theannouncement winning of theAlh . Abdul fa ta i Ahmed asgovernor -elect, he spoke tonewsmen on how he will governKwara State, he spoke on howhe an t i c ipa tes mee t ing theyearnings of the people of theS ta te based on h i s f ind ingespecially in critical areas ofeducation, agriculture, healthamong other sec tors of theeconomy towards a t ta in ingsustainable development of thes ta te . He sa id : “Everybodyknows that we have been ableto implement the f ree andcompulsory universal basiceducation policy since 2005and it is free education fromprimary 1 -6 and to JSS 3, thefirst nine years of schooling.The government s t i l l paysNECO fees, gives textbooksnotebooks to students. We shallmove forward from here.

The Tsonga initiative hasgiven the President the insightthat one of the key factors forthe success o f commerc ia lagriculture is irrigation, it wason this promise he agreed tosupport the commercial farmingwith additional scheme.” Ahmedalso has drawn his plan ontour ism, road const ruct ion,water supply, security, mediaindustry, food, uninterruptedpower supply, among others.

POLITICS

ACPN, ALP, ANPPAND ACNREJECTSELECTIONRESULTS INKWARA STATE

Belgore ; ACNGubernatorial candidate

INAGURATIONPICTURES OF GOVHAMED OF KWARASTATE AT ILORINTOWNSHIP STADIUM


Wi l l you invo lveopposition parties in youradministration?

Ours is a government ofthe people. We will run anall embracing system. It willallow room for those thathave pos i t i ve t h ings t ocontribute to governance.

How do you feel aboutcriticism from members ofthe opposition.

We wil l not lose focusbecause we a r e va luedriven. If you want to giveconstructive criticism, youare welcome. But i f youwant to resort to disruptivedest ruct ion and anarchy,you are on your own.

Do you intend to bringback a l l the Peop le sDemocratic Party membersthat left the party duringthe campaigns?

Our victory is not by thechoice of man but it is thechoice of providence. Andfor every step that we havet aken , i t ha s been f romlessons learnt as studentso f t he g r and pa t ron o fKwara politics, Dr. OlusolaSaraki, the Waziri of Ilorin.And for every success wehave made, we owe it to himbecause he has brought ustogether, he brought ourleader (Dr. Bukola Saraki.The re i s no i s sue o fb r ing ing back o r t ak ingforth. We have always beenpart and parcel of Oloye’spolitical empire. So we willcon t inue t o be pa r t andparcel of Oloye’s politicalemp i r e . Our v i c to ry i sOloye’s victory. He ownseverything we have done.

What will be the areas offocus o f youradministration?

During our campaigns, wewent through almost all the

nooks and crannies of thestate. We got feedback inareas of need which largelycut across infras t ructureand human cap i ta ldevelopment is our majorfocus.

There i s t he i s sue o fhealth. We keep saying thathealth is wealth. A healthyman can on ly improvep roduc t iv i t y. We a r elooking at the health sectorto the extent that we wantto improve human capitaldevelopment. Health is very

critical. So, that tells youthat we are going to drivethe policy on health to thel e t t e r. The po l i cy i sdesigned in such a way thatno community would needto move more t han 500meters to have access toprimary health care.

We will look at the issueof functional healthcaredelivery systems.

There are areas where weneed t o bu i l d new o rrenovate clinics or supportclinics with the right staff

and a l so pu t moreequipment to make themfunc t iona l Al l these a reunder a model that will suitou r unde r s t and ing o fprimary health care.

We also want to ensuretha t w i th in a c lu s t e r o fprimary healthcare deliveryservice, we have the generalhospitals and that we haveaccess ib le t e r t i a ry l eve lhealth care delivery servicetha t w i l l suppo r t t her e f e r r a l s f rom bo th t hep r imary and s econda rylevels. This will allow ourpeople to move smoothlyfrom primary to secondaryand tertiary levels for easyacces s t o hea l t hca reservices

Secondly, education is apriority. We are talking ofeducation in terms of skillsacquisition and in terms ofrefresher training for civilservants.

We will be looking at theindividuals to enhance theirskills acquisition so that wewill get them empowered.We are looking at those whoalready have skills but needrefresher courses in termsof skills.

And of course, we want toset up a vocational trainingcen t r e a t A ja se - Ipo i nIrepodun LGA. This is tosuppor t t he unsk i l l edpeop le and t o enhancethose who have a l r eadyacquired skills.

We will ensure that everybit and piece of the reformagenda i s car r ied out toensu re t ha t qua l i t yeducation, quality materials,qua l i t y t e ache r s a r echurned out to enable ourch i ld ren to ge t t he bes teducation to position themfor future endeavours in the

POLITICS

I’ll welcome constructivecriticisms — Kwara gov

The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, in this interview withjournalists, explains the focus of his administration in the next four years.

•Governor Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed


society.Nex t i s i n f r a s t ruc tu re

which is very key. Due tol ack o f ma in t enanceespec i a l l y du r ing t hemi l i t a ry e r a , a l o t o finfrastructure have actuallyfallen apart. We have seenhow ine f f i c i en t ou r r a i lsystem, our postal system,ou r t e l ecommunica t i onssystem were until recently.So many things fell apartno t because we d id no tbuild them well but becausewe did not incorporate amaintenance culture in thesystem.

What will you describe asthe cr i t i ca l areas youintend to tackle urgently?

The chal lenges we aref ac ing w i th in t h i s s t a t etoday a r e roads , wa t e r,ag r i cu l t u r e and ene rgy.These a r e t he a r ea s weintend to support to ensuretha t ou r peop l e ge t t heminimum comfort to enablethem func t ion l ike the i rcounterparts that live in theurban environments. By sodoing, we would ensure thatno communi ty i s l e f twithout electricity.

Every community must beconnected to the nationalgrid. Of course, the state iscoming out with i ts ownefforts to see how we cancome ou t w i th ou r ownIndependent Power Plant,t ha t wou ld suppo r ti ndus t r i a l i s a t i on and t odomestic use. To move thestate forward in terms ofindustrialisation, we haveto ove rcome i t s b igges tchallenge, which is power.

So much money has beenspent especially from thefunds we sourced from thebond to suppor t t heMunicipal Water Supply inIlorin metropolis which isthe biggest challenge wehave, because, whether welike it or not, more peoplelive in Ilorin than any otherplace in Kwara. So, i t isimperative that we give acorresponding support tothe various people that liveacross the state and waterhas been a major problemfor close to 13, 15 years.

It is not a local problem.It is a national and evenglobal problem. So effortsare made from time to time

to improve our water supplyscheme.

The President just cameto i naugu ra t e t hereticulation for the high andlow lift pumps to enhancethe distribution of water toour people. So we continueto give the desired supportto ensure that we come upwith a scheme that wouldal low everybody to haveaccess to potable. It alsoaids to support domest icuse a s i t cu rbst r ansmi t t ab l e d i s ea se spassed through water.

For us to have meaningfuleconomic deve lopmen t ,people should have accessto more goods and servicesfrom one locat ion to theo the r. The l a s tadministration did so muchto improve on the urbanroads and some rural roads.So , t h i s t ime , a l o t o fattention will be given tothe rural roads.

We wi l l l a rge ly beinformed by where we havec o m m e r c e - r e l a t e dag r i cu l t u r e because ou rindus t r ia l i sa t ion wi l l be

taking its footing from agro-allied processing.

It is imperative that weallow access of movement ofgoods from one location too ther. So , agr icu l ture i sgoing to be a determinant ofwhe re we a r e go ing t oconstruct our roads.

Economic development iskey fo r g rowth . We a regradually moving ourselvesou t o f a pub l i c s e rv i cedriven environment . Thepublic service as it were, isthe biggest spender todayin Kwara State like we havein most of the 36 states ofthe federation. We intend tocomplemen t wha teve rcomes in f rom the c iv i lservice to ensure that othermeans o f economicactivities happen.

Cot tage indus t r i e s toowi l l come in t o t akeadvan tage o f t he r awmaterials we have. We havea lot of raw materials suchas cassava, rice and maize;we are beginning to useindustrial processing to takeadvantage of what we haveas f ixed stocks to create

POLITICSmini industries.

Can you do a l l thesealone?

Of course, we also requirethe Federal Government tocome up with policies thatwill ensure the sustenanceo f t he se upcomingindustries because part ofwhat killed these industriesnationwide is the policy thathas not been supportive.

The policy has not beensuppor t i ve because o fsmugg l ing o f cheapsubs t i tu tes l a rge ly f romChina. We must realise thatfor every foreign substitutethat we buy, we are payingthe wages of the averageChinese or Indian worker atthe expense of the our ownloca l i ndus t r i e s .Unemployment has becomeso critical that it has to beg iven immedia te d ras t i cac t i on . Th roughou t t hecampaigns, we found outtha t we have a l o t o funemployed you ths .Looking at Kwara State andgiv ing i t a demographicanalysis, you find out thatmore t han ha l f o f t hepopulation of Kwara Stateare youths. More than halfof the youths are below 15yea r s . Our p l ans mus tinclude the process whichwould allow the youths whoare below 15 years to meet ap roces s t ha t wou ldgradually absorb them intothe society and allow themto be useful.

What is your position onthe 35 per cent slot forwomen?

We are in support of it. Ifyou see that women are notadequately represented, iti s no t because we don’ twant to comply but perhaps,we have not had the rightkind of women that will suitthe kind of posi t ions wehave.

How many women do youintend to include in yourcabinet?

As I said, it is going to beexigency driven. You don’tgive somebody posi t ionsbecause she is woman. Wewill give positions becausesuch a woman has t hecapac i t y t o de l i ve r t heservice required.

•Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed

•culled from The Punch


What will be the areas ofpr ior i ty programme o fyour administration?

I n t h e c o u r s e o felect ioneering campaign,we went to all the Wards,telling them what we wantto do if voted in and wegot a lot of feedbacks ontheir areas of need. Therequests largely cut acrossinfrastructure and humancapital development. Weh a v e b e e n a b l e t o p u tt o g e t h e r a l l t h einformation gathered into aworking document.

In our desire to move thes t a t e f o r w a r d , w e h a v eidentified three key areas.The first is human capitald e v e l o p m e n t a n d u n d e rthis , Heal th comes f i rs t .Health is wealth, Soundh e a l t h e n h a n c e sp r o d u c t i v i t i y. We w i l ldrive our police on healthhome, ensuring that everyn o o k a n d c r a n n y o f t h es a t e e n j o y s h e a l t h c a r eservice.

We shall ensure that nocommunity moves beyond5 0 0 m e t r e s b e f o r ea c c e s s i n g h e a l t h c a r eservices. We shall furthers u p p o r t t h e s y s t e m b ybu i ld ing and renova t ingmore hea l th cen t res ands u p p l y t h e m w i t h b a s i cequipment and drugs. Wewill ensure that within acluster of primary healthcentres we have a generalh o s p i t a l , w h i c h i s t h esecondary levels of healthcare.

The next under humanc a p i t a l d e v e l o p m e n t i se d u c a t i o n . O u r p l a n i sb r o a d - b a s e d a n d c o v e r sthe formal and the informalareas of the sector. Therewi l l be p rog rammes fo rs k i l l s a c q u i s i t i o n a n drefresher training for cavilservants to develop theirc a p a c i t y f o r e f f i c i e n tservice delivery. We will

s e t u p a v o c a t i o n a ltraining centre in Ajese-I p o t o s u p p o r t t h eunskil led people and f i l lthe gap of manpower need.

Our plan for education ispart of the current ten yearm o d u l e o f d e v e l o p m e n tout of which about threey e a r s a r e a l r e a d y g o n e .We are going to carry outt h e e d u c a t i o n p o l i c yreform agenda to the letterto ensure quality materialsand quality personnel aree n g a g e d i n t h e s y s t e m .T h e s e a r e w h a t w i l lposit ion our children forfuture challenges. There isin-built mechanism in ther e f o r m f o r i n p u t - o u t p u tm e a s u r e m e n t , t h r o u g hmonitoring and evaluation.

T h a t t a k e s u s t oinfrastructure because it is

key to development. Manyof these facilities are notwe l l ma in ta ined and wehave taken into cognizancethese shortcomings. Thebiggest challenges we arefacing in this state have todo wi th road , water andenergy. We are going toface these cha l lenges toenable our people have theminimum conform even inthe rural areas so that theyc a n e n j o y l i k e t h e i rcounterparts in the urbanareas.

No community will be leftw i t h o u t e l e c t r i c i t y a n devery community will beconnected to the nationalgrid. The state will alsohave its own independentpower p lan t , which wi l lsupport industrialization.Tha t i s our own way o f

addressing the challengesof power.

Water supply is anotherchallenge. Though it is aglobal challenge, we willdo our best in increasingthe capacities of our damsb e c a u s e o f t h e e v e rincreasing demand as thepopulation grows. We willcome up with a scheme thatwill allow everyone to haveaccess to po tab le water.This will also reduce thes p r e a d o f w a t e r - b o r n ediseases.

M o t o r a b l e r o a d s a r eimpor tan t the ou t -go ingadministration has done alo t i n t ha t r ega rd . Ourattention will now be onr u r a l r o a d s . I t i simperative we allow accesst o t h e s o u r c e s o f r a wm a t e r i a l s f o r o u r a g r o -a l l i ed indus t r i e s to tha tindus t r ia l iza t ion wi l l bet a k i n g a s o u n d f o o t i n g .Economic development isdependen t on roads andwe are prepared to moveaway from a public service-driven economy. And weare not going to operate amono-economy bu t looki n t o a r e a s o fdiversification of the statee c o n o m y, l a rg e l ysupported by the pr ivatesector. We will cause thisby c rea t ing eh enab l ingenvironment.

We wi l l be look ing a tunemployment too. I t isone of the feedbacks wehad during the campaigns.We are going to approachsolving it drastically. Weh a v e t h o s e s k i l l e d a n dkitted as well as those whohad jus t g radua ted f romschools but are unable toget job placements . Wewile create temporary jobsfor them.

Do you intend to bringb a c k m e m b e r s o f t h ePeople’s Democratic Party

MY AGENDA FOR KWARA— Governor Ahmed

POLITICS

•Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed


who lef t with the e lderStatesmen, Dr. Oluso laSaraki?

We have been able to got h r o u g h t h e e l e c t i o nprocess successfully. Ourachieving what has beendone is by providence, Imean having the victory atthe polls . But for everystep taken, there have beenlessons learnt. We are allstudents of Grand Patrono f K w a r a p o l i t i c s , D r.Olusola Saraki, the Waziriof Ilorin. And for everysuccess, we owe it to him.So , the re i s no i s sue o fb r ing ing back o r t ak ingforth, we have always been

par t and parce l o f BabaOloyee’s political empire.Waziri still carries the gloryo f o u r v i c t o r y a s i t i st o d a y. O u r v i c t o r y i sOloyee’s victory.

Do you have plans forp l a c e s l i k e O f f a , O r o ,Omu-Aran, Jebba by wayof turning them into focalp o i n t s f o r r e g i o n a ldevelopment , to reduceburden on facilities in thestate capital?

I f i r s t t a l k e d a b o u td e v e l o p m e n t o f I l o r i nbecause it is the first entryp o i n t f o r o u t s i d e r s ,p a r t i c u l a r p r o s p e c t i v e

MY AGENDA FOR KWARA— Governor Ahmed

POLITICS

investors. And when youlook at the linkages it hasw i t h m o s t p a r t s o f t h ecountry – there are roads,a i r a s w e l l a s t h e r a i ltravels. We shall also lookat other support areas withnecessary ingredients thatquickly fit into the supportscheme we are giving toIlorin for the purpose ofinvestment drive. We arelooking at other areas thathave the potentials, havingt h e c o m p a r a t i v ea d v a n t a g e s t o t h e s t a t ecap i t a ; fo r in s t ance , wehave the Owa-Kajola aream a p p e d o u t f o r c e m e n tproduction because of the

p r e s e n c e o f m a r b l e a n dlimestone deposit.

Two other areas we havenot explored are tourisma n d s o l i d m i n e r a l sdevelopment; largely duet o t h e h u g e c a p i t a ldemands and because wehave not been able to getthe right partners. In allcases, we are able to comew i t h o u r c o u n t e r p a r tf u n d i n g . B u t t h e r i g h tpar tners must be able tocome with their own equitysupport .

How do you intend tocheck the indiscriminateuse of land resources inthe State Capital?

Some ofInauguration pictures


A reliable source at INECconfirmed to Dal Internationalthat the Electoral Act is clearon the plan by the electoralbody. But INEC will not take adef in i t e ac t ion on thederegistering of the part iesuntil the pending petitioners atthe tribunals are handled.

The cau t ion i s to enableINEC know the parties thatwill not make the survival listand those that will be weededoff.

In the l a s t e l ec t ions , 63political parties participatedand were expected to win atleast one seat in the NationalAssembly or State House ofAssembly o r r i skderegistration. Results of theelections showed that only 10par t i e s fu l f i l l ed therequirement. They include thePeop les Democra t i c Pa r ty(PDP) , Congress fo rProgressive Change (CPC),Action Congress of Nigeria(ACN), Al l Niger ia PeopleParty (ANPP), Labour Party(LP) , Progress ive People’sAlliance (PPA), Peoples Partyof Nigerian (PPN), All ProgressGrand Al l i ance (APGA) ,Accord Par ty (AP) ,Democra t ic People ’s Par ty(DPP), and KOWA Party.

According to Mr. SolomonSoyeb i , the INECCommissioner in charge ofpublicity, going by Section 78(1) (7) (2) of the 2011 ElectoralAct as amended, INEC shallhave power to de - reg i s t e r

po l i t i ca l pa r t i e s on thefollowing grounds: failure towin presidential, governorshipelection or a seat in the Nationalor State Assembly election. Ishould also note that under thesection, INEC may also cancela pa r ty ’s ce r t i f i ca te o fregistration where there is falseor misleading information to its

registration.”About 53 other parties did

not meet the requirement and,therefore, may be deregisteredby the time cases at the electionpe t i t ioner t r ibuna l a reconc luded in 180 days asstipulated by the Electoral Act.The par t ies inc lude Act ionAl l i ance (AA) , Advanced

Congress o f Democra t i c(ACD), African Democrat icCongress (ADC) , Af r i canLibera t ion Par ty (ALP) ,African Political System (APS),African Renaissance PoliticalPar ty (ARP) , Al l i ance fo rDemocracy (AD) , Al l i edCongress Pa r ty o f Niger ia(ACPN) , Be t t e r Niger iaProgress ive Par ty (BNPP) ,Change Advocacy Party (CAP),Citizens Popular Party (CPP),Community Party of Nigeria(CPN) , Congress fo rDemocracy Change (CDC),Democratic Alternative (DA),Democratic front for peoplesFedera t ion (DFPE) andDemocratic People’s Alliance(DPA).”

Others are Freedom Party ofNiger ia (FPN) , F reshDemocratic Party (FRESH),Hope Democratic Party (HDP),Jus t i ce Par ty ( JP) , L ibe ra lDemocratic Party of Nigeria(LDPN), Masses Movement ofNiger ia (MMN), MegaProgress ive People ’s Par ty(MPPP) , Movement fo rDemocracy and Justice (MDJ),Movement for the Restorationand Defence of Democracy(MRDD) , Na t iona l Ac t ionCounc i l (NAC) , Na t iona lConsc ience Par ty (NCP) ,National Democratic LibertyPar ty (NDLP) ,Na t iona lDemocra t i c Pa r ty (NDP) ,National Majority DemocraticPar ty (NMDP) , Na t iona lMovement o f P rogress ive

POLITICS

DE-REGISTRATION:53 PARTIES SET FORWAR WITH INEC

About 53 poli t ical part ies out of 63 thatparticipated in April 2011 polls are preparing fora show down with the Independent NationalElectoral Commission (INEC) over the possibleplan to do-list them from the list of legally-recognized parties.

General MuhamaduBuhari, CPC Presidentialcandidate


Party (NMPP) and NationalReformation Party (NRP.

Other parties that may beaffected are National SolidarityDemocra t i c Pa r ty( N S D P ) , N a t i o n a lTransformation Party (NTP),National Unity Party (NUP),New Democrats (ND), NewNigeria Peoples Party (NNPP),Nigeria Advance Party (NAP),Nigeria, Elements progressiveParty (NEPP), Nigeria People’sCongress (NPC), People forDemocrat ic Change (PDC),Peoples Mandate Party (PMP),Redempt ion Par ty (PRP) ,Peoples Salvation Party (PSP),Progressive Action Congress(PAC), Republican party ofNiger ia (RPN) , Soc ia lDemocra t i c Pa r ty (UDP) ,United National for Democratic(UNDP) , Uni ted Na t iona lPar ty fo r Deve lopment(UNPP), and United NigeriaPeoples Party (UNPP).

Expec ted ly, the e f fec tedparties have vowed to use allnecessary legal means to stopthe impending de-registrationplan. The National Chairman of

Freedom Par ty o f Niger ia(FPN) Chief Frank Ohwofa,said that his party will dragINEC to court if it goes on withthe planned de-registration. Hefurther said that democracy isnot all about winning electionsbut rather a for propagatingdevelopment ideas. “We shallgo to court again to test theva l id ly o f the new law.Democracy is about winningelections. Democracy is aboutcontributing ideas that nurturedemocratic culture. There aremany political parties in USthat have not won election andthey still exist.

The former Chairman of theConference of Nigeria PoliticalPar t ies (CNPP) and formerGovernor of Kaduna Sta te .Alhaji Balarabe Musa warnedthat political parties won theright fore their formation andregistration of their variousparties through the court. “Ifthis fundamental human right isundermined , we would becompelled to go to court” hesaid.

Prince Ikenna Ndukwu, a

member of African LiberationParty (ALP) has warned INECnot to party into the hands ofPDP andA CN, which a reagitating for two Party States.

He said: “If INEC goes aheadto implement the law, it willlead to one or two Party State,which does not augur well forour democracy. This is whatPDP and ACN want, but weshall resist it.”

Dr. Olapade Agoro , theChairman of the Conference ofNiger ian Po l i t i ca l Pa r t i e s(CNPP) and National Chairmanof the National Action Council(NAC), has described the de-regis t ra t ion plans as emptythreat. He said that INEC hasno right o de-register any legalpolitical party.

The NCP which l ed thecrusade for registration of morepar t i e s in 2002 , has a l sodeclared the provisions of theElectoral Act on de-registrationof political Parties as illegal andthreatened to go to court again.

Other Nigerian disagree withsome of the submissions ofOhwofa and his group. They

53 PARTIES SET FORWAR WITH INEC

POLITICS

argue that the proliferation ofpolitical Parties has given riseto an unintended evil of resortto primordial tendencies, asPolitical Parties are formed noton i s sues on re l ig ions andethnic basis.

The National Chairman ofDemocra t i c Peop le ’s Par ty(DPP) Gen Bash i r Sa l ih iMagashi (rid) believes that thecommission has no discretion inth i s mat te r , s ince i t i s therequirement of the law. TheElectoral Act is clear on this,so why the brouhaha:? If INECde-register political Parties, hecontinued, this would be thesecond time this happened inthe country during the GeneralAbdulsalami Abubakar, theirability to win local government,elections, which were f irstconducted.

The political association thatd id no t win any loca lgovernment sea t were no tregistered to contest the generale lec t ions o f 1999 . In theexercise, only PDP and APPmet the provis ions, but thegovernment added AD toappears the South West”.

Chief Bisi Akande, ACNChairman

Chris Okot ie , FreshDemocra t ic Par tyPresidential candidate


The Presidential electionconducted on 16/04/2011was generally peaceful andorderly in Ilorin the KwaraState Capital. IndependentNat ional Elec tora lCommiss ion ( INEC)Off ic ia l s , Civ i l de fense ,po l ice , Observers andJournalists were noted to bepunctual a t a l l var iouspol l ing s ta t ions . DalInternational visited manypol l ing uni t s for theobservation..

ODE JIMBA POLLINGUNIT

At Ode Jimba Polling Unitalong Old Yidi Road in IlorinWes t Loca l GovernmentArea. Alhaji Sulyman ObaJ imba sa id : “ the tu rn-ou twas more than last week”.

The tu rnout a t OdeOniguguru of Ajikobi ward,I lo r in Wes t Loca lGovernment Area wasimpressive.

ODE-BALOGUN AJIKOBIPOLLING UNIT

However at Ode BalogunAjikobi Polling Unit (1) and(2) about 350 were alreadyaccredited as at 8:40am outof 956 registered voters.

Similarly at Ode Alahusa,Ajikobi Area few accredited

voters were seen waiting tocas t the i r vo tes a t th i sPolling Unit.

ODE OLOSASA POLLINGUNIT

Also at Ode Olosasa whenthere were four polling unitsand those in the East BasinArea , Okaka , Ba logunFulani , Balogun Gambari ,Ba logun Alanamu, Olo je ,Oko Erin, Sango Area, bothaccred i ta t ion and vo t ingwere peaceful orderly withimpressive turnout.

Bukola Saraki be ingaccredited at Ode OpobiyiPo l l ing Uni t Agba j iQuar te r s . He s t ressedfurther that election shouldnot be do or die affair urgingpolitical parties to play thegame in accordance with theINEC rules and regulations.

Leaders o f the Al l i edCongress Party of Nigeria(ACPN), Dr. Olusola Sarakishunned the Pres iden t ia lElection in Ilorin. He failedto show up at his OpobiyiPo l l ing Uni t Agba j iQuar te r s . However h i sdaughte r ACPNgovernorship candidate inthe State Sen. GbemisolaSaraki appeared andexercised her civic right. Shecas t he r vo te a t abou t1:45pm at Opobiyi PollingUnit Agbaji Quarters. Shesaid “I am free to vote forthe candidate of my choice”.

ACN, ACPN, OTHERSREJECTED KWARARESULT

Oppos i t ion par t i es a reprotesting the results of theNational Assembly electionsand Presidential election inKwara S ta te . Ac t ionCongress of Nigeria (ACN),Al l i ed Congress Par ty o fNigeria (ACPN) Congressfor Progress ive Change(CPC) and seven o therparties have kindly called forthe cance l l a t ion o f l a s telection results of allegingtha t the Independen tNat iona l E lec to ra lCommiss ion ( INEC)connived wi th the ru l ingPeople’s Democratic Party(PDP) to rig the election. ButBukola Saraki described theallegation as laughable.

.GOVERNORSHIP APRIL 26

REPORTThe Governor -e lec t o f

Kwara Sta te , Alha j iAbdulfatah Ahmed of PDPhas sa id tha t he i s e la tedwhen he got the news thathe has been elected as theSta te Governor. Speakingwith newsmen shortly afterthe announcement , onWednesday at his residentin GRA Ilorin. Alh. Ahmedthanked the Almighty Allahfor g iv ing h im theoppor tun i ty to se rve the

Presidential Polls, 2011 Reportpeople of Kwara State.

With the announcement ofsome of the resu l t o f thegubernatorial election heldon Tuesday 26/04/2011 in 24States of the country, therehas emerged a new set ofgovernors in some parts ofthe country, though some ofthe incumbents sti l l retaintheir offices.

In Oyo S ta te , Sena torIsiaka Abiola Ajumobi of theAction Congress of Nigeria(ACN) defea ted theincumbent, Chief AdebayoAlao Akala of the PeoplesDemocratic Party (PDP_.

Ajumobi p romised tot rans form Oyo S ta te andcommended the Chairman ofthe Independen t Na t iona lElec tora l Commiss ion(INEC) Prof Attahiru Jega,for organizing a credible freeand fair election.

In Abia State gubernatoriale lec t ion resu l t sawGovernor. Theodore. of thePDP scoring 641,158 votes,whi le APGA tra i l ing with49,451 votes. The result ofAkwa Ibom State saw theincumbent Governor GodwinAkpabio of the PDP scoring957 ,585 vo tes to bea tSena tor John Akpamudoedehe of the ACN whoscored 163,449 votes. Thegovernor e lec t in BornoState Alhaji Kashim Shettimaof the ANPP polled 351,147votes to de fea t the PDPMohammed Goni, a one timegovernor in the State whoscored 450,140 votes . . InGombe Sta te , the PDPguberna tor ia l cand ida teIbrah im Hassan po l led596 ,481 vo tes to bea tAbubakar Aliyu of the CPC,who scored 91,781 votes. InJigawa Sta te , the PDPgubernatorial candidate andincumbent Governor AlhajiSule Lamido polled 676,307votes to bea t the ACNcandida te Alh . BadaruAbubakar who scored343,177 votes. In Kebbi StatePDP incumbent governor ,Alha j i Dakinder i scored559,480 votes to defeat CPCwhich scored 326,482 votes.In Kano Engr. Rabiu Musa

BY DAUDAAWWAL

Former President; OlusegunObasanjo, after cqsting his votein Abeokuta; Southwest Nigeria


Kwankwanso of PDP scored1,180,345 votes to defeat theANPP candidate who scored1 ,048 ,317 votes . In YobeSta te Governor Ib rah imGeldam of the ANPP was re-elected with 436,998 votesdefeated PDP candidate Alh.Usman Abubakar whoscored 195 ,449 vo tes . InNassarawa, Alh . TankoAlmakura o f the CPCdefea t ing the incumbentGovernor Aliu Akwe Domaof the PDP wi th 324 ,825votes to 320,938 votes.

In Niger State GovernorBabangida Aliyu of the PDPscored 491,570 votes whileCPC polled 207,503 votes. InKwara Sta te the Sarak i scould not retain its group onthe Sta te Po l i t i c s , Alha j iAbdulfatah Ahmed of PDPpol led 254 ,969 vo teddefea t ing Baba tundeBelgore of ACN who scored152 ,580 vo tes . In OyoAjumabi of ACN, won thegovernorship seat defeatingChristopher Alao Akala ofthe PDP. Mr. Ib ikun leAmosun po l led 377 ,487vo tes in Ogun s t a t edefea t ing Gov. GbengaDaniel of PPN who scored127 ,055 . ACN won thegovernorship in Lagos State

po l led 1 ,509 ,113 vo tesdefea ted SamsudeenDosunmu of PDP who scored300,450 votes. Gov. SullivanChime of the PDP in Enuguwon the governorship seatscored 419 ,790 vo tesdefea t ing Labour Par tyscored 30 ,135 vo tes .Incumbent Gov. Gabr ie lSuswan of the PDP won theGovernorsh ip sea t aga indefeating ACN David Jangof PDP won in P la teauscored 35 ,264 defea t ingTal len o f Labour Par tyscored 26,605 votes.

THE FIVE GOVERNOR’SCASE

The Cour t o f Appea l inAbuja has a f f i rmed thejudgment of a Federal HighCour t which bar red theIndependen t Na t iona lElec tora l Commiss ion(INEC) from conducting thegovernorship election in fivestates because the tenure ofthe governors, according tothe learned judges, had notyet come to an end.

The Appeal Court did notonly affirm the lower Court’sjudgment , i t e loquen t lycommended the trial judge,Jus t i ce Adamu Bel lo , fo rcoming to the r igh tconc lus ion , when i t he ld

tha t the ea r l i e r oa ths o fof f i ce t aken by the f ivegovernors -Timpre S i lver(Bayelsa) Liyel Imoke (CrossRiver) Ibrahim Idris (Kogi),Aliyu Wamako (Sokoto) andMuritala Nyako (Adamawa)– had been nullified with thererun elect ions ordered intheir States, saying that thedu ty o f the cour t was toapply the as it was, and notto employ sentiments.

The appeal court declaredthat, when an election hadbeen nullified it means that,tha t e lec t ion never tookplace, and therefore did notexist. If wondered how thequestion of the governors’tenure would be computedfrom an election that nevertook place as far as the lawwas concerned. Justice PaulGalinje who read the leadjudgment said; “The earlieroath taken by the Governorscannot be used as are fe rence po in t whendetermining when the tenureof the governors will end.This is because the electionsupon which they took theoa th were no t he ld inaccordance with the law”.

While the postulat ion ofthe learned judges, on theimpor tance o f theapp l ica t ion o f l aw ra ther

than sen t iments in thedispensat ion of just ice nodoubt reflects a robust legalview, we need to say thatour lo rdsh ips , wi th doerespect, unwittingly allowedthemselves to be culpable ofwhat could be described astunnel vision in their finaldecision, in this celebratedfive governors’ case.

The glaring apathy of thepolitical class in this tenureelongation episode cannotgo unnoticed. The lethargy,which borders on c lassconspiracy, leaves much tobe desired. It is baffling tothe d i sce rn ing mind tha teven the political gladiatorswho a re the majors takeholders andbeneficiaries in the wholepro jec t , chose to d i sp laypa lpab le muteness to thechagr in of the e lec tora te .While it is bad enough thati t took the e f fo r t s o f aconcerned lawyer , whowanted to appeal the tenureelongation judgment in whatthe l awyers wi l l ca l l p robono , be fore theIndependen t Na t iona lElec tora l Commiss ion( INEC) woke up f rom i t sslumber to appeal the case,the s i l ence o f t heoppos i t i on pa r t i e s i n t hefive stated where the tenureelongation was confirmed,i s t o s a y t h e l e a s t , v e r yunfortunate.

Again, the sudden recoil oft he Human R igh t sCommuni ty i n t h i simportant issue cannot beexp l a ined . The t enu reelongation verdict is akin toencou rag ing e l ec to r a llarceny, and this, of courseis an assault on Nigerians’co l l e c t i ve p syche . TheHuman Rights Communityshould add the i r vo ice toth i s c ru sade aga in s ts ac r i f i c i ng t he ove ra l lmandate of the people onthe a l t a r o f l ega ltechnicalities.

We may need to recall, forthe sake of reminding ourreactors, that in our earliereditorial on this topic, wehad argued that: First , theelectron of these Governorsto the exal ted posi t ion of

Presidential Polls, 2011 ReportPOLITICS


Chief Execut ives of the i rrespective states was foundto be flawed by Courts ofcompetent jurisdiction. Theimp l i ca t i on o f t h i sjudgment, viewed from theangle of law and modality,i s t ha t t hey havede l ibe ra te ly ea ten the“forb idden f ru i t” th roughtheir actions and deservedto be sanc t ioned , bu t thedefec t ive l ega l sys temal lowed them to escapemer i t ed pena l ty, andthere fore had theoppor tun i ty aga in topart icipate in the elect iontha t took p lace in the i rrespective States.

Second , the Governorsconcerned en joyedthroughout the i r vo idedtenure a l l the benef i t s o foff ice , including salar ies ,award o f con t rac t s ,appo in tments , s ign ing o fb i l l s in to l aws andperforming other statutorydut ies .

Third, by declaring theirtenure before the rerun nulland vo i l , i s t he cou r t byimp l i ca t i on no t a l soinadve r t en t ly vo id ing a l l

their actions while in office?We a l so wan t t o r epea t

t h a t a n y j u d i c i a lpronouncement that fails tot ake cogn i zance o f t heimpact of i ts consequenceon the life of the citizenryis not only robotic but alsoa r cha i c . The t enu ree longa t i on fo r t heg o v e r n o r s , w e i n s i s t , i sunwarranted, misplaced andthe re fo r e ch ron i ca l l ydefective.

The judges of the appealcour t , by looking a t on lyone leg of the law to arriveat a decision demonstrateda c l a s s i ca l c a se o f a cu t etunnel vision and therefore,t he j udgmen t i ss y n o n y m o u s t o adeclaratory exculpation oft he r ece ive s o f s t o l engoods .

The legal plank on whichthe learned appeal court willsurely collapse irretrievablyif exposed to the rigors ofjurisprudence and logic. Tohave i n s i s t ed t ha t t hetenure of the five governorsbe fo re t he r e run d id no texist in the eyes of the law,t h u s l e a d i n g t o t h e

extension of their term, assome th ing ’s cou ld no tstand on thing, according tothe judges , i s man i f e s t l yf l awed , a s i t f a i l ed t ocons ide r t he pa s t i l l ega lac t i ons o f t he gove rno r sbefore the rerun which nodoub t , had unqua l i f i edimpact, either positively ornegatively, on the lives ofthe citizens.

T h i s i s N i g e r i a ’s t h i r ddemocra t ic e lec t ion s incethe end of Sani Abacha’sMil i tary rule in 1999 andPeople a re de te rmined tomake i t t he mos ttransparent .

Many Nigerians are doingeverything they can to seethat this year ’s election isthe start of a new chapter, atrue democracy.

Ba r r ack Obama sa id

POLITICS

“Af r i ca needs s t r ongi n s t i t u t i o n s , n o tstrongmen”.

Asses smen t o f t heIndependen t Na t i ona lE lec to ra l Commiss ion ’s(INEC) performance in theNational Assembly Election2011.

According to many peoplew e s p o k e t o o n t h ea s se s smen t o f t he INEC,many peop l e de sc r i bedINEC as its heart-warmingperformance in the NationalAssembly e l ec t i on i sdeafening.

INEC has done us proud;Nige r i ans can neve r beimpre s sed by pos i t i vedeeds of the elites – IbrahimYahya Ilorin

INEC has pe r fo rmedc red i t ab ly we l l i n t heNational Assembly election.It has never been so goodbefore – Hajara Shehu

Wi th t he Na t iona lAssembly elect ion, i t wasquiet clear that PDP was upto something, Jega did goodjob, INEC exhibi ted greatcourage and responsibili tyto aver t wha t cou ld havebeen a national calamity –Kennedy.

“What I look for in anycand ida t e cons i s t o fi n t e g r i t y, s e l f l e ssness ,ab i l i ty and o f course ,readiness to perform to thebenefit of all and sundry andto the glory of God. He orshe must have a sense ofaccountability to those he orshe represen t” . DoyinSamuel.

Presidential Polls,2011 Report

After the announcement of the result of the Presidentialelection in Nigeria; violence erupt at the Northern part of thecountry;

Another e lec t ionviolence


State Party Votes PercentageAbia PDP 641158 82.33PCTAbia APGA 49421 6.35PCTAbia PPA 43778 5.62PCTAbia ACN 18004 2.31PCTAbia LP 15720 2.02PCTAbia ANPP 3375 0.43PCTAbia CPC 1631 0.21PCTAbia PPP 1063 0.14PCTAbia ALP 715 0.09PCTAbia DFPF 713 0.09PCTAbia CPN 658 0.08PCTAbia MPPP 562 0.07PCTAbia CPP 514 0.07PCTAbia AD 436 0.06PCTAbia NCP 385 0.05PCTAbia APS 370 0.05PCTAbia SDMP 142 0.02PCTAbia CDC 133 0.02PCTAkwa Ibom PDP 957585 83.38PCTAkwa Ibom ACN 163449 14.23PCTAkwa Ibom CPC 15660 1.36PCTAkwa Ibom ANPP 3721 0.32PCTAkwa Ibom LP 2745 0.24PCTAkwa Ibom AD 1287 0.11PCTAkwa Ibom APGA 913 0.08PCTAkwa Ibom PPA 777 0.07PCTAkwa Ibom NTP 754 0.07PCTAkwa Ibom ARP 411 0.04PCTAkwa Ibom HDP 327 0.03PCTAkwa Ibom NRP 278 0.02PCTAkwa Ibom SDMP 277 0.02PCTAkwa Ibom NNPP 249 0.02PCTBauchi PDP 771503 60.57PCTBauchi CPC 238426 18.72PCTBauchi ACN 157237 12.35PCTBauchi ANPP 102093 8.02PCTBauchi MPPP 1307 0.10PCTBauchi APGA 590 0.05PCTBauchi KP 558 0.04PCTBauchi APS 512 0.04PCTBauchi SDMP 467 0.04PCTBauchi ALP 382 0.03PCTBauchi AD 313 0.02PCTBauchi LP 279 0.02PCTBenue PDP 590756 53.19PCTBenue ACN 499319 44.96PCTBenue ANPP 9234 0.83PCTBenue CPC 3532 0.32PCTBenue ACPN 2262 0.20PCT

Benue NMDP 1121 0.10PCTBenue ADC 1099 0.10PCTBenue PPA 889 0.08PCTBenue PRP 618 0.06PCTBenue MPPP 496 0.04PCTBenue LP 488 0.04PCTBenue APGA 463 0.04PCTBenue APS 329 0.03PCTBorno ANPP 531147 50.55PCTBorno PDP 450140 42.84PCTBorno CPC 51378 4.89PCTBorno ACN 6261 0.60PCTBorno PAC 3002 0.29PCTBorno APGA 1869 0.18PCTBorno ALP 1751 0.17PCTBorno AD 1382 0.13PCTBorno KP 1355 0.13PCTBorno ADC 1223 0.12PCTBorno NAP 768 0.07PCTBorno MPPP 520 0.05PCTDelta PDP 525793 51.69PCTDelta DPP 433834 42.65PCTDelta ACN 15526 1.53PCTDelta MPPP 8004 0.79PCTDelta A 7908 0.78PCTDelta ANPP 7893 0.78PCTDelta NCP 3483 0.34PCTDelta JP 2068 0.20PCTDelta PPP 1786 0.18PCTDelta LP 1719 0.17PCTDelta CPP 1593 0.16PCTDelta CDC 1160 0.11PCTDelta NTP 1109 0.11PCTDelta FPN 936 0.09PCTDelta CPC 864 0.08PCTDelta PPN 811 0.08PCTDelta ALP 714 0.07PCTDelta APS 565 0.06PCTDelta ADC 530 0.05PCTDelta NMDP 317 0.03PCTDelta CAP 249 0.02PCTDelta HDP 188 0.02PCTDelta PRP 184 0.02PCTEbonyi PDP 287217 63.62PCTEbonyi ANPP 125248 27.74PCTEbonyi APGA 29055 6.44PCTEbonyi ACN 3618 0.80PCTEbonyi PPA 2469 0.55PCTEbonyi CPC 2009 0.45PCTEbonyi ALP 1075 0.24PCTEbonyi PRP 448 0.10PCT

POLITICS

OFFICIAL RESULTS OF THE GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS IN NIGERIA


Ebonyi SDMP 320 0.07PCTEnugu PDP 419790 85.47PCTEnugu LP 30135 6.14PCTEnugu PDC 29565 6.02PCTEnugu ACN 5086 1.04PCTEnugu APGA 2658 0.54PCTEnugu PPA 1011 0.21PCTEnugu ANPP 702 0.14PCTEnugu CPC 504 0.10PCTEnugu ALP 368 0.07PCTEnugu HDP 312 0.06PCTEnugu NTP 300 0.06PCTEnugu NCP 207 0.04PCTEnugu APS 174 0.04PCTEnugu CDC 144 0.03PCTEnugu CAP 140 0.03PCTEnugu ADC 42 0.01PCTGombe PDP 596481 76.43PCTGombe CPC 91781 11.76PCTGombe ANPP 84959 10.89PCTGombe LP 3731 0.48PCTGombe SDMP 2856 0.37PCTGombe ADC 585 0.07PCTJigawa PDP 676307 61.79PCTJigawa ACN 343177 31.35PCTJigawa CPC 56911 5.20PCTJigawa ANPP 12124 1.11PCTJigawa NRP 2540 0.23PCTJigawa ADC 1206 0.11PCTJigawa APGA 842 0.08PCTJigawa APS 808 0.07PCTJigawa MPPP 634 0.06PCTKaduna PDP 1334319 52.34PCTKaduna CPC 1133564 44.46PCTKaduna ANPP 33142 1.30PCTKaduna PRP 21200 0.83PCTKaduna ACN 20094 0.79PCTKaduna LP 1812 0.07PCTKaduna NTP 1691 0.07PCTKaduna APS 1128 0.04PCTKaduna APGA 826 0.03PCTKaduna NCP 823 0.03PCTKaduna NPC 295 0.01PCTKaduna SDMP 207 0.01PCTKaduna NAP 201 0.01PCTKaduna NSDP 164 0.01PCTKano PDP 1108345 46.00PCTKano ANPP 1048317 43.50PCTKano CPC 175143 7.27PCTKano ACN 54015 2.24PCT

Kano PAC 8582 0.36PCTKano APN 3568 0.15PCTKano CDC 2819 0.12PCTKano APGA 2484 0.10PCTKano ALP 2458 0.10PCTKano APS 1059 0.04PCTKano CPP 958 0.04PCTKano NTP 787 0.03PCTKano NCP 657 0.03PCTKano MPPP 500 0.02PCTKatsina PDP 1029912 63.49PCTKatsina CPC 555769 34.26PCTKatsina ACN 19990 1.23PCTKatsina MPPP 4609 0.28PCTKatsina ANPP 3574 0.22PCTKatsina PRP 2589 0.16PCTKatsina APS 2192 0.14PCTKatsina APGA 1319 0.08PCTKatsina LP 1146 0.07PCTKatsina ACPN 963 0.06PCTKebbi PDP 559424 57.97PCTKebbi CPC 326482 33.83PCTKebbi ACN 67710 7.02PCTKebbi NTP 2849 0.30PCTKebbi ANPP 1801 0.19PCTKebbi PPA 1574 0.16PCTKebbi APGA 1217 0.13PCTKebbi CPP 1168 0.12PCTKebbi PPP 552 0.06PCTKebbi AD 454 0.05PCTKebbi ALP 428 0.04PCTKebbi LP 378 0.04PCTKebbi NSDP 378 0.04PCTKebbi NNPP 361 0.04PCTKebbi ADC 325 0.03PCTKwara PDP 254969 50.58PCTKwara ACN 152580 30.27PCTKwara ACPN 72456 14.37PCTKwara CPC 10042 1.99PCTKwara DPP 5640 1.12PCTKwara ANPP 1958 0.39PCTKwara NTP 1682 0.33PCTKwara RPN 1284 0.25PCTKwara ALP 822 0.16PCTKwara APGA 729 0.14PCTKwara LDPN 611 0.12PCTKwara ARP 475 0.09PCTKwara UNPP 304 0.06PCTKwara APS 290 0.06PCTKwara NCP 260 0.05PCT

POLITICS



Lagos ACN 1509113 81.03PCTLagos PDP 300450 16.13PCTLagos LP 10221 0.55PCTLagos ADC 8365 0.45PCTLagos CPC 8055 0.43PCTLagos APGA 5696 0.31PCTLagos ANPP 5232 0.28PCTLagos ALP 2982 0.16PCTLagos NCP 2923 0.16PCTLagos NTP 2237 0.12PCTLagos CPN 1903 0.10PCTLagos SDMP 1707 0.09PCTLagos NPC 1526 0.08PCTLagos PRP 1295 0.07PCTLagos NNPP 808 0.04PCTNasarawa CPC 324823 48.19PCTNasarawa PDP 320398 47.54PCTNasarawa LP 18815 2.79PCTNasarawa ANPP 4498 0.67PCTNasarawa NCP 1948 0.29PCTNasarawa ACN 1903 0.28PCTNasarawa APS 656 0.10PCTNasarawa DFPF 652 0.10PCTNasarawa PRP 321 0.05PCTNiger PDP 543205 59.97PCTNiger CPC 244770 27.02PCTNiger ANPP 68268 7.54PCTNiger ACN 49060 5.42PCTNiger ADC 279 0.03PCTNiger ARP 133 0.01PCTNiger SDMP 114 0.01PCTOgun ACN 377487 51.90PCTOgun PDP 188698 25.94PCTOgun PPN 137051 18.84PCTOgun ACPN 5488 0.75PCTOgun LP 4109 0.56PCTOgun ANPP 2524 0.35PCTOgun AD 2145 0.29PCTOgun CPC 1906 0.26PCTOgun PRP 1613 0.22PCTOgun NTP 1398 0.19PCTOgun CPN 868 0.12PCTOgun CPP 610 0.08PCTOgun APGA 593 0.08PCTOgun NCP 576 0.08PCTOgun UNPP 554 0.08PCTOgun BNPP 487 0.07PCTOgun NSDP 434 0.06PCTOgun NAP 424 0.06PCTOgun DFPF 339 0.05PCT

Oyo ACN 420852 37.41PCTOyo PDP 387132 34.41PCTOyo A 275773 24.51PCTOyo CPC 15797 1.40PCTOyo AD 5763 0.51PCTOyo ANPP 4925 0.44PCTOyo RPN 3621 0.32PCTOyo LP 2508 0.22PCTOyo NTP 2168 0.19PCTOyo APGA 1700 0.15PCTOyo NCP 1442 0.13PCTOyo APS 1040 0.09PCTOyo UNPP 929 0.08PCTOyo MPPP 820 0.07PCTOyo FPN 620 0.06PCTPlateau PDP 823536 58.85PCTPlateau LP 494975 35.37PCTPlateau ACN 42897 3.07PCTPlateau ANPP 28723 2.05PCTPlateau CPC 2995 0.21PCTPlateau MPPP 2502 0.18PCTPlateau PPA 1549 0.11PCTPlateau APGA 1328 0.09PCTPlateau ADC 913 0.07PCTRivers PDP 1178529 85.81PCTRivers APGA 112528 8.19PCTRivers ACN 60240 4.39PCTRivers ANPP 3912 0.28PCTRivers HDP 3893 0.28PCTRivers LP 2250 0.16PCTRivers CPC 1900 0.14PCTRivers ACPN 1458 0.11PCTRivers UNPP 1237 0.09PCTRivers A 1216 0.09PCTRivers NTP 1191 0.09PCTRivers PMP 839 0.06PCTRivers ARP 712 0.05PCTRivers CAP 399 0.03PCTRivers MRDD 343 0.02PCTRivers JP 330 0.02PCTRivers PPA 311 0.02PCTRivers PRP 299 0.02PCTRivers AD 240 0.02PCTRivers NNPP 233 0.02PCTRivers NMDP 225 0.02PCTRivers ALP 199 0.01PCTRivers SDMP 192 0.01PCTRivers RPN 177 0.01PCTRivers MDJ 168 0.01PCTRivers CPP 151 0.01PCT

POLITICS



COVER

JONATHAN:TRANSFORMATIONBEGINS, TIME OFLAMENTATION IS OVER

DSTORIES BY DAUD AWWAL


Pres ident Good luckJonathan took the oath ofoffice for a fresh four yearMay 29th 2011 with a noteo f warn ing tha t newadministration would notallow any one to exploitd i f f erence in creed ortongue to instigate disunityamong Nigerians, sayingthat the determination to beun i t ed remained'unshakable', appealing hisrivals in the presidentiale l ec t i on to h i stransformation journey,a l so say ing that era o flamenta t ions over theelections were over.

The oa th wasadministered on him andv ice p r e s iden t Namad iSambo by the chief justiceof Nigeria (CJN) Just iceAloys ius Kats ina Alu a tEag le Squa re , Abu jaNigeria.

In his Inaugural addresscentered around hope andt r ans fo rma t ion , s a id heapp rec i a t ed t he t r u s treposed in him by Nigerians

COVER

•President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, taking oath of office as the President, Commander-in-chief of the NigerianArmed forces

•President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, walking to the alter to take oath of officewho gave him their mandateand promised not let themdown.

'We know your pa in s

because I have been there,I look beyond the hardshipthat you have endured andsee a new beginning a new

direction, a new spirit''. Hesaid 'fellow compatriots, liftyou r gaze t owards t hehorizon, look ahead and you


COVER

will see a great future thatyou secure with unity hardwork and co l l ec t i vesacrifice. Join me now as webeg in t he j ou rney o ftransforming Nigeria.''

''I will continue to fight foryour future because I amone of you, I will continueto f i gh t fo r improvedmedica l care for a l l ourcitizens, I will fight for allcitizens to have access tofirst class education. I willcon t inue t o f i gh t f o relectricity to be available fora l l ou r c i t i z ens , I w i l lcon t inue to f igh t fo r ane f f i c i en t and improvedtransport system for all ourpeople, I will continue tofight for job to be createdth rough p roduc t i veenterprise and partnership''.

''You have trusted me withyour mandate, and I willnever never let you down,we know your pains, this istime for action, but, Nigeria

•Ebele Jonathanwatching theevent

can only be transformed ifwe all play our parts withcommitment and sincerity.Nigerians, I want you tostart to dream again, whatyou see in your dreams we

can achieve together. TheNigeria of our dreams mustbe built on hard work andnot on shotcuts''.

Jonathan said the countryhad begun i ts journey todeve lopmen t and h i sdetermination is ready toimprove the s tandard ofliving of Nigerians.

' 'We mus t g row theeconomy, creat jobs andgene ra t e endur inghappiness for our people. Ihave great confidence in theab i l i t y o f N ige r i ans t otransition this country. The

u rgen t t a sk o f myadministration is to providea suitable environment, forp roduc t i ve ac t i v i t i e s t oflourish. I therefore call onthe good people of Nigeriato enlist as agents of thegreat transformation''.

He added that his victoryin the presidential poll wasan i nd i ca t i on o f t heposs ib i l i t y o f Nige r i ansdream. In his address hecongratulated other electedofficials and urged them tomatch the hopes and havepassion for Nigerians voted

•Ebele Jonathan at eagle square

•Ebele Jonathan being congratulated by one of theAfrican leaders


COVER

•Jonathan sending emmissary to Nigerians at Eagles Square

•Goodluck Ebele Jonathan taking oath of office

them in. Jonathan promisedNiger ians in h is addressthat his next four years willbe focused on rebuildingour infrastructure, qualityeduca t ion and improvedhealth care delivery.

The president GoodluckEbele Jonathan performedhis first official assignmentby receiving a parade toushe r i n t he newadministration and that wasfollowed by hoisting of thena t iona l and r eg imen ta l

flags as well as a 21 gunsalute to official close theceremony.

The president ended hisaddress saying 'I thank you,God bless you all and Godbless the Federal Republicof Nigeria''.

The i naugura t i on waswitnessed by 32 heads ofgove rnmen t and someformer Nigerian Heads ofState, among them includingFormer Head of State Gen.Yakubu Gowon , Fo rmer

Head o f S t a t e Gen .Olusegun Obasanjo, FormerHead o f S t a t e ,Gen.Abdulsalami Abubakar,Former Head of In te r imNational Government, ChiefEa rnes t Shonekan ,Ministers, Service Chiefsand other diplomatic Corps.

The foreign heads of stateinc lude Sou th Af r i cap re s iden t , J acob Zuma ,Zimbabwe President, RobertMogabe,Zambia Preisdent,Geo rge Kunda ,L ibe r i ap re s iden t ,He l en S i r l e a fJ o h n s o n , A l g e r i aP r e s i d e n t , A b d u l A z e e zB o u t e f i l k a , C o n g oP r e s i d e n t , B r a z z a v i l l eD e n n i s , M a l iP r e s i d e n t , A h m e dT r a o n u r e , S e n e g a lP r e s i d e n t , A b d u lWade ,Burk ina FasoP r e s i d e n t , B l a i s eC a m p r a o r e , T o g oP r e s i d e n t , F a u r eGoass ingbe ,Repub l i c o fChad P re s iden t , I d r i sDeby,Niger President,YusufMohammadu,Sierra LeoneP r e s i d e n t , E r n e s tK o r o m a , G a b o nP r e s i d e n t , A l iOd inga ,O the r s i nc ludePr ime Min i s t e r o fSwitzerland,Barnabas,PrimeMinister of Kenya and VicePresident of Burundi..

Other Nigerian dignitarieswho wi tne s sed t heinauguration include SenateP r e s i d e n t , D a v i dMark,Former Speaker Houseof Representatives,DimejiBanko le ,Edo S t a t eG o v e r n o r , A d a mOsh iomho le ,Ondo S t a t eG o v e r n o r , O l u s e g u nAgagu ,Soko to S t a t e


COVER

G o v e r n o r , A l i y uWamakka ,Cros s R ive rGovernor,Liyel Imoke,KogiS t a t e Gove rno r, Id r i sIbrahim,Ambasador AminuWal i ,Sena to r KenNnamani,Former NationalCha i rman o f Peop le sDemocratic Party, PDP,ChiefSoloman Lar.

President Goodluck EbeleJohnathan a r r ived EagleSquare venue of the epochevent at about 11:00 a.mwithout the usual vehicularsiren except the motorcadetha t was escor ted to thevenue by police ceremonialho r se r i de r s . P r e s iden treceived colourful parade ofthe combined men of theNige r i a Armed Fo rces ,Navy, Air force and NigeriaPo l i ce .The P re s iden tdeparted at 1;35p.m

My big concern on thisco lou r fu l aven t , whyNige r i an Jou rna l i s t spa r t i cu l a r l y pho tojournalists and a handful oftheir foreign counterpartswe re t r e a t ed

•Ebele Jonathan after inauguration

•President Ebele Jonathan taking quare tour.

•African leaders that attendedPres ident Ebe le Jonathaninauguration

shabb i ly? .Some o f t hesecurities at this occasionadopted special selectiveapproach to accord specialrecognition to some otherforeign media organizationsuch as Al-Jazeereah andAFP Media. Correspondent,among others.

I commend minister ofin fo rma t ion andcommunication, Mr.LabaranMaku for his fruitful effortbefore the journalists wereeventually gain access to


COVER

more further to the podiumto t ake t he co lou r fu lpictures at event.

My second observation,almost all GSM Networksp rov ide r s equa l l y shu tdown the i r s e rv i ce fo ralmost 14 hours in Abujap reven t ed peop le f romcommunication.

Th i rd , i t was an' i nv i t a t i on on ly ' . I nv i t edgues t s ga the r ed a tdes igna ted po in ts wherethey were conveyed i nbuses to the venue, pointssuch as National AssemblyComlex, Federal Ministry ofFinance H/Q,NNPC Tower,Sup reme Cour t , Po l i ceHeadquarters, Ministry ofFore ign Affa i r s ,Internat ional ConferenceCen t r e and O ld Pa radeGround. No one was allowedto drive his/her personal carto the venue. All the guestswere subjected to thoroughsecurity checks.

Res iden t s whosebusiness entailed movingaround Eagle Square were

•African leaders that attended President Ebele Jonathaninauguration

•African leaders that attended President Ebele Jonathan inauguration

forced to trek long distanceto and from such premises,yet, those who made a wayin to t he venue had t oendure hunger as there wasnowhere near to get food ordrinks.


Kaduna StateGovernor,Patrick Yakowapromised h i s people onagricul ture development ,so l id minera l s andeduca t ion . He sa id . ’’Myadministration will welcomepublic private partnershipespec ia l ly fo re igninves tments , I wi l l g ivepremium to the developmentof agr icu l tu re and so l idminerals.

Governor Isa Yuguda ofBauchi S ta te seeks fo rAllah’s forgiveness over thekilling of 10 corps membersand six others in his statedur ing the 2011 pos t -election violence.

The Ogun StateGovernor,Senator IbikunleAmosun dec la red f reeeducation both at primaryand secondary schools andf ree hea l thcare in OgunState.

The Lagos StateGovernor,Babatunde RajiFashola promised residentof Lagos State accessibleand affordable housing andportable water supply in hisnext four year in office, healso promised them LagosLigh t Ra i l p ro jec t andsecurity. He said;’ We willinves t on secur i ty and

safe ty to fu r ther reducecrime’’.

Governor Ibrahim Shemaof Katsina State promised toimprove more water supplyand education in his state.

Kashim Shettima of BornoState appeals to Boko Haramon his inauguration day, hesaid;’ I call on all aggrievedsections of the society tocome forward and dialoguefor peace’ whi le fo rmergovernor of the state modusheriff seeks for forgives andalso told his people that heleft 63bn in State Account.

Governor Ibrahim Gaidamof Yobe State has pledged topromote good governance,accountabil i ty and socialjustice in the state.

Governor of OyoState,Ajimobi Isiaka Abiolapledged restoration in hisstate He also declared tocreate 20,000 jobs within thefirst 100 days.

The new Governor ofZamfara,AbdulAzeez Yarisa id ; ’Quran wi l l be myguide, I swear by the HolyQuran to serve you. I knowthe implication of the oath ofAllah which I took to serveyou.’’

A N Y I M : M Y

APPOINTMENT IS WILLOF GOD

The newly inaugura tedSecretary to the Governmentof the Federa t ion(SGF)Senator Anyim Piusrecen t ly s ta ted tha t h i sappoin tment as SGF byPres iden t GoodluckJonathan was the will of Godfor him and for all Nigerians.Anyim made the declarationin Abuja, while formerlytaking over office from theout-going SGF Alhaji YayaleAhmed. ’’Though the officeof SGF is not an arm ofGovernment than I’m veryconversan t wi th , a s apolitician with the legislaturearm, I’m very eager to learnfrom my forerunner AlhajiYayale Ahmed who is a verydistinguished and patrioticNigeria’’.

NATIONALASSEMBLY NEWS

D A V I DM A R K : W H A T E V E RSUCCESS WE HAVEACHIVED TODAY,WECOLLECTIVELY HAVETHAT HONOR

President of the Senate,David Mark took theactivities of the senate in thelast four years declared that

INAUGURATION NEWS FROM STATES

he took responsibility for thafailure of the things thatcould not be accomplishedwi th in the per iod . Markstated this while roundingof f the 6 th Na t iona lAssembly Sena teValedictory session recentlywhich formerly ends thesixth National Assembly.

Mark sa id ; ’Whateversuccess we have achievedtoday, we collectively havethat honour the honour iscollectively for all of us. Weall share in the success but Ialone David Mark take fullresponsibility fro all the actsof commiss ions andomissions and I take fullresponsibility for all that wefailed to do or did, my prayeri s tha t we e leva te thelegislature to a level where aNigerian will prefer to besena tor o f the Federa lRepublic ,and for us to dothat, we have to work extrahard. We have to keep totime. No nation can makeprogress unless we keep tot ime ,we have to a t t endplenary’ He added. ; Theachievement of the sixthsenate should challenge theincoming senate to do betterin view of the experiencesgathered over the year.Governor Fashola of Lagos State

Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State


COVER

MR.MATTEW JOHNSONSPOKE TO THEPUBLISHER OF THISMAGAZINE IMMEDIATELYAFTER THE EVENT.

'To me it was an event forthe high class. I expected itto be opened to all Nigerianswho made this day possible,I think it is a security event''

Mrs Toyin Ishola said:'' Iusually cook food and bringit to this place for selling asI did during swearing in ofthe late Umar YarAdua 2007even in 1999,but this did nothappen today, infact it washere when Jonathan camefor campaign, I sold my foodand drinks, it was allowed,this inauguration did notfavour me and mycolleagues here, Haba.

The publisher also spoketo a policeman, he said''Weare very sor ry fo rinconveniences i t cou ldcause, we have to protectthe president, our nation isfull of terrorists, this nationwas disgraced when bombswent off near this EagleSquare dur ing our 50 thanniversary celebration, it isonly security that can maketh i s co lour fu l occas ionsucceed today, tha t i ssecuri ty arrangements toensure a h i t ch- f reeinaugura t ion of ourpresident and his vice..

to peasant farmer-PaEbele in Otuoke,Madam Sera Jonathannever imagined that theboy would becomefamous beyond therural confines of OgbiaKingdom,did not occurto them that the boy

would become thedeputy governor ofBayelsa, would becomegovernor inbayelsa,would becomevice pres ident ,wouldbecome Pres identFederal Republ ic ofNigeria.Ebele connotesbless ing the peasantfarer wanted God tobless h is progeny.Heknew i t was poss ib lefor h is b less ing tomanifes t through hischildren.

Goodluck s tar ted hispr imary educa t ion a tS t .S tephen ' s p r imaryschool and la te rproceeded to St.Michealprimary School Oloibiriwhere he passed his firstschool leaving certificatein 1969.He furthered hiss tud ies a t mas te r DeiHigh school Imiringi,he

•President Goodluck Jonathan residential place before becoming president

Profile of GoodluckEbele JonathanGood luck Jonathan

was bornNovember 20,1957

President Jonathan


COVER

sat for the West AfricanSchool Cer t i f ica te1975.He secured a job asa preventive officer in theDepartment of customsand Excise from 1975-1977.

He enrolled as a pioneerstudent in the Departmentof Zoology a t newlyestablished University ofPort Harcourt in 1977,Hegradua ted wi th aB.SC(Hons)with a secondclass (upper d iv i s ion)while as a corp member,heserved Nigeria devotedlyas a humble class teacherof Iresi,a community inOyo Sts te new OsunState,He finished NYSCProgramme in 1982.He

worked briefly at civilservice for Rivers Stateand left 1983 and lecturerin the Depar tment ofBio log ica l Sc iencesCollege of Education portHarcour t .He propel ledhimself to obtain a masterdegree in Hydro Biologyand Fisheries Biology in1985,he bagged h isDoctor of ph i losophydegree in zoology fromthe Univers i ty of Por tHarcour t .Wi th thecreation of the oil mineral/producing AreaD e v e l o p m n e tCommission,OMPADEC,inO c t o b e r1992,Dr. Jona than wascalled to serve as assistant

director,Ecology in march1993, the d i rec tor ofenvironment protectionand pollution control,hewas in charge of theenvironment protectionsub-dept o f thecommission.He performedcreditably in that capacityuntil he voluntarily left theservice of the commissionin 1998.

Jonathan's associatesadvised him to join roughwater of Nigeria politicsand he agreed .He wasinspired by the words ofI saac Adakaboro ,de te rmined toadvance the welfare andprogress of his people ona large scale.He joinedpolitics in 1998 under thep la t form of PeoplesDemocra t ic Par ty,PDPand emerged as runningmate to the par ty ' sguberna tor ia l f l agbearer,Chief DiepreyeAlamieyeseigha.The duo

emerged triumphant at thepol l s in the 1999governorship election,andso, Dr Goodluck Jonathanbecame the deputegovernor and la te rbecame governor 9December 2005 t i l l 28May 2007 .He becamevice president May 29th2007,became Act ing

Profile of GoodluckEbele Jonathan

Mrs. Serah Ebele


Pres ident 2009 andbecame President May6th 2010 after the suddendeath of the late UmarYar 'Adua may 5 th2010.National Assemblyapproved Pres identjonathan's nomination ofFormer Kaduna S ta teg o v e r n o r , N a m a d iSambo.Goodluck jonathanwas sworn in asPresident, commander in-Chief Federal Republic ofNiger ia on 29 th May2011.

" I was not rich, and inmy youth , I neverimagined that i would bewhere I am today , but notonce did I ever give up.Not once did I imaginethat a child from otuoke,a small village in the NigerDelta will one day rise tothe position of a Presidentof the Federal Republic ofNigeria. I was raised bymy mother and father withjust enough money meetour daily needs. In myearly days in school, I hadno shoes , no schoolbag, I carried my booksin my hand but neverdespaired, no car to takeme to school but neverdespa i red , there weredays I had only one meala day, bu t neverdespaired, I walked milesand c rossed r ivers toschool everyday but I

COVER

•The council of heads of state

never despaired. Don' thave power, didn't havegenerators, studied withlan te rn bu t neverdespa i red . In sp i te o fthese,I finished secondaryschool,attended universityof port-hacourt and nowhold on doc tora tedegree.' '

Good luck jona thandec la red winner ofpres ident ia l genera lelection by IndependentNat iona l E lec tora lCommision INEC with22,495,187 vote defeatingGen.Muhammad Buhariof CPC with votes.

•The council of heads of state

•President Goodluck Jonathan at G-8 summit


COVER

Goodluck Ebele JonathanWith His Family In Picture

•Goodluck Jonathan when he was VicePresident to the late Umar Musa Yae’Adua


PRESIDENTIAL POLLS

State Party VotesPercentageGombe CPC 459898 59.73%Gombe PDP 290347 37.71%Gombe ANPP 5693 0.74%Gombe ACN 3420 0.44%Gombe BNPP 1764 0.23%Gombe PDC 1423 0.18%Gombe FRESH 983 0.13%Gombe PPP 926 0.12%Gombe PMP 924 0.12%Gombe NMDP 720 0.09%Gombe NCP 677 0.09%Gombe NTP 589 0.08%Gombe APS 541 0.07%Gombe ADC 470 0.06%Gombe ARP 428 0.06%Gombe HDP 328 0.04%Gombe MPPP 315 0.04%Gombe SDMP 199 0.03%Gombe LDPN 187 0.02%Gombe UNPD 187 0.02%Taraba PDP 451354 61.07%Taraba CPC 257986 34.91%Taraba ACN 17791 2.41%Taraba PDC 2163 0.29%Taraba PMP 1622 0.22%Taraba BNPP 1382 0.19%Taraba ANPP 1203 0.16%Taraba PPP 800 0.11%Taraba FRESH 647 0.09%Taraba ADC 622 0.08%Taraba NCP 567 0.08%Taraba NTP 498 0.07%Taraba UNPD 445 0.06%Taraba APS 420 0.06%Taraba NMDP 392 0.05%Taraba MPPP 286 0.04%Taraba HDP 274 0.04%Taraba ARP 265 0.04%Taraba SDMP 182 0.02%Taraba LDPN 166 0.02%Yobe CPC 337537 54.26%Yobe ANPP 143179 23.01%Yobe PDP 117128 18.83%Yobe ACN 6069 0.98%Yobe ADC 3230 0.52%Yobe APS 2263 0.36%Yobe PDC 1885 0.30%Yobe BNPP 1870 0.30%

Yobe PPP 1395 0.22%Yobe PMP 1384 0.22%Yobe NMDP 1182 0.19%Yobe FRESH 1061 0.17%Yobe NCP 702 0.11%Yobe NTP 669 0.11%Yobe UNPD 597 0.10%Yobe ARP 548 0.09%Yobe MPPP 452 0.07%Yobe HDP 426 0.07%Yobe SDMP 320 0.05%Yobe LDPN 218 0.04%Borno CPC 909763 77.25%Borno PDP 207075 17.58%Borno ANPP 37279 3.17%Borno ACN 7533 0.64%Borno BNPP 2677 0.23%Borno PDC 1803 0.15%Borno FRESH 1536 0.13%Borno ADC 1435 0.12%Borno NMDP 1225 0.10%Borno APS 1196 0.10%Borno PMP 1189 0.10%Borno PPP 1126 0.10%Borno NCP 944 0.08%Borno NTP 576 0.05%Borno HDP 543 0.05%Borno ARP 513 0.04%Borno MPPP 377 0.03%Borno UNPD 330 0.03%Borno LDPN 292 0.02%Borno SDMP 234 0.02%Kebbi CPC 501453 54.26%Kebbi PDP 369198 39.95%Kebbi ACN 26171 2.83%Kebbi PMP 3918 0.42%Kebbi ANPP 3298 0.36%Kebbi PDC 3112 0.34%Kebbi BNPP 2331 0.25%Kebbi PPP 2215 0.24%Kebbi FRESH 1943 0.21%Kebbi NMDP 1866 0.20%Kebbi MPPP 1692 0.18%Kebbi NTP 1328 0.14%Kebbi NCP 1133 0.12%Kebbi ADC 882 0.10%Kebbi HDP 808 0.09%Kebbi APS 806 0.09%Kebbi UNPD 552 0.06%

OFFICIAL RESULTS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN NIGERIA


Kebbi ARP 512 0.06%Kebbi LDPN 499 0.05%Kebbi SDMP 382 0.04%Adamawa PDP 508314 56.00%Adamawa CPC 344526 37.96%Adamawa ACN 32786 3.61%Adamawa PDC 3716 0.41%Adamawa PMP 3045 0.34%Adamawa ANPP 2706 0.30%Adamawa BNPP 1993 0.22%Adamawa PPP 1430 0.16%Adamawa NMDP 1229 0.14%Adamawa ADC 1214 0.13%Adamawa FRESH 990 0.11%Adamawa NCP 986 0.11%Adamawa NTP 977 0.11%Adamawa APS 788 0.09%Adamawa UNPD 698 0.08%Adamawa MPPP 681 0.08%Adamawa SDMP 487 0.05%Adamawa ARP 481 0.05%Adamawa HDP 392 0.04%Adamawa LDPN 267 0.03%Jigawa CPC 663994 58.21%Jigawa PDP 419252 36.75%Jigawa ACN 17355 1.52%Jigawa ANPP 7673 0.67%Jigawa PDC 5093 0.45%Jigawa PPP 4964 0.44%Jigawa PMP 4165 0.37%Jigawa BNPP 3230 0.28%Jigawa NMDP 2341 0.21%Jigawa FRESH 2094 0.18%Jigawa ADC 1746 0.15%Jigawa NTP 1733 0.15%Jigawa MPPP 1244 0.11%Jigawa APS 1218 0.11%Jigawa UNPD 1164 0.10%Jigawa NCP 1047 0.09%Jigawa HDP 682 0.06%Jigawa ARP 675 0.06%Jigawa SDMP 624 0.05%Jigawa LDPN 472 0.04%Cross RiverPDP 709382 97.67%Cross RiverACN 5889 0.81%Cross RiverCPC 4002 0.55%Cross RiverANPP 2521 0.35%Cross RiverPDC 1203 0.17%Cross RiverSDMP 880 0.12%Cross RiverPMP 697 0.10%Cross RiverPPP 357 0.05%

Cross RiverUNPD 214 0.03%Cross RiverADC 172 0.02%Cross RiverNTP 141 0.02%Cross RiverNMDP 138 0.02%Cross RiverNCP 136 0.02%Cross RiverFRESH 120 0.02%Cross RiverLDPN 110 0.02%Cross RiverMPPP 105 0.01%Cross RiverAPS 76 0.01%Cross RiverBNPP 73 0.01%Cross RiverHDP 68 0.01%Cross RiverARP 57 0.01%Katsina CPC 1163919 70.99%Katsina PDP 428392 26.13%Katsina ACN 10945 0.67%Katsina ANPP 6342 0.39%Katsina BNPP 3942 0.24%Katsina PDC 3751 0.23%Katsina PMP 3249 0.20%Katsina FRESH 2687 0.16%Katsina PPP 2480 0.15%Katsina NMDP 2303 0.14%Katsina NCP 1808 0.11%Katsina NTP 1698 0.10%Katsina MPPP 1577 0.10%Katsina APS 1174 0.07%Katsina ADC 1146 0.07%Katsina UNPD 991 0.06%Katsina HDP 982 0.06%Katsina ARP 824 0.05%Katsina LDPN 701 0.04%Katsina SDMP 621 0.04%Rivers PDP 1817762 98.04%Rivers ACN 16382 0.88%Rivers CPC 13182 0.71%Rivers PDC 1646 0.09%Rivers ANPP 1449 0.08%Rivers PMP 775 0.04%Rivers PPP 685 0.04%Rivers HDP 319 0.02%Rivers FRESH 289 0.02%Rivers ADC 276 0.01%Rivers NCP 253 0.01%Rivers LDPN 156 0.01%Rivers BNPP 148 0.01%Rivers NMDP 144 0.01%Rivers NTP 134 0.01%Rivers UNPD 118 0.01%Rivers SDMP 104 0.01%Rivers APS 102 0.01%

OFFICIAL RESULTS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN NIGERIAPRESIDENTIAL POLLS


Rivers MPPP 99 0.01%Rivers ARP 93 0.01%Delta PDP 1378851 98.59%Delta CPC 8960 0.64%Delta ANPP 2746 0.20%Delta FRESH 1595 0.11%Delta ACN 1310 0.09%Delta PDC 1209 0.09%Delta PMP 822 0.06%Delta PPP 630 0.05%Delta NCP 482 0.03%Delta ADC 361 0.03%Delta UNPD 196 0.01%Delta NTP 194 0.01%Delta BNPP 193 0.01%Delta LDPN 174 0.01%Delta MPPP 174 0.01%Delta ARP 170 0.01%Delta NMDP 170 0.01%Delta HDP 126 0.01%Delta APS 121 0.01%Delta SDMP 95 0.01%Zamfara CPC 624515 66.25%Zamfara PDP 238980 25.35%Zamfara ANPP 46554 4.94%Zamfara ACN 17970 1.91%Zamfara BNPP 2569 0.27%Zamfara PDC 1919 0.20%Zamfara PPP 1491 0.16%Zamfara FRESH 1421 0.15%Zamfara PMP 1384 0.15%Zamfara ADC 1297 0.14%Zamfara APS 947 0.10%Zamfara NCP 632 0.07%Zamfara NMDP 595 0.06%Zamfara NTP 573 0.06%Zamfara MPPP 503 0.05%Zamfara ARP 384 0.04%Zamfara HDP 369 0.04%Zamfara UNPD 206 0.02%Zamfara SDMP 196 0.02%Zamfara LDPN 174 0.02%Niger CPC 652574 64.03%Niger PDP 321429 31.54%Niger ACN 13344 1.31%Niger ANPP 7138 0.70%Niger PDC 3278 0.32%Niger BNPP 3160 0.31%Niger PPP 3112 0.31%Niger PMP 2892 0.28%

Niger FRESH 2049 0.20%Niger NMDP 1392 0.14%Niger ADC 1349 0.13%Niger NCP 1348 0.13%Niger NTP 1221 0.12%Niger APS 1151 0.11%Niger MPPP 1071 0.11%Niger HDP 710 0.07%Niger UNPD 586 0.06%Niger ARP 581 0.06%Niger SDMP 430 0.04%Niger LDPN 352 0.03%Abia PDP 1175984 98.96%Abia ACN 4392 0.37%Abia CPC 3743 0.31%Abia ANPP 1455 0.12%Abia PMP 504 0.04%Abia PPP 404 0.03%Abia FRESH 354 0.03%Abia NCP 261 0.02%Abia SDMP 141 0.01%Abia ADC 134 0.01%Abia NMDP 132 0.01%Abia PDC 126 0.01%Abia UNPD 125 0.01%Abia NTP 110 0.01%Abia LDPN 104 0.01%Abia BNPP 88 0.01%Abia MPPP 83 0.01%Abia HDP 71 0.01%Abia APS 63 0.01%Abia ARP 59 0.00%Kano CPC 1624543 60.77%Kano ANPP 526310 19.69%Kano PDP 440666 16.48%Kano ACN 42353 1.58%Kano BNPP 5515 0.21%Kano ADC 5355 0.20%Kano PDC 4216 0.16%Kano PPP 4030 0.15%Kano FRESH 3153 0.12%Kano APS 3133 0.12%Kano PMP 2740 0.10%Kano NMDP 2720 0.10%Kano NCP 1922 0.07%Kano NTP 1278 0.05%Kano ARP 1068 0.04%Kano MPPP 1043 0.04%Kano HDP 990 0.04%Kano UNPD 934 0.03%Kano SDMP 683 0.03%



Kano LDPN 576 0.02%Bauchi CPC 1315209 81.69%Bauchi PDP 258404 16.05%Bauchi ACN 16674 1.04%Bauchi ANPP 8777 0.55%Bauchi BNPP 2694 0.17%Bauchi FRESH 1378 0.09%Bauchi PDC 1235 0.08%Bauchi PMP 883 0.05%Bauchi PPP 796 0.05%Bauchi NCP 640 0.04%Bauchi NMDP 609 0.04%Bauchi ADC 599 0.04%Bauchi NTP 415 0.03%Bauchi APS 339 0.02%Bauchi ARP 319 0.02%Bauchi HDP 306 0.02%Bauchi MPPP 288 0.02%Bauchi LDPN 232 0.01%Bauchi UNPD 163 0.01%Bauchi SDMP 134 0.01%Benue PDP 694776 66.31%Benue ACN 223007 21.29%Benue CPC 109680 10.47%Benue ANPP 8592 0.82%Benue PDC 2623 0.25%Benue ADC 1936 0.18%Benue PMP 1685 0.16%Benue PPP 888 0.08%Benue NCP 769 0.07%Benue UNPD 710 0.07%Benue BNPP 613 0.06%Benue APS 435 0.04%Benue NTP 367 0.04%Benue FRESH 329 0.03%Benue MPPP 288 0.03%Benue NMDP 286 0.03%Benue ARP 225 0.02%Benue SDMP 187 0.02%Benue HDP 161 0.02%Benue LDPN 152 0.01%Bayelsa PDP 504811 99.63%Bayelsa CPC 691 0.14%Bayelsa ACN 370 0.07%Bayelsa PDC 241 0.05%Bayelsa ANPP 136 0.03%Bayelsa PMP 131 0.03%Bayelsa PPP 67 0.01%Bayelsa FRESH 50 0.01%Bayelsa ADC 31 0.01%Bayelsa UNPD 23 0.00%

Bayelsa NCP 20 0.00%Bayelsa MPPP 18 0.00%Bayelsa SDMP 18 0.00%Bayelsa LDPN 17 0.00%Bayelsa NMDP 14 0.00%Bayelsa ARP 13 0.00%Bayelsa NTP 12 0.00%Bayelsa HDP 11 0.00%Bayelsa BNPP 10 0.00%Bayelsa APS 9 0.00%Kwara PDP 268243 64.68%Kwara CPC 83603 20.16%Kwara ACN 52432 12.64%Kwara ANPP 1672 0.40%Kwara PDC 1565 0.38%Kwara PMP 1124 0.27%Kwara PPP 850 0.20%Kwara ADC 646 0.16%Kwara UNPD 615 0.15%Kwara NCP 478 0.12%Kwara NMDP 474 0.11%Kwara NTP 463 0.11%Kwara BNPP 459 0.11%Kwara FRESH 408 0.10%Kwara MPPP 354 0.09%Kwara APS 336 0.08%Kwara LDPN 305 0.07%Kwara ARP 257 0.06%Kwara SDMP 238 0.06%Kwara HDP 232 0.06%Ebonyi PDP 480592 95.57%Ebonyi ANPP 14296 2.84%Ebonyi PDC 1794 0.36%Ebonyi PMP 1289 0.26%Ebonyi ACN 1112 0.22%Ebonyi CPC 1025 0.20%Ebonyi ADC 435 0.09%Ebonyi PPP 394 0.08%Ebonyi APS 316 0.06%Ebonyi NTP 256 0.05%Ebonyi MPPP 225 0.04%Ebonyi NMDP 183 0.04%Ebonyi ARP 148 0.03%Ebonyi UNPD 139 0.03%Ebonyi NCP 132 0.03%Ebonyi BNPP 126 0.03%Ebonyi HDP 123 0.02%Ebonyi SDMP 116 0.02%Ebonyi LDPN 96 0.02%Ebonyi FRESH 93 0.02%



Plateau PDP 1029865 72.98%Plateau CPC 356551 25.27%Plateau ACN 10181 0.72%Plateau ANPP 5235 0.37%Plateau PDC 2601 0.18%Plateau PMP 1717 0.12%Plateau PPP 870 0.06%Plateau BNPP 719 0.05%Plateau FRESH 622 0.04%Plateau NCP 396 0.03%Plateau ADC 383 0.03%Plateau NMDP 370 0.03%Plateau APS 353 0.03%Plateau NTP 337 0.02%Plateau UNPD 263 0.02%Plateau ARP 181 0.01%Plateau HDP 138 0.01%Plateau SDMP 121 0.01%Plateau LDPN 118 0.01%Plateau MPPP 96 0.01%Kaduna CPC 1334244 51.92%Kaduna PDP 1190179 46.31%Kaduna ANPP 17301 0.67%Kaduna ACN 11278 0.44%Kaduna BNPP 3321 0.13%Kaduna PDC 3098 0.12%Kaduna PMP 1759 0.07%Kaduna FRESH 1691 0.07%Kaduna PPP 1399 0.05%Kaduna NCP 1308 0.05%Kaduna ADC 693 0.03%Kaduna NMDP 681 0.03%Kaduna NTP 547 0.02%Kaduna APS 530 0.02%Kaduna ARP 421 0.02%Kaduna HDP 409 0.02%Kaduna MPPP 369 0.01%Kaduna SDMP 281 0.01%Kaduna LDPN 248 0.01%Kaduna UNPD 206 0.01%Edo PDP 542173 87.28%Edo ACN 54242 8.73%Edo CPC 17795 2.86%Edo ANPP 2174 0.35%Edo PDC 1179 0.19%Edo PMP 597 0.10%Edo ADC 597 0.10%Edo PPP 573 0.09%Edo NCP 327 0.05%Edo FRESH 316 0.05%Edo UNPD 188 0.03%

Edo BNPP 140 0.02%Edo NTP 139 0.02%Edo NMDP 136 0.02%Edo APS 126 0.02%Edo MPPP 125 0.02%Edo LDPN 116 0.02%Edo ARP 88 0.01%Edo SDMP 81 0.01%Edo HDP 80 0.01%Nasarawa PDP 408997 58.89%Nasarawa CPC 278390 40.08%Nasarawa PDC 1398 0.20%Nasarawa ACN 1204 0.17%Nasarawa ANPP 1047 0.15%Nasarawa PMP 715 0.10%Nasarawa PPP 452 0.07%Nasarawa NCP 413 0.06%Nasarawa FRESH 379 0.05%Nasarawa ADC 292 0.04%Nasarawa NTP 202 0.03%Nasarawa NMDP 194 0.03%Nasarawa MPPP 141 0.02%Nasarawa BNPP 135 0.02%Nasarawa ARP 132 0.02%Nasarawa APS 127 0.02%Nasarawa HDP 88 0.01%Nasarawa UNPD 88 0.01%Nasarawa LDPN 78 0.01%Nasarawa SDMP 55 0.01%Oyo PDP 484758 56.14%Oyo ACN 252240 29.21%Oyo CPC 92396 10.70%Oyo ANPP 7156 0.83%Oyo ADC 6541 0.76%Oyo PDC 3321 0.38%Oyo PPP 3149 0.36%Oyo UNPD 2902 0.34%Oyo PMP 2072 0.24%Oyo NCP 1749 0.20%Oyo APS 1295 0.15%Oyo SDMP 1154 0.13%Oyo NMDP 794 0.09%Oyo FRESH 742 0.09%Oyo BNPP 712 0.08%Oyo NTP 669 0.08%Oyo ARP 623 0.07%Oyo MPPP 569 0.07%Oyo HDP 416 0.05%Oyo LDPN 286 0.03%Ekiti PDP 135009 51.56%



Ekiti ACN 116981 44.67%Ekiti CPC 2689 1.03%Ekiti ANPP 1482 0.57%Ekiti ADC 1314 0.50%Ekiti PDC 821 0.31%Ekiti UNPD 817 0.31%Ekiti PMP 596 0.23%Ekiti PPP 520 0.20%Ekiti APS 506 0.19%Ekiti SDMP 172 0.07%Ekiti NCP 158 0.06%Ekiti NMDP 134 0.05%Ekiti NTP 129 0.05%Ekiti MPPP 113 0.04%Ekiti ARP 112 0.04%Ekiti BNPP 94 0.04%Ekiti HDP 89 0.03%Ekiti LDPN 70 0.03%Ekiti FRESH 52 0.02%Imo PDP 1381357 97.98%Imo ACN 14821 1.05%Imo CPC 7591 0.54%Imo ANPP 2520 0.18%Imo PDC 946 0.07%Imo PMP 453 0.03%Imo FRESH 353 0.03%Imo PPP 292 0.02%Imo ADC 233 0.02%Imo NCP 175 0.01%Imo LDPN 147 0.01%Imo UNPD 146 0.01%Imo SDMP 143 0.01%Imo NMDP 128 0.01%Imo NTP 108 0.01%Imo MPPP 100 0.01%Imo BNPP 99 0.01%Imo ARP 94 0.01%Imo APS 80 0.01%Imo HDP 64 0.00%Akwa Ibom PDP 1165629 94.58%Akwa Ibom ACN 54148 4.39%Akwa Ibom CPC 5348 0.43%Akwa Ibom ANPP 2000 0.16%Akwa Ibom PDC 1221 0.10%Akwa Ibom ADC 882 0.07%Akwa Ibom PMP 650 0.05%Akwa Ibom UNPD 528 0.04%Akwa Ibom PPP 476 0.04%Akwa Ibom NCP 229 0.02%Akwa Ibom NTP 151 0.01%

Akwa Ibom NMDP 147 0.01%Akwa Ibom APS 146 0.01%Akwa Ibom MPPP 144 0.01%Akwa Ibom BNPP 143 0.01%Akwa Ibom FRESH 137 0.01%Akwa Ibom LDPN 123 0.01%Akwa Ibom ARP 113 0.01%Akwa Ibom SDMP 95 0.01%Akwa Ibom HDP 85 0.01%Sokoto CPC 540769 59.44%Sokoto PDP 309057 33.97%Sokoto ACN 20144 2.21%Sokoto ANPP 5063 0.56%Sokoto PMP 4183 0.46%Sokoto PPP 4012 0.44%Sokoto PDC 3756 0.41%Sokoto FRESH 3163 0.35%Sokoto BNPP 2946 0.32%Sokoto NMDP 2726 0.30%Sokoto ADC 2373 0.26%Sokoto APS 1971 0.22%Sokoto MPPP 1952 0.21%Sokoto NTP 1802 0.20%Sokoto NCP 1476 0.16%Sokoto HDP 1091 0.12%Sokoto ARP 915 0.10%Sokoto UNPD 887 0.10%Sokoto SDMP 786 0.09%Sokoto LDPN 736 0.08%Lagos PDP 1281688 65.90%Lagos ACN 427203 21.96%Lagos CPC 189983 9.77%Lagos ANPP 8941 0.46%Lagos PPP 7479 0.38%Lagos PDC 7361 0.38%Lagos ADC 5339 0.27%Lagos PMP 2826 0.15%Lagos NCP 2752 0.14%Lagos FRESH 1988 0.10%Lagos UNPD 1834 0.09%Lagos BNPP 1285 0.07%Lagos APS 1190 0.06%Lagos SDMP 922 0.05%Lagos NMDP 899 0.05%Lagos ARP 827 0.04%Lagos NTP 751 0.04%Lagos HDP 661 0.03%Lagos MPPP 660 0.03%Lagos LDPN 455 0.02%Anambra PDP 1145169 98.96%



Anambra CPC 4223 0.36%Anambra ACN 3437 0.30%Anambra PDC 1282 0.11%Anambra ANPP 975 0.08%Anambra PMP 535 0.05%Anambra PPP 347 0.03%Anambra ADC 266 0.02%Anambra NCP 118 0.01%Anambra FRESH 107 0.01%Anambra NTP 98 0.01%Anambra APS 97 0.01%Anambra UNPD 96 0.01%Anambra MPPP 86 0.01%Anambra LDPN 83 0.01%Anambra NMDP 82 0.01%Anambra BNPP 80 0.01%Anambra ARP 56 0.00%Anambra HDP 54 0.00%Anambra SDMP 48 0.00%Kogi PDP 399816 71.17%Kogi CPC 132201 23.53%Kogi ANPP 16491 2.94%Kogi ACN 6516 1.16%Kogi PDC 1231 0.22%Kogi PMP 972 0.17%Kogi PPP 661 0.12%Kogi NCP 603 0.11%Kogi ADC 596 0.11%Kogi BNPP 442 0.08%Kogi APS 347 0.06%Kogi FRESH 343 0.06%Kogi NMDP 341 0.06%Kogi UNPD 272 0.05%Kogi NTP 244 0.04%Kogi MPPP 178 0.03%Kogi ARP 150 0.03%Kogi HDP 140 0.02%Kogi LDPN 129 0.02%Kogi SDMP 109 0.02%Osun ACN 299711 58.46%Osun PDP 188409 36.75%Osun CPC 6997 1.36%Osun ADC 5172 1.01%Osun ANPP 3617 0.71%Osun UNPD 1755 0.34%Osun PPP 1285 0.25%Osun PDC 1268 0.25%Osun PMP 965 0.19%Osun SDMP 614 0.12%Osun APS 513 0.10%Osun NCP 378 0.07%

Osun NMDP 323 0.06%Osun NTP 321 0.06%Osun ARP 300 0.06%Osun MPPP 267 0.05%Osun BNPP 267 0.05%Osun FRESH 219 0.04%Osun HDP 217 0.04%Osun LDPN 116 0.02%Ondo PDP 387376 79.57%Ondo ACN 74253 15.25%Ondo CPC 11890 2.44%Ondo ANPP 6741 1.38%Ondo PDC 1909 0.39%Ondo ADC 888 0.18%Ondo PMP 800 0.16%Ondo PPP 551 0.11%Ondo UNPD 382 0.08%Ondo NCP 315 0.06%Ondo NMDP 248 0.05%Ondo NTP 226 0.05%Ondo APS 217 0.04%Ondo SDMP 216 0.04%Ondo BNPP 174 0.04%Ondo MPPP 150 0.03%Ondo FRESH 141 0.03%Ondo LDPN 140 0.03%Ondo ARP 122 0.03%Ondo HDP 98 0.02%Enugu PDP 802144 98.54%Enugu CPC 3753 0.46%Enugu PDC 2642 0.32%Enugu ACN 1755 0.22%Enugu ANPP 1111 0.14%Enugu PMP 648 0.08%Enugu PPP 405 0.05%Enugu FRESH 228 0.03%Enugu ADC 186 0.02%Enugu NCP 161 0.02%Enugu NTP 149 0.02%Enugu UNPD 120 0.01%Enugu LDPN 117 0.01%Enugu SDMP 101 0.01%Enugu BNPP 94 0.01%Enugu MPPP 89 0.01%Enugu NMDP 88 0.01%Enugu APS 85 0.01%Enugu HDP 75 0.01%Enugu ARP 58 0.01%FCT PDP 253444 63.66%FCT CPC 131576 33.05%



t is generally believedthat organiz ing thehome i s the pr imaryass ignment of a rea lwoman and thatkeeping the home neatand tidy is naturally abas ic th ing in thefemine world . Fromtime immemorial, it hasalways been a big taskfor most women whohad growing children(even toddlers) and notcapable of assisting it.It becomes more fixingwhen the womancombines her off ic ia lworks with the homefront . Thisautomat ica l ly makesthe hurdles moredifficultly to cross andinstead of having timeto relax and catch more fun, she shuttles betweenher office and the home and she’s lucky if thepartner the types that likes to give a helping handwith passion.

How do you cope and still have enough time foryourself? You can actually organize your home andstill have enough time. These are tips to help youachieve results.

Keep a shopping list in the kitchen and ensure allthe family members strictly abide by it and anytimeyou run short of any item, make an immediate list ofit.

Know the exact place to pick up any item. Have apermanent positions for everything and everybody getused to it without changing hand. This will make youhave things done in a snappy way without consumingtoo much time.

Rather than making a mess of the living room oreven the bedroom, create a place where odds andwaste can be dumped.

Always stocks/store real items in each room andthroughout or store away unlike items or those itemsyou don’t need.

Let your kitchen look l ively by throwing outcontainers that you haven’t used in a long time andmay probably will not be used again.

In your bathroom, get rid of items and pieces suchas half finished tube of bottles of disinfectants, emptytubes of toothpaste and bottles if drugs that you’ll neverneed again. Also maintain separate laundry basket forwhites and coloured cloths. Get your children to putthings in the right basket as this will put things in theright basket as this will save you time sorting yourlaundry basket.

Do a seasoned audit of your cloths in the bedroom.Store out-of-fashion-clothes, arrange them carefullyas you create a basket for the dirty ones to avoidhunting. Through your wardrobe when you need towear something.

Make a compulsory assignment to prepare for thenext day, every evening, prepare for the children clothstoo and make a list of chores you have to do so as tosave time in the morning and also killing stress both atnight and in the office.

RELATIONSHIP

ORGANISINGYOUR HOME

COMFORT ADE


AdverAdverAdverAdverAdver tisement Ratestisement Ratestisement Ratestisement Ratestisement Rates

Effective May, 2011

ROP N £1. Full page 350,000 2,2002. Half page 270,000 1,7003. Quarter page 60,000 5004. Double page 500,000 3,2005. Bottom strip 100,000 4006. Classified 7,000 40

Special Position1. Back Cover 450,000 3,0002. Inside Front/Back Cover Facing pages 370,000 2,4003. Double page centre 700,000 7,0004. Front cover strip 200,000 1,400

Series Discount Loose Inserts5-10 Insertions 10% N20,000 50 for 1,000 copies fliers11-20 insertions 15% N30,000 120 for 1,000 copies magazines21-50 insertions 20% N50,000 270 for handling charges

•Designs Service: Your advertisement can be individually designed at a cost of 20% of the price of the advertisement.

•Publication: Montly, twelve times annually All adverts are full colour, materials to be submitted electronically

with proof via zip, flash disc, CD rom.

•Sponsorship: Negotiable•Copy date is 15 days to publications date•Cancellation of advertising space can only be accepted at 10 days

written notice before print date•Series advertisers to collect full payment for series discounts after

print in while 5% VAT applicable on all rates.

Advert payment in cheque/certified bank draft shall be made in favour ofAWWAL PRODUCTION INTERNATIONAL the Publishers of DAL

International Magazine.


LONDON (Reuters ) –President Barack Obama onWednesday dec la red theU.S.-European alliance asvital as ever and said it mustuse its influence to push fordemocratic reforms in theMiddle East.

Obama out l ined amanifesto for responding tothe “Arab Spring” uprisingsas he became the first U.S.president to address bothhouses o f the Br i t i shparliament in WestminsterHal l , whose wal l s a resteeped in 1,000 years ofhistory.

“Ultimately, freedom mustbe won by the peoplethemselves , not imposedfrom without. But we can andmust stand with those whoso struggle,” he said.

His speech was aimed atreassuring Europe, wherethere is some sense that theUnited States is turning itsattention elsewhere in theface of f ierce diplomaticchallenges from Asia and theArab world.

In a speech anchoring hisfour-nation European trip,Obama said it was up to the

Obama: U.S. and Europemust lead on Middle EastReuters – President Barack Obama speaks during a State Banquet in

Buckingham Palace hosted by Britain’s Queen … By Steve Holland andJeff Mason Steve Holland And Jeff Mason – Wed May 25, 3:53 pm ET

United States, Britain andtheir European allies to leadat a time when the world wasbeing tested by economicturmoil, Arab revolutions,Islamic militants, climatechange and efforts to spreadnuclear weapons.

It is a message he will carryThursday to Deauvi l l e ,France, where leaders of theGroup of Eight powers meet.

The audience a tWestminster Hall, which hasbeen used for coronationbanquets and the lying-in-state of deceased monarchs,inc luded former p r imeministers Tony Blair, GordonBrown and John Major andeven American actor TomHanks.

Al l app lauded whenObama, who had played uphis Irish roots in Irelandearlier in the week, said itwas an honor “ for thegrandson of a Kenyan whoserved as a cook in theBritish Army to stand beforeyou as p res iden t o f theUnited States.”

Obama rejected those whosay the time of American andEuropean influence around

the world has passed as thelikes of China, Brazil andIndia claim a bigger place onthe world stage.

“That argument is wrong,”he said. “The time for ourleadership is now .. . Oura l l i ance wi l l r emainindispensable to the goal ofa cen tury tha t i s morepeaceful, more prosperousand more just.”

Obama and h i s wi feMichel le enjoyed a f inalround of pomp by hosting adinner in honor of QueenElizabeth and attended bysuch luminaries as “HarryPotter” author J.K. Rowling,actor Colin Firth of “TheKing’s Speech” and soccerstar David Beckham.

A public opinion surveyby Britain’s Channel 4 Newsfound Britons split over thefu ture o f i t s “ spec ia lrelationship” with America.Forty-two percent of thosesurveyed sa id there la t ionsh ip shouldcontinue, and 39 percentsaid it should end.

“BROADER PARTNERSNEEDED”

Robin Niblett, director of

the foreign policy think tankChatham House , to ldReuters that the prioritiesObama had l i s t ed a tWestminster Hall “are goingto require a broader set ofpartners than were in thischamber.”

At home, c r i t i cs haveaccused Obama ofresponding too slowly todevelopments in the Arabworld and contributing to astalemate in Libya, whereleader Muammar Gaddafi isshowing no sign of yieldingto a rebellion.

With some wondering whyhe has not applied similarpressure to President Basharal-Assad to stop a bloodycrackdown in Syria, Obamasaid: “We cannot stop everyinjustice.”

Obama, who i s underpressure a t home no t toengage in another foreignmi l i t a ry en tang lement ,cautioned that it would taketime for the uprisings in astring of nations from Egyptto Syria to play themselvesout.

“It will be years beforethese revolutions reach theirconclusion, and there will bedifficult days along the way.Power ra re ly g ives upwithout a fight,” he said.

Eager to begin removingsome U.S . t roops f romAfghanistan in July, Obamasaid the United States wasnow prepar ing to tu rn acorner there and that, duringthe transition period, “wewill pursue a lasting peacewith those who break fromal Qaeda and respect theAfghan constitution.”

Earl ier, at a joint newsconference , Obama andBritish Prime Minister DavidCameron pred ic ted tha tGaddafi would ultimatelyleave power. Cameron didnot deny French repor t sthat Britain is consideringus ing a t t ack he l icop te r salongside France againstLibyan targets to increasethe heat on Gaddafi.

“We will be looking at allthe options for turning upthat pressure,” he said whenasked about the helicopters.

(Additional reporting byAdr ian Crof t and Kei thWeir)

DAL INTERNATIONAL


FEATURE

Osama bin Laden’sCompleteBiography andProfile


Niger ian- FaroukAbdulmulttalab was one ofBin Laden agen t whoattempted to bomb Americancommercial airline 2009, he iscurrently standing for trialin the USA.

The Osama gave Uni tedSta te o f Amer ica i t sintelligent agent painstakinglas t ing fo r more than 10years cos t ing USA morethan 10 Billion Dollars, therepor t ga thered a t DALInternational reveals that hehas been killed and burieda t sea . We commend thecourage of the Navy SEALsand o ther Agents tha tca r r i ed the opera t ionsuccessfully. We also saluteUSA for war aga ins tterrorism, President BarakObama has done a great jobfor the world.

Bin Laden’s Mans ionhighly secure compound inPakis tan . Is about 100km(62mi les ) Nor th a t theCapital Islamabad

United States , Pres identBarak Obama says he wouldorder another covert militaryraid to stop terrorist attacks.Pakistan is furious that USand NAVY SEALs to raid BinLaden’s Pakis tan h ideoutearlier carried the operationwithout informing Pakistaniauthorities.

Obama to ld BBC in anin te rv iew broadcas trecently that “we are veryrespec t fu l o f thesovereignty of Pakistan” butour job i s to secure theUni ted Sta tes , he sa id hecould not allow “active planto come to function withoutus taking some action” andwould send troops again ifa senior Talban Leader wasfound in Pakistan.

“We cannot a l lowsomeone who is planning tokill our people to kill ourpeople or our allies, those

HOW OBAMA KILLED OSAMAFEATURE

STORIES BY DAUDAAWWAL

The end came for the world’s most wanted terrorist Osama Bin Laden, as United States SpecialAgents shot him dead at his hideout building in Abbattabad near the Pakistan Capital, Islamabad.Osama Bin Laden was responsible for the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States ofAmerica, in which not fewer than 3,000 people perished. He had inspired suicide bombers to hijackcommercial planes which they crashed into the twin towers of the world Trade Centre WTC andPentagon, many other killings, bombing and assassination had been carried out round the worldsince September 11th, 2001 till present day .

kind of active plans to cometo f rui t ion with us takingsome action”. Obama said, “what we know is that for himto have been there for fiveor s ix years p robab lyrequ i red some sor t o fsuppor t ex te rna l to thecompound”.

Some observers says BinLaden i s s t i l l a l ive a lZawahi r i (h i s second- in -command) is set to succeedhim , some says his death isno t the end of Al -Qaeda ,some says h i s dea th i svictory is a justice.

Ajman Al Zawahi r i theEgypt ian Surgeoncons idered the rea lmas te rmind of the g loba lterror franchise. He is set tosucceed Osama Bin Laden.Bin Laden met Al-Zawahiriin Afghanis tan dur ing thewor ld f looded in toAfghanistan 1980’s.

BIN LADEN MISSIONOsama Bin Laden’s

miss ions were a imed a tforc ing the Uni ted S ta tesout of Arab world accordingto CIA invest igat ion afterthe raid. They saw Osama’s

pr iva te journa l and o therdocuments revea l ing h i smission, the journal stateshow many Amer icans hemust kill, his plans on howto kill President Obama, hisagents in Yemen, Algeria ,lraq and Somalia.

Brit ish officials said theAmerican had shared someinformat ion wi th Br i t a inabout Bin Laden but theysaid they had been shownnoth ing concre te ye t toindicate Bin Laden. Britishofficial said authorities hadnot been tracking Bin Ladenlike they had other terrorists,whi le Obama had orderedthat his body should be keptfrom public view, member ofthe house and Sena tein te l l igences and Armedserv ices commit tees havebeen making appointments atCIA headquarters to viewthe graphic images of theBin Laden. But DNA testingand other means to confirmthe k i l l ing o f Osama BinLaden has been processed inUSA. The DNA official says99 .9 percen t ce r ta in lyshowed that Bin Laden wasshot dead during the Navy

Seals and military operationin Pakistan.

S ince 9 /11 the wor ldincreased the war onterrorism, Osama Bin Laden,leader o f the t e r ro r i s torganization known as Al-Qaeda influenced the spreadof the g roup a round thewor ld , inc lud ing Afr icanCountries.

In Niger ia , severa lagenc ies re in forceddeployment and increasedsurve i l l ance ac ross thecountry immediately af terthe b reak ing news aboutkilling of Osama Bin Ladenin Pakistan.

Secur i ty v ig i lance wasra i sed in Abuja , Kano ,Borno , Bauch i , Kaduna ,Plateau, Niger, Nasarawa,Adamawa and Yobe Statesbecause , B in Laden menexisting Nigeria, Boko Haramclaimed responsibi l i ty forbombings and churchattacks which killed up to 40people in Jos, Plateau, State,Nigeria. The statement readsin their website, “We willcontinue with our attacks on

disbe l ievers and the i rallies, and all those who helpthem”.

Investigations reveals thatAl-Qaeda was the financierof the bomb a t t acks inMogadishu , AbujaDecember 31 st , 2010. FBIs ta tes tha t “conc lus ive lyfound that the signature ofthe bomb matched o therb las t s by the t e r ro r i s tnetwork”. United States ofAmer ica conf i rmed thepresence of Al -Qaeda inNiger ia s ince 2006. BokoHaram appeared in Bornos ince 2003 ins t iga ted bypol i t ica l in teres t . Niger iareceived global attention asterror ism country in 2009with the underwear bomberscare in US when OmarFarouk Abdulmul t ta lab , aNiger ian f rom a wea l thyfamily near ly b low up anAmerican Airline fight 253December 25th,2009.


Award winning journalist,Hamid Mir escaped tointerview the world’s leaderof terrorist , Osama BinLaden. CIA interrogatedhim, on how he was able toget an interview with themost wanted man in US.Hamid said “ I risked mylife, l was interrogated byvar ious inte l l igenceagencies and asked me veryhard and unfr iendlyquestions how l got theleader of the terrorists.

He said.’ l interviewedOsama Bin Laden first in1997, at that time, he was nota popula r in te rna t iona lfigure, my objective was toknow whether he wasinvolved in the killing ofPakistani soldiers in Somaliain 1993. L was just trying toinvestigate who killed thePakis tan i so ld ie r s whowhere on United NationsPeace Mission. And Osamaconfirmed to me that “yes, lki l led Pakis tani Soldiersbecause they were guardingthe US Soldiers”.

When people asked Hamidwhy he did not brief the CIA,after his tr ip to Osama’shouse, he responded “it isnot our job to brief CIA, it isthe job of CIA to l ea rnsomething from us”.

The Journalist said; l canmake a will to my wife. Iwrote a letter of apology tomy wife explaining why lwent to risk my life”.

(source Saturday Sun May7 2007).

A JOURNALIST WHOINTERVIEWED OSAMABIN LADEN

PROFILE OF OSAMA BINLADEN

Osama Bin Laden fatherMohammed was born in aremote val ley in Yemen,moved to Saudi Arabia in1931 as a dockworker inJeddah, then as a bricklayerwith Aramco, the giant oilcompany, in Dhahran ,Mohammed becamebillionaire through an oilboom business and married

many wives and had 50children, his fourth wife,Aliya, from Syria was 14when they married, she was16 when she had her onlych i ld a son whom theynamed Osama which means‘ l ion’ . Osama was bornmarch 10, 1957 in RiyadhSaudi Arabia.

OSAMA’S YOUTH

Osama bin Laden attendedAl Hagher, an exclusiveschool in Riyadh, where hetook English classes, Playedsoccer and joined an IslamicStudy group when he was inEgypt, and he was reportedhonest and hardworking.

HIS FIRST VIST TOUNITED STATES 1978

Bin Laden travelled to theUnited States of Americafirst in his life 1978 to spendholiday with his numeroushalf brothers in us

FEATURE


FEATURE

professional life in the 1930sin relative poverty, workingas a porter in Jeddah, SaudiArabia. During his time as ayoung laborer, Mohammedimpressed the royal familywi th h i s work on the i rpalaces, which he built at amuch lower cost than any ofhis competitors could, andwith a much greater attentionto detail. By the 1960s, hehad managed to land severallarge government contractsto build extensions on theMecca, Medina and Al-Aqsamosques . He became ahighly influential figure inJeddah; when the city fell onhard f inanc ia l t imes ,Mohammed used his wealthto pay all civil servants’wages fo r the en t i rekingdom for a six-month

Osama means l ion inArabic language Osama binMohammed bin Awad binLaden was born March 10,1957 , in Riyadh , SaudiArab ia , to cons t ruc t ionbillionaire Mohammed Awadbin Laden and Mohammed’s10th wife, Syrian-born AliaGhanem. Osama was theseventh of 50 children bornto Muhammad bin Laden,but the only child from hisfather ’s marriage to AliaGhanem.

Osama’s father started his

•Bin Laden’ and a reporterwho interviewed him, when Osama was alive

Osama bin Laden’sComplete Biographyand Profile

STORIES BY DAUDA AWWAL


FEATURE

per iod . As a resu l t ,Mohammed b in Ladenbecame well respected in hiscommunity.

As a father, he was verystrict, insisting that all hischildren live under one roofand observe a rigid religiousand moral code. He dealtwith his children, especiallyhis sons, as if they wereadults, and demanded theybecome confident and self-

sufficient at an early age.Osama, however, barely

came to know his fa therbefore his parents divorced.Af te r h i s fami ly sp l i t ,Osama’s mother took him tolive with her new husband,Muhammad al-Attas. Thecouple had four childrentogether, and Osama spentmost of his childhood livingwith his step-siblings, andattending Al Thagher Model

•Bin Laden’s Mansion highlysecure compound in Pakistan. Isabout 100km (62miles) North atthe Capital Islamabad

•Bin Laden’s son and one of his girl friends

•Bin Laden’s dead body (left) after American invasionof his mansion


FEATURE

School a t the t ime themos t p res t ig ious h ighschool in Jedda . Hisbiological father would goon to marry two more times,until his death in a charterplane crash in September1967.

At the age of 14, Osamawas recognized as an

outstanding, if somewhatshy, student at Al Thagher.As a result, he received apersonal invitation to join asmall Islamic study groupwith the promise of earningextra credit. Osama, alongwith the sons of severa lprominent Jedda families,were told the group would

memorize the entire Koran, aprestigious accomplishment,by the time they graduatedfrom the institution. But thegroup soon lost its originalfocus, and during this timeOsama rece ived thebeginnings of an educationin some of the principles ofviolent jihad.

The teacher who educatedthe children, influenced inpart by a sect of Islam calledThe Bro therhood , beganinstructing his pupils in theimportance of instituting apure, Islamic law around theArab world. Using parableswith often-violent endings,their teacher explained thatthe most loyal observers ofIslam would institute theholy word—even if it meantsuppor t ing dea th anddestruction. By the secondyear of their studies, Osamaand his friends had openlyadopted the a t t i tude ands ty les o f t een I s lamicactivists. They preached theimportance of instituting apure I s lamic l aw a t AlThagher; grew untrimmedbeards; and wore shorterpants and wrinkled shirts inimitation of the Prophet’sdress.

Osama was pushed togrow up ra ther qu ick lydur ing h i s t ime a t AlThagher. At the age of 18 hemarried his first cousin, 14-year-old Najwa Ghanem, whohad been promised to him.Osama graduated from AlThager in 1976, the sameyear his first child, a sonnamed Abdullah, was born.

•Amer ican’s army dur ingtheir invasion of Bin Laden’sMansion in Pakistan. Is about100km (62miles) North at theCapital Islamabad


FEATURE

He then headed to KingAbdul Aziz University inJeddah, where some say hereceived a degree in publicadmin is t ra t ion in 1981 .Others claim he received adegree in civil engineering,in an effort to join the familybusiness.

But Osama would have

l i t t l e chance to use h i sdegree. When the SovietUnion invaded Afghanistanin 1979, Osama joined theAfghan res i s tance ,believing it was his duty asa Mus l im to f igh t theoccupation. He relocated toPeshawar, Afghanistan, and

using aid from the UnitedSta tes under the CIAprogram Operation Cyclone,he began t ra in ing amujah ideen , a g roup ofIslamic jihadists. After theSoviets withdrew from thecountry in 1989, Osamareturned to Saudi Arabia as

a hero, and the United Statesre fe r red to h im and h i sso ld ie r s as “FreedomFighters.”

Yet Osama was quicklydisappointed with what hebelieved was a corrupt Saudigovernment , and h i sfrustrat ion with the U.S.occupation of Saudi Arabiaduring the Persian Gulf Warled to a growing rift betweenOsama and his country’sleaders. Bin Laden spokepublicly against the Saudigovernment’s reliance onAmerican troops, believingthe i r p resence p rofanedsacred soil. After severalattempts to silence Osama,the Saudis ban ished theformer hero. He lived in exilein Sudan beginning in 1992.

By 1993 , Osama hadformed a secre t networkknown as al-Qaeda (Arabicfor “the Base”), comprisedof militant Muslims he hadmet whi le se rv ing inAfghanistan. Soldiers wererecruited for their ability tolisten, their good manners,obedience, and their pledge

•White house, watching theinvas ion of Osama Laden’sMansion in Pakistan.

•Another American’s armyduring their invasion of BinLaden’s Mansion in Pakistan. Isabout 100km (62miles) North atthe Capital Islamabad


FEATURE

to follow their superiors.Their goal was to take up thejihadist cause around theworld, righting perceivedwrongs under theaccordance of pure, Islamic

law. Under Osama’sleadersh ip , the g roupfunded and beganorganizing global attacksworldwide. By 1994, aftercon t inued advocacy of

extremist jihad, the Saudigovernment forced Osama tore l inqu ish h i s Saudicitizenship, and confiscatedhis passport. His family alsodisowned him, cutting offhis $7 million yearly stipend.

Undeterred, Osama beganexecuting his violent plans,with the goal of drawing theUnited States into war. Hishope was tha t Mus l ims ,unified by the battle, wouldcreate a single, true Islamicstate. In 1996, to forward hisgoal, al Qaeda detonatedtruck bombs against U.S.occupied forces in SaudiArabia. The next year, theyclaimed responsibility forkilling tourists in Egypt, andin 1998 they bombed theU.S. embassies in Nairobi,Kenya, and Tanzania, killingnearly 300 people in theprocess.

Osama’s actions abroaddid not go unnoticed by theSudanese government, andhe was exiled from theircountry in 1996. Not able tore tu rn to Saudi Arab ia ,Osama took re fuge inAfghanis tan , where hereceived protection from thecountry’s rul ing Tal ibanmil i t ia . While under theprotection of the Taliban,Osama issued a series offatwas, religious statements,which declared a holy waragainst the United States.Among the accusa t ionsreared a t the o f fendingcountry were the pillagingof natural resources in theMuslim world, and assistingthe enemies of Islam.

By 2001 , Osama hada t tempted , and of tensuccess fu l ly execu tedattacks on several countries

•Osama b in ladenhouse diagram

•al-Zawahri Osama bin laden successor


FEATURE

using the help of Al Qaedatrained terrorists and hisseemingly bo t tomlessfinancial resources.

SEPTEMBER 11On September 11, 2001,

Osama would deliver hismost devastating blow to theUnited States. A small groupof Osama’s Al Qaedaj ihad is t s h i j acked fourcommerc ia l passengeraircraft in the United States,two of which collided intothe Wor ld Trade Cente rtowers . Another a i rc ra f tcrashed into The Pentagonin Arlington, Virginia. Afour th p lane wassuccessfully retaken, andcrashed in Pennsylvania.The intended target of thefinal aircraft was believed tobe the United States Capitol.In all, the attack killed nearly3,000 civilians.

Following the September11 at tacks on the UnitedSta tes , the governmentunder President George W.Bush formed a coalition thatsuccessfully overthrew theTaliban. Osama went intohiding and, for more than 10years, he was hunted alongthe Afghanistan-Pakistanborder. In 2004 , shor t lybefore Pres iden t Bush’s

reelection, Osama bin Ladenre leased a v ideo tapedmessage c la imingrespons ib i l i ty fo r theSeptember 11 attacks.

OBAMA KILLED OSAMAThen, on May 1, 2011,

Pres ident Barack Obamaannounced that Osama binLaden had been killed in ate r ro r i s t compound inAbbottabad, Pakistan. In an8-month plan enacted by thepresident, and led by CIAdirector Leon Panetta andAmerican special forces,Osama was sho t severa ltimes. His body was taken asevidence of his death, andDNA tests revealed that thebody was, in fact, his. “Forover two decades, bin Ladenhas been al Qaeda’s leaderand symbol and hascontinued to plot at tacksagainst our country and ourf r i ends and our a l l i e s , ”President Obama said in ala te-night address to thenation on the eve of Osama’sdeath. “The death of binLaden marks the mos tsignificant achievement todate in our nation’s effort todefeat al Qaeda.” He addedthat “his demise should bewelcomed by all who believein peace and humandignity.”

•Faruk Abdulmuttalab

Niger ian- FaroukAbdulmulttalab was one ofBin Laden agen t whoattempted to bomb Americancommercial airline 2009, he iscurrently standing for trial inthe USA.

The Osama gave UnitedSta tess o f Amer ica i t sintelligent agent painstakinglast ing for more than 10years costing USA more than10 Billion Dollars, the reportga thered a t DALInternational reveals that hehas been killed and buried atsea . We commend thecourage of the Navy SEALsand o ther Agents tha tca r r i ed the opera t ionsuccessfully. We also saluteUSA for war aga ins tterrorism, President BarakObama has done a great jobfor the world.

United States, PresidentBarak Obama says he wouldorder another covert militaryraid to stop terrorist attacks.Pakistan is furious that USand NAVY SEALs to raid BinLaden’s Pakistan hideout

OBAMAKILLEDOSAMAThe end came for the world’s most wanted terroristOsama Bin Laden, as United States Special Agentsshot him dead at his hideout building inAbbattabad near the Pakistan Capital, Islamabad.Osama Bin Laden was responsible for theSeptember 11, 2001 attacks in the United States ofAmerica, in which not fewer than 3,000 peopleperished. He had inspired suicide bombers to hijackcommercial planes which they crashed into thetwin towers of the world Trade Centre WTC andPentagon, many other killings, bombing andassassination had been carried out round the worldsince September 11th, 2001 till present day .

STORIES BY DAUDA AWWAL earlier carried the operationwithout informing Pakistaniauthorities.

Obama told BBC in aninterview broadcast recentlythat “we are very respectfulof the sovere ign ty o fPakistan” but our job is tosecure the United States, hesa id he cou ld no t a l low“ac t ive p lan to come tofunction without us takingsome ac t ion” and wouldsend troops again if a seniorTalban Leader was found inPakistan.

“We cannot a l lowsomeone who is planning tokill our people to kill ourpeople or our allies, thosekind of active plans to cometo fruition with us takingsome action”. Obama said, “what we know is that for himto have been there for fiveor s ix years p robab lyrequi red some sor t o fsuppor t ex te rna l to thecompound”.

Some observers says BinLaden i s s t i l l a l ive a lZawahir i (his second-in-command) is set to succeedhim , some says his death is


Ajman Al Zawahiri theEgypt ian Surgeoncons idered the rea lmastermind of the globalterror franchise. He is set tosucceed Osama Bin Laden.Bin Laden met Al-Zawahiriin Afghanistan during thewor ld f looded in toAfghanistan 1980’s.

BIN LADEN MISSIONOsama Bin Laden’s

miss ions were a imed a tforcing the United States outof Arab world according toCIA investigation after thera id . They saw Osama’sprivate journal and otherdocuments revea l ing h ismission, the journal stateshow many Americans hemust kill, his plans on howto kill President Obama, hisagents in Yemen, Algeria,lraq and Somalia.

British officials said theAmerican had shared someinformat ion with Bri ta inabout Bin Laden but theysaid they had been shownnoth ing concre te ye t toindicate Bin Laden. Britishofficial said authorities hadnot been tracking Bin Ladenlike they had other terrorists,while Obama had orderedthat his body should be keptfrom public view, member ofthe house and Sena tein te l l igences and Armedservices committees havebeen making appointments atCIA headquarters to viewthe graphic images of theBin Laden. But DNA testingand other means to confirmthe killing of Osama BinLaden has been processed inUSA. The DNA official says99 .9 percen t ce r ta in lyshowed that Bin Laden wasshot dead during the NavySeals and military operationin Pakistan.

S ince 9 /11 the wor ldincreased the war onterrorism, Osama Bin Laden,leader o f the t e r ro r i s torganization known as Al-Qaeda influenced the spreadof the group a round theworld, including AfricanCountries.

In Niger ia , severa lagenc ies re in forced

deployment and increasedsurve i l l ance ac ross thecountry immediately afterthe breaking news aboutkilling of Osama Bin Ladenin Pakistan.

Secur i ty vigi lance wasra i sed in Abuja , Kano ,Borno , Bauchi , Kaduna ,Plateau, Niger, Nasarawa,Adamawa and Yobe Statesbecause, Bin Laden menexisting Nigeria, Boko Haramclaimed responsibility forbombings and churchattacks which killed up to 40people in Jos, Plateau, State,Nigeria. The statement readsin their website, “We willcontinue with our attacks on

disbe l ievers and the i rallies, and all those who helpthem”.

Inves t iga t ions revea l stha t Al -Qaeda was thef inanc ie r o f the bombattacks in Mogadishu, AbujaDecember 31st, 2010. FBIstates that “conclusivelyfound that the signature ofthe bomb matched o therb las t s by the t e r ro r i s tnetwork”. United States ofAmer ica conf i rmed thepresence of Al-Qaeda inNigeria since 2006. BokoHaram appeared in Bornosince 2003 inst igated bypolitical interest. Nigeriareceived global attention asterrorism country in 2009with the underwear bomberscare in US when OmarFarouk Abdulmulttalab, aNigerian from a weal thy

family nearly blow up anAmerican Airline fight 253December 25th,2009.

Osama Bin Laden’s deathhas many implications forNiger ians . The Ant i -t e r ro r i sm b i l l has beenpassed by the two arms ofthe National Assembly inNigeria. It is expected torevolutionize the war againstterrorism in Nigeria.

A JOURNALIST WHOINTERVIEWED OSAMA BINLADEN

Award winning journalist,Hamid Mir escaped tointerview the world’s leaderof t e r ro r i s t , Osama BinLaden. CIA interrogated him,on how he was able to getan interview with the mostwanted man in US. Hamidsaid “ I risked my life, l wasin te r roga ted by var iousintelligence agencies andasked me very hard andunfriendly questions how lgo t the l eader o f theterrorists.

He said.’ l interviewedOsama Bin Laden first in1997, at that time, he was nota popula r in te rna t iona lfigure, my objective was toknow whether he wasinvolved in the killing ofPakistani soldiers in Somaliain 1993. L was just trying toinvestigate who killed thePakis tan i so ld ie r s whowhere on United NationsPeace Mission. And Osamaconfirmed to me that “yes, l

ki l led Pakis tani Soldiersbecause they were guardingthe US Soldiers”.

When people asked Hamidwhy he did not brief the CIA,after his tr ip to Osama’shouse, he responded “it isnot our job to brief CIA, it isthe job of CIA to l ea rnsomething from us”.

The Journalist said; l Imade a will to my wife. Iwrote a letter of apology tomy wife explaining why lwent to risk my life”.

s).

PROFILE OF OSAMA BINLADEN

Osama Bin Laden fatherMohammed was born in aremote val ley in Yemen,moved to Saudi Arabia in1931 as a dockworker inJeddah, then as a bricklayerwith Aramco, the giant oilcompany, in Dhahran ,Mohammed becamebillionaire through an oilboom business and marriedmany wives and had 50children, his fourth wife,Aliya, from Syria was 14when they married, she was16 when she had her onlych i ld a son whom theynamed Osama which means‘ l ion’ . Osama was bornmarch 10, 1957 in RiyadhSaudi Arabia.

OSAMA’S YOUTHOsama bin Laden attended

Al Hagher, an exclus iveschool in Riyadh, where hetook English classes, Playedsoccer and joined an IslamicStudy group when he was inEgypt, and he was reportedhonest and hardworking.

HIS FIRST VIST TOUNITED STATES 1978

Bin Laden travelled to theUnited States of Americafirst in his life 1978 to spendholiday with his numeroushalf brothers in us.

OBAMA KILLED OSAMAFEATURE

•LATEOSAMA

BINLADEN


DAL EVENT

Prince Williamand CatherineMore than hundreds of thousands of people filled the West Minister Abey in Lodon

on April 29, 2011 hoping to catch a glimpse of royal couple Prince William andKate maddleton.The wedding party made its way through the city and England’s capital is in full

on royal wedding kitsch made. Indeed, it’s the biggest party in the world.


Prince Wi l l iam and KateMiddle ton honeymoon in aseclude spot. The prince andhis bride jetted off to a secrethoneymoon spot that royalwatchers believe was chosenspecifically to keep them outof the l enses o f thepaparazz i . The Middle tonfamilies complaint cities fourBritish tabloids the News ofthe World , Dai ly Mai l onSunday and daily Mirror forpubl i sh ing photos thatv io la ted fami ly pr ivacy,including those of his sistersand Wi l l iam on h i s luxuryboat o f f h i s coas t o f f theMedi terranean I s lands o fIbiza, other pictures of PipaMiddle ton exposed on theinternet including one of herdancing in a lavender bra andf l imsy whi te sk ir t wi th anunident i f i ed man wear ingshorts. Sensitive pictures ofyoung brother JamesMiddleton also circulated onvarious publicat ions on theinternet . The independentpress commiss ion wi l lde termine whether thosenews papers publ i shed a l lthose pract ice v io la ted theMiddle ton pr ivacy andwhether there are any publicright to know. Freedom ofspeech is protected in UnitedStates by the amendment .European Law protec t spr ivacy as we l l a s f reeexpress ion . The recentBritish newspapers coverageof royal wedding publ ishedMiddle ton in a b ik in i infront -page and i t wassupposed for that star of theroyal wedding. Appearance ofAlexander McQueen gown atthe wedding has sparked aflurry of interest.

Royal WeddingEvent

Labour was at loggerheads withSt. James Palace last night amida g rowing row over a roya lwedding day ‘snub’ to Tony Blairand Gordon Brown.

Whitehall sources revealed thatministers were not consulted bycour t i e r s ove r a dec i s ion toexclude the two former LabourPrime Ministers from Friday’sguest list.

Senior politicians on all sidesare surprised at the move becausesurviving former conservativePr ime Min i s t e r s , BaronessThatcher and Sir John Major, as

well as Prince William and KateMiddleton tie the knot.

Among the more controversialguests is Kate’s black sheep uncleGary Goldsmi th , who wasinitially ostracized by the familyafter being exposed as a cocaineuser by a tabloid newspaper.

Also invited to WestministerAbbey i s foo tba l l e r , Dav idBeckham, pop star Sir Elton Johnand Madonna’s ex-husband, filmdirector, Guy Titchie, but theabsence of Mr. Brown and Mr.Bla i r a t the wedding causedLabour MP’s to accuser the Royalfamily of causing ‘gratuitous’o f fence . They sa idgovernment’s officials shouldhave warned of the potential forpolitical controversy.

In 1981, all surviving primeminis ters Harold Macmil lan ,Alec Douglas Home, Haro ldWilson, Edward health and JamesCallaghan were invited to thewedding of Prince Charles andLady Diana Spencer. Royalsource told our correspondentthat Prince William’s weddingwas not a full state occasion andthere was therefore no reason toinvite all former British leaders.

Officials aid: Lady Thatcherdid not attend because of her illhealth, and Sir John were invitedbecause they are Knights of theGarter the highest royal award forch iva l ry and the i r Laboursuccessor have not yet been sohonoured.

Ka te ’s e r ran t unc le , GaryGoldsmith, topped up his tan ata sun bed centre near his central

London mews home ahead of thewedding.

Mr. Goldsmith, displayed a newta t too ac ross h i s back theproverb ‘Spend and God willSend’ which is an addition to thecollection of stars and his initialson his upper r ight arm and a‘zipper’ on the right leg.

The businessman was shunnedby his furious sisters, Kate’smother Caro le , a f t e r be ingexposed as a cocaine user. Hewent into rehab and now he andhis ex-wife have been invited tothe wedding.

One source said it had simplynot crossed Prince Wil l iam’smind to invite Mr. Blair or Mr.Brown, insisting “we have had todraw the line somewhere.”

But Labour spokesman, ChrisBryant said: ‘Those who havebeen Prime minister have servedthis country, have been followedon previous occasions shouldhave been followed again.

“I blame Downing Street fornot spotting it and saying “wedon’t like Gordon Brown either,but he really should be there.”

Labour Mp, Graham Al lenCha i rman o f the Commonspo l i t i ca l and cons t i tu t iona lreform committee said: “I don’tth ink this i s a const i tu t ionali s sue , bu t I do th ink i t i sinsensitive.”

“ I t seems to ra i se a lo t o fquestions. It makes you want toask what the motive is. It seemsto be p ick ing a f igh t qu i t eunnecessarily.”

Former Labour Europe

minister, Denis Mecshane, saidhe was tabl ing parl iamentaryquestions to establish exactlywhat involvement governmento f f i c i a l s had in approv ingFridays guest list.

It is quite gratuitous to invitetwo living former ministers whoare conservatives, but snub theones that are labour, he said “Iwould l ike to know wha tconsultation there was with thegovernment . I t i s e s sen t i a lsenior royals are never , everassoc ia t ed wi th any pa r typolitical bias. This is all rathera shame and leaves a worryingtaste in the mouth.”

Sen io r Tory MP, E leanorLaing, the party’s former justicespokesman , ins i s t ed theexclusion of Mr. Blair and Mr.Brown seemed pe r fec t lyreasonable.

There i s something specia labout be ing a Knigh t o f theGarter as far as the Royal familyi s concerned . “ so I am no tsu rp r i sed by th i s , she sa id .Professor Rebecca Probert, ofWarwick Law school, said “thewedding of Charles and Diana wasvery unusual in being held at St.Paul’s rather than WestministerAbbey – the only royal weddingto be held there and St. Paul’shad a far larger capacity. Add tothat, and still is the direct heirto the throne, whereas Williamsi s one s t ep removed , and adifference in approach seemsperfectly justified.

DAL EVENT

Former British Prime Minister, Blar andBrown were not invited to the royal wedding


The much awaited royalwedding of Prince Williamand Catherine lived up to it’sbilling as one of the UnitedKingdom’s events ever inLondon. The famil ies ofWilliam and Catherine raisedthe stakes to a level thatwould be difficult to match.The wedding was clearlyunique, no doubt to describethe unique wedding as afashionable . Wife of theprince William demonstrateda wonderful cloth.

Wes tmins te r Abbeyhosted an assemblage ofimpor tan t d ign i ta r ies ,fo re ign Heads o f S ta te ,diplomatic corps such asPrince Philippe of Belgium,pr incess math i lge o fBelgium, queen Sonia ofNorway, prince Philip, Dukeof Edinburgh, Charles princeof Wales, King Harold ofNorway, Prince David ofSweden , Alber t11 , sover ign ,pr ince o fMonaco, Miswati 111 king ofSwaziland, princess LailaSalma of morocco, princess

Marie Chantal of Greece,Sul tan of Brunei , VictorCrown princess of Sweden,sheikh Ahmad Hamood Al-Sabah of Kuwai t , QueenSofia of Spain, AlexanderCrown, p r ince o fYugos lav ia , Alber t 11sovere ign pr ince o fMonaco, prince Michael ofKent, princess Eugenie ofYork, Queen Lord Robertfellow, among others.

Al l wha t Diana everwished for her elder son’spersonal life came to pass.He f ina l ly mar r ied ad i s t ingu ished woman heloves deeply down his heart.

Diana was determined toprotect his children as muchfrom the stuffy censures ofBuckingham palace as theviolent press invasions thatended her life. William was15 when an accident claimedDiana’s life in 1997.

Prince Charles tried hisbest to step in and he playeda vital role as a good fatherthan his own ever had beenand for tuna te ly a l l h i se f for t s succeeded . Hisefforts to assisted prince

Wil l iam’s grandmother,Queen El izabeth 11 whoturned 85 a week before thiswedding day, who is also 59years on the th rone hassettled all the outstandingfamilial issues that causedher gr ieved. She is veryhappy for this much awaitedwedding of Wil l iam andCatherine.

Wil l iam and Cather inebecomes couple a tWes tmins te r Abbey 29t h

April 2011 after eight yearscourtship. Billions of peoplearound the world watchedthe co lour fu l un iquewedding on TV andwebsites. the world’s mostfamous weds appeared forthe f i rs t t ime before theadoring crowds that linedLondon street.

Bride ,Kate Middleton isMiddleton is middle-classgirl from Bucklebury hadbecome Catherine, Duchessof Cambridge and princeWilliam, the future king ofEngland looked so happythat he had found his perfectbride.

Prince William the groomsaid to his wife Catherine‘ ’You look beau t i fu l ’’immedia te ly see ing herarriving Westminster wherethe event took place.

‘’He is lucky to be goingout wi th me’’ KateMiddle ton , the b r idereported his husband whileshe was at St. Andrew.

Former Br i t i sh pr imemin is te r Tony Bla i r andGordon Brown were no tinv i ted to the Roya lWedding. Whitehall sourcesrevealed to Dal Internationalthat the two ministers werenot consulted by courtiersover a decision to excludethe two former labour primeministers from guest list.Senior pol i t ic ians on a l lsides are surprised at themove such as fo rmerconserva t ive p r ime

minis te r s , BaronessThatcher and sir john majorand pr ince Wi l l i am.Footballer, David Beckman,pop star sir Elton john, filmdirector guy Ritchie wereinvited, absence of Blair andbrown a t the weddingcaused labour MP’s toaccuse the royal family.

In 1981 ,a l l su rv iv ingpr ime min is te r s such asHarold Macmillan, Douglashome, Haro ld Wi lson ,Edward Heath were invitedto the wedding of princeChar les and lady Diana .Roya l sources to ld ourLondon correspondent thatprince William’s weddingwas not a full state occasionand there was therefore noreason to invite all formerBritish larders.

Off ic ia l s sa id ; ’’ LadyThatcher d id no t a t t endbecause of her health and sirjohn were invited becausethey are knights of of theGarter, the highest royalaward for chivalry and theirlabour successor have notyet been so honoured’’.

Another official said;’ Ithad s imply no t c rossedprince William’s mind toinvite Mr. Blair and brown‘’we have had to draw theline somewhere’’.

‘’I blame Downing Streetfo r no t spo t t ing i t andsay ing ‘ ’we don’ t l ikeGordon Brown either but hereally should be there’’.

Labour MP, Graham Allen,Chairman of the House ofLord of House of Commonpolitical and constitutionalreform committee said.’ Idon’ t th ink th i s i s aconstitutional issue, but Ith ink i t i s insens i t ive’’ .Senior Tory MP Mr. EleanorLaing, the party’s formerjustice spokesman said ‘’theexclusion of mr blair and mrbrown seemed per fec t lyreasonable’’.

DAL EVENT

The Full Report, Best andWorst Dressed!!!STORIES BY DAUDA AWWAL

AND WILSON OMETAN


DAL EVENT

The FullReport, Bestand WorstDressed!!!


luscious! An up-do tohighlight the face and that’sall there is, please, thereshouldn’t be anymore!!!

AND THE BIGGESTROYAL FLUSH OF THEMALL?

1. Princess AnneWHY: I love it when royals

experiment with fashion andtry to join in with the latesttrends, but to combine 2major trends on the sameoutfit? Pick one, PrincessAnne! It’s either florals orcolor-blocking. You mayhave it all, but that doesn’tmean you can wear it all!

MORAL OF THE STORY:Spring florals and colors aregreat! But don’t go so boldthat you start to look likefresh salad. This defnitely isnot hot off the menu.

ROYAL TIPS:1. Less is more. Pick a loud

topic of choice like color orsilhouette and highlight that.Remember that accessoriesare accents to your look.Don’t wear everything youown! Sprinkle some all overyour outf i t to keepeverything tied together. Youwant everything to look likethey belong.

2. A light and muted rosecolor is very chic for fancyevents. It is feminine, soft,understated, but still eye-catching. Try it to your nextbig event!

3. Lace is a great way tolook sexy, but demure,although keep it in a verysubt le color. Wear ing i tthrough a suit makes youthat much sharper.

4. Etiquette is making sureothers feel comfortable inyour presence. Don’t revealtoo much, don’t wear toomuch! Balance is key.

5. Try something new!Bring the hats andfascinators here in thePhilippines, but be kind toyour face. You want forpeople to be fascinated byyour headpiece , but youdon’t want it running theshow!

ENTERTAINMENTS

Lohan Begins ServingSentence On House Arrestwas released before rushhour to begin serving a four-month jail sentence at herhome for a probat ionviolation.

The actress left the lockupwith an ankle monitor thatshe must wear for about 35days, sheriff ’s spokesmanSteve Whitmore said.

The term is longer thanthe three weeks or less thatLohan would have spent ina solitary confinement unitat the jail, where she served14 days las t summer foranother probation violation.

Whitmore said the “MeanGirls” star is paying for thecosts of her monitoring.

Super io r Cour t JudgeStephan ie Sau tnersen tenced Lohan to 120days in jail and 480 hours ofcommunity service in Aprilafter determining the actresstook a necklace wi thoutpermission from a store nearher home.

The judge sa id a t ahearing that if Lohan servedtime under house arrest, shecould not leave to whittledown her community servicehours at a women’s shelterand the county morgue.

Lohan pleaded no contestea r l i e r th i s month tomisdemeanor grand theft butdid not receive additionaljail time. The jail term wasimposed a f te r Sau tnerdetermined Lohan violatedher p roba t ion in a 2007drunken driving case.

Whitmore said the actresswas cooperative when she

turned herself in, and it tookabout an hour for her to befingerprinted and booked.No new mugshot was taken.

Lohan’s attorney, ShawnHolley, did not immediatelyre turn an emai l messageseeking comment.

The actress has been castto appear as the wife of John

•Actress Lindsay Lohan poses during a news conferencefor the …

Gotti Jr. in a biopic of theinfamous New York mobfami ly. Shoot ing i sscheduled to begin later thisyear.

Steve Honig, a spokesmanfor the film, “Gotti: ThreeGenera t ions” dec l inedcomment Thursday.

L indsay Lohan returned toa women’s jail beforedawn on Thursday and

The judge said at a hearingthat if Lohan served time under

house arrest, she could not leaveto whittle down her community

service hours at a women’sshelter and the county morgue.


Fergie’s life just got a littlemore glamorous — inundertones of tuberose andleather — with her win of aFifi award from the perfumeindustry for her scentOutspoken.

The Fragrance Foundationpresented the Black EyedPeas singer with the honorWednesday night for newcelebrity fragrance of theyear at a splashy LincolnCenter ceremony.

Outspoken is Avon’s mostsuccessful fragrance launchto date. The prize, Fergie saidin a telephone interview,along with the yellow BCBGMax Azria gown she wore topick it up and all the trappingsof fame, are just icing nowthat she’s realized her biggestaspiration — her success asa solo artist.

“Never in my wildestdreams did I think all thiswould happen,” she said.“My goal was a solo album.It was my dream since I wasa little girl, and I went downmany roads to get there.”

Fergie, 36, said she enjoysall the glitz, glamour andwardrobing, especia l lyplaying around with beautyproducts to create differentlooks. At home, though, shetones it down — a lot — andusually doesn’t wear anymakeup at all.

Perfume is different. She’salways been a fragrance fan,she said, wearing for a periodas a teenager the men’scologne Drakkar Noirbecause it reminded her of anold boyfriend, and Dior ’sPoison because she linked itto lyrics of a favorite song.

Outspoken is a floral withnotes of iced berry, tuberoseand a base of lea ther. Asecond perfume Fergie hascreated, Outspoken Intense,will be available in October.One of the key scent notes iskumquat. One whiff and she’stransported to her backyardgrowing up in SouthernCalifornia, she said.

“My dad grew them. Hetaught me how to peel them.They’re very, very small.”

Fergie plans to use her newrole in the beauty industry toask quest ions of o therdesigners, perfumers andcelebrities. “I’d love to knowwhat all their inspirations

Beauty industry honorsFergie and her fragrance

ENTERTAINMENT

are.”Oscar winner Halle Berry

and Mary J . Bl ige wereamong the other Fifi winners.

“The celebrity category infragrance is no longer an`add on’ as i t was onceconsidered, never knowing ifit would last or not. Today, iti s a major segment offragrance marketing and ourhope is that the celebrities,who chose to have afragrance or endorse one,take it as seriously as theirlatest album, film or book bysupporting it in the sameway,” sa id the group’s

president, Rochelle Bloom.Hall of Fame nods went to

Issey Miyake L’Eau d’Isseyand Jean Paul Gaultier LeMale for men, and Bombshellby Victoria’s Secret and Bath& Body Works Twil ightWoods received consumerchoice awards.

Berry was named the topfragrance celebrity for herwork promoting andembracing the “world offragrance over a period oft ime,” according to theFragrance Foundation.

Mary J . Bl ige and the

cosmetics company Carol’sDaughter were honored forthei r d i rect - to-consumerapproach.

The following were namedfragrance of the year in theirrespect ive dis t r ibut ioncategories: VS Bombshell andBanana Republic/Republic ofMen (specialty brand); Halleby Halle Berry Pure Orchidand Herve Leger Homme(broad appeal); Gucci Guiltyand Blue de Chanel (luxe);and Balenciaga Paris andTom Ford Azure Lime forMen (specialty luxe).


ENTERTAINMENT

As a Celebrity, don’t youthink your pet-name is still sortof local….?

With due respect, I think youreally understand the name youare re fe r r ing to . Because ,Gbemisola is my name and Ihappened to hail from EkitiS ta te - the Foun ta in o fKnowledge itself. So I don’t seeany reason for me to change it.As a matter of fact, I love mydia lec t and i f g iven anoppor tun i ty to r ev i s i t th i sworld after this present one, Iwill definitely love to still comeas an Ekiti indigene.

And more so, I am differentfrom those that suddenly get tothe city and quickly abandonthe i r d ia lec t , cu l tu re andtraditions, probably becausethey a re a shamed o f thefounda t ion o f which theyoriginated from. As for me, I amextremely proud of my Townand state and I can express mylove for my dialect anywhere.And I have never seized to dothat, as I have actually done inmy movie which the story wasbas ica l ly cen te red on thedialect.

Why did you choose to writea story on your town, is thereno other concept to be writtenon ?

I can not abandon my ownculture to keep pampering otherpeople’s own. I have alwayshave an intention of promotingwhere I come from at every

I prefer to remain local formy origin — Gbemisola Ekiti(Producer, Owo koko)

Gbemisola Olajumoke Adulola, widelyknown as “Gbemisola Ekiti” is registeredfigure in the Yoruba genre of the Nollywood,having produced a movie entitled “OwoKoko” to her credit. In this interview withKAYODE OLUFOWOBI, the Ado-Ekiti bornActress cum Dancer screen diver says it allon her personality, upcoming movie, hermotive for staying glued to her dialectamongst several other int imate issues.Excerpts….

possible means, and I will neverchange my mind from this .‘Because a stream that neglector forget it’s origin, will surelydry up”

And why haven’ t youproduced another movie afterOwo Koko ?

One can not just be rushingthings, if one must insist on thequality and the best. Becauseby giving an adequate space oftime, i t will give rooms forimprovement and developmentat all levels.

Does that suggests that yourfans should not expect a newwork from your stable for now?

That is not what I mean. AllI am saying is that I am justtaking my time in order to havethe bes t o f p roduc t ionwhenever I am set to produceanother movie, because my fansare too important to me, not togive them the best. And as amatter of fact, I am working on

a very big project which we willby the grace of God embark onit’s location soonest.

Can you tell us a bit moreabout it ?

It’s a movie that will be shotin Three different countries.Some par t in South Afr ica ,Ghana and Nigeria.

How soon will that be ?We are almost through with

all our arrangements. Basically,what we are working on as atthe moment are the travelingdocuments.

You were said to have oncebeing a dancer, why did youquit dancing ?

I did not quit dancing per-se.you know when one gets olderand more matured , one’sth ink ing facu l ty t ends tochange along with several ofone’s habits. There are somewhich one would have to dropprobably to be able to have abetter grip on others.

How did you get into Theater?

It was courtesy of my bossand father, chief Jimoh Aliu,who also doubled as my mentorin the industry in 1994. I hadalways have a great flare for theact, having realized my dancing,singing and acting talents. Andwhen the opportunity provideditself, I quickly grabbed andutilized it.

Can you still remember yourfirst experience either on stageor before the camera ?

It was a bit funny with thatof the stage, as there is no roomfor re-taking and adjustmentson the stage. But by and large,it has all been fun, having beenoppor tune to have had thepr iv i l ege o f undergo ingadequate training under theaegis of professionals like ChiefJimoh Aliu. May God continueto bless him.

Do you also engage in otherthing (s ) aside acting ?

I am into a l i t t le kind ofbusiness, such as buying andselling of goods like jewelry,shoe and bag and clothing.

Anything for your fans ?I love them all . God wil l

continue to enrich their purseand they should also help us togrow in this industry by notpatronizing the pirated copiesof our jobs.


As the dawn of a new erabeg ins to unfo ld in theAssociation of Nigeria TheatreArts Practitioners, ANTP, itbehooves our new NationalExecutive Council to pay asourtesy visit on the film andvideo censors board for obviousreasons.

All things being equal, thisfamiliariasation tour shouldhave been made much earlier.However, the delay has beenla rge ly due to unforeseencircumstances characterized bythe rigours of and intricacy oftransition formalities.

First and foremost, let meexpress our profound gratitudeto the management and staff ofthe Film and Video CensorsBoard for your pace setting andsc ien t i f i c approach to thestrategy and initiatives to movethe film and allied industry tothe next level.

Your effective overall controlof the technical and productionqual i ty of Video Fi lms hascreated a pride of place forNiger ian F i lms in theIn te rna t iona l Marke t andthe reby making theNOLYWOOD become ahousehold word in this countryand abroad.

In the a rea o f revenuegeneration for the nation, theFederal Government must nodoub t be p roud o f yourestablishments judging by theamount of money that theyrealize from Film and VideoCensorship through you.

It is imminent that there isstill more to come to the coffersof government if and when thenew distribution frame work ofthe Fi lm and Video CensorBoard becomes fu l lyoperational.

On behalf of the NationalExecutive Council and entiremembers of the association ofNiger ia Thea t re Ar tsPract i t ioners , ANTP, I givekudos to you sir, Dr. EmekaMba, for your resourcefulness,ingenu i ty and exempla ryleadership/managerial skil lswhich has enabled the NFVCBto emerge as an institution tobe reckoned with in the filmand entertainment sector of theNigeria economy.

My prayer is that the Filmand Video Censors boardcontinues to grow from strength

to strength. More grease to yourelbows.

However , fo r youres tab l i shment to move togrea te r he igh t s , a se r iousworking col laborat ion wi tho the r s t akeho lders in theindus t ry i s ind i spensab le .Among the stakeholders beingreferred to, ANTP is the majorpar tner as wel l as the f i rs tamong equals.

The other partners includethe Marke te r s , the Niger iaCopyr igh t Counc i l , t heMus ic ians Assoc ia t ion o fNigeria etc.

You will agree with me that itis only the house built on solidfoundation that can stand erect.The backbone o f youres tab l i shments success inbusiness is the raw materialsp rov ided by the va r iousorgnaisations mentioned above.

Al l the s t akeho lders ,co rpora te bod ies andindividuals have different andpeculiar problems militatingagainst the effective marketingand d i s t r ibu t ion o f the i rproducts. This is apart frominternal strafes, constitutionalcrises and crisis of confidencethat pervades the polity of thedifferent bodies.

The worst af fected is ourown ANTP where somepower fu l ca r t e l s a lwaysco l l abora te wi th r iva lorganizations just to enrichthemselves to the detriment ofa large population of underpr iv i l eged members o f theassoc ia t ion whom they a resupposed to take care of.

Al l th i s incoherence hascontinued to empower more,

the ever ready enemies of theindust ry to consol ida te thebusiness of piracy which hasnow reduced the income of allthe Sundry by over 50%.

While unchecked piracy hasdrastically reduced the incomeof F i lm Makers , Thea t rePractitioners and Musicians toalmost below poverty lines, thefilm and video censors boardhas continued to increase thefees for censor ing of f i lmsthereby adding more to theeconomic p rob lems o f ourAssociation both on corporateand individual basis.

Many of the founding fathersof the film industry are nowliving in penury or by charitywithout which they would havebeen sent to their early graves.

Up to date, there are dozensof films produced by our Eldersbut which have been sent backinto their wardrobes because theobnoxious laws put in place bythe marketers on one hand andthe Censors Board on the otherwon’t allow their films to comeinto an open market where theirfans are there always ready tobuy their works.

The monopoly o f t r ade ,balance of power and collusionof cartels here and there havecharacteristically encouragedthe film pirates to have a fieldday, especially when they haveidentified the corrupt leadersand doub le dea le r s in theindustry whom they can easilybribe with money and material.

If care is not taken, all thiscombined fo rces o fre t rogress ion i s capable ofkil l ing the Film industry inNigeria.

And, if and when there are nomore films to be censored, formwhere shall the film and videocensors board de r ive the i rincome and con t inu i ty o fservice?

From where shall the filmmakers and thea t repractitioners derive resourcesfor their daily bread? It is quiteunfortunate that in our owncase ANTP is at the mercy ofvirtually all the stakeholders,whereas the reverse should bethe case because we are the jobproviders for other partners.

Sir, we need to put our headstogether to tackle the problemscollectively.

For these and other reasons,

i t i s per t inent to seek yourindulgence in demanding fofurther briefing about an update on issues like;

1. Film Censorship fees2. your new frame work,

on marke t ing /d i s t r ibu t ionwhich you had earlier discussedwi th the fo rmer ANTPadministration

3. producers being deniedtheir legitimate right to presenttheir films for sponsorship bythemselves.

4. what i t takes for theANTP to be registered withNFVCB as dis t r ibutors andmarketers.

5. how the NFVCB couldge t invo lved wi th ourAssociation who are the majorstakeholders in the formationof a task force (Joint ActionCommittee on Piracy, JACOP).

In providing a lasting solutionto these multifarious problems,we need nothing short of anholistic approach.

For us to maintain a cordialbusiness relationship, Film andVideo Censor Board fees has tobe d ras t i ca l ly reduced andLagos Office and other zonaloffices of NFVCB should beapproved as a second option forcensoring of films.

The wind of change that iscurrently blowing in ANTP ismore or less that of a revolutionto salvage the film industryfrom total collapse.

We a re l eav ing no s toneunturned to deal with saboteurswithin the rank and file of ourassociation who may still wantto continue their subversiveactivit ies by colluding withenemies o f p rogress todestabilize us.

Towards this end, we shall bevery g ra te fu l fo r yourcoopera t ion in the a rea o ftu rn ing dea f ea r s to anyunauthorized visitors who maycall at your office for illegaltransactions in the name ofNTP.

We hope you will expediteaction on all the issues raisedespec ia l ly a s r ega rds ourworking collaboration tot allyeradica te a l l the ident i f iedproblems as stated above.

Thanks and God bless.

ENTERTAINMENT

Asaolu meet Censors BoardSpeech delivered by Comrade Victor Ashaolu, National President of the Association of Nigeria

theatre arts Practitioners, ANTP, on a courtesy visit to the Director General National Film andVideo Censors Board at their Lagos Office


BUSINESS

Sony Corp’s forecast ofits first annual net profit infour years was viewed asoptimistic, as the consumerelectronics giant struggleswith the aftermath of thed i sas t rous Marchearthquake and a series ofnetwork security breaches.

Havoc to supply chainsand the physical damagecaused by Japan’sear thquake and t sunamiforced Sony earlier this weekto t ake a charge on taxcredits that resulted in a $3.2b i l l ion ne t loss fo r thebusiness year just ended, itsbiggest deficit since 1995and the second worst onrecord.

The latest travails for themaker of PlayStation videogames, Vaio computers andBrav ia TVs come as i tstruggles to regain a marketlead lost to Apple Inc inportable music and SamsungElectronics in flat-screenTVs.

Sony predicted recentlyan 80 b i l l ion yen ($975million) net profit for theyear that started April 1,compared wi th analys ts ’consensus of 105 bi l l ionyen, according to ThomsonReuters Star Mine SmartEs t imates , which p lacesmore weigh t on recen tfo recas t s by top- ra tedanalysts.

I t expec ts to make anopera t ing prof i t o f 200bil l ion yen this businessyear, reiterating guidancegiven earlier in the week,which helped its shares rise.

But some th ink thoseforecas t s migh t be tooambitious.

“Looking at their forecast,it appears Sony is expectinga recovery in the latter halfof the year, which is a bullishforecast, but there’s a lot ofuncertainty and there is a

Sony’s profitforecast seenambitious asquake, hackingweigh

risk they come in below thatexpec ta t ion ,” sa id Koj iTakeuchi, senior economista t Mizuho ResearchInstitute.

“It is still unclear what thef inanc ia l burden of thesecurity breach will be.”

The company sa id i twould get product ion ofBlu-ray discs and magnetictape re-started at a tsunami-flooded plant over the nexttwo months, but that thedisaster would continue toaffect almost all areas of thebusiness, cutting operatingprofit by 150 billion yen overthe year.

“Although most of the 150billion yen effect will be inelectronics, there will be animpact on almost all productcategories,” chief financialofficer Masaru Kato toldreporters. “Those that arelikely to be worst hit aretelevisions, digital camerasand devices,” he added.

Sony said its liquid crystaldisplay TV business waslikely to stay in the red for

an e igh th s t ra igh t year,because supply woes areexpec ted to hamperproduction later in the year.

The e lec t ron ics andentertainment conglomerateis also reeling from one ofthe biggest ever Internetsecuri ty breaches, whichforced i t to c lose i t sP laySta t ion v ideogamesnetwork for nearly a monthafter data on tens of millionsof user accounts was leaked.

Recent ly Sony sa idadditional websites in fourcount r ies had a l so beenhacked. Among the break-ins, personal information for8,500 people was leakedfrom its Greek Sony MusicEntertainment website.

Sony said it expects thehack ing to d rag downoperating profit by 14 billionyen in the current financialyear, including costs forboosting security measures.It said it was sticking to ap lan to res to re i t sPlayStation Network in fullby the end of May and that

in seven provinces that formChina’s “rice basket,” statemedia have reported. Thegovernment has pledged toboost spending on irrigationand other water works bybillions of dollars, but in thelong te rm much of thecountry is facing chronicwater shortages.

Commerce Minis t ryfigures show prices for porkand rice are already rising,partly due to the drought.That may counter efforts tohelp bring down inflation,which remained at a higher-than-forecast 5.3 percent inApril

meanwhi le weakerhydroelectric output due tothe drought has deepened ashor t fa l l l a rge ly due toreduced output by powercompanies tha t a reoperating at a loss becausethey a re bar red f romadjusting electricity rates to

any delay would not be morethan a few days.

Worries about the hackinghave weighed on Sonyshares, which have fallen byalmost a quarter this year,three times the fall in theNikkei average. The stockclosed up 0.1 percent onThursday ahead of theannouncement, comparedwith a 1.5 percent gain in thebenchmark.

For the year ending March31, the company predictedthat it will sell 15 million ofits flagship PlayStation 3game compared with 14.3million in the year just ended.Sony reiterated its plan torelease a next generationportable games device bythe end of 2011.

It forecast liquid crystalTV sales of 27 million unitscompared with 22.4 millionsets in the previous term.

Additional reporting byTakeshi Yoshiike and TimKel ly ; Ed i t ing by Chr i sGallagher, Lincoln Feast andMuralikumar Anantharaman)

China drought impactwidens, reaching Shanghai

crops wi ther and bo thpeople and l ivestock runshort of drinking water.

The Three Gorges Dam,the wor ld’s l a rges thydroelectric complex, hasbeen releasing larger-than-usual flows downstream inan effort to raise water levelsbrought so low by the lackof rain that inland shippingis being obstructed.

As farmers in much ofcentral China’s Hubei andHunan prov inces f indthemselves unable to plantsummer crops or keep fishponds s tocked, and wi thlittle rain forecast until atleast next month, many areabandoning their fields andheading to the cities to seekwork, the newspaper ChinaBus iness News repor tedrecently.

More than 3.2 million acres(1.3 mil l ion hectares) offarmland have been affected

China’s worst drought ina half-century is deepening,with the parched weatherthat has left millions in theYangtze River reg ionwithout enough dr inkingwate r push ing in f la t ionh igher and add ing towidespread powershortages.

Shanghai’s governmentpromised recently that thecity’s 23 million residentswould not face shortages athome, a f te r the c i ty ’selectricity utility warned thatsome stores and factoriesmay have to close in thehottest days of summer tolimit demand.

China’s commercial centeris scrambling to protect itsdrinking water from beingoverly tainted by salinitydue to higher tides as theflow of the Yangtze Riverweakens . Ups t ream,condi t ions are worse , as


•A customer at a Bank of America ATM watches protesters walk through NewYork’s financial district

The more aggressively abank lobb ied before thefinancial crisis, the worse itsloans performed during theeconomic downturn — andthe more bailout dollars itrece ived, according to as tudy publ i shed by theNat iona l Bureau ofEconomic Research th i sweek.

The repor t , t i t l ed “AFistful of Dollars: Lobbyingand the Financial Crisis,”said that banks’ lobbyingefforts may be motivated byshor t - t e rm prof i t ga ins ,which can have devastatingeffects on the economy.

“Overa l l , our f ind ingssuggest that the polit icalinfluence of the financialindustry played a role in theaccumulation of risks, andhence, contributed to thefinancial crisis,” said therepor t , wr i t t en by th reeeconomis t s f rom theIn te rna t iona l Moneta ryFund.

Data collected by the threeau thors — Deniz Igan ,Prachi Mishra and ThierryTressel — show that themost aggressive lobbiers inthe financial industry from2000 to 2007 also made themost toxic mortgage loans.They securitized a greaterportion of debt to pass thehome loans onto investorsand the i r s tock pr icescorrelated more closely tothe downturn and ensuingbailout.

The banks’ loans a l sosuf fe red f rom h igherdel inquencies during thedownturn.

What the economis t scou ld no t de te rminedefinitively was the banks’motivation for lobbying. Ifbanks were look ing togenerate income at society’sexpense, then it would makesense to cur ta i l the i rlobbying.

If banks were concernedmain ly about shor t - te rmprofit and not thinking aboutthe long- te rmconsequences , thenexecu t ive compensa t ionprac t ices should bechanged, the report said.

And if banks just wanted toinform lawmakers, and were

When the bubble burst,banks that spent more onlobbying received “a biggerpiece of the cake” from the$700 billion bailout in the fallof 2008.

As examples, the reportcites Citigroup Inc (C.N)spending $3 million to lobbyaga ins t the HR-1051Preda tory LendingConsumer Protection Act of2001 as well as Bank ofAmer ica Corp (BAC.N)spending $1 million to lobbyon banking and hous ingissues.

HR-1051 was never signedinto law, nor were 93 percentof all bills promoting tighterregulation from 1999 through2006. However, two bills thats ign i f i can t ly reducedrestrictions in the mortgagemarke t became law, theAmerican Homeownershipand Economic Opportunity

Act o f 2000 and theAmer ican DreamDownpayment Act of 2003.

Ci t igroup and Bank ofAmerica each eventual lyreceived $45 billion worth ofbai lout funds, more thanJPMorgan Chase & Co(JPM.N), Wells Fargo & Co(WFC.N) or o ther l a rgecommercial banks.

Now that the Dodd-Frankfinancial reform bi l l haspassed, big banks have beenlobbying aggress ive lyagains t res t r ic t ions theybe l ieve a re too harsh .Among the top items on theindustry’s lobbying agendaare s t ronger cap i ta lregulat ions, as well as aConsumer F inanc ia lProtection Bureau, new ruleson derivatives trading andrestrictions on proprietarytrading.

In an in te rv iew wi th

Reuters recently , Igan saidher counte rpar t s a t theFederal Reserve Board haveexpressed concern to herthat “some of the conceptswould get watered down inthe p rocess because thef inanc ia l indus t ry i slobbying hard aga ins tthem.”

The House F inanc ia lServices Committee voted todelay implementa t ion ofderivatives reform for 18months . Al though fewexpect any such measure toclear the Senate or be signedby the p res iden t , someexecutives on Wall Street arepress ing fo r s lowerrulemaking.

At an event on Tuesday,Morgan S tan ley (MS.N)Chief Execut ive Off ice rJames Gorman warned thatimplementing reforms toohastily could “tip the world

Top lobbying banks got biggest bailoutsoveroptimistic about theirprospects, it would be more

difficult to suggest reforms.

Big Lobbying, Big Bailouts

BUSINESS


Google Inc. is trying to nudgeconsumers and merchants intoa world where the smartphonehas replaced the wallet as thecon ta ine r fo r c red i t ca rds ,coupons and receipts.

In Google’s vision detailedrecently, shoppers will touchtheir phone screen to select acard, then tap the phone to acredit-card reader in a store orrestaurant. Google would makemoney by selling coupons andadvertising that come alongwith the experience.

It’s a goal shared by others.The In te rne t sea rch andadver t i s ing company facestough compet i t ion f romcellphone companies, paymentcard issuer Visa Inc. , eBayInc.’s PayPal payment serviceand others. All of them want toplay the central role of tyingtogether phones, retailers andbanks in to a new paymentsystem.

This i sn ’ t Google ’s f i r s tattempt at electronic payments.The company, based inMounta in View, Ca l i f . ,introduced an online paymentservice called “Checkout” fiveyears ago. It hasn’t posed aserious threat to PayPal.

Google v iews i t s d ig i t a lwa l l e t a s a way to se l ladver t i s ing a t a p ivo ta lmoment: when shoppers are instores, ready to spend moneyand even more receptive tocoupons and other discountoffers.

Nick Holland, an analyst atYankee Group , sa id tha talthough all parties stand tobenefit from Google’s system,Google itself has the most togain. That’s because the GoogleWal le t would a l low thecompany to “own” the marketfor advertising that’s tied to theuser’s location.

Google said it’s launching aGoogle Wal le t t r i a l in San

TECHNOLOGY

Google tries toreplace walletswith smartphonesFrancisco and New York incooperat ion with Visa r ivalMasterCard and Citibank. Itwi l l open up the system toconsumers later in the summer.It then plans to expand acrossthe country.

There has been talk of smartpayment systems for years, andGoogle faces the same hurdlesthat have stifled previous trials.

One is that Google Walletwill initially work on only onesmartphone, the Google NexusS 4G carried by Sprint NextelCorp . Severa l smar tphonemakers, including Research InMot ion L td . , maker o f theBlackBerry, are ready to bringout more phones with chips forso -ca l l ed Near -F ie ldCommunications, or NFC, butit’s uncertain if they’ll workwith Google’s system.

Another hurdle is get t ingretailers to invest in terminalsthat can talk to the phones.Google Wallet will connect onlyto Mas te rCard PayPassterminals. There are more than135,000 of those in U.S. storesand restaurants, but that’s onlya small fraction of the totalnumber.

Google ’s ca r ro t i s tha tretailers will be able to putloyalty cards and coupons inthe Wallet, helping them trackand engage wi th the i r

customers. Partners in the trialinclude Macy’s, RadioShack,Subway, Toys R Us, DuaneReade and Walgreens.

Yet another problem: Googleneeds to ge t ce l lphonecompanies on board . I t spartner Sprint is the country’sth i rd - la rges t . AT&T Inc . ,Verizon Wireless and T-MobileUSA, the res t o f the fourbiggest national carriers, haveformed their own consortium toc rea te a wa l l e t tha t wi l lcompete with Google’s.

The f ina l obs tac le i spersuading consumers to takethe leap. Phones might one dayoffer slightly faster checkouts,but the benefit would be small.Google calls Wallet a “single-t ap so lu t ion ,” bu t in ademonstration at Thursday atGoogle’s New York office, aGoogle executive had to tap hisphone twice to a t e rmina lp rov ided by re ta i l pa r tne rAmerican Eagle Outfitters Inc.,then sign on the screen to get apurchase of a pair of denimshorts through.

Osama Bedier, Google’s vicepresident of payments, said itwas up to the retailer to decideif the shopper has to sign onthe screen.

“Consumers and businessesdon’t have a compelling needfor changes in payment

methods,” a recent study by theFedera l Rese rve sa id . I tnevertheless concluded thatthere are substantial benefits toreap for everyone involved ifmobi le payments become areality.

One of the potential benefitsis increased security comparedto cards with magnetic stripes,which can be cop iedsurreptitiously.

The Wallet will initially workwi th a Mas te rCard f romCi t ig roup Inc . and wi th aprepaid debit card issued byGoogle, but the intent is to letthe wallet accept any card.

“This is about creat ing acompelling model and askingfolks to join,” Bedier said.

Banks and paymentprocessors such as MasterCardand Visa like the idea of mobilepayments, but have their owndes igns on the space . Visaalready has announced plans forits own wallet. MasterCard iscollaborating with Google butis working on its own projects.

“Today’s announcement isanother early salvo in what willbe a long and hard-fought battleto change consumers’ paymentbehavior and, as a potentialresu l t , the makeup o f thepayments l andscape ,” sa idFor res te r Research ana lys tCharles Golvin.


The fierce combat in Libyahas unleashed a once-hiddenarsenal of portable anti-aircraft missi les that thegovernment fears could easilybe siphoned off to terrorgroups, giving rise to apotential threat to commercialaviation that the U.S. is onlybeginning to confront,government officials and armsexperts said.

The fears are compounded bysuspicions that Libyangovernment and opposi t ionforces are both deploying fighterswith t ies to terroris ts andmercenaries. With more than20,000 missi le launchersestimated in Libya, there havebeen unconfirmed reports thatsome anti-aircraft weapons havealready been funneled to NorthAfrican militants, but amid thevast caches wielded by bothsides, there is no solid evidenceyet that terrorists have them.

Troops loyal to MoammarGadhafi and opposition fightershave made frequent use ofRussian-buil t ant i-aircraftweapons in the two-month-longcivil war, including aging 30-year-old shoulder-fired models toadvanced truck-mounted missilelaunchers, according tobattlefront accounts and an arrayof combat photographs andvideo.

The availabi l i ty of man-portable air defense systems,also known as MANPADS,across the world’s conflict zoneshas long worriedcounterterrorism officials .Passenger flights have never beentargeted by such missiles insidethe U.S., but there have beennearly a dozen lethal strikes overthe past decade in Africa andAsia.

Surveillance by aerial dronesand diplomatic pressure onLibya’s African neighbors topolice its porous borders may bethe best, if limited, actions theU.S. can take for now. U.S.military planes can fly above therange of the missiles and useelectronic jamming to elude them,but detection and evasion gear areconsidered too bulky andexpensive to instal l in theworld’s civilian aircraft fleets.

Congressional officials arepressing U.S. diplomatic andmilitary officials for details on

how they might counter the anti-aircraft missile threat in Libya,but said they have heard fewspecif ics . Late last month,Edward R. Royce, R-Calif . ,chairman of a Housesubcommittee on terrorism,nonproliferation and trade, urgedSecretary of State Hil laryRodham Clinton to s tep upefforts to monitor and secureantiaircraft weapons — even asrebel uni ts were reportedlyreceiving new shipments ofarmaments from abroad.

“The department should be incontact with neighboringcountries to exercise vigilance inlocat ing and securing anymissiles that may be transitingout of Libya,” Royce wrote in aletter to Clinton. He urged StateDepartment officials to pressrebels to keep tight control overany such missile stockpiles. TheU.S., he added, should mount “anaggressive missile destruction andrecovery program” once a new

Libyan government is installed.A State Department

spokesperson, speaking oncondit ion of anonymity todescribe the department’sefforts, said an internal task forcehas turned urgent attention to thethreat. The spokesperson alsosaid officials were in contact withthe Libyan opposi t ion andinternational organizations insidethe country.

Even those first steps areunlikely to be effective in quicklysecuring the anti-aircraft missilesand launchers in use in Libya,experts said.

“The problem is that you haveamorphous groups on both sidesand all sorts of weaponry arecoming into play fromunregulated caches,” said aformer assistant secretary ofstate, Lincoln P. Bloomfield Jr.,who headed a Bushadministration effort to recoverand dispose of ant i-aircraftweapons. “The primary

objective is to make sure thesemissiles don’t cross Libyanborders. In theory, that’s thegoal, but it’s not clear it can bedone in the middle of a hot war.”

The U.S. general who led theearly American airstr ikesenforcing the Libyan no-fly zoneestimated earlier this month thatGadhafi’s military amassed asmany as 20,000 portable missilelaunchers before the conflictstarted. That would outstripsimilar caches of terror groupsand militants in Afghanistan andIraq in recent years.

“Many of those we know arenow not accounted for, and that’sgoing to be a concern for someperiod of time,” Gen. CarterHam, head of the U.S. AfricaCommand, told the Senate ArmedServices Committee last month.

Chad’s President Idriss DebyItno said last month that a cacheof surface-to-air missiles andlaunchers taken from liberatedLibyan stocks already reached alQaeda’s North Africancontingent , al Qaeda in theIslamic Maghreb. Similaraccounts have come fromAlgerian officials but the reportshave yet to be confirmed, theU.S. officials said.

The f luid contours of theconflict, with war-torn citieschanging hands repeatedly, makeit nearly impossible to closelymonitor stockpiles. Shoulder-fired launchers can easily beconcealed, even from airborneU.S. Predator drones and spyplanes, and truck-mounted unitscan be disassembled or maskedby canopies. Poorly armed rebelswill not likely give up theirlimited MANPADS supplies,and Gadhafi’s forces wouldpresumably be hostile to anyeffort to turn over arms while theU.S. and allied forces enforce theno-fly zone.

Bloomfield, who was specialenvoy for MANPADS threatreduction in the final year of theBush administration, workedwith the State and Defensedepartments to track and disposeof weapons of mass destructionand conventional arms. Since2003, the U.S. has ledinternational efforts to recover32,000 MANPADS fromAfghanistan to the Ukraine — afigure dwarfed by congressionalestimates that there are 500,000

DAL INTERNATIONAL

Libyan combat stymiesmoves on antiaircraft threat


to 750,000 worldwide.The cost of outfitting large

passenger planes with defensivedevices was deemed tooexpensive — as much as $3million per jet . Since 1975,missiles fired at civilian planesin nearly a dozen incidents havekilled more than 200 people fromAfrica to Central Asia. Ashoulder-f ired missi le wasblamed for deaths of 11 crewmembers aboard an Ilyushincargo plane downed in Somaliain March 2007. Two U.N.transports were s truck bymissiles over Angola in 1998 and1999, leaving 23 dead. Twomissiles fired by terrorists barelymissed a chartered Israel icommercial jet taking off inNovember 2002 with 271passengers and crew nearMombasa, Kenya.

U.S. anti-missi le effortsinvolve negotiat ions withlegitimate governments, said J.Christ ian Kessler , formerdirector of the StateDepartment’s Office ofConventional Arms ThreatReduction, which works with theOffice of Weapons Removal andAbatement to counter the anti-aircraft threat. “That processsimply can’t function if you’redealing with a hostile governmentand an unorganized oppositionat war.”

The U.S. has worked to reducestockpiles of such missiles in 20other countries with smallerarsenals than Libya, and whenthe U.S. began renewing tieswith Gadhafi’s government, itpressured the regime todisassemble its nuclear weaponsprogram and chemical armsstockpile. But there was nosimilar anti-missile effort inLibya that might have limited thecurrent battlefield proliferation.

“We really didn’t have ourfinger on MANPADS as anagenda item,” said Bloomfield,now chairman of the StimsonCenter, a nonpartisan globalsecurity group in Washington.The issue never re-emerged, he

said, because of growing U.S.strains with Gadhafi over theprecise reciprocal s teps toresolve Libya’s culpability in the1988 bombing of a Pan AM flightover Lockerbie, Scotland, thatkilled 270 people.

The missiles sighted in Libyanbattle zones are mostly Russian,typically shoulder-fired SA-7Strela missiles and launchers thatdate to the 1970s, said MatthewSchroeder, an arms expert withthe Federat ion of AmericanScientists who has examinedimages of nearly four dozenseparate anti-aircraft weapons inuse on the Libyan front. SomeSA-7s are l ikely too old tofunction.

The head of Russia’s Centerfor Analysis of World ArmsTrade reported last month thatGadhafi’s forces had alsoamassed between 600 and 1,5001980s-vintage RussianMANPADS. And recentAssociated Press photos andother images from the Libyanfront show both sides wieldingadvanced Strelets vehicle-mounted launchers capable off ir ing new SA-24 Grinchmissiles. KBM, a Russian armsexporting company, confirmed arecent sale of an unspecifiednumber to Gadhafi’s military,according to Aviation News, atrade publication.

The SA-24 has a longer range— accurate to 11,000 feet — thanthe 1980s Russian models ,Schroeder said. I ts bulkiervehicle mount would make itharder to hide, said PieterWiezeman, a senior arms expertwith the Stockholm InternationalPeace Institute, a nongovernmentgroup in Stockholm.

But a carefully-concealedtruck-mounted weapon wouldstill be mobile and compactenough to be taken anywhere inAfrica, he said, adding: “Ifsomeone gets near a runway withsome of those missiles in a 4-by-4 truck, how are you going tostop them?”

INTERNATIONAL

Bri t i sh Pr ime Minis te r,David Cameron has promisedto fight back after some daysof rioting and looting acrossBr i ta in , he p romised todep loy c i ty s t ree t s wi th16,000 police to restore theorder and protection in thecount ry. ‘ ’We needed afightback and a fightback inunderway’’ .Cameron saidaf te r a mee t ing of thegovernment COBRACommittee that deals withNational Security Crises.

The Prime Minister saidevery action would be takento restore peace and give outwhatever resources neededby British Police to protectthe citizen in the country.

Unrest and Violence spreadto c i t i e s inc lud ingManchester,Nottingham,Birminghamand Liverpool. They sufferedthe wors t v io lence . Theviolence was an expressionof the frustration felt by thepoorest inhabitants of thecountry that ranks among themost unequal in the World,publ ic anger over thewidespread looting of shopsappears to haves t reng thened thegovernment’s argument, withstolen goods ranging fromthe expensive –televisionsand jewelry.

Accord ing toinvestigations available toDal International the violenceoccurred between the riotpolice and groups of youthaf te r the accused of as luggish response togunshot of Caribbean man intottenham,London

In Bi rmingham, po l icelaunched a murder inquiryafter three Muslim men fromMuslim Asian communitywho died after being run overto protect their property, theywere h i t by a ca r anddied,Haroon Jalan 21,ShahadAli 30 and Abdul Musavir 31,they were taken to hospital

but died from their injuries.Many MPs and Councils

has advised their tenantsnot to be involved in theviolence . Associa t ion ofChie f po l ice o f f ice rsPresident Sir Hugh Orcleruled out using water canonor baton rounds and Salfoldtenants have been told thatthey will be evicted fromtheir council homes if theywere identified on CCTVFootage a f te r theinves t iga t ions . HomeSecretary,Thresa May toldthe BBC tha t she hadordered all police forces inEngland and Wales tomobilize special constablesto res tore the order. Sixforces have been requestedassistance, they are AVONand SOMERSET,GLOUCEPOLICE,NOTTINGHAMSHIREand WEST MIDLANDS.

David Cameron said’ Wehave seen the wors t o fBritain but I also believe wehave seen some of the bestof Britain’’.

The MET police force hasarrested more than 1,000people in London ,805people who involved in thev io lence , ‘‘anyoneconvic ted of v io lencedisorder would be sent toprison’’ Cameron said.

One of the communi tyleader said ‘The thugs mustbe taught to respect the lawand hard way. These riotshave shamed the nation andthe government mus t beheld to account’’.Some ofthe rioters themselves saidthe v io lence was anexpression of the frustrationfe l t by the poores tinhabitants of a country thatranks among the mos tunequal in the developedworld ‘’They’ have raisedrates , cuts chi ld benefi t .Everyone just used it as achance to vent’’.

RIOT IN LONDONGODON BROWN:FIGHTBACK UNDERWAY


The Nigeria Police, justl ike Niger ia had facedretrogress ion and under-deve lopment s inceindependence in 1960. Fromthe side of the governmentthat advocates protectingthe lives and property ofNigerian citizens using thevar ious secur i typaraphernalia, the Policeinclusive, has never shownany s ign of se r iousnesstowards policing. With theadvancement andsophistication of security inthe wor ld , tha t involvesd ig i ta l t echnology, theNiger ian Po l icemen a restruggling on how to earnenough money to buypresen tab le un i forms inorder not to wear torn andfaded ones . They lacktraining and equipments andthey are under-paid despitethe risks involved in theirjobs. What is worst is that alot of them are semi-literatesand un-enlightened and donot unders tand ing oradvocate the principals ofgood social relationship withthe people they are suppose

to be protecting. Once theyare in their uniforms theyturn into some new fiercecreates in the eyes of thepublic. But the public arestill informed that the policeare their friends.

The Pol ice a re soneg lec ted by thegovernment that even thecriminals are for most of thetime more armed than them.When a robbery case inprocess is reported to thePol ice , they a r r ived thescene after the incident onlyto collect the report on whattook place and that is theend . Did you ment ioninvestigation? Where is themachinery? Are they toblame? Not when they onlyget a gallon of petrol for thefue l l ing o f the i r pa t ro lvehicle per day and carryaround out-dated weaponsused during the first and thesecond world wars.

Where is the life insuranceto guaranty r isking theirlives for the country whenthey are not even sure of apension after retirement? Inan African context of family

responsibility, what wouldbe of their children, ward andwives in a poverty strickenNigeria when they are noteven sure of a good healthcare delivery incase of anyaccident? Defini te ly onewould not expect much from

such a Police force. If thereis any part of the force thatis a little above this type ofa po l ice fo rce maybe i twould be that in charge ofpres iden t ia l secur i ty o rattached to some executiveofficers as aids. In fact, even

The NigeriaPolice AsInsecurity

•Hafiz Ringim, Police I.C

SOCIETY


these parts of the police areunder equipped.

The tradition of InspectorGenera l s o f the Niger iaPol ice , the l ikes of TafaBalogun and other seniorPol ice Off ice rs , rob thePolice Force of billions ofNaira had founded a specialculture of corruption in theforce in addition to others.They are most corrupt. Theaccess the Policemen haveto corrupt act turns the forcein to a luc ra t ive job fo rcorrupt minded person whoseek opportunity. It is suchtha t , depending on thecourse an applicant wants toattend, he is expected tospend between 40,000 Nairato 70,000 Naira in br ibebefore he gets admitted intothe Police College of trainingschool . For o ther rankscourses its less while forinspec tor courses about70,000 is given in bribe.

The bribes given at Policestat ions to secure Policesupport or bail criminals, theroad s ide t ips , e tc havebecome a normal soc ia lculture in Nigeria. Not evenNigerians anything wrongwith that. There are evenmore lucrative bribes at thehigher levels when the statebribes the Police to protectce r ta in se l f i shaggrandizements o f theexecutives. These includesbribing the Police to conductelection malpractices usingthe i r weapons dur ingelection; bribing Police toassault opponents; and inplaces like Sokoto the StateGovernor bribed the Policeto k i l l and te r ror ize themembers o f the I s lamicMovement and also protectpolitical thugs when theyloot their property. It is likethe Police are available forany bidder to do anythingno matter how uncivil.

Some time, the Police evenengage in crimes like armed

robbery. The case of oneCorporal Amoya Onozi whoasked his command in PortHarcourt for a casual leaveand was refused but waslater found killed in far awayMaiduguri trying to rob abank a long s ide somehardened criminals in hisuniform is only one out ofthe many ex t ra -po l ic ingactivi t ies of some of thePolicemen.

The Police orientation iseven worse than all theirweaknesses. They have amentality of some superiorfeelings when in uniform.This cannot be argued theorientation they inheritedfrom their trainings of thedays of colonialism whenthey were used as weaponsof suppress ion andexploitation of our colonizedgreat-grand parents. Theywere trained to fight insteadof to protect their citizens.This psyche has remained inthem after the creation of theNiger ian Po l ice a f te rindependence.

Also , in i t s usua lexecu t ive l i e s , thegovernment had introducedreforms wi th no th ing toshow and has now decidedto invite the sophisticatedBritish Police to train the un-equipped Nigerian Police.What more could be saidwhen an expert in the field,the former Inspector Generalof Pol ice , Alhaj i GamboJimeta has described theproblem of the Niger ianPolice as “beyond BritishPolice”, unless of course ifthe Bri t ish Pol ice wouldlea rn some cor rup t iontechniques when they come.

It is common knowledgethat every Police force ispecu l ia r to i t s ownenvironment. Nigeria as acountry is such that not eventhe Bri t ish Pol ice or theScotland Yard can control.They are able to control andmanage secur i ty in theircountries because they havetheir system. There is nosystem in Nigeria and thosethat sign the remunerations

of the Police Force are thef i r s t c lass c r imina l s .Certainly, the governmentwill not pay a Police force toarrest and execute it. TheNigerian does not believe inany system and so, he is notpatriotic towards anything.The Nigerian does not haveany spirit of nationalism; hedoes not revere the nation.What more would one expectof a Police force of such acountry?

Coming to the solution ofthe Niger ian Po l iceinsecurity, it does not haveanyth ing to do wi thequipments, remunerationsor t ra in ing thoughnecessary. What is requiredis a system of governmentthat Nigerians will believe in,advocate, promote, protect,revere and support with theirwealth and lives. When thisi s ach ieved , the Po l icewould only be present tosuppor t and ass i s t thec i t i zens because thementioned national virtuesalone wipe out insecurity

The Nigeria Police AsInsecurity

SOCIETY


miraculously and providesecurity as well. They say‘ there is no manna f romheaven’ and you can eatyour bread and have it”.

More so , the pover tystricken Nigerians, who aresuffering an unnatural butinstituted poverty are toohungry to have any hope inany Police force, it would bedecep t ive fo r anyone tobelieve they do. It is ratherthose Nigerians that havelooted public coffers andcor rup t ly enr ichedthemselves that are shoutinginsecur i ty because theydon’ t have enoughprotection for their loot.

We need to establ ish asystem that Nigerians willhave hope in, believe in itand also submissively andconfident ly protect . Weneed a system that will bef ree f rom a l l co lon ia ltendencies that has led tothe founding of the type ofPol ice fo rce in Niger iatoday; a system that will befree from domination andcont ro l o f exp lo i te r s intoday’s world like Europeand America.

We can learn from thosewho have faced the samesituation like us and haveachieved this change thatsubsequently led them todras t i c deve lopmentprogress technologica l lyand politically. Since thesuccess o f the I s lamicRevolution in Iran in 1979,the Iranian Government hasexper ienced a un iquedeve lopmenta l p rogresswi th a speed neverexperienced before in theMiddle East. It has attainedhe igh ts in defense andsecurity within the last 28years ; some th ing tha tNigeria has never achievedin the l as t 47 years o findependence and has nohope of achieving in the next47 years if it maintains itspresent dispensation. TheIslamic Iran is now feared byIsrael in the Gulf regiondespite i ts sophisticationand control of the regionbecause Iran is now nuclear

s t rong. I t i s in fact theSuper-Power of the MiddleEas t . Th is rap idachievement is as a result ofthe system supported by thepeople that oppose foreigninf luences tha t a redetrimental to their nationalinterest. It has established

SOCIETY

The Nigeria Police As Insecuritythe sp i r i t o f pa t r io t i sm,nationalism and a sense ofbelonging and security inthem. They have a systemwhich they promote, protectand revere. They are a nationand have a government theybelieve in, this is the type ofsystem we need in Nigeria to

be truly free and independentand also to tread the tract ofdevelopmental progress andsecurity sense of belonging.This will substitute the stateof re t rogress ion andinsecurity and also create anentirely different concept ofa police force.

The explos ion of June16.2011 bombing at Abujapo l ice headquar te r s inNigeria signifies more thanterror and destruct ion ofhuman l ives andp r o p e r t i e s , P r e s i d e n tGoodluck Jonathan admittedas much when he observedthat he could be the nextta rge t a f te r the inc iden tdur ing h i s v i s i t to theplace,The inspector Generalof Police IGP called for linkedthe incident to the religioussect,Boko Haram;Accodingto our reporter,the explosivedevise went o f f in thepremises of the Louis EdetPolice Headquarters from acar d r iven in wi thou tclearance;it happened some

EXPLOSION AT POLICEHEADQUATERS ABUJA

minutes after the IGP and theenvoy had driven in to thepo l ice headquar te r s ; IGPcalled Nigerians for calm andpatience as the police willconduct investigation butsuspect Boko Haram sect

The explosion rocked them u l t i - s t o r e ybuilding,claimed two livesdestroyed 74 Vzhicles,32 ofwhich burnt completely

The police authorities hadrece ived an in te l l igencereport on a plot to bomb theforce headquarters two daysbefore the incident,ForcePubl ic Re la t ion Off ice rFPRO Olushola Amore spoketo the journalists only twopeople were confirmed deadthe driver and the traffic

warden while 35 vehicleswere damaged beyondrepairs

Former Head of S ta tePres iden t Candida te o fCongress for progressiveChange CPC Genera lMuhannadu Buhar icondemned the bombblast,He described it as anominous signal that all is notwel l wi th secur i tyar rangement in thecountry,The Speaker federalHouse of Reps AminuTambuwal said the incidentwas most unfortunate whilethe senate president DavidMark cal led the secur i tyagenc ies to r i se to thechallenge of security andfight against terrorism

DATELINE HISTORY OF BOMBINGS IN NIGERIA1986 At Dele Giwas House in Ikeja LagosMay 31 1995 Ilorin StadiumJanuary 18 1996 Durbar Hotel Kaduna Top Journalist killed at Bagauda KanoJanuary 20 1996 Aminu Kano International Airport Kano bombedNovember 14 1996 MM Airport bombed and claimed life of Chief Security OfficerDec 16 1996 Bomb blast targeted at colonel marwas convoyDec 18 1996 A Bus belonging to the Lagos State Task Force on

Environmental Sanitation bombed in LagosJan,17 1997 A bus belonging to the Nigerian Army bombed in LagosApril 22 1997 Bomb blast at Evan Square;Ebute Metta lagos claimed three livesDec 13 1997 Lt. Gen Oladipo Diya escaped death at bomb blast at

Nnamdi Azikwe Intl Airport AbujaJuly 18 2009 Atlas Cove five people died MEND climed responsibilityMarch 15 2010 Warri bomb blast at amnesty dialogue MEND claimed responsibilityOctober 1 2010 Bomb blast during the Nigerias 50TH Independence anniversary

celebration at Eagles Square AbujaApril 18 2011 INEC Office bombed in Suleja Niger StateApril 26 2011 Bomb blast in Maiduguri borno stateMay 29 2011 Army Barracks in Bauchi bombed by Boko Haram and bombed other

places in Niger Borno and KadunaJan 1 2011 Army Barrracks Mammy Market Abuja bombedJune 16 2011 Police Headquarters-Louis Edet House bombed by Boko Haram

claimed two lives and destroyed many propertiesJune 16 2011 Church explosion in Maiduguri claimed three livesJuly 4 2011 Boko Haram attempt to bomb North / South Bridge, SSS arrested

100 Suspect in six States


This is in connection with thearrest of some young Muslimsmen accused of planning to reignterrorist attaches on governmentfacilities and installations in someparts of the country. Thepersons who were arraignedbefore the Abuja Federal HighCourt were said to belong to aSalafi group that has receivedterrorist training in Algeria andhave link with the InternationalAl-Qaeda network.

Their arrest was decried byvarious quarters, the IslamicMovement in Nigeria inclusive,describing it as a conspiratorialattempt by the Americangovernment to make a way forits intended AFLOM project inNigeria.

Addressing newsmen inKaduna Wednesday amidstrepresentatives of variousMuslim groups in the country,the Secretary General of theSharia Council, Alhaji Nafi’uBaba Ahmed faulted the allegationby the SSS that there was Al-Qaeda in the country adding thatall Muslims arrested for it wereinnocent but framed up bysecurity agencies.

He further called fortransparency and fair treatmentof Muslims by the securityagencies whom he accused ofreligious prejudice andopportunism. He called on themto put an end to glaring doublestandard, hatred and bias againstMuslims and their faith.

The SCSN Secretary Generalcalled for the immediate releaseof all Muslims Scholarslanguishing in SSS undergroundcells or be charged to the Courtsof law.

He also said “for example, ourinvestigation revealed that the

The only DailyNewspaper forMuslims in Nigeria

first accused of the five peoplecharged to court recently for actsof terrorism is an ordinary tailorwho was framed in a set-upmasterminded by two securityagents. There is no doubt thatunpatriotic Nigerians are bent onextending American patriot act toNigeria”.

He expressed their support forgovernment in i ts effort toprosecute all offenders and fightall forms of crime, including whathe described as the nihilists ofNiger-Delta.

Commenting on the effort ofthe Sharia Council, a lot ofMuslims expressed theirdissatisfaction and described theacts as selective.

One of such commentatorsqueried the legal justificationbehind which the Sokoto StateGovernor, Alu MagatakardaWammakko (B.ak) is holding 130innocent Muslims in Policecustody and influencing the courtto refuse them bail withoutactually committing any crime.He asked if Wammakko (B.ak) is

not also extending his \Americanpatriotism to Nigeria helpingAmerica in her battle againstIslam.

The Governor also used thePolice and other security agentswho support hoodlums inattacking the members of theIslamic movement killing severalof them, demolishing their housesand looting their property but noone raised any eyebrow. Manyof those who commented accusedthe Sharia Council of biasness andintolerance. They were alsoaccused of being selective in theirreaction to mistreatment ofMuslims, most especially whenit concerns the Islamic movementmembers.

There have been calls fromseveral wings of the IslamicMovement on the atrocit iesperpetrated by Wammakko(B.ak) in Sakkwato all of whichwere not heeded. There werecalls from the Sisters Forum ofthe Islamic movement thatexpressed the displeasure of theForum on the treatment ofwomen and children by theWammakko (B.ak) atrocities inSokoto. There was also astatement issued to the press bythe Resource Forum of theIslamic movement condemningthe inhuman acts of the SokotoState Governor that hasdispersed many families andpushed them into living in refugein neighbouring States.

Recently, the Media Forum ofthe Islamic Movement has alsocalled for immediate release of theunjustly arrested Muslims inSokoto and the payment ofdamages to all affected. A lot ofMuslims expressed their dismaywith the careless attitude ofMuslims on the Sokoto issuewhere innocent l ives andproperty are being destroyed bythe Governor and his securityagents.

In another development, theIslamic Forum of Nigeria hascalled on the Federal Governmentto immediately set up aninvestigation panel of inquiry tofind out the cause of the planecrash that killed Sultan Maccindoand 95 others.

The Chairman of the ForumGroup Captain Usman Jubril,who read the communiqué at the27th annual general meeting inKano, said such an incidentshould not go without properinvestigation.

The forum alleged the crash tobe suspicious and called for theinvestigation to ascertain thosebehind the crash and punishthem. Group Captain Jubrilal leged that someone wasresponsible for the plane crash.

The Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeriarecently decried what it described as persecutionagainst Muslims and Islam in Nigeria by StateSecurity Services SSS and other security agencies.

RELIGION

Alhaj i Abdul Lateef Adegbi te , Secre taryGeneral, Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs


After being released at11 am local time (8am -GMT) on recently he said,“I am proud and happy tohave done what I did:. Hesaid”.

Vanunu, who convertedto Chr i s t ian i ty in the1980s whilst in prisoncompla ined about theIsraeli authoritiest sayingtheir treatment of him was‘ c rue l and barbar ic” ,adding that he “sufferedhere 18 years because Iam a Christian............. ifI was Jewish I wouldn’thave this suffering andisolation”

In a leaked pr i soninterview, ahead of hisre lease he vowed tocont inue his campaignagainst Isreal’s Nuclearweapons programme andeven the s ta te i t se l f ,“There is no need for aJewish s ta te . Thereshould be a PalestinianState.

Vanunu, who i s aMoroccan born Jew,received mixed greetingwhen he walked out ofprison. He was cheeredby his supporters who had

waited outside Israel’sAshkelon’s Shikmaprison. Many were anti-nuclear campainers whosupport the stance andactions he took.

The information he gaveconfirmed the rumors thatIsrael possessed a nuclear

capability. It eventuallyled experts to concludethat Israel is the sixthlargest nuclear power inthe world. Israel’s officialpo l icy i s s t i l l one ofstrategic ambiguity overits nuclear capability.

Many booed his releasein counter -demons t ra t ions . I t i scommonly felt in Israelthat Vanunu is a traitor forrevealing Israel’s nuclearsecrets and comprised thenation’s security.

There are fears for hissafe ty. I s rae l inewspapers havepublished the address theyexpect Vanunu to stay atafter his release. “With somany people in I s rae lviewing him as a traitor,why would they do that?Mary Eoloff his adoptedmother said.

The Israeli authoritiesare concerned that he willreveal more secrets andimposed a number ofres t r ic t ions on h im.Vanunu is not allowed totravel outside Israel andmust repor t h i smovements.

ISRAEL WHISTLEBLOWER FREED AFTER18 YEARS

Mordechai Vanunu, the former nuclear technician,who worked on Israel’s then secret weaponprogramme has been freed from an Israeli prison.He was imprisoned in 1986 after providing picturesand information to The Snday Times about Israel’ssecret nuclear reactor in the desert town of Dimona.He was then tried in a private court and convicted.

INTERNATIONAL

He cannot own apassport , not visi t anyfore ign embass ies orspeak with the media. Ifhe does hold any nuclearsecrets he is not allowedto reveal them.

Israel feels justified inthe restrictions they areimposing as they believehe i s s t i l l a th rea t tonational security. TommuLapid, the Justice Ministersaid “ He promised to doas much damage andharm to Israel as he can.

He added “He in thissense i s a very, veryunusua l case wheresomebody spied on hiscountry and betrayed hiscountry and continues todo so and promise to doevery harm that he can doto his country. So the sortof restrictions that we areimposing are very, verymild and moderate andlimited.”

It appears that Vanunuwants to re turn anordinary life. He want tomarry and start a family.“The a r t ic le waspubl i shed; there i s nomore secrets, I am nowready to restart my life.


Honduras, The DominicanRepublic and Kazakstan haves ince fo l lowed Spa in andannounced their intention torecall troops from the region.Others wi th t roops in theregion have been wavering intheir commitment. Thailand haspromised to wi thdraw hertroops if the situation worsenswhilst the Netherlands refusesto commit troops beyond June2004.

Spain’s announcement andthe rush of others has provokedcr i t i c i sm f rom the US andpledges of support from othercountries with troops stationedin the Gulf. New Spanish primeminister Jose Luis RodriguezZapatero said recently, just aday after being sworn in, thathe in tends to wi thdraw hiscountries soldiers as soon aspossible. On , Jose Bono, thenew Spanish Defence minister,d id no t spec i fy when thewithdrawal would start but didsay that it would take less thansix weeks to remove the 1,300troops.

Spainish forces are currentlystationed on the outskirts ofNajaf, an area that has seensome of the fiercest fighting.The US also has around 2,000troops around the town. Theyare threatening to invade inorder to capture the Shia clericMuqtada a -Sadr who theyclaim is responsible for recentattacks on US forces.

Former US President GeorgeW. Bush has expressed h isregret at the decision. In aphone call with the Spanish PM. “stressed the importance ofcarefully considering futureactions to avoid giving falsecomfort to terrorists.”

Accord ing to repor t s inSpain, the announcement camequicker than expec ted . I tfollowed Bono’s visit to the USwhere he discussed the chancesof UN taking over in the summerand concluded that they wereslim.

Spain’s pull out drew praisefrom the European CommissionPresident Romano Prodi whosaid “With this decision, Spainhas fallen into line with ourpos i t ion . The d iv ide tha tprevented Europe from having

a common position in beingovercome.

He also believes that otherswil l fol low. Th eview wasbacked when Hondura , theDomin ican Republ ic andkazakstan followed the lead ofSpa in by p romis ing towi thdraw the i r t roops .Honduran President RicordoMaduro Announced that the368 soldiers in Iraq will beleaving before their term ofduty expires.

“I have told the coali t ioncountries and other friendlycountries that I have decidedthat the Honduran troops arego ing to re tu rn f rom I raq ,“Maduru said. He could onlyconfirm that the 368 troopswould be gone before July 1,the original expiry date of theirterm of duty.

Domin ican Pres iden tHipolito Mejia said his troopswould also withdraw but willkeep the country’s 300 soldiersin southern Iraq until their one-year commi tment ends inAugust.

Kazakhs tan DefenceMinister Muktar Altynbayevsaid, “Kazakhastan will pull itstroops out of Iraq when thetour of its present contingentends in May.”

The wi thdrawals haveprompted a show of support byother countries with forces inIraq. Australian Prime MinisterJohn Howard, who has over800 troops in Iraq said thatthey would not be withdrawnin any circumstances includingif soldiers were kidnapped byresistance fighters.

Foreing Minister AlexanderDowner criticized Spain, sayingthat if others followed then,then Iraq would be left withoutsecurity and Iraq would becomea haven for terrorists.”

Other countries like Japanand Itali, who have suffered therecent kidnapping and in oneins tance , k i l l ing o f the i rcivilians were quick to pledgetheir continues support.

Former US Secretary ColinPowell admit ted that morecoun t r i e s may l eave themultinational force in Iraq.

He has been engaged in ase r i es o f phone ca l l s toascertain the level of supportwithin the coalition. “I amgetting solid support for ourefforts, commitments to remainand finish the job that theycame to do.”

The announcements, comingin quick succession have takenothers by surprise. Poland,which leads a 23 nation forceof 9,500 troops in south centralIraq must now reorganize thevolatile region in the wake ofthe imminent withdrawals.

The Polish Defence Ministrysaid that their commanders areworking on transferring “tasksf rom the Span ia rds whi lemaintaining the operat ionalcapability of the division andensur ing the sa fe ty o f thesoldiers.”

A further three countries arecons ide r ing the i r pos i t ion .Norway, with 180 troops inI raq sa id on Wednesday,“Norway is studying the optionof pulling its troops from Iraqafter ending its mission due tothe worsening of the securitysituation.”

EMERGENCE OF A NOT-SOWILLING COALITION

The coali t ion of the wil l ing iss tart ing to break up theannouncement by spain recently thati t wi l l wi thdraw i ts troops hastriggered similar announcementsfrom other countries with troopsstationed in iraq

INTERNATIONAL


FASHION

•Beth DittoFashion Clothes.

•Clothes atVia Fashion

•GreenerIreland models

•GreenloopOrganic Cotton

•Leatherskirt

•Sp


FASHION

•Bad girl

•Beyoncestyle

•Madrid afashion


•Resigned FIFA vice-president JackWarner

FIFA Bribery Scandal

•FIFA President, Sepp Blater, won onlycandidates for the second term

•FIFA Vice President, Jack Warmmer,resigned under controversial term

T he al leged br iberyscandal has s tar tedrocking the wor ld

footba l l house a l thoughFIFA's e th ics commit teec leared pres ident SeppBlatter of any wrongdoing astwo of soccer's most seniorofficials were suspended onSunday in the wors tcorruption scandal to blightthe sport's governing body.

Qata r i Mohamed b inHammam, who hours earlierhad ended his campaign tounsea t B la t t e r , wastemporarily suspended alongwith Jack Warner, president ofthe CONCACAF reg ioncover ing nor th and centra lAmerica and the Caribbean.

Blatter was cleared of anybreach o f FIFA's s t a tu tesfollowing an emergency sittingof the independent committee,freeing him to stand unopposedfor a fourth term in charge ofworld soccer's governing bodyin Wednesday's election.

Bin Hammam and Warnerwere accused of arranging topay delegates of the CaribbeanFootball Union $40,000 in cashto vote for Blatter's only rival.

Both men are long-standingmembers of FIFA's all-powerful24-man executive committee,10 of whom have been subjectto allegations of corruption inthe last year.

Bin Hammam, head of theAsian Football Confederation,and Warner, a governmentminister in his native Trinidad& Tobago, are now temporarilysuspended from any soccer-related activity.

Both will be absent from theCongress where Blatter canexpect to be re-elected to thepost he has held since 1998.

The case against Warner andBin Hammam, who have deniedany wrongdoing, will be heardin July, according to Namibianjudge Petrus Damaseb whochaired Sunday's meeting.

FIFA sec re ta ry genera lJerome Valcke, who faced toughquestioning during a feistyhour-long news conference,said the e lect ion would goahead unless three-quarters ofthe 208 delegates voted tochange the agenda.

" I am no t FIFA, I can ' tchange the agenda," Valcke said."It is up to the delegates --they have the final say."

OLYMPIC CRISISValcke agreed that FIFA was

facing "a watershed moment,"drawing comparisons with theIn te rna t iona l OlympicCommittee's crisis when IOCdelegates were found guilty oftaking bribes for votes to awardthe 2002 Winter Games to SaltLake City.

This crisis, with its tentaclesspreading into the very heart ofthe senior governance of thewor ld ' s mos t popu la r andr iches t spor t , has a rguablygreater implications.

Unl ike fa i r ly anonymousIOC officials, Blatter is themost famous sports politicianin the world, who has workedfor FIFA for more than 35 yearsand been president for the last13.

During his time in charge,FIFA has grown rich throughsales of TV rights, sponsorshipand merchand i s ingopportuni t ies and current lyboas t s rese rves o f over $1billion.

Whi le FIFA's f inanc ia ls i tua t ion i s sound , r ecen tscanda l s have p rovokedwidespread calls for reform ofthe power fu l execu t ive

committee at the organization'sheart.

Last November, two otherexco members, Reynald Temariiand Amos Adamu, were bannedover the cash- fo r -vo tesa l l ega t ions concern ing thehosting of the 2018 and 2022World Cups.

Asked if this was the lowestpo in t in F IFA's 107-yearhistory, Valcke replied: "Thereputation of FIFA? Maybe it'snot at the highest, that's clear.It's sad.

"Definitely, there is a needfor change. I'm not the FIFApresident so he is the one whomust decide what he wants todo and FIFA must make thenecessary changes so that theinstitution has systems in placeto avoid something like thishappening again.

"This is the pattern of thework which we have to do veryqu ick ly in the nex t f ewmonths."

He a l so d ramat ica l lyproduced an e-mail from thepresident of the Puerto RicoFA who stated that he had beenoffered a $40,000 inducement,which he accepted, reportedand was sending to FIFA.

In a short statement issuedaf te r the press conference ,Blatter said: "The FIFA EthicsCommit tee has reached i t sdecis ions. I do not wish tocomment in detail but simplyto say that I regret what hashappened in the last few daysand weeks.

"FIFA's image has suffered agreat deal as a result, much tothe disappointment of FIFAitself and all football fans."

The key a l l ega t ionsconcerned a meeting of theCaribbean Football Union inMay 10-11 in Port of Spain,attended by Warner and BinHammam and Caribbean soccerofficials.

Blatter was interrogated atBin Hammam's request becausehe may have known abou tpayments , F IFA sa id , bu tDamaseb said nothing wronghad been found.

DAL SPORTS


Parallel FootballBody In The Offing?All efforts put in place

by Niger ian-bornAmos Adamu, a FIFA

Executive member to clearhis name of the a l l egedbr ibery scandal rockingtheworld football governinghouse prove abortive as theappeal panel set up by FIFAgoverning body na i ledAdamu and others

Although Br i t a in incon junc t ion wi th o the rEuropean nations was said tohave being the brain behind thescandal in a bid to form anotherparellel football body that willrival FIFA.

Adamu was said to havedemanded a £500,000 bribefrom Times of London reporterswho posed as lobbyists for aconsortium of private Americancompanies who wanted to helpsecure the World Cup for theUni ted S ta tes . The Uni tedStates eventually pulled out ofthe bidding race last Friday.

Reynald Temarii, presidento f the Ocean ia Foo tba l lConfederation, is also allegedby the paper to have demandedpayment to finance a sportsacademy.

In a video recorded by thereporters, Adamu, who told thereporters what he was doingwas in the interest of Nigerianfootball, said in response to thequest ion whether h is beinggiven money for a “privateproject” would influence hisvoting, responded: “Obviously,it will have an effect. Of courseit will. Because certainly if youare to invest in that, that meansyou also want the vote.”

Against the rulesThe a l l ega t ion aga ins t

Adamu, who was head o fCOJA, the o rgan i s ingcommit tee o f the 2003 Al lAf r i ca Games hos ted byNigeria, is grave, given thatasking for money or gifts inexchange for votes in a WorldCup bid is against FIFA rules.

Chap te r 11 o f the wor ldfootball governing body’s rulesof conduct expressly forbids:“Any kind of advantage thatcould give even the impressionof exerting influence, or conflictof interest, either directly, inconnection with the biddingprocess, such as that at thebeginning of a collaboration,

whether with private persons,a company or any authoritiesexcept for occasional gifts thata re genera l ly r ega rded assymbolic or incidental valueand that exclude any influenceon a decision in relation to theb idd ing p rocess ; and anybenefit, opportunity, promise,remuneration or service to anysuch individuals, in connectionwith the bidding process.”

The former National SportsCommission (NSC) DirectorGeneral is currently in Zurichtrying to clear himself. FIFA,which desc r ibed thedevelopment as unfortunate,has launched an investigationinto the matter. It is believedAdamu’s presence in Zurich atthis time is at the instance ofFIFA President, Sepp Blatter,who i s eager to ge t to thebottom of the matter in orderto remove an impression thatFIFA i s a body inured toscandals.

The FIFA boss has promiseda fu l l inves t iga t ion o f theallegations against Adamu andTemar i i . In a l e t t e r sen tyesterday to all members ofFIFA’s execution committee,

Blatter said: “I am sorry tohave to inform you of a veryunpleasant situation, which hasdeveloped in relat ion to anarticle, published today in TheSunday Times, titled ‘WorldCup vo tes fo r sa le ’ . Theinformation in the article hascreated a very negative impacton Fifa and on the biddingprocess for the 2018 and 2022Fifa World Cups.

“Some current and formermembers o f the execu t ivecommittee are mentioned in thearticle. Fifa will... open an in-depth investigation, which wewill start immediately togetherwith the Fifa ethics committeeand the Fifa secretary general.I will keep you duly informedof any further developments.”

Mere allegationsThe a l l ega t ions aga ins t

Adamu have el ici ted mixedreactions here in Nigeria wherehe has continued to exert a hugeinfluence in the Nigerian sportsestablishment, despite beingfired as Director General of theNSC in 2008.

I t i s a measure o f h i sinfluence that some officialswho spoke to this reporter onthe allegations against him werenot willing to go on record forfear of reprisal at a later date.

When contacted, the NigeriaFootball Federation (NFF) wasguarded in i t s r e sponse .Robinson Okosun , thefederation’s spokesman, saidthe NFF was s t i l l watchingdevelopments:

“We have not received anyformal notice of the allegationseither from FIFA or any source.At any rate, they remain mereallegations.” The FA’s positionfinds support in Harrison Jalla.Jalla, President of the NationalAssoc ia t ion o f Niger ianFootballers, the body whichwent to cour t and go t aninjunction ordering the NFF notto go ahead with the August 26elect ions , says i t would bewrong to rush to conclusions atthis stage:

“The law says an individualis innocent until he is provedguilty by a competent court ofl aw. Dis tu rb ing as theallegations are, they have notbeen established to be facts yet.So , l e t ’s g ive h im anoppor tun i ty to de fendhimself,” Jalla said.

Jal la is due to meet withAdamu on Wednesday tofinalise agreements reached lastweek on how the lingering crisisin Niger ian foo tba l l ,p rec ip i t a t ed by the NFF’sflouting of a court order not tohold elections, can be resolved.

SPORTS

DAL INTERNATIONAL NEWS MAGAZINE,SEPT.2011 BY DAUDA AWWAL

Documents

Transcript of DAL INTERNATIONAL NEWS MAGAZINE,SEPT.2011 BY DAUDA AWWAL