Let me make it abundantly clear right from the outset that I am not a supporter of Osama Bin Laden and I believe that he was a well-qualified candidate for the hottest part of hell. I despised the man and all that he stood for and I am one of those that are firmly of the view that the world is a far better place without him. This is because firstly he was directly responsible for the untimely and violent deaths of literally hundreds of thousands of innocent souls from all over the world over the last 20 years and secondly because he struck terror and brought tears and sorrow to the hearts, souls and minds of millions of people from every corner of the globe over that same period of time with his chilling and reprehensible activities and evil agenda.
All those exciteable, naive and impressionable people that came on my wall crucifying Dominique Strauss-Khan a few weeks ago should bury their heads in shame. The young west African chambermaid that alleged that he raped, sodomised and forced her to perform fellatio (oral sex) on him, according to the New York Times, apparantly has links with drug dealers and money-launderers and there is little or no evidence to sustain the charge and the allegations that were made against him. He has been freed from house arrest and it appears that all those that dismissed my assertion 6 weeks ago in my note which I posted on this wall titled ''Dominique Strauss Khan, Sexual Assault and the Exciteable Chambermaid'' were completely wrong to do so.
Today is the 27th of December and it has been one year to the day since Nigeria's most beautiful, elegant and outstanding First Lady passed on. We all remember her and still mourn her. One year has passed by so quickly yet she is as celebrated today as she was many years ago and she is sorely missed by all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch@v=mIt6QhJE8lQ
I've learned that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is up to them. I've learned that no matter how much I care, some people just don't care back. I've learned that it takes years to build up trust and only seconds to destroy it. I've learned that it's not what you have in your live, but who you have in your life that counts. I've learned that you can get by on charm for about fifteen minutes, after that, you'd better know something.
Modern Ghana, November 16, 2010
by Seye Kehinde.
During the 8 years that Chief Olusegun Obasanjo was President, he was very vocal in defense of Obasanjo’s policies at that time. Femi Fani-Kayode was always in the news defending OBJ’s moves. From being one of Obasanjo’s aides, he rose to become a Federal cabinet Minister. A few weeks back, FFK as he’s fondly called, celebrated his 50th birthday in Lagos. Days after, he spoke to City People Publisher, SEYE KEHINIDE, about his life, his years in government and his travails during the late President Musa Yar’Adua years. He also spoke about his plans and ambition to contest for Osun State Governorship come 2011, and why someone from lle Ife should be allowed to emerge as the PDP candidate for the number one seat it, in the State. In this explosive interview, he took on ex-Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Ambassador Baba Gana Kingibe and others who sought to persecute those he described as the “Obasanjo Boys”. Excerpts
Huhuonline.com, November 1, 2010
by Alaba Oyakeye.
It is exceedingly pertinent to clearly recognize the fact that the roles played by the anti-graft bodies in Nigeria over the years have significantly helped to sanitize our polity and ultimately to rid-off corrupt practices and financial crimes both in the public and private sectors, this new phase of paradigm shift Nigeria has extensively attracted international commendations, especially in the days of the pioneer Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu.
Thsiday Online, October 26, 2010
Chuks Okocha, Tobi Soniyi and Onyebuchi Ezeigbo
He’s been accused of many things and called many names, but nobody ever accused Chief Femi Fani-Kayode of not speaking his mind. And nobody ever accused him of not being strong-willed. Lawyer, politician and now, gubernatorial aspirant Fani-Kayode who shot into national, if somewhat controversial, prominence as Media Special Assistant to President Obasanjo and later as Minister of Tourism and Culture, then Aviation turned 50 two weeks ago. And shows no sign of turning down the heat... He spoke with CHUKS OKOCHA, TOBI SONIYI and ONYEBUCHI EZEIGBO in Abuja, last week…
Vanguard, October 3, 2010
My husband, Mr Saka Kasumu was a photographer with the Daily Times of Nigeria in the 1960's.He said one morning in January 1966. he had gone to the Daily Times newsroom to check if there were photo assignments to be covered. He said he was browsing through a newspaper when a call came through the telephone on the News Editor’s desk. When he picked it a voice said "is that Daily Times?"
Vanguard, October 3, 2010
What exactly do you know about the circumstances surrounding the death of your father?
Let me start by saying that I was 10 years old and was not even in the country when that coup took place. I was sent to Britain to finish my primary school.So in July or so 1965, I left the shores of Nigeria for Britain.
And I was 10 years old but I used to hear on radio that the Prime Minister had been abducted, he had been taken to Port Harcourt; he has been taken to Abeokuta and other such places. As I held unto the small transmitter radio as a small boy, in my mind I said my father is dead or they may kill my father or what ever. At the end that was what happened.
Vanguard, October 3, 2010
By Emma Ujah and Adamu Shaibu
The interview of Chief M. T. Mbu in which said Sir Abubakar was not killed but died of asthma in the heat of the January 15, 1966 is generating controversy. As an intelligence officer then, what do you know about the PM’s death?
It is very sad for me that I have to go back into this painful event of January 1966. As young police officer working in the intelligence service of the Nigeria Police, I had the privilege of getting all the facts in support of the evidence to what had happened in the morning of January 15th in Lagos, in Ibadan, in Kaduna – where a group of army mutineers organized by some well-known people went on a killing spree.
Vanguard, October 2, 2010
by Abdulsalam Muhammed.
It was actually, Alhaji Ahmad Ibrahim Babankowa who, as an assistant superintendent of police (ASP) serving at Ota in present day Ogun State, in January 1966, that discovered the corpses of Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa-Balewa and Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh.