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  • BREAKING: Federal High Court in Abuja is currently on fire…

    By William Oyo-Ita 25 March 2015 10;38pm
    All these fire occurrences just two days to election. The Federal High Court in Abuja is currently on fire.

  • POLITICS: President Jonathan writes letter to key Northern citizens (read)

    By William Oyo-Ita  25 March 2015 10;34


       President Jonathan has written a letter to prominent northern citizens across the 19 states in the region and the FCT. The 2-paged letter (personally signed by the President) is in both English and Hausa versions.

     ENGLISH VERSION

    March 23, 2015

    My dear Arewa brothers and sisters,

    I write you today as President and a firm believer in the value and
    significance of the strategic political alliance between the
    South-South geo-political zone and the three geopolitical zones in the
    Northern part of our country. In my every act as President of Nigeria,
    I have been consistently driven by a total commitment to ensuring the
    nurturing of this age-old alliance in the larger interest of our dear
    nation’s enduring peace, stability, growth and development.

    I do understand that my first duty to you, at this time, is to rid the
    entire North of the menace of Boko Haram and secure your lives and
    property. You and I know that nothing in Nigeria’s past prepared us
    for the unprecedented reign of unmitigated terror, mayhem and
    destruction which these murderous terrorists have visited on parts of
    our country. The initial slowness in effectively responding to this
    threat was a result of both the asymmetrical nature of the war on
    terror and the need for us to properly equip our security agencies for
    the successful prosecution of the war.

    Given the recent successes recorded by our armed forces, with your
    cooperation and patriotic support, the cooperation of our neighbours,
    as well as the laudable gallantry of the men and women of our security
    agencies, I am confident that, in the shortest possible time, the
    menace of Boko Haram would have been eliminated for good.

    My brothers and sisters, your pain is my pain; while there is no way
    to replace life, we must find ways to soothe the pains of our fellow
    Nigerians and rebuild the lives of persons and communities affected by
    these brutal murderers. The painful case of our daughters abducted
    from Chibok continues to ache my heart. I assure you that I will not
    relent until these innocent girls are rescued and reunited with their
    families. While commending you for your prayers, I am confident that,
    with the help of Almighty Allah, we will totally defeat and put to
    shame these evildoers and their collaborators.

    I am sure that you share with me the belief that, without the will of
    God, in Whose Hands power resides, I would never have been your
    President nor will I continue to be so in the future. Because Nigeria
    is today in desperate need of stability, I plead with you to join me
    in building on the foundation of the traditional alliance between us
    which has always served to keep Nigeria one strong, united and
    prosperous nation. My loyalty to my boss, late President Yar’Adua, and
    the greatness of the Arewa/South-South alliance under him, is a
    well-known testimony to this tradition.

    In the past four years, I have remained faithful to our old alliance
    especially the appointments of your sons and daughters to high
    political offices. In addition, I have worked hard to reverse the over
    30 years neglect of Agriculture in Northern Nigeria; address the
    challenge of Education through the establishment of dedicated Almajiri
    schools and the establishment of Universities in the nine Northern
    States that did not have Federal Universities; reduce the death rate
    of mothers and babies during birth; give loans to start-up businesses;
    restore abandoned irrigation and hydro-power projects; repair the bad
    roads and re-build the railway system which is the most viable access
    for your goods to the rest of Nigeria and the world.

    With gratitude to God, I ask you for the chance to rebuild the North
    East, restore the economy and grains pyramids of Northern Nigeria so
    that these trains we just brought back can carry your bags of grains
    to Lagos, Port Harcourt and Onitsha. My vision and commitment is not
    to just move the grains but to also process our agro produce in the
    North of our country. It is impossible for me to achieve these great
    things if you do not support me and worse still if you refuse to work
    with me.

    I urge you to disregard the politicians who abuse my person and cause
    hatred against my government by telling lies that I denied Arewa power
    and am arming Boko Haram. This government that I head means well for
    this country. I am committed to the development of the North. I am
    totally committed to the unity of this country. 2019 is just four
    years away and it is only with the PDP that the vision of rotating
    power to the North can be guaranteed. I urge you to stand with the
    PDP. I pray that you recall where we are coming from and how I became
    President in the first instance. Weigh what your younger generations
    under PDP can offer you in the already approaching 2019. Only the PDP
    can offer a safe 2019 power shift to the North.


    May God Almighty bless you and may God continue to bless the Federal
    Republic of Nigeria.


    GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN




    HAUSA VERSION

    March 23, 2015

    As-salamu Aalaikum Yan’uwana Arewa,

    Bayan gaisuwa da fatan alheri. Bayan haka. Gashi lokacin zabubbuka ya
    sake zuwa, kuma zabe shine ginshikin dorewar kowane tsarin
    demokaradiyya. Ina fatan za mu yi zabe lafiya kuma cikin gaskiya da
    adalci.

    Tarihi ya nuna yadda yankin arewacin Nigeriya ya zama abokin tafiyar
    yankinmu na kudu-maso-kudu. Kun san yadda aka zabi Marigayi Senator
    Melford Okilo a cikin majalisar wakilai ta tarayya a jamhuriya ta
    farko, wanda kuma goyon bayan da ya baiwa jam’iyyar NPC ta Marigayi
    Sardaunan Sakkwato ne ya baiwa jam’iyyar rinjaye a cikin majalisar har
    ta kafa gwamnatin tarayya a jamhuriyar. Wannan tarihi ya ringa
    maimaita kansa har a jamhuriyya ta biyu. Fata na shine wannan
    kyakkyawar dangantakar siyasa dake tsakaninmu zata dore a wannan
    lokaci da kuma har abada.

    Na rubuto muku wannan takarda ne a matsayina na shugaban kasa domin na
    kyautata wannan kyakkyawar dangantakar dake tsakanin yankunan mu tare
    da tabbatar da tagomashinta. Wannan shine zai tabbatar da zaman lafiya
    da ci gaban siyasa a kasarmu.

    Babban aiki na a matsayina na shugaban kasa shine kare rayuka da
    dukiyoyin al’uma. Dukkaninmu, ba ma jin dadin abubuwan dake faruwa a
    fannin tsaro a kasar nan. A gaskiya babu wanda ya taba tunanin faruwar
    irin wadannan abubuwa. Mutanenmu na arewa suna cikin mummunan halin
    rashin tsaro sakamakon aiyukan ‘yan ta’adda. Rayuka da dukiyoyi sun
    salwanta a sakamakon wannan rikici. Babu wanda ya fi ni bacin Rai da
    damuwa akan wannan. To amma, Alhamdulillahi. Yanzu gwamnati ta samar
    da managartan kayan fada da makamai ga sojojinmu, kuma muna kara samun
    nasara a wannan fada da makiya arewa da Nigeriya. Wadannan nasarori
    sun samu ne sakamakon aiki tukuru na sojojinmu, da hadin-kan kasashe
    makwabtanmu; uwa-uba kuma da irin addu’oi da goyon-bayan ‘yan kasa na
    gari, irinku. Da yardar Allah ba da dadewa ba za mu ga bayan matsalar
    “Boko Haram”.

    An yi hasarar rayuka a wannan rikici. Sai dai mu yi addu’ar Allah Ya
    jikansu, Ya baiwa iyalai da danginsu hakuri, Ya musanya musu da
    mafificin alheri. Wanda ya mutu ba ya dawowa. Sai dai mu ci gaba da yi
    musu addu’ar neman gafara. Garkuwa da ‘yan ta’adda suke yi da
    ‘ya’yanmu ‘yan matan Chibok, abu ne mai matukar sosa-rai. Abin ya kan
    hana ni barci da sukuni. Duk mutumin kirki, abin ya dame shi. Ina
    addu’ar Allah Ya sa suna nan da ransu. In Allah Ya yarda, zan yi duk
    abin da zan iya yi domin ganin an kubutar da su lafiya. Ina fatan za
    ku taimaka a wannan kokari. Gwamnati tana shirin tsara wani gagarumin
    shirin rage radadi, wahala da hasarar da mutane suka yi a yankunan da
    ake fama da wannan rikici.

    Dukkanninmu mun san mulki na Allah ne. Ya kan bayar ga wanda Ya so.
    Zama na shugaban kasa kaddara ce daga Ubangiji. Haka kuma sake cin
    zabe na a wannan karo (In Sha Allah), yana hannun Allah. Malamai sun
    ce alkalami ya riga ya bushe. Babban abin da kasarmu take so shine
    zaman lafiya da kwanciyar hankalin siyasa. Wancen kawancen siyasa da
    na fara baiyanawa a cikin wannan takarda tsakanin arewaci da
    kudu-masu-kudancin Nigeriya, shine ginshikin daidaita harkokin
    siyasarmu. Magabatanmu sun aza harsashin dorewarsa, mu na fatan mu
    dora akan abubuwan da suka yi. Zaman lafiya, da biyayyar da na yi wa
    Marigayi shugaba Umaru Musa ‘Yar’aduwa wata kyakkyawar alama ce dake
    nuna karfin wannan alakar siyasa a tsakanin yankunanmu.

    A duk tsawon lokacin mulkina, na tabbatarwa da arewa hakkokinta,
    musamman ta fannin nade-naden jami’an gwamnati da habaka aikin noma da
    kyautata ilmin Al-Qur’ani ta hanyar kyautata ilmin almajirai, da
    kyautata lafiyar mata masu juna-biyu da rage mace-macen mata masu
    nakuda da kula da lafiyar jariransu da bayar da bashin kananan sana’oi
    da kyautata noman rani da hasken wutar lantarki; uwa-uba ga giggina
    sabbin hanyoyi da gyara wadanda suka lalace da farfado da safarar
    jiragen-kasa tsakanin arewaci da kudancin Nigeriya. Duk wadannan
    aiyuka, na yi ne domin ci gaban arewa da kyautata rayuwar ‘yan uwana
    mazauna yankin.

    Wadannan aiyuka, kadan ne daga cikin wadanda gwamnatina ta gudanar a
    arewa, kuma wata alama ce dake nuna “Juma’ar da zata yi kyau”, idan na
    sake cin zaben nan da za a yi a wannan mako. Don haka nake neman
    taimakonku da gudunmowarku domin na samu nasara. Akwai gagarumin aiki
    a gabanmu, musamman farfado da tattalin arziki da sake gina jihohin
    arewa-maso-gabas. Ina sake rokonku ku tallafa min ta duk hanyar da
    zaku iya domin tabbatar da ganin Allah Ya bani nasara. Nasara ta, zata
    tabbatar da dorewar dangantakar siyasar dake tsakanin yankunanmu, kuma
    zata kara tabbatar da hadin-Kan Nigeriya.

    Ba gaskiya ba ne, surutan da wasu ‘yan adawa suke yi cewa ni ne na
    hana mulki ya dawo arewa. Ba gaskiya ba ne. Jam’iyyar PDP ita kadai ce
    take da tsarin da mulki zai komo arewa a cikin shekarar 2019. Kuma na
    yi maku alkawarin jam’iyyar zata tabbatar da wannan manufa idan Allah
    Ya kai mu lokacin. Hausawa kan ce Mahakurci, Mawadaci. Kuma
    Yau-da-gobe mai karyata Boka. Mu kara hakuri, mu kare dangantakar
    siyasar dake tsakanin yankunanmu domin arewa ta ci moriyarta a
    lokacin.

    Daga karshe, ina sake neman goyon-bayanku da taimakonku, da addu’arku
    domin ganin na cinye wannan zabe da gagarumin rinjaye. Allah Ya yi
    mana albarka, Ya kare kasarmu, Ya tabbatar da zaman lafiyarmu, kuma
    Allah Ya tabbatar mini da nasara a wannan zabe. Ameen.

    NakGOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN, gcfr
    Shugaban Kasa, kuma Babban Kwamandan Askarawan Nigeriya


  • POLITICAL FUN: See the campaign 'helicopter' spotted in Uyo today

    By William Oyo-Ita 26 March 2015 10;25pm
    This miniature campaign ‘helicopter’ was seen this afternoon outside the main gate of the University of Uyo ahead of the forthcoming Presidential/Gubernatorial elections. It was actually built by a student of the University of Uyo. Well done to him

  • TECHNOLOGY: Ps4 Firmware Update 2.50 Now Available

    Sony Entertainment has announced that the company will be releasing

    the big 2.50 firmware update for the PS4, codenamed “Yukimura”, today.

    The update includes the long-awaited and most notable suspend/resume

    feature that was revealed two years ago, the ability to backup and

    restore to and from an external hard drive and more.

    For More information:

    http://bit.ly/TGR-452

  • TECHNOLOGY: The Crew 2 Hour Trial Now Available On Ps4 and Xbox One

    By Eyizle Ene-Okon

    26th March, 15:17

    Ubisoft has announced that a free two-hour trial for the company's

    2014 open-world racing game, The Crew, is now available for the

    Playstation 4 and Xbox One.

    The trial grants players access to everything from the full version of

    the game, but for only 2 hours.

    More info on the trial and the new update:

    http://bit.ly/TGR-450

  • NEWS : Jonathan, Buhari In Closed Door Meeting.

    By Lizzy Adie. 

      President Goodluck Jonathan and General Mohammadu Buhari are presently meeting behind closed door after the two signed another agreement brokered by former Head of State Gen-Abdusalami Abubakar. 
       The meeting brokered by the National Peace Committee for the 2015  general election, led by Gen. Abdulsalami Abdulsalami (redt), is meant to extract commitment from the leading candidates that the forthcoming election will be violence free. 
        According to President Jonathan, his willingness to sign another peace pact further emphasizes his total commitment to a violence free election on Saturday. 
      President Jonathan and  General Buhari are scheduled to meet at Ladi  Kwali Hall in the Sheraton Hotel in Abuja this morning,  March 26.
    Details later……..  From Naij. Com 

  • SPORTS: Liverpool vs Man United's Trophies Tally

    What do you think, Whose the most successful with important tropies…?

  • SPORTS: Chelsea Offer £10m On Petr Cech

    Petr Cech looks almost certain to leave Chelsea this summer, according

    to the Mirror.

    “I'm used to playing 50 or 60 games a season, not 15 or 20. That's a

    big difference

    …that can work for one season only. I don't want another one like this.

    “It is no secret that I want to play more. The situation is the same,

    it hasn't changed. But at the end of the season it will be solved.”

    bit.ly/1HJ9549

  • HEALTH : Do You Want To Stay Healthy? See The Wonders Of Lemon.

    By Lizzy Adie. 

       Lemon is a natural energizer, it hydrates and oxygenates the body as it feels revitalized and refreshed. Not only do they add abundant flavor to a variety of dishes, but they also boast a ton of health benefits. The flavonoids within the juice are said to contain antioxidant, which is why lemons are useful in treating so many ailments and conditions. 
            BENEFITS OF TAKING LEMON 
    1. Prevent Kidney Stone : Drinking one half cup of lemon juice everyday raises citrate level in the urine. Studies has shown that this could protect against calcium stones in the kidney. 
    2.  Support Weight Loss : Beyond the old notion that the master Cleanse was the only way lemon could help you lose weight, lemon juice contains a soluble fiber that has been shown to aid in weight loss. 
    3.  It Aids in Proper Digestion : Citrus flavonoids are the primary cause of improved digestion when drinking warm lemon water. They aid in the assimulation of food, help prevent fatty liver, decrease chances of cardiovascular disease, fat lowering and reduced insulin sensitivity. This has to do with its ability to inhibit certain synthesis of fat in the body. It has also been shown to calm an upset stomach or mild indigestion. 
    4.  Lemon Water Detoxify And Cleanse The System : this is the first benefit that comes to mind when it comes to lemon water,  and usually the most overstated. Toxins come into our system through various sources from the air we breath to some of the foods we eat. Our liver is where we filter everything we consume and neutralize many toxins. The citrus acid found in lemon enhances your body’s ability to naturally flush out these unwanted toxins. 
    5.   Lemon As An Anti-Cancer Agent : Studies have supported the Anti-cancer activity of citrus liminoids, compounds that protects your cells from damage that can lead to the formation of cancer cells. 
    6.   Bring Down Fever : Forget the days of starving a fever, when your temperature goes up, drinking a lemon juice mixture can help bring the fever down faster. 
    7.  It Balances pH  : while lemon may seem quite acidic, there are a surprisingly good source of an alkaline food that can help balance your body’s pH. 
    8.  Rich In Potassium : lemon, aside banana also offer 80m of potassium that helps your body stay strong and nimble. It also contains vitamin C. 
    9. Lemon Stops Itch : When it comes to poison ivy or insect bites, rubbing lemon juice on the area can soothe the skin, since it has anti-inflammatory and anesthetic effects. 

  • SPORTS: Chelsea's Transfer Gist

    By Eyizle Ene-Okon

    26th March 2015, 08:22 AM

    Chelsea FC have made an offer to sign brilliant Valencia midfielder

    Andre Gomes, according to reports.

    The Blues team, who are looking to add to their midfield options, have

    been monitoring Gomes since his move to Valencia last year from

    Benfica.

    Mourinho is believed to be a big fan, and reports in Spain say an

    offer of £25.7million has been made.