REVEALING: A LETTER FROM DR ERASTUS AKINGBOLA OFTHE DEFUNCT INTERCONTINENTAL BANK PLC TO PRESIDENT JONATHAN - A MUST READ!!!

SAN FRANCISCO, February 21, (THEWILL) – THEWILL has exclusively obtained a letter addressed to President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan detailing how Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Senator Bukola Saraki and Mahmoud Lai Alabi took over the now defunct Intercontinental Bank from its founder and deposed Group Managing Director, Mr. Erastus Akingbola.

The 7-page letter dated February 09, 2014, which was written by Mr. Akingbola revealed the intrigues and private conversations between himself, billionaire Aliko Dangote, Senator Saraki and Mallam Sanusi before Sanusi eased him out of the bank.

The letter is reproduced below:







 

D'Banj spotted With President Jonathan

D'banj was a guest at the State House in Abuja on February 11, 2014, Tuesday.

The Koko Master has visited the Villa for the launch of the Nigerian Industrial Revolution plan and the National Enterprise Development program.

See the photos below:

 

Attempt By Senators To Decamp From PDP To APC Shot Down

Another attempt by some Nigerian lawmakers to officially defect from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been shot down in the Senate.

At Tuesday’s plenary, a Senator, Bukola Saraki, brought up the issue of a letter written to the Senate

President, David Mark, by 11 Senators expressing their decision to defect.

Senator Saraki said the refusal of the Senate President to read the letter on the floor of the Senate was a breach of the lawmakers’ privilege.

But Senator Mark ruled Senator Saraki out of order, saying that he cannot rule on the matter as the case was in court.

 

According to other APC Senators, the defecting senators had already started attending the meetings of the APC, which was an indication that they had defected.

 

The Senators that signed the letter are; Umaru Dahiru from Sokoto South, Magnus Ngei Abe from Rivers South-East, Wilson Asinobi Ake from Rivers  West, Bindawa Muhammed Jibrilla from Adamawa North and Mohammed Danjuma Goje from Gombe Central.

Others are Aisha Jummai Alhassan from Taraba North, Mohammed Ali Ndume from Borno South, Mohammed Shaba Lafiaji from Kwara North, Abdulahi Adamu from Nasarawa West and Ibrahim Abdullahi Gobir from Sokoto East.

 

A list attached to the letter sent  contained 16 names but only 11 signed, indicating their intention to defect. The other Senators in the list that did not sign are; Ahmed Muhammed Maccido from Sokoto North, Saidu Ahmed Alkali from Gombe North, Basheer Garba Mohammed from Kano Central, Ahmed  Zanna from Borno Central and Ahmed Hassan Barata from Adamawa South.

Hon Victor Edoror of Edo State House of Assembly Decamps To APC

Hon Victor Sabor Edoror

Honourable Victor Sabor Edoror representing Esan Central Constituency in the Edo State House of Assembly formerly decamped today from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Peoples Congress (APC). Eye witness at the event says that Hon. Edoror decamped with over 5,000 of his constituency members to All Progressive Congress, marking the death of the Peoples Democratic Party in Esan Central Senotorial district in Edo State.

 

Honournable Victor Sabor Edoror was born on 21st October in the year 1970, into the family of Pa Tiger and Mrs. Rose Edoror in Irrua, Esan Central Local Government Area of Edo State.

 He received his primary education at Idumebo Primary School, Irrua [1976 – 1983]. His secondary education was at Annunciation Catholic College [ACC], Irrua [1983 – 1988]. Between 1993 and 1996, he attended Auchi Polytechnic Auchi, where he obtained the National Certificate of Education [NCE] Technical [Electrical/Electronic]. Honourable Edoror immediately proceeded to the Edo State-owned Ambrose Alli University [AAU], Ekpoma in 1997 where he bagged Bachelor in Engineering [B.Eng] degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Second Class Honours [Lower Division] in 2002. Thereafter, he answered the call of National Youth Service Corps [NYSC] and did his primary assignment in Enugu State in the south-eastern part of Nigeria [2004/2005].

 Unsatisfied with his level of education, Honourbale Edoror enrolled for the Master of Business Administration [MBA] degree programme at AAU Ekpoma in the year 2008 and completed the course in record time in 2010.

 

Honourable Edoror has a firm belief in the application of knowledge to work, to attain productivity, which would rob off on the both the standard of living and quality of life. This informed his stint in both the private sector and public service. Most recently, he was with Lampers Engineering and Construction Limited, Ekpoma before his election into the legislature of Edo State

Non-cooperation with Executive: Our Senators did not flout party's directive - APC" - Lai Mohammed

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as quite misleading Tuesday's media reports that its Senators flouted the party's directive to its members in the National Assembly to withdraw co-operation with the Executive until the restoration of law and order in Rivers.

In a statement issued in Lagos on Tuesday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the reports were borne out of the gross misunderstanding of filibustering as a veritable democratic tool to impede legislation by obstructive tactics.

It said that the slant of the reports, that the APC Senators' presence and participation at the screening of the military chiefs on Monday represented a rejection of the directive by them, could not have been farther off the mark, as non-cooperation does not mean non-participation.

''We never directed our members in the National Assembly to boycott the chambers' sessions, whether it is screening of appointees or plenary. What we said is that they should block Executive Bills. In any case, a Senator or an Honourable member can only filibuster when he is in attendance. Fillibuster does not equate to boycott or non-attendance,'' APC said.

The party said it was fully aware that its members in the Senate would attend the screening of the military chiefs, ''just as we are sure they will be part of any debate on the issue, and we have no problems with that. After all they were elected to attend the National Assembly sessions and fully participate in its activities. But their contributions will help swing things one way or the other. That is the crux of the matter''.

APC reiterated the propriety of its directive, which it described as pro-people, democratic and aimed at saving Nigeria from
sliding into anarchy, saying the directive has already succeeded in dousing the tension in Rivers where those who have been subjected to ceaseless harassment by hoodlums aided and abetted by the police can now stage their rallies in peace.

The party also said its directive will not only benefit APC members but indeed all Nigerians as well as national institutions, including the National Assembly itself, which the President has tried to rubbish by totally ignoring its resolutions calling for the redeployment of Rivers Police Commissioner Mbu Joseph Mbu.

''It was the National Assembly that passed the resolutions on the redeployment of Mbu. Members of the PDP, APGA, Labour Party, Accord Party, who are now playing to the gallery just to feather their own nest and place personal interest above national interest, were part of the efforts that culminated in passing the resolutions in both chambers. But the Presidency simply ignored the resolutions, a dangerous trend that will make nonsense of the principle of check and balance in our democratic system and also encourage the President to flout future resolutions.

''In this respect, the National Assembly itself should own and commend our directive, instead of a few exhibitionist legislators rushing to the media to make uninformed comments. As far as we are concerned, we acted rightly in issuing our directive, which is meant to end the impunity in Rivers, save our democracy from descending into anarchy and protect national institutions which are being rubbished and manipulated by the Presidency,'' APC said

Okotie is the Worst Pastor In Nigeria - Emmy Collins

                                         

Do you still remember the self-made social and fashion critic, Emmy Collins? Recall that last year, he was always in the news, taking on celebrities in one fight or the other.

Many people waved him off, calling him an attention seeker. But he has picked off where he left off and now, he has expanded the coast of his criticism as he has taken the fight to Nigeria's controversial man of God, Rev. Chris Okotie.

Collins says Okotie is the worst pastor in Nigeria today and that the founder and General Overseer of Household of God Church is not qualified to be called a man of God.

Hear what Emmy Collins had to say:

 

"This is officially one of the worst Pastors presently in Nigeria. He reckons God spoke to him to contest in the election. Didn’t God promise him that he will win?

"When God directed David to fight Goliath, he ensured that David won because the Lord was with David.

 

"That his church members believe all these lies that exits this guy’s mouth and that of his ilk is quite worrisome.

 

"This not a man of God because a man of God would not waste as much money as this chap is wasting while some of his church members are wallowing in abject poverty. This is downright mean."

Confession of A Nigerian Gay

When President Goodluck Jonathan signed Nigeria’s Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act earlier this month, human rights groups around the world cried outrage. But how do homosexuals in Nigeria feel? A gay activist and health worker who calls himself John shares his thoughts on a law that criminalizes his way of life and his livelihood. This is his story as told to Nicholas Ibekwe.
My name is John. I’m a 29-year-old human rights activist and community health worker from south-eastern Nigeria. Some of my colleagues and friends know I’m gay. I’m not out to my family, but they suspect it.
It’s a great taboo in Igboland to be a homosexual. It’s a serious taboo in the Igbo tradition. It’s seen as aru, an ‘abomination’. It is abnormal for a man to have feelings for another man.
In Igboland, people don’t get married early. My family is not expecting me to start talking about marriage now, but they expect me to have female friends. Maybe because I’m an ex-seminarian, they still see me as a holy person who should have only male friends. I joined the seminary as a young person and I was expelled because people found out I’m gay.
Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act
I felt sad when I heard that the president signed the bill into law. The new law in Nigeria affects everybody, not just the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender community.
As a health worker for the most-at-risk population, I work with gay men, female sex workers and intravenous drug users. The new law compelled us to close all our offices because they were seen as a place where a lot of effeminate guys come. The closure means that those once coming for counselling can no longer do so. That includes spiritual counselling for emotional problems, but also physical issues. Like I’m suppose to treat somebody for warts – there’s nobody to treat them. There’s nobody to conduct HIV counselling.  But the new law affects not only those who are HIV-positive. If they are unable to access care, they will transfer their infection to others.
The law says those found guilty of “aiding and abetting” should be imprisoned for five years, so if we continue our work, definitely we are going to be jailed. And now it will also be difficult for us to hang out. This law criminalizes the coming together of gay people or forming gay clubs or associations.
Our peer sessions offering health information and education have halted. If we hold meetings like this, the police will definitely come to arrest us. Even at today’s meeting we have to act neutral. We are holding it an eatery, planning to act like people who have come just to have lunch and have our conversation politely.
Arrested, blackmailed and tortured
As a community leader and the local leader for House of Rainbow Fellowship, I have witnessed a number of threats. A lot of the community members were arrested, blackmailed and tortured within a few days after the bill was signed into law. Yesterday someone was seriously beaten and stripped naked because he was seen as effeminate.
When someone is arrested, they are asked to list other people suspected of being gay. This was already going on before the law was actually signed. Recently, they arrested some gay people in Akwa, Anambra State. They arrested over 30 people at Nneni police station and those arrested paid huge amounts of money to bail themselves out.
But after the bill was signed, they started re-arresting people. They went to my family, but were told I don’t live there anymore. In the north, in Bauchi, we recorded about 38 arrests. In Lagos State, there were similar incidents. In Oyo State, eight persons were arrested. So there is great panic in the community.
A Nigeria where…
People are not calm. The law puts everybody in a total confusion. Community members have gone into hiding, including myself. The new law means I will no longer be free to ask my boyfriend to visit me at home. Because once he comes and we are alone in the house, people will start asking questions.
I love Nigeria. I would love to stay in Nigeria. I would love to raise my child – if we're to have one tomorrow – in Nigeria. I might travel out of the country, maybe on a temporary basis, until the law is repealed because persecution threats are high now. But I don’t take any joy in thinking of leaving the shores of this country, seeking asylum or going to live permanently abroad. I don’t have that in my agenda. I don’t want it.

The only thing I want is a Nigeria where everybody, irrespective of our sexual orientation, is respected. Where our fundamental human rights will be respected. Where I can come home and be very free to live my life because my ancestors came from this place.

Woman Disowns Cat For Being Gay

A middle-aged woman (names withheld) yesterday in Lafia, Nasarawa State, publicly disowned her cat whom she had kept as a pet for seven years for what she termed “an unnatural sexual behavior” which she finds disturbing and “a contradiction of the laws of nature.”

 

By this, the cat has made a record as the first cat to be so publicly declared gay and disowned by its owner. The cat, named Bull, was alleged to be in the habit of making sexual advances only to other male cats in the house even though there are several other female cats.

 

Neighbours attested that none of the other cats born while the cat was in the house has it’s due colour, lending credence to the fact that it has not been able to mate with other female cats in its home or anywhere in the environ.

 

The cat owner who expressed a strong belief in the divine purpose of creating male and female of every creature to fulfil an ordained purpose of procreation said, “anybody interested in this gay cat can have it because I have no further use of it.”

 

The cat’s renunciation which attracted members of the public was however dramatic as no one wanted to take ownership of such a cat.

 

After its rejection, many residents of the area have been thronging the house located on Gboko Street, Tudun Gwandara area of Lafia, the state capital to see things for themselves

 

Culled from The Leadership Newspaper

2face Opens A N250million Nite Club In Festac

According to reports, the Rumors Nite Club in FESTAC Town opened in the New Year and is worth over N250 million.

 

NET reports 2Face's business partner said, "We are only test running the place and waiting for the completion of the 1000 guest capacity event center before we open officially in February."

 

2Face had previously revealed his plans to open a club during an interview with Punch, "I am not only an artiste, I'm also an entrepreneur. I want to make the night club a model like Jay-Z’s Club 40/40. I want to have my clubs in major cities in Nigeria and one in South Africa, Europe and the US."  The club will allegedly officially open in February with talks of another branch in Victoria Island.

Mbu, Rivers State Police Commissioner is a Liar - Amaechi

Governor Amaechi who called into Channels television morning programme sunrise daily said the Commissioner of Police Mbu was a liar and is biased in his handling  of the crisis in Rivers State. He claimed the Commissioner of Police has refused to see or call him but choose to declare war on him and Rivers people. The Governor disclosed that the security situation has deteriorated in past one year as the State has lived with out Police protection and left to the harassment of hoodlums.  He further disclosed that his Personal Assistant was kidnapped on January 18, 2014 and he is yet to be released by the kidnappers.

Joblessness Brought Most of Us To Politics - Jonathan Goodluck

President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday said that over 50 per cent of the present crops of Nigerian politicians were not supposed to be in politics. He added that politics had become some kind of trade. Jonathan, who spoke at the Aso Villa Chapel, State House, noted that people found themselves in politics because they had no other thing to do. “Politics is just like some kind of trade. More than 50 per cent of us who are into politics are not supposed to be politicians. For example, in the profession of nursing and teaching, people with wicked hearts and unforgiving spirits are not the kind of people who should be nurses or teachers, but we find them there.

“So most of us who are in politics are not supposed to be there but because we have no other thing to do,” the President said. Reacting to the statement by the Chaplain, Ven. Obioma Onwuzurumba, that politicians do not forgive, Jonathan noted that they could not afford not to forgive. According to the President, the Bible even said that politicians were the people who forgive.

Deadly Lagos Bridge

The video clip belows shows a deadly wooden bridge located in the modern day Lagos, Nigeria. A country that makes billions of money from Oil and still very poor. What an irony?

 

 

"Publicly I Moved The Motion For The Merger of ACN & CPC" - Tunde Bakare

Tunde Bakare is the senior Pastor of the Latter Rain Assembly, and vice presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressives Change (CPC) in the 2011 presidential election. In this interview with SEYE OLUMIDE, he bares his mind on why he has been silent since the historic merger of the All Progressives Congress (APC); and why he distanced himself from an arrangement that seems to portray desperation for power. 

 

You have been silent after the completion of the All Progressives Congress (APC) merger, could this be interpreted to mean a stylish disengagement from politics? NO, I can never stop commenting on political issues. When I was very young, I took absolute trust in Egungun masquerade. I was a Muslim then, I wasn’t born a Christian. We have different types of masquerades then, but there is this particular one called Danselewa, it was a small masquerade and it usually goes about begging alms and using sticks to fight and then scared people away. But when the big masquerade (egun agba), that is, the masquerade meant for the older ones comes, it usually comes out once in a year or once in three years, among such bigger masquerades we had the Oloolu and when they speak, the ground shakes.

 

  One cannot be speaking anyhow, there are people who speak because they have something to say and there are those who speak because they have to say something, but that does not take the shine away from those  who are constantly speaking, because if they don’t keep on speaking, they (the politicians) will grind this nation into a hole.

Gay Reverend, Others Relocate to UK

Two weeks ago, it was reported that the activities of Reverend Rowland who was running a gay Church underground in Lagos, Nigeria. The Church called House of Rainbow was situated at No 36/38 Yakoyo Street, Ojodu Berger, Lagos. Reverend Roland sometime ago reportedly appeared on Cable Network News, CNN, where he proudly talked about his Church of gays. The initial reaction about his exposure was that such a Church could not exist within Nigeria as such things are common in abroad.

But an uproar in the Anglican communion in Europe on gay bishops brought up the case of Reverend Rowland, a Nigerian who was residing in Lagos. He was also operating his gay Church in Lagos. In his plot 145 flat 1, Jakande Estate, Isolo, Lagos, where Rev. Rowland Olajide Macaulay, the gay Pastor lived, the apartment was locked. It was learnt that the Reverend left his house on Saturday, September 13, immediately after a national newspaper carried the story of his homosexual Church and ever since, he had not been seen. According to his neighbours, the Sunday service could not hold both at the Jakande Estate branch and the Ojodu headquarters of House of Rainbow Ministries after that publication. Right now, Rev. Rowland has relocated abroad where he is presently running his gay Church,”House Of Rainbow Fellowship”.

Man Claims To Be Reincarnated Jesus With Mostly Female Followers

An elderly Brazilian man who thinks he is Jesus reincarnated has mostly female disciples who follow him around the world. It makes chaplain Jemima Thackray want to run a million miles.


He and his followers survive on home-grown fruit like bananas, avocados and mangos as well as a vegetable garden. There's also a chapel where Ingra speaks to his followers every Saturday morning and a kennel for the dogs that guard the complex.Picture: Incredible Features/Barcroft

New photos have been released this week of a 66-year old Brazilian man who claims to be the reincarnated Jesus. Inri Christo was born Álvaro Theiss, but changed his name to Inri (the acrynoym of the Latin title ‘Jesus the Nazarene, King of the Jews’) when he heard a voice in his head revealing his true divine identity.


His quirky life has led to critics saying he is mentally ill - an accusation he firmly denies. I can be crazy but not dumb, he said. Madness is different from dementia. It is the mother of philosophers, prophets and inventors.Picture: Incredible Features/Barcroft

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