Nigerians are still under shock about the silence from the camps of the All Progressive Congress (APC), over the alleged purchase of two BMW armoured vehicles for the Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, for N225 million.As mounting outrage trails the, Elombah.com investigation has exposed the reason behind the silence of APC in the raging matter of the ruling party's $1.6 million dollar car scandal at the aviation ministry. Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Raji Fashola and his political Godfather, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu two years ago took delivery of new acquisitions; three N600 million bullet-proof Jeeps.The cars are customized- by special order of Lagos state government. The All Progressives Congress (APC) is known to issue condemnatory press releases at the flimsiest of excuse, the last being their statement describing as the height of insensitivity the decision by First Lady Patience Jonathan to receive an Honorary Doctorate award in far away South Korea.Source identified Fashola and Tinubu's purchase of three bullet proof cars- Jeeps- with bomb detector apparatus and surveillance cameras.Findings revealed that two of the purchase are with Governor Fashola for official usage as the helmsman of Lagos state. Asiwaju Tinubu is said to have one to his name as party leader. The brand of the bullet proof cars is identified as Toyota Prado Jeep.The cost of each jeep- including handling, registration, insurance and other fees- is two hundred million Naira. The three jeeps are valued at six hundred million Naira. This is double the amount spent by Ms Stella Oduah in the current bullet-proof jeep scandal.The three automobiles were reportedly bought for Asiwaju Tinubu and Governor Fashola on grounds of 'security'.Insiders say that the two political figures have not gone public with their jeeps for fear of attracting public anger.The Osun state governor is also reported amount 6 other APC governors that have their names to the Bulletproof car. The government of Osun state bought their own bulletproof car at the sum of N125 Million.We are appealing to our Politicians to look at the faces of Nigerians on the street before going for these monumental waste of scare resources.About 480 Nigerians die daily for hunger related sickness across the country.
Sunday, 20 October 2013
You will never look at a banana the same way again after discovering the many health benefits and remasons to add them to your diet.
1. Bananas help overcome depression due high levels of tryptophan,which is converted into serotonin -- the happy-mood brain neurotransmitter.2. Eat two bananas before a strenuous workout to pack an energy punch and sustain your blood sugar.3. Protect against muscle cramps during workouts and night time leg cramps by eating a banana.4. Counteract calcium loss during urination and build strong bones by supplementing with a banana.5. Improve your mood and reduce PMS symptoms by eating a banana, which regulates blood sugar and produces stress-relieving relaxation6. Bananas reduce swelling, protect against type II diabetes, aid weight loss, strengthen the nervous system, and help with the production of white blood cells, all due to high levels of vitamin B-6.7. Strengthen your blood and relieve anemia with the added iron from bananas.8. High in potassium and low in salt, bananas are officially recognized by the FDA as being able to lower blood pressure, and protect against heart attack and stroke.EATING BANANA AIDS DIGESTION9. Rich in pectin, bananas aid digestion and gently chelate toxins and heavy metals from the body.10. Bananas act as a prebiotic, stimulating the growth of friendly bacteria in the bowel. They also produce digestive enzymes to assist in absorbing nutrients.11. Constipated? High fiber in bananas can help normalize bowel motility.12. Got the runs? Bananas are soothing to the digestive tract and help restore lost electrolytes after diarrhea.13. Bananas are a natural antacid, providing relief from acid reflux, heartburn and GERD.14. Bananas are the only raw fruit that can be consumed without distress to relieve stomach ulcers by coating the lining of the stomach against corrosive acids.NATURAL CURES FROM A SIMPLE BANANA15. Eating bananas helps prevent kidney cancer, protects the eyes against macular degeneration and builds strong bones by increasing calcium absorption.16. Bananas make you smarter and help with learning by making you more alert. Eat a banana before an exam to benefit from the high levels of potassium.17. Bananas are high in antioxidants, providing free radicals and protection from chronic disease.18. Eating a banana between meals helps stabilize blood sugar and reduce nausea from morning sickness.19. Rub a bug bite or hives with the inside of the banana peel to relieve itching and irritation.20. Control blood sugar and avoid binging between meals by eating a banana.21. Eating a banana can lower the body temperature and cool you during a fever or on a hot day.22. The natural mood-enhancer tryptophan, helps to relieve Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).23. Quitting smoking? Bananas contain high levels of B-vitamins as well as potassium and magnesium speed recovery from the effects of withdrawal .24. Remove a wart by placing the inside of a piece of banana peel against the wart and taping it in place.25. Rub the inside of a banana peel on your leather shoes or handbag and polish with a dry cloth for a quick shine.Oh, and remember -- bananas make great snacks and delicious smoothies. Now you know why monkeys are so happy. Eat a banana!
N255m Car Scandal: Stella Oduah, NCAA Officials Risk 10-year Jail For Violating Budget, Procurement Laws
If Nigeria’s anti-corruption authorities would, for once, punish violators of federal budget and procurement laws, then aviation ministry officials involved in a scandalous purchase of two armour-plated BMW vehicles at an inflated cost of N225 million, would be facing charges leading from three to 10 years in jail.Our sources can authoritatively report today that the multimillion contract that has sparked anger across the country was never listed or approved in any government budget as required by law, neither was it openly advertised or bided for. The contract was not listed in the budget by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, the agency compelled by the minister to make the purchase; and was not listed by the Federal Airport Authority, FAAN or Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, NAMA.The ministry’s own budget too, had no plan to purchase any car for the minister, or other officials. Spending public funds on unbudgeted projects attracts three years in jail and a fine of N100, 000 the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences law stipulates. Also, contracts involving public funds without due procurement processes- basically open advertising and bidding- draws a minimum of five years, and a maximum of 10 years in jail, the Public Procurement law says.A spokesperson for the Independent Corrupt Practices and Related Offences Commission, Folu Olamiti, said the anti-graft body would make its position on the matter known later. A representative for the Bureau of Public Procurement, said the “law was clear” on this case. He did not want to be named because he was not authorized to speak.After its initial denial of a contract that has shocked a nation with majority of its population poor, the ministry of aviation, on Sunday, admitted that two reinforced BMW sedans had been purchased for Mrs Oduah at the total cost of N255 million, a sum enough to deliver at least five of such cars. Joe Obi, Special Assistant on Media to the Minister, said the cars were to protect Mrs Oduah from “imminent threats” bred by the minister’s purported radical reforms in the aviation industry, the Punch newspaper reported.“When she came on board as the minister, she inherited a lot of baggage in terms of concession and lease agreements in the sector, which were clearly not in the interest of the government and people of Nigeria,” Mr Obi said. “And so, she took bold steps and some of these agreements were reviewed and some were terminated, and these moves disturbed some entrenched interests in the sector, and within this period, she began to receive imminent threats to her life; therefore, the need for the vehicles.”Mr. Obi did not elaborate on the processes leading to the procurement of the cars, whether it followed due process or not; or why the minister chose to mandate an agency under her supervision to deliver the cars, or still, why the contract was directly awarded to Coscharis Motors-the company that supplied the cars- in breach of government procurement laws.But sources confirmed that the agency’s budget, which is not usually open to the National Assembly for appropriation, had no provision for a car, or more, for the minister. This paper has also established why the aviation minister, Mrs Oduah, possibly opted for the NCAA, out of the six offices under her regulation, to bankroll the exotic vehicles.NCAA’s secrecy Of the six offices under the ministry, NCAA is the only fully self-sustaining organization with no kobo provided by the government for its operation. All the funds used by NCAA are internally-generated, from charges on airlines, passengers and fines etc, as stipulated by the Civil Aviation law, setting it up.The FAAN and NAMA, are also as revenue generating agencies. Government agencies under such arrangement, illegally spend their revenues without the approval of the National Assembly, and usually refuse to disclose their budgets. Although believed to be in hundreds, offices officially listed by the government in the Fiscal Responsibility Act as revenue-generating total 31.They include big spenders such as Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC. With the title, comes a somewhat self-imposed privilege of maintaining secret budgets, in the belief that since they source their own funding, they should not be appropriated for.That claim has irked Senators and House of Representatives members for years, and the lawmakers have repeatedly threatened not to pass federal budget until the 31 agencies make open their spending proposals yearly. The legislators accuse the agencies of violating the constitution and the Fiscal Responsibility Act, which makes it mandatory for all spending be approved by the National Assembly.The two arms of the National Assembly are currently pushing amendments to compel the 31 agencies to make their budgets public. It is the secrecy that has predictably helped NCAA and others spend freely with little or no oversight, lawmakers say, making the NCAA the likely choice for the controversial and unapproved car purchase contract.Between 2009 and 2012, the agency raised N35.3 billion, and spent all of that on its internal needs, according to the National Assembly Budget and Research Office. The research office predicted that NCAA will raise N10.6 billion in 2013, and if allowed, will fritter all on operational cost. The cars purchased for the minister came from the 2013 revenue.
Nigerian Army seeks ties with US Army on flood management
Nigerian Army Corps of Engineers is to visit the United States Army Corps of Engineers, USACE, later this month to work out modalities for collaboration in flood management and control.The Commander Corps of Engineers, Major General FS Owonibi, who disclosed this during CCE’s Third Quarter Conference held at 82 Division Dragon Officers’ Mess, Enugu, said the delegation would work out modalities with the USACE in dredging.Owonibi who is expected to lead the team added that other areas of interest include courses and specialized trainings for their personnel.He assured that he would continue to support their personnel to attend local and foreign professional seminars “to further build capacity in relevant engineering and related field”.He disclosed that the Chief of Army Staff, under the directive of President Goodluck Jonathan, established 7 Division Nigerian Army and 47 Div Engrs in Maiduguri to strengthen the ongoing fight against Boko Haram terrorists in the North Eastern party of the country."">He further stated that the corps had in turn deployed many soldiers under 47 DE in support of the division.The Nigerian Army Engineers boss averred that the troops were fast settling down and to some extent operational.He disclosed that to ensure the Divisional Operational Efficiency, the Chief of Army Staff tasked the corps to fabricate containerised accommodation for troops deployed at “FOB in Maiduguri”.He stated that currently, 4 units of the containerized accommodation capable of sheltering 2 platoons have been constructed and delivered while 2 more sets were being built.Earlier in his address, the General Officer Commanding the 82 Division, Major General Adebayo Olaniyi applauded the initiatives of the Engineer Corps Commander.He thanked him for choosing 82 Div as the venue of the Conference.General Olaniyi further lauded the achievements of the Corps in the last eight months especially its support to Nigerian Army Operations in the North East as well as aid to civil authorities.
The President's Convoy Rescues Accident Victims on Lokoja- Abuja Highway
The advance team of President Goodluck Jonathan’s entourage, returning from Ado-Ekiti on Sunday rendered emergency rescue services to accident victims on the Lokoja-Abuja highway, witnesses say.The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reported that the accident, which occurred at Okpu village, few kilometres after Lokoja, involved two cars carrying 11 people.A Nissan Almera car with registration number AH 47 KAA going to Lokoja and a Honda Accord model with registration number BG945BWR en-route Abuja, were involved in the accident.The two vehicles had a head-on collision with serious impact, causing varying degrees of injury to the occupants of the vehicles.The accident occurred few minutes before the presidential motorcade came by the scene, NAN reported. Mr Jonathan was in Ekiti state over the weekend on an official visit.As the convoy arrived, the president’s security team rescued victims trapped in the two cars.The front door of the passenger seat of the Nissan car was axed before a middle aged woman, who was inside, could be rescued.The medical team, led by Dr Aliyu Usman of the State House Clinic, rendered emergency medical treatment to the victims, aided by two nurses.Later, a team of the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, led by one Mohammed Haruna, arrived the scene of the accident about 30 minutes into the rescue operation.The victims were taken to the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja, in an FRSC rescue van for further medical attention.An eye witness, Aliyu Sadiq, said that the accident was caused by speed, dangerous driving and the poor state of the road.The eye witness, who is a commercial bus driver, said he plied the road on daily basis, and that there was hardly a day that an accident is not recorded on the road.
Lagos State Governor, Mr.Babatunde Fashola, has tasked the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the Nigeria Police to enforce existing laws to prevent unauthorised importation and storage of firecrackers.
He also swore in Mrs. Oluseyi Josephine Williams as the seventeenth Head of Service in theState Public Service, noting thather emergence “represents a newparadigm” in the appointment topublic offices. But the governor called for theintervention of the police andcustoms service at the StateHouse, Alausa after receiving areport of a tribunal set up onFebruary 18 to investigate the rootcauses of firecracker explosion,which claimed at least one live,razed twelve houses and destroyed eleven vehicles.He said the state government hadintensified partnership with themen of the Nigerian Customs andthe Nigerian Police Force toensure greater enforcement of theexisting laws to prevent andcontrol unauthorised importationand storage of fireworks in thestate and forestall avoidable fireaccidents. The governor said after thesubmission of the report, there “ismore work to be done on our parton the report submitted by thetribunal. We will look into thecontent of the report, accept whatwe are able to accept and issue awhite paper to declare the partsof the report that have beenaccepted by the government.” “Due to the nature of the report,we will immediately set up acommittee that will include thenewly Head of Service (HOS), Mrs.Josephine Williams to lookcritically into the report in orderto assist the state government topresent a white paper on thesubmitted report,” he explained. Giving insight into the report,Chairman of the tribunal, JusticeSunday Ishola, recommended thatthe state government shouldlegislate on a new law that wouldcontrol the storage and use of fireworks within the state. He explained thatthe report “willforestall future occurrence.The law should also specify the date and location where fireworks can be used. This law is distinct from thelaw on the control of importationfireworks under the exclusive act,Cap E18 of 2004, which is a federallaw.” “The panel received a total of 18memoranda. 15 witness summons were issued and served on witness to testify before the tribunal. Evidences were taken from 34witnesses. And the tribunal visited the site to get on the spot assessment of the extent of damage cause by the fire,” the chairman added. On the appointment of the newhead of service, Fashola said theappointment is a bigger callingand urged all concerned to helpher keep the oath of her office bypraying for her and not puttingpressure on her. He said the new head of service“has heard her take oath fromtoday that she will place publicinterest above her personal interest. She must refrain from those things as she has also sworn before God in our own presence that she will not act in any manner that is in conflict with the oath she has taken before God in our presence.” The governor therefore wished Williams all the best of luck as sheleads the public service of LagosState, saying the hours will belong but that even the outgoingHead of Service, Prince AdeseyeOgunlewe can testify that there wards are enduring.
Cost Of Stella Oduah’s N255m Armoured Cars Massively Inflated; Coscharis Keeps Mum
There are indications that the cost of the bullet proof BMW vehicles, purchased for Stella Oduah, Nigeria’s Aviation Minister, may have been inflated, checks have revealed. Efforts to get Coscharis Motors, the supplier of the controversial vehicles to disclose the actual cost of a BMW Li 766 were not successful. Phone calls and e-mails to the company were not responded. PREMIUM TIMES also contacted BMW to verify the cost of an armoured BMW Li 766 car. The company said it had forwarded the request to the relevant department for assessment and had not responded as at press time.But checks at various online auto dealers gave a glimpse into the cost of the vehicle. At Freedom Global Cars, a world class supplier in the global sales of both luxury and armoured vehicles, a Sapphire black 2012 BMW 760Li High Security car costs £265,000 – including VAT – (about N64m).The purchase of the cars had brought the aviation ministry into public scrutiny and condemnation, with civil society groups and some aviation stakeholders calling for the minister’s resignation. J.D Nkemakolam, the official of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, who was involved in the purchase of the cars refused to respond to PREMIUM TIMES enquiries. “I cannot talk to you on an information that is already in the public domain.I am a public servant,” said Mr. Nkemakolam, a former Acting Director General of the NCAA. Fan Ndubuoke, NCAA’s Spokesperson, also refused to comment on the new vehicles whose purchase has generated a lot of controversy. “I can only tell you that cars were bought by the NCAA for directors and general managers.I wouldn’t know who got what. And it was well publicised,” Mr. Ndubuoke said. “I don’t know how many cars that were bought. I don’t know anything about the cost of any car. Such questions are outside the NCAA, they should be directed to the minister. I can’t speak for the minister,” Mr. Ndubuoke added. The New York based online newspaper, Sahara Reporters had exposed how Mrs. Oduah allegedly compelled the NCAA, an agency under her supervision, in a presumed case of corruption, conflict of interest, and abuse of office, to procure the cars for her with public funds.The newspaper supported its report with documents of the procurement, a revelation aviation authorities initially attempted to dismiss as “rumours” but were later forced to admit under intense pressure. Reports showed how the transaction for the purchase of the two BMW vehicles began last June, and the request for delivery of and payment for the two vehicles fast-tracked between August 13 and 15.The transaction involved the NCAA, First Bank of Nigeria, and Coscharis Motors Limited. In a letter dated August 13, 2013, Mr. Nkemakolam sent a letter to the Managing Director of Coscharis Motors asking the company to deliver two BMW 760 armoured vehicles to the agency based on a pro-forma invoice dated June 25, 2013 at the cost of N127, 575,000 ($796,846.21) each.The total amount for the two black BMW Li HSS vehicles, with chassis numbers WBAHP41050DW68032 and WBAHP41010DW68044 respectively, was N255,150,000, or $1,593,687.31. The NCAA’s letter further directed Coscharis Motors to deliver the vehicles with sales invoices, delivery notes, and attestation documents.
President Goodluck Jonathan today at the local wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, flagged off the 2013 Christian Pilgrimage with over 300 FCT pilgrims.
Jonathan represented by the Senate President, David Mark, reminded the intending pilgrims that pilgrimage is a spiritual journey for all believers and urged them to take all their activities with all seriousness."Holy pilgrimage is not a jamboree and must not be taken as such. Nigeria is facing a lot of challenges that requires the support of all citizens for the challenges to be addressed."Mark stressed that, Nigeria needs both political and moral transformation, "and this must be your major preoccupation in the holy land."We must therefore wear our amour of faith as we embark on this journey and seek for genuine prayer and reconciliation for our country," he said.Mark urged all Nigerians not to be intimidated by the insurgency and other challenges confronting the nation, assuring them that God would intervene at the appointed time.Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission, NCPC, John-Kennedy Opara Opara said the Commission has been blessed to start the exercise earlier than scheduled. He urged the pilgrims to take the exercise seriously saying: "Let us pray as if our future is dependent on the volume of our prayers. Our trial as a Nation is on, the pressure may not abate but like cheerful travelers we cling to the moment of faith hoping and trusting that the Lord will see us through.He added that the Commission desired to make pilgrimage a thing of pride so that Christians in Nigeria can be proud and own it."On President Goodluck Jonathan treating the Bilateral Air Service Agreement (BASA), Opara said, "it is because direct flights to Israel and vice versa will open up numerous business opportunities as well as job creation.He assured that all was set to ensure a smooth exercise. First timers Oikeke Kure and Sanya Adejokun said it was an exercise they earnestly looked forward to."People have told me that if I go there I beleieve even more. I'm prayoing that the exercise will further strengthen my faith," said Adejokun."My prayer points are already written for myself and Nigeria. I'm optimistic that there will be changes refarding them," Kure said.
Killing PDP Should be a National Priority-Dr Junaid.
A Second Republic parliamentarian, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, has urged Nigerians to ensure that the Peoples Democratic Party does not survive.In a telephone interview with SUNDAY PUNCH, Mohammed, who is the national coordinator of the Coalition of Northern Politicians, Academics, Professionals and Businessmen, said ‘killing’ the PDP should be a national priority, not the proposed national conference.He described PDP as a party full of contradictions, which has failed to deliver on its promises in the past 14 years.He said, “PDP is so full of contradictions. If PDP is allowed to survive, democracy would be sacrificed in Nigeria. I believe that there will never be democracy in Nigeria until the PDP is destroyed; whether it is destroyed by external forces or it is destroyed by its own internal contradictions, by which it is made to implode.“There will no democracy; no peace and security in this country until the PDP is destroyed. It is the responsibility of any patriot to ensure that PDP is encouraged to destroy itself. Once we do that, we can now start asking fundamental questions.”He said the proposed national conference will not yield results if the PDP remains in power.“When a party has failed to deliver on its own promise, I think it’s only fair for it to be allowed to die,” he said.Mohammed also dismissed insinuations that the crisis in the PDP was a northern agenda. He said the crisis was bound to happen, because of the wrong philosophy of the party.He also accused PDP of abusing power and causing division in the country.Mohammed said, “I’ve never respected the political philosophy of the PDP. It’s all mantra; zoning and rotation, because they are not actionable. The system of zoning and rotation is so full of contradictions and it is simply unworkable in a country such as ours.“Instead of making our contextual problems more manageable, it has made our country worse. Now, every Nigerian thinks of his region, zone, state, local government and even within the local government areas, people are talking about separate wards. To the PDP, power is something to be abused. When it is your turn, you abuse power and then it must be my turn some day to assume power and abuse it.
Fake LUTH doctor nabbed by the police
The Lagos State Police Command on Thursday October 18th paraded a 40-year-old man, Adeyemi Stephen Akintolure (pictured above), a suspected fake medical doctor, who claimed to be a staff of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, with card No. 13541, identifying him as a surgeon and gynaecologist.He said he is from Ondo State, studied Marketing at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife, as a part-time student and graduated in 1997.The fake medical doctor was said to have fraudulently obtained N500,000 from one Joy Umosekhaimhe of 2, Adesanya Close, Ifeko-Gbagada.Akintolure, who said he uses the wife’s car as a mobile clinic, said the money in question was borrowed from Umosekhaimhe, adding “actually, it was not N500,000. It was N260,000 she lent me to use for my brother’s ailment.”According to Akintolure, “I have not treated more than 10 people. I just treat them for malaria and typhoid and I also give injections too because of my experience at Rivic Hospital at Akure.”When asked how he got the identity card, he said he got it from a business centre and that the computer operator signed it for him.He said that he charges between N3,000 and N4,000 per patient, adding that his wife was not aware of his trade.Police Public Relations Officer, Deputy Superintendent of Police Ngozi Braide, said she received a petition at the area H Police Command Headquarters, Ogudu, on July 19, that one Adeyemi Stephen Akintolure obtained N500,000 from one Joy Umosekhaimhe.Braide said that a letter was written to LUTH on July 23 to authenticate Akintolure claims of being a staff.She said: “On October 10, LUTH replied that the suspect is not an employee of the hospital and was not issued the identity card.“In view of the revelation, the suspect confessed that he is not a medical doctor, but has been practising for about four years, using his wife’s vehicle as a mobile clinic.”She said his house and vehicle were searched and drugs, injections, syringes and laboratory coat were found.
NCAA Car Sandals and the Noise Makers
In January this year the Channels Television broadcast disturbing stories on the dilapidated state of the Ikeja Police College. Embarrassed by the disclosure President Jonathan paid an unscheduled visit to the college.The authorities decided to sack the Police Commissioner in charge of the college for allegedly allowing the Channels Television expose. We dared the authorities to remove the police officer. However, sanity prevailed. The plan was dropped while the renovation of the college was approved.Having not learnt any lesson from the shameful episode, the federal government is currently lookking for those who leaked the story of the scandalouus amoured cars for the Aviation Minister, Ms Stella Oduah.Having not challenged the story on the N225 million armoured vehicles the threat to deal wit the whistle blowers credited to Captain Fola Akinkuotu, the Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) is the height of official insensitivity, arrogance and impunity. The aviation minister and her cohorts who should have been fired by President Jonathan have the timerity to insult Nigerians by threatening to deal with those who leaked information on their criminal activities.Since Captain Akinkuotu has not been properly advised in the circumstance he should be told that by virtue of section 39 of the Constitution the citizens of Nigeria, in and outside the public service, have the fundamental right to freedom of expression including the right to disseminate information on public affairs.As far back as 1983 the provisions of the criminal code pertaining to sedition had been declared illegal and unconstitutional in Arthur Nwanlkwo v The State. In that historic case the late Olatawura JCA (as he the was) cautioned public officers thus:“Those who occupy sensitive posts must be prepared to face public criticisms in respect of their office so as to ensure that they are accountable to the electorate. They should not be made to feel that they live in an Ivory Tower and therefore belong to a different class. They must develop thick skin and where possible plug their ears with cotton wool if they feel too sensitive or irascible. They are within their constitutional rights to sue for defamation but they should not use the machinery of government to invoke criminal proceedings to gag their opponents as the freedom of speech guaranteed by our Constitution will be meaningless.”Indeed, in addition to the guaranteed freedom of expression, access to official information has since been been liberalised under the current political dispensation. Thus by virtue of the Freedom of Information Act, 2011 hoarding or hiding of information in the custody of the government has become a criminal offence. Incidentally, it was the Jonathan Administration which enacted the Freedom of Information Act.Specifically, section 1 of the Act provides that the operation of the law shall be without prejudice to the Official Secrets Act. Therefore, gone are the days when public officials could be intimidated or sanctioned for leaking information designed to expose corruption and abuse of office.In the case of Dododo v Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (2013) 1 N. W.L.R. (pt 1336) 468 the Court of Appeal held that a tax payer who is aggrieved by corrupt practices or misappropriation of public funds cannot be described as a busybody or meddlesome interloper. Since the whistle blowers in this case are civil servants who tax payers they cannot be sanctioned for performing their patriotic duty.In the light of the foregoing the Aviation Minister and the NCAA management should be removed for engaging in grave economic crime and for exposing the federal government to ridicule. Since the whistle blowers have not committed any offence known to law they should ignore the provocative threats of Captain Akinkuotu. However, should they be identified, sacked and charged to court we shall defend them pro bono publico.Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, is a public interest lawyer in Lagos.
Okorocha appoints 22 aides
The governor of Imo State, Mr. Rochas Okorocha, has approved the appointment of 22 aides into his expanded cabinet.According to a statement released on Saturday, those appointed are a former Vanguard Newspapers Correspondent and presently, the Chief Executive Officer of an Owerri based tabloid (Whitepaper), Mr. Sam Onwuamaedo (Seniour Special Assistant, SSA, Media), Rev. Bumi Babs, SSA Government house chapel, Sonny Chiadi, SSA, Special Duties, Ethelbert Ibeabuchi, SSA Administration, Udo Onwubuo, SSA, Education, Policy and Programes, Prince Nwike, Special Assistant (SA), Political to the Deputy governor, Uche Onwuchekwa, SA Media to the Deputy Governor, Emeka Aji, SA, Special Duties, Alfred Agbonagbo, SA Protocol, Emeka Ihemefor, SA Finance /Administration, Nnenonoforbia Emily, SA Media, Raymond Duru, SA Transport and Chimezie Duru, SA Information Communication and Technology.Others, according to the statement made available to the media, are Iheanyi Kwa, SA Research and statistics, Soronnadi Njoku (immediate past Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice), now appointed Adviser Justice and Fairness, Paddy Obinna, Adviser, Culture, Chuka Amanwuwa, Adviser Inter Governmental institutions, Petroleum and Projects, Emma abu, Executive Assistant, Administration to the Deputy Governor, Linda Chikere, Executive Assistant Public Affiars, Office of the Deputy Governor, Tochi Adaeze, Executive Assistant, Special Duties; and Kelechi Agu, Executive Assistant Administration.
Nigerians will miss Lar's wisdom
The Former Deputy Senate President, Alhaji Nasiru Ibrahim Mantu has revealed how the pioneer chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and second republic governor of Plateau state, late Solomon Lar rebuffed attempt to stop the emergence of Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal as Speaker of the House of Representatives.Receiving the Speaker at the Abuja residence of late Lar on behalf of the family yesterday, Mantu said there were moves to draft the late politician to persuade Tambuwal and his supporters in the House to jettison his interest to contest for the speakership and support the PDP’s decision that zoned the position to the South-West.According to him: “When you were elected as Speaker, I was with late Lar when they came to this house telling him that you have violated the party’s decision, and he should intervene and advise you to toe the line of the party.“He not only expressed disappointment with the request, but insisted that you did nothing wrong as it was a democracy in action, and vowed never to intervene. He later went to the Villa and asked them to allow the wish of the majority to prevail.”The former Deputy Senate President said with the manner House is being run, he has no doubt the late politician died happy with the leadership qualities of Tambuwal.Earlier, the Speaker has described the death of Lar as a special loss to the House of Representatives considering that he was at a point a parliamentarian, while his daughter, Benny is a serving member of the House.Nigeria, he said, would miss the wisdom and selfless leadership of the late politician and prayed for the emergence of crop of leaders that would continue from where stopped.
Edo State Governor Signs Death Penalty Law
Edo state governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has signed into law, the bill which prescribes death penalty to kidnappers.The law which is an amendment of the Edo state kidnapping law also prescribes that any premises used by kidnappers will be demolished.Governor Oshiomhole has recently been in a dilemma on whether the death penalty should apply to kidnappers who commit murder during the act and those who do not. Today, he declared that the death penalty applies to all acts of kidnapping whether it involved murder or not, while calling on youths to desist from the criminality as an excuse for unemployment.Some of the suspects paraded by the Police in Edo state earlier this week may face the death penalty if found guilty of the crime courtesy of the Bill just signed into law by the governor.The Governor appealed to parents and guardians to be wary of the activities of their wards as criminality should not be an excuse for unemployment. The governor also assured that no special tribunals will be set up to try cases of kidnapping, as that is a feature of the military era. This he said to relieve concerns over the slow judicial system in Nigeria.It will be recalled that Human Rights lawyer, Mike Ozekhome (SAN) urged government to grant amnesty to kidnappers, after being a victims of these kidnappers whiule on his way to his home country in Edo state.
My affair with Patience Goodluck Jonathan and How I lost my spinal cord - Yinka Ayefele tells it all
A few months, it was reported that Nigerian Gospel Tungba Highlife Musician, Yinka Ayefele said“.. I challenge those who still don’t believe me that I can perform to come with their sisters to prove the point” well, Yinka Ayefele in a recent interview in Sahara TV denied saying such, he further revealed that he hasn't granted any inteview this year.Yinka Ayefele during the interview with Sahara TV disclosed how he studied political science, how his dad forced him to go to school and wanted him to be a banker.He also disclosed how he got married in 2000 to his best friend Temitope Titilope - their happy marital life and their two sons.The gospel artiste further narrated how he had an accident December 12, 1997 while going for a radio programme in OGBC, how the accident cost spinal cord injury.He further discussed how he gets his musical inspiration from God when sleeping.Going further, Yinka cleared the air on why he sang at the first lady's rally in Abuja and his relationship with Patience Jonathan. He says it's his profession adding that he "did not sing to campaign for anybody but just praises and thanksgiving songs to God." He further revealed that he is presently working on a Carribean Gospel Tungba that would wow us all.
Edo State Governor hosted Dilish Matthew of BBA 2013
BBA winner Dillish Matthews and her Namibian best friend who also contested in BBA Maria Nepembe (pictured above) are currently in Nigeria. They came in quietly into the country a few days ago and went straight to Benin were they were hosted by Governor Adams Oshiomhole. You will recall that while in the BBA house, Dillish used to call on Gov Oshiomhole and other Nigerian rich men like Dangote to bless her with money and change her life. Well, God changed her life by making her the winner of the 2013 Big Brother Africa competition and Governor Oshiomhole, I hear, made her richer after her courtesy visit.
Dele momodu encounters with Nigerians Police in Abuja
I will never forget the day the Nigerian police nearly killed me in Abuja for demonstrating with the Enough-is-Enough Group asking that the cabal hiding our hailing President Umaru Muse Yar'Adua should allow then Vice President Goodluck Jonathan to assume power as President. The irony today is that those who lifted no finger during that struggle are the ones now claiming to like the President more than others! Just reminiscing...
Saturday, 19 October 2013
Aviation Minister is not a Politician.
The futility of a National Conference of any kind was very clearly described by none other than Senator David Mark, President of the Senate, recently. It was consistent with his normal views readily expressed on previous occasions. It made good sense.
The country already has a sophisticated legislative structure that could review the extant Constitution. Why waste time and resources by creating an exercise that could only remove from the value of a coordinated effort by the elected representatives of the people?
But the Senate President was to drop that toga of a statesman for the dazzling apparel of a politician when he, David, startled everyone by recording a volte-face on the issue, as though preparing the way for the equally sudden act of his friend, Jonathan, the President of the Federation, on the same issue.
However, Senator Femi Okunrounmu, in his own right, must be accounted a Nigerian politician, and that is not meant as a compliment. The qualification of “Nigerian” in that context, is meant to convey the qualities of insincerity, disingenuousness and other unsavoury traits associated with most of the actors in our political arena today.
He, more than most of those who are now involved, and even those who have been connected with the agitation for a Sovereign National Conference for a long time before now, must appreciate that what is being offered with all the noise and clamour is very far from the real thing. And yet Mark with how much glee he accepts and hangs on to it as the Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee on National Dialogue/Conference. It is with the alacrity with which a monkey intercepts the passage of a banana tossed at it, and that from the hand of a man for whom he had earlier expressed nothing but the lowest contempt. President Goodluck Jonathan, Senator Okunrounmu had described earlier, as man who didn’t “have a clue”. Has the good senator’s sudden appointment now instantly made the President a hero? That alone introduces a hollow sound to the entire project.
But Okunrounmu is not alone. There are other past stalwarts for the “sovereign” brand of the national conference who have expressed little surprise at the unexpected presidential turnabout and a resentment of the removal of the “sovereign” tag. Some of them, highly-respected citizens and social critics, wearily embrace the change in policy and seem to hope for the best.
Their opinion is quite tenable in a sense: “it is better to jaw-jaw than to war-war”; “if we could sit down and discuss the issues that beset us, we are sure to find solutions to them”; “we have to sit down and talk”. These cliches reverberate down the corridors of futile history. They sound as tame as the lame measures they have always been. It is not always better to jaw-jaw with opponents who would rather pop-pop at you with AK 47 than jaw-jaw with you.
We sent delegates to Aburi (remember?) and sat down to find solutions to our problems, and then still came back home to war-war. All of which sums up to imply that we do not necessarily have to sit down and talk anyway, since we already have people whom we have chosen to do exactly that for us in our legislative houses.
But we prefer to sit on clouds of platitudes which can neither sustain our hopes nor fulfill our desires in beneficial precipitation. Look at the so-called dialogue/conference all over again. The Advisory Committee is yet to arrive at a suitable name for it, in the first place.
That would be after they have decided whether it is a conference or a dialogue. What parameters would be employed to select the delegates? Would they be nominated like members of the Advisory Committee?
It is expected that they would be representatives of the so-called geo-political zones. It may not be pessimistic to point out at this time, that each of those zones contains ethnic units that are not looking in the same direction on some crucial issues. They may have to get their acts together through a preliminary “dialogue/conference”. And then, there was the aspect of ratification which the President has now mercifully cleared up and, with it several other issues.
It would appear that no plebiscite is envisaged to consider the recommendations of the dialogue/conference. The results, according to the President, will be passed on to the National Assembly and would be — or should be — incorporated into the efforts of the legislators at amending the Constitution. WHICH BRINGS US BACK TO “SQUARE ONE”!
In the mean time, our thoughts would have been diverted from serious issues of national import—the threatening breakdown of the political establishment that is the foundation of our democratic functions as a country; the progressive disintegration of our higher education institution; the dwindling effectiveness of our security organization — in short, the corruption of the space we need to programme our governance machinery to be productive according to our will.
Now the politicians can breathe more easily. They are still in full control. When the populace is through with the wild goose chase, they will still find the honourable members waiting. The strategy will, of course, be unravelled by time. It may seem too distant at this time to establish the connection with the cloudy road to 2015 but, if we must repeat, that is the only game in town.
Not a politician
Princess Stella Oduah, the Minister of Aviation, is definitely not a politician. She is not even a diplomat, either. The way in which she lashed out at some of her critics in connection with the recent air disaster involving Flight 361 of Associated Airlines betrayed a lack of adequate temperament for occupying a public position of ministerial calibre. Her language was not exactly lady-like, and that is what she is first of all.
Unfortunately, however, the critics were basically unfair. She had little or no responsibility directly with the crash of the hapless aircraft. A minister is not accountable for what happens in the cockpit of every aircraft in his or her country.
A minister’s commitment is to the execution of policy, not with operations. There was a female Minister of Works who visited a bad road under repairs, fashionably turned out in shocking pink overalls which some wag swore was designer made.
(And indeed it hugged the essential contours of her luscious shape in a most fascinating manner.) It left no mark on the dilapidated condition of the road, though the personal concern touched the sentimental core of some readers of the newspaper in which she appeared. The necessary operations were to be performed by the experts who didn’t for months, while the Minister sweetly bore the blame from the ignorant critics.
That is the way to deal with them even when some of them are people who should know better, having occupied such positions before themselves. The preliminary report on the Associated Airline crash squarely put the responsibility on the operations of the plane. It is very grim. The rejection of operational advice from the equipment within the cockpit could only have been the work of the devil — definitely not the fault of the Minister. Now, I believe that a round of deserved apology is called for at this time, eh?
The Minister of Aviation can take solace from the fact that everything in our system goes back to our Oga at the top mentality. Both the good and the bad. A magnificent road is constructed between two villages, and it is the Minister who gets the encomiums.
The Super Eagles win a tournament, and it is the Minister of Sports who wins the accolade. So an aircraft has an accident, well, so the good direction of the Minister about the upgrading of airports has to be rubbished by our grief .
You must have heard it said that “time heals all wounds”. True enough, but “time also wounds all heels”, as Mr. Charles Taylor, erstwhile murdering President of Liberia, is now finding out in an English jail where he is likely to remain for the rest of his wretched life.
Time out.
Abdulsalami Urges ASUU to end Strike.
OCTOBER 18, 2013
A former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, on Friday in Minna appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities to call off their strike in the collective interest of the country.
He made the call when he paid a Sallah visit to Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger State in accompany with a former Head of State, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida.
Abdulsalami said the striking lecturers had made their points and should end the strike.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the strike which began on July 1 entered 110 days on Friday.
He said, “I appeal to everybody to give peace a chance. Let the striking lecturers sheathe their swords. The government should also resolve issues at stake as fast as possible. Just like former President Babangida said, I believe strike is normal all over the world.
“But in Nigeria, we are overdoing it; strike in advance countries is for hours or few days to draw attention to their (workers’) plights.”
Friday, 18 October 2013
A 74-Years woman faced rapist.
A 74-year-old woman faced the man who raped her in New York City’s Central Park with composed anger, calling him a ‘sexual terrorist’ and an ‘evil infestation.’‘You, David Albert Mitchell, for the pain you inflicted on me and, by association, my loving family and friends, may you rot in hell for all eternity,’ she said during his sentencing to 30 years in prison for attacking her as she watched birds in September 2012 a week after authorities say he noticed her using a camera to document his lewd behavior.Mitchell, who had previously been charged with sexually attacking other women over age 70, pleaded guilty this month to rape and robbery. His sentenced was settled then.Monster: David Albert Mitchell has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to raping and robbing an elderly woman in Central Park last SeptemberWhile the plea deal prevents her from having to testify about her ordeal at a trial, she made plain Wednesday that she wanted Mitchell to hear about it from her before the case was closed.‘Make no mistake: This is a sexual terrorist,’ the woman said, urging a judge ‘to do the right thing so that nobody else is every hurt or menaced by this evil infestation.’While the woman, 73 at the time, pursued her favorite pastime, Mitchell pounced on her from behind, slammed her to the ground and threatened to cut her throat when she screamed, scratched at him and tried to poke his eyes out, she said.‘I stopped fighting. I figured I was a goner,’ she recalled.Mitchell had pleaded guilty to the charges which had prevented his victim from having to testify about her ordeal, but she insisted on speaking to him in courtPolice: Officers are shown cordoning off the area in Strawberry Fields in Central Park, New York where the attack took placeMitchell raped her twice, told her to stay prone and count to 100 while he left with her camera bag, and admonished her to stay put when she looked up early, she said. The attack left her with injuries including a broken finger, a smashed tooth and a damaged jaw.Roughly a week before, the birdwatcher had photographed Mitchell in a lewd moment, and he had confronted her, the Manhattan district attorney’s office said.Mitchell and his attorneys declined to speak at his sentencing, where he showed little reaction as his victim spoke.The Associated Press generally does not identify sexual assault victims unless they come forward publicly.Mitchell comes from tiny Jenkinjones, West Virginia, where he was charged at age 18 with raping and killing an 86-year-old woman.Mugshot: An undated mugshot shows Mitchell, who was charged at age 18 with raping and killing an 86-year-old womanAcquitted in that case, he was then charged with raping a woman in her 70s; the sexual assault charge was dropped as Mitchell pleaded guilty to other charges, his attorney at the time has said.Later, Mitchell was suspected but never charged in the death of a 54-year-old woman. He served prison time in other cases, including the abduction of his ex-girlfriend.When he was released in 2011, some Jenkinjones residents bought guns to protect themselves from him.His New York arrest, plus a convicted sex offender’s arrest in a rape in another Manhattan park about two weeks later, led local officials to call for tougher penalties for sex offenders.
Aviation industry stakeholders have criticised the purchase of two BMW 760 Li Series armoured cars for Minister of Aviation Princess Stella Oduah.
Aviation industry stakeholders have criticised the purchase of two BMW 760 Li Series armoured cars for Minister of Aviation Princess Stella Oduah, by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA).The two vehicles were reportedly bought for N127, 575, 000 each for the minister’s protection, following what her Special Assistant on Media, Mr. Joe Obi said were threats to her life because of her reforms in the aviation sector, which have dislocated and aggrieved some entrenched interests.However, the propriety of asking an agency to buy such expensive cars for a minister has been questioned. Some aviation stakeholders said the purchase of the cars is unnecessary, especially when NCAA is allegedly said to be behind in meeting many of its financial obligations. Some aviation workers’ unions claim that NCAA owes its workers arrears of allowances and is believed to have a backlog of important trainings for staff.However, NCAA director general, Captain Fola Akinkuotu, had said that NCAA was not broke and is meeting up with its financial obligations. Despite Akinkuotu’s defence, sources at NCAA revealed that some of the agency’s personnel, who are currently undertaking aviation training in Manchester, United Kingdom, embarked on the training with their own funds, with the promise by NCAA to reimburse them. NUATE demands probe, raises the alarm over rot in aviationThe Secretary General of the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), Comrade Abdulkareem Motajo, said that what was happening in the aviation sector now is not new, adding that the union had written several petitions on the alleged financial improprieties involving the Minister of Aviation. He insisted that Oduah should not only be removed, but be probed.He said, “What is happening is part of what we have been complaining about in recent time. What is going on today is unprecedented. A lot of things are happening. Somebody was talking about the diversion of N19.5bn Intervention Fund and somehow today, the security agencies are looking into that and the money has been traced to somewhere.“But who is investigating this particular one that is happening now? Nobody. My union has written a petition to the Senate President, Deputy Senate President, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Aviation over some of the ills happening in the sector. Till date, not even an acknowledgement has been received and if this thing continues like this, you can be rest assured that the sector is not safe and the industry is going to be looted continuously.“As we speak, none of the six parastatals has sent its staff for training. The parastatals owe months of such allowances and leave allowances have not been paid to staff.”Also, another aviation union leader, who craved anonymity said, “It is wrong that she is buying two bullet proof vehicles. What are they for? Are they for the industry or for herself?” ‘Minister yet to raise alarm over safety to life’However, the Executive Director of Centre for Aviation Safety and Research (CAS-R), Engineer Sheri Kyari said the purchase would be in order if the minister’s life is under threat and due process is followed in the transaction. “But if due process is not followed, the security agents should investigate the matter,” he added.Attempts to get NCAA’s spokesman to comment on the issue yielded no result, as he insisted he could not comment, since the Aviation Ministry had reacted to it.Apart from the two armoured vehicles, both NCAA and the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), about four months ago purchased different brands of vehicles including Hilux pick-ups and Toyota Corrolla cars for their officials.FAAN procured the vehicles for managers ranging from Assistant General Managers and Deputy General Managers to General Managers and Directors. The Toyota Corolla brand of cars (2013 edition) was purchased for Assistant General Managers, Deputy General Managers and General Managers, while Land Cruiser Prado jeeps were purchased for Directors in the agency. LEADERSHIP Friday visits CoscharisWith respect to the price of the controversial cars, LEADERSHIP Friday sought out Coscharis Motors in Lagos, who supplied them. Coscharis Motors showed LEADERSHIP the pro-forma invoice issued to NCAA for the purchase of the cars. The invoice showed a unit cost of US$812,000 (N130million), but the invoice obtained by the online news site saharareporters.com showed a pro-forma invoice dated June 25, 2013 for the cost of US$796,846.21 (N127, 575,000) each. Between the two invoices, there is a difference of $15, 153: 79 (N2, 424, 606. 40k). A sales clerk at one of Coscharis Motors outlets in Victoria Island, Lagos, who refused to be properly identified, told our correspondent that the amount quoted in the pro-forma invoice was indeed the amount customers pay for the car.“That is the amount we sell the vehicles to our clients, but the only thing we do is to give a discount of about N5m at the point of purchase,” she said.It was gathered that the armoured BMW cars came with all the fittings, which include leather interior; B6/7 BMW factory armoured with certificates (mines, armour, piercing bullets, side blast, fire attack system, gas attack system, forced oxygen system for gas attack); armoured glass (about 3cm thick); hard band blowout tyres and rims; run-flat tyres; armoured floor pan for mine protection; teargas sensors; emergency windscreen exit, and a V12 engine of 8 speed auto transmission with adaptable drive. Checks reveal inflation by $844,000LEADERSHIP Friday online checks showed that the cost of the car varies according to features included. Van Vliet Personenauto, Germany, Ambassador Luxury & Exotic Cars, Florida in the United States and Al Ameer Motors of United Arab Emirates each put the maximum price of an armoured BMW 760 Li HSS at 234,000 Euros ($390,000, about N62,400,000). This is about half the unit price NCAA paid for the cars supplied by Coscharis Motors. This indicates that the two cars were inflated by $844,000.Reacting to the development, a pressure group, the Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) accused the Minister of shirking her responsibilities of ensuring the safety of Nigerians. CACOL faults NCCA’s actionIn a statement made available to LEADERSHIP Friday, CACOL’s Executive Chairman, Comrade Debo Adeniran, said, “The chicken has now come home to roost. It is no longer surprising that the Minister could ascribe her incompetence to God. This is the NCAA that does not have enough funds to upgrade its equipment, send its employees for critical training and hire enough qualified hands.” Funds should have been channelled to reform aviation sector – SINAlso, another pressure group, Stop Impunity in Nigeria (SIN) Campaign, condemned the transaction, saying the funds used to purchase the cars should have been channelled towards reforming the aviation sector.The campaign described the purchase of the vehicles “at such ridiculously high price as gross and wanton waste of public resources”, describing it as “the worst form of impunity in the public finance management sector.”The SIN Campaign said, “It is obvious that the luxury of the matriarch of the Aviation Kingdom far supersedes the value and importance attached to human life in Nigeria.”It noted that the two questions begging for answers were whether the purchase of the vehicles was necessary and if so, whether they could not have been purchased for less.The campaign said it finds absolutely no justification whatsoever for the purchase of the cars, adding that its research showed that such vehicles are sold for less than 30 per cent of the claimed amount, suggesting underhand dealings in the purchase of the bullet-proof cars. Lawyers demand probe, want Oduah to resignSimilarly, some lawyers who spoke to LEADERSHIP Friday called for an investigation of the transaction.Constitutional lawyer, Dr. Tunji Abayomi, in a telephone interview with LEADERSHIP Friday said the minister should resign because “she is not fit for public office. There is no legal backing of the action of the minister in our laws. It is purely an abuse of office and nothing more.”Another lawyer, Chief Ahmed Raji (SAN), said he is not aware of any car that could be worth over N200million. He, however, declined further comment, saying that one should be very careful not to comment on what could turn out to be false in the end.
Thursday, 10 October 2013
Court discharged and acquits Chief Victor Osita Uwajeh
Sunday, 8 September 2013
No god father in APC
Saturday, 7 September 2013
Alshabab claims deadly # mogadishu blasts
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Tokyo wins bid for 2020
Tokyo was selected on Saturday to host the 2020 summer Olympic Games, beating out Istanbul and Madrid in a major victory for a country still recoving from a nuckear plant meltdown.
Controversy in PDP
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Omo-sexy set london on fire
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