GUN VIOLENCE IN AMERICA: FOR WHO THE BELL TOLLS NEXT.

Just five people shy of Sandy Hook elementary school mass shooting incident that claimed 26 lives, the Uvalde Texas Robb elementary school mass shooting at 21 victims, now ranks among the highest grossing gun carnage in America. It is sad that such frequent blood spilling has tragically become part of our culture as a society. May the souls of the killed now rest.

25th AMENDMENT: ITS NOW ALL CRICKET.

Madam Speaker Nancy Pelosi once questioned former President Donald John Trump's fitness to remain in office due to what she claimed was his declining mental capacity. Does anyone know what Madam Speaker presently thinks about the incontrovertible case which America is now saddled with? Just curious!

WHO WILL REBUILD UKRAINE?

The West should convert frozen Russian assets, both state's and oligarchs' owned, into a full seizure and set them aside for the future rebuilding of Ukraine. Like the Marshal Plan, call it the Putin Plan.

A HERO IS BORN.

I am staying put. I will not run away and abandon my people. The fight is here in Ukraine. What I need are weapons and ammunitions, not a ride out of town like former Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani - President Volodymyr Zelensky.

IT IS WHAT IT IS.

"There is too much hate in America because there is too much anger in America." - Trevor Noah.

WORD!

A life without challenges is not a life lived at all. A life lived is a life that has problems, confronts problems, solves problems and then learns from problems. - Tunde Fashola.

NOW, YOU KNOW.

When fishing for love, bait with your heart and not your brain, because you cannot rationalize love. - Mark Twain.

JUST THE FACT.

In our country, you can shoot and kill a nigger, but you better not hurt a gay person’s feelings - Dave Chappelle

DO YOU?.

“What you believe in can only be defined by what you’re willing to risk for it." - Stuart Scheller.

HEDGE YOUR CRISIS.

Never get in bed with a woman whose problems are worse than yours. - Chicago PD.

PROBLEM SOLVED.

'The best way to keep peace is to be ready to destroy evil. If you Pearl Harbor me, I Nagasaki you.' - Ted Nugent.

OUR SHARED HUMANITY.

Empathy is at the heart of who we are as human beings. - Cardinal Matthew Kukah.

WORDS ON MARBLE.

"Birth is agony. Life is hard. Death is cruel." - Japanese pithy.

REPENT OR PERISH - POPE.

Homosexuality is a sin. It is not ordained by God, therefore same sex marriage cannot be blessed by the church - Pope Francis.

CANCEL CULTURE IS CORROSIVE.


FOR SAKE OF COUNTRY.


MAGA LIVES ON: NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER!

TWITTER IS BORING WITHOUT HIS TWEETS. #RestorePresidentTrump'sTwitterHandle.


WORD.

"If you cannot speak the truth when it matters, then nothing else you says matters.” - Tucker Carlson.

#MeToo MOVEMENT: A BAD NEWS GONE CRAZY.

"To all the women who testified, we may have different truth, but I have a great remorse for all of you. I have great remorse for all of the men and women going through this crisis right now in our country. You know, the movement started basically with me, and I think what happened, you know, I was the first example, and now there are thousands of men who are being accused and a regeneration of things that I think none of us understood. I’m not going to say these aren’t great people. I had wonderful times with these people. I’m just genuinely confused. Men are confused about this issue. We are going through this #MeToo movement crisis right now in this country." - Harvey Weinstein.


RON DELLUMS: UNAPOLOGETICALLY RADICAL.

"If it’s radical to oppose the insanity and cruelty of the Vietnam War, if it’s radical to oppose racism and sexism and all other forms of oppression, if it’s radical to want to alleviate poverty, hunger, disease, homelessness, and other forms of human misery, then I’m proud to be called a radical.” - Ron Vernie Dellums.


WHAT REALLY MATTERS IN LIFE - STEVE JOBS

“I reached the pinnacle of success in the business world. In others’ eyes, my life is an epitome of success. However, aside from work, I have little joy. Non-stop pursuing of wealth will only turn a person into a twisted being, just like me. God gave us the senses to let us feel the love in everyone’s heart, not the illusions brought about by wealth. Memories precipitated by love is the only true riches which will follow you, accompany you, giving you strength and light to go on. The most expensive bed in the world is the sick bed. You can employ someone to drive the car for you, make money for you but you cannot have someone to bear sickness for you. Material things lost can be found. But there is one thing that can never be found when it is lost – Life. Treasure Love for your family, love for your spouse, love for your friends. Treat yourself well. Cherish others.” - SJ

EVIL CANNOT BE TRULY DESTROYED.

"The threat of evil is ever present. We can contain it as long as we stay vigilant, but it can never truly be destroyed. - Lorraine Warren (Annabelle, the movie)


ONLY THE POOR WISH THEY HAD STUFF?

“I’m not that interested in material things. As long as I find a good bed that I can sleep in, that’s enough.” - Nicolas Berggruem, the homeless billionaire.

Monday, October 13, 2008

NIGERIA EFCC IS INCOHOOT WITH CORRUPT OFFICIALS!

To this bombshell Icheoku screams 'DAYLIGHT ROBBERY'! Really, what other evidence does this Tiv woman want to see to prosecute these "armed bandits" masquerading as politicians? A cursory look around the country will show that evidence abound to secure life prison sentences for these financial criminals were there a stomach in this woman to take the fight to these political vampires. All you have to do is to juxtapose whatever "accomplishments" they recorded viz-a-viz the amount of revenue received during the same period and then let them account for the difference. Worst still, let them show you how much they were worth before 1999 and then check how much they are worth today and then do the math. Our verdict at Icheoku is that this is a brazen cover-up and nostalgically Nuhu Ribadu is greatly being missed. The quagmire called Nigeria will continue in its topsy-turvy dance of death until some form of revolution instills a new order therein.
How can you protect against future looting of the treasury of the country Nigeria, when her previous looters are being praised as very patriotic? It is incredulous as it is mind-numbing that even Olusegun Obasanjo with the widely publicised $16 billion dollars (bridge to nowhere) energy/power contracts was found innocent and adjudged by the EFCC to be a Mother Theresa?
It is mind-boggling indeed and one asks is there any hope for Nigeria? You tell me! That the whole world is watching this macabre dance of corruption and its cover-up is meaningless to these loonies now running the EFCC and like many a Nigeria who is Ostrich-like in hiding their heads in the sand thinking that their body which is outside is not important; this very woman Farida has once again added impetus to the assertion that Nigeria and corruption are two evil twins! Who is fooling who, Nigeria?

Now read the story and make up your own conclusion: -

Against public demands for a probe into the eight-year rule of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission [EFCC] on Monday says it has no evidence of any corrupt practices against him. EFCC Chairman, Mrs. Farida Waziri said in Abuja pointedly that Chief Obasanjo had no case with the commission, stressing, “As far as we are concerned, there is no case against Chief Obasanjo before EFCC.” Farida, who was reacting to a question put to her during the round-table discussion of The Initiatives, a group of lawmakers in the House of Representatives said apart from having no case against Obasanjo, most of the case files on top political office holders, particularly former state governors contained no vital evidence to prosecute them. If you can still take this bullcrap, then click: No Case Against Obasanjo, Ex-Govs - EFCC

1 comment:

  1. Cover up!

    Gani, Balarabe accuse Waziri of shielding OBJ

    THOMAS IMONIKHE, Group News Editor and FRIDAY OLOKOR


    ECONOMIC and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) chairman, Mrs. Farida Waziri’s claim that her agency has not received any petition to probe former President Olusegun Obasanjo for alleged corruption, yesterday elicited condemnation from Chief Gani Fawehinmi (SAN) and Alhaji Balarabe Musa.

    In separate reactions they described her claim as not only "disappointing but absolute nonsense."

    Similarly, chairman, Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL), Mr. Debo Adeniran, said Mrs. Waziri, pronouncement was treacherous and deceitful.

    The EFCC boss had at a national roundtable for good governance organised by The Initiatives, a group in the House of Representatives, held in Abuja on Monday said in spite of adverse media reports against Obasanjo, her commission had not received any formal petition to commence investigation against him.

    She said it was wrong for anyone to think that the EFCC would commence investigation and possible prosecution of the former President on the basis of unsubstantiated allegations against him.

    But reacting to Mrs. Farida’s stand on Obasanjo, Fawehinmi said evidence against the former president was overwhelming.

    Speaking from London in a telephone chat with Daily Champion yesterday, Fawehinmi said: "She (Mrs. Waziri) is talking absolute nonsense.

    How can she be saying that? The evidence against Obasanjo is so legion, transparent and so voluminous."

    He said the $16 billion spent by the Obasanjo administration to revamp the power sector between 1999 and 2007 without commensurate result was enough evidence for the EFCC to prosecute him.

    He also cited the Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, which the ex-President initiated while in office as another example.

    Speaking in similar vein, former governor of Kaduna State and chairman, Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP), Alhaji Musa said Mrs. Waziri’s statement on the issue was disappointing.

    "The allegations against Obasanjo are not only credible but all embracing that no one who sincerely want to fight corruption can do so without first investigating the former president. He should be the first person to be investigated.

    Speaking from Kaduna on telephone Musa said: "For her to say that there is no evidence to investigate Obasanjo is very disappointing.

    It means that she wants to end her career like her predecessor in office, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, she has no and legitimacy to investigate anybody if she can’t investigate Obasanjo" Musa said.

    In separate reaction, Mr. Adeniran said: "The EFCC is just playing to the gallery. The arguments of Mrs. Waziri do not hold water. We are coming out soon with our action on the claim by the EFCC.

    "The statement by Mrs. Waziri shows the disconnection between her and Ribadu. There is no continuity in EFCC. Mrs. Waziri is not sincere with her fight against corruption and while we are not calling for the abrogation of the EFFC, we recommend that Mrs. Waziri should be sacked for not doing what she is expected to do.

    "Her comments on Obasanjo smack of treachery and deceit. It is a conspiracy against the people of Nigeria. Credible person should replace her.

    All the probes in the National Assembly do not exonerate Obasanjo because he was the Accounting Officer of the eight-year administration. Look at the Independent Power Project (IPP) for instance, he was also in charge of Petroleum Ministry. With the EFCC Act, there is no other petition or evidence needed for Obasanjo to be prosecuted.

    "We decided to submit our petition openly to the EFCC in Lagos so that the case is not pushed under the carpet," he said.

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