
Thursday, January 15, 2009
MAURICE IWU, WRIGGLING OUT OF HIS GROSS DEFICIENCY?

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"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.
ICHEOKU says the tale of an American peoples elected president in Mar-la-Go Golden House Palm Beach Florida and the great pretender of the establishment installed by the Deep State in the White House. The good news is that everyone knows in the depth of their hearts what actually happened and that fear of very destructive BLM and ANTIFA's riots led to its condonation.
So the fella in the White House can put all the garbs of pretense and as many as he desires, but he too knows that he is not serving with the peoples mandate. It was good to see Mr President again and his speech was simply tonic as it gave the country reason to be hopeful. We shall overcome the Deep State's nightmare on Elms Street or rather 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Welcome back Mr President.
ICHEOKU says by his own admission he was a violent person who punched a fellow student on the face and broke his nose. But he kept this information hidden throughout the eight years he was in office as such a disqualifying event could have easily disqualified him and make him unacceptable to the American people. Now, who knows what other thing he possibly kept hidden and away from the American public. What a con job.
ICHEOKU says what happened in Texas shows that with the right conditions hell could possibly freeze over. Who knows that the Great State of Texas as hot as it gets there and with the abundance of energy resources therein could be a victim of a deep freeze. You know that Texas indeed transformed into the tundra when icicles formed on ceiling fans inside peoples homes. Now, watch it when next you say until hell freezes over because Texas just did. Our hearts go out to all Texans. #TexasStrong!
ICHEOKU says they have made it official that they are not returning to their duties in the British Royal household. Meghan Markle and her husband Prince Harry have informed Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II that they are done and have forsaken the life of royalty for their newly chosen life of normal people. What will love not do to a man that a royal prince abandoned his life of royalty just to salsify the wish and desire of his commoner wife. Definitely a show of love by Harry and hopefully the Megxit will not someday turn into HarryDumped. Goodluck fellas.
ICHEOKU says congratulations Dr Ngozi Okonjo Iwealla on a well earned director generalship of the World Trade Organization. With her appointment, the Nigerian strong woman must now work tirelessly hard to show her sponsors world wide that their confidence was well placed and to a previously lukewarm America, that she has the wherewithal to reposition the WTO. The world is waiting and watching to see how she will particularly tackle China's unfair trade practices. Once again, congratulations DG.
ICHEOKU says it is time to start punishing renegade Republicans in order to stop the bleeding. Other weak Republicans watch and see that these rebels do not suffer consequences for their actions and may join them. Their anti party activities must be stopped or they should be outrightly expelled from the party since they are of no use to the party. They do not play a party of one politicking. Enough of the RINOs. Get rid of them. #MakeThemPay.
ICHEOKU says cancel cultured has claimed the office of 80 year old Japanese Olympics Chief Yoshiro Mori over his statement that "women speak too long in meetings". This fella definitely belongs in the tester years generation which called it as they saw it but forgot that cancel culture is alive and well and that feminist females are obsessively possessed in their effort to replace and displace men in many spheres. So, despite the truthfulness in what he said, as it is in women's character to generally endlessly talk and speak too long no matter what, he was still canceled for voicing it out. It is hard being a hard charging, matter of factly speaking, real man in this era of hyper wokeness which is afflicting the world. What is wrong with what he said as truth should have provided him a defense. But hey, feminism is real and their power immense.
ICHEOKU says he looks the part and possibly have molested a lot of little fellas, admitted none has come out so far to openly make that claim. As with many holier than thou Pharisees, he is just another leprous fellow who is not worthy the attention he commanded ganging up against President Donald John Trump under the infamous Lincoln Project during the 2020 presidential election. It is sad that so many predators such as him always hide in plain sight. It is regrettable.
ICHEOKU says the Irish bad boy of UFC fame Conor McGregor was handed a defeat by American Dustin Poirier in round 2 of their UFC 257 fight in Abu Dhabi. It was a rude shock to many fans especially how early the defeat came. But like Arnold Schwarzenegger said in Terminator, McGregor will be back. Congratulations Dustin.
ICHEOKU says the host of then running Cable News Network interview program Larry King Live, Mr Larry King is dead. He died Fromm COVID-19 related infirmities of old age. He was 87 years old. He made CNN watchable in those days unlike the yellow fake news outfit it has devolved into. May the soul of the seven times married Mr Suspenders now rest. Adieu Larry.
VOTE FOR TRUMP * FOUR MORE YEARS
VOTE FOR TRUMP * FOUR MORE YEARS
VOTE FOR TRUMP * FOUR MORE YEARS
VOTE FOR TRUMP * FOUR MORE YEARS
ICHEOKU says there is no other way to dice it, Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death is certainly a big punch in the gut for the Democrats, who wished that she didn't have to die now with just few weeks to the election. They desired and coveted the honor of appointing her replacement and went into an overdrive in their campaign for Joe Biden, hoping that his election would provide them with such an opportunity. Their hope just came crashing down. Our condolences to the Democrats. Adieu RBG.
ICHEOKU says whatever you do, please do not read or waste your money on a convicted felon, Michael Cohen's book of trashy talks, a supposedly "true" account of his stewardship to the then Donald John Trump. Michael Cohen is a fraud and not credible, hence everything from him should be treated as odious. What a sniveling snitch who deserves stitches.
ICHEOKU says CNN weight lifting talking head had his own Access Hollywood moment and unfortunately the same sleaze ball who CNN has courted for sometime, Michael Cohen, was also involved. A lawyer who would break a client/attorney confidential relationship is capable of simply doing anything. Chris Cuomo just rudely found out that trusting the disgraced former personal lawyer to the president is a too risky a conduct. Now all his distaste for the media and #MeToo feminists are out there for the world to see the real Chris Cuomo, courtesy of Michael Cohen's secret recordings. Sad.
ICHEOKU says for a people known for their stoicism and disciplined equanimity, he must have endured all he could muster before finally throwing in the towel. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has announced that he is stepping down from office to enable him take care of his deteriorating ulcerative colitis health problem. ICHEOKU wishes the author of Abenomics well and hopefully the next Prime Minister will continue towing the path which Shinzo led that made Japan a force for good in global politics. All the best Abe.
ICHEOKU says their faces tell the whole story, they are very happily satisfied for staging a successful convention. First Lady Melania's flowing green dress was a smasher and the president delivered a beautiful speech. ICHEOKU wishes the couple success with November 3rd and they will be as successful as the RNC 2020 was. American people still want to continue seeing First Lady Melania and of course President Donald John Trump in the White House. #4MoreYears. #Vote4Trump.
The Democrats want to dismantle, defund, and destroy America and the Republicans under President Trump want to rebuild, restore and renew America. If you are a liberal, be a true liberal, listen to other ideas and let the best ones prevail. I say to Americans who love our country, young and old, be a radical for freedom. Be a radical for liberty. Be a radical for our republic and vote to protect America.
ICHEOKU says no wonder the president is deeply touched by the death of the only sibling who he truly trusted, his brother Robert Trump. Imagine his elder sister Maryanne Trump Barry, a retired Federal judge, still gossiping at such an old age of 83 years. Instead of being supremely grateful and happy that her younger brother accomplished so much, including winning the presidency of the United States of America and on a first try, she is busy talking at his back and castigating him. ICHEOKU says sibling rivalry and associated jealousy is real and this old woman diminished herself by engaging in such gutter sniping. But like the president aptly responded, WHO CARES!
ICHEOKU says lets hope that that 'the entire fiasco is to stop people who want to build the wall' and that the former President Donald John Trump's adviser did not pilfer the privately raised funds meant for building the wall. But shouldn't those behind the effort to fund-raise for the wall be compensated for their time and effort? Except that they were captured on record saying that they will not be paid and that the entire 100% of the raised funds will be plowed into building the wall. Anyway, ICHEOKU wishes Steve B well and hopes he clears his name soon.
ICHEOKU says after 26 long years what else does the crazy bald-head wants in office, to die there? It is about time the military hierarchy took a page from Mali and ease the guy aside and out of power. Boris Yeltsin rode to power through popular uprising and the opposition should also consider that move as well. What a pitiful power mongrel President Alexander Lukashenko is proving to be. Sad.
ICHEOKU says the gift which never ceases giving in Africa, military coups, and it has reared its ugly head again, this time in Bamako Mali where the president Mr Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has been removed from office. Who knows what France thinks about it or did they encourage the military to make the putsch following several failed peace talks on the way to move the embattled country forward. Hopefully it will be for the good of the Malian people.
ICHEOKU says he was stupendously rich, a wealth attributed to drug pushing for which the United States of America DEA wanted him extradited, but the corruption of law enforcement in Nigeria made impossible. He was once a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and remained in politics until the dreadful Chinese Wuhan coronavirus took him away. Buruji Kashamu was 62 years old. May his soul now rest. Adieu.
ICHEOKU says an otherwise avoidable tragedy as no reasonable government stores bomb grade highly explosive ammonium nitrate within city limits. Now over 100 people have perished in the blast with over one thousand injured, including several buildings and properties destroyed or damaged. Like the president said to Ghislaine Maxwell, ICHEOKU says wishes the people well, a Lebanese nation in which tragedies seem to be unending gifts that keep on giving and never stops giving. Sad.
ICHEOKU says he was indeed very colorful and did everything with swag. He was a former Republican presidential candidate wanna be, who ran on a tax plan of 9.9.9 and also a business executive former chairman of Godfather Pizza chain, an ardent supporter of President Donald John Trump who will no longer witness the president's reelection on November 3rd. Herman Cain succumbed to the Chinese Wuhan coronavirus disease, he was 74 years old. May his soul now rest. Adieu HC.
ICHEOKU says Dr Anthony Fauci says to wear a face mask and he shows his example. Only that he did not get anything right since the outbreak of the Chinese Wuhan coronavirus pandemic as everything he told Americans to do or not to do ended up resulting to the opposite. Whether he still qualifies as an expert following such many repeated wrong projections is somewhat debatable, otherwise why did he, as an expert, get everything wrong and completely off margin. If an expert can be so wrong, what then should a novitiate be. Sad.
ICHEOKU says if the president can do it, so can you. Please wear your mask for those your loved ones as well as others as you do not want to have a guilty conscience that your inaction led to deaths and sufferings. It is no longer a joke when the president masks up and so should you. Save a life today, wear your mask.
This is a PSA by ICHEOKU and he too masks up as well. Please help fight the Chinese Wuhan coronavirus disease, wear a face mask today and send a strong message to the Chinese Communist Party that they have killed enough Americans already with their poison and that you have refused to be their killer agent.
ICHEOKU says there was never a doubt in my mind that she waylaid and laid him. A cougar extraordinaire preying on exposed young boys. Did Jada Picket Smith take advantage of a young man going through some life crisis? What a highly libidinous person and she initially denied it ever happened. Imagine.
ICHEOKU says Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has tested positive for the Chinese Wuhan coronavirus disease, although asymptomatic but quarantining as a precaution. ICHEOKU wishes the Atlanta Madam a quick recovery and hopes that medical sciences can solve the mystery of the killer virus and stop its carnage. KLB, please test negative soon.
ICHEOKU says broadway star Nicholas Cordero has lost his fight with Chinese Wuhan coronavirus disease. It first led to the amputation of his two legs following blood clot which stopped blood flow to his lower extremities. Now, the killer virus has finally claimed his life. Nick Cordero was 41 years old. May his soul now rest. Adieu.
ICHEOKU says it is time to end the senseless killings in America, including in Chicago's Southside. This 20 months old little boy is now one of the latest victim of the never ending depraved heart murders being committed by blacks on their fellow black people. Isn't black lives supposed to matter or is it only when taken by the police. It is shameful what black people do to each other, yet they pretend to love each other. Imagine the pain and agony the parents of this little child must be going through. Time to end the madness has come. Stop the senseless murders. May his innocent little soul now rest.
ICHEOKU says it seems that the Chinese Wuhan coronavirus has finally arrived in Nigeria and is now beginning to take its toll, particularly on the elites. Its latest victim was a former governor of Oyo State Abiola Ajimobi, now bringing to 549 the total number of those, officially recorded so far killed. He was 70 years and died from complications of coronavirus. May his soul now rest. Adieu AA.
ICHEOKU says a false alarm which was raised to further heighten the uneasiness in an already tension-soaked nation. Luckily the truth came out that the supposed "noose" was a mere garage door opener which was put in place long before Bubba Wallace was assigned the use of that very Garage No 4 in Talladega Super-speedway Lincoln Alabama. It was also revealed that it was not just only his garage door that has similar opening contraption on its door. Another bullet dodged, but if black people think that they are getting more sympathy raising such false alarm, they are deluded, because such repeat falsehoods gravely damages their credibility and veracity for truthfulness. There was a Jessie Smollett in Chicago and now Bubba Wallace in Alabama. It is unfortunate and it is sad, as stoking of racial tension does not do anyone good.
ICHEOKU says fans of World Wrestling Entertainment will surely miss their Undertaker who has retired from wrestling after 30 years of top sportsmanship. Mark Calaway, popularly known by his stage name Undertaker, is 55 years old and decided it was time to pack it up citing a "nothing left to accomplish" reason. ICHEOKU says used to be a fan of WWE until the Rock left the organization and nobody can smell what the Rock was cooking any longer because the Rock does not cook any more. Also UFC came out and reality always triumphs over playacting. Anyway, best wishes to Undertaker with his retirement.
ICHEOKU says when the Talibans blew up the statue of Buddha in Bamyan Afghanistan, the whole world led by America cried blue murder. When ISIS destroyed some ancient cities in Palmyra and Nimrud, the same world shouted abominable. But suddenly statues are being torn down and burnt in America and it is eerie silence. Really?
ICHEOKU says fondly called Toyin, Oluwatoyin Salau was a 19 year old Nigerian American activist who was murdered in Tallahassee Florida by a suspected black man Aaron Green. A black on black crime and you wonder why did her black life not matter to the suspected killer, a fellow black person. May her soul now rest.
ICHEOKU says he was the first world leader to die from the Chinese Wuhan coronavirus disease, admitted his country people are passing it off as a cardiac arrest. Who knows why he did not try the Madagascar's Organics Ccvid-19 potion. United Kingdom's Boris Johnson narrowly survived its attack. Former Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza was 56 years old. May his soul now rest. Adieu Pierre.
ICHEOKU says if you ever want to know why Trumpers are so passionate about their leader, read William Shakespaere's Taming of the Shrew. MAGAnites like the fact that President Donald John Trump is starring down at every detractor, foreign and domestic, and calling their bluff. This is the reason they hate him and it is the same reason we like him. On November 3rd, continue to vote the right way, vote for the right candidate, his name is President Donald John Trump. #4MoreYears.
ICHEOKU says she is not alone, just a victim of a society which taught her racism. She perfected the game very well and would have gotten away with murder if not for providence that had the victim record what actually transpired. Yes, it is New York and even their police were caught giving white people face masks while smacking down black people for not wearing face masks. So, what difference does it make if she made a false 911 call to the same police about a black man. Amy Cooper is her name.
ICHEOKU says CNN has now become a Cuomo Comedy Central Network for the Cuomo brothers, constantly featuring Chris Cuomo and Andrew Cuomo such that viewers are wondering when the two brothers acquired the Network. Why must Chris Cuomo be allowed to always invite his brother Andrew Cuomo on his show or is he the only television host to ever have a brother, to the extent that they are now doing comedy about themselves and their family on the Network. It is boring and CNN is debasing itself by continuing to accommodate such a private family time on their Network. Viewers do not tune in to watch the two Cuomo brothers making jokes about themselves and their family, period. Enough of the Cuomo.
“With the classification of a weapon, 5G technology is very dangerous. When it comes into contact with a human body, it can provide some poisons to the cells because our bodies try to fight the radiation, kicking out some protein and some DNA cells in a form of a chemical, which is called a virus. This shows that what’s killing people is not Coronavirus but 5G.” - Pastor Chris Oyakhilome.
ICHEOKU says was he a victim of what is yet to come in the ongoing face-off with China over the Wuhan coronavirus? But until a full autopsy definitively rules on the cause of his death, everything remains mere speculation, including death by natural causes; as the ambassador is relatively young at 58 years and does not seem to have any preexisting life terminating illnesses or diseases. Anyway, just another speculation as ICHEOKU has no viable source in support; just pure punditry. May his soul now rest. Adieu Du Wei.
ICHEOKU says although congratulations is still in order for bringing a new life into the world, but what type of example is the British leader setting by having a baby outside wedlock. He should immediately take Carrie Symonds to the alter and make her an honest woman. If she is good for the sac and good as a baby incubator, she should be good to be bonded into wedlock. The prime minister should do it now and without any further ado nor delay. A son who should be named Corona to commemorate the period of time he came into the world, of a coronavirus which even threatened his father's life, should have a legitimate mom and pop and not living in lovers. BoJo, will you take Carrie Symonds as your wife?
ICHEOKU says he rocketed himself into recognition as President Donald John Trump was forced to meet with him severally, thus bringing him to world limelight. Now, the man who was once famously branded Little Rocket Man of Pyongyang may be no more, due to a heart procedure went awry. ICHEOKU says whatever it is, North Korea should release the valve and let the pressure off, announce his state of affairs and calm down a restive world. The coronavirus is already enough toll on the world's anxiety and there is no need increasing it further. #WhereisKimJongUn.
ICHEOKU says Bernie Sanders in endorsing Joe Biden did not highlight the qualities which make Joe Biden a better candidate than himself and why Joe Biden is the right candidate. He spewed a lot of hogwash about the president, including not knowing why the president has not acted on the Defense Production Act. ICHEOKU says but how would he know what the president has done so far when he is hunkered down inside his basement, shielding himself from the coronavirus while the president is working tirelessly hard to tame the contagion. Anyway, nobody will vote for Joe Biden because Bernie Sanders told them to, so with an endorsement like that, nobody needs any endorsement. Meanwhile, he did not consult Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez before the decision.
ICHEOKU says wishes the former Theodore Roosevelt Aircraft Carrier captain, Captain Brett Crozier, a speedy recovery from the Coronavirus infection. ICHEOKU was initially incensed when he was relieved of his duty, thinking it was an attempt to muzzle him like the Chinese did with the whistleblower doctor; but later learned it was for his not following proper chain of command communication channel about the infection on board the carrier, which risked panic. ICHEOKU says is a full believer in complete military discipline and does not accommodate any disregard of rules, no matter how seemingly trifle. Anyway, get well Captain!
ICHEOKU says even the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson got smitten by the invisible enemy, the Chinese Wuhan disease aka Coronavirus. This disease is indeed a no respecter of person and does not care whether or not you are a Prime Minister. ICHEOKU wishes BoJo a speedy recovery as he needs to get better soon as the fate of the entire British people lies in his hands.
ICHEOKU says is it karma that in addition to his 23 years prison sentence that Harvey Weinstein has now been infected with the Chinese Wuhan disease aka Coronavirus. How did he contract the deadly disease or is the private prison cell where he is being held in protective custody infected with the bug. ICHEOKU says never in the history of one man has such double calamity struck at once; and at his advanced age and custodial condition, chances of beating the disease is quite reduced. ICHEOKU wishes him well or should the president release him on compassionate grounds.
ICHEOKU says it is for the same reason the ABC White House correspondent is called Ceceilia Vega and not "Woman Vega" or just that Woman. It is an identifier as there is something in a name. Even Americans have their respective identifiers such as black Americans, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Latino Americans, Chinese Americans, Arab Americans, Irish Americans, Brazilian Americans, Russian Americans etc. Even the food we eat is similarly classified and identified, including Chinese food, Italian food, Mediterranean food, Ethiopian food, etc. Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar is identified as a Somalian American. Therefore, there is nothing racist in correctly identifying the place of origin of the killer virus as China, hence the China virus or Chinese Wuhan disease aka Coronavirus.
ICHEOKU says be self aware and take care of yourself, knowing that personal hygiene is key. Eat a lot of garlic and chili peppers as anything that helps to warm up your chest cavity helps keep respiratory infections at bay. Once you are coughing up and spitting out the phlegm, your odds at beating the Chinese gift to the world is greatly improved. All the best and may this affliction go away.
ICHEOKU says a well merited and richly deserved honor of a man who has done so much to push conservatism in America and also a lot of charitable works. Well deserved. ICHEOKU says congratulations to the guru Maharaja, the voice behind the EIB golden microphone, whose half of the brain is tied to the back simply to make it fair. And for President Donald John Trump, thanks for doing that.
ICHEOKU says thought that as a businessman that he should know better; but was awfully surprised to see him defy the president's assertion of executive privilege and testified against the president. He is a Jeb Bush loyalist and possibly wanted to take the president down on behalf of the Bushes. What a goofy baldhead and he looks bereft of brains. Good riddance.
ICHEOKU says he was the face and voice of presidential debates, a moderator extraordinaire and PBS New Hour. Jim Lehrer died of old age related infirmities. He was 85 years old, and now the third famous PBS personality to die within recent memory, the other two being Gwen Ifill and Cokie Roberts. James Charles Lehrer was remarkably incredible in ferreting out answers from his interviewees. A proud Wichita Kansas native. May his soul now rest. Adieu Jim.
ICHEOKU says for a woman who has told so many lies in the past, including being an Indian, what is the assurance now that she told the truth about what Bernie Sanders allegedly told her that women cannot be elected president? Could she have made up the story as a desperate Holy Mary pass to see if she can stabilize her sinking campaign and prevent it from taking additional waters. ICHEOKU says does not know which of the parties is telling the truth, but who has more to gain by showing Bernie Sanders as a sexist who belittles women? But hey, dog eat dog, no problem.
ICHEOKU says he destroyed whatever chances he ever had at a nation wide election when he bared his fangs and American people saw who he really is during the Justice Brett Kavanaugh's Senate confirmation hearing. He came across as angry, petulant and threatening; and American people made necessary deductions. Yes indeed, Cory Booker and Kamala Harris proved that they lacked the cunning fox quality of Barack Obama, who cleverly masked his disdain for white people until it was too late to right the ship. But hey, just another one falling off the Democratic Party's wagon to the White House. Adios amigo Cory.
ICHEOKU says he must either voluntarily return to Japan to face justice or be bundled back. He cannot selectively choose when to love Japan and when to hate Japan. He lived in Japan and did business in Japan for a long time and had his way in Japan as well. He cannot suddenly now allege racist Japan as a ground to avoid justice. Possibly, he tried to bribe his way in the courts but regrettably found out that what works in Lebanon or Brazil or even in France does not work in Japan. So, now that his case has been internationalized, he should return to Japan as the world's attention will be with him as he go through the justice system. If any arbitrariness is observed, the world will in unison protest Japan on his behalf. Return to Japan Mr Carlos Ghosn and face justice.
ICHEOKU says his demeanor is much different as he does not look as threatening as the man he now succeeded, as the new commander of the Iranian National Revolutionary Guards aka the Quds Force. He has no deadly mien of the killed Qassam Soleimani and probably does not have his thirst for blood too. As a finance guy, he probably will not be foolish to throw it all away. But whatever happens, Esmail Gha'ani should know that he has a giant bullseye painted on his back, just in case he decides to also sign his death warrant by needless provocations.
ICHEOKU says another one bites the dust as Julian Castro just found out that it takes more than anger and acerbic rhetorics to win a presidential election. The former Democratic Party's presidential candidate wanna be has run out of steam and brought his quest for the White House to a screeching halt. Yet another clear indication that running for president is not an all comers gambit. So long Julian.
ICHEOKU says he was one heck of a charismatic pentecostal preacher, who founded the Christ For All Nations mission through which he spread the gospel of Jesus Christ. Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke was 79 years old and died of old age related natural causes infirmities. May his soul now rest. Adieu, Rein.
ICHEOKU says his claim to fame is the intractable murders in Chicago and you wonder why he lasted this long when he could not solve the crime and bring down the murder rate in Chicago. He also once caught the nation's attention when he took a strong position against the City's District Attorney dismissal of Juicy Smollett's case. But he went back to the cesspit of public opinion when he snubbed visiting President Donald John Trump, who came to Chicago to honor an invitation to a police conference.
Anyway, he has now been forced out of the police department due to conduct unbecoming of such a high public official. He was caught passed out behind wheels of his parked running vehicle, after a night of binge drinking with a female companion, who he is probably having an affair with. What a shameful way to end a long running career. Hopefully an effective replacement will now be appointed to tackle the endemic murders and crimes of Chicago. ICHEOKU says kudos to the Mayor Lightfoot for being decisive and without regard to racial sentiments; both of them are black. Arios Eddie.
ICHEOKU says the man who used Hunter Biden to have his way and avoid America's anti corruption effort in Ukrainian oil and gas. He is the head of Burisma, the Ukrainian Gas Company, which paid Hunter Biden, Joe Biden's wayward son, millions of dollars for doing nothing other than providing his last name for business purposes.
ICHEOKU says they are man's best friend and with necessary training, a champion for good cause. They are brave, courageous and could fight fiercely as well. Thanks to this heroic canine, the United States Armed Force was able to track down Abu Baker Al Baghdadi and forced him off this earth. ICHEOKU says congratulations Mr Puppy.
ICHEOKU says he was a Washington DC establishment swamp dweller for a very long time, from 1965 to 2017, when he was forced to retire following sex scandal with his staffers. A Democrat from the State of Michigan Congressional District 13th; he died of natural causes from old age related infirmities. John Conyers was 90 years old. ICHEOKU says adieu John.
"Hillary Clinton is the queen of warmongers, an embodiment of corruption and a personification of the rot that has sickened the Democratic Party for so long." - Tulsi Gabbard, United States House of Representatives member from Hawaii 2nd Congressional District and an aspiring presidential candidate of the Democratic Party.
ICHEOKU says the beauty and brain took it to the Madam of the Democratic Party, Queen Crooked Hillary Clinton; emphatically letting her know that she is not afraid of her, her minions and henchmen; and that unlike them, who she commands their servile obedience, Tulsi is not moved nor intimidated by her fellow woman.
ICHEOKU says it is with great sense of joy that we announce that the "WHERE IS HUNTER" campaign succeeded in ferreting out the son of Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, from his undisclosed location. The son of Joe Biden made appearance on ABC and that satisfies ICHEOKU that he is not in a rehab or on the run; admitted those eyes are suggestive. However he did not succeed in removing the monkey of corruption hanging on his father's back as he is knowingly lying and misleading America people that he was in a 15 hours flight with his dad to China and did not intimate him of the purpose of his travel to China. Such little lie is rather very insulting to our intelligence. Sad.
ICHEOKU says who is holding Hunter Biden against his will and keeping him out of sight? It is certainly a bad idea as he needs to be out and about explaining to the American people what went down in both Kiev and Bejing, and the role which his father, Vice President Joe Biden played in both of them. #WhereIsHunter?
ICHEOKU says she was a journalist par excellence; a feminist extraordinaire, who championed women causes unabashedly. A giant voice at National Public Radio, NPR, and also worked for American Broadcasting Corporation, ABC. Cookie Roberts died from complications of breast cancer; she was 75 years old. May her soul now rest.
ICHEOKU says it sure looks like a season of harvest by death of renowned musicians as another musician Ric Ocasek of The Cars just died. His death closely follows the death of "Two tickets to paradise" rocker Eddie Money, who died just a few days ago. ICHEOKU says loves their song Drive. Run died of old age related natural causes. May the soul of Ric now rest.
ICHEOKU says may his soul now rest. Eddie Money was 70 years old and died of esophageal cancer.
Announcing the cancer in August, Eddie said "It hit me really, really hard. I don't want to keep the fact that I have cancer from everybody. It's not honest. I want to be honest with everybody. I want people to know that cancer has come a long way and not everyone dies from cancer, like they did in the '50s and '60s. Am I going to live a long time? Who knows. It's in God's hands. But you know what, I'll take every day I can get. Every day above ground is a good day."
Unfortunately, Eddie did not beat the cancer and died peacefully in his sleep. So long Mr "Two tickets to paradise" fame. Adieu,
The billionaires are dying, some from plane crashes and others from old age natural causes. Following so soon on the heels of the death of one of the Koch brothers billionaire, David Koch, another billionaire, Texas native and oil rich self-made billionaire Thomas Boone Pickens, popularly known as T Boone Pickens, has also passed away. Mr Pickens died of infirmities of old age natural causes. A philanthropist extraordinaire, he was 91 years old. May his soul now rest.
ICHEOKU says as a precursor to 2020, President Donald John Trump helps secure a 2:0 victory for the Republican Party in North Carolina's special election. The two candidates he endorsed, Greg Murphy and Dan Bishop of 3rd and 9th Congressional Districts, respectively won their seats. Now, where are the multitude democrats seeking their party's presidential candidate nomination. They ain't seen nothing yet. #MAGA/KAG2020.
ICHEOKU says really; thought that christians respect the sanctity of marriage and after 31 long years? What God put together, who and what has put asunder. But hey, there are still some hopeless romantics out there who still believe that marriage works. Goodluck to the Palins as they navigate their future without each other. ALL the best to Sarah and Tod.
ICHEOKU says it sure looks good on him and have successfully transformed him from the hapless sissy, girlie-looking man into a real man. Hope the transformation will continue as it will help boost his AC360 rating too; as his looks and mannerism often turn off so many otherwise would be watchers, who cannot stand his feministic look, giggly smiles, silliness and gesticulations. Love it. More power to his chin and whatever fertilizing hair cream that wrought the magic should be applied doubly. Nice look.
"I wanna break a world record for longest confirmed kill ever. I don’t intend on walking away alive, unless I see it fit. A good 100 kills would be nice. I already have a location. I’m not crazy, I just wanna die and I wanna have fun doing it." - Tristan Wix, arrested would be mass shooter from Florida.
ICHEOKU says if this is not madness, nothing else so qualifies. Imagine aspiring to be the world's confirmed longest confirmed kill and you wonder why people are so perverted. A matter made worse because he feels killing people is fun. Totally sickening.
ICHEOKU says Madam Speaker Nancy Pelosi now knows who is the real boss as her planned 7 days junket around the world of Switzerland, Belgium, Egypt and Afghanistan has been stopped by President Donald John Trump, irked by Nancy's impetuosity.
She will not authorize $5 billion for the Southern border Wall; she will not negotiate a solution to the immigration crisis; she will not agree to end the government shutdown and she denied the president his scheduled January 29th, 2019 State of the Union address venue.
ICHEOKU says she started the fight and the president is only finishing it for her; now lets see how everything finally gets resolved. Nancy Pelosi is being held hostage by the farthest left wing of the Democratic Party led by Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and she is deathly afraid of the crazed out New York freshie. Too bad.
ICHEOKU says he was a medical doctor who got tired of the injustice in Nigeria, particularly as it affected his Yoruba Southwest, and decided to do something about it. Alongside the current Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland Ganiyu Adams, they formed the Oduduwa Peoples Congress, an armed militia to battle the Nigeria government and/or defend their Yoruba people from the government's gangsterism.
He did his part and now he is gone to be with his ancestors. ICHEOKU appreciates him for having the courage to at least try, and for this, his legend lives on and he lives on in the memories of those who loved him, whose interest he sought to protect and protected at a great personal risk to his life. Dr Fredrick Fasehun was 83 years old and died of old age related infirmities. May his fighting soul now rest. Adieu Doc.
ICHEOKU says the promise keeper has once again kept his promise. He promised to fire Jeff Sessions after the Midterm election and he has kept his promise. ICHEOKU says yes, the former Attorney General Jeff Sessions disappointed Team MAGA by that recusal, fully aware, as an insider member of the Team Trump election campaign, that nothing such as a collision, ever took place; but still he did it anyway, leading to the prolonged nonsense called The Russian Collusion. Good riddance.
ICHEOKU says not his $20 billion net worth could purchase him a millisecond of life nor could it hold off death, begging the question, are all these effort worth it afterall. He couldn't escape death in his private jets, nor could his super yacht shield him from death. Microsoft co-founder, owner of Seattle Sea Hawks, Portland Trailblazers and Seattle Sounders, Paul Allen, loved sports and invested in it heavily; but succumbed to cancer, a Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Paul Allen was 65 years old. May his soul now rest. Adieu Mr Allen.
CHEOKU says Irish effant terrible Conor McGregor was forced to tap out in the fourth around, in his fight against Russian Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 229. ICHEOKLU says another back to back defeat for the Irish, following his loss to Floyd Mayweather and you wonder if it is not about time he hung up the gloves. ICHEOKU congratulates the Russian tamer, for forcing McGregor to eat his vomit; all the trash talking and the dolly throwing at bus carrying Khabib in Brooklyn New York last year considered. There is nothing as satisfying as forcing your traducer eat the humble pie.
ICHEOKU says he was on the job for 35 long years, but some horny lasses have now forced his abrupt exit. He produced the one hour CBS Sunday show, 60MINUTES, about the longest running news show on television, but not anymore.
Jeff Fager was fired for what CBS called acts not acceptable to the company aka unwanted sexual contacts with some female employees. ICHEOKU says this makes him the third CBS honcho to be let go from CBS within the last ten months, the other two being Charlie Rose that was fired last November 2017 and Les Moonves, who was fired few days ago. CBS is turning out to be a cesspool of sexual perverts. What a shame.
ICHEOKU says here comes yet another book from the depth of their crazy fantastical imaginations; people pretending to be a fly on the wall inside the Trump's White House. But as with the other past discredited books, this one will also burn out as a creepy imaginary tales by the moonlight. Pure Fiction. First was Michael Wolffe's Fire and Fury inside the Trump's White House; then followed by Omarosa's Unhinged and now this Bob Woodward's Fear Trump in the White House. All completely made up stories about a man who they have been unable to decode and are still perplexed about. ICHEOKU says, channeling Jimmy Cliff, it can only be one summation - the harder they come, the harder they fall; as President Donald John Trump will be in office until 2023, regardless. Salute
ICHEOKU says the ever shifting chair that is the Down Under politics, has produced another Prime Minister, the fifth in less than ten years and you wonder what is going on with Australian politics. Even Japan that once occupied that singular honor of going through so many Prime Ministers within a few short period, now seems much more stabilized than the Aussies. Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has been forced out and in comes Scott Morrison. ICHEOKU says congratulations Scott and hopefully, his tenure shall be long and fruitful.
To Iranian President Rouhani: NEVER, EVER THREATEN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN OR YOU WILL SUFFER CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER SUFFERED BEFORE. WE ARE NO LONGER A COUNTRY THAT WILL STAND FOR YOUR DEMENTED WORDS OF VIOLENCE & DEATH. BE CAUTIOUS!” - President Donald John Trump.
ICHEOKU says King Lebron James was humbled right inside his home turf in Cleveland as Golden State Warriors beat him and his Cavaliers to clinch Game 3, 110 -102. ICHEOKU says a sweep is buzzing the air. ICHEOKU says congratulations to the boys from Oakland California, who were led into battle today by KD, Kevin Durant; a man standing at 6 feet 9 inches tall with a wing span of 7 feet 4 inches. Simply wonderful. It was a good game overall.
ICHEOKU says baby killers and infanticides have won the battle and abortion is now legalized and on demand in Ireland. These people are hiding under their the facade that it is their body, their right and their choice, while forgetting that the little babies they kill did not ask to be conceived in the first place. Also they selfishly forget that the babies also have right to their body, their lives and their choice not to be murdered. SAD.
“I am announcing today that the United States will withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal. We will be instituting the highest level of economic sanction against Iran. Any nation that helps Iran in its quest for nuclear weapons could also be strongly sanctioned by the United States. These powerful sanctions will go into full effect immediately. If the regime continues its nuclear aspirations, it will have bigger problems than it has ever had before.” - President Donald John Trump.
ICHEOKU says is it possible that AG Jeff Sessions, a known member of the Washington Swamp, is also a member of the Deep State and by extension a mole inside the Trump administration, protecting the interest of his base? Why is he not anxious to have the Russian Collusion concluded, just like the president and members of Team MAGA. Something certainly does not look right.
"Americans will never surrender. Americans will never give up their freedom. Americans were born free. Americans will live free and Americans will die free; because freedom is American's God given right and no one will be allowed to mess with or take it or otherwise deny or deprive Americans of it." - President Donald John Trump.
"It is my mission to the United States diplomatic corp in getting back our swagger and carrying out President Trump's foreign policy objectives. The United States diplomatic corps needs to be in every corner, every stretch of the world, executing missions on behalf of this country and it is my humble, noble undertaking to help you achieve that." - Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State, introducing his swagger diplomacy at the State Department. ICHEOKU wishes the new SofS all the best. Congratulations.
Icheoku says he stood on a car and shot two unarmed black occupants 15 times after twelve other officers had first riddled the same people with 122 bullets; yet Judge John O'Donnel found Officer Michael Brelo not guilty of anything. It is in Cleveland Ohio and those two black people killed were husband and wife Melissa Williams and Afredo Willaims. Icheoku says it is America and black life don't matter; just another black persons biting the dust, so what?
"I think those SEALS did exactly what they should have done and we need to shut up and move on about the realities of what happened in that building in Abottabad Pakistan." - Senator John Kerry, Democrat Massachusetts.
Icheoku is happy to learn that President Jonathan's state security services of Nigeria has released blogger Okey Ndibe's passport and by necessarily implication his person too. Once again, another triumph of peoples outcry over the whims of one emerging dictator. It shows that protest works; and like Flea Anikulapo Kuti's "I go shout o", Icheoku shall always shout each time any conscientious commentator is picked up by those Nigerian men of power!
There is no wisdom in feeding a lazy fat cat which would not care to chase away an intruding mouse. - Idowu Ohioze, Edmonton, Canada.
Her body was found in her Los Angeles home. TM was 54years old and in case you do not remember who she was - remember the song, Square Biz?
The Save Nigeria Group was the first to alert Nigeria of the bribery tendencies Nigeria's President Jonathan with his $50,000 attempted bribery of the group. Not fazed by the disclosure, President Jonathan has now put his sight on the leadership of the national assembly who he has decided to bribe with their acquisition of official government quarters as their own private homes. Icheoku screams holy macro and queries if the past leadership had acquired these properties, where the present leadership would have resided. If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it must be a duck and Nigerians must be wary of this aloof Niger Delta operative.
Charles Rangel violated House rules with financial misconduct, brought it discredit and accordingly will be punished; so ruled the ethics committee. Icheoku sympathizes with the 80 year old Democrat from Harlem New York but takes reservation at some of the lame excuses or defense he tried to come up with.
"The late president Umaru Yar ‘Adua served for one term and I will complete the second term and thereafter 'any person from any other other region can take over." - Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida speaking at Dutse, Jigawa State. Icheoku asks when did Babangida's previous stand that South East Igbos will produce the president in 2015 change to "any person from any other region." This toothy-monster of Minna cannot just be trusted and only an imbecile takes him for his words.
"The Americans should not occupy the entire Middle East...bomb wedding parties...annihilate an entire village just because one terrorist is hiding there." - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran. Icheoku says, then let them pony up the terrorist and save themselves from further raining down of bombs.
"The era of following a policy of carrot and stick is over. Even such words are insulting to nations. It's only good for cowboys and those of retarded people. Definitely it has no effect. They issued resolutions as talks were underway, still, we are ready for talks." Icheoku says what a case of a midget poking his finger at the world; and if sanctions are not working, why the sudden call for talks, after Iran had severally in the past and before the sanction rebuffed the world's every effort at making it see reason.
Look no further for the evidence that Nigeria's financial situation is dire and all her creditors should better be wary. Icheoku asks what does Nigeria have to show for the expenditure of $19.54billion just between 2007 and 2010; during which the Excess Crude Account (ECA) which held $20 billion in 2007 when Obasanjo left office has been depleted to a mere $460 as at August 2010. What band of thieves have descended on Nigeria in this way that its resources should be so cannibalized and with nothing to show for it, as trade-off. Please when will that army man who can clean the Augean stable, rise and hold these thieving mongrels accountable?
"I think it's just more sadness. Because I don't think you ever go into a marriage looking to get divorced. That's the thing. That's why it is sad." - Tiger Woods. Icheoku admonishes TW if only he had thought about this line before letting all those cheap bimbos sample his whiny; may be he would not now be the loneliest man out there left in the cold by a distraught ex-wife!
'Olusegun Obasanjo lacks real courage and should never be trusted for betraying Charles Taylor when he reneged on an agreement 'not to do anything to Taylor' only to turn around later to hand him over to his persecutors at The Hague. - Fani Kayode. Icheoku says betrayal is a common trait among the people of the South Western Nigeria so it is not out of place for Obasanjo to live up to the billing. Moreso why did it take Fani this long to confirm what everyone already knows or suspects. According to Fani, Taylor is "a man betrayed" and his betrayal by Obasanjo and co was 'the betrayal of the century.'
An armed robbery suspect who was injured during a police shoot-out in Abeokuta and who later offered some villagers N1.8million in protection fees for a safe house and/or passage is from Akpugo-Nkanu, Enugu State, Nigeria! The 20-year -old suspect, Onyeka Ani, was apprehended in Mawuko village, Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area, Abeokuta, Ogun State while trying to escape. Icheoku says, just when the people of Enugu State thought that the death of 'Ngeleomu' has ended this area's involvement in dare-devilry, here comes another one of its product, terrorizing his victims in far away Ogun State. What a shameful ambassador he is. A case of changing tides when a criminal was the one begging for mercy and offering monetary reward to avoid harm in a country where their ruthlessness and lack of compassion is beyond pale. He possibly deserved the vigilante justice for opening his mouth in this way and asking for what his kind will not give to the people - leniency!
“The Nigeria of this era should be made of a community that tasks its leaders on their past performance and how they will improve upon that. It is out of date to bore the people with where one comes from, the language he speaks or his mode of worship." - Muhammadu Buhari. Icheoku says, finally at last the skinny army man from Katsina have experienced some epiphany. Free at last, free at last, free at last is Nigeria's former head of a military junta, Muhammadu Buhari, who murdered Barthlomeow Owo and two others for drug possession based on a retroactive decree!
“We are a country where our leaders tend to play tribal sentiments, saying I am from the South-South; I am from North-west; I am North, I am South, I am a Muslim and I am a Christian. All these are selfish motives to make people who probably cannot compete with others…to use these sentiments." - President Goodluck Jonathan. Icheoku adds, and what did the north even benefit from the 38 years their fellow mallams Balewa, Gowon, Muritala, Shagari, BUhari, Babangida, Abacha, Abdulsalam and Yar'Adua were in power? Yet some northern vampires led by the evil one IBB are once again stoking the northern tribal sentiments to wake up unneeded sentiments against the south. The north is even their own worst enemies - Muritala overthrew Gowon, Dimka killed Muritala, Buhari overthrew Shagari, Babangida overthrew Buhari, Babangida massacred Zango Kataf northerners, Babngida killed Mamman Vasta, Gideon Orkar etc; so which north are we talking about and for which this agitation now martured? Nothing, nada, zilch.
"Thank you, President Obama, for taking a bunch of rednecks' suggestion and making it happen." - A grateful Tony Kennon, Mayor of Orange Beach Alabama applauding the president's secured $20 billion dollars victims fund from BP. Icheoku says, if only the governors and political leaders of the gulf region could for a moment, throw partisanship out the window and pay a thank you visit to President Obama, for all his visits, commitment and now securing this 20 billion dollars victim's fund for the oil-spill overwhelmed gulf region.
According to reports, the United States of America has discovered humongous quantities of untapped mineral deposits in the Mars-like landscape of Afghanistan, including iron, copper, cobalt, gold and lithium. The find is estimated at over $1 trillion? Icheoku says, may be at last, Afghanistan might become profitable, able to pay for the war and take care of itself? The effort and cost, both in human-lives and treasure, may after-all, be worthy-while.
“And it is not only human beings that can zone, God can also zone, and I believe that we are beginning to see a lot of divine zoning." - Chief Barnabas Gemade, former PDP chairman! Icheoku says, the middle-belt now tired of being second fiddle to the Hausa-Fulani core-north, have decided to pitch their tent with the south-south in Jonathan. Good break and it fore-tells s brighter political future for Nigeria; free at last Benue-Plateau region!
"The Peoples Democratic Party is the dominant party in the country, but even at that, we must ensure that things are done properly and so people can be convinced that 'we won' fair and square.” President Jonathan Goodwill. Icheoku says, so the president has already concluded that his 'largest party in Africa,' the PDP, has won an election that has not yet been conducted? What a juvenile political-speak by the fledgling president on the election-rigging ability of his infamous PDP.
"We see in President Jonathan a strong commitment and strong degree of activities in being able to improve this democracy and ensure that the next election is fair, transparent and credible.” - Maria Otero, America's Undersecretary of State for Democracy. Icheoku asks, what evidence on the ground points to this assertion; and INEC is yet to have a substantive chairman few months to the said election 2011?
Nigerian House of Representatives have rejected Option A4 voting method? Icheoku says they have every reason to fear as the same Option A4 shot down the political ambition of the genocidal Yakubu Gowon; who was defeated in his ward in 1993 by a primary school teacher? Those rogue membership of the House of Representatives know that in an open election as Option A4 would guarantee, they stand no chance in hell of ever becoming an (dis)honorable member? They know the game of deceit they are playing with the Nigerian people and like any other thing in life, it has a life span.
“The news of the declaration of Babangida that he would run for the presidency of the country at the forthcoming elections is an insult to the general sensibilities of Nigerians because Babaginda annulled the freest and fairest elections in Nigeria in 1993 which led to the death and misery of millions of Nigerians." - Methodist Bishops Council of Nigeria. Icheoku says, the Methodist Bishops speaks for us as well as millions of other decent and conscionable Nigerians!
"Even though PDP's rotational presidency is unconstitutional, it has been able to address problems of fear of regional, ethnic, sectional domination and marginalization by any group in Nigeria." - Mallam Shehu Sani, Human Rights activist and President of Civl Rights Congress. Icheoku says, provided Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida does not have his way with the presidency because he does not ever keep his promises or respect gentleman's agreements. Away with the ravenous beast of Minna!
'The battle to stop IBB is a battle of no retreat, no surrender; never again shall a 70 year old retired army man rule Nigerians again' - Representative Dino Melaye of Kogi State. Icheoku says, we shall follow you into battle on that war front.
“I want the definition of public apology?" - Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida. Icheoku says the definition of public apology, simply stated, is to openly and sincerely say , "I am sorry!"
Arewa Youth Forum said it would not support the candidature of past leaders from the north with presidential ambition in 2011, chief among whom is Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida. - Yerima Shettima, President! Icheoku says, what a rude awakening to the evil one, Babangida; now that his sharia Muslim northern Nigeria people have rejected him too!
After a twenty one year long sojourn in America, a Nigerian-American citizen decided to visit motherland to check out things personally for himself. But lo and behold, he was murdered! The deceased, Mr. Cyril Amadi, was hacked to death in Omuigwe village, Aluu-Ikwerre, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria; by people suspected to be his kindreds? Icheoku says, another waste and a cold pour on Diaspora Nigerians who want to make good with a visit to and help motherland; only to be so callously wasted and in such a brutal manner!
"The bridge is not just one for Anambra State or for South-East or the South-South, but for the entire country." - Sansui Daggash, Minister of Works. Icheoku says if it is true that the River Niger bridge is for the entire country's commercial and economic wellbeing, then let actual construction work begin thereon and immediately right now!
"Israeli authorities never question themselves, all they do is question what other political leaders say. Not a day goes by without them being right... they're always right: that's how they view themselves, but that's not what the rest of the world thinks." - Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish Prime Minister.
Nigeria ranked 158 out of 182 in human development, according to HDI 2009! - United Nations report.
Icheoku says, and this man is still serving in Yar'Adua's government; when he has not made any tangible effort to prosecute many corrupt officials, but only shields them? Mike Aondoakaa aids and abets corruption in Nigeria, and hence should be fired! President Umaru Yar'Adua, fire Aondoakaa now!
"No country is going to create wealth if its leaders exploit the economy to enrich themselves...No business wants to invest in a place where the government skims 20 percent off the top..No person wants to live in a society where the rule of law gives way to the rule of brutality and bribery... That is not democracy, that is tyranny, even if occasionally you sprinkle an election in there.. and now is the time for that style of governance to end." - President Barack Obama, speaking July 11, 2009, in Accra-Ghana and possibly throwing a jab at Nigeria?
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C.C will be remembered by most of us as somebody who did not fight for his pocket; he did not fight for contract, he did not fight for position, he fought for equity and transparency.” - Senate President Ken Nnamani speaking of Chief CC Onoh, deceased.
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The President is a tabula rasa, he is blank and receives bad advice! - Professor Tam David-West speaking about President Umaru Yar'Adua of Nigeria. Icheoku says, ride on Prof!
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PDP will ruin Nigeria – Dr. Sunday Ola Makinde? Icheoku says, Nigeria is already in shambles, courtesy of PDP!
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There is always going to be pain in life, but suffering, that one is optional? - The Sage!
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"The odyssey that we're all on in life is with regard to heart." - Governor Mark Sanford of South Carolina.
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Two can only keep a secret when one is dead! - Omerta of the Mafia.
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"Just because you're an old guy, you don't have to sit around drooling in the corner. Get out and do something. Get out and enjoy life." - President George H.W. Bush
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Nigeria’s problem is poor leadership - Maitama Sule! Icheoku adds, poor, inept and rudderless leadership supplied by your people, the Hausa-Fulani of Northern Nigeria, Ka-ji-kwo?
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"Maintain your power through consent and not cohesion" - President Barack Obama, speaking at Cairo to every leader in the world.
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"I didn't stop being a man just because I put on a cassock. There are trousers under this cassock" - Alberto Cute, a defrocked catholic priest.
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"In Nigeria, we have civil rule but not democracy! There is no democracy without free and fair election. There is no democracy without a reliable voter register". - Bola Tinubu
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"There's nothing more dangerous than not taking risks" - Pep Guardiola, Barcelona's Head Coach.
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"Our message to the Northern Sultans and Emirs is this: the period of exploiting the Niger Delta is coming to an end. It is not the birth right of your people to rule the Federal Republic of Nigeria" - MEND.
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Niger Delta crisis, blame it on deported Nigerians: "they come back with various habits and attitudes, they come in defeated, they come back aggrieved and armed with all sorts of ideas that are anti-social in nature" - Minister of Interior, Godwin Abbe! Icheoku says, what an escapist excuse by this minister?
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Nigeria is a failed state - Prof. Miriam Ikejiani-Clark; Icheoku says, lets sing the requiem!
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Freedom, for me, is not the disintegration of Nigeria but the annihilation of the system that has held Nigeria and Nigerians in bondage for so long and has refused to let us renegotiate the terms of engagement. - Pius Adesanmi
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"Nigeria Faces Danger Of Disintegration" - Bakare! Icheoku says, can it be fast-tracked?
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"Don't be too sad. Aren't life and death both part of nature? Don't feel sorry. Don't blame anybody. It's destiny."- Former President of South Korea, Roh Moo-hyun's suicide message!
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"Hate the sin but not the sinner" - Chun Soon-im, of Seoul, South Korea, commiserating on the death by suicide of their corrupt former President Roh.
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"Creativity is the ability to think differently, to get outside of the box that constraints solution” - Rev. Fr. Stan Ani, Coal City University, Enugu-Nigeria.
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If everybody is thinking the same, then some people are definitely not thinking at all - Rush Limbaugh
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"Never let anyone do your thinking for you" - The Sage!
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Never invite yourself to anywhere, if they want you they will let you know! - The Wise One.
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A Bad Day in Africa - Animals Gone Wild
COURAGE IS DOING WHAT YOU'RE AFRAID TO DO, THERE CAN BE NO COURAGE UNLESS YOU'RE SCARED! - Eddie Rickenbacker 1890! WHAT MEN WANTS - FOOD, SEX & SLEEP! AND WOMEN? - EITHER EVERYTHING OR THEY DON'T REALLY KNOW! - MJA, the Sage. WITH THE PASSAGE OF TIME, EVERYTHING IN THE LONG SPECTRUM OF HISTORY TENDS TO APPEAR ACCEPTABLE; AND SO IT IS WITH REVISIONISM IN NIGERIA. - A wise one! I DO NOT GO ALONG, SIMPLY TO JUST GET ALONG - Rush Limbaugh*CONTROVERSY IS A FACTOR OF FAME* - Chief C.C. Onoh
THERE CAN BE NO SHORT CUT TO GLORY. WE MUST DO THE HARD WORK. THERE IS A PRICE TO BE PAID, BECAUSE THERE IS A GOAL TO BE ACHIEVED! -
Professor Dora Akunyili FRIENDSHIP IS A PRIVILEGE, AN EXPENSIVE ONE INDEED; SO CHERISH & TREASURE IT, WHILE IT LASTS! - EbekuoIT IS FATAL TO ENTER A WAR WITHOUT THE WILL TO WIN IT - General Douglas MacArthur
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Nigeria can never have perfect election –Iwu
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National Chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Maurice Iwu, has advised Nigerians to forget the notion of a perfect election, as such is only a wishful thinking.
Iwu who was in Uyo on Wednesday to attend the South-South/South-East workshop for the commission’s public affairs officers as part of their preparations for the 2011 elections, said during a courtesy call on Governor Godswill Akpabio, that since election was a human institution, it could never be perfect.
The INEC chairman, while acknowledging the praises poured on America and Ghana for conducting free and fair elections recently, remarked that Nigerians lack discipline to participate in a free and fair election.
“Those of you who went to Ghana recently have not told us that there were no armed men guarding the polling stations unlike what we have in Nigeria. The difference between Ghana and Nigeria is discipline. There is discipline in Ghana but we don’t have discipline to have such election here.
“We are talking about the rule of law; but rule of law should not be limited to obeying court orders. Rule of law means that sequence and procedures must be followed; it should include accepting electoral loss; it should include accepting the verdict of election tribunal; it should include submitting oneself to rules of election. Democracy has no room for demagogic pronouncement,” Iwu explained.
He said the commission chose to come to Uyo to start preparing for the 2011 election because of the peaceful nature of Akwa Ibom State; adding that there was a lot of civil education to be done to make Nigerians understand the intricacies of election.
Akpabio, in his response, said Nigeria was a complex and difficult society especially with regard to election as such no electoral commission boss would be appreciated by all sections of the country.
Akpabio said Nigeria had made electoral progress as witnessed by the upturning of PDP electoral victory in Edo State in favour of Mr Adams Oshiomole of the Action Congress.
“But election should not only be seen to be free and fair where the opposition wins. In Akwa Ibom State PDP won 99.9 per cent of the votes. But we still need a lot of education even within the party, because during the primaries some aspirants would admit that they had lost, but they would equally say they would not accept the winner.”
Akpabio explained that when PDP said it would rule the country for 60 years, it did not mean that it would rig itself into power for that period, but to show responsible leadership.
He, therefore, asked Iwu to go round some of the states whose certificate of return he had issued to ascertain from the governors how they had performed in terms of development.
Akpabio said Akwa Ibom did not have alternative to democracy because it had brought in development never witnessed in the history of the state.
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Nzeribe: Nnamani Lobbied to Scuttle Presidential Poll
From Nosike Ogbuenyi in Abuja, 01.15.2009
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The controversy over the conduct of the 2007 general elections took another dimension with Senator Francis Arthur Nzeribe joining the fray by alleging that former Senate President, Chief Ken Nnamani, actually schemed to be made president of the country under an interim National government (ING) in anticipation of the abortion of the transition.
Nzeribe, who was a member of the Senate during the time of the contentious elections alleged in an interview at his Abuja residence yesterday that he took part in meetings where the former Senate President tried to push through his ING ambition which would have spelt the death knell for the April 21 presidential election.
According to him, due to the crisis situation in the country at the period, Nnamani wanted the support of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Maurice Iwu by not proceeding with the election but the INEC proved a stubborn obstacle by refusing to play ball.
Apart from Iwu’s refusal to buy into the plot, Nzeribe revealed that “the plan failed because most of the senators rejected the move.” He said it was after the refusal by Iwu that Nnamani decided to go for his jugular by plotting to have him removed as the INEC chairman.
“Whatever complaint Ken makes about Prof. Iwu, I know the origin of it. Ken is an aggrieved man. He feels very aggrieved. That Ken wanted to be Head of the Interim National Government is not a secret. We all knew of that ambition. There was nothing wrong with that ambition. I would have gone for it, if I had the privilege he had,” he said.
Nzeribe’s submission came less than 24 hours after INEC made similar allegation against the former Senate President. But Nnamani had vehemently denied the charge of plotting to profit from the electoral crisis of 2007.
In a statement on Tuesday, he said INEC’s leadership was an embarrassment to democracy arguing the hope of having a free and fair election can only be realised when Iwu is removed from office.
He regretted that he did not evoke provisions of the constitution to order the Inspector General of Police to arrest Iwu during his tenure as senate president. He also denied ever soliciting for contracts from INEC during his senate presidency.
Nzeribe pointed out that if the chairman did not have a resilient character, he would have been bullied into a very terrible situation that would have made it impossible to hold the presidential election. “I have heard it said that half democracy from Iwu is better than no democracy from anybody else,” he argued.
Nzeribe revealed that the face-off between Ken Nnamani and Iwu predated the conduct of the April 2007 elections.
He said the refusal of Iwu to co-operate over the ING ambition of the ex-Senate president was not the first time the electoral chief had had brushes with Senator Nnamani adding that Iwu had also declined to award contracts to his companies prior to the 2007 elections. The maverick politician however saw nothing wrong with companies belonging to the Senate president or any other senator seeking contracts in INEC or any other government department, agency or ministry.
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Iwu: America, Ghana Elections Not Better
From: Okon Bassey in Uyo, 01.15.2009
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Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Maurice Iwu, yesterday attacked those who claimed that the recent elections conducted in America and Ghana were better handled than those done in Nigeria.
“I know a lot of people have been pressing the American and Ghana elections but they do not want to accept that if the things that happened in America happened here, there will be street fight”, the INEC boss declared during a courtesy call on the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Chief Godswill Akpabio, in his office
According to Iwu, “Not many people knew that the pronouncement and the results we saw on the television screen that brought Obama to office some of the figure, had been altered because there was human error and the people that conducted the election and actual counting found out that there were mistakes and actually corrected them.
If INEC had changed any figure, there would have been civil war in Nigeria.
“Some of you who went to Ghana said there was a particular polling station where they counted ballot papers because the person had not accepted he lost. People who also went to Ghana will tell you that there was no armed men guarding their offices because the people behaved in a civilised manner.
According to him, the difference between Nigeria and Ghana elections was discipline, saying, “We lack discipline to be able to engage in a process “that call for discipline”.
The INEC Chairman berated people who think democracy is not working in Nigeria , asking them to really do a real think saying Nigeria is definitely making a lot of progress.
“There is no room for cynic in government. The people who are cynical should find some other jobs to do. There is no room in democracy for gorilla tactics. There is no room in democracy for spurious attack on people in leadership," he said.
Iwu who was in the state to declare open a two day workshop for public officers of INEC, South South and South East Zones said the forum was to kick off the Commission's preparation for the 2011 elections and review performance in 2007.
“There is a lot of civic education we need to do to bring our quality to what we want it to be. Regardless of what anybody will want to say, Nigeria had made a lot of tremendous progress. We have been able to transit from one civilian system to another. Our electoral system should not be perfect because it is a human institution”, he stated.
The INEC boss insisted that the rule of law was not only by obeying court order. “The rule of law means the same sequent and procedure must be followed. And a rule of law means if you go to a law court and submit yourself to the tenet of the law that if you lost election, you should be gracious enough to say you have lost. Rule of law also means that if you have gone to a tribunal and you lost at the tribunal, you should be gracious enough to say you have lost, ” he affirmed.
AC slams Iwu over Soyinka, Nnamani
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Published: Friday, 16 Jan 2009
The Action Congress has said that the continued stay in office of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Maurice Iwu, has become an embarrassment to the administration of President Umaru Yar’Adua.
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The party added this had emboldened him (Iwu) to insult national leaders who criticised his flawed election.
The AC said in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, that with Iwu’s continued stay as INEC boss and wasting public fund to abuse those who justifiably criticise him, the sincerity of President Yar’Adua to genuinely reform the electoral system would remain in doubt.
The party said, “`Iwu, after the disgrace he brought to himself and Nigeria with the mess he made of the 2007 general elections, should not be allowed to continue to use the power of his office to further ridicule the country and make disparaging comments about highly-respected Nigerians.
“But his continued stay in office could well be construed - or misconstrued? as a reward for rigging many of those in authority now into office, a point that is not lost on the flippant and shameless Iwu, who seems to be milking it to the hilt.’’
The party wondered why anyone would attempt to ridicule a man like Prof. Wole Soyinka, whose level of achievements Iwu could not even dream of, just because he (Soyinka) dares to criticise a public office holder.
‘’For the avoidance of doubt, let us remind Iwu that Prof. Soyinka remains Nigeria’s greatest gift to the world, the most recognisable personality from these parts, whose trade mark white hair stands for intelligence, integrity, talent and wisdom - none of which Iwu possesses. While every nation can boast of a president or whatever title its leader is known by, not everyone can boast of a Nobel laureate.
‘’To use insulting words against such a man - who is perhaps more believable around the world than even the government that Iwu is serving - is a joke carried too far! The danger in Iwu’s behaviour is that his position may even be seen as representing that of the government he serves, further dealing a credibility blow to the wobbly Yar’Adua administration,’’ AC said.
The party said equally astonishing were the comments credited to Iwu that former Senate President Ken Nnamani lobbied him to stall the 2007 election so that he (Nnamani) could become interim President.
‘’This statement, which no one believes, provides no greater evidence of Iwu’s continuous descent into irreversible infamy! Coming over 18 months later, it is nothing short of a figment of Iwu’s imagination.
“This is because the Iwu we know would not have waited this long to make his ‘revelation’ if indeed it were true. Is this not the same Iwu who concocted the story of a truck bomb aimed at the INEC offices in Abuja by those allegedly seeking to stop the 2007 election? And just as it came, the obviously conjured truck disappeared into thin air!” AC said.
It said Nnamani’s best legacy - and the memory that Nigerians have of his tenure as Senate President - is that he helped to thwart the illegal third term ambition of then President and maximum ruler, Olusegun Obasanjo.
Iwu blames electoral fraud on Nigerians
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Friday, 16 January 2009
CHAIRMAN, of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Maurice Iwu, has blamed indiscipline among Nigerians as the major problem associated with efficient electoral system in the country.
Iwu, who made the assertion when he paid a courtesy visit on Akwa Ibom State Governor, Chief Godswill Akpabio, observed that Nigerians displayed lack of discipline during declaration of elections results.
The INEC chairman recalled that after United States of America had announced election results during the recent presidential election, some errors were detected and corrected after a few days, noting that a similar scenario played itself out during the recent presidential election held in Ghana, yet the people behaved in a civilized manner and mature way.
Iwu argued that if such incidents were witnessed in the country, most Nigerians would have cried foul and protested against the outcome of the elections, adding: “There are human errors in every election and when such are detected, they must be corrected.”
He admitted that the country’s electoral system may not be perfect because it is a human institution, but stressed the need for Nigerians to show understanding with INEC in the conduct of elections in order to sustain the country’s democracy
Sack Iwu now, ex-Rep, Arigbe-Osula tells Yar’Adua
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Monday, January 19, 2009
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Nigeria’s electoral umpire-in-chief, Professor Maurice Iwu has come under intense flaks over his statement that Nigerians should never expect a perfect election.
Hon. Emmanuel Arigbe-Osula, former federal lawmaker and governorship candidate on the platform of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) in Edo State in 2007 said the statement was both embarrassing and preposterous to say the least.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) boss had said in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State last week while attending the South-east, south-south workshop for the commission’s public affairs as part of their preparation for 2011 elections that is was wishful thinking to expect a perfect poll In Nigeria, since election was a human institution.
But in a swift but angry reaction, Arigbe-Osula in a telephone interview took the INEC boss to the cleaners for publicly exhibiting his incompetence for the job
“This defeatist statement is very dangerous and a threat to our nascent, but highly flawed democracy, no thanks to INEC. He has openly admitted what the whole world already know; that he lacks the ability, integrity and positive resolve needed to continue to lead INEC”, he noted.
Arigbe-Osula said Iwu should either resign or be fired immediately by President Umaru Yar’Adua “because he has already ridiculed the electoral reform that the President says he is committed to even before most Nigerians have opportunity to read and consider the report of the Justice Mohammed Uwais-led Electoral Reform Committee in the first place.”
According to Arigbe-Osula, even if the President fails to see the insult and rubbishing of what he wants Nigerians to believe, (electoral reform), Prof. Iwu’s open admission of his inability to do the job is sufficiently insulting to all well meaning Nigerians who want democracy to succeed.
It is Arigbe-Osula’s contention that Prof. Iwu’s utterances is capable of making Nigerians loose faith totally in our type of “Iwuruwuru democracy which is one of the worst in the world.”
He said Nigerians must not loose faith in democracy as the only way out despite the hopelessness that Iwu prophesy.
He said most of INEC staff should have been sent to Ghana to understudy the conduct of their election, but since that is late, we can at least send Iwu. “Maybe that will change his mind about free and fair election in Nigeria.” On the alternative, he said Iwu can be sent for a tutorial under Prof. Humphrey Nwosu who midwifed the 1993 election acclaimed as the freest and fairest that has ever been conducted in Nigeria, but which was annulled by General Ibrahim Babangida.
X-raying the report of the Uwais panel, he said committee report did not go far enough to deal with the likes of the “unscrupulous people we have running INEC.”
According to him, ‘the report should include a 10-years jail sentence for any INEC officer who supervised and participated in a rigged election, while also banning them from holding future elective position or seeking any government office in the future.
“All elected public office holder who aid, associate, encourage, participate and benefit from electoral malpractice sufficient to alter the outcome of an election should not only have the election annulled or be replaced by the petitioner, in cases where re-elections are ordered, but must be excluded from participation in the rerun.”
ERC’s final report will determine Iwu’s fate -Rep
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Tuesday, 20 January 2009
Whether or not Professor Maurice Iwu will remain chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct the 2011 general elections will be determined by the final recommendations of the Electoral Reform Committee (ERC) which submitted its report to President Umaru Yar’adua last year, Chairman of House of Representatives Committee on Electoral Matters Musa Sarkin Adar, has said.
He told Daily Trust in an interview during the weekend, “There are areas of the report that I cannot speak on because the report has not been made public and has not reached us officially. But the report has prescribed criteria for appointing officers of the commission. We will all see details of the criteria when the report is made public. For now, I cannot say whether or not Iwu will remain to and possibly beyond 2011 or will be weeded out before then.”
He said, however, that Iwu, like other Nigerians, would be free to reapply for the position if the recommendations would say so and if it became necessary to declare it vacant.
He explained, “If the criteria allow him to put in his application like others who may be interested in the office, then so be it. The procedure should turn up the next person to head the electoral body who may be Iwu or anyone else.”
Professor Maurice Iwu, it could be emphasized, has faced much fire from Nigerians and foreign observers alike over how he coordinated the general elections of 2007. Reports of rigging across the country were rife. The situation was bad enough for President Umaru Yar’adua who emerged president from the faulty electoral process to admit that the presidential election, like other elections before it, was indeed faulty.
One significant thing he did to pacify the country was the setting up of the Electoral Reform Committee which, under former Chief Justice of the Federation, Muhaamed Uwais as chairman, submitted its report to the President late last year.
Many Nigerians have however not been optimistic that Yar’adua’s government will work on the recommendations of the committee, not to even talk about whether or not the recommendations will successfully solve the problems that have discredited past elections
Possibly to rest the issues, Musa Sarkin Adar urged the President to be fast in treating the ERC Report. He said, “I advise the President to hasten action on the report for early implementation by way of sending it to the National Assembly as executive bill for the necessary legislation and legal backing