We Are On Our Way To APC, Says Kwankwaso As PDP Peace Moves Hit The Rock

Kano state governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has that G-7 governors who have received invitation from the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) are on their way to joining the party, just as reconciliatory move between President Goodluck Jonathan appears to have collapsed.
Kwakwanso represented by his Special Adviser on Sports, Mr.  Ahmed Gara at a dinner organised by the Progressive Governors’ Forum in Abuja on Wednesday, said the rebel governors’ romance with APC was an indication that they  were no longer interested in remaining in the PDP.

He noted that the rebel governors, who are the linchpin of the New PDP,  were   happy  to be associated with the APC.
He said, “We are happy to be associated with the APC. We are still consulting concerning the invitation sent to us by the party to defect.
“In fact, our coming here shows that we are on our way to the APC. But as soon as we are done with the consultations, we would let the world know.”
Apart from the Kano State governor, others in the G-7 are  Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers); Babangida Aliyu (Niger);  Sule Lamido (Jigawa); Murtala Nyako (Adamawa);  Abdulfatah  Ahmed (Kwara);   and    Aliyu Wammako (Sokoto).
On the peace talks between President Goodluck Jonathan and the G-7 Governors, a reliable Presidency source said in Abuja on Thursday that the President might no longer be favourably disposed to further discussions with the G-7 governors and other members of the New PDP.
The source said the best the President could do was to ask  Vice-President Namadi Sambo to continue with the discussions on his behalf.
He said the way the governors had been openly romancing with the APC had convinced the President that their hearts were no longer in the PDP.
The source added that rather than wasting his time on those who had made up their minds to weaken the PDP before leaving it, the President and his team would henceforth concentrate on mobilising members whose hearts and souls remained in the party.
He said, “I can tell you authoritatively that the battle line has been drawn with them (the aggrieved governors).
“They (the governors) have crossed the line. President Jonathan will no longer meet with them.
“To give a semblance of listening to them, the President will ask the Vice-President to meet with them (rebel governors). But the President will not do that again.
“There is nothing new that they can bring again. It is clear with their romance with the leaders of the APC that their hearts are no longer in the PDP.
“It is also clear that what they want to do is to weaken the party before they will finally leave.
“Rather than wasting time on them, we will now concentrate on mobilising members whose hearts are still in the party. The truth is that we can no longer trust them.”

Passengers Aboard Aero Flight Abandoned For Hours On Tarmac In Abuja As Aircraft Breaks Down

Passengers stranded on the flight last night in Abuja

 

 

By SaharaReporters, New York

Passengers aboard an Aero Contractor Boeing 737 plane scheduled for a trip to from Abuja to Lagos were left stranded inside the aircraft for several hours, with airline officials nowhere in sight to offer any explanation, SaharaReporters has learnt from a source who was one of the abandoned passengers.
“It was as if the Aero Contractors turned us into prisoners of war,” said the passenger, adding that many passengers were terrified as the plane sat on the tarmac of Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport in Abuja for several hours, with passengers locked up inside.
Our source disclosed that Flight AJ132 from Abuja to Lagos was supposed to take off at 8 p.m., but was delayed until midnight. Then, once passengers boarded, they were left inside the aircraft until 3 a.m. on Saturday. He added that the pilots and the crew left the aircraft with the passengers without giving any explanation. A source at the airline said it was a case of “Aircraft On Ground”, a term used to depict seriousness of engine trouble that causes an aircraft to be grounded.
“I think this kind of thing can only happen in Nigeria where customers are treated by an airline as if they were just rats trapped inside a plane, and the pilots and crew members disappear just like that.”
SaharaReporters could not reach a line for Aero Contractors to obtain an official response to the incident. Several passengers booked on other Aero’s flights suffered similar delays at airports around Nigeria.

Clara Chime Tells NHRC To Withdraw Report

Clara Chime 

 

By SaharaReporters, New York

Clara Chime, the estranged wife of Enugu State’s Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State, has expressed disappointment about the report of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) about its investigation of her complaint, and asked for it to be withdrawn.
“Apart from the fact that the information was largely false, it showed lack of sensitivity in publishing sensitive medical detail,” she said today in a letter to her lawyer, Femi Falana. “This has the effect of tarnishing and damaging my reputation. It is as though the Commission set out to ridicule me.”
On Friday, the commission, led by its executive secretary, Bem Angwe, travelled to the Enugu State Government House to investigate the alleged forcible detention of Mrs. Chime.  Following the visit, the NHRC published an interim report on its website in which it described the issue as a disagreement between the governor and his wife “over the procedure for the treatment of her health challenges, which border on occasional hallucinations and depression.”
In the letter to Mr. Falana, she said, “I made it clear to them that I had a nervous breakdown and found it inexplicable as to how hallucinations featured as part of my symptoms. It is important to make this clear so that the public should be made aware of this and that the Commission should recognise part of her ethos in protecting human dignity.”
Noting suggestions that that the Commission appears biased already because of the profile of the person whose reputation is at stake, she said, “I want to believe that the Commission would approach my case with open mind and in particular recognise me as a victim of crime. I hope that common sense would prevail and that the Commission should now retract the damaging publication and stop stigmatising me.”
In her first response yesterday, Mrs. Chime accused members of the commission of accepting a bribe from Governor Chime to write the misleading report about her illegal detention in Government House, Enugu.

Contesting Politicians and Nigerian Churches Cannot Fool God

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Nov. 5, 2013
Michael Chima Ekenyerengozi
NewsRescue- Contesting politicians always patronize big churches before elections and PLEASE, a true minister of God should know that they are only coming to curry favour.
Don’t welcome them to your crusades.
If they really want to repent and reconcile with God, they can do so in private consultations with the ministers of God and not public show of piety of eye service and lip service.
NO MAN CAN FOOL GOD.
All these going to Jerusalem to hit heads on the Wailing Wall like a Jew and kneeling down for ministers to pray for you and publishing the photographs is all HYPOCRISY.
Going to hit your heads on the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem has nothing to do with Christianity.
Sponsoring pilgrimages to Jerusalem and Mecca has nothing to do with Christianity.
God is omnipresent.
Going to kneel before GOD at crusades is all public relations for political campaigns.
YOU MAY FOOL THE CHURCH AND THE WHOLE WORLD, BUT YOU CAN NEVER FOOL GOD.
The following is what our Lord and Messiah Jesus Christ said on Prayer and Hypocrites:

5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
9 “This, then, is how you should pray:
“‘Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
10 your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us today our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation,[a]
but deliver us from the evil one.[b]’
14 For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.
Fasting
16 “When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 17 But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, 18 so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
Treasures in Heaven
19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy,[c] your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eyes are unhealthy,[d] your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
24 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
Do Not Worry
25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life[e]?
28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? 31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
~ Matthew 6: 5 – 34.
New International Version (NIV)

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What Each Person Said At APC's Rally With Amaechi

Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, was the port of call for the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday in its ongoing campaign to woo the Group of Seven (G7) governor of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The atmosphere was electric as the APC and PDP leadership spoke on the occasion.
Gen. Muhammadu Buhari
Ladies and gentlemen, the leaders of APC have decided to make the difference in the governance of this country. We are here physically to support your leader, Governor Rotimi Amaechi. A lot has been said about his leadership and we are here to assess the remarkable improvement he has given to the state. You people are a great asset to this country and whichever way you try to look at it, the people of this state can definitely not be ignored. We have decided to come together to make sure we rescue this country from misrule. God has blessed this country in terms of material and human capacity.
We must create the capability for the people to organise themselves in productive ventures and make impact in the development of the country. Take a look at the length and breadth of the country, from Maiduguri to Kano, from Sokoto to Cross River, from Katsina to Port Harcourt with over 170 million people, you will agree that this country has the human and material capacity. We must come together and get this country moving again. We have the capacity and the people. Let us give the people the opportunity to get the country back. My hope rose today when the governor showed us his education programme. Education is the best legacy anybody can bequeath to any society. Education will help the people to look after themselves, their country and after the people. Ladies and gentlemen, I congratulate the governor for this noble step taken to liberate the people from ignorance and want. I have so much respect for the governor. We can as well see his effort in other sectors of the economy. Ladies and gentlemen, I can assure you that there will be hope for our children and ourselves come 2015. I thank you very much for this honour done us. We are really overwhelmed by your warm reception, today is really a great moment for us and we appreciate how you have come out to show your love.
Senator Magnus Abe
We have said that Rivers State will not allow impunity and everything that will make it governable will be supported. And we will be free at last. Is that not what you said? So, when I say true Rivers, say true freedom. So, on behalf of myself and our esteemed members we shall overcome. In the Senate we respect numbers. The higher the number let me say the better the political stand point and success.
We have said before that Hon. Rotimi Amaechi who has been found worthy by the majority of his colleagues, to be elected as chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum deserves the office. We want to say that in all your discussions and consultations that you have been holding across the country, you are carrying your people along which formed our assessment of you as democrats.
That is why Rivers people are here because they understand what you are fighting for. They understand that you were elected to protect the interest of Rivers State people and that you will not compromise the interest under any guise.
So, you have our support and we are saying it today. I will use this opportunity to send two words out, which are about discipline in political parties. Today, we see all forms of undemocratic stance put in place by political parties to go after members who have different views which do not align with their positions. What I want to say to our political parties is that any party that is serious about discipline must first start by being a disciplined organisation.
A disciplined organisation must respect its own rules. You must play by your own rules. You must accept the fact that your members are in a democratic setting and have the right to hold different views. Their views must be listened to and taken into account. You must respect the wishes of the majority; any political party that will not accept the wishes of the majority does not respect itself. It does not deserve the respect of its members.
Assembly Speaker Otelemaba Amachree
I will like everybody here to stand up and let us observe a minute silence for our departed colleague, the former Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Tonye Harry. I believe that you have come to visit us for obvious patriotic reasons. Though you have seen but you have not conquered because we are still consulting. I want to assure you that by the time you come back next time this crowd will be twice than this. And that shows that the man they are talking about is not a push over, we don’t want to pour encomiums on him because we all know him. What we want to say is that you should be rest assured that wherever he goes, we will go. We want to assure our governor who is a family member of the Rivers State House of Assembly and so we cannot abandon our own.
But what we are saying is that he should quickly hurry up because this romance with the APC is getting too long. We now want marriage. He has been having nocturnal meetings with you, I must say we are sick and tired of these nocturnal meetings. In fact, what the people are now saying is marriage. Your Excellency, and of course, you know that when a bill is presented for assent and the governor fails to sign it, what happens? The House will veto it. So, we are waiting for you because we know that you will speak our mind and we are all behind you.
Andrew Uchendu of the House of Reps
The visiting leadership of the APC, please permit me the privilege to recognise my own friend and former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Bello Masari. Our purpose of being here is to have a feeling of the strong view the APC holds on good governance. I must say we have heard it all, but I will like to add one or two things. My colleagues and I have consulted at the House of Representatives. We have given our mandate to the Governor of Rivers State, Hon. Rotimi Amaechi.
He is one man we respect and we know he has the capacity to discuss on behalf of the people. I want to tell you that we will not depart from where you stand. Now, let’s look at the composition of the people behind you from our state. For instance, of the three senators from this state, we have two backing him. And of the 13 members of the House of Representatives from Rivers State, we have 10 solid people backing him; of a 32-member House of Assembly, we have 27 backing him. Again, of the 23 local government chairmen, we have all of them backing him. And you can see what we will be going to the negotiation table with. And of course, it is our wish that the value the people place on him will be much higher in due course. We have discussed with our G7 governors and that our party the PDP needs reformation. That the PDP allowed impunity to reign in the land which we are totally against, we will be looking at your capacity to get things done better and your submission to the rule of law will inform how we will deal with APC.


If these things are lacking we will find it difficult to take that final decision. And so, while we are discussing take this serious because they are going to form our own assessment from your disposition to the rule of law.

ALGON chairman Chimbiko Akarolo
We want to say that as people representing the grassroots in this state and with the belief that for this country to grow, something must give way. We must move from this path of cluelessness, visionlessness, hopelessness and undemocratic culture. We must move to the path of patriotism and we believe that our governor’s commitment to the growth of democracy is in the right direction. It is where our governor goes that we will go. As you are aware, a whole lot has been said in the print and electronic media. But what you are seeing here today is just a tip of the ice berg. When it is time, we will tell you that the true Rivers people are with our governor. All that you hear in the print and electronic media are just political scheming. As a people, we are well mobilised and sensitised. The Rivers people are with our governor and on behalf of the ordinary Rivers State people whose lives the governor has transformed we stand by him. He has given us education, healthcare and we know he will always stand by his words. He is going to work for us. Nobody is going to deceive us; I say on behalf of ALGON, the ordinary people of Rivers State, we say that whereever our governor goes we shall go with him. We have never had any reason to doubt his capacity to deliver. We believe in his courage, we believe in his vision, we believe that he will not take us to where we will regret. Wherever he leads us, that is where we will go.

NCRM

Reasons You Should Take Dinner Before 7pm

According to Louis J. Arnone, director of the comprehensive weight control program at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, eating late at night is the equivalent of eating an extra meal. It also elevates triglyceride levels, which are associated with metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance and heart disease.
More reasons to stop eating after 7pm:
If you eat late at night, your body stores the calories instead of burning them off. Weight gain, here we come! On the positive side, when you finish eating dinner before 7pm (assuming you go to bed before 11pm), you give your body time to digest the food you’ve eaten. That in turn means your stomach is not trying to work while you’re sleeping. That means less chan
ce of acid reflux. And of course you’ll sleep better, which leads to better overall health.
Don’t believe that eating after 7pm will make you fat? Just ask Dr. Bob Greene, who works with Oprah. Every time he’s helped her take off the weight, one of the key components is closing up the kitchen at 7pm sharp.
Getting Started:
Even though this is a simple daily change, it’s not easy to do at first – especially if you have an evening snack habit! The best way to approach this change is to keep in mind that it’s just a habit – your body doesn’t need any of those calories.
Get the process started by making sure to eat a well-balanced dinner by 7pm. If you still have cravings later in the evening, you can have a snack – just substitute your regular evening snack with healthy alternatives. For example, raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, or blackberries are high in fiber, rich in anti-oxidants, and are quickly digested. Carrot sticks and hummus are also a great substitution.
Finally, make sure not to stay up too late, or the cravings will kick in no matter what you eat!

Photos: Groom, 103, Marries His 99-year-old Bride After 80 Years Together

This Paraguayan couple met each other, fell in love and moved in together in 1933, six years before the outbreak of World War Two.
And eighty years later, they decided to cement their relationship – by getting married.

Jose Manuel Riella, 103, finally vowed to give himself to Martina Lopez, his 99-year-old bride, during a ceremony attended by dozens of their family members, their eight children, 50 grandchildren , 35 great-grandchildren and 20 great-great-grandchildren.

As guests wiped away the tears, Mr Riella, who wore a smart dark suit and a light blue shirt, sat in his wheelchair and smiled at his wife, who wore a long white wedding dress.
After the vows there was an ‘entertaining’ party and the priest who presided over the Catholic ceremony said they were the oldest newlyweds he had ever married.