Iyabo Obasanjo Gravely ill Flown Abroad For Treatment!

Iyabo Obasanjo, the daughter of Ex Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo is now in critical condition as a result of the shock she received from Nigerian Voters on April 9, 2011′s Election.



She has been flown abroad for emergency medical treatment.



Hope she gets better.



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Africa looks up to Nigeria for good governance, says Ghana's VP

Nigeria has been challenged to continue its leadership role in the West Africa sub region as the entire continent of Africa is looking forward to her for good governance.

The call was made on Monday by Ghanaian Vice President John Dramani Mahama. He also congratulated Nigerians for the successful conduct of the on - going elections.

Mahama who spoke to journalists on arrival at the presidential wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, on his way to attend the closing Fela!, a Broadway show in Lagos, urged Lagosians to support the Babatunde Raji Fashola led administration, which he said had stimulated both cultural and bilateral relationship between the Ghana and Nigeria.

According to him, the whole of West Africa "is looking up to Nigeria to get its governance right to set a good example for other countries in the sub region to follow."

He explained his delight in visiting Nigeria anytime, even as he commended the Lagos State Government for partnering with the organisers of the Fela! show, even as he said the cultural ties between Nigeria ans Ghana was like that between two brothers .

The vice president said: "Fela Ransom Kuti brought me to Lagos, you know the show is going on today, I was invited as a special guest, I was brought here by the organisers of the programe in collaboration with Lagos State Government. I came to honour Fela with my presence, I am looking forward to the show. You know the relationship between Ghana and Nigeria, they are two brothers, that is why nobody should ask me why I am in Lagos. I can come to Nigeria anytime I like, after all we are brothers. I am happy to be here. I want to congratulate the government and people of Nigeria for the successful conduct of elections , we look forwards to the final one. I am sure that will be very successful, Nigeria has a natural leadership responsibility in West Africa, because it is the largest country and it has a large economy and so when Nigeria gets things right, the rest of West Africa follows. And so we are all waiting for the successful conclusion of these elections, and then we can continue from there."

Also speaking , the Lagos State commissioner for culture and home affairs, Tunde Lanre Balogun , who received the Ghanaian vice president on behalf of Fashola said: " Ghana and Nigeria have had historical bilateral relationship as well as the same colonial experience , we are working together as brothers and neighbours in West Africa. Lagos is the commercial hub of West Africa, with massive trade between Nigerians and Ghanaians."

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CPC has no hands in North’s riots, says Pastor Tunde Bakare

Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) Vice-Presidential candidate Pastor Tunde Bakare has said its presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, did not instigate the post-election violence in some northern states.

He told a congregation of his church, Latter Rain Assembly, Ikeja, Lagos, that Buhari did all he could to quell the riots.

Bakare blamed President Goodluck Jonathan for allegedly doing nothing to stop the mayhem.

He said: "I need to say something today because everything that is going on in our nation is being blamed upon the leadership of the CPC…I told him in confidential conversation.  

"I said, 'General, sir, you are the issue in Nigerian politics today and you are the hope of tomorrow. Go home and rest and let's leave it in the hands of God. Let's bombard the airwaves; let's strengthen the hands of those who still believe in righteousness and let's see what God will do with the governorship elections because we are not destroyers of lives and property'.  

"The man stepped out to go into Daura – not fighting, never instigating anyone. He was the first to get on Al Jazeera (a global cable television network) when the crisis broke out. He said: 'Stop this'; he spoke on BBC Hausa Radio; called the press. The chairman of the party spoke endlessly on Channels TV.  Yet, they are blaming us. 

"What did the President say? What has he done to stop the mayhem? Is he not the Chief Security Officer of the nation?  I think we are missing the point here. Everything they are trying to do is call a dog a bad name in order to hang it.  "You call him (Buhari) a Muslim fundamentalist; he has a Christian fundamentalist to run with him, to let you know it is not about religion but about the people, the suffering of our people…"

On the allegation that he (Bakare) refused to speak up on the violence that followed the elections, the pastor said it was inappropriate for him to do so when Buhari had been appointed to speak on behalf of the party.

He said: "They said at a news conference yesterday (Saturday), 'Pastor, you didn't speak all this time.' Many people don't have order and discipline. We met at the highest level of our party and the caucus decided the right person who should speak this time." 

On the fire that gutted his home, Bakare said his 

Bible, passport and Christian books were among the valuables that he did not lose to the fire.

He said his family was all right. 

Bakare said: "I want you to know that we are okay; we are not faking it; we are alright. God preserved things of value. My Bible did not get burnt. I am glad that it did not because it is so old. My passport did not; all my certificates are intact. God preserved my photographs.  

"All my law books went up in flames but my Christian books were preserved. I have only two shirts left but it will be replenished with better." 

He said he was alerted by a neighbour who saw thick smoke coming from the boys' room, adding that Seyi, one of his children, lost all his clothes except for the pair of shorts and T-shirt he had on.

He said the house was insured.

Bakare said: "They (insurers) asked me how much it was worth but I said I don't know, that they should check their books. He who has God has everything.  Thank God it wasn't at night, when everyone was asleep. There is nothing material that cannot be replaced , bigger and better." 

In his sermon, entitled: Jehovah is All Over, aired live on African Independent Television (AIT), Bakare criticised some pastors for saying the presidential election was peaceful, alleging that such people had been bribed.  

He said: "Do you know many people don't even know what is happening in this country?  That is some of the most notorious pastors can rise up and say 'Thank God for peaceful elections' because they don't really know and they don't really care because they partake from the table of Ahab.  Unfortunately for them, they don't know that even the money paid to them their serial numbers were taken down.  But this is not the time to speak. The time is coming.

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