#SaveMayowa was a scam! She was sick but was beyond treatment. Her family stole

This is such a sad thing for me to report this afternoon. Just two days after we were all happy that Nigerians kindly donated to cancer patient, Mayowa Ahmed, for surgery she needed for ovarian cancer, LIB just learnt that Mayowa and her family scammed kind hearted Nigerians.

Nigerians And The Failed Coup In Turkey By Reuben

Turkey is about five hours away from Nigeria by air, about 2, 634 miles from here, but the night there was a coup attempt in Turkey, July 15, with soldiers shutting down parts of Ankara and Istanbul, you’d think Ankara is a city somewhere in Nigeria and Istanbul is an extension of our country. Commentaries kept flying up and down on Nigeria social media space, with the coup attempt in Turkey becoming a trending topic.
And yet the strongest connection between Nigeria and Turkey is probably trade, tourism, socio-cultural affinities, and the fact that many Nigerian travellers now find it easier and cheaper to travel through Turkey to other European capitals, with Turkish Airlines making all the profit and no Nigerian airline on that route!

A facebook user reports that the East West road has been blocked by militants

 A Facebook user by name Ekperiware Peace posted pictures showing stranded commuters along the east west road and claimed that the road was blocked by militants see post:

Photos of FRSC officer being beaten on the street in Jibowu lagos

 He was alleged to have caused an accident it an attempt to flag down a vehicle. See more photos after the cut

Ambode and the street traders of Lagos by Reuben

I am writing this piece after holding a series of conversations with Lagos street traders and hawkers who seem not be aware of or are just indifferent to, or may be they are intrigued by, the fact that the State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has declared on television that the state government is prepared to enforce an existing law banning street hawking.
The relevant law, the Lagos State Street Trading and Illegal Market Prohibition Law, 2003 prescribes a punishment of N90, 000 or a six-month jail term, for both the buyer and the seller of any goods or services on the streets. So I asked this vendor, who kept pushing copies of the day’s newspapers in my face, so close, you wouldn’t even be able to read the headline free of charge.

Nura Alkali's interesting view on alleged secret recruitment of Emirs, Governors and Senators'

"During last year's elections in Bauchi, word went around the state capital that the PDP had car-loads of rigged ballots heading to the state INEC office. Soon, a mammoth crowd of APC youth supporters converged at the INEC office and sat outside the gates.

The stolen pot of soup By Rueben Abati

Read his latest piece below...

“I am depressed, my brother.”
“You are always depressed. I am actually used to that. I can’t remember when last you were not choleric, depressed, obsessed, uptight, down-spirited, what’s that your word again, yes, anxious. You better watch it, buddie-bae-bff-bros, stop carrying the world on your back, man. There was Atlas before you. There was Sisyphus. But the world has never stopped moving on.”
“I read this story”
“What story?”

Ryan Giggs 'rejects Manchester United's offer of reduced coaching role'

Ryan Giggs is on the verge of ending his 29-year association with Manchester United after reportedly rejecting an offer of a coaching role within Jose Mourinho's backroom team.

The Welshman has been deliberating over his future since Mourinho was appointed as Louis van Gaal's successor at the end of the season.

Argentinian teacher writes an open letter begging Lionel Messi not to quit

"Lionel Messi,

"You will probably never read this letter. But I will write it all the same, not as a football fan but as an Argentine teacher, in this profession that I chose and love as you love your own.

The world's greatest, Muhammed Ali has been confirmed dead

Muhammad Ali, the silver-tongued boxer and civil rights champion who famously proclaimed himself "The Greatest" and then spent a lifetime living up to the billing, is dead.

Restructure Nigeria to save it By Reuben Abati

Read his article below...
No one should be surprised by the loud and widespread support that has attended the latest call by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar that Nigeria needs to be restructured. In his words, “our current structure and the practices it has encouraged have been a major impediment to the economic and political development of our country. In short, it has not served Nigeria well, and at the risk of reproach it has not served my part of the country, the North, well.

Breaking: Buhari cancels visit to Ogoni land- Government Source

President Muhammadu Buhari has canceled at the last minute a visit planned for Thursday to the oil-producing Niger Delta, which has been hit by a wave of militant attacks, a government source said.

24 year old Teacher impregnated by her 13 year old student

A 24-year-old teacher, Alexandria Vera, has been accused of having sex with a 13 year old, eighth grade student.
Vera claims that the pair are in love and that the boys’ parents knew about their relationship and even approved of it. She added that his parents allowed him to sleep over at her apartment on numerous occasions. And that she would drop him off at the bus stop for school the morning afterwards.

How Obj, others stopped Buhari from naming looters

President Muhammadu Buhari had some weeks ago hinted he was going to name those who had looted the nation’s treasury on Democracy day. This was to convince skeptical Nigerians that his government is fighting corruption. However, the day came and went by, but Nigerians were not told the identity of those stealing away their common patrimonyRead more

Photos of the suspected members of the NDAvengers

The Nigerian Army paraded 10 suspected members of the Militancy group, Niger Delta Avengers that have been attacking oil installations in the region in recent times. Photo of the 10 arrested suspected members above

President Buhari's Federal Excuses Council by Reno Omokri

On January 22, 2016, I tweeted a joke which went viral. I had said that at meetings of the Federal Executive Council, the minister of information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, would address members and say 'turn to your neighbour and say, neighbour have you blamed Jonathan today'!
Yes, it was a joke, but like most good jokes, it had and still has a basis in reality!

INEC declares Nasarawa/Toto bye-election inconclusive

Nasarawa—The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, yesterday declared the just concluded Nasarawa/Toto Federal Constituency bye-election inconclusive due to cancellation of votes as a result of over-voting.

Deregulation and the politics of public policy by Reuben Abati

Interesting read

This thing called democracy, particularly the Nigerian brand, never ceases to throw up new and intriguing lessons about the relationship between government and the people, and the larger, complex socio-political environment. I had gone to Lagos on an assignment in the last two days of the year 2011, when around midnight I received a phone call from someone close to the corridors of power, informing me that a meeting had just been concluded in Abuja where a decision had been taken to deregulate the downstream petroleum sector, and thus, in effect remove the subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol).        I told him I was aware of plans to that effect, since the President had been holding a series of meetings with various stakeholders and constituencies on the same subject, but as at the time I left for Lagos, no final decision had been taken. The fellow insisted he knew what he was talking about and that in the morning, the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulation Agency (PPPRA) would make the announcement. Sometimes in the corridors of power, informal stakeholders could enjoy faster access and be even more powerful than persons with formal responsibilities. There are persons and groups whose livelihoods are so dependent on government and the people in power that even a whisper at the highest level resonates immediately as an echo in their ears. I learnt very early never to underestimate such persons.      As it turned out, Nigerians were greeted with the Happy New Year news of deregulation of the downstream sector on January 1, 2012 and if you’d remember, hell broke loose. It was the end of the Nigerian people’s honeymoon with the Jonathan administration, the beginning of a long nightmare, and an opportunity for the opposition to launch an unending campaign of blackmail, name-calling and abuse against the administration. I received an early morning summon to leave Lagos and return immediately to the Villa.       The Jonathan administration was definitely not the first to seek to deregulate the downstream sector and end a regime of subsidy, as a means of ensuring greater transparency, efficiency and competition. Since 1987, every administration had tried to manage this aspect of the curse of oil. Nigeria is the sixth largest producer of oil in OPEC, and the second largest exporter of the product in Africa, at a time after Libya, at other times, after Angola. But the big problem has always been making the product available to Nigerians at home, in an efficient manner and as they say, at an “appropriate” or “correct” price. The mismanagement of oil resource, which accounts for about 90% of the country’s exports, is at the heart of corruption in Nigeria.        Years of inefficiency and graft had resulted in the collapse of the country’s refineries, from low capacity utilization to eventual collapse, persistent scarcity of the product, large scale smuggling, the rise of an oil industry cabal, violence in the Niger Delta, oil theft, pipeline vandalism, and all the evils of irresponsible leadership. From being a major exporter of crude oil, Nigeria soon became a major importer of finished petroleum products, and as international spot prices were volatile, government provided private importers of refined products, a subsidy that took care of landing costs that could have been passed on to the people. But the subsidy continued to grow out of proportion, becoming a major drain on the country’s finances - from 1.42% of GDP in 1987, it grew to about 3% of GDP in 2011.          Every administration sought to check the resultant crisis through price controls or gradual deregulation. The people’s counter-argument and the source of the angry protests that always followed was that Nigerians should not be made to pay heavily for a God-given resource, and that if the refineries were to function efficiently and government officials would moderate their greed, Nigerians would not need to buy petroleum products at the most expensive rates in OPEC. The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), supported by other groups in civil society, led the protests against every attempt at deregulation, compelling virtually every administration since 1987, to review proposed increases in the pump price of fuel in order to pacify the people. Only Diesel (AGO) and Low Pour Fuel Oil (LPFO) were successfully deregulated in 2009. By 2011, the regime of PMS subsidy had become unsustainable. The decision to fully deregulate the downstream sector in 2012 was the boldest policy move by the Jonathan administration but it was also the costliest.      The NLC and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), and their affiliate unions together with civil society groups took to the streets and shut down the country. The main opposition party, the then Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) went into a propaganda overdrive, throwing every possible mud at the President and the administration. In Ojota, Lagos, the opposition organized anti-Jonathan and anti-government rallies. “Paid” and mobilized youths and musicians, wearing designer T-shirts, voiced expletives, danced, and screamed; in other parts of the country, the protests resulted in violence and the death of many. This was the season of the Arab Spring, and those who launched what became known as the #OcccupyNigeria movement were convinced that this was the best time to demonstrate the superiority of people-power over government policies. Everyday in the Villa, at the time, we agonized over what had become a frightening assault on the administration. President Jonathan was the country’s first Facebook President, the first president to use the social media to run an election campaign, globally he was second only to President Obama in terms of Facebook followership, but in the face of the 2012 fuel subsidy protests, that same online advantage became his nemesis.        Young people, excited by the idea of an “Ojota Spring” deployed online hashtags to tear down the administration. Government officials also took to the media to explain the deregulation policy to the people. Ministers were dispatched to their various political constituencies to explain, communicate and convince, thus: defending the government became a test of loyalty. In my case, before going to work in the public sector, I had written an article in 2009, in which I opposed deregulation and predicted that the government was so wrong it would soon mislead Nigerians to such a day when we, the people, would soon start trekking or riding bicycles, no thanks to official voodoo economics and incompetence. Access to more detailed information about the extent of the corruption in the oil and gas sector later made me to review my initial objections to the policy of deregulation. Nigeria would be doomed if it continued to rob the poor to enrich the rich and thus through subsidy payments sustain a tradition of theft and wealth without work.          That article was dredged up nonetheless and circulated widely and I got called all kinds of names, including being called a “turn-coat”. It was a trying time for the Jonathan administration: myths over-shadowed reason. The government was accused of acting hastily and failing to consult widely.  But that was not true. Weeks before a decision was taken, President Goodluck Jonathan personally met with state governors, labour leaders, media chiefs, youth groups, civic and cultural organizations, leaders of thought, traditional rulers, oil marketers and importers,,. Behind closed doors, labour leaders and leaders of the ACN did not oppose the deregulation policy. I recall the union leaders only asking for palliatives and the ACN submitting a detailed policy implementation paper.        The second myth was that the government acted on impulse because it was “clueless”. Again, not true. The House of Representatives had probed the subsidy regime reporting massive fraud in the downstream sector. The Ministry of Finance and later the Presidency subsequently set up the Aig-Imoukhuede Technical and Verification Committees, which made worse revelations about how the payment of subsidy had become a huge scam. The Ministry of Finance on the basis of available damning evidence suspended further subsidy payments and insisted on proper verification of claims, an integrity check that was resisted by the major oil marketers and their agents. Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s mother was later kidnapped in the midst of all that.        Deregulation of the downstream sector was inevitable then as it is now, because the fuel subsidy regime had become a cesspool of officially backed corruption. The country could no longer afford to pay rent to an oil sector cabal feeding fat on the inefficiency in the sector, putting in their pockets resources that could be used to develop infrastructure and serve the people. This was the principled position. But following the January 2012 deregulation, those who had urged the Federal Government on, including State governors who always wanted more money, and marketers who spoke about how deregulation had worked with diesel and telecomm, abandoned the government to its fate. Opposition leaders who had submitted a blueprint for implementation, publicly led the protests. The betrayal was astonishing. The short and long term effects were devastating.        Let us now fast forward to 2016: The present administration has again, like the Jonathan administration, announced a removal of subsidy.  The pump price of petrol is now officially N145 per litre. The objectives and the arguments are the same as in the past. But the context is different. Those who fuelled and funded the protests of 2012 are either quiet or openly supportive or apologetic as they now defend the principled position they once abandoned. The labour unions are factionalized, there is no co-ordinated protest, the media, the people and the civil society are indifferent, the government is not under any pressure to convince anyone: same policy, same issues, but different politics!        My prediction that one day, we will all ride bicycles or trek to work has now come to pass. But if that is the sacrifice Nigerians have to make to end the outright brigandage in the downstream sector, so be it, please. Putting the subsidy thieves to shame, ending a subsidy regime that encouraged round-tripping, rent collection, smuggling, instant gratification, theft, insincerity, blackmail, and cabalism may well become President Buhari’s most important legacy. This could have been done since 2012, but the politicians, desperately seeking power and office, failed to put Nigeria first, and looking back, it seems all the young men and women who died in that season did so in vain. Politicians must learn not to play politics with people’s lives for reasons of selfish convenience. President Buhari must stand firm but let him also take steps to ensure that local refining is restored and let him keep an eye on those  saboteurs who always manage to find a way around every public policy. And to all the 2012 hypocrites now turned today’s yes-men: una do well o. - See more at: http://www.reubenabati.com.ng/2016-05-20-Deregulation-and-the-politics-of-public-policy-By-Reuben-Abati.html#.dpuf

LOL!!! This guy mocks APC, says third chibok girl released in 3 days

This guy is the clown of the year. Lol!!!

Under-dispensing: Petrol stations fleece Nigerians N1.74bn daily

Nigerians are short-changed by as much as N1.74 billion every day from the purchase of PMS, otherwise known as petrol, by filling stations across the country due to under-dispensing of the product. Investigation by Vanguard revealed that most petrol stations seem not to be satisfied with the hike in the pump price of petrol as majority of them are involved in under-dispensing of the commodity by as much as 30 percent to customers.

Minister of Environment visits Rivers state ahead of clean up exercise of the Niger Delta region (Photos)

Minister of Environment, Amina Mohammed, visited Rivers State today 19th of may 2016 after a 23-Man Presidential Task Team was inaugurated for the clean up exercise of the Niger Delta region. More photos after the cut...

Andrea Pirlo celebrates 37th birthday today

The Italian legend and a midfield maestro celebrates his 37th birthday. Happy birthday boss!!!

Money lavishly sprayed at a wedding in Imo state (PHOTOS)

This lady (nekilicious1) the bride shared her traditional marriage photos where monies were lavishly sprayed on her Instagram page. see more photos after the cut

Vincent Eyeama and Emmanuel Emenike to wear the Nigerian super eagles jersey again

Ex-Super Eagles skipper, Vincent Enyeama and striker Emmanuel Emenike are set to wear the colours of Nigeria again. Eyeama hung his glove last year when Sunday Oliseh was coach of the Eagles. will play for Nigeria again next week. However, Enyeama would be wearing his gloves for the Joseph Yobo Testimonial match billed to take place on May 27 at the Adokiye Amesimeka Stadium in Port Harcourt.

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUTION

Internet is being introduced to help people that are both financially balance and people that are not. Millions of people are striving every academics year in getting admission but fails in one way or the other

INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS: TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1:Introduction to business.

Chapter 2: Finance and sources ofFinances.

Chapter 3: Role of personnel management in business organizations.

We are starting a series called: INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS

So guys,  the series is starting today. It would help both Students and small scale businesses to thrive in our current academic system and economy. always come around for ur tips.

John Terry offered one-year Chelsea extension

Chelsea have announced that captain John Terry has been offered a one-year contract extension.
The West London side said at a press conference before the final weekend of the Premier League season that Blues stalwart Terry was considering the offer.

Earlier reports claimed that Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck had attended training and held initial talks
with Terry over him staying at Stamford Bridge for one more year.

This is the South Sudan's current Minister for Water Resources and Irrigation (photos)

 The man above is the current minister for Water Resources and Irrigation of south Sudan his name is Hon. Mabior Garang De Mabior, he is the son of the former president. More photos after the cut

Is Reno taking a swipe at Femi Falana?

'Activists' who've given up on getting appointment from Buhari condemn fuel increase, those still hoping applaud it. I just dey siddon look!

— Reno Omokri (@renoomokri) May 13, 2016

It would be remembered that for some reason Femi Falana, the famous lawyer/activits's name was penciled down for a ministerial  appointment under this present governmtment but wassn,t given the appointment.

After the recent increase in the Fuel price, he came out publicly called the move illegal. Well see what Reno is saying, that those that have given up on an appointment are kicking against the removal of fuel subsidy.

Olajumoke hands N5k each to her former colleagues in bakery she use to buy bread before now

Olajumoke Orisaguna, visited Liberty bakery recently where she handed N5k each to her former collegues in the business. You just won my heart girl.

President Buhari, Cameron and Corruption By Reuben Abati

 “We have got the leaders of some fantastically corrupt countries coming to Britain… Nigeria and Afghanistan, possibly the two most corrupt countries in the world”,UK Prime Minister David Cameron was caught on tape telling the Queen ahead of the anti-corruption summit organized by the UK Government, this week, which was attended by Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari. This diplomatic gaffe rubbed many Nigerians on the wrong side, but most of the responses, coloured by overtly emotional love of country and a certain defensiveness is downright hypocritical.

And the winner for the dirtiest city in the world goes to!... Onitsha Nigeria! According to World Health Organization (WHO)

This report is coming from the data base of the world heath organization. (Who)

Reno Omakri's recent tweets on Lai Muhammed and the state of the country

Instead of Lai Mohammed borrowing ₦13 million for one single foreign trip, he should lead by example and dress masquerade for the money!

— Reno Omokri (@renoomokri) May 12, 2016

 Reno drops tweets with the recent happenings in the country including the recent fuel price increase. see more tweets

Former Liverpool star, Adam Johnson's ex-girlfriend, Stacey Flounders seen at a night club in Dubai having fun after boyfriend has been sent to jail

Shaking him off? Stacey Flounders is seen dancing, drinking beer and getting close to a host of men on a girls' trip to Dubai as her paedophile footballer ex Adam Johnson languishes in jail. More photos after the cut

Enhance Your Career in Energy in Robert Gordon University in Scotland, Attend Event to find out!!!

Are you looking for an upgrade and hoping to get a plum job in the International Community? Then make this decision wisely to study at the Oil capital of the World (Aberdeen) this September 2016 and in January 2017.

Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen Scotland- A University with an Energy focus. It is known worldwide for its expertise in Energy related courses.  Robert Gordon University has a wide range of Energy related degrees at Postgraduate and Undergraduate Levels to suit all.

Ese Oruru to give evidence in private court says

A Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State headed by JUSTICE Aliya Nganjiwa, yesterday, granted the request of the prosecution to take the evidence of Miss Ese Oruru in private at the resumed pre-trial hearing in the trial of Dahiru Yunusa, aka “Yellow”, who is facing a five-count charge of criminal abduction, sexual exploitation an havingd unlawful carnal knowledge of a minor, Miss Ese Rita Oruru.

Khloe Kardashian in Beverly Hills yesterday

The Kardashians always on point.

Militants threaten Atiku, Danjuma, Lukman, other oil bloc owners

WARRI – NIGER- DELTA Avengers, Thursday, listed some oil blocs allegedly owned by former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Minister of Defence, General Theophilus Danjuma, ex-Minister of Petroleum, Alhaji Riwalnu Lukman, other Northerners and South-Westerners in Niger-Delta region and issued them a two-week ultimatum to shut them down operations and evacuate the workers from the locations or have them blown up.

Militants threaten to attack Chevron hqtrs, Lagos, tank farm

 

WARRI- NIGER Delta Avengers, reported to have gone underground after the shattering bombing of oil and gas facilities in Warri, Delta State, last week, roared from its hideout, this morning, threatening to not only spill blood, but also attack the headquarters of Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL, in Lekki-Lagos and its tank farm.

Darey Art Alade's music video ' Pray For Me

This is very inspirational

Father writes letter, says his 13yr old daughter was abducted and turned to a Muslim in Bauchi (photos)

My name is Elder Bawa Buba, an ordained Elder of Seventh-day Adventist Church Miya, in Ganjuwa LGA of Bauchi state. I write to petition to you over the abduction and islamization of my 13 year old daughter Alheri Bawa by her uncle Mal Dauda Buba without my consent and approval.

On the 13th April 2016, my daughter left Miya town to visit her uncles in our family compound in Siri Village. She later followed one of her uncle's children to spend the weekend in Bauchi city...

Top 13 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): on the new price of petrol in Nigeria and answer

The Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources has prepared a factsheet that tries to answer all our questions on the new price of petrol in Nigeria: Top 13 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): 

1.What is the benefit of the new price regime to Nigerians?

This government is elected to serve the people and provide benefits to all. The new pricing regime brings the following benefits:

Pure water in Kano carries, NAFDAC REG NO: COMING SOON! Lol!

Nigerians will not kill us oh!

Breaking: FG removes subsidy, PMS to sell for 145 pe liter

This is what Vanguard is reporting under this hot sun.

The Federal Government, Wednesday, removed subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol as it will now sell for N145 per liter. Details later…

The Federal Government, Wednesday, removed subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol as it will now sell for N145 per liter. Details later…

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/05/breaking-fg-removes-fuel-subsidy-sell-145-per-ltr/

The Federal Government, Wednesday, removed subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol as it will now sell for N145 per liter. Details later…

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/05/breaking-fg-removes-fuel-subsidy-sell-145-per-ltr/

Bayelsa gov warns militants says it hopes there won't be a replay of the Odi massacre in 1999'

The Bayelsa state government in a press release expresses fears over the recent killings of soldiers in Bayelsa and a replay of the Odi crisis, in a press statement released by his Chief Press secretary, Daniel Iworiso-Markson

 The statement reads:

Youths set ablaze Senator, reps residences in Kano over unfulfilled campaign promises

Some youths suspected to be political thugs, on Wednesday set ablaze the residence of Sen. Kabiru Gaya, in Gaya Local Government area of Kano State. The youths also set ablaze the campaign office and poultry farm of the House of Representatives member from the area, Alhaji Abdullahi Mahmoud.

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/05/youths-set-ablaze-senator-reps-residences-kano-unfulfilled-campaign-promises/

 

Some youths suspected to be political thugs, on Wednesday set ablaze the residence of Sen. Kabiru Gaya, in Gaya Local Government area of Kano State. The youths also set ablaze the campaign office and poultry farm of the House of Representatives member from the area, Alhaji Abdullahi Mahmoud.

An eye witness told newsmen in Kano that the incident occurred around 11 am on Wednesday. According to the witness, the youths were protesting the alleged failure of the two politicians to fulfil the promises they made to them during the electioneering campaigns in 2015.

Mother sets rules for any girl who wants to date her son

This woman has no chill. So ladies conditions have been set, meet these conditions and her son is yours.

Perfect timing photo of Mancester United star Antonio Valencia

Perfectly timed photo of a Manchester United player and a Westham player whose names behind their shirt produces the name Antonio Valencia. And he is standing just right there. It doesn't happen all the time though.

Like Joe Igbokwe, I Too See War, But Not Just In the Niger-Delta

This is the most captivating, unbiased write up i have read in a while. Please read

The narrative of the last election was deliberately made simple to fool the simpleminded: portray Nigeria as a ship heading for the bottom of the ocean unless the captain of the ship is removed because that captain was corrupt, unable to secure the land and the economy was also spiralling out of his control. In the aftermath of that electoral mutiny spurred by the greatest and most ideologically diverse members of the ruling elite since 1960, the captain was removed and anothercaptain put in command. Ever since then however, the worst fears have been realised particularly in the economy, subliminally with security and apparently with the unity of Nigeria. President Goodluck Jonathan was referred to as the “Ijaw Christian”