"NIGERIAN LEADERS ARE THE BIGGEST HYPOCRITES AND TRAITORS THAT DO NOT BELIEVE IN NIGERIA"

These so called Nigerian leaders only pay the needed lip service to their country in all reality. They do not truly love Nigeria, sincerely cherish Nigeria or genuinely believe in that country that they rule. How do you believe in a country and then go ahead to loot its state treasury dry and for your personal use? How do you believe in a country and then you intentionally mismanaged its finances by destroying its national economy? How do you believe in a country and then turned that country into a debtor nation to the IMF, World Bank, Paris Club, London Club, Islamic Bank and the rising China? 

How do you believe in a country and then allowed the oil thieves to steal its oil wealth under your nose? How do you believe in Nigeria by intentionally conniving with those dubious foreign investors and multinational corporations by siphoning its natural resources through deals that favor them and not your beloved country that you claimed to truly loved? How do you believe in a country and then destroyed its educational system by starving it of funds and then you go ahead by sending your own children to those expensive private schools and universities abroad? How do you believe in a country and then you destroyed its entire health care system that makes it personally possible for you and your family to easily travel abroad for health reasons?How do you believe in a country by pushing your own political ambition to stay in power that is capable of destabilizing that entire country? 

How do you believe in a country by allowing the country's youths to be jobless, miserable, hopeless and helpless with you baiting an eyelid? How can you believe in a country and then agreed with the IMF/World Bank to destroy the purchasing power of the Nigerian Naira and her national economy? How do you believe in a country by allowing its profitable state parastatals, such as NEPA, Nigeria Airways, Nigerian Railway, NIPOST, NITEL and the oil refineries to fail and then you diabolically sold these failed agencies at the giveaway prices to your friends and family members? How do you believe in the hardworking Nigerian workers by paying them poverty wages? How do you believe in a country by allocating salaries and allowances for yourselves as NASS members that are gulping 30% of the federal annual budget?

"NIGERIA IN 2013:ALL EYES ON THE ONLY POLITICAL PRIZE IN THE LAND ITS PRESIDENCY"

If Nigeria as a nation is truly working for all Nigerians in all reality as many Nigerians deceptively believed by pretending that all is well with their beloved nation. Why is every geopolitical zone and every major ethnic nationality today are all busy holding nocturnal meetings, forming political alliances, militants groups with political undertones and advocating for a President of Nigeria of an Igbo origin, an Ijaw root, a Southern Nigerian background, a South-South geopolitical zone, a Northern Nigeria extraction, a Muslim by faith and a Christian by religion? The Presidency of Nigeria is now fully based on the turn by turn basis that is not in the Nigerian 1999 constitution and never on meritocracy, leadership qualities, managerial abilities and sound political-economic visions for Nigeria. I see a political resolution in the convening of the much-needed Sovereign National Conference shortly.

As the all-important election year of 2015 draws closer in Nigeria in the midst of the highly divisive and explosive threats that are coming almost every day from the South-South region that produces the nation's oil wealth over President Jonathan Goodluck's political ambition to rule Nigeria for another term by all means and at all cost plus the deep division in the PDP and the desire of the Northern Nigerian political class to have the presidency back in the North in 2015. I see a major political crisis on the horizon in Nigeria that may finally forced all Nigerians to hold the much needed Sovereign National Conference in a political marriage that has failed to work since 1914 to date.

The convening of the much-needed Sovereign National Conference of her ethnic nationalities is bigger that the presidency of Nigeria or Jonathan Goodluck, the present occupier of this seat. The political situation in Nigeria as they unfold gradually with time will eventually make this conference inevitable and unavoidable if that nation will survive. Nigerians are poor students of their own recent history. They have forgotten that the political crisis in Nigeria in the 1960s that almost tore Nigeria apart made the Aburi Conference in Ghana inevitable and the final outcome from that conference was to implement the political system of confederacy or regional autonomy which the then military dictator of Nigeria, General Yakubu Gowon refused to implement when he returned to Nigeria from Ghana. Another history is about to repeat itself shortly in Nigeria because we have refused as a nation to learn from our bitter past history.

"NIGERIA IN 2013:AN ECONOMY THAT WORKS FOR THE FEW NIGERIANS"

Nigeria as a country cannot be considered to be great with a prospering economy when only a handful of its citizens are the direct beneficiaries from such an economy or government policy. The economy future of any serious minded nation cannot be left in the hands of few dubious, shady and crafty businessmen to run freely without the proper federal oversights and regulations fully in place. President Jonathan Goodluck's economy is designed in all ramifications to directly benefit a handful of Nigerians, to enthrone the reign of monopoly of the Nigerian national economy by the few Nigerians, to kill any form of competition from other interested businesses, to limit the consumers' choices and to maximize profits for those few businessmen selected to run this economy. 

Below are the direct and practical questions that patriot Nigerians need to ask and demand answers for:(i).Has the economy policy of President Jonathan Goodluck that primarily benefitted the likes of Aliko Dangote, Mike Adenuga, Femi Otedola and the few oil markerters truly helped in the reduction of the huge national youth unemployment rate in Nigeria from its present 23%? (ii). Has Jonathan Goodluck's economy improved the wages of the average Nigerian workers in all reality and the standard of living of an average Nigerian in all truth and honesty? (iii). What are the visible positive impacts of the President Jonathan Goodluck's economy policy on the Nigeria's outdated educational system, inadequate social services, dilapidated health care and collapsing national infrastructures? 

The only indicators today that the economy policies of President Jonathan Goodluck point to as the positive economic growth are the yearly increasing GDP that now stands at about $273 billion, the national economic growth rate of about 7% annually, the foreign reserves that fluctuate and the privatization of the failing state parastatals that have made a handful of Nigerians like Aliko Dangote, Mike Adenuga, Femi Otedola and few other Nigerians government created dollar-rated billionaires. In conclusion, no nation in all reality can truly developed, be self-sufficient, becomes a global political force to be reckoned with and an economic engine in the 21st century when the majority of its citizens are helpless, hopeless, miserable and are languishing in chronic poverty due to the high unemployment rate, lack of economic opportunities and the poverty wages that are paid to the majority of the hardworking Nigerians.

"RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN WRITES TO THE AMERICANS THROUGH THE NEW YORK TIMES"

MOSCOW — RECENT events surrounding Syria have prompted me to speak directly to the American people and their political leaders. It is important to do so at a time of insufficient communication between our societies. Relations between us have passed through different stages. We stood against each other during the cold war. But we were also allies once, and defeated the Nazis together. The universal international organization — the United Nations — was then established to prevent such devastation from ever happening again.

The United Nations’ founders understood that decisions affecting war and peace should happen only by consensus, and with America’s consent the veto by Security Council permanent members was enshrined in the United Nations Charter. The profound wisdom of this has underpinned the stability of international relations for decades.

No one wants the United Nations to suffer the fate of the League of Nations, which collapsed because it lacked real leverage. This is possible if influential countries bypass the United Nations and take military action without Security Council authorization.

The potential strike by the United States against Syria, despite strong opposition from many countries and major political and religious leaders, including the pope, will result in more innocent victims and escalation, potentially spreading the conflict far beyond Syria’s borders. A strike would increase violence and unleash a new wave of terrorism. It could undermine multilateral efforts to resolve the Iranian nuclear problem and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and further destabilize the Middle East and North Africa. It could throw the entire system of international law and order out of balance.

Syria is not witnessing a battle for democracy, but an armed conflict between government and opposition in a multireligious country. There are few champions of democracy in Syria. But there are more than enough Qaeda fighters and extremists of all stripes battling the government. The United States State Department has designated Al Nusra Front and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, fighting with the opposition, as terrorist organizations. This internal conflict, fueled by foreign weapons supplied to the opposition, is one of the bloodiest in the world.

Mercenaries from Arab countries fighting there, and hundreds of militants from Western countries and even Russia, are an issue of our deep concern. Might they not return to our countries with experience acquired in Syria? After all, after fighting in Libya, extremists moved on to Mali. This threatens us all.

From the outset, Russia has advocated peaceful dialogue enabling Syrians to develop a compromise plan for their own future. We are not protecting the Syrian government, but international law. We need to use the United Nations Security Council and believe that preserving law and order in today’s complex and turbulent world is one of the few ways to keep international relations from sliding into chaos. The law is still the law, and we must follow it whether we like it or not. Under current international law, force is permitted only in self-defense or by the decision of the Security Council. Anything else is unacceptable under the United Nations Charter and would constitute an act of aggression.

No one doubts that poison gas was used in Syria. But there is every reason to believe it was used not by the Syrian Army, but by opposition forces, to provoke intervention by their powerful foreign patrons, who would be siding with the fundamentalists. Reports that militants are preparing another attack — this time against Israel — cannot be ignored.

It is alarming that military intervention in internal conflicts in foreign countries has become commonplace for the United States. Is it in America’s long-term interest? I doubt it. Millions around the world increasingly see America not as a model of democracy but as relying solely on brute force, cobbling coalitions together under the slogan “you’re either with us or against us.”

But force has proved ineffective and pointless. Afghanistan is reeling, and no one can say what will happen after international forces withdraw. Libya is divided into tribes and clans. In Iraq the civil war continues, with dozens killed each day. In the United States, many draw an analogy between Iraq and Syria, and ask why their government would want to repeat recent mistakes.

No matter how targeted the strikes or how sophisticated the weapons, civilian casualties are inevitable, including the elderly and children, whom the strikes are meant to protect.

The world reacts by asking: if you cannot count on international law, then you must find other ways to ensure your security. Thus a growing number of countries seek to acquire weapons of mass destruction. This is logical: if you have the bomb, no one will touch you. We are left with talk of the need to strengthen nonproliferation, when in reality this is being eroded.

We must stop using the language of force and return to the path of civilized diplomatic and political settlement.

A new opportunity to avoid military action has emerged in the past few days. The United States, Russia and all members of the international community must take advantage of the Syrian government’s willingness to place its chemical arsenal under international control for subsequent destruction. Judging by the statements of President Obama, the United States sees this as an alternative to military action.

I welcome the president’s interest in continuing the dialogue with Russia on Syria. We must work together to keep this hope alive, as we agreed to at the Group of 8 meeting in Lough Erne in Northern Ireland in June, and steer the discussion back toward negotiations.

If we can avoid force against Syria, this will improve the atmosphere in international affairs and strengthen mutual trust. It will be our shared success and open the door to cooperation on other critical issues.

My working and personal relationship with President Obama is marked by growing trust. I appreciate this. I carefully studied his address to the nation on Tuesday. And I would rather disagree with a case he made on American exceptionalism, stating that the United States’ policy is “what makes America different. It’s what makes us exceptional.” It is extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as exceptional, whatever the motivation. There are big countries and small countries, rich and poor, those with long democratic traditions and those still finding their way to democracy. Their policies differ, too. We are all different, but when we ask for the Lord’s blessings, we must not forget that God created us equal- From the New York Times and by Vladimir V. Putin is the President of Russia. 

IS THE NEW APPLE'S I-PHONE 5C TRULY CHEAPER WORLDWIDE? - NBC NEWS.

Apple's newly announced iPhone 5C, an "unapologetically plastic" model meant to broaden the company's reach with a substantially lower cost, is not so low-cost, it turns out. For those in other countries, the cost of the phone will generally range between $600 and $800, and in China, Apple's biggest target market, it will cost $730.

Apple has been hoping to crack the Chinese market, but the price may crack the deal for many — or even most — potential customers there.

"People were all expecting the 5C would be a low-cost model, but it doesn't look like it will be too competitive now," Jackson Wong, Tanrich Securities vice president for equity sales in Hong Kong, told Reuters.

In Europe, the iPhone 5C will be as much or more than China. In theUnited Kingdom, it's £469 ($741); in France and Germany, it's €599 ($796). Other countries will have it for slightly less, as low as $579, but nowhere is it "cheap."

In the U.S., the phone will be offered, starting Sept. 20, for $99 with a two-year wireless contract. Outside the U.S., where carriers don't subsidize the cost of phones, the cost is substantially greater. 

Though you can pay more to buy phones off-contract in the U.S., neither Apple nor the U.S. carriers have announced that pricing yet for the new iPhones. IHS research says it considers the "unsubsidized cost" of the iPhone 5C in the U.S. to be $549, "the same price point as the existing mid-range model in Apple's smartphone line, the iPhone 4S," Apple's 2011 phone.

Already in China, on social media sites, some people are griping about the iPhone 5C cost, and asking others to bring them a 5C from other countries where it's cheaper to buy, the Wall Street Journal reported. Bear in mind, the average annual income in China was about $2,100 last year, according to one survey.

And a snapshot of response on Facebook, Twitter and other social media, done by measurement firm Engagor on Tuesday, found that a strong negative reaction to the phone, with comments focusing on how it is still too expensive.

So much for the "C" in iPhone 5C standing for "cheaper" or "China," unless Apple's new license with China Mobile — the world largest carrier with more than 740 million customers — yields word that the carrier will subsidize the phones there.

Mobile analyst Chetan Sharma told NBC News Wednesday that with the 5C's pricing, Apple is "saying 'no' to the low-cost segment and focused entirely on the 'premium' marketplace. And for that strategy, I think they achieved that."

"In light of this pricing, the 5C appears to be a midrange product that cannot significantly expand the available market for the iPhone line to lower-income buyers," said Francis Sideco, director for consumer electronics and communications technologies at IHS, in a statement. "As a result, the arrival of the 5c will not spur a major increase in iPhone sales in the second half of 2013 compared to previous expectations."

Sideco said that if Apple "had hit a $350 to $400 unsubsidized price range for the iPhone 5c, as some had speculated, the company might have had a chance to expand its smartphone shipments beyond what we originally expected in the second half." But in the U.S., even at the subsidized $99 price "the 5c will not spur sales because it does not materially expand Apple’s addressable market past the level we had already taken into account."

The real unanswered question is, why would Apple price its "cheap" phone so high? We have asked Apple, and will update the story when the company provides an answer.

"THE 1,000 DIFFERENT REASONS WHY NIGERIA IS NOT YET OUT OF THE WOOD"

Nigeria will only become a great country and an emerging economy in this 21st century human universe if the present poverty rate of 80% is reduced through the massive creation of those good paying jobs and the economic opportunities for the ordinary Nigerians. Nigeria will only be great when her hardworking workers can earn the true living wages instead of the present poverty wages of $100 or N18,000 a month. Nigeria will only be great when the present youth unemployment rate that stands at 23% is reduced drastically to a reasonable level. Nigeria will only be great when her middle class population that is almost facing extinction is made vibrant again like the 1970s during her oil boom. 

Nigeria will only be great again if her hospitals are now modernized to the 21st century international standard and any sick Nigerian can have easy access to the quality and affordable health care. Nigeria can only be great when her citizens can enjoy the most basic social services, such as, good roads, weekly trash-collection, constant electricity and treated or safe water supply. Nigeria can only be great if all her school-age children can go to school and enjoy the 21st century education to any level of schooling. Nigeria can only be great if her universities and research centers are recognized globally as the true centers for academic excellence and research innovations. 

Nigeria can only be great when the elections of her public officials at all levels of government are free, fair and transparent. Nigeria can only be great when her judiciary is truly independent and completely autonomous. Nigeria can only be great when all Nigerians are treated equally before the same supreme law of the land. Nigeria can only be great when her police force can be trusted to do the right things and her armed forces do not see other Nigerians as bloody civilians. Nigeria can only be great again when any Nigerian can live freely anywhere in Nigeria without the fear of intimidation, deportation and harassment from the state governments, locals or the natives. 

Nigeria can only be great when the regime of merit replaces mediocrity, nepotism, tribalism, quota system and federal character as the standard way of conducting the business of that nation. Nigeria can only be great again when Nigerians embrace religious tolerance instead of religious bigotry, religious violence, religious terrorism and religious ignorance. Nigeria can only be great when the sanctity of the human life and the properties of all Nigerians are protected and defended by the government of Nigeria and her security agencies. Nigeria can only be great when the menace of the official culture of corruption and the decades of the mammoth mismanagement of our state resources by the successive governments are officially stamped out, once and for all.

Nigeria can only be great when the rule of lawlessness and brutality are both replaced by the rule of law, justice for all and public accountability from all public officials. Nigeria will be great again when Nigerians that live in the diaspora can easily renew their expired Nigerian passports without any undue stress and bribery at the Nigerian foreign embassies and consulates. Nigeria can only be great when her citizens in foreign nations will be readily evacuated in the times of international emergencies, crises and conflicts. Nigeria can only be great again when the foreign investors can trust the Nigerian system to the point that they will invest their hard earned money into her national economy. Nigeria can only be great when the anti-gay law that now criminalizes homosexual Nigerians as with hefty jail terms and as second class citizens of that country with limited constitutional rights is finally abolished.

The likes of Aliko Dangote, Mike Adenuga and the few other Nigerians who are now government created dollar-rated billionaires do not make any nation to be great in all truth, honesty and reality when the same economic opportunities that lifted up a handful of those Nigerians are not physically available to the tens of millions of these ordinary Nigerians today in 2014 to partake in in order to have their own bites of the Nigerian dream in all reality.

WILL PRESIDENT JONATHAN GOODLUCK OF NIGERIA FOLLOW THE RIGHT POLITICAL PATH IN 2015?

The presidential seat of Nigeria in 2015 is the biggest political prize in the land that can easily threatened the internal peace or cohesion of the Nigerian nation or the corporate existence of its ethnic nationalities. The political ambition of Jonathan Goodluck to seek a second term in 2015 is a politically volatile game and a highly divisive one in nature. This man who is sitting at the helm of the Nigeria's national affairs today has two political options to choose from or two political paths to follow at the moment as the year 2015 draws nearer. 

I will advice President Jonathan Goodluck to personally study the heavily turbulent political history of Nigeria as a student of politics. One practical political alternative that is readily available at the present moment in the history of Nigeria is for President Jonathan Goodluck to decide personally and listen to the words of wisdom and reasoning that are based on the recent accounts of the Nigerian history, the current political crisis inside the PDP and the political realities on the ground across the Nigerian nation in 2013. The second political option for this President is to allow his own personal ambition and strong ego plus the voices of the political opportunists and sycophants that surround him to prevail on him to run again in 2015 for the highest office of the land in Nigeria. 

Finally, President Jonathan Goodluck is not an exemption to the fragile order of the leadership history of Nigeria. General Yakubu Gowon did not keep his promise to return Nigeria to democracy. He lost out in a military takeover of 1975. General Ibrahim Babangida attempted to play the game of hide and seek with Nigerians on the transition from military regime to civilian rule and went ahead to annulled the June 12 presidential election that was won by the late Chief MKO Abiola . The end of this crafty game of deception that IBB played with Nigerians is now in the archives of the Nigerian history. The late General Sanni Abacha also attempted it by trying to change from his military dictatorship position into a civilian leadership, but his sudden death stopped him forever. The former President Olusegun Obasanjo once attempted this political experiment of power elongation or the popular third term agenda that never saw the reality of the day in Nigeria till today