"GENERAL BUHARI'S HONESTY THREATENS THE POLITICAL STATUS QUO IN NIGERIA"

Some Nigerians will always amaze me on daily basis. They are so critical about the personal decision of General Muhammadu Buhari to approach his bank in Kaduna and borrowed N27 million to pay for his party's presidential nomination form. Firstly, General Buhari is honest and truthful with Nigerians about the source of this money. Secondly, General Buhari does not have this money personally as a former Head of State, ex-Chairman of the defunct Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF), former federal commissioner of petroleum ministry, former Chairman of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), former state military governor of the North Eastern State and a retired Major-General of the Nigerian Army. 

Thirdly, General Buhari does not want this money to be paid by one of the richest Nigerians and then hijack his presidency for the expected returned favor. Fourthly, General Buhari by his status in Nigeria as a former Head of State with a regular monthly pension, a personal house in Kaduna and in Abuja plus a long-standing personal relationship with this bank can be trusted as a good creditor by this bank. Bank managers can use their personal discretion, the long-standing relationships and the credit history of their customers to make those financial decisions to borrow them money as loans, to increase their requests for line of credit or bank overdraft.

The manager of the Gambian Chase bank in Serrekunda borrowed me D10,000 ($1000) in 2001 as a long-standing and a reliable customer of this bank when I needed that money to travel for a professional conference in the United States. In conclusion, what General Buhari has done is what is called transparency and accountability from a leader in the public life. How many Nigerian public elected officials and those influential religious leaders including the sitting President Jonathan Goodluck have ever declared their personal assets and disclosed how they became the overnight super-rich Nigerians? In conclusion, Buhari's integrity, openness and honesty threaten his political rivals and their supporters by giving them those sleepless nights‪#‎BuhariForThePresidentOfNigeriaIn2015‬ 

"LINDA IKEJI:THE PLAGIARIST-BLOGGER IS LUCK TO BE LIVING IN NIGERIA IN 2014"

Nigeria is a lawless country where the intellectual property rights and the copyright laws are never enforced in all reality. In the United States, many university and college professors have been demoted and dismissed over proven cases of plagiarism. America's universities have canceled students' college courses and revoked those awarded degrees over the established cases of academic fraud or dishonesty. Big businesses in America have been fined heavily by courts of law over their violation of those copyrights laws in their business practices and transactions. The international journalist and Time magazine editor-at-large as well as the CNN host of the program GPS 360, Fareed Zakaria was suspended in 2012 from both places for a month after admitting to lifting parts of a story from the New Yorker newspaper. A United States Senator John Walsh of Montana resigned recently from the senate over an allegation of plagiarism in his master's degree thesis and the U.S. Army War College has now officially revoked his master's degree after an investigation into plagiarism allegation was established. Linda Ikeji was reported to have attributed the taking down of her blog by Google as an act of envy and jealousy from her Nigerian rival bloggers and then went ahead to put the holy name of God in her dirty business of intellectual fraud and dishonesty that allow her to continue to profit and to make name for herself in the blogosphere on the ideas, sweat and handwork of others‪#‎PlaigarismIsAnIntellectualFraudAndDishonesty‬

"EBOLA IS A GLOBAL THREAT"

I am personally very worried for the future and the economies of the three West African nations of Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea that are currently facing the Ebola virus disease epidemic. This disease that first started in the rural areas of these three African countries have now reached their capital cities where most of their populations live. The health care infrastructures of these countries are outdated, inadequate and are now fully overwhelmed.

The national economies of these nations are now rapidly collapsing. The international tourism to Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea has now come to the final halt. The major international airlines have stopped flying to Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone as well as the International shipping companies. The major hotels are now empty. The importation of goods and services are heavily down. The local farming and domestic food production are both speedily declining. International financial help is now needed in these countries more than before. 

The future of these countries depends on how they win this ongoing war against Ebola that has now officially claimed the life of 4,000 citizens of these countries at the moment and with more infections happening on daily basis. If this deadly Ebola disease is not defeated once and for all by the global efforts, it can spread quickly to the entire world like an ill wind that blows no nation any good at the end of the day‪#‎EbolaThreatensTheFutureOfTheWorld‬ 

"JONATHAN GOODLUCK IS GETTING READY TO CRASH THE DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIA"

Jonathan Goodluck who is today in Nigeria one of the highest beneficiaries of our present democracy is about to destroy this democracy with his own hands and for his own personal political ambition to return to the Aso Rock villa in 2015 by all the means necessary and humanly possible under the sun.

Where was Jonathan Goodluck on earth and what roles did he play personally in all the political struggles of the 1980s and 1990s against the military dictatorships in Nigeria before this democracy was finally birthed with the deaths, tears, blood and sorrow of the Nigerians activists in which Jonathan Goodluck was not one of them?

Does Jonathan Goodluck think that his own political ambition is bigger at the end of the day than this democracy in Nigeria? Where in the world and in any working democracy do you conduct elections in an atmosphere of militarization and voter intimidation and then you call those elections to be free, fair, transparent and credible? The political experiment in Ekiti State is about to be repeated again in Osun State tomorrow by Jonathan Goodluck?

The man is about to crash this democracy between now and 2015 and he will not escape its final outcomes at the end of the day. I am watching, Nigerians are watching and the whole world is also watching. A word is enough for the wise. This President should go and read about how those Nigerian politicians like himself crashed the first, second and third political dispensations in Nigeria. History will soon repeat itself in Nigeria that will teach this President a very hard life lesson because he refuses to learn from the Nigeria's history books and he is not also teachable from the past political events of Nigeria"‪#‎TheHardLessonsOfHistoryAwaitsThisPresidentShortly‬

"EBOLA IN NIGERIA:THE QUESTIONS THAT PASTOR ENOCH ADEBOYE CANNOT ANSWER"

This Pastor was reported by the PM news of Nigeria to have said that members of his Church that took part in the 100 days of fasting program that was organized this year are all free from any infection that may come from the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Nigeria.
(i). Is Pastor Enoch Adeboye now a trained medical professional with expertise and specialization in the area of infectious diseases and their preventions?
(ii). Is Pastor Enoch Adeboye not directly exposing his Church members to the possibility of an Ebola infection and also publicly endangering other Nigerians who may have any direct contact with his Church members to the possibility of the same Ebola infection?
(iii). Is Pastor Enoch Adeboye not working directly and against the international effort of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Nigerian government in their attempt to control the spread of Ebola disease in Nigeria by telling his own Church member that they are now totally immune to the Ebola disease because they have all fasted for 100 days?
(iv). Is Pastor Enoch Adeboye not directly practicing unregulated human medicine without him holding any known medical education and medical board certification or license to practice that profession?
(v). Is Pastor Enoch Adeboye not indirectly pushing his Church devotees back to the era of the pre-scientific world in the management of today's human diseases?
The Nigerian health authority must call this Pastor to order immediately before it is too late. Ebola is a highly deadly human disease that kills about 90% of its victims and has no known medical cure for now#ReligiousBigotryAndIgnoranceAtWork

"ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT AND HOW TO FIX IT" - PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER

Israelis and Palestinians are still burying their loved ones as Gaza's third war in six years continues. Since July 8, when this war began, more than 1,600 Palestinian and 65 Israeli lives have been sacrificed. Many in the world are heartbroken in the powerless certainty that more will die, that more are being killed every hour.

This tragedy results from the deliberate obstruction of a promising move toward peace in the region, when a reconciliation agreement among the Palestinian factions was announced in April. This was a major concession by Hamas, in opening Gaza to joint control under a technocratic government that did not include any Hamas members. The new government also pledged to adopt the three basic principles demanded by the Middle East Quartet comprised of the United Nations, the United States, the European Union, and Russia: nonviolence, recognition of Israel, and adherence to past agreements. Tragically, Israel rejected this opportunity for peace and has succeeded in preventing the new government's deployment in Gaza.

Two factors are necessary to make Palestinian unity possible. First, there must be at least a partial lifting of the 7-year-old sanctions and blockade that isolate the 1.8 million people in Gaza. There must also be an opportunity for the teachers, police, and welfare and health workers on the Hamas payroll to be paid. These necessary requirements for a human standard of living continue to be denied. Instead, Israel blocked Qatar's offer to provide funds to pay civil servants' salaries, and access to and from Gaza has been further tightened by Egypt and Israel.

There is no humane or legal justification for the way the Israeli Defense Forces are conducting this war. Israeli bombs, missiles, and artillery have pulverized large parts of Gaza, including thousands of homes, schools, and hospitals. More than 250,000 people have been displaced from their homes in Gaza. Hundreds of Palestinian noncombatants have been killed. Much of Gaza has lost access to water and electricity completely. This is a humanitarian catastrophe.

There is never an excuse for deliberate attacks on civilians in conflict. These are war crimes. This is true for both sides. Hamas's indiscriminate targeting of Israeli civilians is equally unacceptable. However, three Israeli civilians have been killed by Palestinian rockets, while an overwhelming majority of the 1,600 Palestinians killed have been civilians, including more than 330 children. The need for international judicial proceedings to investigate and end these violations of international law should be taken very seriously.

The U.N. Security Council should focus on what can be done to limit the potential use of force by both sides. It should vote for a resolution recognizing the inhumane conditions in Gaza and mandate an end to the siege. That resolution could also acknowledge the need for international monitors who can report on movements into and out of Gaza as well as cease-fire violations. It should then enshrine strict measures to prevent the smuggling of weapons into Gaza. Early discussions have already taken place. The Elders, an international group of elder statesmen of which we are a part, hope these discussions will continue and reach fruition.

At the Palestinians' request, the Swiss government is considering convening an international conference of the signatory states of the Geneva Conventions, which enshrine the humanitarian laws of warfare. This could pressure Israel and Hamas into observing their duties under international law to protect civilian populations. We sincerely hope all states -- especially those in the West, with the greatest power -- attend and live up to their obligations to uphold the Fourth Geneva Convention, which governs the treatment of populations in occupied territory.

Unity between Fatah and Hamas is currently stronger than it has been for many years. As Elders, we believe this is one of the most encouraging developments in recent years and welcome it warmly. This presents an opportunity for the Palestinian Authority to reassume control over Gaza -- an essential first step towards Israel and Egypt lifting the blockade.

The Palestinian Authority cannot manage the task of administering Gaza on its own. It will need the prompt return of the EU Border Assistance Mission, an international effort to help monitor border crossings that was launched in 2005 and suspended in 2007. EU High Representative Catherine Ashton has already offered to reinstate the program, covering not only Rafah but all of Gaza's crossings. Egypt and Israel would, in turn, cooperate with international monitors to be deployed in Gaza and along its borders, backed by a U.N. Security Council mandate to protect civilian populations. A valuable precedent for trust-building between Egypt and Israel is the international peacekeeping force operating in the Sinai, mandated by the peace treaty signed by the two countries in 1979.

The international community's initial goal should be the full restoration of the free movement of people and goods to and from Gaza through Israel, Egypt, and the sea. Concurrently, the United States and EU should recognize that Hamas is not just a military but also a political force. Hamas cannot be wished away, nor will it cooperate in its own demise. Only by recognizing its legitimacy as a political actor -- one that represents a substantial portion of the Palestinian people -- can the West begin to provide the right incentives for Hamas to lay down its weapons. Ever since the internationally monitored 2006 elections that brought Hamas to power in Palestine, the West's approach has manifestly contributed to the opposite result.

Ultimately, however, lasting peace depends on the creation of a Palestinian state next to Israel.

Leaders in Israel, Palestine, and the world's major powers should believe that policy changes are within reach that would move Israelis and Palestinians closer to a day when the skies over the Holy Land can forever fall silent - From www.foreignpolicy.com.

"THE REASONS WHY AMERICA NEEDS AFRICA NOW"

Africa was known for decades to America and the rest of the western nations as the dark continent of the world that has nothing good to offer them in particular and the rest of mankind in general except for her untapped mineral resources and raw materials (oil, gas, tin, gold, diamond, uranium, timber, cocoa, coffee, rubber, palm oil, groundnut and others). In return, the west has to deal with the problems of Africa, such as, poverty, wars, famines, droughts, sicknesses and diseases with their foreign aid. This is the way Africa was seen and treated by the successive American governments for decades.

Today in the 21st century, Africa has now come out of age to tell America that she has more to offer her and the rest of the world for a number of reasons. Firstly, about one billion people live in Africa today (15% of the global population) and the majority of Africans are under 35 years of age. By 2030, Africa will have the world's largest productive workforce. Secondly, Africa has 6 out of 10 fastest growing economies in the world today (Ethiopia, Angola, Ghana, Mozambique, Congo, Tanzania and Zambia) at an annual growth rate of more than 7% per annum. The entire size of the African economy is now equal to the whole of Asia Tigers. Thirdly, Africa has huge abundant virgin land and water resources for agriculture and most of the world's major and untapped mineral resources in the commercial quantities are found in Africa.

Fourthly, Africa has a rapidly growing middle class with more financial muscles and a huge untapped market for goods and services. Africa has the world's largest telecommunication market today. Fifthly, the world's biggest economies, such as, China, India, Brazil and Russia that are all global rivals to America have their economic roots already deep in Africa which leaves America behind as a late comer. Sixthly, the continent of Africa is the only available untapped market for the America's biggest companies to remain globally competitive with their rivals in this age of globalization. Lastly, Africa's time to shine in the community of nations of the world has finally arrived in our lifetime. 

The biggest challenges that may hinder or likely slow down the future of Africa in her quest to become the next economic wonder of the 21st century world are the lack of the people representative democracy, corrupt governments and leaders in some of the Africa's nations today as well as the terrorist networks, Ebola virus disease and wars. In conclusion, the ongoing US-African Summit in Washington, DC plans an almost $1 trillion new businesses for the America's multinational corporations in Africa. Africa is no longer to be looking for foreign aid from America, but business partnership that will benefit both parties.