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Nigeria 3-0 Kenya

Published 06/07/2009 - 2:01 p.m. EST

Nigeria restored hopes for 2010 thanks to a 3-0 victory over Kenya in Abuja. Goals from Uche (2) and Obinna Nsofor (73'pen, 77). With the win, the Super Eagles now have 4 points from two matches. Tunisia tops the group with 6 points.

LAGOS (AFP) - Nigeria defeated Kenya 3-0 at the Abuja National Stadium Sunday to get their World Cup qualification campaign back on track.

Getafe forward Ikechukwu Uche opened the scoring after just two minutes before Obinna Nsofor from Inter Milan grabbed a brace in the second half.

Tunisia stay top of Group B with six points from two matches after they defeated Mozambique 2-0 at home Saturday, with Nigeria two points behind in second place.

Mozambique are on one point while Kenya remain pointless.

Both Tunisia and Nigeria clash in Tunis in two weeks time at the Rades Stadium in a match that could well provide an indication of the overall leadership of this group.

Inside a packed 60,000-capacity Abuja National Stadium, Nigeria started a youthful team without established internationals like Joseph Yobo, Mikel John Obi and Taye Taiwo, who stayed away from the team's recent friendly matches against the Republic of Ireland and France.

#66

From: Chukwuemeka Okala <reukal@...>
Date: Mon Jun 8, 2009 4:50 am
Subject: FG orders JTF ceasefire

reukal@...

FG orders JTF ceasefire
WRITTEN BY EMMA AMAIZE & DANIEL IDONOR, VANGUARD
FRIDAY, 05 JUNE 2009 02:13


ABUJA—THERE were indications last night that President Umaru Yar’Adua may
have ordered the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) bombarding the creeks of Delta
State in search of militants to immediate cease fire and stop further
hostilities against the militant youths in the region.

Investigations by Vanguard revealed that the order is coming on the heels of the
completion of the assignment of the Presidential Panel on Amnesty and
Disarmament for Militants in the Niger-Delta which submitted its report
yesterday.

According to a source in the Presidency, a meeting of the top hierarchy of the
country’s Armed Forces held yesterday evening, shortly after the panel turned
in its report, with President Yar’Adua presiding.

“Although Mr President routinely meets with the service chiefs on a regular
basis, the meeting going on now may be to review the entire military exercise in
the region so far, and the President may decide also to brief the army chiefs on
the recommendation of the panel’s report and intimate them on the need for a
temporary ceasefire so as to allow willing militants to surrender their
weapons,” the source said.
Although, it was not possible to confirm this from those who attended, as the
meeting was still on at press time, there were indications that strong
representation was made by the panel on the need to stop further hostilities in
the region to allow for the comprehensive implementation of the amnesty.

JTF intensifies search for Tompolo

This is happening just as the JTF continued with its Cordon and Search Operation
in the creeks of Gbaramatu kingdom, yesterday, for militant kingpin and leader
of Camp 5, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, who was accused of causing the
disappearance of 18 soldiers, kidnap of foreigners and hijack of ocean-going
vessels.

Some of the displaced persons who returned to their communities called Vanguard
on phone to complain  that the soldiers  were harassing  and asking them
“where is Tompolo”, pointing out  those who failed to volunteer useful
information  to the troops were  beaten up.
They also said the soldiers were shooting indiscriminately but the Commander of
the JTF, Major-General Sarkin Yarkin-Bello, who was contacted by Vanguard on the
allegation said there was nothing like that.
In an earlier interview with Vanguard, he had said that the Cordon and Search
operation was not over and the task force would carry out air strikes on
militant hideouts if it had intelligence information that would warrant such an
action.
Coordinator of the Joint Media Campaign Centre of the Task Force, Colonel Rabe
Abubakar also clarified that the Cordon and Search operation was still on and
the soldiers in the creeks would definitely act on intelligence report that
would lead them to the discovery of the missing soldiers, the militant leader
and his cohorts.
He said the soldiers have been told not to intimidate anybody and that was part
of the reason the task force gave out its hotlines to members of the public in
the event of any JTF personnel behaving in a manner that is unjustifiable.
Colonel Abubakar said that in the course of carrying out the assignment at hand,
some people might be inconvenienced but that does not mean that the soldiers
deliberately want to punish them.

Soldiers comb creeks with youths

Our source said the soldiers had in their company some youths from another
community who were arrested and being made to take them round some fishing
communities where the people were intimidated.
“They were at Otungbo, Ekamgbene and Igoba and they destroyed things there”,
one Itima told Vanguard in a panic-laden voice on phone at about 5.30pm.
Vanguard could not authenticate the claim at press time.
“I thought the House of Representatives has said that maximum force should not
be used on the people, why are they harassing the few  people that summoned
courage to return”, he added.
From his tone, the people of Gbaramatu have been overwhelmed by the offensive by
the JTF and would want to settle down.
One of the callers told Vanguard, “the Federal Government is bigger than
Gbaramatu kingdom, we cannot fight them, the government is our father, we are
their children, they should not punish us because of the crime of some few
persons, and they should leave the innocent people alone”.



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#67

From: anak@...
Date: Mon Jun 8, 2009 3:26 pm
Subject: FEDERAL CHARACTER: SOUTH'S LATEST MANTRA

presidentasa

Federal Character: South’s Latest Mantra.
                                              BY
                                  KABIR TSAKUWA

Defending on the divide one belongs to, the debates for and/or against the appointments of a new CBN governor had no doubt elicited some varying interest nation-wide. Besides, the politicization, the screening and subsequent appointments had unfortunately pitched the south against the north in what might have other wise be a mere formality.

But those imbued with the least knowledge of Nigeria’s political arithmetic can hardly be surprise by the unfortunate turn of events, having thoroughly understood the psychological make up and hypocritical inkling of the southern elites who always cry wolf where there is none. For that has been their stock in trade over the years-Always keeping sealed lips in the face of glaring injustice against others as happened during the locust Obasanjo years; while at the same time mounting undue pressure through sensational and scary newspaper headlines for any perceived policy breaches that may or may not favour them.

What is of utmost interest to all discerning minds however, concern the dangerous dimension the debate for and/or against the appointment had assumed in recent past? While the proponents mostly emphasized the merit of the appointee vis-à-vis his tract records of accomplishments over the years; the antagonist who for obvious reason are mostly from the south have ironically continue to predicate their arguments on the need to respect the constitutional provision of the federal character principle. A principle that was together with the quota systems; consigned to the dustbin as a veritable weapon for the lazy and barely literate northerners!

But much as I agree with the calls to respect federal character principle of the 1999 constitution, if the south can be honest with itself; it lacks the moral ground to talk about the glaring breaches of the principle in the current political dispensation going by our immediate past unfortunate experience. Or is it because the chickens have all return home to roost?

There is no gain saying the fact that, in Obasanjo, Nigerians have never witness a grossly insensitive, partial, sadist and masochist maladministration which deliberately used the divide and rule tactics to favoured the south in every policy formulations, so much so that, the north was left for eight harrowing years to its hopeless design. Neither do we forget the fate of the likes of late Alhaji Wada Nas of blessed memory who died fighting the extreme marginalization and destructions of the north in virtually every aspect of our national life.

For instance, throughout the eight locust years of uncle shege, the principle of federal character which has now become the new mantra of southern elites was totally jettisoned in its entirety. And any criticism or complain to that effect was usually countered with the watery argument that all appointments were based on merits and that can not be sacrifices on the altar of political expediencies! But what makes the same argument for the current appointments which were all based on merits untenable today? Is it because it favors the wrong person from a wrong tribe?

It I may ask again, where were the advocates for federal character principle when the immediate past consolidations of banks gives the south a whopping 99.5% control? Why have they also keep quit when most employments into the federal civil services and dubious retrenchments/right sizing where done in their favour? Or have they forgotten so soon that in all the consolidated banks majority of the employees happened to be of southern extractions and can’t they give a thought to the fact that out of the 400 newly employed graduates of the CBN, how many were of northern origin? I believed that, no body can tell me that the north did not have quality graduates to be so employed!

The same lopsided arrangements were obtained in virtually all sectors of our national life during the tenure of Obasanjo; like the policy on cassava farming which was elevated over and above other cash crops. In the same vein, the politics of LPFO distributions couple with the citing of all the power projects in the south with no single power project in the whole vast expanse of the Sudan savanna was also a clear pointer to the vindictive desire to cripple the northern region. Even the Mambilla hydro power project which has the capacity to add about 4000MW of electricity to the national grid was sadly neglected. But yet, while all these breaches of the federal character principles were going on; no body among the southern advocates who are now inundating us with a cacophony of calls for fairness and justice in all appointments and equitable distributions of resources and projects deemed it expedient to talks against the perpetration of such glaring injustices.

It is unfortunate at this point in time to be talking about mundane issues in our journey toward national discovery. But the exigencies of the moment call for a measure response to those whose intellectual accomplishments and exposures can not prevent from recoiling into their ethnic shells in matters of grave national concern. The responses are therefore by no means exhaustive, but it suffices to highlight the fact that, the south lacks a sufficient ground to talks about respect for federal character principle given its penchant for maintaining a grave yard silence in the face of similar or more brazen and pathetic breaches against the wrong region!

After all said and done therefore, the appointments of Sanusi lamido Sanusi as the new governor of the Apex bank as controversial as it was unnecessarily made to be, had no doubt shattered many myths and fallacies that were woven around an average northerner. It has also thrown up a challenge to the young and upcoming generations to strive hard to develop their selves fully for the task ahead. Because the era of using third rated eleven, god-fatherism, nepotism and all those negative tendencies which tend to clog the wheel of progress of our country’s development are indeed numbered. The new in things now a day are hard work and ability to developed oneself fully in his choosing carriers which by the grace of God, handsomely pays!

#68

From: Chukwuemeka Okala <reukal@...>
Date: Mon Jun 8, 2009 8:49 pm
Subject: Fw: Rivers State Executive Council Dissolved.....

reukal@...

From: "chiefach1@..." <chiefach1@...>
Sent: Monday, 8 June, 2009 16:28:14
Subject: Rivers State Executive Council Dissolved.....

Rivers State Executive Council Dissolved

PRESS STATEMENT

RIVERS STATE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL DISSOLVED

The Rivers State Executive Council has been dissolved with immediate effect.

A statement signed last night by the Secretary to Rivers State Government which announced the dissolution, thanked the former Commissioners for their services and contributions to Rivers State while they were in office.

The statement advised them to handover to their Permanent Secretaries, and wished them many more successes in their future engagements.

BLESSING WIKINA
Ag. Chief Press Secretary to the Governor

June 5, 2009

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#69

From: Chukwuemeka Okala <reukal@...>
Date: Tue Jun 9, 2009 3:49 am
Subject: Fw: Ikwerres Want Theirs As Next Nddc Boss...

reukal@...

Ikwerres Want Theirs As Next Nddc Boss

From: "chiefach1@..." <chiefach1@...>
Sent: Tuesday, 9 June, 2009 4:03:50
Subject: Ikwerres Want Theirs As Next Nddc Boss...

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Written by By Nkechi Isaac, Abuja ��

Monday, 08 June 2009 00:25

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Ikwerre Monitoring Group (IMG), a socio - cultural group of Ikwerre indigenes in the United States of America, has called on President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua to appoint a Niger Deltan of Ikwerre extraction in Rivers State as the next managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).

In a statement by Mr. Chindah Wami, the spokesperson of the group, it said that by taking this unprecedented step of appointing an Ikwerre indigene to that position, President Yar'Adua will be ending the long-standing pattern of neglect and marginalisation of Ikwerre people in the Nigerian nation.

Mr Wami said that since the creation of Rivers State 42years ago, no Ikwerre indigene had been appointed a federal minister.

He added that in Nigeria's political history, military and civilian governments have come and gone and Ikwerre has remained the only ethnic group that has not produced a federal minister despite being by far the largest ethnic group in Rivers Sate.

He emphasised that the Nigerian State has earned billions of dollars from oil, gas and other resources extracted from Ikwerre land since the past half century and the time has now come for the Ikwerre's to have a fair share of the resources extracted from their land into the national treasury.

The group observed that Ikwerre hosts Federal establishments, including the University of Port Harcourt, wharf, Port Harcourt International Airport, the Nigeria Air Force base, military barracks, the Shell - BP Headquarters, NDDC headquarters, the defunct Niger Development Board (NDDB) and OMPADEC, to mention but a few.

The IMG called on President Yar'Adua to correct the inequities in federal appointments by appointing a Rivers State indigene of Ikwerre extraction to the position of managing director of the NDDC for nothing else will be acceptable, the group concludes.

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#70

From: yinkaodumakin@...
Date: Tue Jun 9, 2009 5:03 am
Subject: Re: Fw: Ikwerres Want Theirs As Next Nddc Boss...

yinkaodumakin

Ikwerres Want Theirs As Next Nddc Boss

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Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 03:49:30 +0000 (GMT)
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Subject: Ikwerres Want Theirs As Next Nddc Boss...

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Written by By Nkechi Isaac, Abuja ��

Monday, 08 June 2009 00:25

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Mr Wami said that since the creation of Rivers State 42years ago, no Ikwerre indigene had been appointed a federal minister.

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#71

From: "Okechukwu Okonjo" <o_okonjo@...>
Date: Tue Jun 9, 2009 7:03 am
Subject: Nigerian Beast Rulers

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#72

From: eRG <edoregeneration@...>
Date: Tue Jun 9, 2009 9:06 am
Subject: re: Ikwerres Want Theirs As Next Nddc Boss...

edoregeneration@...

Ikwerres Want Theirs As Next Nddc Boss

What the heck is this clannishness? Where are we going to end up? Sooner there will be clamour for Ikwere State out of the present Rivers and then Ogoni state.

Niger Deltans! Una tire me no be small.

eRG
England

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Subject: Ikwerres Want Theirs As Next Nddc Boss...

Written by By Nkechi Isaac, Abuja

Monday, 08 June 2009 00:25

Mr Wami said that since the creation of Rivers State 42years ago, no Ikwerre indigene had been appointed a federal minister.

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#73

From: John Onyeukwu <johnonyeukwu@...>
Date: Tue Jun 9, 2009 11:47 am
Subject: Re: Fw: Ikwerres Want Theirs As Next Nddc Boss...

johnonyeukwu

I don't understand why Nigerians would band together and insist on certain positions. Should the Ikwere's primary concern with regards to the NDDC not be that its resources are used for the right purposes. I reckon that the the looters in the institutions that people clamor for do not 'share' their loot with their ethnic groups (or should I rather than with the majority of the members of their ethnic group.

So why would the Ilaje's of Ondo, the Akwa Ibomites and now the Ikwere's be more concerned with who is appointed rather than the accountability systems in place.

God bless Nigeria and its people

John Onyeukwu

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Ikwerres Want Theirs As Next Nddc Boss
Written by By Nkechi Isaac, Abuja
Monday, 08 June 2009 00:25

Ikwerre Monitoring Group (IMG), a socio - cultural group of Ikwerre indigenes in the United States of America, has called on President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua to appoint a Niger Deltan of Ikwerre extraction in Rivers State as the next managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
In a statement by Mr. Chindah Wami, the spokesperson of the group, it said that by taking this unprecedented step of appointing an Ikwerre indigene to that position, President Yar'Adua will be ending the long-standing pattern of neglect and marginalisation of Ikwerre people in the Nigerian nation.
Mr Wami said that since the creation of Rivers State 42years ago, no Ikwerre indigene had been appointed a federal minister.
He added that in Nigeria's political history, military and civilian governments have come and gone and Ikwerre has remained the only ethnic group that has not produced a federal minister despite being by far the largest ethnic group in Rivers Sate.
He emphasised that the Nigerian State has earned billions of dollars from oil, gas and other resources extracted from Ikwerre land since the past half century and the time has now come for the Ikwerre's to have a fair share of the resources extracted from their land into the national treasury.
The group observed that Ikwerre hosts Federal establishments, including the University of Port Harcourt, wharf, Port Harcourt International Airport, the Nigeria Air Force base, military barracks, the Shell - BP Headquarters, NDDC headquarters, the defunct Niger Development Board (NDDB) and OMPADEC, to mention but a few.
The IMG called on President Yar'Adua to correct the inequities in federal appointments by appointing a Rivers State indigene of Ikwerre extraction to the position of managing director of the NDDC for nothing else will be acceptable, the group concludes.

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#74

From: deno lee <sirdeno2000@...>
Date: Tue Jun 9, 2009 4:02 pm
Subject: Joy at Nigeria oil deaths pay-out

sirdeno2000

What next for the Niger Delta?

Joy at Nigeria oil deaths pay-out

Ken Saro-Wiwa's family said he would have been happy with the result

Lawyers for relatives of nine anti-oil campaigners hanged in Nigeria in 1995 say they are thrilled that Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to pay compensation.

The oil giant had been facing charges in the US of complicity in right abuses under Nigeria's then military rulers.

Shell denies any wrongdoing but said it welcomed the $15.5m (�9.7m) settlement as part of a process of reconciliation.

Lawyers said the case showed that corporations were bound by the same human rights standards as individuals.

"We litigated with Shell for 13 years and, at the end of the day, the plaintiffs are going to be compensated for the human rights violations they suffered," said Paul Hoffman, a lawyer for the Nigerian families.

For a lasting peace in the Ogoniland, Shell has to change its attitude towards the people

Bariara Kpalap
Mosop

Will Shell pay-out change Nigeria Delta?

Shell settlement: Your views

The case had been due to go to trial in the US next week, but Mr Hoffman said that even if his team had won the case, they would still have faced "years of appeals".

Judith Chomsky, of the US-based Centre for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and one of the lawyers who initiated the lawsuit 13 years ago, said she was "thrilled" with the outcome.

She said it sent a message that "corporations, like individuals, must abide by internationally recognised human rights standards".

Local rights

#75

From: deno lee <sirdeno2000@...>
Date: Tue Jun 9, 2009 4:09 pm
Subject: Fw: Joy at Nigeria oil deaths pay-out

sirdeno2000

links to full story and video.....http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8090877.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8091104.stm

--- On Tue, 6/9/09, deno lee <sirdeno2000@...> wrote:

From: deno lee <sirdeno2000@...>
Subject: Joy at Nigeria oil deaths pay-out
To:
Date: Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 12:02 PM

Joy at Nigeria oil deaths pay-out

Ken Saro-Wiwa's family said he would have been happy with the result

Lawyers for relatives of nine anti-oil campaigners hanged in Nigeria in 1995 say they are thrilled that Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to pay compensation.
The oil giant had been facing charges in the US of complicity in right abuses under Nigeria's then military rulers.
Shell denies any wrongdoing but said it welcomed the $15.5m (�9.7m) settlement as part of a process of reconciliation.
Lawyers said the case showed that corporations were bound by the same human rights standards as individuals.
"We litigated with Shell for 13 years and, at the end of the day, the plaintiffs are going to be compensated for the human rights violations they suffered," said Paul Hoffman, a lawyer for the Nigerian families.

For a lasting peace in the Ogoniland, Shell has to change its attitude towards the people

Bariara Kpalap
Mosop

What next for the Niger Delta?

Will Shell pay-out change Nigeria Delta?

Shell settlement: Your views

The case had been due to go to trial in the US next week, but Mr Hoffman said that even if his team had won the case, they would still have faced "years of appeals".
Judith Chomsky, of the US-based Centre for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and one of the lawyers who initiated the lawsuit 13 years ago, said she was "thrilled" with the outcome.
She said it sent a message that "corporations, like individuals, must abide by internationally recognised human rights standards".
Local rights

Ken Saro-Wiwa Junior described his relief, and lawyer Judith Chomsky said she was thrilled

Prominent author Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other members of the Ogoni ethnic group from the Niger Delta were executed after being convicted by a military tribunal over the 1994 murder of four local leaders.
They had been campaigning for the rights of local people and protesting at pollution caused by the oil industry. Their deaths sparked a storm of international protest.
The lawsuit was brought under a 1789 law which allows US courts to hear human rights cases brought by foreign nationals over actions that take place abroad.
It alleged that Shell officials helped to supply Nigerian police with weapons during the 1990s, participated in security sweeps in parts of Ogoniland and hired government troops that shot at villagers who protested against a pipeline.
It also alleged that Shell helped the government capture and hang Ken Saro-Wiwa and several of his colleagues.
'Exploited'
Shell has not accepted any liability over the allegations against it and said the pay-out was a "humanitarian gesture".

OGONI TIMELINE

1958 Oil struck in Ogoniland

1990 Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (Mosop) formed; Ken Saro-Wiwa is president

1993 300,000 Ogonis protest at neglect by government and Shell

1993 Shell pull out of Ogoniland after employee is beaten

1994 Conflicts flare between local communities, military sent to restore order. Mosop say conflicts being fuelled by government as a 'divide and rule' tactic.

1994 Four community leaders killed by mob of youths. Mosop leaders, including Ken Saro-Wiwa, arrested

1995 Mr Saro-Wiwa and eight others tried and executed; widespread condemnation of government

2003-2008 International attention switches to armed conflict started by other Delta communities

2008 Government announces Shell will be removed as an operator in Ogoniland.

Fresh start for Nigerian oil activists?

Speaking after the settlement was announced, Shell official Malcolm Brinded said it "acknowledges that, even though Shell had no part in the violence that took place, the plaintiffs and others have suffered".
"While we were prepared to go to court to clear our name, we believe the right way forward is to focus on the future for Ogoni people, which is important for peace and stability in the region," he said.
"It is our hope that we can continue to contribute to this rebuilding process and look forward to the eventual normalisation of relationships with the Ogoni people."
But Bariara Kpalap, a spokesman for the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (Mosop), said Shell had "inflicted much suffering" on the group and that the company still had to address "environmental pollution, neglect and degradation" in the region.
"For a lasting peace in the Ogoniland, Shell has to change its attitude towards the people. Shell should treat us as civilised human beings and not those to be exploited because of our oil," he said.
Ken Wiwa, 40, son of Ken Saro-Wiwa, said his father would have been happy with the result.
"It will provide some kind of psychological relief and release to have those who they feel were responsible for the violations of human rights, being held accountable, or being made to account for their roles in those human rights violations," he said.
Mr Hoffman said $5m of the payment would go into a trust to benefit the people of Ogoniland. The rest would go to the plaintiffs and to pay the costs of litigation.

#76

From: Rotimi Ogunsuyi <rogunsuiy@...>
Date: Tue Jun 9, 2009 1:49 pm
Subject: Re: Fw: Ikwerres Want Theirs As Next Nddc Boss...

rogunsuiy@...

"I don't understand why Nigerians would band together and insist on certain positions." - John Onyeukwu
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John,

It is the way of Nigerians who want to fight corruption - until that corrupt official is their own, then all is forgiven.

The closer you get to the looter's village, the less you hear about the atrocities the rest of the country talks about. He (usually, it's a "he") might have built a Taj Mahal in the midst of his community's squalor, it's okay by them.

Talking of the Ikwerre representation, could this "Ikwerre Monitoring Group (IMG), a socio - cultural group of Ikwerre indigenes in the United States of America" ask what their local representatives have done with what they were given to date? Not to say the oil producing areas are getiting a fair shake, but do they really believe that thieving LG councillor would suddenly become an angelic MD of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC)?

My point is, bad behavior in Nigeria knows no tribe or clan. I join you in asking that the focus be on the "conduct", not the "person".

Rotimi Ogunsuyi
Chicago, IL

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Ikwerres Want Theirs As Next Nddc Boss
Written by By Nkechi Isaac, Abuja
Monday, 08 June 2009 00:25

Ikwerre Monitoring Group (IMG), a socio - cultural group of Ikwerre indigenes in the United States of America, has called on President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua to appoint a Niger Deltan of Ikwerre extraction in Rivers State as the next managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
In a statement by Mr. Chindah Wami, the spokesperson of the group, it said that by taking this unprecedented step of appointing an Ikwerre indigene to that position, President Yar'Adua will be ending the long-standing pattern of neglect and marginalisation of Ikwerre people in the Nigerian nation.
Mr Wami said that since the creation of Rivers State 42years ago, no Ikwerre indigene had been appointed a federal minister.
He added that in Nigeria's political history, military and civilian governments have come and gone and Ikwerre has remained the only ethnic group that has not produced a federal minister despite being by far the largest ethnic group in Rivers Sate.
He emphasised that the Nigerian State has earned billions of dollars from oil, gas and other resources extracted from Ikwerre land since the past half century and the time has now come for the Ikwerre's to have a fair share of the resources extracted from their land into the national treasury.
The group observed that Ikwerre hosts Federal establishments, including the University of Port Harcourt, wharf, Port Harcourt International Airport, the Nigeria Air Force base, military barracks, the Shell - BP Headquarters, NDDC headquarters, the defunct Niger Development Board (NDDB) and OMPADEC, to mention but a few.
The IMG called on President Yar'Adua to correct the inequities in federal appointments by appointing a Rivers State indigene of Ikwerre extraction to the position of managing director of the NDDC for nothing else will be acceptable, the group concludes.

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#77

From: tony egbe <tegbe2003@...>
Date: Tue Jun 9, 2009 5:55 pm
Subject: CISA WEEKLY NEWS BULLETIN !! CISA WEEKLY NEWS BELLETIN !!!

tegbe2003@...

WEEKLY NEWS BULLETIN FROM CISA MEMBERSTATES

The purpose of our alliance is to support any progressive agenda that will uplift the lives of "Igbo Nation" within the territory of Nigeria and elsewhere championed by a member state's National Organization.

Yesterday marks the beginning of the historic construction of the Igbo Village Project in Virginia USA. CISA is appealing to all Igbo families all over USA to rejoice that the identity of Ndi Igbo is about to be cemented in the United States forever. Our collective identity will soon become a historic landmark in the United States . Join us in the teleconference and become a part of this history. Names of all the attendees will be saved and may be placed in the CISA’ S HALL OF FAME GALLERY ON OUR WEBSITE UPON COMPLETION.

Every Nwa afo Igbo must dial into this conference so we can brainstorm together on how to support our brother Prof. Kalu who is working with the state of Virginia on this project. WE CANNOT AFFORD TO DISAPPOINT OUR ANCESTORS AND GENERATIONS YET TO BE BORN ON THIS IMPORTANT IGBO PROJECT.

CISA is tearing down the walls and barriers that were erected covertly (using state creation technique) to keep Igbo separated/divided. When ASA-USA, Imo State Congress of America, EnuguUSA, AbiaUSA, EbonyiUSA, AniomaUSA and USA Rivers-Igbo initiate or champion any progressive program for the wellness /well-being of Ndi Igbo, CISA will also be in the forefront to work for the success of that initiative or program.

ABIA USA

Plan on her (ABIA USA) first Inaugural National Convention in Dallas has reached an advanced stage. Details will be released soon. All CISA member states leadership will be fully represented on the Inaugural day to support Abia National and her constituent entities.

ANIOMA USA

Would be having an "ANIOMA WORLD ECONOMIC CONGRESS (AWEC)" during their biennial International Convention in July 2010. Venue ( Hosting Chapter) and specific date would be announced as soon as available. CISA and her affiliate Local Chapters are encouraged to support Anioma USA and disseminate this information accordingly. World renowned economists, Policy Makers both in public and private sectors, members of both National and State Assembly, elected officials, Federal Ministers, State Commissioners, Academics etc. would be guests and speakers at this Congress.

This is the first time such a Congress would take place since the National body of Anioma-USA was officially launched in Washington DC over 10 years ago.

.

ASA-USA

ASAUSA Medical mission is one of the programs that have positively impacted and will continue to impact the lives of our people in general and Anambra State in particular. CISA is appealing to all citizens of the “Igbo Nation” to support this noble initiative that have impacted the quality of lives of our people positively.

National Convention planning in Toronto Canada is seriously in progress. Ndi Anambra from across the globe are booking their flights and hotel rooms in record numbers and Igbo nile in Canada are seriously preparing to welcome their Anambra brethren in the spirits of brotherhood and sisterhood.

EBONYI USA

Plans are seriously in the works by our brethren from Ebonyi State in the Americas to inaugurate their National body. This assurance was given during my private discussion with the leadership of the Ebonyi State Organization in New Jersey during my visit.

ENUGU USA

Enugu USA National Convention will be in Los Angeles California. CISA leadership will be fully represented to support our Enugu brethren. All affiliates of ASAUSA, Imo State Congress of America, Abia, Ebonyi, Rivers Igbo, Anioma (National towns Unions) in Los Angeles Area are encouraged to work with the Enugu USA’s Convention host affiliate to ensure that the local residents come out en masse to support/welcome their Igbo brethren that will be coming for the National Convention.

THE IMO STATE CONGRESS OF AMERICA

The plans for our first Homeland Convention scheduled for December 17 through the 19, is seriously in progress. A twenty-member Homeland Convention Planning committee comprising of three representative of the Board, National Executive Council, ISCA affiliates and other members are working to ensure a successful outcome. A Homeland based committee was also inaugurated to work in collaboration with the USA based Homeland Committee. The arrangement is very encouraging/impressive.

ISCA’s 2009 Medical Mission initiative/program planning also scheduled for December is also in progress. As soon as the planning is completed, the committee will begin to solicit for volunteers. Imo nwere Madu and we are optimistic that the world will soon see the strength in our numbers of professionals.

IF YOU ARE FROM ANY OF THE MEMBER STATES – YOU ARE A MEMBER OF CISA. CISA IS THE ONLY ORGANIZATION THAT YOU CAN PROUDLY CLAIM TO OWN IN THE AMERICAS.

A publication of CISA’s Public Relations Council Issue #001

Tony Otoiheoma Egbe

DSG Media & Publicity Council, CISA

#78

From: tony egbe <tegbe2003@...>
Date: Tue Jun 9, 2009 6:42 pm
Subject: "CORRECTED" VERSION OF CISA WEEKLY NEWS BULLETIN !! CISA WEEKLY NEWS!!!

tegbe2003@...

WEEKLY NEWS BULLETIN FROM CISA MEMBERSTATES

ABIA USA

ANIOMA USA

Would be having an "ANIOMA WORLD ECONOMIC CONGRESS (AWEC)" during their biennial International Convention in July 2010. Venue ( Hosting Chapter) and specific date would be announced as soon as available. CISA and her affiliate Local Chapters are encouraged to support Anioma USA and disseminate this information accordingly. World renowned economists, Policy Makers both in public and private sectors, members of both National and State Assembly, elected officials, Federal Ministers, State Commissioners, Academics etc. would be guests and speakers at this Congress.

This is the first time such a Congress would take place since the National body of Anioma-USA was officially launched in Washington DC over 10 years ago.

.

ASA-USA

ASA-CANADA Convention in Toronto Canada is seriously in progress. Ndi Anambra from across the globe are booking their flights and hotel rooms in record numbers and Igbo nile in Canada are seriously preparing to welcome their Anambra brethren in the spirits of brotherhood and sisterhood. The National ASA-USA Convention is taking place in Washington D.C., USA, this summer. Everyone, friend and inlaws are invited.

EBONYI USA

ENUGU USA

Enugu USA National Convention will be in Oakland, California. CISA leadership will be fully represented to support our Enugu brethren. All affiliates of ASAUSA, Imo State Congress of America, Abia, Ebonyi, Rivers Igbo, Anioma (National towns Unions) in Los Angeles Area are encouraged to work with the Enugu USA’s Convention host affiliate to ensure that the local residents come out en masse to support/welcome their Igbo brethren that will be coming for the National Convention.

THE IMO STATE CONGRESS OF AMERICA

IF YOU ARE FROM ANY OF THE MEMBER STATES – YOU ARE A MEMBER OF CISA. CISA IS THE ONLY ORGANIZATION THAT YOU CAN PROUDLY CLAIM TO OWN IN THE AMERICAS.

A publication of CISA’s Public Relations Council Issue #001

Tony Otoiheoma Egbe

DSG Media & Publicity Council, CISA

--- On Tue, 6/9/09, tony egbe <tegbe2003@...> wrote:

From: tony egbe <tegbe2003@...>
Subject: [NdiCISA] CISA WEEKLY NEWS BULLETIN !! CISA WEEKLY NEWS BELLETIN !!!
To: "IGBO COUNCIL IGBO STATES" <ndicisa@yahoogroups.com>, "igbo igbo" <igbo_forum@yahoogroups.com>, "IGBO WORLD FORUM IGBO WORLD FORUM" <IgboWorldForum@yahoogroups.com>, "world igbo" <worldigbocongress@yahoogroups.com>, "igbo orgny" <igboorgnyforum@yahoogroups.com>, ndiigbo_forum@yahoogroups.com, "Nzuko Umuigbo Worldwide (NUW)" <umuigbo@...>, "imostate congress" <imostatecongress@yahoogroups.com>, "naija politics" <naijapolitics@yahoogroups.com>, "NIGERIA CHAMPIONS.ORG" <champions@...>, "NAIJA ELECTIONS" <naijaelections@yahoogroups.com>
Cc: "OGENE-NDI-IGBO NDI-IGBO-OGENE" <ogenendiigbo@yahoogroups.com>, "IGBO WORLD ASSY. IGBO WORLD ASSY." <iwa_igbo@yahoogroups.com>, "Nigerian World Forum Nigerian World Forum" <NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 1:55 PM

WEEKLY NEWS BULLETIN FROM CISA MEMBERSTATES

The purpose of our alliance is to support any progressive agenda that will uplift the lives of "Igbo Nation" within the territory of Nigeria and elsewhere championed by a member state's National Organization.

Yesterday marks the beginning of the historic construction of the Igbo Village Project in Virginia USA. CISA is appealing to all Igbo families all over USA to rejoice that the identity of Ndi Igbo is about to be cemented in the United States forever. Our collective identity will soon become a historic landmark in the United States . Join us in the teleconference and become a part of this history. Names of all the attendees will be saved and may be placed in the CISA’ S HALL OF FAME GALLERY ON OUR WEBSITE UPON COMPLETION.

Every Nwa afo Igbo must dial into this conference so we can brainstorm together on how to support our brother Prof. Kalu who is working with the state of Virginia on this project. WE CANNOT AFFORD TO DISAPPOINT OUR ANCESTORS AND GENERATIONS YET TO BE BORN ON THIS IMPORTANT IGBO PROJECT.

CISA is tearing down the walls and barriers that were erected covertly (using state creation technique) to keep Igbo separated/divided. When ASA-USA, Imo State Congress of America, EnuguUSA, AbiaUSA, EbonyiUSA, AniomaUSA and USA Rivers-Igbo initiate or champion any progressive program for the wellness /well-being of Ndi Igbo, CISA will also be in the forefront to work for the success of that initiative or program.

ABIA USA

Plan on her (ABIA USA) first Inaugural National Convention in Dallas has reached an advanced stage. Details will be released soon. All CISA member states leadership will be fully represented on the Inaugural day to support Abia National and her constituent entities.

ANIOMA USA

Would be having an "ANIOMA WORLD ECONOMIC CONGRESS (AWEC)" during their biennial International Convention in July 2010. Venue ( Hosting Chapter) and specific date would be announced as soon as available. CISA and her affiliate Local Chapters are encouraged to support Anioma USA and disseminate this information accordingly. World renowned economists, Policy Makers both in public and private sectors, members of both National and State Assembly, elected officials, Federal Ministers, State Commissioners, Academics etc. would be guests and speakers at this Congress.

This is the first time such a Congress would take place since the National body of Anioma-USA was officially launched in Washington DC over 10 years ago.

.

ASA-USA

ASAUSA Medical mission is one of the programs that have positively impacted and will continue to impact the lives of our people in general and Anambra State in particular. CISA is appealing to all citizens of the “Igbo Nation” to support this noble initiative that have impacted the quality of lives of our people positively.

National Convention planning in Toronto Canada is seriously in progress. Ndi Anambra from across the globe are booking their flights and hotel rooms in record numbers and Igbo nile in Canada are seriously preparing to welcome their Anambra brethren in the spirits of brotherhood and sisterhood.

EBONYI USA

Plans are seriously in the works by our brethren from Ebonyi State in the Americas to inaugurate their National body. This assurance was given during my private discussion with the leadership of the Ebonyi State Organization in New Jersey during my visit.

ENUGU USA

Enugu USA National Convention will be in Los Angeles California. CISA leadership will be fully represented to support our Enugu brethren. All affiliates of ASAUSA, Imo State Congress of America, Abia, Ebonyi, Rivers Igbo, Anioma (National towns Unions) in Los Angeles Area are encouraged to work with the Enugu USA’s Convention host affiliate to ensure that the local residents come out en masse to support/welcome their Igbo brethren that will be coming for the National Convention.

THE IMO STATE CONGRESS OF AMERICA

The plans for our first Homeland Convention scheduled for December 17 through the 19, is seriously in progress. A twenty-member Homeland Convention Planning committee comprising of three representative of the Board, National Executive Council, ISCA affiliates and other members are working to ensure a successful outcome. A Homeland based committee was also inaugurated to work in collaboration with the USA based Homeland Committee. The arrangement is very encouraging/ impressive.

ISCA’s 2009 Medical Mission initiative/program planning also scheduled for December is also in progress. As soon as the planning is completed, the committee will begin to solicit for volunteers. Imo nwere Madu and we are optimistic that the world will soon see the strength in our numbers of professionals.

IF YOU ARE FROM ANY OF THE MEMBER STATES – YOU ARE A MEMBER OF CISA. CISA IS THE ONLY ORGANIZATION THAT YOU CAN PROUDLY CLAIM TO OWN IN THE AMERICAS.

A publication of CISA’s Public Relations Council Issue #001
Tony Otoiheoma Egbe
DSG Media & Publicity Council, CISA

#79

From: anak@...
Date: Wed Jun 10, 2009 6:21 pm
Subject: More Donations for the 2009 ASA-USA Medical Missions

presidentasa

Ndi Anambra Na Ndi Igbo

ASA-USA is very happy to announce the donation of $2000.00 by the Enugu-Agidi Community towards the 2009 ASA-USA Medical Missions. ASA-USA wants to thank Chief Pius Ewulu and the Enugu-Agidi Executives for their exemplary leadership in the promotion of healthcare for the poor and needy in Anambra State though their donation towards ASA-USA Medical Missions. Please join me in thanking them for their generosity and donation of a whopping $2000.00 to the 2009 ASA-USA Medical Missions. May God bless them and their families. You should ask your town union and friends to do the same and help us, help the poor. ASA-USA is tax exempt from Federal income tax under section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Please visit our website at Anambrausa.org for more information. Thanks

Nwachukwu Anakwenze

ASA-USA National President

#80

From: Chukwuemeka Okala <reukal@...>
Date: Thu Jun 11, 2009 8:24 am
Subject: JTF recovers bodies of 18 soldiers - Militants blow up Chevron flow stationSylvester Idowu, Warri - 10.06.2009

reukal@...

JTF recovers bodies of 18 soldiers - Militants blow up Chevron flow
stationSylvester Idowu, Warri - 10.06.2009


THE remains of two lieutenants and 16 soldiers killed on May 13, by militants
have been recovered by troops of the Joint Task Force (JTF) code-named Operation
Restore Hope.

A highly placed security source told the Nigerian Tribune that the bodies of the
missing officers and soldiers were discovered last weekend in a mass grave at
Camp 5 in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State.
The discovery at the Oporoza Camp 5, it was learnt, was facilitated by the
arrest of nine senior aides of the wanted militant leader, Government
Ekpomupolo, alias Tompolo.

Nigerian Tribune gathered that immediately the arrest of Tompolo aides,
including a disabled person in charge of the camp’s armoury, was effected,
they were whisked away to the headquarters of JTF in Effurun.

“It was when they were brought to our headquarters that they pleaded not to be
tortured and volunteered to provide information that would lead to the
whereabouts of our missing officers and soldiers.

“Truly, they took us to Camp 5 at Oporoza and showed us a mass grave where our
men were buried. We have recovered the bodies and their uniforms. I cannot tell
you where the bodies are deposited for now,” the security source told the
Nigerian Tribune.

Investigations revealed that the top hierarchy of the JTF was trying to
establish whether the bodies recovered were truly the remains of the missing
officers and soldiers.

“What we are doing now is to establish the true identities of the bodies
recovered. We are inviting medical practitioners to help us to establish whether
or not they were the officers and soldiers we are looking for,” the security
source said.

Coordinator of the Joint Media Campaign Centre of JTF, Colonel Rabe Abubakar,
could not be reached for confirmation as he was said to be out on official
duties.

Meanwhile, there was a reported fire outbreak at Chevron Flow Station at Utonana
in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State on Tuesday.

The fire, which occurred at about 9 p.m., was said to be as a result of a system
failure from one of the platforms which was out of bounds to all CFS.
Coordinator of the Joint Media Campaign Centre of JTF, Colonel Abubakar, who
confirmed the incident in an online release, however, said there was no casualty
on the part of the troops and the company’s workers.

He debunked claims by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta
(MEND) that the fire was caused by act of sabotage by militants and their
sympathisers, adding “it was caused by system failure of a platform in the
Flow Station.”

Colonel Abubakar said, “if any militant group and their collaborators want a
show of force, we are ready. If they want to test their strength, they are
welcome, as we do not engage in media war and cheap popularity.”

In a statement made available to AFP, Chevron Nigeria said: “Our workforce is
safe, relevant stakeholders have been informed and we are continuing to assess
the situation and work to restore the integrity of the facility which had been
shut down before the incident,” it added.

Chevron did not disclose the cause of the fire bu the MEND had claimed in a
statement that it set the pumping station on fire. Chevron’s Otunana station
in Niger Delta “is currently engulfed in fire after being overwhelmed by our
fighters,” MEND said.




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#81

From: tony egbe <tegbe2003@...>
Date: Thu Jun 11, 2009 5:58 pm
Subject: Dr. Okenwa Nwosu ON: STOPING KIDNAPPING & ARMED ROBBERY IN NIGERIA !!

tegbe2003@...

"The current trend [Kidnapping & Armed Robbery] can be stopped and reversed if the right attitude and approach are adopted in addressing the problems of mass impoverishment and joblessness at the grassroots."....Dr. Okenwa Nwosu.

Dr. Nwosu,

Good idea with the above!! However, the Biggest Problem is this: The powers to be in Nigeria, who should lead in the right attitude and approach, have NOT thought this far about the Root Cause of all these dangerous trends at ground zero. Now, how can we get them to this Realization first, before they find ways towards solution?

Without the understanding of what is responsible for any given problem, it will be a nightmare administring solution. To the Leadership, solution is the use and application of brutal force on, which is not retarding the culprits. I doubt if the leadership of our nation knows what the root cause is, and their willingliness to address it in all honesty from this root.

I strongly feel that, this is the Biggest Problem in this regard. Can anybody proffer any idea on how best to call the leadership attention to the root of the problem? With our weak organization and its resultant toothlessness we in the diaspora, cannot do much in this regard; or can we? Otoiheoma Egbe.

--- On Thu, 6/11/09, Okenwa R. Nwosu, M.D. <okenwanwosu@...> wrote:

From: Okenwa R. Nwosu, M.D. <okenwanwosu@...>
Subject: [IGBO_FORUM] STRATAGEMS FOR ADDRESSING KIDNAPPING & ARMED ROBBERY AT GROUND ZERO
To: AnambraForum@yahoogroups.com, "ASA USA" <asa-usa@yahoogroups.com>, "IGBO EVENTS" <IgboEvents@yahoogroups.com>, "IGBO FORUM" <igbo_forum@yahoogroups.com>, "WORLD IGBO CONGRESS" <WorldIgboCongress@yahoogroups.com>
Cc: "WIEF FORUM" <wief@googlegroups.com>, "IDU USA" <idu-usa@googlegroups.com>
Date: Thursday, June 11, 2009, 12:46 PM

Umuibe,

I recently read one of us reminisce about the tranquil coexistence which our folks enjoyed in bygone years throughout ground zero. Robbery was taboo and kidnapping was unheard-of. Those were the years when neighbors were also next of kin to each other. Life was much simpler. Neighbors helped one another in farm work, child rearing and in attending to many personal and household chores. In short, everyone knew the other very well and collectively sought a livelihood that was predicated on good neighborliness. The stiff resistance mustered during the Civil War was made possible because we truly believed that our survival was dependent on being our brothers’ keepers. The little we had then, we readily shared freely with the rest without fear of malevolence, cheating and fraud. Indeed, the authentic Igbo value system, which anchors the basis for the Igbo worldview that we love and cherish, ruled over the lives of our parents and grandparents.

Our ways have now become corrupted by the outside world and the new way of living. Yes, we have become changed by forces that are way over our heads. Our indigenous values have been diluted and in some aspects, totally dismantled. The older folks still recollect the way things used to be before things fell apart in aftermath of the Civil War. I doubt whether our grandparents, if suddenly brought back to life, are going to be able to recognize the very land which they tilled, dominated and bequeathed to their progeny. The old pathways and familiar landmarks are gone. Lush vegetation has been liquidated and fertile farmlands have been chopped up and smothered by concrete, mortar and steel. Erstwhile sleepy rural towns like Igboukwu, Nnewi, Ekwulobia, Abagana etc are now cohabited by settlers from far away places. It is indeed a very strange place from what used to be.

But the new way offers promise of good and better life to whoever is determined to partake in it and work hard enough to merit a decent livelihood. To actualize this new hope, millions go to school, learn some trade and acquire other skills which ought to guarantee access to the good life of this modern age. Disillusionment and frustration soon take over the minds of the youths who have been imbued with a hope for a better life that remains ever elusive, no matter how one tries. A young man in his mid twenties discovers that, after spending all his life in school learning how his society works, he cannot become what he dreamt of himself growing up as a wide-eyed optimistic adolescent youngster. He cannot earn a living because there is no one to offer him the opportunity to partake in making the new way to work for the well being of everyone and the society. He sees display of wealth in all its opulence around him, still ne cannot meet his own very basic needs. The same experience is shared by the village upstart who forfeited formal education after being enticed to become an apprentice for a “successful” trader/businessman in the city. He never learnt how to sow a seed or tend the yam tendrils as our ancestors mastered in their youthful years. He gets “settled” by his master with tens of thousands of naira which soon melted in his hands due to a combination of sharp business dealings, pressure to keep up with the Joneses and the inflationary pressures in contemporary Nigerian economy. Before too long, he finds himself in same shoes as the youthful unemployed graduate who is uncertain of from where his next meal shall come.

To be able to appreciate what it would take to get a sure handle on the escalating spate of kidnappings and armed robbery at ground zero and elsewhere throughout the country, one must first have a profound appreciation of the lot of millions of able-bodied youths in today’s Nigeria who have been stripped of all hope of meaningful existence due to joblessness. In a society where hopes of the poor are raised and ruthlessly dashed with no qualms, those who are left holding the empty bag are stripped of all sense of self-esteem and their human dignity. The overwhelming majority usually accept their fate and quietly make do with life as they see it. There is, however, a minority whose newfound melancholic existence of penury drives into lashing back at whatever they perceive to be their main stumbling block to the attainment of a normal livelihood. As ranks of the unemployed grow, this minority inevitably reaches a critical mass where their combined assault on societal order can become a major threat to everyone. This is where we find ourselves today.

The escalating incidence of armed robbery and kidnapping portend an atmosphere of extreme desperation in the society. Perpetrators of these heinous crimes are emboldened by the fact that the system which they assail lacks what it would take to stop them. Their consciences are also assuaged by unprecedented licentiousness with which the rulers of society, especially those at the helm in government, misapply and expend our collective resources in ways that favor the privileged elite corps at the expense of the downtrodden. Some may even perceive themselves to be the 21^st Century Robin Hood and thus see nothing wrong in forcefully dispossessing the oppressive elite of what they have looted from society’s collective coffers. Here lies the dilemma for whoever is intent on finding an effective and sustainable solution to heightened insecurity that has gripped ground zero these days. Any approach that can work must be two-pronged; there must be a demonstration of the will and capacity to stop malfeasance of criminals, on the one hand and a firm commitment to address the root cause of material poverty, joblessness and hopelessness in our society, particularly amongst the downtrodden at the grassroots. Emphasis on security considerations alone, even though it may appear to work in the short run, shall ultimately fall short of addressing the problem because it is not sustainable.

Almost everyone has accepted corruption in government as a fact of life in Nigeria. Corrupt enrichment by stealing government funds is as much a criminal act as breaking into a bank vault or kidnapping of innocent fellow citizens by armed bandits. It is difficult to stop one while tolerating or promoting the other. It is the primary responsibility of government to offer every citizen a fair access for attaining a decent livelihood. If this unwritten contract is not kept, on part of the government, then citizens’ loyalty and willingness to comply with law and order of society become questionable. The heightened incidence of breach of law and order in Anambra state, for example, cannot be effectively tackled until the government first exhibits an interest in ensuring that its workers are paid as and when due and that the masses of the unemployed are provided credible conduits for self-actualization through gainful employment. The government cannot employ every citizen but it can create an enabling environment for massive employment opportunities through its policies and governance model. For now, governments of Nigeria are all about expending oil money disbursed from Abuja and little else. The state government are spoon-fed from the center and therefore, could care less what happens to its residents at grassroots level because they are seen more as liabilities than assets.

Every conscientious citizen must decry the lawlessness that pervades all aspects of the Nigerian society, particularly at ground zero. The current trend can be stopped and reversed if the right attitude and approach are adopted in addressing the problems of mass impoverishment and joblessness at the grassroots. Reliance on firepower alone or on collaboration of the famished populace as tools for rooting out desperate actions of miscreants operating in our midst is mere wishful thinking and cannot deliver the desired result.

Okenwa.

#82

From: Chukwuemeka Okala <reukal@...>
Date: Fri Jun 12, 2009 10:35 am
Subject: Fw: Suspected militant leader arrested in Rivers...(Obelle crisis update). .

reukal@...

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Subject: Suspected militant leader arrested in Rivers...(Obelle crisis update). .

Suspected militant leader arrested in Rivers

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Published Today
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A suspected leader, Bernard Wilcox, who heads the Bregede Camp in Bonny, Rivers State, has been arrested by security agencies in Port Harcourt.

He is being questioned over the spate of attacks on the Joint Task Force (JTF) on Bonny Island.

JTF spokesman Col. Rabe Abubakar yesterday said Wilcox was suspected to be the leader of a militant group that specialises in kidnapping of Nigerians and expatriates, as well as attacking military locations in Bonny.

JTF troops have also moved into Obelle community in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State to restore after a cult clash. Two persons were killed and many injured.

A similar fight between the two rival cult groups broke out in the town less than a fortnight ago, it was learnt.

Col. Abubakar attributed the clash to a dispute over who collects royalties from the Anglo/Dutch oil giant, Shell Petroleum Development Company. The firm has a flow station in the community.

He said the JTF was monitoring the situation to forestall a breakdown of law and order.

Despite taking some bashing from the military, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) seems not to be giving up its battle.

It will henceforth adopt guerrilla warfare against the Joint Task Force (JTF) on the Niger Delta, it said yesterday.

The militant group, in an open letter to the security outfit, signed by its spokesman Jomo Gbomo, stated that the ongoing oil "war", tagged Hurricane Piper Alpha, is for real.

MEND again warned oil workers to leave the Niger Delta, saying Tuesday night’s razing of Otunana flow station of American oil giant Chevron Nigeria Limited in Delta State reinforced its warning to oil workers to leave the Niger Delta.

MEND promised not to first shoot at the JTF, except fired at.

Col. Abubakar, in a telephone interview, however, urged the public to ignore MEND, assuring oil workers and others of the safety of their lives and property.

MEND said: "Our attack at the Chevron’s Otunana flow station did not claim the life of anyone because we were not fired upon as we approached. We will not shoot first, except fired upon.

"Our mission is to destroy the facilities that is being used to generate funds to buy bombs to destroy our already traumatised communities and the killing of soldiers becomes necessary only in self-defence.

"Our fight is just and we except the government to do the right things peacefully or we will have to negotiate true federalism, which includes fiscal federalism, when the oil and gas exports are down to zero.

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#83

From: Rufus Orindare <batokkinc@...>
Date: Fri Jun 12, 2009 10:36 am
Subject: This house has fallen indeed

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African view: Obama snubs Nigeria?

US President Barack Obama (left) and Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua (right)

Barack Obama is not stopping over in Nigeria to meet Umaru Yar'Adua in July

In our series of weekly viewpoints from African journalists, Sola Odunfa considers US President Barack Obama's forthcoming visit to Ghana in a letter from Lagos:

Last weekend a recently retired senior Nigerian diplomat sat virtually alone at a bar in his club contemplating rather than drinking the glass of soda water on the coffee table before him.

After watching him for some time I approached to cheer him up.

We would persuade the White House that a touchdown in Nigeria would serve our mutual interests

Retired diplomat

He was not interested in any subject but the impending one-day visit of Africa's own president of the United States to the continent.

"This cannot happen," he said.

"What cannot happen?" I asked. "This is not the first time the most powerful man in the world would be visiting the continent of the dark man."

"Sola," he answered with a dry smile. "In my time in the foreign service, all of us in our missions in Europe and America would have been mobilised to ensure that President Obama would make at least an airport stop-over in Nigeria next door.

"We would persuade the White House that a touchdown in Nigeria would serve our mutual interests."

'Giant of Africa'

As the discussion or, more appropriately, the lecture went on, I found that the former career diplomat's discomfiture was caused, not by the apparent snub of "the Giant of Africa", as Nigerians love to describe their country, but by what he concluded was the death of Nigeria's foreign service.

As far as my respected friend was concerned the government had declared the foreign service redundant.

Nigeria has intervened in regional conflicts in Sierra Leone and Liberia

"That cannot be the case," I said. "Remember that Foreign Minister Ojo Madueke declared long ago that Nigeria's foreign policy was 'Citizens' Diplomacy'"

That is, the government would do whatever was necessary to protect Nigerians everywhere in the world, including applying tit-for-tat actions when a Nigerian was maltreated abroad.

"That was a hollow statement meant for newspaper readers," the diplomat replied.

In fact, he said, Nigeria began practising citizens' diplomacy under military rule: Lawyers were recruited into the foreign service, trained in diplomacy and posted to key missions abroad to advise Nigerians.

When necessary those lawyers attended court hearings to keep a watching brief for Nigerians.

In time, according to him, every government knew that if they maltreated innocent Nigerians in their country, their own citizens in Nigeria would not be left untouched.

Also, he said Nigeria became active in the international institutions set up to formulate a global immigrant policy, given the large numbers of Nigerians in Europe and America.

Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo

Olusegun Obasanjo threw his weight around when he was president

Nigeria's clout as "Big Brother" was well established in Africa, especially in the western sub-region, so, no serious international discussion on Africa would be held without the participation of Nigeria.

"What has brought about the change," I asked.

He did not mince words:

• Perceived systemic corruption has led to distrust in important circles

• The economic downturn has meant that the government can no longer back its diplomacy with funds

• Lastly President Umaru Yar'Adua, unlike former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has not been seen to demonstrate any serious interest in matters beyond Nigeria's shores.

It is not only President Obama who is perceived by Nigerians to have snubbed their country, even small African nations now behave with little consideration for what the reaction of Nigeria might be.

#84

From: tony egbe <tegbe2003@...>
Date: Fri Jun 12, 2009 12:24 pm
Subject: The Good News from Kaduna - GROUND WORK FOR NAIJA REVOLUTION??

tegbe2003@...

By Pius Adesanmi

The Guardian on Sunday June 6, 2009 published a report that should gladden the heart of every Nigerian. Governor Namadi Sambo of Kaduna state got a taste of the anger and discontent of the Nigerian street when youthful protesters ambushed his convoy. According to the newspaper: “Hundreds of irate youths allegedly angry over developments in the council laid an ambush against the governor and his team. The governor was in the area to commission projects executed by his administration and the council but the angry youths, bearing fresh leaves and placards and singing offensive songs took over the route and attempted to stop the ceremony.”

The protest was sparked by the usual litany of lack, indignity, and hopelessness foisted on Nigerians. And those who have remained completely but justifiably befuddled – including Wole Soyinka – by the seemingly inexhaustible endurance of Nigerians should be the first to read the quit notice that this long-suffering people have begun to serve on the Philistines in the ruling elite. From the grandmothers of Ekiti to the youths of Kaduna, the message is constant, even if we know that the rulers of Nigeria are too intellectually impecunious to get it.

I am happy that the Kaduna protesters took out their anger on the governor’s convoy. The convoy is, indeed, Nigeria’s first tragedy. In a context of total declaration of war on the social contract by visionless rulers, the convoy represents nothing but visual and symbolic violence done to the psyche of the people. Remember that every single car – sorry, bullet-proof SUV with tainted windows– in that long convoy is most probably the fruit of over-inflated contracts. Remember that some – or most – of those vehicles will disappear with the incumbent when he leaves office. Remember the guns of their overzealous security aides. Remember the swagger and the arrogance of the hundreds of aides, officials, and assistants who are described as the big man’s “entourage” but whose singular responsibility is to shield their non-performing and corrupt principal from the people. Finally, remember that, courtesy of NEXT, we now know that President Yar’Adua even owns a convoy of seventeen ambulances!

In essence, a patina of oppression comes naturally with the convoy and sirens of the Nigerian official. It symbolizes the personalization, arrogance, and mystification of power. I have encountered jejune arguments that government officials in civilized climes also use convoys. Such silly comparisons deserve no comment. As far as I’m concerned, no Nigerian (s)elected office holder deserves a convoy and that is part of the message of the angry youths in Kaduna.

The Emir of Zaria and the Governor were reported to have offered the usual constipated admonishments that Nigeria’s failed rulers produce robotically from a template in such circumstances. ‘Eschew violence!’ ‘Be law-abiding!’ ‘We shall bring you the dividends of democracy!’ Lost on both members of the northern elite is an interesting phenomenon. The youths stoning the governor’s convoy come from the ‘army’ of hungry youths that their class brainwashes and keeps in poverty, ready for ‘deployment’ to kill and maim Christian infidels, burn churches, and chop off a few Igbo heads from time to time. One such youth heckled the governor of Taraba state last year and is still in jail as I write. The northern political elite needs to pick up any good dictionary of English expressions. They should look up the part that mentions something about the chicken coming home to roost.

This brings me to the importance of meaning and the easy and unbelievable concessions that we, the people, make to the oppressor. I harp frequently on this theme because meaning matters. The successful colonization of meaning by our rulers partially explains why we rationalize everything they do. The media has played a sordid role in the loss of meaning to our rulers. I have referred to the Kaduna actors as “protesters” and that is deliberate. The Guardian was not that generous. That newspaper called them “irate youths”, “mob”, and other foolish words their reporters lifted directly from the repertoire of the Nigerian ruling class. No Nigerian newspaper is immune to this tendency of sheepish deployment of official vocabulary in their analyses of social phenomena. Even some of their most sympathetic reports on the Niger Delta betray this problem. Leadership’s publisher, Sam Nda Isaiah, has been writing silly columns on the Niger Delta that could have been dictated by Olusegun Adeniyi. As far as meaning is concerned, nothing is more dangerous than an uncritical media that employs the vocabulary of the ruling class.

--- On Fri, 6/12/09, Pius Adesanmi <piusadesanmi@...> wrote:

From: Pius Adesanmi <piusadesanmi@...>
Subject: [NIDOA] The Good News from Kaduna
To: naijapolitics@yahoogroups.com, nidoa@yahoogroups.com, nidocanada@yahoogroups.com, omoodua@yahoogroups.com, ekitipeoplesvoice@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 8:13 AM

http://www.234next. com/csp/cms/ sites/Next/ Opinion/Columns/ 5423460-146/ LITTLE_ENDS: _The_good_ news_from. csp

The Good News from Kaduna
By Pius Adesanmi

The Guardian on Sunday June 6, 2009 published a report that should gladden the heart of every Nigerian. Governor Namadi Sambo of Kaduna state got a taste of the anger and discontent of the Nigerian street when youthful protesters ambushed his convoy. According to the newspaper: “Hundreds of irate youths allegedly angry over developments in the council laid an ambush against the governor and his team. The governor was in the area to commission projects executed by his administration and the council but the angry youths, bearing fresh leaves and placards and singing offensive songs took over the route and attempted to stop the ceremony.”

The protest was sparked by the usual litany of lack, indignity, and hopelessness foisted on Nigerians. And those who have remained completely but justifiably befuddled – including Wole Soyinka – by the seemingly inexhaustible endurance of Nigerians should be the first to read the quit notice that this long-suffering people have begun to serve on the Philistines in the ruling elite. From the grandmothers of Ekiti to the youths of Kaduna, the message is constant, even if we know that the rulers of Nigeria are too intellectually impecunious to get it.
I am happy that the Kaduna protesters took out their anger on the governor’s convoy. The convoy is, indeed, Nigeria’s first tragedy. In a context of total declaration of war on the social contract by visionless rulers, the convoy represents nothing but visual and symbolic violence done to the psyche of the people. Remember that every single car – sorry, bullet-proof SUV with tainted windows– in that long convoy is most probably the fruit of over-inflated contracts. Remember that some – or most – of those vehicles will disappear with the incumbent when he leaves office. Remember the guns of their overzealous security aides. Remember the swagger and the arrogance of the hundreds of aides, officials, and assistants who are described as the big man’s “entourage” but whose singular responsibility is to shield their non-performing and corrupt principal from the people. Finally, remember that, courtesy of NEXT, we now know that President Yar’Adua even owns a convoy of seventeen ambulances!
In essence, a patina of oppression comes naturally with the convoy and sirens of the Nigerian official. It symbolizes the personalization, arrogance, and mystification of power. I have encountered jejune arguments that government officials in civilized climes also use convoys. Such silly comparisons deserve no comment. As far as I’m concerned, no Nigerian (s)elected office holder deserves a convoy and that is part of the message of the angry youths in Kaduna.
The Emir of Zaria and the Governor were reported to have offered the usual constipated admonishments that Nigeria’s failed rulers produce robotically from a template in such circumstances. ‘Eschew violence!’ ‘Be law-abiding!’ ‘We shall bring you the dividends of democracy!’ Lost on both members of the northern elite is an interesting phenomenon. The youths stoning the governor’s convoy come from the ‘army’ of hungry youths that their class brainwashes and keeps in poverty, ready for ‘deployment’ to kill and maim Christian infidels, burn churches, and chop off a few Igbo heads from time to time. One such youth heckled the governor of Taraba state last year and is still in jail as I write. The northern political elite needs to pick up any good dictionary of English expressions. They should look up the part that mentions something about the chicken coming home to roost.

This brings me to the importance of meaning and the easy and unbelievable concessions that we, the people, make to the oppressor. I harp frequently on this theme because meaning matters. The successful colonization of meaning by our rulers partially explains why we rationalize everything they do. The media has played a sordid role in the loss of meaning to our rulers. I have referred to the Kaduna actors as “protesters” and that is deliberate. The Guardian was not that generous. That newspaper called them “irate youths”, “mob”, and other foolish words their reporters lifted directly from the repertoire of the Nigerian ruling class. No Nigerian newspaper is immune to this tendency of sheepish deployment of official vocabulary in their analyses of social phenomena. Even some of their most sympathetic reports on the Niger Delta betray this problem. Leadership’s publisher, Sam Nda Isaiah, has been writing silly columns on the Niger Delta that could have been dictated by Olusegun Adeniyi. As far as meaning is concerned, nothing is more dangerous than an uncritical media that employs the vocabulary of the ruling class.

============ ========= ========= ========= ========= ========= ========= ====

“There will always be some people whose personal, selfish interests are, in the short term at least, well served by the mismanagement and social iniquities. Naturally they will be extremely loud in their adulation of the country and its system and will be anxious to pass themselves off as patriots and to vilify those who disagree with them as trouble-makers or even traitors. BUT DOOMED IS THE NATION WHICH PERMITS SUCH PEOPLE TO DEFINE PATRIOTISM FOR IT”. - Chinua Achebe

#85

From: tony egbe <tegbe2003@...>
Date: Fri Jun 12, 2009 12:55 pm
Subject: NDI-ANAMBRA - HOPE THIS ENDS Andy Uba's POLITICAL MISCHIEF?

tegbe2003@...

"..the kind of fool in whose unintelligent head; some sycophants would wish to place the destiny of Ndi-Anambra?".....Mz. Frank Ogbunweze.

Frank,

Do you think these sychophants know any better? Methink that they are on the same mindset, otherwise they are too mischievious to wish Ndi-Anambra in particular, but the whole of Ndi-Igbo well. This kind of mindset is what is holding Ndi-Igbo, if not the rest of Nigerians Down. Inspite of our educational qualifications, we worship, hail and crown the ones with dirty financial wealth kings, no matter their Uneducated Mindset.

One can see that even the so called educated ones, with the Biggest Empty titles, like "Onu Na Ekwuru Ndi-Igbo #1" are as ignorant as their master, as they thrive on nepotistic campaign to install a Fool to rule Ndi-Anambra. A state known to have produced the Best that Nigeria can offer. Tufiakwa, Azigbakwa Ihe Ojuo. The supreme court of the land is alive and well, thank God!! Otoiheoma Egbe.

--- On Fri, 6/12/09, franklyne ogbunwezeh <ogbunwezeh@...> wrote:

From: franklyne ogbunwezeh <ogbunwezeh@...>
Subject: Re: [IGBO_FORUM] Everybody Lied to Andy....for his money - While the Hot Air Blew !!
To: igbo_forum@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 4:25 AM

People,

With the power conferred by stolen wealth, every scoundrel in his conceit impregnates himself with a destructive kind of hubris, borne out of an asexual psycho-traumatic megalomania gone awry.

Andy Ubah made an extraordinary effort to show the world that he is a fool. He bundled himself to the Supreme court and asked the august court to canonize him a fool. And the Supreme Court cordially obliged him.

This is the kind of fool in whose unintelligent head; some sycophants would wish to place the destiny of Ndi-Anambra.

Azi gbakwa ihe ojo!!!! (Accursed are the purveyors of vice)

The fact remains like Da Nigga Raw sang in his label: Ara ga agba ndi ara!!!! (The Mad would be harassed by madness)

Franklyne Ogbunwezeh

--- On Thu, 6/11/09, tony egbe <tegbe2003@yahoo. com> wrote:

From: tony egbe <tegbe2003@yahoo. com>
Subject: [IGBO_FORUM] Everybody Lied to Andy....for his money - While the Hot Air Blew !!
To: IgboEvents@yahoogro ups.com, igbo_forum@yahoogro ups.com, ABIAUSA@yahoogroups .com, worldigbocongress@ yahoogroups. com, WorldIgboCongress@ yahoogroups. com
Date: Thursday, June 11, 2009, 5:03 PM

Mz. Asagwara,

Nevertheless, it takes an Educated Mind to feel the Hot Air being blow into their arse. Even with all their titles and fake degrees in parade, they were NOT able to notice anything. Otoiheoma Egbe.

--- On Thu, 6/11/09, Asagwara, Ken (EDU-ECY) <Ken.Asagwara@ gov.mb.ca> wrote:

From: Asagwara, Ken (EDU-ECY) <Ken.Asagwara@ gov.mb.ca>
Subject: [WorldIgboCongress] RE: [IgboEvents: Live] Everybody Lied to Andy....for his money
To: IgboEvents@yahoogro ups.com, igbo_forum@yahoogro ups.com, ABIAUSA@yahoogroups .com, worldigbocongress@ yahoogroups. com
Date: Thursday, June 11, 2009, 7:44 PM

Folks:

Were he educated, he will not have accepted their lies. He will have seen them for the fraud and liars they are. Who said college/university education is not beneficial. By that I don’t mean mere acquisition of certificates; I mean the acquisition of knowledge that empowers one to realize when hot air is being blown up your arse.

Poor brother Andy!

Lawyer Eziokwu, what role, if any did you play in this Andy Uba Supreme Court abracadabra or the Tellam I Go Gree game from his lawyers?

LOL!

KC Prince Asagwara

From: IgboEvents@yahoogro ups.com [mailto: IgboEvents@yahoogro ups.com ] On Behalf Of Ada Pius
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 6:05 AM
To: ASA USA; Anambra Forums; igboevents@yahoogro ups.com
Subject: [IgboEvents: Live] Everybody Lied to Andy....for his money

Thursday, 11 June 2009 05:42 Saharareporters, New York

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A Supreme Court panel headed by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Legbo Kutigi, today in Abuja dismissed the controversial case brought before it by Emmanuel Nnamdi Uba, the former domestic aide to former president Obasanjo.

The lawsuit which has become an embarrassment to the apex court made several rounds in since 20007 when Mr. Uba's reign as the governor of Anambra state was unceremoniously ended by the court.

Recently, Saharareporters exposed a deal between Mr. Uba, Justices Nikki Tobi and Aloysious Katsina-Alu to grant Uba his request in a ruling on the case but our timely report led the court to postpone the ruling, therefore accepting that a full panel of 7 justices be constituted to decide the case.

Our reports, sources within the court told us, led the chief justice to take over the case. At today's ruling, the Supreme Court lead justice told Mr. Uba's lawyers in strong language never to return back to the Supreme Court with the frivolous law suit again.

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#86

From: tony egbe <tegbe2003@...>
Date: Fri Jun 12, 2009 2:46 pm
Subject: As Chastity Bono Seeks a Sex Change - SIGN OF END OF THE WORLD?

tegbe2003@...

So, what kind of tools will s/he be using to please the girl friends' sexual desires? Na Waa!! Hopefully this World is not heading to the brink of destruction, please God!! Otoiheoma Egbe.

--- On Fri, 6/12/09, Pamela Christopher <pamoja60660@...> wrote:

From: Pamela Christopher <pamoja60660@...>
Subject: [LifestyleToday] Chastity Bono Is Having a Sex Change
To: "Life Style" <LifestyleToday@yahoogroups.com>, "ChatAfrik Showtime" <ChatAfrikShowtime@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 9:43 AM

Hmmm...Cher should just support her daughter...oops son to be!

Pamela

CelebNews@Usmagazin e.com! - Chastity Bono Is Having a Sex Change

Chastity Bono Is Having a Sex Change
Thursday June 11, 2009

Cher with her daughter, Chastity Bono at the 9th Annual GLAAD Media Awards on April 19, 1998.
Brenda Chase/Getty Images

CelebNews@Usmagazin e.com! - Chastity Bono Is Having a Sex Change

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Chastity Bono, daughter of Cher and the late Sonny Bono, is undergoing a sex change, Usmagazine.com has learned.

Chastity, who is transitioning from female to male, began the process earlier this year after turning 40 March 4.

"Yes, it's true -- Chaz, after many years of consideration, has made the courageous decision to honor his true identity," publicist Howard Bragman tells Usmagazine.com.

"He is proud of his decision and grateful for the support and respect that has already been shown by his loved ones. It is Chaz's hope that his choice to transition will open the hearts and minds of the public regarding this issue, just as his 'coming out' did nearly 20 years ago," Bragman continued.

"We ask that the media respect Chaz's privacy during this long process as he will not be doing any interviews at this time," the statement concluded.

Said Neil G. Giuliano, president of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD): "Chaz Bono's decision to live his life authentically represents an important step forward, both for him personally and for all who are committed to advancing discussions about fairness and equality for transgender people. Coming out as transgender is an extremely personal decision and one that is never made lightly."

TMZ.com first reported the news Thursday.

In 1998, Chastity Bono wrote about her sexuality, revealing that she "came out" at 18.

Cher said she "flipped out" when she heard the news, even banishing Chastity from her NYC apartment.

"I'd always had this idea that she would get married and have a family," Cher said at the time.
The two have since reconciled and Chastity went on to become an American LGBT rights advocate, write

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#87

From: peter opara <ogbuonyeiro@...>
Date: Fri Jun 12, 2009 3:09 pm
Subject: Re: [IgboWorldForum] The Good News from Kaduna - GROUND WORK FOR NAIJA REVOLUTION??

ogbuonyeiro@...

From Gombe to Nembe, such protest and demonstrations should take on new energy, directed at the peoples and property of those who've been abusing Nigerians since the past 9 years. Talk about Nigerians waking up - THE TIME IS NOW! before they recycle themselves into offices again.

--- On Fri, 6/12/09, tony egbe <tegbe2003@...> wrote:

From: tony egbe <tegbe2003@...>
Subject: [IgboWorldForum] The Good News from Kaduna - GROUND WORK FOR NAIJA REVOLUTION??
To: naijapolitics@yahoogroups.com, nidoa@yahoogroups.com, nidocanada@yahoogroups.com, omoodua@yahoogroups.com, ekitipeoplesvoice@yahoogroups.com, "Pius Adesanmi" <piusadesanmi@...>
Cc: "Nigerian World Forum Nigerian World Forum" <NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com>, "NIGERIA CHAMPIONS.ORG" <champions@...>, "NAIJA ELECTIONS" <naijaelections@yahoogroups.com>, "naija politics" <naijapolitics@yahoogroups.com>, "world igbo" <worldigbocongress@yahoogroups.com>, "IGBO WORLD FORUM IGBO WORLD FORUM" <IgboWorldForum@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 8:24 AM

By Pius Adesanmi

The Guardian on Sunday June 6, 2009 published a report that should gladden the heart of every Nigerian. Governor Namadi Sambo of Kaduna state got a taste of the anger and discontent of the Nigerian street when youthful protesters ambushed his convoy. According to the newspaper: “Hundreds of irate youths allegedly angry over developments in the council laid an ambush against the governor and his team. The governor was in the area to commission projects executed by his administration and the council but the angry youths, bearing fresh leaves and placards and singing offensive songs took over the route and attempted to stop the ceremony.”

The protest was sparked by the usual litany of lack, indignity, and hopelessness foisted on Nigerians. And those who have remained completely but justifiably befuddled – including Wole Soyinka – by the seemingly inexhaustible endurance of Nigerians should be the first to read the quit notice that this long-suffering people have begun to serve on the Philistines in the ruling elite. From the grandmothers of Ekiti to the youths of Kaduna, the message is constant, even if we know that the rulers of Nigeria are too intellectually impecunious to get it.
I am happy that the Kaduna protesters took out their anger on the governor’s convoy. The convoy is, indeed, Nigeria’s first tragedy. In a context of total declaration of war on the social contract by visionless rulers, the convoy represents nothing but visual and symbolic violence done to the psyche of the people. Remember that every single car – sorry, bullet-proof SUV with tainted windows– in that long convoy is most probably the fruit of over-inflated contracts. Remember that some – or most – of those vehicles will disappear with the incumbent when he leaves office. Remember the guns of their overzealous security aides. Remember the swagger and the arrogance of the hundreds of aides, officials, and assistants who are described as the big man’s “entourage” but whose singular responsibility is to shield their non-performing and corrupt principal from the people. Finally, remember that, courtesy of NEXT, we now know that President Yar’Adua even owns a convoy of seventeen ambulances!
In essence, a patina of oppression comes naturally with the convoy and sirens of the Nigerian official. It symbolizes the personalization, arrogance, and mystification of power. I have encountered jejune arguments that government officials in civilized climes also use convoys. Such silly comparisons deserve no comment. As far as I’m concerned, no Nigerian (s)elected office holder deserves a convoy and that is part of the message of the angry youths in Kaduna.
The Emir of Zaria and the Governor were reported to have offered the usual constipated admonishments that Nigeria’s failed rulers produce robotically from a template in such circumstances. ‘Eschew violence!’ ‘Be law-abiding!’ ‘We shall bring you the dividends of democracy!’ Lost on both members of the northern elite is an interesting phenomenon. The youths stoning the governor’s convoy come from the ‘army’ of hungry youths that their class brainwashes and keeps in poverty, ready for ‘deployment’ to kill and maim Christian infidels, burn churches, and chop off a few Igbo heads from time to time. One such youth heckled the governor of Taraba state last year and is still in jail as I write. The northern political elite needs to pick up any good dictionary of English expressions. They should look up the part that mentions something about the chicken coming home to roost.

This brings me to the importance of meaning and the easy and unbelievable concessions that we, the people, make to the oppressor. I harp frequently on this theme because meaning matters. The successful colonization of meaning by our rulers partially explains why we rationalize everything they do. The media has played a sordid role in the loss of meaning to our rulers. I have referred to the Kaduna actors as “protesters” and that is deliberate. The Guardian was not that generous. That newspaper called them “irate youths”, “mob”, and other foolish words their reporters lifted directly from the repertoire of the Nigerian ruling class. No Nigerian newspaper is immune to this tendency of sheepish deployment of official vocabulary in their analyses of social phenomena. Even some of their most sympathetic reports on the Niger Delta betray this problem. Leadership’s publisher, Sam Nda Isaiah, has been writing silly columns on the Niger Delta that could have been dictated by Olusegun Adeniyi. As far as meaning is concerned, nothing is more dangerous than an uncritical media that employs the vocabulary of the ruling class.

--- On Fri, 6/12/09, Pius Adesanmi <piusadesanmi@ yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Pius Adesanmi <piusadesanmi@ yahoo.com>
Subject: [NIDOA] The Good News from Kaduna
To: naijapolitics@ yahoogroups. com, nidoa@yahoogroups. com, nidocanada@yahoogro ups.com, omoodua@yahoogroups .com, ekitipeoplesvoice@ yahoogroups. com
Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 8:13 AM

http://www.234next. com/csp/cms/ sites/Next/ Opinion/Columns/ 5423460-146/ LITTLE_ENDS: _The_good_ news_from. csp

The Good News from Kaduna
By Pius Adesanmi

The Guardian on Sunday June 6, 2009 published a report that should gladden the heart of every Nigerian. Governor Namadi Sambo of Kaduna state got a taste of the anger and discontent of the Nigerian street when youthful protesters ambushed his convoy. According to the newspaper: “Hundreds of irate youths allegedly angry over developments in the council laid an ambush against the governor and his team. The governor was in the area to commission projects executed by his administration and the council but the angry youths, bearing fresh leaves and placards and singing offensive songs took over the route and attempted to stop the ceremony.”

The protest was sparked by the usual litany of lack, indignity, and hopelessness foisted on Nigerians. And those who have remained completely but justifiably befuddled – including Wole Soyinka – by the seemingly inexhaustible endurance of Nigerians should be the first to read the quit notice that this long-suffering people have begun to serve on the Philistines in the ruling elite. From the grandmothers of Ekiti to the youths of Kaduna, the message is constant, even if we know that the rulers of Nigeria are too intellectually impecunious to get it.
I am happy that the Kaduna protesters took out their anger on the governor’s convoy. The convoy is, indeed, Nigeria’s first tragedy. In a context of total declaration of war on the social contract by visionless rulers, the convoy represents nothing but visual and symbolic violence done to the psyche of the people. Remember that every single car – sorry, bullet-proof SUV with tainted windows– in that long convoy is most probably the fruit of over-inflated contracts. Remember that some – or most – of those vehicles will disappear with the incumbent when he leaves office. Remember the guns of their overzealous security aides. Remember the swagger and the arrogance of the hundreds of aides, officials, and assistants who are described as the big man’s “entourage” but whose singular responsibility is to shield their non-performing and corrupt principal from the people. Finally, remember that, courtesy of NEXT, we now know that President Yar’Adua even owns a convoy of seventeen ambulances!
In essence, a patina of oppression comes naturally with the convoy and sirens of the Nigerian official. It symbolizes the personalization, arrogance, and mystification of power. I have encountered jejune arguments that government officials in civilized climes also use convoys. Such silly comparisons deserve no comment. As far as I’m concerned, no Nigerian (s)elected office holder deserves a convoy and that is part of the message of the angry youths in Kaduna.
The Emir of Zaria and the Governor were reported to have offered the usual constipated admonishments that Nigeria’s failed rulers produce robotically from a template in such circumstances. ‘Eschew violence!’ ‘Be law-abiding!’ ‘We shall bring you the dividends of democracy!’ Lost on both members of the northern elite is an interesting phenomenon. The youths stoning the governor’s convoy come from the ‘army’ of hungry youths that their class brainwashes and keeps in poverty, ready for ‘deployment’ to kill and maim Christian infidels, burn churches, and chop off a few Igbo heads from time to time. One such youth heckled the governor of Taraba state last year and is still in jail as I write. The northern political elite needs to pick up any good dictionary of English expressions. They should look up the part that mentions something about the chicken coming home to roost.

This brings me to the importance of meaning and the easy and unbelievable concessions that we, the people, make to the oppressor. I harp frequently on this theme because meaning matters. The successful colonization of meaning by our rulers partially explains why we rationalize everything they do. The media has played a sordid role in the loss of meaning to our rulers. I have referred to the Kaduna actors as “protesters” and that is deliberate. The Guardian was not that generous. That newspaper called them “irate youths”, “mob”, and other foolish words their reporters lifted directly from the repertoire of the Nigerian ruling class. No Nigerian newspaper is immune to this tendency of sheepish deployment of official vocabulary in their analyses of social phenomena. Even some of their most sympathetic reports on the Niger Delta betray this problem. Leadership’s publisher, Sam Nda Isaiah, has been writing silly columns on the Niger Delta that could have been dictated by Olusegun Adeniyi. As far as meaning is concerned, nothing is more dangerous than an uncritical media that employs the vocabulary of the ruling class.

============ ========= ========= ========= ========= ========= ========= ====

“There will always be some people whose personal, selfish interests are, in the short term at least, well served by the mismanagement and social iniquities. Naturally they will be extremely loud in their adulation of the country and its system and will be anxious to pass themselves off as patriots and to vilify those who disagree with them as trouble-makers or even traitors. BUT DOOMED IS THE NATION WHICH PERMITS SUCH PEOPLE TO DEFINE PATRIOTISM FOR IT”. - Chinua Achebe

#88

From: eRG <edoregeneration@...>
Date: Fri Jun 12, 2009 3:51 pm
Subject: Re: [LifestyleToday] As Chastity Bono Seeks a Sex Change - SIGN OF END OF THE WORLD?

edoregeneration@...

"Good question! I am not gay so I would not know how these things work" - Pam

So you are NOT? I've been misinformed!!!

eRG
England

From: Pamela Christopher <pamoja60660@...>
To: LifestyleToday@yahoogroups.com; ChatAfrik Showtime <ChatAfrikShowtime@yahoogroups.com>
Cc: Nigerian World Forum Nigerian World Forum <NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, 12 June, 2009 16:37:00
Subject: Re: [LifestyleToday] As Chastity Bono Seeks a Sex Change - SIGN OF END OF THE WORLD?

Tony,

Good question! I am not gay so I would not know how these things work. I went online and found the article below which may answer some of those questions we may have about gay love........

Pamela

Click to Print Article

by Holly Johnson

There are stark differences between the way heterosexuals and homosexuals make love. But they aren't hard to figure out and adjust to.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You'll Need

Lubricant.

Steps

Step One

Kiss. Nothing gets you in the mood like a good makeout session.

Step Two

Touch your lover. Run your hands over his body. Caress him. Kiss him everywhere.

Step Three

Offer fellatio. Since you are the one making love to your gay lover, offer him stimulation before you get to penetration.

Step Four

Apply lubricant to your fingers. The anus is not self lubricating and needs to have an outside source of lubrication applied.

Step Five

Insert one finger into your lover's anus. The anus also does not stretch as readily as the vagina. You must loosen the muscles of the anus with your fingers.

Step Six

Add another finger. Once two fingers are easily worked in and out, add a third. Keep stretching your lover's anus until he is ready to be penetrated.

Step Seven

Apply lubricant to your penis. The added lubricant will make the lovemaking more pleasurable for you both.

Step Eight

Insert your penis into his anus. Do this slowly at first, as to not hurt him. You can either enter him from behind, or he can lay on his back with his legs propped up to give you access.

Step Nine

Move your penis in and out of his anus at the pace you choose. For his added stimulation, rub his penis or testicles with your hand.

Step Ten

Keep working until you both achieve an orgasm.

Step Eleven

Hold your lover when you are finished.

Tips & Warnings

Wash your hands when you are finished. The anus is unsanitary.
Always use a condom when sleeping with a lover whose sexual history you do not know.

Pamela N. Mojekwu.
Chicago, IL. USA.

If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.
Zig Ziglar

--- On Fri, 6/12/09, tony egbe <tegbe2003@yahoo. com> wrote:

From: tony egbe <tegbe2003@yahoo. com>
Subject: [LifestyleToday] As Chastity Bono Seeks a Sex Change - SIGN OF END OF THE WORLD?
To: LifestyleToday@ yahoogroups. com, "ChatAfrik Showtime" <ChatAfrikShowtime@ yahoogroups. com>
Cc: "Nigerian World Forum Nigerian World Forum" <NIgerianWorldForum@ yahoogroups. com>
Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 9:46 AM

So, what kind of tools will s/he be using to please the girl friends' sexual desires? Na Waa!! Hopefully this World is not heading to the brink of destruction, please God!! Otoiheoma Egbe.

--- On Fri, 6/12/09, Pamela Christopher <pamoja60660@ yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Pamela Christopher <pamoja60660@ yahoo.com>
Subject: [LifestyleToday] Chastity Bono Is Having a Sex Change
To: "Life Style" <LifestyleToday@ yahoogroups. com>, "ChatAfrik Showtime" <ChatAfrikShowtime@ yahoogroups. com>
Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 9:43 AM

Hmmm...Cher should just support her daughter...oops son to be!

Pamela

CelebNews@Usmagazin e.com! - Chastity Bono Is Having a Sex Change

Chastity Bono Is Having a Sex Change
Thursday June 11, 2009

Cher with her daughter, Chastity Bono at the 9th Annual GLAAD Media Awards on April 19, 1998.
Brenda Chase/Getty Images

CelebNews@Usmagazin e.com! - Chastity Bono Is Having a Sex Change

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Chastity Bono, daughter of Cher and the late Sonny Bono, is undergoing a sex change, Usmagazine.com has learned.

Chastity, who is transitioning from female to male, began the process earlier this year after turning 40 March 4.

"Yes, it's true -- Chaz, after many years of consideration, has made the courageous decision to honor his true identity," publicist Howard Bragman tells Usmagazine.com.

"He is proud of his decision and grateful for the support and respect that has already been shown by his loved ones. It is Chaz's hope that his choice to transition will open the hearts and minds of the public regarding this issue, just as his 'coming out' did nearly 20 years ago," Bragman continued.

"We ask that the media respect Chaz's privacy during this long process as he will not be doing any interviews at this time," the statement concluded.

Said Neil G. Giuliano, president of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD): "Chaz Bono's decision to live his life authentically represents an important step forward, both for him personally and for all who are committed to advancing discussions about fairness and equality for transgender people. Coming out as transgender is an extremely personal decision and one that is never made lightly."

TMZ.com first reported the news Thursday.

In 1998, Chastity Bono wrote about her sexuality, revealing that she "came out" at 18.

Cher said she "flipped out" when she heard the news, even banishing Chastity from her NYC apartment.

"I'd always had this idea that she would get married and have a family," Cher said at the time.
The two have since reconciled and Chastity went on to become an American LGBT rights advocate, write

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#89

From: "Asagwara, Ken (EDU-ECY)" <Ken.Asagwara@...>
Date: Fri Jun 12, 2009 4:27 pm
Subject: RE: [ChatAfrikShowtime] Re: [LifestyleToday] As Chastity Bono Seeks a Sex Change - SIGN OF END OF THE WORLD?

Ken.Asagwara@...

Pam Nwanyioma:

Would it not be better to allow the gay people, if any, in the forums to privately seek out ways to do their thing? I thought nature provided both human and animals anus bascially, for defication. Any other unatural use for it or how-to, should be left for the gender benders in the privacy of their homes.

Cheers.

KC Prince Asagwara

From: ChatAfrikShowtime@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ChatAfrikShowtime@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Pamela Christopher
Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 10:37 AM
To: LifestyleToday@yahoogroups.com; ChatAfrik Showtime
Cc: Nigerian World Forum Nigerian World Forum
Subject: [ChatAfrikShowtime] Re: [LifestyleToday] As Chastity Bono Seeks a Sex Change - SIGN OF END OF THE WORLD?

Click to Print Article

by Holly Johnson

There are stark differences between the way heterosexuals and homosexuals make love. But they aren't hard to figure out and adjust to.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You'll Need

Lubricant.

Steps

Step One

Kiss. Nothing gets you in the mood like a good makeout session.

Step Two

Touch your lover. Run your hands over his body. Caress him. Kiss him everywhere.

Step Three

Offer fellatio. Since you are the one making love to your gay lover, offer him stimulation before you get to penetration.

Step Four

Apply lubricant to your fingers. The anus is not self lubricating and needs to have an outside source of lubrication applied.

Step Five

Insert one finger into your lover's anus. The anus also does not stretch as readily as the vagina. You must loosen the muscles of the anus with your fingers.

Step Six

Add another finger. Once two fingers are easily worked in and out, add a third. Keep stretching your lover's anus until he is ready to be penetrated.

Step Seven

Apply lubricant to your penis. The added lubricant will make the lovemaking more pleasurable for you both.

Step Eight

Insert your penis into his anus. Do this slowly at first, as to not hurt him. You can either enter him from behind, or he can lay on his back with his legs propped up to give you access.

Step Nine

Move your penis in and out of his anus at the pace you choose. For his added stimulation, rub his penis or testicles with your hand.

Step Ten

Keep working until you both achieve an orgasm.

Step Eleven

Hold your lover when you are finished.

Tips & Warnings

Wash your hands when you are finished. The anus is unsanitary.
Always use a condom when sleeping with a lover whose sexual history you do not know.

From: tony egbe <tegbe2003@yahoo.com>
Subject: [LifestyleToday] As Chastity Bono Seeks a Sex Change - SIGN OF END OF THE WORLD?
To: LifestyleToday@yahoogroups.com, "ChatAfrik Showtime" <ChatAfrikShowtime@yahoogroups.com>
Cc: "Nigerian World Forum Nigerian World Forum" <NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 9:46 AM

So, what kind of tools will s/he be using to please the girl friends' sexual desires? Na Waa!! Hopefully this World is not heading to the brink of destruction, please God!! Otoiheoma Egbe.

--- On Fri, 6/12/09, Pamela Christopher <pamoja60660@ yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Pamela Christopher <pamoja60660@ yahoo.com>
Subject: [LifestyleToday] Chastity Bono Is Having a Sex Change
To: "Life Style" <LifestyleToday@ yahoogroups. com>, "ChatAfrik Showtime" <ChatAfrikShowtime@ yahoogroups. com>
Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 9:43 AM

Hmmm...Cher should just support her daughter...oops son to be!

Pamela

CelebNews@Usmagazin e.com! - Chastity Bono Is Having a Sex Change

Chastity Bono Is Having a Sex Change
Thursday June 11, 2009

Cher with her daughter, Chastity Bono at the 9th Annual GLAAD Media Awards on April 19, 1998.
Brenda Chase/Getty Images

CelebNews@Usmagazin e.com! - Chastity Bono Is Having a Sex Change

ShareThis

Chastity Bono, daughter of Cher and the late Sonny Bono, is undergoing a sex change, Usmagazine.com has learned.

Chastity, who is transitioning from female to male, began the process earlier this year after turning 40 March 4.

"Yes, it's true -- Chaz, after many years of consideration, has made the courageous decision to honor his true identity," publicist Howard Bragman tells Usmagazine.com.

"He is proud of his decision and grateful for the support and respect that has already been shown by his loved ones. It is Chaz's hope that his choice to transition will open the hearts and minds of the public regarding this issue, just as his 'coming out' did nearly 20 years ago," Bragman continued.

"We ask that the media respect Chaz's privacy during this long process as he will not be doing any interviews at this time," the statement concluded.

Said Neil G. Giuliano, president of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD): "Chaz Bono's decision to live his life authentically represents an important step forward, both for him personally and for all who are committed to advancing discussions about fairness and equality for transgender people. Coming out as transgender is an extremely personal decision and one that is never made lightly."

TMZ.com first reported the news Thursday.

In 1998, Chastity Bono wrote about her sexuality, revealing that she "came out" at 18.

Cher said she "flipped out" when she heard the news, even banishing Chastity from her NYC apartment.

"I'd always had this idea that she would get married and have a family," Cher said at the time.
The two have since reconciled and Chastity went on to become an American LGBT rights advocate, write

#90

From: "Asagwara, Ken (EDU-ECY)" <Ken.Asagwara@...>
Date: Fri Jun 12, 2009 5:03 pm
Subject: RE: [ChatAfrikShowtime] Re: [LifestyleToday] As Chastity Bono Seeks a Sex Change - SIGN OF END OF THE WORLD?

Ken.Asagwara@...

Pam Nwanyioma:

All is Kool. You are not the kind to deliberately offend anyone.

Please make it a great weekend, too.

KC Prince Asagwara

From: LifestyleToday@yahoogroups.com [mailto:LifestyleToday@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Pamela Christopher
Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 11:33 AM
To: ChatAfrikShowtime@yahoogroups.com; LifestyleToday@yahoogroups.com
Cc: Nigerian World Forum Nigerian World Forum
Subject: RE: [ChatAfrikShowtime] Re: [LifestyleToday] As Chastity Bono Seeks a Sex Change - SIGN OF END OF THE WORLD?

My Prince,

Knowledge is power!! Sorry if you are offended by the posting!

Make it a great weekend!

Pamela N. Mojekwu.
Chicago, IL. USA.

If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.
Zig Ziglar

--- On Fri, 6/12/09, Asagwara, Ken (EDU-ECY) <Ken.Asagwara@gov.mb.ca> wrote:

From: Asagwara, Ken (EDU-ECY) <Ken.Asagwara@gov.mb.ca>
Subject: RE: [ChatAfrikShowtime] Re: [LifestyleToday] As Chastity Bono Seeks a Sex Change - SIGN OF END OF THE WORLD?
To: ChatAfrikShowtime@yahoogroups.com, LifestyleToday@yahoogroups.com
Cc: "Nigerian World Forum Nigerian World Forum" <NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 11:27 AM

Pam Nwanyioma:

Would it not be better to allow the gay people, if any, in the forums to privately seek out ways to do their thing? I thought nature provided both human and animals anus bascially, for defication. Any other unatural use for it or how-to, should be left for the gender benders in the privacy of their homes.

Cheers.

KC Prince Asagwara

From: ChatAfrikShowtime@ yahoogroups. com [mailto:ChatAfrikSh owtime@yahoogrou ps.com] On Behalf Of Pamela Christopher
Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 10:37 AM
To: LifestyleToday@ yahoogroups. com; ChatAfrik Showtime
Cc: Nigerian World Forum Nigerian World Forum
Subject: [ChatAfrikShowtime] Re: [LifestyleToday] As Chastity Bono Seeks a Sex Change - SIGN OF END OF THE WORLD?

Tony,

Good question! I am not gay so I would not know how these things work. I went online and found the article below which may answer some of those questions we may have about gay love........

Pamela

How To Do Just About Everything

Click to Print Article

How to Make Love to a Gay Man

by Holly Johnson

Introduction

There are stark differences between the way heterosexuals and homosexuals make love. But they aren't hard to figure out and adjust to.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You'll Need

Lubricant.

Steps

1

Step One

Kiss. Nothing gets you in the mood like a good makeout session.

2

Step Two

Touch your lover. Run your hands over his body. Caress him. Kiss him everywhere.

3

Step Three

Offer fellatio. Since you are the one making love to your gay lover, offer him stimulation before you get to penetration.

4

Step Four

Apply lubricant to your fingers. The anus is not self lubricating and needs to have an outside source of lubrication applied.

5

Step Five

Insert one finger into your lover's anus. The anus also does not stretch as readily as the vagina. You must loosen the muscles of the anus with your fingers.

6

Step Six

Add another finger. Once two fingers are easily worked in and out, add a third. Keep stretching your lover's anus until he is ready to be penetrated.

7

Step Seven

Apply lubricant to your penis. The added lubricant will make the lovemaking more pleasurable for you both.

8

Step Eight

Insert your penis into his anus. Do this slowly at first, as to not hurt him. You can either enter him from behind, or he can lay on his back with his legs propped up to give you access.

9

Step Nine

Move your penis in and out of his anus at the pace you choose. For his added stimulation, rub his penis or testicles with your hand.

10

Step Ten

Keep working until you both achieve an orgasm.

11

Step Eleven

Hold your lover when you are finished.

Tips & Warnings

Wash your hands when you are finished. The anus is unsanitary.
Always use a condom when sleeping with a lover whose sexual history you do not know.

Pamela N. Mojekwu.
Chicago, IL. USA.

If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.
Zig Ziglar

--- On Fri, 6/12/09, tony egbe <tegbe2003@yahoo. com> wrote:

From: tony egbe <tegbe2003@yahoo. com>
Subject: [LifestyleToday] As Chastity Bono Seeks a Sex Change - SIGN OF END OF THE WORLD?
To: LifestyleToday@ yahoogroups. com, "ChatAfrik Showtime" <ChatAfrikShowtime@ yahoogroups. com>
Cc: "Nigerian World Forum Nigerian World Forum" <NIgerianWorldForum@ yahoogroups. com>
Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 9:46 AM

So, what kind of tools will s/he be using to please the girl friends' sexual desires? Na Waa!! Hopefully this World is not heading to the brink of destruction, please God!! Otoiheoma Egbe.

--- On Fri, 6/12/09, Pamela Christopher <pamoja60660@ yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Pamela Christopher <pamoja60660@ yahoo.com>
Subject: [LifestyleToday] Chastity Bono Is Having a Sex Change
To: "Life Style" <LifestyleToday@ yahoogroups. com>, "ChatAfrik Showtime" <ChatAfrikShowtime@ yahoogroups. com>
Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 9:43 AM

Hmmm...Cher should just support her daughter...oops son to be!

Pamela

CelebNews@Usmagazin e.com! - Chastity Bono Is Having a Sex Change

Chastity Bono Is Having a Sex Change
Thursday June 11, 2009

Cher with her daughter, Chastity Bono at the 9th Annual GLAAD Media Awards on April 19, 1998.
Brenda Chase/Getty Images

CelebNews@Usmagazin e.com! - Chastity Bono Is Having a Sex Change

ShareThis

Chastity Bono, daughter of Cher and the late Sonny Bono, is undergoing a sex change, Usmagazine.com has learned.

Chastity, who is transitioning from female to male, began the process earlier this year after turning 40 March 4.

"Yes, it's true -- Chaz, after many years of consideration, has made the courageous decision to honor his true identity," publicist Howard Bragman tells Usmagazine.com.

"He is proud of his decision and grateful for the support and respect that has already been shown by his loved ones. It is Chaz's hope that his choice to transition will open the hearts and minds of the public regarding this issue, just as his 'coming out' did nearly 20 years ago," Bragman continued.

"We ask that the media respect Chaz's privacy during this long process as he will not be doing any interviews at this time," the statement concluded.

Said Neil G. Giuliano, president of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD): "Chaz Bono's decision to live his life authentically represents an important step forward, both for him personally and for all who are committed to advancing discussions about fairness and equality for transgender people. Coming out as transgender is an extremely personal decision and one that is never made lightly."

TMZ.com first reported the news Thursday.

In 1998, Chastity Bono wrote about her sexuality, revealing that she "came out" at 18.

Cher said she "flipped out" when she heard the news, even banishing Chastity from her NYC apartment.

"I'd always had this idea that she would get married and have a family," Cher said at the time.
The two have since reconciled and Chastity went on to become an American LGBT rights advocate, write

#91

From: peter opara <ogbuonyeiro@...>
Date: Fri Jun 12, 2009 5:21 pm
Subject: Re: As Chastity Bono Seeks a Sex Change - SIGN OF END OF THE WORLD?

ogbuonyeiro@...

This is nothing but mental waaaaaaaaaawaaaaaaaa.....sickness - pure and simple.

--- On Fri, 6/12/09, tony egbe <tegbe2003@...> wrote:

From: tony egbe <tegbe2003@...>
Subject: [NIgerianWorldForum] As Chastity Bono Seeks a Sex Change - SIGN OF END OF THE WORLD?
To: LifestyleToday@yahoogroups.com, "ChatAfrik Showtime" <ChatAfrikShowtime@yahoogroups.com>
Cc: "Nigerian World Forum Nigerian World Forum" <NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 10:46 AM

So, what kind of tools will s/he be using to please the girl friends' sexual desires? Na Waa!! Hopefully this World is not heading to the brink of destruction, please God!! Otoiheoma Egbe.

--- On Fri, 6/12/09, Pamela Christopher <pamoja60660@ yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Pamela Christopher <pamoja60660@ yahoo.com>
Subject: [LifestyleToday] Chastity Bono Is Having a Sex Change
To: "Life Style" <LifestyleToday@ yahoogroups. com>, "ChatAfrik Showtime" <ChatAfrikShowtime@ yahoogroups. com>
Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 9:43 AM

Hmmm...Cher should just support her daughter...oops son to be!

Pamela

CelebNews@Usmagazin e.com! - Chastity Bono Is Having a Sex Change

Chastity Bono Is Having a Sex Change
Thursday June 11, 2009

Cher with her daughter, Chastity Bono at the 9th Annual GLAAD Media Awards on April 19, 1998.
Brenda Chase/Getty Images

CelebNews@Usmagazin e.com! - Chastity Bono Is Having a Sex Change

ShareThis

Chastity Bono, daughter of Cher and the late Sonny Bono, is undergoing a sex change, Usmagazine.com has learned.

Chastity, who is transitioning from female to male, began the process earlier this year after turning 40 March 4.

"Yes, it's true -- Chaz, after many years of consideration, has made the courageous decision to honor his true identity," publicist Howard Bragman tells Usmagazine.com.

"He is proud of his decision and grateful for the support and respect that has already been shown by his loved ones. It is Chaz's hope that his choice to transition will open the hearts and minds of the public regarding this issue, just as his 'coming out' did nearly 20 years ago," Bragman continued.

"We ask that the media respect Chaz's privacy during this long process as he will not be doing any interviews at this time," the statement concluded.

Said Neil G. Giuliano, president of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD): "Chaz Bono's decision to live his life authentically represents an important step forward, both for him personally and for all who are committed to advancing discussions about fairness and equality for transgender people. Coming out as transgender is an extremely personal decision and one that is never made lightly."

TMZ.com first reported the news Thursday.

In 1998, Chastity Bono wrote about her sexuality, revealing that she "came out" at 18.

Cher said she "flipped out" when she heard the news, even banishing Chastity from her NYC apartment.

"I'd always had this idea that she would get married and have a family," Cher said at the time.
The two have since reconciled and Chastity went on to become an American LGBT rights advocate, write

Reply | Messages in this Topic (2)

#92

From: peter opara <ogbuonyeiro@...>
Date: Fri Jun 12, 2009 6:28 pm
Subject: Re: RE: [ChatAfrikShowtime] Re: [LifestyleToday] As Chastity Bono Seeks a Sex Change - SIGN OF END OF THE WORLD?

ogbuonyeiro@...

Prince, Pam makes me jealous at times. May be I should start answering Prince. LOL.

--- On Fri, 6/12/09, Asagwara, Ken (EDU-ECY) <Ken.Asagwara@...> wrote:

From: Asagwara, Ken (EDU-ECY) <Ken.Asagwara@...>
Subject: [NIgerianWorldForum] RE: [ChatAfrikShowtime] Re: [LifestyleToday] As Chastity Bono Seeks a Sex Change - SIGN OF END OF THE WORLD?
To: LifestyleToday@yahoogroups.com, ChatAfrikShowtime@yahoogroups.com
Cc: "Nigerian World Forum Nigerian World Forum" <NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 1:03 PM

Pam Nwanyioma:

All is Kool. You are not the kind to deliberately offend anyone.

Please make it a great weekend, too.

KC Prince Asagwara

From: LifestyleToday@ yahoogroups. com [mailto:LifestyleTo day@yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of Pamela Christopher
Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 11:33 AM
To: ChatAfrikShowtime@ yahoogroups. com; LifestyleToday@ yahoogroups. com
Cc: Nigerian World Forum Nigerian World Forum
Subject: RE: [ChatAfrikShowtime] Re: [LifestyleToday] As Chastity Bono Seeks a Sex Change - SIGN OF END OF THE WORLD?

My Prince,

Knowledge is power!! Sorry if you are offended by the posting!

Make it a great weekend!

Pamela N. Mojekwu.
Chicago, IL. USA.

If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.
Zig Ziglar

--- On Fri, 6/12/09, Asagwara, Ken (EDU-ECY) <Ken.Asagwara@ gov.mb.ca> wrote:

From: Asagwara, Ken (EDU-ECY) <Ken.Asagwara@ gov.mb.ca>
Subject: RE: [ChatAfrikShowtime] Re: [LifestyleToday] As Chastity Bono Seeks a Sex Change - SIGN OF END OF THE WORLD?
To: ChatAfrikShowtime@ yahoogroups. com, LifestyleToday@ yahoogroups. com
Cc: "Nigerian World Forum Nigerian World Forum" <NIgerianWorldForum@ yahoogroups. com>
Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 11:27 AM

Pam Nwanyioma:

Would it not be better to allow the gay people, if any, in the forums to privately seek out ways to do their thing? I thought nature provided both human and animals anus bascially, for defication. Any other unatural use for it or how-to, should be left for the gender benders in the privacy of their homes.

Cheers.

KC Prince Asagwara

From: ChatAfrikShowtime@ yahoogroups. com [mailto:ChatAfrikSh owtime@yahoogrou ps.com] On Behalf Of Pamela Christopher
Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 10:37 AM
To: LifestyleToday@ yahoogroups. com; ChatAfrik Showtime
Cc: Nigerian World Forum Nigerian World Forum
Subject: [ChatAfrikShowtime] Re: [LifestyleToday] As Chastity Bono Seeks a Sex Change - SIGN OF END OF THE WORLD?

Tony,

Good question! I am not gay so I would not know how these things work. I went online and found the article below which may answer some of those questions we may have about gay love........

Pamela

How To Do Just About Everything

Click to Print Article

How to Make Love to a Gay Man

by Holly Johnson

Introduction

There are stark differences between the way heterosexuals and homosexuals make love. But they aren't hard to figure out and adjust to.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You'll Need

Lubricant.

Steps

1

Step One

Kiss. Nothing gets you in the mood like a good makeout session.

2

Step Two

Touch your lover. Run your hands over his body. Caress him. Kiss him everywhere.

3

Step Three

Offer fellatio. Since you are the one making love to your gay lover, offer him stimulation before you get to penetration.

4

Step Four

Apply lubricant to your fingers. The anus is not self lubricating and needs to have an outside source of lubrication applied.

5

Step Five

Insert one finger into your lover's anus. The anus also does not stretch as readily as the vagina. You must loosen the muscles of the anus with your fingers.

6

Step Six

Add another finger. Once two fingers are easily worked in and out, add a third. Keep stretching your lover's anus until he is ready to be penetrated.

7

Step Seven

Apply lubricant to your penis. The added lubricant will make the lovemaking more pleasurable for you both.

8

Step Eight

Insert your penis into his anus. Do this slowly at first, as to not hurt him. You can either enter him from behind, or he can lay on his back with his legs propped up to give you access.

9

Step Nine

Move your penis in and out of his anus at the pace you choose. For his added stimulation, rub his penis or testicles with your hand.

10

Step Ten

Keep working until you both achieve an orgasm.

11

Step Eleven

Hold your lover when you are finished.

Tips & Warnings

Wash your hands when you are finished. The anus is unsanitary.
Always use a condom when sleeping with a lover whose sexual history you do not know.

Pamela N. Mojekwu.
Chicago, IL. USA.

If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.
Zig Ziglar

--- On Fri, 6/12/09, tony egbe <tegbe2003@yahoo. com> wrote:

From: tony egbe <tegbe2003@yahoo. com>
Subject: [LifestyleToday] As Chastity Bono Seeks a Sex Change - SIGN OF END OF THE WORLD?
To: LifestyleToday@ yahoogroups. com, "ChatAfrik Showtime" <ChatAfrikShowtime@ yahoogroups. com>
Cc: "Nigerian World Forum Nigerian World Forum" <NIgerianWorldForum@ yahoogroups. com>
Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 9:46 AM

So, what kind of tools will s/he be using to please the girl friends' sexual desires? Na Waa!! Hopefully this World is not heading to the brink of destruction, please God!! Otoiheoma Egbe.

--- On Fri, 6/12/09, Pamela Christopher <pamoja60660@ yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Pamela Christopher <pamoja60660@ yahoo.com>
Subject: [LifestyleToday] Chastity Bono Is Having a Sex Change
To: "Life Style" <LifestyleToday@ yahoogroups. com>, "ChatAfrik Showtime" <ChatAfrikShowtime@ yahoogroups. com>
Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 9:43 AM

Hmmm...Cher should just support her daughter...oops son to be!

Pamela

CelebNews@Usmagazin e.com! - Chastity Bono Is Having a Sex Change

Chastity Bono Is Having a Sex Change
Thursday June 11, 2009

Cher with her daughter, Chastity Bono at the 9th Annual GLAAD Media Awards on April 19, 1998.
Brenda Chase/Getty Images

CelebNews@Usmagazin e.com! - Chastity Bono Is Having a Sex Change

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Chastity Bono, daughter of Cher and the late Sonny Bono, is undergoing a sex change, Usmagazine.com has learned.

Chastity, who is transitioning from female to male, began the process earlier this year after turning 40 March 4.

"Yes, it's true -- Chaz, after many years of consideration, has made the courageous decision to honor his true identity," publicist Howard Bragman tells Usmagazine.com.

"He is proud of his decision and grateful for the support and respect that has already been shown by his loved ones. It is Chaz's hope that his choice to transition will open the hearts and minds of the public regarding this issue, just as his 'coming out' did nearly 20 years ago," Bragman continued.

"We ask that the media respect Chaz's privacy during this long process as he will not be doing any interviews at this time," the statement concluded.

Said Neil G. Giuliano, president of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD): "Chaz Bono's decision to live his life authentically represents an important step forward, both for him personally and for all who are committed to advancing discussions about fairness and equality for transgender people. Coming out as transgender is an extremely personal decision and one that is never made lightly."

TMZ.com first reported the news Thursday.

In 1998, Chastity Bono wrote about her sexuality, revealing that she "came out" at 18.

Cher said she "flipped out" when she heard the news, even banishing Chastity from her NYC apartment.

"I'd always had this idea that she would get married and have a family," Cher said at the time.
The two have since reconciled and Chastity went on to become an American LGBT rights advocate, write

#93

From: "Asagwara, Ken (EDU-ECY)" <Ken.Asagwara@...>
Date: Fri Jun 12, 2009 6:48 pm
Subject: RE: RE: [ChatAfrikShowtime] Re: [LifestyleToday] As Chastity Bono Seeks a Sex Change - SIGN OF END OF THE WORLD?

Ken.Asagwara@...

Pete:

You know the kind of Lady the sister, Pam Nwanyioma is. Or don't you? Why do you think almost everyone in the forums see her as a Darling? The way she relates to anyone can make us all jealous. LOL!

By the way, she calls me Prince just like you do, Pete.

KC Prince Asagwara

From: NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com [mailto:NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of peter opara
Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 1:29 PM
To: LifestyleToday@yahoogroups.com; ChatAfrikShowtime@yahoogroups.com; NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com
Cc: Nigerian World Forum Nigerian World Forum
Subject: Re: [NIgerianWorldForum] RE: [ChatAfrikShowtime] Re: [LifestyleToday] As Chastity Bono Seeks a Sex Change - SIGN OF END OF THE WORLD?

Prince, Pam makes me jealous at times. May be I should start answering Prince. LOL.

--- On Fri, 6/12/09, Asagwara, Ken (EDU-ECY) <Ken.Asagwara@gov.mb.ca> wrote:

From: Asagwara, Ken (EDU-ECY) <Ken.Asagwara@gov.mb.ca>
Subject: [NIgerianWorldForum] RE: [ChatAfrikShowtime] Re: [LifestyleToday] As Chastity Bono Seeks a Sex Change - SIGN OF END OF THE WORLD?
To: LifestyleToday@yahoogroups.com, ChatAfrikShowtime@yahoogroups.com
Cc: "Nigerian World Forum Nigerian World Forum" <NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 1:03 PM

Pam Nwanyioma:

All is Kool. You are not the kind to deliberately offend anyone.

Please make it a great weekend, too.

KC Prince Asagwara

From: LifestyleToday@ yahoogroups. com [mailto:LifestyleTo day@yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of Pamela Christopher
Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 11:33 AM
To: ChatAfrikShowtime@ yahoogroups. com; LifestyleToday@ yahoogroups. com
Cc: Nigerian World Forum Nigerian World Forum
Subject: RE: [ChatAfrikShowtime] Re: [LifestyleToday] As Chastity Bono Seeks a Sex Change - SIGN OF END OF THE WORLD?

My Prince,

Knowledge is power!! Sorry if you are offended by the posting!

Make it a great weekend!

Pamela N. Mojekwu.
Chicago, IL. USA.

If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.
Zig Ziglar

--- On Fri, 6/12/09, Asagwara, Ken (EDU-ECY) <Ken.Asagwara@ gov.mb.ca> wrote:

From: Asagwara, Ken (EDU-ECY) <Ken.Asagwara@ gov.mb.ca>
Subject: RE: [ChatAfrikShowtime] Re: [LifestyleToday] As Chastity Bono Seeks a Sex Change - SIGN OF END OF THE WORLD?
To: ChatAfrikShowtime@ yahoogroups. com, LifestyleToday@ yahoogroups. com
Cc: "Nigerian World Forum Nigerian World Forum" <NIgerianWorldForum@ yahoogroups. com>
Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 11:27 AM

Pam Nwanyioma:

Would it not be better to allow the gay people, if any, in the forums to privately seek out ways to do their thing? I thought nature provided both human and animals anus bascially, for defication. Any other unatural use for it or how-to, should be left for the gender benders in the privacy of their homes.

Cheers.

KC Prince Asagwara

From: ChatAfrikShowtime@ yahoogroups. com [mailto:ChatAfrikSh owtime@yahoogrou ps.com] On Behalf Of Pamela Christopher
Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 10:37 AM
To: LifestyleToday@ yahoogroups. com; ChatAfrik Showtime
Cc: Nigerian World Forum Nigerian World Forum
Subject: [ChatAfrikShowtime] Re: [LifestyleToday] As Chastity Bono Seeks a Sex Change - SIGN OF END OF THE WORLD?

Tony,

Good question! I am not gay so I would not know how these things work. I went online and found the article below which may answer some of those questions we may have about gay love........

Pamela

How To Do Just About Everything

Click to Print Article

How to Make Love to a Gay Man

by Holly Johnson

Introduction

There are stark differences between the way heterosexuals and homosexuals make love. But they aren't hard to figure out and adjust to.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You'll Need

Lubricant.

Steps

1

Step One

Kiss. Nothing gets you in the mood like a good makeout session.

2

Step Two

Touch your lover. Run your hands over his body. Caress him. Kiss him everywhere.

3

Step Three

Offer fellatio. Since you are the one making love to your gay lover, offer him stimulation before you get to penetration.

4

Step Four

Apply lubricant to your fingers. The anus is not self lubricating and needs to have an outside source of lubrication applied.

5

Step Five

Insert one finger into your lover's anus. The anus also does not stretch as readily as the vagina. You must loosen the muscles of the anus with your fingers.

6

Step Six

Add another finger. Once two fingers are easily worked in and out, add a third. Keep stretching your lover's anus until he is ready to be penetrated.

7

Step Seven

Apply lubricant to your penis. The added lubricant will make the lovemaking more pleasurable for you both.

8

Step Eight

Insert your penis into his anus. Do this slowly at first, as to not hurt him. You can either enter him from behind, or he can lay on his back with his legs propped up to give you access.

9

Step Nine

Move your penis in and out of his anus at the pace you choose. For his added stimulation, rub his penis or testicles with your hand.

10

Step Ten

Keep working until you both achieve an orgasm.

11

Step Eleven

Hold your lover when you are finished.

Tips & Warnings

Wash your hands when you are finished. The anus is unsanitary.
Always use a condom when sleeping with a lover whose sexual history you do not know.

Pamela N. Mojekwu.
Chicago, IL. USA.

If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.
Zig Ziglar

--- On Fri, 6/12/09, tony egbe <tegbe2003@yahoo. com> wrote:

From: tony egbe <tegbe2003@yahoo. com>
Subject: [LifestyleToday] As Chastity Bono Seeks a Sex Change - SIGN OF END OF THE WORLD?
To: LifestyleToday@ yahoogroups. com, "ChatAfrik Showtime" <ChatAfrikShowtime@ yahoogroups. com>
Cc: "Nigerian World Forum Nigerian World Forum" <NIgerianWorldForum@ yahoogroups. com>
Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 9:46 AM

So, what kind of tools will s/he be using to please the girl friends' sexual desires? Na Waa!! Hopefully this World is not heading to the brink of destruction, please God!! Otoiheoma Egbe.

--- On Fri, 6/12/09, Pamela Christopher <pamoja60660@ yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Pamela Christopher <pamoja60660@ yahoo.com>
Subject: [LifestyleToday] Chastity Bono Is Having a Sex Change
To: "Life Style" <LifestyleToday@ yahoogroups. com>, "ChatAfrik Showtime" <ChatAfrikShowtime@ yahoogroups. com>
Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 9:43 AM

Hmmm...Cher should just support her daughter...oops son to be!

Pamela

CelebNews@Usmagazin e.com! - Chastity Bono Is Having a Sex Change

Chastity Bono Is Having a Sex Change
Thursday June 11, 2009

Cher with her daughter, Chastity Bono at the 9th Annual GLAAD Media Awards on April 19, 1998.
Brenda Chase/Getty Images

CelebNews@Usmagazin e.com! - Chastity Bono Is Having a Sex Change

ShareThis

Chastity Bono, daughter of Cher and the late Sonny Bono, is undergoing a sex change, Usmagazine.com has learned.

Chastity, who is transitioning from female to male, began the process earlier this year after turning 40 March 4.

"Yes, it's true -- Chaz, after many years of consideration, has made the courageous decision to honor his true identity," publicist Howard Bragman tells Usmagazine.com.

"He is proud of his decision and grateful for the support and respect that has already been shown by his loved ones. It is Chaz's hope that his choice to transition will open the hearts and minds of the public regarding this issue, just as his 'coming out' did nearly 20 years ago," Bragman continued.

"We ask that the media respect Chaz's privacy during this long process as he will not be doing any interviews at this time," the statement concluded.

Said Neil G. Giuliano, president of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD): "Chaz Bono's decision to live his life authentically represents an important step forward, both for him personally and for all who are committed to advancing discussions about fairness and equality for transgender people. Coming out as transgender is an extremely personal decision and one that is never made lightly."

TMZ.com first reported the news Thursday.

In 1998, Chastity Bono wrote about her sexuality, revealing that she "came out" at 18.

Cher said she "flipped out" when she heard the news, even banishing Chastity from her NYC apartment.

"I'd always had this idea that she would get married and have a family," Cher said at the time.
The two have since reconciled and Chastity went on to become an American LGBT rights advocate, write

#94

From: Batokkinc@...
Date: Fri Jun 12, 2009 4:04 pm
Subject: Re: The Good News from Kaduna - GROUND WORK FOR NAIJA RE...

Batokkinc@...

These are the people Southern politicians need to court. As part of a grand strategy of winning the North over to the side of the progressives, there should be a deliberate plan to take up the education of some of these Northerners . It will take years for the plan to fructify but it will work. But will the Southerners think? No! They'll be speaking big English and playing politics of the stomach

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