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May I quote from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Kleptocracy (sometimes Cleptocracy) (root: Klepto+cracy = rule by thieves) is a pejorative, informal term for a government so corrupt that no pretense of honesty remains. In a kleptocracy the mechanisms of government are almost entirely devoted to taxing the public at large in order to amass substantial personal fortunes for the rulers and their cronies (collectively, kleptocrats), or to keep said rulers in power. Kleptocrats typically use money laundering and/or anonymous banking to protect and conceal their illegal gains. Kleptocracies are by and large dictatorships or some other form of autocratic government, since democracy makes thievery more difficult to accomplish and conceal. Kleptocratic states consistently tend to be politically and socially unstable, while being stably kleptocratic. That is, the political governance of such states typically consists of one set of thieves displacing their predecessors by subversive or violent...

Who is the richest man in Nigeria? The "evil genius"? Is it Dr. Mike Adenuga jr? Now who is the real owner of Globalcom Nigeria, Conoil and all the other companies managed by the dummy of the "evil genius"? Did the late Gen.Sanni Abacha steal more billions of naira than the "evil genius" and his dummies in Nigeria who are posing and posturing to be "gurus" of the Nigerian oligarchy? From the gullible ignorant majority to their kleptomaniac paymasters and taskmasters in power, Nigerians make an interesting comedy. What I call the "comedy of errors". A melodramatic black comedy. For the answers, please see the archives for "Looters of Nigeria" or "Owners of Nigeria".

THE UTOPIAN $100 MIT LAPTOP The good news is music to my ears as you can see in the current news column on the sidebar. And it has been reported since yesterday.That every Nigerian child will benefit from the "One Laptop-One Child Initiative" for only $100 per laptop. These are the notes from the news report. The President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo is very excited and thrilled by the break-through of Professor Nicholas Negroponte and his team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States for the initiative. President Olusegun Obasanjo met the brains behind the laudable and remarkable achievement in Tunisia, at the second phase of World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS-05. And a meeting has been scheduled between them and the Nigerian top government officials. NIGERIA and five other countries have been named the first beneficiaries of the One-Laptop-One-Child Initiative. Others are Egypt, India, Brazil, China and Thailand. Chairman of the...

PRESIDENT GEORGE W.BUSH The latest news in town is that the President of America, George Walker Bush has warned the President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo not to attempt staying in power beyond his second term of office when it ends in 2007. There are rumours of the speculations that Chief Olusegun Obasanjo wants to go for a third term in office contrary to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. And his political mafia is working hard to manipulate the National Assembly to amend the Constitution to make it possible for him to extend his stay in office to the third term. Let me just warn Chief Olusegun Obasanjo that if he is in hurry to join his beloved wife Mrs. Stella Obasanjo, he should continue with his subtle plans to extend his second term in office. PRESIDENT GEORGE W.BUSH AND PRESIDENT OLUSEGUN OBASANJO. US president advises Nigeria's Obasanjo against third term: LAGOS, Nov. 17 (Xinhuanet) US President George W. Bush has advised his Nigerian counter...

I have been researching on the nature of Nigerian leaders from the local government level to the office of the President, and I have now concluded that over 90% of Nigerian public officers are suffering from Kleptomania. Because, they just cannot stop stealing public funds. I have thought of asking the proven men of God in Nigeria such as Pastors Enoch Adejare Adeboye, William Folorunsho Kumuyi and Daniel Olukoya to perform special deliverance service for all our public officers turn by turn. To exorcize the evil spirits of Kleptomania out their hearts and souls. The Nigerian Armed Forces also need deliverance from the spirit of bribery and corruption. I am a Christian and I believe that when naturally normal humans behave like abnormal people. We have to see them as either mentally sick or spiritually ill. So, we need to address their cases accordingly. One governor was caught for money laundering in the UK and he escaped back to Nigeria and he is still in office doing what he knows b...

Organisers of the Coventry International Prize for Peace and Reconciliation chose to honour President Obasanjo for his "outstanding and sustained contributions towards peace and reconciliation in Africa". Speaking after receiving the prize, President Obasanjo said that there could be no substitute for peace and reconciliation in the world and that the quest for peace would always remain relevant especially in a country like Nigeria with about 350 ethnic groups. "This ceremony, this award and this honour are most touching in a number of ways and very humbly, I accept the honour that the Cathedral and the city of Coventry have done me, my family, Nigeria and Africa," he said. I decided to say Nigeria wins the 2005 Coventry International Peace Prize, because the credit should go to Nigeria for sacrificing so much in peace keeping operations in Africa, notably in Liberia, Sierra Leone, The Congo and Sudan. And Nigeria lost over 1,000 soldiers in peace keeping operations...

ATIKU ABUBAKAR, THE VICE PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA. I have been having strange dreams lately. I have met and sat down with President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria twice on two different occasions in my dreams. The first dream was over a month ago. Where he was presenting papers to a group of children. And I was the guardian of the children. Later, he led me aside to a house where we sat down and discussed. Then, I saw him in another dream last week. We were meeting over another matter. The latest dream I had last night was about the Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar. A very factual dream. I was in his company and we were inspecting some sites on the street as some construction workers were busy building roads. I recognized that we were in Obalende on the Lagos Island in Nigeria. I was born and bred on the Lagos Island where Yorubas, Hausas, Ibos and other ethnic groups live like one family. And the State House was formerly in Obalende after the famous Dodan Barracks. Then, the Vice P...

Here is a very important book on the Genesis of the bloody political and religious crises in the Iraq, the Middle East and the rest of the world. Wars implicating Judaism, Christianity and Islam with their common origins from the same Patriarch Abraham. I have already published my article "The Genesis of the Crisis" widely and Bruce Weller's book only confirmed my biblical deductions. Please, I advise you to read the book. You need to. The war in Iraq would have been prevented if only the American government understood and obeyed the Word of God. And the so called celebrated ministers who claimed to know God lacked the knowledge. As God said in the Holy Bible: "Therefore my people go into exile for want of knowledge; their honored men are dying of hunger, and their multitude is parched with thirst. Therefore Sheol has enlarged its appetite and opened its mouth beyond measure, and the nobility of Jerusalem and her multitude go down, her throng and he who exults in her...

ELLEN JOHNSON-SIRLEAF WITH HER SUPPORTERS. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, a Harvard-educated economist and former World Bank official who waged a fierce presidential campaign against the soccer star George Weah, emerged victorious on Friday in her quest to lead war-torn Liberia and become the first woman elected head of state in modern African history. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/12/international/africa The good news is making headlines all over the world from the New York Times to the CNN and BBC and other news media. And Nigerian Times rejoices with Lady Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf for making history as the first female head of state in modern Africa. She is the beginning of a new era in the political history of Liberia and the rest of Africa. And an example worthy of emulation. I look forward to more developments of this nature in other countries in Africa as I prayed yesterday on the Nigerian Times that God should give us a leader like Dr. Dora Nkem Akunyili to become the executive President ...

DR.DORA NKEM AKUNYILI The Nigerian Times will honour Dr. Dora Nkem Akunyili as the African Woman of the Year 2005. This African-Nigerian Ibo Amazon is a worthy role model in honest and upright leadership for not only women in Africa, but also for women all over the world. Dr. Dora Nkem Akunyili can become the President of Nigeria and I pray to the Almighty God to grant my wish to give us such an honourable woman to lead Nigeria. Dr. Dora Nkem Akunyili - (Nigeria) Director General of Nigeria's National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and a pharmacologist by training, Dr Akunyili has defied death threats while tackling corrupt practices in the manufacturing, import and export of drugs, cosmetics and food products. Since taking up her position in April 2001, Dr Akunyili has earned nationwide respect for her persistence in prosecuting illegal drug traders and in imposing strict standards on multinational companies. In particular, she has pursued manufacture...

We remember the nine martyrs of the Niger Delta of Nigeria BARIBOR BERA SATURDAY DOBEE NORDU EAWO DANIEL GBOKOO BARINEM KIOBEL JOHN KPUINEN PAUL LEVURA FELIX NUATE KEN SARO-WIWA No epitaph would do. And no cenotaph would do. Because, until justice is done The battle has not been won.

The headlines on Nigeria in the international media are on the two revolutionary leaders,namely Ralph Uwazurike, who founded the south-eastern secessionist Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), who was brought before a federal court in the capital, Abuja, where four counts of treason and conspiracy were read to him and six other MASSOB members and my inlaw Asari Dokubo who was on hunger strike. Both militant leaders are in detention. Ralp complained of being chained to the floor and tortured and Asari wanted to be moved from the three star chalet where he is being detained to a prison where he can interact with inmates. And the report quoted a Nigerian police officer who said they were spending over $1,000 monthly to take care of Asari. Police spokesman Haz Iwendi denied he was on a hunger strike saying they had a monthly budget of $1,500 just to feed him. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4414484.stm Asari was enjoying VIP treatment at the cost of ...

Sokari Ekine of Black Looks has already published a comprehensive report on the bloody riots in Paris and the surroundings in France. And I posted her report on other sites. The report generated several responses on the causes of these riots. And Peter Porcupine has published a more comprehensive analytical report on the fundamental issues of the racial and religious tensions he believes caused the tragic accidental death of two boys of African origin to snowball into a national crisis that could worsen if not contained. Because, the people involved are both legal and illegal immigrants from African countries and the religious angle is more dangerous than the political angle. Since, the common opinion seems to be that the Muslims in France are being victimized by the French authorities. Peter Porcupine's report is a must read if you want an eye-witness account from Paris. THE ANTI-RIOT FRENCH POLICE FORCE FACING THE FIRE OF THE RIOTS IN PARIS. Is Paris Burning? The Swoon of Ages, ...

GWB: Yeah! Hear me now! As I was wondering, I was thinking of the possibility of the impossibility. Why America has not been able to catch Osama bin Laden. What if Osama bin Laden repents? Will America forgive him? What if the devil decides to repent? Will God forgive him? You think I am nuts to have such weird thoughts. Well, with God all things are possible. But, I know why America has not been able to catch Osama bin Laden. Because of the fact that Osama bin Laden is using occultist power of the HAMZAD that the devil gives his devotees to make them invisible and invincible to humans. Most Arabs and Indians have this HAMZAD. It is a satanic power. America has failed to catch Osama bin Laden, because America has been relying on ordinary mortal force and that cannot work against the diabolical supernatural power of the HAMZAD used by Osama bin Laden. All the great pastors and prophets in America could have joined hands together to pray for the capture of Osama bin Laden. But, I am afra...

The on-going developments to eradicate the notorious Nigerian Internet Scams are appreciated. I have also drummed the warning into the ears of the ignorant millions of fall-guys in the Western world, Asia and Australia who are the primary target of the ruthless Internet scammers. And this latest news will be my final report on the matter. No more, no less. Only morons would be conned. Because, they are either criminals themselves or they are fools.Finis. British and Nigerian officials are teaming up to warn Internet users of fraudulent e-mails that try to con recipients into handing over cash. The so-called Nigerian 419 scams have been a problem for a number of years; the partnership issued a statement Friday warning people about e-mails that "ask for help in moving large sums of money in exchange for a share of the spoils." Christine Wade, director of consumer regulation enforcement for the U.K. Office of Fair Trading, said in a statement: "If you are targeted, recogniz...

Kenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa (October 10, 1941 - November 10, 1995) Activities to mark the 10 years anniversary of the extra-judicial execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa and the other eight leaders of MOSOP started months ago in over 30 countries and will climax next week Thursady November 10, in Port Harcourt the capital of Rivers State with the launching of a commemorative magazine, titled:"If I Live To Tell The Tale,Ken Saro-Wiwa:Ten Years Later" at the Banquet Hall of the Hotel Presidential in Port Harcourt. Many literary dignitaries and hundreds of other personalities are already arriving from other countries for the memorial events. There will also be other important and significant events such as the formal launching of the Ken Saro-Wiwa Foundation (KSWF)in Nigeria. As much I appreciate all the laudable and remarkable efforts to remember the supreme sacrifice of Ken Saro-Wiwa the martyred champion of human rights in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria,please remember also the other ma...

ASARI DOKUBO THE NIGER DELTA REVOLUTIONARY HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST IS CURRENTLY IN DETENTION IN NIGERIA. Amnesty has called on the Nigerian government to stop extra-judicial killings in the Niger Delta of Nigeria. "We haven't seen any extra-judicial executions since...1995 but in terms of other human rights violations the problems are still there," said Ulrika Sandberg, one of the authors of the Amnesty report. If Amnesty says it has not seen extra-judicial executions since 1995 does not mean that there were no judicial executions in Nigeria. What Amnesty should say is that Amnesty is ignorant of any extra-judicial executions. Because, extra-judicial executions of over 1,000 civilians have been reported since 1999 to date. And most of them were done with the full knowledge of the ruling authorities of the present government of Nigeria. Even cases of massacres of innocent Nigerians have been witnessed in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. And Amnesty has done nothing more th...

The Crocodile Tears of Nigerians There was a report that called Nigerians the happiest people in the world. But, that was an erroneous report. Because, the truth is Nigerians are the most hypocritical people in the world who are very good in the Fine Arts of Pretension, Seduction, Self-Gratification and Temptation. And the recent tragedies of the air disaster in Lisa Village in Ogun State of Nigeria and the death of the wife of the President of Nigeria, Mrs. Stella Obasanjo gave Nigerians the classic stage to act their best melodramatic roles in Hypocrisy as they competed in shedding crocodile tears. In an open Condolence Letter addressed to the President of Nigeria, the conscience of Nigeria, the erudite legal luminary and human rights activist Dr. Gani Fawehinmi has come out with a classification of the different forms of Crocodile Tears in Nigeria as shed by all the fake and real mourners at the funeral services held for the late First Lady of Nigeria, Mrs. Stella Obasanjo and the 1...

NIGERIAN POLICE OFFICERS AT WORK IN LAGOS The Coordinator The Police Performance Monitoring Unit(PPMU) 8th floor Federal Secretariat Complex Shehu Shagari Way, p.m.b.041, Garki, Abuja. Dear Sir, Subject: The Nigerian Police Deserves The Best I welcome the establishment of the Police Performance Monitoring Unit (PPMU.) May I advise you that if the PPMU must succeed, we must first and foremost address the primary issue of the abject neglect of the welfare of the Nigerian Police since the 1970s to date. The police force in Nigeria has suffered untold hardship and injustice by the Federal Government of Nigeria. The neglect of the Nigerian Police by the government is the cause of the lack of public respect and the loss of public confidence. The Nigerian police men and women are treated like slaves or prisoners of war as can be seen by the deplorable conditions of the police barracks in Nigeria. I cannot put my worst enemies in those terrible accommodations where I cannot use the toilet...