Akpoti-Uduaghan: Legal firm disowns letter trending on social media - ITREALMS

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A legal firm, Indemnity Partners, has disowned a letter trending on social media purporting to have been issued from the law firm in respect of Mrs. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan and the Alema of Warri, High Chief Emmanuel Oritsejolomi Uduaghan.

The legal firm insisted that it did not issue the said letter.

'PDP letter to United Nations, preposterous'

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The Senior Special Assistant to President, Media & Publicity, Mr. Garba Shehu has described the recent letter by the National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Mr. Uche Secondus to the United Nations Secretary General accusing President Muhammadu Buhari of several allegations, as preposterous, reports ITRealms.

He also said the letter confirms the opposition party as a bad loser, desperate for another chance after they were kicked out for failing the nation and its people.

Reacting to the letter, Shehu said its “no less preposterous and comical,” for the opposition to accuse the Nigerian government of “destroying Nigeria’s democracy.”

Lamenting what he also called “PDP’s lecture on democracy and the rule of law” coming from a party with a tradition of undemocratic rule is a desperate attempt to pervert history and the course of justice. The sermon, is both trite and hollow, coming from a party with intolerance for dissent as its hallmark. A party that humiliated opposition parties and stunted their growth. This was the atmosphere that nurtured the birth of the All Progressives Congress (APC.)

The war against corruption, for which many more politicians may soon be docked, cannot be misrepresented as an attack on human rights and Mr. Secondus should not try to mislead the UN. 

"Nigerian politicians at all levels have been used to dispensing with state funds in whatever manner they please, and to have someone, an administration, finally saying, “No. It doesn’t matter how big or important you think you are; the law must come against you...” That is not something they are used to at all. For the PDP, as has now emerged, national security was the major source of their funding," he said.

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PhotoNews: Oguntuase delivers letter of credence to Benin Republic

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1. President of Benin Republic Mr Patrice Athanese Talon, right, receiving the Letters of Credence from the new Nigerian Ambassador HE Emmanuel Kayode Oguntuase, at the Presidential Palace at the weekend.

2. Nigerian Ambassador to Benin Republic Emmanuel Kayode Oguntuase, and wife, Helen, with the President of Benin Republic Mr Patrice Athanese Talon (middle), after the Ambassador's presentation of his letters of credence, at the weekend.

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Open letter to Rochas Okorocha

Commentary@ITRealms:

Owelle, compliments of the season!

Owelle, I have not met you before and I am not writing this article for any form of inducement. I am also writing this article considering your current level of governance in Imo State which has not been encouraging and has left the state in chains.

Also, you are running the state aground because you already know that you can't come forward to vie for the post of the office of a governor again, but you have shown that you do not think ahead. You have continued to run the state very recklessly no matter whose ox is gored, you run the state like a private enterprise with a touch of cronies and nepotism.

I believe that power is not a toy and should not be handed to all comers, for you, you grabbed power and you have misused it.

For a visionary leader, his quest for political power is simply to enable him pursue and attain the set goals as may have been spelt out. Vision breeds purpose, and purpose in turn breeds direction and if the other way round, it makes power useless with the person in charge.

Let me tell you that your antecedents are shrouded in half-truths.

It has not been that long that Jacob Zuma and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf visited Imo State. Talking about Zuma, you handed him the Imo Merit Award, the highest award kept aside for those that have paid their dues in the state in different field of endeavors. What is Zuma known for, rather for a continuous level of corruption? You still went ahead to give to him a chieftaincy title, you unveiled a statue in honour of him likewise Sirleaf. The financial attachments are indeed scary.

On Friday, 22nd September, 2017,you marked your 55th birthday and  each of the 27 Local Government Areas (LGAs) presented 27 cakes and tax payers money were used for that purpose.

Imo State has remained a state where nothing is working and governance has taken a flight. Pensioners and their families are facing life and death struggle due to unpaid arrears, teachers are been owed too.

Just last week, your wife Mrs. Nneoma Okorocha marked her 50th birthday celebration and I looked at the trappings of the set-up, and I say that the money spent was also scary. It was a lavish celebration.

Owelle, you are known to boast openly for your lack of regard for due process and  contempt for the rule of law, hence your habitual neglect and  failure to comply with due process in taking sensitive official decisions and  actions. You have the penchant for disregarding court orders and judgments, so as to reverse some of your wrong decisions.

I was flummoxed when I heard the post of your biological sister, Mrs. Nkechi Ololo (Nee Okorocha) as the Commissioner of Happiness and Couples’ Fulfilment. I heard that there has been a slight change to the portfolio? Does it still matter?

Of what essence does the post stand for? Must you carve out a post to satisfy your family members?

Owelle, you need to go back to the drawing board if you have any. Let me tell you that, you lack vision in all you do and you forgot that vision is that creative mental force which enables a leader to rise above the pack, point out, define and provide newer and worthier directions or alternatives for the people on issues that affects them. It is the creative spirit that enables a leader to connect to the people through performance - and not through propaganda, undue sentiments or empty posturing.

Anytime I remember Imo State, I remember the likes of Mbonu Ejikes, the Nzirimos, the Mbadiwes and today you are the joker in the saddle. I look at the films you have acted so far and I say that you would have done better as a Nollywood actor than as a political actor.

As I ponder on your type of governance in Imo State, I cannot but feel for the people of Imo State. 

This whole episode is just horrifying like having a bad dream.

Owelle, let me tell you that you represent a sore and sour taste when it comes to governance in Imo State and posterity will indeed judge you.

May God Bless Imo State!

*Courtesy; Chris Uruakpa, wrote in from Lagos.

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Letter to parents, guardians as 2016 academic year ends

Campus Pavilion@ITRealms:

Dear Parents/Guardians,

The exams are over and school is almost out for the 2016 academic year. 

Your children will bring reports home this week. I know you are all really anxious for your child to do well. 

What's the meaning of "doing well?"

Please do remember, amongst the children who sat for the exams, is an Artist, who doesn't need to understand Maths. 

There's an Entrepreneur, who doesn't care about History or English literature. 

There's a Musician, whose Chemistry marks won't matter.

There's a Sportsperson, whose physical fitness is more important than Physics. 

If your child does get top marks then great. But, if he or she doesn't, please don't take away their self- confidence and dignity from them. 

Tell them it's ok, it was just an exam. They are cut out for much bigger things in life.

Tell them, no matter what they score, you love them and will not judge them.

Please do this and if you do, watch your children conquer the world. One exam or a 90% marks won't take away their dreams and talent.

And please do not think that doctors and engineers are the only happy people in the world.

Be happy for them when they come home with those reports this week. Encourage them to do better. Motivate those who were not successful. There's beauty in going back and giving it another shot. Don't judge them. They expect of you, their mother, their father, most of all to understand and to still believe in them. 

Failing a grade can never make your children failures. Their destinies lie locked up in far greater things.

*Courtesy: Eddy Nnadi/GEE
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ICANN proposes measures for letter Two-Character to avoid confusion

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The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has open comment on the proposed measures for letter cum letter two-character ASCII labels to avoid confusion with corresponding country codes, reports ITRealms.

ICANN in a press statement said that as per Section 2 of Specification 5 of the New generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) Registry Agreement, "All two-character ASCII labels shall be withheld from registration or allocated to Registry Operator at the second level within the TLD.

Such labels, ITRealms gathered, may not be activated in the Domain Name System (DNS), and may not be released for registration to any person or entity other than Registry Operator, provided that such two-character label strings may be released to the extent that Registry Operator reaches agreement with the related government and country-code manager of the string as specified in the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 standard.

The Registry Operator may also propose the release of these reservations based on its implementation of measures to avoid confusion with the corresponding country codes, subject to approval by ICANN."

This public comment, which opened on July 8 is expected to close by 17 August 2016, just as it is to gather community feedback in order to establish the list of measures a registry must implement in order to release from reservation at the second-level of the domain name system letter/letter two-character ASCII labels not otherwise reserved pursuant to Specification 5 Section 6 of the Registry Agreement.

“If adopted, all currently reserved two-letter second-level domains would be released for all gTLD registries who implement the measures,” ICANN said.

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