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Wednesday 12 February 2014

'You're not well for asking me if I'm still a PDP member' -OBASANJO explodes in London.

You're not well for asking me if I'm still a PDP member' -OBASANJO explodes in London.



Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has re-assured Nigerians that he is still a card-carrying member of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) despite his 'stepping aside' from the party activities due to the internal politics.Obasanjo disclosed this statement when 'ambushed' by some journalists at the end of the press conference preceeding the one year Anniversary Gala of Olusegun Obasanjo Foundation (OOF) in London.
President Olusegun Obasanjo and Ms Anne Welsh, CEO OOF at the Press Conference, London
. 12/02/2014



The organisers of the press conference earlier warned journalists not to ask questions outside OOF programmes for Africa.At the end of the press conference, as the former President was leaving the main hall, a mild drama happened  between Obasanjo and 'news-hungry' journalists.'Sir,what is your agenda for the future in Nigeria?"Obasanjo replied: "Please read my open letter once again to know



."'Your Excellency Sir,we need to ask you if you're joining the APC anytime soon since you're no longer a PDP member?"



Obasanjo waited for some minutes to gather his thoughts and then responded:



"What type of question are you asking me?I am still a card-carrying member of PDP."



The said journalist further provoked the former President Obasanjo to shed more light on the latest developments within the party and to express his personal opinion about the new PDP Chairman Muazu.

Obasanjo responded with bottled anger in the presence of some of the OOF officials.



"Do you understand English language at all?I am still a PDP member.Maybe you're not feeling well for asking me such a question."



The  Gala Night Photospeak links : Olusegun Obasanjo Foundation in Royal Court of Justice London for a year Anniversary, Tony Elumelu, Robert Hersov, Femi Otedaola, Others Witnessed:    


OOF Gala Event_London 12th Feb. 2014 
 The one year anniversary of the Olusegun Obasanjo Foundation was greeted with refreshing memories and outstanding ovation last night at the Royal Court of Justice in London, 12th February, 2014.
The Gala Night of One Year Anniversary of OOF
 President Ousegun Obasanjo expressed happiness at the encouraging success his foundation launched a year ago has been making as he attributed the achievements recorded so far to the ardent support from prominent people and supporters around the world. The Gala in the central london was well attended by the cream by of the society from Europe, America and of course, Africa.
 Dr. Tafilda Dalhatu, Nigerian High Commissioner to the UK and former President Olusegun Obasanjo at the OOF AnniversaryGala
Here are few of the exclusive pictures of the superfulous dinner in London last night captued by Lashley Oladigbolu the Acting Chairman, Nigeria Union of Journalists Europe Chapter..on the link

Tony Elumelu, CEO United Bank for Africa, Robert Hersov Chairman Invest africa and Ms Anne Welsh, Vice Chair, OOF at the OOF gala Anniversary
Tony Elumelu, CEO United Bank for Africa, Robert Hersovm Chairman Invest africa and Ms Anne Welsh, Vice Chair, OOF at the OOF gala Anniversary

OOF Anniversary Dinner
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President Ousegun Obasanjo expressed happiness at the encouraging success his foundation launched a year ago has been making as he attributed the achievements recorded so far to the ardent support from prominent people and supporters around the world. The Gala in the central London was well attended by the cream by of the society from Europe, America and of course, Africa.





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Wednesday 5 February 2014

UN Castigates Vatican for Shielding Child-Abusing Priests!

The UN on Wednesday denounced the Vatican for “systematically” adopting policies that allow priests to sexually abuse tens of thousands of children. The UN watchdog for children’s rights also demanded that the Holy See must “immediately remove” all clergy who are known or suspected child abusers.

It heavily criticised the Vatican’s attitudes towards homosexuality, contraception and abortion. It also rejected the Vatican’s argument that it cannot implement a children’s rights convention beyond its walls, claiming that the church has “placed the reputation of the church and the protection of the perpetrators above children’s interests.”
The Vatican has set up a commission to fight child abuse in the Church.
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) stated in its report that the Holy See should open its files on members of the clergy who “concealed their crimes” so that they can be held accountable.
The committee said it was gravely concerned that the Holy See has not acknowledged the extent of the crimes committed.

In the report, the committee expressed its “deepest concern about child sexual abuse committed by members of the Catholic churches who operate under the authority of the Holy See, with clerics having been involved in the sexual abuse of tens of thousands of children worldwide”.

It also lambasted the “practice of offenders’ mobility”, referring to the transfer of child abusers from parish to parish within countries, and sometimes abroad.

The committee said this practice places “children in many countries at high risk of sexual abuse, as dozens of child sexual offenders are reported to be still in contact with children”.

It comes after Vatican officials were questioned in public last month over why they would not release data and what they were doing to prevent future abuse.

In December, the Vatican refused a UN request for data on abuse, on the grounds that it only released such information if requested to do so by another country as part of legal proceedings.

In Germany, a priest whose name was simply given as Andreas L admitted in 2012 to 280 counts of sexual abuse involving 3 boys over a decade. A 2009 report also found that sexual and psychological abuse was “endemic” in Catholic-run industrial schools and orphanages in Ireland for most of the 20th century while the bishop of Bruges, Belgium, Roger Vangheluwe, resigned in April 2010 after admitting that he had sexually abused a boy for years.

The committee’s recommendations are non-binding and there is no enforcement mechanism.

by StreetJournal

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