when cut off mark into unity schools is 150/200, prospective undergraduates are celebrating 160/400. Nigerian education is so backward. May God help us. Queens College is even 180/200

when cut off mark into unity schools is 150/200, prospective undergraduates are celebrating 160/400. this country is so backward

This picture concept has been voted as one of the worst in recent times while a few netizens find it inexplicably funny.
In this pre-wedding photo, the vehicle of the couple stopped by the roadside and the husband-to-be abandoned the mechanical work for his partner to take care of.
He could be pictured relaxed and seated on a cooler with an umbrella shielding him from harsh sun rays while his woman struggled with the car tyre with a spanner in her hand while still wearing her wedding.
Some feminists have frowned at the picture concept while others rated it so low. The identity of the couple remains unknown as the picture continues to generate arguments online.

Zamfara state? education is actually backward in that state. even their so called mallam and mallamas sef na war

arizona20:
0.8.0.3.7.8.3.0.2.0.4 call me for your passport.28k for 32 pages and 36k for 64 pages

how many days does it take?

Adeneyagrofeeds:
Good day house. Please has anyone renew his/her passport recently? I heard renew passport now comes with both old and new passport number?

when renewing, you will need to go with your old passport to get a new one

skarlett:


With an agent or direct?

it's through an agent

skarlett:

In Lagos not Port Harcourt

I did mine 28k

kennynelcon:

Please what doc do I need to go with to process it.

two passport photograph,
birth certificate,
state of origin,
photocopy of the data page of the passport of your guarantor and his or her passport
photograph( 1 passport)
dat should be all

Fresh breath into the Ikoyi passport office facility has totally left applicants, immigration personnel happy, a new investigative report has revealed.



Ikoyi passport office

“Time,” it is often said “changes everything.” This is a dictum that has defied the ages. It comes through as a social constant, firm as the tree’s root that clutches the soil. Indeed, time makes things new. 

At the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) Ikoyi, Lagos, aka Passport Office, things are changing dramatically for the better. It is difficult to believe it. It might sound like bunkum to anyone who, months ago, drank to the dregs the sour wine of chaos that the department brewed. It was one experience anyone would wish never to relive.

I had gone for passport reissue at the office early in the year and the experience was a bitter one. Perhaps others who walked that path about the same time have similar sad tales.   

My visits to the office were phenomenal. I met people vexed by the process, the people, the facilities, everything. On each occasion, tempers flared sky-high. Hundreds of people who thronged the office had reasons to be outraged. That account was published on this page recently.

But months after, things have changed. The Ikoyi Passport Office many knew is no more; the old order has passed away. On its ruins now stands a new one.

Many passport applicants who probably knew the state of things in that department months ago can testify to that. Time indeed, changes things for the better. Its powerful, scouring water has magnificently taken care of things at Ikoyi. Call it a miracle; that is the reality now. 

On this occasion, this reporter had accompanied a friend wishing to renew his passport. We had hoped for a tall order, so we prepared for the worst. Do you blame anyone who did?

As soon as we alighted from the vehicle, we braced up for the dramatic. 

The first shocker that greeted us was the absence of the army of touts that everyone used to know. They usually formed a ring around the gate. Months ago, you would think you were walking into Jankara Market. They would besiege you asking: “Oga do you need passport; I will give you better price.”

Perhaps they have all found new jobs elsewhere; perhaps they have been completely dislodged – routed – your guess is as good as mine.

As we moved into the compound, we beheld a new security post, sparkling in the warm morning sun. It was manned by some courteous personnel who warmly welcomed and screened us with their security gadgets. Then we passed a turnstile as part of the security measures now in place. Then we saw, to our left, a customer service desk assisting applicants who had no idea of what to do. It was not there months ago.

Above us was a beautiful signboard announcing “Welcome to Ikoyi Passport Office,” signposting the new lease of life at the NIS office. A wiry man sporting some admixture of black and grey beards was descending a scaffolding; he had gone up to fix the letter “K” in the “Ikoyi” on the signboard, which had given way. He introduced himself as “Edwin Bani, a steel fabricator.”

“Oga (refereeing to the new henchman of the passport office, who I later learnt was Mr. Segun Adeoye, a Deputy Comptroller of Immigration) had insisted that I fix back the letter ‘K.’ He said he didn’t want visitors to this place to think that Ikoyi is now ‘I-oyi.’

“He said that the missing letter had the capacity of sending the wrong signal to people. He is such a man of order, perfect in what he does,” Bani said, firing our curiosity without knowing it. 

As we made our way into the compound, there was no longer the usual crowd of loitering passport applicants. A small, well appointed edifice now housed visitors and applicants waiting to begin their passport application process all by themselves. It was built by a new-generation bank, perhaps as part of its corporate social responsibility effort. Where the building stood used to be a run-down vehicle garage.

As we sought to make payment, we discovered to our surprise that Skye Bank Plc whose office within the premises used to be inside a degrading, improvised container, now had a magnificent office rich in prestige and dignity. Wow!

Just then, we ran into a senior officer we used to know; he was prepared to speak about developments at the office but on the condition of anonymity. Then he became my guide. He took me to a new, air-conditioned, applicants’ waiting lounge. He also showed me a new conference centre; it was not there some months ago. Beside it was a canteen for everyone who needed food. It was not there the last time I visited.

Then pointing to the building to my right, he said: “What you are seeing there is a clinic for Ikoyi Passport Office. This is the first time we are having this. Shortly after it was completed by the new Deputy Comptroller of Immigration (DCI), it was commissioned by the Comptroller-General of Immigration, Mr. Muhammed Babandede, himself. He was impressed on the day he visited and said kind words for the man here. This place used to be a vehicle garage,” he said.

Drawing closer, I discovered that the facility was inaugurated on September 27, 2017. It had a doctor’s consulting clinic, a pharmacy and waiting room, among other, facilities open to applicants and NIS personnel.

My guide continued: “Sometime ago, we used to have casualties on our hands. Some applicants used to faint while waiting to have their applications processed. Now, in case that happens, we have a clinic where people can be treated. 

“Now, as part of the new measures to improve a lot of things here, the DCI has constructed two waiting lounges for applicants. The new, big shed there was completed recently to accommodate more applicants.

“To be honest with you, every day, we attend to a minimum of 750 applicants. Managing that number in a compact place like this is not an easy task.  We need space. 

“To ensure that we cope with rising demands for passports, the DCI and all of us work 24 hours, seven days a week. That is the new order he has put in place.

“He assumed duty here early in the year. But he has achieved so much within a short while. Now, applicants get new passports in three days as long as there are no issues involved.

“First, you come in and do your biodata capture, next day, you pick up your passport provided the process doesn’t have any challenge. The oga here is committed to operational efficiency.

“We now produce passports through the private partnership arrangement. It now takes a maximum of 24 hours to produce a new passport here. Averagely we produce 500 passports every day.”

He disclosed that the NIS office now had more generators, pointing at new ones in a corner of the compound still in their cases. He insisted that things had indeed changed. 

Some of the challenges that delay passport issuance, I learnt, could be caused by the applicants themselves. They could be mistakes arising from misspelt names, places and dates of birth and photo issues. Delay can also come as the officers seek to exercise due diligence in ensuring that Nigerian passports don’t fall into the wrong hands and ensuring that criminals don’t get multiple passports; the list is long. Some of the issues, could only be addressed at the NIS headquarters in Abuja.

Just as we savoured the new-look Ikoyi Passport Office, a six-footer officer gingerly stepped out from one of the buildings accompanied by a few aides. He was the new helmsman, Mr. Segun Adegoke, gentle, trim, handsome. Then, an applicant, a woman of about 60 years stormed out from nowhere, attempting to knell before him in gratitude.

“Thank you very much sir; the matter has been resolved sir…”

The immigration boss would not take it. He quickly reached out and lifted the woman up. “You don’t need to do that Ma,” he said. “If the matter has been resolved, all of us are happy; we are here to serve you,” he said as tears welled up in my eyes.

"I promptly shot forward, introduced myself and sought to interview him. He welcomed the idea warmly but reminded me that he was a civil servant. 

Then Dr. Muiz Banire, the All Progressives Congress legal adviser, emerged. He was at the facility on account of his passport. He expressed delight with the fresh breath at the office.

“This place is now wonderful,” he said. “I’m delighted with the new development we are seeing here. I’m particularly impressed that touting has been eliminated.

“But I want to call on the NIS headquarters to deploy more machines here to cope with the rising number of applicants.”

Then maverick, afrobeat musician, Dede Mabiaka, sauntered out. He too had kind things to say about the transformation at Ikoyi Passport Office: “Everyone is happy with the new development here. Things have changed significantly for the better; we are all happy for it.”                    

Source: Daily Sun

please I will need too. femmyadje@gmail.com

The Nigerian government has announced that the N-Power portal will now be reopened for registration on June 13, 2017 as against June 17.
This announcement was made through the twitter handle of the scheme.
The N-Power Volunteer Corps is part of the Federal government’s Social Investment Programmes, under which it plans to hire 350,000 unemployed graduates.
The portal which first went live on June 11, 2016 recorded over 400,000 successful registrations with over 35 million hits in just 36 hours.
Meanwhile, Minister of State, Budget and Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has stated that the federal government will ensure the programme accommodates more beneficiaries this year.
She added that the government’s National Social Investment Programme (N-SIP), has empowered over 1.6 million Nigerians so far.
“For example, in N-Power Scheme that 200,000 beneficiaries have been employed, we are supposed to increase it to 500,000 beneficiaries in 2017.
“There is opportunity in the N-Power Programme for employment. There is opportunity in the GEEP for you to get finances to be able to start businesses. Please, this is real, it is working, join the process and be a beneficiary,” the Minister said.

We’ll all need a laptop at some point in our lives and there are some broad guidelines you should keep in mind when buying a laptop so you can buy the right one. Jumia Travel, the leading online travel agency, shares 6 of these broad guidelines to help you out.
1. The Screen
When buying a laptop, be sure to go for the laptop that gives you the best screen within your price range. A good screen typically considers three things: resolution, viewing angles and size. Laptops with higher resolution screens are generally the best ones to choose. For portability, smaller screens are better, but if you intend to use the laptop for entertainment and architectural or artistic functions, then a bigger screen is best. Lastly, in terms of viewing angles, a laptop screen that touts IPS (in-plane switching) technology offers the widest viewing angles for the best user comfort.
2. Screen Quality
You should consider laptops that are comfortable to look at because you are likely to be looking at it for quite some time during the day. Many laptops these days have touchscreens, but these touch screens tend to be glossy and glossy screens leads to reflections that negatively affect your eyes. You should therefore try to avoid these glossy screens and maybe opt for laptops that aren’t touchscreen, but if you must buy one go for the ones that don’t have glossy screens.
3. RAM
Typically, more RAM is better. For a decent laptop experience, 4GB RAM can be considered, but 8GB RAM is recommended. If you intend to do a lot of video and photo editing, you can consider buying one with 16GB RAM. More RAM allows for more applications to run at the same time, and for more data to be quickly accessible to the system at any one time. When buying a laptop, it’s always best to consider the ones with more RAM compared to others, within your favored price range.
4. Keyboard Quality
It’s advisable to choose a laptop with a keyboard that’s comfortable for you, rather than one that packs in every key and forces you to start hunting for keys. You should go for a keyboard with a comfortable layout with full sized keys and some space around the arrow keys. The keys should have a sort of ‘snappy responsiveness’ and should be easy on your fingers. When buying a laptop, it’s best to get a feel of the keyboard rather than ‘buying blind’ (asking someone to buy it for you or ordering online).
5. CPU
Intel’s Core-Based CPUs are one of the best to consider when buying a laptop. Core i3, Core i5, and Core i7 offer some of the best performance when it comes to multitasking and multimedia tasks. However, for Core i7-based systems, though they offer the best performance for your laptop, the heat emitted from the base of the laptop tends to be a cause for concern if you plan to use the laptop for a long time.
6. Battery Life
Pay attention to the rating of the battery in Watt-hours (Wh) or milliamp-hours (mAh); typically the larger the figures, the longer the battery can last.[b]We’ll all need a laptop at some point in our lives and there are some broad guidelines you should keep in mind when buying a laptop so you can buy the right one. Jumia Travel, the leading online travel agency, shares 6 of these broad guidelines to help you out.
1. The Screen
When buying a laptop, be sure to go for the laptop that gives you the best screen within your price range. A good screen typically considers three things: resolution, viewing angles and size. Laptops with higher resolution screens are generally the best ones to choose. For portability, smaller screens are better, but if you intend to use the laptop for entertainment and architectural or artistic functions, then a bigger screen is best. Lastly, in terms of viewing angles, a laptop screen that touts IPS (in-plane switching) technology offers the widest viewing angles for the best user comfort.
2. Screen Quality
You should consider laptops that are comfortable to look at because you are likely to be looking at it for quite some time during the day. Many laptops these days have touchscreens, but these touch screens tend to be glossy and glossy screens leads to reflections that negatively affect your eyes. You should therefore try to avoid these glossy screens and maybe opt for laptops that aren’t touchscreen, but if you must buy one go for the ones that don’t have glossy screens.
3. RAM
Typically, more RAM is better. For a decent laptop experience, 4GB RAM can be considered, but 8GB RAM is recommended. If you intend to do a lot of video and photo editing, you can consider buying one with 16GB RAM. More RAM allows for more applications to run at the same time, and for more data to be quickly accessible to the system at any one time. When buying a laptop, it’s always best to consider the ones with more RAM compared to others, within your favored price range.
4. Keyboard Quality
It’s advisable to choose a laptop with a keyboard that’s comfortable for you, rather than one that packs in every key and forces you to start hunting for keys. You should go for a keyboard with a comfortable layout with full sized keys and some space around the arrow keys. The keys should have a sort of ‘snappy responsiveness’ and should be easy on your fingers. When buying a laptop, it’s best to get a feel of the keyboard rather than ‘buying blind’ (asking someone to buy it for you or ordering online).
5. CPU
Intel’s Core-Based CPUs are one of the best to consider when buying a laptop. Core i3, Core i5, and Core i7 offer some of the best performance when it comes to multitasking and multimedia tasks. However, for Core i7-based systems, though they offer the best performance for your laptop, the heat emitted from the base of the laptop tends to be a cause for concern if you plan to use the laptop for a long time.
6. Battery Life
Pay attention to the rating of the battery in Watt-hours (Wh) or milliamp-hours (mAh); typically the larger the figures, the longer the battery can last.[/b]We’ll all need a laptop at some point in our lives and there are some broad guidelines you should keep in mind when buying a laptop so you can buy the right one. Jumia Travel, the leading online travel agency, shares 6 of these broad guidelines to help you out.
1. The Screen
When buying a laptop, be sure to go for the laptop that gives you the best screen within your price range. A good screen typically considers three things: resolution, viewing angles and size. Laptops with higher resolution screens are generally the best ones to choose. For portability, smaller screens are better, but if you intend to use the laptop for entertainment and architectural or artistic functions, then a bigger screen is best. Lastly, in terms of viewing angles, a laptop screen that touts IPS (in-plane switching) technology offers the widest viewing angles for the best user comfort.
2. Screen Quality
You should consider laptops that are comfortable to look at because you are likely to be looking at it for quite some time during the day. Many laptops these days have touchscreens, but these touch screens tend to be glossy and glossy screens leads to reflections that negatively affect your eyes. You should therefore try to avoid these glossy screens and maybe opt for laptops that aren’t touchscreen, but if you must buy one go for the ones that don’t have glossy screens.
3. RAM
Typically, more RAM is better. For a decent laptop experience, 4GB RAM can be considered, but 8GB RAM is recommended. If you intend to do a lot of video and photo editing, you can consider buying one with 16GB RAM. More RAM allows for more applications to run at the same time, and for more data to be quickly accessible to the system at any one time. When buying a laptop, it’s always best to consider the ones with more RAM compared to others, within your favored price range.
4. Keyboard Quality
It’s advisable to choose a laptop with a keyboard that’s comfortable for you, rather than one that packs in every key and forces you to start hunting for keys. You should go for a keyboard with a comfortable layout with full sized keys and some space around the arrow keys. The keys should have a sort of ‘snappy responsiveness’ and should be easy on your fingers. When buying a laptop, it’s best to get a feel of the keyboard rather than ‘buying blind’ (asking someone to buy it for you or ordering online).
5. CPU
Intel’s Core-Based CPUs are one of the best to consider when buying a laptop. Core i3, Core i5, and Core i7 offer some of the best performance when it comes to multitasking and multimedia tasks. However, for Core i7-based systems, though they offer the best performance for your laptop, the heat emitted from the base of the laptop tends to be a cause for concern if you plan to use the laptop for a long time.
6. Battery Life
Pay attention to the rating of the battery in Watt-hours (Wh) or milliamp-hours (mAh); typically the larger the figures, the longer the battery can last.

SUMMARY OF THE BOOK "IN DEPENDENCE"
Tayo Ajayi, a Nigerian, and Vanessa Richardson, an English lady, had their affair boiling when it began, however as circumstances have been meant to intervene, the connection went sore and it appeared nothing may ever carry them collectively.
The book (In dependence) has characters that behaved in like-patterns, like within the case of Tayo’s pal, Yusuf, who had dated tons of white English women.
He (Yusuf) ended up marrying a Nigerian Lady as predicted (Yusuf knew what he needed and appeared to get it).
Tayo additionally ended up the identical method in as a lot as his affair with Vanessa Richardson had been gleaming, though he had been out of the error of getting a younger lady (Miriam) pregnant.
And speaking of sample, the novel’s (In dependence) starting had opened up introducing Tayo’s affair with Christine, a Nigerian Igbo woman. One would suppose that Manyika needed to finish Tayo’s relationship with Christine for the sake of bringing in Vanessa into Tayo’s life, however nonetheless, Tayo needed to find yourself marrying Miriam. And nonetheless the wedding failed, giving in to the acquainted sample.
Miriam in Manyika’s novel (In dependence) represented the breeds of the Nigerians that may all the time run away to reside overseas because of the collapsing picture of their dwelling nation.
Miriam went away together with her daughter leaving Tayo behind. In as a lot as she persuaded Tayo, he wouldn’t go. She didn’t like an inconveniencing life. She needed the perfect life for her daughter.
Tayo, on the opposite facet represented the crude breeds of Nigerians that felt dwelling was dwelling despite the fact that the nation was boiling in corruption. In as a lot because the failure of the nation stared firmly at his face with daggers, he selected to remain.
In direction of the late pages of the novel he needed to depart the nation underneath threatening circumstances towards his life from the ruling navy regime.
The complete novel is informed from the great days of Nigeria’s independence down into the nineties. I applaud Manyika’s ink, right here. In as a lot because the setting of this novel floated by way of England, Senegal, USA, and France, she was ready to make use of her third eye to attract out Nigeria’s journey into the more serious lanes of corruption, and hopelessness.
Religion is one other situation that Manyika (In dependence) handled. It didn’t matter to her if one was a Muslim or Christian.
Studying by way of this novel, one couldn’t inform if Tayo got here from a Muslim or Christian household however we did know he embraced extra of the Christian religion. She didn’t level out the difficulties of inter-religious marriages within the novel (In dependence), however centred extra on the difficulties of interracial marriage.
Throughout Tayo’s life as an element time lecturer in Sans Francisco, the creator used a scene to unbolt some deeper points of racism.
She identified the racist ties between the African American and the pure African. These points she raised apply in all places even inside Nigerians.
A Yoruba would check with an Igbo as a grasping cash monger and doubtful monster, and in flip the Igbo would check with the Yoruba as a unclean, loquacious and silly character who spend all he earns on events and alcohol. It needed to be understood that racism was one these existences that may reside for a very long time so far as misunderstanding between folks existed.
I captured traces which are coated with humour on this novel, however might be referred to as racial remarks. Younger black Yusuf got here clear in his dialog with Tayo. He mentioned white ladies have been for intercourse treats whereas black ladies have been for respectable relationships that would result in marriage. He added white lady regarded so previous when she turned thirty.
The worst racist on this e-book (In dependence) is Vanessa’s father who was a one time colonial grasp in Nigeria earlier than 1960.
He was towards Tayo marrying his daughter, and had refused to just accept Vanessa’s adopted half-cast son. He appeared extra racial towards half-casts earlier within the novel (In dependence) confronting Tayo about his fears for a half-cast grandchild. It was later understood that his hatred for the blacks was consequently of an affair his spouse had with a black man through the colonial period.
Manyika, whose image reveals she is probably half-cast, was capable of make a degree right here. She drew a distinction between being black and being a half-cast (brown). This could have been fairly a storm for her to jot down about as a result of of the racial wind towards the brown folks residing in whitely dominated areas. In distinction to a pure black nation, half-casts are seen lovely which Manyika didn’t level out. In reality within the black continent, the standard black man could really feel inferior to a half-cast.
Manyika was additionally capable of painting the polemic assault Nigerians obtain from all over the world nowadays. She didn’t carry this to print however the picture was represented, and I needed to determine it out. I can say it clouds across the ache felt every time an IELTS or TOEFL examination is required earlier than a Nigerian may research overseas. This doesn’t exclude a masters’ diploma. Does the world suppose Nigerians converse Latin or Greek or some sort of language referred to as ‘Nigerian’?
‘I said I haven’t heard you converse Nigerian,’ Joyce says.
Joyce is one of Manyika’s English characters. And I like the way in which Yusuf replies this. ‘Nobody speaks Nigerian, you daft thing,’.
A coincidence on this novel which I refuse to just accept was the scene during which Vanessa had simply come throughout one of her finest music, Hugh Maskela, a music that reminded her of Nelson Mandela and on the same day, not even up to two hours if I could rightly predict, her white husband is presenting her with ‘Long Walk to Freedom’, Nelson Mandela’s biography.
What a coincidence! I additionally don’t embrace the truth that Manyika noticed hope for Nigeria by way of the eyes of Tayo solely when Abacha died. There are nonetheless Abacha loyalists in Nigeria as we speak who will discover this offending. She ought to have saved the road in a riddle.
Vanessa did meet with Tayo on the finish of the novel, nevertheless it was laborious to foretell if in any respect a love relationship was ignited between them. Vanessa was nonetheless married, however Tayo wasn’t. Manyika maintained a non-adulterous plight between the 2 right here. The happy-ending-formula which most romance writers adapt was by some means blurring within the novel.

*30* possible *QUESTIONS ON IN DEPENDENCE....
*1*Tayo's mother died on her way to____?
(a)Abuja
(b)oxford
(c)Lagos✔
(b)Benin

*2*where did ike work?
(a)In a bar
(b)in the ministry of education✔
(c)as a British council
(d)as a business man

*3*which word akin's uncle have a penchant for?
(a)Come nearer
(b)you follow✔
(c)Yowa
(d)left out

*4*who told Tayo his mother was dead?
(a)His friend
(b)ike
(c)modupe
(d)Miriam✔

*5*what game did akin's uncle start with his friends?
(a)Football
(b)Tennis
(c)Ayo✔
(d)Ludo

*6*what is the name of akin's uncle boss?
(a)John Lee
(b)Lugard
(c)Lord lugard✔
(d)Fred

*7*whom did Tayo think of whenever he was with Helene?
(a)Christine
(b)Vanessa✔
(c)Modupe
(d)his mother

*8*what was written on kemi's snoopy night dress?
(a)Love is the whole world✔
(b)Rock my style
(c)Love my style love me
(d)kiss my ass

*9*where did ajayis always fly to for the summer holidays?
(a)Abuja
(b)Hong Kong
(c)Lagos✔
(d)England

*10*in what year did uncle kayode get married to Helene?
(a)1975
(b)1964
(c)1987
(d)1974✔

*MORE LOADING*

*11*how old was Miriam's pregnancy as at the time they visited the yelwa club?
(a)5weeks
(b)3 months
(c)5months ✔
(d)3weeks

*12*who called out on greetings as Tayo and his family entered the lounge in yelwa club?
(a)Abraham
(b)Ibrahim✔
(c)Vanessa
(d)Christine

*13*what was the name of Tayo's daughter?
(a)Kardashian
(b)lily
(c)kemi✔
(d)funke

*14* who phoned Tayo last week to congratulate him on his manuscript?
(a)His friends
(b)his friends
(c)his colleagues
(d)his publisher's✔

*15*what was the name of salamatou's son?
(a)Suleiman✔
(b)Abubakar
(c)David
(d)ike

*16*when was tayo's family house normally quiet?
(a)Monday morning
(b)Friday morning
(c)Sunday morning✔
(d)Saturday evening

*17*what did Tayo and Vanessa order when they got to the restaurant in Lagos?
(a)Rice and beans
(b)Rice and stew
(c)Rice and plantains✔
(d)coffee

*18*what was the name of Tayo's neighborhood drunk in his home town in ibadan?
(a)Jimoh
(b)micheal
(c)Dele✔
(d)Fred

*19*who was the most successful trader along the west African coast?.
(a)Tayo's Auntie
(b)Tayo's mother✔
(c)Tayo's sister
(d)Tayo's mother in Law

*20*what was the name of Oxford finest hotel?
(a)Royal Hotel
(b)The Randolph Hotel✔
(c)Super motion hotel
(d)Oxford Hotel and suit

*21*what was the name of Yusuf's current girlfriend?
(a)Amina
(b)yemi
(c)Joyce✔
(d)femi

*22*What did tunde refuse to have at the party in his house?
(a)wordly music
(b)smooching
(c)drinks✔
(d)dance

*23*Tunde's room was designed to be what?
(a)Hotel
(b)A lounge✔
(c)a slf con
(d)a mansion

*24*The name of Tayo's cousin was?
(a)Bayo
(b)Tumi
(c)Tunde✔
(d)jumoke

*25*where did Tayo accompany tunde to?
(a)The club
(b)the bakery✔
(c)the restaurant
(d)Vanessa's house

*26*where was Yusuf working at?
(a)The bakery
(b)At the clinic
(c)At the hospital✔
(d)At the bank

*27*what did Tayo aspire to be in the future!
(a)A teacher✔
(b)an accountant
(c)a drunk
(d)an entrepreneur

*28*what is the name of Vanessa's father!
(a)Michael
(b)Olamide
(c)Jonathan.✔
(d)buhari

*29*who drove to fetch uncle tony from station when he arrived France?.
(a)Tunde
(b)Tayo
(c)Jane✔
(d)kemi

*30*who was never asking but announcing?
(a)Nancy Mordovia
(b)Nancy Morx
(c)Nancy mordoch✔
(d)Nancy Bradford

kalan:

Yes Femmyadje, he is eligible for PGDE with any Bsc 3rd class

thanks

hi kalan, I studied biological sciences but want to do PGD in education. any advise please?

kalan:


Hello Greedgod,

Your course its its pure education or partly? I was looking at Bed Environmental Education.
Education course have most of its master options mostly in professional course apart from Education course. so clarify you certificate then i will suggest what you could do. Also let me know your career pursuit? what really do you want to do?

good day. I have a friend who studied biological sciences and had a 3rd class and wants to have his PGDE in Unilag. any advice for him?

Nukualofa:
The funny thing about it is that some of our politicians have more than that in their possession

definitely. a single politcian in Nigeria can feed like how many people even without feeling like money is spent. oh Lord save our soul

Nukualofa:
The funny thing about it is that some of our politicians have more than that in their possession

definitely. a single politcian in Nigeria can like how many people even without feeling like money is spent. oh Lord save our soul

KINGwax007:
you!

if I catch dat man

PatriotTemidayo:

That's right my brother, we are quite unlucky with leadership in Nigeria. With all we've given them, they are are wicked as the pit of hell itself. We feed them. Cloth them and send their children to the best school, yet they wouldn't stop subjecting us to poverty, underdevelopment and stagnation. We do not need to change the president, neither should we change the assembly men, we totally need to change our mindset that we must vote one of these crooks. Truth is, we can vote a younger person, if we so chose cuz the power to do so Is naturally ours.

yes ooooo

Love Machine:
He use AC to preserve the naira from crashing.

Lolz. AC for money and some people are out there dying of heat. he couldn't even take a fraction of that money and spend on the people leaving in that community

sweerychick:
Nigeria has no remedy .. So reading that makes no difference. Even our president is tired that's why he's in London. Revolution is the key

yes o, Revolution is the key but where do we start from? that's the question on the mind of Nigerians

[quote author=Omagago post=53853675]Really disheartening [/quote God help us

sweerychick:
Too long to read

too long? u should take your time to read it so that you will know the type of leaders we have in this country

PatriotTemidayo:
Poverty mentality is the biggest problem of most, if not all of our leaders. Even when they steal so much, they still think it'll never be enough.
They buy the biggest cars in the world, only to drive them on dusty roads.
They build mansions in villages, surrounded by thatches.
They have no sense of value but sense of money, and the power it brings.
Whata shame!

I read this and was almost crying. we need revolution in this country. this our leaders don't even know we exist at all. I am waiting for them to come to me by 2019 and tell me to vote for them. they are all thieves

GODWIN ISENYO paid a visit to the poor community in Kaduna State where operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission found over N3bn in a house allegedly belonging to a former General Manager of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
When 30-year-old Ibrahim Alfa first heard that over N3bn was discovered by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in a house somewhere in Kaduna State, he rolled his eyes in disbelief. When he was later told the said sum was found in a house located inside his poor community in Sabo Tasha, Alfa, who holds a Higher National Diploma in Electric Engineering, screamed expletives.
Our correspondent found Alfa on Chikun Street, by the popular Y Junction along the Sabo Expressway, in Sabo Tasha, Chikun Local Government Area of the state. There, Alfa sat outside his one-bedroomed apartment he shared with his friends, talking about his future, which was far from being as bright as the afternoon sun.
“I am short of words. How can one believe that such amount of money was found here, in a place where there is no regular electricity supply, water supply? To think that a man of such immense wealth has something to do with this community without contributing anything is, to say the least, disheartening,” Alfa said.
Chikun Street has since become popular following the discovery by operatives of the EFCC, on February 9.
Following a tip-off by an informant, operatives of the agency stormed a house in Sabon Tasha, allegedly belonging to the former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Dr. Andrew Yakubu. The anti-graft agency said it found the sum of $9.7m (N2.96bn) and £74,000 (N28.19m), a total of over N3bn hidden in a fireproof safe inside the house.
Yakubu was NNPC GMD between 2012 and 2014 before he was relieved by the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan for alleged corruption and insubordination. He had worked with the NNPC for over 30 years.
Chikun LGA has an estimated population of over 360,000, with Sabo Tasha and Angwan Sunday having about half of the estimated population.
Alfa said, “As you can see, I am going to the next compound to fetch water from a borehole. This is as a result of the government’s inability to provide for us. Yet we have somebody who hid money in foreign currencies in our area. This country is sick. Look at the poor drainage system, bad road network and lack of hospital facilities. Many of the residents are not happy with the man (Yakubu) for what he did. People in this community are angry. They wished the money was shared among them. He could not even touch anybody’s life in this community.”
An unexpected find in squalor
Last Friday, a statement from the EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, noted that “the surprise raid of the facility followed intelligence which the commission received about suspected proceeds of crime believed to be hidden in the slums of Sabo Tasha area of Kaduna.”
Uwujaren said the caretaker of the house, one Bitrus Yakubu, a younger brother to Andrew Yakubu, disclosed that both the house and the safe where the money was found belonged to his brother, Yakubu.
The EFCC spokesman further said on February 8, Yakubu had reported to the commission’s zonal office in Kano and made a statement wherein he allegedly admitted ownership of the recovered money, claiming it was a gift from unnamed persons.
The discovery by the EFCC has sparked outrage among Nigerians, especially Yakubu’s poor neigbours.
A resident of the area, 30-year-old Celestine Musa, said members of the community were woken up by the unusual presence of operatives of stern-looking EFCC operatives.
Musa said he was shocked that such huge sums could reside in such a poor community where many like him where struggling to eke out a living.
The house where the money was recovered was a stark difference to the amount it carried for months. But for the EFCC revelation, nothing pointed to the fact that N3bn was stashed somewhere in the unimpressive house with drab painting.
Directly opposite the building were shops, where a grinding machine for tomatoes, pepper and other stuff was displayed. To the extreme right was a firewood seller, displaying a hip of firewood.
Our correspondent gathered that the compound, where the money was recovered, had two two-bedroomed flats, self-contained apartments and a room-and-parlour. Two window-sized air conditioners were said to be in the room where the currencies, reportedly stored in an anti-fire safe, were discovered.
When SUNDAY PUNCH visited the house where the money was uncovered, it was learnt the older sister of the former GMD, a retired nurse fondly called “Mama,” resided there with other tenants.
The house is said to be one of the many properties owned by Yakubu. Interestingly, the unimpressive building in question is a kilometre away from the 29, Bourbillion residence of the ex-GMD by Narayi High Cost Junction, an upscale neighbourhood in the state.
However, unlike the largely attractive houses in Narayi, Sabo Tasha has all the trappings of squalor and poverty. The area does not boast of a government primary or secondary school. The less-than-a-kilometre road is untarred and driving during rainy season, according to residents, is hellish.
“It is unfortunate that such an amount was recovered on my street where there is no good road. In fact, I am shocked and angry about the whole situation,” Musa added.
For Mr. Paul Okoye, a 70-year-old welder, said the discovery felt like a scene from a bad movie.
The septuagenarian noted that it was outrageous to trace such an amount of money in “hard currency” to a community lacking in life’s simple comforts.
He said, “Take a look at the deplorable condition of the road in the area. It is only a wicked person that can hide over N3bn in the midst of squalor. Personally, I have decided to refrain from commenting on this matter because it could give me a heart attack. We are hungry and dying of poverty, yet somebody kept such a huge amount of money and can still sleep well with his two eyes closed. It is the height of wickedness. It is unfair.”
A 50-year-old carpenter, who is also a motorbike rider, Mr. Godwin Odoh, echoed the same views.
Odoh has five children. He said he prayed to God to assist him and his family, since the likes of the ex-GMD could not assist the poor in their midst. “I have been living in this area for decades, and I never imagined that that amount of money could be kept in the area, not to mention the type of house where it was found,” he said.
Similarly, a 33-year-old seamstress, Comfort Ojei, whose shop is opposite Yakubu’s house, said she was shocked at the EFCC’s findings.
“It is obvious that we lack the basic amenities of life in this area, such as good roads, functional health care facilities, as well as schools, yet our neighbour was hiding dollars while we were suffering and dying of hunger. We are not happy at all,” the mother of two said.
Another neighbour, Samuel Koro, told SUNDAY PUNCH that he had once approached the Zango-Kataf-born Yakubu for assistance when he was still NNPC GMD. But Yakubu told him that he had no money.
“I had gone to meet him (Yakubu) for N20,000 for payment of my rent, but he said there was no money. Operatives of the Department of State Security guarding him then simply shoved me aside. So, when I heard of the EFCC discovery, that sad encounter flashed through my mind. He was not friendly with us at all,” Koro said.
However, like the saying goes, different strokes for different folks.
Mrs. Habibat Ifijeh, a trader, whose provision store is attached to the building where the money was uncovered, described the former GMD as a kind man who had touched many lives.
“All I can say is that the man is a gentleman. He assisted (my family) with our rent. We are tenants in his house and whenever we couldn’t afford the rent or didn’t have money to pay, he would simply tell us to ‘just forget it.’ I feel bad but I don’t know why he decided to keep the money here. Let the court judge him,” she said.
What we want FG to do with recovered money — Residents
Mr. John Ibekwe, whose one-roomed apartment is not far from the house where the money was recovered, said a fraction of the money would help his family and that of three generations after him.
Ibekwe said, “I am struggling to fend for my family. I cannot afford to pay the school fees of four of my children. I am approaching 48 and the future is still bleak for me and my family. Why should only one man have N3bn in his house when many in the country are suffering? In the past, they said ‘no food for lazy man’; now we work and their is still no food because of bad leaders. My heart bled when I heard of the discovery. We are all here and right under our nose was hidden dollars and nobody knew. Our leaders are wicked.”
Youths in the community are angry at Yakubu, noted Musa. “It is shameful. Only God knows what would happen to him if they should get hold of him. I pray he doesn’t come to this area because he will be lynched,” he said.
Ibekwe urged the Federal Government to use the money recovered for the benefit of the common man in the community and across the state.
“The Federal Government should ensure the recovered money is properly accounted for. Government should identify capital projects to utilise the money for. If the money recovered from looters are judiciously utilised, many Nigerians would be willing to join forces with the government in the fight against corruption in the land,” he said.
Ojei said the former GMD did not help his neighbours. “We want the recovered money shared. We want government to reconstruct our roads, build schools for our children and provide electricity and water for the community with the recovered money. During the rainy season, this road is not motorable,” he said.
Another resident, who refused to give his name, said, “Apart from the bad road which you see and at the same time feel, we don’t have good schools and other social amenities in this area. We can use such money to fix our roads, schools and health facilities. He should simply forfeit the money to the government. Let the government use this to show us that the law is working. We don’t want a situation whereby a court will give him a meagre amount like N100m as fine and ask him to go and sin no more.”
What N3bn can do for Kaduna State, Nigerians
The sum of N3bn recovered from Yakubu would have provided about two percent of the Kaduna State government’s 2017 budget put at about N214bn (made up of N83.46bn in recurrent spending and N131.45bn in capital expenditure), which would have gone a long way to provide several social infrastructure in the community and the state.
Last year, the governor of the state, Nasir el-Rufai, lamented that over 4,000 primary schools in the state were in various stages of disrepair.
Also, the state government is struggling with the school feeding programme; the amount would have fed the estimated 1.9 million primary school pupils in about 4,300 primary schools in the state for one month.
It would also have provided thousands of jobs as the state’s feeding programme is expected to directly create 17,000 jobs for catering vendors and others who would work for them.
The Executive Director, Centre for Creativity and Leadership Development, Kaduna, Abdullahi Ali-Dogo, said the amount could have done more for the state and development of its infrastructure.
“Some of the things the money can provide for this community include a good road network, well-equipped hospital and a borehole for every household. This will go a long way in reshaping the community. I believe the major problems of that community are bad roads and lack of educational facilities. A fraction of that amount can get all the streets there tarred; provide well-equipped health care centres, potable water, as well as primary and secondary schools where children of the poor would be adequately catered for and the children would not have to pay school fees for three years.”
An economist and a former employee of African Development Bank, Yakubu Aliyu, said the recovered N3bn would have provided the country valuable foreign exchange that could also support its external reserves.
“In a way, the continued depreciation of the naira could be linked to such kind of leakages, people holding on to foreign currencies like the dollar without putting it to use. When you convert the money at the parallel market rate, it is closer to N5bn (than N3bn). Many states in Nigeria do not take much in a month from the federation account. So, in effect, a state government could have used that amount to pay salaries, contractors and fund security in a whole month,” Aliyu said.
The economist further said the amount would have also funded capital projects in the country.
He said, “The entire start-up capital of Emirates Airlines, which is now among the top five airlines in the world and employs a staff of over 50,000, was about $10m in 1985. Imagine what that amount could do for many Nigerians two to three decades down the line if it is used to start a profitable venture.
“Also, take the Central Bank of Nigeria/Bank of Agriculture anchor lending to farmers that has now sparked off a real agricultural revolution across the country. The loan per farmer is N250,000. With such an amount stashed away by the former NNPC boss, the scheme could reach about 20,000 farmers. Imagine the huge multiplier effect on food production, stimulation of rural economy and farmers’ incomes. The effect on poverty reduction will be monumental.
On February 14, the Federal High Court sitting in Kano ordered for the temporary forfeiture of $9.8m and the £74,000 recovered from Yakubu to the Federal Government, as had been requested by the anti-graft agency.
Ali-Dogo urged the Federal Government to follow China’s example in punishing looters of public money. “Let’s go the China way, anybody that steals government money or is proven by law to be corrupt should face the death penalty,” he said.

The embattled Vice Chancellor of Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Olusola Oyewole, and others accused of corruption have refunded N6.5 million to the anti-graft agency, EFCC, PREMIUM TIMES learnt
Mr. Oyewole is facing criminal charges for allegedly misappropriating N800 million belonging to the university. He was charged to court alongside the university’s Pro-Chancellor, Adeseye Ogunlewe, and Bursar, Moses Ilesanmi.
The three were accused of benefitting from various illegal allowances not approved by Nigeria’s Salaries and Wages Commission.
Investigation by PREMIUM TIMES showed that Mr. Oyewole refunded N2.5 million on December 6 from the illegal allowances he allegedly collected to finance his daughter’s wedding. Four other staff of the university also refunded a total of N4 million from similar illegal allowances.
A spokesperson of the EFCC zonal office in Ibadan, Ayo Oyewole, confirmed that some money was returned by suspects in the matter.
“The Commission will ensure that everybody who benefited from the illegal allowances return whatever they collected to the coffers of the university,” he said.
The monies returned so far are, however, a far cry from the N800 million that the EFCC says Mr. Oyewole and others mismanaged.
The university’s spokesperson, Emi Alawode, declined comment saying the matter was already in court.

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