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10 Lagos governorship candidates have stepped down to declare support for the candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, Akinwunmi Ambode in the forthcoming April 11 governorship election in the state.
According to a press statement signed by the 10 governorship candidates, the parties stated that they have shelved their individual ambitions to be the governor of Lagos State to support the candidature of Ambode.
” Without mincing words, we collectively as candidates of various political parties, have decided to join hands together with Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode of APC to give Lagosians a deserving government at this time.
We unanimously give our unwavering solidarity to work together with Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode of the APC come 11th April 2015, slated by the Independent National Electoral Commission for gubernatorial election.
We enjoin all our teeming supporters across the state to take this declaration and sound it loud and clear that Akinwunmi Ambode, is the candidate to take Lagos to the next level.


Culled from Vanguardngr.com

CyberWolf:
You people will be disappointed..Buhari will spend his first 4 years pursuing personal vendetta against his perceived enemies without doing anything and we will see how the country will go from bad to worse..

You wish! ShAme on haters... Ntoooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

I concur... Dis act s kinda prostitute lyk... Shud ve come out in tym prior to PDP's defeat...

macfarland:
I told people that this change mantra thing is just bulshit. Watch...Nigeria will still remain the same! No change is coming...rather negative change. The alliance between CPC and ACN was just the key thing predicated on returning power to the northern born to rule. Yorubas realize they can only be relevant in scheme of things if they align with the north. Now with APC they have succeeded. So southeast and southsouth will remain a conquered people in the Govt of Buhari. The change that is coming is buhari to concentrate development in the yoruba states and the north like he did during the era of his ptdf. He will appoint chief of army staff hausa man, chief of defence staff hausa man...chief naval stal one yoruba man..chief of air staff one middle belt guy..police head hausa fulani...petroleum minister hausa fulani...agriculture minister hausa fulani...SSS DG hausa man..then he will find way settle Amaechi with one yr after which he will push Amaechi out of the power equation with the advisers of his hausa brothers. But the last straw that will break the camels back will be Buhari trying to militarize the southsouth when he stops the pipeline security contract given to Tompolo and use military to intimidate the southsouth and MOSOB guys...then he will renew oil mining licence of TY Danjuma and his northern cronies...reward oil contracts to empower the north and give Tinubu an oil block...go to Delta state to scrap the Oil and gas Park in Gbaraturum Kingdom...these are the changes you will see...One naira can never be equal to one dollar...Nothing is going to change but there will be one day that will be a day of Reckoning says the Lord of Host!

You wish! Ntorrrrrrrrrrr

adorablepepple:
any congratulatory message from any of the actors or actress who collected money from our outgoing president will not be accepted, we don't do cowards. Awon abina oshi, ass leakers am waiting for that Toyin Aimakhu to come n run her dirty filthy mouth to congratulate the general!!!







BTW







am in the train of change
am flying in the plane of change
am moving in the vehicle of change
Sai JESUS
Sai Buhari
Sai osinbanjo
Sai Jonathan till May 29
All haill the citizens of Nigeria!!!!!!!!
Happy new month, Happy change!!!!!!

She has congratulated GMB(I mean toyin)... M stil looking for her twitter handle o cos dat tooth pick legged actress needs serious bashing...

Omo, I jst dey happy... M using dis medium to say a very big tank u to President Goodluck Jonathan for accepting defeat. It s an uncommon Gesture. God bless NIGERIA. GOD bless GMB, GOD bless GEJ and dose dat ve wished d general Bad. God bless us all.

Where does she act? Nollywood? Bollywood? Hollywood? Abi, my hood?

TeamSimple:
But I got to read sumwhere that his back in Nigeria safe and sound. Wish him speedy recovery.

Correct...
Leave dat guy wey dey con post old news.

Is she a wrestler?
Abi, y d breast con gather muscle lyk dis...







Nawa o

rubey:
I am not guilty of any of those accusations

Even if u re guilty, u re 4given.
No one dare punish such a beauty.

Randerl:
na still the normal Android devices IMEI tweaking stuff with wireless tethering for PC.

Dnt knw how o.
Av tried using blackberry.net as apn buh it s nt workin.
Help me out here pls..
I wanna make use of it on a system..

Randerl:
Glo still blazing. Just check the forum for more info.

Bros abeg, are u making use of d blackberry desktop software?
If yes; pls I ll nid d apn..
Wud be very gr8ful if u can do dat for me..
Tanks in advance

Mzjhulz:
May my enemies not see me dis new year

@yourpersonaltext, i guess those dat hate u are yet to catch a glimpse of u cos no sane man wil hate on such a beauty.

kennygee:
There are some that say A is for God, B is for him and C can be for you if you are very studious and intelligent.

did u graduate 4rm d university of ilorin?

obamanuru:
Omooo dey jst dey show respect 4 outside na God knw wetin dem dey do inside
Olamide......kwam 1
Wizkid........sunny ade
Who be next......

Tuface.....Sir Victor Olaiya

dam4wummy:
I am a batch A corper in anambra state, and in anambra state you are not paid in cash, it started with us.

Nah, it did not start wit u...
It started with us 2013 batchC

Shigoboy:
it has never happen in the history of nysc, first allawee always be in cash, other camps are receiving there own already

Bros ye, no talk wetin u no knw o...
Anambra no dey pay for hand starting from 2013 batchC...
Claiming dey ve adopted cashless policy nonsense...

firstkyn:
Medicine:
The fact that it involves human life makes it even more
challenging; it takes longer number of years than any
other course in Nigeria before they are tagged qualified as
it deals with human life, the students are compelled to
read heavy-weighted textbooks and they engage in
reading almost all the time . Passing MBBS is another ball
game and includes courses like Anatomy, Biochemistry ,
physiology, this poses a lot of worry to medical students ;
most of them even go for thanksgiving when they
eventually pass . Medicine as a course requires a lot of
commitment from the student considering the length of the
courses and examinations involved .
via: telegraph.co .uk
Chemistry:
This may sound easy and more fun when viewed from
practical sense but in a more academic sense it involves a
lot of math and physics making it more challenging to
study. It involves nomenclature, reactions , stoichiometry ,
molarity and thermochemistry and host of others .
Engineering:
As the name implies involves designing . “ Engine students
“ as they are fondly called take wide range of courses in
engineering faculty including petroleum engineering , civil
engineering , electric and electronic engineering and host
of others before they even get to the point of handling
courses specified for their department, and of course there
are lots of professional exams to go through before one is
qualified as a professional engineer to practice in Nigeria .
Law:
This requires a lot of skills and hard work. Law students
read a lot of written materials and must comprehend , and
accurately recall legal provisions and use the relevant law
in new situations. They must be able to take a logical
approach and apply knowledge to factual situations. It
also involves length of time , courses and examinations
while in school and after school before one could practice
as a professional.
via: telegraph.co .uk
Mathematics and Statistics:
At first when applying for this course , you could think it
will be easier to deal with , it will interest you to know that
abstract maths is not that easy , it is not just about being
good at calculations ; it involves estimations , calculus ,
geometrics and host of others . It is important that you
know that you may deal with calculations all through your
stay in the institution .
Architecture :
This is one of the most complex courses in faculty of
environmental sciences to study. A lot of time , people look
at it as a very easy course involving only the act of
drawing, it is important to know that it involves much
more than mere drawing and designing . On graduation
they are faced with lots of professional exams before they
are able to practice as a professional. add ur own

"At first when applying for this course , you could think it
will be easier to deal with"
What do u mean by dis statement?
Has mathematics ever bin easy?
Are u a science student?
Wud u prefer chemistry to physics?






If u were to compile a list of most hated courses, are u goin 2 include mathematics/physics?
If so, y?

Who dey buy am?

remmyseun:
hello everyone, now that the portal has been opened, when will the registration process end.

Reg is goin to take 2wks starting from d 18th, after-which late reg starts attracting an additional 10k...
Check d skool website for more info not d pg portal o...

Con; getaway 4rm hia...
M nt a xtian o buh dis 1 no be pastor handwork...
Na PORN SHOOT...

Truckpusher:
Me self come tire.

I'm sure some mor0ns did say that the Jacksons took over the world too some few years ago.

Nawa for dem...
Make pple jst sit down dey watch some oda pple lifestyle wit notin to gain... Con dey talk say dem take ova d world..
Nonsense upon ingredient

U were neva interested in her in d first place...
U jst dey tezt ur wooing skilz...
I ve gat a friend dat does dat as well

Whizzcute:
dats a nyc intention bro,You can also improve ur brlliance by ursef,nobody was born dumb...its just a matter of your commitment with your books and studies..you cant just sit down n kip wishing,work hard..your hardwork must gv birth to success


Shikena!

Tanks for d heads up broda buh m far from wat u re tinkin eh...


Infact, m a postgraduate student...

Wish I cud be more brilliant...



Shikena

Which World?
Ur own abi d real World?







Take ova koo, take ova nii?

Sile12:
These are movies I've seen that almost made me cry, but I don't know about you anyway...

1. TITANIC (1997)

RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early morning of 15 April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, UK toNew York City, US. The sinking ofTitaniccaused the deaths of more than 1,500 people in one of the deadliest peace time maritime disasters in modern history. The RMSTitanic,thelargest ship afloatat the time it entered service, was the second of three Olympic class ocean liners operated by the White Star Line, and was built by the Harl and and Wolff shipyard in Belfast with Thomas Andrews as her naval architect. Andrews was among those lost in the sinking. On her maiden voyage, she carried 2,224 passengers and crew.

Av u heard of a movie titled COLD MOUNTAIN?

Anyhw wey dem lyk make dem play...
Make dem sha win cos me don play sports bet ooo

The cost of building many government houses in Nigeria is far higher than what it takes to build many universities in the country with some state houses gulping as high as nine times more than the cost of building a university,Saturday PUNCHinvestigation has shown.
It was also discovered that in many states where billions of naira were expended on building bogus and expansive state houses for the first families, universities owned by such state governments were in terrible conditions.
In addition to this, many programmes run by these state universities are yet to be accredited by the National Universities Commission, the regulatory agency for universities in Nigeria, due to lack of fund.
To accredit a programme for study in any university in Nigeria, there are minimum acceptable standards required by the NUC. They include availability of adequate facilities to run the programme as well as minimum number of staff both academic and non-academic.
A former Executive Secretary of the NUC, Prof Peter Okebukola, said, ‘’The requirements are essentially facilities and staff. Both need money to put in place. However, in the case of staff, a long-term investment is needed to procure quality staff.’’
Depending on the number of programmes to be accredited, accreditation of courses, according to him, could gulp between N1.8bn and N2.7bn with science-based courses gulping more money than non-science based courses.
ButSaturday PUNCHinvestigations showed that some states that could hardly afford to spend as low as N800m on accreditation in their universities, spent billions of naira to build state houses for their families.
The same state has begun the construction of a new Governor’s Office project at Government House, Yenagoa, at a cost of N3.8bn according to the state Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Mr. Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo.In Bayelsa State for instance, a Government House Complex named “The Glory Land Castle” gulped at least N24bn. The edifice, located in the heart of Yenagoa, the state capital, was initiated by former governors Diepreye Alamieyeseigha and Timipre Sylva.
Justifying the cost of the project, he described the impressive edifice as one of the best in Nigeria and West Africa with a captivating aesthetic ambience.
Paradoxically, there is high level of infrastructural decay at the Niger Delta University being run by the state government.
The Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Universities, Niger Delta University branch, Dr. Tuboukiye Sese, told one of our correspondents on the telephone during the week that lack of infrastructure had been the major problem of the university.
Sese said, “Honestly, the state of infrastructure at NDU is nothing to write home about. Successive administrations in the state have been neglecting the school.
“When the incumbent governor, Seriake Dickson, paid a visit to the university recently, he saw things for himself. The structures in the permanent site of the institution are those provided by TETFUND (Tertiary Education Trust Fund). The governor then awarded contract worth N1.2bn. Unfortunately, up till now, nothing has been done.
“In the university, internal roads are non-existent, office space is a sad development and student hostels are in poor state.”
He lamented that due to absence of staff quarters, academic and non-academic workers alike operate from Yenagoa, the state capital, a journey of close to one hour.
Though he could not be specific on the number of programmes in the university that are yet to be accredited, he recalled that many of the university’s programmes were not accredited during the last accreditation exercise.
He said, “We lost quite a number of our programmes during accreditation. This development is giving us cause for concern. As it is, many lecturers risk losing their jobs because of the development as students will not want to go to a school where most of their programmes are not accredited.
“The state government should help us in this direction. The university’s management is running round the clock and using its initiative to ensure the de-accredited courses are accredited.”
In the same vein, the Kaduna State Government has just completed a N9.6bn new Kaduna Government House/ Office Complex that was recently inaugurated by President Goodluck Jonathan. The state Governor, Alhaji mukhtar Ramalan Yero, said the project was executed in six phases.
But shortly after the inauguration, medical students of Kaduna State University stormed the street to protest the non-accreditation of the institution’s medical courses by the NUC. They also protested poor conditions at the Barau Dikko Specialist Hospital, which is supposed to be the university’s teaching hospital.
The protesting students lamented that the Faculty of Medicine started since 2008/09 academic session and none of the students had gone beyond 300 levels. According to them, the hospital’s ICU/dialysis centre has been abandoned; the pathology laboratory is not supplied with equipment; and all other works in various departments are moving at a very slow pace.
The spokesperson for the Medical Students Association, Hassan Abu, who called on the state government to address the problem urgently, said a set of medical students had been transferred to Uganda to complete their studies due to inadequate facility at the Barau Dikko Specialist Hospital.
The story is similar in Akwa Ibom State where the government constructed a State House with a sum of N16bn and a Banquet Hall with 500 seating capacity with the sum of N18bn. In other words, N34bn was spent on constructing a state house and banquet hall, according to the state Commissioner for Special Duties, Mr. Enobong Idem.
Saturday PUNCHinvestigations showed that the state government had not been funding the Akwa Ibom State University adequately.
It was learnt that the state government only released N1.5bn for construction projects, expansion and renovation of academic blocks, including the acquisition of laboratory equipment in the university.
The government was said to have set up a task force headed by the Commissioner for Education, Prof Atim Antai, to execute the projects and guarantee their timely completion.
The NUC between July and August accredited only 11 courses in the institution’s Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences. Some of the courses are Physics, Mathematics, Statistics, Chemistry, Computer Science, and Geology. Others are Marine Biology, Biotechnology, Microbiology, Botany and Zoology.
Apart from the Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences, the university also runs courses in other faculties like Business Administration, Arts, and Education, among others. But none of these other courses which are over 40 have been accredited.
While Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, in 2012 said his administration would spend N6bn on the building of a new Government House, Ekiti State former governor Kayode Fayemi borrowed N3.3bn to build a state house.
Both governors justified the huge investment in building the state houses on the need to build befitting edifices for their states. Uduaghan had said, “The current Government House in Asaba has always been a temporary arrangement, not a permanent feature. But we cannot continue to live in a temporary accommodation. We have to do the right thing and do it well.’’
But it was learnt that as of the time Fayemi spent N3.3bn on the state house, the state university was in terrible condition.
According to the Student Union Government President of Ekiti State University, Babatope Ibitola, the institution lacks basic laboratory equipment. He said, “We still lack lecture theatres because the available ones are not sufficient. Our core sciences lack laboratory apparatus except the College of Medicine which is well equipped.” He appealed to the state government to hasten the accreditation process of the college of medicine.
Investigations bySaturday PUNCHalso showed that while it was convenient for states to budget billions of naira to build state houses, governments did not make such bogus budgetary allocations towards establishment of new universities.
For instance, the Federal Government provided just N2bn, about a quarter of what should ordinarily be needed, for the take-off of each of the nine universities it established three years ago.
President Goodluck Jonathan approved N18bn for the nine universities. The sum was among others to assist them in developing their campuses as well as providing administrative blocks, libraries and Information Communications Technology centres. The nine federal universities are located in Jigawa, Katsina, Gombe, Nasarawa, Kogi, Ebonyi, Bayelsa, Ekiti and Taraba states.
Providing insight into what it would cost to establish a new university, the Registrar, Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, Mr. Omololu Adegbenro, said a minimum of N7bn is required to establish a standard university in Nigeria.
According to him, one of the NUC’s demands from promoters of private universities is that they must have 102 hectares of land. Adegbenro said, “This alone is expensive to acquire. Even if you are starting with two faculties, you will need to construct the faculty buildings. You need at least two halls of residence for the students; one for female and one for male.
“You will also need to build a cafeteria, a library, administrative complex, banking halls, road networks and provide Information Technology facilities, among others. These are huge projects and that is why you need a minimum of N7bn to set up a good private university in Nigeria.
“You will also need to start with at least four professors; the principal officers and other personnel are also there. The NUC also requires that you must have at least N500m in your account before takeoff.”
A former NUC Executive Secretary, Prof. Peter Okebukola, said though there was no minimum amount specified in the commission’s guidelines for setting up a standard university, there are minimum facilities and human resources that should be available before a university is licensed.
According to him, the minimum amount to set up a university can be estimated from the cost of such facilities and resources. He said the amount was N3bn in 2003, but it is about N5.5bn now.
He, however, said Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State; Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara State; American University of Nigeria, Yola, Adamawa State; and Afe Babalola University had a cost range of between N7bn and N12bn at take-off.
The former NUC executive secretary, however, said it would cost more to accredit science-based courses than non-science courses.
He said, “If we have an admixture of the two which is the typical scenario in most universities, the cost can range between N1.8bn and N2.7bn if the programmes are to be elevated from the denied status.
“In 2004, Kogi State University spent about N900m to get about 20 of its programmes re-accredited. In 2014, a number of universities seeking re-accreditation for about 20 courses are asking their proprietors for about N1.5bn.”
Okebukola, however, blamed the governors’ preference for luxury at the expense of investment in education on members of their state Houses of Assembly who approved money for giant Government Houses.
He said, “Education is a potent tool for fast-paced development and investment in the sector should never be made secondary to luxury. No governor will start using tax payers’ money to build a giant Government House without approval by members of his state House of Assembly who are the representatives of the people.
“The greater concern is not the governor who spends the people’s money on a structure in his state, but those who steal the money to build giant structures in Dubai, the United Kingdom, the United States and South Africa, among others.’’
The Dean, Faculty of Education, University of Lagos, Prof. (Mrs.) Mopelola Omoegun, said, “According to the NUC, it will cost a minimum of N9bn to build a standard university in the country and I think it is not fair for governors to spend almost same amount to build their lodges.
“The state of education in this country will continue to fall if there is no adequate funding. We have been talking about this all the time. What is the root of the falling standard of education? It is inadequate funding. There is need for adequate funding. If our governors will play their politics right, they have to fund this sector well even if they have to sacrifice their comfort for the benefit of all. They should make it viable.
“Some of the state institutions are the direct victims of this menace. That is why it may be difficult to even establish new higher institutions in such states. To all the governors, provide facilities and funds, and we will get the results we want,” she added.
Also, an Abuja-based lawyer and social commentator, Mr. Jide Oluyemi, said it was still unacceptable for a state government to spend billions of naira on building one Government House when the Federal Government gave each of the nine newly established universities N2bn as take-off grant.



Culled: Punchng

Good to hear...