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Click, click, clank! Do the selfie thing, show that selfish thing, let’s me go downstream, My gosh! I mean either via instagram or snapchat, don’t read useless meaning here, this are actually lines from my song ” The song I never sang” lolzzz.
It must to happen we have to catch up on the moment. Just the mad love for selfie all around town, I also love them, love for anything is good but obsession is always harmful. Born out of technological craze, our mobile camera inspired developers to introduce a device on mobile called ‘front camera’ which allows people to click themselves to produce nice images.
It’s not required to describe the benefit of such camera as even a child knows how to operate it especially on a mobile and the best part is that you don’t have to be dependent on others to click, no matter the range you can do it yourself, this is why we have the selfie stick, people carry that stick about like the way they do carry umbrella about during the raining season of the 90’s. This front camera feature on smartphones fancies people to click themselves anywhere and everywhere.
Lately, we get to hear about many accidents occurring because of Selfie craze. It is bizarre to learn that you love yourself so much that you click selfie but you are so careless about yourself that you don’t realize the death trap arising out of it. Getting mesmerized by the beauty of nature like hill stations, mountains, lakes, fountains, or man-made beauty like palaces, forts, monuments, etc. and the wish to capture those moments is a natural phenomena. But endangering your life for such craze is not advisable at any cost, we now hear cases of people falling off buildings all because of selfie.
Electronic devices are meant to simplify people’s life not create threat to life. But unfortunately, we take everything for granted almost everything and above all, our own life. Call it a trend, fashion or competition, now-a-days, everyone likes to pose, click and post on the social media. They want to stay connected with the friends and relatives, and the desire to share what they do inspires them to capture every moment and post on social media.
Nobody is against any trend or habit, after all it’s a free world and we are free to choose our activities, but we have to be very sensible and careful especially conscious while we are in public places.
Do that selfie thing, Never go extreme, we will still enjoy the downstream in this selfie craze world.
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Micheal A Adeniyi

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How Much do you know your ministers, This are List of your Ministers and what they actually studied in the university:

•The Minister of Agriculture studied = French

•The Minister of Education studied = Accounting

•The Minister of Solid Minerals studied = International relations

•The Minister of Power and Works studied = Law

•The Minister of Communications studied = Law

•The Minister of Transport studied = English.

•Minister of Labour and Employment studied = Surgery

•Minister of Budget and national planning studied = Law

•Minister of Foreign Affairs studied = Medicine

•Minister of Petroleum studied = Law

Even our police IGP studied Agriculture

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Red Eyes rolling on, many people switched to a bluetooth mode, not waiting to catching any other connection than the Gbagan! Bank alert! at least to receive some crispy note. What else would someone wish to hear at this period when the 18,000 minimum wages won't event buy half bag each of rice and garri, not to talk of other fees and the prices of things kept increasing in the market, our bottlenecks have increase local produce price even more than imported goods, higher than the dollar rate.
Almost everyone is becoming a begger: a begger with choice, "Phone or Account Number", "Abeg wire me something small, mobile money or send me free card" is now a song among the working class in some state, not that they were poor and Lazy but many workers are being owed up to 8months salaries in various states, FG is paying its workers well but how many are they among the working class populace, even marketers are crying. Their are less patronage.
Hmm, Infact If you tell anyone "send me your number" intending to get a phone number now its the ten digit Account number you will get, the only one's who won't give you such reply are those who probably have sold their phone to pay rent.
Something is wrong with us in this country, I don't even think our government knows that for our economy to thrive it is suppose to be re-circulatory. In this recession period our government is still planning and spending on capital projects instead of Social, Salaries and welfare, For a standard economy money must trickles down from workers to marketers to producer, and also in the other way round, producers helps in increasing IGR, Marketer and workers pay taxes.
Its always Soul and body first, why won't Ekiti state people hail their Governor for its crumb sharing stomach infrastructure, misshhh, The only way for government to stay afloat recession and not sink into it is to first increase salaries to match inflation rate, then invest in local produce, remove or watch bottlenecks closely, then trade in export, Dollar will definitely drop, and their won't be working begger again, nomore recession palavar of phone or account number.

DeezAOpen Announcement: Don't ask me for any number only my account number is available, laughing in chineese kikikikiki.

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The cool night of monday 14 November 2016 was a night to remember, the world experiencesd a super moon and its illumination was bright as a flourescent light. Historically monday's moon was the closest full-sized moon to earth since 1948. And, much to the disappointment of nature- lovers, the super moon of this magnitude, would again be spotted only in 2034.
This year super moon was unique, as it does not stand as a mean between the two calendar years, but has a firm tilt towards the latter. In its own way, it conveys to humankind that the future is what we should look towards, as the nature too moves in the direction of what is bright and good. Monday’s night moon was the second in the series of the super moons seen this year, the last would rise in December 2016, although of a lesser magnitude, you can as well watchout for that one also, the super moon on Monday night was significant in the eyes of the star-gazers.
Let's just Leave the science aside for a moment, the super moon was quintessentially a reminder of the place that moon occupies in the imagination of the world. To see a super moon, is akin to making peace with oneself in the turbulent times we live in, I experienced a calm in my nerves as I watch the wonderful work of nature, the presence in the dark sky is a silent reminder of all that is natural and, therefore, beautiful in the realm of the human. Poets and philosophers have written about the importance of the moon and beauty, the way it transcends the usual dimension of being, and rises above, to touch the feelings of man. The refinement of feelings is perhaps one special way that an event like the super moon contributes to mankind. The moon has also become a metaphor for romantic musings.
Back to science, scientists have explained that the moon's path around earth is mildly elliptical and, therefore, it is at times closer and other times, farther from its chosen planet. And, the night when the moon shines the best is what we popularly call full moon and this is when its path is closest to earth, with this it could continue further till it transforms into a super moon. The phenomenon also increases the light of the moon, as its capacity to lighten enhances by 30 per cent. Philosophers have always put forward the argument that the world is in flux and we, mere mortals, are specks in this large machine that we call our home planet. Although, at the same time, they argue, human agency creates that flux, the movement of history, the life that is lived individually and collectively with others. The super moon is a timely reminder of the motion that forms the destiny of the world, gives it a foundation, a place to live and breathe. It would be revealing to think what others in different countries, continents and cultures would have thought, while looking at the brightest light on this week’s dark sky. Some thoughts would have been personal, others political and still others related to the divine and the awe that nature has the ability to produce in the hearts and minds of people. Thus, nature communicates with human beings, perhaps telling them that life can be good, if we know how to make it, to protect the nature as it nourishes us, to live with peace and principles with other cultures and peoples.
Live is beautiful, I saw the moon, the moon saw me, God bless the moon and God bless me!

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Under the Presidency of Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria wants to borrow external loan of 29.96bn US dollars.
An amount that is larger than Nigerian total external foreign reserve.
An amount that is double the total 2016 National Budget.

Are Nigerians able to account for what the excess crude oil funds were spent on?

Are Nigerians able to account for all what the previously returned Abacha LOOTS were spent on?

Are Nigerians able to see and account for what and where the over N70trillion earned from Crude Oil sales over the last 15 years went ?

Are Nigerians able to account what Sure-P funds were spent on?

Are Nigerians aware of where and what the savings the FG has made since June 2016 after removal of imported fuel subsidy payment gone into?

Can't those at the corridor of authority slash their jumbo emoluments first before jumping into foreign loan that could potentially go into funding their extravagant recurrent lifestyles ?

Do you know that many of those in govt now would be dead in the next 25 to 30 years when the loan would be paid back ?

Will you be shocked if the $29.96bn loan end up being mismanaged under the watch of the APC led FG that has refused to slash cost of governance since 2015 ?

Opinion Questions raised by Mayowa Michael Adeleye

Transparency and openness are the hallmarks of a democracy and information with few exceptions must be available to the public.
Transparency is the open accountability of decision-making, it reduces arbitrariness and exposed corruption, it is also a great weapon in fighting injustice. In too many times our governments and its institution gets away with plain lies because there was no way to call their bluff, they do not answer questions, no accountability and transparency.
I just kept thinking, If questions had not been asked, Gravity would not have been discovered, relativity would be a crazy man’s tale and flying would only be for the birds, Man the world would be flat, homosexuality would be a disease and the woman alone would bear the blame in a childless marriage. Question everything!.
Who said questioning a leader is a rebellion and disloyalty, its all about love and truth, Thomas Becket, canonised later by a Catholic Pope, questioned his king; Martin Luther questioned the Catholic Church’s dogmas. Some Nigerians questioned the professed authority of the white man to rule over the Nigerian people, Martin Luther King questioned the professed superiority of the white citizen over the black citizen. Deng Xiao Ping questioned the Communist-Maoist orthodoxy and ushered in economic liberalisation in China. Even every war Vietnam to Iraq to Syria has been revisited and questioned. Their is power in question and more wisdom flows with answers.
The great tradition of asking questions is under threat in governance today. The order of the day is in this order: do not ask questions and If you ask questions, you are anti-national, anti-government, all Your question will be turned on its head to mean something totally perverse. Your questions will be met with irrelevant questions: Can you tender prove a million times for our reasonable answer? Would be one's take home quote, only irrelevant questions will be answered, not your questions of national interest.
Since 70s there has been a determined attempt to shut out questions and shut up people who asked questions. When few chibok girls were released, the question was , did FG pay any ransome for this. That question was replaced with "should we leave the girls to terror". The Millitary denied paying ransome, Today they complain the terrorist are using the ransome government paid to buy sophisticated weapon, their lies caught up.
The new rules took over and those who asked questions were branded anti-national. All I pray government is transparent answers to questions
I cannot say whether the truth will come out of inquiry but, at least, the questions will be asked.
But let me tell you, the law of transparency will catch up and there will be an inquiry into all our actions and inactions one day, whether on earth or in heaven.
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#ThinkAnewActAnew Update : #ActAketi Even the young Ondolites believe in Aketi. Aketi ni o Aketi jare!

The US President- Elect Donald J Trump said "I may be a good student of Nigerian politics, but I am not a Nigerian who does not care if he goes deaf. If there is anything I cherish, it is my ears. Super functioning just like my mouth.
Trump have always stated that there are so many similarities between what they do in Nigeria and what he see in America today. He once said: " Last month, In Nigeria they said a former minister was caught on camera loading millions of dollars into a chartered plane to bribe some officials and voters in a Nigeria State. And just on Wednesday, I told a rally that “I woke up and I saw 400 million dollars … being flown to Iran,” And I shouted: “Folks, what’s going on here? What’s going on?” Imagine, I watched that tape, I called it a perfect tape of the people taking the money off the plane. So, what do you call that? Nigerianisation of America! They load in Nigeria, we offload in Iran.
Tho, Trump during his campaign used the Nigerian template, the fayose kind of techniques, I mean mouth diarreah thing. "And, there has been no major casualty with me he said". My people only punch the faces of trouble makers. My haters should go to Nigeria. They shoot guns there.
Hmmm Trumpocalypse is something oooo Omo Alhaji, even in the heart of 324 million Americans today some are shell-shocked and downcast, others delirious with joy. The sheer divergence of emotions over the surprise result of Trump presidency, it is a poignant signal of how deeply divided the nation is, after a polarising two-year election campaign. Bigotry, patriarchy and racist rancour, which reared their ugly heads throughout this season of incivility, may find no welcome catharsis with the apotheosis of Mr. Trump. According to the exit polls, 58 per cent of whites and 21 per cent of non-whites voted for Mr. Trump, whereas 37 per cent of whites and 74 per cent of non-whites voted for his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton. He also scored higher with men than women, and whites who are against Blacks, In other words, Trump victory meant deportation of Nigerians as promised and It had left racist with only one option: to throw a metaphorical grenade at the power centres, trumpocalyse is something oo, is something, its nothing!
Trump actually does not hate Nigerians, he hated our corruption? I am not a supporter of Trump, whose victory shook the world. But with the disposition of Donald Trump towards Africa there will be implications in the areas of bilateral trade, meaning it is time to push made in Nigeria and break into the international market with export and new bilateral agreements all around the globe, this can project Nigeria into a world power that we may positively "Nigerianize America" from the outside and not wait for Trumps "Americanization of Nigeria" which is equal to colonization
Now that Trump doesn't want a Nigerianization of America. Should incase he send our brothers packing out of America, Nigerians too will no longer import everything from America including cars, and with this Trump victory the Nigeria govt will have to create chance to export to Australia South America and Europe the more, we don't need to fear that importations will drop, once we are ready to take on our Made in Nigeria.
Trump is said to hate Africa, especially Nigerians who he believes are lazy and incompetent, hmmm, that's the big one: you see now, all patriotism, hardwork and success, such as the latest Medical feet in America by Dr oluyinka and other heroes and their deed does not matter to a racist, we should just stop our own hate for not celebrating our own and encouraging them here, we don't need to Nigerianize America.

I think by now Trump threats should be making our leaders run a good race, there will be no more aids of any kind coming to Nigeria, and Africa. Before becoming President-Elect Trump said “We need to get the Africans out. Not the blacks, the Africans. Especially, the Nigerians. They’re everywhere. I went for a rally in Alaska and met just one African in the entire state. Where was he from? Nigeria! He’s in Alaska taking our jobs. They’re in Houston taking our jobs. Why can’t they stay in their own country? Why? I’ll tell you why. Because they are corrupt.
“Their governments are so corrupt, they rob the people blind and bring it all here to spend. And their people run away and come down here and take our jobs! We can’t have that! If I become president, we’ll send them all home. We’ll build a wall at the Atlantic shore. Then maybe we’ll re-colonize them because obviously they did not learn a damn thing from the British!”

He won't allow Nigerianization of American, Why you go come do like zombie, You must not allow "Americanization of Nigeria" from invasion to colonization, lolzzzzz. " why we come dey follow them run their race " all because we needed Oluwadollar! We can buy that from Sabo jooor maybe with 10naira sooner.
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History is sacrosant to the Americans, first it was a disastrous 9/11 history, as a supporter of clinton this 11/9 is just anoda disaster, like joke 11/9 is also a disaster from America, Donald Trump as won the presidency

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The Sharia Law Amendment Bill is before the senate again and the Constitution Contradicting Law is being tabled in the National Assembly, This law is nothing but a doctrine.
How did Shari’a law even came into being? before Islam was introduced as a religion to Arabia, a tribal social structure prevailed there. The tribe as a whole determined what was law and the rules were unwritten. These laws modified with time, as and when society felt the need for change. By the seventh century, the Muslim community got established in Medina and soon started spreading to the surrounding regions, continents and countries. With the establishment of Islam and its law, the will of God, as transmitted in the Quran as the revelations of Muhammad, came to supersede every tribal custom in the Arabia and finally grew to become a constitution over there. Shari’a writings in the Quran along with unwritten law and custom also known as the Shari’a is what governs Islamic society. Additionally, the Sharia is also based on the Hadith (actions and words of the Prophet as recorded by his companions). Originally, they were very broad and a general solutions to practical problems in the Islamic society.
There are four different schools of Islamic law, each of which interprets the writings in the Quran in different ways and consists of varying rules and regulations for the Islamic community world over. The four schools (Hanafiyya, Malikiyya, Shafiyya and Hanabaliyya) developed in four different centuries. Countries with Muslim population have each adopted their Islamic laws based upon one of these schools depending upon their specific situation, what is the determinant factor here in Nigeria, we have varying groups of muslims all over.
Firstly, do Shari’a courts have the jurisdiction to try criminal cases under the Nigerian constitution? Meanwhile, criminal cases have continued to be brought before the Shari’a courts, and people have continued to be sentenced but criminal cases like money laudering, looting were never tried by shari’a
Court because its a crime made by powerful people, the rule is actually discriminating between the rich and the poor.
In case you don’t know, Section 10 of the constitution specifies: “The Government of the Federation or of a State shall not adopt any religion as State Religion.” Why will the law of religion reign supreme over a state?
To Nigeria’s constitution having a Shari’a. Would mean adopting a state religion. however Islamic scholars do argued that this is not the case, as Shari’a applies only to Muslims, not to Nigerians of other faiths, but how true and legally correct is this? Wrong arguement! Not when you are first a Nigerian before belonging to any religion, Just like Section 10, Section 38 also talks on freedom of religion, which has been interpreted differently by different parties. Section 38 (1) of the constitution states: “Every person shall be entitled to freedom of thought, conscience and religion […] and freedom […] to manifest and propagate his religion or belief in worship, teaching, practice and observance.” Now the imposition of Shari’a violates the right to freedom of Nigerians.
A muslim friend told me that attempts to stop the amendment and total abolition of Shari’a is a violation of their own right to freedom of religion.
Actually, the constitution mentions Shari’a state courts of appeal in (sections 275 to 279) but refers to their jurisdiction only in the area of “civil proceedings involving questions of Islamic personal law” and does not mention that they have powers to try criminal cases, meaning this law is just a docrine that shouldn’t exceed the mosques: the only undiluted muslim community. Meaning that it is unconstitutional for Shari’a courts to try criminal cases.
Of a fact the legislative power of the government in Nigeria is divided between the federal and state governments, as specified in Section 4 of the constitution while the Section 6 of the constitution empowers states to establish courts “to exercise jurisdiction at first instance or on appeal on matters with respect to which a [state] House of Assembly may make laws;” and Section 4 (7) gives state houses of assembly the power to “make laws for the peace, order and good government of the State” for any matters not included in the Exclusive Legislative List, any matter included in the Concurrent Legislative and “any other matter with respect to which it is empowered to make laws in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution.” State governments have argued that these provisions give them the right to introduce Shari’a legislation, and to create courts, on the grounds that these are intended for good governance of their states. But this Northern governors have forgotten that shari’a is just a doctrine that school govern an Islamic society and not a muti-religious one.
Even this so called Shari’a discriminates against Muslims. Section 42 (1) of the constitution guarantees the right to freedom from discrimination: “A citizen of Nigeria of a particular community, ethnic group, place of origin, sex, religion or political opinion shall not, by reason only that he is such as person – a) be subjected either expressly by, or in the practical application of, any law in force in Nigeria or any executive or administrative action of the government, to disabilities or restrictions to which citizens of Nigeria of other communities, ethnic groups, places of origin, sex, religions or political opinions are not made subject.” Since the introduction of Shari’a, poor muslims have no choice as to which jurisdiction will try them, whereas rich and elite muslim and non-muslims do. Furthermore, Muslims are likely to be affected negatively by some of the significant differences between the Shari’a and the common law systems. Some of the punishments provided for by the Shari’a legislation, for example death by stoning or amputation, are much harsher than those provided for in the Criminal Code.
There are also certain acts, such as adultery, which are capital offenses under Shari’a but are not considered crimes under the Criminal Code applied in the rest of the country. As described above, several provisions of Shari’a also discriminate against women. The consequences of all these differences in terms of sentencing could be severe.
Separately from arguments about the limits of jurisdiction of the Shari’a courts, it is clear that punishments provided for by Shari’a, such as death by stoning, amputations, and floggings, are violating the right to dignity of the human person, enshrined in Section 34 of the constitution, which explicitly prohibits torture and inhuman or degrading treatment. Likewise, the failure of Shari’a court judges to observe due process during trials has violated the right to a fair hearing, provided for in Section 36 of the constitution. The inequality between men and women under Shari’a violates the right to freedom from discrimination, provided for in Section 42 of the constitution.
There has also been a more fundamental argument about the scope of the constitution and the extent to which it is binding across the country, even though the very first provision of the constitution states clearly that it is. Section 1 (1) states: “This Constitution is supreme and its provisions shall have binding force on all authorities and persons through the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” and Section 1 (3) states: “If any other law is inconsistent with the provisions of this Constitution, this Constitution shall prevail, and that other law shall to the extent of the inconsistency be void.” Some state government officials and judges in Shari’a courts have disregarded these provisions; they have projected that Shari’a has supremacy over the Nigerian constitution, because it has its source in religion, and have therefore claimed that they are not bound by constitutional requirements.
Is anybody above the constitution? Why will somebody’s docrine becomes others law.
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1. The garden of Eden was in Iraq.
2. Mesopotamia which is now Iraq was the cradle of civilization!
3. Noah built the ark in Iraq.
4. The Tower of Babel was in Iraq.
5. Abraham was from Ur, which is in Southern Iraq!
6. Isaac's wife Rebekah is from Nahor which is in Iraq.
7. Jacob met Rachel in Iraq.
8. Jonah preached in Nineveh, which is in Iraq.
9. Assyria which is in Iraq conquered the ten tribes of Israel.
10. Amos cried out in Iraq!
11. Babylon which is in Iraq destroyed Jerusalem.
12. Daniel was in the lion's den in Iraq!
13. The 3 Hebrew children were in the fire in Iraq.
14. Belshazzar, the King of Babylon saw the "writing on the wall" in Iraq.
15. Nebuchadnezzar,King of Babylon, carried the Jews captive into Iraq.
16. Ezekiel preached in Iraq.
17. The wise men were from Iraq.
18. Peter preached in Iraq.
19. The "Empire of Man" described in Revelation is called Babylon which was a city in Iraq!
AND, DID YOU KNOW?
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The names used in the Bible are Babylon, Land of Shinar, and Mesopotamia. The word Mesopotamia means between the two rivers, more exactly between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Iraq is a Muslim country now. But the name "Iraq", means country with deep roots. Indeed Iraq is a country with deep roots and is a very significant country in the Bible. Here's why:
Eden was in Iraq – Genesis 2:10-14
Adam & Eve were created in Iraq – Genesis 2:7-8
Satan made his first recorded appearance in Iraq – Genesis 3:1-6
Nimrod established Babylon & Tower of Babel was built in Iraq – Genesis 10:8-97; 11:1-4
The confusion of the languages took place in Iraq – Genesis 11:5-11
Abraham came from a city in Iraq – Genesis 11:31; Acts 7:2-4
Isaac's bride came from Iraq – Genesis 24:3-4; 10
Jacob spent 20 years in Iraq-Genesis 27:42-45; 31:38
The first world Empire was in Iraq – Daniel 1:1-2; 2:36-38
The greatest revival in history was in a city in Iraq – Jonah 3
The events of the book of Esther took place in Iraq – Esther
The book of Nahum was a prophecy against a city in Iraq– Nahum
The book or Revelation has prophecies against Babylon, which was the old name for the nation of Iraq -Revelation 17 & 18
No other nation, except Israel, has more history and prophecy associated with it th Rikwense MuriRikwense Muri

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Aluta continua for us, for as much as our government haven't prosecuted any looter to Jail, Alooter continua!
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Blogger and social rights activist @9jaclicktivist has urged the Lagos state government to change the name it gave to Job being offered to graduates in the state.
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What if the Lord comes unto Nigeria looking for a Noah, he saw a potential Noah and said, ‘Once again, the earth has become wicked and overpopulated and I see the end of all flesh before me. Build another Ark and save two of every living thing along with a few good humans.’ The Lord gave a potential Noah , a true child of God the blueprints, saying, ‘You have 12 months to build the Ark before I send down unending rain for 40 days and 40 nights.’
“A year later, the Lord looked down onto Earth and saw potential Noah weeping in his yard where there was also no ark. ‘Potential Noah’, the Lord roared, ‘I’m about to start the rain. Where is the Ark?’ potential Noah begged, ‘Forgive me, Lord. But things have changed. I needed a building permit. I’ve been arguing with the inspector about the need for a sprinkler system. My neighbours claim that I’ve violated the neighborhood zoning laws by building the Ark in my yard and exceeding the height limitations. We had to go to Housing corporation for a decision. Then the Department of Transportation demanded a bond be posted for the future costs of moving power lines and other overhead obstructions, to clear the passage for the Ark’s move to the sea. I argued that the sea would be coming to us, but they would hear nothing of it.’
“Potential Noah continued: ‘Getting the wood was another problem. There’s a ban on cutting local trees in order to save the forest. I tried to convince the environmentalists that I needed the wood to save the forest animal. Try it and face the law was the reply! When I started gathering the animals, I got sued by an animal rights group. They insisted that I was confining wild animals against their will. They also argued the accommodation was too restrictive, and it was cruel and inhumane to put so many animals in a confined space. Then the folks at the ministry of environment said that I couldn’t build the Ark until they’d conducted an environmental impact study on the proposed flood.’
‘I am still trying to resolve a complaint with the Human Rights Commission on how many minorities I’m supposed to hire for my building crew. Also, the trades unions and labour congress say I can’t use my sons. They insist I have to hire only union workers with Ark building experience. To make matters worse, the Income Tax department has seized all my assets, claiming I’m trying to leave the country illegally with endangered species. So forgive me, Lord, but it would take at least 30 years for me to finish this Ark’ because all the agency like pendency, Judicial pendency too will take years, said potential Noah.
“Suddenly the skies cleared, the sun began to shine, and a rainbow stretched across the sky. Potential Noah looked up in wonder and asked, ‘You mean, you’re not going to destroy the world?’
‘No’, said the Lord. ‘The Government beat me to it’.”I am still optimistic that the Government in the interest of our countrymen, will simplify the laws, and not make life miserable for anyone who has to compulsorily deal with the authorities for getting umpteen permissions for doing even the most innocuous of things.
Good governance and leadership are the essence of a successful and public-friendly administration. What is required is qualitative governance rather than a quantitative one. This is something which has be part of our existence. It cannot be imported from outside. We have plenty of laws on every subject, but hardly any are implemented. Also, until the water reaches our head, we do not even care to change or reform outdated laws.
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I know the senate wanted to change the act of the code of conduct Bereau,It is not coming as a surprise, many of them have broken on law or the other, even the senate president is having a case with the CCB but they have forgotten this law can't be broken from their own realm, I swear they don't have the power over CCB/CCT, aren't you surprised? Yes, CCT did not just come into existence by virtue of the CCB/CCT Act but by the provisions of the 1999 Constitution as amended.
The 3rd & 5th Schedule to our constitution of 1999 as amended emphasizes on important parts of CCT's existence and only a constitutional amendment can make changes to it.
This constitutional amendment of a thing can't done by just the Senate, it must be consented to by 2/3 of all our 36 State Houses of Assembly. And I declare to you that without which, the provisions of 3rd&5th schedule stands, the senate can't change the Act at all and any other law, be it an Act by the National Assembly or not, Incase the senate goes ahead and doesn't comply with the provisions of CCB/CCT as provided by the 3rd & 5th then the constitution will be invalid, null and void to the extent of its inconsistencies. The amendment can't stand
Now let us highlight the most salient part of the invalid amendment of CCB/CCT Act by the National Assembly and point out where it fails....
The 'SHALL' clause in the constitution make the of 3rd &5th law Mandatory and NEVER optional
1. NA altered the tenure of CCB Chairman to a term of 5yrs renewable once. This is inconsistent with Par. 17 (1) of the 5th Schedule in our constitution.
The Paragraph also says the Chairman SHALL vacate his office at the age of 70 years. The word used is "shall" and very mandatory.
Therefore the amendment by The National Assembly limiting term of CCB Chairman to 5yrs renewable once is hereby NULL and VOID for being inconsistent with the constitution
2. The NA amended the Act to say all CCT nominees MUST be screened & confirmed by Senate. This is inconsistent with Par. 15(3) 5th Schedule.
The Par only makes it mandatory (SHALL) for the President and NJC to participate and the Senate CANNOT force their involvement.
Therefore, the amendment to provide for Senate Screening and confirmation is NULL and VOID for being inconsistent with the Constitution.
I hope you can now see that the amendment is in conflict with the constitution and that those in the senate are not studious enough, even the 1(3)schedule provides that any law that is inconsistent with the provisions of the constitution shall be null and void.
The National Assembly can only amend a constitutional act if amendment is made and supported by 2/3 of all 36 States.
I put it to you thar what the National Assembly has done as its affect CCB/CCT is Null and Void.
Now go and tell the President to throw the amendment in the bin as same conflicts with the Constitution and tell them to go through the right process. What a big shame on our lawmakers, I think there should ba a act on constitutional rapes. What a disgrace!
@9jaclicktivist

www.opinionnigeria.com/party-time-having-a-good-party-at-inec-by-micheal-a-adeniyi/

Its party time again, something good have just happened to some group of people who just got their party registered, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has published a list of 10 new political parties.
The parties, according to INEC, are :
Better Nigeria Progressive Party (BNPP)
Democratic Alternative (DA)
Masses Movement of Nigeria (MMN)
National Action Council (NAC)
National Democratic Liberty Party (NDLP)
Nigeria Elements Progressive Party (NEPP)
National Unity Party (NUP)
Nigeria Peoples Congress (NPC)
Peoples Progressive Party (PPP)
Peoples Redemption Party (PRP).
This brings the number of registered political parties in Nigeria to 40.
Oh Yeah! Nigerians love to have parties and distrust them too. More people distrust parties than trust them. People keep flocking to parties, becoming members, seeking tickets, because they see parties as a necessary link between themselves and “politics”. Identification with parties has taken a beating as not trusting parties and yet identifying with them poses immense challenges for established parties and new, idealistic ones, such as (KOWA Party). Some few challenges require urgent attention to stem the drag that party politics faces.
It may seem paradoxical, but parties which must be in the business of fighting elections need also to limit electoral overenthusiasm and desist from being overwhelmed by electoral activism. There is an urgency in an electoral battle, but the task of any party should be to cultivate long-term loyalties that remain intact, irrespective of electoral upsets, community or personal bonding with a larger-than-life leader. Most parties in Nigeria adopt personal loyalty to leaders. However, more important than personality cults, the crucial issue is engaging in elections while building an organisation to engage with electoral politics on a durable and continuous basis.
Party building also involves membership building, not just membership drives. A party will attract numbers if it has popular leadership and a whiff of electoral success. The challenge for the party is to filter entrants, particularly when giving tickets. However, the task of training party members at the grassroots level is the most challenging one. The so-called mainstream parties have practically abandoned this and the results are there for anyone to see. It is alway a party ending in disaster, I mean a party that doesn’t require any screening or training. Thus, on the one hand, parties (new parties in particular) must guard against getting overwhelmed by an “elections at all costs” policy. On the other hand, they also need to invest in building cadres because only then will they be able to ensure that their members are dependable and trustworthy.
Parties believing in the political agency of the lay citizen invite citizens to participate. However, the challenge of balancing “party work” and livelihoods of members remains unresolved.
Being a party sympathiser is easy, being a party worker is a challenge. So, parties honestly wishing citizens’ participation should evolve innovative methods of citizens’ engagement without jeopardising their livelihoods.
The challenge is to ensure the financially better-off wouldn’t have a monopoly on politics. The political class is a product of this challenge. Because ordinary citizens cannot easily participate in politics, a self-appointed professional class of politicians emerges and begins to appropriate democratic space. Therefore, new ways must be imagined by which citizens can easily and routinely associate with parties, without risking their livelihoods.
The issue of resources is also vital, “mainstream” parties have defied democratic norms and distorted public policy to generate resources on a huge scale. The idea of running a party on popular contributions has become extremely unviable. For new parties, meeting this challenge is possible only if they avoid the ostrich-like approach that money is not required and parties can be run on shoe-string budgets. For established parties, the challenge is to show the courage of coming out of the mess of corruption they have evolved over time.
A party must also constantly renew its popular base by engaging in movements involving people. At the same time, a party must be prepared to become a government. This dual life, of movement and party, is a tough challenge. Being a movement-party is fine as long as the party is “fighting” against the system. Once it enters the electoral arena in earnest, the challenge of imagining governance issues becomes equally important. Parties either miss out on governance skills or lose the enthusiasm for their movement. While the Congress typically always remained a party of government and neglected, to its own peril, the movement dimension, many small non-Congress parties driven by ideologies of transformation have also failed in having the imagination to exercise formal power.
@9jaclicktivist

“Cyber Jailer, Please don’t make me a prisoner” Yes, whenever Nigeria decides to have a functional cyber crime warriors: I am not talking about the DSS shakara whenever somebody criticizes the government from the Wailing Association of Nigeria, I understand cybercrime is any criminal activity involving computers and networks ranging from fraud to spam to the distant theft of government or corporate secrets through criminal trespass into remote systems, even in other countries or on other continents.
Online activities are as vulnerable to crime and can compromise personal safety as effectively as common physical crimes. Lawmakers, law enforcement, and individuals need to know how to protect themselves and the people for which they are responsible, everone should also be careful of how they use their medium. I know a group of young Nigerian CSEAN (CyberSecurity Experts Association ofNigeria) are trying their best to stop cybercrimes, I think their should be a cyber court too.
Criminal are criminals but the tools used to commit the crimes is the difference.
Cyber Jailers Can Jail You if you commit any of the cybercrimes offences below
* Assault by Threat– threatening a person with fear for their lives or the lives of their families or persons whose safety they are responsible for (such as employees or communities) through the use of a computer network such as email, videos, or phones.
*.Child pornography– the use of computer networks to create, distribute, or access materials that sexually exploit underage children.
*.Cyber contraband– transferring illegal items through the internet (such as encryption technology) that is banned in some locations.
*.Cyberlaundering– electronic transfer of illegally-obtained monies with the goal of hiding its source and possibly its destination.
* Cyber Abduction: Adding people to various groups without their permission
*.Cyberstalking– express or implied physical threats that creates fear through the use of computer technology such as email, phones, text messages, webcams, websites or videos.
*.Cyberterrorism– premeditated, usually politically-motivated violence committed against civilians through the use of, or with the help of, computer technology.
Cyber theftis using a computer to steal: This includes activities related to: breaking and entering, DNS cache poisoning, embezzlement and unlawful appropriation, espionage, identity theft, fraud, malicious hacking, plagiarism, and piracy. Examples can include:
*.Advertising or soliciting prostitution through the internet. It is against the law to access prostitution through the internet because the process of accessing the internet crosses state and sometimes national borders are different.
*.Drug sales. Both illegal and prescription of drug sales through the internet are illegal
*.Computer-based fraud. Fraud is different from theft because the victim voluntarily and knowingly gives the money or property to the criminal but would not have if the criminal did not misrepresent themselves or their offering. Fraud is a lie. If someone leads you on or allows you to believe something that is false to benefit them, they are lying and this is fraud. You become a victim when you voluntarily surrender monies or property based on their misrepresentation or lie. Losing money from computer crime can be especially devastating because often it is very difficult to get the money back. Other than direct scams, fraud can include acts such as altering data to get a benefit; examples are removing arrest records from a police station server, changing grades on a school computer system, or deleting speeding tickets from driving records.
*.Online gambling.
Cybertresspass– accessing a computer’s or network’s resources without authorization or permission from the owner, but does not alter, disturb, misuse, or damage the data or system. This is hacking for the purpose of entering an electronic network without permission. Examples might include:
1.Using a wireless internet connection at a hotel at which you are staying and accessing the hotel’s private files without disturbing them because they are available.
2.Reading email, files, or noting which programs are installed on a third-party’s computer system without permission just for fun, because you can. This is sometimes simply called snooping.
Cybervandalism- Damaging or destroying data rather than stealing or misusing them (as with cybertheft) is called cybervandalism or Cheat Code: This can include a situation where network services are disrupted or stopped . This deprives the computer/network owners and authorized users (website visitors, employees) of the network itself and the data or information contained on the network. Examples:
*.Entering a network without permission and altering, destroying, or deleting data or files.
*.Deliberately entering malicious code (viruses, rootkits, trojans) into a computer network to monitor, follow, disrupt, stop, or perform any other action without the permission of the owner of the network.
*.Attacking the server of the computer network (DDoS attack) so the server does not perform properly or prevents legitimate website visitors from accessing the network resources with the proper permissions.
Here in Nigeria, according to the high-level overview of what the Cybercrime Act 2015 provides, there are things we should be aware of before DSS or or Cyber policing agents comes knocking at your door to arrest and prosecute you before the law..
Do you know the Cyber Law Bill of 2015
1.Gives the President the power to designate certain computer systems, networks and information infrastructurevital to the national security of Nigeria or the economic and social well-being of its citizens,as constituting critical National Information Infrastructure, and to implement procedures, guidelines, and conduct audits in furtherance of that. Examples of systems, which could be designated as such, include transport, communication, banking etc. To find out more about what such a plan should look like, you can check the USA’s National Infrastructure Protection Plan or that of the European Union’s.
2.Prescribes the death penalty for an offence committed against a system or network that has been designated critical national infrastructure of Nigeria that results in the death of an individual (amongst other punishments for lesser crimes).
3. Hackers, if found guilty, of unlawfully accessing a computer system or network, are liable to a fine of up toN10 million or a term of imprisonment of 5 years(depending on the purpose of the hack). The same punishment is also meted out toInternet fraudsters who perpetuate their acts either by sending electronic messages, or accessing and using data stored on computer systems.
4.Makes provision for identity theft, with the punishment of imprisonment for a term of not less than 3 yearsor a fine of not less thanN7 millionor to both fine and imprisonment. An example of identity fraud would be the individual who impersonated Pastor Oyedepo on Facebook and was apprehended by the police of recent.
5. Specifically creates child pornography offences, with punishments of imprisonment for a term of 10 years or a fine of not less than N20 million or to both fine and imprisonment, depending on the nature of the offence and the act carried out by the accused persons. Offences include, amongst others: producing, procuring, distributing, and possession of child pornography.
6.Outlaws Cyber-stalking and Cyber-bullying and prescribes punishment ranging from a fine of not less than N2 millionor imprisonment for a term of not less than1 year or to both fine and imprisonment, up to a term of not less than10 years or a fine of not less thanN25 million or to both fine and imprisonment; depending on the severity of the offence.
7.Prohibits cybersquatting which is registering or using an Internet domain name with bad faith intent to profit from the goodwill of a trademark belonging to someone else, or to profit by selling to its rightful owner. Individuals who engage in this are liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term of not less than2 yearsor a fine of not less than N5 million or to both fine and imprisonment.
8.Forbids the distribution of racist and xenophobic material to the public through a computer system or network (e.g. Facebook and Twitter, Instagram, Nairaland), it also prohibits the use of threats of violence and insulting statements to persons based on race, religion, colour, descent or national or ethnic origin. Persons found guilty of this are liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term of not less than5 years or to a fine of not less than N10million or to both fine and imprisonment.
9.Mandates that service providers shall keep all traffic data and subscriber information having due regard to the individual’s constitutional Right to privacy, and shall take appropriate measures to safeguard the confidentiality of the data retained, processed or retrieved.
Kindly beware of this crimes before you end up in the prison.
My humble device and self I trust You, I am crime free. I pray I won’t land in jail
@9jaclicktivist

The President of Nigeria,
Greetings, your Excellency
Dear Sai Buhari I know you would be working hard in your office when this piece surfaces on your computer, I woke up in the middle of the night to type this on my PC, I was down-shuttered and under sweating environment because there was no light. My locality is out of power access in this ‘Change Era’ of yours, things seems to be the same since evermore.
I can’t sleep as I reminesce about the wide roads being narrowed by highly concentrated Pit holes which left a tapered space to walk through during the day . We keep galloping like a stallion inside our motor just like we do everyday. A workophile like you can well appreciate this attempt? Do more to building better roads.

This piece needs a serious read and I hope you read it not as the President of Nigeria but as a human with a four-chambered room under your ribs.

I really don’t know how to start, I mean how you start a letter to the GCFR, a representative of more than 170 million people of a nation which is the largest democracy and economy in Africa whose politicians have walked down the ladder of both Military and democracy constantly.

As a mark of respect if not for your quick war against terror maybe by today I could have written this letter with a blood-soaked brush to you. Damn! before now blood is cheaply and easily available here, yes! everywhere in the markets, in the streets, in the crop-fields, in the houses and in the forest eclipsing the moon like a blot on Nigeria. well the bloods are drying off our land because you are ensuring security thrives and there is still a long way to go.

Well I think it is better to start with #Changebeginswithme Campaign. Highly researched speech, Smooth language, poignant ideas and great ideals from your Excellency are appreciable. Your way of making complex things more and more simple is applauded.
I love your art of voicing ‘Change’ but I loose faith/fate when nothing is changing, more specifically in Jailing of those who brought us into the hardships above, Your Excellency (Hope you wont take it easy on being clubbed with a President with respect to one feature of Noise-making when it comes to fighting corruption).
The word ‘Change’ When you used it, we didn’t disbelieve you. Who can doubt the language of the head of a nation? But your actions have mutated our interpretation of the words.
Long before now I know freedom of speech and association meant giving people the power to decide what is better for them but why is Nnamdi Kanu and others still in prison? Charge them to court for their crimes.
By change, we meant embracing everyone as a national figure, absorbing all the cultures and giving them the unified Nigerian colour. Many today sees this govt as loving the Nation and not its people; encaging them physically and financially; unpaid salaries, judicial pendency which points bias towards you.

By Right, we meant stop giving unmatched hospitality and forex to Muslim and Christian pilgrims to taking them to their sacred cave on our shoulders not even when we have dollars issues. Thanks for working hard against brutality and killing of scores of innocent youth and injuring of thousands, and blindfold of the children who are still on lactogen by terror, we believe you delivered everything in proper proportions.

Mr President I know we Nigerians should thank you for the fact that you consume some of our rare resources here and not anywhere else. We should be thanking you for the Made in Nigeria campaign. Agriculture are specially made for us and you are taking us back there, this meant food security, which shows how much you care for us.
You have deployed more than enough forces to terrorized areas for our security and spending on such a biggish military cover must be huge. I always imagine if the same amount of money is spent on schools and hospitals, what would happen? Never again will we see terror on our land.
Mr President, On the Agitators issue in Nigeria today, I think peace and normalcy attained at the gun-point is always short-lived, In fact, it can’t be called peace or normalcy if it is forced by controlling brains. This is why we have ‘operation crocodile smile vs operation crocodile tears’ Real peace and normalcy comes by winning the hearts of the people by a National confab.
Surely, bloodshed will stop if the concerned leaders show some real intention, not pretension.
Sir, I think it is apt to turn to your media now.
Well, some of them only impress us with their fluency, labeling we critics a terrorists not knowing the exact condition we are in, and noticing the exact mistakes we are pointing out.
Sir, Don’t be misinformed, there is general unemployment: poverty is held responsible for our problems, I also believe in blaming past government. Alas,let’s also note that “The latter is plausible but not the former”.

The problem of unemployment is evenly distributed throughout Nigeria and its fierce because of the absence of industries and entrepreneurial feet.
Your Excellency, we are not sympathizers of PDP or past administrations and we also know they pretend to be sympathetic to us. We hold your slow pace in “Change” to the destroyers of yesterday who have mortgaged our future. Surely unto our problems sustainable solution lies, in listening and accepting what Nigerians are saying.
I know you have pressure from back, from the opposition, from the Media and Past Presidents, fear of losing the next general elections which keeps you from trying to throw some people to jail. But you have always created an opportunity for yourself to become the President who stands different in the crowd. Continue to, don’t delay, least you get into the crowd of the likes of Dasuki and GEJ. I guarantee history will remember you as a symbol of peace anti-corruption and Justice. Some hardcore evildoers in Nigeria may curse you for sometime but ultimately you would become an ideal for the whole world.
If we remain stuck to history and wait for it to repeat itself, we can never hope to develop. This century where ideas of liberty and fraternity dominate the “territorial integrity rhetoric” “Security’ and” Economic stability” needs a thinking which is out of box. This is the time you can make Nigeria reach moral integrity and greatness by self-determination.
With Regards,
From @9jaclicktivist
By Micheal A Adeniyi

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POEM TO MY GREEN FLAG(NIGERIA)

Let Nigeria be Nigeria again.
Let it be the dream it used to be.
Let giant stride be its name
Seeking a home where he himself is free
Nigeria was never free.
Let Nigeria be the dream the dreamers dreamed
It is so painful we can’t wake Herbert Macaulay, Azikiwe, Amadu Bello and Awolowo from their sleep
If I could you would cry a bit.
Let Nigeria be that great strong land of love,
Where never Leaders connive nor tyrants scheme,
That any man be crushed by one above.
(It never was Nigeria to me.)
O, let my land be a land where Liberty
Is crowned with no false patriotic wreath,
Where opportunity is real, and life is free,
A nation where equality is in the air we breathe.
(There’s never been equality for me,
Nor freedom in this “Nigeria.”)
Say, who are you that mumbles in the dark?
And who are you that draws your veil across the stars?
I am the poor citizen, fooled and pushed apart,
I am the Civil servant bearing slavery’s scars.
I am the Farmer driven from the land,
I am the Activist clutching the hope I seek finding only the same old stupid plan
Of dog eat dog, of mighty crush the weak.
I am the young man, full of strength and hope,
Tangled in that ancient endless chain
Of profit, power, gain, of grab the land!
Of grab the gold! Of grab the ways of satisfying need!
Of work the men! Of take the pay!
Of owning everything for one’s own greed!
I am the farmer, bondsman to the soil.
I am the worker sold to the machine.
I am the Civil servants to you all.
I am the people: humble, hungry, mean.
Hungry yet today despite the dreams.
Beaten yet today? O, Nigerians!
I am the man who never got ahead,
The poorest worker bartered through the years.
Our fore-fathers are the ones who dream’t our basic dream,
In the olden times while still a serf of united kingsmen,
Who dreamt a dream so strong, so brave, so true,
That even yet its mighty daring sings
In every brick and stone, in every furrow turned
Of a fact our fathers made Nigeria the land it has become.
They have built a “Nigeria of the free.”
The free?
Who said the free? Not me?
Surely not me? The millions of IDPs on relief today?
The millions shot down when terror strikes?
The millions who have nothing for our pay?
For all the dreams we’ve dreamed
And all the songs we’ve sung
And all the hopes we’ve held
And all the flags we’ve hung,
The millions who have nothing for our pay–
Except the dream that’s almost dead today.
O, let Nigeria be Nigeria again
The land that never has been yet
And yet must be,the land where every man is free.
The land that’s mine,the poor men,
Who made Nigeria,
Whose sweat and blood, whose faith and pain,
Whose hand at the foundry, whose plow in the rain,
We must bring back our mighty dream again
We must bring back our abducted girls back again from bondage of terror
Sure, call me any ugly name you choose–
The steel of freedom and justice does not stain.
From those who live like leeches on the people’s lives,
We must take back our land again,
Nigeria!
O, yes,
I say it plain,
Nigeria was never Nigeria to me,
And yet I swear this oath
Nigeria will be!
Out of the rack and ruin of our Heroes death,
The rape and rot of graft, and stealth, and lies,
We, the people, must redeem
The land, the mines, the plants, the rivers.
The mountains and the endless plain–
All, all the stretch of these great green states–
And make Nigeria again!
A word to my green flag

Micheal A Adeniyi
@9jaclicktivist
tapreadwebmaster@gmail.com
http://telltimes..co.ke/2016/09/poem-to-my-green-flag-nigeria-56_30.html?m=0

What do you think? which do you think sounds modest and civil between calling your house help an "house girl or an home support staff"
#homesupportstaffnotslave
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Year 2016 seems not to be good for traders in Lagos State. While many market men and women are grappling with the dire times precipitated by the scarcity of dollars, fear of the state’s demolition squad battle-ready with their efficient bulldozers have caused many sleepless nights since the turn of the year.
It began with the leveling at Oshodi Market, then the taskforce team moved to Daleko Market in Mushin and razed it down. Nearly 24 hours after government announced its intention to relocate the troubled Mile 12 Market, the taskforce visited Ladipo auto spare-parts market yesterday at Toyota Bus-Stop on Apapa-Oshodi Expressway and demolished a section of the multi-billion naira market.
This latest act didn’t come to many by a surprise, as the market had been in the news for the wrong reasons in recent weeks. However, the supremacy battle between Owoyemi family and Odo-Aladura community over a portion of land had led to severe skirmishes that had claimed lives and closure of the market several times.
Speaking with The Guardian, Vice President of the market, Mr. Jude Chika Nwankwo, criticised the state government for demolishing over 300 shops without prior notice to the shop owners and market leaders. “It is so sad that an elected government can do this to its people. We were not given any notice to leave before today, we only came this morning to see ruins of our shops.
“Why should the government come like a thief in the night to do this. Our security man called me around 2:00 am and informed me of the presence of some government officials and policemen who came with caterpillars. I immediately put a call through to the Commissioner of Police at 2:15am to inform him of the situation. All he said was that there was no problem; that his men would be there to stop any illegal demolition.
“We are all family men now left with nothing to do, government has closed our source of livelihood; we are now helpless. Many of the items in the shop had been looted except for some heavy spare parts difficult to carry. Personally, I don’t know where to go from here. I have incurred huge debt with the last consignment I got due to the dollar issue and now this,” he lamented.
However, another trader said unidentified persons suspected to be thugs carried out the demolition. According to him, the thugs who attempted to demolish it recently before traders prevented them had to come around 3:00 a.m. to demolish the market and hurriedly left before the traders arrived in the morning.
“There had been crises for some weeks after the same thugs invaded the market and attempted to demolish it but the traders mobilised themselves and chased the thugs away. That invasion resulted in serious fracas between the traders and thugs during which many traders sustained injuries. One of the traders, Anene Utasi, was attacked. He was rushed to Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) where he eventually died.”
An angry trader, who was picking debris of his goods yesterday lamented failure of the government to issue any notice. “I kept N830,000 here yesterday but cannot find a penny. Everything has been looted. I had goods worth N16.8 million buried under the rubble, should I carry all the goods on my head to my house? Do they want to turn us into armed robbers?” he asked.
There were skeletal activities at other section of the market not touched yesterday as traders shut down in solidarity with those who lost their wares to the demolition. There was also a heavy presence of policemen stationed at the market to forestall any violence.
http://telltimes..com/2016/03/tears-as-ladipo-traders-fault-midnight.html

Mrs Ibim Semenitari NDDC Acting MD
Acting managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has said President Muhammadu Buhari, may soon order for the auditing of the accounts of the commission.

Semenitari, who disclosed this yesterday when a delegation from the United States Congress, paid her a courtesy call at the NDDC headquarters in Port Harcourt, described the commission as the most regulated government agency in Nigeria.

“The National Assembly is trying to carry out a holistic investigation into what is going on in the Niger Delta Development Commission since its inception in year 2000. The Senate committee just left the region after touring all the nine states that make up the region to inspect NDDC projects.

“I suspect President Muhammadu Buhari may ask for the auditing of the accounts of the NDDC very soon. The NDDC is the most regulated agency in the country.”

The acting NDDC boss stated that the Niger Delta Development Master Plan, the policy document for the development of the region is due for review, even though the document has not been fully implemented.

“When the commission was set up, it had a lot of consultations and came with the Niger Delta Development master plan, which is supposed to be the policy document that informs interventions in the region, whether by governments or other stakeholders, the international oil companies that operate here, or even, development agencies who do their work here.

“That document has a clear categorization of the needs in the the region, the problems as they exist and the things you need to do to achieve development.’’

Leader of the US Congress’ delegation and staff director, House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations, Gregory Simpkins, said as a major country is the African sub-region, the stability of Nigeria is very important to the United States of America.

“Nigeria is very important to us as a partner in security, trade, excreta. As a major country in this region, it is important to us that there is stability here in Nigeria. The economic hub of Nigeria is here. We have come to speak about Niger Delta development.’’

http://tapread.net/2016/03/08/pmb-may-probe-nddc-semenitari/ ‎

naira-Dollar
The country’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) has weakened to a record low of 45.5 in the month of February from the 47.2 in January for manufacturing sector, and equally slowed to 44.3 in February, down from 46.9 in January for the non-manufacturing sector.

Analysts attributed the reason to the fact that manufacturers now have little access to power and dollar to import raw materials.

“The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), last week, released its Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) Report for February 2016, which captures the PMI for both the manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors.

“Both sectors’ PMIs dropped sharply to 45.5 (previously 47.2) and 44.3 (previously 46.9) respectively for the second consecutive month,” analysts at Cordros Capital said.

They also said that it is worthy of note that the below 50 PMI results recorded year-to-date suggest that economic activities have generally slowed down since December 2015 (where 51.2 and 53.4 manufacturing and non-manufacturing PMIs were recorded).

“This, in our view, is a pointer to a slower gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the first quarter of this year. It is also in line with the view already hinted by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) at the January 2016 meeting that “growth in the first quarter of 2016 is expected to be less robust than in the corresponding period of 2015 (first quarter GDP of 3.96 per cent) and therefore adds to pressure on the committee to provide further decisive policy support at this month’s meeting,” they said.

The 45.5 manufacturing PMI in February is at a record low level (since the CBN commenced the survey in January 2015). All the sector’s five diffusion indices, save the supplier delivery time index which improved, declined.

“This, in our view, underscores the heightened challenges faced by manufacturers in accessing foreign exchange for their operations and the significant drop in electricity power generation and supply in the month of February. With regards to access to the dollar to fund raw materials and other input requirements, we note particularly, the feedback from our enquiries with leading FMCG companies on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, wherein the generally held view is that dollar supply from the CBN has fallen to below 50 per cent of their operational requirements,” the analysts at Cordros Capital said

http://tapread.net/2016/03/08/nigerias-purchas…lar-supply-power/

Saraki
Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki
ecure a safe landing for Senate President Bukola Saraki at the Code of Conduct Tribunal penultimate week, members of the upper chamber of the National Assembly appear to be closing in on a successor in case the inevitable happens,
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki and his army of supporters across the two main political parties in the red chamber, the Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress, would definitely had wished that the cup of this week should pass over them. The Code of Conduct Tribunal has fixed March 11 to start the trial of the number three citizen of Nigeria who is the head of the federal parliament.
The Code of Conduct Bureau is prosecuting Saraki for alleged false declaration of his assets. Virtually all legal and political steps taken to stop Saraki’s trial by the Danladi Umar-led trial appeared to have hit the rocks.
For instance, a last-minute hope of securing a judicial remedy through an Abuja Federal High Court after a devastating blow from the Supreme Court which allowed the CCT to continue with the trial, was dashed penultimate week, when the court failed to heed a fresh prayer seeking to stop the trial.
While necessary judicial solutions were being explored by the Saraki’s team of legal experts, his friends and political associates within and outside the National Assembly had equally intensified efforts to lobby the presidency to prevail on the CCT to stop the case.The Senate President had sought an order quashing his trial before the CCT on ground, among others, that he was denied fair hearing in the course of investigations leading to the charges preferred against him.
Part of the thinking of Saraki’s lobby team was that since an outright dismissal of the case would generate serious public outcry, especially when the case involved an alleged act of corruption, a deliberate delay through long adjournments of hearing dates could make Nigerians and the international community lose interest in it, while the Senate President enjoys his tenure. But feelers from some heavyweight politicians involved in the lobby showed that major political actors in the presidency claimed that their hands were tied on the matter because all facts were already in the public domain.
A senator who claimed to be privy to the lobby option it has been said on condition of anonymity that Saraki’s emissary to the presidency said attempting a political solution at this stage would cause a setback for President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption crusade.
A presidency source had said, “If Saraki’s hands were not tied when he rejected the party’s nominations for the principal offices of the National Assembly, perhaps the rope would not have been tied tightly on our own hands at this moment too.”
Saraki’s loyalists in the Senate, however, saw an opportunity to save their colleague when Umar appeared before the Senate Committee on Judiciary to defend the 2016 budget of his tribunal penultimate week.
A senator, who would not want his name mentioned, confided in our correspondent that the Senate committee raised some issues in Umar’s budget and gave him a date to come back to defend the queries.
The senator however said the plan failed when Umar refused to show up for the budget defence until the deadline for the submission of committee reports on MDAs budgets lapsed last Monday.
Since the grand plot to bring Saraki and Umar together at the upper chamber failed, Saraki’s loyalists at both chambers are now allegedly mounting pressure on the House of Representatives’ Committee on Ethics and Public Petitions to intensify its probe of the alleged bribery allegation against Umar.
Both chambers of the federal parliament had asked their ethics committees to investigate an allegation contained in a petition by the Anti-Corruption Network that the CCT boss allegedly demanded and collected a N10m bribe.
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, Sen. Samuel Anyanwu, told our correspondent last week that his panel would await the outcome of the House committee, which had already started work on the petition.
But the spokesperson for the camp loyal to Sen. Ahmad Lawan, Saraki’s main opponent for the senate presidency seat, Senate Unity Forum, Sen. Kabir Marafa, said in an interview with our correspondent that the trial of Umar was politically motivated.
He therefore reiterated his call for the resignation of the Senate President in order to enable him to attend to his case.
It was learnt that part of the strategies of the SUF members was to constantly attack Saraki’s leadership, using the proposed purchase of exotic cars at a time when the Federal Government was finding it difficult to pay theN5, 000 meant for jobless Nigerians.
But the Special Adviser to Saraki on Special Duties and Intra-Parliamentary Affairs, Mr. Moshood Mustapha, described the public outcry over the reported purchase of some vehicles by the National Assembly for security operatives in the convoy of principal officers of both chambers of the legislature as “unnecessary.”
Mustapha said critics of the project vehicles were not being fair to the federal parliamentarians, arguing that nobody was raising eyebrows when the political office holders in the executive arm of government were allocated at least two vehicles each.
He said Saraki, for instance, had been using his personal cars since he was inaugurated as President of the Senate. He also cited instances where some of the vehicles he inherited in the convoy of his predecessor developed serious mechanical faults.
The pro-Saraki lawmaker said the car transaction was purely between the National Assembly management and the beneficiaries of the vehicles who are not even lawmakers.
Mustapha said Saraki was entitled to two vehicles but that only one was replaced in his convoy and that he chose so, on his own, because of the economic situation of the country and to minimise government expenses.
Mustapha also said Saraki saved the country N5bn when he rejected the N6bn put in the budget of the Federal Capital Territory to build his official residence and reduced it to N1bn just to exhibit prudence.
“Left to other people, they would have allowed it to go. As an individual, he doesn’t believe in that project but because a lot of money had gone into it; he believed that having N6bn in his official residence is a waste and decided on his own to take away N5bn from this project and put only N1bn.
“So, what is the N200m used to buy vehicles for security personnel and protocol compared to the N5bn he had saved the nation. I wonder why people are talking as if the vehicles are his personal property or for his children.”
He also said no form of bribery took place at the upper chamber during the screening of the ministers, contrary to insinuations in certain quarters. He added that no form of corrupt practice took place during the recently concluded budget defence by federal government agencies.
Mustapha said, “Bukola Saraki had created the most democratised, participatory and rigorous budgeting process as we have all seen, this is perhaps the most disciplined senate since 1999. We have ministerial screening and budget approval process without bribery and other forms of corruption. It is a scandal free budget process. Nobody has ever said anybody brought money or anything.
“Everybody has been busy doing his work and it was through this painstaking process that we were able to discover errors in the budget and even the president himself had said it that there are errors and that he would hold the culprits responsible.”
Neverthless, having considered the sensitive nature of the case before the CCT, some senators were said to have been making frantic efforts to shop for Saraki’s successor.
Findings by our correspondent showed that members of both the SUF and pro-Saraki senators under the aegis of Like Minds Senators had started making contacts on how to agree on an acceptable candidate.
Some senators were also said to have agreed that the Deputy Senate President, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, would not be affected by the change as he would be allowed to continue in office.
“However, senators from the anti-Saraki’s SUF group were advocating the change of the principal officers to reflect the position of the leadership of APC,” one of those privy to the plan said
If the SUF members should have their way, the implication is that Lawan would take over from Sen. Ali Ndume as Senate Leader, while Sen. Bala Ibn N’Allah might lose his Deputy Leader seat to Sen. George Akume, who has not been attending activities in the Senate for some time. The newcomer from Edo State, Sen. Francis Alimikhena, might also be asked to vacate his seat as Deputy Whip for Sen. Abu Ibrahim.
It is still not clear how the issue of principal officers would be resolved but one of the Like Minds Senators said Saraki’s successor might come from his state or from the neighbouring Nasarawa State.
He said, “Both the SUF and Like Minds Senators had agreed to support the emergence of somebody from the North-Central geopolitical zone, a Muslim, who will be a bridge builder and acceptable to every senator.”
He also said the Saraki loyalists, who were in the majority at the upper chamber, had insisted that his successor must also be a member of the ‘New PDP’, a breakaway faction of the PDP which joined the APC at its formation.
The lawmaker said, “This issue had gone beyond SUF or LMS. We are coming together as one to ensure a rancour free arrangement that would lead to the emergence of a new senate president. Most of the people that we have consulted agreed that another senator from Kwara North should take over the mantle of leadership.
“It has been agreed that with this, the people of Kwara would not feel too bad, while the current arrangement in the red chamber will remain as it is. ”
Close watchers of the development at the senate were of the opinion that the resumption of Saraki’s trial at the CCT this week will obviously shape the nation’s political history.
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Ekiti State House of Assembly yesterday declared missing four of its members.
This followed the alleged invasion of the assembly complex by operatives of Department of State Services (DSS) on Friday evening.
Addressing journalists on Saturday, the Speaker of the assembly, Hon Kola Oluwawole said over ten armed men of DSS stormed the assembly while various committees meeting were on and shot sporadically in the air.
Hon Oluwawole who alleged that it was part of the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led federal government plot to destabilise the state government, said the incident caused panic among members and staff of the assembly, who had to scamper for safety.
He said, “At the end of the commotion created by this barbaric act, we discovered that four of our members could not be found. It was only this morning that we were able to establish that Hon Afolabi Akanni, representing Efon Constituency was abducted and taken to Abuja. Whereabouts of three other members is still unknown as we speak, and reasons for the invasion and abduction of our members are not known”.
The Speaker who was flanked by twelve other lawmakers and the Clerk of the House, disclosed that the assembly appraoached the State Command of DSS which confirmed that the operatives were from Abuja.
While maintaining that the intimidation was coming because of the critical stance of Governor Ayodele Fayose government on the President Mohammadu Buhari’s government, said “We are aware that 18 of our members have been pencilled down for harassment and the game plan is to harass them to submission, with a view to coercing them into signing an already prepared notice of impeachment of the governor and his deputy.
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Celebrated pop artistes in Nigeria, including Davido, Tiwa Savage and Yemi Alade are set for the upcoming annual music festival; Gidi Fest, scheduled to hold in Lagos later this month.
Other A-list artistes that would rock the Gidi Fest stage include Phyno and Timaya while MTV Base VJs Nomuzi from South Africa and Ehiz from Nigeria, will be the hosts for the show.
According to the founder of the festival, Chin Okeke, “Gidi Fest is a music festival that defines the progression of music and urban youth culture in Africa. The festival was naturally born in Lagos because the city is the melting pot of the continent, yet it maintains a global outlook. Our line-up represents the current crop of African music stars.”
Okeke said the annual competition that comes with the festival, Flow with The Beat competition, is back
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Gov. Nasir El-Rufa’i of Kaduna State said on Friday that the government, Bank of Industry, business tycoon Aliko Dangote and some states will acquire the Peugeot Automobile Nigeria Ltd (PAN).
El-Rufa’i who said this during the state’s special day at the ongoing 37th Kaduna International Trade Fair, named the other states as Katsina, Kebbi and Jigawa.
He said a proposal to acquire the majority shares of the company had already been submitted to Assets Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON).
According to him, the step is part of efforts to revive ailing industries in the state to provide huge employment opportunities to the teeming unemployed youths in the region and Kaduna State in particular.
He said that PAN, a critical partner in Kaduna State industrial history, had gone down from assembling 90,000 cars per annum to merely 200 a year.
“Our hope is that when we acquire the majority share of the company, we will restructure it to operate to full capacity of assembling between 90,000 and 100,000 cars yearly.
“We have the support of PAN as well as the government of France in this drive.
“We are determined to bring back all industries related to Peugeot established in Kaduna as part of plans to ensure that every youth in Kaduna State has something doing,” he said.
The governor added that his administration had created more than 120,000 jobs in nine months, “but it is not enough; we have to work harder considering the number of unemployed youths in the state”.
He added that plans were underway to revive textile industries in the state.
He said that Kaduna used to be the Manchester of Nigeria because of the concentration of textile industries in the state.
He, however, said that all the textile companies had closed down except two that were operating skeletal services.
“Kaduna State Government is committed to the revival of not only the textile industries, but the entire cotton, textile and garment value chain in the state in our development strategy,” he added.
El-Rufai also said that as part of effort to revive the agricultural sector, the state government would soon enter an agreement with a company to enable the state become a poultry hub in sub Saharan Africa.
“We are also making arrangement with another company to establish the largest fertiliser storage facility in the country in Kaduna to ensure that our farmers have access to fertiliser.
“The commissioner for commerce is currently negotiating with a foreign company that is interested in establishing a fertiliser plant in Kaduna,” El-Rufa’i said.
On mining, the governor said that artisan miners would be organised into cooperatives to streamline all mining activities in the state to tackle illegal mining.

He commended the organisers of the trade fair, the Kaduna Chambers of Commerce, Mines, Industries and Agriculture (KADCCIMA), for bringing captain of commerce and industries to the state.
He promised to work with KADCCIMA to ensure a better outing in the 2017 edition.
President of KADCCIMA, Dr Abdul Bello, said that the fair’s theme, “Promoting solid minerals sector for sustainable economic development,” enabled stakeholders to brainstorm on the way forward due to current economic challenges.
Bello added that the theme was deliberately chosen to complement and support the genuine aspiration of the current government for a robust diversification of the national economy.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the trade fair which began on Feb. 25, will end on March 6. (NAN)
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After weeks of plummeting fortunes, the nation’s power generation rose yesterday to 4,200 Mega Watts (MW) from 3,755MW.

The power generattion profile peaked at 5,074MW early February, before it started cascading.

The current height, according to the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), was due to the completion of maintenance on the gas pipeline to the generating stations.

In a statement signed by The Asst. General Manager (Public Affairs), SO/MO, TCN, Clement Ezeolisah: “Power generation has started improving and is now over 4200MW on daily average,”
He attributed the recent outages to scheduled maintenance programme on the pipelines supplying gas to the generating stations.

Electricity consumers had in recent times been groanning under epileptic power supply, which has drastically impacted on domestic and commercial activities.

The new development may have however raised hopes of improved power supply in the country, if other factors should work in tandem with the administration’s plan for lower outages.

Meanwhile, other industry sources hinted that the tariff intrigues are brewing concerns around the gas producing companies, which are worried that the failure to implement the Multi Year Tariff Order (MYTO 2015) might make the electricity business less viable.

According to the sources, if the new tariff fails to sail through, it would leave the industry with non-cost reflective tariff, which might trigger the debt profile of the distribution companies and transmission companies.

The Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Dr. Anthony Akah, had lamented incidents of vandalism that led to reduction in peak power supply through the national grid from over 5,000MW attained early February.

Akah therefore solicited support of members of the public and the council to collaborate with the service providers and security agencies in ensuring security of electrical installations.

He said that the commission would soon compel electricity distribution companies to publish their meter deployment schedules, so as to ensure adherence to the meter roll out plan, contained in the performance agreement signed with government by the utility firms.

About nine power generating stations across the country were either completely or partly affected by the gas supply challenges, forcing the national grid to shut-in about 2044Mega Watts (MW) of electricity.

Affected stations included Olorunshogo National Integrated Power Plant (NIPP) was completely shutting-in 600MW; Sapele NIPP shuts-in112.5 MW; Omotosho (Gas), 190MW; Geregu NIPP, 145MW; Delta, 340MW; Omotosho NIPP120MW; Egbin 440MW; Olorunshogo (Gas) 38MW due to gas shortage; while Odukpani was shutting-in 59.1MW due to water constraints.
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