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Same old story

mamagee3:
What does it mean when a little child looks at you and smiles?

My sista, if u ask me na who I go ask

Nigeria commences 48-hr visa issuance at New York Consulate

Vanguard
News By: Emmanuel Okogba

Wednesday, December 20, 2017

The Nigerian Consulate in New York has said that applicants for the Nigeria visa can now get it in 48 hours with the introduction of the issuance of the biometric visa.

The acting Consul-General, Tanko Suleiman, who disclosed this at the commencement of the biometric visa processing in New York, said the new process had simplified the issuance of Nigerian visa.

Tanko said with the commencement of the biometric visa issuance, no applicant should spend more than 25 minutes to complete his or her enrollment.

Mr Tanko Suleiman, Nigeria's Acting Consul-General in New York stressing a point to Nigerians living in U.S. and some Consulate officials at the commencement of the biometric visa in New York

The Federal Government on Monday commenced the biometric visa issuance, becoming the first country in Africa to achieve that feat.

The Nigerian envoy said the Federal Government has appointed Online Integrated Solutions Limited (OIS) as the company to handle the biometric visa project.

Suleiman appealed to applicants in the U.S. to be courteous and orderly as the new system would finally address any frustrations in obtaining the Nigerian visa.

"If you are given an appointment for 1 p.m., your appointment will last for only one hour maximum for that day; you can cancel the appointment if you know you can't make it.

“However, if you come here an hour after, your appointment is completely cancelled. Therefore, you have to reapply because you are not the only applicant, there are other people.

"So once you cannot come within that one hour, you will now have to apply for another time," Suleiman explained.

The Managing Director of OIS, Mr Abdul Momodu, said with the biometric system, there would be fairness in the visa application process as every applicant would now be approved on a case management system.

"That case management system can be reviewed in 10 years and it would be tied to the individual application as many times as he applies in the future.

"This further puts integrity into the system of applying for the Nigerian visa; there were two things that we put into play when we were developing this solution."

According to him, one of the advantages of the new system is to simplify the visa application process and make it less cumbersome.

"First of all we want to keep people informed from their point of application to the point of collection.

"This is so that at every point in time, they are informed through emails and text messages of the status of their application.

"So once the application leaves our office to the Consulate, the applicant would receive a text message and email.

Senior officials of the Nigerian Consulate and the Managing Director of Online Integrated Solutions Limited, Abdul Momodu (2nd left) at the inauguration of the biometric visa in New York

"Then once decision is made on the application, he or she will receive a notification and once it is back in our office and ready for collection, there will also be a notification.

"Be that as it may, we still have a tracking system on our website, in case for any reason, you have no access to your email.

"In this case, you can go on our website, put your passport number and your reference number and it will also be able to tell you the status of your application," he said. (NAN)

As it seems u can afford it, hop on the next plane over.
But how about us here? Do u really need to go all the way to Philippines for love?

How Afonja (Yorubas) lost the Ilorin throne - Vanguard Newspaper


THE rivalry between the Fulani and Afonja descendants over the throne of Ilorin is rooted in history.
While the Fulani rest the case of their claim to the kingship of the ancient town on the fact that the monarch had from the time immemorial been produced by them, the Afonja descendants, who like majority of the people of the town are Yoruba, say since their ancestor founded Ilorin, their claim to the throne ought not to be disputed.

History appears in support of the former's position although the progenitor of the Fulani indigenes of Ilorin, Alimi, was actually a tenant to Afonja.

The death of Afonja and Alimi, however, saw the eldest son of the latter emerging as the first monarch of what was then known as Ilorin.

Historical sources, tracing the story to the 19th Century, said Ilorin of today was founded by Afonja, the then Aare Ona Kakanfo (Generalisimo) to Alaafin of old Oyo (Oyo Ile), who used the town as his military outpost. It was this outpost that he carried out his war expeditions for the Alaafin. In the usual nomadic wandering, Alimi arrived Ilorin and was hosted by Afonja. Soon after Alimi took Ilorin as his place of abode, a rift broke out between Alaafin and Afonja. When the disagreement reached the climax and the two had to take up arms, Afonja, out of regard for Alimi's spiritual and military prowess, sought his support. Alimi helped in mobilising an army in support of Afonja leading to victory over Alaafin. The defeat led the then Alaafin migrating from old Oyo to the site now called Oyo.

After the war, Alimi became a teacher to Afonja's children as the latter wanted his offsprings to learn the secret of power. When both died, Alimi's son, Abdulsalami, inherited his father's duty of teaching Afonja's children.

When the idea of appointing somebody to head the village came, the eldest child of Afonja wanted to have the position but met opposition from Abdulsalami who had military support from his fellow Fulani kinsmen. Abdulsalami ultimately became the ruler of what is now called Ilorin around 1831.

The issue now is that Afonja's descendants believe that their forefathers were cheated and want a redress. But the Alimi people are claiming that the Afonja people never ruled Ilorin and, as such, no precedent exists to back their position.

Penultimate week's incident was not the first time the Afonja and the Yoruba would attempt to assert their right to Ilorin kingship.

Historical sources said in 1895, the Yoruba rose against the then emir, burnt his palace and killed him. But the revolt did not result in enthronement of a Yoruba king. In 1913, when Lord Lugard administered the northern and southern Nigeria, Yoruba were said to have spearheaded a riot over tax to bring the rulership of the then emir to ridicule. In 1936, the Yoruba, according to sources, also moved to oust Emir Abdulkadir who was banished to Kaduna but got reinstated by the colonial administration.

In 1978, the George Innih administration of Kwara State raised a judicial panel of inquiry to look into the Yoruba agitation.

The Yoruba people reportedly made a case for the merging of Kwara State with the Southwest before the commission while also laying claim to the Ilorin throne. It was said they even claimed antecedent to the throne as they allegedly said Yoruba had produced four obas in Ilorin before the advent of the Fulani. But the Alimi people, in a counter position, claimed there was no known Yoruba king in the town before their forefather mounted the throne.

The report of the panel never saw the light of day while there was also no white paper from government.

A twist to the tussle was the recent petition by three of the six Yoruba chiefs (mogajis) in Ilorin to the State House of Assembly complaining that they had been classified as ungraded by government allegedly at the behest of the emir. Their non-grading, according to the chiefs, suited the emir, so that there would be no rivalry of any sort from the Yoruba to his authority. Ilorin Descendants Progressive Union (IDPU), formed to protect the interest Ilorin indigenes who are of Fulani extraction, once in its opposition to the upgrading of the chiefs, said dong so would bring them at par with Gambari. But the Afonja Descendants Union (ADU) which came on stream in 1978 to advance the cause of the Yoruba in the town and with Kasumu as its leader would hear none of that. The group is allegedly pressuring the legislature to grade the chiefs.

Another angle to the agitation is the demand for Oya State that will comprise the Yoruba speaking areas of Kwara and Kogi States. The move, it was said, is to pull the rug from under the feet of the emir and end the Fulani rulership of Ilorin.

The Yoruba people of Ilorin are not alone in the struggle. The pan-Yoruba meeting which took place in Ibadan last year demanded restructuring of Kwara State such that Ilorin would be grouped with the Southwest. Analysts interpreted this to mean that the parley did not believe that any emir had any business on Ilorin throne.

What's the highest damages won?

Gofwane:
This jamariwolf of a girl, you no dey sleep?

U guys pretend u don't know Nigerians are everywhere on the globe.
With 9ja time currently at 2:43am,
here is current local time across the globe:
(U could be telling someone in Australia where it is 12pm to get some sleep!!)

Afghanistan - Kabul Thu 6:13 am
Algeria - Algiers Thu 2:43 am
Argentina - Buenos Aires Wed 10:43 pm
Australia - Australian Capital Territory - Canberra * Thu 12:43 pm
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Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin Thu 11:13 am
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Australia - South Australia - Adelaide * Thu 12:13 pm
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JONNYSPUTE:
. Sorry for that.but its my business because we all went out together. So if she wants to go out with another person or have any other plan,she would ve let us know.

U r the one that emphasized America. If u had emphasized not letting u know, I'd agree with u.

Why do u keep repeating "premium motor spirit (petrol)".
What sort of writing is that?

Lawyers in the house, help the bro.

manofsense:
pure peace indeed.....

Pure, absolute, unadulterated peace

JONNYSPUTE:
Go Nd sleep ,its like u have comprehension problem.? Did u even read what I wrote? Being in the class first does not mean you are the most intelligent.

What's with the "Nd"? How hard is it to write "and"?
As for topic, maybe she simply hit it off with the guy and had nothing to do with America, either way, NOYB (none of your biz).

Religion of pure peace

Femzylaiter:
It’s party season once again and that means it’s time to dress up, celebrate and pop some bottles. Here’s some little things you need to know as you head from the desk to the dance floor with an intention on stealing the show with a minimal look yet edgy and classy, making you look bold, elegant and festive.
If you don’t have time to go home to get ready, this is particularly for you. Here’s how to show up from work to your Christmas party in style.
Read More>>>>
http://femioluwayemi..com.ng/2017/12/from-work-to-party-oufit-x-dawn-to-dusk.html

Who party epp

They should be giving innoson grants to encourage him instead of harassing him. Useless 9ja

Good for her

Cool

Woo ho

Will try them

pimpchi:
baby I won't enter lemme just rub it" that nonsense should stop this year...

U r off topic. This is not about sex but violence

Thieves investigating thieves

So should we... em, fry beans?

Ok

Help the poor guy

Ok

Doesn't help that his name is Chumwuma as in Chumwuma Nzeogwu

This guy is writing as if he were in America or something, totally forgetting he is writing about Nigeria, otherwise an articulate write-up, I must say

A lot of questions