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Rolings:
So where is the repetition?

You want to appear liberal but we know your type..... hypocrite

Rolings:
Let me rely you the way the typical igboman will rely
"Peter Obi was implicted in the Pandora papers, yet no one is talking about it...
Where were you when Doyin Okupe was indicted for corruption and nobody has said anything about it.....they are only concerned with Tinubu appointing shady characters and certificate forgers.

Hypocrites

dre11:
https://dailytrust.com/ministerial-list-why-tinubu-delayed-kano-lagos-9-other-states/

Rolings:
It's only igbos that don't know the meaning of typographic error.....
Oya you have corrected my English.....go use am collect money for Fidelity bank now

Mumu

FreeStuffsNG:
Germany: Four Nigerian siblings deported despite being integrated into society

Published on : 2023/07/26

By Benjamin Bathke

After close to a decade of living in Germany, four siblings aged between 11 and 17 were deported to their home country Nigeria in May. Their return forms part of a trend of more and more minors being deported from Germany in recent months.

A tennis racquet, a pair of soccer cleats, a bible, a pencil case -- personal items like these are all that's left of the Ovbiagele family's life in Germany.

Before their belongings were placed into a storage unit in May, police forcibly entered the apartment of Godsand, Victor, Miracolo, Victoria and their mother Bose in southern Germany on the evening of May 15.

"The police officers came into my room at night and woke me up," 11-year-old Godsand is quoted as saying in a recent article published in German news magazine Spiegel.

"I was shaking. They said: 'You will be deported. Pack your things, but only what you can manage.' We weren't allowed to talk to mommy. We were afraid. I heard Victoria cry in her room."

The next morning, the family of five found itself on a chartered flight which took them back to Nigeria from Frankfurt airport. There were 35 other deportees on board, who had been living in Austria, Luxembourg, Sweden and Germany.

Also among the passengers in the coordinated group deportation flight were a number of alleged criminals, who were seen to be chained on their hands and feet.

Reluctant new beginnings in Nigeria

Different people have tried to provide support to the Ovbiagele family since their sudden deportation; one of them is Rex Osa, a native of Nigeria who has been living in Germany for 18 years.

The refugee aid worker was waiting for the four siblings and their mother in Lagos when their plane touched down there, who described their situation as "catastrophic."

The family have since moved into a small room in Benin City, Bose Ovbiagele's hometown, with the help of Osa. However, this is only a temporary solution.

According to the Spiegel, the city of 1.5 million people is notorious for being a center of human trafficking and forced prostitution and is considered to be one of the most dangerous places in Nigeria.

The children's mother agrees with that assessment: she says she had left for Europe seeing no future for her children in Nigeria. She has been raising them on her own since her first husband died and since she separated from the second one.

Despite these many challenges in life, the siblings are now trying to start again in an unfamiliar place 4,600 kilometers away.

"I don't know if I can find friends here," 14-year-old Miracolo explains. "I don't feel safe here. There are people stealing and kidnapping people; they have guns, too."

Uncertainty for the future
For almost nine years, the family called Kempten their home -- a city located in the southern state of Bavaria, about 100 kilometers away from Munich.

The siblings attended elementary school and middle school in the town of 70,000 people, they completed internships, attended church, played in the local soccer club, and learned how to ride a bike.

"Before Germany, I cannot remember anything. We were still young. I don't know any other country," 17-year-old Victor told the Spiegel.

"I was about to get my diploma," Victor's twin sister Victoria said. "I was already in tenth grade and had completed my oral examinations. I lived in Germany for almost nine years. Was this all in vain?"

The family is still trying to fight for their return with help of Osa and a lawyer, but a final decision could take months. Until then, they have to live in fear of facing assaults, contagious diseases and, above all, uncertainty.

Little hope for a reversal of fortunes
Back in Kempten, the siblings' friends are also fighting for their return. In June, some 60 people protested in the city on their behalf with banners, saying 'Bring the Ovbiagele family back!'

However, the overall protection rate for Nigerians in Germany is low: the Ovbiagele's asylum applications were rejected all the way back in 2016 already.

As a result, for years, the family-of-five were among the around 300,000 people in Germany whose status is referred to as 'ausreisepflichtig' -- or legally obliged to leave the country.

"Receiving negative letters from the authorities breaks down your psyche," Victoria told the Spiegel.

"Deportation was always a threat we fought over a lot. It was too much for my mother."

Deportations on the rise

According to the Spiegel, the Bavarian Refugee Council had criticized the state's increasingly volatile deportation policy back in February already, highlighting that forced returns from Bavaria now appear to target families with children.

"The Interior Ministry and the foreigners' offices have become unscrupulous. The cases, in which families are getting deported into hopeless situations, are on the rise," the council stated at the time.

Almost 13,000 people were deported from Germany last year, according to Spiegel. Among them were 2,196 minors, including fully integrated school children, many of whom have little or no connection to their parents' home countries.

In many instances, their language skills in German are superior to their abilities to speak their parents' mother tongues.

Germany's need for immigration vs. reality
Germany's present deportation policy, however, is in stark contrast to the fact that the country needs immigrants rather urgently: At the end of June, the EU member state passed its new skilled labor migration law to fill the gap of an estimated 400,000 skilled workers.

Economists say, however, that even this target falls short, claiming that Germany needs a net influx of nearly 1.5 million people -- per year.

But not everyone in Germany is in favor of welcoming more foreigners: A survey from May found that one in two Germans are scared of more refugees coming to Germany. Regardless, the government has pledged to invest more into attracting workers from abroad.

This new policy, however, is of little use to the Ovbiagele family; after living in the country for a total of for nine years, Germany eventually threw them out -- shortly before they would finally become ready and able to start giving back.

https://www.infomigrants.net/en/post/50642/germany-four-nigerian-siblings-deported-despite-being-integrated-into-society

envoymedia:
Anambra State governor, Charles Chukwuma Soludo marked his 63rd birthday today, IGBERETV reports.
His posts on Facebook read;

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02o9H1ZXVDBvm5CmYYUjZAHTMMhqVF2HmFkG671vExVsbbm58qeDwdiUFYzGMG4Qrtl&id=100069540374656&mibextid=Nif5oz

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02RBEPmCkQq7gkPywiPLbLJGozsjcLpmGQZQg8s6EKJe4jgynppczp4jwpMma5k1NXl&id=100069540374656&mibextid=Nif5oz

ijustdey:
‘He’s recruiting same guys who wrecked the country,’ Nigerians berate ministerial list
https://tribuneonlineng.com/hes-recruiting-same-guys-who-wrecked-the-country-nigerians-berate-ministerial-list/

Enice:
Politics aside, Can you truthfully say these two (wike and el-rufai) has not, did not perform as governors? Are they people that may cower in position of authority? These are what we need to ask ourselves.

Islie:
How Tinubu’s Ministerial Nominee From Taraba, Sani Danladi Was Barred by Supreme Court In 2019 From Holding Political Office For 10 Years Over Forgery
https://saharareporters.com/2023/07/28/how-tinubus-ministerial-nominee-taraba-sani-danladi-was-barred-supreme-court-2019

Rolings:
Let me rely you the way the typical igboman will rely
"Peter Obi was implicted in the Pandora papers, yet no one is talking about it...
Where were you when Doyin Okupe was indicted for corruption and nobody has said anything about it.....they are only concerned with Tinubu appointing shady characters and certificate forgers.

Hypocrites

Roger3D:
You see the kind of people Tinubu is choosing to work with? Why didn't the DSS point this out to the government during the securitx screening process?

garfield1:
Nice profiles.15 technocrats,25% women,5 youths, 14 Muslims 14 christians

Antoeni:
Justice For Keyamo & FFK.
They Have Been Used & Discarded

morrisono111:
https://thenationonlineng.net/full-profile-meet-tinubus-28-ministerial-nominees/

Sensiblerealist:
I don't think so. Unless they break rank with precedence and the legislature authenticates it. It’s by law, on e per state and one per Geopolitical zone.
By this list, I think NW, SS and NE are maxed out unless the New Government is coming with something new

donphilopus:
https://www.channelstv.com/2023/07/27/breaking-wike-umahi-26-others-make-tinubus-ministerial-list/

Chineloani:
So, the final awaited Ministerial List was read at the Senate and the following Bigwigs of the APC were missing:
1. Femi-Fani Kayode (FFK)
2. Ganduje (Former Gov. Of Kano)
3. Festus Keyamo (SAN)

Could they have done something wrong or they lack the needed capacities for any Ministerial seat?

What's your opinion?

Islie:
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/07/man-divorces-wife-for-allowing-male-doctor-attend-to-her-during-delivery/

The sort of DUMMIES I have the misfortune to share nationality with…
I bet he would’ve preferred his teenage wife to DIE rather than be attended by a male. SMH

PortHarcourt1st:
It is becoming glaringly clear that Umahi borrowed and wasted billions of naira on an airport that all analysts proved wasn’t going to be viable. Today it is now clear to everyone that umahi wasted borrowed billions on ego trip project when most ebonyi people are poor, uneducated and hawking almost everywhere in Nigeria.

Poverty rate in ebonyi is over 80%. when the idea of the airport was first muted, some analysts advised that umahi should use the said funds for the project and invest heavily in human resource development and education, but he shoved it aside, today no Nigerian airline want to fly to ebonyi simply because it is a very unviable route for airlines.

What do you suggest for the present administration in ebonyi state as regards to the abandoned airport?

oyeraff:
when supreme court ordered that the old naira note should continue to be used as legal tender, did Emefiele comply with the supreme court order? No, both the new and the old notes we can not see. DSS too should not comply with this court order

jackcanfield:
They are rules guiding them too, moreover they need to be some identification and formality to show suspect in there custody has been transferred, I don't think that should happen at the court premises.

jackcanfield:
Happy to see DSS wearing different clothing beyond suits, saw some with nice shirt .. but I don't know why the fight, DSS are monitoring spirits , you can't even hide in a forest if you are a Person of Interest, as for the NCS although I don't know the procedures, but I believe there should be an official mode of transfer of suspect and identification.

FreeStuffsNG:
Now it is clear that this was why the prison officers were restrained from taking him.

The prison officer should have just been patient and wait until the DSS officials with the accused recieve a superior order. They wanted to rearrest him and probably waiting to sort the papers to withhold him.

The good thing is that we can all see that Mr Emefiele is alive and his trial has started. Those two charges today are like place holders in my opinion. Wait for the real charges very soon. Check my signature for free stuffs!

kokoA:
Nigeria security agencies dey shame me sha..

FreeStuffsNG:
I don't get how this is news. The law enforcement officers can physically restrain at the order of superiors and when actions contrary to orders they are given are yet to be cleared by a superior, so ki ni big deal?

Please are those youths doing the recording and running commentary on the phone coverage court workers or the usual regular Nigerian lazy youths always covering everything with their phones just to trend on social media? Check my signature for free stuffs!

Obaaderemi2:
The OP is a liar. Nairaland has become a site where people open all manners of nonsensical threads just to see likes and mentions.
Immediately I saw him say he saved little money from his work to buy the three wheeler I knew he was lying. They just want to bash girls anyhow these days.
Below is his thread where he claimed to be a student as at November 2022, barely 2 months ago. Weyrey.
https://www.nairaland.com/7442612/aunty-sent-me-packing

Ballzproblem2:
on a serious note,na women for you , don't wanna be there in trying times but want to resp where dey did not show ,OP forget her focus and hustle hard.

Dear men let this be a lesson to you, women will not compromise their standard no matter what, don't settle for less either.

Ballzproblem2:
ironic your moniker says Lewis Hamilton

Samakus:
She would have stayed if you turned yahoo boy. Morally bankrupt people. That's how they behave.

The beautiful thing is that there's another girl outthere that will stay with you while you raise yourself. Find her and treasure her. When that leech comes back, trust me she will, make sure you Bleep up her life

What I tell guys all the time is that... YOU HAVE PLENTY OPTIONS. If this one no work, ditch her for the next. Na you get the knife, any yam wey no good, ditch her, go for the next. Even if it takes 1000 yams before you find the good one, do it. Na you get knife

Karen2024:
She doesn't love you and It's good that you know it now. A lady that love her man will stand by him, support him help him even if he's a shit packer. That was how I supported my boyfriend when he was a toilet drainer.

Moh247:
Her loss

It's your personal Keke, and not on hire purchase

This means you make atleast 5k daily after feeding and other expenses

chariiks:
God just delivered you from a time bomb waiting to happen. A keke rider earns more than most civil servants. Imagine have ten keke on the road that's 16.5mil and RoE of times 2 u re a big boy. Don't welcome her back when she returns to her senses o

Lamanii22:
Her loss ooo… Keke riders make money per day eehn… there’s nothing wrong with riding keke to me o

LewisHamilton15:
Late last year, the company I worked with decided to reduce workers as a result of the high inflation. I happened to be one of the victims of the mass reduction.

I decided to use my little savings to buy a tricycle so I can be using it to do town service but my fiancee outrightly rejected such idea stressing that my societal standing is above that. After intense argument I went ahead and bought the tricycle. Since that day she has not picked my calls, call me or come to visit me.

I have moved on.

Goodvibes007:
https://twitter.com/renoomokri/status/1683039286306779137?t=fCLNicSQIekdR9KeS1OfIw&s=19[/quote]Arrogant IGNORANCE…

The National Economic Council (which is merely a talking shop of governors that shouldn’t exist in a real federation) did NOT negotiate Nigeria’s debt forgiveness under the Obasanjo administration. Rather, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who set up the Debt Management Office, led the federal government’s negotiations with both the Paris Club (of government and multilateral creditors) and the London Club (of commercial creditors). Furthermore, when the Nigerian economy was growing by an average of 7% under the leadership of Ngozi Iweala as Finance Minister and head of the economic management team (not the verbose and substantively IRRELEVANT NEC), Atiku was being publicly ostracized by OBJ (who sought to remove him as VP) and was being investigated by the FBI and the EFCC.

Who knows Atiku’s capacity better? Obasanjo or Reno?!
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PS: Btw, even though I personally do not always consider educational qualifications or certificates as determinative of ability to govern, it is an insult to compare Atiku, a Grade 3 WAEC certificate holder, who couldn’t get into any reputable higher institution (even Police College, where he was kicked out off) because he failed Mathematics, and ended up on a diploma program at the School of Hygiene Kano - before moving on to another diploma in law program (effectively paralegal training) at ABU. Only in Nigeria, with its QUOTA system, was such a poorly-qualified person able to rise up the ranks of a government agency to the post of Deputy Director after 20 years, which then enabled him to subsequently get a Master’s at Angola Ruskin (formerly Cambridge School of Art), where credit is given for “life experiences”.
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PPS: Frankly, even Tinubu’s degree from Chicago State University, a neighborhood college that is predominantly black and is outside the Top 1000 of universities, do not stack up against Peter Obi’s education (including executive and diplomas) from UNN, Harvard, Cambridge and Oxford. Except Reno IGNORANTLY believes that Accountancy (bean-counter) is somehow “better” EDUCATION than Philosophy.
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