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President @MBuhari with Governors of Lagos, Borno and Kwara States shortly after the Opening Session of the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development today in Yokohama, Japan. #TICAD7-BA

[[s]quote author=Abfinest007 post=81691805]apc members are dummies[/quote][/s]

Africa is a dynamic continent of opportunity where winds of hope are blowing ever stronger. I’m at #TICAD7 in Japan to call on the international community to scale up its partnership with Africa for its peace and sustainable development efforts-AG

Doubting Thomases... Oya you can dispute UNSG

God bless President Buhari
God bless Federal Republic of Nigeria

Sewenbenson:
Bro. I was born and lives in ilorin, I know unilorin inside out. While I study in ABU, soo whatsoever I say about the two university are based on facts and figures. ABU is far bigger in size than unilorin. You can't compare first generation University with 2nd generation University particularly in the area of Size. ABU IS NATURALLY AHEAD.

Bro...I am only concerned about the MAIN campus!

And I repeat again....NO UNIVERSITY MAIN CAMPUS is bigger in terms of land mass than UNILORIN main campus.

We are talking about occupied space, you are talking about hectares of land unoccupied. Every school has thousands of unoccupied hectares. Don't ever compare ABU with Unilorin

leksite120:
Is ABU bigger than Unilorin? just asking ni o

Bros don't ever do that comparison

InansBobo:
I can't believe this one

It is, students of ABU are from all over the Country more than any other University . They also have more foreign students than any other Nigerian University

ABU is very Beautiful

[[s]quote author=makewetalk2 post=81555192]the question is how did the owner make it?
if thief thief from thief, case day the thief head?
the person reporting this should have at least reported the person stealing from our national coffer.
I still blame GEJ for not rigging that election. the man think say he will set a pattern for his successor. e no no say na old thief day succeed am. he even went one step futher to congratulate the thief and called him a president before he handed over to him thinking that the man will even send him. Buhari just enter scatter everything begin loot the loot way Babangida no gree am loot in 1983.
una day look this girl but una close una eyes to the biggest cases of stealing in the entire world. this is the biggest economy that people steal without being confronted.
I just day pray make IPOB jam Buhari for Japan. make dem disgrace am like Ekweremmadu make the world see am[/quote][/s]

Buhari marks 400th anniversary of slave trade abolition with article in Washington Post

Muhammadu Buhari is the president of Nigeria.

Four centuries ago, the first 20 documented African slaves arrived on the shores of Virginia. In the years that followed, millions more were shipped in dehumanizing conditions across the ocean and enslaved. Slavery had, of course, existed before. But this indicated the beginning of a mechanized trade that saw human beings reduced to property on an unprecedented scale.

Despite the fact that descendants of African slaves have made valuable contributions across society, they are still dealing with the effects of this poisonous legacy. They still have to navigate its everyday manifestations, such as discrimination, racism or lack of access to resources and opportunities. This must not be overlooked or forgotten.

Yet, as we reflect on this day, International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition, it is clear slavery did not only thrive then. It still thrives today. Across the world it is estimated there are as many as 40 million men, women and children living in forced servitude. They are the industrial victims of a business many believe was abolished hundreds of years ago. They are the modern enslaved.

Their exploitation appears in many guises, though usually unrecognized as slavery. Many victims are unseen, hidden beneath opaque supply chains. Others are hidden in plain sight, entrapped by circumstances that rob them of autonomy. In any case, their labor, often dangerous, is no product of choice, and its conditions are self-perpetuating.

In Africa, its modern forms include debt bondage, the enslavement of war captives, commercial sexual exploitation and forced domestic servitude. Holding people held against their will, controlling their movements and forcing them to work for the sole profit of others — wherever they are — is slavery today and always.

The abolitionists of the 19th century succeeded more than any before: By working to extinguish the transatlantic slave trade that had claimed 15 million victims, they laid the groundwork to ensure it did not manufacture millions more. But their work is not done. We must take up their examples as we forge a path forward to eliminate modern-day slavery in all its forms.

Slavery, once again, has become entwined in the global economy — and it is largely unseen. For instance, most of us might know in principle that the mining of cobalt crucial to our smartphones might have used forced labor. But what do we know of those that experience it? Just as personal testimony and resulting public pressure led to the passing of the Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade in Britain in 1807, these stories must be told and used to inform policy. Once heard, they can elevate visceral reactions, driving the public pressure needed to ensure the application of anti-slavery laws.

One distinction from then and now is important: the costs. From records, adjusted for today’s prices, the cost of a human-being-as-property was valued on average at $40,000. Today, it is just $90, sometimes even lower. We must remember that slavery is not simply a campaign of hatred; it is the pursuit of profit. One way to extinguish it in its current forms, therefore, is to make it economically unfeasible. This means making sure that any anti-slavery laws have bite, come with strong penalties and are enforced.

It is also vital to have a robust tip-off and reporting system. Where this once meant detecting ships, today the signs are less conspicuous. The public must be shown how to see what is hidden in plain sight, particularly signs of suspicious behavior. This might seem broad. But vagueness should not give rise to reluctance to report anything that could be smuggling or forced servitude. If something doesn’t look right, report it, for you could be securing another human’s freedom.

In Nigeria, our anti-trafficking agency has rolled out the “Not for Sale” campaign to protect against the deceptions of human smugglers, helping those who might be vulnerable to false promises see through the ruse and say no. These prevention programs are crucial.

The appearance of slavery today might have changed. The institution has not. There are no radical solutions to conjure, only political will. But on this, we can learn from the past, the shadows in which modern slavery proliferates today

It is not enough to mark this 400th anniversary. We must use it as a platform to eliminate slavery in all its present-day forms. We should reflect in memory to find a better future, one that should ensure freedom for all.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/08/23/muhammadu-buhari-slavery-still-exists-we-must-take-action/

kenwhawha:
Don't you know what Igbos or Ibibio look like? Have you ever seen a fair Yoruba man before?

Deluded

franchasng:
Lol, deported from which country to which country abeg, it seems everybody in Nigeria now is mad, from President to Journalists. How TF did you deport someone from his country to his country, are these people alright

Read very well.. Or if you cannot comprehend,
From Nigeria(Nigerian)

To Niger (Nigerien)

vertueptime:
D guy resemble taribo west

The guy's hair

Galactica Star, a super yacht belonging to oil magnate, Kola Aluko, fingered in multi-billion dollar petrol import and crude export deals has been sold.

The yacht, valued at $50 million, was sold after the Nigerian government and U.S. Department of Justice secured a court order to forfeit the property.

Mrs Alison-Madueke, Mr Aluko and another accomplice, Jide Omokore , reportedly lavished billions of naira on property and luxury items in the U.S. and United Kingdom.

Mrs Alison-Madueke, Mr Aluko and another accomplice, Jide Omokore , reportedly lavished billions of naira on property and luxury items in the U.S. and United Kingdom.

The U.S. government also accused Messrs Aluko Omokore of laundering money in the United States and using it to acquire the yacht, among other assets.

Following prosecution, the US and Nigerian government, in 2016, instituted legal processes to enable it freeze local and foreign assets of the trio.

In a suit filed at the Houston Division of the United States District Court, the Nigerian government laid legal claim to all assets subject to forfeiture.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/348266-50-million-yacht-linked-to-diezanis-ally-sold.html

These people can lie from pit of hell

Today, @AsiwajuTinubu and HE @tundefashola
attended a session of the ongoing retreat for Cabinet Members and Permanent Secretaries. It was a good day to learn from these two men who raised the bar of governance in Lagos.

Omega30:
OP needs prayers cos Dangote money no even reach $13b

He is worth $16 billion as at today

https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/profiles/aliko-dangote/

Op cannot interpret what he/she screenshot. Too bad

donvicky2007:
The state IGR make up the 1.trillion Naira.

IGR included... Read Well bro. Imo IGR in a year is not upto 15 billion

soliddust2020:
That house just got destroyed in seconds .

Too much Discovery Channel

ehissi:
Sorry, Bailout Funds issued by Mr President in the person of General Buhari rtd. (which is a loan), Local Government allocations, other Loans and Debt Capital, plus Paris Club deductions refund not included..................

Imo state budgeted #124.4 Billion for 2011, #174 Billion for 2012 budget, #197.74 Billion for 2013 budget, #137.6 Billion for 2014 budget, #141.2 Billion for 2015 budget, #102.21 Billion for 2016 budget, #131 Billion for 2017 budget, #175 Billion for 2018 budget, #250.5 Billion for 2019 budget............

That totals #1.433.65bn from May 29 2011 to May 29 2019. He will not have the priviledge of implementing 2019 budget completely and can't be accused of completely misappropriating total funds allocated in 2019 budget. Total Budget from May 29 2011 to May 29 2018 is #1.183.15bn, now tell me, is Ihedioha's accusation, even though it may not be completely accurate, or may be slightly exaggerated, is it totally far-fetched?

Budget is different from Actual...

Acidosis:
Smart Adeyemi can never win any election in Kogi state again whether rigged or not. It will take an extraordinary level of rigging for Adeyemi to get 20% of the total votes. I'm speaking as a stakeholder of the constituent and as someone who knows the mind of the people in that axis. The extent of love the people has for Dino Melaye cannot be explained.

Whoever is behind the tribunal is merely wasting his or her time. Like the recall process of 2018, it's merely an avenue to disgrace Yahaya Bello and INEC.

Look at what you wrote... But he has over 40% in the last election

Why are you people always having inferiority complex.. Tinubu this, Tinubu that, Afonja this, Afonja that?

He will surely meet Akpabio on the Street of Abuja

Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods-H. L. Mencken

N1 trillion? Let fact check
Total Revenue(both Allocation & IGR) to Imo State During Okorocha Tenure
2011-N70 Billion (Estimated)
2012-N80 Billion (Estimated)
2013-N70.4 Billion (Actual)
2014-N63.9 Billion (Actual)
2015-44.9 Billion (Actual)
2016-36.1 Billion -(Actual)
2017-N44.9 Billion (Actual)
2018-N60 Billion - (Estimated )

Total Revenue During Okorocha Tenure = N475 Billion

So guys, you can judge the rest

There are not Nigerians, they are from Biafra

Nawa o