₦airaland Forum

dabossman: Help me tell them o. Even in the UK there are roads that are tolled, and boys dey jejely take longer routes to avoid paying tolls. It's optional. You don't have to ply that route. Sometimes, I think we Nigerians want everything free. Free education, free health care, free food, free water, free light, even free wife too . Haba!

But that said, they should try and reduce the toll fee and government needs to be more transparent. As for me, I'd rather pay a reasonable fee for quality service than pay for service I still don't get i.e. NEPA!

pDudd: Shiii!ttt!!

You read that book too? About queen of the coast and all that stuff! Scared the crap out of me too!

FrontPageLawyer: No disrespect to your mum. But which of the Lagos is she referring to? Yes Fashola is developing ONLY the Island where the elites live and have their businesses, but not the entire Lagos.

Holumighty: Please, can someone tell me why i-shit guyz want to have the whole world in their hands forever, they have fooled the world enough,

To me there is nothing spectacular in their product that no google has not brought to us via android [b]OS, Now Samsung has been able roll out more classy and affodible device in the last [/b]12month and this has really crashed prices of smartphones as competition get stiffer amongst the manufacturers.

LG P970 is a clone of I phone and galaxy SII and the i-shit guys didn't do anything .

pembisco: get ur fcts well,peter neva had a wife

Johndoe100: For once dayokanu is right. Nigerian women are all like this. No matter the good intentions at the start of the issue as time passes the issue of "drop chop money" must bring forth the witch in them.

Dosoq: Hmmmm,wich part of lagos is dis o?

engrtee: ;-
marry? Why? He shud only take care of the child

ronkebp: On shoes alone?? if the husband does not see anything wrong he wouldn't have conmplained about it.

FSU: Ondo Governor appoints brother as university VC
From Niyi Bello, Akure

GOVERNOR Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State has approved the recommendation of the Governing Council of state-owned Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, naming his younger brother, Prof. Nahzeem Olufemi Mimiko, as the Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the institution.



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Mimiko, a professor of Political Science who specialises in Political Economy and International Relations, was to be named for the position in April 2006 when he was also recommended by a panel set up by government to shop for a new head for the institution but was rejected inexplicably by the then administration of Dr. Olusegun Agagu.

Even though Prof. Mimiko emerged as the most qualified candidate in 2006, having contested the position during his tenure as the acting Vice-Chancellor of the institution, his brother's involvement in the race to the Ondo Government House, was manipulated as the main reason for his rejection by the Agagu administration.

The governor was reportedly swayed in the choice of Mimiko by the fact that he clearly emerged as the preferred candidate from the long list of contestants shortlisted by the panel and the need to have the best for the institution.

A statement from the Public Affairs Unit of the university signed by Mr. Bamidele Olotu stated that Prof. Mimiko, a thorough academic of international standards, was chosen purely on merits.

It added: "Following interviews conducted on campus by a joint Council and Senate Selection Board last week Thursday, 17th and Friday, 18th December, 2009, the Governing Council of Adekunle Ajasin University unanimously recommended the leading three of the 14 applicants to the Visitor for him to choose one of them as the university's next Vice-Chancellor in line with the University Law. (Schedule 1, Section 7).

"The Visitor has now announced through the Chairman of the Governing Council his gracious choice of Prof. Nahzeem Oluwafemi Mimiko, who was unanimously ranked number one by all the members of the Selection Board, including the consultant as the university's new Vice-Chancellor.

"Until his appointment, Professor Mimiko was the Head, Department of Political Science, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife. He holds a B.Sc. Social Sciences (Political Science) degree, M.Sc. and Ph.D. in International Relations, all from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife.

"He was at different times a Social Science Research Council, MacArthur Foundation; Visiting Scholar at the Thomas J. Watson Jr. Institute for International Studies, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, and the Korean Foundation Visiting Fellow to the Academy of Korean Studies, Seoul, South Korea.

"He was also a Visiting Professor at the Department of Social Sciences, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, USA. He is a Fulbright Scholar and winner of the United States Army Public Service Award.

"Professor Mimiko, 49, has more than 60 publications. He is Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Policy Initiatives; and Convener, Africa Research Initiative. He was at different times Head of Department, Acting Dean of Faculty, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Acting Vice-Chancellor at Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko. He is married with children."

https://www.nairaland.com/372835/governors-brother-state-university-vc

Kobojunkie: I am sorry, but have you been to Africa before, let alone Nigeria?

a) Her body/shape/physique is typical in much of Nigeria where she comes from, so I don't see why she needs to change that for anyone, even your person. I have a mother who is probably just a bit like that and if I heard so you say such about my mum, I would basically deck you, and expect the police to do what they need to me afterwards.

b) Again, she is Nigerian, a land where FATTENING is still accepted custom. I am not sure again, what you are on but I am sure no Nigeria out there is taking diet advice from her, so please quit. She is clearly not of the SLIM is good generation, so let her be please.

c) A lot of Nigerians think looking porky is a sign of wealth . . . guess what? She didn't create that belief. If you need to attack the belief, attack it head on, not the woman here who we are hoping stays down, since her husband has done, and continues to do enough damage to the psyche of Nigerians.

d) Nothing in that picture says anything of her intelligence. Also, you did not elect her, but her husband.

Please, please focus on that which really concerns you, leave that which does not. This woman was not elected by your person. Stop insulting her as if you did.

slimdiggi: Can naija dogs eva be like that?

davies123: You r right. I hv come to d conclusion that Nairaland is unfortunately being used as a political tool to attack n undermine wateva GEJ does wether good or bad given d number of frontpage topics puplished against him.Nairaland is supposed to be neutral!

Beaf: Incandescent bulbs should be banned. Thats similar to whats happening in developed countries.
Nice one from GEJ, you save a lot more with those bulbs (they last years and are brighter).

crackhouse: It's good to launch energy bulbs but the best thing he would have done is to stop the importation of 60w, 200w, 100w etc because that's the only thing that will make Nigerians to stop using them. For instance, a piece of 15w small energy bulb{original one} is not less than 400naira and 60w bulb is 50naira, now how will sb spend 400naira to buy energy bulb when he is aware that he can buy 60w bulb for 50naira?. U can see clearly that most nigerians can't afford to spend such an amount on bulbs & this means that if u have to change the whole bulbs in ur home {say 6pcs} to energy bulb, that means u will spend 400 * 6 = 2400naira on bulbs alone in this our land of poverty. So the only time most Nigerians will be forced to buy the bulbs is when there is no alternative.

alj harem: There are still choices available for those that want their wheat. But the flour produced in NIGERIA AS A COUNTRY MUST contain cassava. that is all. for those that want wheat, they can buy the imported ones.

I am sure they did not ban the importation of wheat flour into Nigeria.

calaway: I LIKE YOU SIDE LINE POSTURE. EVEN YOU GENERAL OVERVIEW IT IS VERY AMUSING. PLEASE TELL US WHICH ETHNIC GROUPS KILLS OTHERS ETHNIC GROUP EVEN IN THEIR PLACES OF WORSHIP?

YOU WILL DO BETTER TO DIRECT YOUR GOOD REASONING TO THE RIGHT QUARTERS. YOU ARE HERE COLLECTIVELY BLAMING ALL NIGERIAN FOR REACTING TO PROVOCATION.

MIND YOU THEY HAVE NOT STOP KILLING YET. I HOPE YOU WILL EXPERIENCE WHAT THE VICTIMS/FAMILIES FEEL AND THEN, I WILL SEE YOUR COMMENTS.

princey83: That's your answer above. The only concern is that building bigger roads means increase in vehicular traffic. Car ownership is going to increase hence more traffic on the road. The world is now moving on to sustainable means of transportion. The good thing is that he is atleast doing something unlike some other governors that are busy siphoning funds to their private accounts.

freshmoney: Photo-shopped? Seun, it shouldn't have been you!

I've so far seen 2 buggati veyrons in Abuja.

As it this moment, you can pull a standard veyron in the US for 700K USD.

A normal 4 bedroom flat in Lekki phase 1 goes for around 140million naira talk more of 4 bedroom duplex. That shows you that whoever can afford that 4 bedroom flat can afford a bugatti!

Why is veyron that special anyways when a known friend picked up a bullet proof S550 for 98million Naira?

Some Nairalanders here can afford such a luxury. They have properties worth more than 3 bugattis Don't think Nigerians are not that affluent, OK.

lovejo: Untill we can confirm it from other source, Sahara reporter do not have rep in WH.