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See as they splash the poor man's SSN on  cyberspace. I hope some people no go steal him identity.

Akala laments as he commissions Lagos liaison office
On May 13, 2011 · In News

Says: “I personally designed the lodge to my taste but now another person will enjoy it”

BY LEKE ADESERI, South West Regional Editor

LAGOS – Those that knew Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala before last month’s governorship election that he lost in Oyo State will attest to the fact that he used to be a very cheerful man. He used to be in the best of moods especially at public functions.

Things have, however, changed drastically since he was unable to break the jinx of any governor ruling Oyo State for two terms.

Unknowingly, Alao-Akala had embarked on projects meant to give him comfort in an elusive second term. He had to commission one of such projects, the state’s liaison office located at Oduduwa Crescent, Ikeja, Lagos yesterday.

However, during the commissioning, he looked at the gigantic governor’s lodge from the ground floor and shook his head. When his aides beckoned on him to perform the traditional inspection of the facilities there, he declined, saying: “I personally designed the lodge to my taste but now another person will enjoy it.”

The Oyo State Government VIP Rest House and Liaison Office.

It was like the supporters of the governor noticed his mood and decided to cheer him up when one of the praise singers announced that he should not worry because he would either be appointed the Minister of Defence or that of Police Affairs because he was the first governor to show public support for President Goodluck Jonathan’s ambition during the campaign. This forced a smile from the governor and an applause from the audience.

The building which is part of a complex constructed by the Western Region Government and shared to Oyo State now has the main building (governor’s lodge, an administrative building, the staff quarters and a complete new 15-room guest charlets.

Alao-Akala disclosed that contract for the upgrading of the deteriorated building was initially awarded at over N147 million but was revised to over N170 million to allow for the provision of additional facilities such as a transformer, sound proof generators, overhead steel water tower and construction of detached power control room among others.

According to him,  the implementation of the project was considered necessary not only to provide liaison services for the friends of Oyo State in and around Lagos but also to make the presence of Oyo State better felt by a larger concentration of its indigenes in Lagos.

Cede House of Reps Speaker to South East – Owie
On May 14, 2011 · In News

BY SIMON EBEGBULEM
FORMER senate Chief Whip, Senator Rowland Owie, yesterday, faulted the moves by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to cede the position of the House of Representatives to the South West.

He argued that such arrangement would be unfair to the South East whom he said deserved the position of the Speaker or President of the senate due to the support the area gave to the PDP in the just concluded general elections.

He said that the current President of the senate, David Mark, deserved to remain as President so as to stabilize the system but that the issue of the Speaker of the House of Representatives does no need to be debated upon but should be ceded to the South East who supported the PDP more than the South West.

According to him, “Nigerians should recall that when Obasanjo was President from the South West, one of the other zones from the South produced the Senate President  and that was the South East.

When Yar’Adua came from North West, one of the other two zones in the North, North Central produced the senate President. Now the President is from the South South, therefore the logical thing is for one of the two zones in the South to take the senate President.

“ The ideal zone to take it should have been the South East. The Speaker of the House of Reps would have then gone to the zone that is not producing the National Chairman in the North. However, Senator David Mark has performed creditable as the leader of the National Assembly and he needs to be there to give stability to the system” he said.

This lady made 2 First Class degrees simultaneously with many job offers
•‘My performance runs in the family’
By CHINENYE OKOYE
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Ifeoma
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Ifeoma Unalor Okoye, 24, was the best female graduating student in University of Lagos (UNILAG) in the 2010 academic session recording 4.90 CGPA (Cumulative Grade Point Average) She read Finance. Ifeoma, who is awaiting her NYSC call-up letter is much sought-after by companies and other employers. In a chat with Saturday Sun, she attributed her success to focus, dedication and commitment to her academic activities.

“I worked hard. I was focused and determined and most importantly, the grace of God was upon me because without God’s grace in my life, all this would not have been possible. I wasn’t desperate when I got admission into UNILAG. My main aim was to acquire knowledge,” declared Ifeoma as she spoke with Saturday Sun at her home in Lagos recently.

Being the best to Ifeoma is just like a normal incident. Although such a feat does not come to everyone but she sees it as just the ordinary incident. Ifeoma would readily say: I feel very happy and overwhelmed. God has finally done it for me. It wasn’t easy, but at the end, everything worked out well.

“Of course I worked very hard for the outstanding result I made. In life, you have to plan everything you do. I came in through a diploma programme and right from that time; I had the best result though it was very stressful, because I never stayed on campus. I went to school from home everyday because I was doing so many professional courses at the same time. So, it was very hectic, but I thank God for my life.
I was focused and determined and most importantly, the grace of God was upon me. On gaining admission, my major aim was just to get knowledge and pick my degree. There was never a time I targeted the best result. But as the course progressed, I saw it coming and had to pursue it just by improving on my past performance. I did not have it in mind to make a first class. I just put in my best in whatever I do.

It is possible before someone hits it that big like Ifeoma, she must have buried herself in books and never did anything else. But it would surprise you that that was the opposite for Ifeoma. “I wasn’t the always-reading type. I am not a book worm either; you will hardly ever see me in the library, so I wasn’t the library type of student. If you see me in the library, it is either I am teaching someone or I am doing tutorial for a group of people. I never read overnight, I read during the day. All I did was to draw a timetable for myself and it really helped me. But it is not all about reading. You have to read with deep concentration and focus.

During my diploma programme, up to my year three, I did not know what was happening in school because I was so much involved in my professional courses until I got to my final year. In my fourth year, I joined the Students Union - Finance Students’ Association (FINSA) where I served as the financial secretary. That was when I was forced to be involved in school activities.

We organised a Ghana trip, we visited the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), organized seminars and had so many other events in my final year. My diploma days, up to my 300 level, were just dull.
I was not distracted throughout my stay in Unilag because I was always alone all through my course. Nobody was able to influence me because I was coming from home. I had all my activities planned out in advance. I would get to school, do whatever I wanted to do and leave immediately. The only distraction I had was when I read for my professional exams. It distracted me from doing some other things in school.
I am the very flexible type of person. I can combine so many things at a time and they would come out well. My social life wasn’t boring. I was up to date with the latest music in town, I watched all the reality TV shows: Big Brother Africa, MTN Project Fame, Next Movie Star, etc I never missed any episode.”
Ifeoma sees from a different perspective the problem of harassment raging between students and lecturers. Of course it would take much more than ‘sorting’ to attain Ifeoma’s feat, so she would hardly have patronized the rot. But that does not mean she was alien to the fact that such happens or what factors fan the embers of social decay among students in their relationship with teachers. “It takes two to tango. Maybe some female students frequent the lecturers’ office to beg for marks and the lecturers would latch on such opportunity to get at them. I never did such a bad thing. I can say for sure that none of my lecturers ever harassed me. They all rather respected me and I gave them their respect too.
Throughout my days in UNILAG, I never lived in the hostel. Whenever I left from the class I headed home to handle my assignments or projects. I was not opportune to watch all those shows, like Miss Moremi, Miss UNILAG, etc.

All my friends were happy when I emerged the best graduating female student. And no need to say that my parents and siblings were simply excited and proud of me for the grade and feat.
Because of the outstanding performance Ifeoma put up, she went home with a load of awards like that of the Zenith Bank and First Bank. Already as expected, she has job offers with the Afribank in addition to the Bank’s prize she won. She also bagged the UBA prize, the faculty prize and the Vice Chancellor’s prize in addition to so many others. The prizes no doubt came with cash rewards.
On the job she would prefer to choose from, Ifeoma said she is taking her time in order not to make mistakes because more are still coming.

On her person, Ifeoma said: “I am Igbo, from Ogidi in Anambra State. I come from a family of eight - three boys and three girls. My father has a doctorate degree in Law and he is a chartered accountant, at the same time. I come from a family of accountants; five of eight of us are qualified accountants. My immediate elder brother Tonna is not only a chartered certified accountant but also made a first class honours in Accounting. My mother is a qualified confidential secretary. She runs a secretarial bureau and I am the second to the last child in my family.

While I read for my Finance degree in UNILAG, I was also studying accountancy at the Oxford Brooks University, UK where I made First Class honours degree too. I am also a chartered accountant; Association of Certified Chartered Accountant (ACCA) UK. I got that in 2009 when I was in my 300 level and currently, I just finished my CFE professional exam. I am a Certified Fraud Examiner, USA.
After my youth service, which is around the corner, I plan to proceed for my masters/doctorate degree either in the UK or USA.

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Lagos returns 3,105 poor persons, lunatics to six states
Friday, 13 May 2011 00:00 By Kamal Tayo Oropo News - National
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TO rid Lagos of lunatics and beggars, the state government has sent over 3,105 beggars and lunatics to their countries and states of origin.

The Special Adviser to the governor on Youth and Social Development Dr. Dolapo Badru, who disclosed this at a ministerial briefing yesterday in Lagos, said 3,044 of the beggars arrested had been sent away in the last one year.

Giving a breakdown of the statistics, Badru revealed that Sokoto State had the highest number of beggars with 196 arrested on Lagos streets, followed by Oyo State with 83, Kano State 75, Osun State 67, Ekiti 21, while Ondo State had seven.

On the number of lunatics, he said available statistic showed that Niger Republic had the highest number of beggars and lunatics arrested by having 12, Chad Republic two and Cote d’Ivoire had one.

Badru explained that the state government had zero tolerance for destitution and begging in the state, adding that picking of unwanted persons from streets of Lagos would be a continuous exercise.

He stressed that his office would continue to work together with security agencies to rid the city of these unwanted persons, saying it was an offence to indulge the beggars who troop to the state on daily basis to beg for alms.

On the essence of the state’s rehabilitation centre at Owutu, Ikorodu, where beggars, the destitute, mentally challenged and drug addicts picked from the roads are taken to, he said the state government would continue to make provision for facilities to help rehabilitate such persons.

He said the mentally unstable picked on the roads across the state would be given adequate medical attention, while 38 able-bodied persons among those picked on the roads who were suspected to be criminals had been handed over to the state task force for prosecution.

On adoption and fostering, Badru disclosed that various applications were received from prospective adopters, locally and internationally who were screened in order to determine their suitability for adopting children while 177 letters of approval were granted.

He disclosed that 126 children were adopted by members of the public and 11 released for fostering, adding that 174 children had their adoptions legalised through the Juvenile Court while additional 161 babies were rescued and referred to various government homes and private orphanages.

http://www.guardiannewsngr.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47810:lagos-returns-3105-poor-persons-lunatics-to-six-states&catid=1:national&Itemid=559

If it is free education at the primary and secondary levels, then I do not see what the big deal there is. As we speak, even Abia, disorganized as the government there is, has free education at the primary and secondary level, beginning from the time of Kalu. I served there so I got a clue. There are couple other states with free education at those levels too.

Rochas will not be able to sustain a free education program at the university level, given the large number of university education-thirsty people from Imo state.

X-factoria:
@OP:

Well, it is very true. In fact, I will go further to say 80% of shopping complexes in Abuja are owned by Igbos, even properties as well. About same 80% of the entire business in Abuja is controlled by Igbos. I am Yoruba, but on this one, I salute the courage and undaunting spirit of the Igbos.

However, they have an ugly side in the way they frustrate businesses for other non-Igbos in Abuja. They are incredibly pathetic in the way they collectively kill other people's business. They are damn too aggressive and would stop at nothing to take anybody out.

Thanks for the insightful contribution; the only useful one so far. That said, I would like to ask more questions: If you read the initial post (post #1) of this thread, you will notice the statement in quote

These hotels were not officially allocated to them, but were bought from the original allottees.

I know you may not be involved in the process, but do you have any idea who makes the allocation and to whom were the hotels (or the land) allocated to initially that these Ibos then bought from? Do you know if an Ibo man is the one allocating the land in Abuja?

Also, in view of the above, I can deduce from your response that there are possibly as many Yorubas and other Nigerians as there are Ibo traders looking for shops in Abuja? If so, how were the Ibo ones able to scheme the rest out (that is, if an Ibo is not the one in govt responsible for land allocation)?

Rhino.5dm:
No wonder! Putting drugs in the anus

Can we stop this bigotry, people? No group is bereft of drug trafficking.

http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201103201274892

This is a disgrace to those people involved.

No one has yet answered my question. Is that true of Abuja or some omo Ibos are hyping?

Lecturer at Bauchi University jailed for "Toronto" degrees

‘Don’ jailed four years for certificate forgery
By Augustine Tsenzenghul 12 hours 8 minutes ago
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For twelve 12 years, he paraded fake credentials with which he got a job at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi.

Yesterday, the law caught up with Daniel Ishola Owoademi, 51. He was jailed four years for certificate forgery.

Chief Magistrate Isa Mohammed, sitting in Bauchi, said the prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt.

Police Prosecutor Inspector Iliya Bitrus, told the court: “The Chief Security Officer of the university, Mallam Garkuwa Ilimi, reported to the Police, on behalf of the university management, that the Governing Council had discovered that Owoademi, a lecturer, possessed fake credentials.

“The credentials include four testimonials, a Higher National Diploma (HND) certificate, all of them from the Institution of Modelling in the United States of America, and one of the certificates is a B.Sc, which he claimed to have been issued by a university in Canada and with which he secured employment with the university and has since April 4, 1999, been an employee of the university.”

Bitrus added: “The suspect admitted before the Governing Council of the university that the said credentials are fake and that he forged them. More so, he could not give satisfactory account of how he came about the credentials.”

The offence is contrary to Sections 363; 364 and 321 of the Penal Code.

Owoademi admitted he was guilty of the offenses as charged, describing his act as “the devil work”.

He pleaded for leniency.

His counsel, D.T. Bukar, said it was “the first time Owoademi was involved in something like this”, praying the court to temper justice with mercy.

He said Owoademi was a pastor who presided over a church and has a family.

“Over and above that, he has shown remorse by accepting the charges against him without taking the court through any pains,” Bukar said.

Delivering judgment, Mohammed overruled the counsel’s pleas and sentenced the accused to one year imprisonment on the first count with an option of N10,000 fine.

On the second count, the Chief Magistrate sentenced Owoademi to a year imprisonment with an option of N20,000 fine.

On the third count, the convict was jailed for two years with an option of N30,000 fine.

http://nigeriavillagesquare.com/forum/main-square/62643-lecturer-bauchi-university-jailed-toronto-degrees.html

Igbo are developing Abuja
The facts are there. For instance, 70 percentage and hotels, are owned by the Ibo. These hotels were not officially allocated to them, but were bought from the original allottees. They invested here because they believe in one Nigeria. Top Rank Hotels, Agura Hotel, New Chelsea Hotel, Bolingo Hotel, Harmonia Hotel, Petrus Hotel, Crystal Palace Hotel, Onyx Hotel, Protea Hotels and lots more, are all owned by the Igbo. We have substantial investments.

Source http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/abujareports/2011/may/02/abujareports-02-05-2011-001.html

this is plan attack on my state (Osun). Imagine three deaths out of nine from one state out of 36 states? those devils will never go not punish

The names of the deceased are: Teidi Tosin Olawale (from Osun State, BSc Computer Science); Nkwazema Anslem Chukwunonyerem (Imo State, HND Electrical Electronic Engineering), Okpokiri Obinna Michael (Abia State, BSc Environmental Management), Adowei Elliot (Bayelsa State, BSc Computer Science) and Adewunmi Seun Paul (Ekiti State, BSc, Social Sciences).

Others are Adeniji Kehinde Jehleel (Osun State, BSc Banking & Finance), Gbenjo Ebenezer Ayotunde (Osun State, BSc, Education Economics), Ukeoma Ikechukwu Chibuzor (Imo State, BSc Medical Microbiology) and Akonyi Ibrahim Sule (Kogi State, HND Business Administration).

http://www.thisdayonline.com/