₦airaland Forum

ayaside:
It happened in USA. Lemme hear people say "...things like this can't happen in advance countries " again. Sad for the company.Louisiana is a very dangerous place to live though. Hope the cameras worked and the cars were insured.

YomzzyDBlogger:
From; YomzzyBlog.com

Actress, Iyabo Ojo has spoken out on the ongoing saga between several female celebrities on the social media space.

She said women should stop dissing women that it is not right to put your kind down.

Gists via: https://www.yomzzyblog.com/2019/05/women-should-stop-dissing-women-actress-iyabo-ojo.html

hisexcellency34:
Now that President Muhammadu Buhari has asked Ministers to submit their report, how will you assess the performance of Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Power, Works and Housing in giving stable electricity to Nigerians?

As governor, he was reported to have said a serious government should be able to provide stable power supply within six months.

matify83:
Prophet Fela Anikulapokuti and his English interrupter Woli Robert Nesta Marley .

classicTutor:
While some students were busy enjoying the Easter period, news filled the air about an OAU Student pulling the plug over poor academic performance.

The deceased, Kolapo Olowoporoku was a student of Computer Science and also the former financial secretary of the students’ association.

It was gathered that he should have graduated in the 2016/2017 academic session but he remained on campus due to some outstanding courses (CVE & CSC 517) he had to pass before he graduated.

Kolapo Olowoporoku with Facebook username "Olowoporoku kay-pee Kolapo" was the class rep of his class and ought to have undergone the compulsory NYSC service currently with his course mates who had their convocation last year.

The deceased took his outstanding courses in the last academic session 2017/2018 but it was gathered that he didn’t get up to the required pass mark to bid the said courses farewell.

It was gathered that people who saw him confirmed he looked depressed but no one knew exactly what went wrong with the him.

He was said to have resorted to taking poison on Monday, but the poison didn’t kill him until 3 to 4 days after.

Kolapo Olowoporoku thereafter died on Friday, 19th of April.

May his gentle soul Rest in peace and God grant his family and loved one’s strength to bear the loss.


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meobizy:
It is my wedding, people should dance and rejoice anyhow they like.

Aboks:
sex sex sex wetin dem swell 4 una

iceboy4752:
That Ukraine president sef, I pray he doesn't turn the country into a comedy stage.

miteolu:
As Kogi State prepares for Governorship election comes November 4th 2019. In a document available to Native Reporters, the incumbent APC Governor, Yahaya Bello seeking reelection has listed 110 achievement within Three Years Six Months in office.

They are:

1. Reduction of ghost workers
2. Sanitation of civil service workers in the state
3. Democratic Humanist
4. Security Engagement
5. Payment of three months salary abandoned by his immediate predecessor
6. Epitome of power shift
7. Epitome of inconclusive electoral reform
8.Detribalised governor
9. unifier governor
10.Breaker of ethnic jingoism
11.Provision of 200 utility vehicles for security operation.
12. Freedom of expression in the state
13. Destruction of intelligence gathering at the detriment of criminals
14. Best governor in security programne
15. Restore confidence to local and foreign investors
16. Farmers are now more confident than ever before.
17. Father of new direction agenda
18. Youth Ambassador in governance

19. Purchased over 500 motor cycles as security outfits to reduce crimes

20. Construction of Army forward operation at different places in the state


21. Training of forest guards

22. Recruitment of thousands of vigilante Corps to enhance security

23. Provision of free Toll Lines to enhance good information

24. Creation of dialogue and cooperation platform for peace between the herdsmen and farmers.

25. Training of security personnel

26. Establishment of health plus prpgramme

27. Renovation, remodelling and reequipping 21 primary health centres in all the 21 local government.

28. Provision of free maternal and newborn health care services

29. Saving of 168 patients with life threatening issue

30. Procurement of assorted custonerized paediatric drugs for the state

31. Adoption of Clorhexidine gel for umbilical cord care

32. Prompt payment of counterpart fund to partners

33. Addressed the menace of quackery in the health profession

34. Enhanced the state sustainable Drug supply system

35. Unparalleled response to medical emergency situation

36. Introduction of PPP (Public Private Partnership onto the health sectors.

37. Having the likes of performing and hardworking aides as Asuku Jamiu, Abubakar Ohere, Abdulmalik Abdulkarim, Professor Ahmed Adam, etc in his government.

38. Establishment of Confluence Advance Medical Diagnostic and Imaging Centre ( CAMDIC)

39. Give facelift to the College of Nursing, Obangede

40. Renovation of Zonal hospital in Kabba (Kogi West), Idah ( Kogi East) and Okene (Kogi Central).

41. Construction of cottage hospital in Kpareke

42. Massive renovation and construction of new hostel and clinics at the School of Nursing Obangede,

42. Construction of administrative block at the School of Health Technology, Idah

43. Strengthening of the State Action Committee on HIV/AIDS

44.Established modality of workplace Diagnosis to prevent workplace Deaths as a result of unknown or lately discovered health condition

45. Unprecedented agricultural revolution in the state just as in the Agricultural Renaissance Policy of the Federal Government to ensure good security and promotion of non oil sector for economic transformation.

46. Encourage Youth to key into farming through orientation, sensitisation, mechanisation input subsidiary

47. Facilitating loans for farmers to encourage mechanization and improved production of food.

48. Clearing of 1000 hectares of land across the state which were allocated to youthful farmers with farm inputs and agric machines services.

49.. Procurement of 375 Fergus Tractors with complete implements, three quantities each for Mini Harvesters, Planters, Broom Sprayers, Rice Reapers and other similar equipment to enhance agricultural activities and boost production.

50. Procurement and assemblage of 1500 Tillers which were distributed to small scale farmers in 2017.

51. Along the value chains, Agriculture has created about 20,000 jobs for Kogites, thereby depopulating the unemployed demography in the state.

52.. Contributed in no small measure to the cultivation of 3000 hectares of rice and 5000 hectares of cassava in the state.

53. In order to bridge the gap in vegetable production using the advantage of the nodal location of the state, the State Government has established a state of the art greenhouse Farm at Osara to produce tomatoes and other vegetables.

54. Keying into the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Accelerated Agricultural Development Scheme (ADS) through payment of the State’s counterpart fund. the Ministry of Agriculture has constructed 500 fish ponds as a pilot scheme and have been handed over to over 1000 youth across the state to own and operate.

55. In a related development, over 300 youth will also be empowered in Akpata Ega in Idah Local Government where 400 ponds have already been constructed. This is being replicated in all the Senatorial Districts in the state. The main scheme is targeting 10,000 youth across the state.

56. In collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, the State Government took delivery and distributed 76btruck-load of inorganic fertilizer to farmers at a subsidized rate to boost soil fertility.

57. As the leading producer of Cassava in Nigeria and coupled with the guaranteed security of investors, Kogi State has been able to attract the biggest ethanol company in Nigeria known as Unicane. The company uses cassava as its main raw materials, thereby sparking massive production of the crop. Kogi farmers have never been richer.

58. The Federal Government must have seen the seriousness of the State Government in promoting agriculture when it nominated the latter as the pioneer state for the National Egg Production Scheme. 135 youth are empowered with N4.2 million each to support their poultry farms.

59. The Omi Dam success story is a massive testimony of the achievement of the Yahaya Bello-led administration in agriculture. The scheme is positioning the state as the rice detination of Nigeria. The State Government has also empowered hundreds of youth to grow rice in the riverine areas of the state.

60. Thousands of farmers across the state have benefitted from the Anchor Borrowers Scheme of the Federal Government.

61. Ongoing construction of the Kogi State Rice Mill at Omi. Apart from the massive Mill at Omi, others with smaller capacities are being constructed at different locations across the state. Good Governance and Institutional Reforms The cog in the wheels of our progress as a state had been the wanton disregard for institutional correctness and reforms. The following are verifiable achievements in this area:

62. The Bureau for Public Procurement was rejigged by the present administration under the leadership of a new Director-General, Dr Stella Adejoh. The pragmatic woman was given the job based on competence acquired through training both nationally and internationally. Today, the Bureau has restored sanity in public procurement and has woven a water-tight net that has made corruption almost impossible. The efficiency of the Bureau has been one of the reasons the Governor has been able to combat corruption in public procurement. Due process is the order of the day in Kogi State contractual dealings today.

63. The Bureau of Public /Private partnership has been repositioned to engage the private world in businesses that were used as conduit pipes to defraud the state in the past. Today, the Bureau has been able to facilitate some blue-chip deals that have added value to the state as well as elevate our respectability in the business community. Governor Yahaya Bello has used the BP3 to improve Kogi State’s acceptability in the business world and in the international community.

64. The Tax Reforms of the Yahaya Bello Administration has impacted positively on the finances of the state. It will be right to say that without the reforms, it would have been impossible to survive the current financial depression occasioned by the reckless borrowing and stealing of the past. On the assumption of Office, the Governor granted the Board of Internal Revenue autonomy. It became the Kogi State Internal Revenue Service. The government built and delivered, a gigantic Revenue House, which has added to the aesthetic beauty of the capital city. Competent hands were employed and revenue administration became digitalized. What we have today is a product of having a youthful and digital Governor at the helms of affairs who is digitally mobile and intellectually poised to move the state forward. Today, revenue has moved from the paltry N350 million naira that we inherited from the Idris Wada Administration to nothing less than N1.3 Billion naira monthly.

65. The Civil Service Reforms was a monster that many administrations before the incumbent avoided as a result of the fear of losing elections. Powerful Kogites who have so enriched themselves at the expense of the people of the state were involved in loading the payrolls of government with thousands of fictitious names to defraud the state. Governor Yahaya Bello refused to be cowed. He dared the cabal and stopped the stealing through a rigorous and thorough verification exercise. Mind-boggling revelations were left at the wake of the exercise and today, the government didn’t only succeed in removing ghost names from the service but have also digitalized the operations of the service as well as re-engineer the work psychology of the civil servants. A massive achievement that has set the state on the path of progress.

66. The present administration in the state has been able to promote peace and unity through detribalized leadership. The Governor has succeeded in spreading appointments and projects in a way never witnessed in the history of the State. The people of the state now trust one another. There are peace and harmony. Rural Electrification Electricity is pivotal to industrial development. In order to catalyze the economy of the state, Alh. Yahaya Bello-led administration has intervened to deliver the following electrification projects:

67. Completion of the Lokoja(Banda)-Kotonkarfe electrification project. This has brought succour to the people of the area and sparked industrial development to promote production and generate jobs as well as improve the living standards of the people.

68. The Electrification Project of Abejukolo in Omala Local Government Area. The people were grateful that it was a Governor from Kogi central that has decided to give them electricity despite the failure of their own son to do it despite being at the helms of the state’s affairs for 9 years.

69. Improvement of power to the electrification project of Agassa Town in Okene Local Government Area of the state.

70. Intervention to restore power to Ogori Community in Kogi Central

71. Intervention to restore power to the Isanlu Community after many years of darkness. It should also be noted that the Governor has used his personal resources to restore power to Takete Ide Amuro and Ayede Communities. Infrastructural Development

72. In order to improve on the road infrastructure of the state, the administration of Alh. Yahaya Bello procured modern technology in road construction. Construction equipment were imported to raise the capacity of KOGROMA to deliver quality roads at a lower cost to the state. This has paid off as we have better roads constructed or rehabilitated by the Agency.

73. The Ongoing rehabilitation of Shintaku/Gboloko/Dekina road. This is a major road in the Eastern flank of Kogi State.

74. Construction and rehabilitation of Lokoja Township road

75. Ijowa-Jege-Ife-Olukotun road

76. Ankpa Township Road

77. Provision of solar-powered streetlights in Lokoja

78. Many other road projects too numerous to mention that are in advanced stages of completion Education Education is at the top of the Thematic Areas of the New Direction Agenda. It is the best resource of any society and the bulwark for development and transformation. The administration has embarked on the following projects in the educational sector:

79. Ongoing construction of GYB Model Primary Schools across the 239 Wards of the state.

80. Remodelling of our legacy schools across the state to meet international standards.

81.. Construction of 50-bed capacity hostel at Government Girls Secondary School, Obangede

82.. Construction of Library Extension at Kogi State College of Education (Technical), Kabba

83. Completion of the hostel project at Government Science Secondary School, Icheke in Omala Local Government Area

84. Restructuring of the Ministry of Education and its agencies to guarantee a good education for the people of Kogi State

85. Several ongoing projects at the Kogi State University, Anyigba and the Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja Employment and Empowerment

86. Apart from the employment in Forestry and Vigilante service, the government has also employed health officers, law officers and other categories of the workforce.

87. The State Government has also set up a fund through which it has been paying tuition fees for indigent students across the state

88. Thousands of youth and women were trained and empowered through the Office of the Special Advisers to the Governor on SDG and Job Creation

89. The State Government has also sponsored the management of critical health conditions both at home and abroad. The fund has helped save many lives.

90.. Renovation of the State House of Assembly Complex, Lokoja. Today, the Assembly Complex can compete favourably with others around the country.

91.. Construction of the Kogi State Ministry of Justice Office Complex, Lokoja.

92.. Construction of the Kogi Revenue House.

93. Construction of the SDG House. Government Relations with Traditional Rulers The Administration of Alh. Yahaya Bello through the State Ministry of Local Government has been able to foster a robust relationship between government and the Royal Fathers. The following have been achieved:

94. Majoriy of the disputes relating to the installation of Royal Fathers have been resolved out of court.

95. Grading of royal stools has been regular, just and fair

96. Regular meetings of the Traditional Council to deliberate on issues that affect their people.

97. Robust relationship between the Traditional Rulers and aliens in their domains such as the Fulani, Tivs and many others. This has enabled peace and unity in the communities.

98. Amicable settlement consulted of communal disputes before they degenerate into a serious crisis.

99. The Traditional Rulers are and carried along in taking important decisions or formulation of crucial policies.

100. Renovation of palaces and royal institutions across the state.

101. An awakened sense of culture among the people as the government encourages cultural renaissance.

102. Unbanning of great cultural festivals in the Igala Speaking part of the state by Governor Yahaya Bello. Sports and Youth Development

103. The repackaging and enhancement of the state’s male and female football teams.

104. Provision of new buses for the sports teams of the state

105. Adequate funding of sports in the state.

106. The state has won many laurels in football, judo and other sporting events both in Nigeria and outside the country.

107. Kogi State under the New Direction agenda is fast becoming the home of Beach Soccer in Nigeria. We are the Champions of the 2018 Edition of Kebbi Beach Sallah Tournament.

108. The Handball Teams of the state are doing very well nationally and internationally. The recently won many national laurels and will be representing the country in some international competitions around the world.

109. The State Ministry of Youth and Sports have launched sensitization programs and campaigns against Drug Abuse, Cultism, Examination Malpractices and other societal vices across the three Senatorial Districts of the state.

110. The administration of Alh Yahaya Bello has transformed Lokoja from being the second dirtiest State Capital in Nigeria to become the second cleanest capital in the country with better roads and streetlights among others. A number of road projects across the state have been completed such as the Ankpa Township Roads while others are in advanced stages across the three Senatorial Districts.


http://www.nativereporters.com/kogi-2019-yahaya-bello-lists-110-achievement/

EmagNig:
A man has taken to social media to enlighten his followers on the new trick robbers use to snatch cars from people at public functions.Man exposes new trick robbers use to snatch cars at wedding ceremonies.

Read the expository post below:

I saw this somewhere and I feel I should share it with my followers, we should all be careful, criminals are getting smarter, we must be very vigilant too. May we not be the victims of armed robbers, one chance people and fraudsters.

In a wedding party or public gathering, robbers now meet the MC to make an announcement of a particular car, with registration number so so and so, blocking them. While you go out to move your car, some guys are waiting outside for you with a gun.

They know you have the keys of your car. You are then ordered to ride the car out of the compound with them inside already with you. Please, Do the following when your vehicle registration number is being called out at a social function or public gathering for your own safety:

1) Take your time before going out, don’t let anyone rush you.

2) Don’t go out alone, at least in company of two or more people, call your friends to go with you.

(3) Don’t go directly to where the car is parked, at least to confirm from a distance if you are blocking another car truly. Make sure there is a driver in the blocked car already before you go. Walk around as if you don’t know where your car is, check those around your car.

4) Watch your surroundings carefully before approaching the vehicle. When you’re sure that the environment is okay, remove your car and park properly. May God continue to keep and protect us from these criminals.

https://lailasnews.com/man-exposes-new-trick-robbers-use-to-snatch-cars-at-wedding-ceremonies/

blackslayer:
I made the calculation, thats slightly over 11% of the total he has made in 6 years. well, assuming that amount is after taxes . But yeah, it can depend on ones life-style as well, so his analogy is debatable at best.

yemmight:
Wetin this one dey talk. I have always said, I dont know the relevance of some of these Obas honestly.

NollyMedia:
Do you remember Kingsley Abasili who is popularly known as Pete Edochie's lookalike? He has found his way to Nollywood and featured in a Nollywood movie. He was spotted on a movie set with Gentle Jack, Labistar and other Nollywood stars. See photos:

Photos from: www.facebook.com

yemmight:
Ambode did really well but failed in managing relationship with the party bigwigs which is key.

afroniger:
Good. Maybe that would teach others like her not to abuse social media as a tool to try to damage a person's brand.

jesusjnr:
Breasts, Pen!s, Nipples, Hips, Ovaries, Sperm, Scrotum, Uterus, Vagina, Testicles, Ova, Vulva, Hymen, Clitoris, buttocks and em, em...

Are you still there?

If yes, how do you feel hearing or rather seeing these words?

If uncomfortable, awkward, uneasy and jittery etc., as if you entered the wrong place and about to take off, then there is only one word responsible for that feeling, and it is called lust.

Because all those things I mentioned there are normal things for there's absolutely nothing wrong with them, but it's only lust that makes them to seem otherwise and as though they were evil and of the devil, and meant to cause harm and damage.

For before the coming of lust into the equation of God's creation, it was said:

Genesis 1:31 (KJV)

And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

Now of course, I had to embolden the word everything for emphasis, for everything that God had made in the beginning inclusive of all those sexual and reproductive organs etc., i mentioned above was not just good in the sight of God but very good.

And that was not only so in God's sight but also the view of man and woman when God first created them, for all those parts were very good in their sight and that's why it was said of them:

Genesis 2:25 (KJV)

And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

So the reason they were not ashamed of those body parts, even though they were naked was because they didn't see it as evil or a bad thing but as a good thing.

Therefore it was a good thing until lust happened as it was said:

Genesis 3:7 (KJV)


And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

So that was the moment they began to see those said parts of their body as a bad and evil thing, and hence something to be ashamed of. And it was lust that was responsible for that change in their view about those said body parts, that the once good thing in their sight now appeared to them to be evil.

Of course lust was a consequence of their disobedience of the commandment of God, and it was so bad to the extent that even when God their Creator sought for them, it was said:

Genesis 3:8-10 (KJV)

And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, "Where art thou?"
And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.

So lust had made them to not only be ashamed of such body parts before themselves, for now extented the resulting shame to God their Creator, even the one who made those said parts of their body, that they were now hiding themselves from Him.

So it shouldn't be surprising the extent of the disappointment of their Creator to such a development that led Him to asked them this very question:

"...Who told thee that thou wast naked?..." Genesis 3:11 (KJV)

The simple answer to that question is, it was lust.

To be continued.

Michaelkings:
If you are still awake please quote me

dachilino:
The Akwa Ibom government has blamed the high rate of HIV/AIDS recorded in the state, on the influx of visitors.This came after the Nigerian HIV/AIDS Indicator and Impact Survey (NAIIS), revealed that the state has the highest prevalence rate of HIV in the country. The report which was released on March 14, in Abuja revealed that 5.5 per cent of the people living with HIV in Nigeria are in Akwa Ibom State, followed by Benue State, which has about 5.3 per cent prevalence rate.
Ban tourism.

However the Akwa Ibom government who reacted to the report, blamed the high rate of HIV/AIDS on influx of visitors coming for various reasons. The state's health commissioner Dominic Ukpong, who briefed reporters in Uyo on the state government reaction to the survey findings, said;

“The location of the state with a large coastal front of 129 Km stretching from Ikot Abasi to Oron, an airport, good road network, peaceful atmosphere, friendly disposition of our people, good cuisines and fast developing economy have made our state the destination of choice for both national and international visitors. All these are not without attendant public health consequences, like transmission of communicable diseases which HIV/AIDS cannot be excluded.

https://unclesuru.com/2019/04/13/akwa-ibom-blames-high-rate-of-hiv-aids-on-influx-of-visitors/

nairafame:
Nigerian Man Left Speechless After Spotting two gods of Our Land Who Are Chelsea Fans.

Watch full video as they dance inside the Chelsea outfit.
[b]Source: https://www.nairafame.com/2019/04/hilarious-two-masquerade-spotted.html

Khd95:
As long as sperm don swing thru ur walls auntie penetrate or not,u no be virgin

Wetin sperm sef don cause for this life when, ordinary surface release,he don swim go put guy man for trouble

I am sure the guy will swear with his father's blokos that he's not responsible for the pregnancy, after all"he didn't penetrate"

lawaljuliuss:
stop crying... Jumia has a return policy... just return it.... smh

Abidob:
And he eventually killed the innocent poor boy. May his soul Rest In Peace.. May we never be a victim of circumstance

grandstar:
Fantastic news!

Is sentencing them to prison not too harsh? If there's no option of a fine, three months eating presidential baked beans (that apparently is what they call the watery beans served at Alagbon) should suffice

Or 2 years with an option of fine of N200,000

vickayo:
@Gistvic.com

The Governor of Lagos State, Sanwo-Olu reacts to the death of Kolade Johnson who was killed by SARS stray bullet while watching Liverpool FC match on Sunday afternoon at Olu Aboderin Street, Onipetesi, Lagos State. Gistvic Reports.

Sanwo-Olu commended Police for their swift action into the incident.
Governor Elect...

He said:


Watch Video Of Kolade Been Rushed To The Hospital:

Source: https://www.gistvic.com/2019/04/sanwo-olu-reacts-to-death-of-kolade.html

ojun50:
Yr story long

you saw all this befor u guys got married bt wave it out because u love her, my broda u are in it already jst enjoy the marriage.

chinwe1960:
The Christian Association of Nigeria ( CAN) has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari over his victory at the presidential election, held last month.

The executive council of the association, numbering about 30 led by the president, Dr. Samson Olasupo Ayokunle met with the president at the State House, Friday.
Yeye CAN of worm instead of saying you want to go as usual you said some people are mounting pressure on you.

Speaking after the meeting held behind closed doors, Ayokunle said the association was not under pressure to congratulate Buhari.

He urged the president to comb the entire nation to pick the best for his cabinet and prayed that country witness meaningful development under Buhari.

Read more
Source : StateReporter News
http://www.statereporters.com/2019/03/29/can-congratulates-buhari-advises-cabinet-selection/

AutoReportNG:
e. Danfo

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The etymology of “Danfo” is enmeshed in controversy. “Danfo” or “dafo”. according to some sources, was derived from the tendency for commuters to sit separately, hence the expression “danfo gedegbe” (“alone” or “unattached.”)

Danfo is a minibus taxi that, like the molue and it emerged in the 1970s. The origin of the word “danfo” is not certain, but some say it means “hurry” in Yoruba.

The first danfo buses were Volkswagen Kombi buses which seat twelve passengers. Other models are the Volkswagen Transporter (popularly known as FEDECO after the Federal Electoral Commission of 1979-1983 which had a fleet of transporter buses), the Toyota Hiace, the Nissan Urvan, Mitsubishi L300, etc.

The danfo has become the main means of commercial transport in Lagos because of the fact that it plies virtually all bus routes.

After a spate of kidnappings in the early 1980s, the government decreed that all danfo and taxi drivers must be members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) and display their NURTW identity cards (which must contain their passport photographs) in their vehicles.

A ride in a danfo bus can be quite uncomfortable. Passengers are often packed together like sardines. Danfo owners usually add more rows of seats to the bus, (to make it a 14-18 seater bus) which leaves passengers with little or no leg room. Some drivers blare loud fuji music from huge loudspeakers that are placed beneath the seats. Some danfo buses have lost the padding that’s placed in the ceiling of the bus to insulate passengers from heat or their windows are permanently sealed creating a very hot and stuffy atmosphere within the bus.

At most bus stops in Lagos, there are women or young ladies who peddle illicit gin and other alcoholic brews which the drivers consume. The spirits from these alcoholic brews possess the danfo driver who takes off on a roller coaster ride, ignoring traffic lights, overtaking at bends and generally posing a danger to himself and other road users. Sometimes a passenger might unknowingly board a danfo bus that’s driven by one of these demon possessed fellows.

This, coupled with the fact that most danfos look like moving tin cans, means that other drivers must be wary of them. A danfo driver does not mind if his bus is scratched (the paint job is of poor quality anyway and the danfo is perpetually in need of a new coat of paint) or dented, since it already looks like a tin can, but the private car owner would not want his new Mercedes or BMW to suffer the same fate. Therefore, danfo drivers change lanes dangerously and are generally a danger to other road users.

Since the early 2000s the Lagos State Government has tried to reform or ban the danfo system. The Tinubu administration tried to ensure that danfo buses were well maintained by requiring them to pass a Ministry of Transport (MOT) test, but the danfo drivers went on strike to protest the policy and the government had to cave in to their demands when stranded citizens started complaining.

f. Federal Urban Mass Transit System

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In 1988 the Babangida Administration increased the price of petrol. This led to mass protests. In order to cushion the effect of the price rise, the government put in place the Federal Urban Mass Transit system.

Through this system, the Federal Government bought buses and distributed them to selected transporters and other organisations. The buses were high capacity buses (usually of the Mercedes Benz 1414 model). These buses were usually not painted in the Lagos State commercial colours of yellow and black, but in the colours of the organisation that owned the bus. For example, we had the Labour Mass Transit buses that were painted in the colours of the Nigerian Labour Congress.

A common feature with these buses is that they had “Federal Assisted Urban Mass Transit” written on them.

The Federal Military Government of General Ibrahim Babangida intervened in the chaotic public transit sector by launching the Federal Urban Mass Transit Programme (FUMTP) in 1988. The FUMTP was aimed at achieving the following objectives:

- Planning and advising on the implementation of the FUMTP at the federal and state levels.

- Providing financial, technical and project assistance to mass transit agencies at the federal and state levels, in addition to labour unions and commercial transport operators.

- Developing and issuing operating guidelines and private manpower training for the aforementioned operators.

g. City Bus

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Many people that were in Lagos close to 15 years will remember this era very well. This is when the Bola Ahmed Tinubu licensed the cross-country's City Bus to operate in Lagos. In 2003 the Lagos State Government decided to ban Molue and Danfo buses from operating in Ikoyi, Victoria Island and Lekki. The ban was the initial phase of a policy by which the government hoped to sanitize transport in Lagos. It was expected that the ban would subsequently be extended to other parts of the state. Hundreds of policemen and Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA) officials were stationed in Lekki, Ikoyi and Victoria Island to prevent danfo and molue buses from accessing those districts.

The government licensed City Bus, a company that was set up by Cross Country Limited, to carry out transport business in Ikoyi, Lekki, and V.I. Cross Country runs inter-state transport services.

City Bus boasted tie wearing graduate drivers and conductors and airconditioned and neat buses and minibuses. The buses were painted white, with the blue-white-black city bus logo painted on the sides.

However, it fares were way too high in some places and reasonable in others. For example, a bus ride from Obalende to Falomo cost 50 naira. The yellow and black danfo buses charged 20 naira at the time. There were also not enough buses.

Chaos ensued when agberos, who had been deprived of the money that they usually extort from danfo drivers and students of the Nigerian Institute of Oceanography and Marine Research, who could not get buses to go to school, attacked City Buses and damaged them. Commuters were stuck at bus stops because there were not enough buses. Huge crowds developed at the bus stops.

The government had to back down and allow the NURTW to create companies that would take part in the transport scheme. One of such companies is CMS Taxi and Motors Nigeria Limited (T&M), which runs a service, using buses that are painted green and white.

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Standards broke down. In terms of quality of service, maintenance of buses, etc, the T&M buses were no different from the black and white danfo buses. The only difference is that the T&M buses are painted green and white, while the regular danfo buses are painted yellow and black.

City Bus stopped running transport services because it did not make sense to compete against competitors that could charge low fares and use poor quality buses to ply the same routes. Instead, City Bus gave rights to regular danfo bus drivers to use buses painted in City Bus colours.

As a result of this policy, commercial buses that ply routes in Ikoyi, Victoria Island and Lekki are painted either green and white or white, while commercial buses that ply routes in the rest of Lagos are painted yellow and black. It is worthy of note that City Buses still run and operate in Lagos but under new management, they have fixed their prices to match with the teeming demand of the populace. They can be found virtually everywhere from Obalende to Unilag and lots more.

h. BRT Bus Transit

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The Lagos Bus Rapid Transit System, also known as Lagos BRT, is bus rapid transit system in Lagos State, Nigeria, which is owned by the Lagos Metropolitan Transport Authority (LAMATA).

The first phase of the Lagos BRT was opened on March 24, 2008, with 100 buses, although it was initially slated for opening in November 2007 (the initiative to build the system was initiated by the government of the previous governor, Bola Tinubu). It went from Mile 12 through Ikorodu Road and Funsho Williams Avenue up to CMS. At the time the BRT Corridor was 22 km in length.

One of the benefits of the BRT system is the physically segregated lanes.

The BRT system in Lagos is run on 3 models; (1) segregated lanes (2) priority lanes (3) regular bus service.

1) Segregated lanes: A concrete divider is erected on the road to section off one lane from the others. The sectioned off lane is reserved for BRT buses. This ensures that the BRT buses are not caught up in traffic jams.

2) Priority lanes: A yellow line is drawn on the road to demarcate the BRT lane. At peak periods (rush hour, etc) this lane is reserved for BRT buses. At other times any vehicle can use this lane.

3) Regular bus service: There is no segregated or priority BRT lane.

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The Lagos State Government maintains the BRT lanes, while concessionaires procure and maintain the buses.

Concessionaires on the BRT scheme include LAGBUS Asset Management Company (which is owned by the Lagos State Government), National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) Cooperative, Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), etc.

Concessionaires also make extra income via advertisements posted on the sides of the buses. Paid adverts are also played on the Flat screen TVs.

New routes have been opened including Yaba to CMS, Obalende to Ikorodu, Obalende to Ajah, Oshodi to CMS, Oshodi to Obalende, Broad Street to Egbeda, etc.

Some of the routes have segregated lanes (eg Yaba to CMS), while some use priority lanes (eg Obalende to Oshodi).

On Ikorodu Road, the introduction of the BRT system has led to restrictions on which vehicle can ply which lane. Danfo and molue buses are restricted to the service lanes, private vehicles can ply the express and the service lanes, while only BRT buses are allowed to ply the BRT lane.

In 2018, the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode roll out some new BRT buses to compete with others advanced city buses. The 5000 air-conditioned buses are said to eradicate Molue, Keke Napep in the state. The BRT buses of two types, the mini-buses and the longer ones.

We will decide not to talk about the Lagos Rail and Lagos Waterways as the will be featured in our subsequent edition

Credits:
Naija Chronicles,
Urban transport in Metropolitan Lagos since the colonial period
Life Magazine
Google Images
Lagos State Handbook 1987


Source:
https://www.autoreportng.com/2019/03/a-review-of-lagos-transportation-system.html

Islie:
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/03/were-under-pressure-to-congratulate-buhari-can/

iammo:



Some northern states actually protested for having 24/7 light without means of paying the outrageous estimated billing


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engeesbee:
A Sapele based man identified as Samuel Meyiwa Khalil has taken to his Facebook page to narrate what has really transpired between Success’ parents and Stephanie Idolor, the lady who recorded Success’ viral video, after she accused Success’ parents of being not appreciative.

On 24th March, Samuel Meyiwa Khalil visited Success’ mother to find out what has been happening and promised to share the details online. He wrote; Just left Little Success and her mother; took time to ask her salient questions on her purported rift with steph. Didn’t want to be part of those going to see them, but as a Sapele man, it is our duty to settle issues like this so Sapele wouldn’t be on the cyber space for wrong reasons…. Details Shortly……..

Hours later, he posted the updates as he promised. Read below.

THE STEPHANIE IDOLOR AND SUCCESS MOTHER’S STORY; A case Of Greed Taken Too Far..

Yesterday, i made a post accusing Success parents of being too greedy not to have accorded what belongs to Stephanie “the girl that did the recording” to her. Being that we all are sapele people, i got a call from someone who is a close associate and a family friend to success and her parents, and who also has been an integral part of the success story.

He came to my place, we spoke and took me to success mother. Unknowing to me that, Stephanie Idolor whom i was also agitiating for to be compensated had done a VIDEO with a Punch Reporter Theophilus Onojoghen who is also my very good friend, complaining to the world that she hadn’t gotten any financial gratification from success parents.

Narrating her ordeal, Mama Success said and i quote with whatsapp chat evidence, we have so far Given Stephanie #570,000, Stephanie only made the video to mock my daughter and myself, she wasn’t even the one that sent to instablog, it was her friend that resides in Asaba a Certain “Joyce Imofen” whom she sent it to, was the person responsible for the VIRAL VIDEO. THE INTRIGUING STORY

First, when Joyce posted the video on instagram ” Stephanie’s Friend in asaba” concerned Nigerians showed interest in supporting Little Success, and some requested Joyce account number, she gave, and the total money she received almost immediately was 70K, not knowing success parents, she called her friend, Stephanie to send her account number, which she did, she transferred the money so Steph could give it to Success mother, to her greatest Surprise, Steph Ate the money and gave success mother nothing. So, Joyce opted to speak with Sucess mother, because she had become the center of all eyes on instagram.

She got the account number from her friend and established relationship with Mama Success. Now, when Nigerians started appreciating success financially, Stephanie became angry and trouble ensued with success parents. She began to make outrageous demands that she had to ask Mama success to take her to ECO BANK BOYO ROAD, sapele where her account “Mama Success” is domiciled to go and check the account balance so they could give her her share.

Success mother being an ignorant woman took her there and discovered that about 700K had been paid, she withdrew 400K and gave to Stephanie, reason being that, steph had said the people involved were so much and she had had to settle everyone person involved. This time, she took the 400K and didn’t give the girl “Joyce” who blew the video a KOBO. She kept making demands, that at a point, she went to ECO BANK to demand the statment of account of mama success but the bank refused; when she discovered that the bank wouldn’t oblige, she went to mama success took her to the bank and almost forced her to open a JOINT ACCOUNT with baby Success so she could control EVERYTHING that comes therein. When this didn’t work, she granted an interview with Punch accusing Success mother of not being appreciative.

https://skynewsngr.com/stephanie-idolor-is-a-scam-sapele-man-who-visited-success-mom-narrates-what-really-happened/