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uyakachi:
ONLY 42 STUDENT

Add S to that student. You need to attend language workshop too.

Theblessed:
[b]This is sad!  For a family to tear themselves up this way, is really sad.

Satan will always try to destroy anything good God has made and, he usually succeeds through a weak  (i.e. physically, mentally, emotionally, psychologically and spiritually weak) family member, it's a pity. But, with God everything is possible! Just have faith in him you will triumph!

We all understand that this essay here is not only touching but heart breaking however, we also know that there are two sides to every story, don't we?  Dora has not said hers yet. Therefore, we reserve our judgement.
And for those who criticise the write-up above, take it easy in your criticisms!  Remember, this family is going through emotionally and psychologically traumatic phase in their lives, for them to come here to open their hearts to the world is a cry of desperation.

Perhaps through years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes and, seconds of time had tried to make peace among themselves but failed woefully thus, decided this is the only medium to get each others attention to that end therefore, cease your criticisms and stop adding salt to injury.  For it does not pay anyone to kick someone who is already on the ground, does it?HuhHuh? So, sympathise with this family's plight instead of helping to destroy it with silly remarks on here.

This family is emotionally, psychologically and spiritually suffering, just help with your God driven advice and support the best you can, please!  Yes, they hadn't ask for our help on here but a person created by God, you naturally have it in you to help others in whichever way you can so, do it in order to save the lost souls in this family.
The devil is at work here and we should all try to stop satan and his agents in his destruction of this family via our godly and peaceful advice/support.


For my support, I suggest this family first of all seek spiritual help and that's the only way to destroy satan and his people.  Seek God first, take your problems to him and he would resolve it! Seek help though his highly spiritually gifted and humble Apostles (not those that made/call themselves bishops please, no!) There are many highly gifted Apostles in the world today, you don't look for them but beware of the wolves out there too!!!!! That's all I can say and may God bring eternal peace to your family in Jesus Name, Amen!!![/b]

Give me a break. Once again, Nigerians are blaming it on the devil. One day the devil will sue you people for defamation. This is just a simple case of a nephew who prefers to hang with his inlaw because he dey bring light more than Dora. Dora Akunyili was known at UNN as professor follow procedure and people like that don't last in corrupt Nigeria.

deb:
This happens alot when people get into power. Dora probably isn't giving them contracts and all other undue benefits
that some people think they can just get when a family member ascends to a position of power.

Gbam. That is all there is to it.To them, she is a waste of space as no fringe benefits are coming to them from her. She may ask them to go and apply like any other citizen for job positions. This is a woman who returned $16k govt money due to her for treatment abroad.

seanet02:
CAPITAL YES!!!, why wont i called myself a Good Muslim just because i tell you what is the Holy Book, Islamic lwas prohibit any form of association with Alcholic products in every sense be it revenue collection or drinking or even aiding alcholics

Do you drink or abet the distribution and sell of alcohol?

seanet02:
its a known issue, even as am talking Lagos state is in the supreme court about this issue, all this states collect VAT revenue directly from the FG yet they refuse to tell the FG to remove the revenue accruing from Beers and alcholic before sending the remaining to them, is that not cheating, as a Muslim i think this is wrong, Saudi never practise rubbish like this. while reapingwhat you dont sow

Will you call yourself a good muslim?

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Go see it because it is a damn good movie.

@blacksta: you mean if I dash you Linda now, you no go jump up and thank our God for his numerous blessings?

Travelista:
May his soul rest in peace. Maybe him being a corrections officer ties in to his death?

Maybe.

Ok I get it. Now can somebody answer my question?

seanet02:
yes it was me, but under islamic laws, you should not be associated with beers in any form even in revenue collection from beer sellers, yet Kano, katsina, zamfara, kebbi and all this Sharia practising states are collecting VAT on beers from the revenue, it is against Islamic lawy.
hopes you got that right

Do you have proof that they collect levies on alcohol?

seanet02:
yet they collect billions of naira monthly as VAT ON BEERS AND ALCHOLIC DRINKS, ISNT THIS MADNESS NN CHEATING

VAT is collected by the FG. Were you not the guy who ran to the mosque last Friday for fidau prayers?. Why are you against a holy islamic practice like this or are you an islamic hypocrite?.

agitator:
And yet they aren't exposed to rule the country well.   But some kids going to enjoy themselves for one week will have enough exposure to turn around the fortunes of the country. 

Oh! I  for nigeria.

Don't waste your sweat. Babapupa is paid by Fashola's govt  to support his govt's agenda online  while you provide your rebuttal for free. lets see who will get tired. His reason was the same thing Obasanjo gave Nigerians when he hosted Africans[including South Africa] to an expensive owambe party in 1977. Festac like he claimed was for the future generation to understand the rudiments of culture and how it will help them grow. See where we are today after Obasanjo's multi million dollar Festac.

oyb:
otedoal probably has some hand in this. daft prick has ruined ap, he probably thinks with dangote and ndidi out of the way, the valueless shares may see some appreciation

Don't accuse the innocent man if you are not sure. The fired duo had problems with leadership and Ndidi is at the tail of her tenure. How did Otedola get roped into this?. yes, he has the ambition to get there but accusing him of influencing their sack is a bit too far.

www.nairaland.com/attachments/301855_somali_police_jpg4df9808146a83535a96ca21b5f7e99d9
Beer & ogogoro smashing police

Roflmao 
_{the girl on the left look like teeepeeahs last daughter except she has no tribal marks}. 

[size=14pt]Islamic police smash 80,000 beer bottles in Nigeria[/size]



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AFP/File – An advertising for Gulder beer a Nigerian Breweries' drink, owned by the Heineken group in Nigeria. …
Tue Aug 3, 4:24 pm ET


KANO, Nigeria (AFP) – Islamic police smashed 80,000 bottles of beer in the Nigerian city of Kano on Tuesday to enforce a sharia law ban on consumption of alcohol that exists in much of the country's north.
Over a dozen veiled female sharia police, called Hisbah, destroyed the beer bottles with sticks amid shouts of "Allahu Akbar" (God is Great) on the outskirts of the northern city in a ceremony.
The ceremony was attended by government officials as part of "efforts to rid the state of immorality," said Kano state Hisbah chief Saidu Dukawa. Kano city is the capital of the state by the same name.
"The sale and consumption of alcohol, like all forms of drugs and intoxicants, is illegal in Kano state, which practices sharia law and by this event we are enforcing that ban," Dukawa told AFP.

Thirteen trucks brought the bottles of beer to the venue.
The alcohol had been seized at the weekend by sharia police as the bottles were being delivered to the city from the mainly Christian south, where most of the country?s breweries are located, Dukawa said.

Although the sale and consumption of alcohol is banned in Kano state, beer trucks find their way to taverns in the predominantly Christian Sabongari neighbourhood, which is practically exempt from sharia law.
Since 1999, when Nigeria returned to civilian rule after years of military dictatorship, around a dozen states in the predominantly Muslim north have reintroduced Islamic sharia law, though it has been selectively applied in many cases.
Nigeria is Africa's most populous nation, and roughly half of the 150 million population is Muslim.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100803/wl_africa_afp/nigeriareligionislamalcohol

Katsumoto:
Since lagosians have started singing the praises of Fashola, many other non-Lagosians have started beefing the guy. There has been a concerted effort to turn public opinion against the man. Fashola is the governor of Lagos state, and ONLY and I repeat ONLY lagosians, have the right to criticise him and they should do it in a civil and open manner and not in a cowardly manner through the pages of newspapers and through the Internet. Anyone that wants to criticise Fashola, should go and criticise their own governors first and request the accounts and notes to the accounts of expenditure.

Kilode? Is Fashola the only governor in Nigeria or is Lagos the only state in Nigeria? Fashola has sent these kids on a learning curve, anyone who doesn't like it should go and jump in the lagoon. Let the citizens of the other states who are complaining here, go and query and criticise their own governors first.

This is not a rant at you Debosky.

So Nigeria is now a confederate nation?. Only Oyo indigenes have the right to criticize akala abi?. I didn't know that when Nnamani was under constant scrutiny by Reuben Abati. Is Abati from Enugu state?

bawomolo:
sjeezy is dating precious?

Something a little bigger than Precious. Her name is Oturugbeke!

Katsumoto:
Are the Chinese telling the Americans and British that America and Britain are better than China by sending their kids to American and British business schools on state funds?

Sending kids to school abroad is a different ball game. As a matter of fact, I will not object to sending professional Lagosians to workshops that has substance with immense value which we don't have access to in Nigeria. After all, companies send their staff to RSA, UK, US, etc for Engineering, IT or medical workshops but sending toddlers to RSA for leadership workshop is ridiculous. My opinion is they can host the workshop locally, save the money they are exporting to RSA for teh health of our economy.

Nigerian leaders do this rubbish all the time. So, it didn't start with Fashola. Was it not first ladies or LG chairmen in Nigeria who tried to flow into UK en masse for a leadership workshop some 2 years ago before the British embassy gave them the boot?. How about that?.


For your information: One can do 10 yr apprentice for Mandela, Mbeki, Blair, Bush, Gandhi, Clinton etc and still end up a thieving leader. Our problem in Nigeria is not the method of leadership, rather it is our immorality and the ease at which others give us the nod when we commit atrocity because their egunje is assured. BabaPupa is a case study and when you have people like that who promote corruption and irresponsibility at the wake of few naira in their pockets, we have a problem.


Also, when maverick leaders like Bola Ige[God bless his soul] was there, who cared to learn his leadership principles from him?. Did Fashola care to invite the likes of Wole Soyinka or Achebe to talk to these kids?. You think they will gain more from Maputo Mulewewe in South africa than they will gain from an Achebe or Soyinka in Nigeria?. Yet that same Soyinka is invited by the so called South Africans to deliver lectures in all kinds of workshops. Una sorry o.

babapupa:
How many governors are letting kids take over their seat for one day and participate in council and executive meetings?

What is the big deal in that?. Shiot, their kids sit on their bench all the time. How did that change the price of amala?

Kobojunkie:
Are these exchange programs(travel included) at the expense of the STATE or the individuals signing up for the program?

Ask them o. Fashola used money budgeted for the education of thousands of kids to do owambe for 42 kids and his apologists are here going rogue for him. E go better.

Ibime:
I was wondering myself. . . . whats so technical about leadership training that it cant be carried out in Naija?

You get time to reply babaPupa who sold his soul to lagos govt for peanuts. the next thing he will do now is rain abuses on you. It's not as if this kids are going for oil technocrat training or International "electricity" engineering conference, rather they are attending conference and any college graduate can hold that conference. If what they are teaching there is different and spectacular, send 2 adults to witness and get their curriculum, design it at home and let them have it.

Bottom line: fashola's wife must have a hand in this and it is all about money. the cost of the trip will be quadrupled in due course. Rogues in power.

Katsumoto:
I don't get some of the comments on this thread. Education is not just about the classroom; it is also about exposure to unfamiliar environments. What if the standards that Fashola is trying to expose these kids to is higher than what can be obtained in Nigeria? I don't think anyone should be complaining about some kids gaining international exposure when there are rogues in political offices who spend public funds to take their kids, wives, and girlfriends on international expeditions at govt expense.

So we shouldn't complain about small rogues because there are bigger ones in Abuja?. This is the reason why Nigeria is the easiest country to loot. You didn't get your own education by galivanting the world. If he wants to expose them, take them around Nigeria and if what you wish to show them ain't there, make effort and bring those things there. Yes so many kids both in Nigeria and abroad travel expensively at the expense of their parents but this ones are travelling at the expense of tax payers. You and I know that the workshop they are going in RSA is batu. How much do you think this exercise cost?. Shouldn't it be better to spend the same amount at home and educate about 1000 lagos children?.

Use your common sense and not BabaPupasense for he is paid to type rubbish here. I am sure Fashola is not paying him up to N50K a month to obtain this type of unalloyed loyalty and sycophancy from him.

[quote author=bk.babe97y link=topic=485429.msg6512886#msg6512886 date=1280954616]This convention we attending in Houston. . . . Do I bring my own food or is there gonna be free dishes like most Nigerian parties? Im asking cus, if we gotta get our own human meat. . . . I gotta start trying to look for a few fattened chics to deceive into following me to our Ibo gathering![/quote]You better bring your food and drink. You know igbos being your enemy, they may try to poison you there. Mekus and Ezeuche will be ushers there and the moment they set eyes on you, you are a goner. Also remember to bring your own girl so they don't set you up with an igbo fat babe who will claim you ra/ped her

[quote author=Okija_juju link=topic=490704.msg6512536#msg6512536 date=1280950676]He was telling to photographer to cut out his stomach.[/quote]Lol

I think they consider population density. Chicago and Houston are the 3rd and 4th most populated and largest cities in the US respectively.

chosen04:
The idea is great. Its just that most of these gatherings dont serve any ''MAJOR'' purpose towards  the 'emanicipation' of the Igbos  apart from justing helping participats formalise. These conventions should serves as an awaking call for the Igbo nation, until that is done it will even be achieving less purposes than the numerious YOROBU social clubs.

What emancipation do igbos need?. What emancipation do young professional igbo kids doing well in America need from you or Nigeria?. Why are you trying so hard to tie this with Yoruba social clubs?. If you must compare social clubs, why not compare it with Igbo social clubs like the peoples club of Nigeria?. What has that got to do with Umu igbo congress where participants are barely 35 years of age?.

I ask you for the last time what you want them to do in their meetings. May be Ezeuche and co will learn from you. You have avoided this question for the 4th time, and its very alright to say I don't have any suggestion, I was rather being sarcastic.

Africa Film Festival makes debut in Port Harcourt
08.04.2010
Wednesday, August 4, 2010


Organisers of Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) have said the event will hold from December 1 to 5, 2010, in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.The festival is a platform that seeks to give expression to players in the African film sector by recognizing and rewarding excellence in the industry.The organisers have released guidelines for the submission of film entries which closes on August 13, 2010.Creative Director of the festival, Peace Anyam-Osigwe, said the five-day event would become the annual appointment of global filmmakers on Africa’s soil, comprising film screenings in cinemas, a technical training series aimed at raising local industry standards; business sessions and networking opportunities; film exhibition and the launch of a unique film and equipment market that would encourage and grow content and equipment trade out of Africa and form global partnerships.


http://odili.net/news/source/2010/aug/4/217.html



Anyam-Osigwe said practitioners in the industry who wish to enter for the various categories are required to follow the entry guidelines posted on the AFRIFF website www.africafilmfest.com.

According to her, eligible films must have been produced after January 1, 2009 and preference would be given to films which were yet to be screened globally or in Africa, adding that the categories included feature, short, documentary and animation.

The theme of the festival’s maiden edition, “Africa Unites”, will bring together both local and international film makers, celebrities, actors, directors, film buyers, distributors, visual artists, film students, amateurs, film lovers and the media.


Communications Consultant for AFRIFF, Celine Loader, said the festival had started receiving international coverage to ensure global participation, including a special focus on AFRIFF in the Cannes Daily Edition of the influential Hollywood Reporter in May 2010.

“We want the film industry in Africa to compete favourably with its global peers and so we are activating a comprehensive communications strategy with a global outlook that will achieve sensitization across the world,” she said.


Commenting on the choice of Rivers State as the host venue for the event, Commissioner for Culture and Tourism Marcus Nle-Ejii said the state is known for its rich heritage in arts and culture, adding that staging AFRIFF in the state would help towards achieving its developmental objectives.

NUC withdraws licences of two varsities
From Bukola Olatunji in Abuja, 08.04.2010
Wednesday, August 4, 2010


The National Universities Commission (NUC), withdrew the operational licence of the Ondo State University of Science and Technology, (OSUTECH), Okitipupa, for failing to take off, two years after it was issued a provisional licence to do so.



http://odili.net/news/source/2010/aug/4/210.html



NUC, at the end of an emergency management meeting also announced that the University of Education, Ikere-Ekiti has a week to put its house in order or go the way of OSUTECH. The university was said to have submitted fictitious claims to obtain its approval.

The Commission’s decision has been communicated to the visitors to the two institutions, Governors Olusegun Mimiko and Olusegun Oni, respectively, by the Executive Secretary of NUC, Prof. Julius A. Okojie.


In Mimiko’s letter, dated August 3, 2010 NUC said it was concerned that OSUTECH had not commenced academic activities since it was formally recognised in 2008. Also the request for increase in admission quota for 2009/2010 by Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba-Akoko, Ref. AAUA/VC/14/03/VOL.V/04, dated October 26, 2009 informed the NUC that all application forms of OSUTECH candidates had been sent to Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko to be absorbed.

“This however was not in order. Having waited for two academic sessions, with no activity taking place, it has become obvious that the university is not ready to commence academic activities.

“Consequently, the commission hereby withdraws the recognition granted OSUTECH in 2008 until the university shows verifiable evidence of readiness and capacity to commence academic activities”

Oni’s letter read in parts: “Though the non-commencement of academic activities has been attributed to the seeming misunderstanding on the location of the institution, the Commission has noted that the infrastructural facilities submitted along with the application, and upon which the NUC recognition was granted have been found to be unavailable for the institution at its present

location.



“This was verified by the NUC Investigative Panel that held consultations with stakeholders on the matter. The hostility to staff and students at the proposed location of the university is a serious challenge which the NUC cannot ignore.



“Consequently, the Commission has resolved that if, by 15th August, 2010 the proprietor of the University of Education, Ikere-Ekiti is unable to meet the conditions under which the recognition, to operate as a degree-awarding institution was given in January 2008 and regularise the anomalies found by the Fact-Fining Team, the Commission’s recognition of your university would be withdrawn.”



NUC's recent threat to withdraw the licence of the Ladoke Akintola University of Science and Technology, Ogbomosho led to the quick resolution of the crisis between its owners - Osun and Oyo State governments.

chosen04:
ISI KOTE EBU . . . . . . . . .

A convention without a blue print?

I have been to so many of such conventions . . . . .

Igbo world day
Igbo congresses
Various Igbo days in different places

. . . . . . . . .Do you know that even the governor of Lagos State is decided in most of those Yoruba Social Clubs?

Yet, Igbos meet year in year out without having any blue print or having a stand point on national issues.

Just count me out of this years convention, till  .  . . . . .  .   . .

Is that one of the agendas you wish they start before you attend?. Of course, the Yoruba social clubs will decide who will be governor before election: no be una Nigeria?. You Nigerians find it difficult to function in a progressive society . If things are not going the fraudulent way you so desire like deciding who will be a democratic governor before an election, it is not worth it. You forgot that the crowd the umu igbo unite is attracting has different mindset. Some of them will be looking at you like you are from the moon if you start talking about zoning and choosing who will be the next governor of Aba state before election. Please make una try and limit that yamayama fraudulent thinking to Nigeria. Our nation is in dire need of help from collapse because of behaviors like that.

Meanwhile, you have never told me the contents of the blueprint. Since the organizers are here, they may learn from you and add it to their schedule. It is only when you tell them and they refuse to adhere to your advise that you will have the right to spite them and not before.