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Tinted glass permit is free, don’t pay any
one – IG of Police The Inspector General of Police (IG), Mr
Mohammed Abubakar, has said. that
obtaining permit for the use of vehicles
with tinted glasses is absolutely free. Speaking on Friday at a meeting with
Assistant Inspectors-General of Police in
charge of the 12 zonal commands in
Nigeria, Abubakar said the process of
“obtaining tinted glass permit is free of
charge, and there is no amount of money written there for anybody to pay.” According to hiim., “Motorists should not
allow any policeman, anywhere to subject
them to paying charges that are not
officially, legally and legitimately stated.”

Allah sarki allah ya jikan ka luqman

Nigerians have rejected the
inclusion of rotational presidency,
immunity for the President and
governors as well as state police in
the ongoing amendments to the
1999 Constitution.
They also kicked against the
clamour for resource control by oil
producing communities and the call
to raise the derivation principle
from the current 13 per cent to 20
per cent.
These views were in the collated
results of their views on the
amendment, made public by the
House of Representatives in Abuja
on Thursday.
The results came from the People's
Public Sessions conducted in the
360 Federal Constituencies on
November 10, 2012 by its Ad-Hoc
Committee on Constitution Review.
The committee, headed by the
Deputy Speaker of the House, Mr.
Emeka Ihedioha, produced a 43-
item template for the public
sessions, drawn from the
memoranda submitted to it by many
individuals and interest groups in
the country.
According to the results, Nigerians
neither want the presidency to
rotate between the North and the
South nor between the six
geopolitical zones.
On a question, "Should a provision
be inserted in the constitution for
the rotation of the Office of the
President between the Northern
and Southern parts of the country",
80 constituencies voted 'Yes', while
275 voted 'No'. Five were
undecided, making 360.
Similarly, 147 constituencies
supported the rotation of the
office between the six geopolitical
zones, while the majority of 210
opposed it. Three constituencies
were undecided on the issue.
At the state level, the results
indicated that Nigerians did not
want the office of governor to
rotate between the three
senatorial districts either. One
hundred and eight-one
constituencies voted against the
proposal, while 175 supported it.
Four constituencies were
undecided.
However, they supported retaining
the present two-term tenure of
four years for president and
governors in the constitution.
They also rejected immunity for
the President, Vice-President and
Governors when it relates to
criminal offences.
However, they backed immunity for
the affected political office-
holders on matters relating to "civil
proceedings while in office".
Two hundred and twenty-five
constituencies supported amending
Section 308 of the constitution to
allow immunity to cover "only civil
proceedings", while 132 opposed it.
Nigerians also rejected the
contentious issue of state police,
according to the results.
The majority of 307 constituencies
kicked against amending Section
214 (1) of the constitution to
establish state police. Fifty-three
constituencies supported state
police.
On resource control, voters
rejected a proposal to "implement
the practice of federalism that
allows states to control up to 50 per
cent of their resources and pay the
remainder to the Federation".
While 123 constituencies supported
resource control, the majority of
236 constituencies opposed it. Five
others were undecided.
Other contentious issues voted on
included financial autonomy for local
government councils, independent
candidature, voting rights for
Nigerians in the Diaspora and
parliamentary versus presidential
system of government.
At the presentation ceremonies on
Thursday, the Speaker of the
House, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal,
promised Nigerians that they would
respect their views while
considering the results.
He stated that the review process
would continue to be "transparent",
adding that the House was open to
criticisms and further suggestions.

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Hmm wedlocks of the gods

Just passing by

That's my chairman

This Is it

Security Tips:
1) What shld a woman do if she finds
herself alone in d company of a
strange male as she prepares to
enter a lift in a high-rise apartment
late @ night?
Experts Say: Enter the lift. If you
need to reach the 13th floor, press
all the buttons up to your destination.
No one will attack you in a lift that
stops on every floor.
2) What to do if a stranger tries to
attack you when you are alone in your
house, run into the kitchen.
Experts Say: You alone know where
the chili powder and turmeric are
kept.And where the knives and plates
are. All these can be turned into
deadly weapons. If nothing else,
start throwing plates and utensils all
over.
Let them break. Scream. Remember
that noise is the greatest enemy of a
molester. He does not want to be
caught
Amshi
3} Taking a Taxi at Night.
Experts Say: Before getting in2 any
vehicle at night, note its registration
number.Then call ur family or friend
& pass on the details to them in the
language the driver understands.
Even if no one answers your call,
pretend U are in a conversation.The
driver now knows some1 has his
details and he will be in serious
trouble if anything goes wrong. He is
now bound to take U home safe &
sound. A potential attacker is now Ur
de facto protector!
4}What if the driver turns into a
street he is not supposed to - and
you feel you are entering a danger
zone?
Experts Say: Use the handle of your
purse or your scarf to wrap around
his neck and pull him back. Within
seconds, he will feel choked and
helpless. If you don’t have a purse or
scarf just pull him back by his
collar.The top button of his shirt
would then do the same trick.
5} If you are stalked at night.
Expert Say: enter a shop or a house
and explain ur predicament. If shops
are not open, go inside an ATM box.
ATM centers always have security
guards. They are also monitored by
Close Circuit television.
Fearing identification, no 1 will dare
attack U.
Please spread it 2 all d women (&
men) U care abt & spread awareness

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I jst Notice that Life is too short to
commit suicide cuz In the year 2002
nokia
3310 was N75k with N40k econet
simcard
today its N700 and the sim is
free..
In 2003 samsung c100
was N48k and I must recharge
with atleast N1500 airtime every
two weeks or else my sim willbe
blocked..
today its N800 and I
dont even need to recharge to
retain my sim {customers are
needed}...
In 2004 sendo x with
camera and 16mb memory card
{one of the
cheapest mp3 enabled phone back
den} was N39k today its free...
In 2006 sagem my v55
was N30k today its going for
N300....
2008 nko blackberry
bold 2 was N135k today
blackberry is no more producing
new bold 2... so London used na
N15k.. U can get 9ja used for
N6k...
Amshi So my friend, if u neva dey use
blackberry porch, htc smart
phones, android, ipad, iphone,
playbook or nokia 808 no just
worry.
Just wait and see coz before 2015
our children go dey use dem as
toys.,
be patient.

Hmm

President Goodluck Jonathan
insisted yesterday he has yet to
decide whether to seek a fresh
presidential term in 2015, in
reaction to recent reports of
subterranean campaign launched by
Presidency's foot soldiers.
The issue of whether the President
will run has become a politically
explosive subject because of the
reported pledge he made in the run
up to the 2011 election that he was
standing for one term only.
Recent reports said Jonathan's men
have been working behind the scene
to set up campaign structures,
implying that the President has
already made up his mind to run.
In a statement in Abuja yesterday,
presidential spokesman Reuben
Abati said Jonathan would like to
be left alone in the 2015 calculus as
he was focused on matters of
state.
"President's Jonathan's stated
wish to be left alone to focus on
delivering on his promise of good
governance and national
transformation without unnecessary
distractions should be respected,"
Abati said.
"Political jobbers and their
collaborators in the media should
stop heating up the polity with
baseless speculations and
falsehoods revolving around
imaginary plans and schemes by the
Presidency for the 2015 elections."
An anonymous advertorial has been
running in the papers recently,
under the heading 'We, the people',
saying Jonathan has the
constitutional right to stand for re-
election.
Also, a newspaper report at the
weekend said a 21-member
committee has been set up by
Jonathan's associates to consider
the viability of the President's
2015 ambition.
"This is totally untrue and without
any basis in reality," Abati said in
the statement.
"As he has truthfully declared on
several occasions, President
Jonathan has not yet taken a
decision on whether or not he will
seek re-election in 2015 and has
therefore not mandated any
individual, committee or
organisation to start working on his
behalf for the 2015 elections."
Abati also disowned the purported
Jonathan campaign posters, as well
as a governorship candidate in
Anambra State who run a
newspaper advertorial creating the
impression that he has been
endorsed by the President.
"The Presidency has also observed
what seems to be an emerging
trend whereby persons with their
eyes fixated on political
opportunities in future elections are
beginning to use President Goodluck
Jonathan's name to promote
themselves and their vaulting
ambitions.
"It was clearly in this regard that
some unscrupulous persons began to
print 2015 campaign posters with
President Jonathan's photograph
whereas the Independent National
Electoral Commission is yet to
announce the commencement of
campaigns and political parties are
yet to conduct any primaries for
the selection of candidates," the
statement said.
"For the benefit of the unwary, the
Presidency emphatically states that
President Jonathan has not
endorsed any candidate for any
position whatsoever ahead of the
2015 general elections neither has
he commissioned persons to start
campaigns for his own candidature.
"As a leader who respects the rule
of law, President Jonathan respects
the fact that there are laid down
procedures, defined by INEC and
the political parties, for the
selection of candidates for any
election.
"As a law abiding citizen, President
Jonathan will not engage in any act,
symbolic or direct, that runs
counter to laid-down procedures. As
a loyal party man, he will equally not
do anything that will amount to the
usurpation of the party's
structures and powers to conduct
primaries and choose candidates for
elections.
"We therefore disown the claims
and allegations of Presidential
endorsements or the
commencement of 2015 campaigns.
The general public and affected
stakeholders are advised to be
wary of the kind of opportunism,
misrepresentation and mischief
that usually arise ahead of elections
in general.
"The Presidency seizes this
opportunity to warn all 2015 political
office seekers, and their sponsors,
friends or collaborators, to desist
from unconscionable exploitation of
President Jonathan's name in the
service of jaded antics of self-
aggrandisement, promotion and
positioning."
One term only
Although elections are two years
away, the issue of Jonathan's
candidacy has come to the front
burner of political discourse, stoked
by Niger State Governor Mu'azu
Babangida Aliyu's recent statement
that the President had agreed with
governors in the ruling Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) in 2011 that
he was going for one term only.
Jonathan's aides denied any such
agreement. During his 2011
campaign, Jonathan was quoted to
have told an audience of Nigerians
in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia that he
was standing for a single term only.
But the President's lawyers have
repeatedly told courts in Abuja
that he has the constitutional right
to seek re-election, in response to
suits challenging his eligibility.
One of the cases has been decided
in the President's favour, while the
second is still being heard by the
Federal High Court in Abuja.
Amshi
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You are nice in bed

Aliaune Damala Badara Akon
Thiam (born April 16, 1973),
professionally known as simply Akon,
is a Senegalese American R&B and
hip hop recording artist, songwriter,
record producer and businessman.
[1] He rose to prominence in 2004
following the release of "Locked
Up", the first single from his debut
album Trouble.
He has since founded two
successful record labels, Konvict
Muzik and Kon Live Distribution. His
second album, "Konvicted" received
three nominations for the Grammy
Awards in two categories, Best
Contemporary R&B Album for
"Konvicted" album and Best Rap/
Sung Collaboration for "Smack
That" and "I Wanna Love You".
He is the first solo artist to hold
both the number one and two spots
simultaneously on the Billboard Hot
100 charts twice.[2] Akon has had
four songs certified as 3x platinum,
three songs certified as 2x
platinum, more than ten songs
certified as 1x platinum and more
than ten songs certified as gold in
digital sales. Akon has sung songs in
other languages including Spanish
and Hindi. He was listed by the
Guinness Book of World Records as
the #1 selling artists for master
ringtones in the world.
Akon often provides vocals as a
featured artist and is currently
credited with over 300 guest
appearances and more than 35
Billboard Hot 100 songs. He has
worked with numerous performers
such as Michael Jackson, Eminem,
Snoop Dogg, Whitney Houston, Bone
Thugs-N-Harmony, Gwen Stefani
and many more artists. He has had
five Grammy Awards nominations
and has produced many hits for
artists such as Lady Gaga, Colby
O'Donis, Kardinal Offishall, Leona
Lewis, T-Pain.
Forbes ranked Akon 80th (Power
Rank) in Forbes Celebrity 100; in
2010[3] and 5th in 40 Most
Powerful Celebrities in Africa list;
in 2011.[4] Billboard ranked Akon
No. 6 on the list of Top Digital
Songs Artists of the decade.
Akon was born in St. Louis, and
spent much of his childhood in the
West African country Senegal,
which he describes as his
"hometown." The child of a dancer
mother and a percussionist father,
Mor Thiam, Akon learned to play
five instruments, including drums
and guitar and djembe.[6] At age 7,
he moved with his family to Union
City, New Jersey,[7] splitting his
time between the United States
and Senegal until settling in
Newark, New Jersey.[6] Growing up
in New Jersey, Akon had
difficulties getting along with other
children. When he and his older
brother reached high school, his
parents left them on their own in
Jersey City and moved the rest of
the family to Atlanta, Georgia.[8]
Akon has stated in interviews that
his full name is Aliaune Damala Akon
Thiam and that as a Muslim, he has
never drank alcohol or smoked.[9]
although there is some ambiguity
and debate about Akon's legal name
and birth date. Akon is usually
credited as Aliaune Thiam.[10][11]
In addition to the longer form,
Amshi
Akon's full name has been reported
both as Aliaune Badara Thiam and
Alioune Badara Thiam[12] and the
former was used on an official
document issues against the rapper
by the county of Dutchess, New
York.[13]
In regards to his birth date, Akon
is very protective of it, which is the
reason many media outlets have
reported incorrect dates. However,
legal documents released by The
Smoking Gun list Akon's name as
Aliaune Damala Thiam and his date
of birth as April 16, 1973.[14]

We wish Akon a happy birthday here on Nairaland

I don't know

Hmm

You see ur life always talking abot the bad site of 9ja

Life is really sweet if you can always
pray faithfully like a ROMAN, speak
fluently like an ENGLISH, kiss
perfectly like a FRENCH, spend
expensively like an ARABIANS, drive
extensively like a GERMAN, dress
glamorously like an ITALIAN, party
endlessly like a CARRIBEAN,love like a Spanish run
tirelessly like a KENYAN,
manufacture profusely like a
CHINESSE, fight colossally like an
IRAN/PAKISTAN, explore
painstakingly like an AMERICAN,
associate with amshi cheerfully like
an
ISRAELITE, play purposefully like a
BRAZILIAN, adore gracefully like an
INDIAN; but ALWAYS THINK
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like
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a
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"N*I*G*E*R*I*A*N"
Good people great nation

H

Dzallika min ayatil LAh

Seun: Which Ikechukwu is this?

Former mohits artist wth dbaanj

Na u sabi

To serve nigeria with all my strength s help me God

niger i hail thee one mans food id another mans poisn

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borno govnor is doing better

American pop star Beyonce and
rapper husband Jay Z visited
Havana last week on a cultural trip
that was fully licensed by the
United States Treasury
Department, according to a source
familiar with the trip.
Beyonce and Jay Z celebrated their
fifth wedding anniversary in the
Cuban capital, where big crowds
greeted them as they strolled hand
in hand through the city and posed
for pictures with admiring Cubans.
The longstanding U.S. trade
embargo against Cuba prevents
most Americans from traveling to
the island without a license granted
by the U.S. government, though
President Barack Obama's
administration has eased
restrictions on travel to Cuba for
academic, religious or cultural
programs.

honeric01: Ok, any foul play?

One of the worst i watched in along time i even regrated watching d game so many offsite freekicks and yellow cards we surely need to improve around hear in africa

were does he get d money to travel frequently he has not released a album recently

dis is how a ghanian is supposed to look