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AngelicBeing:
l will arrest them and try them for kwarruption , l just arrived from England, l am recuperating, getting daily massage, eating suya and onions, once l am fully rested, l will try them for kwarruption, they are not the owners of Naijeriya

tawa89:
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has expressed regrets that he did not become the president at a younger age as there is a limit to what he can do at the age of 72.

He made the assertion on Monday while addressing members of the Nigerian community in Johannesburg, South Africa, where he also vowed that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will "kill" corruption in the country.

The president, who recalled his times as state governor, petroleum minister and military head of state, also explained that he repeatedly contested the presidency because of his belief in the practicability of conducting free and fair election in the country.

He expressed confidence in the unity of the country, saying that even though there are some 'crazy' people who talk about the disintegration of the country, the country will never break up.

Buhari stated: "How I wish I became Head of State when I was a governor, just a few years as a young man. Now at 72, there is a limit to what I can do.

"But what brought me there I think mainly is because I love this country. I was in the war front for 30 months during the civil war. I lost a lot of loyal people to me, I lost relatives. A lot of Nigerians did too.

"We lost about two million Nigerians just to keep Nigeria one. So, nobody should come now and tell us rubbish. We are going to remain one country. God has given us another opportunity to reorganise this country. Those who work hard, the society will pay them back."

He said he had been told that there were 83 Nigerians in South African jails, disclosing that he would discuss the matter with President Jacob Zuma during his planned visit to Nigeria in the near future.

Buhari also revealed that he would inquire from the South African president about the whereabouts of the $9.7 million the Goodluck Jonathan's administration had transferred to South Africa for the botched arms purchase.

The president added: "I refused to speak from this draft speech because I wanted to speak to you from the bottom of my heart. Please, keep Nigeria's pride close to your heart, make sure you behave yourselves. If you find yourselves here, obey their laws. Where you don't obey their laws, you will have to bear the consequences.

"I'm told they are 83 Nigerians in prison, I don't know what they have done but I spoke to the President of South Africa this afternoon. He wants to come to Nigeria. There are issues he knows to talk about, I will certainly talk to him.

"I hope our ambassador will send a comprehensive report about the court cases, about those who lost properties during the disturbances and at that time, I will attempt to ask him about our $9.7 million which was not correctly transferred."

http://tribuneonlineng.com/content/theres-limit-what-i-can-do-72-buhari

HungerBAD:
Nothing special.

There are Igbo's holding plenty of elective Positions in Lagos. From the House of Assembly to Vice Local Government Chairmen.

Or is there a reason why other tribes can't contest or hold elective Positions in the East?

frisky2good:
Noone has been arrested and prosecuted so far but if you are caught with one cup of crude oil it is economic sabotage.

HardMirror:
So I am a member of BMC and I opened a thread to call out sarrki, omenka and the rest for they way they "asslick" buharis ass?

HardMirror:
I have seen a lawyer lend his client 500k. It is over 3 years now, she has been unable to payback and the case is still in court (N40m at stake with other properties).

And when I did my IT training I was the one paying for my upkeep, while I had friends who were handsomely paid by the companies they worked for. Cos to be honest IT is work here in Nigeria and most of us worked for free and were over used sef.

HardMirror:
And buying a car for daniella okeke another known olosho.

HardMirror:
I have worked for a laywer before. Infact he was involved in the Asa's case when she was accused of being a lesbian. There are cases you don't charge money for as a laywer because it is a high profile case especially when big compensation is involved. Did you miss the part were they demanded N500million in damages? Is that not money?

And who told you Nigerians don't or won't do volunteer work they believe would boost their CV? So you think Nigerians are so bad they don't do volunteer work?

HardMirror:
I have worked for a laywer before. Infact he was involved in the Asa's case when she was accused of being a lesbian. There are cases you don't charge money for as a laywer because it is a high profile case especially when big compensation is involved. Did you miss the part were they demanded N500million in damages? Is that not money?

HardMirror:
So you don't know people do volunteer work to build their experience?
Lol. Smh.

islandmoon:
what is so special about this matter, people bang people everyday, if he banged you, why are you publicizing it?

women are so shameless! and so? what a gold digger!!

Chrisharry:
All these wahala because Suileman spoke out against the killing of Christians! There is God o! Thiis wouldn't stop me from speaking out next time.

ossy10:
The central bank governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has been exposed on all his ordeals with a lady-Maryam Waisu Yaro. please I donot have enough energy to tell the story here. please, visist naijagists.com and get the details yourself.


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dainformant:
​According to her, she is just fighting for her right because he must have done this to other women and got away with it.

HardMirror:
Too many kids on nairaland. If you were not a kid, you would know the most expensive lawyers would do high profile cases for free, because that is how they build their name. You the client is actually giving them more than most of their clients would pay. Thru such cases they become more popular.
And a lawyer would not allow his client make the claims otobo has made if they don't have evidences, else his career is finished and his client would so rot in jail.

sweatlana:
Failure of promise of marriage is an offence! Make enquiries

ossy10:
The central bank governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has been exposed on all his ordeals with a lady-Maryam Waisu Yaro. please I donot have enough energy to tell the story here. please, visist naijagists.com and get the details yourself.


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dangwarmai:
Try not to remain a problem to our dear nation. this is what Yaradua started even before Jonathan and is now completed by Buhari. May God bless all of them.

sarrki:
Enemies of state can you see?

The Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, has stated that he never knew that the railways means of transportation still existed in Nigeria.

Amaechi made this remark on Tuesday when he and other officials of the ministry toured facilities of the Nigeria Railways Corporation, NRC, in Lagos.

He disclosed the intention of the Federal Government to concentrate on building standard gauge railway lines that would be beneficial to the country’s status as a developing economy.

His words: “In fact, I think we have a problem; most people don’t believe that the railway transport is functioning in Nigeria. I didn’t even know, until I started this tour, I never knew that the railway was functioning, it was even from his (MD’s) speech that I learnt that there are some coaches or services that go to Kano or Port Harcourt or elsewhere.

“The federal government will concentrate on standard gauge of the railways, because it is critical that Nigeria becomes one of the countries founded on standard gauge. The only time I had seen railways (trains) or the coaches was one or two days in Lagos, and I thought it started from the beginning of Lagos to the end of Lagos.

“So we need to make people become more aware that the narrow gauge is working, and that people can still use it to travel around that country. There was a joke somebody told me that it takes three days to reach Kano from Lagos on the narrow gauge, and when I asked the managing director of NRC, he said no, it takes one and half days; I said: ‘what’s the difference between three days and one and a half days?’ So that is why the government has to re-emphasize on the need for the construction of the standard gauge to help boost the economy,” the minister stated.

http://dailypost.ng/2015/12/16/i-never-knew-railway-transport-still-existed-in-nigeria-amaechi/

hotspec:
So moving tomatoes with train for 38hrs from Kano to Lag is Progress?
When d same quantity can be moved by by Trailers in less than 14hrs.
Moving Cargos from Apapa or PH or Warri to Inland Ports in such hours would have been a PROGRESS as it will drastically decongest those already over-stretched ports, and many jobs will also be created.

forward or onward movement toward a destination.


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stinggy:
Now we are beginning to think smart. The Kano-Lagos rail has never been shut down for the whole 58 years so I wonder why no one thought of this safer and more effective means of moving produces.

GEJ did well on railways but that particular route has always been active (passenger and cargo coaches) since my childhood so if you would give praises, start from the regime that built the tracks.

Can Nigeria's renovated railway unite north and south?
13 February 2013


The railway linking the economic powerhouse of Lagos and the conflict-hit north of Nigeria has reopened after more than 10 years. The BBC's Will Ross made the 31-hour train journey and asks whether the train line can help unite this divided country.

Nigeria's railways are making a comeback after virtually grinding to a halt.

The first sign of progress is the reopening of the long defunct rail link between Lagos in the south and Kano in the north.
"This is my first experience on a train since I was at school in the early 1990s. I heard about it through BBC Hausa service so I'm giving it a try," says a Lagos-based businessman, as the train rumbles along at a steady 45km/h (28mph).

"Credit to the government, although we need a better service," he says.

Lagos to Kano rail map

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Another passenger shrugs at the 1,100km (685 mile) journey to see his relatives in Kano. He will have just more than a day with his family before having to catch the weekly return service.

"This is a development. I once spent five days travelling by train from Lagos to Kano. The engine would be removed from the train and it be taken for a service whilst we would stay on board," he says.

The state-owned Nigeria Railway Corporation says the rehabilitation of 1,126km of track has cost 24bn naira (£98m; $153m).

With a one-way ticket starting from 1,930 Naira (£7.50; $12), it is far cheaper and, some say, safer than travelling by road.
"Last year an armed robber attacked us on the road. There was shooting but thank God we escaped. I feel safe on the train," says passenger Bukola Ogunbanjo.

En route, we pass abandoned relics of the once thriving railways - rusty, dilapidated carriages and goods wagons as well as crumbling stations.



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The scene at Minna Station in Niger State



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sarrki:
For destroying the economy or what ,

eazydon:
At my backyard in Aba. our own train over here is very real. 2 times in a day it vibrates the ground.


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Can Nigeria's renovated railway unite north and south?
13 February 2013


The railway linking the economic powerhouse of Lagos and the conflict-hit north of Nigeria has reopened after more than 10 years. The BBC's Will Ross made the 31-hour train journey and asks whether the train line can help unite this divided country.

Nigeria's railways are making a comeback after virtually grinding to a halt.

The first sign of progress is the reopening of the long defunct rail link between Lagos in the south and Kano in the north.
"This is my first experience on a train since I was at school in the early 1990s. I heard about it through BBC Hausa service so I'm giving it a try," says a Lagos-based businessman, as the train rumbles along at a steady 45km/h (28mph).

"Credit to the government, although we need a better service," he says.

Lagos to Kano rail map

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/media/images/65754000/gif/_65754868_lagos_rail.gif



Another passenger shrugs at the 1,100km (685 mile) journey to see his relatives in Kano. He will have just more than a day with his family before having to catch the weekly return service.

"This is a development. I once spent five days travelling by train from Lagos to Kano. The engine would be removed from the train and it be taken for a service whilst we would stay on board," he says.

The state-owned Nigeria Railway Corporation says the rehabilitation of 1,126km of track has cost 24bn naira (£98m; $153m).

With a one-way ticket starting from 1,930 Naira (£7.50; $12), it is far cheaper and, some say, safer than travelling by road.
"Last year an armed robber attacked us on the road. There was shooting but thank God we escaped. I feel safe on the train," says passenger Bukola Ogunbanjo.

En route, we pass abandoned relics of the once thriving railways - rusty, dilapidated carriages and goods wagons as well as crumbling stations.



https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/media/images/65754000/jpg/_65754739_lagos4.jpg
The scene at Minna Station in Niger State


More from: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-21364541

AngelicBeing:
When will your friend Buhari provide cheap / subsidize housing to the masses, you campaigned for him during the electioneering period as a member of his national housing policy and he assured us of cheap and affordable housing, where is it because l am still sleeping on top of Zuma rock, bitten by mosquitoes daily

Mambox:
You are right, the Lagos infrastructural masterplan was designed under Tinubu while Aregbe was works minister. Implementation was pretty low cos the govt was frustrated by the Obj govt and had to aggressively pursue a robust IGR model which successive govt reaped heavily from.

Aregbe 's only miss was perhaps designing projects with same robustness as Lagos with no foresight into a possible dwindle in resources handed down from Abuja. All in all, he remains the most vibrant, energetic, committed and sincere gov among his peers.

Yar’Adua orders release of seized Lagos LG funds

A few days after President Umar Musa Yar’Adua reportedly ordered the cancellation of the controversial sale of the Port Harcourt and Kaduna refineries, he has directed the Accountant-General of the Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Dankwambo, to immediately release to Lagos State government its seized local government funds amounting to N10.8 billion.

A few days after President Umar Musa Yar’Adua reportedly ordered the cancellation of the controversial sale of the Port Harcourt and Kaduna refineries, he has directed the Accountant-General of the Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Dankwambo, to immediately release to Lagos State government its seized local government funds amounting to N10.8 billion.

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo had ordered the withholding of almost N33 billion of the state’s local government funds over the creation of local government areas. Although the state later reverted to the original 20 local government areas,[b][/b] while converting the new ones to development areas, Obasanjo only ordered the release of a part of the money. He refused to obey the order of Supreme Court for the release of the funds.

Read more: http://nm.onlinenigeria.com/templates/?a=10360&z=17#ixzz4bNFpaZiY

Teawhy2011:
I hope HND/BSC graduates will be earned more than others?

hardywaltz:
Copy and paste

Not applicable in Nigeria

Treasuredlove:
my dear, it is not about the title of the position, it's about how moral, how well paying. Some graduates have gone to work in places like lekki as housekeepers for as much as 40k per month where they get free housing and food, the wise ones saved up for businesses, while some private school graduate teachers get 8k a month and they still have to pay bills

ta4ba3:
Ambode is working.. haters are hating... fvck political party vote for personalty not party.... EKO ONI BAJE OO

CONSTITUTION OF THE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
1999

Fourth Schedule
Functions of a Local Government Council

1. The main functions of a local government council are as follows:

(a) the consideration and the making of recommendations to a State commission on economic planning or any similar body on -
(i) the economic development of the State, particularly in so far as the areas of authority of the council and of the State are affected, and
(ii) proposals made by the said commission or body;
(b) collection of rates, radio and television licences;
(c) establishment and maintenance of cemeteries, burial grounds and homes for the destitute or infirm;
(d) licensing of bicycles, trucks (other than mechanically propelled trucks), canoes, wheel barrows and carts;
(e) establishment, maintenance and regulation of slaughter houses, slaughter slabs, markets, motor parks and public conveniences;
(f) construction and maintenance of roads, streets, street lightings, drains and other public highways, parks, gardens, open spaces, or such public facilities as may be prescribed from time to time by the House of Assembly of a State;
(g) naming of roads and streets and numbering of houses;
(h) provision and maintenance of public conveniences, sewage and refuse disposal;
(i) registration of all births, deaths and marriages;

(j) assessment of privately owned houses or tenements for the purpose of levying such rates as may be prescribed by the House of Assembly of a State; and

(k) control and regulation of -

(i) out-door advertising and hoarding,
(ii) movement and keeping of pets of all description,
(iii) shops and kiosks,
(iv) restaurants, bakeries and other places for sale of food to the public,
(v) laundries, and
(vi) licensing, regulation and control of the sale of liquor.

2. The functions of a local government council shall include participation of such council in the Government of a State as respects the following matters -

the provision and maintenance of primary, adult and vocational education;
(b) the development of agriculture and natural resources, other than the exploitation of materials
(c) the provision and maintenance of health services; and
(d) such other functions as may be conferred on a local government council by the House of Assembly of the State.


Source: http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/documents/ConstitutionalMatters/1999Constitution/FourthSchedule.html

anonimi:

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Uploaded on Oct 30, 2011
This is a mobile phone video of the announcement of PDP as winners of the Badagry Central Local Government Elections with over 7000 votes. LASIEC Chairman, Justice Adeyinka later announced a different result. The lady speaking in the video is the LASIEC Returning Officer for Badagry Central on Saturday 22nd October, 2011.

Henrydone:
Men take a look at legs ponds in middle of Anambra street, your vehicle have to be streamlined to move through them

yetunde01:
This is a place in Lagos, Jimoh-Akowonjo, 30mins rain and everywhere is flooded. Where is the Government?



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