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flimzy24:
very beautiful...at least dis could b used in road construction in modern day rural communities

hokafor:
Very nice, for some people that think black race is good for nothing

tdayof:
go through the history of yoruba again.

freeDR:
As a student living off campus in Ife, I saw remnants of such pavements alot on untarred roads. Then, I was curious about what they stand for.
Thanks for the thread.

ofesko121:
y wont him be dapper when they empty delta state accounts

Jay-Z Charity Work, Events and Causes

Jay-Z sent more than $2,500 worth of designer street wear to the Spring Hill Campaign for Adolescent and University Student Empowerment (CAUSE) in appreciation of their community efforts.

His November 2006 concert in New York city raised over $250,000 for PlayPumps International.

On August 9, 2006, he met with UN Secretary General Kofi Annan at the organization’s headquarters in New York. The rapper pledged to use his upcoming world tour to raise awareness of–and combat–global water shortage.

Also in 2006, he visited Africa and produced a documentary entitled Diary of Jay-Z: Water for Life.

He pledged $1 million to the American Red Cross' relief effort after Hurricane Katrina.

Charities & foundations supported

Jay-Z has supported the following charities listed on this site:

Artists for Peace and Justice
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
Global Poverty Project
GRAMMY Foundation
Keep A Child Alive
Music for Relief
PlayPumps
Red Cross
Robin Hood

More from: https://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/jay-z



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krak101:
Is it a mere coincidence abi dem relate?

gabicon:
It's quite unfortunate we are treating the saraki saga with levity, I hear agreements like others stole too why is it only him and my answer is the cure to madness starts from one pill, persecution or not the man is a thief who has robbed not this generation but that yet unborn we got weak social amenities in Kwara, yet our medical doctor govonor owns mansions all over the world, we care not to ask what for of business appart for government is he involved in. I weep for posterity, how long will we fail to create a future for her.

unlaw:
Nonsense!!!
In as much as i hate what Nigeria political class have done and are still doing to this Nation-State, I think tinubu and other corrupt politicians should go down aswell if saraki should. There should be no selectivity in the fight against corruption and Buhari should respect court orders and release N. Kanu. Until this happen, Buhari has not sincerely started fighting corruption in Nigeria.

scribble:
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Dollarization Of The APC Primaries: How Amaehi Vanquished Atiku #saibuhari

The blogosphere was inundated with reports of the excessive sharing of dollars at the All Progressives Congress which took place during the latter part of last week.

One APC supporter and Special Adviser to Osun Governor on Environment, BolaIlori had blown the scandal open after he saw the beginning stages of the dollarization in action.

He took to his Facebook page and scribbled, “Crazy things are happening here!!! Some of these cannot represent the change Nigeria is yearning for. Excessive dollarization by one of the aspirants to is to say the least obscene. I have been involved in political process for decades now, I have never witnessed this volume of raw dollarization of party primaries. I only read about this kind of things in PDP primaries. A question been asked by conscientious delegates is that whoever can be giving out between $2000 to $5000 to…delegates certainly does not represent the kind of change Nigerians want…those who contributed to the pauperization of Nigeria now revel in dollarization… majority of Ondo delegates are still standing with Buhari but have been reduced from 85% to 70% within 24 hours…the remaining has gone with dollars ooo.!!!!!”

One has to wonder how Buhari was able to win the primaries in this era of stomach infrastructure where dollars are like the Biblical manna that God sent down from heaven to nourish the Israelites as they made their way to the promised land.

Sources close to the APC with knowledge of the way the Primaries unfolded have revealed that it was Rivers State Governor, Amaechi who flew back to Rivers State and returned to Lagos on Thursday morning with enough dollars to make Benjamin Franklin blush.

It has been revealed that Atiku offered the delegates $5000 each, but Amaechi doubled it to $10000 a pop. Thus turning the tables in favour of General Buhari.

Since his adventure into the APC, Amaechi has gone out of his way to prove himself a party loyalist, always the first to shoki or azonto at the many events the APC holds, which he himself is usually the chief sponsor.

According to party insiders, Amaechi has overtaken Tinubu as the major financier of the party. One does not need to wonder why he is always at President Jonathan’s throat over misappropriated oil wells or other such business. Anything that diminishes from the State’s coffers will have a ripple effect on his funding budget for the APC.



Joe Francis wrote in from Port Harcourt.


http://www.theheraldng.com/dollarization-apc-primaries-amaehi-vanquished-atiku-saibuhari/

Felide:
Senate President Bukola Saraki #Respect is a fighter and a true politician.I see him surviving this and putting his detractors to shame.#Respect

Intrepid01:
If you really understand politics, you'll know that APC chairman's recent interview and statement on Saraki's case has shown that the party chiefs have already concluded on his case. They have decided to use him as the SACRIFICIAL LAMB. I can't blame the party though, he put himself in the arms way. Desperation brings destruction. We know they are all thieves, yes we know. But the party's position reign supreme.

tuale4u:
u nailed it.
Saraki is being Notorious not famous

sammyj:
Saraki is the litmus test and will serve as the yardstick for corruption crusade in Nigeria! !!!

PhockPhockMan:
But Buhari, in the document titled, ‘I pledge to Nigeria’ had also said that all his political appointees would only earn salaries and allowances as prescribed by the Revenue and Mobilisation and Fiscal Allocation Commission.

He said, “I pledge to publicly declare my assets and liabilities, encourage all my appointees publicly declare their assets and liabilities as a pre-condition for appointment. All political appointees will only earn the salaries and allowances determined by the RMFAC. I pledge, as Commander-in-Chief, to lead from the front and not behind in the comfort and security of Aso Rock, to boost the morale of fighting forces and the generality of all Nigerians.”

http://www.punchng.com/news/buhari-vp-fail-to-declare-assets-publicly/

Gaddafithe2nd:
God bless you Sir for this comments. Many of them don't know that IMF uses loans to enslave countries.

alizma:
if u are a farmer who cultivate yam and needed to take loan to buy fertilizer and u are faced with this two lenders which one will you go for?
lender A will give you the money at the end of the season you will take the yam to the market, sell it and bring his money to him while
lender B says you don't need to take part of the yam that worth his money to the market to look for buyer just access it base on the market price and hand it over to him. which of the two will you go for?

blazetitov:
This is simply disgraceful. abeg, who get the number of the Sinator representing Ondo Central. I need to remind him of where he is coming from.

Larryfest:
We just dey shout Buhari!! Buhari,bt wat abt the govt of d state in which dis killings ar carried out,cnt dey provide good security for der citizens? Must d president av a say in everytin?....dis gov beta compensate d family wela

Firefire:
Mohoomodu Buhari is a tyrant, a BIG bigot and sectional leader.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/11/day-lam-adesina-clashed-with-buhari-marwa-others/

http://thenationonlineng.net/how-lam-prevented-another-civil-war/



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henryhemon:
Where did pdp non cluelessness land us as a nation? Abeg shift make we talk better thing. If pdp were wise Nigeria wouldn't be in deep shit.

Obasanjo endorses APC moves, as party leadership visit Abeokuta
22.Dec 2013

The push by the opposition, All Progressives Congress, APC to dislodge the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP received a boost yesterday as former President Olusegun Obasanjo openly threw his weight behind the APC’s current initiatives.
The APC leadership, comprising some national leaders and governors visited him Obasanjo in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital on Saturday to solicit the former president’s support for the party in the forthcoming elections.
The party leaders, which started converging on Obasanjo’s Hilltop Mansion around 5:22pm, included former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the party’s Interim National Chairman, Bisi Akande; former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari; former speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Masari; former Borno State governor, Senator Ali Modu-Sheriff; Senator Osita Isunazor; Senator Bukola Saraki and Lai Mohammed.
Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State came to the former president’s house in company with the former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commissioin, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu; the former minister of aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode and others in a convoy of three black jeeps.
Other APC governors at the meeting included Rochas Okorocha (Imo), Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun), Abdulfattah Ahmed (Kwara), Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers), Rabiu Kwankwaso (Kano) and Senator Abiola Ajimobi (Oyo).
The Chairman of the New PDP, Kawu Baraje led some of his members and the former Kaduna State Chairman, Yero Makama, to the meeting.
Presenting the party chieftains and the APC governors to Obasanjo during the opening of the meeting, Akande said the party was in support of the former president’s 18-page letter to President Goodluck Jonathan.
The APC National Leader, Tinubu who alluded to Obasanjo’s contribution to the building of the Nigerian nation, lamented that the country was divided more than ever.
Apparently referring to Obasanjo’s recent letter to Jonathan, he enjoined the former president not to shy away from speaking the truth.
Tinubu added that the APC had resolved to rescue Nigeria, appealing to Obasanjo to lead the mission.
“You’ve come out of tribulation and held the highest position in this country. We are here because of your courage. Nobody can say he has information more than you. You have surmounted a number of crises. Nigeria is divided more than before; to realise stable Nigeria, we want to encourage you to continue to speak the truth. We’re resolved and determined to rescue Nigeria. We want you as navigator,” he said.


Source: http://newmail-ng.com/new/obasanjo-endorses-apc-moves-as-party-leadership-visit-abeokuta/

...F A C T.. C H E C K ...

'Obasanjo and Atiku in 8 years built one UNIVERSITY each for themselves....Bells and ABTI.
They built NONE for Nigerians.

Jonathan and Sambo in 4 years built 14 (FOURTEEN) new universities for all Nigerians.
NONE for themselves.

NOTE: OBJ and ATIKU are now consultants/sponsors/piloters/members of APC....



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Bimpe29:
APC, a divided house against itself. No matter what's happening to Saraki now is directly and indirectly having effect (adverse) on our national lives considering the sensitivity of his office as SP.
This is a carelessness of APC as a party, lacking direction and purpose.
Just leaders of the 2 houses of National Assembly APC was unable to install, as democratically as possible.
Now masses are being held to ransom as a result of APC clueless. Many things revolves round National Assembly, it is not an institution you can play with, the way it is being toyed with by APC led administration.
Saraki is an alleged criminal and unfortunate scape goat.

Yksoul:
SARAKI,YOU WANT TO DESTROY YOUR POLITICAL CAREER AND NIGERIANS SHALL REMEMBER YOU FOR THAT CCT BILL MANIPULATION

priceaction:
Even with that, after obj left , we are back to it again, yet you and me keep feeling it. Either you like it or not, we will survive this. China loan is better because this is not cash loan. It is like trade by batter. You develop our infrastructures, and it is monetized it and we do natural resources swap with you. Let us try something different in this country and we will see different results.

Go and read what Greece and some other countries under IMF are facing now with their small populations. Many kids these days that refuse to do research and follow latest news but only interested in insults just for small portion of ekiti free rice.

We don't need so called loan

Bootybuttchic:
ttthis days many of you on nairaland sound like illiterates,your lives have been damaged by hatred.....i woukdnt be surprised if ur lots have never even had a job in ur lifes.....dont u have self respect enough to think before u type rubbish due to hatred!...you hate nigeria,hate buhari,just leave....its simple,ghana is there.......mathred mor!ons......better still create a forum to show your hatred.....every single day,one woukd hardly even learn a thing from this nairaland unlike before,animals and not kids are the ones this forum is filled ul with every hour of the day,they just senseless jargons from their gutters! ....... i wonder what seun has been doing,nairaland is a brilliant job/outcome,but it must speak of intelligence for it to keep existing.....like what are the mods doing!....not all posts should be allowed to stay or appear even on front page.......i swear the best thing to have happend to nairaland is sexkillz! and i will keep saying that!

peace out!

alizma:
what you don't know is that China buys oil from us in large quantity, Nigeria can decide to settle her loan from China in exchange for its oil but what do we sell to the IMF?

GMB‬ Speech While Addressing Nigeria Community In The United Kingdom.


I Will Maintain a modest lifestyle as President -Muhammadu Buhari.

“One of the major killers of our economy apart from corruption is waste. Our scarce resources are being plundered away very carelessly and unnecessarily wasted. Let me give an instance, presently, there are more than 6 aircraft in the presidential fleet. What do you call that? Billions of naira is budgeted every year for the maintenance of these aircraft not to talk of operational cost and other expenses.

You may want to ask what a Nigerian President is doing with so many aircraft when a Prime Minister of Britain fly around using the same public aircraft like an ordinary Briton.

Go and check and compare with that of any developed country in the world, the office of the Nigerian President is a very expensive one inspite our high level of poverty, lack and joblessness. Despite all these, you still find a Nigerian Minister spending about N10billion to charter an aircraft for just one year. Now, for me, when we come into office, all these waste will be blocked and properly channelled into our economy. We intend for instance, to bring back our National carrier, the Nigerian airways. [size=14pt]We shall do this by bringing all the aircraft in the presidential fleet into the Nigerian airways[/size] and within a year increase the fleet into about 20.


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datribune:
There ar still a few men of honour like Senator Marafa in dat assembly of thieves.

marv1:
Thats why looters will continue to loot. Why does the law not forgive a nobody that stole a chicken, a laptop or wrist watch rather than sending him to jail. Nigerians are too sentimental and tribalistic. I hope sentiments and tribalism will not kill nigeria.

Firefire:

‘A budget that moves domestic spending in Aso Villa from N580m to N1.7bn cannot be a budget of change’

Abuja – Sen. Eyinnaya Abaribe (PDP Abia South) on Wednesday in Abuja, berated the 2016 budget and called on President Muhammaduu Buhari to withdraw it and go back to the drawing board.

Abaribe while making contributions during the consideration of the budget, said the proposal was faulty on many grounds and could not be implemented at it was.

He said that predication of oil benchmark at 38 dollars per barrel when the crude oil price had fallen below 30 dollars per barrel made the budget unrealistic.

Abaribe faulted the government for increasing spending by 30 per cent based on borrowing.

“Mr President, my colleagues, this budget is indeed unique. After the budget presentation, the finance minister has never come to explain the details of the budget as it is normally done.

“It is a budget of change I agree, but it is a change in the wrong direction. I say it is a change in the wrong direction because it says that it is based on zero budgeting requiring all expenses to be fully justified.

“Mr President, a budget that increases spending up to 30 per cent based solely on borrowing, in what way are we justified? That is the question we want to ask the people who brought this budget.

“We know what is going on in the global economy: this budget is predicated on an oil benchmark of 38 dollars per barrel and I can now say that with oil being 28 dollars today, this budget is dead on arrival.

“The job of the opposition is to help the government to get its priorities right, so I want to please urge this government to withdraw this budget and go back to the drawing board,” he said.

The senator also faulted the adjustments made in the budget as well as allocation for spending in the Aso Rock Villa, saying that it was too exorbitant.

He said that the adjustments rather than reduce spending in areas where they were not necessary only spread it into different offices.

“Mr President, a budget that moves domestic spending within Aso Villa from N580 million to N1.7 billion cannot be a budget of change.

“We were told that in the revised budget there was an adjustment due to error, we agree but what has happened is that up to N7 billion were moved from buying vehicles and spread to offices.

“It also increased the spending that is due to renovations within the Villa.

“They are going to renovate the Villa with N3.9 billion: what else do you want to renovate there that Nigerians will see in the Year 2016?” he asked.

However, in his contribution, Sen. Ahmed Lawan (APC Yobe North) blamed the previous administration for the lack of funds due to the embezzlement witnessed in previous governments.

He said that this was the 17th budget he would be debating as a legislator and noted that not more than 40 per cent implementation was achieved in the last 16 years.

“The proposal before us is the first budget where the executive has deemed it necessary to give ordinary Nigerians genuine hope.

“N500 billion allocated for school feeding and social SAFTEY NET is commendable.

“It is time to say oil should not continue to play dominant role as we have suffered economically and politically: it is time to diversify this economy.

“The direction of the executive is the way to go. `That is, we should make every effort to have the real sector-agric mining and manufacturing.

“The budget deserves the support of everyone, including my colleagues on the other side. When we were in the opposition we supported the PDP, they should support us,” he said.


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http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/01/602809/

seunmsg:
Sahara Reporters is a very responsible and patriotic platform that is doing a great job of exposing and fighting corruption in Nigeria. All reasonable Nigerians who abhors corruption should commend their patriotic service to the nation.

If Nigeria will develop to the level of her potentials, all hands must be on deck to fight corruption. Platforms like Sahara Reporters who are in the forefront of this battle must be supported by all patriots.

PhockPhockMan:
But Buhari, in the document titled, ‘I pledge to Nigeria’ had also said that all his political appointees would only earn salaries and allowances as prescribed by the Revenue and Mobilisation and Fiscal Allocation Commission.

He said, “I pledge to publicly declare my assets and liabilities, encourage all my appointees publicly declare their assets and liabilities as a pre-condition for appointment. All political appointees will only earn the salaries and allowances determined by the RMFAC. I pledge, as Commander-in-Chief, to lead from the front and not behind in the comfort and security of Aso Rock, to boost the morale of fighting forces and the generality of all Nigerians.”

http://www.punchng.com/news/buhari-vp-fail-to-declare-assets-publicly/

Flashh:
The difference... Buhari went there for something important, while Fayose went there to play.

kellybently:
See ur role model