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There are soooooooo many MUGUS on this forum and in our country at large I swear, chai.
The prosecution closed ITS case is different from they closed THE case. Therefore the case is NOT abandoned rather it is for the defence to make its own submissions including calling any witness it may have.

When the case was mentioned on Thursday, the prosecution counsel, Mr Festus Keyamo, through a letter delivered by Mr Vitalis Ahaotu, informed the court of the closure of [size=14pt]its[/size] case.

The defence counsel, Mr Wale Akoni (SAN), did not object to the letter by the Prosecution.

He, however, informed the court of his intention to file a no-case submission to the charges against his client.

Consequently, Justice Rita-Ofili Ajumogobia gave the defence 21 days within which to file their application before the court and ordered the prosecution to respond within seven days, on receipt of the process.

She adjourned the case till Oct. 28 for adoption of final written addresses.

Why are we so easily MISLED by people who feed us LIES, DISTORTIONS and PROPAGANDA
Why are we so CLUELESS
Any chance to redeem ourselves from our MENTAL SLAVERY

Could this be an OMEN for Ogbeni's ambitions for a second term- that it will also collapse just like the building

Mcponpin: HmmM

Is that a picture of the collapsed school building?
Source please!

Fake source = Fake story.

Op, get a life please and stop peddling lies.


Modified/updated.

OP, sorry I just searched Vanguard and found the right link:

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/07/newly-completed-school-hall-collapses-osun/

Can we have more pictures please form those in Ejigbo/Osun state or who have contacts there

Drniyi4u: The OAU Students Union reiterates its stance against cultism and state sponsored assault and repression. Hence, in respect of the July 10 remembrance of the OAU 5 that were gruesomely murdered on 10th July,1999 by cultists and elements of state oppression, the following are the events slated by the leadership of the Union for the day:
1. Press engagement @ NUJ Correspondence Chapel by 12 noon immediately after the NUJ Congress to receive more press coverage.

2. Candle Light procession and exposition on the July 10 saga by some past union leaders.

Procession moves from Awo to SUB. Awo hall so designated being the scene of the killing .Exposition holds at SUB.

ALUTA CONTINUA...VICTORIA ASCERTA..

I hope the exposition includes PICTURES and items from the sad night to VISUALLY remind people of what happened.

Merci OP d'avoir ouvrir ce thread.
Pour mes compatriots Francophille qui sont deja francophone ou sont sur la bonne voie, je vous souhaite bon courage. C'est une idee excellente qui aide pour travailler, voyager et aventurier hors du pays. Notre pays est entoure par des pays francophone tels que Benin (Republique), Cameroun, Tchad et Niger (Republique). Alors c'est du bon sense d'apprendre et comprendre cette langue tres utile.
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Thanks to the OP for opening this thread.
To my compatriots who like/love French people, language & things in general as well as those who understand French already or are in the process of doing so I wish you all the best in your endeavours. It is an excellent idea that helps for working, travelling and general adventures outside our country. Our country is surrounded by Francophone countries such as Benin Republic, Cameroon, Chad and Niger Republic. Therefore it makes very good sense to learn and understand this very useful language.

Meringe: Education Ministry shouldn't be in the hands of politicians, it should be for tacticians and core educators. The most important sector of the society.

Decided to check Shekarau's profile and I got this:

Shekarau became Deputy Director of Education in charge of Bichi Zonal Education Area in 1992. One year later, he was promoted to Director Planning, Research and Statistics in Ministry of Education. Two year later, he became Director General (Permanent Secretary), Ministry of Education and Youth Development.

In January 1995, Shekarau was transferred to Ministry of Water Resources, Rural and Community Development, then back to Ministry of Education in January – May 1997 before he was asked to moved to General Service Directorate of the Cabinet Office, all as Permanent Secretary. By February 2000, he was on the move again to Civil Service Commission, where he stayed for only four months before the civil service commission under Ado Gwaram Government sent him to the State College of Arts, Science and Remedial Studies (CASRS) as Chief lecturer (Mathematics) at the Department of Physical Sciences, in May 2000. Shekarau remained in this post for 17 months before he voluntarily retired from the services of Kano State Civil Service on 2 October 2001. Some time after quitting his post as Chief Lecturer,

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim_Shekarau

When one makes comments that are not based on COMPLETE information there is the risk of embarrasing oneself as CLUELESS
Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan obviously made a good choice of "a tactician core educator" cum politician for a vital sector.

We should ask our STATE governors and LGA chairmen:

What are they doing about giving ALL our children FREE & compulsory education in primary/VOCATIONAL/secondary/TECHNICAL schools as per their RESPONSIBILITY under our constitution

That is what SENSIBLE people would do REPEATEDLY

otokx: Government should try and reconstruct access roads to this tourist sites especially the ones outside the troubled zones. Will try to visit Ikogosi and Idanre spots soon. Up north is a no go area for now.

Those (FEEDER) roads are most likely the RESPONSIBILITY of the STATE governments and maybe the LGAs as I hope that is what you mean by "government".
They cannot see the potential tax revenue from opening up these areas for more visitors
Selfishness, Greediness plus Short-Sightedness na one kain wicked combination I swear

daveP: there'l be no need for the going traditional,its nt a museum.jst rivaling tinapa in the sense of its vibe and attraction is what i mean. olumo rock is suffering from what i call 'lack of upgrade and sustainable ideas'. Ikogosi is natural,but its part of its beauty.

Did you read on this thread that Tinapa is a shadow of itself

Aspireahead: https://www.nairaland.com/1791155/major-tourist-attractions-nigeria#24346612

Op...Tinapa no follow again,for those of us who saw its early years though.

When you do not develop the idea and execute based on LOCAL knowledge developed by investing MASSIVELY in educating ALL children in free & compulsory:

- primary
- VOCATIONAL
- secondary and
- TECHNICAL

schools we end up with sheer total waste white elephant projects that cannot withstand the test of time
QED!

Short cut nor dey for development

lakhadimar: To hell with you ! To hell with Ajimobi and his legislators wives ! To hell with pdp ! To hell with apc ! To hell with apga !

May you all die in a plane crash en route to London.

Bastards !

How do you think this your RANTS will help make our country better

lakhadimar: Look at this accursed nyamiri b.stard.

Your worthless governor took 30 lawmakers from your no-do-good state to a frivolous trip in Europe while you are here on nairaland, a yoruba owned website, ranting like a mad dog.

Dont worry my own state law makers would soon pass a legislative bill ordering for the deportation of you flatheaded ibo lowlifers back to the jungles of umuleri.

Schnook !

Stop your tribalistic rant....did Ajimobi also not send legislators' WIVES to London for some useless training.
Abi Oyo state na Igbo state

What a waste!
Children don go school finish for Anambra state

myspnigeria: cool destinations....i wish the government cld spend more on tourism

Why government spending MORE. The government spent already creating the parks.
Private sector entrepreneurs should take it from there as is done in other oyoyo better places wey we dey go chillax while leaving our own fine fine places to waste away.

daveP: Ikogosi is a beautiful place en home to Gossy water.wish more was done to make it rival tinapa resort.

I believe the CONCEPT of both places are/should be different. Ikogosi should focus more on TRADITIONAL yoruba architecture with modern CONVENIENCES, that can be maintained/sustained easily, so as to stand APART and UNIQUE from other destinations.
Too much follow, follow e nor good!

Good thread.

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dagentility: HBD to him. But i thought dey said he is critically ill.

He looks emaciated.....

bizngr: [size=18pt]Schizophrenia!!![/size]

He needs psychological evaluation and treatment but, unfortunately, this is almost non-existent in this part of the globe and the child is doomed to be incarcerated for life.

Thanks a lot for your comment.
We need to CHANGE our attitude to MENTAL health by using medical facilities instead of turning HYPER religious and labelling people witches and enemies etc.

He also said Tolani, the suspect, was arrested at his father’s home after the corpse was discovered. That the Divisional Police Officer of Redemption Camp, Olaiya Martins, had led a team of detectives and some members of the community to where the body was found. The community members had earlier noticed the strange attitude of the suspect while he dumped the box.

Thanks to the VIGILANT community members who may not be educated but are very CIVILISED.
Hopefully more of us will follow their very good example of CITIZENSHIP.

One very important thing I noticed in going through some oyinbo CVs/resumes is that they do a lot of FREE work and INTERNship, what we call industrial attachments here.
Our graduates need to adopt such attitude of doing free work to gain experience and be so useful that the company will want to find a way to retain you by offering a salary when you want to leave.

sarutobie: I have lost patience educating a lot of ignorant mofos about these..The local government and state government are the entities that ran this country down.the federal government created states to avoid negligence of the interior parts of the country thereby bringing development to the nooks and crannies of the country. But the sheer greed and incompetence of the state government and local governments defeated the purpose.charity begins at home and development starts from the grassroot, when these tiers of government fail to do their duties, there is only little the federal government can do .

Abeg make you no LOSE patience oh otherwise how you wan take see goodluck

Seriously, we need to be INDEFATIGABLE as we continue in this onerous task of RE-Educating our folks & friends on these salient CIVIC issues that can lead our nation BACK on the path of its lost glory.
And by the Grace of the Almighty God, we shall get there -

- Amen!
- Insha Allah!!
- Ase!!!

agabaI23: We have a total of 193,200 km of road network in Nigeria.

34, 123 km are designated federal roads
30, 500 km are designated State roads
129,577 km are designated LG roads

Thanks a lot for these figures. I was wrong with 25% FGN roads as it is less than 18% based on the above details. Could you please share the source of the numbers?
Cheers.

Btruth: Good initiatives though, Nissan, Peugeot & others coming up. But I think our government needs to do more in maintaining & constructing new roads for us to enjoy all this luxurious cars. We shouldn't put the cart before the horse. In truthfulness, Nigeria don't have roads.

There are two things to realise about OUR roads:

- The federal government is responsible for (most likely) less than 25% of the roads in OUR country. They are usually for Inter-State roads while FEEDER roads i.e. those ones directly in front of people's houses, shops, businesses, offices, clinics, hospitals, schools etc are the CONSTITUTIONAL responsibility of the state governors and LGA chairmen.
- Even the federal roads (usually called highways) need to be built in COORDINATION with the states and LGAs to ensure that the drainages and flood water evacuation paths are NOT BLOCKED by buildings, shops etc.

So we should be ADEQUATELY aware of the SEPARATE but interdependent roles of the THREE TIERS of government for our roads otherwise the state and LGA politicians will CONTINUE taking us for MUGUS by pointing to the presidency while they do NOTHING with their monthly allocation from Abuja except STEAL.

GPA5: STOP PREACHING. GO TO CHURCH AND PREACH

I don go mosque for Friday
and Shrine for Saturday,
so na ya turn to go church today..... over to you, pastor dey wait you

Ayekotoo: And he's not providing free education for all children? I believe you are not that blind or probably your children are not in public schools not to know that Lagos even pays for WAEC.

Are you CONFUSING yourself or trying to confuse me
Did you not say your idol, only caters for 14% of children who are in school in Lagos state
We are not even talking about the multitude of children who roam the street and wander around because Fashola cannot provide schools for them

Moreover, Fashola's CLUELESS excuse that he is not to blame for performance of the private schools is so SHALLOW

Is he not supposed to have an Education Inspection unit, that is properly manned, by RECRUITING professional education assessors/evaluators, for ensuring quality in the private schools that are helping him out in his ABANDONED responsibility for which he even receives EXTRA money from the federal government.

And some MOFO is here trying to justify NONSENSE

Ayekotoo: Using your mumu analogy, Jonathan should be able to provide or build tertiary institutions that will accomodate all jamb candidates.

I am so sorry for you sha as you don't know when to stop digging yourself into the hole you made with your useless PROPAGANDA rationalisation of Fashola's MASSIVE FAILURE in the educational sector.
To follow your RIDICULOUS analogy- in the UK, are all secondary school leavers admitted to university

I go dey wait ya answer oh!

bigsam360: Nollywood Director, Mac Collins Chidebe has reacted to the recent comment by movie star, Geneveive Nnaji where she said the quality of stories in the industry was responsible for her rare appearance in movies lately. Recall that Geneveive told punch that;

“I guess I haven’t found the right script yet. Creativity and depth are the qualities that I look out for in a script. In the beginning, the movie industry emphasized quantity but things are changing and there is an improvement in trend. I am among the people who advocate for the improvement of the industry. So, I am constantly watching out for the kind of stories I take part in.

I am in support of movies that show a great deal of professionalism and creativity. Having practised my art in international & professionally produced stories like ‘Ije’; ‘Mirror boy;’ and ‘Tango with me’, I don’t think I can return to the blandness and mediocrity that characterized Nollywood in the past.”

Genevieve is so on point!
Rather than Mac Collins Chidebe & other Nollywood directors feeling injured they should view her comments as a call to REFLECT on improving the quality of their scripts and story line.
The way forward is collaboration with talented script writers and ADAPTING very popular and MEANINGFUL Nigerian novels for the screen.
The days of one person having ALL the credits- produced/directed/written/acted etc by should be over. That is NOT how it is done in Hollywood that we aspire to compete with, abi

The fact that she PASSED THROUGH Nollywood to the new heights she has attained is not a reason for her to BRING HOME the lessons and good initiatives she has been exposed to outside Nollywood.

And no oyinbo person wey get two heads....not even one & a quarter head sef

Ayekotoo: Are we sure you are ok? You expect Fashola to build all schools in Lagos without private participation? You lack native intelligence

In the UK where many Lagosians are hiding stuck in self-imposed socio-economic EXILE, 95% of children attend free PUBLIC schools.
Compared to Fashola's 14% he is a SCAMMER. Meanwhile he received almost N 6 billion EXTRA budgetary allocation from the federal government to provide FREE education for ALL children yet he dey give excuse and some MUGU dey collaborate im excuse.
Shioorrr!

GPA5: WHAT'S THE FATE OF INNOSON ? THIS MARGINALISATION OF INNOSON

Stop being MISCHIEVOUS and trying to start a non-existing tribal war as if we do not know your antecedents here
When you go market to buy foodstuffs na only one market woman dey there

I pray God will deal diligently with those who are hell bent on drawing back our country's PROGRESS for whatever their personal objectives are.
And the people of the Lord said a loud

- Amen!
- Insha Allah!!!
- Ase!!

ITbomb: For the sake of sustainability, the price has to be competitive, however the most effective way of making Nigerians own this car is to make a favorable policy of acquisition through bank with payment period spread over two years especially for fixed income earners

This is a very good GREAT suggestion.
I hope our bankers and financial policy makers will take note and work out something very practical so it works for everyone.

Afritelly: Those car were the one OBJ bought for civic servants and abandoned in Ikeja Cantonment Barracks and now they are telling us Peugeot roll out car. Where is the factory built in Naija?

Did you read the OP?

I don't know how old you are BUT back in the 70s up to the early 80s Peugeot had a factory in Kaduna and cars were assembled in Nigeria with some level of locally produced components. The company is now REVIVING its factory based on the VERY GOOD auto policy of this federal administration. You may find the news story below helpful:

Peugeot Automobile Nigeria (PAN) to Resume Car Assembly Next Month
BY BABATOPE OLALEYE ON MAY 12, 2014


https://www.automobiles.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/peugeot_automobiles.com_.ng_.jpg

Chief Executive Officer of PAN Nigeria Limited, Alhaji Ibrahim Boyi has said the company would begin the assembly of cars in its plant in Kaduna next month. Boyi stated this at the just concluded 9th Lagos Motor Fair and 3rd Autoparts Expo, Nigeria held at the Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos.

According to him, “By 2015 we will start full CKD assembly, and this will generate the most local content.”

He said they were already looking at the local auto component manufacturers and were ready to work with any serious investor in that sector. “So, it is a great opportunity for people that want to ride on the back of this policy.”

PAN, he said was already working with the association of auto component manufacturers to create clusters and that the Minister of Transport has been informed that “We are ready to work with auto component manufacturers that show enough seriousness in our cluster in Kaduna.”

He said the company would need to employ more people and expand its distribution and sales network. He said the PAN would work hard to regain its customer-base that was lost when the company went under, adding “All of these will bring opportunities for more people.”

PAN was established in 1972, he said as a joint venture between the Automobile Company of France and the Federal Government of Nigeria and that when it was in operation, produced more than 500,000 cars, adding that it produced up to 90,000 cars in a single year and employed over 4,000 people. He said the story has changed, unfortunately, explaining that “as at last year, the company had 300 staff and our projection last year was under a thousand cars and if you quantify that against the current tax, you see the amount of loss that the Nigerian economy has suffered.”

He said the workers that lost their jobs have suffered a great deal and that the company’s dealership across the nation also suffered.

Stating what was ahead in the plans of PAN with the auto policy, he said, “It will start to bring those benefits back to Nigeria. The objective of the new policy is to encourage local production; local development of skill and manpower; for employment and create local opportunity. So, we are fully in support of the policy and we want to assure everybody, including those who may not like the policy, that the policy will only do one thing, naturally help improve the Nigerian people. Despite all the opposition and the fear that the policy will generate, we will be able to create more opportunities for our people and all will translate into better and cheaper products.”

Another crucial issue Boyi discussed was the proliferation of fake spare parts. He urged auto companies in the country to provide genuine spare parts to discourage the use of substandard parts. He said the Lagos Auto Fair was an opportunity to meet with PAN’s critical stakeholders and, praised the orgnisers, BKG Exhibition Limited for putting up a good show.

Stressing the need for genuine spare parts and good after sales services, he said, “We as industry players must rise against the proliferation of substandard parts. Personally, I will take up the challenge and our organisation will also take up the challenge. We will speak with the regulators and the enforcers and ensure that we minimise the incidence of fake parts in Nigeria.”

He said, “We are very much concerned that those customers, who buy PAN vehicles, get full value from the vehicles. Strategically as an organisation, we are concerned about the provision of spares. A lot of companies suffer this problem. Cost of ownership of vehicles has been so much mainly because of the incidences of fake spare parts in the market. By our estimate, there are about 70 per cent to 80 per cent fake spares in the market. So, the chance of you buying spares and getting original spares is only 20 or 30 per cent.”

This, he said was a major concern for PAN and that it has led to their ensuring that, as part of their new development plan, “we manage and ensure the integrity of after sales, because Peugeot brand is known as vehicles that anyone everywhere can maintain. We will like to bring that back into our system.”

The company, he said intended to expand its after sales network and spread it to all nooks and crannies of the country and that since there is new sophistication in the production of the vehicles, people’s skills would be upgraded to enable them provide adequate services. “We will have skilled and very well-trained manpower and to also ensure that whatever parts that is used for your cars are genuine spare parts.

The chief executive officer promised that PAN customers would enjoy the use of their vehicles at cheaper running and maintenance costs, because “with genuine spare parts, you are given peace of mind, comfort and lasting use of the vehicles.”

Boyi said another important thing happening in the country was the auto development plan of the federal government.

According to him, the nation embraced the policy in the seventies but that, “unfortunately, when the industry was just at the verge of exploding in its full potentials, such policy initiative was reversed and the industry suffered a major setback in terms of its own development.”

Present at the event were; PAN’s technical partners, France Automobile Company, represented by Mr. Erik, Technical Assistant to the Managing Director, and other top management staff of the company.

From: http://www.automobiles.com.ng/peugeot-automobile-nigeria-pan-to-resume-car-assembly-next-month/

It is always BETTER to be very informed about a subject before making comments that may turn out to be very embarrassing.

jeffizy: After the masses eat and sleep with their eyes closed, their children are in school with good uniforms, then Peugeot will sell.
#basicnecessitybeforeluxury

You are very correct BUT I hope you realise that state governors and LGA chairmen are RESPONSIBLE for ensuring ALL children go to primary/VOCATIONAL/secondary/TECHNICAL schools for FREE and they receive EXTRA-budgetary support in billions from the federal government, through UBEC, for this purpose

Furthermore if these state governors and LGA chairmen RECRUIT professionally qualified teachers, doctors, nurses etc REGULARLY as required for total service provision according to their constitutional RESPONSIBILITY then the masses will be able to "eat and sleep with their eyes closed" as it was mostly in the 60s when these TIERS of government were more active than they are now!