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You need to know what your analysis is all about. First, is data probabilistic or non probabilistic? Is it normally distributed or not. How do you code your variables? Well, t-test is used to compare the values of means from two related samples, for example in a 'before and after' scenario.
The difference between the means of the samples is unlikely to be equal to zero (due to sampling variation) and the hypothesis test is designed to answer the question "Is the observed difference sufficiently large enough to indicate that the alternative hypothesis is true?". The answer comes in the form of a probability - the p-value.

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Salam all,

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I believe these 12 events will surely shape this year. Guys what's do you think about this?

Alexgeneration: OP, I will not be surprised if Jonathan refuses to go for second term,cos its very glaring that he lacks the balls to do so. Also on the issue of APC becoming the majority in the house of reps,it will go a long way to keep Jonathan on the defense as he will be in the dark,not knowing their (APC) next moves.

Agreed!!!

mikeson12: Biafra all the way,Nigeria is a failed state.The North and Yoruba Land can make use of d proceeds from the agricultural sector.ONE BIAFRA!

Keep dreaming of Biafra State!!! I dey laugh o....

The year 2013 is gone. It was an eventful year – of scandals and open letters. It was the year of the power sector privatisation and the ‘great merger’. It was the year the Action Congress of Nigeria, the Congress for Progressives Congress and the All Nigeria’s Peoples Party merged to form the All Progressives Congress and (attempt to) throw a spanner in the works of the Peoples Democratic Party. Yes, 2013 was an eventful year, but it is gone and 2014 is here.

With so much brewing on the political scene and Boko Haram still roaring now and then, it’s hard to predict how the year will end. More so, with the likelihood that a plane could suddenly fall out the sky as has been the case in the last two years. However, from the signals spotted in 2013 and the ‘events schedule’ for 2013, the following are expected to shape 2014.

1. National Conference

Since 1999, there have been calls for the convocation of a sovereign national conference, a gathering of Nigerians from across the country to determine its fate. The calls failed to yield any result until, well, now. The national political reform conference organised in 2005 by the Olusegun Obasanjo administration failed as a result of Obasanjo’s alleged third term agenda and an apparent decision by delegates from the South-South and their counterparts from the North to disagree on virtually everything. Subsequently, the calls for the conference were subdued. However, in 2013, President Goodluck Jonathan surprised many when he announced that a national conference would be held. Since the announcement, many have discovered that the conference, once widely supported, is no longer considered the ultimate solution to the growing divisions in the country. Nevertheless, the Presidency says it would be held early 2014. Whatever time it is held, the conference is bound to have a huge impact on 2014 and on the country. In his ‘infamous’ open letter to Jonathan, Obasanjo wrote of the conference, “Your later-day conversion into National Conference is fraught with danger of disunity, confusion and chaos if not well handled.” However, it turns out, the conference remains one of the major events that will shape 2014.

2. Passage of the 2014 budget

When it comes to the passing of the country’s budget, there is always one controversy or the other. In the last two years, the National Assembly has not been satisfied with the implementation of the budget and economists have not been happy with parts of it. Even the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Governor, Mallam Lamido Sanusi, feels it should have more allocations for capital expenditure, but recurrent expenditure has continued to increase; and is set to rise if the 2014 budget proposal is passed as it is. In addition to these shortcomings, increasing animosity between the Executive and the legislature, particularly the House of Representatives, means ‘sparks’ will fly before the budget is finally passed. A major indicator was when the Minister of Finance, Dr. Okonjo-Iweala, presented the budget proposal to the Reps. They sent her away after a heated exchange with 50 questions to answer. That appears to be just the beginning.

3. The exit of Mallam Lamido Sanusi

Many in the banking industry heaved a sigh of relief when Dr. Chukwuma Soludo was denied a second term as the Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria and the Managing Director, First Bank of Nigeria Plc (at the time), a certain Mallam Lamido Sanusi, was appointed to replace him. While some where happy for the right reasons others were happy that the man who had sent them chasing N25bn capitalisation, failure of which caused some of them to merge their banks with others, would trouble them no more. Few months and several failed stress tests later, smiles disappeared from a few faces as Sanusi fired number of  bank bosses in a reform that would leave people, who once controlled empires to face the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The reforms aimed at strengthening the banking sector have continued more recently with the decision to increase the Cash Reserve Requirement of banks to 50 per cent and the CBN maintaining a monetary tightening stance. Beyond the reforms and the fallout, Sanusi has courted controversy and conflict with his bold pronouncements. He has been in conflict with members of the National Assembly more than once. It was so bad that the lawmakers considered stripping the CBN of its autonomy. In 2012, he got labour leaders angry when he reportedly urged the government to fire 50 per cent of civil servants. He was in the news recently for accusing the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation of failing to remit funds to the government. After years of controversy and progress, his tenure ends in June and he has made it clear that he is not interested in a second term. For those eager to see his back, it is time to heave a sigh of relief once more. But for others, who believe that the banking industry and the economy have benefitted from his policy, his exit and the choice of who replaces him, would determine which direction the country’s fiscal policy takes.

4. Elections in Osun and Ekiti states

The appointment of Prof. AttahiruJega as the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, ahead of the 2011 general elections was accepted by several stakeholders. The general elections, which he guided INEC to conduct, were also accepted as a fair attempt by many. Two years later, one shambolic election in Anambra State appears to have changed the perception of many about him. Calls for his resignation or removal were rife in some sectors, but he survived. In 2014, governorship elections will be held in Osun and Ekiti states. Both elections are vital in more than one way. For one, they will be one last tests for INEC ahead of the 2015 elections. On the other hand, they will provide an avenue for the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party to battle for control of the South-West. The outcome is bound to lead to more than just court cases. They could lead to the exit of Jega or political upheavals. And more.

5. Centenary celebrations

In 2013, news broke that the Federal Government had ordered gold-plated, Coat of Arms-inscribed iPhones as gift items ahead of the country’s centenary celebrations. With the government already considered wasteful by many Nigerians, the social media and opinion sections of several newspapers were filled with comments and articles reflecting the disappointment of the electorate. Even though the government denied the report and the source also recanted his claims, the centenary celebrations, which will be held in 2014, remains a controversial topic. And it will surely affect how the year turns out. Already, beyond urging the government to avoid wasting more resources to celebrate looth anniversary of the amalgamation of the North and South in 1914, some have argued that instead of celebrating, Nigeria should be considering undoing the actions of colonial masters long dead.

6. APC/PDP tussle and the House of Reps

The emergence of the All Progressives Congress has presented the PDP with what appears to be its biggest challenge in years. Governors and lawmakers elected under the PDP platform have defected to the APC at an unprecedented rate. As it stands, the APC now has the majority of members in the House. Not ready to lose control, the PDP is making efforts through the court to have the seats of Reps that have defected declared vacant, but if that fails, the APC will in 2014 have to produce the key officers of the House. Should that happen, permutations in the National Assembly and nationwide politically will take a new direction. Beyond the effect of the tussle in legislature and in the states, reports that the likes of former Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, could join the APC in 2014 indicate that the tussle is set to continue.

7. Sports

Sports have always been a unifying factor, especially football. This year, what is considered to be the biggest ‘show’ on earth – the FIFA World Cup – will take place in Brazil. And Nigeria qualified for the tourney. Preparations for the tournament and the performance of the Super Eagles in the tournament will do more than determine the fate of Head Coach, Stephen Keshi, and his players. Having emerged victorious in the Africa Cup of Nations, there is hope that the country will surpass its woeful performance at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

8. Government’s automotive policy

A new national automotive policy announced last year by the Minister of Industry, Trade, and Investment, Mr. Olusegun Aganga, is expected to take effect in 2014 and it is expected to be a factor in the year.

This is because car buyers will be made to pay more. The impact of such a development, according to some could even extend to transport fares.

Under the policy, duties on both new and used cars were upwardly reviewed to 70 per cent (35 per cent levy and 35 per cent duty), from the previous 20 per cent flat rate. Duty for fully built buses meant for commercial purposes will now be 35 per cent instead of the previous 10 per cent duty.

9. Voter registration

In November, INEC Chairman, Jega, said there would be no new voter registration for the 2015 general elections because the commission had no money and facilities to do that.

However, the high number of names said to have been missing in voter registers during the Anambra State governorship elections and their role in the low turnout for the supplementary elections, makes the issue of voter registration a major one in 2014 – ahead of 2015 general elections.

10. Oil theft and dwindling national revenue

Oil theft remains a major challenge in Nigeria due to the country’s reliance on oil revenue. Increased oil theft and bunkering often affects the country’s revenue and power generation. Gas shortage at power plants has often been attributed to the activities of pipeline vandals. In 2013, the CBN governor accused the NNPC of failing to remit billions to the government. Though he later reduced the figures, this issue is not going away anytime soon.

11. Jonathan’s ambition

Some political analysts believe that President Goodluck Jonathan could shock the opposition by opting out of the 2015 race, but many others believe it is only a matter of time before he declares his intention. Many believe the majority of the president’s actions are calculated to make his second term ambition a reality. Whatever, the President decides, it will have a huge impact on the year.

12.  Boko Haram, insecurity

The activities of Boko Haram remain a threat with the once-thought-to-be-dead Shekau releasing video recordings once more. As the country navigates what is believed to be a decisive year ahead of 2015, the terrorist group and other issues of security and how the country handles them will be vital, considering the prediction that the country will disintegrate in 2015.

http://www.punchng.com/news/new-year-special/12-events-issues-that-will-shape-2014/

It is very sad that we continue to shout, cry, talk and continue to criticize GEJ hoping that he will change but it seams that all criticism is entering deaf ear. It saddens me that GEJ continues to deflect the hopes of majority of Nigerians who voted him in with the hope that with his poor background he will see things from the masses point of view but unfortunately the disappointment continues to magnify.

For the purpose of analysis lets take the highlight as budgeted one by one starting with the budget for the 2 animals in the Zoo. 34.5M was budgeted for two animals and this translates to 2.875 per month or 95,833 per day. Please make your own conclusions.

2.4B for GEJ and Sambo trips, translate to 200M on traveling trips for the 2 executives every month and this averages 6.7M every day. I there for wonder where they will be going to to warrant such blatant wast of public funds. Again you be the judge.

362M for means in the presidency translates to 30M every month and an average of 1M every day. Looks like Nigeria is so so super rich that the presidency will be throwing parties every day to be able to use of 1m every day as budgeted for meals alone. This exclude for contingency parting that may be thrown from time to time that is embedded in other areas of the budget. Again please be the judge in the a country where millions go to bed without food and people die every day from lack of medical facilities.

834M for fueling of Generators. This particular budget is very significant and it goes to show that the Presidency has lost confidence it its ability to provide power as needed in Nigeria despite all the colossal amount been budgeted for power. I will leave you to do the arithmetic as i am beginning to have headache from thinking about all unfortunate mess. Why will the recurrent expenditure not be more than 70% of the total budget with this stupid and merciless way of stealing and wasting our common wealth.

Indeed GEJ has thrown back the Presidency to the North with his actions and inaction.

cause i can not see anything to make the majority return him come 2015 except the election is massively rigged. I know die hard GEJ supporters will counter this argument but posterity will judge.

Thank you all for your contribution.

Dear All,

I would like to know if there is and correlation between a car mileage and the engine performance. My uncle toyota corolla with mileage 243,950 the engine sound great and the car move efficiently, no smoke, no engine oil shortage, no overheating etc.

I will like to know if car mileage affect engine and the car performance because have also seen a car with mileage 45,000 that smoke, etc.

kindly help me out on this. Thank you in advance.

Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun on Friday
approved the payment of 100 per cent 13th
month basic salary to workers in the State
The governor announced the gesture in
Osogbo while distributing vehicle
refurbishing loans to public servants.
Mr. Aregbesola said no past administration
had ever paid 100 per cent 13th month
salary to workers. He assured that his
administration would continue to put smiles
on the faces of workers, adding that he would
live up to his electioneering campaign
promises.

“We have virtually touched every sector of
the society in our bid to live by our words.
We have touched every sphere significantly
in pursuance of our Six-point Integral Action
Plan. What we are doing today is spectacula
and unusual again. It is unprecedented to
give vehicle refurbishing loans to many
beneficiaries.

“It is our desire to ensure that our workers,
both at the state and local government
levels, are given the best so that we can work
together to get the dividends of democracy”,
he said.

No fewer than 9,435 workers were listed as
beneficiaries of the loan, a development
which the labour leaders described as first in
the history of the state.

Francis Adetunji, Chairman of Trade Union
Congress; Bayo Adejumo, Chairman, Joint
Negotiation Council; and Saka Adesiyan,
Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress,
lauded Mr. Aregbesola for the gesture.



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Anambra: INEC Reschedules Election In 65
Polling Units - The Nation

The Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) has rescheduled
election in 65 polling units in Obosi in
Idemili North Local Government Area for
Sunday. Voting could not hold in the
wards due to late arrival of materials and
other logistics challenges.
Electoral Commissioner (REC) Prof
Chukwuemeka Onukogu made the
announcement in a statement issued in
Awka on Saturday.
The statement, signed by the Public
Relations Officer Frank Egbo said the
rescheduling was due to “challenges of
logistics” in the areas.
“Any inconveniences are highly
regretted,” the statement added.
Onukogu said the rescheduled election
will hold at Obosi Registration Area, Ward
07.
The election will hold between 8am and
12.30pm.
INEC urged all parties to get ready for the
poll.
The disenfranchisement of voters marred
the election in Idemili North and South
Local Government Areas due to lack of
voting materials, incomplete voters’
registers, and lack results sheets.
In centres where over 600 people
registered, only about 100 or less found
their names in the registers.
Some of the voters were told that
additional list containing more names of
registered persons would be brought, but
none came.

Abeg oo, where LP nah?

As part of the efforts to ensure the
successful implementation of road
management policy in Nigeria, the Federal
Government is set to adapt the South African model of tolled road management.
Mr. Abdulrasaq Oyinloye, Managing Director
of the Infrastructure Bank, stated this in
Abuja at the opening ceremony of a training
programme on tolled roads and road
management.

Oyinloye said the bank is collaborating with
the Development Bank of South Africa,
DBSA, to organise a two-day training for
stakeholders in the road sector.
According to him, South Africa has been in
the road management for the past 20 years
and it is good Nigeria learn from them to
reinvent the wheel.

Oyinloye said the training, entitled Tolled
Roads and Road Management: A Sustainable Approach, was aimed at bringing the stakeholders in the sector on the same page.He said this would enable them have a clear and common understanding of issues and dynamics, surrounding
financing, construction, operation and
maintenance of the road sector.
www.vanguardngr.com/2013/11/nigeria-adopt-safricas-road-tolling-system/

Guys, what do you think, tolling our roads again? Personally, if well manage, it is a welcome idea.

@ op, you have done well with this work. kindly update we your students on this project. we need to see more pictures and cost breakdown.

Well done sir....

anonimi: Operation BYOI - Buy Your Own Infrastructure.
No pipe-borne water supply in most parts of Lagos STATE despite over 14 years of the supposedly "progressive" administrations of Tinubu and his boy boy, Fashola with multi-trillions down the budget drain.
Talk less of

- good feeder roads
- PUBLIC primary, vocational/technical and secondary schools.

Yet some dullards will expect us to keep praising these mega looters

For how long will our MUMUism last

Please don't turn this topic into politics. We all know that all politicians are the same inrespective of their party. Can you tell us any state in nigeria not even Abuja with supply of pipe borne water across the state?

Please don't change this topic. Mr. Aventures I say Welldone Sir!!!

voltron: as long as he/she is my tribesman.. carry go.. that is the nigerian way.. it will never change

It is even worse when your "own" steals you to death! I think Stella should be tried. She is, in my eyes, guilty of corruption. To tell her subordinates to do what is "needful" implies a subtle go ahead, and not to question the purchase after it was conducted amounts to support, even if tacit, for the entire process. Only a kangaroo court can find her not guilty. And stop making silly tribal comments. Na until she come steal your boxers you go realise say the average Nigerian politician is a big thief and does not care about ethnic affiliations. Wake up...remove the tribal veil you have used to cover your eyes

It's so amazing the way issues are handled in Nigeria. It's either political or tribal sentiments that will be whipped each time a criminal is brought to justice...This is a daylight robbery...Many graduates do not earn N225,000 per annum and on just two cars some people are making N225 Million? This is not fair...For how long do we defend all these from the thieves parading themselves as leaders. This is unacceptable in any decent nation regardless of your status, religion or ethnic background. Please stop all these stupid defences....

I tot dey went to Isreal to pray n worship, why having political meeting? Anyway, typical nigerian manners. God, which way Nigeria?

Please go see ur doctor for proper examination. My single opinion though.

Pls which ATF oil is good for Mitsubishi Carisma 1998 Automatic car.

Thank you.

@ op, firstly, I will want you to put your mind at rest and be prayerful. Secondly, visit any teaching hospital nearer to you. Though, you have to be patient but you will definately meet a specialist in ear related disease. If you are in Lagos, you can visit Luth, lagos state uni. Teaching hospital and others. I wouldn't advise you taking any drugs people will suggest pls don't do self medication. It is well. Cheers!!!

The slanging match over compromised safety standards and the
mismanagement of the nation’s aviation sector has taken another turn with
the allegation made by the pioneer Commissioner and Chief Executive of
the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) Angus Ozoka that he was ordered
by a former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, to inform the
world that the Bellview Airlines Boeing 737-200 aircraft, which crashed at
Lisa, Ogun State on October 22, 2005, was bombed during the
investigation of the accident early in 2007.
The Bellview Airlines' crash led to the death of 117 people who were on
board the aircraft.
But in reaction, the former minister, who served under the Olusegun
Obasanjo administration and has since the Associated Airlines crash two
weeks ago been engaged in a duel with the current Minister of Aviation,
Stella Oduah, dismissed the allegation, calling Ozoka a “pathological liar”
with an axe to grind following his removal.
Ozoka, who spoke exclusively to THISDAY in an interview, said: “At a time
everybody knew they were singing a song that it was a bomb that blew
down the Bellview aircraft.
“So when somebody was appointed aviation minister (Fani-Kayode) in
2006. He said to me, call a press briefing and announce that it was a bomb
that blew down the airplane. We were still investigating the crash then and
he said that right in his office with his permanent secretary, his aides and
other staff.
“It was not a one-on-one directive, everybody was there. And I said I would
not do it. I said: ‘Hon. Minister I will not do it. It was not a bomb I will not do
it’. Then he said: ‘I hope you know I can remove you.’ I said: ‘You are the
Honourable Minister’.”
Elaborating, Ozoka added: “When I was in AIB investigating that fatal crash
on October 22, 2005 that killed 117 people, I was forced to hand over to
somebody who was the Director of Air Worthiness at NCAA when the crash
happened. He was advised not to allow the plane to fly and he defied the
advice.
“When the crash happened, he was removed. Only for somebody that
called himself a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to bring that
same person and appointed him to head the investigation into that crash
as Commissioner of AIB.”
Ozoka admitted he was angry at the level of hypocrisy in the country and
the criticism concerning the recent Associated Airlines' crash, noting that
many of those who are talking now, were aware of why he was removed and
replaced by somebody who indirectly had a hand in the crash to
investigate the accident.
“And none of these people that are talking now saw anything wrong with
that appointment; none of them said anything against that. If they said
anything, let them produce what they said. So I don’t take their criticism
seriously.
“To me, that is the height of hypocrisy. The people who are criticising now
knew what happened. They were in the system; none condemned that
action. I don’t take them seriously and that is why I said a lot of people go
to the television to make noise.
“Aviation is not where you go and make noise. A plane has crashed; we are
supposed to be in mourning," he said.
Ozoka also dismissed the notion that there might have been two reports on
the Bellview crash, noting that his work might have been abandoned
because it did not tally with what his successor wanted, but it was his
report that was concluded by the present Commissioner and Chief
Executive of AIB, Muktar Usman.
“I submitted a preliminary report, submitted an interim report, and
submitted an updated report. We had not got to the conclusion and safety
recommendations before I was removed. I spent over two years there.
“When the person that took over from me came in, it is possible that the
report that I submitted wouldn’t be in tandem with what he wanted, so it
was delayed until luckily, God in His own way made it that the person was
removed.
“Then Captain Usman was appointed and completed the report, following
the footsteps of what I had laid down," he said.
Ozoka said when he was removed, he wrote and informed all the security
agencies, disclosing: “I told them that the aviation ministry wanted to
manipulate the investigation."
According to him, “I copied the Inspector General of Police, State Security
Service (SSS), National Security Adviser, Senate Committee on Aviation,
Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Head of Service and Civil
Service Commission and said they wanted to manipulate the investigation.
“It was only the Secretary to the Government of the Federation at the time
that wrote a letter to the Ministry of Aviation asking why were they doing
this? Nobody else said anything.”
Ozoka explained that the establishment of AIB required National Assembly
legislation for the establishment Act, which took at least one year and a
public hearing before it was signed into law, stating that it was not Fani-
Kayode that established AIB.
“AIB was established by an Act of parliament and to pass a law takes one to
two years, so the former minister cannot say that he was the one who
established AIB, although it was signed into law by the then president
(Obasanjo) on November 14, while the minister was appointed on
November 7, 2006, so how did he establish AIB?” he asked.
But a personal aide to Fani-Kayode, Taiwo Lawal, yesterday denied the
allegation, saying Ozoka was a liar and had falsified the reports of the
accidents that had occurred at the time because he was a corrupt man.
“How the former minister could have asked him to include something in a
report that was submitted a year before we came into office beats my
imagination.
“His report was formally submitted to Chief Fani-Kayode’s predecessor in
office before he became Minister of Aviation so the suggestion that he or
anyone else asked Ozoka to doctor his report and say that there was a
bomb or anything else on board is ludicrous.
“How can you doctor or change something that had already been
submitted and released? The reason that Ozoka was sacked was because
Chief Fani-Kayode discovered that he was incompetent and all his reports
about air crashes had question marks.
“The former minister suspected him of doctoring accident reports and he
told him that to his face and promptly sacked him,” Lawal said.
Lawal maintained that Ozoka was lying and alleged that all the accident
investigation reports he submitted were unreliable.
“It was not only the Bellview crash report that he submitted that was
suspicious and unreliable but all the reports he submitted, of all the five
crashes that took place between 2005 and 2006 that resulted in the death
of 453 people.
“Consequently, he had to go because the former minister felt the federal
government could not protect the lives of air travellers as long as such a
questionable and shady character was in the aviation sector.
“The final report of the investigation on the Bellview crash which
commenced after Chief Fani-Kayode left office and which was conducted by
the new AIB, a new agency which the former minister set up after Ozoka's
exit, vindicated his position about Ozoka's earlier report because it
contradicted all his findings,” Lawal added.
Lawal noted that the final report of the Bellview crash was not submitted
until 2010, a good three years after Fani-Kayode left office.
“If you have any doubts about the fact that it contradicted Ozoka's earlier
report substantially, ask Engineer (Sam) Oduselu (Ozoka’s successor), who
was the person that was in charge of AIB when the investigation was
conducted and who submitted that report to both the present minister and
the one that came before her, for a copy.
“The report was meant to be passed on to the president but it never was.
Dr. (Harold) Demuren, who was in charge of NCAA (Nigeria Civil Aviation
Authority) at the time and the American NTSB investigation agency were
also given copies of Oduselu's report in 2010.
“Chief Fani-Kayode did the right and proper thing by sacking that man
Ozoka because he was a disaster and a danger to the Nigerian air-
traveller,” Lawal said.
The former minister’s aide said even former President Obasanjo felt the
same way about Ozoka which is why he approved his sack and gave Fani-
Kayode permission to set up a “new and more or less independent agency.”
The new AIB, he said, was autonomous of the ministry and an entirely new
parastatal set up specially to investigate aircrashes and to report directly to
the president in the event of a crash.
About a year after the Bellview crash, a kite was flown by some government
officials in the aviation sector who had alleged that a bomb was planted on
board the ill-fated aircraft.
Those in the know said the story was propagated in order to absolve the
airline of liability and manipulate the insurance claim on the aircraft.
But the bomb conspiracy theory was in stark contrast to the investigative
report made available by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and
AIB, which attributed the crash to a technical problem with the aircraft and
pilot error.
AIB’s investigation report had said: “The investigation considered several
factors that could explain the accident. They include the PIC (Pilot in
Command) training of the captain before taking command of the B737
aircraft, which was inadequate. The cumulative flight hours of the pilot in
the days before the accident which was indicative of excessive workload
that could lead to fatigue.”
Furthermore, the AIB investigative report revealed that the airplane had
technical defects and should not have been dispatched for either the
accident flight or earlier flights.

www.thisdaylive.com/articles/ozoka-fani-kayode-forced-me-to-say-bellview-plane-was-bombed/161855/

Thank you. May Allah make it easy for us. Amin.

The Lagos State Government says the Badagry-bound carriageway on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway will be closed for five hours on Sunday.

The Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. Kayode Opeifa, said this in a statement on Wednesday.

Opeifa said the closure was necessary as part of efforts to deliver the first phase of the Blue Line Rail Project.

He advised motorists and other road users to make use of alternative routes to avoid traffic delays.

He said, “The contractor, China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, will be installing pre-cast beams for the pedestrian bridge to take commuters into the rail station at Mile 2 and across the road.

“The Badagry-bound carriageway on the Lagos Badagry Expressway will be closed to traffic between 7am and 12 noon on Sunday, October 20, 2013 to enable the contractor to install the beams.

“We appeal for caution and cooperation from all road users to obey all traffic regulations and ensure traffic flow during the period of closure. We are working with relevant Lagos State agencies to ensure free flow of traffic.”

http://www.punchng.com/news/lagos-badagry-expressway-to-be-closed-on-sunday/

OANDO Gas and Power (OGP), a subsidiary of Oando Plc and the Lagos State Government have completed the construction of a N3.2 billion Independent Power Project (IPP) in Alausa, Ikeja area of Lagos State.

The project, which is a 10.34Mega Watt dual fired power plant has already been slated for commissioning on Thursday in a bid to vastly improve the provision of power to the state secretariat complex in Lagos.

The natural gas fired plant is expected to significantly assist in the reduction of emissions that emanate from the more than 70 diesel generators that are currently in use within the Lagos State Secretariat area of Lagos.

The Lagos State Government had said that consistent and reliable power supply to the secretariat would increase the functionality and efficacy of its employees, which it described as key to the progression of the state.

OGP said in a statement yesterday that the Alausa IPP is the second successful project of such profile for Oando, following the Akute Power Limited’s 12.15 Megawatts power plant, which was commissioned to improve electricity supply to the Lagos State Water Corporation.

The statement said: “Oando has identified the need for IPPs as a welcome resolution to Nigeria’s crippling power problem, and is implementing a strategic framework which earmarks the development of critical infrastructure to harness the vast natural gas resources in Nigeria to accelerate industrialization, economic well-being, and value creation for relevant stakeholders.

“It is estimated that the entire secretariat requires an average of 4.0 megawatts; 5.5MW during peak periods and about 0.5MW during off peak periods. The disconnection of the Alausa secretariat complex from the PHCN grid will make additional electricity available to many residents in Lagos State, and the streetlights on the main Awolowo Road will be powered by the plant, thus enhancing security for road users at night.”

It added that with over N3.2 billion spent in the development of the plant, the project has provided employment to over 200 people from the construction period to commissioning, which is scheduled for October 17.

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Officials of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, Lagos Division, were jolted by the 7,158-page suit which was on September 30 filed by human rights lawyer, Mr. Bamidele Aturu, on behalf of 1,678 former employees of Enterprise Bank Limited.

No suit in the history of the  court was said to have been that voluminous.

 Five copies of the 7,252-page documents, making a total of 35,790 pages, were filed on behalf of the plaintiffs.

The court officials initially refused to accept the massive documents,  which were taken to the court registry by some members of Aturu’s staff.

 When the court officials refused to accept the massive court papers, the handlers were said to have immediately put a call to Aturu, who asked them to report the case to a senior registrar of the court.

The senior official, who had yet to see the bulky documents, immediately dismissed the excuse his juniors might have possibly given for rejecting the processes. However, he opted to go to the registry, apparently to scold the workers for being “lazy”.

His countenance however changed when he saw the sprawling mass of documents. His bottled fury was said to have immediately metamorphosed to shock. He was said to have redirected the rage which he had wanted to unleash on his subordinates for being lazy, at  Aturu’s staff, querying the basis for the enormity of the court processes.

 He reluctantly directed his juniors to accept the documents since the rules of the National Industrial Court, unlike that of the Court of Appeal, did not put limit on the number of pages court processes must have.

Similar scenario was said to have played out when the court processes were served on Enterprise Bank Limited, which is the second defendant in the suit.

At the Head Office of the Enterprise Bank  Ltd in Victoria Island, Lagos, legal officers of the bank were said to be pushing the responsibility of accepting the court process to one another.

The suit was filed by Aturu on behalf 1,678 sacked workers of the Enterprise Bank Limited who were seeking about N2.75bn entitlements from the bank.

Our correspondent who saw a copy of the 7,158-page court documents observed that the plaintiffs’ statement of facts alone took 1,820 pages. The narration of facts took 45 pages; the computation of the claimant’s claims took 1,790 and the reliefs  took 43 pages.

The documents also comprise separate bundle of 42 pages of document;  142 pages of general complaints; 1668 pages of the claimants’ letters of appointment and 1,701 pages of statements on oath. Two pages of list of witnesses and another two pages of list of documents were also part of the documents.

When contacted, Aturu explained that the number of the claimants involved and the complexity of the issues raised in the suit were largely responsible for the size of the processes.

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