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Read the statement:
This is to register my utmost pleasure and appreciation to all Nigerians for the remarkable show of love to me and my family in giving my father, Hon. Justice Chukwudifu Akunne Oputa, a most befitting burial.
I am very happy and indeed, very grateful to all.

My special gratitude goes to the Federal Government and President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Imo State Government and Governor Rochas Okorocha, Rivers State Government and Governor Rotimi Amaechi, for their immeasurable support and participation.
May I use this medium to clear the air concerning news making the rounds. There is no ill feeling between me and His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha (SAM). I did not snatch microphone from him, no such thing happened at all.
I do not put out as portrayed by these news reports; I believe I am a very cultured individual, not one to rubbish a good gesture.
Once again, thank you all Nigerians.

Signed:
Charles Emeka Oputa (CharlyBoy)
Areafada.

olaxco2f: Tinubu na em Mentor ni faa!

Kirinwa: I thought as much.Members of his cabinet.So op tell us the young man's itinery during the one day's assumption of office.He gets to ride executive car and have everybody calling him your excellency,Sir.

oduastates: Only in nigeria will someone regard a carpenter as less desirable.
Even In Nigeria, they are doing better than most.
One thing for sure , they are definitely not queuing up for a Congo of rice or indomie.
Who told you that carpentry is a bad profession?
Carry ya big head go Europe ,The Americas or Australia and you will find yourself becoming that carpenter's cleaner.
The kid's parents are actually doing socially useful jobs which are highly desired in the society
Far more desirable than most office workers.

redsquare: Nigerians and wack journalism. What has the fathers profession has to do with the caption? Must they tell us the boys' father is a carpenter? It would have been more appropriate to say '15 year old Edun Olabanji..........'.

Olabanji is the son of a truck driver mother with the Lagos State Waste Management, Mrs Blessing Edun, and a cabinet maker father, Mr Olasukanmi Edun.

It said the offensive section of the order is Section 5 (1), which prescribes a term
of imprisonment of not less than 20 years ‘’for any person who knowingly, in any
manner, directly or indirectly, solicits or renders support for the commission of an
act of terrorism or to a terrorist group.” ACN said “support,” as defined by the order, includes “incitement to commit a
terrorist act through the Internet, or any electronic means or through the use of
printed materials or through the dissemination of terrorist information. “Is this subsection not in conflict with Chapter II Section 22 of the Nigeria
Constitution which says ‘The press, radio, television and other agencies of the
mass media, shall at all times be free to uphold the fundamental objectives
contained in this chapter and uphold the responsibility and accountability of the
government to the people?’ “By stifling the press, is the order not abridging a part of the fundamental human
rights guaranteed every citizen under Chapter Four of the Nigerian Constitution in
Section 39 (1), which states thus: ‘Every person shall be entitled to freedom of
expression including freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart ideas
and information without interference?’

PenSniper: And you can do far better than sychophancy and fallacy. Truth is a dart and i can imagine how it struck you.

PenSniper: Whoever had the time to write this stuff and nonsense post ? Must be an incompetent APC and Tinubu propagandist trying to introduce a fallacious ism into Yoruba politics. Take it or leave it, Tinubu as a man and APC as a party already carry enough stigma to make them loose all elections in Yorubaland. Tinubu, bouyed by ill-gotten money, tries to 'acquire' Yoruba leadership by hook or crook forgetting that the Yoruba dont worship money but excellence through legitimate means. And who does not know,that Aregbesola's attempt to subtle islamisation in Osun lent credence to APC's reputation as a party with islamisation agenda, something that is alien to Yoruba culture ? How come all governors handpicked by Tinubu in the SW are muslims ? He did it because he thought he can always rig the elections so whoever didnt like his choice could go to blazes since their votes would not count anyway. The alertness of security agencies helped to give us what we savour in Ekiti today. If the APC stalwarts from outside Ekiti state had been allowed in, we would've had an election a la Anambra state on our hands.

emmatok: Tinubu earned much credits, but most Yoruba feels he is oversteping for Political gains.
You probably forgot that the same TINUBU was running from one OBA to another, with attacks on OBAs he feel are not supporting him.
Did you notice the division between Olubadan and ALAAFIN .
And how GEJ and TINUBU are using them?

When was the last time you heard Afenifere say anything positive about TINUBU.

Politics these days is beyond voting but about swaying voters.

emmatok: EKITI are still 100% pro Yoruba, but Ekiti is similar to ONDO and IJEBUs.
They find it difficult to accept TINUBU as Yoruba Leader.
Remember most APC guys were busy insulting AFENIFERE and AWOLOWO family, attracting the anger of most Yorubas.
Summary,
Ekiti did not reject Fayemi or APC.
Ekitis rejected TINUBU.

They have propounded a new definition for infrastructure. They call it the infrastructure of the stomach or “stomachstructure”.


By this, they assert that although the incumbent has built schools, hospitals, markets, tourist complexes and other infrastructure that provide a system for organising the economic development and affairs of Ekiti, to create direct and consequential jobs for construction workers, architects, quantity surveyors, school teachers, doctors, and even employees of banks that lend money to finance these projects; the party of the governor elect would rather not do that.

They say, by their own methods, these things do not matter in any gubernatorial tenure.

Do nothing, gather money, buy rice, stop at a few local pubs to show you are ordinary (maybe without shoes) and distribute money and rice to the “grassroots”, and you are sure to get to Government House; and this is the plan for the whole of the South-west and the presidency.

This ideology will quieten those who ask why there is no electricity or why we can’t find the Chibok girls or indeed why audit reports on $20 billion or $10 billion should not matter.

It should quieten the rich and the poor who now live in fear of insecurity.
Indeed all those who are looking for employment and those who have died in the process should simply tarry a while. The money and rice are on their way.

If you still do not see the ideological difference on economic issues, let me spell it out in other words.

The party of the governor elect appear to agree with the party of the incumbent governor, that the poor matter and that indeed something should be done for them. What they disagree about, is what should be done.

The party of the incumbent governor argues that through new schools, new roads, new hospitals, tourism development and physical infrastructure renewal, the fortunes of Ekiti people will get better economically and developmentally; because, skills will be created and honed, services will be offered, jobs would be delivered on a sustainable basis.

On the contrary, the party of the governor elect argues that a once-in-four-year fix of dash, cash and inducement is what the people prefer. The people of Ekiti seem to have chosen this economic ideology by the “votes” of June 21, 2014


It may well be that the party of the governor elect may be right in their assessment of what the people of Ekiti and by extension Nigerians want, this would make any inquiry appropriate because; it may compel a change of strategy for many political parties.

It should make governance a lot easier if they were right. Do nothing, put money together, share it a few weeks to election, strut to Government House, and why should you bother about agriculture, electricity, housing, security, healthcare and more?

After all, everybody has been paid in advance to go and fix these problems by themselves. They will not matter, we will see them in another four years and rule again for the next 60 years, or indeed for eternity.

Article written By Babatunde Fashola, the governor of Lagos State and Culled from Thisday Newspaper..

Layolaw: ode, if you are really hurt, why don't you lead the protest to chibok village/sambisa forest

Layolaw: liar! So your mean soldiers barricaded all opposition houses and roads? Hah hah while don't you pple (apc) fear God once. I live and work in Ekiti, infact l'm one of the pple that voted your man out of office without collecting rice, oil or money from anybody and in my polling units there is only one police and civil defence so why all this lamentn

hurricaneChris: Lol. You just reminded me Arc301. Funny days sha

This is a welcome development.
If only Lagos had had something like this for years.

Another thing is to make sure that those in charge of this facility do not compromise in their result. And also ensuring that only certified actors handle construction activities.

Nigeria: Lagos Establishes Building Material Testing Lab
BY EKENE OKORO, 17 AUGUST 2009

Lagos — As part of efforts to stem incidence of building collapse, Lagos State Government has established a Material Testing Laboratory at Isheri, Ojodu-Berger, to test the state of structurally defective buildings in the State.

State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Opeyemi Bamidele, who disclosed this in a statement at the weekend, said the laboratory was set up to ensure safety of lives and property in Lagos State

allafrica.com

Ikengawo: First of all stop spreading ignorance. The police manned Ekiti, not the military, and it's not the police's duty to man a terrorist warzone
Second of all Chibok is one of thousands of villages in Bornu State, which it's self is nearly the size of the entire southwest

the only reason you know about Chibok is because of twitter, other than that it's not of priority and putting a large contingent of troops in every single hamlet in Borno is idiotic and reeks of something someone will say when they're trying to give a military advice from Nairaland.

Soldiers Stop Oshiomhole, Amaechi from Venturing into Ekiti

Thisdaylive.

millionaireman: If you are not a born-to-rule fellow, you are like a CR "ette" who would want to remain a servant till he passes on to life beyond. Tribalism cum reigious bigotry is reason why a group of Nigerians with their sponsors bomb and kill their conationals. The Iraqi rebel group has just declared an Islamic Republic from the part of Iraq it holds. Are you not warring for Nigeria Islamic Caliphate country. Iraq has a strong armed forces but could not stop the rebel Sunni religious sect. Like Iraq, like Nigeria - divided loyalty in the armed forces hindered Iraqi armed forces from stopping the rebels. Iraqi Prime Minister is not being insulted the manner some Nigerians do to their president. Nigerians that so blame and insult their president do that mostly to have the president vacate Aso Rock, and have Nigeria's apex leadership handed back to the arch tribalists.

“We are disappointed with the soldiers, when we heard about the attack in Kwada, we raised alarm and informed the soldiers, but instead of going into the town to confront them, they stood from a distance outside the village, under a tree and began to shoot or target. The gunmen finished with Kwada and proceeded to Kautikari, where they attacked people there until 11:30am when they finally left. We cannot say how many people were killed in Kwada yet,” he said.

Johnjack: It is only fools in Nigeria and in nairaland perhaps, that don't know New York Times,is America's political and propaganda weapon against Nigeria,Africa,Mideast and other 3rd world countries just as the BBC is for the British. Fools in this forum don't know that whenever America and their foreign allies are against a particular government in Africa,it means that, that government is performing better for the people which always and usually against the interests of America and their Europe allies. I am so sorry for black race especially Nigerians. The great pretenders come here,cause problems and set heads on collision and go back to supply us arms to kill ourselves in inter-tribal conflicts.

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, western Nigeria, has unveiled and handed over the newly reconstructed Isopakodowo Market in Oshodi with 64 Close Circuit Television, CCTVs, to provide security for the market.

Uchiha Madara: Thank you for pointing this out, unlike some dude that just told me on this thread that in developed countries cameras cover everywhere.

What an ignorant statement. The fact that there are cameras at a lot of places in say Houston Texas for instance, doesn't mean they were all installed by the government.

The cameras covering the humongous parking lots at Walmart, are they also installed by the government?

We should all learn to call a spade a spade, in some cases the gov is obviously corrupt, in this case though, the gov is asking for active participation from the private sector in installing cameras, which any sane person would view as being a good thing.

Sagamite: If you say he goofs and embarrasses Nigeria all the time, then what would you say about the fat, illiterate person he married?

beremole: You guys should stop crying already, Ekiti is gone for good.
Osun will soon follow

blackeli: The people who feel their rights have been abused should go to a court of law, not the court of public opinion. No one has asked what they where going to do in ekiti, was it to campaign? or to rig? Ideally, my opinion is that the presidency acted within its powers and boundaries by Forstalling the breakdown of law and order by the coming into ekiti of rascals with bags of cash to bribe for polity.

Arnoldo: I just don't know what to call u...u said fake apostles.... I think a reasonable person won't judge a man of God or may be u were not taught DAT in ur hollybook cos its extremists like u DAT boko like to employ........I asked wat bad has he done ...

Arnoldo: and what evil has he done?....this is a Nigerian problem not a Jonathan,PDP or Niger delta problem.. he didn't bring bokoharam into 9ja.....bokoharam came in d year2000 and started building a strong army......do u think wiping them will be easy......now is the time for everybody to pray and give our own advice to d President instead ppl like lai Mohammed will be politicising it.........if I may ask....if u were d President wat will u do?