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..on who's authority is Obasanjo ordering his son's removal from one hospital to the other!He is a personnel of Nigerian military and hence should be treated like every other Nigerian soldier..military rules of engagement demands that all injured officers on official duties shall be taken care of by the military Authority.Enough of this nonsense!Btw why are they contemplating taking him to a medical tourism abroad,while other gallant soldiers are still fighting and dying for Nigeria,Obasanjo's son is recieving VIP treatment,this will dampen the morale of other patriotic soldiers who as usual get injured from time to time...this nepotism must stop,i supposed,he must have been promoted rapidly in the military as against his peers because of his privileged background!
i wonder why he is even been celebrated,a commanding officer who lost 24 members of his platoon to a rag tag terrorist is an under-achiever!!!
Long live our gallant soldiers,may their labour never be in vain!

ochejoseph: Wonderful News ! But don't be sad if you don't see it as broadcast message on your BBM , retweeted on twitter, posted to Facebook or shared on Nairaland.


Social Media has turned many of us into Weapons in the hands of the Enemy


1. Without knowing it, many of us have taken over the role of Abu Qaqa

2. Transforming personal Blogs, twitter handle and social media spaces into platforms for propagating terror

3. How will you feel if that Video you are sharing and broadcasting is that of someone you know, sharing such Videos and information that massages the ego of the insurgents in the height of insensitivity!

4. Supporting our troops is a civic responsibility

Supporting their families while they are in the front lines is a duty we must all embrace

Supporting the families of fallen soldiers is a debt we need to start repaying !


May God help us to help ourselves!

GOD BLESS NIGERIA

How wonderful is it to know that we still have very reasonable youths like you and some few others,in a cyber world where many Nigerian youths has been deceived,manipulated,mis-led,hypnotised by a section of the opposition elites and their cronies in some media houses into foolery!You indeed has given me reason to believe that this generation of Nigerian youths may truly nt be a generation of idiots as argued in some quarters.

swtdrms: Y are u people scared of the so called investigation, is being investigation an automatic ticket to jail or defeat? Even if he wasn't named by the Australia guy, wats wrong in him being investigated? Owh! I smell the fear in ur heart....immittent heart attack, cuz u know deep deep in ur heart he has been be fighting the Igbo cause wch is a re-extension of d biafra civil far, and facing defeat for this undecleared war wil be too devastating for u guyz to bear.....sorry, i assure u, u re going to die of that heart attack, if he's not investigated now no prob, am sure the perpetrators nd sponsors of boko haram wil stil be investigated nd the truth wi b brought to lime light, wait a minute if then, many igbo individual are found culpable, that wil spel doom for, just pray nd pray hard that doesn't happen cuz if it does, i can't help u guyz from dat disgrace ndone last thing, keep on suppressing the truth from coming out as much as you can...suppress and suppress it, it only prove a point, that u re culpable as a people, but matter the suppression, it wil surely come out one day

you sound like a broken record....all you ve written is full of 'sound and fury,signifying nothing'!I cant believe i responded to a paranoiac twerp!pls dont quote me again,am a very busy mind and i dont like distractions.

MeAboki: Igbos, united in bigotry: so Ihejirika is innocent until proven guilty but Modu Sheriff is guilty until proven innocent; even though both were jointly f!ngered by a completely neutral detribalised person with nothing to gain by his revelation.

The argument trying to absolve Ihejirika by his kinsmen, on the basis that he lacks motive because he is Igbo and a Christian in view that these groups were victims of Boko Haram, is as insincere as it is myopic - in fact, all groups are victims; majority (and still counting) being by far Muslims and northerners; while the latter are the least affected.

Whereas Modu Sheriff could have been motivated by anything; Ihejirika could only have been motivated by one thing, as clearly pointed out by his accuser: MONEY, MONEY, MONEY - what is so difficult to figure out, after all is he not Igbo? What would Igbo not do for money?

Bunch of mother fvcking hypocrites Mtccheeeww!

....you dont have to insult just to put your point across,Modu Sheriff as known by Bornu people was the founder of a clandestine movement which latter metamorphosed into present day boko haram,though his intention was strickly a political movement but the rest is now history!
however Gen.Ihejirika was a pain in the neck of the Islamic north terrorist cabal,we cant forget in a hurry how the so -called Maidugari elders promised to take him to ICC,for indiscriminate killing of Boko haram members and sympathisers.The plan failed and the Australian political mercenary was conscripted to do the dirty job or simply known as plan B.
I almost wanted to also reply you with an insult but when i checked your moniker and i saw 'MeAboki',i had no choice but to hold back because i know the challenges you go through to even come online,you need encouragement

I do not have issues with any party but i will always cast my vote where the interest of my people will be guided and as such any party or person that can move Nigeria forward.
However it is also important to state that APC as a party is politically immature,there nature of response to national issues often connotes high level of irresponsibilty and often portrays them as an embittered group of bigots and failed shenanigans!...shamelessly,inspite of the fact that it has been said that the Australian wasnt employed by the federal govt. They still held on to the falsehood,how then can we ever have trust in such a party of hooligans!If the Australian political mercenary had mentioned Buhari or Tinubu,they wld ve called him names and tag him a PDP stalwart,but all of a sudden the are now calling on ICC....APC is a national embarrassment to the good people of Nigeria.

There is a trend i see in Nigeria that is quite disturbing and dangerous,there has been a concerted effort by some disgruntled politicians and a section of this country to rope people from a particular region and also other minorites tribes whom may have given their support to this regime....how else can one explain the fact that the late National security advicer Rtd Gen. Aziza was almost always blamed for the failure of Nigeria military to conquer Boko haram terrorists,now forwarded to present day,we now have a certain Rtd Gen.Gusau(from the north) as the NSA and not even a single finger has ever been pointed at him,despite the loses some times incurred by our military!
Since the end of the civil war,it is believed that a secret pact was signed by the ruling military elites,that never again shall an Igbo man be the chief of Army staff,but along came one GEJ who deemed it fit to give the top military Job to the most qualified(in the real sense of the word)military guy and hence,the old order was ruffled and hell was let loose.
'conscience is an open wound,only truth can heal it'-Othman Dan fodio!
'you can fool some of the people,all the time but not all the people,all the time'-Anonymous!

@Aguiyi
why do you waste your time on people who are paid to go online and spew arrant nonsense in other to score cheap political point!Dont you understand that some people are just irredeemable and completely irresponsible....GEJ Knows his enemies and their modus operandi!Truth will forever triumph over falsehood,no matter how long they bittered opposition tries to suppress it.
Gen.Ihejirika killed boko haram terrorists in their numbers,they said the are heading to world court for genocide and when it failed,they now say he is a sponsor of the terrorist group and again it has failed,woe to the enemies of Nigeria.

...how then did the 'press boys' come to the conclusion that they are cultists!It is a clear case of assassins,it may be a business gone bad or a jealous ex-boy or girl friend taking his or her own pound of flesh!whatever it is,this is very bad,People must always uphold the sanctity of human life.RIP

...i ve said this severally,all we need is to exercise more patience,our military will certainly crush the insurgents!as for our dirty and evil politicians,no amount of lies will stop our collective will to move forward as a nation and we shall always give the needed support to our visionary president,in his quest to take the nation to a greater height!

oduastates: Eternal optimist,
Do you still listen to this government?
Fact is ,there is no government .
Governance in Nigeria has never gone beyond aso rock .
Family evacuating today.
Soldiers will be "tactically manoeuvring" into Cameroon tomorrow.
Have you been following this conflict at all?
The commanders are nothing short of useless and brainless.
That assaulted bama barrack had a massive hill behind it .yet Boko haram took the damn place .imagine having such a physical obstacle yet they could not defend their own barracks.
Paying ordinary well diggers to build a network of caves and bunkers could have turn that place to well supplied bunkers capable of holding out for months.
Some soldiers from the east , who deserted their army post ,were asked why,
they said ," why should they die in/for a place that is not my home ".
That my friend ,is Nigeria.
A non -Nation.
The only glue holding the country together is the esprit de corp amongst the dying stupid ,corrupt ,power usurping and devious ex-military leaders.
I must also add oil.
As much as people want to deny it ,we share absolutely nothing of substance(things needed to forge a great nation) in common.

you are so pathetic,why do you derive joy in using any slightest opportunity to fight your usual e-tribal war(of course thats the only place for cowards and weaklings).Do you know that you are doing more harm to this country than even the so called boko haram,you disseminate falsehood online,spread dangerous propaganda and sow seeds of discord among fellow country men!..it is easy for you to sit some where in 'lagos',and spew thrash online,to the point you now know the origin of the deserting Nigerian Army personnels and you also interviewed them and they told you their mind!Must you use ethnic leanings to describe an already bad situation,in other climes you should by now be preparing to enlist into the military,inother to defend our territorial intergrity.
Btw,Boko haram are bittered by the level of casualties they incurred by sustained bombing of their positions by the Nigerian Air Force and army in Bama,hence the embarked on cheap propaganda,which is a very powerful tool in wars....From the way the so -called Shekau had claimed he was going to lead the invasion of Maidugari and wont mind being martyred,shows that it is a case of a drowning man.This must be fought and won!God bless our military.

The general performance of this year WAEC is very bad and shld be a concern to all well meaning Nigerian,it seems our politicians are devoting more time in self serving politics than in pursuit of standard education for our populace?this calls for sober reflection,however of more worrisome is the south-west states where it seems the governors are only good at propaganda and self interest,how fast are the legacies of Awolowo fading into oblivion!
Hence we as a people must hold our leaders to accountability and make sure we never play into their elitist,class and self-interest struggle and only then can we hope that our children will be blessed with the grace of light...God Bless Nigeria!

Let the north keep living in terror and while believing they are guinea pigs who are used by others to kill themselves!..so funny,when al qeada,ISSI and other terror groups bomb their people,they say its America's fault,so am not surprise!

Adelaide2: There is this community in Abia where you have so many generals that they refer to it as the ''Langtang of Igoland''. That is where Gen Ike Nwachukwu and the immediate past CAS, Gen Ihejirika, hail from.

....igbo land is made up of communities and families with great legacies,the community you refered to,should be 'Ovim Isikwu ato' the land of the generals!where you have great men like Admiral Ndubuisi Kalu,former military administrator of Lagos state and also he was partly responsible for placing most of their people in the military e.g Gen.Ike Nwachukwu,maj.gen Ihejirika amongs many!...there are also many great kindreds in Igbo land e.g in Nimo in Anambra State,the royal family of Onyiuke where the former director general of Nigeria stock exchange hails from(mrs onyiuke)its a very big family partly because Igwe onyiuke in his days married many wives and one of his brothers became a notable barrister,got to be a SAN and in those days was made the chief Justice of Tanzania,he awarded scholarship to any member of the kindred who wishes to study law and as of the last count,there are over (70) seventy lawyers from the kindred alone,all answering Onyiuke except those who got married and their names were changed to their husbands name.
God bless the Igbo spirit!

meforyou1: Op, you can mostly find such communities in anambra and enugu states. How can you find a progressive community in imo when okorocha is chopping all the money and doesn't provide basic amenities like roads, light and water? TA Orji same. Haven't been to Ebonyi but ebonyi communities are too rural to be termed progressives.

please dont just go there,this thread is meant to be educative and inspiring among we Igbos and shouldnt be turned to the usual Rochas bashing and denigrating of other fellow great Igbo States....mind you am Anambra and also pro PDP but ther shld be time for everything.
So i put my guess in this order Nnewi,Nneni,Abariba,Ihiala,Osumenyi,Agulu and this is simply because am more familiar with this communities but others may even surpass them.
But in education i may give it to these communities though some are cities but am making reference to their own people Mbaise,Onitsha,Obosi,Owerri,Orlu etc

I guess Africa arrived late in the IT world but with our ingenuity you can never rule us out,i believe in the nearest future so much will be expected of Africa and now is the right time for we to key into the great IT revolution going on...it wont be a bad idea if government in various African countries can map out a Technological Zone where concentration of high tech industries will be located,weavers can be offered to such companies,including cheap land,adequate electricity,Tax weavers,security,low interest loans etc as for Nigeria we can also grant major weavers to companies like Zinox computers etc in otner to attract similar industries to our shores!....this is the idea behind Silicon Valley in USA located in a region in California,to the south of San Francisco.

NgeneUkwenu: Pally! Do you no longer believe in competency above ethnicity? I think we should be on the same page here by accessing candidates based on their merit and not on primordial reasoning like you just scribbled above!

Between I am a full bloodied Nwa Afo!

A2u! I am amazed when you talked about competency,first if the yard-stick for assessing GEJ is with our past leaders,then i can tell you that devoid of the artificial security problem instigated by the same 'old order',Nigeria and Nigerians has never had it this good!
As the days passes-by,the average man in the street is beginning to sympathesize more with GEJ,simply because of the brand of dirty politics APC has introduced and as never seen before in Nigeria!People now think that the only crime of GEJ is his origin from a minority christian tribe.
The Buharis,Tinubus,Atikus and their likes whom APC are presenting as the solution to bad governance,are still thesame thieving elites that has looted,squandered,spillaged and bastadized every thing Nigeria with the highest level of impunity and reckless abandon.
hence,success of a people in Nigeria can only be born out of relentless hard work and not by my brother being named the president,take the North for example...4 million Almajiris loitering the streets,inspite of many years of presidency.

NgeneUkwenu: What an idiotic reasoning by supposedly group of learned people! Smh!!

The igbos i know has long fixed a standard in dealing with the project called Nigeria!as a good student of history,we as a people will never support any party whose foundation was built on the existing secret pact between the oligarchy North and a section of the west to perpetually subjugate the good people of Nigeria.Any assembly of men that stands to retain the wicked and devilish old order that has held Nigeria back from progress,will never and shall never succeed among one of the most informed,educated,industrious and ambitious tribe,in this 21st century!To the igbos,the mistakes and assumed recklessness of PDP,led by GEJ,is far more better than any good thing that can come from the clandestine organization known as APC.
...moreover why is APC taking pills for other peoples illness,the igbos has made their choice and will stand by it,even at the pain of death.
God bless the good people of Nigeria.

abu12: Why all this jubilation by the SE, when places like aghenebode in Edo, Idah in kogi, baro in niger, warri in delta, lokoja in kogi have completed their own or in advance stage. What is the big deal on a naval base? Ask anybody in onitsha whether he knw the job of naval officers in onitsha there. Those guys are meaningless, the main reason why all naval base where created, is the river port, which has been abandoned by jonathan administration after the death of ya'ardua. So u better use ur limited for better things, because no development will be carried on the land. ok

am nt good at this,but i fear you are showing signs of suicidal tendency,watch it,you are gradually drifting into a world of your own!You may simply have paranoic type schizophrenia!!! Please talk to a medical psychologist at this early stage,your jealousy and hate is alarming...i fear for you.

Kudos to the Federal and state government,the ministry of health and the amiable minister of health for being proactive and for putting enormous effort in management of this deadly epidemic!God will see us through!

Confirmed Cases Still 10, 4 Now Dead, No Ebola in Enugu, all Cases in Lagos
Category: SPECIAL REPORTS
Published on Thursday, 14 August 2014 20:23
By Dan Nwomeh
Press Statement By The Honourable Minister Of Health, Professor C. O. Onyebuchi Chukwu On The 14th August, 2014 At The Federal Ministry Of Health, Abuja.
Nigeria has now recorded ten (10) confirmed cases of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). Out of these, four (4) have died and six (6) are currently under treatment. (It is important to note that the number of confirmed cases remains ten (10) as at today and not eleven (11) as earlier announced this morning. We regret the error which arose from double counting in the process of communicating the additional death from the operational centre in Lagos to the Federal Ministry of Health). The fourth death recorded today was a Nigerian nurse who participated in the initial management of the index case.
The total number of persons under surveillance in Lagos is now 169. These are all secondary contacts as all the primary contacts have completed the 21-day incubation period and have been delisted to resume their normal lives.
Enugu State now has 6 persons under surveillance as 15 after complete evaluation were found not to have had contact with the nurse, a primary contact of the index case who became symptomatic and tested positive and is one of the 10 confirmed cases. The nurse who had been placed under surveillance in Lagos disobeyed the Incidence Management Committee and travelled to Enugu. At the time she made the trip, she was yet to show any symptom and did not infect anyone on her way as transmission of the disease is only possible when a carrier of the virus becomes ill. However, she has since been brought back to Lagos. Before the return journey, she had become symptomatic and had to be conveyed to Lagos with her spouse in special ambulances. The husband is not symptomatic neither is he positive for Ebola Virus Disease but has been quarantined given the intimate contact with her while in Enugu.
It is therefore important to emphasise that there is no Ebola Virus Disease in Enugu. All cases are still confined to Lagos State. Also, reports of Ebola Virus Disease in Abia, Imo, Akwa Ibom and Anambra States as well as the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja have all been investigated and none of them was found to be Ebola Virus positive.
On Monday the 11th August, 2014 the Honourable Minister of Health convened an Emergency National Council on Health (NCH) Meeting as Chairman, with the Minister of State for Health, the Commissioners for Health in the 36 States and the Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Federal Capital Territory Abuja. The meeting reviewed the state of preparedness of the country to contain the outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease and resolved on actions to be taken.
In furtherance of the national containment efforts, President Goodluck Jonathan himself convened a meeting of the 36 State Governors and the Minister of the FCTA, Commissioners for Health and the Secretary of Health of the FCTA on 13th August. The meeting was briefed by the Minister of Health, the Project Director of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), and the World Health Organization (WHO) Representative in Nigeria. The Governor of Lagos State also briefed the meeting on the situation in Lagos. Each State of the Federation and the FCTA reported on the status of their preparedness to prevent and mitigate the disease through their Commissioner of Health and the Secretary of Health in FCTA. The vast majority of the States were fully prepared while a few others are in the process of completing all the requirements.
Since the last press briefing, the Minister of Health and the Minister of Labour and Productivity have met with the National Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) and the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) to secure their buy-in on the strategy to contain the Ebola Virus Disease outbreak.
The private sector stakeholders and Foundations are also showing interest in containing the EVD outbreak and here today, there will be a special announcement by the Dangote Foundation.
It is also important to note the laboratories where specimen can be taken for laboratory analysis. They are:
a. NCDC Laboratory at LUTH, Idi-Araba Lagos
b. NCDC Laboratory at Asokoro, Abuja
c. Redeemer’s University Laboratory, Lagos-Shagamu Express Way
d. UCH Laboratory, Ibadan
Let me once again reassure Nigerians that the Government is working hard to ensure the containment of the outbreak.
Thank you.
Dan Nwomeh
Special Assistant on Media and Communication to the Minister
Federal Ministry of Health
1st Floor, Federal Secretariat Complex, Phase III
Ahmadu Bello Way, Abuja
08033236501, 07054658028

JayJohnson: You are right bro, so we still have people 'dumber' than the clueless, inept and the dumb gej?
So because he is your friend, you can just permit Sawyer to travel to Nigeria with ebola Mr. minister?
In an exam, I am sure the clueless and inept one will score a better mark than you!! Mr. Minister, you must be a migrant of Otuoke

you sound so empty and by your unguarded utterances you may think you are smart,but you ve succeeded in telling everyone that you are certainly a product of disjointed family,your foundatn is faulty and you dont sound like one who has any atom of home training.Where ever your dad is,he shld bury his face in shame,like Mr Sawyer who brought Ebola to Nigeria,your father has also given Nigeria a son who is a waste and more toxic than Ebola!...we may some day find a cure to Ebola but as for you,you may ve been doomed for life.
God bless Nigeria!

'in a time of universal deceit,saying the truth is a revolutionary act'-George Orwell

I want to congratulate the patriots that make up Afenifere,those who are always on the side of the angels,those who knows that truth is constant,those who ve always looked beyond parochial and myopic interest to say the truth!Posterity will forever justify these elders.
Yet Tinubu,NEF and other custodians of the old order,that has always benefited from the 'enterprise' called Nigeria and wish to forever hold the suffering masses in perpetual servitude,will do just anything to see that power gets back to the oligarchy,cabals,political cartels,serial looters,scavengers,demonic elites,economic saboteurs who think that Nigeria is their conquered territory!...my bible tells me,'that God will turn the craftiness of the crafty into foolishness'!
God bless Nigeria.

It only takes having good hands in right places for a state to development.Anambra indeed is blessed,with the rate at which the state is setting the trend in development,i strongly believe that with both human and natural resources available to this great state,Nigeria will sooner or latter have a state that stands out as a role model.
Like we usually say,Anambra Adigo mma.

Anambra Becomes SMART State, Partners FG on Spec ICT Programme

Published on Tuesday, 12 August 2014 20:47
By Emeka Ozumba

Anambra State has been selected by the Broadband Council of Nigeria as one of the five states, technically referred to as the SMART States and specially designated for the accelerated roll-out of ICT infrastructure programme that will set the country up for technological revolution in the country. Other states include Bayelsa, Gombe, Katsina and Ondo states.
This was the basis of a preliminary partnership agreement signed today between the Anambra State government and the Ministry of Communications Technology in Awka during a working visit on the governor of the state by the Hon. Minister of Communication Technology, Dr. Mrs. Omobola Johnson.
According to the terms of reference of the agreement, Anambra State will be working in close partnership with the Federal Government to create and enabling environment to position the state an enabling environment that would facilitate the roll-out of ICT infrastructure across the state.
Speaking on the development, the governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano said that ICT is critical in achieving the vision of making Anambra State the first choice investment destination and hub for industrialization and commercial activities.
According to him, the effective implementation of his Four Pillars of Development for Ndi Anambra which includes Agriculture, Trade and Commerce, Industrialization and Oil and Gas depends largely on how fast the stae is in adapting the dynamic changes in the ICT world.
Emphasizing the importance of ICT to his administration’s plans to introduce e-commerce to the large business community in the state, Chief Obiano assured that he would soon send a bill to the State House of Assembly to provide the legal framework for the introduction of e-commerce to enable businessmen and women of the state to keep pace with their peers across the world.
The governor further assured that Anambra State would soon become a reference point amongst the selected states for the ICT programme, emphasizing that the state has commenced the process in various sectors including installation of internet services in schools, and the use of drones in security operations and the erosion control.
Earlier in her opening remarks, the Minister of Communications Technology Dr. Mrs Omobola Johnson had observed that the collaboration between Federal Government and the states and the telecommunications companies would lead to the deployment of communications infrastructure that would bring down the cost of networks deployment and an increase in the rollout of ICT services to commercial centers and the undeserved and rural areas by telecommunication operators.
According to her, Anambra was selected for the programme because it has demonstrated commitment in the promotion of ICT in its programmes. Dr. Mrs Johnson also explained that the rollout would increase broadband penetration and access to such services at affordable prices for customers and digitally enable urban areas to stimulate growth in economic activities, productivity and overall development of the state.
Dr. Mrs Johnson further expressed optimism that the initiative would cover standardized fees for site building and approvals with the state, reduction in fees and possibility of waiver for Rights-of-Way in deserving instances, implementation of Dig-once-Policy, promotion of colocation between operators and connectivity to institutions within a kilometer of the Right-of-Way.
Also speaking, former Executive Vice Chairman of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and member of the Minister’s Advisory Committee, Engr Ernest Ndukwe commended the zeal and commitment displayed by Governor Obiano on the programme. He noted that the Minister aims at moving ICT revolution forward and that the selected states would be transformed to centers of excellence in ICT.
Written by Emeka Ozumbah

i like the computer effects,the graphic is superb and the colouring is on point! you wld ve added black touch to look more of an african,all thesame a good job.

If this seven pictures are the only odd places you can get in your fruitless effort to discredit Anambra then Anambra stands greater than ireland because even in ireland there are worst places than this,so young man why not try harder next time.
Local yoruba boy wasting away his youthful age!this is 21st century and the world has no room for a scum-bag!!!

Indeed some politicians are only relevant on the pages of Newspapers!

Osun Decides: APC loses in Oyinlola’s Polling Unit

Published on Saturday, 09 August 2014 18:21
By Admin

Former Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola failed to deliver his booth at today’s election to his new party, the APC.
In the results just released in Ward 1 Unit 003 where the former governor voted the PDP polled 125 to the 61 votes counted for the 61 polled by the APC.
The APC also lost in Ward 1 Unit 008 where Oyinlola’s wife voted. According to the results declared, the PDP scored 105 to 41 polled by the APC.
Collation of results commences amidst tight security - NAN
Collation of results at polling centres have commenced in most polling centres across Osun amidst tight security.
Police and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps personnel as well as party supporters and agents witnessed the exercise.
Voters were still voting in some few polling units as at 4 p.m., several others had commenced collating their results.
At Ward 4, Unit 5 and Ward 5 Unit 11 in Jolayemi area of the capital, and Ataoja Palace in Osogbo, voting ended at about 3.12 p.m. and collation of results commenced.
A voter at Ward 4, in Jolayemi area of Osogbo, Mr Sola Adeoye, expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the election and collation of results.
It was observed that hundreds of party supporters exploded in jubilation at various centres where some results were announced by presiding officers.
The exercise began at Ward 4, Unit 19 and 20, Old governor’s office in Osogbo around 4.30 p.m.
At CAC Oke-Anu Ward 3, Unit 4 Modakeke-Ife, Mr Dada Ayanwale commended INEC for its improvement, saying the conduct of the election was encouraging because it was free, fair and credible.
The exercise started early in many polling units in Ilesa East and Ilesa West.
Counting of votes started in some of the polling units at about 3 p.m.
At unit 08, Iloro/Iroye, counting of votes started at about 3pm while counting at Unit 003, Ogbon Idio, started at about 3:15 p.m.
The counting of votes also commenced at Unit 2, Customary Court at about. 3:33 p.m.
There were also reports that the process of accreditation and voting was peaceful in all the polling units visited.
Mr Demola Adeyeye, an observer from Cleen Foundation, said the election went well and commended INEC for the peaceful conduct of the election.
Also speaking, Mr Emmanuel Adeniran, an observer from Reclaim Niger, said the election was conducted in a peaceful atmosphere.
A PDP party agent, Mr Oluwaseun Oni, said he was satisfied with the conduct of INEC officials, saying the result was credible.
An APC party agent, Mrs Victoria Olaide, said the electoral process was credible, adding that she was satisfied with the outcome.
Across many parts of Ile-Ife, the home town of PDP flagbearer, Sen. Iyiola Omisore, collation of result commenced in many polling units.
At Ward 1 Unit 19 in Moore, Ile-Ife, the Presiding Officer, Aigoro Abimbola, said the conduct was commendable while the collation process was going on smoothly.
A primary school teacher, Mrs Iyabode Oyewole, also commended INEC for ensuring a credible electoral process.
Oyewole, however, urged the Federal Government to put in place adequate security measures ahead of other elections in the country.
Also speaking, a pensioner, Mr Faleye Olayinka, described the election as the best so far in the country, adding that INEC had set a good record for itself.

I wanted to give an ode to my governor but i just may not do it well!...so happy birthday to the numero uno of Anambra state,an Avatar who appears once in a life time,a metador,a well adjusted gentleman,may you continue in your great works in Anambra the land the great and may the blessings of the almighty abide with you.Amen!

They think the can fool all the people all the time.see the kind of publicity west axis media houses are given to this reversal,as if he wasnt the one who increased it in the first place...they are even tagging the reversal as one of the dividends of APC government!...i just dey laff!

Mans inhumanity to his fellow man,how can a governor elected by popular vote wake up one morning and increase school fees of LASU from #25,000 to about #350,000,some times i wonder if these leaders of ours ever had any human conscience in them,this same man wld blame federal govt in every slightest thing just because of party differences!
Reverting it now may just be a little too late,knowing that some parents have way died of High BP and other tension related diseases and how about students you have gone into robbery just to pay this outrageous and brutally wicked school fees.
The questn is why in the first place did he increase the school fees when he knew that status quo can be maintained!
Indeed Ekiti election has taught those greedy bullies a big lesson and 2015 is just by the corner!

Fear Forces Fashola to Revert LASU Back to Old School Fees

Published on Thursday, 07 August 2014
By Fejiro Oliver

In what many has described as the fear of 2015 general election, Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola has instructed that the school fees of Lagos State University (LASU) be reversed back to the former amount.
The directive was given on Thursday when the governor played host to students and parents during the school convocation, the school fees which earlier stood at N25,000 for humanities and education was astronomically raised to N198,000 while the medical students were to pay N350,000.
The school fees caused serious protest by both the students and lecturers before the governor agreed to reduce it by 34 to 60 percent which also never went well with the students
The reversal sent joy to the students who will now have to pay the old school fees.
Written by Fejiro Oliver
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