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I completely agree with the 18th point about meeting new people especially during social gatherings. A lot of people tend to stick with the regular close friends.

I have a concern tho.., I'm often more comfortable interacting with d opposite sex when meeting new people during social gatherings. The reason is quite straightforward, opposite sex tends to give attention and not for ulterior motives

@kayswag100 kindly tell us what each of the accounts (i.e. 1 to 10) represent.

I checked mine and I saw this msg.

Billyonaire: Wizkid has made more money than Lagbaja will ever make. I guess Lagbaja's music is not selling that he has time to nag online.

Really!!!!! how can you make such comparison?

People still typing rubbish on this page....."the e no concern me" attitude"

This is not true now!!! there are other things you can talk about rather than such false accusations to Banks. Please say something about GEJ/NGF(it's currently trending ) rather than create fears for bank workers.

Martini101: . Bros. I dey wonder oh! D guy{sanusi} is a 'hippopocrite'. Lol

That is what we get when we have a banker as a CBN Governor,I miss Soludo mehn

Nuhu Ribadu is officially welcomed to PDP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Let's just hope this won't be swept under the carpet for the next 3years.

Guy, you need to be a man and go make your marriage work. Thinking of a downfall for another man is never a solution to your problem. If the sex was really great and you are ready to marry another man's wife based on her that, what happens when she moves in with you and you've made love 10times in a day for a whole month? You will then be back to your senses and face reality of building a lasting relationship.

It's better you exert that energy on your wife and grow together in love. If you need to get laid outside your home, go look for single ladies and stop messing around with another man's wife

Any pictures please

it's expected, you want those boiz to stop living large

@rhinno or wateva u call yourself, I can see your shallow thoughts, you need to read and understand what the thread is about

Don't think of divorce before getting married young man, or else you'll be out of it in 72days . And you better ensure you sell the TV right for a substantial amount

I think politics is more lucrative

THEWILL: AMCON acquires Bridge Banks

Following the announcement, yesterday August 5, 2011, of the establishment of three Bridge Banks, namely; Mainstreet Bank Limited, Keystone Bank Limited and Enterprise Bank Limited, the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (“NDIC”) and the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria ("AMCON" after intensive negotiations through the night, are pleased to announce that they have signed an agreement today, August 6, 2011, for AMCON to acquire the three Bridge Banks.

Bakare will probably be the Presidential candidate for CPC in 2015. Very funny how Bakare who says he's not a General Overseer (GO)and choose to maintain a single assembly where he pastors(Latter rain) thinks he can lead a whole nation!!!

ACN and CPC should bring the ideas they got together and present to GEJ so that he can evaluate and include in his agenda if it makes sense. However I'm certain Buhari's suggestions will take us back like 2 decades and Ribadu's will help fight corruption because of his experience.

GEJ remains the "best of the rest " of the aspirants, so let Nigerians give him the chance to do it.

Buhari is a man of few words. He ran out of words and decided to fill in the gap by shedding tears.

That's not the kind of figure we want as a leader. He should try and get himself ideas to try again in 2015.

Buhari has assured Ribadu of becoming President by 2015 if he should step down for him, He's very honest

President Goodluck Jonathan and his running mate think so little of Nigerians that they have so far fled any venue where the presidential candidates have been invited to hold a debate. But when young Nigerians invited all the candidates to a debate tagged “What About Us?” to be anchored by acclaimed novelist, Chimamanda Adichie, many of them were certain that Mr. Jonathan would not say no to them.

They obviously didn’t know the man.

Instead of facing Adichie, Mr. Jonathan arranged his own one-man “debate,” inviting Nigeria’s hip-hop star, D'banj (whose real name is Dapo Daniel Oyebanjo) to ask him questions in a low-grade, soft session.

On March 17, 2011, D’banj took off his so-called Kokomaster hat and replaced it with that of the voice of the Nigerian youth as he took it upon himself to ask President Jonathan questions "concerning the youth."

We would not have bothered if Jonathan was being prepped for a reality show on D'banj's Koko mansion, but this was a session with a man asking Nigerian voters, including young ones, to entrust him with the highest political office in their country.

Having decided to duck from a debate organized by numerous Nigerian youth groups, Mr. Jonathan nevertheless wanted to show off that he's got the backing of the Nigerian youth. He chose a well-known popular entertainer as collaborator in a patently deceptive game.

Jonathan got it wrong!

Jonathan must have figured that the interview occurred at an opportune moment. It was his attempt to divert attention from the calls for real debates on an independent platform. Yet, in giving D’banj the job of asking him questions, Mr. Jonathan sought to give the impression that he’s in touch with the youth—and has great regard for them. But by choosing a rich stage performer who is obviously out of touch with the realities of the average Nigerian youth, President Jonathan showed himself up as a clueless leader who is out of tune with the vast majority of Nigerian youth and their top issues in the upcoming elections.

D'banj was an embarrassment. He spent much of the interview nodding blankly at Goodluck Jonathan's uninformed answers. The social media universe was merciless. It twittered insults at D’banj and his sponsor, Jonathan. On facebook, more barbs were flung at the two men. Many of D’Banj’s fans pointed to their newfound disrespect for the artist who is now seen as a man with a purchase price.

Many critics were disgusted that D’banj, who’s on Jonathan’s payroll, would dare appoint himself to represent the Nigerian youth.

By granting an interview to the likes of D’banj, Jonathan has ignored the politically aware coalition that formed “What About Us?”—a collection of talented, imaginative, articulate, highly educated and globally acclaimed Nigerian youth.

“Why would this man ignore the youth-led initiative for a real debate and give a comical interview to a hireling like D’banj?” asked a disappointed youth. “Is President Jonathan so scared that he won’t take questions from Chimamanda Adichie?” asked another.

D'Banj’s performance was so bad that he came out looking like a brainless political pawn, too grateful to sit across from a candidate who appears too timid and too unsure of himself to submit to any real debate.

Jonathan and the PDP may be misjudging the youth who are determined to put an end to the era of mediocrity and criminal showmanship that has dragged their nation backward for several decades.

For D’banj it was a regrettable moment, marking his career as an anti-youth crusader.

Adding to D’Banj’s miscalculation is the discovery that the Jonathan campaign is a sponsor of the Koko Concert scheduled to be held on the 25th of March, the same day as the Adichie-anchored youth debate. Many young people have reacted furiously to the news.

While this move might have been packaged by the Jonathan campaign as an ostensible outreach to the youth community, it came off as a huge gaffe, leaving the President looking disconnected from the core concerns of young people—and a man too afraid to speak to the youth without a script.

As for D’banj, the question is whether he’s going to ever regain respect within the Nigerian youth community. One former fan tweeted: "See d cheap propaganda of Dbanj n GEJ. I see y naija youths cant be trusted. Dbanj na west."

The entertainer’s huge public relations misstep might not matter to him, though; he’s making trips to the bank to lodge his lucre!

But one thing is certain, Nigerian youths don’t seem in any mood to be manipulated by politicians who hold them and their issues in contempt—or by their hirelings, whatever seductive songs they may sing!

http://www.saharareporters.com/article/goodluck-d%E2%80%99banj

In addition to the prophecies, the cabinet will be reshuffled this year and a lot of politicians will be assassinated, lol

Ribadu may become the next INEC chairman

The return of Ribadu

By Elor Nkereuwem

April 4, 2010 12:52AM

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Nuhu Ribadu, the former chief of Nigeria's anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has accepted an offer from Acting President Goodluck Jonathan, to be his special adviser on anti-corruption, good governance and sundry matters.

Presidency sources said at the weekend that Mr. Ribadu is expected to resume "in a matter of weeks" in Abuja. As part of his remit, Mr. Ribadu will be the presidential anchorman supervising the broad anti-corruption platform of the country which includes his former agency, the EFCC; the ICPC; the Code of Conduct Bureau and other related agencies.

He's back

Mr. Ribadu confirmed this in a telephone interview with NEXT at the weekend.

"Frankly I don't want to be drawn into any political discussion," he said. "But let me say it is true that I have been contacted. I also think it is only honest to say that Acting President Jonathan appears to have a keen understanding of the cogent priorities facing our nation which is currently teetering on the brink of disaster. It is probably right to also say he is taking the right steps on those critical priorities. For this reason, I believe it is the moral duty of Nigerians to support all efforts to save our country."

Mr. Ribadu is, at the moment, winding up a plum fellowship at the Centre for Global Development (CGD), a think tank in Washington D.C. dedicated to international issues of development. During his fellowship at the CGD, he was the lead person for the centre on anti-corruption, institutional reform, and African law enforcement policy. During this same period, he undertook special missions to advise many African countries who were just setting up anti-corruption and financial intelligence agencies.

Among the notable institutions that he consulted for were the World Bank and the United Nations (UN).

Mr. Ribadu also consulted for a host of western authorities including the United States government and the European Union (EU).

Presidency sources in Abuja said they expect Mr. Ribadu to meet with Mr. Jonathan, who will be visiting Washington at the invitation of the US president, Barack Obama, next week.

Ribadu's troubles

The former anti-corruption czar, for the past two years, had been in a running battle with the Umaru Yar'Adua led government, culminating in Mr. Ribadu's exile and the decision to take up fellowship offers, first at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and then CDG in the US.

Last year, Mr. Ribadu admitted the decision to leave Nigeria was for self preservation. "I had to leave the country on January 3 this year (2009) after a relentless persecution which climaxed in two assassination attempts," he said in November.

At the height of his troubles with Nigeria's ailing president, Umaru Yar'Adua, who has not been seen since he took an emergency medical vacation five months ago, the former EFCC boss was dramatically charged to court with the alleged failure to properly declare his assets during his tenure as the EFCC chairman.

Mr. Ribadu was said to have failed to produce an asset declaration form, which is a crime for all senior public officers who do not do so, according to the Nigerian constitution. The Fifth Schedule of the 1999 constitution mandates all public office holders to declare all their assets.

Mr. Ribadu however consistently refutes the charges and said that he had not defaulted in the asset declaration procedure. According to him, his asset declaration forms were "submitted on assumption of office in March 2003 and (on) my exit from office in December 2008. I assert that there is no substance to this case; that my assets were (not) declared. How could I have been confirmed for my position in 2003 if I did not submit an asset declaration form to the Senate, as all officers needing senate confirmation are obligated to do?"

Insisting that the forms are in the safe custody of the Code of Conduct Bureau, Mr. Ribadu further urged the Code of Conduct Tribunal to call for the documents. "Is it also not in the power of the Tribunal to simply order the Code of Conduct Bureau to produce certified true copies of my asset declaration if this is what truly concerns the Tribunal?" he asked.

In the clear

Last week however, the federal government indicated its desire to withdraw its case against Mr. Ribadu at the Code of Conduct Tribunal last week, admitting that it had no case against the former EFCC boss.

Mr. Ribadu's fight with the government is seen to have come to an end as the former anti-graft boss prepares to return home after months of exile abroad.

The former anti-corruption czar is looking forward to it. "It is important for us to know that the nation has lost a huge ground in the past two years (and) it would take the collective effort of all patriotic Nigerians to work for the restoration of their country. I certainly look forward to coming back soon," Mr. Ribadu said.

He's Minister of "anything for the boiz" and there has been nothing for the boiz since his demotion.

Wonder why it took him so long, guess he's just beginning to realise that the next election is around the corner and the need to position himself. I wish him speed anyway

Its ok gal, I believe you know what you want and you can tell when you've found it. Just be patient and the best will come your way.

The problem we have is that a love of people are just too use to poverty! Now because of a private jet, you now doubt his calling?
How come we are so shallow in our thoughts (typical Nigerian). One little thing and we forget where we are coming from. If I am right, Pastor Adeboye has been around for decades preaching the gospel and impacting many lifes. The poster and the supporters just sounded like the Israelites when Moses was leading them to d promise land. Any little thing, they want to go back.

I am not surprised at all, a lot of people are just use to been poor. This same issue came up when Pastors started using jeeps then. If you read your bible very well, you will know that christians are u to enjoy ur best things in this world.

Be very careful with ur use of words, remember for a soldier, there is THAT assignment that they'll send him too and he will never return. Also that guy in the bible that called Elisha a bald man, u rmbr what happened.

Don't let this be your last post, I'm sure a lot of people will still want to see you celebrate this same man you wrote against.

Peace to all

I think people often mistaken the attention and the kindness the nurse shows to mean something else. She asks about your night and how you are fairing , and the next that comes to a guy's mind is "she wants sex". It does not necessarily mean they are promiscous, but most of them sabi do,

Go ahead and enjoy your career gal.

You got to believe in the stock market before you can put your next bucks in there.

There are still some good stocks not over-priced at the mo.

GTB - strongly recommended
Oceanic - strongly recommended
Zenith - strongly recommended
Dangsugar - strongly recommended
NB plc - strongly recommended
Guiness - strongly recommended

As someone rightly said, investment is not about immediate returns as most of think.

Just set aside funds you don't need for at least the next 18months and just cross your fingers while it yield returns.

Its still the best time to invest, all we need is to BELIEVE IN THE MARKET AGAIN and not to expect overnight returns.