₦airaland Forum

FILL THE FORM IN OWN HAND WRITING AND IN BLOCK LETTERS.
I, _____, hereby apply to marry your
daughter Sir.
I am _____ years old.
Please answer the following
questions honestly.
1. Do you go to church? Yes/No
2. Do you have a degree or diploma?
Yes/No.
3. Are you still a virgin? Yes/No.
4. Are you working? Yes/No.
5. Do you have a car? Yes/No.
If your answer to any of the
above questions was NO, do not
continue. Leave my house
and don't look back.
If all your answers were YES,
then continue.
1. In 50 words or more, describe
the disadvantages of cheating in
marriage.______
______________
2. With the aid of a diagram,
explain how you can give
respect to your father in-law or
mother in-law. 3. Suppose your wife
says,"honey, I need money for my hair-style at the saloon", what would you answer?
_______________ _____
4. Explain any TEN causes of divorce. _______________
5. What does the term' good
husband's mean to you
______ _____
6. Do you have both dad and mum? Yes/No. If No, explain why?
7. Were your parents legally
married? Yes/No. If YES, for how long? If the time of their marriage is less than your age, explain why you were born out of wedlock.
8. Explain the meaning of''COME HOME EARLY"as used by women. (100 words)
9. Give any THREE reasons that can cause a man to sleep outside his house.
10. In case of divorce, who do
you think is the owner of the
kids between father and mother?
Answer the following by Yes or
No.
1. Do you drink alcohol? Yes/No.
2. Do you smoke? Yes/No.
3. Are you short-tempered? Yes/No.
LAST PART, BUT EQUALLY
IMPORTANT.
1. When can you be free for
interviews? ____________
2. When can be the best time to
interview your
dad____________ __ 3. When can I
interview your
mum? _______________ _____ 4. When can I
interview your
church pastor.
5. Please stick your passport
size photo below, which
will beput in newspaper to check if you have other girlfriends.

Sign here: ____________
Sign again:____________





I got this as a broadcast from one of my BBM contact and it was so funny that i feel like sharing it here to debate on it... Thanks

An anonymous tipster has confided in
SaharaReporters that Festus Iyayi, a former
president of the Academic Staff Union of
Universities (ASUU), was actually shot by policemen
in the convoy of the Kogi State Governor, Captain
Idris Wada, prior to the road accident in which he
supposedly died last week.
The source claimed that the injuries found on the late
writer's chest were consistent with gunshot injuries and
that a bullet did pierce his heart.
One Dr. Paul Amodu of the Specialist Hospital in Lokoja
had revealed that Professor Iyayi died after "something"
pierced his chest, but he didn't specify what it was.
It was reported last week that the popular professor and
writer died in a collision with a security vehicle in
Governor Wada's convoy.
Sources at ASUU said they had dissuaded Iyayi's family
from a "rushed" burial, as they suspected foul play. One of
the sources recalled that another former president of
ASUU, Dr. Mahmood Tukur, also died in suspicious
circumstances on the Kaduna-Zaria highway, with the
police claiming he died of an asthma attack because he
ate pepper which, they claimed, triggered it.
SaharaReporters spoke with Prof. Iyayi's son, Omole,
regarding the latest information, but he said the family
was unaware, and that they do not even have the autopsy
performed yet.
A press statement issued by the Nigerian Medical
Association (NMA)signed by its President Osahom
Enabulele has previously called for a special inquiry into
Professor Iyayi's death but the statement didn't say if the
doctors found that Iyayi may been shot as alleged by the
anonymous source.

Source: www.m.naij.com/news/52420.html

Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Mr.
Ahmed Gulak, on Tuesday dared Governor Rotimi
Amaechi of Rivers State to present the 19 governors he
claimed re-elected him as the chairman of the Nigeria
Governors Forum.
In his reaction to an earlier interview Gulak granted The
PUNCH in which he said the Presidency identified
Governor Jonah Jang as the NGF chairman, Amaechi had
on Monday said he was re-elected by 19 governors
against the 16 who voted for Jang.
“It is a known fact that in the election for chairman of
NGF held on May 24, Governor Amaechi got the mandate
of the majority of his colleague-governors to continue to
serve as their chairman when 19 governors voted for him
as against 16 that voted for Plateau State Governor
Jonah Jang. We know that 19 is always greater than 16,”
Amaechi’s spokesman, David Iyofor, had written.
But Gulak insisted on Tuesday that Jang remained the
chairman of the NGF recognised by the Presidency.
While faulting Amaechi’s claim that his re-election was
accepted by majority of the governors, the presidential
aide asked the governor to present the 19 governors
who voted for him.
He said the poor attendance recorded during the retreat
the Rivers State governor organised in Sokoto on
Saturday was a clear sign of the non-acceptability of his
leadership by his colleagues.
“If Governor Amaechi is claiming that 19 governors re-
elected him as the chairman of the NGF, let him present
the 19 governors. You are aware of the poor attendance
at the retreat he organised in Sokoto. That was a sign
that he is not the leader of the forum,” Gulak said.
On the statement that he was misleading the President,
Gulak said, “If I am misleading the President, who is
leading him (Amaechi)?”
He insisted that the seven aggrieved Peoples Democratic
Party governors were being led by their personal
ambitions and not national interest.
Gulak said the earlier they embraced peace and settled
down to work for the citizens of their states who elected
them, the better for them.

Source: www.punchng.com/news/present-your-19-governors-presidential-aide-dares-amaechi/

Poko baby! She no send at all. Lol. Do you see what's
wrong with the pic?

She is even smoking in a NO SMOKING ZONE!

Source: www.lindaikeji..com/2013/11/what-is-wrong-with-this-photo-starring.html?m=1

OGIDI TOWN HALL, IDEMILI NORTH, IN ANAMBRA
STATE
Polling Unit 009
APC-58
PDP-22
APGA-23
LP-4
ACCORD-1
CPP-1
DPP-1
APA3
ACD-1
ACPN-1

Polling Unit 010, voting point 1
APGA-8
APC-39
PDP-14
PPA-3
APA-1
CPP-1
INVALID is 1

Polling Unit 010, voting point II
APC-13
PDP-4
APGA-4
PPA-1
INVALID 1

Aroma ward 1, Awka south
APGA-45
APC-26
LP-4
SDP-1
KOWA-1
ACCORD-1
PPA-1

Aroma ward 1, Awka south
APGA-34
APC-32
PDP-15
LP-13
Invalid is 5

UDEOZO ward 2, Awka South.
APGA-57
APC-88
PDP-48
LP-82
PPA-2
UPP-1
PPN-3
ACPN-2
CPP-1
KOWA-1
Invalid is 21

For continued coverage and updates follow
SaharaReporters, and our live broadcast on SaharaTV
starting at 6pm. We are speaking to candidates,
voters, and more.

Source: mobile.saharareporters.com/news-page/2013-anambra-governorship-election--first-results-come

owolabifunke14: Let the light shine,nobody can boo my governor.He's the best in this country.Iroko of sunshine noni

Bros, i beg please pass me that weed that make you reason like a cow...
People like you is the reason why I support abortion.
Mimiko is a cause to Ondo state.

Drop that bottle and modify your comment

President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday denied a claim by
Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State that he reported a
serving minister who allegedly collected a $250m bribe
from an oil company without the President acting on the
information.
A newspaper (not Saturday PUNCH) had on Friday quoted
the governor, who is one of the seven aggrieved Peoples
Democratic Party governors, as making the claim in an
interview with an Abuja-based radio station on Thursday.
Lamido was quoted as saying: “Do you know that
recently a top minister received a $250 million (about
42.25 billion) bribe for himself… he (the minister) is in
the cabinet; he is in this current regime; he knows and I
know, and I told the President.”
But Jonathan, in a statement by his Special Adviser on
Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, described the
governor’s claim as “grossly irresponsible, false and
mischievous.”
He said no such communication took place between him
and the governor.
He said the governor’s “patently bogus allegation” was a
callous attempt to impugn his (the President’s) integrity
and cast aspersion on his administration’s anti-
corruption war.
Jonathan added that Lamido descended into “the
unscrupulous, reckless and thoughtless peddling of
arrant falsehood” in order to score cheap political points
for personal and sectional political gains.
He added that if the governor has credible information
about a minister receiving the said amount as bribe as
he claimed, he should publicly name the minister
involved and provide evidence to support his allegation.
In the event that he is unable to do so, the President said
Lamido should be prepared to offer an unreserved
apology to him and Nigerians for what he called “his
unwarranted and unjust effort to denigrate, disparage
and malign the President and the Federal Government.”
The President said while his administration would
continue to make corrupt public officials answerable for
their actions, he would not succumb to harassment and
blackmail by self-seeking politicians jostling for personal
advantage.
The statement read, “We have noted with much regret,
the grossly irresponsible, false and mischievous claim by
the Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido that
President Goodluck Jonathan has refused to act on
information that a serving minister recently collected a
bribe of $250 million from an oil company.
“The Presidency views the patently bogus allegation
reportedly made by the Governor in a radio interview
yesterday as an unacceptable and callous attempt to
unjustly impugn the integrity of President Jonathan and
cast aspersions on the seriousness of his
Administration’s efforts to curb corruption.
“The allegation and the claim by Alhaji Lamido that he
informed President Jonathan of the acceptance of the
huge bribe by an unnamed minister is absolutely without
any foundation in fact or reality because no such
communication has ever taken place between them.
“We abhor Governor Lamido’s descent to the
unscrupulous, reckless and thoughtless peddling of
arrant falsehood in a puerile effort to score cheap
political points against President Jonathan for personal
and sectional political gains.
“If, as he claims, Alhaji Lamido has credible information
about a minister receiving the said amount as bribe, he
should publicly name the minister involved without delay
and provide evidence to support his allegation.
“In the event that he is unable to do so, he should be
prepared to offer an unreserved apology to the President
and Nigerians for his unwarranted and unjust effort to
denigrate, disparage and malign the President and the
Federal Government.
“While the Jonathan Presidency will continue to make
corrupt public officials answerable for their actions, it will
not succumb to harassment and blackmail by self-
seeking politicians jostling for personal advantage.”


Source: www.punchng.com/news/250m-bribery-claim-lamido-lied-against-me-jonathan/

Pandemonium broke out in Osogbo, the capital of
Osun State, when four students were reportedly
injured as some students of Baptist High School,
Jaleymi, Osogbo engaged in a bloody fight with some
secondary school students from another school in
town.
Though the cause of the clash was unknown as of the
time of filing this report, eyewitness informed
Saturday Tribune that the clash lasted for almost two
hours before operatives of the Nigeria Security and
Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) could restore order in
the area.
However, some teachers, who pleaded anonymity
hinted that clash was precipitated by rivalry between
two cult groups.
Sources informed our correspondent that some male
pupils armed with machetes and other weapons
invaded the school in the morning and engaged the
male students of the school in a clash which
eventually culminated in the sudden closure of the
school.
When Saturday Tribune visited the school premises on
Friday, students were spotted trooping out of the
school enmasse before the official closing time with
some parents rushing to the school to take home their
children.
Meanwhile, operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil
Defence Corps and policemen were deployed to the
school to restore peace so as to prevent the
development from degenerating into a complete
breakdown of law and order.
Some of the witnesses said four students were injured
while the clash lasted, but security agencies were
able to arrest two male pupils and two female pupils.
However, some of the students and residents around
the school contended that those arrested were not the
ones involved in the clash.
When contacted, the Public Relations Officer of the
NSCDC, Mr. Ayo Olowe, confirmed the incident,
explaining that the situation was put under control
through the prompt response from the men of the


Source: www.tribune.com.ng/news2013/index.php/en/news/news-headlines/item/26435-4-injured-as-secondary-school-students-engage-in-free-for-all-in-osun.html

Nigeria host Ethiopia in the return leg 2014 World Cup
playoff in Calabar on Saturday.
With the Super Eagles heading into the encounter with a
2-1 advantage courtesy of Emmanuel Emenike’s brace in
the first leg in Addis Ababa on October 13, the Walya
Antelopes would appear to have a little chance in
beating the African champions to reach the World Cup
in Brazil, but the North-East Africans who must win by
at least 2-0 to book their ticket insist they can upset the
form book.
Walya Antelopes coach Sewnet Bishaw, captain Degu
Debebe, midfielder Addis Hintsa and defender Butako
Abebaw maintain they have the quality to pick up the
right result at the UJ Esuene Stadium and called on
Ethiopians not to lose hope.
Bishaw believes the presence of South Africa-based
striker Getaneh Kebede, who missed the first leg at
Addis Ababa National Stadium, will propel his team to
victory.
“To be honest, the presence of an experienced striker
like Getaneh will have an impact in the second leg,”
Cafonline quoted him as saying during the week.
“But we have to be very careful not to give too much
space for their strikers.
“We have to bear in mind that they got the 2-1
advantage in the first leg after we did not close down
space they rarely got in the 90 minutes.
“In any case the result of a football match is determined
at the end of the 90 minutes. We are ready to challenge
them until the end.”
Debebe warned the Eagles not to underestimate the
Walya Antelopes, saying they would regret if they take
victory for granted.
“We will give our best and whatever result in Calabar we
will accept it but most importantly we are all hoping to
upset the form book,” Debebe told supersport.com.
“We might have lost to Nigeria at home but I always
believe with hard work and God on our side we can upset
the form book in Nigeria as nothing is impossible,”
Abebaw said.
Sudan-based Hinsta urged the team to avoid the
mistakes that led to their defeat on home soil.
He insisted the Eagles are beatable and asked the team
to fire on all cylinders during the game.
“It will be a tough match and no one should expect an
easy ride. We may be the underdogs in this match but
Nigeria should expect a good fight at their hands for the
entire 90 minutes,” Hinsta said.
“We have always dreamed of being at the World Cup and
though our dreams were dented at home I believe it’s
not over until the fat lady sings.”
Bishaw said his players must not be afraid to face the
Nigerians, saying they could return home with the ticket
to the World Cup if they overcome pressure.
He said, “In the very beginning we set ourselves a goal,
which was to qualify for the African Cup of Nations and
the World Cup. To achieve that goal we have had to work
very hard and that was our plan. We are training
everyday and night to achieve our goal. We have 90
minutes more, and we will fight to the maximum. And I
am confident we will qualify.”



Source: www.punchng.com/sports/well-stop-eagles-flight-to-brazil-ethiopia/

Displaced landowners in Enugu State have threatened to
storm the Enugu International Airport and seize materials
meant for the conduct of the Anambra State
governorship election on Saturday (today).
They said they resolved to take the action because the
Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria failed to pay them
compensation for acquiring their land.
The landowners are operating on the platform of Airport
Hillview and Layout Landlords Association, Enugu State.
A statement by the publicity secretary of the group, Mr.
Emmanuel Ivuanyi, on Thursday, faulted FAAN for not
paying compensations to affected landowners.
Mostly indigenes of Anambra State, the landowners
made available a notice of the threats to our
correspondents in Enugu and Awka, on Thursday.
According to them, they were promised compensation
when the land was acquired in 2009 by the Federal
Government for the expansion and remodelling of the
airport to international status.
They, however, said that since then, they had yet to
receive any form of compensation from FAAN.
Saturday PUNCH learnt that 11 of the landowners who
started the fight for compensation had died.
One of the landowners, Mr. Emmanuel Chukwurah, said
they would, in their thousands, besiege the airport very
early today (Saturday) and ensure that sensitive
materials for the Anambra governorship election do not
leave the airport.
“We are prepared to die for this, so no amount of
security confrontation will hinder our action,” said
Chukwurah.”


Source: www.punchng.com/news/well-seize-anambra-election-materials-landowners/

Like seriously!

If FFK is a comedian, he would have been famous than Basket-Mouth...

This man is a JOKE!

NGIGE all the way!!!


APC

Fani-Kayode urges Nigerians to kick out Jonathan in 2015
Posted by: Adekunle Jimoh, Ilorin in News 36 mins ago
A former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has urged
Nigerians to team up and kick out the Goodluck Jonathan
administration in the 2015 general elections.
The former minster addressed reporters yesterday at the
Ilorin International Airport, the Kwara State capital, after
attending the first remembrance anniversary of the
strong man of Kwara politics, Dr Sola Saraki.
He said: “My views are clearly well known about
President Jonathan’s administration. There is no point in
inflaming passion. They are very sensitive. If you say
anything negative about them, they get upset and begin
to haul abuses.
“But let me give you straight: this is probably one of the
worst governments this country has ever known in terms
of corruption and infrastructural provision. I think it is
incumbent on every right-thinking Nigerian, whether in
the G-7, the New Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the All
Progressives Congress (APC) or any other party, to get
them out of office. That is our objective.”
On the designation of Boko Haram as a terrorist group,
the former minister said: “The United States of America’s
designation of Boko Haram as a terrorist group is long
overdue. They should have done that before 7,000
Nigerians were killed.
“One wonders why it took the Barack Obama
administration so long; probably because our
government is not fighting Boko Haram strongly enough.
We have complained about this in the last two years.
Perhaps, if our government had made the effort to
encourage the Americans to take this step as far back as
a year or two ago, we would have saved many lives.
“But we have lost 7,000 Nigerians in the last two years
because of the weakness of our government and
because the Americans refused to do the right thing and
designate the group as a terrorist organisation. “I am
glad they have done it now. Let’s hope things will
change.”

Source: www.thenationonlineng.net/new/fani-kayode-urges-nigerians-kick-jonathan-2015/

This NANS president is going mad...
This is why I support abortion

Borno Christians Accuse Governor Shettima Of Negligence, Say Boko Haram Sacked 46 Villages, 14,000 Displaced


A group of indigenous Christians of Borno State under
the auspices of Gwoza Christian Community
Association (GCCA), has accused Governor Kashim
Shettima of negligence concerning Boko Haram
attacks on their communities in which 46 villages
were sacked and their areas made the operational
headquarters of the insurgency.
In an open letter to Shettima signed by its contact
man, Elder Ayuba J. Bassa, the group gave detailed
analyses of their situation, saying that over 14,000 of
their members have been displaced into neighboring
states and the Republic of Cameroon. They
complained that their children are dying of
malnutrition and other health cases in their hideouts.
Giving a detailed background of their situation, the
group said that the governor was unaware, the
Christians in Gwoza are deeply unhappy about the
non-action of his government in response to their
condition. They said they did not really believe
governor was being updated about what is actually
going on by their representatives on his cabinet or by
those in the House of Assembly.
“A total of 618 families (not individuals) have been
displaced from their houses to various places in
Nigeria as well as in places in Cameroon. There were
a total of 46 Churches that have been burnt and
destroyed while a total of 541 houses were also burnt
and destroyed. As at 23/10/2013, a total of 46 villages
were completely displaced; while a total of 108
houses have been vandalized, some of these houses
are being occupied by the insurgents atop the
mountain hills. More of concern is the plight of 68
widows whose husbands were either shot or
slaughtered in front of their family members. We have
full documentation of these atrocities against
Christians and yet your Deputy Governor during his
two visits to the area has never found time to even
commiserate with the Christians, but were
deliberately avoided.”
Continuing, the villagers asked whether they are
perhaps not being considered to be Borno State
citizens.
“Shops destroyed at Kirawa were given N3million, we
also reliably informed that the sum of twenty five
million naira (N25,000,000.00) was also given to the
butchers from Gwoza at the Maiduguri Abbattoir.
Everyone knows that the Abattoir is the breeding
ground of the insurgency activities most of whom
have gone back to Gwoza as sponsored insurgents.
They have now made the mountain hills their
headquarters. While the whole lot of over 13 to 14
thousand Christians are homeless and are refugees
without basic needs after fleeing their homes. Are we
bastards that deserve not an iota of attention?”
The group noted that resistance but for its respect for
constituted authority, its members have what it takes
to resist the insurgents.
“We have the capacity to retaliate even more
devastatingly, but two wrongs do not make a right,”
the letter said. “When peace was visible especially at
Bayan Dutse and Barawa District in particular,
confirmed information reached us that the civilian JTF
was sponsored to the area in order to retaliate the
actions of the army JTF on innocent civilian Christians
of Barawa. A list of eighteen (18) persons was given to
them out of which they succeeded in apprehending
four (4) including a former vice Chairman of Gwoza
Local Govt Area: To date no one has been able to see
them. This was politically motivated under the cover
of insurgent activities- branding them as Boko -
Haram. That Civilian JTF that underwent that infamous
mission were themselves Boko-Haram from the
Maiduguri Abbattoir who actually ran away to
Maiduguri when the JTF came to Barawa in April this
year. In order to see them as legitimate Civilian JTF,
some of them were told to adopt Christian names
such as Bitrus, Yohanna, etc instead of their Muslim
names. We have no regrets to state categorically
before you that one key elected politician from the
area and also the district head comes from the
current headquarters of Boko- Haram on the Gwoza
hills at Gwavaka in Ghwa`a. May be you may like to
hear that on 29th September, 2013, two days to
independence day, Boko- Haram village-Head was
turbaned in the area where four cows were
slaughtered in celebrations. It was the cows of the
displaced Christians.
The group warned that in the circumstances, if pushed
to the wall, we will have to actually defend ourselves
and that is not a threat because every human being
has the instinct to survive. “It is not because we don't
have that capacity of retaliation or taking our plight
for solutions elsewhere,” they said. “We do have
them such as the ICC, US Congress, International
Development Agencies, International Reconciliatory
Agencies, Human Rights, International Religious
Freedom Reports, Inter-faith Mediation Centre and
above all the constitution of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria.”
Presenting statistics of their displaced members, and
as well the villages that were sacked by the sect, they
stressed, “we really have reasons to complain bitterly
as if we are aliens in Borno State and every sane
minded human being can attest to our plight. We
registered this Association to actually forestall the
administrative bottle necks of CAN in tackling our
internal issues which may be peculiar to us. But we
keep in close contact with CAN because our
Association is not an alternative to CAN. We are in the
full picture and knowledge of our Christian brothers
and sisters that are scattered as refugees which are
currently as follows:
* Mokolo - Cameroun - Over 3,000
* Galma - Cameroun - Over 2,000
* Limankara - 202
* Madagali in Adamawa State - 2050
* Gulak in Adamawa State - 800
* Michika in Adamawa State - 1865
* Askira in Borno State - 410
* Uba in Borno State - 743
* Mubi in Adamawa State - 273
* Ngoshe Sama - 223
* Yola in Adamawa State - 270
* Jalingo in Taraba State - 190
* Lagos in Lagos State - 428
* Abuja in the FCT - 1021
The group gave the names of villages in which
Christian refugees were chased out as follows:
Ghraza, Hduwe, Tacha, Gudule, Gathaghure, Hembe,
Kunde, Jiga, Ghwa 'a-klala, Gwavaka, Sabon Gari
Kunde, Chebe-Chebe, Pege Barawa, Angwan Lawan,
Vireke, Koghum, Kamba, Kwatara, Wala, Ashigashiya,
Gava-west, Gileri, Sasawa, Bita, Dangalang, Ungwan
Dambe, Yamtake, Valengede, Bla waziri, Bla abba,
Gatha Musa, Gatha chairman, Gobara, Barawa, Uvaha,
Gidan Block, Sabon gari zalidva, Patawe, Amdaga,
Shiya-dawe, Dure, Hudimca, and Ghufure.
“For goodness-sake how can a leader allow such large
number of villages to be left vacant?”
SaharaReporters has not been able to reach the office
of the Governor for comment.


Source: www.mobile.saharareporters.com/news-page/borno-indigenous-christians-accuses-governor-shettima-negligence-says-boko-haram-sacked-46

All Progressives Congress (APC), on Wednesday,
alerted voters in Anambra State to the creation of
1,973 extra polling units out of the existing 4,608
polling units in the state for the purpose of this
Saturday’s governorship poll, bringing the total voting
points to 6,581.
The APC said this in a statement issued in Benin by its
Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai
Mohammed, declaring that the alert became
necessary because the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) had not educated voters on the
extra polling units, a few days before the election.
According to the party, such development could either
disenfranchise many voters or enable them to play
into the hands of those who were already perfecting
their rigging strategies.
The party said the need to alert voters was further
heightened by the fact that the extra polling units
together accounted for over 800,000 votes.
Meanwhile, Afenifere chieftain and the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant in Ekiti
State, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, has described the All
Progressives Congress (APC) allegation that the PDP
and the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA)
planned to rig the Saturday’s governorship election in
Anambra State as laughable.
He also said from the allegation made by the APC; “It
is certain that the party must be planning to rig the
election and the leadership of the PDP must not wish
the allegation away.”
In a release issued on Tuesday, Adeyeye, who said he
was speaking from experience, added that;
“Experience have shown that whatever the APC
people accuse others of planning to do is what they
are actually planning to do or are already doing.”
“This allegation is not one that our leaders in the PDP
should take with levity because we have seen in the
past, especially during the 2009 governorship election
in Ekiti State where the Action Congress (AC) people
were alleging that PDP planned to cause violence
during the election, but they were actually the ones
that imported armed thugs and militants to the State.
“It is on record that these same people who accused
PDP of planning to rig the Ekiti State 2009 rerun
election were the ones who destroy thousands of
votes in Okemesi, Iro, Ijero, Ise and other towns in
State, and also razed down the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Ido/Osi Local
Government.
“It is therefore important that we draw the attention of
our party’s National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur
and other leaders of the party to the fact that the APC
people must be the ones planning to rig the Anambra
State governorship election, and were only trying to
divert the attention of the public from their sinister
plot.”
While describing the APC as a party of deceitful
politicians, Adeyeye said; “It is even interesting that
they were alleging that both PDP and APGA planned to
rig the Anambra election and one may want to ask
whether PDP and APGA are fielding a joint candidate
for the election.”


Source: www.tribune.com.ng/news2013/index.php/en/news/news-headlines/item/26171-anambra-apc-alleges-creation-of-1,973-extra-polling-units.html

How much does a country need to keep its busiest international airport from running like an oven? The Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos has to be the hottest airport in the world. It is easily the hottest I have travelled through and I have been through quite a lot of airports. Even the Nairobi airport in Kenya that was engulfed by fire is not as hot as the MMIA. You should not even get started with comparing it with the airport in Cape Town or Johannesburg, South Africa. Ghana’s Kotoka International Airport, Accra may be small but it does not meet you with the repulsiveness the MMIA greets you with. Even the Eyadema airport in Togo has a better atmosphere. The Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport in Dakar, Senegal trumps ours by light years. This is speaking of African countries. We dare not try to compare with airports outside Africa. As soon as you descend from the plane to go through the immigration point, the feeling is as though you were being punished for daring to travel to Nigeria – if a foreigner – or you were being punished for daring to leave the country – if a Nigerian. The saddest part of this reality is that money is not the reason why we have an airport that makes us look like we are a people without shame. Or, are we?

There is a chance you are busy during the week. If you find time this Sunday, please pay a visit to the MMIA. Find your way to the Departure Hall. If it does not remind you of the old Oshodi in Lagos, I’d write an apology for everyone who says it doesn’t. Of course, there is a chance they quickly react to this piece to make a few cosmetic changes. If it looks better this Sunday because of this piece, just wait another four weeks; I can bet it will be back to its seamy self. Last Sunday, there were more touts than there were passengers inside the airport. The system is such that even getting your boarding pass to travel is made difficult so an incentive is created for you to engage one of the touts. I was approached to pay N5,000 to get my boarding pass. I wouldn’t pay because I just needed to see if I’d miss my flight despite arriving over three hours earlier. If that had happened, I’d have made sure the airline in question never gets to try it with anyone again. Where else could an anomaly like this happen? If you arrive the airport two hours before your flight, there is a chance you miss your flight not because that is not enough time before your flight but because somehow, someway, bottlenecks have been created to make you need touts to do what you’d do within minutes elsewhere. Nigeria is a nightmare!

If per chance you are wondering why one would dedicate a column to an airport of all the myriad of issues facing Nigeria, please have a rethink. The airport is an essential part of a country’s prestige and perception. Any country with a badly managed airport as ours is likely to be as badly managed as our country. If a country cannot manage its main airport, how can it manage anything else? Travelling through Section D 34 on Sunday and it was as though someone was increasing the heat as we were getting boiled. How much does it cost to make the air-conditioning systems work? What does it cost to make the airport clean enough? Why should we have people in queues for hours just to go through immigration and security checks? Why have more metal detectors if passengers are made to use just one or two on most occasions? Body scanners have been in use since 2007, how much does it cost to have them in our major airports? Why is Nigeria the only country where, to travel, you must have your box opened and ransacked by security men? What is the essence of running these same bags through electronic security? Why in the world can’t we get even the simplest of things right?

The first impression you get about a country upon visiting is its airport. There are people who intentionally run their flight connections through some airports just to make use of their facilities or make purchases. I know people who travel to other parts of the world but make sure to travel through Dubai simply because of the travel experience. I dare not start comparing our airports with Dubai’s because then I’d be comparing two things of different kinds. You will not find a Nigerian who has been outside of this country who is not ashamed of our airports. Of course, this does not include Nigerians who call things that do not exist as though they do; Nigerians who look at the poverty and gross unemployment and proclaim our lives are being transformed. You will not find a Nigerian who has the ability to face the truth who’d not admit shame at looking at our major airports. I was at the Addis Ababa airport last August when a Nigerian started lamenting behind me. She was shocked even Ethiopia could do better than the “giANT” of Africa. Giant ko, dwarf ni. We stay living in a delusion of grandeur that does not exist.

Having said all this, I will never be able to describe the pain and sadness that come with travelling from the MMIA. The only way you won’t feel this sadness is if you’ve gone past caring about this country or you are one of the reasons this country is so messed us as it is. The MMIA was modelled after Amsterdam’s Schipol. Over 40 years later, the MMIA is worse than it looked when the military government of Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo remodelled it. Just look at Schipol airport today. If you dare compare both, tears will fill your eyes before you even get started.

Where then do we start? We can start by doing away with the touts inside the lobby. We can start by ensuring the air-conditioning systems work. We can look to make sure passengers are well-treated on arrival and departure. We always look at problems and immediately assume throwing money at them will solve them. I have since realised half the problems with Nigeria have nothing to do with money. Even with all the money in the world, our airports and our country will not work as long as we do not have people who care about excellence. Caring about excellence means knowing that Nigerians deserve the best all the time. When we reserve the rights citizens of other countries take for granted, upgrade such to privileges for our citizens, we will always miss the point of making things work. Nigerians deserve more but as long as we have people – including the President – dancing on national TV because a road contract has been awarded, we’d always have a situation where mediocrity will remain the norm. Would anyone say the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway is the mess it is because of money? Nay. It is what it is because we are who we are. We have become a people accustomed to seeing nothing work.

It’d be great to see someone in authority do something about the mess that is the MMIA for starters. It’s a shame to Nigeria. But does Nigeria even understand what shame is? Does anyone really give a damn about the shame?

-Mr. Omojuwa @gmail.com; twitter: @omojuwa

Source: www.punchng.com/opinion/the-shame-called-murtala-muhammed-international-airport/

@OP,
How does the thread topic and the statement in the post correlate?

This is Why I support abortion!
Drop that bottle in your hand and modify your post!
Ode!

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 23-year-old robber, Prince Nwafor, with a visual recording of a robbery operation that he took part in.

According to police authorities, the suspect is part of a robbery gang that specialises in snatching vehicles in Lagos and selling them at low prices.

The gang was also alleged to have robbed in Ebonyi and Anambra states.

The recording, which was captured with a camera phone, showed how Nwafor’s gang members robbed a motorist of his car in an undisclosed location. He, however, did not appear in the recording.

The police said it was believed that Nwafor intended to release the incriminating video on the Internet for allegedly cheating him every time they went for operation.

Nwafor, however, told PUNCH Metro that he made the recordings so he could blackmail his colleagues with it.

He said his colleagues usually cheated him when sharing their loot and the recording was meant to be used as a leverage to force them to share the robbery loot equally.

He said, “I was a commercial motorcycle rider but when the Lagos State Government began to restrict our operation, I abandoned the job and started working as a labourer at construction sites in Lagos. However, the money was too little.

“When I travelled to my village in Ebonyi State, I met Kingsley Chibuzor, who told me that he came to the state to snatch some cars and asked me to join him. Since I needed money, I joined his gang. However, they were always cheating me when they were sharing the money.

“In the first robbery operation I did with them, we stole two cars and sold them at N800, 000. We were three, which means I should have received at least N250, 000. Unfortunately, I was given only N100, 000.

“During the second operation in Abakaliki, they cheated me again. So the third time, I used my camera phone to record the entire operation. I kept it to be used as leverage so that if they cheated me again, I can use it to blackmail them.”

The suspect said things, however, did not work as he planned because after another operation, he was not contacted by the gang members.

He said after a lot of efforts on his part, he located them and discovered that another member of the gang, Enebeli Ozoemena, held his (Nwafor)N200, 000 share.

He said, “We had a big quarrel and everybody went their separate ways until we were arrested by operatives of the Special Anti Robbery Squad.”

When asked what he did with the money he made from his robberies, the suspect said, “I went to Ebonyi State, where I had my wedding. Weddings are expensive. Soon after, my wife gave birth to a son and we were happy, but when I left the gang, I became so broke that I had to sell some of my things in order to feed.

“My parents, my wife and child had been killed during a communal clash between Amedo village in Ebonyi and Adama Village in Cross River.”

PUNCH Metro had reported last week Wednesday that a prison escapee, Chibuzor, who is the alleged gang leader, and Enebeli, were arrested by the police.

Our correspondent learnt that through Chibuzor’s confessions, Nwafor was arrested.

SARS operatives, who made the arrests, found the visual recordings of the robbery operation on Nwafor’s mobile phone.

Police Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide, who confirmed the arrest to our correspondent on the telephone, said some of the stolen vehicles had been recovered, adding that efforts were on to recover the remaining ones stolen by the gang.

Source: www.punchng.com/metro/suspected-robber-videos-colleagues-during-operation/

President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday announced a
cash gift of N2m each for all the players of the nation’s
Under-17 team, the Golden Eaglets, who won the 2013
FIFA Under-17 World Soccer Championship on Friday in
Abu Dhabi, United Emirates.
The players, their handlers and key members of the
Nigerian Supporters’ Club, according to the President,
will also be honoured with national honours during the
next award ceremony.
Jonathan announced the rewards at a reception he held
in honour of the players at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The President announced a N3m cash gift to the team’s
Head Coach; the assistant coaches get N2.5m each; the
team doctor, physiotherapist and team secretary get
N500,000 each while the team technical officer, team
coordinator, medical officers and the curator will get
N300,000 each.
Jonathan said with the gifts, he was keeping his earlier
promise to the team when he charged them to go and
conquer the world.
Describing the cash gifts as token, the President
encouraged state governments and members of the
organised private sector to join the Federal Government
in appreciating players, saying no amount of reward
could be adequate for the young Nigerians.
“The team, the handlers, the coaches and the officials
including some key members of the supporters club and
the Nigerian Football Federation will all be rewarded
when we give national honours,” he said.
The President said he was pleased to host and honour
the players who he said by their outstanding
performance had brought pride and honour to Nigeria
and Africa.
He said the players won fairly and convincingly, adding
that the victory is for the whole of Africa.

Source: www.punchng.com/news/eaglets-get-n2m-each-national-honours/

Please i made a mistake in posting this in politics section. Let the mod help me move it to sport section. Thanks!

This is why i said stella should be sack!!!

Na Stella cause am!

snika: Shut up your lousy mouth Mr. Reporter. Must you overate yourselves each time you are talking about this overcrowded, traffic-jammed, dirty community?

Who told you Lagos has more than than 9 million people? And who told you your state abi city is even world acclaimed, and the only city in Nigeria held in such personality?

Dude go home, you are drunk

Can you see your life?

I guess you are one of dos trivializing every thread.

And your brothers refuse to leave Lagos and go back to their local villages BECAUSE dey still see lagos as china of Nigeria.

Woe unto the person that introduce you to weed and cheap ogogoro...

Ode!

There is a campaign currently going on in Lagos State.
Its drumbeat is beginning to reach a crescendo in recent
times. As the race for the 2015 general elections gathers
momentum, the question of who succeeds the incumbent
governor, Babatunde Fashola, has become the subject of
intense public speculation. The governor, who is on the
final lap of his second term tenure, will quit office in
2015. Thus, it is not surprising that the debate of who
replaces him will become the subject of public interest.

The succession brouhaha in Lagos is not totally
unexpected. Lagos, with a population of 25 million
inhabitants, is perhaps the only Nigerian city with global
acclaim. It has also over the years grown to be Nigeria’s
most important state. Its massive internally generated
revenue, about N17bn; a huge commercial and industrial
base coupled with its being a former federal capital city
make it a coveted state among the political elite in the
country. That is why Lagos has been the theatre of fierce
political battles–the struggle for its political dominance
peaked since the return to democracy in 1999.

More specifically, the state is still the scene of an
ongoing political struggle between the Peoples
Democratic Party and the defunct Action Congress of
Nigeria now under the All Progressives Congress. The
jostle for who becomes governor had also once
witnessed intra-party rivalry that pitted one faction
against the other. The importance of Lagos has ensured
that it is continually in the eye of the storm with the
Federal Government which would give anything to bring
the state under its political control. Successive
governments in Abuja have always sought to wrest
control of the state from the “progressives” who have
dominated political power since. In most cases, they
have blocked policies embarked on by the state just to
prove a political point or strangle it to submission. This
points to the importance of Lagos in the national political
equation. That is why it is not surprising that, once
again, the race for Alausa is attracting attention, except
that this time, it has taken a religious dimension. But I
consider the present call by some Christians for a
Christian governor strange and unprecedented. It is
strange because it is curious that some so-called
Christians in the state would seek to campaign for a
Christian governor as if it is the sole determinant of good
leadership.

It is also unprecedented because this is the first time an
attempt will be made by a religious body to consciously
campaign that a governor emerges from their faith. The
clamour first began not too long ago. It was brought into
the public space by the Director of Civic and Political
Affairs of the Diocese of Lagos Mainland of the Anglican
Communion, Venerable Folarin Shobo, who asked Lagos
residents to vote in a Christian as governor in 2015.

Shobo said it was time for power to shift in the state.
According to him, ‘’Lagos residents cannot afford to
continue with the present political arrangement whereby
political officers were largely people of a particular
faith”. The cleric urged Christians in the state to change
the political status quo. He said, “It is not fair to have a
government that is largely tilted to people of a particular
religion. Christians over the years have been
magnanimous enough. We have worked for people who
are not of our faith and we have supported them to be in
government. It is now time for us to come out and take
the bull by the horns’’. He reportedly lamented the
situation where none of the five people being tipped to
succeed Fashola come 2015 is a Christian. “Asking for a
Christian governor in Lagos State at this time is not out
of place. It is long overdue and it is time we began to do
something about it,” Shobo’s position was re-echoed at
another forum by a group called the Men Mission’s Union
of New Jerusalem-City Baptist Church, Ejigbo, at a
breakfast session with the Chairman of the Ejigbo Local
Council Development Area, Kehinde Bamigbetan, on the
theme: Christians and Politics: A Personal Reflection.
Bamigbetan debunked the allegation that neither the
party nor its leaders is consciously sponsoring Muslim
candidates. Then enter the Pentecostal Fellowship of
Nigeria Lagos branch. In a statement titled, “The Church
and Governance of Lagos State”, Its chairman, one
Apostle Alex Bamgbala, said Christians have supported
the two Muslim administrations in the state since 1999
and it is only fair that they give room for their Christian
counterparts to be elected in 2015.

As the race for the Lagos top job gathers momentum, I
am sure it will not be long before other Christians join
this annoying and bizarre campaign. My take on this is
simple. I consider the reason behind the Christian-for-
governor disgraceful and odious. The campaign by these
so-called Christian leaders is also dangerous,
diversionary, hypocritical and inimical to peaceful co-
existence of the state’s residents. It detracts from the
real issues of governance. And there lies our problem as
a country. I am a Christian and if you ask me, I do not
give a hoot about the religion of the next governor.
Neither has religion determined who gets my vote. Not in
past elections and not in the future. For all I care, the
next governor can be a traditionalist or even an atheist.
What is important to me and for all residents is
performance and pedigree.

The position of the so-called Christians is immoral to
me, and reprehensible at best. It is curious that they
have chosen this time for their divisive and unpatriotic
campaign. One would expect them to demand good
government no matter who will rule Lagos. What Lagos
needs is good governance. Lagos residents want
improvement in all aspects of their lives. They want
better inner city roads, effective transport services, good
schools, improved health care services, more
independent power projects and security of lives and
property. So, what has religion got to do with these?
Lagos needs the best man for the job. There are those
who have applauded Fashola’s performance so far.
Never for once has his religion been in contention. What
these masquerading as religious leaders have failed to
tell us is how Fashola’s performance have impacted on
Muslim alone.

What they have also failed to tell us is what other
leadership qualities a Christian governor must possess
other than just being a Christian. For them, Lagos needs
a Christian governor even if the would-be candidate
lacks the qualities. This attitude should be condemned by
all Lagos residents. This is a dangerous trend that must
not be allowed in a democracy. Not the least an
enlightened state like Lagos. It is either they are acting
in ignorance of the ignominious role religion can play in
our national life or are being mischievous. Have they
even forgotten that a political party has its own
structure? Are they now saying that even when a
candidate, who is Muslim emerges, he should be dropped
for a Christian who is not in the ballot or who did not
have the required number of votes to stand election?
Christian leaders should be conscious of the role they
play in the society. They should avoid stoking the embers
of religious hatred by playing up one religion against the
other. Playing on mass hysteria will further widen the
schism that is threatening to tear us apart as a nation.
They should encourage leaders to deliver on their
electoral promises. A Christian governor is not a
guarantee for good governance. This campaign is
nonsensical and must stop.

Source: www.punchng.com/opinion/2015-christian-or-muslim-governor-for-lagos/

My finger will be busy on that day.

Don't you check the date?

February 14th....

Ikengawo: My does Amaechi dress like a 24 hour disco

Your English teacher should be arrested.

RedBenson: Excuse me pls! We are talking abt fg/ASUU here (education and brighter future) and not ur seemingly fraud deal. Take ur time!

Bros, i beg you get sledge hammer for that side?

Please just borrow me the hammer, buy me 70naira fish and let me do brain transplant for the dude...