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This is the link to the Linda Ikeji blog post: http://lindaikeji..co.uk/2012/04/transformation-comes-to-benin-lagos.html

Yes, the road has been fixed.
What a generation of "strong leaders" could not achieve has been accomplished.
Fresh Air!!!

Lol!

[size=14pt]Lagos ACN elders ask Tinubu to aspire to Presidency[/size]
By Emmanuel Oladesu Deputy Political Editor

[img]http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/thumbnail.php?file=Tinubu_NEW.jpeg_834061638.jpg&size=article_medium[/img]
Former Governor Bola Tinubu Former Governor Bola Tinubu

Lagos State Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) yesterday asked former Governor Bola Tinubu to consider running for the Presidency.

The elders, Oba Olatunji Hamzat, Prince Tajudeen Olusi and Otunba Busura Alebiosu, spoke at a luncheon in honour of the party’s national leader held at the Golden Gate Restaurant, Ikoyi. It was organised by the “Elders of Lagos ACN” to mark the 60th birthday of Tinubu, who used the opportunity to reflect on his political ascendancy, right from the Third Republic.

Accompanied by his wife, Senator Oluremi, and associates who came from abroad for the ceremony, the ACN leader cut his birthday cake, amid applause by dignitaries.

Oba Hamzat said: “This man has played local politics enough. Now, we want him to play national politics. Awo worked to become the President, but when he died, he became the best President Nigeria never had. We want him to become the President of Nigeria. Look at the problems we are having now. In Ghana, electricity is regular, but light had gone off thrice now where we are. he can fix those problems”.

Thanking the elders and leaders for their support for him since he vied for the Lagos West senatorial seat, he also applauded them for not jumping the ship at critical moments in the lives of their political caucus groups.

Tinubu said: “This is my happiest moment. I wanted to travel to Ghana, but this is the most important meeting. Credit yourself, this is what you have made of me. You elders, through God Almighty, made it possible. I was just a financier of a rebellious group. I took after Alhaji Hamzat, Prince Olusi and Otunba Alebiosu’s rebellious attitude.

“We quarrel, we argue, we disagree, but we have never engaged in anti-party activities. We never betrayed ourselves and we have never failed. Thank you for making a good politician out of me”.

The event was witnessed by Lagos State Deputy Governor Mrs. Tawakaliku Orelope-Adefulire, her predecessors, Princess Sarah Sosah and Prince Abiodun Ogunleye, Aremo Olusegun Osoba, Sir Pius Akinyelure, Asiwaju Olorunfunmi Basorun, Alhaji Akanni Seriki-Bamu, Pa Abiodun Sunmola, Cardinal James Odunmbaku, Senator Olorunnimbe Mamora, Senator Tony Adefuye, Alhaji Mutiu Aare, his wife, Alhaja Rashida, Chief Rabiu Oluwa, Mrs. Toun Ajomale, Dr. Shamsedeen Amuwo, Dr. Kayode Sonaike, Dr. Tunji Alausa, and Dr. Jide Salako.

Oba Hamzat recalled that he had perceived Tinubu as a man of the future 25 years ago, when he donated generously to the party’s purse for the oiling of its electoral machinery.

oBA Hamzat added: “At that time, we did not know that he was behind our group, donating generously. That was during Sarumi/Agbalajobi saga. I did not know the money was coming from him. Later, it was revealed when he agreed to go for the senate.

“Odu Olukosi was a contestant. He said he knew Tinubu would win, but that he would disturb us by invoking the rain. He waved his handkerchief and there was rain. But the delegates did not disperse. He won the primaries and general election . That was when I dreamt that he would shake the polity.”

Oba Hamzat said, although Tinubu wanted to become the Senate President, party elders prevailed on him to step down for Dr. Iyocha Ayu, adding that when he was forced into exile by the military, he did not financially abandon the group that threw him up as a promising politician.

Reiterating the backing of the elders for Tinubu’s future political endeavours, he added: “As long as we see you in front, when there is a political war, if you look back, you will see us”.

Olusi, who described himself as one of the leaders who discovered Tinubu, noted that he has not disappointed them as a politician. He recalled that he had told the political group that Tinubu would be governor since the Third Republic, adding that his traits have thrown him up for leadership.

Olusi said: “I want you to continue to be a foremost Nigerian. I don’t want you to confine yourself to Yorubaland. We want you to be a national leader.

Alebiosu congratulated the celebrator, saying: “I wish you the best of luck. I want you to become the future President of Nigeria”.

Mrs. Orelope-Adefulire, who described Tinubu as a father, mentor, motivator, counsellor and teacher, said the ACN national leader is endowed with a rare courage. She added: “He is a special being. Tinubu has developed a lot of people. He is courageous. He created the Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation and brought women into politics, parliament and executive council. He is a gender-friendly leader”.

Sosan said Tinubu is a kind man who had impacted on lives and groomed women for responsible positions in public life.

Basorun said: “I was not in his party when he selected me, through a letter signed by his Chief of Staff, Babatunde Fashola, as a delegate to the Abuja Political Conference. I had to leave PDP when dogs started eating dogs. I urge you to remain prayerful and humble and God will give you your heart’s desire”.

Sunmola extolled Tinubu’s qualities, praying to God to give him the wisdom to always triumph.

Mamora said: “Asiwaju cannot be over-celebrated. We are celebrating a celebrity in his own right.”

Osoba thanked the elders for standing firmly behind Tinubu, saying that he has erected lasting legacies. He added: “He has created succession in the state and across the ministries. He is a man of resolute mind who has the tenacity of purpose to pursue political goals.”

Tinubu spoke on how he joined the fray in the Third Republic, saying that, although he was initially in the shadows, he shared the beautiful goal of harnessing the resources of Lagos State for its development.

He said his first intra-party battle was to object to the attitude of denying brilliant people party offices in favour of carpenters and vulcanisers, adding that he later learnt compromise and flexibility from Pa Hamzat when he later got to the senate.

Tinubu recalled: “I won the nomination resoundingly. It was not because of my brilliance. I was only blessed in terms of strategic thinking. Today, Lagos is the glory of Nigeria.

“During the MKO Abiola battle, you were consistent and you stood like the Rock of Gibraltar. At a meeting presided over by Alhaji Alebiosu, you asked me to run for governorship. I said I would think about it and you postponed the screening until I came back two weeks after.

“Those in control of the party wanted to use delegates. At Ijebu-Igbo, we changed the beat from delegates to direct primaries because we said every Lagosian should have hand in the emergence of the governorship candidate. I thank you all for making a good politician out of me.”

http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news-update/41759-lagos-acn-elders-ask-tinubu-to-aspire-to-presidency.html

Funny thing is, the UK where this happened is safer for a black man than Nigeria.
I don't mean to sound negative, but we've got to begin standing on our legs and stop propping up shiit. I have only ever been at gunpoint in Nigeria (many times); you go to certain parts and there is someone waiting to blow you up, because you are Christian or Muslim; you lose out in life, because you are neither Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, Gwari or whatever; you get on a place like NL and freely receive ethnically bigotted insults that would send anyone in the white World to jail for a long time.

I know we are not animals, but sometimes, one is forced to wonder.

The articles we post on NL about racism just seem like tokenistic, silly attempts to play to the gallery. Just look at the behaviour right here on NL and conclude.
If Fabrice Muamba had dropped stone cold dead on a Nigerian football field, what reaction would it have elicited from medical teams and the public? Would a doctor (a white man) climb over the railings from the stands and run across the field to help free of charge?

Deeper and much more troubling questions should echo through the mind of each and every right-thinking Nigerian reading this post.

Pictures best describe the reaction of the so-called "hateful" white World to a black they didn't know from Adam dropping dead before their eyes:

nwabobo: @beaf,

I'm surprised this guy could 'April fool' you as well. Dude is talking about political power and not electrical.

I cannot judge, that is left for the patent office or the consumer. What is most important is too help any Nigerian, African or black to know certain things. Also, you never know, this thread might be of immense benefit to one or two others.

EZEKWIBE: Please Bruv you seem to know about this patent of a thing pretty well, am here in the UK, I have some inventions I want to patent, I've been skeptical of doing it through the internet cause am kind of afraid that I might be ripped off, some of my inventions I've made the prototype my self but some I've not well because of lack of time, but the mechanical drawings I've done. Initially I wanted to post some of the things I built in sequences on Nairaland but the initial one I posted there was a lot of tribalistic response so I stopped at the incipience.

1, Do you think they are credible?
2, what do you mean by:"it is free for the first year" please kindly elaborate. (Do you mean after the one year elapse then you would be paying every year for your patent to be effective)

Firstly, UK patents are very credible indeed.

As for posting on NL; NEVER publicly disclose an invention you wish to patent or you will destroy its patentability.

When I say "free for the first year," it means you are allowed to a full year before paying and completing a full patent application in the UK. In other words, you would be making a partial application for the benefit of "patent pending" protection. Very importantly, you will get an early filing date, long before the patent application is completed. The patent itself would take another 18 months or so after the completion of the application (this does not affect your filing date), it is only after that that you would have to pay maintainance fees yearly.

The barest minimum you need to make the application are:

1. A detailed description
2. Drawings

You should get these through the door as soon as possible. The website for the UK patent office is: http://www.ipo.gov.uk/
Study what is available on that website and ask them about any intricate details you are not sure of.

Also be aware that the country you choose to patent in should suit your marketing strategy. The US and UK are good places to aqcuire patents as a first step to a more comprehensive portfolio targetted at a region or the whole World.

If you have the money at this time, you could visit an IP lawyer and get them to handle things. The process I've outlined so far is the poor mans route, which will give you room to wriggle and hussle your invention to success before any real payment becomes due.

Lastly, you do not need engineering drawings for patents.

Further info (you will find more docs on the http://www.ipo.gov.uk website): http://www.ipo.gov.uk/p-apply.pdf

Crap.

Everybody knows that President Michael Sata of Zambia is very ill and there is an attempt to cover it up like the Yar Adua saga:
http://www.nigeriaintel.com/2012/03/28/is-zambia-facing-its-own-yaradua-moment/

Next!

PointB: Accountability is simplistic!

For instance we can account for oil blocks allocation in the country, but does that address fairness, equity, justice, aspiration, freedom, etc? Accountability is not near enough, we need overall restructuring.

Precisely. Many of us use overly simplistic generalisations like, "corruption" and "accountability" to describe the Nigerian problem and only end up papering over the fractures, fissures, gullies and chasms that our broken national architecture has foisted on us.

The country is caught in a trap of buzzwords and easy escape routes; we energetically propound empty arguments and rage about counterfeit positions, whereas we have a fevered phobia for true federalism, which is the only true cure for our lack of development, our only guarantee for healthy competition and true representation of citizen and culture.
Until our national architecture is comprehensively restructured, buzzwords like "corruption" will remain an ephemeral dream in the wistful eyes of the generality of the population who refuse to knuckle down to stark reality, the masses who refuse to tackle the real nuts and bolts issues while chaos consumes all.

Nothing will happen from now until judgement day when the core-North does not get power in 2015.
In fact, the next few months will witness a massive scramble to backstab and flee ranks among core-Northern leaders after boko haram fizzles out in a bloody whimper.

Does anyone recall the fiery Tanko Yakasai? He has become a GEJ "supporter." Lol!

[size=14pt]Youths rescue kidnap victim in Delta, hand assailants to police[/size]
On March 31, 2012 · In News
12:13 am
By BY EMMA AMAIZE

VIGILANT youths in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State, weekend, rounded up two suspected kidnappers and successfully rescued an oil magnate, Chief Opharokekpare Ofigo, who was abducted by a four-man kidnap gang.

Saturday Vanguard gathered that the two kidnappers were beaten up mercilessly before they were handed over to the police.

Chief Ofigo, who is the owner of Ofigo Oil in Udu was said to have been kidnapped at Ubogo Junction at about 3.00 pm by a four-man gang, which stormed the petrol station and dragged him into their vehicle at gunpoint.

Some youths who were near the vicinity sensed that what just happened was a kidnap case, and immediately, the chairman of Udu Youths Wing of the Urhobo Progress Union, Comrade Sunday Subi ordered the youths to trail the kidnappers.

Luckily, they tracked them down to the Ukperheren water side where a member of the gang was waiting in a speed boat.

A fracas ensued between the youths and the kidnappers at the waterside during which two of them were overpowered and the hostage rescued. Chairman of Udu Youths, Comrade Subi , commended the youths for their gallantry, saying they should remain vigilant to discourage the growing business of kidnapping in the area.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/03/youths-rescue-kidnap-victim-in-delta-hand-assailants-to-police/

bittyend: Everyone who clicks on this website has a stake in it because without us, there would be no NL. And when I said "we'll burn this bytch down", I was inferring that we can shut it down - I'm sure you're aware of hacking and ping of death a la denial of service.

With all due respect sir, NL is the only platform where Nigerian youths meet for now, and we all want the best for it. Mr. Seun needs to stop playing and experimenting with the website - if he needs to do any experimentation, he can download a mini-webserver on the PC, and try his experiments there.

Cheers!

You worry me.

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chima12: my good friend.
yoruba=yoruba
itsekiri=itsekiri
is being yoruba the only requirement for appearing on tribune newspaper?the prof has never claimed to be yoruba or that itsekiri are yoruba.If you want to claim otherwise,provide a link.

Forget that shymmex guy, he is clearly on drugs.
Let anybody come and make daft claims when the time comes, and we will all pitch in to repel any thieves - Itsekiri, Ijaw, Isoko, Urhobo.

shymmex: Igbos can take the Bight of River Niger!

The only tribes on the Bight of Benin are: Yorubas, Itsekiris (a yoruba subgroup), and Ijaws. Urhobos, Binis and Isokos are land locked like Ndigbos.

Dude, go take care of the Ilaje people. Ole.

This is for clowns like you to mull over (the Itsekiri's voted under Warri; go figure):

Figures like the ones below do not lie. 99% of the Midwest voted to get out of the Western Region, it is a lesson that many of you have still not learnt which is why you are arrogantly revising history as if we do not know why we opted out. Arrogance played a huge part in our upping and leaving. Perhaps, I will open a thread on this issue and post many of the shameful things that set our minds on leaving the Western Region.

99% in a referendum is a very powerful declaration indeed.

www.nairaland.com/attachments/618690_Midwest_gifc8ab793912f73fbfd315c809824d9a07

jmaine: https://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff390/ShaneDawg021/th_jarulewtf.png Sheer stupidity

Word.
It is really out of order to mention boko haram in the same breath as leisure.

shymmex: You can post as many pictures as you want, the Bight of Benin is our "ultimate prize" as Yorubas. We own it, and we'll defend it.

"Ultimate prize?" Lol!
A worthless shrimp like you cannot not even speak for its own toilet, talkless for Yoruba land.

"Ultimate prize?" Human beings and their ancestral lands in this century?
Don't cause a wistful tear to pop out of Ciroma's beady read eyes and the crack of a cringworthy smile to appear on Hitlers gory remains.

Rally your pride to take care of Ilaje people. Id!ot.

shymmex: Your territory, huh? If and when Nigeria disintegrates, we'll have to redraw the borders. I'm Yoruba, and I know where yorubaland starts and ends. It starts from the whole of Itsekiri land to parts of Kogi and Kwara - and ends in Lagos.

We either stay as one, or every tribe takes what rightfully belongs to its people, period.

You are little more than an expansionist thief. Ok?
Go and take care of Ilaje people who are currently discriminated against. This is an Ilaje settlement, whereas an Itsekiri man is governor of Delta state and Itsekiri's are fully in the mainstream. See how your Ilaje's live like animals, even though they provide oil bearing lands; why would any Itsekiri want to be used in this way?

Phuck off. Ole.

https://a1.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/11/a2f1b259f81ba040882778fb2cf96a11/l.jpg

shymmex: Can you speak Ijaw, mad man?

Just as I cannot speak Ijaw, so you cannot speak a word of Itsekiri. Please, leave us alone and mind your own territory.
Do you see Itsekiri people going about calling themselves Yoruba? Ole.

[quote author=ndu_chucks]Please explain who is spoon feeding who.[/quote]Alhaji, this is a funny question indeed. Just check out whose hand is holding the spoon in your mouth.
My broda, go and invest just half the energy you waste on the Niger Delta and oil in your immediate environment; personally save an almajiri or two and see if your core-North will not become paradise over night. Instead of doing the right thing, your heart is set on trickery, filching and stealing.

shymmex: I disagree with the bolded part. Itsekiri land is yoruba land - and Yorubas own at least 80% of the Bight of Benin - and the other 20% belongs to the Ijaws.

Can you even speak Itsekiri, punk?

[quote author=ndu_chucks]Ono and Beaf indubitably suffer from either Grandiose delusion or delusions of grandeur. [/quote]What name would you give your own delusion then? All people like you have done is convert half your home population to almajiri's, while coverting the fruits of far away lands. The days of slavery in Nigeria are long gone; get used to reality.

If you attempt violence on us, you will be remorselessly smashed to smithereens.

lincy: Even with his billions my cake is still better dan his.

[img]https://www.nairaland.com/download/671788[/img]

I really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really loooooooooove this cake!

bittyend: Fam, I know everything seems like a joke to you - but look at the bigger picture. Who is Dede1? Who the heck is chosen04? How come all these spooks live in America?

Igbos in Nigeria are not even as ethnocentric as these clowns. If the false flag in Abuja last week isn't saying nothing to you, then you're dumbs as phuck. You saw how they messed up Libya, after sleeping in bed with Ghadafi - and the spook they used was his son.

I'm not going to lie, I think Boko Haram is not a core North creation - it was created by CIA agents all over Nigeria - from North to South. GEJ knows what's going on, but he's powerless. Y'all may think GEJ is dumb but he's not - that's why he gave the maritime patrol contract to the Ijaw militants.

Peep the bigger picture.

Dude, I know you to be an intelligent guy. Please, get yourself together and don't let the wild things that go on here affect you; its just a virtual World. I sense that you dearly love Nigeria, but NL is the only window you have to look into the country.
Get in touch with more Nigerians (from all over) where you are, go to Nigerian nite clubs etc.

Take care, bro.

im in UK

Then you have no issues, bruv.

You can try this website: http://www.innovate-design.co.uk/ they have a free info pack that you can download today. They work with business link in the UK, so are reputable. Don't rush into signing or doing anything, yet until you have read the info pack.

i guess this one should be under intellectual protection?

Yes, it is. Ii gives you a lot of muscle to operate with.

Dude, you need to stop smoking shiit, take a deep breath and calm down.

What country are you in at the mo?
You can generally get one year protection free (from the day you apply) in both the UK and US. The UK will be for free, though as stated earlier. You only have to apply to get that protection and attach "patent pending" to your idea to scare off any phucker while you check the market.

The one year gives you time to decide if you want to make a full application, as well as giving you legal cover to use your work in public, sell the invention, get investors etc.
The legal cover you get still does not mean you should forego non-disclosure agreements, though; always keep your back covered.

A UK application only needs a description and some drawings to start with, and you can do the application over the internet and get a reference number and filing date pretty much immediately. As I mentioned too, it is free for the first year; the US one is basically the same, only it costs a few dollars.

ikeyman00: @@@@

sorry beaf what do mean by

3 DO NOT include claims at this stage ?

thanks for the support BEAF

The claims thing only applies to a UK patent (or if you wish to go for a US provisional patent - google it too, but unlike the UK version, it costs $80 or $120, I can't recall exactly). I really don't know about Nigerian patents which you want, so I might not be able to help much.
If your work is of Worldwide use, I would advise that you look to either a UK or US patent.

If you have a patentable idea, you do not need to test it before applying for a patent, otherwise, you risk losing patentability.

Getting a patent application in should be your first step. You can get your application in free in the UK and only have to pay after one year when you must have been able to aqcuire some financial muscle to go the whole hug. These are the rough steps to follow:

1. Create a detailed description
2. Create drawings
3. DO NOT include claims at this stage

Google around for info from the UK patent system and NEVER get into any deal with anyone without a non-disclosure agreement. You can download comprehensive non-disclosure agreements from the internet (again, google is your friend).

If you need help with the patent drawings, I am ready to sign a non-disclosure agreement and help for free, you can reach me here if you need to: admin@afrosciencecommunity.com .
Perhaps, at some stage you might wish to contribute ideas to www.afrosciencecommunity.com. That would be most welcome.

koruji: And you see me complaining?

I shout and scream because what the so-called FG is doing in Nigeria should be a crime - 19 lives over a worthless piece of policy, that is why I shout, 1000s more because of fumbling necessary action that should have commenced on the Jos plateau to signal the likes of BH to keep it in the pouch, that is why I shout, knowing that what needs to be done to make Nigeria great is not really that onerous or requiring a N1 billion monthly Aso Rock food budget, that is why I shout.

The shooting of a black teen in the USA & the laickadisical attitude of the police brought the irony of it all home to me, when the statement, "WTF, are we in Nigeria now", formed in my mind. That is why I f$&@king shout!!!

Deal with it.

Dude, you shout, cos you are crazy. If you don't know, thats the impression you give.

^
You come on insulting, shouting and screaming all the time and don't realise its rude?
Dude, I simply reacted to the tone of your post and the insults in it.

Clean your eyes.

In any event, Anyim was talking about hostels, so you know best what you are screaming about.

“On the other hand, all the top 10 universities in the world have one thing in common: they rely heavily on the goodwill of friends and alumni for funding critical areas of successes such as teaching, research and innovation.

The kernel of my argument from the OP's article.
At the most, states and LG's should run the uni's, not the FG.