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This is an eyesore that is a disgrace to Nigeria. After 51 years? Its pathetic. ![]() We have lost our way in this country. How can our fellow citizens live like this, are they dogs? Why? https://jideodukoya.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/kids-clean-club-visit-to-makoko-12.jpg https://www.rockefeller-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/slum.jpg |
From the air. . . You can't miss it from Oworonsoki to the island. https://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2011/10/shanty-town-makoko-lagos-nigeria.jpg |
Makoko is where Lucifer was born. It is a place in lagos that is hell on Earth. |
--Waves at Odunnu-- biachwest:Damn! www.nairaland.com/attachments/180447_ROTFLMAO_gif3d0c775232c7f27cf80592785b9635b6 |
ikeyman00:Yes, we will know they are serious when they move to cut their salaries. They are only employing agbero methods in the hope that it will open avenues for them to be bribed. They are no better than the police. |
Lol! "Fashola goes to toilet," lets put it on NL! I am sick of seeing governors cutting tapes to mundane things and screaming to high heavens like they invented Jesus and his miracles. It is even the local government chairmans job to provide and launch water projects. ![]() Of all the states in the country, the only one that should be screaming is Akwa Ibom. That is the state with the record allocation for capital projects in Nigeria; a whopping 83%. I don't want to see any governor that is spending 50% of his states allocation on political gifts and bureaucracy attempting to pass that off as "performance." We are no longer deceived by eye candy. After 51 years of independence, each state should be financially self sufficient; instead, the governors hover about the place, begging Abuja for money and posing with projects that are within the remit of local governments. Akwa Ibom is building a deep sea port, massive power stations etc. Thats the kind of thing I want to hear, not not stories about mickey mouse launches of boreholes and water filters. |
The curse of oil. |
[quote author=~Bluetooth link=topic=874155.msg10224410#msg10224410 date=1329578770]and replace them with Niger delta militants and massob members abi ? [/quote]Your 5 day ban hasn't inserted common sense between your ears. Maybe you need another, cos the forum has actually been much saner and cerebral with you fellows gone. |
cold:Dude, every gentleman knows the correct location and it isn't in Bauchi! ![]() But if they have now made it a local government, it only means free walakolobo. Damn! No more recharge cards and blackberries; I will ask the next pretty faced, jiggly arsed enchanter I meet at the beach to simply and immediately allow me visit her "local govt." ![]() Reference:Truth is most people have not paid attention to the boko haram saga, otherwise none of this would really be news. Some months back, an army General was tried for releasing boko haram suspects. Even greater evidence was provided about boko harams reach in govt, when about a year ago, they threatened the Kaduna state governor and his family. They were able to tell the governor where he was in government house at that moment and where his family members (particularly his wife and daughter) had had been to and when. It is a core-Northern elite thing, with the old power structures flexing their muscles in extreme bitterness at the loss of power. More will surely be exposed as the months grind down, it will take tact and patience to overcome boko haram, cos they are everywhere. |
afam4eva:Lol! True indeed. Can you imagine the bloody phuckers can't even count how many police officers have been killed by boko haram? AIG Kafur however declined to give an accurate figure of police officers so far killed in the various attacks on his zone saying that they were yet to compile it since the security challenge was still present. Compile gini? Just count them as they fall sir! ![]() What display of inefficiency can top the above? |
Fresh Air! Lets sack 90% of the lot. ![]() |
[size=14pt]Major Shakeup Looms In Police Force[/size] Kelvin Alohan's picture Sat, 18/02/2012 - 4:41am | GEORGE AGBA and CHIKA OTUCHIKERE Indications emerged yesterday that there might be a major shakeup in the Nigeria Police Force because of the alarming level of corruption and indolence that have been afflicting it in recent years. Vice President, Namadi Sambo, who gave the hint at the inauguration of the Presidential Committee on Police Re-organisation, warned that the administration would no longer tolerate decadence in the security establishment. Sambo, who lamented the rot that has set into the Force, said that Nigerians have virtually lost confidence in the force and called for a concerted effort to beef up its operations for the interest of the nation. Sambo warned, “The government will no longer tolerate indolence and lack of capacity as excuses for non-performance.” He therefore, urged the police to brace up for what he called “the ever increasing tactics and antics of criminals in our society”. “The time has come for the Nigeria Police Force to be re-examined and re-organised for efficiency and effectiveness and to address the rot and reposition it to face the challenges of democratic society through timely prevention and detection of crimes in all ramifications.” Chairman of the committee, Mr. Parry Osayande, also decried the high level of inefficiency that has attracted unprecedented indignity to the force but assured that something was being done to improve its performance. Members of the committee are Clement Akabosu, Bashir Albasu, Major Gen. S. N. Chikwe, Prof. S. D. Mukoro, Dr.FabianAjogwu, Hajia Aisha LaraiTukur, AbdullahiYola and Esther Garba, who is the secretary. Meanwhile, the Assistant Inspector General of Police AIG, in charge of Zone 7, comprising FCT, Kaduna and Niger States, Mr. Atiku Kafur, has given reasons why the dreaded Boko Haram insurgents has singled out the police as its main target of attack. According to the AIG whose zone has borne more of the sect’s attacks, the sect knows that overpowering the police would make it easier to get at and terrorise innocent civilians. Mr. Kafur, who addressed the media yesterday on the scorecard of his zone since his assumption of office explained why extra measures are taken to ensure that the officers of the force are not exposed to undue dangers. Speaking on the tight security present in all the police stations in the zone, the AIG said, “we are assuring members of the public that we are doing everything to see that we do not expose our men to danger. That is the reason for all the things you are seeing as measures to protect ourselves because if we don’t protect ourselves who will protect you.” The commissioner of police for FCT, CP Mikee Zuokumor, adding his voice to the issue noted that the aim of the Boko Haram sect was to destabilize the police so as to make the citizens more vulnerable. “They attack the police so that there would be nobody to protect the people”, he said. AIG Kafur however declined to give an accurate figure of police officers so far killed in the various attacks on his zone saying that they were yet to compile it since the security challenge was still present. It would be recalled that in one of the sect’s attacks on some police stations in Kano State,(not under zone 7), no fewer than 29 police officers lost their lives. The AIG who also reacted to the illegal influx of foreigners into the country thereby compounding the security threat, said the police was collaborating with other security agencies to ensure that people are not entering the country without valid documents. AIG Kafur who accessed his performance and scored himself high listed some of the achievements of the police in his zone as, arrest of armed robbers after an operation, rescuing of abducted citizens after tip-off by well meaning Nigerians and recovery of stolen vehicles. The police also disclosed the arrest of a suspected Chadian national who is also a Boko Haram member, one Abdullahi Gouto who was arrested in Niger State. Commending the efforts of the police-community relations committees for serving as a link between the community and the police, the AIG called on Nigerians to take advantage of the reinvigorated Public Complaint Bureau, to fight criminals. http://leadership.ng/nga/articles/16706/2012/02/18/major_shakeup_looms_police_force.html |
wus1:You are getting the error because the Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB driver cannot see the database. In other words, your path is either wrong or your application does not have read permissions on drive C:\. Do this quick test: > paste the string, C:/db1.mdb in Windows Explorer, press Enter. Does the file open? If no, you have found the problem; its a bad path. However, if it opens, you need to check if the user your application is running under has read permissions on C:\. |
Your generic example looks ok, so the problem is likely to do with configuration (or other server issue). What is the error message you are getting? |
Long, but informative read. The SS welcomes the SE to the resource control train. Our interpretation is unambiguous, so should yours. |
Lol! What a refreshing thread! Ileke's got jokes! ![]() |
amor4ce:Gaddem! ![]() amor4ce:Agreed 100%, bruv. Lets keep multiplying, until the day we can change our nation. |
^ As usual, the desperate straw clutching starts! Like a damaged tool, you cannot even keep to topic. Its the lil d.i.c.k/small man effect, bruv; it makes you feel defeated each time someone else presents a superior argument. It makes you feel so little that you need to reach out for useless straws that have no bearing on the current topic. Every discussion is a learning process and only those with tiny winnie d.i.c.ks like yourself see it as a war in which they are constantly cowering in danger of defeat. You need a shrink to help yourself. What has the rate of success in the battle against boko haram or journalists being chased out of Maiduguri (according to you) got to do with army loyalty? You are confusing even yourself. |
Also, nobody has tinkered with the army like GEJ, his first action (the one that removed Dambazou) was likened to a coup; it was a complete beheading of the top ranks. No one had ever done such in normal times, so I trust that by the time he is done, we will have a truly representative army. |
[quote author=Dudu_Negro link=topic=872932.msg10220412#msg10220412 date=1329523751]You all are fools that welcome and jubilate this as a good reform. You have not learnt lessons from the past tragedies and atrocities. This announcement is the appointments. Where is the power and command structure, can we see who the people are in the Lt Col, The Major and Warrant Officers, particularly who occupies the QMG? A Hausa General appointed to head a Igbo commanding heirarchy is useless. . . nothing but a figurehead! A Igbo General commanding Enugu cantonment over Hausa Quarter Master and Lt Cols is useless, even though he is on his soil. . . .he has no command power. Yoruba General in Kaduna where all his pertinent subordinates are Hausas is useless. . . .figurehead! You all are cheering figureheads as signs of improved changes. The change you need is for your tribe man to be the QMG, Lt Cols and Majors on their own soil. . . . at that level, it will not matter who the GOC is . . .because the true power of the command is saturated in the junior officers who are natives. We are in a treacherous times. . . . stop cheering what you don't know just because it sounds good. You made this same mistake with Obj, IBB, Abacha, Adulkarim. . . .you are yet to learn. We cheer bullshyyt![/quote]Perhaps, you would be right if the army was the sort of thing a bigot would conceive. Reforms have been going on since Obj's time, Yar Adua came in and hurriedly tried to undo them, but as you can witness all of his GOC's and their surrogates are now gone and the army is attaining a healthy ethnic balance. The same thing is happening down the ranks as well. More than anything, talking about the ranks getting disobedient is funny. In the army, the officer is god; in the war front, you dissent and get a bullet. Even history shows how Nzeogwu was able to freely operate from Kaduna with total confidence and complete control; in current times, you can witness how the JTF is able to stamp its colosal authority in the NE, Kano and Kaduna. Nice one GEJ. |
amor4ce:My sis, I am not guilty (except maybe in unconscious ways that might need an unbiased eye to point out). However, I agree with the points you have raised about foreign clothing and fashion. On the surface, cloths and fashion are universal, it is even worse when these things are accompanied with false accents that neither the speaker nor his targets (surprise, surprise, even white people!) can understand. There is nothing that paints the picture more graphically and nothing insulting than a "revolutionary brother" with a fake Jamaican accent. Jamaica is an island of under 3million people who look up to the mother continent for guidance and hope, they sing in patois and have direction; Nigeria on the other hand, is a country of 167million (56 Jamaica's approximately), like those looking up to us, we sing in patois too, because we feel inferior. In areas like the judiciary with their wigs that pretend to be European hair, there is an even more serious problem. How can whose mien should be of imposing gravitas from the highly moral and just echelon of offices they represent come away looking so ridiculous (like barbie as you say)? There is nothing like a straight-haired black man, especially with such clownish hairstyles; such scenes project inferiority through our TV screens, newspapers, websites etc. We are assaulted with the stuff, so much so that many do not see it as a problem. The most potent ways to cure the problem are to create standards bodies in our TV/radio/music/nollywood industries that will frown deeply at counterfeit "foreigners" and to include "Nigerianess" in the primary school curriculum. Let little kids learn national pride from an early age; there should be no references to demeaning crap like the Lander Brothers, Mungo Park and other imperialists who "discovered River Niger" and other places. Sound and proper education is key. When we have the above in place, then we can begin to look at things like legal practitioners attire etc. And of course, we MUST change the name, Nigeria to something we can identify with. Sorry for the long post. |
Congrats to Anambra for achieving an immense fit! We are talking about handling the entire cycle, from prospecting, drilling to actual refining. It is a massive leap that has been quietly achieved, and the first such display of technological self-belief in Nigeria. They have done the country proud. I hope they increase the size of their refinery, though. It is quite small at 55,000 bpd. Nchara:Anambra certainly doesn't have the highest onshore oil reserves (that honour goes to Rivers), but they might well have the biggest gas reserves (or be second to Delta). |
The suspect, it was learnt, alleged that the police facilitated his initial escape to a location in Toto, before he moved to Taraba State, where he had planned to flee to neighbouring Republic of Cameroun before he was caughtAsid from a single hilarious name in the above, there is nothing funny about the article. 90% of the police need to be either sacked, jailed or executed. |
[size=14pt]Top Police Chiefs Aided My Escape - Kabiru Sokoto[/size] Written by Idowu Samuel, Sokoto and Jacob Segun Olatunji, Abuja Saturday, 18 February 2012 The claim by the Police that the kingpin of the Boko Haram sect, Kabiru Sokoto, arrested in connection with the Christmas Day bomb blasts at Madalla, Niger State, escaped from lawful custody may have been a hoax after all. There were indications on Friday, in Abuja, that his escape was allegedly aided by some top police chiefs in concert with the top echelon of the dreaded sect. Saturday Tribune learnt that the suspect, who is now in the custody of the State Security Services (SSS), had actually given details of his purported escape to operatives grilling him. Nigerians were stunned on January 15, this year when the police declared that Kabiru Sokoto had escaped from custody at Abaji, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja while on investigation to search his residence. Consequently, the Federal Government ordered the immediate suspension of the Commissioner of Police in charge of Anti-Terrorist Squad, Mallam Zakari Biu under whose custody the suspect escaped along with other policemen involved in the investigation into the matter and ordered a full-scale investigation into his alleged escape. The government also relieved Mr. Hafiz Ringim of his post as the Inspector General of Police (IGP) with immediate effect for alleged negligence of duty. However, it was gathered that following the re-arrest of Kabiru Sokoto by the combined team of military personnel and the operatives of the SSS penultimate Friday in Mutum-Biu, Taraba State, he had opened up on his purported escape. Sources claimed that he denied that he escaped from lawful custody but that he was purportedly released by the police based on an alleged arrangement made with them by the top echelon of the sect with their contact in the police. The suspect, it was learnt, alleged that the police facilitated his initial escape to a location in Toto, before he moved to Taraba State, where he had planned to flee to neighbouring Republic of Cameroun before he was caught. It was further learnt that following the suspect’s revelation, the SSS reportedly marked one of the said top police officers and others down for further interrogation with a view to unraveling those behind the purported escape within and outside the police. A very senior officer in the service told our correspondent in confidence that Kabiru Sokoto was cooperating with his interrogators which, he said at the end of the day, would assist in no small way in unraveling the mystery behind the activities of the sect in the country. http://www.tribune.com.ng/sat/index.php/front-page-articles/6672-top-police-chiefs-aided-my-escape-kabiru-sokoto.html |
Regardless of what the name means, it shows a complete lack of self-worth that we have been unable to take up an indegenious name in our more than half a century of existence. A name that actually means something to us, something with history, warmth and such cultural backing that we can feel a glow each time it is mentioned. Living under the name, Nigeria is the same as a Nigerian naming his child "Phillip" or "Zachariah" and thinking nothing is wrong. By giving that child a foreign name, you have planted a seed in its psyche that foreign is better; in other words, you have conjured shortcomings on your own kid and projected them unto the World as a mere counterfeit; struggling to be the "better" white man or Arab. Always a shadow of the real thing and always lacking substance. White people live here all their lives, but I have never ever met a white Biodun or Igho or Izu. I have met many whites who are happy to recite how they grew up in Enugu, Kano or Lagos; one was even desperate to speak Hausa, but without fail, they are all called names like John, Tim, Shawn etc. Inferiority complex shows in a name, sometimes that is not the case, but most times it is. In the case of the Name, Nigeria it definitely is a national case of inferiority showing through, as such the name is a symptom of a deeper malaise (as someone pointed out earlier). It is the reason we cannot manufacture a pin in the country, because we believe we are inately incapable. It is also the same reason we see goods made in Aba and instead of glowing pride in the achievements of our own, we feel a sort of shame and hurry off to buy the one from "Germany," even in cases where the Aba one is better. The name has no meaning or concept, either physically, psychologically or spiritually to the citizen. Indeed, it is as much a mere word as the country, Nigeria is a mere piece of land on which we happen to exist. No meaning, no attachment, no culture. Is it a surprise that a country that can live like that is highly unsucssessful? Somebody show me a developed country that is bearing a meaningless foreign name. You will find exactly NONE. You are your name. |
What is the difference between a tweeter one-liner and the gossip we can get from Iya Basira? When did tweets become so authoritative that they demand discussion in a politics section? |
So they can kill them in the next riot or next election, or perhaps use them for boko harams trial runs? States like Borno must give ironclad assurances as to why they should remain in Nigeria. Boko haram was started as a local political tool and has become a sophisticated international monster with IT savvy. They don't need youth corpers yet, let them go a full year without, so they can learn the immense value these youth present to Borno state, especially as it is for FREE. Perhaps after that, Borno will begin to train and tame its burgeoning and feral almajiri population; productive citizens can be forged from the hordes of the unwashed. Let them sweat. |
I wonder why ACN is acting with so much pain? E be like Ribadu get some of dia secret. Also, I wonder why some are being illogical enough to demand that ACN be consulted when one of its members is called to serve the FG. Surely it is the party member who should communicate 3rd party advances to his bosses. If that hasn't happened, it surely is due to a failing within ACN. No? Its not like PDP siezed inanimate objects (eg chairs) that are the property of ACN, rather Nuhu Ribadu is an adult human with democratic freedoms and human rights, he decides where he wants to be and who he wishes to talk to or associate with. Tinubu is talking like he owns Ribadu as one owns a chair or cup. It sounds so primitive and slave master like. |
afam4eva:In all civilised societies, the smallest are respected. The Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba triangle is what has driven Nigeria to despair and corruption, cos its a "winner" takes all arrangement; phuck the damn minorities. The smallest group would most likely be found in Adamawa or Taraba. |
Jonathan orders undergraduates to offer compulsory course in entrepreneurship Friday, 17 February 2012 09:00 KELECHI EWUZIE President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday directed that all Nigerian university Jonathan gave the directive on the second day of the 2010/2011 convocation ceremony of the University of Lagos. The two-day ceremony is for the award of first and higher degrees, diplomas, certificates and prizes. The president, who was represented by the minister of Education, Ruquayyatu Rufai, said the move was to ensure that Nigerian graduates were adequately empowered and self-reliant. He said that the course would also open them to other viable employment opportunities. “We will not stop at giving our youth quality education. The reforms which are ongoing in other sectors of the economy will also help to create a conducive environment for entrepreneurship to thrive. “The transformation agenda of this government is to provide access to quality education to the majority of our youth who desired such,” Jonathan said. He said that Nigeria could only progress as a nation if its youth were gainfully employed or otherwise engaged in other useful purposes. The president said that already the new job creation scheme, “the Youth Enterprise with Innovation (YOUWIN)”, was set to create at least 100,000 jobs for youths between the ages of 18 years and 35 years in the next four years. He said that his administration would continue to enhance the education sector, stressing that it was strategic to the overall transformation of the national economy. The president commended the students and management of the university for sustaining peace in the community. Jonathan urged the graduands to rise above the limitations of the job market by using the knowledge they had acquired to build their careers and make themselves great citizens. Earlier, the university’s vice chancellor, Adetokunbo Sofoluwe, said that of the 8,585 graduands, 118 bagged First Class honours. Giving a breakdown, Sofoluwe said that the First Class graduands spread across all the faculties, with the Faculty of Engineering coming tops with 37, including the overall best. He said that the School of Postgraduate Studies awarded 73 doctorates in the Faculties of Medicine, Engineering, Law and Pharmacy. Sofoluwe said that the university had established a structure that would boost postgraduate education, while still running its undergraduate programmes. http://www.businessdayonline.com/NG/index.php/news/111-politics/33295-jonathan-orders-undergraduates-to-offer-compulsory-course-in-entrepreneurship |
It is a sign of our mental and moral paralysis that we have been unable to change to a Nigerian name in all the years of our existence. Many smaller countries with self pride have done it, even here in W.Africa there are examples like Bukina Faso and Ghana. I suggest that we name the country after the smallest ethnic group we have. |
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[/quote]Your 5 day ban hasn't inserted common sense between your ears. Maybe you need another, cos the forum has actually been much saner and cerebral with you fellows gone.
.Hope that clears things up