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Sweetlemon: If only people could just abandon their tribal nonsense for once this, as well as Fashola/Duke Fashola/Amechi would be an excellent combo

Combination does not matter. The VP post is useless in Nigeria, so you have a choice of exactly one only (except the president dies).

[size=14pt]Jonathan commissions first locally-made warship tomorrow[/size]
On May 31, 2012 · In News
9:08 am

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LAGOS — History will be made tomorrow when President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan commissions the first locally made warship, NNS ANDONI, constructed by Nigerian Navy engineers.

The commissioning ceremony will take place at the Nigerian Naval Dockyard, Victoria Island, Lagos.

The 31m Nigerian Navy Seaward Defence Boat (SDB) was conceived as a research and development project by Vice Admiral GTA Adekeye and Rear Admiral GJ Jonah who were then Chief of the Naval Staff and Chief of Naval Engineering respectively.

NNS ANDONI, first locally-made warship constructed by Nigerian Navy engineers, to be commissioned by President Goodluck Jonathan, at the Nigerian Naval Dockyard, Victoria Island, Lagos, tomorrow.

The vessel, which was to be designed and built locally, was patterned after the river town class patrol craft in the Nigerian Navy which include NNS YOLA and NNS BRASS, albeit with several modifications as decided by the design team.

The keel of the SDB was laid at the Nigerian Naval Dockyard by the then Chief of the Naval Staff in December 2007 while full construction commenced in January 2008.

Between January 2008 and April 2009, the structural frames and shell plating of the hull and superstructure were completed while the main propulsion and power generation plants were delivered. Thereafter, the project was suspended due to funding delays until the incumbent Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral OS Ibrahim revived the project by approving funds for its completion.

This is in furtherance to the remark by the president at the commissioning of NNPC/MPN Satellite Field Development Project Platforms in Lagos on 17 March 2012 when he said: “Our government will continue to support genuine efforts to uplift the country’s economy through Nigerian Content Development and we will continue to encourage the investors to encourage the development of local content.”

The vessel was successfully completed through tenacity, ingenious innovation as well as sincere and focussed leadership, despite the previously highlighted challenges.

It is expected that this leap forward in capacity at the Nigerian Naval Dockyard would herald a future of sustained research and development in the Nigerian Navy towards achieving national transformation.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/05/jonathan-commissions-first-locally-made-warship-tomorrow/

Incandescent bulbs should be banned. Thats similar to whats happening in developed countries.
Nice one from GEJ, you save a lot more with those bulbs (they last years and are brighter).

bibe: i was scrutinising the post to see what the lumens and scatter angle of this *change our life and save energy* 10watt light bulb but couldnt find it anywhere.
cos from my research, this cheapos produce far less lumen and scatter angle compared to the traditional incandescent bulb.
LED bulbs of matching capabilities are kinda costly around $30-$40.
am afraid things are about to get more #DIM.

Absolute crap!
Are reeling out physics as discussed by native doctors?
How is it possible to talk such utter rubbish with so much confidence?

PeterKbaba: Beaf you no dey sleeep ... aba

Bro, ayam jusy about to call it a day. You don wake?

Demdem: See this idiiot trying hard to put words into Sagay's mouth, na wa oooo.
Well Said Afe babalola despite being OBJ lawyer.

You always talk like a half-breed, but then thats what you are.

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Lol! What would he have had Webber do? The pack tightened right up when they were playing first to blink in the rain toward the end. Vettel didn't need any help. Any help from Webber would most certainly have secured his loss.

oladitop1: [color=#006600][/color] To before warned is to before harmed .

Gaddem!
Saved for posterity!

Pain: "Brand my Foot" It appears someone is in need of a Brand Name for his "Foot" Any suggestions?

What about "Unilag brand" trainers?

Pain: At least Jonathan has shown that he has some competency in the area of re-branding. Watch out for a Name Change for Nigeria soon. It's just part of the "Transformation Agenda"

Where can I buy the "Unilag brand" buba ati sokoto?
It seems quality of education counts for nothing these days when schools have become brands!

CyberG: Every one who reads this comment would easily know it can only be made by a fool only interested in twisting and manipulating facts! How would you idiotically suggest that someone who has travelled extensively everywhere in Nigeria, from an influential family, has been chauffeur driven in escort if Nigerian Forces and educated at Great Ife would ever be intimidated by a non-entity or unknown quantity on a faceless forum? It's like saying a syncophant like you is even a factor when I decide to come vacationing in Nigeria? Clearly then Jonathan Shaiteluck weed you are smoking is turned you reasoning faculties to the dogs!

So, why were you shivering like a jelly when the babe warned you not to come to Nigeria or she deal with you severely? Enh, coward!
You were scared like you were gonna die and started opening threads all over NL!
Bobo no fit come im papa land!
You think our memories are short?

The poor babe just kept making fun of the fool in you! Lol!

Imagine the plate washing clown talking about being chauffeur driven with armed escort!
What a fool! Only people in govt have armed escort.
Ode! [size=23pt]Coward.[/size]

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Pain: Imagine changing the name of Oxford or Harvard overnight? Is that not Brand Assassination? Take it or leave it, branding plays a key role on human psyche. Imagine having to explain yourself outside Nigeria. The coversation below may shed more light:

Foreigner: So which University did you Graduate from?
MAU MAU Grad : Moshood Abiola University?
Foreigner: So which University is that? Never heard of it!
MAU MAU Grad : Oh, it was Formerly University of Lagos.
Foreigner: Oh, now I get it. Have a couple of Friends that passed thru UNILAG. Just learn to add "Former" to it. Okay?
MAU MAU Grad : Noted.
Foreigner: By the way, what was that name again?

I keep hearing this brand nonsense!
Are universities jeans trousers like calvin klein or some other sort of fashion statement?
Brand, my foot!

Having thought about it a bit more, I think it would be helpful to reach out to the dissenters, whilst keeping accenting voices on side; even if MAULAG has come to stay.

moderattor: one minute GEJ is toothless
next minute he is authocratic, which one do we take?

We roll dice, bro.

flexya: My fellow nigerian, as a past legislator, am spot on. My comments av been reaffirmed by Afe Babalola (SAN) see Nation newspaper of today (31st May). Just curious that the amount of comments on this forum excluded this legal and fundamental part!

I very much doubt that such covers acts before the civil war and several abolished constitutions.

The University of Lagos Act is from 1967. I do not see its use in any law court; uni's are now regulated by the National Universities Commission.
The Unilag act is just clutching at straws, several new and abolished constitutions later, several overthrown govts, as well as a war.

It is quite clear that he is ok with it.
Lawyers do not say people should praised for breaking the law. Itse Sagay quite clearly said GEJ is to be praised.

niyitogun: There's a flaw in your example, in this case it's not Gej's house but a house belonging to the entire nation, built and funded by the entire nations taxes including even the officials of the same university...it's just common logic.

What your taxes pay for (if Nigerians pay taxes, that is) has zero bearing on the authority and power of govt. For example, do you think an argument about taxes can determine whether GEJ calls out tanks to defend against a Camerounian incursion or orders Nigerian troops into Chad to go after a boko haram operative?

There are limits to our say, regardless of our "taxes" (which we do not pay, by the way).

His only grouse is sentimental, not legal:

A constitutional lawyer, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), said the president should be praised for his effort to immortalise Abiola, adding that he, however, made a wrong choice in choosing UNILAG.

Sagay said: "The president should be praised for his effort to immortalise Abiola. It was done out of good intention but he chose the wrong institution.

"UNILAG is too well established and has its own individual personality which will be difficult to overshadow".

He noted that the president could have named one of the nine federal universities being constructed by the government in honour of the late acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election.

"This would have been less contentious because they are yet to be given any names and have no identity of their own unlike UNILAG", Sagay added.

http://allafrica.com/stories/201205291324.html

Pain: So you have never heard of elected leaders in Africa meta-morphing into Dictators. Okay, I guess you live in Iceland. The Land of Raw Beaf Eaters

Like who?

What has happened to the friends list on our profile pages? It has been truncated with all the most recent ones gone, leaving only the earliest. 30 or 40 of my friends are not listed.

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GEJ reverse himself? You got joke, bro!

bayooooooo: ...
But a great man deserves a great honor, and MKO deserves it all. We are still imploring GEJ to finish his good work by recognizing June 12 as the official democracy day. He does not need to amend any law to achieve that.
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Well said bayooooooo.

This is a really great suggestion that seems to have been lost in the general argument. I too fully support it and hope that GEJ does not end the recognition of MKO with renaming. We will want June 12 carved in the hardest rock as a national day.

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Lol! I didn't see your nearly identical post!

Pain: 2. What is the place of due process and rule of law in a democracy?

Your definition of due process is purely sentimental. Govt created and govt renamed; that is due process.

Pain: 3. How is the Fed Gov funding UNILAG? By Tax Payers Money, Commonwealth or Private Funds?

When did anything ever get funded with taxpayers money in Nigeria? How many pay tax anyway?
The funding is from oil.

Pain: 4. Are we still under Dictatorship Rule or Pseudo Dictatorship?

Ridiculous. I have never heard of dictatorships being voted in.

I posted this on an earlier thread:

The law said it should be called the University of Lagos and thats what happened. The law never said the name shouldn't change.
How come constitutional lawyer, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN) was ok with the change?

Lol! Its now time for over-sabi to take over!

Wole Soyinka suggested that somebody would need to explain the rotten stance they have taken to the shocked Abiola family. I wonder what that person would tell the family or who would be so foolhardy?

OAM4J: obviously it flew past you cos you were in a hurry to attack me and you failed to notice where I derived the analysis from, even though i mentioned it in the same line you quoted. Now, read again and check the bold and read the post I was referring to also. Good night!

I'm sure you realised I was talking about ACN (as the political party in power), but were just being mischievous. Afterall, both PDP and LP have a civilised approach to the President.

The law said it should be called the University of Lagos and thats what happened. The law never said the name shouldn't change.
How come constitutional lawyer, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN) was ok with the change?

Lol! Its now time for over-sabi to take over!

OAM4J: You and coogar kept on repeating this. Who is FG? Who gave FG his powers? The People!

For God sake this is democracy, the government of the people by the people for the people. I say again, only an insensitive and senseless government officials do things under democracy without carrying the people concerned along.

I wonder if the people can read official secrets because they gave the FG power?
Democracy is not anarchy, we have the right to vote in govts every four years, we also have some rights under the law; but it has never beeb, nor will it ever be a free for all.

Government in any country is an incredibly powerful institution. While it must remain accountable to the people, there are also things it keeps from the people for their own good (eg it is not our right to know how many bullets are in govts possession, what Aso Rock looks like etc).

OAM4J: I see, so autocratic move becomes GEJ best option? He should just cut off the region then or cede it to Benin republic. Or is that not within his powers?

At least one thing becomes clear from your comment, he is not loved and respected from that region and the move was only an attempt to spite the people of that region. I say to him 'well done!'

He is not loved by ACN, that is the only clear thing. I don't think he should be bothered by that; afterall, ACN is just a mushroom party packed with rude people.

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Does it matter what they were based on? If a person shows they are uncivil, then they will remain uncivil in any setting.

blasterman: When people like Wole Soyinka femi falana and co who were nadeco r opposing this for a person who they fought for, who made them to be in exile. Then y have to agree that there is some senselessness in this act. SW cherish education as u know and cherish there schls. Wetin concern goodluck for the matter he is not from SW nor did he go to unilag. so y wake up morning and cos unnecceary problem. Lieing to us u want to immortalize abiola who beg u. Give him a public holiday or build something new so the questn is the name university of Lagos > abiola university I think so. But let the court end of story decide

Do you think the SW is a separate country from Nigeria? Or that you are not under Nigerian law? You better think again.
The court cannot do anything, it is a waste of time, cos MAULAG belongs to the FG. Simple as.

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It wouldn't have yielded anything, but "politics."

all4naija: That's baseless. On what ground?

Have you never heard obscenities directed at the President from the mouths of Aregbesola (before he was dealt with), Lai Mohammed and Tinubu? Their minions are no different (including those here on NL). So, why would anyone bother to talk to such highly rude and belligerent people? I wouldn't if I were GEJ.