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Speaking with United Nations diplomats on Monday, 31st January 2011 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, President Goodluck Jonathan made this promise:

“If I’m voted into power, within the next four years, the issue of power will become a thing of the past. Four years is enough for anyone in power to make a significant improvement and if I can’t improve on power within this period, it then means I cannot do anything

Three years later, in January 2014, in anticipation of his 2015 presidential bid, the same Goodluck Jonathan issued a six-moth ultimatum to power companies to hurriedly address the power situation in the country. Six months came, and six months went, and today, Nigeria’s power generation and supply is at an all time low.

Fifteen years ago, when Nigeria’s democracy was still relatively new, the People’s Democratic Party told Nigerians that we had a 6000mw installed capacity of electricity, and “within a year, this would go up to 10,000mw.” Fifteen years later, with over $50 billion spent on the power sector alone, we are now being told by the Goodluck Jonathan administration that power generation in Nigeria has “increased from 3000mw to 4000mw.” With this inconsistency in question, it is clear that instead of Nigeria’s power generation and supply increasing and progressing under the leadership of Goodluck Jonathan, it has gotten worse.

Read on here: http://saharareporters.com/2014/10/31/non-transformation-agenda-what-president-jonathan-said-power-timi-frank

Man U will score at 94 mins. wait and see...lol

The Nigerian government has approved that henceforth National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members will receive N500 as daily feeding allowance.

Director General of the NYSC, Johnson Bamidele Olawumi, disclosed this yesterday at a House of Representatives Committee hearing on the N4, 000 online registration fee mandated for corps members, Leadership reports.

A civil society group launched a ‘Say No Campaign’ to protest the registration fee. It was during the hearing that Olawumi made the announcement about the new feeding allowance. He disclosed that the federal government approved N500 as feeding allowance for each corp member per day.

He also disclosed that over N800 million was required to setup the computer registration system the NYSC is presently using for its online registration.

While noting that the N4,000 for the online registration is voluntary, he said rather than request for money to install the infrastructure, he would prefer to canvass for increment of the current N19,800 allowance being to prospective Corp member.

In his presentation, Mr. Ezenwa Nwagwu of ‘Say No Campaign’ called for the “reversal of the proposed N4,000 fee payment and where payment has been made, a refund to the prospective Corp members.”

Nwagwu stressed the need to “re-examine the laws establishing the NYSC that seems to have made the Director General of the Corp an exclusive preserve of serving military officers.”

- See more at: http://aitonline.tv/post-fg_approves_n500_daily_feeding_allowance_for_corp_members#sthash.arx0Pxkg.dpuf

Fairness is what we seek. Seun please do the needful

I learnt Soyinka is a Pirate... they don't kill but they torture lecturers who trespass... I no be cult ooo

Nothing we no go see for this country... can't even laugh...

But what does Sheriff mean? Soyinka, do not talk to me, we are both killers or what

An alleged Boko Haram sponsor and a former Governor of Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff has reacted to allegations leveled against him in an article penned by Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka titled‘Wage of Impunity’.

Speaking during an interview with Punch, the Commissioner of Information and Home Affairs under his administration, Mr. Inuwa Bwala said Soyinka was only entertaining Nigerians with his mastery of the English language.’

“As the ‘cultist’ we know him (Soyinka) to be, being the founder of a confraternity for which the world is still waiting for answers from him, he is the least morally qualified to speak on the alleged involvement of any Nigerian in whatever crime.



“We challenge him to name this person he says he knows as a sponsor of Boko Haram in the Central Bank, if he is as patriotic as he claims to be. We also challenge him to prove to Nigerians that he is not the cultist we have always known him to be.

“No security agency anywhere or an individual who claims to have investigated this matter independently can dictate to Nigerians or our security personnel what to do about this Boko Haram menace. Therefore, this needless diversion is unwelcome”, he said.

http://www.today.ng/news/boko-haram-sponsorship-soyinka-is-morally-unqualified-to-speak-to-me-hes-a-cultist-sheriff/

rattlesnake: I love them.because if they are not satisfied n u are tired they have other options

options like?

They can help you get over a sickness or hangover.

They are compassionate and patient, and are often great listeners.

You get free medical advice.

They are smart. If you're into both brains and beauty, your date can deliver.

You won't hear “Eeewww” when they see blood or disgusting body fluids.

They make great future parents. No pressure or anything.

You will never need to by paracetamols, toothbrushes, hospital supplies or even condoms.

They will love your thoughtful gestures. Nurses give to others all day and can often feel unappreciated.

They won't be disgusted by your toilet habits.

They understand selflessness, one of the key ingredients to a healthy relationship.

Nurses have much to recommend themselves for. Don't be intimidated by the possible vague scent of iodine, or the stressed-out demeanor that you may see.

So, the next time you see a decent looking girl in scrubs on the street, make an effort to strike up a conversation.

Good investment. ..

I am not a loose woman. I am just a woman who loves
her husband very much and didn’t want to lose him. I
just did what I had to do to save my marriage even
though I feel guilty sometimes. It was not easy but I
slept with my driver so that I could give my husband a
child, but instead, God gave me twins, a boy and a girl.
I was married to Philip for eight years. We had no child.

“The worst was that I never got pregnant even for a
day.” His mother became so impatient that she started
breathing down my neck as she gave me no breathing
space at all. She moved in to live with us and
practically made my life unbearable – in my
matrimonial home. I cannot drink water and drop the
cup because she must insult me. It got to a point that
she stopped eating my food because, according to her,
I should be feeding my children so that they would grow
healthy and stronger and not her. “Monica, if you had
children, you are supposed to be feeding them with all
these food so that they would grow healthy and strong.
I am getting old so I don’t need all these nonsense you
call food. Take them away and give me grandchildren,”
she would scream. She also stopped talking to me,
however, the only time she talks to me is when she
wants to insult me and remind me of how less a
woman I was.

Philip and I love each other so much that he stood by
me despite all his mother did or said to frustrate me to
leave him. We visited different specialists and they all
certified us medically alright. I have visited churches,
held vigils and even fasted for days, drank various
concoctions of varied colours and combinations all in
the name of getting pregnant so that my mother-in-law
can stop humiliating me yet I couldn’t get pregnant.
At a point, I stopped coming out of my bedroom
because it was obvious my mother-in-law had vowed to
frustrate me out of her son’s home. Most times, I just
stayed in my bedroom and either cries, pray, think and
then sleep off because I was scared of his mother
confronting me. To make things worse, she sent away
the house help because she said, “You don’t need any
house help because there are no children to take care
of. Take care of your house yourself and stop wasting
my son’s hard earned money.”

It was just the three of us living at home, “God, I was
always so terrified even when I hear her voice from a
distance.” It is so agonizing to say this but my
husband usually pleads with me to come out of the
room and this makes him feel so sad especially those
times I refuse because I don’t want to come face-to-
face with his mother. When her troubles became too
unbearable, Philip practically threw her out of the house
just to make me feel safe and comfortable in my own
home.

Even after she had left, I could still hear those insults in
my head so I decided to take a bold step – I seduced
and slept with our driver, Okon. Okon is a young man in
his late 20’s. He is a graduate of Mechanical
Engineering but because he could not get a good
paying job, he opted to become a driver. I promised to
get him a good job if he sleeps with me just once but I
never disclosed the reason for this. However, Okon
thought I just wanted to cheat on my husband with
him. I planned it during my ovulation so that I could get
pregnant, although it was not easy sleeping with
another man. I knew I was betraying my husband but I
saw it as a necessary action. After a month, I
discovered that I was pregnant. So, as promised I got a
job for Okon in a friend’s company where he started
earning almost N150, 000 per month. When I told Philip
that I was pregnant, he was so excited. “Sweetheart,
God has finally answered our prayers. I am pregnant,” I
revealed.

When I was five months pregnant, he informed his
mother and she immediately returned to the house. She
pampered me like a baby and also took good care of
me. I never wanted to do any scan but my mother-in-
law insisted. When I finally did the scan, it showed I
was pregnant with twins, a boy and a girl. My mother-
in-law and husband were extremely happy while I felt
much fulfilled. “God thank you for compensating me
with a set of twins after eight years of barrenness,” I
muttered.

When the twins were born, the girl took ill for some
time. It took a while before she fully recovered after
several treatments and this got me worried. Philip and I
insisted that blood test be carried out on them to
determine their blood group and genotype and then
came the shocking revelation. The doctor informed us
that although their blood groups are both A, however,
their genotypes are AS for the girl and AA for the boy
meanwhile Philip and I are both AA. I wanted the
ground to open and swallow me up because I felt Philip
would ask questions but to my surprise, he did not. He
just said, “Sweetheart, lets go home. We have had quite
a long day, you and my babies need to rest.”

Three months later, he held me closely and said,
“Monica, don’t be scared. I don’t want to know who the
father of the twins is. I know whatever you did, you did
to save our marriage and I am very proud of you. I
promise to always love you and my babies. I promise
this will be a secret between us. I love you sweetheart. I
know we will have our own children someday.” I wept
as he wiped my tears with his hands.


I know what I did was wrong but at least my mother-in-
law is extremely happy with me, that is all that matters.
Although, everyone is happy but I feel guilty that I
selfishly used an innocent man to achieve my aim. But
before anybody judge me; just put yourself in my shoes
and think for a moment what you will do?

Monica

http://dailypost.ng/2012/06/25/i-slept-driver-just-children-husband/

Zehner: No offence but I don't think it's your business @ Op. This I must say is a case of using Panadol for another man's headache.

Its not... but I just decided to share it here to see if I'm wrong with my thinking or not cos this has ever been my belief/understanding as a Yoruba man

chaircover: That is their own business & every family have their own ways of doing things.

For all you know, the groom could have been an old friend of the sister. They could have even been mates in school

So long as they are not worried about it, then leave them be; as long everyone respects each other regardless of age.

As long as he decided to marry his friend's sister among all women in the world, the friend has automatically become an in law and not a friend again and is expected to be addressed as such.

I was at a wedding last week and I was surprised when the groom called the bride's immediate elder sister by her first name. This sister is also married with kid and I wondered if that was right. At least he should have addressed her by her child's name.

The so-called sister happens to be very close to me. I had wanted to discuss it with her but don't know if she does see it the way I'm seeing it and I don't want to create enmity between the 2 of them.

To me, as an African man, I think it is bad to address your in-laws by their first names especially the elderly ones even if he/she is not married

Do you think I am wrong?

How do you address your in-laws - elderly ones to your spouse?

The report has picked it that the woman is a South African who has worked in Liberia for some time. She flew in from Morocco and has been taken to the Lagos Ebola treatment centre for tests after she acknowledged suffering from diarrhea and vomiting

One of my colleagues here said they shouldn't have reported it. He said the woman should have been killed if confirmed true. lol

But, is it possible this is confirmed from the airport without a proper assessment/diagnosis?

Reports just reaching us at 247nigerianewsupdate.co has it that a Liberian woman infected with the Ebola virus has been caught at the Lagos international airport today, when she arrived from the Air Morok flight.

The woman whose name was not identified as at the time of this report, was said to have just landed at the Lagos airport when she was screened and the virus was detected in her.

She was immediately arrested.


- See more at: http://247nigerianewsupdate.co/breaking-news-another-liberian-with-ebola-arrested-at-lagos-airport/#sthash.xPKqyyZx.dpuf

It was in the year 1963 and Nigeria's first and only Prime Minister, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa took his annual leave and was off to his village to spend it. Then a British photojournalist came along but they told him the that the PM had gone on vacation.

The photojournalist then asked to which country but he was shocked when they told him the PM went to spend the vacation in his own village. To satisfy his curiosity, he decided to travel to the village. But on getting to the village, there was no sign that a big man was in town. Everyone went on their normal business and the village was peacefully quiet. Then he met a farmer along the way with his donkey carrying bales of sugarcane, and he asked from the farmer the house of the PM. The photojournalist was again left speechless when the farmer told him that he had just left the PM and that if he gets to the PM's house, which he described, he would meet him sitting on the bare floor with his kids enjoying the sugarcane that he gave them.

The British photojournalist was dazed when he reached the PM's home. This is the picture that he took. May the labours of our heroes past never be in vain.

Today, we have vagabonds and thieves in power. Those who disturb an entire city with sirens and their empty noises of vanity. Those who loot the treasury of an entire nation and still insult our common intelligence with their embarrassing incompetence. Nigeria has all it takes to become the greatest nation on earth. All we need are visionary, dedicated and inspiring leaders and not the shameless rogues and incorrigibly kleptomaniac bandits who lie, rob, cheat, rig and kill their way to power.

WHEN IT IS TIME TO VOTE, REMEMBER YOUR UNBORN CHILDREN AND USE YOUR HEAD. HAVE A NICE DAY.

www.nigeriacamera.net

This report was released in June....

Hello everyone and good morning.

I’m very happy to be here with you. Just to tell you that I am a rather outdated person. I never really knew what the TEDeX event was, and when my daughter spoke to me about it, she said something about youth and development.

I thought I’d just come here and talk about young people and job creation and the usual stuff we talk about until a group of young ladies came to me to explain that I was actually expected to speak in 16 to 18 minutes about one idea that can change the world.

I thought that was crazy because I don’t have any idea that can change the world. And the thing with young people is that they are the most difficult audience to address. I have found myself in situations to address people of your generation and frankly the questions I get are more incisive, more intelligent, more thought-provoking than the questions I get from people of my generation. At all levels.

I am actually just beginning to understand how difficult it is for those of us who were in the analog generation to have a conversation with our children.

I have am eight to nine-year-old daughter that I always see in the morning and she goes to school, she comes back… I’ve never really had serious conversation with her. Two days ago we were at the table with her sister who is about 15 or 16 who then said to me you know dad it’s time for us to start talking about boys. Before I could answer, this younger one who’s eight or nine looks up and said ‘you want to talk to dad about boys? He won’t understand. He is a man. He’s a big boy.’

Now, you can imagine for me I mean this wasn’t the kind of conversation I had with my mother or my father. So for me, having … and of course the next day I had my son who’s in Form one talking about chromosomes and X&Y cells on the table. So this is a completely different world for me.

I am going to speak to you today about overcoming the fear of vested interests.

It’s a topic that I have come to be engaged in mentally because I have learnt in the four years also that I have been in Abuja that if we understand, we may begin to unlock the key to change our world. The world of the country in which we live. And what is this country?

It’s a country of 167 million people, as you know. Largest population in Africa. Second-biggest economy on the African continent. In 1960 with the per capita income that was better that higher than per capita income of South Korea. 1960 Nigeria was the preferred investment destination – prefered to Japan according to US investment advisory – which has always had potential but which has never been able to realize that potential.

A country that specializes in exporting what it does not produce and importing that which it produces.

One of the world’s largest producer of crude oil, that does not refine its own petroleum products and has to import petroleum products.

The world’s largest producer of cassava but does not produce starch or ethanol.

A large tomato belt, yet the world’s largest importer of tomato paste.

A country that from my childhood I have heard, had the potentials for being a world power, but everyday we talk about potentials! Everyday we talk about potentials!

Today we still talk about the potentials of Nigeria. And yet China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Brazil… all of those countries have turned the potential that they had into reality.

What are these? What’s the one thing that if I were to ask, what is the one thing that we need to do to break this barrier that faces us?

In four years in Abuja, I’ve come to the conclusion that we need to overcome the fear vested interests.

I’ll talk to you through a little bit of my own experiences and as governor of Central Bank and use that as a basis or as a template for what I think we need to do if change this country.

I became governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria in 2009 and this was in the middle of a global financial crisis. I came to the central bank knowing that banks have problems and believing that these problems were caused by a global crisis, by the collapse in the capital market, the collapse in the price of oil, and that they would be fixed by simply addressing the normal risk management issues in banks.

Shortly after I came in and when we went through investigations, I discovered that the Nigerian banking system was infested with the same corruption of the renter system in this country.

That a number of bank chief executives have taken their banks and fleeced those bands and literally taken away depositors’ money to buy property all over the country, all over the world.

And just like people in ministries or in government agencies or whenever they have opportunities in all companies, the bank’s were themselves a site for rent seeking.

The fundamental character of the Nigerian state is that for decades since we found oil, it has existed, not to serve the people but as a site for rent extraction by a very small minority that controls political power.

It doesn’t matter where this group comes from. Whether it’s north or South or muslim or christian or military or civilian, the State has always being the sites for the extraction of rent with the exception of a few years that we can think of, when we’ve had development.

This is at the heart of the problems of this country.

Now when we discovered this – and I’ll give a few examples, these are well known now, they’ve been published.

You know there was one chief executive officer that took away from her bank over 200 billion naira.

Okay that was over a billion dollars. And where was this money taken to? Purchase of property. We recovered from one CEO 200 pieces of real estate in Dubai. Real estate in Johannesburg. Real estate in Potomac in Washington apart from shares in over 100 companies.

And all of those were purchased with depositors’ funds.

We went to the court in UK on the case of another CEO, we got a judgment against that CEO for $142 billion naira stolen from the bank, taken to buy shares while manipulating the shares of his own institution and also transferred outside to purchase property.

Now the first CEO we were able to convict, we recovered these assets and got a six-month sentence and sorted it out.
The second CEO, we finished our case, established in Nigeria – we had a civil case in the UK, we had a criminal case in Nigeria – established the case… two weeks before the closing statements were made the judge was miraculously promoted to the Federal Court of Appeal. After three years of trial at the very end of trial!

Because someone, a very popular religious leader with hundreds of thousands of supporters, carried into political authorities, and the system that was supposed to protect depositors and handle criminals was used and manipulated to promote a judge so that he would not convict a thief.

Now this is an example and an instance of the kinds of things that happen in a country that stop a country from reaching its full potentials.

But my experience with the banking reforms, and how it affects the fear of vested interest is as the following.
After we discovered the things that happened in the banks, the critical thing we had to do was to take a decision that would pitch us against powerful political and economic forces.

We were dealing with chief executives that in 2009 had become invincible. They were in the seat of power. They had economic power and they had bought political protection. The were into political parties, they had financed elections of officers and they believed that nobody could touch them.

And every time I said it was time for us to take action, people said to me you can’t touch these people, you’ll be sacked. Or you can’t touch these people they will kill you. Or you can’t touch these people, you can’t do that.

And I said you know what? We are going to take them on.

And we took the decision. We’re going to remove them. You know what? We removed them and nothing happened.
We’re going to prosecute them, we’re going to put them in jail. And we put one of them in jail.

And were are going to recover these assets. Because the way the central bank operated in the past, these guys take all this money and the central bank says “the bank has failed”.

The banks that we saved had 4.4 trillion naira in deposits. They had eight to ten million customers. But the government and the system has always berthed on the side of the rich people.

Because these eight million customers, the old woman in Gboko or in Yenagoa, or Maiduguri, who has been told to save her money and who’s saved money for 40-50 years wakes up one day and all her savings are gone.

The civil servants whose saved for 35-40 years, kept his pension money in the bank, the school fees of his children, their medical bills, wakes up one day and he finds that his bank is barricaded because the bank has failed.

Banks do not fail.

When people say banks have failed, it’s like saying a man whose throat has been slit and you say the man died. He did not die, he was killed.

And those that murder the banks, those that destroy these deposits have always walked away. They become senators. They become governors. They become captains of industry.

They set up new banks and they continue. And the millions of poor people who don’t have a voice. That’s it!

Nobody knows the number of Nigerians who have died from failed banks because they were sick and could no longer pay their medical bills because the money was locked up in a bank that has failed.

Nobody knows the number of children whose parents could very well afford to pay their school fees who had to drop out of school because banks were mismanaged.

So we use this as one instance, as one example of what you can do if you are ready to confront these vested interests. And deal with them and protect the poor for the very first time.

But the banking industry is just one part of Nigeria. What is happening in other areas?

Take the oil industry. We talking about fuel subsidy.

In 2009 this country paid $291 billion naira as subsidy for petroleum products. By 2011, this number had jumped to 2.7 trillion naira.

Did we start consuming 10 times as much petrol? Do we have 10 times as many cars? Did the population of Nigeria multiply 10 times?

I did not believe those numbers. I screamed against those numbers, and more people screamed, of course we tried to remove subsidy, there was occupy Nigeria.

There have been investigations, and what did we discover? That a lot of that money never went to fuel subsidy that was consumed by Nigerians.

There are people in this country that produced pieces of paper and brought to PPPRA and somebody stamped those pieces of paper and said they brought in petroleum products and actually paid them subsidy. And those pieces of paper said I brought 30,000 metric tones on so so ship, and we discovered that the said ship was nowhere near the coast of Nigeria on that date.

We have seen vessels that did not even exist – that had been retired – on bills of landing and money has been paid. And you know what? None of them as I speak to you has gone to jail.

This is the only country in the world where you have something called oil theft. Where vessels can simply come and take crude oil and literally just drive out of the country. You see the numbers every day 100,000 200,000 400,000 barrels a day, nobody even knows. 7.3 billion naira.

How does anybody take oil in a vessel and leave the country? We’ve got the Navy, we’ve got NIMASA, we’ve got security services, you’ve got the oil companies themselves.

And every day we complain about the lack of development. We don’t have development because Vested Interests continue to rape this country and continue to take the money out.

And the only way you’re going to move from potential to reality it is stop preaching and start asking yourself how can we overcome the fear of Vested Interest and how can we confronts them?

And if there’s one thing I learned from banking, it is that they are not to be feared. They stand on quicksand. They’ve got only two tools. They are not very intelligent people. It doesn’t take much intelligence to steal. If they were smart, they probably will not be stealing. They’d find other things to do.

They have two weapons and two weapons only. First is how much do you want? And if you don’t want anything, then I’m going to destroy you.

If you don’t want their money and if you are not afraid of them you’ll destroy them. There’s nothing else in there.
You’re more intelligent!

And we’ve got to ask ourselves as a country, how have we allowed ourselves to be reduced to a level that is so far below our potential.

A few weeks ago, I was in Lagos, at Tinubu’s birthday, at the colloquium and I spoke to young people. I said we have 65 million young people in Nigeria, I’ll give you one idea. You have 65 million youth in Nigeria, what does it take for one of you to get your votes be the president of this country?

What does it take for you to say you’re tired of my generation. I’m going to get one 40-year-old intelligent, committed, patriotic Nigerian and we are going to ask all the youth to vote for him.

What does it take for you to address this issue sector by sector? Identify these interests one by one and confront them.

Why does it have to take fuel subsidy removal for us to come out and challenge the rot that is in our country?

What are we afraid of? We are afraid of losing the security that we have today. We may not lose it today, we will lose it tomorrow.

So there is one thing I have, one message I have for every Nigerian: is to remember that the problems of this country are enormous, the solution is simple and that solution is we must overcome.

We must recognize that at the heart of the problem of Nigeria, at the heart of ninety percent of our issues – from Boko Haram, to religious crisis, to ethnic crisis to unemployment, to the lack of education, to the lack of health care – is that there are people who profit from the poverty and underdevelopment of this country.

And these people are called Vested Interests.

And so long as they remain entrenched, and so long as we do not overcome our fear of them and dislodge them, we are not going to find a solution to this problem and we are not going to reach true potentials.

My time is up.

Thank you very much.
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THE Presidency has nothing to do with Dr Stephen Davis, the Australian who was reported to be negotiating with Boko Haram insurgents to free the over 200 girls the terrorists abducted in Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State on April 14.

This is according to the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati, who denied government’s knowledge of the negotiation when the Nigerian Tribune sought to confirm the authenticity of the claims made by Dr Davis, published in the United Kingdom-based MailOnline.

Abati pointed out that the Defence Headquarters had already distanced the military from the purported negotiation, saying that the position of the presidency could not be different from the military because “the military is directly responsible for the operation and takes instructions from the president.”

According to the tabloid, Dr Davis had left his home in Perth to travel to Nigeria, after being recruited by President Goodluck Jonathan for his hostage negotiation expertise and Davis was now desperately trying to free the schoolgirls.

The medium reported that Dr Davis, a friend of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, had been working secretly in Nigeria for almost a month now, quoting the former Canon Emeritus at Coventry Cathedral in the UK, who moved back to Australia last year, to have said “I am encouraged by the progress.”

It added that he was asked to come to Nigeria after previously brokering a truce between violent rebels and the government in the Niger Delta in 2004.

MailOnline said in an email from Nigeria, the doctor revealed he had “ongoing contact” with the groups involved in the kidnapping in the North for seven years, adding that “this is a long process of building trust on both sides.”

The report further quoted him as “there are several groups to deal with, as the girls are held in several camps. This makes any thought of a rescue highly improbable. To attempt to rescue one group would only endanger the others.”

It noted that despite the difficulties of a rescue operation, Dr Davis remained hopeful that the schoolgirls would be freed, quoting him as saying, “everyday, there is the possibility of the release of the girls.”

According to the MailOnline, Dr Davis warned: “we must not endanger their lives any further,” noting that his recent negotiation work has been to forward military position in the North-East in recent days.

Sect has no basis in Islam —OIC
The Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) has described members of the Boko Haram sect now wreaking havoc in parts of the country as outlaws, whose activities have no basis in Islam.

The Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Conference, Mr Eyad Ameen Madani, told State House correspondents after leading officials of the conference for a meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Monday, that the organisation condemned the terrorists and expressed its willingness to assist Nigeria in any way to fight terror.

Asked about their mission at the Villa, he said “we are here primarily to listen to His Excellency on his vision about the OIC in the years to come.

“We are also here to express our solidarity with Nigeria in facing up to this terrorist organisation and to condemn the terrorist acts they have been committing, we are also here to show our condolences to Nigerian people and to the families of those who have been affected.

“The OIC has already issued statements and we are very clear that these people are outlaws. What they do is criminal acts that have nothing to do with Islam, Islamic teaching, the religion and history of Islam, the culture and civilisation of Islam and we should identify them for what they are, a terrorist group.”

The OIC scribe said the conference would be willing to assist Nigeria morally and ethically and whichever way the country wanted it to intervene.

“The OIC is not a religious organisation. It is a political organisation made up of 57 member states with each state represented as a government. Nigeria is a member of the OIC as government of Nigeria. But it has to express the concern about the misuse of Islam. That is morally and ethically.

“We can also be and we are willing to do that, if our brothers here will like us to do that, to organise interfaith dialogue. We feel that there is a lot to be said about the veracity of these claims and to show the many aspects in similarity in living together between not only Christians and Muslims, but between all faiths and convictions,” he said.

Also speaking, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Aminu Wali, who led them to the Villa, reiterated the OIC’s expression of support and understanding with Nigeria over the current security situation in the country.

He added that it was a demonstration to Nigerians that the Islamic organisation was willing to help the country to overcome its present challenges.

According to the minister, “the fact that the OIC has expressed its position of support and understanding in these areas of our challenges goes to show that they are playing their roles to support any of its members states that have any problem, be it socially or economically, religiously or otherwise.”

http://tribune.com.ng/news/top-stories/item/6985-presidency-disowns-australian-boko-haram-negotiator/6985-presidency-disowns-australian-boko-haram-negotiator

After the close of transfer window yesterday, these clubs have these players as part of their team. Man U forward seems to be the strongest on paper then Chelsea and so on... but which of these combinations do you think will help their club top the league table at the end of the season. Not sure Arsenal can with these guyz. Personal opinion though!

sikira247: UNITED i Remain, loss ,draw or win.
It was not easy for Nelson mandela, it was not easy for barrack Obama... If nelson mandela and barrack obama can do it, sure LVG will do it

lol...

Fernando Torres finally agrees to leave Chelsea if he "finds the right club". Explains to Chelsea TV amidst tears that he wanted to stay to pay back CFC "amazing fans support" during his many troubles... X_X (mirror)

Torres ; " All my life, I have loved and wish to play football without attachment to any club. I came to Chelsea with same mindset. But Chelsea is different. It is more than family. I love it so much here. Its sad the relationship hasn't been easy in terms of my returning back to who I really was in Liverpool in terms of form. But I have worked so hard to try to give back to this wonderful club that has stood by me through thick and thin. Even when I leave Chelsea, I will continue to support and love the club. It is my family, my memory,my history. I love Chelsea. I am proud to be associated with this great club"

Torres; " I have told Roman, Mike (Emenalo) and Jose that I wish to serve and play in any capacity. Even if it means taking a big pay cut by half, I just want to remain in the blue jersey. But they have a great club to run. Ultimately, whatever they decide must be in the best interest of this wonderful club. I will respect that decision so long it makes this club greater. That is what I want for Chelsea"

Torres; " I have suffered DEPRESSION after the DEATH of my girl friend. I have had to raise a beautiful daughter in the comfortable atmosphere of Cobham. I have suffered massive injury that threatened to end my career. In all these, the club, the fans, Roman stood by me. I struggled with form for many years. The fans and club struggled with me. I cant divorce my emotion from such club, such history,such memory. No club will stand with a player going through such crisis. But Chelsea did for me. I am indebted. I owe the club, the fans and Roman. If I can't play for them again, painful as that is to me emotionally, I will have to support the blue jersey in any form I can. Chelsea is home to me now"

Torres; " Leaving Chelsea will have an effect on my emotion. But I am a professional. I will move ahead. (Chuckling) But I doubt if moving ahead is same thing as moving on"

Torres; " We are stronger this season. The new signings have adapted well without problem. Cesc and Diego are super stars. I am confident we will win trophy this season."

Torres; " I have no problem with Didier and Diego. Both are great players. We have no rivalry amongst us. Didier is a legend here. Diego is hungry for laurels. We are completely focused on the club's success. Nobody remembers personal glory. "

Torres; " I have got to the stage in my relationship with Chelsea where all I think of is the interest of the club. If sitting on the bench will make the club triumph and win medals, I will be too glad to be there. If I have opportunity to play, I will give my best and my super best. My form is back. My confidence level is restored. Jose makes sure Mehnagis ( Team's Psychologist) does not let me out of sight through out last season. My mentality is ok. You can see that during training"


Torres ; " Transfer? I am sorry I don't talk about potential suitors. I read on papers that clubs are after me. My agent hasn't told me anything yet. The club hasn't told me. I am still a Chelsea player today. Whatever the club decides, I will obey. But I wish I could stay to pay back all the love, the care, the solidarity and attention given my little daughter and I. Football is like that. Players don't get to decide."

Torres ; " Yes I am in the final stage of the Football Academy. I want to partner with CFC. I want an academy that will act as a feeder team to Chelsea. I just want to contribute. Sure I will notify you once it is ready. We are still installing gadgets and decorations for the 4 pitches. "

Torres on relationship with Mourinho ; " He is like an elder brother. A kind of daddy figure. He is my stylist. He cuts my hair (laughing). He is a great friend of Desiree (daughter). Always inviting us to his house for dinner where I end up doing the dishes because I would have lost a bet. But he is shrewd. A no nonsense father. I dribbled past Kurt and Cahill and scored a great goal in training. Every body applauded me. Not Jose! He wanted me to pass and give the ball to Oscar who had already positioned himself. So I did 200 press up as punishment. Ofcourse you know I hate press up. So 200? I collapsed on the pitch after serving out my punishment. That is vintage Jose."

culled from Naija True Blues: a Chelsea Fans' Group page

The Department of State of State Service,
DSS has raised the alarm that at least 13
pieces of Reverend Sisters’ regalia of the
Catholic Church have been stolen from a
shop in Kano state purportedly for suicide
bombing.

A statement from the deputy director,
information of the SSS, Marilyn Ogar, made
available to LEADERSHIP Weekend advised
Nigerians to look out for persons, especially
female suicide bombers who may disguise
in the attire

The statement reads in parts, “On 20th
August, 2014, about 0400 hours, some yet
to be identified persons broke into a tailoring
shop located at No.55 Odutola Street,
Sabon Gari, Kano, and stole about thirteen
(13) pieces of Reverend Sisters’ regalia of
the Catholic Church. With the recent trend in
female suicide bombings in the country, the
removal of these regalia may be the
handiwork of terrorists’ elements that may
want to perpetrate acts of terror using such
garments.

“Consequently, this Service has taken
necessary pre-emptive measures to thwart
the exploitation of distinct religious wears
for terrorist purposes. We also wish to draw
public attention to this development and call
on all citizens to be more circumspect and
exercise greater vigilance with users of such
peculiar attires.

“We enjoin all and sundry to continue to
cooperate with law enforcement agencies
through the provision of useful information
on suspicious activities within their
immediate environment. This Service will
continue to collaborate with all stakeholders
as we strive to keep our country safe.”

http://leadership.ng/news/381806/female-suicide-bombing-sss-reports-13-catholic-sisters-attires-stolen

"Winston Churchill once said, “Difficulties mastered are opportunities won.”

As one of the leading staffing agencies in Houston, Texas, Murray Resources knows that when it comes to the workplace, one of the biggest difficulties an employer can face is when a valuable employee decides to leave. You’re left wondering where things went wrong.

The good news is that you can turn this difficulty into an opportunity for organizational improvement. But first you need to conduct an exit interview. After all, you won’t know why the employee is leaving unless you ask. And even if they’re a little vague with some of their answers, there is some valuable information you can glean from the process"

This is between the company and employee irrespective of the employee's level.

But if you have opportunity to meet an exiting MD or a senior manager with whom you have had direct work relationship and you would like the person to give you his/her objective feedback based on your relationship that could help you in your career development/advancement. what would the question be?

I have checked many materials online but could not find any that relates to this....

databoy247: Call this number, 08032014753. He is in Lagos and a major distributor (Country Rep) for one of the best hand sanitizers available.

Thank you

While I was checking where I can buy hand sanitizer online this morning, I stumbled on this info and I think it worths sharing...

"Hand sanitizer has been recommended but the bottles say, "Effective against bacteria," with no mention of viruses. What gives?"

Answer:

That is a good question. There are not a lot of data actually on how effective those sanitizers are against viruses. There have been some studies done over the years and the conclusion is washing your hands with soap and water is still probably the best idea. If you are having a busy day and it is hard to get to a sink, then carrying a bottle of hand sanitizer would be a good idea.

In essence, it makes your hands very inhospitable to viruses. You put it on your hands and viruses simply don't want to cling to it. SO IT DOES REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF A VIRUS THAT CAN CLING TO YOUR HAND BUT DOES NOT KILL IT. Alternatively, it also can’t harm you in any way. We get a lot of questions from concerned viewers asking if sanitizers could actually cause antibiotic resistance down the road. Many studies have looked into the issue and all evidence points to the answer being no.

At the end of the day, basic principles apply to avoid getting a virus. Avoid touching your mouth, eyes and nose as much as possible. If you cough or sneeze, cover your mouth and nose with a tissue or your sleeve. If you're sick, stay home and avoid close contact with others. Some viruses can live for hours on surfaces such as ATMs, doorknobs, even money.

So be methodical about good hygiene, all year long! Remember that the number of 2009 H1N1 cases will most likely decrease over the summer months because viruses just don't transmit that well in the heat. But in the fall and winter, we're all going to have to remember what the new H1N1 strain was like and be extra vigilant so this doesn't get out of control.


http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/07/does-hand-sanitizer-kill-bacteria-and-viruses/

My company has requested I buy Hand sanitizer machine for office use but I could not find a shop/outlet in Lagos that have stock. All the contacts I made were also in the same situation.

Please could you share with me where I can get to buy in Lagos.

Very urgent please...

Cheers!!!