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[size=15pt]Hassan Usman Katsina[/size]

He was born in 1933 to Usman Nagogo, the emir of Katsina from 1944-1981. Joined the Nigeria Army in 1956, after finishing from Nigerian School of Arts, Sciences and Technology in Zaria. He rose swiftly through the army rank, from a 2nd lieutenant in 1958, to become a Major General and member of the Supreme Military council by 1975. On January 17, 1966 he took over the rein of military governor of northern Nigeria.

His action during his rein as the military governor of northern Nigeria will remain embedded in the consciousness of the innocent. Together with some renegade soldiers and militia he committed a genocide against the Ibos in the north. Women , elderly and children were drag away from their homes and murdered in cold blood. It was a well planned and executed total pogrom, design to completely annihilate the Ibo race. The dead were in hundreds of thousands , with many more wounded and permanently scared for life.

No one was ever convicted nor took responsibility for the genocide. Some sick people justified the genocide based on earlier coup that led to the death of some leaders in the first republic.

Where is Hassan Usman Katsina?
He is dead. I believe that if there is heaven and a Good God somewhere , then he is burning in hell fire, just like his mentor Adolf Hitler.

shame on the president and police!!!!!

if the president mum is not safe, who is safe

[size=15pt]Quitters never win, winners never quit[/size]

Nobody is blaming the Ibo people for going ahead with the biafra war, the war was a necessary evil. After the pogrom in the north, the Ibo's were left with no option than to fight for  survival of their race and preserve their cultural identity. The issue of contention is the nature of the man who led the struggle and his actions that cause the Ibo people dearly to this day.

At the eleventh hour, towards the end of the war: Biafra was in ruin, both side were guilty of war crime, more than  2 million people have died, the federal army are certain of victory and are closing in. Ojukwu must make a heroic  decision and his options are limited:

1- He could fight to the end and go down paying the ultimate price

2- He could withdraw to the bush and continue fighting a guerrilla war, thus forcing the government into a concession

3- He could negotiate a surrender with concession from the government.

Ojukwu took the simplest option: he ran away like a chicken at the site of the hawk. He left Biafra in total devastation and ruin to his 2IC late Lt. Col. Philip Effiong , who took the 3rd option: he surrendered, but without concession. If Ojukwu had negotiated the surrender himself, he would have been able to squeeze certain concessions from the government. Ojukwu only care about his neck!

Years later, he was pardoned by the Shagari regime, bribed and joined NPN; which allowed the party to further penetrate eastern Nigeria and captured some states. He tried to get back some of his properties in Lagos, and married a girl of  his grand daughter age after going through bitter war of words with the father. this guy is shameless!

More than 2 million people died in the war, Ibo properties were lost and confiscated, life were shattered and destroyed, Ibo were being denied their legitimate  share of national cake and federal positions, but all Ojukwu could think of is to fight for a girl and his landed property. the guy is a disgrace

At the eleventh hour, he has a choice: either to die like a hero and be immortalise for eternity, or live like a coward.
Ojukwu choose to live like a coward.

winners never quit, quitters never win.

Ojukwu is a coward and a  loser

[size=13pt]the reality:

all human beings are equal, but some are more equal than the other[/size]

[size=15pt]North ’ll die without oil money - Dokubo[/size]

Alhaji Asari DokuboThere has been exchange of brick-bats between the Niger-Delta Revolutionary Frontiers led by Alhaji Asari Dokubo and the Northern Governors’ Forum on the vexed issue of oil resources. In this interview with Idowu Samuel, the former militant, who said he once took up arms against the Nigerian Army for 12 months, explained his reasons for referring to the North as parasites.

Your group was reported to have referred to the North as a parasite of sorts in the national setting. The northern governors seemed to have fired back when they averred that the Niger Delta could go to hell with the oil resources it prides itself in. what was your reaction when you heard that?
I just laughed because we found that statement funny. What are we talking about? They don’t need our oil… then let them impress it on the Federal Government to dissolve NNPC and all the resources they had put together to exploit the oil resources from the Niger Delta, and then hand over the oil resources to the oil communities, period! Then, there will be peace. Let them not stay there and be grandstanding. If they have the heart to try it, let them try it and see what difference they would have had with countries like Chad and Niger. If they say they have agriculture, is it not our money they would use to develop it? Federal Government would vote huge sums of money for fertilizers, then they will give it to people from the North to do the importation and all the fertilizers are given to them almost free of charge. Notwithstanding, we are better than them in the North. We are well fed in the Niger Delta than any of their people. They have been stealing government money that belongs to everybody in Nigeria, yet they have nothing to show for it. They are just grandstanding. How many of the northern states are rich today with all the money they have been taking from oil revenues and with all the money they have been taking from the NNPC. The dams in the North, it is our money they used, the irrigation projects in their areas are funded with our oil money. Let them leave our oil alone and see what happens next.


Why did you make that offensive statement at all?
The problem is that our so-called leaders from the South-south, South west and the South-east are political salesmen who sell their people. Almost all the governors are ready to do that and that is why the people from the North will not respect the South. Most of them were installed as governors and that is why each time any of them have any problem, they run to the North for solution. But we are saying that these things must stop. We are more than ready now to defend ourselves. Those days when the North would bully everybody are over. Violence is not the preserve of any group.


Are you not worried that the statements you made are capable of causing disaffection within the nation?
Which nation are you talking about?
Nigeria?
I am not a Nigerian and God never created me a Nigerian, so if Nigeria is tensed up that is the business of Nigeria. I am an Ijaw man. That is where God created me. Ijaw nation was forcefully taken over by the British which eventually lumped it into an entity called Nigeria. The treaties are there.


Are you in essence saying that you are trapped in Nigeria?
That is not a new thing. It has happened all over the world. Georgia is trapped, Chechnya is trapped, Kashmir is trapped, and Northern Ireland is trapped. The story is endless.


Then all your struggles are meant to cut the Ijaw nation off from Nigeria?
There is no Nigeria in the sense you are portraying it. Chief Obafemi Awolowo of blessed memory once said that Nigeria is a mere geographical expression. Nigeria only exists in the minds and imaginations of the people in Abuja. If there is riot in Kano, the next thing is for the people to kill yanmiri or berebe, Ibo or Yoruba people. If there is riot in Lagos who do you think the people would like to kill? Is it not Hausa or in some instances, Ibo? What if you have riot in Port Harcourt? Who will the people like to kill? Hausa people .Have you ever seen a riot in Nigeria and the next thing is for people to go after Lebanese or Americans? There is no where in Nigeria, apart from Niger Delta where a riot would happen and then Nigerians would be looking for Ghanaians to kill.

This is the matter. People know that Nigeria does not exist as a true nation. But our leaders are fraudulently holding up to the country because of the oil in Itsekiri land, in Ogoni land, in Ilaje, Ijaw land and Urhobo land and in some parts of Iboland. There was a civil war in this country and the fight was mainly to hold on to the oil. What is holding this contraption called Nigeria together is the oil and for so long the blood of our people has been used to oil the machinery for the continued mindless exploration of the oil resources in the Niger Delta.

Now, it is time to say no. Nigeria should stop shedding the blood of our people to oil the machinery of exploitation of their resources. It would no longer be the blood of Isaac Boro, it would no longer be the blood of Ken Saro Wiwa and 9 Ogoni leaders. It would no longer be the blood of the people of Odi, blood of the people of Choba, blood of the people of Odioma… it would no longer be. In every society, existence should be harmonious and even. No one should wake up one day and say a section of the society is an ingrate. Then look at the one calling his fellow man an ingrate. You are better than him in all respects. In any case, are they to blame? It is the so called leaders in the South-south, South-east and the South-west who have been allowing these absurdities. Whatever crumbs the North offers, our leaders take without asking questions. If our leaders will continue with this kind of rubbish, then it is the time for we the ordinary people of the South-south to stand up and say enough is enough.

Look, the Yoruba people stood up during the June 12 and decried the annulment. The Yoruba struggle produced Obasanjo, although the man turned to be a curse on the people because he destroyed their solidarity. Obasanjo destroyed the viable opposition in Nigeria and see what is happening, the Yoruba who have been playing that role meaningfully for Nigeria can no longer do it like before. For this, Obasanjo will pay for his sins.


What solution are you now canvassing for the problems you have enumerated now. A break up of Nigeria?
I have said this times without number that Nigeria does not exist. The only solution is for all the ethnic groups in Nigeria to sit down and hold talks on whether or not we want to really come together as a nation. As for now, I Dokubo Asari and my entire house hold are not Nigerians.


You are advocating a National Conference of a sort?
Oh yes! That is what we have been advocating all along, a peaceful Sovereign National Conference. Nobody wants to die, I don’t want to die and let me say that I have a Fulani wife, and her relations come to me while I go to them too, we are brothers and sisters. We are not fighting against them, but against the evil cabal that had impoverished the rest of Nigeria and their own people, I mean people who are not tired of stealing the Nigerian money but who would in their comfort instigate riots to kill and maim people for selfish reasons while they enjoy the wealth they had stolen. That is what we are talking about. Each time I go to the Mosque in Port Harcourt and I stand on the line for prayers, if I look to my right with about 20 people, 15 of them would be northerners and on my left, if there were about 20 people, 15 would be northerners.

If I go to Hajj, if there are 100 people, 50 would be northerners. In my daily interactions with people, most of my close friends are either northern Muslims or Yoruba Muslims. Even in my house where I pray, the imam in my house is a Muslim. The one teaching my children Arabic is an Hausa man. I have no problem with the northern people. My point is that the North itself should rise up against this cabal who have reduced Nigeria to a pariah state. Look at Nigeria today, we have the problem of mass illiteracy, poverty, sanitation, good roads, power supply and things are not just working generally. It is because these cabal would no want anything to work, so that they can continue to put Nigerian money into their pockets.

Even at that, they continue to make misguided statements. And my feeling is that if the masses in the North decide to fall in line with their oligarchy against the rest of us, we will stand up to them. We will stand up to them. Those days are over. And no one should talk about building bridges of understanding across the country, we will blow the bridges.


The clamour for Sovereign National Conference in Nigeria has never produced any positive result, even though the clamour is as old as Nigeria. Why do you and others continue to insist on that?
Nobody needs to listen to me. Let me say my own and let them not listen. But the time has come when the truth must be told. Very soon Nigeria will know the truth.


What makes you think so?
When I was a small boy, if Sanitary Inspector came to my village, everybody would flee, just ordinary inspector, not to talk about tax collector or court bailiff. But today, if the army come to my village with jet fighters, even a 90 year old man would come out to look and ask wetin dem bring today. The fear of death is far removed from the heart of our people. Everybody is lionized in the Niger Delta and they are rearing to go. If they want peace, the minimum option is the convocation of a Sovereign National Conference. In Somalia, the people held a referendum. In Ethiopia, the peoples held a plesbiscite and that enabled Eritrea to leave the country. The whole black race is backward because of the Hausa-Fulani People. It is about their dominance. In Asia, the Chinese are the dominant people and the entire Asia is progressing today because of the progressive nature of the Chinese. Why is Europe progressive today? Is it not because of the influence of the Anglo-Saxon with superior minds and adventurous nature? Why is Africa not progressing today. Is it not because the Hausa-Fulani are the largest ethnic group in Africa, and they are corrupt, bankrupt and primitive. That is why the whole of the black race is in darkness.

I have an impression that the turn of events in Nigeria today is the function of treachery and conspiracy of the colonial people. The fact is that if the Ibos, the Ijaws, the Yorubas had been left alone on their own, they would have gone so far. The whole thing is like a thief who came to your house and stole a lap-top as he goes out, he was conscious of the possibility of arrest and then he decided to fling the lap-top at a give away price. He could even sell the product for N15,000, although he would first make some shakara by placing N50,000 price on the stolen lap-top. When they begin to make shakara that they don’t need our oil, what have they done since? Everybody is living on the oil resources from our area and they are doing it in a hurry thinking that a day would come when the opportunity would cease. For 12 months, I stood up in arms against the Nigerian military, nothing happened.


source:http://www.tribune.com.ng/17082008/general1.html

[size=15pt]US-based Nigerian expert rots in Agodi Prison[/size]

By Sam Nwaoko - 17.08.2008

So much is locked behind the high walls of the prison yards around the country. Many of the inmates are justifiably there; many others are serving terms following awkward, jejune cases while so many others have no business being imprisoned or in prison detention. A recent visit to the Agodi Prisons in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, in the entourage of the state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Michael Folorunsho Lana, afforded the Sunday Tribune an opportunity to see beyond the high incarceration walls. The visit highlighted the urgent need for an unembroidered catharsis in Nigeria’s justice delivery system.


Mr. Lana led a team of other officials of the Oyo State Ministry of Justice on a fact finding cum technical assessment visit to the prison on the instruction of the governor, Chief Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala. He said the prison authorities had written to the governor for assistance over the inadequacy of facilities in the prison.


On the other hand, he said the body of attorneys general in the country, at a recent meeting, decided that members should visit the various prisons in their states to determine what are wrong and how to tackle them.


Beyond the aged and inadequate but fit physical structures seen in the prison yard, Governor Akala’s representative found that many Nigerians are needlessly undergoing emotional torture behind bars in the cold confines of Agodi Prisons. The case of United States-based Public Health expert, Dr. Timothy Agunbiade, caught special attention.


Dr Agunbiade’s tale left the commissioner, Mr. Lana and his entourage in awe and in obvious lament over the tacky justice delivery system in the country. The medical expert, who has been practicing in the United States since 1983, told Sunday Tribune that he had been in prison detention since July 3, 2008 following inexplicable orders of Justice R.N. Ofili-Ajumogobia of the Federal High Court, Ibadan.


According to the Ilesa, Osun State-born Agunbiade, he became a detainee after he was arrested in his home in Lagos by policemen from Ibadan, following a report by his friend that he allegedly imported fake drugs into the country. The drugs in question, Agunbuade said, were genuine and were imported legitimately by him from the United States. “The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) even tested and certified the drugs to be genuine.”


He believes his travails began “when a friend of mine also based in the US felt he should have been the one importing the drugs. He threatened to ‘show me’ and I didn’t know how until policemen came from Ibadan and arrested me on allegations that I was distributing fake drugs in Oyo Sate.


“I told the policemen that the drugs had been certified by NAFDAC and were already in the market in Lagos, but they said Oyo is different from Lagos.”


However, he was arraigned on a lone count charge of distributing “for the purpose of sale of fake and (or) expired drugs in the name of “MV365 and MVS PRE-NATAL” and thereby alleged to have committed an offence contrary to Section 1 and punishable under section 3(1) (A) of Counterfeit and Fake Drug and Unwholesome Processed Food Miscellaneous (Provision) Act Cap 34, Laws of the Federation of Nigerian 2004, on the 14th of November, 2007.”


The case came before Justice Molokwu who admitted Dr Agunbiade to bail. At the next hearing date which was January 18, 2008, he said he made himself available in court “and the court accordingly ordered the prosecution to assemble their witnesses against the 26th of February, 2008 which was the date fixed for the hearing of the case.” On the hearing date, he said he also made himself available in court but the case could not proceed to trial and was adjourned to March 5, 2008.


On March 5, Dr Agunbiade was in court again, but neither the counsel for the prosecution nor any representative of the complainant was in court and this caused the case to be adjourned to March 16, by which time Justice Molokwu had been transferred. The new judge, Mrs. R.N. Ofili-Ajumogobia, adjourned the case to May 9 before the arrival of any of the parties and counsels in the matter. On May 9, the court did not sit and the registrar fixed June 19 for the case on the agreement of the parties in the case. His counsel, Bolaji Faboro, told ST that he could not make it to court on June 19 but he sent Micheal Agbolade “since I believed that it was just to take a date.”


June 19 was the first time Dr Agunbiade would appear before Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia. Then, the prosecution stated its intention to withdraw the case following its amicable resolution among the parties. Agunbiade said this drew the ire of the judge who, he said “condemned the prosecution counsel for making such an application before her.”


At the hearing of that June 19, Agunbiade claimed that the judge insisted that if the counsels failed to agree to a date that did not exceed June 24, she was going to revoke his bail.

“Both counsels in the matter then reluctantly agreed to come back for the case on June 24,” he said. He said he became worried over what he described as the open hostility of Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia towards him. On June 24, all the parties were shocked to find that the judge was not present in court despite the threats of bail revocation five days earlier.


The absence of the judge made the counsels to choose September 22, 2008 which was the agreeable date to the registrar, Faboro,who had informed them of the annual judges’ vacation.


Agunbiade said he was greatly surprised when his counsel called him late on July 2 that there was a hearing notice issued on July 1, served him (the counsel) on July 2, that the trial of his case had been fixed for July 3, the next day. The hearing notice, he observed, was served by the court clerk, and not the usual bailiff. He made it to court early against all odds on July 3 from Lagos.


In the middle of the hearing on July 3, Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia stopped the cross-examination going on and without any prompting by any of the counsels, said she was tired and would like the case adjourned and she fixed July 30 for the next date. But beyond this, she revoked Dr. Agunbiade’s bail and ordered that he be remanded in Agodi Prison without adducing any reason for revoking the bail.


The puzzled lawyers could not question her and the man was thrown in jail. “Up till the time the judge decided to revoke my bail, I have not done anything to warrant the decision to cut my bail. I have therefore been tried and remanded in the prison custody by the judge when my plea has not even been taken before her,” Dr Agunbiade cried. He said this was so because the judge threatened to report the prosecution counsel to the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and the police authorities for daring to apply before her to take pleas since being a new judge in the case.


Efforts to get Dr Agunbaide bail so far on health grounds had been thwarted for puerile logistics reasons. Faboro told Sunday Tribune that already, even the prosecution had found that the case was that of alleged trademark infringement, which he said was a civil case, and not a criminal case for which his counsel is being detained. “I have gone to seek the case file since the judge told us that she wanted to seek advice whether she should continue with the case or not but we were told that the file had not got to them in Lagos, ” Faboro said. The file too cannot be retrieved in Ibadan, neither could the counsel get certified true copies of nor the record of proceedings nor the ruling in the case. The question now is whether the judge had taken the case file with her to her vacation.


So, while Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia is somewhere enjoying her well-deserved rest of her annual vacation, Agunbiade, a member of the New York Academy of Science that responded to the Federal Government’s call to come home and invest, is wasting away in prison detention.


Mr. Lana did not see Agunbiade’s suffering and that of many others in Agodi prisons as trivial and, accordingly, felt the obvious manipulation of justice to their detriment should be halted. He promised to look more into the matter and also do something about it. He said as much about the other prisoners who are serving terms based on trifling offences.


“Some of the prisoners were tricked into conviction and we have to look into it. Some of them are not supposed to be there, they should have been reprimanded or fined. Our justice system is not okay and something must be done fast,” Lana said.

source:http://www.tribune.com.ng/17082008/news/news3.html

[size=15pt]Sultan, other Islamic leaders disown man with 86 wives [/size]

By Emeka Madunagu
Published: Sunday, 17 Aug 2008
The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs on Saturday disowned a man with 86 wives and 170 children in Bida, Niger State. Abubakar Bello, had described himself as an Islamic preacher.

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Olayinka Oyebode
ecretary-General of the Nation



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Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muham

The NSCIA’s Secretary-General, Dr. Abdul-Lateef Adegbite, said in a statement made available to Sunday PUNCH by email that the organisation was embarrassed by Abubakar’s comments. He stated that the NSCIA’s President-General and Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, was “particularly dismayed at the misleading impression being conveyed by Bello that his licentious conduct was compatible with Islam.”

He said, “The Sultan urged Muslims to ignore Bello Abubakar’s brazen disregard of the Shariah which clearly limits a man to four wives only. His Eminence further advised believers to always guard against innovations that could cause confusion and breach of peace and which may adversely affect the security and well-being of our nation.”

He said the NSCIA was looking into the matter and would make its decision known in due course.

Bello, who also has 170 children, had told the British Broadcasting Corporation that his decision to marry 86 wives had been sanctioned by God.

source:http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art200808172364220

[size=15pt]EFCC seeks power to seize assets of sitting presidents, VPs, govs [/size]

By Chiawo Nwankwo
Published: Sunday, 17 Aug 2008
A draft bill sent to the National Assembly by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission might see public officers covered by immunity forfeiting ill-gotten assets while still in office.

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EFCC Chairman, Mrs. Farida Waziri

Section 308 of the 1999 Constitution grants immunity from prosecution to the President, vice-president, governors and their deputies.

But the bill seeks to make assets forfeiture retroactive under its civil forfeiture legal mechanism that will affect anybody connected with the unlawful acquisition of public or private property.

Although both the Senate and the House of Representatives are currently on annual vacation, the EFCC Chairman, Mrs. Farida Waziri, has visited the House twice this month, apparently to lobby its leadership for an easy passage of the bill.

Before she met the Speaker, Mr. Dimeji Bankole, behind closed-doors last Thursday, she had held discussions with the former chairman of the House Committee on Financial Crimes, Drugs and Narcotics, Mr. Dave Salako, who was directed by the House leadership to receive her.

Waziri reportedly told newsmen that the creation of special courts to hasten the trial of suspects would be appreciated. Salako, who described the initiative as a welcome development, said that no legislative effort would be spared to strengthen the commission, in order to meet the challenges facing it.

The draft bill under general provisions with a sub-title- “Immunity” on option 1, spells out the measure as it affects the public officers covered by immunity. It states under options one and two, “Any grant of immunities or jurisdictional privileges will not bar the application or subsequent grant of restraint or forfeiture orders under this Act. The director (name of body/institution) will not be barred from seeking application to the High Court for a restraint, freezing or forfeiture order, and the High Court shall not be barred from exercising its powers under this Act on the grounds of jurisdictional privilege immunity.”

Explaining the application of the envisaged law, the bill states, “The Act applies to the forfeiture of any proceeds or instrumentalities of (unlawful conduct/activity) that was an (unlawful conduct/activity) at a the time the commission of the (unlawful conduct/activity) or intended commission of the unlawful conduct/activity) but was (prior to the coming into force of the Act/whether before or after the passing of this Act.”

According to the bill, application for forfeiture of asset or a restraining order can be brought before a court, “whether or not a person has been charged or convicted of an offence, and whether or not an application has been brought for a confiscation order/pecuniary penalty order/forfeiture order, after a criminal conviction.”

On requests to enforce orders of confiscation or seizure of property from abroad, the bill says that such an order will be regarded to be in force and will not be subject to further appeal at the time of filing.

It says, “The competent authority of the Federal Republic of Nigeria may cancel the registration of any order by filing a notice to that effect (if it) is satisfied that the order has ceased to have effect in the foreign state or, if applicable, has been satisfied.”

According to the bill, the civil forfeiture principle is influenced by the need to remove the profit incentive from organised crimes. Besides, public treasury looting, other organised crimes such as drug and human, fraud and economic crimes traffickers are targeted by the bill.

Our correspondent gathered that persons targeted in the bill will be required to prove that they acquired their assets legitimately. The EFCC is currently prosecuting a number of governors for alleged corruption.

source:http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art200808172343970

[size=15pt]remember Odi[/size]

[size=15pt]We’ve lost many lives in Niger Delta –Navy [/size]

By Our correspondent
Published: Sunday, 17 Aug 2008
The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice-Admiral Ganiyu Adekeye, announced on Friday that the Nigerian Navy had suffered many casualties in its operations, especially in the Niger Delta area.

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The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Adekeye disclosed this at the Eastern Naval Command headquarters in Calabar, while addressing officers of the command. He declined to give the figure and the period the casualties were recorded but only said, ”The Navy actually suffered the loss of officers and men in our operations.”

He, however, told the officers not to allow the death of their colleagues in the course of duty to lower their morale or deter them from performing effectively. Rather, he said, they should be courageous and more security-conscious at all times.

He said, ”You should be conscious of security, both for your lives, property and other documents, anywhere you are, whether on duty or in private activity.” He announced that from October, the Navy would commence its mass transit scheme in Lagos with one ferry and later extend it to other commands.

The CNS explained that the idea of using a ferry for mass transit was for the Navy to demonstrate that water transportation was safer and cheaper. He expressed optimism that the scheme would be successful and help to alleviate transportation problems, especially in Lagos.

According to him, ”With the scheme, it will be easier for our personnel to go to work without the usual traffic trouble. It would also help your cars as you would only use the cars for private engagements.”

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What to do when stopped by the police in your car

The police can stop you at any time whilst you are driving your car. It could be that the police are following up a radio message concerning a car just stolen or snatched in your area. It could also happen that the description of your car coincidentally matches the description of the car earlier reported stolen.

It could also happen that the police are simply carrying out routine anti-crime checks or even traffic checks. At other times, it could simply be that the police have reasonable cause to suspect either your person or your car. Perhaps, a car similar to yours had been involved in a crime in the recent past or even suspected to have been involved in a reported ‘hit and run’ accident case. 

In either of these circumstances, the best thing to do is to gently pull up your car and park off the road- taking care to avoid causing traffic obstruction or other acts that may inconvenience other road users. You must not do anything that will further arouse the suspicion of the officer or suggest that you have the intention of escaping or committing further offence(s). If it is at night, turn on your inner light and show the officer that you have nothing to hide.

Keep your hands visibly on the steering and do nothing to suggest you are about to pull a weapon or conceal an incriminating item. It is also advisable to keep the volume of your car stereo low. It shows respect not to the officer as an individual but to the police as an institution of the state. 

The officer will most likely ask you to identify yourself, demand for your driver’s licence and request for other relevant particulars. This you must do. There are chances that the officer may allow you to proceed if all your papers are correct. If your papers are incorrect, this may provide the officer with further reason to conduct a more detailed search on either your vehicle or your person. In either case, you are expected to obey and comply fully as the officer is still clearly acting within the confines of the law.

During such search you are expected to remain calm and avoid comments or body language that suggests contempt, disrespect or outright antagonism. You are however free to make your observations and comments on the on-going operations. It is however advisable to limit such comments to only germane issues. Unnecessary side talks can be a source of distraction to both the officer and yourself. It could also complicate what ordinarily should have passed as a simple exercise.

Your best bet is to closely monitor the actions or inactions of the officer and report any perceived excesses or infractions of your right to his superiors— either at the local police station, the office of the CP Monitoring Unit, Command Provost Department or the Public Complaints Bureau situated at the Police Public Relations office closest to you.

Source: http://www.vanguardngr.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14472&Itemid=0

na banana go kill monkey!

[size=15pt]Commercial sex workers on the run over the death of a ‘customer’ [/size]
Written by Evelyn Usman
Saturday, 16 August 2008
Commercial sex workers at a popular hotel called Orosaye in the densely populated Ajegunle area of Lagos are currently on the run following the death of a customer whose lifeless body was found in one of the hotel rooms last Saturday.

The deceased whom Crime Guard gathered was a well known clearing agent at the Tin-Can Ports, Apapa, reportedly went to the hotel in the company of a lady. Another account however had it that he went to patronize one of the commercial sex workers. The deceased popularly called Galaxy by those who knew him, was reported to be a regular caller at the hotel until the unexpected happened.

The busy atmosphere along Boundary road occasioned by the presence of commercial sex workers in their numbers with different shapes, sizes and complexion that weekend, took a different dimension when one of the ladies reportedly whispered to her friend to immediately quit the zone.

The manner in which they both scurried away amidst the bubbling ambience was said to have aroused the curiosity of others, who were immediately alerted by the shout of help from inside.

Out of curiosity, majority of those who made for the direction of the alarm, were shocked as they beheld the body of Galaxy who earlier walked in looking hale and healthy, stone dead. Like lightening, they all vacated the zone for fear of possible arrest by the police.

Crime Guard reliably gathered that the floor of the hotel room where the deceased was found was littered with alcohol which the deceased apparently vomited. What transpired inside the room with the lady, remains a big puzzle to be unraveled by the police.


But there is a twist in the case as the management of the hotel claimed the deceased was never booked into any of the rooms that fateful day. A Police source said the deceased was actually seen by people inside the hotel at the bar. Investigations also revealed that he was really in the room few hours before he was found dead.

Meanwhile, the arrested commercial sex worker (name withheld) who alerted her other colleagues after the incident has reportedly denied ever attending to the deceased. Rather in her confessional statement to the police, she claimed she heard the deceased groaning from her room which was demarcated by wood. Out of curiosity she claimed to have rushed in , only to behold him on the floor and subsequently raised alarm.

But preliminary investigation by the Police, as reliably gathered, revealed that the deceased could have died of exhaustive sex.

The arrested suspect is currently being detained at the State Criminal Investigations Department (SCID), Panti while the remains of the dead man has been deposited at the mortuary for autopsy.

source:http://www.vanguardngr.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14472&Itemid=0

[size=15pt]IBB Recommends Marshal Plan for N/Delta[/size]

From Chuks Okocha in Abuja, 08.16.2008

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Former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, under whose administration the agitation for the development of the Niger Delta and a greater stake in the nation’s oil wealth first started in 1991, yesterday in Abuja said only the adoption of a Marshal Plan by the Federal Government can put an end to the on going crisis in the Niger Delta.
Babangida who spoke during the 60th birthday lecture held for former governor of Rivers State, Dr. Peter Odili said any further delay in addressing the Niger Delta problems would be too costly for the nation.
The former president, whose speech was delivered by Dr. Amadu Abubakar, said: “I believe that the solution to the problems of the Niger Delta should be sustained massive development based on a Marshal Plan.
“It is crucial that we respond proactively, promptly and honestly to the Niger Delta situation, before it is too late.”
He also appealed to all stakeholders to be sincere about the rapprochement and pursue the route of dialogue in the interest of all in the Niger Delta.
“Such development would reclaim the land, open up the hinterland, clean up the environment, empower the people, physically develop the rural areas, and enhance the quality of lives of its peoples.
“We all feel bad and worried about the widespread environmental degradation and are particularly concerned about its impact in the Niger Delta. We even feel worse about the neglect that led to the current crisis,” Babangida said.
The former military president also described the rule of law posture of President Umaru Yar’Adua as the foundation for equity and justice.
He made a comparative analysis of Nigeria today with the colonial days and said, “All is not lost. I was brought up to look at the brighter side of life. Therefore, I never see empty glasses. In the immensity of the challenges facing our dear country, what I see is a bright future. I see opportunities to give our people a better country.
“The economic successes of China and India came after many years of toil and sweat. The task of nation building is an arduous task with a life long struggle.”
Babangida urged Dr. Odili to use his years in politics to ensure a united Nigeria, as his forefathers shed blood to keep the country united.
In his response, Odili commended the rule of law policy of Yar’Adua, describing it as a foundation for equality and justice.
“For President Yar’Adua to make the rule of law the corner stone of his administration, this government is on the path of destiny. We join the army of those praying for this administration to succeed.
“Any dance step that begins with a good step is bound to survive. Yar’Adua’s dance step is good and would survive.”
A galaxy of politicians attended the birthday lecture, including the governors of Ogun, Oyo, Osun, Ondo and Niger. The senate president, David Mark and the deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu were also in attendance.
The former chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples democratic Party (PDP), Chief Anthony Anenih, the PDP BOT secretary and former governor of Nasarawa state, Alhaji Abdullahi Adamu, Minister of Special Duties, Godson Orubebe who represented President Yar’Adua, were also in attendance.


source:http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=119817

[size=20pt]hurray!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/size]

[size=15pt]abracadabra the more you hear, the less you understand[/size]

[size=15pt]NNPC to begin oil exploration in the north next month [/size]

By Obinna Ezeobi, Abuja
Published: Saturday, 16 Aug 2008
The impression that oil is the preserve of the Niger Delta could change soon, because the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation is to commence the detailed exploration of oil in the northern part of the country next month.

The NNPC Acting Group Managing Director, Alhalji Abubakar Yar’Adua, who announced this in Abuja on Friday while giving an account of his one year in office, stated that the exploration will be done with the latest 3D technology. He explained that the efforts would be directed at the Chad Basin, Bauchi and the Benue basins, which according to him had oil reserves.

He dismissed insinuations that government was deliberately refusing to explore oil in the North so as to exhaust the reserves in the Niger Delta, adding that international oil companies were willing to do business anywhere they could find oil. Yar’Adua said, “Former exploration work in the region was done on 2D. But 3D is better as it will give you better perspectives. I believe that Nigerians will be happy if we discover oil there.”

The GMD claimed that under the past year, crude oil production had been maintained at an average of two million barrels per day with a reserve base of 3.3 billion barrels for both the Joint Ventures and Production Sharing Contracts. He added that this was achieved despite the community obstruction and incidences that militated against realisation of full potential of the country in terms of crude oil production.

He said, “The operators have successfully re-entered the western swamp operations and secured over 100,000 b/d production from Shell and Pan Ocean JV fields out of about 400,000b/d hitherto locked-in due to pipeline attacks.” Yar’Adua noted that Agbami Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel achieved first oil on July 24 2008 at an initial production level of 65,000 to peak at 232,000b/d. He added that the Akpo FSPO had also sailed away in June 2008 and was expected to arrive Nigeria by the end of August, with installation and commissioning to commence immediately while its peak production was expected to be 175,000b/d.

On the refineries, Yar’ Adua said the Warri Refinery and Production Company had achieved an average capacity utilisation of 80 per cent in the first half of 2008 and was currently processing at 100 per cent. He added, “The Kaduna Refinery and Production Company fuel plant is now running at 68 per cent capacity and the Lubes plant which has just been successfully commissioned is now running at 60 per cent capacity due to crude constraints.

“The Port Harcourt Refinery and Production Company continues to face peculiar challenges which culminated in the destruction of the Port Harcourt jetty by fire in December 2007.

“This incident drastically impacted on our import and product evacuation capabilities. There was also a fire incident on the refinery cooling tower in April 2008 but efforts are ongoing to repair the damage”

“Despite the challenges, the refinery operated at 60 per cent capacity utilisation until last week when it was shut due to fuel oil ullage constraints.”

[size=15pt]‘Nigerian men don’t repay loans’ [/size]
By Olamilekan Lartey, Yenagoa
Published: Saturday, 16 Aug 2008
The Managing Director of Bayelsa State’s only micro-finance institution, Homeland Microfinance Bank, Mr. Austin Dressman, on Friday said that many Nigerian men were not ready to repay bank loans.

Dressman, who spoke in Yenagoa, said statistics had shown a discouraging repayment pattern among male borrowers, adding that only about 30-40 per cent of Nigerian men repay loans on schedule. He stated that over 90 per cent of people who seek small loans in Nigeria were women, adding that they were more likely to repay loans. He said the bank had therefore decided to target women for micro-credit loans.

The scheme, which is run in partnership with the Bayelsa State Government, will make loans available to women in the 105 wards of the state. Specifically, women in the rural areas, particularly those in the riverside communities, will have access to loans ranging between N20, 000 and N200,000 without collateral or rigorous documentation associated with commercial banks.

He said, “We have to move down to the grassroots and create awareness. There is nowhere we cannot reach in doing business, even places as far away as Akassa. The Central Bank of Nigeria is encouraging people to do microfinance.” He said over 80 per cent of Nigerians relied on microfinance for business and other economic empowerment projects.

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[size=15pt]Top 25 British Universities[/size]
The rankings of the british universities are based upon those published by the british newspapers, with an average position taken based upon many lists.

University address RANK

University of cambridge The Old Schools
Trinity Lane
Cambridge CB2 1TN 1st

University of Oxford University Offices
Wellington Square
Oxford OX1 2JD 2nd

Imperial college - London South Kensington Campus
London SW7 2AZ
Tel 020 7594 8014
admissions@imperial.ac.uk 3rd

London school of economics Houghton Street
London WC2A 2AE
Tel 020 7955 7756
UG-admissions@lse.ac.uk 4th

University college London Gower Street
London WC1E 6BT
Tel 020 7679 3000 5th

University of York Heslington
York YO10 5DD
Tel 01904 433 533
admissions@york.ac.uk 6th

University of Bristol Senate House
Tyndall Avenue
Bristol BS8 1TH
Tel 0117 928 9000
admissions@bristol.ac.uk 7th

University of Warwick Coventry CV4 7AL
Tel 024 7652 3648
student.recruitment@warwick.ac.uk 8th

University of Durham University Office
Old Elvet
Durham DH1 3HP
Tel 0191 334 6128
admissions@durham.ac.uk 9th

University of Bath Claverton Down
Bath BA2 7AY
Tel 01225 386 698 10th

University of Edinburgh Old College
South Bridge
Edinburgh EH8 9YL
Tel 0131 650 4360
rals.enquiries@ed.ac.uk 11th

University of Nottingham University Park
Nottingham NG7 2RD
Tel 0115 951 5559
undergraduate-enquiries@
nottingham.ac.uk 12th

Kings college - London London WC2R 2LS
Tel 020 7836 5454
ceu@kcl.ac.uk 13th

University of St Andrews College Gate
St Andrews KY16 9AJ
Tel 01334 463 324
admissions@st-andrews.ac.uk 14th

Loughbourogh University Ashby Road
Loughborough LE11 3TU
01509 223 522
admissions@lboro.ac.uk 15th

University of East Anglia Norwich NR4 7TJ
Tel01603 591 515
admissions@uea.ac.uk 16th

University of Southampton University Road
Highfield
Southampton SO17 1BJ
Tel 023 8059 4732
admissns@soton.ac.uk 17th

University of Manchester Oxford Road
Manchester M13 9PL
Tel 0161 275 2077
ug.admissions@
manchester.ac.uk 18th

Cardiff University PO Box 921
Cardiff CF10 3AT
Tel 029 2087 4455
prospectus@cardiff.ac.uk 19th

University of Sussex Falmer
Brighton BN1 9RH
Tel 01273 678 417
schools.liaison@sussex.ac.uk 20th

School of oriental and African studies Thornhaugh Street
Russell Square
London WC1H 0XG
Tel 020 7074 5100
registrar@soas.ac.uk 21st

University of Leicester University Road
Leicester LE1 7RH
Tel 0116 252 5281
admissions@le.ac.uk 22nd

University of Birmingham Edgbaston
Birmingham B15 2TT
0121 415 8900
admissions@bham.ac.uk 23rd

University of Sheffield Western Bank
Sheffield S10 2TN
Tel 0114 222 1255 24th

University of Exeter Northcote House
The Queen’s Drive
Exeter EX4 4QJ
Tel 01392 263 035
admissions@exeter.ac.uk 25th

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[size=15pt]Top 100 Universities in the world[/size]

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.
World Rank Institution* Region Regional Rank Country National Rank Score on Alumni Score on Award Score on HiCi Score on N&S Score on PUB Score on PCP Total
Score
1 Harvard Univ Americas 1 USA 1 100 100 100 100 100 74.1 100
2 Stanford Univ Americas 2 USA 2 40 78.7 86.6 68.9 71.6 66.9 73.7  
3 Univ California - Berkeley Americas 3 USA 3 69 77.1 68.8 70.6 70 53 71.4  
4 Univ Cambridge Europe 1 UK 1 90.3 91.5 53.6 56 64.1 65 70.4  
5 Massachusetts Inst Tech (MIT) Americas 4 USA 4 71 80.6 65.6 68.7 61.6 53.9 69.6  
6 California Inst Tech Americas 5 USA 5 52.8 69.1 57.4 66.1 49.7 100 65.4  
7 Columbia Univ Americas 6 USA 6 72.4 65.7 56.5 52.3 70.5 46.6 62.5  
8 Princeton Univ Americas 7 USA 7 59.3 80.4 61.9 40.5 44.8 59.3 58.9  
9 Univ Chicago Americas 8 USA 8 67.4 81.9 50.5 39.5 51.9 41.3 57.1  
10 Univ Oxford Europe 2 UK 2 59 57.9 48.4 52 66 45.7 56.8  
11 Yale Univ Americas 9 USA 9 48.5 43.6 57 55.7 62.4 48.7 54.9  
12 Cornell Univ Americas 10 USA 10 41.5 51.3 54.1 52.3 64.7 40.4 54.1  
13 Univ California - Los Angeles Americas 11 USA 11 24.4 42.8 57.4 48.9 75.7 36 52.4  
14 Univ California - San Diego Americas 12 USA 12 15.8 34 59.7 53 66.7 47.4 50.3  
15 Univ Pennsylvania Americas 13 USA 13 31.7 34.4 58.3 41.3 69 39.2 49.0  
16 Univ Washington - Seattle Americas 14 USA 14 25.7 31.8 53.1 49.5 74.1 28 48.3  
17 Univ Wisconsin - Madison Americas 15 USA 15 38.4 35.5 52.6 41.2 68.1 28.8 47.4  
18 Univ California - San Francisco Americas 16 USA 16 0 36.8 54.1 51.5 60.8 47.5 46.6  
19 Tokyo Univ Asia/Pac 1 Japan 1 32.2 14.1 43.1 51.9 83.3 35 46.4  
20 Johns Hopkins Univ Americas 17 USA 17 45.8 27.8 41.3 48.7 68.5 24.8 45.5  
21 Univ Michigan - Ann Arbor Americas 18 USA 18 38.4 0 60.6 41.7 78.1 31.4 44.2  
22 Univ Coll London Europe 3 UK 3 31.2 32.2 38.6 44.3 65.8 35.4 44.0  
23 Kyoto Univ Asia/Pac 2 Japan 2 35.4 33.4 38.6 35.8 70.6 31.5 43.5  
24 Swiss Fed Inst Tech - Zurich Europe 4 Switzerland 1 35.9 36.3 36.1 38.1 53.6 56 43.1  
24 Univ Toronto Americas 19 Canada 1 25 19.3 38.6 37 79.8 45.8 43.1  
26 Univ Illinois - Urbana Champaign Americas 20 USA 19 37.1 36.6 43.8 36.1 60.3 26.9 42.9  
27 Imperial Coll London Europe 5 UK 4 18.6 37.4 39.9 38.2 61.8 39.4 42.4  
28 Univ Minnesota - Twin Cities Americas 21 USA 20 32.2 16.3 50 34.8 67.5 24.4 40.4  
29 Washington Univ - St. Louis Americas 22 USA 21 22.4 26 38.6 43.2 56 40.5 40.1  
30 Northwestern Univ Americas 23 USA 22 19.4 18.9 46.7 32.8 58.7 37.7 38.1  
31 New York Univ Americas 24 USA 23 34.1 24.5 39.9 34.4 53.4 25.9 37.4  
32 Duke Univ Americas 25 USA 24 18.6 0 46.1 42.6 63.4 39.8 37.2  
32 Rockefeller Univ Americas 25 USA 24 20.2 58.6 29.2 42.2 22.3 37.9 37.2  
34 Univ Colorado - Boulder Americas 27 USA 26 14.8 30.8 39.3 39.4 45.5 30.4 36.4  
35 Univ British Columbia Americas 28 Canada 2 18.6 18.9 31.8 31.9 65.8 38.2 36.3  
36 Univ California - Santa Barbara Americas 29 USA 27 0 35.3 41.9 34.9 43.2 35.4 35.5  
37 Univ Maryland - Coll Park Americas 30 USA 28 23.1 20 40.6 30.4 53.1 26.1 34.6  
38 Univ North Carolina - Chapel Hill Americas 31 USA 29 11.2 16.3 37.9 28.8 62 29.1 33.9  
39 Univ Texas - Austin Americas 32 USA 30 19.4 16.7 46.1 26.7 54.2 21.3 33.7  
40 Univ Manchester Europe 6 UK 5 24.4 18.9 28.2 28.3 60.5 30.4 33.6  
41 Univ Texas Southwestern Med Center Americas 33 USA 31 21.7 33.2 30.9 31.7 39.3 32.1 33.3  
42 Pennsylvania State Univ - Univ Park Americas 34 USA 32 12.5 0 45.5 38.5 58.9 24.4 33.1  
42 Univ Paris 06 Europe 7 France 1 36.6 23.6 23.1 27.3 58.2 21.3 33.1  
42 Vanderbilt Univ Americas 34 USA 32 18.6 29.6 30.9 23.1 50.3 36 33.1  
45 Univ Copenhagen Europe 8 Denmark 1 27.4 24.2 26.3 25.4 54.5 33.4 33.0  
46 Univ California - Irvine Americas 36 USA 34 0 29.4 37.2 27.5 49.3 32.9 32.8  
47 Univ Utrecht Europe 9 Netherlands 1 27.4 20.9 28.2 28.8 53.3 26 32.4  
48 Univ California - Davis Americas 37 USA 35 0 0 46.7 31.7 63.2 30 32.2  
49 Univ Paris 11 Europe 10 France 2 33.3 46.2 14.6 20.4 47 23.1 32.1  
50 Univ Southern California Americas 38 USA 36 0 26.8 38.6 24.7 52.6 26.7 32.0  
51 Karolinska Inst Stockholm Europe 11 Sweden 1 27.4 27.3 31.8 18.3 50.1 25.7 31.6  
52 Univ Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Americas 39 USA 37 22.4 0 40.6 23.2 63.1 28.3 31.3  
53 Univ Zurich Europe 12 Switzerland 2 11.2 26.8 24.7 27.5 50.2 32.4 31.0  
54 Rutgers State Univ - New Brunswick Americas 40 USA 38 13.7 20 39.9 27.9 44 23.8 30.9  
55 Univ Edinburgh Europe 13 UK 6 20.2 16.7 26.3 32.3 49.7 30 30.8  
55 Univ Munich Europe 13 Germany 1 33.1 22.9 16.3 25.6 52.7 31.8 30.8  
57 Tech Univ Munich Europe 15 Germany 2 41.1 23.6 25.3 18.9 44.8 30.6 30.5  
58 Univ Florida Americas 41 USA 39 20.2 0 37.2 22.7 64.9 26.6 30.4  
59 Australian Natl Univ Asia/Pac 3 Australia 1 15.8 12.6 35.7 30.5 43.4 32.2 30.0  
60 McGill Univ Americas 42 Canada 3 25.7 0 32.6 22.8 60.3 34.3 29.9  
61 Univ Bristol Europe 16 UK 7 9.7 17.9 28.2 28.1 47.8 33.5 29.5  
62 Carnegie Mellon Univ Americas 43 USA 40 31.2 32.8 31.8 11.3 35.7 30.9 29.3  
62 Ohio State Univ - Columbus Americas 43 USA 40 15.8 0 41.9 19.8 63 20.3 29.3  
64 Univ Oslo Europe 17 Norway 1 23.1 33.4 17.9 17 46.7 29.8 29.0  
65 Hebrew Univ Jerusalem Asia/Pac 4 Israel 1 29.6 20 24.2 22.9 44.1 28.7 28.8  
65 Purdue Univ - West Lafayette Americas 45 USA 42 16.8 16.7 30.1 22 52.8 21 28.8  
67 Univ Heidelberg Europe 18 Germany 3 17.7 27.2 17.9 20.4 49.2 29.3 28.4  
68 Osaka Univ Asia/Pac 5 Japan 3 11.2 0 26.3 28.2 63.6 28.7 28.3  
68 Univ Helsinki Europe 19 Finland 1 16.8 17.9 21.9 20.8 53.8 30.1 28.3  
70 Moscow State Univ Europe 20 Russia 1 49.1 34.2 0 8.3 53.2 33.4 28.1  
71 Brown Univ Americas 46 USA 43 16.8 13.6 31.8 26.6 40.4 29.9 27.9  
71 Uppsala Univ Europe 21 Sweden 2 23.1 32.2 12.6 19.3 49.5 21 27.9  
73 Ecole Normale Super Paris Europe 22 France 3 53.4 24.5 12.6 17.2 25.9 56.2 27.7  
73 Univ Melbourne Asia/Pac 6 Australia 2 13.7 14.1 23.1 19.6 58.1 26.7 27.7  
73 Univ Rochester Americas 47 USA 44 29.6 8.9 27.3 21.6 44.1 36.1 27.7  
76 Univ Leiden Europe 23 Netherlands 2 22.4 15.5 28.2 17.7 47.6 28.8 27.6  
77 Univ Arizona Americas 48 USA 45 0 0 30.1 36.5 54.2 25.9 27.5  
77 Univ Sheffield Europe 24 UK 8 20.9 14.1 21.9 25.5 47 29.7 27.5  
79 Tohoku Univ Asia/Pac 7 Japan 4 16.8 0 21.9 23.2 63.9 28.9 27.1  
79 Univ Utah Americas 49 USA 46 0 11.5 30.1 29.2 48 26.1 27.1  
81 King's Coll London Europe 25 UK 9 14.8 23.1 21.9 15.3 48.7 28.6 26.8  
82 Univ Nottingham Europe 26 UK 10 13.7 20 24.2 16 47.9 28.7 26.5  
83 Boston Univ Americas 50 USA 47 13.7 0 30.1 27.5 51.5 17.8 25.6  
83 Case Western Reserve Univ Americas 50 USA 47 36.3 11.5 21.9 15.2 42.1 31.5 25.6  
83 Michigan State Univ Americas 50 USA 47 11.2 0 35.7 22.4 51.6 18.5 25.6  
86 Stockholm Univ Europe 27 Sweden 3 26.3 29.6 16.3 19.2 36.2 19.7 25.5  
87 Univ Basel Europe 28 Switzerland 3 23.1 17.1 20.6 21.1 35.7 34.9 25.4  
88 Texas A&M Univ - Coll Station Americas 53 USA 50 0 0 32.6 24.5 55 20.9 25.2  
89 McMaster Univ Americas 54 Canada 4 14.8 18.9 21.9 14.7 46.1 26.4 25.1  
90 Univ Goettingen Europe 29 Germany 4 34.5 20 14.6 16.5 40.3 25.6 24.9  
91 Univ Birmingham Europe 30 UK 11 22.4 10.9 21.9 15.6 47.3 28 24.8  
92 Indiana Univ - Bloomington Americas 55 USA 51 12.5 17.9 26.3 21.2 39.3 18.1 24.6  
93 Aarhus Univ Europe 31 Denmark 2 13.7 18.9 7.3 24.5 48.2 27 24.5  
93 Arizona State Univ - Tempe Americas 56 USA 52 0 14.1 24.2 28.2 43.1 18.9 24.5  
95 Univ Virginia Americas 57 USA 53 0 0 32.6 26.3 47.2 25.5 24.4  
96 Univ Freiburg Europe 32 Germany 5 22.4 20.9 16.3 19.2 38 24.2 24.2  
97 Lund Univ Europe 33 Sweden 4 26.3 0 25.3 18 51.7 18.6 24.1  
97 Rice Univ Americas 58 USA 54 19.4 21.9 21.9 19.7 29.5 29.3 24.1  
97 Univ Bonn Europe 33 Germany 6 17.7 20 14.6 20.2 41.3 24.7 24.1  
97 Univ Sydney Asia/Pac 8 Australia 3 17.7 0 20.6 16.4 58 26.8 24.1  

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[size=15pt]Top 100 Asia Pacific Universities [/size] *

Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.
Regional
Rank Institution* World
Rank Country National
Rank
1 Tokyo Univ 19 Japan 1
2 Kyoto Univ 23 Japan 2
3 Australian Natl Univ 59 Australia 1
4 Hebrew Univ Jerusalem 65 Israel 1
5 Osaka Univ 68 Japan 3
6 Univ Melbourne 73 Australia 2
7 Tohoku Univ 79 Japan 4
8 Univ Sydney 97 Australia 3
9-16 Kyushu Univ 101-151 Japan 5-7
9-16 Nagoya Univ 101-151 Japan 5-7
9-16 Natl Univ Singapore 101-151 Singapore 1
9-16 Technion Israel Inst Tech 101-151 Israel 2-3
9-16 Tel Aviv Univ 101-151 Israel 2-3
9-16 Tokyo Inst Tech 101-151 Japan 5-7
9-16 Univ Queensland 101-151 Australia 4-5
9-16 Univ Western Australia 101-151 Australia 4-5
17-22 Hokkaido Univ 152-200 Japan 8-9
17-22 Natl Taiwan Univ 152-200 China-tw 1
17-22 Seoul Natl Univ 152-200 South Korea 1
17-22 Tsukuba Univ 152-200 Japan 8-9
17-22 Univ New South Wales 152-200 Australia 6
17-22 Weizmann Inst Sci 152-200 Israel 4
23-41 Chinese Univ Hong Kong 201-302 China-hk 1-3
23-41 Hiroshima Univ 201-302 Japan 10-12
23-41 Hong Kong Univ Sci & Tech 201-302 China-hk 1-3
23-41 Keio Univ 201-302 Japan 10-12
23-41 Kobe Univ 201-302 Japan 10-12
23-41 Korea Advanced Inst Sci & Tech 201-302 South Korea 2-3
23-41 Macquarie Univ 201-302 Australia 7-9
23-41 Monash Univ 201-302 Australia 7-9
23-41 Nanjing Univ 201-302 China 1-6
23-41 Peking Univ 201-302 China 1-6
23-41 Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ 201-302 China 1-6
23-41 Tsinghua Univ 201-302 China 1-6
23-41 Univ Adelaide 201-302 Australia 7-9
23-41 Univ Auckland 201-302 New Zealand 1-2
23-41 Univ Hong Kong 201-302 China-hk 1-3
23-41 Univ Otago 201-302 New Zealand 1-2
23-41 Univ Sci & Tech China 201-302 China 1-6
23-41 Yonsei Univ 201-302 South Korea 2-3
23-41 Zhejiang Univ 201-302 China 1-6
42-68 Bar Ilan Univ 303-401 Israel 5-6
42-68 Ben Gurion Univ 303-401 Israel 5-6
42-68 City Univ Hong Kong 303-401 China-hk 4-5
42-68 Flinders Univ South Australia 303-401 Australia 10-14
42-68 Fudan Univ 303-401 China 7
42-68 Hanyang Univ 303-401 South Korea 4-7
42-68 Hong Kong Polytechnic Univ 303-401 China-hk 4-5
42-68 Indian Inst Sci 303-401 India 1-2
42-68 Indian Inst Tech - Kharagpur 303-401 India 1-2
42-68 James Cook Univ North Queensland 303-401 Australia 10-14
42-68 Kanazawa Univ 303-401 Japan 13-18
42-68 Korea Univ 303-401 South Korea 4-7
42-68 Massey Univ 303-401 New Zealand 3
42-68 Nanyang Tech Univ 303-401 Singapore 2
42-68 Natl Cheng Kung Univ 303-401 China-tw 2-4
42-68 Natl Chiao Tung Univ 303-401 China-tw 2-4
42-68 Natl Tsing Hua Univ 303-401 China-tw 2-4
42-68 Niigata Univ 303-401 Japan 13-18
42-68 Okayama Univ 303-401 Japan 13-18
42-68 Pohang Univ Sci & Tech 303-401 South Korea 4-7
42-68 Sungkyunkwan Univ 303-401 South Korea 4-7
42-68 Tokyo Med & Dental Univ 303-401 Japan 13-18
42-68 Univ Newcastle 303-401 Australia 10-14
42-68 Univ Tasmania 303-401 Australia 10-14
42-68 Univ Wollongong 303-401 Australia 10-14
42-68 Waseda Univ 303-401 Japan 13-18
42-68 Yamaguchi Univ 303-401 Japan 13-18
69-100 Chang Gung Univ 402-503 China-tw 5-7
69-100 Chiba Univ 402-503 Japan 19-31
69-100 China Agr Univ 402-503 China 8-18
69-100 Dalian Univ Tech 402-503 China 8-18
69-100 Ehime Univ 402-503 Japan 19-31
69-100 Gifu Univ 402-503 Japan 19-31
69-100 Gunma Univ 402-503 Japan 19-31
69-100 Harbin Inst Tech 402-503 China 8-18
69-100 Huazhong Univ Sci & Tech 402-503 China 8-18
69-100 Jilin Univ 402-503 China 8-18
69-100 Kagoshima Univ 402-503 Japan 19-31
69-100 La Trobe Univ 402-503 Australia 15
69-100 Lanzhou Univ 402-503 China 8-18
69-100 Nagasaki Univ 402-503 Japan 19-31
69-100 Nankai Univ 402-503 China 8-18
69-100 Nara Inst Sci & Tech 402-503 Japan 19-31
69-100 Natl Cent Univ 402-503 China-tw 5-7
69-100 Natl Yang Ming Univ 402-503 China-tw 5-7
69-100 Nihon Univ 402-503 Japan 19-31
69-100 Osaka City Univ 402-503 Japan 19-31
69-100 Osaka Prefecture Univ 402-503 Japan 19-31
69-100 Pusan Natl Univ 402-503 South Korea 8
69-100 Shandong Univ 402-503 China 8-18
69-100 Sichuan Univ 402-503 China 8-18
69-100 Tianjin Univ 402-503 China 8-18
69-100 Tokyo Metropolitan Univ 402-503 Japan 19-31
69-100 Tokyo Univ Agr & Tech 402-503 Japan 19-31
69-100 Univ Canterbury 402-503 New Zealand 4-5
69-100 Univ Istanbul 402-503 Turkey 1
69-100 Univ Tokushima 402-503 Japan 19-31
69-100 Victoria Univ Wellington 402-503 New Zealand 4-5
69-100 Zhongshan Univ 402-503 China 8-18

source:http://www.arwu.org/rank2008/ARWU2008_TopAsia(EN).htm

[size=15pt]Top 100 European Universities [/size]

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.
Regional
Rank Institution* World
Rank Country National
Rank
1 Univ Cambridge 4 UK 1
2 Univ Oxford 10 UK 2
3 Univ Coll London 22 UK 3
4 Swiss Fed Inst Tech - Zurich 24 Switzerland 1
5 Imperial Coll London 27 UK 4
6 Univ Manchester 40 UK 5
7 Univ Paris 06 42 France 1
8 Univ Copenhagen 45 Denmark 1
9 Univ Utrecht 47 Netherlands 1
10 Univ Paris 11 49 France 2
11 Karolinska Inst Stockholm 51 Sweden 1
12 Univ Zurich 53 Switzerland 2
13 Univ Edinburgh 55 UK 6
13 Univ Munich 55 Germany 1
15 Tech Univ Munich 57 Germany 2
16 Univ Bristol 61 UK 7
17 Univ Oslo 64 Norway 1
18 Univ Heidelberg 67 Germany 3
19 Univ Helsinki 68 Finland 1
20 Moscow State Univ 70 Russia 1
21 Uppsala Univ 71 Sweden 2
22 Ecole Normale Super Paris 73 France 3
23 Univ Leiden 76 Netherlands 2
24 Univ Sheffield 77 UK 8
25 King's Coll London 81 UK 9
26 Univ Nottingham 82 UK 10
27 Stockholm Univ 86 Sweden 3
28 Univ Basel 87 Switzerland 3
29 Univ Goettingen 90 Germany 4
30 Univ Birmingham 91 UK 11
31 Aarhus Univ 93 Denmark 2
32 Univ Freiburg 96 Germany 5
33 Lund Univ 97 Sweden 4
33 Univ Bonn 97 Germany 6
35-58 Cardiff Univ 101-151 UK 12-16
35-58 Free Univ Amsterdam 101-151 Netherlands 3-5
35-58 Swiss Fed Inst Tech - Lausanne 101-151 Switzerland 4-5
35-58 Univ Amsterdam 101-151 Netherlands 3-5
35-58 Univ Frankfurt 101-151 Germany 7-11
35-58 Univ Geneva 101-151 Switzerland 4-5
35-58 Univ Ghent 101-151 Belgium 1-4
35-58 Univ Glasgow 101-151 UK 12-16
35-58 Univ Groningen 101-151 Netherlands 3-5
35-58 Univ Leeds 101-151 UK 12-16
35-58 Univ Leuven 101-151 Belgium 1-4
35-58 Univ Libre Bruxelles 101-151 Belgium 1-4
35-58 Univ Liverpool 101-151 UK 12-16
35-58 Univ Louvain 101-151 Belgium 1-4
35-58 Univ Mainz 101-151 Germany 7-11
35-58 Univ Milan 101-151 Italy 1-3
35-58 Univ Muenster 101-151 Germany 7-11
35-58 Univ Paris 07 101-151 France 4-5
35-58 Univ Pisa 101-151 Italy 1-3
35-58 Univ Roma - La Sapienza 101-151 Italy 1-3
35-58 Univ Strasbourg 1 101-151 France 4-5
35-58 Univ Sussex 101-151 UK 12-16
35-58 Univ Tuebingen 101-151 Germany 7-11
35-58 Univ Wuerzburg 101-151 Germany 7-11
59-79 Delft Univ Tech 152-200 Netherlands 6-9
59-79 Erasmus Univ 152-200 Netherlands 6-9
59-79 Queen Mary, Univ London 152-200 UK 17-22
59-79 Tech Univ Denmark 152-200 Denmark 3
59-79 Univ Barcelona 152-200 Spain 1
59-79 Univ Bern 152-200 Switzerland 6
59-79 Univ Durham 152-200 UK 17-22
59-79 Univ East Anglia 152-200 UK 17-22
59-79 Univ Grenoble 1 152-200 France 6-7
59-79 Univ Hamburg 152-200 Germany 12-14
59-79 Univ Kiel 152-200 Germany 12-14
59-79 Univ Koeln 152-200 Germany 12-14
59-79 Univ Leicester 152-200 UK 17-22
59-79 Radboud Univ Nijmegen 152-200 Netherlands 6-9
59-79 Univ Padua 152-200 Italy 4-5
59-79 Univ Paris 05 152-200 France 6-7
59-79 Univ Southampton 152-200 UK 17-22
59-79 Univ Turin 152-200 Italy 4-5
59-79 Univ Vienna 152-200 Austria 1
59-79 Univ Wageningen 152-200 Netherlands 6-9
59-79 Univ Warwick 152-200 UK 17-22
80-124 Chalmers Univ Tech 201-302 Sweden 5-9
80-124 Charles Univ Prague 201-302 Czech 1
80-124 Ecole Polytechnique 201-302 France 8-14
80-124 Ecole Super Phys & Chem Industry 201-302 France 8-14
80-124 Gothenburg Univ 201-302 Sweden 5-9
80-124 London Sch Economics 201-302 UK 23-33
80-124 London Sch Hygiene & Tropical Med 201-302 UK 23-33
80-124 Med Univ Vienna 201-302 Austria 2
80-124 Norwegian Univ Sci & Tech 201-302 Norway 2
80-124 Queen's Univ Belfast 201-302 UK 23-33
80-124 Royal Inst Tech 201-302 Sweden 5-9
80-124 Swedish Univ Agr Sci 201-302 Sweden 5-9
80-124 Tech Univ Aachen 201-302 Germany 15-24
80-124 Tech Univ Berlin 201-302 Germany 15-24
80-124 Trinity Coll Dublin 201-302 Ireland 1
80-124 Umea Univ 201-302 Sweden 5-9
80-124 Univ Aberdeen 201-302 UK 23-33
80-124 Univ Antwerp 201-302 Belgium 5-6
80-124 Univ Athens 201-302 Greece 1
80-124 Univ Autonoma Madrid 201-302 Spain 2-3
80-124 Univ Bath 201-302 UK 23-33
80-124 Univ Bochum 201-302 Germany 15-24
80-124 Univ Bologna 201-302 Italy 6-7
80-124 Univ Bordeaux 1 201-302 France 8-14
80-124 Univ Complutense - Madrid 201-302 Spain 2-3
80-124 Univ Duesseldorf 201-302 Germany 15-24
80-124 Univ Dundee 201-302 UK 23-33
80-124 Univ Erlangen Nuernberg 201-302 Germany 15-24
80-124 Univ Florence 201-302 Italy 6-7
80-124 Univ Halle - Wittenberg 201-302 Germany 15-24
80-124 Univ Karlsruhe 201-302 Germany 15-24
80-124 Univ Lancaster 201-302 UK 23-33
80-124 Univ Lausanne 201-302 Switzerland 7
80-124 Univ Leipzig 201-302 Germany 15-24
80-124 Univ Liege 201-302 Belgium 5-6
80-124 Univ Lyon 1 201-302 France 8-14
80-124 Univ Marburg 201-302 Germany 15-24
80-124 Univ Mediterranee 201-302 France 8-14
80-124 Univ Montpellier 2 201-302 France 8-14
80-124 Univ Newcastle-upon-Tyne 201-302 UK 23-33
80-124 Univ Reading 201-302 UK 23-33
80-124 Univ St Andrews 201-302 UK 23-33
80-124 Univ Stuttgart 201-302 Germany 15-24
80-124 Univ Toulouse 3 201-302 France 8-14
80-124 Univ York 201-302 uk

source:http://www.arwu.org/rank2008/ARWU2008_TopEuro(EN).htm

[size=15pt]Top 100 North & Latin American Universities [/size]

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.
Regional
Rank Institution* World
Rank Country National
Rank
1 Harvard Univ 1 USA 1
2 Stanford Univ 2 USA 2
3 Univ California - Berkeley 3 USA 3
4 Massachusetts Inst Tech (MIT) 5 USA 4
5 California Inst Tech 6 USA 5
6 Columbia Univ 7 USA 6
7 Princeton Univ 8 USA 7
8 Univ Chicago 9 USA 8
9 Yale Univ 11 USA 9
10 Cornell Univ 12 USA 10
11 Univ California - Los Angeles 13 USA 11
12 Univ California - San Diego 14 USA 12
13 Univ Pennsylvania 15 USA 13
14 Univ Washington - Seattle 16 USA 14
15 Univ Wisconsin - Madison 17 USA 15
16 Univ California - San Francisco 18 USA 16
17 Johns Hopkins Univ 20 USA 17
18 Univ Michigan - Ann Arbor 21 USA 18
19 Univ Toronto 24 Canada 1
20 Univ Illinois - Urbana Champaign 26 USA 19
21 Univ Minnesota - Twin Cities 28 USA 20
22 Washington Univ - St. Louis 29 USA 21
23 Northwestern Univ 30 USA 22
24 New York Univ 31 USA 23
25 Duke Univ 32 USA 24
25 Rockefeller Univ 32 USA 24
27 Univ Colorado - Boulder 34 USA 26
28 Univ British Columbia 35 Canada 2
29 Univ California - Santa Barbara 36 USA 27
30 Univ Maryland - Coll Park 37 USA 28
31 Univ North Carolina - Chapel Hill 38 USA 29
32 Univ Texas - Austin 39 USA 30
33 Univ Texas Southwestern Med Center 41 USA 31
34 Pennsylvania State Univ - Univ Park 42 USA 32
34 Vanderbilt Univ 42 USA 32
36 Univ California - Irvine 46 USA 34
37 Univ California - Davis 48 USA 35
38 Univ Southern California 50 USA 36
39 Univ Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh 52 USA 37
40 Rutgers State Univ - New Brunswick 54 USA 38
41 Univ Florida 58 USA 39
42 McGill Univ 60 Canada 3
43 Carnegie Mellon Univ 62 USA 40
43 Ohio State Univ - Columbus 62 USA 40
45 Purdue Univ - West Lafayette 65 USA 42
46 Brown Univ 71 USA 43
47 Univ Rochester 73 USA 44
48 Univ Arizona 77 USA 45
49 Univ Utah 79 USA 46
50 Boston Univ 83 USA 47
50 Case Western Reserve Univ 83 USA 47
50 Michigan State Univ 83 USA 47
53 Texas A&M Univ - Coll Station 88 USA 50
54 McMaster Univ 89 Canada 4
55 Indiana Univ - Bloomington 92 USA 51
56 Arizona State Univ - Tempe 93 USA 52
57 Univ Virginia 95 USA 53
58 Rice Univ 97 USA 54
59-77 Baylor Coll Med 101-151 USA 55-70
59-77 Dartmouth Coll 101-151 USA 55-70
59-77 Emory Univ 101-151 USA 55-70
59-77 Georgia Inst Tech 101-151 USA 55-70
59-77 Mayo Clinic Coll Med 101-151 USA 55-70
59-77 North Carolina State Univ - Raleigh 101-151 USA 55-70
59-77 Oregon State Univ 101-151 USA 55-70
59-77 Tufts Univ 101-151 USA 55-70
59-77 Univ Alberta 101-151 Canada 5-6
59-77 Univ California - Riverside 101-151 USA 55-70
59-77 Univ California - Santa Cruz 101-151 USA 55-70
59-77 Univ Georgia 101-151 USA 55-70
59-77 Univ Hawaii - Manoa 101-151 USA 55-70
59-77 Univ Illinois - Chicago 101-151 USA 55-70
59-77 Univ Iowa 101-151 USA 55-70
59-77 Univ Massachusetts - Amherst 101-151 USA 55-70
59-77 Univ Massachusetts Med Sch 101-151 USA 55-70
59-77 Univ Montreal 101-151 Canada 5-6
59-77 Univ Sao Paulo 101-151 Brazil 1
78-99 Colorado State Univ 152-200 USA 71-90
78-99 Florida State Univ 152-200 USA 71-90
78-99 George Mason Univ 152-200 USA 71-90
78-99 Iowa State Univ 152-200 USA 71-90
78-99 Oregon Health & Sci Univ 152-200 USA 71-90
78-99 State Univ New York - Stony Brook 152-200 USA 71-90
78-99 Univ Alabama - Birmingham 152-200 USA 71-90
78-99 Univ Buenos Aires 152-200 Argentina 1
78-99 Univ Cincinnati - Cincinnati 152-200 USA 71-90
78-99 Univ Colorado - Denver 152-200 USA 71-90
78-99 Univ Connecticut - Storrs 152-200 USA 71-90
78-99 Univ Delaware 152-200 USA 71-90
78-99 Univ Maryland - Baltimore 152-200 USA 71-90
78-99 Univ Med & Dentistry New Jersey 152-200 USA 71-90
78-99 Univ Miami 152-200 USA 71-90
78-99 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico 152-200 Mexico 1
78-99 Univ Nebraska - Lincoln 152-200 USA 71-90
78-99 Univ Tennessee - Knoxville 152-200 USA 71-90
78-99 Univ Texas Health Sci Center - Houston 152-200 USA 71-90
78-99 Univ Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center 152-200 USA 71-90
78-99 Virginia Commonwealth Univ 152-200 USA 71-90
78-99 Virginia Tech 152-200 USA 71-90

source:http://www.arwu.org/rank2008/ARWU2008_TopAmer(EN).htm

Again, No Nigerian Varsity Ranked Among Top 500
Sulaimon Olarenwaju, Lagos - 16.08.2008

Nigerian universities were again rated low in the 2008 Academic Ranking of World Universities which was released on Friday as none of them made the top 500 list.


According to the ranking, which was published by Centre for World Class Universities, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, no university in Africa is among the best 500 in the world.


The leading country in university education delivery, according to the centre, is the United States of America. Harvard University was ranked the best in the world, with a total score of 100 per cent. It is followed by Stanford University, also in the United States, with a score of 73.7 per cent; University of Massachussets was ranked fifth with a score of 69.6 per cent.


The weakest among the top 500 universities is the University of Zhongshan in China with a score of 13.1 per cent. The criteria for determining world class universities, according to the centre include: quality of education, quality of faculty, research output and per capita performance.


Shedding more light on the criteria, the centre said, “We rank universities by several indicators of academic or research performance, including alumni and staff winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals, highly cited researchers, articles published in Nature and Science, articles indexed in major citation indices, and the per capita academic performance of an institution.


“For each indicator, the highest scoring institution is assigned a score of 100, and other institutions are calculated as a percentage of the top score. The distribution of data for each indicator is examined for any significant distorting effect; standard statistical techniques are used to adjust the indicator if necessary.


“Scores for each indicator are weighted to arrive at a final overall score for an institution. The highest scoring institution is assigned a score of 100, and other institutions are calculated as a percentage of the top score. An institution's rank reflects the number of institutions that sit above it.”


Commenting on the ranking, Professor Isaac Adeyemi, Vice Chancellor, Bells University, Ota, said there was no Nigerian university on the top 500 list because the assessors did not have access to information about the Nigerian universities.


According to him, “Most of the information used in assessing universities were sourced on the website of these universities but many Nigerian universities do not have reliable websites. This is why the National Universities Commission is considering compelling Nigerian universities to have good websites. I am sure very soon, the poor ranking of Nigerian universities will become a thing of the past because nearly all the universities are trying to improve on the quality of their websites. “


He also called on university academic staff to make available to university authorities the result of their research findings so that these could be posted on websites so that those assessing university performances can have access to them.

source:http://www.tribune.com.ng/16082008/news/news3.html

[size=15pt], the hope of the hopeless, the faith of the faithless , [/size]

[size=15pt]return home to do what!!!!![/size]

Return home, Fashola charges Nigerians in diaspora
13.08.2008

The Lagos State governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, on Monday told Nigerians in the diaspora to return home and help build the nation.

Fashola, who spoke at an appreciation dinner in honour of members of the Eko Club International on medical mission to the state, said “it would be a great disservice to the fatherland if Nigerian professionals would stay abroad while the country seek elsewhere for the services which they could easily provide.”

Noting that some Nigerians abroad sometimes hide behind the argument that there might not be anything for them to do in the country if they returned, Fashola said “it is no excuse to ask us what you would do when you come back home because there was no promise when you left the country.

“I recommend to all Nigerians in the diaspora, the time to come back home is now. The Asians are going back home. No one else can fix this country for us. We had a choice also, we could have left, but we stayed back.

“We need you to come home. I make a passionate appeal to all Nigerians, wherever they are, to begin to find their way back home, let us build up our country.”

According to the governor, “I believe that at the last count, we were said to have over 22,000 medical personnel of all categories outside this country. Those were the people who went to build the medical practice of Cairo, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran and others and now, we are gloriously and happily exporting indisposed Nigerians to these countries.”

He said the services being provided for Lagos by the Medical Mission were also needed in other states of the federation, calling on those who are disposed to come home and extend their services to the states.

Source: http://www.tribune.com.ng/13082008/news/news20.html

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Its not true . . . This pic was taken in mexico . . . belong to some drug baron: 207 million dollars seized

http://www.snopes.com/photos/crime/drugmoney.asp

kelopez 77
your are a disgrace to nairalanders and a born lier. Its because of people like you that l would like to change my nationality.

Those children pics melt my heart, l wish l could be positive.

there is no tomorrow for Niger, we are living on a borrowed time.
oil ticks the clock

may God forgive our sins

this is the only way our soldiers knows how to fight; they attack innocent civilians and burn down villages.

Later when they are short of money they ll sell weapons to armed robbers and militant