desgiezd:

Good that he has bagged 5 years jail term but he should be deported immediately for him to serve his jail term in Nigeria, especially in Gashua, as all those prisons overseas are too comfortable and more like home to many of these criminals.

What a shame!!

Please spare us!!! We don't need his type here, nigerian prisons are already full

which life? why should you all scan the www looking for more dirt to throw at nigeria, is the thrash we are flinging aroundhere not enough. Becasue the bloody bagger bears a nigerian name does not make him one, he doesn't live here and he hasn't transfered any of the cash here so why the hurried attachement.

May he find the courage to do what is right!

I hereby make this solemn promise that I shall tell all my kids this story so that we can keep d "fabu" running.

Heard it was 100-1, our only goal was scored by Segun Odegbami and he lost his expensive boot as a result, lol
Luckily for us India was banned by FIFA for 99 years because of this juju match, can you imagine I really believed all this junk because i never saw india in any match

VW Beetle - Ijapa
Camry 99 - Lepa camry
Camry 04 - orobo camry

We used to call those 911 trucks - Jagi

onyinye2:

Oka, first of all Stephen *rolls eyes* *rolls neck*, I don't drink.

Second of all Acid I have never been with a gay who ultimately was gay.

Third of all, most of the good men in this world are either dead, alive and taken, or gay. And the rest well. . . . lawd have mercy on our soul.

Not saying there is no good men out their but they usually gay or "curious".

So yal can kick rocks without socks.

From the flow of ur gist, you've certainly been around a lot, I'm sure if you do put a stop to the "going around" you'll see that there are quite a lot of gr8 guys out there who can make a woman's wildest dreams come true and certainly not gay!!

I read with disappointment an article credited tothe Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) in the late General Sani Abacha administration, Alhaji Aminu Saleh claiming that the solution to nigeria's problems is to actively include Nigeria's past leaders sorry dictators in government.

However I do not blame him, many people are extremely myopic and cannot see beyond their noses, even wth the glaring monumental failures and headbreaking incompetence from these folks.
The basic reason I can see is that most of us nigerian youths have evolved into commentators not participants, talking from afar and not participating in much.
A simple survey will prove my point , how many nairalanders belong to a poltical party/group?

Appoint IBB, Ekwueme to Head Critical Ministries, Says Aminu Saleh
From Mustapha Shehu in Abuja, 12.28.2008 Add To Favorites
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Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) in the late General Sani Abacha administration, Alhaji Aminu Saleh, has called for the active participation of past leaders of the country in the administration of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua as a deliberate step to fast-track the implementation of policies of the administration.
Speaking to THISDAY at his Azare, Bauchi State base, Saleh said there was the need for Yar’Adua to co-opt former President Shehu Shagari and his deputy, Dr. Alex Ekwueme; and former military leaders: Generals Yakubu Gowon, Ibrahim Babangida and Muhammadu Buhari as well as the former Head of the Interim National Government, Chief Ernest Shonekan, to take charge of key ministries in the administration under a special assignment framework.
He also advocated that the special assignments should be coordinated by a Board of Trustees under the joint chairmanship of General Yakubu Gowon and President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. Saleh, however said that the immediate past president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, should be excluded from the arrangement, because: “It is too soon to call him back.”
Saleh, an economist and one-time minister of finance, also advocated for the participation in government of those he called “prime movers in our economy” to work with the former leaders and apply the defunct Petroleum Task Fund (PTF) model in addressing problems of the economy.
He argued that: “In each economy, there are prime movers, which when touched, (would) move the country forward. We picked them when we decided to improve on the living conditions of our people,” he said, “and we made them the core projects of the PTF. We taxed the people and gave the money to former Head of State, Maj-Gen Muhammadu Buhari, (rtd), and made him to take charge”.
“We gave him enough authority. It is not good you give someone responsibility without authority. So, when we gave him these responsibilities, we also gave him the authority to approve contracts of up to N100 million without our reference,” he said.
Saleh advocated the appointment of former leaders as prime ministers supervising the prime movers. “In a political set up,” he said, “if you give somebody an assignment, you have to give him a title. Since a former president is too senior to be made special assistant or a minister,” Saleh suggested that the President and the Senate may agree to give such a person the position of Prime Minister, (energy), with all the powers as was done in the PTF.
In the case of any overlapping of functions, the former SGF suggested that the senior officer should take charge. “If you give to a former president a job and it overlaps into a ministry’s job, he should be allowed to take decision whether he will continue with it or he will cede it to the ministry,” he said.
He said the adjective “prime” should not worry Nigerians. “If they want to change it they can say ‘senior’ minister instead.” He added that “the current Constitution provides that the Federal Government could declare some economic activities as prime movers. So, use the Constitution and create one for education and health, another for power and water resources, then create one for commerce and industries, and another for agriculture and solid minerals.”
In suggesting portfolios for the former leaders, Saleh said, “For example if you create one for commerce and industry, you can now call Shonekan who spent all his life in United African Company (UAC) and say ‘Chief Shonekan, most of the Nigerian industries have closed, take N30 billion and make sure that they are all re-activated, make sure we reach full capacity utilisation, make sure new lines of activity are created.’ Then call someone like the managing director of First Bank, a successful banker, and say you are his (Shonekan’s) secretary; the two of you should work together and let’s see what you can do on industry and commerce.
“If you call Shagari, an educationist, and say take this N30 billion and charge him to re-activate all educational activities, raise the standard, all these poor performances in West African Examination Council (WAEC), in the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and ask him to make sure that something is done about it. Make sure the money collected by JAMB is utilised.
“I will give you an example. Last two years or so, 1.3 million candidates paid about N5,000 each to JAMB for their admission forms. So JAMB made over N5 billion from the applicants. But the available spaces in the universities in Nigeria , till today, is about 140,000. That means only a paltry 10 percent of the candidates that applied were admitted, but they collected application fees from all the applicants. So what is JAMB doing with the money? People are being taxed through their desire to get their children to upper colleges but there are no spaces, no capacity to accommodate everybody. So what do we do with the money now in the hands of JAMB for each year they are collecting money from parents and students?
“We can give roads and housing to Ekwueme being an architect. If Buhari will accept, we can give him agriculture and solid minerals. We can call Babangida and give him N30 billion, and tell him here is the MD of UAC; work with him as your secretary; take power and water resources and let’s see what you can do with them in the next three years,” he said.
Saleh further explained that identifying the prime movers and tackling them the PTF way, was not an indictment of the civil service.
“We started this in 1964 when the then Prime Minister, late Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa wanted to build the Kainji Dam. He set up a body called Niger Dams Authority and brought it under his supervision. He put the executive directors and everybody under him and was giving them direct instructions. That was how we built the Kainji Dam and it was completed on time. So it is just a copy of what we did for the Kainji Dam that we transformed into the PTF. What I am suggesting now is transforming the PTF into this system,” he said.
Saleh advised that experience should not be dispensed with. “Experience,” he said, “means learning from good and bad decisions. If you bring somebody who has never taken a decision, he has no experience. But here are people who had taken decisions and with hindsight of what they had done, they now know their good sides and their bad sides.”

worldman:

no problem but i hate that guy ribadu he did selective job ok look what happen to other past governor ,O.B.J is a corrupt leader what did ribadu did to O.B.J the problem with him is that he think he is biger than Nigeria not knowing we have people who are more powerful than is boss O.B.J.

@ Wroldman link - Sorry, can I know who the WE are cos you are certainly the ones destroying Nigeria, Your kind of people are the ones entrenching corruption. Please tell your own boss that this country belongs to all of us and we will not sit and watch them rubbish hardworking men of integrity.

I'm getting married isn't that a cool enough xmas present?

The advert has been out since last week thursday, however we can't seem to get the form anywhere, and the recommended website is also empty!! is there some foul play going on here?

heapofthrash

I'm assumiing the oil u r refering to is oil n gas indsurty,
they don't put so much emphasis on certificaations but if you do have a masters degree from a foreign univ that will give u some advantage. But on a personal note my advice is that even in ur current establishment/organisation learn as much as you can and become good at what u do, then you can call d shots and write your own check at whatever level you chose and any industry you desire.

Best of luck

Bugs Life
Antz
Mulan

Bottomline, Sasha is the best female rapper in Nigeria at the moment
She's better than Bouqui, she's better than weird MC better than some fake male rappers e.g Eedris

Oh Lord of Mercy!
Where are our values? where for the sake of the living christ are all the virtues that our forefathers lived by and taught us? As a young child growing up, i was told that to those who do well are rewarded and those who do badly are punished.
Where did all of this crap come from, ,, where people now expect to be given priviledges they do not deserve and for which they have proved beyond reasonable doubt that they are not worthy of.

Please wake bro, life gives you what you deserve, when you fail learn from your falls rather than hoping that the rules will be suspended because of you.

I completely agree with you davidylan,
Just because an organization is a govt company doesn't mean it shouldn't have standards, and that doesn't mean it doesn't deserve to employ the best.

Yes I believe that the recruitment programmes for most organizations in Nigeria are crappy, and that the measurement of your capability to deliver on a job should be based on more than what your certificate says you got. But we cannot develop quality products from sub-standard raw materials.

To be the best you must have the best resources in all areas, the best of manpower, the best of processes and the best technology. I think NNPC, LNG even NEPA sorry aka PHCN deserve to have the best.

@ akynojo: Congrats then, that means you are in.

@ abboy: Any ideas on possible kickoff date for the program? - Feb? Mar? or Apr?

Fire Girl:

Hi everyone this is "fire girl",the girl who is having an affair with her boss.thanks for all your comments, the good, bad and those that had nothing to do with me.
The chemistry between us is mutual and we have fun talking for hours unend till he chases me away to go home.Yes, people are beginning to suspect,but out there,we don't acknowledge each other.By the way, he's married,but i'm very comfy with that as i'd rather be with a man who won't deceive me,promising marriage than a young man who just wants to step in,step out.He's very good to me and believe me, he's the best thing that EVER happened to me.I've resolved to leave the job.
It's painful seeing one so intimate from afar or so near,yet you act like strangers.You guys are all wonderful for sharing your views with me.

I think this says it all , You are hitting on a married man? Sis thats bad.
I will advise you to face your job and stop distracting the poor guy.

I think she ought to have thot of the pressure she's going to put her siblings and parents thru before DOING THE THING, obviously its a bit late now to be so considerate (DON"T ALL OF U THINK SO).
This thot process comin from her just shows that her immaturity and foolishness is too deep. My advice is for her to please grow up and realise that life is not a game that you can decide to quit when you start losing the game. As you lay your bed you better get ready to lie on it, Take responsibility for your actions

Hello guys,

please can u help me out I need to know, How much does the Sony Ericsson W850i and M600i cost in Nigeria.

Thanks

for those who are old enough to know him top on my list is Charlie Chaplin

and of course followed by Chris Rock.

Its obvious those two love birds are

1. Jobless, else I think they should be getting ready for work that early

2. They don't live in Lagos, the sun usually catch lagos gs in their office

3. Don't go to church on sundays

4. certainly do not work for MTN

tianshie:

In the words of Wole Soyinka "PDP is a nest of killers"

Saddened but not surprised.

I believe that sums it all up,  Saddened, Depressed, Dejected, but certainly not surprised.

Why should we be restricted to these set of names, I have a better choice that is not on your list.

Dr. Jerry Gana

Sure I understand it's just that I believe u shld have given Silver a chance to express himself,  same as u just did for ur school.

UI may be the first but the best thats a hard call,  Countries like SA, Botswana, Zimababwe and even Ghana have universities with higher rating internationally.

As a matter of fact I think we shld all come together to find a solution to the wasting away of our institutions of higher learning all over the country rather than haggling over which is the best.

nenonos:

what's this guy's name, Silver or what?, i u need a nurological check-up.
again i ask, where was LAUTEC in 2005 world ranking?
You are just leaving in a world of fantasy

You shouldn't even be talking, you can't even spell LAUTECH right
Take up a dictionary and look up neurology as well, ops gave you a hint there.

Abeg spare me, which school una finish from sef?

I feel u guys are talking like a bunch of kids, Pls base your arguements on facts

I went to LAUTECH and I am proud I did. I learnt a lot of things I might never have learnt if I didn't

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