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Minister for Innovation, science and technology don innovate by using his science and technology knowledge to forge certificate.

Ibime come and carry Ur STEM comrade.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]I remember how we were told Nigeria was good in the 70s and 80s, and how NYSC was something every graduate looked up to.

If people were forging certificates in the 70s, when there wasn't really a need, and Nigeria wasn't this bad, I can imagine the kind of forgery going on today [/color]

Dey play!

People did more forgery in the 80's cos there wasn't computer records to check and verify documents. Most people relied on "eye tests"

A lot of Nigerians who are now grandparents resident abroad traveled with international passports they called "orí olórí" back then. They simply swap the photograph of the original owner on an international passport to theirs.

Forgery has been going on for decades, just that it's only people who have "mind" wey dey rugged am.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Been following the whole saga, and I shame well well for am.

If na poor man now, na handcuffs him go wear.

See as dem dey pamper am like say e do something honourable.

But it's more of a disgrace to the DSS. So they didn't even do any findings on it? It took an independent newspaper to do that.[/color]

Omo, it's a big shame. DSS is just a paper weight government agency that is no better than other government agencies/ministries/parastatals replete with inefficiency and incompetency.

Just watch this video and see how Premium times Editor-In-Chief summarized their investigative journalism into Nnaji's forgery

Q: What did you discover from your investigation; did minister Nnaji attend UNN?

"The truth of the matter is, he (Uche Nnaji) did not." - Musikilu Mojeed, Editor-in-Chief/COO Premium Times Newspaper, speaking on Science Minister's alleged certificate scandal#PoliticsToday pic.twitter.com/nVJz0RQHMi

— Channels Television (@channelstv) October 7, 2025

So apparently Nnaji is one of those guys we all knew in school whom we gained admission together, got to final year together but we are not really sure whether he did passed all core courses required for senate to approve his result. The guyman even feature in their set's year book but never sat for the compulsory course he was having issues in for his result to be approved by senate.

Dem supposed lock that guy up for being bold enough to forge both UNN degree certificate and NYSC certificate. Now some employers go dey look UNN graduates with one kind eye when they present their certificate for employment.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Why not just tender your WAEC and save yourself this embarrassment?
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E be like say u no know the kind soup wey the guy enter. The guy submitted a bachelor's degree certificate purportedly form UNN and NYSC discharge certificate purportedly issued by NYSC to DSS and SSG when he was nominated and cleared for ministerial role.

Those certificates have turned out to be forgery because apparently UNN never issued him the bachelor's degree nor was his NYSC certificate consistent with those that served the same year he did.

The Nnaji guy should be doing some time in prison for forgery but na naija we dey. People would hail him for being honorable enough to resign and few months after he will claim he was victimized or targeted by his enemies.


PS: His deposition in court actually confirmed UNN never issued him the degree certificate he's been parading as issued by the institution. He was admitted into UNN but the academic records showed he never graduated nor was issued a certificate by the institution

GloriousGbola:
the whole tv license is imported from ibimes Britain

BBC is free because people pay for TV licenses
that is also why ibime dey dodge putting his name on voters register because that identifies him and opens him up to his civic duty

of course in naija today only parents watch nta so it is a scam. especially as i am not even sure any tvs can receive nta without dstv decoders

i always hat any local govt charge because like you said - there is no record. put it online and let us pay direct to govt. that is one of the changes i would love to see Tinubu implement with respect to tax.

make it transparent and eliminate local govt touts

Federal government doesn't have jurisdiction over local government revenue collection.

GloriousGbola:
to be fair, before the disruption, price of gas had been going down slowly and steadily over the months
from 1100 to 1000 to 980

i know because i run my gen on gas so i buy gas every other day

None of these price is close to the N230 per kg master planner promised na.

raumdeuter:
The flood water does not keep to LGA boundary, the flooding coming from Ikeja might be because of a drainage or canal blacked kilometers away

All those Ikeja GRA, wasnt flooding like that heavily in the 90s.. Even Lagos floods have increased mostly due to human building blocking the natural pathways of water

Nobody build on any canal in Ikeja egbon. If anybody built on natural water pathway in the state capital, Lagos state government would've pulled the buildings down.

Na accumulated plastic waste dey block the drainages leading to flooding. The reason Ikeja wasn't flooding heavily in the 90's because we don't have people using PET bottles, pure water bags, take away packs and other plastic products that are not friendly to the environment in this large quantity like we do today. It is that simple .

That's why I think the state government got it right placing a ban on some of those plastic products, whether the enforcement will work out is another ball game entirely.

Segedinho:
Are they charging based on local station or just for having a TV set/radio

Nobody knows how the exact amount is arrived at. That is why the few people who pay always negotiate before they do.

I just feel it is local government officials that share the money with their ogas who sit in the office and send them out to go generate revenue

TemporaryHansel:
They don't use bolt every time na. Also the car matters. You can't compare using bolt once once to fueling benz or venza. The people I referenced don't use average cars. If na Corolla then e go be different matter.

Okay, I get fueling those high end cars na problem and maintaining them sef na work on its own.

Such people are better off selling the cars and collect the ones wey their power reach na.

CrystalTiger:
Pay this, Pay that with which minimum wage?

Nigeria Government sha

This one na local government levies/tenement rate. Most private citizens don't pay (at least in Lagos that I know o) , so they usually focus on corporate organizations to enforce collection. (Imagine collecting TV and radio levy from an office )

I remember where I once worked on Lagos Island, when the revenue officers of Lagos Island LGA come for collection it's usually a game of bargaining between them and our Head of finance before they eventually agree on what to pay. Dem dey carry receipt/invoice around, so they will change whatever they've written initially on their demand notice they brought with them to something lower which was agreed during the haggling process.

I doubt if the money actually gets to where it ought to sha cos the process of collection is suspect.

CrystalTiger:
When last did you see "It'll favor me and my family" 🤣🤣🤣🤣..

Body dn tell people 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Everybody dey chop the favour silently for the corner of their room.

TemporaryHansel:
When I was still on rental, the place I used to stay, my landlord was staying in the building, he relocated from there to one remote area with the excuse that cost of living is too high.

Do you know what it means for a landlord to run away from his own house and move to a remote area where he'll be paying rent? For context this man was making over 400k monthly, and he still couldn't keep up. I wonder how he's coping now.

This APC government has made many people conservative. I know many people that haven't rode their cars in months. Like they just parked their cars in their compounds like that, and be using bolt and bike.


Really unfortunate situation because as a man you can never stop spending. The advise I'll give everyone is to try and have multiple incomes. You can't live comfortably on one income. One for investment, one for day-to-day use, and one for cruise/enjoyment.


Try and secure a job where you won't be there every time like few days a month( requires connection, but it is what it is) , then have some investments that give you returns weekly or on a monthly basis, and also have a skill that you can utilize online.

Why would any reasonable person park car and be using bolt?

Is Bolt not more expensive than fueling ur car?

donjazzet:
Good old days. 😭

Omo!

Master Planner promises N230 per Kg in October 2023 and by October 2025 we are buying gas N1,600 per kg(Some people even claimed they bought theirs at a higher price sef). That's almost x7 deviation.

Yet some people would say "Jagaban has stabilized the economy", "the reforms are yielding fruit", "we are on the path to prosperity"

Omo, prosperity must have a new meaning in APC books o.

iamoyindamola:
Nawa

Anybody that wants to rent a building in Lagos, now is the best time to search o if not u will just rent house in a flood plain without knowing.

iamoyindamola:
I read about the rain, it's not supposed to be much
Just normal shower but it's the opposite

There was a warning prediction by Federal government in September that there will be heavy flooding in Lagos and 13 other states. I guess that's what we are still witnessing now.

https://punchng.com/fg-predicts-fresh-flooding-in-lagos-13-others/?amp

iamoyindamola:
He should go and tell lekki and ikeja people
The whole of awolowo way is now flooded

Na make everybody go buy kayak to dey paddle like boat be that o.

iamoyindamola:
Why are we still having heavy rain in Lagos
This is October

It has earlier been predicted o. And government say people wey dey live for flood prone areas to park commot

Tochex101:
Everyone has different ways they unwind, some go to clubs and others hotels and bars.
If you collate the lump time spent on other social apps such as Tiktok, Instagram and twitter by many people it trumps mine.

I'm an indoor person, I return from work, it's either I'm on Nairaland,small activity on twitter, read a book or watching anime.
I think it helps that I'm unmarried too.

To each his own....

I guess being unmarried and a completely indoor person explains that Sha.

afrodoc2:
This result does not look bad; however, the whole picture and your cardiovascular risk is better assessed when the result is computed with your age, your BP, your diabetic status, your smoking history, your family history, your kidney function level.

Generally speaking, the most important figures in that result are the Total Cholesterol (4.5) and the HDL (1.3). You want the total cholesterol as low as possible (below 5 or if you have a family history below 4) and you want the HDL to be above 1. Check the results from last year for these 2 values and compare to this year's result and that will tell you how well you have done.

You have already made most of the changes needed. Cutting down on unhealthy fats from fried foods, using healthy oils to cook rather saturated and trans fats, fatty red meat, fast foods like burgers. Cutting down on alcohol, not smoking.
Eating adequate fibre, legumes, nuts, avocadoes, salmon, vegetables. Exercising regularly.

Thanks doc.

The tests I took this year about 12 different blood/urinalysis/stool tests, one chest x-ray, one Abdominal and one ECG.

I used ChatGpt and Google generally to interprete the results and tbey all looked good. I was only concerned about the Lipids profile cos of the Dyslipidemia last year result diagnosed. Overall the lipids profile result this year has improved significantly Sha.

Regular exercising is the only hurdle that's hard for me to climb in the lifestyle changes. I guess I will just have to do something about it before something do me.

GloriousGbola:
Lagos state has detailed regional planning laws that are available online. They are a Google search away. You work in Corp so you know ignorance of the law is no excuse.

These guys know all this which is why they are trying to hide behind fg

It is the same way people are complaining about paying for bags at supermarkets and meanwhile lasg had announced this as far back as January 1.when I see people going off on supermarket attendants I tell them this has been in effect since January

You are not getting it.

The Trade fair guys are saying they are not in the wrong because their buildings were duly approved by the trade fair management board (an agency of the federal government of Nigeria) So the Lagos state government's demolition exercise amounts to trespassing and totally illegal.

Lagos state government claimed they relied on the state government's town planning laws to carry out the demolitions because they (trade fair guys) didn't get state government approvals.

That is the bone of contention in this case. The state government should be out there showing us convincing argument superior to that of the trade fair guys. It shouldn't be a case of refereing us to a law the trade fair guys already pointed out as not binding on them.

The Umeh guy is a fellow of the superior body responsible for regulating surveys and estate valuing. I want to believe he would take exams bordering on estate/land laws before becoming an associate of the institute, talk more of becoming a fellow..... Such person's opinion definitely carries weight in this matter.

The state government would do well to address the substance of Umeh's posituion instead of making the whole thing look like politics.

GloriousGbola:
Most people in construction have had run ins with lasbca and know the law. In fact you will be suprised to know the average taxi driver knows as well. We were building in orile and we had serious space issues. My supervisor kept pushing the contractor to expand here and there. And the contractor was resisting because he had been fined by lasbca previously

He wanted to expand our fence and got into an argument with people running a taxi park beside us. Na so the driver told him not to encroach and the guy mouth close

We still ran into wahala with lasbca over that site one to two years later as we had items within the setback/row.

When you see some of these takes you will be irritated because it is simply people who have gamed the system and now the game is up. But rather than take the L they say persecution

Baba, this is now a matter of national discourse. Everyone is interested in what the laws, not just people in construction.

The reasonable thing to do is to law the points bare so every member of the general public that has no dog in the race can see clearly who is the wrong and who is right.

It's when people in government are not transparent with their actions they give room for speculations suggesting targeting demolitions and victimization.

TemporaryHansel:
Do you do all these at once, or step by step throughout the day.

Omo, e reach to ask.

How does one follow that much nairaland threads dutifully daily and still end up being productive? To think u will still need to interact with people in ur immediate environment and workspace on top of that.

We need to ask him how e dey take manage 24 hours to do all that and still sleep inside.

GloriousGbola:
Think if state and federal police in the US

Sometimes in a state you have the police in your pocket and you are running your racket. Then you overdo and doj enters. FBI, ATF and all those other alphabet agency. Their wahala is on a higher level.

If you are doing construction it is the LGA that has direct oversight. And you can easily settle the LGA workers.

Then state decides to put spotlight on location and all your dodging paperwork comes back to you.

Smart enough to bypass the rules but not wise enough to know why the rules are in place

I saw videos of some homes in that lekki axis being demolished

They actually built their houses on an open river bank.

Lagos is now actively trying to curb flooding and anything that can obstruct flow or water or drainage is part of the problem

And all the people doing construction know this.

After reading from officials of Lagos state government justifying the demolition and the people criticizing the demolition, I still can't boldly say the Lagos state government's action is justified.

Personally, I think the government should be taking a position to highlight whether they have jurisdiction to take down properties situated on a land under the control of Federal government. (I've not seen anywhere they've done that yet).

As much as I like Tokunbo Wahab, I think he's losing focus of his job as a technocrat and he's letting the political aspect of his job get the better of him. For example, the response he gave to the Anambra senator in the screenshot below is childish and unnecessary. He didn't state the particular law they relied on to pull down the buildings despite the building having approval from a federal government's agency in charge of the premises. Instead, he focused on the origin of the person he's responding to rather than the substance of the person's criticism.

If u ask me, Umeh's points were very valid and requires answers that are backed with convincing reasonable points and not just rebuttal about whether Soludo or Otti pulling down structures in their own states so LASG actions are justifiable. If Umeh is saying Trade Fair is managed by FG through Trade Fair Management board and not under Lagos state government's control, one expects Wahab to come up with a superior argument. The fact that Umeh is even a fellow of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers makes his point looks strong. Wahab messed up with his response.

@ afrodoc2

Where I work it is mandatory for all staff to be subjected to annual medical examination. Last year's result came back normal aside from the lipids profile diagnosing "Dyslipidemia". I didn't know what that meant until that moment, so I had to Google it.

In reaction to my Google findings, I decided to cut down on red meat (not like I'm a big fan before, but me regularly indulging in Suya, Asun, beef shawarma, double beef patty in my burger and asun jollof rice/spaghetti didn't make me doubt the result Sha). I had to also cut down on alcohol and would take water instead of carbonated drinks(I only use it to mix whiskey by the way) or alcohol.

So fast forward to this year's medical examination, the result came out not saying anything about Dyslipidemia

NB : I must say that last year's medical examination was carried out by a diagnostic center contracted by my organization while this year's was carried out by a reputable hospital in Lagos.

I have attached this year's test result for your perusal . Do you think my lifestyle changes had an impact on this year's result? Do you think this year's result is fair considering where I'm coming from? What do you advise I do going forward to stay healthier?

popizaino:
It now looking like a deliberate attempt on certain tribe. The whole they are targeting ig** properties is now looking justifiable.

The Trade fair market guys are claiming the trade fair belongs to federal government and they are only obliged to obtain approval from the trade fair management board under FG which they duly did. Lagos state government on the other hand claimed they were supposed to still get approval from the state ministry of planning and urban development since the development is happening within Lagos state . It just seem like both parties are interpreting the law to justify their actions and inactions.

I am not an authority on land matters and who should approve what when it comes to federal government property development in a particular state ; but from.what I've read online I think the management of the trade fair market & owners of the buildings should institute an action against the state government.

If not for anything, let the court judgement clear the Grey area on who has a right to approve what in matters involving real estate development involving federal government lands in Lagos state. The judgement can then serve as a precedent in matters like this going forward.

That being said, the decision of the state government to pull down the building without first sealing off the building and calling the trade fair management for diplomatic solution to the approval imbrogilo seems wicked and unjustifiable Sha.

Cc:olowunI01

Guyman say "press your sister well"

This man na hardened criminal Sha

iamoyindamola:
I thought it was my network 🤣🤣
He say na which pattern

Abi now. Na different pattern we dey wake to every new day on nairaland nowadays.

izzou:


[color=royalblue]E be like say person dey use the forum, learn HTML [/color]

The whole thing is hilarious. E be like say the forum dey go back to beginning of time.

Semid4lyfe which pattern Una bring come today again o?

TemporaryHansel:
Lol. This thread don toughen you up. You sef don dey talk.

See blueray oh When we dey shut down NL that year, you for fit show face?

🤡🤡🤡

I no get for all those childish shiiit

iamoyindamola:
You have no shame
Were you not denying the monika not long ago

Cc, diggz, blueraydick

Leave am make he dey whine himself. The last time we called him out, he decided to block everybody wey hol am for blokus over the matter.

I never get him time Sha.