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This op just wake up begin post anything wey dey im mind and mod carry am come fp Diaris god sha

I'm a supporter of Buhari. But in a multi ethnic nation like Nigeria whose citizens read meaning into every appointment, he should be more sensible.

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world’s largest
and most powerful particle accelerator. It first started up
on 10 September 2008, and remains the latest addition to
CERN’s accelerator complex. The LHC consists of a 27-
kilometre ring of superconducting magnets with a number
of accelerating structures to boost the energy of the
particles along the way.
Inside the accelerator, two high-energy particle beams
travel at close to the speed of light before they are made to
collide. The beams travel in opposite directions in separate
beam pipes – two tubes kept at ultrahigh vacuum. They are
guided around the accelerator ring by a strong magnetic
field maintained by superconducting electromagnets. The
electromagnets are built from coils of special electric cable
that operates in a superconducting state, efficiently
conducting electricity without resistance or loss of energy.
This requires chilling the magnets to ‑271.3°C – a
temperature colder than outer space. For this reason, much
of the accelerator is connected to a distribution system of
liquid helium, which cools the magnets, as well as to other
supply services.
Thousands of magnets of different varieties and sizes are
used to direct the beams around the accelerator. These
include 1232 dipole magnets 15 metres in length which
bend the beams, and 392 quadrupole magnets, each 5–7
metres long, which focus the beams. Just prior to collision,
another type of magnet is used to "squeeze" the particles
closer together to increase the chances of collisions. The
particles are so tiny that the task of making them collide is
akin to firing two needles 10 kilometres apart with such
precision that they meet halfway.
The Large Hadron Collider
The LHC is the largest machine in the world. It took
thousands of scientists, engineers and technicians
decades to plan and build, and it continues to operate at
the very boundaries of scientific knowledge.
All the controls for the accelerator, its services and
technical infrastructure are housed under one roof at the
CERN Control Centre. From here, the beams inside the
LHC are made to collide at four locations around the
accelerator ring, corresponding to the positions of four
particle detectors – ATLAS, CMS, ALICE and LHCb.

Though I don't fancy Tinubu becos of his alleged corrupt ways(if d allegations are true), there is no way he can be dismissed. He is one of the most intelligent political strategist of our time. His sagacity is unparalleled in the history of Nigeria(no disrespect to great politicians). A man who ensured that a party moved from one single state to control more than 21 states in less than eight years, is not a baby.
The real reason I like him is his ability to pick technocrats that are capable in the face of politicians. And this is why I feel he is being bullied.

This an informative and amazing article. Op,thanks for sharing. Hope the mods push more of this to the front page.

One of d few northerners I respect. An intellectual

Confused set of people

Kudos to d op

anonimi:
..............of which NONE is forthcoming over three months after winning the elections that he FAILED three times before - 2003, 2007 & 2011.

I don't get ur point

Hope this wonderful idea comes to fruition

Its his actions I'm interested in

This is the kind of leadership I'm talking about

We r getting there small small

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC,
generated about N8.1trillion between 2012 and May 2015, but
paid only N4.3trillion to the federation account, Edo State
governor, Adams Oshiomhole, said Monday, citing new
details from the federal economic council meeting.
The balance of the oil money — about N3.8trillion — was
withheld and spent by the NNPC unilaterally without approval
or National Assembly appropriation, the governor told
journalists.
Also, the governor confirmed at the meeting that from
November 2014, about $2.1billion was withdrawn from the
excess crude account without the approval of the National
Economic Council, NEC.
Mr. Oshiomhole, who, alongside the governors of Kaduna
state governor, Nasir El-Rufai, and Zamfara governor,
Abdulazeez Yari, briefed journalists, said following the
discovery, the NEC has set up a four-member committee to
comb the books of the NNPC to confirm its remittances and
how the excess crude account was utilised.
President Muhammadu Buhari dissolved the board of the
NNPC on Friday, to pave way for full investigation of the
corporation.
Mr. Oshiomhole said Monday’s meeting was the first time the
NNPC and the office of the Accountant General of the
Federation, briefed the National Economic Council, as
directed by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The governor said Mr. Buhari “compelled” the NNPC to
provide information in “black and white” on issues relating to
the total sales of Nigeria’s crude oil from 2012 to May 2015.
“This has never happened before and for us this is profound.
We are talking about transparency, we are talking about
change. And what we saw from those numbers I believe that
Nigerians are entitled to know, is that whereas the NNPC
claimed to have earned N8.1 trillion, what NNPC paid into
the federation account from 2012 to May 2015 was
N4.3trillion.
“What it means is that NNPC withheld and spent N3.8
trillion.
“The major revelation here is that for the entire federation —
that is the federal government, the states and all the 774 local
governments — the amount the NNPC paid into the federation
account for distribution to this three tiers of government came
to N4.3 trillion and NNPC alone took and spent N3.8 trillion.
Which means the cost of running NNPC is much more than
the cost of running the Federal Government. That tells you
how much is missing, what is mismanaged, what is stolen,
they are huge figures.”
He said it had become clear that the NNPC had not respected
the Constitution on how government money should be spent.
“If NNPC needs to spend money, it is obliged to prepare its
budget like every other business
enterprise. That budget will be scrutinized by the executive
and forwarded to the National Assembly and the National
Assembly will accordingly appropriate it.
“If the federal government cannot spend without
appropriation, why should any agency spend without
appropriation?”
Mr. Oshiomhole said President Buhari promised that
henceforth, all monies must go to the federation account.
“What you need you budget for, Nigeria cannot continue with
you earn the money and spend it. Where is transparency?
Where is the role of the National Assembly? So if you were
doing that you won’t have a situation where the NNPC alone
will spend N3.8 trillion and remit to the federal, states and
local governments N4.3 trillion which means NNPC is taking
about 47 per cent and that explains all the leakages you are
talking about.”
He said parastatals must return to spending on a budget.
“We are not reinventing the wheel, that is the way it used to
be and that is the way the constitution says it should”
EXCESS CRUDE ACCOUNT
The Edo governor also disclosed $2.1 billion was withdrawn
from $4.1 billion reported to be in the excess crude account as
at November 2014 without the approval of the National
Economic Council (NEC). The account now has $2.0bilion.
“We looked at the numbers for the Excess crude account, the
last time the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of
the Economy reported to the Council and it is in the minute,
she reported by November 2014, that we had $4.1 billion.
“But today the Accountant General Office reported we have $
2.0 billion. Which means the Honourable Minister spent $
2.1billion without authority of the NEC. And that money was
not distributed to states, it was not paid to the three tiers of
government. This is why the NEC has set up a panel to look
at what accrued, what it was spent for, when and by whom.
So that Nigerians will have the full picture of all the
transactions as regards the much talked about Excess crude,”
Mr. Oshiomhole said.
The four-member committee, which consists of the governors
of Edo, Gombe, Kaduna and Akwa Ibom states.
Explaining further, Kaduna State Governor, Mr. El-Rufai,
noted that the Federal Government had in the last year been
unilaterally withdrawing from the excess crude account
without consulting the other owners.
According to him “The Excess Crude account was started by
President Olusegun Obasanjo around
2004-2005.
“It was an administrative arrangement to save for a rainy day.
And it was meant to have very clear accountability such that
every state and local government, in a particular state knows
their balance in the Excess Crude Account, though you can’t
spend it but you know how much of it is yours.
“That was the arrangement. And in those days, before we
spend any money from the Excess Crude Account, the federal
and states governments will meet and agree. That is how we
agreed to build the seven power stations which is NIPP today,
it was from Excess Crude Account. And we also met and
agreed to build the Lagos – Kano Standard Gauge Rail Line
from the Excess Crude Account.
“But what we have seen, in the last few months or years is
that the Excess Crude Account was operated unilaterally by
the federal government, drawings were made unilaterally
without consulting those that actually own the money because
the Excess Crude Account is 52 percent owned by the federal
government and 48 by the states and LGA.
“So the decision of the NEC is to set up this committee of
four to look at the operations of the Excess Crude Account
and make recommendations to council on its future.
“The other thing the committee will do is to look at the
operations of the federation accounts particularly the shortfall
and again come back to council with very clear
recommendations as to what to do.
“We have not been given a time frame but as you can imagine
states government are under pressure, many of our state
governments are unable to pay salaries on time without
recourse to borrowing, so this is very important to us. This is
an all governors committee, we wear the shoes we know
where it pinches. So we are going to do this as quickly as
possible,” he said.
The Council’s next meeting of the council is on July 23rd, and
Mr. El- Rufai said he hopes the committee will complete its
work and be in position to report to council on that day.
Zamfara governor, Abdulazeez Yari, said the council also
agreed that the Federal Government in conjunction with the
Central Bank, will see how to support financially ailing states.

Humans are naturally emotional creatures and this most times influences our ability to remain rational at times. We tend to base our decisions on some things we are emotionally attached to such as our tribe,religion,friends,family and past experiences. And let these factors affect us unknowingly.
For me,I dislike the PDP. The reason is that I feel they really wasted our time and resources for 16 glorious years of plenty. And also growing up in Edo state and seeing how they destroyed Edo state b4 oshimolhe.
But this shouldn't stop me from expressing my dislike at the way apc has handled the nass saga. Or expressing my disappointment in the non-appointment of ministers.
But the problem with most nairalanders in the political section is their non-objectivity or immaturity when criticizing, or their obvious disdain for this wonderful country called Nigeria and this is very bad for Africa.

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Bros na my routine u just thief so.

Amazing pictures

Jokers

Just tuned in to NTA and saw our legislators misbehaving. All these legislators are jokers

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daamazing:
OK,abi na obama,dont b suprised when gay is now made a law in naija

I thought he was an Islamist? How can an islamist implement gay law in Nigeria?
U guys should keep look 4 faults in Buhari.

These ppl should be made to refund all the money they collected and they should be prosecuted for wasting our time

Inasmuch as I am a fanatic of the APC, I have no choice but to agree with your piece. Some of these govs especially aregbe has really disappointed me.

lalasticala? front page niyen

maximum repect sir

Nigeria kickstarted her bid to qualify for the 2017 African Cup of Nations in Gabon with a routine victory over Chad. The super Eagles who failed to qualify for the previous edition in Equatorial Guinea earlier this year were hoping to put up a good performance to help alleviate the pains Nigerians suffered during this dark week of football.
We really played poorly in 1st first half but really improved in the 2nd half. Our backline was really impressive considering it was their first game together.
Balogun made excellent tackles throughout and all his throws always got to their target no matter how far they seemed. Kingsley madu was excellent in both attack and defense. Ekong was good but he should stop trying to clear with his head when the ball can easily be cleared with his leg. Omeruo played well.
Our midfield was horrible in the first half. Couldn't create anything and nor control the game. The subs really improved the game in the second. Balogun can be better if he stops trying to do too much. Etiti was the most improved player in the second half. Onazi was not really great. I couldn't pinpoint his position in the team. He really disappointed by earning himself a red card. Seeing Rabiu Ibrahim gave me joy and his impressive performance made me smile. He held the ball well,with good link up play and was able to display the kind of movement that made him to be compared to the legendary Okocha. John Ogu eventually helped us seal the game even if we were one man down. Really impressed me.
The player that suprised me was Aaron Samuel. Never knew we could have a big striker who was good with the ball at his feet. Salami took his goal very well and showed that we have talent in our local league. Ahmed musa was probably our worst attacker today. His crosses was very poor and lacked end product. Odion Ighalo showed why there was clamour for him to be included in this team and why he is one of the best striker in the English championship with one goal and an assist. His introduction into the game changed it for Nigeria.
Overall the first half gave us reasons why the 'super' in Super Eagles should be erased with a very appalling half. But the improvements shown in the second half gave u reasons to have hope in the team.
Man Of The Match: Because of his assist, his goal,his overall play after his introduction and the way he won the penalty,Odion Ighalo deserves to be our man of the match.
Flop Of The Match: Because he made almost no impact in the game and his actions to earn himself a red card effectively ruling himself out of the next match,Ogenyi Onazi is 'proudly' our flop of the match.
Team's rating:6/10
Coach's rating:5/10

Nigeria kickstarted her bid to qualify for the 2017 African Cup of Nations in Gabon with a routine victory over Chad. The super Eagles who failed to qualify for the previous edition in Equatorial Guinea earlier this year were hoping to put up a good performance to help alleviate the pains Nigerians suffered during this dark week of football.
We really played poorly in 1st first half but really improved in the 2nd half. Our backline was really impressive considering it was their first game together.
Balogun made excellent tackles throughout and all his throws always got to their target no matter how far they seemed. Kingsley madu was excellent in both attack and defense. Ekong was good but he should stop trying to clear with his head when the ball can easily be cleared with his leg. Omeruo played well.
Our midfield was horrible in the first half. Couldn't create anything and nor control the game. The subs really improved the game in the second. Balogun can be better if he stops trying to do too much. Etiti was the most improved player in the second half. Onazi was not really great. I couldn't pinpoint his position in the team. He really disappointed by earning himself a red card. Seeing Rabiu Ibrahim gave me joy and his impressive performance made me smile. He held the ball well,with good link up play and was able to display the kind of movement that made him to be compared to the legendary Okocha. John Ogu eventually helped us seal the game even if we were one man down. Really impressed me.
The player that suprised me was Aaron Samuel. Never knew we could have a big striker who was good with the ball at his feet. Salami took his goal very well and showed that we have talent in our local league. Ahmed musa was probably our worst attacker today. His crosses was very poor and lacked end product. Odion Ighalo showed why there was clamour for him to be included in this team and why he is one of the best striker in the English championship with one goal and an assist. His introduction into the game changed it for Nigeria.
Overall the first half gave us reasons why the 'super' in Super Eagles should be erased with a very appalling half. But the improvements shown in the second half gave u reasons to have hope in the team.
Man Of The Match: Because of his assist, his goal,his overall play after his introduction and the way he won the penalty,Odion Ighalo deserves to be our man of the match.
Flop Of The Match: Because he made almost no impact in the game and his actions to earn himself a red card effectively ruling himself out of the next match,Ogenyi Onazi is 'proudly' our flop of the match.
Team's rating:6/10
Coach's rating:5/10

troy20:
so you think if robinho had emerged at a time like this where brazil were no longer producing talents like they used to, he would have had such a career? Do you know the hype that followed the lucas maura's transfer and his transfer fee to psg? a player more like wright philips.look at the transfer fee of silva of psg and also the one of david luiz.brazil never used to do all this shitty hype England did because they had so much talent.pepe and deco of barcelona had to naturalize in portugal then thiago after many years in barcelona stating eleven had to too for italy.lucho gonzalez of porto and then marselle couldnt even boast of more than five caps.someone said mario jardel and giovanni Elber where not playing football the brazilian way, please is Ramirez also playing it the brazillian way?now before i answer you further, place side by side the qualities neymer has better with that of robinho and coutinho.and also their carreer moves.

Bros,I'm not going to argue with u. D fact dat u r comparing neymar with robinho nd coutinho is enough to end dis convo. So u think it is easy to play as an attacker for barca abi? U tink it is easy to carry d footballing hopes of a country like brazil? U can't deny d fact dat if u take out neymar from d current brazil side,it will become average.

troy20:
unless you started following football 5years ago, neymer wouldnt make the bench of brasil senior national team of last ten years.he is living up a hype just as david becham was for England.you dont rate players who play on hype with same measure.the brazilian national team is a dying team.for some years now brazil has not been able to produce talents like they used to.days where the likes of giovani Elber who played along side greats like roque santa cruz, pizzaro,stefan Efenberg of bayan munich couldn even get a national team invitation or even juninho pernanbucano who where barely giving attention.neymer has nothing unique that robinho couldnt even do better then cause robinho is his closest comparison.Epl is a physical league which demands equal defensive responsibility from forwards and much for his technique robinho found it difficult to maintain consistency.thats same league Hazard is playing in and for a team who are no better than stoke city.do you know the sort of difficult football chelsea play? I have alot i want to break down but dont want to say too much.but still let me drop one.close control is also a rare talent few players have and neymer isnt even one of them.anyone who picks neymer over hazard knows nothing about football.neymer should be proving himself against coutinho.

Are u comparing neymar to robinho and coutinho?and yet u claim to know football?smh
Do u know wat it means to be d main man for the Brazilian national team? Am not sure u do

These pdp agents nd apc haters are so pained dat it is affecting dia ability to think straight. Dia hatred is making dem to look for every trivial issue and make a mountain out of it.
If it takes an existing govt 6wks to appoint a new cabinet,how long should it take an entirely new govt to appoint new cabinet members?