Congratulations to all yours

God have rehabilitate and rehab Abia State State of STATUS

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Nigeria is country where everything can go.

[quote author=fergie001 post=118655549]Prior to this World Cup, Ronaldo is the oldest player to score a World Cup hat-trick in 2018.

He is also the youngest Portuguese player to score in a FIFA World Cup match at 21 years and 132 days (2006 W/Cup).



Germany 2006 - 1 goal
S/Africa 2010 - 1 goal
Brazil 2014 - 1 goal against Ghana
Russia 2018 - 4 goal
Ronaldo is Super. He can do it again and again

Tell me where? The Location is important to discuss here because in south East the price is #3000.

[quote author=Daniel058 post=117967311]I read on front page how the price of rice per bag is now #50k.



A bushel of rice (25kg) here in Ebonyi state cost #15,000. 2 bushels (50kg) should be #30k .My brother you don't know the price. As at today a bushel of Rice � is #17,000 for 25kg bag b4 u distone and u equal pay 4 get pass plus other expenses. The economy done affect Nigeria rice. Rice is not for common man again.

Judean:

Which achievement?

Nigeria!!! This what we want

we need God intervention for Nigeria Super Eagle to win [color=#990000][/color]

We only see them as Hero on picture, but what they generation that not contributing anything to Nigeria and if not picture, History about them have ended. The blood of innocent Igbos is still crying for help. What about their children? They don,t have any history. This country cant be one except Nigeria apologize to good of Igbo that still hold this country Economy.

SPECIAL NOTICE. In compliance with the Federal Government directive on the exited Npower Beneficiaries data collection, all the beneficiaries in batches A & B in Ebonyi State are by this notice requested to go to their respective Local Government Area of Primary Assignment to get documented on Monday, 31st August, 2020, 7am to 3pm. This documention registers each beneficiary into the transition Opportunities of the Npower job creation. Come with Npower ID numbers among other details. Attendance is mandatory. PLEASE INFORM OTHERS.

.Says “we have very weak set of governors in Southeast” Henry Okonkwo Foremost nationalist and elder statesman, Chief Mbazulike Amaechi, has expressed fears over the increasing clamour for the South East region to produce the president in 2023. In this interview, the vocal First Republic Aviation Minister spoke on the need for the Igbo to reconcile with the North if they want to brighten their chances of clinching the number one position. He also decried the brazen killing of Ndigbo in their state by security, alluding that the killers are emboldened by the set of ‘weak governors’ the region has. Excerpt: What’s your take on the recent clash at Enugu between members of IPOD and the police? I really don’t know much about that because I haven’t got the details. I cannot say because for example, some delegations that met at my house, alongside the President of Ohanaeze youths who were part of the team told me that it was not IPOB that was involved in the clash. I learned that it was another group with a different designation. And that they assembled to say prayers and hold their meeting when some security men went to attack and dispersed them. But the group defended themselves. Now the scuffle had already finished when more men in uniform arrived at the scene and started shooting anybody they saw. That was what the Ohanaeze youths told me. So I really don’t know what happened. But I have told IPOB that they must never resort to violence. It is their cardinal policy, but that does not mean that when a lion comes to attack you that you should not defend yourself the best you can. The scenario happened at Oraifite and they defended themselves, that was IPOB, but I don’t know much about the killing at Enugu because IPOB says it’s not them. It is quite sad because these security officials believe that they can kill the Igbo without anybody asking any question. And this continues to happen because we have a very weak set of governors in the Southeast. The politicking of 2023 is already heating up, what do you make of the whole frenzy and clamour for a president of Igbo extraction? 2023 is crucial to the unity and existence of Nigeria, particularly as the Igbo are concerned. If Nigeria accepts to elect an Igbo president of Nigeria, then we will be there to work for Nigeria. We worked for the independence of Nigeria more than any other section of the country, so, we’ll be there to work., but if in 2023, they still think that Ndigbo should be treated as slaves or second class citizens of Nigeria, then the Igbo would give a second thought to their being in Nigeria. We’ll give a second thought to it. It’s not going to be easy because it’s not going to be violent. We’ve tried it with violence with Biafra, it did not work, but this time new strategies have to be worked out. And that is the essence of the Ohanaeze/ IPOB arrangement which was made in my house. We intend to work for 2023. But if in 2023, Nigeria rejects us, then we have to resort to the Igbo saying that Onye ajuru anaghi aju onwe ya ( He that is rejected doesn’t reject himself ). But we hope it will never get to that. I personally hope it will never get to that because we are working to be in Nigeria, and to be fully part of Nigeria. There are great political, economic, military, and power advantages in being a big country. If we have a corrupt system today, that does not mean that it would not come to pass. The world is moving around, everything moves and comes around. Looking back at your time, the Igbo played better politics than our present crop of politicians. Do you agree to this notion, particularly in the ability of the Ndigbo to woo other regions? In our time we were nationalists. we fought for independence. Nigerians handed us power, and we continued to rule as nationalists without expecting any gain. We only thought of the best we can give to Nigeria, not what we can get out of Nigeria. We only thought of how to make Nigeria the best in Africa, and have a country that can challenge the big countries of Europe and Asia, until the military struck in 1966. The Igbo were edged out because of certain political mistakes by military rulers in those days that led to war. But from indication so far, a great majority of Nigerian people who are reasonable are seeing the justice in our case, and I believe we are going to have a favourable result, but to have favourable results, the Igbo would have to work for it, nobody would dash you independence on a platter, you have to work, strategize, plan, scheme; you have to do everything possible to get it. You take political power, it’s not given and I can tell you that we are working on that. I’m making my little experience available to our people. God has placed me in that father position, kept me alive, and prepared me. I didn’t know that was why God was preparing me for when it was raised to become the engine room of the NCNC politically. I was the party’s principal organising secretary, and master of strategy and politics. Also, God thereafter made me pass through governance and politics of Nigeria, both inside and outside the government, both in politics and outside politics. And so God has taken a long time to train me for this. I didn’t know that was going on in the minds of God, and He has spared me; at the age of 91 going to 92, I am still able to go to work in my factory, I drive myself within my compound and around the village. I don’t drive outside, not that I can’t, but I just want to do it that way. God has given me reasonable good health. My real trouble is Rheumatism and waist pain. and recently in 2017, I’ve been having problems in my heart, but at every stage when the thing is about to come, God says ‘no it’s not yet time’, and so I thank God. Now, I realised that God has an assignment for me, and I’m not going anywhere until I have accomplished that for Ndigbo and for Nigeria. What if this whole 2023 project fails, and the presidential seat is not given to the Igbo, does that mean that Southeast leaders and groups would now back IPOB’s clamour for Biafra? The present IPOB may not be what would emerge if Ndigbo is not given a chance in 2023. We are not asking to be given the position, we are asking to be given a level playing ground, that is all. So, the present IPOB organisation is not the plan of Ndigbo in 2023 if we fail in our objective. But I’m confident that we would not fail because of the reactions I get from the North. The thing is that the Igbo lost a chance when they allowed themselves to be edged out from the North. No politician in Nigeria can succeed nationally and particularly as far as the office of the 0resident is concerned without the North. The nlNorth is a very powerful section of this country both in population, experience, and positions. And each time the Igbo work with the North there was peace in Nigeria. But each time the Igbo and the North break away crisis comes. That was our experience after the coup, even after the civil war. In the Shehu Shagari government, the original plan which I made with Osadebe and R.B.K Okafor, was for a Zik (Nnamdi Azikiwe) and Shagari ticket. I led the delegation while Shagari led the delegation from the North and we always met in Lagos. The northern delegation comprised Shattima Ali Monguno and Sunday Awoniyi, and my delegation comprised Osadebe and myself; we worked out an agreement that Zik would be the presidential candidate in 1979, and Shagari would be his running mate. We also agreed with the man from the northern side that Zik would work for one term and step aside. And so we asked Zik to accept that agreement because by the time he has done one term he would be about 87 or so, and we thought that would be the appropriate time to resign. But suddenly people like Jim Nwobodo and others came into the thing with their own ambition. They went and deceived Zik and told him to come to NPP that they would push him through as president. However, Zik realised his mistakes after the election when he lost the presidential elections. He then agreed again to work with the North by NPP and NPN forming a coalition government, sharing offices. This continued until 1983 when Awolowo and others went to Nwobodo, Mbakwe, and said that they are progressives. And the North and the East fell out again till the 1983 coup. So, each time we were together, there was peace in the country. Any section that wants to rule this country must recognise the importance of the North. And the North must not take undue advantage of this importance God has given them by population and spread, they must also recognize that there is reciprocity in the whole thing. It should be a matter of give and take, and then there would be peace. So, my advocacy is that there should be peace and I want to take the Igbo back to reconciliation. Right now, the Igbo have no quarrel with the Yoruba or the South-south people. It would appear that the North is where the problem lies, and I want to lead the Igbo to effect a reconciliation with the North so that we can all have a whole happy family of Nigeria – North, East, West, and South, all united in peace and fraternal love and unity, that is what I want to work on, even though I’m working mostly from my home because I can’t do much travelling, but most meetings are now held in my house and people come here for regular consultations. Political watchers always raise concerns about the antecedents of Ndigbo and their knack to refuse to step down for one another. They cite example at what happened in 1999, where many believed that Alex Ekwueme stood a better chance to get block votes from the Southeast zone against Obasanjo at the PDP primaries, but Jim Nwododo joined the race. And this divided their votes. So do you foresee duplicity of Igbo candidates? Do you nurse fears of betrayal by the Easterners themselves? That is a reality in politics. in politics, you expect disappointments, betrayals, disloyalties, opportunism, careerism. So, these are the things you find in politics. So, I will not be surprised if as we go along there are betrayals, disappointments. As Zik told us, that in Nigerian society, particularly Igbo society, if you want to attend an area with 10 people, by the time you get there, if you look back, about three or four at least have dropped off on the way. But it won’t stop you from going to where you are going to. Nwobodo betrayed Ekwueme at that time, but also don’t forget that at that time the military who were handing over, and who was handling everything wanted to compensate the Yoruba for Abiola’s issue. So, Obasanjo was the favoured one.

All the money we have spent on the power sector, it is a very shameful thing that a country as big as Nigeria cannot boast of a stable 5000 megawatt of power, while serious countries are talking about 100s of thousands megawatt to million megawatts. Today's news has it that we are set to spend another $6,150,000,000 on the power that we may never have. Where exactly do all these funds go to that we are yet to see any meaningful result? It is a shameful thing that with an estimated 200 million people, a nation that hypothetically parades itself as a giant of Africa can not boast of 100,000 megawatts of power (100 Gigawatts) in 2020 and 21st century. Please our leaders, are you people just being foolishly wicked or cluelessly confused? At what time, will Nigerian administrators, in all honesty, declare a state of emergency in our power sector and do right by the people? Though we cannot say we have recorded an overly impressive breakthrough in telecommunication, at least we can say we have passed a required average. Can we at least record same commendable achievement in our power sector? The money we budget for power every year for the past 20 years, which in turn gets looted is enough to give Nigeria not less than 500,000 megawatts of power by now, if our leaders were, to be honest, and accountable enough to us. Do you just budget this money and share it among yourselves, or what? Why must we invest trillions of naira every year towards solving a problem, yet the problem refuses to go away? Please be truthful to us, what are you doing with our money?

Recently, I was told of a woman who lost her husband few months after their wedding. She returned from work only to find uninvited guests, wearing gloomy faces gathered at her residence. She stood puzzled for a while and further decided to make inquiries. All the efforts of her family and friends to temporarily keep the news away from her proved abortive as she was firm on knowing what had gone wrong. On hearing the news of her husband's demise, she walked confidently into the room where the corpse of her husband laid, Knelt beside him, brought out a book and started to converse with God. After a while her dead husband came back to life. He actually had no other option but to live, as his wife was bent on praying him back to life. One would be tempted to think that the book she brought out was a magic book or a "super power" book. Apparently, that was the book where she had documented her covenant with God at the place of prayer, as a young spinster. One of which was the fact that she did not want to become widowed early in life. She had signed a covenant with God and the God I know will never break a covenant ." *My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips"* Can I ask you a question? What agreement have you made with God, concerning your life and destiny at the place of prayer? Do you just accept anything that comes your way and describe it as "fate"? The life of a Christian is not determined by fate, it is determined by Faith. *".... now the just shall live by his faith".* It is not determined by simple coincidence, it is determined by supernatural commands/confessions. *"....you shall have whatever you say"* *"....you shall decree a thing and it shall be established"* It is also determined by how much we appropriate the written word of God into our lives at the place of prayer and covenant. Guess what? You do not need to be "overly anointed" before you stop any rubbish in your life and family. All you need do is to bring forth your strong reasons. Each time we remind God of his covenant, we bring him to a position where he has no other option but to help us. Prayer is not all about asking God for bread and butter, it also entails striking mysterious deals with God. I ask you again, what deal have you made with God? What is the "strong reason" that you intend to bring forth when the need arises? The deal in this context is not in any way an abstract deal or agreement. In law, you do not strike an important deal without documenting it, that would be tantamount to striking no deal. There has to be a written evidence. Our agreement with God should be clearly documented and preserved like a fully loaded gun waiting for the day to fire. "I am just a lady". So what? A woman was able to bring her husband back to life not because she had a special anointing but because she brought forth her strong reasons. Adapt the act of making terrible covenant with God at the place of prayers and be careful to note them down, as this serves as an evidence and helps to keep you at alert, should you by any means opt to fate. Prayer is not an option, it is a necessity, a praying woman is a powerful woman, stop receiving every trash that life gives you, bend that knees so that you can stand tall. We are not the victim of circumstances, we are the prayer breeds, we pray our way to destiny and fulfillment. No room for satan's rubbish in my life, I am not giving in to fate, I make the decree, I call the shots by the power of the Holy ghost in me. I do not care if prayer seem like a burden to people, I do not care if people think I am praying too much, I do not care if I have even prayed before, I do not care if my body seem not corporate, Anyhow, I will pray and continue to pray, I will pray until every single word of my mouth becomes prayer, I will pray until every creature in heaven gets used to my voice, I will pray until my sleeping time turns to prayer time, I will pray until my life is in aligned, I will pray until my family is in order, I will pray until Nigeria is changed, I will pray until the world is revived, I will pray until impossibilities begin to bow before me, I will pray until I have sufficient grace, I will pray until I am a walking fire, I will pray until I become a golden vessel, I will pray until I finally see his face. I don't know of you? Will you pray

Does it mean that GIFMIS system is corrupt: This is the question that comes to mind going by the comments of the Minister of Humanitarian affairs & Disaster Mgt. Ms Umar Sadiq Farouq, concerning the ordeals of about 12,000 N-power beneficiaries whose accounts were allegedly flagged by the system because their names were already in the payroll of some MDAs. One may be tempted to know the criteria that the system employed in verifying who is a genuine beneficiaries and who is not. Did the system rely on names of beneficiaries or their Bank Verification Numbers? Going by this half-truth, one wonders how this name-proof reading system failed to flag the accounts of many colleagues who are federal workers in some federal institutions who are also beneficiaries in the scheme. This goes on to corroborate the fact that some beneficiaries are already working in MDAs and had taken undue advantage of the former REMITA payment system. It is important to say here that many genuine N-power beneficiaries cutting across the 36 states of the federation both in Batch A and B who were never employed by any MDAs be it state or federal were victims of this fraudulent GIFMIS system. When these beneficiaries protested both online and in persons, they were told by the ministry that investigation has been launched to find out what really caused the account flagging since March 2020. Till this day nothing has been heard of it, suggesting that all the victims are workers in MDAs as claimed by the minister. It is important to note here that the GIFMIS system was introduced to check fraud and ghost workers in government agencies but the system has failed in the case of this N-power scheme as it has not only inflicted untold hardship on genuine beneficiaries but has made them to believe that everything in Nigeria is corrupt. Remember that this event happened when the whole world was in a lockdown and majority of these beneficiaries depended on this stipend as the only means of survival. Many has moved on with life against all odds comforted by the fact that the ministry had already announced the disengagment of the two batches in June and July 2020 and subsequent recruitment of Batch C. But the questions here begging for answers are: will those victims of GIFMIS migration get justice as per the 4 and 5 months backlog of stipends not paid to Batch A and B respectively because of this fraudulent system? How long is enough to finish the purported investigation by the ministry? What is the fate of these beneficiaries when it comes to exit packages and transitions as enunciated by the ministry? Conclusively, it is important to note that the numerous achievements of the Social Investment Programme under this government cannot be overemphasized as many youth had established themselves through this scheme and are now employers of labour. But it is also good to say that what is good for the goose is also good for the gander. Written by a concerned citizen.

During my primary school years, The teachers were given car loans & many of them bought a brand new Golf4. They were to pay back the loan over 4 years. However, one of the teachers Mrs orji Cecilia (my class teacher) took half of the money the others took as loan. Bought a fairly used car & got a driver. So, when other teachers would drive to school & park their brand new cars, her driver would drop her off in the morning & come pick her at closing. I could remember how other teachers laugh at her, calling her "Acting Big Madam" because she got a driver. But she'd just smile. One day, one of the teachers had cause to go out of the school during school hours. She returned to report that she saw his colleague's driver using her car as a taxi! When they "reported" her driver to her, she said she was aware- that was why she hired a driver. Why park a car for 6-8 hours, when it can be making money for you? The other teachers were stunned: suddenly, she didn't look as stupid as they thought! Now, because of the extra income from using her car as a taxi, she was able to pay back the loan in a year... By the 2nd year, she bought a 2nd car to add to her taxi fleet. By the 3rd year, she bought 2 more taxis! By the 4th year when others finished paying their loans, this woman had 6 taxis. Then she bought a brand new Golf, the newer model! Other cars were 4 years old. One among the teachers said indeed I have realised who was smart & who was foolish among all of us This happened 2004-2008 Lol,I was born in , in the midst of this. I witnessed everything happening then,as a primary pupil you could imaging how little I should be yet I captured everything going around any environment I found my self,I schooled in public school in fact New layout primary school Abakaliki if you have had about this school you may believe my story wasn't fabricated,it inspired me and It has remained with me since then and I have emulated from her,Sucess,wealth and wisdom isn't only found in higher institutions though higher Education are extremely OK but should in case your reason of being poor is because you have No degree/HND certificate please format such mentality from your memory because I have seen a lot about life. Today, I see too many young folks more interested in spending the money they don't have to buy the things they don't need to impress people who don't like them. Too many people living fake lives in these days of social media. The Hushpuppi generation: fake it till you make it. I've seen people pose by cars they don't own to take pictures & post on social media. Young people don't seem to understand discretion: the competition to outdo each other in the "I've arrived" ranking is just too much. Before the arrival of the pandemic diseases covid-19 My niece, an undergraduate asked me to buy her a phone. I asked what type does she want: she mentioned a type, I checked the price: #170,000 Now, I use Teckno cannon C8 of #30,00/ thereabouts- it was even a gift by Nigeria breweries since 2014 and still looking brand new and it serves till date. But this 17-year-old girl wants to use a 170k phone! Something is definitely wrong somewhere...! Seriously, we can't continue like this. I mean we can't continue this way, I am afraid for the younger generation, those aged 6-25. I honestly don't know what this world would be like when they are in their 30s & 50s. God's mercy is all we ask. In addition: "A foolish man will enjoy a perfect today & lose a perfect tomorrow. A wise man will forfeit a perfect today to gain a perfect tomorrow. MATURITY IS THE ABILITY TO DELAY GRATIFICATION.

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AB is all over Nigeria, even in Abia so, when are you going to tell Abia to stop giving their money to AB or Tinubu?

Lagos is developing and erecting magnificent projects left and right, but you without Tinubu in your states to loot your money still don't have anything to show so who is looting your own money?

you're a liar, I know consultant firm that handle Abia state Revenue services. It not alpha b. It is called APPMART. I'm once a staff and also worked in the Revenue office in umuahia and other state.

They registered you as a member of OIC ( organization of Islamic Countries), you accepted it without complaining. They insert Arabic on army logo, you did no protest. They insert Arabic words into your naira, you overlooked it. They put sharia law into your constitution, you said no problem. They abolished history and introduced Islamic studies in your schools, you accepted it wholeheartedly. But once a star of David was mentioned in our Biafra flag, you quickly remembered that you're not a Jew. That you don't like Jewish symbol. But when you want to pray, you call God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob ending it with "in Jesus name. Mental slavery is worst than physical one. Hypocrisy everywhere

7 REASONS WHY DEGREE HOLDERS ARE POOR? 1. THEY DON’T THINK BEYOND THEIR CERTIFICATES. Albert Einstein said, “Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think.” Have you ever heard creativity term “Think outside the box”? One of the major reasons why most graduates are poor is simply because they can’t see and think beyond their certificates. I have seen engineering students work as bankers. I have seen medical doctors with great skills in web and graphic designs. I have seen lawyers that are very dexterous with finances. The list is endless! The basic truth of life is that the skills that are needed to be much sought after and become more successful in life are not really found within the walls of the classrooms. Your certificate is just a proof that you are teachable, it does not suggest what you are totally capable of doing. You are full of possibilities when you think beyond your degrees and certificates. 2. THEY PRIORITIZE THEIR CERTIFICATES MORE THAN THEIR GIFTS AND TALENTS. I have often advised some of my colleagues, never to leave their gifts dormant while pursuing and hunting for jobs with their certificates. There must be a complementary balance in the pursuit of your passion and in the search for jobs. Everybody is gifted for something, but the winning edge comes from our ability to work on our gifts and bless the world with it. The very best way to develop yourself is in the direction of your natural talents and interest. In order to live a fulfilled and impactful life, we need to work harder on our gift than our job. We need to discover our gift, develop it, and sell it. Don’t bury your TALENT with your certificates. 3. THEIR CERTIFICATES PREPARE THEM FOR A WORLD THAT NO LONGER EXIST. It has been found that most of the skills taught in schools are becoming obsolete in the present world. The world has changed a lot, and so are people’s need! It is imperative to know that the present form of university education does not prepare students for the future. Graduates are becoming endangered species in the face of a changing world. Our archaic methods and approaches of learning are preparing graduates for a world that no longer exist, as we are churning out degree holders every year with certificates that have face value but no intrinsic worth. Most learning institutions are filled up with lecturers and pseudo- educators with lecture notes, methods and approaches that have lost relevance in a changing world. 4. THEY KNOW LESS ABOUT THEMSELVES BUT MORE ABOUT THINGS. Certificates and degrees don’t reveal people to themselves; they at most measure our IQ (Intelligent Quotient). I have often tell people that there is no Recovery without Discovery. A poor man is simply someone that has not discovered himself. The more you discover yourself, the more you realize the treasures that are hidden deep within you. We carry inside ourselves latent treasures that can only be unveiled through self- discovery. 5. CERTIFICATES AND DEGREES CAN KILL INITIATIVES. Degrees and certificates can close up your minds to ideas while initiatives open it up. If you are not careful, your degrees and certificates can close up your mind. The purpose of education is to keep your mind perpetually opened towards limitless possibilities! Fred Smith saw an opportunity for overnight delivery of anything anywhere in the USA, and ultra- fast delivery anywhere in the world, FedEx was born. It will be interesting to know that Fred Smith got a grade “C” in a Yale economics class for an idea that the professor belittled as unworkable. Fred Smith’s company became the first American business to make over ten billion dollars in annual profit. Beginning with just 186 packages delivered the first night, FedEx now delivers in over two hundred countries using over 6,030 aircraft, 46,000 vehicles and 141,000 employees. 6. DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES POSITION YOU TO LOOK FOR JOBS AND NOT FOR OPPORTUNITIES. Our certi ficates and degrees prepare graduates to look for jobs and not open our eyes to life-changing opportunities. You are not poor because you don’t have a job; you are poor because you are not seeing and seizing opportunities. Being POOR is simply Passing Over Opportunities Repeatedly! What keeps people ahead in life is not their education or degrees, it is simply the opportunity that they seized. Jobs may be scarce but not opportunities. As long as there is a problem to be solved, there will always be opportunities. It is a waste of our education, exposure, and experiences if after we graduate from school, all we think about is searching for a job. An enlightened and educated mind should be able to see and seize opportunities. 7. CERTIFICATES AND DEGREES PREPARE PEOPLE TO LOOK FOR SECURITY AND NOT TO TAKE RISKS. We must be willing to make mistakes and take breakthrough risks. Taking risks and learning from mistakes help us in knowing what works and what does not! When Thomas Edison was being questioned by a mischievous journalist on how he felt for having failed for 999 times before getting the idea of the light bulb, his response stunned the whole world when he confidently said, “I have not failed 999 times, I have only learned 999 ways of how not to make a light bulb”. Many graduates and degree holders are becoming progressively poor because the skills required in the modern world to get rich are not taught in schools and institutions. By 2025, we’ll lose over five million jobs to automation. This means that future jobs will look vastly different by the time many people graduate from the university. *Future jobs will involve KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION/CREATION* and innovation, and people that are only equipped with skills found in the classroom will definitely be a misfit in an ever-changing world. Skills like critical thinking, creativity, people’s skill, STEM skills (e.g Coding), complex problem-solving skills etc. are central to living a more comprehensive and productive life. *8 THEREFORE,* in conclusion, My humble and candid advice to graduates and students in institutions is to think wide, deep and outside the box. Take volunteer jobs, and don’t be afraid to navigate fields that are different from your field of learning. Your future career will require you to pull information from many different fields to come up with creative solutions to future problems. Start by reading as much as you can about anything and everything that interests you. Once you get to college, consider double majoring or minoring in completely different fields. Trust me, it’ll pay off in the long run. Don’t limit yourself to the classroom. Do something practical. Take a leadership position. Start a business and fail; that’s a better entrepreneurship. Contest an election and lose. It will teach you something political science will not teach you. Attend a seminar. Read books outside the scope of your course. Think less of becoming an excellent student, but think more of becoming an excellent person. Don’t make the classroom your world, but make the world your classroom. Step forward and try something extra. Invest in something you believe! Real financial security and freedom is not in your job, but in your passion, gifts, talents, and your ability to see and seize opportunities. Writen by

A RADICAL APPROACH OR I GIVEUP Are you also wondering why Buhari is silent over the disengagement of beneficiaries? Are you wondering where Osibanjo is and his position on this issue? Have you asked the question whether Buhari is aware of all these? Or you are wondering why sadiya seems to be so powerful, and if there is somebody who could call her to order to reconsider her position on the fate of beneficiaries? My dear, you are on your own at this present state of the Buhari's administration. This whole administration is one big scam. The biggest political scam in the history of this country called Nigeria. Buhari is not aware of anything happening around him or in Nigeria. They are only using his name and picture for their selfish ends. Those who call themselves the presidency and members of FEC are all ogas on their own. All they will tell the public is that, we submitted our findings and recommendations to the president, and after carefully going through it, he approved this and that. They are the members of the cabal that makes up the presidency. This country is doomed. In Nigeria, we don't even have a President, we only have presidency. That's why all we hear is presidency said this, presidency said that. Who is the presidency? Unlike other countries were we have active and competent leaders who are alive to their responsibilities, where you will always hear references made to statements and actions of Presidents and Prime Ministers, what we have in Nigeria is THE PRESIDENCY. Whatever decision they make, the arrogant Adesina will be asked to publish it, and we say it's from the presidency. What I know is that a cabal is a small group of people who are involved in secret plans to get political power. Instead of a presidential system, we are practicing CABALISM in Nigeria. Don't ask me the meaning, because I've not even seen it anywhere. The CABAL is what they mean by THE PRESIDENCY in the Nigerian polity. In other words, THE PRESIDENCY is nothing but the cabal claimed to surround the ceremonial president in the person of Buhari. There is no president in this country, and the vice president that is supposed to the alive to his responsibilities has been rendered politically handicapped. Any aggrieved person or group of persons that is directing their grievances to the president or vice president on account of mismanagement or maltreatment gotten from any of the ministers and other political appointees is just wasting their time, because it will never go beyond their desks. They have no autonomous leader that they are subordinate to outside them. If you like, go and visit the vice president at home and enquire from him, his position on the disengagement of Npower beneficiaries without an exit package, I bet you, you will be disappointed to discover that, this same man that was part of the brain behind the whole program, is entirely helpless on this issue. There is absolutely nothing he can do about this issue. They have not created a single job opportunity for the youths out of the 10 million jobs they promised. The youths of Nigeria who mobilized support for his first and second term are anxiously waiting to be employed. The Npower programme which is part of the social investment and the only notable achievement of the Buhari's administration in terms of job creation and human empowerment has faced serious setbacks since the transfer of the scheme from the Vice President's office to the Ministry for Humanitarian Affairs , Disaster Management and Social Development. It is now a total disaster. Another scam that is gradually unfolding itself is the issue of the batch C beneficiaries. What a planless woman yet full of evil plans for selfish ends. Again, It is totally an unreasonable and regrettable directive by the presidency for the Ministry of Humanitarian affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development to continue with the implementation of home grown school feeding programme when the children were at home. Whose children was she feeding when all schools were short down due to the pandemic that consumed over 600b naira in less than two months. What about the over 250b naira she used for palliatives just within that short period of time. It is needles to talk about corrupt practices and mismanagement as all these matters are dead on arrival because she is not in it alone. It is crystal clear that the creation of this ministry and it's programs were entirely meant to create an opportunity for Sadiya Umar Farouq, the minister in charge of the ministry and her cohorts to suck the nation's wealth in the name of feeding the school children. If beneficiaries make the mistake of giving up, as some are already saying that nothing good will come out our leaders, and that we should forget this struggle for permanency or exit package and move on, that will be the end of the matter. Sadiya is also expecting it to get to that point. A forward ever and backward never mentality is what is required from all beneficiaries. Even if there were to be an active president in the country, this woman can never say or do anything to protect the interest of the beneficiaries placed under her care. The most unfortunate situation in this country is the fact that all the members of the federal executive council FEC and all federal political appointees are working together to keep this country under their control till 2023. Hence, there is just no body right now that beneficiaries will run to, that can call this woman to order and reconsider her position on their fate. It is time to approach this issue in a more radical manner. The only language they seem to understand and respond quickly to is VIOLENCE. This is a golden opportunity that the youths of this country have to right some of the wrongs of our selfish leaders that have, so far, undermined the place of the youths in this country. I am now ready for whatever that will even shake the very foundation of this country, even if it means destroying this country called Nigeria. If we do not engage this in a more radical manner, then count me out of any peaceful protest, because nobody is ready to take this matter serious. I see nothing good coming out of this Buhari administration for npower beneficiaries, whose minister in charge does not even like the very idea of the program in this first place, but is only managing it so as to create a fortune for herself and her colleagues. I have watched and observed this woman, her body language, speeches and general attitude towards issues pertaining to beneficiaries' wellbeing, and all I see from her is hatred hatred and hatred. I will Rather fold my arms, just like the way most Nigerians are known for doing, when nothing good seems to be coming out of an administration and wait for the next in 2023 or better still, leave it to God to fight for us, Insha Allah (After all, we are only good at fighting for God over religious matters only to ask God to fight for us when it comes to our rights) Rubbish, I hate nonsense

*Youth Engagement for Sustainable National Development* *by Dr. Laz Ude Eze* _A keynote speech for the International Youth Day (12th August) 2020 event organized by the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) and the Federal Ministry of Sports and Youth Development at thepalace of the Ooni of Ife, Ile Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. Delivered by Dr Laz Ude Eze – a public health policy and management specialist, sustainable development consultant, Founder of the African Youth Initiative on Population, Health and Development (AfrYPoD) and National Strategy Team Member of the Not Too Young To Run Movement._ Greetings with observance of protocols. It gives me a great joy to stand before the distinguished persons gathered here today to speak on an issue I am very passionate about – Youth and Sustainable Development! My first time at the Ooni’s Palace was in 2006 when we were led by Dr. Tokunbo Awe who was the President of the Nigerian Medical Students’ Association (NiMSA) to pay homage to the Ooni. I was then the Ag. President of the Federation of African Medical Students Associations (FAMSA) and we were at the Obafemi Awolowo University, here in Ife to discuss some very important issues of “medical students’ importance”. J We received some wise counsels from the late Ooni of Ife - Oba Okunade Sijuwade (may God rest his soul forever) some of which has helped to shape my life. It is heartwarming that the Ooni stool has sustained support for young people, and it worthy to note that Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has taken recognition and investment in young people to an unprecedented positive level. Kabiyesi, the youth in Nigeria celebrate you. Thank you so much. Let me start by defining some key terms in the topic of discussion. Who is a Youth? The United Nations defines a youth as persons (female and male) aged between 15 and 24 years. The Nigeria’s National Youth Policy 2018 defined it as persons aged between 15 and 29 years while the African Youth Charter put it as persons between 18 and 35 years of age. This means that by whatever definition you go with, any person who is 36 years old or more is no longer a youth. This includes me. What do we mean when we use the language, “Youth Engagement”? I will explain this with the help of some resources I got from ACT for Youth. “Youth engagement is the result when young people are involved in responsible, challenging actions to create positive social change. This means involving youth in planning and in making decisions that affect themselves and others. Youth engagement happens in youth-adult partnerships that are structured so that both groups contribute, teach, and learn from each other.” The event of today demonstrates that youth-adult partnership. It presents an opportunity for us (the adults) to teach and learn from the youths (NYCN) and vice versa. Activities like this should be happening often. Permit me to ask these questions; · Are Nigerian youths being engaged for actions? · What kind of actions are the youths being engaged to do? · How well are our youths being engaged for a positive action in various communities, states, nationally and globally? We have a situation where the word “Youth” has been so negatively characterized and projected especially in Nigeria. When the Ayodele Dada broke the UNILAG record at the age of 29 years in 2016 with a CGPA of 5.0, there was no much emphasis on his youthfulness, but when the 32 years old Ramon Abbas (a.k.a Hushpuppi) got arrested recently in Dubai for alleged fraud, the conversation was so much about how the “Youth” wants to make money overnight. When Mr. Osita Chidoka who was made a Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps at the age of 35 years – a position many believed he discharged creditably well, he rarely get referenced as a youth. But when Rt. Hon. Dimeji Bankole who became Speaker of the House of Representatives at the age of 39 years was accused of corruption in his early 40’s, the media was awash with the analysis on how the “youth” was incapable of leading well. Mr. Donald Duke got accolades for the Tinapa project but not much credit was given to the youth demography, he was elected governor at the age of 37 years. Conversely, many people who disagrees with the governance style of Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State use him as a metaphor for the alleged failure of the “youth” in governance. He was first elected at the age of 41 years. I can go on and on. Sometimes I ask these questions; why same negative generalization not done for the older generation many of whom have performed below expectations? Why do young people who are involved in cultism and drugs abuse find it easier to access political leaders than more responsible youths? My people say, nwata kwochaa aka ya ofuma, o soro okenye rie nri (meaning – if a child washes his/her hands well, s/he will dine with the elders). My experience in Nigerian politics suggests the opposite is happening. In many parts of the country, thugs are more likely to eat and dine with the political leaders than first class graduates or highly skilled young entrepreneurs. “Youth empowerment” is now a cliché for tokenism. Rather than harness the demographic dividends by investing sustainably in the youth, many leaders have reduced youth empowerment to sharing motorcycles, keke, wheel barrows, dashing out free money to praise singers, and other unsustainable investments. Little wonder the Youth Unemployment/ Underemployment rate is 55.4% (Q3, 2018) according to the National Bureau of Statistics. I am sure Covid-19 must have worsened the situation. This is a time-bomb and it has started exploding gradually! I would not want to dwell so much on analyzing the problems because we know them. Rather, I want to focus more on the solutions. I want to declare that I see hope for the Youth in Nigeria! It gives me hope that an eminent personality in the person of Kabiyesi – the Ooni of Ife has scaled up youth engagement for a positive action not only in Ile Ife or Yoruba nation but in the entire nation. Just 8 months ago, Kabiyesi gave awards to 100 Nigerian Youths through the Royal African Young Leadership Forum, an initiative created to celebrate exceptional Nigerian youths. Many of my friends like Timi Olagunju and Gideon Olanrewaju were recipients and I’m so proud of them. This demonstrates a proper understanding of the meaning of “youth engagement”. I see hope when I reflect on the hard work and passion I observe in young people across the 32 states I have been to in this country in the governance and health development activities. I see hope knowing that the youths in Nigeria are responsible for the economic progress in the ICT sectors, Nollywood and music industries. I see hope when I reflect on the outcomes of the strong advocacy we championed for youth inclusion in governance through the NotTooYoungToRun Campaign. Under the leadership of my good friend Mr Samson Itodo and other exceptional persons, the youth came together across the length and breadth of this country, spoke with one voice and achieved a reduction in age qualification for some elective offices in our constitution. Kabiyesi, your excellences and fellow comrades, it gives me hope that 71% of the 680 Nigerians who have registered so far as members of the #MakeOurHospitalWork Campaign – a citizen-led community-based social movement I started with some young patriots less than 2 months ago are between ages of 18 and 35 years (45% are between 18 and 29 years of age). Recognizing the adverse impact of Covid-19 on our health system, members of the movement are leading actions in their various communities to make the health facilities function optimally for the benefit of their people. Let me use this opportunity to encourage many youths in Osun State and across the country who are yet to join to do so via https:// makeourhsopitalwork.org. It is a free youth engagement platform for sustainable development of the Nigerian health sector. The youth are ready for positive engagement. They are ready to lead. They are ready to use their energies positively for national development. But unfortunately, the goal posts is being constantly being shifted as they approach the existing ones. Some persons in public service are either reducing their ages or pushing for an increase in retirement ages thereby forcing younger ones to drop their birth certificates and swear court affidavits to declare a younger age to enhance their employability chances. The worst among them are more involved in governance. Kabiyesi, Your excellences, the Hon. Minister and fellow Comrades, the Nigerian economy will witness accelerated growth when government at the local, state and federal levels do these; 1. Sustainable investment in Education to improve the quality of education at all levels. This can be achieved by employing quality teachers, ensure they are well motivated and trained regularly, provide a conducive learning environment and making it accessible to all. Scholarships should be provided to encourage academically brilliant students and awards to good performing teachers. Qualitative education shall prepare the youth to work effectively and efficiently in various sectors of the economy and to compete favourably with their peers anywhere in the world. 2. Sustainable investments in the health sector. Primary health care facilities should be strengthened and health insurance provided for all, especially the youth as a health population is a more productive population. 3. Empower young people with innovative skills in ICT – that’s the new oil. 4. Provide grants or low interest loans to the youths with business ideas. It will keep them busy and create more jobs. Investment in young girls and persons with disability should be a priority because they are disproportionately affected by the poor economy. 5. Provide mentorship for the youth by being good examples. While celebrating the youths in January, Kabiyesi the Ooni said, “If you don’t have it, it is like you don’t know where you are going. Mentorship is very key. You can’t just wake up and say I want to hammer. Nigerian youths have the social media as their biggest tool so we want to hear the success stories and prepare the grounds for those coming behind.” I agree with him absolutely with Kabiyesi. Mentoring from my older siblings and many other mentors inspired a village boy like me from Okposi, Ebonyi State to work very hard and becoming an influencer of national health policies and strong voice in the global health space. 6. Establish a good reward system that recognizes hardwork and celebrates the exceptional youths. Kabiyesi – the Ooni of Ife has started this. He didn’t give the awards o the highest bidders but to young people who deserve it. Other monarchs should emulate this. 7. Young people should be involved in every level of governance. There are youth in every village and community that are teachable and can be mentored to become great leaders. Let Nigeria stop treating its youth with disdain but make deliberate efforts to harness the demographic dividends. No youth policies should be made without youths on the table. 8. Finally, government must guarantee security of lives and properties. The senseless killings across the country are extremely unacceptable. Many youths watch their parents and loved ones being killed and dehumanized in many parts of the country. If these killings are not stopped, many youths may grow with so much anger that the country may struggle to contain in future. Kabiyesi, your excellences, fellow comrades, ladies and gentlemen, youth development is something I have lots of passion and experience and I can keep talking till tomorrow. I want to end this speech, but not without a few recommendations to the Youth in Nigeria through the National Youth Council of Nigeria. 1. Invest in yourself. If you want someone to help you and the person asks “what can you do?” what will your response be? If your response is “anything”, then you’re not ready. Every youth must have a skill and should market it confidently. Whether is fixing of phones, repairing of shoes, athletics, plumbing, graphics designs, writing, public speaking, community organizing, comedy, social media management, or any of the professional skills acquired in school or other vocational trainings. I have grown rapidly in my profession because I always make deliberate effort to invest in myself and learn from my mentors. From my village primary school with classrooms that lack windows and no functional toilets, I worked hard with support of family and mentors to acquire medical education at the University of Ibadan and Public Health Management training in Kentucky United States. Now, I can sit on any meeting in the health sector not primarily to take young people’s quota but largely in recognition of my professional competence. Now, I’m building one of the most influential health communication platforms in the country known as TalkHealth9ja. 2. Every young person should be an active citizen. We must all get interested and involved in governance and participate actively in community development. Start from what you’re most passionate about. I am very passionate about health and education and I have been taking actions in my community and anywhere I found myself. The first step I took was during my 19th birthday when I gave prizes to best students per class in a secondary school in my community. 10 years later, I called some friends together and we started the Okposi Education Initiative in Ebonyi State. About 15 of us contribute money annually to reward 3 most brilliant students per class in all 10 public secondary schools in our community. More than 1000 students have benefitted with lots of positive testimonies. While in Ibadan, I founded the HIV AIDS Prevention Promotion Youth (HAPPY) Club and it helped a great deal in campus-based HIV Advocacy and created lots of opportunities for me and other members as well. 3. The youth is more than two-thirds of the total Nigerian population. The youth have the numerical strength and energy to change this country for the better but this will not be possible when there is not unity of purpose. The first step is starting from within. Let NYCN, NANS and other youth groups fight a lasting solutions to the internal fights and factionalisation. If the youth don’t get it right, the country will never get it right. Let every young person join any political party of one’s choice and begin to influence decisions from there. Let the youth become champions for electoral reforms, participatory democracy and good governance starting from the various youth organisations. 4. Other youths of Africa expects leadership from their Nigerian counterparts. We are already doing this at smaller levels but there should be an intentional action to push and get things right in the continent. Finally, I want to give a big shout out to all the young men and women around the country who have been working very hard against all odds; who have been probably insulted or dehumanized because of their poor economic status but they keep pushing; those who may have tried and failed several times but are still keeping hope alive; those who have refused the temptation of engaging in bad habits like drug abuse or criminal acts; those who have refused to join criminal gangs who picked up arms against the state as a means of expressing their grievances; those who are learning skills and using them positively to make legitimate income; those who have adopted older men and women of integrity as mentors and living right to achieve their dreams; those who represent us well and win laurels for the country; those in the armed forces who put their lives on the line, fighting every day to protect the rest of us; and those youths who have paid supreme price in defense of this country. Greatest Nigerian Youths! Let everyone arise and contribute individually and collectively to the sustainable development of Nigeria - the only country we can call our own! Arise! Arise!! Arise!!! Arise o compatriots…… (Everyone sings the national anthem). *God bless the king! God bless your excellences. God bless all comrades. God bless every one of you. And may God continue to bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.*

I love the guy action. Truly an igboman. Let guy go. Corruption in Nigeria. Imagin the poor army treated like a slave in the camp of boko boys. Justice everyway to igbos

How Borno gov's security operatives foiled the attack on his convoy Boko Haram Attacks Convoy Of Borno Governor, Zulum, In Baga Boko Haram fighters on Wednesday opened fire on the convoy of Babagana Zulum, governor of Borno State, SaharaReporters has gathered. Security sources said that the insurgents attacked the convoy of Zulum at Baga town. The attack comes three months after Ali Modu Sheriff, a former governor of the state, was attacked by the sect along Maiduguri-Damaturu Highway. At least five persons including three policemen were killed in the incident.

This woman, you have to Wake-up' know where you belong. Because you're a single lady that why you can't fill the pain of others.

Thief Oshiomhole, you want someone that will thief EdO state money, then share the money with you. EdO state say no to God-fatherlism in your state.

I've said time without number that oshiomhole is looking for chip political relevant in EdO state because is political career in EdO is shaking. We don't need God-fatherlism in EdO state and in Nigeria in general. Enough is enough of God-fatherlism in Nigeria.

The election is a battle of pride.
Oshiomhole is like a wounded lion at
the moment. Having lost his position
as national chairman, which was
orchestrated by Obaseki, he believes
the governorship election presents an
opportunity for him to get his pound
of flesh at the governor.

APC IS LOOKING FOR EXCUSE TO RIG THE ELECTION. It due time to people of EdO state have to say capital NO To God fatherlism
in EdO state. That black Monek is tring to be political relevant in Nigeria, people of EdO state have to retire time in politics of EdO and Nigeria And as a whole.





















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All this death should serve as a lesson to all politicians that nothing is this world. As powerful as mallan IsA Funtia and all the money he made, the money couldn't save him when mr death visited him. the position of his death was too bad that he can't call his children to educate them about his weath and sharing formula. Money is not everything, all the connection, money, weath and his influence in mr buhari govt. Can't save him.

corruption I saved billions of dollars as finance minister says okonjo iweala. You are a woman of substance. Nigeria does not value what their have corruption I saved billions of dollars as finance minister says okonjo iweala. You are a woman of substance. Nigeria does not value what their have corruption I saved billions of dollars as finance minister says okonjo iweala. You are a woman of substance. Nigeria does not value what their have

Repentant boko haram swears oath of allegiance to nigeria. when this country will stop deceiving us. Which repentant book harm? If it is IPOP It could have ended by killing all, no form of negotiations that you will hear in any form. This a country that romance with Terrorists (boko haram) group using them as money making machine. Many GoD Help us in this country.

I wonder what ADAMS OShEMOYO will tell people of EdO STATE in this year election? Though he will come up with different lias to cover up. People of EDO STATE take note vote wisely. It high time we can vote of all this corrupt politicians that major to milk our reason. NiGERIA is dying everyday noT because GoD didn't bless us with all human and material reason but devil uncle came from Nigeria and his uncle was one time politicians in Nigeria before, because of this information our politicians can't change. Even if you are man of God when devil visit his uncle Nigeria in as much as you're in helm of affairs you must change. May God bless Nigeria.