kurt09:
Members of staff of the National Assembly, members of the press and other people have been asked to return to their houses by security operatives manning the gates of the National Assembly. Many people got to the National Assembly as early as 6: am but even lawmakers and top management staff of the National Assembly were also turned back. The police operatives at the gate popularly referred to as SGF gate, which many people turned to after they were blocked from the main gate, told people gathered that the inauguration has been called off. According to them, the order to shut down the assembly came from the FCT commissioner.

cc lalasticlala

https://m.facebook.com/LeadershipNGA/posts/999953220038701

Pls let's be careful what we report. Your post untrue. I just spoke with a staff of the Nat Assembly who says circulars were sent out that only staff on essential duties should be at work. They were accredited and given tags and appointed into committees! According to the source, no vehicles will be allowed in but rather buses have been provided to ferry visitors and staff into the complex. The order certainly was not from the FCT PC! Pls be guided accordingly!

ijustdey:



why do I keep having a problem believing this guy change in confession

Trust me, the police found out he wasn't part of them. Irrespective of what he said, they have done their own findings to come to that conclusion.
A pity he had to go through that...God alone knows!

The next assembly will be so much fun to follow. Many of them there are preaching change and in fact, many got elected based on CHANGE. Let's see if they will go there to talk change or it will be business as usual.
For Ben Bruce, he is not talking like a PDP man and hope he won't be sacked.

A correction to this story please: 2nd runner up is a pupil of Abesan Pry school in our own Mosan/Okunola and not Akesan as earlier sent. Boluwatife Tijani, a 12-year-old pupil of Araromi Primary School, Agege, on Wednesday emerged the winner in the 2015 Spelling Bee competition in Lagos State.

Tijani, a Primary Six pupil, competed with 56 other contestants representing the 20 local government areas and 37 local council development areas in the state in the competition held in Ikeja.

Ten-year-old Iretiola Ifaniyi, a Primary Five pupil of Methodist Primary School, Ibese, came second while 10-year-old Jonathan Arowodu of Abesan Primary School in Mosan/Okunola came third.

The winners received N150, 000, N100, 000 and N75, 000 respectively from the state government.

MuguliciousMUGU:
Lagos – Boluwatife Tijani, a 12-year-old pupil of Araromi Primary School, Agege, on Wednesday emerged the winner in the 2015 Spelling Bee competition in Lagos State.

Tijani, a Primary Six pupil, competed with 56 other contestants representing the 20 local government areas and 37 local council development areas in the state in the competition held in Ikeja.

Ten-year-old Iretiola Ifaniyi, a Primary Five pupil of Methodist Primary School, Ibese, came second while 10-year-old Jonathan Arowodu of Akesan Primary School came third.

The winners received N150, 000, N100, 000 and N75, 000 respectively from the state government.

Mrs Ronke Soyombo, Director-General, Office of Education Quality Assurance, said that the competition was aimed at developing the innate skills of pupils and students.

Soyombo said the competition had been able to fulfill the ultimate goal of creating healthy rivalry amongst students as well as drawing out their intellectual capabilities.

She said that the agency had already set in motion machineries aimed at improving the quality of education in Lagos.

The Director-General said that the competition was the brainchild of the former first lady of the state, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, the founder of New Era Foundation.

“The idea of spelling competition, conceived in 2006 to encourage academic excellence, was adopted by the Lagos State Ministry of Education.

“The competition has helped students/pupils improve their spelling skills, increase vocabulary and develop correct English usage,’’ she said.

According to her, it is also creating good reading habits that will lead to better academic performance and boost the confidence of participants.

She said this was with a view to preparing the pupils/students for future endeavours and igniting the spirit of competition among them.

Some of the winners who spoke to NAN commended the state government for introducing the competition.

Tijani said that she studied the dictionary very well in order to emerge the winner.

“I am very happy and excited, I always read my dictionary and I thank God that I won the first position.

“My parents are traders; they support me in all that I do.
“I will spend my money on my studies because I want to become a medical doctor,’’ she said.

Ifaniyi said that she read her English textbooks and dictionary everyday to improve her spelling ability.

“I am very happy for winning the second position; I won with the help of my parents and teachers.

“I thank my mother, she sells recharge cards and support me in everything I do,’’ she said.

The class teacher of Tijani, Mrs Olubumi Adewunmi, said she was happy with the success recorded by her pupil.

Adewunmi, an English teacher, said the competition had improved the performance of students.

“She has made our school proud today; this is the first time we are winning the competition.

“We expected her to win because we coached her very well for the competition.

“She is a very outstanding girl in the school, she participated in all activities in class,’’ she said.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/04/12-year-old-girl-wins-spelling-bee-competition-in-lagos/

cc lalasticlala

@lalasticlala : Please can you correct the 2nd runner up is from Abesan pry school in Mosan/Okunola and not Akesan as reported. Tnx.

Try your best to finish! Do programming as part time.
Good luck.

I expect GEJ to invite him and make the invitation part of his campaign. The young man has done well for himself. Congratulation to him.

yang:
Drone is very sensitive and should be heavily regulated. It is illegal to fly a drone over paris and it is not even legal to launch a drone strike on America soil. Nigeria needs to wake up and start regulating drones. These things are not ordinary toys, they can do real harm if armed.

It is illegal to fly a drone over Paris at NIGHT! During the day is accepted but should be registered or identified.
I agree with you that people's rights might be violated with the wrong use of this stuff and it should be regulated.

If you look well, you will see the camera and director.

RIP. It's a pity.

...and who told you it was not planned by the two gals? I don chop my own, go chop your own jor. Which big gal wants to stay married now when guys are dolling out cash per night?

TheRealMrStan:

This period seems not favourable to the career and personality of music star, Dapo Oyebanjo, popularly known as D’Banj.
In recent weeks, the entertainer has been bugged by various allegations of debts and decline in his creative talent.
The latest of this negative gist is about his accumulated unpaid rent in his Lagos, Nigeria, home.

A source close to D’Banj squealed to P.M.NEWS Entertainment Cafe that the singer has been having a running battle with his landlord over unpaid rent on his apartment which had even expired some months back.
The source said the landlord has even threatened to throw him out of the apartment if at the end of this year the embattled singer failed to meet up with his financial obligations.

The singer had recently took to his Twitter handle to denounce reports that he was broke and has incurred a huge debt.
When P.M.NEWS Entertainment Cafe ran into the artiste at an event held at The Blowfish Hotel on Victoria Island early this week, he avoided making comments on the issue, even after much persuasion.

http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2014/12/05/dbanj-may-be-evicted-over-unpaid-rent/

This is a very bad English, badly delivered. It makes it difficult to believe PM News wrote it. This however has nothing to do with the news.

TheRealMrStan:



http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2014/12/05/dbanj-may-be-evicted-over-unpaid-rent/

This is a very bad English, badly delivered. It makes it difficult to believe PM News wrote it. This however has nothing to do with the news.

The requirements way too much. It should have been open to all and any.
Meanwhile, uploading your cert. is so not right!

Send your CV to the email above please. You will be contacted. It's not a call me back vacancy.
Cheers.

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Oh my, a pity reading all the asthma experiences and challenges. It can be healed, I knew that a long time ago. Pls Holla if you wish to heal yours. It is well. Drop a call back number.

There was a time the LAWMA guys said Abesan is the dirtiest Estate in Lagos. We ( Abesan News) have reported and reported on this issue. There are some sectors with bushes, you won't want to imagine people are living there. What is actually wrong? While many are pointing to the people as non cooperative, I think the leadership should be largely responsible for what goes on there. The sector and central leadership I mean. The roads are so bad, some roads are not even motorable at all. And this is supposed to be the biggest Estate in West Africa? I am more convinced than ever that we need responsible people to take over the various leadership positions. The old glory of Abesan has to return!
This reply is from Abesan News
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FOLASADE ADEBAYO’s visit to Abesan Estate in the Ipaja area of Lagos reveals that environmental hazards reign supreme there

Thirty-one years after it was built, the Abesan low-cost housing estate, in Mosan-Okunola Developing Council, Ipaja, has lost most of the features that once made it attractive. The estate, constructed by the first civilian governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, is riddled with failed roads, flooded streets, and a sickening odour from leaking sewage tanks, putting residents at a high risk of a cholera outbreak.

During a visit by our correspondent on Friday, the estate had a general outlook of filth right from its gate. It did not get better with unsightly scenes of garbage sites. The once beautiful buildings, said to be more than 1,000 in number, now wear faded paint and are caked with greenish algae. Most buildings wear cracks and are crying out loud for repair.

Thriving areas of unplanned market stalls, football viewing centres and mushroom schools have sacked the buffer zones while power generators and water tanks belonging to residents litter the backyards in almost all parts of the estate. It was a disorderly sight that shocked visitors, though it appeared normal to the inhabitants.

According to the President, the Abesan Estate Residents Association, Mr. Samson Afolabi, no maintenance work has been carried out on the network of roads since Jakande left office.

“Ninety-five per cent of the culverts in the estate are blocked. I don’t normally accuse anybody, but the people at the helm of affairs only remember us when election approaches. We are under a local development council that does not care. Look at the state of our roads. We have been fighting tooth and nail to get the attention of the council to no avail,” he said.

The elderly Afolabi, a pensioner who has lived in the estate since 1984, also admitted that residents have lately resorted to self-help initiatives to create a measure of sanity. For instance, residents recently contributed N50,000 to buy tyres for vehicle belonging to the the local police patrol.

A micro water plant is still under construction in the estate, but Afolabi noted that residents had relied on well water for years. He also pointed to a Fire Service Station that has not been commissioned since its completion last year. The fact is that government’s presence is largely missing on the streets of the estate.

The chairman, Mosan-Okunola Development Council, Mr. Abdul Rasheed Mafe, however, put the sordid state of the estate down to paucity of funds to provide the sorely needed amenities. In a telephone interview with our correspondent, Mafe said it was erroneous to think local councils have enough money to work with. He lamented that his administration had had to live by a shoestring to keep the council financially afloat.

However, the council boss enumerated some of the highlights of his administration’s achievements, which include a primary school and community health centre in the estate.

Said Mafe, “People have the perception that local councils have money, but we don’t have. The most we realise at times is N1.2m. We don’t have markets. We have three estates, but they don’t pay to us. They pay to Land Use accounts.

“The resources we generate and collect from the state (government) is what we use in maintaining the estate. We have a primary school, which is built by my administration. Out of four walls that make the fence, we have been able to construct three based on the resources at our disposal.

“We have built a health centre and we are plastering it. It (Abesan Estate) is the biggest in Lagos and that is why we built the befitting health centre. The school fence would have been completed, we would have constructed more roads but for lack of money. The money we get, we immediately pay statutory funds like salaries. These facts can be verified. We are hampered by funds.”

The community however has a lot more to deal with than apathy from the government. There are internal wrangling and ego trips among residents, which usually delay prompt repair of common facilities such as septic tanks.

“I don’t have power to sanction anyone,” Afolabi said. “We are all landlords here. In fact, we call ourselves ‘tenantlords’. We have problem with those who bought the house. They feel superior to the original landlords. They don’t cooperate at all, that is why many of the buildings are in deplorable condition.”

Afolabi’s comments underscored the prevailing attitude of residents. There is still a sprinkle of rent-paying tenants in the estate, but the majority of the flats have been bought by some tenants who automatically become landlords, too. In the estate, it is not unusual for a block of six flats to have six landlords, making central administration an egotistic and tedious business.

The situation, our correspondent learnt, is further compounded by a comatose central sewage system, which has compelled residents of each block of flats to dig its own septic chambers and tanks. Findings by our correspondent also show that maintenance becomes a problem when the septic tanks cave in as the landlords would bicker on the quotation provided by service providers.

Sector 34, perhaps, has the largest number of rotting septic tanks and open waste chambers. Aside constituting a danger, especially to young residents who might fall into some of the open chambers, the telltale greenish waste water perpetually fouls the air in the environment.

The dirty environment has affected businesses and establishments in the area.   Genex Montessori Schools is located in a flat in one of the buildings in the sector. When our correspondent met the proprietress, Mrs. Aderonke Osho, on Friday, she was busy packing out of the area, helped by members of staff. Though the school is expanding, Osho said she was forced to leave as parents had started withdrawing their children from the school.

“We are expanding, but we would have loved to keep this location because most of the pupils live within this section. But the waste water from the septic tanks constitutes an environmental hazard and parents are complaining. The children march on it first thing in the morning before entering the school and during playtime they come out here. We don’t want to have an epidemic on our hands,’’ she said.

Osho further attributed the decadence in the environment to multiple tenancies and the inability to agree on common concerns.

An interesting scene played out at Block N8, in sector 34. With eight flats, the building is one of the shabbiest in the sector. Giant rats played hide-and-seek from the gaping cracks on the septic chambers in the basement, which has already leaked puddles of greenish waste water all over the area.

Our correspondent found that the easiest way to earn a reprimand was to ask to see a landlord. “What is the name of the landlord? You are coming to see someone and you don’t know the name? There are no landlords here. We are all landlords,” said a voice from flat 6.

Speaking with our correspondent, the chairman, Sector 34 residents association, Mr. Samuel Idowu, elucidated on the challenges and plans to give a facelift to the sector.

According to him, six blocks of flats in the sector have been served warning letters to discharge the waste oozing out daily from the septic tanks. He also noted that only one or two blocks had complied with his directive.

Idowu said, “We used to have a central sewer system but it was not functional. Later, individuals disconnected from it and started constructing soak ways. But they are not cooperative in some buildings. If anything involves money, it becomes a problem because most of us are pensioners. By the time they eventually call lorries to evacuate the waste, it would have started leaking. We have served them letters but only a few have complied.

“LAWMA officials come every Monday to evacuate the garbage. If you see any trash around, it is something we are keeping for next Monday. We are also planning to paint the buildings. Some of them have not been painted in the last 10 years. The cost of quality paint for three blocks is N98, 000. That is reasonable enough, but then you have to be patient with the landlords when it comes to money matters.’’

Respite may, however, be on the way as the state government has rehabilitated the central sewer network and constructed several manholes around the estate for the use of residents.

In a letter to the AERA last month, the state government said it would “no longer tolerate a situation where residents discharge raw wastewater into the public drains, such actions shall be sanctioned in accordance with the environmental laws of Lagos State.”. The letter, signed by the Head, Operations, Safety, Rehabilitation and Maintenance of Sewer Networks, Mr. Y.A.T. Gidado, urged the AERA, “to inform all those who have disconnected their residential blocks from the central sewer network, to, as a matter of urgency, reconnect back to the sewer network manhole closest to their blocks.”

In a telephone interview with our correspondent, the Commissioner for Housing, Mr. Bosun Jeje, said rehabilitation work would commence after the rainy season.

“Abesan estate is on our list, we are getting there. This is the rainy season and little or nothing can be done. But after the rainy season, rehabilitation will start. We don’t have a supplementary budget now, but if we have, the estate is on our list of estates that need to be renovated. The road network is being handled by the Ministry of Works,” he said.

Are you guys saying we shouldnt meet?
Then consider it canceled because i wont party alone!

Hi guys, I believe this is going to be the first Nairaland party.
Lets got diaaaaaa, lets have fun outside the internet for once, though we have the choice to remain anonymous still, the aim is to come together and talk about Nairaland and also have fun. We hope to talk about the different usernames we like, the ones we dislike, the ones we wish to shoot when we see, the funny threads, the unserious posters, the intelligent posters, guess the occupation of some posters and stuffs like that. Its sure going to be fun filled, we hope to have performances by the upcoming acts from the music section, comedy from the jokes department.
You can bet it will be a blast! Security is going to be tight. Please note that it is not a sex party like some people have tried to organize, I am not condemning the parties but this is not one!
The tentative date is August 8th September, 2009. 10a.m – 6pm. The date can still be changed to favor everyone. I think the time is ok except people prefer an all night affair. If you can bankroll the project, please contact me on 07092250545
I do hope to include Etisalat so every attendant can go home with a sim park and recharge cards, there will be draws too and something good will be won. I can bet you it will be great. Please if anyone works in Etisalat or know how we can reach them, call me with the info please on 07092250545. I also wish to involve a brand like Guinness or Smirnoff Ice to be the official drink. Please contact if you can help us with this too.
A standard Disc Jockey will be in the house and its going to be tight!
The venue is most likely going to be Ikeja (Airport Hotel) so as to be fair on all, people coming from highland and mainland can meet at the centre.
Gate fee is for now pegged at N2, 500 per individual, flat! Either you are boy or girl. But might be free if we get someone to bankroll the project. I know we have many people on this forum who can pay for us all.
By God’s grace, we wont fail on this. If no sponsor comes, it will still hold.
The party will soon be on facebook events.

We also hope Seun will honor us with his presence. We will take care of his travel expenses if he chooses to attend.

all discussions should be directed to this thread: https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-283464.0.html#msg4021073

Hi guys, I believe this is going to be the first Nairaland party.
Lets got diaaaaaa, lets have fun outside the internet for once, though we have the choice to remain anonymous still, the aim is to come together and talk about Nairaland and also have fun. We hope to talk about the different usernames we like, the ones we dislike, the ones we wish to shoot when we see, the funny threads, the unserious posters, the intelligent posters, guess the occupation of some posters and stuffs like that. Its sure going to be fun filled, we hope to have performances by the upcoming acts from the music section, comedy from the jokes department.
You can bet it will be a blast! Security is going to be tight. Please note that it is not a sex party like some people have tried to organize, I am not condemning the parties but this is not one!
The tentative date is August 8th September, 2009. 10a.m – 6pm. The date can still be changed to favor everyone. I think the time is ok except people prefer an all night affair. If you can bankroll the project, please contact me on 07092250545,
I do hope to include Etisalat so every attendant can go home with a sim park and recharge cards, there will be draws too and something good will be won. I can bet you it will be great. Please if anyone works in Etisalat or know how we can reach them, call me with the info please on 0709225054507092250545. I also wish to involve a brand like Guinness or Smirnoff Ice to be the official drink. Please contact if you can help us with this too.
A standard Disc Jockey will be in the house and its going to be tight!
The venue is most likely going to be Ikeja (Airport Hotel) so as to be fair on all, people coming from highland and mainland can meet at the centre.
Gate fee is for now pegged at N2, 500 per individual, flat! Either you are boy or girl. But might be free if we get someone to bankroll the project. I know we have many people on this forum who can pay for us all.
By God’s grace, we wont fail on this. If no sponsor comes, it will still hold.
The party will soon be on facebook events.

We also hope Seun will honor us with his presence. We will take care of his travel expenses if he chooses to attend.

hey guys,pls whats the new browsing software for zain? freegate aint working here pls.

For anyone interested,i have a fairly used laptop for sale.
the main configuration is as follows,
intel pentium M 740 processor, 1.73GHz,
512 MB RAM and 60 GB hard drive. you should know the rest.
you can contact me for that too.
please,the office space is important to me.
thanks.

hi all, i need an office space of a big room around ikeja please, i can only afford one year rent for now.
anyone who has access to office space should please get in touch through this thread or call or text 08060168303. thanks. i'm counting on your support.

Hey guys, still wanna play chess?

hmmm richlaw,how can you share?
do you guys also remember superted? (found something wrong with him,threw him away like a piece of rubbish,sporty man came from outer space,used his cosmic powers,brought him to life.etc),fraggle rock, terra hocks--etc,growing up was fun in the afternoons!
i just hope the kids of now are enjoying something!

thanks man

I told the guy to call me before i pay,i rapped him that hsbc is a big bank and should be able to afford calls,he called me with a bad british accent ,also hid his number! I told him to call me again with his number revealed,he hasn't called since then! i am waiting-----wish i could catch this guys,haba!