Do they look like friends in that picture? The picture shows two sworn enemies.

Daeylar:


very true, it's necessary to learn, but do we ever

Please may i know if you are Nigerian? I always thought you were south African,

Proud Nigerian and lover of SA. Thanks for verifying.

Flexherbal:
I can talk about another country, our own dey ground.

You know there are things you can learn from other countries. This wouldn't have happened in Nigeria. We haven't even gotten to the stage where anybody can contemplate a 'motion of vote of no confidence.' against a President. This is the 8th time Zuma has been subjected to such a vote. It's important we follow what happens in other climes in terms of maturity of democracy and see what we can learn.

President Zuma has survived a motion of no confidence vote in parliament. President Zuma won the vote by 198-177 allowing him to remain President. There were 9 abstentions.

ANC MPs were singing and dancing in Parliament after the votes were announced.

This is the 8th time President Zuma would survive a motion of no confidence vote.

Members of the South Africa's parliament cast their votes on a motion of no confidence vote on President Jacob Zuma. The case for a no confidence vote was championed mainly by opposition party MPs over corruption allegations against the President while Jacob Zuma banked on ANC MPs to survive the 'vote of no confidence motion.' This will be the 8th attempt to oust President Zuma from the presidency but he has survived the previous attempts. This time around, however, the voting was by a secret ballot which may have allowed some ANC MPs vote against the President. But Zuma still survived at the end of the day.

If the motion of vote of no confidence had succeeded, the speaker of Parliament would have assumed the position of Acting President.

As a keen follower of SA politics, and having watched it live, this is my own citizen report.

Cc: Lalasticla, Mynd44, Seun


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE321FhB9pA

Atiku and his pure water

Story. Fake gods of men.

The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday revealed that the Muhammadu Buhari administration begged Agriculture Minister, Audu Ogbeh, to join the government.

Mr. Osinbajo made this remark at the Nigerian Initiative for Economic Development held at the Banquet Hall, State House, Abuja.

The acting president, while unveiling the potentials in the Nigerian economy, said apart from power and other economic investment areas, there is huge investment potential in the Nigerian Agricultural sector.

He, however, jocularly said Mr. Ogbe, was literally begged to join the government, adding that he was enjoying the wealth made from his agriculture investment.

“You heard the Minister of Agriculture talking about agriculture and the sad poem. By the way, I took the poem from him. This is a poem about how miserable it was at the time. Let me assure you that Chief Audu Ogbeh became very wealthy in the farming business,” he said.

“We literarily had to beg him to come into government because he seemed to be enjoying his wealth a little too much. But the truth of the matter is that the agric sector is a massive, massive sector.

“There was a Mexican who came to Nigeria; he is one of the big banana farmers, banana and pineapple farmers, and he is still in Nigeria. He is in eleven states now. He came in on the invitation of some Nigerians who wanted to export bananas.

“They wanted him to come in here, grow banana and export them. But what happened? After a while, they found that he wasn’t interested in exporting anything at all. When they asked him why, he said: “Look, I’m selling this stuff here. I’m making more money here than exporting it. Every one of these bananas I’m selling; every one of the pineapples I’m selling. He is still very happy with the market and the market is growing. The market is right here, this is the kind of place where you really just have to be here!”

The acting president explained further that Nigeria, with the size of its economy, is a huge investment market in Africa, adding that Lagos economy is almost six times of Rwandan economy.

“My friend is from Rwanda. Rwanda is a very lovely country and Paul Kagame is an incredible individual doing really good things in that country and I believe that the country will do great things,” he said.
“But compare Rwanda to Nigeria in terms of just the size of the economy. We have 36 states in Nigeria. Lagos alone which is the commercial nerve centre is six times the economy of Rwanda.

“So, really when you compare some of these things people say ‘Oh! I want to go to there; I want to go here…Yeah!’ It’s okay. But the truth of the matter is that if you are really serious about investing in Africa, this is where you have to come to.

“This is absolutely where you must come to. There is no other place,” he added.

He also expressed excitement about the partnership being built with the Nigerian Initiative for Economic Development NIED, adding that the government will facilitate regular engagement with stakeholders on a regular basis.

“We should not lose focus. I like the idea of investors knowing that the reason why you are coming to Nigeria is not to help Nigeria. You will ultimately end up helping Nigeria, but the reason why you are coming here is because this is a good place to do business.

“And that is the only thing that should interest us and focus our minds. Ultimately, we will help our country, but first and foremost, this is a very, very good place to do business and it is going to be a profitable place—and very profitable for all of us.”

Source: http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/239513-begged-audu-ogbeh-join-buhari-administration-osinbajo.html

The federal government on Monday released the full list of the 27 key industries and products included in the revised list of ‘pioneer status’ incentives for prospective investors.

At the end of the meeting of the Executive Council of the Federation, FEC, last week, the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Okechukwu Enelamah, disclosed the approval given to the 27 industries.

Mr. Enelamah did not, however, list the 27 industries.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, later confirmed that the creative industry was among the 27.
Earlier, the trade and investment ministry announced the lifting of the administrative suspension on processing pioneer status incentives, PSI, applications for prospective investors in the country.

Some of the benefits of the pioneer status include tax relief, mainly for corporate income tax.

Here is the full list of the 27 industries to enjoy the pioneer status.

Mining and processing of coal;
Processing and preservation of meat/poultry and production of meat/poultry products;
Manufacture of starches and starch products;
Processing of cocoa;
Manufacture of animal feeds;
Tanning and dressing of Leather;
Manufacture of leather footwear, luggage and handbags;
Manufacture of household and personal hygiene paper products;
Manufacture of paints, vanishes and printing ink;
Manufacture of plastic products (builders’ plastic ware) and moulds;
Manufacture of batteries and accumulators;
Manufacture of steam generators;
Manufacture of railway locomotives, wagons and rolling stock;
Manufacture of metal-forming machinery and machine tools;
Manufacture of machinery for metallurgy;
Manufacture of machinery for food and beverage processing;
Manufacture of machinery for textile, apparel and leather production;
Manufacture of machinery for paper and paperboard production;
Manufacture of plastics and rubber machinery;
Waste treatment, disposal and material recovery;
E-commerce services;
Software development and publishing;
Motion picture, video and television programme production, distribution, exhibition and photography;
Music production, publishing and distribution;
Real estate investment vehicles under the Investments and Securities Act;
Mortgage backed securities under the Investments and Securities Act; and
Business process outsourcing.

Source: http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/239472-breaking-nigerian-govt-announces-27-industries-to-enjoy-tax-break-under-pioneer-status-full-list.html

urheme:
OP, this is a good lamentation.

Religion is no longer credible because a lot of bad and stolen money is involve.

I agree with you, this area need to be regulated.

I Began to wonder!!!!!....if this was how missionaries ran churches...who will believe in God
The Church has committed so many offenses....deceit, misappropriation, cheating, robbery,criminal negligence, Bribery and corruption, criminal omissions and a whole lot more.

Because missionary ran schools My father's generation were able to go to school,.....but now poor Nigerians cannot even afford the schools set up by churches..........but thank Our Government ran schools too, majority of us were able to afford..... our Government is more charitable and more benevolent than the religious body.

No body will build anything and dash Govt...yet we want free everything.....let us start paying all those tithe, seed of faith, sacrificial giving, first fruit and all that it is......Govt will manage these fund better.......there should be a regulation to remove the control of monies and properties from the hands of the so call Religious.

Make Religion unprofitable....and see the true prophets

You're right. Churches definitely made more meaningful impact in the past.

felixomor:

You are the one
Beating around the bush,
After u were caught trying to push your agenda with the murder of people in a church.

Talking about agenda, you sound quite pathetic. You leave the elephant in the room and keep harping on frivolities.

felixomor:

I simply advocated for proper investigation before writing. That same article clearly says police are investigating.
But u wont read deep.
I have never seen mysterious murder that was completely investigated within hours, let alone in Nigeria.

Dont let that irk you.
Everyone can deduce from the timing of your writing, what u have in mind.

I will rather tell you to be thoughtful before opening threads based on your assumptions.

You're beating about the bush. The larger issue being discussed is religion, corruption and national development. That's what you should be discussing not rhetorics.

asuustrike2009:

You're driving a point but post now that most persons are mourning. Do you add fire to already existing smoke? Don't you think the smoke should quench before lighting up fire

After mourning, what next? Mourning does not solve the problem in any way. You must reflect as you mourn. The real question is how do you prevent incidents like this from re-occurring. And my post is not focused on the ugly incident per se but the broader issue of religion, corruption and national development. That's what you should be discussing, not being emotional.

felixomor:
Nobody knows the identity of the killers yet
Investigation has not even been concluded

Yet You already assume to know the reason behind the killings.

Wehdone!

I do not need to know the identity of the perpetrators to share my thoughts on what I think is a larger national problem beyond the massacre. Be thoughtful in your comments, don't just comment for the sake of it.
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/239400-anambra-church-shooting-death-toll-rises-police-confirm-attack-linked-igbos-living-abroad.html

asuustrike2009:

Why would use the massacre to drive your point. Must you wait till bad thing happens before writing an article of this nature. Most writers in this forum are fun of waiting till bad things happen to post interesting article.

Events provoke thoughts. Didn't you get that part? I'm trying to strike at the heart of the matter and not just display emotions as you're doing.

asuustrike2009:
Why didn't you write this article since? Why wait till now when people are mourning to post this? What do you want to gain from this ?

I'm not gaining anything. I have already stated that the massacre warranted this. Events provoke thoughts. There wouldn't be mourning in the first place if the church had not accepted a building donation from a fraudulent source. What those guys did was to send a message to the guy they were after. This is a broad subject matter and we are looking at a bigger picture. This is not a thread for a fight. If you don't have a meaningful contribution to make, you will be wasting space here.

This is not an attack on religion but an attempt to get to the heart of the subject matter of religion in Nigeria.

The massacre in the Anambra church has warranted this.

I daresay that if the so-called criminal called Bishop had not made that building donation to the church, this massacre would have been avoided. They were sending a message to him. The fact that he is the donor of the church while owing them explains why they cowardly carried out the dastardly act. Religious institutions are fuelling crime and corruption by accepting criminal donations and praying for criminal donors.

Religious institutions are fond of accepting donations even when they know the sources of funding are questionable. Churches now do bazaars and launchings when they know politicians will be in church. Criminals and very corrupt people have adopted a new model: steal as much resources as you can, donate part of the proceeds to a church/mosque, get your conscience massaged and then repeat the cycle.

We just saw the case of Sokoto State buying a N700 million building for the Sultan from the funds that's meant for paying workers. Note that the Sultan already owns this building and they are just buying it back from him with public funds.

We saw the mess that CAN was under Oritsejafor and we all remember the N7 billion election scandal.

Manufacturers face challenges with getting forex for their transactions but forex for pilgrimage is readily available and heavily subsidised.

Religious institutions are part of the corruption problem in Nigeria. We need reforms in the way we see and practise religion in this part of the World or we would keep moving in circles.

Individuals are now building and donating churches and mosques in different parts of Nigeria while mass poverty remains pervasive.

In 2013, former President Goodluck Jonathan travelled to Mpu, in Aninri local govt of Enugu State to commission a gigantic church built and donated by Sen. Ike Ekweremadu. Nobody questioned the source of funding. Just beside this gigantic church was a dilapidated primary school not even fit enough for pigs.

We are not heading anywhere with this grand conspiracy of the elite across all strata of society to subjugate the masses. My take is that we need to regulate the funding of religious bodies and we need sound regulation for the activities of NGOs in the manner that the UK Charities Commission operates.

Take back your country Nigerians!

Cc: Mynd44 Lalasticla

attackgat:
This story is strange. Why would the gun men open fire on people in the church if the person they were looking for was no longer there?

They were sending a message to him. Religious institutions are fuelling crime and corruption by accepting criminal donations and praying for criminal donors. The fact that he is the donor of the church while owing them explains why they cowardly carried out the dastardly act. We need to regulate the funding of religious institutions and other NGOs in Nigeria because they are a part of the corruption problem we have.

Emergency drainage after the damage has been done. This will not go far. The best you can get with this is that you redirect the flood to another area or street but nothing would really change. All these cities have master plans which have been grossly violated. Restore the original master plans and you will have peace.

Northern leaders are just using public resources to service private individuals. Yesterday, Tambuwal buys N700 million house for Sultan in Abuja (a house that belongs to the Sultan already). Today, Dankwambo splashes millions of public resources to host a birthday event for a billionaire. And yet extreme poverty predominantly remains a Northern phenomenon.
Young and poor Northerners, take back your region from this callous elite of yours!

The implication is that no serious security checks were carried out before clearing these guys for the appointment. The godfathers just recommended and appointments were handed out. Quite pathetic.

The debating team is made up of both Anambra and Ebonyi States and yet you have only Anambra in the headline. Besides, they are representing Nigeria, why not say 'Nigerian students'

'All Nigerians should love their country'

Well, the country has to merit the love in the first place.

sosy25:
Here are three videos. I hope you would be okay with these videos.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VijSQFDXQgQ


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyJN8f5nTYU


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0MOy96TrVw

Thanks Sochy.

eyeview:
I wonder how long it will take people to realize that John Fashanu is just nothing but a scammer with a foreign accent

You're very right.

ipobarecriminals:
those bastards probably threatened her family

It's not her family. They use very addictive drugs like heroin to get these kids to do this. Probably, promising them heroin after a suicide mission is accomplished. If you look at her, you will know she is under the influence of hard drugs.

IamaNigerianGuy:


He came like a thief in the night, his mission unclear. No foreigner will solve Nigeria's problems. Take that to the bank.

Did you really read my post? I did not allude to any foreigner solving Nigeria's problems. Has he finished solving Google problems? I am saying that with or without government, a lot of young people in Nigeria have taken their destiny into their hands and what is driving this self-empowerment in the absence of governance is the internet and technology. If the CEO of the leading internet and technology firm is coming to Nigeria, the least they could have done was to live stream the events so that young technology and internet enthusiasts in Nigeria who were not invited will follow the proceedings and be inspired. It is not Omotola or any Nollywood actress that will use those Google products they launched. It is me and you.

asuustrike2009:
That's true

I also agree with the write-up. You need to come to the University of Cape Town. It's comparable to any western university. Within 3 months of schooling here, I met and got the complimentary cards of two senior people from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund who came to speak in my department. To be real, school pass school o.

The opportunities you can tap into as a student are unlimited. Yet people, go and spend thousands of pounds in UK and are sent back immediately they graduate. Going to UCT made me know you could get more for less and that there are immense opportunities in Africa if only you can receive the right training and is in the right place.

YourImaginaryBF:
that you don't have access to it doesn't mean there's no video.

The lack of access is exactly my point. Should it be difficult to access the videos? Why was the event not live-streamed? Should we be begging to access videos from what is supposed to be a launch of products for the public? Or are the celebrities at the event the only ones that will use the products. If you have the video of him speaking at the launch of the products, please share. I don't mean a video of him visiting the Minister.

I'm very disappointed that there is no video on the internet or youtube of Google CEO, Sundar Pichai's visit to Nigeria. Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba was in Kenya and Tanzania and the sessions were live-streamed on youtube.

What is the take away from this visit if young and aspiring technology enthusiasts from different parts of Nigeria and elsewhere who were not present at the sessions cannot watch the proceedings?

I actually saw this as a good opportunity for us to showcase to the World the emergence of Nigeria as a technology hub in Africa and to put our technology companies like CcHub, Andela etc on the global spot light. And to tell the world that our young people have taken charge of their own lives.

It's unfortunate Nigerians cannot even get to watch the sessions not to talk of the world.

It comes out sweeter with this method.

Why are there no videos from the sessions? Jack Ma was in Kenya and Tanzania only last week and the videos flooded youtube. What do people that are not physically present at the sessions benefit without videos?

I definitely agree with him on looking inwards, improving local content and promoting made in Nigeria. My frustration is that it cannot be done by coercion and this government is not leading by example. The Honourable Minister should use incentives to drive the kind of behavioural change he envisages.