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cstr1000:
Developing countries grow at the rate of 5% atleast. That is because there is a lot of avenues for growth unlike Developed Economies.
China grew for over 15% consistently in 10-20 years before they became an economic powerhouse.
Nigeria as at 2014 was growing at the rate of 6-7%. Even then, it was too small.

1.4% is too poor. Nearly insignificant.

But China did not start to grow from 0.5% to 15% within one quarter.
In fact a jump from 0.7% (2017 Q2 GDP growth) to 1.4% (Q3 2017 GDP growth) , is a 100% increase. What matters is sustaining the growth rate over time. Nigeria will hit 15% in few years, if we continue on the growth path.

ashjay001:
Going by ur request;

In 2013, 26%(442,242) of 1.7m voted.

In 2017, 21.4%(448,771) of 2.1m voted.


A difference of 5% was noticed, with both years averaging less than 30% voting of eligible voters.


Objectively, who do u think has d lame argument!

But if you factored in votes inflation when no card reader was used during the 2013 gubernatorial election, you will admit that the 2017 figure is more valid.

.

Obiano scored 180,178 votes in 2013 to become victorious and become Governor, while he scored over 234,000 votes in 2017 to win the election.
Total votes casted in 2013 is 442,242 while total votes casted in 2017 is 448,771

So all the noise about election boycott is just hot air and empty chest beating by a inconsequential, but very loud minority from within and outside the state


2013 Election Results on INEC Website:

http://www.inecnigeria.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/ANAMBRA-SUMMARY-OF-RESULTS-AND-DECLARATION-for-website.pdf

Female erection observers. Ngwanu.

Yyeske:
Let us wait to the end of voting to decide how high or low the turnout was

We know how many votes Obiano scored in 2013, so we will compare it with the winners vote today. Despite rigging and votes inflation then.

David160:
lolx where is Nnamdi kanu, our people are voting.... shame on Ipob

No lefelendum no erection.lol

It's about time.

Tinubu to Buhari: Nigeria must move towards true federalism
Posted By: Augustine Ehikioya, Abuja On: November 16, 2017


The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on Thursday said that Nigeria must urgently move towards true federalism.

He spoke in Abuja while unveiling the book ‘Making Steady, Sustainable Progress for Nigeria’s Peace and Prosperity’ at the old Banquet Hall of the State House.

The 360 page book is a mid-term scorecard on the President Muhammadu Buhari administration and put together by Presidential Media Team.

Tinubu, who was the Special Guest of honor at the occasion, also insisted that Nigeria can’t grow without robust industrial capacity in the country.



Stressing that President Buhari administration has changed the story of Nigeria for good in the last two years; he maintained that Nigeria is now more prosperous than it was two years ago.

“The good that you have started, do it more.” he told the President.

According to him, the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan won gold medal in corruption.

He said that so much money grew feet and ran faster than Jamaican runner, Usani Bolt, under Jonathan’s administration.

The money that should have been spent on development, he noted, was squandered in ways that could cause the devil to blush.

He said “The prior government used the public treasury as a private hedge fund or a charity that limited its giving only to themselves.



“So much money grew feet and ran away faster than Usain Bolt ever could. That which could have been spent on national development was squandered in ways that would cause the devil to blush.

“One minister and her rogues’ gallery picked the pocket of this nation for billions of dollars. While poor at governance, these people could give a master thief lessons in the sleight of hand. In governance, they earned a red card but in corruption l, they won the gold medal.

“It was not that our institutions had become infected by corruption. Corruption has become institutionalized”.

According to him, corruption has been won as President Buhari has set an axe to what he called, “the root of this dangerous tree.”

He noted that gone are the times when a minister can pilfer billions of dollars as easy as plucking a piece of candy from the table.

Tinubu said “We have much to do to combat this disease. Not only must we track down the takers. In the long term, we must review the salaries of public servants and create universal credits for our people to reduce temptation.”

http://thenationonlineng.net/tinubu-buhari-nigeria-must-move-towards-true-federalism/

At Ikoyi passport office, old things pass away
— 12th November 2017
•Fresh breath into the facility leaves applicants, immigration personnel happy

By Cosmas Omegoh



“Everyone is happy with the new development here. Things have changed significantly for the better; we are all happy for it.”

“Time,” it is often said “changes everything.” This is a dictum that has defied the ages. It comes through as a social constant, firm as the tree’s root that clutches the soil. Indeed, time makes things new.

At the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) Ikoyi, Lagos, aka Passport Office, things are changing dramatically for the better. It is difficult to believe it. It might sound like bunkum to anyone who, months ago, drank to the dregs the sour wine of chaos that the department brewed. It was one experience anyone would wish never to relive.

I had gone for passport reissue at the office early in the year and the experience was a bitter one. Perhaps others who walked that path about the same time have similar sad tales.

My visits to the office were phenomenal. I met people vexed by the process, the people, the facilities, everything. On each occasion, tempers flared sky-high. Hundreds of people who thronged the office had reasons to be outraged. That account was published on this page recently.

But months after, things have changed. The Ikoyi Passport Office many knew is no more; the old order has passed away. On its ruins now stands a new one.

Many passport applicants who probably knew the state of things in that department months ago can testify to that. Time indeed, changes things for the better. Its powerful, scouring water has magnificently taken care of things at Ikoyi. Call it a miracle; that is the reality now.

On this occasion, this reporter had accompanied a friend wishing to renew his passport. We had hoped for a tall order, so we prepared for the worst. Do you blame anyone who did?

As soon as we alighted from the vehicle, we braced up for the dramatic.

The first shocker that greeted us was the absence of the army of touts that everyone used to know. They usually formed a ring around the gate. Months ago, you would think you were walking into Jankara Market. They would besiege you asking: “Oga do you need passport; I will give you better price.”

Perhaps they have all found new jobs elsewhere; perhaps they have been completely dislodged – routed – your guess is as good as mine.

As we moved into the compound, we beheld a new security post, sparkling in the warm morning sun. It was manned by some courteous personnel who warmly welcomed and screened us with their security gadgets. Then we passed a turnstile as part of the security measures now in place. Then we saw, to our left, a customer service desk assisting applicants who had no idea of what to do. It was not there months ago.

Above us was a beautiful signboard announcing “Welcome to Ikoyi Passport Office,” signposting the new lease of life at the NIS office. A wiry man sporting some admixture of black and grey beards was descending a scaffolding; he had gone up to fix the letter “K” in the “Ikoyi” on the signboard, which had given way. He introduced himself as “Edwin Bani, a steel fabricator.”

“Oga (refereeing to the new henchman of the passport office, who I later learnt was Mr. Segun Adeoye, a Deputy Comptroller of Immigration) had insisted that I fix back the letter ‘K.’ He said he didn’t want visitors to this place to think that Ikoyi is now ‘I-oyi.’

“He said that the missing letter had the capacity of sending the wrong signal to people. He is such a man of order, perfect in what he does,” Bani said, firing our curiosity without knowing it.

As we made our way into the compound, there was no longer the usual crowd of loitering passport applicants. A small, well appointed edifice now housed visitors and applicants waiting to begin their passport application process all by themselves. It was built by a new-generation bank, perhaps as part of its corporate social responsibility effort. Where the building stood used to be a run-down vehicle garage.

As we sought to make payment, we discovered to our surprise that Skye Bank Plc whose office within the premises used to be inside a degrading, improvised container, now had a magnificent office rich in prestige and dignity. Wow!

Just then, we ran into a senior officer we used to know; he was prepared to speak about developments at the office but on the condition of anonymity. Then he became my guide. He took me to a new, air-conditioned, applicants’ waiting lounge. He also showed me a new conference centre; it was not there some months ago. Beside it was a canteen for everyone who needed food. It was not there the last time I visited.

Then pointing to the building to my right, he said: “What you are seeing there is a clinic for Ikoyi Passport Office. This is the first time we are having this. Shortly after it was completed by the new Deputy Comptroller of Immigration (DCI), it was commissioned by the Comptroller-General of Immigration, Mr. Muhammed Babandede, himself. He was impressed on the day he visited and said kind words for the man here. This place used to be a vehicle garage,” he said.

Drawing closer, I discovered that the facility was inaugurated on September 27, 2017. It had a doctor’s consulting clinic, a pharmacy and waiting room, among other, facilities open to applicants and NIS personnel.

My guide continued: “Sometime ago, we used to have casualties on our hands. Some applicants used to faint while waiting to have their applications processed. Now, in case that happens, we have a clinic where people can be treated.

“Now, as part of the new measures to improve a lot of things here, the DCI has constructed two waiting lounges for applicants. The new, big shed there was completed recently to accommodate more applicants.

“To be honest with you, every day, we attend to a minimum of 750 applicants. Managing that number in a compact place like this is not an easy task. We need space.

“To ensure that we cope with rising demands for passports, the DCI and all of us work 24 hours, seven days a week. That is the new order he has put in place.

“He assumed duty here early in the year. But he has achieved so much within a short while. Now, applicants get new passports in three days as long as there are no issues involved.



“First, you come in and do your biodata capture, next day, you pick up your passport provided the process doesn’t have any challenge. The oga here is committed to operational efficiency.

“We now produce passports through the private partnership arrangement. It now takes a maximum of 24 hours to produce a new passport here. Averagely we produce 500 passports every day.”

He disclosed that the NIS office now had more generators, pointing at new ones in a corner of the compound still in their cases. He insisted that things had indeed changed.

Some of the challenges that delay passport issuance, I learnt, could be caused by the applicants themselves. They could be mistakes arising from misspelt names, places and dates of birth and photo issues. Delay can also come as the officers seek to exercise due diligence in ensuring that Nigerian passports don’t fall into the wrong hands and ensuring that criminals don’t get multiple passports; the list is long. Some of the issues, could only be addressed at the NIS headquarters in Abuja.

Just as we savoured the new-look Ikoyi Passport Office, a six-footer officer gingerly stepped out from one of the buildings accompanied by a few aides. He was the new helmsman, Mr. Segun Adegoke, gentle, trim, handsome. Then, an applicant, a woman of about 60 years stormed out from nowhere, attempting to knell before him in gratitude.

“Thank you very much sir; the matter has been resolved sir…”

The immigration boss would not take it. He quickly reached out and lifted the woman up.

“You don’t need to do that Ma,” he said. “If the matter has been resolved, all of us are happy; we are here to serve you,” he said as tears welled up in my eyes.

I promptly shot forward, introduced myself and sought to interview him. He welcomed the idea warmly but reminded me that he was a civil servant.

Then Dr. Muiz Banire, the All Progressives Congress legal adviser, emerged. He was at the facility on account of his passport. He expressed delight with the fresh breath at the office.

“This place is now wonderful,” he said. “I’m delighted with the new development we are seeing here. I’m particularly impressed that touting has been eliminated.

“But I want to call on the NIS headquarters to deploy more machines here to cope with the rising number of applicants.”

Then maverick, afrobeat musician, Dede Mabiaka, sauntered out. He too had kind things to say about the transformation at Ikoyi Passport Office: “Everyone is happy with the new development here. Things have changed significantly for the better; we are all happy for it.”

http://sunnewsonline.com/at-ikoyi-passport-office-old-things-pass-away/

Ogogoro Master... See as different kind of kain kain filled the table...

Chop the head of your life..

But GEJ was not deceiving them when he visited as. President. Onye bornobos

Court freezes N350m allegedly traced to Patience Jonathan
Posted By: Joseph Jibueze On: November 14, 2017

The Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday granted an order temporarily freezing N350million allegedly traced to wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience.

The money is in an account domiciled in Stanbic IBTC, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said.

Justice Hadiza Rabiu-Shagari granted EFCC’s ex-parte application filed by its lawyer Mr Rotimi Oyedepo.

The commission said the money was allegedly transferred to a company’s account while Mrs Jonathan was serving as a Permanent Secretary in Bayelsa State between 2012 and 2013.



The commission alleged that the former first lady “unlawfully enriched” herself with the money.

In a supporting affidavit to the application, an investigating officer at EFCC, Musbahu Yahaya, said the commission received “a cogent, direct and positive intelligence report” that a company, AM-PM Global Network Limited, was in possession of proceeds of the unlawful act and retained it in an account.

He said, between June 20, 2012, and November 15, 2013, the company fraudulently received N1,206,950,000 via its Diamond Bank account, numbered 0026718889.

EFCC said the money was “proceeds of unlawful enrichment derived by Mrs Dame Patience Jonathan who was then a Permanent Secretary appointed by the Bayelsa State Government.”

According to the deponent, in a bid to dissipate the funds, the company opened an account numbered 0016971559 with Stanbic IBTC.

“Out of the alleged proceed of unlawful enrichment of Mrs Dame Patience Jonathan, the respondent transferred the total sum of N350million from its account in Diamond Bank to the account sought to be attached (Stanbic IBTC) in a desperate bid to dissipate the funds.



“We have traced the said N350million to the respondent’s (AM-PM Global Network’s) account sought to be attached and the order of this court is needed to instruct the bank to attach the account to prevent the dissipation of the funds.

“The respondent is making frantic effort to dissipate these funds,” the deponent said.

EFCC said unless the application was urgently heard and determined, the company would tamper with the account.

“It will serve the course of justice to grant this application,” the commission said.

Justice Hadiza decided the application as prayed.

She granted “an order directing Manager of the Stanbic IBTC Bank to in the interim freeze the account pending the determination of the investigation and possible prosecution of this case.”

EFCC, however, did not state in the affidavit who owns the company.

Two other judges of the court, Justice Mohammed Idris and Justice Mojisola Olatoregun-Ishola, had earlier frozen Mrs Jonathan’s accounts.

Justice Idris froze her accounts with $15.5million. Mrs Jonathan is praying the court to unfreeze the accounts.

The EFCC, however, urged the court not to unfreeze them because the money was suspected to be “proceed of crime”.

Justice Olatoregun froze Mrs Jonathan’s account $5.7million. EFCC is seeking permanent forfeiture of the money.

The judge, on April 26, made an interim order forfeiting the money to the Federal Government.

Justice Olatoregun also ordered the temporary forfeiture N2,421,953,522.78 found in an Ecobank Nigeria Ltd account numbered 2022000760 in the name of La Wari Furniture and Baths Ltd.

The commission said the money also belongs to Mrs Jonathan.

Justice Olatoregun stayed proceedings pending the outcome of an appeal challenging the temporary forfeiture of the $5.7million.

Also yesterday, Justice Idris refused an application by a former Senior Special Assistant to ex-President Jonathan on Domestic Affairs Dr Waripamo-Owei Dudafa to travel abroad for medical treatment.

Dudafa, through his lawyer Mr. Gboyega Oyewole (SAN), urged the court to order the release of his international passport to enable him travel abroad to treat spinal cord injury which he claimed to have sustained while in EFCC custody.

But, Oyedepo urged the court not to grant the application on the grounds that the EFCC had written to a Lagos State government hospital to examine Dudafa’s health and to determine whether he could be treated in the country or abroad.

Justice Idris faulted Dudafa’s application, saying that a motion of such nature ought to be backed by hard evidence that the problem cannot be treated in Nigeria.

“I find it difficult to grant this application. I hereby dismissed it,” Justice Idris ruled.

http://thenationonlineng.net/court-freezes-patience-jonathan/

sarrki:
Baba I am know this game wella

Inside out

Rotation of power is within north and south shay ?

If power returns to the south we the yorubas had our own share 1999 to 2007

So case close bro

Speak for yourself bro. Nobody will be barred from contesting. Despite June 12 and when all Northern candidates stepped down for OBJ, Ekwueme makes sure he contested against OBJ during the PDP primaries in 1998.
Everyone is good to contest, including Osinbajo by 2023
After all, Okorocha contested against Buhari during the APC primaries.

Many countries coming to the world cup will be wondering what is going on and what is coming from the Nigerians in 2018.
Congrats Eagles for a deserving win.
Even if its only friendly, its a morale booster

Asisat is turning out to be the most successful / celebrated Nigeria female footballer and possibly Nigerian footballer in general.
Congrats my dear sister.

sarrki:
Mechonu for once

That title they gave our amiable president

You can't get it in 2 century to come

Nobody will give the cafe rat any local tiltle

Ogbuefi Buhari.

Which Nnamdi Cownu? The dead one or the one in hiding? LiePOB can't keep their lies straight anymore..

CrtlAltDel:
The picture though....imagine if it was Awo, what will the Ipigs say

Looking at the picture, it is obvious that Ojukwu died of HIV disease, transmitted to him by no other person than FFK side chick.

NgeneUkwenu:
Oko Nnamdi Kanu!

Eka aboo!

Tokwehu!

Jookwa

Tokwu uhu in Afikpo Languangeee!

Nnoo Nwokeoma!


Where is that Oko Ashawo Called Nnamdi Usain Bolt?

Him no come and did not send representative.

netoc65:
Sorry bro... I just said the true... Didn't know it's that painful

The truth of the matter be say, the man come, na wahala, him no come na wahala. I come end by saying, bad belle no get medicine. Take heart..

netoc65:
Finally...... After 2 years of being President.


So much for one Nigeria

He come wahala, him no come wahala. Bad belle no get medicine.

Deguy12:
#frontpagethings

Cc. Lalasticlala
Seun

korlahwarleh:
second pic. Meme material

Lol.
Mynd44

Italy fail to qualify for World Cup for second time in their history after San Siro stalemate against Sweden
The Azzurri, four-time champions of football's pinnacle tournament, will be spectators at Russia 2018
13 NOV 2017
SPORT

Sweden 0 vs Italy 0

Sweden qualifies on 1 : 0 aggregate

Sweden are going to the World Cup finals in Russia at the expense of four-time champions Italy after a stalemate at the San Siro.

It was an Italian onslaught in the second half with chances coming thick and fast.


But the visitors held on, leaving Jakob Johansson's lone strike in the first leg enough to send the Swedes through to next year's tournament.

This is the first time since 1958, and the second time in their history, that Italy has failed to qualify for football's blue riband event.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/italy-fail-qualify-world-cup-11516404

Buhari Change has started with Toyin Aimakhu and others.
When she was following GEJ saTAN group in 2014/2015, calling "Auntie Ibinabo" , over GEJ largess, she did not realise that the party will be over some day...

Hahahahaha.
They should sack the people that are behind the use of the picture for this purpose ..

tashashiel:
no evidence Ni??, even your APshiiit has no evidence that Jonathan is a thief....

My dear sister, evidence are in court... Peshe Jonathan case with EFCC, Dasuki aka Mr ATM, Military service chief ongoing cases, Nurse Olisah Metuh, not to talk of Dieziani and associates seized loot and other matters in court..
Stay tuned....

tashashiel:
thief ? so who is the thief??

It's Jonah the hero beer now.... lol

tashashiel:
If she is bold enough to mention names, why not mention the name of the person she arrested or abi the person no get name. She can mention GEJ name cos he know GEJ is a gentleman

A gentleman? How about a thief?

Mynd44.