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Sorry for the late reply. . .
What u need are -
birth cert
marriage cert
(if applicable)
divorce cert (if applicable)
police cert
evidence of support
medical exam info
photographs
*note the affidavit of support must be less dan 12 months old when presented to d consularSorry for the late reply. . .
What u need are -
birth cert
marriage cert (if applicable)
divorce cert (if applicable)
police cert
evidence of support
medical exam info
photographs
*note the affidavit of support must be less dan 12 months old when presented to d consular.









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@monsterg. . . U need to shed more lights on ur enquire, cos to apply for us immigrant visa, u must either av someone (family member) to petition for ur bro or a company to file 4 ur bro. . . Wat u need to do nw is to shed more light. . .gudluck

@d_junior. . . Dnt panic all ur original documents, will be returned at d embassy
@@tewzle, i still find it amazing, how u got ur visa,cos d current visa bulletin shows 2003, while ur pd is july 2006. . . I think u gat ur pd wrongly. . . Congrat once again am happy 4 u.

tewizle:
Yeah am in the US now,the interview was very short.The CO asked a cpl of qxns about the petitioner,went through some of my pics and asked me to pick up my visa the following week.

I swear it was Gods, on the day of the interview I was so ill i could hardly move,but God saw me through.

I promised http a bottle of beer,and am ready to pay.Hit me up http am in columbus.

. . . Congrats man

FIVE days to the anniversary of the
day rain wreaked havoc on Ibadan 31
years ago, residents of the Oyo State
capital were, again, left mourning,
following disaster brought upon them
by a downpour that lasted about six
hours on Friday.
Ibadan had been ravaged on Sunday,
August 31, 1980, with many lives and
property lost to the rain which then a
juju musician, Ebenezer Obey, in a
dirge, called ‘ojo abami’ (strange
downpour).
The Friday re-enactment of the rain of
rage and flood of tears came barely
four weeks after the town was
flooded in a similar manner,
prompting government officials to
start clearing most drainages that had
been choked up with rubbish.
Although the downpour affected
virtually every area of Ibadan, areas
that were mostly affected were
communities in Oluyole, Iddo,
Akinyele, Lagelu, Ibadan South West,
Egbeda, North West, and North East
local government areas.
The downpour resulted in serious
traffic gridlock and commuters were
stranded on their way home.
Many eventually slept in their work
places hotels and accessible places of
abode of friends.
Also, many motorists abandoned their
vehicles on the road, either as a result
of mechanical faults or out of fear of
being washed away by the flood.
In Oluyole Estate, behind Vine Hospital,
a man who was trying to escape
through the ceilling when his house
was flooded, got stuck and eventually
died.
In Agbowo/U.I area of the town, no
fewer than 15 people, mostly children,
lost their lives to the downpour.
Around Ile Eja/Carpenter area of
Agbowo, it was a gory sight and a tale
of sorrow and tears as many people
could be seen swarming round dead
bodies of children and grown up
victims of the flood.
Sunday Tribune gathered that some of
the dead victims included four children
of the same father and their
grandfather, another set of children
and about five grown-ups.
Attempts to speak with relatives of
some of the deceased children were
unsuccessful, as they were not in the
right frame of mind to speak. One of
them even fainted and was
resuscitated by sympathisers.
One of the residents of the area, Isaac
Adedeji, whose house was also
affected in the flood, stated that the
area had not witnessed flooding in the
past 12 years since the river around
the area was dredged. He laid the
blame of the flooding at the doorsteps
of residents whom he said were fond
of dumping refuse indiscriminately.
However, one of the miracle survival
was that of a goat which was locked in
a building along with about five
others, which died as a result of the
flood.
In Major Salawu and Quality areas of
Agbowo, anger was in the air, as
people gathered round flooded
homes and two rivers in the
community blaming government for
not doing anything to checkmate the
incessant flooding of the areas.
Sympathisers were also seen around
the home and corpse of a woman who
died in the flood. The son of the
deceased, who claimed to be a police
officer, nearly threw caution into the
wind as he almost beat our
correspondent who went to cover the
story.
When Sunday Tribune visited the area,
residents, led by a community leader,
Honourable Peter Oladitan, were seen
trying to evacuate those who were still
trapped in their houses.
However, contrary to other reports,
while speaking with Sunday Tribune,
Honourable Oladitan, who is a former
member of Ibadan North Local
Government Area caretaker
committee, said rescuers had been
able to retrieve 18 bodies, mostly
those of children as well as that of a
76-year old who had drowned in her
house.
He added that the Bodija stream,
which passes through the community,
overflowed its bank; a situation he
said aided the flood, while also putting
the blame on thos e who have formed
the habbit of dumping refuse in the
stream.
Family of eight loses six children in
Oluyole
A family of eight, on Saturday was said
to have lost six children at Oluyole
area of Ibadan to the flood which
submerged their house.
As gathered, the father of the children,
said to be on night duty, was not
around when the incident happened,
but the mother, said to be at home
with the children, could not save the
situation, as she could only wriggle
herself out of the house.
The bodies of the children have not
been found as of press time, since
nobody could gain access to the
waterlogged house.
Also, their parents were not available
for comments, as they have already
taken cover somewhere else since
there house was not inhabitable form.
But a nearby resident, Deacon John
Okatche of Christ Jubilee Church at
Adewumi Layout, Oke Ayo area of
Oluyole Estate, whose church was
adjacent to the victims' house, told
Sunday Tribune that he had not
encountered such problem in the area
since he got to Ibadan in 1986.
“When we came in this morning, we
discovered a family living very close to
the church, just right beside our toilet
area; only the wife escaped, the
husband was on night shift and their
children, who slept in the house,
about seven of them, were nowhere
to be found,” he said.
Apart from this family, property worth
millions of naira were lost to the flood
by people living at Oke Ayo, Alaafin
Avenue, Rhema Chapel area abd
Sumal Foods area of the estate as most
of the houses in these areas were
either submerged by flood or water-
logged.
Some of the affected residents, who
spoke with Sunday Tribune,
expressed shock, as they said they
had never witnessed such flood tide
since over three decades that they had
been living in the area.
They blamed the situation on the
overflow of Eleiyele dam, which they
said made the water to flow beyond its
boundary. Lack of good drainage
system was also said to be one of the
causes of the deluge.
But an expert, Mr. Dupe Abimbola,
who said he had worked at Eleiyele
Water Works for years, said it could
not have been as a result of the the
fact that the dam was flushed out
when it rained.
According to him, “this problem is not
directly an Eleiyele problem, but
channelisation problem.
“Eleiyele dam works automatically,
once there is a pressure builtdup on
the dam, it has automatic valves that
will open up and release water into
Odo Ona. It is a very simple thing.
“But Odo Ona is not channeled to
accept that volume of water. So, it will
overflow into houses, spoil properties
and destroy lives as we have seen
today.
“The only solution is to appeal to
governments to channelise Odo Ona
the way they did to Ogunpa.”
A bungalow was almost totally
submerged at Oke Ayo area of Oluyole
Estate.
Fear of coffin during flood
Residents of the area also became
apprehensive when they discovered
that a coffin was floating on the flood
that had taken over the street, raiding
the suspicion that cemeteries might
have been affected by the flood.
Five swept away in Orogun
At the Orogun junction area of the city,
five people were said to have been
swept away on Friday night when a
human chain formed by 20 people
broke in the middle of flood water on
UI-Ojoo road. Vehicles and other
valuable property were similarly
touched with electric poles and cables
lying dangerously on the road.
The Celestial Church of Christ (CCC),
Irapada Parish, which is located by the
roadside, was mostly affected by the
flood, even as the Shepherd-in-Charge
and a survivor, Most Supreme
Evangelist Onafujabi Babatunde, stated
that about 57 members of the church
were trapped inside the auditorium
while the flooding lasted. He revealed
that they all ran for safety on the
galery of the auditorium, noting that
all of them survived.
He called on the government to rise to
the occasion by constructing a real
bridge at the Orogun junction, instead
of the box culvert which was
constructed by the government,
despite warnings that it might not
curtail erosion in the area.
Indeed, most residents who spoke
with Sunday Tribune attributed the
severe flooding to the habit of people
who dump refuse indiscriminately.
While the flooding was ongoing on
Friday night, many residents of
Mokola-Roundabout area were seen
dumping refuse into the gutters.
A community leader in Agbowo, Pa
Lawal Ajibade, said the disaster would
persist if residents of Ibadan would
not change their attitude towards
uncleanliness.
Flood wrecks havoc in Ibadan
Polytechnic
The rain left a devastating effect on
facilities at The Polytecnic, Ibadan as
property worth millions of naira were
lost.
When Sunday Tribune visited the
premises of the higher institution,
some of the severly-affected were the
staff quarters, students’ hostels,
Bursary Department, the newly-
renovated assembly hall, registry
department, Department of
Mathematics and Statistics, lecture
theatres and the Centre for
Information and Data Management.
Visibly worried about the magnitude
of the damage, the rector of the
institution, Professor Ayobami
Odunola, assured students of the
institution that efforts would be made
to restore essential services lost to the
flood.
Five bodies recovered in New
Garage
At a community on the New Garage/
Apata expressway, the chairman of
the caretaker committee of Oluyole
Local Government Area of the state,
Abass Aleshinloye, told Sunday
Tribune that bodies of five people
were removed from different houses
by youths in the community.
In Maje, at Idi Mango area of Soka, an
eyewitness told Sunday Tribune that
the flood swept away a car and killed
a child.
One swept away at Oje area
At Temidire area of Oje, a family of
four, which had been sacked by the
flood and was looking for where to
stay for the night, confided in Sunday
Tribune that the Temidire Stream
overflowed its bank and ferried away
one person.
Woman lost poultry farm, fish pond
to flood
A poultry farm and a fish pond filled
with chicken and fishes were also
reportedly swept away by the flood
on Friday at Onipon Estate, Podo area
of Ibadan. The farm, which was
reportedly owned by a woman, was
said to be large with birds fishes worth
millions of naira.
Corpse deposited in Apata
The corpse of a middle-aged woman
was also reportedly discovered at Oke
Ayo area of Apata on Saturday.
According to a resident of the area, the
people of the community found the
body of the woman deposited at the
path of the flood.
The resident added that efforts to
locate relatives of the woman proved
abortive, while it was suspected that
the flood must have carried the corpse
from a far distance.
Family wiped out in Ijokodo
In Ijokodo area, one of the people
affected was one Mr. Kunle Akinyele, a
member of Christ Family Assembly
Word Communication Ministry
(WOCOM) Onireke, Ibadan. He,
alongside his two daughters and his
wife’s nephew, who came to visit
them, lost his life.
He was said to be already in the house
by the time the rain started with his
daughters and his wife’s nephew
when the rain started. According to an
eyewitness, a fence close to their
residence fell on their apartment
killing everyone in the building.
Akinyele’s wife, Bukola, who returned
home after the downpour, was said to
have discovered their bodies. Their
bodies were said to have been
deposited at the University College
Hospital (UCH), Ibadan.
Church, cars, buildings submerged in
Odo Ona
The story was not different at Odo Ona
area of Ibadan on the Apata axis as
residents have only losses to count.
For Reverend Ezekiel Odunlade of
Prepare Way for Jesus Evangelical
Church, it was a double loss as his
church and property went with the
rain. Speaking with Sunday Tribune,
Reverend Odunlade said: “All that I
was able to retrieve were some
documents belonging to the church.
All other property have been
trapped.”
The rain did not spare the luxury
building and posh cars of Mr. Isaac
Adebayo, whose three-year-old four-
flat building was submerged to almost
to half of its entire height.
While Sunday Tribune witnessed
occupants of the building salvaging
some property from the ground floor,
there was still no hope of how to
retrieve the three cars — a Pathfinder ,
a Toyota Camry and a Golf — that
were trapped in his flooded
compound.
Ajibode community cut off
The Ajibode community, situated
behind the University Of Ibadan, was
completely cut off from the town as
the dreaded river in the community
overran its bank, shutting people at
home, while many residents, who
were outside before the rain, could
not go in. Even the new bridge,
allegedly being constructed for the
community by the UI authorities, as tall
as it is, was totally submerged by
water.
A resident of the community, Mr. Yomi
Ogunsanya, told our reporter that he
could not get home, adding that his
wife, who was within Ajibode at the
time of the rain, also could not sleep in
their house.
Sunday Tribune learnt that those who
could brave it had to go through
Ologuneru, along Eruwa-Eleyele road,
to come out of the community.
Police, student rescue woman in
Apete
At Apete area, a combined team of
police and students of The Polytechnic,
Ibadan were able to rescue a lady
who had drowned.
It was also gathered from
eyewitnesses that, at least, five
vehicles with unspecified number of
passengers were submerged in the
flood and they were yet to be rescued
or their corpses found as of the time of
writing this report. Some of the people
who spoke with Sunday Tribune said
some members of the community
were still missing, raising fear that the
missing persons might have been
washed away by the flood.
Foodstuff prices soar
As a result of the complete cut off of
Apete from the rest of Ibadan, owing
to the total colapse of the linking
bridge, prices of foodstuff have been
hiked by traders in Apete area
because of the sudden panic buying
by residents. Puqued by the
development, students of The
Polytecnic Ibadan, who constitute the
bulk of the community, immediately
issued a stern warning to traders in
the area to stop the arbitrary increase
in the prices of goods or face the
wrath of the students.
When Sunday Tribune visited the area
early yesterday, commercial
motorcycle riders, popularly called
okada, were charging N500 per
passengers in and out of Apete, while
buses were charging N200. One of
them told Sunday Tribune that the
increament became necessary
because of the distance they needed
to cover before getting out of Apete.
Parts of Apata, Oluyole, Owode cut
off
Also, communities, such as Apata,
Oluyole, Owode Estate and others,
were completely cut off other parts of
the Ibadan metropolis as a result of
the flood that overflowed bridges
linking the communities.
The Odo Ona Bridge that links the area
with Apata was completely
overflowed by river, making the road
impassable. The bridge linking 7UP
area in Oluyole to Mobil area also
collapsed and cars could been seen in
the rivers.
A resident, who sent a distress text
message to Sunday Tribune said: “As I
speak now, we at Oluyole have been
cut off. A bridge has been totally
washed away. We never know how to
link Ring Road now. God dey sha, we
go survive.”
Olubadan commiserate with
residents
The Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Samuel
Odulana Odugade I, has commiserated
with residents of Ibadan over the
flood that ravaged the city on Friday.
The monarch, who expressed sadness
over the heavy loss of lives and
property caused by the massive flood
that swept through the city, said the
flood was unfortune.
The Olubadan, in a press release made
available to Sunday Tribune,
symphatised with the victims,
especially families who lost people and
property to the disaster.
He also prayed tha Almighty God grant
the families of the departed the
fortitude to bear the irreparable losses.
The traditional ruler, however, called
on the Oyo State governor, Senator
Isiaka Ajimobi, to give material and
financial assistance to the victims of
the flood, in order to alleviate their
suffering, while appealing to the state
government to intensify efforts to clear
the drainages in the city.
Oyo deploys helicopter, relief
materials to victims of flooding
The state governor, Senator Ajimobi,
procured the services of an helicopter
for the rescue of citizens and
distribution of relief materials to all
victims of the flooding havoc which
swept round some key places in the
state capital on Saturday.
The government also enlisted the
support of the GOC, 2nd Mechanised
Division, Major General Mubarak, for
the provision of bailey bridges over
the two rivers whose bridges were
swept off at Apete and Olomi areas.
The governor, who ordered
immediate procurement of the
helicopter for an immediate rapid
assessment of the affected areas and
rescue of trapped victims of the flood,
also ordered immediate setting up of
two camps at the Apete and Odo Ona
areas of the state capital for immediate
palliative measures towards the
flooding.
Governor Ajimobi also ordered
immediate procurement of blankets,
mattresses, drugs and food to all
affected areas, so as to ensure that the
suffering encountered by the people
were brought to the barest minimum.
Governor cuts short Umrah
The governor, who immediately cut
short his pilgrimage to Mecca for the
lesser Hadj and immediately headed
for the airport for the next available
flight to Nigeria, said he learnt with
great shock and sadness of the flood
disaster and expressed sympathy to
the families and victims of the disaster.
On learning of the disaster, Governor
Ajimobi immediately directed the
deputy governor of the state, Mr.
Moses Alake Adeyemo, commissioners
and all local government chairmen of
the affected areas to immediately
begin a massive coordination of the
rescue, assessment and palliative
exercise aimed at providing succour
for the victims of the flood.
The team, which immediately
embarked on the assessment
exercise, paid on-the-spot visits to the
Eleiyele dam, the collapsed bridge at
Apete, Ijokodo junction area, the
collapsed bridge at Olomi, the
Parliament road leading to Premier
Hotel and the bridge at Odo Ona area
of the state capital, where the deputy
governor interviewed residents of the
area on the disaster and their
immediate needs.
The state government also
immediately contacted all relevant
state and federal agencies involved in
rescue exercises, such as the National
Emergency Management Agency
(NEMA) and the State Emergency
Management Agency (SEMA) which
officials were deployed on the state
government-procured helicopter, as
well as house-to-house visits, so as to
feel the pulse of the victims, as well as
ascertain the level of destruction
occasioned by the flood.
Governor Ajimobi used the
opportunity to express his sympathy
to the victims of the destruction
occasioned by the flood.
He promised that government would
do all within its powers to prevent
reoccurrence of sad incidences like the
flooding, stating that flooding, like
every natural disaster, was one of the
dangers that man was incapable of
predicting.
He said one of the plans that the
government had was to continue with
its massive drainage evacuation
exercise which had already begun in
all the roads of the state, as well as
through clearing all water channels,
removing all illegal structures blocking
water channels and passageways and
water right of way.
Akinjide condoles with Ibadan
residents
The Minister of State for Federal Capital
Territory (FCT), Ms. Jumoke Akinjide,
also commiserated with victims of the
flood.
In a release made available to Sunday
Tribune on Saturday, Akinjide, who is
an indigene of Ibadan, said; “I, Oloye
Olajumoke Akinjide, the Minister of
State, FCT, use this medium to express
my heartfelt condolences to the
Executive Governor of Oyo state,
Senator Abiola Ajimobi, and the good
people of Oyo State, particular the
families and friends of the victims of
the unfortunate flood that ravaged
some parts of Ibadan yesterday in
which, I was informed, valuable
properties and lives were lost.
“I heard of the sad incident at a time
we were brooding over another
dastardly act of the bombing of the
United Nations (UN) building in Abuja.
“The two grave occurrences at a time
we are making concerted efforts to
move our beloved country, Nigeria,
forward are, indeed, regrettable and
disconcerting.”
Vigil saves family
The Abioye family’s decision to attend
a NASFAT vigil in the holy month of
Ramadan has turned out to be the
saving grace from a building collapse
that would have claimed the lives of
the entire family, following the
flooding.
The family, which house is located
very close to the bridge in Save and
Serve area, off Eleyele, were said to
have left home a few minutes after
8:00 p.m. for the vigil, only to return
the following morning to meet their
house pulled down by the flood.
Narrating the incident to Sunday
Tribune, Mrs. Kafayat Abioye, said “we
left home some minutes after 8:00pm
for NAFSAT vigil day at Sango, Ibadan
yesterday (Friday) when it was
raining. Even though we noticed the
flood already seeping into our house
when we were leaving home, we
thought it was the normal occurrence
we usually experience whenever it
rained hoping that it would dry out
later. But surprisingly we returned this
morning (Saturday) only to find our
house reduced to rubble and the
entire area taken over by water. The
affected car wash over there is my
husbands.”
Kafayat who sat near the scene of the
incident with her children as well as
friends and fellow residents that came
to sympathise with the family, looked
every bit unruffled.
“Although we might have lost
everything that we have laboured for
all our lives, we are only grateful to
God for sparing our lives,”she added.
The chairman of Onireke Local
Government Area, Mr. Wasiu
Olatunbosun, who came to the scene
of the flood at 8:30 am on Saturday to
ascertain the extent of damage spoke
with Sunday Tribune on the incident.
“Actually, I got the information this
morning and the first thing I did was
to go round to the affected areas in my
consistuency, that is my local
government area. As the first citizen of
this locality and representative of
Governor Abiola Ajimobi in this area, I
deemed it fit to assess the extent of
damage caused. It’s really very
devastative. We are also going to look
at how to forestall such occurrence in
the future,” he said.
NEMA deploys search and rescue
officers
Meanwhile, the Director General of
NEMA, Muhammad Sani-Sidi, has
directed special Search and Rescue
officers to intervene in addressing “the
worst and devastating flood that
ravaged some structures and facilities
including loss of lives in Ibadan Oyo
State yesterday.”
The agency, through Yushau Shuaib,
claimed on Saturday that truck-loads
of relief materials from NEMA would
soon be delivered to some of the
victims of the flood as most response
agencies, including civil defence, fire
service, military, Red Cross and
volunteer groups are mobilised for the
operation.
He noted that currently, NEMA and Oyo
state officials were conducting on-the-
spot assessment of situations in
Ibadan.

Jay-Z made a thinly veiled diss towards
Baby on “H.A.M.,” saying, "you got
baby money.” In a new leak off his
upcoming album Tha Carter IV, Lil
Wayne not-so-subtly fires back at Hov
on “It’s Good” featuring Jadakiss
and Drake, using the third verse on
the track to respond.
On the cut, he raps, “Talkin’ ‘bout baby
money, I gotcha baby money / Kidnap
your bitch get that how much you love
your lady money / I know you fake,
nigga / Press your brakes, nigga / I’ll
take you out, that’s a date, nigga / I’m
a grown ass blood, stop playing with
me / Play asshole, and get an ass
whippin’ / I think you pussycat, hello
kitty.”
Wayne previously spoke on Jay’s diss,
saying he wouldn’t turn anything into
a full-blown beef but would address it.
“Me and my wit, given my wit, I would
probably play off of it," he said. "But I
wouldn't make it a competition,
because actually, the subject that he's
talking about in that line, I can't box
with the card. I'd be the first one to tell
you that, given my wit, and the type of
person that I am, I'd capitalize and I'd
play off of it. Yeah, I definitely would."

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tewizle:
Sorry Bro i don't have an answer to that question.My visa fees was paid by my peeps here in the US.You could start a new thread under the Travel section,am sure someone here knows.Best of luck mehn latter.

Hey watsup with ur interview thingy, av u done it? Wats d update? Goodluck!

where is eedriz

r.i.p

EzeUche_:
Name one Eastern city or even Northern city, where people live with trash?

You only find that in the SW. We might have trash heaps in the East, but you do not see people living with trash.

gokuu:
how will it make sense to u, when ojukwu has taken 100% of your brain?

. . . . look at wat ur broda typed. . . SMH

suxes2005:
@Gbenge

pear_prince at yahoo.com

SHALOM

. . . can we chat on yim. i av some questns 4 u. tanx

Gbenge 77:
The old appointment system gave the touts a chance to hoard dates and then sell to desperate applicants at exhorbitant prices.In fact,some people had to be online 24 hours but still could not get dates until next year.But,with the new system ,date hoarding has been largely eliminated.

I think they started releasing dates in MAY from (March ) and within a few days,all the dates in MAY had been fully booked.Essentially,June dates were available in EARLY MARCH ,So that may explain the reason why you are not able to get a date in june.

. . . wat if one wants to travel dis comin june. how can one get appointment. . tanx

suxes2005:
You can do it anytime any day.

. . . . This is interesting

suxes2005:
you must wait
for 60 days for the appointment date.

. . . Are they goin to email me the appointment date?. . . . Thanx a lot.

suxes2005:
Yeah it is very true if you have the time

. . . I can create the time but the problem is am not always on d internet, pls do u av d idea of the precise time/date for the appointment to be done. Thanx

yvy1:
have I travelled before,

. . . Am curious to knw wat ur reply was? Wat did u say to this?

yvy1:
I was given 2 years multiple, Thank God!

. . . Am happy for you!

Gbenge 77:
The new Us visa appointment system is quite efficient.I was able to get a date without much effort.

. . . Wow. .
. is this true? Can someone pls confirm this

Arewa, Ndigbo and Southsouth
communities in Lagos State have
endorsed Governor Babatunde
Fashola (SAN) for a  second term in
office. The ethnic groups, apart from
applauding the governor ’s feats,
also asked for slots in the cabinet,
reports Deputy Political Editor
EMMANUEL OLADESU.
A month ago, President
Goodluck Ebele Jonathan was guest of
Aka-Ikenga, an Igbo socio-cultural
organisation in Lagos State. At the
meeting, the President harped on the
need to overcome ethnic boundaries
in the manner critical decisions and
policies are made in the country, a
situation he said “made it possible for
the United States President Barrack
Obama to come to power ”.
Obviously, President Jonathan’s
meeting with Aka-Ikenga was
strategically organised to get the
support of over one million Igbo
descendants living in the state. But the
table turned last week when Arewa,
Ndigbo and Southsouth indigenes in
the state trooped to endorse Fashola
(SAN) and the Action Congress of
Nigeria (ACN).
The rally was held in the International
Trade Fair Ground, Ojo. At the venue,
the leaders of the ethic nationalities,
including the state Commissioner for
Economic Planning and Budget, Rev.
Ben Akabueze, Abia State ACN
governorship candidate, Chief Paul
Ikonne and Arewa leader in Lagos,
Hon. Ahmed Kabiru, gave nod to
Fashola ’s re-election on behalf of their
members.
Shortly before the solidarity rally, a
group of Igbo professionals also
engaged Fashola on Victoria Island.
The governor used  the occasion to
explain his plan for Lagos residents,
irrespective of their ethno-religious
affiliations, if re-elected in the next
month ’s election. Haling Fashola for his
excellent performance, the
professionals pledged him support.
Trailing that was another
endorsement by the Sisters Forum, a
non-governmental Group in Lagos
made up of young women of Igbo
extraction. The group organised a
solidarity rally at the Sam Shonibare
Centre, Surulere for Fashola. At the
rally, the members of the forum cited
Fashola ’s achievements as rationale
for giving him support for second
term.
Explaining Arewa’s backing for
Fashola, Kabiru explained how a poll
was conducted among more than one
million members of Lagos State Arewa
Community, with a view to adopting a
candidate the group would support in
the next governorship election. The
Arewa leader explained that Fashola
“ ranked first among other
gubernatorial candidates from political
parties ”.
Kabiru explained that the governor
got the endorsement of Arewa
community after a committee was set
up a committee “to assess Fashola’s
performance and scrutinized the
credentials of all governorship
candidates in the state. The committee
conducted an opinion among the
Arewa residents in Lagos State, ” and
the committee score Fashola 72
percent. His cumulative average was
put at 68 percent.
The assessment report also show that
Fashola ’s administration “performed
73 per  cent in education sector, 78
percent in health, 74 in public works,
58 percent in transportation and 52
percent in environment. But his
administration only performed 58 in
transportation and 52 percent in
environment which the committee
said, was due to the excesses of
officers of the state Traffic
Management Authority (LASTMA) and
Kick Against Indiscipline (KAI) brigade
officers ”.
At the weekend, Mrs. Chinyere
Anokwuru, who is the founder of
Sisters Forum, said Fashola “has
fulfilled all his promises by
constructing several roads such as
Cele Okota Link Bridge, the Sabo Yaba
road and the LASU-Iba road. Fashola ’s
administration has also given succour
to thousands of women who have
been trained at the various skills
acquisition centres across the state ”.
It was on the accounts of different
ethno-cultural leaders in the state that
Paul Ikonne, Abia State ACN
governorship candidate, urged the
entire residents in the state to sustain
the broom revolution in the state,
saying Lagos State “has been a
reference point in all states of the
federation, ” a rationale for which he
said, all Lagos residents irrespective of
their status and groups should vote
for Fashola.
Ikonne thus told the party’s
supporters in the state “to sweep
away the government of kidnappers.
We must sweep away the government
of bad roads. We must sweep away
the government of fraudsters. We
sustain the broom revolution. We can
only do that by voting and defending
our votes. This is the only way the on-
going socio-economic transformation
in the state can be sustained ”.
But former Lagos State Governor,
Asiwaju Bolaji Ahmed Tinubu warned
the teeming crowd of over 100,000
Lagos residents of diverse ethnic
background against the propaganda
of the state People ’s Democratic Party
(PDP). At the rally, he also flayed
Jonathan ’s alleged plan to the PDP’s
former National Deputy Chairman,
Chief Bode George on the condition if
George was able to win Lagos for the
ruling party.
The former governor said the ruling
party “celebrated prisoner. They
celebrated fraudster. They met in
Abuja yesterday and discussed to
pardon the fraudster if he can alter the
elections in Lagos State. It is not
possible. We would not give in to
intimidation. We will fight to protect
our votes and stand by it”. On this
note, he simply said the development
of Nigeria was not ludo game of
chance ”.
Tinubu argued that there “can only
happen by the application of vision
and the coming together of the best
brains in the nation. We do not need to
throw the dice and look for the six
and one; it is neither lottery that
depends on luck. Nigeria needs its
best hands and best brains to move
forward, ” urging them to turn out
enmasse during the election days not
just to vote, but to also wait till the end
to see their votes count and forestall
any plan from any quarters to rig the
elections.
In his address, Fashola promised to
deliver more dividends of democracy
to the people in the next four years
with a top agenda to break the jinx of
the housing mortgage scheme in the
state. He recalled that his
administration “has completed more
than 2170 housing units which would
be sold out to Lagos residents at an
affordable price through mortgage
and will be based on the principle of
first come; first serve ”.
Fashola further explained that the
housing estate “is for the rich and the
poor. All you need to do is to pay 30
percent and collect the key. Then you
can pay the balance over 10 to 15
years ”. But he quickly pointed out the
need to allocated to those who really
need them has been our challenge.
But we have been working out
modalities to ensure equal distribution
of the houses across the state ”.
He told a crop of Ndigbo businessmen
that Lekki Free Trade Zone (LFTZ)
“ now caters for the goods and
services they travel as far as China to
import, ” saying the difficulties they
experience in clearing their goods at
the ports was the handiwork of the
PDP-led federal government.
Fashola said his government “has
shown in the last four years that we
are a government for everybody, not a
government for the Yorubas alone ”.
He assured that his cabinet, if re-
elected at the April 9 gubernatorial
polls “will consist of the best brains in
the state regardless of ethnic or
religious leanings ”. He therefore said
the ruling party “has failed us. It can
only guarantee us hardship and
suffering. The PDP is a virus and we
must use our votes to kick them out of
our lives forever ”.

I got a text message from my bro that the bling bling Gov. Akala withdrew from the Gov. race
, i later found out it was April fool.
Seriously d guy go prefer to die in the state house. . . Lol

dell_net:
If coming through commercial transport by road and the bus's final destination is abuja usually you will drop around jabi or berger area depends on the bus company. The main road there is obafemi awolowo road. Get a taxi from there and tell them american embassy, phase 2, good bargain around 400-600 bucks cabbies in abuja are usually friendly make sure you use the green and white stripes cab and get a youngster, the older guys seems to have grudge also wear your seat belt. The cab should head north east to the city area. If by air, taxi good bargain around 1500 - 2500 bucks if you can get the green and white cab that came to drop off passenger it will be cheaper (around 1200 bucks but don't do shakara just be smart.).

As for hotel if you are looking for something cheap lets say less than N5k/night then tell the cabby to take you to tamale street zone 3 (forgot the exact name of the hotel) about 15 mins drive to the embassy If you need supplies from this hotel you'll have to walk a lil bit. Another area for cheap accommodation is alexandria crescent around sherfiff plaza about 25mins drive to embassy (metcho hotel is an option), note these hotels (less than N5K) don't on gen in the day time and have cold shower in the morning but the beddings are clean probably not new paint but anyways good for 1-4 days visa runs. At metcho hotel there are more shops and life a stone throw away. Good luck!

thank u very much, i really appreciate ur reply. God bless.

Please i need someone to tell me how to get to united states embassy abuja from lagos, and i also need a cheap hotel close to the embassy, thanx

The oyo state guber debate is live on splash fm 105.5. . . .its hot!

montelik:
See beef. 

At least 9ice made a legitimate, socially conscious song with an undoubted Nigerian musical veteran. Hip-hop lovers generation abi, then why was ruggedy himself sampling from General Prince Adekunle on his album if fuji is crap. At least 9ice won't have go and start finding comedians to come and beg for him, while prostrating in other peoples houses because he sampled someones music without permission.   

God bless for this comment.

eghost247:
Mode9 Deatblow part 2 thats what he is talking about

. . . Thank u jare. . . Abeg no mind d guy jo.

eghost247:
Mode9 Deatblow part 2 thats what he is talking about

. . . Thank u jare. . . Abeg no mind d guy jo.

Mentuzza:
Another one pls: So would I need an invitation letter from my friend in the UK or my US uncle since I will be sponsoring myself ? Yet my reason for travelling is to visit them, or is there any way around this ?

getting an invitation letters from both of them will be an added advantage. . . Go get it.
@suxes. . . Some are advisin us to appeal (cos the co didnt even check the invitation letter), but we're some how confused. If we appeal can we even get the visa without appearing for the interview or will it make it faster in anyway. . . Abi its another style of wasting time. She got denied because she's nt travelled out of the country b4.

(IN MODO'S VOICE). . . .see dem, dem don dey fear!

suxes2005:
No ooo. You can apply immedately,  appointment date
and your reason of travel matters

SHALOM

thanx

thanx for d prompt reply, the reason am asking is that someone once told me u av to wait for like 6 months. . . Are u sure about this?. . . . Thanx

if someone got denied on a visiting visa. . . Can the person re-apply again after a month or two?

(AT THE BORDER OF NIGERIA TO NIGER REP. )
As you all know that i was the person that brought facebook to nigeria. . . . Am happy to tell you that we are planning something new and big if not even bigger.(crowd cheers). . . It is known as twit. . . . . . .(after consultin his 133 aides for about 20mins). . . . i mean the name is twit-ter, it is also like internet, dont worry the minister of information will tell you all how to do it later. . . . Just follow me and i promise everyone of you i shall follow you back. . . . (crowds jumpin up and down)