₦airaland Forum

The Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, has declared war on The PUNCH Newspapers for reporting the views of opposition parties on happenings in the state.

The governor, in a video clip watched by our correspondent in Osogbo on Tuesday, made the public declaration of war against The PUNCH Newspapers and Tribune Newspapers on September 8, during the commencement of the distribution of plastic chairs and desks to schools in the state.

The ceremony was held on the premises of Adenle Middle School, Osogbo.

Making an allusion to the media reports on the unpaid salary crisis in the state, the governor said The PUNCH and other newspapers supported his adversaries to lie against his government.

He said, “They didn’t spare us on any platform. Even today, they lied against us and some shameless organs of mass communication supported them.

“Say shame on them, shame! All of them and those who are supporting them. Some newspapers knew they were lying, yet they supported them. PUNCH reported last week Thursday that they had just released the money, the same PUNCH published today that we have kept the money for two months. Shame on all of them, shame!

“Newspapers are meant to educate the people; they are not meant to incite the public against the government. Shame on PUNCH, shame on Tribune. I say it openly; let them challenge me.

“The PUNCH Newspaper, Tribune Newspapers have declared war on our state and we shall not spare them. We shall not spare them; it’s war!

“You can’t be attacking us and expect us to be quiet; we shall fight back. The time has come for us to fight back; we will fight back.”


Source: http://www.punchng.com/news/aregbesola-declares-war-on-punch/

Ekaka1:
Dude N93k for shoes in Nigeria for perhaps a regular person with a job?

Listen I work in a major Oil/gas company here in the U.S. but I will not consider buying a pair of shoes for N93k if I get the option of investing the money. The girl is thinking smart and the dude is just not thinking!!

Did u read do original story @all? Me think u shud.
Berra still, u can read it again.

New incidences of bird flu have been recorded in Lagos State, with an estimated 60,000 birds already affected, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.

Executive Secretary of the Poultry Association of Nigeria, Lagos State chapter, Mr. Olugbenga Ogunsetan, confirmed this to NAN on Tuesday in Lagos.

He said several poultry farms were affected by the avian influenza in Ikorodu area of the state.

“Over 60,000 birds were lost in August after the avian influenza ravaged the farms.

“This has largely affected production of poultry products and leading to price hike in the area,” Ogunsetan told NAN.

Meanwhile, the state government said it was making arrangement with the Federal Government for compensation to the affected poultry farmers.

The Permanent Secretary of the state Ministry of Agriculture, Dr. Olajide Basorun, who spoke on the compensation move, corroborated the severity claim by the PAN Scribe.

He told NAN that compensating affected farmers would encourage others, who were afraid to report the case, to come forward.

“The Lagos State Government, in collaboration with the Federal Government, is already thinking of ways to support these farmers, whose poultry were affected by the scourge.

“Many economies have shut down because of this avian influenza and these economies have dependants, which mean a lot of people have lost their livelihoods.

“Government is mindful of that and is working out modalities to compensate the farmers so that others, who have the flu and have not reported or are under reporting, will be encouraged to come forward,” he said.

The permanent secretary said government does not want a scenario were the farmers, who do not report, will sell their birds to unsuspecting public.

He said where there was a reported case, the ministry had moved swiftly to conduct tests and depopulate such farm.

The permanent secretary also allayed fear of possible spread, saying the disease had been contained.
Basorun noted that the ministry would continue to encourage poultry farmers to report suspicious cases for proper action.

Source: http://www.punchng.com/news/lagos-records-new-cases-of-bird-flu/

guccidriver93k:
My boyfriend said I should buy him Gucci Driver shoes worth N93k when I am coming home for Christmas break, said he will give me the money when I come back. This is going to be the first time we will meet since we started our fragile relationship 9 months ago, we knew a bit in University few years ago.

Severally, I have told my boyfriend prior to now that I cannot afford it. Last before now, he said "but you can start saving now and you will get the money before your arrival". So this time, to be the virtuous girlfriend, I had to go all out and check up the prices for this shoe.
I think he assumes that because I am a self-sponsored student abroad, I am Dantata's love child.
Anytime i debunk this claim, he goes like "haba!" and

& wot's wrong wt him saving d money (preferably wt u). Thot u said he's working (& u a student)

The Central Bank of Nigeria has told bank customers who have yet to obtain their Bank Verification Number not to hope that the apex bank will for the second time extend the October 31st deadline set for the conclusion of the exercise.

The CBN stated it does not intend to shift the deadline again.

The Deputy Director, Banking and Payments System Department, CBN, Mr. Musa Jimoh, stated this at an interactive session with journalists in Lagos recently, according to a statement sent to SUNDAY PUNCH.

He said, “With less than two months to the expiration of the deadline, the advice from the regulator for bank customers that have yet to enrol in the BVN platform is that they should endeavour to obtain their BVNs, otherwise they would discover that they may not be able to deposit money in or make withdrawals from their accounts.”


Source:http://www.punchng.com/news/bvn-deadline/

midolian:
Kwara State as a whole is Saraki's source of wealth. His inheritance, his investment and his everything. He has privatized virtually everything. May God deliver kwarans from his hands

Cc: modath, Ngeneukwenu

Amen ooooo

alaoeri:
By the time they are through with Saraki, Ekweremadu, Dino Melaye & co will run into hiding, pa chuckwudi the online Saraki's supporter will have nothing to say. Not only in Nigeria but through out the world, never go against those that are stronger than you, the forces fighting against Saraki are stronger than him, very soon senators loyal to him will be switching allegiance one after the other to avoid any thing like this.
The latest brouhaha against Saraki has dent any future higher political office he's aspiring.

Forget dat thing. No b 4 today's 9ja. 9ja politics is 'money 4 hand, back 4 ground'.
Unlike evry other person , I'm not amazed dat do guy's bn accumulating & still continue 2 amass wealth @ d expence of d pipu he's meant to serve. He knows he nids it to gain control (either officially or otherw). Av u eva wondered y do incumbent gov canNOT do anything till he gets clearance frm Him? Not even in his (d gov's) hometown.

Debeloved87:
that's very thoughtful, I hope he called her back rather than remarry because the devil may raise his ugly head again and even make him divorce again

Serial Monogamy, that's wot one of my teachers calls that back in sch

Honestly, IDONBLIVIT

madridguy:
Not a good move at all. After sending them to foreign land for more knowledge. Waste of public fund and time. The DSS knows better sha and as for the dismissed officers I say no knowledge is waste.

Even if desired knowledge in this case is converted into armed robbery.

I guess SARS doesn't av any work 2 do on him again. They wudn't av don any berra. They can jst let him go.

kingvectorv:
Na keke be that abi motor because dat tin no look like car

Na 4WD





(4WheelDrive)

Oyinbo knorrr well..........









...........from day 1

A 21-year-old man, Nura Abdullahi, has been sentenced to a jail term of five years for unlawfully dealing in 62 kilogrammes of marijuana.

Abdullahi, who was convicted and sentenced on Wednesday, was said to have become visually-impaired in the prison custody, where he was awaiting trial since his arrest on March 19, 2013.

His eventual conviction on Wednesday by Justice Mohammed Yunusa of a Federal High Court in Lagos was on the strength of his confessional statement and the exhibits tendered by the prosecution.

Abdullahi, who was only arraigned on September 3, 2015 on one count of unlawful possession of marijuana, had promptly pleaded guilty to the offence.

At the Wednesday’s proceedings, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency’s prosecutor, J.I. Aernan, reviewed the facts of the case.

To further prove the prosecution’s claims, Aernan, who held the brief for M.U. Ewah, tendered, among other exbitits, the bulk of the illicit substance recovered from the convict two years ago, as well as the convict’s confessional statement.

According to the prosecutor, the convict was arrested with the 62 kilogrammes of marijuana on March 19, 2013 at Ezewanta Motor Park, Ijora, Lagos State.

He said the offence contravened Section 11 (b) of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act Cap N30 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004.

“We most humbly urge My Lord to convict the accused person based on his own confessional statement coupled with the evidence adduced before the court,” Aernan prayed.

In his judgement, Justice Yunusa said he was convinced that the prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt.

The defence, in a brief allocutus, urged the court to temper justice with mercy in sentencing the convict.

It noted that Abdullahi was a first offender, adding that he had been through bitter experiences, including the loss of his sight, since his arrest and incarceration since March 2013.

Justice Yunusa sentenced Abdullahi to a prison term of five years, to count from his day of arrest.

He ordered the destruction of the hard drug  recovered from the convict by the NDLEA.

http://www.punchng.com/news/blind-marijuana-peddler-bags-five-years/

estyvino:
They really fall.ed in love, the question is; can they get up from their fallen?

For this kind love to happen, one must be on the receiving end, buh in this case who is receiving. That gat me thinking

Both r receiving.
D guy dey receive food & shelter (maybe +$$)
D oldmama dey receive Konji

I must confess that I'm yet to witness dat improvement in electricity in my area oooo.
In fact, it's be getting worse prn

Debeloved87:
am not trying to justify him, but how should he handle the urges and feelings that will erode him oftentimes, this must have been what led him to the conclusion of taking a new wife..what do you say

Dat's wot he shudda considered b4 sending his wife away, especially 4 d fact dat he's leading a group of people, which automatically makes him a role model to some & which means he isn't living 4 himself alone.
Moreso, marriage is a union btw 2 matured minds. It doesn't take religion to av a happy union. Religion only makes it easier. It takes LOVE & MATURITY. So if a relationship is not working, then 1 or both of these is lacking in 1 or both of the couple.
I'm not trying 2 b 'holier than thou' in this case. In fact, I've gat my own issues too that I constantly seek God's grace to overcome. Buh we don't bend God's Word 2 suit ourselves. On the contrary, we conform to it.
My advice 4 ur pastor is dat he shud bring back his wife & they shud iron out dia differences.

Currently using BB Z30 & it's new, but dat's bn my concern too. However, I'm enjoying it while it lasts. Tried checking 4 do ba3 online by purchase buh didn't find. Twas wen I got it I discovered it's fixed.

My dear, do fact that u don't know d genesis or nitty gritty of it doesn't make it unreal. I like & support ur summation though, dat pipu shud work hard rather than looking 4 shut cut 2 riches.

This is a lopsided & biased analysis. Was expecting to see comparism wt his (Jonathan's) appointment of northerners. Dat's d only fair grnd 4 assessment of his govt

Debeloved87:
My pastor's marriage crashed last year, thou the marriage produced children and the parting seems unreconcilable even thou i think it fell on domestic issues and also the fact that the wife doesn't really flow with the pastoral call of the husband as her pastor husband wish her to.

Recently the man of God was talking about it and he said that he will take a new wife very soon anytime he is ready, and he ask us whether its scriptural but we just giggled and he told us that it is scriptural that we should open the book of 1 corinthians 7:14-15 "for the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband, else where your children unclean but now are they holy; but if the unbelieving depart,let him depart, a brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases:but God has called us to peace...

This actually was a little bit confusing to me, since the wife in question wasn't an unbeliever... Is my pastor right with his assertions?

1. Dat d wife doesn't flow with d pastoral call doesn't make her an unbeliever. Everybody cannot be pastor.
2. If d unbelieving depart, NOT put her away.
3. If she departs, Bible didn't say marry anoda. Hence, if he's convenient wt her leaving, then he shud be convenient wt remaining unmarried.

OP, guess u gat make a definition ur use of d term 'wealthy' cos as far as I know, it's jst a handful of d trio dat's rich, let alone being wealthy. Dat u're farmer or fisherman doesn't necessarily translate 2 wealth as most r peasants.
& may I ask, d'u visit home @all? Cos all I can see frm ur write up is nothing more than hearsay, not a 1st hand knowledge.

OrlandoOwoh:
It's not only those in the physical or natural sciences that make use of laboratories. Others do to. In the Faculty of Arts, there is a Phonetics Laboratory used by students studying English, French, German and Portuguese.

Kk. Txs 4 d enlightenment.

Sabrwahaqqo:
Hmm . No!

No cos UhMm ; minding the SIZE af the LABOR CONCERNED and their dependants too , welfare matters a whole lot. That's one.

Two, can you imagine the stand-still then effect; economically , socially and even biologically when the transit af cement and other products from Dangote's stable on Nigeria is cut short?

No I guess. cos if you'd considered these, you wouldn't proclaim this's a spec af sand in tha whole Nigeria's mata lol

Not as much as wen oil marketers et al strike, which as happened over & over again.
Fact is, Dangote is a (priv8) businessman wu has d right to run his bizz however he wills, & with d level of unemployment in this country presently, he can decide replace dem wt ready hands & new condition of service.

Sabrwahaqqo:
Yh, the govt has that power to not really 'force' but actually design tha minimum wage which the company cannot reduce but if they wish increase.... My headache is not with that actually , twas the 'probe' that caught me bro. U dig?

Not in this case, wen d company's min wage is higher than d govt's

lolaxavier:
Not sure either but I guess companies as such have social responsibilities to the communities in which they operate in since they are benefitting from the local raw materials. However, I am not sure if the president has any power to force salary upgrade.

This issue ain't abt responsibility 2 do community, otherwise known as Cooperate Social Responsibility (CSR). D community ain't do ones complaining

Sabrwahaqqo:
I Don't feel this is within the constitutional powers af tha president. As far as I know, OgA Dangote is nat a politician . Abi who will educate me?

Don't mind dem. Probe as boom everybody's slogan now.
D best they can ask 4 is 4 Buhari or other influential Nigeria to persuade him. That's all.
Moreso, I can't fathom any reason 4 probe here, cos do guy didn't reduce diabetes salary. He simply didn't increase it.

Kelklein:
In the defence of Dangote

the last time I checked,, minimum wage in the country is 18,000...the complainant stated that some are paid as much as 40000, none is paid less than 20000..

so what's the fuss all about.

I wonder too ooo.
Imagine dem asking Buhari 2 probe him like he siphoned there salary wen govt isn't even paying as much, yet is unable to pay. No b day same post PhD holders dey hussle for!
They're lucky it's not an organisation like Afe Babalola's, wia u technically sign ur sack letter from disclosure day u resume.

Hmmmmm.
9ce response frm an intelligent & matured mind

Pls wot's do link bw TV & laboratory?

OP, u shudda taken clearer pix. It's only do last one that's clear enof.

DrHighchief:
D[b] only discovery for d day, d goal keeper. He did well.[/b] Some of d Keshi boys shud be invited (just a suggestion).

I'm yet to see d comment of those 'bad belle' questioning his nationality.