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Very true , whataspp is down on etisalat.

OCTAVO: I will prefer if you reach me personally. I can't connect nairaland handles with our clients data base. Cos it wasn't on this thread you subscribed. I hope you understand my point? But I believe whatever the case is should have been sorted. Thanks.

ok , i will contact you privately.

I did not fancy letter writing to woo a gurl @ all, na my mouth dy do am .

Poverty is disease

Descartes: My friend the more you defend a real politician, the more you get disappointed

Honestly, you make sense. If the op comment is truly from Ribadu then "the beautyful ones in Nigeria are not yet born"

OCTAVO: Ok, sorry about that sir. But it will better if you reach me directly next time in order to make things faster. This will help me to attend to you real time. Thanks.

hmmmm, your sorry cannot return my 2562.56 that was deducted from my credit. For refusing to subscibe on 08175***171 means that my remaining data you shared with me remains a waste. Guy, when are you subscribing now ? Or should i just assume that my remaining data is now a waste ?

RIP

Go for gold

Building it is very easy but our maintenance culture may ruin it if proper is not taking care off. May be govt should lease it out to private company for proper maintenance. Kudos to the gomina for a job well done

olatunji390: But we trust him as a lecturer

You can trust him in any other aspect but not as a politician

tunde1200: tell me anyone that is trust-able among our politician

i can't say who is really trustworthy in all our politician but i lost my trust in Atiku since 2006 when he decamp to AC then and he started talking jargons about the government he was in since 1999 .

Na their wahala be dat. But the truth remains THE FIRST AND THE BEST is still their Igwe.

gidjah: MAY ITS TIME FOR PDP TOdo her home work by tryin to field an igbo deputy coanididate

For Lagos 2015 Gov election, PDP/APC will never field a non-Yoruba as deputy Gov, the elective post they may consider for non-Yoruba will is Councillor.

valuka: One of such people is a cIn this interview, he speaks on various issues and claims that the Igbo constitute 43 per cent of the population in Lagos.

If Igbos constitute 43% of lagos population, is he trying to tell us that Igbos have the highest population in Lagos ?
Going by simple calculation , Anyway i don't take this type of news serious.
Until non-Igbos attain atleast commissioner in any of the eastern state before they can be consider for deputy gov or gov

kobonaire: good afternoon bros .... some NLers de china you know

oh sorry
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ụtụtụ ọma Naijiria
good morning 'yan Nijeriya
e ka owuro Naijiria

raumdeuter: Some of these campaigners for Jonathan were probably those who did the Youth Earnestly Ask for Abacha and the Obasanjo for 3rd term campaign
Na their stomach dem dey hustle for, If a goat is president these same people would ask him to run for 7th term

that really mean that they are after their pocket only.

good morning nigerians

I can never vote for Atiku no matter is agenda. I dont trust him as a politician.

Esterify

Guykhena: rucnI

guy, what is the meaning of this your word ?
@topic 4 last post >>>Idyll

Eyes

Rotten

ur data has finished on 08175***171 and this has cost me my credit and some other clients that may have subscribe from you, this is the 2nd time it will be happening in a week.
Honestly, this is very bad.

Haryoryhemie: 100% Ijebu man? I can't imagine how stingy u would be




100% Ijebu man? I can't imagine how stingy u would be

stingy ke ? Me na animashaun, i dy always give anytime anyday anywhere.
Stinginess is not peculiar to a tribe . Ijebus are very very very generous people like me, my family, Micheal Adenuga, Bayo Kuku, Otunba Subomi Balogun e.t.c
Anyway you have a nice profile display picture.

rationalmind: Live from Edo camp.

Bathroom and Toilet

na shortput sure pass 4 dat place. Dat was my camp during batchb 11/12, i enjoy okada grammar school. I stay in hostel 2 dn. Enjoy ur stay

It takes her noting to name the APC chieftain that was involved but if she can't name the person then i take her as someone that is suffering from "oga at the top order" syndrome

The fear of loosing an election is the beginning of wisdom.
Semi-Good News For The Student
Sad News For The Government

The Petroleum Technology Development Fund,
PTDF, on Monday inducted 217 beneficiaries of its
2013/2014 and 2014/2015 Masters of Science,
MSc, and Doctor of Philosophy, PhD, scholarships.
#At the ceremony in Abuja, the Executive Secretary
of the fund, Femi Ajayi, said that the new
beneficiaries had brought the number of recipients
of the scholarship programme to 2, 974 since it
began in 2000.
“Today, we are inducting 217 scholars, including
170 fresh MSc scholars, four deferred as well as 43
fresh PhD scholars,” he said.
He said that no fewer than 500 candidates sat for
the examination, out of which 217 were selected.
According to Mr. Ajayi, PTDF has so far sponsored
the training of 2,412 MSc students in Petroleum
Engineering, Gas Engineering, Geo-Science, Off-
Shore Engineering, Geology and other oil and gas-
related courses. He said 488 PhD scholars were
also trained in relevant fields overseas since the
inception of the Fund, adding that some of the old
beneficiaries were engaged in the oil and gas
industry and the academia.
“The Fund has also trained 74 university lecturers
under its University Lecturers Skills Enhancement
Training Program, a train-the-trainer programme, in
Newcastle, United Kingdom and Grenoble in France.
“Twenty others will be leaving Nigeria for Grenoble,
France in September this year,” he added.
While explaining that the programme could not hold
last year due to financial challenges, Mr. Ajayi
commended President Goodluck Jonathan for his
timely intervention in providing fund this year. He
explained that the prevailing trend in the petroleum
industry had exposed the wide gap between
technology advances in the global scene and the
limited capacity of Nigerian professionals.
According to him, non-availability of some core
courses in Nigerian universities which are relevant
to oil and gas sector, necessitates the need to send
Nigerians abroad for studies in such areas. He said
that on their return, the beneficiaries were expected
to fill up the skills gap in the industry “in the area of
state-of-the-art technologies”.
“One of the main objectives of the Overseas
Scholarship Scheme is to encourage and stimulate
continuous learning and technology development in
the petroleum industry,” he said. “It also aims to
expose Nigerians to the latest technological
advancement in the global petroleum industry.
“It seeks to accelerate the development of local
capacities in an international competitive
environment thereby enhancing local content
participation,” he said.
While congratulating the recipients, the executive
secretary advised them to be diligent in their
studies, and reminded them of the need to return
home after their studies to help in building the
country.
“There is actually a bond for the PhD students
although we have not been enforcing that bond
because we believe that you should be patriotic to
serve your country,” he said.

https://m.premiumtimesng.com/news/166547-ptdf-gives-masters-doctorate-degree-scholarships-to-217-nigerians.html

Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun
has approved an across the board reduction in all
State owned Tertiary Institutions.
In the new school fees regime, some students will
pay 61 percent less than they are currently
paying while some others will be paying as low as
N29,700. The reduction was arrived at after
extensive deliberation between government,
leadership of the various Students’ Unions and
heads of the institutions.
Also, the new school fees regime has abolished
the indigene/non-indigene dichotomy as all
students offering the same course and the same
level will pay the same fees.
In a statement signed by Barrister Segun Odubela,
Commissioner for Education, Science and
Technology, the government stated that medical
students of Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU)
who are paying N301,610 will now be paying
N176,596, a 41.4 percent reduction. Also,
students of the Faculty of Arts in the same
university will be paying N81,112 instead of the
current fee of N126,540, a 35.9 percent reduction.
In Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, the
school fees has been reduced from N71,300 to
N40,000 for Higher National Diploma (HND) while
Ordinary National Diploma (OND) students will
enjoying a reduction of N22,300, a reduction of
between 31.1 and 9.6 percent respectively.
Students of Tai Solarin University of Education
(TASUED) will enjoy a reduction from N103,435
for the first year students to N75,000,
representing 27.5 percent reduction, while
returning students who are paying N93,465 will
now be paying N65,000, representing 30.4
percent reduction.
Higher National Diploma (HND) students of Ogun
State Institute of Technology, Igbesa who are
currently paying N118,000 will now be paying
N46,000, a reduction of 61 percent.
The reduction of fees will also apply to the other
three (3) Institutes of Technology owned by the
State Government.
The reduction of fees will take effect from the
2014/2015 academic session.
The State Government has also donated thirteen
(13) buses to the Student Unions of all State and
Federal Institutions in the State. Also to benefit
from this largesse is the National Association of
Nigerian Students (NANS), Ogun State Chapter.
Government further stated that it will always
protect the interest of the students as they are
future leaders of the Nation.
Signed
Barrister Segun Odubela
Commissioner for Education, Science and
Technology
Ogun State
https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/166603-ogun-reduces-school-fees-in-all-tertiary-institutions.html

The Federal Government has approved the employment of 490 Environmental Health Officers (EHO) to man border areas to prevent further spread of Ebola disease. The Minister of Environment, Mrs Laurentia Mallam, made this known at the inauguration of the Governing Board of Environmental Health Officers Registration Council of Nigeria (EHORECON) in Abuja on Monday.
Mallam said that the action was part of the Federal Government’s efforts to boost staff strength to check further spread of the deadly disease.
She said that President Goodluck Jonathan had mandated the ministry to employ professionals to man border areas as well as ports, to ensure that those environments were kept clean.
She, however, acknowledged the fact that the number to be recruited was inadequate, adding that more would be recruited in due course with the approval of the President.
“Ebola is real and the Federal Government is ready to fight it.
“Mr President has made funds available to the Ministry of Health to control further spread of the disease.
“Nigerians, on their part, should be conscious of their environment and keep the environment clean all the time.
“Though the recruitment of additional 490 environmental health officers for this purpose is not even enough because Nigeria is very big and this number cannot reach out to all states.
“I believe that our President is committed to the prevention of this disease.”

Mallam said that the ministry was ready to work with the council to ensure the early return of EHO, with the aim of attaining the level of effectiveness witnessed in the past.
She stressed the need to key into the initiative by states and local councils for the prevention of diseases.
The minister urged the council to report all cases of breach of the code of ethics of the profession by some erring members for discipline.
“We want to re-introduce the environmental health officers’ cadre in our various communities in order to restore environmental sanity.
“My ministry is ready to work with the council to ensure the early return of the environmental health officers with the aim of attaining the level of effectiveness witnessed during the colonial era and beyond.
“I request the council to look into issues as well as reports of breach of the code of ethics of the profession by some members across the nation.
“I want you to carry out full investigation and ensure that integrity is the watchword of practitioners, and any person, no matter how highly placed, found to have compromised should be appropriately sanctioned.
In his remarks, Mr Augustine Ebisike, the Registrar of the council, commended the government for constituting the board.
Ebisike said that the council over 2,000 certificates of registration for practitioners yet to be signed, due to lack a governing board.
He said that the council would improve in its operational capability, to prevent outbreak of diseases in Nigeria.
He also expressed commitment of the council to tackle the outbreak and further spread of the Ebola disease.
Responding, Prof. Oladapo Afolabi, the newly inaugurated board Chairman, urged every stakeholder in the health and environment sectors to play their roles in ensuring that the issue of Ebola was addressed quickly.
Afolabi, who was a former Head of Service of the Federation and Permanent Secretary of the ministry, appealed to the Federal Government to employ more professionals to meet the WHO requirement of one EHO to 8,000 people.
He said that the council, under his watch, would not hesitate to discipline those who would bring the image of the profession to ridicule.
NAN reports that 11 members were sworn in as new members of the board of the council which operated without a governing board in the last two years. (NAN)
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/08/ebola-fg-employ-490-environmental-health-officers-man-border-communities/

BY; VICTORIA OJEME
ABUJA - President Goodluck Jonathan Monday described late Patrick Sawyer actions as pure ‘madness’ and craziness.
Jonathan made the statement at the annual Interfaith Conference in Abuja. The president who expressed his disappointment with the way and manner Sawyer brought Ebola to Nigeria assured citizens that government is ready to stop the disease.
“As a government, we promise that we will do everything humanly possible to contain the Ebola virus.

Jonathan informed the gathering that the federal government planned to rally the 36 states governors and their Commissioners of Health to rescue the nation from further spread of the disease.
“On Wednesday, I will meet with governor of the states, and they must come along with their commissioners of Health. We must make sure that every state is prepared, where they lack, the federal government will support them,”
The president said that his discussion with the head of WHO has given him more information about the virus assured the gathering that the virus will be stopped from causing more harm.
“My conversation with the WHO DG, Dr Margaret Chan was revealing, she said 60 per cent of the transmission was spread during burials. That is why in my announcement, I’ve been saying that people should be careful about burials.”
“Some people like burial ceremonies. This is not the time for burial ceremony, somebody is dead, he is dead, leave him there. This is not the best time for those ceremonies.”
“If he is dead, he is already dead, Sawyer that brought this Ebola to Nigeria; his sister died of Ebola. And he started acting somehow, his country asked him not to leave the country, let them observe him, but the crazy man decided to leave and found his way here.”
Meanwhile, the federal government Monday said one new case was recorded over the weekend, bringing the number to 10.
Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu stated this Monday in a press conference on the update of the Ebola Virus Disease(EVD).
Chukwu, said “it has been 22 days since EVD first landed in Nigeria. As at today, 177 primary and secondary contacts of the index case have been placed under surveillance or isolation. 9 developed EVD, bringing the total number of cases in Nigeria to 10. Of these 10, 2 have died (the Liberian American and the Nigerian nurse) while 8 are alive and currently on treatment.”
The minister alongside Minister of Environment, Mrs Laurentia Mallam, Interior Minister, Abba Moro, Special Duties Minister, Tanimu Turaki and Minister of Information, Labaran Maku stated that “Nigeria wishes to emphasize that, it essentially remained an Ebola Virus free country until this incidence of importation and unfortunate contamination. We will continue to work with all stakeholders, local and international partners to maximize on this and intensify efforts to contain and treat the existing cases.”
Citing efforts to stop the spread of the virus in the West African sub-region, Chukwu said government role at the recent meeting in Accra, Ghana projected Nigeria’s “leading, pioneering and compassionate role during the summit with the first and only donation of 3.5Million USD humanitarian and capacity building aid to the three affected countries of Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, the West African Health Organization (WAHO), and the ECOWAS Ebola Fund.”
Chukwu said the “Liberian Government has expressed its deepest sympathies and regrets that Mr. Sawyer had even embarked on this tragic journey, which has brought needless sufferings, death and has placed an unnecessary stress on our health system. In the same spirit, we share in solidarity, the grief of the governments and people of Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone as we confront this challenge together.”
The minister further urged Nigerians not to see Liberia and her citizens in bad light considering the harmonious relationship the two countries have had over the years.
“The government of Nigeria, shall continue to discharge its responsibilities within the sub region as we collectively confront and stop this outbreak of Ebola.”
He however, told journalists that aside from working with the US government on how to assist, government was also looking at other options in terms of drugs that could revive Ebola patients.
He said Nigeria’s quest to get hold of drugs that will bring relief to Ebola patients is “still work-in-progress” adding that, healthcare workers entrusted with providing care to patients have been given Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as measure to prevent them from contracting the virus.
Chukwu who stated that the Ebola virus still remained restricted to Lagos State also reiterated the resolve of the federal government to find a solution to the lingering crisis between it and the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), especially the need to call off the nationwide strike.
The minister was more optimistic that the crisis will be settled soon, but maintained that “the NMA strike is not affecting the treatment of Ebola patients.”
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http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/08/jonathan-describes-late-patrick-sawyer-actions-pure-madness/