₦airaland Forum

oneeaast:
what of tinubu? obj lol

let wait for temitemi1 response 1st ?

temitemi1:
GEJ my HERO! FAYOSE my ROLE MODEL

GMB my HERO! OBJ my ROLE MODEL

South African politician, Makashule Gana, has said some of his compatriots have complained to him that they are angry with Nigerians and other immigrants because they snatched their girldfriends.

Gana, a Deputy Federal Chairperson of Democratic Alliance, made this disclosure in at an anti-xenophobia rally, held at Constitution Hill.

South African newspaper, City Press, reported that Gana advised that rather than get angry and take the anger out on foreigners, South African men should “provide” properly for women, rather than lash out at non-nationals for “stealing” women away.

Gana urged the crowd at the rally to spread the message of not taking part in xenophobic attacks to “our wives, girlfriends, boyfriends, makhwaphenis (secret lovers), neighbours and brothers”.

“If you can’t speak to a girl, now all of a sudden a man that comes from Zimbabwe or Nigeria that can speak to a girl now must be killed. What is that?”

“So I ask my fellow brothers from South Africa, if you want a woman please go speak up, don’t go around and killing someone from Nigeria because they can speak up for themselves. Speak out because it is important,” he told the crowd.

He also urged South Africans to look at themselves and not blame non-nationals for stealing their jobs when these jobs didn’t exist in the first place.

“Go and start a spaza shop,” advised Gana.

http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2015/04/25/xenophobia-nigerian-men-are-snatching-our-wives-south-african-politician/

in temitemi voice OBJ my role model , GMB my hero

@op, I have no job to offer u but I know all is well

raining heavily here. this will serve as a lesson

Sooner or later he will take the baton from his father.
God please hear my prayer

pls check ur HIV status to avoid spread.

The Society for Family Health says more than 3.2 million Nigerians are still living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).
Bright Ekweremadu, the Managing Director of the society, said this on Thursday in Abuja at a forum to mark the end of Enhancing Nigeria’s Response (ENR) to HIV and AIDS programme.
He solicited realistic programmes to fight the virus, insisting that with the prevalent rate, much had to be done to tackle the menace.
“There have been tremendous improvements in addressing and halting the HIV and AIDS burden in Nigeria, there is still a lot to be done especially in regard to expanding access to services,” he said.

According to Ekweremadu, the ENR is one of Nigeria’s largest HIV/AIDS grants.

“ENR was funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) to promote sexual reproductive health and HIV reduction in Nigeria.

“Its goal was to also contribute to reducing the spread of HIV epidemic and mitigating the impact of AIDS in Nigeria,” he added.
He said the ENR programme was a six-year programme inaugurated in 2009 with a focus on eight high prevalence states.

He said the programme will improve access to effective HIV and AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support information and services for people most vulnerable to infection.
Ekweremadu thanked the DFID for funding the programme and the long standing support and partnership.
In a remark, the representative of DFID, Dr Kemi Williams, said that Nigeria had the second highest prevalent rate of HIV, calling for concerted effort to check the scourge.

She said that through the ENR, “comprehensive HIV knowledge increased from 45 per cent for males and 38 per cent for females by 2014.”
She noted that 1.2 billion male condoms and 4 million female condoms were distributed in the six years of the programme.

“These condoms with the associated health promotion and increased use prevented an estimated 109, 364 new HIV infections,” she said.
Also speaking, Prof. John Idoko, Director-General, National Agency for the Control of AIDS, said with the end of the ENR programme, there was the need for government to internally fund HIV projects in the country.

“Government at the centre and state level are improving the resources for tackling HIV and AIDS,” he said.
NAN reports that the ENR programme was implemented by a consortium comprising Society for Family Health, ActionAid Nigeria, BBC Media Action, Population Council and Crown Agents.

http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2015/04/24/3-2m-nigerians-live-with-hiv/

That means PDP are filled with attack dogs, anyway better for democracy but constructive criticism is highly welcome not destructive criticism. Better still they can consult Lia Mohammed for proper training.

Hard drugs kill

A foreign embassy official on Friday in Jakarta, said on condition of anonymity that Indonesia has concluded arrangements to execute several foreign drug convicts on Saturday, including four Nigerians.



The official said some diplomats of the countries of the affected convicts have been requested to travel to Nusakambangan, the prison island off Java where the inmates are to be executed.



A government official also said on condition of anonymity that authorities have ordered preparations for the execution of 10 death-row inmates, including two Australians that have been the subject of a high-profile campaign for clemency.



Tony Spontana, spokesman for the Attorney General’s office, confirmed that a letter, issued on Thursday by a deputy attorney general, told prosecutors to “prepare for and carry out the executions.



“It’s not a letter of notification to the convicts”, he said.



He said convicts are typically notified of their executions three days in advance.



Spontana said the 10 inmates would all be executed at the same time.



He said the other drug inmates facing execution are four from Nigeria, and one each from Indonesia, the Philippines and Brazil.



Spontana said one convict, Martin Aderson, first identified by officials as Ghanaian, was actually from Nigeria.

He also said the Attorney General’s office was awaiting a verdict, due Friday, on a case review request filed by the Indonesian convict, Zainal Abidin.



The Australian government has repeatedly asked for clemency on behalf of its nationals Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran.



Peter Morrisey, a lawyer for the Australian pair, said he was concerned by the letters, as he understood the legal process was not yet over.



“That looks as if the attorney general’s office is determined to press ahead and hustle through.



“That’s the zone we’re in now. We haven’t got the 72-hour knock but that could be imminent’’, he added.



Julian McMahon, another lawyer for the men, said the families of Sukumaran and Chan were travelling to Indonesia, and some members were already there.



Meanwhile, the European Union has criticised Indonesia’s plans to execute the convicts, saying the death penalty was not a solution to the country’s growing drug problem.



A French citizen, Serge Atlaoui, was among the inmates facing the firing squad.



Federica Mogherini, EU Foreign Policy Chief, said the rejections in Indonesia of retrials, including in the case of a French citizen, bring closer the regrettable prospect of further executions.



The governments of the Philippines, France and Brazil have also appealed to Indonesian President Joko Widodo, to show mercy and spare their respective citizens. (dpa/NAN)


http://leadership.ng/news/428165/a-foreign-embassy-official-on-friday-in-jakarta-said-on-condition-of-anonymity-that-indonesia-has-concluded-arrangements-to-execute-several-foreign-drug-convicts-on-saturday-including-four-nigerians

In temitemi1 voice, Obj my hero GMB my mentor

Eko Oni Baje Oooooooo

lalasticlala

The police have arrested a suspected fraudster,
Uchenna Ugwu, for allegedly defrauding some
women and later raping them.
The 26-year-old indigene of Enugu State, while
being paraded at the Awka, Anambra State office
of the Department of State Service, confessed to
the crime, adding that he raped his victims to
fight boredom.
It was learnt that Ugwu belonged to a syndicate,
which specialised in luring ladies while
pretending to be spiritualists, defrauding and
raping them.
Our correspondent learnt that the mode of
operation of the group was to lure women into
their trap and initially tricked them into disclosing
their ATM PIN codes.
It was learnt that if a victim refused to comply,
the group would threaten to inflict a strange
ailment on her based on a spiritual power they
possess.
PUNC H Metro gathered that having succeeded,
the gang members would take their victim to an
arranged prayer house, where she would be
compelled to take a oath never to disclose her
experience to anyone.
The victim would then be raped on the pretext of
making a charm for her.
Our correspondent learnt that that was how
Ugwu and his group operated in Asaba, Delta
State, and Obosi, in the Idemili North Local
Government Area of Anambra State for a long
time, before luck ran out on Ugwu.
He was arrested by the DSS based on petitions
from some of the victims.
Ugwu, who said he stopped his education at
primary six due to financial constraint, said he
turned to crime to survive.
He said, “I joined this business to fight boredom
because my former work was not going on fine
and had shut down.
“My parents, who are still alive, are poor and
because they cannot sponsor my education, I
had to stop at primary six.”
Ugwu, while begging for forgiveness, said he was
a changed man.
“I have suffered a lot in the hands of these
people (DSS) and I promise not to indulge in this
act again in my life; this is a lesson to every
young man that doing evil is not the best,” he
said.
A lady, who said she was a victim, told PUNCH
Metro she believed she was hypnotised.
She said, “I believe he used a charm on me. He
told me if anybody heard about what happened, I
would not live to tell the story.
“To be sincere, I did not know what I was doing.
I lost my sense of reasoning during the process
until after he raped me.”
The Director of DSS, Alex Okeiyi, said the antics
of the hoodlums were many, warning members
of the public, especially females, to be cautious.
Okeiyi said, “It is noteworthy that since agencies
in the state with the support of the government
kept kidnappers and armed robbers in check,
undesirable elements resorted to fraudulent
practices including rape.”

http://www.punchng.com/metro-plus/i-rape-women-to-fight-boredom-suspect/

I will miss madam Pepe

all the best to the new IGP

IGP Suleiman Abba CFR, NPM, NPOM, mni (Rtd)
handing over the leadership of the Nigeria Police
Force to Ag. IGP Solomon Arase, NPM, fdc today
22.04.2015 at the FHQ Abuja.

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Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun
has stated that his administration would conduct
a referendum before May 29 for the
establishment of local council development areas
(LCDA).
Senator Amosun who made this known when
Egba Traditional Council,led by the Alake and
Paramount ruler of Egbaland,Oba Aremu
Adedotun Gbadebo,paid him a congratulatory visit
on his re-election at the Governor's Office, Oke-
Mosan,Abeokuta,said the LCDA would further
bring the benefits of governance to the people.
He said that his second term in office would be
a new beginning of turn around development in
all facets,saying that the only way to show
appreciation for his victory at the polls was
through greater performance.
The governor further noted that activities would
without delay commence on the proposed light
rail project which would cut across the three
Senatorial districts of the state,including Agbara
Industrial axis,assuring that, "we will work for all
and sundry without any form of segregation."
"My appreciation to our people for re-electing me
could better be shown through the kind of work
we are going to do.Activities would soon begin
on our light rail which would be extended to
Agbara Industrial axis.
"Before May 29,we would ensure we conduct a
referendum on the establishment of local council
development area to further bring the benefits of
governance to the people.
We are also going to re-package the platform on
which our new investors work to ensure that
both the local government and local communities
benefits from whatever they are bringing,"gover
nor said.
While thanking the royal fathers for their
unflinching support,the state's helmsman said
that he was humbled by their genuine
acceptance and love,promising that the Amosun-
led administration will not relent in making
Abeokuta wear the look of a capital that would
be a reference point.
Speaking earlier, the Alake and Chairman, Egba
Traditional Council,Oba Gbadebo,said that the
council deemed it fit to congratulate its son on
his victory at the polls,pointing out that, "a good
product does not need any form of marketing.
"We have come to congratulate our son and we
have brought him prayers for another successful
tenure.A good product does not need any form
of marketing.They all saw the exceptional
performance.Even those who did not see it had it
described to them,including our children in the
diaspora,"Alake noted.


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* Bola Tinubu alliance helped Buhari win
presidential poll
* Ex-Lagos governor now one of the most
powerful godfathers
* Seen as favouring technocrats who can solve
problems
By Tim Cocks
LAGOS, April 22 (Reuters) - "I am a talent hunter.
I put talents in office, I help them," says former
Lagos state governor and opposition alliance
leader Bola Tinubu, being quite open about his
role as one of Nigeria's most powerful political
godfathers.
"I use the best hand, the best brain, the best
experience for the job," he told Reuters after
voting this month in a governorship election in
Nigeria's economic capital which, as expected,
his hand picked candidate Akinwunmi Ambode
won.
But it isn't only in his traditional fiefdom in the
ethnic Yoruba southwest that Tinubu has sought
to be a kingmaker. His support for former
military ruler Muhammadu Buhari was seen as a
key factor in the latter's win against President
Goodluck Jonathan in the March 28 presidential
election in Africa's biggest economy and oil
producer.
The pro-Buhari alliance that Tinubu headed, the
All Progressives Congress (APC), rallied elites
around Buhari in the southwest, Nigeria's
wealthiest region. That enabled Buhari to tackle
a perception that his support lies only in the
dust-blown, largely Muslim north. The religiously
mixed southwest had voted overwhelmingly for
Jonathan in the 2011 race.
So 'The Jagaban', an honorific title beloved of
Tinubu's supporters, could have much say in
what reform policies the new government will
focus on, and who fills which cabinet posts.
"The party he led is half of the APC. He can ...
lay claim to that power," said Clement Nwankwo
of the Situation Room civil society group. "Buhari
will feel (an) ... obligation to him."
To supporters Tinubu, a Yoruba Muslim, is a wily
political operator with a passion for getting the
job done and a knack for picking bright,
committed technocrats to do it. To critics he is a
ruthless godfather who doles out lucrative
contracts to his friends' firms, insists on
installing his man in office and is capable of
sending in street thugs if he fails to get his way.
The APC, which came to power on anger over
corruption and growing insecurity, has declined
to speak publicly about policies.
THE JAGABAN
The Nigerian practice of political godfathering
has long been criticised by rights campaigners as
impeding democracy by enabling powerful
oligarchs to capture state institutions.
But few deny that in Lagos, at least, the former
governor managed to fix things no one thought
fixable.
Under his tenure at the turn of the millennium
and that of his successor Babatunde Fashola, a
technocrat hand picked by Tinubu, the city
scrubbed up dramatically. Trash got collected,
crime fell, trees were planted and traffic was
better managed.
"There were refuse mountains around, tax
collection was very low," recalls Folarin Gbadebo-
Smith, a former council leader under Tinubu. "But
very quickly he seemed to sort things out."
Gbadebo-Smith noticed an advantage Tinubu has
over other Nigerian "big men" is that you could
disagree with him and he listened, changing his
mind when faced with a good argument.
He also sets high standards, says Lagos waste
management head Ola Oresanya, to whom
Tinubu gave three months to make a noticeable
difference or be fired.
"He likes to say 'I promised I would do this, and I
have.'"
But like other powerful political figures in Nigeria,
Tinubu's power resides largely in the huge
patronage he wields, which has given him
influence over, for instance, the 'area boys' --
Lagos street toughs who run rackets and guard
cars. Ingeniously, he gave some of them
uniforms and turned them into traffic cops.
After he voted on April 11, a group of area boys
mobbed The Jagaban, and he lectured them on
their disorderly behaviour.
"If you want me to do something for you, line up
in an orderly manner. Then I can share my
peanuts," he told them, adding: "some of you
have not even voted."
A day later, when celebrations erupted outside
his home, two groups of area boys got into a
fight over money that had been distributed and
they began hitting each other with planks of
wood, a Reuters reporter saw. But interviewed
later, many of them said they loved Tinubu since
"he's a man of the common people."
A businessman close to him says although
Tinubu runs a formidable business empire, he is
often short of cash because he gives so much
away to oil the wheels of patronage.
Yet Tinubu may have less influence over Buhari
than he had hoped, argues Kayode Akindele, CEO
of consultancy 46 Parallels.
"He didn't really deliver in the southwest. It was
only a slight lead," he said, compared to the
absolute thumping Jonathan received from
voters in the largely Muslim north.
"The APC, post-elections, is now very northern,"
he added. That could limit any influence The
Jagaban has -- and replicate the north-south
rivalry that divided Jonathan's outgoing party.
(Editing by Giles Elgood)

http://www.trust.org/item/20150422111031-rmlvf/

I knew it

The Lagos State Governor-elect, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, has inaugurated a transition committee to ensure a seamless transfer of power to his government.
The committee is headed by the Deputy Governor-elect, Dr. (Mrs) Idiat Oluranti Adebule. Other members of the team are, Professor Ademola Abass, Mr. Babatunde Rotinwa, Mr. Fola Olalekan Lasisi, Mrs. Rafiquat Onabamiro, Mr. Tunde Durosimi Etti, Dr. Femi Onanuga, Engineer Ade Akinsanya, Mr. Akeem Sulaimon and Mr. Dele Onabokun.

The transition committee is expected to begin work immediately and will submit its report in four weeks.

The Governor-elect thanked the committee for their willingness to take up the challenge to work with him to build a Lagos of their dream.

In her response, the Deputy-Governor elect, who also doubles as the Chairman of the team, Adebule, thanked the Governor-elect for giving them the opportunity to serve. She promised that the team will work assiduously to make the job a success within the time frame

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/ambode-inaugurates-transition-committee/207431/

Nice one from google

What a pity this man will represent my constituency . If truly he is clean of all the allegation, then he should hand over himself to the relevant america authority for investigation