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Omerian Consult: Nigerian senators yesterday voted massively in support of life pension for the members of the national assembly (house of reps members and themselves). The voting, which was done using the newly installed electronic voting board (reminds me of Who Wants to be a Millionaire audience) also killed the bill for local government autonomy.

egift: God help Nigeria

kunlekunle: [size=16pt]if this is why SARO WIWA died,
he died in vain[/size]

DivideUs: I think he should be promoted to the rank his mates are (brig gen) and then retired having missed promotion exams and training, the army may decide to retire him as a colonel tho so as not to pay so much in servicing him after retirement once the rank of general is attached e.g home guard(s) etc.

If I was the army I will keep him onboard that way he is bound by service not to go on talking anyhow, it will be like from one detention to another, the military is governed by a set of rules that one can and will not break or will be court martial'd and punished as the military see fit, He will be easier to control if answerable to the chain, but then again, they know best, but what ever action they take this gentleman/officer knows so much and needs to be on a short leash

ilugunboy: Barbaric and un-civilized behavior..

midpoint: http://saharareporters.com/news-page/rivers-crisis-amaechi-and-four-northern-governors-held-hostage-port-harcourt-international

Abagworo: But its obvious. The way this government disregards the feeling of the masses must end up in a revolution. Sometimes I just wonder if they really know how the common man feels or they are surrounded by liars.

An example is this Rivers State issue. People are lying to the Presidency that it is only opposition political parties that are angry but in reality majority of Nigerians are very mad at the actions of the FG. I won't be surprised if the revolution comes sooner than expected.

berem: What happened to NTA, Africa's largest TV network??. Why must it be CNN the president wants to display his clueless stoopidity for the whole world to see? Why?
Jona, you fall my hand!

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drnoel: Governor Babatunde Fashola of Nigeria's Lagos State said the government planted 4.6 million trees in the last six years as part of move to mitigate the impact of climate change.

Fashola disclosed this at the 2013 Tree Planting Campaign at Total Filling Station, Mangoro, Agege, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, saying that the government had targeted planting 1 million trees in 10 years when it launched the tree planting campaign in 2008.

According to him, the government had surpassed its expectation by planting such large number of trees in six years.

"We did not do it alone, this achievement was made possible because the people of the state embraced the tree planting initiative.

Today, I want to let you know that we will not relent; we will continue till our environment, our heritage and collective property is restored to its glorious state".

"The result of the trees planted so far was evident last year as the state was spared the heavy flooding which ravaged many states last year.

It was not by coincidence, it was a result of our collective efforts at preserving nature to prevent her wrath," he stated.

The governor added that the tree planting exercise was designed with the sole aim of awakening the consciousness of every Nigerian on the unique role trees and other plant communities played in making the environment conducive for human habitation and to encourage everyone to plant and protect trees.

On the theme of this year's campaign, which is: Green is Peace, Fashola said it was in recognition of the fact that the absence of enough green, especially trees, was a threat to the survival of all creatures that depended on oxygen.

"We need trees to absorb the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to prevent us from suffocating," he said.

Fashola disclosed that his administration had gone a step further to import new species of trees from India to plant in the state, adding that "we also brought in about 1000 seedling some of which will be planted today."

Commissioner for the Environment, Tunji Bello said tree planting was one of the remedies deployed by the state government to combat the menace of erosion as well as other ecological problems.

Bisjosh: Very very offensive! I hate it when guys do that. Walk past them and they are sure to turn their brainless heads! Smh!

texaco1: Yes ,she is a good role model for nigerian women

k2039: Politics is very funny, the said minister could have planted the bomb just to tarnish Amaechi's image.

Not saying the bomb couldn't have been planted by a pro Amaechi's group also.

Just the possibilities.

nwaneri: I tot Atiku was in PDP? I he that confused?

Gbawe: http://saharareporters.com/news-page/armored-personnel-carrier-deployed-guard-mrs-jonathan%E2%80%99s-guest-house-bayelsa

benzine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEJVIyc6xp8

That's Wole Soyinka in Akwa Ibom praising the Governor whom many of us know has a highly questionable character. I think old age has caught up with this man and he should really stick it. Patience was speaking for me - Soyinka became an instant embarrassment when I first watched that video. He can go to hell for all I care