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NOC1:
What I don't understand is the influence Aregbesola have in Lagos, despite governing Osun for 8 solid years, he is still in control of his senatorial zone in Lagos.
I fear the Society Lagos politicians belong, it humbles them a lot, if you sit down to analyse Lagos politics you will agree with me that it is scripted from somewhere while someone is presented as the arrow head. If it is money so many APC leaders in Lagos are richer than Tinubu, so many of them spend cash more than him, so many are in street more than him, but they all still agree to him.

'Richer than Tinubu' you say? Apparently you have no idea of how rich Tinubu is.

So sad. Realizing that the main culprit that hit his head with baton is from his home town is even more painful.

Naijaguy123:
If kalu want us to give him the deputy senate President slot, he has to work for it and deliver Abia state government house to our party APC.

APC should win that state easyly with the results coming in so far , this one go pain him people no be small.
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Funny enough, the citizens of the state prefer the APC candidate. They are voting for the individuals now and not along party lines. The Incumbent governor has performed woefully.

So my boss who is an ardent supporter of PMB decided to hold a mini get together for the staff to celebrate his victory in the just concluded Presidential Elections. He was benevolent enough to invite the Atikulated staff. See photos below:

The LASG wouldn't do much regarding this. Kindly forward this info to nemsa.gov.ng
That is the Federal Government Agency in charge of the Technical Regulation of the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry. The full name is Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA).

Letter from Africa: How Nigeria's elite avoid 'bad education'
17 December 2018


In our series of letters from African writers, journalist Sola Odunfa reflects on a controversial proposal to ban the children of government officials and top civil servants from completing their education abroad.

Back in the 1980s, my daughter won a place at the Obafemi Awolowo University, one of the top state-funded institutions in Nigeria.

She embarked on her studies with a spring in her step, expecting to emerge with a prestigious qualification five years later.

Soon enough though, she would learn the truth behind the modern Nigerian saying: university students can only be sure of their matriculation date; they cannot say when they will graduate.

Her studies seemed to take forever. If the lecturers were not on strike, they were planning to go on strike. One of the strikes - a nationwide action - lasted almost a year.

Halfway through the course, my daughter's morale had collapsed and only the combined entreaties of our extended family could convince her to continue her education.

Disillusioned and frustrated, she eventually graduated. The five-year-course was completed in seven, through no fault of her own.

More from Sola Odunfa:

If that sounds bad, things are even worse now.

Universities remain poorly funded and the lecturers' union - known by its acronym ASUU - is more militant than ever, routinely threatening to close down universities in its battles with the government.

It is today widely regarded as the most strike-prone of Nigeria's labour unions. It says the government rarely delivers on its promises.

As well as looking out for its members' interests, the ASUU pushes for the government to increase investment in higher education.

Recently, some parliamentarians came up with a proposal that, they said, would do exactly that.

They proposed a ban on the children of top officials from travelling abroad to complete their studies.

They argued that this would compel government officials - many of whom send their children to foreign universities - to increase funding for the domestic education sector.

'Climate of decay'
According to the lawmaker behind the proposal, some 75,000 Nigerians are currently studying in countries such as Ghana, Benin Republic, Egypt, the UK and US - a form of educational tourism that represents a loss of N1tn ($2.7bn; £2.1bn) to the economy.

It is in this climate of decay that private universities have been flourishing in Nigeria.

Having outlawed teaching unions, these institutions can guarantee a stable academic calendar.

But their fees tend to be very high, and so the young Nigerians going to study abroad include not just the offspring of elites but also those whose parents want to avoid the state system but cannot afford a private education at home.

For them, the foreign option can be more economical, especially if their children take part-time jobs to offset the cost.

The proposed ban did not get very far in parliament.

The debate on the topic was suspended after the speaker ruled that it would contravene individuals' right to free movement.

And so, Nigerians continue to send their children to study abroad.

Meanwhile, the country's lecturers are back on strike - complaining about the lack of funding for universities.

source: bbc.com

The person who handled the branding of these vehicles is made for life!

A court in Milan is considering charges of corruption against Eni and Shell in a controversial oil deal that led to Nigeria losing an estimated $6bn.
The campaign group Global Witness has calculated the OPL 245 deal in 2011 deprived Nigeria of double its annual education and healthcare budget.
Eni and Shell are accused of knowing the money they paid to Nigeria would be used for bribes.
The Italian and Anglo-Dutch energy giants deny any wrongdoing.
This unfolding scandal, which is being played out in an Italian court, has involved former MI6 officers, the FBI, a former President of Nigeria, as well as current and former senior executives at the two oil companies.


The former Nigerian oil minister, Dan Etete, was found guilty by a court in France of money laundering and it emerged he used illicit funds to buy a speed boat and a chateau. It is also claimed he had so much cash in $100 bills that it weighed five tonnes.


Shell is one of the oil firms facing corruption charges
Global Witness has spent years investigating the deal which gave Shell and Eni the rights to explore OPL 245, an offshore oil field in the Niger Delta.
It has commissioned new analysis of the way the contract was altered in favour of the energy companies and concluded Nigeria's losses over the lifetime of the project would amount to $5.86bn, compared to terms in place before 2011.

New evidence in Shell corruption probe
The analysis was carried out by Resources for Development Consulting on behalf of Global Witness, as well as the NGOs HEDA, RE:Common and The Corner. The estimated losses were calculated using an oil price of $70 a barrel as a basis.
Eni has criticised the way it was calculated because it ignores the possibility that Nigeria had the right to revise the deal to claim a 50% share of the production revenues.
Deal or no deal
Campaigners say the deal should be cancelled.
"We discovered that Shell had constructed a deal that cut Nigeria out of their share of profit oil from the block," Ava Lee, a campaigner at Global Witness told the BBC's World Business Report.
"This amount of money would be enough to educate six million teachers in Nigeria. It really can't be underestimated just how big a deal this could be for a country that right now has the highest rates of extreme poverty in the world."
Nigeria is the richest economy in Africa, but despite having large resources of oil and gas millions of people are poor.

Campaigners say the deal deprived Nigeria of double its annual education and healthcare budget

Lucrative OPL 245
It is understandable why Eni and Shell wanted to acquire the rights to develop OPL 245, because it is estimated to contain nine billion barrels of oil.
But the process of how they secured the contract is dogged by claims of corruption.
The court in Milan is weighing evidence of how a former Nigerian oil minister, Dan Etete, awarded ownership of OPL 245 to Malabu, a company he secretly controlled.
He is accused of paying bribes to others in the government, such as former President Goodluck Jonathan, to ensure that process went smoothly.
Shell and Eni are accused of knowing the $1.1bn they paid to Nigeria would be used for bribes, claims based on the content of emails which have since emerged.
"Looking at the emails it seems that Shell knew that the deal they were constructing was misleading but they went ahead with it anyway even though a number of Nigerian officials raised concerns about this scandalous, scandalous deal," says Ava Lee from Global Witness.

No wrongdoing
The Anglo-Dutch and Italian energy giants insist they have done nothing wrong, because they paid the money to secure the exploration rights directly to the Nigerian government.
Shell issued a statement to BBC World Business Report saying: "Since this matter is before the Tribunal of Milan it would not be appropriate for us to comment in detail. Issues that are under consideration as part of a trial process should be adjudicated in court and we do not wish to interfere with this process.
"We maintain that the settlement was a fully legal transaction and we believe the trial judges in Italy will conclude that there is no case against Shell or its former employees."
Eni has also denied any wrongdoing and told the BBC that it questions the competence of the experts commissioned by Global Witness and its "partners", as well as raising the possibility that the report by the campaign group is defamatory.

Shell accused of abuses in Nigeria
The Italian oil and gas company said "as this matter is currently before the Tribunal of Milan, we are unable to comment in detail".
In a statement it noted: "Global Witness together with its partners Corner House, HEDA Resource Centre and Re: Common had requested twice to be admitted as aggrieved parties in the Milan proceedings. On both occasions, the request was firmly denied by the Tribunal of Milan."
Eni also said it "continues to reject any allegation of impropriety or irregularity in connection with this transaction".
Biggest ever corruption case
[b][/b]Campaigners believe this is a landmark case and the outcome of the trial in Milan will cause an earthquake to reverberate through the oil and gas industry.
Nick Hildyard of the Corner House wonders if investors are comfortable. "Fund managers should be alarmed at this brazen dishonesty," he said.
Nigeria's leader is being encouraged to intervene by Olanrewaju Suraju, from HEDA. "President Buhari should reject any deal," he said.
The contrast between the way Italy deals with migrants and the actions of one of the nation's biggest companies has been raised by Antonio Tricarico of Re;Common.
"The Italian government is discouraging Nigerian migrants trying to reach Italy by claiming that it will help them at home, but Italy's biggest multi-national, part owned by the state, is accused of scamming billions from the Nigerian people."
The outcome of the unprecedented court case in Milan could force the oil industry to change how it conducts its business, especially in countries where corruption is rife, because more transparency about contracts and payments made would discourage fraud.

ezenwajosh:
Well earlier this year lost mine to BUHARIA AND BAD CORRUPT GOVERNMENT, CORRUPT JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND A PROVE TO ME THEY DELIBERATELY DON'T WANT NIGERIA TO MOVE FORWARD

I INVESTED IN ELECTRICITY GENERATION....

BOUGHT ENOUGH GENERATOR AND SOLAR PANEL TO POWER @LEAST A COMMUNITY AND GIVE THEM 17HRS ELECTRICITY A DAY.... I went to NERC(NATIONAL ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION) got a permit and started generating just after a month EEDC lost that community to my own electricity... The next thing same NERC that gave me permit now came am ask me to get a LICENSE INSTEAD but their rule said u can only be given a license if you're generating enough power to serve a STATE but anything below that is ordinary PERMIT from them....I went to court nothing came out of it....and the LICENSE IS ABOUT #200,000 000

MY INVESTMENT WAS ABOUT #17MILLION

FROM THAT DAY I KNEW FOR SURE NIGERIA WAS NEVER DESIGNED TO PROGRESS.... ITS NOT ABOUT CANDIDATES OR PARTY its about the FOUNDATION ON WHICH NIGERIA WAS FORGED. I sold all my machinary, wires, poles and solar panels... And went back to CIVILIZATION and I will never step foot in Nigeria again till we get BIAFRA

WHEN KANU SHOUTS NO VOTING IT SEEMS ITS ALL ABOUT BIAFRA HE'S ACTUALLY TRYING TO GIVE YOU PEOPLE YOUR POWER BACK.... BECAUSE ALL THE POLITICIANS ARE THE SAME....ALL THEY CARE IS GET YOUR PVC... GET YOUR PVC LETS VOTE HIM OUT AND VOTE THE OTHER IN, AT THE END OF THE DAY.... THEY WILL ALL MOVE IN TO RULING PARTY AND RECONTEST... AM SORRY AM SOUNDING POLITICAL BUT ITS THE CAUSE 90% OF BUSINESSES HAS FAILED

Eko Disco? A staff told me of something like this that happened. They were threatened and had to go instigate NERC to do what they did. I don't know if it was your case that was being referred to. Sorry about your loss though. That's a very nice biz idea.

Y'all are celebrating the loss of the pdp and their projected loss in 2019. Me thinks this is too early as this election has simply opened Saraki's eyes to the APC's plans. He now knows what to expect in 2019 and trust me, he will want to come up with a better strategy to counter the APC. It won't be as smooth sailing as this for the APC in 2019. My opinion.

Orji Uzor Kalu the Sharpest politician. Mans was on the Travel Ban List. He promised to deliver the entire South East, apparently for him to get his passport. He couldn't even win the senatorial ticket of his constituency. Just because he promised APC the South East zone come 2019, Mans was Hot! And APC released the passport. But then OUK made a 180 degrees turn and travelled out. He's refused to come back claiming 'my doctors advised me to get a 12 month bed rest'. Man like OUK! Sharp Guy.

To all those tagging him a Cultist, he was not one. Please don't say what you don't know. He spent his holiday with us and just left abj for Enugu 2 Fridays ago. May his soul Rest in peace. Amen.

It's probably the mini burger and other stuff he at #BudxAbuja

Each time i jump into an article and I start seeing grammatical errors, the next thing I look out for is: A reliable source from the state chapter of the APC confirmed to The Guild.

Omg! My friend kept bugging me to invest in this scheme. A lot of people here in abuja invested in it as well. A lot of NNPC staff did too. I am very much aware of this. Though my friend made money from the scheme.

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles workers in Melfi will go on strike after the club, who are owned by the same company, signed the Portugal superstar
Juventus spending €100 million (£88m/$117m) on Cristiano Ronaldo has been followed by an Italian trade union announcing Fiat workers in Melfi will go on strike.

Juve, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and CNH Industrial (CNHI) are all owned by the holding company Exor, which is controlled by the Agnelli family.

The Serie A champions' move for the five-time Ballon d'Or winner has prompted a fierce response from the Unione Sindicale di Base (USB), which declared workers at a plant in the south of the country will down tools from July 15 until July 17.

http://www.goal.com/en/news/juves-ronaldo-deal-prompts-strike-from-fiat-workers/1cw4dlc5kajb41ip7z9jrq1v8d

Irunnobo:
Come to maitama Abuja, that's where i live. I will get you arrested for calling me a scammer

One thing I'm damn sure about is the fact that you're not the one on your dp. I know that lady whose picture you're using to deceive people.

It cost 10k per tooth at Maitama General Hospital.

SoniaBillion:
I need a serious man within the age of 27 and above for a serious relationship. No jokes.

Could you kindly PM me?

RIP father. I remember him from my days in FGC Minna. He was always coming to minister during the YCS Sunday Mass.

Gebbson007:
them folks n gfs go don cry tire . my condolence

Their gf died with them. So far, they could only recover two bodies, one of the guys and one of the ladies.

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Beautiful! I wish them a happy married life.

The memo is dated 7th February but was endorsed on 5th February...

This is just effing hilarious. See the guy claiming the doll is malfunctioning because it's talking. LMAO!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbR5qd8pIeg

Dare-devil robbers this morning, robbed a vehicle conveying money to the bank around Banex Area, Wuse 2, Abuja. It is reported that about 60 Million Naira was carted away by these men of the underworld. This has not been independently verified though. Those heading towards that direction should exercise caution.

Next2Bezee:
How some dudes will just come online and embarrass themselves, i don't understand.

Dude, go get a life. It's apparent your stupidity is on a Legendary level. I greet you.

tyav7:
The rubbish JEDCO brought to some parts of Makurdi straight from the factory without calibration. 10k worth can disappear in a week time for just basic home appliances without ACs.

Please contact NEMSA and lay your complaints to them. If found guilty, JEDC will be sanctioned.

GworoChewinMaga:
I will just leave this statistic here so you know these APC people are shameless liars

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China is the world's largest rice producers and they did not even smell 2million metric tonnes and here these bastards are claiming their LAKE rice production to be 15million tonnes!

Incredible

China produced about 210 million metric tonnes of rice in 2017. If you look closely at the chart, it says, 'Thousands of tons', meaning you are supposed to add three (3) zeroes at the end of whatever is quoted there to arrive at the actual figure. I am not trying to defend their statement, though. I only want to clarify your statement that China did not produce 2 million metric tonnes.

Wif is this? I can see the NNPC towers right behind him. That filling station is Conoil opposite NNPC. He just strolled out of his office to go see what is happening there. If he is serious, he should visit other locations around the town to see the untold hardship Nigerians are going through. I won't be surprised if he just took those pictures and then wasked back to his office. Propaganda.