On why the party picked Dikko to chair the committee, Tukur said his choice was informed by his defence of democracy that made the military government uncomfortabe, leading to a failed attempt by the Major General Muhammadu Buhari regime, which overthrew the civilian administration in 1983, to smuggle him to Nigeria from Britain where he had sought asylum.

“You are chosen to this important committee based on your past record and love for democracy,” he said to Dikko.

R2bees: una better re-name that topic now... Ndi ara

Billyonaire: Banks are Federal Institutions are not mandated to obey local rules.

emmasege: De Rauf has added another "feather to his cap" by introducing another unpopular policy in Osun State i.e. forcing banks to open every Thursday by 10.00am. The directive, which has been binding on traders and filling stations has also extended to commercial banks. Up until now, commercial and private vehicles can't fill their fuel tanks irrespective of whether they are travelling from another state or within the state, if they run out of fuel within Osun territory. The primary objective of this "shut-down" order is for traders and those filling stations to clean their environments every Thursday morning before 10am. One would have expected the Government agencies to rather supervise the cleaning of the environments of those concerned between those hours instead of asking them to close down shops and businesses.

With the directive now extended to commercial banks every Thursday morning, one begins to wonder if De Rauf has a good economic sense or even a good economic adviser in his cabinet. This means that at the end of every month, each commercial bank in the state would have lost at least one working day (8 hours) which runs to millions of naira in terms of economic loss.
What are the merits and demerits of this directive?

I would like economists in the house to review this policy critically, while De Raufs also defend it with their biases.

Afam4eva:
You didn't have to delete your post. All you could have done was is report the spam posts and they would be taken care of.

shymexx: Mods

can you please delete this thread: https://www.nairaland.com/1489398/#19025496

Freaking trolls have destroyed the thread with spam posts.

Thanks in advance.

shymexx:

I was about to say the same thing...and I might do it. Hopefully, more Yoruba's can add their own contributions.

Where would you likely be a victim of crime in Nigeria? See the safest and most dangerous states in Nigeria.

Enugu State, in the south east, is the official crime capital of Nigeria, a crime perception survey released on Monday in Abuja has said.

At least 70 per cent of respondents to the survey in Enugu admitted they were victims of crime in the past year, the 2013 National Crime Victimization and Safety Survey conducted by CLEEN Foundation showed.

The national average was 25 per cent – one in every four Nigerian. The survey showed a progressive decrease in the number of victims of crime in Nigeria.“There has been a six per cent decrease in actual experience of crime from the 31 per cent recorded in 2012 to the current 25 percent,” the report said.[b]The report surveyed for crimes like robbery, kidnapping, physical assault, phone and car theft, rape and attempted rape, domestic violence, attempted murder and other crimes.[/b]The Crime Victimization Survey used data collected across Nigeria between June and July 2013.

Closely following Enugu State is its neighbour, Ebonyi, where at least 65 per cent – at least three in every five residents – were victims of crime.

Ekiti state, in southwest Nigeria, shares the same crime records with Ebonyi State. More than three in every five respondents admitted they were victims of crime last year.

Ogun State, a neighbour to Lagos is the safest state in Nigeria with only about one in every 20 citizens admitting they were victims of crimes last year.

Katsina State in Northwest Nigeria is the next safest. Only about one in every 10 residents was a victim of crime last year.

Lagos State recorded 18 percent.

Borno and Yobe, despite being the hotbed for Boko Haram attacks recorded seemingly low crime rates, according to the report. Only about one in every four resident admitted being victims of crime last year. Boko Haram militants have murdered over 1,500 people in the states since launching a vicious attack against government establishments, security agencies, religious places and the residents.

[size=16pt]At a geopolitical level, the South East recorded the highest number of crimes with 44 per cent of respondents complaining they were victims.[/size]

The North West recorded the lowest score of 18 per cent crime rate.

On a gender scale, more men than women fell victims of crimes in Nigeria last year.“Further (segregation) by gender indicates that more men (27%) had actual experience than women (23%),” the report said.

Irony of feelingAlthough Ogun State recorded the lowest actual experience of crime, almost everyone in the state fear they would become victims of crime.The findings of the 2013 survey indicated that 94 per cent of Ogun residents fear they are likely victims of crime. In actual sense, only one in 20 was a victim of crime.

On a national scale, more than 7 out of 10 Nigerians had the fear of becoming victims of crime last year.

The people who feel safest are those in Benue and Taraba States. Only 38 per cent of residents in those state had fears of becoming victims of crime.

One in four residents of Benue state were victims of crime last year, and not more than one in every six in Taraba.

“Analysing by gender, 73 percent of females feared becoming victims of crime compared to 71 percent of males,” the report said.

“Overall, these findings are meant to assist the government, police and the entire criminal justice administration system to better understand emerging trends in crime and safety in Nigeria and consequently, to refine and deploy improved strategies to resolve the country’s current challenges of security and safety,” the authors, CLEEN Foundation, said.The survey was conducted with support from the Macarthur Foundation.


http://premiumtimesng.com/news/147014-enugu-crime-capital-nigeria-survey.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=enugu-crime-capital-nigeria-survey

masu: If Mr. Kemi Okenyodo, Executive Director CLEEN Foundation conducts a credible research of the crimes around naija very well without favouratism i blv SW will record higher above every region in crime summary followed by SE and NE, SS, NC and then NW.

I mean in general summary of crime commited. i have been in almost every region in naija so i know what am talking about.
all this lagos medias trying to over publicize crime in the east is purely a witch hunting of the ibos. am from a minority state so i know game.

ogugua88:

That's why I asked if you read the article.

The charts came from victimization surveys.

The surveys CLEEN is basing their national findings on were conducted by Practical Sampling International (PSI).

11,518 men and women from each of the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria were surveyed.

Surely, they are not error proof, but the charts were made by answers from every day Nigerians and not court records or police arrests.

Let's not dodge facts. The research only proves what people with common sense already knew. Nigeria doesn't really have a safety zone, and citizens from each and every corner of the country are scared. It's not a SW, or SE, or SS, or NW, etc., problem. Lack of security/high crime is a Nigerian problem. The sooner people realize that all of us, rather than one region or tribe, have soiled hands, the sooner we get on the right track. Threads like this and that of Enugu being the crime capitol don't draw us closer to progress in all seriousness.

ogugua88:

Let's agree with your statement that SE is the kidnapping capital. Do explain to me how that makes a man or woman in Lagos any safer.

Did you look at the charts or read the research at all?

ilrn: Ilorin is a city of settlers established to spread islam to the yorubas.Thus Ilorin speaks yoruba so as to communicate with people they intended in making muslims which they succeeded in achieving.Like Usman dan Fodio the fulanis were the champions of this cause.Salihu Jantar aka Shehu Alimi came to Ilorin in 1817 with him were so many fulanis ,some hausas ,nupes and kanuris for the purpose of establishing a muslim community.The structural divides exist up to present day in Ilorin.As an islamic state of 100% muslim with more than 70% of people of northern origin it makes alot of sense for them to rule by Emir(muslim leader).Second in command to the Emir is Magaji Aare the representative of the indigenous yorubas.Followed by four traditional leaders that report to the emir representing the major ethnic groups.Balogun(warrior)Ajikobi for yorubas,Balogun fulani for fulanis,Balogun gambari for hausas/kanuris.Balogun Alanamu also for yoruba came about as a neccesity of war to bribe a warrior in ogbomosho to join the Ilorin fold.There is no need crying foul about Ilorin.Ilorin are people that agree to speak yoruba as a language no matter there origin.Ilorin are people that agree to be northerners no matter there origin.Ilorin is so diverse but yet one living together as brothers in peace and harmony.Nonetheless if Nigerians had behaved like Ilorin people it wound have been better for all of us.It wound have been one united nation

tpia@:
dudu negro


some of you need to stop the everlasting merry go round and actually bed these women.

i dont need to be the recipient of their frustration at lack of konji, i nor send anybody message and neither am i preventing anybody from servicing them.

so make una answer them abeg, ki ikanra din die.


i'd be surprised if she's ileke idi, my bet is on another of your friends whose outward moniker is "holy and gentle" but who actually is a demon in disguise.

and btw,i dont know which yoruba guy can stand that kind of potty brain like desola's own, maybe she can try her luck with an igbo guy, if she begs him and throws in some other goodies (i dont know, dont ask), she might get somebody willing to dust her cobwebs?

all of you o ye my people una just dey windup these girls, imagine this one perambulating since 2005, una wicked o. have mercy nah.

ogugua88:

Do you have to hear "there is crime in SW" from the US government before you believe it? The truth is there's crime everywhere. My Anambra isn't on their list either. Doesn't mean I'll roam the place at night or speak for everyone to hear my accent.

The Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the risks of travel to Nigeria and recommends that U.S. citizens avoid all travel to Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe states because of the proclamation on May 14, 2013, by the government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria of States of Emergency in those three states. The ability of the Mission to provide assistance to U.S. citizens in those states remains severely limited. The Department also continues to recommend against all but essential travel to the following states due to the risk of kidnappings, robberies, and other armed attacks: Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Delta, Edo, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Niger, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, and Zamfara. The Department also warns against travel to the Gulf of Guinea because of the threat of piracy. Based on safety and security risk assessments, the Embassy maintains restrictions for travel by U.S. officials to all northern Nigerian states (in addition to those listed above); officials must receive advance clearance by the U.S. Mission for any travel deemed as mission-essential. U.S. citizens should be aware that extremists could expand their operations beyond northern Nigeria to the country's middle and southern states. This Travel Warning replaces the Travel Warning for Nigeria dated December 21, 2012.

ogugua88:

Ogugua88 is Ogugua. Lillimax is Lillimax. #whoknew

ndu_chucks:

Hehehe, aboki n'asu Igbo.

tpia@:


are you saying desola is ileke idi?

DeLaRue: My brother, Oyo has history on its side. We agree.

That should not be the sole basis for making Ibadan (not synonymous with Oyo) the capital forever. I visited Ibadan for the first time earlier this year and was enthused to see that it was not the crappy place we were led to believe it was by certain Nairalanders.

I have nothing against Ibadan. I want it to prosper.

But please, I am only looking at this from one angle and one angle only - how can we escalate developments in states like Ondo, Ekiti, and Osun? It is proving so difficult. All we get are governors who can only fix a few roads, and God-willing build some schools and hospitals. We hear these 3 states simply do not have enough money.

Set against that, we hear on a daily basis that Lagos, Oyo, and Ogun are firing on all cylinders on the economic front. Again, fantastic. I spend a lot of time in Lagos, and I see statistics that most people dont get to see. I am actually passionate about Lagos as the fulcrum of SW economic renewal.

From my view, we need to try something new with these 3 states where ever possible. And all I am saying is if a new administrative paradigm emerges in Nigera and the SW needs to have an administrative capital, why dont we consider a town/city in one of the struggling states. Yes, this will be a big compromise on the part of Ibadan and Oyo people. But my God! what a wonderful compromise it would be for a big brother to say you know what, I will let go a little bit for the sake of my younger ones. We do this on daily basis in our personal lives.

Would it not be wonderful for this to be replicated on a broader Omoluwabi stage. Why the obstinate no! no! no!

Again I reiterate for the umpteenth time, Akure was just the town that came to mind initially and yes my justifications focused on Ondo state. I am just not that familiar with the other poor states - Ekiti and Osun.

I will make the same argument for any other town in any of the 3 states.

Desola: To all my boyfriends and my numba wan, odaaro o, ko loun ji wa re o.

Tilapia, don't forget to take your meds most especially your hrt.

Lilimax: ehhhh...Aguluezechukwu?

Jbluv55:
Very carefully laid out......ur a guy but I love you *no homo*

tpia@:



good question.

i guess he means akure in finland or thereabouts.


his point actually is not clear.

he did say he's eating raw spinach in europe, maybe he got his place names confused.