₦airaland Forum

“I AM SORRY YOU GUYS WERE DISTRACTED
You know i ❤️ you!!!
Now lets see The Extraction of Don!!!
A Netflix mockumentary inspired by Extraction 2”

"My dear elder brother, Charles "Charly Boy" Chukwuemeka Oputa - I rejoice with and celebrate you today as you mark your 73rd birthday anniversary. You have consistently remained an advocate of good governance in Nigeria."

"You fearlessly raise your voice against injustice, corruption and other societal ills that contend with the peace and progress of our nation. We need more men like you in Nigeria who can speak truth to power and hold the leaders accountable."

"May God protect and bless you with abundant health and happiness, and grant you many more years ahead.

Happy Birthday Charly Boy @AreaFada1. -PO"

"Our Plaque is here @GWR"

Our Plaque is here 😆😆 @GWR pic.twitter.com/1ZCaGHSjFd

— Hilda Baci (@hildabacicooks) June 19, 2023

A female contestant was not able to give an answer when she was asked: "If you had the chance to legalise something that is illegal in your country, what would that be and why?"

The question was repeated to the lady but she continued to fail. As she kept on asking for repeat of the question, her time elapsed.

Senate President, Godswill akpabio has made clarification on the money he gave to former Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike in 2014, IGBERETV reports.

Akpabio, a former Akwa Ibom State governor, spoke on Sunday at a thanksgiving reception held at Wike’s private residence on Ada-George Road, in his hometown, Rumueprikom in the Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of the oil-rich South-South state. Wike disclosed why he supported Akpabio for Senate Presidency, saying the former Akwa Ibom Governor defied criticisms to back his governorship ambition in 2015.

He said Akpabio donated N200 million to his campaign.

He said: “When I was running in 2014 and 2015, he came out and supported me. He gave me N200 million for that election. That is why I said one good turn deserves another. I supported him this time and I thank God he won”.

Reacting to Wike's statement, Akpabio said;

“The money I gave to Wike in 2014 when he was running for Governor was from my savings in the telecoms industry where I was a managing director, It was not from the government of Akwa Ibom State.”

The people of Rivers State escort former Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike back to his house after his eight-year tenure as governor.

Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Mathew Kukah has told youths to always feel the need to return to develop Nigeria after travelling out of the country, IGBERETV reports.

Kukah who made the appeal at an inauguration lecture on Saturday, May 27, noted that Nigerians are not suffering because they are Muslims or Christians but because they are in a country that is malfunctioning.

He said;

“I will also end by saying right now that 133 million Nigerians are suffering from various levels of multi-dimensional poverty.

“I have not put up the light and see the part where Muslims are living that they have light, while others for not. I have not seen the part of the country where Muslims are eating and the rest of us are not. So we must come to terms with the fact that we are not bleeding.

“We are not suffering because we are Christians or Muslims, but we are in a country that is malfunctioning. How to make that country work, for the rich, for the poor, for the aged, and for everybody is a challenge.

“I would like to just end by saying and I have made the point very clearly, in the struggle with the problems of Nigeria, I remain exceptionally optimistic.

“I traveled the world. People say to me, well, where do you find this courage to say that Nigeria is working? Okay, it may not be working, but this is one of the most beautiful countries in the world. I am not being flippant.

“When I went to the United States of America to study, I preached in a church but the parish priest said to me, listen to me, you speak with such eloquence and I like you, we will get you a green card, you can settle here in America. I looked at him, I said, you know, this God is a wonderful God. You are giving me a green card and my passport is actually a green passport.

“The challenge for us as Africans is to think the way the Asians have thought that you can go to Europe, you can go to America with a purpose. But the purpose of course means coming back to develop your country but it also means that that country must create an environment in which you can feel confident to come and present the gift that God has given you.

“I have two young men in America they just finished from a prestigious university, I say when are you coming home? They say Bishop coming home to do what? We do not have an uncle who is a senator, we don’t have anybody, so coming to Nigeria to do what?

“Vice-President-elect, the challenge for you is to make this country believable, livable, credible, so that all of us together can serve and build a great nation.”

Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari has conferred citizenship on 385 foreign nationals, IGBERETV reports.

President Buhari who was represented at the event which took place at Gen Abdulraman Danbazzau Conference Hall, Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS), Headquarters, Abuja, by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said the foreign nationals fulfilled all necessary conditions needed to become a Nigerian citizen.

The Nigerian leader noted that his administration has given citizenship to more foreigners than any administration so far, adding that the gesture was to encourage foreign investment and boost the nation’s economy.

On his part, Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola called for the review of the Nigerian Constitution to allow more foreign nationals apply for citizenship, while also disclosing that those conferred with the citizenship met the stringent conditions attached to it.

Aregbesola said foreigners shouldn't have to wait for 15 years before they can apply for Nigeria citizenship, which is in contrast to what is obtainable in other countries. Speaking further, Aregbesola revealed that a total of 671 foreigners have been conferred with Nigeria citizenship within the past five years.

Aregbesola said;

”That we have a high number of foreigners willing to become Nigerians is an indication that the on-going efforts of the Federal Government to make Nigeria a destination for investment and peaceful coexistence is beginning to yield good fruits.

“I must state also that it is under our administration that the largest number of foreigners have been naturalised. “Between 2011 and 2013,a total of 266 foreigners became Nigerians. In 2017, 335 people took up Nigerian citizenship. But last year, 286 foreigners and today at this ceremony, 385, making a total of 671 have acquired Nigerian citizenship.

“I am still not pleased with this figure. In Europe and America, thousands of foreigners are inducted into citizenship every year. They do this to attract youths and people in their prime who would like to contribute to the development of their countries.

“The bane of the smooth pathway to Nigerian citizenship however is the constitutional requirement of continuous residency in Nigeria for 15 years.

” This is a huge disincentive, considering that in the United States and most European countries, it is five years. Some of these countries have made a habit of snatching young and resourceful brains – who after four years of schooling and working for just one year – through easy pathways, to obtain quality migration to their countries.

” I will therefore urge the relevant institutions of state to reconsider this in the next effort at amendment to the constitution. We ought to have easier pathways to citizenship for foreigners than currently obtains.”

“Parents must stand up and control their children, this young man comes from my neighborhood, his friend stabbed him to death. That friend and him are hunting together, according to people it was a fight on phone that caused the death of our little brother. This is the second one, a young man (Abban Wali) was also killed last year and found in the river. Subhanallah! The time has come when we have to stop giving birth recklessly. There is no tragedy greater than the murder in a community. May God have mercy on him. RIP Baushe.”

“It’s my daughter’s 8th time around the sun.. It’s also Mother’s Day today & I couldn’t be more thankful. God has been too faithful too fail. Happy Birthday Imade! I love you so much kiddo”

“Aunty, Happy mother's day to you. I celebrate you even in dead. You deserve this celebration and more. You died a hero. You were kidnapped with you only daughter and daughter in law.

"The kidnappers wanted to kill one of you to proof how serious they where about their demands. Your daughter in-law was picked but you pleaded to be killed instead and they killed you

"Ahh Aunty you have taught us a big lesson SACRIFICE. You sacrificed yourself for your children. This is the purest form of motherhood. She wasn't up to a year as a daughter in law some mother's would have preferred she is killed but no you were different

"Aunty keep resting with the Lord. We will always remember you and you act of bravery. You're indeed a true mother.

You're a hero. You deserve to be celebrated now and always. Happy mother's day to you even in dead. We love and cherish every moment with you."

“The rate at which happily married couples in Nigeria relocate to UK only to divorce after 2years. @Oluomoofderby, what is really happening in UK? Marriages are scattering everyday.”

"Wahala Wahala Wahala Group of Divorced Women celebrating initiation of New members in what they called.. "End Of An Error" and live a free life in Port Harcourt.. Slogan of the Association .. "I do, I did, and I'm done"….lolz," he captioned the post.

Wahala Wahala Wahala

Group of Divorced Women celebrating initiation of New members in what they called.. "End Of An Error" and live a free life in Port Harcourt.. Slogan of the Association .. "I do, I did, and I'm done"...... lolz 😆 pic.twitter.com/KHbK6VZ7yU

— A. Ayofe (@abdullahayofel) May 13, 2023