Wow this is really a good move. The state from January 23rd has been in darkness, as a result of the consistent attacks on the national electric grid infrastructure by the Bokoharam guys.

It will really give the state a reprieve. This project is so on point. Good one by Mele Kyari, may this not end up on prototype stage.

On the Jail Break and attack on Imo Police Command

To me, many tales are not adding up, how would some unknown gun men attack a location as secure as the the IMO state Police Command Headquarters. The location for those who have not been in owerri Town is one of the most secured part of the town. The state Government House is close by, so how can the command be attacked with all the attendant damages been showed on screens.

The IPOB I have come to know take responsibility for all their activities, so they coming out to deny responsibility for this attacks in the state also seems odd.

On this attack, no single casualty was recorded, on the part of the police and the unknown gunmen, this rings a very loud bell to me, first Red Flag.

The IGP was very fast in coming out with the identities of the attackers on the Imo state Police Command, this is odd to me, as in many instances where we had had issues like this, it is either investigations is ongoing or "suspected A or B" is used when describing the attackers, but in this case, seems we have a written script whose actors where in a hurry to execute. Second Red flag

Prior to this attack, there was another attack in Ebonyi state, where citizens were attacked by alerged cattle rustlers. The IGP did not deem it relevant to visit the affected state.

Finally, my summary here is that some the incident at Owerri Police Command and the state corrections services was a fine written script, but execution was poor, had I managed that stage, I would have come out with fictitious names of officers who were injured, with good noolly wood custume effects while defending their post and also show videos of bandits that paid the supreme price, then do some evidence planting, pointing fingers to targeted scape goats.

I believe the IGP was too fast in the execution of his part of the script and many Nigeria are beginning to ask questions, so he just have to go and for good measure, after all his term is over.

All opinions stated here are my own views

STARGREEN:
Congratulations @Obaseki.
Congratulations @Edo State.
Congratulations @PDP.
Congratulations @all positive vibes.

This is good news, full of joy and excitement...may it last long.

Again, @Obaseki be careful in welcoming those
that left to APC. Quite sure it's politics but it shows that they don't believe in your ideology...never use emotions to welcome them, think twice before you do.
Yes Edo may sound like Eko...
Yet Edo no be Eko.

Please may you never fail Edo people as you will need them someday.

What if those guys that defected were all part of the plan...... his own trojan horse, just maybe

It depends on what you want, I am married to the best woman in the world, I am just 7 days older than her. You ask what the experience has been like? I will answer awesome. The best decision of my life so far. We got married before our 30th birthday

wunmi590:
Believe me, sowore my have his flows, but if everybody continue to fold their arms and let things go without maning up to their responsibilities of doing things and obeying court orders, believe me, one day, our families may fall victims of this kind of pain.


Nigeria of today, has become too hot to the extent that even if you are right, and you are not in the good book of the government, you will be dealt with seriously.

But what I believe in is that nobody will go unpunished, I mean nobody.

If you do wicked today and believe you finally go free, remember you have a generation to suffer the bad things you have done to others.

Things might be rosy at first with your generstions, but they will surely suffer it later in future.

Even if they are all man of God, believe me they will suffer, it is written in the Bible.

Don't live for today only but for tomorrow too.

Where were you when this same Sowore was publishing damning and unfounded allegations against GEJ, guess you were also among those that took part in the various rallies to shut down Nigeria. We are all in it, let us steam in it, maybe after this, we will learn to get things right.

Flexherbal:


Anybody who supports this, is one of the problems of Nigeria.

Do they not believe in the judicial system?

Whoever that is supposed to call these people to order and has not done so, is an enemy of democracy.

Or, is that what they call "Due Process?"


Papa Ola, nor allow mama Ola disgrace you like dis for Bedmatics oooo.
Help yourself with our Herbal Tea For Men. We believe in "Due Process"

My brother, Sorry for you, when this Sowore was busy maligning the person of GEJ, writing all sorts of fabricated stories that were not confirmed, no one made any comments, now the chickens have come to roost!!! the little snake it was feeding have grown of age and its appetite is now ripe for human and who else, seems the handler here. He was very instrumental in bringing the government to power. I so love what is going on.

We are all in this together.

Peace

FreemanTJ:
She thanked me for telling the truth, we continued playing chess but it wasn't as often. One time we were playing and started teasing sexually, she played along and was surprised I even mentioned anything sexual. Few months after, I got married but never mentioned it to her. I fear I might lose her while going through a marriage I never wanted.
During this period I withdrew from all form of communication, I was trying to figure out my life yet distracted. She kept sending messages on WhatsApp which I ignored until after about 2 months, I responded and she was upset that after connecting so well I suddenly withdrew.
She asked if I had a meltdown or emotional breakdown which I denied. Just told her I was detoxing from social media but I was back for good. So we continued chatting for another 3 months and decided we saw a movie together. After the movie I told her I wanted to see more of her. Eventually after some weeks, I invited her over and we got intimate. It wasn't the best of experience for her as she claims to have been celibate for over a year.

When she got home that night we discussed our sex extensively and she said she has never experienced orgasm and has always had painful. I felt I could change that experience for her. The next time she came over she asked if I truly had a gf since we spend alot of time communicating online, this time around I said I did but due to the distance we had issues and the rship isnt heading anywhere. I knew it was selfish of me but I wasn't ready to let go. After the third attempt she had her 1st orgasm and i could tell she wasn't ready to let go either.

After a while she got suspicious, she would tell me she had a dream of a short black lady chasing her out of my room and I kept reassuring her it was impossible but she kept insisting this dreams were recurring but I kept denying I had a gf or wife. She described my wife perfectly and I just wondered how some people are gifted with the ability to see things in dreams. All through the while she insisted on protection as she couldn't trust me completely. She grew more suspicious daily and I got defensive everytime and this started causing a strain in our relationship.
During this period we were dating and I asked her if she publicizes her rship on social media and she mentioned no, then later she asked me what I was hiding but i got defensive and we had a major argument.

My brother you are really confuse, that you were pressured into marrying the first girl, who does that? to be frank with you, you are just a user. Someone out there has a baby for you and you are here still gallivanting with another woman. Karma is real, also think about your self, imagine your wedded wife is your sister, how would you feel should she be passing through this type of emotional torture. See, you have sisters, and God will bless you with both male and female kids in future, but please be careful how you treat women in your life, as things have a way of turning around, and innocent kids will now be the one suffering for what they do not know of. I am a guy, I will not say I am perfect, but there are lines that I will never cross. Go and reconcile and bring back your wife with your kid to stay with you. You are taken, let the new girl know that and learn to love your wife, if she good enough to roll with, walk the whole length with her.

Aptly captured bro, lots of people will now get to understand the reason behind the closure of the border. I will be sharing your explanation on fb shortly so friends who do not understand the reason will do. How I wish government agencies can take due diligence and make explanation like this. Keep it up

Tflex01:
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH

*Benin Republic has a population of 12 million people. But it is the worlds 5th importer of rice. In 2018, it imported rice worth US$996m.*

*Benin is also world's largest importer of _used_ _cars_ and __second_ - _hand_ _clothing_ . All with a population of 12m people.
DO YOU WONDER HOW??

*98.2% of these imports into Benin are only on transit; their final destination is _NIGERIA_ !*
*Nigeria is world's largest consumer of used cars and second hand clothing, and is also Africa's largest consumer of Asian grown rice.*

*The problem here is that all these imported goods attract appropriate import duty and trade tax, which are paid to the Beninoise Government while the goods are thence SMUGGLED into Nigeria WITHOUT ANY PAYMENT to the Nigerian Government and, thereby, adding zero value to the Nigerian economy!*
*Sadly, THIS IS ALL DONE BY NIGERIANS!*


*Granted, ECOWAS/CEDEAO charter allows for free trade between member states, but _on_ _goods_ _produced_ _in_ _member_ _countries_ , and NOT on imports from other economic blocs.*

*Where foreign goods are transiting through a member country, and ending up in another member country, the ECOWAS charter stipulates that the country of transit MAY collect a token trade tax, and its Customs officials should then escort the goods to the border of the importing country and hand it over to the Customs officials of the importing country!*
*But what we see in the case of Benin Republic is that it collects _CUSTOMS_ _DUTY_ plus _TRADE_ _TAX_ , and then allows the goods to pass through its hinterland for onward smuggle into Nigeria!*

*This is a clear violation of ECOWAS statutes and no nation can condone such costly infraction.*

*Nigeria has tolerated this nonsense from Benin for far too long and it is time to stop the malpractice if we want Nigeria's economy to grow.*
*(Therefore, whoever cries foul because we have closed our borders to smugglers while we're putting our act together, IS AN ENEMY OF NIGERIA!)*

*Nigeria makes up about 74% of ECOWAS population and about 71% of its economy. It is ECOWAS that needs Nigeria and not the other way round!*

ANY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MEMBER COUNTRIES MUST BE BASED ON EXTANT REGULATIONS!

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Interesting piece, my late mum was from Uroe, in Owan East Lga, I remember my early years on vacation with my late grand mum then, good old days, enjoying wild mushrooms delicacies.

They have wonderful hills, and are close to the kukuruku hills. Then the hills were used to plant marijuana. Am Igbo by the way from Anambra state, but can still very fluently speak the Uroe dialect, Va ese!

This comment by the Minister for power and energy is true, I work in the North East, Maiduguri precisely and I can confirm that where I stay, we have an average of 23hrs of electricity daily.

But am not surprised as most of the electricity are consumed by domestics users, I. E private homes, there are no heavy or light industries here that consume electricity. This is a fact

May God help our country, I see lots of hates speeches here. Let's all respect the view and opinions of every member here and not take any post by members as personal. It will also do us all alot of good if we desist from generalizing.

Nigeria will be Great again this I believe, but we all have to come together as one, and not this mutual distrust we have for ourselves. I believe in Nigeria, I know we are far behind, but still believe over taking is also allowed. We can never be great if we are not United within.

Thinking outside the box, me thinks this is a ploy by APC to ensure that Rivers state governorship election is held on a different date from the national time table of election, this is what will play, say a week to the governorship election, one of the contestant from APC will secure a favorable ruling from a higher to have his name as the candidate for the party, INEC based on time constraints, and planning, will have to shift date of election as already ballot have been printed without APC'S candidate on the ballot sheet.

INEC will now postpone the election till when they could get all contestants on the ballot, and believe me, this is the initial plan. So a recap of what happened in Ekitti will be replayed with the state filled up with all military personnel as it was done in Ekitti.

Just my own opinion though.

LibertyRep:


The bolded is why I have soft spot for Glo eventhough they misbehave sometimes.
Competition is the panacea

Same with me here bro, still have a sim on which I contribute 5k to monthly on data, and the fun part of it is that it's very easy to share. Still reeling Glo

metroblogger:
Satellite service provider DStv has continued to implement its new bouquet rates despite court order restraining the action.

DStv is a Sub-Saharan African direct broadcast satellite service owned by MultiChoice. The service launched in 1995, provides multiple channels and services to its more than 11.9 million subscribers.

An official of DStv, who declined to give his name because they had been asked by the company not to speak on the issue, confirmed to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday that subscribers still pay the increased rates.

“The case is being reviewed at the moment and there are some information that I cannot disclose.

“But as it is, for all of the DStv subscriptions, the price still remains at its increased rate price list.

“I do not have any information as to how long it will take to review the prices but the case is being reviewed in the court with the business and legal experts,” he said.

In July, MultiChoice raised the subscription rate for the DSty Premium package from N14,700 to N15,800, Compact Plus from N9,900 to N10,650, Compact from N6,300 to N6,800.

The Family package went from N3,800 to N4,000, and Access from N1,900 to N2,000 which was implemented from Aug 1.

However, on Monday, Justice Nnamdi Dimgba granted an injunction restraining the video entertainment and Internet Company from implementing the new rates.

The court also restrained MultiChoice from any conduct capable of interfering with the regulatory process of the Consumer Protection Council (CPC).

The restraining order was issued in respect of Suit No FHC/ABJ/CS/894/18 brought before the court by the CPC following public outcry.

In March 2015, DStv announced a 20 per cent increase for all its satellite pay TV bouquets in Nigeria, which took effect from April 1, 2015.

An order of interim injunction restraining Multichoice from enforcing the planned increase was granted by Justice C.J. Aneke of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos.

Inspite of the ruling, DStv went on to implement the increased prices with the defence that the Court order was granted on April 2 after price increase had taken effect on April 1, 2015.

The Director-General of CPC, Mr Babatunde Irukera in a statement on Friday unveiled a special channel for receiving complaints for customers who could not renew their subscriptions at old prices.

“The Council is setting up a special channel for receiving complaints for this purpose.

“This is in view of the continuing and increasing complaints that consumers are unsuccessful in renewing subscription in compliance with the order of the court, even after service of the order upon Multichoice.

“As such, any consumer who has, or is experiencing this challenge should please send an email to multichoicecompliance@cpc.gov.ng, stating relevant information.

“The information should include smart card number, name, telephone number, date and time of failed attempt to pay, supporting same with relevant evidence such as a screenshot or document (where necessary),” Irukera said.


http://www.metronaija.ng/price-hike-dstv-shuns-court-injunction-retains-new-rates-2/

Its a free market, to me we have no choice asking the court to stop Multi Choice recent increase in DSTV subscriptions, as consumers, we should exercise our power, we all knows the laws of supply and demand! There are other substitutes products out there and if we the consumers are really serious about this, let's boycott the services and see if fall in demand for their services would make them have a rethink, but you all know, we are Nigerians, we always pick our bills.
Let our judiciary not start a precedent of what will hurt the free market, let market forces dictate the pace of business. My humble opinion.

Na so bro, give it a trial if you are qualified for any of the openings.

dominique:
The moment you see NGO vacancy, it's most likely Borno

Yea the most popular, but not so good on their brake technology. Mack, the Vision, R and CH Models all have bad braking system, dunno if its been rectified in the latest models. The truck is a beast!!!! very strong, but then another good one is the Iveco Trucks, I love the Genlyon Model and have been opportuned to manage it, very smooth and have nice fuel economy, the downside is that its mostly electricals and the parts are too expensive, the Injector system of an Iveco Genlyon truck would conveniently get a brand new Hyundai elentra!!! but they ae also beast!!!

Racoon:
Mack Trucks remain the toughest on Nigerian roads.Sadly Nigeria does not produce any.

This is cool, I like the writes up. that was how I have never passed the personality test of BAT test. On two occasions i have written their personality tests and have received regret mails twice. Thank God i never made it, as am in a better place now. But would be nice to know the nitty gritty of writing that test. I plan applying again, when opening that am qualified for opens again, if not for anything atleast just to pass the test.

Oxfam Things abi, I dey see you there. that should be Pulka as i see Baggio and Wujima there.

SamuelAnyawu:
Una Mates dey here for Borno in Villages that are not 100% safe hustling to earn a good six digit... una still dey do cult

obonujoker:


That guy is a muslim, so he is anti US

Please do not toe the religious line. Every one is entitled to his/her opinion.

Nice writes up OP, but i would want to disagree on number one where you stated that;
([b]It’s advisable you have your brakes checked every 6,000-7,000 miles [/b]to help you avoid the danger and expense of damaged brake discs.)

This thinking and thought in fleet management needs to change. Aging in brake pads of vehicles varies, this is as a result of use, the road condition, the weight of the vehicle, the traffic situation and many more other factors. The best practice on brake pad to me, still remains Bi Monthly Physical checks of your brake pads. Nothing beats it. When you get to physically have your brakes checked in a workshop twice a month, there is no how you will not know when the brake is due to be changed assuming all other factors like brake fluid leakages and others are fine.

I have managed Soft Vehicle and AVs and have come to understand that using the traditional Mileage method exposes you risking your brake discs. I have changed a brake pads from a vehicle that just covered less than 2000km , Had i Left it to cover the traditional 5000km, imagine what will happen to the Disc and also the safety part of it.

To me, the best Practice is always conducting a weekly vehicle checks that incorporates the wheels, Oil Check, Filter Checks and other fluid level check.
Nice writes up OP, keep it coming.

lacidi:


Will you guys stop this childish rant? If TSTV got the rights from the content owners, there is no way those people will come back and remove the rights. It will be breach of contract! You think you can just cancel international agreements just like that? Why cant TSTV show us any of those agreements they signed? Haba, lets reason a little like enlightened people and stop all these sentimental bull crap.

Oga you are taking this personal, but i still insist and stands to be corrected that when you glorify at others misfortune, you can never grow. That you can afford the major competitors services shouldn't stop me from enjoying another competitor's services that still offer same content at a cheaper price. Your own don pass bad belle, you are like a dog in a manger, eat straw (horse talking to the dog), No, am a carnivore, so I don't straw!!!!(Dog replying)
Ok as am a Herbivore, let me eat the straw (the horse now replying the dog). Noooo!!!!!! no one eats if am not eating (the dog replying the horse)
My brother, if God have blessed you, Thank God, maintain your classy and premium lifestyle, but never stop the up coming ones from enjoying their fun with the little their money can afford.
Cheers

After reading your writes up, I am not surprised, we all part of the "bring him down'' syndrome, we don't encourage ourselves. Lots of starts up have come and gone because we do not have the will power to support our own. For once can't we have a thing we can call ours? Ethiopia have their airline and coffee going for them, they even boast of their own telecom company, though its state controlled, Kenya have their Parks and Tourism. But we here, we always have this penchant of going for foreign goods at the expense of our product, how do we grow? I honestly pray that TSTV bounces back, have heard of tales of how the major competitor went about going to companies that gave TSTV content right to broadcast their channel 5Million dollars to cancel their agreement. and we are so gullible, happy that TSTV is going down, will not live up to its promises, but note this, if our mindset is always this way, we will never grow individually and as a nation. When you glorify at others down fall, you can never grow. For me, nothing makes the world interesting as having choices to make from. its like the Telecom industry, i can bet you no sane individual have just a sim to one network only. we all have various sims, and we can all give plausible explanation for it, for me, Glo for data, as Glo is the best in data in my area, MTN my major personal line for calls and Airtel for my official line.
In summary, lets try and support our own, encourage ourselves and we will all grow. That you can afford to pay 14k to watch your premium content provided by one competitor should not stop Mr. B to enjoy same content provided by another competitor at a cheaper price. live and lets live.

It might sound off to you, but that is the truth, infact, it should be No. 2 on the list. the state currently have more than 30 international NGOs. When i was job searching and was in PH searching, nothing, I mean nothing came out, then most Oil firms were all down sizing,this was late 2016, it was only when i learnt that as a job seeker, you have to be mobile and chase the openings where ever they are situated. Hot.nigerian.jobs.com then made it easy, together with other job search engine , I discovered that almost 80% of all openings were in the North East, Borno mainly. I changed my view by applying to those openings and guess what? One of the INGOs, shortlisted me, Scheduled me for an online test, after the test, skype interview was conducted, and Oluwa been by me, I was given an offer x3 what is obtainable in PH.
All these happened in a day, I mean the Test, Skype interview and Offer. I was then asked when to resume which I gave them, to my surprise, they reserved a flight ticket for me on that day, that saw me to the Land of the Shehus, on Arrival, had a warm reception as I was picked from the airport, taken straight to a 5 Star Hotel, and asked to resume next day. On my arrival, I was told i will be staying in the Hotel for a month, but if i can get an accommodation within the month, I will be paid in cash, balance of the days I did not stay in the hotel.
As s sharp guy, Got my accommodation within 2 weeks, and the cash was more than enough to pay for my rent and also furnish it. For all searching, please beam your searchlight here in Borno, to give you a rough picture, cleaners where i work earn around 80k per month, drivers earn 150k and these are jobs that the minimum qualification is FSLC. If your opportuned to work with any of the UN agencies scattered across the state, you are made, for example, In the UN, A driver earns a minimum of 257k excluding over time allowances of 90k per month and DSAs for missions. Please give it a trial, the lowest level in INGOs which is Assistance earns a minimum of 150k as basic salary . Yes there are incidences of Bombings, but follow all security briefings and you will be fine. Oxfamnovib Nigeria, Thanks for the opportunity.

sonature1:
Putting Borno ahead of Rivers State is an insult to the latter. The number of companies in Trans-Amadi alone far outnumber those in the whole of Borno State.

the true fact whether we like it or not is the the world is coming to an end, and the whole world is gradually turning to a one government society, and the UN is a body towards the achievement of the one world government, the aim is to catch them young, indoctrinate the young ones that there is no God, soon all EU member countries will adopt this report, forget that this write up has no source. the reason I'm so happy for BREXIT, its draws back the time of the one world government project.
is it a coincidence that all acts previously condemned are not be accepted now in most society?
Look at American today, what do we see, the government of the Day fighting tooth and nail to ensure the freedom to own gun is abolished by the state. All the recent happenings in the USA are all part of the plan against the campaign for
Gun control, starting from 9/11, to the Orlando gay club shootings to the recent police shootings currently happening in the USA.
The true and naked truth is that the UN is an agent to be used for the NEW ORDER.

the true fact whether we like it or not is the the world is coming to an end, and the whole world is gradually turning to a one government society, and the UN is a body towards the achievement of the one world government, the aim is to catch them young, indoctrinate the young ones that there is no God, soon all EU member countries will adopt this report, forget that this write up has no source. the reason I'm so happy for BREXIT, its the hands of the one world government project.
is it a coincidence that all acts previously condemned are not be accepted now in most society?
Look at American today, what do we see, the government of the Day fighting tooth and nail to ensure the freedom to own gun is abolished by the state. All the recent happenings in the USA are all part of the plan against the campaign for
Gun control, starting from 9/11, to the Orlando gay club shootings to the recent police shootings currently happening in the USA.
The true and naked truth is that the UN is an agent to be used for the NEW ORDER.

I'll also give it to Rattle Snake, it was my favorite and only Nigeria film that have seen my tears.

Hmm me like this development, there is what is called propaganda office in every intelligence agencies of the world. This is good job, I like it. For those that are specialist in intelligence studies, we all know where this is coming from. It's a good job, and like the COAS said, we should all be security conscious and vigilant of our environment. God bless our security forces

I'm so happy that he's finally making newspaper head ways. He's an IG in the making. More grace to ur elbow sir. Keep it up.

It's very normal for some pregnant women, my take is that this is not her first child, the color difference on the tommy is as a result of the hot water applied on the tommy on the previous child birth. Speaking from experience as it happened to my baby, she's fair, after the post natal hot water massage, the tommy turned dark, so u see its possible providing this is not her first baby.

The festival or custom is not new, we in Anambra have a similar culture like that, I'm from Idemili south LGA, we call it "AFIA OLU" . And it precedes the new yam festival celebration. In our tradition, the king and his chiefs are merely spectators while the male youths are the main participants, in this festival, lots of masquerades make appearances here, proud to say I also participated in this festival, u know take show say u fit chop pain! But surprise to know some part of the west also have this tradition.

Nice topic OP, I will be doing lots of reading this night on this conspiracy theories. I think I will start from Orwell's 1984.