₦airaland Forum

dayokanu: I lived in Bauchi for a year around 2004. and not in the state capital, I was in Darazo, and I can tell you in most cases water runs daily at a specific time of the day atimes for as long as 10hrs

So development to you is solely based the amount of hours a state Capital has water running eh? According to you Bauchi is better placed developmentally than Oyo state.

By the way you're basing your assessment on the 11 months you spent there as a Youth Corps member in 2004/2005 . Just so you know, around that period, Borno was probably one of the most peaceful states in the Country.

Just look at the vultures accompanying him, some of them are probably Commissioners now

[quote author=Rhino.5dm]Whats with this rants? Nonsense![/quote]I believe you should replace that with "these". Well funded education indeed.

13volts: The northern states are increasingly focusing on educating there students abroad wit focus on medicine, pharmacy, IT, and engineering. Take Jigawa state for example they have a program in which more than 500 students are sent abroad every year mostly to Malaysia, Singapore, Egypt. The second first and second batch of these overseas students have already completed their studies and have been integrated into the civil service.

You can only fool the people in your backward states with that rubbish, not us. Those Multi Billion Naira Scholarship Schemes are just another means for the political big wigs in the state to loot the treasury and at the same time educate their children .
Right now, trending on NL is a thread about a girl who finished Secondary school with 9 A1 s and will be studying Law at Life. This was achieved by sound education in a school situated right there in her state. Your cases are hopeless believe me

cogitoErgo: Im really confused about all these info about Bauchi. The State do have some good water supply in some towns other than Bauchi town, such as Misau and Azare.The salaries are always promptly paid, the state never owed salary, only its coming late this days! The road network in the state is superb as somebody pointed out. Recently the state established a University and they have started work with the 100Level students and Prelim students, I pray the University will not foldup! The state always give bursaries to students. The state always sponsor her indigenes on oversea scorlaships, though with the help of ETF and co!

[quote author=Rhino.5dm]Look, what I expected from you is to show me any state with functionable water supply system. There is a 16" inch functionable pipe born water system throughout the state capital and other major cites in that state and 7 million gallons/day dual water treatment plant providing access to portable drinking water to homes with hundreds of solar powered mini-water supply system scattered all over the state. It may sound like a rocket science or near impossible to many of us living in southern.


Bauchi is the ONLY state with water utility billing system in nigeria(to the best of my knowledge!). I used to pay monthly bill of 250 naira to have access to portable drinking water, way back 2001, so don't give that bull.

You can only see people buying water in Rivers, Abuja, Akwa Ibom, Delta, stretching to South east and South west, infact Lagos is a typical example of notorious "Mai ruwa" hordes. Enugu is another example![/quote]Are you Comedians? Right before you is a Classic case of the disaster that has resulted in the North East becoming the butt of all jokes and you're hopelessly trying to paint another picture. Water Utility billing system my jazz, how many of the indigenes can afford paying for the Water?
Failed Education system, which is no surprise when you consider the Children are groomed in the Art of Murdering Teachers and Corps members.

That group being mentioned at the end of the report know exactly what will happen if that money is returned to the state govt.

Falana



ACTIVIST-Lawyer Femi Falana has described Tuesday’s sentencing of former Delta State governor James Ibori in a London court as a national embarrassment.

He spoke at a seminar entitled: “Can the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act ensure a corruption-free society?” organised in Lagos by the state Council of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) and the Friedrich Elbert Stiftung, a German independent non-profit organisation committed to the promotion of social justice and democracy worldwide.

According to the lawyer, “James Ibori was convicted but Nigeria was also convicted.”

Denouncing the role of reporters and lawyers in aiding corruption in the country, Falana said Ibori did not easily decide to plead guilty but did so on the advice of his British lawyers.

This he said was in contradiction with the way some Nigerian professionals such as reporters and lawyers act.

“Justice Aondoaka wrote to the Metropolitan Police that Ibori had no case to answer... A judge also said Ibori had no case to answer,” Falan said.

He said the James Ibori case will likely to go into the Guinness book of World records. “This is the first time,” he said “that a man, his wife, his sister, his mistress, and his lawyer have been jailed. But as I have said, it is not Ibori that was jailed, it was Nigeria that was convicted. “

Falana however highlighted the various ways which the FoI Act could be invoked but observed that many media houses have not started to take advantage of the law.

“We didn’t have any (Economic and Financial Crimes Commission) EFCC in the 80s. The media were our EFCC and (independent and Corrupt Practices Commission) ICPC.”

The FOI Act was signed into law in May, last year by President Goodluck Jonathan but Mrs. Remi Ihejirika said, “we need to ask ourselves frankly whether the FOI Act has been effectively implemented in achieving what it set out to achieve?”

According to the Chairman of the NUJ, Deji Elumoye, “the law ordinarily should make public records and information freely available, but for the Official Secret Act, which prevents public officers from disclosing certain kinds of information.”

Falana, however, said “there is no law in Nigeria preventing anybody from asking for information.” He thereby urged journalists to continue to “ask for information every day.”

Meanwhile, the planned return of $250 million stolen by the former governor to Delta State has sparked protest by Nigerian at home and in the Dispora.

Their grouse in that incumbent Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan will misappropriate such surely being Ibori’s cousin and “stooge”.

A statement by the UK-based Anioma Diaspora, a Nigerian socio-cultural and good governance campaign group, said that “returning Ibori’s loot to Delta State would be senseless and counter-productive in the light of the fact that the present governor of Delta State, Emmanuel Uduaghan, is a blood relation of Ibori.

http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news/43768-ibori’s-conviction-national-embarassment,-says-falana.html

stanech: WHy we dey so concerned about the guy english? thats why we dey backward as a nation. English na our lang?

We're concerned because that's how groups like boko haram get started. Semi literates like you and the OP will now return to your villages with wrong interpretations of previously written literature, and start misleading a bunch of knuckle heads like yourselves.

Claumy2: These men are too dubious and more corrupt than satan. Except Mark's fellow thieves none of us knows why and what he (Mark) has gone to Israel to do. May his soul rest in peace.

Bros let them announce the obituary first now.

BlueDiva: We were lucky last night.
1 shot on goal compared to Barca's 24 and we won.

I still think it will be asking for too much if we expect to qualify.
Anyways, kudos to the boys and a real man; RDM.

Funny I've just read through almost 3 pages and this is what I find closest to the Truth

With I've seen today, Bar a will progress with at least a 4 goal margin. Its a miracle Chelsea are still in it.

Eko Ile: There is no mall or any kind of business going on there. The big white building you are talking about is an art gallery named after Wole Soyinka and it's for local artists to showcase their work.

Thanks for clearing that issue up.

strangerf: This Kobojunkie is studpiddddd, So just because there is a business center in the library, does that in any way detract from calling such a place a library. Even in Europe and America, there are business centers situated inside Parks. And talking about relaxing in a mall, well, only reeetards like Kobo would think of going to relax in a mall.

Ode oshi

No need to insult Kobojunkie, like I said, I have friends who have argued that Halle Berry is ugly.

And I guess situating a Mall, if that's even what that structure is, in the park automatically disqualifies the area from being called a park. It can't be called a Park with a Mall situated in it, it Categorically stops being a Park.

hercules07: There are business activities within that park, but it is still a park as you can go there to relax and have fun, I was there last week with Prof. Wole Soyinka to enjoy a play performed in his honour.

It definitely is a park, that's the point I'm trying to get across.

Eko Ile: Can you please show us the business related activities at this park and what from the pictures or stories posted that looks businesslike.?

Must you reply to every post? I've talked with people who believe Halle Berry is hideous, their opinion.

And FYI, there are open spaces filled with concrete that are called parks too, I think skating parks or something.

alj harem: Why and Why would you say that ? Is Lagos for yorubas alone ? Stop this bigotry already,[b] I am Yoruba indigene of Lagos [/b]and Lagos is not from yoruba alone but for Nigeria. If you can afford to live there then by all means do ! What do you mean by ban non-yorubas from there ?

Johndoe, you too dey disappoint me !

Yoruba, Kanuri, South East all inside your body

chyket: Na wao,ibori is in jail,his wife is in jail,his babe is in jail,his sister is in jail and even his Lawyer is also in jail!!!!!

Children might be joining soon

The Artist made no provisions for the Trailer loads of Almajiris that will poor in and litter the streets lol.

afrodoc: van persie is most likely showing signs of fatigue.dts wt happens when u play a footballer week in week out plus even midweek,90mins every game.there were more opportunities for wenger to take off RVP at 70 or 80mins in games which arsenal was leading comfortably n give chamakh or park a run out but thats nt wenger's style.he taps his best player until d player runs dry

What about Barca and Messi?

chic2pimp: The Same Liverpool that got thought a footballing lesson two seasons later by Milan. Or the same Liverpool side who has won the Big Ears 5 times. Remind me again how many times have u lot sniffed the finals of the european cup?

Apples and Oranges

As if they can enforce that law, rubbish. In 2012 you can't give us water and Electricity, someone tell me exactly what we need a govt for?

Always going for sensationalism without end results, the House of Assembly itself is a complete Fraud.

Imagine working at the world back for 25 years, rising to MD but still can't make pres
dent.

Lol at, "you mean that guy that doesn't know the meaning of a hedge fund"

chic2pimp: Oh ok the team that celebrated beating the Defending champions like they had already won the trophy. But got thoroughly shown up by liverpool in the next round

The Same Liverpool that Cancelled a Three goal deficit in the second half of the Final to disgrace Milan with two Seasons before

The One that thrashed Milan at the Emirates and did same at the Sansiro three seasons ago.

Abeg anyone with links should share the love cos i go need am

Ganys: Bros...have you forgotten that christianity was introduced in Nigeria under the guise of colonialism. Alright, why do we still have Dean, Rector,Provost and chancellor in our educational system? Arent they chritian jagons.
Also, some muslim were forced to convert to xtian in western Nigeria in order to have the taste of western educaton. that is where they changed some muslim names and chriten it. E.g. Lawal=lawalson, Mariam=Marian e.t.c.
Come to think of it, can we use the activities of few bad eggs to paint islam red.
Ok .... Can we blame christainity for homosexuality or Can we say Gay pastors used bible to bustress their act? Im not in support of Boko Haram and i hate them with passion. but we should all stop blamming islam for recent security woes..enough of this shit

Exactly, Muhammad Yusuf and Shekau are Christians from latter rain assembly. They're fighting for the Secularisation of their area.

You say

chelseabmw: I lived during the time when wembley was King DROGBA's arena!!
fucking awesome!!

.... but before that you say

chelseabmw: drogba is an unserious player. ........i prefer torres

Abeg make up your mind

IT'S A LIE!

Basics007: And Bayern still has to play Dortmund in the german cup final o. I hope they wont go trophyless this season sha