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It was clearly stated in the pickup notice issued to you that any applicant who fails to collect his or her passport within 30 days will have the passport forwarded to the Nigeria Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the Nigeria Immigration Service. The UK Embassy will not seize your passport, as it remains the property of the Nigerian Government

Goodlordwoodliu:
I applied for UK visit visa middle of last year but I was rejected.I was indisposed for about four months so I couldn't go to Lagos to collect my passport.

Now this year I want to apply to another country but UK embassy are insisting that my passport have been sent to Abuja immigration office because I failed to come and collect it on time.I have confirmed from an immigration officer in Abuja that no passport of such nature was sent to them.Yet this people are still insisting that's it in Abuja immigration office. I don't know what to do anymore.
I would have applied for a new passport but passport are now expensive to process.

Please what should I do?

[quote author=meetme01 post=111197222]What do you intend discussing with me. None of your thread or comments show we have something to discuss. Let me know before we go offline to discuss [/quote
Kindly give me updates on sister's South Africa evisa.. And are you sure the South Africa Government has really kicked off with this.... Do you have idea of any Nigerian who has gotten theirs.

meetme01:
What do you intend discussing with me. None of your thread or comments show we have something to discuss. Let me know before we go offline to discuss

Can you please confirm if anyone has gotten South Africa evisa? Do you think they are really serious about this? How about your Sister's application.. Can we talk better on whatsapp

NwaNimo1:
They just want their slice keg of the giveaway fuel.........

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...the gesture was nice given the pathetic state of affairs in the country.

Safety first... This is highly flammable contents

Jonegonu:
The stain on the name mean a lot to nation they cant come close to the corridors of government again

They are now very disadvantaged in so many things. Forever they remain ex convicts... Which will go a long way to affect many things about them.. Regardless or the jail terms or option of fine.. What's most important is that they have been convicted.

b3llo:
The ban on cryptocurrency is targeted at fraudsters based here. the cybercrimes and atrocities committed by these unfortunate set of people have affected hard working and sincere individuals.

The day I fear cryptocurrency was the day some kidnappers requested for ransom through "Bitcoin"

Very sensible man spotted.... Only fools speak against the Government for this actions

Esseite:
Crypto currency is a death nail on import dominated countries. there is no balance of trade or how that can be regulated. Do you think the loans gotten from china is not a means of balancing trade due to our large imports?..

how do you balance the escape of forex through cryptos for an import dominated country especially for non physical services/goods?

- It undermines monetary policies of various Government..
- There are no checks and balances.
- Any dick and harry can prop up a coin.
- it discourages foreign investors from investing physically in developing nations.

Best initiative from CBN on saving the naira.

Only few people understand this. Many condemned this move, Because they know nothing about it

[quote author=Kittex7 post=98354219]Psquare + Dave Scott [/quote
My own very best

kikelomo68469:
Congratulations President Joe BidenAnd Vice President Kamala Harris (my babe)

Kamala Harris your babe... See this one looking for attention.. Kamala that i already impregnated.. And currently carrying my baby

squash47:
Nigeria na unserious Corntree. If not, how Dem go give untrained people permission to Carry gun as security personnel ?


Nigeria no be like this before. Everything just dey spoil every day.

You asked for regional security outfit. You got it.... Leave Nigeria out of this

[quote author=obi4eze post=97961909]Are there no ways of having online lectures? [/quote
For Nigeria? With this epileptic network and poor internet service.

Sodiq3:
Emulate ‘true democrat Buhari,’ APC tells U.S. politicians


https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/435674-emulate-true-democrat-buhari-apc-tells-u-s-politicians.html

See what Donald Trump turns America to.. Nigeria and APC led administration advising America on how democracy should be practiced

Nuttella:
Every child is a gift from God whether yours not not, why do DNA test that will end in tears for you, scatter your marriage and give you high BP?, you might even end up committing suicide. If you love your sanity, your children, your marriage and your mental health then don't do DNA test .

Which marriage?

Handywork:
his wife is 23.. Nawa oo
the way convid is spreading again I just don't understand o
.
check my signature

His wife age isn't 23.. Always learn to read between the lines

sapphiere:
Men have been sleeping around bringing babies from other women for their wives to care for.

Case study is 2face who brought in children from other women and Annie is caring for those children as her own.

But Annie is aware

Righteousness2:
I won't agree totally with Number 4 because sowing my last card has blessed me Numerous times..
I am Tither
I am a Sower
Infact, Most times once I am getting dry, i give it all out..

That has Blessed me so much.

You are very hardworking and possibly creative with your crafts.. Your blessings is never a function of your tithes or offerings. Don't get it twisted

phidipe:
He will be remembered for what he said during Obasanjo era. We Need Coup Now. Though he said he was quoted out of context. But all the same rest in peace. And as a result of that singular act his political career was brought to stand still

No thanks to Tell Magazines for helping to destroy that guy political career then

Ikenna73:
Nigerian don tayad for this man... But next year apc massive rigging won't met him go back to daura. Smh

which next year again..........2020 right

Ex-President Shehu Shagari is dead.

Shagari passed away at the National Hospital Abuja on Friday. He was 93 years old.

The news was broken by the Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, on his Twitter handle.

Aminu W. Tambuwal
@AWTambuwal
I regret to Announce the death of former President Shehu Shagari who just passed away at National Hospital Abuja. May his Soul Rest in Peace
The news was also confirmed by his grandson, Bello Shagari, via his verified Twitter handle @Belshagy. Bello had tweeted:

Bello Shagari @Belshagy
I regret announcing the death of my grandfather, H.E Alhaji Shehu Shagari, who died right now after brief illness at the National hospital, Abuja.
Shehu Usman Shagari was born in 1925 in Shagari village founded by his great-grandfather, Ahmadu Rufa’i, who was also the Village Head, and took the name Shagari as his family name. His father’s name was Aliyu and his mother’s name was Mariamu.

Shagari started his education in a Quranic school and then went to live with relatives at a nearby town, where, between 1931 and 1935, he attended Yabo Elementary School; and between 1936 and 1940, he went to Sokoto for middle school, and then from 1941-1944, he attended Kaduna College.

Between 1944 and 1952, Shagari attended the Teacher Training College, in Zaria, Kaduna State;and from 1953-1958, he worked as a visiting teacher at Sokoto Province.

He was also a member of the Federal Scholarship Board from 1954-1958. According to the Wiki citation on him, the late ex-president entered politics in 1951 when he became the secretary of the Northern People’s Congress in Sokoto, Nigeria, a position he held until 1956.

General Olusegun Obasanjo, who was military Head of State had handed over to Shagari in 1979, and he was in office till 1983.

Before then, Shagari had served as a federal minister and federal commissioner between 1958 and 1975.

Shagari was made the Turaki of the Fula Sokoto Caliphate in 1962 by the Sultan of Sokoto, Siddiq Abubakar III.

He worked as a teacher for a brief period before entering politics in 1951 and, in 1954, he was elected to the federal House of Representatives representing Sokoto West.

In 1958, he was appointed as parliamentary secretary — a post he left in 1959 for Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa. He later served as the Federal Minister for Commerce and Industries.

Between 1959 and 1960, Shagari was made the Federal Minister for Economic Development. Between 1960 and 1962, he was moved to the Pensions Ministry as the Federal Minister for Pensions.

From 1962-1965, he became the Federal Minister for Internal Affairs. And from 1965 up until the first military coup in January 1966, Shagari was the Federal Minister for Works.

In 1967, he was appointed the Secretary for Sokoto Province Education Development Fund. From 1968-1969, he served as Commissioner for Establishments.

After the civil war, from 1970-1971, he was appointed by then military head of state Gen. Yakubu Gowon as the federal Commissioner for Economic Development, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction.

In 1978, he became a founding member of the National Peoples Party. In 1979, Shagari was chosen by the party as the presidential candidate for general election that year, which he won, becoming the president.

Shagari ran for a second four-year term in 1983 and won the general election. However, on 31 December 1983, he was overthrown by then Maj. -Gen. Muhammadu Buhari.

He was Grand Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic, GCFR.

Sorce:https://punchng.com/breaking-ex-president-shehu-shagari-is-dead/

Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja
If you don’t have electricity, it is not the Federal Government’s problem, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has declared.
Fashola, who disclosed this while speaking at the Nextier Power Dialogue on Wednesday night in Abuja, told his listeners that there were problems in the power sector, but reminded them that it was not the Federal Government’s problem if citizens in the country do not have electricity, especially since the sector was privatised.
He said, “There are problems without a doubt and we must deal with them. But let me remind you, all of the assets that the Ministry of Power used to control for power have been sold by the last administration before I came. And so if you don’t have power, it is not the government’s problem. Let us be honest.
“The people who are operating the power sector, generation and distribution are now privately owned companies. I am here because I am concerned. If your telephone is not working, it is not the minister of communication that you go to. Let us be very clear.”
The minister added, “So for those of you who want to weaponise electricity, face the businessmen who have taken it up. Let us be honest. If your bank over-charges you interest, is it the minister of finance you go to? So let’s be clear. This is now a private business by Act of parliament 2005.
“My role is regulatory, oversight and policy, but I have a problem which is the fact that I can’t see a problem and turn my back, so I’m getting involved. So the people you should be talking to about transformers is not me, the ministry doesn’t supply transformers anymore.”
Fashola further defended his position after another participant at the dialogue insisted that the minister supervises the ministry and that the Gencos and Discos were players under the FMPWH.
Taking a cue from the analogy given by the participant while answering the question asked, the minister said, “I think that NERC (Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission) is the referee of the game. I am FIFA (Federation of International Football Association). And it is not right as you said that FIFA gets involved, because whether the referee makes a mistake or not the goal stands.
“So the FIFA man does not enter the field to say go and change the result, but it’s an interesting analogy that I’ve also contemplated in my head and that’s why you didn’t catch me by too much surprise. However, it is important to allow the referee to continue to decide the game because investors like to know who decides.”

https://punchng.com/its-not-fgs-problem-if-nigerians-lack-electricity-fashola/

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Wednesday his cabinet would approve next week a 22 per cent increase in the monthly minimum wage to 1,050 euros ($1,192) in 2019.

The increase, “the biggest since 1977”, will be submitted to a cabinet meeting in Barcelona on December 21, he told parliament.

The measure was part of his minority Socialist government’s draft 2019 budget which he is struggling to pass in parliament so it will now be approved by decree.


The announcement comes after French President Emmanuel Macron unveiled Monday a 100-euro ($113) per month increase in the minimum wage from next year in a major concession to “yellow vest” protests which have roiled the country.

After years of austerity policies imposed to cope with the fallout from the 2008 financial crisis, governments are under increasing pressure to ease the purse strings, especially for the lower paid.

https://punchng.com/spain-to-raise-minimum-wage-to-1-050-euros-in-2019/

Former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo has insisted that the country’s current president Muhammadu Buhari must be voted out when the West African nation goes to poll in 2019.

Obasanjo, who supported Buhari in 2015 against Goodluck Jonathan, said in a statement on Sunday that his former ally had done almost nothing to reposition the country.

Buhari rode into power in 2015 on the wings of populist promises of remodelling the economy, fighting biting insecurity, especially in northeast Nigeria and rein in the reign of corruption that has blighted the country for decades.

But critics like the former president said Buhari’s government has performed way below expectations.

In January, the former president accused Buhari of being nepotistic and said the president was lacking in the requisite capacity to make Nigeria better.

Obasanjo acknowledged his complicity in making a man who he said “is weak in the knowledge and understanding of the economy” the president. He said he thought that Buhari could make “use of good Nigerians in that area.”

“The lice of poor performance in government – poverty, insecurity, poor economic management, nepotism, gross dereliction of duty, condonation of misdeed – if not outright encouragement of it, lack of progress and hope for the future, lack of national cohesion and poor management of internal political dynamics and widening inequality – are very much with us today,” Obasanjo said in a 13-page statement titled ‘The Way Out: A Clarion Call for Coalition for Nigeria Movement’ at the beginning of the year.

He doubled down on those claims in the Sunday statement issued by his media aide Kehinde Akinyemi.

Akinyemi said his principal believes that “only a fool will sit on the fence or be neutral when his or her country is being destroyed with incompetence, corruption, lack of focus, insecurity, nepotism, brazen impunity and denial of the obvious.”

That Sunday statement came after a News Agency of Nigeria’s report said Obasanjo had chosen to be a neutral participant as Africa’s most populous nation prepares for general elections.

The report noted that Obasanjo had shifted “gear to neutral, from outright partisanship and endorsement of the opposition candidate.”

“It is disingenuous, if not malicious, for anyone to suggest that Chief Obasanjo was being neutral when he chose not to use the Owu Convention as a platform for political campaign but instead adopt a communal and familial approach in talking to members of his Owu family,” Akinyemi said.

“For the records, and as accurately reported by some media organisations, what the former president said at the convention in Iwo was that while he would not impress any candidates on them, Nigerians should vote for credible candidates who will drive growth and development and make their lives better than it is now.”

https://guardian.ng/news/nigeria/buhari-must-go-obasanjo/

Dr Fredrick Fasheun Founder of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Dr Frederick Fasehun is dead, aged 83. Senior Special Adviser on Media, to Fasehun, Mr Adeoye Jolaosho, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, on Saturday.He said the OPC chieftain died at about 1:00 a.m, Saturday at the intensive care unit of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital Ikeja (LASUTH).“Baba took ill on Wednesday and was rushed to the intensive care unit of LASUTH. “He died early hours of today. We are all devastated,” he said. Fasehun was an active member of National Democratic Coalition (NADECO).

He was born in Ondo on September 25, 1938, in Ondo, Ondo State. He began his education late, entering primary school at the age of 13 at Saint Matthews Roman Catholic School, Ondo. He later moved to Saint Peter’s Teacher’s Training College, Akure, also in Ondo state. But he was expelled from school, because of his non-conformity with Catholicism. Fasehun was then admitted to Ondo Boys High School, where he completed his secondary education in less than three years, with a Grade One distinction.

His brother offered him a scholarship to study science at Blackburn College in the UK. He furthered his education at Aberdeen University College of Medicine. He also studied at the Liverpool Postgraduate School after which he had a Fellowship at the Royal College of Surgeons.

In 1976, he studied acupuncture in China under a joint World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Development Scholarship Program. On his return in 1977, he set up an Acupuncture Unit at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH). He resigned in 1978 and immediately set up the Besthope Hospital and Acupuncture Centre in Lagos.His Acupuncture Centre once earned a reputation as Africa’s first for the Chinese medical practice

SORCE:https://www.tribuneonlineng.com/176297/

Dshocker:
Nigeria having the most number of her citizens schooling abroad isn't an achievement,but shows the rot in our educational system...And as we speak the body governing the tertiary institutions are still on strike.
The same thing also goes in the health sector,where we have people that would have been saved,but die due to either negligence or poor facilities.


Funny enough Nigeria is amongst the top 3 richest nations with mineral resources...So what is really our problem,why are we always getting it wrong since independence?

I think everybody that have stolen from the nation deserves to die along with their family

So the China that top the list shows a rot in thier educational systems right?May be you forget that this same China still remains one of the best destination points in the World to study.

Renowned poet and winner of the 2017 NLNG Prize for Literature, Ikeogu Oke, has died.

He died in Abuja on Saturday at the age of 51.

Details of his death are, however, yet to be clear.

Oke gained nationwide fame in 2017 when he won the Nigeria Prize for Literature for his book, The Heresiad.

He was presented with a cheque of $100,000 (N37m) by the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Company Limited.

His poems and other writings have appeared in journals, anthologies and other publications worldwide.

He has performed his poems at various fora in Nigeria, South Africa and the United States.

https://www.channelstv.com/2018/11/25/breaking-winner-of-n37m-nlng-prize-ikeogu-oke-is-dead/

Its over three years, that the present Government has assumed power. So far so long, most of their promises have never been fulfilled, rather it has been one complains and the others, why millions of blames have been put on the past administration. Retrospecting back to APC promises before the 2015 elections, should we say they have delivered any? Does it worth it returning PMB back into ASO rock comes 2019. This Youtube video would say a little about this


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1spbIXm6oyU

Governorship election rerun.

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ademola Adeleke, had polled 254,698 votes to defeat that of the All Progressives Congress, Gboyega Oyetola, who polled 254,698 votes.



However, due to irregularities which marred the election at some polling units in Ife North, Ife South and Orolu local government areas, including cases of card reader malfunctioning, ballot box snatching, among others, this led to the cancellation of 3,498 votes recorded in the affected polling units.

Quoting INEC’s Standing Rules at the commission’s headquarters in Osogbo, the state capital, the Returning Officer and Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Prof Joseph Fowape, said since the margin between the two leading candidates was lower than the registered cancelled votes, the election had to be declared inconclusive.

He stated that a rerun would take place at the affected polling units on Thursday, September 27, 2018.
Details later…

https://punchng.com/inec-sets-september-27-for-osun-state-governorship-election-rerun/

comradewanle:
The issue was that... what was written was not announced. The man announced different figure, not that the original figure was tampered.

HAVE YOU SEEN THE ORIGINAL RESULTS AT ALL? SIGNED BY PARTIES AGENTS AT THE COLLATION CENTER AT AYEDAADE

Massdamm:
we're you there

you should rather defend the reasons for the deductions,and why it only affected PDP

I am yet to understand the reasons for the supposed over 1000 votes deducted from PDP results,in Ayedaade Local Government,in Osun State. No doubt,this deductions was done in favor of APC,this is very unhealthy for our democracy

I thought the only suspect here is Fayose, why using the words, in the event of 'their arrest'