The intellectual ones will quietly leave the thread, while the hypocrite will still ask where is the stamp from heaven that says this guy is a Christian and many other thousands of excuses.

Another category of the hypocrite will claim that he did not say Hallelujah while trying to commit the terror attack. Well, is that the yardsticks to measure a terror attack?

Any person who commits the act of terrorism is a terrorist regardless of his race, background, political inclination, religion, color or country.

But to the hypocrite here in Nigeria they look at a religion before it becomes a terrorist attack. And to their fellow hypocrite in the west they look at the religion and race. Once you're black or muslim then it's terrorist attack and if you're white they will give it new name like gun violence....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP25sDw4QOc


Mynd44 Lalasticlala Dominique seun

In his word "My name is Nathaniel Samuel. I attend, infact I am suppose to be a pastor at living faith church because I did the WOFBI word of faith Bible Institute. So my name is Nathaniel Samuel sir.

When asked is there anyway by accident that your name is Muhammad? Here is his response

" There is nowhere by accident"

popsy2:
China, with a much more advanced health care system has her hands full and so far, has been unable to check the spread of this novel virus. Nigeria, with almost zero health infrastructure and whose leaders travel to Britain for ailments as elementary as headache is boastful and confident that they can do what China hasn't been able to do.
God forbid that this virus should find its way to our shores, because it would ravage the land.

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Nigeria is the first country to successfully eliminate Ebola. Nigerian method was later adopted as the standard procedure. The United States send her doctors down to Nigeria to learn the procedures.

Coronavirus is not as deadly as Ebola. Stop having that mentality of if China or other advanced country did not, then u cannot.


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/10/us-sends-medical-experts-study-nigeria-tamed-ebola/

gracygem100 Xtine22

It's going. It's not easy to do unless you know some tactics.

Samisha500:

YES

The Remita RRR fails to generate the request form. Check your mail pls.

Samisha500:
BE INFORMED

To those postgraduate student that just want to enroll for admission, your transcript is really necessary because you will be given a conditional letter instead of admission letter until you provide your transcript.

Including those that apply for post graduate diploma?

tartar9:

The middle belt is a large expanse,and not your parlour:
Benue State, Plateau State, Taraba State, Niger State, Kogi State, Nassarawa State, Kwara State, Adamawa State, and the Federal Capital Territory.
Speak for your village only.

Better tell him. North Central is another mini Nigeria and too complex for his unilateral conclusion.

I think it's a good idea only if you will be sent to Sambisa and the bushes along kaduna Abuja highway to kill those you think are working for Islam to kill people.

But if your Christian militia is targeted at innocent Muslims, then you are a coward and no different with the terrorist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBySMu8ChGg

Coldfeets:
Wetin be dis na?

Be like say our January salary go tay o!

Chukwu biko kwa.

I need this January salary more than anything else in this life right now.

Why you no register?

QuotaSystem:
What a beautiful, befitting gateway to the centre of commerce.

The old, faithful MAKIA terminal (later facelifted Kwankwasiyya style) really needed to be retired after several decades. I expect that facilities for handling bulk air cargo were also provided to facilitate the export drive of the current administration.

Kudos to the FG for being alive to this responsibility.

Yes there is facilities for handling cargo in the new terminal.

The new N2Billion Shahuci by Murtala Hospital Flyover Kano which will have underground tunnel connecting A & E and Murtala Mohammed Hospital, a service lane dedicated for ambulance & emergencies into the hospital and It can carry any weight & size of truck, hence no barrier for certain types of vehicles.

Demmzy15 advanced secondary school.

wink2015:
Nice couple.

But Amaechi try and bring railway and trains to the Niger delta region.

It is not good to be using Niger delta crude oil to be developing other regions while the Niger delta region lack these amenities.

When will the railway line running from South West through Benin city ( Edo state ) to end in Calabar, Cross River state be started.

Not anytime soon until other regions have their share. Delta and Edo have it share for now. Itakpe-warri standard gauge rail.

DTeekay:
What of River State, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa and other South South states don't they deserve Standard Guage too.

They just did Itakpe to Warri so they can link Ajakaota steel with the nearest Port so they can export and make more money for themselves.

You use trillions of Naira to link Northern states so they can carry Agric produce, forgetting that moving oil safely is more beneficial to the country, it is only in Nigeria you will see trucks carrying fuel up an down.

Civilized countries use trains.

The whole North will farm for 5years and they won't make 1 trillion Naira. But oil will give u that in 6months.

How many state in the North have standard gauge rail that you're busy ranting.


North
1. Kaduna State
2. FCT (not a state)
3. Kogi


South.
1. Lagos
2. Ogun
3. Oyo
4. Delta
5. Edo



Even if the railway pass through the front door if your house, you will still complain why e no enter your room carry you.

DTeekay:
No train in the South-south where all the money is coming from. Which way Nigeria. Come and see Federal roads in the south-south you will weep.

Gaping holes in the middle of the road. Causing chronic loss of man hours thereby hampering smooth flow of goods and services, which negatively affects the economy.

But this is the only part of the country that gives the oil money to build railways and roads in other parts of the country.

Itakpe - Warri standard gauge rail is located in Maiduguri ko?

eki2000:
Nysc Stream 2 commences 14th January, 2020

Are you trying to say batch A? Or you mean Batch C stream 2 in January?

elkharpone:
April bro

Kai April too far. I don't hope for that.

fineyemi:
that will be all for this year. Batch A 2019

Thanks. Batch A 2020 starts when?

Will NYSC portal be open for Batch C stream II ?

Nigeria’s border closure has implications for Africa’s economic integration

Nigeria recently partially closed its border with Benin in an effort to stem the smuggling of rice. It then went on to close its land borders to the movement of all goods from Benin, Niger and Cameroon, effectively banning trade flows with its neighbours.

Border closures are not new in Africa. But Nigeria’s actions raise important concerns about the seriousness and prospects of regional integration in Africa.

Nigeria acted just three months after it had signed the African Continental Free Trade Agreement. With 55 member countries, a combined GDP of $2.4 trillion and a total population of 1.2 billion, the agreement will create the world’s largest free trade area. Its aim is to promote intra-Africa trade, which is abysmally low at 16%.

To restrict trade flows so shortly after this momentous feat is a major blow to integration efforts. It also shows how unprepared African countries might be for free trade. It’s hard to see how the free trade deal can increase intra-Africa trade to 60% by 2022, as projected , when it is being undermined from the start.

These early trade tensions between Nigeria and its neighbours are hardly surprising. They underlie some of the fundamental problems that must be addressed before cordial free trade can succeed on the continent.

In the case of Nigeria, Africa accounts for only 13% of its exports and 4% of its imports. These statistics probably underestimate the true volume of trade between Nigeria and its neighbours. But they show that Africa is a dispensable market.

Border closure
Nigeria’s economy declined in 2015 and further contracted by 1.6% in 2016 . This was largely due to a worldwide drop in the price of crude oil in 2014. The country has since fallen on hard times. Foreign direct investment inflows have plunged by 55% . There have also been shortages of foreign exchange which have put the Naira in a tailspin, causing the government to implement stringent foreign exchange controls.

Crude oil accounts for over 95% of Nigeria’s total exports and 90% of its foreign exchange earnings. This shows that Nigeria has neglected other sectors of the economy.

The recent oil crisis highlighted the need for the country to diversify and restructure its economy. The result was increased attention being accorded the agriculture sector, which had declined significantly since the late 1960s.

Nigeria’s 2017 Economic Recovery and Growth Plan aimed to deepen investments in agriculture and increase the sector’s contribution to economic growth from 5% in 2017 to 8.4% by 2020. The idea is to revive domestic farming and save on food imports (over $22 billion a year).

It is this national plan that precipitated the border closure. The government wants to protect domestic farmers from cheap imported foodstuff.

While Nigerian rice farmers are happy about their government’s actions, there are concerns about whether domestic food production can meet domestic demand. In 2017, demand for rice in Nigeria reached 6.7 million tons, almost double the 3.7 million tons produced domestically.

Since the border closure, the price of a 50 kilogram bag of rice has increased from 9,000 naira ($24) to 22,000 naira ($61).

This is good for the farmers. But it is hurting consumers.

Oil exports and fuel imports
Then there is the bigger problem of government-subsidised petroleum being smuggled out of Nigeria and sold in neighbouring countries.

World Bank data show that between 2010 and 2016, the average pump price of petrol was $0.52 per litre in Nigeria, $1.01 in Benin, $1.14 in Cameroun and 1.04 in Niger. Current data show that petrol is sold at $0.40 per litre in Nigeria and at $0.91 and $1.07 in Benin and Cameroon respectively.

The price difference creates the incentive to smuggle petrol out of Nigeria.
Nigeria’s largest export is crude oil, and its largest import is refined oil. Domestic refineries are reportedly operating well below their capacity, causing fuel imports to average 29% of total imports over the past three years. Roughly 90% of fuel in Nigeria is imported, and all of it is subsidised. Last year, the subsidy bill was estimated to reach $3.85 billion.

Smuggling fuel out amounts to the use of public resources to subsidise neighbouring countries. Since the border closure, reports suggest that the delivery of fuel in Nigeria has dropped by 20% and sales by 12.7%.

This suggests that the demand for fuel in Nigeria is high because some of it is bought and smuggled out.

Why the border closure is worrying
African countries have different economic configurations and strategic priorities. The huge number of diverse countries within the free trade area isn’t going to make things easy.

Indeed, free trade has its benefits, but it also has costs. Nigeria’s bid to protect a declining rice farming industry and save foreign exchange has led to protectionism that defies the principles of a free trade area.

The African Union (AU) has been muted on the issue of the border closures. This might be because it does not yet have detailed institutional arrangements for settling disputes within the free trade area.

Another factor might be that it has been quiet because Nigeria is involved. As Africa’s largest economy, the AU courted it earnestly to sign. The agreement needs Nigeria, arguably at whatever cost.

The regional trade bloc ECOWAS has also failed to bring Nigeria to heel. Both Nigeria and Benin are members of the bloc, created in 1975. All it has done so far is to appeal for the borders to be opened. It clearly has no enforcement power.

Nigeria’s border closure may be a precursor. More incidents like this can be expected as the realities of free trade kick in. Some countries will lose, others will gain.

The AU needs protocols and measures to manage free trade, as well as programmes to prepare political leaders for the realities that will follow.

The free trade area should not be a mere symbol. It must be fully understood and appreciated for it to succeed.

The Nigeria border closure must be resolved as soon as possible. It is diverting attention and positive energy from matters that can promote the free trade area, such as investments in transport infrastructure, trade data capture and border protection.

More importantly, it is a bad precedent that could reduce other countries’ commitments to economic integration in Africa. The AU must act now, or prepare to bury the free trade deal.

Tahiru Azaaviele Liedong
Assistant Professor of Strategy, University of Bath

https://theconversation.com/amp/nigerias-border-closure-has-implications-for-africas-economic-integration-125592

https://punchng.com/corps-member-didnt-beat-kano-boy-to-death-nysc/amp/

The management of the National Youth Service Corps in Bebeji Local Government Area of Kano State on Saturday reacted to the death of a primary three pupil of Old Mosque Islamiya, identified as Hassan Suleiman.

NYSC said that while it regrets the death of the eight-year-old boy, the reported account of how the death occurred was untrue.

NYSC said, “The attention of the NYSC, Kano State management has been drawn to the death of Hassan Suleiman, which compelled the management to put the records straight.

”While we regret the untimely demise of an eight-year-old boy, Hassan Suleiman, a class 3 pupil of Old mosque Islamiya school, we wish to state categorically that the unfortunate incident happened at around 3:17 p.m. on Thursday 25th October at Bebeji town, Bebeji LGA, Kano State.

”A corps member, Jepthan Peter Makwin ran after the deceased, who came in to pluck fruits from an umbrella tree within the Corpers Lodge. In the process, the boy fell and hit his head on the wall of the entrance of the Lodge.

“He was immediately rushed to the hospital but was subsequently confirmed dead.”

READ ALSO: Corps member allegedly beats boy to death

It had been reported that there was a cordial relationship between corp members and the community and that the children were fond of visiting the lodge.

The corps member, Makwin is currently in police custody.

Meanwhile, the state coordinator, Ladan Baba, led his management team on a condolence visit to the family of the deceased.

Also, the Executive Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, also visited the family with some members of the State Executive Council, Chairman Bebeji LG, Ali Namadi, the Ward Head, Adamu Umar and other elders.

Ganduje commiserated, with the father of the deceased, Mallam Suleiman Aliyu.

He urged the community to accept the incident, as the will of Allah and remain calm, as well as be law-abiding.

The Emir of Bichi, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, has called on the police and other security agencies to intensify search for the 47 Kano children who are still missing.

Bayero condemned the kidnapping of Kano kids by an Igbo kidnapping syndicate, which specializes in kidnapping young Muslim Children from Kano to Southern part of the country.

Speaking to Daily Trust yesterday, the emir, who commended the police for rescuing nine abducted kids, said “If security agencies can intensify efforts, the 47 kids that are still missing can also be discovered and subsequently rescued.”

Bayero also called on the federal and state governments to pursue the matter to a logical conclusion.

To the Igbo, the emir urged their leaders to come out and condemn the action of the kidnappers, saying “we are living in peace with Igbo people here in Kano for several decades.”

He also urged parents to always keep eyes on their children in order to protect them from being kidnapped by some unscrupulous elements.


The emir, however, charged the general public to report to security agencies any suspecious movements of individual or group for necessary action.

https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/emir-bayero-wants-47-missing-kids-rescued.html

Barely five days after the rescue of nine Kano children abducted by a gang of six Igbo kidnappers, the Igbo community in the state condemned the incident in strong terms.

DAILY NIGERIAN reports that the Kano State Police Command had paraded six kidnap suspects for alleged abduction and forcefully conversion to Christianity of nine Kano-born children in Onitsha, Anambra State.

In a statement jointly signed by the President of General Igbo Community Association in Kano, Chief Ebenezer Chima and Sarki Ndigbo Kano, Igwe Boniface Ibekwe, on Wednesday, the community called for a stiff penalty against the suspects.

The statement commended the security agents for their proactive investigation and synergy that led to the recovery of the victims.

‘’We are recommending a stiff penalty for the culprits to serve as a deterrent to others who may be nursing ambition for such nefarious act,’’ said the statement.

The statement also commended Governor Abdullahi Ganduje and the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi ll and the good people of the state for their understanding.



It also called on Igbos in Kano to be law-abiding and go about their legitimate businesses in the state.

https://dailynigerian.com/igbo-community-calls-for-stiff-penalty-against-9-kano-children-abductors/

Mynd44 Lalasticlala

tech18:


No

Kanwqr Alhassan ai HongKong za mu wuce

Is that the reason u want to leave Uwar gida a kebbi da tuwo da miyar kuka. Zainab fa?

tech18:
You are right. It depends on your lifestyle.

When I got married I was earning less than 30k..thereafter God Almighty blessed me with a better job

Is that why you want to take second wife

Elina123:
Is there anything like steam 2 batchc registration?
Or is it that we will register for batchc but will be given different stream.

Pls need answers

I need to know also.

Lokostic77:
northerners wont let this project see light of the day becsuse of their trailers, meanwhile this project would have help us reduce truck accidents in our society, God pass them

This has nothing to do with Northerners. Carry your conspiracy theory look elsewhere.