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Politics / Re: Names/region Of Key Military Appointees Made By Buhari As President by gwales: 8:04pm On Jul 11, 2016 |
We the people of North East don't care what if the president decides to make his appointment 101% northerners as long as that would make us to sleep well and not been attack by Boko Haram. We thank the president from saving us from the clutches of Boko Haram which Jonathan in his effort to exterminate the people of North East allow Boko Haram to fester so as disenfranchised them from voting. But God in his infinite wisdom empowered the people to defeat pdp and Boko Haram. And by 2019 apc and buhari doesn't need to campaign in those areas because pdp have been declared persona non grata. Let the wailing continue Sai baba 3 Likes |
Politics / Re: Abia State Council Of Traditional Rulers Visit Tambuwal & Late Shinkafi Family by gwales: 10:38am On Jul 11, 2016 |
The slave-master relationship 1 Like |
Religion / Re: Fight At Assemblies Of God Church Kaduna, 20 Injured by gwales: 8:29am On Jul 11, 2016 |
2dugged:we have seen how peaceful bAyelsa and rivers are during the rerun elections 2 Likes |
Religion / Re: Fight At Assemblies Of God Church Kaduna, 20 Injured by gwales: 8:27am On Jul 11, 2016 |
highmood:the people of South-South are all pacifist 1 Like |
Politics / Re: PDP Leaders Prostrate As They Beg Ooni Of Ife Over Sen Omisore's Detention. Pics by gwales: 4:59pm On Jul 09, 2016 |
The ooni can do Nada as far as Bubu is concern. He should be ready to meet dasuki and Nnamdi kunu in kuje prison 37 Likes 2 Shares |
Politics / Re: Only Few Nigerians Are Complaining Of Going Through Hardship – Femi Adesina by gwales: 4:42pm On Jul 09, 2016 |
5% are the ones complaining 11 Likes 7 Shares |
Politics / Re: PHOTOS: Pro-ekweremadu Protest On-going In Enugu by gwales: 4:17pm On Jul 09, 2016 |
Jobless BIAFRANS |
Phones / Re: Flaunt Your Music Player Let's See The Finest by gwales: 12:00am On Jul 09, 2016 |
Rilwan20:Seems like we share same music taste. Where can I download wutang albums free please |
Politics / Re: Who Is Ambode!!! Hawkers Seen Hawking In Lagos by gwales: 11:23pm On Jul 08, 2016 |
BIAFRANS |
Politics / Re: When Will Buhari Visit SE And Core ND States? by gwales: 7:40am On Jul 07, 2016 |
fulanimafia: 1 Like |
Politics / Re: New Nnpc Gmd Fires 15 Top Staff: 14 Of Them From The South by gwales: 7:46pm On Jul 06, 2016 |
Let the wailing continue #Istandwithbuhari 1 Like |
Politics / Re: Sheriff Loyalists Take Over PDP Secretariat Wadata House (PICS) by gwales: 10:38pm On Jun 17, 2016 |
Sincere4u:the northerners are there to show the 5%ers who the real owner of pdp are |
Politics / Re: Sheriff Loyalists Take Over PDP Secretariat Wadata House (PICS) by gwales: 10:38pm On Jun 17, 2016 |
Sincere4u:the northerners are there to show the 5%ers who the real owner of pdp are |
NYSC / Re: My NYSC Experience In Kano State by gwales: 9:12pm On Jun 17, 2016 |
Abokii8:please you don't have to resort to threats you can distort or support his points just like everyone in these forum 8 Likes |
NYSC / Re: My NYSC Experience In Kano State by gwales: 5:32pm On Jun 17, 2016 |
mrphysics:1. U still can't prove that anyone has his hands chop off for talking to a woman or anyone been stone for that matter. If you can accept your assertion as rumour or prepossessed opinion if would have been easy. FYI the only place in the north where someone hands was chop off was in zamfara and it happens only once around 2003. 3. I can tell u would be easily laugh off about smoking been prohibited in kano. Smoking is not only been done in the whole of state but it is even encourage by peers. The highest numbers of smokers I really know apart from katsina is kano. You can even check ndlea report which I earlier posted about smoking habit in kano. It is only in kano that you would find a whole house including the father who are habitual smokers. The issue of smoking prohibition in kano is not only a lie but very mischievous. 4. Just last week I am in kano and I was opportune to help my sister drop her two children in one private school that is neither own by a Muslim nor did they taught islamiyya there. The only time that they attend islamiyya is on weekend and 7 to 8:30 pm everyday. So OP leave your experience as merely experience but not the actual truth 4 Likes 1 Share |
NYSC / Re: My NYSC Experience In Kano State by gwales: 4:22pm On Jun 17, 2016 |
Here are some of the OP lies 1. Chopping of hand 2. Igbo man as fagge chairman 3. Smoking is prohibited, like seriously? 4. Islamic primary school is compulsory 3 Likes 1 Share |
NYSC / Re: My NYSC Experience In Kano State by gwales: 10:50pm On Jun 16, 2016 |
smokers in kano "This society is not a very friendly place," says Dr Ekpein Appah, a camp co-ordinator at the Kano Reformatory Institute in Kiru, Nigeria. "This place can be like a jungle. You have to fight to survive and that fight for survival is what is driving young people to drugs." Thirty-seven percent of the population in Kano State, an area in northwest Nigeria, are drug abusers according to official figures from the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). This is the highest figure nationwide. Nigeria's second largest city also has the highest number of people arrested for illicit drug trafficking or drug use. On September 9, a drug rehabilitation centre was opened in Kano for drug addicts. "The Kano state government realised the idea of arresting drug abusers and sending them to jail doesn't work. They just get stuck in a cycle and come back to harm society when they are released. Why not reform them?” says Appah. "The drug abusers are brought into the institute for 60 days where they undergo three major components of our training programme: Medicals, which comprise of screening and detoxification, counselling and finally skills acquisition. There is no work, schools and universities are closed or over crowded. These are all children minus a few. Something is wrong somewhere". Historically, Kano State was a very different place to what is today. Nigeria's ancient kingdom was once the greatest commercial power in West Africa and a bustling trade centre. Its leather and cotton goods were widely transported across the Sahara to North Africa and Europe and for centuries merchants from neighbouring African countries and beyond traded in gold, ivory and salt. In recent times, Kano was the second largest industrial centre in Nigeria and the largest in Northern Nigeria. Then Boko Haram entered the scene. After the introduction of Sharia in the year 2000 many non-Muslims and traders left the city. Then on January 21, 2012, Kano witnessed one of the worst attacks of terrorism in Nigeria's history: One hundred seventy-eight people were killed in a series of coordinated bomb blasts and shooting sprees. The streets are now quiet in Kano. Nigeria's vast metropolis which once boasted wide paved highways bustling with cars, buses and businessmen is now deserted. Dusty alleyways filled with kids smoking Indian hemp are common. In the years since the insecurity began, residents have seen a dramatic change to their surroundings. Now children are out of school and unemployment is high. Drug use and unemployment "The reason why we are using drugs is to enjoy our lives", says Abdullahi, 28, staring out from behind the chipped blue metal bars of a holding cell in the NDLEA headquarters. The stench of human faeces, sweat and urine fills the air. Dozens of young men, both addicts and sellers, are locked away in a cramped windowless black hole while they await trial. The stone walls that keep them enclosed are covered in Hausa and Arabic graffiti, the prisoners make their mark by scratching their names and prayers with broken rocks. Abdullahi, like most of the young men here, was a petty drug user. He told Al Jazeera, "I have been smoking cannabis for 6 years. When I took it, I used to feel free. I used to feel happy in my mind. The reason why I started smoking is because I wasn't employed. I had nothing to do. I was just moving around my area with friends. Some of us were selling petroleum to try and make some money but the police would stop us. We are the sons of poor people here. Our parents don't have enough money to pay for us to go to school or take us to market where they will teach us how to trade. There are drug sellers everywhere in the city. So many people are using drugs. Old guys, young boys. They are all using it because there is nothing to do here. So we thought it must be good. That is why we started”. The NDLEA in Kano state have the most difficult region to monitor in all Nigeria, according to the state commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Amadu Garba, told Al Jazeera, "The problem of drug abuse is a very serious one in Kano. Statistics show nationwide that Kano has a significantly higher number of people arrested than in any other part of the country. The number of people convicted is higher compared to the rest of the country and we have a high rate of seizures made by the command. This attests to the fact we have a serious drug problem in this state." Prison Official figures from the NDLEA show they made 700 arrests last year. Most of the arrests were made in relation to cannabis. Three tonnes of marijuana were taken off the streets of Kano this year, down from 4 tonnes last year. But other drugs such as cocaine, heroin and psychotropics are also found in raids. 3000kg of drugs were confiscated during busts and a conviction can land sellers with a 25 year to life prison sentence. The front of the NDLEA jail [Ashionye Ogene/Al Jazeera "Some of the greatest challenges we have here are that of personnel and logistics, but we have teamed up with the Nigerian police, the department of state security, customs, immigration and Hisbah to fight drug abuse and trafficking in Kano. So far it has been good because we have been able to dislodge some of the most notorious joints in Kano. The places that used to be hideouts or serious dens are no longer there. They haven't disappeared completely. We're still carrying out raids but we're making it difficult for sellers," Garba said. The reform centre in Kiru has helped ease the strain on the NDLEA resources according to Garba. "Users are taken to Kiru for a comprehensive counselling and rehabilitation process that will seriously reduce the problem for the NDLEA. There is a holistic approach to the drug problem more than ever before and I am hopeful this will bring it down”. Whether the reform centre will have any real impact on the drug problem in Kano is too early to be seen, but it is a start at least and perhaps a model for what should and can be done. Abdul, 19, who has recently graduated from the reform centre says, "If my parents hadn't brought me here I don't know what would have happened to me. I probably would have lost my mind or been dead. I was taking marijuana, codeine syrup, pills and solvents to calm myself down. I didn't feel like there was a future for me. Many young people are taking drugs here because of unemployment, poverty and the insecurity. We want to forget what is going on around us." When Abdul was asked what he would do now that he had graduated, he shrugged. "As of now I'm not doing anything. I'm still unemployed". For residents of Kano, drugs are not the biggest problem they have to contend with. Unemployment, insecurity and poverty remain the root causes of drug abuse. Until these problems can be resolved, for many in Kano the hope of finding a job and a better future remains a distant one. Source: Al Jazeera 1 Like |
NYSC / Re: My NYSC Experience In Kano State by gwales: 10:37pm On Jun 16, 2016 |
mrphysics:lol, where did u get these news please? I think you still need more days to explore kano not hearsay coming out from people. FYI kano state is the drug capital of the north. I would love if you u share any news from a source where anybody was stoned because of smoking 10 Likes |
NYSC / Re: My NYSC Experience In Kano State by gwales: 10:26pm On Jun 16, 2016 |
mrphysics:note* smoking is not prohibited in kano and nobody would Harass u for smoking 3 Likes |
Politics / Re: Fulani Men Rape Southern Women At Will; we have failed our women in the South by gwales: 11:04pm On Jun 10, 2016 |
[s] Leopard2A7:[/s] senseless post from demen.ted ipad |
Politics / Re: Corruption See How Buhari Is Fixing His Nephews And Niece In Juicy Positions by gwales: 2:42pm On Jun 10, 2016 |
[s] wite111:[/s] rubbish, all these people derive their name from kazaure local govt in jigawa state |
Politics / Re: Amnesty Accuses Nigerian Army Of Killing At Least 17 Unarmed Biafran Separatists by gwales: 12:54pm On Jun 10, 2016 |
ElCount:ipod are terrorist. DEAL WITH IT |
NYSC / Re: My NYSC Experience In Kano State by gwales: 12:45pm On Jun 09, 2016 |
Chriswazo:in terms of social life kaduna is far better and can be at par with southern States, but kano is more developed in terms of Infrastructure. And for insecurity, people easily forget that kaduna have more religious crises than kano and the Rate of kidnapping and robbery is overwhelming. Though your hausa friends may likely be basing their opinion base on social life which kano is conservative with exception of places like sabongari 3 Likes 1 Share |
NYSC / Re: My NYSC Experience In Kano State by gwales: 9:49am On Jun 09, 2016 |
mrphysics:both state are like a home to me and I can tell you kano is far more secure than kaduna. Kaduna is like the kidnapping capital of the north, robbery is on the increase daily and religious and ethnic crises is very rife. The money flow in kano can't be compare with any northern state, likewise development with exception to abuja 2 Likes |
Politics / Re: Predict The Name of the Next N/Delta Militant Group by gwales: 9:02am On Jun 09, 2016 |
TheNonce:you won the day. Wu tang are my favorite musicians and cream my favourite hiphop song of all time 2 Likes |
Islam for Muslims / Re: NAIRALAND RAMADAN QUIZ COMPETITION: SEASON 2 by gwales: 7:57pm On Jun 07, 2016 |
Following |
Politics / Re: The TSA: How Buhari Nuked The Nigerian Economy by gwales: 8:52am On Jun 07, 2016 |
[s] plaetton:[/s] ipad miscreant 2 Likes 1 Share |
Politics / Re: Fayose Embarks On Indefinite Strike In Solidarity With Workers by gwales: 7:01pm On Jun 04, 2016 |
Pavarottii:he should suspend his stomach infrastructure, his millions of naira security votes monthly and channel the money into IGR producing sector like agriculture 57 Likes |
Politics / Re: Photo Exhibition Of Buhari's Election Campaign; Aisha Buhari In Attendance by gwales: 6:01pm On May 24, 2016 |
[s] NonFarmPayrol:[/s] cry me a river |
Politics / Re: MASSOB Set To Issue Biafra Currency In Exchange Of Naira by gwales: 4:25pm On May 24, 2016 |
Another scam just like the passport to nowhere 1 Like |
Politics / Re: See The Outfit El-Rufai Wore To Commission Kaduna State Tariff & Law Agency(pics by gwales: 3:56pm On May 24, 2016 |
Elrufai 2019 |
Politics / Re: PDP Crisis: Which Court Order Will Police Obey? Lagos Or PortHarcourt Order? by gwales: 2:31pm On May 24, 2016 |
The police should simply donate the office to IDPs. After all, pdp as a party is responsible for the IDPs predicament when they shared the money meant to fight Boko Haram. 65 Likes 6 Shares |
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