₦airaland Forum

ificatchmodeh:
Is this still the nigeria that great activities of the 90's and 80's fought to restore democracy and rule of law?

What's has happened to Nigeria and some of her citizens?

Can't believe that the citizens of this great nation are the ones calling for absolute dictatorship., and screaming to hell with the rule of law..
This is not the nigeria I know..
Are they jinxed?

Imagine comparing our institutions with that of a first world country..where institutions ve been built with laid down rules for decades of years.
To compare with ours,that our institution are directly under presidency in power.

From efcc dss,nsa,all are directly under the president. Can we say that of developed nations that we're comparing ourselves with?

Nigeria is finished.

Some time last month..the presidency requested for emergency power tocarry out its imaginary duties, public opinion rejected it,our national assembly rejected it,the president denied it..cos we all know that such power will lead to dictatorship.

Fast forward..

They presidency has forcefully empowered itself...with the emergency power the country rejected...under guise of fighting corruption.

Now every dictator always have an excuse..for being a tyrant...which sway sentiments for them.
Buhari has chosen corruption...and the best option that he believe will instill fear..on the masses..is the rule of law..

sold corruption to his country..invade the judiciary with an unproven allegations. Slander them in public court and let his fans do the. Rest..

The rule of law has just been buried..the judicially caged..and the fans celebrates..he has gotten the power..a tyrant is gradually being given a legit power.

Now this judges..we all may agree they're corrupt..tho no prima facie evidence..all allegations.
Why not follow the process and procedures laid down by the laws..is it too hard?
Why the rush?why the criminality in the action?
No matter au corrupt a judge is..he still represents the law..and can't abscond..why not invite them..through public notices at least..why barbarism ?
And some ovasabi nigerians are hailing this..and even calling out the NBA and. NJC out..haa..this country's finished..

I weep for my country...i know many of these shouting and deriding the rule of law..bet me..have not witness tyranny ..so could hardly understand why well meaning nigerians are against this..

But maybe..there's is a purpose for all..buhari was not and never a presidential option..but they que..reformed and repackaged him.and today we're in recession and dollar is sliding more..

Maybe we allow him to be a dictator..so we will continue with our punishment..yes absolute power.

Maybe tomorrow when there is no nairaland or bellanaija..or media been censored,we will understand,cos they people must be thought au to respect the president and also loyal to the country..
There is and will always be reasons for a dictator.

Welcome all of us to the new nigeria...where democracy is under. Siege for corruption tobe fought.

Guy park well. The fight against corruption is on track. Just for your information (I know you don't have any clue on this), the FBI, CIA, NSA, in the USA also report to the American President! So again park well!

Suurulere:
http://tvcontinental.tv/2016/10/09/ondo-election-muslims-kick-christianchristian-ticket/

Where is the foul mouthed Fani Fani Kayode? He will not see this "Christianization" of Ondo state abi? Madman!

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has struck out a suit a challenging President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointment of Hameed Ali as the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service.

Justice Sale Hassan said the court lacked jurisdiction on the matter.

The case was filed, in November 2015, by a human rights lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa. Mr. Adegoruwa challenged the appointment of Mr. Ali, a retired Colonel, as Customs chief saying Nigerian laws were violated in the process.

abokibuhari:
my bro, i am from the south south , an oyel producing state. what about you?

No mind the idiot! Na any name why resemble Hausa bi Hausa person abi wawa!

39xtr90r:
Stop justifying the obvious lopsidedness in the polity by asking diversionary question and choosing to hype on false population figure.

The same population you lots vehemently reject the use of right indices in determining. The same population you lots would pad up using child voters during general elections.

Did you bother to ask why Kano State alone should get N32b while the entire SE zone a paltry N28b.

So N28b is "paltry" abi? You people na wa! First you are happy the north is under developed, the you are sad that the govt is spending more money to develop it! Thunder fire una teeth!

Child marriages in Igboland? How is that possible? Well, it is. Whenever the issue of child marriage or paedophilia (one of the most horrible crimes against humanity) is discussed in Nigeria, some think it is a problem limited to the north alone (just as some erroneously think female genital mutilation is the problem of one religion alone). But the fact on ground is that child marriage/paedophilia is a massive national problem. It is not a northern or southern problem, it is a Nigerian problem. Pre-pubescent girls around the country are forced into difficult marriages or sexual relationships with older men as a result of a dizzying mix of economic reasons (the level of poverty is alarming), ignorance/illiteracy, cultural values and societal expectations/norms. That is however, not to say that politics or religion do not play their own roles too in some cases.

Today, I am writing on a bizarre practice in Abakaliki, in what is now Ebonyi State (but then called East Central State of Nigeria). Ebonyi State will not be formed until 1996 during the despotic regime of the General Sani Abacha. This is a trip back in time, to February 1974 when girls were married at the age of 10.

BACKGROUND

Nigeria had just finished a civil war so the wounds were still repairing but that did not mean traditions were going to die out anytime soon. In Abakaliki, it was a taboo for young girls and boys to fall in love and that was because once the girls reached the age of ten, they were betrothed to older men, some of whom were old enough to be their grandfathers. Actually, younger male rivals who dared this tradition may actually be beheaded with a cutlass by the man to whom the girl has been betrothed. But how was this cultural practice like? Read on.

THE ‘’MARRIAGE’’

At this time, any man who visited Abakaliki and was attracted to little girls was only attracting his death as there was a tradition in place that ensured that the girls were already set for marriage once they marked their tenth birthday. For them at that time, it was a grievous offence punishable by decapitation to date a smaller girl or even try to do so. This was so serious in Abakaliki that in areas like Ezza and Ikwo districts were the tradition was most deeply-rooted, merely asking a girl approaching the age of ten to be your friend as a man means you are tired of life. You will be killed. But why?

The people of Abakaliki held the belief that according to their custom, once a girl reaches the age of 10, she was to be engaged to the man who will be her husband. Now, how this usually worked then was that the future bridegroom in most of the cases was a best friend of the girl’s father. Never mind if the husband-to-be is old enough to be the ancestor of the child bride. The people of Abakaliki then insisted it was the culture and tradition (as if those things were not put in place by men, every inhumane tradition or practice should be ridiculed and dismantled) and had to be carried out.
The Shocking Culture of How 10-Year-Old Girls Are Married Off To Older Men In Abakaliki For One Cow & N40 Naira 2

JUST MARRIED: 13-year-old Nwideyi and a friend of the family, Mr. Ede Edeali, aged 46, who already has two wives. In this ceremony, the couple drink palm wine from the same glass after sharing a meal.

So once a girl has been officially linked to the future husband via an engagement ceremony, any man who makes the mistake of wooing the girl is found guilty of adultery, and the penalty was death – in the hands of the groom of the child bride. You will soon understand why this extreme measure was in place. And make no mistake, men were actually killed for this form of ‘adultery’. As a result of this cultural practice, it was quite common at that time (1974 is not that far back in time really) to see girls of 10 married to men in their fifties or even those who were more advanced in age.

HOW IT WAS DONE

If a man was interested in ‘wifing’ a girl, the first thing he would do was to approach the father of the girl to get his consent after informing him of his wish to become a son-in-law. But please pay close attention to the steps. His mere informing the prospective father-in-law was not free, the man interested in marrying the infant bride had to make a non-refundable deposit of one gallon of fresh palm wine. When the father of the girl receives the gallon of the foamy drink, he is not obliged to give a response immediately.

Whether the father of the girl says yes or no to the man’s proposal, the future groom still has to do a lot to win the heart of the man. So he goes over to the farm of the man to work for a while, he even joins in helping out in the domestic chores of those he is hoping to be his in-laws. This includes sweeping the compound, washing plates or even cooking for the family. While the ‘love-stricken’ man is busy doing romance-induced slavery for the girl’s family, her father takes his time to assess how much of an asset the future groom is going to be.

As for the mother of the girl, the tradition then was that her mouth was to be shut on the matter (she was supposed to agree with everything the father decided). But that does not mean the future groom should neglect the prospective mother-in-law. The more the gifts he can shower on her, the better. As a matter of fact, many of the hopeful grooms would make the initial inquiries from her. According to custom, she would then say she does not have any daughter bearing the name the Mr. Lover has mentioned. Then Mr. Lover approaches the girl’s father who will then give the same response. But the man who is in love with the 10-year-old girl is not expected to give up like that. He is expected to prove the extent of his ‘true love’ for their daughter.

Therefore, he will make such inquiries a total of SIX times, and each time he does this, he has to offer another extra gallon of fresh palm wine to the father of the girl. After collecting six or more gallons of fresh palm wine, that is when they will then tell the Mr. Romantic that the girl he mentioned is truly in existence so the proper hustle for the wife-to-be can then commence.

At that point, the little girl is called out to take a look at the suitor. Once she does this, she is to leave the meeting immediately. And that was it, the ‘engagement’ is done and she has been betrothed to the man.

From that moment on, the parents of the girl will start watching over the girl so that another man will not ‘tamper’ with her as she now technically belongs to another man, a proper suitor who had proved himself. The parents of the girl starts to teach, or rather bombard her tiny brain, with the virtues of marriage and give her constant education sessions on what she is expected to do as a wife. Remember, the girl is just 10 or thereabouts. She is also free to live with her future husband from time to time and the man is free to do whatever he feels like with her. I leave that to your imagination.

But that is one way. There is another way to it. In this second style, it is the father himself who offers his daughter to a beloved friend for marriage. The first step in this is that the father will offer his friend a live goat. Then he waits for the response of his friend to his ‘noble gesture’, it is irrelevant if the friend is married to a dozen women already.

The usual thing is that the lucky son-in-law then responds with a keg of wine and a pack of tobacco. But the drama is just starting. This exchange will be marked with a party to also mark the taking of their friendship to the next level. At that point, the father invites his wife to witness the new relationship between him and his friend and later the girl herself is introduced to her husband in a hail of rituals.

Typically, a week or two after this is done, the father will send a message to his son-in-law requesting him to present the family wine (called the Mmanya Umunna) which at that time was worth ten naira. After that, he is expected to pay the actual bride price of forty naira and a cow. This was a communal affair and once it is done, all the members of the family of the bride will publicly express their approval of the bride price and members of the family of the bridegroom, including any wives he might be married to, will also publicly declare their acceptance of the new bride. But that is not all; the new husband will still ‘drop’ more.
PARENTS OF THE BRIDE: The father, Mboyi Ukwe, offered Nwideyi, to a lifelong friend.



PARENTS OF THE BRIDE: The father, Mboyi Ukwe, offered Nwideyi, to a lifelong friend.

After that ceremony, the father will then call on the freshly-minted son-in-law to bring the family kola (which is referred to Oli Umunna). The family kola included two grasscutters (considered to be a delicious and prized delicacy), eight gallons of fresh palm wine, one load of tobacco, eight kola nuts, dried fish and one bottle of native gin. That was not all. He will also add two types of cloth, one red cap, one long iron bar and two yams for the father of the bride.
But if you think that was all, then you don’t know nohun. After two weeks, the father will then call on the son-in-law to bring forward the family goat (Ewu Umunna) and what that meant was two fat goats, one load of tobacco and two bottles of native gin. I am assuming that is because they must have used their atenuje to finish the earlier supplies from the hapless groom.

And that is not all. Tradition was not done yet. Once in a year, at every edition of the native Aji traditional festival, the son-in-law must pay a formal visit to his parents-in-law and he must visit them with two gallons of fresh palm wine, eight tubers of yam, the biggest dried fish he can lay his hands on or grasscutters and then top it with two leaves of tobacco. This he will continue throughout the duration of the girl’s stay in the traditional fattening room where she is prepared and plumped up for marriage after a mild form of circumcision.

But wait, before the first circumcision will be done, the husband of the girl has to drop fourteen naira, five kegs of wine, two loads of tobacco and two bottles of native gin to his future parents-in-law. This is to notify them of the ‘circumcision engagement’. Virtually all the members of the girl’s family will take part in this ceremony.

When the girl’s stay in the fattening room comes to an end, the husband has to once again give the sum of eight naira, one keg of wine, twelve kolanuts, one load of coconut, tobacco and two bottles of native gin to his little wife’s family. At this point, he is also expected to offer even more help to his parents-in-law, and at that time, the man is already feeling like he is the most qualified man to go with the girl.

After the first stage of the circumcision with her parents, the child bride spends the first two weeks with them during which the new groom goes to visit her and he dares not go with empty hands, he has to go with coconuts and one gallon of wine for her parents. At this point, the husband tells his parents-in-law to allow his young wife to come and spend a few days with him. She is allowed to follow her husband home for about two months after which she is then returned to her parents again. Do not ask me anything here abeg.

After one month, the husband will then go his parents-in-law with dry fish worth four naira and coconuts. This is the charge for his new request to allow the return of his wife to his compound. I repeat, do not ask me any questions of what she is going to be doing in his compound, abeg. This time, the father of the girl slaughters a goat and treats his son-in-law (who is also usually his friend), his other friends and relatives to a big feast. As for the girl, she will also have her tiny friends and relatives around her. When they finish the goat-swallowing blast, the little bride is then led back to her husband’s home, like a lamb to the slaughter slab.

The biggest day of all is the bride price day. On this day, the girl and her adult husband are called upon to declare their ‘conjugal affection’ for each other. A big party is thrown and the couple dance to the melodies of local musicians. The belief of the people of Abakaliki is that the child bride system assists the man to mould his wife to his taste and also allows the bride to study and comprehend her husband, but how will a girl of 10 do that?

THE EXAMPLE THAT GRIPPED THE NATION

February 1974 was a time when one of such weddings was carried out in Abakaliki at the village of Ofenekpa. There, Ede Edeali, a man of forty six got married to his darling, a girl of thirteen, Nwideyi Mboyi, to the joy of the cheering father, who incidentally was long-term friends with Edeali (see photos above). The groom, who was full of smiles, said the marriage to the girl was a testimony to the true friendship that existed between Nwideyi’s father and the girl. He said words could not describe his joy and excitement when his friend presented the memorable gift to him.
PARTY TIME: The groom (second from the right) and friends dance after his wedding to the girl Nwideyi.

PARTY TIME: The groom (second from the right) and friends dance after his wedding to the girl Nwideyi.

Well, the opinions of the elders of the land were sampled and Chief M. I. Onwe, a former president of the Agubia Customary Court in Ezzikwo, who was the guest speaker at the traditional wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Edeali boasted that the child bride system helped to reduce the rate of divorce in Abakaliki. He also pointed out that if after the customary stay of the bride with her husband during the betrothal, if the girl was dissatisfied with the man’s way of life, she had the choice to opt out of the marriage. Chief Onwe also said that the age of child brides should not exceed thirteen saying that once a child begins to approach the age of puberty, they become sensitive to ‘earthly things’. When it was suggested to him that the child bride system was going to disrupt or affect the education of the girls, he simply brushed the criticism aside saying that the system helped the girls to remain strong morally and spiritually.

AFTERMATH

The prevalence of this harmful tradition (it still persists till this moment in various ways and under slightly modified arrangements not only in Abakaliki but all over southern Nigeria (for instance, it is also a horrible problem among Ibibios in the southsouthern state of Akwa Ibom where the Pope John Paul II Family Life Centre and Maternal Birth Injury Hospital at Mbribit Itam is solely in place to handle these cases) despite legal and constitutional sanctions against marriage to minors, Nigeria is a signatory to the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the 1979 Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the 1981 African Charter on Human and People’s Rights and the 1990 African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child) means that the reproductive systems of many young girls are damaged.

Early marriage and childbirth are some of the most important indirect causes of obstetric (vaginal) fistulae, a devastating condition for many girls and women around the world. It leaves them with urine or faeces dripping out uncontrollably so they are always stigmatized because of the heavy stench. This is not to mention the foul-smelling vaginal discharge, constant vaginal/urinary tract infections, vaginal pain or dyspareunia (pain during intercourse) and others, in short, it is living hell.

This problem is so severe in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State that the federal government decided to site the National Obstetric Fistula Centre (NOFICA) there. We are still trying to cope with the number of cases there. Interestingly, few people have been able to connect the harmful traditional practices of early marriage (of course alongside equally horrible factors such as poverty and malnutrition) with the spiraling cases of vesicovaginal fistulae in the entire southeast region. Many of the VVF patients (across Nigeria) actually believe that their conditions are spiritual attacks from witches or a curse from the gods or even divine punishment while some others accepted their fate as God’s will.

CONCLUSION

The relevant authorities (and humane Nigerians) should look into this and put in more efforts to educate the people on the evils of early marriage and address core issues such as poverty, lack of qualitative maternal care and illiteracy. Nigerians (especially those fond of shouting ‘it is our koshor’ all the time) should put on their caps of reason and join hands with sane Nigerians in either phasing out or reforming aspects of traditional practices that have been demonstrated to be harmful to life and they should stop sounding as if culture is static and perfect. Traditions are formed by humans and must be changed by humans. As a people, we must change our approach to life itself and that starts with the smallest of things. It starts with us, by us, I mean, all Nigerians. It is a national problem and should not in any way be trivialized with parochial or narrow-minded sentiments.

Thanks for your time.

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Naughtysite:
So just to withdraw dollar someone has to travel to Abuja ?

And you still said he is lying.


After accepting your bank told you thesame thing..

sometimes e good make you dey read properly! He said they converted his dollars to naira! shine ya eyes bros!

ShootToKill:
Oga close your mouth, TWICE I went to the bank to collect my Dolls early this year. TWICE they told me they had no dolls to give and offered to pay in naira.
Infact when I logged into Internet banking my Dollars where converted to naira equivalent on screen.
Last I went there a month later, I clear 90% of what is in my dorm account.
So close your poverty-stricken mouth, I've been saving in dollars since my 100L days like many people that are financially futuristic.

You are not saying the truth. If a bank tells you it doesn't have dollars to pay you, how then do you claim that they had converted your dollar to naira in your account! I have a DOM account and my bank tells me same thing but they advice I go to Abuja or any other state branch of their bank where the have enough dollar to give out.

Make you dey lie small small

Frustratedconeh:
And where are their Yoruba supporters?i can't see any one of them condemning this nonsense,they've all gone deaf and dumb.When you keep supporting evil you give it wings to fly and some day it shall come to you and no one will be there to help.Well,I hate celebrating someones misfortune if not I would've said other wise.But I see how this people jubilate when same misfortune befall other tribes in Nigeria.The next thing you will hear them say is respect your host.Hmmmmm!what goes around comes around.

So it's now Yoruba abi? I thought it was Christians that were been killed? Una go tire! Instead of condemning a barbaric act and urging for justice, you love stoking religious and ethnic commotion. Kontinu, Kontinu, . Dia ris God oo!

prinsam30:
bros, ur statement just sounds awkward, if u can't get to use this plan, Two things are involved, it is either ur phone is made in the 19th Century or ur SIM card is Fantastically corrupt.

cos i used this plan to download Game Of Thrones season 2 and 3 complete episodes for just N75 only in one night, just try and ask questions then u will be enlightened, thank u

Please and Please give me the link to the download pls!!!!!( on my knees begging and crying!)

owukpa:
Suspected Fulani Herdsmen have killed no fewer than five members of the Civilian Joint Task Force, CJTF, in Kundav council ward of Ukum local Government Area of Benue State.

IDOMA VOICE gathered that the heavily armed herders, who invaded Alabar, the ward headquarter ridding on BAJAJ motorcycles butchered five persons inside the office.

Some of the CJTF members killed were identified as.
1.Terkimbi Shimave
2.Commander
3.Sughter Gbamwuan
4.Torhile Ayom famously known as Africa and one other person yet to be identified.


http://www.idomavoice.com/2016/07/fulani-herdsmen-butcher-five-civilian.html

This picture is not in Benue State. It had been used severally as BH attack in Maiduguri since 2015

Slikbae:
Fool of the first order.

How many times have you seen or head of people being beheaded in christian countries?

We are Christians and as Christians, we are christ-like. not moses-like or abraham-like.

You as Muslims are Mohammed-like and everybody knows that Mohammed was a murderer, rapist, pedophile, terrorist, thief, caravan raider, philanderer, lunatic etc.

What a shame! Denying your religion because you want to look better than others! What a shame Denying the genealogy of Christ just to show you are better than them.

We are Muslims and accept everything Islamic. We may not agree with all of them, but we must accept them. This is what I called faith!

Dakad:
In as much that I'm totally against the action of this guy, I'm still of the opinion that it's more of two young people falling in love than the abduction. Most of our adolescent girls are very naive and don't think of the consequences of their actions especially when the claim they are in love. The only criminal offence here is forceful conversion to Islam. We see this stupid action of the adolescent girls here and there. That's why I keep encouraging parents to be closer to their adolescents

You are very wrong. He committed 2 criminal acts. The first is statutory rape and the second is kidnapping. He must face the full weight of the law. As a Muslim he must also face the Sharia law for fornication, rape and kidnapping. We Muslims must be just even if it's against ourselves. Yunusa is wrong no matter how you look at it.

This should serve as a lesson to men who can't differentiate between likeness and lust. A child is a child, be her 1 month old or 17 years old.

zainabxel:
you can lie sha, you think this was a theory postulated by africans, you nid to carry out more research, this is the problem with liberal muslims, apart from always being conquered my the more powerful and motivated radicals and extremist, they like to live in denial, for example a liberal muslim will tell you that jihad means internally striving to do what is right before God

My issue with your type is that when confronted with an alternative argument, you quickly resort to "it's a lie" without proving proof.

Now let me explain to you why that theory that Nana Aisha was 9 yrs when th married Prophet Mohammed was a lie from hell.

The most important criteria in Islamic marriage is that the CONSENT of the girl must be obtained freely and without duress. Now age for us Muslims (and am hoping that you are a Muslim by your monicker) is a determinant for giving that consent. Now midevial people didn't use calender to determine maturity rather menstruation or onset of wet dream for boys, were used. It's only in this modern world that a 9 yr old girl would have began menstruation. Those days the likely age for it would have been 15 or 16 yrs. And we also know that the Prophet's daughter was also of the same age as Nana Aisha. And they were married at almost same time too. Fatimah was at least 18 yrs when she got married.

With all these facts it seem unlikely that the theory is valid.

zainabxel:
you can lie sha, you think this was a theory postulated by africans, you nid to carry out more research, this is the problem with liberal muslims, apart from always being conquered my the more powerful and motivated radicals and extremist, they like to live in denial, for example a liberal muslim will tell you that jihad means internally striving to do what is right before God

The issue I have with people like you is that when they are faced with a contra view in an arguement, the are quick to label such as "lies" without providing any proof to the contrary. If you are a Muslim (and am hoping by your monicker that you are) you will know (also hoping you are educated in Islamic history) that there are several schools of thoughts about the age of Nana Aisha. The popular ones (and that does not mean they are correct by any means) claim she was 9 yrs old when she got married. Of course people like you wish to believe this version as it suits your prejudices. But that is a lie from the pit of hell! For one the most cardinal criteria for any marriage is CONSCENT. This must be obtained freely. This can and must come from someone who is of age to give it.

Age is very key in Islam and as such it couldn't be possible to accept that Prophet Mohammed could go against his own teachings. He never did and would never do.

So you see the theory that Aisha was 9 yrs old could only have come from a demented mind.

Itaarh:
Fatymore or what's that ur name can u just tell us if this is truth or not. I want ur response on this fast. "Ā’ishah bint Abī Bakrc. 613/614 CE, The majority of traditional hadith sources state that Aisha was married to Muhammad at the age of six or seven, but she stayed in her parents' home until the age of nine, or ten according toIbn Hisham,[11]whenthe marriage was consummated with Muhammad, then 53, in Medina.......so will you marry off your eleven year old daughter to a 53 year old man to have intercourse with?

That has always been the lie that people with paedophilic tendencies propagate. Aisha was the age of Prophet Mohammed's daughter Fatimah (which was at least 18 or 19 yrs) when she married. That was the main reason why she had conflict with Fatimah. Trust African men especially to always put forward all manners of theories and lies to back their primodial urges

kenny987:
Devils! Wicked demons from the hottest pit of hell! Depraved scum crawling at the lowest level ever! This is too much!

Let me just sound a warning on this thread, any blasted goat that comes here to say no one should blame islam or brings any useless comparison with young girls in baby factories down South and such other nonsense, I will personally make ur presence on this thread a miserable one!

I take this personal and it hurts so bad! Why take a little girl from her family with this disgusting islamic connotation to it? Who died and made these wicked traditional rulers god? They know of these things yet keep quiet. Useless Arase, a whole I.G.P opens his rotten mouth to say the release of a minor that was kidnapped and put through the worst kind of human degradation possible, is dependent on the intervention of a mere local emir.

And we share the same country? This is for those that continue to claim we are one...na ur family go follow maintain that oneness with the kidnap, rape, defilement and death of your loved ones! What madness is this? What rubbish religion?

Bros ice water! Ice water! There is more to the stories! Relax

optionB:
http://www.sunnewsonline.ng/irate-youths-almost-killed-me-at-emirs-palace-mum/

Thank God I can now be a wealth man. Hope that Emir promise is still on cos I have About 200 young Bayelsa girls that I will convert and send to Kano! God thank you ooo! Madam Oruru am coming to collect the phone numbers Abeg!

Money and fame here I come. Yeye dey smell!

Europija:
Hello all ..I have been with my bf for 5 years and he was really broke n had alot stress...he hit me once in my face n threw me out of house in middle of night...should i forgive him??

how the hell do these posts get to FP? Haba!

davodyguy:


This should be investigated.

He committed suicide, yet he was dressed up, with face not showing? Hell no. This guy was murdered and then hanged

my thoughts exactly! The rope is even too thin to have held the body when he jumped, unless he was already dead when the rope was used( no struggle)

nickxtra:
The Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has ordered MultiChoice Nigeria Limited in the provision of its Digital Satellite Broadcast Television (DStv) to compensate consumers within 90 days and introduce toll-free lines to them, following confirmation of its investigations on allegations of violations of consumer rights. Consequently, the Council in Abuja yesterday directed DStv to release of free-to-air channels, even when subscription expires; compensation consumers across board for lost viewing time and reasonable equitable spread of popular sports channels, among others. Director General of CPC, Mrs. Dupe Atoki, expressed optimism that compliance with these reforms would bring about a new dawn for Nigerian consumers, who would henceforth enjoy value for money in their engagement with the company. Atoki reiterated the Council’s commitment towards sanitising the nation’s market-place for the benefit of consumers, assuring that no stone would be left un-turned to ensure it is no longer business as usual and shoddy service delivery becomes a thing of the past in the country. According to her, “During the course of our investigations, the Council observed that the company’s billing system, whereby “billing is not contemporaneous with the provision of service” was not in the best interest of consumers and therefore ordered MultiChoice to install a billing system that ensures billing starts with the provision of service” She said that the pay-television company was also ordered to within 90 days provide across board compensation to its subscribers, considering the fact that many of them have over time lost legitimate and paid viewing time by its conduct of not restoring service contemporaneously after payment as well as other instances of disruptions. MultiChoice was ordered to keep local and free-to-air channels open so that subscribers would have the opportunity of watching these channels, even when their subscriptions have expired. DSTv was also instructed to present written assurances in line with Section 10 of the Council’s enabling law that it will not engage in any conduct which is detrimental to the interest of consumers. In the same vein, the company shall for 18 months from the date of the orders, subject its processes to the Council’s inspection to ensure compliance with the directives contained in the orders. Similarly, the company was also directed by CPC to within 180 days adopt a “technology that supports suspension of service when subscribers are otherwise unable to enjoy their service on account of being away for a limited period of time”, provided such a request for suspension of service is done for a period of between 7 to 14 days and not more than twice in a year with a 72-hour notice to MultiChoice. On non-availability of popular channels in certain bouquets, the Council ordered the firm to within 90 days ensure “a reasonably equitable spread of popular sports and other channels hitherto concentrated in its premium bouquet over all available bouquets”. In order to aid easy and fast access to the company by subscribers who wish to make complaints or enquiries, CPC directed MultiChoice not only to maintain local toll-free telephone access lines for its call centres, but should also ensure the call centres operate for longer hours during public holidays and weekends. MultiChoice was also directed to formulate within 90 days a written compensation policy which should “outline amongst other things, the procedure for compensating subscribers for injury they suffer on account of MultiChoice conduct and take into consideration not just viewing time lost, but inconveniences suffered by subscribers”. The Council further directed MultiChoice to “develop a Customer Care Manual which shall contain mechanisms to address customer complaints in an accurate, friendly, timely, efficient, courteous and honest manner”. It was also directed to ensure that the list of all its accredited dealers and installers and their details be freely given to its customers at the point of subscription and also made available on its website and other information channels. In addition, the pay-media company is not only to ensure these accredited dealers and installers carry certified means of identification issued by it, subscribers must also be periodically educated on the means of identification, while it should also reasonably and adequately compensate subscribers where they experience loss of signal on account of faulty, poor or unprofessional installation by agents of MultiChoice. On the pay-television firm’s agreements with its subscribers, the Council disclosed that several provisions of the Service Level Agreement and the Terms and Conditions of Subscription signed on by subscribers were found to be grossly unfair, unjust and one-sided, directing that such provisions should be expunged, re-drafted and submitted to the

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/02/cpc-confirms-dstv-violates-consumers-rights-orders-90days-ultimatum-for-compensation-toll-free-lines/

It seems the poor economy of Nigeria is making all our agencies EYES to red! Abeg if this is what will keep happening, then more of BUHARINOMICS please!

Palantir:
Seriously. We need to stop spreading lies.

But em please point out the lies in the article so we can stop spreading them.

try this:

"With over N732.79 billion to these all important Ministries and Departments that deal with our security, can President Buhari explain to Nigerians what his National Security Adviser would be doing with additional N57.7 billion? This National Security Adviser allocation is an amount that is higher than the funds allocated to the Ministries of Transportation, Water Resources, Works, Power and Housing put together! Haba!"

did OP even look at the above?

justurch:
http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/2016/01/the-deceptions-in-2016-budget/

nice try "YEYE"! But you have top try harder (with accurate facts) to convince me!

Koolmexxi:
From what I hear PDP may end up winning at the tribunal. Don't know if the APC eventually decided on a running mate for the Bello guy. Apart from involving in anti party activities simply becos he lost out to Audu at the primaries, he even didn't cast a ballot during the main election. His case is dat of monkey work, baboon com chop.

PDP and Wada don't have a ground to challenge this election, even though they will try. I think it would come on 2 grounds:

1. Non Compliance with Electoral Act specifically that the APC has no right to substitute her candidate after the due time. That will be thrown out as section 33 gives the party that option in case of death of her candidate.

2. That Yahaya Bello wa not validly nominated as APC candidate. Now this would be interesting to see how it goes because PDP would claim that the APC candidate can't claim the valid candidate as he did not take part in all the processes as demanded by section 141 of EA. My take is that the Tribunal will also throw it out as it is hinged on party supremecy with regards to section 33, section 221 and the Ameachi case.

K

takedat:
I beg top disagree with you. Faleke can claim the supplementary election that brought Bello in is null and void since he has written to INEC and APC to remove his name as a deputy governorship candidate for the supplementary election. INEC and the APC cannot force a candidate to run in an election, and since one cannot run in an election without a complete ticket it makes the election null and void.

Faleke can dispute INEC's claim based on the PVC's distributed and the difference between the votes of Audu/Faleke's and Wada's. Yes, the electoral act only recognises the registered voters but Faleke's legal team will challenge INEC to explain who is a 'Qualified Voter' on an election day. If INEC's argument only supports 'registered voters and not of the use of PVC's, INEC would have shot itself in the leg meaning that elections conducted using PVC's are meaningless and unconstitutional and as such INEC cannot force the electorates to produce a PVC before voting since what they recognize is the registered voters only.

Thirdly, can you claim Bello has fulfilled all the constitutional requirements? Did Bello take part in the more than 2,500 polling units where elections were concluded in November? Isn't that part of the constitutional requirement?

Lastly, when the returning officer for the elections was returning Bello as the winner, he did not say APC alone but said Alhaji Yahya Bello of the APC haven polled the highest number of votes and satisfied all constitutional requirements is thereby returned elected'? Did Yahya Bello in actual sense pull the highest number of votes?

Under the law, Faleke can't withdraw from his position by writing INEC. Same way he can't write to INEC that he is a candidate. Only the parties can do so as INEC only communicates to political parties not contestants.

Legally, Faleke has no grounds to contest the outcome of any election as he was not a candidate. Only candidates and political parties can. For now, he has come to the end of the road. He has 2 options:
1. Continue as deputy to Yahaya Bello. Personally, I would suggest he be impeached immediately as he is not trustworthy.

2. Write his official resignation letter as deputy governor-elect. This is a better option for him as it is an official position he now has.

omeke12:
Some strange things are happening in the country and only a
particular group termed "wailers" are taking note.
..
Our president has made it obvious that he has no regard for
federal character which other administrations tried to uphold....
to the extent he successfully appointed an Hausa man, not
just an Hausa man but a North Easterner which is the same
zone he is from to head a very sensitive commission like
INEC..(hmmm..this is scary oo)...even d fearless Obj used an
Igbo man, the clueless one used Jega (a northner)
..
Recently also, Nigerian court have allowed a party to field two
governorship candidates against one person yet, some change
agents see it as normal. (all is not well oo)
Recently also, same Nigerian court sacked a constitutionally
elected governor and replaced him with another of different
party because his party unanimously chose him as candidate
from a primary that held somewhere not the capital city... just
wondering, y wasn't PDP in taraba allowed to redo the primary
and produce another candidate? (am worried, u better be)
..
this is a mind troubling issue. u might think u are a pro change
agent but no one knows tomorrow ... u might not be satisfied
with the ruling party tomorrow and u might want to change
them through your vote, that's when u realise that the courts
are there to make sure the ruling party wins all the time.
..
am not partisan, just trying to make common sense..
...
remember, Robert Mugabe and his party won through the
votes of the people, things like this started happening, wailers
complained, non wailers thought its nothing, today, both
wailers and non wailers united still can't vote Mugabe and his
party out of power.
..
A word is enough for the wise.

Ha bros dia ris God oooo! So you bliv all this things way you write!

There is no "doctrine of necessity" about Faleke's position. Section 181 of the 1999 Constitution can only be invoked if INEC had declared Audu the winner. Unfortunately it didnt. Faleke also did not participate in the primaries of August 28th 2015 as required by section 141 of the Electoral Act 2010 (As Amended), therefore elevating him to candidate would provide an easy win for PDP in the Court drama that would follow. Oyegun is thinking for the good of the party. Faleke is showing clearly why we didnt want him in the first place. His desperation is his undoing. He should have relaxed

Which car? no pics

maxti:
Nice one. Keep it up.
N.B. Not everyone knows what OVC stands for.
Secondly,let's use VC
Thanks.

Thanks.

OVC Stands for -Orphan and Vulnerable Child.
VC (new nomenclature)- Vulnerable Child

My NGO is running a program to provide conducive environment for a selected OVC up to the university level. The project is to commemorate this year's INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE GIRL-CHILD.

The beneficiary will be sponsored from secondary school level to the tertiary school level. Criteria for selection include:

1. Must be older OVC (14-17 years)
2. Resident in Lokoja, Kogi State
3. Must be an orphan

For more details contact:

INITIATIVE FOR GRASSROOT ADVANCEMENT (INGRA), LOKOJA, KOGI STATE
ingralokoja@yahoo.com, 08033177259

My NGO is running a program to provide conducive environment for a selected OVC up to the university level. The project is to commemorate this year's INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE GIRL-CHILD.

The beneficiary will be sponsored from secondary school level to the tertiary school level. Criteria for selection include:

1. Must be older OVC (14-17 years)
2. Resident in Lokoja, Kogi State
3. Must be an orphan

For more details contact:

INITIATIVE FOR GRASSROOT ADVANCEMENT (INGRA), LOKOJA, KOGI STATE
ingralokoja@yahoo.com, 08033177259