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Pls, how do I go about NOSTRIFICATION for Czech Admission for masters degree.

Make everybody for Lagos State relocate to neighbouring State if you no get relative for the place lodge for Hotel if you no get money for Hotel lodge for their stadium den go understand. Make we give Sanwo-Olu two weeks to fix Lagos roads.

Someone should tell me where to download John Wick 3

I witnessed something incredible & humbling today. Just shows that you don’t need to be rich, or have a lot of money to be charitable.

Driving past Lagos House/Marina exit, there was this Nigeria Prison Force van heading to Ikoyi Prison stuck in traffic (as usual), with the prisoners in it shoving their hands through the vents of the van & shouting inaudible stuff.

Then I noticed this Gala seller shoving Gala into the tiny peeking fingers of the prisoners, one by one. As the traffic started moving, he ran across the road, put his basket on the curb, grabbed a handful of Gala and ran back to the Prison van.

At this point, he’s running alongside the van, just shoving Gala into the van through the tiny bars. Even the Warden benefited.

I was in awe!!! He couldn’t even see prisoners, just those fingers!

As traffic freed up & he walked back to his ware on the curb, I had to stop him, & asked if they paid for the Gala, thinking the Warden might have paid. He said no, he just gave they because they were begging for help, that they were hungry.

I could believe it. So how many Gala did you give them? He said he didn’t know, he was just giving them, not counting how many!

Here was a poor street hawker, giving away half his wares, because random people he did know needed help and were hungry!!

So what is your excuse

I wish I had more money on me at that moment.... I pray I see him again tomorrow.

I pray that poor Gala hawker will always find help at his point of need, and food whenever he his hungry, just as he met the need of those prisoners today.

~Denike Ajitena

Me: riches is not in abundance but in the satisfaction of the meagre we have and ability to make impact with it. Kudos to this unknown gala seller.

We Raided Magu's Farm For Money- Dismissed NAF Officer

The police have paraded three suspects for their alleged involvement in the attack on the farmhouse of the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu.

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Ogun Pastor beheads Raliat, buries body in Church

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Apr 4, 2018 5:45 AM

ABEOKUTA—An acclaimed Pastor of the Holy Gathering Evangelical Church of God, Papalanto, Ewekoro Local Government Area of the state, Oluwatobiloba Ipense, has been arrested for allegedly killing his secret lover, Railat Sanni, for ritual purposes.

Crowd at the church and the suspects (inset).

The victim was a 35-year-old divorcee with five kids.

The Pastor, who claimed he was ordained at the West African college, Sango in 2011, was paraded alongside his accomplice, Daniel Sopeju, who also claimed to be a prophet in another church.

The Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, led newsmen yesterday to the crime scene, saying, the suspect beheaded the victim, severed the two hands and buried the decapitated body in his uncompleted church.

When the Commissioner of Police and his entourage, as well as newsmen, got to the scene at Papalanto, thousands of residents of the area bordering Lafarge Cement trooped out to catch a glance of the incident.

Iliyasu, who supervised the exhumation of the decapitated body of the victim in the church located in the bush, said the suspect and his accomplice were arrested last week Monday.

While explaining the process that led to the arrest of the suspects, the police boss said the command received a report of a missing person at its Divisional Headquarters in Ewekoro on Monday 26th March.

He said, “The case was reported by one Adebola Saheed that his younger sister, Raliat Sanni left home since 21st March and was yet to return.

“On the strength of the report, our operatives at Ewekoro Division led by the Divisional Police Officer, OluwarotimiJeje, swung into action and embarked on technical intelligence investigation.”

Iliyasu said the suspect was arrested following a discreet analysis of facts surrounding the disappearance of the victim, as he was the last person that had contact with her.

He added that in the course of interrogation, the pastor confessed to the killing of the victim and burying her inside his church after removing her head and two hands for reasons only ‘’known to him and God.”

He also mentioned one Pastor Daniel Sopeju of Iyana Egbado as his accomplice.

Iliyasu claimed that the victim was a ‘secret lover’ to the pastor, who reportedly hacked her to death.

He, however, disclosed that forensic investigation into the case has commenced, adding that the case will eventually be charged to court.

While speaking with newsmen, Ipense denied the allegation that he killed the victim, but said his accomplice, Sopeju, killed her.

Ipense claimed that Sopeju led seven members of an occultic group to his house with the aim of luring him to become a member.

Ipense who claimed to be teaching Accounting and Commerce at Methodist High School (Private), Arigbajo, said, the group had earlier asked him to submit names of his church members from which he alleged they eventually picked Raliat.

He said, “It was not true that I killed a woman, it was one Mr Sopeju Daniel and a woman that wanted to initiate me into their occultic group and they said that they are going to collect a ransom.

“So they collected the names of my members and picked the name of Raliat Sanni. Having mentioned her name, they asked me where she was living and I told them she was living in Wasimi. They later got her and brought her to my church.

“ Mr Sopeju brought out a knife and beheaded the woman and after beheading her, he collected her blood and put it in seven calabashes”.

He further explained that the group told him that the severed head and hands would be shared by members of the occultic group.

When asked about his reaction, Sopeju denied killing her, but, however, admitted that they all belonged to white garment churches in the area.

The elder brother of the deceased, Saheed Adegbola said Raliat left home on the 21st of March, 2018 and did not return.

Adegbola said “ But on the 22nd of March, my mother came to meet her pastor to ask for her whereabouts, and the pastor told her if she sees Raliat, she will not know her again because she was owing him N200,000.

“He claimed that she borrowed the money from him. He even told my dad that they should go to Police station together to report, but my mother told him not to worry.

“But on the 26th of March, I went to report the case to Police, and they gave me full support to look for my younger sister.

“Since the day we have been looking for her, she has been appearing to me in my dream. On the 31st of March, I brought Policemen to this church to ransack everywhere. When we got to the exact position she was buried, I told the Police that she was buried there because I was seeing her spirit.

“She was a divorcee with five kids; she was a hairdresser, living in her house with her children in Waisimi. She was 35 years of age and 5th position in the family.”

Nigerian are not chill

Salam Rushdie

You mind to tell us here.
Typical American mtchew

Similarities between Senator common sense and Donald Trump.

* They are both yellow
* They both tweet too much
* The duo have " common sense"
* They both misconstrued tweeting as governance
* The duo condemn a lot without nothing to show for
their achievement
* They always spree rubbish at times
* Last but not least hyper sense is their problem

Tell Bruce I am meditating and I don't want anybody to disturb me.

©Rasheed

THE NIGERIA OF MY DREAM

Federalism or restructuring are not definitely our problem but the gap between the have and the have not, solve that, and our unity can be restore but failure to do so we will continue leaving like Cat and Rat. Religion, ethnic and tribalism are secondary in the scale of our problem not overlooking the fact that they are also a problem. Those afore mentioned germinate because there is high level of poverty and the folks used to cause confusion actually had nothing tangible doing hence they are always devils workshop.

Nigeria as come a long way and we have survived a lot of obstacles but the one hunting us and probably we don't still have the solution to is the wide gap that exists between the few super rich who actually made their wealth through our collective resources and the position we entrust on their hand, and the majority masses who live on less than two dollar per day.

The shenanigan going on among our leaders had crept to all the spheres of our lives and the same scenario repeat itself in virtually all our parastatals, from the Civil servant to the Military, the Police force to Custom and immigration, the story is about corruption and stealing.

The youth who are not privilege to secure any meaningful job turned to yahoo yahoo boys and justifying it with the notion of taking back what the imperialist had taken from us. It is a story of survival by all means. This is definitely not the Nigeria we want to celebrate today but the one which we can all secure a meaningful standard of living irrespective of the place we choose to stay in any part of Nigeria,

The Nigeria we want to celebrate is the one which will not define us by the tribe we belong to, the one that sees the human in us not the one that sees our region. The Nigeria that accord us our right by merit not by nepotism, the one that recognize our ability not the one that favour us because of our religion inclination.

The Nigeria that will award contract to the competent and professional not to a political associate or for a kickback, that is the Nigeria I crave for and that is the one my Children need to grow up to know.

The Nigeria that the son of nobody will rise to the apex of his/her career without connection, bribe or compromise. The Nigeria that belong to all of us not the few privilege. That is the Nigeria of my dream and to all of you who believe in that Nigeria HAPPY INDEPENDENCE.

Rasheed Anbali

LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY TO THE STATE GOVERNMENT

Block One, The Secretariat, Ikeja,

Lagos, Nigeria

PRESS RELEASE

​​LAGOS DECLARES JUNE 12 PUBLIC HOLIDAY
…Says State Remains Committed To Ideals Of The Annulled Elections

The Lagos State Government on Sunday declared Monday public holiday to mark June 12 celebration in the State, saying that the State remains committed to the ideals of the annulled 1993 Presidential election.

In a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr Tunji Bello on behalf of the State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, the government said the holiday was in honour of the ideals which June 12, 1993 Presidential election represents being a day that the country experienced an election that was adjudged as the freest and fairest in Nigeria’s history.

The Governor said 24 years after, the ideals of June 12 commemoration were worth celebrating, describing the day as one of the most defining moments of the country’s political history which has positively shaped its democratic rule.

Governor Ambode said the time has come for Nigerians to go beyond the commemoration and entrench a viable democracy as a way to immortalise the late presumed winner of June 12, 1993 Presidential election, Chief M.K.O Abiola through the practice of true federalism and conduct of credible and fair elections.

He said: "June 12, 1993 is a day we must not forget in the annals of our democratic history. Our present democratic experience may still be far from the ideal but we must all make concerted efforts to entrench fiscal federalism which is the only way to achieve true nationhood.”

Continuing, Governor Ambode said part of the enduring lessons of June 12 election is that it imbued the patriotic and nationalistic zeal in all Nigerians to speak with one voice to make a political choice devoid of ethnic, racial or social sentiments.

“On June 12, 1993, majority of Nigerians across all divides demonstrated through the ballot box that irrespective of class or ethnic sympathies, the Nigerian people are united and would always join hands to promote our unifying values,” he said.

Governor Ambode said though the peoples’ hope was dashed with the annulment of the elections by the military junta, the lessons of the elections cannot be wished away despite subterranean efforts by many to do, describing June 12 as the real Democracy Day in Nigeria.

“We owe it a duty to genuinely immortalize the fallen heroes of the June 12 struggle nationally and deepen our democratic values to ensure that never again will such anti-people action be allowed to take place”.

He also assured that his administration remains committed to the ideals of June 12 by carrying out people-oriented programmes across the State and making life more comfortable for the people.

Meanwhile, the State Government, through the office of Civic Engagement, has perfected arrangement for the annual public symposium which will hold at the De Roof, LTV 8 in Ikeja, to celebrate June 12.

SIGNED
TUNJI BELLO
SECRETARY TO THE STATE GOVERNMENT
JUNE 11, 2017

I have my reservation for the choices and selection of my success story personality. You can't pack a bunch of politicians, celebrity and billionaire and claim to us you are celebrating Lagos, obviously it is not there struggle that make Lagos but that of people that history may not favour because to us they are not worthy celebrating, why? they are not popular.

Politicians milk common man, celebrity became what they are as a result of the support of common fan and their little they earn to promote and patronize them, and the billionaire choose Lagos because of the presence of multitude common man who will made their business thrive.

Lagos is about struggle and ability to face challenges even when the terrain get harder and some people actually face this kind of scenario to build Lagos, where are they? in the Lagos my success story.

Get me right I am not questioning the integrity of the people in that list but others that are not wealthy nor politician nor celebrity deserved to be remember also.

Where is that Teacher that build today's leaders despite his earning peanut, where is that security man that despite being a poor still work assiduously and had a track record, where is that traffic Officer that work with passion even knowing fully well is take home will never take him home, where are the dedicated Doctors who sleep in a ward like a common patient and got exhausted all day long just to assist a fellow. Where are the dedicated Police Officers, the Civil Servant that never rose beyond level 4 but are really dedicated and the list goes on and on

If you only celebrate people that are popular and wealthy, this is a wrong signal and it connotes that we can only be recognized and celebrated with the power of our pocket not the strength of our sacrifice and the value we had to humans.

If you doubt me, tell me one person in that list that is a pauper, you may want to mention Baba Jakande, but you may need to check Baba's pension and the welfare package from Lagos State. Baba is not an extravagant period. All are wealthy in their various capacity.

These selection is faulty and did not represent the real people that sacrifice for Lagos.
My opinion anyway.

Rasheed Hanbali Olaitan

The race and struggle for the number one seat in Osun had commenced fully and the battle to outsmart each other kept on growing day by day. Each candidate with a style to maneuver opponent, either on ethnic, religion or zoning ground.

My concerns are not the candidates but the people that will vote based on frivolous promises and tribal sentiment.

Being a Political leader requires a well thought plan, purpose, roadmap, clearly stated objectives and a well articulated means of accomplishing the stated objectives. If not once at the helm of affairs, distraction set in and a clear road become a mirage.

The Action Group headed by Chief Obafemi Awolowo was one of the first party that has a defined manifesto, may be that explained why till date some of its policies are yet to be match.

What we need is a man of vision, energy and the capacity to make things done, irrespective of his background and status. A man who will not let in for political godfatherism.

We definitely don't want people that took politics as a business enterprise and vie for such to enrich their pocket. In other to govern properly, there is the need to understanding the terrain of the State and of its inhabitants as well as their important needs.

A government that will prioritize it's priority and engage in human and capital development for the betterment of all. government that will impact to all, not few selective privileged and connected fellows.

My people need to look for only these aforementioned and other qualities in whoever they choose to vote for, let put bygone to the era of Ọmọ wa ni, a slogan for it is our child, even at the expense of merit, these are only the situation that will give us the right to call to other and demand accountability from whoever emerge as the Governor. Get me right, If Omo wa (our child) merit the quality, he is as free as anybody, what I am trying to say is let allow competition and the best will emerge not selection.

Osun is bigger than all of us, so it's development ought to be our latest priority, campaign of hatred and tribal sentiment should be shun and jettison if only we crave to move forward.

Political power shouldn't be see as a way of rewarding our kinsfolk and honor our friends, this practice ruin democracy and make a total mess of what we might have build, let transparency be our watchword and the mantra which will guide our selection irrespective of political affiliation.

Greater Osun is my utmost priority.

Rasheed Hanbali Olaitan

History always teach us a great lesson but at times we are too preoccupied to heed the lesson. It is possible some group of people are actually suffering for the consequence of their own evil act. When the Jew were been persecuted the World feels for them and exactly when South Africa suffered apartheid the whole World stood for their liberation but who knows maybe they both deserve what happens to them.

Two of the major Countries that have suffered racial discrimination and prejudice in the past had not learned any lesson whatsoever. It is improper for the Jews to maltreat any tribe or ethnic leaving with them or share border with them, as a result of their personal experience from Adolf Hitler but reverse is the case. There is still unrest in that part of the World till date between the Jewelry and the Palestinians.

South Africa came second here, racial segregation and white minority rule known officially as apartheid came into existence in 1960 and the Country witnessed a lot of crisis. On 27 April 1994, after decades of armed struggle and international opposition to apartheid, during which military and political support was provided primarily by the African allies, (which Nigeria was a major player) to the non-racial African National Congress (ANC), apartheid was dismantle and peace regain it grip over the the Country.

It is irony of history that a Nation that suffered racial prejudice and white superiority are now xenophobic, to make matter worst to a Country that stood and defended their right until it was achieved. Nigeria play a major role in ending apartheid in South Africa but today that Nigeria citizens are been paid with mobbed and killing.

Are they not taught history or they are just bunch of ingrate. We appeal to Nigerians both home and abroad to remain calm and law abiding until the Government of South Africa do the needful. Mahatma Gandhi said "An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind."
Let us exercise patient and the authority will call to an end this unnecessary killings.

Rasheed Hanbali Olaitan

26 Rules for Preventing Your House-Maid From Snatching Your Husband

by Bisi Adewale
.........Some are losing their marriages because of this little mistake. Remember the mistake of Sarah in the Bible. ...

RULE 1: NO MEAT FOR THE HUNTER
Never employ an house maid if you cannot really trust your husband with opposite sex or if he has history of sexual infidelity. An adult house keeper will be better who will come to your house in the morning and go in the night, please don't employ your ‘Hagar’ dear sister sarah.

My take: I saw the above topic on a Muslim whatsapp and I was surprised that such article can germinate in such forum.

Let analyze the first rule. Majority of Christian got the story of Sarah and Hagar (Hajarah) as Muslim will call her, wrong because in Christianity some folk believe marry more than one wife is a sin, they can be excused for this orientation but what they can't be excused for is misinformation and misinterpretation of the records to justify one man one wife. Abraham marry Sarah right, he also marry Hagar,forgetting the fact that she was a maid, in as much as he married her legally without involving in illicit affairs with her. No law either terrestrial or mundane forbid marrying someone working under you, the most essential thing is following due process and not to take advantage of them. Secondly they must be grown up not minor in that they can decide what they want.

It is barbaric, uncivilized and uncalled for to referred to such as a mistake of Sarah in the Bible. I look at the first rule critically and I can only imagine what the writer, one Bisi Adewale implies about Abraham whether he knows the connotative meaning or not. By implication he has indicted Abraham by his submission. Abraham is the father of the three monotheism religion, and he married who he wants by choice and in accordance of the law available, can we say the writer (Bisi) has threaded the part of the Jews who sometimes because of their hatred and ignorant of the truth called Jesus bastard, or can we just say he has goofed.

I think our Muslim brothers and Sister should always read thoroughly whatever they are to post anywhere, understand both the connotative and denotative meaning of such article before posting them for people's comsuption. Some articles can be very very misleading and people will take it without verification.

Some write ups can be accepted in a Christian forum and may not be accepted in an ideal Islamic fora. We need to understand the tenet of our religion as a muslim and avoid what contradict our beliefs.

Make no mistake I am not justifying having illicit affairs with the housemaid and also the writer should not bring Sarah and Hagar (Hajarah) to the matter in question. To us as a Muslim Sarah is the first wife and Hagar (Hajarah) is the second wife.
Rasheed Hanbali.

I wonder how people usually become judge to all matter on social media, how many people actually find out if the statement credited to him are true, or may be there is another meaning to what we see here. Even when everybody is free to comments here I think investigation of story matter most

House it has been long that I head anything on Airforce Direct Short Service.
Pls who knows anything about it.

onojaduru:
Dokpesi's trial is politically motivated.The role of AIT during last election has hit Dokpesi bad.Buhari knws wat he is doing.Have u seen any APC member tried by EFCC since Buhari became president?Fighting corruption my foot

So you never see any APC member abi, I doubt your sense of judgment, even Saraki no be apc abi. You are part of the people that say what Dasuki did was not against the constitution.

The National University Commission (NUC), has released its annual university rankings and named University of Ibadan in Oyo state as the top tertiary institution in Nigeria.



The body, which is responsible for accreditation of schools, put University of Lagos in second place and rated Covenant University as the best private university.

Below is the 2015 Top 100 NUC University Ranking in Nigeria.

2015 TOP 100 University In Nigeria by NUC

1. University of Ibadan, UI

2. University of Lagos, Unilag

3. University of Benin, Uniben

4. Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU

5. Ahmadu Bello University, Abu

6. University of Ilorin, Unilorin

7. University of Jos, Unijos

8. University of Port Harcourt, Uniport

9. University of Maiduguri, Unimaid

10. University of Agriculture, Abeokuta,

11. Lagos State University, Lasu

12. Federal University of Technology, Futo

13. Covenant University, CU

14. University of Nigeria, UNN

15. Federal University of Technology, Futa

16. Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Unizik

17. Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Esut

18. Pan African University

19. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology. lautech

20. Modibbo Adama University of Technology

21. African University of Science and Technology

22. University of Uyo, Uniuyo

23. Bayero University Kano, Buk

24. Ambrose Alli University, AAU

25. Redeemer’s University,

26. Babcock University

27. Federal University of Technology,

28. University of Calabar, Unical

29. Michael Okpara University of Agriculture,

30. Ajayi Crowther University

31. Bowen University

32. Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Rsust

33. Lead City University

34. Crawford University

35. Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, ATBU

36. Abia State University, Absu

37. Usmanu Danfodio University,

38. Igbinedion University

39. Imo State University, Imsu

40. Niger Delta University

41. Bells University of Technology

42. Kwara State University

43. Nasarawa State University

44. Caleb University

45. Obong University Obong

46. Adekunle Ajasin University

47. Ekiti State University,

48. American University of Nigeria

49. Joseph Ayo Babalola University

50. Veritas University Abuja

51. Afe Babalola University

52. Kaduna State University Kaduna

53. Osun State University Oshogbo …

54. Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University Katsina

55. Federal University, Ndufu-Alike Ndufu-Alike

56. Salem University Lokoja

57. Novena University Ogume

58. Achievers University, Owo Owo

59. Benson Idahosa University Benin City

60. Ebonyi State University Abakaliki

61. University of Abuja Abuja

62. University of Mkar Mkar

63. Madonna University Okija

64. Bingham University Auta Balifi

65. Plateau State University Bokkos

66. Federal University of Petroleum Resources Effurun

67. Federal University, Dutse Dutse

68. Nigerian Turkish Nile University Abuja

69. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University Lapai

70. Landmark University Omu-Aran

71. Delta State University, Abraka Abraka

72. University of Agriculture, Makurdi Makurdi

73. Renaissance University Enugu

74. Federal University, Otuoke Otuoke

75. Tai Solarin University of Education Ijebu-Ode …

76. Federal University, Oye-Ekiti Oye …

77. Kano State University of Technology Wudil

78. Tansian University Umunya …

79. Akwa Ibom State University Uyo

80. Baze University Abuja

81. Kebbi State University of Science and Technology Aliero

82. Benue State University Makurdi

83. Adeleke University Ede

84. Ondo State University of Science & Technology Okitipupa

85. Kogi State University Anyigba

86. Western Delta University Oghara

87. Federal University, Wukari Wukari

88. Paul University Awka

89. Caritas University Enugu

90. Federal University, Lafia Lafia

91. Cross River University of Science & Technology Calabar …

92. Fountain University Oshogbo

93. Al-Hikmah University Ilorin

94. Godfrey Okoye University Ugwuomu-Nike

95. Oduduwa University Ile Ife

96. Anambra State University Uli

97. Olabisi Onabanjo University Ago Iwoye …

98. Federal University, Lokoja Lokoja

99. Federal University, Kashere Kashere

100. Rhema University Obeama-Asa

The full text of AMAECHI'S ADDRESS TO THE SENATE TODAY

Your Excellency, the President of Senate,
Your Excellency, the Deputy President of Senate
Your Excellency, the leader of Senate,
Your Excellency the minority leader of Senate and former Governor of Akwa Ibom State,
Distinguished leaders of the Senate
Very distinguished Senators,
Good morning. It is a rare pleasure to stand before you distinguished Senators in this hallowed chambers. I am deeply humbled and honoured to have been nominated by President Muhammadu Buhari to serve in the office of a Minister in the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
My name is Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, and I am the immediate past governor of Rivers State. Before then, I had served as the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly for two terms of eight years and as Chairman, Conference of Speakers, for two tenures.
I am perhaps the first Nigerian to have served as Speaker of a State House of Assembly, for eight years.
I served as Governor of Rivers State for two terms during which period, I had the honour and privilege to serve my colleagues as Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum, for two terms.
Taken together, whether as Governor or as Speaker, these two career paths tell a story of public service. During my tenure as Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, we achieved a lot. Some key bills were passed like the Anti Kidnapping Law and the Rivers States Schools Rights (Parent, Children and Teachers) Law. However, my most fulfilling moment as Speaker was the passage of the Rivers State Schools Rights (Parent, Children and Teachers) law, No. 2 of 2005. This bill clearly enunciated and defined the responsibilities of parents, teachers and children to guarantee our children access to qualitative education.
As Governor, we inherited a state that was comatose and in the throes of insecurity. Rivers State bore the fault lines of the Niger Delta militancy. Our immediate task was therefore to restore security and improve the social and economic well being of our people. Ours was a two-pronged approach of fiscal and physical security. Whilst we confronted criminality with aggressive law enforcement measures, we embarked on massive social and infrastructural development.
We declared an emergency in the education sector that guaranteed free and compulsory education up to secondary school level. During my tenure as Governor, we awarded the construction of some 500 primary schools. 314 of these were 100 percent completed while others were virtually completed by the time we left office in May 2015. We undertook the training and recertification of teachers already in the service of the state and employed over 13,000 new teachers. Our efforts and investments in the education sector did not go unnoticed as Port Harcourt won the UNESCO World Book Capital city for 2014, beating cities like Moscow and Oxford.
In the area of healthcare delivery, we built over 140 primary healthcare centres, three secondary healthcare facilities, employed 400 doctors and 200 nurses to improve the manpower in the healthcare sector.
Anyone who visited Port Harcourt while we served, will testify to the fact that we worked to bring back the old glory of Port Harcourt as the garden and city as the third leg in the economic tripod of Nigeria. We built a dualised network of 1500 Kilometres of roads, 23 bridges, 2 major fly-overs and 2 interchanges.
In the area of power, of the 350 Megawatts (MW) total capacity generation assets invested by the government before ours, only 70MW (equivalent to about 20 per cent) was available. With enthusiasm, we ramped up the efficiency to 77 per cent availability including injecting another 360MW Green Field Generation Project at Afam. That massive investment is partly the reason why today, residents in Port Harcourt enjoy almost 24 hours of electricity supply.
On the whole, Mr. President of Senate, I say with pride that during our stewardship of eight years we consistently maintained our pledge to our people to render “transparent and accountable stewardship.” To guarantee that we did not deviate from that pledge, we were the first state to pass a Fiscal Responsibility law and the Rivers State Bureau of Public Procurement law. Both laws stemmed from executive bills, and we are pleased that we maintained our stance of surrendering the power of the governor to award contracts until the end of our tenure.
Mr. President of Senate, Distinguished Senators, it is therefore fair to say that under my leadership as governor of Rivers State we redefined governance and repositioned Rivers State as a destination choice to live, work and do business.
Accordingly Mr. President of Senate, Distinguished Senators, I give you my word that if I am confirmed as minister by this distinguished Senate, I will bring to bear my vast experience as a Legislator, Speaker and Governor in the execution of my duties

I think we can answer some bigot now who suddenly became apologists for the Muslim as regards the unfortunate incident that happen in Saudi Arabia. The history of stampede is not new, in April 2001 scores of people died at Ellis Park Stadium in South Africa, the shame incident happen in November 2014, in Zimbabwe while we also had a similar occurrence in Egypt in 2015. All these nobody turn it to something else, just because this one has to do with religion did not mean we should turn it to a moral debate. People followed what they have it evidence in their Holy Book, not just a fruitless effort.While we are so devastated about happening like this, it is not proper for any sane person to derive pleasure there and start castigating and abusing.
While I believe, all the stakeholders must be blame, the Saudi Government, the security and the People worshipping at that we must exercise patient before appointing fingers. We should not derive pleasure in people's misfortune because no one is immune to calamity.
_Rasheed H.A

tendercharles:
Doesn't make any sense...check your source and find out more on what actually went down.

Google Ahmed Muhammed build clock and handcuffed

loomer:
First of all, no source,
Secondly ur grammar no try.

I did not put source here did not mean there is no one. Are you living in heaven, what is already viral on the internet. Mr grammarian i pity you, can you point where you think is not correct there for me.

Where are living in a society where we are always judge by the colour of our skin or our religious background. A teenage boy named Ahmed Muhammed was arrested and handcuffs when he wanted to impress his Teacher over the clock he build. The incident took place in Irving school in Texas. Ahmed we are with you don't mind the kleptomania stupid administrators of the school instead of shower you with praise the only thing they can do is to put you in jail. #IStandWithAhmed

Culture are meant to promote socio-economic development, integrate people of different cultural background and guarantee their security. People should feel more secure in a territory they leave and obey the rules and regulations couple with the fact that they paid their due as at when due.
But it is barbaric, uncivilized, and unacceptable to impose unnecessary curfew on them just because someone passed away.
Death is inevitable for everybody even though my people says a king don't die but goes to World beneath, the death of someone shouldn't cause unnecessary hardships on the people leaving in that area.
For the Royal family of Egbeda in Akowonjo axis of Lagos State to impose curfew for two solid days as a result of the death of the Oba is not a good development in the 21st century, they ought to understand that people's livelihood depends on their daily routine and business activities, paralyzing those businesses is amount to denied them their fundamental right. Government should wade into this 18th century practice and let respect the freedom of movement as it is enshrine in our Constitution.

The Ooni of Ife, Alayeluwa Oba Okunade Sijuwade is dead. He died today in London at the age of 85.

Oba Sijuwade was the fifth Ooni of Ife. He climbed unto the throne on December 6, 1980. As the Ooni of Ife, he presided over the Ife territory, in the South West Nigeria but his influence went far and beyond.

He came into office at the height of the supremacy fight amongst Yoruba Obas. The crisis pitched him against the Alaafin of Oyo. It festered on until Osun state was carved out of the old Oyo State.

Before he became an Oba, he studied at Abeokuta Grammar School and later at Northampton College in the United Kingdom before he became a manager at Leventis stores.

Oba Sijuwade’s term as Oba was characterised with political treachery, as he was one of the traditional rulers that meddled in politics. He was infamously instrumental to the annulment of June 12, 1993, elections won by late Moshood Abiola. The Ooni had also been severally fingered in the failed effort to have Senator Iyiola Omisore elected the governor of Osun state in 2011.
He survived by several wives and children.

[quote author=dhevid post=36366921]And you expect me to read all dis?? And you expect me to read all dis??



Y can't you summarize it??
I just want you to know all the details and I know you can watch movies up to season 8.

Buhari Should Retire All Generals – Corporal Lawal Ahmed of 115 Battalion
General Buhari
Thirty two-year old Lawal Ahmed is a Corporal in 115 Battalion of the Nigerian Army. The Funtua, Katsina State-born soldier enlisted in the Nigerian Army on 27 August, 2003, and served in 6 Battalion, Akwa-Ibom State, 1 Brigade Garrison, Sokoto, as well as State Task Force (STF) Jos. His service number is 03/54/5867. On 22 April, 2014, Lawal said he applied to the Chief of Army Staff for voluntary discharge to enable him contest a seat in the Katsina State House of Assembly, but that the army turned down the application. He claims the working conditions in the army is terrible, and has therefore decided to take his case to the media, since, according to him, his employers won’t listen. He spoke with Chuks Akunna
Can you please start by introducing yourself and why you are here?
My name is Corporal Lawal Ahmed of 115 battalion, Northeast. I am 32 years from Funtua, Katsina State, and attended Government Science Secondary School, Paskari, Katsina State. I joined Nigerian Army on 27th August 2003. I was posted to 6 battalion Nigerian Army, Ibawa, Abak, Akwa Ibom State and served from December 2003 to 2006. In 2007, I was promoted Lance Corporal and posted to 1 Brigade Garrison, Sokoto. From there I was taken to STF in Jos. Before STF, I received training at 1 Div, Kaduna. In 2011, I was promoted to the rank of Corporal.
Can you recall the names of some persons who joined the army with you?
We were 30 boys, one girl – Ajaiyi Kemisola, she was the only female among us, as private.
Why are you here?
I decided to come to THISDAY to speak on the terrible working conditions in the army.
Are there no ways of channeling your grievances in the army?
None. We are discouraged from asking questions. Twice, I applied to leave the army to continue my life as a normal human being, with dignity. On both occasions they rejected my application. That is why I left.
Isn’t that AWOL or desertion?
Call it anything. I am ready to sacrifice my life for the betterment of the army. The conditions are terrible.
Nigerian army chief, general Azubuike Ihejirika named as sponsor of Boko Haram terrorist organisation
Nigerian army chief, general Azubuike Ihejirika named as sponsor of Boko Haram terrorist organisation
How?
Let me give one example. When we were taken to STF, according to the brief of former Chief of Army Staff- General (Azubuike) Ihejirika, we were to spend six months. We ended up spending close to four years without being changed and without explanations. You needed to see how tattered our uniforms are, not to talk of the weapons. This is not how armies operate in other countries.
Like?
I was in Sudan in 2005, under the African Mission in Darfur. I went there for peace keeping, as protection force.
How many of you went from Nigeria?
Actually, army headquarters garrison provided one company, six batallion provided another company. A company is made up of betweem 100 – 250 soldiers. My commander was Major H. M. Labo, I don’t know his rank now in the army. My commander in the STF was S. A. Sangonuga, a Yoruba. I don’t know his present rank.
Which other officers did you remember?
We had Lt. Col. Olakola Micheal and Lt.Col. Rasheedudin, my battalion commander.
Why did you join the Army?
I joined the army to contribute to the growth of my country.
Not because you were looking for work?
No. However, sadly, right from the time I joined the army, I began to see many wrong things. There I saw people who served the Nigerian Army for 35 years and retired at a rank of Lance Corporal. This is bad.

You saw them where?
I saw them in 6 Battalion, I worked with them.
How did they feel?
They felt terrible because their juniors, are always ahead of them. Imagine someone that entered the army in 1980 remaining a Lance Corporal and someone who joined 20 years later rising to the rank of Staff Sergent. How do you expect the Lance Corporal to feel!
From that moment, I began taking notes on the bad things I felt should be addressed in the army. I consider myself lucky to have reached the rank of Corporal in about 13 years. Several soldiers in my units had spent more years than me, and did not commit any offence, yet are Privates.
What is your status? Are you still in the Nigerian Army?
I am still in the service. I wrote on the 23 April, 2014, for voluntary discharge but the Army refused to release me.
What reason did they give?
None
Who did you write to?
I wrote through my commanders to the chief of army staff. Till date nothing has been heard of my letter. My sector commander was Col. Olagunju. But one soldier with whom I trained in Jaji told me that the reason may be that the army is under-manned.
You trained in Jaji?
Yes, we were over 800 soldiers. Some were turned back due to medical reasons. Gen. Okoro, who was Commander, Nigerian Army Infantry School, addressed us that we were going to receive new weapon training. I never saw any new weapon, apart from the weapon used in my unit.
What kind of weapons?
A-K47, 60mm Commando Mortar and 10mm mortar, even though nobody ever came to teach me how to operate the mortar guns. The truth is that most soldiers don’t know how to use such weapons because they have never been taught.
Why?
I don’t know. There was this funny incident when I was in 1 Brigade, Sokoto. When our annual range classification was conducted, my commander said soldiers with motorcycles should assist those who didn’t have to the range. Imagine the army didn’t provide a vehicle to take us there. My commander at the time, in 2008, was Lt. Col. O. A. Dada. I don’t know his rank now.
Did you serve in the Northeast?
In 2014, I served in Gombi, Adamawa State. From there we headed for Fella Junction, in the name of going to see new weapon, but there was none. The APCs we used were so old. At some point some were used to tow-start the others. We didn’t have tanks. It was after spending three days with our advance that we were able to borrow four new APCs from another battalion. We didn’t have communication.
How did you operate without communication?
That was the problem. Something happened in Fellatu Mia. Our soldiers were bringing food to us. We thought they were Boko Haram terrorists and opened fire on them. We had killed and injured many before realising they were our troops. This was very sad.
You mean field officers don’t have radios communication?
Only battalion, company commanders and administrative officers have Motorolla radios. Company commander, company sergeant supposed to have his own, but I don’t know if Nigerian government cannot provide or whether they provide the money and the top officers divert it.
Couldn’t your people have at least used GSM communication?
There was no GSM network there. I don’t think Nigerian Army do tell the families what happened to their loved ones because if they tell their families, they will take action on it. I have never seen a country that will send soldiers to go and fight without providing communication gadgets, only in Nigeria.
Can you tell us what day this attack occured?
No, I cannot remember the date because I lost my war diary. But from Fella we start advancing on the Miya -Fella road. At about 6:30pm, we ran into the terrorists around Miya and we fired almost till day break. Luckily, we overpowered them, and came back in the morning. Basically, our prayers served us because with the weapon we used, I don’t think we would have overpowered them.
What weapon did boko haram use?
They were carrying very powerful weapons. In fact, that was the first time of my seeing such weapons.
What kind of weapon?
Very big anti-aircraft guns. See. When a soldier dies in the army, the family will be in for a very hard life, because after three months, Nigerian army will block their salary.
What happens thereafter?
Some families spend more than two, three years chasing the dead soldier’s benefits. By right, the army is supposed to show love to the deceased soldier’s family to get their benefit. In most cases, the families spend all they have following up. When they run out of cash, they will abandon the money and some people will convert the money to personal use, leaving the families to suffer.
How true is this claim?
If you have any soldier from the rank of warrant officer down to private, call ask them, because if I give you any number, you might think I collaborated with the person. You are a journalist. Go and investigate.
Tell us how Boko Haram usually ambush soldiers.
The usual method is to push cows to us. They get over 100 cows and push them to us. In the confusion, they launch their attack. How they get the cows is what baffles us. Maybe they are stolen cows. And most times, our soldiers abandon their weapons and run. Some get killed. The problem isn’t helped by godfathers in the army. Very often you see soldiers and officers boasting that they are sons or relations of this General, as if Nigerian Army belongs to them. Maybe.
From your presentation, you seem to be very educated. Are you a graduate?
I am a school certificate holder. The army only allow people with godfathers to go for further studies. For people like us with none, you remain a Private all your life. I served twelve years without going for any course. And in Nigerian army, if an officer passes out from NDA, either regular or short service, the army are the one to nominate him to course, but we, other ranks, they think we are slaves to them. One should think it is in the best interest of the Nigerian Army to train their soldiers, but the Nigerian Army will block you from going on course so that you remain blind, not knowing much about your profession.
Why do you say that?
The officers love the status quo. They are afraid of you challenging them on what you might end up learning from the courses, so they rather you remained with zero knowledge. Our officers drum it in our ears that, as human beings, we have no rights, only privileges. And many soldiers have come to believe this. I disagree with them because I know that I am first a human being before becoming a soldier. Since I joined army, nobody ever showed me the terms and conditions of service, to read, to know what and what and where I will find my right. We don’t know what the Armed Forces Act says. All we know is when you commit, your superior will give directive to the clerk to prepare your charge.
This is serious.
It is more serious than you think. When I was at Eket, Exxon Mobil, the company trained us directly. mobile trained us directly. I was an orderly to a white man, and there was this day in 2005 I asked him, “why are you paying your staff overtime and leaving us with just N15,000 each month?’ Apparently, my question jolted him. He told me he was paying my Commander N90,000 for me and that I should not ask for any other over time. Imagine! Means my Commander had been pocketing N75,000 in my name. Multiply that times the number of soldiers under him and get an idea of how much he was making in our names. When I complained, my Commander responded by withdrawing me. Other soldiers accused me of ‘sabi-sabi”. They don’t care if their rights are trampled on, they just want to get by. As a Corporal, my monthly pay is N57,000, that is less than N2,000 a day. On the other hand, a Cadet, Termer 1, what you call Year 1 in the university collects N60,000 a month. He is collecting more salary than me. A Termer 5 or final year student in NDA earns almost twice what a Warrant Officer, who has put in more than 25 years in service earns. Don’t forget that the WO has a family and children in higher institutions. This is a very unjust system.

Now, we have a new Commander-In-Chief, who happens to be from Katsina, your home state. Since Buhari took office, Boko Haram appear to have stepped up its activities. What is your recipe for ending insurgency in Nigeria?
My advice to Mr. President is to retire all officers from the rank of Brigadier General. They have no use in Nigerian Army, because all of them have been feeding fat from the insurgency and it won’t be in their best interest to end it. If President Buhari will take my advice, let him look for a very capable Lieutenant Colonel and appoint Chief of Army Staff. Afterall, Gowon, I think, became Chief of Army Staff as Lt. Colonel. Several officers- Usman Katsina, Obasanjo, Benjamin Adekunle and others- were GOCS as Lt. Colonels and performed excellently well. What rank was Ojukwu when he led Biafra to war? Most of the Generals we have today have so politicized the military that there is little room for professionalism. They are businessmen and want to compete with the Dangotes and Ibrus. Let Buhari begin by flushing them out.
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CC; President Muhammadu Buhari please Sir kindly take note.

These are the children that actually needs wardrobe allowance not the bounce of good for nothing kleptomania, and Jet Lee set of people

sleekpro:
See as him pose like say him sabi wetin dey write dai!

Olodo wey no go school sef!

I pitty naija sha!

Country wey blind man d lead!

I doubt it that you've a responsible father, I guess ur father they drink alomo and it has affected ur psych.
Olosi like father like son, if you have Buhari in ur family do u no how better ur life will be.

Iyana Ipaja market is burning since mid night, anybody with pictures
pls post here.