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Ahead of its presidential primaries scheduled for December 6, the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has adopted President Goodluck Jonathan as its sole candidate for the 2015 election. The National Executive Committee, NEC, of the party took the decision Thursday at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja.

The position follows a similar decision by the PDP governors’ forum and the party’s Board of Trustees, BOT. The two organs had earlier endorsed the president on Wednesday. The decision means no candidate, except Mr. Jonathan, can seek to contest the 2015 presidential election on the platform of the PDP.

At Thursday’s meeting, the governor of Niger state, Muazu Aliyu, who was first to speak, told the meeting that all PDP governors had in their meeting on Wednesday “unanimously without any reservation decided to endorse the sole candidature of President Goodluck Jonathan in the 2015 election”.

Source: https://m.premiumtimesng.com/headlines/168317-breaking-pdp-shuts-out-other-candidates-adopts-jonathan-for-re-election.html

Hello Nairalanders,

A friend of mine needs to make up her mind whether or not to pay to join this Trevo thingy. I am not really a "networking marketing" person especially considering the funny news we hear every now and then about it.

But there is this colleague who has literally been on my friend's neck, asking her to join. Left to me, she shouldn't join. but then, I thought it would be nice to also ask for independent views based on what you guys might already know about it.

Are you into Trevo already or do you know someone who is? Kindly share the much you know about it. I am all ears. Help a friend. Thanks

A former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Nuhu Ribadu, has dumped the opposition All Progressives Congress [APC] and joined the Peoples Democratic Party [PDP].
Mr. Ribadu was the presidential candidate of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria [ACN] in 2011 and until his defection today considered one of the presidential prospects of the APC in the 2015 presidential election

Source: https://m.premiumtimesng.com/news/166849-breaking-ribadu-dumps-apc-joins-pdp.html

So, my people, what do we say to.this?

Saburi, my comrade President, thank God the struggle wasn't in vain.. Only last week, another ex-Great Ife student and I discussed about you. We are all so happy for you. Awo Hall celebrates you.. The future will only get better.

Deblow: This Innoxxacs of a guy is a misfit in the forum of decent pple. Otherwise, why should u just saunter into someone else's thread made up of genuine complaints to say they are constituting a nuisance if you urself are not the chief nuisance! You are nothing but an uncultured tout...agbero..that's what u are! And in ur unsolicited 'tutorial' on how to make use of mtn M2U, u ended up making a big fool of urself because the procedure u gave isn't any different from the one taken by the thread owner and complainant so, ur instructions are inconsequential! Get urself trained in the art of commenting in the midst of decent gentlemen plsssss! Mscheeeeew!

Tanx bro...

Innoxxacs: Every little thing you ignorant guys will start to raise SCAM SCAM ALERT!! Have you even for one day enquired either from MTN website, customer Care, twitter or Facebook handle? NO because you want to come up here to create nuisance.
Well I just Hope a little briefing will do you more Good, before this thread will be locked and Hidden.
The MTN true talk best friend's free credit isn't a scam. It's for only those who have registered it.
To register, only two numbers can be registered. Dial from an MTN SIM [b]on MTN TRUETALK prepaid tariff plan ONLY[b/] *380*1*the mtn number you want to register# then send.(you can do this only on two MTN numbers) TO remove a number dial *380*2*number you want to remove# (remember it's chargeable either 100 or 50 naira) I USED TO BE ON THIS PLAN BUT I GUESS MY 15MB ON MTN PULSE IS MORE VALUABLE THAN 300NAIRA[For MTN 2 MTN calls]. Currently I have that bonus[400] and I know IT'S NOT A SCAM!!!

@Innoxxacs: Did u read d "memo"? I don't think so. Next time, dont be quick to wag ur tongue like a foot and mouth disease stricken goat! U dnt go out insulting pple like dt, esp wen u dnt udastnd d issue at hand....

For ur info, i had alrdy done some of d steps u noted (u even got d steps wrong, aproko-kill-u), i registerd d nos as instruted, spoke wit dir agents severally n yet no change...

Perhaps its a program failure or smtng, one of dir agents sugested dat hersef. she also did say dt i wasnt d only customer wit dt issue wit d bonus acct... i jst wnder y dy r yet to fix d prbm till now...

So, nxt time, use dt brain in ur head n stop carryin it abt like a log of wood.. if u dnt v a solutn, dnt insult pple. one love

Oduah's enemies are really out to finish her... If she is indeed guilty of all these allegations, then it's most unfortunate... Read below:

.....

Twenty-four hours after her claim to have acquired a Masters degree
from the St. Paul’s College in the United States was punctured,
PREMIUM TIMES has uncovered another false claim by our embattled
Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah.
This time, the minister lied on oath to the Nigerian Senate, claiming
another American ‘university’, Pacific Christian University awarded
her an honorary doctorate degree in 1998.
Mrs. Oduah made the claim in a 7-page resume she distributed to
Nigeria’s 109 senators during her confirmation hearing on July 2,
2011.
On page four of the document, the minister claimed the university,
which she said was based in Glendale, awarded her an honorary
doctorate in Business Administration.

It was based on this document that she was grilled and eventually
confirmed by the lawmakers.
But investigations by PREMIUM TIMES suggest that no university
called Pacific Christian University exists in the United States.
The U.S. Department of Education, through its National Centre for
Education Statistics, keeps an up-to-date database of all public
libraries and educational institutions in the country – public, private
and colleges.
PREMIUM TIMES reporters spent hours on Wednesday searching this
database.
Our reporters searched by state (California), city (Glendale) and name
of institution (Pacific Christian University). Yet, nothing came up in
the name of the university Mrs. Oduah claimed gave her an honorary
doctorate.

www.premiumtimesng.com/news/152958-aviation-minister-stella-oduah-in-fresh-fake-doctorate-degree-scandal.html

mk82: I'm glad there are other people making some effort.Fiction is the best selling niche in kindle but it's also the one with the highest failure rate. I outsourced some fiction books a few months ago and I'm yet to get back my capital from d sales. meanwhile my nonfiction books pay for themselves within a week.
Your $6000/month is not long shot at all.it is very possible.I'm working with a similar plan.

Tank u @ OP... Wen u say outsource ur content, do u mean like getin odas to write ur original content materials 4 d ebook while u pay dem 4 d job?

After so long on the now scrapped F&F plan on MTN, I recently switched to Trutalk, loaded N200 and was given N300 bonus, I then went on to register my two M2U numbers (*380*1*MTN Number#) and got confirmation that the numbers have been registered.

Only for me to start making calls. See me, se gbege, after a while, I noticed that when I make calls to my two registered M2U numbers, MTN deducted from my main account as against the bonus they willing gave me themselves (abi, I beg them to give me before ni).

I called MTN Customer Care severally to complain and all they had to say was "sorry, it was a mistake", another agent said, "sorry, for now, you can't use your M2U bonus to call numbers that were on your old F&F plan (even though the plan no longer exists)".

Na im I tire o, I con been dey wonder.

Now my fellow Nairalanders, my questions are:

1. I am the only one this broad day cheating/intentional misinformation has happened to? I doubt.

2. Why didn't they tell customers all the conditions attached before asking us to switch plans (and sometimes, they even go ahead to switch our plans themselves without warning customers prior)?

3. What steps are the NCC, Customer Protection Agency and other relevant Government Agencies taking to STOP these rip offs of Nigerians by these cunning telecomms companies?

4. Shey na like this e go dey go?

Happy New Year, my people (that's in less than 6 hrs)

Ngokafor: ...Mine sent me stinkers via sms calling me all kinds of names
,initially i tried to reciprocate thinking he'll simmer down and back off,but for where?..that only energised and enraged him the more and i subsequently resorted to ignoring him and deleting his messages as soon as they hit my phone without reading them...not that it stopped the sms from coming every hour.It was pure psychological warfare i must confess and i never knew he was capable of such wickedness..
...I couldnt believe it when he came to my office trying to seek audience with my boss under the guise of a 'business proposal'!!..smh!!..that was when i knew i had to do something fast!.It took the threat of bodily harm by some military guys before the guy finally stopped harassing me..
...As usual a year or so after the entire show of shame,he tried to apologise and explain his irrational behaviour when we met in a supermarket,but i literally took off with my heels touching the back of my head after muttering a cold 'hi'..
..the funny thing is that till date i honestly do not know why he was so angry..i simply decided to move on and leave him with his shenanigans and arrogance in peace but it didnt go as i planned..
....anyway thank-God he's sooooo history and out of my life for good cos i've got a much better replacement by any standard.

u've got a "replcement" u said! dem be spare tyres? lol

(PNN):
I need writers for www.proudlynigerian.net its a blog about the best of Nigeria

I am interested... How do we get started?

pumpingmachine: how do u want to be writing? No one will collect handwritten pieces from you. Where are u based, I might have a free position for you. Money ain't involved though

i would be interested in partnering with you... I would'nt mind writing for free, for the now. Wrting is a passion for me and I want to get better at it professionally.. My email: idowu2nice@yahoo.com

Davidson95: pls if u ve gotten d past questions kindly foward to this mail davidsonubah2002@yahoo.com

pls kindly help forward d past questions to idowu2nice@yahoo.com

taanx sir

My dear fellow Nairalanders, it was like a bad joke when I learnt about Airtel banning the use of BB data plans on non-BB devices starting from 3rd December, 2013... I think the worst hit would be Samsung and Android users like me.

I do know that the practice was not illegal, although it was quite an economical option. Why they stopped it is anyone's guess.

So, my simple question is, what better alternatives do we have now But something tells me that when one door closes, another opens.... It's just a matter of time.

MTN? GLO? ETISALAT?? What do we do??

Champion2013: Sponsor: MUM (self employed) 
Paid all fees which includes tuition and accommodation before submission. 
Paper route via VFS 

Bank staments: 
Key stone bank 5mil (corporate acct)
Sterling bank 8mil (corporate acct)
Sterling bank 600k (corporate acct) 
Fixed deposit 10mil (for education)
FCMB Dollar acct with cash flow of about 600kdollars balance 300dollars. (The dollar account is used to Close business deals with partners abroad)

Other documents 

Transcript 
Statement of result 
WAEC result 
Letter of intent to study in Canada 
Letter of sponsorship 
Letter of introduction from sponsor
University certificate 
Admission letter (original and photocopy) 
Birth certificate 
A list of all the documents submitted 
Family picture
Police clearance certificate 
International passport 
Forms (application outside Canada, family information, study permit questionnaire )
Bank draft payable to deputy high commission of Canada N19,500
Nysc call up letter and Id card ( was still serving when I applied batch c 2012)
Parent's marriage certificate 
Notarized affidavit of sponsorship 
Sponsor's tax clearance card 
Photocopy of sponsor's data page and previous travels 
Photocopy of siblings data pages
Parents letter of consent 
Sponsor' s bank statements and refrences from all banks 
Sponsor's business registration certificates 
Sponsor's fixed deposit for education in Canada(10m)
Landed property worth 300mil 
Business asset worth 115mil

Guy, u submit all ds bank statemnts n finaancial docs on top
canadian visa? y dem no go giv u visa sharp sharp, u over-qualify
sef... u no be typical hustling naija student agn o, u r a rich dude... gud
for u sha.... congrats tho'

see hw pple tak dey ja comot for Naija... Mak God help fix our country o.

[quote author=Champion2013]Sponsor: MUM (self employed) 
Paid all fees which includes tuition and accommodation before submission. 
Paper route via VFS 

Bank staments: 
Key stone bank 5mil (corporate acct)
Sterling bank 8mil (corporate acct)
Sterling bank 600k (corporate acct) 
Fixed deposit 10mil (for education)
FCMB Dollar acct with cash flow of about 600kdollars balance 300dollars. (The dollar account is used to Close business deals with partners abroad)

Other documents 

Transcript 
Statement of result 
WAEC result 
Letter of intent to study in Canada 
Letter of sponsorship 
Letter of introduction from sponsor
University certificate 
Admission letter (original and photocopy) 
Birth certificate 
A list of all the documents submitted 
Family picture
Police clearance certificate 
International passport 
Forms (application outside Canada, family information, study permit questionnaire )
Bank draft payable to deputy high commission of Canada N19,500
Nysc call up letter and Id card ( was still serving when I applied batch c 2012)
Parent's marriage certificate 
Notarized affidavit of sponsorship 
Sponsor's tax clearance card 
Photocopy of sponsor's data page and previous travels 
Photocopy of siblings data pages
Parents letter of consent 
Sponsor' s bank statements and refrences from all banks 
Sponsor's business registration certificates 
Sponsor's fixed deposit for education in Canada(10m)
Landed property worth 300mil 
Business asset worth 115mil 

Guy, u submit all ds bank statemnts n finaancial docs on top canadian visa? y dem no go giv u visa sharp sharp, u over-qualify sef... u no be typical hustling naija student agn o, u r rich dude... gud for u sha

A controversial bill seeking to allow public officers operate foreign
bank accounts passed the second reading at the House of
Representatives on Wednesday.
Under the extant Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act, 2004, it is
criminal for a public officer to operate a bank account outside
Nigeria.
The bill that passed the second reading on Wednesday sought to
amend this law “so as to make the leave of the Bureau necessary for
a public officer to maintain or operate a bank account outside
Nigeria.”
One of the supporters of the bill, Mr. Bamidele Faporosi, argued that
the current law was “weak and ineffective,” as no public officer had
been successfully prosecuted for flouting it.
He explained that the amendment proposed included a proviso that
the public officer must get the approval of the bureau before opening
such an account.
He claimed that the disclosure would remove the secrecy surrounding
foreign accounts.
Faporosi argued further, “Today, people are operating such accounts
by proxy or even in the open because they know that nothing will
happen.
“This amendment says you can operate the account but this must be
with the leave of the bureau.
“People now know that there will be punishment for non-disclosure.”
Another lawmaker, Mrs. Aisha Dahiru from Adamawa State, told the
House that the secrecy surrounding foreign accounts encouraged “the
monumental corruption” in the country.
But some members expressed reservations, fearing that the proposal
would simply give public officers a licence to stash more government
funds in private accounts overseas.
For example, the Deputy House Leader, Mr. Leo Ogor, held the view
that the bill “stands logic on its head.”
He noted, “This amendment can actually encourage corruption rather
than reduce it.
“Why not say public officers should operate domiciliary accounts in
the country?"

www.punchng.com/news/reps-move-to-allow-public-officers-operate-foreign-accounts-2/

The Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P)
has set aside N15 billion to pay allowances of unemployed graduates
participating in its Graduate Internship Scheme (GIS).
Head of its GIS, Akubo Adegbe, disclosed this to newsmen in Minna
on Sunday.
Mr Adegbe said each of the 50,000 participants to be recruited for the
internship programme would earn N25, 000 monthly.
He said the scheme was aimed at providing participants with requisite
experience in various disciplines preparatory to securing jobs.
Mr Adegbe said the graduates would be placed in firms and
organisations, non-governmental organisations and selected
government agencies on a one-year internship.
“The interns are expected to acquire professional skills, training and
work experience to improve their job-placement opportunities.”
“The Federal Government will be responsible for paying monthly
stipends to them, while participating institutions will be expected to
provide adequate opportunities for training and mentoring,” he said.
Mr Adegbe said that the scheme would enhance chances of the
50,000 unemployed graduates through improvement on their skills
during the internship programmes.

He urged the graduates to ensure that they registered for the scheme.
The management of SURE-P funds, drawn from savings from
government spending on petrol subsidy, has been hit by controversy
and allegation of mismanagement.

The government promised to use the funds to address unemployment
and infrastructure.

The Senate said the government has failed to provide names of the
beneficiaries of funds already paid out.

Worse, the senate committee on SURE-P said last week the
government has failed to account for N500 billion of the total sum.

www.premiumtimesng.com/news/149793-sure-p-pay-unemployed-graduates-n25-thousand-monthly.html

While delaying marriage has advantages -- a lower divorce rate, higher
income for women and fewer and less intense arguments between
spouses -- studies show there also may be benefits to tying the knot
before age 30.

However, there is such a thing as marrying too young.
Research shows that marriages beginning when a woman is 18 are
twice as likely to end in divorce as those beginning when she is 22.
Below are five reasons to get married in your 20s.

1. It could make you happier. The highest percentage of people ages 20
to 28 who consider themselves "highly satisfied" with their lives are
married, as opposed to single or cohabiting. What's more, the largest
number of women who described their marriage as "very happy" tied
the knot when they were 24 to 26. A 2010 study found that "the
greatest indicated likelihood of being in an intact marriage of the
highest quality is among those who married at ages 22-25."

2. You'll make more money (at least if you're a man). An analysis
revealed that among men in their mid-30s, those who married in their
20s had the highest levels of personal income. Economists have found,
in general, that married men earn more than single men -- even when
you control for other factors like age and education.

3. You'll have more sex. Couples who marry in their 20s tend to have
more frequent sex than those who marry later. Researchers say that "a
four year increase in age at marriage is associated with a couple
having sex about one time less per month." What's more, married
people as a whole have more sex than their single counterparts.

4. You'll drink less alcohol. A 2012 study published in the Journal of
Health and Social Behavior found that married and engaged young
adults reported lower frequency of drunkenness than those who are not
in a serious romantic relationship. Laying off alcohol has many health
benefits, including weight loss, better sleep, better skin and a reduced
risk of some cancers.

5. There's nothing to be gained from waiting -- if you think you're
ready. We certainly aren't advocating a rush to the altar, but if you feel
like you're prepared for that next step, go for it. Research says there's
no advantage to delaying marriage just for the sake of delaying it. A
25-year-old person who meets an excellent marriage prospect would
be ill-advised to pass up that opportunity only because he/she feels
not yet at the ideal age for marriage.

Furthermore, delaying marriage
beyond the mid-twenties will lead to the loss during a portion of young
adulthood of any emotional and health benefits that a good marriage
would bring.

www.m.naij.com/news/52062.html

He's 23, he dropped out of Stanford, and his start-up is backed by
some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley venture capital. Evan
Spiegel, founder of Snapchat, could be the next dotcom billionaire
from central casting - but only if he's right that people will pay for a
social media experience.

Snapchat - for those of you who are over 25 - is a wildly popular
mobile app that lets users communicate by sending each other photos
which automatically delete after a few seconds. When Evan Spiegel
visited London this week - his first time in the UK - he came and gave
me a demo.

His app was only launched in September 2011, and while he is not
giving out any numbers, he says it is now on a quarter of all UK
smart-phones, which means as many as seven million British people
may be Snapchatting. I'm definitely not the core demographic and I
struggle with the idea that my friends would want to click on a
picture of the coffee I'm drinking.

But Snapchat's founder says the idea of "ephemeral media" - social
interactions that did not leave a trace online - is very powerful, and
so it has proved. Spreading the idea was hard in the first few months.
I assumed his fellow students would have been the guinea-pigs but
he tells me, "everyone at Stanford is making an app", so they weren't
that keen on helping him. (Does anybody ever finish their degree at
the Californian university?)

But it was in schools where it did take off early in 2012, with
teenagers rapidly learning that it was better than social networks for
talking to friends without the whole world prying in. That pattern has
led to two common assumptions about Snapchat - that its prime use
is for "sexting", the sending of explicit pictures between teenagers,
and that it poses a major threat to Facebook.

Evan Spiegel shows he is already the practised diplomat in dealing
with both issues. "It is really easy to jump to that conclusion" he says
about sexting, while the data suggests that Snapchat is being used all
day, in a wide variety of contexts, and much of the traffic is between
women users.

Facebook briefly spooked the markets last week when its chief
financial officer revealed that younger teenagers were spending less
time on his network. But when I ask Mr Spiegel the "Facebook killer"
question, he tells me "we really admire what Mark (Zuckerberg) is
doing", and says there is plenty of room for both forms of
communication.

And indeed a recent study by Enders Analysis shows that the impact
of messaging apps like Snapchat and WhatsApp on Facebook may be
somewhat exaggerated. Its research did show more than eight million
people using mobile messaging apps in the UK, with nearly half of all
those between 16-24 using them daily. But it also revealed that
Facebook was still dominant in this age group, with 70% using it on
their phones every day.

But the question I want answered is how Snapchat plans to make
money. I'd expected two responses from Evan Spiegel - that his firm
is still intent on building its audience rather than worrying about
revenues, and that when it does think about a business model it will
be based on advertising. I am wrong in both cases - building
revenues is now a priority, and the aim is to earn money from users
rather than advertisers.

While refusing to go into details - "we don't want to spoil the
surprise" - he outlines a plan to get users to pay for added value
services. This seems an unlikely proposition - Facebook and Twitter
have relied almost exclusively on various forms of advertising as
revenue sources, and it's unclear that users who have grown
accustomed to a free service can be persuaded to pay for extras.

But Evan Spiegel is looking to China rather than other Silicon Valley
outfits for inspiration - he points to the success of WeChat, owned by
Tencent: "They grew their business in the absence of a brand
advertising market so they had to do it through in-app transactions
and gaming services and they're now generating 90% of their $2.5bn
(£1.6bn) a quarter through in-app transactions."

He goes on to outline a theory that social media businesses like
Facebook and Twitter are seen as utilities, and therefore people will
not pay for them, while apps like Snapchat are entertainment products
and "people pay a lot for entertainment".

The question must be whether you can successfully monetise an app
that is almost exclusively used by young people who probably have
little spare cash. Remember how much excitement there was about
the way the BBM messaging service was enabling Blackberry to reach
a whole new demographic?

BBM has millions of users and is now out on the Android and iOS
platforms, but it has failed to arrest the decline of Blackberry.
Still, Snapchat has obviously tapped into a mood amongst a new
digital generation that is more concerned with communicating
everything to just a few close friends than telling the world their
business on Facebook or Twitter.

That kind of idea with that size of audience always attracts interest
from predators - YouTube and Instagram were each swallowed by
Google and Facebook respectively when they were just a year old.
When I suggested that Facebook might try to buy the business there
was nervous laughter from Spiegel and his PR advisors - and he
insisted that he was staying independent.

A few hours after our meeting, reports emerged that Snapchat had
turned down a bid from Facebook valuing the business at $3bn.
But don't be surprised if someone else comes dangling a multi-billion
dollar offer for the business quite soon.

And maybe in the ephemeral world of hot new mobile messaging
apps, Evan Spiegel would be best advised to grab it before it
disappears.

Source: www.m.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24925932

Miss Universe 2013 winner Gabriela Isler of Venezuela
used a unique opportunity to model the million dollar swimsuit by
Italian swimwear and lingerie brand Yamamay.

The newly crowned Miss Universe wore the "Yamamay Million Dollar
Swimsuit For Miss Universe" in Moscow on November 10, 2013,
Sunday, by attending a press conference and unveiling the white
swimsuit which was adorned with emeralds, rubies and diamonds.

"Well, first of all I feel very happy to share my first day as Miss
Universe with all of us and I feel honoured that I can wear this million-
dollar swimsuit because its 0very simple and at the same way it's very
elegant, so I feel very proud and very honoured that I can wear it," Isler
told reporters during the press conference.
The swimsuit was hand-crafted by jewellery manufacturer - the Dinacci
brothers.

It would be recalled that Gabriela Isler, Miss Venezuela, was crowned
Miss Universe 2013 at a glittering ceremony in Moscow on November
9, 2013, Saturday. She became the seventh Venezuelan beauty queen
to win the coveted crown.

Source:
www.m.naij.com/news/52009.html

Angry leaders of the Academic Staff Union of Universities allegedly
chased away the Governor of Kogi State, Captain Idris Wada (retd.)
from the emergency ward of the Lokoja General Hospital on Tuesday.
Wada had gone to the hospital to visit their injured colleague, Dr.
Ngozi Ilo, and commiserate with them over the death of their former
President, Prof. Festus Iyayi, in an accident involving his convoy and
an ASUU vehicle on Tuesday.

The Chairman, University of Benin chapter of ASUU, Dr. Anthony
Monye-Emina; and the Benin Zonal Coordinator, Dr. Sunny Iyalo, had
minor injuries and were therefore not admitted into the hospital.
The ASUU leaders, including the National President, Dr. Biodun
Ogunyemi; the Ibadan Zonal Coordinator, Dr. Nassir Adesola; the
Chairman, Lagos State University chapter of the union, Dr. Adekunle
Idris; Monye-Emina; Iyalo and lecturers from the Federal University
Lokoja however sent the governor away from the hospital’s
emergency ward.

Their grouse was Wada’s late response to the accident and the
uncaring attitude he allegedly displayed towards the union leaders
involved in the accident.
They also accused him of trying to make a political gain out of their
misfortune.

Idris, who confirmed that Wada was chased out of the emergency
ward, said, “We are surprised that a state governor could resort to
telling lies because contrary to the claim by his spokesperson that he
showed care towards our colleagues, he did not.

“Somebody that did not stop after his convoy killed our leader;
somebody that did not come to the hospital until some minutes to
5pm(on Tuesday) after the accident that happened around 11am
could not be said to be caring.
“That was why we chased him out of the emergency ward of the
hospital and we also prevented him from seeing Prof. Iyayi’s corpse
in the mortuary.

“We are not happy with the fact that he came very late to the hospital
and the fact that when he came, his press crew attempted to take
photograph and video record of Dr. Ilo, who is our national welfare
secretary. We stopped them because that was the height of
insensitivity.

“Somebody that could not provide us with an ambulance cannot be
said to be caring. We had to call UNIBEN for an ambulance that took
Ilo to the UNIBEN Teaching Hospital while our colleagues from the
Federal University, Lokoja, with the assistance of the vice-chancellor,
gave us the ambulance that was used to convey the remains of Prof.
Iyayi to Benin.”

Idris added that though Wada left the hospital “like a gentleman,”
some of his overzealous security aides tried to be naughty.
He said, “Some of the policemen that followed him to the hospital
wanted to be naughty but we lectured them. The hospital workers and
the residents of Lokoja who witnessed how we chased the governor
away were happy.”

Also, Adesola expressed dismay at the efforts made by the governor
to rewrite the incident.
He said, “It was actually the last of the governor’s convoy that veered
off the road and ran into a vehicle that was conveying Iyayi and
others.

“When the governor’s convoy came with noise and harassment,
everyone on the road moved to the side of the road for them to pass
but unfortunately, the governor’s aide has told the world that an
ASUU vehicle was avoiding a trailer and ran into their escort vehicle.
“What manner of reckless lying is that? The front of the ASUU bus
remains intact except for the windscreen that broke. Iyayi was sitting
at the back of the bus and the escort van ran into it.

The most annoying part is that the incident occurred around 11am
and the governor did not even visit the hospital until around 5pm.
“He came with a large number of pressmen and security aides and
was attempting to make some political capital out of our misfortune.
“We actually had to chase him away from the emergency ward where
our welfare secretary was still receiving treatment." ...

Source:
www.punchng.com/news/ASUU-leaders-chase-kogi-gov-away-from-hospital/

A former Head of State Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, on Wednesday
told the leadership of the All Progressives Congress that he could not
be wooed to join the party as he had never been a politician.
He made this disclosure when the leadership of the APC visited him in
Minna, Niger State.

Abubakar while speaking to newsmen after his meeting with the APC
leadership said, “I am not a politician, I am not a partisan politician
and I don’t need to be wooed.

“The APC leaders came to brief me on the amalgamation of the new
party, how they are doing, how far they have gone and how things are
moving. I have given them my dose of advice.”

He added that Nigerians should be allowed to exercise their right by
joining any party of their choice, urging them to do what is right for
their party.

Abdulsalami said, “Whether you are in opposition or in government,
you are serving the country. So whatever role any party finds itself,
they should play that role very well.”

Also, a former military President, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida said his
door was always open to anyone that comes to consult with him on
how to move the nation forward.

“I said Nigeria first before PDP. Nigeria is bigger than PDP. They
came to talk about Nigeria and how to move the nation forward.
“The APC leaders visited me to discuss the welfare of the country
which should be the responsibility of every Nigerian whether you
belong to a party or you do not have a party, you have an assignment
to protect the integrity of the country.

“People who come to talk about Nigeria and the way forward will
always be welcomed by me. We have to find a way forward for this
generation, what we are doing is for this generation,” he said.
The Natoinal Leader of APC, Chief Bisi Akande said they were in the
state to consult with the former leaders.

“We need to pick the brains of former rulers in this country in order to
be wiser than we were before we came here. We will continue with the
consultations until we have visited and consulted with all the wise
men in Nigeria,” he said.

Among a former governor of Lagos State, include, Akande, Chief Bola
Ahmed Tinubu, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari and a former Speaker of the
House of Representatives, Aminu Masari.

Source:
www.punchng.com/news/you-cant-woo-me-abubakar-tells-apc/

Sultan Kosen, a 30-year-old Turkish farmer, who is the tallest man is
the world, was engaged a couple of days ago. The joyful wedding of
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of Mardin.

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Orlando Owoh: When did you graduate? Between 2006 and 2010 that I was in OAU, there was this old Yoruba carpenter that goes to the 9 halls of residence advertizing his being a carpenter, for students to call him to repair their broken furniture. He was very, always speaking poor English. When you ask him to speak Yoruba, he would say, "I no hear Yoruba." He would define oxmosis, island, diffusion, lake, etc, claiming the girls in Moremi, Mozambique, Alumni and Akintola (Sports) taught him.

... Carpenter is here... He called himself " Fine carpenter"..

Ngwakwe: Most of those people you called non-graduates and illiterate are graduate-artisans with multi skills capabilities having learnt and worked with so many experts and trainers in one field of endeavour or the other.

Moreover, almost all of them did complete their JS3 School programmes and cannot be categorically called illiterate.

I will advise most classroom-graduates to join them in the meantime and until your luck shines (you get your dream job).

Well spoken, bro. On point.

How many unemployed graduates has Gov Okorocha paid now? It has been months since the supposed news filtered in. Truth is, it is all lies... Ask yourself, has he paid youth corpers in the state what the state owes them, how about pimary and secondary school teachers and students alike, undergraduates of IMO state origin, civil servants? Abeg make we wake up, that Rochas guy na 419... No be by sweet mouth o.

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tmeeto: Hello,
Is it evry one dat did medicals in lag during d 15th of july dat got a ts invite?
Who knows what plann db has,cos d rate at which they are recruiting is alarming. Am scared to leave my present job in a bank for db if they don't hv something concrete for us.

I was goin to ask too. how secure is ds diamondbank job offer? d rate at wich dy r recruit worrries a bit. wat do dy intend to do wit all d graduates dy r recruiting? hpe say no sey in 3-5 time dem go jst sack pple lik ds? i v bn tinkin o.

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