₦airaland Forum

wristbangle:
FFK issue is beyond redemption. He has completely lost it

Sadly, I have to agree with you. I stopped reading though, when I saw him linking Blair's visit with British approval.

I mean, the same Tony Blair, a retired Labour PM, now a business man, conveying the Conservative British Government's approval? According to FFK, Tony Blair is the current British Foreign Minister. Lol

mannatech:
Also though so. Guess he's doing it to raise enough to pay kanaan and his goons away from tariq.
But if u watch episode 3, u will know that even tommy and Julio are in on it too.

Guess who's gonna be the scapegoat.
Hoping the feds don't get to know cuz that's gonna be another nail in the coffin for ghost

How so? Ghost is behind bars and doesn't really know what goes on in the club in his absence, except what he's told!

The Feds can't use that against him, although it will be sad, if the club is closed as a result.

I wonder why no one has asked for the CCTV footage of the day the murder weapon was found to be reviewed, even though Ghost knows the weapon was planted. Or am I getting ahead of myself?

steph0:
Good. But I know i'm not the only one who has seen the gofundme campaign by lautech students. What happens to that? Or what has happened to it?

You don pay?

Wake me when the 7 Billion Naira complete.

ADEWUMIMichael:
i wept for NIGERIAN education,



i know the federal government has the capability to release such amount, but they won't, let's say they said they can't pay, but can't they just order the state governments to pay, at least the states are under the federal govt, and they have the right to obey what they said,



May God punish all our politicia especially Aregbe, Ajimobi and Tinubu

Is the bolded what they teach in Lautech these days? Little wonder your school has been under lock and keys for more than a year!

Bayo Adeyinka and his co-travelers will pay.

They are already doing "fine bara babi ala" to raise 7 million naira.

Iranu!

Iamthoney:
Giggs...Ryan Giggs

Oo serious. Lol

Elnida:
it's true.
the name Babayaro was an adopted name from their mentor and then coach/chairman Alh Sabo Babayaro .
they are Emmanuel/celestine Hycinth

Thanks for the education. I was only aware of the former.

Piiko:
why didn't he bring out the bottle of Hennessey he is just using it to gain cheap popularity, Ekiti state that doesn't pay salaries, if you get mind open the souvenir drink your boss gave you. wine of 1500 is what hes drinking, cheap phones squad

You sef see am?

Hungry mofos

KahlDrogo:
Where is the champagne? How are red wines and Hennessy "champagnes"

You dey mind the illiterates? Where is the "Hennessy" bottle in the picture sef? Empty Henne packs wey dem pick from nearby trash bin

Dicksonpal:
obontes

Excuse me?

goodvision12:
I learnt that hycinth is their real family name and not the babayaro

Hycinth? Strange, if true!

emmayayodeji:
Judging by the colour na aloura be that

But what do i know?

You sabi...na Sea lord him be.

WotzupNG:
Benitez Invites Celestine Babayaro’s Son To Join Newcastle Youth Team

Ryan Hycinth, son of Former Super Eagles Left Back, Celestine Babayaro has been invited by Rafa Benitez to join Newcastle youth team in training.

The 10 year old who has been likened to Messi emerged the most valuable player in a small-sided football competition organised by Newcastle United’s 1892 Foundation for schools at the Tyneside.

His father won the 1994 Africa Nations Cup and also emerged a gold medalist at the Atlanta 1996 Olympics. His stint at Chelsea saw him win the UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup, ‎UEFA Super Cup and the FA Cup titles.

http://wotzup.ng/benitez-invites-celestine-babayaros-son-join-newcastle-youth-team/

Ryan who?

adewuyiade:
Re open Lautech

How far with your Fund Lautech fine bara "babi ala" fraud?

Nonsense post @OP.

How did the unnamed sources in the write-up translate to Tinubu in your headline?

Silly sensationalization!

Modified: I see the title/subject/topic of the post has been adjusted to reflect its content. Well done mod!

softwerk:
I get wet at the thoughts of Lukaku 'banging' in several goals for my darling Man United

Mourinho is bae!

Yinmu

Sirhethat12:
Even if they don't hit their target before then you think we will blame them? hell no! because they tried their best against all odds and that's all that matters

This is the reason why we (the supposed ruling class) will always continue to "use" you (our cheerleaders).
Sit back and think (for once), when did the Lautech funding issue start? When was the school shut? Why did these people suddenly appear to care (after how long)?
Let me pose the following to you:
1. Are you aware that Lautech alumni election holds this November?
2. Are you also aware that Osun State gubernatorial election will hold next year?
3. Also, 2019 politics about to kickstart (by the end of this year)?
I wish I could engage you better, but there's really no point, as this is a faceless forum.
I'll personally take them up at the appropriate time.
Like I earlier said, we know ourselves better! You guys are only pawns in their game of chess.

Sirhethat12:
lol so you actually championed this course? so why are you suddenly against it? you are feeling as if they stole your idea Abi? lol now I know what your problem is. sorry

No, you got it wrong! I didn't champion the "babi alla", "decent bara" idea, but a call to action before it's too late. But these guys didn't see the need for our intervention then, sadly because there was no personal benefit to them, at the time.
I'm not against the course (of #Reopen Lautech), but I'm against this "crowdfunding" idea, especially given my very close knowledge of its promoters (albeit in the past). Do you understand my point better now?

hardewaley04:
NO RETREAT NO SURRENDER; NO AMOUNT OF THREAT AND INTIMIDATION CAN USURP OUR RESOLVED TO RETURN LAUTECH BACK TO THE ECHELON OF GREATNESS

#fundLAUTECH Update: The Journey So Far (Facts & Figures)

When #fundLAUTECH initiative was unveiled on June 12, 2017, we pledged to ensure that the fund raising effort is very transparent and we committed to give a review of our efforts periodically. We believe this will raise the bar concerning public accountability and probity and possibly bring back the much needed trust into our national life. Consequently, this update will address the following key issues:
1. Fund raising achievements so far.
2. Alternative and Traditional Media Engagements
3. Ancillary Efforts

MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS OF FUND RAISING EFFORTS

The first donor was Mr Ijaya Opeyemi Babatunde. As at June 30, 2017, we have had 86 different donations broken down as follows:
Internet/Online Banking Transfers- 76
Cheque Lodgments- 4
Cash Deposits into Account- 6
GROSS TOTAL- 86
The cleared balance as at June 30, 2017 is N4,219,089.15. Please find below a further analysis of the amount raised so far:
N200- 1 person
N500- 1 person
N1,000- 32 people
N2,000- 13 people
N2,500- 1 person
N4,000- 1 person
N4,300- 1 person
N5,000- 17 people
N10,000- 6 people
N20,000- 4 people
N30,000- 1 person
N50,000- 1 person
N100,000- 1 person
N644,589.15- 1 person
N1m- Fund Lautech Initiators
N2m- 1 person

Cleared Balance Total as at June 30, 2017- N4,219,089.15 (Four Million, Two Hundred and Nineteen Thousand and Eighty Nine Naira and Fifteen Kobo Only).
We have 2 cheques in clearing viz N250,000 and N500,000 respectively. Total balance in clearing is N750,000 (Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira Only).
We have the following outstanding pledges yet to be redeemed:
1. N1m pledge by the Accord Party Oyo House of Assembly members
2. N250,000 balance of the pledge by the Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty Oba Adeyeye Enitan-Ogunwusi
3. Five (5) months pension by His Excellency, Senator Rasheed Adewolu Ladoja.
Total pledge yet to be redeemed is N4,472,945.75
SUMMARY OF DONATION
Current balance- N4,219,089.15
Cheques in Clearing-N750,000
Pledges yet to be redeemed- N4,472,945.75
GROSS TOTAL- N9,442,034.90

Please note that the names of all donors are fully indicated on the crowd funding website www.fundlautech.com (except express instruction to remain anonymous is given). We urge the general public to please visit the website to check their names. We hereby make an open call to any member of the public who made a donation and cannot find his/her name on the website to raise an alarm.

It will be trite to mention at this juncture that all expenses incurred on this initiative (fuel, transport, logistics, T-shirts, website, press, hotels, printed materials and other out-of-pocket expenses) have been funded solely by us. No one is sponsoring us neither are we affiliated to any political party. We have not taken a single dime from the donation to fund any expense. Our philosophy is that of the revered John F. Kennedy, "Ask not what your alma mata can do for you but ask what you can do for your alma mata".

ALTERNATIVE AND TRADITIONAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENTS

By deploying technology platforms, the #fundLAUTECH initiative has expanded the conversation around LAUTECH beyond the immediate academic community. The whole world is now aware of the LAUTECH conundrum.
Available Social Data Intelligence (SDI) depicts that across all media i.e. News, blogs, forums, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest, Broadcast and Print between Monday June 12 when we formally unveiled the initiative and Friday June 30, #fundLAUTECH was able to reach an audience of 14.3m people. On Twitter alone, #fundLAUTECH got 23,255 mentions and 12,700 engagements within 18 days. The #fundLAUTECH website alone has attracted 46,505 views since June 12. That is an average of 2,500 views per day. The coverage of these statistics spans Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania and South America.

The #fundLAUTECH team has also been interviewed by the following stations:
Oodua FM in Ile-Ife, Osun State
Splash FM, Ibadan - about 5 different times.
AIT Ilorin- Phone-in Live Interview
Fresh FM, Ibadan- Call-in Live Interview
Ajilete FM, Ogbomoso
Parrot FM
Faaji FM, Lagos
Lead Radio, Ibadan
Lagelu FM, Ibadan
One of the major highlights is that our efforts led to the recent dedication of one hour by Channels TV Sunrise Daily to the issue of LAUTECH just last Monday.
We are grateful to the entire public for joining this conversation. We also thank all the print, radio and TV journalists who have assisted us in this bid to reposition our alma mata as a patriotic duty. We believe with this, solution is in sight.

ANCILLARY EFFORTS

We have met with various interests groups such as the Parents Forum and Federation of Ibadan Students Union among others. We have also visited very eminent personalities such as His Imperial Majesty, the Arole Oodua and the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan-Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, His Excellency, Senator Rasheed Adewolu Ladoja, Mr Yinka Afonja, businessman and proprietor of Ace Supermarket and clergy men among others. One major thing we have been doing beyond fund raising is to leverage on our social capital to reach out to important individuals and critical stakeholders that can facilitate the reopening of LAUTECH within the shortest possible time.
We are so grateful to His Imperial Majesty, The Ooni of Ife for accepting to be the Chairman of the Board of Trustees. We believe his oversight will be required in order to keep focus on transparency and accountability. The Board will authorize and supervise all disbursements. We are also very sincerely grateful to the President of our National Alumni Association, Babajide Bewaji for his invaluable support for this project. We cannot but salute LAUTECH Defenders, a bunch of motivated and energetic people who are dedicated to seeing the glory days back again.

We acknowledge the critics of this initiative and recognize their submissions as feedback. We quite understand that not everyone will agree with this project. We also agree that anyone in disagreement is within their rights to do so. If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking. We must continue to encourage healthy debates so ideas can be fine tuned and we can all be better for it.

We are not unaware of some smear campaigns going on. Our response is never to wrestle with a pig. You'll both get dirty and the pig likes it. We'll rather keep focus and hereby call on everyone to come up with their initiatives to get our alma mata out of the doldrums. What we need urgently are ideas- imperfect as they may seem. A weak idea properly executed is far better than a perfect idea next week. The fate of over 32,000 students is at stake and this is a higher and more critical consideration than petty and pedestrian outbursts. What we need most is moral courage. Unfortunately, even though this is the most valuable, it is the most absent characteristic in men.
We knew what we were getting into when we rolled out this initiative. We knew we would ruffle feathers- and certainly we did. We knew we would be threatened and yes, we have been threatened. We knew there would be intimidation but we remain undaunted. We knew our persons will be maligned but we are too focused to be distracted. There will always be opposition to every position. We counted the cost before we started and we are fully prepared to go the whole hog- until LAUTECH is re-opened and the great citadel of learning regains her lost glory. That is our single objective.

We salute all donors so far and reassure you of utmost transparency in this task. We are sincerely grateful to the person who donated the sum of N200 (Two Hundred Naira). That is one donation that tugged at our heart strings. We have called on the judgment of God to fall on anyone who misappropriates or embezzles the funds raised- including their generations. We are reminded of the curse of Joshua in Joshua Chapter 6 verse 26: "And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the Lord, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it".

We are reminded of its fulfillment in 1 Kings 16: 34: "In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun". So shall it be in Jesus Name.

Our target is scary but the real hero is the man who fights even though he's scared. We are open to donations from all and sundry irrespective of party, affiliation, gender, tribe or other considerations. We do not discriminate in any form. Also, please note that we do not accept cash donations. All gifts should either be via transfers directly to the account stated below only or by cheque issued in favour of FUND LAUTECH.

FUND LAUTECH
FIDELITY BANK- 5620082723
Thank you.

Ropo, is that you?

Sirhethat12:
I can't believe my eyes! like someone actually sat down to compose this lie? He said they are approaching APC opponents only? that's a big lie! Except if you are saying Ooni of Ife is not an apc supporter? they approached him and he donated.


it's not about us not approaching APC members it's about them ignoring us, they even begged Ajimobi and Aregbesola to donate to the initiative but they refused! Tinubu nko? he also refused. If this initiative is not the way out then what is? we have staged protest countless times! we even went to Abuja to protest but no result. yet you sit at one corner of your room spewing trash without giving any tangible way out? how much did those governors pay you? Abeg fear God o

So, you people are now "fine bara"?
Not in my name!

skilfulsagei:
Thank you. I don't think the guy is an alumnus.

I'm sure I am more of an alumnus than you are!

Boyolity:
Oga you that you're not gullible what steps have you or the alumni taken to better the lot of the institution.

Well, it would interest you to know that I was one of the very set of individuals (if not the first) to champion this course, about a year ago, when the likes of Bayo Adeyinka were still uninterested because it wasn't profitable (for them) at the time. Now that they have an "agenda", they're pretending and crying more than the bereaved, by playing on the intelligence of the gullible and uninformed few.
Anyways, time will tell. Whatever agenda it is, will definitely play out for all to see.

skilfulsagei:
If you are indeed an alumnus of LAUTECH, you won't engage in this name calling venture. I'm a pioneer student of the school and it's painful looking back at what has befallen the great institution. Sadly, the two governors are unperturbed about the degrading and retrogressive state of the school.
A group of Alumni came up with an idea to create awareness about the pathetic state of the school and raise some money to pay outstanding bills. What is the problem with this? Must they go to only APC members to get your approval? What is politically in what they are doing? Are the people approached not from the two states?
Please note that I only know about the group on fb but I know Bayo Adeyinka and he is a man of integrity.

Pray tell, who did I call what name?
I am indeed an alumnus, and those behind this charade are not men of integrity like you'd have us believe. Do you want names? Bayo (sellout to Salau), Ropo (for real? ), Sola Revolution (another sellout to Salau), to name but a few.
Well, like I said, the 90 days is just around the corner!

Nice one, Bishop Moore! Funny how Bayo Adeyinka and his co-travellers believe we are all gullible. Well, 90 days is just a few days away. We shall see.

eezeribe:
Don't mind all these educated illiterates that lack compression.

Na so. Afi compression naa

belindar:
Any little misunderstanding it now term domestic violence and ladies will be seeking for sympathy on social media.

Lol...smh

Disruptive!

Op, kindly post the concluding part of the write-up.

Gas meter ko, gas gauge ni

A consortium of banks, led by Access Bank PLC and other Nigerian and foreign banks, has taken over the management of Etisalat Nigeria, effective June 15.

The takeover followed the collapse of the effort by Emerging Markets Telecommunications Services, EMTS, promoted by one-time Chairman, United Bank for Africa, UBA, Hakeem Bello-Osagie, to reach an agreement with the banks on debt restructuring plan in the protracted $1.72 billion (about N541.8 billion) debt impasse.

However, EMTS Holding BV, established in the Netherlands, has up to June 23 to complete the transfer of 100 percent of the company’s shares in Etisalat to the United Capital Trustees Limited, the legal representative of the consortium of banks.

Etisalat Group, the parent company of Etisalat Nigeria, announced the takeover on Tuesday in a filing to the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirate.

The filing, with reference number Ho/GCFO/152/85, and dated June 20, 2017, signed by Etisalat Group Chief Financial Officer, Serkan Okandan, said efforts by EMTS to restructure the repayment of the syndicated loan by a consortium of banks to Etisalat Nigeria collapsed.

“Further to our announcement dated 12 February, 2017, Emirates Telecommunications Group Company PJSC, “Etisalat Group” would like to inform you that Emerging Markets Telecommunications Services Limited “EMTS” (“the company), established in Nigeria and an associate of Etisalat Group with effective ownership of 45% and 25% ordinary and preference shares respectively, defaulted on a facility agreement with a syndicate of Nigerian banks (“EMTS Lenders”).

“Subsequently, discussions between EMTS and the EMTS Lenders did not produce an agreement on a debt restructuring plan.

“Accordingly, the Company received a default and security Enforcement Notice on June 9 , 2017, requesting EMTS Holding BV (EMTS BV) established in the Netherlands, and through which Etisalat Group holds its interest in the company) requiring EMTS BV to transfer 100% of its shares in the company to the United Capital Trustees Limited (the Security Trustee”) of the EMTS Lenders by June 15, 2017.

“Subsequently the EMTS Lenders extended the deadline for the share transfer to 5.00 pm Lagos time on June 23, 2017,” the filing said.

Etisalat has been under pressure since 2016, following the demand notice for the recovery of a $1.72 billion (about N541.8 billion) loan facility it obtained from a consortium of banks in 2015.

The loan, which involved a foreign-backed guaranty bond, was for the mobile telephone operator to finance a major network rehabilitation and expansion of its operational base in Nigeria.

Unable to meet its debt servicing obligations agreed since 2016, the consortium, prodded by their foreign partners, threatened to take over the company and its assets across the country.

But the intervention of the telecom sector regulator, Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, and its financial sector counterpart, the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, persuaded the banks to rethink their threat and give Etisalat a chance to renegotiate the loan’s repayment schedule.

Late last week, PREMIUM TIMES reported exclusively that Etisalat was sinking deeper into trouble, with Mubadala, its majority shareholder, representing Etisalat of UAE, on the verge of pulling out following irreconcilable differences concerning the loan issue.

Source: http://saharareporters.com/2017/06/20/n541-billion-debt-access-bank-others-take-over-etisalat-nigeria

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ireneony:
The guy is nice looking. He's the kind of guy i like. Muscular

Someone should please help me with that hilarious O L O S H O meme.

Thanks.

Eluwilussit:
Odum is lion in igbo. Odumegwu (ojukwu), means scary lion literally. Did u not read where it was said that he organized Anambra for blah blah blah?

If na drug him carry now, you for don go grab ur binoculars, NCAN style.

laplace19:
He must have contracted the name from Onyedika to Dika.... He's igbo.

Haha...and Odumodu to Odum