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Politics / A Question For Igbos Looking For Biafra by Ijawman(m): 10:36pm On Jul 04, 2009
You have houses and properties in Abuja (70% of that city is said to be Igbo-owned) according to ElRufai (2007).
You have billions of houses and investments in Lagos, PH, Calabar and northern and southern states

What happens to these investments when you are no longer Nigerians? Are you going to uproot the buildings and move them to Enugu? Do you have the right to own property in a country where you are not citizens or (legal) permanent residents?
Politics / Govt. Bursts ‘sex Camp’ In Minna by Ijawman(m): 7:00am On Jul 04, 2009
Govt. bursts ‘sex camp’ in Minna
Written by Ayegba Israel Ebije, Minna
Activities of sex syndicates have been truncated following a raid by the Niger State government after a tip off, the Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs Elizabeth Makama, disclosed.

The commissioner explained that the camp which is a farm belonging to one Sarki Kasuwa, over time has been in use as a place where teenage girls between the ages of 10 and 12 are sexually trafficked.

She said the place which houses six rooms is used as a sex house for teenage secondary school girls who are lured into it at a fee of five hundred naira for each customer satisfied.

She added that the security man in charge of the place who acts as a middleman between men who patronise the place and the teenagers, takes N300 leaving the girls with only N200.
Politics / Re: Oyo, Imo, Ogun, Others Lead In Armed Robbery In Nigeria. by Ijawman(m): 4:12am On Jul 03, 2009
NDLEA arrests robbers in army, police uniforms …As police nab man with human skull, fake currency syndicate too
NGOZI UWUJARE, Ibadan

Thursday, July 2, 2009

The Osun State command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has arrested four persons, who were suspected to have been using police and army uniforms to rob innocent citizens.



The suspects, who looked strange in the oversize uniforms were later handed over to the Osun State Police Command, for further investigations and prosecution.


They were said to have been intercepted at Osu junction, on the Ilesha/Akure expressway.


Parading the suspects recently before journalists at the Osun State Police command headquarters in Osogbo, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. John Moronike explained that confessional statements by the suspects indicated that they extended their nefarious activities to Oyo, Kwara and Ondo states, before nemesis caught up with them.


He disclosed that they were apprehended by the NDLEA operatives, who were on stop-and-search duty.


The CP alleged that after successful robbery operations, the suspects usually took their loot to Lagos and other neighboring states for sale. He also alleged that the suspects usually wore police and army uniforms to dispossess people of their property at the Osu-Ife-Ipetumodu junction axis of Ibadan/Ilesha expressway.


Bubble burst when the bus they were traveling in from Akure, Ondo State, was flagged down by a team of NDLEA operatives on duty.

The names of the suspects were given as, Murtala Olugbenga, 25, Elijah Bamjuro, 22, Cosmos Oloba, 25, and Shedeah Emmjebor, 25.


Recovered from them were, locally made pistol, cutlasses, handsets, police and army uniforms.

Moronike also narrated how a man was nabbed with human skull in his possession. He was arrested at Ifewara, in Ife South Local Government Area of the state.

The 27 years old Iranade Olaoye, also described by the police as an armed robber, was said to have hidden the dry human skull in the roof of his house.


Nemesis caught up with him when somebody reported to the police that he was encroaching on his property and threatening to kill him.


It was when policemen went for his arrest that they discovered the human skull. Three guns, live cartridges and charms were also recovered from him.


Moronike explained that the command also nabbed members of a syndicate, which specialized in printing and circulating fake currency notes. Fake N52, 000 currency notes in N1000 and N500, denominations were recovered from them.

According to him, the syndicate had been circulating the fake currency notes in Abuja, Oyo, Delta, Kwara and Lagos states.


He gave the names of the suspects as, Sunday Marcus, Temitope Oyebani, Saheed Ibiyemi and Uche Obi. He told Daily Sun that the suspects would appear in court soon.
Politics / South -east To Produce President After Yar’adua-pdp by Ijawman(m): 2:21am On Jul 03, 2009
PDP cedes Presidency
•South -East to produce president after Yar’Adua
From JACOB EDI, Abuja.
Friday, July 3, 2009

President Yar'Adua
Photo: The Sun Publishing
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In what may appear as a major political upset in 2011, the ruling Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] may have ceded the presidential slot to the South East in the next general election. Accordingly, the party said it is the turn of the Igbos to produce the next president at the expiration of the tenure of President Umaru Yar’Adua.

This development may have altered the popular belief that President Yar’Adua will have an automatic ticket in 2011.
Similarly, the party said it had concluded arrangements to summon all its governors to give account of their stewardship as it approaches the next general election. The party is already taking stewardship account from its ministers. No fewer than five ministers had been to the party secretariat to brief the National Working Committee [NWC] of their activities.

The South East zone is therefore expected, according to the PDP, to unite with a view to putting their acts together to clinch the nation’s top post.
“After the presidency moves from the North, after the administration of President Umaru Yar’Adua, we expect it to move to the Southeast. That is the simple truth about it,” Dr Mohammed Bello Haliru, PDP’s Deputy National chairman, declared in Abuja on Thursday when he received the Olokoro community from Abia state, which visited the party’s national secretariat in solidarity with National Chairman, Vincent Ogbulafor.

While emphasizing the need for the Igbos to unite to prove they are capable of handling sensitive posts in the country, he added:“there must be unity among the Igbo race to show that they can be trusted with leadership like the Presidency.

“If the Southeast cannot be united behind a leader or their elders, it would be difficult to entrust the Igbo race with leadership when it moves from the North to the Southeast.” Dr. Mohammed Harilu Bello said.
“ We therefore want to remind you that this is the time for you to work for it. We have no doubt in the leadership of an Igbo man, but the Igbo race must unite to show leadership. They must unite to show leadership in PDP and in Nigeria,” he said.
Apparently to re-echo the party’s position, National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Professor Ahmed Alkali said, “this message from the Deputy National Chairman should not be lost on the Igbo race and what it stands for.”

Earlier, Ogbulafor tasked the Olokoro Community in Abia state to ensure that the PDP wins the next governorship election in the state.
“Make sure that by the next election, we get back the state for the PDP. Let it be a task and a challenge that must be accomplished.”

He welcomed the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) National Treasurer who decamped to PDP, stating that the National Working Committee (NWC) under him would always champion qualitative leadership without cost to Nigerians.
Ogbulafor also disclosed that the party had resolved to summon all its state governors to account for their stewardship so far, explaining that the election year is gradually at hand.
Politics / Re: Is Nairaland For Biafrans Or Nigerians? by Ijawman(m): 1:26am On Jul 02, 2009
Mafioso is one of dem bini babes doing ashy abroad. SHAME
Politics / This Is Lagos by Ijawman(m): 4:15pm On Jul 01, 2009
Lagos? Fashola? praise singing? damning counter evidence. billions gone where?

Politics / Gov Daniel treacherous –Alausa by Ijawman(m): 3:59pm On Jul 01, 2009
Gov Daniel treacherous –Alausa
By RAZAQ BAMIDELE and WILLY EYA
Wednesday, July 1, 2009



Governor Gbenga Daniel.
Photo: The Sun Publishing
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The controversy over blood oath taking in Ogun State deepened on Tuesday as the embattled lawmaker Wale Alausa alleged that virtually all elected officers were compelled to take allegiance oath to support Governor Gbenga Daniel. The lawmaker, flanked by his colleagues including the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Tunji Egbetokun made the allegation at a press conference in Lagos.

Alausa whose nude picture was taken while taking blood oath was published in the media re-emphasised before journalists that Governor Daniel was the mastermind of the fetish act, which according to him, was being manipulated to blackmail him.

“I was used, dumped and abused by the same man that is now trying to pin a label of a fetish oath taker on me,” he said, describing Daniel as a treacherous individual. The lawmaker nearly broke down in tears while relating the harrowing experience he allegedly went through in the hands of the state governor.

“When the story about the oath-taking first came out, my first instinct was to hide myself given the shame and ridicule that the Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, is trying to put my family to. But following spiritual advice to that effect, I have no choice but to continue with what my conscience had earlier asked me to do, struggle for justice on behalf of my immediate constituency in Ijebu Ode, and Ogun State citizens in general.

“Friends, colleagues and people that I don’t even know have been calling me all kinds of names with abuses for taking a fetish oath. Some even went as far as to say I am a desperate politician who wants to remain in office to enjoy the spoils of politics by all means necessary. To such people, I say, forgive me. I am sorry. But you also need to understand where I am coming from and why I did what was reported by Otunba Gbenga Daniel’s newspaper in a manipulative way. I was used, dumped and abused by the same man that is now trying to pin a label of a fetish oath-taker on me.

“As a Yoruba, and an Ijebu for that matter, I am not an Omo Ale (bastard). I challenge you journalists here and those of your colleagues in Ogun State to go back and check my past activities as a member of the Ogun State House of Assembly. I was a very vibrant member of the Group of 15 credible legislators who declared through our removal of Hon. Titilayo Oseni as Speaker last year that we’ve had enough of civilian dictatorship in Ogun State. We stood our ground despite physical and spiritual threats to our lives. We were called names. They even said we took money from the former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to effect Oseni’s removal. But to God be the glory that the people of Ogun State and Nigerians interested in the affairs of our state have seen through that falsehood.

“Now, back to the issue of Omo Ale. It may surprise you to know that my father is the Chairman of the Ogun East Senatorial District of the Peoples Democratic (PDP). He is a well-respected title-holder as Otun Balogun of Ijebuland. Following our action against Oseni last year, pressures were mounted on my father to prevail on me to withdraw my support for the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Tunji Egbetokun. My father knows he has a principled son. His response to Otunba Gbenga Daniel each time such pressure came was that his son is an adult with a family of his own, who is able to take decisions without recourse to him.

However, when the pressures on my father became too much, he became the butt of jokes in party circles. It was as if he could not control his son. Suddenly, a non-existent Ogun East Elders Council was formed by Otunba Gbenga Daniel to usurp the functions of the constitutionally recognised Ogun East Senatorial District Executive headed by my father. Daddy was thoroughly disgraced wherever he went in the state by agents of Otunba Gbenga Daniel. Nevertheless, he did not budge. He left me to decide what is best for my constituency without putting any pressure on me. But the involvement of our royal father, (names withheld) by Otunba Gbenga Daniel, I believe, made my father bent a rule which he imbibed in us from childhood that, once we believe in something we should face it squarely without fear of anyone except Almighty Allah (SWT).

“You may want to check past editions of your newspapers to confirm what I am about to say. Somewhere along the line, the G-15 became G-14. This was celebrated in Otunba Gbenga Daniel’s newspaper as well as others without mentioning my name. But I hereby confess I was the one who left the group to pledge allegiance to the Governor following the untold pressure on my dad, especially the need to respect our royal father. The condition of pledging allegiance to Otunba Gbenga Daniel was humiliating, but before the Almighty Allah who created me, I stuck to my guns that unless he also took the same oath, I will refuse to do so.

“You might then wonder how the photograph came about. Long before then, especially before the 2007 elections shortly after the party primaries, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, had ensured that most, if not all those seeking elective offices took the oath of allegiance to him. You can ask your colleagues in Ogun State, if they are honest, they will also tell you that there is no Council Chairman that did not take the oath before their elections. But at that time, they know my background and they know such a thing could not be forced on me because the role I’ll play in the election will even be more than all of them combined together. So, I was left alone. But it was my dad they believed will hold me anytime they want.

“One thing I thank God for in all of these is that the confidence of my colleagues which I betrayed because I do not want to be labelled an Omo Ale has been restored by God Himself. Because how can one explain Otunba Gbenga Daniel’s release of a photograph he took deceitfully? I know he has been angry because he expected I’ll return to the G-15 and begin passing details of our meeting to him. But I refused. The oath I took was to the effect that I will not be among those who will impeach him from office.

It did not include spying on my colleagues. Part of the argument was that as an Ijebu, I should not allow the Egba to disgrace our son, Otunba Gbenga Daniel. I agreed after that pressure from my dad. But it was a reluctant decision, which I made as a dutiful Yoruba son to a father who has been everything to me.”
Speaking further at the press conference, Alausa who represents Ijebu Ode state constituency alleged that Governor Daniel ensured that elected officers take the oath of allegiance shortly after primaries of the People Democratic Party (PDP) before the last election in the state.

Alausa maintained that he was not alone and gave graphic details of how the state governor subjected the assembly members and other elected officers to take oath before the last general election in the state.
Politics / Gov Bukola Saraki Walks Half–sister Out, Gives Her 2 Hours To Leave Ilorin by Ijawman(m): 1:27am On Jul 01, 2009
Gov Bukola Saraki walks half–sister out, gives her 2 hours to leave Ilorin in her own interest
By Chidi Obineche

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Gov Bukola Saraki’S half Sister Oyinkansola has spoken of how her visit to him in government house Ilorin some yeas ago ended dramatically with the governor walking her out and giving her 2 hours to leave Ilorin in her own interest.


Her words:

“I met him before I decided to contest. Before, I was not interested in contesting. I came to Nigeria. I spoke to him. I saw him at the government house. I was to see him at 9’ o clock actually; but he didn’t see me until 3’o clock; though he was very busy that day. I saw him and we had a chat. And he just looked at me and said, is that what you come to say, and I said yes. That was 3’o clock in the afternoon. He looked at his watch.


He called his P.A, and said, can you escort my sister out here. And I give you still 5’o clock to leave Kwara State, or I don’t guarantee your safety. That was his exact words. Even at that, I didn’t leave. I am as stubborn as he is.

I visited the Commissioner for Women Affairs and a few of his commissioners to speak to them. I said, even if my brother is not doing things, try and do the right thing. But I didn’t succeed anyway. So, I left.

Fighting from the flanks


“Truly speaking, when you look at it from the outside, you’ll ask, why is it this family all the time? It looks like that but I am not on their side. I mean, if you read the papers, they have disowned me. Bukola came out publicly to say, I am not Saraki’s daughter; I’m a bastard; all because of all this. It is very painful when someone comes up to say oh, I am a name dropper. All because I am fighting this cause. It is a shameful thing.
Politics / Conveyor Belt Drug Cartel Busted by Ijawman(m): 11:53pm On Jun 29, 2009
How NDLEA busted cannabis cartel at MMIA
Written by Nahimah Ajikanle Nurudeen, Lagos
Following the discovery of a cartel that specialises in cannabis smuggling through the conveyor belt at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), the Chairman and Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Ahmadu Giade has charged security agencies at the airport to be alert to the illegal activities of drug dealers.
He has directed that NDLEA staff strength at the baggage Unit be increased while some of its agents are permanently stationed at the gate of the basement leading to the Tarmac.

The Agency is also calling for the illumination of the conveyor belt tunnel and installation of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) monitors.

This he said is to give support to the motorised patrol team while urging security agents to work as a team, noting that national security is not a one man affair.

“NDLEA cannot fight and win the battle against illicit drugs in isolation. In the same vein, no country is an island. We must collaborate and work together,” the NDLEA boss stated.

The journey towards dismantling the cartel began on March 3, 2009 when a Nigerian, Nnaemeka Daniel Offorkaile was arrested in Beijing China by Beijing Anti-Smuggling Bureau over 87.25 kg of cannabis concealed in two packages.

Nnaemeka departed Nigeria through the MMIA Lagos on March 1, 2009 aboard Qatar Airways flight and arrived Beijing on March 2, 2009 with two luggages but immediately proceeded to Guangzhou without collecting any of them.

He was arrested the following day when he went to collect his luggage.

The National Intelligence Agency (NIA) reported the arrest of Nnaemeka by the Chinese authorities to the NDLEA through two letters dated March 23 and 26 2009.

Consequently, the NDLEA Chairman Ahmadu Giade ordered the investigation of the matter to unravel the circumstances that led to the exportation of the said 87.25 kg of cannabis by Nnaemeka to China.

All staffs of security agencies that were on duty during the screening of passengers on the Qatar Airways flight on the 1st of were quizzed.

The investigative team led by a Superintendent of Narcotics, Nanzing Sallah discovered that the maximum weight of any check-in luggage by Qatar Airways is 32 kg and that the Airline does not accept payment of excess luggage.

The NAHCO staff that supervised the handling of luggage on March 1, 2009 claimed she did not record any excess luggage as indicated by the seizure made in China.

This was also corroborated by the official record of Qatar Airways that the weight recorded for both luggages at the Lagos airport was found to be 18 kg only.

It was also revealed that the numbers of the two bags checked-in by Nnaemeka were hand written, a development found to be abnormal.

As a result of the observed lapses, NDLEA called for increased vigilance by various security agents.

On May 2 2009 however, operatives of the agency and officials of Qatar Airways were alerted of two suspicious bags.

The operatives made three arrests of the bag handlers found to be staff of OTIS namely; Hammed Oyesanya, Dosunmu and Stephen Adebowale.

When interrogated, they owned up to the crime and also indicted two other colleagues of theirs. While conducting search on the luggage, 52 compressed wraps of cannabis were found weighing 49 kg.


In the course of investigation, one Okoli Monday said to be the owner of the 49 kg of cannabis was arrested.

Few days later, one Madu Sunday Emeka brought a bag to Richard Ekpo both of whom are members of the syndicate. They were both arrested and when the bag was searched, 17 compressed wraps of cannabis weighing 17.5 kg were found inside.
Politics / Wicked Yorubas Retired Me; Now I Am Better Than Them. by Ijawman(m): 1:10am On Jun 27, 2009
NTA dramas cost me my job —Livinus Nnochiri
By Benjamin Njoku
Friday, June 26, 2009
If were familiar with the NTA Channel 10 popular TV dramas such as, ‘Tales by Moonlight” and “After the Storm” aired in the 80s, the name, Livinus Nnochiri will strike no strange chord to your ears. Nnochiri was one of the earliest talents in Nigeria who started out from the stage, before moving to the big screen. But while he acknowledged the joy and happiness acting has brought to him, the veteran actor will not forget in a hurry how his former employers at the old P&T, and NIPOST forced him to retire from the ministry against his will ,following the fact that he featured on NTA drama series.“They said they watched me on NTA, and that I was indulging in PP,” he recounts. That’s not all, Nnochiri also talks about the roles he plays in movies as well as other burning issues in the film industry. EXCERPTS:
Role in Movies




No actor determines the kind of role that he gets. But the producers assign roles to us, according to every individual’s ability to deliver his lines. At my age, nobody will give me the role of a lover boy or a criminal but that of a father, a senator or somebody who is well placed in society. Those are the kind of roles that I am oftentimes given to play. It has to go with age. It’s not as if the roles I play in movies affect my relationship with my family. Not at all. Livinus Nnochiri that people know is a very homely man and a real father to the core. I am a true Christian. When I play one role, and do it very well, the producers will say, ‘let’s give him the same role in the next movie’. Otherwise, even if it means to play the role of a blind man, a layman or a mad man, I am equal to the task. I interpret my scripts very well, and after my work, I go back to myself. So, what I am in my home and what I am in movies defer. When I interpret my roles, it doesn’t mean that it influences my attitude towards my immediate family members.


My journey


My journey into the film industry started when I was in the secondary school. Then, acting was something of a talent. Some people had to pass through the university studying Theatre Arts, only to end up not to act. Take it or leave it, acting has to do with talent. While in secondary school, we formed such clubs as debating club, dramatic club. I started from there. After passing out, I went to work in Radio Nigeria, where I was presenting programmes in Owerri. Somehow, I got involved in radio drama. But I finally moved to Lagos. I started with the stage performance. I later became part of the casts of the old NTA drama series, ‘Tales by Moonlight’ and ‘After the Storm’ from where I was ushered into the world of make-believe.


Difference between stage and big screen


The difference is that the stage prepares for the big screen. If you are stage person, you know how to deliver your lines perfectly well, interpret your scripts and move with your lines. But it’s not the same with the big screen. Acting is everything combined. Stage performance gets you prepared for the big screen; from TV acting, the movie world is just by the way. It is easier to be on the screen than to go on stage.

Years of sojourn


Everything combined, I have put in about 12 years in the film industry. I started from the stage, before I moved to the big screen. From the beginning, it was a bit rough, because then, I was business trying to build up myself. But the breakthrough started surfacing about three to four years ago. In terms of financial reward, let me be very frank with you, Nollywood is yet an individual industry. The government has not established it’s presence in the industry. The industry till today is run as an individual company by people who invested their money to make the films. So, financially, Nollywood has enriched very few practitioners, whereas many others have remained at the bottom of the ladder. That’s why we are insisting on purposeful leadership that will be focused to deliver the gains of the industry to all and sundry. At least, when one is able to feature in three or four films in a year, he could be alright for that year. But it’s not like that now. Some actors and actresses feature in more than fifteen movies in a year, yet they don’t have enough to take home. The time is yet to surface when Nollywood stars will be happy to claim to be a star.


The poor, and the rich in Nollywood


Nollywood is yet an individual industry. When, I, as an industry, put down my hard earn money to shoot a film, what do you think will occupy my mind than to feature faces that will sell the film. And if I succeed in engaging at least four or five of the popular faces and pay them well, every other person featured in that film will go home with a peanut. It doesn’t matter. The producer is more concerned about featuring faces that will sell his film to enable him to recoup his invested capital. For the fact that Nollywood is still seen as an individual investment, things will have to take shape little by little. When it gets to that stage, everybody will jubilate. There are loopholes everywhere, even in our homes, in government and in society. But the loophole I foresee in Nollywood is that the industry needs leaders who are well positioned, sincere and committed. Otherwise, Nollywood is moving at a pace dictated by the individual investors.


Financial status


I am richer now, because when I was venturing into the entertainment industry, I was still working with the Ministry, then, P&T, and NIPOST. Then, things were not working out well for me. I used to be on the casts of ‘Tales by Moonlight’ and ‘After the Storm’ aired on NTA as at that time. At a point, my employers felt that I was engaging myself in other things to make ends meet. They decided to sack me. There and then, I opted to go into full time acting. I am better off now than when I was working as a civil servant.

Rash action of my old employers


[b]They said I was engaging myself in ‘PP’ (private practice). But somebody like St. Obi, who is made today, started from soaps, and then, Obi was working with the old P&T. Uncle Layi Ashadele was working with the bank when he featured in a soap opera. So, it’s not a hidden thing that somebody is working and at the same time finds time to do other things to help himself. It didn’t disturb my job then. But my employers were not happy with me. It was sheer wickedness, and ethnic sentiment that was at play, because then, I was working in the midst of Yorubas. As a result, I was forcefully sent on retirement and that was after I had put 14 years in service. Thanks be to God, I am today better off than those wicked souls who retired me forcefully. Initially, they wanted to put it as sack but for the intervention of the workers’ union, it was reversed to retirement. Now, they are paying me peanut as pension. Throughout this year, NIPOST has not paid me anything as pension. [/b]
‘Tales by Moonlight’


It is no longer what it used to be when we were part of the cast. I don’t know how they are running it now. Those days, it was aired 5 pm every Sunday, and families would gather to watch the programme. Then, it was fun. But today, the fun is no longer there. We were only paid N1000 per episode and I must tell you, till date, NTA is still owing me some money.
Politics / Re: Is This Self Praise Or What? by Ijawman(m): 8:00pm On Jun 23, 2009
I see that the guy has been blogging himself on cyber. Good luck Nwayo grin grin
Politics / Re: Is This Self Praise Or What? by Ijawman(m): 7:58pm On Jun 23, 2009
http://www.osgoode.yorku.ca/glsa/2007conference/2007_schedule.html

Now, is Osgoode the best law school in the world? If not, has the author gone to other law schools to check the performance and promptness of Nigerian students there? Anyways, I realize he is talking about Osgoode. To that extent, I give it to him.
Politics / Re: Is This Self Praise Or What? by Ijawman(m): 4:09pm On Jun 23, 2009
That sounds like an Ibo name. I think Nwayo means easy or softly in Ibo? I will google up the name and se what I get.
Politics / Re: Is This Self Praise Or What? by Ijawman(m): 3:51pm On Jun 23, 2009
Is there no other way to pass the message across without this RAW self indulgence?
Politics / Is This Self Praise Or What? by Ijawman(m): 3:51pm On Jun 23, 2009
http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/letters/article01//indexn2_html?pdate=230609&ptitle=Not every Nigerian is a fraudster

Not every Nigerian is a fraudster

SIR: I am writing to bring to your notice that many Nigerians are working hard to uplift the image of our country. Recently, I set a record at Osgoode Hall Law School, Canada as the first Ph.D student in the history of the law school to complete the Osgoode doctoral programme in less than three years. I have been informed there will be an official recognition and award from the university on the convocation day (June 24, 2009) for achieving this outstanding feat.

A brief profile about me is that I graduated from Enugu State University of Science and Technology in 1998. I came out with Second Class (Honours) Upper Division; and also made the overall best result at the Faculty of Law of the University. I proceeded to the Nigerian Law School, Abuja in 1999 and was called to the Nigeria Bar in 2000. At Law School we were only 15 students out of about 4,500 students that made second class (Honours) Upper Division after the May 2000 Nigerian Law School's Bar finals. Immediately, after my NYSC in 2001-2002, I secured a full-funded Dalhousie Graduate scholarship from Dalhousie University, Canada for an LL.M programme. I completed the LL.M programme in 10 months (from September 2002-July 2003). Subsequently, I worked for two years before commencing my Ph.D programme in September 2006.

My case is that it will be nice if you help publish my achievements at Osgoode Hall Law School in your newspaper to remind many who think that the name Nigeria is synonymous with fraud that they are completely wrong. Many of us are working hard in our little ways to give our country a good name.

I am hoping you will help get this information out there because it is a very big thing here. For your information, Osgoode was founded in 1889 and later got affiliated to York University in 1968. You can do your own research about the history and antecedents of the Law School. Throughout the history of the Law School, a Nigerian happens to be the first person ever to complete the Osgoode's doctoral programme in less than three years. I think we Nigerians should be proud of this and not just to bemoan our fate whenever it is reported that some of our citizens are caught up in crime. For me, I am tired of negative news about Nigeria. Let us get some positive news out there.

Jirinwayo Odinkonigbo,
Culture / Re: Which Is Better: High Bride Price (igbo) & High Divorce Rate (hausa And Yoruba) by Ijawman(m): 4:30pm On Jun 16, 2009
tpiah:

good for you!

Keep telling yourself you're Ijaw and dont forget to knock your maryjanes together at the same time.

I hear you are the rat-in-chief around here. Just do not rat on me, or,
Politics / Re: Such A Sad Day For Me: Will This Name Ever Be Clean Again? by Ijawman(m): 4:28pm On Jun 16, 2009
Poster is just begining. We have seen these things over and over. Grow a thick skin, sis.

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