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Da infamous: thats is what they wanted,they want to make his government ungoverned and they are winning in some ways because terrorism halt economy and slow govt activities down plus no investors will want to invest in a country with no security all because his from "minority tribe" GOD will protect him and give him wisdom to handle this ugly trend......

noblezone: Those blaming Jonathan for the menace of Boko Haram should see a shrink. Boko Haram is a product of the mis-amalgamation. If Buhari or any of the kinsmen of the Boko Haramites had won the election, there would have been "peace".

I am ashamed to read some tantrums here that will make my 1yr old so matured in the name of posts.

Boko Haram is not the normal security challenge. Nigeria is at "war"! The aggressors want to intimate us into submission. The philosophy is simple: "we rule or don't rule".

For those who find it hard to understand what Mr. President said, The American economy melted because of "war against terror". Boko Haram is doing a "good" job of making "Nigeria ungovernable".

We can either support the progressives and resist the internal colonialists or we can hide behind our computers and blame Mr. president for our woes as if he was the one that caused the mis-amalgamation.

D-Explorer:
GEJ gave a reason why his government has not met the yearnings of the people and you all choose to make illogical comments. The president had a transformation plan, he came on board only to encounter an emergence, he changed strategy to security whilst working on job creation via YouWin. I believe if he has a direct impact on you or your family, you probably won't pick ranting as chorus. Welldone GEJ! He's winning again in 2015 incase any hater wants to die before then.

shizzle11: Kobojunkie, you are trully a junk. What truth are you talking about You're a silly inf!del. Why not stfu rather than make baseless claims for whatever stoopid reason(s) Again i demand, give us the stats

shizzle11: Valid question! Exactly the reason i asked a similar question above. Already crying fowl even before the game got started #smh#

r231: Information recently made available to 247ureports.com through principal sources within the Federal Road Safety Corps [FRSC] reveal that the new improved security features imbedded in the new driver’s license of the federal republic of Nigeria has been approved for acceptance by the State of Maryland in the United States of America [USA] as a valid driver’s license in the state of Maryland. This information was confirmed by the department of motor vehicles in the State of Maryland following a comprehensive inspection and evaluation of the new security features imported into the new driver’s license being launched by the FRSC.

Already, the new driver’ license has been accepted by other European countries including Australia. Another North American country, Canada is said to be conducting an independent evaluation of the licensing process and the new security features to determine whether to begin accepting the new license as a valid driver’s license in their country.

The new driver’s license, as gathered, was launched to streamline the pervading duplicity in identity and the ongoing fraud within the issuing agencies. Presently, the FRSC created a single data base to house the bio-data of all holders of the driver’s license in a manner to enable complete background checks on would-be drivers or applicants for driver’s license. The data base houses the biometrics including advance methods of collecting and storing fingerprints, passport snap shots, verifiable address and next of kin contact information [phone number]. This information are captured by the new system and scans the entire database of driver’s license to find matches for existing duplicates in the database system. When matching duplicates are found – an alarm is raised. The search for duplicates normally takes less than a minute to a minute to complete.

Impressively, the process for applying for driver’s license [DL] has been overturned to ensure the integrity of the DL. Previously, DL’s are issues ate the various FRSC zones in the country. There are 12 FRSC zones in Nigeria. The new process requires for the entire DL to be issued [printed] at one source – that is the headquarters in Abuja. The application for DL now starts with a visit to the website [www.NigeriaDriversLicence.org] where the applicant will be asked to fill out the appropriate form [renewal/new/re-issue]- and then chose the closest FRSC office to pick up his/her license. From the website, a print out is generated which the applicant will take to the nearest FRSC office of his/her choice. At the FRSC office, fingerprints and other pertinent bio-data are captured electronically and transmitted instantly to the head office in Abuja. The local FRSC then issues a temporary driver’s license which has a validity period of 60days. A fee of N6,000 is paid directly to the Joint Tax Board via electronic means.

The headquarter office in Abuja will instantaneously input the captured data into the main database to scan for duplicates of fingerprints or photographs. When there appears a duplicate, the application is rejected. When there appear no duplicates, the application process is continued to the next level. The license is then printed and delivered to the local FRSC office.

In addition to the streamlined process, the new security features of the license appear to have improved considerably. New features imbedded into the new license make duplication of the license virtually impossible. This is particular to the quality of the material used for the new license. The barcodes at the back of the license are said to be scan-able by the field FRSC operatives while at the various checkpoints along the streets and roads throughout the country. And as gathered, the barcodes contain the bio-data of the holder of the license.

The Chief Executive of the FRSC, Osita Chidoka, is said to have been the brainchild behind the restructuring of the Nigeria Driver’s License program through the improved security features. It is believed the new process will provide a new realistic baseline for the start of a true identification process in Nigeria – for the various security outfits in Nigeria.

247ureports.com also gathered that the Chief Executive of the FRSC will be gradually introducing the point-system for repeat offenders of laws against road safety. With the new driver’s license, it will be possible to accurately record and score each offender in the database with each offense – and when a limit is reached, the offender’s driver’s license is either suspended or revoked.

It was also gathered that the majority of the DL holders are presently not captured in the main database of the FRSC due to the manner the process had been abused by the various FRSC zones. “Most of the licenses on the streets are mere plastic cards” said a top ranking officer of the FRSC who went to say that “as time goes on, the drivers will need to renew their licenses and we will automatically capture their bio data”.

Most importantly, the new process will enable checkmate the prevalence of insecurity in the country.


http://247nigerianewsupdate.com/new-nigerias-drivers-license-now-accepted-in-the-usa/

billyG: The ineptitude of pple in power in tackling d terrorist menace called boko haram will make nigeria break away sooner than predicted,the islam is creating a has created a Frankenstein monsters all over d world.

elklehamite: It is now very clear that boko haram is not fighting political war but reliligion. I said in the past past that if this people are fighting political war,why then are they focusing on churches and killing innoncent christians? Someone did argued then that Jonathan's government is synonimous to christianity by the thinking of this illitrate boko haram hence they do not want "an infidel" to rule them forgetting that themselves are Infidel to the same christians and yet they could not see beyond their nose.But the question now is can the stand in this battle line they are drawing? "Telling all christians to accept ISLAM and start worshipping the desert spirit of mass destruction and blood monger before they could have peace is ridiculous.Whereas christians are not forcing people or themslves to become christians is a very seriious exceptions.My only worries, is that they are some muslems that are not in support of BOKO HARAM menace, while some are pretending and even likes the killing project that they have embarked upon.In this situation, where do we go from here? The christians cannot afford to be watching themselves being continuously slaghtered like cow,they would wants to defend themselves and that is to say war. Government will have to wake up to their responsibities,for I am beginning to hear a drum of war sounding by virtue of the development.

lagerwhenindoubt: I think there have not been nearly enough killings of innocent non-muslims (YET) perhaps it is when Nigeria's population is reduced by 30 million non-muslims, that is when we will get off our chairs and do something

osolomio: Proffer solutions, we already know the problems.

campella: I think Akwa Ibom and Cross River could've worked out an amicable solution to their problem. Maybe the oil wells could've been shared?

That would have been the only logical thing.
It was done during the reign of Donald and Attah.
These present scrubs of politicians are selfish and want only their pockets full

This is truly going to bring enmity between these two sister states,.

I pray all ends well

denko: it is obvious that Boko Haram is synonymous to Hausa/Fulani. it is annoying that just one tribe is holding a whole country to a ransom. i pray they stop otherwise what happen in Ruwanda might replicate in Nigeria.

chrishenzo: I think what we should be asking ourselves is "How Can In A Country Of More Than 150 Million People, Not Up to 5 Companies Manufacture Cement".

The same reason why Lagos flourish under the influence of corruption.
The same reason why in this day Nigeria still suffer from unstable Electricity.
The same reason why no good road network.

Don't blame Dangote, blame it on the corrupt policies/government.

Ogbonaikenna: Thank you Gej

afam4eva: I'm referring to the reasons why 76 oil wells were ceded to Akwa-Ibom in the first place and not the court judgement.

jaybee: this is a court judgement, not politics, culture or economics.

i can remember a political solution was arranged sometimes back, in which in the spirit of brotherliness, Akwa-Ibom State agreed to share the proceeds of oil, from the oil wells in question, with Cross Rivers State. but Cross Rivers State was not satisfied with the arrangement and so went back to court in attempt to claim all. recall that both states were once in the old cross rivers state, before the split in 1987, and the present day cross rivers state government do not appear to have a good grasp of the coordinates their common boundary, and the implication of the loss of bakkasi peninsula. once bakassi was ceded to cameroun, cross rivers ceased to be a littoral state, and has zero oil production onshore; it is now land-locked just like kogi, benue, katsina. it has zero derivation from the offshore production, where the oil wells in question are located. this is a political, economic, cultural and judicial matter, but the court judgement in question was more of administrative.

afam4eva: Akwa-Ibom as a state has more political muscle than Cross-river state because i don't understand the logic behind the ceding of CR oil wells to Akwa-Ibom.

Zutchy: If the fed govt relally is the one holding back the take off of the refineries then I want you all to read in between the lines,they are delaying the takeoff of a $28billion deal for three refineries that would add 400,000bpd to be completed in 2017 but then went ahead to sign a totally different deal for $4.8billion for six refineries that would add a total of 180,000bpd to be completed in 2014,what does this tell you,this was a fed govt deal now and not an NNPC deal,the federal govt is aware of the fact that Nigerians need their problems to be solved or want to see something being done to solve it,they did not cancel the NNPC,CSCEC MOU,that one still stands and will still be carried out,but they want to start alleviating our problems as soon as possible.

Mandelaguy: They know themselves,the truth is coming out!

blkmum700: i thought your boss said he doesn't know them,How come you Are trying to meet with them and who gave you their Numbers when Your boss said he doesn't know who is BH.

phreakabit: I know this might sound very brash and ignorant, but isn't it time we split this darn country?

Alxmyr: If this is true, Mr. President earn my respect for this.
For a man whose singular word can change the entire Benin kingdom or whatever remain of it,
to have humbled himself to the extent of sitting for a king, this is an epitome of humility.
I don't know if this picture is true, but if it is, I am very humbled by this.
THIS IS HUMILITY AT ITS PEAK.

Billyonaire: No !

Billyonaire: ICC is a biased entity, only 1 conviction and 9 prosecutions since inception and all cases are from Africa. America and China opted out of the jurisdiction, as they dont want their citizens tried for war crimes. ICC should find their compass jare.

Billyonaire: Its called Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in business, the Nigerian company is there because there must be local partnership and the Feds is there cos it has to influence price regime to be favorable to Nigerians, the Money from FDI comes from the 3 parties, the Foreigners bring the technical know-how as well as some financial obligations. I am responding to you because you showed genuine ignorance, now that you are educated on this, please tell your neighbor.

chuks49: Corps members posted to Yobe, Kaduna, Kano, Sokoto, Bornu and Bauchi states have asked the National Youth Service Corps to redeploy them from these trouble states.

The corps members, who expressed sadness as they received their call-up letters for the Batch B NYSC service year, said they were confused as they did not know what to do due to the spate of bombings and other forms of insecurity in these states.

Some of the corps members and their families, who expressed their worries on various social network sites including Facebook and Twitter, said they were extremely sad and disappointed when they received their call-up letters, deploying them to trouble states where there is currently curfew, threats of reprisals andcenseless bombings.

Some of the comments on the social network sites read, “We need to arise and stop the government from sentencing us and our loved ones to death. Is our government/NYSCthis heartless or simply inhumane? We seek our immediate redeployment, we want to live in places where wecan work with peace of mind.’’

Our correspondents learnt thatauthorities of the NYSC had also been under pressure from parents and prospective corps members posted to northern states, who had been seeking alternative posting.

Our Correspondent learnt in Abuja on Sunday that the NYSCwas already collaborating with the affected states on how to ensure security for the corps members posted to their states.

But speaking through the Borno State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Inuwa Bwala, in a telephone interview with our correspondent in Abuja on Sunday, the Governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, made a casefor corps members to be posted to the state.

He argued that the security situation in the state was beingexaggerated by detractors to further isolate the state from the rest of the country.

He said, “While it is true that we have security challenges,(http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2012/03/02/nigeria-war-in-the-north-war-in-the-south/ , http://www.ngex.com/news/public/article.php?ArticleID=2177 , http://www.google.com.ng/search?q=war+in+north+nigeria&hl=en&biw=1024&bih=649&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&sei=ud7yT8rINaPO0QXB0P2vCQ&gbv=2&tbm=isch , http://aderinola./2012/01/23/the-war-in-northern-nigeria-boko-haram-detonates-20-bombs-in-kano/ , )it is a fact that these challenges are not exclusive to Borno State.

“[b]We don’t have on record any attack on visitors[/b]http://www.punchng.com/news/attackers-slit-seven-construction-workers-throats-in-maiduguri/ neither do we have any record of attacks on the NYSC camp or corps members posted to and currently serving in Borno State.”


http://www.punchng.com/news/outrage-as-nysc-posts-graduates-to-borno-others/

osifred: as much as i don't fancy Mr president. i don't like the way he is being ridiculed by every dick and harry. the last i checked he still the c in c.

double j1: This is called distractions. They are diverting our attention from important matters making us spend our time on less important things. Pls, lets contribute to the cure of nigeria problem by posting our sincere contribution to the thread titled 'A CURE TO NIGERIA PROBLEM'www.nairaland.com/974820/cure-nigeria-problem

ObamaUS: What gave you guys the impression that GEJ is praying for naija?What if he's praying for more opportunity to plunder the nation...What if he's saying"GOD PLS I WILL TRAVELLING TO MEXICO TOMORROW,CUBA NEXT TOMORROW,ARGENTINA NEXT WEEK AND AFGHANISTAN NEXT MONTH.PLS PROTECT ME AND MY WIFE FROM PLANE CRASH OO...YOU KNOW YOU PROMISED ME 2015.HELP ME TO ACTUALISE IT OO..

Why did they have to take his pix?Afterall,he will still go and chop money after the prayers..
God no day hear this kind of prayer bare..mshewwwwww

Beaf: You are funny. The subsidy racket has been going on since Abacha's time, when the good General built a private refinery in Ivory Coast with FG money and burst NNPC, so he and his cronies were the only ones importing fuel.

I bet our know alls in 9ja couldn't speak at the time, cos it would simply have attracted a bullet from Sgt. Rogers. Abacha wasn't a man of many words.
However, these days, it is fashionable for clever people to blame the man that has opened their eyes to the way the citizen was being phucked. 9ja is a weird and wonderful place indeed! You help a man, only for him and his family to spit on you and call you a fool; as GEJ said, "ITS A BIG BUSINESS."

SOURCE?

Abagworo: The Boko Haram fight is between Northern factions of PDP and GEJ is siding one. The only way to solve it, is to broker peace between Sambo, IBB and Atiku. That is the political Boko Haram. The religious own will take serious intelligence job to uproot it from the source.

Johndoe100: A very good Q & A session by GEJ. Lots of issues clarified. I hope this gives the average Nigerian faith in what the government is doing.

TroGunn: It's unlikely about the money. They believe they are doing God's work.

bodejohn: You people do not know that every opportunity to bring investors to this country must be exploited. Do you know the number of foreign governments and investors that the president and his entourage will meet free of charge. Have you all forgotten that OBJ's junkets around the world during his 8years was responsible for the massive industrialisation of the country and the uninterrupted power supply that we now enjoy?
Let us show understanding and patriotism with the developmental programs of the FG.