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Democracy is really beautiful. More so, if you live in the south, east or west, you will be wondering if the Northerners are really in Nigerian. Please what is really happening in the North?

oduastates: What is mediocre about feeding 400,000 kids at school on a daily basis?
That alone makes more sense and is bigger than anything on offer in that country.
One thing for sure, it will reduce the population of the abusive , uncouth and the stupidz.
What else should he have done with osun state's minuscule resources?

It is mediocre if the teachers are not well paid and are not well motivated to teach well. School is not feeding or hand out home but a learning environment.

oduastates: You can tell a non yoruba by their comments.
The fact that you are ignorant does not make you any smarter or more keyed in than the little girl.
Curiosity,inquisitiveness and the search for knowledge are qualities without boundaries, neither are they limited by age.
I know many under 15s with far more developed critical minds than many on this forum.
That little girl is also far more keyed into modernity than most nigerian.
In fact, I will wager that she is in the 10th percentile.
Just keep wallowing in your gnorance.
That girl is already more useful than you will ever be in your life

Meet Forbes' Youngest Activist Zuriel Oduwole
The 11-year-old on interviewing world leaders from the tender age of 9, making history in Forbes and the importance of education for girls
Written by Dionne Grant
22/05/2014 10:23 AM

MAKING HISTORY: Zuriel Oduwole

SHE’S AN award-winning documentary filmmaker who has interviewed some of the world’s top leaders and just last month made history by becoming the youngest person to be interviewed by Forbes magazine.

But Zuriel Oduwale maintains she is a regular 11-year-old girl who enjoys nothing more than to play her Nintendo Wii and board games with her family.

“I do all the usual things like go to the mall with my mum and sisters and ride my bike with my neighbours,” she says, although she is more than aware her life differs slightly from most girls her age. “I am in a home school-based curriculum, so that allows me to get ahead in my school work and then I have some time to travel for my extra curricular programmes like my Dream Up, Speak Up, Stand Up programme, or interviewing leaders for my documentaries.”

Touted as the next Oprah Winfrey, Zuriel is committed to rebranding Africa by showing the positive things about the continent, and campaigning for education for girls.

http://www.voice-online.co.uk/article/meet-forbes-youngest-activist-zuriel-oduwole

Is the girl a student of one of the schools at Osun?

ComrEmmanuel: More than two weeks after the governorship election in Ekiti State, the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the South-West, says it has finally revealed ways through which the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, allegedly rigged the election.

It could be recalled that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had on 22 June, 2014, declared Ayo Fayose of PDP as the winner of the Ekiti governorship election held on 21 June, 2014.

According to the results of the election announced by INEC, Fayose garnered the most votes in all the local government in Ekiti ahead of the incumbent governor, Kayode Fayemi of the APC and Bamidele Opeyemi of the Labour Party.

Reviewing the outcome of the Ekiti election through a communique released at the end of a caucus meeting held in Ibadan, Oyo State on Tuesday, 1 July, 2014, the APC said the election was far from being free and fair.

The party claimed the events preceding, during and after the election indicated that it was not free and fair, alleging the election was rigged in a manner the country had never witnessed before.

APC also claimed that there were perceived militarization of the electoral process, noting that was aptly demonstrated by the restriction of movements of people and the barring of APC governors from entering the state for the final rally of the party on Thursday June 19, 2014.

“As a matter of fact, Ekiti State was factually sealed up to all non-PDP personnel while the squad of Musiliu Obanikoro, the Minister of State for Defence, Jelili Adesiyan, Minister of Police Affairs, Kasamu Buruji and Iyiola Omisore allegedly had free days going in and out of Ekiti unmolested and ferrying goods suspected to be ballot papers, cash, arms and ammunitions from Akure airport into Ekiti," the statement read.

Am confused here, how do you know a party member who is just coming out of his house?

After the last Nigerian port job test that claimed the lives of a few Nigerians, I have come to the conclusion that the largest part of the population of those claiming to be looking for job in Nigeria are only looking for a pay check.

On that faithful day I came out to visit a friend and what I saw was a spectacle. A carnival of Nigerians in while top and short everywhere. But while the traffic that morning made me check if really I was still in Abia state or in the old Oshodi as one musician putted it, "at oshodi man dey jam man". But behold a lot of cars of different classes were parked on both side of the road. On a little inquiry, I discovered that the car owners are those looking for job.

What! how did they came to own a car without money, no without jobs. From my investigation, I discovered that many of they have jobs in one private company or state firm. Then what are they doing here painting the street white in the name of seeking for a job? The answer is not far fetched. They are not looking for a job but a pay check.

If you are looking for a job it is easy to get a job and not just a job but a job of your dream. What I can't guarantee you is a pay check of your dream but certainly you will be paid for every laborer is worthy of his wages.

Clefcentfelix: Intelligence all the way, when he's to choose those folks, there are usually many options, an intelligent leader will choose the best out of those recommended. See the case of obasanjo and Dora Akunyili during the revival of Nafdac

We celebrate people whose time has come and gone. I agree with your pointing out the case of Obasanjo. But let me tell you that Obasanjo will perform poorly on a debate platform and from the discussing he is not termed as intelligent.

Many call JEG clueless but some of his team has stunned the world with their performance, though a few has not lived up to expectation.

onegig: Not everyone is interested in pay. But the ridiculous amounts being offered to "skilled workers"in this field is making them withdraw from working under someone. You can't discard this fact. If you get one, they are just using that to pass time until they get their acts right. Why would i work when i can hustle and get times 3 the amount i am being offered and still have my freedom?

Anyways, glad you pay your cleaners well. Keep it up and i guess you can see how motivated they would be.

I asked what you intend to pay because this ain't official channels. Maybe you state it. I might just down my tools here and hop onto your company's train bro.

Your welcome, I believe acquiring experience is better than any pay that can be giving for any job. The experience one get in a particular job may open up a door for a better pay. Honestly I dislike people being idle.

The young man was ushered into a very neat and spacious office, during lunch he was offered a delicious meal. According to him, that meal was the best meal the was having inn many months. To the glory of God he has taken that day meal. At the close of the day he was told the manager want to see him. He came out of the office, behold everywhere was road. He didn't know which route to take. Unaware to him, the manager was watching him from his office. The manager sent someone to direct him. When he came up, the manager asked him if he had done any marketing job before? He replied no. He ask him to resume work tomorrow that someone will take him to the field.

He told me he was the first person to come to work and the gate was locked. He started hitting the gate, so they can open for him. The gateman came out and asked him what was the problem. He said he was confused and had to asked if the was no work today? The gateman burst out with laughter, after laughing he told him to calm down and continue are you the only one going to work here. By then others have started arriving and they also added, "leave am jor, over sabi dey worry am". The guy said, he was not interested in what they were saying but in proving he has some thing to offer. As of this time no one has talked about salary or any form of payment. But what kept him pushing on was that, "no matter how bad the pay will be, it must be better that his last payment when equated with the quality of job he will put in".

He was assigned to someone and a driver to go and market the biscuit. Within three hours there were through selling a lorry load of biscuit. He said, while the other guy an undergraduate then was carry one or two cartoons of biscuit, he was carrying four to five cartoons. The driver and his partner decline returning to office saying it is too early to return to office. To keep him engage to something, they took him out and bought him food and drinks. Despite the time they wasted, they still returned first and with all goods sold off. The management was so surprise that the asked his partner what happened. He say na God. This continued till for a few days till his partner returned to school. He went along with the driver and in less than three hours they were back. When the manager looked out of his window and saw their lorry, he asked while the young man did not go to the field today. They told him he has finished and has return. The manager said its impossible. He asked about the money from the goods, he was told every amount has been remitted. He asked, "who did the young man went with", they said he went alone.

He repeated the same result the next day and the third day he was sent to a part of Lagos where the company biscuit has never sold up to 10 cartoons. He told me when he landed there, he knew he was in a barren land. No shop, nothing. He told the driver to pack and when on a survey. After his survey, he went to a woman who has a little kiosk and told her what he was marketing. The woman ordered for 2 cartoon. He asked the woman how much she makes here. She was both surprised and embarrassed. He told her, he want to make her rich. The woman then sat up and asked how. He told the woman to follow him. The woman and himself took 20 cartoons of the biscuit to one of the schools there. He opened it and within a few minute he sold the entire 20 cartoons. He then told the woman to take over. In less than five hours there were back at the office with an order of 250 cartoons from the woman for tomorrow.

The management of the company was so shocked that they offered him a position to teach others his marketing strategy. When others return and saw he has received a new assignment, they were so shocked that one of them a graduate will always come to this window and be singing, "me I no send you o". One of those days the manager came to his office to discuss some thing with him and hear the young woman singing her song and gave her a sack letter immediately. The manager asked him why he had not reported the girl to him since, he replied,"he is not aware of someone was there".

After a few months, he resigned to start out on his own. When he tender his resignation letter, the manager asked him if there was any problem. He said no, but was starting of on his own now. He man asked him to always come around if he has a problem.

This is the kind of people that every employer is looking out for. With or without certificate, they head their team. Till I heard this story, I never believe this kind of thing do happen in Nigeria.

Clefcentfelix: So how will an unintelligent person know all these? Intelligence is not necessarily brilliance, don't mix them up

There is no unintelligent person per say. Now do you know that a President or Governor must work with people from regions and places that are not his. How do he get to pick the right people? Many will say intelligence, but no, he choose his team by recommendation. In most cases his team are clueless about their jobs like new graduates who just secured jobs. With the basic knowledge in the places they have worked before their appointment, they will easily adjust, but will only deliver if the leader want them to. Now this is where commitment and dedication comes in since he will not be monitory all his appointees because he himself still has a job of his own to do.

In most cases the success of a leader is in the hands of his team.

Clefcentfelix: Trust me, it takes intelligence to indulge in teamwork

It doesn't take intelligence bros, it is commitment and dedication among a few lesser qualities that makes a good leader. Take a little tour of the biography of people whom you attest to their contribution in the leadership world and you will understand what I mean. Intelligence is an academic assessment, it has little or nothing in real life.

Am repeating a story a cousin of mine told me.

He told me when things were rough with him; no job, no money, nothing to rely on. He was always at home doing nothing. One day he heard his pastor say. God doesn't bless people, He blesses the works of their hands. He decided that day to get his hand constructively engaged, but he had an obstacle: no certificate. In the morning presiding the day he made this decision, it came to his mind that serving a house builder is a job and will put 1000 Naira into his pocket before he retires to bed. So he went out and got himself engaged as a masonry servant, at the end of that day he was given 1000 Naira. This was 5 years ago.

The next day he went out again to work there but he said as he was working something told him to go outside the gate, he tried resisting it. The impression was so much that he had to go out and as he stepped out he saw a friend of his who asked him what he was doing dressed the way he was dressed, he informed him what he was doing. The friend in turn informed him about a job in a biscuit company but told him he was going to pick up a recommendation from someone before going. My cousin asked him why he was trekking, he replied he had no money on him. My cousin asked him to wait for him to change so both of them will go together and pledge to assist with transport fare which is from yesterday pay.

When they got to the place, the whole place was filled with job seekers with files but this young man had nothing on him. When they were asking to submit there application letters, this young man borrowed a pencil and wrote one at the venue and submitted. On seeing his application letter the manager asked, "who is the person that wrote his application with a pencil". The crowd of job seekers resounded with laughter as the young man raised his hands. The manager continued, "are you so poor that you can not buy a common pen?", he replied, no sir I heard about this job less than 1hr ago so I couldn't prepare a good application as I am coming directly from a personal development center. The manager asked his workers to show him his office and echoed, "this is the kind of people we are looking for".

........ to be continued.

onegig: Abeg. I understand your plight but not all these Computer operator jobs you see around.

Ask the op how much he is willing to pay the person he hires. 5-10k max? Ain't it?

Consider the person is going to be working 6days per week and 10-12 hours daily i.e 7am-6pm. That's around N40:00 naira per hour.

Is the pay commiserate with the skills he is looking for?
I guess the computer operator would not only just operate computers alone, he would be in charge of photocopy, scanning , lamination and even be used as a receptionist.


Best thing he needs to do is to get someone who's not so vast in the field. Train them on the job and pay them the little he can offer.
At least it is a win-win solution. The employee learns on the job and the employer gets to pay the "average" salary.

Show me the abundant jobs? I have over 9 years skills in Microsoft office, Corel draw, design and anything he might even need maybe he should state his pay so I might consider if it is worth joining him. At least now it's not about poor skills, it's about the pay.


Jdilight what do you say?

Pay is not always the issue. Here we pay the office cleaner 17, 000 naira per month, though she run some errand at the office and she doesn't work on Saturday. The question is do you know your job well. If an employee comes to me and the first question he or she ask is "how much do you pay or what is the pay package like" I will not employ you.

himkers: Are U in Nigeria?

Yes, as I traveled from Abia state to Lagos, we never met any bad road. Hope you know the distance involved.

Clefcentfelix: A man's speech is directly proportional to his intelligence, yes we need leaders! But intelligent ones! #WeWantDebate

Intelligent doesn't make a good leader either, teamwork does.

naijahot: Olu Chukwuma....Mech. Eng
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Nnaemeka felix...comp. sci.
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They're not only Handsome but got a well packaged abs... they are also Brains and well brought up with norms & morals!
Bala Stephan...comp. sci
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Mohammed Abdulahi....Mech. Eng.
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See more on http://www..com/2014/07/meet-hottest-guys-in-bells-university.html

What is the criteria for judging this 'hot' guys? if na handsomeness, chai bell don finish.

Eldavido1: D'banj pictured below with arguably the richest men in the world,
Bill Gates at an event in Monaco, France
He also met one of the richest men in Africa, Sudanese-born
billionaire, Mo Ibrahim and singer and humanitarian, Bono.

www.nigerianeye.com/2014/07/pictures-dbanj-hangs-out-with-world.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Nigerianeye+(NigerianEye)&m=1

What is the difference between this picture and those of all this small small girls littering pictures of them with celebrities they took in an event on BBM?

theshadyexpress: JULY 3, 2014 BY OKECHUKWU NNODIM, ABUJA
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The Federal Government on Thursday said over 71 per cent of federal roads in Nigeria are currently in good condition and are motorable.

It said a total of N1.469tr had been spent on federal roads across the six geopolitical zones in the country since 2011.

The Minister of Works, Mr. Mike Onolememen, stated that from about 5,000km of fair roads in 2011, Nigeria currently has about 25,000km of the 35,000km of federal roads in good and motorable condition.

Onolememen, in a statement from the Federal Ministry of Works, said the present administration inherited federal roads which were generally described as “death traps,” as many road projects were either abandoned or moving at snail speed due to paucity of funds.

According to him, some roads alignments in Nigeria presently, can compete favorably with roads in the developed parts of the world.

He added that throughout the six geo-political zones, travel times had reduced between origins and destinations, cost of vehicle maintenance had drastically reduced, while accidents and carnage on Nigerian roads had dropped due to better pavement design and construction.

Onolememen said economic goods were better distributed through the nation’s arterial roads with better turn-around times that lead to more profits for entrepreneurs.

The minister said the ministry was currently executing 184 contracts across the country, majority of which were inherited by the present administration.

He stated that progress had been made with the rehabilitation, construction and expansion of key arterial projects.

Onolememen outlined some of the challenges faced by his ministry since assumption of duty to include the insurgency in the North-East, excess axle load of trucks beyond acceptable tonnage on highways and indiscriminate cutting across the highways.

Others include burning of tyres on the roads, erection of bumps on roads, destruction of road furniture as well as encroachment on right of ways.

The statement noted that 30 road projects with total length of 1255.1km, worth N275.6bn, had been executed in the North-Central zone.

It said 27 projects with a length of 1287.7km and total cost of N319.1bn were executed in the North-East, while the North-West had 20 projects, 1040.2km long, and worth N157.1m.

The South-East, South-South and South-West, according to the statement, had 45, 32 and 30 road projects executed in the zones respectively.

It noted that with the advent of the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme, the government recorded remarkable progress in 2013 on the dualisation of four key arterial roads across the country.

http://www.punchng.com/news/71-federal-roads-now-motorable-fg/#respond

Most of the people disputing this statistics believe that Nigeria start and end in their little locality. From mine assessment of the journey I took from east to Lagos, I believe the federal government is right. That your little locality has not benefited doesn't mean others has not benefited. 71% IS NOT 100%, the train will soon reach your location - JEG IS WORKING (TEAMFRESHAIR)

himkers: Lies from pit of hell

This lies makes me wanna cry

how do you prove is a lie?

Biliamin: It was announced this evening that Senate has rejected a proposal by INEC to make presidential debates mandatory during elections

This came as a surprise as i do not know how they want Nigerians decide who will lead them. is it going to be based on who can share more rice or spend more money, or is the process undemocratic?

Read below:

THE Senate, on Thursday, rejected the proposal
which seeks to compel the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) to make presidential
debates mandatory during elections.
The lawmakers rejected the bid during the debate on
the amendments to the Electoral Act 2010, on
Thursday.

The proposal, which was contained in the report of
the Senate Committees on the Review of the 1999
Constitution and the INEC, however, approved the
proposal seeking to fix the tenure of INEC
commissioner

The senators also rejected the bid to have all
national elections held on one day, while they also
rejected the proposal seeking to shift the burden of
proof of electoral irregularities on INEC during
election petitions.

The Senate said the burden of proof of electoral
irregularities during election should be on the
petitioner.

Other proposals rejected by the senators included
that seeking to empower INEC to conduct elections
into the office of the president, governor, Senate,
House of Representatives and state assemblies on
the same day, as well as the proposal seeking to
empower INEC to exclude nominees of a candidate
from elections where a political party fails to comply
with the provisions of the Constitution or Electoral

http://www.tribune.com.ng/news/news-headlines/item/9760-electoral-act-senate-rejects-mandatory-presidential-debate

Debate doesn't make a good leader, it makes a good orator. We need leaders not orators.

DikSin: Now listen up "people-of-God", before you'll crucify me for using "it" for the big "G". I read somewhere in the Bible that: "I AM NOT A MAN that I should lie"; so what I call him don't matter in this context.

Back to the main talk.

No long story; I go straight to the point.

Truth is, He has let me down more than the Federal Government of Nigeria.

At 27, He refuse to bless me.
As a fine boy, He won't let me have a girl friend let alone a wife.

I gave 3 solid years of my life to the service of the Lord, what did I get in return Lack, want, poverty, hatred, regrets of missed opportunities to explore good life.

When I was sick, no healing came through personal prayers, anointiing, despite my huge level of faith, believing & all. Many thanks to my sister, mother & the hospital for not letting me die.

I'm one of the most brilliant child at home & in school. After WAEC, I wrote & passed JAMB 2 times but no admission, even when I make special donation for it in God's house.

Most of my wrong moves came as a result of listening to "Divine Directions".

I'm not a Pagan yet, but don't know what to believe, anymore.

Your not a Christian who has discovered the ways of God.

NewNigeriaMind: You dimwit read the post again.

Yes, l saw a blog you got it from. But your subsequent post was an affirmation like one who has a first hand information on the post.

NewNigeriaMind: This is the federal road that leads to the port that generates billions of Naira on a yearly basis. This is the road to Apapa Road from Coconut Bus-stop through Tincan Island. It swallows trailer tyres and even causes containers to fall. Motorists say a journey that shouldn't take up to 5 minutes sometimes takes up to one hour. And this road has been like this for years. See more photos after the cut...


Source-Lindaikeji blog.

My opinion:

The federal government is non-existing in Lagos and south west generally.

When you post a road, drop us an address to verify please.

From your story, Nigerian efficiency is improving drastically.

Abagworo: . Okorocha asked them to leave him. I wrote it earlier on the other thread that some Governors could have let their orderly shoot Charlie boy but Okorocha chose not to harm him and I'm pleased with that. If our politicians can be this humble, peace will reign.

lol, we are in democracy my dear. Charlie boy is no small person mind you. Only nobodies are shot like that in today Nigeria.

This nation love making history

For more than two weeks an advert we placed for a good computer operator has received little interest. The unfortunate part is that the few who has responded has not knowledge of neither Microsoft word or Corel draw. To make matter worst, they come with certificates that certifies them good computer operators.

Today's jobs are not for certificate holders (CV), but for problem solvers.

Get skilled: be the best in your field. Your time is coming.

Mr. Friday Nwosu, a chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party in Abia State in an interveiw stated that critics are unfair the governor. How through is he?

http://joeikeme..com/2013/12/critics-are-unfair-to-gov-orji-of-abia.html

Xmas is spent with friends and families catching up with old time, but the best of Xmas is spent when shared with the most unlikely people. Share love with that neighbor you hardly talk, that stubborn kid you this like, remember the beggar in the street, the sick, those in prison, etc if your buoyant enough.

HAPPY XMAS

TO

YOU