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About a week ago you guys read about the banker who "sliced" her husband’s man-hood with a knife during a fight at their home in
Surulere. Well, the good news now is that the couple have reconciled. I was contacted by a family member of the couple who wanted people to know that they’ve sorted out their problems and are back together.

Not only that, Lekan Daniju has recovered and is out of the hospital. The gospel singer is currently in the studio recording a new single titled, Still Standing.

If anyone needs to contact him, here’s his email – skillsbaba@yahoo.com
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anonimi: So we should ignore the message because of the messenger since it is about Angel Fashola's corruption. Not so

APC supporters are bunch of hypocrites, always changing the goal post however they deem fit. When OBJ wrote a letter to GEJ, they saw the virtue in paying attention to the message not the messenger, but now Obanikoro has raised very candid points, they are attacking the messenger instead of a critical look at the solemn message!

Lagos deserves better than what APC is
offering – Obanikoro
In this interview with journalists, a
former Nigerian Ambassador to
Ghana, Musiliu Obanikoro, speaks
about the growing debt profile of
Lagos State, the PDP-led anti-graft war,
2015 general elections and
other issues, JOHN ALECHENU, was
there
After you contested and lost the 2007
governorship election, why didn’t
you contest in 2011?
I was on a national assignment as of
that time in 2011. I was the
country’s representative (an
Ambassador) in Ghana. There is no
way I
can abandon the responsibilities given
to me by the Federal
Government and come home only to
be chasing a political office at the
state level.
Now that I am home, I am strongly
reflecting on the last 15 years of
Tinubu and the present administration
in Lagos State. I will not sit
down here and tell you that, we don’t
have few things to celebrate in
the state but, by and large, there are
still many holes to fill. And I can
honestly tell you that as a citizen of
Lagos State, the overall decision I
will make in terms of performance of
Lagos State Government in the last
15 years, for me, is slightly below
average.
People may be saying they have done
some new roads, they have done
this, and they have done that. One, we
must look at the costs of these
roads and then, the state has a debt
profile of about N1tn as we speak
today. I schooled in the USA, the
biggest investment that country made
that is still working for them is in
education. We have not done such in
Lagos State despite all the noise they
have been making.
As we speak today, people of Lagos
will not voluntarily send their
children to public schools in the state.
That, to me, is failure on the
part of the government after 15 years
in the saddle.
Today, our hospitals in the state are
mere consulting centres.
Everybody that is somebody, now
goes overseas for ordinary medical
check–up. Even the governor himself, I
do believe, without any iota of
doubt that he does his medical check –
up abroad. Their leader and ex-
governor of the state recently had a
knee injury and he was flown
abroad to take care of ordinary knee
injury. This minor health challenge
could not be treated at the Lagos State
University of Teaching Hospital
after billions of naira they claimed
have been sunk to upgrade the
facility. In the area of health, Lagos
State government has equally
failed.
Today, Lagos State does not have the
required capacity to handle
emergencies. And you know how
much this state generated monthly as
internal revenue. They are still
struggling in the area of refuse
management. Looking at the Olusosun
Dumpsite at Ojota and the level
of pollution that is injected to the
atmosphere on a daily basis says a
lot about the state government that
has been in power since 1999.
There are various kinds of reckless
reclamation going on in the state
right now. After the reclamation, what
they often do is to sell the land
to themselves and their cronies.
Whereas, during the time of Alhaji
Lateef Jakande, he did reclamation in
Lekki and the land was sold to
members of the public. As I am
speaking to you now, the level of
industrial pollution in the state is at an
alarming proportion. These are
serious issues that will affect resident’s
life span and nobody is talking.
Honestly, I don’t know what this
government is celebrating every 100
days.
At this point, where do you come in?
I do believe that Lagos State, with its
potential and the kind of IGR they
get every month can be managed
better than it is now. And the
business of government can be done
more transparently because this
government is not transparent. Go and
goggle anything about Lagos
State, you won’t find any worthy
information made available for
members of the public. The governor
has directed all members of his
executive council not to talk to the
press anymore on any issue; it is
only the Commissioner for Information
that is allowed to talk and you
know that one who pays the piper
dictates the tune.
The Information Commissioner will tell
you only what they want him to
say; he cannot give a direct answer to
your question if you succeed in
meeting him at a corner. Those are the
characters that are in
government in Lagos.
For example, look at the 2014
proposed budget that was presented
to
the State House of Assembly; the
governor said it is a zero deficit
budget but I called it 419. The
government has gone to the bond
market to borrow about N97bn and
they are saying the budget is zero
deficit. Is he injecting his personal
money in the budget? He has the
guts to come out and say it is zero
deficit budgets and nobody is
talking; instead people are clapping
for him.
On top of that, this government said
any visitor or resident that will live
up to six months anywhere in the state
must register. Is there anywhere
in the world that such thing is done in
a free society? People need to
stand up and ask questions from this
government. The governor cannot
compel anybody to register. It is
wrong. If we care to have a free
society, for goodness sake, let’s have
it. Let Lagos State government
realise that the Federal Government of
Nigeria is also our government,
as Lagos is.
The essence of census is to let us
define what our population is. Census
is a thing that should involve the three
tiers of government but the way
the Lagos State government is doing it,
behaving as if Lagos is a
country on its own, the loser of such
an action will be the citizens of
the state.
The state government is putting
unnecessary debt on the people and
the unborn children of the citizens.
The state government believes it
knows everything; whereas, we all
know that by engaging the Federal
Government constructively, most of
the state’s burdens and challenges
would be shared by the Federal
Government.
They refused to do this and that was
why the government has
continued borrowing to the extent of
the high debt the state finds itself
today. Had it been the money
borrowed has been judiciously spent,
maybe we would have close our eyes
and say they have made right
investment and we should recoup.
The best investment the state
government would have made is to
invest
in education but it failed to do so.
Instead, the government increased
tuition fee from N25,000 at LASU to
above N300,000.
Worst still, if you visit LASU main
campus today, you will discover there
is not much physical development at
the institution. The government of
the day increased the fee claiming it
cannot subsidize education of
indigent students in the state but they
can subsidise their own habit.
That to me, after so many years of the
management of the state
economy is not acceptable.
Can you honestly say your party is
effectively fighting corruption?
It will be very unfair to ask such a
question because we are looking at
uninterrupted 15 years governance
by two political parties. It will be
very unfair of you to reduce focus on
only Jonathan’s administration.
We are saying we have history of
dealing with corruption. Do they even
have any history at all in their party?
What about the current Oduah scandal
in the Aviation sector?
Oh yes! Accusation has been made in
the open. Panel had been set up
to look into the matter, the President
has received the report. I am sure
in good time; he will come out with a
position. Be that as it may,
nobody can sweep under the carpet
what PDP has done to tackle
corruption. Their party has not done
anything; that is what we are
saying. Everything they have accused
us of doing, they are worse off.
They accused Stella Oduah of buying
two armoured cars for N255m.
The one which the Lagos State
governor is riding up and down in
Lagos
is more expensive than Oduah’s car.
He is a public officer too who
draws his salary from tax payer’s
money.
It is the same standard, it doesn’t
matter. It is even more damning for
the governor because he is elected by
the people and he is supposed to
uphold the trust and confidence of the
people of Lagos.
So, their own is even worse in that
case but it is unfortunate the media
refuse to look at that area.
I am tasking the media people to go
and conduct proper investigation
into the cost of the two jeeps being
used by Lagos State governor. I am
in the know of the cost but I am
putting it to you to do the
investigation on the cost of those two
jeeps which our governor uses as
official cars.

defbond1: As long as Nigeria is divided along tribal lines corruption will remain.
As long as people defend people of their own tribes when they have done wrong corruption will remain.
As long as the political parties create a division amongst the people, then corruption remains..

Is it really difficult for people to see that corruption can only be effectively stamped out when people unite to fight it?

Is it really difficult for Nigerians to actually reason?

Probe Fashola
Probe Stella
Probe Obanikoro too (would he have done same if he was governor? I bet yes!
Probe all the politicians

But then are you ready to make a difference if it was you?

It all begins from You!

sense in the making! The problem is that I don't think it can ever be actualized... More reason why the country needs to be balkanized into smaller manager parts.
These politicians knows the weakness of Nigerians: Tribalism, and always capitalise on that to foster and perpetuate corruption.

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[quote author=Mayor_of_Lagos]You invested in Lagos 10yrs ago? Well the capital has been moved longer than 10yrs, were you blind, dont know the road from Nnewi to Abuja? Stop using that map left to you by biafra, North is the other way.[/quote]how come you don't contribute meaningful posts on nairaland again? Whatch it before it becomes part of you - so irrational!

[quote author=Mayor_of_Lagos]We claim we are not contributing crime to the state. Can ibo refugees in Lagos make the same claim?

Your crime level is so bad and pervasive your sister Ngozi, the PR of police command stopped giving any more press report on crime. Everytime she brief press about a crime its a chukudi, obiomma, ifianyi and orkafor. She gave up![/quote]Derailed

agbameta: Many of them can not read, comprehend or follow simple logic hence their apple and orange rants and conclusions.

I would love for Fashola to buy more of those expensive luxury vehicles, in fact if we are asked to vote a preference I would vote a RR or Bentley for my governor. We should reward hardwork, dilligence and performance to incite and encourage others to rise up for their own reward.

Besides, this man does not use siren or stop movement to use our dangerous roads, he deserves the protection.

Range Rover O ni Baje O!

he reserves the right to spend taxpayers' money because he has done a lot to make d state a better place. if not for lagos ' commercial character, a lot of u will never be able to build mansions in your villages. ungrateful mofos

Perfect examples of articulated posts, coherent and following logic

[quote author=Mayor_of_Lagos]I would love for Fashola to buy more of those expensive luxury vehicles, in fact if we are asked to vote a preference I would vote a RR or Bentley for my governor. We should reward hardwork, dilligence and performance to incite and encourage others to rise up for their own reward.

Besides, this man does not use siren or stop movement to use our dangerous roads, he deserves the protection.

Range Rover O ni Baje O![/quote]hypocrisy at it's peak! I won't be suprised if it gets the highest number of likes because NL is filled with your lots.

lekkie073: story

"Story" in the sense that your brain has been programmed not to believe or atleast evaluate any account that detriments Fashola's image? Why are you scared that Obanikoro's research bellies LASG image as prudent bureaucracy full of wary executives? What's in it for you? when people are trying to hold our leaders accountable with claims, the least you can do is try to refute the claims if you are privy to any information that will do the work for you.
By the way, Obanikoro is yet to address the issue of late payment, and in some cases, non-payment of ITF allowances.
This goes goes along to further prove that this our leaders enjoy writing and promulgating incendiary articles just to incite the masses against themselves and in so doing, overlook their mediocrity and misappropriation of public funds.
They are all birds of the same feathers! Pot calling Kettle black!!

Chairman, Board of Industrial Training Fund (ITF) and Nigeria’s former High Commissioner to Ghana, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, has berated the Nigerian media for beaming its searchlight on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the expense of what is going on in All Progressives Congress, APC-controlled states,
particularly, Lagos. Obanikoro, a former PDP governorship
aspirant in Lagos State, said that while the media blew corruption cases involving the ruling party out of proportion, it failed to highlight an even higher level of corruption going on at the states controlled by APC. Speaking with select journalists at the weekend, Obanikoro, who stressed that the PDP-led Federal Government had been fighting corruption since 1999, and is leading the way in terms of accountability and transparency in governance, described Lagos State as a cesspool of corruption. According to him: “What is good about the federal level is that whatever the people of the country complained about, we don’t hide them nor put them in the closet. We are dealing with them; people are being arrested and put in jail. “Tell me, how many local government chairmen or councilors have they tried for corruption or put behind bars since 1999 that they have been managing affairs of this state? There is a cesspool of corruption in Lagos state from any angle you may look at it”, he added. On the N255 million bullet proof cars scandal rocking the aviation ministry, Obanikoro said: “Oh yes! Accusation has been made in the open. Panels have been set up to look into the matter and the president has received the report. I am sure in good time; he would come out with a position. Be that as it may, nobody can sweep under the carpet what PDP had done to tackle corruption. Their party has not done anything. That is what we are saying.
Everything they have accused us of doing, they are worse off. “They accused Stella Oduah of buying two armoured cars for N255 million. The one the Lagos state governor is riding up and down is more expensive than Oduah’s cars. He is a public officer too who draws his salary from tax payer’s money. “It is the same standard, it doesn’t matter. It is
even more damning for the governor because he is elected by the people and he is supposed to uphold the trust and confidence of the people of Lagos. So, their own is even worse in that case but it is unfortunate the media refuse to look at that area. I am in the know of the cost but I am putting it to you to do the investigation on the cost of those two jeeps which our governor uses as official car”, the former senator said.
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Anybody in the house with a link to download UI's 2014/2015 Post Graduate Brochure if it's out yet?

Any HSE professional in the house?

Beehandz: Pls inbox me d materials u used. Writin mine nxt year Jan.
Oladunmoyebolaji@gmail.com
Did u go for any coachn? Or u did self tutor.

likewise me please - kal_j@ovi.com

Nigerian Breweries with their incessant passion for NABTEB. I just can't seem to put my finger in it.
Even OND cannot and will never be a substitute!

[quote author=Francis-1]When Adedibu was alive, he fed 10000 able-bodied Yorubas everyday with amala, gbegiri and ewedu

Only an utterly impoverished and therefore shameless able-bodied person will stay at another's gate everyday to be invited for free meals[/quote]The Sarakis' used to do that up to 2006 when more than 50 people whom came for free lunch died in his compound. And what was his reply? They were all electrocuted! Ritual things with impunity

Many things are missing in the specs; does it play HD 1080p videos at 30fps? Does it have super Amoled resistance, Amoled or corning gorilla glass? what's the PPI pixel density?does it come with power pack charger like the F7? what is the DC-HSDPA speed? Is the battery removeable? Does it use micro or mini SIM? Does it use dual SIM?
Someone should please help me with the above specs of the phone. I need to chose between this new phantom and Gionee D1. The retarding factor in D1 for me, is the non removeable battery feature

A friend of mine wishes to cancel a redeployment request she applied for while in camp. She is bereft of where go to for the proper information and guidelines as she is still at home on two weeks exeat. Nairaland being a forum filled with people with vast knowledge in almost everything coupled with the expediency and it's quick-response process, I find it imperative to ask for it's members suggestions and/or guidelines on the line of actions to take before it becomes too late.
Thanks for your time.

Thank you Lord for greeting me with such great news this morning.
Please, when are we obtaining voter's registration card?
I'll storm Anambra, all the way from Bight of Biafra, to vote for this man!

aryzgreat: Enugu state govt appointed one Festus Adedayo in their cabinet.So? wia do u belong nne?

The erstwhile governor of Imo state - (which you, berem claimed to hail from), Ikedi Ohakim, had a yoruba man in his entourage. So, ina akuru anyi ka ina akuru ha?
We're already redeeming Hnsogbe now... Remaining you and garri!

Bimpss: All this Dumbasses, why can't they go work for their money. Everyone wants easy money this days, but they lack the brain to get it. Imagine Drug Trafficking in 2013... who does that anymore??

Ugonna Philip Nwankwo, 29,
was found guilty of trafficking
in 4.85kg of cannabis at a bus
stop on Nov 9, 2010, and
1.4kg of the same substance
at a private house at 3pm on
the same day.

Major reason for massive failure in external exams, and the government have to reduce cut-off marks in order to absorb them in our tertiary institutions.SMH!!

[quote author=Okija_juju]In that case, We Ndi Igbos do not want to be president...

_{Rochas bu agwo...}

[/quote]This okija don craze finish! Thanks for making my day!!

Don Demu: Although i did not watch the clip, I am sure she's an igbo woman

you people never fail my expectation of display your stúpidity! Watch the clip and come back to tell me which tribe in Nigeria that's got that accent.

[quote author=~Bluetooth]All akpabio knows is to squander state fund. . . Well being the arrowhead of Jonathan's 2015 presidential election bid,he's untouchable. Very smart thief ![/quote]Atleast he's taking great developmental stride ahead of the rest 35 of them.

lafflaff123: And just as predicted the Pyrates are out en masse defending their god, good job guys.

My problem here and I say it without being biased, is that Miss Abacha has the right to her thoughts, beliefs, opinions and write ups without the hallelujah singers trying to drown her rights out with HOW DARE SHE.

So Wole Soyinka, has the right or Monopoly to throw jabs at people and people don't have the right to throw jabs at him too? So Wole Soyinka because he won the Nobel Prize has the exclusive right to insult people and call them out and others cant do it too? are we operating the George Orwell principle here? ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS? people should have an open mind instead of that tying themselves down mentally.

Soyinka has done Nigeria proud with his feats in the literary world( by the way Eze goes to school is far more better and enjoyable reading than all of his books combined) and that is where he belongs, instead of being a political jobber as there is a BINI proverb that says NA WHERE THEM DEY SHARE MEAT WEY DON SPOIL NA THERE OLD MAN DEY LOSE HIM RESPECT.

So if Wole Soyinka wants to join the MEAT SHARING CLASS(Politicians) and start picking up fights by insulting others, then he should expect the law of reciprocity to come into play.

This is not a South East/ South South/ North/ West thing. Its called common sense, and common sense has no tribe.

And for those saying how dare she do throw jabs at Soyinka, please hide your head in shame. I have one question to ask you guys and that is why do you guys think Soyinka is above insults or reproach? I look forward to getting one intelligent answer to the question. This mentality that we cant talk about some certain people in the Nigerian society is a shame, and yet we call ourselves educated

wise words from a decent man!

kingthreat: South-East of Nigeria, HQ base of kidnappers and ritualists. Lord have mercy

Hahaha... You wish
what a dumb attempt to try to cover up your kinsmen's incessant babalawo ritual killings... Try harder!
we all know the region that has uneviable record of ritual killing and human parts trafficking...

lekkie073: story story

Imagine the kind of mind you people are joining words with

donodion: Guy,kudos. I heard the incident took place on wednesday. Another fact people on this forum should know in SA is that business competitions could be "sorted out",elimininated, if he have no strong connections.
One igbo boy was murdered at reitzpark or so,somewhere at welkom slum less than 3 weeks back.He was into gold exchange and doing very well,however we sensed his elimination involve some close associates but the hitman who shattered his head while asleep is a saffer. The mofo according to feelers is somewhere in eastern cape. He better run to cops for protection cos .....*grins*.
You guys shouldn't judge all igbos as in SA as criminals. Some months back some pakistanis were murdered in their home at mitchels plain in western cape by competition (someone in same business as his,bakery). Simply because their bread business is advancing well. Either this guys case in a deal gone bad or he was sorted out.

The point is that so many people here are kids with low thinking faculty! The tilt towards wherever some yoruba parochial miscreants like, Ola Johnson, Dayokanu, Eko Ile, SlideWAXIE, Bluetooth, Illugun boy et al, pushes them to very easily. All they need is just one tribal/ethnic slurry remark from one of the above and they pounce on their keyboard typing thrash all over - be it against Ghana, Kenya, or South Africa related issue. Little did they know that the gross attitude can swiftly become habit if unguarded!

[quote author=Mynd_44]And his corpse burnt[/quote]What if he joins APC?

I'm so admiring the PDP of now. They are so disciplined to the point that they can suspend anybody that breaches their constitution, no matter your level in the party. Unlike the other party that converts it's reject to "progressives" overnight