₦airaland Forum

Blazay:
Only in the Southern part of Nigeria will you get stories like these. With all their education.
Welcome to the land of educated almajiris.
The abokis had no hand in this one.

I thought you only found homeless beggers of Northern origins?

The world is truly coming to an end. How can a whole 'Queen" of Delta state, with all the oil flowing here and there be living a life of an almajiri?

redsun:
The title should read,a yoruba man investigated igbo woman's plight.

Good knows no bound and evil no bound.We should all strive to help one another at any given opportunity,tribe,creed,race and religion not withstanding

A chilling tale of a lady named Queen from Agbor, Delta State who lived under a bridge behind the Sheraton Hotel in Lagos for 15 years! Enslaved, constantly despoiled, infected with HIV and eventually died of the AIDS.  Queen had four children born to different men, as this documentary shows, her children were stolen. For 3 years, Yinka Ola-Williams investigated the whereabouts of the children, and in the process learnt about the booming child- sale and racketeering in orphanages in Nigeria. Through meticulous and relentless investigation he found her last baby alive!

mikano80:
what makes him the best president,looting N300b for road construction, syphoning billions through power holding,illegal acquisition of millions of share in transcorp.forceful acquisition of lands for bell university and ota farm, converting state and federal government fund for presidential library,buying into oando oil through o and o oil limited,taken over some steel companies through his son company,what about arik air,where do we start.And what do you view as his credit,GSM?The policy have been drawn and was in the pipeline with rolling out 090 and other fix wireless while the second part of the policy was to roll out GSM which eventually came under his tenure. Privatization have been there,it was only his tenure that most Nigerian lucrative companies became his family and friends company.Femi Otedola father was a political associate of obj,and they took over AP Oil.Martins took billions from police equipment fund as a front man to OBJ,yet he remain the best man to receive obj from overseas trip.OBJ still have  lots of question to answer.But he has to realize that in his 500 room hotel in Ogun state,he will only sleep in one room and the rest is vanity.

The cat and rat game between the executive and legislative arms of government in Lagos State over the battle for control of Lagos State seems to be fading out as Governor Babatunde Fashola and the House of Assembly members are now in good term after the governor has allegedly greased the palms of the lawmakers with about N1.5 billion to win their support in his quest for a second term in office.
It will be recalled that few months ago, the relationship between Fashola and the lawmakers, who are loyal to his predecessor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, was sour until the intervention of some prominent chieftains of the then Action Congress (AC) who persuaded the governor to dance to the tune of the lawmakers for him to win their support.
According to Weekend News Star investigation, for Fashola to silence the lawmakers, he allegedly gave N35 million to each of the 40 members of the House of Assembly and the money was said to be given in US dollars, while the leadership of the House got more for them to sheathe their swords against Fashola.
It was gathered that Fashola was forced to succumb to the lawmakers when it became clear to him that the Tinubu camp was about to instigate the House of Assembly to commence impeachment process against him, by raising some allegations bordering on the governor’s mode of operation and award of contracts.
With the development, Fashola has now been given 80 per cent assurance to run for second term by the lawmakers.
Therefore, ahead of the 2011 general elections in Lagos State, the battle for the soul of the state between Fashola and Tinubu is taking another dimension as both of them have commenced plans to stop each other from having total control of the state, especially the Lagos State House of Assembly come 2011.
Investigation by Weekend News Star revealed that Fashola and Tinubu who have been at loggerheads in the last few months over the 2011 governorship election are now having sleepless nights, planning to outdo each other in the coming elections to have the total control of the state.
Fashola is working tirelessly to achieve his second term ambition, while Tinubu is plotting to stop him by rooting for another candidate to replace the incumbent.
According to a reliable source (name withheld), the battle for the soul of Lagos State in 2011 has now shifted to the state House of Assembly as both Tinubu and Fashola are planning to install their loyalists in the House of Assembly for them to have total control of the state.
Meanwhile, Fashola who is bent on running for a second term despite persuasion from Tinubu’s camp to abandon his governorship ambition and run for the position of the vice president or go for a seat in the Senate has now made it clear that for him to govern the state without distraction, he will work tirelessly to ensure that his loyalists are elected as members of the state House of Assembly in 2011.
The fear in Tinubu’s camp that if Fashola should have his way and be given the majority in the House of Assembly, he will be able to fight Tinubu to a standstill because presently Tinubu has about 35 members of the House on his side.
“Tinubu is calculating seriously how to stop Fashola from having total control of the state from in 2011 because he believes that Fashola will fight him if he gets the second term ticket.  This is because of his credible performance in the state in the last three years, beating Tinubu’s records,” a source disclosed to Weekend News Star.
The major trick to sway Fashola from contesting is the dummy that he should forget his second term ambition and be a running mate to former EFCC chairman, Mr. Nuhu Ribadu, who is likely to get the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) presidential ticket. When that attempt failed, they  told him to run for the Senate on account that his voice would be more respected on national issues, considering his background and vast experience in constitutional matters.
Fashola, however, turned down the two offers on account that he would not leave certainty to pursue uncertainty since he was sure he would win the 2011 governorship election.

http://g.sports.yahoo.com/soccer/world-cup/blog/dirty-tackle/post/Nigeria-suspends-national-team-for-poor-World-Cu?urn=sow,252542

Nigeria lost its first two World Cup group stage matches but still came just one goal short of advancing with their draw against South Korea. As one of the more heavily favored African nations, the early elimination was certainly a disappointment. So how is Nigeria handling that disappointment?

From the BBC:

Nigeria's president has suspended his nation's football team from international competition for two years after a poor showing at the World Cup.

Special presidential adviser Ima Niboro told reporters the decision by Goodluck Jonathan will "enable Nigeria to reorganize its football."

He said: "This directive became necessary following Nigeria's poor performance in the ongoing World Cup."

Of course. How do you improve an underachieving team? Ban it from competing for two whole years. Spur them on to playing better by not allowing them to play at all. Maybe England should try that.

Now, FIFA probably won't like this given its distaste for government meddling in the national team, so maybe Nigeria should try suspending FIFA, too. It might work. I mean, how do you say no to a guy named Goodluck Jonathan?

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/06/15/argentina%e2%80%99s-goal-illegal-fifa/

By Tony Ubani, in South Africa
Argentina’s goal against Nigeria in their group B encounter last Saturday, should have been disallowed by German referee Wolfgang Stark.


ILLEGAL GOAL , Chidi Odiah jumps to stop Gabriel Heinze of Argentina's header into the top corner of the net as goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama looks on in a Group B match between Argentina and Nigeria at Ellis Park Stadium on June 12, in Johannesburg, South Africa. Referees' committee says the goal was illegal. Photo by Getty Images
A FIFA post-match analysis ruled that there was a foul in the build-up to Gabriel Heinze’s stunning header, and that Stark should never have allowed the goal.

The FIFA referees’ committee released their findings on Tuesday, as a guide for future judgements in this year’s tournament. And amongst other rulings, they made it clear to referees that they must watch for infractions at corners and free-kicks — specifically attacking players blocking markers, as happened on Saturday.

As Juan Sebastian Veron’s cross floated over Walter, Samuel enveloped Chinedu Obasi and stopped him from moving, thereby giving Heinze all the space he needed to propel the ball home. Stark should have therefore penalised Samuel for obstruction and awarded a free-kick to the Super Eagles — a judgement that could have changed the course of the whole game for Argentina.

Although the ruling comes too late for Nigeria, it has interesting implications for the rest of the tournament; a sign that FIFA will not tolerate the pushing, shoving and holding commonplace on both sides at dead-ball situations, and that in future such offences will be punished with either disallowed goals or penalties in the case of the defence committing an infraction

'how can they come all the way from Bayelsa, and met nothing?'