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As the 7th Senate winds up ahead of the inauguration of the 8th Senate on June 4, the upper legislative chambers is at the moment caught up in a high-level of intrigues, horse-trading and lobbying, backstabbing, in a bid to outwit one another or zone on who becomes the next president of the Senate.

However, this was even as facts have emerged that the President- elect, Major General Muhammadu Buhari, rtd, is not willing to support any Senator or member of the House of Representatives who has had or still has any corruption case or matter with the anti-corruption agencies or police for the leadership position in the National Assembly.
Also President Goodluck Jonathan and the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari met Friday in the Villa.

President GoodLUCK Jonathan, President Elect General Muhammadu Buhari accompanoied by the APC National Chairman Chief John Odigie Oyegun at the President. APR 25 2015
Buhari, it was gathered is said to be uncomfortable with most of the aspirants currently fighting for the National Assembly, as they have one case or the other to answer with the anti- corruption agencies especially the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

Apart from corruption, the president-elect was also said not be interested in working with those alleged to have links with insurgents like Boko Haram.

It was not known which zone would produce the Senate Presidency but sources said yesterday in Abuja that the Senator Bola Tinubu bloc in the All Progressives Congress, APC, was allegedly working to ensure that the former governor of Benue State, Senator George Akume, emerged. The party had already zoned the position to North Central.

The search for who heads the Senate would have been sealed if Senator Chris Ngige from Anambra State had won the election as the position would have just gone to South East geo- political zone of the country without any stress.

Saturday Vanguard gathered that the Tinubu group was backing Akume for the singular reason that the former governor of Benue State is the oldest in the opposition camp who came to the Senate on the platform of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, thereby making the party popular in his area.

The North East geopolitical zone of the country also angled for the position of the Senate President saying that such position would placate them after Boko Haram insurgency ravaged the zone. The zone also argued that it produced the second highest number of votes after the North West, for the APC, adding that with this singular contribution to the success of the party, the position of Senate President should go to them. But they have to succumb to party decision Thursday morning that zoned the seat to North Central. .

As the race for the position begins, Senators Bukola Saraki, Kwara Central; Senator George Akume from Benue; Senator Abdullahi Adamu of Nasarawa State; Senator Danjuma Goje of Gombe State; Senator Ali Ndume from Borno State, among others are said to be interested in occupying the position of Senate President.
Only one or two of the candidates jostling for the Senate President had no case with the EFCC. One even has a Boko Haram related case in court.

It was learnt that Buhari would want to respect the independence of the National Assembly. However, he would not want to support any one who has had a graft case in order to enable him have a clean break from the past and pursue his anti- corruption stance to the letter.
“The President-elect respects the rule of law and would not want to meddle into the politics of the National Assembly but he is not comfortable with any one who has or has had a corruption case being the Senate President,” a top party source said Friday.
Interestingly, of all the aspirants into the Senate Presidency, one of the two said to be very transparent has questions about his social life.

The aspirant was said to have a lot of things going in his favour except his drinking habit, even as he was alleged to have undergone some transformation in his behaviour and thus could prove his critics wrong.
Those working for this particular aspirant told Saturday Vanguard that ‘’a personal habit which may affect an individual character is better and manageable than an alleged corrupt person.’’
The change in the position of the Senate President and other leadership positions had became imminent following the woeful defeat of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, by the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC.


From http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/04/senate-president-buhari-states-position/?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter

So should we watch our fellow countrymen in SA die because we want to eat?

Is this supposed to be a threat from MTN to us or what?

Education in 2015? This isn't 20 years ago. Graduates are spewing out every month..Unemployment is a bigger problem than education. Maybe in the north, it might be a problem.
But wait, education? Really?

The worst? Were you politically conscious during the obasanjo years? Yaradua said the process that brought him to power was flawed and you call this the worst? I cant

KenJak:
But can anybody come out bodly to say this election is free and fair? This election is the wosrt I've ever seen.

3 bottles of Orijin, the big ones and you no high? Where you pour am put?

Sharap dia, using bible stories to scrore a selfish point. Comparing Rubbish. Keep quiet

koikoi2:
The Israelites were asking for change in their meal. Instead of biscuit (woofers) they were asking for meat. God became angry with them and fed them the meat dey asked for. Not too long they started bleeding meat and cried to God for forgiveness.

God is developing our Nation through Jonathan and some useless mofos are clamouring for change.
Remember that what happened thousand years ago in the wilderness can still repeat itself if we are not careful.

GEJ til 2019

Where is ABUTH? Patients all over northern nigeria and neighbouring countries troop over there. Infrastructure is splendid. The relocation of ABUTH brought about some massive protests some years back. Your information isn't well researched..how vast is your knowledge in the medical field?

Media analytics company, Playspread, captured and analyzed the top songs that were played on Nigeria’s airwaves in 2014.

According to Playspread, they only chose Nigerian songs that had a play count above 1000 on both TV stations and radio stations for at least three-quarters of the 201 stations they monitor across 6 geo-political zones.

Most of the songs were released in year 2014 except for some few exceptional ones in the previous year. The list is occupied by 63 artists with Olamide having the highest number of songs on the list; 6 of them

8 songs enjoyed play count of more than 10,000, although 5 of those songs (released 2013) had extended shelf lives into 2014.

Check out their info graphic

Source: http://www.bellanaija.com/2015/01/20/aye-dorobucci-johnny-more-find-out-the-top-100-songs-played-in-nigeria-for-2014/

Sad. RIP
This was in one of the prophecies? Supposedly?

Why use the headline bombshell?

The attached infographic Indicates factors considered. And this is actual data, nothing subjective

Please take this post down. This is nonsense. Ultimately misleading. Moderator!!!

naijacutee:
Last month, I happened upon some money from an old investment which had matured. Rather than have it collect “one one naira” in my standard savings account, I decided not to be the fly that follows the corpse to the grave, and put it in a fixed deposit. Fixed deposits are a very popular investment option in Nigeria, and you’ll hear about them 8 times of out 10 if you do happen to ask for advice regarding how to invest money. The attraction to this sort of investment is that returns are guaranteed, and the duration of your investment is flexible. We probably like this sort of investment because they help us mitigate risks – in a country where nothing is guaranteed, we don’t tend to tie money down in long term investments and fixed deposits are the perfect solution to this investment problem. In the course of my search for a decent return on my investment, I “burnt” at least N5,000 in credit, calling banks and waiting in queues for information, and was only able to reasonably compare two banks – GTBank and First Bank.

What is a fixed deposit?
A fixed deposit is a lump sum deposited with a bank for a varying period, in exchange for interest.
How to put your money in a fixed deposit: You will need to have an existing account with the bank of your choice, and then you deposit the sum into this account. You will then need to inform your bank of your intention to “fix” the said sum for “X” number of days. It is very important that before you make your decision, that you shop around for the best rates. You are not obliged to fix your money with your existing bank, just because you bank with them. You can earn a significantly higher amount by just picking up the phone. It is the more difficult route when you consider call waiting times, credit spent etc but it is worth it, and what’s more I have done some of this hard work for you.

How long is my money fixed for?
Most banks offer flexible periods of 30 days, 60 days, 90 days, 180 days and one year.

How do I get paid?
Usually, the money is removed from your account and the interest is paid into your account. So for example, you want to fix N500,000 for 60 days and the bank has offered you an interest rate of 7%. You have N550,000 in your account. Once you confirm you’re making the arrangement and sign all the necessary documentation, the N500,000 “disappears” from your account to be “fixed”. At the end of 60 days, you get paid back your original N500,000 + an additional N35,000 interest accrued. A simplified version of what really happens behind the scenes is that the N500,000 is given to another customer who has asked for a loan – but he will be charged 20% interest (or N100,000). After 60 days, you get back your N500,000 + N35,000 (7% interest from the other customers N100,000). Not bad business for banks, if you ask me.

Bank interest rate comparisons
For my enquiries, I called First Bank and GTBank.
I rated both banks on customer service quality (pet peeve of mine, because time is money) and interest rates.
tbankvsfirstbank

Interest rates
First Bank
7 days (First bank does not offer this service)
30 days – 9.25%
60 days: 9.50%
90 days: 9.75%
365 days: 10%
GTBank
Available from N100,000 to N1m.
7 days – 3.75%
30 days – 180 days : 6.25%
Some notes:
Call times. My initial contact with both banks was on a Friday afternoon, at about 5.30pm. My second contact attempt with GTBank after the first one proved futile was at 3.20pm on a Sunday.
Omissions. I initially wanted to include Accessbank in this exercise, but have been unlucky in getting through to a knowledgeable person on customer service. The frontline staff I have spoken to, all seem to lack basic knowledge regarding what services their banks offer and where to get information outside the limits of their knowledge. I would recommend that training is provided for all front line staff as a matter of urgency, as customers otherwise have no way of getting informed about competitive rates for your most lucrative services.
Am I an agent? I work for neither of these banks. My selection of this two is purely by chance and accessibility of contact information via the bank websites. I simply picked the banks with the most prominent contact information via websites. My reviews are unbiased, and if I haven’t reviewed any others yet, don’t worry – “life is turn by turn”.

Courtesy: http://www.mrpepe.com/banking/which-is-the-best-account-for-a-fixed-deposit-gtbank-or-firstbank/

How are you calculating your interest? Its per annum. You have to divide for 365 and multiply the result by the number of days you want to fix the money for.
All these big money you are stating as interest is very wrong. No bank gives you 35k on 500k for those number of days. Are they into round-tripping

Looks like he is signing a condolence register

They o kill this man o

cktheluckyman:
Fashola as APC presidential candidate will not even win a single state outside the south west

He will win north as well with Buhari's endorsement

And where will the religion come to play? Is it southwest where religion comes after competence or the north who will see the pair as a win-win. APC won't have a foothold in the south south and south east.

Not choosing a strong candidate from south west will open the gates for PDP to move in.
APC should exploit their strong points rather than trying to ammend their weakness....they might just lose everything in the process

If what he said is true..then I am sorry Nigeria...recovery will take a generation of lots of sacrifice.
Please people ignore the messanger, criticizing him won't solve the inherent problems, you will only feel good insulting him while what he talked about still remains.
The country has decayed and is already smelling

Serious thing

Playspread, a music intelligence company that deals with media monitoring and big data analytics has released a State of the Nigerian Music Industry infographic for the period May-July 2014.

According to the infographic, Beat FM Lagos, Cool FM Port Harcourt and City FM Lagos played more songs than any other Nigerian radio station, as Patoranking was the fastest rising star, while ‘Dorobucci’ maintained lead as the most played song.

The infographic also revealed that Seyi Shay was the highest played female artist, as Jesse Jagz’s God on the Mic pulled the biggest surprise as he silently remained the highest played artist in some parts of the country.

In terms of social media activity, Davido enjoyed more YouTube activity than any other artist within the period, as Don Jazzy saw more Twitter engagement while Wizkid’s Facebook likes spiked high.

All the information was extrapolated from over 3,400,210 data points both online and offline. Music activity of 14,905 Nigerian songs and 1500 Nigerian Artists were taken from 156 terrestrial radio and TV stations nationwide

Let's assume that we have a man who was caught selling sensitive information to a foreign government. He was legally tried and convicted of treason against the country. Even though the man realized he had made a terrible mistake and was sorry for what he had done, the severity of the crime required a death sentence be given to him based on the laws of the land. This prisoner is on death row awaiting execution. But in a spirit of forgiveness and grace (unmerited favor), the President grants the man a full and unconditional pardon and has him released from prison.
Does this pardon received by the prisoner now nullify the legal code of the country? Would the man be able to break any and all laws with impunity after his release? Would he be able to quit paying income tax, traffic in illegal drugs, distribute child pornography, or even murder another citizen, without having to worry about the consequences of his actions?
Just using human reasoning, it's easy to see that the pardoned man would NOT be free to break the laws of the country after his pardon. In fact, it's reasonable to expect that the man would be so thankful for his undeserved reprieve from death that he would become a model, law-abiding citizen. How do you think the man would react to someone who advocated that he actively set out to disobey any other law? I imagine that he would reject such advice, and have nothing to do with the one giving it.
Through His grace, God has provided a way for us to be pardoned from the death sentence we've earned by breaking His Law. Why, then, would someone assume that this pardon (grace) negates the Law of God? Why would someone repay the unmerited favor shown to them by God with a rebellious disregard for His commandments? Why would someone think that an eternal, unchanging God would contradict Himself by requiring believers to disobey His own Law in order to maintain His divine favor?

Culled from a source online

Clarence is good but when it comes to green screen and graphics works, mex better. Mr AK one also good, patrick ellis scripting not too ok,however best script was wizkid's holla at your boy, wudi did an amazing job with Gino's No be God (video will always remain a reference point). Gini did some good jobs with dagrin and sossick. Godfather productions is the king of nigerian videos shot in south africa. Sesan too is ok, but he shldnt be trying out advanced graphics. Who has an idea what these directors charge anyway?

Do you see this happening in Nigeria very soon?


Many US internet cafes have permanently shut their doors as mobile and wireless technology continues to grow. Are these outlets ultimately destined for the dustbin of history?

With fewer customers coming through the door, the Internet Garage cafe in Brooklyn, New York, has been forced to reboot its business plan and turn into an internet-service provider.

In a digital world full of mobile computers, experts believe what is happening in New York is a reflection of what may soon happen in many other developed nations.

"This was all part of the evolution of technology or society as we go along," says Sree Sreenivasan, Columbia University's chief technology officer.

by BBC's Matt Danzico
For more:
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20307609

I think the prophet said he will win and not that he will become president. Remember June 12? Besides I don't think its in order to judge things you know little about...if I was deep in ministerial work, then I might be able to say one or two things. Focus on your hustle.

I never knew tribalism in Nigeria to be as serious as this till I took a music business idea to one of the popular artists in the country who also doubled as an executive. He didn't have the ability to invest at the moment and vehemently opposed my meeting with other likely investors not for any reason but because they were from other tribes.

We as a people have been mentally enslaved, and it trickles down to nairaland as well.

A foreign country wants us to come and fight for their interests and ideals which will most likely lead to the death of recruits and it turns into a matter of tribal war, without stopping to think for ourselves how to become great if not as a nation but individually.

While different orientation and upbringing have led us to this faulty thinking, we will continue to be foolish to dwell and develop on this maligned thinking.

We are doomed to fail with such close hearts.

Wizee: Who's she Or Where is she from?

actress frm Ghana. Iyanya mentioned her in the song 'your waist'

He was a pilot. Graduated frm NCAT Zaria

Tinubu's party will do better if it presents a northerner as presidential candidate with Fashola as running mate. Party can rule for the next 16 years

Dear All,
 
I am glad with the achievements of the last one year since Aug 5, 2011.
 
We have made progress, our business is stable and we are focused to get market share and be a Top 5 Bank by 2015.
 
I enjoin all to continue to set the pace and be proud Keystones.
 
Due to urgent personal reasons, I have today resigned my position as MD/CEO of Keystone Bank.
 
Do continue to build and never say never
 
Best
 
Oti Ikomi



What y'all think?

I guess this is a way of revealing what goes on in the coffers of government and how difficult it is to make good things happen in that circle. Better putting it within the pages of a book than making implicating public statements



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I highly doubt if a business man will want to drop such money whether cash or asset within this timeframe. I believe some kind of deal must have been reached.