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Tallesty1:
The sad truth is that this protest won't change anything. It's possible that a rapist is among those carrying banners upandan.

Rape is a crime just like armed robbery and, kidnapping etc and I don't see how posing with banners will change the mind of a rapist or kidnapper.

Our society is fvcked up and that's where the problem is. If you go to boarding schools, especially private ones and see what youths do with drugs, you will agree with me that things will actually get worse.

Most of our youths are cultists and they rape.

Secondly, a male child should be shown proper love and care while being raised. A lot of males are put into the street to fend for themselves at a very early age, those who went into apprenticeship saw hell in hands of their boss' ma'am.

These leaves them angry and frustrated with zero respect for women and they're always ready to attack.

Posing with banners will not last a week before dying down and everybody will forget what happened until another person is raped.

We need to find out what is really the problem and deal with it.

Jethrolite:
It is not politics, no age limit.

Educate yourself. The age limit is 16 years. Try reading the jamb brochure next time you apply.

SOFTENGR:
Read at Romans 6:7 "For he that is dead is freed from sin." (King James Version)

That's how people like you will be misquoting the Bible for your own gains. May God help you

I hope y'all know this is a parody account.

computerwiz2:
imo state is in trouble. misplaced priorities. from statue to commissioner of happiness. does this gov need commissioner of happiness to know that most of the roads in the state are dilapidated? does he equally need the commissioner of happiness to know that the workers and pensioners are owed? does he need commissioner of happiness to make couples and pensioners happy who are owed salary arrears that runs into months and years? i weep for imo state though am not ibo.



https://mobile.twitter.com/MrsOgechiOlolo/status/938042522525368322

NwaAmaikpe:



This is wrong by all standard

This soldier is still a child.

This is a violation of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict (OPAC): Adopted by the UN General Assembly on 25 May 2000 and entered into force on 12 February 2002.

And Nigeria is a signatory to this Geneva Convention abolishing the use of child soldiers.

Keep kwayet my friend! Do you know how old he is? Or you've never heard or seen people with baby-face but old enough to father you?
And BTW, as long as he is 18, he is old enough to decide that it is death he wants.
Person wey no like heat no go enter kitchen na

MhizzAJ:
Too many rules just to keep one job that doesn't pay well self

Better adhere by the ethics before you lose that small pay too. LOL

Sakie:
I think the baby died from her womb cos it was looking green.
Those nurses were just wicked

They are wicked for doing all they could to ensure the baby (DOA) is delivered of her?
I thought that's their jobs.

gincmedia:
See you...it's rampant in lagos - what boys are doing now is having 2 bank accounts, one with debit card issued and the other with no debit card issued - then put bulk of your cash in the no debit card account - just transfer small cash to the one with the debit card from time to time.... stay safe!

Even at that, they can still be traced. It's very easy doing all these things, but because our Police are underfunded and not well trained especially in forensic analysis.

soberdrunk:
Is there any part of the 'Nigerian constitution' that says when you are caught stealing you must be stripped 'unclad'??

Is there any part that says when you are caught stealing, you CAN NOT be stripped unclad?

Is juju not another form of poisoning? Bottom line is the death is not of natural cause; especially when vomiting of blood is involved.

IamaNigerianGuy:
Thinking like this keeps us backward.
Could he not have been poisoned ?

Is it still available? And what't the give it or take it price. Abuja buyer

durella32:
I jst applied I made 2:2, bt I stil applied..i pray am shortlisted..no connections sha

Are you below 26?

I tried registering and i am 27. The instruction said not more than 28, yet when i clicked save and continue, it came back with sorry bla bla, you are above the 26 years old?

Is there any one else facing this?

mmb:
I am Man city fan but I dont like the Guy.

BREAKING NEWS: Man City slashes Iheanacho's salary because a Nairalander doesn't like him.

No one gives a flying fvkc about what you like or don't like.

Onitsha -- a city few outside Nigeria will have heard of -- has the undignified honor of being labeled the world's most polluted city for air quality, when measuring small particulate matter concentration (PM10).

A booming port city in southern Nigeria, Onitsha recorded 30 times more than the WHO's recommended levels of PM10.

The other three cities named and shamed in the WHO report for high PM10 levels are the transport hub of Kaduna, in the north, which came fifth, followed by the cities of Aba -- in sixth place -- and Umuahia, in 16th position, which are both trade centers in southern Nigeria.

"The contributing factors to pollution are a reliance on using solid fuels for cooking, burning waste and traffic pollution from very old cars," Dr Maria Neira, WHO Director, Department of Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants of Health, tells CNN.

At home, due to unreliable electricity supplies, many Nigerians rely on generators, which spew out noxious fumes often in unventilated areas.

On the street, car emissions go unregulated.


Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/31/africa/nigeria-cities-pollution/index.html

So its now from Church to Prison?

Whatever happened to amicably resolving the differences by the Church elders.

Rooting out corruption Chinese-style

By Clement Adebayo Oloyede


Many Nigerians greeted the recent report by an Online media, Today.ng, that our Reps have proposed a 20-year jail term for corrupt politicians with mixed feelings that this might just be another attention-seeking agenda and lip-service ploy from our lawmakers to score cheap popularity from the on-going war against corruption by President Muhammadu Buhari.

The report claimed that the House of Representatives is working on the amendment of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Act to prescribe 20-year jail term for any politically exposed person (PEP) and those working in the private sector convicted of economic and financial crimes.

While this is a welcome development showing the seriousness of the present administration to root out corruption, there is need to not only prescribe 20-year jail term for corrupt politicians but to also see that this amendment is followed up to implementation and perhaps go a step further to adopt death penalty as is the case in China to prove the resoluteness of the President Buhari led government to free Nigeria from the shackles of corruption. Thank God Baba has just returned from China.
Development scholars have observed that corruption in its generic form hinders economic development, reduces social services, and diverts investments in infrastructure, institutions and social services. The World Bank distinguishes between two main forms of corruption: state capture and administrative corruption. State capture refers to the actions of individuals, groups or firms, both in the public and private sectors, who influence the formation of laws, regulations, decrees and other government policies to their advantage as a result of the illicit and nontransparent provisions of private benefits to public officials.

On the other hand, administrative corruption refers to the intentional imposition of distortions in the prescribed implementation of existing laws, rules and regulations to provide advantages to either government or non-government actors as a result of the illicit and non-transparent provision of private gains to public officials. Investors will be reluctant to invest in development efforts in a country where there is state capture and administrative corruption. It is obvious that Nigeria is engrossed in these two forms of corruption and it has eaten very deep into our national fabric that until this administration launches its war against corruption, stealing was not regarded as corruption.

Another scholar went further to classify corruption as either petty (need based) or grand (greed based) corruption. Petty corruption is found where public servants who may be grossly underpaid depend on small kickbacks from the public to feed their families and pay school fees. Grand corruption involves high officials who make decisions on large public contracts. Here too, there is a negative impact on the poor as they cannot afford to provide any gains to public officials, or if they do, it constitutes a great part of their earnings which they could have otherwise used for their own subsistence or development. (Idise, 2012).

This write-up concerns itself more with Grand (greed based) corruption. If we are able to root out grand corruption from our society with a tornado-like force, petty corruptions will not have sway over us again. We must acknowledge this saying that big or small, corruption begets corruption. As Theodore Roosevelt aptly put it “A man who has never gone to school may steal a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.”

In China, according to Business Anti-Corruption Portal, “the Criminal Law prohibits giving and receiving property to obtain an undue benefit. Bribery is distinguished by ‘official bribery’ (‘working personnel of the State’) and ‘non-official bribery’ (‘personnel of state organizations not engaged in public services’ or ‘working personnel of private companies’). Penalties include fines and the confiscation of property, imprisonment and the death penalty.”

The Chinese government seems not to be mincing words when they enacted that law as several corrupt officials have been sentenced to life imprisonment and to death. In 2013 for example, FoxNews reported that former Politburo member and party chief of the megacity Chongqing in China, Bo Xilai, has been sentenced to life imprisonment after a court convicted him of charges of corruption, accepting bribes, and abuse of power.

In 2014, NBCnews reported that former China Railways official has been sentenced to death for bribery. According to the report on their news site, “A Chinese court has sentenced a former top railways official to death with a two-year reprieve for taking nearly $8 million in bribes. The Beijing No. 2 Intermediate Court announced the verdict Friday against Zhang Shuguang, formerly the deputy chief engineer for the now-defunct Railway Ministry. The court also confiscated all of Zhang's personal assets.”

In August, 2015, Reuters reported that “A Chinese military court sentenced former senior officer Gu Junshan to death with a two-year reprieve for corruption, the Defense Ministry said on Monday, the latest official to fall in President Xi Jinping's crackdown on graft in the armed forces.”

While there are several other cases of either life imprisonment or death sentence for corrupt officials in China, it should be noted at this point that this strict sanctions against corrupt practices by officials in a country is not restricted to China alone as other countries like Vietnam have wielded the strong sledgehammer of justice on convicted corrupt officials. In 2014, two top executives were sentenced to death for embezzlement as authorities in Vietnam try to allay rising public anger over corruption. Three corrupt bankers have also recently the death sentence.

Few years back, someone that was convicted of defrauding Nigerians of billions of US Dollars while serving as the chief executive officer of a bank in the country was slapped at the back of her wrist with a 6months jail term. Today, the same personality is not only walking the streets of the nation as a free human but she is still celebrated by many.

There are many instances of this kind of case in Nigeria that is why it is a daunting effort on this present administration to convince the masses that the outcome of this corruption war will not be our judiciary slapping these alleged corrupt officials on the back of their palms with sentences that will only end up to encourage more people to envision stealing from the public purse when they are sure they will escape with a benign sentencing.

A recent report by Daily Trust that the Federal Government has concluded plans for the establishment of a National Prosecution Committee (NPC) to deal with serious high profile cases shows that the government (the executive) is serious in his fight against corruption. This is a welcome development as this Committee is among many other things expected to take up serious criminal cases such as terrorism, rape, Kidnapping, oil pipeline vandalization, high profile cases and other crimes involving Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs).

One thing that must be establish here is that the other arms of government (legislative and judiciary) must come out plain to the public and prove that the executive is not alone in this fight against corruption. The efforts of the executive will yield little or no impact if the other arms of government are not on board. And they have to show the desire not just by words of mouth but by active inputs. The executive, perhaps, recognize the need for all hands to be on deck for this fight to be successful when it said, according to the above report that: "the executive does not want to be seen to be the only one fighting corruption. Hence each organ of government will have to define how it intends to fight corruption."

If the present administration can make one or two cases as scapegoats, it will serve as deterrents to others in the country who are harbouring thoughts of enriching themselves with the masses’ common wealth. For this administration to be able to deliver on this, our legislative must team up with the executive to promulgate such China-type of anti-corruption legislations. Our judiciary must team up with both the executive and legislative to ensure that such legislations are properly interpreted and applied where applicable. The media must make sure the three arms of government are kept on their toes by exposing corrupt officials in both the public and private sectors through investigative journalism. The masses must join hands to root out this menace that has eaten deep into our national fabric. When all these (and others) are put in place; then, we can dream of being great once again.

Clement writes from Abuja. Twitter: @Lord_Clem


Source: http://newsdiaryonline.com/rooting-corruption-chinese-style-clement-adebayo-oloyede/

you have captured the dilemma facing the present administration. whatever the presidency decide to do now will surely have a boomerang effect.

PentiumPro:
APC in government
PDP in power.
Buhari messed up with his ideology of I'm for everybody and not for anybody. This embolden Saraki to carry out the coup against APC and Buhari stand on non-interference in how NASS leadership emerged.
He is paying the price.

My NYSC Ogoja experience has been the most interesting year of my life. I served in their state university and y'all know what that means.
Some day I wish to write my memoir about this 1year that has changed my entire life. #Team14C

The only person I don't know in this pic is the guy on the right.

Zeusd3:
This post is so right I served in bansara, ogoja. N transport fee to igoli from bansara is close #1000 n I have to go 2 clearance. To clarify us all it was July 5th nt 2nd...
You forget to mention that an average women in cross river is slim shade.... U hardly find a fat woman (calabar nt included).
The average age of having sex is 12 years of age....N early marriage is a norm there.....

I almost redeployed because of ishibori girls...truth to God...

I agree with your No. 7. Boki girls are the real deal. I served in Ogoja but I met a couple of Boki girls. And you are right about promiscuity too. "Giving" is not a problem to them (if you know what I mean)

Nitefury:
Nice one op. But I'll make some corrections. It's Agbakpa and not Akpakpa. And Agbakpa is Ogoja while Afrike 1 (a.ka. Okpeche) is Bekwarra.

Point 1 and 2 I agree with you.

3. While I agree Calabar is the most developed, I beg to disagree with your other submissions. By land mass, Cross River is bigger than any three Southeastern states (you can think of) put together. Ugep, Ikom, Ogoja, and Obudu are the other urban areas and all with an appreciable form of development.

They are have very good town road network, running pipe borne water and functioning General hospitals with exception to Obudu (which has a better managed missionary hospital and some private clinics). All these towns have the best town planning you can think of. With regards to the time the state wakes up, even Kaduna doesn't come alive by 7am compared to the same Lagos. Also worthy of note is that 85% of villages (including Afrike 1 & 2) are accessible by tarred road networks.

4 and 5 on point.

6. Cross River is better than Abia and Ebonyi combined. Agreed that most state government schools are trash, the predominantly Catholic missionary schools are doing wonders and would give Lagos schools a run for their money

7. When you mention Boki, Beauty comes to the mind. In Cross River we have Boki girls and the Rest. Ogoja girl dey learn work where Boki girls dey. And you forgot to add that promiscuity is rife amongst them all.

8. This is so annoying. Especially in the northern part of the state. Even if na 25 years old die, Dem go party like say Dem wan die follow am.

9. Afrike palm wine na die.. The best ever

10. The number of joints in the state (especially the northern part) is more than all the schools combined. Them too like groove.

You are not alone.

Sexyolori:
Really don't know what Sterling bank is up to. Since I received the success sms in January, I haven't received any other info till date. Yet msgs r flying left, right and centre...

Any news??

Mile 12 in Lagos is under heavy security, aftermath of Yoruba-Hausa clash in the early hours of today. The route is a little bit passable now, but touts are still attacking people, wielding dangerous weapons. I just passed through the road now #eyewitness

I sent them a mail yesterday and this is their reply:

Hello Clement,

Kindly note that our entry level recruitment is a 5-stage process as detailed below:

1) Computer Based Assessment
Eligible candidates will be invited for an aptitude test covering logical reasoning, abstract reasoning, data interpretation, verbal and numerical analysis.

2) Communications & writing skill testing
An essay assessment to test writing and communication skills of the candidates.


3) Screening Interview
Successful candidates at the 1st & 2nd tests will be invited for an informal chat with the Human Resource Team, they will required to provide evidence of relevant qualifications/ credentials for verification


4) Panel Interview
Successful candidates are invited to a panel interview which is competency-based. Candidates are expected to demonstrate key capabilities, industry knowledge and also provide evidence of the qualities and skills the Bank requires of its people.

5) Management Chat
This stage involves a one-on-one interview with a member of the Executive Management of the Bank.

6) Entry Level Training Programme
Candidates who are successful at the final stage of the selection process will be offered an invitation to the Sterling Bank Academy; where participants are trained and tested on technical, practical and social aspect of Banking. Participants are required to have a minimum average specified at the beginning of the programme.

Only Successful candidates at the Foundation School Academy will thereafter be offered an employment into the Bank. Upon acceptance of offer, they are posted to fill available vacancies considering the areas of competency/strength as identified during the training program.


This is an on-going process.

[b]
You will be contacted when you are scheduled to commence the interview stage of our recruitment process[/b].

I hope this encourages everyone still waiting for the interview invite or the likes.

BADNEAT:
early 100s...105/month or there about

Please what level will a B.Sc holder be given and what is the pay grade? For Nigeria Prison Service

It obviously seems so

Sexyolori:
Got a success sms from them in January, I haven't heard from them till date. Don't know if they are doing it in batches...

I also wrote the Effective Communication test on 7th January and I have since gotten an success text message from them since January 20, BUT I am yet to get an invite for Interview.

karokit:
Ya, it's a follow up from d workforce tin since November, wrote d effective communication test January, so dis is d final stage, God helping me

While we are waiting for Sterling Bank to call us for interview or medicals (and for our Lagos brothers, PBT), the bank has started a new (or is it continuation) of its recruitment exercise

Check it out

Entry-Level Recruitment 2016 at Sterling Bank

https://sterlingbankng.com/recruit/

At Sterling Bank, our customers are our number one priority and we value their feedback and ideas. We've made sure there are plenty of ways to stay in touch. Sterling Bank Plc “the one-customer bank” is a full service national commercial bank in Nigeria.

In over 50 years of operations, Sterling Bank (formerly NAL Bank) has evolved from the nation’s pre-eminent investment banking institution to a fully-fledged commercial bank; and completed a merger with 4 other banks - Indo-Nigeria Merchant Bank, Magnum Trust Bank, NBM Bank and Trust Bank of Africa - as part of the 2006 consolidation of the Nigerian banking industry.

Location: Nigeria

Job Description
Are you a dynamic and innovative young graduate? Are you focused and result oriented? Learn about why you should work for Sterling Bank Plc. and what programmes we have in place for you.

Requirements
We are looking for graduates who:
Are resident in Nigeria
Are graduates of a university and have completed the NYSC program
Are not more than 26 years old
Have a minimum of 2nd class upper degree in their course of study
Are fluent in English Language
Are passionate, innovative and possess great communication and interpersonal skills

A former governor of Borno State, Ali Sheriff, has been named the new chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party.
The PDP is Nigeria’s biggest opposition party, and was defeated only in May 2015 after holding power for 16 years.
Mr. Sherrif, who is replacing Ahmadu Mu’azu, the former chairman who resigned shortly after the polls, has been a controversial figure amid allegations he funded and sponsored the extremist sect, Boko Haram. He denies the allegation.
The spokesperson for PDP, Olisa Metuh, who addressed journalists at the Abuja’s Wadata plaza secretariat of the party, on Tuesday, said all organs of the party, including, the national caucus, PDP governors’ forum and the national assembly caucuses agreed on the choice of Mr. Sherffi, who is also a former senator.
Mr. Metuh said the decision would be communicated to the Board of Trustees and subsequently, the National Executive Committee, NEC, for ratification before a formal announcement would be made.

How is this supposed to be a sensible comment now?

mencade5:
Yoruba christiians are not strong christians same with their muslims.

Mabel12:
Hello please I got the txt too bt my interview. Is for wed n besides ama Bsc holder shud I stil go dis one is jst Hnd n. Ond pple say dey nid n if I do go hw is the interview lik pls I nid ans pls?

How was your interview??

prettywendy:
Well.whytcleon recuit for wema n other coy bt if its transaction officer is a teller job and ur pay is 46,390 lol. Best of luck

Are you serious??