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This is a definition of national embarasment

The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke (SAN), yesterday informed the FCT High Court, Bwari that the Federal Government has made an arraignment for an out of court settlement in the land dispute between incumbent First Lady Dame Patience Jonathan and the former First Lady Turai Yar’ adua. Adoke disclosed this at the resumed hearing yesterday presided over by Justice Peter Affen. The suit which was filed by Turai on behalf of her personal Non-governmental Organization (NGO), Women and Youth Empowerment Foundation WAYEF. The disputed land –Plot No. 1347 Cadastral Zone, AOO Central Business District, Abuja, FCT measuring 1.84 hectares was initially allocated to the WAYEF while Turai was First Lady. While adjourning till 24 September for report of settlement, Affen advised parties to settle the matter out of court. Trouble started 2nd November, 2011, when the Minister of FCT Senator Bala Mohammed purported revoked the allocation for overriding public interest and allocated the land to Dame Patience for her own NGO.
http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/index.php/news/172653-land-tussle-patience-turai-to-settle-out-of-court

The election into all the 20 local government councils and 236 wards in Ogun State, that held yesterday, was marred by low turnout of voters and other forms of irregularities. Sunday Tribune, which monitored the election, observed that there were reports of missing names of voters on the voters’ registers, while electoral officers were no where to be found in some polling booths. There were reports of pockets of violence in Sagamu, Remo North and Ogun Waterside local government areas of the state, while cases of ballot stuffing and harrasment of people by security agents in some council areas were similarly recorded. When Sunday Tribune visited Ward 11, Unit 15, within the African Church Grammar School, Ita- Iyalode, Abeokuta, the name of former President Olusegun Obasanjo was observed to be missing on the voters’ register. One of the electoral officers, who pleaded anonymity, could not trace the name of the former Nigeria’s president. The electoral officer directed Sunday Tribune to Unit 16, which is also within the premises, to confirm whether his name (Obasanjo’s) was on the list. The unit’s Presiding Officer, Mr. Kolawole Oyetola, confirmed that Obasanjo’s name was conspicuously
missing on the register. Some voters, whose names were missing on the register, expressed displeasure over the conduct of the election. They described the development as a calculated attempt to disenfranchise eligible voters and to rig the election.
In some local government areas, there were complaints of inadequate electoral materials as well as late arrival of the materials to polling centres. Sunday Tribune learnt that there were low turnout in virtually all the local government areas while residents in some parts of the state failed to comply with the movement restriction order by the state government. The Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, who cast his vote at the African Church Central Primary School, Ita-Iyalode, Abeokuta, at about 1.20pm, expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the election. The governor, accompanied by his wife, Olufunso, and some of his aides, when asked to comment on the low turnout of eligible voters in his ward, said the turnout was not extremely bad. “I will not totally agree with you, yet it was not as what happened during the general election in 2011. Any election that you are having 25 per cent, I think it is not too bad. If you look at our registration in this polling unit, we have about 25 per cent of those that registered. “You will discover that even the one they had last week in Edo State, if you look at the turn- out really, when you have 30, 40 per cent it is really massive. That is the way we are, yet I am happy that at least we have about 25 per cent turnout, which I think is okay. It could be improved upon. I phoned round and discovered that in almost everywhere, that is the turnout, especially in Ogun Central Senatorial district. “So, when we heard about the turnout in other Senatorial District, we did not expect anything less,” the governor said. On missing names on voters’ register, Senator Amosun said that there was nothing that could be done on the development, adding that the voters’ register was given to the Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (OGSIEC) by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He said, “Well, it is a learning process, because they phoned to say one or two things like that even during the general election, we had cases like that where people would come and would not find their
names on the list. “Today, we realised that people have come to say that they could not find their names on the list and OGSIEC told us that it was the list given to them by the INEC, so, I think there is much we can do about it. “It is a learning process, and I am sure we are going to perfect it in the subsequent elections.” A reliable source in the INEC office, who does not want his name in print, identified lateness in the collection of the voters’ register from the INEC by the state electoral body as a major factor responsible for the missing of names. The source said the voters’ register was collected by OGSIEC less than 12 hours to the election while election materials were being distributed out on Friday afternoon. “We have to blame the OGSIEC for the irregularities. They collected the voters’ register used in the last general election late from the INEC. If the body had come for the collection of the voters’ register early as advised, this development would not have occurred. They were told to come and collect the register early enough. The blame should be put at their dooorstep,” the source added. Reports across the state showed that the polls were generally peaceful and devoid of violence that characterised such exercise in the past.[color=]The election into all the 20 local government councils and 236 wards in Ogun State, that held yesterday, was marred by low turnout of voters and other forms of irregularities. Sunday Tribune, which monitored the election, observed that there were reports of missing names of voters on the voters’ registers, while electoral officers were no where to be found in some polling booths. There were reports of pockets of violence in Sagamu, Remo North and Ogun Waterside local government areas of the state, while cases of ballot stuffing and harrasment of people by security agents in some council areas were similarly recorded. When Sunday Tribune visited Ward 11, Unit 15, within the African Church Grammar School, Ita- Iyalode, Abeokuta, the name of former President Olusegun Obasanjo was observed to be missing on the voters’ register. One of the electoral officers, who pleaded anonymity, could not trace the name of the former Nigeria’s president. The electoral officer directed Sunday Tribune to Unit 16, which is also within the premises, to confirm whether his name (Obasanjo’s) was on the list. The unit’s Presiding Officer, Mr. Kolawole Oyetola, confirmed that Obasanjo’s name was conspicuously
missing on the register. Some voters, whose names were missing on the register, expressed displeasure over the conduct of the election. They described the development as a calculated attempt to disenfranchise eligible voters and to rig the election.
In some local government areas, there were complaints of inadequate electoral materials as well as late arrival of the materials to polling centres. Sunday Tribune learnt that there were low turnout in virtually all the local government areas while residents in some parts of the state failed to comply with the movement restriction order by the state government. The Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, who cast his vote at the African Church Central Primary School, Ita-Iyalode, Abeokuta, at about 1.20pm, expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the election. The governor, accompanied by his wife, Olufunso, and some of his aides, when asked to comment on the low turnout of eligible voters in his ward, said the turnout was not extremely bad. “I will not totally agree with you, yet it was not as what happened during the general election in 2011. Any election that you are having 25 per cent, I think it is not too bad. If you look at our registration in this polling unit, we have about 25 per cent of those that registered. “You will discover that even the one they had last week in Edo State, if you look at the turn- out really, when you have 30, 40 per cent it is really massive. That is the way we are, yet I am happy that at least we have about 25 per cent turnout, which I think is okay. It could be improved upon. I phoned round and discovered that in almost everywhere, that is the turnout, especially in Ogun Central Senatorial district. “So, when we heard about the turnout in other Senatorial District, we did not expect anything less,” the governor said. On missing names on voters’ register, Senator Amosun said that there was nothing that could be done on the development, adding that the voters’ register was given to the Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (OGSIEC) by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He said, “Well, it is a learning process, because they phoned to say one or two things like that even during the general election, we had cases like that where people would come and would not find their
names on the list. “Today, we realised that people have come to say that they could not find their names on the list and OGSIEC told us that it was the list given to them by the INEC, so, I think there is much we can do about it. “It is a learning process, and I am sure we are going to perfect it in the subsequent elections.” A reliable source in the INEC office, who does not want his name in print, identified lateness in the collection of the voters’ register from the INEC by the state electoral body as a major factor responsible for the missing of names. The source said the voters’ register was collected by OGSIEC less than 12 hours to the election while election materials were being distributed out on Friday afternoon. “We have to blame the OGSIEC for the irregularities. They collected the voters’ register used in the last general election late from the INEC. If the body had come for the collection of the voters’ register early as advised, this development would not have occurred. They were told to come and collect the register early enough. The blame should be put at their dooorstep,” the source added. Reports across the state showed that the polls were generally peaceful and devoid of violence that characterised such exercise in the past.[/color]The election into all the 20 local government councils and 236 wards in Ogun State, that held yesterday, was marred by low turnout of voters and other forms of irregularities. Sunday Tribune, which monitored the election, observed that there were reports of missing names of voters on the voters’ registers, while electoral officers were no where to be found in some polling booths. There were reports of pockets of violence in Sagamu, Remo North and Ogun Waterside local government areas of the state, while cases of ballot stuffing and harrasment of people by security agents in some council areas were similarly recorded. When Sunday Tribune visited Ward 11, Unit 15, within the African Church Grammar School, Ita- Iyalode, Abeokuta, the name of former President Olusegun Obasanjo was observed to be missing on the voters’ register. One of the electoral officers, who pleaded anonymity, could not trace the name of the former Nigeria’s president. The electoral officer directed Sunday Tribune to Unit 16, which is also within the premises, to confirm whether his name (Obasanjo’s) was on the list. The unit’s Presiding Officer, Mr. Kolawole Oyetola, confirmed that Obasanjo’s name was conspicuously
missing on the register. Some voters, whose names were missing on the register, expressed displeasure over the conduct of the election. They described the development as a calculated attempt to disenfranchise eligible voters and to rig the election.
In some local government areas, there were complaints of inadequate electoral materials as well as late arrival of the materials to polling centres. Sunday Tribune learnt that there were low turnout in virtually all the local government areas while residents in some parts of the state failed to comply with the movement restriction order by the state government. The Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, who cast his vote at the African Church Central Primary School, Ita-Iyalode, Abeokuta, at about 1.20pm, expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the election. The governor, accompanied by his wife, Olufunso, and some of his aides, when asked to comment on the low turnout of eligible voters in his ward, said the turnout was not extremely bad. “I will not totally agree with you, yet it was not as what happened during the general election in 2011. Any election that you are having 25 per cent, I think it is not too bad. If you look at our registration in this polling unit, we have about 25 per cent of those that registered. “You will discover that even the one they had last week in Edo State, if you look at the turn- out really, when you have 30, 40 per cent it is really massive. That is the way we are, yet I am happy that at least we have about 25 per cent turnout, which I think is okay. It could be improved upon. I phoned round and discovered that in almost everywhere, that is the turnout, especially in Ogun Central Senatorial district. “So, when we heard about the turnout in other Senatorial District, we did not expect anything less,” the governor said. On missing names on voters’ register, Senator Amosun said that there was nothing that could be done on the development, adding that the voters’ register was given to the Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (OGSIEC) by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He said, “Well, it is a learning process, because they phoned to say one or two things like that even during the general election, we had cases like that where people would come and would not find their
names on the list. “Today, we realised that people have come to say that they could not find their names on the list and OGSIEC told us that it was the list given to them by the INEC, so, I think there is much we can do about it. “It is a learning process, and I am sure we are going to perfect it in the subsequent elections.” A reliable source in the INEC office, who does not want his name in print, identified lateness in the collection of the voters’ register from the INEC by the state electoral body as a major factor responsible for the missing of names. The source said the voters’ register was collected by OGSIEC less than 12 hours to the election while election materials were being distributed out on Friday afternoon. “We have to blame the OGSIEC for the irregularities. They collected the voters’ register used in the last general election late from the INEC. If the body had come for the collection of the voters’ register early as advised, this development would not have occurred. They were told to come and collect the register early enough. The blame should be put at their dooorstep,” the source added. Reports across the state showed that the polls were generally peaceful and devoid of violence that characterised such exercise in the past.

“During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this
struggle of the African people. I have fought
against white domination, and I have fought
against black domination. I have cherished the
ideal of a democratic and free society in which all
persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for
and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for
which I am prepared to die.”
― Nelson Mandela

Any body from Oyo/Iseyin camp?

Posted to Oyo state....I've tried ma best in Lautech

Still waiting for Lautech posting

oppsymos: Lautech has not pasted our posting,we're on a look out,maybe 2mao will do.tanx bro

Wen dem wan come paste am? I beg na how much u colect statement of result?

Any news from Lautech?

day0: Ladokite Representing, Any News Yet I'm Out of Town

Nofin for nw.....hopeful of 2mao

Any Ladokite in da house?

If the purpose of this thread is to find a solution to window starter, can smb tell me the reason why the moderator remove or hide @akereconfi's post......i need an answer pls

Can smb pls give me NYSC website?

olaezebala: If you really wanna change ur desktop background with Starter on ur system, den u have to upgrade the window from starter. I have a genuine key for premium but cant share it here. Contact thru this email "olaezebala@yahoo.co.uk" and u'll have it for free. No loss of data.

Bleep off.....a typica African dat will neva want to share his knowledge....unless it is for a stipend

@akereconfi nd Ymodulus, ur guys ar wonderful....fanks a lot

pls how can i start a thread on Nairaland?

Pls can we have a thread of Nairalanders going to Oyo camp? Lets make d camp livly peeps

Intendin Otondos.....i can't wait,lets go there

Those of us going to Oyo(Ibadan) should hav a thread and start getin familiar with ourselvs nw.....so dat d camp go make sense

Pls,can we go to camp with our soccer boot?

Tinyemeka: I felt insulted when I read the part in the article where it said most people buy a BB for the reason of aspiration and creating the impression of having "arrived". Well, I'm not most people. And that is not the reason why I bought my BB and I'm sure a lot of other share the same thought.

I was tired of hearing all the noise people kept making about the superiority of Androids, iOS and other OS over BB OS. iPhones are grossly over-priced and over-hyped. I had a bad experience with Samsung and the rest all look like China phones to me and so I got a Nokia N900. The fone has been a dead weight in my pocket. I tried browsing (which is my main interest in phones) and my entire credit was wiped out in a short time. I tried downloading Operamini v11 (there's only the Beta version for the fone). Didn't work. Conflict with the phone's Maemo 5 OS. Opera 6.5 won't download and as I discovered, there is no Opera mini version for N900. Anybody with a counter opinion should pls shout it. Now I hardly browse with the fone for fear of burning my credit and I'm back to relying on my BB.

As far as I'm concerned, BB is the best phone for the majority of Nigerians. Not everyone is a phone geek, or gamer who has to constantly rely on phone cheats and tricks to get low-cost browsing. Let's call a spade a spade.

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Tinyemeka: I felt insulted when I read the part in the article where it said most people buy a BB for the reason of aspiration and creating the impression of having "arrived". Well, I'm not most people. And that is not the reason why I bought my BB and I'm sure a lot of other share the same thought.

I was tired of hearing all the noise people kept making about the superiority of Androids, iOS and other OS over BB OS. iPhones are grossly over-priced and over-hyped. I had a bad experience with Samsung and the rest all look like China phones to me and so I got a Nokia N900. The fone has been a dead weight in my pocket. I tried browsing (which is my main interest in phones) and my entire credit was wiped out in a short time. I tried downloading Operamini v11 (there's only the Beta version for the fone). Didn't work. Conflict with the phone's Maemo 5 OS. Opera 6.5 won't download and as I discovered, there is no Opera mini version for N900. Anybody with a counter opinion should pls shout it. Now I hardly browse with the fone for fear of burning my credit and I'm back to relying on my BB.

As far as I'm concerned, BB is the best phone for the majority of Nigerians. Not everyone is a phone geek, or gamer who has to constantly rely on phone cheats and tricks to get low-cost browsing. Let's call a spade a spade.

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Tinyemeka: I felt insulted when I read the part in the article where it said most people buy a BB for the reason of aspiration and creating the impression of having "arrived". Well, I'm not most people. And that is not the reason why I bought my BB and I'm sure a lot of other share the same thought.

I was tired of hearing all the noise people kept making about the superiority of Androids, iOS and other OS over BB OS. iPhones are grossly over-priced and over-hyped. I had a bad experience with Samsung and the rest all look like China phones to me and so I got a Nokia N900. The fone has been a dead weight in my pocket. I tried browsing (which is my main interest in phones) and my entire credit was wiped out in a short time. I tried downloading Operamini v11 (there's only the Beta version for the fone). Didn't work. Conflict with the phone's Maemo 5 OS. Opera 6.5 won't download and as I discovered, there is no Opera mini version for N900. Anybody with a counter opinion should pls shout it. Now I hardly browse with the fone for fear of burning my credit and I'm back to relying on my BB.

As far as I'm concerned, BB is the best phone for the majority of Nigerians. Not everyone is a phone geek, or gamer who has to constantly rely on phone cheats and tricks to get low-cost browsing. Let's call a spade a spade.

I can't disagree with u more. You can enjoy browsin on any nokia phone just like BB,all u need to do is subscribe for 250MB(on mtn data plan or dpendin on ur network)BBM is d only difference but who cares when their is WHATSAPP......b4 i forget,Nokia is cheaper with more MB

tanx 4 the info. But pls, how can i remove nd add somebody from my family nd friendz list.