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PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan yesterday gave an insight into why his administration initiated the postgraduate scholarship scheme for Nigerians.

He said apart from building the capacities of the beneficiaries, the programme was designed to raise the standard of teaching in the country’s universities.

Jonathan said from the reports presented to the Federal Government, less than 60 per cent of lecturers in the nation’s universities had PhDs, adding that his administration had already extended the scheme to 400 graduates in the country.

The President explained that the policy was designed to arrest the poor standard of education, create and enhance proper human capital development

http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=96298:jonathan-says-new-scholarship-scheme-will-boost-varsity-education-&catid=1:national&Itemid=559

Don Baba J #wande coal's voice... Nice one bro

I just tired for dis Mallam, obviously he just jobless...how can a normal man make such utterances, wot if PDP seize to b in power, he will become jobless cos frm d look of things he has just employed himself as a fighter,PDP fighter, make dem find appointment giv am na, I no datz wot he wants, his looted funds and properties r diminishing,he needs more.

I believe in prayers but we have to back it up with works..it can only get beta

really laughable

i hope he doesnt get his own transfer nxt yr august 15 too

cos itz the first place u (guys) look at when u c a chick..

much better than before, atleast i sleep and wake up with light...power has improved

they expect so much frm the govt, though d deliberately close their eyes frm d little d gain...most tyms it borne out of som pples selfish nature.

this SS guys r takin charge o, hop d police will also try to do more beta...

thumbs up to him, other cement companies shud follow

THIS IS JUST THE BEGINING

picture says it all, obviously not...itz cyrstal clear, this people r different. the sss r to professional to do that.

so refreshing, my muslim friends cudnt stop thanking me..

REMEMBERING the Muslim folks in the country, Airtel Nigeria has unveiled special Ramadan offerings to enable customers connect to families and loved ones at affordable rates and also boost their spiritual state with Islamic inspirational quotes, throughout the holy month of Ramadan.

Customers, who subscribe to the Voice Islamic Content during Ramadan, according to a statement from Airtel Nigeria, would enjoy the daily voice wakeup call service at N15K/sec and also receive tips on Hajj preparation and daily Jummah sermons at a cost of N50 per week.

The telecommunications firm also announced that exclusive SMS messages on Douaa, Holy Quran, Hadith and biography of the prophet at a cost of N50 per week would be sent to subscribing customers till the end of the Ramadan season.

Besides, there is also exclusive content for mobile data users on http://airtellive.com that can be downloaded such as wallpapers and videos for their handsets. In addition, there are various data plans available including the special 786 plan giving 125MB for N786.

To enjoy these packages, customers are expected to dial *786# to subscribe to any or all of these services.

Speaking on the Airtel Ramadan service, the Chief Marketing Officer, Mr. Olu Akanmu said that the offerings demonstrated the importance Airtel placed on its customers, stressing that the company would continue to provide customers with delightful services that met their needs irrespective of class or location.

“We believe that the purpose for the season would be further enriched with the Airtel Ramadan offer as every customer that subscribes to these unique services would be greatly uplifted. We have carefully balanced the benefits not just in the Islamic contents alone but also on the direct voice, SMS and data services which when combined, would further educate, inspire and above all enhance communication and bonding between our Muslim brothers and sisters across the country and in the Diaspora,” said Akanmu.

Other benefits, customers would stand to enjoy other pre-existing services that includes up to 200 per cent combined bonus of talk time, SMS and data on recharge of N200 and above, as well as exclusive call rate of 10k/sec for Airtel to Airtel calls, SMS at N1/SMS and free midnight calls to loved ones and family members on Airtel Club 10.

In addition, subscribers to the Ramadan offer can also take advantage of the Airtel Hello Tunes by downloading or purchasing Islamic tunes or prayers as a source of inspiration for themselves or for family and loved ones accordingly. Subscription and Tune download cost N100.

link: http://nigeriamasterweb.com/paperfrmes.html

FASTING is the total abstinence from some or all foods, drinks or both, for a specific period of time. A month is set aside by Muslims all over the world to observe Ramadan, known in Islamic calendar as the sacred month to fast and to be closer to God.

Fasting is very important in our daily living because it helps us to grow spiritually, stay healthy and walk right before God. Fasting played a key role in the spiritual journeys of religious leaders such as Muhammad, Jesus and Buddha. Physicians acknowledge fasting as one of many ways to ensure health and the soundness of one’s body and mind. It is ideal and good to include fasting in our daily living.

In this special period (Ramadan), our diet should not differ very much from our normal diet but should be such that we maintain our normal weight, neither losing nor gaining, and prevent some health problems which include malnutrition, lowered resistance to infection and disease, stomach ache, constipation that occurs as a result of inappropriate selection, and not consuming nutritious and balanced diets. But if one is over-weight, Ramadan is an ideal time to normalise one’s weight.

Today’s article provides useful information on one of the numerous foods that can be taken so as to avoid and overcome some of the health problems mentioned above. Oranges with honey is an ideal food that can be used to break a fast.

The ingredients in this dessert are orange, honey and walnuts which are good sources of vitamin C, A, E and folate (folic acid) potassium and dietary fibre. Consuming this food helps in rejuvenating the body system, boosts the immune system, prevents cancer, detoxifies the body in general and helps in bowel cleansing. It is also very effective for proper functioning of the liver and gallbladder. Children who constantly need energy to grow, play and work, pregnant and lactating mothers can benefit from this dessert. Take oranges with honey and discover the health benefits.

Ingredients Quantities

Oranges 6 medium size

Honey 4 tablespoons

Walnuts 1 cup or 100g

Method of preparation

Peel and slice the oranges.

Gather the extra juice.

Mix in the orange – juice with the walnuts and honey.

Arrange the honey- walnut – juice mixture.

Take it immediately. Enjoyyy!!!

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afam4eva: I'm sorry but i have to play the devil's advocate for a sec.

Was it only his family members that he allocated land to? Does the fact that he was an FCT minister make his family members not to hussle for land?

It shouldn't be a big deal that he allocated some plots to his family members. rather the question we ought to be asking is, why he revoked the land from the initial owner in the first place.

simply put[size=15pt], GREED[/size]

as if his family members r up to 2700, look at him answering 8 out of 2700...so if he had 2700 family members, he wud allocated all to them at the detriment of the owners...wickedness of the highest level...i wonder how those family members felt at that time..smh

will he listen,when he his bent on being in power, i'm sure he flips pass dat portion of the bible, datz if he stl has a bible

i tot he once said he didnt, he finally agreed...

caseless: ATHEIST!

but the believe in something, even if not in god,woteva they believe in is thier God

i cnt believe this...

the truth is gradually coming out, who says God is not alive...

Controversial former Minister of the FCT, Mallam Nasir Elrufai in a confession today has boldly revealed that people around him are truly clueless.
Elrufai who recently spinned his 15 minutes long questioning by airport security officials as a 'detention', now also appears to be basking in the attention that his cry of wolf has created.

On the cluelessness of his associates and those around him, he made this shocking and revealing confession in a post on his Facebook page earlier today (See below)


http://www.facebook.com/nasirelrufai?ref=ts

http://www.naijapundit.com/news/shocker-people-around-me-are-clueless-says-mallam-elrufai

yes i concur, becos he just got into office barely a yr ago, letz wait for a yr or more if he doesnt perform, then we can cry foul play

same greed we r talking abt, doesnt want to share tithes and offering with any other pastor except himself

mehn! this guys get mind, so the no abt all this all this while...na wa o, so its all abt power tussle

"Even those who champion the name of Christ have altogether been blinded by their unholy zeal to clinch power and join in the race of looters. The problem of Nigeria is as simple as eating food when one is hungry. But when one cannot eat when he is hungry, if there is food, it’s either he no longer has the hand to take the food to his mouth or the food has been denied him".
For those (including the so-called spiritually conscious) who think that the solution to Boko Haram, to Nigeria and to all the abominations associated with this name would be the â humble resignation or impeachment of president, Goodluck Jonathan, you are the worst things that have happened to Nigerians! You have power but your power is watered with dishonesty, pride and evil ambitions. You claim to seek solution for Nigeria but you refuse to acknowledge (even when you know this truth) that the continued neglect of those killed in Nigeria’s genocide against Biafra would forever stand against Nigeria, and justly so.

it is left for nigerians to discern good pple frm bad ones without prejudice

One’s country should be a thing of pride for every citizen, no matter where they are or their status. And such country leaders should be as shining stars and pillars of encouragement for patriotism. That’s why you can find, amongst other nationalities, citizens who ride their bicycles and drive their Ferraris with the flags of their countries flying high beside them.
It’s a mark of self-worth and state-worth; it’s the beauty of citizenship.

But when the citizens of a state do not fly high their flags, yet feel proud of who they are in whatever country they belong, then two things are involved: it’s either that they are among the politicians who have destroyed everything or they belong to the group who terrorize their neighbors and distort justice for money. For one to be glad and unashamed in flying his country’s flag, he must have understood that the basic things which make him a citizen are not denied him by the state. When the state rubs its citizens of the right to live even simple, law-abiding lives, then such state has become a terror to its citizens. That is what Nigeria has become to her over one hundred and sixty million people.

Entertaining the people” is far from one of the reason we speak (through writings). We speak, first of all, because our people must hear. Then we speak because it’s a message that we bring. Finally, we speak because we know the place of words in creation and in the table of times. Even a madman often delivers revelations to those who consider themselves sane enough to believe they are all-wise. That is why we do not take lightly what we write. Having said that, I want to respond to some of the peoples (some of whom claim to know God, some yet claim to be scholarly, while the rest claim to be in positions to correctly analysis Nigeria and proffer one-shot” solution) who have begun these mild and aggressive agitations from all fronts against the president they just elected less than 2 years back. Today, the best they have gradually been coming up with is to demand that the pitiable president of the so-called Federal Republic of Nigeria step down or be impeached. Well, I say to you all: Shut your traps.

Recently, going by the stalemate between the federal government and the Northern born-to-rules,” Nigeria has finally been grounded to a halt.

The incessant demands made of Goodluck Jonathan (which, by the way, he has been doing everything to meet, including the changing of the IGP and the head of the NSA, the sudden refusal to carry out a single one of the promises he made to the South-East who overwhelmingly voted for him, amongst others) by the Northern oligarchy has left the presidency struggling to keep just itself alive. Sometime back, Goodluck Jonathan claimed that Boko Haram terrorist network has infiltrated his government. As it is recently, the president has confessed that, although he had made promises to meet the (as their ignorance concludes) most pressing needs of Nigerians, he is admitting that his government has failed because of Boko Haram, the Northern destabilization and terror unit. What remains to be seen by the ordinary man is why, if there are terrorists in the government offices of Nigeria, the presidency and all the much-paraded security units in Nigeria has not swiftly moved to identify and prosecute these very elements as it’s obvious that the activities of Boko Haram have crippled the government of the country?

The answer is clear: The “born-to-rules” are at work again. Since President Musa Yar’adua died and Goodluck Jonathan took over as the acting president, the country’s death date was fast-forwarded. And with the defeat of the North in the presidential election which saw Goodluck Jonathan of the South-South as the president of Nigeria, the “Araba” spirit of the Northern oligarchy has been released upon the Igbo and the Christians and Southerners. While Buhari’s lynching command has fertilized the Northern terror unit, the statement of “ungovernable country” has produced a dead Nigeria – all thanks to the Northern “Born-to-rules.” Today, from the abominable corruptions rampaging the House of Reps and the Senate, their best shot at keeping a decaying ship afloat is to stupidly and blindly clamor for the resignation or impeachment of president Goodluck Jonathan of the decaying ship referred to as Nigeria.

Once again, I say to all those clamoring for his impeachment: Shut you mouth and may it remain shut. You have no solution for your conscience; how dare you claim to have any solution for Nigeria in the president’s resignation or impeachment? Even those who champion the name of Christ have altogether been blinded by their unholy zeal to clinch power and join in the race of looters. The problem of Nigeria is as simple as eating food when one is hungry. But when one cannot eat when he is hungry, if there is food, it’s either he no longer has the hand to take the food to his mouth or the food has been denied him. Even the hands of the blinds can always find their way to their mouth. In the case of Nigeria, the decay has affected both the country (the hungry one, in this case) and these politicians who have held the wealth of the nation for almost a century now. In this case, both the spirit of Nigeria must sit down together with the shepherded that have made themselves sole-signatories to the sovereign wealth, and receive their full judgment of condemnation.

Most times, when Im moved to address even those who are known as great prophets and pastors and leaders in Nigeria on why they are blind to the truth about Nigeria, I often remember that, to each of these, a level of burden is given. Although I know that the purpose of God in sharing the burdens of His people amongst His men in any given nation is not so that they should be scattered and unproductive, but so that their individual offices will make a whole and healthy nation. Yet Im aware that, even Elijah the Tishbite, had to move far away from the threats of Queen Jezebel of Baal.

However, we can all learn that the retreat of Elijah was not solely for fear but for to return and deal with ungodliness, which ravage the people, once for all. Nigeria has known years enough for any prophet who long went to the desert on her cause to have returned home to speak “Thus says the Lord!” Why are they all silent, unconcerned and hidden, covered in darkness? The few of them who operate have faith strong enough only to speak of other nations or of individuals. For those called of God thus, you must realize that your call is of the people and not of individuals. The hand of every prophet is made long to touch the head of every government – even while they are thrown into and kept in a dungeon.

Hear me Nigeria! Hear me, Nigerians! Hear me, politicians! And hear me, spiritual leaders! Nigeria is not! The very existence of what is Nigeria today stands, in every way, as an abomination before the God of heaven. You do not need to go up to the mountain or go down to the valley to understand that a One-Nigeria was not the purpose of heaven for all the peoples thus bound.

Nigeria cannot prosper as one country and the conscience of average Nigerians will outdo Hitler in wickedness if this abomination of an amalgam is continually tolerated. For those (including the so-called spiritually conscious) who think that the solution to Boko Haram, to Nigeria and to all the abominations associated with this name would be the “humble resignation” or impeachment of this president, Goodluck Jonathan, you are the worst things that have happened to Nigerians! You have power but your power is watered with dishonesty, pride and evil ambitions. You claim to seek solution for Nigeria but you refuse to acknowledge (even when you know this truth) that the continued neglect of those killed in Nigeria’s genocide against Biafra would forever stand against Nigeria, and justly so.

You claim to be of God but you want to become president and vice in a so-called One-Nigeria where every effort have continually been made to crush the political relevance of the Igbo by using the genocide card to forge fronts against the Igbo. You call it politics but you refuse to acknowledge that God is the head of all governments and that He opposes anyone that opposes His purposes for His creation. Your position is that Jonathan resigns or is impeached so that a son of the “born-to-rules” will then take over and then the Northern type of peace will reign in Nigeria where others are slaves! You are of the devil! Today, Nigerians have come of age and the so-called born-to-rules no longer hold sway. But, to them, this will never be. My warning, therefore, goes to these political debauchers who hide in the name of religion, education, and God, to further enslave those ordained to prosper in freedom: Man, unto thyself be true!
You cannot continue to destroy millions only to feed your single ego.

Today, your voice may seem to count because those bound under the name of Nigerians are still like snakes being hatched from their shells. Sooner than you think, you would have produced venomous citizens whose heart do not consider bullets and bombs – as they go about, demanding justice from all of you and your generations – even to the third and fourth generation until true repentance works itself to freedom. A sovereign National Conference today is the alternative to an all-out civil war tomorrow. Let those who lead beware and be wise!

Reference:

http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/index.php/other-sections/lead-stories/151886-jonathan-boko-haram-members-infiltrate-my-government

http://naijamayor.com/my-government-failed-because-of-boko-haram-goodluck-jonathan-says

http://dailypost.com.ng/2012/08/08/resign-incompetent-el-rufai-tells-jonathan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=resign-incompetent-el-rufai-tells-jonathan

http://www.channelstv.com/home/2012/07/24/motion-to-impeach-jonathan-is-for-national-interest-reps/

http://dailypost.com.ng/2012/07/22/bakare-jonathan-resign-honourably-disgraced-aso-rock/

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/08/fawehinmi-to-jonathan-show-competence-or-resign/

(all references taken today, 8/8/2012)

http://pointblanknews.com/pbn/articles-opinions/to-all-who-preach-impeachment-and-resignation-to-jonathan-shut-your-traps/

@posters u left de dishes to play in NL, beta go and do d dishes now

i said it here once, El rufia and Bakare hav someething in common. the need power by all means, and this so disastrous and unpatriotic of them, if the r so responsible as d claim, the shud profer solutions to d dev of naija, now letz wait for their replies,if de will tell us wot de wil do as a president