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Our political parties have not stood out as parties with unique ideals hence, it's difficult to align politicians' values with their parties.


The Nigeria we have today requires you to be a member of a political party (no independent candidacy), so we cannot really bite more than we can chew. It's the more reason why intellectuals are called to be actively involved in politics otherwise the majority continues to hold sway.

Just be very careful buying such phones. In fact, I recommend a DO NOT buy unless it's a registered business/store.

Make sure you get your receipt (from the store) cos the day wey SARS trace lost phone to your hand, dem no dey hear story o. Na "EXECUTE, EXECUTE, EXECUTE" like dem do for dat TECNO advert SARS go do.

Human Rights Watch shout never reach dia fence. E fit be say dem never catch you now and you go say na wetin u don dey do since but "dis is Lagos", "e fit be you o!"

For your IB picture, you for try small use Broad Street nau

The Transport Minister visits the Port Harcourt International Airport ranked as the worst airport in 2015

Hope they're paying attention to these little messages.

Contact your Account Officer or go to the Accounts Department first and not NL.

Yes, NLers may give you advice but it's improper to ignore established procedures of the Ministry for Internet consultation. Please!

Omeny:
I concur with u Boss!
Ogun will keep having that advantage through Lagos being former Nigeria FCT!

OGUN benefits from its proximity to Lagos (which is the centre of Commerce), the population of Lagos and limited landmass.

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Industry:

economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods in factories.

It's commonsense to setup industries in Ogun state (most of which are located around the borders with Lagos; another reason why people mistake some parts for Lagos and another reason why Ogun State went on a tax drive for her citizens who fall into this trap). Typically, localization of industries occurs as more competitors concentrate in a particular area to gain the benefits arising from such.

Consequently, transport expenses etc are reduced and there's ease of supply to Lagos; a state that has population as its asset.

Later on, companies establish these factories in other geopolitical zones so as to have a wider reach in the country. When it's unprofitable, they close some of these factories or merge two zones into one.

There's no need to argue about the industries - Ogun State easily is. Just the way you don't need airports in every state, it's not a must to have some of these factories in some states. Companies will only go to States where the environment is friendly and source of raw materials is cheap.

Finally, let's ignore the tribal rants that lack common sense here. WE can now see the essence of State governors making their states conducive enough to attract SERIOUS INVESTORS. When we have good roads and other basic amenities that are the duties of government, people will fear the bad effects corruption can cause to their progress and development.

nollywoodbabe:
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Focus on providing quality content on your blog and you won't need all these trickery. First, you wrote "See What President Buhari Said To This Pretty Child" then you want the best comment which attracts a prize. C'mon!!

Of what use is a President saying such long sentences to a child who may not comprehend half of it. Bloggers and their concoctions.

Love Machine:
What about the hundreds of bokoharam detainees that were released last year by the president?

This you mean:

www.premiumtimesng.com/news/170793-nigerian-military-releases-another-125-boko-haram-suspects.html

Jarus:
Joe Igbokwe their best bet. The guy has got punches. He will be ahandful for Olisa Metuh.

Rotimi Fashakin too dey try, but na Joe be Baba for punches.

I'd go for RF. Though he's the CPC extract (which will also play a part) unlike JI who's been APC for quite some time.

JI is vocal but RF is the kind of person who writes the punch lines. He's articulate in his delivery and I feel he may give a more matured response to issues.

JI to me will be involved in roforofo fight with Metuh which is what APC doesn't need now. They need to show class in their
response to issues which will put them miles apart from PDP.

Love Machine:
What is annoying is that,when bokoharam capture a soldier they will be cutting his body into pieces until he bleed to death.But if our soldiers capture a bokoharam they will put him in detention rather than kill him.This same bokoharam will later be given amnesty by his brother who is the president of the north. I don't know why our soldiers are keeping this boys.Kill them as soon as they are caught.

You spoilt the analysis with the bolded.

1. Security officers are properly trained to deal with terrorists, hence killing an informant (a captured terrorist) is an unwise thing to do. It hampers investigation(s).

2. When has PMB granted amnesty to any of these members since he took office?

3. We do not have a president of the north. What we have is a President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

4. If amnesty you mentioned above by any chance of not being misconstrued is Amnesty International, then that's one more reason not to 'kill them off' as you suggest.

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aminho:
Ado Bala (a soldier in the Nigerian Army) posted:



I said "drop it on that sand! Luckily the girl dropped it and I was about 12 meters away from her.

I noticed the young man she was pointing at and I hurriedly ordered for his arrest while he was trying to dodge.

Luckily, the device didn't explode and the bokoboy is now in custody.

Imaging the man just met the little girl on the street she was sent by her mother to go and buy foodstuff at a nearby shop.

We burning buckets now too?

Terrorists will alter their modes of operation when we keep banning old methods they've adopted.

We need to invest heavily in orientation, technology (e.g. bomb detectors) + intelligence (which was what this officer exhibited). Typically, soldiers are 'soft' targets in this kind of 'war'.

We must not succumb to the whims of the terrorists in making us afraid of them. Citizens need to he heavily engaged to fish these monsters out. Security agents need to interview surviving suicide bombers (ironical right ) to trace the sponsors.

Until the source of the flood is discovered and stopped, water will continue spilling out from different outlets.

Nigeria - good people, great nation (Adieu Dora).

PS: Just remembered Dora's shock and insistence that Nigerians aren't terrorists after the Muttalab incident. Hmmmm

Did you notice how ALL the networks avoided 1GB plans or made it prohibitive if available in 2011?

Competition is necessary in these markets. It was the same way PSB (Per Second Billing) was a no-no until Glo came in. Ditto DSTV; they presently claim that pay-per-view is impossible simply because they have no solid competition. Let competitors up their game and you'll see instant changes. Etisalat came into the market late but had to make data plans cheaper.

For networks, it's either they crashed these prices or they succumbed to the threats of cheats + CDMA/ISp companies who had cheaper modems/WiFi services (all these =lost revenue for telcos).

Nigerian telcos ape after each other, so once one of them makes 1GB #100, trust the others to do same. I foresee further crash in prices, then what will be the next offering is who has the best services. e.g. you have some Airtel customers saying they will never buy its data plans even if it is 10GB for #200. This is because of complaints of 'data zapping'.

QoS (Quality of Service) still remains key in Nigeria by these telcos. NCC has not really helped much in enjoying our value-for-money.

We still have a long way to go. I hope with the power of the social media where no information is hidden and people air experiences publicly, these companies will be forced to play fair. #PeoplePower

neutrotoba:
Even Mavin stars are not responding, that sure speaks volume about his personality and his relationship with his colleagues.

They won't especially if it's part of their 'code of conduct'. It's the same way you see civil servants and staff of organisations declining to speak or respond to such issues with the excuse of "I was not authorised to speak". In these kind of instances, it's better to channel information and manage the 'crises'.

Btw, I noticed people trying to repaint DJ or tarnish his image using past experiences. Truth is, if you're not close to them and don't drink garri with them, leave mata for Mathias. They know all the -ishes that go on amongst themselves, they are also human beings and will have misunderstandings - image laundering or debranding does not alter the true values any of these individuals stand for.

Summary, you can only know people as close as to how you get to them and when you know their background or past experiences that have shaped them.

Tweets by Obasanjo are signed OBJ abi

Anyway, there are some points in what this fake Twitter handle wrote. All I see is akin to youthful exuberance by supposed adults.

We live in a generation where values have not only been buried but urinated on. Appears there's less the younger ones can look up to.

betterABIAstate:
Why are they lying and saying that he apologized?

Why did they conjure a fake picture?

Nigeria government should be prudent if they want to?

No need for lies.

See pics below

Let's assume Punch posted this, is it a newspaper owned by the Nigerian Government Gosh, the way you guys use headlines.

Btw, please what day and page did Punch publish this picture? Please provide us with those details

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There are security risks in this initiative especially as an unregistered business. Abeg, no allow anyone set you up o!

I'll suggest you exercise due diligence before accepting anyone.

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agalamanyi:
The title of the story is quite different from the body,which goes to show that the op wanted to spread misinformation ......he 2016 budget to the Ministry of Information and Culture, a sum higher than the paltry N29 billion allocated to the Ministry of Agriculture.

Exactly. From the first paragraph, you can see the 'neutrality' of the report!

naptu2:
There is usually an African Service reporter and a World Service reporter on such assignments. Below is the tweet of the African Service reporter (the guy from Borno).


Jimeh Saleh @Jimehsaleh



https://mobile.twitter.com/Jimehsaleh/status/681730816565719040?p=v

Thanks for this. You know, we do have a lot of problems but sometimes Nigerians just rush to condemn. I listen more than I watch and I know quite a few of these journalists who 'sought exile' in foreign countries as a result of the threats from these terrorists. The same BBC has interviewed some of these guys.

These foreign journalists have good packages including insurance to cater for such exposure. It doesn't even make sense to unnecessarily expose oneself to security threats.


Thank you for highlighting some of the guys who've paid the price in the name of reporting but our people forget them easily because aside failing to read our history, we also fail to write our stories.

agalamanyi:
Sorry o am yet to see where he budgeted it to lai m o! Or to see where the President budgets money to individuals

The thread's title.

agalamanyi:
But he heads the ministry

So that's why PMB budgeted such amount for LM LM that could be fired tomorrow at the wish of PMB? We need to stop the personification of our institutions.

agalamanyi:
u should have noticed that Ministry of Agriculture is one Ministry,while Ministry of Information and Culture,are two ministries with government agencies under it,that requires more recurrent expend due to staff. The major issue is when we lock our hearts and decide to hate an individual,we see everything from a particular light

Headlines too give you where stories are headed. Lai Muhammed is the Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism. Lai Muhammed is NOT the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism. SMH

I think some of the comments on the original link address the commas in this story.

Psalm18:
I blame the newspapers that give these fellows opportunity to waste people time

Na Sun Newspaper - king of tabloids.

sanky346:
The Conference of Islamic Organisations (CIO), yesterday, said that some officials of the government of former President Goodluck Jonathan approached the body with $3m for the purpose of garnering support in the 2015 general elections.

The body, along with a group known as The Muslim Congress (TMC), said they rejected the government’s offer tagged: “religious fund”, meant to secure support of Muslims in Nigeria for the ex-president and his party-PDP, during the general elections early this year.
The Coordinator of CIO, Imam Abdullahi Shuaib, who made this claim during the 22nd National Islamic Training Programme (NITP), holding at Odosengolu, near Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, added that the group suspected that the fund was a ploy to trap its leaders.

Shuaib, who is also the Executive Director/CEO, Zakat and Sadaqat Foundation, an arm of TMC, said: “It is not a secret, they came, offering us over three million dollars, we said no….It came through their proxies to us and we said no. And today we have been vindicated and it is not even part of our own culture to take bribe. We prefer to go hungry than to collect a bribe from somebody, that is unlawful.”

He said that some officials of the Jonathan-led administration (whose identities were not disclosed) approached the CIO with money but it rejected “because we know very well that it was a bait; it was a poison and you cannot eat and dine with the devil and think the devil will not come after you.”

Earlier, in his address at the formal opening of the programme with over 1, 500 participants, the Amir (President) of TMC, Dr Luqman AbdurRaheem, identified bad governance, corruption and godlessness as some of the factors responsible for the challenges facing Nigeria.
He maintained that the problem will remain with Nigeria until all Nigerians had attitudinal change, describing the concept of change as a vehicle to get to the Promised Land.

On Boko Haram, AbdurRaheem vowed that TMC will counter all indoctrination of Muslims in Nigeria by the extremist group, through education and sound Islamic knowledge.

http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/-2-1b-arms-deal-we-were-approached-with-3m-cio/126203.html#hVmBvJohjuWKVoqD.99

Remember the tiff with Morocco's Kingdom

Kyase:
Human rights bodies should also look into our pains by Shiite sect,” he stated. . . Shiites killed many of our people who challenged their activities, we buried them and we couldn’t talk to the world because of their threat.

Human Rights Watch!!!

Your employment contract will state this. As someone said, it depends on the reason given. In other cases, you WILL be the one paying the company

NakedEve:
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When you cross the line which is unacceptable is when you start killing them.

Please explain

imotondo:
Pls can you help me send it to my mail..... angelspiky@yahoo.co.uk
thanks.

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Worksunlimited:
Oga! I believe you meant to say benita was popular in the days of Abacha.. In babangidas Era twas a set of boys like dat that were in form.. The dudes play sound instruments with sticks..

The instrument was the Xylophone. Naptu2 can help with the names. Can't remember. NTA2 Ch 5 later used one as their signature video

fckmn24seg:
Wey d bridge

Understand the sarcasm

The bridge is in the stomach.

Don't you know that STOMACH INFRASTRUCTURE was meant to BRIDGE the gap between the hungry and the wasteful

One thing OBJ does well (which other politicians and leaders do not) is to DOCUMENT HISTORY.

Isn't it amazing that this preview was written December 2014?



www.osundefender.org/a-must-read-extract-from-obasanjos-book-my-watch-about-atiku-plant-moles-in-your-opponent-camps-and-the-rest-is-history/


Fashola & Amaechi wrote theirs; Adeniyi wrote his and I expect Abati to do same. People will always write from a biased view but that's why it's their ACCOUNT. You can learn or deduce from there.

Tomorrow, people will quote from sources, not "them say, them say". Strategically laying the blocks...

TechRev:
If i loose 2015 elections baboons and dogs will be soaked in blood - Buhari

He won 2015 elections.

Baboons and dogs will still be soaked in blood regardless, the soaking just started - Buhari.

Stop spreading false information. Show us a credible source where this falsehood was said. SMH