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pls stop duplicating threads,we have heard this news since.
U dnt need to remind us.
I have even downloaded a copy of the sack letter,many other ppl have too.
If u want to discuss theres a thread open.

+ interest accumulated on the looted funds

davidylan:
Muza, you talk as if Northern kids ever had an interest in learning besides stealing government money.

and militants are very dedicated academicians

me and ma friends are organizing a new year barbecue,
but only my friends and fine chicks are invited

as someone said ,it depends

I call her minspirata.
which i interpret to mean my inspiration.

ibadu Dismissed From Police

Last View on Tue 23rd December, 2008
Last Modified on Tue 23rd December, 2008 9:30:40 am
Author: Posted by Admin Sahara
SaharaReporters, New York

The Nigerian Police Service Commission (PSC) has dismissed former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission chairman, Nuhu Ribadu from the Nigerian police force.

The PSC headed by a retired police officer, Parry Osanyande took the decision after a marathon meeting of the commission.



Ribadu Dismissed From Police-PM News, Lagos
By Nnamdi Felix /Minna

Former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has been dismissed from the police force.

A statement signed by police spokesman, Akpoebi Agberebi, confirmed Ribadu’s sack, this afternoon. He was sacked for indiscipline, insurbordination and absence from duty. Ribadu was one of the six police officers nominated and sent on senior executive course at NIPSS, Kuru, Jos.

While on course, he was demoted to the rank of DCP along with 139 officers, who were allegedly wrongfully promoted. According to a statement signed by Akpoebi, the act of misconduct levelled against Ribadu are improper dressing when he appeared before the president on 13 November, with other NIPSS participants, in plain clothes, where others were properly dressed.

He was also accused of instituting legal proceedings against the Inspector-General of Police, AG and the Police Service Commission, at a Federal High Court in Lagos, without proper authority from government.

These conducts, the statement added, are prejudicial to discipline, proper administration of the force and unbecoming of an officer, contrary to sections 352 and 367 of the Police Act and against Rules 030402 of the Police Service Rules 2006.

Ribadu was also accused of flagrantly disobeying the order and directive of the IG to report to the Force Headquarters on 24 November, along with his NIPSS coursemates, at the completion of their studies.

Furthermore, Ribadu was said to have disregarded his posting order and refused to proceed on transfer when he was posted to zone 5, Benin, as deputy commissioner of police in charge of administration, since 21 November, contrary to sections 349, 348 and 347 of the Police Act.

“Serious misconduct is a specific act of various wrongdoings and improper behaviours, and which is inimical to the image of the service and which can be investigated and if proven, will lead to dismissal. At the end of deliberations, the commission dismissed the officer from the force for acts of gross indiscipline, insubordination and absence from duty, acts singularly and collectively punishable under rules 03, 04,01 of the Public Service Rules 2006,” the statement read.

http://www.saharareporters.com/www/news/detail/?id=796

[size=15pt]More doom for Nigeria as President completes cabinet reshuffle[/size]


Nigeria president completes cabinet reshuffle
Tue 23 Dec 2008, 13:52 GMT
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By Felix Onuah

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's president on Tuesday swore in four more members to his cabinet, including the finance minister, completing his reshuffle of the power structure.

Many Nigerians hope President Umaru Yar'Adua -- whose lethargic governance has earned him the nickname "Baba Go-Slow" -- will now implement the widespread reforms he promised when he was elected 19 months ago.


Yar'Adua started the reshuffle in August by replacing his military chiefs, which some saw as a sign that he was throwing off the influence of his predecessor Olusegun Obasanjo.

"I have the confidence that the four of you will do your best to contribute to ensure that we work towards the accomplishment of our vision," Yar'Adua said after the ceremony.

The president appointed Mansur Muhtar of the African Development Bank as finance minister.

Analysts welcomed the choice, saying Muhtar was a well respected director general in the Debt Management Office under the Obasanjo administration.

"I think he's an excellent choice. He's got the technical knowledge and experience that's necessary for the job," said Obadiah Mailafia, head of Nigeria's Centre for Policy and Economic Research.

Muhtar was one of the key negotiators in obtaining Nigeria's debt agreement with the Paris Club of rich creditor nations in 2005, the first African nation to reach such a deal.

The new finance minister will face several challenges in his first few months, including passing the 2009 budget, stabilising the naira currency and minimising the economic fallout from falling global oil demand.

Muhtar replaces Shamsuddeen Usman, who was appointed head of the National Planning Commission last week.

NIGER DELTA

Yar'Adua picked Ufot Ekaette, former secretary to the federal government under Obasanjo, to head the newly created Niger Delta Ministry.

Ekaette, from southern Akwa Ibom state in the delta, will be responsible for improving security and development in the region, home to Africa's biggest oil and gas industry.

Attacks on oil industry facilities and kidnappings for ransom are frequent and have cut Nigeria's oil output by a fifth over the past three years, to around 2 million barrels per day.

Nigeria's most prominent militant group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, said it was "not impressed" by Yar'Adua's choice for minister.

"Ufot Ekaette did not bring about any significant change when he was secretary to the government of the federation and we doubt he can do any better now," the group's spokesman, who uses the pseudonym Jomo Gbomo, told Reuters in an e-mail.

MEND said it would not negotiate until the government releases Henry Okah, the group's suspected leader who is on trial for gun-running and treason in the central city of Jos.

Militant attacks have declined sharply since MEND declared a ceasefire in September.

Yar'Adua also swore in Rilwan Babalola as power minister and Achike Udenwa to head commerce and industry.


http://africa.reuters.com/top/news/usnJOE4BM0B4.html

the legend is still doing it

[size=13pt]i told you that this guy is a Legend,he is even bringing foreign exchange[/size]



A company that says it made the shoes thrown at President Bush has taken on 100 extra staff to cope with a surge in demand.


Mr Turk shows off his 'Bush shoe'
Serkan Turk, head of sales at Baydan Shoes in Istanbul, Turkey, said demand for the "Bush shoes" had grown by almost 250%.
"We have received orders totalling 370,000 pairs," he said, adding they normally sell 15,000 pairs a year.
But the brother of Muntadhar al Zeidi, the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at the US president, slammed Mr Turk for the claims.
"It's all nonsense. These people want to exploit what my brother did," Durgham al Zeidi said.
"The Syrians claim the shoes were made in Syria and the Turks say they made them. Some say he bought them in Egypt.

Zeidi throws the shoe
"As far as I know, he bought them in Baghdad and they were made in Iraq."
Al Zeidi, 29, achieved instant global fame eight days ago when he threw his shoes at Mr Bush during a news conference - a grave insult in the Arab world.
He is due to go on trial on December 31 charged with "aggression against a foreign head of state during an official visit".
The offence carries a prison term of between five and 15 years under Iraqi law.
His family has alleged he was tortured in custody, but the judge investigating the case denied the claims.


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i had alway know girls to be fools,they dont know wat they want,
they dont know wats good for them.
They are so foolish as to allow their friends think 4 them sometimes.

Just give her nice fcukin and accompany wit anythin,she'll appreciate

29 Yr Old Log of wood

ledsman:
guys don't like ugly girls just the way you girls don't like a guy without money  , lol,  men i no go fit get girl friend because i no get money, so if girls decide to strt dating guys that are yet having, then guys will start dating ugly girls

lol   ,on spot

Wetin i go do wit ugly girl,i no dey see ne  

wat u are asking is like saying,how do i know this orange is sweet?

poster,

you post should have been like this:

What is wrong with Nigerian Girls (Gold diggers)?

don't know wat u guyz are talkin bout.

i spend money to call ma gurl,she also spends money to call me.
If your gurl doesn't call u,she ain't urs.

the power drunk cop is now sober

@ poster,

U cant know,u just got to live under assumption

Lmao @ poster,

I dnt see him as a fool,rather i see him as a player.
Its those women that are fooli$h,$tupid,chiken head,fish brained. . .

yarodin:
Are you forgetting there are other mineral resources other than oil and most of these minerals can be found in the north.   Trust me, IBB and Co will be very interested in ruling Arewa, Nigeria, and if they could have their way Biafra.  And when  did the masses start making an impact on who wins an election in Naija?  Unless the masses decide to revolt I don't see them making any impact whether na Arewa, Biafra.

yes!

the plea bargain employed by the present EFCC is nothing but money laundering.

In the case of Thief Lucky he laundered N4bn and paid N3.5m as commission.

auwal87:
@ Lagosboy

What ever the case may be, culture matters most than religion, I am sure Yoruba Muslims will not start attacking Yoruba Christians or the reverse.

IBB will not even look at the North, what they are after was Oil Money, and North has not Oil now, so he will not even mind to become a President or Prime Minister of Arewa. It will be left with the masses of the Nation to decide the best.

haba awwalu,
these guyz can never live without rulling,forget that they are after the oil money,they will still rule to steal from us.

But when carrying out an investigation,u need to question some suspects,
especially when   huge amounts are involved.
And in this case the suspect happens to be the one time powerful former minister of FCT.

Ilelobola:
I hope the smiling faces are at your comments as the only bars his likes will be behind are those in their houses where they keep their drinks to celebrate their loot. Nothing concrete comes out of EFCC, they only know how to talk.

rflmfao
Abeg tell the guy,
Fear no more,EFCC will help you launder your loot through plea bargain,
You can employ the services of thief Luck as a consultant.

mokylaw:
Wow! I actually missed the fact that he was found guilty. N3.5 mill? Shit! Can corruption really become a thing of past in this naija? I doubt.

guyz, don't get it twisted.
Thief lucky was never arraigned for stealing money,
he is yet to be arraigned for embezzling money.
The EFCC just take Nigerians for a bunch of fools and idiots that will swallow wat ever is given to them,without questioning anything.
Only God knows how much Thief waziri has accumulated so far.

This is a prelude to the death of the fight against corruption.

Very soon there will be a revolution cos very soon we wont be able to take this bull$hit anymore

Nobody should blame the judge for giving the N3.5m fine,
what punishment do u expect a judge to give a person that was arraigned on a one count charge 4 failing to declare money in his bank account,
do u expect the judge to give the person 10yrs in prison.
Its EFCC that are the corrupt ones,that "amended" all the charges to one,how ridiculous?

The evil that men do lives after them,
I want to see how waziri will end.

chidichris:
any investigation concluded before a confrontation with the culprit is incomplete.
police can gather enough information before inviting or arresting anyone so el rufai is still innocent and that is why in law it is called invitation. it is only when he fails to clarify himself before efcc that he will be arrested and detained and possibly charged to court.
assuming he meets with efcc and they ask him where is N32b and he said i gave it to Mr. O, the next thing will be efcc inviting Mr. O to ask him if the funds was given to him.

mamajama, you are the most stupid thing that i have ever seen in my life. a couple of months back, you will always storm this forum with efcc arresting criminals and now is not longer efcc, it is waziri now.
you claim to be living in the usa, tell me the situation with the ILLinios governor. does he have a lawyer or not? is it possible for el rufai to ask his lawyer to represent that gov in need.
what happened to clinton when he had issues with monica lewinsky?
why is it that almost all the top guys in the obj's regime has refused to face this particular efcc? what is the difference between efcc and ribadu?

okonjo iweala, a western trained economists had been invited once to testify and she did the same and went back to her base without telling nigerians that she is working. a clear conscience fears no accusation.
most people are saying el rufai will die, why? how many people have been killed during theo yar adua's admin.? was killing part of their own tenure?
they all lived by sword and they must die by sword-that is just biblical. the evil that politicians do in nigeria are living with them and their supporters.
most of the govs that endorsed thrid term agenda have been in the corridores of powers since then enjoying one political appointment or the other.
while the anti thrid term govs are still moving from one court to the other.
if mentioning of names here is important, Ibori, igbenedion and kalu were all anti thrid term and their ribadu induced court cases have been online while achike undenwa the then imo state gov who was the first to endorse third term is now a minister. odili who was asked to drop his presidential ambition or face efcc is still a free man till date. jonathan goodluck who worked with ribadu in impeaching alams later enjoyed the gov's seat and is now the vice president of nigeria even without our consent.
who among the past govs is a saint and who are the scape goats?

very true!

yeah,night of a thousand life

These days, students are not interested in learning’ - Prof. Ejembi
By ROSE EJEMBI, Makurdi
Tuesday, December 23, 2008



Prof. Egri Ejembi is a lecturer in the College of Agricultural extension and Management Technology, University of Agriculture , Makurdi. In this interview with Daily Sun, the university don spoke on the role of Universities of Agriculture in national development, why their graduates shun farming and instead roam the streets in search of white collar jobs. Prof. Ejembi also blamed the government, parents and even students for the decline in the standard of education in the country in the last 20 years.

Role of Universities of Agriculture
The University of Agriculture , Makurdi is a specialized university that was established in 1988 by the Babangida administration. At that time, two Universities of Agriculture were established; one at Abeokuta popularly known as UNAB, and then this one in Makurdi which we call UAM.

The two universities were created to pioneer cutting edge research in Agricultural development. I hasten to add that some years later, a third one which was sited at Umudike in Abia State was added. These universities are charged with the responsibilities of researching in agriculture and making the result of agricultural research available to our teeming population of farmers; primarily though, the agricultural development project which each state has.

The University of Agriculture, has its own catchment area as the whole of the north. And so, the university has a very large mandate. Since inception, and this is the 20th year, experts in various departments of the university have been conducting research in agriculture and making the results of these researches available to the nation at large starting with the Benue State government. This university collaborates actively with the Benue State Agricultural Development Authority (BENARDA) in the areas of extension and outreaches.

In terms of training the students, the university has a Bachelor of Agricultural programme in which three colleges; College of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Management Technology, College of Animal Science and the College of Agronomy collaborate to educate students to graduate with the Bachelor of Agriculture degrees in the various degree options. And this programme is tailored towards educating students to be practical agriculturists in the areas of Crop Production, Fisheries and Agricultural Management and Marketing, Makurdi so that by the time the students graduate, they can even be job creators rather than primarily job seekers. That is one major area in which the university has been trying to contribute to the situation in which Nigeria as a country can be self reliant in food crop production and to also contribute to food security in the country.

Our graduates look for white collar jobs
In fact, it’s very painful that there is a teeming population of our graduates out there who move from office to office looking for non-existent white collar jobs. And like you asked, one would wonder why this situation has come upon us. There are many factors and I will mention some of them. One major factor of the Nigerian society is that our educational system is largely focused on theory. We really have not emphasized hands-on experienced education in this country. And in order to have a hands-on educational focus, a lot of resources are required starting from ensuring that we have adequate quantity and quality of teaching and support staff so that students can receive the kind of close attention that is required, if we are going to emphasise practical education.

We also need well-equipped library where students can get information for themselves when they do assignments and other types of researches. We also need resources that will ensure that we have adequate space for instruction and practical applications of what is taught in the classroom. It is also necessary that we have the resources that will ensure that we have the vehicle that will make it possible for students to be taken outside the four walls of the university on excursion and field trips so that they are exposed to what is happening out there in industries and on farms as the Nigerian farmer and entrepreneurs operate such business units.

It is also necessary that we have resources that will ensure we have adequate housing on campus and off-campus so that the students have a choice wherever they want to live on campus and off campus and even to assemble on time for their instruction to take place. We also need a society that provides the value system that encourages the acquisition of knowledge for its own sake and for industrial and productive applications. When you look out there in the larger society, the people that are at the helm of affairs, are they modeling the kind of behaviour that the students that we seek to educate can emulate or are they seeing behaviours that are basically self-serving and selfish? I think we need a new orientation.

Big farmers discourage young graduates.
May be my views are divergent on that issue. From what we find, a lot of our leaders have their own private farms. But the issue is those farms that they have, how have they established them. I dare say that a lot of them establish them with resources looted from the public that they are supposed to serve. And so, such farms in a lot of cases are not sustainable as soon as these leaders leave the office. But I know that a lot of them try top establish farms and they do establish them but they are not farms that our students can easily establish or even learn from because they are established on a very big and unrealistic scale.

Why young graduates find it difficult to establish agric enterprises
I think some of the factors that contribute to the non-establishment of agricultural enterprises by graduates of Universities of Agriculture and faculties of agriculture in conventional universities is because agric is a capital intensive enterprise and not many graduates can afford to have ready access to the funds that are needed to establish agric enterprises. Secondly, primary agricultural production requires land and assess to land is another difficult thing in Nigeria. So many young graduates find it difficult to acquire land to establish agric enterprises.

Another factor that discourages young graduates from establishing agric enterprises is lack of marketing information. Our governments over the years have been emphasizing production and many farmers have heeded that call but no sooner have they produced than they discovered they cannot market what they have produced. And you know, if a farmer is disappointed one year because he has produced and cannot sell to recoup his investment, he would not be encouraged to produce the next year. So, there is a dearth of agric marketing information in this country and that is an area that we have not really tried to address as a nation especially as successive governments have not helped matters.

In other countries, even developed countries, the agric sector has effective government protection such that if for instance, it wants to encourage rice production or poultry production, government will ensure that nobody imports rice or poultry products. The Obasanjo administration tried to address these two issues but I am not sure that these polices survived his administration. And so, there is a need for the government to address this issue of protecting agric sector from foreign invasion by way of exports.
National food security not realistic by year 2020
Going by what we have done so far, I believe that year 2020 is unrealistic. But having said that, I think it is important that the government is creating awareness that there is something we need to do if we are going to have national food security. And so, I look at year 2020 as a motivation to the target and if we are really serious, then the government needs to place its priorities right.

Quality of education in Nigeria
It is true that the quality of education has really deteriorated in the last 20 years. Some of the reasons include the fact that as Nigerians, we prefer quantity to quality. Most Nigerians now don’t care about things being done right. A lot of students these days are not interested in learning, they are interested in acquiring certificates; credentials but how they acquire them, they are not interested. These days, a lot of students do not like lecturers who come to class punctually and regularly. They prefer lecturers that will come to class to gist until the period is over.

The prefer lecturers that like to be settled when the student hasn’t done what he or she should do. And there is a whole atmosphere where people just don’t want to do what they should do either the lecturers or the students. It’s also surprising that some parents and guardians are also helping to water down the quality of education in the country. Many a parent or guardian has paid invigilators to look the other way while his or her child or ward and other students cheat when they take qualifying exams like WASSEC, NECO and JAMB.

Some parents and guardians even pay people to take these exams for their children or wards. And then what about government that pays lip service to the importance of education when it would not fund educational institutions properly? And that is one of the fights ASUU has been having with successive governments over the years that the government should try to achieve the UNICEF standard of educational funding.

We discovered that Obasanjo administration was not even funding education to the tune of 10 per cent. At least, the Yar’ Adua’s administration found that out when it came into office. These are some of the factors. As I said earlier, our leaders give the impression that it doesn’t matter what we do, what matters is what we have acquired. So, young people are not interested in learning, they are more interested in acquisition and however you acquire it doesn’t matter.

http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/features/education/2008/dec/23/education-23-12-2008-001.htm

Corrupt lecturers: Presidency orders SGF to investigate Perm Sec
By Ihuoma Chiedozie and Musikilu Mojeed, Abuja
Published: Tuesday, 23 Dec 2008
Indications emerged on Monday that the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Dr. Goke Adegoroye, is to be investigated by the Presidency for allegedly misrepresenting President Umaru Yar’Adua at the 36th convocation ceremony of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, where he made allegations of corruption against lecturers.

Our correspondents gathered that Yar’Adua was shocked on Sunday when he read Adegoroye’s statement which was attributed to him, in national newspapers.

As a result, the President, on Monday, directed the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Alhaji Yayale Ahmed, to investigate how the invitation to him through the ministry to attend the convocation in his capacity as President and Visitor to the university, ended up with the permanent secretary.

In the controversial speech, Adegoroye had alleged that some lecturers collected money ranging from N250, 000 to N500, 000 from students in return for unmerited grades

The permanent secretary had, while criticising the scourge of corruption plaguing the nation’s academic system, also alleged that some of the lecturers engaged in illicit affairs with their female students.

A reliable source informed our correspondent that the SGF was specifically mandated to find out why the permanent secretary flouted the tradition whereby all speeches to be delivered on behalf of the President were sent to his office for vetting, reworking and sometimes, to be completely re-written.

The source added that the fact that Adegoroye was a former senior lecturer at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, suggested a useful lead in the ensuing investigations.

According to the source, “The SGF was directed to find out why disciplinary measures should not be taken against the permanent secretary, who many believe, went back to attack his former colleagues using the name of the President.”

In a move to forestall future occurrence, the SGF was also directed to inform all ministers that all draft speeches must reach the President’s office at least two weeks to the delivery date.

The source said, “The President was shocked on Sunday to read statements attributed to him, accusing university lecturers of sundry acts of corruption and misconduct; accusations that are clearly out of sync with his style and a blanket condemnation of all lecturers when he himself was once one.

“He has directed the SGF to investigate why an invitation extended to him ended up with the permanent secretary, who took matters into his own hands.

“Seek explanations as to the flouting of the time-honoured rule whereby all speeches to be delivered on behalf of the President are sent to his office for vetting, reworking and sometimes completely rewriting.

“The SGF was also directed to write all ministers to impress on them the imperative of all draft speeches reaching the Office of the President two weeks ahead of any event where he would be represented to allow sufficient time for effective vetting.”


http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art2008122333843