₦airaland Forum

naturefellow:
@ the BRT terminal/in the BRT

Freeman House

theV0ice:


That's very grandiose

Yes, but I think I understand what he was referring to.

The Radio Nigeria presenters kept asking him what the point of the expressway is? Where does it lead to? So he explained that he had already spoken to the Benue State Governor and Benue State already has plans to construct an expressway to the Nassarawa border.

So they asked where that expressway would lead to and he mentioned the Central African Highway to either Morocco or Algeria. I've heard of this highway before. It's part of the Trans-Africa Highway System that was planned by the OAU/AU.

See the number 2 highway in the map in this Wikipedia article. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-African_Highway_network




http://ww2.radionigeria.gov.ng/frprog-detail.php?ID=1595

theV0ice:
@the bold, i know a lot of things have happened before to feed your pessimism but pls lets hope for the sake of all of us that this will be different

This is what Ben Ayade said ''In his remarks, Ayade said apart from the road project, the state would also be constructing a deep sea port in Bakassi. According to him, the two projects will be executed through the Public-Private Partnership (PPP)''

Except he lied through his teeth, i want to believe the road and the sea port are both PPP projects. It seems likely that tolls will be incorporated (i see no other way for the private investors to recoup their money) but my brother, at this stage and with the world economy the way it is, i don't mind some small sacrifices.

You raised an important observation of the road passing through cross river and Benue state so i wonder why Benue state isn't represented here. Maybe some additional clarifications will come in the days ahead

Governor Ayade was interviewed on Radio Nigeria while he was waiting for Buhari to arrive. He said that he had spoken to the Benue State Governor who has a similar project to construct an expressway from the Cross River border all the way to the Nasarawa State border. He said he expects this expressway to be part of a Central African highway that will run all the way to Morocco.

yetunsbay:
Imagine! wife of three times state governor,four times wife of serving senator,also a serving Honourable House of Reps & nw ministerial nominee

Her father, Alhaji Waziri Ibrahim, was also a minister in the First Republic and the leader of the GNPP in the Second Republic. Her father's godfather, Sir Kashim Ibrahim, was Governor of Northern Nigeria in the 1960s.

Update. Only 3 nominees will be screened today. They are Adebayo Shittu, Claudious Daramola and Khadija Bukar Abba Ibrahim. Screening of the other nominees has been moved to Wednesday.

[img]http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CRwHsvjWsAA4cKU.jpg:small[/img]

UjSizzle:
I was on my own taking photos when this young man walked into my frame

First is the original pics. Camera is set to auto.

Second was edited with Fantasia Painter. The entire image was first converted to BW and then I used colour selection for the man.

It must be weird living in a world without colour.

That place looks very familiar.

Professor Kperogi runs a column in Daily Trust Newspaper and a Facebook page. He was responding to questions sent to him by his readers.

More about Farooq Perogi.

Dr. Farooq Kperogi is an Assistant Professor of Journalism and Emerging Media at Kennesaw State University, in Metro Atlanta, USA.

Dr. Farooq Kperogi is a media scholar, university teacher, journalist, author, newspaper columnist, grammar enthusiast, and blogger based in Greater Atlanta, USA.

He is currently an Assistant Professor of Journalism and Emerging Media at Kennesaw State University, Georgia's fastest-growing and third largest university. He received his Ph.D. in Communication from Georgia State University in Atlanta where he taught journalism for 5 years and won the top Ph.D. student award called the "Outstanding Academic Achievement in Graduate Studies Award." He earned his Master's of Science degree in Communication (with a minor in English) at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA, and won the Outstanding Master's Student in Communication award. He received his bachelor's degree in Mass Communication (with minors in English and Political Science) from Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria, where he won the Nigerian Television Authority Prize for the Best Graduating Student in Mass Communication. 

He previously worked as a reporter, features editor, news editor, researcher/speech writer at the (Nigerian) President's office, and as a journalism lecturer at Kaduna Polytechnic and Ahmadu Bello University. He was the Managing Editor of the Atlanta Review of Journalism History, a refereed academic journal, from 2007 to 2011. He was also Associate Director of Research at Georgia State University's Center for International Media Education (CIME). In April 2014, University of Louisiana's Department of Communication honored him with the Outstanding Alumnus Award.

He writes two weekly newspaper columns--"Notes From Atlanta" in the Abuja-based Daily Trust on Saturday (formerly Weekly Trust) and "Politics of Grammar" in Daily Trust on Sunday (formerly Sunday Trust)--and blogs at www.farooqkperogi.com

He is the author of "Glocal English: The Changing Face and Forms of Nigerian English in a Global World," which can be purchased from major online bookstores

I am an Assistant Professor of Journalism and Citizen Media at Kennesaw State University, Georgia, USA. I received my B.A. in Mass Communication from Bayero University Kano, Nigeria, my Master's of Science in Communication from the University of Louisiana, USA, and my Ph.D. in Public Communication from Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA.

I am a recipient of the Nigerian Television Authority Prize for the Best Graduating Student in Mass Communication, the University of Louisiana's Outstanding Master's Student in Communication award, Georgia State University's top Ph.D. student award in communication, and Outstanding Alumnus Award from the University of Louisiana's Department of Communication.

I'd worked as a reporter, news editor, presidential researcher/speech writer, and journalism lecturer in Nigeria before relocating to the United States.

I write two weekly newspaper columns: "Notes from Atlanta," which comes out every Saturday in the Weekly Trust, and "Politics of Grammar," which appears every Sunday in the Sunday Trust. My columns are simultaneously published on my blog: www.farooqkperogi.com.

https://m.facebook.com/farooqakperogi/about?expand_all=1

kannymoore:
LTV channel 8

My daddy's telly could never catch their signal clearly!!! Always too much "shhhhhh" and static and the channel seemed more grayscale than colored. Lol!

Though, I tried not to miss captain-caveman, captain planet and ninja turtles whenever I could sha.

I won't lie... LTV channel 8 and NTA channel 7 were a perfect No-NO for me. Maybe it was the proliferation of Yoruba programmes on both channels...I dunno. Lol.

But damn.. those were some good times.. for real!

Meanwhile... its an honor to finally chat with you one-on-one on Nairaland.

I'm a very great fan of your threads and your Diary and follow them as religiously as I can.

You truly are a PERFECT example of an ENIGMA and I sincerely hope to meet you someday just to shake your hand in deep respect.

You sir.. are THA DON!

Thank you.

I think I might have to analyse the coats of arms, logos and flags that I've already posted before I post any more flags, achievements and logos. Hopefully I should be able to do that today.

kannymoore:
He is correct.. its Uncle Wole of "Animal Games"

His show even preceeds Uncle Jimi Solanke's "Storyland"

It used to be sown on NTA channel. 10. I dunno if it was under the network service like "Storyland" though.

Jimi Solanke also had a show on LTV 8 in the 1980s (before he moved over to the NTA). It used to be shown on Saturday mornings. Unfortunately I can't remember the title of the show.

tpiander:
why does Bayelsa have dolphins and sharks in it's logo though.

are those animals present there?

just asking, not saying it's impossible.

Yes, and so does their neighbour Rivers State (in fact, Rivers State's football teams are called Sharks of Port-Harcourt and Dolphins. Bayelsa State's football team is known as Ocean Boys).

Do a Google search for these two animals (and add either the word "Nigeria" or "Bayelsa" )

Atlantic humpback dolphin
Rhincodon typus (whale shark)

Delta State.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpl1/v/t1.0-9/10458124_1453253261598643_4375330811806324861_n.jpg?efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&oh=31a7db07b8deb80e0096879c5c71c5a8&oe=569178B8&__gda__=1456043548_702ba378624b0420dfa15d7fad5e98c7

Abia State.

https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xlp1/v/t1.0-9/10402804_1517177008539601_2183465583249337450_n.jpg?efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&oh=6ddee11dbe6f68ba9f8c24046d60b655&oe=568F1F1A

Borno State.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/v/t1.0-9/10511153_1453253504931952_7070858077222599775_n.jpg?efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&oh=882724cf65dd8e6a8746aac2be19d9b3&oe=568F1F89&__gda__=1455522736_f8d376e6b00cc6ef8a5b9d75c61e8860


Borno State Government logo.

https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/v/t1.0-9/10389355_1514717495452219_6384865863520490362_n.jpg?efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&oh=8a2707c5d5e4792efe5ba5c88f4415d8&oe=56CBE663

Rivers State flag (1967).

https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/v/t1.0-9/10462712_1453252761598693_7793635440114553202_n.jpg?efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&oh=d2c63fa1ab7fd9e908b31f4e451f1d4f&oe=56C3C1A4&__gda__=1452573108_11616f08e65d2c04b6838f466bc9f12a


Rivers State flag.

(The Rivers State Commissioner for Information, Mrs Ibim Semenitari told Vanguard that the state is redesigning its flag because what it had, had been taken over by Cross Rivers State.)

https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtp1/v/t1.0-9/10489624_1453252794932023_6957768616478586675_n.jpg?efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&oh=3af8bb2fc28171f1baa8dc2d5ee7ab3a&oe=568CE7C3

Rivers State Government logo.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xlp1/v/t1.0-9/10534094_1453252814932021_8043679539616872215_n.jpg?efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&oh=7acc179c48f9c401d390a131aafd0205&oe=5694E8D6&__gda__=1455363779_1a6f358ec5cc8a64c89b4a32f6b26740

Oyo State logo.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/10408899_1453252864932016_9150623998232492564_n.jpg?efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&oh=83952bc3911471fd07bebcb147240b9f&oe=56906DF3&__gda__=1451829624_25e6a9d0c6a35ef8d32785ca8ee143bd


Old Oyo State flag.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/155724_1453252874932015_2882923655910417432_n.jpg?efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&oh=f7cca43c6b9e843d06a5b382e9ed53cd&oe=56C4274F&__gda__=1451539505_3c7ff75d6a949f24d955b561e3d6f422

Ondo State logo. (The Sunshine State)

https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/10348217_1453253121598657_1157607937237582723_n.jpg?efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&oh=75a0e17ae317bc9ce12f8d1866b23040&oe=56C4E71C