the words illiterate (inability to read and write) and ignorant (lacking knowledge) are often used interchangeably on this forum, although they don't mean the same thing (words like innumerate and uneducated are also sometimes used).
[size=14pt]FG, Lagos, others collaborate to restore Festac’s lost glory.[/size]
May 28, 2013 | 12:23 am
By Kingsley Adegboye
WHEN FESTAC town was built to host participants at the second Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture in 1977 known as FESTAC 77, it was a model estate and was the first of its kind on the shores of Africa. For those who dwelt in Lagos then, it was a delight to come here and savour the paved streets, the flowers, the modern planning and the decent environment. How this estate degenerated to this parlous state is a subject that should continue to engage our interest as stakeholders’’.
These were the words of Minister of Lands, Housing & Urban Development, Ms. Amal Pepple at the stakeholders’ meeting on the restoration of Festac Town in the Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area, Lagos, last weekend.
At the end of the meeting which was attended by top Federal government officials, Lagos State Government representatives, those from Amuwo-Odofin Local Government and representatives of Festac Town Residents’ Association, FTRA, it was resolved that stakeholders must collaborate to bring back Festac town to its past glory. This collaboration entails that all parties must fulfill their respective binding obligations to make the dream of the restoration a reality.
Restoration. As a way of kick-starting the restoration project, two committees were immediately set up by the Minister to look into the various issues raised by various interest groups at the forum. The committees were Task Force Committee on Illegal Structures and Committee on Ground Rents and Rates. Each of the committees comprises five members selected by the various interest groups.
The Task Force Committee chaired by Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning & Urban development, Mr. Olutoyin Ayinde, a town planner, is to ensure the removal of all illegal structures in the estate and restore back all open spaces and parks.
On the other hand, the committee on ground rents and rates chaired by the Special Adviser to Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Taxation and Revenue, Mr. Bola Shodipo is to look into non-payment of ground rents and maintenance rates by Festac residents as alleged by the Federal Housing Authority, FHA.
The Committee is also expected to come up with a strategy for the collection of these moneys, without which the restoration project will not be feasible. The Toyin Ayinde committee has four weeks to submit its report while the Shodipo committee has two weeks to submit its own report.
In her remarks, Ms. Pepple said following her earlier visit to the sprawling community in September last year, ‘’we came up with recommendations for a holistic restoration of Festac town. The recommendations were approved by the Federal government and a committee was set up to actualise the restoration programme. The committee’ work is in progress.
‘’This meeting of today is intended to share the highlights with a view to obtaining your buy-in as well as come up with a joint implementation plan. At this juncture, I should stress the need for stakeholders to prepare to play the part expected of them in the new dispensation. Residents should cultivate a new culture of refraining from habits that hurt the environment. Bills for services should be paid promptly’’, the Minister said.
Stakeholders meeting Speaking on behalf of Lagos state, Ayinde stated that for a plan to work, there should be implementation and there must be maintenance. ‘’This is why Festac town needs to be restored. To do this, there is need to review the original plan of Festac. This stakeholders’ meeting today is in the right direction,” he said..
The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, FHA, Mr. Terver Gemade, stated that a retrospective look at the original design of Festac town will disclose a total departure from the original concept. He pointed out that rules, regulations and terms of use have been severely violated.
Gemade who is an Architect, stated that housing units were allocated to winners or tenants on mortgage repayment basis spanning a period of 25 years. He noted however, that eight years after the expiration of 25 years, some of the residents are still unable to pay up inspite of the foreclosure clauses.
‘’We have noticed significant abuses in the usage of facilities and wanton conversion of residential property to commercial purposes. Other issues in Festac town include the disregard for rules and regulations accented to at the time of allocation.”
In his contribution, the Chairman, Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area, Comrade Ayodele Adewale, drew the attention of FHA to provisions of the Constitution which places the management of parks and gardens in the purview of local government.
He said: “We believe that since Festac is situated within the larger Nigeria, this applies here. The local government will greatly appreciate it if FHA hands over the management and development of parks and gardens to it.
That portion of the constitution makes what shes doing perfectly legal..
The Coat of arms, Flag and all other insignia of Nigeria can be used by all of us as long as its not for a crrime and we dont deface it in anyway..
[/quote]That section does not refer to the coat of arms. It refers to the flag. However, the section that refers to the coat of arms states that it can be used if the person obtains a license from the Minister of Interior and complies with the terms stated in that license. Mrs Jonathan might have obtained a license.
6. Any person who, otherwise than in conformity with the terms of a licence granted by the Minister or under other lawful authority, uses or displays-
(a) in connection with the carrying on of any business, trade, profession or calling; or
(b) in connection with the activities of any body of persons, whether corporate or unincorporate, the National Flag, the National Coat of Arms or the Coat of Arms of royalty as Head of the Commonwealth, or any flag or arms so closely resembling that flag or either of those coat of arms that they might reasonably be taken to be that flag or coat of arms, shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.
7. Any person who flies or exhibits the National Flag in a defaced or bad condition shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.
8. Any police officer may seize and remove any flag in respect of which any offence against this Act has occurred, and may cause any flag so seized and removed to be disposed of in such manner as the Minister may direct.
(1) Licences issued by the Minister under the provisions of this Act shall contain such terms and conditions as the Minister may deem fit and may at any time be revoked, amended or altered by the Minister.
(2) All applications for such licences shall be in writing addressed to the Director-General of the Ministry having authority in matters to which this Act relates, and shall contain such information as the Minister may, from time to time, require.
By the way, that is not the constitution, it is an act of the National Assembly (people often mistakenly believe that all laws are in the constitution).
Sources of Nigerian law:
1) The Constitution
2) Acts of the national and state assemblies. (Decrees and edicts of military governments are now considered as acts of the state or national assembly)
3) Received English Law (Common Law, Doctrines of Equity, Statutes of General Application/laws made by the colonial government).
4) Judicial Precedent (court judgements).
5) Customary law (including sharia law).
6) Delegated legislation (Administrative agencies' regulations and rulings).
7) Historical, Literary or Formal sources (including latin maxims).
Abuja wanted to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games. There was also a rival bid from Glasgow, Scotland. Abuja had a better bid document and even the inspectors said that Abuja's bid was excellent (Nigeria planned to use the same facilities it used for the 2003 All Africa Games). President Obasanjo and General Gowon made a great pitch about using the games to celebrate Nigeria's centenary.
However, there was one problem. Abuja did not have a rail network, while Glasgow did. The inspectors stated that they did not believe that Abuja would be able to cope with the influx of visitors that would come to watch the games, because it did not have a rail system in place. Obasanjo smuggled in a proposed light rail system, but the Commonwealth Games Association were not convinced. Abuja lost the bid.
Government decided to continue with the rail plans and use it to celebrate Nigeria's centenary. However, the project was delayed because the National Assembly complained that it was too expensive. President Jonathan, who, as Vice President was in charge of Nigeria's Commonwealth Games bid, stepped in to resolve the problem and also proposed that there should be a national rail link between Lagos - Abuja - Kaduna, as part of the modernisation programme for the NRC.
[quote author=IGBO-SON]^^^I'm a bit confused here ; if Abuja is where you interchange from Kaduna-Abuja to Abuja-Lagos lines (presumably they had enough sense to plan for one huge station for ease of transfer of passengers), then how come they're running parallel to each other......or are they heading in opposite directions?[/quote]2 projects. (1) National rail line (2) Abuja light rail (metro).
What does the law say? (Pay attention to sections 6, 8 and 10).
naptu2: [size=14pt]Flags And Coat Of Arms Act
Chapter 148
Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 1990[/size]
An Act to regulate the display and use of the National Flag, certain other flags and the National Coat of Arms.
1st October, 1960
Short title.
1. This Act may be cited as the Flags and Coat of Arms Act.
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires “the National Flag” means the National Flag of the Federal Republic of Nigeria;
"public place" means any highway, wharf, street, bridge and thoroughfare, and includes every place (including any foreshore or any beach or open space belonging to the State) to which the public under ordinary circumstances have the right of legal access, whether with or without payment of any entrance fee or gate money, and also includes all land and land covered with water contiguous to a public place from which an act constituting an offence against this Act would ordinarily be viewable by persons in such public place.
3. (1) Any person who otherwise than in conformity with the terms of a licence granted by the Minister or under other lawful authority, flies or exhibits in any public place any of the following flags, that is to say-
(a) the Royal Standard or the personal standard of royalty as Head of the Commonwealth when in Nigeria;
(b) any flag for the time being appointed to be flown by the President;
(c) any flag appointed to be flown only on ships of the Nigerian Navy, or in connection with establishments of the armed forces of Nigeria or the armed forces of any member State of the Commonwealth;
(d) any flag for the time being appointed to be flown only by a Department, or any branch of a Department, of the -Government of the Federation;
(e) any flag so closely resembling any such flag as aforesaid that it might reasonably be taken to be that flag, shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.
(2) Any person who, except otherwise than in conformity with terms of licence granted by the Minister or under other lawful authority, files or exhibits in any public place-
(a) the National Flag; or
(b) the flag of any member State of the Commonwealth, if the flag so flown or exhibited bears thereon any addition or is in any way modified or defaced, shall be guilty of al offence against this Act:
Provided that nothing in this subsection shall be deemed, to restrict the flying of exhibiting of the flag of any State in so far as the National Flag forms part thereof.
4. (1) Subject to the provisions of this section, if in any public place in Nigeria the National Flag is to be exhibited or flown for any purpose, it shall not be exhibited with or be flown on the same staff or cross bar with the flag of any State, or the flag of any Commonwealth or foreign country; and the National Flag or any other flag when exhibited or flown shall not appear in a defaced or tattered condition; but the National Flag shall not be deemed to be defaced by reason only of the fact that it is embodied in or forms part of a State flag.
(2) Where the flag of any State is flown in the State to which it relates or elsewhere than in the Federal Capital Territory Abuja, it shall not be necessary for the National Flag to be flown at the same time; but if the flag of a State and the National Flag are to be flown at the same time in a public place in that State or elsewhere in Nigeria, the National Flag of at least the same size as the State flag shall fly above that of any State flag.
(3) The Minister charged with responsibility for internal affairs may, from time to time, by notice either generally or specially authorise the flying of the flag of any Commonwealth country or of any foreign country in any public place, either alone or at the same time as the National Flag, and upon such terms and conditions as he thinks fit; but for the avoidance of doubt and to give effect to any diplomatic convention, no embassy, high commission, or consulate shall be a public place, and no means of transport when used by members of any embassy, high commission, or consulate shall, for the purposes only of this subsection, be deemed to be operating in a public place.
(4) Nothing in this section shall be construed so as to prohibit the flying by any ship other than a Nigerian ship, of the flag of the country where the ship is registered, or the flying of the National Flag by any ship entering or leaving a port in Nigeria.
5. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Act shall be construed so as to require a licence to exhibit or fly any flag within the meaning of subsection (2) of section (3) of this Act, if the person flying or exhibiting any such flag in a public place is actuated by no other motive than that of patriotism, the proof whereof shall lie upon such person.
6. Any person who, otherwise than in conformity with the terms of a licence granted by the Minister or under other lawful authority, uses or displays-
(a) in connection with the carrying on of any business, trade, profession or calling; or
(b) in connection with the activities of any body of persons, whether corporate or unincorporate, the National Flag, the National Coat of Arms or the Coat of Arms of royalty as Head of the Commonwealth, or any flag or arms so closely resembling that flag or either of those coat of arms that they might reasonably be taken to be that flag or coat of arms, shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.
7. Any person who flies or exhibits the National Flag in a defaced or bad condition shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.
8. Any police officer may seize and remove any flag in respect of which any offence against this Act has occurred, and may cause any flag so seized and removed to be disposed of in such manner as the Minister may direct.
(1) Licences issued by the Minister under the provisions of this Act shall contain such terms and conditions as the Minister may deem fit and may at any time be revoked, amended or altered by the Minister.
(2) All applications for such licences shall be in writing addressed to the Director-General of the Ministry having authority in matters to which this Act relates, and shall contain such information as the Minister may, from time to time, require.
Penalty
10. Any person guilty of an offence against this Act shall be liable to a fine of one hundred naira and in the case of a continuing offence to a fine of ten naira for every day or part of a day during which the offence is continued after the day on which such person is first convicted.
Robinson3d: Even if he had his sunny days, Saving a life is more important here. If God looks at our sunny days before he gives us life, then i bet you, you and i would be gone by now... Lets help others without looking at the past
Remember that this is not just about the kidney transplant itself. He might need to take immunosuppressant drugs so that his immune system will not attack the kidneys.
Also remember that he had to pay for his 2 year old daughter's heart surgery a few years ago.
texaco1: guys kets forget this celebrities and lets do our own part for God sake. the question now is WHICH BANK ACC ARE WE SUPPOSE TO PAY TO? LET OJB AS A MATTER OF URGENCY OPEN AN ACCOUNT AND IF HE HAS DONE ALREADY LET US KNOW. WHERE ARE WE TO SEND OUR DONATIONS TO? alll these abuse and insult will not help lets show this stars that we get sense pass them
The account details are in the 4th post on the first page of this thread.
[size=14pt]Sports Festival: Colour as FG, States hoist flags in Lagos[/size]
November 4, 2012 | 12:30 am
The 18th National Sports Festival being hosted by Lagos took another colourful climb yesterday, as the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory Abuja hoisted their flags to confirm their participation at the games with the Vice President Namadi Sambo restating the commitment of the Federal Government to sports development in the country.
The Vice President, who spoke as a representative of President Goodluck Jonathan at the ceremony which took place at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere and had Governor Babatunde Fashola (SAN) of Lagos State, his Kogi State counterpart, Captain Idris Wada, several deputy governors and commissioners for sports in attendance, said the commitment informed the recent hosting of a presidential retreat on sports.
Sambo said the Federal Government will ensure that the recommendations of the technical committee on the Presidential Retreat on Sports are implemented.
In his address, the chief host, Fashola, said rather than engender crisis, the creation of state identities like flags can only strengthen the nation’s unity wondering what would have been the colour and value of the flag hoisting event if there was only one flag to be hoisted for the National Sports Festival.
OJB Jezreel is a producer and musician. He produced 2face's first solo album (African Queen, etc). He has also produced tracks for many other stars. He was a judge on MTN Project Fame. This is one of his tracks (my favourite) "God is my light".
hpk: Am personally reaching out to you, let's help a friend
Top producer- cum singer, Babatunde Jezreel Okungbowa a.k.a. OJB Jezreel, who is currently bed-ridden in a Lagos hospital needs about 16 million naira ($100, 000) for a kidney transplant.
The Surulere- based producer, who is widely regarded as the creative force behind hits of notable artistes like multi-award winner, 2face Idibia, rap sensation, Ruggedman, Nomoreloss and Raskie is currently battling with the life threatening ailment and needs financial and moral support to stay alive.
Public spirited individuals can make donations to his UBA account - BABATUNDE OKUNGBOWA ( Account number: 1015075120).
1, He has KIDNEY ISSUES. 2, He has to have 2 DIALYSIS TREATMENTS WEEKLY at LASUTH *Its Expensive* 3, His HOME address has NOT CHANGED...It is still 4 GBAJA STREET SURULERE. 4, His PHONE NUMBERS are STILL THE SAME. 5, He NEEDS to have a KIDNEY TRANSPLANT. 6, A donor has been found. 7, The procedure will cost $100,000. 8, HE IS STILL ALIVE. 9, YOU CAN HELP HIM.
If you've ever been in pains before, then u can relate it to how this young man should be feeling right now. Let's Save OJB JEZREEL.
Top producer/singer OJB Jezreel needs about 16 million naira for kidney transplant. Some Nigerians have called on wealthy celebrities to foot the bill. Here's what Don Jazzy has to say about the issue.
Michael Collins @DONJAZZY
Guys do not wait for celebrities alone. Any thing you can do also can #HelpSaveOjb. May God help us all.
Re: Controversial Nigerian Businessman Chinedu Deported by Abagworo(m): 12:25am On Jun 05
Ricky_Ross: Nigerian national Adebiyi Oluwatosin Fatai who had 20 grammes of the drugs.
These guys nor dey shame. A thing that is worth doing is worth doing well. Why must you spend several years in jail bc of just mere 20 grammes of drugs?
Don't worry about this news. This was a case of set up and Adebiyi was just a collateral damage. Chinedu has been in court with his Kenyan wife over his property and the best they could come up with was to set him up with drugs. It is high time Nigeria deals with all these poor countries riding on our bad reputation to met out wickedness on Nigerian citizens.
NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 31 – Drama unfolded at a city restaurant on Tuesday when controversial businesswoman Joyce Akinyi confronted her estranged husband Antony Chinedu, slapped him and hurled insults at him.
Ms Akinyi, who arrived in Kenya at the weekend from India where she spent six months in jail alongside former Assistant Minister Raphael Wanjala, lashed out at the Nigerian as he was speaking to reporters and went on to accuse him of being responsible for the troubles she underwent in India.
She was incensed by Mr Chinedu’s remarks to journalists that the disputed property "must be shared equally among them."
"Akinyi has been my wife for 10 years. We accumulated property with her, there is no problem in sharing it. That is what I want, but she does not," Mr Chinedu said before Ms Akinyi confronted him and started insulting him.
"Chinedu has been celebrating because I was away. He took over my property when I was in India but now that I am back, he must vacate," she said.
The latest controversy between the two follows Mr Chinedu’s decision to lease the New Deep West Resort Club to a local investor.
When asked why he leased the property, Mr Chinedu said: "This is our business. There was nothing wrong in leasing it because it had been neglected. Workers had not been paid and the place was in a total mess."
On her part, Ms Akinyi said Mr Chinedu was trying to defraud her of the property, which is one among many at the centre of an ownership tussle between the two.
On arrival from India, Ms Akinyi said that she found the property under the management of a businessman, whom she has vowed to evict.
On Tuesday morning, police officers from various units stormed the premise and conducted a raid, in an apparent search for contraband goods.
Lang’ata divisional Police chief Patrick Mang’oli said that they were looking for various items, including illicit drugs.
"We were looking for many things, including drugs but in the process we have found some motorcycle tyres which have been surrendered to the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) for verification," he said.
During the search that lasted three hours, Mr Chinedu and Ms Akinyi – who have divorced proceedings pending in court – were present.
The police later towed away two vehicles, which were found parked in the compound.
"These vehicles do not appear genuine and that is why we have taken them for further inspection," Mr Mang’oli said.
Ms Akinyi and Mr Wanjala were detained at New Delhi’s airport in September last year for failing to declare Sh7.5 million that they were carrying in hard cash.
Ms Akinyi said that they were both released following the intervention of former Foreign Affairs Minister Raphael Tuju.
"It is Tuju who helped us, it is not Prime Minister Raila Odinga or Foreign Affairs Minister Moses Wetangula," she said and narrated how she ‘led a comfortable life in the Indian jail’.
"Indian jails are very nice. I was in a self-contained room. That place is not like Kenya. There is no congestion there and we even ate good food," she said in reference to the time she spent at India’s largest Prison in Tihar.
[quote author=Texas.Cowgirl]Nairobi, Kenya: Controversial Nigerian businessman Anthony Chinedu who has been facing criminal charges has been deported from Kenya.
Chinedu is among six Nigerians who were deported on Monday from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for being in the country illegally.
They were arrested from their houses on Sunday night in a police operation following reports they were involved in “dirty” businesses.
Sources at JKIA said they were all put on an international airline after being warned against being violent if and when they are there.
“Five of them have been deported and they are no longer in the country,” said a senior security official at the airport.
Nairobi Area head of CID Nicholas Kamwende confirmed the deportation.
Chinedu was facing a number of criminal cases and was in April arrested in his house with 10 grammes of heroin that he is believed to have either been using or intended to traffic.
The arrest followed an operation carried out in the city centre in which two men including a Nigerian national were nabbed for trafficking heroin.
The men were identified as Nelson Namunyu Mwangi who was found with 268 grams of heroin and Nigerian national Adebiyi Oluwatosin Fatai who had 20 grammes of the drugs.
They were arrested outside a popular club with the narcotics. Police say the two have been behind several incidents of drug trafficking in the city and they were expected in court again on Monday for mention of their case.
Cases of narcotics consumption are on the rise in the city and police are grappling with the situation.
Officers who were involved in the operation said several other mules managed to escape as they approached the scene. A major operation has been organised to nab the traffickers who are on the lose in the city.
Chinedu has been embroiled in a tussle over control of property with his estranged wife Joyce Akinyi and had asked the court to wind up their business in the city and the proceeds shared between them.
The rival couple has court cases relating to their various properties and custody of their two children.
Chinedu has also in the past fought deportation charges by authorities and succeeded.
Akinyi had in 2010 asked for the deportation of Chinedu on grounds that he was a danger to Kenya.
She wrote asking that "swift action will be taken to ensure Kenyans are safe from any activities that Chinedu is alleged to have been involved in".
There are close to seven cases between Akinyi and Chinedu pending in court.
Former Immigration minister Gideon Konchella on June 19, 2007 directed that Chinedu be deported because he "is one of several foreigners in this country involved in the commission of serious crimes involving trade in narcotics and money laundering".
However, Chinedu moved to court on June 13, 2008 to stop his deportation.
Re: [size=14pt]Chinedu And His Kenyan Wife/ Why Marry A Foreigner To Suffer[/size] by Aloy.Emeka: 6:48pm On Apr 01, 2009
It’s 11.45am at the Deepwest Resort Club. Anthony Chinedu and Joyce Akinyi, the estranged couple exchange bitter words and a blow is thrown to mark a return to their feuding ways.And this time, the feud is about property.
Ms Akinyi, who only two days ago arrived in the country after a spell in an Indian jail, announced her return with a dramatic confrontation with her estranged Nigerian husband, Chinedu. The scene, reminiscent of the famous love-hate scenes of Nigerian movies so popular in Kenyan, lasted the better part of Tuesday.
The supporting cast of Kenyans followed every unfolding scene from the fence of the club at the centre of ownership tussle between the couple. It was a free movie after all, and not even verbal threats from Akinyi’s male relatives would force wananchi to leave the scene.
Journalists, eager to capture every move, clicked their cameras away, recording every action.
The daylight drama was the climax of a night-long standoff the previous day when Akinyi stormed the club to reclaim it from an investor Mr Chinedu apparently leased it. Things happen while you are away.
A police operation that lasted four hours curtain-raised the main drama. Lang’ata police officer Patrick Mang’oli, said: “We were looking for anything and everything, including drugs.”
The goods — motorcycle tyres and tubes removed from the room and strewn on the parking yard — were clearly not what police were after. Still, they were screened for drugs and turned inside out — in vain.
All the while the protagonists, Akinyi and Chinedu, sat at opposite ends of the club. Chinedu at a tent facing the entrance where Akinyi was. With three male companions, Chinedu seemed unmoved, while Akinyi talked, occasionally, with the police carrying out the search.
Kenya Revenue Authority
Two cars were also towed away from the parking lot, destination Kenya Revenue Authority, for investigation on whether duty was paid. Similarly, the tyres and tubes were loaded into a KRA lorry. “Akinyi will want to use every opportunity to fix me. What have they got?” asked Chinedu, as the police left.
The exit of police heralded another round of drama, with Chinedu saying: “Akinyi should have looked for me. Storming the place was the most unfortunate thing she should have done,” he said.
But Akinyi, who had declined to be interviewed, paced towards Chinedu and proceeded to slap him on the head. Her relatives, however, restrained her
“Share what? I cannot share my property with him. Where is the evidence (of joint ownership)?” fumed Akinyi. She accused Chinedu of illegally leasing out the property which she said was hers.
A composed Chinedu laughed off the verbal tirade. He was unmoved and remained seated as she yelled.
“I’m back and he should know he will not succeed in his schemes. He took advantage of my absence but now I’ll take what’s mine,” declared Akinyi, whose flair for English language was impressive.
The Nigerian at the centre of a deportation court battle said the only solution was sharing property. He vowed never to surrender all his property, saying that even if he were deported, he would still claim part of the wealth.
The rival couple has court cases relating to their various properties and custody of their two children.
After she calmed down, Akinyi talked of her experience in India. She said apart from lack of freedom, she found the prison comfortable. “Indian jails are wonderful. There’s water and food and they are not congested. You get everything,” she said.
The story has been on nairaland several times since 2008/2009.
naptu2: Background.
Anthony Chinedu (Nigerian) and Joyce Akinyi (Kenyan) got married in 2004. They had children and ran several businesses together. Joyce is a former member of the Kenyan Parliament.
Then the rumour mill was agog with stories of an affair between Joyce and a member of parliament, Raphael Wanjala. Joyce and Raphael were arrested in India for failing to disclose that they had 12 million shillings in their possession when they entered the country. Joyce Akinyi and Anthony Chinedu split in 2007.
Joyce claims that her arrest in India was masterminded by Anthony Chinedu and she vowed to get her revenge.
There are several court cases between Joyce and Anthony. They are both fighting for custody of the children. Anthony claims that Joyce is also trying to take over all their businesses and get him deported. Joyce got the police to raid Anthony Chinedu's club several times.
So, the question people are asking is, is this the revenge that Joyce vowed to get?
Anthony Chinedu (Nigerian) and Joyce Akinyi (Kenyan) got married in 2004. They had children and ran several businesses together. Joyce is a former member of the Kenyan Parliament.
Then the rumour mill was agog with stories of an affair between Joyce and a member of parliament, Raphael Wanjala. Joyce and Raphael were arrested in India for failing to disclose that they had 12 million shillings in their possession when they entered the country. Joyce Akinyi and Anthony Chinedu split in 2007.
Joyce claims that her arrest in India was masterminded by Anthony Chinedu and she vowed to get her revenge.
There are several court cases between Joyce and Anthony. They are both fighting for custody of the children. Anthony claims that Joyce is also trying to take over all their businesses and get him deported. Joyce got the police to raid Anthony Chinedu's club several times.
So, the question people are asking is, is this the revenge that Joyce vowed to get?
Politics › Re: FCTA To Commission 14 Standard Rail Stations- Daily Trust by naptu2: 7:32pm On Jun 24, 2013
the words illiterate (inability to read and write) and ignorant (lacking knowledge) are often used interchangeably on this forum, although they don't mean the same thing (words like innumerate and uneducated are also sometimes used).
; if Abuja is where you interchange from Kaduna-Abuja to Abuja-Lagos lines (presumably they had enough sense to plan for one huge station for ease of transfer of passengers), then how come they're running parallel to each other......or are they heading in opposite directions?[/quote]2 projects. (1) National rail line (2) Abuja light rail (metro).
