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[quote author=ekt_bear]Happy new year to you OAM4J! Happy new year to everyone.[/quote]Same to you and more.

TexaSpice: I've been keeping him busy

This must be Bebeidi. Wait 'till his many wives catch you, including his fiancee.

Aviation Minister Stella Oduah will not respond to allegations that she listed in her resume an academic qualification that she might not have obtained, an aide said yesterday.

Ms. Oduah is being accused of falsely claiming to have a Master's Degree in Business Administration from a U.S. college, because the college says it never offered that course.

Attempts by Daily Trust to speak with the minister's office on Tuesday failed as her aides did not answer calls or respond to text messages.

Yesterday, a spokesman for aviation parastatals, Mr. Yakubu Dati, who also speaks for the minister, told the BBC Hausa radio that they have decided not to respond to the accusations against Ms. Oduah.

He did not give reasons for that.

Online portal, Sahara Reporters, on Monday quoted authorities at St. Paul's College, where Ms. Oduah claimed she studied for Bachelor's and Master's Degrees, as saying they did not award an MBA at any time as the university does not even have a graduate school or programme.

On Tuesday, Premium Times said it observed an attempt by the minister's aides to revise her profiles on the web to clean up any reference to St. Paul's College in her bios.

Oduah had recently been enmeshed in the bulletproof cars purchase scandal, over which the House of Representatives has demanded her sack.

She told Daily Trust over a week ago that the armoured cars were leased and not purchased.

Source

For people like me, who are sitting on the fence on this issue, this decision by Stella Oduah has pushed us to the side of believing the allegation against her. It is very simple to simply set the record straight by providing the name of the institution which conferred a MBA degree on her, while publicly condemning Sahara Reporters and her many enemies. There is only one reason why Oduah is unable to do just that. Go figure. SMH

[quote author=FunnyPikin.com]salam bro, Check my screen shot, it was written by a nairalander before he quote the link, at least im sure the Guy copy and paste it on the thread. Bro, seriously, i have nothing at stake here. Look again, haba!!! how person fit edit all info about herself within short period, even if him brother na Larry page, e no go easy na...

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Oga Chucks, kai, im highly disappointed in you, you call me mumu for airing my opinion. If not because you senior me for Nairaland, i for say[/quote]Oga no vex.

The author of the screen shot you posted was last seen here on NL Jan 7, so he could have edited the post which you pasted. I go edit my post and remove mumu.

[quote author=How Far?]If there was no prima facie why do you think Gani went to court?[/quote]Did Tinubu obtain a degree from Chicago University? The answer is Yes. Was the error an intentional deception of the public? We don't know.

Oga, the wikipedia link from October points to the page which has been modified, so when yo select the link from a post made in October, it'll point to the edited page. Are you a learner?


Bottom of your wiki page states: References

Last modified on 7 January 2014, at 17:05

hmmmm. University of Chicago is rated much more highly than Chicago University. Inasmuch as the error was acknowledged and corrected, no court can treat this as a crime. I understand why some people tried to make a mountain out of this mole hill.

DerideGull: Are you trying very hard to tell me you have not heard about a twenty (20) old graduate of 4-year university program? Nigeria is in a serious socio-political problem if the cross section of its cream of crop articulate in this manner you did. Some kids already earned Ph.D at 26 in USA.

Today’s Nigerian high school students seemed to be lazy and heavily distracted. In the 70s and earlier 80s, academically endowed Nigerian students cleared their GCE papers before taking WAEC. In fact, students whose parents were loaded, like Stella Oduah, had already left the shores of cesspit called Nigeria before the month of May rolls around.

By the way, have you not heard that Stella Oduah is a high school droupout?

Aren't you guys smart enough to know what damage control means, other than editing content on wikipedia and facebook profile pages? If Stella Oduah is one of those exceptionally brilliant students, why have you all not simply come clean by telling the public that she completed her education within 3-3.5years and publicizing the names of the institutions she attended?

The silence makes Sahara's report seem accurate.

DerideGull: Only a bloody fool shall assume or conclude that the statement of “she immediately stayed back to study for her Masters Degree which she achieved in 1983” meant she stayed back at St. Paul’s College Lawrenceville, Virginia, USA.

In fact, I would have given the statement a second thought if it reads ““she immediately enrolled to study for her Masters Degree which she achieved in 1983”. This statement would have brought the essence of school or college to my mind.

Mr. Gull,

I need your help in clarifying one or two issues. Stella Oduah graduated from Zixton Grammer School, in the Anambra State town of Ozubulu in Nza village, in 1978, when she was approx. 16 years old. Then she went to school in the USA from 1978 - 1982.

We know that the earliest high school graduation would occur in May of any year. Assuming that Stella left for the USA immediately after she graduated, then she must have completed her studies, at the latest, December 1978.

So Mr. Gull, this means that Stella obtained both a Bachelor's degree and a Master's degree within 3 - 3.5 years. My problem is, I do not think this is possible. Would you please try to explain this to me? Thank you. Dalu o.

DerideGull: Most Nigerians should not have been created by God. The same group of moronic dingbats that wanted Stella Oduah linked to the BMW car scandal injected the plank that she obtained BA and MBA from St. Paul’s College Lawrenceville, Virginia, United States of America. I must state unequivocally that most goofy airheads that tend to castigate Stella Oduah have not seen her academic credentials.

Some of us are willing to give Stella the benefit of the doubt, but I must confess that things are not looking very good. She was in the US for exactly 4 years and left with a master's degree. This remarkable achievement means that she completed her studies in record time. My question is, why did she not highlight such a significant achievement in her CV

@Shymexx: Rumours are not helpful these days. Gamawa ko, Agama lizard ni.

DerideGull: Please do not fall into the imbecilic cracks most Nigerians seemed to call home. Every 4 year college in USA is very challenging however certain curricula are not more challenging than others. There is nothing such as “non challenging 4 year college” in USA. With brain and resources, 4 year program could be easily completed in 3 years including the summer schools.

Why should it be Oduah’s problem if people do not know the institution that conferred MBA degree on her? The issue can only perturb the weary-eyed bigots who are ethnically egocentric

Mr. Gull, what are you on about. Sadly there are many non competitive 4 year colleges in the USA and they are non challenging. I'm sorry to say that many historically black 4 year colleges, with the exception of a few, fall in that category. This has nothing to do with race but funding.

shymexx: Thesis should be yank's version of dissertation/project, right? I don't think I've seen a MSc. degree without dissertation/project. Social sciences, arts, hospitality et al do dissertation for MSc., while core science courses do projects. In the UK, MSc. takes 3 semesters - however, it's done within a year. The normal 2 academic semesters and the long summer break, which is used for dissertation/project.

Yes, thesis is yank's version of dissertation. Master of Science degrees are offered with the non-Thesis Option. Even Harvard offers some non-dissertation Master Of Science degrees in Engineering and Applied Science. Source

Anyway, let's focus on the woman and how she managed to get BSc. and MSc. degrees within 4 years. Thought MSc. takes 2years in America and BSc. is about 4 years. I stand to be corrected.

It is very possible to obtain a bachelors degree in 3 years, particularly from a non challenging 4 year college, by taking heavy course loads each semester and attending summer school. It is equally possible to obtain a non thesis Master's degree in 1 year, once again, by taking heavy course loads and attending summer school.

By the way, some colleges offer Master's degree programs. The trouble with Oduah is that, we are not yet sure which institution conferred a MBA degree on her.

To be frank, the woman looks sexy, especially with all the power she has - nothing like banging a submissive powerful lawyer.

Kairoseki77: Afam wrote an essay supporting PDP yesterday...it was on the front page.

I acknowledge Afam's right to write an essay supporting any party he chooses just as I acknowledge yours to do the same. Is there any reason why you think he does not deserve the same rights you have? I really don't understand what exactly you are trying to say.

Kairoseki77: Afam is an open PDP supporter. He has openly stated his bias.

There is no Nigerian alive today who does not have a bias either towards the ruling party or the opposition. That bias does not automatically translate to what you are alleging.

Kairoseki77: Afam will never recommend this for front page.

I don't think you can blame Afam for this not being on the front page. I have sent 2 requests, recommending this thread for the FP, but they've been ignored. I wonder why such an important issue would not be placed on the FP - I suspect that Seun or supermods, who are responsible for FP content, have not yet seen the thread or my requests.

It would be a shame if this is not on the FP due to some ulterior motive.

A major crisis of confidence has hit the planned National Conference, following yesterday’s insistence of Igbo leaders on a new constitution.

Unless the Prof. Ben Nwabueze-led Igbo leaders of thought are persuaded, a credibility crisis is imminent for the conference, which is likely to begin before the end of March.

The Igbo leaders of thought, after yesterday’s meeting in Enugu, rejected the proposal of the Presidential Advisory Committee, led by Senator Femi Okuroumu, which recommended the amendment of the constitution. They are also opposed to the proposed selection of delegates on the basis of senatorial zones or federal constituencies.

The Igbo leaders, at the end of their third meeting, also gave an indication that they had initiated an action aimed at reconciling the various factions in the pan-Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, that the Igbo should not be divided at the conference, they said.

The meeting was attended by prominent Igbo elders, including, Senator Anyim Ude, President-General of Ohanaeze, Chief Enwo Igariwey, Archbishop Maxwell Anikwenwa, Dr Okwesilieze Nwodo, Senator Offia Nwali, Dr Chu Okongwu, Chief Ben Obumselu, Dr Dozie Ikedife, Mrs Maria Okwor, Chief Enechi Onyia (SAN), Mr. Chris Okoye, Elliot Uko and Igwe Aja Nwachukwu, among others.

The secretary of the group and former Director General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Prof Elochukwu Amucheazi, told reporters that the Igbo position on the conference would be made public by the end of this month.

He said they were totally opposed to any recommendation that would have anything to do with the retention of any aspect of the 1999 Constitution. Only a new constitution would be acceptable to Nigerians, he said.

Amucheazi said the position of the Igbo leaders is that the conference should be for all ethnic nationalities, being the only way the people would be carried along in the process.

“The advisory council seems to be thinking of the amendment of the constitution and we met to see how to inform the president that this is not in order because we are thinking of an entirely new constitution. What we are saying is that we must have a way of informing the president and Nigerians that the recommendation is not in order and in trying to do this, you can see this is the meeting of Concerned Igbo Leaders of Thought and we are bringing in Ohanaeze to have a reconciliation in two weeks time because we want Ndigbo to be united in this.

“We want this country to survive and we are doing all in our power to make it survive. We are working out the content of the constitution and when we are through with it, we are going to invite all Igbo groups to have a say on it.

“In other words, Ndigbo have rejected the recommendation of PAC. If this is a conference of all nationalities, all ethnic nationalities should be represented. What we are saying is that if we are using the geo-political zones, we must make sure that all ethnic units are represented.

“Again, it is not delegates through adult suffrage by individuals on their own merit but that the ethnic nationalities will have a way of nominating people to it. So we are dealing with nationalities and this is an issue that seem to be misunderstood. We want ethnic nationalities and not senatorial zones,” he said.

The Igbo leaders also demanded that the new constitution should not pass through the National Assembly but should be subjected to a referendum.

The leadership crisis rocking Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Amucheazi said, will be sorted out at their next meeting on January 18.

Source

I suppose these leaders are just now understanding why many believe that this National Conference is not a "Sovereign" National Conference. NASS must rubberstamp its outcome for any of its recommendation to become law. This so-called National Conference can only recommend items for inclusion in the ongoing constitutional amendment process. Period. Its a toothless and useless conference.

Who will dissolve NASS and make this conference, sovereign? We know with 100% certainty that it will not be our current President.

Is there any reason why we haven't heard from OAM4J since Jan 3rd and why Afam4eva has not made a single comment on this thread? OAM4J has visited NL since Jan 3rd according to info on his profile but his last 20 or so posts have been hidden.

What da heck is going on here?

manny4life: This is what I said, I condoned the behavior on the first page and said, I'd rather just state that she has only a bachelor, but some fucktards on here can't do without calling Igbos and Alaigbo.

This is why I asked for evidence, I acknowledged that if she submitted such documentation to NASS, she committed perjury and fraud, I have no time to defend such nonsense. However, they are throwing tantrums over unverified information.

The truth will come out very soon. She has enough enemies in the Senate that, if she actually submitted falsified resume, they will leak the resume to the public or outright call her out on the issue. If in a few days, we do not see the leaked resume, or hear from the Senate, I'll be willing to give her the benefit of the doubt. If on the other hand the accusation is true, then she should save GEJ by resigning.

I will not believe this story until I have concrete evidence of the following:

Her resume, which she presented to the Senate as a ministerial nominee in 2011, indicated she obtained a Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA) from St. Paul’s College Lawrenceville, Virginia, United States.

Where is this resume which was presented to the Senate? On the other hand, if this lady indeed falsify her credentials, she would have disappointed many of her fans, who I'm sure will continue to defend her even if the story is confirmed to be true.

Time is running out for our President to expunge Tukur, and other liabilities from his cycle of confidants.

@manny4life, if this story is true then her reputation will be just as damaged as if she comitted fraud or worse.

My Pick

(1) Buhari/Fashola

(2) Kwakwanso/Fashola

I prefer option 1 because Buhari will get more votes in the North overall, than anyone else. Like it or not, he is a god like figure in the area. Fashola should also maximize the voted in the SW.

Okorocha, Amaechi, and Pat Utomi will prevent the kind of 99% SE/SS support PDP enjoyed in the last election.

GenBuhari: Abacha not Obj started the revival process, Obj scrapped Abacha's programme and on the eve of his departure from office proposed a watered down version of the programme Abacha had started 9 years earlier. So Obj's contribution was to delay the revival programme by 9years.

It is nonsense to say that our rail system was ambandoned because there was no demand for a railway by Nigerians.

Are you seriously saying that GEJ is approaching completion of railway revival programme? Are your serious?

My theory is that demand dropped dramatically after the Langa Langa disaster, what's your theory of what killed the railway system in Nigeria? i I stand corrected regarding the head of State who started the revival process. I did not say that GEJ is approaching completion of the railway revival program, what I said was that we should support GEJ in his effort to complete the revival process.

Onlytruth: Let me just say this:
If you give me a FULLY functioning Nigeria, and a FULLY functioning Biafra, going by what I know now, I would take a fully functioning Nigeria.
Biafra, to me, only becomes the accepted option after Nigeria has failed.
Ojukwu towed the same line of thought. He declared Biafra after exhausting all reasonable efforts to save Nigeria.
After his exile, he returned to Nigeria and became a full Nigerian again, even up to the extent of running for presidential office - Nigerian presidential office.
When he died, he was given a Nigerian national burial because everyone in the know knew that he was a reluctant rebel.

Something in me tells me that Nigeria has a bright future.

That's my guy, right there!!!

Insha Allah, our Nigeria's future will be bright.

Successor may be named earlier than expected

By Steve Omanufeme

Serving Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr. Olusegun Aganga, and the Minister of State for Finance, Dr. Yerima Ngama, have joined the list of contenders for the job of Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), a position which will be vacant when Sanusi Lamido steps down possibly in March when he proceeds on terminal leave, according to sources close to the presidency.

THISDAY gathered that both men are being tipped for the job because of their performance in the trade and investment and finance ministries, as well as their respective backgrounds in investment and commercial banking.

Aganga, who has the confidence of President Goodluck Jonathan, is also currently being adjudged as probably the best minister in the trade and industry portfolio in years.


Another thing going for him is the fact that he bestrides the two geopolitical zones of the South-south and South-west, more so as both the South-east and North have successively produced Professor Chukwuma Soludo and Sanusi as central bank governors.

Aganga, though originally from Edo State, was born and bred in Lagos, and represents the state as well as the South-west zone in the Federal Executive Council (FEC).


Ngama, on the other hand, is from Yobe State and would bring to the job extensive experience as a commercial banker and regulator, having worked for many Nigerian banks and the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC).

With Aganga and Ngama’s emergence for the CBN job, they will be joining the list of other contenders for the high profile post.

THISDAY had in October 2013 exclusively reported that six persons were in line for the job including the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), Mr. Mustafa Chike-Obi; the Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Access Bank Plc, Mr. Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede; and Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, First Bank of Nigeria Limited (FBN), Mr. Bisi Onasanya.

Others on the list are the three deputy governors of the CBN who are considered insiders and who share similar views with Sanusi on monetary policies. They are Dr. Kingsley Moghalu, Mr. Tunde Lemo and Dr. Sarah Alade, who analysts say will ensure monetary policy continuity.

However, THISDAY further gathered that Sanusi’s departure has created divisions within the CBN as camps loyal to the three deputy governors have emerged.


The internal politicking by the deputy governors, THISDAY was informed by CBN sources, is quite fierce, with each of them reaching out to politicians and friends of the president in their bid to replace Sanusi.

Also, a source in CBN said his early departure, possibly in March, would mean that his successor would be announced much earlier than expected.
Sanusi’s tenure is expected to end in June this year, but he would be proceeding on terminal leave by March.

Born Olusegun Olutoyin Aganga in 1955, he was first nominated by Jonathan as Minister of Finance in April 2010. In July 2011, Aganga was redeployed by the president to the Ministry of Trade and Investment, to make way for Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to return as the Minister of Finance.

He was educated at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria where he obtained a B.Sc Degree in Biological Sciences in 1977 and the University of Oxford, United Kingdom, where he obtained a degree in Theology in 2000 just like the outgoing governor who has a diploma in Islamic studies. He is also a Chartered Accountant.

Aganga previously worked in Arthur Young in Nigeria, Ernst & Young in London UK, and Goldman Sachs International in London, where he was Managing Director, Hedge Funds.

As finance minister, one of his key accomplishments was the establishment of the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), better known as the Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF).

His only drawback is his not being so well acquainted with the banking industry in Nigeria, which he is also expected to oversee.

Ngama’s professional experience, however, covers several banks at top executive management positions ranging from First Bank Nigeria Limited, Diamond Bank Plc and Victory Merchant Bank. He also worked in NDIC where he was the head of Bank Analysis Unit, Off-site Supervision Department.

He was appointed Minister of State for Finance by Jonathan in July 2011.
Born in 1961, Ngama obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Accountancy from the University of Maiduguri and Masters of Science in Accountancy from the University of Glasgow in Scotland, United Kingdom.

He also obtained a second Masters' degree and Ph.D in Money & Banking and Finance from the University of Birmingham, where he received the coveted Ashley Prize award for producing the best thesis in his faculty.

In addition to his academic qualifications, Ngama has significant training in Islamic Banking and Islamic Capital Market Products.


Whoever emerges Sanusi’s eventual successor will be the 11th central bank governor in Nigeria.

As specified in the CBN Act 2007, the central bank governor’s principal remit is to provide economic advice to the federal government, while acting as the official banker to the government of the federation.

Apart from signing every currency denomination, the governor among other duties, oversees the country’s banking sector. Alongside the Monetary Policy Committee of the CBN, the governor also determines the monetary policies of the country, which have an impact on the financial system and the macro-economy.

Source

Aganga is grossly unqualified for the job.

manny4life: On another note, Nigeria is very lousy at Bookkeeping, what kind of reconciliation are they doing that cannot be done on monthly basis? What kind of accounting system do they use that they don't balance accounts on monthly or quarterly basis? Seriously, the CFO, COO and CEO of NNPC should be relieved immediately, this is gross incompetence.

This is the real issue. Unfortunately, Nigerians know that such a reasonable action will not be forthcoming from the President. This is a great opportunity for him to show real leadership, but I'm afraid he will fail us again.

As for Sanusi: he is on his way out and we thank him for a job well done, including exposing what goes on at NNPC.

Henry praise: This is so educative, rite away I am contactin google, wanna read more, "Langa langa" is dia any monument in honour of dos hu lost dia lives? No. Have we learnt lessons? No.

Sumtyms even wen u walk too fast u must crash talkless of train. Little wonder sum persons are lookin for a train as fast as the ill fated concord plane on des our rails.

My brother, the sad thing is that the youths of this country are quite ignorant of our history and that ignorance is expoilted by politicians and used as a weapon to loot the treasuries dry.

The Langa Langa train disaster probably remains the worst train disaster in history, given the number of the dead involved. May their souls continue to RIP.

Those who do not know history's mistakes are doomed to repeat them.

DerideGull: According to the above post, it safe to say you would have preferred extrajudicial killing of the so-called Nigerians to locking them up in jail. There is no doubt if GEJ had adopted the policy of total annihilation of Boko Haram in northern region, which could incur serious collateral damages, the irascible Moslems in northern region, including ndu_chucks, would have alleged it is a policy of ethnic and sectarian cleansing.

Another red herring.

Answer the simple question.

Again, I do not believe that any Nigerian should be imprisoned for more than 6 months without being charged with any crime, in the name of fighting BH. This kind of treatment should not be metted out to any Nigerian citizen. Don't you agree with this? A simple Yes or No answer would suffice.

Have no fear, the war is over and you are no longer a student in Zaria, so you will not be punished for answering the question.

Those who still have a capacity to grieve in this country must remember Langalanga. It was a sight of a horrific carnage in the seventies. In 1970, a passenger train carrying large number of people derailed, crashed and fell into a canyon at Langa Langa, Benue, Nigeriain, killing 80 - 300 people according to various reports. Langa Langa has a difficult terrain so when the coaches rammed into one another, rescue was really hard. To compound matters, the trailer carrying the wounded to the hospital also crashed killing the remaining survivors. It was a trope of monumental and frightful absurdity, a metaphor for looming state failure.

The train conveying many students (most of them schooling in Keffi) was heading for Enugu. It is believed that the train left Zaria. Some of the passengers stopped in Gudi. Next to Gudi is Langa Langa; then it happened!

The cause of the accident range from Drunkenness of the train driver, excessive speeding, and e.t.c - No one really knows what caused the accident.

Since this tragedy, Nigerian appetite for travelling by rail reduced significantly and subsequent governments basically abandoned our rail system until OBJ started the revival process, which GEJ is taking to its completion.

I urge folks not to politicize issues arround our rail transportation system and to remember the hundreds of people who paid with their lives in the Langa Langa tragedy.

Lets support GEJ in his effort to complete the revival process, but watch his agents like a hawk to reduce looting which has become the order of the day.

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The whole world knows that in politics, there are no permanent friends or foes; just permanent interests. The day our leaders in the SE, other than 2 or so Governors, get this in their heads, the sooner Igboland and Nigeria at large will be free.

@sol2galay

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