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Politics / Re: Iyetade Soyinka's Funeral Service In Ibadan (Pictures) by nnocurruption: 8:26pm On Jan 10, 2014 |
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Politics / Re: people and policy by nnocurruption: 2:08am On Jan 08, 2014 |
Sloan: @OP, but WHY are ibos always trying to TAG along with the SS? Why the attache by force? What is SS? Is SS = Ijaw?? NO! Are you ibo or ijaw??because southern and eastern Nigeria has always been together an Ijaw man will prefer to stay with an Igbo man than a Yoruba or Hausa man. check the biafran map and you will see that Biafra includes most of the southern states. just you should know a large population of Igbo people are in rivers state (Ikwerre) there are also igbos in Delta State. That is why if Nigeria separate today South south and eastern Nigeria will unite to form their own country. 1 Like |
Politics / Re: River State Dont Want To Be In The SS, They Are easterners and 80% igbos by nnocurruption: 1:05am On Jan 08, 2014 |
OlayinkaKazeem: That is probably why Rivers people are useless. They have all that igbo blood in them. The most useless and dislike-able tribe in Nigeria.I am not an Igbo person but just you should know the Igbos are the most important and the most beautiful people in Nigeria you cannot compare a Yoruba or an Hausa man to an Igbo man. The Igbos are very industrious and creative Nigeria knows this that is why they fought day and Night in the Biafra war to keep the Igbos in Nigeria. believe me if Biafra had exist Nigerians would have been fighting for Biafran visa. THE YORUBAS AND THEIR ABOKI BROTHERS ARE THE ONES DESTROYING NIGERIA. you de talk about rivers state Yoruba people get oil ? EVEN WITH YOUR DRY AND DUSTY LAND YOU STILL DE TALK RUBBISH JUST KNOW NIGERIA GO SOON DIVIDE AND WE GO SEE HOW HAUSA AND YORUBA PEOPLE GO TAKE SURVIVE RUBBISH........ 32 Likes 1 Share |
TV/Movies / Re: 76' Movie - Trailer + (Is This The Best Nigerian Film Yet)? by nnocurruption: 3:15pm On Jan 06, 2014 |
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Politics / Video Of A Kenyan Woman Mocking President Jonathan by nnocurruption: 2:12am On Jan 06, 2014 |
Okay, I just saw this video on youtube and I think I should share it with you guys it actually happened September last year (2013) when Gej when to Kenya to discuss investment opportunities. Do you guys know that president Jonathan already have 10 private jets? and he is making plans to get an additional one this year to make it 11 private jet, and the funny thing is that this new private jet he is about to purchase will cost eight billion that is EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND MILLION NAIRA HABA Oga Jona take am easy. Is he going to fly in the 11 jets at once? God is watching all these politicians in Nigeria https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olOrbYqIJyY |
Fashion / Re: Omawumi's Outfit To "First Cut" Movie Premiere: Hit Or Miss? by nnocurruption: 11:40pm On Jan 03, 2014 |
she looks good . oma baby 3 shots for u jare |
Business / Re: Can A Customer Sue Bank For Undeposited Money Lost During Bank Robbery? by nnocurruption: 2:03pm On Jan 01, 2014 |
Yes, you can sue the bank because, they are suppose to be responsible for the security of the people inside the bank. 1 Like |
Business / Re: 15 Killed In Bank Robbery In Offa, Kwara State by nnocurruption: 11:59am On Dec 20, 2013 |
if na abroad the robbery no go take place and even if e take place 15people no go die because the police go fight them wela and even if them succeed the go catch them in at most 48 hours. THERE IS NO TWO WAYS ABOUT IT HUMAN LIFE IS NOT VALUED IN NIGERIA I REPEAT HUMAN LIFE IS NOT VALUED IN NIGERIA. 2 Likes |
Travel / Re: Places To Go For A Holiday And Sightseeing In Nigeria by nnocurruption: 4:54pm On Dec 19, 2013 |
No fine place for Yoruba land? No fine place for Boko haram land? Yoruba and Hausa land na dry land nothing to offer Nigeria no fine place no oil no fine people believe it or not the Igbos are the most beautiful people in Nigeria and someday I believe their Biafra dream will come true and people will be jostling to get a visa to Biafra because its gono be one of the world's power. I am from south south by the way. I am not an Igbo person. 4 Likes |
Celebrities / Re: Skuki Peeshaun Kissing A South Africa Dancer (Picture) by nnocurruption: 5:34pm On Dec 18, 2013 |
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Politics / Re: Happy Birthday To General Muhammadu Buhari by nnocurruption: 8:54pm On Dec 17, 2013 |
Okay am I dreaming people are actually celebrating buhari just imagine Nigerians suffering and smiling Nigerians really celebrate thieves Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhjhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh many Nigerians de really ignorant in fact I am speechless. 2 Likes |
Education / It Seems I Got The Wrong Typeof Education by nnocurruption: 9:42am On Dec 17, 2013 |
I believe I was taught by the best lecturers, most of whom were first class graduates, and I studied in a university that focused on excellence. But despite the best efforts of my university, I was not well-equipped for life after school. I was taught to look for a job, not to create jobs. The society then taught me that if I wanted to move ahead in life, I needed degrees and more degrees. I lived with my friend, Nonso Onuba, in Lagos during my one-year National Youth Service Corps scheme. I started searching for a job during my NYSC. As the one-year programme drew to an end, my fear about getting a job heightened. Graduating and still begging for money from parents and friends is not good for anybody with a sense of worth. If a job did not come fast, I had no Plan B. The only plan was to get a job and earn a salary to take care of my needs. I desperately searched for vacancies in the newspapers. My university result was good, and at 24-25 years, my age was still within what many companies required for their management trainees. I photocopied my credentials, wrote many applications, both solicited and unsolicited, and went from office to office and from post office to post office posting them. As the months rolled by, I began to despair. Finally, I received a letter from a company that had tested and interviewed me. When I opened the envelope and saw that it was an employment letter, I danced and sang in jubilation, kneeling down and raising my hands skywards in thanksgiving. But I was luckier than many of my classmates, for I got the job six months after my NYSC, when many of my colleagues were still writing application letters. I went to work in a suit and a tie. I am sure some neighbours who saw me go out in the morning and return in the evening envied me. To top it up, once in a while, the company’s branded car brought me home to take something, or I just took the driver home on our way from a client’s office just for the neighbours to see that life was rosy for me. But was it? Not really. My salary just kept me away from hunger from month to month. It could not solve any other problem except feeding and clothing me. By the goodwill of my friend, I did not pay rent in Lagos until two years after I began to work. Meanwhile, there was a young man in the neighbourhood that had searched for a job but could not get any. So, he started teaching young boys and girls who were preparing for the University Matriculation Examination and General Certificate of Education. I am sure many of us laughed at him when he started. But soon after, the joke was on us, for some years later, the young man founded a secondary school in the neighbourhood. Maybe, some became his employees. A few years later, he established a primary school. I saw him some months ago in that same neighbourhood inspecting a plot of land that was being fenced and he told me that he just acquired the property. I have seen fellow graduates who have degrees in mechanical engineering but have to depend on a mechanic that did not complete his primary school education to repair minor things in their cars. I have seen graduates of electrical and electronics engineering who have to depend on some guy with only a secondary school education to repair their TV or solve some electrical problems in their home. Ours has been a warped type of education that teaches you the theory of everything but little or no practicals, with the ultimate aim of getting you a job. And when the job does not come, we stay at home for five years lamenting that there are no jobs. Even when we get that job and work at it with pride or dissatisfaction, if we suddenly lose that job, we find ourselves in a hole. If we are lucky to retire rather than being fired, we soon discover that we have no skills to do any other thing except that job we worked at for 35 years, which is no longer available. Soon, we start another round of whining about the nation using us and dumping us. It was therefore heart-warming when I visited the American University of Nigeria, Yola, recently and saw the development-driven- university model in practice: an educational system developed to make students creators of jobs, rather than job seekers, as well as make the students imbibe the spirit of community service. Every student, irrespective of course of study, must create a business, run it and give a clearly defined plan of succession, in case they travel back to their country or go for further studies. Community service is also compulsory. I was amazed to see young men and women teaching members of the illiterate Yola community how to read and write, as well teaching others computer science, mathematics, chemistry, economics, and so on. Students painted buildings, kept the streets clean, etc. Interestingly, the students are not given such laws as: Don’t use a mobile phone; don’t wear trousers; don’t braid your hair, etc. On the contrary, they are allowed to live like normal human beings cognisant of acceptable behaviour. And they are kept so busy with activities that they have little or no time to be involved in negative acts. They all know that even within that freedom, anyone who crosses the line of acceptable behaviour faces stiff penalty, including rustication, no matter the status of the student’s parents. With students and lecturers from over 25 nations of the world, the AUN is like a mini United Nations. Interestingly, the lecturers and students all eat in the university’s refectory. It was humbling to see the President of the University – the equivalent of a vice- chancellor – Dr. Margee Ensign, driving herself, walking around the campus, and mingling with students, lecturers and the locals like colleagues. When I got to the library, I thought I would see books, but what I saw were e-books. Searching for some books for research, I got access to some books that will be published in 2014 in the hard copy form. So, one is always ahead of others in terms of access to information. Then, the university’s green policy tripped me. All trash is recycled and re-used. Plastics, especially, is recycled: while PET bottles are used to build houses, the cellophane bags are processed and used to make handbags by Yola women, who sell these bags and use the proceeds to support their families. Then, there is the peace initiative. Contrary to stories about tensed situation in Yola and Adamawa State in general, I saw a city that was living a normal life, with a bubbling night life. Even though the university has good security led by a former member of the US Marines, it has started a proactive policy to ensure peace in the community by setting up the Adamawa Peace Council, made up of members of the university and different categories of the community: Yola locals, Igbo, Yoruba, Muslims, Christians, etc. In addition to meetings and other plans to ensure peace, a Peace Day is held in the university annually. This year, the ambassadors of Ireland and Columbia – two countries that have experienced conflicts – were invited to speak and share experiences from their countries. One of the selling points of Mr. Barack Obama between 2007 and 2008, when he campaigned for the US presidency, was the community service he rendered to his Chicago community after graduation. Service to the people is one thing that has made the US what it is. It is that spirit of service that makes an American think first about the US rather than asking: What is in it for me? That spirit needs to be inculcated in our people if indeed we want a great nation. 1 Like |
Nairaland / General / Interesting Africa Facts - People Ofafrica by nnocurruption: 10:44am On Dec 11, 2013 |
Interesting Africa Facts - People of Africa 1) The African continent has the second largest population in the world, at about one billion people. 2) over one thousand languages are spoken by the people of Africa. Some estimates put this number closer to two thousand. 3) The largest religion in Africa is Islam, followed by Christianity. 4) The African population is approximately 14.72% of the world's population (as of 2009). 5)The oldest human remains ever discovered were found in Ethiopia. They are approximately 200,000 years old. Interesting Africa Facts - Africa Landforms 1)The longest river in the world, the Nile (4,132 miles), is located in Africa. 2) Africa has the world's largest desert, the Sahara, which is almost the size of the United States. 3) Victoria Falls is the largest waterfall in Africa; it is 355 feet high and one mile wide. 4)Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain on the continent. It towers over 19,300 feet, which is so tall that glaciers can be found at its summit even though the mountain is near the equator. 5) Madagascar is the largest island in Africa and the fourth largest island in the world. It is in the Indian Ocean off the East coast of Africa. Interesting Africa Facts - The continent 1) Africa is the second largest continent on earth, approximately 11.7 million square miles. 2) Africa straddles the equator and is the only continent to extend from the northern temperate zone to the southern temperate zone. 3) Africa is the hottest continent on earth. Sudan is Africa's largest country (968,000 square miles). 4) Africa covers 6 percent of the earth's total surface and 20.4 percent of the total land area. 5)Cairo is the continents largest city. Long before humans were around (the early Mesozoic Era) Africa was joined to the other continents in a massive continent called Pangaea. Over millions of years this huge continent broke apart shaping the world landscape as we know it today. Interesting Africa Facts - Animals 1) The worlds largest land animal is the African elephant. 2) The worlds tallest animal, the giraffe, lives in Africa. 3) The fastest land animal in the world, the cheetah, lives in Africa. 4) Africa is home to the worlds largest reptile, the Nile crocodile. 5) The gorilla, which can be found in the continents jungles, is the worlds largest primate. 1 Like |
Nairaland / General / Re: My Experience At Ikoyi Prison With Inmates And Warders by nnocurruption: 3:49pm On Dec 08, 2013 |
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Sports / Re: Nigeria In The World-cup Group F With Argentina, Iran and Bosnia Herzegovina by nnocurruption: 6:09pm On Dec 06, 2013 |
Iran, Nigeria and Argentina. at least we are sure of 3 point 2 Likes |
Education / UNILAG Exams Begin 27th Jan - View Amended Calendar by nnocurruption: 6:07pm On Dec 06, 2013 |
The Committee of Provost and Deans has announced the amended academic calendar for 2nd Semester, 2012/2013 Session. Below is the amended timetable: Monday, 15th April, 2013 Resumption Monday, 1st April – Sunday, 28th April, 2013 Registration of students (4 weeks) Monday, 29th April – Sunday 12th May, 2013 Late Registration/Editing of Registration(2 weeks) Monday, 22nd April 2013 Lectures Begin ======================== Monday, 2nd Dec. 2013 – Sunday 15th Dec. 2013 Completion of Registration for old and new students (2weeks) Monday, 16th Dec. – Sat. 21st Dec. 2013 Printing/ Issuance of Dockets for Examination (1 week) Monday, 23rd Dec. 2013 – Sunday 5th Jan. 2014 Christmas/New Year Break (2 weeks) Monday, 6th January – Friday 24th Jan. 2014 Conclusion of Lectures/Revision (3 weeks) Monday 27th Jan. – Sat. 8th Feb. 2014 Examination in all Faculties (2 weeks) Monday 10th Feb. – Sat. 15th Feb. 2014 Examination in all core courses in Faculty of Education (1 week) Saturday, 15th Feb. 2014 Students Depart/End of Session Monday, 6th Jan. 2014 – Sat. 15th Feb. 2014 DLI Residential programme commences (to run concurrently with regular programme: 6 weeks) Saturday, 15th Feb. 2014 DLI students depart Thursday, 13th March 2014 Consideration of Results by because commences (4 weeks) Wednesday, 26th March 2014 Senate meeting for consideration of Results Monday, 3rd March 2014 Proposed date of resumption, 2013/2014 session (2 weeks holiday) STATUTORY PROGRAMMES 2nd Wednesday of every month Faculty Board of Studies/Examiners 3rd Wednesday of every month Inaugural Lecture Last Wednesday of every month Senate meeting Two weeks after Examinations Uploading of Results. Unilag Students are expected to use the academic calendar to better plan themselves... Share this with your friends... |
Education / What Do You Think Of The Nigeria Educational System Today? by nnocurruption: 5:50pm On Dec 06, 2013 |
Student lets be truthful with ourselves, what do you think of Nigeria educational system today? Why is it that the private schools are doing better than federal schools in Nigeria today? Did you agree with this? lets hear your comment today. Good afternoon all. |
Nairaland / General / How Many Of These Bad Kitchen Habitsare U Guilty Of? by nnocurruption: 5:39pm On Dec 06, 2013 |
Make una talk true o... LOL 1 - Open maggi cube with your teeth 2 - Hold pot or remove pot from fire with your wrapper 3 - Dust your hand in the food when putting salt or maggi 4 - Using your hand to see if your rice or beans is cooked 5 - Take the big cooking spoon, to take a little soup and place in your hand then tasting it for salt??hahaha 6 - Use your bare hands to smooth paste, semovita, akamu (pap) etc 7 - Eat directly from the pot 8 - Use your wrapper to clean sweat from your face 9 - Using your wrapper to clean plate 10 - Using your mouth to put off the cooking fire 11 - Frying dodo(Plantain) and eating almost everything before it's ready 12 - Using bare hands to open the hot pot forming superman Say d truth abeg and shame the devil... hahaha |
Education / Why Do Nigerians Spend So Muchtime In School? by nnocurruption: 8:59am On Dec 05, 2013 |
Just saw this post, Doh it an old post but I would really like it to make front page this time. It really baffles me when I go through the CV's of job applicants here at home since I came back from the UK. I have noticed that the average age of most applicants without any job experience is 27-30 (ie fresh graduates). Within that age bracket in the UK, one should have had at least 6-7 years job experience because at 16 you are legally free to leave school and start work and if you decide to acquire a university degree you must have completed it before you are 21. I had a manager back then who joined the company when he was 17 and acquired his university degree on ''2 days release per week''. He became a manager at 33. Having spent 13years with the company, he fully understands the job role. I do not believe that one can acquire all the skills you need in a job by spending so much time in school because when you leave school as a fresh graduate you'll still need on the job training to function effectively in your chosen role. I understand that our educational system does not help matters at all (ie incessant industrial actions and NYSC thing too which has lost it's purpose). What should be done to correct this abnormally in the future? |
Education / Why Do Nigerians Spend So Muchtime In School? by nnocurruption: 8:52am On Dec 05, 2013 |
Just saw this post, Doh it an old post but I would really like it to make front page this time. It really baffles me when I go through the CV's of job applicants here at home since I came back from the UK. I have noticed that the average age of most applicants without any job experience is 27-30 (ie fresh graduates). Within that age bracket in the UK, one should have had at least 6-7 years job experience because at 16 you are legally free to leave school and start work and if you decide to acquire a university degree you must have completed it before you are 21. I had a manager back then who joined the company when he was 17 and acquired his university degree on ''2 days release per week''. He became a manager at 33. Having spent 13years with the company, he fully understands the job role. I do not believe that one can acquire all the skills you need in a job by spending so much time in school because when you leave school as a fresh graduate you'll still need on the job training to function effectively in your chosen role. I understand that our educational system does not help matters at all (ie incessant industrial actions and NYSC thing too which has lost it's purpose). What should be done to correct this abnormally in the future? |
Education / ABU ASUU Distributes Relief Materials Tomembers by nnocurruption: 9:00pm On Dec 04, 2013 |
The Ahmadu Bello University chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities has embarked on the distribution of relief materials to its members to cushion the effect of lack of payment of salary in the ongoing five-month-old strike. The chapter Chairman, Dr. Mohammed Kabir- Aliyu, who confirmed this to our correspondent in Zaria, Kaduna State, on Wednesday, said his colleagues had resolved to treat the Federal Government’s threat with levity. He said relief materials such as rice, semovita, vegetable oil with cash backing, ranging from N20,000 to N50,000, were being given to members. Kabir-Aliyu, however, acknowledged there was pressurefrom family members for the university lecturers to accede to the government’s threat and call off the strike. “We are aware of that. But I can assure you that the number is negligible and not enough to have any impact on us,” he said. http://www.punchng.com/news/abu-ASUU-distributes-relief-materials-to-members/ |
Education / ABU ASUU Distributes Relief Materials Tomembers by nnocurruption: 8:51pm On Dec 04, 2013 |
The Ahmadu Bello University chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities has embarked on the distribution of relief materials to its members to cushion the effect of lack of payment of salary in the ongoing five-month-old strike. The chapter Chairman, Dr. Mohammed Kabir- Aliyu, who confirmed this to our correspondent in Zaria, Kaduna State, on Wednesday, said his colleagues had resolved to treat the Federal Government’s threat with levity. He said relief materials such as rice, semovita, vegetable oil with cash backing, ranging from N20,000 to N50,000, were being given to members. Kabir-Aliyu, however, acknowledged there was pressurefrom family members for the university lecturers to accede to the government’s threat and call off the strike. “We are aware of that. But I can assure you that the number is negligible and not enough to have any impact on us,” he said. http://www.punchng.com/news/abu-ASUU-distributes-relief-materials-to-members/ |
Sports / Enyeama On Verge Of History, Gets Praises by nnocurruption: 8:24pm On Dec 04, 2013 |
Enyeama has kept 14 clean sheets in French League. Super Eagles and Lille of France goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama, has continued to garner praise from within and outside Nigeria for his spectacular performances in the French Ligue 1 that has seen him kept 14 clean-sheets (includes 11 on the bounce) in his last 16 games, the second longest streak in the history of the French championship. The latest person to sing Enyeama’s praise is the President of French Club, Olympique Marseille, Vincent Labrune, who simply described the Eagles stand-in captain as outstanding. French tabloid, L’Equipe, quoted Labrune as saying: “Vincent Enyeama’s performance? At this level, he’s a running gag. He has had an outstanding game.” Lille had defeated Marseille 1-0 in a Ligue 1 encounter. Formerly seen as surplus to requirement, Enyeama has become the mainstay in Lille as his performance this season is giving his club a fighting chance for the French League title. They are currently just one point adrift of table topping huge spenders, PSG. For many, 31-year old Enyeama seems to be getting better with every passing day and his loud ambition of becoming the world’s best has received the blessings of the likes of Atlanta 1996 Olympic Gold medallist, Dosu Joseph (MON), who in a recent interview said Enyeama has what it takes to be amongst the world’s best shot stoppers. Enyeama on his part remains calm about his performances as he has attributed his good form to his coaches as well as great team work from his colleagues. “What can I say! I am just enjoying the moment,” Enyeama told Bein Sport. “It’s not just me, though, it is the whole group. We stay strong like a team. We have the spirit and the strength. I don’t know what is possible now. All I can say is that I have a great team round me and a great set of coaches.” Now at 1035 minutes without conceding a goal, Enyeama is closing in on breaking the20-year old record of 1176 minutes set by then Bordeaux goalkeeper, Gaetan Huard. http://premiumtimesng.com/sports/150853-enyeama-verge-history-gets-praises.html |
Jokes Etc / Re: Funny Names You Called Your Teacher(s) In Secondary School by nnocurruption: 10:57am On Dec 02, 2013 |
uncle "pill back" from ADSS Warri. Oxygen collector: he was called that because of his big nose. 1 Like 1 Share |
Politics / INVESTIGATION: How NYSC Extorts Billions Of Naira From Corps Members by nnocurruption: 7:54pm On Nov 30, 2013 |
When some corps members serving in Nasarawa state turned up for a meeting at the Lafia local government secretariat on Wednesday, June 19, most of them were prepared for a showdown with authorities of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC. Shortly after they gathered outside the NYSC zonal office, they had received an annoying notice of yet another mandatory levy which would be deducted from that month’s allowances. The NYSC coordinator in the council area had told the furious corps members that they were required, mandatorily, to contribute yet another part of their allowance to fund the building of an office for the NYSC in the area. The corps members in Nasarawa were enraged by the notice because earlier in the year, in February, they had been extorted of N500 each for the same project. They are among the over one hundred thousand graduates that struggle through the NYSC scheme annually, with parts of their meagre allowances pilfered by officials of the NYSC, a government body established in 1973, to inculcate the culture of service, volunteerism and national unity into young graduates. Although the corps was established to manage the welfare of graduates serving the scheme, it has ironically developed micro strategies to plunder corps members or aid other individuals and corporate bodies do same. Usually, most of the pilfering schemes are designed as voluntary contribution, but the actual implementation does not allow free will to choose not to donate. Corps members are threatened and cajoled to pay up. Defaulting corps members are sometimes punished with denial/delay of monthly allowance or extension of service year. NYSC Foundation Slush fund The National Youth Service Corps Foundation (NYSC Foundation), a non-governmental organization (NGO) established by ex-corps members in 1998, is one of the most sophisticated schemes used to plunder corps members. The NYSC Foundation said it exists to reduce unemployment by empowering ex-corps members. It has ex-director generals and staff of the NYSC as its board members and directors. The Industrial Energy Company Ltd in association with Industrial and General Insurance Plc, IGI, initiated the formation of the NYSC Foundation. Since 1998, the foundation has collected hundreds of millions in Naira from corps members, with the help of the NYSC; in a scheme both institutions are not willing to share records with the public. At the end of every service-year cycle, graduating NYSC members are forced to pay a membership fee of at least N500 to join NYSC Foundation. In return, they get a paper ID and a promise to receive a loan for a small or medium enterprise. Defaulters are punished with denial of allowance, and in some cases, extension of service year. But only few members get the loan. The bulk of the money is never accounted for. On the IDs issued the graduating corps members, the foundation admits that over 100,000 Nigerian graduates pass through the NYSC scheme annually. The foundation virtually extorts at least N50 million annually from its forced new members but has neither a public record of contributors nor annual statement of accounts to members. After more than a decade of existence, the foundation announced its first soft loans to 43 ex-corps members in 2010. The members received amounts up to N250, 000 (total of less than N11 million) to establish personal business like hair salons and recharge card kiosks. The foundation gave out the loans after receiving at least N600 million from graduating corps members in its first 12 years. Three years later, in 2013, they announced secret loan amounts to 93 members of the foundation. The foundation also claimed it renovates NYSC camps, but refused PREMIUM TIMES’ investigators access to its account records. “I cannot give you a detailed amount of corps members that have contributed to the NYSC Foundation because it’s a voluntary donation and not a compulsory one,” the spokesperson of the Foundation, Aliyushlate Ise, told PREMIUM TIMES at the foundation’s Abuja office. Did you see me there? When confronted with evidence the payments are usually made compulsory, he asked: “Was I the one that collected money from you? Did you see me there?” Actually, the NYSC Foundation does not go to the field to collect money. NYSC Foundation is run by top Nigerian business moguls and civil servants. Remi Olowude, the Executive Vice Chairman of multimillion Naira insurance company, IGI, is the founding Chairman of NYSC Foundation. The Foundation maintains a small office at the IGI house in Abuja. The NYSC does the actual money collection on behalf of the foundation. Corps members are made to pay the money during their final clearance before passing out. The payment is part of the criteria that must be met by corps members before they are cleared to conclude their service year. Remittances are then made to the foundation by the NYSC. The NYSC also refused to disclose its monetary transactions with the foundation to PREMIUM TIMES. The corps rebuffed months of repeated enquiries and disregarded our FOI request for information. Critics believe that top officials of the NYSC are among beneficiaries of the loot the foundation earns annually from graduation corps members. Denials The NYSC denies it does compel corp members to make mandatory payments to the NYSC foundation. The NYSC foundation also denies forcing members to pay. But accounts from past members of the service indicate the NYSC facilitates the payment of dues to NYSC foundations through coercive measures. “During my time, I was forced to pay N500 in return for an NYSC Foundation membership card,” Isa Yakubu, who served in Abia state in 2007 said. “We were threatened that our last allowee (allowance) would be seized if we did not comply.” “I paid during my time,” Idowu Johnson, who served in Bauchi in 2005, said. “It is a small money. When you consider the consequences of not paying, you will just pay and let it go.” Just like Messrs Yakubu and Johnson, many other exiting corps members, eager to conclude their service year and collect their discharge certificates, promptly obey the directive and make the N500 payment. Almost all are not bordered about how the money is spent. “Nobody wants to know what they do with the money. All of us just paid so as not to have any trouble,” said Olaitan Abeni who completed her youth service in Abuja in 2013. The big question In addition to the grand NYSC Foundation fraud, there are other micro-pilfering schemes developed by officials of the NYSC at the grassroots to extort members of the corps. Despite their meagre income, corps members are forced by NYSC officials to pay for various sundry charges purportedly meant for funding projects ranging from buying magazines to running local offices, and like in Nasarawa, building offices. The NYSC is fully funded by the government, and corps members in Nasarawa are not letting the extortions pass. They have petitioned the National Human Rights Commission seeking to stop the NYSC officials. “The big question is; is it corps members’ responsibility to build NYSC offices in Nigeria? Are corps members supposed to use their monthly stipend to execute NYSC owned project? …who is responsible for building local government NYSC offices in Nigeria?” the protesting corps members asked in their petition to the human rights commission. Many of the petitioners have, however, concluded their service year while others wait on the human rights commission to treat the petition. Nathaniel Ibwari, one of the corps members said that at least 10 percent of his total earning from the NYSC scheme was extorted by officials of the corps before he concluded his service in October. “I am calling on the authorities concerned to look into this matter and act fast in order to stop this blatant extortion or corruption,” he said. http://premiumtimesng.com/news/150610-investigation-nysc-extorts-billions-naira-corps-members.html |
Computers / Re: Why OLPC Project Failed In Nigeria by nnocurruption: 11:48am On Nov 30, 2013 |
Donalð Genes: Nigerians have made me comment-less, am tired of hearing bad things in this country? nothing everly works to its finality,gosh! ah don tire my brotherMy guy I tire for Nigeria too oh everything nor de work. people are not properly informed , I honestly think Nigerians only hear 5% percent of what is going on that is why some ignorant people keep supporting Nigerian politicians. 1 Like |
Education / No Salary Arrears, No Resumption –ASUU by nnocurruption: 12:37pm On Nov 25, 2013 |
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has said it will not suspend its ongoing strike until the four months salaries owed its members are paid. The union also wants the immediate implementation of the N1.2tn offer by the Federal Government to public universities, starting with the release of N100bn this year. The balance of N1.1tn is to be spread over five years from 2014. These were some of the resolutions reached by members of the National Executive Council of the union who converged on Kano on Friday to deliberate on whether to call off the over four- month-old industrial action or not. A source, who was privy to the resolutions reached during the President Goodluck Jonathan – ASUU leadership meeting three weeks ago, told The PUNCH on Sunday, that the fresh demands were some of the issues to be tabled before Jonathan by the leadership during their next meeting. A date for the meeting is yet to be fixed. According to the source, a strong commitment to two demands, among other pending issues, must be obtained from the President before the industrial action will be called off by the union. He said, “The issue now is on trust and we do not want a situation where promises will not be kept. The authorities have failed us in the past and we do not want a repeat of that. ”That was why we decided at the NEC meeting that the government should pay us the arrears of salaries being owed us since we started the strike on July1 before the strike can be called off. The salaries should not be paid piecemeal. “We also insist that the Federal Government should start the implementation of the offer made to us when we met the President some weeks ago. “For instance, the N100bn he (Jonathan) agreed to inject into the university system in 2013 should be released to the universities immediately. So, we decided that before the strike could be called off, these two conditions and others must be met not by promises but by real action.” The NEC members, who met behind closed doors at the Bayero University, Kano, were said to have reviewed the reports of the various university congresses on the strike. Our source, who did not want his name in print, added that the death of a former National President of ASUU, Prof. Festus Iyayi, was discussed at the NEC meeting. Iyayi, a University of Benin lecturer, died in an auto accident involving the convoy of the Kogi State Governor, Idris Wada and an ASUU vehicle, on his way to Kano for the meeting.The union’s National Welfare Officer, Dr. Ngozi Ilo, was injured. Our source said the accident “almost led to the discontinuation of the ongoing negotiation with the Federal Government. He added, “Some members expressed the belief that he (Iyayi) was killed by the government and therefore argued that the ongoing negotiation should be called off. Tempers rose but some members argued that the President should be respected because he had created the record of being the first Nigerian leader to meet with the leadership of ASUU on the issue of making the nation’s university system better. They also argued that students and parents should be considered.” It was also learnt that after arguments for and against, about 60 per cent of the members of the NEC voted in favour of the discontinuation of the strike while the remaining 40 per cent voted no. But it was gathered that the NEC members unanimously agreed that before the strike could be called off, the leadership should ask the government to pay the four-month salary arrears being owed university teachers while the offer made by the government should be implemented immediately. A key component of the agreement reached by both ASUU and the Federal Government when the President led the government team was that government would inject N1.2tn into public universities. The government also agreed that the N1.2tn would be domiciled at the Central Bank of Nigeria to show its commitment to the agreement. The money is expected to be released on quarterly basis to the universities so that there won’t be any problem about implementing the deal. The National Universities Commission and the Trade Union Congress will be the joint guarantors of the agreement while the Minister of Education will be the implementing officer. The government also agreed to revamp public universities by ensuring that all the issues that always lead to strike were dealt with once and for all. A majority of the chapters of the union had agreed to the suspension of the strike following the fresh commitment the leadership of ASUU obtained from the government. ASUU National President, Dr. Nassir Fagge, did not pick the several calls made to his telephone line by one of our correspondents on Sunday to confirm the fresh demands. The University of Lagos chapter ASUU Chairman, Dr. Karo Ogbinaka, and his counterpart in the Lagos State University, Dr. Adekunle Idris, also refused to divulge information on the outcome of the NEC meeting. ASUU had embarked on the strike to protest against the failure of the government to implement the agreement they signed in 2009. The pact largely centered on better funding of the universities, a declaration of a state of emergency in tertiary education, better wages and payment of earned allowances to lecturers. It had suspended the NEC meeting penultimate week following Iyayi’s death. Copyright PUNCH. All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH Source: http://www.punchng.com/news/no-salary-arrears-no-resumption-ASUU/ |
Politics / Re: FG Asks States To Ban Okada Operations by nnocurruption: 12:50pm On Nov 24, 2013 |
All they do is make Nigeria harder and harder |
Education / Re: ASUU To Meet Jonathan by nnocurruption: 12:28pm On Nov 24, 2013 |
Now anytime you hear ASUU you must hear FG 1 Like |
Education / Re: LECTURER: Sleep With Me Or You Won't Graduate. by nnocurruption: 3:48pm On Nov 21, 2013 |
She should go to his office when school resumes and set her phone on audio record and try to talk about the sex stuff with the lecturer key points she should make sure she put words in his mouth so he can mention his intention of sleeping with her and also his intention of failing her and any other key information that you can use to nail him take the record to a top Senate female lecturer or a female guidance and councillor in your school then you can prove your point and nail him. If you can sneakingly video and record him at the same time better but however if you can't just put the phone in your pocket and set it on audio record I believe this will work. |
Health / Re: A Thread For Those Suffering From Depression Or Anxiety Disorders by nnocurruption: 12:41am On Nov 21, 2013 |
It seems like women suffer from depression more than men please don't get me wrong I am just surprise. @depression kills I see no reason why you are depressed because from what I've seen you are a very very intelligent writer that give me a good feeling about you. Secondly, I think you are very emotional you should try to control your feelings and look on the bright side of life cause life is not a bed of roses there are sometimes when you feel down and sometimes you feel up but you just have to keep putting one foot in front of another and keep moving. If only you can keep telling yourself that you are not depress you will see a positive change in your thoughts. What ever you think you are is exactly what you are try to control your mind and accept Jesus he is all you need every answer you are looking for is found in the Bible just try to read it. The Bible is like a manual given to you by God who created your exactly the way you are. Please accept Jesus he is the answer to all your problems and also try to control your mind cause all battles are won on the inside. |
Politics / PDP Crisis Forces Jonathan To Abandon Budget presentation by nnocurruption: 11:10pm On Nov 19, 2013 |
The presidency has denied the president was afraid of the lawmakers. President Goodluck Jonathan surprised federal lawmakers Tuesday with a last minute decision to suspend an appearance at a rescheduled joint Senate and House of Representatives session where he was to present the 2014 budget. The session was earlier scheduled to hold last week Tuesday. The president said at the time he needed a reschedule due to exigencies. This time, the president said he was suspending the presentation to allow the two chambers adopt a common price benchmark in dollars for oil in 2014-a compulsory and key element of annual budget planning. But the reason for the president’s absence was much complex, lawmakers and other sources confirmed Tuesday. The president acted in the final minutes to side-step a planned protest by lawmakers loyal to the Abubakar Baraje faction of the crisis-ridden ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The aggrieved lawmakers planned to heckle Mr. Jonathan as he spoke and to disrupt proceedings, a move likely to have drawn a response from the president’s supporters with the likelihood of an attendant security implication for the president. The plot by members of the Baraje faction of the PDP, had the support of most lawmakers of the All Progressive Congress, APC. After the suspension of the joint session Tuesday, with reports the president may choose to only transmit budget copies without appearing, some APC members said they will file a motion before the House to insist the presentation be done only by the president. The halt with the budget presentation came as the clearest indication yet how much the crisis in the PDP has affected governance. The plan by the aggrieved lawmakers heightened Monday evening as the legislators met for hours to strategize on an action, which they characterized as retaliation to an embarrassing treatment meted out to their leader, Mr. Baraje, by lawmakers loyal to the president and the Bamanga Tukur leadership of the troubled party, when Mr. Baraje visited the assembly earlier. At that meeting, members of the House of Representatives loyal to Mr. Tukur, heckled and jeered at Mr. Baraje as he stood to speak. The opposing lawmakers have since vowed to reply. The lawmakers have also been irked by some of the president’s policies and the recent suspension of some members of the party. As the plot thickened Monday, our sources said Speaker of the House, Aminu Tambuwal, was drafted to rein in his colleagues, to no avail. Lawmakers who spoke informally said the president possibly acted after becoming convinced the lawmakers were resolved to act. But in the president’s letter dated Monday, November 18-likely written late Monday in view of the unfolding events- and received by the National Assembly on Tuesday just before sitting, Mr. Jonathan said he decided not to attend the session any longer as the two chambers had yet to harmonize their position oil price benchmark. “Whereas the distinguished Senate has approved the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) based on a benchmark of $76.5 per barrel, the Honourable House of Representatives has used a benchmark of $79 per barrel, it is infeasible for me to present the budget in the absence of a harmonized position on the MTEF,” the president said. While the House denied any plan to “embarrass” the president, it rejected Mr. Jonathan’s argument about the disparity on benchmark as a veritable reason for rescheduling the budget session. “To start with, in 2011, the two chambers did not pass the same benchmark and we still had budget presentation. In 2012, the House passed the MTEF and the Senate did not, yet we still had budget presentation. So it is left for you to read between the lines,” said House spokesperson, Zakary Mohammed. On plans to heckle the president, Mr. Mohammed said “The House is made of responsible people and cannot descend that low to do that.” He said the president’s only presidential aides, Reuben Abati, and Ahmed Gulak, can provide answers to the president’s real reason for calling off the session. Lawmakers who spoke questioned why it turned out that the president only realized the benchmarks had not been harmonized by Tuesday morning-if that indeed was the reason. Speaking at the presidential villa, Mr. Abati told reporters on Tuesday that the president acted to ensure what he called “inter- governmental harmony”. “Previous acrimonies were blamed on failure of inter- governmental relationship,” Mr. Abati said. Also speaking, Mr. Gulak, the Chief Political Adviser to Mr. Jonathan, also denied that the president was avoiding the National Assembly over the threats by the lawmakers. Still, reflective of the intrigues the presidency refused to admit, Mr. Gulak advised aggrieved members of the party to seek redress through appropriate channels or leave the party honourably. “This is not true. First, the President is not scared of any body and secondly, the PDP is one strong united party and as such no one can embarrass the President in the National Assembly,” he said. He added: “These people are not on ground. They do not even know how to do political calculation properly. They should stay in their states and develop it and make impact in their respective states instead of doing things that will not profit them.” http://premiumtimesng.com/news/149961-pdp-crisis-forces-jonathan-abandon-budget-presentation.html |
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