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I was expecting a picture of the cattle grazing

what kind of report is this?
coming from sahara reporters. I am very disappointed. it is very clear that the reporter have an evil intention. why is he trying to insight some set of people against the other.

if this kind of thing should continue, then I support the bill that seek prosecution for people that post such thing in the media.

even if there is an iota of truth in the report, the reporter is not in any way professional about writing and publishing it.

MILFangela:
Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar is the owner of Umza Rice Mill Kano, and the construction of the Mill Plant started during the administration of former President Jonathan. The former Minister of Agriculture, Dr Akinwunmi Adeshina also played a major role in this

whether na OBJ or GEJ or PMB it doesn't really matter right now. the main thing is for the masses to get food at affordable prize.

of what benefit is it?
the post doesn't contain enough details

This is another attribute of a good leader. To listen to the opinion of his people. but not Everyone's opinion matters.

there are a lot of development departments and development agencies already, they should make use of them instead of establishing new once.

we have to be efficient with what we have now.

nice one
they should keep it up

one thing about president buhari is that he is comfortable working with people he is familiar with and those that have proven themselves (I am not referring to Hon. Dogara )

that is a characteristic of a leader.

Beadex1:
this is long over due, how can host community be deprived of their right to access the company but everything about the oil companies are been navigated in lagos and controlled by another people.....a trip down to mobil platform Eket will show you that majority of workers there are from yoruba...should it be so? what about the IGR that those company are generating to another state nkor.....i do not know why everybody takes the Niger Delta as a fool...Enough of this shit.

Mobil is a private company. you can't force them to do anything they are not willing to do. BTW violence is not the way to woo investors to the sate. you have to provide enabling environment.

No one is complaining.
e.g
Just because you buy a piece of land in Europe doesn't make you and European it doesn't also mean you own Europe.

Boko Haram Season 2 Episode 1
One thing I love about this country is that it never run out of News
You can never get bored

This post is worthy of front page
The youths in other states can also learn from this

I don't believe you are a soldier. why would you call yourself a troop.

Mr. Dele, why don't you contest for the presidency in 2019. so we can see if you can do any better.

Nigeria is passing through hard times. what the present administration need now is motivation and advise.

mtchewww
Somalia is not far
Be a solution and not part of the problem

what a pity
They are not even good at it. The ID card alone is enough to give them away.
And they don't even know the name of the Nigerian Army.

I want to plead to the moderators to get the message accrss

thanks

The Minister,
Ministry of Information and Culture,
FCT, Abuja.

Sir,

THE ALARMING STATE OF IMMORALITY IN THE NIGERIAN ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY

I would like to call your attention and that of Nigerians to the alarming state of immorality in the Nigerian Entertainment industry, which if left to grow, would consume us like a wild fire.

The amount of immorality been perpetrated by the industry has a largely negative effect on the cultural and moral values of our society. Much as advancement and innovation is encouraged and a welcome development, it much be put in check, for the sake of value system.

Sir, as a concerned Nigerian, I reach out to you and all stake holders of the industry to declare a state of Emergency on the Industry because this trend must not continue in our movie and music industry.


I hope I have been able to convey a heartfelt message.

Thanks in anticipation of your immediate action.

Yours Faithfully,
Concerned Nigerian.


Mr. seun can you please do something about it?
lalasticlala, odumchi, bigfrancis21 , Fulaman198

yeye Nigerians if the topic of the post was "CBN to start Islamic banking " . it would have been another story.


Anyways sha whether na zero interest or na Islamic banking it is definitely a welcome development.

kudos to the Nigerian Army
more power to your elbow

jazakumllahukairan.
thanks for sharing. may Allah increase u in knowledge and patience.

All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in the court of law.

COPS

love is overrated. see all the guys that once claimed that they love you, where are they today. you better stick to the one available now. you might not love him but from the looks of things, he really loves you.

well it's your life not mine so the choice is yours.

Uncovers 3 laboratories

Suspect’s couriers jailed in China, Turkey, Malaysia
By Evelyn Usman

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a popular businessman
(names withheld), alleged to be leader of an international drug trafficking organisation, who recruits and
sponsors couriers to China, Malaysia, Turkey and Italy.
The arrest of the 37-year-old suspect reportedly followed the agency’s discovery of three laboratories
used for the illegal production of methamphetamine in his home town in Anambra State.
Addressing journalists yesterday on the arrest described as the latest outstanding operational success
recorded by the anti-narcotic agency, the Chairman/Chief Executive, NDLEA, Ahmadu Giade, disclosed that
surveillance indicated that the suspect shuttled between his country home and Isolo, Lagos State,
residence.

He said: “He hides under the cover of motorcycle parts business in running a drug cell that has
international affiliation.
“He specialises in recruiting and sponsoring drug couriers to China, Malaysia and Turkey. He also pays his
couriers an average of $5,000 per trip.
“The suspect has two Nigeria international passports and one Ghanaian passport, all bearing his
photographs with different names. Two other passports belonging to suspected drug couriers were also
seized.
“He hired one Raphael, who is a professional methanphetamine cook to work for him. He pays him
N500,000 for his service and N700,000 for the purchase of precursor chemicals per production circle.
“The production capacity per cycle is 14kg. As a result of the indicting surveillance report, he was arrested
in his home country.”

Recovered

During a search of one of the suspect’s laboratories at his house, 2.615kg of liquid methamphetamine,
according to Giade, was found inside a yellow plastic jug, with another 250grammes of crystallized
methamphetamine concealed in a white transparent polythene bag.
Methamphetamine laboratory equipment, which include one approximate volume measuring scale, six
heating filters, six giant conical flasks and industrial tubes and cups of sodium hydroxide, were also
recovered.

Others are containers of iodine, acetone, hydrochloric acid, weighing scale, masks and hand gloves among
others.
Giade said: “Also recovered from him are paraphernalia for drug concealment, similar to the ones seized
with drugs at the airports and land borders.
“They include an electronic weighing scale, assorted artefacts, laptop bags, motorcycle parts, air
compressors, bus and truck mirrors, araldite and paint, processed brown envelopes and impulse sealer.
“Others are transparent packing nylon and carbon paper, tower foil paper, needles, threads, super glue and
many more.”

He further stated that while surveillance on the suspect was ongoing, operatives intercepted 23kg of
methamphetamine along Badagry Expressway, Lagos, en-route Cotonou, which was allegedly traced to the
suspect.

Assets

Giade stated that the agency had traced some of the assets believed to be purchased with proceeds from
drugs.
He said: “These included over 16 bank accounts in different banks, a piece of land located at Joy Avenue,
Ajao Estate, which he reportedly bought in 2009 for N25 million and rebuilt in 2012 to a three-storey
building at N90 million.
“He also bought a property at St. James Close, Ajao Estate, for 17 million and built a five-bedroom duplex
on it at the cost of N25 million. He has a Toyota Venza, a Peugeot 406, a Q5 Audi four runner, and a
Toyota Sienna SUV.”

The suspect is reportedly standing trial at the Federal High Court, Lagos, in respect of the seizures, Giade
said, adding that some couriers sponsored by him have also been arrested, with some of them in prison
custody in China, Turkey and Malaysia.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/06/ndlea-busts-global-hard-drugs-syndicate-bizman-arrested/

Gives reasons for excluding rice, others from forex
Says importers can’t access forex in any market
By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief
ABUJA — The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, yesterday said that importers of rice, cement and other
products will no longer access Foreign Exchange from CBN, banks and bureaux de change for such
importation.

The CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, who disclosed this at a news conference in Abuja, said the
measure would prevent further depletion of the country’s foreign reserve.
He said the country was spending huge amount to import things that could be produced locally, adding
that the apex bank would not continue to support the importation of such items through the use of the
hard earned foreign exchange.
Some of the products include margarine, palm kernel, palm oil products, meat and processed meat
products, vegetables, private airplanes and jets, Indian incense, tinned fish, galvanised steel sheet, roofing
sheet and furniture.
He said: “Importers who may want to continue importing these goods would have to sort their foreign
exchange from their own private sources. The CBN will continue to be vigilant around this policy, keep
reviewing the list of items as it becomes comfortable that these items can be produced locally if we apply
ourselves sufficiently.

Emefiele said the CBN was forced to come up with the new policy to exclude importers of rice and 40
other items from the foreign exchange market in order to save the nation’s economy.
Speaking to journalists in Abuja, he said the time has come for Nigerians to decide what must be done to
realise the much-desired economic development, rather than making the nation a dumping ground for other
economies of the world.

Warns banks, bureaux de change

According to Emefiele, importers of the listed items would not be allowed access to foreign exchange even from the bureau de change and that any bank or bureaux de change that tried infractions would be severely punished.

His words: “We will not make foreign exchange available to such importers from any market. If you read that circular, it said ‘from Nigerian foreign exchange markets’, plural not singular. Foreign exchange will not be provided by the Central Bank of Nigeria, the banks or by bureaux de change. If we find people flouting it, luckily these people we have mentioned are under our regulation, we know how to deal with them.

“Sometimes, policy changes are forced on policymakers as a result of exogenous shocks beyond their
control. While most people do not like to be forced to do something, one of the hallmarks of effective
policymaking is to be nimble and responsive when such situations arise.
“In the case of yesterday’s (Tuesday) announcement, I am happy to inform and underscore that this policy
change is in line with my long-held believe that Nigeria cannot attain its true potentials by simply
importing everything. At some point, we have to all decide what we really want for our country, and I
believe that the time is now right for that deep and honest conversation.”
He added that CBN’s analyses of the nation’s economic situation “compelled us to believe that we needed
to aggressively begin the process of feeding ourselves by ourselves and producing much of what we need
in this country.”

Emefiele noted that the nation was wasting huge amounts of money importing things that could be
produced locally, a situation, he said, had become a drain on the nation’s Foreign Exchange Reserves.
It’s shameful that we have to import toothpick
According to him, “most of you are aware of the often-quoted number of N1.3 trillion, which is what we
spend on average importing rice, fish, sugar, and wheat every year.
“I am saying it is shameful that we have to import toothpick. I am saying that it is shameful for us to
import fish in sauce canned, fish in sauce and sardine. I am saying it is shameful. Before I was born palm
kernel was taken out of Nigeria and taken to another country and today we go to that country and import
palm oil. It is shameful.

“It is shameful that items that we used to produce in this country we now begin to import them. It is
shameful and we need to stop them. That is what we are saying.
“Only last week, I met the Governor of Kebbi State and he lamented the unfortunate situation in that state.
Where people, our own farmers, have committed themselves to producing rice and have produced paddy
and we have paddy glut in Kebbi State today.
“As I speak, the government has spent its money buying paddy from the rice farmers, almost close to
200,000 of paddy rice.
“Aside from that, Kebbi State farmers have unpurchased paddy rice close to 800,000 tons. And yet we
patronise imported rice. For our benefits, those rice imported to the country are those that have spent at
least seven years in their stores and yet we have rice that is produced today in Nigeria and we are running
away from them.
“The only way we can encourage people who are producing rice to go back to the farms is to do what we
have done today.
“How can we keep complaining about the depreciation of the naira when all we do as a people is to import
everything from ordinary Geisha and toothpicks to even eggs? These are some of the fundamental reasons
behind the bank’s recent announcement.”
He disclosed that there was already a glut in paddy rice in parts of the country, especially Kebbi State
where the government had spent huge sums of money to buy off 200,000 tons from the farmers, yet they
had another 800,000 tons unpurchased.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/06/its-shameful-to-import-toothpick-fish-eggs-sugar-wheat-cbn/

The Igbo Conscience, an emerging Think Tank for the Igbo nation, has
noted with grave concern, the increasing negative fallout of the last
general election, which, if not checked, may lead to much more unsavory
developments for the country. Of particular concern to us, as a fledgling Igbo
think tank, is the increasing spate of hate messages and hate actions that have
now taken over the once cordial and fruitful relationship between Ndigbo and
the Yoruba. We note that the cordial relationship between the two great races
has been greatly soured by the process leading to and the outcome of the last
general election.

The Igbo Conscience notes that the negative politics that attended the last
political campaigns have accounted for the degenerating relationship between
Ndigbo and the Yoruba. We note that the events that are tragically spiraling
into a dangerous exchange of hate messages have now gone to the extent of
some Yoruba groups mobilizing some Yoruba to mount anti-Igbo protests in
Lagos. Equally, we note the concern of these Yoruba groups to the continued
picketing of a Yoruba, Dr. Ayo Ariyo in Dallas, United States, by some Igbo over
some comments he allegedly made for which he had been reported to have
made sufficient clarification and show of remorse. We condemn both actions
and we see these as very dangerous and warn that no one, either Igbo or
Yoruba will gain from a degeneration of this situation.

“The Igbo Conscience will not want to join issues with any group in this
needless altercation but we want to warn both the Igbo and Yoruba groups
furthering the ends of hate, division, anarchy, hatred and acrimony that we will
gain more from sustaining, and indeed building, the age long cordial relationship
that has sustained and nurtured our collective goals and interests as well as
those of the larger Nigerian nation for several decades. We want to appeal to
both Igbo and Yoruba to give heed to reason and end this disturbing needless
warfare that will not benefit any one at the end of the day.

“The Igbo Conscience wants to state that we are not and will not agree to the
destruction of the cordial relationship that had seen Igbo and Yoruba recording
the highest level of inter-tribal marriages in Nigerian history. If this is not a
solid instance of common bonding that automatically broke down the barriers of
hate and rancor, we wonder what else will. We believe that soon, both ethnic
nationalities will be overwhelmed by a hybrid of culture that does not tolerate
the petty quarrels and unfounded tantrums that are gradually taking over the
relationship between both nationalities.
“We want to state that we will not pander to any issue that will hurt the mutual
understanding and good relationship Ndigbo have enjoyed with their Yoruba
hosts either in Lagos or any other South West State by either making hollow
demands that have no real practical value or igniting a hate tendency as a
reaction to such demand. We want to state emphatically that we share
common bond of unity and understanding with the Yoruba, either in Lagos or
any other South Western state or even any other tribe in Nigeria.

“The Igbo Conscience wants to put it on record that in the process leading to
the election, one of our affiliate groups, the Association for the Defence of Igbo
interests in Lagos (ADIL) came out strongly to disavow the hate politics in
Lagos that brought about this worsening situation and affirm the willingness of
progressive Igbo to work with Yoruba in Lagos for a common political goal of
advancing progressive politics in Lagos. We remain committed to that goal,
which does not support the rancor marking the relationship between Igbo and
Yoruba today.

“The Igbo Conscience therefore calls for a cessation of hostilities in the
degenerating war of attrition between Igbo and Yoruba, either in Lagos, Dallas
or any other state in and outside Nigeria.
“The Igbo Conscience will, in conjunction with equally concerned Yoruba
professionals and leaders, work to mend the frosty relationship between Igbo
and Yoruba as well as other Nigerians. We call on all Igbo and Yoruba, either in
Lagos or elsewhere, to cease forthwith from issuing or causing to be issued,
damaging hate speeches, inciting write ups and insinuations in any forum or
platform that will further endanger the peace and unity between Ndigbo and the
Yoruba. We demand equally that the leaders of Ndigbo and Yoruba commence
immediate actions to foster peace, unity, understanding, tolerance among Igbo
and Yoruba, as well as among other ethnic groups in Nigeria.”

http://saharareporters.com/2015/06/18/igbo-conscience-intervenes-igboyoruba-misunderstanding-calls-truce

Abuja – The European Commission said on Thursday that it is providing N4.7
billion in aid to affected by the activities of Boko Haram insurgents.
This is contained in a statement issued by the European Union (EU) Secretariat
in Abuja.
“The new EU funding will provide immediate support, including clean water,
food, shelter, healthcare and protection to the displaced and the host
communities in the north-east of Nigeria.
“It will also provide support to Nigerian refugees in the neighbouring countries.
“€12.5 million of this funding will be used to tackle the humanitarian challenges
in Nigeria, and €8.5 million to support the refugees in Niger, Cameroon and
Chad.
“This new aid comes on top of relief that the Commission is providing to the
most vulnerable people affected by food insecurity and malnutrition throughout
Nigeria and its neighbouring countries,” it said.
It said the EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management,
Christos Stylianides, was in Nigeria to assess the humanitarian consequences
of the Boko Haram terror activities.
The statement said Stylianides would meet with displaced persons and relief
organisations and discuss how EU aid could be put to the best use in spite of
the difficult circumstances.
Stylianides would hold meetings with government representatives and civil
society organisations.
The statement quoted Stylianides as expressing his grave concern over the lack
of access to the victims who needed help.
“More than 1.7 million people have been displaced by the terror of Boko Haram.
“Many of them live in precarious conditions in other parts of Nigeria or the
neighbouring countries where they have fled.
“We are stepping up our humanitarian response to the call of those in the
greatest need,” it quoted Stylianides as saying. (NAN)

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/06/eu-provides-n4-7bn-in-aid-for-boko-haram-victims/

Excerpts from Sunday Trust, On Sunday, 05 October 2014 by John

It is another celebration of Nigeria’s independent. Speeches have been made about how great we are as an independent country.
However, as president come 2015, I know when to be thankful to all the people who make sure that Nigeria is still standing; the people without whom we would be in real trouble. I am disappointed that President Jonathan didn’t think to do this, but here goes:

Thank you English football and the UEFA Champions League. For providing a distraction for young Nigerians who would otherwise have had the time to worry about a failed country. You didn’t know it yet, but English football and the Champions League has (sic) contributed to our stability as a nation, so that instead of quarrel about development, we can spend time fighting over Arsenal and Manchester United. And for this we say, God bless you.

Thank you Holland. For easing the nerves of Nigerians with our most popular brand of beer…. Thank you for helping us effectively wash our sorrows.

Thank you South Africa. For all the companies that make our lives bearable. For DSTV, without which we would be struck with government propaganda and adverts. For Shoprite. For keeping some of our terrorist in your hygienic, safe jails. Our jails would be far too unhygienic for them.

Thank you Dubai. For keeping the wives and mistresses of our corrupt leaders busy with interesting, expensive hobbies. For providing a safe haven when our corrupt politicians are too scared to go into America or Britain.

Thank you Switzerland. For safely storing all the money stolen from our country…

Thank you Germany. For Julius Berger. Without whom in the event of an emergency, we would be in serious trouble. Thank you for all your major roads and bridges.

Thank you Ghana, Cyprus, Ukraine, Malaysia… for providing no-too-rich Nigerians an Opportunity to give their children a decent education.

Thank you America, for sometimes stepping in and telling our president what to do. For that accent that our radio presenters across the country try so desperately to copy. Radio would be dead without you. We love you.

Thank you Brazil. For all your unselfish women who give up their awesome hair that our women may look beautiful. And China for making sure the women who can’t afford human Brazilian hair can at least buy artificial hair.

Thank you Benin Republic. For all the cooks who keep the expatriates in Nigeria nourished while they provide us technical expertise and foreign aid.
Thank you UK. For DFID without which most of our hospitals would crash. For the projects which provide decent employment for our consultants and PhD’s and other development hustlers. For helping us track some corrupt politicians so that we could find them and pardon them. Because if you had not caught them, how else would we have forgiven them.

Thank you foreign journalists. For asking the questions our journalists are too underpaid to ask. For being the only ones our president will speak to. For telling us the things we would never have found….

Thank you Malala. For informing our president about the plight of the missing girls and extracting a commitment from him. We appreciate you.

Thank you Washington Post. For those editorials that spurred our president to action. May you continue to sell.

Thank you, Western countries in general. For granting asylum to those who cannot be gay in Nigeria, both real and fake. We appreciate your patience in dealing with the flood of applications.

Thank you China. For the shinier, cheaper versions of all things most of our people cannot afford. Ps. it would be nice if your people mix with our people sometimes. We are Ebola free.

Thank you Israel for all the guns. For helping our leaders spy on us. For protecting our leaders from us. What would we do without you?

Thank you Harvard. For providing a space for ex government officials to soothe their conscience and (re)write the history of their time in government. We love those books.

Thank you Germany, England and India. For preserving the quality of life of our politicians and making sure they are healthy and able to rule us well. For also treating their families and providing a decent place for our wealthy to die...

There it is, the hilarious but sobering picture of our condition of alienation and dependency. We live in borrowed clothes; revel in such mimicry, frittering away our resources like mindless puppets.

Yungmilio2:
This is tumuch man
Most of them here are still battling with course reg and clearance (many things running tru dia heads already)
When they are in school
You can start going from one 7:12:59 AM(lecture theatre) to another
To tell them
FACE TANKE, FACE MARARABA, FACE NYANYA
Beside why the hype in the Face Tanke stuff self

I am just saying. It is not too early. Is it?

My advice and contribution to this thread: u better know what hit u now oo. Some people do not know what hit them until first semester result is out. They e is a proverb that says as the lizard stomach land on the ground it immediately pick race. We just lost some on our friends and colleague due to this. Unilorin will not look u twice before advising u to withdraw which means u have to face tanke be that. Don't do convocation before u are ripe oo. A word is enough for the wise.
Good luck and welcome to unilorin!!!

Waka - curse you.