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May God Almighty heal you and wish you speedy recovery

Telegraphic: PRESSPOL OSOGBO POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICE,
08067788119 Osun State Police Command,
Website www.osunstatepolice.org State Headquarters,
E-mail: folajo@yahoo.com Osogbo.
In reply please quote…
Our Ref: AZ: 5650/OSS/PPRD/VOL.10/223 Date: 7th September, 2022

PRESS RELEASE

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT NO.78/2022

RE: SPECIAL CONSTABULARY POLICE PROTEST IN OSUN STATE

...As the Scheme is voluntary and meant for gainfully employed individuals.

The Osun State Police Command, wishes to clear the air and refute the news making the rounds that, 'over 480 Police Officers protest non payment of salaries in Osun'.

The Command hereby state unequivocally that, the Community Policing Constabulary Scheme of the Force is a purely voluntary service which is Federal Government initiative to improve security at the grassroots through training and incorporate individuals with prior paid employment who desire to spend their spare time assisting the police in its simple police tasks within their various communities.

It should be noted that, the scheme is to promote community partnership in crime control via the presence of respected members of the public, with sources of livelihood, partnering with the Force under the scheme to render voluntary service for better and improved policing within their communities.

The Commissioner of Police, Osun State Command, CP Olawale Olokode, psc, still re-emphasizes the fact that, the scheme is voluntary and no payments were agreed with the individuals under the scheme neither were paid terms of appointment discussed prior to its commencement.

Notwithstanding, the State government, or local government where they are serving may decide to give stipends to the members of the special Constabularies recruited by them for this assignment in their State, which does not interfere or change the constitution of the scheme.

However, CP held meeting with some of the members of the Scheme today; 7th September, 2022 at the State Command Headquarters; not minding the fact that, there is no basis for their action of embarking on the street protest for "non payment of salaries" which was not part of the agreement in Principle.

In their response, they appreciated the CP for his fatherly roles and they all promised to abide by the rules of engagement.


E-SIGNED
SP OPALOLA YEMISI OLAWOYIN, mnipr
Police Public Relations Officer
For: Commissioner of Police
Osun State Command, Osogbo

*IGNORANCE OF THE LAW IS NOT AN EXCUSE*

Below are the Local governments (LG) and Local Council Development Area(LCDA) that have *BANNED* the movement of Okada in Lagos state.


Apapa
Apapa Iganmu LCDA
Ikeja
Ojodu LCDA
Onigbongbo LCDA
Lagos Island
Lagos Island West LCDA
Lagos Island East LCDA
Lagos Mainland
Yaba LCDA
Surulere
Coker Aguda LCDA
Itire-Ikate LCDA
Eti-Osa
Eti-Osa East LCDA
Eti-Osa West LCDA
Iru Victoria Island LCDA
Ikoyi-Obalende LCDA
Kosofe
Bariga LCDA
Oshodi-Isolo
Isolo LCDA
Shomolu
Mushin
Ikosi-Isheri LCDA
Agboyi-Ketu LCDA
Ejigbo LCDA
Odi-Olowo LCDA

If you are caught as a rider or as a passenger, you risk *3years imprisonment* , *Fine* or *Both*.

Please, let's inform as many people as possible

Thank you

*VANITY HAS NO OTHER NAME BUT VANITY*

*~A Wrist watch for*
*N500, 000?? Will it show me when the world will end?*

*~A Bathing soap for*
*N80, 000?? Will it wash away sins and sorrows?*

*~One Eye glasses for*
*N350, 000?? If I wear it, will I be able to see the future?*

*~An Italian shoe for N150,000?? Shebi I will be able to walk on water?*

*~A Plasma TV for N500,000?? Will it show me the Judgement day on the last day live?*

*~A Gold plated mobile phone for 3 million naira. Chai!!! Will I use it to answer heaven's call?*

*~A Hand Bag for 1.3Million naira?? Will I put my life inside it?*

*~2 million naira for a table* *in comedy show. Which kind*
*laugh I never laugh before?*

*~3 Million naira per year at a university. After graduation, will they make me the president?*

*~A magnetic fence u built round ur house, when the owner of ur life ask u to surrender it ,he won't even knock ur door before entering.*

*~That ur luxurious car won't take you to heaven.*

*~Sometimes, I wonder why some people spend like craze, knowing fully well that there are hungry children in the streets roaming about naked.*

*~1.The smallest act of kindness u show, can change someone's life.*

*~2.Remember, money only brings happiness if u help people with it.*

*~3.Let someone say to u, BECAUSE OF U, I DIDN'T #GIVE_UP !!!*

*~When ALMIGHTY ALLAH (S.W.T) blesses u financially, don't just raise ur STANDARD OF LIVING, also raise ur STANDARD OF GIVING.

Those beautiful bombom na gonorrhea full dere jor

Lagos Records Five Deaths From Domestic Violence

No fewer than five residents of Lagos State were reported to have died from domestic and sexual violence incidents recorded within the last one year in the state.
As gathered, the state government has intensified investigations to ascertain what transpired before their deaths and to fast-track prosecution of the individuals linked to crime perpetrated within September 2021 and July 2022.
To ensure proper investigations, the state has mandated the Lagos Police Commissioner and Chief Coroner for the state to oversee the cases, as the outcome of the investigation would greatly strengthen prosecution of the subsequent cases that may occur across the state.
The Attorney-General and Commissoner for Justice, Moyosore Onigbanjo, alongside the Executive Secretary of Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA), Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, disclosed the statistics during a press briefing on Wednesday in Ikeja.
Onigbanjo, meanwhile, stated that the government has discovered an increase in child abuse in schools within the year under review and efforts would be made to ensure that the tide is addressed to protect the children while seeking for knowledge.
According to him, from September 2021 to July 2022, the attention of the Taskforce saddled with the responsibility for implementing the Executive Order on Safeguarding and Child Protection, which comprises representatives from the Office of Education Quality Assurance, Department of School Social Work of the Ministry of Youth and Social Development as well as DSVA has been drawn to incidents of Child Abuse in 42 schools.
“All erring schools were jointly investigated. All the sexual violence related cases are being prosecuted by the Directorate of Public Prosecutions, five cases are in court, one school was shut down as a result of infractions. Four of these cases were defilement whilst one was physical assault”, he added

Lagos Govt. Prepares 3yrs Imprisonment For Okada Riders, Passengers Plying Ban Routes

As a measure to discontinue usage of commercial motorcycles popularly called Okada as means of transportation, the Lagos State Government has declared readiness to implement sections of the Transport Sector Reform Law 2018. that mandate that riders and passengers found contravening the ban on use of motorcycles for commuting be arrested and liable to three years jail term.

It said that law enforcement agencies have been mandated to ensure total compliance with the ban on Okada riders in all local councils it had outlawed their operations including the four Local Governments and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) that enforcements were scheduled to commence on September 1.

The new councils expected to join those where their operations were already banned were Kosofe Local Government; Ikosi-Isherri LCDA and Agboyi-Ketu LCDA, Oshodi-Isolo Local Government; Isolo and Egigbo, Shomolu Local Government; Bariga LCDA and Mushin Local Government as well as Odi-Olowo LCDA

According to the government, we implore the general public to comply as both the rider and passenger are both liable to 3 years in prison if prosecuted, while their motorcycles will be impounded and crushed in the public view, in line with the provision of Section 46, sub-section 1, 2 & 3 of the Transport Sector Reform Law

The Commissioner for Transport, Dr Frederic Oladeinde, alongside the Special Adviser to the Governor on Transport, Sola Giwa, disclosed the government’s readiness to enforce all sections of the law during an inter-ministerial press briefing which was also attended on Wednesday by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, and his counterpart on Housing, Moruf Akinderu-Fatai, held in Ikeja, the state capital.

While emphasizing the need for total compliance by both riders and passengers, the commissioner stressed that the move was made to strengthen the security of lives and property across the state.

“The decision and position of the government on okada is very clear, and we are not compromising on this decision which is to further consolidate on the achievements made so far with particular reference to decrease in Accident and Crime rates as well as the return of sanity to our communities within the State.

“As a responsive government, we are not leaving the affected passengers who patronise these okadas stranded without any viable means of transportation, that is why we have made available alternative and sustainable means of transportation such as the First and Last Mile Bus Transport Scheme, the BRT Scheme, the Lagos e-hailing taxi Scheme (LAGRIDE) and other acceptable modes of transportation to go about their daily activities.

Giwa, who expressed concerns over the safety of Lagosians plying Okada, said the stage was now set for enforcement of the ban, saying we appeal to the riders to steer clear of the affected areas in the state.

The Commissioner of Police (CP), Abiodun Alabi, who represented Elizabeth Opadunni, assured Lagosians of enforcement of the ban, saying all hands were on the deck for its total implementation

Who is the conductor?

Obi for life

BIG SECRETS IN MARRIAGE!

Secret 1

Everyone you marry has a weakness. Only God does not have a weakness. So if you focus on your spouse's weakness you can't get the best out of his strength..

Secret 2

Everyone has a dark history. No one is an angel. When you get married or you want to get married stop digging into someone's past. What matters most is the present life of your partner. Old things have passed away. Forgive and forget. Focus on the present and the future.

Secret 3

Every marriage has its own challenges. Marriage is not a bed of roses. Every good marriage has gone through its own test of blazing fire. True love proves in times of challenges. Fight for your marriage. Make up your mind to stay with your spouse in times of need. Remember the vow For better for worse. In sickness and in health be there.

Secret 4

Every marriage has different levels of success. Don't compare your marriage with any one else. We can never be equal. Some will be far, some behind. To avoid marriage stresses, be patient, work hard and with time your marriage dreams shall come true.

Secret 5

To get married is declaring war. When you get married you must declare war against enemies of marriage. Some enemies of marriage are:
Ignorance
Prayerlessness
Unforgiveness
Third party influence
Stinginess
Stubbornness
Lack of love
Rudeness
Laziness
Disrespect
Cheating
Be ready to fight to maintain your marriage zone.

Secret 6

There is no perfect marriage. There is no ready made marriage. Marriage is hard work. Volunteer yourself to work daily on it. Marriage is like a car that needs proper maintenance and proper service. If this is not done it will break down somewhere exposing the owner to danger or some unhealthy circumstances. Let us not be careless about our marriages.

Secret 7

God cannot give you a complete person you desire. He gives you the person in the form of raw materials in order for you to mould the person that you desire. This can only be achieved through prayer, love and Patience

Secret 8

Getting married is taking a huge risk. You can not predict what will happen in the future. Situations may change so leave room for adjustments. Husband can lose his good job or you may fail to have babies. All these require you to be prayerful otherwise you might divorce.

Secret 9

Marriage is not a contract. It is permanent. It needs total commitment. Love is the glue that sticks the couple together. Divorce start in the mind and the devil feeds the mind. Never ever entertain thoughts of getting a divorce. Never threaten your spouse with divorce. Choose to remain married. God hates divorce.

Secret 10

Every marriage has a price to pay. Marriage is like a bank account. It is the money that you deposit that you withdraw. If you don't deposit love, peace and care into your marriage, you are not a candidate for a blissful home.

Musa To The Rescue Once Again

Super Eagles star Ahmed Musa sends N500,000 to former Nigerian Olympic Athlete Bassey Etim spotted filling Pot Holes in Ajah

Super Eagles captain and star player, Ahmed Musa has sent half a million Naira to Nigerian Olympian, Bassey Etim who was spotted around the Ajah area of Lagos, filling up potholes.

Bassey Etim, who won a gold medal at the 1983 Commonwealth Games in Malta, stated that he suffered an injury while representing Nigeria at the 1984 Olympic Games.

Musician, Oc Cares disclosed how he observed Etim nicknamed ‘Iron bar’, at a failed section of the road along the Ado/Badore road in Lagos, prompting him to reach out.

Etim, 56, revealed that he had to spend his life savings for his treatment, claiming he was abandoned by Nigeria.

The Cross River state born athlete said: “I sustained an injury, and when I came back, Nigeria refused to take care of my injury, so I had to use my life savings to go back to America in September 1985 to take care of the injury.

“But I still come out to volunteer myself to give back to my country. “People are saying, ‘why should you do that? They didn’t take care of you'.

The post which has since gone viral, attracted Super Eagles captain Ahmed Musa, who requested his contact.

The striker wrote on Instagram: “How can I get to him pls.”

In an update on Thursday August 4, sports journalist, Babajide Orevba revealed Musa had sent the former athlete N500,000.

"I just finished speaking with him now. I sent him N500,000. Musa was quoted saying.

On December 26th in the year 1908, an igbo man called nduka from Anambra, always with his eriri ozo on his legs, popularly known as Jack Johnson became the first African American World Heavyweight Boxing Champion by knocking out Tommy Burns. For years America would not show this image of a blackman knocking out a wh!te man.
Igbo to the world

Agbada and old age will not allow our able president to do the same

Looser of the moment

COLONIALISM IN AFRICA.

The biggest country in Africa that the United Kingdom colonized is Nigeria. The biggest country that the United Kingdom colonized in Asia is India (which then comprised the present Pakistan and Bangladesh). When the UK came into Nigeria and India, like all other countries they colonized, they brought along their technology, religion (Christianity), and culture: names, dressing, food, language, etc.

Try as hard as the British did, India rejected the British religion, names, dressing, food, and even language, but they did not reject the British technology. Today, 80.5% of Indians are Hindus; 13.4% Muslims; 2.3% Christians; 1.9% Sikhs; 0.8% Buddhists, etc. Hindi is the official language of the government of India, but English is used extensively in business and administration and has the status of a “subsidiary official language.” It is rare to find an Indian with an English name or dressed in suit.

On the other hand, Nigeria embraced, to a large extent, the British religion, British culture – names, dressing, foods, and language – but rejected the British technology. The difference between the Nigerian and the Indian experiences is that while India is proud of its heritage, Nigeria takes little pride in its heritage, a situation that has affected the nationalism of Nigerians and our development as a nation. Before the advent of Christianity, the Arabs had brought Islam into Nigeria through the North. Islam also wiped away much of the culture of Northern Nigeria. Today, the North has only Sharia Courts but no Customary Courts. So from the North to the South of Nigeria, the Western World and the Eastern World have shaped our lives to be like theirs and we have lost much or all of our identity.

Long after the British and Arabs left Nigeria, Nigeria has waxed strong in religion to the extent that Nigerians now set up religious branches of their home-grown churches in Europe, the Americas, Asia and other African countries. Just like the Whites brought the gospel to us, Nigerians now take the gospel back to the Whites. In Islam, we are also very vibrant to the extent that if there is a blasphemous comment against Islam in Denmark or the US, even if there is no violent reaction in Saudi Arabia, the Islamic headquarters of the world, there will be loss of lives and destruction of property in Nigeria.

If the United Arab Emirates, a country with 75% Muslims, is erecting the tallest building in the world and encouraging the world to come and invest in its country by providing a friendly environment, Boko Haram ensures that the economy of the North (and by extension that of Nigeria) is crippled with bombs and bullets unless every Nigerian converts to Boko Haram’s brand of Islam. We are indeed a very religious people. Meanwhile, while we are building the biggest churches and mosques, the Indians, South Africans, Chinese, Europeans and Americans have taken over our key markets: telecoms, satellite TV, multinationals, banking, oil and gas, automobile, aviation, shopping malls, hospitality, etc.

Ironically, despite our exploits in religion, we are a people with little godliness, a people without scruples. It is rare to do business with a Nigerian pastor, deacon, knight, elder, brother, sister, imam, mullah, mallam, alhaji or alhaja without the person laying landmines of bribes and deception on your path. We call it PR, facilitation fee, processing fee, transport money, financial engineering, deal, or whatever. But if it does not change hands, nothing gets done. And when it is amassed, we say it is “God’s blessings.” Some people assume that sleaze is a problem of public functionaries, but the private sector seems to be worse than the public sector these days.

One would have assumed that the more churches and mosques that spring up in every nook and cranny of Nigeria, the higher the morals in our society. But it is not so. The situation is that the more religious we get, the baser we become. Our land never knew the type of bloodshed experienced from religious extremists, political desperadoes, ritual killers, armed robbers, kidnappers, internet scammers, university cultists, and lynch mobs. Life has become so cheap and brutish that everyday seems to be a bonanza.

We import the petroleum that we have in abundance, rice and beans that our land can produce in abundance, and even toothpicks that primary school children can produce with little or no effort. Yet we drive the best of cars and live in the best of edifices, visit the best places in the world for holidays and use the most expensive electronic and telecoms gadgets. It is now a sign of poverty for a Nigerian to ride a saloon car. Four-wheel drive is it! Even government officials, who were known to use only Peugeot cars as official cars as a sign of modesty, have upgraded to Toyota Prado, without any iota of shame, in a country where about 70 per cent live below poverty. Private jets have become as common as cars. A nation that imports toothpicks and pins, flaunts wealth and wallows in ostentation at a time its children are trooping to Ghana, South Africa and the UK for university education and its sick people are running to India for treatment.

India produces automobile and exports it to the world. India’s medical care is second to none, with even Americans and Europeans travelling to the country for medical treatment. India has joined the nuclear powers. India has launched a successful mission to the moon. Yet bicycles and tricycles are common sights in India. But in Nigeria, only the wretched of the earth ride bicycles.

I have intentionally chosen to compare Nigeria with India rather than China, South Korea, Brazil, Malaysia, or Singapore, because of the similarities between India and Nigeria. But these countries were not as promising as Nigeria at the time of our independence.

Some would say that our undoing is our size: the 2012 United Nations estimate puts Nigeria’s population at 166 million, while India has a population of 1.2 billion. Some would blame it on the multiplicity of ethnic groups: we have 250 ethnic groups; India has more than 2000 ethnic groups. Some would hang it on the diversity in religion: we have two major religions – Christianity and Islam; but India has many. Some would say it is because we are young as an independent nation: we have 52 years of independence; India has 65 years, while apartheid ended in South Africa only in 1994.

COLONIALISM IN AFRICA.

The biggest country in Africa that the United Kingdom colonized is Nigeria. The biggest country that the United Kingdom colonized in Asia is India (which then comprised the present Pakistan and Bangladesh). When the UK came into Nigeria and India, like all other countries they colonized, they brought along their technology, religion (Christianity), and culture: names, dressing, food, language, etc.

Try as hard as the British did, India rejected the British religion, names, dressing, food, and even language, but they did not reject the British technology. Today, 80.5% of Indians are Hindus; 13.4% Muslims; 2.3% Christians; 1.9% Sikhs; 0.8% Buddhists, etc. Hindi is the official language of the government of India, but English is used extensively in business and administration and has the status of a “subsidiary official language.” It is rare to find an Indian with an English name or dressed in suit.

On the other hand, Nigeria embraced, to a large extent, the British religion, British culture – names, dressing, foods, and language – but rejected the British technology. The difference between the Nigerian and the Indian experiences is that while India is proud of its heritage, Nigeria takes little pride in its heritage, a situation that has affected the nationalism of Nigerians and our development as a nation. Before the advent of Christianity, the Arabs had brought Islam into Nigeria through the North. Islam also wiped away much of the culture of Northern Nigeria. Today, the North has only Sharia Courts but no Customary Courts. So from the North to the South of Nigeria, the Western World and the Eastern World have shaped our lives to be like theirs and we have lost much or all of our identity.

Long after the British and Arabs left Nigeria, Nigeria has waxed strong in religion to the extent that Nigerians now set up religious branches of their home-grown churches in Europe, the Americas, Asia and other African countries. Just like the Whites brought the gospel to us, Nigerians now take the gospel back to the Whites. In Islam, we are also very vibrant to the extent that if there is a blasphemous comment against Islam in Denmark or the US, even if there is no violent reaction in Saudi Arabia, the Islamic headquarters of the world, there will be loss of lives and destruction of property in Nigeria.

If the United Arab Emirates, a country with 75% Muslims, is erecting the tallest building in the world and encouraging the world to come and invest in its country by providing a friendly environment, Boko Haram ensures that the economy of the North (and by extension that of Nigeria) is crippled with bombs and bullets unless every Nigerian converts to Boko Haram’s brand of Islam. We are indeed a very religious people. Meanwhile, while we are building the biggest churches and mosques, the Indians, South Africans, Chinese, Europeans and Americans have taken over our key markets: telecoms, satellite TV, multinationals, banking, oil and gas, automobile, aviation, shopping malls, hospitality, etc.

Ironically, despite our exploits in religion, we are a people with little godliness, a people without scruples. It is rare to do business with a Nigerian pastor, deacon, knight, elder, brother, sister, imam, mullah, mallam, alhaji or alhaja without the person laying landmines of bribes and deception on your path. We call it PR, facilitation fee, processing fee, transport money, financial engineering, deal, or whatever. But if it does not change hands, nothing gets done. And when it is amassed, we say it is “God’s blessings.” Some people assume that sleaze is a problem of public functionaries, but the private sector seems to be worse than the public sector these days.

One would have assumed that the more churches and mosques that spring up in every nook and cranny of Nigeria, the higher the morals in our society. But it is not so. The situation is that the more religious we get, the baser we become. Our land never knew the type of bloodshed experienced from religious extremists, political desperadoes, ritual killers, armed robbers, kidnappers, internet scammers, university cultists, and lynch mobs. Life has become so cheap and brutish that everyday seems to be a bonanza.

We import the petroleum that we have in abundance, rice and beans that our land can produce in abundance, and even toothpicks that primary school children can produce with little or no effort. Yet we drive the best of cars and live in the best of edifices, visit the best places in the world for holidays and use the most expensive electronic and telecoms gadgets. It is now a sign of poverty for a Nigerian to ride a saloon car. Four-wheel drive is it! Even government officials, who were known to use only Peugeot cars as official cars as a sign of modesty, have upgraded to Toyota Prado, without any iota of shame, in a country where about 70 per cent live below poverty. Private jets have become as common as cars. A nation that imports toothpicks and pins, flaunts wealth and wallows in ostentation at a time its children are trooping to Ghana, South Africa and the UK for university education and its sick people are running to India for treatment.

India produces automobile and exports it to the world. India’s medical care is second to none, with even Americans and Europeans travelling to the country for medical treatment. India has joined the nuclear powers. India has launched a successful mission to the moon. Yet bicycles and tricycles are common sights in India. But in Nigeria, only the wretched of the earth ride bicycles. .

I have intentionally chosen to compare Nigeria with India rather than China, South Korea, Brazil, Malaysia, or Singapore, because of the similarities between India and Nigeria. But these countries were not as promising as Nigeria at the time of our independence.

Some would say that our undoing is our size: the 2012 United Nations estimate puts Nigeria’s population at 166 million, while India has a population of 1.2 billion. Some would blame it on the multiplicity of ethnic groups: we have 250 ethnic groups; India has more than 2000 ethnic groups. Some would hang it on the diversity in religion: we have two major religions – Christianity and Islam; but India has many. Some would say it is because we are young as an independent nation: we have 52 years of independence; India has 65 years, while apartheid ended in South Africa only in 1994.

�️Brief History Of Northern Nigeria Before Amalgamation

To understand Nigeria you need to know the history to explain the politics.
When the British arrived in what became Northern Nigeria, there were by then lets say for arguments sake two nations ruling the North predominantly the Fulani and then also the Indigenous Hausa, the latter of which the Hausa kingdoms were constantly being attacked by the Fulani who are conquers by nature. The British to keep a balance assisted the Hausa and with their help confronted the Fulani.

The Fulani understanding conquest took to their new masters the British and in return for their new found compliant attitude Lord Lugard made every Emir in every town in the north a Fulani, inadvertently giving power back to the Fulani. (I wonder if this is where the phrase “the only thing Nigeria understands is war” stems from).

Then in 1914 for financial reasons the British amalgamated the Northern Nigeria Protectorate with the Southern Protectorates, now these were entirely two very different regions, as the southern protectorate wasn’t a conquered region it was a democratic area of many nations that had been developed over thousands of years of trading with foreign lands (the southern protectorate agreed upon to protect trading) and was religiously predominantly Judea Christian and in every sense was far more developed than the north in every aspect; education, standard of living etc.. following the amalgamation there was a great need in the north for jobs only the southerners could really do for development of the country like railways, education etc..

So they were sent to the north, however they were still the foreigners and they could never fit in, understandably deep seated bad feelings embedded itself as the Northerners felt the Southerners were lauding their social standing over them and the Southerners could never fit into the social/political system as it was not designed to do so. (Oil doesn’t mix with water). Now the British have left following independence the Fulani are still conquering as is there nature by political means.

To explain in full detail one must read: Historical background of Northern Nigeria in the Report of the Justice G.C.M Onyiuke Tribunal 1966.

For a century before the advent of British administration in Nigeria, the Fulani provided the ruling class of most of Northern Nigeria.

The notable exception is the Bornu Emirate to the north/east which is inhabited by the Kanuri. What we now know as the provinces of Sokoto, Gwandu, Katsina, Kano, Zaria, Bauchi, Adamawa, Plateau and Niger fell under varying degrees to the influence of the Fulani aristocracy. Northern Nigeria was by no means a void nor was it without history. We do not propose to delve into ancient history. This is hardly a useful exercise here. Suffice it to say that British expansion met established Hausa states at varying levels of development and prosperity.

They were in all at this stage 14 Hausa states which comprised, Darua, Kano, Zaria, Gobir, Katsina, Rono and Biram (the Hausa Bakwai or legitimate 7 states); Zamfara, Kebbi, Nupe, Gbagyi, Gauri, Ilorin (Yoruba) and Kwararafa (the banza Bakwai or upstart seven which developed to the south and west of the original group). Each state had its own traditions and legends of origin and at varying degrees had embraced or come under the influence of Islam. It had been said that it would be strictly incorrect to refer to these Hausa states as if they belong to the same ethnic group. They were people who spoke the Hausa language and adopted the Hausa mode of dress and life generally.

When the 19th century opened, the Fulani appeared to be the predominant race in the Sudan. Fulani is the Hausa name for the people who call themselves Fulbe. They themselves made a distinction between the Cattle Fulani and the Town Fulani; The latter included the aristocratic families such as Torobe. The origin of these people is less than clear. What is more certain, however is that by the 16th century, there was a steady movement of those Fulani people from the region now known as Senegal towards the East through Messina and the Hausa states toward Chad and Adamawa and beyond.

From the rank of the Fulani the great religious leaders of the 18th and 19th centuries came in the Sudan to launch a series of religious movements which, as often happened in Islam, passed into political wars. We are here concerned with the religious movement that affected Northern Nigeria.

Usman Dan Fodio who was subsequently known as Shehu or Sheikh was born a Fulani in the Hausa state of Gobir about 1750. He was brought up with his brother Abdullahi as a strict Muslim and after studying for some years in Agades he felt the call to dedicate his life to teaching the faith. On his return from Agades, Dan Fodio acted as a tutor to the Sarkin Gobir’s two sons in Alkaluwa. One of these was Yunfa who was later to succeed to the throne.

In the interval before his accession Dan Fodio felt obliged to withdraw from Alkaluwa giving his reason the reversion to pagan practices by the court on the hostility shown towards the Muslim faith. When Yunfa finally became king, he sort out his old tutor and encouraged him to resume his itinerant preaching. Dan Fodio soon fell out with the new king and in 1804 was driven to flight. A party rallied to him, defeated the king, and proclaimed Dan Fodio, (now their leader) Sarkin Musulmi Commander of the Faithful, a title which is still held by his successor, the Sultan of Sokoto. A general movement broke out all over the area which later became Northern Nigeria.

The line of cleavage did not run clear between the Fulani and the Hausas but the Fulani who provided the energy and ambition to the apparent religious cause. Everywhere followers of the Shehu, appointed or self-appointed, received flags from his hands. They called upon the faithful to drive out the old Hausa or as they were called the Habe dynasties and then set themselves up in turn as rulers subject to Sokoto which had become the seat of the Fulani authority in 1810. Not only was this change accomplished in the old Hausa kingdoms but in the impetus of the movement, Fulani leaders pushed the boundaries of Islam south, incorporating in varying degrees many pagan tribes.

As indicated earlier the movement for religious revival degenerated into a political war of conquest. Consequently the son of the Shehu, Bello, who succeeded him became more interested in the military and political results of the religious revival than in spreading the faith.

The record for Fulani success had some important exceptions. The ancient Kanuri kingdom of Bornu with its capital near Lake Chad and itself Moslem, threw back the Fulani invaders. The holy man of Bornu, El-Kanemi, taunted Shehu Usman Dan Fodio with having turned a war of religion into one of conquest and with attacking his co-religionists.

El-Kanemi frankly admitted that some of his Chiefs had relapsed into heathenism, that the Alkalis or Moslem judges sometimes took bribes and women went unveiled; but he argued that this was not sufficient excuse for war. This opposition from Bornu, as we shall see when we come to consider the pattern and the spread of the atrocities in the 1966 program, seems to appear its head once again in 1966. Bello in his defense of his fathers action justified mainly on the ground of proselytism. Said he:

@And the second reason for our Jihad was that they were heathens, the people of Hausa. A further reason for the war was that we sought to aid truth against falsehood and to strengthen Islam. For to make war on the heathen from the beginning, if one has the power is declared a duty. So also it is it’s a duty to make war on those heathen who have converted to Islam and later have reverted to heathenism, if one has the power. In truth we stated at the beginning of this that the Hausa chiefs, their people and their mallams were evil doers”.

At the beginning of the present century, the British administration emerged in Northern Nigeria. They based their title on conquest. Sir Frederick Lugard, the first British governor of Northern Nigeria asserted in one of his early reports as follows:- “The Fulani hold their suzerainty by right of conquest. I can myself see no injustice in the transfer of the suzerainty thus acquired to the British by the same right of conquest”.

The Fulani caste seemed to have accepted their masters without much resistance. The explanation of this, it is said, was due in part to the insecurity of the Fulani position in relation to their subjects who had shown little loyalty to the Fulani during the period of their confrontation with the British.

The British, by force of arms, broke the Fulani ascendancy in the north, but by twist of irony, restore that supremacy under the system of indirect rule. Once the suzerainty of the British was accepted by the Fulani, the British were content to allow an even to support and consolidate the authority of the Fulani Emirs in their various Emirates.

The Fulani Emir was left as the head of the native administration, the head of the native judiciary, the religious head, and practically the head of everything in his emirate. Offices in the native administration, in the native administration police, in the native judiciary, what filled by appointees of the emirs. These appointees were invariably the relations of the Emir or his courtiers. Moslem religion preempted every aspect of life in the Emirates. This society became a ‘closed shop’. Strangers especially non-Moslems, had no place in the society.

It is generally accepted that in 1966 there were over 2 million Easterners in Northern Nigeria. Their presence in the north it was all connected with the amalgamation of northern and southern Nigeria in 1914 by the British. Unfortunately, although they were there in such large numbers and for so long and filled a very important position in the economic and political development of Northern Nigeria, they were never fully integrated into the mainstream of life in society. They became what sociologist call a privilege pariah class- ‘privileged’ because participating in and benefiting from the modernizing sectors of the economy to which the northern Muslims had been induced to turn their back.

Their standard of living was higher than the normal run of life of most northerners. They were ‘pariah’ because they were kept outside the rank system of society. Because of the attitude of northern Muslims to modern education, the administrators of the day were compelled to employ these Easterners though they disliked having them. It cut across the policy of the day of separating the north from the south.

‘Divide and rule’ is a cliché which is grown odious by being frequently used for all situations weather appropriate or not; but it really enshrined an important gem of British colonial policy. The north and south were amalgamated in 1914 ostensibly under One government yet the ‘writ’ of the legislative Council in Lagos did not run into Northern Nigeria. The British colonial administrator reserved the right to legislate alone for the north until the Richards constitution of 1946.

Easterners is and in fact other non-northerners were restricted in most of the towns to strangers quarters called Sabon Gari. In these circumstance the Easterners and Northerners grew up a separate communities. Dissimilarities were accentuated and old prejudices hardened. Since 1950 attempts, especially by southerners, were made to bridge the gap but such attempts were regarded by the northern aristocracy as an imposition from the south and were smashed.

The emergence of political parties in Nigeria did not improve matters in the north either. As far as the north was concerned it did not succeed in breaking down the old barriers. The dominant political party in the north (the Northern People’s Congress) started off as a party of native administration functionaries and appointees of the Emir‘s and never really went beyond that.,

It is our view that the foundation of Nigeria contain the seeds of her own destruction.

Good morning beautiful,
Wishing you God’s protection , mercy, love and blessing upon your life today and always.

Take care of your body and it will reward as you down the line.

1. The STOMACH
is injured when
you do not have
breakfast in the
morning.

2. The KIDNEYS
are injured when
you do not even
drink 10 glasses
of water in 24
hours.

3. GALLBLADDER
is injured when
you do not even
sleep until 11
o'clock and do not
wake up to the
sunrise.

4. The SMALL
INTESTINE is
injured when you
eat cold and stale
food.

5. The LARGE
INTESTINES are
injured when you
eat more fried
and spicy food.

6. The LUNGS are
injured when you
breathe in smoke
and stay in
polluted
environment of
cigarettes.

7. The LIVER is
injured when you
eat heavy fried
food, junk, and
fast food.

8. The HEART is
injured when you
eat your meal with
more salt and
cholesterol.

9. The PANCREAS
is injured when
you eat sweet
things because
they are tasty and
freely available.

10. The Eyes are
injured when you
work in the light
of mobile phone
and computer
screen in the
dark.

11. The Brain is
injured when you
start thinking
negative
thoughts.

12. The SOUL gets
injured when you
don't have family
and friends to
care and share
with you in life
their love,
affection,
happiness,
sorrow and joy.

All these body
parts are NOT
available in the
market

So take good
care and keep
your body parts
healthy.

EFFECT OF WATER
� We Know Water is
important but never
knew about the
Special Times one
has to drink it.. !!

Did you

� Drinking Water at the
Right Time ⏰
Maximizes its
effectiveness on the
Human Body;

1⃣ 1 Glass of Water
after waking up -
�⛅ helps to
activate internal
organs..

2⃣ 1 Glass of Water
30 Minutes �
before a Meal -
helps digestion..

3⃣ 1 Glass of Water
before taking a
Bath � - helps
lower your blood
pressure.

4⃣ 1 Glass of Water
before going to
Bed - � avoids
Stroke or Heart
Attack..

A former Inspector General of Police, Mustafa Adebayo Balogun, also known as Tafa Balogun is dead.

Tafa Balogun
The former Police boss died at Reddington Hospital in Lagos.

Mr. Balogun was the Inspector General of Police during the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo.

He had issue with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission while Nuhu Ribadu was in charge.

The manner of his arrest drew comment from people as he was handcuffed and embarrassed by the Operatives.

Shortly after his court trial, he went underground and nothing much was heard about him till his demise.

THE STORY OF ADÉGBÖRÒ L'OJA OBA.

ADEGBORO left Ibadan for Lagos in search of greener pasture. He chose to be carrying loads (Alabaru) on his head at Oyingbo market to earn a living.
Few years after, he bought a cart from his savings and this eased the pain of carrying loads on his head for commercial purposes. The Cart also increased his income and he was able to acquire 6 more of its kind which he rented out to others.
Exactly 8 years in this cart pushing business, Adegboro bought a van which many called BOLEKAJA and learning how to drive, he handled the business by himself. 4 years into the Bolekaja business, Adegboro had been a proud owner of 6 Vans.
Being a bona fide Ibadan son, (omo bibi ilu Ibadan) ADEGBORO built a magnificent building at OJA OBA where the Olubadan Palace was situated when it was time to put a roof on his head.
Many people at this period approached Adegboro to show them the secret behind his success. He simply asked them if they could carry loads on their heads in the market to earn income (alabaru)? And their response had always been "NEVER".
He too would spontaneously say “ENI TI O LE SE ALABARU L'OYINGBO, KO LE SE BI ADEGBORO L'OJA OBA" - this is a replica of the adage also in Yoruba land that says; "ÌSASÙN tabi IKOKO TI YIO J'ATA (OBE), IDI RE A GBONA". (A pot that wants to consume a palatable soup must have its bottom burnt or heated with fire first).
In Life, to endure is to achieve. No short cut is sustainable. Enduring wealth is built over time in a small bit but in a persistent way..


Ę FEYIKOGBON OOO!!!

A man was dating 3 ladies and wanted
to decide who to marry. He then gave them a
test.
He gave each #100,000 and observed what each
did with the
money.
The first one did a total make-over which
included a fancy hair style, make up and
several new outfits. She then dressed up for
the man and said, "I have done this to make
myself more
attractive to you bcoz I love u so much."
The man was impressed.

The second woman went gift shopping for the
man. She bought
him a new smartphone, a watch and very flashy
clothes. As she
presented these gifts to him she said,
"I've spent all the money on you because I love
u so much."
The man ws again impressed.

The third one invested the money in the stock
market. She
earned #400,000 and gave him back his #100,000.
She then
deposited the remainder in a joint account. She
told him that she
wanted to secure their future bcoz she loved
him so much.
Obviously, the man was very impressed.

WEEKEND DEBATE
Your husband shouted at you in public during a ceremony because you mistakenly broke the screen of his phone worth #350k.

Surprised by his reaction, a man got up and gave you #500k and asked u to buy a new phone for ur husband in the presence of everyone including ur husband.

The man gave you his phone number asking you to call him in case the money is not enough so he can add more.

��‍♀ *As a woman, would you take this money and the phone number from this gentleman?*

�� *As a husband, what would you do in this situation?*

Open debate for all
I want everybody to participate.

Say something about the story

Congratulations Nigerian

Congratulation PDP

Congratulation Adeleke

Congratulation Davido

Thank you Lord

Not now till then

You that can not even manage your home

Police task newly promoted Spy officers on discipline

The Commandant of Police Training School, Ikeja, Lagos, Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Musa Garba has urged newly promoted Supernumerary (Spy) Police Officers to maintain ethical discipline in the discharge of their duties.

DCP Garba gave the charge on Sunday during the decoration of 175 Supernumerary Officers who were promoted into their new ranks after attending an advance training course

Some of the promoted officers include, Engr. Samuel Ajiboyede,  Olushola Carew, Kevin Ikeakhe, Stephanie Ayegba, Ernest Igwe,
Uchochukwu Ugbo, Douglas Okojie and Dr. Kehinde Odunsi,

Also promoted were Dr. Goodluck Enimakpokpo, Temitope Ojikutu, Dr. Olusuyi Adaramewa, Bolatito Ogundiran,Francisca Ovie and Solomon Adebayo.

According to DCP Garba, the advance training for the Police officets was embarked on to equip them with more knowledge on policing to enable them compliment the role of regular Police officers.

Admonishing the Police officers to see their new ranks as a call to duty, Garba urged them to always exhibit high moral standard and ethical discipline in the discharge of their duties

He said: ” As we celebrate today, let me use this opportunity to remind you that, with your new ranks, come greater responsibilities to your shoulders.

“This simply means that from now on, your actions, your utterances and your general conducts, must be guided by the Police Act and regulations, which you are subject to.

As Senior Supernumerary Police Officers, | expect you to always exhibit the high moral standard and ethical discipline, that this training has inculcated in you, whether in uniform or in civil dress. Let me also warn, that anyone who involves his or herself, in any criminal activities having undertaking a training of this nature, will surely face serious consequences,
in line with the Police disciplinary procedures, as stipulated in the/police Act and Regulations.

Speaking on behalf of the promoted Spy officers, Samuel Ajiboyede assured the commandant that they would uphold the integrity of the Police and build a more friendly relationship between the Police and the public

He said: We are grateful for the privilege to have been deemed worthy to be promoted into our new ranks. We want to assure you that we will perform our duties diligently and also help to build a more friendly police relations with the public.

stabilizer:
Peter Obi will never and can never be the president of this country.

Infact he will never be.

Obi is too small to rule a country like Nigeria.

He will either become third or fourth in the presidential race result


I don't even like the shape of his head

Is Tinubu not old too

Just 4 passenger 175million naira
Is alright


How much is coaster bus



God no forbid am for me to buy o
(ROLLS ROYCE)

IFALADE STRESSES NEED FOR TOLORENCE AMONG LAGOS RESIDENTS.

The need for peaceful coexistence and understanding among the people of Lagos State has been emphasised by the General Manager of Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Agency, Prince Dr Ifalade Oyekan.

Oyekan said this while commenting on the crisis in Mowo town following the accident involving a commercial bus and a cow. The bus driver rammed into the cows, killing two of them instantly..

Following the killing of the cows, the Fulani herdsmen was said to have sought blood, killing the conductor of the commercial bus which drew the ire of the inhabitants of the Community who sought revenge.

However, the quick intervention of Officers of the Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Agency through their community contacts averted a full blown crisis. The Corp officers arrested the herdsmen and handed over to the police for further action while they also convinced the community leaders to help in averting the crisis..

Ifalade commended the Officers for their quick thinking which averted the crisis, while he prayed community leaders to always play positively to peace in their communities just as he commended the traditional rulers in the area for joining hands with the Law enforcement agencies in averting the crisis.