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WHO WE ARE: We are a privately owned company, specifically formed to provide discrete bespoke security and safety solutions for our clients both in Africa and internationally.

The Front Desk Receptionist/ Account Assistant is responsible for greeting visitors at the front desk, answering busy telephone lines and providing support to the team. This position creates a positive first and last impression for the practice and is pivotal to the company running smoothly and efficiently as possible. She also doubles as an accounts assistant for the accounts department.

JOB LOCATION: PORT HARCOURT

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES of the Front Desk Receptionist/ Account Assistant
• Responsible for answering and routing calls
• [b][/b]Greeting visitors, and handling inquiries from the public
• Filing, scanning, faxing, as well as typing specific documentation
• Responsible for coordinating incoming and outgoing mail
• Prepare general correspondences and customer assessments as needed
• Occasionally works on special projects.
• Maintains accounting records by making copies; filing documents.
• Prepare financial documents such invoices, bills, accounts receivable, accounts payable, purchase orders, payroll, reports, and other financial records for entry into computer software
• Reconciles bank statements by comparing statements with general ledger.
• Maintains accounting databases by entering data into the computer; processing backups.
• Verifies financial reports by running performance analysis software program.
• Protects organization's value by keeping information confidential.
• Accomplishes accounting and organization mission by completing related results as needed
• Managing petty cash transactions.


Skills / Requirements
Required Skills:
(Preferable Female)

• Excellent communication skills

• Maintain image of company by example and utmost professionalism

• Ability to multi-task

• Good knowledge of grammar, composition, spelling and punctuation

• Good time management skills

• Effective and efficient telephone, written and electronic communication skills

• Accurate typing skills and ten-key by touch

• Good analytical abilities

• Proficiency with PC's and computer programs including Word, Excel, and Adobe Acrobat

• Strong knowledge of general office procedures and office equipment


QUALIFICATION
A good first degree in either of the following: Accounting, Business Administration, Secretarial Administration, Finance.

Salary - 50,000 -70,000 monthly
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nnacent:
Pleasse oooo b4 i become magad. My car-Honda EOD 2003 4 plugs jst started acting up. i first observd dat at top speed, it wud b cutting(like disengaging intermittently). Now however i match d trottle it dosnt drive byond 40km/hr.

Pls i need suggestion on possible causes. and if u can recommend a good/reliable mechanic arnd ikeja i wud appreciate. pls oooooooo i dont want to come here to post a bad experience. thanks

I had a similar problem with my Honda civic which i sold off few months ago. The possible problem might be with ur coils. They have to be tested, and the one giving the problem replaced. In my case, all the mechanic did was to run a tape round the coils, and that solved the problem till i sold the car. Goodluck

lalasticlala:
FAMOUS NIGERIAN WOMEN WHO WEAR LOW HAIR CUT

At a time when artificial hair like Brazilian hair and the likes are the in thing, these Nigerian women chose to retain their natural hair as they seem not to like artificial hair.

1 OBY EZEKWESILI :
The erstwhile minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has maintained her natural hair via low cut as she doesn't fancy artificial hair. She rocked low cut all through the duration of her tenure as a minister and she's still rocking it years after the expiration of her tenure. Low cut is obviously her signature hair style.

2 ONYEKA ONWENU :
The Elegant Stallion has been carrying her natural hair for several years. She has always been wearing low cut right from her youthful age till date.

Onyeka spoke about her low cut in an interview :

*For how long have you been keeping this low cut?

"For as long as I can remember. Occasionally, you will see me wear hair extensions, but don't last. When I look at women who take the pain to make their hair I appreciate them. The luxury I have every time I wake up is that I can always pour water on my hair and that is a wonderful experience. Because of my very demanding schedule, I developed a simple routine. I do walking on one spot in my bedroom in front of my mirror, so I can see all the places I need to work on. I also do stretch exercises for about twenty minutes everyday . I wear low cut, I have no hassle of going to the salon to make my hair, I just wash it and cream it. I also believe in having my inner peace at all times. Even if you're stressed, because weall are, in this environment, there should be that inner peace that what you're doing is to the glory of God."

3 CHIDINMA :

The petite and pretty singer is often spotted wearing low cut and she looks good with short hair. She's not a fan of Brazilian hair.

Chidinma spoke about her hair style :"I just decided to do that. I just tried to be different. I didn’t have an idea of what I wanted to do, but decided to wear a low cut. I was wearing a red punk, at some point, it was wine colour Mohawk. Then I wanted to do a photo shoot; I was looking at the mirror and felt the hairstyle would not blend well with my brand of music. I told the barber to cut it off. The low cut looks really nice to me; I never knew it was going to be that nice because it was just a try. Later, I added jerry curls to it."

4 KATHERINE OBIANG :
The estranged wife of Frank Edoho, Katherine, is more comfortable wearing low cut. She was already wearing low cut when she started presenting A.M Express then on NTA. The former NTA presenter told The Nation why she prefers her natural hair, low cut :

**Why do you wear low cut?

"I’ve had hair o, I’ve grown hair, but at a point, I got tired. I have done the weaves, the Ghana weaves, braids, what else is there? So I wonder what is there next to do, let me just cut my hair. And then you go to salon, and people come touch your hair, and are like ‘madam, this hair is too full o’.And the way you are treated in salons, if you don’t know someone in the salon, you are relegated and delayed, and nobody wants to touch your hair. But I say ‘you know what? It’s my hair, it’s my money, and somehow I came down here’. Aside that, it is comfortable and manageable, except when I have roles in movies, then I wear wigs. Basically, I like this.."

5 SHAN GEORGE :
Shan has stuck to wearing low hair-cut. The controversial actress has natural curly hair and prefers to cut her hair shot. She neither prefers long hair nor artificial hair.

6 TOYIN ADEGBOLA :
The Yoruba actress has been rocking low cut for long. She spoke about her signature hair style sometime ago in an interview :

"I started adorning this low-cut 13 years ago, that was in 2000 just as a sign of respect for my late husband. Later I wanted to change by plaiting my hair but my fans said I should leave it. So since then, It have been on low cuts."

7 DOMINIQUE OPUTA :
The daughter of the Area Fada, Charly Boy, loves wearing her natural hair, a times she cuts it so low but would still look good. If many women were like her, those that sell Brazilian hair and other stuff like that would have gone hungry.

8 NGOZI OKONJO IWEALA :
The finance minister prefers her natural hair to artificial hair. She always covers her hair, but if by mistake you spot her with her hair uncovered, you cannot sight any artificial hair on her.

9 CECILIA IBRU:
The former Oceanic Bank boss prefers her natural hair to any artificial hair.

10 UGOCHI DESIRE OPARANOZIE :

When it comes to Nigerian women's football, 21-year-old Super Falcons striker, Ugochi Desire Oparanozie is a force to be reckoned with. The beautiful young woman prefers her natural her. She prefers to be on low cut.

11 OSINACHI OHALE:
The 23 year old Defender prefers to rock her natural hair. She looks good on low cut.

12 MODUPE DEBBIE ARIYO :
Modupe Debbie Ariyo is the Founder and Executive Director of Africa United Against Child Abuse (AFRUCA), an organisation that fights against child abuse in Nigeria and the United Kingdom. She was honoured by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, with a Member of the British Empire (OBE).

In an interview, she talked about her love for her natural hair and why she detests artificial hair :

*You wear low cut hair. How long have you been wearing this look?

"I love the natural look and I have had my hair short since 1992. Prior to that, I had long, permed hair but most people who knew me since 1992 do not believe that! I love that I don’t have to put chemicals of any sort in my hair – and I detest wearing anything fake, be it Brazilian or Indian. So I wear my hair short because I like the natural look. It is also easier to manage, and for someone always on the move, it is ideal! Some people say it suits me, so that’s equally fine."

BY: lalasticlala


Who rocks the natural hair best?

OP, there is a clear difference between natural Hair and low cut. A number of the people you showed have low cuts, but their hairs have been treated with one ointment or the other

Seun:
Nobody has asked what the male corper did. So I'm asking. It'd be funny if you could get someone decamped by provoking them to slap you.

Oh please.. If a lady provoked a guy up to the point she got slapped, wouldn't we support him being decamped? We are unknowingly being light on the "weaker" sex.. The youth of these days should be thought some discipline and self restraint. I say the punishment fits the crime.. The dude in question can even file for assault if he chooses. i'm sure FIDA would push for that if the reverse were the case.

DNDROID:
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DNDROID:
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PASTOR and founder of Latter Rain Assembly in Lagos, Pastor Tunde Bakare, on Sunday, said former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, would be told some home truth in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.

Bakare said this was necessary before the nation collapses on him (OBJ), accusing him of being responsible for the numerous problems Nigeria is passing through now.

The cleric, who spoke about the lofty dreams of the country’s founding fathers, as well as his growing up and personal dreams for same Nigeria, but which had become unattainable due to antics of some cabals, strongly canvassed that a transition arrangement be put in place, stressing that holding election in 2015 was not feasible because of Boko Haram insurgency.

Bakare said this while speaking with newsmen, shortly after delivering a speech, entitled: “The Nigeria of My Dream” at a well attended church service to celebrate his 60th birthday.

Former governor of Ogun State, Chief Gbenga Daniel, was among the dignitaries that attended the service, which took place at the Latter Rain Assembly in Ogba, Lagos.

The pastor, who said he would be a keynote speaker at the 176th anniversary of International Student Day, courtesy of Ogun State government, said: “He who wants to hear, let him hear. I am going to drum what needs to be drummed. I think Obasanjo needs to hear some things before the house collapses on him, because he is responsible for the problems we face now.”

The event, holding at the Cultural Centre, is expected to be attended by dignitaries, including the former head of state, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari, who is also a presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC); Professor Pat Utomi, among others.

Speaking further, Pastor Bakare, who is also the convener of Save Nigeria Group (SNG), while expressing fears about the possibility of holding 2015 general election, contended that it was better that the country took care of 2014 before talking about 2015.

According to him, there is no wisdom holding an election without dealing with the fundamental problems of the country, suggesting that what should be of concern now should be how to put in place a transition government, with a mandate of a maximum of two years, during which it would address the problems confronting the country currently.

Bakare, who insisted that the current security challenges in the country did not support holding a nationwide poll in 2015, declared that “it appears we are putting the cart before the horse. With the situation in the country, I do not think our primary concern should be 2015 elections.

“But you cannot win with politicians. If you ask this government to please gather people around and let us have an interim arrangement, they would be shouting elongation. If we go to elections, there would be trouble. So, I think some people who are capable and have integrity and character may have to be summoned to say, let us sit down and think of the way forward

“We need a transition government and the time frame should be two years, maximum. We need it like yesterday and believe me, there would be foreign power that would help us also, because we have gone outside the shore of this country also to talk to people who know the real clear present danger that face us.

“We need it like yesterday, but you can’t force your will upon people. He who has ear to hear, let him hear and if he doesn’t hear, a constitution that would not bend will break,” he said.

On the controversy trailing the 2015 presidency, Bakare insisted that no part of the nation had the right to say it was its turn to rule the country perpetually, declaring that none was a servant to the other.

“Nothing stops us from having six Dubai in the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria if we have thinkers; if we have men who know how to think through and who can pre-engineer the whole process in a short while.

“Dubai, once upon a time came, to Nigeria to borrow money. Once upon a time for three years, we paid the whole civil service fee of Trinidad and Tobago. There would be no Angola today if Nigeria did not sow a seed of $30 million.

“We have made other people rule and now I challenge the people today to rise up. Let the best, the brightest, the fittest and the most competent accept responsibility and let’s put the thinkers into power,” he counselled.

Addressing the issue of Boko Haram insurgency and the inability of the military to curtail the menace, Bakare said “we have wasted resources and everyone that have been in charge of past budgets must be held accountable.”

Tribune.

PASTOR and founder of Latter Rain Assembly in Lagos, Pastor Tunde Bakare, on Sunday, said former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, would be told some home truth in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.

Bakare said this was necessary before the nation collapses on him (OBJ), accusing him of being responsible for the numerous problems Nigeria is passing through now.

The cleric, who spoke about the lofty dreams of the country’s founding fathers, as well as his growing up and personal dreams for same Nigeria, but which had become unattainable due to antics of some cabals, strongly canvassed that a transition arrangement be put in place, stressing that holding election in 2015 was not feasible because of Boko Haram insurgency.

Bakare said this while speaking with newsmen, shortly after delivering a speech, entitled: “The Nigeria of My Dream” at a well attended church service to celebrate his 60th birthday.

Former governor of Ogun State, Chief Gbenga Daniel, was among the dignitaries that attended the service, which took place at the Latter Rain Assembly in Ogba, Lagos.

The pastor, who said he would be a keynote speaker at the 176th anniversary of International Student Day, courtesy of Ogun State government, said: “He who wants to hear, let him hear. I am going to drum what needs to be drummed. I think Obasanjo needs to hear some things before the house collapses on him, because he is responsible for the problems we face now.”

The event, holding at the Cultural Centre, is expected to be attended by dignitaries, including the former head of state, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari, who is also a presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC); Professor Pat Utomi, among others.

Speaking further, Pastor Bakare, who is also the convener of Save Nigeria Group (SNG), while expressing fears about the possibility of holding 2015 general election, contended that it was better that the country took care of 2014 before talking about 2015.

According to him, there is no wisdom holding an election without dealing with the fundamental problems of the country, suggesting that what should be of concern now should be how to put in place a transition government, with a mandate of a maximum of two years, during which it would address the problems confronting the country currently.

Bakare, who insisted that the current security challenges in the country did not support holding a nationwide poll in 2015, declared that “it appears we are putting the cart before the horse. With the situation in the country, I do not think our primary concern should be 2015 elections.

“But you cannot win with politicians. If you ask this government to please gather people around and let us have an interim arrangement, they would be shouting elongation. If we go to elections, there would be trouble. So, I think some people who are capable and have integrity and character may have to be summoned to say, let us sit down and think of the way forward

“We need a transition government and the time frame should be two years, maximum. We need it like yesterday and believe me, there would be foreign power that would help us also, because we have gone outside the shore of this country also to talk to people who know the real clear present danger that face us.

“We need it like yesterday, but you can’t force your will upon people. He who has ear to hear, let him hear and if he doesn’t hear, a constitution that would not bend will break,” he said.

On the controversy trailing the 2015 presidency, Bakare insisted that no part of the nation had the right to say it was its turn to rule the country perpetually, declaring that none was a servant to the other.

“Nothing stops us from having six Dubai in the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria if we have thinkers; if we have men who know how to think through and who can pre-engineer the whole process in a short while.

“Dubai, once upon a time came, to Nigeria to borrow money. Once upon a time for three years, we paid the whole civil service fee of Trinidad and Tobago. There would be no Angola today if Nigeria did not sow a seed of $30 million.

“We have made other people rule and now I challenge the people today to rise up. Let the best, the brightest, the fittest and the most competent accept responsibility and let’s put the thinkers into power,” he counselled.

Addressing the issue of Boko Haram insurgency and the inability of the military to curtail the menace, Bakare said “we have wasted resources and everyone that have been in charge of past budgets must be held accountable.”

Tribune.

Bypassing all firewalls and security

Bill L. Lewis, the assistant director in char

It is still unclear where the boy learned to us

According to experts, this surprising event cert

ainly exposes a major breach in the security of the federal organization, showing the vulnerability of its system to malicious intrusions. If a 4-year old self-educated amateur can h**k the FBI’s system, we can therefore assume that many foreign spy agencies or professional hackers are also easily capable of doing the same.e a computer, as he lives alone with his mother, who is an uneducated hairdresser possessing very little computer skills. In fact, there wasn’t any computer in the house until last Christmas, when the mother’s ex-boyfriend gave her a laptop. FBI agents are still analyzing all the data that they can muster on the PC and by interrogating the boy, to try to understand how he gathered the necessary knowledge over such a short period of time.ge of the FBI’s Los Angeles Division, announced that the accused’s young age would certainly have to be taken into account, but that “considering the gravity of the crimes he committed” and the “consequences that his actions could have on the credibility the federal authorities”, the charges had to be serious.systems in a matter of minutes, the young boy would have been able to access the databases of the FBI, the CIA and of various police departments to verify the identity and official records of his new stepfather.A 4-year old kid from the Californian metropolis, who must remain anonymous, was arrested this morning for breaking into the internal network of the FBI on three different occasions, allegedly to gather information about his mother’s new boyfriend.

http://www.ecruzi.com/this-4-year-old-boy-was-accused-of-hacking-fbi-database-photo/

2cato:
With all this wise saying how many of our leaders past and present are realy wise.

Before we car quick to focus on our leaders, how many of us exhibit Wisdom. Remember the leaders come from us.

1. Do not insult a crocodile while your buttocks are still in the waters {Zambia}

2. The anger of a penis does not destroy the vagina {Zimbabwe}

3. A child can play with its mother's breasts, but not with its father's testicles {Guinea}

4. It requires a lot of carefulness to kill the fly that perches on the scrotum {Ghana}

5. He who goes to sleep with an itching anus wakes up with smelling fingers {Nigeria}

6. If the throat can grant passage to a knife, the anus should wonder how to expel it {Sychelles}

7. There's no virgin in a maternity ward {Cameroon}

8. When a man is stung by a bee, he does not destroy all beehives (Kenya)

9. The man who marries a beautiful woman, and the farmer who grows corn by the roadside have the same problem (Ethiopia)

10. A short man is not a boy (Nigeria)

11. No matter how hot your anger is, it cannot cook yams (Nigeria)

12. The frown on the face of the goat will not stop it from being taken to the market (Nigeria)

13. An old lady feels uneasy when dry bones are mentioned in a proverb (Ghana)

14. The same sun that melts the wax, hardens the clay (Niger)

15. If you don’t know where you are going, any road will take you there (Uganda)

16. A quarrelsome woman is like a house that leaks (South Sudan)

Which one is your favourite?

Tragic news this morning as it has been confirmed that the leader of Bahamas Faith Ministries International Dr Myles Munroe, his wife Ruth, daughter along with 6 other people died in a plane crash on Sunday 9th November 2014.

The Bahamas Tribune reports that;

The plane reportedly struck a crane at the Grand Bahama Ship Yard, exploding on impact and crashing into the ground near a junkyard area.

#The Department of Civil Aviation reported that the plane was a Lear 36 executive jet which departed the Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) for the Grand Bahama International Airport.

#The plane left LPIA at 4.07pm with nine people on board and crashed while making an approach for landing at Grand Bahama International Airport at 5.10pm, the Department of Civil Aviation said.


The passengers were on their way to Grand Bahama for the Global Leadership Forum scheduled to take place from the 10th of November through the 13th and hosted by Myles Munroe of Bahamas Faith Ministries International. Pastors and devotees from all around the world arrived on the island during the weekend in anticipation of the popular conference.

http://www.bellanaija.com/2014/11/10/myles-munroe-wife-die-in-tragic-plane-crash/

FlirtyKaren:
One of Nigeria’s renowned entertainment guru and media barons, Otunba Adedayo Olumide Adeneye (D-ONE) has joined the political race. And according to insiders, D1 is on a mission to rescue and rebuild the future of his people at Odogbolu Constituency of Ogun state, South West Nigeria. The entertainment guru and co-founder of Primetime Entertainment is vying to be a member of the Ogun state House of Assembly under APC.

http://www.lailasblog.com/2014/11/dayo-adeneye-aka-d1-has-joined-politics.html

I like you D1, but i hate it when aspirants say they have succumbed to the wishes of their people to contest. It clearly shows lack of planning and vision. Leadership should not be an after thought born out of external pressure. We need leaders who have been planning for years, and not those with a spur of the moment decision to lead

16. Lead British International School, Abuja – N1.5million per annum

15. Nigerian Turkish International College, Abuja – N1.6 million per annum

14.International Community School, Abuja – N1.9million per annum

13. Dowen College – N2 million per annum.

12. Chrisland College, Ikeja – N2 million per annum.

11. Atlantic Hall, Epe, Lagos – N2.27 million per annum.

10. Corona Secondary School, Agbara – N2.55 million per annum.

9.Hillcrest School, Jos – N2.65 million per annum.

8. Loyola Jesuit, Abuja – N2.8 million per annum.

7. Meadow Hall, Lagos – N3 million per annum.

6. Greensprings School – N3.185 million per annum.

5. Whiteplains British School, Abuja – N3.6 million per annum.

4.Day Waterman College, Abeokuta – N3.7 million per annum.

3.Lekki British International High School, Lagos – N4million per
annum.


2.British International School, Lagos – N4.48 million per annum.

1.Grange School, Lagos – N4.5 million per annum.

In other news, info has it that none of these has ever been first in
WASSCE exam!

http://www.ecruzi.com/top-16-most-expensive-secondary-schools-in-nigeria/

The grounds on which General Buhari is being promoted as the alternative choice are not only shaky, but pitifully naive. History matters. Records are not kept simply to assist the weakness of memory, but to operate as guides to the future. Of course, we know that human beings change. What the claims of personality change or transformation impose on us is a rigorous inspection of the evidence, not wishful speculation or behind-the- scenes assurances. Public offence, crimes against a polity, must be answered in the public space, not in caucuses of bargaining. In Buhari, we have been offered no evidence of the sheerest prospect of change. On the contrary, all evident suggests that this is one individual who remains convinced that this is one ex-ruler that the nation cannot call to order Buhari? Need one remind anyone – was one of the generals who treated a Commission of Enquiry, the Oputa Panel, with unconcealed disdain. Like Babangida and Abdusalami, he refused to put in appearance even though complaints that were tabled against him involved a career of gross abuses of power and blatant assault on the fundamental human rights of the Nigerian citizenry. Prominent against these charges was an act that amounted to nothing less than judicial murder, the execution of a citizen under a retroactive decree. Does Decree 20 ring a bell? If not, then, perhaps the names of three youths – Lawal Ojuolape (30), Bernard Ogedengbe (29) and Bartholomew Owoh (26) do. To put it quite plainly, one of those three Ogedengbe – was executed for a crime that did not carry a capital forfeit at the time it was committed. This was an unconscionable crime, carried out in defiance of the pleas and protests of nearly every sector of the Nigerian and international community religious, civil rights, political, trade unions etc.

Buhari and his sidekick and his partner-in-crime, Tunde Idiagbon persisted in this inhuman act for one reason and one reason only: to place Nigerians on notice that they were now under an iron, inflexible rule, under governance by fear. The execution of that youthful innocent for so he was, since the punishment did not exist at the time of commission – was nothing short of premeditated murder, for which the perpetrators should normally stand trial upon their loss of immunity. Are we truly expected to forget this violation of our entitlement to security as provided under existing laws? And even if our sensibilities have become blunted by succeeding seasons of cruelty and brutality, if power itself had so coarsened the sensibilities also of rulers and corrupted their judgment, what should one rightly expect after they have been rescued from the snare of power. At the very least, a revaluation, leading hopefully to remorse, and its expression to a wronged society. At the very least, such a revaluation should engender reticence, silence. In the case of Buhari, it was the opposite. Since leaving office he has declared in the most categorical terms that he had no regrets over this murder and would do so again. Human life is inviolate. The right to life is the uniquely fundamental right on which all other rights are based. The crime that General Buhari committed against the entire nation went further however, inconceivable as it might first appear. That crime is one of the most profound negations of civic being. Not content with hammering down the freedom of expression in general terms, Buhari specifically forbade all public discussion of a return to civilian, democratic rule. Let us constantly applaud our media those battle scarred professionals did not completely knuckle down.

They resorted to cartoons and oblique, elliptical references to sustain the people’s campaign for a time-table to democratic rule. Overt agitation for a democratic time table however remained rigorously suppressed military dictatorship, and a specifically incorporated in Buhari and Idiagbon was here to stay. To deprive a people of volition in their own political direction is to turn a nation into a colony of slaves. Buhari enslaved the nation. He gloated and gloried in a master-slave relation to the millions of its inhabitants. It is astonishing to find that the same former slaves, now free of their chains, should clamour to be ruled by one who not only turned their nation into a slave plantation, but forbade them any discussion of their condition. So Tai Solarin is already forgotten? Tai who stood at street corners, fearlessly distributing leaflets that took up the gauntlet where the media had dropped it. Tai who was incarcerated by that regime and denied even the medication for his asthmatic condition? Tai did not ask to be sent for treatment overseas; all he asked was his traditional medicine that had proved so effective after years of struggle with asthma! Nor must we omit the manner of Buhari coming to power and the pattern of his corrective rule. Shagari’s NPN had already run out of steam and was near universally detested except of course by the handful that still benefited from that regime of profligacy and rabid fascism. Responsibility for the national condition lay squarely at the door of the ruling party, obviously, but against whom was Buharis coup staged? Judging by the conduct of that regime, it was not against Shagaris government but against the opposition. The head of government, on whom primary responsibility lay, was Shehu Shagari. Yet that individual was kept in cozy house detention in Ikoyi while his powerless deputy, Alex Ekwueme, was locked up in Kiri-kiri prisons. Such was the Buhari notion of equitable apportionment of guilt and/or responsibility.

And then the cascade of escapes of the wanted, and culpable politicians. Manhunts across the length and breadth of the nation, roadblocks everywhere and borders tight as steel zip locks. Lo and behold, the chairman of the party, Chief Akinloye, strolled out coolly across the border. Richard Akinjide, Legal Protector of the ruling party, slipped out with equal ease. The Rice Minister, Umaru Dikko, who declared that Nigerians were yet to eat f’rom dustbins – escaped through the same airtight dragnet. The clumsy attempt to crate him home was punishment for his ingratitude, since he went berserk when, after waiting in vain, he concluded that the coup had not been staged, after all, for the immediate consolidation of the party of extreme right-wing vultures, but for the military hyenas. The case of the overbearing Secretary-General of the party, Uba Ahmed, was even more noxious. Uba Ahmed was out of the country at the time. Despite the closure of the Nigerian airspace, he compelled the pilot of his plane to demand special landing permission, since his passenger load included the almighty Uba Ahmed. Of course, he had not known of the change in his status since he was airborne. The delighted airport commandant, realizing that he had a much valued fish swimming willingly into a waiting net, approved the request. Uba Ahmed disembarked into the arms of a military guard and was promptly clamped in detention.

Incredibly, he vanished a few days after and reappeared in safety overseas. Those whose memories have become calcified should explore the media coverage of that saga. Buhari was asked to explain the vanished act of this much prized quarry and his response was one of the most arrogant levity. Coming from one who had shot his way into power on the slogan of discipline, it was nothing short of impudent. Shall we revisit the tragicomic series of trials that landed several politicians several lifetimes in prison? Recall, if you please, the judicial processes undergone by the septuagenarian Chief Adekunle Ajasin. He was arraigned and tried before Buhari’s punitive tribunal but acquitted. Dissatisfied, Buhari ordered his re-trial. Again, the Tribunal could not find this man guilty of a single crime, so once again he was returned for trial, only to be acquitted of all charges of corruption or abuse of office. Was Chief Ajasin thereby released? No! He was ordered detained indefinitely, simply for the crime of winning an election and refusing to knuckle under Shagari’s reign of terror. The conduct of the Buhari regime after his coup was not merely one of double, triple, multiple standards but a cynical travesty of justice. Audu Ogbeh, currently chairman of the Action Congress was one of the few figures of rectitude within the NPN. Just as he has done in recent times with the PDP, he played the role of an internal critic and reformer, warning, dissenting, and setting an example of probity within his ministry. For that crime he spent months in unjust incarceration.

Guilty by association? Well, if that was the motivating yardstick of the administration of the Buhari justice, then it was most selectively applied.

The utmost severity of the Buhari-Idiagbon justice was especially reserved either for the opposition in general, or for those within the ruling party who had showed the sheerest sense of responsibility and patriotism.

Shall I remind this nation of Buhari’s deliberate humiliating treatment of the Emir of Kano and the Oni of Ife over their visit to the state of Israel? I hold no brief for traditional rulers and their relationship with governments, but insist on regarding them as entitled to all the rights, privileges and responsibilities of any Nigerian citizen. This royal duo went to Israel on their private steam and private business. Simply because the Buhari regime was pursuing some antagonistic foreign policy towards Israel, a policy of which these traditional rulers were not a part, they were subjected on their return to a treatment that could only be described as a head masterly chastisement of errant pupils. Since when, may one ask, did a free citizen of the Nigerian nation require the permission of a head of state to visit a foreign nation that was willing to offer that tourist a visa? One is only too aware that some Nigerians love to point to Buhari’s agenda of discipline as the shining jewel in his scrap-iron crown. To inculcate discipline however, one must lead by example, obeying laws set down as guides to public probity. Example speaks louder than declarations, and rulers cannot exempt themselves from the disciplinary structures imposed on the overall polity, especially on any issue that seeks to establish a policy for public well-being. The story of the thirty something suitcases it would appear that they were even closer to fifty – found unavoidable mention in my recent memoirs, YOU MUST SET FORTH AT DOWN, written long before Buhari became spoken of as a credible candidate. For the exercise of a changeover of the national currency, the Nigerian borders air, sea and land had been shut tight.
Nothing was supposed to move in or out, not even cattle egrets.

Yet a prominent camel was allowed through that needles eye. Not only did Buhari dispatch his aide-de-camp, Jokolo later to become an emir- to facilitate the entry of those cases, he ordered the redeployment as I later discovered – of the Customs Officer who stood firmly against the entry of the contravening baggage. That officer, the incumbent Vice-president is now a rival candidate to Buhari, but has somehow, in the meantime, earned a reputation that totally contradicts his conduct at the time. Wherever the truth lies, it does not redound to the credibility of the dictator of that time, General Buhari whose word was law, but whose allegiances were clearly negotiable.

On the theme of double, triple, multiple standards in the enforcement of the law, and indeed of the decrees passed by the Buhari regime at the time, let us recall the notorious case of Triple Alhaji Alhaji Alhaji, then Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance. Who was caught, literally, with his pants down in distant Austria. That was not the crime however, and private conduct should always remain restricted to the domain of private censure.

There was no decree against civil servants proving just as hormone driven as anyone else, especially outside the nation’s borders.

However, there was a clear decree against the keeping of foreign accounts, and this was what emerged from the Austrian escapade. Alhaji Alhaji kept, not one, but several undeclared foreign accounts, and he had no business being in possession of the large amount of foreign currency of which he was robbed by his overnight companion. The media screamed for an even application of the law, but Buhari had turned suddenly deaf. By contrast, Fela Anikulapo languished in goal for years, sentenced under that very draconian decree. His crime was being in possession of foreign exchange that he had legitimately received for the immediate upkeep of his band as they set off for an international engagement. A vicious sentence was slapped down on Fela by a judge who later became so remorse stricken at least after Buhari’s overthrow that he went to the King of Afro-beat and apologized.

Lesser known was the traumatic experience of the director of an international communication agency, an affiliate of UNESCO. Akin Fatoyinbo arrived at the airport in complete ignorance of the new currency decree. He was thrown in gaol in especially brutal condition, an experience from which he never fully recovered. It took several months of high-level intervention before that innocent man was eventually freed. These were not exceptional but mere sample cases from among hundreds of others, victims of a decree that was selectively applied, a decree that routinely penalized innocents and ruined the careers and businesses of many.

What else? What does one choose to include or leave out? What precisely was Ebenezer Babatope’s crime that he should have spent the entire tenure of General Buhari in detention?

Nothing beyond the fact that he once warned in the media that Buhari was an ambitious soldier who would bear watching through the lenses of a coup-detat. Babatope’s father died while he was in Buhari’s custody, the dictator remained deaf to every plea that he be at least released to attend his father’s funeral, even under guard. I wrote an article at the time, denouncing this pointless insensitivity. So little to demand by a man who was never accused of, nor tried for any crime,much less found guilty. Such a load of vindictiveness that smothered all traces of basic human compassion deserves no further comment in a nation that values its traditions.

But then, speaking the truth was not what Buhari, as a self-imposed leader, was especially enamoured of enquire of Tunde Thompson and Nduka Irabor both of whom, faithful to their journalistic calling, published nothing but the truth, yet ended up sentenced under Buhari’s decree. Mind you, no one can say that Buhari was not true to his word. Shall tamper with the freedom of the press swore the dictator immediately on grabbing office, and this was exactly what he did. And so on, and on, and on……


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"Intimate position such as kissing or having sex in public places”.....
“We are against these rules which we view as archaic, repressive and evil,”......that student leader must be psychologically unstable.so he wants to be having sex in public places abi?
The thunder that will strike that guy is dancing shoki.

..I thought Zimbabwe was in Africa. What happened to our so called African values?

The Zimbabwe students’ union on Thursday made war not love over a new code of conduct banning students from kissing on campus at the country’s top university.

In a circular displayed at halls of residence, authorities at the University of Zimbabwe said students “caught in any intimate position such as kissing or having sex in public places” would be punished.

The university also barred resident students from bringing members of the opposite sex to their hostels and “loitering in dark places outside the sports pavilion or lecture venues.”

Student leader Gilbert Mutubuki said students would resist the rules introduced two weeks ago.

“We are against these rules which we view as archaic, repressive and evil,” Mutubuki, president of the Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASSU) told AFP.

“We are urging students to resist the rules. These rules reduce the university to a primary school. The authorities need to be reminded that this is an institute for adults who are mature.”

He said the rules, which also bar students from accommodating non-resident colleagues, were meant to curtail students’ right to associate.

“We believe these are security measures meant to limit students from associating.”

Until Zimbabwe introduced tough security laws, university students often staged anti-government protests sometimes joining forces with trade unions and rights groups.

http://thenewsnigeria.com.ng/2014/10/23/zimbabwe-varsity-students-kick-against-ban-on-kissing/

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i get to the office this morning, and i've heard at least four persons account of how their parents called them up early this morning, insisting they should take their baths with salt and water to prevent ebola. Pls where is this coming from?

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justi4jesu: Reallyy.....Are u sure of this @OP

And what kind of mono rail will be passing on someone's roof


Source please

Thats not someones roof..Its the station.
Ridiculus project i must say. Its not more than 2km long

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