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The inability of INEC to allow for complete scanning and subsequently duplicate for further analysis the biometric finger print of registered voters by CPC no doubt will weaken thier case based on evidence.

The judge should be ashame for allowing himself to be used as an agent of retrogression!

visionsen:
The man is desperate for power.

You should be ashamed of yourself!An innate despot.

Instead of you to allow the good conscience God gave you to judge things rightly, you have snared it in total pervasion!

Had you read, and critically analyze the actions of the Tribunal, you would have ignored the man Buhari and address the free fall these despotic and tyrannical dogs are subjecting Nigeria to!

Whether it Buhari or Jonathan is completely irrelevant when the judiciary is completely compromised in a nation, only God knows what awaits that nation.

The judgement of the Tribunal is a mockery of the judiciary! The court order was very recent and the wording very unambiguous to the layman! Why is the Tribunal trying to play fool at mid night?

I am not a supporter of Buhari but I stand to condem evil when one raise his head!

Today it might be Buhari, tommorrow it could be your mother, unborn child or even your very self.

Also, if you have read the damming Wikileaks cable on Justice M. Uwais's revelations to the then American ambassador to Nigeria about the 2003 Presidential Election tribunal and her decisions, you sure will be ashamed of your post.

May God help us all to stand by the truth!

@Gbawe,
While I total share your discontent with the way and manner our senior public officials give out very sensitive information about Nigeria to the US government through her Ambassador, you would agree with me that it is largely due to the fact that ALL our leaders to date are sectional leaders who can not be trusted with thier actions when confronted with contrary views!

Again,I hope the Nigerian government will see these revelations as a wake up call to do the right thing rather than using state security apparatus to hunt those named in these cables.

Maybe it should become more apparent to GEJ that kissing the feet of the US at any request is equal to digging your own grave!

Wikileak revealations truly has shed more light into the 'secret network' the US uses to 'rule' the world either for good or evil!

Now 'm sure it must be kicking in that ALL the American consulate staff and NGOs are potential spy for the American government.

Sad to read that America only truly value thier own blood at the expense of humanity! Why sponsor a weakling to become president of Nigeria?

werepeLeri:
LOL

That was not even part of the power point presentation.


mtcheew

You and beaf, you guys are "cloned fiction"

You know it, deep down that whatever Abati said in PPT is a load of tosh!

Imagine David Camron telling the UK citizen that he visited Mr President in Nigeria as one of his 100days achievement in office!

Lets face it, there is nothing wrong whatsoever if GEJ comes out and tell the nation crystal clear I have nothing very tangible to show in 100days but many are in the pipeline. He could even use Fashola as an example!Fashola really did not have much to show in 100days of his first administration simply because most of his projects would not have reached 45% implementation but hey He made the people realize He has a plan that is already working and the people held believe and waited to see it materialize.
GEJ has plans no doubt but His biggest challenge is that the plans are NOT working plans meaning, 90% of GEJ plans are still on paper and not on the field!

Do you really think if East-West road, Benin-Lagos road and a dozen of other projects were on in the field Nigerians will be asking what His achievement has been since May 2011?

If GEJ had truly implemented the minimum wage in a manner that shows he has a grasp of what it takes to lead, at least Nigerians would have thanked him for that.

The truth is Gej must and quickly get his plans from paper to the field for the benefit of Nigerians.

Lastly, I didn't vote GEJ but I want him to succeed and deep inside me I know He can succeed if ONLY he shakes off himself the sycophants and stand to be a man of his own.

To answer the question bluntly: FALSEHOOD!

who in his/her right sense would reason that a D-gov who served under a regime indicted for International money wiring and wide scale public looting is a saint?

I asked before and I would ask again; What did GEJ achieve as governor of the Golden-brass state?

As for Abati, He is revealing his true character by the day! As always, history repeat itself. Every despotic government in his always shadow herself with a double edged sword spokeman like the Abatis!

Abati sold his honour and integrity for a bowl of 'kunu'

debosky:
I don't understand why people like to act too intelligent for their own sakes. Either you lack the ability to comprehend what I have posted or are simply talking off the top of your head with no basis.

I did not apply for a specific time duration visa, I applied for a single entry for a specific travel date- even their OWN OFFICIALS admitted they made a mistake and that the person who accepted the application should have noted the intended travel date and deferred issuing the visa such that it would be valid on the intended date.

If the NHC admitted their error and apologised, I don't know what you are on about.

not pushing the slacks, mind me asking what is the maximum number of days you should allow before your intended travel date before you submit your application to the NHC,London.

For example the BHC/Home office expressly state that you will only be issued visas provided the intended date of travel is no more than 3-months from the date of application.

debosky:
While there are instances (likely increasing) of competent service, there are definitely clear examples of incompetence and stupidity at the embassy that cant be denied.

I did my own passport renewal this year as well in January and didn't have any issues (besides waiting from 8am till 5pm to be served). However when I submitted a visa application with every single requirement fulfilled and even exceeded, they bungled a simple application by failing to understand the travel date and their own visa durations.

They further bungled the re-issue of the visa with their inability to even check their records and see evidence of payment, and poor communication between staff members to carry through the needed changes.

Besides, it is very foolish to claim that those who condemn them shouldn't do so just because you had ONE good experience with them. You should be intelligent enough to realise that your experience alone is not sufficient to conclude that they should be eulogised.

There have been improvements, but there are still frequent cases of incompetence - I have witnessed two cases in the three visits I have made this year alone.

I think what you have listed in your post in not unique to NHC alone. Even the BHC screw up visas big time hence the reason they have a rule that it is YOUR responsibility to ensure your visas is the right one issued with the correct information and failure to do so within a specified period will incur further processing cost!

I have monitored several immigration forums and the vast majority of those commenting on NHC London acknowledge the several changes that has taken place there and they were appreciative of those behind these changes.

I wonder what you would call the Home Office who have the longing for misplacing original documents, passports and even evidence of payment!

Sometimes we the applicant are to blame for some of the avoidable mistakes and sordid experiences tht seldomly bedevil our visas processing.

Don't understand what the poster is on about!

To the poster that said the C-130 should be cut up, I take it you know little or nothing about the C-130s programme. Even the UK still uses thier old C-130, if not for security reasons, I would have sent you the UK C-130 Aging aircraft life extension programme.

To date, there is no competitor to the C-130s in terms of far and near field battle drop requirements except for the belated A400M.

Aircraft life span is not based on the EIS year rather on flight circles, FC or flight hours FH, or Average Flight Time fatigue missions, AFT which ever is greatest.So far a good ISM is in place for the aircraft, there is nothing to be worried about.

The only challenge is the avionics which over the years will require modernization which often cost a lot of money!

Definately the NHC London has improved and are more professional in much of thier dealings now compared to two years ago. Then, there are still areas of improvement.

My greatest concern is much to do with the uncut wannabe 'black' brits of nigeria extraction who think they can do and undo to get whatever they want from the commission! The disgusting sights of those 'iye le cotees' of East London pushing trollies around refusing to obey simple instructions and taking two ticketing slips is another unwelcomed development that creates unnecessary delay!

The good works or Dr. Kayode and Alj. Tafida is surely beginning to pay off. Kudos to them and I hope Nigerians who patronize NHC, London, services will also change thier obnoxious character and uncut, lazy attitudes at wanting to cut corners at every turn, even as the authorities in charge try their best to modern and professionalize the NHC London with her staff.

abeg which one is heavier in Naija; pounds or dollars? j/k

I think the UK is whole lot much better. If you are a professional, its much easier in the UK than in the US.

If you want big house, then go to cheshire or those places closer to country sides.

A nigerian student schooling in the UK is better off job wise and can raise good pocket money doing decent jobs compared to the US.

best option would be to fly into manchester then coach up with national express or take the £1 bus but you would have to book early.
Manchester coach station to Birmingham new street about an hour or so if no hold up.

Emirates fly connection or try one of those royal moroc!

Any Nigeria city that can beat this stats? What would CNN have said if this was happening in Lagos?

http://us.foxnews.mobi/quickPage.html?page=26048&external=1099887.proteus.fma

temodent:
@vicjustice   and   omo_tier, I'm really grateful, the way you both have addressed the issue raised has really helped me to clear a lot things, I think administrative review should be out of the options to be considered. I ask her to put in for an appeal and also prepare for a re-application where the issue raised by the ECO would be addressed, I hope that is a possibility re-applying while still awaiting the result of your appeal. Thanx

My advice will be to re-apply with the same account details but do not go dump money to sure up the account! Rather maintain a decent saving over a given period before you reapply.

If you have a decent account too, you can produce your own account  statement to her with written declaration that cost of  flight will be borne by you.

As a guide, convert the balance in the account to GB Pounds and then make a quick check to assess if that amount can pay for your flight to/from UK and 7days accommodation and allowance for emergency.

joy4you:
Hello everyone,good day,pls I would like to know if 255pounds is the standard rate in which the BHC use to calculated money or if it changes as the market rate flutuates,thank you

The UKBA website for Nigeria display thier exchange rate from Naira to pounds, check the attached pdf file which you can find on this website

http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/en/howtoapply/visafees/

it's £1 to N270 at the BHC!

peleson:
ALL HATERS SHOULD KEEP DUMB, HE IS WORKING PERIOD, THOSE THAT SEEK FOR JOB SHOULD GO THROUGH www.1jobnigeria.com , it could help, pls ds guy that said he is an expert in drilling that put up his CV on this forum should try out this site,
ALL HATERS, OUR PRESIDENT IS WORKING, IF YOLU HAVE ANY ADVICE,GIVE IT AND DON'T SIT BACK  AND WAIT FOR HIM TO TAKE STEP SO YOU CAN LAUNCH ATTACKS, BY THE  WHOSE GAIN ISIT??

No doubt,you and ma'Dame P went to the same school!!  

PointB:
If you have actually worked in the formal sector, you will know that department heads are responsible for drafting proposals, plans and budget for their department, based on the business direction of the company. These draft proposals are then reviewed in line with the overall objective.

So you are out of point, kind sir.

It think you may be getting it wrong! I know our democracy in Nigeria is still early days, but in advanced democracies, the political  leadership comes up with the best approach he/she thinks can solve a problem with the work arounds. The civil servants busy themselves with IMPLEMENTATION!
The ministers/secretaries (as you have in the US) are suppose to supervise the implementation by the core civil servants in the ministry while much or all of the ideas/policy formulation comes from the President leadership team which in Nigeria will involve/revolve around  the office of the SFG.

Asking ministers to come up with plans shows GEJ wants to use 'expo' to pass an exam He never sat for!

What He could have done long long ago is have a serious brain storming session with his minister, draw up ideas then carry out impact assessment, thereafter draw up pseudo-frame work like statement of intent which you then throw to the press to keep them busy, while you draw the civil servants in to draw up detailed implementation strategy with specific delivery milestones and targets. This is what you then put out as part of your blue print/working document with which the citizen will hold you accountable.

In Nigeria, we like to do things the wrong way around hoping God will smile on us with a miracle!

Look at it this way;
It takes 3-6months to develop a wide scale far reaching idea into a working document. Asking ministers to come up with ideas now will mean thier ideas will only begin to see implementation towards the end of first quarter of next year.Should some of the ideas have an implementation life span of 3.5years, then with GEJ already one year into his 4years, most of the ideas will be at say 45% implementation when GEJ government handsover.

Lets face, the average challenge facing Nigeria today will require a minimum of 3years full scale implementation to have a 65% impact scale on the ordinary Nigeria. For example, none of the federal roads presently in bad shape can be fixed in 1.5years! 90% of them will require at least 3years of continuous work to make them any near international standard.

GEJ looks more a student who has never bothered studying for exams but He wants to come out first class! Typical Nigeria.

Again,I wish him well and hope he succeeds in transforming Nigeria for good even if it is 25% transformation!

Vicjustice:
On what ground are you Appealling the decision or requesting Judicial Review? I am asking because, i know that when a person Appeals against a visa refusal or s/he requests Judicial Review it therefore means s/he is suggesting that the ECO was wrong in the refusal decision, or that the applicant was unfairly treated and suffered injustice. 
   Now, do you really expect the Visa Officer to believe that a person is willing to spend her life-savings and even borrow more money and become a debtor just to visit the UK? Com'on, get real.
Well, as harsh as this may sound, your "sister-in-law" would need a special miracle and an inexperienced and incompetent Visa Officer (or even bribe the ECO) in order to get a visa in her given circumstance. If i were you, i won't bother appealling or requesting for administrative review because, the ECO was correct in his decision as the N250k in her account is barely enough to buy a December flight ticket.

I am seriously concerned at some of your comments/suggestion not just in this particular response but in a couple of others.
I think it is better to give advice on the position of the law/rules and leave judgement to the officers who make these decisions.

I would like to think you actually ment "Administrative Review" in your post and not "Judicial Review" as stated.

Irrationality in decisions are better handled by ECMs and I know a number of cases ECMs have reached a different decision similar circumstances as this case by simply asking the applicant to forward to them in person an upto date statement.

Lastly, your comment appears to suggest ECOs are infalliable and cut in thier decision making, again the appeals success rate will indicate your view is quite opposite.

No doubt Amechia with good heads like Fashola and Oshiomhole are spot on with this planned legal action. Goodness szke, Nigeria is a Federating Nation state and rightly so, it should be governed as one.

The idea od SWF itself is a good one but hey! Why think of eating a good omolette when your egg smells?

Instead of GEJ fighting for 6 year tenure enlongation, let him expend his political muscle through the NASS, restructure the revenue sharing formular while at the same pace, fashioning out how to make the LGA truly indepent and responsible to the locality.

Since the Yardu'a/GEJ's administration,hadly do you hear of LGA talking about tarring "trunk B" roads or even local modern markets, libraries etc compared to what one used to read during Obj's tenure!

Oh heaven! what manner of a president is this?

If Nigeria was to be viewed as a business entity, where on earth will you find a CEO/CBD asking the directors to come up with a blue print on how to turn the business entity around? Rather the CEO charts the path, with bold action plans and gets his directors to formulate 'workings' on how to navigate that path!

Jonathan continues to amaze me albeit with disgust! I thought Obasanjo in his second coming was bad, but GEJ is worse! No action plan, pervading indecisiveness and seemingly obvious lack of idea on how to fix up nigeria!

I am begining to suspect that the real reason GEJ never had shoes was not because his parent could not afford one,  maybe He just couldn't figure out how to wear them!

Brazil 4 Ghana 1

so there are still nigerians that think GEJ's local dog(EFCC)thier long tail and visible ribs can still bite!

***who make this dog bark? ** whooo whoo whoo

A local dog that always bark but can't bite!

Mark it, EFCC under GEJ can not prosecute any high profile case including that of Tinubu else GEJ's tenure will come to an end! GEJ sure knows this.

VUVUZELA10:
@ OMO TIER 1


It quite unfortunate that we are easily carried away with demagogue (Oshiomhole) antics.
1. Sokponba Road starts from Ring Road and ends at Third East Circular junction. Oshiomhole did not tarred the road. He only created walk way that ends at First East Circular. Did you ask the cost of creating the walkway?
2. It would appear you are not living in Benin City. Akpakpava Road dualization was done by Professor Osarhiemen Osunbor. In addition Professor Osunbor tarred the two roads parallel to Akpakpava Road--Forestry and Igun Streets and most of the link roads along that axis. Granted that Lucky Igbinedion the mentor/financier of Adam Oshiomhole did not perform but that do not mean that credit should not be given to Prof. Osunbor for positive contribution within the short period because they are from the same party. Today, Forestry is not motor able. second East Circular is a write-off.
3. For sure you are not living in Benin. You based your assessment of Oshiomhole on Newspapers publications, the deliberated misinformation and disinformation of Edo people. Ekenwan Road was not reconstructed nor walkway done.
4. Why is there financial or/and technical constrain in carrying on with Airport Road? Why no clear Vision and Mission?
5. Are you aware that Banks are now unwilling to deal with Edo State Government because huge indebtedness?
6. Since November 2008, what is Comrade's contribution to agriculture and jobs creation? Yes, he created his army headed by Osakpamwan. Yes, he created WAI made up thugs and jail birds now terrorising traders. Is this the jobs creation  he promised Edo people?
Please mention any construction work going on in any of theses LGAs--Ovia North East, Ovia South West, Egor, Ikpoba-Okha, Uhunmwode, Orhionmwon in Edo South senatorial district. Edo people this is the time to think. We do not want talkative vulcaniser/Tailor. We need men with clear Vision and Mission. God bless Edo State.

utterly pathetic and shameful that you knowingly made these comments!

I am well equipped with facts and on the spot confirmation of the facts but I would refrain from engaging your type 'cos darkness will ever remain a slave to light.

Maybe you will next claim that the dualization of roads in Auchi and the new roads cutting across 220villages from Edo Central to Edo North was constructed by Lucky Igbinedion! God and I forbid!!!

joy4you:
Good day everyone,am new here,please i was refused a student uk visa and was adviced to put money in my account for 28days which i have done,the money will complete 28days on the sept. 23th,i was wondering if i can apply that same day because my school resumes 28th of september and enrolment dedline is october 17th,and they said i cannot get an extension, i am very very worried and need to know if there is any chance i would be refused for late submission because i was told i could be refused based on that,please i need your opinion,
thank you all.

Go ahead and re-apply. If you can (NOT A MUST BUT IT WOULD HELP), get a written letter from your university addressed to UKBA/VISA SERVICES BHC, Abuja stating the obvious that your university is aware that you will be resuming within a certain time frameand that you will still be able to proceed with your registration/enrollment upon arrival.A matey went through similar situation and the BHC reconsidered his application when he got the school to write them confirming that he can still resume as normal.

Include all necessary documents are adviced by justwise.

Do not forget, the statement printout closing balance MUST show on the last page of the bank statement.Also get an official letter from your bank stating that you have had the money in your account for over 28days. This must be in the official letter head of your bank and duly endorsed by the bank, i.e. stamped and signed by an authorized staff preferably branch manager.

Best of luck.

VUVUZELA10:
The pretender and deceitful man in Edo State called Comrade Adams Oshiomhole is constructing roads with the sum of N2.5 billion per kilometre. A classic example is Airport Road which is already failing. The road has been reviewed four times. People living in Oko and its environ are in serious pains driving the road. The road to Government House from Airport Road is not motor able yet the propagandist is being projected by journalists as action man. With the exception of Fashola, ACN is a deceitful party probably worse than PDP. EDO people shine your eyes in 2012. FASHOLA for 2015

You forgot to tell the world about the following;
1.Complete reconstruction of Sakponba road with side walk, street lights that work to date

2.Complete reconstruction and dualization of Sapele road with sidewalk and streetlight.

3.Complete reconstruction and daulization of Akpakpava road with sidewalks and streetlights

4.Complete reconstruction of Ekewan road with sidewalks, street light.

5. Complete reconstruction of Gani F. layout which hitherto was a dump site for nearly 2 decades.

6. Complete reconstruction of Second East/West raod with sidewalks and streetlights.

These are just a few within benin city alone and several have been completed or nearing completion in all the 3 senatorial zones in the state.

Airport road currently in the hands of SEVERTEK construction company as I found out has some challenges which are both technical and financial.

I think given the purse of Edo State, I feel your comment on Adams Oshiomoleh is very unfortunate. Are there things He could have done differently? Yes there are but He has attempted to fix the decaying infrastructure not just in Benin City but all over Edo State.

I am not an apologist of ACN nor that of Oshiomoleh but as one who has visited Edo State and seen things with my eyes, I think Edo State and Benin City is in a far better position than when PDP/lucky Igbinedion was in power! Yes there is so much to be done but Edo state no doubt is on the path of change with positive thrust of development.

If GEJ actually approved that posting on his facebook, then He really needs help!

NigSat2 and NigSatX are two belated projects that have nothing to do whatsoever with GEJ's administration! All credit should go to Obasanjo even though questions abound that needs answering.

If only Nigerians are aware that Nigeria lack a fully functional base station to process imagery information from these LEOs and that what we have in Abuja owned by NARSDAR can be best described as a 'feeder'

Can someone tell GEJ that the new frontiers in space ventures as per satelites is PPP with the exception of military sats for Coms, PGCDs!

'm sure those guys at SSTL will be ving a laugh!

Another reckless comment and unrewarding move by GEJ's government. What is happening in Libya is nothing but a show of shame by the UK, France, Italy and the US and it best serves Nigeria to play her international politics neutral-neutral.

If Nigeria wants her voice to be heard, then the AU is the right avenue for doing so.

SA used same AU strategy to block the would be looting of Libya's $1.5bn by the UK and France following the US motion at the UN.

SA knows what is happening in Libya and why giving the rebels a recognition at this stage is very pre-mature! Or is GEJ not aware that by backing a rebel group, every atrocity committed by the rebels is by extrnsion hinged on those that are backing them? What exact information does GEJ have about the rebels and thier plans? How different are they from Quaddafi? As we are currently witnessing, there appears not to be much - I might be wrong but ask the UN nation human right watch dog what they think about the rebels.

What do you expect from a president that scored 110% voters turn out in SE?

"weep not my child", this fake jona has failed to remember that it was the fish that swallowed jona and not the otherway around.

First it was bizzarr tenure elongation bill, now it is constitutional illegality, only God knows what is next!

As usual, I note beaf is running his mouth wider than river benue to defend his crooked master! What manner of a person are you beaf?

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