What’s your contact? Is it first body? Are all the papers intact? Is the AC working? Which side of PH?

This is long overdue #KSUAccreditation #FairAccreditation

ABACHA’S YESTERDAY MEN AND HOPE FOR NIGERIA
First of all, I will like to say Ramadan Kareem to the Muslim Faithful in Nigeria and beyond while praying alongside that all your prayers in this fasting season be answered.
Today marks the commemoration (commemoration sounds too much like a heroes thing) or remembrance (with sadness and anguish of course) the 18th year after the passing away of the Villain (Yes, Villain) with the dark shades, General Sani Abacha (the dark goggled one from Kano). Although I wasn’t so aware of the happenings around me then, I am a good student of History. It was on this day that a Heavenly Coup took place in Nigeria (Yea, enough of the military ones) at the greatest height of national helplessness and hopelessness. The Man General Abacha alongside his cohorts and co travellers was trying to transmute from a military Dictator to a civilian President (haba mana). Then was the time when the likes of Chief Arthur Eze, Ibrahim Mantu (The current factional Chairman of PDP), Tom Ikimi (Former Foreign Affairs Minister) etc were head over heels selling the devilish idea to the common helpless Nigerians that General Abacha was the best thing that happened to Nigeria and in a country of over a 100 million people, there was no one capable of leading as a President apart from the General. This article is not to in anyway gloat over the passing away of a fellow human being or to indict anyone but to draw the attention of Nigerians to the fact that God has never and will never leave NIGERIA. Of course many upright men stood up to challenge the General and his sycophants that there were capable hands other than His at the expense of their lives and family. Chief among this patriots are Chief Solomon Lar, our very own Chief Dr Stephen Makoji Achema, then Dr Attahiru Jega (Now Prof), Prof Wole Soyinka and a host of others. The major argument of the General’s helmsmen were based on the economy (which was obviously in shambles and was being looted left and right by the General and his family) and Security of Lives (which of course involves indiscriminate assassination of perceived enemies).
The circumstances surrounding his death are still skirmish till today, some have the Apple-Girl Theory version and others have the Cardiac Arrest version. An aide also went as far as telling us the whole thing started when the General shook hands with an Aide of President Yasser Arafat who came on a visit earlier. All thanks to Major Al-Mustapha his Aide-De-Camp who brought a new twist to the story recently that he has a video footage of the MURDER (did he say murder? I thought he told Justice Oputa Panel that the General died of Cardiac arrest, anyway the confusion reinforces my belief in my own theorem) of the General, we hope to see it someday. Obviously, there are many versions, but the one I chose to believe is the HEAVENLY COUP theorem (no apologies). Believe it or not, if General Abacha had accomplished his dream of becoming a civilian President (although he never admitted with his own mouth just like the Baba that served from 1999 to 2007), he would still be President till today (God forbid right?).
There is a dangerous trend in Africa right now. Since the Military coup system and Dictatorship became outdated and old fashioned, Sit tight Presidents are now amending and modifying the constitution with the help of Parliament to keep them in power for life and probably have their children continue when they are no more. Take the questionable referendum that went down in Rwanda the other day as a case study and also Baba Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe. And of course when it becomes a law, it is a law no matter the moral downsides.
I write this today to commend the resilience of my fellow Nigerians and to assure us that God has not departed from this country and whatever we are going through right now, God is in control and there is definitely a bright light at the end of the tunnel. If we survived the Soldiers, we will survive till Christ comes. The economy is bad owing majorly to the fall in oil prices, but when God works his wonders, we will be like them that dream.
In that light, I urge us to remain resolute and never to lose hope as HOPE is the only weapon we have against despair and hopelessness. It will be better (e go better) very soon. I so believe in my country and I urge you to do so and while believing, play your part in national development. This country is neither an APC country nor a PDP country. If it fails we fail. Let us join hands together to salvage our country in prayers.

ADDENDUM:
I heard a 40 year old Young Man is doing something that septuagenarians and octogenarians have failed to do somewhere in one of the middle belt states. I also hear he is working some kind of wonders. I will bring you the news when I confirm it to be true

It's true, full story here:

https://www.nairaland.com/3014415/breaking-diamond-bank-excecutive-director#44171513
RIP sir, such a loving personality

The Diamond Bank’s Executive Director, Regional Business, Lagos, Victor Ezenwoko was reportedly slumped and died immediately on Good Friday night in his home in Lagos.
However, the cause of the death is yet to be ascertained. 789marketing findings revealed that Ezenwoko, who left office on Thursday last week very cheerful did not show any sign of illness.


Late Victor Ezenwoko
Sources from the media department of the bank, who said they did not have authority from the bank to speak said that the executive director, who is best loved by the managing director, Uzoma Dozie is one who was considered to lead the bank in the future.
“His death is a huge loss for the bank and the managing director is devastated. In fact the entire members of staff received the news of his demise with rude shock,” he added.
Ezenwoko was Head, Regional Businesses Upcountry, a position he attained in 2008 with the Bank.
Since he joined Diamond Bank Plc, Victor has worked across virtually every part of the country and his performance over the years underscores the aptness of his elevation to the Board. Victor is a 1986 Accountancy Graduate and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1991.
He is an Alumnus of the prestigious Wharton Business School and an Honorary Senior Member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria. He has attended several business, professional and manpower development courses both within and outside Nigeria.He has altogether over 23 years working experience as an accountant and a banker from manufacturing, information technology and banking sectors with over 18 of those years in the banking sector. His banking career started at Ecobank Nigeria Plc in 1992 where he worked in the Financial Controls Department and later moved into a branch management position.
He joined Diamond Bank in July 1997 as a start up Branch Manager for Onitsha Bridgehead Branch and subsequently Branch Manager for Onitsha New Market Road Branch (1998-1999) and for Abuja Branch (1999-2000). Having made his mark in Branch Management, Victor was promoted to Regional Manager East (2000-2002). Between 2002 and 2003, he functioned as Group Head, Large Commercial Businesses (Head Office) and Group Head, Commercial Banking Lagos Island.
Source:
http://789marketing.com.ng/diamond-bank-ed-victor-ezenwoko-passes-on/
Cc: Seun, lalasticlala

Just did my part. I believe Baby light has a bright future. She is bigger than a heart disease. Just be strong Mummy and Daddy light. The Lord will see you through

I want to take this time out to congratulate all those who were admitted in the lists that has been released so far and pray that the good Lord will put smiles on the faces of the others still waiting. Thanks Comrade Otokx for the great service to humanity. History will be kind to you. Meanwhile matric rice is the only language I understand now.
Smartkid, I specially want to congratulate you. You didn't give up and we thank God for the victory

jomonic:
Am sure dele momodu will not sing the same script if this lopsided appointments are against his cherished tribes.

Still through the ethnicity lens

bigtt76:
All these people complaining about PMB's appointments, what development has their state governors brought to them that they feel an appointee at the federal level would bring to them?

If we want a government that will work to our satisfaction the we must allow merit above all to reign.

Do you expect a man who had tried 4 times to be president before hitting to just walk through the park without leaving an indelible mark?

Let him chose his own team which gives him comfort. Winning an election is not like being successful at a job interview or an avenue to settle people with jobs.

It's all about service to our father land and not everyone can serve at the same time.

I didn't expect less. I knew you were a realist. Thumbs up. My pain is most Nigerians are still wearing the ethnic lens. We are progressing sha and we will definitely overcome someday

aloziedaya:
This doesn't interest me at all.
Tell us why baba is mishaving, that's all
i wanna hear.

So this is the change.
Sorry for APC.

Can you please remove the ethnicity lens and use your conscience to read the article again?

odinese:
Wetin be skim

Just read the visit to the sultan and Emir of Kano

odinese:
River Niger..

Building the second Niger bridge

It's a must read, skim it if you can't read all

TIME TO TEAR DOWN THESE WALLS
Pendulum By Dele Momodu
dele.momodu@thisdaylive.com
“And now I say to you, keep away from these men
and let them alone; for if this plan or this work is
of men it will come to nothing. But if it is of God,
you cannot overthrow it, lest you even be found to
fight against God.” – Acts of The Apostles 5:
38-39
Fellow Nigerians, let me make a quick
confession. Our dear country has been very sick.
As a matter of fact, we’ve been lying critically
prostrate without any concrete attempt to find a
cure for our maladies. The reason for the lack of
interest is simple and straight-forward.
Many of our political leaders are those the
Yoruba often refer to as arijenidimodaru (those
who thrive in chaos). They must continue to
scatter everywhere and scare everyone with their
chicanery. That is the only business they know
that can yield bountiful harvest. They do not care
how many of our citizens would suffer untold
hardship in the process.
I’m an unrepentant disciple of the founder father
and first President of the Republic of Ghana,
Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah. As a young student
at the then University of Ife, I bought, devoured
and savoured practically all his seminal works on
political science and ideology. My favourite of his
books was Africa Must Unite. It opened my eyes
to the limitless opportunities that await Africa if
our different countries can stand as one as
opposed to the artificial barriers or divisions
deliberately erected by the colonialists. The
colonial masters are gone but they have been
speedily replaced by neo-colonialists who seek
act worse by enslaving their own people.
It would amount to a grand illusion to think
Africa can unite when the individual countries
that make up our continent are virtually in
tatters. Brothers are up in arms against their
brethren. And the falcon can no longer hear the
falconer. As a small boy in Ile-Ife we lived in
peace with our neighbours no matter where they
had migrated from. Even the Igbos who travelled
home during the Biafra internecine war came
back to meet most of their properties and
personal effects intack. The politicians competed
amongst themselves and each of our six regions
enjoyed some measure of autonomy and
progressed at its own pace.
I don’t know what went wrong. All that I know is
that something terrible happened to our country
and we all started misbehaving by mistrusting
ourselves. What made matters worse was the
fact that the solutions we thought could help
actually worsened the situation and our condition
became even more critical. Today, we have all
returned to our ethnic cocoons and the so-called
Federal Character has failed to characterise us
as a people with serious vision and mission.
Federal Character has become nothing but a
nomenclature for a grand scam to distribute the
national cake amongst the few members of the
privileged class while the ordinary man on the
streets continues to wallow perpetually in abject
poverty.
I wish to sound a note of warning and caution
please. Nigeria cannot continue to live in fools’
paradise. I will endeavour to explain what I mean
by that statement. We all know what made some
countries develop while others remain backward.
It is not too difficult to study the history of
nations to examine, discover and emulate what
they did right and eschew what they did wrong.
One of the things I discovered about great
nations is the ability to be as tolerant of
different races, or ethnicities as much as
possible, even if they have to pretend about the
existence of prejudices. For Nigeria to join the
comity of great nations our people must learn to
embrace meritocracy above ethnic jingoism.
It is easy to validate my thesis. I don’t know if
you already suspect where I’m coming from and
going. But I will explain it as best as I can. Once
again, our President is under attack from those
who believe he is on a mission to Northernise
the whole of Nigeria by offering the juiciest
appointments to people from his own parts of
our great country. An old schoolmate called me
frantically yesterday to complain bitterly about
the recent appointments of people of Northern
origin into key positions of the Buhari
administration. “Dele, I’m calling you so that you
can explain what your government is doing
because you were one of those who forced
Buhari on us…” he thundered. I was as cool as
cucumber and replied him calmly…
“I’m not in government and so cannot hold brief
for President Muhammadu Buhari but I’m willing
to put a bet on him that he will deliver as
promised. His style and methodology may be
strange and quaint to our clime but I think he is
serious about changing Nigeria for good. Let us
watch for a little while and see what happens.”
I was able to calm my friend down but he
promised to come back to me as soon as he
feels the president is fumbling too much. I said, I
will welcome him again. What I noticed about all
those criticising the President is that they are
unhappy because their kinsmen have not been
chosen and not because most of the appointees
are not competent or qualified, The trouble is
we’ve come on this long journey leading to
perdition that we no longer know how to turn
back to our path of salvation.
Many of the young ones have been cruelly
infected with the same disease, unfortunately. I
read many of them beating the drums of war,
annihilation and complete disintegration. It is
such a shame. Even if I admit and agree that we
have some serious ethnic issues to sort out, I
don’t believe it warrants an invitation to anarchy.
War has never been a tea party anywhere. It has
never given birth to something good and we
must be careful not to make our matters worse
than they are right now.
I have never receive answers to some cogent
questions I raise about what we stand to gain if
we break up into tiny pieces. No amount of
frustration should drive us to the precipice again.
A little tolerance and self-discipline can cure our
migraine, trust me. Nigeria is a beautiful country
as well. The more I travel round our nation the
more I discover our inherent beauty. Two things
should be invested in urgently. The first is
education. And when I talk about education, we
must improve on our school curriculum to include
our ancient and contemporary history. An
average Nigerian youth today is less informed
than in our own time about Nigerian history.
Education and exposure to other cultures would
break down some of the artificial barriers that
have separated us for far too long. Our schools
must encourage our kids to learn about Nigeria
while teaching them about other places.
I have had the privilege of visiting several cities
in recent time. There was nowhere I went in
Nigeria that we were not well received. I came
to the conclusion that education and social
media have opened up our country in a way that
was difficult or impossible in the past. At
airports, banks, palaces, people walked up to me
joyfully asking for photo-opportunities and where
I came from was never an issue.
The second solution is to engage our traditional
institutions more. Attempts to whittle down the
power and relevance of our traditional rulers
have been counter-productive. It is obvious that
customs don’t die. Culture is very obstinate and
there is not much we can do to modify or
obliterate it. People respect their kings more
than political leaders. Once upon a time, kings
were very powerful and influential. Just imagine
that the first African Governor in Nigeria was The
Ooni of Ife, Oba Adesoji Tadeniawo Aderemi. He
was still able to combine that with his traditional
duties. He was able to do that because he was
educated.
I was very impressed when I visited his
Eminence The Sultan of Sokoto Sa’ad Abubakar
III last weekend. That visit opened my eyes to so
many things the chief of which is that our
country is changing. We were warmly received in
the palace by Sarkin Kudu Sokoto, PrinceMuazzu
Abubakar III, who led us into a waiting room.
Apparently THE Sultan had just returned from an
environmental sanitation exercise with the
Sokoto State Governor, Waziri Aminu Tambuwal.
Before long, we (The Ife Princes Adedamola and
Adedayo Aderemi and I) were ushered in to the
spacious office of His Eminence. I really didn’t
know what to expect as my palpitating heart did
some frog jumps. But behing that desk sat one
of the most important spiritual leaders in Nigeria.
We exchanged pleasantries and it wasn’t very
long before we started discussing like old
buddies. We met a man completely at ease with
everyone around him. We chatted endlessly and
eventually went to our hotel to refresh. The big
deal was when The Sultan told us to return for
dinner at about 830pm. We were indeed
flabbergasted by this gesture. We arranged
promptly as arranged and we entered the special
hut only to meet The Sultan alone. We seized
that rare opportunity to ask almost everything
under the sun. We were stunned to discover how
articulate. The Sultan is so informed and we
were wowed by his elevated level of discourse.
The palace is run like a communist enclave with
so many dependants living in the over hundred
houses attached to the palace. All of them are
connected to electricity and generators.
He told us he was expecting his guests. About
12 of them joined us inside while many others
are outside the hut. The dishes were elaborately
laid out on the floor. Everyone was served and
after dinner, guests left one after the other after
paying homage to The Sultan. We spent another
hour chatting and by the time we left, were more
informed about Sokoto and Nigeria in general.
Our next port of call was Kano. We spent more
time in Kano and gained so much knowledge. If
you’ve never visited Kano, then you’ve missed a
lot. The Kano palace is in a class of its own. Its
splendour is a sight to behold. We were
welcomed to the palace by The Emir’s special
aide Babaisa Ado-Bayero who later took us to a
Moroccan-styled garden to meet His Highness.
His Highness The Emir of Kano Muhammadu
Sanusi combines Western education with a solid
grounding in Islamic studies. He’s never hidden
the fact that his greatest ambition on earth is to
be The Emir of Kano and God answered his
prayers. His trajectory is a fairy-tale of sorts. He
was able to face and conquer adversities.
Having audience with The Emir is a great delight.
He speaks the best of Queen’s English just as he
knows his Holy Koran by rote. We were greatly
inspired by him. We saw a man who matched his
words with action. He demonstrated how a true
believer should forgive the past by not dwelling
on the issues he had with my past articles. The
Emir is very methodical and it was to my
greatest delight watching him at such close
proximity. Our first meeting was in the night of
last Monday while the second was the following
morning. We had private audience on both
occasions and left totally humbled by such
efficiency. We left absolutely satisfied that a
Nigeria without borders is very possible in the
foreseeable future. We must tear down these
walls and build new bridges of love.
AN EVENING WITH WOLE SOYINKA
I was privileged to attend what was tagged An
Evening with Wole Soyinka which was hosted by
telecom giant GLOBACOM last night in Lagos. It
was an event organised to celebrate the life of
the Nobel Laureate, a literary giant who has
successfully combined all the genres of writing
almost effortlessly.
It was such a great fun for many of us as we
watched and listened to the question and answer
session. The ceremony ran smoothly and we
enjoyed good plays, readings, music, food and
wines as usual with events hosted by the one
and only Dr Michael Adeniyi Agbolade Isola
Adenuga. At 81, Professor Soyinka looked very
strong and spritely. What more can one ask for in
life? Let’s toast to this awesome writer and one
of the world’s greatest icons, Professor Wole
Soyinka.
Group Head, Graphics & Design
(Computer Department)
Source : http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/time-to-tear-down-these-walls/218788/
Cc:Lalasticlala, ishilove

A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed an application for the extradition of Ogun-East Senator in the National Assembly, Buruji Kashamu, to the United States of America to face illicit drugs related offence trial.

The immediate past Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Adoke, had filed the application on May 28, 2015 upon a United State government’s request asking the Nigerian government to submit Kashamu for extradition.

Justice Gabriel Kolawole in his ruling held that he lacked jurisdiction to entertain the suit ‎while the judgment of the division of the court in Lagos nullifying the proceedings on June 8, 2015 and the same judgment affirmed by another judge of the same Lagos division had not been set aside by an appellate court.

Justice Okon Abang of the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court on June 8, 2015, had nullified the extradition proceedings which he said were initiated on in contravention of an earlier order of the court.

Abang’s orders nullifying th‎e proceedings were affirmed by Justice Ibrahim Buba in a ruling on June 23, 2015.

Though Justice Kolawole expressed reservations on the Lagos judgments, which he described as “wild and audacious,” he held that it was the exclusive duty of the Court of Appeal to determine whether whether they were rightly or wrongly given.

Kashamu’s counsel, Mr. Ajibola Oluyede had on June 25, 2015, when the case came up for the first time, urged the court to dismiss the extradition application in the light of the judgments delivered in Lagos.
Cc: Ishilove
Source : http://www.punchng.com/news/court-dismisses-extradition-application-against-kashamu/

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youngfellow:

it's real, i also thought it was a scam, nt until after winning innjoo1 yesterday & ihot note 2 day

:. Won't you sell the hot note for me. What are you doing with both na. Let's reason it out na

Your is better. You were able to order. Mine for infinix hot note today never went through. Tried by 9, 12, 3 and 6pm. No luck. Thought it was a scam self. The voucher code was not working

I need the hotnote at 50% discount. Am in uniport. 07051131709

A Birth Day Cake for Chibok
Iam Chibok,
Blood of sorrow flows here
The sun shines for everyone
Not for me
And my children
The sun rise and set over me
There is no shine
My smiles have dried out
My paragons disappeared
Say this not in Donetsk
Say this not in Paris
Say this not in the belly of Copenhagen
Brotherhood is dead!
Darkness came over me
And stopped no champagne
We must carry on
Yes we must carry on
We must de-skin love to be tough
We must de- skin brotherhood to be tough
We must burry motherhood to be tough
Walahi! We must burry fatherhood to cover
trouble
Iam Chibok
I have been rapped many times at will
Even when they have no erections
They disvirgined my offspring
Throats open on end, lineages end unnoticed
Yet you look on, come and go so lazily lately
I am Chibok, in me sleep died
Yet you look on
You carry on
You do birthdays and meriments
To watch fireballs on my mountains
My day is longer, my night is longer
Insomnia sleeps here, to keep me awake
My widows guide my hymen
Hunters seek my love to preserve
There is no carrot here
There is no stick either
Only bulging pockets
Where the squirrels hide the nuts
Let the stars on the shoulders shine
Let the boots hit the ground
To eclipse this streams of sorrow
Let me be, like you
Let me be, be, be, be, let me be.

Carry go Prof. The Lord is your strength. Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola I see you. Thumbs up to the lion of Ubima

MrsAnyanwu:
my dear may God bless u for me ooo, I showed her the comments people said regarding her score, she got depressed nd stopped reading, I have bin begging her, but I wld show her this comment, thank u so much, pls hw do I get d software

The software is actually a large file which I can't send by mail. You can ask around for SOLID SOLUTIONS in any cyber cafe. Am presently in school in case you bump into school any day. The pdf past questions can be sent by mail I guess. Those ones are a bit smaller in size. If she really wants to study in uniport, she could apply for the Basic (Predegree) programme if this one doesn't work out. But with fervent prayer and serious jacking I believe she will scale through. Peace

MrsAnyanwu:
Pls my niece is an aspirant, she chose uniport,pls what book is she supposed to read for post ume, cos she scored 213 in jamb nd does anybody know about brainfriend?tnx

Brain Friend is a nice software. Tell her to revise her jamb past questions thoroughly. I have a Post ume CBT software I used for preparations then. It really proved helpful. There is a past question called 4 in 1,it is a big book in landscape format. I actually saw some questions the way it was asked in the book. Like I said before, pray hard and study hard. There is still hope.

Gisthaphy:

what's brainfriend pls? ehmm as for ur question, she must need to score above 290 for merit admission. anything short of that is followed by longer legs. had someone dat scored 304 and was given admission on merit. their exam is cbt and she should b conversant with past questions.

Doc, that was a long time ago. Admission in uniport now depends on the general performance in UTME and Post UTME. Last year, almost all my friends that got an average( Jamb + Post ume divided by 2) of 240 and above were admitted. A friend of mine got 218 in jamb and 280 in post ume, his name was on the Merit list. So I advice the girl to Jack up for her post Ume and pray. But she should also bear in mind that the general performance in jamb this year was high though. On behalf of The Unique Doctors of Unique Uniport. I wish her success. Happy Sunday house

I have seen this before. Nyanya bomb blast suspected attacker. OP Maka y

OneNigeria44:
Already cleared hostel accommodation for sale. @Mandela block A. 07051131709
Please rebroadcast

Deal done