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No wonder Nigeria info dishes out propaganda news of hate to Pitt Nigerians against themselves. Those that won't eat his chocolate, will have to digest their hate news and cause confusion thereby killing ourselves. Either way, the Lebanese guy wants Nigerians dead!!

ZURICH — Swiss authorities conducted an extraordinary early-morning operation here Wednesday to arrest several top soccer officials and extradite them to the United States on federal corruption charges.

As leaders of FIFA, soccer’s global governing body, gathered for their annual meeting, more than a dozen plain-clothed Swiss law enforcement officials arrived unannounced at the Baur au Lac hotel, an elegant five-star property with views of the Alps and Lake Zurich. They went to the front desk to get keys and proceeded upstairs to the rooms.

The arrests were carried out peacefully. One FIFA official, Eduardo Li of Costa Rica, was led by the authorities from his room to a side-door exit of the hotel. He was allowed to bring his luggage, which was adorned with FIFA logos.

The charges, backed by an F.B.I. investigation, allege widespread corruption in FIFA over the past two decades, involving bids for World Cups as well as marketing and broadcast deals, according to three law enforcement officials with direct knowledge of the case.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/05/27/sports/soccer/fifa-officials-face-corruption-charges-in-us.html?smid=tw-nytimes&_r=0&referrer=

The French army says it has seized 1.5 tonnes
of drugs and a cache of weapons after
stopping a convoy of militants in the desert in
north-eastern Niger.
Militants in two pickup trucks opened fire on
French and Nigerien forces after refusing to
stop at a checkpoint on 14 May, the French
military said.
Soldiers discovered the illegal cargo after a
fire-fight in which three militants were killed,
it added.
France has 3,000 troops in the Sahel region to
combat militant Islamists.
Three other militants were also captured and
handed over to Nigerien forces, the French
army said in its statement.
Widespread trafficking in the Sahel region is a
major source of funding for militant Islamist
groups across the continent, analysts say.
Operation Barkhane, which comprises French
forces as well as troops from Mali,
Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad,
was established in August 2014 to stop the
emergence of jihadist groups.
The checkpoint where the incident took place
is located in the Sahara desert in an area the
French army describes as "an important
transit zone between Libya and the northern
Sahel".
The Sahel includes some of the world's
poorest countries but has rich natural
resources in the form of minerals and gas.
France sent troops to Mali in January 2013
after Islamist militants threatened to overrun
the capital, Bamako.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-32796372

Will the runner up be given the certificate of return by INEC?

That General is such a joke!!!, how would u execute a coup without holding the presidential Palace, government radio and television networks.? All he could lay claim was holding the airport which any bloody civilian could do by packing a bus on the run way. He went on a private radio station to announce a coup that was not in existence. That coup was dead on arrival. When you execute a coup, u declare a curfew to test your authority..... To know whether u are in charge or not. He is learning it the hard way.... Besides no coup is planned in the country it is executed that too I think was lacking..

TheMadame:
The media are on Mr Dikkos pay roll that is why the case of his certificate scandal died a natural death.

What is it with katsina people and certificates?

Hello
I felt I should write you personally about the unfolding political landscape we find ourselves as Nigerians first of all. These are my opinion and my views which I am entitled to.
In your last submission about Almakura in the governance of Nasarawa state which I am not an arm chair commenter because I have lived and worked in Lafia and covered a large area of the state in the course of my work. I was in Doma, Obi, keana, nas eggon, karu, akwanga and other smaller towns. It is important to state that the governor has done quite well on the area of road construction which come with accompanying Good drainage system of which I have only seen in Anambara state. The roads are solid!!. My first day in Lafia to pick the job, I turned it down and had to be begged to stay back. Development is a gradual process in the right direction. But one notion I want to correct you is on the issue of Almakura being Apc. Almakura has been Cpc which is the party on which manifesto he was elected to be governor. Same thing for Rivers, Kano, kwara. This is the dispensation in which the Apc manifesto will be used for governance and scrutinized to see if it works accordingly. Ascribing the achievement of Mimiko in ondo state to be that of Pdp is politically unfair and nit being honest to ourselves.
I am a follower of macro economics and How political decisions affect our daily lives. It's unfortunate that most Nigerians have become intellectually lazy and have moved on with the band wagon that these politicians have put on the road. My thought is that for the first time, We have two political parties which are leaning to two economic blocs namely the capitalist and the socialist. Having studied the two, I chose to pitch my tent with capitalism. Let me add up here that I am not a card carrying member of ANY political party. my leaning is based on ideology.
My view is that the APC has it's roots in the Action Group, The jamaar Talakawas that was in the 2nd republic and the cpc which is a new movement mainly by young, poor and underprivileged youths who are angry with the burgeorsies and want change. The need for change was so strong that the had their way.
Now, let me Tell u my reservations.
As a socialist party, the central belief is that government should create jobs, free education, free healthcare, social insurance, more generous pensions, create corporations etc. My opinion is that in the current economic clime with oil at $60 per barrel, a low taxation, high importations etc. The issues in Venezuela should come into sight, Cuba is another country whose socialism has failed them....Libya too. I feel it's time young and educated youths like you and I work out a road Map that works for us as Nigerians for Nigerians.there could be a balancing of the two ideologies just as China has done being a Communist one party state balancing with capitalism.
I have been a strong advocate for the Chinese model in all facet of our national lives to tackle corruption, nepotism,employment, education etc. The Chinese model will work well in Nigeria because we have similarity in population. We are better placed than China because we are resource rich which China isn't. Capitalism and socialism could be balanced using the Chinese method. hope I did not bore you?
Regards!

guys be like.... it's Friday... no text messages no E-mail.... what's happening? keep faith alive....

will be right back when it is confirmed

Psylas:
Hero drink is indigeneous

Hero is made by sab miller. which is south Africa brewery and Miller. Google it

Boycott their beer Trophy lager coming from illesha brewery and hero lager coming from onisha. Also, Jumia, Konga, shoprite.... add to the least. I have deliberately refused to load my emptyhen since the xenophobic attacks began

It's so unfortunate that Johannesburg has not been placed under curfew.The government of south Africa and the Zulu king are both culpable in this act of genocide.
I checked the meaning of xenophobia which is fear of foreigners. What or How do u define their killings?? if not genocide. The south African police using rubber bullets to chase a murderous gang.? I have deliberately refused to load my mtn. it's unfortunate that south Africans in Nigeria can't be easily distinguished because we are all blacks.

Nigeria in talks to build nuclear power plant
* Russia's Rosatom started discussion this April
* Nigeria in dire need to ramp up power supply
By Chijioke Ohuocha and Svetlana Burmistrova
LAGOS/MOSCOW, April 14 (Reuters) - Nigeria is in
talks with Russia's state-owned Rosatom to build
nuclear power plants, as Africa's most populous
nation tries to end of decades of blackouts that has
blighted its economy.
Africa's biggest economy has no experience in
developing and operating nuclear power plants but
has a gamma facility and small reactors producing
around 30 kilowatts for research, Franklin Erepamo
Osaisai, chief executive of the Nigeria Atomic
Energy Commission said on its website, adding that
nuclear power will guarantee long-term energy
supply.
"We have an intergovernmental agreement with
Nigeria, but no concrete decisions have been
made," a Rosatom spokesman said.
One nuclear power plant costs between $5 billion to
$8 billion, a source at the company said.
80 percent of Nigeria's power plants are gas-fired.
Rosatom has a contract to build a new plant in
Hungary and has agreed to build reactors in India
and Kazakhstan. It is also planning to build more
reactors in Iran in addition to the Russia-built
Bushehr plant, Iran's first nuclear facility, launched
there in 2011.
Rosatom's investment programme, sourced from
the state budget, allows it to spend about $300 - $
350 billion per year to build nuclear plants in
Russia and abroad, a business that has been hit by
global safety concerns after the 2011 Fukushima
nuclear disaster.
Nigeria, with a population of around 170 million,
has installed power capacity that fluctuates
between around 6,000 to just over 7,000 MW,
according to the transmission company.
South Africa's capacity is almost seven times
greater for a population less than a third as big.
Nigeria broke up its monopoly on power generation
and distribution by privatising the sector two-years
ago, hoping to attract foreign investors. But the
amount of power produced has stagnated at around
half total capacity.
Some of the older plants, sold in October 2013, are
in dire need of an upgrade while the fledgling
generating firms lacking the cash as distributors
struggle with non-paying consumers and
inadequate gas supplies required to keep the plants
running. (Additional reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin
in Moscow, editing by Tim Cocks and William
Hardy)
http://af.reuters.com/article/nigeriaNews/idAFL5N0XB3S820150414?sp=true

I have done the cultural test. who has done the verbal test?
you could use your phone with a high capacity browser to apply but you need a desktop to do the test. shalom

stonecoldcafe:
Lalasticala make una try help this guy nah! The boy wan invest for our obodo Naija

Op, why didn't you put this up in the business section? I wish i had solid advise to give on immigration and co but i don't have any. I got one though, since you are an ECOWAS citizen, this should be pretty easy. Liaise with friends and colleagues in Lagos, take a visit and move around Lagos for yourself. Ask questions, visit car dealers and see what its like. Good luck

Cameroon is not part of ecowas. don't mislead folks. if u don't know.....ask

Pronto and Planta. if u don't know these, you are an indomie generation

the Hausa Fulani coup just succeeded.. this time... without guns.... smiling at their spoils

will call u in the morning

Hello nl, I just secured a job in lekki phase 1 and will need an accommodation to get the ground running. An affordable one room apartment or single room. Thanks.

In amorc, you do a lot of time travel in your imagination, you pay monthly subscriptions which are high and be prepared to read lots of leaflets. They deliver leaflets more than Jehovah witnesses. Be ready to make lots of funny sounds while holding hands on your laps and have a deep breath...., composure is key, buy lots of candles and incense, have a meditation bottle, believe in the Egyptian pyramids, ancient mystics, works of sun, moon and stars..
Above all, It's not an option.

chamboy:
Shut up, Was the Readers not tested or not.... This Nonsense is all game plan of ur dumbo master

u are such an e.diot. tested with over 40% failure rate?

Anuoluwap:
#liveUpdate
Jonathan not accredited now, card reader malfunctions. Meanwhile, Buhari and his wife's accreditation didn't take up to two minutes.

this is a national embarrassment. jega ooooooooo how much did apc pay you?

kennygee:
This is Huge.

Lagos and its incessant Fire outbreaks.

I smell Arson.

Nothing like arson. they were discharging fuel in the afternoon at the Same time selling to motorists. I saw it start. The fire service responded in about 10min with a small tanker but was very effective After which the police went with their van to get a drum of chemical to douse the fire. Before leaving the scene, the inferno has gone done. well-done fire service.

micolaj:
GEJ has invoked the anger of our mothers. The consequences of his asinine actions will soon surface.March 28th is D-day.

your mothers as u make us believe have no business in the said palace. What locus standi to they have to protest? can't the president visit someone again? I swear!! apc whether boy, girl, man or woman are an almalgamation of thugs.

Federalism, as practised in Nigeria since January
15, 1966, has been a major cause of discourse
within the econo-political firmament of the polity. It
would be recalled that Nigerians had in 1963
resolved, via a constitutional enactment, to live
together under the principles of federal
republicanism. The last constitution that was
entirely made by the people of Nigerian gave
autonomy to the federating units, which were four
in number; Eastern Region, Mid-Western Region,
Northern Region and Western Region, to exercise
resource control over their respective regions,
develop at their individual pace and pay royalties to
the federal government for the maintenance of the
military, police, customs, immigration, foreign
services, population commission, aviation, railways
and any other thing that was to be provided
exclusively by the central government.
The current 1999 constitution of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria has continued to attract public
resentment, despite the few amendments it has
gone through. Many Nigerians have been insisting
that the people of Nigeria should be allowed the
right of making for themselves a constitution that
best captures their diversity.
Two attempts have been made in the recent past to
address the visible structural imbalance inherent in
the 1999 constitution. In 2005, the then President;
Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Organised what he
named; National Political Reform Conference, which
came to naught because of the general perception
Nigerians had that he, truly or falsely, wanted to
hide under the conference to elongate his tenure.
President Goodluck Jonathan, still in response to
the yearnings of Nigerians, set up a National
Constitutional Conference in 2014 with the aim of
allowing Nigerians produce a constitution they can
conveniently and rightly call their own.
The 2015 General election should have come and
gone by now but for the ill-preparation of the Prof.
Attahiru Jega-chaired Independent National
Electoral Commission. From the look of things, a lot
of bitterness, rancour and odium have been injected
into the contest. The opposition All Progressive
Congress, which Presidential candidate is a core
Muslim Northerner, is fighting as if this is the last
election that may be conducted in Nigeria. The
Party is so desperate that one is forced to ask; is it
the desire to provide service to the Nigerian
citizens or is the Party being propelled by a hidden
agenda?
How be it, it is important to take cognizance of the
fact that 2015 General election would be a
determining factor in the politics of oil block
allocation. Many of the oil mining and producing
licences currently being held by few specially
privileged Nigerians would expire in 2016. Man
been whom he is, would like to do everything within
his capability to make sure the licence is retained.
Suffice it to say that discretionary allocation of Oil
blocks to few privileged Nigerians was witnessed
during the tenures of military President Ibrahim
Badamasi Babangida, General Sani Abacha, General
Abdulsalami Abubakar and President Olusegun
Obasanjo. In these discretionary allocations,
signature bonuses that should have been paid to
the Federal Government by the allotees, which run
into billions of dollars, were unaccountably diverted
to the powerful officials behind the discretionary
gesture.
The economic aftermath of this type of illegal
diversion is that some individuals become, by far,
richer than the state. This, no doubt, typifies the
climax of corruption in Nigeria. A cursory look at
just seven oil blocks is most likely to give an
explanatory insight into the sham that is
discretionary oil block allocation and why it is
skewed to play a significant role in 2015 general
election.
Oil mining licence 110, with high yield open book
estimate, was given to Cavendish Petroleum owned
by Alhaji Mai Deribe, the Borno Patriarch, by his
Kanuri Kinsman; General Sani Abacha, in 1996.
Before the present crises in the oil sector, it had a
capacity of more than five hundred million barrels
of oil per annum, with a minimal gross revenue of
fifty billion dollars per annum that could leave the
owner with a minimal net income of twenty billion
dollars per annum after paying taxes, royalties and
sundry duties. Oil producing licence 246 was
awarded to SAPETROL, owned by General
Theophilus Danjuma, by General Sani Abacha in
1998.
Before the present oil melt-down, this block was
capable of exporting, at least, three hundred
thousand barrels of crude oil on a daily basis. Is
there any wonder why the most beautified high-rise
buildings in Victoria Island in Lagos are owned by
this Taraba state-born coup d’état enthuscated
General? Oil mining licences 112 and 117 were
awarded to AMNI Int. Petroleum Development
Company, owned by Col Sani Bello, by his in-law;
General Abdulsalami Abubakar, in 1999. Oil mining
licence 115; Oldwork and Ebok Field, was awarded
to Alhaji Mohammed Indimi by his in-law; General
Ibrahim Babangida Oil mining Licence 215 is mined
by North-East Petroleum Ltd, Owned by Alhaji Saleh
Mohammed Gambo.
Oil mining licence 108 is operated by Express
Petroleum Company Ltd and is owned by Alhaji
Amino Dantata of the Dantata’s financial dynasty of
Kano. OML 113 is mined by Yinka Falawiyo
Petroleum Ltd, owned by Alhaji W.I. Folawiyo and
was given by former President Obasanjo. Asuokpu/
Umutu Marginal oil fields are mined by Seplat
Petroleum Ltd, owned by Prince Nasiru Ado Bayero;
a cousin to the Emir of Kano and immediate past
Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria. On the same
Vein, Intel Group of companies, jointly owned by
former vice President Atiku Abubakar, Shehu Musa
Yar’adua and Ado Bayero, has substantial stake in
Nigeria’s oil exploration industry in Nigeria and
Principe and Sao Tome. Mention should also be
made of oil producing licence 245 which was
awarded to Malabu Oil and Gas Company Ltd by
General Sani Abacha, using Chief Dan Etete who
was his oil minister as a front. Atiku Abubakar had,
as Vice President, convinced President Obasanjo to
revoke the licence in 2000 but Obasanjo changed
his mind in 2006 and gave the oil block back to
Dan Etete.
From the above expose, any watcher that is capable
of seeing beyond the cloud would quickly realize
that 2015 general election transcends mere casting
of votes. When the fact that many of the oil block
licences will expire in 2016 is taken into
consideration, people could now appreciate why
there is much desperation and aggression by the
opposition, especially those of them from the core
Muslim North, to make sure that President
Jonathan would not be re-elected. Jonathan, being
a Nigerian of the Niger-Delta extraction, a geo-
political zone that harbours more than seventy-five
percent of oil wells in Nigeria and which people, so
far, have not benefitted essentially from the
discretionary oil block allocation, might be feared to
be naturally inclined to re-write this glaring
injustice that has manifested itself by way of oil
block allocation by previous heads of government
of Nigeria, none of whom hailed from the Niger-
Delta geo-political zone.
Scripted By Chief (Sir) Don Ubani, KSC, JP
http://www.elombah.com/detail.php?world=30609#14271856111661&{"message":"getPayload"}

the. corruption in churches is on another level. The worst form of corruption is when you do it in the name of GOD.

was attracted by your monika. another name for nkeiruka... sort of.

ejiro2130:
Where is kaduna and plateau States??

Two States divided by religion

Plateau us PDP EXCEPT for the miscalculation of Jang trying to fuse in his kith and kin. Religion doesn't play a role in governorship election in plateau state because over 80% profess to be Christians. will be a narrow win in favor of pdp

Jay5000:
As much as most people dont like to admit it due to political and religious correctness, the truth is that monogamy is unsustainable. Even if every eligible bachelor marries, there will still be loads of girls left without husbands. XX-XY crossings, infant mortality ratios, wars, frats etc... all give a clear picture of the "why". Husband scarcity was also recorded even in the old testament days (isaiah 4:1) when polygamy was acceptable. it's just a few decades since we dumped polygamy and it's looking this bad already. Imagine what the situation will look like 30years from now when everyone will have at least a sister or a relative who cant get a husband? Maybe then we will stop the denials and restrategize. I really feel sorry for the ladies in this situation.

you nailed it.

ajos145:
Dis is not a misery. It is a fulfillment of God's prophecy. See Isaiah 4:1

Isaiah 4:1 And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.

intergral:
NO!!! I believe they are all waiting for oil or CBN workers....... Sometimes they wait for captain Marvellous or Mr handsome.......

Isaiah 4:1 And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.