I must confess that I find it quite perplexing why he takes pride in being a member of a committee overseeing the most financially reckless central bank in the history of our nation.

The CBN's corrupt fiscal and monetary policies, as well as Emefiele's refusal to attend summons (evading responsibility and operating with impunity), are evident issues that cannot be ignored if he must be so proud of his woeful last 4 years serving himself in the legislature.

It appears contradictory that he deems it a scam to claim that millions of people are excluded from the financial system (not the electoral system), yet would not hesitate to support spending exorbitant amounts on a committee supposedly responsible for achieving such financial inclusion which even if achieved, is merely superficial as even those inclusive are perhaps more impoverished.

The real scam lies in the illusion that a mere #8000 can alleviate the impoverished state of countless Nigerians.

The essence of the message conveyed is that individuals are left to fend for themselves.

The leadership of NLC/ASUU lacks direction and effectiveness. During Jonathan's presidency, the opposition, brainy, instituted industrial actions, even if not sanctioned by the court. Even when it was the men of Khaki, our unions still had that power but now, the champion of such past action in Oshiomole is at the service of those hoping to suppress the unions ability to merely bargain from any point of strength.

The same system that has made these leaders (union leaders) clueless has also resulted in a subservient judiciary, which contributes to our current suffering. This subservience is what will render Obi's election petition futile.

No need to caution against an oppressive system that uses the courts to suppress actions against policies that perpetuates poverty and hardship.

When our grievances have no legitimate outlet, and judges are insensitive in their application of the law, resorting to illegitimate means like a revolution even beyond the imagination of Sowore might seem not merely appealing but the only choice of the average Nigerian, who is although whipped into subservience due to failures of the institutions that should awaken him, must in the face of hunger, lose his mind and by extension his fear.

Our higher institutions of learning are crippling the very spirit required to lead our nation towards progress. The current system demands compliance from students, discouraging them from questioning the state of the facilities or speaking out about dilapidated buildings on the verge of collapse. This stifles the voices of bright individuals like Adekunle Adebajo, who was removed as a student at UI for daring to address infrastructural issues in the university. Similarly, Kayode Bello, another promising student, was expelled from Nigeria law school, when he protested the state of learning facilities there or in the expulsion of Ojo Aderemi, the student union president who was rusticated because he demanded the school administration provide students their IDcards, which they paid for and in two sessions or more, they had not received what should ordinarily be renewed annually.

When we silence such important voices in our best institutions, we do a massive disservice to our society, as broken spirits cannot drive a nation forward. As a consequence, even the staff members of universities are unable to successfully negotiate for their welfare. Tragically, some talented professors, perhaps in UCH or LUTH or some teaching hospital lose their lives due to the lackluster behavior ingrained in a system, they have helped to sustain by being complicit or complacent.

The universities, once known for its intellectual prowess, have lost its way. The likes of Gani and Falana, who fearlessly stood up for justice, are no longer produced. Instead, we see a generation of students who merely seek graduation and join the unemployed lots or the underemployed lots or the exploited lots in the job market, or so they can leave the country and settle in comfortable neighborhoods abroad and yet they or their generations unborn come home to perish due to the issues they have been crippled at heart never to march towards or address.

Even the noble profession of law has been affected. Lawyers are warned to conform, lest they lose their livelihood and even face imprisonment. The NBA, which should protect its members have time and again failed to do, or failed to do so, like in Inibehe Effiong, leaving him imprisoned and without support to serve at the whim of a power drunk judge doing the bidding of a governor she owes her career progression to. If this is the fate of a member of the bar, what is your lots then?

The leaders in our universities, including the Vice-Chancellors, often attain their positions by showing similar servile behavior to powerful figures and incompetent bureaucrats. Aspiring for the role of Vice Chancellor becomes a risky endeavor if one dares to criticize the government that must approve their appointment.

ASUU itself appears to have become a group of cowards, as evidenced by the case of Romanus Egbonyi, an academic staff who went unpaid for years. When he lost his life due to frustration, ASUU refused to advocate on his behalf, claiming he was not a member of the union because they hadn't received his dues. How can that possibly be a criteria? And yet the zombies of his colleagues would later congregate at their chapel to mock the memory of one who had relieved them without reward and chosen to serve his country. Now, this attitude prevails in institutions across Nigeria, and continues to result in the eventual suffering and tragedy they are due by their mindset. The professors lacks electricity on campus and yet won’t support their students to make demands for electricity, rather they’ll again be complicit or complacent.

The situation of the Late Romanus Egbonyi has led some individuals to abandon their dignity and seek help from irresponsible civil servants and payroll officers just to survive. However, or however they succeed they become tools of the government, used to suppress dissent and become machineries of oppressions themselves. They justify lackluster and cannot negotiate to fix a crack in the foundation of a building that should collapse and destroy their staff offices and turn them into some lunch for death. They have no potable water, and yet, in some past, it’s these ones we have looked to, for directions.

Our nation is in a state of crisis, and our higher institutions of learning or generally our institutions are contributing to the problems we face. Take this as a clarion call to the universities that It is time to reevaluate our system and nurture a generation of students who can fearlessly lead us towards a brighter future.

A demand for accountability shouldn’t constitute a misconduct. It’s instead, the greatest misconduct and abuse of office, to rather than be accountable, intimidate those courageous enough to ask questions.

Eco Bank perhaps have argued that Honeywell engaged in certain acts or practices that contributed to freezing of its account. They have likely told the court Honeywell was partly responsible for the losses incurred. Another Court will listen, perhaps give a revised judgment, perhaps not, but now Eco Bank has to get Olanipekun or another, to stand a chance but Olanipekun is already a counsel to Otudeko.

Otudeko and his group are brilliantly street-smart. They engaged in fraudulent conveyance. Refused to meet their obligations to a loan facility, somersaulted a Supreme Court judgment.

Otudeko once served on the board of CBN and even EcoBank and he has served as the president of Nigerian Stock Exchange.

He is sure making plans to ensure a form of him serves as a Supreme Court Justice.
And now that he is back at first bank, he will continue to use all of our money to make more money, and if he you think he’d pay the cost of capital or interest rate you incur or that his tainted reputation or damaged goodwill will preclude him from accessing additional loan facilities. You are in the naive.

He won’t get away treating a Tony Elumelu or Jim Ovia in the manner. Those one will flee from him and bite him too.

She’s still in your head.
You admitted that she love bombs you today and do otherwise tomorrow, the rest of what you said is about her attitude when there’s disagreement.
Might just be borderline.

Eco Bank will likely still have to go to the court to proof there is a fraudulent conveyance.

Again, Otudeko and his group shows he is brilliantly street-smart.

He once served on the board of CBN and even EcoBank and he has served as the president of Nigerian Stock Exchange.

He should be making plans to ensure a form of him serves as a Supreme Court Justice.

Reach out to your employer and ask about the status of your resumption date.

You can send a polite and enthusiastic mail requesting clarification on when you should report for work.

If you have done this and they respond; great!! If they don’t , then try to follow up now and then, maybe once in a week.

Be professional in your tone always even though it’s important you consider another means of communicating with them; maybe call or showing up physically. Just go with the image of an enthusiastic worker.

If no shift, and no definite date is provided, then It’s a ‘redder’ flag, so don’t stop applying elsewhere.

This is indeed tragic.

Whether or not he is a first class graduate, and whether or not he attended UI, our focus shouldn’t be on these. Those concerns should be subordinates to whether a man has been killed because he stole bread.

The issue with the above is if they lie about his degree, the whole story might even be a lie and that is concerning. It’s also concerning that if the man wasn’t so qualified, we may be indifferent to his fate.

That said, the reference to this post is an unverified Facebook page that does not indicate any proof of knowledge of the victim. The Facebook page of the victim indicates the university he studied in, and while the university is in Ibadan, it is not UI. But again, distractions.

The point is that a man has died because he stole bread. Who cares about the source of the news or that some other information appears verifiably inaccurate?? It is concerning that anyone would think that anyone who raises such issues is unsympathetic.

There are no points in the paragraphs above. The point is also not in this paragraph. This story is an indication of the depreciation of this forum. If I cared about you as a user of this platform, I’d advised you reduce your dependence on it for information that could be verified or seek collaborating sources.

They have not started paying tuition. These are just other fees. The university will begin to charge tuition when the loan is made available. You would see that tuition is already a line item.

The same Fayemi that was in EFCC custody earlier this month because of 4 billion Naira fraud.

Sanwolu is honoring Fayemi and using LASU.
They care not whether it undermines the integrity and credibility of the university or whether it tarnishes the reputation of the university.
When you honor someone under investigation for corruption, how can you argue that you are not condoning or endorsing such behavior and how can you provide guidance to students and future generations? The student leaders have been reassured that corruption is acceptable.

I hope ASUU condemns this.

This is the proactiveness expected from a responsible government. Create the necessary awareness!!!

Didn’t this happen over a decade ago??

That is an annual interest rate of 240%. Do you mean to write $1 million and pay #200,000??

If true, what is the inclusion criteria or were they just randomly selected ??

The issue was likely that; it wasn’t only a divorce from his wife and kids, rather it was also a divorce from her wealth. And so much, that it overwhelmed him.

Give her a room in Aso-Rock already.

Abacha’s swag is top-notch.

It’s likely the case, that the sentences run concurrently. Gives him less than 2 years. As he cannot escape the 2years whether he pays a fine or not, he may not exercise the option to pay a fine.

I don’t know Pete Edochie in whatever manner. But I can talk to how I think, he is perceived.

I guess he is perceived as the quintessential African patriarch. I guess Zack Orji too.

I am sure such perception is not diversed from the movie roles he’s accustomed.

Such perception is an inadequate reference in the character of the man. For instance, he has just one wife and a lovely family. This is not consistent with perceptions that sees him having ideals that subordinates women.

What would his advise be? To tell his son to leave Judy ?? Nah, this is not consistent with the perception.

What is consistent with the perception is that he tells his son to take responsibility. He has erred, but what is to be done?? Become a polygamist, the wife accepts her fate, and accept the junior wife… everybody moves on.

And when the wife don’t think so. The baby is still an Edochie, She will come around.

At his age, Ronaldo was winning highest goal scorer in seria A and the biggest EPL club wanted him.

His presidency is inevitable.

We should pray for God’s intervention; but in what manner do we want God’s intervention?

Is it that God should expose the manipulation and rigging of the election, so that it can be annulled, before inauguration??

The same God that provided assent to the emergence of Buhari or Hitler or Idi-Amin.

Or

Is it that regardless of the shenanigans that have occurred; and in the face of God’s will to permit such, that God have mercy upon us, and help Tinubu’s administration to move the nation forward. ‘?’

The two prayers have already been made, but God’s will at last, always come to pass. We can only pray that His ‘will’ be good.

The attackers of Professor Soyinka are on standby.

Tinubu’s administration is inevitable. If he says Nigeria will not prosper during Tinubu’s time, these lots will cheer him, as messiah of democracy.

It’s the problem with the lots that Professor Soyinka was about.

The only thing this tells us about how he died was that he struggled with breathing.

So it should be Ibadan or Enugu.

Yes. Increasingly, the British throne is not averse to diversifying its descent. While, as at now, the possibility is that of a mixed race, and not a person with full African ancestry. In generations to come, a black person can emerge.

If the firstborn of Prince William, Prince of Wales marries a black person. Prince George is second in line to the throne, his firstborn surely will be king. But the firstborn will be a mixed race. Obama is a mixed race; if he is black enough for you, then substitute ‘mixed race’ with ‘black person’.

To those referring to ‘ostracism’ - Harry would not be king and this is no predicated on any decision he has made. He is not the first born Prince, there was already Prince William and his children. Except, by some unfortunate means, such as the event where they all perish (if we live in the seven kingdom of Westeros ‘Game of thrones’, this is a distinct possibility) or become ineligible ( either by renouncing their claim or converting to a faith that is incompatible with being the British monarch. Then Harry would be and then Prince Archie, who have got Meghan in him, would be king.

Parliament also has power to change the law of succession, this could make Prince Archie emerge. ( This is possible, but highly unlikely, because it will be extraordinarily strange)

It is possible to have a transplant in Nigeria. When we rebuke, we should be critical. There are no factories producing kidneys anywhere except you go to some ‘dark markets’ .

So, if Nigeria is built well, as you rightly desire. The Ekweremadu’s concern would not be on where to do the transplant. Their concern will still remain foremost, which is to get a donor. In this Nigeria of your dream, the boy’s two kidney will have been yanked off.

In a sane country, which should be your dream. It’s not only infrastructural issues that requires reworking, it is also our orientation.

Take advantage of the boy?? The boy took advantage of a sane environment. But I think it’s just terrible to cheer the family’s misfortune. The family could have erred, and their inactions or refusal to use their influence in the past, may have cost lives, that they should deserve our utter contempt- but we shouldn’t mock them nonetheless.

Of coz, they are likely to understate the consequences when discussing with him, but let us assume they didn’t and instead, they explained to the boy very well, what the long-term effects could be.

Of coz, there shouldn’t have been any monetary incentive, but I think many would be willing to support such a request, with cash or other supporting incentives. (A crime ??)

Let us assume, the family that needs a donor thought so too.
For the donor, could the monetary or other incentive be more propelling or compelling at the onset? Let us assume it was.

His kidney was going to be yanked, he wouldn’t give that without a promise for exchange of another reward. Let us assume the boy was naïve, and he was underpriced.

If he wasn’t underpriced, and the supposed donor wasn’t short on intelligence. Could the donor experience decisional regret? Of coz he could. In fact, recent studies on decisional regret among donors, indicate that younger age and lower education are predictors of regret.
So regret was an item and when it was time for the procedure, it became more stark. So stark, that the ‘affective’ theatrics couldn’t help; of coz, he knew that it was only because of the transplant, that anyone cared. Such reflection on the expectation of care can be sufficient to create an utter dissonance and complete turnabout.

After this, the Ekweremadu’s probably couldn’t keep him any longer, the promises of reward or the reward given were withdrawn; he is to return to wherever or whatever condition he was from, with his kidney. They were probably others as well, putting pressure on him, invested in all of it, with a rebuke for the boy.

So, what could he have done? Now, we know he is not likely returning to that condition he came from and he’s still got his kidney. In a year or two, his family would be with him in the UK.

Was Ekweremadu naïve and exploitative? Perhaps. Was he an organ trafficker? Then, he must be foolish as well to have decided to have the transplant in a standard hospital in the UK, and not in Iran or some shady place, where the donor’s consent is not required.

At the tertiary level, I have always thought that current or recent published articles should be used in creating course contents. I hope whatever shift, incorporates the obsolescence that AI is revolutionizing.

He offered to give the boy £6000 for his kidney, when according to medical futurist, a kidney cost £209,400. We know Nigeria lives are probably worth-less.

Alcoholism is a medical condition. Anyone can have such condition.

Is he fit to serve with such a condition? NO!!!

Are there similar police officers with such condition? Yes!! , many.

Were they alcoholic before they joined the force? Probably, not so. Serving in the police force exposes one to situations that predisposes an individual to alcohol dependence. Having to work at odd hours, the physical and mental exertion the nature of their work depresses, the trauma often experienced, yes, they have to be at accident scenes, encounter other violent intensive situations. Substance makes it easier to cope with the aforementioned.

So if it’s a job specific issue, why is he not fit to serve? Alcohol inhibits the ability of the officer to make decisions that has mortal consequences.

What can be done? It can be argued that alcoholism is a disabling condition. However, if professional support such as psychological therapy are accessible by the officers, and there is control over how much alcohol can be consumed and such is done in a safe hour, not before duty, and further, the police authority engages more hands to reduce the work experiences that spurs the problem, we may begin to address the issue.

This officer is probably lost on cheap and dangerous alcohol. There has to be consequences for him, so as to deter others. However, if such consequences is to fire him, and not provide a much more concrete solution to the problem of alcoholism, we would continue to see officers like this.