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TV/Movies › Re: BBNaija 2021 Live Updates Thread by Parizz: 7:16pm On Aug 02, 2021
fertilewomb:
Maria has nominated White money, Beatrice, Jaypul, and Yerins for eviction
Beatrice and yerins bye bye
TV/Movies › Re: BBNaija 2021 Live Updates Thread by Parizz: 7:14pm On Aug 02, 2021
Froshloaded:
Thank you maria


Whitemoneyyyy gang let's crash the polls
baba how many people has the power to nominate
TV/Movies › Re: BBNaija 2021 Live Updates Thread by Parizz: 7:12pm On Aug 02, 2021
what is wrong with all these HMs and their stupid tears. You signed up for this.
TV/Movies › Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by Parizz: 7:05pm On Aug 02, 2021
DieRich5:
Bollywood na shit, Dem ain't good in acting ND the fake shit is too funny
Action movie ain't for Bollywood tongue
That's too harsh.
Fashion › Re: Meet The Most Beautiful Girl In Nigeria 2021 Contestants (Pictures) by Parizz: 6:05pm On Aug 02, 2021
seyz91:
Nonse of them fine

Na all of em wowo(ugly)

All i see here are makeups and edits or put better studio pics
check out Ms Cross River. she's gorgeous
Fashion › Re: Meet The Most Beautiful Girl In Nigeria 2021 Contestants (Pictures) by Parizz: 6:02pm On Aug 02, 2021
Pearlyakin:
Which yeye dream is that ?
I'm yoruba and I've never dreamt about marrying igbo and same goes for my yoruba friends too.
you are missing. Igbo amaka
Fashion › Re: Meet The Most Beautiful Girl In Nigeria 2021 Contestants (Pictures) by Parizz: 5:57pm On Aug 02, 2021
Bedtec:
This Miss Osun self grin grin grin she resemble sponge Bob ..... Make una give me miss Taraba make I bleep am very well she go sweet tongue tongue
Give me Ms crossriver, Ms Delta, Ms Enugu and am good to go.
Business › CBN To Refund ₦35 Million Capital Deposits To BDC Applicants by Parizz(op): 8:02am On Jul 30, 2021
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Thursday says it will start immediate refund of capital deposit to Bureaux de Change (BDC) promoters with pending applications.

According to a circular signed by Ibrahim Tukur for the Director, Financial Policy and Regulation Department of the apex bank, this is in furtherance of the decision to discontinue allocation of Foreign Exchange (FX) to BDC operators.

Tukur urged eligible promoters of BDCs to forward their application for refund in writing to the Director, Financial
Policy and Regulation Department of the CBN.

“The requests should be accompanied with the following documents: “Telex copy of the capital deposit of N35 million; account details for the refund, which should be the same as the account from which the capital deposit originated, including the Bank name, account name and account number.

“Copy of the bank draft/telex for payment of licensing fee of NI million (if any),” he said.

He advised eligible applicants to submit hardcopies of their requests to CBN Head Office, Central in Abuja or the Annex in Lagos, while urging commercial banks to stop processing payments for their customers.

“Softcopy of the request in above may be sent in advance of the hard copy to fprdlicensinq@cbn.gov.ng.

“In addition, all Deposit Money Banks are hereby directed to henceforth stop accepting instructions from customers to transfer capital deposit of N35 million to the designated CBN account for the purpose of applying for BDC licences,” he said.
(NAN)
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/07/cbn-to-refund-n35m-capital-deposits-to-bdc-applicants/

Education › 20 Bag First Class As Law School Graduates 4,350 by Parizz(op): 7:35am On Jul 29, 2021
Twenty persons passed with first-class out of a total of 4,350 successful candidates who participated in the March 2021 Bar Final Examination of the Nigeria Law School.

The Director-General of the Nigerian Law School, Prof. Isa Ciroma disclosed this while presenting the successful
candidates for July 2021 Call to the Nigerian Bar, to the Body of Benchers on Wednesday in Abuja.

Ciroma said that a total of 5, 770 candidates sat for the March 2021 Bar Final Examination.

” Total number of candidates who participated in the examination were 5, 770 and out of the number, 4, 350
candidates were successful with 20 recording first class”, he said.

He said that the figures represented 75 per cent success of the final examination.

Ciroma assured that the institution shall continue to remain the gatekeepers of law profession, adding “as teachers, and administrators, we will continue to uphold the standard and integrity of the Bar.”

Summary of the result showed that 432 candidates made Second Class Upper, 2, 174 made Second Class Lower while 1, 724 others had pass.

NAN recalled that the school had on Tuesday, graduated and Called to the Nigerian Bar, 884 candidates from its December 2020 batch in addition to four others from previous batch.

In his address, Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour, Chairman, Body of Benchers said that the graduates were expected to adhere to the provision of Rules guiding the profession, at all times.

“I urge you to conduct yourselves in the most responsible way expected of you as people in a noble profession.

” As a lawyer, you are an officer of the court and accordingly, you are not to do any act or conduct in a manner that will obstruct or adversely affect the course of justice.

” The practice of Law is not a right but a privilege.

” It is a privilege that can be lost should you fail to live up the requisite professional standards imposed upon you by virtue of your entry into the community of lawyers”, he said.

He warned that the Body of Benchers Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee was always determined to discipline any lawyer found wanting or breaching set rules of the profession.

Rhodes Vivour hinted that his committee had from January to July, disbarred six lawyers, suspended some following none adherence to the laid down rules “Be of good behaviour in the course of your operations and abide by the ethics and values of the profession, to avoid being brought before the committee”, he advised.

Rhodes-Vivour also encouraged the graduates to continue to read and update their knowledge on both statute and case law in order to grow in the profession.
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/07/20-bag-first-class-as-law-school-graduates-4350/

Politics › Re: Soldiers Shut Imo Timber Market As Marketers Stage Protest by Parizz(op): 5:04pm On Jul 28, 2021
NA can be petty atimes
Politics › Soldiers Shut Imo Timber Market As Marketers Stage Protest by Parizz(op): 1:03am On Jul 28, 2021
Timber Marketers in Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State,
Tuesday protested the shutting down of their market by Soldiers.

The timber marketers were seen protesting along Owerri-Orlu road when they discovered that the road leading to the market has been barricaded by soldiers.

Some of the protesting timber traders who spoke to newsmen in Orlu, said they were demading for the soldiers to open the road block for them to start their business.

According to them, “We came in on Tuesday morning, to start business and we saw that the road leading to our shops have been closed and we are asking why is our shops closed and nobody is talking to us and why should the military blocked the road. We want them to open the road so that we can begin our business that is why we are protesting.”

However, when Vanguard inquired to know from the timber traders they said: “On Monday, we got a report that those who attacked Omuma in Oru East local government area came from the Timber market, and are members of Eastern Security Network, ESN, and that the security operatives have been investigating the issues.”

“We have also been told that is because that we obeyed the sit-at-home order on the day Nnamdi Kanu appeared in court that is while they have closed down the timber market.”

When contacted the 34 Artillery Bridgade Command Obinze, Army Public Relations Officer, PRO, Babatunde Zubiru, he did not pick his call to react to the allegation that Army shut down the market.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/07/soldiers-shut-imo-timber-market-as-marketers-stage-protest/
Politics › Matawalle Challenges Northern Leaders, Elites by Parizz(op): 2:42am On Jul 26, 2021
Governor Mohammed Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has, in Kaduna on Sunday, warned that the war against banditry in the Northwest will remain a significant security challenge that has the potential to swallow the region and the country.

Matawalle spoke while presenting a paper titled “The Fight Against Banditry in Northwest Nigeria: Challenges and Solutions” at the inauguration of the new executives of Arewa Media Writers Association, saying it was evident that the Northern leaders were responsible for the plight of the region.

Represented by the Zamfara State Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Ibrahim Magaji, Governor Matawalle said when he took office on May 29th, 2019, Zamfara State had already been mired in a serious security crisis for over a decade, marked by banditry, livestock rustling, kidnapping, and a host of other crimes.

On an almost daily basis, he explained, the State was in the news for bloodletting, fire, pillage, and significant displacement of people, particularly those living in rural areas.

According to him, “historical economic, social and cultural ties between the dominant communities of Fulani and Hausa were ruptured; farming activities across the State were halted, and commercial activities were crippled.”

“With poverty on the increase and food security seriously affected by the crisis, the State was on the verge of a catastrophic social eruption capable of destabilising our communities and the northwest subregion.”

“Shinkafi and Zurmi LGAs are the hot spots of banditry even though there are no mining activities going there. Rural banditry in Zamfara and other parts of the north, in my opinion, is a result of the progressive degradation of our moral standards and a culture of greed fed by an unfettered need for material goods.”

“As shown in this presentation, the culture of cattle raiding by pastoralist groups is not something new. It was practised in the days gone by to demonstrate courage and bravery, and no violence was used. What we witness today, however, are horrible crimes unimaginable, which include rape, killings of women and children, kidnapping, highway robbery and other gruesome atrocities.”

“It is evident, therefore, that we, the leaders, are responsible for the plight of the north.

The north lacks responsible leadership to steer it through our time’s uncharted waters. Our ruling elite has no vision for the region beyond gaining political power.

We have all seen how the elites in the south-east and southwest respond in unison to all matters concerning their regions’ development. We have seen how they have a defined agenda and are relentless in their pursuit of regional development,” he said.

Speaking on the challenges to peace efforts the Governor said his experience over the past two years has shown that the major challenges to their peace efforts were reluctance by the affected states to embrace peace dialogue, which would have deprived the recalcitrant bandits currently tormenting their people of safe corridors in the region.

Also, “lack of support from a section of politicians that wish to take advantage of the situation to achieve political ends and the need for the Federal Government to key into the peace initiative so that appropriate resources can be allocated.”

“Unless we all wake up to the situation, the war against banditry in the northwest will remain a significant security challenge that has the potential to swallow the region and the country. The destruction that banditry is wreaking on the region’s people and the economy is unfathomable.”

“This is a siren appeal to leaders of the region to wake up from their lethargy and unite in combating this grave challenge.

We need to get to the roots of the situation, stop politicising it and act decisively,” he said.


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/07/boko-haram-banditry-wake-up-from-your-lethargy-unite-stop-politicising-fight-against-terrorism-matawalle-challenges-northern-leaders-elites/
TV/Movies › Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by Parizz: 1:50am On Jul 25, 2021
Police Academy
This was hillarious. Lol!
Events › Re: Ilorin Emirate Holds Durbar Despite Ban by Parizz(op): 7:46am On Jul 23, 2021
Delightful
Events › Ilorin Emirate Holds Durbar Despite Ban by Parizz(op): 1:08am On Jul 23, 2021
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Ilorin Durbar: Emir arrives Palace with his entourage

In spite of the ban on the annual Durbar festival in Ilorin, Kwara State, the organisers still found a way to actualise some of their programmes.

The state government had earlier prohibited the cultural event slated for the second day of Sallah, citing security concerns.

But this development did not go down well with some members of the emirate who had spent months planning the event only to be called off on the eve of the D-day.

New honorary title holders were to be announced at the event according to plans, PREMIUM TIMES learnt.

So, rather than jettison the whole Durbar festival, the organisers, on the approval of the Emir, incorporated some Durbar programmes as an extension of Bareke.

Bareke is a royal practice, whereby the traditional institution reciprocates an earlier Sallah homage paid by the state governor in a courtesy visit to his office.

The Emir of Ilorin, Ibrahim Sulu Gambari, visited the Government House in Ilorin on Thursday, two days after the Eid-el-Kabir celebration.

Meanwhile, as against the usual practice, a grand reception was awaiting the monarch at his palace.

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Thrills

The unusual Bareke witnessed a mammoth crowd of onlookers and indigenes of the town, who had anticipated the spectacular cultural displays.

It also featured a glamorous display of decorated horses and music performances from Indigenous artistes, the major highlights of the Durbar.

As observed by PREMIUM TIMES’s reporter, the event showcased the culture of the ancient city that is home to different ethnic groups and extractions.

Founded in 1450, Ilorin was the provincial military headquarters of the ancient Oyo Empire.

In the postcolonial era, the city was populated by the Yoruba, Hausa, Fulani, Nupe, Baruba, Kanuri and Malian ethnic groups.
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Sports › Legendary Marta Sets Olympic Record In Brazil’s 5-0 Thrashing Of China by Parizz(op): 5:12pm On Jul 21, 2021
Brazil great Marta has become the first footballer in history to score in five consecutive Olympic Games.

Marta scored the opener from close range after nine minutes and later added a second-half strike as Brazil thrashed China 5-0 to open their campaign in Japan.

The 35-year-old made her Olympics debut back in 2004 when the Games were held in Athens.

Marta went on to score in the Beijing, London, and Rio tournaments before also netting in Tokyo on Wednesday.

She is yet to win the Olympics, though, earning silver medals in 2004 and 2008.

Marta’s teammate Formiga, who is impressively still playing at 43, also broke records by playing against China.

An astonishing 25 years on from her Olympics debut in Atlanta in 1996, Formiga has become the oldest player in the history of football at the Games.

She is also the first Brazilian to compete in seven editions of the Olympics.

Next up for Brazil is a clash with the Netherlands on Saturday.

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https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/07/legendary-marta-sets-olympic-record-in-brazils-5-0-thrashing-of-china/
Politics › Zamfara: Bandits "Unconditionally" Release 100 Persons After 42 Days by Parizz(op): 1:33am On Jul 21, 2021
Not fewer than 100 victims who were kidnapped in Manawa village, Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara state have regained their freedom after spending 42 days in captivity.

Confirming the development, the State Commissioner of Police, CP Hussaini Rabiu, said the command in collaboration with the State Ministry of Security and Home Affairs secured the unconditional release of the victims.

CP Rabiu in a statement by his Police Public Relations Officer, SP Mohammed Shehu said the victims were released without giving any financial or material gain.

The Police boss however assured of the use of kinetic and non-kinetic approaches to end the menace while warning the recalcitrant bandits to renounce criminalities and embrace peace or face the full wrath of the law.

According to him, “It could be recalled that on the 8th June 2021 some recalcitrant Bandits stormed Manawa village and abducted 100 villagers including females, majority nursing mothers, males and children.

“The Zamfara State Police in collaboration with the State Ministry for Security and Home Affairs have successfully secured the unconditional release of the kidnapped victims.

“The released victims who were in the custody of their abductors for 42 Days have been released without giving any financial or material gain and they will be medically checked and debriefed before being reunited with their respective families.

“The Commissioner of Police, CP Hussaini Rabiu, warned the Recalcitrant bandits to renounce criminalities and embrace peace or face the full wrath of the law.

“The Command also uses this medium to call on the good people of Zamfara State to support the Police and other security agencies with credible information about the hideout, movements and other activities of Criminal elements,” the statement however reads.
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/07/zamfara-bandits-unconditionally-release-100-persons-after-42-days/

Politics › Re: PHOTOS: Buhari Commissions NALDA Integrated Farm Estate In Katsina by Parizz(op): 2:46pm On Jul 20, 2021
Rugaria:
Very strange time to be living in an evil union!
A president only visits some parts of the country during campaigns and then gets fixated on his his tribal states throughout his tenure! And people call him the president of the whole country! How many visits to the north since he resumed this tenure? How many projects commissioned in the north? How many visits to the east?
It's well..
hmmm
Politics › Re: PHOTOS: Buhari Commissions NALDA Integrated Farm Estate In Katsina by Parizz(op): 6:21pm On Jul 19, 2021
Long live nigeria
Politics › PHOTOS: Buhari Commissions NALDA Integrated Farm Estate In Katsina by Parizz(op): 4:40pm On Jul 19, 2021
Politics › Re: Forgive Nnamdi Kanu, Facilitate His Release, Ohanaeze Tells S-east Govs by Parizz(op): 4:26pm On Jul 19, 2021
Will Kanu ever learn
Events › Re: Nkechi Bianze Is Married: "No Bride Price Paid" (Wedding Pictures) by Parizz: 10:59am On Jul 19, 2021
Nice one. More feminists should follow suit and lead by example. It's a sad thing that these so called feminists have been cheating men for donkey years with no remorse. It's one thing to agitate for your rights it's another thing to practice what you preach. You can't eat your cake and have it. It's not possible. Feminism should be about justice and fairness and not the other way round.
Politics › Forgive Nnamdi Kanu, Facilitate His Release, Ohanaeze Tells S-east Govs by Parizz(op): 10:30am On Jul 19, 2021
The pan Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has tasked South East Governors to consider what it described as the ‘bigger picture of the
consequences’ which the incarceration of Nnamdi Kanu would bring to Eastern Nigeria as soon as his retrial begins on 26th July, 2021.

The group explained that obedience to Ohanaeze Ndigbo’s advice to his teeming supporters to shun any form of protest and procession across the region may not last long.

The Chidi Ibeh led Ohanaeze Ndigbo in a statement, said it could no longer afford to stop Kanu’s supporters from hitting the streets in protest against
the continued detention of their leader.
Ohanaeze urged the Governors to explore their cordial relationship with President Muhammadu Buhari to
negotiate the release of the detained IPOB leader, stressing that such would bring total peace to the South East zone.

“South East Governors and Igbo elders should consider the bigger picture of the consequences of Nnamdi Kanu’s detention. They must forgive his
excesses. This is not the time for blame, accusations and counter-accusations. Ohanaeze Ndigbo appeals to South East Governors to explore the harmonious
relationships between them and President Buhari to secure soft landing for the detained IPOB leader for the
sustainability of the peaceful atmosphere that just returned to the zone.

“The previous Nnamdi Kanu’s rantings and insults heaped on South East Governors and Igbo Elders were
unbearable but the best way to forgive him is to secure his release. As for Ohanaeze Ndigbo, we will continue to talk to his teeming supporters to shun any protest and give the South East Governors and other Igbo leaders the opportunity to negotiate his release
with President Buhari. We have implicit confidence that the continuous silence of the Governors is golden and as backstage activities and negotiations are going on quietly without much noise.What is required now is the release of Nnamdi Kanu through out of court settlement.”

Meantime, the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has warned South East Governors that allegedly planned
and executed the arrest and extradition of its leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, to work for his release or be ready to face the wrath of the group.

IPOB also told the South East politicians serving and non serving that they all have hand in the ordeal of
Mazi Kanu, for their alleged persuasions for him to accept dialogue and in the process convinced him to
visit Kenya to commence the process for dialogue, only to have him arrested and extradited to Nigeria, saying
that they must ensure that nothing untoward happens to him in detention and must work for his release.

IPOB, in a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, said that verifiable information at the group’s disposal revealed that serving and non serving Igbo politicians with a few selfish and greedy businessmen in collaboration with Nigerian security men betrayed Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

IPOB therefore, tasked Governors, National Assembly members, Ministers, Commissioners, State lawmakers, State Commissioners, traditional rulers, Local Government Area chairmen, all political appointees
both current and former to ensure that Mazi Kanu is freed from detention as soon as possible.

The Biafra agitating group said that there is no need for the class of people it has mentioned to pretend or feign ignorance over its leaders arrest, saying that if they failed to stand with the people by ensuring his release, they should get ready for the wrath of IPOB.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/07/forgive-nnamdi-kanu-facilitate-his-release-ohanaeze-tells-s-east-govs/
Romance › Re: Craziest Thing You Have Ever Done For Love by Parizz: 9:30am On Jul 18, 2021
Michelle55:
I'm okay sir.. You?
Cool. I like your confidence. This is not me patronising you. I'm not a simp. Truth is, I'm awed by your intelligent and insigtful comments you post. You are blunt, tho sometimes you might sound a little bit cocky. I sense you are a polite girl in real life even tho we haven't met. Once again, i'm not trying to patronise you. That is not me. Good morning
Romance › Re: How And When Did You Realize That Your Girlfriend Loved You For Real? by Parizz: 4:56pm On Jul 17, 2021
Ishilove:
No, but you are one heck of an ignorant mo*****ker
I only ask a question cos of the way you ve been going about with your anti men campaigns.
Romance › Re: Craziest Thing You Have Ever Done For Love by Parizz: 4:49pm On Jul 17, 2021
Michelle55:
Following this thread with all alacrity, the way I'm seeing it, it's going to the promise land. smiley
What's up
Romance › Re: How And When Did You Realize That Your Girlfriend Loved You For Real? by Parizz: 4:36pm On Jul 17, 2021
CelestineNelson:
Useless post...Girlfriend this, boy friend this...who even told this generation that relationship are for people that are not ready marriage... God does not recognise boy friend and girlfriend oo...stop making people think that it is a normal. oh you appolyon the Hitit principality in charge of mountain of media, you have chosen media to project your evil ideas to destroy the human soul will ungodly mindset ...This too shall pass away
chop knuckle
Romance › Re: How And When Did You Realize That Your Girlfriend Loved You For Real? by Parizz: 4:28pm On Jul 17, 2021
Ishilove:
Real mumu
Let me ask you a question. Why do you like simps and hate redpillers? Or is your husband a simp?
Politics › NYSC Scandal: Kemi Adeosun Not A Nigerian – Adoke by Parizz(op): 2:19pm On Jul 17, 2021
A former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Mohammed Adoke, has said a former Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun could not be said to remain a Nigerian citizen, having earlier forfeited it.
Under the 1963 constitution, which was in force in 1967 when Mrs Adeosun was born, a person born to Nigerian parents in a foreign country, were allowed to enjoy dual citizenship up till when he or she
clocked 21.

At 21 the person must renounce the citizenship of the foreign country or would forfeit his or her Nigerian citizenship.

The law remained the same under the 1979 constitution which was in force when Mrs Adeosun graduated from the university at the age of 22 in 1989.’

But Mrs Adeosun, born in the U.K., did not renounce her British citizenship when she clocked 21, therefore forfeiting her Nigerian citizenship at the
time.

“From my reading and understanding of the sections of the Constitution, it is my finding that the plaintiff not being a citizen of Nigeria in 1989 when she graduated from the University of East London,
London, United Kingdom, was not eligible to participate in the National Youth Service Scheme,” the Federal High Court’s judgment read in part.

The judge agreed with Mrs Adeosun’s lawyer that she only regained her Nigerian citizenship when the 1999 constitution came into force.

He added that she was already 36 by the time she returned to Nigeria in 2003, and was no longer eligible to participate in the NYSC scheme having crossed the age limit of 30 as of then.

But when PREMIUM TIMES sought his comment on the matter, Mr Adoke argued that having lost her Nigerian citizenship when she was 21 by not renouncing her U.K. citizenship as expected under the 1979 constitution, Mrs Adeosun could not
automatically regain her Nigerian citizenship under the 1999 constitution without going through any process.

“How did she regain her citizenship? Was that citizenship having regained, without going through a process? Can you regain something that has been forfeited? And even if we say so, does it mean it is as of right or she has to go through a process to regain her citizenship?

“So she has to tell us at what point she regained her citizenship and what step she took, to become a Nigerian citizen after she has lost her citizenship.

The issue is not as simple as they are making it to look like.

“Some schools of thought will tell you that she is no longer a Nigerian citizen as of the time of the 1999 constitution came into operation.

“She forfeited her citizenship, and you cannot backdate that law. If she wants to become a Nigerian citizen, she has to become a Nigerian citizen by a process.”

He said citizenship “cannot be dormant which you can reactivate”, adding, “There is nothing like dormant citizenship”.

This, he said, raises the question of her being appointed to be a minister or a commissioner when she was not a Nigerian.

He added, “Because people want to help her, they are also being intellectually dubious by not going into the provisions of our law critically.

“So, if she says she has become a citizen of Nigerian, at what point did she become a Nigerian citizen, and what was the process she went through to become a
Nigerian citizen. This is a germane question she needs to be asked.

Mr Adoke also said he would have filed forgery-related charges against Mrs Adeosun, over her National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate scandal if he was in office as the chief law officer.

Mr Adoke told PREMIUM TIMES that the recent judgment obtained by Mrs Adeosun did not clear her of the NYSC certificate forgery scandal that saw to her exit from office in September 2018.

Mrs Adeosun claimed to have been vindicated after the Federal High Court in Abuja delivered a judgement on her non-participation in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme.

The court ruled in the judgement delivered on July 7, 2021 that Mrs Adeosun could not have participated in the scheme due to her forfeited citizenship at the time of her graduation from a United Kingdom
university in 1989.

It added that the Nigerian constitution, under which she regained her citizenship in 1999, did not require a person to possess the NYSC certificate to be
appointed a minister.

The judgment cleared Mrs Adeosun of liability for not participating mandatory national youth service, but not for her submission of a forged exemption
certificate, which she presented for her ministerial appointment in 2015, Mr Adoke said.

The ex-AGF said the issue was not about her eligibility to participate in the NYSC scheme, but about an alleged forgery which she owned up to in her letter of resignation.

“By her own admission, in her letter of resignation, she did admit that unknown to her that the letter of exemption given to her or procured for her was later discovered to be forged. And I think that settles the matter.

“Having taken ownership and having presented that document as part of her credentials, I think she has admitted to forgery. And I do not think the issue is
whether or not the constitution requires that, to be appointed as a minister, you need whether NYSC certificate. The issue is forgery simpliciter,” Mr Adoke said.

Mr Adoke maintained that the issue of Mrs
Adeosun’s eligibility to participate in the NYSC scheme “is beside the point”.

“Having submitted and claimed ownership of that document, she has acted in a manner that is injurious to the provisions of the law and run foul of the law,” Mr Adoke said. “If I were the Attorney-General, I would have asked the DPP (Director of
Public Prosecution) to charge her to court.”

Asked if he could have acted to the contrary even if the prevailing political authorities at the time are not in support of her prosecution, Mr Adoke said, “Don’t
forget that there is no time limit to crime.

So, if one political climate is one that favours that she should not be prosecuted, another climate can reopen the matter.”

Background
A PREMIUM TIMES report in July 2018, had revealed that Mrs Adeosun presented a forged exemption certificate of the NYSC to be appointed minister in 2015.

The report revealed that the former minister, born to Nigerian parents in the United Kingdom, where she also schooled and graduated in 1989 at 22, had skipped the national youth service mandatory for
Nigerian graduates who are under age 30.

In 2011, she presented a forged NYSC certificate purporting to exempt her from the national youth service to the Ogun State House of Assembly to be appointed the commission for finance of the state.

She also presented the forged document to the State Security Service (SSS) and the Nigerian senate to be appointed minister in 2015.

Following PREMIUM TIMES report exposing the scandal in July 2018, the President Muhammadu Buhari administration set up a team to investigate the scandal.

The team, led by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, confirmed the forgery.

This led to Mrs Adeosun’s resignation on September 14, 2014.

She admitted in her resignation letter that the NYSC exemption certificate was forged but claimed she only got to know of it after the PREMIUM TIMES report exposing the scam.

However, almost three years after she resigned from office on September 14, 2018, the Federal High Court in Abuja ruled on July 7 that she needed not to present an NYSC certificate to be appointed minister.

Although the judgement did not review the allegation that she submitted a forged NYSC exemption certificate, Mrs Adeosun said, in her reaction, that the “ruling vindicates me after a very traumatic spell”.

‘She was not persecuted’
The former AGF also faulted the impression being given by Mrs Adeosun that she was being persecuted.

He said, the former finance minister, having admitted to the forgery in her resignation letter, “she should have shown some kind of penitence, rather than coming from the point of view as if she
has been unduly persecuted.”

He added, “The issue of why she was pressured to resign from office has nothing to do with whether or not she met the requirement of being appointed a
minister under the constitution other than that she produced or exhibited a letter of exemption from the NYSC, exempting her from participating on the account of the fact that she was not eligible to
participate.”
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TV/Movies › Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by Parizz: 11:48am On Jul 17, 2021
Beorn:
Finally watched Black Widow yesterday and all I've got to say is, between Capitan Marvel and Black Widow, I don't know which one is worse.


I expected so much from BW because I'm a big fan of Disney plus the massive success of MCU over the years. To say I was disappointed is an understatement. The movie was terrible. Simply put.
Make una take-am easy for the sake of us wey neva watch-am.
Christianity Etc › Re: Pastor E.A Adeboye's Message To TB Joshua's Wife by Parizz: 10:21am On Jul 17, 2021
Hanibbal:
Adeboye has already condemned himself the day he lied that T.B Joshua wanted to kill him. He has already condemned himself the day he said nobody would make heaven if they don't tithe. Even if truly Adeboye sent this letter it is of no use. The person you didn't identify with when he was alive the person you lied against saying he wanted to kill you. The person you criticized when he was alive. Adeboye should pocket his condolence and swallow his hypocrisy. No body is buying that not even his personality cult who chase him and crawl to his feet shouting Daddy G. O.
it's called courtesy.
Christianity Etc › Re: Pastor E.A Adeboye's Message To TB Joshua's Wife by Parizz: 10:17am On Jul 17, 2021
Hanibbal:
Don't mind that hypocrite called Adeboye. I don't believe the letter too.
are you saying the letter was forged

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