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This is not shared to exclude him (Prof. Osibanjo) from the mistakes of this government but there is a limit to what you can do when you don't have power. Even Atiku could do nothing than rant during he and Obasanjo's tenure. No part of the world, not even USA, you hear about the number 2. Some of us can hardly mention the names of the vice president of the top countries in the world. It is as good as an assistant office running errands for the President, nothing more.


Simply put according to our Constitution, a Nigerian Vice President has no definitive power, and besides chairing a few agencies by statute, they are to only perform duties delegated to them by the President. In compliance with Section 145 (1) of the Nigerian Constitution, only in the event of the unavailability of their principal beyond 21 days, do they get to wield palpable constitutional influence as Acting President; this has been the case twice in the Buhari administration, first in June 2016 during the President’s brief medical trip to the United Kingdom, and the second and most crucial in January 2017, with Osinbajo stepping up to lead the charge in both cases.

Professor Yemi Osinbajo assumed the position of Acting President for a second time in January 2017, a period of grave uncertainty over the health condition of President Muhammadu Buhari, who had been out of the country for well over 21 days on health grounds.

His first official function was a meeting with the Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP), Ms. Er-Tharin Cousin on the 27th of January of the year 2017. He was informed of serious food shortage in the Northeast of Nigeria and why he needed to act fast to save hundreds of thousands dying from food starvation.

Immediately, he constituted a team made up of ministers and other cabinet members and ordered that they activated the Bureau of Public Enterprises Emergency Act. Days after, food and other household needs were on their way to the Northeast. Hundreds of Nigerians were saved from starvation.

On the 1st of February, he presided over the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, during which the Presidential Task Force on food security was mandated to reduce price of food items in the country.

But there was politics brewing in the background. The powers that be did not want Justice Walter Onnoghen as Chief Justice of Nigeria despite the fact that he was next in line. The ‘cabal’ and ‘elites’ had stalled his appointment, but all of that changed when Acting President Osinbajo on February 7, 2017, sent Justice Onnoghen’s name to the Senate for confirmation as Chief Justice of Nigeria. This was the first signal that Osinbajo was a man of balls but is he a man of steel?

That he showed, when he did what many Nigerians describe as the unthinkable. He fired the then Director General of the State Security Service, Lawal Musa Daura, for blocking the entrance gate to the National Assembly. This sent a warning to other larger than life public servants who once thought they could do anything and get away with it.

Does that make him a man of steel? Well, if that was not convincing enough, what was convincing was his decision to go to Borno State a day after Boko Haram had bombed Maiduguri, the State capital. Security agencies and intelligence warned him against the visit but Osinbajo was not one to shy away from adversity.

The next day he was in Maiduguri and he went on an on-site assessment of the destruction caused by the terrorists and immediately ordered the reconstruction of the villages. On arriving Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, he ordered all Service Chiefs to relocate to Maiduguri to combat the insurgency and the next day they were there.

What about infrastructure? On February 8, 2017, he chaired the FEC meeting and gave approval of 21 billion naira for the construction of Ilorin -Omu Aran, Kabba road section, in a similar vein on February 15, he approved the award of a 126 billion naira road project spread across Kano, Bauchi, Adamawa, Kwara, Gombe, Enugu and Kaduna States to be constructed with immediate effect.

He did more than infrastructure, he stabilized the economy and brokered a peace deal enjoyed till this day. February 10 to 13 saw Professor Yemi Osinbajo make a rotational visit to the Niger-Delta, in continuation of his interactive engagement with the oil producing communities in the region. The visit started in Yenagoa, the capital city of Bayelsa State.

He then proceeded to Port-Hacourt, Rivers State to meet stakeholders of the oil producing communities. During the meeting, he rolled out the frame work for the clean-up exercise of Ogoniland; this is in response to the report submitted by the United Nations Environmental Programme in 2011, warning about the deplorable condition of the community.

He was not done. Osinbajo brokered peace with Niger Delta militants while also encouraging the region to embrace modular refineries, which Nigeria now has four of today, thanks to his expertise.

On February 16, 2017, Professor Osinbajo presided over the first National Economic Council meeting of the year and directed the Central Bank of Nigeria to review the foreign exchange policy. The meeting also resolved that fresh $250 million be injected into the Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF). The CBN subsequently released about $500 million through the inter-bank market where the 23 banks bought $371 million. Cut the chase, dollar to naira crashed drastically bringing a new lease of life to the economic wellbeing of Nigeria.

On February 17, Professor Osinbajo signed seven crucial bills into law, some of which are the Oaths (Amendment) Act 2017; Defence Space Administration Act 2017, and the Veterinary Surgeons (Amendment) Act 2017.

On an unscheduled visit that changed the fate of many derelict NCAA workers, Osinbajo appeared at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport in Lagos on the 23rd of February as part of the 60 days action plan for business reform in the country.

The visit, which took many airport workers by surprise went viral; during the visit, Professor Osinbajo inspected facilities and interacted with airport officials on the welfare of the workers and the travelers. In less than 24 hours after the visit, the Federal Government announced the sack of 10 directors of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). Three new Directors and General Managers were also appointed for the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN).

But more importantly, this was the genesis of Nigeria’s steady rise on the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business index. Prof. Osinbajo did not only make a case for a friendlier business environment, he ensured that government agencies removed bottlenecks by ensuring that they embrace technology.

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting Osinbajo chaired on February 22, 2017, approved 32 billion naira for the resuscitation and completion of 50 km dual carriage Kaduna eastern bypass highway, the council also approved $39.9 million for the construction of the Cameroon – Nigeria border-line bridge at Ikot – Efiem.

These are only a few of the proactive, hands-on and profoundly progressive actions that accompanied Prof. Osinbajo’s time as Acting President, 51 days that greatly pleased majority of Nigerians, so much so that an August 2018 publication of the BBC labelled him “Nigeria’s favourite leader”.

Conclusively, it will not come as a surprise if many dismiss this as a subjective view of the writer, still I doubt that any unbiased observer needs a diviner to conclude that if provided some more leeway, the Vice President and former Attorney General of Lagos State could move mountains.

Read full at https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vanguardngr.com/2021/03/osinbajo-in-51-days/amp/

Whether you are Obidient or Artikulated or Emilokan, think carefully and choose wisely, we missed out on one, don't let us miss out on another. Vote wisely, the future of the country is in our hands. God will not come down to do the right thing for us because the power to do the right thing is in our capacity. Thanks.

It's not a disease, its who you are and you can't fight that, I was once like you, very very shy and do sweat in front of crowd but I'm not like that anymore though I still sweat in some situations but I don't give it a thought anyway, i speak to anyone and everyone now, any girl of any shape, if you need help, msg me, I can walk you through same process that I followed.

With due respect If i may ask how many times did you sit for wassce,if once,can you tell me you did it yourself without teachers/fellow student help,i know your conscience tells you your answer,maths then were tougher,go and check wassce past question...i rest

southwestngr:
TO APC AGENT OF CHANGE.

MAY YOUR CHILDREN END UP HAVING THE SAME RESULT AS BUHARI WAEC RESULT.

PLEASE SAY AMEN.


IF YOU CAN NOT SAY AMEN, BUHARI IS NOT THE CHANGE WE NEED.

Whether u lyk it or not
Take it or leave it
Na Buhari go win o

Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has said he patronises drinking joints every Friday in order to get close to the ‘common man’ in the state.
The governor said this in Abuja on Thursday while defending the concept of “stomach infrastructure” introduced by his government.
He told journalists that it would be wrong to assume that stomach infrastructure meant only sharing of food and money to the people.
Fayose said, “I also go to beer parlour on Fridays to stay with the common men there. Governance is not church; it is about diverse characters and you must relate with them as such.
“Christmas is coming, why do people go out of their ways to be shopping or doing other things if it is not just to make people merry?
“So, I’m grooming chicken, buying rice, yams, plantain, and the rest of them. I am sure if I give them to families during the festive period, they will be happy. So, stomach infrastructure is a way of life.”
The governor said that most people who committed crime did so because they felt that life was no longer worthy of living for them and that there was no one to tell them that there is life for them.
He said it was because of this that he set up a department for stomach infrastructure and also appointed a special assistant and a personal assistant on it.
“So, my style, without apology, is that stomach infrastructure is a way of life for me, I will relate well with my people to alleviate poverty and hunger,” he added.
He said that the welfare of the people in the society mattered, hence his condemnation of spending N3.3bn on the building of Governor’s House by his predecessor, ex-Governor Kayode Fayemi.
“That is not to condemn or fight anybody but I have another instance, the University of Ado Ekiti has most of its courses yet to be accredited and they needed about N800m to sort out those problems, will the governor be living in affluence when the whole state is in darkness?,” he asked.
On the face-off between him and members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, the governor said he was already discussing with the speaker.
He said he was sure that the leadership of the House was ready to work with him.
He said, “I am an experienced governor and I know the game. Very soon, my House of Assembly will be together, working to keep the ground running; they want to work with me and i want to work with them." http://www.punchng.com/news/i-go-to-beer-parlour-every-friday-fayose/

The Glo CAF Awards
held yesterday night at
the Eko Hotel and Suites
in Victoria Island, Lagos
and it was an event
packed full of surprises.
The first of such
surprises was received
when Yaya Toure
received the award
instead of Mikel Obi
whom many Nigerians
were rooting for.
Next up was the
performance of music
duo, Psquare which
fans say was horrible.
Peter Okoye has
apologized for the
performance but not
before Nigerians
released an onslaught
of emotions on Twitter.

HELP!!!! My
husband’s
manhood is so
small and I am
not getting
enough of it….
What can I do?
After getting married
I thought my s*x
life will change. But
my husband has a
small manhood.
We did not have
s*x when we were
courting because he
wanted us to do it
the right way.
Please I need
advice because I
was sexually active
before we got
married....She needs your advice

Looking at Mikel's performance last year when compared to Yaya Toure in the Nations Cup,Mikel was overhead,can this be that nations cup is nothing when choosing the CAF POTY award? Or is it the number of goals the are using?

All of u wey una dey say mikel,u don see am urself, it will be an insult to African futball if mikel had won base on last year's performance when compared to Yaya Toure

The All
Progressives.Congress
(APC) has advised
President Goodluck
Jonathan to tread
softly on his reported
plan to force the
Governor of the Central
Bank of Nigeria (CBN),
Malam Sanusi Lamido
Sanusi, to resign,
because of the impact
such will have on the
nation’s economy.
In a statement issued
in Lagos on Thursday by
its Interim National
Publicity Secretary,
Alhaji Lai Mohammed,
the party said asking
the CBN Governor to
step down, on the basis
of a mere allegation
that he leaked the
letter he wrote to the
President, over the
unremitted $49.8 billion
oil revenue, does not
bode well for an
economy that is already
on crutches.
It warned that any
move to suspend
Sanusi and use security
forces to prevent him
from entering his office,
as reported by the
media, will even be
worse, because it will
mean that the
President is willing to
circumvent the
provision of the law
that the Governor of
the CBN can only be
removed by two-thirds
of the Senate
membership.
Not only that, APC said,
suspending Sanusi will
be a replay of the
damage that President
Jonathan did to the
judiciary when he
suspended Salami until
his retirement, and he
could easily re-enact
such scenario if, for
example, he feels that
the INEC Chairman has
offended him.
”Our worry here is that
the President should
not destroy our
institutions before he
leaves office,” the
party said.

The All
Progressives.Congress
(APC) has advised
President Goodluck
Jonathan to tread
softly on his reported
plan to force the
Governor of the Central
Bank of Nigeria (CBN),
Malam Sanusi Lamido
Sanusi, to resign,
because of the impact
such will have on the
nation’s economy.
In a statement issued
in Lagos on Thursday by
its Interim National
Publicity Secretary,
Alhaji Lai Mohammed,
the party said asking
the CBN Governor to
step down, on the basis
of a mere allegation
that he leaked the
letter he wrote to the
President, over the
unremitted $49.8 billion
oil revenue, does not
bode well for an
economy that is already
on crutches.
It warned that any
move to suspend
Sanusi and use security
forces to prevent him
from entering his office,
as reported by the
media, will even be
worse, because it will
mean that the
President is willing to
circumvent the
provision of the law
that the Governor of
the CBN can only be
removed by two-thirds
of the Senate
membership.
Not only that, APC said,
suspending Sanusi will
be a replay of the
damage that President
Jonathan did to the
judiciary when he
suspended Salami until
his retirement, and he
could easily re-enact
such scenario if, for
example, he feels that
the INEC Chairman has
offended him.
”Our worry here is that
the President should
not destroy our
institutions before he
leaves office,” the
party said.

Revolva: can u imagine i post this in the right section yesterday a it never made the front page an someone else just post this in the wrong page ...business section it made the front page...nairaland

https://www.nairaland.com/1585294/oil-tanker-spillage-expoldes-burns

oga no vex

martha: You post lacks center alignment

Noted

Gunmen have attacked
a mosque in the
northern Nigerian state
of Kano, killing three
worshippers and
wounding 12 others,
police say.
The attackers sprayed
bullets into the mosque
in the home village of
Kano governor Rabiu
Musa Kwankwaso. His
elderly father was in
the mosque, but
escaped unhurt,
witnesses said.
No group has said it
carried out the raid.
Islamist group Boko
Haram has also staged
several attacks in Kano,
and elsewhere in
northern Nigeria. The
run-up to elections in oil-
rich Nigeria is often
marred by violence
between rival political
groups.
Mr. Kwankwaso was
among five influential
governors who
defected from
President Goodluck
Jonathan's People's
Democratic Party (PDP)
to the opposition All
Progressives Congress
(APC) in November.
Heshimu Suleiman, one
of the governor's
supporters, said the
attack was politically
motivated to punish Mr
Kwankwaso for
defecting, reports the
AP news agency.
The PDP has not yet
commented on the
allegation.
In December, Nigeria's
ex-President Olusegun
Obasanjo said it would
be "morally flawed" for
Mr. Jonathan to seek re-
election next year. He
said Mr. Jonathan had
failed to tackle Nigeria's
many problems,
including corruption and
an insurgency led by the
militant Islamist group
Boko Haram.
Mr. Jonathan defended
his record in
government, but has
not yet declared his candidature.

The ‘Social Media’
People’s parliament has
won another milestone.
Jude ‘engees’ Okoye
who we earlier reported
fans had blasted for
posting pictures of
firearms on his
Instagram page has
apologised for his
conduct and taken
down the photo.
Jude Okoye tweeted
His apology comes
barely three days after
comedian Basket Mouth
was also forced to
make his own
statements after a
joke gone sour on rape.
Jude had on Tuesday
uploaded pictures of his
pistols and bullets
enraging a lot of people
on social media who had
demanded he took it
down.

https://dvsl3w2q45hb8.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Apapa-Tanker-fire.jpg

No fewer than 10 people were roasted as a tanker laden with petrol went up in flames yesterday at Berger Suya junction, Apapa, Lagos.

Also, several buildings, eight vehicles, and over 200 locked-up shops including a commercial bank in the area were razed.

The fire which started at about 10:30pm on Tuesday and raged till 3:00am yesterday was said to have been caused by a tanker laden with 33,000 liters of petrol which lost control as it was about to negotiate a sharp bend and exploded close to Suya spots in the area.

Several passengers in two commercial buses, by-standers, two Hausa suya vendors including the driver of the truck and the conductor were burnt beyond recognition as rescue workers were seen picking bones of parts of human beings into body bag.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/01/10-burnt-death-lagos-tanker-fire/

1. No be everybody
wey
fall for church get
demon inside, some
are
just sleepy that's
all. 2. U acepted HIS
engagement Ring 5yrs
ago & till now no
wedding
date. My Dear u
are not 'Lord of D
Rings'
Return his Ring & move
on or are u a
learner?
3. You don't need to
always shout to be
known!!
EVEN without
advert!! GaRRI STILL
sELL pass indomie.
4. Supporting arsenal
and
super eagles will
kill you faster than
bullet.
5. You have slept with
over 10 girls without
protection yet you go
to the barbers shop
with
your personal
clipper. What are you
preventing?
6. Arsenal tactic: pass,
pass, pass, pass,
pass,
pass, pass, pass, lose
the
ball, goal kick. Pass,
pass,
pass, shoot
and miss. And repeat.
7. Don't get excited
when a
girl starts
calling
you Boo!! Boo might be
a
short Form for
OloriBooruku..
8. If KUKERE were to
be
nigeria anthem, as
a
student will u miss
assembly? 9. Shout
Out To All The
Guys Dat Borrows
Money Just To
Impress
their Girlfriends,
Just
keep It Up,The Lord Is
Ur Strength.

Guykhena: am still waiting for a pastor to replicate that of Daniel in the Lion's Den

lolz

Exactly

A news organization,
WORLDNETDAILY has
reported the following
unfortunate incident:
“An
evangelist who tried
replicating Jesus’
miracle of walking on
water has
reportedly drowned
off the
western coast of
Africa.
Pastor Franck Kabele,
35,
told his congregation
he
could repeat the
biblical miracle, and he
attempted it
from a beach in
Gabon’s
capital of LibrevilleHe told churchgoers
he’d
had a revelation that if
he
had enough faith, he
could
walk on water like
Jesus,’
an eyewitness told
theGlasgow Daily
Record. ‘He took his
congregation to
the beach saying he
would
walk across the Komo
estuary, which takes
20
minutes by boat. He
walked
into the water, which
soon passed over his
head and he
never came back.’
A researcher at Florida
State University
believes he
has a natural
explanation
for the account of
Jesus’
miraculous walk on
the
surface of water —
ice. Professor of
Oceanography
Doron Nof and the co-
authors of his study
theorize that a rare
combination of optimal
water and
atmospheric
conditions resulted in a
unique, localized
freezing
phenomenon called
‘springs
ice.’This horrible incident,
together with a
“professor’s”
response,
progresses from the
tragically untaught to
the
supremely obtuse.
The Tragedy of
Ignorance“‘Pastor’
Kabele”
obviously was a very
sincere man; but
sincerity
does not nullify
ignorance. I
do not use this term in
a pejorative way. All
of us
are ignorant in some
matters. It’s just that
sometimes one form
of
ignorance can have a
greater consequence
than others. In the
first place it
should be noted that
“revelations” from God
do
not occur today. When
the
Old Testament era
came to
an end in Malachi’s
day, 400 years passed
with no
“revelations” from
God.
This era frequently is
described as “the four
silent centuries.” With
the
coming of a new age,
from
the commencement
of
Jesus’ ministry to the
death of the apostle
John, there
was another relatively
brief period when
supernatural
revelation and
signs were manifest.
When
the New Testament
was completed, and
the apostles
and other people
possessing
miraculous abilities
died, no
further signs were
provided.
Had poor Mr. Kabele
known
his Bible better, he
would
not have attempted
his
“miracle” feat; had he
possessed a
moderate
amount of common
sense, he quickly
would have
discovered he could
not
“walk on water,”
before
the sea finally took
him.

Aje o

I try today o,dancing,At least am among top 10 to comment,am tipping d German side 4 a win over Man Utd.

Ok,point noted

Ok

Hbd Oga Jona

Italy 0 vs Nigeria 2

ednut1: Italy 3 nigeria 1

I disagree

ednut1: Italy 3 nigeria 1

I disagree

Ok

Barça don finish o

Up eaglet,Senior world cup is on d way

,u never finish case with ASUU......Lets wait and see o

Eyaaaah,u'll always be remembered