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kettykin: I Kind of wonder what happens if eventually a war breaks out between the SE/SS and the NW/NE with Every other Region like the MB and SW being Neutral and the world powers like Britain, France, USA, China, India and Russia becoming Neutral too and the Arab League , North Africans maintaining neutrality.

Debroslink: EVEN IN INJURY, THIS MAN STILL SCORED!!!

Tolexander: ya! That is why am supporting PSG

Tolexander: really?
Don't worry, cos messi will fail to refuse to disappoint you anyway.

Moreover, what are you doing with schinapp? you dey do freedom ni? cos i know the 'oti' to be 'oti awon agba'

dayokanu: Beckham Starting

Sweetlemon: @ Sincere9gerian, from your posts, it's obvious that although you are very aware that Tinubu is perhaps the most powerful force to reckon with in today's Nigerian politics, you desperately wish it weren't true.
Perhaps you wish it was GEJ exuding all that swagg right? Lol!

Jarus: He has one thing you need in politics: street-smartness.

When other SW governors fell for Obj bait in 2003, he saw the handwriting on the wall and was calculative enough to avert his own fall, while others fell.

He is also good at assembling smart guys

He has some elements of fire-for-fire too - which is what is needed to fight off a party like PDP. He never claims to be totally pure. He gives PDP money-for-money, fire-for-fire.

Sincere 9gerian: Tinubu appears "powerful" only in certain people's imagination. He's only enjoying the status of being the ONLY former governor in ACN at the moment. When more former governors emerge and as new generation of ACN governors emerge in ACN, Tinubu's imaginary powers will fade away.

Tolexander: i would have supported barca, but since that is the team you support, then i have to support their opponents.
If barca qualifies, then i you owe me something and if PSG qualifies, i owe you something then!

Tolexander: supporting barca?
Then i think i have to support PSG!

The award was given by City People magazine.
Airtel Nigeria Limited was on Sunday named Nigeria’s telecoms company of the year, 2012 by the celebrity magazine, City People.

The telecoms company was selected for “its consistency in pioneering innovation in the telecoms industry and in recognition of its efforts at building a pan Nigeria 3.75G Internet Network coverage.”
In addition, its newly appointed Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Segun Ogunsanya, was named the CEO of the Year, “for his inspirational leadership and past achievements at leading multinational organizations to attaining business success.”

The honours were bestowed on Airtel in Lagos, “for blazing the trail and for revolutionizing the telecommunications sector in Nigeria with groundbreaking value offerings, innovative services and for covering Nigeria with the widest and largest 3.75G Network.”

In its citation, City People Magazine was happy with Airtel for implementing a robust Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, initiative aimed at uplifting underprivileged children in Nigeria.
The Chief Operating Officer/Executive Director of Airtel Nigeria, Deepak Srivastava, received the award on behalf of Airtel, saying the magazine was creating a highly respected awards’ platforms in honour of outstanding achievements in the Nigerian society.

Mr. Srivastava assured telecoms consumers in Nigeria of Airtel’s commitment to maintaining its position as true innovation pioneers in the Nigerian Telecoms Industry.
“At Airtel, we value our customers and this premium we place on customers has influenced most of our big decisions,” he said.

The Vice President, Corporate Communications & Corporate Social Responsibility of Airtel Nigeria, Emeka Oparah, received the CEO of the Year Award on behalf of the Company’s CEO, Segun Ogunsanya.
He described Mr. Ogunsanya’s leadership style as “transformational and inspiring,” adding that Airtel is committed to empowering exceptional Nigerian talent as evident in the company’s appointment of a Nigerian MD & CEO.

“Airtel is in Nigeria for the long haul and it is committed in empowering highly talented Nigerian professionals as the only major telecoms services provider in Nigeria with a Nigerian CEO and a very high representation of Nigerian professionals at the company’s Executive Committee,” he said.
Mr. Opara said the award not only demonstrates Airtel’s commitment to Nigeria, but also an illustration of the company’s confidence in local professionals.

... The party said the leaders of the ACN, “who are used to syphoning public funds” were clearly frustrated that the PDP SURE-P initiative is yielding results and that Nigerians across the board were benefitting from it.”

17/3/2013

It was accolades galore for Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State by civil servants at the launch of ten 43-seater buses that would be conveying them and students to and fro their offices and schools on daily basis free of charge.

The governor, while speaking at the ceremony held at the State Government Secretariat, Ibadan, pledged that his administration would continue to ensure the welfare of the people and uplift their lives.

He said that the launch of the 10 buses tagged “Ajumose Shuttle’’ was part of his administration’s 100 43-seater buses and another 100 mini-buses meant to ameliorate the transport situation in the state.
According to the governor, who noted that no government had achieved this feat in the history of governance in the state, an injection of the buses into the system would go a long way in bringing succour to the lives of the people of the state.

“As we have said several times in our dialogue with our people, the power we sought, which the Almighty God bestowed unto us through the good people of the state, is the power to do good to our people.
“We thank God that in the last 21 months, we have used the instrumentality of the people’s power to wipe away tears from the faces of our people in discomfort,’’ he said.

Governor Ajimobi, while saying that the Ajumose Shuttle was another effort of his administration in making life more abundant for the people, explained that it was designed to lessen the burdens of the teeming workers in their daily commuting to and fro office.

“We reckon that if we provide free transportation early in the morning for workers and students, as well as providing free transportation for them while leaving office in the evening, we would have significantly lessened their burden of transportation.

“This is the first in the scheme that will ease transportation, not only in Ibadan but also in our other major towns of Oyo, Ogbomoso, Saki and Iseyin. We shall soon introduce other measures that will integrate our public transportation into the on-going urban renewal project,’’ he said.
The governor said that civil servants were very critical in the scheme of things, adding that they were the engine room of whatever development envisaged for the state.

“This is why we are passionate about making life meaningful for the generality of our workers. Call it selfish if you like, a civil servant who is well-catered for and whose existential burdens have been largely taken off by government, will be useful as a tool for the developmental objective of government,’’ he contended.

As a demonstration of love and regard for the civil service, Governor Ajimobi said that his administration had done more for the state workers than any previous administration.
For instance, he recalled that about 13,000 workers had been trained since his administration came on board and that a total of 12, 211 teachers were promoted not too long ago.

Also, he said that his administration ensured the promotion of 1,714 civil servants through the instrumentality of the Civil Service Commission in 2012, aside the breaking of the stagnation of typists in the civil service by getting them trained as
Secretarial Assistants and Data Processing Assistants.
According to him, one of the key areas in which his administration had shown immense love for civil servants is the upward review of housing loans for civil and public servants by 100 percent.

“For the second time in less than two years of our administration, we have paid fully the 13th month salary to workers, while prompt payment of civil servants’ salary has become our policy.

“We are still yearning to do more. We hope and pray that by the time we leave office, we would have made it difficult for any in-coming administration to ever dream of lowering the standard of betterment of the lives of our workers,’’ he said.

The Special Adviser to the Governor on Transport, Mr. Yemi Aderibigbe, in his remarks, described the governor as a leader and welfarist, stating that the buses would cover all the designated routes in Ibadan.
Speaking on behalf of the workers, the Chairman, Joint Negotiating Council in the state, Mr. Nurudeen Arowolo, thanked government for the initiative, adding that civil servants in the state had never seen a worker-friendly government as the Ajimobi administration.

ilugunboy: We for no hear word for Nairaland and Nigeria in general for the next one year!!

They will tell you how only merit got him the job...