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emiye: It takes very hard and stringent folks like LASTMA to make lagos traffic a bit sane.

Many Lagos drivers behave right for fear of LASTMA

There are some interesting coincidences between Spain and Nigeria in respect of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Ibrahim Babangida, Muhamadu Buhari and Sanusi Lamido Sanusi. All these eminent Nigerians are Muslims and Spain used to be a Muslim country.

Pope Francis is a Jesuit, meaning he belongs to the Society of Jesus founded by Ignatius of Loyola. Pope Francis was head of the Jesuits in Argentina. “On the morning of the 15th of August, 1534, in the chapel of church of Saint Peter, at Montmartre, Loyola and his six companions, of whom only one was a priest, met and took upon themselves the solemn vows of their lifelong work.”

Babangida was born August 15, 1941. Babangida was given the Argentinian name Maradona by the Nigerian press.

Pope Francis was born December 17, 1936 and Muhammadu Buhari December 17, 1942. July 31 is known as Saint Ignatius of Loyola Day and Central Bank Governor, tipped as a possible presidential candidate like Buhari, was born on July 31, 1961. The registration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was accepted on July 31, 2013 by INEC.

Ignatius of Loyola was born in Northern Spain in 1491. He was a soldier. Ibrahim Babangida was born in Northern Nigeria in 1941 – also a soldier. 1491 could be said to be a rearrangement of 1941.

Babangida is an ex-General of the Nigerian Armed Forces and Ignatius was a Superior General of the Catholic Church.

Ignatius took up arms for the Duke of Najera, broke his leg and injured another. He was known to limp, had surgery and spent a long time recovering after being taken home by French soldiers .

Babangida fought in the Nigerian Civil war. Sustained a leg injury, known to limp, had surgery and spent a long time recovering in a Hospital in France.

Najera sounds like Nigeria. Najera is associated with the River Najerilla. Nigeria is associated with the River Niger.
Ignatius lived in the Castle of Loyola in Spain. Babangda lives in a Mansion in Minna, Niger State.

July 31 is known as the feast of Saint Ignatius of Loyola. Ignatius of Loyola died July 31, 1556. On July 31, 1991 Babangida declared open the Executive Chamber of the Presidential Villa (where maters of state are deliberated).

Interestingly, Raymond Dokpesi, the director of the then Babangida Presidential Campaign Organisation, is an old Boy of Loyola College Ibadan.

The problem with some Nigerians is their hatred for truth, the naked bitter truth, especially when a Journalist writes against their choice of persons. The cry that is heard and the song sung is that an opponent has paid the Journalist to take their candidates to the cleaners. Others shout to the sky that the Journalist is seeking for ‘cheap popularity’ or is bitter with such persons they report on. How highly lifted is a Journalist who writes only favorable reports and column to propel their persons. It’s a problem; a real big problem. We have a beautiful country but saddled with wicked leaders and some blind followers.

This write up will see many calling this writer names while others will acknowledge the truth in it. What these progressive enemies of the country don’t know is that we are bought by our conscience and not the fattest of cheques. They scream that Chinedu Ekeke seeks popularity by castigating Jonathan, but they don’t realize that you cannot criticize Jonathan policies without criticizing the policy maker. How they lament that Kikiowo Ileowo is a paid agent of anti Jonathan, when he only means to open our eyes and see how our leaders treat ex militants as lords and rewarding them to the detriment of the society. Fejiro Oliver writes for APC, yet he was among the first to query APC as a party in the article titled “scream no eureka for APC birth”.
By the way; we have all the rights to ‘insult’, curse, criticize, chastise and say all manner of words to any elected or appointed leader, after all we employed them and pay them handsomely for the job they were employed to do. It’s therefore not out of place when an employer chose to use hard words on his employee when he derails from the job he’s employed to do. Or didn’t Jonathan and other elected officials submit their CV to us during their campaign and begging us to give them the presidency job?
Now that we have considered them for employment, it’s therefore proper that we begin to access them on their delivery so far. We cannot afford to keep paying money to dullards whose past time is to lie to us frequently, thinking we are all fools. Oh no, we are not! Here we go, as we wait their myopic hurling of insults on this(though they are only 9 percent that do such).
The Minister of Niger Delta, Godsday Orubebe whom I will not call his ecclesiastical ‘elder’ title since he doesn’t merit it, is one personality that should have no reason being among the men and women sitting in the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting and deciding for 160 million Nigerians; but sadly, his fisherman brother has bestowed such a burden on us. What a shame! That a whole nine ministers were sacked and his name was not mentioned still seems like fairy tales to me and millions of Nigerians. For those who think he deserve to be a minister of this country, they seriously need to have a kingdom of their own where corruption reign, and for the doubting Thomas, we present 5 and half reasons why he should be sacked in the next cabinet reshuffle and Delta State electorate to reject him as governorship aspirant.
First, here is a two time chairman of Burutu Local Government who could not deliver the dividends of democracy to his people, but has a minister; spent over N3 billion on building a concrete foreshore wall in his small village, using contractors who are fronting for him, while the money goes into his personal bank accounts. God did not put us on this rich land to be poor. It is bad leadership by President Goodluck and his Orubebe types that makes us poor.
Secondly, this failed man of God whose seat in hell or heaven is guaranteed is known for nepotism, an act which is against the oath of office he took, by building the Skill Acquisition Centre meant for Delta State in his ward. The worse of all is that apart from the main contractors, all other contractors are his family members who front for him to collect millions of Naira.
Thirdly, the Edo State Acquisition Skill Centre awarded to Halgold Nigera Ltd was terminated by Orubebe and awarded to his crony, Messrs TDCI-Sew consortium, against the recommendation of public procurement. This contract was initially awarded to Halgold for N2.7 billion, but re-awarded for three billion, one hundred and fifty million, fifty five thousand, one hundred and six naira and three kobo. This is the kind of minister we are saddled with. In giving the contract to his crony TDCI Sew consortium on June 15th 2012, Orubebe ‘dashed’ it out for N4, 627,222,904 without due process.
Here comes the fourth reason. Orubebe we know do not come from a wealthy background that could have afforded the flamboyant life he currently lives. Here in Nigeria do we have such a man who acquired mansions in choice areas in Abuja built by SETRACO for giving them part of the contract to construct the East-West highway of the Niger Delta region. We are not blind to these facts and documents which were made public by Dino Melaye and his anti corruption group is very much available.
And the fifth reason to kick him out of FEC is this. The Niger Deltans are not daft people as Orubebe wants Mr. President to believe. They are waiting on him to come home and then, they will point to him his greatest failure as a Minister- the East-West road. This will be the albatross of Jonathan for keeping such a man in his cabinet, who has failed to deliver on the East-West road, despite all the billions pumped into it
This is what we mean by the half reason. I do not subscribe to leadership by zoning, since I believe in voting in the best candidate. But if the PDP which Orubebe claims to belong to supports zoning; Orubebe who comes from the Delta South should drop his already lost governorship ambition, since Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan is almost through with the south tenure. Any attempt to force his way using federal might to get the ticket of the party will be a betrayal of the highest order.
For a man who claims to be a man of God and even owns a church in Abuja to be this corrupt goes to show President Jonathan as a man that loves to dine with men of low value and characters. We do not have the right to choose who becomes your minister, but if such men whom you chose will lord over us; then it’s our prerogative to spot the bad eggs for you. Orubebe is one of such rotten egg who you can do away with. Nigeria does not need such men in the helms of affair, and Deltans cannot afford another destructive eight years.
As the 2015 election draws to a close, there is no doubt that Orubebe has stolen enough money to buy the Peoples Democratic Party in the state to see to the realization of his mission, but Deltans will not be deceived any longer. The afflictions of Uduagan on the innocent citizens are enough and they cannot afford to go back to Egypt which Orubebe clearly symbolize.
How did he even get to bear the name Godsday and yet have a heart as evil as a demon that he steals millions without biting an eyelid? For those attending his church; what bible does he open to preach the sermon and when he preach, what bible passages does he sermonize? Truly, the devil quotes scriptures for evil machination that suits his agenda.
Having such a man as a governor is to have a robber guard a bank. The state treasury will surely bleed to death, so much that Deltans will pray for the return of James Ibori to power. Lest I forget; Orubebe was one of those who spear headed the petition that sent Ibori to jail. It really takes a thief to a catch a thief.
The earlier Orubebe drops his gubernatorial aspiration; the best for all Deltans and while I may not like PDP as a party, we will rather vote in an Ibori of PDP than Orubebe of APC. It’s as simple as that. The continous stay of Orubebe in the presidency will always be a reminder to generations unborn that there was a president who had the best chance to change the fortune of his Niger Delta people but screwed it on the altar of nepotism; this surely will be an epitaph for President Goodluck.
For all the petitions written against Orubebe, the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), this failed minister should have been investigated and thrown in jail, but the EFCC probably acting on the order of the pay master have not dusted any of such files to begin investigation on. This failure on the part of the EFCC has given Orubebe the guts to throw his weight around, insulting an elected governor in the person of Amaechi and telling Elder Statesman, Edwin Clark that he played no role in his appointment as a minister. Surely, Orubebe has overfed that he now challenges his ‘chi’ to a wrestling contest.
Oh ye President, know this; there cometh a Pharaoh that knows no Joseph and in his reign, the Orubebe you protect today from investigated may dance the surugede. But for now, Orubebe dream of governing Delta State is a still born that will never see the light of the day. Paying blind obedience to bad leadership is not patriotism but a re-enforcement of corruption and we refuse to be one.
Are we willing to side with those who have greater political ideals to ours for a greater cause? Are we willing to replace bad leadership?

onegig: Check this link.. Might be of help.

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Davo93: I have an issue with Premium News with the way they report their news. They show their political interest in a group and in Amaechi. Why would they report Amaechi as the chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum when we are all aware there is an issue going on there, betterstill why not Amaechi led faction of the Governors forum??

I have no problem with Amaechi or Jang rather with the way Journalism is been portrayed by Premium News. This is the second time i am noticing this with them.

onegig: Focus more on the swift router....

If its blocking some sites on certain systems or operating systems then the problem is with the protocol supported on the router.

Since the system worked fine before the introduction of the swift router. the problem is with the swift router.

I don't think there's any problem with the windows 7 systems or their configurations. maybe the router is old and is not compatible with later versions of windows after xp.

ayobase: The other day someone's mother hope was dashed when trying to make things work out for her son to play for the Super Eagle.

No be age matter cause wahala then!

Most of these guys would love to play, but politics has eaten deep into the the root!

sameolg616: connect the lan cable of the swift router directly to a system and enter the configuration with 192.168.0.1...now check the firewall settings on the router since its the internet source for the server...use a clean system(so that ur troubleshooting my be traced accurately)..try open the sites which the swift is connected only to a laptop directly..if they open then its a policy or setting from the server or the antivirus running on the server(most antivirus come with their own firewall as well)..if it doesn't,then its from either the laptop or swift router

sameolg616: I guess your not an administrator on this said server....there is probably an implemented policy or proxy on the firewall with the server which is supposed to restrict/block some out-bound sites(blog,facebook etc) probably while at work.
all that ip oyinbo u wrote was just the default gateway..it doesn't relate wit ur problem..
the best way to by-pass firewall is through the use of proxies...I wont deliberate so much on this...but here is a tip...
download freegate..(yes the famous freegate)it would hijack the dns and give u a customised server/browser that will by-pass the firewall

searay: Registration venue each state pls?

bloggernaija: Warp way of thinking ?init
Why not ask for Gold plated Cadillac .
Since you expect rather governor to pluck money from nowhere and start performing magic.
You have to balance your expectation with reality.
My own street,the place I grew up was a dirt road for 40 yrs until tinubu tarred it in 2000.
We considered ourselves lucky because major streets were not touched.
This was due to the fact that every resident obeyed planning laws ,built properly and every landlord contributed money( self taxed) to build a solid drainage system for our area in the 80's
The place only flooded once in the early 70's and has not since the drainage system was built,
he later did the other roads as well.
Many major street in Lagos have never seen a single tipper of sand in their history
There are street that are not even big enough for a car.
I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THE FASHOLA GOVERNMENT IS AWARE OF THAT PROBLEM .
BECAUSE THAT IS HOW THEY OPERATE.
IT IS PROBABLY SOMEWHERE LOW ON A LIST OF PROJECT ,IN A SPREADSHEET .
BUT TRY TO BALANCE YOUR EXPECTATIONS WITH REALITY.
LAGOS IS ONLY A RICH ON PAPER AND IN POTENTIAL
LAGOS GETS THE LOWEST ALLOCATION PER HEAD IN THE COUNTRY AND ONLY THROUGH HARDWORK ,HAVE THEY BEEN ABLE TO GENERATE FUNDS TO DO WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO
THOSE WHO PUT THE MOST PRESSURE ON THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE ARE EITHER NEW RESIDENTS OR ECONOMIC REFUGEES FROM OTHER STATES.
THE POPULATION AND PRESSURE ON HER INFRASTRUCTURE ENSURES THAT MONIES REQUIRED FOR THE BENEFIT OF HER INDIGENS AND PRODUCTIVE RESIDENTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE USED TO MANAGE THAT BLOATED POPULATION.

Peinstein: Thanks for the pictures, these roads dont look as bad as OP made it to be.

mbulela: That is a politically biased statement that does not hold water. The truth of the matter is that the resources of the govt is limited and the needs (not just wants) of the state far outstrip it. BRF has taxed the people to the max and their is a limit to wish you can increase IGR yet the money no reach. i will like the electorates to keep highlighting all these bad areas to keep the govt on their toes but to say that political affiliation is the reason why such roads remain undone is simplistic and childish. It is like the alleged ant-igbo agenda in Okota and FESTAC.

publisher: Anyone that doubts the allegaton of intentional marginalization should visit Borno way.
Just 500 meters away from this pictured spot towards Post office area,there's a street called Abeokuta street. It links Murtala Mohammed way to Herbert Macaulay way cutting through Borno way. 'Abeokuta street' was recently reconstructed from scratch-and it wasn't even this bad.
Guess what? A few ACN chieftains live on Abeoukuta street.
Please,just go out there and verify,no need to defend or insult anybody on this thread.

Expensive72: That news must be a handy work of APC & their allies like Sahara reporter [b][/b]

Peinstein: Isnt it better to post the pictures of the road and state what your local needs are exactly, and leave it at that. Using political affiliations as a reason for the non-rehabilitation of your road seems simplistic, going by your logic one will assume any area with bad roads in lagos is a "pdp stronghold", in that case pdp must be topping ACN in "stronghold" numbers because we sure still have a lot of bad roads in lagos. The area I am based in at the moment is a core PDP domain, yet most of the roads in my immediate area were rehabilitated or constructed to taste last year. "Someone said this", "top AD guy said that", "Tinubu said those" are speculations that wouldnt bring required solutions.