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riding bikes on the expressway is suicide, nigerians are lazy that's why they can't readthe law and even know the banned routes. and if anyone feels some routes should be allowed, approach the state assembly for an ammendment instead of playing victim . uthor=katunj]I guess reading is one major problem of we nigerian, I still dont understand why u people find it hard to understand simple things, u guys shld try and get a copy of the lagos traffic law and read, it was stipulated in the document that okada must not ply some major highways in the state, get the document (itz all over the web) and u will see the list of the roads okada riders are not allowed to ply, not that it was totally ban from operating in the state. you guys shld try and knw watz in the law b4 posting rubbish jor!! [/quote]

The governor has compensated the families and some here are still complaining What has the federal government done At least it is their police and not the state police

oluface: what will boko haram victim get? Letter from Gej. Rip. Police wether u be police or not u will die. Its just that death will hold somefin

I would have suggested a music video for this but it will only bring more pains to the families, I just hope they repented before giving up the ghost

oyeakd: Brings tears to my eyes.

RIP

are there only Yorubas in Lagos? at least other tribes attempt to claim Lagos too on the basis of population

hollandis: Even if all south -west people disown and fails to vote ACN in the next election Mone state will stubbornly refuse to yield- Lagos ,they are used to bad roads,no security and traffic jam .there is a staggering gap between the rich and the poor in Lagos .Yet the same people will go and vote in ACN .the worst yorubas are the ones in Lagos

with mg dinner money, I buy food for her to take to her younger ones, they had accommodation problem, still she cheated and I left thereafter

reminds me the incidence, nice one from M.I.

leave dem, they will cry foul and claim ignorance very soon

GARRI (x7):
The Lagos State Govt. dey do sensitization now ooo!!!!

Egba girl: are they not fixing the roads? or are you trying to tell me that they havent fixed any roads at all

When they start arresting defaulters, some folks will start crying.....

Ok Na...

They are fixing roads o, I took pictures of festac roads and planned to write against Amuwo LGA, days later the roads are being fixed, including the notorious Festac third gate / Alakija

Just on point, posts like this won't make the homepage cos most of us don't want the truth, living in denial has become a hobby

GARRI (x7):
Nice Article!!!!
Sheer Brilliance....

He called on law enforcement agents to always seek how they could assist road users to comply with traffic rules rather than focusing on arresting of people on flimsy excuses.

this man sabi lastma wella, I hope they listen though

The commissioner enjoined members of the public who were aggrieved by their arrest and penalties imposed on them on account of traffic offences could approach the Office of Public Defender which would defend them free of charge

I guess most people don't even know about this but ignorantly cry foul anytime they are arrested for offences

The solution proffered above is what I've also been advocating, holding the grassroot leaders (LGA chairmen, reps etc) accountable but the people don't know the job of the reps, they just elect them and forget about them. Else how would okada riders decide to riot when they engage their various reprentatives in the federal and state houses or even threaten to recall them if they refuse to listen to them?

This is quite long, but informative. This is by Japhet Omojuwa, even if you dislike him, don't disregard the message in this article as it concerns all Nigerians

Every day, Nigeria’s presidency – excluding the vice president – will have a bazaar-esque table of food and refreshment worth N2,010,000.00 excluding special events. The 2012 budget reserved N951 million for the president’s foreign travels and the president promised to cut on this after the Occupy Nigeria uproar. In keeping to that promise, the president has averaged two travels per month since then but that is nothing compared to the N2.6 billion dedicated to his 2013 foreign travels – N7.1 million for each day of 2013 including weekends. N2.6 billion is the salary of 12,037 Nigerians on the minimum wage working for the whole year.

For a government that says it has transformed our power challenge, one would wonder why they had to budget N72,510,832 to fuel the state house. Aso Rock expects to burn some 1,300 litres of diesel per day based on the pump price. The budget contains more irresponsible allocation of state resources to political office holders, including National Assembly members who get to spend some N150 billion up from not more than N50 billion from the Obasanjo years. It was established in a well-publicized paper how the worth of an average bill passed by the national assembly is N10 billion! Each legislator costs Nigerians over $2 million per year. How can this not be criminal in a supposed representative democracy? This sheer irresponsibility and obvious disregard for the people’s yearnings will continue as long as those who should demand for at least the application of common sense in the governance of Nigeria decide to keep quiet.

The world over you’d hardly find any country that ever survived the domination of a few over many without the rise of a people who are neither at the top of the pyramid nor essentially at its bottom, those who find themselves between both ends of the socio-economic divide. You cannot get to any Promised Land worth the travel without getting to cross bridges as we cannot bank on the miracles of going through water. The bridge of progress and development in any modern nation is the middle class. If a nation stays stagnated or retards in development, check the bridge.

Read tales of the Industrial Revolution, the American Revolution and other mass movements including the several movements across Europe and even more recently with the likes of Rudi Dutschke in Germany and the Arab Spring and you’d find the middle class at the end of it if not at its beginning. This is because this class has the number and the resources to make change happen. Unlike the poor, they have resources to spare for advocacy. The poor live from hand to mouth and are the worst hit in case of any campaign that halts production one way or the other.

That Nigeria needs saving is a foregone conclusion and that there has to be a mass movement that seeks and demands genuine transformational change is a long delayed reality. Easterly, William, 2001 defined a “middle-class consensus” as a situation of relative equality and ethnic homogeneity, he went on to show empirically that such a middle-class consensus facilitates higher levels of income and growth, as well as higher levels of public goods. This may sound counter-intuitive especially considering the fact that the finger of blame for our national woes have always been pointed in the direction of those directly involved with governance but we are at fault for the woes of Nigeria because we are too docile and[b] we have come to accept nonsense from our office holders as the norm[/b].

We are the ones that live in homes with generators that have sworn an oath of war with silence. We don’t care if the roads to our houses are motorable, we just ensure our second tokunbo car is an SUV and we never care to bother about lasting solutions. We create a cocoon around ourselves against the many menaces of our society. We sit at beer parlours and gist about what is wrong with our country without ever really doing anything to be part of change. And now who do we blame for having a president whose policies look more like documents drafted from such beer parlour gatherings? Our government has policies with sounds without meaning, words without power and trillions of naira without value to the people.

Bar may be Sir Ahmadu Bello, every Nigerian leader has been from the middle class or from an even more wretched background. They get to the top by hook, crook, coup or luck and don’t give a damn if the people die or live. They could care less about the people where 2 out of 3 are poor. We can dress all up and go to church giving praises in empty stomachs that may never be filled except we get a chance to attend a church related event after that. We invest in cheap London-America outfits – wash am, press am well, spray perfume and we look good to go. If you are lucky to add a few fats on your cheeks then your money has indeed come. We wallow in poverty and have become so numbed to this abnormality as though we were pigs destined for dirt so would find calm where others find discomfort.

We are progressing and transforming Nigeria. We are progressing on our known path of mediocrity and transforming from a people that though did not have everything, had values and the basic things of life. Where the laws did count, to a country where the lawmakers are the chief lawbreakers, transforming to a land where to steal in a better and more rewarding position you must loot and loot well in your current position. A minister spends over N2 trillion naira on what the people agreed N260 billion should be spent on, she could still go ahead to make the laws that make her even more powerful. Every other presidential broadcast results in protests and every presidential broadcast either makes you angry or sad. You are angry about the fact that the Presidency has become the mascot for national intellectual poverty and sad that a nation, [/b]in all its glory and human resource endowment has been limited to being led by its dross.

[b]Nigeria is what it is because we are who we are…mostly selfish, short-sighted, parochial and a grab-your-own mentality obsessed group of people who make noise when not positioned to steal, who steal when positioned to do greater good. We have hit rock bottom even though the realities of modern day Nigeria make us feel our current office holders will breach even this bottom and take us further down. God forbid! We can forbid it too.

[b]We need to organize ourselves and start right from our local governments. One person takes up the challenge, gets others together and pays the local government chairman a call. You want to know all there is to know about what s/he has been doing with your money. We cannot just live in patience for the day someone from our family will get the chance to steal. As bad as that sounds, it is even more statistically impossible compared to if we ensured our country works for us all at the same time. As for those of us who cannot see beyond a need to divide Nigeria, let me state that Ibori stole Delta people’s money. The people of Oyo state are not looking for the Hausa Governor that stole their money and the people of Edo State are not cursing an Igbo man for the development they seemed to have had a divorce with until the Oshiomhole years. The homogeneity of language is essentially a need for us to see beyond our differences as a group and at least get involved. We must fight to cut down the size of government. This is killing development. Recurrent expenditure has barely changed despite what the statistics intend to tell you. N2.425trillion in 2011, N2.47trillion in 2012 and N2.41 trillion for 2013 is not change. Cut this big government and for every cut, we cut down its failures. We need to reduce its obstructive size for a people driven economy and system. What Nigeria needs is an army of active citizens because activists and CSOs are always going to be limited. What we need is an economy free from cronyism and incessant government control. Are we ready to get involved yet or do we just wait our turn to chop?[/b]

post of the day Alhaji

alj harem: Even if PDP enters, it would be a continuation of this current laws so don't get your hopes high.

I lost a coursemate to okada accident in 2008, it happened on ikorodu road. A bus accidentally killed an okada man on badagry expressway late 2009 because he got into a pothole and lost control. This has to stop, the state govt is trying its best but Nigerians will always do wrong thing for temporary gains. Why destroy BRT buses Is it Fashola or the lawmakers that ride on thoses buses

I was at a conference in Uyo in July, the deputy gov came to deliver a speech and he bragged about the fact that you can drive through uyo without encountering potholes, I Said to a friend, 'bring the vehicular population of Lagos here and watch potholes invade'. Oyo and Kano don't have as much Cars, they don't have as much generators that cause air pollution. Kano is not even as populated as Lagos, 4get what the census said

BabaTony: Please keep akwa ibom out of your discussion, what do you mean by take the population of lagos to akwa ibom and the state will collapse,does oyo state not have population, has the state collapsed, does kano state not have population, has it collapsed. did the population appear overnight, is the state not supposed to grow with the population. Its all about responsible leadership my friend, don't use population as an excuse it should rather be used as an advantage.

these areas should be under Alimosho lga, the biggest in lagos with many lcdas under it and a massive population. Most of these things aren't fashola's fault. The population alone is a burden on the roads

wale1974: I feel u on the sad state of the roads at Iyana Ipaja, Agege and Egbeda Area but the blame needs to go to those local chairman and council members.

some or most of these roads are meant to be fixed by the local governments and most of them are answerable to Tinubu. also the lcda structure is affecting the state. they share the allocation meant for one lga, they need to become full lgas. with the resources at his disposal, fashola is trying, road projects are being completed, other sectors too are working. The population of Lagos is the real problem, take the population of Lagos to akwa Ibom and watch the state collapse, Fashola is trying Agbegbe

reemix123: Is this 16-20 hours per week, per month or per year. Because if you think its per day you are under a delusion or you were not aware when they switched on the generator. Don't fool yourself or tell lies tell the truth where are the road sweepers ? Who is repairing roads ? You probably left your village and came to Lagos thats why you are amazed. If you came from abroad you would understand that we have a big challenge that needs to be fixed

chucky234: Tinubu defeated at his own backyard by Aboki of all people,hmmm interesting.

does wale timubu and bola tinubu sound like the same person?

same here

Shalomé: Eye opening post....Drinking too much Coke iyaf damage my backbone tho

i got pes2012 via torrent, waiting for pes2013

Deblow: Thread owner pls respond to the request to give us a link to download PES2012, FIFA 2012 soccer game and others. Thanks

received the sms today

it is on googleplay

karadjorje: [color=#006600][/color]They have no android version yet?

Sowieee I use pm on my galaxy S chech the android market.

but of course subsidy removal is the only thing they will do, what happens when oil prices increase? If our refineries aren't working yet, government shouldn't remove subsidy.

torhuke: Dat whole post u quoted pointz to d fact d Removal of fuel subsidy/deregulation is d answer..

oh ye supporter of subsidy removal, why did you quote the only part that favours your stand?

citizenisb: http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/nigeria-s-external-reserves-hit-2-year-high/127506/

He noted that the amount in the ECA was $8 billion as at October 3 and had been projected to grow to $10 billion by the end of this year.
Sanusi, who also represented the Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said was that eventually, subsidy on petroleum products would be removed, even though he acknowledged that it was difficult removing 50 per cent of it at the beginning of the year.

According to him, “there have been concerns about the unsustainable subsidy regime and we now have a taskforce and a number of importers are now being investigated for subsidy payments that do not relate to importation of petroleum products.

“In 2011, over N2 trillion was paid as subsidy for importation of petroleum products .This has come to about N888 billion in 2012. Ultimately, this subsidy will have to go. It is difficult to remove, but the government was able to remove 50 per cent this year- it is a major, major achievement, especially for the fact that for a long time no one could remove the subsidy.”

he Nigeria’s external reserves have increased to a two-year high of $41.662 billion as at Tuesday, October 9, this year, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revealed.

The CBN Governor, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, said Thursday at the Nigeria Investment Forum (NIF) in Tokyo, Japan, that the reserves had accreted from $41.510 billion, which it closed on Friday, October 5, representing an increase of $152million within two working days.
The last time the external reserves rose to $41.51 billion was in April 2010.

The NIF was one of the supporting events of the 2012 Annual Meetings of the IMF and the World Bank Group. It offers an opportunity for Nigeria to engage her major development partners and prospective foreign investors, who are desirous of, either initiating or continuing discussions with the country’s senior government officials and business leaders.
Sanusi, who enthused that external reserves were now staying above $40 billion mark for the first time in two years, attributed the build-up to the swelling of excess crude proceed account (ECA) as a result of high oil prices as well as closure of fiscal leakages and stable exchange rate.

He noted that the amount in the ECA was $8 billion as at October 3 and had been projected to grow to $10 billion by the end of this year.
Sanusi, who also represented the Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said was that eventually, subsidy on petroleum products would be removed, even though he acknowledged that it was difficult removing 50 per cent of it at the beginning of the year.

According to him, “there have been concerns about the unsustainable subsidy regime and we now have a taskforce and a number of importers are now being investigated for subsidy payments that do not relate to importation of petroleum products.
“In 2011, over N2 trillion was paid as subsidy for importation of petroleum products .This has come to about N888 billion in 2012. Ultimately, this subsidy will have to go. It is difficult to remove, but the government was able to remove 50 per cent this year- it is a major, major achievement, especially for the fact that for a long time no one could remove the subsidy.”

Sanusi spoke alongside the Minister of Trade and Investment, Mr. Olusegun Aganga; President, Manufacturers’ Association of Nigeria (MAN), Mr. Sam Ohuabunwa; Group Executive Director, Gas and Power, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. David Ige; Minister of State for Power, Mr. Darius Ishaku; Managing Director, Bank of Industry (BOI), Ms Evelyn Oputu; and Director-General, Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Ms Bola Onagoruwa, amongst others.

Aganga told the Japanese investors and others from other countries present at the forum that it was better for them to invest in the Nigerian economy now because doing so another time might be too late.
He said with all the growth indices and benefits inherent in the economy, especially in terms of high returns on investment, there was no better time to invest in the economy than now.

According to him, the days of talking about potentials were gone, Nigeria is an investment destination.
Aganga alluded to the 2012 World Economic Outlook (WEO) launched last Tuesday, which reported that seven of the fastest-growing economies were in sub-Saharan Africa, including Nigeria and the downgrading of the developed countries.
Similarly, he pointed out that investments were currently finding their ways into the economy as a result of the crisis in the Eurozone which has also been predicted by the WEO report to grow at zero per cent in 2013.
Speaking on behalf of the organised private sector (OPS), Ohuabunwa testified that Nigerian manufacturers had never had it so good in a long time.

“I think for the first time, we are seeing the impact of reforms. Some critical areas have been affected. There has been reduction in infrastructure deficit. We are not spending as much money as we used to spend on diesel and if the current situation continues for some time, there will be reduction in the cost of goods produced in the country. “Another area that the organised private sector has suffered is funding and the BOI has been able to provide the needed funding.”

In his contribution, Ige, who represented the Minister of Petroleum, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, spoke about the opportunities for discerning investors in the gas industry.
He said enormous gas reserves of 187 trillion cubit feet abounded in the country with gas current gas wells production of 7.8 billion cubic feet per day (bcf/d).

According to him, 3.2 bcf/d (41 per cent) of production for export as liquefied natural gas (LNG); 2.5bcf/d (32 per cent) for re-injection and other operational usage; 1.2 bcf/d (15 per cent) for gas flaring; and 0.9 bcf/d (12 per cent) for domestic consumption by power and industries.He noted that the gas growth agenda of the government translated to 1.8mm barrel of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) industry, which is potentially within top three in Africa. This, he said, was an unprecedented platform for investment opportunities.

Besides, Ige, while talking about the gas to power initiative, said the Federal Government’s efforts in power were targeted at meeting a projected 3 bcf/d of gas demand by about 37 existing and proposed power plants which have a collective potential to generate about 12 Gigawatts (GW) of electricity by 2015
He disclosed that by the end of this year, government would have added enough gas to support a 30 per cent expansion in power generation capacity compared to the level it was at the beginning of the year.

that's my grief, no one is talking about the billions allocated to maintain the refineries, if subsidy is removed Nigerians will suffer more but Fela already said it, SUFFERING & SMILING

mekaboy: NA CORRUPTION DEY KILL NIGERIA.

I THOUGHT THEY HAVE ALLOCATED SOME BILLIONS OF NAIRA TO REVIVE OUR REFINERIES.

OK MR JONATHAN, COLLECT THE SUBSIDY MONEY FROM OTEDOLLAR AND HIS GROUP, THAT MONEY CAN BE USED TO SUBCIDISE THE PRICE OF FUEL FOR THE NEXT 3YRS.

BY THEN, THE REFINERY WILL BE WORKING AT ITS MAX CAPACITY.

THEN REMOVE THE SUBS AND PEOPLE WILL BUY FUEL AT EVEN A CHEAPER RATR THAN WR IMPORT.

If what I've read on this thread so far represents the minds of Nigerians then I weep for this country. Putting the cart before the horse will never help, plus the president corruption in the presidency itself. There are four refineries, we were told some are working at little capacity, what impact has that given in reduction of subsidy payments. Months ago the petroleum industry was talked about, now no one is talking about it anymore. This bill alone is what will attract investors and protect the oil producing areas, yet majority are blind to these facts and just saying subsidy should be removed because they are buying for 110/120. If subsidy is removed it will shoot up beyond 150 in case of scarcity like this and who bears the brunt The ordinary Nigerians who are suffering from the increase of 65 to 97 naira.

I'm fed up with this country, I don't know what we have done to deserve this.

They divided us on ethnic and religious grounds but they are united in looting up there, only God can judge

people like you will cry foul if the slums and unlicensed street markets (which are illegal by the way) are demolished by the same govt, remember Makoko??

Cyberknight: There is a city called Lagos in Portugal, after which Lagos in Nigeria was named. Question: which city was nominated, Lagos in Portugal, abi Lagos Nigeria? The city of overflowing gutters, uncontrollable agberos and danfo drivers, no public transport, unlicensed street markets, slums and filth? And ACN?

this is sad, lovely track. God knows best

you're obviously anti ACN, no offense

dipo1234: I can tell you categorically that this is a set up by the ACN.Tinubu and his cohort will do anything possible to let the people of ondo believe dat he is the messiah and will come up with propaganda like this. I stay in lagos and I can tell you from experience dat there is no party that can rig election than the ACN. Let me tell you the people of ondo state, the ACN are after the oil in your state and your state will be doomed if you allow them to be in power. We know how we are suffering here in Lagos with multiple taxes and the terror of lastma and their other money sapping establishment, their latest law is that any car dat does not have a lagos plate number will be sized and those cars will be forfeited or you pay thru your nose to get it back. Pls my people FORGET ACN AND VOTE FOR MIMIKO for continuity.

klax: I'm not surprise because this is what ACN know best to do. Demolish and destroy is thier hobby. All they live for is to make people that voted for them feel pains at all time in the name of development madness.

By the time they destroy everything I will see if its ghost that will vote for them or live in that silly city they are clamouring to build.

have you seen the road in question? if not, you might curse the person who built such a narrow road

true, and the road is too narrow for a major road into Ibadan

pek: Visited Ibadan two years ago and I told my colleague that the building will one day be demolished. It is too close to the road and if any expansion work is to be done, it will go. Let's not get sentimental here, but the truth must be told. All he can do now is ask for compensation.

read my earlier post, what if it is for that reason? for the love he has for the wife he might not want to come out open to say she committed adultery

wandeay: no name wey dem no go use for church, 'communion church'
i tire oo, bsides, the bible mentions adultery as the only ground for divorce, am sure he jumped the portion while reading his bible,

i remmmber that incident

berem: if you are living in block of flats then you might not experience robbery attack.festac town has been my hood for close to 30yrs before I moved out 4yrs ago.the first time I witnessed a robbery incident was in october 18,2004 when dare devil armed robbers invaded the popular Bereau De Change at 207 road beside the mosque! No be small thing o! The whole of 22road,512road,207road and 511 road were under seige! I remembered me and my siblings peeping thru the window and we saw the armed robbers inside a white mercedes V boot,some came out thru the door driving with speed after robbing successfully.I thought I was watching a nollywood movie! Festac Town has has its glory I tell ya!

not doubting you but which part of festac? because i stay in festac and dont hear of these robberies

oyb: i live in festac and for the past 6 months there have been escalating home invasions by small boys like the ones being discussed

laptops, blackberries, jewelery

earlier in the year, they would sneak into houses in groups of two

a month or so ago, four of them came to my house - because my compound is very well illuminated, a neighbour saw them poking around, raised the alarm, and they ran away, but they still robbed someone else and got away with handbag and blackberry


a week later, they came back, 8 in number, with matchetes they went through 5 houses before they came to my house , mostly they sneaked in, woke up the occupants, take all the laptops etal, ra-pe the women or debate on it , lock them up

when they came to my house, they came through the balcony upstairs. i woke up to the sound of the thugs breaking the sliding glass door of the balcony.

i came out to confront two thugs , one weilding a machete, the other some sort of gun . the thug with the matchete was shouting what they probably teac them in armed robber school - where is the money

the guy with the matchete first slapped me in the face with the matchete , when he saw i was not willing to cooperate. i then threw the only thingi could at him - the dustbin beside me. he then hit me in the head with the matchete , with blood pouring down the side of my face , i rushed at the two thugs and knocked them off the balcony.

my wifes screams had alerted teh neighbours, and the robbers all eight of them, commenced running up and down the neighbourhood shouting like mad dogs

someone had called the police, and for once they actually showed up, but the robbers still got away

they also matcheted our security guard.

typical to naija police, the next day there was a show of arresting some locals who we were then asked to identify face to face , never mind that people have id ed thieves in the past o have the thieves tell them to their face that nothing will happen

jungle justice is inevitable in a country where the nigerian police are good for nothing and are often in league with armed robbers

the same theives raided another neighbourhood in festac a week or so ago - this time they were 16 in number, but their luck ran out as the neighbourhod abokis were on to them. four of them were caught. the locals almost burnt them alive before they handed them over to the police

violent crime has all sorts of repercussions to the victims - there's the physical trauma - i have a scar on my forehead, i needed several stitches, i cut the my feet running at the robbers and needed stitches there too - i was out of office for over a week ; for the next week everyone jumped at the slightest noise - we all had trouble sleeping, i wake up at odd hours to look outside; ditto for some of my neighbours

these boys did not wear masks, thats how bold they were. the other day i was in an eatery and i saw a boy who looked to be about the height of on of the robbers. the boy was limping. i stared at him for a very very long time. who knows? it could have been one of them.

imagine, one of the thieves who was caught said he was saving money to leave nigeia, which was why he was breaking into peoples houses to rob and r-ape. what nonsense