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It only took a strong worded statement from Governor Fashola for the PHCN to increase power supply to Lagos. There has been over 100% improvement in power in supply in Festac in the past 24 hr. Who else has noticed this??

tical:
Datz watz up!!! I wil be there live and direct!!!!!!!

Oshi Oda

It's fify!!!!

Genuflect:
Haha You wish

And it came true

Mobinga:


Thank God for Peeps like Nas, making sure hiphop survives. Unlike Eldee, addicted to wack mainstream cats like MI, Drake, Wiz Khalifa e.t.c killing music more and more.

But you just said on twitter that you unfollowed them, or did I get you wrong?

Genuflect:
Aruzebor reporting live from the streetz. Oga mi, how far?Mehn, fukkk you jor

hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha , e pain am

tical:
Actually the song originally belongs to A1, he only allowed Mode9 to shine wiv it since mode needed a hit so badly

ode!!!!!!!!! , wan start again abi


It's Fify!!!!!!!!

semid4lyfe:
Where is Genuflect aka Razor Blee G too?

That one?? E don turn mumu for twitter

It's Fify!!!!!!!!!!

True talk Java, always on point,
It's Fify!!!!!!!!!!

Source : http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/politics/2011/feb/04/politics-02-04-2011-001.htm

After big mouthed Babatunde Gbadamosi lost the primaries, below is an interview by their flag bearer who is a "boy" of Chief Olabode George, Papa Deceive Pikin




Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial flag bearer for Lagos State, Chief Ade Dosumu has bosted that he would defeat Governor, Babatunde Fashola of Action Congress of Nigeria(ACN) in the April elections.

Dosumu in an interview with Daily Sun at his office in Apapa recently claimed that his strength is in the unity of his party in the state recently.
Speaking on his strategies to defeat an incumbent governor, he stated that his plans are to sensitise the grassroots who know that the government of Fashola is elitists and not for the poor masses.

He stated that a recent study conducted showed that 70 per cent of the population in the state live in the hinterland such as Egbeda, Ifako-Ijaiye, Badagry among others. “So you look at the population of those who live in those areas, compare it to the level of attention given to those areas by the state government, it is not commensurate. We hear so much about money disbursed and infrastructure commissioned, but they do not get to the hinterlands. We only hear of development in the elite areas of the state.”

He said the party intends to address the issues of development from the perspective of need analysis. He said if voted in, he would be looking at the areas that are densely-populated, because government by his own training is for the majority, arguing that many Nigerians do not have the needed orientation for running government which is different from running business. In business you can afford to pitch your tent with the minority, if they provide the needed satisfaction and profit.

But in governance, it is not about profit but about the ability of the government to come up with policies and programme that will impact positively on the welfare of the majority. He spoke to CHRISTOPHER ORJI

Good governance
Government can only assess itself on whether it has succeeded by looking at how many citizens have benefitted from the policies and programmes of the government. It is not the cause of the minority and it is not the cause of the few elites. The elites are in the position to take good care of themselves in terms of social amenities. But the minority are those that are at the receiving end of failed policies and programmes of the state government. I believe that it is time for the government to begin to address the needs of the general populace.

That is why people like us who have the orientation for running a government cannot sit back and watch the government of the state being run badly. I studied public administration up to doctorate level. This gave me the opportunity to understand the functions of the government to the people. I believe that we need to get to a position in this country where the needs of the general public must count.

That is why I took it upon myself to contest for the gubernatorial post of the state. I have worked within the party to ensure that Nigerians reason along with me in my point of view. I will bring new perspectives into governance where by the fundamental principle of government which is embedded in the philosophy of social contract will matter a lot. The government is all about social contract between the people and the government.

However, a lot of Nigerians get into office without having a good understanding of what social contract is all about. Before we implement any rule we must consult the citizens to seek for their opinion. That is when the government is in action. And that is what is lacking in Lagos. Some people go into government with a profit and loss perspective. That is every fund invested on a project must bring back profit.

Recently, the state government through LSDPC invested huge amount of money on the construction of 4 bed room flats in the state. And each flat is offered for sale at the sum of N51 million. The state government does not have any business constructing houses that cannot be accessed by common citizens. Anyone who has that sum of money can go ahead to erect his own building anywhere in the state. These are issues that should be considered to rate the performance of the present administration.

If government agencies are selling houses at that exorbitant rate, how much do they want the private sector to sell such flat? These are issues that are of great importance to me because of my background. I have been involved in international studies of comparative policies of Nigeria and South Africa. And I have seen how public policy was used to drive development in that country. Public policy addresses the needs of the general public. I have looked at all these, and I have discovered that the country is behind.

It is not good enough for learned people like me to sit back and watch the entire scenario. After my youth service, I had over four friends who had nowhere to sleep. I gave them shelter, but today, they have their own houses. That is what Lagos was known for in the past. And we will ensure that Lagos regain its past glory.

A match to the governor
I do not like to join issues with anybody. My antecedents are there. I have worked for 24 years in the public service. I started from level 8 and rose to level 17. And after that I became the director- general of the apex maritime regulatory agency in Nigeria. I had the responsibility to regulate the entire Nigerian territorial water, which is one third of Nigeria. I do not know what Fashola did before he became the governor of Lagos state. But all I want to say is that for the man who said I am not a match for Fashola, I believe the judgment is left for the public to decide. My profile is in the public domain.

The advantage of PDP
Well, I am not particularly talking about party. I am talking about what I am ready to offer. It is not about the PDP. If I become the governor of Lagos on the platform of PDP, Lagosians should expect better deal from the federal level because we will use our position to ensure that the federal government gives more attention to infrastructure in the state, because we are in the same party.

We will sit with the president and make case for the state. I remember that during Obasanjo administration, he introduced mega city authority to be like Niger Delta Development Commission(NDDC). It was supposed to be addressing federal government infrastructure. However, till today, the project is still lying fallow. The chairman of the authority is Professor Akin Mabogunje. I feel that if I become the governor of Lagos State, a lot more will come to Lagos State in terms of development, infrastructure and others. our focus will be to run government that will deliver social goods.

PDP vs ACN
There is no party that is free from crisis. Crisis is part of politics. The objective behind the formation of any political party is to gain access to power. People who make up a political party are of different interest. And definitely there must be conflicting interest. So you must expect that there must be internal crisis. The only thing that must be considered is to ensure that the overall interest of the party supersedes their interest. There is no party that does not have crisis.

Looking at the huge number of PDP members and the number of seat they occupy in Nigeria, they must be praised. The PDP in Lagos is now like one family. What we have in Lagos State now is a new PDP. Two elections were conducted recently and we won. We will sweep all the available seats in the upcoming election. The PDP in Lagos state is like one big family.

All those aspirants who contested against me at the PDP primaries are still working for the party despite their losts. None of them has decamped. One of them recently donated his website to my campaign. The spirit in the party is collective interest and aspiration of every member is towards a successful campaign and victory at the 2011 polls. If I did not win, that would not have taken me out of the party. I would have continued to work for the party in other for it to achieve it’s set goal.

Fears
I do not have any fear. Looking at the on-going voters registration exercise. I commend the Federal Government for their effort in the last few months in ensuring that the electorate are well informed and educated on their civil responsibility and what to do at the registration units. And also the campaign for one man one vote. Before the exercise commenced I did not see the efficacy of the Direct Data Capturing machine, DDC, until I went to register and my biometric information’s were captured. Then I believed that we are getting there gradually. I believe that this exercise will help to curb the incidence of multiple voting. I believe that a political culture is evolving. A culture that will lead us to a point that we all will not sit back and accept any incorrect result in the upcoming general election.

Scrap Fashola programmes
I was not trained like that. Government is all about continuity. Why we have been having problem on programme is because of lack of continuity. We have our own programme. we want to concentrate on housing. I mean affordable houses. We will introduce a single unit mortgage scheme. This scheme will afford beneficiaries to pay from their salary. It happened during Alh. Lateef Jakande’s administration, where 5475 flats were constructed within four (4) years. We will achieve more than that in Lagos State beginning from 2011 after I am sworn-in as the governor.

I have conducted my research. And during my research I discovered that what people are paying as rent on monthly or yearly bases is enough for them to service a mortgage of N 400, 000. If you have a loan of this amount, you will complete the payment within four (4) years. This is happening in other parts of the world. And for you to have a mortgage that will be affordable to all and sundry, you have to look for cheap fund. The cheapest way to service a mortgage is through pension fund.

Public transportation
It is going to be based on the concept called multi-modal transport system. This system will include rail, road and the water ways. I remember when I was still in service, a research was conducted by an international institution on Nigeria. And the result of the research was that over 60 million Nigerians are on the road daily. What I will do is to work perfectly with the Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC,. I know it is a Federal Government agency.

The relationship will be to work in tandem to ensure that all the rail lines in Lagos state are re-opened. We will also carry out rehabilitation of the rail infrastructure. Ones this is done, the problem of transportation will be subsiding gradually in Lagos state. The roads will be decongested. I discovered that the huge sum of money allocated for the construction and rehabilitation of roads within the state, we have not spend quarter of it on our rail and water transport. In water transportation, there are existing channels.

The channels must be service regularly for easy navigation. In Lagos state, refuse are dumped regularly into the lagoon which hamper the smooth sailing of boats on the state water ways. It is the duty of the state government to ensure that the water ways are clean. The state government must also construct jetties. These jetties serve as terminals for passengers on the water ways. For Lagos to have a better transportation system that can compete with other commercial states all over the world, we must develop an effective transport system in Lagos State.

Education
I spent tangible years in Nigeria’s tertiary institutions acquiring certificates. Also I spent eight ( years lecturing in many Nigerian institutions. I understand Nigerian education system. I attended public institutions all through my academic years. I know how to address the problem of education in Nigeria. During my own administration, none of the institutions in the state will ever go on strike.

The education sector is my constituency. The students are the future of any country and Nigeria is not an exemption. My government will ensure that their development is not hindered. Spending money on adults will not have a huge impact on the state. My administration will ensure that the education system in the state enjoys smooth sail.

Employment
From my manifesto, there is an aspect of it that states how we will create employment for the youths in the state. During my years in NIMASA, I established a programme called Nigeria Fish Rears Development Programme. It is first of its kind in the country. I travelled round the country to sell the idea to the 36 state governors and today 25 Nigerian students from each state attend international accredited maritime university across the globe.
Our idea then was to create a pool of fish rear who will manage the Nigerian vessels. And today 70 per cent of those managing Nigerian vessels are foreigners

To those saying the blood will be on Professor Wole Soyinka, tell when you heard of a Pyrate kill someone. Let's start from there,

@Tosinadeda, seriously I didn't know. I used to know him during the bolajibaok days too, he used to be more troublesome then

brb

It's Fify!!!!!!!!

I heard about her long before Asa but she's still in Germany (I think) and won't be known here until she comes back home


It's Fify!!!!!!!!!!

bjmighty:
****hiss, fart on thread and slam door****

In Tosin omo jesu's voice. Oshi odaa

+ 1

It's Fify!!!!!!!!!!!!!

iz2much:
Hmmm Everything is interesting,
I dey come make i chop first and read again then i will reply

You never chop finish

Make una dey talk, I am listening


It's Fify!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

All I'm gonna say on this is that wiches exist. It's only non Nigerians or Nigerians disconnected from their roots that will claim it's false. She probably was sent to attack the family but probably the family being prayerful were already protected. As someone said earlier, it is NEMESIS

so many views and not one reply, this is unfair!!!!

I had already composed this to send to ofoka, but I felt everyone's advice will be valuable too

"My younger brother has been making beats with his laptop for months, recently he went to the studio to record two of his songs. Apparently he felt he wasn't perfect so decided he was going to go to the studio again to re-record it and also mix it properly.

What I'm not sure of here is, can he also mix with his laptop? If yes how will he go about it?

Can he have an almost near perfect recording with his laptop alone? How will he go about it?

I've already offered to promote him all over the internet but he said he wants to record again and wants to sell his laptop so he can get money to to mix and re-record, the same laptop he uses to make beats!!! "

Pls Advice

Abahjoey:
They need to go solo. point blank

Are you JOEY? One of their Ex-Managers?

Below is his post on his facebook page

"As you all probably know already, the Lagos State PDP Gubernatorial primaries were won by Dr. Ade Dosunmu. I'd like to express my deep gratitude to the BOGON team, our supporters on this page and elsewhere for their unwavering support. The war is still on to rid Lagosians of the shackles of our jailers at Bourdillon. Let's all support Ade Dosunmu for Governor of Lagos State. Our hopes of liberation now lie with him."

Papa Deceive Pikin

After all the noise made by this man, he didn't win even the primaries, Adegboyega Dosunmu who is a Bode George loyalist won instead, Bode George rules Lagos PDP from kirikiri and Gbadamosi has been shouting about Tinubu being the monster at bourdillon, smh.

lord maxi:
@fastmoney
tell em bruv, RM paved the way for hiphop in naija though he's way to far from hiphop heads in naija, the only place i will disagree wiv u is saying that rm
and mod is a fell out, the two re great but[b] lyrically mode9 will bury RM.[/b]

thanks for that little truth, ova n out!!!

You guys should forgive me but all these I never it was Flowshow that turned to 04ka.

He's even on my facebook friends list!!! smh

javalove:
@heavysometin

Rughead is a coward not smart. . .he called for beef, and claimed veg when he got served!!!!!. . .



#Javalove. . .unless otherwise stated. . .!

TICAL must be rugged himself chinaydu. Don't mislead us, the skit was directed at OD not modenine.

Who wore shinny suit on his album cover?? ? OD

Who speaks (or raps) with the nasty H factor  ?? ? OD

Who does not have a Car?? ? OD  _{MY brother saw him leaving Edline records office yesterday trekking}

Who has gone commercial after his first Hardcore album failed?? ? OD



The Skit was addressing a broke rapper who went commercial, MODO is not broke and has not gone commercial

Rugged no fit even try reply Mode9, him wan dead?? ? 

The skit was mainly directed at OD who has gone commercial.

very funny video, repping festac all the way.

Imaging buying bling bling from aboki, okada men and students of 4thavenue primary school too flunting their blings

holla @ ur boi!!!!!

swaggapee:
totally unnecessary and too late, mallam spicy has already took the shine with 1005 naira

Yep, and the video is hot too

tosinaded@:
see as u use questionmark spoil the picture, dem go think say na exclusive pic wey u snap!
oshi oda

omo laff wanna tear my bello ooooooo. him come even decrease the picture quality sef

Me I want Ribadu joooor. Make una sha register sha

A dramatic twist was introduced into the People's Democratic Party (PDP) presidential primaries yesterday as less than 24 hours to the epoch making event, an Enugu High Court granted an interim order restraining the party's national chairman, Okwesilieze Nwodo, from "parading himself as chairman of the party."


However, Mr. Nwodo's counsel, Ilochi Okafor (SAN), immediately filed an objection at the Federal High Court, Abuja. The initial order granted by the presiding judge, Reuben Onuorah, ruled that Mr. Nwodo should stop functioning as chairman and enjoying any benefits from the position, pending the determination of motion on notice for interlocutory injunction.

The suit was filed in June last year shortly after Mr. Nwodo emerged as PDP's chairperson. It was filed by Collins Amalu, a registered member of the party from Ngwo-Uno ward in Enugu State. He claimed that Mr. Nwodo was not a bonafide member of the party due to alleged irregularities in the manner of his return to the party after his bitter exit in 2003.


Acrimonious exit

The argument for sacking him was based on his failure to follow due process in returning to the party.

"At the time he left the PDP and sought to return to the party, he did not re-register as a member of the party and was not issued a membership card in line with the PDP Constitution. This fact was publicly confirmed by Nwodo himself and enquiries made also confirmed that. Based on that, he is not entitled to hold the position, perform any function, or enjoy the benefits from the party," the judgement said.

The PDP had last year welcomed all aggrieved members who had left the party in a huff. Such returnees included former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, who went through a re-registration process in his ward in Adamawa State before been readmitted into the party. Mr. Nwodo, according to the plaintiff, did not undergo this process.

While granting the order, the judge ruled that the defendant should stop "exercising the rights, powers and or function or enjoy the privileges attached to the office of the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, pending the determination of the motion on notice for interlocutory injunction."

The suit was further adjourned to January 31, for hearing.

However, in a preliminary objection against the suit calling for the removal, Mr. Nwodo, through his counsel, who was absent at the sitting in Enugu, argued at the Federal High Court, Abuja, that the appointment of his client was totally an internal affair of the party. He further argued that the court lacked the jurisdiction to entertain the matter, as the plaintiff had abused the court process in the matter. The presiding judge, Daniel Kolawole, adjourned the matter till January 28.

Mr. Nwodo, a former national secretary of the PDP, was appointed as the chairman by the National Executive Committee of the party in June 2010 following the resignation of the then national chairman, Vincent Eze Ogbulafor. Mr. Nwodo left the party in 2003, but returned earlier in 2010 when the party welcomed back all its aggrieved members.


‘Not a sack'

Renowned lawyer, Itse Sagay (SAN), said the order was not a sack, explaining that "someone just filed an exparte motion for him to be regarded as not been duly re-registered into the party and the judge simply affirmed that."

He condemned the judge saying, "it is a very suspicious judgement. It is one of those Enugu rulings that will end up getting the judge fired because the judge acted on hearing of just one side and acted very partisan."

Mr. Sagay wonders why a judge will give such a ruling just hours to the ruling party's presidential primaries.

"He must be a very crooked judge to have given such a judgment filed by some people who just do not want the man involved in the politics in Enugu," he said.

On whether the ruling nullifies past issues moderated by the chairman in the last six months, Mr. Sagay stated that "this will not affect his past. If he chooses to obey the ruling he might just have to step down, as this ruling can prevent him from overseeing the primaries today, and will be restored back. In any case, he might not be bound by the ruling until he is personally served the court rulings."

However, Ike Abonyi, Mr. Nwodo's spokesman, said they have not been served any court paper for now and cannot speak further on the matter.


The initial suit

The counsel to the plaintiff, Justina Offiah ( SAN), said that the plaintiff filed a motion exparte for injunction to restrain Mr. Nwodo from functioning as the party chairman, arguing that his appointment as the party leader violated Section 85 of the Electoral Act of 2006 and the party's constitution. He added that the party's action regarding the appointment of Mr. Nwodo as its national chairman also contravened Sections 221, 222, 223, 224 as well as 225 of the 1999 Constitution. A motion on notice of interlocutory injunction was also filed to that effect.

Ms. Offiah said the court, at the first appearance in December, declined to take the motion exparte motion on notice was served through a publication in Vanguard newspapers. By December 20, the defence counsel, Mr. Okafor, indicated that he required time to file a further reply to the address of the plaintiff's counsel. This was vigorously contested on December 20, 2010 and the ruling adjourned to January 12.


source: 234next.com