If they refuse to provide employment opportunities for Nigerians then we should reduce demand for their services. I suggest a twitter boycott for this.

It is saddening so see that all the problems of military rule which were listed are still the problems we face today even after 21 years of consecutive democratic rule.
26 years after this article, Nigeria is still plagued with the same problems.It makes me wonder if we are progressing at all.
conversely, the question on my mind is, are we even operating a democratic system in Nigeria or we are still under military rule shrouded in the guise of democracy?
13 of the 21 years if democracy have been under the leadership of former military dictators who continually rig themselves into power.
Until the vote of every Nigerian is truly counted in free and fair elections, Nigeria will continue to be plagued by this ugly cycle.

I am not making an attempt to Justify the actions of the Deceased CoS, but it high time we call a spade a spade. Before he carried out this action, please which equipments did the ministry of health purchase previously?. Which equipments were they planning to purchase that wasn't approved. All these attempts to tarnish a dead man's image will not take us anywhere rather let's channel our effort towards more productive ventures. Peace

It is a pity that the economic situation of the country has forced alot of young and innocent girls into this unholy trade due to its promise of quick financial gains.
So many of them are forced to become the breadwinner of their family and due to their frequent donations to the family, their parents and elders have turned a blind eye to their indecent venture.
I hope this lockdown period will give those that indulge in this trade, time to reflect on their actions and seek to turn a new leaf.
I would encourage all well wishers, patrons(both active and retired) to offer support to retirees of this trade. Also, government should offer their support in terms of rehabilitation and man/womanpower development so that they don't return to the trade in the future. Shalom

It depends on the terms of your contract, appointment, how long the lockdown would last and the size of your organisation.
I reckon that everyone should be paid for the month but if the lockdown lasts longer, serious discussion have to take place between employees, employers and the government.

This is a clear indication that the lockdown model of tackling Covid-19 wasn't thought through. The economic implication is barely setting in but we are already approaching anarchy.

This is a clear indication that our president has recovered from the coronavirus and developed immunity. Shame on all those who wished him death. Alhamd lilah

why are they arguing? Just follow the directives and quarantine every soul that returned from that trip.
Deep cleaning of the aircraft and all its cargo would be necessary as well so that it doesn't cause an outbreak. Only time would tell if it was necessary to make that trip in the first place.

ASUU indefinite strike has become a yearly event. I think 'no work no pay' should be enforced to discourage unnecessary strike actions.

Are you sure they will release this list today? Nothing in the daily newspaper

SURGEE:

Please speak up and let us know the authenticity off what you are saying?!!
I trust you ain't joking plss!

Just accepting in faith.

DMainMan:

have you been contacted for OSS? Congrats bro

Thanks bro I appreciate.

DMainMan:
It is really not easy to be a OSS Scholar. The list is ready but they still have not contacted the successfuls. Is there a reason behind this?

Let us wait till tomorrow since people here are saying the list will be published September 1st.

check your spam

Ifoski:
shell is so messed up...
To hell with shell...


Thank you for your interest in the Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) Scholarship Award in collaboration with Newcastle University.

 

I regret to inform you that you have not been selected for this Scholarship.

 

Your offer of a place on the MSc Geotechnical Engineering programme is still open to you should you have an alternative source of funding. 
 
Best wishes,

David Lennon
Regional Manager (Sub Saharan Africa)
International Office
Newcastle University

please when did you get this reply.?

I declare and decree that I will receive my success mail today in Jesus Name. Amen

mtn, airtel, etc. take note.

Time Warner Cable has been ordered to pay a woman $229,500 (£150,000) after a judge ruled it had harassed her with automated calls.
Texas resident Araceli King received 153 computer-controlled "robocalls", which continued after she had asked the company to stop.
US district judge Alvin Hellerstein said Time Warner Cable had acted in a "particularly egregious" manner.
The company said it would review the ruling before deciding how to proceed.
Making unwanted automated calls is illegal in the US, and companies breaking the rules can face a fine of $1,500 for each call.
Mr Hellerstein said he had tripled the penalty for Time Warner because it had made 74 calls to Ms King after she had registered her complaint.
The judge said any company that "robodials the same person hundreds of times over many months without pausing to wonder why it cannot reach him" could not complain about the higher fine.
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-33442795

why should he go and visit them, why can't they come and vist/congratulate him in nigeria?

looks like five naira notes and very soon it might be worth the same. I pray this doesn't happen though.

GEJman:



make sure you dont gatecrash at Airforce secondary school ikeja because if you are caught you will be handed over to the Airforce for proper mending

lol. That's if they catch me.

Kbabie:
If you were not shortlisted, why do you want to go and embarrass yourself? PCL is pretty organised, there's a barcode for every invite. So if you were not invited, just await another opportunity. My opinion though.

I strongly believe I was shortlisted but due to some error in their system I have not received my invite.
At first I thought they wanted to administer the test in batches but the way things are looking right now, I am begining to doubt that theory.

I am thinking of gatecrashing the NNPC aptitude test scheduled for tomorrow. I submitted my application in 2012 and got a mail to update/upload documents in 2013, which I did.
Now, one day to the aptitude test and I am yet to receive my invite mail/sms when everyone I applied together with have received theirs.
Has anyone out there sucessfully gatecrashed an aptitude test to get a job? If yes, how did you do it?

Chai!! all these artists. There is Condom oh!

To all of you that are trying to corrupt my future wife and baby mamas may the Almighty God arrest your Joy sticks. Amen

They are obviously speaking in TONGUES . AYAL

I guess this is a joke

most ladies are only interested in a guy when they find out he is in a relationship.

Black people are bleaching to become white while white people are tanning to become black. Just be yourself!!!!

Throughout this year I have been having this dream where I find myself in a place that looks like a big hotel. In that place I see alot of people both the people I know and can recognise, like friends and distant relations and also people I don't recognise. I get introduced to new people and we have serious conversations in the dream.when I wake up I forget what happens in the dream.
Things like this don't usually bother me but since this dream is recurring, I think it's time to start asking questions.

mission ABORTED, TEST initiated. #Big lie

who wants an iphone5?

Four presiding officers of the National Assembly have rejected official houses being built for them by the Federal Capital
Territory Administration (FCTA).
Senate President David Mark, House of Representatives Speaker Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, Deputy Senate President Ike
Ekweremadu and Deputy Speaker Emeka Ihedioha have cited insecurity and delay in the provision of infrastructure as the
reasons for their action.
FCT Minister Bala Mohammed, who gave the hint at the weekend, disclosed that the authorities had consequently discontinued
the construction of the N3 billion official houses by the construction giant, Julius Berger, at the Maitama Extension (renamed
Goodlock Jonathan District) located behind the Lungi Military Barracks in the city centre.
The FCTA last year proposed to spend N1.5 billion on construction of the new official houses for the National Assembly’s
presiding officers as well as another N1 billion for completion of the official residence of the vice president.
During the 2012 budget defence session before the House of Representatives Committee on FCT, Mohammed said the total cost
of the project was N3.044 billion.
He said while N324 million was appropriated in 2011 for the new residences, only N146 million had been expended, leaving a
balance of N178 million. He explained that for 2012, N1.5 billion would be required for the project.
Mohammed said that the National Assembly’s presiding officers that would benefit from the new residences were the Senate
President and his deputy as well as the Speaker of the House and his deputy.
For the vice president’s residence, the minister said N2.452 billion was required to complete the project, which was already 66.
8 per cent completed last year.
Citing insecurity at their Apo Legislative Quarters in Abuja, the minister in February 2011 told the parliament during a budget
defence that four principal officers of the National Assembly would benefit from a new set of residential accommodation being
planned by the FCTA at the Maitama Extension Area in Abuja.
His word: “The National Assembly is the highest democratic body we have apart from the Presidency. And the National
Assembly complex at Apo has been sold out to the public. The place is being inhabited by all sorts of people.
“Leaving them there will expose them to the vagaries of the society. And anybody can be a principal officer; so whoever is there
and you leave him there, you are not being fair to him.”
On why the government was embarking on the multi-billion naira project when the principal officers were already
accommodated at the Apo Legislative Quarters in Abuja, the minister had told the Sixth Assembly FCT Committee that the
decision was predicated on the insecurity in Abuja and some parts of the country.
“Our decision is taken out of a sheer sense of responsibility. But with responsibility comes the issue of security, the issue of the
latitude and leverage which officers holding certain offices must have.
“The National Assembly is the highest democratic body we have apart from the Presidency. And the National Assembly
complex has been sold out to the public. The place is being inhabited by all sorts of people.
“We were there on inspection and so we cannot guarantee the safety and security of principal officers of the National Assembly
who take decisions on very serious and sometimes critical issues that may impinge on the sensibilities, perception and feelings
of others. We must, as a government, protect the principal officers of the National Assembly.
“Leaving them there will expose them to the vagaries of the society. And anybody can be a principal officer; so whoever is there
and you leave him there, you are not being fair to him.
“That is why government decided that as a second tier of government, we will go to an area which is secure and safe for our
principal officers to live”, the minister had said.
But fielding questions last weekend on the progress made so far on the project, the minister, represented by the FCDA Director
of Public Building, Bernard Lot, said work had already begun on the project before the recent rejection of the area by the
principal officers.
“You will recall that we had started that project, and there is a contractor carrying out the road work. You can actually access
the place because the contractor has actually commenced work and has also done reasonably well on that.
“But that too was affected by budgetary provisions. You know government has dwindling resources, but there is an issue there
because development is not taking place fast in that area.
“And so the principal officers of the National Assembly have said that they don’t want that place because of the current
security situation in the country.
“Though it is behind the army barracks, we cannot isolate them there, and government in its own wisdom has said that since
they don’t want it, the authorities have decided to convert the buildings to guest houses and scale down the initial cost of the
project.
“That is what we are doing now. We are scaling down the cost of the project to serve as guest houses to the principal officers of
the National Assembly.
“As for their new residences, you are all aware that we have already cleared a new site located in the Three Arms Zone in the
Central Area. The President has already given his anticipatory approval and the contractor has been asked to commence work
on the project,” he said.
On the vice president’s residence, the minister explained that paucity of funds in the 2012 budget was responsible for the delay
in the completion of the project.
“For a whole year (2012), there was no budget for that project but under 2013, we had an appropriation and the contractor is
working.
“We had a cause to seek a variation on the contract to implement the second phase of the project. But it was stood down on
the grounds that no project will have a variation above 15 per cent.
“So, we are having an implementation strategy to ensure that we complete that project on time, including the very essential
aspects of the work, including the holding, gatehouse, bedroom, storage, among others.
“The contract is ongoing and we are going to complete the contract while we leave the issue of furnishing. The issue of
furnishing is part of the phase two of the project such as the banquet hall, guest houses, and some security installations which
are very vital for the vice president to live in because of the current security situation in the FCT,” he said.
http://ireporterstv.co/senate-president-speaker-others-reject-n3-billion-official-houses/