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ujukala: It shows he is a force to reckon with. Bravo!

chukwuinya: wow u hav a point there,there is just no difference apart frm the political system.we need to rise against all odds.mehn am tired of all these degrees without really being innovative,what for?oh shit...

Tokotaya: I took it for granted that this was rather very simple for everyone to grasp. I forget we have a few slow pokes in the house. My bad. It's quite unfair to expect everyone on Nairaland to have the same level of IQ. So here's the breakdown: A motorist was unjustly accused of murder/manslaughter. The people rose in her defence and she was vindicated. The state has since pretended as if nothing happened. This thread is to interogate that incident again, with a view to drawing attention to the dangers faced by everyone who drives on Lagos road. If you don't yet drive, there must be members of your family who do. If a charge of murder/manslaughter can be frivorously slammed against a woman, nobody who drives on Lagos roads is safe in the hands of LASTMA. It is our job to ask that something be done to those who cooked that charge. If it is you or your relatives that is slammed with manslaughter tomorrow, will this thread be useful then, Mr Eduson?

dmitroika: The event was almost purely based on sentiments. I beleive the democrats would have a lot to say this week during their convention. I dont see the reason for inviting those two elderly couple whose's son died of cancer because their testimony had nothing to do with what the american people wants from their 'president-to-be. Clint eastwood also proved to be a clown. He insulted the institution of the presidency in a lot of ways when he was having a conversation with the 'imaginary' obama. He portrayed obama as an insultive and delusional fellow. President obama is not insultive, he infact chooses his words very carefully like no other. And as for romney.. Hmm.. He didnt say anything tangible in his speech. His speech was more about personal values and not a better roadpath for the american economy. He simply has no solutions. I wonder how he will stand a debate with the formidable obama. God help him. *although i'm not an obama fan but i think he's got no serious competitor and that would make the whole thing less interesting*

minute: As a wannabe Republican, I was dismayed with Romney's speech at the convention.

There were some rhetorical crumbs to women,immigrants, Cubans and ulra right-wing

evangelicals, it left me scratching my head. The biggie was, a criticism of how

President Obama had almost no business experience when he took office. How many

years of experience does Paul Ryan, the man who would be VP have? Zilch.None?

caseless: Romney is a birther candidate(tlkin of birth place ),a panderer nd a chauvanist. He has no plan dan dat of his party whose main goal is 2 see obama not gettin a 2nd term. Evn dou i dnt like obama 4 suportin same sex mariage, i stil prefer him 2 romney.

sambos994: This is exactly why PDP must go.

Malawian: Just immagine it was the sultan himself, the yoruba supreme leader would have been horizontal.

serty1: i cant simply understand why most of us come here and form sanctimonious.........she did what is wrong driving against traffic.....loads of peeps have done it one time or the other to beat traffic and alll.....what she did is terrible because its against the law.....but do you throw away the baby and the birth water.........well for those clamouring for her execution ...a murder charge and been put up against her and am very sure ..[b]u all will be very happy she is execute[/b]d.......JUSTICE WILL ALWAYS PREVAIL.......i will sound this last note..,,,,,if she is actually guilty of the crime may GOD show her mercy......but if she is innocent and she pays with her blood for injustice ....may this issue nd sometin worse than this befall all you liars and false accusers of her YINKA JOHNSON ...AMEN..AMEN...AMEN

gidig: Here is her side of the report as published by punch newspapers:

Yinka Johnson, the female banker, who was arrested on Friday by the police for allegedly crushing an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority to death while driving against traffic, has said the alleged crime was a frame-up.

The General Manager, LASTMA, Mr. Babatunde Edu, had told SATURDAY PUNCH that Johnson crushed the LASTMA official, Ahmed Balogun, while trying to evade arrest in the Ajah area of the state.

Edu alleged that Johnson ran from the scene of the incident immediately into Ikota Estate, Ajah, where she was later arrested by policemen attached to Area J Command.

However, Johnson told SUNDAY PUNCH that she did not hit the LASTMA official, adding that it was another vehicle that ran over Balogun.

Johnson, who is an employee of Stanbic IBTC, is being detained along with her three-month old baby, Deborah.

Although she admitted to driving against traffic, she said where Balogun was crushed was a few metres away from her vehicle, adding that there were no blood stains on her car.

She said, “I was driving on Lekki-Epe Expressway trying to navigate to the other side of the road when I was accosted by a LASTMA official.

“The path I took was a one-way road but residents of Ikota Estate usually take it because of the ongoing road reconstruction on the alternative road.

“While I was discussing with the LASTMA official, a vehicle crushed another official a few metres away, causing commotion.”

Johnson said she did not run away from the crime scene as it was not far from her home but instead, alighted from her car during the pandemonium and called her husband.

According to her, after the LASTMA officials drove her car way, she went to the police station with her husband to report the incident.

She added that upon getting to the station, she saw her vehicle and learnt that the matter had been reported to the police.

She said, “When I got to the police station, the area commander immediately took over the case and took me to the office of the commissioner of police. I heard the state governor had already told him about the case

“When I narrated my ordeal to the CP, he did not believe my story. He immediately ordered that I should be taken to the SCID.”

A relative of the victim, who craved anonymity, said the police was biased with investigations. He said because the state government was aggrieved, it was trying to punish Johnson even though the real suspect was still at large.

Due to the sensitive nature of the case and the minor involved, Project Alert, a non-governmental organisation and some legal luminaries were also at the SCID on Saturday.

Maintaining her innocence, she decried the situation where her baby was being kept behind the counter with her.

“My baby has been crying because of hunger and I cannot even feed her well here. I still have my stitches from the caesarean operation,” she said.

In an appeal to the state government, Johnson urged the governor to properly investigate the matter and not just rely on what he was told by LASTMA.

She said, “I am the innocent person here, yet I am being made to pay for what I did not do.”

Edu, however, said he maintained his earlier position, adding that Johnson was the alleged killer.

A senior police officer, who craved anonymity, told our correspondent that Johnson would be charged to court on Monday for murder.

vivacious vivi: Thank you very much jare! I personally know Yinka and while I do not condone her actions of driving through one-way traffic, mutual friends have sent pictures to me of her car which was on d point of being towed when the usual lagos touts came across the road to beg the lastma guys ( thinking that she will "settle" them for services rendered). It was at this point that a shuffle ensued and d lastma guy was accidentally knocked down on d road. A speeding danfo crushed him truly. Unfortunately (and quite understandably), her hubby isn't picking my calls. I just pray justice prevails. Yinka is a mother of 3 one of whom happens to be a 2 month old. RIP to d lastma guy, but Yinka did NOT kill him!

gistme24: Why do some retired athletes get a hard on when a younger athlete is close to surpassing their records:
Pele With Messi, now Carl lewis with Bolt..

Can't they just be as gracious as Seb Coe who went out of his way to help Rudisha cement his name as probably the best in the 800M, or Michael Johnson whom many athletes still thank for his impart on their career.

Kobojunkie: LIE 1: You can a thriving healthcare system without 24/7 Power supply. There are hospitals(mostly catering to international workers) in that country that have so far been able to survive in that same Nigeria in all this time. Of course 24/7 electricity will help but you can have a thriving healthcare system in place without electricity.

That is not entirely true. What do you think the country has been running on all this while? teeth juice? Of course those generators that have been running all these years constitute energy and they have worked well so far. The Solar panels that have designed some streets in Lagos have yet to complain. That is energy.


LIE 2: Jobs can exist without 100% power. What do you think those who have been propping up our economy for years have been doing? Scrubbing their bums? Definitely it would be great to have 100% electricity but there is not enough of a reason to focus on just power, especially when you consider cost and how long it would really take to reach even 10% Power need, let alone 100%


Again, not enough of a reason to vote back in a government that seems to be one dimensional. Power does not solve all things. We all know that in our private lives, but it is just that some you are too insincere to consider reality when you try to make your points, whatever they are.

taharqa: Power is actually improving at least I can attest to that. In Benin City for instance, people hardly use generators much as one now expects Power for at least 20hrs a day; and this has generally been the case since the middle of last year except for a period of time early this year when there was a general problem with electricity nationally. While one would still want to be cautiously optimist about this new improved situation cos this has happened before yet we went back to the old 'no light' situation later, it seem there really are NOW signs that perhaps this improvement is for real. There definitely is a better organized and focused Power Ministry that seem to be alive to its work and a Minister who has finally resolved to deal with many of the saboteurs we have in the system. For instance, the reaction to the dip in Power generation and distribution we experienced early this year was followed by the swift sack of the heads of TCN who the Minister accused of sabotage(since then there have been improvements). There also seem to have been improved Distribution and Transmission facilities than we had before such the end-users are getting much better power than the smaller increase in Generation would suggest.
SOURCE: http://www.informationnigeria.org/2012/04/govt-fires-phcn-chiefs-over-outage.html

The really significant thing for me though is that the Power Reform Process seem to been going according to plan this time around and it seem very likely now that we would see the end of the Privatization Process before the end of October. Below is a sketch of some of the steps already taken 1. The passage of d Power Reform Bill some years ago(which laid the legal framework for the actors in the Power Sector) 2. The unbundling of PHCN into 18 holding companies last year. 3. The start of d new investment-leaning Tariff Structure this July(This honestly was the first REAL sign for me that the government was now serious in privatizing the sector). 4. The almost complete conclusion of the termination process of the current 'PHCN' workers prior to their selective re-absorption by the proposed new owners( though there seem to be some problems with the workers' Pensions at the moment). 5. The take-over of the Transmission Company by a well-known international company(MHI) so as to reorganized and manage it before handing it back to the govt(PS: Probably so that there will be less saboteurs in the system going forward, the minister insisted that MHI bring 8 senior staff who will take over the management of the company while current Nigerian management staff act as their assistants for the 3-year period) 6. The close of the submission of d bidding process for sale of d 17 Generation holding companies two weeks ago. 7. And just yesterday, the close of the submission of bids for the Distribution companies, again on schedule.

Just yesterday the govt insisted that the time-line WILL be followed(as they seem to have been doing) and have re-started the important dates again:

"Briefing newsmen at the end of the NCP meeting on Monday, the Director General for Bureau for Public Enterprises (BPE), Ms Bolanle Onagorowa, said that the July 31 deadline for the submission of the bids for the Distribution Company of the PHCN remained sacrosanct as the Council vowed to strictly adhere to its timeline on the exercise...BPE boss also stated that the Council would meet on August 24 to reveal the bidders that passed the technical evaluation for the Generation companies’ bidders. She also disclosed that the Council would meet on September 11 to reveal the list of bidders that passed technical evaluation for the Distribution Companies.
Onagoruwa also stated that the financial bids opening for the Generation companies will be on September 25, while financial bid opening for the Distribution companies will be on October, 8. She also added that the Council would give final approval for the commercial bids for Distribution Companies on October, 22.
SOURCE: http://www.worldstagegroup.com/worldstagenew/index.php?active=news&newscid=5519&catid=26

One can imagine what will happen if this process concludes and Power generation and Distribution is privatized. It is also great that States have finally been granted approvals to distribute the Power it generates directly to its citizens- this is not just great news for states like Rivers, Bayelsa and Akwa Ibom but will hopefully also create some sought of competition amongst other states who would then be 'blackmailed' into generating Power for their own people(either solely or more likely in conjunction with Private Investors).

IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT THIS PROCESS IS SEEN TO ITS LOGICAL CONCLUSION AS THIS MAY BE THE MOST IMPORTANT PROCESS THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT HAVE EVER TAKEN , AND IT IS HAPPENING BEFORE OUR VERY EYES. We should not forget these dates(August24, September 11, September 25, October 8, October 22) and should insist that they are followed through please. This is where we need the Critics the most.

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Kobojunkie: Again, you don't get to tack on the word 'fact' to the end of anything you say. Compared to what we had, it is NO FACT that the situation as improved. If anything, we are lower than where we were in January of 2012. The fact is the numbers do not agree with your claim. We are currently lower on average than we were in , say February 2012, January 2012, in December 2011, in September 2011 (note these are dates I am able to somewhat verify average generation/outs into grid for ).

Kobojunkie: Please stop perpetrating the same old lies thinking you make sense by doing so.

It is great to celebrate that you now have ice in your fridge, and that is good but don't pretend that then means the situation has improved past your building or your small area. For you to enojoy the light you have now, some other Nigerians, living in that same Nigeria, are having to go without.

The strangled power IS YET TO BE RELEASED to the public. The only thing that has happened(notice not future tense) is that PHCN was broken up, earilier in the year, into 18 companies. In fact, the news is that a company in Canada will start working on take over of the transmission arm TODAY, not before today. So there is no way for you to feel the effect BEFORE THE FACT.


Like I said, we need to mature as a people, and a nation to the point where we start to consider the big picture and not think the Nation is all about us and our little world. Power in Nigeria has not improved even though power supply to your area, due to rationing seems to have been increased.

Delafruita: you want the atlanta people to get involved in an issue that has since been concluded and of which their letter states without ambiguity the standing of femi gbaja before them.
femi gbaja is not accused of misdemeanour,a record of a misdemeanour for which punishment has been meted and served is been brought to light because he moved to impeach the retardeen



is bill jefferson clinton the same as william jefferson clinton?
is richard cheney the same person as dick cheney?
is goodluck ebele jonathan the same as goodluck ebele azikiwe jonathan?
people shorten their names all over the world.some do it for election purposes.bukola saraki added abubakar to his name when he wanted to run for president.gbajabiamila is an influential name in lagos and it makes perfect sense to use it in place of gbaja especially for someone going into politics.
as for its legal use,you have to ask INEC if he gave them reason to doubt his identity


if there's any suspicion of dual identity,responsibility lies with INEC and the nigerian police.if they havent made any move,its because he satisfied their curiosity


nobody can impeach a president.only the national assembly can.however,it takes one person to move the motion and this time it was femi gbaja and he is been attacked just to show how desperate jonathan is to be a pharaoh.
femi has revealed what he has revealed.if you need more info,report to the police or efcc


already answered


where is the evidence that he agreed to be sanctioned in exchange for criminal charges?dont make assumptions.he was handed the full punishment for the misdemeanour which is 36months suspension.it might have resulted in criminal charges if he had refused to respond to the summon but he did

Delafruita: 1. if his accusers have reason to believe he has been dishonest,then they should feel free to report to the nigerian police or interpol.it would be foolhardy to expect him to begin to reel out names all in a bid to assuade the venomous appetite of a peedeepee government with nothing better to do

2.is he to supposed to include in his rebuttal the fact that he reported or did not report the matter to the police?

3.there are cases where people just want issues resolved especially when the culprit is someone close to them.going by his rebittal,its apparent the paralegal was someone he placed enormous trust in.its safe to assume its someone he held in high esteem.if i were in his shoes,my priority wont be bringing the person to book,it will simply be clearing my name,taking the punishment and moving forward.

4.same as 3.in addition,people take responsibilities even for actions they have delegated

5.would you care to enlighten us as to how he used 2 names interchangeably?the man has been in the NASS since 2003 and since then has been addressed as gbajabiamila though most still shorten it to gbaja for easier pronunciation.the fact that he had gbaja on his passport isnt strange.or you expect him to burn all his previous documents?

6.mr man,he never changed his name.he simply shortened it which is common in this part of the world.my grandfather's family name is alashonla,when he got to the US,he decided to shorten it to alash.since then all his children either use alashonla or alash.they dont need an official change of name for that.

7.do you realise that INEC also requires a means of identification?do you also realise that the same passport would have been presented as a means of identification?do you also realise that all his previous documents would also be presented to INEC?

8.you cant jump to conclusions because you dont know when the issue was reported and when the letter was mailed

9.it seems you dont understand the chronology of events.he came to nigeria in 2002,won the election into the NASS in 2003,went to georgia in 2007 and was suspended for 36months.as you can see,as at the time he was contesting,there was no "alleged scam".by 2007,there was no "alleged scam" because the issue had been resolved.by 2011,there was no "alleged scam because the issue had been resolved

10.the "allaged scam" was published in a book about the lawmaker's foray into politics.on a rough estimate,such a book might take 1-2 years to write,proofread,edit,publish and launch.he didnt report it last month,it was included in the book right from the day it was written.

11.he is the leader of the opposition which is the same as minority leader.dare i say,he has done a good job,the best minority leader we have had since 1999

BlackBaron: It's one thing to stop a car.
It's another to counter a bomb with a deadly blast radius which includes shrapnels and all.

Maybe in tandem with other devices, it would make for an effective counter measure.

Anyway why is that called a 'Robot'?

rash47: Watched it live too , according to d army chief distributing d device, he says any car that speeds past it will flew high into d sky. Now wat amazes me is d manner those in charge of securing ourlives carryout their duty without any sense of proffesionalism;must they tell d whole world about their invention nd arrogantly displaying d modus operandi of d device in public, maybe one of them bokoboys are around they don't know. Wish them luck sha

dayokanu: 1. The Atlanta legal board have the needed information and in case you need it, you can request from the Atlanta Legal board. Gbaja wont be putting the name of another individual out in public without the paralegals consent or the boards mandate.

2. The board which is an authority already knew about the case and took the necesary action prescribed by law.

3. Ask the Atlanta legal body of what was used to decide the case.

4. His legal practice was fined. And his license with Gbajas name which was the owner was suspended. Just like a hospital can be fined if one of the baby doctors committed an infraction of the professional ethics.

5. There is nothing incriminating about using a shorter version of your long name. I know a family of Olowokandi some members changed their name to Olowo and use it in all docs in the US, while in Nigeria still retain their fathers popular name and identity.

6. No you dont. The name your family choose to call you would never change even if you use something different anywhere else. People knew their family name. His passport is Gbaja, career Gbaja, but for recognition in his constituency he choose the more identifiable Gbajabiamila

7. See above. INEC records because Gbajabiamila is his family name that would win him votes in Lagos.

8. Did you find out when the client forwarded the claims to the Georgia board. If someone stole my money in 2002, and I dont report till 2004, How would they send my lawyer a letter? Ask the Georgia board when they got the complaint and when they wrote to him.

9. He answered to the body that he was answerable to which was the Georgia Board and he went to Atlanta to make representation.

10. He went to Atlanta, served the punishment in a timely manner

11. It means whatever you term it to be

[img]https://www.nairaland.com/attachments/768826_Gbajas-evidence_jpg6a44dd0346325460aba7adc02563216d[/img]

Delafruita: its normal that africans modernise their names for easy pronunciation.my father changed his name afolabi to afo while in the UK.that didnt stop him from using afolabi when he finally relocated to nigeria on a permanent basis.its ridiculous to say a man is a fraud because he shortened his name.
question is did the man flee goergia?NO
did he leave a forwarding address?YES
did he return to georgia when he was informed?YES
did he accept responsibility?YES
was he punished?YES
has he served his punishment?YES
did he face a jury or judge?NO
is he eligible to practise law in georgia?YES
is he a criminal?NO
has he admitted his wrongdoing?YES.he highlighted the incident in a book published last month even before peedeepee decided to start digging
.why are some morons still hellbent on ranting

fuke: Re: SSS Invitation Letter To Pastor Bakare(picture) by Okontami: 10:01am
@ Okotame


Yes, you are right but only for the first paragraph.

The second paragraph is ambiguous.
It will not pass grammar scrutiny or grammar test.

Da infamous: http://dailypost.com.ng/2012/07/23/n230b-oil-scam-ex-head-state-serving-minister-indicted-seek-refuge-aso-rock/

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Sun of god: Eket (Akwa Ibom) – Mr Yakubu Attah, Zonal Commanding Officer of the FRSC Zone 6 Command of the commission said on Monday that the commission had acquired an equipment to check over-speeding by drivers.

Attah, an Assistant Corps Marshal in charge of Zone 6 in Port Harcourt, said in an interview in Eket that the commission was also poised to check over-loading.

Attah disclosed that the commission recently took delivery of hand-held radar guns to monitor motorists who drove beyond speed limits.

”Over-speeding and over-loading are of serious concern to the FRSC.

”Recently, the Corps Marshal and Chief Executive, Mr Osita Chidoka, procured some hand-held radar guns to clamp down on over-speeding drivers.

“So over-speeding will soon be a thing of the past, all we need to do with the new drivers’ licence is to take your number and arrest you on the point of renewing your vehicle papers.

“So you may over-speed but you are not far from us, ” he said.

On the recommendation that the FRSC should be scrapped or merged with the police, Attah said that such calls would not be justified, in view of the strategic nature of the commission on safety of commuters on the nation’s roads.

“It is not justifiable because FRSC has come a long way, FRSC is a household name, above all, the FRSC is the lead agency in terms of road safety administration and management.

“It is not justifiable at all, I am of the view that the government should have a re-think, ” he said.

The Zonal Commanding Officer said that he was committed to boosting the morale of the commission’s officers and men as a way of improving their productivity.

He said that Chidoka appreciated the sacrifices being made by the commission’s officers in discharging their duties. (NAN)

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/07/frsc-acquires-equipment-to-check-over-speeding/

Nwoka: a girl once told me she studied law at rivers state university of science and tech.