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mrborntodoit:
A time will come when Nigerians will regret ever voting out Gej especially the Yorubas .

abeg stop threatening us. Let that time come first. And by God's grace, Nigeria and Nigerians will not regret anything. Anyone praying for regrets in this country will be the one that will regret in life. Election has been won and lost yet slow pokes are still not letting go easily. Smh. Jonathan has moved on. Yorubas have moved on. Wetin be your own bad belle?

It's rather sad that a president who many thought would support the interests of the citizens ended up having his tenure marred with fraternization with the most corrupt and callously wicked sets of people anywhere in the world. Let's hope this or similar set of people do not hijack the general's administration. God help Nigeria

Yesterday, a relative went to the University College Hospital Ibadan for treatment but was asked to go to another hospital because doctors in the tertiary health facility are on strike.

The strike which today (Tuesday) entered its fourth day was embarked upon by members of the Association of Resident Doctors in the hospital.

The President of the Association of Resident Doctors in the hospital, Dr. Lukman Ogunjinmi, said casualisation of medical officers and the refusal of the UCH management to honour a circular issued by the Office of the Head of Service of the Federation on the welfare of doctors were issues at the centre of the strike.

The association has about 600 doctors in the hospital.

He said, “The reasons why we are on strike are clear. What we are against is casualisation and we want skipping to be implemented as directed by the Federal Government in circulars issued by the Head of Service of the Federation and that issued by the Federal Ministry of Health.

“The Federal Government in the circular said a particular grade level should be skipped by all health workers. It has been done for all other health workers while some centres have started doing it for doctors. This is backed up. Here in UCH, it has not been done.”

But the Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Prof. Temitope Alonge, had denied having doctors with casual status in the hospital.

Alonge said that some of the issues raised were internal matters that had been resolved.

He said, “For us, the issue of salaries and wages that are due to workers is not the prerogative of the ministries. It is the prerogative of the National Salary and Wages Commission. So, the issue of employment is resident in the Head of Service.

“In the circular that we have from the National Salary and Wages Commission, there is nothing like skipping for doctors. So, whatever conflict that has arisen, the only body that is empowered to provide an answer is the National Salary Wages Commission. You don’t pay what you don’t have."

Source: http://ibpulse.com/2015/05/doctors-in-uch-embark-on-strike.html

The candidate of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in the April 11 governorship election in Oyo state, Senator Teslim Folarin has conceded defeat in the election.

He announced his decision to concede defeat in Ibadan on Splash FM 105.5.

Teslim Folarin is a former Senate Leader who got the governorship ticket of the PDP ahead of other candidates that included Adebayo Alao-Akala, Seyi Makinde, Ayoade Seun and several others.

He is the first candidate to concede defeat in the race for Agodi Government House.

IBPulse exclusively reported that Folarin was among the underdogs at the governorship elections following his unpopularity among the electorate in Oyo state.

His emergence as the flag bearer of the PDP prompted other contestants to decamp and obtain tickets from other parties. While Akala got the ticket for Labour Party, Makinde emerged the flag bearer of the Social Democratic Party (SDP).

Source: http://ibpulse.com/2015/04/oyo-pdp-governorship-candidate-teslim-folarin-concedes-defeat.html

In response to a thread on Nairaland referring to PushCV’s elite programme as a scheme, the startup as explained why it is asking users to pay to have their CVs rewritten by the company.

In an exclusive interview with Innovation Village, Odunayo Eweniyi, Co-Founder of PushCV, said the company is charging its users that are making use of its premium career services.

She said: “PushCV has 3 parties involved: the labor market, employers and PushCV itself. We provide value to job seekers by building them up and preparing them for employment. We charge them for career services. Employers trust PushCV to find the best fit for their vacancies from our pool of qualified and fully tested candidates.”

According to her, providing these services is the way the company is generating revenues.

She said: “We, as a company, make money from providing these services to job seekers. They are never charged for placement. What we charge for are the premium career services that we provide e,g CV rewriting and creation as well as taking some courses on our learning centre.

“Companies are charged for the provision of these candidates quickly and efficiently.

“In conclusion, we are a business. We make money from building employability; and all of our services are optional. Most of our revenue is from the companies that request for theses premium candidates.”

Source: http://innovation-village.com/why-we-charge-users-to-rewrite-their-cvs-pushcv/

The most visited urban website in the world MediaTakeOut today released the names of the 7 richest black pastors in the world.

Apart from Bishop T. D. Jakes and Creflo Dollars, the rest are Nigerians. The Nigerian ministers of God on the list are Temitope Joshua of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Matthew Ashimolowo who is the founder of Kingsway International Christian Centre (KICC).

Others are Pastor Chris Oyakhilome who is General Overseer of Believers’ Loveworld also known as Christ Embassy and Pastor E. A. Adeboye who needs no introduction and was named by NewsWeek as the Most Powerful Man in Africa and one of the top 50 global power elites in 2008/2009.

The last and highest ranking Nigerian (position number 2) on the list is Bishop David Oyedepo who is the Presiding Bishop of Winners Chapel known as Living Faith Church.

Check out how they rank and what the site wrote about them below.

7. Temitope Joshua: Synagogue Church Of All Nations (SCOAN) has an estimated net worth: $10 million – $15 million. Nigeria’s most controversial clergyman is also one of its richest and most philanthropic. T.B Joshua heads the Synagogue Church of all Nations (SCOAN), a congregation he founded in 1987, which accommodates over 15,000 worshippers on Sundays.

6. Matthew Ashimolowo: Ashimolowo, the owner of Kingsway International Christian Centre (KICC) is estimated to be worth more than $20 million. Having his humble beginnings as a priest in Foursquare Gospel Church, a Nigerian church that sent Ashimolowo to open a satellite branch in London. Pastor Matthew had other ideas and decided to set up his own church instead. Today, his Kingsway International Christian Center is reportedly the largest Pentecostal church in the whole of the United Kingdom.

5. Creflo Dollar: American Bible teacher, pastor, and the founder of World Changers Church International, Creflo Dollar, has an estimated net worth of $27 million. As his name suggests, this preacher’s “manna” comes in form of the green buck.

4. Chris Oyakhilome: This is the man behind Believers’ Loveworld Ministries, a.k.a Christ Embassy.His church has an estimated net worth of $30 million – $50 million last year, the charismatic preacher was at the center of a $35 million money laundering case in which he was accused of siphoning funds from his church to foreign banks.

3. E A Adeboye: This messenger of God was listed in NEWSWEEK as the most powerful man in Africa and one of the top 50 global power elites in 2008/2009, among others such as President Barack Obama and Nicolas Sarkozy. Pastor Adeboye heads the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), something he has done for the last 28years. He has three private jets that he owns personally. Pastor Adeboye is worth an estimated $100 MILLION.

2. Bishop David Oyedepo: Bishop David Oyedepo is a Nigerian Preacher, Christian Author, Founder and Presiding Bishop of Winners Chapel known as Living Faith Church World Wide. Has been hailed as the wealthiest preacher in Nigeria with a total net worth of $150 million and properties like 4 private jets and homes in the United States and England. After the foundation of the Living Faith Outreach Ministry in 1981, it has evolved to be one of the largest congregations in Africa and has a flourishing mission in Nairobi.

1. Bishop T. D Jakes: Bishop Jakes lives in a $1,700,000 mansion, he has been called America’s best preacher and has been featured on the cover of TIME magazine. He is a writer, preacher and movie producer. Thomas Dexter “T. D.” Jakes, Sr. is the bishop/chief pastor of The Potter’s House, a non-denominational American mega church, with 30,000 members, located in Dallas, Texas. T.D Jakes wears custom made suits and sports a diamond ring the size of a coin. This man of God has been endowed with a $150 million net worth.

Source: http://ibpulse.com/2015/03/5-out-of-7-richest-black-pastors-in-the-world-are-nigerians.html

An international rating agency has raised alarm over the state of the Nigerian economy. According to Standard & Poor’s, Nigeria’s economy is in a “clear and present danger,” with a negative sovereign ratings watch of BB minus.

Konrad Reuss regional manager, sub-Saharan Africa, said the factors putting the Nigerian economy in danger include the Boko Haram insurgency and the fall in oil prices. The expert noted that the alarm is being raised due to the importance of oil for government and export revenues, as well as the forthcoming elections.

Reuss explained that Standard & Poor’s rated Nigeria based on its six main categories and found out that Nigeria was weak in three classifications, namely: institutional and governance effectiveness, economic structure and growth, fiscal flexibility and performance.

Speaking while addressing a seminar on Nigeria in Sandton, Johannesburg, he said Nigeria was classified as neutral in external liquidity and international investment position and monetary flexibility, while its only area of strength was in its debt burden.

He said there is weakness in the structure of the economy and not the country’s growth rate, adding that the structural problems were not being offset by the good growth. Despite the uncertainty over the forthcoming elections, Reuss said elections did not automatically deliver bad results, adding that they could deliver good ones.

He said: “Despite these concerns, Nigeria remained in the middle of the sovereign ratings rankings for Africa. Notwithstanding the negative watch, I like Nigeria, it is a diversified economy. It has an interesting private sector.

“Ratings are really about credit-worthiness. If we did downgrade Nigeria, it would have little effect on its borrowing. “It would be more an issue of the country’s image. From a debt perspective, even if there was a downgrade, Nigeria would still look solid.”

Source: http://innovation-village.com/international-rating-agency-raises-alarm-over-state-of-nigerias-economy/

macpetrus:
Let the battle begins!!!!... Am going to put my money on Mama peace!!!!

did u even read the story? Or which battle u dey expect

did i get here late? I'm in Ibadan this Val and would be nice to hang out with a Nairalander for Val...if possible sha

IamOpemipo:
U v been joinin dem for d past months
Wich day u go drop..even if na smippet

Guy u wicked o. See how you finish my guy. Chai

It came to public attention yesterday (Wednesday) that the rejuvenation of the Zoological Garden, University of Ibadan was brought about by a N45 million donation to the zoo by the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye.

The revelation was made at the commissioning ceremony of the zoological garden located with the premises of the University of Ibadan.

The zoo was commissioned by the highly respected clergyman who came to the rescue of the zoological garden that has reportedly been in existence since 1948.

According to the management of the zoo, the facility became deserted about 5 years when certain animals were no longer at the zoo. But with the intervention of the fund provided by Pastor Adeboye, the standard of the zoological garden has been raised to international level and the facility can compete with others in any part of the world.

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Source: http://ibpulse.com/2015/01/pastor-adeboye-donates-n45-million-to-university-of-ibadans-zoo.html

Nigeria’s ruling party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has said President Goodluck Jonathan has transformed the country’s health sector, resulting in better healthcare and a record increase in life expectancy in the country.

National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh in a statement on Sunday said the health sector under President Jonathan has been given a priority place resulting in the formulation and implementation of strategic policies to strengthen the national health system for effective and affordable delivery of health services to Nigerians as contained in the manifesto of the PDP.

The party said the last four years have witnessed an aggressive reorganization of the health ministry and its paratatals as well as rehabilitation and re-equipping of federal medical institutions including all teaching hospitals, transforming them from consulting clinics they were reduced, to comprehensive secondary and referral life saving institutions.

“We recall that President Goodluck Jonathan had in 2010 launched the National Strategic Health Development Plan (2010-2015) which clearly spelt out government’s plans in that very important sector. Four years down the line, the project has been pursued with vigour and unquestionable commitment and the results are palpable.

“Using the Saving One Million Lives Initiatives and National Health Insurance Scheme, it is incontrovertible that in the last four years of Jonathan Presidency, Nigerians have more access to adequate and affordable health care, resulting in a record increase in life expectancy in the nation.

“Indeed, over a million lives have been saved directly under the Saving One Million Lives initiative by scaling up cost-effective interventions in maternal and child health care, nutrition, prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV, malaria control and eradication of polio.

“Today, maternal mortality has dropped by more than 50 percent following the provision of Midwives Service Scheme and the attendant facilities in our hospitals. The Nigerian child now receives free diabetes treatment in all public hospitals across the country also.

“Under the National Strategic Health Development Plan, new technologies in modern medical equipment are now available in most Federal medical institutions, positioning them to handle medical emergencies and disease control. Thus, cases such as kidney, heart and brain ailments as well as cancer are being effectively handled in Nigeria at present.

“After about ten years, open-heart surgery has resumed in Nigerian hospitals. So far, more than 55 of such surgeries have been conducted in our hospitals in 2013 with University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan among others as front runners.

“Microsurgery of the brain is also now being conducted at Federal medical Centre, Umuahia while laparoscopic surgery for fibroid cases has since commenced at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe. Also full laparoscopic services has commenced at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Ile Ife.

“This is in addition to the establishment of Geriatric Units for the elderly in Federal Tertiary Hospitals while renal transplant is now handled in most teaching hospitals across the country.

“Following the reviving of investment in medical research which was neglected in the past, Nigeria has been able to record breakthrough in the management of sickle cell anemia with the University of Benin Teaching Hospital performing an infusion cell into sickle anemia patience in 2012.

“The National Orthopedic Hospitals in Enugu, Kano and Lagos as well as Federal Medical Centre, Yenegoa among others are now performing Total knee and hip replacement thereby giving lifeline to accident victims in the country. Great successes have been recorded with record high number of VVF repairs at the National Obstetric Fistula Centres using state of the art equipment,” the party said.

Source: http://healthnewsng.com/president-goodluck-jonathan-repositioned-nigerias-health-sector-pdp/

kilokeys:
wow

Now the question is, how can i recharge my credit with any of these?

lol idi.ot

Redoil:
all these backward people always doing things in the opposite direction.

i dont understand you

Fire outbreak occurred in the early hours of today at the multi-billion naira Heritage Mall in Ibadan. the fire gutted the multimillion naira cinema at the mall belonging to Filmhouse Cinema.

Onlookers said the fire outbreak started in the early hours of the day which made it very difficult to put under control considering the fact that no one sleeps in the mall and offices don't open until around 10 in the morning.

Since it began operations about 2 years ago, the cinema has been a beehive of activities attracting thousands of movie lovers every week.

Following the success of the cinema, the management decided to open another branch at A new mall that recently opened at Samonda in the heart of the city, very close to the University of Ibadan.

Movie lovers expressed shock at the development, hoping that reconstruction work would be sped up so that movie lovers in Ibadan can begin to watch films at the cinema once again.

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Source: http://ibpulse.com/2015/01/fire-outbreak-at-heritage-mall-guts-filmhouse-cinema-dugbe-ibadan.html

I knew the late prof personally and believe me when I say he was very intelligent but most importantly, he is extremely humble. We called him mobile robbins because he knew the popular Robbins text book from cover to cover. RIP Prof Akang. You came, you saw and you left the stage when the ovation was loudest

F22RAPTOR:
publicity stunt...what next?

let Oga GEJ pose with his students na for publicity stunt to show he was also a good lecturer

Civil servants in Oyo state are yet to receive their November salaries even as some say they are yet to receive their salaries for the month of October.

Some of them that spoke to IBPulse.com in the state government said the delay in the payment of workers’ salaries has become a regular experience among the workforce.

“We heard rumours that they have stated paying for November but so far no one that I know had received alert,” a staff working at the Oyo State Government Secretariat said.

This development is in sharp contrast to the claim of the state government that is paying the salaries of its workers on time. This delay also affects other cadres of workers including primary and secondary school teachers.

With the general elections fast approaching, some workers believe the delay in the salaries may be a way through which the governor’s political party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) is planning to raise funds for the elections.

“They will spend lots of money for the elections, and he may be required to be sending specific sum of money to Tinubu and other stakeholders in the party, this may be the reason why we are yet to get paid,” a civil servant said.

Attempts to reach the chairman of the state chapter of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) were futile however, workers in the state are appealing to the state government to promptly pay their salaries so they could happily celebrate Christmas and New Year with their loved ones.

“People are already anxious and agitating. We have a lot to buy for the festive period and our children are already waiting to know when we buy clothes, shoes and food for them. We are not asking for any favours, we just want our salary, it’s our right because we’ve worked for it,” another civil servant told IBPulse.com in Ibadan.

Source: http://ibpulse.com/2014/12/oyo-state-workers-yet-to-receive-november-salary-some-october.html

HealthNewsNG.com has exclusively gathered that a meeting held today by representatives of the federal government of Nigeria and striking health workers under the umbrella body of JOHESU has ended in stalemate as both parties failed to reach any concrete agreement on the demands of the union.

A statement made available to HealthNewsNG.com revealed no resolutions were reached by JOHESU and government representatives including ministry of health and salaries and wages commission. JOHESU members who were present at the meeting and spoke to HealthNewsNG.com said the government is obviously not serious.

Federal Government reportedly claimed to have gone to 20 Federal Teaching Hospitals, 21 FMCs, 16 Specialist Hospitals and 6 others to determine numbers of staff. They also said the Salary and Wages Commission had done salary computation using the new harmonized salary structure. Hence the need for more time and rescheduling of the meeting to another date and suggestively 22/12/2014.

This ostensibly gave JOHESU no choice than to insist on health workers from all over the country, including those in rural areas, to continue with the strike action.

Speaking at the meeting, the president of the Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria (AMLSN), Alh T. Y. Raheem made it clear that nobody can intimidate members of JOHESU since Nigeria belongs to everyone.

In a statement issued on behalf of JOHESU by Adeyeye Tam, Public Relations Officer of AMLSN, one of the associations under JOHESU, the union enjoined members to be prepared for the battles ahead.

“Members are therefore advised to remain resolute, be prepared for tougher fight because nothing good comes on a platter of gold,” JOHESU said.

Source: http://healthnewsng.com/fg-health-workers-fail-reach-agreement-johesu-strike-continues/

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http://www.alpinedna.com/2014/12/17/press-release-position-of-johesu-on-the-nationwide-strike-in-the-health-sector/

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The official website of Leadership Newspapers, which is one of Nigeria’s foremost newspapers has been hacked. Visitors to the website this evening (Tuesday) saw a banner displayed at the top of the website my the hackers which called themselves Nigerian Cyber Army.

IBPulse.com spoke exclusively to the online editor of Leadership Newspapers, Mr. Ekele Peter Agbo and he confirmed the cyber attack.

“We are aware of the attack and we’ve dealt with it. Whoever did it did so to embarrass us,” he said.

He advised Leadership.ng visitors to refresh the refresh the page to confirm the banner that was placed by the hackers had been removed.

The site is still up as at press time.

Source: http://ibpulse.com/2014/12/leadership-newspapers-suffers-cyber-attack.html

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sholatech:
You probably should blame Sanusi for defending the Naira with our reserves instead of allowing market forces determine exchange rate when oil prices were higher than budget. Now we having a steep decline in Naira value due to Oil price volatility and not enough in reserves

you get point sha

This would not have happened under Sanusi. The president politicised everything including security and economy. This one na one chance presidency. But I get paid in dollars so I guess I shld be happy

Just saw this on Sahara Reporters

An Overland Airways ATR 72 turboprop engine aircraft with 59 passengers on board landed at the Ilorin International airport and veered off the runway hitting the pavement with no injuries to passengers.

The aircraft was performing a flight a flight from Abuja to Ilorin when the incident happened around 5:45PM Nigerian time.
Aviation authorities claimed that all 59 passengers and 4 crew members on board the aircraft were safely evacuated after the incident.

The accident investigation bureau has commenced investigations on the incident according to release from Fan Ndubuoke of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority.

Source: http://saharareporters.com/2014/11/29/overland-aircraft-veer-runway-ilorin-airport

naijababe:
So uncool of Femi to make this public. What about those kids?

I disagree with you. If he had done it quietly, the same wicked woman would run to gossip magazines and blogs to accuse him of not taking care of his children. when such stories appear on Nairaland, many ladies will rain curses on Femi's head. But now that we all know what the woman did, we would understand if he decides to hands off the responsibilities.

We complain a lot about our country with very few things to celebrate. This is a company that was started by young Nigerians, one of them was even a Nairaland addict before they struck gold with Jumia. This should inspire us all to become entrepreneurs and not stand (and die) in stadiums while fighting and lobbying to get low-paying and highly risky government jobs.

Ecommerce platform Jumia has announced it has raised about US$150 million additional funding from its existing shareholders. The company in a statement said the additional fund would be used to strengthen its position as the leading online retailer in Africa.

With the latest announcement, Jumia said its post-money valuation has increased from about US$265 million to over US$554 million.

Commenting on the additional investment, Jeremy Hodara, co-CEO of Africa Internet Group said it shows ecommerce has huge potentials in Africa.

“We are very pleased to have been given this show of confidence, which acknowledges JUMIA’s success. We consider this a recognition of the huge potential of e-commerce in Africa and the strong momentum of JUMIA across the continent,” Hodara said.

Jumia was launched in 2012 in Lagos, Nigeria and following its success, it has expanded to more African countries including Ivory Coast and Egypt.

“For us, the key to success is to build trust. Our customers expect the same quality of service as anywhere else in the world. We have built up our own infrastructure to achieve this high level of service. Now, with these new investments, we will continue to grow rapidly and consolidate our leading position,” said Sacha Poignonnec, co-CEO of Africa Internet Group.

MTN, one of the owners of AIG believes Africa is better placed to drive the next stage of growth in global e-commerce.

Pieter Verkade, MTN Group Chief Commercial Officer said: “Working with our strategic partners, we have the best possible set-up to accelerate the growth of online businesses in Africa and bring even more exciting e-commerce services to our customers.”

Source: http://www.humanipo.com/news/47735/jumia-secures-150m-additional-funding-from-existing-shareholders/

Sirkris:
Senate president has really disappointed the opposition by this his press release. I guess they where thinking he is going to get into fisticuffs with them.

did u even read before commenting? U just saw headline and started commenting rightaway. This has nothing to do with the opposition. Both the slapper and the slapped are from PDP. Smh for u

Cutehector4u:
bfor will d moni be givn to dem in cash? Ddnt dey knw dat iill be wired to thr accounts nd d moni wont come so soon? Common sense aint common..

obviously you never serve. If you don't know something, don't insult others. Seek knowledge instead. It's the tradition that first allowee is paid in cash. Got mine in cash. If you face your studies well and called to camp you will also get paid in catch. So my advice is for u to bridle your tongue.

Even though you are called clueless, you are a person like the rest of us. Happy birthday. Patience, oya go on ya knees and blow him real good

youngice:
Xvideo

porn addict

Nobel laureate Prof Wole Soyinka has warned that continual reliance on the internet poses great threat to scholarship. He said this while delivering the 3rd annual Zik Lecture at Nigeria’s Nnamdi Azikiwe University.

Soyinka said the heavy reliance on internet for academic activities could lead to the end of books as instrument for mind development and potential building. He noted that there has been serious decline in writing and reading among the younger generation. He advised them not to allow any primordial considerations to hinder them from developing their innate potentials.

Tech revolution he said has essentially destroyed the realm of imagination in young people, adding that PCs and tablet devices could end the culture of book writing and reading.

“The end point should be how to find a way of collaborating between book writing and use of internet knowledge,” Soyinka said.

Source: http://www.humanipo.com/news/47683/internet-threatens-scholarship-nobel-laureate/