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Who is in charge of this party? Too much in fighting. And that's why they seem unable to get I right at all. No coordination!

That aside, what's Sagay's job description again? Why do our people love limelight so much. Your job is to advise the president on corruption matters so why not just stay at the background and do your job!!!

Take Trump for example, he also has alot of advisers but you'll hardly hear their names.

These guys only care about uplifting the image of their boss. Who care if he I president of Africa. We need him to be our president!!! Talk to us, be there in our trying moments. Not just sit in Abuja and travel around the globe.

eph12:
We have so many issues plaguing this country from all sectors and income generated cannot sustain or solve these issues. What kind of sacrifices do you want from government exactly? We have to come to terms with reality, the money generated by the educational system can't solve half the issues plaguing our universities alone not to talk of secondary and primary. Our universities need to start generating reasonable amount to contribute to the our national revenue. Until we pass through this fire before we can finally relax if not we'll just be beating around the bush

Education and healthcare isn't the govt's priority at the moment, that's why there seems to be lack of funds for those sectors. Go through the budget and see how much is allocated for education and healthcare.

But it has to be govt top most priorities, especially for a country still developing. The govt has to substantially fund those sectors if we are to grow as a nation.

IkpuMmiri:
Tired Old men who campaigned for jonathan in 2015!

They campaigned for Jonathan you say? Are you for real

hatchy:
Where was this NADECO when Nnamdi Kanu was terrorizing the whole country with hate speech which in turn gave other groups the impetus to issue quit notice to people living in their region.
Even though I don't like the way soldiers deployed to bring sanity in the South East carried out the operations, desperate times requires desperate measures.

Order must be restored in the society for it to flourish and the deployment of troops is one of the ways to checkmate those who are bent on destroying our collective achievements.

NADECO should look for ways to put pressure on national lawmakers especially from the south west to make laws that will bring about restructuring of this country without delay instead of trowing tantrum at the government efforts to restore order in the society.

I get your drift but if only you know what a man like Ayo Opadokun stands for, you wouldn't accuse NADECO of throwing tantrum. What do they stand to gain? They ain't after power nor are they after money or popularity. You acknowledged in your remark above that you don't like the way the Military were deployed to the South East, that's the same thing they are saying.

I think we young Nigerians which I believe you are one shouldn't be too quick to berate some of these people, the freedom we enjoy today, were made possible by these men and women, some put their lives on the line, some had to do terms in jail.

So if they come out with such strong words, you should ask, what's it they perceive or see? Cos these men have seen it all my friend.

Members of the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), the group of pro-democracy activists who fought the bitter war for the entrenchment of democracy during the dark days of military dictatorship, are once again back in the trenches.

The group, which took the campaign for the sanctity of the ballot paper to the global arena in the wake of the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election won by billionaire politician, Chief M.K.O Abiola, reconvened at the weekend to fight another war to protect Nigeria’s democracy.

The regrouping of NADECO, which comprises remnants of the old activists that fought the military to a standstill, came on the heels of calls by former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar for the devolution of power to the country’s federating units for Nigeria to develop.

Atiku, a chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) declared that only lazy states in the country are afraid of restructuring saying, “I don’t know what fear those who are afraid of restructuring are having; those who are afraid of restructuring of Nigeria must be lazy.”

At a meeting attended by prominent NADECO chieftains like Dr. Amos Akingba, Chiefs Ayo Opadokun and Ayo Adebanjo, in Lagos, the group made a damning verdict on the country; “Nigeria is back to dictatorship.”

In a statement released after the meeting, the group said, “it is time once again to rise and defend democracy in our dear country. We are very troubled by recent national developments and are forced to issue this warning to all our compatriots that democracy is once again under threat in our nation!”

While condemning military operations against the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) in the south-east and the planned attempt to repeat it in the other two zones in Southern Nigeria, the group called for the entrenchment of true federalism in the country.

According to NADECO, “In Abia State, the soldiers invaded communities, tortured civilian population, over-awed the constitutionally elected governor and civil institutions of the state, and declared the IPOB a terrorist organisation, in defiance of the judgment of the Federal High Court.

“All of these actions are unconstitutional and represent an illegal takeover of the functions of the National Assembly, the Abia State House of Assembly and the legal authorities.

“The Army High Command has announced further that the ‘Operation Python Dance’ will be a regular event and that another similar activity named ‘Operation Crocodile Smile’ will be carried out in the south-south and south-west.

“The actions of the military, we restate, are inconsistent with the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and may be the beginning, if not checked, of the unwitting or witting subversion of democracy in Nigeria.”

The group also seeks a return to the 1963 Constitution, which it said described essentially what true federalism is with emphasis on the coming together of independent federating units to form a federation which central government they cede some of their powers and responsibilities to.

NADECO also decried misinformation on the definition of restructuring particularly by partisan political operators who want “to confuse the Nigerian public and particularly our young people about the clear and unambiguous meaning of Federalism which universally represents a system of government whereby there is a distribution of power particularly between a central government and the constituent units wherever it is practised as opposed to centrist/unitary government.”

https://m.guardian.ng/politics/nadeco-back-says-nigeria-is-back-to-dictatorship/

naptu2:
That's actually what he's saying here. He said that states were previously prevented from distributing electricity (they had to transfer it to the national grid), but he has studied the law and it does not prevent states from distributing electricity. All they need is a license from the NERC and they can sell directly to consumers instead of transfering it to the national grid.

Oh then that's very good. That's the way to go really. Thanks bro for the clarification

sarrki:
Opposite of ipobs ideology

Sigh!

Oga that's not the issue... Some states are doing that already. But when they build power plants with tax payers money, they will have to transfer to the national grid. That's where the madness is!

Decentralize power and I bet you, a state like Lagos would boost of 24hrs power in the shortest possible time.

sarrki:
Thank you sire

You are a patriot

What does it mean to be a patriot?

OseIbhadode93:
We really really need a Mikel replacement. Seems we are short of good/talented Midfielders

you are right. It showed against South Africa and against Cameroun in both legs when he was substituted.

For me I rate Victor Osimhen above Tammy. Would be great if we have him but truth is we are well stocked in that position. And Rohr looks to me like someone who rewards loyalty. He is never gonna displace Ighalo.

The NFF should concentrate on our midfield. Without Mikel, we are a disaster in that department.

taoheedoriloye:
He left Barcelona because he considered himself as second fiddle now he should know he will everything with ambitious mpape and senior cavani

I think PSG will do anything to keep Neymar happy even if it means getting rid of Cavani.

The Brazilian star walked up to the spot after PSG earned a spot-kick in the 78th minute of Sunday's Ligue 1 match against Lyon, with Unai Emery's side protecting a 1-0 lead.
But Edinson Cavani had gotten there first, and the Uruguayan striker waved off Neymar before seeing his effort denied by Lyon goalkeeper Anthony Lopes.

That set piece wasn't the only point of contention for the PSG team-mates on Sunday. Earlier in the match, Cavani had his eyes on a dangerous free-kick before Dani Alves took the ball and made sure it ended up in the hands of his long-time friend Neymar.

Neymar has also unfollowed Cavani on Instagram.

Cavani is fighting a lost cause here. PSG is Neymar FC!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AYyjflPzEc

Afonjashapmouth:
Nigeria no include for world??

LOL! Oya make I add am

1. In Pennsylvania, the law forbids you from tricking someone with a dollar bill.

2. In Melbourne, Australia, it is illegal for one to vacuum the house between 10 PM and 7 AM during weekdays and 10 PM and 9 AM during the weekends.

3. In Victoria, Australia, it is illegal to change a light bulb unless you are a qualified electrician.

4. A law in Milan, Italy, states that its citizens must smile at all times. The only exception is for funerals and hospital visits. Anyone caught disobeying the law will face a hefty fine.

5. In Japan, it is illegal to be fat.

6. In China, buddhists cannot come back from the dead, unless the government says so.

7. In Saudi Arabia, it is illegal for any woman to drive a car.

8. Saudi Arabia does not have a minimum age for marriage.

9. In the UK, it is illegal to hold a salmon under suspicious circumstances.

10. In Dubai, extramarital sex is against the law. Even in the case of rapes, both the victim and the perpetrator will be charged with the same crime.

11. England prohibits people from dying in the House of Parliament.

12. Oklahoma forbids anyone from letting their donkey sleep in the bathtub after 7 PM.

13. In Switzerland, people living in apartment buildings are forbidden from flushing the toilet after 10 pm.

14. In Chicago, you cannot sit down and eat if the place is on fire.

15. In Canada, it is illegal to blow a whistle.

16. In Singapore, chewing gum is illegal.

17. In Denmark, it is illegal to give your child weird names.

18. Mexico forbids anyone from riding bikes in a reckless manner. This includes lifting their feet from the pedals, as well as riding without their hands on the handlebars.

19. In Switzerland, it is illegal to hike naked.

20. In Georgia, it’s illegal to let your chicken cross the road.

21. It is illegal to leave your house if you are not wearing underwear in Thailand.

22. In Greece, it is illegal for women to wear high heels.

23. In France, it is illegal to name your pig Napoleon.

24. In Germany, it is illegal for one to run out of gas on the autobahn, (federal controlled-access highway system in Germany).

25. In Samoa, it is illegal to forget your wife’s birthday.

26. In Nigeria, it is illegal to paint a private car in the colour known colloquially as 'army green'.

27. In Nigeria, an individual can sue his/her former partner for breach of promise to marry.

Sources: Mind-blowingfacts and lawpadi

Very sickening indeed!

1.The majority of Internet traffic is generated by bots like Google and Malware, not humans.

2.The first webcam was created in Cambridge to check the status of a coffee pot.

3.Over 100,000 .com domains are registered every day.

4.Over 37% of the internet is porn.

5.The first physical item ever bought and sold on the Internet was a bag of marijuana around 1971.

6.If the Internet went down for a day, 196 billion emails and 3 billion Google searches would have to wait.

7.The first illegal online transaction ever was Stanford students buying marijuana from MIT students.

8.A single Google query uses 1,000 computers in 0.2 seconds to retrieve an answer.

9.The most commonly searched question beginning with “What is” in 2013 was “What is twerking?”.

10.The first email was sent in 1971 by Ray Tomlinson to himself. He doesn’t remember what it said!

11.The world record for the fastest time to log into a Gmail account stands at 1.16 seconds.

12.YouTube’s copyright-checking software scans over 100 years of video every day.

13.The internet speed on the International Space Station is faster than the average internet speed in Australia.

14.In 2011, a 75 year-old woman in Georgia accidentally cut the fiber optic cable that provided internet to 90% of Armenia.

15.An Institute in Colorado created the world’s most accurate clock, so accurate that it would not lose or gain a second in 20 million years. This is the same clock that is used for internet time.

16.Robert Metcalfe predicted in 1995 that the internet would collapse a year later in 1996, and that would “eat his words” if it did not. In 1997, he blended a printed copy of that speech with liquid and drank the mixture.

17.The Nigerian email scam is the modern version of another con called the Spanish Prisoner, which dates back to long before the Internet was invented.

18.The internet took a total of 4 years to reach an audience of 50 million; it took radio 38 years, and television 13 years.

19.There is 22,343GB of Internet traffic every second.

20.Every Google query travels about 1,500 miles to a data center and back to return the answer to the user.

21.One THIRD of all Internet searches are specifically for pornography.

22.Internet sends approximately 204 million emails per minute and 70% of all the emails sent are spam. 2 billion electrons are required to produce a single email.

23.Approximately £1.7 trillion worth of funds is spent online. If you ever counted the hours you were online, you would definitely freak out.

24. South Korea and Japan have the fastest internet speed in the world. According to Akamai, the average bandwidth speed in these locations is 22Mbps.

KevinDein:
Well observed @op. The penalty awarded to Enugu Rangers was an utter joke. Refereeing is the major issue in the npfl and a team must be really good and score at least two away goals to stand a chance of getting an away point (what plateau Utd usually do).

Funnily enough all the teams are used to the crappy officiating (you'll noticed the Enyimba players didn't complain when the dubious penalty was awarded to Rangers). In truth, no team has the right to complain as all of them enjoy bias officiating at home.

I noticed that too. Refereeing is the major problem. I can't remember the teams but 2 or 3 weeks ago, a ref ended a match just as the away team was about scoring. How can one explain that?

lomprico:
Hehehehe! Na today?

Its easy to win 12 million in game betting than to get an away win in npfl.

I swear. The match weak me!

After watching Rangers vs Enyimba today, it's official that the #NPFL is a big joke. Infact, the P in #NPFL needs to go. There is nothing professional about the league.

How can a ref award such dubious penalty to Rangers.(have been looking for the clip to post here). P.S: Enyimba the away team were leading 1-nil with barely 3 minutes to go.

A record number of 15, yes 15! one and five penalties were awarded today, all to the home sides either chasing a game or desperately needing a win.

#disgraceful #shameful #embarrassing

08099796615...please add

AUTOCRATIC:
Its certain he will serve in Lagos in the next 16- 20 months....haters keep hating

He has haters too?

Why everything for Naija these days come be drama

Pusyiter:
Msheww....Although I don't condone what these Fulani bigots called herdsmen are doing but just because it is Falae does not mean he is the only victim. My uncle was almost butchered and many other innocent victims raped and murdered but did not make headline/top news. Lets have a balanced news and fight the menace.

so what really are you saying?

In Nigeria today, the hottest political debate is on restructuring. Alot of people have different ideas as to what it means to restructure Nigeria.

But does Nigeria need restructuring? What kind of restructuring does Nigeria need. Some have argued that we need restructuring of the 'mind' while other think we need to restructure the entity called Nigeria.

First, what does it mean to restructure? It means to reorganize something with a view to achieving greater efficiency. To simply put restructuring is to organize differently.

Now the first question to ask is, is Nigeria working? Everybody believe it isn't! That's a fact. The argument most time is who is to blame.

So if we all agree Nigeria isn't working the way it should, there must be something wrong right? We all believe so. The question is, what is wrong? Some believe it is the structure while others believe it is the people in the structure.

RESTRUCTURING OF THE MIND

What will happen if we restructure our mind the right way? Lets paint a picture. Corruption, arm robbery etc. will reduce, because people will be okay with the little they have. Nepotism will be a thing of the past because people will only go for the best. Govt spending will reduce because people will begin to act with integrity. Hatred for one another will be a thing of the past because people will decide to love. I can go on and on.

The scenario I just painted has a central theme, 'People deciding to do what's right'. But here is the truth, humans don't just decide to act. Humans are controlled by their feelings and that feeling is fueled by the things they see, hear and touch. So is it possible to get over 50% of 170million people to begin to act right( lets say we've been acting wrong all along) because the most untrustworthy people ( the politicians) ask us to? The probability of that happening is zero!

If restructuring of the mind is what we need to archive greater things in Nigeria, why hasn't it happen. What's holding us from doing it? We have so many churches and mosques that preach the right things to us almost on a daily basis. How do we measure it's success? How do we know when people start changing their attitude? Its simply not foreseeable. No country has ever developed like that.

Now lets look at restructuring the present structure. When we restructure the police and judiciary to deliver prompt services, crime rate will reduce. When we restructure the power sector so that every state generates and distribute it's own power, power supply will improve.When will allow states control its own resources, attention will shift away from the centre, governors will quit being lazy, citizens will begin holding their governors accountable, because there will be no blaming the federal govt for everything. And beside People restructure things for better performance. So when we are restructuring, we will definitely look for the best ways to make things work.

If we focus on the structures, it will also lead to restructuring of the mind. Take the USA for example, people think twice before committing a crime because they know the chances of getting caught is very high.

A senator isn't stealing from the treasury of the country because he/she knows that's almost suicidal. You won't only be caught but also put behind bars

Trump is having problem because his agenda is somehow in breach of the existing structures. Somehow people are forced to act right in the USA by the structures and not because they are saints.

When we restructure to show equity and justice, the hate speeches and clamour for the disintegration of the country will reduce drastically.

Saints don't build a country, a working structure with competent hands do!

All we do is warn! Why not just arrest them already!!!

greenhulk:
I think Man utd wage structure is still higher than this (except from the atrocious wages they pay Neymar). The picture below is not even 100% correct because Jesse Ligard is now on 100k a week.

wow! So Young earns more than Martial and Rashford!!!

Seeing the comments here, I'm tempted to ask...does it mean you guys believe that rat story

It takes only an intelligent person to understand what Mrs. Oby meant by that tweet.

LordOfNaira:
He addressed the country like a true leader. He already knows that no matter what he says, those who don't like him will still want to cause trouble.

you need a book on leadership... Should I give you one?