₦airaland Forum

Empiree:
Would it be okay when muslims also said what you just said here?

YES, of course. We all need to wake up to the reality: the TERRORIST is on no-one's side. He's willing to kill himself and he'll gladly kill ANYONE; whether Christian or Muslim.

We should have learnt from the Boko-Haram experience, by now...

Well, for your information, these guys are TERRORISTS. Calling them "Christians" is deliberate misinformation and that is NOT knowledge.

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How do you mean? Why do you guys (Christians) always feel they need to be defensive? Ove just posted a list, in no way have I aligned myself with any group or their teachings!

So, what's the essence of your post? What exactly are you trying to achieve by publicizing criminal groups?

Badoo!

Aj'egbodo nw'eni kun'ra. You should repent, instead of seeking fellow-criminals that will help justify acts of terrorism.

Next, o jare...

Treyson:
This is a police station in Jos, Plateau State. I noticed it is the first of its kind I've seen in this country

Hmmm... Nice. They must have converted a branch of GTBank.

arimahoseloka:
let me just say my experience although it was a long time ago. I was in a taxi going travelling 2 my school. there was this lady sitting next to me. she didn't wear bra and her top was handless.
men, I no no wetin enter my head o. I start to dey use style dey touch with my left hand, I folded my hands in a way that it would appear am just folding my hands but I was trying to reach her boobs.

I did!! at first omo see fear, but I noticed the lady didn't budge at all. I instinctively knew she knows what am doing, in my craziness I carry my full hand put inside her handless top through the armpit area. remember she wasn't wearing bra. she even bent her body to conceal what's happening so other passengers don't notice. I also noticed while it was happening she would look straight into my face to know maybe who this crazy guy is. and probably if am worth taking the risk for.

the journey sweet o. when I reach my destination I came down and left I didn't say a word to her.

Congratulations! You just encountered an Ogbanje... Be prepared to reap your harvest!

Something tells me that IF I advise you, the April Fool joke will be on me... So I'll just wish you "Goodluck".

Wow

Pictures of the house, or...

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh... I've just been "shocked"!

President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, directed the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to pay with immediate effect all outstanding monies owed to oil marketers so as to end the current gruelling fuel scarcity that has crippled the nation and caused untold hardship to millions of people.

Okonjo-Iweala
Okonjo-Iweala
This came as the fuel scarcity in Abuja and other cities worsened further, yesterday, despite assurances from the Federal Government of improved supply, as motorists experienced increased difficulties in their quest to purchase Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, from petrol stations.

The President who restated his commitment to Nigerians in Abuja, yesterday, said the public need not bear the burden of needless bureaucracy as is presently the case, and that they don’t need excuses but solutions which must be provided.

Consequently, petroleum marketers are, therefore, meeting Federal Government officials today with a view to resolving all outstanding issues leading to the current fuel crisis.

FG, marketers meet today

Okonjo-Iweala who spoke to journalists in Abuja, said the queues were due more to pipeline vandalism and logistics and not payment of claims to marketers.

Her words: “Government is very concerned about the fuel queues which have appeared in Lagos, Abuja and other parts of the country. As Nigerians can attest, the Petroleum Ministry and Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, have worked very hard to give out the message that there is no need for panic buying and that it is trying to reduce the queues to the barest minimum.

“We are working with them and in fact, the marketers are coming to meet with us tomorrow (today). We have also agreed to pay the interest rate and foreign exchange differentials.

“Tomorrow (today) we will be making part of that payment when the marketers are here and on the outstanding balance, we will be issuing SDN (Sovereign Debt Notes) to them so that the banks will know that the government has undertaken the obligations.”

According to the minister, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has also spoken with the banks so that all marketers who want to open Letters of Credit could do so, adding: “We have cleared with the marketers that this is how we will go about it.”

Scarcity not about payment issues—Okonjo-Iweala

Okonjo-Iweala said last December, the government paid N320.8 billion debt owed marketers. The money, she revealed, came from Excess Crude Account, which she said “shows the seriousness with which the government takes issues about payments to marketers.”

She insisted that the current fuel crisis was not over payments to marketers, adding: “I want to emphasize that contrary to some unfounded speculations, the queues are not caused by payment issues. As you know, we paid the marketers a total of N320.8 billion from the Excess Crude account in two instalments in December last year.

“This underscores the fact that we are taking payment of marketers very seriously indeed. We’ve been in constant touch and talking with the marketers and a week ago we reached an agreement with them on their core concerns which we have addressed.”

The minister commended members of the Major Oil Marketers Assoaiciation of Nigerian, MOMAN, who she described as very cooperative and urged Nigerians to question the motive of others who even refused to open Letters of Credit, LCs.

She said: “It is clear that while the union and most members have been cooperative, some of their members are not. Some of these people have even refused to open LCs to facilitate their payments.

“We salute the union and the members who are working hard to end this unfortunate situation. As for those who are working in the other direction, Nigerians should ask them what their motives are.”

Transporters hiken fares by 100%

Meanwhile, transporters have hiked their fares by over 100 per cent, as the fares within a short distance of Abuja city centre which used to cost N50 were increased to N100, while some charge N150.

Also, large numbers of commuters were stranded at bus stops and parks across the FCT, as only a few vehicles were seen on the roads.

Major roads in the FCT, especially traffic-prone areas, were virtually free, as the roads were almost deserted due to the fact that a large number of vehicles were parked at petrol stations hoping to get fuel while others left their vehicles at home after having run out of the commodity.



Sharp practices at petrol stations

The situation also gave rise to sharp practices at petrol stations, despite warning by the DPR, as some stations used the opportunity to hike the price of the product, while some others resorted to manipulating their pump volume and extorting extra cash from motorists before allowing them gain entrance into the stations.

A chaotic scene was recorded in almost all the petrol stations across the FCT, with soldiers and other law enforcement agents deployed to some stations to maintain law and order,

When Vanguard visited Total petrol station opposite the Nigeria Police Headquarters, Abuja, which was dispensing the commodity slowly, a huge crowd of motorists were struggling to buy the product.

Other petrol stations that were selling amidst long queues of motorists include: Oando Mabushi;Forte Oil opposite Transcorp Hilton; MRS, Kubwa Expressway;NNPC Mega Stations, Gwarinpa and Kubwa Expressway among others.

Things are getting back to normal —NNPC

This was in spite of assurances by the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Petroleum Products Pricing and Regulatory Agency, PPPRA and the Pipeline Products and Marketing Company, PPMC, of a reduction of fuel queues following increase in products supply.

Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Mr. Joseph Dawha, had on Monday assured Nigerians that the fuel scarcity situation will ease by yesterday, stating that the corporation is working hard to ensure that the crisis is nipped in the bud.

He maintained that things are gradually returning to normal and it is hoped that within the next two days, the situation will normalise.

He further stated that it is working with the PPMC, the PPPRA and the DPR, to ensure the increased supply of the product across the country.

He said: “Things are getting back to normal. The stations we just visited have confirmed the availability of products. The queues are disappearing and supply is improving, by tomorrow and day after tomorrow, everything will go back to normal.”

Speaking in the same vein, Haruna Momoh, Managing Director of the PPMC, lamented the absence of effective pipeline network, due to the continuous vandalisation of pipeline across the country, saying it is a major challenge to fuel distribution across the country.

He, however, assured that the fuel situation will normalise in the next few days as, according to him, supply is improving with the arrival of a number of fuel vessels over the weekend, while more vessels are expected to arrive in the next couple of days.

He further stated that the PPMC is expanding its depot across the country, adding that it is commissioning two of the depots in a few days time.

He saisd: “Despite the increase in our depots, we have to make sure that our pipelines work. When they work, fuel distribution across the country will be much easier.”

He advised Nigerians not to engage in panic buying, saying that the situation has been brought under control.

DPR warns fuel station owners

Also speaking, Mr. George Osahon, Director of the DPR, threatened to deploy law enforcement agents to petrol stations found to be hoarding fuel across the country and compel them to sell to motorists at the regulated price.

He also disclosed that the DPR will not hesitate to sanction any marketer found engaging in sharp practices, especially in the hoarding of the product and in manipulation of prices.

He said: “We are going to make sure that those people who are possibly hoarding fuel, don’t hoard fuel. We will try as much as possible to minimise the number of petrol stations to shut down.

“For anybody who hoards, we will get law enforcement agency to go in there and make sure that they are forced to sell and sell at regulated prices. And we are doing that in filling stations across the country to ensure this crisis eases off as soon as possible.”

Source:http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/03/real-causes-of-fuel-scarcity-by-okonjo-iweala/

I hope these are not the same guys who post aution-notices here on NL?

I hope these are not the same guys who post auction-notices here on NL?

Luedave:
ur edited pics is and can neva be true.

I've even discovered that there are various adaptations of the original pix (on the left)

Luedave:
ur edited pics is and can neva be true.

I discovered that there are various adaptations of the original pix (on the left)

Liars!!! This is the real picture!

The Nigerian Senate has summoned the nation’s service chiefs to explain the reasons security agencies were unavailable to provide security during the originally scheduled dates of elections.

The Senate made this decision at plenary after meting with the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Attahiru Jega, on Wednesday.

The Senate Minority Leader, George Akume, moved the motion that the service chiefs be invited for questioning after the INEC chairman said he could not answer some questions put to him.

The lawmaker representing Kwara central, Bukola Saraki, while speaking to reporters after the plenary, said it is necessary for the service chiefs to be summoned because there were only a handful of questions that Mr. Jega could answer.

Mr. Saraki said security issues relating to the elections could not be answered until the service chiefs are present.

“So we are still back to that issue of security,” Mr. Saraki said. “I think that further emphasizes what we were saying yesterday, that the Senate and the National Assembly still need to invite the service chiefs to give us assurance.

“He (Mr. Jega) said categorically that he cannot answer that question that we need to have the Service Chiefs to answer that question.

“If we keep on talking to Professor Jega, we cannot hold him responsible for that. What we can hold him responsible for, he has given a good explanation already.

“The most important thing is holding election on that day and the only person that can answer that as he said is that we should bring the service chiefs to answer that.

“So next week, we hope the leadership will do the right thing,” Mr. Saraki said.

Senators of the All Progressives Congress briefed the press on the need to summon the service chiefs to answer the security questions instead of Mr. Jega.

The lawmaker representing Osun central senatorial district, Olusola Adeyeye, said the service chiefs should be summoned for compelling INEC to postpone the elections.

He mentioned that the army did not have a right to influence the date of elections.

The elections were postponed from February 14 and February 28 to March 28 and April 11 because the Service Chiefs told the INEC Chairman the military would be unavailable to provide security.

Source: http://saharareporters.com/2015/02/19/senate-summons-service-chiefs-over-election-postponement

Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba, has threatened to deal with policemen that embark on strike action.

He also warned officers of the dire consequences of breaching extant rules and regulations.

The PUNCH had on Wednesday published a report that about 15,000 policemen who were promoted from the rank of sergeant to inspector and those promoted from the rank of inspector to assistant superintendent of police, planned to go on strike in March, 2015 over non-payment of their promotion arrears for over a year.

But the police in a statement on Thursday by the Force Public Relations Officer, Emmanuel Ojukwu in Abuja, warned the men against their planned strike, saying the Nigeria Police Force is working with relevant departments and agencies to effect the payment of the promotion arrears.

The Force claimed that all promoted officers have since January 2015 been enjoying the salaries attendant on their new ranks, noting that it is committed to the welfare of officers and men of the NPF.

The statement reads, “The attention of Police High Command has been drawn to a media publication captioned, ‘Policemen Threaten Strike over unpaid salaries’.

“At the outset, it is pertinent to state that, the leadership of the Nigeria Police Force is mindful of its responsibility towards the welfare of the workforce; part of which is promotion and recognition of hard work.

“For the avoidance of doubt, the Nigeria Police Force is working assiduously with relevant government departments and agencies to effect the payment of the promotion arrears. Meanwhile, all promoted officers have since January 2015 been enjoying the salaries attendant on their new ranks.”

Abba expressed anger over the “recourse to unapproved channels to air perceived grievances,” noting that the police regulation has provided enough windows for aggrieved officers to ventilate their grievances.

“The IG is miffed that officers have to recourse to unapproved channels to air their perceived grievances. The IG therefore warns such officers of the dire consequences of breaching extant rules and regulations,” the statement added.

Source: http://www.punchng.com/news/ig-warns-policemen-against-embarking-on-strike/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

The alleged mastermind of the 2010 Independence Day bombing, Charles Okah, on Thursday told a Federal High Court in Abuja that he was now ready to face trial which has been delayed at his instance for over four years.

For four years, the prosecution has been unable to open its case to prove the terrorism charges preferred against both Okah and his co-accused, Obi Nwabueze, due to series of interlocutory applications the defence had filed.

“I am medically and physically and psychologically ready for the trial,” Okah said after the presiding judge, Justice Gabriel Kolawole, granted his request to speak after the matter was adjourned ‎till April 23.

‎Okah, who for the first time in his recent court appearances, walked into the court without any assistance or use of wheel chair, said he had suffered a lot of medical and psychological conditions due to ill treatment he had been subjected to in the prison.

“For four years we have been subjected to gross violation of our fundamental human rights,” he added.

‎He stood in the dock along with his co-accused, Obi Nwabueze‎, looking more refreshed than his previous court appearances‎.

Okah said the condition in the prison and the treatment he was being subjected to in the prison had overtime improved due to intervention of the International Red Cross Society and the British High Commission.

He said, “Contrary to the impression that the prosecution created for the court ‎to believe, I have not tried to delayed the trial.

“I want the trial to go on so that this evidence they have been talking about and the witnesses they said they have can be brought to court.

“I wanted them to come to court. I will want to know if they have been intimidated or bribed‎; I want to know if they are witnesses of truth.”

‎”Nobody is more desperate for the trial to go on more than those,” he added.

But the lead prosecuting counsel, Dr. Alex Izinyon (SAN), in a dismissive reaction, said (Okah) could speak ‎so eloquently as he did, yet he had delayed the matter for years.
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‎The matter which started in December 2010 had suffered series of adjournments with a bulk of the court sessions dedicated to hearing of Okah’s interlocutory applications relating to his mental fitness to stand trial.

The most recent in the causes of the over four years delay was ‎the sacking of his lawyer, Mr. Festus Keyamo, whose law firm, had been defending him since the inception of the case.

After Okah dispensed with Keyamo’s law firm in October 2010, th‎e court on December 4, 2014 ordered the Federal Government-owned Legal Aid Council to assign lawyer to Okah and his co-accused when the issue of non-availability of lawyers to defend them was constituting a further delay in the case.

In compliance with the court’s order, Mr. A.S Abula‎ of the Legal Aid Council appeared in court on Thursday and sought time to study the record of proceedings and other necessary documents relating to the case for adequate preparation for the defence.

The judge granted the request, adding that despite the delay which the case had suffered, ‎”in a matter such as this the court should make haste slowly‎.”

‎Two others were initially charged along with Okah and Nwabueze. One of them who chose to have his case tried separately was decided on January 2, 2013, while the other person died in custody.

Charles Okah, a brother to a former leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Henry Okah, is being tried alongside Obi Nwabueze for the bomb attack near the Eagle Square in Abuja.

Henry had been tried and is already serving jail terms in South Africa for the attack in which about 12 persons were said to have died.

Source: http://www.punchng.com/news/im-now-ready-for-trial-charles-okah-tells-court/

Except there is a last-minute change, opposition lawmakers in the House of Representatives will today demand that the forensic report of Pricewater Coopers on the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) be investigated. The forensic audit report by Price Water House Coopers on the missing NNPC $20 billion oil money submitted to President Goodluck Jonathan whittled down the alleged missing sum...

See more here: http://thenationonlineng.net/new/20b-missing-oil-cash-reps-to-probe-pricewater-coopers-report/

Nigerian forces backed by air strikes have killed more than 300 Boko Haram fighters during an operation to recapture 11 towns and villages since the start of the week, the military said on Wednesday. “Several weapons and equipment were also captured and some destroyed,” defence spokesman Major-General Chris Olukolade said in a statement…

See more here: http://businessdayonline.com/2015/02/military-kills-300-boko-haram-militants-in-recapture-of-11-towns/#.VOSHmvnF-xU

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) spent $380 million in two days to prop up its ailing naira, after it conducting special forex interventions to shore up the local currency. Latest data on the CBN website on Tuesday showed that reserves fell to $32.66 billion by February 16, down 1.2 percent from $33.04 billion by Feb. 13.

Click here to read more: http://businessdayonline.com/2015/02/fg-spends-380m-to-defend-naira-over-two-days/#.VONeNPnF-xU

A comedian and a producer, Ayo Makun alias AY, has written an open letter to the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Suleiman Abba on the pirating of his movie. AY, who produced the new movie “30 Days in Atlanta’’ , urged the IGP in the letter to use the machinery at his disposal to identify and arrest those involved in the nefarious act.

The comedian, who made the copy of the letter available to newsmen, said that he had already put some measures in place to curtail the activities of the interlopers to no avail. He said that he had contacted the licensed distributors of the movie, Silverbird Film Distribution; the Director General of the National Copyright Commission (NCC), Mr Afam Ezekude and Ahbu ventures of Alaba market.

“I have always heard of the risk faced by honest producers and loss of revenue due to the activities of the incessant piracy cabals operating freely, without fear of the law in Nigeria.“And within the past few weeks, this has been my experience as I heard of the leak of my movie to various nefarious elements.
“No more should a miscreant be celebrated or allowed to rape intellectual properties of honest hardworking citizens with impunity, while the owners of the property looks on helplessly. “No more should movie producers and other intellectual property owners’ scramble to make the little they can, before the ‘Alaba boys’ get their hands on the content.

See more here: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/02/comedian-ay-writes-igp-piracy-movie-30-days-atlanta/

President Goodluck Jonathan has sent the names of eight ministerial nominees to the Senate for confirmation. In a letter read by Senate President David Mark at Tuesday’s resumption of plenary, those nominated include the immediate past minister of state for defence, Musiliu Obanikoro (Lagos), two former senators, Patricia Akwashiki (Nasarawa) and Joel Danlami Ikenya (Taraba)…

See more here: http://businessdayonline.com/2015/02/jonathan-re-nominates-obanikoro-minister-sends-names-of-eight-to-senate/#.VONAWfnF-xU

A mixture of relief and raging indignation swept through the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, after former President Olusegun Obasanjo publicly tore his membership card of the ruling party.

Obasanjo’s theatrical renunciation of the party on whose platform he was twice elected president, was laced with another drama hours later when the state chapter of the party announced his expulsion from the party.

In three tweets, last night, Obasanjo gave as his reasons, his uneasiness in abiding in the same party with a president who he said was determined to use corruption to destroy the country. He also said he would not abide in a party that is led by a ‘drug baron’, saying his action had freed him to comment on national issues as he felt.

The subdued relief in the Presidency which has been the butt of Obasanjo’s stinging criticism in recent times was manifest, yesterday, when senior Presidency officials calmly referred responses to the development to party officials. Chief Tony Anenih, Chairman of the Board of Trustees and once Obasanjo’s trusted aide, led the reactions with his dismissal of the action, saying the party would not miss him.

See more here: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/02/tore-my-pdp-membership-card-obasanjo/

Hmmmmm....

Two hours after former President Olusegun Obasanjo announced his exit from the Peoples Democratic Party, tearing his membership card into pieces on Monday, the Ogun State chapter of the party has announced Obasanjo’s expulsion from the PDP.



Source: http://www.punchng.com/news/ogun-pdp-expels-obasanjo/

Do these guys have trained sign-writers among them? Take a look at the circle pattern on their logo... Yet, they don't want "western" education.

Disgusting!