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Una go impound tire!!!

This is very good news. I pray the establishment of these plants will have a positive impact on the market price.

I hope, however that FG will delay the planned import tariff until locally produced cars start to roll off the plants.

The problem most times is that our government tends to put the cart before the horse; e.g. forcing an increase in electricity tariff on a market that is yet to feel the full impact of the ongoing power reforms. That should be the last item on the project plan.

We all know nothing will come out of this drama.

In a few weeks time, Nyako will return to PDP and suddenly all of the treason and corruption allegations will vanish into thin air.

If the PDP can welcome Ali Modu Sheriff and issue statements eulogizing him after all of the media mudslinging against his person, then Nyako's issue is small.

texaco1: Gradually the reconciliation process initiated by gej is having the desired effect, pdp is now stronger than it was last year

Gradually, the PDP is winning back all the undesirables just so it can win elections.

Everyone, even the so-called "founder" of Boko Haram, is welcome. All is forgiven and forgotten as long as they are in the PDP.

What a shame!!!

I have said this before and I will say it again...the truth about the Ekiti gubernatorial election will come to light someday soon.

Even though Fayose and his political and media team have continued to try to make us believe that the people of Ekiti are backward enough to vote out a government because of some of the "issues" highlighted in the OP's article and not for poor performance, I still hold out hope that this isn't the case.

I find it shocking that a state that prides itself as a bastion of academic excellence would be so myopic.

I pray the Fayose that is returning is even slightly better than the Fayose that was.

As long as the impeachment proceedings follow due process, there is no reason the Governor should not comply.

Let him put together his defense and respond to the allegations.

While this gale of impeachment threats across the country have the hands of PDP all over it, I hope the President will be decent enough to ensure zero interference with the process.

nora544: I want to help that people open their eyes to see what it is to be a real christian!!!!!!!!!!

and not got brainwashed from this pastors from this new churches!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You seriously think if I was gonna stop paying tithes, it would be because you raised baseless questions about the practice?

Look like I and a few others have said, tithe is voluntary. Give if you are convinced and withold it if you aint.

If you used to pay ur tithes and it took someone on nairaland or elsewhere to convince you to stop paying, you must be quite fickle minded and ungrounded in your belief indeed.

The good thing with a conscience is that it always tells you when you have done wrong....trying to convince others to also toe your line just so you can feel good will not change that.

Peace be unto you.

Djangocode: Nothing gives me more joy than helping a brother in need... My point is, church is no longer what its meant to be.. Man's love for his fellow man is the greatest commandment IMHO.. U need to look @ d joy in a man's eyes when u help him.. If I have a hundred million and create something that'll empower the unemployed and the needy, I'll be more satisfied than handing it to a man who probably wants to enrich himself by quoting verses that suit his ambition..

I see from your signature that you pride yourself a deep thinker. Therefore think upon this things:

1. Are you a Christian?

2. Do you believe in rhw Bible and God's instructions contained therein?

3. Does the bible instruct you to pay tithes?

4. As believers, should we pick and choose which instructions to adhere to just because some of them don't sit well with us or make us feel good?

nora544: I like a cherfull giver to the people you realy need it and not to this fake and rich moneyloveing pastors in nigeria.

can you tell my why nigeria is a country with so many heartless people who will give their money to the pastor but when a little child ask for help that she can live because her parents didnot have the money to make the operation the pockets of many people in nigeria will be closed.
didyou not read the bible that god tell us what we give to the people who need it is what he want not to give to this rich pastors.


Why is nigeria in this mess because all what this rich pastors can tell their followers is give and God will give you much more money and all is about money money money !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I feel your pain...but you should stop over generalizing. You should seek out another place of worship if all your pastor ministers about is tithing and giving to the church.

If you are a christian, i believe you are aware that Christ preached about a time when false prophets shall rise and seek to lead the very elect astray.

Watch and pray.

Djangocode: For y'all talking about summary, better skip to the next thread.. Personally, I wonder where tithe money goes.. Imagine I make a billion, my tithe is a hundred million.. Where does it go to?? Pay pastor's salaries? Build expensive church branches? Acquire more personal luxury? Build expensive universities where 80% of the members can't afford for the fees? Maybe someone should enlighten me..

The fact is that you really don't have to pay it if you are not convinced in your spirit to pay. Your pastor most likely will keep making an effort to get you to pay based on his understanding of God's instruction in that regard. He would be failing in his duties if he doesn't keep admonishing you to do what he considers right by God. But it is your decision ultimately to decode to pay or not.

What I do not understand is why you anti-tithers dissipate so much energy trying to dissuade people who believe in paying tithe from doing so.

Is it that it makes you feel good or is it simply a means to continually convince yourself that you are in the right by not paying?

Are you like some atheists I know who keep shouting that there is no God but spend their entire life asking questions and trying to disprove the existence of a God they claim does not exist ab-initio? What a worthless venture!

Pay tithes if it suits you...or else keep your 100 million naira and ur inane questions to yourself. Read the Bible and ask God for interpretation if you believe in him. If you don't, interpret it anyway and do what thou wilt.

To each his own until the end of time.

Surely even the guilty deserve representation in a court of law. Methinks every accused deserves representation at least until guilt is proved beyond reasonable doubt...otherwise there would be no need for a trial in the first place. We will just string up the accused at the gallows.

The CJN speaks as if all that is needed to convict a judge is an allegation of corruption. She speaks as if the trial should just be a formality since a verdict of guilt has already been reached.

That does not sound very much like justice to me.

No improvement in power supply in Satellite Town, Oriade LCDA of Lagos State. The only thing that is regular are the bills I get from EKOCORP/PHCN at the end of every month.

I ply both routes quite regularly...and I know both roads are under construction...and i know that work on both roads is far too slow.

The Chinese construction company has done some very good work up to Century bus stop and that work seems to have stopped. If the Governor's excuse is valid, then the prople in the area must realize that there must be sacrifice for development to take place.

Julius berger is also doing very good work on the refurbishment of the Apapa - Oshodi Expressway...although going by their standards, the work is really slow and causing untold hardship to motorists on that route everyday. The rains have rendered Mile 2 a nightmare with traffic build up all the way to 2nd rainbow or even Ijesha Bus Stops on some days.

While I commend both the State and Federal governments on ongoing and completed road constructions, a lot more needs to be done and time is short...2015 is just around the corner.

Na wah for Nairalanders sha.

I wonder if it would have made any difference if this broadcast was made by Okupe, Abati or Reno.

Has any of you ever see any DSS vacancy advert in the newspapers or on TV? Doesn't it make you wonder how they conduct their recruitment?

It is privileged info like the one El-Rufai just gave y'all that gives the common man an opportunity to know when the DSS is recruiting.

Otherwise, only the privileged few get the info and push their people to fill the few slots available.

The only conclusion I can draw feom this Fayose's statement is that even he finds it hard to believe he won the darn elections.

We will know thw truth about that election someday. In the meantime, goodluck to the Ekiti people...and the rice lasts you 4 years...and I hope for your sake that the Fayose of 2014 is different from the one sacked in 2006.

The next thing now our President's "face will change" and he will "condemn" the attack. I think someone should remind him that the "C in C" acronym after his name does not stand for "Condemner in Chief."

rudedough: @bolded Is Mr. Oluwole an Igbo man?

"Oluwole" is the name of the street in Victoria Island which is notorious for the activities of document forgers. The full name is "Bishop Oluwole" street.

Opinion: 100 Years And 100 Interesting Facts About Nigeria By Peregrino Brimah

1. Nigeria, with a 2013 estimated population of 174,507,539 is the most populous Black nation and the 7th most populated nation in the entire world, trailing after—from least to most—Pakistan, Brazil, Indonesia, USA, India and China (1.3bn).
2. Nigerians are 1/5th the total population of Black Africa.
3. Nigeria, with 521 languages has the fourth most in the world. This includes 510 living languages, two second languages without native speakers and 9 extinct languages.
4. The Portuguese reached Nigeria in 1472. In 1880 the British began conquering Nigeria’s south. The north was conquered by 1903.
5. Wole Soyinka is a Nigerian Nobel laureate. He wrote ‘Telephone Conversation!’
6. With a net worth of $16.1bn, Nigeria’s Aliko Dangote is the richest Black person in the world.
7. Yoruba and their bloodlines worldwide have the highest rate of twinning (having twins) in the world.
8. The 2006 Census found Nigerians to be the highest educated ethnic or racial group in America.
9. The Northern knot, Arewa insignia has Christian origins, investigation by Ibraheem A. Waziri revealed. It is adapted from the Church Celtic knot.
10. Pre-tribalism: Malam Umaru Altine, a northern Fulani man was the first elected Mayor of Enugu, in the east, and was even re-elected for a second term.
11. Pre-tribalism: John Umoru, from Etsako in today’s Edo State (Western region) was elected for the House of Assembly to represent Port Harcourt in the Eastern Nigerian House of Assembly.
12. The Colonial Cantonments Proclamation of 1914 established ‘foreign quarters,’ ‘Sabon Gari,’ institutionalizing the Sabon Garuruwa system of ‘foreigner’ residential segregation in Nigeria.
13. Crispin Curtis Adeniyi-Jones (1876-1957) who the street in Ikeja, ‘Adeniyi-Jones’ was named after, was a medical director from Sierra Leone (a Saro). As a co-founder of NNDP, he won one of the Lagos 3 legislative council seats in 1923 and represented Nigerians for 15 yrs.
14. Saros was the name given to 19th and 20th century ‘Creole’ African literati migrants from Sierra Leone.
15. Amaros was the name for repatriated Brazilian and Cuban slaves; the ‘Aguda’ people of Lagos today. This Brazilian community includes deportees of the brave “Malê Revolt” in Portugal.
16. British colonization was not all voluntary ‘happy slave trade,’ but involved brutal terror against non-cooperation and stiff opposition. Captain Lord Esme Gordon Lenox, ‘With The West African Frontier Force,’ describes: “…we stormed down to Amassana, which was a town supposed to be friendly and fined them 25 goats and 20 chickens for non-assistance, then returned to Agbeni and burned half…October 1st was spent in continuance of yesterdays incendiraism by burning every town or farm we could see. I shudder to think of how many houses we have destroyed in these two days. On our way back to Egbbeddi in the afternoon we passed by Sabagreia and told our old friend Chief Ijor that most likely we should burn down Sabagreia the next day…”
17. Nigeria’s population was just 16 million in 1911. It is projected to hit 444 million by 2050, surpassing the US and becoming the 4th largest in the world.
18. The population of Lagos today is about more than the total population of all Eastern states combined.
19. Lagos’ population in 1872 was 60,000. By 2015 it will be the third largest city in the entire world.
20. Nigeria’s north (719,000 sq. km), occupies 80% of Nigeria’s land mass. In size it is four times the South.
21. 1st republic Aviation Minister, Chief Mbazulike Amaechi hid former South African President, Nelson Mandela, for six months in Nigeria to evade his arrest by the apartheid regime.
22. Gangsta: In 1984 under the disciplinary Buhari/Idiagbon government, there was a sophisticated attempt to kidnap and repatriate ex-civilian regime minister of transport, Umaru Dikko from the UK, anesthetized in a freight crate, for the embezzlement of $1bn under the Shagari regime.
23. Valor: Part of the ‘Forgotten Army,’ Nigerians volunteered to fight with the allied forces among the 81st and 82nd West African Divisions, in the Second World War.
24. The Adubi war in 1918 was a major uprising by 30,000 Abeokuta Ebga warriors against the colonial government for colonization, taxation and slave labor. One British was killed and rail and telegraph lines destroyed. The British rewarded their soldiers with medals for quelling the uprising. Awape Adediran a Molashin/ Kingmaker was imprisoned for his active involvement.
25. Activist Mrs. Fumilayo Ransome-Kuti travelled widely, including to the Eastern bloc (Hungary, USSR and China where she met Mao Zedong). These interactions angered Nigeria, Britain and America. America called her a communist and refused her a U.S. Visa.
26. Mrs. Fumilayo Ransome-Kuti, legendary Fela’s mother, was one of the delegates that negotiated Nigeria’s independence in Britain.
27. Once upon a time, the north was the more literate part of Nigeria. According to Lord Luggard, there were 25,000 Qur’anic Arabic schools with about 250,000 pupils in the north.
28. Sardauna of Sokoto said he preferred foreign workers to Igbo’s because he felt Igbo’s are domineering. This was while Nigeria existed as regions with regional administrations.
29. Kaduna Nzeogwu killed Sardauna in Nigeria’s first military coup.
30. In 1966, a mischievous Igbo owned bakery allegedly made a loaf of bread with a label that depicted Nzeogwu as the Saint in the ‘Saint George and the Dragon’ medieval tale, killing Sardauna, the ‘dragon,’ this labeled bread provoked deadly anti-Igbo riots.
31. Idrîs Aloma (1571-1603) King of Kanem-Bornu went on pilgrimage and came across firearms. He brought some guns back, along with Turks to train his army on how to use them.
32. Travel Visa was not required to travel to the United Kingdom till 1984.
33. A brand new car sold for N2000 in 1975. A ticket to London was less than N100 in 1975.
34. In 1976, 75 kobo exchanged for one British Pound and 60 kobo for one US dollar.
35. A dollar was 90 kobo at the beginning of Babangida’s tenure in 1985.
36. Nigeria took its first loan from the World Bank in 1977.
37. Obasanjo’s first term and Babangida’s regime oversaw the weakening of the naira.
38. General Buhari and Idiagbon rejected IMF demands that Nigeria devalue its currency. Which was why the CIA ensured their removal.
39. Babangida’s coup in 1985 was invaluable to the colonialists suspected to have been in support as it led to Nigeria accepting SAP restrictions, loans and crippling foreign monetary conditions.
40. Nigeria has 5 of the 10 richest pastors in the entire world, with net worth’s according to Forbes, from $10-150 million. They are Pastors, David Oyedepo, E. A. Adeboye, Chris Oyakhilome, Mathew Ashimolowo and Temitope Joshua.
41. Nigeria has the 4th highest number of poor, living under a dollar a day in the entire world. 100 million are ‘destitute’ according to figures from the NBS (National Bureau of Statistics).
42. Nigeria, the biggest economy in Africa is 160th out of 177 countries in HDI (Human Development Index).
43. Nigeria has the highest paid legislators in the entire world.
44. Based on amount squandered, of an income of $81 billion per year, Nigeria is the most corrupt nation in the world.
45. The nation with the most defrauded people, aka ‘mugus,’ in history, is Nigeria. Successive administrations continue to loot a greater percentage of the nation’s wealth, running in hundreds of billions of dollars.
46. Nigeria in 2013 was rated the worst country to be born based on welfare and prosperity projection.
47. Aliko Dangote funded Presidents Obasanjo, Yar’Adua and Jonathan’s 4th republic campaigns. Buhari rejected funding from Dangote.
48. Usman dan Fodio (1754–1817) was trained in classical Islamic science, philosophy and theology and wrote over 100 books on society, culture, religion, governance and politics. He could only declare Jihad when he was made leader in Gudu {In Islam you can only declare Jihad if you are an official Muslim leader}.
49. The Borno Empire rejected Dan Fodio’s colonization jihad. Al-Hajj Muhammad al-Amîn ibn Muhammad al-Kânemî not only militarily defended his Empire, but also did so by religious, theological, legal and political debates, challenging why a Muslim Empire should colonize another.
50. Kano history has it that a great warrior princess Magajiya Maimuna led her cavalry from Zaria to conquer Kumbwada.
51. Kumbwada in Kano today is ruled by Queen Hajiya Haidzatu Ahmed, who presides over up to half a million subjects. A throne curse which makes men sick and die, keeps males off the throne. {Sadly, the woman ruled Kumbwada is the least funded chiefdom in Nigeria}.
52. The Igbo ethnic group are the ‘Jews’ of Nigeria. Eager for a home state and highly entrepreneurial; during the Biafra secession attempt in the 60’s, this industrious people were already constructing indigenous tanks and other weaponry.
53. There are several Nigerian officials in the government of English speaking The Gambia.
54. There is a Nigerian origin, Yoruba chief in Accra. Chief Brimah is the only foreign Chief with a seat in the Ghanaian traditional council.
55. Cross River State: The Ejagham (Ekoi) people in the Southeast are believed to have originated the Nsibidi (Nsibiri) writing system which later spread to the Efik, Igbo, Ibibio, Efut, Banyang and Annag peoples.
56. Discovered in 1928, Nigeria’s North and North Central region hosts West Africa’s oldest civilization; the Nok civilization which flourished between 1000 BC and 300 BC. {Nok sculptures recently went on display disappointingly in Germany (not Africa).}
57. Finished in 1460 the Benin Iya or moat is a historic world defense wonder. Spanning 1,200 kilometers with walls as high as 18 metres, it is the world’s largest archeological structure.
58. Sungbo’s Eredo in Ogun state (6°49′N, 3°56′E) is a 100 mile system of up to 70 ft trenches and walls around Ijebu-Ode. It’s Queen, Bilkisu Sungbo has been attributed to the Biblical Queen Sheeba (Queen Bilkis in Quran).
59. Lord Luggard estimated in 1904 that there were 170 walled towns still in existence in the whole of just the Kano province of northern Nigeria. He described Kano: ‘Commercial emporium of the western Sudan.’ Of its wall, he said, ‘I have never seen, nor even imagined, anything like it in Africa.’
60. Osun: Queen Luwo, the twenty-first Ooni (ruler) of Ile-Ife paved the streets with quartz pebbles—and broken pottery, in 1000AD. The architecture had decorations that originated from Ancient America.
61. Borno: The capital city of Kanem-Borno, Ngazargamu, was one of the largest cities in 1658 AD; the metropolis housed “about quarter of a million people” and had 660 well planned, wide and unbending streets.
62. In 1246 AD the Kanemi of Borno created a sensation in Tunisia when he sent a gift of a giraffe to Al-Mustapha, king of Tunis.
63. Sokoto: Two-story buildings with constructions glazed with tsoluwa, (laterite gravel), 10 mile circumference city walls, some as high as 20 feet, is how 16th century Surame, a Sokoto metropolis created by empire ruler, Muhammadu Kanta Sarkin Kebbi, was. UNESCO describes Surame as “one of the wonders of human history, creativity and ingenuity.”
64. Kano: In 1851, this city, one of the largest in Africa, made 10 million sandal pairs and 5 million hides for export every year.
65. Kebbi: Nigeria’s Sorko Sea lords of Kebbi state, made ships (Kanta) which were used for far away expeditions, including the 1311 AD, 2000 ship, famous voyage of Songhai Empire’s Mansa Abubakari II to the America’s, decades before Columbus.
66. Yobe: The oldest discovered boat in Africa, and 3rd oldest on the world, the 8500 yr old Dufuna canoe was discovered by a Fulani herdsman in 1987 in Dufuna village, Fune LGA.
67. Ondo: Confusing evolution scientists, the 13,000 yr old Iwo-Eleru cave skull, the oldest human fossil remains found in West Africa, has ‘ancient’ (140,000 yr old Laetoli) features, yet lived in more modern times.
68. Benin Kingdom: The high quality and highly sophisticated bronze work of the Benin Kingdom dating as far back as the 13th century is a world wonder. Great works in iron, wood, ivory, and terra cotta products also highlight the empire’s history.
69. Benin Kingdom: Lourenco Pinto, captain of a ship that carried missionaries to Warri in 1619, described Benin kingdom, ‘Great Benin where the king resides is larger than Lisbon, all the streets run straight and as far as the eyes can see….’
70. Rivers/Akwa Ibom: King Jaja of Opobo, (1821–1891) Jubo Jubogha, an Igbo from Imo state founded Opobo city-state in 1867 and shipped palm oil to Britain independently of British middle men.
71. Ancient Greeks appear to have Nigerian roots as supported by the Benin Haplogroup or Haplogroup 19. According to Jide Uwechia, ‘The Benin Haplotype (which originates from Nigeria, West Africa) accounts for HbS associated chromosomes in Sicily Northern Greece.’
72. Ilorin’s ‘Oba’ Afonja utilized Fulani warriors to help rebel against the Oyo Empire. The warriors after defeating Oyo took over Ilorin and Sheikh Alimi, their leader became the first Emir.
73. Much of north Nigeria was part of the Songhai Empire. Muhammad Kanta annexed Kebbi and other states between 1512 and 1517.
74. The Obasanjo military regime converted Nigeria from a Parliamentary system to a Presidential system of government.
75. Much of traditional pre-colonial Nigeria operated a parliamentary form of government. The council of elders could make or impeach the King.
76. General Johnson Thomas Umurakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi on 24 May 1966, with Decree No. 34, dissolved Nigeria’s regions, creating provinces. He unified Regional Public Services under a single Commission. Riots were provoked in Kano and mutiny in Abeokuta; eventually there was a coup.
77. In 1967 Gowon split the four regions into 12 states.
78. Gowon’s Decree No. 8 of 1967 after the Aburi conference restored Nigeria as a confederacy.
79. Late President Murtala Muhammed’s dad, Pam Azatus Iyok was from Dogon-Gaba, near Vom in Plateau state, Nigeria’s Middle Belt. Pam became a Muslim and married Ramat from Kano. Murtala Muhammed’s wife, Hafsat Ajoke was a Yoruba lady.
80. Ex- President Yakubu Gowon from Jos state (Middle Belt) is a Christian. General Obasanjo was his Army chief who helped him defeat the Biafra attempted secession from 1967-1970.
81. Nigeria has been ruled for 30 years by Christians (25 years if Azikiwe is excluded).
82. Mujahid Asari Dokubo, the leader of the southern Movement for Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) and the most vocal enemy of the north, is a Muslim.
83. Nigeria is not roughly divided between a Muslim north and a Christian South. The far north, east and far south do have concentrations, but the rest of the nation defies such demarcations.
84. In the Southwest, Osun, Lagos, Ogun and Oyo have a higher population of Muslims than Christians according to counts. Benue, Nasarawa and Plateau in the north have Christian majorities.
85. According to the Senate joint committee, Nigeria’s chief terrorist leader, Abubakar Shekau is not a Nigerian; he hails from Niger republic. {Shekau is believed by security services to be deceased.}
86. According to current demographics, after Hausa-Fulani (29%), Yoruba (21%), Igbo (18%) and Ijaw (10%) comes Kanuri (4%) and then Ibibio (3.5%) and Tiv (2.5%).
87. Not really a northern caucus, but it was late M. K. O. Abiola that orchestrated and sponsored the Buhari /Idiagbon coup and then again the Babangida coup overthrow of Buhari. –Shagari memoir, “Beckoned to Serve;” Babangida, “Karl Maier – Midnight in Nigeria.” (Max Siollun)
88. The leading caucus is basically a childhood friendship: President Obasanjo was childhood friends with President Babangida, President Abacha and Commander Danjuma.
89. President Babangida was childhood friends with President Abdulsalam.
90. President Obasanjo graduated Abdulsalam who later became President and went on to hand over power to democratically arranged President Obasanjo.
91. Under the Presidential system, Nigerians have had 7 years total Northern rule and 11+ years Southern rule.
92. Total civilian rule, Parliamentary and Presidential, Nigeria has had 12 years Northern and 11+ years Southern rule.
93. 6 coups is the highest number of any nation in Africa. Nigeria along with Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, Uganda and Mauritania are the nations with 6 coups.
94. The Biafra war included a ‘Mid West invasion.’ The Midwest was either a battle field or in Biafra’s sights—Dr. Nowamagbe A. Omoigui relays.
95. The Biafra 12th battalion headed by Lt Col Victor Adebukunola Banjo captured Benin and set out to capture Ibadan and Lagos.
96. The Biafra 13th battalion, led by Ivenso entered Kwara, now Kogi and captured Okene, Atanai and Iloshi.
97. Cameroon was an administrative part of Nigeria in 1945, hence the NCNC party (National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons). Towards independence the UN mandated British held former German territory, south Cameroon opted to join French Cameroon and not Nigeria.
98. J.C. Vaughn, Ernest Ikoli, H.O. Davies, Obafemi Awolowo and Samuel Akinsanya founded the Nigerian Youth Movement (NYM) in 1934 to promote national unity particularly between Yoruba and Igbo.
99. Azikiwe left Nigerian Youth Movement (NYM) because he claimed the organization had been seized by Yoruba’s and it discriminated against Igbo’s including himself.
100. Oyo defeats Ashanti: In 1764 the Ashanti army marched on Dahomey, Togo. At Atakpamé, the Ashanti army was ambushed and sacked by Dahomean infantry and female elite soldiers allied with forces from the Oyo Empire. Ashanti King Kusi Obodum was destooled after the defeat.
Nigeria’s century compilation was created as a historical snapshot of peculiar events, for our benefit and that of Nigeria’s younger generations. It was compiled to the best of our ability and influenced by our learning, recollection and prejudices. We invite Nigerians to collect and share with us more important and unique events that define 100 years of Nigeria. Resources utilized here can be found on ENDS.ng.
Dr. Peregrino Brimah
http://ENDS.ng [Every Nigerian Do Something] Email: drbrimah@ends.ng Twitter: @EveryNigerian
*Author has made descriptive revisions to 16, 27, 32 and 64, and fact and location edits for 35, 52 and 56, 70 and 84 on Jan. 7, 2014

http://www.thegazellenews.com/2014/01/08/opinion-100-years-and-100-interesting-facts-about-nigeria-by-peregrino-brimah/

Al-mustapha to debate Obasanjo...the butterfly thinks itself an eagle...

talk true: Channels report shows where the House of Rep member hit the gavel but it was not shown on the doctored video. That's one point

PT and SR video shows where the minister was munching groundnuts with gusto before the session started. The Channels TV video didn't. That's one point

Sincere 9gerian: Guy, you too much. You have demolished the morons. Well done!

So says Nairaland's resident slowpoke!!!

rudedough: Bro please stop taking me back and forth. Stella Oduah did not attend the school, she only received an honorary degree from the school.

Do me a favor, put Glendale, California and Fullerton, California on google map and see the distance between them yourself. If i live in Ajegunle and i tell someone that i live at Apapa, i am not far from the truth because the truth is, i don't want to say i live at Ajegunle because Ajegunle is a fvcked up place to live.
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Fullerton, California is a pretty fvcked up environment and no one will want to put that on his/her resume. Here educate yourself and stop chasing thin air. I am not making excuses for the Minister, i am only stating the obvious.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fullerton,_California

BTW it's a freaking "honorary" PhD, you cannot get a job with that degree. It place no advantage in your career, it's just another useless degree. So why are you guys getting worked up over it?[/b]

My "educated friend"

So you are here again still trying to sell this cockamamie.

"Fullerton, California is pretty f***ked up and no one will want to put that on his or her CV" Like seriously

rudedough: I don't know why i keep coming back to educate you. You sound extremely uneducated and ignorant to me but you're too proud to learn.

Have you heard of 2014/2015 academic calendar?

If UNILAG was renamed that year, the final year graduates would have been awarded a UNILAG degree as the last set of UNILAG graduates. (Transition Period) Need i say more?

Does your university degree certificate (assuming you have one) read 2011/2012 session for instance?

Mine doesn't. But then again, believe whatever works for you.

You haven't "educated" me with the "Glendale College" link I requested.

taharqa: Oh! Shut it. Watch d 2 Videos again. On the SR Video, d Chair of d Committee never shouted, was never aggressive; all those parts were doctored out by d SR crew. This was unlike d brief Channels. The whole purpose of that Vid was to present d Minister as d 'slaker' and d Chair as been professional. That was a complete negation of what transpired that day

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Oh shut it! Watch the 2 videos again. On the Channels TV video the minister never shouted, was never aggressive. Those parts were doctored by the Channels TV crew. This was unlike the longer video by SR. The whole purpose of that Vid was to present d chairman as d 'slaker' and d minister as been professional. That was a complete negation of what transpired that day.

You are trying to stand logic on its head. According to you, the SR video which was longer, was doctored, while the shorter Channels TV video was authentic. Note that these 2 videos are of the same event. Just that the SR one showed what transpired from the beginning while the Channels one showed us what transpired after decorum had been flung out of the window by BOTH parties.

Like I said in an earlier post, the truth of what actually transpired lies somewhere between those 2 videos. Oh, and you don't have to agree with me.

rudedough: I would have ignored you but for the other people who are interested to know. I am tired of the back and forth argument. You are obviously uneducated and know nothing about higher education, i'll forgive your ignorance.

Taking a new corporate name doesn't mean that the old name and documents ceases to exist.

1997/1998 is one academic year. Ever heard of 2010/2011 graduates or 1997/1998 intake?

Pacific Christian college achieved university status in 1997, it became a University from that day until her transition to Hope International University.

Stella Oduah was given an honorary PhD degree in 1998. It is not mandatory that certificates must be issued in the name of the new University in that academic year. There will be a transition period.

For Glendale college, please look at their intra-campus transfer window. I hope i have answered your question satisfactorily and i hope we don't have to go back and forth about this anymore.

I still cannot find any reference to "Glendale College" on the Hope University website. Please do me a favour and post a link.

Do not forget that according to you I am "uneducated and know nothing about higher education."

Please in my ignorance, I beg you in the name of God to post a link. thanks in advance.

rudedough: I would have ignored you but for the other people who are interested to know. I am tired of the back and forth argument. You are obviously uneducated and know nothing about higher education, i'll forgive your ignorance.

Taking a new corporate name doesn't mean that the old name and documents ceases to exist.

1997/1998 is one academic year. Ever heard of 2010/2011 graduates or 1997/1998 intake?

Pacific Christian college achieved university status in 1997, it became a University from that day until her transition to Hope International University.

Stella Oduah was given an honorary PhD degree in 1998. It is not mandatory that certificates must be issued in the name of the new University in that academic year. There will be a transition period.

For Glendale college, please look at their intra-campus transfer window. I hope i have answered your question satisfactorily and i hope we don't have to go back and forth about this anymore.

Now you are veering into insults. You are here clutching at straws to support a baseless argument and you call me uneducated.

Recently, President Jonathan attempted to rechristen UNILAG.

Had that renaming sailed through with no opposition, what name would have been on the certificates issued to students from then on?

Pacific Christian College became Hope International University in 1997. Madam Oduah by the CV released online claimed she got an honorary PH.D in 1998 from Pacific Christian University.

Going by your argument and assuming that Pacific College is also Pacific University, the school authorities decided to issue Oduah a certificate bearing their former name, one full year after they changed their name?

What kind of puerile argument is that

And you have the nerve to call me uneducated.

SMH!

theoctopus: What is damage control? Why do damage control for a lie? You people in APC are liars. Sahara reporters are liars. They post credible news once in a while, but they are paid to spread APC lies. It is a shame. You people will destroy yourselves with your own lies

So you actually believe that this scanned word document was released by the Nigerian Senate?

You are soooooooooo gullible

Gbam!!!

@ Rudedough

I am waiting for your feedback bro.

[quote author=St_Black]LOL.

So you have been caught RED-HANDED. PLS Answer:

Did Stealer Oduah attend a university called Pacific Christian University as indicated in her CV OR not?

OYA ANSWER QWENSION. [/quote]No she didn't claim to have attended the school. She only claimed she got an honorary doctorate from the university.

Pacific Christian University does not exist and never has. Perhaps the minister meant to type Pacific Christian College on her CV.

rudedough: Alright then, let's do this like gentle men. You can find it on Hope International University website that they are comprise of 5 colleges and Glendale College is one of them, hence the transfer window.

Pacific Christian University is now Hope International University.

"Hope International University was founded in 1928 as Pacific Bible Seminary, and in 1963 was renamed Pacific Christian College following the move to Long Beach, California. In 1997 they achieved university status and took the corporate name of Hope International University."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope_International_University

I hope we don't have to argue over the existence of Pacific Christian University anymore.

Oga, there was never Pacific Christian University! There was a Pacific Christian College which changed its name to Hope International University when it became a university in 1997. If you look to the right side of the Wikipedia page you cited here, you will see a place tagged "Former Names" You will see that the names listed there are 2. Neither of them is PACIFIC CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY.

Also please help me with a link of the Hope International University webpage where they listed Glendale College as one of the colleges. I have visited the site and I can't seem to find it. All I could find are a list of CAMPUSES...and none of them is called "Glendale" or located in Glendale, California.