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Yeah right...and the pope is a reformed jihadist...

I would definitely fly them. They were one of d best before the unfortunate accident. The accident was just that...an accident! Could have happened to any of the other airline. They are a very well set up airline and I hope they survive this tough times...

justokey: I agree she should face the law. But lawyers in the house please bail me out...Can she be tried with this new law since she committed the offence before the law was signed and gazatted?

I am not a lawyer but methinks that since she committed the crime after the law was signed, she is liable. It was stated then that the law would take immediate effect...even though it had not been gazetted. In some countries, laws only become operational after they are gazetted. Perhaps the situation is different in Lagos. Can any lawyer help with information on this?

Goodluck to her....and that is a sincere prayer not a curse

Nice one. At least the airline's employees can get back to work.

Regaining their market share is another kettle of fish all together though. Would be interesting to see how they go about getting Nigerians to fly their airline though...

Dis Guy: Some people dont really know why they are actually opposed to the policy, them just dey rago dey go

Soldier go, soldier come

I do not need a Ph.D in economics to know that re-denominating our currency at this time should not be one of the priorities of this government. There are more pressing issues for this government to address over and above this pointless venture. There are countries in this world that have used the same denominations for decades with no issues...why does this government insist on doing this at this time? Or is there a plan to list this among its list of "achievements" in the near future?

Ojo (Oriade) LGA

I-Beg-Sir Junction (B'cos people looking for free rides to the Island in the morning converge there)

Dustbin Bus Stop (Used to be home to a HUGE garbage dump pre Tinubu days. Name has stuck ever since )

Maza-Maza (Hausa for Quick-Quick...Dunno the history...)

Monkey Village (Used to be a thick forest populated by monkeys before omo onile sold all the land. it is now a thriving residential area but the name has stuck.)

gonon: Nigeria is not ripe for State police. Our present political landscape will not allow for effective implementation, we already have some form of state police in states like Kano. Hisbah or whatever they are called. Instead of them catching criminals, they were busy destroying alcoholic drinks and flogging women for wearing trousers, etc... So for now, i don't agree at all.

You have a right to your opinion sir. But I disagree with the Kano example you used. The HISBAH is a religious compliance monitoring unit. The law forecloses them from embarking on such adventures as chasing and capturing criminals...they are not even equipped for such pursuits. It is just another organ of the state government setup for a special purpose like you have LASTMA in Lagos. Even in Lagos, LASTMA still has to work with the police in delivering on some of its mandates especially the ones that border on criminal infractions. The Police has had a running battle with various civil militias for what they consider to be attempts hijack the Police mandate of apprehending criminals and bringing them to justice.

The State Police as being advocated is a constitutionally empowered organ of the state government much like you have the central police right now. I opine that the only reason that the FG does not want to go in that direction is that it will see its powers of control over the federating units whittled down drastically. We as citizens have also unwittingly bought into this culture of fear by toeing the same line as the FG to oppose a move that will ensure the devolution of power from the centre and investing same on uswszd, the people.

This oft expressed fear of abuse by the state governors is neither here nor there. The fact is that it is the same thing that is wrong with the centralized structure presently. Common sense dictates therefore that this concern as well as others that may be raised by and by, will be addressed by whatever form of legislation or policy that will support the new security structure. Billions of naira have been sunk into attempts to reform the behemoth called the Nigerian police with very little achieved.

The truth is that there are people at the centre who will continue to ensure that such reforms, especially those seeking to grant some form of autonomy to the police will never succeed because they have vested interests. So all that we have gotten in return for the huge investments over the years is basically a change in uniforms and a perpetuation of the same old regime of corruption. You have states like Lagos state spending a huge chunk of her annual budget funding and equipping the federal police in the state so as to gain a modicum of performance from them, while the commissioner needs to clear every directive from the governor with his principal in Abuja. Isn't this an aberration?

If the FG is really sincere about turning around the security sector around, perhaps this idea of having state police departments should be explored. We really need to move away from this culture of analysis paralysis. Bright ideas are mooted but are often wholly discarded at the level of analysis. Surely, there is no way we can move forward as a nation if we continue to do that. If a concept is not working, let us be courageous enough to try other concepts. It was someone's idea to explore the central police model when he felt the regional structure we had in the 60s/70s was not working. Perhaps the time has come for us to explore other options.

I apologize for the length of this post

Nigeria is the only country where we keep doing things the same way and expect different results. If we are to be objective in our analysis, I believe that we will all agree that the current centralized police structure is obviously not working. How about trying something else.

We allow politicians to ride roughshod over us because we keep allowing them to perpetuate their regime of fear. They terrorize us with the "Nigeria will break up" mantra each time an idea comes that will weaken their strangle hold over power. When will Nigeria be free

Nigeria is not ready for State Police Really The question then is when exactly will Nigeria be ready?? As has been proposed here, state police can be funded by the state while control is vested in the people of the state as it obtains in several states in the US. Police chiefs are not appointed by the governor but are elected by the people. Thus, they owe their mandate to the people much the same way the governor does. As to whether governors will refuse to fund the police they do not control, that is absolute BS! Lagos state for example currently spends a huge chunk of its annual budget on equipping the federal police in Lagos.

Let us not forget that we once had a police force structured along regional lines in this country. Someone decided it was not working as well as it should and had the courage to adopt the centralized model. Now that the centralized model is not working, why are we so afraid to try another method?

For as long as we as Nigerians refuse to break away from fear, we will continue to perpetuate this culture of insanity because we will continue to do the same thing over and over again and be the worse off for it.

Good game. I hope the technical crew will make the necessary adjustments before we meet Italy.

Let's stay positive.

Na who give Maleke choir robe wear

About time too...those families need to be able to bury what ever is left of their loved ones in order to get some closure...

Beaf: [size=14pt]Okupe blasts El-Rufai, Tunde Bakare over calls for Jonathan resignation[/size]
By Victor Iluyemi
August 8, 2012 22:36:51pm GMT

Abuja (WorldStage Newsonline)-- The newly appointed Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, on Wednesday discribed the former FCT Minister, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai as a [b]derailed or deranged politician.
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He also did not spear the Vice Presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in the 2011 election, Pastor Tunde Bakare who he advised to stop hiding behind the pulpit.

El-Rufai recently called for the resignation of President Goodluck Jonathan if he (the President) could not solve the ongoing security challenges in the country.

But the SSA said no responsible citizen will call on the President to quit in the face of insurgency at a time when all hands should be on deck to defeat the common enemies.

He argued that it is a well known fact that issue of insurgency is a very difficult national problem. “It is not anything peculiar to Nigeria. No responsible citizen of any of those countries affected by insurgency before call on their Presidents to resign,” he said.

He also warned against the manipulation of the present security situation in the country by politicians for selfish purposes.

The SSA also faulted the former Minister's criticism of the president's reliance on citizens for information on terrorist activities.

He said, "El-Rufai is my younger brother. I have so much respect for him. But politics is more or less derailing or deranging him.

"Everybody knows that insurgency is a very difficult national problem. It is not anything peculiar to Nigeria. No responsible citizen of any of those countries affected by insurgency before call on their Presidents to resign.

"When he talks about intelligence, there is no better security in any country than by the people of the country. It is communal security that will help government and security agencies to root out insurgence. If people shielded insurgents, they make the works of security agencies more difficult. "Can President Goodluck Jonathan be in Borno and everywhere at the same time? I believe that people just want to play politics. All what you are hearing is just the manipulation of the present situation to suit their political purposes.

"I am sure that my brother, El-Rufai is hopeful to be a presidential candidate of one of the parties very soon. What I will expect him to do with the level of intellect, intelligence and the resource that has been given to his own personal education is to come out with some reasonable plans, some suggestions, and not just criticising government for criticising sake.

"If El-Rufai was President of Nigeria, what will he do? Why don’t he say that? Or is he keeping that until when he becomes the President by which time the whole country is wiped off? When tragedy befalls a country, responsible men and women of that country forget partisanship and rally round their nation and they try their best to help existing government to tackle that. Once that is over, they go back to politics.

"This is not time for politics. Every man or woman who politicises this issue of Boko haram, people should disregard and discard whatever information they hear from them. They are not serious-minded people."

On pastor Bakare, he said " Pastor Bakare also falls into that category. It is shameful. You cannot convert the pulpit to a podium.

"If you want to be a politician, please come out.”

"Pastor Bakare came into politics a few years ago and he became a vice presidential candidate of a major political party, some of us have been in politics for 30 years and we did not even become a governor and we did not say the country must come down, that is unfair. It is unacceptable."

He also accused Pastor Bakare of insincerity and obviously playing to the gallery, insisting that "Boko Haram is something that evolved suddenly in the early part of the life span of this administration. Internal insurgency is not peculiar to Nigeria, it has happened in Oman, Sri lanka, Vietnam, Great Britain, Philippines, Kenya and Iraq.

"I wish to advice that if Pastor Bakare will be fair, he should come out properly to the political Arena and stop using God's Pulpit to throw stones at Gods elect, as no leader will emerge in any praying nation like Nigeria without the blessing of God", Okupe said

http://www.worldstagegroup.com/worldstagenew/index.php?active=news&newscid=5622&catid=8

I thot this man expressly stated recently that he wasn't employed as the President's attack dog....he is starting to sound like one IMO. Oh well, better this response than Abati's usual tepid drivel that's neither here nor there. Okupe leaves no one in doubt about his rabid riposte to anything anti-GEJ. If I were Abati, this would be a good time for me to tender my resignation and frantically try to salvage what is left of my reputation

tiwasiaife: What will he tell allah in dat hajj? He was caught red handed and he is still denying it. Lawal an unrepentant sinner stop mocking hajj.

He will tell God that he has come to seek for forgiveness...

lavante: SoRry to derail the thread.....but I am cracking up with laughter with all the comments. Summary of story is that our leaders have no shame at all and there is no justice in this land. Imagine the dude was trying to connect calls to '??highly placed people'. We are on our own...

...and I can bet you that those calls to the "highly placed" paid off. I am sure he got the required clearance to fly first class to Saudi for the Hajj and it was most likely a complimentary ticket or one paid for from the coffers of the house of rep's purse. He may have even embarked on the trip as a member of some federal government or senate delegation to the lesser hajj...

Mcheeeew!!!

Flight risk or no flight risk, what is the guarantee that Mr. Farouk Lawan's so-called prosecution will not be another legal jamboree that will cost taxpayers millions of Naira but yield no convictions at the end?

Did I not just read in the papers today that the EFCC may be dropping charges against Peter Odili after about 5 years of legal rigmarole?

Did it not take Ibori's misadventure to the UAE and the UK to get him to get his comeuppance for his crimes?

Perhaps we should let more of our corrupt officials to "flee" abroad so that Nigerians can get justice for the bastardization of our economies from foreign courts.

raphaelmaxwell: this man should just be careful,why is he so much on Jonathans neck.
mr. bakare should just let jonathan be,when he{tunde} gets there we will all see him perform.

Y'all make it sound like Pastor Bakare just started commenting on public affairs during Jonathan's regime. Y'all forget that he has been consistent in his views since the era of the military. Y'all forget that he was a major thorn in the flesh of ex President Obasanjo's government. Y'all conveniently forget also that he was one of those at the forefront of the campaign to have then Vice President Jonathan installed as acting President in the absence of late President Yaradua.

I don't see anything wrong with a preacher educating his flock on the need to take their political destinies in their hands and stand up for their rights. Perhaps if we had other preachers who have larger areas of influence preaching similar messages to their flocks, we would over time be able to build a politically conscious voting force against the next election. All this ethnic 'chop make me sef I chop' mentality is what has brought us this far and will do us all in at the end of the day.

Kudos to Pastor Bakare.

edicolove: Why are you drawing us back? Why? Have you been living under a rock? Why?

Yes I have been living under a rock.

Perhaps you who has been living on the rock will care to educate me.

So apart from the "your word against mine" testimony from Otedola who is the prime prosecution witness, and his cut and join video, what other evidence does the police really have against Farouk to guarantee a conviction at the end?

Or is this just going to be another lengthy court process that will cost taxpayers millions of naira and eventually get thrown out for lack of valid evidence? Where are the marked dollar notes? $620,000 USD is not the kind of money that should vanish without a trace.

Why was Farouk not arrested with his hands in the cookie jar immediately after the sting operation planned and supervised by the SSS?

Why is the SSS refusing to release the video of the sting operation to the police to help with the prosecution process?

Why is the police rushing to court when they know that the chances of securing a conviction are almost non-existent?

Why do these public officials continue to try to hoodwink us?

Why

Definitely photoshopped...but the second one is real

dedeike: The issue is that he is an ex convict. The allegations against him are weighty and border on qualification.
Since he has a bad criminal record, he has no place in that hallowed chamber.
He either resigns or get kicked out.

I think the question to ask is what exactly makes one a convict?

Mr. Gbajabiamila was sanctioned for a breach of professional ethics by a professional body of lawyers...not by a court of law. I do not think there is any aspect of our law that bars him legally from contesting for public office based on his temporary suspension from practice. (Please correct me if I am wrong.)I do not think an indictment for unprofessional conduct necessarily constitutes a "bad criminal record" as you call it. Or am I missing something?

Anyway, he is still in the house for now so he is going to be moving the impeachment motion if the FG is unable to prove 100% implementation of the budget after the deadline given. It is up to his constituency to arrange his recall before then since he wont be resigning his appointment.

http://odili.net/news/source/2012/jul/26/826.html

otokx: if they were in Jail where they rightly belong this insult would not have occured.

Send them to jail on what charge now? Our government set an age limit of 22 years for aircraft operating the nation's airspace. The crashed DANA plane was 21 years old and the nation's regulator confirmed that its maintenance was up to date. So which crime did the airline commit

ifihearam: You don't strike me like who is willing to go down this road with us!!!!

"Us" being who exactly

LWKM!!! Dis judge na gangster! Poor lawyer. But if na me too, I'd opt for d frog jump over facing a contempt charge before an irate magistrate.

peckhamboi: It could have been very bloody today if the Lastma guys had not retreated.

So those two mumu soldiers in the picture stood by and allowed their faces to be captured on photo...dem oga go use dem do scapegoat

luvinhubby: This is gross INSANITY, 3rs & $350 for traffic violation. Where else in the whole wide world is this applicable.

Where else in the world do people disobey traffic laws with such impunity as we do in Lagos Is it not GROSS INSANITY to drive against traffic on a major expressway like Apapa - Oshodi road I pray it doesn't take a personal loss of a relative or friend for you to begin to see the wisdom in the stiff penalties imposed by LASG. Penalties are deterrents...in other words, DO NOT BREAK THE LAW SO YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PAY THE FINE OR DO TIME IN PRISON!!!

greall1: Una dey crazy for head. How about those politician and how many nigeria politician has been jail in nigeria for misconduct
And those politician Embezzle govt money. No light. Unemployment. Bad govt
Una dey implement law to poor man. Nonsense

Na poor man like you naim go one day become big politician. If you fit teach yourself to obey the law now wey you poor so, e no go hard you to obey the law when you sef turn big oga. Someone has to try and take control of this big mess before it overwhelms us all.

boyendowed: Three years jail term for driving against traffic?That's a bit harsh.A heavy fine will do

If I was leading a state like Lagos, there would be no option of fine for driving against traffic...you will go to jail!!! We must all learn to be sane people...

[quote author=O.D.B.]thank God I have left that agbero city for good, i will soon put my late dad's properties for sale and finally relocate permanently to Abuja[/quote]...and if we are to go by your statement, we are to assume there are no traffic laws in Abuja abi? Go and drive against traffic in Abuja make VIO and FRSC officers take you build house

I find it hard to believe that anyone will make such a trip.

Don't know about y'all. But I know my kids don't play when that Honeywell advert is playing. I think most kids prefer the Honeywell advert. I personally prefer Indomie's "Mama do Good"

Zutchy: Please add corruption to that list.

Years of prosecution and none of those charges have stuck. El-Rufai has made himself available for every court appearance while the prosecution has stalled and continually caused the case to receive adjournment after adjournment...what does that tell you?

Delafruita: na only for naija,men go do their job astutely and receive condemnation.
na only for naija,person go siddon inside him room and convict person of crime

Co-signed!!!

C'mon guys!!! El-Rufai can be a cocky bastard sometimes. But lets face it...he did his job as Minister of a territory that was fast becoming another jungle like Lagos. He may have been high-handed in certain instances but largely, he took on a challenge that no other person had the guts to. The rich and wealthy were as affected by the demolition as were the poor and downtrodden.