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psucc:
When you taste any coca-cola drink from neighbouring countries, you will know we're being killed here in Nigeria.

Here, water + anything goes.

My brother I'm telling u. I use to enjoy coke in Cameroon. But when I come 9ja drink coke my guy I shock

I heard the 8k is for the yorubas and APC members.

IamdbuII:
Dbull on this one!


Never had a girlfriend in my life because it will distract me from my music.

But as my music no gree blow I don dey regret small small


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnKbGUIe--c

But now ur music is the major source of distraction cause of noise. Even if them tie bomb for ur body, man u can't blow with this ur music. U sing like a stamara

Kukutenla:
Tinubu supporters

My brother those people are so poor that giving them 8k, will make them worship the drug lord for the next 8 years

Italian school caretaker cleared of s3xual assault because the grope only lasted less than 10 seconds

There's been an uproar in Italy after a Judge acquitted a school caretaker of sexually assaulting a pupil because it "lasted less than ten seconds".

The teen was walking up a staircase at a school in Rome with a friend at the time of the incident. 66-year-old Antonio Avola had put his hand down the trousers of a 17-year-old girl before touching her buttocks and pulling on her underwear.

Avola told her: “Love, you know I was joking.” The youngster reported the caretaker to police in April 2022. He admitted to touching the girl without her consent, but insisted it was a "joke".


Avola went on trial on charges of sexual assault, with prosecutors seeking a three-year jail term if he was convicted. The judge however ruled that the grope lasted “between five and 10 seconds” and was therefore too fleeting to be considered a crime.

The ruling said that while the teenager’s account was credible, the “modalities” of the gesture left “margins of doubt” on the “voluntary nature of the violation of the girl’s sexual freedom considering the very nature of touching the buttocks, for a certainly minimal time, given that the whole action is concentrated in a handful of seconds.”

The judge added;


“Furthermore, it seems likely that the brushing of the buttocks was caused by an awkward manoeuvre of the defendant which, due to the dynamics of the action, was carried out while the subject was in motion.”

Following the court judgement, Italians expressed their outrage on social media by posting videos of themselves touching intimate body parts alongside the hashtags “palpata breve” (brief grope) and “10 secondi” (10 seconds).


The trend was started by the White Lotus actor Paolo Camilli and picked up by Italy’s most prominent influencer, Chiara Ferragni. Another influencer, Francesco Cicconetti, wrote on TikTok: “Who decides that 10 seconds is not a long time? Who times the seconds while you’re being harassed?”

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Italian judges have been criticised in the past for similar rulings. In 2017, a judge in Ancona cleared two men of rape partly because he said the victim looked too masculine to be a target of attraction.
https://www.lindaikejisblog.com/2023/7/italian-school-caretaker-cleared-of-s3xual-assault-because-the-grope-only-lasted-less-than-10-seconds.html

Kukutenla:
Emefiele will be a waste of time to distract zombified objects from their sufferings.

Just like Dasuki

Give them 8k. When they want to complain that it's not enough, bring up news on Emefiele and they all lose their senses(which they never had anyway). Classic Goebbellian script.

You have to give it to APC on this one

Who are they zombified if I may ask bro?

[quote author=MS247 post=Lol

No be about travel again na service to country

Hahaha

Poverty hold you for neck

Go hustle]I pity u boy. I'm not hear to boast. U need a job[/quote]

SemperFid:
Trust me, u be mumu.

The guy MS247 mumu too much. Weti dey vex me for the riff-raff been say, him go dey insult people with yoruba creating the impression that all yoruba people are rude. Stop spoiling our tribe pls.

MS247:
My boy countries I don enter which I can show you... Non in your Generation can get there in this life time

No dey play small boy

Dey your envious lane make I dey my happy lane

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I just pity u. I no know say u follow for noise makers in this forum.. na only u and ur family people sabi travel na. What have u done for ur own country?

MS247:
Bishi of DSS under Buhari's Administration before Chief of Army Staff Irabor from Delta offered him military protection against arrest

After Irabor was retired, Bishi of DSS arrested him with existing warrant

Smile. Okay. Even though I'm against Emefiele. Let them charge him to court. Why the DSS stick holding him under their custody?

TemplarLandry:
Yes there is, his name is 50 Cent Billion. He steals in BILLIONS.

How many Billions use to be in a bullion van? Your principal hijack 2 of the bullion vans. Nobody thief pass Tinubu.

[quote author=MS247 post=124409322][/quote]MS247 ur a Mumu man. A perfect definition of liability. No doubt ur family abandoned u, cause u refused to be meaningful with ur life. Nairaland native doctor. So ur useless marabo or juju source no teach u say power pass power?

MS247:
Why are idiotts not understanding how social security and welfare works

Even US would only give poor people food stamps

This is truly a dark continent with UN evolved people

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Why are u always pained in the brain?

[quote author=MS247 post=MS247 Awon oloriburuku wailers full this Nairaland Sha

Wetin my own with you

Naso una go carry wey pass your useless destiny online

No make Ogun kill your mama wey no train you oo

Mo so fun EE OO

Oloshi

If them use atare alagator pepper finish you now, people go talk say wickedness

Yet your useless mama no train you to dey your lane



.][/quote]At least I grew up to know my mama. I grow up with my parents. Unlike u that doesn't knows his mama or papa. Ur mama rejected u and her bf rejected ur pregnancy as a hookup lady then

helinues:
Didn't Buhari also order for the arrest of Dasuki?

Of course they are bunch of miscreants force to the people by Inec as presidents, who have nothing to offer

helinues:
Emefiele did not send himself to be doing those things.

The prosecution is going to be another charade

No be tinubu order for him arrest?

Hotwest:
Idan shock him by buying me breakfast. Prove to him sir

Lol. U dey follow that misplace priority dey yarn? Person way him family done denounced him as them take denounced their country.

MS247:
Sorry to burst your bubble all my family are made for life... All abroad with citizenship and residency, all with business and wealth

It's fustration that would drive you to even make such comment on a stranger you know nothing about

If you wish I can exchange IG so you know who you are messing with is far above you in everything


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You should be ashamed of yourself. Boasting on another's man country. U appear to be the blacksheep of ur family.

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Joseph Daudu, says the case of the suspended and detained Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, will serve as test of President Bola Tinubu’s respect for the rule of law.

Daudu, who is counsel for Emefiele, stated this on Thursday, shortly after the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja gave the Department of State Services a seven-day ultimatum to either release Emefiele, who has been in detention since June 10, or arraign him in court if they have a case against him.

Justice Hamza Muazu gave the order while ruling on a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by Emefiele, through Daudu, to challenge his arrest and continued detention by the DSS.

Justice Muazu held that though the DSS has constitutional power to arrest, detain and prevent internal crime, the power must be exercised within the ambit of the law.

Consequently, the judge held that the continued detention of Emefiele by the secret police without trial amounted to a gross violation of his fundamental human rights.

“Detention, no matter how small, can amount to a breach of fundamental rights,” the judge said.

He said since the allegations against Emefiele were bailable offences, the DSS ought to have granted him administrative bail, pending his prosecution.

However, the court dismissed Daudu’s argument that Emefiele’s detention was illegal, noting that the detention was backed by a lawful order of a magistrate’s court.

The judge said there was evidence before the court that there was an order from an Abuja Chief Magistrates’ Court that granting permission to the DSS to detain Emefiele for 14 days to enable it to conclude its investigations.

Justice Muazu said, “Though I am in sympathy with the applicant, my sentiment will not go far to deliver judgment by granting all the reliefs sought by the applicant.

“The applicant has not shown that his arrest, detention and investigation were unlawful.

“However, I am concerned that the application is not without merit. The applicant is entitled to a fair hearing.

“At this point, the continued detention of the applicant cannot be justified in the absence of any charge against him.

“At the very least, justice demands that the applicant should be released on administrative bail.


“Consequently, I hereby make an order, directing the respondents to, within one week, charge the applicant to court or release him on administrative bail,” the judge held.

Addressing journalists after the proceedings, Emefiele’s lawyer lauded the court for its courageous pronouncement.

He added that he expected the DSS to obey the order, calling on the President to demonstrate to Nigerians that under his watch, government agencies would not be disobedient to lawful court orders.

Daudu said, “Seven days has been given to the DSS to either charge him (Emefiele) to court or release him on administrative bail.

“We expect him to be released on administrative bail today (Thursday) as we speak in obedience to the court order.

“I don’t think that the President would like to start his administration with organisations under him disobeying court orders.

“He was at the forefront to chastise the military government for disobeying court orders. Now, power is in his hands, we will see if he will obey court orders.”

Meanwhile, the DSS has said the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, had been charged to court.

Reacting in a statement by its spokesperson, Peter Afunanya, the DSS said it had in 2022 applied for a court order to detain Emefiele but he got another order stopping the DSS from arresting him.

Afunanya explained that the suspended CBN governor was arrested for “criminal infractions” for which he was being prosecuted for.

The statement read, “The Department of State Services hereby confirms that Mr Godwin Emefiele has been charged to court in compliance with the Order.

“The public may recall that the Service had, in 2022, applied for a Court Order to detain him in respect of a criminal investigation. Though he obtained a restraining order from an FCT High Court, the Service, however, arrested him in June 2023. This was on the strength of suspected fresh criminal infractions/information, one of which forms the basis for his current prosecution.”

“The Service assures the public of professionalism, justice, and fairness in handling this matter and indeed the discharge of its duties within the confines of the law. “
https://punchng.com/emefiele-case-will-test-tinubus-respect-for-law-lawyer/?amp

MS247:
Yes he has nothing to offer you

But plenty to offer me and my family

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That's why u and ur family are already suffering and languishing in hunger. Of course he offered u plenty sufferings. Enjoy while u can.

MS247:




This man just copied Awolowo's strategy


Clear farmland for free

Give good seedlings

Give subsidize fertilizer




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This man has nothing to offer

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday declared a state of emergency on food security as the Federal Government stepped up efforts to tackle food inflation following the removal of fuel subsidy.

Tinubu also approved that all matters pertaining to food and water availability as well as affordability, as essential livelihood items, be included within the purview of the National Security Council.

This is to be followed by an immediate release of fertilisers and grains to farmers and households to mitigate the effects of the subsidy removal.

Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, Dele Alake, disclosed this to State House correspondents on Thursday, after consultations with key stakeholders in the agricultural sector value chain at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Alake was accompanied to the briefing by the Special Adviser to the President on Revenue, Zacheaus Adedeji; Special Adviser on Industry, Trade and Investment, John Uwajumogu; Acting Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service, Wale Adeniyi; a member of the Presidential Advisory Council, Dr Dorris Anite, among others.

Explaining the development, the Presidential aide said, “Mr. President is not unmindful of the rising cost of food and how it affects the citizens. While availability is not a problem, affordability has been a major issue for many Nigerians in all parts of the country.

“This has led to a significant drop in demand, thereby undermining the viability of the entire agriculture and food value chain.

“Accordingly, in line with this administration’s position on ensuring that the most vulnerable are supported, Mr. President has declared, with immediate effect, the following actions: That a state of emergency on food security be announced immediately, and that all matters pertaining to food and water availability and affordability, as essential livelihood items, be included within the purview of the National Security Council.”

Clarifying the short, medium and long-term interventions, Alake said the administration intends to deploy some savings from the fuel subsidy removal into the agricultural sector, focusing on revamping the agricultural sector.

He cited existing data that agriculture already accounts for about 35.21 per cent of employment in Nigeria (as at 2021).

“The target is to double this percentage to about 70 per cent in the long term,” he added.

Parts of the interventions include the immediate release of fertilizers and grains to farmers and households to mitigate the effects of the subsidy removal.

At the meeting with agriculture stakeholders earlier on Thursday, the President had declared that the country could no longer afford seasonal farming.

“We can no longer afford to have farming downtimes,” Alake echoed Tinubu’s words.

“Therefore, there must be an urgent synergy between the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Water Resources to ensure adequate irrigation of farmlands and to guarantee that food is produced all year round,” he said.

To facilitate this through irrigation, Alake revealed that 11 of Nigeria’s 12 river basins would be put to good use to ensure the planting of crops during the dry season.

The irrigation schemes will “guarantee continuous farming production all year round to stem the seasonal glut and scarcity that we usually experience,” the president’s aide explained.

On the regulatory side, Alake disclosed that the FG would create a commodity board to monitor and control food prices.

“We shall create and support a National Commodity Board that will review and continuously assess food prices as well as maintain a strategic food reserve that will be used as a price stabilisation mechanism for critical grains and other food items. Through this board, the government will moderate spikes and dips in food prices,” he explained.

Stakeholders on board include: the National Commodity Exchange, seed companies, National Seed Council and Research institutes, microfinance banks, food processing/agric processing associations, private sector holders and prime anchors, smallholder farmers, crop associations and fertilizer producers, blenders and suppliers’ associations, among others.


He revealed that the administration would engage its security architecture to protect farms and farmers to enable them to return to their farmlands without fear of attacks.

On livestock farming, especially cattle herding, Alake explained that the FG would partner with states to create ranches in those whose governments are willing to avail lands. The ranches will have sections dedicated as grazing reserves, he added.

“The government will change how we have been doing livestock business, from the archaic method to the modern way acceptable worldwide.

“We will establish ranches in collaboration with state governments and the federal government will pay for the land,” he said.

Alake explained that the Federal Government would activate land banks nationwide, which currently stand at 500,000 hectares mapped, “to increase the availability of arable land for farming which will immediately impact food output.”

Fielding questions from journalists, Anite clarified that the distribution of grains to farmers and households would be at no cost to them.

She said, “Part of the savings from the fuel subsidy removal is what we are using for this intervention. The distribution will be free to the households and to the farmers.”

Meanwhile, the Central Bank of Nigeria has advised middlemen withholding grains to release supplies at their disposal as prices are likely to fall when the FG begins to distribute grains.

A director of the apex bank representing the CBN Acting Governor, Folashodun Shonubi, said “Grains will be released immediately. So the message is that for the middlemen and those who are storing these grains to create arbitrage and get profit, this is the best time to release it quickly; because once we release those that the central bank has, your prices will be depressed. So middlemen that have it, quickly released to the market, so people can take them before we release ours.”

Thursday’s development came barely one week after the President signed four Executive Orders, one of which is the suspension of the five per cent excise tax on telecommunication services and the Excise Duties escalation on locally manufactured products.

Rolling out the President’s plans, Alake said , “Activation of land banks. There is currently 500,000 hectares of already mapped land that will be used to increase availability of arable land for farming which will immediately impact food output.

“Mechanization and land clearing- The government will also collaborate with mechanization companies to clear more forests & make them available for farming. River basins- there are currently 11 rivers basins that will ensure planting of crops during the dry season with irrigation schemes that will guarantee continuous farming production all year round, to stem the seasonal glut and scarcity that we usually experience. We will deploy concessionary capital/funding to the sector especially towards fertilizer, processing, mechanization, seeds, chemicals, equipment, feed, labour.

“The concessionary funds will ensure food is always available and affordable thereby having a direct impact on Nigeria’s Human Capital Index (HCI). This administration is focused on ensuring the HCI numbers, which currently ranks as the 3rd lowest in the world, are improved for increased productivity.”

According to him, the government has made plans for transportation and storage of farm products.

He said, “The cost of transporting agricultural products has been a major challenge (due to permits, toll gates, and other associated costs). When the costs of moving farm produce is significantly impacted- it will immediately be passed to the consumers, which will affect the price of food- the government will explore other means of transportation including rail and water transport, to reduce freight costs and in turn impact the food prices.

As for storage, existing warehouses and tanks will be revamped to cut waste and ensure efficient preservation of food items. We will Increase revenue from food and agricultural exports. As we ensure there is sufficient, affordable food for the populace, we will concurrently work on stimulating the export capacity of the Agric sector.”

He added, “Transportation, storage and export will be improved by working with the Nigerian Customs, who have assured us that the bottlenecks experienced in exporting and importing food items as well as intra-city transportation through tolling will be removed. These are some of the immediate interventions this government will put in place to tackle this crisis. Principally, one of the major positive outcomes of these interventions will be a massive boost in employment and job creation.”

According to Alake, Tinubu’s mandate to create jobs for the teeming youth population will be achieved with between five to 10 million more jobs created within the value chain.

“In closing, this administration understands that food and water are the bedrock of survival and therefore is calling on all Nigerians to partner us in ensuring the success of this strategic intervention. This administration is working assiduously to ensure that Nigerians do not struggle with their essential needs,” he added.
https://punchng.com/food-shortage-tinubu-declares-state-of-emergency-plans-500000-hectares-farmland/?amp

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How una dey na?