Freeman59:
so 6 yrs is not patient enough?

mikolo80:
meaning you can't do nathing without whiteman help.how are you sovereign then

hush15:


Its not Ambode's priority i guess after a huge investment by the government and lagosians are the one suffering thru massive tax systems

Pls, lets vote out these mofos called APC.

Freeman59:
it's six years now aunty. The OP is just asking, where is that work that is in progress? Let's see it

Nwaforj44:
As shared on Facebook

And it started like a movie till after 10 mins, that I saw my real face on a white blank sheet.....
What a talent..
#BOLAJESUS
#MY_WOMAN

http://www.akelicious.net/2018/03/photos-young-girl-draw-self-and-boy.html?m=1

computergenius:
Nigerian Politicians are the highest paid in the world - A classic case of Black Mans Inhumanity to Fellow Black Man

Nigerian Politicians are the highest paid in the world. This is a classic case of Black Mans inhumanity to fellow black man. Why?
In a country where many workers including teachers and nurses are paid N18,000 monthly ($72 a month or $864 a year) which is the minimum wage per month and the government sometimes owes them for months and years and some pensioners have not been paid for many years it is absurb that that same country can afford to pay astronomical amounts to politicians.

An American Governor earns $16,000 a month or $192,000 a year. A Nigerian Governor earns N18 milion a month ($72,000 a month or $864,000 a year).

An American senator earns $14,500 a month or $174,000 a year. But a Nigerian senator earns monthly income of N13.5 million per month ($54,000 per month or $648,000 per year) as running cost per month and earns a salary of N750,000 per month ($3,000 per month or $36,000 per year) and then is allowed to spend N200 milion yearly ($800,000 a year) for constituency project. After all this they are paid car allowance, furniture allowance, medical allowance, housing allowance, entertainment allowance, sitting allowance etc. After all this government money is then used to build houses for them, buy fleets of cars for them etc. The inordinate greed of the senators is still not satisfied after the senators have collected all this money. They collect bribes from corrupt civil servants to approve inflated budgets and contracts. They establish companies to steal fuel subsidy and fertilizer subsidy, and steal student scholarship funds and steal drugs purchased for government hospitals. They collude with corrupt lawyers and judges to make laws that allow thieving politicians and civil servants to escape prosecution with their loot. They create legal holes or lacunars in the law that allow politicians to steal with impunity and escape from justice. They form companies and collude with foreigners to defraud the nation of billions of dollars. Nigerians have the most corrupt politicians in the history of party politics. They are like parasites sucking out the life blood from the countries veins. Nigeria has different categories of thieving politicians. they occupy different niches in the countries social structure. Some are subsidy thieves who specialise in stealing fuel subsidy and fertilizer subsidy. Some are inflator thieves who collude with civil servants to inflate and overpad the budget and contracts of governmental agencies stealing billions of dollars in the process. Some are salary and pension thieves that rob workers of their wages and salaries and pensions and use ghost workers to steal billions of dollars. Some are scammers that use banks to transfer huge government funds running into billions of naira into private pockets were it will never be found. Some are Dupers that advertise non-existing jobs to eager job seekers all over the country through the mass media and force millions of poor job seekers to pay large sums of money into their private account for jobs they will never get. Some are Drug Merchants who use priviledged positions such as ambassadors and consuls to transfer large amounts of hard drugs across the globe. Some Nigerian politicians are almost richer than their country. Most of the wealth coming from stolen or embezzled public fund. Some Nigerian politicians are so above the law they are beyond the law. Nigerians have politicians that are so fat they begin to fart when they walk. A gathering of Nigerian politicians looks like a gathering of the fatest men in the world for a competition to choose the fatest fat man. Some Nigerian politicians live and spend most of their time in expensive hotels abroad and onlly return home when elections are near. Some Nigerian politicians are moving around in fleets of exotic cars and private jets while the common people that voted them into office are trekking from cape to cairo through the sahara desert and swimming through the atlantic ocean to get into europe and beg for food. Some Nigerian politicians are so rich they are building hundreds of palaces and hotels for themselves and buying private islands for themselves across the globe while majority of the poor people who voted them into office are becoming homeless and landless their houses demolished and their lands seized to build super structures for the super rich. Many poor homeless people are now living on the street, under the bridge and inside caves. Some Nigerian politicians are dinning and winning around the globe and throwing expensive parties here and there when the common people that voted them into office are dying of hunger and eating earthworms. Some Nigerian politicians are marrying multiple wives and creating a harem and bedding teenage girls as well. Some have three wives, some five wives, others have as many as ten or more wives while many tens of millions of young men above the age of thirty are unable to find jobs with a good pay that will enable them to get married and settle them to family life. The unemployment rate in Nigeria is so high that it is a ticking time bomb. Anytime from now there might be an explosion of violence.

ewuzie7:
A 27 year- old man, Akeem Onaolaji has been sentenced to ten years imprisonment by an Osogbo Magistrate’s Court for breaking into a canteen and stealing a pot of soup, pieces of meat and fufu.
Onaolaji, an ex-convict was said to have burgled some shops in Osogbo and carted away other items worth of N105,700.
When the case was called for hearing, Onaolaji who recently finished serving a jail term on stealing at Ilesa prisons confessed to the court to have stolen pot of egusi soup with some pieces of meat and fufu from the canteen.
The Police prosecutor, Inspector Fagboyinbo Abiodun while addressing the court said the accused committed the offence sometime in the month of December, 2017, 20th of January, 2018, and February 23, 2018 at Temidire Estate in Osogbo.
Fagboyinbo said Onaolaji unlawfully entered into the shops of some traders: Oginni Oluwasogo, Risikat Aderibigbe, and Bashirat Yusuf and carted away the items.
The items stolen include one wooden shelves, three pillow cases, and one dressing chair total valued #84,000 property of Oginni Oluwasogo.
Other items include one gas cooker, rubbers of rice, rubbers of beans and other items total valued N21,700 property of Bashirat Yusuf
But the court discharged and acquited the accused person on the count 6. According to the prosecutor, the count 6 was that the accused person stole one and a half carton of baron valued N2,600, one pack of 1960 origin, half carton of Joven valued N3700, one carton of Erujeje valued N3000, a carton of Seaman schnapps valued N19,300, two cartons of Chelsae valued N13,200, one carton of trophy valued N4,000, one carton of kronenbourg valued #4,000.
Other items allegedly stolen in the count 6 included one carton of bottle of chelsea valued N7,000, three bottles of mark dowel valued N10,500, two bottles of best valued N1,000, two bottles of brandy valued N1,200, two bottles of schenapp valued N2,000, ten pieces of origin valued N3,200, four bottles of origin valued N3,200, one bottle of 1960 origin valued N1,800, five cartons of soft drink valued N4,750, three cartons of Pepsi cola valued N3,000, six bottles of big cola valued N8,400 total valued N94,650 property of Risikat Aderibigbe.
Inspector fagboyinbo said the accused person had committed an offence contrary and punishable under sections 413, 390(9), and 515 criminal code cap 34, volume II laws of Osun state of Nigeria, 2003.
The accused person pleaded not guilty to the six counts but since the prosecution did not prove count 6 beyond reasonable doubt, the court discharged and acquired Onaolaji on the count which the prosecution alleged he stole items worth N94,650 but convicted him on other five counts.
But there was a mild drama in the courtroom before Magistrate Tunde Badmus could give his judgement.
The accused’s mother stormed the court and started shedding tears. She knelt down and begged the court to set Onaolaji free claiming that he is under spell.
Speaking in Yoruba language, the aged woman said, “please, my son is under a spell. There is no way he could steal pot of soup if he was alright. Please, release him for me to take him to healing homes.”
The court orderly called the woman to order and reminded her that she was disturbing the peace of the court. Onaolaji did not have lawyer to represent him on court.
Magisterate Badmus sentenced Onaolaji to two years imprisonment on count 1, one year imprisonment on count 2, three years imprisonment on count 3, three years jail term on count 4 and twelve months imprisonment on count 5, totalling ten years jail term.
Badmus who did not give the ex-convict option of fine however ruled that the jail terms should be served concurrently.


source:http://easternreporter.com

presidency:
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, speaking at the Ogun State Investors Forum:

In last two years we have launched and implemented a comprehensive Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP), pursued peace in the Niger Delta, focused on improving our business environment, scaled up investment in agriculture and infrastructure, and expanded Nigeria’s revenue base.

Ultimate goal has been diversification of economy, away from unhealthy dependence on oil and gas revenues. We have also been zealous about reversing trend of grand corruption and underinvestment in infrastructure that characterised recent history.

Today, we are two quarters out of the recession, and firmly on path of recovery. External reserves are at highest in 5 years. Inflation down 13 consecutive months, manufacturing confidence on the rise. In 2017, Nigeria moved 24 places up on World Bank’s Doing Business Index.

Last year I flagged off construction of a new standard gauge railway line that will run from Lagos Ports, through Ogun State, to Ibadan – one of the terminal sections of a network that will run over a thousand kilometres across the country, to Kano.

Federal Government will continue to do everything within our power to support every State in Nigeria to reach its full economic potential.

It would be hard to find a Federal Government in recent history that has been as supportive of development ambitions of States as the Muhammadu Buhari administration. We have treated State Governments, regardless of partisan affiliation, as partners, not minions.

4Ebisco:
Members of Myetti Allah have been advised to stop giving Fulani a bad name, as it would have a damaging effect on the Fulani yet unborn.

Speaking to the media in Makurdi on Sunday, James Vandefan, Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), decried the damaging effect of herding on Fulani children, who were deprived of education.

He argued that herdsmen doing open grazing subject under-age children to dehumanising child labour by making them trek long distances in the name of grazing while the owners sit in the comfort of their houses in the cities.

According to him, nomadic children are deprived of education and exposed to various forms of dangers, which could have been avoided if cattle were kept in the ranch.

He said: “Now you are taking a small child who will be trekking from Kano in the name of grazing, and you deprive him of education.

“The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) is also supposed to come in and arrest these children who are under-age or guardians or parents who send them to graze cows.

“They should be arrested because they are subjecting the children to child labour and depriving them of normal education.

“What is the essence of sending a cow to the bush from morning to evening and these cows are still looking very thin and unhealthy. The best thing is to embrace ranching; it is a very good thing.”
While asserting that the Fulani were known to be a peaceful race, Vandefan decried the negative effect the recent activities of herdsmen had in the country.

He lamented that Nigerians and indeed the international community were beginning to view Fulani as a violent race.
Vandefan, a senatorial aspirant, said: “The Fulani should look at the action of the herdsmen because it will have damaging effect on the generation yet unborn and this will not be a healthy situation.

“People are beginning to see them as a threat where ever they are and this is having a damaging effect on the entire Fulani race.

“We are saying these are foreign Fulani, but why do we give them room to infiltrate our fatherland and kill our people and still let them stay without being prosecuted?

“Miyetti Allah should understand that there is a thin line between nationalism and patriotism. If you are patriotic to your tribe, you make sure that you didn’t kill the ideal of nationalism, because patriotism should stop at the level of assisting one another.”

He said the anti-open grazing law is one of the best things that has ever happened to Nigeria, adding that only illiterates and misinformed persons find the law obnoxious or think it is anti-Fulani.

He said he was in the senatorial race to bring quality representation to his people.

http://www.mcebisco.com.ng/2018/03/myetti-allah-should-stop-giving-fulani.html

2Ebisco:
An unidentified mobile policeman guarding an oil facility operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company has reportedly shot dead a soldier in Odimodi community, in the Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State.

The incident occurred on Saturday during a misunderstanding between the two men.

A credible community source, who confirmed the incident, said he could not tell what led to the argument.

He noted that witnesses had seen the two security men engage in a fierce exchange of words.

Other members of the team were said to have gone on a patrol of oil facilities in the area at the time.

He said the argument was followed by multiple gunshots a few minutes later.

The source explained that the policeman, after killing the victim, shot continuously into the air to scare away residents before absconding with the victim’s rifle.

It was gathered that operatives of the Joint Task Force, Operation Delta Safe, later sent some of its men to remove the corpse from the scene.

A community leader, who did not want to be identified, said the development had created tension among residents, adding that there was fear that the military might invade the community to search for the fleeing policeman.

He said, “The incident happened on Saturday at noon. The two officers – a mopol and the military officer – were members of a combined security team stationed to guard oil facilities in Odimodi community. They had a misunderstanding. After a while, we heard gunshots.

“When people got there, they discovered that the mobile policeman had killed the soldier. The policeman cocked his gun and fired at the soldier and thereafter shot to scare people away from the scene.

“He (policeman) took the soldier’s gun and ran away. As of now, he has not been apprehended. The JTF authorities have removed the corpse of the slain soldier. There is tension in the community as we speak. People are afraid that the military may invade the community.”

Another source said residents had no hand in the killing, adding that the community leadership was ready to collaborate with security agencies to fish out the culprit if he was still in the area.

The spokesperson for Operation Delta Safe, Major Ibrahim Abdullahi, said he was not aware of the incident.

He said, “I don’t know your source and I’m not aware of anything like that.”

The state Police Public Relations Officer, Andrew Aniamaka, promised to react after speaking to the Divisional Police Officer in charge of the area.

He had yet to get back as of press time.

However, an operative of the Department of State Services confirmed the incident, adding that efforts were being made to apprehend the killer cop.

http://www.mcebisco.com.ng/2018/03/policeman-kills-soldier-in-delta-see.html

adepoly:
Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial district Dino Meleaye has been accused of illegal possession of prohibited fire arms.



Two political thugs who claimed to be working for the senator alleged that he gave them two Ak 47 rifles.



Is government vilifying Dino Meleaye for his stand on some national issues? Most politicians have political thugs that feather their nest and unleash terror on their opponents.



Now that a case of criminal conspiracy and illegal possession of prohibited arms has been filed, let Dino come out to defend himself.

akelicious:
... Says Not Our Employee!



In a new twist, the doctor's medical report which was tendered as an exhibit in an Abuja Court, a letter allegedly from the reputable Wellington Hospital in London on behalf of the former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) spokesperson, Mr Olisa Metuh has been disowned by the hospital.

Dr Adrian T. H. Casey had claimed that he is a Neurosurgeon working with Wellington Hospital in London. He therefore tendered a letter from Wellington Hospital to affirm that the former PDP spokesperson, Metuh needed to be treated urgently in the United Kingdom.

An investigation by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the United Kingdom revealed that the said Dr. Casey is not an employee of the hospital as claimed in the court proceedings.

In an email correspondence between the UK party anti-corruption unit and the Chief Executive Officer of Wellington Hospital, the hospital clearly disowned Dr Casey and went further to say that the hospital never employed consultants.

It is obvious that the hospital is not aware of letter tendered in Abuja court in its name and this suggests that Dr Casey appears to be just a private consultant to Mr Metuh and not employed by Wellington Hospital.

Mr Metuh who is facing corruption charges had arrived Abuja division of the Federal High Court, in a wheelchair for the continuation of his trial before the court.

The country’s corruption watchdog, the Economic and Financial Crime Commission had alleged that Mr Metuh had before the 2015 Presidential election, received N400million from the Office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA, without executing any contract.


According to Vanguard Newspaper, at the resumed proceeding on Wednesday, Metuh through his lawyer, Mr Emeka Etiaba, SAN, applied to be allowed to travel to the United Kingdom for medical treatment.

Metuh’s lawyer told the court that his client’s health had deteriorated in the past two months.

He posited the worsening situation of his health would require urgent medical attention from his doctors in London, UK.

http://www.akelicious.net/2018/03/busted-london-wellington-hospital.html

mrkunlex:
The former minister, who claimed he is not a
politician, vowed to continue to air his views on governance in the country.
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has threatened to unleash his ‘bullets and sword’ on any politician who lies to the people.
He voiced his anger via a tweet late Monday night.
According to him, “Any leader that tells lies or talks rubbish, whether he be in govt. or opposition, in PDP or APC or is friend or foe is not safe from my bullets or my sword. I am not a politician: I am the voice of the voiceless. I put truth and accountability to God before friendship or party.”
Fani-Kayode, though, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has been very vocal against the leadership style of President Muhammadu Buhari-led government.
He recently came hard on the president for speaking Hausa while addressing the students of the Federal Government School in Dapchi, Yobe State.

http://dailypost.ng/2018/03/20/fani-kayode-threatens-nigerian-leaders-bullets-swords/
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rmckinneh:
Not-Too-Young-To-Run: Why The Nigerian Youth Are Not Yet Ready For Leadership

By Chinedu George Nnawetanma



The 2019 Nigerian general election is less than a year away and preparations are predictably in top gear for the country’s fifth democratic transition since its return to civilian leadership in 1999. The atmosphere is politically charged and pre-electioneering buzz has taken over the print, broadcast and social media.

Among the issues on the front burner of conversations across the country is the role of the youth in Nigerian politics or, more specifically, the need to integrate the youth into the mainstream of Nigerian politics. The youth (persons between the ages of 18 and 35) make up about 30% of Nigeria’s population, but occupy a negligible fraction of its elected offices.

On the 26th of July, 2017, the Nigerian Senate passed the #NotTooYoungToRun bill, a historic move that will lower the ages of candidacy for the presidency from 40 to 35, the House of Representatives from 30 to 25 and the state houses of assembly from 30 to 25.

On February 15, 2018, it crossed the constitutional threshold of an endorsement by two-thirds of Nigeria’s 36 state assemblies and it is now expected to be signed into law by the President in time for the 2019 polls, thereby creating an avenue for more youth to vie for elected offices in a political space that has been dominated by the older generations in recent times.

The youth have not always been on the periphery of Nigeria’s political landscape. In fact, Nigeria’s independence from Britain was won by the likes of Nnamdi Azikiwe, Mbonu Ojike, Obafemi Awolowo and Anthony Enahoro who utilized their youthful exuberance to agitate for Nigeria’s emancipation from colonial exploitation in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. Upon this independence, youths were immediately propelled into political leadership positions across the country. Remarkably, Mathew Mbu, Mbazulike Amechi, Maitama Sule and Shehu Shagari became cabinet ministers in their 20s and 30s.

Nigeria’s first democratic experience would be brutally cut short by a military coup d’état in 1966, but even that ushered in 6 (out of a total of eight) military juntas that were led by generals in their 30s and early 40s. However, the marginalization of the youth in Nigeria’s political space can be traced to this era of military rule.

Many of the officers who held sway in that era have refused to pass the baton and leave the scene. They have recycled themselves from soldiers to politicians and from kingmakers to the so-called elder statesmen whose approval and blessings must be sought before one can aspire to occupy any political leadership position in the country. The likes of Olusegun Obasanjo, Ibrahim Babangida, Abba Kyari and the incumbent president, Muhammadu Buhari, are still very relevant decades after their heydays in military fatigues.

This period of military rule also coincided with Nigeria’s social, economic and political derailment. Many of the soldiers who seized power were unprepared and ill-equipped for leadership. Secondly, the volatility of military rule made the juntas fixated on consolidating power instead of actually governing. Thirdly, the absence of checks and balances perpetuated corruption and brought the economy to its knees.

Unfortunately, these legacies of military rule were carried over to the prevailing democratic dispensation by the soldiers-turned-democrats. To put the country back on the track of development, Nigerians are in unison that the present ruling class of ex-soldiers and their acolytes must step aside for a leadership style that is more attuned to the 21st century.

It is for this reason that the youth are often called upon to assume the mantle of leadership. It is believed that they possess the innovation, radicalism and virility needed to transform Nigeria from its state of despondency to accelerated and sustainable development.

But, with the imminent amendment of the Constitution to accommodate the recommendations of the Not-Too-Young-To-Run bill – which will make all elected offices in Nigeria accessible to the youth – are they really ready for this responsibility? Do they possess the resources needed to wrestle power from the old guard?

I have no atom of doubt that there are capable, well-experienced and eminently qualified youth across Nigeria who can embrace this responsibility and provide the country with the digital leadership that it has so sorely lacked. What worries me is that there are so few of them.

For starters, a great deal of the youth in the country are not interested in politics. They are not politically conscious. They know next to nothing about Nigeria’s political terrain or its history or the recent developments therein and would rather talk about football, showbiz or fashion than engage in meaningful politics-themed conversations or make sense of economic indicators like the GDP, inflation rate and interest rate. I daresay that the number of youths who will watch the Nigeria vs. Argentina match at this year’s FIFA World Cup in Russia will be far greater that the number of those who will turn out to vote in the 2019 Presidential Election.

Out of the few Nigerian youth who are politically conscious, many of them are inexperienced, ill-equipped and unprepared for political leadership. On the one hand are those who see politics as a livelihood and a fast track to financial security. They are ready to toe the established line, kowtow to the kingmakers and propagate the status quo. When in power, they will be no different from the present ruling class. On the other hand are those who are genuinely interested in utilizing politics as a vehicle for creating positive change and rendering selfless service, but lack the requisite experience and skill sets to make meaningful impact in government.

Out of the very few Nigerian youth who are adequately experienced and prepared for leadership, many lack the wherewithal to muscle out the moneyed older politicians, who have looted the country’s treasury dry, and their cronies. While the Not Too Young To Run bill addresses the age barrier to running for elected offices in Nigeria, it does not address the financial barrier.

Electioneering all over the world is an expensive venture. In Nigeria, the nomination forms for the presidency, governorship, Senate and House of Representatives are sold for 10 million, 5 million, 2 million and 1 million naira respectively, while the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) estimates that political parties in the country spent about ₦11.65 billion on traceable media and other related expenses in the 2015 elections.

By contrast, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), in a December 22, 2017 report, revealed that the combined youth unemployment and underemployment rate in Nigeria stood at 52.65%. Due to the dire economic state of the country, most youth are still struggling to find their feet professionally and financially, make ends meet and take care of basic necessities like food, clothing and shelter. How then can they run for election without soliciting the sponsorship of wealthy individuals with vested interests or the same crooked older politicians that they are so eager to dislodge?

This captures the predicament of the youth in Nigerian politics. The Not Too Young To Run bill may be on its way to becoming a law, but it is not yet uhuru for the youth in Nigeria’s inhibiting political space. However, it is a huge step in the right direction that must be optimized.

Firstly effort should be made to conscientize the Nigerian youth so that they can become more interested in politics, gain a deeper understanding of the political and economic terrains of the country, demand good governance and accountability from their leaders at all times and participate actively and effectively in the democratic process. This will harness the power of the youth and make them a powerful, active bloc in Nigerian politics.

Secondly, the youth should avail themselves of opportunities that will build their capacity and enhance their leadership exposure. Among other things, they should explore leadership training, mentorship, internship at public sector and civil society organizations, volunteerism, community development and entrepreneurship.

Thirdly, pro-youth and pro-democracy civil society organizations (CSOs) should coalesce around and mobilize financial support for credible young aspirants in a bid to help them surmount the financial hurdle of running for office in Nigeria.

Finally, young aspirants must endeavor to embed themselves in their local communities. They must be visible at the grassroots level and not just on Facebook and Twitter. The power of the social media cannot be overemphasized, but it can only go so far if it doesn’t engage the grassroots. Less than half of Nigeria’s population use the internet and even far less are reasonably active on the social media. Consequently, young aspirants must make their campaigns visible on the ground as well as virtually.

Chinedu George Nnawetanma is an alumnus of the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Regional Leadership Center West Africa, an initiative of the former US president Barack Obama that invests in the next generation of African leaders. Twitter: @nnawetanma

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In 2013 when the project was first announced under the former Lagos State Governor administration, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, the CEO of Ropeways Transport Limited, Dapo Olumide, the company behind the project said:

"By complementing existing transport modes, the Lagos cable car transit system will play its part in reducing the traffic congestion in the city."

“There is need to ameliorate the existing congestion on the three bridges connecting Lagos Mainland to Lagos Island"

You can read the first thread here... https://www.nairaland.com/1419395/lagos-cable-car-network-construction#up

Once it's completed the cable car will reportedly run from Ijora to Apapa and Victoria Island, with Adeniji Adele as its central hub. The former Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. Dayo Mobereola, told Guardian Newspapers that the cable car project will eventually have eight stations in three routes, in order to handle an estimated 240,000 trips a day.

Work is expected to begin with the Apapa-Adeniji Adele route, where the firm should open commercial operations next year. When everything is finally up and running, the system will be about 12km long, with a journey from Apapa to Adeniji taking roughly four minutes and costing a fare of between N100 and N300 per ride.

This is 2018 and we are yet to see the realization of this project though we see a signboard of RopeWays at Obalende Roundabout under the bridge, we are still waiting for this dream to come into place. A visit to the website of RopeWays Transport to even see at least a picture of their projects being executed


Source:
http://www.autoreportng.com/2018/03/6-years-after-where-is-lagos-cable-car.html

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BabaOwen:
an emir and oni are both called by their god

edunwablog:
Fatima Usman, a 26 years old final year student of the Department of Nursing at the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID), is battling for her life after acid was poured on her by two unknown tricycle operators in Borno State.

Ibrahim Yusuf, her relative who confirmed the incident to PRNigeria, said Ms. Usman was kidnapped on Friday, when she entered a tricycle in front of First Bank where she had gone to deposit some cash.

“She boarded a commercial tricycle popularly called Keke NAPEP to Baga Road, but unknown to her, one of the men in the tricycle brought out a white handkerchief and pretended as though he was having cough.

“As soon as he touched her face with the handkerchief, she passed out, only to find herself dumped at the Railway Bayan Quarters area, bathed with a substance suspected to be acid around 1 p.m.


“It’s sad that an innocent young lady like Fatima, who is already in her final year at the university and looked forward to a brighter future could be subjected to such cruel and inhumane treatment by criminal-minded Keke NAPEP operators in the state,” Mr. Yusuf said.

The UMTH Chairman of the Medical Advisory Committee (CMAC), Bashir Tahir, said Ms. Usman is recuperating.

Mr. Tahir said medical teams were still conducting relevant examinations on her to determine whether she would undergo surgical operations.

In his response, the Borno State Commissioner of Police, Damien Chukwu, who confirmed the incident, said investigation was currently ongoing to unravel the culprits behind the attack.

http://www.akelicious.net/2018/03/tricycle-operator-pours-acid-on.html

BabaOwen:
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BabaOwen:

presidency:
Next week, President Muhammadu Buhari will inaugurate a Food Security Council, which he will personally Chair, and which will work closely with the private sector to ensure alignment of all related policies, as well as bring greater efficiency to Nigeria's farming, fisheries and livestock production.

The Food Security Council will bring together the Federal Government, State Governors - who will be represented by six Governors from across party and regional lines (Kebbi, Lagos, Ebonyi, Delta, Taraba and Plateau), security agencies, and key players in our agriculture sector.

STEPHENBOI:
1.Sani Abacha; Abacha was a Nigerian Army officer and politician who served as the de facto President {Head of State} of Nigeria from 1993 to 1998. Abacha’s military career is distinguished by a string of successful coups. He is by some records the most successful coup plotter in the history of Nigeria’s military.

Abacha, then a 2nd Lieutenant with the 3rd Battalion in Kaduna, took part in the July 1966 Nigerian counter-coup from the conceptual stage. On 17 November 1993, Abacha overthrew the short-lived transitional government of Chief Ernest Shonekan . In September 1994, he issued a decree that placed his government above the jurisdiction of the courts, effectively giving him absolute power. Another decree gave him the right to detain anyone for up to three months without trial.

Abacha’s government was accused of human rights abuses, especially after the hanging of Ogoni activist,Ken Saro-Wiwa. Moshood Abiola and Olusegun Obasanjo were jailed for treason, and Wole Soyinka charged in absentia with treason. During Abacha’s regime, he and his family reportedly stole a total of £ 5 billion from the country’s coffers. In 2004, Abacha was listed as the fourth most corrupt leader in history. Abacha died in June 1998 while at the presidential villa in Abuja.

2. Lamidi Adedibu: Lamidi Ariyibi Akanji Adedibu was an aristocratic power broker in Oyo State , Nigeria . Former President Olusegun Obasanjo described him as the “father of the PDP.

His brand of politics was described as a blend of populism and raw thuggery that often compelled either violent loyalty or violent opposition. It was said that nobody assumed any political post in Oyo state without Adedibu’s approval, leading to him being called “the strong man of Ibadan politics” he was a tyrant during his days.

He bought the philosophy that Oyo state cannot serve a single governor for 2 term, the gin that was broken by the present governor Ajimobi. There’s a saying in ibadan about him that says “idameji ibadan ti won pe ni enikan so so” Adedibu died at the University College Hospital in Ibadan on 11 June 2008

3. Olusegu Obasanjo: Obasanjo was a career soldier before serving twice as his nation’s head of state. He served as a military ruler from 13 February 1976 to 1 October 1979, and as a democratically elected president from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007. From July 2004 to January 2006, Following a failed coup by Lt. Col. Dimka in which General Murtala Mohammed was killed.

Obasanjo was chosen as head of state by the supreme military council on 13 February 1976. Obasanjo resigned as head of state and also resigned from the army on 1 October 1979, handing over power to the newly elected civilian president of Shehu Shagari. Obasanjo was also accused of being responsible for political repression. In one particular instance, the compound of Nigerian musician and political activist Fela Kuti was raided and burned to the ground after a member of his commune was involved in an altercation with military personnel. Fela and his family were beaten and raped and his mother, political activist Funmilayo Ransome Kuti , was killed by being thrown from a window. Her coffin was carried to Obasanjo’s barracks as a protest against political repression.

In 2003, President Olusẹgun Ọbasanjọ ran for a second term under People’s Democratic Party and won by a margin of more than 11 million votes. Obasanjo was embroiled in controversy regarding his “Third Term Agenda,” a plan to modify the constitution so he could serve a third, four-year term as President. This led to a political media uproar in Nigeria and the bill was not ratified by the National Assembly.

4. Bola Tinubu: Chief Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu was elected Senator for the Lagos West constituency in Lagos State , Nigeria in 1993. This election was just prior to a military take-over in December 1993. After the return to democracy, he was elected governor of Lagos State, holding office from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007.

He is an influential member of the All Progressives Congress party; he also holds both the chieftaincies of the
Asiwaju of Lagos and the Jagaban of the Borgu Kingdom in Niger State. The Asiwaju of Lagos single-handedly install Fashola and governor Ambode as the governor of most populous state in africa and also the strongest pillar in the Nigeria general election in 2015 that made buhari the president of nigeria

5. Olusola Saraki: Abubakar Olusola Saraki was a Nigerian politician, who was a Senator of the Nigerian Second Republic (1979-1983). He was a ranking nobleman of the Ilorin Emirate. In 1977, Olusola Saraki was elected as a member of the Constituent Assembly that produced the 1979 constitution.

In 1979 he was elected a Senator of the Second Republic, and became Senate Leader. In 1983 Saraki was re-elected into the Senate on the National Party of Nigeria (NPN) platform. He successfully pave way for his children in politics, His son Bukola Saraki is the senate president since June 9, 2015 the Eighth Senate of Nigeria

DISCLAIMER: The names above with points related to the article are purely nothing but my personal opinion. I purely have nothing against anybody. Any correction you find worthy should be dropped in the comment section of this particular post. Thank you.

Written By; Stephen

evanso6226:


President Muhammadu Buhari continues to divide opinions out there. But don’t rule him out of the 2019 election battle just yet.
They are those who say he’s failed so woefully, a second term is well beyond his and the APC’s grasp. They are those who beg to differ, telling everyone who cares to listen that Buhari is still the best thing to happen to this country since sliced bread.

For all the hoopla over Buhari’s perceived ‘incompetence’ out there, the man is on the cusp of getting re-elected and here’s why:

1. Registered voters in geopolitical zones

Out of the 73,944,312 registered voters across Nigeria, as of January 2018, the Northwest had a total of 18,505,984 voters while the Southeast had 8,293,093.

The North central had 10,586,965 registered voters, while the North east zone had 9,929,015.

The Southwest had the second highest number of registered voters with 14,626,800.

The South south as a whole had 11,101,093 registered voters.

Look at those numbers again and it begins to hit you—the APC strongholds of Southwest and North, have the highest number of registered voters. The Southeast and South South where anti-Buhari sentiments are pretty strong, are still playing catch-up.

For all our social media rants, when the North votes, it often votes big. Ask Kano.

If the North and Southwest settle for Buhari again, the smart money is on him getting re-elected.

2. There is no opposition

The PDP has become a joke since it lost the center in 2015. The party spent two years trying to put its house in order after Goodluck Jonathan got trounced by Buhari.

My big brother in this business, Simon Kolawole, captured it all in his latest Sunday column:

“PDP, as presently constituted, is still the strongest opposition platform. But its brand image is not sparkling. After overcoming the storm-in-a-tea-cup internal imbroglio which many swore had the hand of APC, the PDP is now perceived as the property of one or two Governors.

“Meanwhile, the SDP has been telling us that Governors and senators will defect to “our fold” in large numbers “next week” but next week never seems to come. There is also the third force as well as the third farce.

“The youth are mobilising and saying they are not too young to run. A lot is going on, but where is the harmonisation? It’s less than 10 months to the nomination of candidates!

“By this time in 2014, APC was already consolidated and ready to do battle. Today, much of opposition’s hope is built on the assumption that people are disappointed with Buhari and will automatically vote against him. Yet we know you don’t defeat an incumbent in Africa through wishful thinking. Anywhere an incumbent has lost, it is usually because the opposition played smarter”.

The opposition hasn’t been playing smart since 2015 and that gives Buhari an edge ahead of 2019.

3. Buhari is still much loved on the streets of the north

I was in Kano the last time Buhari visited that city you can call a swing State. I had to duck to the car so I wouldn’t get caught in a stampede.

Everywhere Buhari has visited in the North has been the same story. Surging crowds chanting ‘sai Baba’ and delving into a frenzy each time the president puts that legendary fist up.

For all his faults, Buhari remains a huge factor in the politics of the North.

Of course crowds during State visits don’t necessarily translate to votes, but there are a barometer or harbinger of some sort.

Most of the lawmakers and Governors from APC controlled States got voted in just because Buhari raised their hands at campaign rallies.

The president enjoys a feral, cult following in the north and there’s nothing to suggest that has changed.

Besides, the president continues to enjoy instant name recognition out there. No other politician comes close.

4. Defections to APC

The APC currently has 24 States in its kitty. Juxtapose that with the PDP’s 11 and APGA’s 1.

In its prime, the PDP controlled 29 out of 36 states. That was in 2007 when Obasanjo systematically decimated the opposition.

Those were the days when the PDP boasted it was going to rule Nigeria for 60 years.

When the PDP ceded plenty of grounds to the APC in 2015, most of its members began to empty into the APC. The mass defection continues at a frenetic pace today.

Nigerian politicians don’t like to play opposition because their default setting is to align with the party that guarantees them food for their bellies. Nobody wants to die of hunger in the name of opposition.

Don’t be surprised if the APC sweeps more States in 2019 because PDP members are daily emptying into the governing party in droves.

We may just end up with a mono party democracy in 2019 and that would be bad for everyone.

5. Corruption fight perception

The joke on social media after Yusuf Buhari’s power bike accident, revolved around folks on the streets saying something along these lines:

“Buhari is a poor man who can’t afford a car for his son. That is why his son had an Okada accident”.

Now, that may be a stretch, but I have interacted with average Nigerians who tell me that Buhari is running Nigeria badly but at least he is no thief.

The APC’s anti-corruption agenda may be scoffed at on social media but it remains ingrained in many minds on the streets.

Nigerians who actually possess PVCs may just hand Buhari another term because “he is not a thief”. These Nigerians have also been told that the thieves are the ones frustrating Buhari and who want to stop him from getting another term.


source http://www.clintgist.com/5-reasons-why-buhari-will-win-2019-election-id8140388-html/


cc: lalasticlala

Princewilla:


Source: http://guardian.ng/business-services/whats-inside-nigerias-foreign-reserves/amp/?F=&__twitter_impression=true

sirequity:


https://www.headlineng.com/boko-haram-kidnapped-dapchi-school-girls-amnesty-international/amp/

Tyche:


The guy is being sarcastic

mrrights:
Saraki cannot chose governor for Kwara in 2019
https://mrrightsng..com.ng/2018/03/saraki-cannot-chose-governor-for-kwara.html

Kwara Must Change wishes to assure all Kwarans that for the first time in recent history, the people will be the sole determinant of their leaders come 2019.

This assurance became necessary due to the activities of some political jobbers, who are proving themselves enemy of the people by attempting to sell the future of the state as they have always done by usurping the democratic right of the people to choose their own leaders.

A group, which called itself Coalition of Registered Political Parties in Kwara State reportedly called on Senate President Bukola Saraki to intervene in the choice of governorship candidate in the state. The group made the call in a letter written to Saraki which was signed by its coordinator, Alhaji Ahmed Abdullahi and widely reported across the media.

Kwara Must Change hereby condemn such an undemocratic call in the strongest term and we are informing the inconsequential group that never again, will Saraki or any individual be allowed to choose governor for the state.

The decision of who govern the state is a collective decision of the people of Kwara State and not an individual.

In the letter written to Bukola Saraki by the group as published, they claimed that without Saraki recent intervention, the entire state would collapsed.

However, we wish to state categorically that the state has already collapsed due to the bad leadership of Saraki and that of his protege, Abdulfatai Ahmed, owing to bad leadership that has lasted almost 16 years.

Kwara Must Change is confident more than ever before, that the 2019 general election will be differently purposeful.

Not only will be Saraki or any individual be denied of opportunity to usurp peoples right to choose their leaders across all positions, they will equally be shown the exit door as the people ascertain their sovereignty.

Abdulrazaq O Hamzat
Kwara Must Change

adeyemihassan:
Senator Dino Melaye took to his twitter handle to react to yesterday's parading by the police of two political thugs allegedly contracted by him. Dino says the allegations leveled against him look so cheap. See his tweet below..

more details @ http://www.ritalori.com/lies-looks-cheap-dino-melaye-reacts-arrest-political-thugs-allegedly-funded/

nairavsdollars:
Both are young with pure Igbo blood flowing in their veins

Both are children of prominent Nigerian, Ojukwu's father a successful businessman; Kanu s traditional ruler

Both stood up for Igbo rights and fought against federal government's marginalisation

Both were attacked by Nigerian military. Ojukwu by Obasanjo 3MCDO and Kanu by Buratai

Both FLED for their lives. Ojukwu to Abidjan,Kanu to God-knows-where

Both were betrayed by their people. Ojukwu despite everything contested for Senate and lost. Kanu is nowhere to be seen and Igbos are acting as if all is well

Flowrymz:

– An angry grave tiler has gone viral

– The unidentified man was pictured lying in a dug grave, refusing a family to bury their dead

According to reports gathered by Forgetimes, his action was fueled by unpaid workmanship A Nigerian grave tiler has gained the attention of social media users after a photo of him lying in a dug grave surface online. According to apparent angry man, he had provided services for a certain family and was denied payment for his workmanship. In a bid to get his rightfully earned money, he refused the family access to the dug grave and layed in it, apparently, waiting for his payment before they use the grave to bury their dead. His action sparked controversy online with many social media users expressing the popular Nigerian lingua “double wahala for dead body”.

SOURCE: FORGETIMES.COM
https://forgetimes.com/nigerian-grave-tiler-sleeps-in-grave-over-unpaid-workmanship/

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BlackSwag045:
The police said they have arrested two suspected political thugs working for Senator Dino Melaye and recovered two AK 47 rifles, five pump-action guns and a heap of charms from them.

The force spokesperson, Moshood Jimoh, in a statement on Monday, explained that the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad trailed and arrested Kabiru Saidu, a.k.a. Osama, 31 and Nuhu Salisu, a.k.a. Small, 25, after a gun battle with a police team.



According to him, the gun battle lasted for some hours on January 19, 2018 at Ogojueje in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State.

The police alleged that the suspects confessed that they were contracted by Melaye to work for him as political thugs during their meeting with him in December, 2017, in his car along Airport Road, Abuja.

The force also explained that the men admitted to have carried out kidnappings and armed robberies in different towns in Kogi State and its environs.

The statement said, “According to the gang leader, Saidu, he has been working as a political thug for one Alhaji Mohammed Audu, a politician in Kogi State. He said Audu invited him to Abuja and introduced him to Senator Dino Melaye and they met on Airport Road, Abuja inside Melaye’s car in December, 2017.

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http://www.blackswag.com.ng/2018/03/nigeria-police-arrest-thugs-working-for-dino-melaye.html