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The Police Authorities may have deployed over 34,000 Police officers to Anambra for the elections, but the question is, out of the 34,000, how many are armed?

Unlike previous elections, this particular election is unique for strategic reasons.

If you are many, and are wearing Police uniforms without arms, no matter your rank, in the face of any attacks, a barking dog is better than you.

If there is any time of your life that you must use your discretion, it is in this Anambra election. There are landmines everywhere.

Don't allow any Senior officer or team leader to mislead you and push you to untimely death. Learn a lesson from our colleagues that have died or are injured.

Once you fall victim, the Police Authorities will abandon your family and if you are injured, you will be neglected and made to suffer alone.

If you die, no Senior officer or 'oga' will take care of your children. Be wise. Weigh every order very well before you comply with it. Imagine you are alive and things are still difficult, let alone when you are dead.

If you are not armed, be extra careful. Those IPOB guys mean business.

In this Country, no leader cares for the Police. Even the Police hierarchy don't really care. You can see what happened with salary promises, and the humiliation and torment that Police retirees are going through. Nobody cares in this job.

We cannot be dying for a Country that doesn't value us. It doesn't even make sense.

If you are not armed and you are posted to any polling booth, use your discretion. I foresee low turnout of voters in the elections.

I just don't want Policemen to be easy preys to criminals and selfish politicians. May God guide all of you!

WORSE THAN ISIS Inside Taliban’s horrifying medieval executions as women are beheaded & stoned to death just for ‘chatting to men’

WITH stonings, beheadings and being shot with assault rifles at point blank range, the women of Afghanistan face being left to a horrific fate.

Taliban forces are surging across the country at an alarming rate after Western forces abandoned the nation after 20 years of war and seemingly futile attempts at rebuilding it.

With the jihadi army now in control of more than half of Afghanistan’s cities, tens of thousands of people have been left fleeing for their lives.

And as the Taliban rampages across the country, some of its most brutalised victims have been – and will be – the country’s women.

Women were brutally oppressed when then the militant group last controlled Afghanistan in the 90s – and this looks set to return.

Already there have been reports of girls as young as 12 being married off to fighters, a woman being shot for wearing “tight clothes”, and women being told they cannot leave home without a male chaperone.

The worst looks still to come as the Taliban will likely roll out the vile executions for offences as trivial as being seen talking to men as they sweep territory on the road to Kabul.

Human rights groups and experts have all sounded the alarm over the fate that awaits the women of Afghanistan – but it looks like it may be too late to stop the tide.

Taliban militants in 2016 beheaded a woman for going shopping alone while her husband was away from home in the village of Larri.

Footage from 2012 captured Taliban militants shooting a woman named Najiba, 23, in the back of the head as she sat in a ditch in Qol.

While another horrific video showed another woman named Rokhshana, 19, being stoned in a shallow grave in Ghor in 2015.

Najiba was accused of adultery, while Rokhshana was accused of having sex with her boyfriend outside of marriage.

Video captured earlier this year showed an unnamed woman screaming as she was whipped by a Taliban fighter accused of talking to a man on the phone.

And in one of the most infamous pictures ever captured of Taliban brutality, a woman named Zarmina, a mum-of-five, was executed in the middle of a football stadium in Kabul in 1999.

Zarmina’s death was watched by 30,000 spectators as she cowered beneath her veil – showing the terrifying normalisation of violence against women under the Taliban.

She was accused of murdering her husband – who she was forced to marry aged 16 had been beaten by every night throughout their marriage.

Her children were also placed in prison alongside her – and two of them were reportedly sold into sexual slavery by her Taliban fighter brother-in-law.

Zarmina died alone as tens of thousands watched – and her story continues to show the brutality meted out by the Taliban.

During the group’s five year rule throughout the 90s women were left housebound, only being able to leave with a male chaperone and while wearing a full burqa.

“The face of a woman is a source of corruption”, according to the Taliban.

Women are banned from working, banned from education over the age of 8, restricted from seeing doctors and face the constant threat of flogging or execution for any breaches of “moral” laws.

Zarmina’s death was watched by 30,000 spectators as she cowered beneath her veil – showing the terrifying normalisation of violence against women under the Taliban.

She was accused of murdering her husband – who she was forced to marry aged 16 had been beaten by every night throughout their marriage.

Her children were also placed in prison alongside her – and two of them were reportedly sold into sexual slavery by her Taliban fighter brother-in-law.

Zarmina died alone as tens of thousands watched – and her story continues to show the brutality meted out by the Taliban.

During the group’s five year rule throughout the 90s women were left housebound, only being able to leave with a male chaperone and while wearing a full burqa.

“The face of a woman is a source of corruption”, according to the Taliban.

Women are banned from working, banned from education over the age of 8, restricted from seeing doctors and face the constant threat of flogging or execution for any breaches of “moral” laws.

In the World Bank’s 2020 ease of doing business report, Nigeria ranked 131st worldwide for ease of doing business. This portends that a lot of investments the country may and could have attracted were moved to other more appreciably ranked countries.

Twitter is a prime example of investors that snubbed Nigeria and opted for Ghana for its first African office. Another example is South African-owned chain of stores, Shoprite, which recently exited Nigeria. The list goes on and on.

It’s tough to define how dangerous it is for any country to endure a paucity of foreign investments. With its direct bearing on gross domestic product (GDP) and GDP being arguably the ultimate indicator of growth and standard of living of any country, foreign direct investments (FDI) basically brings economic growth.

Nigeria’s GDP pegged at USD432.2 billion in 2020. This was a 3.53% decline from 2019 where it peaked at USD448.1 billion showcasing a 12.82% increment from 2018. Performance has been topsy-turvy since, and so has success in attracting inflows; nonetheless, there have been some signs of progress.

For example, being ranked 131st last year, when in 2019 Nigeria was 146th.

Again, according to the World Investment Report 2020, Nigeria is amongst the most promising poles for growth in Africa becoming third-best host economy for Foreign Direct Investment in the continent behind Egypt and Kenya.

Still on signs of progress, Nigeria’s credentials in terms of macro-economic performance amongst its African counterparts may appear pleasing on the surface or when we analyse holistically. But how do the numbers really compare with facts? Let’s take a look.

GDP – Gross Domestic Product
GDP is vital because it gives information about the size of the economy and how it is performing. Growth in per capita GDP increases the typical living standard for individuals.

Nigeria leads Africa in this measurement metric. In North Africa, Egypt’s 2020 GDP was USD363 billion. South Africa had USD302 billion, East African Kenya carried a GDP of USD99 billion whilst Ghana, our West African contemporaries posed a GDP of USD72 billion. These Figures from leading African nations pale in comparison with Nigeria’s USD432 billion.

Financial flows
Egypt – North African countries with the exception of Egypt suffered a decline in their investment inflows in 2019. Egypt remained the largest FDI recipient in 2019 with inflows increasing by 11% to USD9 billion. Egypt’s strategy has been the colossal diversification away from oil and gas and into telecommunication, real estate and consumer goods. This, to a great extent, improved its macroeconomic stability and strengthened investors’ confidence. Thus, whilst there existed a general lull in inflows in other North African countries, Egypt soared.

Nigeria – For some reason, Nigeria hasn’t been as adept at diversification as it is expected to be. The development of the USD600 million steel plant in Kaduna is a sluggish step but in the right direction. The country’s major selling point has been oil and gas. With dwindling investments in this sector, there is little chance for improvements in the amount of FDI inflows.

After consecutive increases in 2017 and 2018, FDI to Nigeria almost halved in 2019 to USD3.3 billion. It will be unfair and almost unrealistic to attribute all of our economic travails to the dwindling marketability of oil and gas. Insecurity and rising operational costs are severe factors that will consistently put off investors if not fully addressed as statistics have confirmed.

Ghana – FDI to Ghana totalled USD2.3 billion dropping 22%. Ghana to an extent has diversified into agriculture, oil and does major business with mining. West Africa generally, has suffered arguably the worst in terms of FDI with investors seemingly favouring the North, East or Central.

Kenya – Kenya may just have lost ground to Ethiopia and Uganda in terms of attracting FDI. They made huge investments into Information Technology, and despite this, still endured a worse off position in 2019 by 18% with only USD1.3 billion mobilized. Uganda grew almost 20% to achieve USD1.3 billion while Ethiopia generated USD2.5 billion

South Africa – South Africa’s inflow was encouraging after what was a horrendous 3 years from 2015 to 2017 where they averaged a meagre USD2 billion a year (too small for their capacity and potential). In 2019, they made USD4.6 billion, although this represents a 15% decline. To their credit, the country appears diversified enough, with mining, manufacturing and services constituting its markets.World bank carried out an analysis on AFRICA covering the decade 2011-2020 and made these findings:
The top 10 African countries which include Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa, and Ghana generated over USD300 billion worth of foreign direct investment.
Egypt tops the chart with USD 56.2 billion, followed by Nigeria and South Africa with USD45.1 billion and USD41.3 billion respectively.
Ethiopia grew the most in the period, rising over 200%.
South Africa contracted by 15.6%.
The Financial Derivatives Company Limited has touted Africa to garner as much USD29 trillion by 2050 based on the movements from their current trend.

Obviously, 2020 was such a setback with how the pandemic affected the global economy. Africa’s real GDP contracted by 2.1% in the period, deviating from its consistent improvement trend. Nevertheless for 2021 and beyond, if Nigeria embraces diversification like Egypt has done and addresses its rising costs and insecurity challenges, it just may live up to its billing as Africa’s giant even as it concerns attracting FDI.

Gift Agenoisa, a JSS1 female student of Mary Immaculate Secondary School, Ado- Ekiti, has dragged the Ekiti Government, before a state High Court, seeking N15 million in damages for breach of fundamental rights.

In a suit number HAD/01/CR/2021 and sworn to, at the Ado-Ekiti High Court, on her behalf by Odunayo Agenoisa, the student claimed that her suspension from school by government, infringed on her rights.

The plaintiff described as cruel and inhuman, the alleged treatment meted to her for coming to school with the alleged indecent hairstyleJoined in the suit are the School Principal, Mrs Oluwasanmi F.M (1st respondent) , the Commissioner for Education, Dr Olabimpe Aderiye (2nd), the Ekiti State Teaching Service Commission(3rd) and the Ekiti State Government (4th respondent).
In the affidavit attached to the originating summons, the plaintiff claimed that she was singled out of Assembly on May 22, and given 20 lashes, on the order of the school principal for the alleged indecent hairstyle.

In her originating summons deposed to by her counsel, Mr Timmy Omotoso and brought pursuant to Order 2 rules 1,3,4,5 and 6 of the fundamental rights enforcement procedure rules 2009 as preserved by Section 315 of the 1999 constitution, the applicant demanded N15 million damages for her suspension.

She also demanded her immediate reinstatement back to school with unfettered access to all services being rendered therein

*KANU loves women a lot*

As an unbridled sexmaniac ,he goes after anything underskirt even though married with kids ..

His wife is a witness.

Kanu was wooed with a beautiful Nigerian lady ,who was secretly working for the NiA (national intelligence agency).
He was wooed to Brazil. He arrived at the hotel waiting for his would be sex mate , only for him to find out that the hotel is a haven of secret agents controlled by the Nigerian state .
He was then immediately tranquilized with high dose of an anxiety drug, then tucked into an already waiting Cadillac and driven to the Santiago international airport where a private jet was already waiting to fly him to Nigeria.

He came into the country on sunday night .

President Buhari was not even aware of the capture of this man Kanu, (IT WAS AN ULTRA SECRET MISSION ,A MISSION HIDDEN EVEN FROM THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF HIMSELF) but as soon as he was informed ,Buhari cancelled his medical trip to London , so he could have a one on One chat with Kanu .


*Here's another Baaaaaaad News For Ipob fans*

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HE WAS CAUGHT IN BRAZIL

HE WAS LURED BY AN OLOSHO AS USUAL SHE REFUSED TO GO TO HIS ABODE IN THE UK.
LURED HIM TO BRAZIL FOR THE INTERPOL WITH NIGERIAN AGENTS TO FINISH THE ACT

The Ogun House of Assembly, on Tuesday, set up a five-man committee to investigate allegations misconduct levelled against the Deputy Speaker, Dare Kadiri.

The committee was given 72 hours to submit its report.

Mr Damilola Soneye (APC-Obafemi Owode) moved the motion that the committee be set up during plenary in Abeokuta and was seconded by Sikirat Ajibola (APC-Ipokia).

The Speaker, Mr Olakunle Oluomo (APC-Ifo I), said that the committee was constituted after consulting with other principal officers, in line with House Order 7, Rule 10, to investigate the issues raised against the deputy speaker.

The speaker named the Majority Leader, Yusuf Sherif (APC-Ado Odo Ota I), as Chairman of the committee, with Abdul Oladunjoye (APC-Sagamu I), Lateefat Ajayi (APC-Yewa South), Modupe Mujota (APC-Abeokuta North) and Adeyemi Ademuyiwa (APC-Abeokuta South II) as members.

The constitution of the committee was sequel to a report on notice of removal of the deputy speaker from office over alleged gross misconduct.

The report was signed by 20 members of the Assembly and read by the Clerk, Mr Adedeji Adeyemo.

The clerk said: “On Thursday, Feb. 25, at exactly 7:10 pm., I received a letter titled, notice for the removal of the deputy speaker, Dare Kadiri, from office for gross misconduct and it was endorsed by 20 members.

“In consonance with provisions of Order 2, Rule 11, sub-section 1 of the Standing Order of the House, the notice was served on the deputy speaker at 11:43 am. on Feb. 26, to meet the deadline of 24 hours stipulated in the rule.

“The response of the deputy speaker was received in the early morning of March 1, also to fulfil the 72 hours given to him, as provided in that Order 2, Rule 11.

“Having received the response, the deputy speaker was subsequently served a letter, directing him to stand down from plenary of the House forthwith, until he is acquitted of the charges.

“Having satisfied the provisions of Order 2, Rule 11, 1, 2, and 3 of the Standing Order of the House, I hereby commend the exercise for further action of the House, as provided in Order 2, Rule 11, 4 ,5, 6, 7 and 8 of the Standing Order of the House.”

Mr Akeem Balogun (APC-Ogun Waterside), moved the motion for the adoption of the clerk’s report and seconded by Adegoke Adeyanju (APC-Yewa North I).

Also during plenary, the assembly confirmed Gov. Dapo Abiodun’s nominees for Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (OGSIEC).

The majority leader presented the report of the committee of the Whole House on the screening of the nominees, saying that they were found to be eligible and suitable for the office.

The nominees confirmed were: Babatunde Osibodu (Chairman), Olatunji Akoni, Tajudeen Omolaja, Ayodele Bankole and Mrs Gbemi Onasanya.

The novel was written by Dean Koontz tittled "eyes of darkness".
The novel mentions a bioweapon that in earlier editions is called "Gorki-400" and in later editions was called "Wuhan-400". Gorki is a Russian city and named as the origin of that bioweapon in the 1981 edition. Due to the end of the Cold War, the origin of the bioweapon was changed to the Chinese city of Wuhan and it was renamed "Wuhan-400" for the 2008 edition onward.

Koontz's thriller The Eyes Of Darkness describes a killer virus named 'Wuhan-400' after the Chinese city it originated in — the same city where COVID-19 was first reported.

Says one character in the novel: 'They call the stuff 'Wuhan-400' because it was developed at their RDNA labs outside the city of Wuhan.'

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