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They would need millions of signatures for them to be taken serious in the first place.
In a country of over 160million people, asking for 1000 signatures shows you're not serious, maybe when they get up to half of those who voted him, then we can start to take them serious

God bless you for this

Who would ever believe that the same lere olayinka who wrote this about fayose four years ago is now his spokesperson?
Nigerians won't cease to amaze me

Can the OP oblige us the source of this information?

This man was never the president of Nigeria, he was only an acting president because the president was not in the country as at that time, so there's no basis talking about his recognition as president.
We must not always bring tribalism to every issue

All the filling stations dispensing fuel in Ekiti with the exception of nnpc currently sell above #87, in fact you can't get fuel less than #130 per liter anywhere in Ekiti

Your excuse doesn't seem tenable or convincing to me. I'm also a medical doctor and there's nothing like order from above when life is involved, that's your sole responsibility as a doctor.
This is not to blame you or cast aspersions on you cos I believe you acted the way you did cos you're new and naive.
Your medical officer i.e your senior only asked you to refer them cos she was either not around or she didn't want to be bothered cos she knew she will be held responsible once you admit the patient and that's wickedness on her own part but having said that, it still doesn't stop you from resuscitating the patient before referring them.
You should only refer after you've resuscitated or at least stabilized or what's the point referring a patient whose condition is so critical that he/she may not even make it to the hospital.
Now you have to be careful and pray that the relatives won't take the case up with you cos you and your MO may not escape very serious punishment if this case is reported to the appropriate authority especially MDCN.
You also talked about a lot, and that was when I knew you're indeed new and naive, cos there's a law that all accident victim must be treated as an emergency without any constraints even including gunshot injury victims (in the past we used to demand for police report but the new law now is treat first then inform the police), that law was passed by the Senate about 2 or 3 years ago.
Pls make sure you learn from this incident, God bless you

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lakunle Timothy Taiwo, the Nigerian Tribune
journalist involved in the fabricated interview if
constitutional law lawyer, Professor Itse Sagay,
today published what he called his account of the
story on the platform of Sahara Reporters. After going
through his story, one cannot but come to the conclusion
that he is further insulting Nigerians who are already quite
upset about the level of decadence that Nigerian Tribune
and its journalist stooped to in an irresponsible attempt to
paint the Buhari government and his anti-corruption war
with a bad brush.
Nigerian Tribune
Make no mistake about it. Every Nigerian, corporate bodies
and journalists have an inalienable right to criticize the
Buhari government and its policies and I will do everything
to defend that freedom even if the accusations are based
on erroneous facts or analysis. Having said that for a
newspaper that gained its reputation by engaging in critical
analysis of government policies and for many years was a
prop-people and leading anti-government voice, criticizing
the Buhari government would not have come as a surprise
to anyone familiar with the history of the newspaper. The
problem is that the Nigerian Tribune of yester years is no
longer the Nigerian Tribune of today. Since aligning itself
with the late General Abacha’s tyrannical regime and lately
the corruption infested successive PDP governments, the
newspaper became anti-people and pro-government until
the Goodluck Jonathan regime was ignominiously booted
out of office. Since then the newspaper has become the
launching pad for anti-Buhari rockets. Again, I must stress
that there is nothing wrong with being anti-Buhari. After all,
the president is a human being, fallible and incapable of
pleasing everyone.
Mr. Taiwo would want his readers to believe that the
alleged interview of Prof. Itse Sagay was a mistake
resulting from dialing an incorrect number. However, there
are a couple of problems with that narrative. The first
problem is the unusual co-incidence of dialing a wrong
number he thought belonged to Prof. Sagay and the
preparedness of the person on the other end of the call not
only to pretend to be Prof. Sagay but to be fully prepared to
address the issues the journalist wanted to discuss,
including legal issues. You wonder if his boss who gave
him the number was going through a directory for lawyers
to get the telephone number.
The second issue with Mr. Taiwo’s narrative is his and the
Nigerian Tribune’s failure or refusal to release the audio
recording of the interview. Giving the brouhaha, ridicule and
shame that this incident has brought upon the journalist and
the newspaper one would expect that the first piece of
evidence that will be released in support of their narrative
will be the audio recording. My take on this aspect of the
issue is that if an audio recording exists the voice of the
person is probably that of a person or a member of the
opposition that can be easily identified. Otherwise, what is
the purpose of protecting the audio recording of an
impostor who is threatening to bring down the roof on the
little reputation left of a once illustrious and pro-people
newspaper?
The third issue is that we are in 2015 and behind almost
every telephone number in Nigeria lies an identity except
for the lines MTN is protecting for the kidnappers and
members of Boko Haram (lol just joking). On a serious note
what the journalist and Tribune newspaper would want us
believe happened bothers on criminality. Why then has the
matter not been reported to the police for investigation?
Why have they not released the full telephone number? Why
have they not contacted the telephone operators in the
country to help identify the person behind the telephone
number? I believe that if the telephone number is released
Nigerians with the requisite expertise and access will take it
upon themselves to identify the owner of the telephone
number in a very short time. Again, my take on this aspect
of the matter is that there is either no telephone number to
be released because the whole interview was cooked up or
it belongs to somebody they want to protect.
For Mr. Taiwo who lost his job a day or two after getting
married, the least offence I can accuse him of is that he
allowed himself to be used although he can also be accused
of being a part of the conspiracy that brought forth the
whole mess. Assuming that he was used, my advise to him
is to spill the beans by admitting his true role in the whole
mess, apologize to his readers, and hang out Tribune and
his bosses out to dry. His reputation and career are on the
line.
This incident happening at a time when Nigerians are still
struggling to understand the shenanigans of Nduka
Obaigbena of Thisday Newspaper and the role he and other
newspapers played in Col. Sambo Dasuki’s criminal
spending spree puts Nigerian journalists and newspapers
on the defensive. From brown envelope journalism to
fabricated interviews, a profession that has resorted to
supporting or buttressing the credibility of its stories with
“there are indications” without sources has descended to a
new low. It has abdicated its responsibility to the citizens
and country by becoming part of the news, instead of
reporting the news. The Nigerian Tribune should bow its
head in shame and for a moment imagine what the late
sage Obafemi Awolowo would have thought of its conduct


http://saharareporters.com/2015/12/23/nigerian-tribune-olakunle-taiwo-and-cocktail-falsehoods-ilesanmi-omabomi

TonyeBarcanista:
I have been witholding my position on Fayose's style of 'governance' all these whÍle. I think it's time to express it.


With due respect to Governor Ayo Fayose and his supporters, I think the Governor is abusing governance and is damaging the psyche of average Ekiti indigene on the responsibility of government by his actions.

His stomach infrastructure program has made government to be a "come and chop" affair. Instead of devoting such resources towards capacity building that will boost the human development of Ekiti people, and also wealth creation programs that will empower Ekiti people to be able to increase their financial capacity and build Ekiti economy, the governor rather spend it on non productive stomach infrastructure.

This pattern of sharing rice, cutting animal skin(kpomo), buying seasoning etc doesn't help the state go grow. Has he asked himself, "after eating the rice, what next for the people?" Will he feed them three times in a day? Will he give them money to buy cloths? Will he give them Shelter? Will he 'dash' the people automobile? How can his people get these without real empowerment?


I pray the Governor doesn't carry this form of governance(misgovernance) into the new year! He may not be the worst Governor but he needs to change...

God bless you real good, this same fayose is yet to pay workers in the state their November salary o not to talk of December, in fact he only started paying October salary last week and not all workers in the state have been paid.
I'm happy that people are beginning to see his true colour anyway and a vist/interactions with people on the street will tell you that his popularity has really gone down especially among the civil servants who voted him in.
I believe it's just a matter of time, he will soon be disgraced by the people of Ekiti

TonyeBarcanista:
I have been witholding my position on Fayose's style of 'governance' all these whÍle. I think it's time to express it.


With due respect to Governor Ayo Fayose and his supporters, I think the Governor is abusing governance and is damaging the psyche of average Ekiti indigene on the responsibility of government by his actions.

His stomach infrastructure program has made government to be a "come and chop" affair. Instead of devoting such resources towards capacity building that will boost the human development of Ekiti people, and also wealth creation programs that will empower Ekiti people to be able to increase their financial capacity and build Ekiti economy, the governor rather spend it on non productive stomach infrastructure.

This pattern of sharing rice, cutting animal skin(kpomo), buying seasoning etc doesn't help the state go grow. Has he asked himself, "after eating the rice, what next for the people?" Will he feed them three times in a day? Will he give them money to buy cloths? Will he give them Shelter? Will he 'dash' the people automobile? How can his people get these without real empowerment?


I pray the Governor doesn't carry this form of governance(misgovernance) into the new year! He may not be the worst Governor but he needs to change...

God bless you real good, this same fayose is yet to pay workers in the state their November salary o not to talk of December, in fact he only started paying October salary last week and not all workers in the state have been paid.

I also do not support the idea of using $38 as the benchmark when we know that it's not likely for the oil price to go up, I hope the National Assembly can correct that mistake.
Be that as it may though, I don't think drop in fuel price will have major effects on the budget considering the fact that the bulk of the revenue projection is not from oil unlike what used to obtain in the past.
As regards borrowing, except if we don't want to be realistic, the govt doesn't have any option than to borrow at this stage of our economy, I personally think we should even commend the administration for the wisdom applied cos it's obvious that the borrowed will be used to service capital expenditures and not recurrent expenditure

Despite the great challenges facing the nation, I think this budget is a write step in the right direction, I just hope the budget is implemented to the letter

Capital expenditure represents 30% of the budget which is a significant departure from the past

Does OAU now have mass communication department? There was nothing like that when I was in OAU.
I pray she's found ASAP anyway, but for all you care she may not even be a student of OAU.
There were many people like that when I was on campus who probably did predegree or diploma courses but we're not offered admission, yet they would keep loitering around the campus claiming they were students

I said it yesterday when the news came out that itse sagay couldn't have said all those things credited to him, even the tone of the interview didn't look like that of the prof.
It's really pathetic!

I knew this can't be from itse sagay that I know and my suspicion was confirmed when I tried opening the Nigerian Tribune link, that link is fake and I think the op should be banned for posting false information here thereby violating rule 8 of nairaland

Location : Ado Ekiti Filling station : olawuwo Prices: #140

I honestly think punch newspaper needs to be called to order for using such a sensational headline even when the contents of the news says a different thing entirely.
It's clearly stated in the article that the circular was issued in April 2015 and we all knew that buhari only took over in may 2015,so how is buhari responsible for their sack?
I only want to passionately appeal to buhari to have mercy on these people and reverse the callous circular issued by the wicked gej administration.
And to people who would not read before commenting, you're only confirming the degrading adage about Africans that if you want to hide anything from an African, just put in books!

Interesting

Thanks for the info, but please can you state your source on the possibility of this drug leading to infertility either temporary or permanent cos I doubt it's one of the side effects of the drug.

shegsky:
lol. APC looking for a means to Tarnish Fayose's image since 1850BC . We Ekiti indigenes ain't gonna buy this poo at all. Make them lie another lie jare.

I doubt if you're from Ekiti and if you're, then you probably haven't been to the state for a while.
This same fayose who's portraying himself as proworker is yet to pay October salary not to talk of November salary, this same is increasing tax and unnecessary levies across the state thereby leading to increase in prizes of goods and commodities in the state.
Pupils in public primary schools now pay fees comparable to their counterparts in private schools, this same guy has imposed a levy of #1000 on every pupil/student in all the private schools in the state which of course has led to increase in school fees across board.
If you really want to know what's happening in the state, just board a commercial bus and raise any topic about fayose and listen to what people have to say about him

What about those of us in Ekiti state? All the filling stations in Ekiti are selling above #87

ernie4life:
What I have is the book and the soft copy, if you need the soft copy I can send it to you via mail.

Pls can you send me the soft copy, thanks. Toluwalaseatolani@gmail.com

Owei Lakemfa SOME days ago, I woke up to find that someone, or group had decided to change my country. It was there on Facebook; a supposed map of a new country called Biafra. I was neither consulted nor my opinion sought. I am not also aware that the Ijaws, who are my parents, our neigbours the Isokos, Itsekiris, Urhobos, Efiks, Ibibios, Orons etcetera, were consulted. Some fellow Nigerians in demonstrating their right to self- determination, decided that I do not have the right to be consulted. If I were to reincarnate and have power of choice, I would ordinarily, not decide to be a Nigerian. I would prefer to be an African, in that united continent Kwame Nkrumah prophesied, with a single government, currency, economy and citizenship. I will not trade a continent for another small enclave, while industrialised Europe has almost evolved into one entity. That will not be strategic thinking, it will be collective backwardness. I understand why the agitators need the Southern nationalities; they require their oil and gas resources, and access to the sea. But they are being quixotic by forcing these peoples into a map. They need to consult and persuade. But this will be difficult as the advocates of a new Biafra have not made public any known philosophy, ideology, vision, road map, socio-economic programme or policy, including on peoples and minority rights. I have read some juvenile Boko Haram Shekarau-like outbursts by the new kid on the bloc, Nnamdi Kalu of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) who vomits words like “If they don’t give us Biafra, no human being will remain alone in Nigeria by that time; we shall turn everybody into corpses; you better go and buy your coffin.” He reminds me of the quixotic ‘uprising’ by the Biafra Zionist Federation led by Benjamin Igwe Onwuka who on June 5, 2014 tried to seize the Enugu State Broadcasting Service (ESBS) ostensibly to declare a Biafra Republic. Apart from these, I have seen photographs of people in camouflage doing drills in alleged preparation for war to actualise Biafra. I am not sure they know what they are doing. I was six when the civil war broke out. Until this day, I still recall the faces of my play mates like Ngozi Eze, who left for the East and never came back when their families returned. You imagine the trauma the rest of their families went through. I also, still recall the faces of my uncles; Anusi, and Wisdom Fakrogha, who went to that war, and never returned. It is not just about the massive destruction, starvation and early graves. It included injuries that never healed, scars that people carry in their hearts. Like John Pepper Clarke wrote, in his poem, The Casualties. “The casualties are not only those who are dead… The casualties are not only those who started A fire and now cannot put out. Thousands are burning that have no say in the matter…We are all casualties” I read about people on both sides, glorifying the civil war. Yes, it was a glorious war; but not for the two million who lost their lives. It was a heroic war; but not for the children taken to Gabon who never returned. War can be glamorous, but not for the dead. Not for those who become invalid, the widowed and the orphaned. For the true victims, the pain never really go away. For Kalu and his group who argue that the Igbos are a conquered people in bondage, needing to be free, I say the conquered are not necessarily those who are said to have lost the civil war forty five years ago, but those on either side who lost their lives, income, property and loved ones. The victors are not necessarily those who sing victory songs; but those who smile to the banks having made fortunes selling arms and rice, boots and aircraft, bombs and relief materials to all sides in the conflict. When during the 1962 Missile Crisis over Cuba, and American President, John .F. Kennedy was toying with the idea of going to war, then Soviet Union leader, Nikita Khrushchev wrote him, warning “I have participated in two world wars and know that war ends only when it has rolled through cities and villages, everywhere sowing death and destruction. For such is the logic of war. If people do not display wisdom, they will clash like blind moles and then, mutual annihilation will commence.” But if we want to persuade our angry compatriots to remain, we must understand why they want out. I turn to Kalu to understand him. First he claims that the operation of the Federal Character provision and development, is lopsided. In other words, Igbos are marginalised. But interestingly, most or all nationalities in the country feel the same way. He says Igbos are killed in parts of the country. Ironically, the ‘killing fields’ today are in the North East, and Middle Belt where all Nigerians are victims. He argues that Nigeria is an artificial creation. I agree fully with him; but which country is not? Even the Biafra, his group wants to create will also be an artificial one. He laments that while the soldiers on the Federal side were paid, those who fought for Biafra were not. Whatever the arguments; this appears more an administrative issue, and less a reason for secession. He pointed at corruption, mass unemployment and injustice in what he calls the “Zoological Republic of Nigeria” Doubtlessly, there is injustice; to the poor and powerless; the voiceless and the vulnerable. But the solution cannot be the balkanization of the country; rather, it is to fight these ills. Even if I am left out of Biafra as I desire, I don’t want a passport to go drink from the knowledge of Arthur Nwankwo in Enugu, visit Maxim Uzotu, ‘the god of poetry’ or share a drink with Anaele Ihuoma in Owerri. We cannot deny those who clamour for a new country, but the rest of us have the duty and right to propagate our desire for a united Nigeria, and an integrated Africa

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/11/i-dont-want-another-country/

Nice analysis, I think the problem of most Nigerians is that they are too lazy to read.
After reading the entire pwc report, I couldn't help but weep for this country

Nice analysis, I think the problem of most Nigerians is that they are too lazy to read.
After reading the entire pwc report, I couldn't but weep for this country

Ben Bruce is just playing to the gallery, when he came on board the noise was about how he would champion pay cut for the National Assembly, but almost 6 months down the line, nothing is heard from our dear senator again.
A more sensible position for him would have been to advocate for significant paycut from the political office holders and not from the poor civil servants, a 5%cut in his total allowance alone would go a long way in achieving this 5k for the unemployed graduates.
Suffice to say here however that I personally think that what the youths need in this country is massive reduction in the unemployment rate in this country rather than paying one useless 5k per month

Those guys in the house of assembly are either not serious or they are daft! How can they name fayose the opposition leader? Is it for Ekiti alone where he's currently the governor or of the entire country where Ekiti makes up less than 5% of the population or voting strength?
Please guys, stop embarrassing my dear state as this doesn't portray us as the fountain of knowledge we claim to be

"you know how bad all the roads are across the country and
then housing too. I hope he does not get crushed by the
weight of this responsibility."
Really? I thought you guys said Jonathan constructed /repaired over 25,000kms of roads few months ago?
Yinka has never been himself since he collected the 12 million naira national conference money!

He's 58 and not 55 as erroneously stated by you, he graduated at 21, called to bar at 22 and that means he gained admission at 16-17, I've seen folks who graduated at 19,20 with LLB.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/professor-yemi-osinbajos-profile/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemi_Osinbajo