₦airaland Forum

.....

And how does that solve your problems. bunch of morons.

The guy get Id card sef. Where we dey go for Nigeria me no know.

Who cares

The Secretary, FCT Transportation Secretariat, Alhaji Hamid Suleiman, says the administration has applied for a loan of $100 million from the African Development Bank (AfDB) for the provision of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT). Suleiman made this known while speaking to reporters in Abuja on Friday.
According to him, the BRT will be plying from the Eagle Square in Abuja to Auta Balaifi in Nasarawa State.
However, he explained that the loan was not part of the Federal Government borrowing plan.
“Meanwhile, $950,000 CTF grant has been approved for preparatory study of the pilot BRT corridor which is between Eagle Square and Auta Balaifi in Nasarawa state,’’ he said.
He said that the Nigerian Infrastructure Advisory Facility (NIAF) is sponsored by Department for International Development (DfID) and administered by Adam Smith International of London.
“It is to facilitate and accelerate infrastructure reform and policy development, institutional strengthening, legislation, capacity building, planning and regulation.
“NIAF has successfully conducted studies on FCT Travel Demand Survey, Conceptual Design of BRT infrastructure.
“It has also conducted viability studies of BRT services for FCT with the supervision of the BTR & TR,’’ he said.
The scribe noted that there has been improvement to ensure safety and orderly flow of traffic in the city.
Suleiman said the improvement include road markings, installation of traffic signs and signals, installation of delineators and other traffic control devices.





http://www.informationng.com/2017/02/fct-seeks-afdb-loan-brt.html



Cc. Mynd44 Seun

walemoney007:
the real question is:what has nigeria done for me to love migeria.i dont enjoy nigeria so why should i love nigeria ,if am to choose between unity and division,i will choose the division of nigeria.this country is so fvcked up,nothing is working

check yourself bruh.

Acting-President, Yemi Osinbajo has said that the
federal government will develop thermal power plants in
Egbema local government area of Imo State as it seeks
to beef up electricity supply in the country.
He said this in Owerri at a stakeholders’ forum on
sustainable development in the Niger-Delta region.
Osinbajo said the development of the facilities in the
area was necessary due to the huge deposit of gas in
the area, stressing that situating the thermal power
facilities in the area will solve the problem of gas
supply to the stations, leaving government with only
the problem of electricity transmission.
The Acting-President also said that the project will be
executed in consultation with the state government,
adding that President Muhammadu Buhari had promised
to make sure Imo people got their just dues.
He said: “I also believe that thermal power stations
such as Egbema power station must be stationed here
to beef up electricity supply across the country.
“They must be stationed in the oil-producing
communities, especially here in Imo state where there is
a huge deposit of gas.
“We
must
have
thermal power stations here, because it’s easier and
makes more sense to situate thermal power stations
next to the gas facilities so that our only concern will
be how to transmit the power. That is one of the issue
we intend to deal with in consultation with the state
governor, Rochas Okorocha.
“Let me assure you that as far as President Buhari is
concerned, Imo state is important, Oil-producing
communities are important, and he will make sure and
the federal government will make sure that you get your
just dues.”





http://dailypost.ng/2017/02/14/fg-plans-build-thermal-power-stations-imo-osinbajo/

And Enrique said. it over....

Former Special Adviser to Ex-President Goodluck
Jonathan on Electronic Media, Reno Omokri has urged
Nigerian critics of President Muhammadu Buhari not
to allow their hate for the president affect their love
for Nigeria.
Omokri gave the advise while commending the
presidential call between U.S President, Donald Trump
and Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari today.
According to Omokri said the call by the two
presidents expressed a willingness to boost US/
Nigeria relations.
I salute both Presidents @realDonaldTrump
and @MBuhari for their call which expressed a
willingness to boost US/Nigeria relations.
— Reno Omokri (@renoomokri) 13 February
2017
Don’t allow hatred for @MBuhari affect your
love for Nigeria. The @realDonaldTrump /
@MBuhari call indeed took place and is good
for Nigeria!
— Reno Omokri (@renoomokri) 13 February
2017
Give @MBuhari his due. When opposition
becomes hatred or death wish, it stops being
Godly and becomes satanic. I am an opponent
not a hater.
— Reno Omokri (@renoomokri) 13 February
2017
Recall that President Buhari today spoke with
President Trump on phone from his London
base.
The telephone conversation was at the
instance of the American President.
The development has apparently ended the
rumoured death of President Buhari who is
currently on medical vacation in London. A
statement from the Special Adviser to the
President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi
Adesina stated that “conversation was cordial
and President Buhari congratulated Trump on
his election as President of the United States,
and on his cabinet.”
The statement added that the “two leaders
discussed ways to improve cooperation in the
fight against terrorism through provision of
necessary equipment.”
It further stated that “President Trump
encouraged President Buhari to keep up the
good work he is doing, and also commended
him for the efforts made in rescuing 24 of the
Chibok Girls and the strides being taken by the
Nigerian military.”
Trump “assured the Nigerian President of US
readiness to cut a new deal in helping Nigeria
in terms of military weapons to combat
terrorism.” The America President also invited
Buhari to Washington “at a mutually
convenient date.”






http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/02/dont-allow-hatred-buhari-affect-love-nigeria-reno/

Wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha, on
Saturday returned to the country, after undertaking the
lesser pilgrimage in Mecca.
His arrival was confirmed by her aide, Zaynab Ikaz-
Kassim on Twitter.
She
tweeted: “H.E Mrs. @aishambuhari Returned From
Umrah this afternoon! Sai Mama ”
The last time Mrs. Buhari was sighted in public, is
when she reportedly visited her husband, who is on
medical vacation in London, UK.
Meanwhile, the President failed to return to Nigeria on
the same day, as widely expected after Presidency
sources claimed he would return on Saturday.
Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi
Adesina, has told DAILY POST in a phone chat, that his
principal will not sneak into the country .
Adesina said: “If the president returns, we will all see
him. He is the president of Nigeria and will not sneak
in.”
Asked if his reaction was a sign he doesn’t know
exactly when the president will return, Adesina replied:
“Don’t put words in my mouth please”.
“I said when the president return, Nigerians will see
him. It’s not like he will sneak in, so let’s wait”.
Buhari left Nigeria on January 19 and was initially
scheduled to return last Sunday, but he sent a letter to
the Senate asking for an indefinite extension of his
vacation.




http://dailypost.ng/2017/02/11/aisha-buhari-returns-nigeria-president-still-expected/

EjimaQuintana:
Ah go wait til den naaaa..........asif d billions wer dem go d mention go even reach me

abi now.
Buh I pray make dem no paddle am this year

T HE Senate has concluded arrangements to hold a first-
of-its-kind public hearing on the 2017 Appropriation Bill
submitted to the legislature by President Muhammadu
Buhari next week Monday.
In a statement by the Chairman, Senate Committee on
Media and Public Affairs, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, the
Public Hearing is aimed at allowing stakeholders and
members of the public to make contributions to the
proposed legislation before passage by the National
Assembly.
The Senate had suspended regular plenary sessions in order
to give all committees an opportunity to conduct adequate
oversight and for ministries, departments and agencies of
the federal government to defend the allocations included
in the estimates submitted to the legislature by President
Muhammadu Buhari.
The joint public hearing, will push the budget defense a
step further by allowing members of the public to weigh-
in constructively on ways to improve the appropriations
bill.
Abdullahi said, “This will be the first time something like
this is happening.”





http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/02/senate-hold-public-hearing-2017-budget-monday/

The Presidency has debunked insinuations by some
Nigerians that the Senate may void President
Mohammadu Buhari’s request for extension of his
vacation period saying the Senate, in fact, need not
sit to approve the letter.
Mr Ita Enang, Special Assistant to the President on
National Assembly Matters, told newsmen in Abuja
that the situation did not need Senators’ debate as no
resolution was required to approve the letter.
According to him, the senate does not need to sit to
validate the letter.
Enang, who is a lawyer and former lawmaker,
described insinuations as “unfounded’’.
Senator Enang
The president had on Jan. 19, sent a letter to the
senate, intimating it of his intention to proceed on a
10-day working vacation from Jan. 23 to Feb. 6.
He also intimated the senate that he would undergo
some routine medical check-up within the period.
However, another letter was transmitted to the senate
at the expiration of the 10-day period earlier
requested, asking for an extension of the period to
enable the president to complete the medical checks.
On Tuesday, the senate acknowledged receipt of the
letter conveying the fresh request for extension but
noted that no time frame was indicated.
Enang said that what was important was for the
senate to be informed of the president’s intention.
“It doesn’t require a `yes’ or a `no’; it is to inform it.
“What is important is that there is a communication
with the senate.
“Once the communication is received by the senate
and the House of Representatives, through their
respective presiding officers, that settles it,’’ the
presidential aide said.
On non-specification of time frame needed by the
president, he said “this question will not be answered
until the senate sits.
“But, I want us to look at the Constitution because
the Constitution says what should be done is
notification.’’
He also said that no vacuum was created by the
president’s absence as the Vice President was already
piloting the affairs of the country in acting capacity.





http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/02/senate-need-not-sit-approve-buharis-vacation-extension-presidency/

Old news.

Queen Elizabeth II, the world’s longest reigning sovereign, on Monday set a new record as the first British monarch to reach her sapphire jubilee, with 65 years on the throne. The queen, now 90, rose to the throne in 1952 at the age of 25 upon the premature death of her father, King George VI. As with previous milestones in her long reign, Queen Elizabeth is likely to spend Accession Day privately at her Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, eastern England. On Sunday, however, she was seen smiling as well-wishers gave her flowers outside church. Despite her reluctance to celebrate publicly, the occasion will be marked in Britain. At the Tower of London, in the capital’s Green Park and all around the kingdom, gun salutes will be fired in tribute. Sapphire is the 65th anniversary gemstone and a photograph has been reissued of the sovereign wearing a suite of sapphire jewellery given to her by her father as a wedding gift in 1947. The 2014 portrait by David Bailey shows her wearing the glittering necklace, dating from 1850 and made of 16 large oblong sapphires surrounded by diamonds. “She has very kind eyes with a mischievous glint. I’ve always liked strong women, and she is a very strong woman,” the photographer said at the time. – Coins, stamps and salutes – The Royal Mint is marking the anniversary with specially-designed commemorative coins, ranging from a £5 coin to a £1,000 solid gold one- kilogram coin — which actually costs £50,000 to buy. The £5 ($6.25, 5.80-euro) coins feature the imperial state crown, rotated to show off the Stuart sapphire. They also bear words from the famous quote in her 21st birthday speech to the Commonwealth back in 1947: “My whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service.” Meanwhile the Royal Mail has issued a £5 stamp in a sapphire blue colour. “It’s very, very difficult to dislike her,” Andrew Gimson, author of “Gimson’s Kings and Queens”, told AFP. “She’s never answered back, she’s always been above politics. “On the whole, our politicians are very unpopular” with ordinary citizens. “They’d much prefer having this dutiful woman carrying out this role.” – Victoria’s record eclipsed – Queen Elizabeth became Britain’s longest-serving monarch ever in September 2015, surpassing the reign of her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria, a record she said was “not one to which I have ever aspired”. She also became the longest-reigning living monarch in the world in October last year following the death of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Queen Elizabeth’s three big jubilees were the silver jubilee in 1977 — after 25 years — marked by street parties and a world tour; the 2002 golden jubilee — at 50 years — featuring a pop concert at Buckingham Palace; and the diamond jubilee in 2012 — for 60 years — which saw a river pageant on the Thames in London. As head of the Commonwealth, she has also been the monarch of Australia, Canada and New Zealand for 65 years. With her advancing age, Queen Elizabeth is gradually handing over more duties to younger members of the royal family. Her 34-year-old grandson Prince William, who is second in line to the throne after his father Prince Charles, is stepping down as an air ambulance pilot this year to carry out more royal duties on his grandmother’s behalf.




m.guardian.ng/news/queen-elizabeth-ii-marks-sapphire-jubilee/

do u expect me to read this.

makydebbie:
Sorry can't read this epistle

Try and read sis

Money must be made.

misterchris:
agbalu aka ana zo ani

Meaning.

Disturbingly, it seems domestic violence against men has become a very middle-class problem. As women work. earn – and in many cases drink – as much as their menfolk, the dominant force in many relationships is no longer male and some women are lashing out. According to newspaper reports, “For nine years, Peter a 47 -year -old IT expert was scratched, punched and slapped by his 42-year-old wife. A proprietress of a primary school, she showed compassion and patience with her young charges by day, but at home, her temper knew no bounds. “And her husband, out of shame and desperation to keep their family unit together for the sake of their young daughter, simply put up with it. To the outside world’, “ Peter said, ‘she presented a sweet, professional veneer, a smoke screen and I went along with it because I worried about the consequences if I didn’t.’ It was only after a shocking burst of temper. which saw his wife swing a hair-dryer at her husband, splitting his head open and causing a wound that required eight stitches in hospital, that he finally accepted he needed help.” “Ironically,” continued the report, “he was prompted by a phone call from their daughter’s school – the 11-year-old had confided in her teachers about what she’d seen Mummy do to Daddy and the school got in touch. In the end Peter had to face the bitter truth he was married to a monster and had to kiss his marriage goodbye.” In the dying hours of last year, a housewife who saw red when her husband gave her only N,000 for the family’s Christmas festivities, went into a wild brawl with him which resulted in her stabbing him to death. Over the years, newspaper stories and social media coverage of domestic violence where women feature prominently as the villains, are mind-bugling. There was violence, bullying and intimidation. A spouse being isolated from friends and family, having their confidence and self-respect destroyed and even sanity doubted. A police spokesman agreed that “Domestic abuse is no respecter of class or status. It crosses all social boundaries – we get calls from bankers, solicitors and medical doctors, as well as office workers, artisans and bus drivers.” A few months back, a solicitor’s wife, Sharon Edwards was jailed for life for murder after a Manchester Crown Court in Britain heard how he regularly beat and belittled her husband David, before she stabbed him with a kitchen knife. Sharon was said to have relied on the knowledge that her husband, whom she had met a year earlier would never hit back or call the police. After his death, his body was found to be covered in 60 cuts and bruises. According to Professor Kevin Brown, Peter’s situation is far from unique. He saw it is time society woke up to the reality. “In a third of all domestic violence cases the women are violent to men, and the reason many men don’t report it is because they fear not being believed. Another reason why violence is creeping into middle-class marriages could be, at least in parts, due to the dramatic shift in women’s position in society over the past half century, with most now juggling work as well as family responsibilities, with the inevitable stress that entails. Women are also more likely to suffer from alcohol abuse than in the past and that might be contributing to them becoming more violent, as it’s a disinhibitor.” At 6ft 3in, Simon Smith, a Royal Navy Seaman in Britain, can testify that the masculinity and physical strength are no protection from domestic abuse. His ex-wife, Crystal, was jailed for nine years after she stabbed him in a drunken rage at the family home. According to report: ‘The Smiths married in October 2010, following an 18- month courtship and have a five-year-old daughter. Although Simon was aware his wife had a nasty temper ,it wasn’t until early 2011, when their daughter was a few months old, that she became violent towards him. `She told me she had zero tolerance to dirt nd if I left smear marks on a glass it would make her so angry she could become violent”, recalls Simon. “She was very good at making me feel I deserved the things she did, so the next day, I would apologise. I never hit her back, I would never hit a woman, no matter what”. “It is easy to see how Slmon’s perspecttve of the state of his marriage was further skewed as Crystal engineered his increasing alienation from his family, who knew nothing of the violence. When he phoned his parents or siblings Crystal would demand the call was on speaker-phone so that she could hear both sides of the conversation. Simon, was too ashamed to confide in friends. Nor did he contemplate leaving the family home. Crystal threatened that she would make it as difficult as possible for him to see their daughter. “Nothing could have prepared him for the events that unfolded after they attended a naval dinner two years ago. Crystal, who was very drunk, was heard by a couple, with whom the Smiths shared a taxi home, chanting: ‘I’m going to make it rain with pain.’ Back home, after she punched and threw a knife block at Simon, he went to their bedroom to pack a bag, planning to spend the night with a friend. and give her time to calm down. “However, Crystal crept upstairs after him with a kitchen knife, which she plunged twice into his back and once into his arm. Simon lost six pints of blood and underwent life- saving surgery in hospital. He says: “There is a perception that men are stronger to put up with it, but that doesn’t allow for the psychological abuse. My saviour was a neighbour who alerted police after hearing my screams. She’d told me that if the police turned up to tell them that I’d been attached due to gambling debts, which is what I did. But the officer, who saw I also had many old injuries, took me outside to the police van. He said ‘Is the person who hurt you still inside your house.” I whispered ‘yes’ and then collapsed in the back of the van. I couldn’t believe it was all over …” Closer home, in Ibadan about a year ago, Oyelowo Oyediran was stabbed to death on his bed. He’d earlier had an all mighty row with his wife Yewande, who couldn’t live with the fact that another woman, far away in France had a child for him. She was still looking unto the Lord and this must have fuelled her jealousy. The poor man’s blood-curdling howls during the first attack alerted the neighbours who intervened. Assuring them that all was well, the wife was so convincingly contrite that they left Oyelowo alone with his wife. And the husband was so confident he was safe he went to bed with his eyes closed! That was when his tormented wife pounced on him and finished off what she’d started earlier by stabbing him to death. As a lot of men have discovered to their cost, either gender can be a victim or perpetrator of domestic abuse. Even a couple of past heads of states have been rumoured to have been battered by their wives! And as the number of women convicted of this violent clime continues to escalate. maybe it’s about time we all thought beyond the stereotype of the battered wife.

Poverty na disease

not that bad

Do I need all this when jazz still dey work.

ABUJA —THE General Secretary of Iron and Steel
Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, ISSSAN, Mr. Titus
Orimijupa, has urged the Federal Government to give the
Ajaokuta Steel Company to the Russians, who designed
and constructed it with a view to making it operational, in
the shortest possible time.
He spoke against the backdrop of alleged moves by the
President Muhammadu Buhari administration to hand over
the completion of the project to the Chinese, a move that
drew protesters to Abuja, last week.
Orimijupa told Vanguard in a telephone interview that
the government should show commitment by doing what
will revamp Ajaokuta Steel Company and must be
transparent about it because the multi-billion dollar asset
belongs to the Nigerian public.
He said: “Our position is this, it was designed and built by
the Russians and we believe that Russians should be made
to come and complete it if they have the financial
wherewithal. You may have the technical wherewithal but
not have the financial wherewithal. If they have both it is
better for them to come and complete it and it is
cheaper.
“It was said that it should be given to the Russians that
initially designed and built it but there are a lot of politics
up there and this regime also is complaining of money but
from the beginning, the same regime has shown that it
wants to be a rent collector rather than an investing
regime.
“We prefer that the Russians come and complete it
because when they say the Chinese will come, are they
going to bring new technology? But if the Russians don’t
have the financial resources and the Chinese have the
financial resources, they could go into a joint venture
agreement so that the original builder can complete it,
then the Chinese will finance and they agree on the profit
sharing formula. But the most important thing is that
government must do everything possible to complete
Ajaokuta Steel Company.”
“Ajaokuta is a national asset and anything concerning
Ajaokuta should be made public, these issues of secrecy
concluding things and deceiving Nigerians half way because
they do not want Nigerians to be indebted perpetually so
this is the only way out.
“During the time of Goodluck Jonathan, there was this
public debate everywhere in the town hall and the
stakeholders were involved. Even before this regime, they
set up committees and they involved professionals but
now, things are being done in such a way that nobody will
have any knowledge how it is going.
“Everything has been concluded. We were not carried
along. We have tried, been to National Assembly, they
have held public hearing and many things have happened
but yet we are in the dark.”







http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/02/give-ajaokuta-russians-steel-workers-scribe-urges-fg/

see the old man wey ibandan people make their king. chaii I hail oooo.

Hope say u ain't going for vacation like PMB

MadeInTokyo:


Wole Soyinka watch ur back

Osibnajo watch ur back

Tinubu watch ur back

The Hausa / Fulani cabals are coming for u guys

Hmmm. I want to know your source

The Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, has
criticised the Nigerian police for
planning to stop an anti-government
protest scheduled for Monday.
The protest was called by hip-hop
artiste, Innocent Tuface Idibia, to
highlight the failure of the current
government to tackle several issues
facing Nigerians.
After a police threat that it could not
guarantee the safety of the protesters
and warning to Tuface to cancel the
protest, the musician acceded. He
announced on Saturday night that he
had cancelled the protest for security
reasons. Other organisers like the
Enough is Enough, however, say they
will proceed with the protest.
In his reaction, Mr. Soyinka said, “An
unnecessary but important reminder:
the battle for the right of lawful
assembly of citizens in any cause,
conducted peacefully, has been fought
and won several times over.”
Read the Nobel Laureate’s full
statement below:
AGAIN AT RISK – THE RIGHTS OF
LAWFUL ASSEMBLAGE.
Yesterday (Saturday Feb 4), the media
offered the nation a space of relief
when it carried the expected news of a
mutual accommodation reached by the
organizers of the demonstration
planned for tomorrow Monday
February 6th. The theme in summary:
public discontent with the state of the
nation and its governance. From the
beginning, the organizers had cited
quite an extensive list of such areas of
concern and demands for urgent
attention.
To my personal consternation, today’s
(Sunday) the same media countered
that announcement with a stiff
repudiation from the apex of the Police
command – the office of the Inspector-
General. It is such a huge
disappointment, and a disservice to the
cause of democracy, tolerance of
dissent, and principle of inclusive
governance.





http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/222633-soyinka-speaks-blasts-nigeria-police-planning-stop-anti-government-protest.html

Painful. sad news all over.