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bushmeat don catch hunter

Lol @ Bushmeat don catch hunter....

The talent hunter is crying betrayer.

When you appoint a man that have not created job for himself as your Adviser on Youth Employment, there is need for worry.

DO you design company logo?
If you do, how do you go about it?

Sahara Reporters should give us the judgement of this case and not the case file.
Was Saraki convicted by a court? This case was cited in the 90s, so decision must have been reached on it, what is the decision of the court on the case? Was he jailed anywhere? Did court discharged him?
These are what saharareporters should tell and not the gory tale of a common thief.

philips70:

You and the minister are only trying to be clever by half. Everybody knows the value of external reserves by the time Jonathan was leaving and reasonable people know Buhari made his speech with that amount in mind. Now there's a limit to draw from that reserve and we were already there since months ago if not the FG wouldn't be borrowing to pay salaries before they left. Jonathan and the gang wrecked this country before retiring to Otuoke.

If your statement is true. Then you need to worry about a President that speak half-truth and run on people's sympathy then.

calebo101:
[b]With the approval of new universities in Nigeria by Jonathan, lots of job for qualified teaching staff have been advertised. In Nairaland alone i've seen lots of vacancies for universities.

Truth of the matter is there are jobs in Nigeria but there are less qualified candidates. Our youths of nowadays are okay graduating with a 3rd class or LMPG (let my people go) result and they somehow miraculously want to work in an oil company. . In UK, you want a top graduate job, the lowest entry standard is 2.1. That's before they factor in experience, communication skills and the other stuffs.

Our youths are so lazy they do not make effort at educating themselves beyond undergraduate levels. Coupled with the archaic teaching standards of some universities that churns out half baked graduates. How can a graduate in Business Management or Entrepreneurship be searching for a job? Why not create jobs? Must we depend on Government alone?

To the youths, we should try to educate ourselves beyond basic Bachelors degree. There are lots of cheap professional qualifications one can get. And also you can study for a masters degree online at your own pace. Online learning has evolved and now highly recognized as on-site learning. You can be an employer of labor like me . Government nor go fit pay us if we leave our business say make we find work.

To the adults, it may be too late already but please in God's name let us educate our children no matter how much it costs. Send them to good schools so they can learn properly. So they can learn the difference between propaganda and facts. The last election showed us how much we Nigerians are uneducated even though we think we are! Them deceive us black and blue well well.
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You are very right. I am always very scared to express this thought in the public because you will termed insensitive and possibly wicked.
The truth of the matter is that there are jobs everywhere. But the quality of graduate available is very appalling. Its sickening to a fault.
Employers are not charity organisations they want good return on their investment and bottomline is who brings in the needed expertise to make the company grow.
What we have is not lack of employment. What we have is lack of skill for the available jobs. There is need to go outside the paper qualification and begin to learn skills.

Keneking:
-Antithesis
- Your third point would lead to change in policy statement

Then keep your praise till the policy is changed.
Wait until government establishment that are non-fund generating start remitting funds to Federation Account before they spend what was budgeted for.

Keneking:
Sai Buhari...

"The current regulation, allows government organizations which are not categorized as “Revenue Agencies” to spend what they earn and return the balance to the treasury at the end of each fiscal year".(Jonathan)

According to the circular, "all accounts of each MDA, including accounts held in foreign banks must be included. Accounts of the nation’s Diplomatic Missions were also affected. It contained a subtle warning that there would be consequences for any officer who failed to disclose any account or distort information on any account such as doctoring it as it would be considered illegal by the presidency". (BUHARI)

You can spot the difference!!!!

The first is policy statement.
The second is accountability.
Demanding accounting details does not change the policy direction.

tawa89:
Lol..... If Fashola gets the he COS position, He will be the most powerful Yoruba in this Administration and He will lead. trust me he will, and when he does Southwest will follow him

What is in COS that will make him most powerful. A man that controlled one of the largest resources in Nigeria and yet cannot be a man of his own turf will now occupy COS that has no relevance nor resources to be most powerful. That's laughable.

recent pictures of Kingsworth Estate will be updated soon.

handsomeclouds:
what most of you don't realize is PMB will be our president for the next four years. Buhari's religion won't allow him do what you want us to spot. I'm not a fanatic, but I won't critisize others for their beliefs. Besides what has handshake got to do with good governance? What did the clueless one achieve despite all those he shook hands with round the world?

This is Saudi king with same woman, can you be more Catholic than Pope?

Dannyset:
People hav the problem of comprehension. He's only saying twice in a month, and not that he shouldn't go. Unless u want to show me his full write up.

You suffer more from comprehension. It said twice in two months.

Otunba Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye popularly known as King Sunny Ade, has spent over 40 years of his dishing out melodic songs on stages around the world.
His genre of Juju music blends high tempo traditional Africa music with contemporary western tunes. This is laced with a dance-inspiring hybrid of western pop and traditional African music with roots in the guitar tradition of Nigeria.

In this interview, he speaks about his music.

You have been playing music for over 40 years and you are still agile, what would you attribute that to?

I believe it is the work of God. I love music and I love dancing. From a young age, I used to go to church with my mother and I will be in the centre dancing until the music stops.

So, you don’t use stimulants before going on stage?

I have God-given strength. Because of the love I have for music, I do not think I have to stimulate myself to dance or perform. Besides, in my house, I do so many exercises to keep me agile.

Looking back at when you began music, did you think the KSA brand was going to be this successful?

No, my intention then was just to play music for people to dance because I dance to other people’s music. Due to the acceptance I received, I started understudying other people and I began to separate good from bad. From the age of five, I decided not to smoke or drink because I do not even like the smell of cigarette. I do not like people fighting or arguing. I am an easygoing person.

Did your parents support your decision to embrace music?

It took me almost 20 years for my parents to accept my choice of profession because they saw me as a drop-out. When I came to Lagos in 1962, I did not know anybody except a band member that we played together with Moses Olaiya (Baba Sala). I was still in school but the love of music made me come to Lagos to join Olaiya who played Juju music. He does not smoke or drink. It was like me meeting someone I could model my distaste for cigarette and drinks after.

I have not encountered anything that can make me more energetic than what God has given me. When I hear good music and I see people around me, it makes me want to get wings to fly. That is how joyous I become.

More:

http://believeafrica.net/interview-i-never-knew-my-songs-would-be-evergreen-king-sunny-ade-p678-108.htm

MARKone:
GEJ's administration was considered a failure by many, me inclusive. But I have to give to the Ex-president (GEJ) he should win the award of the most humble president ever liveth, dude is humble. He did not blank OBJ, it was OBJ that nearly blanked him. OBJ was seated while other people were standing, even while seated, GEJ still extended his hand, that was when baba noticed and stood up.

Thank you sir, you actually watched what happened and tell the truth of the situation.

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State was until today the senator representing Delta North Senatorial District and was elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. In this interview, which was culled from Vanguard, he speaks on his plans, politics and prospects as governor of the state.
Excerpts:


Is it a challenge to you that you would be governor of Delta State at a time that another party would be in control of the central government?


I don’t see it as a major challenge, I am not losing sleep over that. The reason is that I believe that the president has Nigeria as his constituency and all Nigerians are part of his constituency. To that extent, I am not seeing him going there to play APC politics but to govern the people of Nigeria and therefore, Delta being one of the component parts, he will be relating to the government of Delta State as he relates with the people of Delta State.

We have been elected to serve our people and not to serve our party. We are not party officials, we were elected by the people to serve in government. To a very large extent, I know he means well for Nigeria, and I mean well for the people of Delta State. We will need to collaborate with each other and on my part, will offer the best in my ability to support the government of the federation to do its best concerning Delta and to achieve a peaceful state.


I offer my partnership and I will ensure that that partnership is really in the best interest of the people of Delta State which also know that to a very large extent Delta State being one of the oil producing states in Nigeria, is a state that the Federal Government cannot largely ignore and it is our duty working with the Federal Government in partnership to ensure that the resources of the country coming from Delta actually come.


So, I will offer cooperation to the Federal Government and I don’t intend in any manner to be confrontational to the Federal Government. That will not be of any help to my people and I also believe that the president would also want to see Delta State as one of his own and in the best interest of the people of Nigeria and the state that he will do what is right.



From what you gleaned from the efforts of your transition committee, do you see any challenges ahead of you?



Obviously, there are challenges going ahead. We are aware that nationally, many states, local governments and even the national government are in debt but it appears to me that the debt burden we are going to meet is going to be a huge challenge, huge enough to cause a scare but by God’s grace, we hope that we will find a way from our experiences to restructure it in such a manner that we are able to manage it going forward. Otherwise it is obvious that we are going to meet a huge challenge financially in the first few months and probably in the first two years.


Will this challenge impede the delivery of your campaign promises?


I will stay focused on my agenda, I will stay focused on my promises to the people, but obviously, there will be a slowdown in the processes that will lead to the actualisation of the promises because the promises definitely will have to be funded in one manner or the other but we are putting everything in place to lay the foundation for the takeoff of the programmes that we have in terms of creation of jobs, creating wealth for the people, restructuring and supporting technical education and entrepreneurial skills development and in terms of having universal health coverage.


We are looking at the totality of all these. We are creating the needed platform, but there will be a slowdown in the processes that will eventually get them to be fully functional and implemented, but you will realise that if you have a challenge to the extent that a state like Delta is not able to pay salaries, then you will know that it is huge.


You need to pay salaries before you begin to implement programmes. We have to grapple with payment of salaries of workers and that in itself is a huge challenge but I am not scared. I have no choice but to keep focused on my programmes, to reassure the people but without holding information from the people. They need to know the challenges that we are in so that they can partner with us to get out of the challenge.



Do you see the challenge from militancy arising again?



It is something that we have to take special note of, we have our peace building efforts, we are in touch with the leadership of such groups across, they were quite effective in trying to show ability to be part of the civil society even in the process of the campaigns on all sides of the political divide. We are definitely going to engage them from the beginning. We will not let them lose and we hope that through our managerial skills that we will be able to let them see the reason why we all need to partner to keep the state stable and peaceful because it is in the best interest of our people and it is in the best interest of ensuring that investors come into the state. We are also very hopeful that the president will also support us through the Federal Government programmes that will help to continuously engage these people and together we will be able to build that peace that will enable the development of our areas and the continuity of the production of oil and gas.



Are you envisaging discord in your relationship with other arms of government, especially the House of Assembly?


Not at all. I believe that the experiences and exposures I have had in government that I should be able to relate with them perfectly. When we are able to understand what the people seek and there is a partnership created from the beginning in which all sides are well informed, both the executive and the legislature, I believe that we would rather work in partnership rather than in confrontation.


What should the citizenry expect from you from May 29?


The people of Delta should expect a competent government committed to the will of the people, a government committed to developing the people and developing the state. A government committed to overcoming the challenges that it is going to meet on ground. A government that will keep the people informed of the activities of government and get them to have a voice in the governance of the state.

That, they should expect. We will respect people, we will treat people with respect, I will treat people with respect and I will direct the government to treat people with respect and by the grace of God, we shall be accountable to the people. But in all things that we do, including in appointments and distribution of infrastructure and programmes, we will ensure that we are fair, just and equitable.


http://believeafrica.net/delta-should-expect-a-competent-government-ifeanyi-okowa-p677-126.htm

OrlandoOwoh:
Does one need a handover note before one makes a remark?

Do you read the reason he gave for not making a remark on the handover note?

OrlandoOwoh:
If Jonathan was not clueless and a failure, Buhari wouldn't have said he would study the handover note before making any strong contribution.

So you expected him to make a statement on report he has not open at all?

doctokwus:
Why are you people do deceptive;don't u have any sense of shame and decency.Tufiakwa!
That stuff u posted is an estimation by Sanusi, which u even highlighted but couldn't comprehend.
For the sake of honest,decent folks on this forum,these are the amounts spent on subsidy:
-2007-N188b
-2008--N256b
-2009--421.5b
-2010--N673b
-2011--N1.3t
-2012--1.05t
[url]whitepagesng.com/blog/nigeria-spends-n4-9trn-in-7-years-on-fuel-subsidies[/url]

Read Federal House of Representatives Report on Fuel Subsidy to confirm the information given.

tucky200:
E be like this na old story

2012

NgeneUkwenu:
Mumu! Where in the quoted section did it expressly mention/empower the Federal Government to appoint Another Chief Judge or any person in particular to administer oath of office in a Federating state?

Dopemu, do you need a pair of glasses to read the latter end of the quoted section? Or do you have a problem with comprehension?

NgeneUkwenu:
That is still unconstitutional! In a Federal. System of Government clearly spelt out by the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria , the Federal Government has no business appointing Chief Judge of any State to perform a duty that are clearly of a Federating state. The governor of the State in question has the statutory power to appoint any other person to perform the duty!

Therefore any action carried out by any person appointed by The Fed Government in this case will voided by the Court!

Anybody that read your post will think you are going to make meaningful input. The constitution backing for the action has been established.
If you have contrary quotes from either constitution or Supreme Court judgement, provide it.
We should not always stand logic on its head.

Qmab:
'what does not properly informed' means? Any one with a clearer idea care to elucidate cos i dnt understand.

She needed to be consulted and approve the young girl....Lol.

Get well soon.

Oladele John Nihi, a youth who took the adventure of trekking to Otuoke, home town of incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan has covered a total distance of 345 Km as at Monday. The distance was covered in his 8th day adventure.

Oladele was joined by a female partner, Gloria, whose twitther handle is Gloria_speaks hope to conclude their trek to Otuoke, Bayelsa state before May 29th.

The adventure of the duo has been dubbed 'Twitter Reality Show' by some as the duo kept their followers on twitter glued to their adventure which has been exciting.

Gloria broke the news of her abandoning the trek due to family concern on Friday. This got several reactions on social media. She however rejoin her trekking partner in Auchi after her family agreed to the adventure.


http://believeafrica.net/gej-trekker-covers-km-in-days-p663-108.htm

aanumama:
Well I'd rather choose a very good brain surgeon for you!
Are you brain dead or on mars when some people are trying to tear GMB apart because of the AIT reporter saga
bloody mofo.

SO you are on revenge mission?

Talk to establish military base in Djibouti is currently under way between Chinese authority and Djibouti government, Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh told reporters.

China is ready to make a greater contribution to peace and stability in the Horn of Africa, Beijing said on Monday.

"Maintenance of peace and stability in the region is in line with the interests of related countries," foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told reporters.


"It's also the common aspiration of Djibouti, China and other countries in the world," she said at a regular briefing in Beijing. "China is willing to, and also should, make more contributions to this end."


Hua was responding to questions about an AFP interview with the tiny Horn of Africa nation's President Ismail Omar Guelleh, who said that Beijing's presence would be "welcome" and discussions over a military base in his country were "ongoing".


China does not have any acknowledged overseas military bases at present, although commercial contracts to build or manage Indian Ocean ports have raised concerns it is seeking to establish a "string of pearls" in the region.


Djibouti is already home to Camp Lemonnier, the US military headquarters on the continent, used for covert, anti-terror and other operations in Yemen and in Somalia and elsewhere across Africa.


France and Japan also have bases in the port, a former French colony that guards the entrance to the Red Sea and the Suez Canal, and which has been used by European and other international navies as a base in the fight against piracy from neighbouring Somalia.


China is already financing several major infrastructure projects in Djibouti estimated to total more than $9 billion (8 billion euros), including improved ports, airports and railway lines to landlocked Ethiopia.


"France's presence is old, and the Americans found that the position of Djibouti could help in the fight against terrorism in the region," Guelleh said in last week's interview.


"The Japanese want to protect themselves from piracy - and now the Chinese also want to protect their interests, and they are welcome," he said.


http://believeafrica.net/china-to-establish-military-base-in-djibouti-p658-1.htm

Today, Saturday May 9, Liberia will celebrate what seemed an impossible dream last summer: the end of its Ebola outbreak.


Saturday, May 9 will mark the 42nd day of no new Ebola cases in the country. A person with Ebola typically shows symptoms within 21 days of exposure. But the World Health Organization adds an extra 21 days for extra caution before declaring that an outbreak has ended. World Health Organization officials and President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf will announce that Liberia is Ebola-free today.


The mood in Liberia as narrated by NPR correspondent, Jason Beaubien is captured thus;


Are people thrilled beyond belief?


You would think this would be an incredibly joyous event. Most people are saying, "Yeah, this is great," but then they quickly add that it's a reminder of what an awful time this was, and how many people were lost.


Will there be a big party?


It's not going to be a huge celebration because there's still Ebola transmission in Sierra Leone and Guinea. Liberia feels it should have the big party once Ebola is gone from the region.


What are people saying about this achievement?

In an interviewed with Lucy Barh, head of the Liberian Midwives Association, says of the impending end of the Ebola outbreak: "It is a joy, it is a joy. And I am so grateful to God. The Lord almighty has love for this nation. That is why we have come to this point."

Many of her colleagues got infected and died. She feels this is God smiling on Liberia. People who are religious are thanking God that Liberia is getting through this.


Who else are they thanking?


I'm hearing people talk about the importance of what happened in communities to turn the tide. The chief medical officer at Redemption Hospital was saying that without a change in people's mentality, Liberia was never going to get a handle on this outbreak.


People didn't believe Ebola was a real disease; they refused to bring loved ones in for care; they refused to stop burial practices that were incredibly dangerous. The mentality changed back in the fall after things got incredibly bad.


So people finally recognized the seriousness of the virus?


Yes, and there were community workers knocking on doors, telling people this is what you need to do: Don't touch people who are sick, get people to clinics early, wash your hands. The number of cases stopped going up and started going down to zero.


That's not happened completely in Sierra Leone and Guinea?


They've still got transmission. Some good things are happening there and some bad things. The latest WHO report has only 18 cases — nine in Sierra Leone, nine in Guinea. That's the lowest weekly total this year. So that's great.


The downside is that some of those cases are being found after people have died out in the community. So there was the potential they spread the virus in the community. And unsafe burials are continuing to happen, particularly in Guinea.


Are survivors in Liberia being stigmatized?


They're not being completely stigmatized, but they're not feeling like they're completely welcome back. Even if people know survivors are not supposed to be infectious, people are still a bit leery. Sometimes they don't shake survivors' hands. People are still keeping their distance.


The fact that Ebola can be transmitted sexually many months after someone is declared Ebola-free must add to the fears.


It makes people even more leery of believing that these people are completely free of the disease.


Are people willing to trust the word of medical authorities?


Not really. Let me give you an example. There's a measles outbreak going on at the moment — 562 cases and 7 deaths. You can attribute that to the lack of vaccinations during the Ebola outbreak — people weren't bringing their kids in for routine immunization. The government is about to launch a massive nationwide measles vaccination campaign. But just to show the level of distrust people have in the health system, there's a rumor that the measles vaccine is actually some kind of experimental Ebola vaccine. So the health ministry has to spend time refuting that.


Is the country suffering tremendously from the loss of so many health workers to Ebola?

At the moment, those lost health care workers have been replaced by foreigners sent in by the African Union and international aid groups. So there's not a huge gap. But when these groups pull out that's when Liberia will feel the loss. And you can't train replacements overnight. For instance, the head of the HIV program at JFK hospital [in Monrovia] died of Ebola. You can't train a doctor like that overnight.


In spite of all the mixed feelings, there must be a sense of pride in what Liberia has managed to achieve.
It is pretty amazing when you think about it: Liberia is the poorest of the three countries that had an Ebola outbreak. And though Liberia didn't have the resources of the other countries, it is going to be the first one to be declared Ebola-free. People are quite proud of what they accomplished.

http://believeafrica.net/liberia-is-ebolafree-today-p648-107.htm

Laureano Marquez was performing a benefit at his old high school in the Venezuelan city of Maracay. The comedian dwelled on the absurdities of life in this oil-rich nation, where gas is cheaper than water but it's hard to find milk, toilet paper and many other everyday goods.


In the supermarket, Marquez said, desperate customers will steal scarce items right out of your shopping cart.


"In Venezuela, you get robbed of stuff that isn't even yours yet," he said to a round of laughs.


Turning serious, Marquez tells the crowd that the socialist revolution, launched 16 years ago by the late Hugo Chavez, is collapsing under the weight of bad policies and corrupt public officials.


That message doesn't sit well with Venezuela's president, Nicolas Maduro. Besides jailing opposition leaders and cracking down on protesters, the Maduro government is now going after comics.


Marquez says that three of his recent shows were canceled after all three clubs that booked him were suddenly closed down for alleged tax evasion. He's also been shut out of government-run theaters and hotels.


Another headache is securing city permits to perform. Requests from controversial comics are often rejected by mayors loyal to Maduro, according to comedian Alex Goncalves.

"They say: 'No! If you have jokes about the revolution, you can't present,' " said Goncalves. "They think that because we did jokes about Chavez or Maduro we are going to bring down the government."


Even when Goncalves is allowed to perform, there can be trouble. After one show, he was chased out of town by government supporters.


"We have to run to the car and go, like criminals, because these people have no sense of humor," he says. "And that's very sad."


Political satire in all forms is getting harder to find in Venezuela. Last year, the editorial cartoonist for the country's largest newspaper was fired for depicting the national health care system in ruins.


Also gone is Chataing TV, a popular fake news show.


Last year the show's host, Luis Chataing, made fun of the government's frequent claims of coup plotting by the opposition. In a skit, Chataing portrayed a government bureaucrat fabricating evidence of a conspiracy with paper, scissors and glue as if part of a kindergarten art class.


The crowd loved it. The show was canceled the next day. Chataing said the government pressured the station's owner to take him off the air, a claim President Maduro brushed aside.


"What do I have to do with your program?" Maduro said in a speech. "Enough with these evil rumors. I'm busy doing my own job."


For their part, comedians are scrambling to stay employed. Nowadays, they often perform at corporate events or at private theaters in Caracas and other cities run by opposition mayors.


Amid the creeping restrictions on free expression, Laureano Marquez said, comedy is vital.


"Humor is the last place of liberty. When you lost freedom in other places, freedom can be alive in humor," he said.



http://believeafrica.net/venezuela-govt-cracks-down-on-comedians-p631-107.htm