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For eight years that Buhari was there, your brother did not do anything. Cry me a river.

Dogalmighty17:
Ultimately, the government shot itself in the foot. If Wike is to be believed, Kanu was offered up to 500 billion to drop his agitation but he refused. I don't know how true that is and if Wike even said anything of such so this shouldn't be given much credence.

It is undeniable though that Kanu's stature has risen.

. Make una de take am easy with all these figures. Do you kn ow what is 500 billion?

Mods do better please. Na only naptu2 de post news here wey you go enjoy the details. Stop posting slop on FP

Stop making irrelevant people relevant. Seun put a rein on your mods and stop this cultural pollution.

baby124:
We will leave her alone but she loves the attention and likes to attach Queen to her name which she no longer is. Don’t put yourself outside and complain when people give their opinion. Who is evil eye? The person you are defending moving from husband to husband every market day does not seem to know evil eye exists. You better go and get lost if you no get wetin to type. You can’t sit down wetin? Erase my comment na.

Shuuu. You are not happy about her progress. Again, I don't give a damn about these people but I can see through your comments. Leave her alone. What's your business if she moves from husband to husband? Did the husbands complain about the transfer market?

Or when the Ooni's wife, Moremi married another man, did he come to you? I won't be surprised if you are a woman, you folks often don't love yourselves as much as you want the world to love you 🤡


Edit: she can still be called Queen even if she has left the Ooni.
Formally, the title of Olori tied to the king ends with divorce/separation. Informally, they are often still respected and addressed as queen, especially if they have children of the king or significant contributions to the palace/community.

baby124:
Aunty just de move from husband to husband. From Ooni, to Dubai Arab to George Akume. How many husband you don marry madam. See the shame Ooni bring on throne marrying indiscriminately. SMH.

Is George not Married to Regina in Nigeria? So which fake court wedding are they doing in UK? George Akume go UK go commit bigamy? Hahahaha. Zaynab just de make joke of herself everywhere and she come attach Ooni to everything.

Leave her alone. People like you are never happy with others. I don't like these politicians but the human in me cannot sit with this comment. So what if she marries 6 men? How does that affect you? Human beings are truly the evil eye, they prefer sadness and doom. She is an adult and is not destined to live alone.

By the way, do you know how many women of the old days moved from husband to husband? If she no marry, you go talk, she marry, you talk, she divorce, you talk, she remarry, you talk. If you have nothing good to say, keep it inside and mind your business.

thorpido:
We don't have apples growing in Nigeria so all the apples around,are we imitating(mimicking in your voice)?

There was never a better representation of apples and oranges like this post.

maasoap:
Who do you want to sacrifice for you if that's your belief and mentality? Don't you think you should be on the street if that's how you believe it can be resolved?
The acceptance starts with one person, then another person. He didn't get it before, now he has got it

There is a process to everything. This is another thing about Nigerians. We don't like to follow process, we also like to jump the queue and always break the law because we think it's the fastest way. When Nigerians were annoyed with lawmakers in 2023, and they called all their Senators, didn't Akpabio himself talk about it They heard.

I can go to the streets but I am not ready to be a Guinea pig for Nigeria Police Force experiment but there are other ways that I can call them out. I am using my voice. I am writing. I am calling out corrupt media. I am calling out corrupt friends or family who only blame corruption when a member of their family is not in power. I am taking personal responsibility and actions for myself, the little I can. I start with myself first before I blame other Nigerians. I know it needs many of us but how many of us are principled as individuals? We always like to blame SOMEONE Else.

If Tinubu, Akpabio or... That one is too far. If the local government chairman visits some of us complaining online, we will change mouth and sing praises. They come to our churches and mosques but we Honor them instead of keeping them on their toes. They know too well that the people are compromised for when the people start to ask them questions like Amaechi said, they will run away and start doing the right things.

delishpot:
And as Dem marry multiple wives, they still have side chicks. Give polygamists so.ethi g holly to swear on that they don't have side chicks outside their marriages and see how many will agree to swear. You can fool f••lish women that polygamy stops adultery tho. I have liv d long enough to know that men with multiple wives still carry side chicks up and down.

Thank you. I like your comment

I have also lived long enough to know that a man will cheat, married or not. A woman will too.

A married man who will not cheat on his wife will not cheat, whether he has one or 496 of them.

A married woman who will not cheat on her husband will not cheat on him, whether he's cheating on her or not. Some of them even close up once the man has gone and become celibate.

I have seen each of these, so it's up to you to choose what works for you. I have seen men who decided to close shop once they have philandered enough in their youth and are looking for Virgin Airways girl to marry. Some of them stop, some of them don't stop. Some of them stop if their wife gives birth to a female child, some of them stop when their female children start puberty or become teenagers, some never stop. Some people say when they get married, they will stop masturbándome but it never stops and some people who were pure before marriage become wild after tasting the honeypot.


There are men whose wives stepped out and they did not pay her back and there are men who say that is the solid red line a woman can cross. There are men and women who will pay back if their partner cheats with another cheating.

Teni's father had 3 wives, the women decided not to marry after the man died. They are free to do that but they decided not. The Alaafin of Oyo had a young wife, everyone knows the taboo Portable crossed with his wife. Those are women in polygamy. The eyes sees what it wants to and people choose what they want to do, it is easy to blame it on something else or someone else but oneself.



A man asked, why do we hear more about broken marriages than successful marriages?

Because thousands of airplanes land safely each day but the only ones that make the news are the ones that crashed. You even know the names of the crew, something you probably don't worry about when boarding and leaving the plane even when the pilot makes announcement. Such is life

maasoap:
Well, they attacked him because he supported it and he's an influencer. And that's all what the policy sponsors need, for some influential Nigerians to support it and makes it looks like it is accepted by all. Both of you are missing the point but I get it, can't think that deep

That's not the point. Nigerians are more than 1 influencer. And if you want democracy, you all need to accept that there will be FOR vs AGAINST.

Again, if a tax bill is passed into law, it becomes law. As much as I don't agree with him, that is the law. In Kenya, the youth made their mind know when the government did something like this, why didn't they blame one influencer?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1Scqw5epho

Take responsibility for yourself and stop putting it on someone else. You all have representation, have they made this known to them? Nigerians always want someone to sacrifice for them and Fela sang about that.

The way you all like to manipulate God with your weaknesses.

God gave you the power to elect good leaders, leave God alone. You all like complaining, when it is time to do the work, you will collect bribe and say it's my brother 🤡

I am happy the terrorists are taken out but do you know what is most surprising as a US citizen? That you have a government that is more interested in outside than inside. IYKY
Politicians eh

What happened in New York last month should be a warning to everyone. Everyone is now interested in what is local to them. Nigerians, take note. If you like, keep hailing your enemies in agbada and don't ask them questions

Me I was just thinking about it, that in 1959, what was Santa in Nigeria

Fast forward 2025, Nigerians even want to put on pyjamas for Christmas. Hmmm😂

And we don't have these trees 🎄 so what are we doing? Are we imitating or 🤔

Teymanhenry:
Let’s be clear, this was not a U.S. strike. The coordinates and distances alone make such an error practically impossible. North-West Nigeria is far from Kogi State, and any professional military operation would factor that in.
What we’re likely seeing instead is a deliberate attempt at manipulation. This is most likely an ISIS or Boko Haram tactic aimed at confusing the public and shifting blame. Misinformation is one of their strongest weapons, and we must not fall for it. Critical thinking matters now more than ever.

Our biggest headache today will be social media. Government should find a way to either restrict access or limit it because people, especially uninformed people will spread more problems with their ignorance than the problem itself.

In the past, especially in Igbo communities, this was normal. Women found second wives for their husband to
1. Help with the house (this is the most important factor because the family is number one and this is why we had strong communities, a village raises a child not gated houses or high rise buildings)
2. Be a sister wife
3. Help with the man

Today, they are busy telling us that a man's sexual health will go down from 40. I laugh in Jamaica



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfnj18-iAgg?

In fact, these guys are so ridiculous that they said that practice was lesbianism in Africa. They attempted to use it to promote LGBTQ but these are the same people that reject African polygamy. 🤡🤡🤡 They wan rewrite history for their demonic purposes. This is why Christianity still has a controversial legacy in the South East and South South today if you go through history. The missionaries conflicted with the people's cultures and called it demonic. They attempted to replace it with Christianity. It is another reason why Islam is more culturally acceptable among the Yoruba and Hausa, they did not have a religion that condemned polygamy, it only placed restriction on the number. I remember back then, some Christian men divorced their other wives and it became a controversy. People were asking, what do you want to do with the other women now? Who will marry her? We know what the Bible says about polygamy but it's not a conversation we are ready to have. The whites will practise serial polygamy but they will say your own is one man one wife. Religion eh


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kltztNcQUA.

You know what annoys me the most that I am surprised my people never open eyes for? When Caucasians want to do it, they glorify it, they make it look nice. When it's Africans, oh no, they are giving birth like hernimals, they are this, they are that. They just don't like you guys and they are too haughty to admit that they copied us. The brainwashed Africans, instead of thinking for themselves have been chained with a foreign hard drive and memory that is regurgitating what the white man wants to tell him about yourself instead of what your mothers and fathers who lived here knew before the white man arrived. QED


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlWop3StRKI


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLV_nsVBiYw

sweetkev:
Op, what is the ratio of terrorist attack on mosques and churches in Nigeria ?

This is another example of what was written in my last post. I know some guys are archiving newspapers. I need a data analyst to give us facts about these questions. Many Nigerians will be surprised. It's unfortunate that Nigeria media houses have been captured by politicians, so they report more on politics than what affects the ordinary man.

If you are wondering why I posted the above ^^^^, it's because of this comment👇

nairalanda1:
SO, the christians should ignore the sin because person na christian?

Charity begins at home. Una see how the muslims dey enjoy boko haram because they did not relaize the importance of that saying.

👇

SixSeven:
I disagree with this but that is a discussion for another day. I was in the media when Boko Haram started. And I clearly remember in 2009-11, the headline news was always about an Islamic cleric being murdered by these boys. Any Islamic cleric who condemned them was kpaid and the government didn't do anything until they progressed into suicide bombing and advanced terror. So the talk that Muslims kept quiet is false. If I have some time, I will bring some of those headlines to you. It was clearly in the news then and I got tired of it because Muslims were condemning it but down south, they thought they were condoning it.

That comment made me to look for archives of newspapers and it's so sad that just in a space of 20 years, you can't find good proof, I had to use AI to help me bring it up. We don't keep records of our own events.

At topic, I rely on facts and I share the sentiments. I read comments here on NL and I have observed that non-Muslims are worse than the people they claim are terrorists. I read a report on Palestine yesterday and I was shocked that even some Christians don't have good knowledge of history to know where Jesus was born. They hear Gaza, Palestine and the next thing they want is die.

When the Australian Jews were attacked this month, they already went with the hate rage only for someone to point out that the rescuer was a Muslim.

I don't like to play isms because I have realized that whichever side you belong to, it will make you an extremist. I think Muslims will suffer more of this because of the right wing campaign that even Trump and his friend Musk are making popular. It unfortunately has a counter effect because the more you attack a people, the more it makes people curious when they see what you preach vs what you do. I know this because this is 9/11 repeating itself again. You don't want to be identified as Muslim during the period but it made people more curious about the religion to know the truth. I will give you an example. I just came across this video and it's a classic example of what is going on with the right wing propaganda and their attack:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlBseHR-4_U

If you are online, you will know about this story and how they are trying to attack these guys. Organized religion in my opinion doesn't allow people think of human beings as theirs. They come into this world blind, then they start to divide and conquer. Better use your head to think. UAE is supporting something sinister against fellow Muslims in Darfur, the US and Israel know the pressure their people are putting on them but they want to pretend like that are fighting for Christians while we know that it was Shettima's statement and others at the UN that made them turn eye on Nigeria. If you doubt this, go and read the recent statements of Venezuela's President Maduro on what US is trying to do with them and his views on Israel. Politicians don't really care about your faith, oppression is united at the TOP.

Whether you are Muslim, Christian, Traditional worshipper or whatever creed you claim, if you discriminate on the basis of religion, tribe or something else, I have no respect for you and your beliefs. You are inhumane.

Nigerian police execute sect leader


Thu 30 Jul 2009
Thursday 30 July 2009
A building which allegedly housed an Islamic sect in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri

Rooted out: A building allegedly used by the sect burns in the city of Maiduguri (AFP)
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The leader of a radical Islamic sect in northern Nigeria has been shot dead in police detention hours after being captured by the security forces, a police spokesman says.

Security forces captured radical preacher Mohammed Yusuf, the leader of a militant Islamic sect responsible for days of unrest which have killed more than 180 people and displaced thousands.

A Reuters reporter saw Yusuf at a military barracks in the northern city of Maiduguri after his capture. Yusuf had no visible injuries and was standing up. He was later transferred to the city's police headquarters, where he was killed.

"He has been killed. You can come and see his body at the state police command headquarters," said Isa Azare, spokesman for the police command in the northern city of Maiduguri.

Another policeman said Yusuf "pleaded for mercy and forgiveness before he was shot".

Footage of his bullet-riddled body was shown on state television.

Yusuf, whose Boko Haram sect wants a wider adoption of sharia (Islamic law) across Nigeria, was seized after a manhunt involving military helicopters and armed police.

Army and police earlier battled the remnants of his sect in Maiduguri after shelling his compound.

Bursts of gunfire rang out and helicopters hovered overhead as the security forces went from door to door hunting his followers.

The violence erupted when members of the group were arrested on Sunday in Bauchi state, 400 kilometres south-west of Maiduguri, on suspicion of plotting to attack a police station.

Yusuf's supporters, armed with machetes, knives, home-made hunting rifles and petrol bombs, then went on the rampage in several states across northern Nigeria, attacking churches, police stations, prisons and government buildings.

President Umaru Yar'Adua, on an official visit to Brazil, spoke by telephone with northern governors and urged traditional and religious leaders to use Friday prayers to warn people about the dangers of such sects.

"The president stated that religious groups such as Boko Haram, which seeks to disrupt the peace and security of the Nigerian state, should not be the bride of any true Muslim individual or group," his spokesman Olusegun Adeniyi said.

Nigeria's Muslim umbrella group Jama'atu Nasril Islam has already condemned the violence and backed the security forces.

Boko Haram - which means "Western education is sinful" - is loosely modelled on the Taliban movement in Afghanistan.

Its members wear long beards and consider anyone not following their strict ideology, whether Christian or Muslim, as infidels.

Its views are not espoused by the majority of Nigeria's Muslim population, the largest in sub-Saharan Africa.



National defence spokesman Colonel Mohammed Yerima said there would be a military "show of force" on Friday to reassure civilians they would be protected.

Maiduguri has borne the brunt of the fighting. Local residents said they were still too afraid to venture out despite assurances from the authorities.

"This city is like a battlefield," said Muhammed Yakubu, a local journalist and a resident of Maiduguri.

Yar'Adua has said intelligence agencies had been tracking the group for years and that its members were procuring arms and learning to make bombs to force their views on Nigerians.

He ordered the security forces to take all necessary action to "contain them once and for all".

Police in Maiduguri said the security forces had killed 90 sect members on Monday alone. Eight police officers, three prison officials and two soldiers were also killed.

In neighbouring Yobe state, police said they had recovered the bodies of 33 sect members after a gun battle near the town of Potiskum on Wednesday.

More than 50 people were killed in the initial fighting in Bauchi on Sunday.

Police said they freed 95 women and children on Wednesday being held by the sect in Maiduguri.

Its members believe their wives should not be seen by other men and their children should receive only a Koranic education.

The violence in the north is not connected to unrest in the Niger Delta in the south, where militant attacks have prevented Nigeria from pumping much above two-thirds of its oil capacity. The delta's main militant group has condemned the violence.
- Reuters

SisterAnn:
You mean you actually expect us to watch your monitized video to see a dead man talking?

You're not nice

Your request at the end of the letter only reminds me of Late Buhari's words...

Nigerian youth are ________


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k3gzjsIcOk

kettykin:
It seems Tinubu might not really be a bad fellow, he is just surrounded by very wicked and useless fellows. Only time will tell

A man who sold teamship during his faux campaign is now weak. Please spare us this narrative, it is said for every Nigerian president since 1999. The president is not as weak as you think, except he chooses to be weak.

emmy512:
Nigerians leaving their problem and attacking another Nigerian

That's the cowardly thing about Nigerians. I wish they had this energy for their real enemies.

Answer any questions you like. I like question 5

aribisala0:
The question should be are there extraneous provisions aka forgery? How do you know this ? Where is the evidence

I don't know if that is the case so maybe you know something I don't

Often people talk emotionally without evidence or knowledge



There is something many Nigerians do not know we have an Acts Authentication Law



You said:
According to Nigeria constitution who is responsible for gazette of assented laws
ChatGPT said:
Under the Nigerian Constitution and related law-making framework, the responsibility for publishing (gazetting) assented-to laws isn’t spelled out in the Constitution text itself with an explicit title, but the constitutional and statutory process makes it clear who must ensure that assented laws are published in the Official Gazette so they become publicly accessible and authoritative:

📌 Constitutional/Statutory Framework
After a bill is passed by both Houses of the National Assembly and assented to by the President, Section 58 of the 1999 Constitution requires presidential assent for the bill to become law (Act).
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The Acts Authentication Act (1962)—a statute governing the authentication and publication of Acts—provides the detailed procedure for gazetting laws after assent:

The Clerk of the National Assembly is required to cause a copy of the assented-to Act to be published in the Federal Gazette.
LawGlobal Hub

This means:

Once the President signs a bill into law, the Clerk arranges for it to be published in the Official Gazette as evidence of the law’s validity and effect.
LawGlobal Hub

Publication in the Federal Gazette is a recognised final authoritative public record of the law—the version courts and citizens rely on.
LEGAL IDEAS FORUM

📌 So Who Is Responsible?
According to Nigeria’s law-making process:

✅ The Clerk of the National Assembly is responsible for ensuring that a law, after presidential assent, is published (gazetted) in the Official/Federal Gazette.
LawGlobal Hub

This responsibility flows from the Acts Authentication Act which operationalises the constitutional requirement that a bill only becomes law after assent and subsequent official recognition and dissemination via the Gazette.
LawGlobal Hub

🧾 Summary
Stage in Law-Making Responsible Entity
Passing bill in National Assembly Senate & House of Reps
Presidential assent President
Publication in Official Gazette Clerk of the National Assembly (causes publication)
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If you want, I can also share the specific sections of the Acts Authentication Act that govern this process.

You said:
I understand this is also in 1999 constitution
ChatGPT said:
Yes! The 1999 Constitution of Nigeria does touch on this, but it doesn’t spell out “gazetting” in those exact words—it establishes the process that leads up to it, and the Acts Authentication Act then operationalizes the gazetting. Let’s break it down clearly:

1️⃣ Relevant Constitutional Provisions
Section 58 – Assent to Bills

After the National Assembly passes a bill, it is presented to the President.

Once the President signs it, it becomes law.

Section 4(1) – Legislative Powers of National Assembly

Gives the National Assembly power to make laws for the peace, order, and good governance of the federation.

By implication, any law passed and assented to must be officially published to take effect for the public.

Section 80 & 81 – Authentication of Acts

These sections indirectly reference the authentication and publication of Acts.

They empower the National Assembly to ensure that copies of laws are certified and made publicly available.

2️⃣ Connection to Gazetting
The 1999 Constitution sets the framework: a bill becomes law only after presidential assent.

The Constitution does not explicitly say “gazette”, but it requires that laws are made officially known.

The Acts Authentication Act (1962, still in force) fills the gap: it designates the Clerk of the National Assembly as responsible for publishing the assented law in the Official Gazette.

✅ So in short:

Constitution: President assents → law is valid.

Acts Authentication Act: Clerk of National Assembly publishes (gazettes) the law.

The gazetting step is a constitutional expectation made concrete by the Acts Authentication Act.

If you want, I can quote the exact sections from the 1999 Constitution that imply this, so you can see the legal wording for school or research purposes. Do you want me to do that?

You said:
Does the constitution touch on publication
ChatGPT said:
Yes, the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria does touch on the idea of publication of laws, but only indirectly—it does not explicitly use the word “gazette” in most places. Instead, it sets the legal requirement that laws must be made officially known to be effective, and this is where the Acts Authentication Act comes in to operationalize it. Let me explain precisely.

1️⃣ Constitutional Provisions Related to Publication
Section 4(1) – Legislative Powers

Gives the National Assembly power to make laws for the peace, order, and good governance of the Federation.

While it doesn’t mention publication, the law only has legal effect when publicly made known.

Section 80 & 81 – Authentication of Acts

Section 80: Requires that every Act of the National Assembly be authenticated by the Clerk of the National Assembly.

Section 81: Says that Acts must be published in the Official Gazette as evidence of the law.

This is where the Constitution implicitly recognizes publication as essential.

Section 58(1) – Presidential Assent

A bill becomes law only after the President signs it.

Publication (gazetting) is the next step for the law to be officially recognized and enforceable.

2️⃣ How it Works in Practice
National Assembly passes a bill → presented to President.

President assents → bill becomes law (Constitution).

Clerk of the National Assembly publishes law in the Official Gazette (Section 81 + Acts Authentication Act).

Once published, the law is publicly accessible and enforceable.

✅ Conclusion:

Yes, the Constitution does touch on publication, primarily in Sections 80 and 81, by requiring Acts to be authenticated and published.

The Constitution sets the framework, and the Acts Authentication Act provides the detailed procedure.

If you want, I can quote Sections 80 and 81 verbatim so you can see exactly what the Constitution says about publication. Do you want me to do that?

You said:
OK quote section 81 and 82 verbatim
ChatGPT said:
Here are the verbatim texts of Sections 81 and 82 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as originally enacted and generally reflected in official versions). Note that these sections do not deal with publication/gazetting of laws — they deal with budget and appropriations (finance) — because the Constitution does not explicitly mandate publication (gazetting) of laws in its sections, and that requirement is covered by statute (e.g., the Acts Authentication Act).
waado.org
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📜 Section 81 — Authorisation of expenditure from Consolidated Revenue Fund
81.
(1) The President shall cause to be prepared and laid before each House of the National Assembly at any time in each financial year estimates of the revenues and expenditure of the Federation for the next following financial year.
(2) The heads of expenditure contained in the estimates (other than expenditure charged upon the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Federation by this Constitution) shall be included in a bill, to be known as an Appropriation Bill, providing for the issue from the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the sums necessary to meet that expenditure and the appropriation of those sums for the purposes specified therein.
(3) Any amount standing to the credit of the judiciary in the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Federation shall be paid directly to the National Judicial Council for disbursement to the heads of the courts established for the Federation and the State under section 6 of this Constitution.
(4) If in respect of any financial year it is found that —
(a) the amount appropriated by the Appropriation Act for any purpose is insufficient; or
(b) a need has arisen for expenditure for a purpose for which no amount has been appropriated by the Act,
a supplementary estimate showing the sums required shall be laid before each House of the National Assembly and the heads of any such expenditure shall be included in a Supplementary Appropriation Bill.
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📜 Section 82 — Authorisation of expenditure in default appropriations
82.
If the Appropriation Bill in respect of any financial year has not been passed into law by the beginning of the financial year, the President may authorise the withdrawal of moneys in the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Federation for the purpose of meeting expenditure necessary to carry on the services of the Government of the Federation for a period not exceeding six months or until the coming into operation of the Appropriation Act, whichever is the earlier:

Provided that the withdrawal in respect of any such period shall not exceed the amount authorised to be withdrawn from the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Federation under the provisions of the Appropriation Act passed by the National Assembly for the corresponding period in the immediately preceding financial year, being an amount proportionate to the total amount so authorised for the immediately preceding financial year.
LawGlobal Hub

📌 Important Note on Publication/Gazetting
Sections 81 and 82 of the Constitution are about budget and appropriation, not publication/gazetting of laws.

The Constitution itself does not contain a section expressly requiring that laws be gazetted.

The obligation to publish laws in the Official Federal Gazette is set out in the Acts Authentication Act (not the Constitution), which provides that assented Acts must be authenticated and published by the Clerk of the National Assembly for official record.
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If you’d like, I can quote the relevant part of the Acts Authentication Act that deals with gazetting of assented laws.

You said:
Which sections deal with naking laws and assent quo5e them
ChatGPT said:
Got it! You want the sections of the 1999 Nigerian Constitution that deal with making laws and presidential assent, with the verbatim quotes. Let’s go carefully.

1️⃣ Section 4 — Legislative Powers of the National Assembly
4(1)
The legislative powers of the National Assembly shall be vested in the National Assembly to make laws for the peace, order and good government of the Federation or any part thereof, and for the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of this Constitution.

4(2)
Nothing in subsection (1) of this section shall authorize the National Assembly to make any law that the Constitution forbids.

4(3)
The National Assembly may, for the purpose of subsection (1) of this section, make laws for the Federation or any part thereof with respect to any matter included in the Exclusive Legislative List set out in Part I of the Second Schedule to this Constitution.

✅ Meaning: This gives the National Assembly the power to make laws for Nigeria.

2️⃣ Section 58 — Assent to Bills
58(1)
When a Bill has been passed by the National Assembly, it shall be presented to the President, and the President shall, within thirty days—
(a) signify that he assents to the Bill, in which case the Bill becomes an Act; or
(b) withhold assent from the Bill, in which case he shall return the Bill, with a message stating the reasons for withholding assent, to the House in which the Bill originated, which shall consider the Bill together with the President’s message.

58(2)
If the Bill is passed again by the National Assembly after reconsideration with or without amendments, by a vote of not less than two-thirds majority of all the members of each House, the President shall sign the Bill and it shall become an Act.

58(3)
Any Bill presented to the President shall not become law unless assented to by the President as provided above.

✅ Meaning: A bill only becomes law after the President assents. If he initially refuses, the National Assembly can override with a two-thirds majority.

3️⃣ Connection to Publication (Gazetting)
The 1999 Constitution does not explicitly say “gazette”, but it implies that laws must be made official.

The Acts Authentication Act (1962) operationalizes this by requiring the Clerk of the National Assembly to publish assented laws in the Official Gazette.

If you want, I can quote the exact part of the Acts Authentication Act that mandates gazetting of assented laws so you can see the legal basis for publication. This directly connects the Constitution’s assent process to the official public record.

Do you want me to do that?

You said:
Yes
ChatGPT said:
Here’s the key provision from the Nigerian Acts Authentication Act — the statute that implements the Constitution’s law‑making process by describing how assented laws are authenticated and published (gazetted) once the President signs them:
LawGlobal Hub

Acts Authentication Act (1962) — Section 3: Presentations of Bills for Assent & Publication
Section 3(1)–(2) (paraphrased from the authoritative text):

(1) The Schedule and copies of the Bills shall be presented to the President in duplicate, and if the President is satisfied, he shall cause the Schedule to be passed under the public seal of the Federation after affixing his signature to the Schedule; and unless otherwise prescribed, an Act shall come into operation on the date when the Schedule was assented to by the President.

(2) A duplicate of the Schedule when passed and signed shall be returned to the Clerk of the National Assembly who shall cause a copy to be published in the Federal Gazette; and the production of a copy of the Federal Gazette containing the Schedule as published shall be conclusive evidence for all purposes.


So GAZETTING appears to be a function of the National Assembly not. the executive

I could be wrong and am willing to be educated

Your last line is something they teach secondary students in Nigeria and I will use AI too to respond to your question.

In Nigeria, gazetting — that is, the official publication of laws, notices, or regulations in the Official Gazette — is generally considered an executive function, not a legislative one.
The National Assembly makes the laws (legislation).
Once passed, laws require assent from the President and are then published (gazetted) by the executive arm to take effect officially.
So gazetting is a function of the executive, not the National Assembly.

mactoni91:
Can Lagos excute a controlled demolition like it's done abroad?

Just asking

It's been done before about 20 years ago. The video has been pulled down. It used to be on YouTube

Icartaway:
In 2008 Lagos did the FIRST CONTROLLED DEMOLITION In West Africa where 5,900 explosives was used to bring down the Bank of Industry Building in Lagos Island.

lexyman:
I understand the building was constructed with brick, and brick is known for being highly fire-resistant. Before any decision is made to demolish it, the structure should be evaluated by qualified structural engineers to determine its true integrity after the fire. This isn’t like many modern buildings — it was built over 50 years ago by experienced professionals — so a proper structural assessment is essential before deciding its fate.


may the people that lost their means of livelihood recover from this great loss ... its sad !

I am thinking along this line too. How did the committee quickly make this assessment to take the building down and why will a fire cause the building to be brought down? We need the media to look into this and let's hear what experts have to say. It does not make sense that the fire will cause a 25-storey building to be destroyed. Why is destruction and demolition our next line of action. What happened to reconstruction and repair. I don't want to believe that when they were building it, they did not think about fire. Also, there is no smoke without fire. If the building is brought down, the investigation is over. WHAT STARTED THE FIRE

Abroad that they like to copy, they will investigate this fire to rule out arson and someone trying to cash out from a fire.

You are still young but many people older than you have not grown out of fears, so I tell you, YES YOU CAN.

Anything you put your mind in, you can. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise please. This singular mindset and belief has let some people give up and think they can't.

To your question, within the context of what you are telling us, why do you want to switch to Economics? You are not telling us the full picture.

Nigerian police execute sect leader


Thu 30 Jul 2009
Thursday 30 July 2009
A building which allegedly housed an Islamic sect in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri

Rooted out: A building allegedly used by the sect burns in the city of Maiduguri (AFP)
Link copied

The leader of a radical Islamic sect in northern Nigeria has been shot dead in police detention hours after being captured by the security forces, a police spokesman says.

Security forces captured radical preacher Mohammed Yusuf, the leader of a militant Islamic sect responsible for days of unrest which have killed more than 180 people and displaced thousands.

A Reuters reporter saw Yusuf at a military barracks in the northern city of Maiduguri after his capture. Yusuf had no visible injuries and was standing up. He was later transferred to the city's police headquarters, where he was killed.

"He has been killed. You can come and see his body at the state police command headquarters," said Isa Azare, spokesman for the police command in the northern city of Maiduguri.

Another policeman said Yusuf "pleaded for mercy and forgiveness before he was shot".

Footage of his bullet-riddled body was shown on state television.

Yusuf, whose Boko Haram sect wants a wider adoption of sharia (Islamic law) across Nigeria, was seized after a manhunt involving military helicopters and armed police.

Army and police earlier battled the remnants of his sect in Maiduguri after shelling his compound.

Bursts of gunfire rang out and helicopters hovered overhead as the security forces went from door to door hunting his followers.

The violence erupted when members of the group were arrested on Sunday in Bauchi state, 400 kilometres south-west of Maiduguri, on suspicion of plotting to attack a police station.

Yusuf's supporters, armed with machetes, knives, home-made hunting rifles and petrol bombs, then went on the rampage in several states across northern Nigeria, attacking churches, police stations, prisons and government buildings.

President Umaru Yar'Adua, on an official visit to Brazil, spoke by telephone with northern governors and urged traditional and religious leaders to use Friday prayers to warn people about the dangers of such sects.

"The president stated that religious groups such as Boko Haram, which seeks to disrupt the peace and security of the Nigerian state, should not be the bride of any true Muslim individual or group," his spokesman Olusegun Adeniyi said.

Nigeria's Muslim umbrella group Jama'atu Nasril Islam has already condemned the violence and backed the security forces.

Boko Haram - which means "Western education is sinful" - is loosely modelled on the Taliban movement in Afghanistan.

Its members wear long beards and consider anyone not following their strict ideology, whether Christian or Muslim, as infidels.

Its views are not espoused by the majority of Nigeria's Muslim population, the largest in sub-Saharan Africa.



National defence spokesman Colonel Mohammed Yerima said there would be a military "show of force" on Friday to reassure civilians they would be protected.

Maiduguri has borne the brunt of the fighting. Local residents said they were still too afraid to venture out despite assurances from the authorities.

"This city is like a battlefield," said Muhammed Yakubu, a local journalist and a resident of Maiduguri.

Yar'Adua has said intelligence agencies had been tracking the group for years and that its members were procuring arms and learning to make bombs to force their views on Nigerians.

He ordered the security forces to take all necessary action to "contain them once and for all".

Police in Maiduguri said the security forces had killed 90 sect members on Monday alone. Eight police officers, three prison officials and two soldiers were also killed.

In neighbouring Yobe state, police said they had recovered the bodies of 33 sect members after a gun battle near the town of Potiskum on Wednesday.

More than 50 people were killed in the initial fighting in Bauchi on Sunday.

Police said they freed 95 women and children on Wednesday being held by the sect in Maiduguri.

Its members believe their wives should not be seen by other men and their children should receive only a Koranic education.

The violence in the north is not connected to unrest in the Niger Delta in the south, where militant attacks have prevented Nigeria from pumping much above two-thirds of its oil capacity. The delta's main militant group has condemned the violence.
- Reuters

Please write well so readers can understand.

Imagine my shock. Not only me, the women in the adjourning seats who had joined to plead with me to let it go. I asked her now very loudly "SO YOU CAN SPEAK ENGLISH....AND YOU WERE PRETENDING THAT YOU CAN ONLY SPEAK YORUBA?" I told her in Yoruba

“Mummy, ó ní orúkọ tí a máa ń pè é ní Yorùbá, ṣùgbọ́n nítorí pé mo jẹ́ ọmọlúàbí, màá dá ara mi dúró kúrò nínú lílo rẹ̀’ (Mummy, it has a name it is called in Yoruba, but because I am a well-brought-up person, I will restrain myself from using it).”

Even AI no sabi the word, it was picking words from the Internet gutters as the word he wanted to use

Nigerian police execute sect leader


Thu 30 Jul 2009
Thursday 30 July 2009
A building which allegedly housed an Islamic sect in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri

Rooted out: A building allegedly used by the sect burns in the city of Maiduguri (AFP)
Link copied

The leader of a radical Islamic sect in northern Nigeria has been shot dead in police detention hours after being captured by the security forces, a police spokesman says.

Security forces captured radical preacher Mohammed Yusuf, the leader of a militant Islamic sect responsible for days of unrest which have killed more than 180 people and displaced thousands.

A Reuters reporter saw Yusuf at a military barracks in the northern city of Maiduguri after his capture. Yusuf had no visible injuries and was standing up. He was later transferred to the city's police headquarters, where he was killed.

"He has been killed. You can come and see his body at the state police command headquarters," said Isa Azare, spokesman for the police command in the northern city of Maiduguri.

Another policeman said Yusuf "pleaded for mercy and forgiveness before he was shot".

Footage of his bullet-riddled body was shown on state television.

Yusuf, whose Boko Haram sect wants a wider adoption of sharia (Islamic law) across Nigeria, was seized after a manhunt involving military helicopters and armed police.

Army and police earlier battled the remnants of his sect in Maiduguri after shelling his compound.

Bursts of gunfire rang out and helicopters hovered overhead as the security forces went from door to door hunting his followers.

The violence erupted when members of the group were arrested on Sunday in Bauchi state, 400 kilometres south-west of Maiduguri, on suspicion of plotting to attack a police station.

Yusuf's supporters, armed with machetes, knives, home-made hunting rifles and petrol bombs, then went on the rampage in several states across northern Nigeria, attacking churches, police stations, prisons and government buildings.

President Umaru Yar'Adua, on an official visit to Brazil, spoke by telephone with northern governors and urged traditional and religious leaders to use Friday prayers to warn people about the dangers of such sects.

"The president stated that religious groups such as Boko Haram, which seeks to disrupt the peace and security of the Nigerian state, should not be the bride of any true Muslim individual or group," his spokesman Olusegun Adeniyi said.

Nigeria's Muslim umbrella group Jama'atu Nasril Islam has already condemned the violence and backed the security forces.

Boko Haram - which means "Western education is sinful" - is loosely modelled on the Taliban movement in Afghanistan.

Its members wear long beards and consider anyone not following their strict ideology, whether Christian or Muslim, as infidels.

Its views are not espoused by the majority of Nigeria's Muslim population, the largest in sub-Saharan Africa.



National defence spokesman Colonel Mohammed Yerima said there would be a military "show of force" on Friday to reassure civilians they would be protected.

Maiduguri has borne the brunt of the fighting. Local residents said they were still too afraid to venture out despite assurances from the authorities.

"This city is like a battlefield," said Muhammed Yakubu, a local journalist and a resident of Maiduguri.

Yar'Adua has said intelligence agencies had been tracking the group for years and that its members were procuring arms and learning to make bombs to force their views on Nigerians.

He ordered the security forces to take all necessary action to "contain them once and for all".

Police in Maiduguri said the security forces had killed 90 sect members on Monday alone. Eight police officers, three prison officials and two soldiers were also killed.

In neighbouring Yobe state, police said they had recovered the bodies of 33 sect members after a gun battle near the town of Potiskum on Wednesday.

More than 50 people were killed in the initial fighting in Bauchi on Sunday.

Police said they freed 95 women and children on Wednesday being held by the sect in Maiduguri.

Its members believe their wives should not be seen by other men and their children should receive only a Koranic education.

The violence in the north is not connected to unrest in the Niger Delta in the south, where militant attacks have prevented Nigeria from pumping much above two-thirds of its oil capacity. The delta's main militant group has condemned the violence.
- Reuters

The Ark should carry them to Morocco abeg, let them go and fill up the stadiums. There's low attendance at the AFCON and some of them that don't have Ghana mus go bags can help us to support Nigeria.

Akwaaba