₦airaland Forum

I would say technically its number 1 in naija. Look at it this way. Lagos is considered as one entity instead of as a state with different cities and towns. But onitsha is seen as a city on its own. If you add nnewi and awka and ekwulobia then anambra eill be 1st.
My perspective though.

NonsoWow:
It is not news. Onitsha is by far the biggest city in Igboland and one of the biggest in the country.

Gelegele
• Edo govt: Monarch owns land
• Otuaro mediates in Chevron, host communities' row

By Emma Amaize, Regional Editor, South-South

ON Tuesday, May 21, half-clad women and youths of Gelegele, an Ijaw community which the natives call Gelegelegbene but which Bini identify as Gelegele, in Ovia North East local government area of Edo State, allegedly chased away over 50 police officers and construction workers from the riverine community.



The workers were in the community to map out the site for the construction of a housing estate for the Oba of Benin, while the police officers were there to provide security for them.

However, Ijaw residents of the community, who are contending with the Benin monarch over the ownership of the area, saw the action as an affront.

24 hours later, the people of Kokodiagbene, another Ijaw community in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South-West local government area of Delta State, shut down Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL's Otunana flow station, citing alleged refusal and neglect of the American oil giant to extend electricity to the host community.

The angry villagers threatened to cause more havoc forcing Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to instruct his deputy, Mr Kingsley Otuaro, who is the Chairman of the Delta State Advocacy Committee Against Vandalism of Oil and Gas Facilities, to relocate from Asaba to Warri to mediate.

As of the time of this report, Otuaro indicated to Sunday Vanguard he was still in Warri.

In Edo where the dispute between Bini people and Ijaw people of Gelegele had been raging without resolution for years, Ijaw youths from other parts of Niger Delta have vowed to join forces with their Gelegelegbene counterparts to battle the Benin monarch who they alleged is behind the crisis.



An unconfirmed report said Ijaw youth were mobilizing to defend their tribesmen in Gelegelegbene and were not ready to cede any party of Ijaw land to Bini people.

Reports said the irate villagers marched the police officers and workers out of the community and seized copies of a survey plan of a housing estate by the Oba of Benin in the area.

The ownership of Gelegele has remained a knotty issue between the warring Ijaw and Benin ethnic groups, but the state government has been unable to amicably settle the problem.

The National President of Ijaw Peoples Development Initiative, Austin Ozobo, told Sunday Vanguard, "As Ijaw people, we are not happy with the manner Governor Godwin Obaseki is handling the matter. He is taking sides with his Bini people and has not been a fair arbiter."

A community leader, Chief Macaulay Ayiwe, alleged that the state government wants to acquire 300 hectares of Gelegele land as part of the plan to harness the Ijaw community for Benin Kingdom.



"We were shocked when several armed Mobile Policemen, who came in six patrol vehicles, including a state government-registered van, came to the community in a combatant style," he added.

Land properly allocated to Benin monarch - Edo govt

The Special Adviser to Edo State Governor on Communication and Media Strategy, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, affirmed that government duly allocated land in the Gelegele to the Benin monarch, warning that government would deal with trespassers in accordance with the laws of the state.

Osagie said Obaseki is vested with the power to oversee lands in the state and therefore in a position to allocate land without hindrance, pointing out that there was no question of government forcefully acquiring land.

He explained that the state government set up the Private Property Protection Task Force to protect people's land from being trespassed and that no individual had the right to trespass on other people's property.

Ijaw youth threaten mayhem

The National President of the Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, Pereotubo Oweilaemi, accused the Oba of Benin of continued trespass on Gelegelegbene land, saying he was inviting anarchy.



He said, "The Ijaw nation wishes to pass a note of warning to the Bini ethnic nationality over the continued encroachment of Gelegelegbene lands by the Oba of Benin and his subjects. The silent war of aggression against the Ijaw in Edo State, particularly the people of Gelegelegbene, is becoming alarming. We cannot fold our arms anymore.

"The Bini monarch's unprovoked trespassing on Gelegelegbene lands on daily basis is a declaration of fratricidal war against the Ijaw nation and we will no longer fold our arms. Ijaw will not cede their land anywhere in Nigeria, including Edo, to any self-professed aggressor. We are equal to the task and we will defend our father's lands with all vigour.

"The proposed building of a palace on Gelegelegbene land by the Bini monarch is not only being viewed by the Ijaw nation as despicable, we also see the gesture as an open declaration of war of aggression against the entire Ijaw nation.

"An attack on one Ijaw community is an attack on the entire Ijaw nation. We will no longer condone Bini people's land grabbing attitude.

"We are warning security agencies to be neutral in this matter. They should not stoke ethnic crisis in Edo. We will not have any problem with them if they go there to maintain law and order.



"As for Edo State government, since it has become a policy that the Ijaw in state do not deserve to be protected by the former, we will do well to stand with our kith and kin in their ancestral lands.

"The Ijaw in Edo even pre-existed the Bini ethnic nationality. The Ijaw nation will rise in defence of our lands in the state by every means necessary since the government therein has chosen to exterminate our existence in Edo State through the Bini monarch.

"We are calling on the Federal Government, the National Assembly and the governors from across the South-South geopolitical zone to prevail on the Edo government and the Oba of Benin to stop their aggressive action against the Ijaw nation.

"The action of the Bini king is a ticking time bomb, which may explode at any time into a full-blown ethnic crisis".

Ijaw're our tenants - Bini Traditional Council

In its reaction, Secretary, Benin Traditional Council, BTC), Frank Irabo, dismissed the allegation that Bini trespassed on Ijaw land, saying the Ijaw were tenants going by a decision of the Supreme Court over 30 years ago.



"It was the Ijaw that took the matter to the Supreme Court between 1982/83. The judgment said that the Ijaw are tenants in Gelegele. They chose not to obey the judgment, that statement from them has no basis. The whole of Gelegele and environs are part of Benin land and it belongs to the Oba of Benin," he said.

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With your logic apc had no right to bring adelekes 'certificatelessness' in osun

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i catch you again fumbling.so pdp now has the right to sue apc over its internal matters or primaries? You see yourself[/quote]

This is a lie. The 20th team in the epl earns more thsn the champions league winner. So how can you give hyddersfield 1.9 million

NaijaCelebrity:
The Most Talked about Football League in the world came to an end May 12th, 2019 with Manchester City retaining the League after defeating Brighton & Hove Albion 4-1.


Regardless of every team’s situation, they will have been slogging it out for a greater share of the prize money pot.

There is roughly £2Million difference between every position in top flight with bottom-half teams picking up hefty pay packets despite hitting the heights.

Gidifeed.com brings to you the prize money each team in league will earn.

Based on official 2017/18 figures. 2018/19 to be confirmed imminently.

£38.4m – Man City
£36.5m – Liverpool
£34.6m – Chelsea
£32.6m – Tottenham
£30.7m – Arsenal
£28.8m – Man Utd
£26.9m – Wolves
£25m – Everton
£23.1m – Leicester
£21.1m – West Ham
£19.2m – Watford
£17.3m – Crystal Palace
£15.4m – Newcastle
£13.4m – Bournemouth
£11.5m – Burnley
£9.6m – Southampton
£7.7m – Brighton
£5.8m – Cardiff
£3.8m – Fulham
£1.9m – Huddersfield




Source: https://gidifeed.com/checkout-how-much-each-premier-league-club-earned-in-2018-2019-season/

Cardinal Onaiyekan said the best way to curb migration was to make things better at home
The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja has warned Nigeria's leaders are making the country "uninhabitable", causing young people to migrate illegally to Europe.

Cardinal John Onaiyekan said that if he were the president he would resign.

He criticised officials for focusing only on their own lives - building mansions and travelling the world.

The 75-year-old cleric said he felt ashamed when he saw trafficked Nigerian women soliciting on the streets of Rome and other Italian cities.

Cardinal Onaiyekan was speaking to the media ahead of a church gathering to address migration, taking place in the Nigerian capital on Tuesday.

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There are huge risks involved in making the journey to Europe across the Mediterranean
In February, President Muhammadu Buhari won re-election in Nigeria, Africa's largest oil producer where about a quarter of the working age population is unemployed.

Many thousands of Nigerians have attempted the dangerous journey across the Sahara and over the Mediterranean to reach Europe in recent years.

Who's leaving Africa's largest economy?
African migration 'a trickle' thanks to trafficking ban
The figures have been declining - from 40,000 arriving in Italy by sea in 2016 to 1,250 last year, but this is partly because of tougher EU-backed measures to crack down on people smugglers.

Many Nigerian migrants come from southern Edo state, which an established base for people smugglers.

Women and girls are often trafficked out of the country after being promised a job opportunity - but many are forced into prostitution.

"To tell you bluntly I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed - big cardinal from Abuja, I'm moving through the streets of Rome, Milan, Naples and I see my daughters on the street on sale," the cardinal told the BBC after the press conference.

"I'm ashamed and I stop and even greet some of them - you can't even engage them in conversation because they were brought out of the village illiterates. All they learn and all they know on the streets of Italy is what they need for this business - I'm ashamed."

The senior Catholic cleric hit out at Nigeria's politicians, saying if they had no vision on how to develop the country and provide adequate security they should not go into politics.

He urged the government to "repair Nigeria" so that instead of young people emigrating, tourists would flock to the West African nation and Nigerians could travel with dignity.

Nigeria is the continent's most-populous nation - and a deeply religious society, with mainly Muslims living in the north and living in the north and Christians predominately in the south.


https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-48167816

Opp how is that possible when he is on 9.94 and bolt onb9.54 secs for 100meters?

chinambusay:
Nigeria's Divine Oduduru who is currently a student of the Texas Tech University, has become the fastest man in the world after breaking a 10-year-old jinx.The Nigerian born sprinter who competed in the 200m and finished 7th at the Rio Olympic Games in 2016, ran sub-10 over the weekend in an invitational.

Divine Oduduru became the fastest man in the world, after he ran the fastest time in the world in 2019, clocking a lifetime best of 9.94 (0.8 m/s), at the Michael Johnson Invitational in Waco, Texas.His 100m PB, until the invitation, was 10.10 set in 2018. He also smashed his 200m PB still stands at 20.08, running the fastest time this year, 19.76.

He not only shattered his own PB (20.08) in the 200m, his time would have won him gold at the 2016 Olympic Games 200m event, with Usain Bolt in the field.



https://unclesuru.com/2019/04/21/nigerias-divine-oduduru-becomes-fastest-man-in-the-world-beats-usain-bolt-record/

A large hoard of cash has been found at the home of Sudan's ousted president Omar al-Bashir and he is now being investigated for money laundering, prosecutors say.

Security services found euros, dollars and Sudanese pounds totalling more than $130m (£100m).

The ex-leader was placed under house arrest after months of protests led to his removal.

Reports say Mr Bashir is now being held at the Kobar high-security prison.


A source in Sudan's judiciary told Reuters news agency that suitcases loaded with more than $351,000, €6m ($6.7m; £5.2m) and five billion Sudanese pounds ($105m) were found at Mr Bashir's home.

The source also confirmed Mr Bashir was under investigation, telling Reuters prosecutors would "question the former president in Kobar prison".



On Saturday, Sudan's attorney general said a new committee would be set up to oversee anti-corruption investigations.

But despite moves to hold Mr Bashir and others to account, Sudan's army does not appear to have the confidence of protesters demanding civilian rule, BBC Africa correspondent, Alastair Leithead, says.

The mass sit-in continues in the centre of Khartoum, amid a lack of trust that the military council is committed to handing over power to a civilian transitional authority.

Each day concessions are announced, but there's little proof that what's been promised has been delivered.

There have been no images of the former president in prison, nor any response from the generals over a demand they give up power to a civilian administration.

The general public prosecutor's announcement that Mr Bashir is being investigated for money laundering after cash was found at his home is news the demonstrators would like to hear.

The Sudanese military toppled Mr Bashir on 11 April but demonstrators, led by The Sudanese Professionals Association, have vowed to stay on the streets until there is a move to civilian rule.

Mr Bashir, who ruled Sudan for almost 30 years, is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged war crimes in the country's western Darfur region.

Sudan's military, however, says it will not extradite him and will try him in the country instead.


Until this week, Mr Bashir's whereabouts since his removal were unknown.

The coup leader at the time, Awad Ibn Auf, said Mr Bashir was being detained in a "safe place".

He himself stood down soon afterwards, with Lt Gen Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Burhan named as head of the transitional military council.

What's the latest with the protesters?
Demonstrators remain camped out at military headquarters in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum.

Huge crowds braved scorching heat and fatigue for a 14th day on Friday, demanding that the military council hand over the reins of power to a civilian authority.

Plans to unveil a civilian body to replace the military council will be announced on Sunday, the SPA said in a statement.

Sudan protests: A campaign of defiance
Why the protests started
Ahmed Rabi, leader of the SPA, told The Associated Press that he and others behind the protest movement met the military council on Saturday.

It is the third such meeting between them, with no sign of a breakthrough to end the deadlock.

So far, the SPA has been uncompromising in its demands, fearful of a military-led administration stuffed full of Mr Bashir's allies.

An SPA spokesman previously told the BBC that the group "completely rejected" the transitional military council leading the country, and said protesters seek the dismantling of state intelligence agencies and the "full dissolution of the deep state".

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This op is being sonsored by a padtor. You wrote a long open letter to criticise daddy freeze and all your zrgument was on how he charged artists? Then you have no case. I taught you would give us 7 or 10 points.
Even if he does what you say whats the harm? Did he rip anyone like pastors do?

But is what she is saying not correct?

kaorama:
Very good development. War crime in the land of Islamic terrorists?

The US has revoked the entry visa for the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda.

The decision is thought to be the US response to Ms Bensouda's investigation into possible war crimes by American forces and their allies in Afghanistan.

The US secretary of state had warned the US might refuse or revoke visas to any ICC staff involved in such probes.

Ms Bensouda's office said the ICC prosecutor would continue to her duties "without fear or favour".

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said: "If you're responsible for the proposed ICC investigation of US personnel in connection with the situation in Afghanistan, you should not assume that you will still have or get a visa, or that you will be permitted to enter the United States.

"We're prepared to take additional steps, including economic sanctions if the ICC does not change its course," he added.


Fatou Bensouda became the ICC prosecutor in 2012
A 2016 report from the ICC said there was a reasonable basis to believe the US military had committed torture at secret detention sites in Afghanistan operated by the CIA, and that the Afghan government and the Taliban had committed war crimes.

The US, which has been critical of the ICC since it was established, is among dozens of nations not to have joined the court.

What is the ICC?
The court investigates and brings to justice people responsible for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes, intervening when national authorities cannot or will not prosecute.

The ICC was established by a UN treaty in 2002, and has been ratified by 123 countries, including the UK.

However several countries, including China, India, and Russia, have refused to join.

Some African countries have called for withdrawal from the court over perceived unfair treatment of Africans.

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What she did? Thats how one yeye guy sat and shot Titanic in the mid 90s like that . Na just like play like play the shots of that yeye guy grossed more than 1.8 billion $ today. R saying that yeye gou should not benegit fronm that yeye shot?


What did she really do? Person just sit down, make one video she intended to laff over and she becomes a celebrity overnight? Something is wrong with Nigerians and they don't know it.


Mtchwwwwww!


Modified

All of you saying I'm jealous are insane. What of the other kids living in the same slum Success was picked? The prophet no see them before him dash this girl two million? What about them?

Nonsense and Nigerians! [/quote]

Dont mind the yeye opp. This is a country where 3 school girls were taken to court and on the verge of being sent to jail just cos they were drawing on thr stupid predidents pictures in their text books!

Edoloaded:
Are you sure it's fake news or you just don't want the world to see the shady rubbish y'all are doing in your country against your citizens, There's always two sides to a coin

Stop trying to pleasebpeole..you will constantly be depressed! Do things you are comfortable with and damn what others think.

lilmaydee:
how do I overcome the low self esteem? I have read a lot of self-help books ( it only gave me temporary boost), I tried to grow beards ( the thing no gree come out), used a lot of things like ( wate-on, casilan 90, complan, dexamethasone, etc,), e no work. started wearing shirt and trouser, before I know them don begin call me pastor, changed to native, so I could look more mature, people started saying I lacked fashion sense, that why would be putting on native attire Monday through Sunday. I don taya.

But how come buhari was winning these states with 1million or 2 million votes but guvnors can win by 500k votes?

EASY39:
That my dead party pdp digging it hard ,atikulated is coming.

Whenever i see the highligtef i tend to wonder. If two wrongs dont make a right then why the is 1- -1=2? He wronged her and you expect to do what?

pointblank247:
What a man can do, a woman can do better. Now the man is a preacher ,preaching how God saved him, go and do the same. Shebi you go fuvk his friend because he fuvked yours abi.and you did that because you believe you are equal to a man without remembering that [b]two [b]wrongs don't make a rig[/b]ht. Now he is at p[/b]eace and thanking God for getting rid of you,and you are here complaining upandan, go and preach to your own church or mosque

Nope. That her son though humble was a very important person.

Tupacc:
What’s now the Moral of the story? That her Mama got levels right?

They might not really be in need before being gifted something!b

femi4:
Donation:the voluntary giving of help, typically in the form of money, to those in need.

President Muhammadu Buhari is running for a second termImage caption: President Muhammadu Buhari is running for a second term
A UN judicial expert says the Nigerian president broke international rules when he recently suspended the country's Chief Justice.

President Muhammadu Buhari suspended Walter Onnoghen last month over allegations that the judge had failed to declare his assets.

The UN special rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Diego Garcia-Sayan, said such a decision should be taken by an independent judicial council or a court.

He said dismissing judges without following legal procedures was incompatible with the independence of the judiciary.

The suspension of the chief justice has drawn international criticism.

As Nigeria's top judge he could play a key role in any disputes that arise from this weekend's elections.


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We yorubas have a way of writing.
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NaijaCelebrity:
Nollywood Actress, Yvonne Jegede Fawole marriage with Actor, Olakunle Adekunle Fawole is currently not in a good shape.

Yvonne Jegede has not been wearing her ring since she gave birth and her beloved husband, olakunle is yet to congratulate her his wife on social media since she gave birth. welcomed their child, November 2018.

We noticed that are her husband as has been posting random post on his page and he is yet to say anything about the birth of their child.

We also noticed that Even Aunty Bimbo Akintola whom many of us thought she’ll be automatically assume the godmother role hasn’t congratulated both mother and child on social media either.

Stay Tune for More details coming soon.......


Source: https://nollyzone.com/actress-yvonne-jegede-fawole-marriage-with-husband-aboune-crashes/

If u try that france wil take u down....see gbabo og ivory coast..bokassa of central Africa...lumumba of Zaire
And many more.

coolzeal:
Are these African countries so dumb that they can't take charge of their corporate affairs in their countries? I think this is self inflicted no matter the consequences to stand up against colonial slavery. African leaders are spineless bunch of corrupt Mafias. The Italian is correct.

THIS IS SO SO TRUE. AFRICANS HAVE TO SEND THEIR MONIES TO FRANCE AND GO AND BORROW SAME MONIES WITH INTERESTS. BEFORE THEY ANNOUNCE A BUDGET THEY GO FIRST TO FRANCE! IF YOU THINK ITS A LIE ASK ANY FRENCH AFRICAN.


Luigi di Maio accused France of fuelling migration by damaging the economies of African states
France has summoned Italy's ambassador after the Italian deputy prime minister accused the French of exploiting Africa and fuelling migration.

On Sunday, Luigi di Maio called on the European Union to impose sanctions on France for its policies in Africa.

He said France had "never stopped colonising tens of African states".

Italy and France have previously clashed on issues linked to migration. Italy is the destination for thousands seeking a new life in Europe.

Last year, France criticised Italy for not allowing rescue boats carrying migrants in the Mediterranean to dock. Italian officials responded by accusing France itself of refusing to accept migrants.

Mr Di Maio, leader of the Five Star Movement (M5S) which governs in coalition with the far-right League party, made his latest comments during a visit to central Italy at the weekend.

Who is responsible for migrants at sea?
Migration to Europe in charts
It came as the UN said about 170 migrants were feared drowned in two separate Mediterranean shipwrecks.

"The EU should impose sanctions on France and all countries like France that impoverish Africa and make these people leave, because Africans should be in Africa, not at the bottom of the Mediterranean," he said.

"If people are leaving today it's because European countries, France above all, have never stopped colonising dozens of African countries."

He said if it wasn't for Africa, France would rank 15th among world economies, not in the top six.

The Italian ambassador to France, Teresa Castaldo, was summoned to the foreign ministry in Paris on Monday.

French diplomatic sources quoted by Italian news agency Ansa called Mr Di Maio's remarks "hostile and without cause given the partnership between France and Italy in the European Union".

Migrants arriving in SpainImage copyrightEPA
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More than 4,200 migrants are reported to have crossed to Europe in the first 16 days of 2019
But Mr Di Maio, who is also labour and economy minister, was unrepentant on Monday.

He accused France of manipulating the economies of African countries that use the CFA franc, a colonial-era currency backed by the French treasury.

"France is one of those countries that by printing money for 14 African states prevents their economic development and contributes to the fact that the refugees leave and then die in the sea or arrive on our coasts," he said.

"If Europe wants to be brave, it must have the courage to confront the issue of decolonisation in Africa."

Is it asylum seekers, migrants or refugees?
Mediterranean migrant crossings 'deadlier than ever'
Sharp fall in illegal migration to EU
France says the CFA franc is a guarantee of financial stability but others have attacked it as a colonial relic.

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) says 4,216 migrants have crossed to Europe by sea in the first 16 days of 2019 - more than double the number arriving in the same period last year.

Italy's other Deputy PM, Matteo Salvini, wrote on Facebook after the latest deaths in the Mediterranean that "as long as European ports remain open... unfortunately the smugglers will continue to do business and kill".


https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46955006

Buhari was in naija but did not participate...so using ur logic sowore go win?n since dem no call am

usbcable:
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Atiku was at the venue hence he attended but did not speak.

His attendance means Buhari will win Febuhari 16

My tots exactly! I am glad atiku skipped it. For that i respect him di more.

paiz:
2011 Jonathan missed Debate and he won the election, 2015 Buhari missed the debate and he won the election.
Now 2019 Buhari wanted to use that logic never knew Atiku is a guy man.

i envy am oh. he has 2 girls n a guy? girls wey no de worry. let him take 3 guys shopping make him c how dem di damage things around. i believe its easier to shop with 6 girls than 3 guys

funmisticqueen:
it is not that difficult to take 3 children shopping. You are not ready to help yourself

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Mrs Yemi Akindele was driving home from work at about 10:20pm last Wednesday evening when she ran into an unusual sight around Irawo bus stop along Ikorodu Road, Lagos. The sight of a young man looking distressed and holding a white jerrycan forced her to pull over to the side of the busy road. The instinct to help a man in need overwhelmed her tendency to fear for her own safety. Boldly and damning the consequences, the mother of three got out of her car and walked towards the middle-aged man. Upon interrogation, the man claimed his vehicle ran out of petrol and that he had no cash on him to buy some fuel. According to him, he left his wallet and mobile phone at a friend's house where he claimed to have been that evening, thereby compounding his predicament. Without wasting too much time, Akindele ordered the young man to follow her to her car. She reached for her handbag and handed him N2,000 - enough to buy him about 14 litres of premium motor spirit to fuel his car and get him home. The 'good Samaritan' went away fulfilled.

But four days later, while driving home after a hectic day's job, a rude shock greeted Akindele as she negotiated the bend around Ajegunle bus stop enroute Agric, where she lives with her husband and children. Parked at a corner of the busy road and waving to car users with a jerrycan in his hand was the same man Akindele had recently given N2,000 to buy fuel for his car. He was using the same trick on others. Now enraged at having been fooled by the guy, the public relations consultant pulled over, got out of her car and approached the man, who apparently didn't recognise her.

"Immediately I approached and asked him what the problem was, he told me he ran out of fuel and that he left his wallet and mobile phone at a friend's place," Akindele said. "I was furious, I felt like punching him in the face. He forgot that I was the same woman who had given him N2,000 four days earlier when he made the same claim.

"I had to ask him if it was every day he ran out of fuel. As soon as he realised he had been exposed, he entered the same car he claimed had no fuel and drove off. I never would have imagined that the man was just a trickster who had devised a way to beg for money."

Like Akindele, Mr Francis Okoli, a businessman, is another person, who had come across a similar scene while driving home at night. A resident of Ijeshatedo, a sprawling suburb of Nigeria's commercial capital - Lagos, the Abia State-born dealer of fashion accessories at Mandilas, Lagos Island, was a victim of this trick. On December 20, 2018, he ran into a young man some few metres away from the Isolo Bridge. The man looked distressed. He was not going to zoom past such a person at such period of the day. His conscience as a Christian, according to him, would not allow him to do that. He felt he had to help.

"I thought I had helped someone until about one week later when I saw the same guy at Cele bus stop tricking another person. It was then I knew that I had been duped into giving the guy N2,500 when I earlier came across him at Isolo," Okoli said while sharing his experience with our correspondent during a recent encounter.

"I initially wanted to park and confront him but decided to go my way after realising that he could become violent and harm me.

"Since that night, I have resolved not to give such persons money again because I have just found out that it is a new form of begging," he added.

Alarming as it sounds, this new tactic by tricksters is not the only form of begging that have been devised in Lagos now; in recent times, many Lagos residents have fallen victim to such tricks.

For example, a private taxi operator, Hakeem Oladesu, told our correspondent of how he had encountered an unusual form of begging at an Automated Teller Machine point along Iju-Ishaga Road recently. While getting some cash from the machine, the 34-year-old noticed a woman trying about three different debit cards without getting any money. As soon as he was about to leave the place, the woman, who had a baby strapped to her back, politely approached him for help. Seeing how she had been unable to withdraw from the machine, he handed her N1,000 to transport herself home after she claimed she was stranded.

"I didn't feel comfortable giving her the money. I knew inside me that something wasn't right about the woman.

"I decided to walk away from the ATM point and stay somewhere she wouldn't see me to observe her next move.

"Immediately two other users approached the machine, the woman went back to try all her cards before also turning to them to ask for transport fare. She tricked them into giving her money the same way I fell for her trick. The idea of inserting those cards into the machine was a trick. She was just another beggar," he said angrily.

In another part of Lagos, Kingsley Ebi, a secondary school teacher based in Gbagada, also had a taste of this new begging trick recently when he went to collect some money from an ATM point. According to the father of two, a young man, pretending to be in a similar predicament, asked him for money to help him pay transport fare home since he couldn't get his cards to work when they were inserted into the machine.

"I had gone to use the ATM one evening when a young man approached me and asked me to give him any amount of money I could afford so that he could get home from there.

"I obliged and gave him N1,000 from the N15, 000 I had withdrawn. While I walked straight back and headed home, the guy crossed to the other side of the road as if he was trying to get a bus.

"As soon as I walked some distance, he crossed the road again and went back to the bank's premises. He started using the same trick on others.

"In anger, I drove back to the place and confronted him. I embarrassed him and made sure I collected my money from him. The other people around were shocked to hear what I was saying. The guy left in shame that night," he said.

That is not all. The tactics adopted by those in this 'business' appears to be growing in sophistication by the day. For instance, around popular bus stops and roads within the metropolis, it is not unusual to see young men of various ages approaching car users and asking them to buy their music compact discs to support their careers as budding entertainers. While you'll never suspect foul play, it is until you decide to enjoy the content of such CDs that you would realise you have been scammed.

"I bought one of such CDs from a woman I met at Ikeja City Mall recently. She had a little girl with her and claimed that the CD contained the girl's songs and that I should pick a copy for any amount to support her career.

"I gave them N500 in the hope that I was impacting the little girl's life positively. But by the time I got home and slotted the CD into the DVD player, I realised the CD had nothing on it. There was no song on it. I was shocked.

"A colleague shared his own experience with me. While he was in traffic, a young man approached him, pleading that he should buy his music CD. Reluctantly, he bought one for N200. When he got home and tried to play it, it was an old Indian movie that he found on the CD.

"This appears to be a form of begging that is now becoming rampant in many parts of Lagos. I don't know where these guys get these ideas from," Mrs. Florence Banjoko, an accountant, told Saturday PUNCH.

While the art of begging has taken different forms on the streets, on the Internet, the practice is also assuming new and troubling dimensions. In a post that went viral recently, a young man lambasted his wife for going on the Instagram pages of popular celebrities to beg for money despite earning N150, 000 every month.

Expressing his anger on the page of blogger, Joro Olumofin, the man said, "First of all, to find a good woman is a good thing. I don't have a good thing. I will soon leave her alone to do and beg as she wants.

"My wife earns N150, 000 a month and I earn N250, 000 a month and I am a landlord too. I give her money as best as I can but she stills begs and participates on Instagram giveaway.

"She begs on E-Money's page, she begs on Don Jazzy's page and also begs on your own page too. I tell her these things are for students and corps members and should not be done always.

"Some of my classmates see her comments and it embarrasses me. I am sending this and I don't even care what she will say if she sees this because I am tired. I won't accept this."

Findings by Saturday PUNCHreveal that the level of begging online by some Nigerians has in fact forced a number of celebrities to come out and condemn such requests for financial assistance on the social media. In June 2018, Big Brother Africa winner, Uti Nwachukwu, slammed Nigerians, who came on the Internet to beg for money and other items. According to him, Instagram wasn't created for begging; hence those involved in the act should stop the practice.

"Instead of begging, I will work or meet a need. The same Bible that most people quote to beg also says ‘talent makes him to stand before kings’.

"Always remember this…everyone is different and we all have personal needs. #InstagramBegging #scam #Respect #SelfPride #Earn,” he wrote on his Instagram page.

Musician, Morachi, while adding his voice to the issue, said that only Nigerians beg online. According to him, the rate at which the act is gaining popularity in the country is alarming.

"The rate of online begging in Nigeria is alarming. People with phones and data come online to beg.

"It is not kindness to give such people money. We are unconsciously creating a lucrative business for people who now survive by emotionally blackmailing people who are desperate for Instagram and social media likes, views and comments," he wrote on his page.

According to the National Bureau of Statistics, Nigeria’s unemployment rate currently stands at 23.1 per cent. The data, which was released at the end of the third quarter of 2018, indicated job losses of around 3.3 million between December 2017 and September 2018.

Decrying the situation, associate professor of sociology, Franca Attoh, said that people must be encouraged to put their time and energies into good use rather than begging for money under various guises.

"Begging has become a profession in Nigeria now; people have elevated it to a profession. When you see most people who beg, they are usually able-bodied people with no form of disability.

"They all come up with cock and bull stories. I understand the unemployment situation in the country but also there is a dimension to it.

"If you are working in a company and the place folds up, you can always live within a standard that you can afford.

"Let's learn not to oblige people who are doing something wrong, let's not encourage begging because there is poverty and lack of opportunities in the country.

"The only way we can reduce this act is to stop obliging them. The moment people stop obliging them, then those who take begging as a career will know that they have to find a decent means of earning a living," she said.

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www.nigeriaworld.com

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Mrs Yemi Akindele was driving home from work at about 10:20pm last Wednesday evening when she ran into an unusual sight around Irawo bus stop along Ikorodu Road, Lagos. The sight of a young man looking distressed and holding a white jerrycan forced her to pull over to the side of the busy road. The instinct to help a man in need overwhelmed her tendency to fear for her own safety. Boldly and damning the consequences, the mother of three got out of her car and walked towards the middle-aged man. Upon interrogation, the man claimed his vehicle ran out of petrol and that he had no cash on him to buy some fuel. According to him, he left his wallet and mobile phone at a friend's house where he claimed to have been that evening, thereby compounding his predicament. Without wasting too much time, Akindele ordered the young man to follow her to her car. She reached for her handbag and handed him N2,000 - enough to buy him about 14 litres of premium motor spirit to fuel his car and get him home. The 'good Samaritan' went away fulfilled.

But four days later, while driving home after a hectic day's job, a rude shock greeted Akindele as she negotiated the bend around Ajegunle bus stop enroute Agric, where she lives with her husband and children. Parked at a corner of the busy road and waving to car users with a jerrycan in his hand was the same man Akindele had recently given N2,000 to buy fuel for his car. He was using the same trick on others. Now enraged at having been fooled by the guy, the public relations consultant pulled over, got out of her car and approached the man, who apparently didn't recognise her.

"Immediately I approached and asked him what the problem was, he told me he ran out of fuel and that he left his wallet and mobile phone at a friend's place," Akindele said. "I was furious, I felt like punching him in the face. He forgot that I was the same woman who had given him N2,000 four days earlier when he made the same claim.

"I had to ask him if it was every day he ran out of fuel. As soon as he realised he had been exposed, he entered the same car he claimed had no fuel and drove off. I never would have imagined that the man was just a trickster who had devised a way to beg for money."

Like Akindele, Mr Francis Okoli, a businessman, is another person, who had come across a similar scene while driving home at night. A resident of Ijeshatedo, a sprawling suburb of Nigeria's commercial capital - Lagos, the Abia State-born dealer of fashion accessories at Mandilas, Lagos Island, was a victim of this trick. On December 20, 2018, he ran into a young man some few metres away from the Isolo Bridge. The man looked distressed. He was not going to zoom past such a person at such period of the day. His conscience as a Christian, according to him, would not allow him to do that. He felt he had to help.

"I thought I had helped someone until about one week later when I saw the same guy at Cele bus stop tricking another person. It was then I knew that I had been duped into giving the guy N2,500 when I earlier came across him at Isolo," Okoli said while sharing his experience with our correspondent during a recent encounter.

"I initially wanted to park and confront him but decided to go my way after realising that he could become violent and harm me.

"Since that night, I have resolved not to give such persons money again because I have just found out that it is a new form of begging," he added.

Alarming as it sounds, this new tactic by tricksters is not the only form of begging that have been devised in Lagos now; in recent times, many Lagos residents have fallen victim to such tricks.

For example, a private taxi operator, Hakeem Oladesu, told our correspondent of how he had encountered an unusual form of begging at an Automated Teller Machine point along Iju-Ishaga Road recently. While getting some cash from the machine, the 34-year-old noticed a woman trying about three different debit cards without getting any money. As soon as he was about to leave the place, the woman, who had a baby strapped to her back, politely approached him for help. Seeing how she had been unable to withdraw from the machine, he handed her N1,000 to transport herself home after she claimed she was stranded.

"I didn't feel comfortable giving her the money. I knew inside me that something wasn't right about the woman.

"I decided to walk away from the ATM point and stay somewhere she wouldn't see me to observe her next move.

"Immediately two other users approached the machine, the woman went back to try all her cards before also turning to them to ask for transport fare. She tricked them into giving her money the same way I fell for her trick. The idea of inserting those cards into the machine was a trick. She was just another beggar," he said angrily.

In another part of Lagos, Kingsley Ebi, a secondary school teacher based in Gbagada, also had a taste of this new begging trick recently when he went to collect some money from an ATM point. According to the father of two, a young man, pretending to be in a similar predicament, asked him for money to help him pay transport fare home since he couldn't get his cards to work when they were inserted into the machine.

"I had gone to use the ATM one evening when a young man approached me and asked me to give him any amount of money I could afford so that he could get home from there.

"I obliged and gave him N1,000 from the N15, 000 I had withdrawn. While I walked straight back and headed home, the guy crossed to the other side of the road as if he was trying to get a bus.

"As soon as I walked some distance, he crossed the road again and went back to the bank's premises. He started using the same trick on others.

"In anger, I drove back to the place and confronted him. I embarrassed him and made sure I collected my money from him. The other people around were shocked to hear what I was saying. The guy left in shame that night," he said.

That is not all. The tactics adopted by those in this 'business' appears to be growing in sophistication by the day. For instance, around popular bus stops and roads within the metropolis, it is not unusual to see young men of various ages approaching car users and asking them to buy their music compact discs to support their careers as budding entertainers. While you'll never suspect foul play, it is until you decide to enjoy the content of such CDs that you would realise you have been scammed.

"I bought one of such CDs from a woman I met at Ikeja City Mall recently. She had a little girl with her and claimed that the CD contained the girl's songs and that I should pick a copy for any amount to support her career.

"I gave them N500 in the hope that I was impacting the little girl's life positively. But by the time I got home and slotted the CD into the DVD player, I realised the CD had nothing on it. There was no song on it. I was shocked.

"A colleague shared his own experience with me. While he was in traffic, a young man approached him, pleading that he should buy his music CD. Reluctantly, he bought one for N200. When he got home and tried to play it, it was an old Indian movie that he found on the CD.

"This appears to be a form of begging that is now becoming rampant in many parts of Lagos. I don't know where these guys get these ideas from," Mrs. Florence Banjoko, an accountant, told Saturday PUNCH.

While the art of begging has taken different forms on the streets, on the Internet, the practice is also assuming new and troubling dimensions. In a post that went viral recently, a young man lambasted his wife for going on the Instagram pages of popular celebrities to beg for money despite earning N150, 000 every month.

Expressing his anger on the page of blogger, Joro Olumofin, the man said, "First of all, to find a good woman is a good thing. I don't have a good thing. I will soon leave her alone to do and beg as she wants.

"My wife earns N150, 000 a month and I earn N250, 000 a month and I am a landlord too. I give her money as best as I can but she stills begs and participates on Instagram giveaway.

"She begs on E-Money's page, she begs on Don Jazzy's page and also begs on your own page too. I tell her these things are for students and corps members and should not be done always.

"Some of my classmates see her comments and it embarrasses me. I am sending this and I don't even care what she will say if she sees this because I am tired. I won't accept this."

Findings by Saturday PUNCHreveal that the level of begging online by some Nigerians has in fact forced a number of celebrities to come out and condemn such requests for financial assistance on the social media. In June 2018, Big Brother Africa winner, Uti Nwachukwu, slammed Nigerians, who came on the Internet to beg for money and other items. According to him, Instagram wasn't created for begging; hence those involved in the act should stop the practice.

"Instead of begging, I will work or meet a need. The same Bible that most people quote to beg also says ‘talent makes him to stand before kings’.

"Always remember this…everyone is different and we all have personal needs. #InstagramBegging #scam #Respect #SelfPride #Earn,” he wrote on his Instagram page.

Musician, Morachi, while adding his voice to the issue, said that only Nigerians beg online. According to him, the rate at which the act is gaining popularity in the country is alarming.

"The rate of online begging in Nigeria is alarming. People with phones and data come online to beg.

"It is not kindness to give such people money. We are unconsciously creating a lucrative business for people who now survive by emotionally blackmailing people who are desperate for Instagram and social media likes, views and comments," he wrote on his page.

According to the National Bureau of Statistics, Nigeria’s unemployment rate currently stands at 23.1 per cent. The data, which was released at the end of the third quarter of 2018, indicated job losses of around 3.3 million between December 2017 and September 2018.

Decrying the situation, associate professor of sociology, Franca Attoh, said that people must be encouraged to put their time and energies into good use rather than begging for money under various guises.

"Begging has become a profession in Nigeria now; people have elevated it to a profession. When you see most people who beg, they are usually able-bodied people with no form of disability.

"They all come up with cock and bull stories. I understand the unemployment situation in the country but also there is a dimension to it.

"If you are working in a company and the place folds up, you can always live within a standard that you can afford.

"Let's learn not to oblige people who are doing something wrong, let's not encourage begging because there is poverty and lack of opportunities in the country.

"The only way we can reduce this act is to stop obliging them. The moment people stop obliging them, then those who take begging as a career will know that they have to find a decent means of earning a living," she said.

Source: 


www.nigeriaworld.com

its not obi but obih...they are mamfe baingi people. gound also in ikom and calabar and certain parts of akwa ibom.

Excaperx:
Igbos are originally bantu, from Cameroon

U ARE A CAPITAL FOOL

Sambisaforest:
Nonsense common 100k u cannot give or help your guy let us assume he does not pay you back is that the end of life? Mtcheww hypocrisy everywhere. If you cannot give him100k support him with atleast 50k or 60k just help me in one way or the other. Remember he is someone you care about and it is the same guy that would have inconvenienced himself had it been you were the one in his situation.
Most guys inconvenience themselves to pay the school fees of their girlfriends, they go the extra mile to do all sort of good things for their girlfriends common 100k to assist the young man you are here ranting as if the world revolves around the 100k.

na lie be dat. e no wan pay fivorce settlement moni. if the dna proves him right he will show his real acc. c wetin 50 cent do.
he is still playin so cant b broke

lordm:
I doubt if this true