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I too am surprise 1 person can do all these...what then is the work of the govt.

RegalD:
Story story o! STORY!.....Once upon a time! Time!Time!!

Its totally crazy...unibo as u said. But y the albino hate. We nust stoo the discrimination against albinism. By the way is he an albino?? U are bigotted my friend.

nwaanambra1:
this can only happen in Abia!


very useless, deluded and confused youths!



totally un-Igbo and totally unacceptable!





and the useless albino is gladly accepting the bowing and lying down


Next he will stat sucking his balls and sharing his poo to eat!


see his useless albinish hands and legs!

PROF. Godwin Maduka narrates how he used the powerful weapon of education, to launch himself on the global stage from his remote village of Umuchukwu in Anambra State. His journey to significance from a village boy, who experienced many deprivations, was such that was strongly energised by his determination to finish strong. Having been blessed by God in inestimable measures, The CEO and Medical Director of Las Vegas Pain Institute & Medical Centre, is giving back to the society in unrivalled ways. His profile speaks volumes about this personality.

ON background
  I was born in Umuchukwu in Orumba Local Government Area. I grew up in the village.  I had a good taste of village life and all sorts of denials that go with it. I wasn’t born with a silver spoon. I had been in desperation before. My father died when I was in my last year in high school. I used to climb palm trees, to pick nuts that will be turned into palm oil. Godwin Maduka These, I would carry on my head and trek eight miles to Umunze to sell.  While growing up as a child I always asked God to use me as a source of light and joy to my people. I have always had this idea that whenever I am blessed by God that I will improve the lot of my people by investing in education, places of worship, supermarkets. Since my childhood in Orumba, we had always travelled to places like Aguata to even feel any kind of government presence. We went as far as that, to participate in things like inter house sports. In those days there was no transportation, we had to go on foot. Growing up I saw those hardships and 40 years later, our people are still facing these hardships in order to feel government presence. The government of Anambra should realise that my people of Orumba have been marginalized for years in terms of government infrastructure. That is why people like me have been in the forefront to provide these amenities.

On basic things

Having lived in the US for almost 40 years and always going back home on visits, I found out that the same old structures were still the best my people live in. The living conditions of my people sometimes brought me to tears. So, I started with the basic things like roads and providing homes for the less privileged, especially the widows.
Many were living in thatched houses in deplorable conditions. I also saw the need for my people to be educated instead of being mostly traders and farmers without basic education. I started with those things. Then in the area of worship, we did not have even a parish, we had to go to another town’s parish because Umuchukwu could not afford to build a parish. It was the same with Anglican, Catholic and even non-denominational.

You are also known to have provided amenities that were supposed to have been provided by government at all levels.

It’s really amazing that apart from building churches, you also built Police Stations and courts. Tell us more about that!


What really brought me to the area of justice and security, was an experience I had. It was in the year 2000 when there was a communal crisis in Orumba, between Ogbunka and Owerri-Ezukala, our neighboring towns. There was also a crisis in our town Umuchukwu, to the point that my uncle, the Igwe was kidnapped. There was also the problem of high incidences of armed robbery. We live in an area that is bordered by both Abia and Imo states. That puts us in a position where we can experience high-level crimes.
The picture I just painted motivated me to think of security, because our people lived in constant fear. I had the opportunity to be granted the permission to build a Divisional Police Headquarters by the then Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mike Okiro in Orumba, which is a big facility. By that time we had one in Umunze, but because of the distance, it was easy for mayhem to be caused before the police could reach our town. This was the reason for building the Divisional Police Station in Umuchukwu to serve the town and others around it, like Owerri-Ezukala, Ogbunka, and others in Orumba.
There was an issue of a magistrate court which motivated me to build one. The one in Umunze was always filled up with cases, making it hard for a lot of judicial matters to be dispensed within a record time. We mobilised and had a Chief Magistrate Court erected. With the offices of the Police and Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) as well as the Civil Defence Corps all erected around the Chief magistrate court, the incidences of armed robbery in the area drastically reduced. I can boldly say that there is peace in Orumba now. We kept hearing about the issue of low number of High Courts in Anambra State as a reason for slow justice dispensation. Also seeing the conditions of the high courts in Awka, Ekwulobia and others, we took up the challenge of partnering the government of Anambra State to erect a befitting High court, in order to make speedy dispensation of justice available to our people in Orumba. Upon the judgment of the Appeal Court which resolved the crisis in Umuchukwu, we were granted the permission to join hands with the administration of Governor Willie Obiano to erect the high court in Orumba, to service that part of Anambra State. We have the letters of approval for the community and I went ahead to build one. The prototype was given to us along with the letter of authorization by the state judiciary. In this clime people, who do the things you have done are mostly motivated by personal interest, especially political interest. What really motivates you?

I want to be remembered as the young man who rose from the hinterland in Africa.  I look at Kwame Nkrumah and Nnamdi Azikiwe, two pan African heroes, who travelled to the US and got the wherewithal to make their homelands better places. I keep thanking God who has given me this opportunity to make a change in Nigeria and Africa. I don’t really see what would change in what I am doing now if I take up any political appointment. I do not want to be distracted from doing what I am doing presently, especially in Anambra State. So the governors, commissioners, politicians can continue doing their work, but the best thing they can do for us is to make it easy for us to assist them.  This is just the beginning. I am bringing the excellent education I obtained from the US to Nigeria. That is why I have built the 17-storey medical research centre in Nigeria, about the tallest in Africa. This encourages a lot of experts to come to Africa since they can see something tangible on the ground. I don’t believe people elsewhere in the world are better than we Africans. I also believe that whatever we do in this world is not only to be of benefit to us. We should always look around and see how we can be of benefit to the less privileged people and make our community a better place. That is the ultimate purpose of living. When someone, who does that die, he will die happy, knowing that he is leaving a lasting and beneficial legacy.


You have obviously excelled in the field of medicine. Do you consider yourself a fulfilled person?

My worth cannot be quantified in terms of numerical value. I don’t look at my life in terms of numbers.  I feel that what the almighty God has helped me to do, there is no monetary value to it. I am even bigger than what people think I am. I am happy when I give someone a car or when I build a house for someone, or when I buy a motorbike for a young man or when I pay school fees for those, who cannot afford education. I have trained so many people that I can’t even remember their names, even in America. I feel am the fortunate and privileged one God is using to be a joy giver to many. I am very lucky to have the opportunity to do these things.


What inspired the building of a 17 storey facility for the medical research in Nigeria by you?

First, I have not seen a country like the United States, I thank God Almighty for bringing me here. I am a naturalized American citizen, born in Nigeria. Having had the benefit of both countries, I am also giving back here. I provide employment, I help people get educated, here in the US and back home in Nigeria. I have three professorships and teach doctors and medical students alike. I have seen the worst and the best. I consider my life a fairy tale I intend to use what we already have on the ground there to partner with international organisations and foundations, to site one of the best citadels of learning in Africa, with a special bias for the sciences and medical education. On healthy family I am an African, and I strongly believe in healthy family life, as a father of five. I usually get involved with my children’s activities. I enjoy playing the role of a father. I always tell my kids that before I started having children, I had been a father to many, through mentoring of young people both in the US, in Nigeria particularly and Africa generally. This makes me happy, especially when they take my advice and I look forward to them becoming better than me. I have immense faith in God. I believe that whatever I ask God that will be beneficial to other people; he will do it for me. I believe we should treat others as we would like to be treated. I spend a lot of time in meditation. My best moment is when I am in the church, especially on Sundays when I take my family to church. I also enjoy communicating with God; I feel happy and secure dedicating time to my maker. Spending time with my family and with God is how I relax. I have this hunger to change the way things are in my immediate community.

Was there an agreement between the state government and you before building some of those structures for its usage?

There was never any issue concerning the building of the high court. All due processes were observed and relevant approvals were given before we embarked on the building. I have lived in United States for a greater part of my life.  So it is good to do things right by adhering to the world best practices. It was very capital intensive, costing millions of dollars. At a point, we were even re-evaluating it, but because of the enthusiasm and the need to reduce the suffering of our people, we went ahead to complete the project within a year. The Chief Registrar of Anambra Judiciary was a constant visitor to the site, to evaluate the work being done. After completion of the high court premises, another prototype was made available to us for the construction of the judge’s living quarters- an 8 room mansion, fully air-conditioned, including visitor’s lodge and boys quarters, borehole, electricity, security post etc. First, I want to unequivocally state that I don’t have any issue with the Governor or the chief Judge of Anambra State, I am amazed that the facility is still lying fallow, I did not know who the Chief Judge was except when this question of the high court in Anambra came to some of us. He made that call for people and communities to help build courts and the Governor also made the call for Ndi Anambra across the world to come home and invest as well as assist the government. And since I was a child, growing up in Orumba, our people have always been going as far as Ekwulobia, Awka, Nnewi, Enugu and other places for high court cases. That is why, through my lawyer, we went to him and proposed that we put up a high court. After the first meeting, I was informed by my lawyer that there seem to be a crisis in Umuchukwu that needed to be resolved before the permission for this high court building would be granted. We finally completed the building in conjunction with Anambra State government, under Governor Willie Obiano, who commissioned the project in December 2016. After the commissioning, I was back in the US and to my bewilderment; the court was not put into use months after commissioning. So, I got in contact with the Chief Judge of Anambra State, Justice Umeadi, through Frank Offor, who is the State Commissioner for Urban Development and Housing, who is also an indigene of Orumba. I had a good conversation with the Chief Judge who assured me that there was no problem, that the high court will be put to use.  My pain is that my investment is rotting away, recently I heard that some of the furniture are being attacked by rats. I work so hard to make this money. I see it as an act of injustice to humanity for this to happen. A lot of stories are going around the mills about some individuals frustrating the effort of the Chief Judge in starting court proceedings in the high court. I want other well-meaning Ndi-Anambra worldwide to tell the Governor and the chief judge to please put the court to use, because this attitude will discourage others with similar intentions.

What is the reaction of the people of Orumba concerning this High Court that has not been put to use since it was commissioned almost a year ago.

To be honest with you, I have lived in the US for close to 40 years now, I have never encountered anything like this. Never have I imagined that one would answer a call to help develop his community, spend millions of dollars and the project will just be left to waste like this, because of a few individuals interest. The whole complex and quarters are fully furnished and built by engineers from Nigeria and other parts of the world. The people of Orumba and other Ndi Anambra are very angry with the situation on ground. I am always bombarded with phone calls, asking me what grudges do you and the Chief Judge have that is causing the high court not to be used after all this time. I keep telling them that this court does not belong to me anymore, I have handed it over to Anambra State government.



Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/08/prof-maduka-village-boy-stooped-conquer/

My broda u r a true analyst! However not everyone understands the buzness jargon as such. Why not break down the explanation for us lay peeps? Especially the op who seems like a young novice....
Thank you

mrphysics:
I work as a business analyst in a company. A consulting firm.

Depending on the nature of the organization, a business analyst will study an organization and come up with the business process solutions, gap reviews, functional requirements and needs, the market review, needs analysis, and several reports of an organization.

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In the first of a two-part report, JESUSEGUN ALAGBE and ERIC DUMO take a look at how drug and cult gangs of Nigerian origin are now calling the shots in other parts of the world

Until August 6, 2017, not many people had heard of the town called Ozubulu. A sleepy community tucked away in the slopes of Anambra State in the Southeastern part of the country, the area, like most rural ones across Nigeria, enjoyed relative tranquility even though social amenities needed to make life worthwhile are still largely missing. But on the morning of that fateful day, everything changed. At about 6:30 am, a gang of young men wielding guns and other dangerous weapons stormed St. Philips Catholic Church in the community while an early morning mass was going on. Without blinking an eye and minding the sanctity of the environment they were in, the men opened fire on worshippers - among them the very old and little children. By the time the dust finally settled, at least 13 people had been killed while another 18 were left battling for their lives after sustaining serious injuries.

While various theories as to the reason behind the gruesome attack emerged in the hours and days following the tragedy, the overwhelming consensus appears to tilt towards the fact that the massacre was a fallout of a feud between two drug cartels of Nigerian origin based in South Africa. According to reports, one of the warring factions was allegedly headed by one Aloysius Ikegwuonu, popularly known as Bishop, a native of Ozubulu, who has since denied the allegations. The young man, whose father was among the victims, has since visited victims and relatives of the dead and held meetings with leaders within the community.

However, sources told Saturday PUNCH that the fracas leading to the killings in Ozubulu might have begun as far back as five years ago when a particular drug gang based in South Africa failed to adequately account for the money realised from cocaine they allegedly sold on the streets from a consignment that came into the southern African nation through Pakistan.

According to the source, a mafia in the Asian country, enraged by the development, has been venting its fury on all those involved in the breach, killing several Nigerians based in South Africa.

It was also said that about the same time that St. Philips Catholic Church in Ozubulu was attacked, a similar armed siege was also laid at a restaurant in Johannesburg, South Africa, named Galito and allegedly owned by one of Bishop's partners. Manager of the place and a staff were said to have been injured and hospitalised as a result of the attack.

Confirming the attack on the restaurant, the source said, "I was informed that a shooting incident occurred that Sunday morning at a business place owned by the Chairman of Ozubulu Town Union in South Africa and the manager was taken to the hospital.

"From my enquiry, the chairman of the union is neutral on the matter and he had made several efforts to ensure that the crisis was settled amicably."

Speaking further, the source toldSaturday PUNCH that the drug war was connected to the death of a young man from Imo State named Ginika, who he claims was one of Bishop's most trusted allies but defected to a rival gang known as Obrocha.

"Some gangsters killed Ginika in an unrelated issue and the Imo State community made sure they were jailed. They have been in prison for a long time.

"Then there was another guy from Umuleri in Anambra State that was killed at a church in Johannesburg. He was rumoured to be friends with the ones in prison, who claimed that Bishop set them up and sent them to jail so that he could take over the place they used to sell drugs.

"They demanded three things from Ozubulu community in South Africa before there could be peace. One, they demanded the payment of $1m, two, that they should be freed from prison; and three, that they kill certain people as revenge for their loss.

"Obviously, the Ozubulu community couldn't meet up with these demands hence the attack on their town.

"Five people from Ozubulu have already been killed who were allegedly in connection with this gang war. That excludes the worshippers," the source said.

But while the police carry on with investigations to unravel those behind the bloodletting, and all those allegedly fingered continue to deny any involvement in the tragedy, the incident has highlighted how Nigerian drug cartels and cult groups are now giving other rival gangs in Europe, America, Asia and other parts of the world a run for their money right on their own turf.

In Switzerland for example, a conservative European nation, recent drug busts by law enforcement agents have shown clearly the growing threat of Nigerians cartels in the country's cocaine business.

In February 2017, a court sitting in Lausanne, a prominent city, sentenced two Nigerian asylum seekers working for a Togolese criminal group to prison. They were punished for trafficking cocaine into the country and also laundering money in a thorough investigation that covered most parts of Europe.

This incident followed the dismantling of a major cocaine supply network headed by Nigerians and involving around 30 people by the Swiss police. The drugs were said to have been brought in from France and the Netherlands through females working for the gang.

"The numerous recent cases are the result of a determined campaign by the cantons to break down open street-level cocaine trafficking," an illegal drugs expert at the Swiss Federal Police Office, Roger Flury, said. "Nigerians are clearly the most dominant group, followed by people from the Dominican Republic," he added.

Also commenting on the situation, Spokesperson for the Vaud Cantonal Police in Switzerland, Jean-Christophe Sauterel, said, "The Nigerian networks are organised. They are very active and often at the head of the network."

In December 2016, the sentencing to 27 years in jail of a Nigerian drug lord, Precious Nwoko, in Cambodia was said to have given deeper insight into how Nigerians controlled the drug business in the Asian country.

The young man also known as Precious Max, was said to have capitalised on his good physical features to attract Cambodian women to himself whom he thereafter uses as mules to traffic drugs. This is aside from an online dating scam he is also involved in to carry out operations smoothly for an international cartel before his eventual arrest.

That same year, a 34-year-old Nigerian, Samuel Okeke, was sentenced to 25 years in prison also in Cambodia together with his 26-year-old spouse from neighbouring Vietnam after being found guilty of peddling about 1.5 kg of heroin from the country to Australia two years earlier.

The Cambodian intelligence agency described Okeke as the arrowhead of a drug trafficking syndicate involving four others.

In 2015, the peace of the city of Toronto, one of Canada's largest cities, was punctured when law enforcement officers busted a sophisticated car theft cartel operated by members of the cult group popularly known as Aye. Following their arrest, it was discovered that the gang had stolen over 500 luxury cars valued at $30m. As a result of other high profile crimes committed in the Americas and other parts of the world, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, an agency of the United States of America, that same year described Nigerian gangs as "the most notable of all African criminal enterprises and among the most aggressive and expansionist international criminal groups."

Drug and cult gangs of Nigerian origin have also changed the 'street game' in India as well with their sophisticated and ruthless mode of operation. As a result of this seeming dominance, other cartels have had several clashes with them - many ending in bloodletting.

For instance, on the night of October 30, 2013, a Nigerian drug lord named Obado Simeon, was hacked to death by some unidentified persons in Parra, a small village five kilometres away from the Anjuna Beach in Goa, India. Local reports said the heavily-built 30-year-old only arrived in India six months before he was slaughtered to send a strong message to Nigerian gangs in the illicit dealings. Police investigation later confirmed the situation, revealing that Simeon was indeed killed by rival local groups in a supremacy battle.

"Nigerian drug dealers in Goa are known to be ruthless, enterprising, operate in close-knit groups and not afraid to risk selling drugs to anyone with enough cash," an officer in the Indian police said. "Over the past few years, Nigerian drug dealers have captured a large chunk of Goa's lucrative trade in the high-value drugs: methaqualone, cocaine and heroin," he added, revealing that they were often afraid of going after them because of their aggressiveness.

In this Asian country, Nigerians, according to intelligence reports, preside over around 60 per cent of the total narcotics business - ahead of even Russian and Israeli gangs.

"Nigerians used to be small fry on Mumbai's streets but in the past two years, they have taken over the city's drug trade," head of Drug Abuse Information Rehabilitation and Research Centre, South Mumbai, Dr. Yusuf Merchant, said.

In Italy, the story is not too different especially with Nigerian drug and cult groups now directing proceedings in places such as Naples and Rome, the capital. Both areas, once quiet holiday destinations, have since been taking over by Nigerian gangs.

But taking over the streets of these cities have not come cheap - over the years, more than a few individuals have paid the ultimate price as a result of the situation. In 2008, eight Nigerians died during a fight for territory with Italian mafia groups. Giuseppe Setola, a leader of one of the local gangs, warned after that incident that no business would be allowed to take place without their approval and payment of "protection fee" said to be around £35,000.

"Nigerian organised crime is growing and we are deeply worried," Head of Special Anti-Camorra Unit in Casal di Principe, a city in the country, Alessandro Tocco, said. "Though there is a seeming peace in place, but when this comes to an end, we will experience a new war in the streets," he added.

Investigations and a number of arrests of members of the cult by the police in Italy exposed how they were involved in all sorts of crimes including drug trafficking, extortion, advance fee fraud, prostitution, passport falsification and cloning of credit cards. According to internal documents released after investigation, the confraternity was discovered to be in the business of helping members to immigrate illegally to Italy and other neighbouring nations.

In other European countries such as Spain, Nigerian mafia gangs are said to be forming alliances with local cartels rather than trying to take complete control of the 'streets'.

"Nigerian criminals are the only international gangs who are able to make agreements with everybody, from the Italian mafia to Latin America's cartels. It's a characteristic that has won them the business of drug smuggling between Africa and Europe," a recent report by Italy's anti-mafia agency said.

The story is the same in the United Kingdom, where Nigerian criminal gangs specialised in drug trafficking and complex frauds costing the system at least £600m annually, are said to be dominating proceedings in this regard. Following the rise of these gangs, British and the US agencies gave a recent warning that "Nigerian gangs' operations could soon lead to armed violence and outgrow established cartels from Colombia, Turkey, and Italy."

The threat of Nigerian drug and cult gangs have grown so fierce in recent years that law enforcement agencies in the UK have established special units dedicated to tackling the growing menace.

"You won't find Nigerians standing on a street corner selling drugs," spokesperson for one of the agencies, NCIS, said. "They are strictly the middlemen. They survive because they work alongside other gangs. They have their finger in every organised crime pie. They have strong links with everyone from the Colombian cartels to the Turkish mafia. They have a reputation as reliable and trustworthy.

"The syndicates make use of hundreds of well-established Nigerian communities around the world as a cover for their activities. Tens of thousands of Nigerians can be found in the most unlikely locations - 50,000 live in São Paulo, Brazil, 25,000 in Bangkok, Thailand, and 500,000 in South Africa, where they dominate the crack trade," the agency said.

Findings by a Saturday PUNCHreport of October 24, 2015, revealed how many Nigerians now in drug business and members of cult gangs in foreign lands were forced into it as a result of certain circumstances especially the quest to conquer poverty and live fairly comfortable lives in their host countries.

For example, 27-year-old Ilo Chidera Alex, a native of Enugu, was in 2015 caught by officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, while trying to smuggle 15.850kg of cocaine stashed inside make-up brushes brought in from Brazil. The drug, worth N126m, was packaged in Sao Paulo, Brazil, enroute Dubai to Abuja.

According to Alex, going into drug trafficking became his only option after being stranded in Brazil.

"I went to Brazil in search of job opportunities. In the process, I was stranded because I had no job and money to sustain myself. That was how I met a man who promised to buy my flight ticket back to Nigeria.

"He gave me the bag of makeup brushes to take to Nigeria and also promised to give me some money to start my own business. At the Abuja airport, the drug was discovered in my luggage," he said.

The 27-year-old is not alone in this situation, everyday across Europe, America, Asia and other continents of the world, more Nigerians are lured into crimes of all sorts after being stranded in those places. While many in this category continue to endure the situation, hoping for a breakthrough that has remained elusive, a growing number have braved the odds by aligning with drug cartels and cult gangs, who dangle all sorts o

I think seun should set up a dedicated account where those who want to help the less priviledged or those in challenging circumstances like the trace guy in ogun state who wanted to commit suicide because of 50k. The aaount should be in seun's name and should be controlled by him....
Lets say if i want to help someone in this forum, i inform seun and tell him the amount i want to send. When i lodge the money into the dedicated acc then seun should make it known in this forum. So that we are able to track donations. I can see there are loads of peeps who want ti help the suicide guy but dont know hiw to go about it.
A nigerian should never contemplate suicide because of 50k while those who wanna help dont know where to chanel their aid. WHAT A BIG SHAME!
Seun let us know what u think.
Please overlook the mistakes in my writing as i am angered...incandescent with raged...vexed that our fellow youth will contemplate suicide for the sake of 50k? I cant be botheredcorrecting my errors since am typing with a fone n ve big fingers....so overlook my grammatical errors n focus on my message. We cant allow such nonsence. Earlier it was a person up north that killed his friend as he could not refund the 50k he borrowed from him. 50k?? Thats not up to 100k cfa. Some china shoes even go for 60k in lagos. N we lost 1 and saved a suicide intended guy today..just because of 50k? I de cry. Seun..go open the acc..even if i send am 10k namoney. We cant be losing our future generations over 50k. Champagne bottle na 20k for naija and human life 50k? We can do better!!

PUSH THIS TO THE FRONT PAGE SO THAT WE CAN HELP THOSE WHO ARE HOPELESS.
SINCE THE POLITICIANS THINK ONLY OF THEMSELVES AND WE THE PEOPLE ARE HOPELESS...LETS HELP N SAVE THOSE WHO ARE MORE HOPELESS THAN WE ARE.

thanks my people

I think seun should set up a dedicated account where those who want to help the less priviledged or those in challenging circumstances. The aaount should be in seun's name....
Seun let us know what u think.

wayne4loan:
Suicide Because Of 50K Someone Pls Send Me His Account Details

Men..i literally cried.....but tears of joy!! What a hapi ending

Mrjo:
Boy God saved you, imagine from abuja to lagos evil people everywhere

The peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Alhaji Kawuwa Malala has been declared winner of Dukku North Constituency bye-election in to the Gombe State House of Assembly. The Returning Officer, Prof. Mohammed announced the results in Malala, Dukku Local Government Area of the state on Sunday. He said Malala polled 7,060 votes to defeat his opponent of the APC, Alhaji-Alhaji Inuwa, who scored 4,023 votes. Said further said the candidate of ADPM, Yakubu Abubakar, scored 31 votes while Sirajo Mohammed of LP scored 29 votes. The returning officer also disclosed that Mohammed Hashidu of GPN scored 29, Mohammed Mohammed of AA got 08 votes while Abubakar Hashidu of AP got 08 votes. He said that PDP candidate, having satisfied the requirement of the law and scored highest number of votes, was declared winner and returned elected. Siadu said three polling units with 1,700 votes cast were affected by  irregularities and had those votes cancelled. According to him, the cancellation will not affect the election, based on the electoral law. Malala expressed his happiness and assured his constituents of good representation at the Assembly. He solicited for the maximum cooperation and advice of the people to enable him achieve his electoral promises for the development of the constituency. Newsmen report that the election was conducted in 103 polling units across the six political wards of the area, The wards are: Hashidu, Jamari, Lafiya, Malala, Wuro-Tale and Zaune. Malala replaces late Alhaji Gambo Kabade of the People Democratic Party (PDP) who died in June 2017.

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/08/pdp-wins-gombe-bye-election/

In stuff like these n not stuffs like these. N its staff not staffs!!

Flashh:
His name was boldly written on a lengthy 3 bedroom flatîhos wall.

They are dominant in stuffs like this.

In stuff like this n not stuffs like this. N its staff not staffs!!

Flashh:
His name was boldly written on a lengthy 3 bedroom flatîhos wall.

They are dominant in stuffs like this.

NEWSCOMMENTS President Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan on Wednesday apologised for a nationwide power outage that affected millions of households a day earlier and vowed to review the island’s power grid in order to secure the system’s stability. “I, on behalf of the administration, deeply apologise for the inconvenience and worry caused. It should have not happened,” Tsai said at a meeting of her ruling Democratic Progressive Party’s Central Standing Committee in Taipei. Massive blackouts that lasted several hours on Tuesday were caused by a malfunction at the Tatan Power Plant, in Taoyuan county, the largest natural gas facility in Taiwan. The malfunction, caused by human error, affected the supply of 4.65 million kilowatts of electricity and approximately 6.68 million households in 17 cities and counties on the main island of Taiwan. ADVERTISING inRead invented by Teads Tsai called for a comprehensive review of the country’s “fragile power supply systems.’’ The outage led to the resignation of Economics Affairs Minister, Lee Chih-kung, on Tuesday. Premier Lin Chuan on Wednesday also ordered a probe to identify management problems in the state-run Taiwan Power Company and CPC Corporation Taiwan, a state-owned petroleum, natural gas, and gasoline company. CPC Taiwan Chairman, Chen Chin-te said at a news conference on Wednesday that the human error was caused by a contractor’s failure to follow standard operating procedures. Lin said the Taiwanese government would invite foreign specialists to help improve network stability and promote decentralised electricity generation.   President Tsai Ing-wen apologises for nationwide power outage August 16, 2017 DISCO apologises for power outage December 5, 2016 Eko Disco ap

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/08/minister-resigns-president-apologises-hours-nationwide-power-outage/

Just go to the section u want to create a topic on i e tomance..politics...crime etc..you will c creat a topic. Click on it n u ready to go!!

GODISGOD223:
I am a new nairalander, how do I create a thread?

Guy anything can happen. Bad people get to u at times thru ur kind gestures.
Some one told of how he n his dad gave a uniformed police officer a lift....after dropping him on tn the way , as they were leaving...a bullet rolled towards his dad's legs. The old man picked it up ..woubd down the window and threw it off! After about mins of driving they reached a checkpoint . The policemen searched their car for an hour n a half to no avail. They asked them what they were looking for but the officers kept mute. Dont u think it was the officer they gave a ride who tried to smear dem?? Things r happening n we need to be vigilant bruh!!

Leez:
if i tell u i neva tire for d lies ehnnn e mean say i dy lie
jst dy formulate stories for clicks
kai

How did that work??

helphelp:
Charcoal has done wonders for me

Get the heck outta here. Marauder!!

Opakan2:
Wetin you sef find reach igbo girl side? As I don see "domineering" and "family" in your writeup, I dnt need soothsayer to tell me the girl is Igbo.

Marriage is not all about fine face or infatuation, it should depend on mindset and how reasonable the other person is.. But no, you slowpokes won't listen.
Na to chase yellow pawpaws upandan una sabi. shiooor!

Share ur experiences here others cud learn.

Korrection:
Drop your number let me advice you. I was in this shit before and mine was even worse. Today I'm happy with kids.....no cause for alarm....make contacts with me and no don't go on with the wedding until we've discussed. If what you wrote here is true...

Dont bring yhat tribal runbish here. Na so me i like my women. Fat and busty!! Go hang...na jealousy de worry u.

vizkiz:
Just look at how black and dirty this bìtch looks. See sweat everywhere. Ewwwww... Some Yoruba ladies are dirty Abeg. Irritating

He used it to dupe the 3 ladies. Maybe he had others lined up to be duped as well.

Queenext:
seriously am confused too at his end game..what is he trying to achieve?

Saw this and it left my mouth agaped and arms akimbo!!



Ozubulu...death of the innocent

Yesterday gunmen stormed into a Catholic church in Ozubulu and gunned down members of the congregation who were attending Sunday mass. As the drama unfolded and social media was agog with gory pictures, the rumour mills started grinding and the blame was immediately directed at all sorts of terrorist groups. As the day progressed, however, the truth filtered through and it was revealed that the source of this massacre was an enemy within otherwise known as Greed.

It is said that innocent people lost their lives in the incident but let us ask ourselves, is anyone really innocent in this? Can any of us claim to be innocent? Are we really surprised that this incident occurred? Have we not been courting this enemy for several years now in Igboland? Is it something that started today?

According to reports corroborated by the governor of Anambra state, the incident was the outcome of a drugs war between two drug barons from Ozubulu who were fighting over a debt arising from a drugs deal. Having gone to the house of one of the barons known as “Bishop” and not finding him home, the gunmen proceeded to the church to seek him out and kill him. They marched into the church, saw his father and opened fire killing everyone who was in the way. What gave them the impetus to march into the church premises with their guns and open fire on ‘holy grounds’, committing an act that is a total abomination? They clearly did not recognize the holiness of the premises after all they were aware that the church was built from the proceeds of crime and drug sales. As far as they were concerned, they were home!

And that is where the problem lies. That is where we should begin to question our own innocence in this matter. Is there anyone in that town who was unaware of “Bishop’s” reputation or the source of his wealth? Didn’t the priests accept his blood money to build their church? Didn’t the villagers attend the church knowing where the funds came from? Didn’t they treat the donor and his father with deference because of his ill-gotten wealth? What other outcome could we then expect? How then can we claim to have been innocent?

I attended the funeral of my friend’s father in the East some years ago. At the end of the service, the priest began to name the ‘wealthy’ people in our midst and call them by name to come forward and make donations to the church. He thanked them all for being there and shamelessly badgered them for funds to renovate his church. Neither he nor the son of the deceased who assisted him in identifying the targeted donors saw it fit to thank the rest of us for travelling all the way from Abuja and assisting them in making the event a huge success. We were not important. The focus was on the wealthy people regardless of how this wealth was acquired.

I attended another funeral in Ojoto some years ago. During the proceedings, several men, clearly of questionable character strolled in, accompanied by armed policemen to emphasize their importance. Some were said to be sons of Igwes from neighbouring towns whilst others were clearly successful men of the underworld. One who looked like he was someone’s houseboy dressed up in an ill-fitting safari suit stepped forward with his gun and began shooting in the air. I was horrified and terrified at the same time, and I complained bitterly at the evident lawlessness on display. People around me including my friends, looked at me like I was some spoil sport. Couldn’t I see that this added colour to the event? No one was concerned that the indiscriminate shooting apart from being illegal, could have resulted in a serious accident. They all left at the same time, jumping into their SUV’s and shooting in the air. I was told that the purpose of this was to ward off potential armed robbers since they had ‘sprayed’ huge sums of money at the event. The children present looked on in admiration and awe. These were their heroes and role models approved by us, the adults. So why are we shocked by Ozubulu’s tragedy?

For years, young men with little education and no visible means of income, have come home and built palatial houses for their parents. How many parents refused to live in those houses? What message does that send to the youth? The same people come to the villages and install boreholes and build roads. Soon enough the villagers ‘beg’ them to run for office and before you know it, they are installed in the State or National Assembly or even run for the governor’s office. No questions asked about the source of their wealth. Why then should we be shocked?

Bishop, the drug baron who the gunmen were after celebrated his 36th birthday commissioning roads that he tarred in his community. Governor Willie Obiano’s picture was used to advertise the event, thereby validating this young man. It appears from reports that the governor and the commissioner of police even attended the event. Did they ask him where the funds came from? Hadn’t they heard the rumours? Did they investigate? Are they really shocked at the outcome?

Instead of exhibiting all this shock and sorrow, we should resolve today to end this cycle of greed and worshipping criminals. It’s been going on for so long and we are all guilty. The lesson learnt from Ozubulu is that we are all potential victims so we can no longer pretend that it does not concern us. Anyone of us could have been sitting in that church on Sunday. It was not an incident that just occurred, it was a disaster waiting to happen and it can happen again if we do not take steps to prevent it!
May the souls of all those lost in the incident at Ozubulu and all the faithful departed rest in perfect peace. Amen.

Can you imagine a nanny for your kids organizing paedophiles and molesters to come and molest your kids while your are at work?? Please be careful eho you employ to look after your kids!!


SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A sharp-eyed airline passenger spotted another passenger texting about sexually assaulting children, leading officers in California and Washington state to arrest two people and find two young victims, authorities said Thursday.


San Jose police said they arrested Michael Kellar, 56, in the city's airport Monday night after a flight from Seattle. Kellar's texts led officers to arrest Gail Burnworth, 50, in her Tacoma home. Kellar also lives in that city.

It appears two children, ages 5 and 7, were sexually assaulted, investigators said. Authorities say Burnworth had access to children as a baby-sitter and that Kellar was getting to the victims through her.

Seattle and San Jose police declined to discuss the children's relationship to the suspects and how Kellar and Burnworth knew each other.

The plane passenger told authorities that Kellar was sitting in front of her and texting about the abuse with a large font on a large smartphone. The font and screen were so big that the passenger was able to take photos of Kellar's text conversation, police said.

The passenger, who police didn't identify, alerted the flight crew. A flight attendant notified an officer stationed at the airport, and Kellar was arrested.

He is accused of attempted child molestation and solicitation of a sex crime. Burnworth was arrested on suspicion of child rape and sexual exploitation of children.

Kellar and Burnworth are in jail Wednesday, and it's was not known if they have lawyers to speak on their behalf.

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Move over, Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos. You are not the richest folks on earth. The real claimant to the throne, is Russian leader, Vladimir Putin, if the account of a US Financier, Bill Browder, is correct. Russian President Putin Browder reportedly told senators last week that the Russian President is richer than both Mr Bezos and Mr Gates combined. According to Newsweek, the chief executive officer of Hermitage Capital Management estimated the net worth of Putin at $200bn. Both Bezos, the Amazon.com founder and Bill Gates, the Microsoft co-founder are worth a combined $183 billion. Newsweek said that Mr Browder’s company was once the largest portfolio investor in Russia and that Mr Browder was a shareholder in Gazprom, Surgutneftegas and other Russian state-run enterprises in the 1990s. Around that time Putin reportedly made a deal with Russian businessmen that made him the “richest man in the world”. Mr Putin’s personal fortune has been the subject of intense debate and speculation in recent years. Newsweek reports that, according to Mr Putin’s official asset form – a mandatory public disclosure for all Russian government officials – he earns $133,000 a year and has a modest apartment in Moscow. Last week Mr Bezos briefly became the world’s richest person as a result of a surge in Amazon’s share price ahead of the e-retail giant’s quarterly earnings report. Shares later tailed off again, however, putting Mr Gates back in the top spot. Mr Bezos owns around 17 per cent of Amazon’s shares. Mr Gates was also named the world’s richest person in this year’s Forbes ranking. That publication in March estimated his wealth to be around $86bn, ahead of second-placed Berkshire Hathaway chief executive Warren Buffett, whose fortune was cited to be around $75.6bn.

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/08/vladimir-putin-richest-man-world/

Na wa for fake padtors. Even for europe?




Pastor Gilbert Deya is alleged to have told infertile women they could have "miracle babies"
The UK has extradited a self-styled Kenyan pastor, who claimed he created miraculous pregnancies, to Kenya to face child-trafficking charges.
Gilbert Deya's extradition came after he failed in his decade-long legal battle to remain in the UK.
He denied charges of stealing five children between 1999 and 2004 when he appeared in court in Nairobi.
Concerns were first raised about the conduct of Mr Deya, who ran a church in London, in a BBC investigation in 2004.
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The men who claim to Africa's 'miracle pastors'
Infertile or post-menopausal women who attended the Gilbert Deya Ministries church in Peckham, south-east London, were told they could have "miracle" babies.
But the babies were always "delivered" in backstreet clinics in Nairobi, Kenya's capital.
Mr Deya later moved to Scotland, and was arrested in Edinburgh in 2006 under an international arrest warrant issued by Kenya.
His Gilbert Deya Ministries is being investigated by the UK Charity Commission for alleged mismanagement.
"Our statutory inquiry into Gilbert Deya Ministries is ongoing. We are currently considering the implication of Gilbert Deya's extradition on our investigation," the commission said in a statement.
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Gilbert Deya: 'The Archbishop of Peckham'
Gilbert Deya (C)
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Mr Deya appeared in court soon after his extradition
A former stonemason who moved to London from Kenya in the mid-90s
Set up the Gilbert Deya Ministries as a registered charity, with African and Asian branches
Known for his blend of charismatic, performance-style preaching
Had income of £652,800 ($858,000) for the financial year ending December 2015
Spent £609,300
Described by UK Labour MP David Lammy as a "modern-day snake-oil salesman"
Says he was consecrated as an Archbishop by a US evangelist in 1992
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When the BBC asked Mr Deya during its 2014 investigation how he explained the births of children with DNA different to that of their alleged parents, the 65-year-old Mr Deya said: "The miracle babies which are happening in our ministry are beyond human imagination.
"It is not something I can say I can explain because they are of God and things of God cannot be explained by a human being."
Kenya's police spokesman Charles Owino told the BBC that Mr Deya had arrived in Nairobi aboard a Kenya Airways flight following his extradition.
Mr Deya had opposed his extradition, saying he feared being tortured and sentenced to death.
In 2007, his wife, Mary, was sentenced to two years in prison in Kenya after being convicted of stealing a baby.
In 2011, she was sentenced to three years in jail after being convicted of stealing another child.
Desperate women, some past the menopause and others who were infertile, were convinced that being prayed for by Mr Deya and travelling to Kenya would result in a child.
Once there, they were convinced by Mrs Deya and others that they were experiencing labour and taken to illegal clinics where they believed they had given birth.
But they were actually given babies which had been taken from local women.


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Why will no 1 not work? If it does what it says then its work...police not responding on time is another matter

psucc:
I believe this but no 1&5 involving emergency response and police will never work in Nigeria except after the crime has been perfectly done and traces of the intruders almost gone.
This is quite awesome.

U neef 2 try it. I will let me fone run fiwn 2 about 3% n try it!!

Ilajeboy:
How true is number three

Insightful i had say...but number 5 no be for naija here.

In grave emergencies, your mobile phone can actually be a life saver or an emergency tool for survival.

1. Emergency Services
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The Emergency No. worldwide for all Mobile Phones is 112.
If you find yourself out of the coverage area of your mobile network and there is an emergency, dial 112 and your mobile will search any existing network in your area to establish the emergency number for you, and interestingly this number 112 can be dialed even if the keypad is locked. This works on all phones worldwide and is free.

2. Locked your keys in the car?
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If you lock your remote keyless car keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call someone at home on their mobile phone from your cell phone.
Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the person at your home press the unlock button on the spare key, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. Your car will unlock. Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you.
Distance is no object. You could be thousands of miles away.
Editor's Note: I didn’t believe this when I heard about it! I rang my daughter in Sydney from Perth when we went on holiday. She had the spare car key. We tried it out and it unlocked our car over a mobile phone!

3. Is your mobile phone battery flat ? All handphone have Hidden Battery Power.
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To activate, press the keys *3370# (remember the asterisk). Do this when the phone is almost dead. Your mobile will restart in a special way with this new reserve and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery life. This reserve will be recharged when you charge your handphone next time.
This secret is in the fine print in most phone manuals which we skip without realizing.

4. Disabling a STOLEN mobile.
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To check your handphone's serial number, key in following digits on your phone:
* # 0 6 #
Ensure you put an asterisk BEFORE the #06# sequence.

A 15 digits code will appear on the screen that is unique to your handset. Write it down and keep it somewhere safe. If your handphone is ever stolen, phone your service provider and give them this code.
They will then be able to block your handset so even if the SIM is changed, your handphone will be totally useless. And even if you don't get your phone back, at least it can't use/resold either. If everybody did this, there would be no point in people stealing mobile phones.
This secret is also in the fine print of most mobile phone manuals. It was created for the very purpose of trying to prevent phones from being stolen.

5. ATM PIN Number Reversal - Good to Know !!!
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If you should ever be forced by a robber to withdraw money from an ATM machine, you can notify the police by entering your PIN # in reverse. For example, if your pin number is 1234, then you would put in 4321. The ATM system recognizes that your PIN number is backwards from the ATM card you placed in the machine. The machine will still give you the money you requested but unknown to the robber, the police will be immediately dispatched to the location. All ATM’s carry this emergency sequencer by law.

This information was recently broadcast by Crime Stoppers. It is, however, seldom used as people just don't know about it.

Please pass this along to everyone.
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This is the kind of information people don't mind receiving, so pass it on to your family and friends.
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Sudan 'orders Christian schools to open on Sundays'
Posted at 17:56 28 Jul
Christian schools in Sudan have been told they must adhere to the same working week as rest of the Muslim-majority country, Radio Dabanga reports.

The broadcaster says Sudan's education ministry has instructed schools to adopt Fridays and Saturdays as their weekend, instead of Saturdays and Sundays.

According to Christians Sunday is the day of rest, whereas in Islam it is Fridays.

Radio Dabanga have published a copy of the official letter on their Facebook page.m
The move comes shortly before the worldwide head of the Anglican church, Archbishop Justin Welby, visits Sudan this weekend.

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ANAMBRA State governor, Chief Willie Obiano has said that without the determination of his team, the state would not have become Nigeria’s fourth largest economy, noting that he inherited a state with an average ambition. He also stated that through strategic refocusing, the state had been positioned as one with the greatest chances of producing the most surprising development results in the next five years.

Obiano, who said this in Lagos at a breakfast meeting entitled: Investment Promotion and Protection: The Anambra State Experience, Challenges, and Opportunities, said that coming up with an antidote to crime ensured that he achieved results in Anambra. The forum was an opportunity for the governor, who was represented by his deputy, Dr. Nkem Okonkwo to present his score card in key areas of governance. His words: “In the past three years and four months that I have served my people as governor, nothing has given as much joy as talking about Anambra. My fascination with Anambra does not come from the fact that I am the governor of that great state. Chief Willie Obiano No! My interest in Anambra comes from my belief that Anambra represents Nigeria’s biggest hope at the moment.

Indeed, I have absolutely no doubt that any objective assessment of all the 36 states of the federation would put Anambra as the state that has the greatest chances of producing the most surprising development results in the next five years. This is not a rhetorical statement. Our fundamentals point in that direction. “When I assumed office with my Team on March 17, 2014, we inherited a relatively stable state. We took over a state with an impressive network of roads and good fundamentals in education and health care but we also inherited a state that had no landmark infrastructure and no clear-cut strategic vision for the future. And perhaps more importantly, we met a state that was heavily traumatized by violent armed robbery, kidnapping, child-trafficking and growing cases of drug-related crimes. I came prepared ‘’This crime-ridden scenario discouraged investments and successfully cut off the state from the grid of modern development. Ladies and gentlemen, my Team and I inherited a state with an average ambition but through a strategic re-focusing and a commitment to excellence, we have repositioned Anambra among Nigeria’s leading states today! “I came prepared. I assumed office with clearly defined vision and mission. I said that my vision is to make Anambra State the first choice investment destination and a hub for industrialization and commercial activities. Similarly, I also declared that my mission is to make Anambra State a socially stable, business friendly environment that would attract both indigenes and foreigners to seek wealth-creating opportunities. “We also came with an economic blueprint known as the four pillars of development which seek to accelerate Anambra’s economic advancement through Agriculture, Industrialization, Trade and Commerce and Oil and Gas. Armed with a clear vision and mission and a realistic economic blueprint we had our job cut out for us. Immediate antidote to crime “While we worked on our vision and mission and fine-tuned our Economic Blueprint, we knew that our strategy would be dead on arrival if we didn’t have an immediate antidote to crime and criminality in Anambra State.

We had closely studied the stimulus and response patterns of the investment community and discovered that investors are discouraged to invest in places where there is no guarantee of safety for life and property. We knew that our goal to make Anambra State the first choice investment destination by building a socially stable and business friendly environment that would attract investors from across the world would remain a pipe-dream if we failed to lay a solid foundation in security. So, we hosted a landmark Security Summit which was facilitated by Moshe Keinen, a renowned Israeli security expert. This summit gave us a clear blueprint on security. We started implementing it immediately; setting up Operation Kpochapu, a Joint Task Force that is made up of the Police, the Army, the Navy and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. We also erected security tents on locations that used to be flashpoints for violent crimes, donated a gunboat to the Navy to protect our waterways and launch occasional surveillance helicopter patrols into our skies.

With this arrangement, we succeeded in erecting a clockwork 360 degrees security architecture that ensures the safety our beloved state in the skies, in the waters, and on the land. With that arrangement too, Anambra became Nigeria’s safest state. Leading destination for investments “The Anambra State Investment Promotion and Protection Agency (ANSIPPA) is the institutional catalyst of Anambra’s growing reputation as the leading destination for investments in Nigeria. ANSIPPA is an agency that is fully staffed with thorough and vastly experienced professionals with a collective wealth of experience that any visionary manager would envy. On the Board of ANSIPPA are first class bankers, investment analysts, lawyers and thoroughbred professionals who find immense pleasure in nursing investment dreams to reality. This agency is charged with the mandate of attracting investments and fast-tracking the process of investing in Anambra State. I am delighted to state here that ANSIPPA has fulfilled the basic ideology that gave birth to it. In essence, if ANSIPPA had failed in its mandate and betrayed its promise, I would not be standing here today to address this great gathering.”


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That is y we the youths who know pols should put a visionary as gov so that we can move forward.
Be suncere...uduagan n pat utomi who will u prefer as govet?? Dont u think a high calibre person will bring in high calibre investors??what can okowa do with lack of vision? We need a pat utomi to change the face of delta. Just like we need a soludo to take anambra state where it belongs...the stratospherw that is!!

nextprince:
The prof is mistaking classroom theories of Economics for practical politics.

The baba should concentrate on teaching his theories jare and leave politics for politicians.

A man that can never win his LGA is engaging in political fisticuffs with an ex gov of a whole state.

It is much easier to be a prof than to be elected as a governor in a multi-ethnic country like Nigeria.

Uduaghuan had advised him appropriately, he should go and start from ward level, politics is not about plenty books.

25. Ethiopia is Africa’s oldest independent country.[/quote]This is not suppose to be so. Instead say the only african country to never have been colonised....no one colonised them

Get ur facts right man. Its not 375 million usd. Its 37.5 million usd. How can this be 375?? Stop embelishing info u get. 37.5 is no small amount. But 375?? You wan but osun state??

Flexygist:
This is the house former petroleum Minister,Diezani Madueke allegedly purchased for $37.5million which was seized by the FG earlier this week.


See below:

Source: http://www.flexygist.net/2017/07/21/diezanis-375m-banana-island-edifice-seized-by-fg-photos/