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No fewer than 34 persons from neighboring villages within the Kaduna metropolis were at the weekend arrested by the police for exhuming over 6000 cartons of contraband frozen chicken and other related poultry products worth over N35 million.

According to the police, the arrested persons who came from Mando and Buruku villages exhumed the chicken barely 48 hours after Nigeria Customs, Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone B had destroyed, burnt and buried the contraband poultry products.
The destruction was witnessed by the officials of Kaduna State Police Command, Kaduna State Environmental Protection Agency (KEPA) as well as newsmen at the dump site designated by KEPA along Buruku/Kaduna highway last Thursday.

The Police Public Relations Officers (PPRO) in the state, DSP Zubairu Abubakar, said the suspects were arrested following a tip off that some persons from the neighbouring villages were exhuming contraband chicken condemned by the Customs. He said, “These are the suspects we have arrested in connection with

exhuming of frozen chickens buried by the operatives of the Nigeria Customs. The chickens were buried at the state government approved dump site along Buruku/Kaduna road in conjunction with KEPA

“We got information that people were exhuming the contraband chickens that were buried by the Customs, and we rushed there and arrested about 34 suspects, they are with us.”

He added that those caught in the act had already been charged for consumption and sales of adulterated food and drinks.”

His Customs counterpart, Idris Ado, warned members of the public to beware of frozen chicken that might have possibly found their way into the market, saying that they were not fit for human consumption because they contain some toxic chemicals.

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The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says it will lead a protest against states that are unwilling to pay workers’ salaries.

The President of the workers union, Mr Waba Ayuba, told a press conference in Abuja on Saturday that the union could no longer tolerate excuses from state governors on the reasons why workers’ salaries were still not paid.

Mr Ayuba also maintained that the current 18,000 Naira minimum wage, needed an upward review in the face of current economic realities.

“The minimum wage which was approved and agreed through a process of collective bargaining, five years down the line, is also due for review, both legally and morally.

“When we signed that agreement, the exchange rate was hoovering around 140 to 142 Naira to a dollar. Today, we are talking about over 200 Naira to the dollar. Inflation over the past five years, also, has increased,” Mr Ayuba stated.

About two months ago when the issue of non-payment of workers’ salaries came to the fore, about 18 states of the federation were allegedly owing their staff.

Although some states have gone off the list after the Federal Government waded into the matter, the NLC said some states were still unwilling to pay their workers.

But a member of the House of Representatives, Onyemaechi Mrakpor, believes that efforts should be directed at making the industries work rather than focusing on the review of the minimum wage which requires legislatures input.

Although the Federal Government recommended a minimum wage of 18,000 Naira five years ago, not all states have complied with it. This has led to several agitations from workers in the past, but the government is yet to consider an upward review.

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Former permanent representative to the United Nations (UN) and chairman of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Alhaji Maitama Sule, has blamed the rising level of crimes in the country on injustice and lack of qualitative leadership.

Sule, who spoke in Abuja yesterday as a guest during the 70th birthday celebration of Chief Ojo Maduekwe, told the dignitaries that in order for the country to move forward, there was need to ensure that only worthy leaders were elected to hold public offices. The cerebral orator also hinted that it was time for the country to produce true leaders and not looters or rulers.

He said Nigeria is destined to be great among the comity of nations, but insisted that such greatness was only predicated on qualitative leadership.

Sule said: “The leaders we had in the past made Nigerians great. Nigerians were proud and respected in the world. These founding fathers were historic. They always thought of Nigeria first. They were not greedy. If we have leaders who are good, godly and focused, everything will be alright. We want leaders and not rulers. We need leaders and not looters. We want leaders who will rule with the hand of honesty. We need leaders who will not steal and are not corrupt.

“I refuse to accept the claim that religion and tribalism are the main problems of Nigeria. All the religions teach the same values. Christians are thought to love one another. Same thing goes for Muslims. All the religions of God teach peace. Nigerian Muslims are more religious than other Muslims in other parts of the world. But do we practice what Islam says? No religion teaches that you should kill others who do not share your faith.

“You go into politics to serve the people. The most important thing is justice for all. Again, both religions encourage us to be just to all. Injustice is behind every crisis. Once there is justice and fair play, we will not have crisis.

“We have fallen by the way side. What is happening in Nigeria is not in our character. The government institutions have broken down. Respect for elders is not there. There is lawlessness and chaos in the polity. There is corruption in the country. What is responsible for all these is lack of leadership. Nigeria is a potential great country. We have been destined by God to lead Africa.

“I have a dream that Nigeria will one day be united. I have a dream that Nigeria will be our brother’s keeper. I have a dream that Nigeria will be respected among comity of nations. In order to realize this dream, we must have good leaders. May God grant that we may have good leaders.”

Meanwhile, former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has blamed the monumental loss of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last general elections on wrong choice of candidates by the party.

He said the PDP would have opted for the first 11 in order to win the elections, instead it went for the wrong candidates. He said his party has now been saddled with the responsibility of piloting the affairs of the opposition at the federal level.

His words: “Ojo Maduekwe is my mentor. I know that God loves you. Nigerians love you. You are celebrating your birthday. PDP did what we have always done in the past 16 years. We did not use our best 11 and that was why we lost the elections. We have now been saddled with the responsibility of piloting the affairs of the opposition. I believe that even in business or in any endeavour, we must go for the best 11.”

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But isn’t breakthrough real?
[b]Breakthrough is a word from breaking forth. Water, springs or streams break forth from under the ground. For it to break forth, it must have been forcing its way for ages or for years before it all of a sudden breaks through.

The breakthrough that we see all of a sudden is as a result of hard work, invincible hard work. Yet we don’t emphasis the hard work aspect, we don’t emphasize the preparation aspect. We only emphasize the breakthrough. We think that those breakthroughs only come through prayers. That is another root of corruption.

Everybody goes out of the church looking for a breakthrough. So any opportunity they see, even though they are not legal, which they didn’t labor for, they want to take advantage of. We are promoting through our preaching and teachings from our pulpits the culture of getting something for nothing.

That means, I don’t need to do much but I can get something I can become rich. That way we are promoting corruption in the whole country. Instead of us to promote the culture of hard work before profit, we rather promote frivolity from our pulpits.[/b]

So, all miracles have to be worked out?

[b]The rule of life is that you work hard for your results. You don’t wait for grace or favor to give you results without working for them. We don’t teach people in our churches that truth.

If you don’t work for wealth even if you get that wealth through your parents, relatives or spouse, you are still a thief (Prov. 28:24). You are robbing the people who gave you that wealth.

That is because somebody worked for what you are claiming. How can you just be going to church and claiming something for yourself? That is another faulty doctrine we have, that promotes corruption in the country.

When you teach that people can claim anything, how can they claim when they are not qualified for it? How can they just claim simply because they have greed for it? We are promoting greed, we are promoting lust.

There is no product without the process of production. We tell people they can get something by faith, to only believe. We tell them to just give offerings. We teach them about faith offering. We teach them about tithe and offering. Not that I don’t believe in tithe and offering but that is not the way of receiving wealth. It is the way of preventing curses from coming to your resources.

For you to really have wealth, giving tithes and offerings are not enough. Tithes and offerings open up heaven to you. God doesn’t send money from heaven. You have to go to work and be involved in the process of production. It is only that way wealth and riches will come to you.

Another problem we have in the nation that is contributed by the church is that we teach millions of people that they should expect miracles. Pastors teach about miracles without telling them the truth about the order of life.

The way we are all supposed to live on a daily basis is not through miracles or by miracles. We are supposed to live by laws and principles that God has placed in the laws of nature, in the principles of life and order.

Life depends on laws and rules. But we tell people about miracle, miracle, miracle. No matter what you talk to a Nigerian about, they will tell you about the fact that God will do it. We are asking God to do for us what he has asked us to do for ourselves. There is no way God can do for man, what man is supposed to do for himself. There is no way man can do for God what God can only do.

Most of our prayers in Nigeria maybe about 80 percent are a waste of time. This is because we ask God to do for us what he has asked us to do for ourselves or we ask God to do for us what he has already done.

Thanks to that deceptive teaching, our people expect miracles from morning till night. Our people are looking for miracles. So, any opportunity that presents itself godly or ungodly we take as God’s miracle or blessing. That is a major factor encouraging corruption in the land.

In the real sense we don’t teach people that the possibility of miracle is not the order of the day. It is only two percent of our daily life that should depend on miracles from God. The order of life is the observation of God’s laws and order. Obedience to the laws of God and the society brings wealth and blessings.[/b]

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Nigerian-born Pastor Sunday Adelaja is the founder of Embassy of God Church, Kiev, Ukraine, the largest Pentecostal church in Europe. He spoke with Sunday Oguntola on the wrong concepts that churches in Nigeria are promoting. Excerpts:

During your last visit to Nigeria, you were emphatic that the church was the major problem with the nation’s stunted growth. Do you still maintain that stance?

I wish to state categorically that I am not talking about any particular ministry. There is nothing personal at all. I am not against any man of God or any denomination. I’m just pointing out what I believe is the truth about the situation in our country.
I wish to appreciate all the men of God that have labored in our country. I think they did their best. I believe they taught us what they know. But we still have to admit that things were wrong and these things have to be corrected.

What are some of these things?

In my opinion, the leadership and the structure of the church in Nigeria are as guilty as the politicians. We Christians like to judge, condemn and point fingers at the politicians. In some cases some churches are worse and some of the practices in churches might be worse than what the politicians do.
I am a strong believer in the fact that whatever is happening in any country, the number one cause of it is the damaged value system of that nation. I think we have a faulty and perverse value system in Nigeria. That is the root cause of all our problems, not just political leadership.
The political leadership comes from our society. Our leaders are not been imported from Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau or from some exotic places like Fiji totally different from us. They are not bringing their strange fire to our camp. No!!!

How do you mean?

[b]For us to have a corrupt value system as a nation and then be hoping to produce godly leaders is hypocrisy of the highest order. It doesn’t just happen!
It would take a miracle to have such leaders, what would normally happen is that even when such leaders emerge they would be largely opposed. They would be criticised because what they are doing will not make sense to most of the citizens. Most of the people on the ground profess different value systems.

The value systems the reformed leaders are bringing to our society would conflict with the ones that people are used to. The people would be condemning them. The conflict equals clashes. That means there would be controversies and disagreements.
That is what happened when we had a quite disciplined, god- fearing, pious leader in Muhammadu Buhari in the ‘80s. He was overthrown and the people rejoiced because the discipline and order he was bringing to our people was totally strange to them.

We are used to living the way we like to live. We are used to keeping our freedom, our liberty, our way of doing things. If we now have a god -fearing leader that wishes to develop the country, he would have to first alter the way we do things. Until we change, nothing changes. We didn’t want to change, so when Babangida who was more like us overthrew Buhari, we were happy.[/b]

How does the church come in then?

The truth is that our value system comes from our pulpit. Our value system comes from our religious beliefs. Our value system comes from our religious practices. Our value systems come from our educational system. In Nigeria, the authority of the religious institutions is much higher than the authority of the educational system.

So, most of our value system is influenced by faith and religion. That is why I am saying it is the faulty and corrupt messages we have introduced to our pulpits that is responsible for producing corrupt practices in our society.

Can you give examples of this?
[b]A pastor could say that somebody would be a millionaire before the end of the year. Whereas we are in November or December and there are 500 people in that auditorium. All of them will shout amen!!! Yet Pastors don’t correct them saying that no, you would not become a millionaire before the end of the year even if you shout amen for the whole day.

The only person that would become a millionaire is the person that has worked for it. The only person that would become a millionaire is the person that has at least signed a contract. When pastors don’t clarify that, everybody begins to believe that some miracles would happen.

So when such a member goes to his office and he sees an unsigned check, for a million dollars and nobody is claiming responsibility for it, he claims it. He believes that it is God that has provided for him. That is how corruption gets from the pulpit to the society. That particular member would claim that God has answered his Pastor’s prayer.
He would boldly come to give testimony the following Sunday while the naïve and ignorant members would shout hallelujah! Meanwhile they too are expecting similar miracles and on and on. That is how the vicious circle of corruption from the pulpit to the whole country runs.[/b]

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Attacks on the Naira

The CBN was clear in identifying what has been happening at the foreign exchange market as attacks on the Naira. With the continuous increase in the demand for the dollar at a time when the price of the nation’s main foreign exchange earner, crude oil, had nose-dived could only point to a direction-crash in the value of the Naira against major foreign currencies.

Attacks against the Naira come from three main sources: Speculators, those who literally steal the nation’s commonwealth and stash their loot abroad and those who import items that the nation does not need, just because of the penchant for foreign goods.

At a point in the nation’s recent history, every week following the Federation Account Allocation Committee, FAAC, meeting (where federation revenue is usually shared among the three tiers of government) used to be a week of mopping-up of foreign currencies, especially at the parallel market.

Government officials, especially at the state level, usually change the Naira allocated to their states and take the money abroad. There have been several cases of governors (especially, those now former), or their family members being caught at the airport or abroad carrying huge amounts of money in foreign currencies (in cash). There are several on-going cases either in the courts or still with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, to this effect.

There was case of one of a former governor in a North-Central state who was reportedly caught with such laundered money and pretended that he wanted to use it to buy motorcycles for his state. Indeed he brought back hundreds of motorcycles which were allowed to rot away at the Government House. Unfortunately for that state, his successor did worse and when he was caught, at a point, he told eagle-eyed security officials he wanted to import pigs. Indeed he imported those pigs as if pigs were the priority of the state. And the people of the state could only ask, why pigs?
Stories of governors and other politicians and members of their families who go abroad to celebrate birthdays or other types of parties are not strange. At such occasions, several aircraft are chartered and the waste of our commonwealth can only be imagined.

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DOLLARISATION OF THE ECONOMY

Dollarisation of the economy is another major concern for the apex bank. Politicians, top civil servants and many other Nigerian elite who don’t export any commodity, whatsoever, are known to have made transacting businesses in foreign currencies, especially the dollar, a matter of status symbol. The problem assumed notoriety in the last 16 years of the civil administration.

At a point, some private schools, departmental stores and even landlords made it mandatory for payments for services to be done in the dollar, thereby rubbishing the Naira. Spraying of the dollar even found its way into the “Owambe” parties in some parts of the country. Right in the rural areas, the display of the dollar, at a point, became the proof of wealth among “those who have made it”. Several threats from past and present Governors of the CBN fell on deaf ears.

Between January and March this year, in the days preceding the general elections, there were reports of high-level politicians who were moving about dishing out dollars to interest groups while soliciting for votes. Investigations showed that all major political parties were involved.

In the midst of all the attacks on the Naira, the CBN was forced to take some of the current positions but those who have held the nation hostage are kicking. Upon realizing that the CBN was trying to block them from accessing the foreign exchange market, unscrupulous “businessmen” resorted to carting away all they could through the border.

The apex bank, on July 5, noted that huge foreign exchange was being smuggled out through the borders and threatened to deal with anyone caught in the act. It, in fact, issued a statement warning that those caught would face dire consequences.
The statement said: “The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) notes with concern the increasing trafficking of huge sums of foreign currency across our borders. This practice is in defiance of the extant dictates of Section 2 (subsection 3-5) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act 2011 (as amended) which categorically states that:

1. “Transportation of cash or negotiable instruments in excess of US$10,000.00 or its equivalent by individuals in or out of the country shall be declared to the Nigerian Customs Service.” (subsection 3)

2“Any person who falsely declares or fails to make a declaration to the Nigerian Customs Service pursuant to section 12 of the Foreign Exchange (Monitoring and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, F34, LFN, 2004 is guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to forfeit the undeclared funds or negotiable instrument or to imprisonments to term of not less than 2 years or to both,” (subsection 5).

3. “For the avoidance of doubt, the general public is hereby notified that the CBN (in collaboration with other relevant regulatory and security agencies) will promptly apply appropriate sanctions and penalties for contravention of the provisions of this Act,”.

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NIGERIA AS A CENTER OF ILLICIT FINANCIAL FLOWS

Following the Global Financial Integrity Group’s report, which identified Nigeria as one of the 10 countries with highest global illicit financial flows, the CBN was again on its feet to explore ways to address the problem.

The report said that about $129bn of Nigeria’s wealth had been shipped abroad through money laundering and tax evasion in the last ten years. The capital outflows stemmed from crime, corruption, tax evasion, and other illicit activities. According to the report, it found that, from 2001 to 2010, developing countries lost US$5.86 trillion to illicit outflows.

Earlier in the year, the report of the Thabo Mbeki High Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows from Africa, adopted by African Union Heads of State and Government, at their summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, said about $40.9billion (about N6.87trillion) of an estimated $60billion (about N10.08trillion) had been lost through such transfers from Africa are traced to Nigeria.

Faced with the latest report and that of the Mbeki Report, which also nailed Nigeria as country where men and women in positions of privileges impoverish their fellow citizens, by stealing and taking abroad, the commonwealth, the CBN, with the encouragement of the Buhari government I decided to act to save the situation.

The first step the apex bank took was to block Nigerian businesses and individuals that have been stealing the nation’s wealth and stashing same abroad.

The second group are those who use Nigeria as a route for money laundering.

In the third category are public officers and their private sector collaborators who literally steal funds from Nigeria, go to the parallel foreign exchange market and buy foreign currencies at whatever price and deposit them in their domiciliary accounts.

After some time, they wire the money abroad under various guises. They could pretend to be paying for fictitious imports or school fees of ghost students abroad. The nation would be shocked if the Buhari administration could undertake an audit of Nigerians who own houses they don’t need abroad and don’t earn any income. Some groups of Nigerians and expatriates have been advertising and luring Nigerians to take buy houses in Dubai, the US and in various European countries. All these provide avenues for stealing the nation’s foreign exchange.

Another category involves those into drugs and other illegal trades, using Nigeria as transit a nation, rather than destination.

Penultimate Saturday, CBN issued a statement in which it said it would no longer allow Nigeria to be a centre for illicit financial flow and therefore announced measures aimed at checking the activities of money launderers.

In the statement by the Director, Corporate Communications, Mr. Ibrahim Mu’azu, the CBN said it would increase its surveillance to halt activities of those who launder funds from and through Nigeria.

The statement read in part, “The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) notes with concern a recent report by the Global Financial Integrity group, which ranks Nigeria as one of the 10 largest countries for illicit financial flows in the world. Although we do not have an independent confirmation of this assertion, the report estimates that about US$15.7 billion of illicit funds go through our system annually.

“In the light of this avoidably negative commentary, we wish to draw the public’s attention to several protocols on illicit fund flows, money laundering, and terrorism financing both in Nigeria and around the world, and warn that the CBN will increase its vigilance to ensure that Nigerian banks are not used as conduits for illicit fund flows, especially in foreign currencies.

“We note and applaud that in line with global best practice, Nigerian banks have started to curtail the acceptance of foreign currency cash deposits, much the same way as customers in other countries cannot just walk into banks and make foreign currency cash deposits without proper documentation.

“We wish to assure all citizens seeking foreign currencies for legitimate personal and/or business interests that there remains ample opportunity to do so within the law. The CBN’s Foreign Exchange Rules have many windows for accessing foreign exchange for legitimate business as well as for personal commitments including payment of medical bills, school fees, mortgages, demand notes and other bills.

“Also, Bureaux de Change (BDC) services to small – scale users remain valid as long as this is to meet genuine needs, and BDCs’ documentations to the CBN include the customer’s Bank Verification Number (BVN)”.

BANNING DOLLAR DEPOSIT

At a point, the cash foreign currency deposits in the domiciliary accounts of Nigerians were so much that it became a problem to the banks.

Legitimate questions were: how did those domiciliary account holders come about the foreign currency notes when they are not exporters? The answer could either be that they are speculators, hiding the products of corruption or simply money launderers.

For banks, it was a frustrating situation which forced them to stop foreign currency deposits, last week. It was clear for the banks that they were rendering services for which they hadn’t much or any benefit. Banks serve as catalysts for financial services in which they traditionally collect deposits and lend same to those interested in obtaining loans. Their main profits are supposed to come from interests charged on loans. But they cannot give out loans in foreign currencies.

Sensing that trouble was on the way, those behind the unwholesome attacks on the nation’s economy rose to challenge the banks and the CBN for that decision. In fact, the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, accused the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari of implementing an archaic and communist agenda. The party said, “The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) wishes to bring to the notice of President Muhammadu Buhari that the apparent absence of an economic team in the third month of his administration is leading the country into economic quagmire and doldrums.

“In the past, we had given examples of the devastating effect of lack of an economic team and a clear-cut fiscal policy by this administration as evidenced in the lull and painful decline in the stock market, spiral rate of inflation, the disastrous outing of the government team in bilateral talks during the recent visit to the United States of America and the shambolic state of our economy at present.

“This confusion has been extended to operations and regulations of the foreign exchange transactions in Nigeria wherein the government is making it impossible for honest Nigerians to engage in free trade and regulate their personal activities as guaranteed by the constitution, and this is clearly an agenda to illegally impose a communist economic regime on Nigerians.

“The most disturbing aspect of this communist economic agenda is the illegal and unlawful attempt to repeal the provisions of the Foreign Exchange Monitoring And Miscellaneous Provisions Act, otherwise known as Decree No 17 of 1995 and replace it with unilateral imposition of new regulations.

“This Act remains the subsisting law regulating the operations of domiciliary accounts in Nigeria and by its provisions therefore, Nigerians are empowered to freely open and operate domiciliary accounts.

“As such, any enactment and or regulation inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are deemed void. Thus, the recent foreign exchange transaction restrictions by this government are illegal, unlawful and void. Besides the provisions of the law, the PDP declares this administration’s archaic communist economic agenda as unworkable and unsustainable.”

Some self-styled financial experts claimed the policy would hurt the nation’s economy as it would shoot up inflation. Some claimed that prices of imported goods would not only rise but that the entire economy would be hurt. What critics of the development failed to tell Nigerians was that the steps were indeed taken to curb the insatiable appetite for imported goods among many Nigerians.

CBN’s initial reaction was that it supported the banks but that it was out of their own operational decision and not a directive of the apex bank.

However, by Wednesday night, the CBN issued an official statement making it mandatory for banks to comply with the rejection of foreign notes as deposits. The apex bank gave an official backing to an decision of deposit money banks in the country not to accept further cash deposits of foreign currencies.

“The CBN considers the statement by banks concerning the large volume of foreign currencies in their vaults and their decision to stop accepting foreign currency cash deposits into customers’ domiciliary accounts as a welcome development.

“Therefore, in its continued effort to stop illicit financial flows in the Nigerian banking system which aligns with the anti-money laundering stance of the Federal Government, the CBN prohibits, from the date of this circular, the acceptance of foreign currency cash deposits by banks,” it said.

LEGITIMATE TRANSACTIONS

The CBN insisted it would continue to support the Federal Government’s fight against money laundering, corruption, and terrorism financing and will block every avenue that may be used for these purposes.

“We will also ensure that persons who venture into currency speculation and currency substitution find it unattractive and dangerous. In these efforts, therefore, we seek the continued cooperation of all Nigerians to make this work for the enhancement of our shared progress, rather than the prosperity of a greedy few amongst us,” it said.

The apex bank, however, assured that people engaged in genuine businesses requiring transfer of funds abroad have no problems. It clarified that it was absolutely unnecessary for Nigerians to maintain dom accounts before they could transact businesses requiring payments abroad.

According to him, all that an individual needed was to ensure that he or she funds the Naira account locally and when the person needs to travel, he go with his electronic payment card and make withdrawals when in the country of destination.

All that the CBN and global financial regulators want, it said, was to enable financial flows to be tracked thereby making illicit financial flows difficult for criminals..

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A must read analysis written by The Vanguard’s Abuja Bureau Chief, Emma Ujah

The decision of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to stop importers of certain items, 41 in number, from accessing the foreign exchange market was a declaration of war for the soul of the Naira between the apex bank and money launderers who have almost grounded the economy.

The affected items are rice, cement, clothes, textiles, toothpick, poultry products, eggs, turkey, meat and processed meat, margarine, palm kernel/palm oil and vegetable oils, private airplanes/jets, canned fish, incense and wooden doors. Others include soaps and cosmetics, tomato/tomato paste, woven fabrics, table ware, kitchen utensils, furniture, plywood boards and panels, wood particle boards and panels, and glassware. Also on the list are cold rolled steel sheets, galvanised steel sheets, wire mesh, steel nails , roofing sheets, wheelbarrows, head pans, enamelware, steel drums, steel pipes, security and razor wire, tiles-vitrified and ceramic, plastic and rubber products, and polypropylene granules.

In an emotion-laden voice, the Governor of the CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, said it was it a shame for Nigeria to be wasting her scarce foreign exchange on the importation of commodities that she had a comparative advantage in the production.

His words, “At some point, we have to all decide what we really want for our country, and I believe that the time is right for that deep and honest conversation”. He added that CBN’s analysis of the nation’s economic situation “compelled us to believe that we needed to aggressively begin the process of feeding ourselves by ourselves and producing much of what we need in this country”.

Emefile went on: “Most of you are aware of the often-quoted number of N1.3 trillion which is what we spend, on average, importing rice, fish, sugar, and wheat every year.

“I am saying it is shameful that we have to import toothpick. I am saying that it is shameful for us to import fish in sauce canned fish in sauce and sardine. I am saying it is shameful; before I was born, palm kernel was taken out of Nigeria and taken to another country and, today, we go to that country and import palm oil. It is shameful.

“It is shameful that items that we used to produce in this country we now begin to import them. It is shameful and we need to stop them. That is what we are saying.

“Only last week, I met the Governor of Kebbi State and he lamented the unfortunate situation in that state where people, our own farmers, have committed themselves to producing rice and have produced paddy and we have paddy glut in Kebbi today.

“As I speak with you, the government has spent its own money buying paddy from the rice farmers, almost 200,000 tons of paddy rice.

“Aside from that, Kebbi farmers have un-purchased paddy rice close to 800, 000 tons. And yet we patronize imported rice. And the rice imported to the country is one that has spent at least seven years in their stores and yet we have rice that is produced today in Nigeria and we are running away from it.

“The only way we can encourage people producing rice to go back to the farms is to do what we have done.”

The CBN boss then asked rhetorically? “How can we keep complaining about the depreciation of the Naira when all we do as a people is to import everything from ordinary Geisha and toothpicks, to even eggs?”

The Director, Monetary Policy, CBN, Mr Moses Tule, also clarified that the restrictions had become necessary since Nigeria is not earning enough foreign exchange and that it would be foolhardy to continue to make the forex available for everyone including those who only want to waste on the importation of commodities that are not necessary, just because they want to satisfy their ego of using imported goods.

The director revealed that, in the first five months of this year, $575 million was spent on the importation of wheat, $ 374 million on fish.

“It would be wrong to continue with a policy that will keep impoverishing our farmers, local industries and growth of our economy,” Tule said.

“All we are saying is that the CBN does not have enough foreign exchange to service importers of goods that can be locally manufactured.

“Nigeria is a member of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and we signed a treaty to it. The policy is aimed at building our local industries, creating jobs, reducing the pressure and demand for foreign exchange.”

Shortly after the decision banning the items was announced in the last week of June, some persons apparently involved in the importation and other criminally minded elements were said to have gone to work, and mopped-up all the foreign currencies they could find in the parallel market and headed for the borders. Others headed for the banks to deposit whatever they had bought off from the market.

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency said it is continuing moves to extradite a financier of the Peoples Democratic Party in the South-West, Mr. Buruji Kashamu, to the United States for alleged drug-related offences.

Kashamu is a senator representing Ogun-East Senatorial District at the National Assembly.

The anti-narcotics agency, on Friday, said it is appealing the various orders and court injunctions granted the senator, which are preventing his arrest and extradition.

The NDLEA had been in conflict with Kashamu over a claim by the agency that it received a request from the American government seeking the extradition of the PDP leader to answer drug-related charges.

The agency had deployed its operatives in the Lekki, Lagos, residence of the politician for six days before they were withdrawn in response to a court order.

A Federal High Court in Lagos had, in separate rulings, restrained the NDLEA and any other agencies in the country from unlawfully arresting and forcefully extraditing the Ijebu-born politician to the US.

Head of Public Affairs, NDLEA, Mr. Mitchell Ofoyeju, said the agency had approached the courts to vacate all orders granted Kashamu. He stated that the agency would follow all legal means to ensure that Kashamu was extradited.

Ofoyeju said, “He (Kashamu) went to court to seek several orders. We have appealed those orders. The matters have not been determined. We are in court.”

The NDLEA spokesman explained that Kashamu had built several legal walls to prevent the agency from arresting to him.

“For instance, the warrant of arrest we obtained from the court, he set it aside (through a court). Then, the suit the Attorney-General of the Federation filed; the motion for his extradition, he also went to court to set it aside. The AGF is appealing that order and we are appealing ours. The cases are already in court.”

Ofoyeju said the NDLEA was not to witch-hunt Kashamu, claiming that the agency had been requested by the American government to extradite him.

He said, “We have the formal request from the United States,’ asking for his extradition. We have that and we went to obtain a warrant of arrest which he got an order to set aside. He got so many court orders; we are now appealing those orders to enable us to follow due process.

“We cannot use the legal process to impede his extradition process. If he says he believes in the rule of law, we are going to follow it up to a logical conclusion.”

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the church will still go on, with or without you.. sorry i didnt read the full story, cos my eyes wan sleep.. will read it wen i wake up..
peace..

5.
LIVERPOOL

Manager: Brendan Rodgers (NIR)

2014-15 position: sixth; FA Cup: semi-finals; League Cup: semi-finals; Champions League: group stage
Transfers in: Christian Benteke (Aston Villa, £32.5m), Roberto Firmino (Hoffenheim/GER, £29m), Nathaniel Clyne (Southampton, £12.5m), Joe Gomez (Charlton, £3.5m), Danny Ings (Burnley, Tribunal to decide fee), James Milner (Manchester City, Free), Adam Bogdan (Bolton, Free)

Transfers out: Raheem Sterling (Manchester City, £44m), Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo/ESP, £3.5m), Rickie Lambert (West Brom, £3m), Sebastian Coates (Sunderland, £2m), Steven Gerrard (Los Angeles Galaxy/USA, Free), Glen Johnson (Stoke, Free), Stephen Sama (Stuttgart/GER, Free), Jordan Lussey (Bolton, Free), Brad Jones (Released), Andre Wisdom (Norwich, Loan)

– Steven Gerrard’s departure signalled the end of era at Anfield, but it was the limp nature of the Liverpool icon’s farewell that resonated most powerfully with Reds boss Brendan Rodgers.

Easily beaten by Crystal Palace and then hammered 6-1 at Stoke in Gerrard’s last two matches, it was all too clear why Liverpool lagged eight points behind the top four and failed to make it out of the Champions League group stages.

Rodgers has been quick to take action as he seeks the first trophy of his four-year reign and, once the decision had been taken to bow to Raheem Sterling’s desire to join Manchester City, he brought in a host of new signings, the most important of which is likely to be the powerful Belgium striker Christian Benteke.

4.
MANCHESTER UNITED

Manager: Louis van Gaal (NED)

2014-15 position: fourth; FA Cup: quarter-finals; League Cup: second round; Champions League: Did not qualify

Transfers in: Memphis Depay (PSV Eindhoven/NED, £25m), Morgan Schneiderlin (Southampton, £25m), Matteo Darmian (Torino/ITA, £12.7m) Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich/GER, £14.4m), Sergio Romero (Sampdoria/ITA, Free)

Transfers out: Angel Di Maria (Paris Saint Germain/FRA, £44.3m), Nani (Fenerbahce/TUR, £4.2m), Robin van Persie (Fenerbahce/TUR, £3.8m), Angelo Henriquez (Dynamo Zagreb/CRO, £1.2m), Rafael da Silva (Lyon/FRA, £2.5m), Saidy Janko (Celtic/SCO, Undisclosed), Tom Cleverley (Everton, Free), Ben Amos (Bolton, Free) Tom Thorpe (Rotherham, Free), Will Keane (Preston, Loan)

– Although United’s qualification for the Champions League ensured Louis van Gaal achieved the minimum requirement of his first season at Old Trafford, finishing 17 points behind Chelsea wasn’t good enough for the Dutch coach, who has embarked on a major overhaul of his squad as he aims to challenge for the title in year two.

Angel Di Maria and Robin van Persie were axed after failing to live up to expectations, while van Gaal splashed out nearly £80 million on four new faces, with Memphis Depay expected to prove a vibrant presence on the flanks and Bastian Schweinsteiger and Morgan Schneiderlin much-needed additions to a midfield low on style and substance.

3. ARSENAL

Manager: Arsene Wenger (FRA)

2014-15 position: third; FA Cup: winners; League Cup: third round; Champions League: last 16
Transfers in: Petr Cech (Chelsea, £10 million), Jeff Reine-Adelaide (Lens/FRA, Undisclosed)

Transfers out: Lukas Podolski (Galatasaray/TUR, £1.8m), Ryo Miyaichi (St Pauli/GER, Free) Semi Ajayi (Cardiff, Free), Abou Diaby (Marseille/FRA) Free), Brandon Ormonde-Ottewill (Swindon, Free), Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Ipswich, Loan), Carl Jenkinson (West Ham, Loan), Wojciech Szczesny (Roma/ITA, Loan), Chuba Akpom (Hull, Loan)

– A strong finish in the Premier League, combined with a swashbuckling FA Cup final rout of Aston Villa, has created a belief among Arsene Wenger’s players that they are ready to end the club’s 12-year wait to be crowned English champions.

A tenacious Community Shield victory over Chelsea provided further proof the Gunners shouldn’t feel inferior to their title rivals and with Czech goalkeeper Petr Cech lured from Chelsea to fill the one obvious hole in Wenger’s squad, Arsenal at last have the look of a serious contender for the crown. Now all they have to do is finally turn their potential in prizes.

2.
MANCHESTER CITY

Manager: Manuel Pellegrini (CHI)
2014-15 position: runners-up; FA Cup: fourth round; League Cup: fourth round; Champions League: last 16
Transfers in: Raheem Sterling (Liverpool, £44m), Fabian Delph (Aston Villa, £8m), Enes Unal (Bursaspor/TUR, £2m), David Faupala (Lens/FRA, Undisclosed), Patrick Roberts (Fulham, Undisclosed)

Transfers out: Alvaro Negredo (Valencia/ESP, £19m), Karim Rekik (Marseille/FRA, £3m), Scott Sinclair (Aston Villa, £2.5m), Dedryck Boyata (Celtic/SCO, £1.5m), James Milner (Liverpool, Free), Micah Richards (Aston Villa, Free), Joe Nuttall (Aberdeen/SCO, Free), Angelino (New York City/USA, Loan)

– Finishing as Premier League runners-up would be a worthy achievement for most top-flight clubs, but for a team of City’s vast wealth and huge ambitions, trailing in eight points behind Chelsea and once again failing to make the latter stages of the Champions League added up to a major disappointment.

Despite speculation that City’s underachievement would cost boss Manuel Pellegrini his job, the Chilean has been granted a chance to make amends and once again expectations will be sky high at Eastlands after the arrivals of Raheem Sterling and Fabian Delph — two dynamic English talents with the ability to add pace and power to a team that looked increasingly sluggish last season.

Chelsea start their defence of the Premier League trophy when the new top-flight season kicks off on Saturday. Let’s take a closer look at the five leading contenders for the English title.
1.
CHELSEA

Manager: Jose Mourinho (POR)
2014-15 position: champions; FA Cup: fourth round; League Cup: winners; Champions League: last 16
Transfers in: Asmir Begovic (Stoke, £8million), Nathan (Atletico Paranaense/BRA, £3m), Danilo Pantic (Partizan Belgrade/SRB, £1.2m), Radamel Falcao (Monaco/FRA, Loan)

Transfers out: Filipe Luis (Atletico Madrid/ESP, £16m), Petr Cech (Arsenal, £10m), Josh McEachran (Brentford, £750,000), Gael Kakuta (Sevilla/ESP, Undisclosed), Didier Drogba (Montreal Impact/CAN, Free), Christian Atsu (Bournemouth, Loan), Mario Pasalic (Monaco/FRA, Loan), Izzy Brown (Vitesse Arnhem/NED, Loan), Lewis Baker (Vitesse Arnhem/NED, Loan), Marco van Ginkel (Stoke, Loan), Tomas Kalas (Middlesbrough, Loan), Patrick Bamford (Crystal Palace, Loan), Danilo Pantic (Vitesse Arnhem/NED Loan), Dominic Solanke (Vitesse Arnhem/NED, Loan)

– Led by a serial winner in Jose Mourinho and bolstered by last season’s Premier League and League Cup triumphs, Chelsea look a good bet to live up to their billing as the bookmakers’ favourites to retain the title.

The Blues would also dearly love to mount a stronger challenge for the Champions League after a frustrating last 16 exit against Paris Saint Germain last term.

But with Diego Costa’s fitness still a major concern as the Spain striker battles a recurring hamstring problem, there is no room for complacency and Mourinho must get the best out of Radamel Falcao, the Colombian he signed from Monaco despite a miserable loan spell with Manchester United, if Chelsea are to emulate the blistering start they made 12 months ago.

Someone will come out and say he/she saw a vision of hell... he/she saw so so people, but I've neva read where they say they saw all muslims, Hindus, bhudists, Jews, in hell... since they bliv other religion, aside xtianity will burn in hell..

horlarwhalhe:
The Easiest Way to know what the truth is and and what is not, is to undastnd dat if not include everyone, it can not be the truth. The so call xitanity of today exclude everyone except themselves from heaven. They believe everyone except themselves are going to burn in hell. According to their belief system, all jews, muslim, hindus and most of the rest of the world are going to burn in hell,forever. It that Gandhi and Abraham Lincoln are burning in hell right now, just because they did not believe as they do. They also said that the God the belief in is God of mercy that love everyone.
This is why it is message and not the messenger that is important. If a prophet message is interpreted correctly, it will include every one and benefit every one. If people worship the messenger, there are different ones, you can not help but misinterpret the message. It will lead to conflict and war

The House of Representatives Thursday urged the federal government to fortify the nation’s borders by closing 1,497 illegal routes into the country in order to check insurgency and proliferation of illicit arms.

Leading debate on a motion titled “urgent need to check illegal routes into Nigeria in order to reduce acts of terrorism”, Representative Chika Okafor noted that there were about 1,497 illegal routes and 84 regular entry points into Nigeria.
On illicit fire arms, he noted that “over 100 million illicit weapons are in circulation in Sub-Saharan Africa with Nigeria accounting for a lion share of 70 million weapons, owing to the porous nature of her borders”.

He said “this state of affair portends great danger to the nation especially in the light of the current security challenges being faced by Nigeria where insurgents easily enter and leave the country at will through the porous borders.”

In its resolution, the House urged the federal government to declare emergency on the porous borders.
Also, the legislative body urged relevant government agencies, including the Nigeria Immigration Service, Nigeria Customs Service, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, the Nigeria Police Force to “increase their manpower bases by recruiting the required personnel as well as acquiring border monitoring technology to secure the nation’s borders.”

The House further urged the Surveyor General of the Federation and Federal Ministry of Works to embark on perfect markings in the various border points by building lines, hedges and deploying other modern means to increase clear demarcations at the various borders.

yes o, i dey do them, but they keep leaving me

Infomizer:
Op, you dey do these things?

1. He is hygienic, but cleans his nails and trims his nose hairs outside of a nail salon.

2. He can balance both swag and sophistication and a career and a personal life without too many proverbial exclamation points (and certainly not multiple ones in a text message. No, no, no).

3. He reserves his “LOL” for actual laughter, which he exudes out loud and often.

4.. He isn't looking to play “pen pal” with you through your iPhone because he knows that all text and no play makes Johnny a very dull boy.

5. When he’s interested in a woman, he doesn’t wait three days to call her, but he does actually call her, and when he does, he asks her out for dinner, makes reservations, picks a great bottle of wine (because he knows how to) and then makes sure she gets home safely.

6. If he wants to see her again, he lets her know, and if he doesn’t, he politely lets her know that it was a pleasure to spend time with her, even if it wasn’t. He does, however, let her know gently and firmly enough that he’s not interested so that she doesn’t waste her time thinking it might become something it won’t.

7. He reads actual books and newspapers and holds opinions on everything from scotch pairings to world events all the while understanding that not all of his opinions are facts and that not everyone has to agree with him in order for him to maintain his relationships or his manhood. In fact, he enjoys it when you don’t agree with him because it means he gets to indulge you in a good debate or leave you thinking a little bit harder about things than when you sat down in front of him.

8. He opens doors and takes coats, not because he feels a woman is weak, but because he is strong enough to show that he cares about the comfort of those around him.

9. Sure, he might want to get into a woman’s bed, but he’s also interested in getting into her head as experience has shown him that seduction is a delicate dance and the man who resides in her mind has conquered every other part of her.

10. He appreciates a woman who shows she cares for him, but he isn't interested in being courted. He enjoys taking the lead in courting and doesn't need to be “chased” because he’s in desperate need of an ego stroke. He also won’t play “puppy dog” to a woman who takes advantage of this.

11. He doesn't look to be anyone’s father or savior, and he doesn't pretend to be the leading man in any woman’s fairy tale. He’s just a man looking for a partner who can slay her own dragons, pay her own bills and explore the world alongside him.

12. He looks for a woman who doesn't need him, but wants him, not for money or the happiness or a baby or a safety net, but solely for who he is. (THIS ONE IS SCARCE IN NIGERIA)

13. He has a career, a hobby, a family of close friends and a favorite way to have his steak prepared and he isn’t the least bit intimidated when the woman in front of him shares these qualities; quite the contrary, it makes him want her more.

14. He has taken the time to get to know himself and has a strong understanding of his own character and convictions, what he values and what he doesn’t. He is a man who is honest with himself about himself and therefore is OK being honest with those around him.

15. He takes as much pride in the way he treats women he’s with as he does his job and the way he looks.

16. He’s not the bad boy, a good boy, or a boy at all; he’s a man. A leading man, and he’s looking not for a good girl, but a great woman. One who shares all of the solid qualities that he brings to the table, and perhaps, can teach him something along the way. He’s willing to wait and work for this woman, to fight for her and will gladly hold out for her as long as he needs to. But when she comes along, he doesn’t sit on the fence; he’s smart enough to know when he’s gotten damned lucky. And when she finds him, she should be smart enough to know the same.

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Till when those who claim to be above the law,like those that move with sirens, escorts, VIPs, etc( excluding fire service nd ambulance) start obeying traffic laws, then the situation will be better..

Bishop T.D. Jakes thinks it is “absolutely” possible for the Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transgender communities to coexist in harmony with the church.
Jakes, who joined HuffPost Live on Monday, opened up to host Marc Lamont-Hill about his thoughts on the relationship between these communities.
See what he said below:
“I think that it’s going to diverse from church to church every church has a different opinion on the issue and every gay person is different,” Jakes said.
While Jakes believes churches are allowed to practice and preach values shared by their respective leaders, he also advocates that LGBT people attend a church that aligns with their own beliefs and values. And although he admits that his individual stance on homosexuality is both “evolved and evolving,” he says all LGBT people should be treated with tolerance and respect.
“LGBT’s of different types and sorts have to find a place of worship that reflects what your views are and what you believe like anyone else,” he said. “And the church should have it’s own convictions and values.”
Jakes also reaffirmed that members of the LGBT community, like all american citizens, deserve equal protection under the law.
“Once you begin to understand that democracy, that a republic actually, is designed to be an overarching system to protect our unique nuances then we no longer look to public policy to reflect biblical ethics,” Jakes said.

source:omojuwa.com

Solomon Lange, Nigerian gospel musician, says singing is the springboard that brought him out of poverty and obscurity into limelight and fame.

Lange, the Kaduna-born singer made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja.

“I was nothing and God picked me and made me something through my songs.
“I came from a very poor background, but God’s gift in my life through singing opened the door of success for me.

“I am one of those that were born into families that are not privileged to have the good things of life.
“In a country like Nigeria, very few persons are born into rich families, and I am one of those not born into such families, but God showed me mercy and grace.

“That is what I express in my music; how good God is to me.
“I am telling people that if he can do it for me, he can do it for them.

“If he can turn my life around, he can turn the life of anybody around; he can turn Nigeria around for good,” he stressed.
Lange told NAN that although he started professional music in 1997 with a group called “Kale Visions Music Ministry”, it was his debut album “na gode’’ that brought him to limelight.

“As a professional artist, I have been singing from one church to another since 1997, until I released my album “na gode’’ in 2008.
“That was the moment that things changed gear and brought me to where I am today.

“Since then it has been from glory to glory, as I have released other albums and my next album will be released early next year,” he said.
NAN reports that Lange performs regularly at concerts both at home and abroad.

He has ministered along international gospel artistes like Donnie McClurkin, Ron Kenoly, Judy Jacobs, Panam Percy Paul, Lenny Leblank.
He is the organiser of the gospel concert `One Voice’, a forum that brings together other celebrated gospel artists annually. (NAN)

Source:NAN

The Development Control Department of the Federal Caputal Territory Administration (FCTA), yesterday, demolished 12 units of newly completed multi-million naira shops on Plot 1127 Ademola Adetokunbo Crescent.

Speaking to journalists during the exercise, the public relations officer of the department, Mr Kalu Emetu, said the structure was removed because it was illegally constructed without any approval.

Emetu said the shops which were said to have been developed by an estate developer, Sharon Properties, was marked as a residential plot on the Abuja Master Plan but was converted to commercial use by the developer despite several notices of stop work and quit notices by the department.

He said: “This is part of the enforcement exercise of the department conducts. Our field workers noticed last week that this place has turned to be a shop. When it was marked, they cleaned off the marking, went ahead with construction not minding whether it had approval or not.”

According to him, “The next line of action was to search whether there’s any submission to this and we discovered that they made a submission since 2007 and that time this place was being used as a clinic. What we normally tell people is submission is different from approval. It is the beginning of process. Mere submission does not mean you have approval.

“Above all, this place is not a commercial plot, it is a residential plot. A situation someone just came put up shop is an illegality. The conversion of a plot from original use, we don’t take it lightly, it would look as if we are condoning illegality.”

Speaking to journalist, bitter tenants affected by the exercise said they were deceived by the developers to pay millions for the shops, saying the developers gave them the impression that all the necessary documentations have been done with the department.

An affected tenant, Aminu Zamfara who claimed he paid a sum of N5 million for two years to occupy a shop among those demolished lamented that the developers deceived unsuspecting tenants into paying for the shops despite not having approval from the appropriate authority.

Another tenant, Ikechukwu Eze, said he paid N11.9 million for two shops which he said were being planned to be used for wine business.

source:stanleybentu.

This sums it up..

MTN maintains lead as largest telecoms firm

THE profile of Nigeria’s telephone subscription remains on the increase, as the country’s teledensity is now 106 per cent.
By implication, it is assumed that the telephone technology, especially the mobile has penetrated the nooks and crannies of Nigeria, estimated to have over 170 million populations. However, the multi-simming nature of Nigerians (subscribers having more than one network) because of the poor quality of services on the networks might have fuel the teledensity growth. There are subscribers in the country that are currently customers to the four networks, which are MTN, Globacom,Airtel and Etisalat, just to beat network challenges.

Telephone density or teledensity is the number of telephone connections for every hundred individuals living within an area. It varies widely across the nations and also between urban and rural areas within a country. Telephone density has significant correlation with the per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the area. It is also used as an indicator of the purchasing power of the middle class of the country or specific region.

NCC statistics showed that there are 88 million Internet users in the country, but majorly on the narrow band, which is the mobile technology (GSM and CDMA). The subscriptions increased from 86.9 million in April to the current figure.
Further analysis of the statistics showed that MTN maintained the lead at the largest telecommunications firm in the Nigeria controlling 43 per cent of the market share with 61.7 million subscribers.

MTN is followed at a distance by Globacom, which has 30.5 million subscribers and 21 per cent market share.

Airtel, whose parent company, Indian’s Bharti Airtel plans to sell four of its African operations to France telecommunications company, Orange Telecoms soonest, controls 20 per cent market share in Nigeria with 29.5 million subscribers.

Source: http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/

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*praying in yoruba: nì oruko Jeeesu (x3).... nì agbara éjé Jesu.... Oluwa o, jowo o, dakun o..... olorun Igbala, mo gbadura, ké fun awon Op jati jati, alayi nishe sé, awon to màn post link iranu, ke fùn wàn nì ishé to da.. Help me say AMIN o

deanoffaculty:
People of God, let's stretch forth our hands and say 'Father, please dash this OP better work'.......oya! prayeeeerrrrrrr....

The Bible says "it's not good for a man to be alone "... when u divorce, u will be alone..... u guys know the rest..