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willywasco:
Are you a Prospective NYSC 2016 Batch B Corps Member hoping to Serve in Kaduna ?

We are a Newly Established Media Outfit that needs the services of a young graduate to serve with us

We need Any of the following

1. A crazy music lover, someone that knows the music world very well

2. A Fashion lover, someone that know women fashion and what is en vogue

3. A News writer, someone that can write news very well

4. A proof reader, someone that can check for spelling errors and correct it

5. A computer guru, some one that is very good in wordpress web uploading


Remuneration:
A Newly built house for the corpers t live and enjoy their service year.



If you think you are qualified to serve with us, send us mail at
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classicB:
I know this isn't related to romance so a MOD can help put it in the right place. Thanks
I am going for service by the end of this month and should I say unfortunately I Chose cross-river state and since then people have been asking me why? Now I blame myself. People tell me they eat human beings there and they are not ashamed of it my mum was really angry when I first told her, I can't blame her tho she has been there before and she said its only one way that leads to the city and d road is bad. Where was I when my friends were choosing akwa ibom Someone just said the same thing this night. She was like "why cross-river? They openly eat stranger in a certain part of the state without hiding it" I am even more scared now. I hope I don't get posted there by God's grace I picked Rivers state as one of the state visited and it's also in S.S like cross-river, this is the only hope I have. Abuja is jam-packed I might not be posted there, I pray with God's help I get posted to Kano or Abuja. It might look like am talking like an educated illiterate but I am scared and I need positive words about cross-river and some other corpers that are currently serving there can encourage me also, and if you served there pls I need you. How visible is it to redeploy for singles like me? I don't have any health issues you can insult me all u want cos I trust my NL people, I am just a girl that is officially going out of her shell for the first time. Lalasticlala pls I need this on FP to get more views and response. And if you're having a second thought about the states that u chose just like me, we can help rub minds together.

Kirinwa:
Op you should learn how to make report. Your writeup doesn't give a reflection of your topic.
In layman's terms you wrote off point.

Members of the Muslim community in Ondo state have kicked against any form of marginalistion from any of the political parties in the state.
The Muslim community wants the major political parties in the state to ensure that their deputy governorship candidates are members of the community.

They noted that the community would mobilise members to vote for a political party that embraces Christian/Muslim ticket.

Speaking with TVC news correspondent in Akure, some religious leaders, said the equation must be balanced to ensure equity.

oluspicy:
Nice post. But Op you forgot to add this:

In 1846, Christianity came into Nigeria through the Colonial masters.

That's why the song goes thus: "Egba ile, ibe ni gbagbo ti bere (2x), s'awa Egba l' oni Jesu...

#ProudlyEgba

tuzle:
i cant find imeko afon among the local government u mentioned

Ògùn is a state in southwestern Nigeria. It borders Lagos State and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, Oyo and Osun states to the north, Ondo State to the east and the Republic of Benin to the west.

It was created by the Murtala/Obasanjo administration on the 3rd of February, 1976 from the old Western State. Abeokuta is the capital and largest city in the state.

The state’s appellation is “Gateway State”, because you’ll have to pass through the state to/from Lagos (which was then the capital of Nigeria) to other parts of Nigeria.

The State is named after the Ogun River which runs right across it from north to south and it boasts of 20 local government areas which are: Abeokuta North, Abeokuta South, Ado-Odo/Ota, Ewekoro, Ifo, Ijebu East, Ijebu North, Ijebu North East, Ijebu Ode, Ikenne, Imeko-Afon, Ipokia, Obafemi Owode, Odogbolu, Odeda, Ogun Waterside, Remo North, Sagamu (Shagamu), Yewa North (formerly Egbado North) and Yewa South (formerly Egbado South).


Map of Ogun State showing the 20 LGAs
Ogun State is made up of six major ethnic groups: the Egba, the Ijebu, the Remo, the Egbado, the Awori and the Egun. There are also sub-groups like the Ikale, Ketu, Ohori and Anago. The language of the majority of the people of Ogun State is Yoruba but this is however broken into scores of dialects. Like the rest of Nigeria, English is the official language.

The State has the highest number of registered (private) universities and higher institutions in Nigeria.

Ogun is the only state that runs two universities in the country.

The first and only University of Education in Nigeria is in Ogun State.

Ogun State is the political capital of the South-West and has produced more political leaders for Nigeria from the Region. In fact, all South-Westerners to be President/Head of State (Obasanjo and Shonekan) and their deputies (Ogundipe, Obasanjo, Diya and Osinbajo) were/are from Ogun State. The state also produced Chief Jeremiah Obafemi Awolowo, the first Premier of the Western Region.

Ogun State is reputed to have produced the highest number of the Senior Advocates of Nigeria in the country.

The first indigenous Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice (Sir) Prince Adetokunbo Ademola was from Ogun State. In fact, the first five indigenous Chief Justices of Nigeria are reputed to have hailed from Ogun State.

The first two civilian governors were famous journalists.

On the 4th of May, 2016, CNBC Africa reported that Ogun State has become the new industrial hub of Nigeria and is regarded as the most industrialised state in the country. In the last five years, about 90 major industries have been established due to the investment of the governor in security and other services that boost investors’ confidence. These are multi-billion naira industries.

According to Ogun State Television (OGTV), the state is the largest producer of poultry products in Nigeria as 80% of the land is arable.

Ogun State makes the highest amount of royalty payment to the federal government.

In 2015, according to www.nigerianstat.gov.ng, Ogun State is the top gainer in Nigeria’s 2015 Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) service with 49.42%.

Ogun and Lagos States contribute almost 55 per cent of Nigeria’s economic activities.

According to www.businessdayonline.com, Ogun State’s represents 78 percent of N483 billion worth of investments made in the whole of the manufacturing sector in 2014.

Also, www.nationalmirroronline.net, Customs Generated N2.36bn from Ogun-Benin border between January and April 2015.

The businessdayonline.com recorded that, in 2015, Ogun state alone was responsible for processing 15,000,000,000 metric tonnes of mining activity (other than metal ore and coal) and referred to it as the mining capital of Nigeria. Also, in the 2014 financial year, the state came top accounting for 14,000,000,000 metric tonnes of mining activity.

The largest deposits of limestone in Nigeria and Africa is in Ogun State.



The popular Ofada rice, is grown almost exclusively in Ogun State. It is named after Ofada-a town where it was first successfully cultivated. The starch in Ofada rice can be used in pharmaceutical delivery.

Places to visit in the State includes:

Olumo Rock in Abeokuta.
Birikisu Sugbo Shrine at Oke-Eri.
Yemoji Natural Swimming Pool at Ijebu-Ode.
Oyan Dam in Abeokuta North.
Iwopin Boat Regatta and Ebute-Oni in Ogun Waterside.
Madam Tinubu Shrine, Abeokuta.
Oronna Shrine, Ilaro.
Area J4 Forest Reserve, Ijebu-Ode.
Tongeji Island, Ipokia.
Ake palace, Abeokuta.
Notable personalities from Ogun State includes:

Adeoye Lambo
Ayo Rosiji
Babafemi Ogundipe
Bola Ajibola
Olawunmi Banjo
Ernest Adegunle Shonekan
Fela Anikulapo Kuti
Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti
Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo
Jubril Martins-Kuye
Kuforiji Olubi
Madame Tinubu
MKO Abiola
Mike Adenuga
Mudashiru Babatunde Lawal
Chief Olusegun Obasanjo
Chief Olusegun Osoba
Obafemi Awolowo
Ola Rotimi
Olabisi Onabanjo
Otunba Gbenga Daniel
Oladipo Diya
Peter Akinola
Tunde Bakare
Tai Solarin
Tutuola Amos
Bisi Onasanya
Sen Abraham Adesanya
Wole Soyinka
Professor Oluyemi Oluleke Osinbajo—-and others too numerous to mention.

The Federal Government has declared Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 12 and Sept.13 as public holidays to mark the Eid-el-Kabir.
The Minister of Interior, Retired Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau, made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government in a statement signed by the acting Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Muhammadu Maccido.
He enjoined all Muslims and Nigerians in general to support and join hands with President Muhammadu Buhari in his sustained efforts to diversify the economy and progressively accelerate the pace of economic recovery.
The minister said that government was aware of the current economic challenges the nation was facing.
He assured that that appropriate steps were being taken to address the challenges.
The minister said that the Federal Government was working to‎ revitalise the agriculture sector and the “Youth Empowerment Scheme” in Information and Communication Technology (ICT).
He said that other areas of priority to government included the “The “Change Begins with Me”, a value re-orientation programme, and other social intervention programmes as well as massive capital releases.
The minister expressed optimism that the current economic difficulties would soon be over, urging all to continue to support the government toward building a new formidable Nigeria.
He wished all Nigerians a happy Eid-el-Kabir celebration.

The immediate past Commissioner for Police in Edo State, Mr. Chris Ezike, has assured the people of the state of adequate security of lives and properties during next Saturday gubernatorial election.
Ezike gave the assurance in Benin while handing over to his successor, Mr. Fimihan Adeoye.
According to the outgone CP, elections in some parts of the country have been inconclusive because of security challenges.
He therefore urged the new Commissioner of Police and the Edo Police Command to implement the laid down security arrangement for the success of the gubernatorial election, just as he also urged officers and men of the State Police Command to remain professional and police with integrity.
“For the election, Nigerians are looking up to Edo State to lead so that others will follow. You either remain a professional or a police politician,” Ezike told officers of the command.
He said he was leaving Edo better than he met it, adding that cultism has been fought to a standstill, even as he urged his successor to continue in the same spirit, because according to him, cultism is the root of all crimes in the state.
Ezike is now on posting to the Police College, Ikeja, as Commandant.
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In his response, the new Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fimihan Adeoye, who thanked Ezike for his successes, promised to improve on what he met on ground.
Earlier while playing host to the Director-Genaral of the National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier-General Sule Kazaure, Mr. Chris Ezike, warned that the State Police Command would not spare any corps members found committing electoral offences during the governorship poll.
He said that the state was in “tempting times,” adding that the election was critical to the current administration.
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“If there are individual offences they commit, they will be answerable ‎for those offences. So, before the election, it is very important that we advise, admonish and counsel them to be of impeccable behaviour, to be very professional, in line with the trainings and skills they have acquired for this job.”
Ezike told the NYSC DG that adequate arrangements had been made to provide protection for all personnel of INEC, explaining that ‎such arrangements, included the detailing of all corpers’ lodges ‎in the state, in order to ensure their safety before, during and after the poll.
In his comment, the NYSC DG, who also met with the 4 Brigade Commander of the Nigerian Army, Brig-Gen. Benbella Raji, explained that the visit was aimed at securing adequate cover for the corp members, who would serve as ad hoc staff.
“Based on that, I am going round to meet all the critical stakeholders, as far as security is concerned, to solicit your cooperation to ensure the safety of my children, the corps members,” Kazaure said.
He urged the corps members to shun every form of corrupt practices during the electoral exercise.
The Brigade Commander had earlier assured that the Nigerian Army would work closely with other security agencies to protect the lives of all stakeholders at the poll.
On the strategies mapped out for the ad hoc staff, Raji said, “We have gone as far as saying that in the respective wards where the corps members will be, the phone numbers of the officers who will be there have already been shared so that the corps members can have them.”‎

haryomikun:
Suurulere Baba na you get that history ville ng blog?

You be correct! I don bookmark am down for reading

Am an avid reader of mainly Nigerian history. Trying to grow more in knowledge of past affairs in my country

With 2019 elections less than two and half years away, a former chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, Chidi Odinkalu, on Wednesday raised the alarm over the level of preparation for the poll.
Mr. Odinkalu, who was speaking in Abuja at a town hall meeting and presentation of the findings of a post- 2015 elections research conducted by ActionAid Nigeria, said going ahead without proper preparation may result in crisis and deaths.
Although he acknowledged that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) recorded some gains in 2015 elections, Mr. Odinkalu said 2019 may be different.
“Today, the executive has gone into lax mode; judiciary has become lawless; National Assembly is lacking in credibility; INEC is troubled; politicians have gone unruly. Government says it has no money to run the economy. Every element that made 2015 is currently missing,” he said.
“There is absolutely no reason why the executive should allow the number of vacancies we have in INEC to be. By next month, INEC will have 28 vacancies among RECs (Resident Electoral Commissioners) and seven commissioners. The Executive is carrying on as if this normal. It isn’t.
“Citizens are carrying on like: ‘We will tweet it on social media’. We should do more than that, because our country is at stake. The way we are carrying on, 2015 is history; 2019 may not happen, if we don’t reset. We‘ve got to take our country very seriously. There will be no elections in 2019.

“I’m sorry to sound alarmist. But, continuing the way we are going, we will not be able to have elections in 2019. If it happens, there would be too many broken heads and dead people.”

Lamenting the role of the judiciary, Mr. Odinkalu, a lawyer, frowned at the corruption in the profession, particularly on recent rulings on electoral cases in the country.

“The judiciary has gone rogue and destroyed everything that was supposed to guarantee fairness in the 2015 elections,” he said. “Judges are speaking from too many sides of their mouth. There are no underlying principles.

“Judges come out with decisions they know are manifestly bought, and the profession is saying nothing. Citizens are behaving like it is normal for 20 judges to come out with 20 different orders on the same subject matter from different parts of the country.

“The jurisprudence on the PVC is irresponsible. When a country appropriates for a measure, and has it backed by law and voted for by the citizens, the judiciary cannot outlaw it the way the judiciary dealt with the PVC (permanent voters card). The judiciary reacted to the PVC in a way that effectively licensed electoral violence,” he said.
The executive director, Policy & Legal Advocacy Center, Clement Nwankwo, in his presentation, agreed with Mr. Odinkalu, expressing sadness at the existing vacancies in INEC.
He said the issue should be addressed as a national emergency situation to avoid fears expressed about crisis in 2019 elections becoming a reality.
“It is totally unacceptable that we we do not have a full complement of members of the electoral commission less than two and a half years to a national election. If those who hold the reins of leadership in the country today do not act as urgently as in emergency situation, we will lose this democracy,” he said.
He emphasized the need to re-engineer the electoral process to get citizens to be active participants in electoral process in 2019.
Country Director, ActionAid Nigeria, Ojobo Atuluku, said the organisation’s concern about citizens’ participation in the electoral process informed the decision to undertake the project on “Strengthening Citizens Engagement in Electoral Process, to deepen its work..
Mrs. Atuluku said the project allowed ActionAid to work with 180 communities across 10 states, to mobilise citizens to understand and engage the electoral system.

She said the findings from the research would help document citizens’ experiences across the country on the elections, to help shape the agenda for reforming the electoral process for improved citizens’ participation in future.