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This is too close for comfort!!! The Militant attack at Atlas Cove is in bad taste with sever implications to the revitalization effort of the lagos economy. Seriously, Guys this attack is bad for Lagos, We do not need something like this, We have a focused Governor that is trying to provide an enabling environment for Foreign and Local Investors to do business, This is not good news, The Lagos state government should act within its power to prevent such attacks from occuring again, With the severe poverty and depravation in Ajegunle and its prime location in lagos by the mangrove creeks and with their tribal affiliations to the Niger Delta, it's going to be a battle of hearts and minds, I beg Una, Mend should please  take their fight somewhere else, omo if Mend start recruiting youngsters from AJ naa trouble oh,

As true Muslims, my friend

Apapa-Oshodi Expressway in Lagos State is the most important and about the most strategic of all the Federal highways in Western region, nay Nigeria, Daily Independent

Reason: It connects two of the country's busiest and most viable seaports---Apapa and Tin-Can ports. Besides, it connects Murtala Mohammed International Airport, the busiest among the lot in the country. The presence of these two busy ports makes the Apapa-Oshode Expressway a very busy road indeed. Everyday trailers and tankers ply the road to other part of the state and country.
The significance of the two ports to the nation's economy cannot be over-emphasized. The federal government generate a lot of money from the Ports and should be reasonable enough to maintain the connecting expressroad to the ports, simple it is not magic, For instance, out of the N230billion generated by the Nigeria Customs Service in 2008, more than sixty percent of it was said to have come from these two ports.

If we had true fiscal federalism where derivation is key 50/50 federal to state ratio then Lagos would brace up for the challenge but now the federal collects the taxes fix the problem, whoever much is given much is expected, Yaradua act.

Besides the federal government should take care of what is useful to the country now, if Lagos is left to decay Nigeria would suffer, The Niger delta ports are far from being safe.

Commendable act Jay Jay, Respect, I have always said it, For a long time the most patriotic Nigerians are Nigerian sport men and women, They give their best to the Nation, Nigerians should continue to hold sportmen and women in high esteem.

Yaradua be brave for once and BREAK the f**king Cartel, in cement industry, when he finish extend it all other industries and commodity goods market, Oil and gas, Rice, Sugar, Textiles, Flour, e.t.c

Please it is better if Nigeria has 1000 Millionaire to I Billionaire, That was what the new deal did to America, Monopoly destroys economies in the Long run, It stagnates economic growth, We healthy competition in the Nigeria economy and local market.

Players should be encouraged to enter and exit as they wish,

Yaradua there is nothing wrong in picking a fight, just pick a just fight.

Based on the following criteria, we can select the most suitable candidates-

Current Performance
Past antecedence
Background
Experience

Governor Fashola is a better presidential material than Bukola Saraki.

--- Successful presidents tend to be hard working and persistent, Only a hardworking and persistent individual can do magic in Lagos.

--- Great presidents tend to be open minded, Listen to a Fashola speak, he speaks from the heart, no be fronting.

--- Great presidents of the past were more imaginative and more interested in art and beauty than the less successful presidents, look around lagos and you would know there is a new sheriff in town, Eko atlantic is imaginative and innovative,

--- Great presidents have exceptional ability to tolerate stress and adversity, Nigeria does not need untested leaders like Yaradua that rode on his father's, brother's, obj's back to the presidency, nor bukola that rode on his father's, Corruption induced goodwill, style of politics,

It is with heavy hearts that I am responding to the discussion here. The implication of early marriage is [size=16pt]devastating[/size], Death, Fistula, STI, HIV, still born,

Please guys let us have empathy, I have a sister and I can not imagine something like this happening to her. This makes me sick in my stomach.

The Geographic NORTH must Change, This is the 21st Century, This is sad and tragic in Modern day Nigeria. This very much avoidable, Wasting government resources on avoidable problems.

Muslims must stand up and be Counted,

Nigeria politicians should stop behaving like children and learn from New York State Senate problem. Ekiti had a 13/13 deadlock, New york has a 31/31 deadlock.

The 31-31 Question

For the second time in less than 24 hours, Republican and Democratic leaders in the State Senate emerged on Friday from Gov. David A. Paterson’s office, stood side by side and smiled for the cameras.


Holiday Plans? Senators Will Be Stuck in Albany (July 3, 2009)

Senators at an Impasse Find That Their State Pay Is at an Impasse, Too (July 3, 2009) No deal was announced to bring an end to the Senate’s monthlong deadlock; there were not even hints about what a deal might accomplish. But with the Fourth of July a day away, there was a lightened mood — after weeks of insults and accusations that have shattered the chamber’s usual decorum — and suggestions of progress, however halting.

“The difference is we are actually together and focused on the solution,” said Pedro Espada Jr., the Bronx Democrat whose alliance with Republicans has left the Senate split, 31 to 31.

“We are no longer apart, throwing shots at each other from one side of the aisle to the other,” he said. “We’re very focused on this.”

The thaw was a provisional victory for Mr. Paterson. At the beginning of the crisis, he said there was little he could do to intervene, but in the last two weeks he has sought ways to bring pressure on both sides.

Mr. Paterson has promised to call extraordinary sessions — in which he sets the agenda and the senators are compelled to attend — until a power-sharing agreement is worked out. His administration fought in court and won a decision to require the two sides to convene jointly, instead of separately, as they had done in the early stage of the crisis.

More recently, Mr. Paterson has pushed to withhold the senators’ pay, travel allowances and per diems, so far successfully. All the while, he has used his bully pulpit to criticize the Senate for its inaction in unusually harsh terms.

In an interview on Friday, Mr. Paterson said he believed that his strategy had succeeded in bringing the Republican and Democratic Senate leaders together, if only in united frustration at being stuck in Albany well beyond the end of the regular legislative session.

“It’s how every major negotiation is solved,” Mr. Paterson said. “This is why they hold negotiations all night. People generally only come to real compromise from a certain amount of strain and tension. So I’ve been actively trying to create it.”

On Friday, for the 11th day in a row, Republicans and Democrats filed into the Senate chamber for one of the sessions called by Mr. Paterson, swore the Pledge of Allegiance and gaveled out shortly thereafter, with neither side willing to agree that the other was lawfully entitled to conduct Senate business.

But the tension appeared to be dissipating, and the Senate accomplished at least one task as a joint body: a standing ovation for Owen H. Johnson, a Long Island Republican who turned 80 on Friday.

“We did something together!” shouted Eric Adams, a Brooklyn Democrat.

Moreover, after weeks of criticizing Mr. Paterson — one Senate Democrat even made a disparaging reference to the governor’s admissions of past drug use and extramarital relationships — leaders of both factions seemed to make a point of thanking him.

“He’s been very helpful in trying to allow us to air our concerns and opinions,” said Malcolm A. Smith, the Democratic leader. “He’s kind of been acting as a mediator, quite frankly.”

Mr. Paterson said he believed that Friday’s closed-door negotiations, which followed a similar session on Thursday, had begun to resolve some issues, though the most pressing one — who will hold the title of Senate president — is far from being settled.

“I think that they were surprised at how far you can get if there is someone sort of keeping the discussion in a place,” Mr. Paterson said. “They seemed to agree on resources. They seemed to agree on staffing. And they seemed to agree that in that respect, they are pretty split down the middle. Where they don’t agree is over this June 8th issue,” he added, referring to the date of the disputed Republican takeover.

Despite the atmospherics, real questions remained about what steps had been taken to end to the situation. A resolution has seemed close several times during the last four weeks, but each time, seemingly authentic progress evaporated, stirring more bad blood and mistrust between members of the two parties.

Still, in what some took to be a conciliatory gesture, Mr. Paterson rescheduled the weekend’s special sessions — previously expected to start at 3 p.m. on both days — for 11 a.m. on Saturday and 6 p.m. on Sunday, allowing some lawmakers to make it home for part of the holiday weekend.

Republican and Democratic senators said they planned to meet with their staffs over the weekend to continue talks about a power-sharing agreement.

The key Players, the Governor,

For a developing country like ours Health & Education is very crucial for our progress.

Now before I jump the gun; We need to know what was earmarked for the Health sector and the benefit the nation is expected to gain from such government expenditure.

The same goes for Education.

The benefit should invariably lead to an increase in comfort, health, and safety of the populace, How much of an increase is the main issue??

What would the benefit would the new constructed road bring to the populace??

The House has Fallen apart, Period Nigerians are watching and they are learning.

Are we really happy

Lagos! Lagosians need a sophisticated flood control system to prevent the city from getting submerged. Engineers and scientist should proffer solutions and government should implement judiciosly. We should follow successful examples, The port city of Rotterdam is a good example, about the 1/3 size of Lagos, is protected by miles of dikes, dams, dunes, sluices, and floodgates capable of snapping shut and holding back the sea. We can do that for rain storm events.

For GOD sake, the port of Rotterdam is the largest in Europe and well protected from the sea and storms. Why can't the Nigerian government make the Port area of Lagos a national imperative, Urbanized areas are now protected against the 10,000-year flood, an event with a 1 in 10,000 chance of occurring each year in the Neatherlands.

The Netherlands' model of flood protection should be emulated by all the majore littoral states in Nigeria, i.e. Lagos, Delta, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Cross River (sic), Bayelsa.

Available evidence shows that the U.S government and people were sympathetic to the cause of Biafra. President Johnson went with the views of his advisers, who regarded the hostilities as falling within Britain's sphere of influence. That sealed the fate of Biafra.

The Americans and the British sided with the central government on the theory that if Biafra secession succeeded, Nigeria and other parts of Black Africa would become Balkanized, Alexander DeConde<Pluralist And Lobbyists>