I have tried in vain to know for the law setting up LASEPA, just to know what their various sanctions are, and all that.
Anyone who can post a link would be appreciated.

What are they doing? Mzamo and Leonel? Or, rather, what have they just done?

Don't burst your vein!!

Bode George jailed
(As reported on The Nation website)
Former Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Chairman Bode George was today sentenced to 30months imprisonment for contracts' inflation during his tenure.

Justice Olubunmi Oyewole of the Ikeja high Court convicted him and five others for the offence.

They were convicted for inflating contracts to the tune of 100 billion.

Others are former NPA Chief Executive Aminu Dabo, Captain O. Adeboye, Abdullahi Tafida Zanna Mairaribe and Sule Aliyu.

After they were convicted, their supporters went wild on the court premises.

Their loyalists protested their conviction, alleging that it was instigated.

George was probed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) under the Obasanjo administration.

The then Nuhu Ribadu led EFCC indicted George in its report that was submitted to the Federal Executive Council (FEC).

FEC the raised another inter-ministerial panel to investigate the matter.

The panel came up with a report that the NPA board and not George should be held liable for any misdemeanour

Former Peoples Democratic Party Deputy Chairman, Bode George - why should he still be referred to as a chief - was this morning jailed 30 months without option of fine for Nigerian Ports Authority contract fraud of about N100b.
Long on to www.thenationonlineng.net for more details.

If she makes the mistake of putting herself up, as she is threatening, she is a goner

Nkenna swears by her mother's grave for Kev.
She had apparently bottled this up for long.
Of course, Geraldine is playing the dumb.
Dangerous for her to make comment now.

Poor Leonel.
He must feel like a motherless child now

I wont be surprised however if she puts Kevin up for nomination. All that bull about not nominating a Nigerian is just that: bull
I wonder why they are still doing any alliance. Why don't you just strike at the fellas you can't stand or whom you think is a "strong" candidate - if your intuition tells you.

She will be the loser.
Africa despises her.
But she thinks she is strong.
This is not about Icy Task

Hey, Itai is there for the money. And he says it matter-of-factly.

And what will keep him till the end?

My question still hangs: Why was Kev saved? Am assuming that Elizabeth was just a tag along. Even Krystal says Kev was "strong." And, Leonel who put them up said they are the "favourites in the house."
Is there something about the Middle-Belters that keeps them being survivors of this kind of game? A la Katung of Big Brother Nigeria?

10-4.
Not close at all
Now, was it Kevin being liked or Krystal being hated?
Certainly it was not because of Nigeria.
Or could it be that Nigerians around the continent just went all out to ensure that the country was not put to shame?
What kept Kevin in there?

To provoke our thoughts further, there is a National Automotive Council in this country, but guess what the fund was reportedly used for: to give car loans to military personnel.
Our House of Representatives folk now want to commit tax-payers' money to PROBE the DIVERSION of the funds.

OK, let us set aside matters of politics - and think.
I was fascinated by the contribution by Horus - at page 4 - that South Africa has produced its own electric car, which was exhibited in Paris LAST YEAR. Horus even went further to say how the Horus's battery would last longer than some of the electric cars being produced.
Kobojunkie has noted in one of his posts that he would be going for the General Motors' Volt, which has been called the American Revolution.
Perhaps, Kobojunkie does not know this: that Volt was designed by a Nigerian, Jelani Aliyu, a native of SOKOTO, NORTHWEST NIGERIA, who is a top designer at General Motors.
I quote from a statement by General Motors:
The statement added, that the car was developed by its lead designer "a soft spoken native of Nigeria and 1994 alumni of CCS, Jelani Aliyu after a 10-month marathon sprint to bring the Volt to reality". The CCS is the College for Creative Studies for automobile design in the US and it produces designers for all the automakers in the country.

"The marathon started with tough competition amongst eight designers and their concepts that were developed in two short months, with 7 of the 8 scale model concepts reviewed and eliminated," it noted.
According to the statement, "Jelaniˋs model, design incorporates many design elements to complement the electric technology driving the car as well as his love of nature and the ergonomics of a vehicle one can enjoy nature in".

Aliyu, who hails from the north-western state of Sokoto, was born in 1966 in Kaduna and is married with two children. He attended Capital School, Sokoto and Federal Government College in the same town, where he received an award as a student in technical drawing and creative art."
So, the question I want to ask, and I tried to imply it in my post on this thread yesterday: why can't the Lgos State government invest in the design and manufacture of such a car in Lagos. The vice-chancellor of Lagos State University, Prof Lateef Hussein, is a brilliant physicist. Perhaps a challenge to such a person would be all that is needed. Plus incentives.

Yes, the poll questions makes no sense.

Midget
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For the car, see MG Midget or Daihatsu Midget. For the band, see Midget (band).
Midget is a term used to describe an exceptionally short person. The terms "midget" and "dwarf" are often used synonymously, as both terms mean someone who has been short in stature since birth, but those terms were not originally synonyms.

Midget is a term that was originally coined in 1865, referring to an extremely short person with limbs similarly proportioned to his body as an average-size person's.[1] P.T. Barnum indirectly helped popularize "midget" when he began featuring General Tom Thumb in his circus. Dwarf was originally used to denote those with short limbs as compared to those who had proportioned limbs. Like many other older terms, "midget" has become part of popular language, although it was often used in a pejorative sense.[citation needed] When applied to a person who is very short, midget is an example of the euphemism treadmill.[2] Actor Hervé Villechaize insisted on being called a "midget" as opposed to a "little person", which irritated dwarf activists of the time.

Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary (Merriam-Webster, 1961) defines "midget" in the noun form as "a very diminutive person", and in the adjective form as "like a midget in size; very diminutive", hence its usage as a synonym for "miniature", as with cars.


According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the term "midget" comes from "midge", meaning a sand fly, and the suffix "-et", meaning little or small.[3]

SO THAT YOUNG MAN IS NO

Apparently, during the HOH task,Elizabeth, supposedly encouraging Kev to win, had promised him a kiss. Kev believed her, but then, he could not endure the chilling pain. He lost out. Now, while chatting tonight, Kev had brought the issue up, and, guess what, the Tanzanian babe said she was joking! That got Kev heartbroken, that is really the cause of their quarrel tonight.

Question: who among the fellas that are left do you think really HUNGERS for the prize? As in, can break bottle, so to speak, for the dough?

Come to think of it, when did they start getting chummy? Were they so close before the Comrade thingie? If he is wise, he should stay away. But, they have been like this, both of them, quarrelling, making up, quarrelling. Deep down, I think the young man digs her. Deep down!

The sum total of these posts, guys, is that we, Nigerians, are intensely patriotric. We need to be able to harness these energies to put down the small number of Nigerians who cause us shame, the so-called leaders inclusive. Viva Nigeria.

The sum total of these posts, guys, is that we, Nigerians, are intensely patriotric. We need to be able to harness these energies to put down the small number of Nigerians who cause us shame, the so-called leaders inclusive. Viva Nigeria.

This appears to me a misplaced priority.
Even if Lagos was flooded with thousands of the electric cars, the impact would be so insignificant.
I would have jumped for joy, anyhow, if the story was that the state government was acquiring the technology so that the manufacturing of the cars would start here in earnest.
I hope and pray that someone was just flying a kite.
And, speaking of flood, this, by the way, is still a major challenge that needs all the folk at the Ministry of the Environment to seriously solve. It is solvable. The Dutch did it. I had read in The Guardian on Sunday a report where the commissioner had been quoted that Lagos will have to live with floods. With due respect, that is not acceptable. I believe the right things are being ignored.

Wait a minute, where was the case filed?
Or, did I miss that?

Well, sometimes she has a Michelle Obama look

WHILE GROWING UP IN THE 1960's THIS WAS A POPULAR POEM THAT WE HAD TO LEARN BY HEART . FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE, THE TRANSLATION THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY ONE QANSY SALAKO IS ALSO POSTED. I WONDER: QUITE A NUMBER OF THE FOLK WHO HAVE FOUND THEMSELVES IN POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY, BUT ENDED UP AS AUTHORITY STEALERS (APOLOGIES, FELA) LEARNT THIS SAME POEM, AND PROBABLY EVEN HEARD THEIR FATHERS TELL THEM: REMEMBER THE SON OF WHOM YOU ARE. NOW, DOES THIS POEM STILL MAKE ANY SENSE IN TODAY'S NIGERIA? SHOULD IT BE A NATIONAL MANTRA?
Isé ni òògùn ìsé
Múra sí isé re òréè mi
Isé ni a fi í di eni giga
Bí a kò bá réni fèyìn tì, Bí òle là á rí;
Bí a ko réni gbékèlé,
À tera mó isé eni
Ìyá re lè lówó lówó
Bàbá sì lè lésin léèkàn
Bí o bá gbójú lé won
O té tán ni mo so fún o
Ohun tí a kò ba jìyà fún,
Kì í lè tójó
Ohun tí a bá fara sisé fún,
Ní í pé lówó eni
Apá lará, ìgùnpá nìyekan
Bí ayé n fé o lónìí,
Bí o bá lówó lówó,
Ni won á máa fé o lóla
Tàbí tí o bá wà ní ipò àtàtà,
Ayé á yé o sí tèrín-tèrín,
Jé kí o di eni n ráágó,
Kí o rí báyé ti í símú sí o
Èkó sì tún n soni í dògá,
Múra kí o kó o dáradára
Bí o sì rí òpò ènìyàn,
Tí wón n fi èkó se èrín rín,
Dákun má se fara wé won
Ìyà n bò fómo tí kò gbón,
Ekún n be fómo tó n sá kiri
Má fòwúrò seré, òréè mi,
Múra sísé, ojó n lo,

Work is the antidote for poverty

Work hard, my friend
Aspiring to higher height is fully dependent on hard work
If we do not have anyone to lean on, we appear indolent
If we do not have anyone we can depend on
we simply work harder
Your mother may be wealthy,
your father may have a ranch full of horses.
If you depend on their riches alone,
you may end up in disgrace, I tell you
Whatever gain one does not work hard to earn,
usually does not last
Whatever gain one works hard to earn
is the one that lasts in one's possession
The arm is a relative, the elbow is a sibling
You may be loved by all today

It is when you have money
that they will love you tomorrow
Or when you are in a high position
all will honour you with cheers and smiles
Wait till you become poor or are struggling to get by,
and you will see how all grimace at you as they pass you by
Education also elevates one in position
Work hard to acquire good education
And if you see a lot of people
Making education a laughing stock
Please do not emulate or keep their company





Suffering is lying in wait for an unserious kid
Sorrow is in reserve for a truant kid
Do not play with your early years, my friend
Work harder, time and tide wait for no one.

Guys and gals,. must we quarrel, all the time?
We don't have to resort to abuses and insults, you know. We don't.
OK: the owners of the award say "this is who we want to give it to!" Shikena ko?!

It would seem to me that that awarding committee chose to look at the bottle half-full rather than half-empty

Obama: This prize reflects the world other winners have sought
Obama: It is a call to action.
Obama: My administraton has worked for world engagment
Obama: "Humbled" by award.
Obama: We mus confront world as we know it.
Obama: We muist not accept indignity in the world.
Obama: The award must be shared by everyone who strive for  justice.
Obama: Some of the challenges can not be met by one person, one natin, or  in my lifetime.