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aguiyi: Texazz pls shut up.

how many expose do we hear of and see every day. what do the leaders do about it.

when was that college constructed
when was it last maintained
what is the plan put in place for its continued maintenance


it only takes a man with a kind heart to hear and react to the crying of another mans baby. i dont care people will always say, wetin the mama of that pikin dey do when im dey cry like that and just continue to do their thing

look at this shrimp! 'Kind heart' my butt! This is a classic case of Stockholm Syndrome. The FG finally used taxpayers money already budgeted to the Nigerian Police to renovate the police college and after being brutally SHAMED into doing so and now we're supposed to fall on the ground and worship the 'benevolence' of the FG?

With an attitude like this, you'll always be a good little sheep.

Abeg this is not the first time the Government has been shamed into action. Perhaps we should also thank the FG for the better oversight over the aviation sector after the Dana crash (it took 100+ people to die first before they did their work)? Or thank Akpabio for working to crack down on the 'child witches' pastors...even when the crackdown happened only AFTER the dastardly deeds were aired on UK TV channels?

Praise the whistleblowers, not the reluctant Government.

Na only God go punish the people praising GEJ here without giving Channels TV the props for making this happen. The policemen would still be living in squalor if not for the Channels TV expose.

So the FG had to be SHAMED into doing something...and that work under duress should now be praised to high heavens?

Sincere 9gerian: Exactly. The study of Ifa means more Babalawos in future for Osun state. The question is, should we be encouraging the proliferation of more scientists/skilled Nigerians or more Babalawos at this point in time?

Well, it's not like GEJ's crass underfunding of our universities is 'encouraging the proliferation of more scientists/skilled Nigerians'.
Please refrain from making any contributions on any topic that has to do with education as long as your paymaster continues to work assiduously to destroy the tertiary education system in Nigeria.

"The ONLY problem with our Universities is lack of good hostel accommodation" - President Goodluck Jonathan, NTA Presidential debate, 2011.

NO LONG TIN: well! Well!! Well!!!

i take anything Wole Soyinka says with a pinch of salt - he lost my respect a long time ago.

So although i hope Ngige looses the election, i dont buy into what the Prof said.

Even if he comes tomorrow saying Fashola or GEJ is the best, i don't value his opinion(even though i consider myself pro-GEJ)

that's just me!!!

What care does the elephant have if he loses the respect of the ant?

Why should a lion have sleepless nights if a rabbit does not show reverence?

Soyinka we know, who are you?

Sincere 9gerian: Osun State governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, said last week that his administration plans to introduce the study of Ifa as one of the subjects in the state’s secondary school. The schools’ computer tablet already have application for Ifa studies.

Ifa is a combination of traditional belief and worship of the gods that remain obvious in the names of the yoruba race. There are other gods that may need studying, Ifa is just one of many traditional ways in yoruba land.

The reason for this choice is not clear but the Governor has spoken, Nigerians really don't care as they have more socio-economic headaches to worry about, but parents may want to take their kids away from public schools on the account of being thought the Ifa ways.

There is a need to increase and sustain the teaching of our culture and values in schools, however, the introduction of the study of Ifa may not be apt for attaining this objective.

Maybe the worshipers of Ogun, Obatala, Sango worshipers etc also clamour for the introduction of their own studies? Should traditional studies be introduced in schools? Please share your thoughts on this as a student!

http://www.earlyface.com/how-about-your-school/governor-aregbesola-introduces-ifa-as-a-subject-in-osun-state-schools/

For someone who always claims to 'respect the rule of law' and 'follow the constitution', you show a great level of ignorance and intolerance. There are THREE religions in Nigeria.

1. Islam
2. Christianity
3. African traditional Religions

Complaining about this is silly. I say this as a Christian. What right do you have to complain about Boko Haram being intolerant if you then turn around to incite the same intolerance to other faiths?

I care nothing if Ifa is taught in schools. Islam is taught in many many schools and it is NEVER a compulsory subject, at least not in the South.

anylove100: are there any brave nigerians interested in a revolution and progress in nigeria?do nigerians have the courage to fight for their rights?

You'll probably be picked up by the SSS in a week if you keep this up. Make sure you pick a cell facing the sun so at least you have enough illumination for early morning prayers

Well, here's the ONLY consumer vehicle Innoson currently makes

https://innosonivm.com/uploadfile/20110418154529819.jpg

No sedans, only a 'luxury SUV' that is probably well out of the reach of most Nigerians. No regard on it the typical hardworking Nigerian would even LIKE this vehicle.

99.9% of their vehicles are buses. Did the FG think this through at all?!

I'll go with the theory that this was to appease their buddies at Coscharis et al. Make it unattractive for the common man to patronize tokunbo so more people are driven to buy the new vehicles at their inflated pricing.

ikaleguy: Nigerians are no fools.they patronize locally made goods at the right price and quality

Leave this fellow let him continue talking.

Tecno would NEVER have sold ONE phone in Nigeria if it was pitched at the same price as the Galaxy S4. They've now moved to become one of the best selling phone makers in Nigeria because people see the right blend of functionality and PRICE. Also they advertise relentlessly and make deals with Nigerian carriers.

If it was a Nigerian company, people would have patronized them like crazy at those prices.

There are many avenues the Government can use to help the likes of Innoson make more compelling vehicles and make their vehicles more attractive to Nigerians. These avenues do not have to take away or hinder the 'choice' aspect that Nigerian consumers deserve.

The US Government gave a large loan to Tesla Autos to help them come up with their concept. Their Tesla Model S sedan is now one of the best cars in the US, the loan has been repaid and Tesla is the rave of investors and consumers. The Government helps subsidize each car for around $5000 or so. They do not mandate an increase in price of Honda and Toyota vehicles to make Tesla motors more attractive. That is a responsible Government at work.

I still maintain anyone who thinks this is a good idea has to be seriously deranged. Either that or he/she is an innoson employee or a member of the FEC

oweniwe: I marvel at Nigerians negative mentality. . We want to enjoy improved power supply, yet when Goodluck commission Geregu II power plant yesterday, people were criticizing that he is not the one who started the project. . . They complain about ASUU. . Goodluck should pay then whatever they ask for with money meant for fuel subsidy, yet if fuel price increase tomorrow, they will be shouting. .

We complain that Nigeria does not produce anything. . We berate and criticize the government for not doing anything to encourage local production and manufacturing. . . If the government spend billions to import technologies like INEC did wit data capture laptops or import aircrafts, . We will shout and abuse the govt.. . Now the government is taking measures to encourage and promote local assembly and manufacturing of vehicles. . . People are still complaining. . What exactly do you people want?

We want people like you and the politicians in power to use their brains and think! We want the Government to encourage local production...such can EASILY be done with schemes like tax rebates, reduced import duties for parts importation and even free ad airtime on National TV and Radio station. What the FG has done is to make it even more unattractive to import the modern, fuel efficient and safer vehicles our roads are CRYING for...and to what benefit? To 'encourage' one businessman who assembles vehicles on a small scale, vehicles that many Nigerians rightly are yet to decide to patronise over durability, longevity and safety?

Let Innoson et al continue to sell their cars and establish their brand. let them compete against the established players. They cannot compete on quality, let them compete on price.

I know paid propagandists like yourself do not do any legitimate work...but let me tell you how this operates. Nigeria is filled with millions of people who work from morning to night to make a living. These people work VERY hard, are paid salaries which are then TAXED by the Federal Government. When they go home, they often have to generate their own power, pump their own water and pay for local security. Then this same delinquent FG turns around and deliberately makes it HARDER for them to buy a vehicle they truly like, in favor of a local automaker that has not even made a very serious effort to tell him why the cars assembled locally are worth his hard earned naira.

This is not about "Nigerians think anything foreign is better". We are not talking about clothes or shoes where that may apply. In the eyes of most Nigerians, Honda/Toyota >>> Innoson.

[quote author=ose_o]While unpopular I am with the government on this one, they are not stopping you from bringing in the tokumbo cars, but you will have to pay to get them.

When government did the same thing with clothes a few years ago people screamed, yet look at that sector now in Nigeria it's booming.

Until the government made a move like this the automotive industry would never improve. The next step is for the government to stop using foreign produced cars, thereby directly funding the local industry. Can you imagine the sales of innoson if all the arms of government used only their cars?

And like all things in life, you get better with experience, innoson is a relatively new company, yet their new buses are quite good, so imagine where they can/will be in 10 years.[/quote]Imagine this llama comparing clothes market to cars!

In a free market, healthy competition must be encouraged. If Innoson cannot compete in terms of features and price, why should other people suffer for it? Where are the Innoson adverts on TV? Where are his flyers? Where are his crash safety ratings? Why is he not showcasing his cars at VERY attractive prices in all the states of the Federation?

I'm not interested in the sales of Innoson. I'm interested in the ability of the common man to be able to afford a decent, modern vehicle. It may be Innoson, it may be Toyota. Don't make this an 'innoson' thing. Let the consumer vote with his naira and buy what appeals to him. It's as simple as that.

Nigerians already pay to buy Tokunbo cars. We have many Nigerians killed because we drive old, unsafe cars, we have money spent on fuel subsidy because people are still driving hundreds of thousands of smoky, fuel inefficient vehicles. The Government ought to have looked at schemes to even further reduce import duties on cars, while simultaneously giving the likes of Innoson tax breaks to allow them sell their cars at cheaper prices to attract customers until they become an established brand. This announcement is imbecilic and anyone in support of this has to be deranged.

This is by FAR the most STUPID, IMBECILIC and M0R0NIC thing the Federal Government has done in the past year.

Nigeria is struggling with masses of old, decrepit cars with poor fuel consumption, high pollution rating and poor safety features. The Number 1 target for the FG (in lieu of enough local production of popular cars) should be a drastic reduction of import tariffs on modern tokunbo and the drastic reduction in import duties on new cars. Innoson motors is just starting, has vehicles that are largely unpopular and have yet to sway the buying public.

Jonathan's Government continues to lurch from one bad, anti-people decision to another, and at this point you'd have to be really crazy to defend this latest travesty. This position is totally indefensible and should be condemned by anyone with a functional brain.

NEVER will I vote for this clown in 2015. anybody else has to be better than him.

awodman: After we have fixed our education sector...where would the graduates work..u whr complaining about unemployment been on the increase, don't you think this policy if well implemented will go a long way in reducing unemployment...

This is out of the FG's hands. No matter if the policy is 'well implemented', unless you can convince the likes of Honda and Nissan to invest in Nigeria, it fails. It IS a pipe dream.

I'd rather we put that money towards a thorough revamp of our tertiary institutions that guarantees a solid return on investment.

bravetentewa: ASUU Ȋ̝̊̅§ Damn Greedy, their Demand Ȋ̝̊̅§ toO much & Unreasonable...
If U̶̲̥̅̊ Dn't wanna Call off the strike ŊO̶̷̩̥̊͡ wahala.......

Dn't even know wht the stupid lecturers α̲̅я̩̥̊ε̲̣̣̣̥ teaching that should warrant such exhorbitant demand......the knowledge i hve todae Ȋ̝̊̅§ Courtsey M̶̲̥̅γ̲̣̣̥ Primary & Post Primary Education .....
Every Semestr 3months Strike, yet the call themselves Academicians.....there Ȋ̝̊̅§ a thick line between politics and accademics.....for the fact that politicians live extravagantly & luxuriously Doesn't mean U̶̲̥̅̊ should.....if U̶̲̥̅̊ truly want to be like them, resign your job contest an election, then U̶̲̥̅̊ will undrstand that it takes more than just to hve a lil dick undr your panties to be a man......

Damn angry with this marafacker's called ASUU.......

For the records i D̶̲̥̅̊ε̲̣̣̣̥γ̲̣̣̥ pay money D̶̲̥̅̊ε̲̣̣̣̥γ̲̣̣̥ learn work because ℓ̊ ŊO̶̷̩̥̊͡ learn anything for school.......Ohms law, kirchoff's law, tattagilia, this n that......all bullshit in the real world....

All these lecturers Should be Screened and sent packing.......Idiota's.

With this attitude and this level of ignorance, you won't get far.

Abok1: The government doesn't have to enact a law to stop people from buying more cars, but simple policies in the line of subsidizing the cost of public transport in the country, making it compulsory for car owners to pay road tax, residence parking permit and so on would go a long way in reducing the number of cars on our roads

Majority of Nigerian car owners own ONE car, not two. You people are making up statistics.
You can only levy taxes on cars when you have put in sufficient public transport density that driving becomes a massive luxury. That's the case in the city of London where the bus and rail system is so robust and dense that it's often the faster means of getting around. it will take decades for Nigeria to get to that level.

The only way this your harebrained statistic would hold true is if you insinuate that the middle and lower classes have so much money that they buy multiple cars.You also fail to explain how - if i owned two cars - the two cars can be on the roads at the same time. Has cloning technology hit Nigeria yet?

awodman: I want to get something straight...

1) Are you saying that this policy is bad
2) If yes what do you think should be the right policy or what are the alternatives

I am saying I am weary of these paper policies that are not very realistic. Vague promises of 'providing enabling environment' that will attract droves of investors are just hilarious. The big auto-makers are having to slash prices and cut back production to continue to thrive in these times of economic downturn. getting them to build manufacturing plants in an environment as potentially hostile as Nigeria is a pipe-dream.

I would rather we focused on fixing our educational system, fixing our healthcare...those are things that can be done if we focus efforts. Slash import duties on new cars or modern 'tokunbo' cars to enable more of the middle class afford new or nearly new vehicles. Our roads are plagued with bad, decaying and ancient cars with very poor fuel efficiency and significant pollution issues. Old cars with poor safety features are rife. Forget gouging Nigerians for more import revenue and let more Nigerians use cars that consume less fuel, pollute less and are safer. That way you kill many birds with one stone and reduce road accident fatalities.

[quote author=A-ZeD]1 Its my problem because the government should not just formulate a policy to 'form activity'
2 Do a sample survey of the people around you[/quote]1. This has nothing to do with my question. There's no way you can tell someone to limit the number of cars he buys when you aren't funding it.
2. Hardly anyone I know has more than 2 cars. It's a rarity to find someone with 2 cars in my circle anyway. Your point also makes zero sense when one considers that one man cannot drive multiple cars at the same time.

[quote author=kent_Aire]Mr man headache no go kill u so? open ur eyes and mind, and stop beliving apc's propaganda. wch will want to make u belive it's all gloom. FYI light in my area has been so good for d last three month and am a richer and happier young man cus business is much more better now.[/quote]The problem with people like you is that you have very little imagination. You see someone criticize the president and you think it's all about APC?
My ire predates APC. I have no business with APC. I don't give a rat's ar'se about APC. I criticize everyone who fails unfailingly...where were you when I was savaging Fashola over the lekki toll gates, the Doctors strike, the poor state of roads in Ejigbo and the post I made a few minutes ago where I called out the Lagos State Govt claim of drastically improved power generation?

Common sense shows me how deep the hole we're in is, not anything any APC man can tell me.

PS: "light has improved in my area" is not a reasonable measure of improved power generation. I am shocked an educated fellow like yourself can use that line. For all you know, that increase in power supply you're experiencing could well be at the expense of someone else. I'll stick to the more accepted metrics like Power Generation capacity and power distribution statistics.

Ngwakwe: He is right, if not that GEJ is cool, gentle and diplomatic, he would have ordered the arrest of Buhari and some notable chieftains of Northern Nigeria which would have led to all out civil war.

It can be argued that there are WAY more grounds for the arrest of Asari Dokubo over any other Nigerian political figure today.

GEJ is presiding over a democracy. This has nothing to do with being 'cool, gentle and diplomatic'. There are no grounds for their arrest, despite what people like Oritsejafor squawk over. He has zero powers constitutionally to arrest them without any legal grounds.

Ngwakwe: Remove GEJ from presidency and there will be peace and Boko Haram will stop bombing - Most Northern Elites/Politicians (from every political divide including PDP)

If you believe this, you're even more naive than I thought.
Boko Haram WILL continue...it's moved past politics and is now fully radicalized. Tell me again how suicide bombing is for politics. GEJ failed us all by not nipping this in the bud in its infancy.

Ngwakwe: move Bashir Al'Assad from presidency of Syria for the war to stop - Syrian Rebels ( Alqaeda fighters and FSA)

Actually, Al Qaeda now wants to install an Islamic Caliphate in Syria. So even with Al Assad gone, the conflict will still rage on. But don't let facts get in the way of your sycophancy

[quote author=A-ZeD]I know its not the business of the FG to manage traffic but if you take a holistic view of the 500 billion spent annually, you will see that a greater portion of that is spent by people who already have cars. The question should be why will a person own 3 cars and how can we deter people from buying multiple cars?[/quote]1. I struggle to see how this is your problem/business.
2. I'd like to see the source of your statistics. I'm pretty sure you made them up.

Worthless lies again.

Huge areas of Lagos still suffer from VERY poor power supply. The Lekki axis, for one.

Unless, of course, by 'power generation' he means personal Generators.

awodman: The policy wasn't developed without consulting major car manufacturing firms

www.punchng.com/business/business-economy/fg-to-buy-made-in-nigeria-vehicles/

This manufacturers study trends...they know the revolution going on in the power sector,they know about efforts been made to improve our public infrastructure..airport upgrades, rail revitalization,opening up of river ports e.t.c...

So as a patriotic Nigerian you should applaud a good success when you see one and offer constructive criticisms not some pull-him-down jabs

Believe this, you'll believe anything.
They study trends. They know that the 'power sector revolution' has yet to yield any revolutionary change, and the FG is way behind all self-imposed milestones for electricity generation. They know our public infrastructure is still decaying. They know the 'rail revitaisation' isn't all that admirable when we still run the slow, ancient trains that still have limited reach. They know the airport upgrades are not nearly as impressive as the e-warriors would love to make out when one considers the massive income coming in to the FG's coffers from the mandatory FAAN charge and the more that 200% increase in airfare taxes levied by the FG (not to mention the shoddy nature of the job as seen at Lagos GAT terminal)

I WILL applaud a good success when I see it. I just do not see a press declaration as a 'success'. Where were the representatives from Nissan and Toyota if the FG truly reached even a gentleman's agreement?

What they see is the rising insecurity and the growing radicalization of Boko Haram. They see the swelling ranks of unemployed graduates. They see the near destruction of our educational system by an uncaring Government. They see the poor state of our healthcare system. They see the increasing rate of kidnapping.

They see the 2015 elections as a massive spark point...including the incendiary statements by friends of the President like Asari Dokubo.

So tell me, what trends are they seeing?

Sincere 9gerian: ^^ You call them "phantom" enemies? My friend, the bandits who malign and call the president of the federal republic all sorts derogatory names on this forum are not "phantom" enemies. The bandits who attack me and other Sincere 9gerians on this forum are not "phantom" enemies. They'r real enemies. At every opportunity, I will return fire for fire. I will not spare them.

No. They are true patriots who want the best for this country, and want a better country for their children. Traitors like you and your paymasters will see this country burn if it meant you could sift through the ashes for wealth.

Your president is underperforming...Nigeria is underperforming. Some people want positive change, a great improvement in this country. Those are the ones who complain the loudest, the patriots you call 'enemies'. i'd leave you to your conscience, but you've shown several times that you have none

tomakint: Another + from the staple of Jonathan's good governance! Imagine what this country would looked like in the year 2018 if half of what we spend on cars and machines importations can be retrieved locally through this initiative! Truly, Jonathan is not clueless as widely acclaimed by those parasitic e-rats here

2018 is just 5 years away. You think a policy can be rolled out in this time, and attract investment from Toyota, Honda et al just by wishful thinking?

All this playing to the gallery is just laughable. Secure commitment from the big auto makers before you start embarking on these smoke and mirrors.

Instead of this Government to think of how to drastically slash import duties so more Nigerians can buy new and modern vehicles for cheaper...to minimize fuel consumption, pollution and improve vehicular safety, they are here making noise.

Enough of all this paper policy. Use the money to improve our educational sector so one can at least point to one major and outstanding benefit of this lame duck administration. Work on our healthcare. Those are areas that demand an immediate intervention, not this misguided paper promises.

We have a surfeit of paper promises. We are still waiting to hit the promised 6000MW

SUBMARINE: Instead of spending such amount on education, invest it into creation of well paid jobs for 1,000,000 graduates who will then be able 2 send their love ones to foreign- private Nigerian based universities. Which will decongest public universities making it easier to fund.

Ah, I see.

So they should spend the money on graduates, wait 16 - 17 years for the graduates to have kids who can now to to private unis and then reduce the pressure on the public universities.

So what happens to the people going to public unis in the next 17 years?

Any more bright ideas?

Rexyl: That was serious. But one thing is real that peoples of the North should be cognizant of is if they want to get rid of this evil in their midst they can, if they can all rise against the perpetrators and say no to them. Learn from this proverb “the worms consuming the friut live inside the fruit“. If all of them would say no to those devils, they are defeated.

I see lots of people saying this stuff, but it's just plain silly talk. It's like saying 'all you have to do to get rid of armed robbery in Lagos is to rise up against armed robbery'. it's fantasy stuff and it never actually makes the problem go away.

xtremeidea: Dnt expect that any time soon! If. U Want a bigger screen, get An ipad

Nope. Reports of Apple already testing a bigger screened iPhone are everywhere.

The 5S was an 'S' update. The iPhone 6 will be a much bigger upgrade...I expect a bigger iPhone to appear. Not HUGE, most likely 4.3 inches or so.

Now that Apple has set a precedence for selling two different iPhone models at the same time, you can probably expect a small and big model for next cycle.

solidbroda: Even if you put samsung and iphone or ipad or galaxy tab on high, it sucks battery like mad. So, mod, ur opinions are baseless and you are just one of those from samsung or nokia wanting to pull Tecno down.
#TeamTecno

1. I'm not sure what you mean by 'putting a device on high'. Care to repost this in English?

2. I'm not a mod.

3. No desire to 'pull Tecno down'. I just recommended a Phantom A+ to a colleague yesterday and he's got it...and is insanely pleased with it. There ARE flaws (Tecno's horrible skin slows down the capable MTK6589 chipset unbearably, not sure why they didn't just stick with stock JellyBean). I'm not really sure why some of you get so defensive when it comes to Tecno discussions. It's just a phone.

If you've finished throwing your hissy fit, care to share your actual battery life experiences with your phone? Try to add value to this discussion...

francis247: You want to get fried on a hot afternoon right?

Nope, i don't. Have you ever been fried on a hot afternoon? Are we speaking literally here? Groundnut oil or palm oil?

[quote author=Lord_Reed]This is not a proper way to measure battery consumption. All that this does is tell what percentage of time the phone has been on, has been used by a process. It doesn't tell what percentage of the battery is actually spent by a process. In other words if my phone has been on 1 hour and in all that time I was using the screen then 'screen on' will probably show 100%.[/quote]That's a pretty good point you make here...and looking at the processes in the Tecno screenshots, it doesn't look like it's been running loads of stuff that'd keep the screen on....perhaps explaining the low percentage for the screen drain.

It'd be nice to hear from Tecno users what their battery life experiences are.

Another point to note is that drain from a dual SIM phone should be expected to clock in higher than that for a single SIM device...your device has to maintain a connection to different base towers simultaneously, of course.

next time someone tells you Apple doesn't do cutting edge specs

Check out this post

https://www.nairaland.com/1459767/techsuplex-why-tecno-ships-free