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Urban Africans contend with a great deal of noise day in and out. In a bid to curb noise pollution, authorities in Ghana want Muslims to use WhatsApp rather than loudspeakers for the call to prayer.
Muslims kneel during Eid al-Fitr prayers in Ghana (picture alliance/AA/J. Perdigo )
Chaotic traffic, speakers blasting music, street vendors and thousands of people going about their business are typical on the streets of most of Africa's big cities.

But in Ghana, mosques and churches are seen to be compounding the problem of excessive noise.

In the capital Accra, authorities are seeking to deal with the racket caused by these places of worship — and mosques in particular.

Mosques are being asked to use mobile text or WhatsApp messages to call the Muslim community to prayer.

Buses, stalls and vendors seen in Kaneshi market in Accra (picture-alliance/ZB/T. Schulze)
The bustle of outdoor food vendors and shoppers add to the noise in African cities

Reducing 'noise pollution'

"Why is it that time for prayer cannot be transmitted with text message or WhatsApp? So the imam would send WhatsApp messages to everybody," said environment minister Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng.

"I think that will help to reduce the noise. This may be controversial but it's something that we can think about," he told DW.

The government says it is hopeful such a change could contribute to a reduction in excessive noise.

Muslims reject WhatsApp idea

For many Muslims living in the capital, the idea of a mobile call to prayer is more difficult to embrace.

Fadama community mosque imam, Sheik Usan Ahmed, calls Muslims to prayer five times at prescribed times throughout the day. Although he agrees that the level of noise could be reduced, relying on text and WhatsApp messages could also have economic implications, he told DW. "The imam is not paid monthly. Where would he get the money to be doing that? We try to practice what is possible. So the text message or any other message is not a problem. But I don't think it is necessary," Ahmed said.

People attending church service in Ghana
Ghana's churches have also been singled out as contributors to noise pollution, a growing concern in urban Africa

Other Muslim residents who spoke to DW also rejected the suggestion. "I don't find anything wrong with Muslims waking up at dawn and using the megaphone to call their people to come worship their god because we have Christian churches who use megaphones as well and they also preach at dawn," said Nora Nsiah.

Another Accra resident, Kevin Pratt, also dismissed Frimpong-Boateng's suggestion: "Not everyone is on social media, and not everyone is as literate as he is." The Muslim call to prayer is traditionally supposed to reach as far as possible, Habiba Ali added.

The government has signaled it ultimately intends to enforce laws in order to quiet things down in Ghana.

https://www.google.com.ng/amp/amp.dw.com/en/ghana-asks-mosques-to-turn-down-the-noise-and-use-whatsapp-for-call-to-prayer/a-43373007

Following the cancellation of one-year tenure elongation earlier given to Chief John Odigie-Oyegun National Working Committee (NWC) by President Muhammadu Buhari, close associates of former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu had warned him to beware of Greek gift from the President

Sources close to the APC leader informed Nigerian NewsDirect that several of Tinubu’s associates have advised him to be careful as he leads the campaign machinery of the re-election bid of the president in 2019.

Nigerian NewsDirect gathered that the sharp turnaround by the President on the earlier decision of the National Excutive Committee (NEC) of the party was to placate Tinubu who is seen to have far more electoral value than Oyegun.

“The President knew he cannot afford to lose Tinubu if he wants to win in 2019 and the best way to placate Tinubu is to dissolve the NWC led by Oyegun” a source told Nigerian NewsDirect.

It would be recalled that President Buhari had made a controversial statement that I belong to everybody and I belong to nobody to which many gave several meanings. Some extremists said the statement was aimed at those who sponsored Buhari’s selection including Tinubu, however, the Presidency has denied such claims.

The relationship between the two gladiators have been frosty since Tinubu helped Buhari to achieve his presidential dream but Asiwaju has been left in the lurch.

Nigerian NewsDirect investigation revealed that Ogun State governor, Ibikunle Amosun, Ondo State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, former Lagos State governor, Raji Fashola, his Ekiti counterpart, Kayode Fayemi and Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu had been very close to the President since the administration came on board.

A former House of Representatives member who spoke on condition of anonymity said many of the Tinubu’s aides and associates were not comfortable with overtures being made to him by the President.

“We know it’s because the President wants to contest for second term, we don’t want a situation where the President will use and dump Asiwaju as he did immediately he took over in 2015″ he said.

“Among those the President has been using to embarrass Tinubu, who among them can give the President half a million votes” he asked.

“We don’t want Asiwaju to support the President blindly, there must be agreement and it must be written in blue and black” he said

http://nigeriannewsdirect.com/apc-nwc-tenure-elongation-associates-warn-tinubu-to-beware-of-buharis-greek-gift/

Founder and Senior Pastor of the Latter Rain Assembly, Lagos, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has reacted to the declaration by President Muhammadu Buhari to contest for Presidency come 2019 election.

President Buhari had announced his intention to go for second term at the National Executive Council meeting of the APC held in Abuja on Monday.

Reacting to the new development, Bakare, speaking to Daily Sun said he would support Buhari’s re-election bid if he (the president) canvassed for his support.

According to him, Buhari has every constitutional right to seek re-election.

Bakare said “I would support Buhari If he canvasses for my support.

“It was the President’s prerogative to seek re-election, nothing forbade the President constitutionally from seeking re-election.”

Bakare, speaking on whether he would cast his vote for the President during the election, said “It is a secret vote, for that it remains my secret.”

Bakare further warned Nigerian to be careful, even as the 2019 election drew near.

He urged Nigerians not to confuse ‘electrocacy’ with ‘democracy.’

Recall that Bakare had recently flayed President Buhari over his attitude towards the kidnap of students of Government Girls’ Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State.

Miffed by the President’s presence at the wedding of Idris Ajimobi, son of Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, and Fatima Umar Ganduje, daughter of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, in Kano, pastor Bakare, while speaking during a Sunday service, in Lagos, said he could not comprehend what President Buhari and other governors were doing at the wedding when other peoples’ daughters were in captivity.

http://sunnewsonline.com/2019-support-buhari-pastor-bakare/

This is just pathetic, I wonder why some are justifying this ugly shit in the name of hard work. People, if you want to survive and have a decent living in this country called Nigeria,pls think smart. There's dignity in labour but think smart.

The 2015 propaganda will not work this time.

Senator Marafa attacks Yari, says Gov has no values for lives
https://www.google.com.ng/amp/dailypost.ng/2018/02/17/senator-marafa-attacks-yari-says-gov-no-values-lives/amp/

Alhaji Tanko Yakasai, 92, a chip from the old block, served as President Shehu Shagari’s Liaison Officer to the National Assembly. In this interview, he reviews the state of the nation and critically dissects the arguments for restructuring.

He submits that insinuations of northern objection to restructuring are unfounded upon the claim that the blueprint for the process has itself been etched on imaginations that have not been properly articulated



Yakasai also pooh-poohs moves to delineate the Middle Belt from the North saying that the concept of a Middle North toeing a separate political path as unrealistic. Yakasai who supported President Goodluck Jonathan against Muhammadu Buhari in the 2015 presidential election concludes by saying that his warnings that Buhari lacked five critical elements of leadership have crystallised for all to see.

Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/01/warned-nigerians-buhari-yakasai/

In Nigeria,Committee will be set up to look into it.

It is well with Nigeria.

IkpuMmiri:
cowards! they are now rephrasing Nnamdi kanu's hate speeches to mean Restructuring and not :"Biafra or Death"

Rotimi Amaech said APC will form a parallel government if APC don't win the 2015 election, nobody arrest or condemned him or tag him a terrorist.PMB said Dog and baboon will soak in blood if what happened in 2011 general election repeat itself in 2015 general election. What do we call all these aforeQuoted statements?

Fulani Herdsmen,The 4th most dangerous terrorist group in the world are treated with kids gloves by PMB, while the Military aka Python dance are sent to kill unarmed civilians.

kachibeno:
IJAW Youth Council, IYC, has angrily criticise the recent ban of Indigenous People of Biafra, by the South-East governors, saying it's unthinkable.

In a statement released by the Council, they declared the ban as “unconstitutional as it is targeted to silence right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association” when “herdsmen that have massacred thousands of unarmed Nigerians across the country have not been declared terrorists.”


The statement further said: “The government should also jettison its plan to re-arrest Nnamdi Kanu. The only solution is to engage him in dialogue.”

The statement by Mr. Roland Pereotubo, President of the Youth body, angrily said the governors' action to ban IPOB was “more of cowardice as it cannot stop the agitation in the region.


“Their (South-East governors) rash and brazen action is even at variance with international treaties empowering indigenous people to pursue self-determination through non-violence.

“IPOB members are only fighting for their rights through non-violence means. They felt marginalised, segregated and dejected. Oppression and injustice are the reasons why they are fighting for their freedom.

“The non-violence approach they took is within the ambit of international treaties, especially the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights, which have empowered indigenous people in any of the member countries, who feel oppressed, to seek for freedom. These treaties are being codified in our domestic laws.

“The solution to IPOB, MASSOB and BIM’s separatists struggle in the South-East as well as the militants’ agitations in the Niger Delta region is through dialogue as no amount of proscription of these armless associations will cow the people into submitting their agitations to the oppressors.”

IYC voiced out to the South-East governors to stand up to their responsibilities and meet with the President to address issues of marginalization and one-sided appointments in the Southeast.

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SOURCE: http://www.kingsleyiwu.com.ng/2017/09/ijaw-youths-angrily-blasts-igbos-govs.html

Source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/09/ijaw-youths-describe-proscription-ipob-s-east-govs-cowardice/

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Umuahia Branch, has called on the Chief of Army Staff to immediately redeploy the soldiers deployed to Umuahia under Operation Python Dance to avoid hitting up the polity.
The NBA Chairman, Mr Nnamdi Eluwa, who briefed newsmen inUmuahia, said there was no security threat in Umuahia to warrant Operation Python Dance.

He said that the recent happenings in Abia between soldiers and members of the public had underscored the urgency to reconsiders the necessity of Operation Python Dance 2.Eluwa said that the Army wouldlose its meaning, value and worth in the minds of the society if the soldiers in Abia were not withdrawn and redeployed.Eluwa stressed that the Umuahia branch of NBA would not support any enterprise that would violate the fundamental human rights of Abia people“It is our position that there is no security threat in Umuahia and its environs to warrant the deployment of soldiers to intimidate and molest innocent Nigerians who are going about their lawful business“We condemn in strong terms the unfortunate attack on journalists in Umuahia and raiding of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) secretariat by officers of Nigerian Army on Sept. 12.

“The attack on members of the NUJ by the Army to say the least is an attack on the peopleof Abia,” he said.Eluwa said there was no need for massive deployment of soldiers in the South-East as the area is peaceful.


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/09/operation-python-dance-nba-urges-coas-withdraw-soldiers-abia/

tribalistseun:
Tofax learn how to space your article, Don't just copy and paste for Christ sake.

I can't remember you buying data for me,so you don't control how I use it. So leave "Christ sake"out of your funny post.Okay.

Members of the House of Representatives from the south east geopolitical zone have declared that any military operation that frightens, maims or leads to loss of lives of citizens and property is unjustifiable.South East StatesThey also stated that such operationwas an offence to the principle democracy and the rule of law.

The federal lawmakers spoke on theheels of the Monday invasion of Afara Ukwu, Umuahia, Abia State, the home country of the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu by a detachment of the Nigerian army where some fatalities were reported to have happened.
A statement signed by the Deputy Minority Leader and Leader South-East Caucus, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Chukwuka Onyema on Wednesday called for caution in Abia State and the entire south east zone.The legislators however expressed their support to a Seven -man Committee by the South East Governors to investigate the causes of the current conflict in Abia State.

The statement read in full:
“The attention of the South East Caucus of the House of Representatives hasbeen drawn to the reported fallout from the ongoing military show of force in the South East, code named Operation Python Dance II.“Though without convincing explanations, we were informed that a few days ago, some civilians were shot and wounded as they clashed with soldiers at Afaraukwu Village in Umuahia, yet again we have received report of a military invasion of the Umuahia NUJ Office where journalists were molested and their equipment destroyed.“As a result of the escalating tension, Abia State Governor had to impose a dust to dawn curfew in thecommercial town of Aba.

“While we appreciate the right to discharge core duties of the Nigeria armed forces as spelt out under section 217 of the 1999 Constitution(as amended), there is no gain saying that internal military operations can only be conducted without doing violence to the constitutionally guaranteed fundamental human rights of citizens.
“To conduct operations that frighten,maim or lead to loss of lives of citizens and property, are clearly unjustifiable and an offence to our democracy and the rule of law.
“We therefore call for a de-escalation of “internal military operations” in Abia State and the South East as a whole, while urging our brothers and sisters at home to remain civil and law abiding.“We wish to express our support to the reported setting up of a Seven -man Committee by the South East Governors to investigate the causes of the current conflict in Abia State.”


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/09/abia-ll-not-tolerate-undemocratic-military-operations-south-east-igbo-reps

-Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has joined other Nigerians criticising the alleged invasion Nnamdi Kanu's home
- Falana said the action of the security operatives was a violation of the constitution- The lawyer asked for the immediate withdrawal of the soldiers from Kanu's home.

Fiery Lagos-based lawyer, Femi Falana, has come hard against the Nigerian Army saying the Federal Government flouted the stipulations of the constitution with the action.Falana said the security operatives carried out illegality in allegedly invading the home of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

He listed seven grounds of argument to back his allegation.The Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) noted that the government had the responsibility to protect law and order, but added that such should not be carried out with disregard to the constitution.“No doubt, the Federal Government of Nigeria has the duty to maintain law and order in the country. But it is the duty which cannot be carried out outside the ambit of the law of the land.

Last weekend, armed troops invaded Abia state to deal with the alleged threat of Mr Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to destabilise the country.“It was reported yesterday that the troops have taken over the family house of Mr Kanu and put him under house arrest,”he said.The seven grounds on which Falana based his argument include:

1. By virtue of section 215 (3) of the Constitution the Nigeria Police Force has been conferred with the exclusive power to maintain law and order and secure public safety and public order in the country.

2. Having filed an application in the Federal High Court for the re-arrest and detention of Mr Kanu for allegedly breaching the conditions attached to hisbail the federal government ought not tohave presented the trial judge with afait accompli by resorting to self-help in the circumstance.

3. Although the President is empoweredby virtue of section 217(2) of the Constitution to deploy the armed forces for the “suppression of insurrection and acting in aid of civil authorities to restore law order” he cannot exercise the power until there is an insurrection or civil disturbance which cannot be contained by the police.


4. Since there was no insurrection in Aba state which the Nigeria Police Force could not contain the deployment of armed troops by the President and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces cannot be justified in law.

5. However, if the federal government has evidence of other criminal offences recently committed by Mr. Kanu the Police should have been directed to arrest him and charge him to court without any delay.


6. Neither the constitution nor the Armed Forces Act Cap A20 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 has empowered the Nigeria Army to arrest any citizen who is not subject to service law.

7. In the case of Yussuf v Obasanjo (2005) 18 NWLR (Pt 956) 96 the Court of Appeal held that:“It is up to the police to protect our nascent democracy and not the military, otherwise the democracy might be wittingly or unwittingly militarised. This is not what the citizenry bargained for in wrestling power from the military in 1999. Conscious step or steps should be taken to civilianise the polity to ensure the survival and sustenance of democracy.”

He wondered why armed soldiers have constantly taken the responsibilities of the police while state governments have allowed armed soldiers to remain members of the police anti-robbery squads despite the fact that the country is in democracy.
He warned that the soldiers should be ordered back to the barracks while the police should be allowed to maintain law and order in Abia state.

AN avalanche of reaction, yesterday, trailed soldiers clash with members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, at the Umuahia country home of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, which left many people injured as well the Army’s deployment of troops to the South-East for Operation Python Dance 11 (Egwu-Eke)

Soldiers attached to the Forward Operation Base, FOB, Umuahia, had clashed with the IPOB at Afara Ukwu community, Umuahia. The reactions ranged from outright condemnation to expression of concern and call on the government to ensure that the crisis did not degenerate. South-East governors said the clash at Kanu’s home and Operation Python Dance do not speak well of the unity of the Nigeria. Igbo socio-cultural association, Ohanaeze Ndigbo said what is happening in the South-East is ‘’a show of military brigandage and sheer prostitution of power without authority.’’
Also, elder statesman and Chairman of The Patriots, Professor Ben Nwabueze, SAN, said the issues are matters of grave concern and urged the government to take actions that will stop the crisis from escalating. Other people and groups, who spoke on the issues, yesterday, include traditional rulers of Umuahia North Local Council, where Kanu hails from; former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh; Movement for the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB; Eastern Consultative Assembly, ECA and Igbo Leaders of Thought, ILT. Others are Igbo Youths Movement, IYM; Igbo Students Union, ISU; South-East Christian Assembly, SECN; Igbo Women Assembly, IWA and Igbo National Council, INC.

However, South East Governors expressed worries over the incident, stating their determination to ensure peace, political stability and economic prosperity in the zone.

Speaking on phone with Vanguard, the Director of Information, South East Governor’s Forum Secretariat, Mr. Mike Udah said the invasion of Nnamdi Kanu’s home by security operatives doesn’t speak well of the unity of the nation.
He pointed out that efforts were being made by the South East Governors to meet over the development and find ways to nip it in the board. His words: “The South East Governors had held meetings to ensure the agitations by Pro-Biafra groups do not escalate. The recent invasion of the home of Nnamdi Kanu does not speak well of the unity of the nation. It is indeed worrisome. The governors are trying to nip such development in the bud.”

In like manner, Ohanaeze, in a statement issued in Abakaliki, by its National Publicity Secretary, Prince Uche Achi-Okpaga, decried the invasion of Kanu’s home. Achi-Okpaga said: “The invasion of Nnamdi Kanu’s home is brazen show of military brigandage and sheer prostitution of power without authority. It baffles me that soldiers are unleashed on a person that is peaceful and devoid of violence, while the gun-trotting herdsmen are still on rampage in virtually every nook and cranny of Nigeria. It is a pity that the tenets of democracy are being battered with reckless impunity in Nigeria.


The Operation Python Dance is a deliberate ploy to gag the South-East like a conquered territory. There is no doubt any longer about the disposition of the APC-led Federal Government on the Igbo. The recent NNPC appointments strongly attest to our assertions and these consequential events dramatise them beyond doubt. “Today, Boko Haram is still killing and herdsmen pulverising villages but it is in the South-East that is even peaceful that soldiers are deployed at close points. Expectedly, the soldiers now unleash economic mayhem on motorists and deal brutally with those who refuses to bring the “white.” I think what we have is choreographic democracy.”


Govt must stop crisis from escalating – Ben Nwabueze


Professor Ben Nwabueze, in a statement said: ‘’The report of the attack on Nnamdi Kanu’s Umuahia home by soldiers, during which some people were reportedly killed or injured is a matter of grave concern, because it occurred at a time the country is facing destabilising crisis and threat to its peaceful co-existence and at a time the South East governors are making valiant efforts to contain the danger of the repercussions of the crisis by interventions with Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and the IPOB. ”The situation in the country calls for great restraint on the part of all, and for the Federal Government to stop actions capable of escalating all crisis, such as the reported attack on the Nnamdi Kanu’s home.’’


S-East groups speak

In its reaction, the Eastern Consultative Assembly, ECA, said it was worrisome that only a section of the country was being allowed to to go on “with the historic culture of enslaving others, to totally control the military, defence, intelligence and security architecture of a multi-ethnic and heterogeneous country.” Rev. Fr. John Odey, the Publicity Secretary of the ECA in a statement lamented that “isolating a whole region as five percent losers, deliberating excluding same region from the entire security organs of the country, and now provoking them with a military invasion is the height of insensitivity and insult. “Driving towards the gate of the most popular leader in the zone (a man who controls electrifying adoration of over 99% of the masses of the zone) to blare sirens, shoot into the air and display armoured tanks, is clearly a deliberate and fully rehearsed plot to provoke mayhem.” He added that “the Army and the government continuously make it difficult for the people to respect the government. Leader of the IWA, Chief Mrs. Maria Okwor, said: “The idea of invading Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s residence on Sunday evening to “Show force” is appalling and very provocative. “The army cannot show force in Sambisa, in Plateau State where hundreds of villagers were slaughtered by herdsmen, in Ikorodu, Lagos where badoo cult has forced residents to relocate. “The show of force five metres from Kanu’s house shows that the Federal Government wants to provoke warfare in the East.’’ On his part, Evang. Elliot Ugochukwu-Uko of the ILT and IYM maintained that “the story by the army that some kids threw stones at the military convoy is hollow and uninspiring. Why would the army choose Kanu’s residence to perform their ‘show of force’ on Sunday evening only to claim that unknown children pelted them with stones, in order to justify their use of live bullets on a residential compound. “The Army is only confirming the suspicion that it is a sectional army determined to wage war against the people of Eastern Nigeria, in a bid to sustain Nigeria’s unjust unitary structure, and to resist the restructuring of Nigeria. Injustice will not prevail over justice. They are only making Kanu more loved and deified.” Reacting to the Army’s Operation Python Dance II in South-East states, former NADECO member, Chief Ralph Obioha said he was worried about helicopters that hovered in the region. Obioha said he was not well briefed about the operation and demanded that the army should endeavour to sensitise the citizenry well before embarking on any military operation



Buhari bent on committing another genocide on Ndigbo— MASSOB

MASSOB, in condemning the attack alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari was bent on committing a second genocide on Ndigbo and urged the international community to come to the rescue of unarmed Biafrans. MASSOB Director of Information, Samuel Edeson in a statement in Enugu, yesterday, said it was regrettable that instead of the soldiers going to quench war in areas where there are crises, it has chosen to work against the letters of the Nigeria constitution. It said: “The president has no constitutional right to deploy military to any part of the country without the approval of the National Assembly. ”President Buhari and the Chief of the Army staff, Lt-Gen Tukur Buratai should, as a matter of urgency, withdraw the soldiers from the entire Biafran land or they should be ready to face legal action for genocide against Biafrans. What has Ndigbo done to deserve this ethnic cleansing?

Metuh flays attack on IPOB

On his part, Chief Olisa Metuh said: “The Sunday’s reported bloody clash between soldiers and civilians in Umuahia, Abia State capital is indeed traumatic and completely unacceptable. “I have read, severally, the press statement from the Nigeria Army and that of the Nigeria police in their attempts to rationalise the violence. Assuming, but not conceding that all they have said is true, there are still evidential wrongs against the people by the security team. “First, there is no such thing as ‘show of force’ in a peaceful part of our country. It is a provocative taunt and insult thrown at the face of the elected, appointed and anointed leaders, as well as the people themselves. “When you taunt and mock a people because you control instruments of brute force, yes, you can arrest, humiliate, handcuff, maim, imprison or even shoot and kill them at will, but then, you cannot kill the spirit of their struggle and resistance. Provocative and brute show of force does not hold the answers.’’

Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/09/south-east-govs-ohanaeze-others-flay-operation-python-dance-clash-kanus-home/

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Gov Wike point of correction, Nigeria is not stagnant. Nigeria is actually retrogressing into an Abyss. Fact: if Nigeria is stagnant $1 will still equal to #185,if Nigeria is stagnant Petrol will still sell for #86,if Nigeria is stagnant 4million jobs will not be lost in 2years,if Nigeria is stagnant......... let me stop here for now.

Where is the crash? 2 to 3 Naira reduction and they are calling it crash. what will they call it if its about 40 to 50 Naira slash. Hurricane, I guess!

An associate of the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Prof. Banji Akintoye warns that Nigeria may break up- The elder statesman said restructuring is the only way forward for Nigeria to succeed and prosper Nigerian-born academic, historian and writer, Professor Banji Akintoye, has raised concerns that Nigeria may break up soon.Akintoye who is an associate of the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, speaking in an interview with The Punch said he is very unhappy concerning Nigeria, because he can’t believe Nigeria can be like this.
The elder statesman said for Nigeria to succeed and prosper, we should restructure. He said: "The only way to keep the dream going is to restructure now and restructure in a hurry."Awolowo’s associate, Prof. Akintoye warns that Nigeria may break up soon Photo credit: Sahara reporters we need to do it so that we can return to what we did before that was successful which is to make the federal government a lot smaller than it is now."Akintoye also said that the people who rule should let go of their own hidden agenda and let Nigeria be Nigeria.He said:As long as they keep this petty born-to-rule idea and continue to distort and manipulate things in order to achieve that purpose, my fear is that it will not work. I hope that they will change. I hope that Nigeria will be revived. I hope that Nigeria will still fulfillits destiny in black Africa. I fear in fact that Nigeria will break up."Let us abolish the accumulation of power and resource control which the military did. Let us give each group of Nigerian the power, resources and ability to manage their own affairs so that we can again become a country given to productivity and prosperity and not a country indolently sharing money."

http://punchng.com/i-fear-that-nigeria-will-break-up-prof-akintoye-82/

YourImaginaryBF:
An ideology that wasn't even there until 2015

did I see 2015? I can't help you but Google can.

Deodorant and insecticide: Deodorant for Timpre Sylva and APC Faithfuls while Insecticide for Dasuki, Deziani and the Opposition. Up EFCC,Up APC.

THE Emirs of Kano and Ilorin, Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi and Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari have called onthe Federal Government to urgently look into the rising high cost of livingin Nigeria, stating that Nigerians were experiencing hardship.The duo made the calls separately intheir Sallah messages in Kano and Ilorin where they urged the government to specifically address the exorbitant cost of consumable commodities in the country.Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the Emir of KanoSanusi prayed that the bumper harvest expected this year would bring succour to Nigerians.He said: “We are grateful to AlmightyAllah for consistent rain. May it bringthe end of high cost of food items. People should avoid rumour mongering and other activities that may bring disunity among Nigerians.Youths should be responsible citizens and embrace different trades for self-reliance, as government cannot provide employment to all.”On his part, Sulu-Gambari lamented that it was becoming very difficult for the masses to eat three times daily due to the exorbitant cost of food stuff.The Emir, who prayed for peace, tranquillity, and resuscitation of the nation’s troubled economy, said “it ishigh time that our leaders across thethree tiers of government acted on the escalating cost of food stuff.”He asked God to continue to guide the nation’s leaders right so that the task of moving the nation forward would be easy for them.While urging Nigerians to give their leaders necessary support, the monarch said that rejuvenation of the nation’s economy was a collective responsibility of all Nigerians.Earlier, in his sermon, the Chief Imam of Ilorin, Sheikh Mohammed Bashir Salihu who led the two- rakah prayer, urged the affluent to always cater for the needs of the poor in their localities.He also enjoined public office holders across the country to make deliberate efforts towards ameliorating the suffering of the Nigerian masses. Salihu asked Muslims to continue to co- habit peacefully with the adherents of other faiths, saying that Islam abhors violence in all ramifications.At Issa Elelu mosque along Murtala Mohammed Way, Ilorin, Imam Abubakar Waliy- Kamal, reminded Nigerian leaders that they were holding offices in trust for the electorate.The Imam urged Muslims to reflect on the import of Eid-el Kabir and imbibe the spirit of sacrifice, tolerance, and obedience that brought about the festival.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/09/cost-living-becoming-unbearable-sanusi-sulu-gambari-tell-fg/?_e_pi_=7%2CPAGE_ID10%2C3839434304

First, let me defend the sisterhood by saying, many, many women don’t cheat.

Especially when we’re in happy relationships. If we’re really into a guy, we’re loyal-from-first-kiss. Faithfulness is hardwired into our female circuitry, like our need to cuddle and to buy shoes.

Now, the unfortunate exception: Some do. Okay, a lot

Do: The incidence of extramarital intercourse for women is 25 percent, and the estimate of single women who’ve cheated is even higher.

And if a woman is going to cheat, there are surprisingly specific times when she’s likely to do it.

Pay attention, because even if you’re sure your woman would never stray, the urge may pop up at one of these times. Then put our advice to work, because the follow-through doesn’t have to happen.

She’s Turning 25 or 30 or 35 or . . .
Decade and half-decade birthdays trigger navel-gazing-figuratively, and perhaps literally. A woman asks herself, “What have I been doing for the past 5 years?”

“She’ll think deeply about her love life and its direction, and if it’s not going the way she planned, she might jump at the chance to correct it with an affair,” says Don-David Lusterman, Ph.D., a psychologist and the author of Infidelity: A Survival Guide.

The incidence of birthday cheating triples in women who report being in unhappy relationships, according to a survey by infidelity.com.

The plan: Be there.
There are 2 nights when every straight woman wants a man in her bed: New Year’s Eve and her birthday. Leave her solo and you’re giving her permission—and reason—to cheat.

And remember, birthday sex is about the birthday girl. Presents are good, too. Especially jewelry.

She’s Been Promoted
Women like to have projects and goals. When she reaches a milestone-say, in her career—she may start to think, Now what? says Bonnie Eaker Weil, Ph.D., author of Can We Forgive Adultery? Staying Not Straying.

For her next challenge, she may focus on another big part of her life—say, her relationship.

Riding the high of her work success, she’ll feel that goals are achievable, and she’l be motivated to get the rest of her life on track.

Also, women with fat salaries are more likely to cheat.

A University of Washington study found that people who earned $75,000 or more per year were 1.5 times more likely to have had extramarital sex than those earning less than $30,000.

The plan: Brag about your woman’s promotion.
“Most guys make the mistake of not doing enough to celebrate their girlfriends’ accomplishments,” says Scott Haltzman, M.D., a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry and human behavior at Brown University.

“When she sees you honoring her, she’ll feel as valued by you as she does at work.”

Translation: She won’t look for that emotion elsewhere—like in the marketing veep’s bed.

She’s Moving in with You
Yes, it was probably her idea. But now that you’re together 24-7 and sharing every detail of your lives, there’s not as great a need to keep the conversation flowing every minute.

“She could subconsciously interpret this as meaning that you think she’s boring, says Stuart Fischoff, Ph.D., a professor of psychology at California State University at Los Angeles.

“If there’s someone else around who finds her attractive and intriguing—and shows it—she might go for him instead.”

(A menshealth.com survey found that 41 percent of women who’ve cheated did it with a coworker.)

And again, with the whole goal thing-now that you’ve moved in together, she’ll be thinking about the next step, such as engagement or marriage.

“Face it, most women want marriage, and they want to have children,” says Susan Heitler, Ph.D., author of The Power of Two.

“If you’re withholding either or both, you’re inviting the risk of her turning to someone else who can make that commitment and give her children.”

The plan: Make it clear that you’re thinking of living together as a starting point.
Talk about the future. Talk about her in your future.

She Thinks You’ve Cheated
Revenge affairs are common. Women have them in an attempt to restore self-esteem and feel desirable again.

“It comes down to human nature,” Heitler says. “She’ll want to get even.” She won’t necessarily go out looking to hook up, but when she’s tempted, the fact that you’ve done it may weaken her self-control.

The plan: If you are cheating or have cheated before, confess and apologize.
A survey conducted by Peggy Vaughan, author of The Monogamy Myth, showed that 86 percent of couples who discussed one partner’s affair were still married, compared with 59 percent of couples who barely talked about it.

If you’re not cheating, you have one paranoid woman on your hands.

She probably has low self-confidence. Your job: Compliment her, sincerely, specifically, and often.

“You can make her feel better about herself so she won’t become vulnerable to these unfounded suspicions,” Fischoff says.

She’s Not Getting Enough
Oxytocin, a hormone that plays a central role in our urge to bond, spikes to levels three to five times higher than usual just before orgasm.

The hormone is more intense in females than in males, so women develop a stronger sense of bonding through sex.

“If the two of you are not having as much sex as you used to, she might interpret this as a sign that you don’t find her attractive and that you don’t love her,” Fischoff says.

“She may seek someone outside the relationship to validate that she’s still sexually attractive.”

A so-so sex life could also mean you have unresolved problems between you.

Research conducted by Shirley Glass, Ph.D., author of Not Just Friends, found that 79 percent of cheating women cited dissatisfaction in the marriage as the cause.
The plan: Have more sex.
If she’s the one who doesn’t want sex, investigate why. Fix it. Get naked.

She’s Ready to Bolt
One more reason a woman might cheat: She wants to dump you.

Infidelity can break up couples, so she might cheat on purpose as an easy out.

David Buss, a Ph.D., a professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin and the author of The Evolution of Desire, asked 100 men and women which tactic they would use to get out of a bad relationship.

One of the most common answers: Start an affair.

The plan: She sucks—let her go.
You’re free!

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'Wedding Procession in BONNY EASTERN NIGERIA' .
That was before the divide and rule tactics was introduced to sperate the South East and South South.

COOL10:
. Pastor Chris never relocated to S.A. He only hosted the Loveworld Music Festival of Arts there which ended last week.

Are you kidding me right now.

devour129:
point of correction, they are relocating cos Nigerians are wiser . Truth be told there are a lot of pastors claiming to perform miracles nowadays so they no longer have monopoly to scams . In other words , maga no dey pay again so they are moving to fresh ground or blood. Let them all go so Nigerians can think for themselves and build their nation .

TB Joshua is an exception. A man that doesn't have a house of his own. Take your time and study is ministry from inception by watching Emmanuel TV and his biography.

Sammy07:
why wouldn't he move

when your brothers (Fulani herdsman & Hausa people ) are tomenting the Christians

and thier father buhari & El rufai can't do anything

modified

infact if I'm able to get visa Am leaving out of this country

rubbish

these points of yours are not the reason he is relocating to Israel. The persecution is mainly from the Christian fold. The Same reason Pastor Chris Oyakhilome relocated to South Africa.