₦airaland Forum

ti eegun eni ba joo re, ori a ma ya atokun ( if ones masqurade dances well, the moderator will be zealous). GEJ is not justifying the praises they are giving him.

njazra: Bode George no get shame at all.

How do you mean that he doesn't have a shame? The prison he went that time had given him a shame, only that he didn't demonstrate the shame he procured

damen123: I am very sure they won't win any medal in January... Watch and see. The funny thing is that Keshi will be the first casualty

u are sounding a little bit pessimistic.
But i heard daniel amokashi promising us the gold on super sport channel

ise eniyan ni ise eranko. Human's act is animals act

Holidaying Norway-based
midfielder, Fengor Ogude, has
been called up to join home
based professionals as the Super
Eagles preparations resumes on
Sunday in Abuja ahead of the
2013 Africa Nations Cup holding
in South Africa.
Coach Stephen Keshi, who
returned to the country from the
United States on Tuesday also
named another 23 Nigeria-based
players that would battle for
shirts ahead of the event that
starts January 19.
And while releasing the names
Keshi insisted that only players
who are in top form would make
his team to South Africa.
Keshi, who is perceived by many
to have a selection problem,
going by the number of players
he has used in the last one year,
declared that there is no such
problem as players will naturally
eliminate themselves based on
form in the course of camping
for the Nations Cup.
He said, “What we want to get is
a good mix of players who can
help us do well at the Nations
Cup. We want to win and I know
we can but names don’t count in
football anymore so anybody
good enough should come and
prove it. Objectivity is the
watchword for the selection of
players and I promise I will stick
to it.
The players are expected in
Abuja on Sunday while training
will effectively start on Monday.
The list of foreign based players
is expected to be released in the
week leading to Christmas, as the
team is expected to travel
December 27 for the final phase
of its camping in Faro, Portugal.

http://www.punchng.com/sports/africa-2013-keshi-invites-fengor-23-others/

like father like! A lion will neva give birth to a goat unless there is a genetic manipulation

[quote author=The_King'sQueen]Thst should be if he performed the outstanding/ shameful act the same year before he died (as in, following the current Nairaland rule of course). But Ojukwu did b4 this year[/quote]Just refering to the will that was read 2-3weeks ago

nedu2000: The press in Nigeria baffles M̶̲̅ε̲̣̣̣̥,why should Bode George's view matter,why do the press still make him relevant by asking him topical questions?smh

sometimes, u make a madman look relevant by watching his drama! But does that still make him relevant?

Nigerians and the kowtow syndrome! The lastest PDP BOT chairman candidate. Watch out.
The guy needs something from GEJ. If u want to collect a diamond from a fool, give him a bean cake.

John Mahama and Goodluck Jonathan, both got to the post the same way. Anyway, ornithological specimens of identical plumage tend to aggregate in a close proximity (egbe eye leye n wo to).
With the present situation of nigerian pipeline, a country can still b looking unto us to help fixing pipeline. Anyway, no matter how ur elder brother bad reach, u go still try to look up for some responsibility from him.

GHANAIAN President John
Mahama Wednesday, urged his
Nigerian counterpart, President
Goodluck Jonathan, to facilitate
prompt rehabilitation of the West
Africa Gas Pipeline for electricity
generation in his country.
Mahama made the call when he
paid a short visit to Jonathan at
the State House in Abuja.
The Ghanaian government has
been trying to fix the damaged
gas pipeline for some months
without success. The gas pipeline
damaged in October, sequel to a
fatal accident during the re-
commissioning of the Takoradi
Regulating and Metering Station
in Ghana, after repair work was
completed.
The West Africa Pipeline Company
(WAPCo) shut-down its $1 billion
pipelines following loss of
pressure around the Lome
segment in Togo, as a result of
the damage caused by an
unidentified vessel which came
under fire from a Togolese naval
ship few months ago.
WAPCo subsequently stopped all
gas deliveries to its onshore
stations and was working closely
with government agencies and
other relevant organisations to
investigate the cause of loss of
pressure and ensure safety while
rectifying the situation.
The stoppage of gas deliveries to
power stations affected service
delivery at the generation, supply
and distribution of electricity
services in Ghana; hence, the
current load shedding exercise in
some parts of the country.
Addressing State House
correspondents after a closed-
door meeting, Mahama said he
was on his way to Equatorial
Guinea for the Conference of
African Caribbean and Pacific
(ACP) Group of States.
He said: “As you know, Ghana
has been the chair of ACP since
2008 and we are supposed to be
handing over to Equatorial
Guinea.
“And so, en-route, I decided to
pass through Abuja to pay my
respect to President Goodluck
Jonathan considering the
relations between Ghana and
Nigeria.
“I took the opportunity of the
visit to discuss with him
(Jonathan) the issue of West
Africa Gas Pipeline. As you are
aware, it got broken and there
was an accident when they were
trying to activate it.
“So, I want President Jonathan to
use his influence to get the
pipeline back into operation as
soon as possible so that Ghana
can continue to receive Nigerian
gas to power our electricity
generation.’’
Mahama, who was declared
winner of the last Friday’s
Presidential elections in Ghana,
said that his visit to Nigeria
immediately after his victory at
the polls was “significant’’.
The Ghanaian president said he
was also in the country to
condole with Jonathan on the
death of his younger brother,
Chief Meni Jonathan.
“After election, it is significant
that this is the first country I
should visit just to cement the
relations between our two great
countries.
“I am here to pay my respect to
President Jonathan and my
condolences on the loss of his
younger brother. I should have
attended the funeral, but we
were at the height of our
election so, it wasn’t possible.
“So, I came with the traditional
drinks, as it is customary with
Ghana and our contribution to
the funeral, which I have
presented to President Jonathan
to be sent to the family back
home,’’ he said.

http://ngrguardiannews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=107524:ghana-seeks-nigerias-assistance-on-damaged-gas-pipeline&catid=31:business&Itemid=562

Former deputy national chairman
of the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP), Chief Olabode George has
lampooned former presidents in
the country who were in the
habit of criticizing the
administration of President
Goodluck Jonathan. He said it
was wrong for the former
leaders to criticize the President
especially when they could reach
him privatly to offer whatever
suggestion they have for the
development of the country.
In a veiled reference to former
president Olusegun Obasanjo,
who is currently having a stand
off with Jonathan, George called
for better conduct from past
presidents. But he did not
mention name George, who
spoke during the African
Leadership Award ceremony,
where he received an award for
his contribution to the youth
empowerment in Nigeria said
those who had held the highest
office in the land should not be
in the habit of pulling down
others.
The award was organised by the
All African Students Union (AASU).
The PDP leader said, “past
presidents don’t abuse people
publicly. More so, to go to a
foreign land to be denigrating
your country. Don’t let us pull
ourselves down.” He recalled that
recently when former American
President, George Bush was
asked to comment on the Obama
administration, he responded
that all the occupants of the
office were good men.
While urging former Nigerian
leaders to emulate their
American counterparts, George,
who is also the leader of the PDP
in Lagos State said “there is
indeed significant wisdom in the
American tradition, wherein
preceding leadership abstains in
deferent latitude from criticizing
a succeeding power. And what is
more, it is virtually a taboo to
criticize the leadership of the
American nation upon a foreign
soil.”
Recall that in recent time, former
President Olusegun Obasanjo
had repeatedly criticized the
Jonathan’s administration over
the handling of nagging national
issues, especially the Federal
Government approach to the
fight against the Boko Haram
menace and security challenges
in the country. However, the PDP
chieftain stated that there was
nothing wrong in criticizing the
government of the day by the
citizens, but that such criticism
must be with the best of
intentions and not to pull down
the president, adding that “as
patriots, we should help our
President to succeed.
He cannot do it alone. Surely, we
are not going to cuddle him. That
itself will be disservice to the
nation. We must point the ills of
the society with all decency and
sincerity.” He said leaders could
be subjected to critical appraisals
with a view to helping those in
authority and assisting the pace
of development without “ being
petty or nasty.”
Furthermore, George said “ we
can advice him (Jonathan). We
can recommend to him because
he is not perfect neither are we.
But we cannot assume the arrant
posture of curative omniscience.
We cannot condemn with
deliberate mischief and chest
beating sense of infallibility.”
http://sunnewsonline.com/new/cover/attack-on-jonathan-bode-george-blasts-obj/

innoson motor, I hail o. You are indeed africa car manufacuring company.

innoson motor, I hail o. You are the official africa car manufacuring company.

dominique: i can imagine what anguish their families must be going through. May they rest in piece .

Amin Jesu! May their parents be given the fortitude to bear the loss. ***crying in chinese***

Eight students of Itori High School, Ewekoro local government area of Ogun state, south west Nigeria were killed on Wednesday when a truck loaded with granite swerved off the road and rammed into the school children by the roadside.

Eyewitness account has it that the incident occurred just immediately the students left their school and were heading home.

The truck, with registration number LAGOS XZ 628 AKD was said to be coming from Abeokuta, the state capital when it veered off the median, having poured it’s content, to ram into the students.

The unfortunate incident incurred the wrath of the villagers who took the law into their hands by smashing cars and other vehicles in sight.

About 50 vehicles were reportedly smashed.

However, an Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC), belonging to the Ogun State Police Command arrived the scene of the accident, to restore order preparatory to the evacuation of victims.

http://www.channelstv.com/home/2012/12/12/eight-students-killed-in-auto-ewekoro-accident/

http://m.allafrica.com/stories/201212100349.html/?maneref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fclient%3Dms-opera-mini%26channel%3Dnew%26hl%3Den%26ie%3DUTF-8%26q%3Dreps%2Buncover%2Bbillion

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN),
the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC) and 34 other
revenue generating agencies
have short-changed the federal
government for N113.8 billion as
the agencies only remitted N11.8
billion or 9.41 per cent of their
internally generated revenue
(IGR) of N125.6 billion in the
outgoing 2012 fiscal year.
The Committee of Finance of the
House of Representatives made
this startling revelation in its
report over poor remittance of
internally generated revenue to
the Consolidated Revenue Fund
by the government agencies.
The report, which will be
presented to the House in due
course, was exclusively obtained
by LEADERSHIP yesterday.
According to the report, some of
the agencies indicted over
inadequate revenue remittances
include the Nigerian Ports
Authority (NPA), the Federal
Airports Authority of Nigeria
(FAAN), Nigerian Civil Aviation
Authority (NCAA), Standards
Organisation of Nigeria (SON),
PENCOM, NIMASA, AMCON, JAMB,
WAEC, NECO and NEPZA (Nigeria
Export Processing Zone).
Other indicted agencies listed in
the report are FIRS, BOI, CAC, NBC,
NCC, NDIC, NIPOST, ITF, FRCN, NAN,
NTA, NAFDAC, UBEC, NEXIM,
NASENI, NAIC, FRSC, FHA,
TERTFUND and NIGCOMSAT,
NIPRD, RMRDC, NOTAP and NTI.
The other agencies are National
Automotive Council, National Film
and Video Censors Board, Nigeria
Shippers Council, National Sugar
Development Council, Financial
Reporting Council, National
Development Council, Nigeria
Nuclear Authority, Federal
Mortgage Bank and Oil and Gas
Free Zone.
Condemning the agencies, the
committee said it found their
action (inadequate remittances)
unacceptable.
According to the committee, "The
ministry of finance, as monitors
of government investments, has
complained about the
inadequate remittances of
government-owned agencies to
the treasury.
"This led to the issue of a circular
instructing all agencies to remit
25 per cent of their gross
collections to the treasury and
retain 75 per cent for their
operations. The committee has
discovered that this is not being
complied with, given that the
agencies are still spending most
of what they generate.
"It was also discovered that
these agencies are not preparing
and submitting their audited
accounts as at when due in
contravention of the provisions
of the Fiscal Responsibility Act".
The report that the majority of
the internally-generated revenue
(IGR) was not captured in the
revenue framework submitted by
the Ministry of Finance. It further
disclosed that the refusal of
certain agencies to appear
before it might delay the passage
of the 2013 revenue framework,
saying that it might be forced to
use its powers to compel the
affected agencies to appear.
Proposing drastic action against
the errant agencies, the report
said that the committee intended
to submit a preliminary report to
the leadership of the House with
far reaching recommendations
which would compel these
agencies to make proper
remittances to the treasury as
directed by the Ministry of
Finance or they might be
reported to the anti-graft
agencies.

on this day in nigeria history!
Federal capital territory was moved from lagos to abuja in 1991.
Eyimba won the caf champions league in 2003

daddy mi ko si nile
mummmy mi ko si nile
egbon mi ko si nile
emi nikan mo wa nile
wa gba kondo, kondo
wa wo commando, commando
O boy, this na continuation of daddy and mummy childhood play o.

The Kano State Police Command, yesterday, announced the arrest of a ‘700-year-old spirit’ that engages in extorting money from the members of the public by imposing fear in them via telephone calls.

Briefing journalists at the Bompai headquarters of the command, the Kano State Police Commissioner, Mr. Ibrahim K. Idris, explained that the ‘spirit’ turned out to be one Alhaji Nura Hamza, a resident of Kurna Asabe Quarters in the state.

Idris explained that the suspect had taken advantage of the fear imposed in his victims by his status as a ‘spirit’ to cause them to source money and deposit same in a nearby bush, on an anthill, for spiritual purposes.

He added that the complainant in this particular case, after depositing N800,000 as directed by the ‘spirit,’ decided to confide his fate in a relative, who quickly alerted him that he was being duped.

According to him, following the report of the serial extortion to the police, detectives swung into action, luring the ‘spirit’ to the same destination on the anthill, where he had always directed his victims to drop the cash.

The bait, Idris said, yielded the needed result as the ‘spirit’, upon his arrival, turned out to be a human being, adding that the suspect was arrested and taken into custody.

He added: “When the suspect was interrogated, he confessed that he committed the offence. The cell phone used in intimidating and cheating the victims was found in the suspect’s possession.”

The police boss said when the home of the suspect was searched, seven pieces of fake US$100, three bundles of paper cut to size of US $100, four MTN SIM cards, three motorcycles, a generating set and one mobile phone line (08037297557) were recovered as exhibits by the police.

He disclosed that investigation into the incident was still on while adding that the suspect would be charged to court as soon as investigation was concluded.

Idris urged the public to report to the police any receipt of strange phone calls from unknown persons making strange requests, adding that the police had devised means of unraveling and arresting such criminal activities.

In a similar vein, the commissioner explained that the police had arrested 147 suspects in the last two weeks for alleged offences ranging from motor vehicle theft to possession of dangerous weapons and possession of fake local and foreign currencies.

He added that during the same period, 60 rounds of live cartridges, 15 rounds of 9mm, one magazine with 30 rounds of live ammunition, a toy gun, one locally made revolver pistol and one locally made pistol were recovered.

According to him, the gallantry, professionalism and commitment of his men in synergy with the Joint Security Task Force led to the reduction of crime and criminal activities in the state, adding that economic and social activities were gradually returning to normal.


http://sunnewsonline.com/new/national/police-arrest-spirit-in-kano/

Just a mere look at the players Nigeria have got, both the home and the foreign base players. Shall we be expecting the same result we used to have i.e third or we should be looking forward to an achievement greater or lower than the previous tournament?

Strong reasons
emerged last night
to show that the
kidnap of Prof. Kaneme Okonjo,
mother of Finance Minister and
Coordinating Minister of the
Economy Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-
Iweala may have been geared
towards instilling fear into the
minister and distract her from
carrying out reforms in the
economy and the oil sector in
particular.
Reports that the kidnappers
have made contacts and
demanded $1 billion ransom are
clear pointers that the abduction
may well be connected to a
threat received by the minister
last month when she was told to
slow down on her thorough
check on subsidy payments or
face dire consequences.
Unconfirmed reports that the
abductors have contacted the
family and tabled a request of a
whopping one billion dollars
seem to weave a link between
the kidnapping and the
subsisting threat.
In his immediate reaction to the
incident, a Senior Special
Assistant to the Minister, Mr. Paul
Nwabuikwu, said in a statement,
"at this point, it is difficult to say
whether those behind this
action are the same people who
have made threats against the
coordinating minister in the
recent past or other elements
with hostile motives. No
possibility can be ruled out at
this point."
Okonjo-Iweala's mother who is
the wife of His Majesty, Professor
Chukwuka Aninshi Okonjo
Agbogidi, the Obi of Ogwashi-
Uku kingdom in Delta State, and
a professor of medicine, was
kidnapped on Sunday at about
1:30 pm from the husband's
palace at Ogbe-Ofu quarters in
Ogwahi-Uku by eight gunmen
who stormed the palace in two
Volkswagen Golf cars.
The demand for a $1billion
ransom, according to source,
was relayed to the family of the
woman yesterday, but this could
not be confirmed. In the wake of
the fuel subsidy scam, the
minister is known to have put
her feet down on thorough
scrutiny of claims by marketers
before payments will be made.
At the end of the day, the Federal
Government put the money
fraudulently paid to marketers in
the oil subsidy scam at N232.2
billion. Minister of Finance and
the Coordinating Minister for the
Economy, Dr. Okonjo-Iweala,
made the disclosure on Monday,
December 1 in Abuja at a press
conference held on the ways of
reinvigorating the country's
ailing capital market. According
to the minister, following the
submission of the report of the
Presidential Committee on the
Verification and Reconciliation
of Fuel Subsidy Payments
headed by Access Bank boss,
Aigboje Aig-Imokhuede, out of
the N1trillion claims verified, it
was established that
N232.2billion was paid to
fraudulent oil marketers.
Noting that N29 billion due to
the fraudulent marketers was
held back by the government,
the minister said the
government would begin the
payment of genuine claims
starting from December with a
view to averting man-made fuel
queues which have been on
since the issue of payments to
oil marketers cropped up within
the petroleum industry.
In the absence of political
abductions in this clime, the
tendency is that the minister
may well be seeing the
manifestation of the threats
issued her by disgruntled
elements whose fraudulent
means of feeding fat through
dipping hands into the public till
is being stopped.
The onus is on security agents
to unravel the abductors and
bring them to book.
http://m.naij.com/news/16699.html

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN),
the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC) and 34 other
revenue generating agencies
have short-changed the federal
government for N113.8 billion as
the agencies only remitted N11.8
billion or 9.41 per cent of their
internally generated revenue
(IGR) of N125.6 billion in the
outgoing 2012 fiscal year.
The Committee of Finance of the
House of Representatives made
this startling revelation in its
report over poor remittance of
internally generated revenue to
the Consolidated Revenue Fund
by the government agencies.
The report, which will be
presented to the House in due
course, was exclusively obtained
by LEADERSHIP yesterday.
According to the report, some of
the agencies indicted over
inadequate revenue remittances
include the Nigerian Ports
Authority (NPA), the Federal
Airports Authority of Nigeria
(FAAN), Nigerian Civil Aviation
Authority (NCAA), Standards
Organisation of Nigeria (SON),
PENCOM, NIMASA, AMCON, JAMB,
WAEC, NECO and NEPZA (Nigeria
Export Processing Zone).
Other indicted agencies listed in
the report are FIRS, BOI, CAC, NBC,
NCC, NDIC, NIPOST, ITF, FRCN, NAN,
NTA, NAFDAC, UBEC, NEXIM,
NASENI, NAIC, FRSC, FHA,
TERTFUND and NIGCOMSAT,
NIPRD, RMRDC, NOTAP and NTI.
The other agencies are National
Automotive Council, National Film
and Video Censors Board, Nigeria
Shippers Council, National Sugar
Development Council, Financial
Reporting Council, National
Development Council, Nigeria
Nuclear Authority, Federal
Mortgage Bank and Oil and Gas
Free Zone.
Condemning the agencies, the
committee said it found their
action (inadequate remittances)
unacceptable.
According to the committee, "The
ministry of finance, as monitors
of government investments, has
complained about the
inadequate remittances of
government-owned agencies to
the treasury.
"This led to the issue of a circular
instructing all agencies to remit
25 per cent of their gross
collections to the treasury and
retain 75 per cent for their
operations. The committee has
discovered that this is not being
complied with, given that the
agencies are still spending most
of what they generate.
"It was also discovered that
these agencies are not preparing
and submitting their audited
accounts as at when due in
contravention of the provisions
of the Fiscal Responsibility Act".
The report that the majority of
the internally-generated revenue
(IGR) was not captured in the
revenue framework submitted by
the Ministry of Finance. It further
disclosed that the refusal of
certain agencies to appear
before it might delay the passage
of the 2013 revenue framework,
saying that it might be forced to
use its powers to compel the
affected agencies to appear.
Proposing drastic action against
the errant agencies, the report
said that the committee intended
to submit a preliminary report to
the leadership of the House with
far reaching recommendations
which would compel these
agencies to make proper
remittances to the treasury as
directed by the Ministry of
Finance or they might be
reported to the anti-graft
agencies.
http://m.allafrica.com/stories/201212100349.html/?maneref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fclient%3Dms-opera-mini%26channel%3Dnew%26hl%3Den%26ie%3DUTF-8%26q%3Dreps%2Buncover%2Bbillion