₦airaland Forum

U.B.A:
That bank looks like a shrine.. Everywhere is just painted Red! And the bank is very stingy, they will never employ workers. It’s only UBA you will enter & see empty cashier seats… They will be up to like 2 employed but there will be only 1 Cashier who ends up delaying customers.

GTB:
This bank has the highest number of customers! The only bank that looks like aba ariaria market. U queue like mofedaku. The only difference is that you see people with suits and pen, they have their wahala but I like them shaa

Skye Bank:
Hian! This bank will just be looking like somebody’s bathroom. Very small bank, dem go jampack people like sardines! Their workers no dey even wear suit again probably because of heat… Everybody dey enter the bank with hand fan

Diamond Bank:
Only their Lemon Green Colour can make you open 18 accounts with them even if nothing is inside. That is the only thing good about them. They have few branches in cities, their banking hall is like onitsha main market place. But their transfer protocol be like American constitution, simple to transfer with ATM, u go first go sign Non disclosure agreement.

Zenith bank:
This one ehn…? The only thing dem know how to do best is to decorate their walls with mirrors. You will just stay at the front and be seeing someone behind you? Sometimes if you enter the bank, you
will be confused, you won’t even know which road to follow because everybody is appearing two two for the mirror. I wonder if their CEO is a Crystal palace fan. Just carry crystal glass full everywhere!

Sterling Bank
Where do I start from, hmmm this bank looks like eatery, atimes I used to mistake it for where they are selling ice creams, ices and sharwama

Union Bank:
Chai! This bank ehn? I cannot fit yab dem because dem old pass my grandpapa!?
Sometimes, I begin to think maybe the children of Israelites have accounts with Union bank… Their security men sef na old old old papas dem be….
You go enter bank to pay na people with walking stick u go dey see ..

FCMB
They are just beautiful women with good attitudes only that all your incomes will just be going for aso ebi and ice crea

FIDELITY
That one na bank for retired teacher, the only issue in customer care na about pension, u reach cashier point, one old papa will be withdrawing #45,675, #5 naira will always appear. I wonder if no be that bank dey hold all #5 CBN prints. Infact, they are the only bank whose ATM has pension button.

FIRST BANK.
Ah ah ah, this bank can annoy somebody, their first wahala na their door, they will just be screening u like say na jamb office. If you enter nko, queue be like Aba road hold up for port Harcourt, Infact the most annoying tin is some of their workers behaviour, somebody will just be counting #7,000 with machine and #200,000 with ordinary hand. They can screen #1000 like keke people but the good thing about them is their ATM galleries. For that one them try.

Wema Bank
that one na fishermen and panel beaters dey go there recently.

UNITY BANK:
Make them just return their name back to BANK OF THE NORTH. Because how person go wan enter bank e go come be like say u dey enter Zaria city gate. , everywhere they smell Turare (perfume) even the cashiers speak Hausa with u because u wear Agbada.

Keystone Bank.
This bank looks like they are always on strike. The banking hall looks like they only attend to one customer at a time.

Heritage Bank:
that one looks like PDP Secretariat after 2015 election. Even their flag is worn out

Ecobank.
That one looks like NaijaBet office. Its always jam packed on Fridays only. With lots of branches and many people that speaks amny African languages especially in Lagos branch
Sometime I suspect that bank has something to do with Chelsea FC

Access bank:
Na shakara dey worry them. Their account opening process be like application for Canadian visa.

Stanbic IBTC.
The bank suppose to relocate back to south Africa. Everybody dey speak through their nose seff.

Verdict :
The Nigerian banks have demonstrated that they are resistant and Resilient in a depressed economy. They have shown that back king can be done in an economy driven by generator and inconsistency in financial policies. That must be appreciated and applauded with vigorous expansion to other West African countries. These banks stand to be celebrated

http://etimes.com.ng/funny-anology-of-nigerian-banks-and-their-behaviour/

The 2017 Caine Prize shortlist has been announced and it is an exciting, surprising, record-setting one. There are three Nigerians, one South African, and one Sudanese. It has both the Prize’s oldest shortlistee ever and one of its youngest. And it has the Prize’s second ever story to be translated from Arabic. –
Here are the five authors:

Lesley Nneka Arimah (Nigeria) for “Who Will Greet You At Home” published in The New Yorker (USA, 2015).

Chikodili Emelumadu (Nigeria) for “Bush Baby” published in African Monsters, eds. Margarét Helgadóttir and Jo Thomas (Fox Spirit Books, USA. 2015).

Bushra al-Fadil (Sudan) for “The Story of the Girl whose Birds Flew Away,” translated by Max Shmookler, published in The Book of Khartoum – A City in Short Fiction eds. Raph Cormack & Max Shmookler (Comma Press, UK. 2016).

Arinze Ifeakandu (Nigeria) for “God’s Children Are Little Broken Things” published in A Public Space 24 (A Public Space Literary Projects Inc., USA. 2016).

Magogodi oaMphela Makhene (South Africa) for “The Virus” published in The Harvard Review 49 (Houghton Library Harvard University, USA. 2016).
The Caine Prize is awarded to the best 3,000-10,000-word short story by an African writer. The winner will be announced at an award ceremony and dinner at Senate House Library, London, to be attended by the shortlistees.


http://etimes.com.ng/3-nigerians-among-5-nominees-for-2017-caine-prize-for-african-writers/

With a little under 2 022 days until the Qatar World Cup kicks off, the tiny yet hugely ambitious Gulf state will officially unveil the tournament’s first completed venue on Friday.

The Khalifa International Stadium — complete with the much-talked-about cooling technology that was central to Qatar’s controversial bid for the World Cup — will host the country’s biggest domestic cup competition, The Emir Cup final.

On the pitch it will be a battle between arguably the country’s biggest teams, Al Sadd, skippered by Barcelona great Xavi Hernandez, and Al Rayyan.

But off the pitch, the stadium will provide a solid example of Qatar’s progress for the World Cup, a mere 2012 days before the tournament kicks off.

“I think it is a source of immense joy and pride,” Nasser Al-Khater, a senior figure at World Cup organising body, the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, told AFP.

“It’s a stadium dear to our hearts, Khalifa Stadium, so we’re happy that it’s the first stadium to be completed.

“It’s real, it shows you the progress you’ve been working hard on is actually coming to reality.

“And you can see it and you can feel it, it’s tangible. It’s a thrill.”

The stadium was first built in 1976 and has just gone through its second refurbishment.

It will house 40,000 fans during the World Cup, hosting matches played up to the quarterfinal stage.

Significantly, it will also host the 2019 World Athletics Championships.

As part of its revamp, Khalifa includes technology that will provide air-conditioning for fans.

Approximately 500 jet nozzles will blast out cold air, keeping temperatures at around 23 degrees Celsius (73 degrees Fahrenheit), for fans.

Chilled water is piped to the stadium from a cooling centre about one kilometre from the stadium, then once it arrives,cold air is pushed into the stadium.

The man responsible for the system, Qatar University’s Dr Saud Ghani, said he believed Khalifa represented a world-first.

“There isn’t on earth, one open air, air-conditioned stadium,” he said.

Dr Ghani said the system at Khalifa would use up to 40 per cent less energy than other cooling methods

Ironically, it may not be used to regulate temperatures for fans during the 2022 World Cup after Fifa decided to move the tournament to Qatar’s winter in November and December.

TRIUMPHS AND TRAGEDY

Khalifa is the scene of one of Qatar’s major sporting triumphs, the 1992 Gulf Cup victory.

It was also the stadium where Saudi Arabia secured their first ever World Cup qualification, with a thrilling 4-3 win over Iran.

Khater would not give a figure for the redevelopment of Khalifa, though one estimate puts the cost at $90 million.

Qatar is spending up to $10 billion on stadiums and training grounds, officials have said previously.

However, Khater denied reports earlier this year that the country has slashed its budget by up to 40 per cent, claiming the original figure needed for stadiums was an estimate only.

In February, Qatar’s finance minister Ali Shareef Al-Emadi said the country was spending almost $500m every week on major infrastructure projects for football’s biggest tournament.

Khalifa’s rebuild has not been without tragedy though.

In January it was announced that Briton Zac Cox died in a fall at the stadium.

The revamp has occurred as Qatar has been strongly criticised for the ill-treatment of its migrant workforce — which numbers more than two million, claims the country has largely rejected.

http://etimes.com.ng/air-conditioned-qatar-stadium-ready/

Maybe the issue of vice president Yemi Osibanjo as the ‘coordinator’ of government affairs is yet to be rested, as the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed says they are not sure who will sign the 2017 budget.

Before President Buhari left the country on March 7th to seek medical attention in London, he transferred power to his vice. However the letter is still a subject of controversy.

Lai who spoke to state house correspondents after Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council meeting said that the decision on who signs the Appropriation Bill into law would be decided when the document is finally transmitted to the Presidency.

“When it is transmitted to the Presidency, that decision will be taken‎”, he said.

He, however, said that an advanced copy of the budget has been received by the Minister of Budget and National Planning. Already Nigerians have begun to rejoice about the passing of the budget. This news will dampen the excitement.

Although, one wonders how an acting president will ignore the signing of the budget that will help the economy that is recovering from a recession.

The fact that the acting president has also not sworn in two ministers, Stephen Ocheni and Suleiman Hassan that have been confirmed by the senate two weeks ago will further raise concern about how far Osibanjo is willing to act.

So far the acting president has held two federal executive council meetings, received some security reports and has visited a few states but the weightier issues of budget signing and swearing in of the ministers remain pending. Although it must be noted that this time around the acting president’s activities seem more mellow compared to his other outings during his previous stint as acting president.


http://etimes.com.ng/has-the-acting-president-started-acting-or-is-he-just-coordinating/

Odiegwu really

Mercy Aigbe’s husband, Lanre Gentry, is finally out .The actress’ husband who was released after fulfilling his bail condition has accused the Nigerian government of neglecting those in prison and focusing on other things.

“Like I have said earlier in have something to tell the world due to my fresh experience at the medium prison,(Kiri Kiri papa)but firstly I’ll like to glorify the Almighty God for his grace upon my life…..

At this moment I would say @realmercyaigbe’s effort sending me to jail was another privilege to see, say about all which is going on over there.I think this place should be a rehabilitation centre and not a dumping ground,7days and 7night at d medium prison look like have spent a whole year in there..why?

Just because our government has a lot to do over there and nothing has been done over there…over 3600 prisoners, where we are meant to have just 1500prisoners.prisoners are now more or less like beggars.
Mercy Aigbe shows off her husband, Lanre Gentryplay
Mercy Aigbe shows off her husband, Lanre Gentry (Instagram)

I have been there not that am being told people die every blessed day..am here to tell the world to please let’s fight this out with our government because I see no reason why tax are being collected and nothing has been produced and provided through all this payment, is it that they’ve forgotten these people are still Nigerian citizens?

If I may ask .government shouldn’t leave what they ought to do and start involving themselves over (domestic violence)…I won’t say more than this tonight..but more to come every night.I mean no harm to no one but to whom it may concern.

Government shouldn’t leave its primary responsibilities and start getting involved in cases of domestic violence.”


http://etimes.com.ng/2017/05/17/government-shouldnt-get-involved-domestic-violence-mercy-aigbes-husband/

I thought she got married lately

FOLLOWING his epic marriage proposal to female rapper, Eva Alordia on stage at the 2015 edition of the Headies Awards, Caesar Ume-Ezeoke, Eva’s long standing fiancé has taken a swipe at Mavin Records artiste, Iyanya, for allegedly mocking his 15-month engagement to Eva. •Eva and fiancé , Caesar and Iyanya

In a series of tweets on his twitter handle, Iyanya stylishly mocked Caesar’s 15-month engagement to Eva, asking how long it would take for the love-birds to seal the engagement by getting married. While querying the love-birds’ overdue engagement, Iyanya assumed that Caesar was broke, and wondered why he rushed to propose to the female rapper when he knew he wasn’t ready financially.

“People de engage people for 15 months? Ah! If you never get bar (money) no engage person o! You wan marry her with Instagram likes”, Iyanya enthused. Without wasting time, Caesar responded to Iyanya’s mockery with a tweet on his social media page. “Bitch, stick to whining your waist if you aint got facts. Ain’t Tekno bigger than you now”, he wrote.

Recall how Wizkid shunned Caesar, Eva’s fiancée, at the 2016 Headies Awards for reasons best known to him but later apologised claiming not to have seen him seated beside Eva when he hugged her while going to receive his award on stage. E-daily’s investigation revealed that most entertainers seem to be disapproving of Caesar, which is likely responsible for Wizkid’s action at the 2016 Headies, and now Iyanya’s mockery of their prolonged engagement

http://etimes.com.ng/2017/05/16/eva-alordias-fiance-war-path-iyanya/

BermudaTriangle:
This picture depicts worshipping to only a mentally deranged and demented psychopath. Even the owners of english language will not describe this as worshipping but you cannot but see retarded minds who can claim to know Rome more than the romans.
Some people can just be plainly disgusting such that there is no suffering them.
Bayo's posture here is not even a full prostration a la yoruba culture.

Can't you just make your point without been insulting or abusive.

Is this a trend in your region or genetic sir

BermudaTriangle:
Far better than waking up one's father with a sliding tackle or a slap in the back. God commanded - "honour your father and your mother" - yet you have a race of half-human people who claim to be majorly christians but behave contrary to His command.

But the picture here isn't honoring but worshipping

They will use this picture for yabs. ...Trust nairaland

Nigerian social media had a good laugh at the expense of one of the contestants of the Rivers State Golden Jubilee Pageant held in the state two nights ago – a “beauty without brains”. The representative, reported to be from Emohua Local Government, was unfortunately unable to answer a question about ‘arranged marriage’ and ‘love marriage’ to the satisfaction of the judges and Nigerians who came across the embarrassing footage which documents her ‘epic fail’.

The contestant was asked to decide whether an “arranged marriage or love marriage” was better, and she went with an arranged marriage. However, her inability to articulate the reasons for her choice led the Internet to label her ‘brainless’. To properly capture this overwhelming perception of the young lady, the infamous phrase ‘beauty without brains’ was used quite a lot.

“Beauty without brains.” What does it even mean?

If sexism and misogyny were a military operation, the woman’s mind would be their base.

I’m going to cut the long story short, then fast forward to the part that is the most problematic of the comments surrounding this issue. The quote above is one that easily yet aptly portrays the disturbing issue that is women engaging in subconscious thought processes, utterances, and actions which see us remain at the level where we think objectification and other such regressive tropes are part and parcel of our existence.

Tragically, too many women than is comforting to admit hold themselves to the debasing standards that accompany such sexist, chauvinistic, and immensely nonsensical phrases as the brother phrase of the aforementioned – “beauty with brains”. I mean, it is safe to say that the women whose first and final verdict of the young lady based on her response is that she is a “beauty without brains” are the ones who would receive her preferred brother phrase – “beauty with brains – as a compliment.

That’s vent material for another time. Let’s however briefly look into the key elements and aspects that make up why the beauty contestant’s unfortunate incident was believed to be something so bizarrely ‘funny’.

We could start with how beauty pageants create the environment for this sort of disheartening comments to thrive in the first place, and look at some of the various cases for and against what they represent and ultimately underscore. But, we’ll skip that part and go to the highly intellectual and pertinent question that started all this. A question which is seemingly still central to every woman’s existence. Especially if you’re beautiful and believe you can “take it to heaven” without first submitting to a man’s supervision.

If I were forced to answer, I would say you cannot simply categorise marriages into types as ‘love’ and ‘arranged’, and probably stop there because of time. Otherwise, we might find ourselves debating under what context they mention arranged marriage in the framing of the question.

Scholars and experts – and even the media – continuously publish different versions of researches in an attempt to define what ‘good’ marriages are. If anyone of us is familiar with the outcomes of any of these researches (this and this, for example), then we know that some of the couples with the happiest of marriages with bits of wisdom to share can come from both ‘categories’. We also know that in addition to this, the results are mere observations and suggestions and not scientific, absolute or universal formulas for marriages anywhere.

Secondly, and more to the issue at hand, it seemed as though the biggest grouse held against the contestant was that she was a ‘slay queen’, and that looking good by any measure automatically renders her mentally incapacitated. This particularly troubled a majority of the womenfolk who went on the comments to conclude that she was a ‘beauty without brains’. It bothers me that they might have no idea how much brain work goes into “slaying”of any kind. More so because slaying just happens to cut across various walks of life and sectors of the economy, and can be professional or personal.

The young lady’s response has nothing to do with looks, natural or enhanced. Or, if she were not deemed beautiful as it were, would the responses have been, “It is understandable. She nor kuku fine, so wetin she sabi?” Or something to that effect?

Confusing and utterly disturbing.

This might seem puzzling or impossible to most, but one, any person of any sex or gender could have been asked that same excuse for a question and still come up short. Two, it is NOT a female thing. Beautiful women are not airheads by default, just as the same standards are not held to beautiful men. It is not new or refreshing to see a woman who is both beautiful and intelligent. Why that combination is surprising and threatening to some, we’ll probably never know.

Three, if the organisers of beauty pageants truly cared for judging the intellectual capacities of their contestants, then their selection processes would probably take on a more intellectual form. Also, that segment in their event would then be made fair by asking all contestants the same question. Not the same by random association.

A person’s physical tendencies to be a ‘slay queen’ neither increases nor reduces their level of intelligence. Just because you choose not to be a ‘slay queen’ does not mean you’re more or less intelligent, confident, secure, appealing, stylish, and so forth. And it certainly gives you no right to be vitriolic towards your fellow women. Or anyone for that matter.

Interestingly enough, after all said and done, wasn’t it another ‘slay queen’ who ended up winning the contest?

http://etimes.com.ng/2017/05/15/beauty-without-brains-comments-miss-rivers-contestants-blunder-shameful-supposed-epic-fail/

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth. ~Benjamin Disraeli. This statement is in tandem with what the Vice President will have to have in mind. In the face of ongoing political abracadabra and the tagging of coordinating with government,which I don’t see as any difference from the position of acting president. So , the issue of the term coordinator is like crying wolf when there is none and making  a mountain UT if a mole hill.
 
Be it coordinating or vice president , it is all about semantics and nomenclature. As we stand today, the buck stops at Prof Osibanjo’s table and he must make good use of the table. Cards are laid down and he should know that he holds that ace. Posterity is watching and how he will be rated ,will be dependent on his capacity to act. And how swiftly he acts and how decision are made .
 
We can’t deceive ourselves that Osibanjo isn’t in charge. He is and he must come to terms with this and so must other people understand that he is the man of the moment. He is in charge and all respect and support must be given to him. Failure to do so can be tagged insubordination. On his part, the acting president must understand the work at hands and roll his sleeves . He mustn’t be seen speaking big grammar everywhere. We totally understand that he is a professor and as academician, they are used to pontificating. This isn’t  the time for that. This is the time to talk the walk. Speaking at conferences ,seminars and workshops are good, but, changing the narrative of government is the best.

Talking about change if narratives, in his first coming during the earlier part of this year, we saw how the vice president engaged the frayed nerves by visiting the hotspot or the troubled spots of the Niger Delta. He engaged the East. This is the best time to do that . With his antecedent, we can confidently say that he is a man for the job. The Eastern region isn’t smiling at all. He must understand that a region that isn’t happy will be a dent to his political sagacity and gymnastics. He must make appointments and recommendations for appointment from the people that come from the East. There is lot of portfolio that are yet to be filled. To give the Igbo a sense of belonging ,the Igbo group must be carried along.
 
There has been reports that a certain group of people or cabal are holding the government at the jugular. Though, this is doubtful and hard to believe. The concept of cabal is far fetched. But, if there is cabal, the acting vice president must disable their machinery. With his power, he has the right to hire and fire. This must be deployed or a better Nigeria. The Nigerian citizens are tired of living in a country that is being ravaged by inflation. Maybe the vice president doesn’t know that…there is little one can buy with five Naira . Maybe the vice president doesn’t understand that there is no fifty Naira pepper again in the market. Maybe he doesn’t have a minute understanding that people earn 10,000 Naira a month and have this high cost of living to contend with.
 
 
Nigerians understand that he is a professor of  law. That isn’t an excuse, he should assemble a top notch economic team that will take this country out of the woods. If there are ministers that aren’t performing, he should show them the way out. Nigeria economic performance can’t be sacrificed on the altar of political correctness and party affiliation. History will judge and posterity is watching. The acting president , Mr Yemi Osibanjo must demonstrate that he has the well-being of Nigerians in mind. This I believe he does ,but what about other Nigerians ?


http://etimes.com.ng/2017/05/15/yemi-osibanjo-can-demonstrate-sufficient-will-power/

To me, I feel that this is unmanly, It must not comer to this level, oh i forgot...its acceptable in some cultures. Must he take this to extremes for ordinary greetings


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LubeyNaijaBlog:
This young man can't even wait for his traditional marriage day to come for him to show his mother-in-law his "Dobale" skills. Lol

The happy husband-to-be, Mario Ese showed his fiancee's mum that he is so grateful to her for raising an amazing lady who is set to be his wife by prostrating to her shortly after he proposed to her daughter. Awww

http://www.lubeynaija.com/2017/05/man-prostrates-to-his-fiancee-mum-after.html?m=1

dre11:
■ Parents allege ex-convict used her for ritual






http://sunnewsonline.com/girl-raped-at-9-now-has-several-deformities-at-18/

Whosoever did this shall never have peace. I think I am sorting worried about these best lately. That's why i read www.etimes.com.ng

A Federal High Court, Abuja, has granted a request by the Department of State Services, DSS, to keep the chairman, Capital Oil and Gas Ltd, Ifeanyi Ubah, in custody for another 14 days pending the completion of its investigation of the charges against him.

Efforts by Mr. Ubah’s counsel to have the Lagos division of the court to vacate the order also failed on Friday as the court said it would not make an order in the face of a “conflict situation”.

Justice Y. Halilu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, gave the order for Mr. Ubah’s continued detention following a motion exparte filed on May 10 together with an affidavit in support and deposed to by one G.O.A Agbadua, a senior legal officer with the DSS.

The Lagos division of the Federal High Court had on Tuesday ordered the secret police to produce Mr. Ubah in court on Friday.

The DSS on Friday took Mr. Ubah into custody on allegations of “economic sabotage” and diversion of petroleum products to the tune of N11 billion.
The petroleum products were stored by NNPC Retail in Capital Oil’s tank farm in Lagos under a throughput agreement but went missing under controversial circumstances.

At the resumed hearing, Mr. Ubah’s lawyer, Richard Oluyede, reminded the court in Lagos of its order for Mr. Ubah to be brought to court.

“The applicant has not been produced. Rather we were served this morning with a notice of preliminary objection and a counter affidavit to the application itself being filed yesterday.

“It will appear from the document that after the original processes were served on the 28th of April, the only reaction to that was to arrest the applicant from his house on the 5th of May.

“But after we had approached the court for an order for his production with Your Lordship’s order on the 9th of May, the 4th and 5th respondents went before the FCT High Court not for the purpose of preferring charges against the applicant, but merely to frustrate Your Lordship’s order for his production,” said Mr. Oluyede.

According to Mr. Oluyede, they did this “by obtaining on the 10th of May an order from the FCT High Court to detain him for 14 days in order to complete their purported investigation. And I submit that the 4thand 5th respondent have acted in a manner that’s in subversion of the dignity of the court.”
Mr. Oluyede further stated that “the proceedings taken to the FCT is an abuse of process and also an abuse of power.”
The counsel referred the court to the affidavit where he stated that “as soon as the order to produce the 1st applicant, was served on the 4th and 5threspondents, he was placed under additional strictures and began to receive threats that unless he withdrew his action he would rot in the detention and members of his family including his children and wife would be arrested and detained.”
According to the document, “he was told that the court’s order would not be obeyed and it was in his best interest to withdraw the action.

“After being in custody for over a month, he was coerced to sign some documents. First to sign a document for discontinuance upon threat to family and himself, he was then coerced into signing documents of indebtedness to NNPC and pledging some of his assets to the Asset Management Company of Nigeria, AMCON”.

In his reaction, counsel to the DSS, Peter Okerinmode, told the court that “the alleged arrest and detention of the 1st applicant occurred in Abuja on the 5th of May and that no infringement of the 1st applicant’s right occurred in Lagos State.”

“The relief sought by the 4th and 5th respondents, challenges the jurisdiction of this court to hear and determine this case and that the court in Lagos State lacks the jurisdiction to hear and determine any alleged infringement of the fundamental human right of anybody in Abuja,” said Mr. Okerinmode.
In response on point of order, Mr. Oluyede said: “My learned friend fails to realize that the order made by this court to produce the 1st applicant is extrinsic and their failure itself is a separate proceedings. They have subverted this court order and saying the court lacks jurisdiction but have failed to comply with the order of this court.

“The dignity of the court is paramount than jurisdiction and I urge this court to release the 1st applicant unconditionally,” Mr. Oluyede said.
Delivering his ruling, Justice Mohammed Idris said he would act with “great caution” in the matter.

“From the record of this court, it is clear that the 4th and 5th respondents were served with the order of this court on the 10th day of May, 2017 at 10:00hours.

“It appears that on the same date, that is, 10th of May, 2017, 4th and 5th respondents obtained from an FCT High Court an order made by Justice Halilu to have them detain the 1st applicant in the custody of the 4th and 5th respondents for an initial period of 14 days pending the completion of the investigation.

“A conflict situation has been created. I will not make an order for the release of the applicant pending the completion of the 14 days,” he added.
The judge adjourned till May 18 for continuation of the matter.




http://etimes.com.ng/2017/05/12/court-approves-dss-request-for-continued-detention-of-ifeanyi-ubah/

are you a yoruba muslim?

Just asking bro

madridguy:
O Allah, I beg You to make my asking You best and my supplication best. I beg of you the best success, the best work, the best rewards and the best life.

MONEY IS GOOD. MONEY IS DEFENSE. MONEY IS POWER. MAY GOD BLESS ME ABUNDANTLY.

Stop fooling around...did R Kelly pay any royalties

LifestyleTonite:
This is a great feat for Davido. I remember when 2face released a song claiming he did it with R Kelly. Few weeks later, it was discovered that he just took RKelly's voice from another song and infused it into his. That was the biggest lie of the year. What 2face couldn't achieve is what Davido got cheaply.

lalasticlala Seun

A cyber security group, Cyber Security Experts Association of Nigeria (CSEAN), has estimated that Nigeria loses about N127 billion to cybercrimes yearly.

The CSEAN said the country might face even greater odds in cybersecurity threats this year.

It, however, identified five cyber crimes that will dominate Nigeria this year based on the current trends as CEO e-mail scam, ransomware, online-assisted kidnapping, cyber bullying and online impersonation.
CSEAN President, Remi Afon, who said that the year 2017 would witness more ransomware than ever seen before in Nigeria, stated that with the rise of ransomware-as-a-service, cyber criminals could now purchase a user-friendly kit they could deploy with little or no cyber know-how from the dark web.

He described ransomware as a type of malware that infects a machine when a user clicks on a seemingly legitimate link and unknowingly downloads a malicious file. The virus will then encrypt the user’s files, share drives and servers, leaving them inaccessible unless the victim pays for the decryption key usually in crypto currency.
He said: “That kidnapping is on the rise in Nigeria is no news. What many people don’t know is that kidnappers are being assisted by their victims’ social media online activities and geolocation data on their smartphones. Geolocation data is information that can be used to identify an electronic device’s physical location.”


According to him, using smartphones’ built-in Global Positioning System (GPS) functionality allows location-based services (or geo-location) to locate and publish information about smartphone owners’ whereabouts.

He also identified online impersonation, which he categorised into two, as another top cyber crime to watch out for in 2017. He said while the first category impersonates politicians and religious leaders on social media by creating fake profiles with the aim of scamming their victims, the second usually creates fake profiles with attractive fake pictures so they can engage in what is called ‘romance scam’.
Afon stressed that cyber criminals were mainly interested in targeting foreigners, claiming they were in love with them and establishing a love relation to be able to swindle them.



http://etimes.com.ng/?p=5480

are you a gay ? Just asking bro...

alex81:
well, non of these attracts me.

“8 Things Men Will Always Find Attractive In Women.” It consists of the typical feel-good crap that is peddled everywhere you go and does not take anything but an anecdotal perspective into account. No offense to Rob—he’s probably just the average “nice guy” who grew up in a society devoid of strong male role models. I don’t expect any hard truths from a guy like him. But I was too disturbed by what he wrote not to respond, so what I will do is lay down some truth up in this hizzouse by telling you what men will REALLY always find attractive in women. Here we go.

1. Wide hips
Wide hips are a sexually dimorphic trait. During puberty, women’s hipbones widen to facilitate childbirth. Hips don’t lie—wide hips in a woman are a strong signifier to men that she’s a mature adult who’s very much capable of reproduction. (She can push out little critters with ease.) Since we men are all about putting our seed in fertile ground, it’s not uncommon to see us fawning over Iggy Azalea and her ilk’s “parted like the Red Sea” hips.

2. Big, full, and red lips
Big, full, and red lips are a strong sign of good genetic quality. Full lips are often a sign that your jaws have grown correctly without misalignment—a very good indicator of genetic health. It’s no coincidence that people who have a perfect teeth and a perfect bite often also have full lips. But what of the redness? Lipstick doesn’t exist in nature, so why would men find red lipstick attractive? When women apply red lipstick they’re unknowingly mimicking a big sign of arousal in primates. Upon arousal in female primates blood rushes to their lips, creating a red sheen. Naturally, male apes are going to want to get with someone who’s putting her willingness on display. This is no less true in Homo sapiens. Red lips are universally attractive because they signal arousal and willingness to engage in sex. So ladies, perhaps you should be a bit more careful with what you smear on your lips if you don’t want to look like you’re actively looking to get a piping.

3. Slim waists
This one goes hand-in-hand with the wide hips. Estrogen, the female hormone, dictates fat storage in women. High estrogen levels in the female body often mean that fat will congregate around the breasts, the hips, and ass—NOT the stomach. So when men see a woman with a bit of a gut—she’s telling us “My estrogen levels are not very high”—men love high estrogen, so she’s not going to be a big hit with the lads.

It’s simple—if you have a big belly, we’re not going to find you as attractive as we would if you had a slim waist. DUH. Testosterone, the male hormone, dictates fat storage on the stomach. That’s why you don’t see many women with beer guts.

4. Maternal instinct
Women who display a maternal inclination and all the traits that this entails are very attractive. Qualities such as kindness, empathy, and warmth are all the offspring of the maternal demeanor. They are also the antithesis of the typical feminist qualities, something that may explain why most men find feminists repulsive. Personally, I find that seeing a woman coddling a pet or a baby with love in her eyes stirs something deep inside of me—it awakens primal attraction. I remember finding Disney’s portrayal of Snow White to be incredibly attractive as a child. Looking back on it through an evolutionary lens, I’ve come to realize that it may have had a lot do with her cuddle sessions with forest animals. I will often look at how women treat children and small animals. It is a good way to determine whether she’s girlfriend material or pump-and-dump material. Embodying maternal qualities tells men that you will be a good mother to your potentially shared offspring.

5. Submissiveness
Men have always been the dominant sex—men’s largely superior upper-body strength has made any other balance of power impossible. This fact is, despite it seeming that way on first glance, not a disadvantage to women. In fact, women wouldn’t have it any other way. Women on the whole, although many may be afraid to admit it in this current feminist climate of thought-policing, find dominant men more attractive than their meeker counterparts. They don’t like feeling “above” their men. This is evident in the fact that women tend to want to marry partners who make more money than they do. The force that logically corresponds to women’s attraction for dominant men is the male attraction to submissive women. A woman acting submissive around a man will reaffirm his protector and provider instincts, making him both feel better about both himself and her.

6. Ample breasts
Men love big tits—that’s not a very well kept secret. Some speculate that boobs have evolved to resemble the ass as much as possible, the reason being that our ancestors, who were initially only able to mate from behind, needed a substitute ass to ogle around the time when bipedalism allowed for face-to-face fucking. The fact that breasts play a big part in nurturing offspring has helped a lot in the two funbags’ meteoric rise to sex-symbol status. Again, estrogen plays a big part in telling fat where to go. In women with a healthy hormonal profile, a lot of fat will assemble around the breasts.

7. Big asses
Kim Kardashian’s ass draws a lot of looks from Hot men and jealous women. Her ass is attractive because of its breadth and volume. She be storing fat in all the right places. There’s not really much more to say about this. The bottom line is that if you have a big ass, you’re signaling fertility to the opposite sex.

8. Beauty
Beauty is, contrary to popular belief, NOT in the eye of the beholder. There are very specific ratios and features that determine facial beauty across cultures. Men will always find a beautiful face attractive—beauty is attractiveness.
 You’d better have big eyes, a small nose, a small chin, and big lips if you want to get yourself some action. Actually, scratch that—lucky for you, men’s standards are not very high, so any hoglike women out there reading this, there’s hope for you.

There you have it. It’s a bit harder to swallow than Rob’s fluffy mess, but it is definitely closer to the truth—can you handle it?

http://etimes.com.ng/2017/05/10/8-things-men-will-always-find-attractive-in-women/

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is to appeal the ruling today by Justice Olasumbo Olajumoke Goodluck of the FCT High Court, Abuja upholding a no-case submission by a former Head of Service (HoS) and former Chairman of Presidential Committee on Financial Action Task Force, PCFATF, Stephen Oronsaye on the 7-count charge of criminal breach of trust brought against him by the Commission.

Orosanye was alleged to have taken undue advantage of his office to receive N190million, part of a N240million grant for the committee by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and converted same to personal use. The prosecution had after calling six witnesses closed its case setting the stage for Oronsaye to enter his defence.

Rather than enter his defence, Oronsaye, through his counsel, Kanu Agabi, SAN, on December 9, 2016 filed a no-case submission urging the court to strke out the charges on the grounds that they are defective and lacks essential elements required to prosecute the defendant. Agabi stated that the prosecution neither specified the amount that was entrusted to the defendant, nor the mandate of the committee he chaired.

The learned silk contended that there was no proven offence by the prosecution to warrant the defendant to enter defence. In his counter argument, the prosecuting counsel, Offem Uket, told the court that the prosecution had proved its case.

According to him, the prosecution had established a prima facie case against the defendant as to warrant his defence. Uket believed that it was not right to bring up the issue of imperfection of charges at this stage, as it was against the provisions of Sections 220 and 221 of Administration of Criminal Justice Act, (ACJA), 2015. He, therefore, urged the court to refuse the no-case submission by the defence. Ruling on the application today, Justice Goodluck held that, “the prosecution has not put anything before the court to justify the charges for which the defendant is being tried”. He consequently, discharged the accused “of the 7-count charge against him”. However, the Commission believes the trial judge erred in his ruling and will approach the appeal court to set aside the ruling.


http://etimes.com.ng/2017/05/10/efcc-to-appeal-dismissal-of-n190m-fraud-charge-against-oronsaye/

The attention of the Comptroller General of Immigration Service, Muhammad Babandede, MFR has been drawn to some media reports of persistent scarcity of Passport Booklets across our Passport Issuing Centre.

It has become important to state here that there is no scarcity of Passport Booklets across all our Issuing Centres in Nigeria and our Missions abroad. It would be recalled that on 2nd March this year, the Service did inform the public about a shortfall in the supply of the Booklets in our system. You may wish to note that the situation has since been resolved following government’s intervention and normalcy restored in all the Issuing Centres as contained in our Press Release of 6th April, 2017.

The Comptroller General is by this notice encouraging all Passport applicants to approach the nearest Passport Offices to them to process their Passports and avoid patronizing touts/agents who may make the process cumbersome. They may also wish to forward all complaints/challenges on the process to nis.servicom@nigeriaimmigration.gov.ng or call 08119753844 for attention. It is necessary to state that several Booklets have been produced but remained uncollected across our Issuing Centres. Those affected are encouraged to go for collection.

The public is hereby advised to disregard the misinformation about scarcity of the Booklets and always contact us for all Immigration services.

Signed
(ACI) SUNDAY JAMES
SERVICE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER
For: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF IMMIGRATION SERVICE

http://etimes.com.ng/2017/05/10/nis-debunks-scarcity-of-international-passport-booklets/

IT IS NO SPIRITUAL ANIMAL ITS CALLED BUSH BABY..NOCTURNAL IN NATURE AND BOTANICAL NAMES SOUNDS FUNNY...LIKE galagea something something


had biology F9

You are very right

Blue3k2:
I posted that short comment just to bump thread. Anyway I have a few of the same opinions. It wouldn't be in Nigeria interest to lose Biafra. The 3rd biggest economy and all its taxes. I think economic integration and giving a lil more autonomy would work.

The parts about African nations loving to settle thing with gun instead of dialogue is very true.

where are the merits...I think that the Nigeria and Biafran people have not sat down to look at these

Newmanluckyman:
...this article has merit and it makes a whole lot of sense.

I think the OP gave options like regionalism, Confederacy, he used Canada, UAE etc to buttress his point and also he said collapsing the states to a regional arrangements with each zone choosing which name it wants to be called with same etnic nations coming together for a better good. the whole iGBO tribes of SE, SS and MB can be together and have thair region, while same for yoruba etc...

Okoroawusa:
the OP made some salient points.I agree wit him on some n I disagree wit him on some.
there some basic n vital points to be noted n questions asked abt this present agitations...
first,where exactly is biafra? is d old map of ojukwu?or d massob map?or ipob map?or benjamin onwuka's zionist map dat draws d biafran map down to semester border?
second,is biafra an igbo nation? dnt just tell me no..
prove it.
thirdly,is biafra about nnamdi kanu?...I personally dnt see him as d messiah
then no matter how useless u think d igbo elites are,we need them.are they in support?
I dnt see d concern of d minorities in all of these...re they really wit us?
finally,a people that want their own nation need not be comfortable in any part of this country but instead be engaging in systematic withdrawal from govt,business,investments,political activities and so on.
Ogwuna ka oramu na onu.ndewonu o!

why ? There is a lot of sense in it


Right ?

Blue3k2:
Liked this article.

I totally concur

Yoruba women....Ok na

JUST NEGODU....ODIEGWU

Nnamdi Kanu has been released, glasses of champagne has been clicked in the Eastern part of Nigeria and some parts of the Niger Delta that are hell bent on having their own country known as Biafra. Names ( Biafra and IPOB) have turned out to be that proverbial bee that has perches at the Nigeria’s scrotum. Allow the bee,it stings the hell out of the scrotum and kill the bee, it hurts the scrotum. This is the position of Biafra . Orchestrated by the “new kid ” in the block , Nnamdi Kanu. Biafra also has presented a case, how the Negroid or a black man will govern himself without resorting to brute. Some analyst says that Biafra will display the level of logicality in the average Blackman’s mind. With his release now, what is the next step? Will court cases go on as planned? Will there be tons of negotiations and cessations and truce? Questions like these are being asked by watchers.




Nigeria noted to be the biggest black country globally, Biafra will present to the global community how the Blackman reasons either with his gun or with his brains. And the Blackman has sufficiently demonstrated to the world that he prefers reasoning with the latter than the former. ” We will kill everything that walks ” quoted Benjamin Adekunle, during the first Biafra war about half a century ago. And he did exactly that, killed many and he was given a badge if honours, decorated and a Street named after him in Lagos. Though he later died a sad and unfulfilled man. That’s how the Blackman has come to reason.





Then came Nnamdi Kanu,ignored by the former administration and made popular and a legend by the present administration. An international report, but it this way.

“Until recently, Kanu was politely ignored by the outside world. To many Igbos, he was at best an expat dreamer, at worst a rabble- rousing shock jock. Then, after years in which nobody took him seriously, the Nigerian government did just that. During a visit to Nigeria 15 months ago, he was arrested by its feared Department of State Security at a hotel in Lagos,” The Telegraph London.



With the tilted form of development and quest for restructure of the country which have been frowned by some sections of the country has been said to be one of the remote causes of the pursuit of the dreamland by the Majority Christian East and thus, the majority North isn’t finding palatable with the middle belt confused on where and whom to side. Mind you, the middle belt is 60% Christian. So , the quest for Biafra can be attributed to quest for self determination.

This new emergence of Biafra ( not as if the ideology died, it didn’t die ) can be attributed to a culmination of isolationist acts Nigeria has dished (full course and with buffet ) to the Igbo which can be seen from political , infrastructural to and otherwise. Today’s Biafrans must have studied the methodology that their fathers used and improved upon it. And this method seems to be working and the world has taken notice of it.



“Angered by the massacre of tens of thousands of Igbos in the Muslim-dominated north, Biafra formed its own army, produced its own currency, and declared independence. The Igbos, who often describe themselves as the ‘Jews of Africa’, wanted their own Israel. They got something closer to holocaust.” The Telegraph London



In the words of international observer ,Colin Freeman, he captured the essence of Biafra and Nnamdi Kanu road to legend and martyrdom. Presently even deified by the Nigeria government,he said



“It has been nearly 50 years since Biafra’s bitter independence struggle, the inspiration for Frederick Forsyth’s bestselling The Dogs of War. Now a south London DJ currently imprisoned in Nigeria has taken up the battle, and Biafrans are once again fighting – and dying – for the dream of their own country”



The new found love for Biafra by the people of Igbo descent and their southern cousin in Nigeria Delta States have reached a crescendo that the Nigerians federal government can’t afford to ignore and at the same time must find a lasting solution. The lasting solution has always been within their grips, but they prefer looking for it on the mountain top. A clear case of not thinking outside the box. One of the characteristics of the African leadership.

Just like how the average carpenter view every problem solution through a hammer the African government solves everything with brute and force. There can be a clear departure from this and the Biafra issue can be solved seamlessly and simply via economic means .



Well, rumours have been peddled that the Nigerian government is thinking of of allowing the five Igbo states go, though not ascertained . But, if the this is to be true! Then it will be a mistake. The Igbo is known to have this “Igwe by Ike mentality ” a principle of carrying your brother along. I don’t think that the animal Igbo man will be okay staying on his own knowing that he has about 40 million if his brothers across the river or will be comfortable with another tribe rather than his own siblings the Igbo. The same goes with the Rivers state Igbo. So the solution isn’t this. Nigeria as a country has solutions and there is no need to be petrified or develop phobias for Biafra .





Biafra hinges on our ability as a race to solve our internal problem maturely. Though, we must agree that African countries with the exception of Ethiopia are white man creations. We lacked the capacity, then to either from our countries or govern ourselves. We were created and colonised by the whites, but today Nigeria must use this buffer to demonstrate that African man has evolved. Nigeria must demonstrate that African man can solve some political issues without killing. Nigeria must demonstrate that Biafra agitation can be solved via dialogue and not on battle Field. The whole world is looking at Nigeria. The whole world is asking , why is the Blackman like this ? Nigeria shouldn’t give the world the answers they want.



The economic model that can be used to settle the agitation is simple. It boils down to what has been said all this while. Regionalism! It’s as simple as that. Let the Igbo and the whole Igbo speaking tribes come together and have their region where a greater degree if autonomy is given to them. Something akin to confederation or full federation. They will decide on their own type of democratic process, their own flag, anthem, even police . The education and judicial system can be decided by the region. They will run their own internal affairs to a greater degree and pay a stipend to government at the centre but will use Nigerian passport and be defended by the Nigerian army. Most of the united countries of the world like the UAE, USA, Canada and even Malaysia run this system. They allow the regions to take their decision and have their internal control mechanism intact. This same goes to every region . Regions should be created according to cultural and ideological beliefs. Then make the centre very weak. The presidency should be rotated and also made powerless . The role of the presidency should be ceremonial while power rest on the region. The presidency ,though ceremonial must be rotated amongst the few regions.



This would have been the best bet for the country ,but will the love of oil and the docility if the North allow the country to take this common sense approach? Time will tell.



Another harsh option is dissolution. It takes guts to do this, but shows maturity. The country can have a bilateral trade agreement between the seceding state. The Biafra can be a client state of Nigeria the way Costa Rica is to USA and Hong Kong to China or Gibraltar to Britain. An arrangement if this kind can be put in place . The agreement will be in visa systems, work and business permits and others. When such agreement is made, there is no need to fret over the issue of Biafra. Because, t just simply means a change of name but not a change of brotherhood or friendship. The agitating and the administrating parties must also look at this option. Ireland isn’t a part of the Britain doesn’t make Irish enemies bro English. They still maintain that oneness and brotherliness. Nigeria must learn from their colonial masters .





The Biafra issue, to me isn’t what should give Nigeria headache unless she sees it as so. There is always a way out of seemingly quagmire only if people can look within and factor a way out. The emergence of Biafra or not shouldn’t be seen as a do or die venture. Both should be seen as an evolutionary trend in the way Blackman reasons. He(Biafran) wants to define his destiny and this must be encouraged. One of the arguments that the Biafrans are putting is to redraw the map of Africa that was drawn for African without their consent. And a cursory look at this narrative, they shouldn’t be faulted but negotiated.



http://etimes.com.ng/2017/05/09/biafra-nigeria-why-we-must-find-a-lasting-economic-solution/