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A vastly experienced IT professional, Valentine Obi is the founder and CEO of eTranzact, a local multi-application and multi-channel electronic transaction switching and payment processing platform. Launched in 2003, it has evolved into a multinational brand, rolling out products in 6 other countries including South Africa, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Cote d’Ivoire and United Kingdom.

eTranzact is a publicly quoted company on the Nigerian Stock Exchange with a fully paid up capital of 4.2 billion shares.

Denmark is pledging 91 million Danish kroner ($14 million) to curb the “human and social costs” of unwanted pregnancies in places with poor infrastructure and opportunities for young women. Much of the focus will be on Africa’s least developed countries.

Danish minister for development cooperation, Ulla Tørnæs, said, “part of the solution to reducing migratory pressures on Europe is to reduce the very high population growth in many African countries.”

The framing of contraception aid as an act of foreign policy reflects a change in attitudes towards refugees and migrants in the Scandinavian country. In August 2015, the government passed legislation to cut welfare benefits to refugees and migrants residing in the country for less than eight years. And in January 2016, Danish parliament approved plans to allow police to seize the refugee assets worth more than $436.

Over a million migrants and refugees reached Europe by sea in 2015, with nearly 4,000 reported missing, or suspected to have drowned, according to the UN Refugee Agency.

The UN high commissioner for refugees, Filippo Grandi, said the movewas a “deeply concerning response to humanitarian needs” and “an affront to their dignity.” In an 18-page report, Grandi also wrote that Denmark’s proposed immigration policies were out of touch with its “tradition of providing sanctuary to those in need.”

Tørnæs’s comments follow French president Emmanuel Macron’s diagnosis of Africa’s problems as “civilizational” , saying one of Africa’s “essential challenges” was population growth, and noting that “in some countries…seven or right children [are] born to each woman.” However, the 2017 Revision of the UN World Population Prospects tells a different story. Fertility rates for Africa were recorded at 4.7 births per woman for 2010-2015. The only country in Africa, let alone the world, that resembles Macron’s statistic is Niger.

While global fertility rates are set to fall, the UN anticipates a rapid increase in the population of 33 African countries categorized as “least developed nations.” These nations are expected to triple in size between 2017 and 2100.

https://etimes.com.ng/denmark-thinks-free-birth-control-african-countries-will-slow-europes-migrant-crisis/

IT IS PATHETIC HOW SOME PEOPLE WILL POSTULATE SOME FUNNY THINGS.... THE ISSUE IS THAT I PERSONALLY DONT LIKE TALKING THIS BIAFRA ISH..BUT AS IT HAS BEEN SAID THE OP REFUSED TO LET US UNDERSTAND WHAT HE MEANT BY SOUTH SOUTH

THEW LAST TIME I CHECKED...THERE ARE TONS OF IGBO INDIGENOUS TO NIGER DELTA...THEY ARE ABOUT 50% OF BIGGER DELTA..AND IT WILL BE FOOLISH IF THEY THINK THAT THEIR BROTHERS IN EAST WILL ABANDON THEM. IGBO DO NOT DO THAT AND

SECONDLY, I WONDER HOW BIAFRA IS A PARADFOX, IGBO HAVE MADE THEIR POSITION KNOWN the LAST 50YRS AND STILL STAND BY IT...I DO KNOW THEY ARE FOCUSED ON IT...I THINK THE OP AND HIS PEOPLE SHOULD EITHER FIGHT THEIR OWN WAR AND AGITATE THEIR AGITATIONS AND STOP RIDING ON THE BACK OF BIAFRA...IT IS EITHER THEY ALIGN OR DESIGN THEIR POSITION.

I AM IGBO, BUT I AM NOT A PYROMANIAC, SO WHAT I HAVE COME TO CONCLUDE IS:


IF BIAFRA WILL COME, IT WILL COME....IF ITS DESTINES...NO EPISTLE CAN STOP IT



OP...STOP CRYIMNG MORE TJHAN THE BEREAVED ...IGBO CAN TAKE IKWERRE BROTHERS THAT WANT TO BE WITH THEM..EXCEPT HOPEATHAND...WHERE IS THAT CLOWN PER EXCELLENCE

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Yul Edochie, Nollywood actor and the son of veteran movie star, Mr Pete Edochie, Friday went to his Instagram page to place a campaign poster that has his image encrypted on it, saying “My name is Yul Edochie. And I’m running for Governor of Anambra State. 2017. #TheLastBusStop.



He equally stated that Nigerians need a new brand of leaders who will put the masses first, hammering that the older ones have failed the country. In his words, “We need a new brand of Leaders who will put the masses first. The older ones have failed us for too long… They have come to THE LAST BUS STOP!!! The young Edochie however, did not mention the political party he intends contesting from.



But reacting to his post, some followers who supported him, said that, it is time for Nigeria to have an intelligent, energetic, young and vibrant youth who will help address our political system for a viable economy. Whereas other supporters dramatically quizzed him with; which political party are you vying the position from?

If the 35 year old actor wins, he will be the first democratically elected governor in Nigeria and among few entertainers who have succeeded in achieving their political goals like Desmond Elliot who is currently representing Surulere 1 constituency at the Lagos state hoUSE https://etimes.com.ng/yul-edochie-eyes-willy-obianos-seat-anambra/

The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, says 25 per cent or 46 million Nigerians defecate openly, while 33 million of these people are in the rural areas

Nawshad Ahmed, Programme and Planning Specialist, UNICEF, Abuja, said this in Minna on Tuesday during the 2017 Niger State UNICEF mid-year review.

He noted that open defecation, which was higher in the northern part of the country than the southern part, was present across Nigeria.

Mr. Ahmed said that open defecation was less in urban areas due to access to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) facilities in urban areas.

He also said that one out of every three Nigerians did not have access to safe drinking water, adding that the rate surpassed 80 per cent in some southern states and less than 35 per cent in some northern states.

On open defecation in Niger, Mr. Ahmed said that there was a need to review the state’s WASH policy for presentation to the State Executive Council for approval.

He said that there was inadequate government support for the implementation of the state’s Open Defecation-Free Road Map to end open defecation by 2025.

The specialist noted that none of the 25 local government areas of the state had tangible plans to end open defecation, while there were no WASH departments in the local government councils.

He also said that none of the local government councils had existing budget for WASH facilities.

He added that the pace of expansion of safe water facilities was lower than the rate of increase in population.

On education, Mr. Ahmed said that over 20 per cent of world’s out-of-school children — 10 million children — were in Nigeria.

“Children from the richest quintile are three times likely to attend school than children from the poorest families.

“There is no gender disparity in the school attendance for children in the richest, fourth, or middle wealth quintile; gender gap appears in the second quintile and is wider among poorest children,” he said.

He, however, stressed that mother’s education was important to improving the standard of education of children.

Usman Musa, Permanent Secretary, Niger Ministry of Planning, disclosed that the 2017 UNICEF work plan was already in progress.

He said the work plan would soon be signed by Gov. Abubakar Bello.

Mr. Musa advised participants to participate actively in the plan whenever it became operational so as to achieve the objectives of the review.



https://etimes.com.ng/nigeria-25-nigerians-defecate-openly-unicef/

IGP Ibrahim Idris vows to “flush out” unethical officers
In line with the fight against corruption and ensuring adherence to the “Change Begins With Me” campaign of the Federal Government, the Nigeria Police Force has approved the dismissal from service of four police officers attached to Ijebu-Ode Area Command in Ogun State. They are (1) AP. No 122800 Inspr. Mufutau Olaosun, (2) F/No. 366127 Sgt. Adebayo Temitope, (3) F/No. 455593 Cpl. Bakare Taiwo and (4) F/No. 455554 Cpl. Adesoye Ayokunlehin who were charged, tried and found guilty in an Orderly Room conducted at the Area Command Headquarters, Ijebu-Ode for two offences against discipline as provided for in Paragraphs E (iii) Discreditable Conduct and C (ii) Corrupt Practice under the First Schedule of Police Act and Regulations Cap. P19. Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004.

THE CASE AGAINST THE DISMISSED POLICEMEN

On the 12th of June, 2017 the Public Complaint Rapid Response Unit (PCRRU) received a complaint via WhatsApp number 0805 700 0003 which states thus;

“Good morning sir, My name is (Withheld), living in ijebu ode, on Wednesday afternoon I went to withdraw money from the bank and am been sent by my boss when going back to the office some policeman car just double cross me and collect my phone telling I stole the phone I should follow the to the station and the took me to igbeba police station here in ijebu asked me to do frog jump from outside to a room, which I did to afford being beating. After gotten there they started calling a internet fraudster which I told them am not that am an (withheld) and they started beating slapping me and forcing me to write a statement which they are the one telling me what to write and after that they collected 50,000 from me( from my boss money which I went to withdraw before ealizing me. Sir that’s my story. All this are not good and policeman are meant to protect us but this nowadays police officer have turn this to another thing by using their power to ride civilians, maltreating and harassing civilian. The officers name who headed the squad are been called which I overhead are name: one is Omo Alaja while the second is called AY but don’t know the name of the other 2 officer. Please sir you have to stop this kind of officer because they are taking this to far”

The complaint was immediately registered, Tracking Number PCRRU451591 issued and investigation initiated. The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Igbeba Division, Ijebu-Ode was mandated to commence an enquiry straightaway. The policemen were identified and it was discovered that they apprehended the complainant on 7th June, 2017 without any reasonable cause and extorted the sum of Fifty Thousand Naira (N50,000) “Bail Money” despite the #BailisFree campaign before he was eventually released same day. The extorted N50,000 was subsequently recovered from these unethical policemen who were armed in plain clothes on the day of the incident. Their action is contrary to the directives of the Inspector-General of Police and unacceptable.

Necessary disciplinary measures were initiated against the erring policemen, they were found guilty as charged in an Orderly Room trial after the presentation of witnesses and exhibits. Punishment of dismissal from service was recommended by the Adjudicating officer and proceedings reviewed by the relevant Nigeria Police Force (NPF) authorities. The punishment of dismissal from service has been upheld with immediate effect and all NPF uniforms and accoutrements including warrant cards (ID cards) issued to the men have been retrieved with all dismissal procedures completed. The complainant was also handed back his N50,000 with an apology a day after he lodged the complaint. The elated man after receiving his money thanked the PCRRU, he said “Great job you people are doing right there, thank you for the prompt response”.

Furthermore, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Ibrahim K. Idris NPM, mni while reiterating his stand on zero tolerance for corruption vows to “flush out those tarnishing police image” from the Force.

The IGP also impress it upon the PCRRU to ensure that all allegations of professional misconduct against the police are promptly investigated and officers found wanting in any proven case be made to face appropriate sanctions as stipulated by relevant laws.

Members of the public are advised not to resort to self-help when faced with case of police misconduct, but are enjoined to report such to the PCRRU for resolution. PCRRU is available 24/7 via the following channels;

Phone Calls Only: 08057000001, 08057000002 | SMS/WhatsApp Only: 08057000003
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PCRRU says NO TO IMPUNITY; our quick response will put a smile on your face.



https://etimes.com.ng/police-dismiss-four-ogun-policemen-extortion/

Last week, Mr Reno Omokri, former social media aide of erstwhile president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, reacted to a 2014 comment the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mr Nnamdi Kanu, made against Jonathan. In that comment, Kanu accused Jonathan of being weak, and said that his wife, Dame Patience Jonathan, was a stronger character. Someone looking for mischief republished the story as if it was a fresh comment, and many like Reno Omokri fell for it without asking questions.

However, the interesting thing was that Omokri did not respond to Kanu. He responded to the entire Igbo ethnic group, saying all kinds of uncomplimentary things about them. This is the way most Nigerians react to things involving an Igbo: they usually leave the culprit and attack the whole Igbo ethnic group. When an Igbo speaks, it is the entire Igbo ethnic group that has spoken, but when a Yoruba, or Hausa or Ijaw or Tiv speaks, people usually respond to the individual involved.

That was how the January 1966 coup was branded an Igbo coup. Consequently, Igbo civilians were massacred, even after the July 1966 coup-plotters had succeeded in killing the head of state and taking back power. Sadly, 50 years after that genocidal reaction to the Igbo civilians, those who carried out that cold-blooded mass murder as well as their children and the children of those who kept silent when the massacre of Igbo civilians took place are still justifying it with the argument that “the Igbo started it,” as if the killed Igbo civilians participated in the coup or were consulted by the soldiers during the planning of the coup.

In contrast, when the 1976 coup, which was masterminded by Middle-belt soldiers, executed, the Middle-belt civilians were not massacred, neither was it labelled a Middle-belt coup. Nigerians focused on Lt. Col. Buka Suka Dimka and his co-plotters.

Similarly, when the 1990 coup led by mainly Middle-belt and South-south people (with Major Gideon Orkar, Col. Tony Nyiam and Chief Great Ogboru as arrowheads), occurred, Middle-belt and South-south civilians were not attacked or even blamed. It was seen purely as a coup by soldiers. And only those who had a hand in the coup paid for it.

In his article against Kanu’s 2014 comment on Jonathan, Reno Omokri tried to prove how tactless Igbo are with this example: “Nnamdi Azikiwe was at one time known all over Africa as Zik of Africa. It was a thing of pride and joy to pre-independent Nigeria. Everyone was proud of Zik including Northerners. This is a fact. But the story ended tragically. No matter what may have happened to him through his political choices and alliances, it was a very great disappointment that a man who reached the peak of his political career as Zik of Africa ended up allowing himself to be known as the Owelle of Onitsha, not even of Nigeria, or Igboland or even Anambra, but of Onitsha.”

About a month ago, in his article “Hegemony: What the Igbo can learn from Yoruba and Fulani about power,” Omokri said: “This humility is ingrained into Yoruba and Northern youths from infancy. In the North, youths squat to greet their fathers and their male elders. In the Southwest, children are taught to prostrate for their elders as a form of greeting. Banky W is an international star but when he met Dele Momodu, he prostrated before him. Long before him, Sir Shina Peters did that to King Sunny Ade. I doubt that an Igbo man can even muster enough humility to prostrate before his own father how much more an elder! He would consider that as foolishness.”

It was shocking that an educated person, a well-travelled person and a pastor like Omokri could wallow in such ethnocentric ignorance by using one culture to judge another. It is like a newspaper columnist denigrating the Warri people over the starch they eat by comparing it with the pounded yam the Yoruba eat, or a European writer ridiculing Nigerians for eating cow’s hide (kanda/kpomo) as a delicacy rather than using it for leather, or eating goat’s head, intestines and feet as a delicacy (isi-ewu and nkwobi) which the Europeans would usually throw away or use as feed for animals.

We should remember that Isaac and Jacob in the Bible married their first cousins. Many ethnic groups and races in Nigeria and across the world marry their relatives, but it is an abomination among the Igbo to marry somebody from the same umunna, which is a large family that shares the same progenitor dating back 10 generations or more. Now imagine an Igbo writer denigrating those who marry their first or second cousins because his own custom forbids it! This can only be acceptable if the writer is pointing out the health implications of marriage between people who are related.

In Igbo cosmology, prostrating or kneeling down to greet anyone is blasphemous. It is reserved for God Almighty alone. It is seen as ill-breeding for any Igbo person not to greet anyone who is older. Such a child is usually corrected verbally by the elder or even disciplined. However, no Igbo man or woman accepts another to prostrate or kneel down while greeting him or her. A friend of mine who did his National Youth Service Corps scheme in the South-west returned home and prostrated to greet his father, as a show of respect that he had learnt in the South-west. Rather than feeling happy, his father was shocked and angry. The father shouted at him to rise up immediately and never deify him again.

When commercial vehicle operators or motorcycle operators, who are known for their recklessness, hit the car of a person on a Lagos street, their usual action is to prostrate as a way to show that they are remorseful. However, if the owner of the car is a Yoruba person, the prostrating may touch him, but if it is an Igbo, such prostrating irritates him immediately and makes it more difficult to forgive the offender.

How then could an educated person like Reno Omokri want an Igbo musician to prostrate while greeting another older Igbo celebrity when the older person sees such an act as blasphemous?

On the issue of Zik dropping from being the Zik of Africa to the Owelle of Onitsha, this ridiculous statement had been made in the past by some people out of ignorance, and Omokri simply rehashed that comment without interrogating it, just because he needed to find something with which to prove that Igbo are not as good as other ethnic groups.

Every Igbo man (as well as woman) is expected to rise from the name his father gave him to the name he gave himself or acquired through the acquisition of the ozo title (or honorary chieftaincy title nowadays.) That name is usually cherished by the bearer more than his given name, and it often overshadows his original name. Titles are given by the traditional ruler of a town, not the state or Igboland. Combining a title with the name of the town accords the title more authenticity and class. That is why Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu is synonymous with “Ikemba of Nnewi.” Another man can be the Ikemba of Asaba or Abakaliki. Senator Chuba Okadigbo is better known as the Oyi of Oyi, while Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife is better known as Okwadike Igbo-Ukwu.

At the gathering of elders and titled men, they do not call each other by their given names. They use the salutation names. As a younger person, I dared not call Ojukwu by his personal name, but I hailed him “Ikemba Nnewi” anytime I met him, and he responded with excitement. If I wanted to show him that I knew him too well, I would hail him Odenigbo Ngwo (the title his in-laws gave him). That would immediately make him respond: “Onye na-akpo m” (Who is hailing me?) or “Onye ma m otu a?” (Who knows me like this?)

In Things Fall Apart, even though Chinua Achebe identified the title name or salutation name of most of the characters in the novel, he did not identify the title name of the hero of the novel, Okonkwo, who had taken some ozo titles and was the greatest wrester and warrior of his clan. As a warrior, an elder and an ozo title holder, Okonkwo would not be addressed as “Okonkwo” except by his parents or elder siblings. He would be addressed by his title name. When Things Fall Apart was turned into a TV series by Nigerian Television Authority in the mid 1980s, the producers rectified that by giving Okonkwo the title “Ebubedike”.

When I call my father-in-law or mother-in-law on phone or meet them in person, I hail them by their salutation names. They love it. Sometimes they respond by hailing me too by my salutation name. Occasionally when I hail my father by his own salutation name, especially when he finishes the ceremonial breaking of the kola nut, he lovees it.

That is how we roll.

If you hail a person by his salutation name and he fails to reciprocate, you remind him that he has “eaten” your own salutation name. If the person does not know yours or has forgotten, it is his duty to ask you yours. If the person is your father or mother or much older and does not respond by calling you by your salutation name, you don’t take offence, neither do you withhold hailing him next time. It is your duty as a junior person to greet him or her by including his or her salutation name or title name.

As an author, Omokri should know that his greatest asset should be the word “research”, if he wants to be taken seriously. There is no room for assumptions. It is called research because you need to search and search again and continue searching. Before you write about a people, you visit them, ask questions, make observations, read about them. That way you see the reason behind actions and write like an authority, not a neophyte.

Combining title names with city names is not even peculiar to the Igbo. Most Nigerians know the name Sardauna of Sokoto more than his real name Sir Ahmadu Bello. Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, enjoyed being called Turaki Adamawa until he was elevated as Waziri Adamawa last month. Scholars of English literature know of the poet called Earl of Surrey and address him as such: His original name “Henry Howard” is rarely remembered. None of these titles with city names diminishes or localizes the bearer, except in the minds of mischief makers like Reno Omokri who must find a reason to denigrate the Igbo.

Ironically, in spite of the so-called great love people like Omokri had for Zik of Africa, when Zik contested for elections in Nigeria, after leading Nigeria’s independence struggle, Nigerians did not elect him in the First Republic nor in the Second Republic. So where is this wonderful love that Nigerians claim to have for Zik of Africa? Isn’t it hypocritical love or crocodile tears? Among Zik’s contemporaries in Africa – as well as non-contemporaries across the globe – the first elected prime minister or executive president of a country is usually the leader of the independence struggle: George Washington in the USA, Kwame Nkrumah in Ghana, Leopold Senghor in Senegal, Kenneth Kaunda in Zambia, Jomo Kenyatta in Kenya, Julius Nyerere in Tanzania, Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe, Sam Nujoma in Namibia, Nelson Mandela in South Africa, Salva Kiir Mayardit in South Sudan, etc. But in Nigeria, the opposite was the case.

Given the type of person Dr Goodluck Jonathan is, he would be embarrassed by the attack on the Igbo by Omokri, even though Omokri’s mission was purportedly to defend him. It is sad that when the Igbo were supporting Jonathan and were even killed during the 2011 election, they were great people in the eyes of people like Omokri, because their support ensured that the daily bread of Omokri was not threatened. But since Jonathan is out of power, it is time for Omokri to show the world how he feels about the Igbo under the guise of giving them advice.

Nigerian ethnic groups have wonderful traits. There are people who make it their duty to celebrate these traits in other ethnic groups. But the majority of Nigerians usually try not to see the good in other ethnic groups but only look for negatives to highlight to show ethnic superiority. And that is why there is so much ethnic rivalry, suspicion, distrust, tension and clashes.

Those who have the power to write for the public must pocket their ethnic or religious bigotry and disdain and focus on issues (or offending individuals, if need be)

Azuka Onwuka


https://etimes.com.ng/reno-omokri-celebration-ignorance/

Okeikpu:
Bravo!

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ikechu1:
Honestly this is why the entire south hates you yoruba people and why igbo in SE despise una. You lots are seriously demented, and evil honestly.

When did Massob start? What was Massob focus on?

What about BZM? When did it start and what was it's focus on

What about IPOB? When did it start and what was it's focus on.

News Flash: All of these group began before Buhari became president and ALL the group was focus on Biafra.

Hell IPOB that you all moan and wail about actually sent a letter to GEJ in year 2013 asking him to divide the country.

Lmk guess Buhari was president in 2013 correct?

Honestly you people are disgusting as hell. I've never seen a tribe as disgusting as you people. Tufiakwa!!

Epic

When the Christian Europe started opening doors and trying to be political correct, we knew that asc a matter of time, this will happen. It seems that muslim (not all but majority) have a problem cohabitating and living with other religions. We have seen their handwork in Africa, from South Sudan, to Niger and From Egypt to Northen Nigeria. it is just their trademark. I wonder how people will hope to gain converts by killing and inflicting pains and terror on innocent individuals. This is terrible.

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Nuseir “Nas” Yassin is a nomadic social media influencer. The 25-year-old spends his time travelling around the world making daily videos detailing his experiences and sharing it with over a million followers on his Facebook page, Nas Daily.

Initially, Nas started out making short one-minute videos like “Morocco in one minute.” But over time, Nas has moved on to longer videos like “Nine days in Japan in nine minutes.” And this is probably to be able to share more with his followers on social media.



Recently, Nas has spent some major time in Africa celebrating African countries and breaking stereotypes by focusing on the positives. From Rwanda to Madagascar, and Nigeria, Nas is creating content that millions of people are coming to appreciate judging by the comments under each video.

“Thank you for breaking stereotypes and assumptions in my mind every morning, one minute at a time. Much appreciated,” one follower commented on Facebook. “I am travelling through you!!! I would love to see the world myself but there you go. Thanks for showing me the world,” another said.


http://etimes.com.ng/social-media-influencer-nuseir-nas-yassin-spent-10-days-in-nigeria-here-is-what-he-has-to-say/

As the world recognises May 22 as a day for preservation of biodiversity, which is an in a layman's terms means, how not to kill animals in the wild. I this has gotten me worried over the question my little girl asked me about seeing a gazelle here in Lagos .

One of the prestigious titles one can't in Igbo land is "Ogbu Agu" and "Ogbu Enyi" these are titled reserved for the creme de la crème of the Igbo society. It is also a title that is reserved for the heroes. Attaining to this title isn't easy as you think, it isn't a walk in a park thing. These titles translate to killer of lion/tiger and killer of elephants. Unfortunately, these titles are no more available not because of lack of interest, but the scarcity of the animals. That's how far the biodiversity has been distorted in the eastern part of Nigeria. These are the few things that the international day for biodiversity is trying to correct. This is what today , May 22 is all about. Conservation of biodiversity globally.
Across the other ethnic group just near the Igbo has been the ethics and Ibibio... They relish their gorilla. The Efiks have a wonderful biodiversity, environment. Ranging from thick tropical forests to the estuary of the river Cross to the Bakassi peninsula, though forfeited to the Cameroon. Efiks are such a nice set of people in Nigeria, easy going and neat but that's not all. They relish their bush meat and one of the favourites on the menu is the African Gorillas. Reported by the UN to be almost gone extinct by hunters and poachers from the Nigerian and Cameroon axis. The international conservation body has no other option that to come down hard on the environment around these pristine tropical forests to stop the hunting, trading and eating of Gorillas in Nigeria and Cameroon.


Having stayed in southwestern Nigeria, a region dominated by Yoruba ethnic group and other groups like the ijebus and Eguns who inhabit Lagos axis. I have come to realize that everything called animal is a delicacy in this region. From snakes to pythons to dead whales and dolphins. In some Eastern states there are places that conserve animals culturally . In Anambra state, pythons and Boa constrictors are not liked and they don't kill the natives. It seems that there are kind of understanding between the natives and these Animal. In the rural Anambra state, you will see where the natives live side by side with these creatures yet no casualties. In a place like Mbaukwu, where the first Nigerian gold medalist Mary Onyali hails from, she is of a royal family of Igwe Onyali of Mbaukwu, they don't eat tortoise. I noticed that when I had my pre-science days at UNIZIK known as the Nnamdi Azikiwe University. There, the tortoise roams freely and sluggishly. Tempted to eat it, but was warned not to. Same thing in a place called Imerienwe in Imo state, this is a village that forbade the killing if primates such as monkeys and Utangs . Monkeys abound, but don't touch. I call this native conservation, but my journey to Lagos jolted me. A culture shock, I might say, in Olowo market, called the bush meat market, animals like pythons, monkeys etc. are regulars . This is a delicacy in many parts of the city where some food outlets offer a lot in their menu ranging from boiled snake meat to grilled antelope mean and fried hedgehog meats. Eating bush meat in Lagos can be attributed to status symbol.


As my daughter watches NatGeo channel, she had been disturbing me that she will want to see elephants and lion. This I told her to get used to what is shown in the screen. Seeing elephants in Nigeria today is a rarity and we should forget seeing other animals, that is a luxury . They have been hunted down, either for price, ego or meat. This is the situation in Nigeria today. A walk to most zoos in Nigeria ,will make a conservative minded one cry. Some years ago we saw how they used a live ammunition to kill a lion that escaped from the Zoo in Jos city, Northern Nigeria. Most of the zoos in the country are filled with ostriches and some funny birds like Guinea fowl and trained grass cutter. Nobody sees antelopes, zebra and elephants again. I hope and pray that my nine year old daughter will see a live elephant or a lion in captivity one day. This is what the global body is fighting against. As we celebrate the world biodiversity day, we should be mindful of what is on the menu while we eat. With this little steps, we can At least save the endangered species.


http://etimes.com.ng/do-we-actually-need-to-eat-that-bush-meat/

Okite15:
This serpent has been eating my neighbor's chickens but met its waterloo today. It was caught by a trap. It was still alive as at the time of filing this report.

And you posted this on this day ....International day for bio diversity

‘Porn Around the World’: An industry struggles to take hold in a deeply conservative nation

A young woman with magenta-streaked hair and a short, sporty dress enters a stucco home from the bright daylight of the street in an unnamed city in Nigeria. The friend she’s looking for isn’t there, so she waits with the man who’s seated on the bed inside. They comment on the heat and share a joint. After a quick time-lapse, they’re naked and having unprotected sex. Bright sunlight filters through the window. The sex is athletic, covering a variety of positions. It’s difficult to make out the performers’ faces, however; they’re often cut off at the neck as the scene is filmed from above, with whoever’s holding the camera likely perched on a chair. The bodies on camera don’t look like those of typical porn stars: The woman is round in the belly, and the man is rail-thin. The sounds they make are more guttural and less practised than most of what else can be found on the tube sites. And though both participants seem to be having a great time (she’s particularly voracious), the film cuts out before the money shot.

Nevertheless, this is one of the more explicit scenes produced in Nigeria. In fact, much of what’s online from the few small companies currently operating there features far less acrobatic sex, fewer closeups of penetration and a lot more kissing and light touching of non-erogenous zones than American porn. Still, it’s American porn the Nigerian directors are after. “The USA has played a huge role in influencing the African porn industry,” says a man who calls himself Freeman, a spokesperson for FreeThinkers Productions, the company behind the video I’m watching on Xvideos (unceremoniously labeled “Africa/Ganja girl Bleep!!”). “I mean, the USA is like the pioneer!”

FreeThinkers doesn’t have its own website yet; instead, it uploads most of its content to the tube sites for distribution. Freeman tells me that FreeThinkers has been filming hardcore porn for about 10 months, and its NSFW Twitter page proudly declares that FreeThinkers is the “first Official Nigeria/Africa porn company.”

ftnaijapornorgy #naijafucktour #naijaorgy #nigeriaorgy #lagos #lagosorgy #orgy #orgyparty

— @ftpnaijaporn

That claim is definitely up for debate — e.g., a man named Kingtblak informs me that he’s been making videos of himself having explicit sex with a rotating cast of women for almost exactly a year (a full two months before FreeThinkers reports getting its start). Either way, Nigeria’s porn history isn’t long, regardless of who made it first. “[Nigerians] are still very blinded and full of superstitions,” Kingtblak says. “Most people here aren’t comfortable being nude. They genuinely don’t want to be a porn star.”

Surprisingly, for a country that’s deeply religious — and split along Christian and Islamic lines — Nigeria does not outlaw pornography. It goes unmentioned in the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and even in the country’s Criminal Code, “obscenity” is only loosely defined as any article whose effect, “taken as whole is such as to tend to deprave and corrupt” those who are likely to see it. And while the state of Lagos has outlawed the public display of graphic sexual material, and Muslims in the national government have proposed a nationwide block of porn sites, there’s no ban currently on the books for explicit films showing straight sex. (Homosexual activity in Nigeria, however, carries a 14-year prison sentence, according to Freeman, so all domestic porn right now is heterosexual.)


Read more at ... http://etimes.com.ng/the-newest-porn-economy-is-in-nigeria/

ndidibabe:
Jaiz? That's a mosque, not a bank.

Lol

Reeoman:
I no gree this one at all.. Maybe the skye bank branch you visited, dont just bad mouth the bank.. Like me now i will say GT Bank no good if i should be judging with the branch i visited, their CUSTOMER SERVICE is just no where to be found

This is just a joke


Didn't you read the verdict


Can't we crack joke again


No bank is perfect even Barclays
We appreciate our own bank in Nigeria

This is just a freaking joke sir

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