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Ibadan one of the foremost cities in Western Part of Nigeria is becoming a hot-bed of real estate activities recently. Perhaps this is due to the Federal Government’s focus to revive and modernize the Lagos-Ibadan rail network and the soon-to-be completed revamping of the Lagos-Ibadan road network. Also, new developments are springing up in Ibadan including modern shopping malls like Shoprite stores, Jericho mall and so on.

It is therefore not surprising that many developers with foresight, which hitherto had focused on real estate developments in Lagos especially along the Lekki peninsula, are breaking new grounds in Ibadan. One of these developers is Diamante Casa, a sister company to Structuracasa, a renowned real estate developer with focus on the US and Nigerian real estate markets.

Diamante Casa is setting the pace in a dedicated effort to upgrade the quality of housing in Ibadan. Previously developed by the firm are Legacy Estates and Emerald Courts, both in Ibadan. The company has now added another quality housing to its lists of luxury apartments: CRIMSON COURT.https://etimes.com.ng/diamante-casa-announces-completion-of-crimson-court-residences-jericho-gra-ibadan/

Crimson Court is a fully-serviced luxury enclave located in one of the best and nicest neighborhoods in Ibadan: StructuracasaJericho GRA (Jericho GRA is a tree-lined and historic community that many Ibadan professionals reside in). Arranged in terrace house style, each unity at Crimson Court comes with four-bedrooms all en-suite, modern kitchen fitted with Bosch appliances, two living rooms and outdoor terraces that gazes into the Ibadan horizon. Each unit also comes with a flex maid’s room.

As the road and rail networks linking Lagos and Ibadan (and surrounding communities) nears its completion, we will see more real estate developments and investments spring up in Ibadan. More professionals and retirees that love Ibadan cool and peaceful environs will move to Nigeria’s premier city. Property values will drastically increase as demands grow. This is the perfect time to invest in Ibadan real estate. Diamante Casa seems to be taking the lead in this initiative.https://etimes.com.ng/diamante-casa-announces-completion-of-crimson-court-residences-jericho-gra-ibadan/

uzohrome:
This country is finished, how on earth would you believe that sipping dead body with pap every early morning will bring you raw cash. This is the highest degree of illiteracy. Oya go ahead and start eating them raw

Not this counter ..its thezone

I am hutsling lpmy heart out....pitching and making presentation to clients and prospects...some idiots are thinking that they can make money just like that


Ndi uchu na nzuzu


Nuba akamu

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seemingly as this looks like a tropicalization fall out

these codes pretty much sums up the reason ur engine is doing like Perkins

u need a competent rewire/mecho

Black smoke is rich burning

Check injector or air flow meter

The call for diversification from crude oil to agriculture is yielding fruit lately, with the Ivory Towers keying into the need for food sustainability and reliability. This has prompted the Babcock University, Ilishan Remo ,Ogun State ,Nigeria to partner and collaborate with ChiTola Farms & The Mushroom Development Foundation Nigeria (MDFN) on ways to develop high yielding and quality mushrooms in Nigeria for domestic use and export, in line with the global best practices.

The partnership with Babcock University and ChiTola Farms & The Mushroom Development Foundation Nigeria (MDFN) will bring to bear the modern agricultural practices on Mushroom Farming and the introduction of the Babcock Farmers Business School, ChiTola Farms & Mushroom Development Foundation Nigeria is currently setting up a 5000 bags capacity mushroom farm for Babcock University under the Foundation’s “Mushroom For Schools” Initiative. This will unarguably create the much needed jobs in the community and also give the students a first hand knowledge in modern mushroom farming.

One of the organizers and founders of the initiative, Mrs. Chi Tola, has this to say on the choice of mushroom “Mushroom is a food that is low in Sodium, and very low in Saturated Fat and Cholesterol. It is also a good source of Protein. The mushroom consumption is mainly concentrated in six countries known as G-6 (USA, Germany, UK, France, Italy and Canada) consuming 85 per cent of world consumption. The varieties of mushroom cultivated internationally. This project would give the state the much needed revenue and generate employment”, she added.

One of the drawbacks of this aspect of agriculture is the lack of trained manpower is among the bottlenecks for the growth of the mushroom. With this partnership with Babcock University and Chi Tola Farms , there will be a shift in paradigm. Skills transfer is one of the major areas of partnership.

According to online research by Yes Bank, Mushroom belonging to fungi species, is a nutritious vegetarian delicacy and a good source of high quality protein (20-35 percent dry weight). Presently 3 varieties of mushroom are cultivated namely, white mushroom (Agaricus bisporus), the paddy-straw mushroom (Volvariella vovvacea) and oyster mushroom (Pleurotus sajor-caju). Agaricus species are mostly cultivated mushroom globally, contributing 35-40 per cent of the world production. Mushroom is consumed as a delicacy and possesses several medicinal properties. Mushroom is an efficient means for conversion of agricultural wastes into valuable protein and presents huge potential for generating additional income and employment. Globally, the mushroom market is in excess of an estimated $2.7 billion annually.

https://etimes.com.ng/babcock-university-partners-chitola-farms-mushroom-farming/

GOOGLE,the  online search giant,  announced that it has launched Street View on Google map and also announced the introduction of e medicine. A mobile app that  will bring medical services nearer to the people. This is in collaboration with the University of Ibadan. Lagos  state is the first City that is featured in Africa.

Google said that over thousands of streets, lanes and roads has been outlined for this application, with over a million buildings and landmark incorporated in the application.  With over 100 thousand additional Nigerian businesses  added to the map. Google can be said to be putting Nigerian startups in the global map. The search giant has earmarked over three million dollars for  capacity building in Africa. With plans to train up to 10 million people in Sub Saharan Africa. There is also a provider of mobile developer training to 100,000 Africans to develop world-class apps, with emphasis in key countries like  Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa.

Google  Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Sundar Pichai, made this known in  the Google for Nigeria event in Lagos, yesterday. He further stated that Google.org, the search engine charity arm is committing $20 million over the next five years to nonprofits that are working to improve lives across Africa.

In addition to that, he disclosed the Google's global Launch-pad Accelerator programme. This initiative will provide more than $3million in equity-free funding, mentorship, working space and access to expert advisers to more than 60 African start-ups over three years. Intensive three-month programs, held twice per year, will run out of a new Google Launchpad Space in Lagos--the programme's first location outside of the United States.

The search giant recognized Mark and Emmanuella for hitting  one million subscriber base in their YouTube channel.

Google Street View is a technology featured in Google Maps and Google Earth that provides panoramic views from positions along many streets in the world. It was launched in 2007 in several cities in the United States.

Almost all of us think about starting a business at some point. The thought enters our minds when we come up with an ingenious way to stop an ice cream cone from dripping. Or we get a job and realize we want more control over our work. Or we hear about the multi-billionaires of the world and start fantasizing about making our own riches.

Whatever your own motivation, if you’re going to start a business, there’s an ideal time to do it — while you’re still in your 20s and 30s. Why is that?

1. Long-term potential returns

Imagine for a moment that you’ve built a successful business. It’s profitable and stable and generates a nice six-figure salary for you. Assume that this setup can continue indefinitely and that you enjoy the work. Wouldn’t you want to reap the accompanying rewards for as long as possible?

If so, start your business as early as possible. Yes, it’s an optimistic scenario, but an achievable one, even if it takes you two or three tries to build a successful enterprise. The bottom line is, the more time you can spend as an entrepreneur, the better long-term returns you’re going to see.

2. Risk tolerance

Let’s face it: Not all startups are going to make it. You need to be realistic, regardless of your age. Starting a business demands a lot of up-front investment, in both time and money, and you’ll bear significant risk, in both your finances and your current or “backup” career.

Just as happens in the financial markets, the younger you are, the better you’re going to be able to tolerate that risk. You’ll have fewer responsibilities, fewer commitments and much more time to make up any losses you incur. Therefore, starting a business as early as possible mitigates your potential losses.



3. Energy and motivation

It takes a lot of work to run a startup, too. Don’t forget that. Though not written in stone, the general rule is that younger professionals have more energy, motivation and enthusiasm than their elders.

Maybe you’ll be a youthful spirit for the next several decades, but the thing is, you can’t know for sure. What seems like a solid “maybe” idea now may become a “no way” idea in 10 years; and the work you throw yourself into now may be work you’ll avoid at all costs next decade. Every year, your energy and motivation will decline. Take advantage of these personal assets while you have them.

4. Adaptability

Younger people tend to be more adaptable. Part of the reason is that they’ve had a shorter amount of time to be exposed to the norms and rules of the professional world, and are less committed to those entrenched ideals.

An even larger part of the reason is our unique technological age; we face major technological disruptions on a regular basis, and the only way for companies to survive is to adapt and integrate these new technologies.

In your 20s and 30s, you’ll stand a better chance of recognizing and incorporating these new technologies quickly; and as you get older, the rate of development for these technologies will grow even faster. So, start a business while you’re more nimble, and you’ll be able to brave ever-more volatile waters.

5. Serial entrepreneurship

Most entrepreneurs who truly love entrepreneurship end up starting multiple businesses, becoming serial entrepreneurs in their own right. It’s as if they were born to be entrepreneurs. And, for the most part, every new business these young people start is better than the last, thanks to their founders’ previous experience, growing list of contacts and broader perspective.

Starting your first business when you’re in your 20s or 30s sets you up for a longer period of time to start even more businesses; essentially, you’re maximizing the potential experience you can gain, and greatly increasing the number of businesses you can start. Don’t throw away that potential by waiting around. If you need help getting started, grab this eBook.

None of these reasons is meant to imply that you can start a business only when you’re in your 20s and 30s, or that if you’re in your 40s or over, you’ve missed the boat. On the contrary, older entrepreneurs often carry more experience and decision-making abilities and are extremely capable of building effective businesses.

However, the unique blend of advantages that younger adults have makes this phase of life a highly strategic time to start up a business.



If you’re in your 20s or 30s, and the thought of entrepreneurship has entered your mind more than once, don’t write it off as a pipe dream. Dig into some research, explore your ideas and make the most of your youth by pouring your energy into a business. No matter how things turn out, you’ll be glad you did.

https://etimes.com.ng/5-reasons-start-business-20s-30s/

I personally see IPOB as a Civil Rights group fighting for better living rights of the Nigerian peoples. Every nation and government need such vocal opposition to criticize them and champion the course of the citizenry.

Nigeria is almost always a one – party state in which the elite ride roughshod over the masses with impunity. They steal, kill, murder, maim and destroy Nigeria without being questioned.

IPOB is definitely an all masses affair. To me it is a group for the Oppressed Majority who have sustained its existence from the word go – with their blood and strength they have fueled its machinations and greased it’s momentum.

The fact that it is not a Tribal Association is further buttressed by the fact that it has been outrightly rejected by the Igbo elite and are celebrated by masses of Zones outside the SE.

Definitely, the SE is the origin of the IPOB revolution but they are definitely interested spreading. Their Agitations are helping to Restructure Nigeria for good of every Nigerian especially the masses. At least all of us Nigerians can agree on this.

The leaders of the organization must be congratulated for conceptualizing and building such a platform. However, they must understand that maintainingthe momentum can be more challenging.

This is where their message must change. It must become more broad spectrum, it must become more embracing and nationalistic, it must be all inclusive to attract the thoughts, ideas and wherewithal to push the organization to the next level.

Using IPOB Nigerian masses can fight this internal colonialism by the rich and powerful. We can change the Nigeria status quo to be of benefit to all Nigerians.. Through IPOB we can win victory for majority of Nigerians but the message must change.

If the ANC of South Africa can do it. If they could accommodate people of all races, tribes, religions, creeds, colours in order to pass the message of freedom for South Africans, IPOB can broaden its surface area to achieve a rainbow coalition that can extricate Nigerians from the cesspool of misrule.

IPOB must in that wise incorporate the energies of Almajirei all over Nigeria and link up with other revolutionary forces across the world. It has the opportunity of achieving this harmonious melody of freedom if it can overcome this present recourse to propaganda and transcend to the greater platform of inalienable truths. It’s target audience must also be expanded in scope and its insistence to emancipate Africa and not just the Igbo nation.

WHAT IS GOOD FOR THE IGBO NATION IS SOURCE FOR OTHER NIGERIA TRIBES.

https://etimes.com.ng/nigeria-good-ipob/

Yorybas are terrible lot....they luveun delusion....they avoided this thread over a year ...this has demonstrated that Yoruba nation is whacked

Austin Okere is the Group Managing Director of Computer Warehouse Group, Lagos.

A 1986 graduate of Computer Science from the University of Lagos, Okere used to work sales and marketing at Inlaks Computers Ltd, an ICT and infrastructure solutions provider, before he founded Computer Warehouse Ltd.

The company is into the supply and maintenance of computer hardware and ancillary equipment.

Chika Nwobi — L5 Lab



Chika Nwobi is the founder and Managing Partner of L5Lab, a Nigerian incubator and investor.

Before L5Lab, Chika was co-founder of MTech, a multi-platform digital solutions firm with operations in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Ivory Coast.

Jason is the cofounder of iROKO Partners, an African focused media streaming platform known for its innovative thinking in exploiting a previously unexplored market. iROKO Partners started in December 2010 when Jason, a chemistry graduate from the University of Manchester, couldn’t find any Nollywood movies online for his mother. He identified a huge gap in the delivery of local content online and founded the company with Bastian Gotter in 2010. iROKOtv reached 500,000 registered users within 6 months of it’s launch.

Today iROKO is the largest Youtube partner in Africa, with over 500,000 movie licenses purchased. It has over 14 million hours of media content on its license rights and more than 800,000 registered users, making it the largest distributor of Nollywood content globally.

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

fratermathy:
Wow! I never planned for this post to be this long. I guess I had much to really say. Please if you didn't take the time to read it, refrain from commenting on it so that there won't be a "pragma-linguistic misfire", or misunderstanding. If you aim is to derail the thread, just know that you are free to but I won't help you to do that. This article is just an OPINION, directed more towards the Federal Government than anyone else.

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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
| BBM:58A2B5DE
| Twitter: @PoliceNG_PCRRU
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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.

www.etimes.com.ng

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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