Hmmmm
Poser for us all.

Ok now

ABUJA, Nigeria — Three West African nations of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have withdrawn from the regional economic bloc known as ECOWAS, their respective juntas announced Sunday, accusing the bloc of “inhumane” sanctions to reverse the coups in their nations.

The juntas said in a joint statement read on state television that they have “decided in complete sovereignty on the immediate withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), alleging that the bloc has “moved away from the ideals of its founding fathers and pan-Africanism” after nearly 50 years of its establishment.

“Furthermore, ECOWAS, under the influence of foreign powers, betraying its founding principles, has become a threat to its member states and its populations whose happiness it is supposed to ensure,” their statements read

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/01/28/mali-niger-burkina-faso-ecowas-west-africa/cd4c7cbe-bde3-11ee-a4c6-8f5c350e9316_story.html

There has been a back and forth on the X platform as to who is King between the Lion and the Tiger.
Results has shown that the Lion has won the competition.
What is your take??

The NNPC Ltd. and @afreximbank have jointly signed a commitment letter and Termsheet for an emergency $3billion crude oil repayment loan.

The signing, which took place today at the bank's headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, will provide some immediate disbursement that will enable the NNPC Ltd. to support the Federal Government in its ongoing fiscal and monetary policy reforms aimed at stabilizing the exchange rate market.


https://twitter.com/nnpclimited/status/1691837772980498648?s=20

Nigeria’s annual inflation rate rose for the seventh straight month, nearing an 18-year high of 24.08 percent in July 2023, according to the latest inflation report released on Tuesday.

The report published by the National Bureau Statistics (NBS) said the inflation rose to 24.08 percent in July 2023 from 22.79 percent in the previous month and the food inflation rate quickened to 26.98 percent in July from 25.25 percent in the previous month.


“Looking at the movement, the July 2023 headline inflation rate showed an increase of 1.29 percent points when compared to June 2023 headline inflation rate,” it said.

Read also: Nigeria’s inflation quickens to 21.82% after surprise slowdown in Dec

Analysts had expected July’s inflation rate to accelerate further on the back of the high petrol prices occasioned by the subsidy removal and naira devaluation.

“Apart from the sustained uptick in the general price level, the slope of the inflation curve is becoming steeper (i.e. the rate of change in inflation is increasing). This is an indication that the impact of recent policy changes is becoming more evident,” analysts at Financial Derivatives Company Limited, led by economist Bismarck Rewane said in a recent economic bulletin.

They said in a period of one month, the price of petrol has increased twice, first to N488/ltr and then to N617/ltr.

“Diesel price is also up 5.88 percent to N720/ltr from N680/ltr, pushing up transport and logistics costs. They said in addition, the naira touched an all-time low of N893/$ at the parallel market.”

Analysts at Capital Economics added that inflation will accelerate as previously expected due to the removal of fuel subsidies.

“Our view remains unchanged that the removal of the fuel subsidy will add around 4.5 percentage points to headline inflation. The effects of the fall in the naira will have continued to feed through too,” they said.


https://businessday.ng/news/article/nigerias-inflation-quickens-to-24-08-on-high-petrol-cost-fx-scarcity/

Meddymeddy:
How many states have you visited in nigeria?

31 states and FCT

States not visited are Adamawa, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara States

Hmmm

Okay now

President Bola Tinubu has written to the National Assembly seeking an amendment to the 2022 supplementary appropriation Act to allow the Federal Government to source N500 billion for palliative to cushion the effect of subsidy removal.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, who read the president’s letter during plenary on Wednesday, said the money would be sourced from the 2022 supplementary Appropriation Act of N819.5 billion.

The letter was titled: “Request for the amendment of the 2022 appropriation Act”, and reads, “I write to request the approval of the House of Representatives for an amendment of the 2022 appropriation Act in accordance with the law.
“The request has become necessary in other to source funds to provide necessary palliatives to cushion the effect of the recent removal of fuel subsidy in Nigeria.
“The sum of N500 billion only has been extracted from the 2022 appropriation act of N819.536 for the provision of palliatives to Nigerians to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal. I expect that the House will speedily consider the request.’’
The speaker said the lawmakers would consider Tinubu’s request at plenary on Thursday and asked members who will make contributions to be prepared to do so.



https://nairametrics.com/2023/07/12/just-in-fuel-subsidy-president-tinubu-writes

https://www.channelstv.com/2023/07/12/subsidy-tinubu-writes-reps-seeks-n500bn-approval-for-palliatives/

Nice that Tambuwal lost

neoclassical:
Rivers United vs Bendel Insurance match at Eket Township Stadium .😂😂

Where is PDP ?😂

Indeed, football brings the world together.

That's nice

Cruztvblog:
Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, June 21, 2023, arraigned an Ilorin-based associate pastor of the Living Faith Church (aka Winners’ Chapel), Temidayo Eseyin, for allegedly defrauding Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara State of N19.3million.

Eseyin, a lawyer and former member of the Disciplinary Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association, Ilorin Branch was docked on a four-count charge bordering on dishonest misappropriation of funds belonging to the University before Justice Funsho Lawal of the Kwara State High Court, Ilorin.


The defendant allegedly abused his position as Attorney to Landmark University, to cheat and defraud his client.

Specifically, the defendant, between 2014 and 2022 managed a property known as “Old Midland Building” belonging to Landmark University, situated along Emir’s/Obbo Road, Ilorin, which rent Mr. Eseyin collected for 8 years but could not account for the funds. He also allegedly attempted to sell the property without authorisation from the University.

Count 3 of the charge reads: “That you, Temidayo Eseyin sometime in the year 2021, in Ilorin Kwara State, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court dishonestly misappropriated the sum of Six Million, Sixty Four Thousand Naira Only (N6, 064,000) representing payment of rent on property known as Old Midland Building belonging to Landmark University and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 308 of the Penal Code Law and Punishable under Section 309 of the same Law.”

The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge.

Following his plea, counsel to the EFCC, Rashidat Alao, urged the court to fix a date for trial and remand the defendant pending trial.

However, Eseyin’s lawyer, Femi Makinde, moved an application for the bail of the defendant.

Justice Lawal admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N10 million with two sureties in the sum of N5 million each. The judge ordered that the sureties must have landed property within the jurisdiction of the court….continue reading [url] https://cruztvblognaija.com.ng/2023/06/23/efcc-docks-pastor-for-allegedly-defrauding-landmark-university-n19-3m/[/url]

Lead us not into temptation.....

Thats kool

nlfpmod:


https://twitter.com/MSIngawa/status/1668343172886409216?t=oDxB8mDINHEiYFJYNDP3Bg&s=08

The loan is for Tuition ONLY

nairalandkachy1:
Shettima's comments: “Under the current dispensation, the worst, the most incompetent Southern Christian is better than the most puritanical Northern Muslim for the Presidency of the Senate.”



Previous Thread:
https://www.nairaland.com/7724533/worst-southern-christian-better-than#123740365

Haba
Listen to what the VP said

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhHdReYPxzM

A Federal High Court siting in Abuja has dismissed a suit challenging the election of President Bola Tinubu.

The court, on Tuesday, held that the suit filed by five Abuja residents who sought to stop Tinubu’s inauguration, lacked merit.

Inyang Ekwo, the presiding judge, dismissed their claims for a president-elect to have a mandatory 25 percent of votes from the federal capital territory.

Ekwo ordered the lawyer representing the five residents to pay ₦10 million each to the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN).

More to follow…
https://fij.ng/article/just-in-court-throws-out-suit-seeking-to-sack-tinubu-over-25-fct-votes-issues-%e2%82%a620m-fine/

Good news

WhatsApp users beware: Sending this innocent-looking link will CRASH the app - here's how to spot it
By Jonathan Chadwick For Mailonline
Updated 10:36 BST 02 Jun 2023


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Sending the problematic URL in WhatsApp will crash the app for Android users
It follows news that WhatsApp is working on introducing Twitter-like usernames
WhatsApp users are being warned not to send a link that will crash the app and force users to keep restarting.


The offending URL – /settings – would normally take users to the WhatsApp settings page.





But when the URL is sent in an individual or group chat, it will crash WhatsApp and force users to reopen the app – although it's not clear why.

When the app restarts, it appears to work normally again, unless users try to open the chat containing the link.

The so-called 'crash loop' bug will keep on affecting Android users until the message containing the link is deleted (file photo)
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The so-called 'crash loop' bug will keep on affecting Android users until the message containing the link is deleted (file photo)

The annoying bug only appears to be an issue for Android phones, meaning iOS and desktop apps are not affected.

How to fix the bug
- If you have an Android, use WhatsApp for desktop to remove the message containing the URL

- WhatsApp for desktop can be downloaded to Windows PCs and linked to you account using a QR code

- Or ask your chat participant(s) to delete the message (although they may only be able to do this if they aren't using WhatsApp on Android)


So any Android users who are experiencing it might have to use the desktop version of WhatsApp to delete the message containing the URL.

WhatsApp for desktop can be easily downloaded for Windows PCs and linked to an account using a QR code and a smartphone.

Alternatively those affected can ask their chat partner or partners to delete the message, although they may only be able to do this if they're not using WhatsApp on Android.

The so-called 'crash loop' bug was spotted by Twitter user @pandyaMayur11 and reported by Android Authority.

'Don't send this message to anyone chat otherwise it will crash WhatsApp (happened only in Android),' said @pandyaMayur11 in a tweet.

'If already send it than [sic] use WhatsApp web or desktop application to delete this.'

Another user said on Twitter that 'childish people' on WhatsApp were sending the URL to group chats to deliberately cause problems for their fellow users on Android devices.

One user said on Twitter that 'childish people' on WhatsApp were sending the URL to group chats to deliberately cause problems for Android users.
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One user said on Twitter that 'childish people' on WhatsApp were sending the URL to group chats to deliberately cause problems for Android users.
MailOnline has contacted Meta, the firm run by Mark Zuckerberg that owns and operates WhatsApp, for comment.


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12151673/WhatsApp-warning-Clicking-link-CRASH-app.html

Confirmed

domDva:


https://dailytrust.com/exclusive-cbn-devalues-naira-to-630-1/

CBN says it is FAKE NEWS

Okay

hisexcellency34:
With today's ruling by the Supreme Court dismissing PDP's suit, is there any hope for Labour Party and Peter Obi at the Supreme Court especially after Tinubu must have been sworn in as President?


Previous thread https://www.nairaland.com/7703882/court-dismisses-suit-seeking-stop#123380638

Interpretation of Supreme Court judgment on Double nomination by Amaechi Ekwe, Esq:

1. Double nomination falls under Non- qualification of a candidate under section 134 (a) of Electoral Act, 2022 and, is also one of the grounds you can challenge an election through Election Petition.

2. Non qualification or double nomination of a candidate can be challenged by a person within the Party that nominated the candidate and also a person who is from another politcal party or another politcal party itself.

3. Double nomination can be challenged before or after Election (if it is before Election, we call it "pre Election matter" and if it after the Election we call it "post Election matter".

4. If you are challenging double nomination or non-qualification of a candidate before the election (Pre Election matter) then, you have to be a member of the politcal party that nominated the candidate you are challenging. An external person cannot challenge it before the election because it is at that time an internal affair of the party that nominated him.

5. But if it is after Election, any other candidate from another politcal party or another politcal party itself can now challenge it through Election Petition under non- qualification. At this time, it is called non- qualification of such candidate. You incorporate it in your Election Petition. That is what LP did.

Shettima's non-qualification will still be raised again in the Supreme Court by Peter Obi and Supreme will still have to determine it again in Peter Obi's Petition. Shettima has not gone scot free. The double nomination will still rear its ugly head again.

But PDP did not wait for the election to come before they challenged the double nomination, that is why Supreme Court threw their case out because at that time, it was an internal affairs of APC; it did not concern PDP or any other party at that time. It is after the election that other candidates or other politcal parties can competently challenge it which is what Labour Party did. Peter Obi and his team are Election Petition gurus!

© J. A. Ekwe & Co.

The outgoing Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, SAN, Wednesday told President Muhammadu Buhari that it is an aberration to appoint a Minister of State.

Keyamo stated this in his speech at the valedictory session presided over by President Buhari to mark the end of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, under his (Buhari) administration, at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The Minister of State, who thanked President Buhari for enriching his Curriculum Vitae, through the appointment, noted that some other Ministers of State, have been grumbling and unable to be bold and speak out.

He said it would be difficult to assess the individual performances of the Ministers of State since their discretion was shackled under the discretion of the Ministers as any original ideas developed by a Minister of State are subject to clearance by another colleague in

The outgoing Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, SAN, Wednesday told President Muhammadu Buhari that it is an aberration to appoint a Minister of State.

Keyamo stated this in his speech at the valedictory session presided over by President Buhari to mark the end of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, under his (Buhari) administration, at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The Minister of State, who thanked President Buhari for enriching his Curriculum Vitae, through the appointment, noted that some other Ministers of State, have been grumbling and unable to be bold and speak out.

He said it would be difficult to assess the individual performances of the Ministers of State since their discretion was shackled under the discretion of the Ministers as any original ideas developed by a Minister of State are subject to clearance by another colleague in Cabinet before they can sail through for consideration by Council.

The prepared text reads thus: “Mr. President, you first appointed me as Minister of State in the Ministry Niger Delta Affairs in August, 2019 and you later redeployed me as Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment.

“Today, I cannot find the words to express the depth of my gratitude to you for finding me worthy, out of over two hundred million Nigerians, to be nominated and subsequently appointed to serve as a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. My curriculum vitae has been greatly enhanced – forever.

“From my very humble beginnings in a small dusty town in Delta State where I was born and raised by my struggling parents, all the way to the Council Chambers at the Presidential Villa where I had the honour and privilege to participate weekly in decision-making for my country in the last four years, it has been like a fairy tale. I give God all the glory.

“What I am about to say, therefore, is not and should not be construed as an indication of ingratitude. Far from it. What I am about to say is just my own little contribution to our constitutional development as a relatively young democracy and to aid future governments to optimize the performance of those they appoint as Ministers.

“Mr. President, the concept or designation of “Minister of State” is a constitutional aberration and is practically not working for many so appointed. Successive governments have come and gone and many who were appointed as Ministers of State have not spoken out at a forum such as this because of the risk of sounding ungrateful to the Presidents who appointed them. However, like I said earlier, this is not ingratitude.

“As a private citizen, I am on record to have gone to court a number of times to challenge unconstitutional acts of governments for the sake of advancing our constitutional democracy, so it will be out of character for me to have gone through government and be carried away by the pomp of public office and forget my role as a member of the Inner Bar and my self-imposed role over the years as a crusader for democracy and constitutionalism.”

Supporting his position with the provisions of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), Keyamo said, “Mr. President, I crave your indulgence to explain this constitutional conundrum of “Minister of State”. Sections 147 and 148 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended), deal with the appointments and responsibilities of Ministers of the Federation. The said sections state as follows:

Section 147

“(1) There shall be such offices of Ministers of the Government of the Federation as may be established by the President.

(2) Any appointment to the office of Minister of the Government of the Federation shall, if the nomination of any person to such office is confirmed by the Senate, be made by the President.

(3) Any appointment under subsection (2) of this section by the President shall be in conformity with the provisions of section 14(3) of this Constitution:- provided that in giving effect to the provisions aforesaid the President shall appoint at least one Minister from each State, who shall be an indigene of such State.”

Section 148

“(1) The President may, in his discretion, assign to the Vice-President or any Minister of the Government of the Federation responsibility for any business of the Government of the Federation, including the administration of any department of government.”

“Furthermore, the 7th Schedule to the 1999 Constitution provides for the Oath of Office to which each Minister must subscribe. There are no different Oaths for “Minister” and “Ministers of State”. They all take the same Oath of Office.

“In addition to the above, the Ministers-designate appear before the Senate and are grilled and cleared AS MINISTERS, not as Ministers in some instances and Ministers of State in some other instances. It is at the point of assignment of portfolios that successive Presidents then reclassified some as “Ministers of State.”


He contended that though the President has the constitutional powers to assign portfolio to his appointees, he said that such appointment must be in line with the constitutional provision.

He said, “Some may want to justify this by saying the President is given the discretion by the Constitution to assign whatever responsibility(ies) he likes to Ministers. Yes, I concede Mr. President can do that, but not by a designation different from that prescribed by the Constitution.

“Simply put, it is akin to the President assigning responsibilities to the office of the Vice-President and re-designating that office as “Deputy President” under our present Constitution. That is clearly impossible. Why then should that of the Ministers be different?

“What is more, Ministers are appointed pursuant to Section 147(3) of the 1999 Constitution to represent each State of the Federation. Therefore, Ministers sit in Cabinet as the eye of Mr. President in each State of the Federation. It is therefore against the intendment of the drafters of our Constitution for a representative of a State to be reclassified as against another representative of another State.

“The Schedules of Duties of Ministers and Ministers of State that intend to cure some of these anomalies hardly help the issues. Firstly, the Schedules of Duties are observed more in breach by the Permanent Secretaries and Directors who really cannot be expected to serve two masters.

And in any case, many of the roles of both Ministers are so ambiguous that the bureaucrats would always interpret them to satisfy the ones they see as the “Senior Ministers” or “main Ministers” for fear of being persecuted by them.

“Secondly, parts of the Schedules of Duties seem to suggest that the Ministers can delegate functions to the Ministers of State. This is a constitutional impossibility. It is only Mr. President that can delegate Presidential powers as one cannot delegate what he does not have (delegatus non potest delegare). In any case, how can someone who took the same Oath of Office with another delegate functions to that other?

“Thirdly, the Schedules of Duties leave so many gaping holes that bring conflicts between the Ministers and Ministers of State. In addition, the provision that “Ministers of State” cannot present Memos in Council, except with the permission of the Minister, is another anomaly. It means the discretion of the Minister of State is subsumed in the discretion of the Minister, yet both of them represent different States in Cabinet.

“It also follows that it would be difficult to assess the individual performances of the Ministers of State since their discretion is shackled under the discretion of the Ministers. Original ideas developed by a Minister of State are subject to clearance by another colleague in Cabinet before they can sail through for consideration by Council. The drafters of our Constitution obviously did not intend this.”

He argued that the unconstitutional development has led to having ministers that are idle or redundant.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/05/keyamo-to-buhari-its-unconstitutional-to-appoint-minister-of-state/

Mode4:
I am considering migrating to the UK. I have offers from schools in Swansea and Plymouth but i am a little bit confused about which is bitter in terms of employment opportunities and cost of living.

My advise go to a school in the North of England.

Nice

I imagine that the Supreme Court will have the final say on who becomes Nigeria's next President

Na to wait and see o

NaijaReviews:
The issue of Bank fraud is on a High rise in Nigeria. Every day 50 to 100 people lose their money due to hackers infiltrating your Nigerian Bank accounts. Most of you make this process easier for them. Today, I will not only show you your mistakes, but I will also show you solutions to the Mistakes.

10 ways your Bank account can get Hacked :

1. Text messages or Email: This has been a famous way these Criminals defraud you, they send you a text message from an online tool called "Bulk SMS", this message will probably come with your bank name or something quite similar to it, or from an email identical to your Banks email.
The bank in question is Kuda bank Scammers sent a text as KudaDeliver requesting you to click a phishing link with a page exactly like the Kuda Banks page, requiring you to log in to your Bank details, take note! (you're not on the kuda Banks website, you are on a replicate and once you attempt to log in there They will steal your information and log in on the bank's leading site) making them accessible and possibly wiping out your money.

Click here to Read full post

Nice one

President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will make a national broadcast to Nigerians on Thursday (today) at 7am.

This was made known in a press release late Wednesday, made available to The PUNCH, by the Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity, Femi Adesina.

The statement said, “Television, radio stations and other electronic media outlets are enjoined to hook up to the network services of the Nigerian Television Authority and Radio Nigeria for the broadcast.”

The reason for the broadcast or what would be addressed by the president was however not stated


https://punchng.com/just-in-buhari-to-address-nigerians-7am-today/