₦airaland Forum

ABOUT 15 traditional rulers representing various communities in Ayedade, Irewole, Isokan and Ife North local councils of Osun State have staged a peaceful protest to the Osogbo Office of the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) due to non-availability of electricity supplies to their communities.
The monarchs said their subjects have been giving them sleepless nights over poor supply of electricity which has thrown the entire areas into
perpetual darkness.
Led by the Olufi of Gbongan, Oba Adetoyese Oyeniyi Odugbemi, the traditional rulers including the Olumoro of Moro, the Saalu of Edunabon, the Alakinlalu of Akinlalu, the Akire of Ikire, Onikoyi of Ikoyi, Oniwaro of Iwaro, lamented that residents in the areas could no longer cope living in darkness while artisans in the communities also suffered untold hardship for lack of electricity to do their work.
The royal fathers said they took the decision as a last resort to incessant complaints and restiveness by residents in their various domains who are agitating for a quick restoration of power to their communities.
They claimed that youths in the areas have threatened to attack their palaces and make the communities ungovernable if the monarchs failed to prevail on the electricity authorities to take urgent steps to restore light to enhance socio-economic activities in the areas.
One of the traditional rulers said that the youths refused to go back to their various domains without a concrete promise from the power company.


Source: www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/11/monarchs-protest-power-outage-in-osun-communities/



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Please I need advice not just views

Hi,
I concluded my HND months ago and would probably be deployed for service next year but I have this thing I've been thinking about.
I'm 21 years of age and I consider studying further, Veterinary Medicine to be precise (as I studied Animal Health Technology) which is going to take me about 5 years. Is it advisable I go for NYSC before studying further or go to Vet school first?

In recent times, the Buhari led administration has reaffirmed her commitment to diversify our economy from oil to Agriculture.
Agriculture has we all know is mainly practiced in the rural communities and a major way to boost agricultural production is making life comfortable for rural dwellers. One of the ways at which life can be made comfortable for rural dwellers is the provision and supply of electricity without which will encourage Rural Urban Migration which will thus discourage practicing Agriculture.
Lack of power supply in approximately 3 months has brought about the Clamour of some Rural communities in Osun state under the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC). The lack of electricity supply in the local communities of Ikoyi, Apomu, Ikire, Gbongan, Moro, Edunabon, Akinlalu, Iwaro et al., of the Isokan, Irewole, Ayedaade et al., Local Government areas of the state has been a major concern which has even brought the attention of the said community monarchs to visit the office of the IBEDC in couple of weeks back [www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/11/monarchs-protest-power-outage-in-osun-communities/] but yet the issue has been left unresolved.
The provision of adequate power supply is essential to the development of Rural Communities and will also help artisans and Small scale enterprise which is why one of the first major steps taken by the new Ooni of ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II is the provision of transformers for his community [pulse.ng/local/ooni-of-ife-queen-of-england-buhari-others-to-attend-coronation-id4411818.html] as he is a man who knows the importance of this said Infrastructure (Power) to his Community. **I salute him and appreciate his gesture**
Power doesn't just serve as a means of Comfortability for Rural dwellers but it importantly serve as the required facility needed for the processing and storage of Agricultural produce and a lack of which hinders processing and amount to spoilage of many agricultural products.
The communities of Ikoyi, Apomu, Ikire, Gbongan, Moro, Edunabon, Akinlalu, Iwaro et al., which have formally enjoyed a satisfying amount of electricity supply (approx. 12-20hours) in the past before the privatisation of the Electricity Distribution Companies have now been said to have been disconnected from the grid of communities to be supplied electricity due to low income/revenue generated from supplying this communities power, illegal connections and other various reasons know to them.
This act of disconnection from the main grid by the IBEDC is not a good move as it has to a larger extent added to the drowning economy crisis hitting the state as a whole, where civil servants have resolved to Agriculture as a means of survival and yet the lack of power supply is killing the whole process.
It is in this regard that I (we) call on the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC), The Honourable Minister of Power, Works and Housing and The Presidency to help find a lasting solution to this issue and also find a means to curtail illegal electrical connection and punish defaulters as I'm sure this type of incidence isn't only affecting the said communities but distributed across the country.
God bless State of Osun!
God bless Nigeria! !

Cc: Mynd44, OAM4J, Lalasticlala

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Just like one of the most Sentimental/tribalism book title written by one of the greatest Authors THERE WAS A COUNTRY by Chinua Achebe.

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Monday said it has withdrawn the “data floor price’’ for operators in the telecommunications industry.
“Floor price’’ is a government or group-imposed price control or the limit a price can be charged for a product to check unhealthy rivalry among players.
In a statement in Lagos, the commission said that the withdrawal was in a bid to ensure sustainability, growth and development of the data service market segment.
“However, the commission will restore the floor price if any distortion is observed within the market segment,’’ it said.
NAN reports that with the withdrawal of the price, telecommunications industry now has the permission of NCC to charge subscribers lower than the set lowest industry prices.
The regulatory body had in May 2013 imposed a price floor on telecommunications operators in the country as a means of controlling anti-competitive behaviours by operators considered to have attained the dominant status in the industry.
Such anti-competitive behaviours include charging calls within their networks much lower than what they charged for calls terminating on other networks.
With this, the operators might just be setting up calling clubs – a practice where subscribers just call those within the network of their own service providers. (NAN)
Source : www.businessnews.com.ng/2015/10/26/ncc-withdraws-data-floor-price-for-telecoms-operators/

greenprayer:
There’s this girl in my department, same level. We’re very good friends who flirt a lot and equally share the same dreams.

In fact, most of the activities we’ve carried out in school were all her ideas. She’s just all over me and attached herself so much in my future. She sometimes jokingly says she wants to marry me. People recommended that we are going to make a good couple. So, I then thought of all of these and how compatible we are, I then took the bold step to ask her out. She only responded that she has a boyfriend and we should drop the dating discussion for now since we’re still best of friends and we have
enough time to talk about it. I dropped it. After sometimes, she started complaining that she doesn’t like my being strange. I told her I loved her so much, she replied via chat “I understand but I love my boyfriend, he’s the best part of me”.

Please help me with what to do. I love her and I want to marry her. She knows but the only challenge now is her boyfriend.

What should I do?

Dear OP, I've been in a situation quite similar to yours but in my case, she even did send me her supposed BF mobile digits so we can be friends (the guy ain't even in Naija ooo.... (**Long story***).
Well, I'd simply advice you to move on Cus that's what I did (even as it was the most difficult decision I had to make). We still friends till present though but I moved on, reduced the rate of our chit chats blag blah blah that she's even the one that complained about it when she noticed.
Move on bro! and you'd see you can actually survive without her!

femo86:
FGC Ogbomosho.....Was in JSS 2 and I told my pals that my house captain took some garri from me...The news linked round and oh boy 'I suffer'...

House captain gave me a bucket half filled with garium to consume,after beating me like mad. U know when garri don over soak ....without sugar but I tried small sha, me wey hunger don waya me...Trust guys na, na dem finally finish d gari sha.. some particles of my "pupu" come be garri but finally I come be house captain schhol boy

Rep Fego!

houseoftuition1:
which set were you? I was 2003 grad set. Did you hear of labush?

"LABUSH" my brother used to gist me about him and how juniors have always make mouth to trash him when he comes back around but was hailed instead.

Attended F.G.C Ogbomoso!

LMAyedun:
That was why I said he spoke like the late Umaru Musa Yar'Adua in his dying days.. Very boring speech. Giving us the same old news & information we already know in an independent day speech. No economic direction, No security & employment policies & No plans in view.

Impatience is not a virtue. Order is more vital than speed.

Impatience is not a virtue. Order is more vital than speed. Careful and deliberate decisions after consultations get far better results.-PMB. Oct 1st,2015

wow!

Sile12:
11.

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Sile12:
Don't know this

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opeyemiie:
The arrival of Pedro at Chelsea may well have
ended any chance Victor Moses had of making
his mark at Stamford Bridge. The World Cup
winner impressed on his debut for the Blues, in
their 3-2 triumph over West Bromwich Albion,
and will surely prove to be a regular starter for
Jose Mourinho.
Juan Cuadrado may have left, but the presence
of players such as Willian, Ramires and Oscar
makes it hard to see just where the Nigeria
forward fits in to the Pensioners' first-team
plans.
However, he is unlikely to have a shortage of
suitors, with the likes of West Ham United,
Everton, Tottenham Hotspur and Stoke City-
where Moses spent last season on loan-all keen
to secure his services.
In this feature two of Goal's writers debate
where the forward should choose should the
offers begin rolling in...
However strongly Victor Moses may feel about
his own abilities, Chelsea’s purchase of Pedro
from Barcelona is as blatant a nudge toward the
door as is possible. The 24-year-old owes it to
himself to consider his options, and there are
none as attractive as a move to the blue half of
Merseyside.
First of all, there is the obvious draw of Roberto
Martinez.
It was under the Spanish manager that a young
Moses exploded onto the public consciousness in
a big way in 2011/2012. The then-Wigan boss
showcased an impressive tactical flexibility,
mainly in a 3-4-3 that allowed the Nigeria
international to play in the half-spaces rather
than providing overt width.
Moses blossomed in Lancashire, even though the
Latics frequently struggled to escape the
looming shadow of relegation battles. They
would eventually fall the following season, but
not before claiming an FA Cup trophy in
spectacular fashion, although by then Moses was
already long gone. This was in spite of the fact
Wigan had rebuffed Chelsea repeatedly and
offered to double his wages, all in a bid to keep
him.
Could Martinez help Moses rediscover top form?
It is clear now that he may have risen too
quickly to the surface, having failed to negotiate
the bends and difficulties that come with playing
at the top echelon of English football. His loan
spell in 2013/2014 to Liverpool perhaps
reinforces this idea, as he unwillingly served as
the stepping stone for the flowering of a
precocious Raheem Sterling.
At Stoke last term he was rather more involved,
and showed in injury-free patches what he had in
the trunk: which is considerable still. However,
with Chelsea bolstering options in attacking
midfield and Jose Mourinho not known for
exhaustive rotation, something has to give.
Certainly, a return to a manager who understands
his unique strengths and how best to use him
would be just the ticket.

I see you Bro!

There various news that wouldn't make fb but this! www.nairaland.com/2524442/real-news-federal-college-agriculture#36934586

Cc; Tomrock007

#AminuMustSurvive Cc; Lalasticlala

Vehicular movements on Odo-Ona to Apata road in Ibadan were yesterday disrupted as hundreds of students of Federal College of Agriculture, Animal Health and Production Technology, Ibadan, took to the streets following an accident involving one of their colleagues.

National Mirror learnt that Aminu Adekola, a 200-level student of Agriculture Technology Department, was hit by a mini-cab, Micra, while attempting to cross the road.

According to some of the students, who preferred anonymity, the student was standing in front of the school’s gate when the taxi hit him, leaving him seriously injured.

The incident occurred late in the afternoon.

It was gathered that the victim was taken to a nearby hospital, Hebron, and then transferred to Zone E hospital at Oluyole Estate, Ibadan.
While the victim, who they claimed went into coma as a result of the accident, was taken to the hospital, the students barricaded the road, denying motorists access and forcing commuters to trek.

The students, who were seen monitoring the situation of their colleagues at the hospital, apparently to know the next step, appealed to the Federal Government to help construct speed breakers, street light or pedestrian bridge in front of the school.

Source; www.nationalmirroronline.net/new/students-protest-colleagues-accident-in-ibadan/

Cc; Lalasticlala, olawalebabs, Fynestboi , Richiez

Tomrock007:
yeah proudly moorite

Greatest Moorite!!!! No mind dem mumu journalists spreading fake news. Which college jare, Agric or Animal?

Tomrock007:
did you just say that they constitute nuisance and destroy the road when after a lot of letters and petition about that road, motor car and motorcycle killing a lot of people, student almost every week, do you expect them to just keep watching student dieing like a ritual chicken? NO!!!! They have to fight there right, only those that doesn't know the real cause of that protest will call it nuisance.... On friday someone was hit at that road, he die the following day and on monday again a student was hit which lead to the protest and the night of that same day, someone was hit at odo ona again and die..... ALUTA CONTINUE until those speed breaker are constructed!
Am sure there is no violence cos everything was peaceful out there. Thanks

Yes oooo my brother!
Are you a moorite?

django1:
Why did you people destroy the road and decide to constitute nuisance along the road and in odo ona since yesterday?

it seems you didn't listen to the news, well for your information, we ain't constituting nuisance, we're just showing our grievances and protecting ourselves.
A student was hit by a speeding vehicle while about to cross into the school and this is not the first time something of such is happening.
we've written on several occasions to the School management and the Government to provide Speed breakers(bumps) for us on the highway for some years now all but to no avail.
If nothing is done on that road overnight, we're gonna continue tomorrow till Victory is ascertained.
We are not nuisance, we're only making our voices heard. we ain't chicken left to be killed by speeding vehicles, we're students!
#AminuMustSurvive
#AlutaContinua!
#VictoriaAscerta.

pictures

Thats a balant lie. that's my school and the guy is not dead, he's responding to treatment.
#AminuMustSurvive

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christinie:
and Dasuki never had a life before his appointment?

You tell me, other than been in the military, what else?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sambo_Dasuki

christinie:
Where did Tinubu get the money to buy massive land in Victoria Island and build a gigantic hotel like Oriental hotel and later bought the car park more expensive than the main building, initially flaunting a Chinese woman as the owner? Where did Atiku get the money to build American Uni of Nig? Where did Amechi get the money to buy a hotel for N38 b in Abuja? Where did Aisha Buhari get money to donate N138m last year? Double standard!!!!

Op, let me do you some favour, what was Tinubu's occupation before joining politics? check out dis link↓↓
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bola_Tinubu