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No. Not again

Lolz... Nigerians no get chill at all.

This change na die

bettercreature:
Who told you so?

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Really? This won't go down well with Nigerians if it happens to be true

September 16, 2016 Samuel Ogundipe

President Muhammadu Buhari’s ‘Change Begins with Me’ campaign suffered a setback Friday following a newspaper report that the president allegedly plagiarised President Barack Obama in the speech he delivered while launching the project.

The government says the campaign will help curb “widespread act of immorality” by Nigerians.

The report, which detailed how Mr. Buhari allegedly lifted quotes from a 2008 speech by Mr. Obama, came on the heels of another damaging allegation that the ‘Change Begins With Me’ campaign contained elements belonging to another anti-corruption effort, ‘Not in My Country’.

Mr. Buhari on September 8 launched the ‘reorientation’ campaign in Abuja as part of his government’s strategy to make Nigerians eschew “dishonesty, indolence, unbridled corruption and widespread impunity” and embrace daily introspection over their “immoral” conducts.

He also used the occasion to sue for national consensus amongst Nigerians on issues ranging from spirit of service to patriotism.

“We must resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship, pettiness and immaturity that have poisoned our country for so long. Let us summon a new spirit of responsibility, spirit of service, of patriotism and sacrifice, Let us all resolve to pitch in and work hard and look after, not only ourselves but one another.

“What the current problem has taught us is that we cannot have a thriving army of rent seekers and vested interests, while the majority suffers,” Mr. Buhari said.

But facts have emerged indicating Mr. Buhari did not author those quotes.


Adeola Akinremi, a columnist with Lagos-based THISDAY Newspaper, was the first to spot possible instances of plagiarism between Mr. Buhari’s speech and a speech delivered by Mr. Obama when he was first elected in 2008.

In a speech delivered after his victory on November 4, 2008, Mr. Obama said to a crowd of enthusiastic supporters:

“Let’s resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long.

“So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves but each other. “Let us remember that, if this financial crisis taught us anything, it’s that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers.”

After highlighting the seeming plagiarism, Mr. Akinremi said the act was “unethical” and lampooned Mr. Buhari for allegedly indulging in it.

“It is immoral to plagiarize other people’s work, but even worse to use dishonesty to launch a campaign about honesty.

“When you use another person’s work without acknowledgement, you have plagiarized. You simply pretend as if it is your own. It is unethical. It makes a mess of the campaign from the start. That is what Buhari has done, nobody will believe in the ‘change begins with me’ campaign, because it was built on lies,” Mr. Akinremi said.

When contacted Friday morning, presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu, said he was just becoming aware of the allegation and that the presidency would investigate.

Mr. Akinremi’s column was published a week after associates of Akin Fadeyi, creator of ‘Not In My Country’ accused the Buhari administration of stealing his concept to launch ‘Change Begins with Me.’

The associates said Mr. Fadeyi, a creative artist and former head of communications at Airtel Nigeria, met with the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, in December 2015 to intimate him of ‘Not In My Country,’ an episodic narrative that deploys humour to underscore societal ills and appeal to Nigerians to shun sharp practices.

They said Mr. Mohammed declined interest in the concept, only to turn around to adapt it for ‘Change Begins with Me’ campaign.

But Mr. Mohammed denied the allegations, saying he started ‘Change Begins with Me’ before he was appointed minister.

“We started working on ‘Change Begins with Me’ before the honourable minister was nominated and we’ve been working with the agency that produced the campaign,” Mr. Mohammed’s associate said.

The ‘Change Begins with Me’ campaign had earned Mr. Buhari widespread criticism, with many Nigerians accusing him of shifting blames to them and wondering why they gave him their mandate if he would ultimately saddle them with the duty of effecting the change he promised.


But the government said the campaign became necessary to rally all Nigerians in the effort to cleanse the country of corruption and other malaise plaguing it.

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/210515-nigerias-president-buhari-in-fresh-plagiarism-scandal-of-obamas-speech.html

It is finished

nice

I see Feyernod winning the game

Normal thing. Op you are a JJC definitely. We see this like everyday, especially when LASTMA arrest seize buses

This is great. Things will get better

CAF knows a failure when they see one. We no dey go any competition next year, this sule still dey find FIFA sit abi na chair when he suppose dey fix our football

Ok, what should we do with this now

thieves...

The APC during the last general elections promised to hit the ground running and told the populace a lot will be done in the 1st year. Unfortunately, we are yet to see any of this things materialize.

Who do we blame?

Dem don go beg am. They never knew about his 1st coming. Take that to the bank. Social media will reset our leaders' brain

Eyah! ad some people will be happy about this. What kind of people do we have in this world sef

I see so many wrong comments up there. The government actually charges too much on lands. Its outrageous. As if they built the house for us. Why didn't they allow them move their things out 1st. The Nigerian government is just heartless. For those of you supporting the government, it may be your turn tomorrow

Instead make dem go besiege ASO ROCK, dem dey disturb people wey dey try help themselves and the workers. They don't have fuel, they don't have money business is bad. The government is at fault not Aero contractors

Police will never clash with armed robbers or herdsmen. They only clash with students

Nigeria sef should resign

Really?
Thats bad, nothing more

God will save all this African leaders. Can't you just do 1 term and leave. The people actually don't want him

Alagba Obafemi Oke wrote......

"The North alone with the total of 393,017,639,685 out of the entire 505,515,350,873 has 77.75% while only 22.25% goes to the whole South that produce nothing less than 90% of the total money. And this is the capital budget alone.

Now, if you check what goes to the north through the recurrent you will wonder. North has 19 states and about two-third of the 774 Local Governments which, with federal character, they produce staff for the civil service.
Check their salaries and calculate what goes to civil servants from the north, the percentage will close to 80%+.

That is why till eternity the north will never surrender this country to good governance of restructuring unless the South-West, the South-East and the South-South bind together and start serious strategy including civil disobedience to restore us to glory.
But will they? I doubt."

Channels TV

The tides are rapidly changing and in this unstable economy, everyone — regardless of social standing and class — must adapt to survive.

Adapting can be extremely challenging especially when the situation is an economic recession in a country with more problems than just the economy.

Here are some things to cut down on in order to make it out of this recession financially sane.

Generator usage

It’s bad enough the economy is crumbling faster than a cookie but how many Nigerians can recall a lenghty spell of uninterrupted power supply.

Our standby household generators have for years, been doing what the government cannot do for us.

Now that the situation is getting dire, generator usage should be restricted to specific hours and to take care of necessities.

Comfort can wait till recession is over and we are out of troubled waters.

Eating out

Anyone who actually cooks will know that restaurants serve overpriced, often unsatisfying food.

So instead of taking your hard earned money to pay for ‘fancy’ food, go to the market, buy raw food and head to the kitchen.

You’ll save so much money.

Driving walkable distances

The cost of fuel is higher than it has ever been in Nigeria’s history, so why not kill two birds with one stone while going for short errands.

Take a walk or go for a run while running your errand. Your body and pockets will thank you.

Bulk buying of groceries

Constant grocery shopping can be such a chore so we tend to buy in bulk.

However, a disadvantage of bulk buying is that some goods may expire or spoil before you get around to using them, hence cut your grocery shopping list down to necessities.

Get what you need and not what you think you will need.

New clothes and shoes

Your old clothes are perfectly fine!

Oh you think people have noticed you’ve had that shirt for a while? Frankly, it’s nobody’s business.

As long as your clothes are not obviously tattered, there is no use going cloth shopping every week to impress people and depress your bank account.

Hanging out

We all love spending quality time with friends and family but instead of going someplace where you’ll spend more than you budgeted for (more often than not), invite them to your house and plan activities everyone can participate in.

You’ll create a stronger bond and more lasting activities while saving money.

Vacations abroad

Also known as “the king of excesses”, vacationing abroad is officially a luxury at this point in time.

Why go and spend your hard earned ‘naira’ in a foreign country contributing to the growth of their economy while leaving yours in the backseat.

Stay at home!

DSTV subscription

You don’t need to pay for all the channels. It’s not a competition.

You hardly ever watch more than 15 of the channels on the premium package, so why the bother?

The smallest bouquet has news channels for the grown-ups and cartoons for the kids.

Water as opposed to juice and sodas

Some people think there is an award for living lavish. News flash: there isn’t.

Most of these processed drinks you desire to gulp down your throat with every meal are not even good for your health and they definitely cost more than water. Drink water, you’ll live longer.

Unnecessary phone calls

Restrict your airtime to calls with purpose (work, business).

There’s no need to ask your friend what he/she is eating or staying on a call for an hour discussing what nail polish color to wear to an event.

There are tons of instant messaging services. Embrace them.

https://lifestyle.thecable.ng/10-ways-survive-nigerias-worst-recession-29-years/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaizgn=Feed%3A+ThecableTopStories+%28TheCable+»+Top+Stories%29

geostrata:
Ur profile pix no allow me see mouth talk

talk before I sit on your head

At a time the Economic Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, ‎has alleged that it traced a whopping sum of $10 billion to the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, and others, the former ‎General Secretary, Nigeria Bar Association, NBA,‎ Rabana Lawal, ‎SAN, has dismissed the claims.‎

‎‎Lawal, who made this known in an exclusive interview with Thisday, noted that the allegation that his client stole money was unfounded and not true, as the ‎case before the court was a breach of contract between his company and the NPDC.‎

He however, decried that the EFCC has resulted in using the media to destroy the image of Nigerians, without proper trial in a competent court of justice.

‎He said, “My assessment so far is that there is too much sensationalism on the part of the EFCC.

‎”There is too much prosecution of people on the pages of newspapers.

“The EFCC doesn’t seem to observe the basic tenets of what the rule of law is all about.

“The rule of law is that if you arraign a man in court, allow the court to make its findings, conclusion and pass judgment.

“The EFCC from the utterances and the statements they dish out to the public, are always conclusive.

“They will tell you we have investigated A, and we have arrested B, creating the impression that the man is already guilty.

“Therefore biasing the minds of the Nigerian public against some of these people whom, at the end of the day, may not have committed the heinous crimes or allegations leveled against them.

Lawal, further noted that the fight against corruption is not what you achieve through newspapers sensational stories, but through facts that you are able to put together, and present to the court, to secure a conviction.

He added, that only recently, the EFCC Chairman revealed that the Agency was tracing about $10 billion, allegedly linked to Diezani and her associates in the United States.

The ‎figure according to him is huge, and wonders if it is really possible for such massive amount of money to be taken out of the coffers of this country.

He said, ‎”Well, ordinarily I would not have joined issues with the EFCC.

“Whatever they alleged; it is for them to prove. But the linking of my client, who is Jide Omokore, is what will propel me to respond and react.

“Firstly, the general impression created every time, all day, is that Jide Omokore is Diezani’s Associate, but he’s not.

“Jide Omokore is a businessman that has his own companies, bided for jobs, entered into contracts with NDPC and NNPC, to provide some services under the strategic alliance agreement, and which has being on-going and that has nothing to do with his relationship with Diezani.

“It is an agreement between institutions and the company.

“So, my advice is that the EFCC should talk less and do more of investigations, and when they collate their facts, it is sent to the court.

“Once the matter is in court, then the principle of sub judice should apply”, Lawal noted.

He lamented that the totality of the allegations against Omokore and his companies, is that they failed to remit some monies to the government coffers, arising from the operations of the strategic alliance agreement.

http://www.post-nigeria.com/alleged-10-billion-fraud-san-clears-diezani-others/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

geostrata:

Talk na

The Nigerian government (states included) are insa*e. 15 years experience, 7 years bla bla bla, mumuish people.

Do they even consider fresh graduates when they do this recruitment.

Damn

Someone wants to rescue a big-wig