nerodenero: I think the POP date is usually 3weeks before the Orientation camp opens.In this case,the new 2013 Batch B corps members will resume camp 25th June,2013 and if you deduct 3weeks which is 21days from 25 i.e.25-21=4, that is 4th June and this contradicts the date being rumoured around as the POP date.Fingers crossed and watching!!!
nice 1..u are really teaching ur students Maths wella.....o boy see calculation
Prophet Chris Okafor is the General Overseer of Mountain of Liberation and Miracle Ministry.
Below is what he told Encomium magazine about the recent deaths in Nollywood.
“This year I gave a prophecy concerning the entertainment industry that there is going to be series of death, and they never asked me for a solution.
One problem is that they like to go to churches where they do paparazzi and the rest. They don’t want to come to the truth and that is why they are dying this way.
If they come to me, I will tell them the mystery why people are dying in Nollywood just like I’ve been able to tell Nigerians why electricity can’t be stable in Nigeria.
digidamage: AND It's Time to Reveal Our Number One... GAAN GAAANNN
1 DRUM ROLL.... My personal favourite and our number one is Team "CARRY GO" with their video 'Leggediz Parolz'.. It's a nice concept with only feet and other parts... the part where the guy changed his slippers from the old red and green pairs to MTN yellow was funny as hell.. and the dance stepped up as the music went on... Also awesome quality ... So that's it, at Number one it's Team CARRY GO
nairaland is like a toilet built by seun, where different people(members) come to poo. The moderators are poo caretakers and the guests, flies. Unfortunately, many members fight on top poo
Chino48: South East political leaders , Saturday met in Enugu to map out reception plans for President Goodluck Jonathan’s visit to the funeral of the late literary icon, Prof. Chinua Achebe next week.
Jonathan has confirmed his decision to attend the funeral which will take place at Ogidi, Anambra state.
Chairman of South East Governor’s forum, Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State told reporters that the meeting focused on reception for the president.
The South East will ensure that the president’s visit would be memorable, he said.
At the meeting were secretary to the federal government, Anyim Pius Anyim, the South East governors, Senators, House of Representatives members, Speakers of the zone’s Assemblies and LG chairmen.
MrNigeria.: After a very long silence, The Honourable has decided to speak about the political brouhaha going on in Rivers state,Hear him :
I am in perfect simulacrum with you Mr Governor that there is indeed no quarrel between you and Mr President but you won't deny the existence of a state of political roforofoism and the difference between the two is one of a tweedledum and tweedledee....
Would like hear the asseverations of my friends on the political malodorous saga that is putrescently cocooning Rivers State,just now and thus precipitously corralling it into an eschewable socio-politico asphyxia...
outrage:[size=13pt]Why not add other religion. It is obvious others don't care how their religion is spoken about on this forum, since they are thanking you for removing it, instead of modifying it to suit every religion.
Just incase you haven't noticed muslims can't insult or talk bad about christain believes like insulting jesus/moses/adam etc. Usually when they talk bad about the religion, its on a personal level.
But on the other hand chirtains and other religion insult and talk bad about our prophet muhammad (saw) and islam in general. That is very unacceptable.
I know I can't say much to change your mind seun, but muslim MODS this is your responsibility, its on your shoulders to see that the religion of islam is protected on this forum to the best of your knowledge.
You got out cries that it was unfair to the christains for the rule number 17, its unfair to muslims to strik it out. I believe since its a democratic enviroment, we should meet at the middle.
Personaly I don't talk bad or look down on any persons believes, you can go through my comments and confirm. But I know everybody can't be the same, hence that's why we need rules.
Please seun, be fair to islam..[/size]
tunder fire u,ur mouth,ur stupid alah and ur imam....hate muslim with de last drop of my life
KaymuNigeria: The 2Baba himself, Innocent ‘ 2face’ Idibia and his only African queen, Annie Macaulay have had one of the most fabulous weddings of 2013, so far. From pictures we have shared, both the traditional and white weddings was well-attended by lots of celebrities and well-wishers.
2face has decided to give back to the people, fans and help a good cause. Maybe its his way of showing gratitude to the people that has been a great support to him over the years. One of the ways he is giving back is by auctioning his specially customized hand-beaded Shoes and Cap which he wore for his traditional wedding. This is the first time a Nigerian Celebrity is doing this.
I guess its time for the Ladies and men that love 2Baba to own one of his most precious items as well as own a part of Nigerian entertainment history. See Photos of the Cap and Shoes below
dis is nonsese...why not auction ur SV pradoy or ur Puch car
berem: Anambra Governorship Aspirant, Ifeanyi Uba Donates N5m To Church
A governorship aspirant and philanthropist, chief Ifeanyi Uba has donated N5m to the Anglican church of Nigeria in Ukpo to support this year's synod in the area.
Speaking after the donation Uba hinted that he had earlier given N64 million naira to Bishop Alex Ibezim, the bishop of the Awka Diocese for the building of his residential house at the Bishop's court.
Uba said he was at the church synod to give thanks to the Almighty God for His blessings which he said increased since he gave the bishop money for the building of his house.
"I have come to thank God because since the time I gave the money, I have been receiving blessings and having more openings in my businesses", he said.
He said he decided to contest for the governor of Anambra state come 2014 to move the state to the next level in all the sectors of the economy of the state and urged his colleagues to play the game according to the rules.
"I have been empowering the people of this state, the needy, the widows, the aged and youths while in my private business, so you could imagine what I would do when I get into the Government House as the next governor of this state".
Uba told his supporters not to be deterred in their struggle to ensure that he became governor in 2014, saying that the evil machinations of his political enemies would always failed because he had all the time defeated them.
Abiyamọ:ALIKO MOHAMMED DANGOTE, World's Richest Black.
DEDICATION: This piece is written for and dedicated to all hardworking men and women across the globe. Those who toil day and night with the hope that tomorrow will be better than yesterday, those who fast today so that they can have their fill tomorrow, those who labour on in the face of the incredible hardships of life, those who struggle relentlessly despite the greatest travails and challenges thrown at them, those who manage to have a cheerful smile on a face full of sweat and tears, it is to those, dedicates this.
''Aliko Dangote deserves more honours than those of us holding political offices'. -GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN, Nigerian President.
‘I am close to the people in power because I am one of the big businessmen in Nigeria. If we have the wrong people there, then all the money I have is useless. I do not want Nigeria to become another Zimbabwe so I am concerned about the political direction of my country, because if bad and inexperienced politicians control power in Nigeria, my wealth may turn into poverty and I am not ready to become a poor man.’ -ALIKO DANGOTE.
A prodigiously wealthy and luxuriantly blessed human, Aliko Dangote said that it took him 30 tortuous years to become a billionaire but youths of today want to become a gazillionaire faster than Usain Bolt. Many Nigerian youths are bitter (like bitterness will make one better), pointing accusing fingers at people like Dangote, Adenuga and generally seeing nothing good in what others do, believing the world is against them. For those, I leave you with the immutable words of JK Rowling, writer of the Harry Potter series: “There is an expiry date on blaming your parents for steering you in the wrong direction; the moment you are old enough to take the wheel, responsibility lies with you.” That is not all. The legendary French writer and philosopher who rejected the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1964, Jean-Paul Sartre also said: “Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does. It is up to you to give life a meaning.” But perhaps, the most poignant advice of all is from the Wise One of China, Confucius, who stated thousands of years ago: “Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others.”
In a nation like Nigeria where there is so much negativity emanating right from independence till date, Aliko Mohammad Dangote, the Kano-born billionaire with the Midas touch is a man who must be appreciated and celebrated -for good reasons.
You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself. -NAPOLEON HILL (1883-1970), American speaker and motivational speaker.
OVERVIEW -ANCESTRY -EARLY DAYS & GROWING UP/FAMILY -SCHOOLING -LOVE, HEARTBREAKS, CHILDREN, MARRIAGE & DIVORCES -HOW HE STARTED -ROMANCING POLITICIANS AND SUPPORTING GOVERNMENTS -BECOMING A BILLIONAIRE -THE PLANE CRASHES AND NEAR PLANE CRASH -THE SECRETS OF DANGOTE'S SUCCESS -INTERESTING AND FUN THINGS ABOUT DANGOTE -CRITICISM -THE DANGOTE GROUP -APPOINTMENTS, AWARDS, LAURELS & HONOURS -DANGOTE'S DONATIONS AND PHILANTHROPY -REFERENCES ANCESTRY Young Aliko was born in the ancient city of Kano of the famed groundnut pyramids. Kano has been a commercial center for centuries with it being a focal point for all kinds of economic activities ranging from the sale of slaves in exchange for salt to the trade in spices, kolanuts, leather, cotton, sugar and gold. Alhassan Abdullahi Dantata (named for Tata, the nurse who raised him, Dantata means 'the son of Tata') was his maternal great grandfather and he also learnt the art of business and making money from his own father.
By 1913, he was the largest exporter of kolanuts in West Africa. The coming of the colonial masters with the railway was too good an opportunity for him as he took advantage of the rails to move his kolanuts along the Lagos-Kano route. With time, he became the sole distributor for the Lever Brothers (later Unilever) and add the profits of the groundnut boom, he was already super-rich, the richest in Nigeria, and by 1955 when he died, he was clearly the richest in West Africa.
The children of the late polygamous merchant swore to an oath by the Holy Qu'ran with their father on the deathbed to work together and not split the family's business empire. Till today, the Dantatas run things in Nigeria -without any noise. Groundnut trader, Sanusi Alhassan Dantata, Nigeria's first millionaire, was the eldest of the siblings and was the overseer of the family's business activities.
Dangote grew up in the loving care of his maternal grandfather, Sanusi who took Aliko, his first grandson, into his care after the untimely death of his father. Sanusi transformed the family business even beyond the wildest dreams of their late dad. This grand old rich man died in 1997, and left many children, one of whom is Mariya, his eldest daughter and Umm Aliko (the mother of Aliko).
Rewind back to the 1950s and we meet a man named Mohammed Dangote, a businessman, fellow Qadirriya sect member and ally of Sanusi Dantata. This man would later ko-enu-ife-si ('toast') Mariya, the daughter of his friend, through her father and his business associate, Sanusi Dantata. Mohammed Dangote dabbled into politics and was even a Member, Northern House of Assembly and belonged to the Northern People's Congress (NPC) of the Sardauna of Sokoto, Sir Ahmadu Bello. By the mid-50s, the two lovebirds were joined together in holy matrimony in Kano. That was the fusing point of the Dantatas and the Dangotes.
EARLY DAYS & GROWING UP On the 10th of April, 1957, a bouncing baby boy weighing just a little above three kilogrammes was born in Kano. The radiant mother was Mariya and the small baby boy of that day is the reason you are reading this. A week after, he was named after his father while his overjoyed grandfather, Sanusi Dantata gave him the name 'Aliko' which means 'The Victorious One Who Defends Humanity'.
FAMILY
From his own mother’s side, Dangote has three siblings: Sani, Bello and a younger brother who died in an air crash in Kano with Ibrahim Abacha in 1996 (read more about the plane crash here: http://.com/sani-abacha-nigerias-most-enigmatic-ruler/). Dangote’s mother, who became a widow in 1965 is still very much alive, was honoured with a degree by the Bayero University, Kano (BUK), runs one of the largest charities in Nigeria but is protected from the public eye. When Dangote bought his recreational boat, he named it after his (Mother), calling it Mariya.
SCHOOLING
For someone who grew up in Kano, a city of knowledge, it was no surprise that Dangote took to educating himself. Like many of his peers growing up under the great influence of Islamic scholars of the old city, he took off to one of the oldest universities on earth, Al Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt.
-1964: Kano Capital Elementary School (during break time in the high-brow primary school with other schoolkids who wanted sweets, Aliko would bring out a handful and told his jolly good friends that they could have one for a dime. He was that sharp.)
-1964: Sheikh Ali Kumasi Madrasa (Arabic School): He attended the Quranic school when he returned from the primary school, a pattern that is common with many Nigerian Muslims.
-1970s: Capital High School, Kano.
-1970s: School of Economics & Business, Al Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt, where he bagged a degree in business studies and administration. In addition to all these forms of formal education, he also got a great deal of informal education from his grandfather, which he makes use of till this day. Hear him: ‘All my business acumen and instincts I inherited from my maternal grandfather. As his first grandson, he poured his business wizardry into me. I would not have been where I am today without him; a very great man, loving and caring.’
LOVE, HEARTBREAKS, CHILDREN, MARRIAGE & DIVORCES
In any continent of the world, there are some ladies who would dump their wretched husbands in a microsecond and follow a moneybag like billionaire Dangote without hesitation. The poor husband will only console himself with Chief Ebenezer Obey’s Sisi kojale, a lo ba millionaire lo…lol! Handsome, dashing, calm and stupendously wealthy, it is no surprise that not a few women cannot resist the charm of Dangote. Like other men on earth, he also has his own share of the romantic sagas and Cupid-induced high blood pressure..lol. A serial monogamist, Aliko Dangote has 15 children even though three from his current marriage (Halima, Fatima and Sadia) are officially listed. His children include:
Alhaji Aliko Dangote has been married and divorced three times before his current marriage. He was not engaged in polygamy at any point but took one wife at a time. In May 1977, his family selected his first wife for him and the union was consummated without delay. Aliko had just turned 20. Fast forward to 2009, Dangote fell in love with the young daughter of the late Nigerian President, Nafisat Yar’adua (now the wife of the Bauchi State Governor, Alhaji Isa Yuguda). Nafisat turned down Dangote’s advances for one reason: she was friends with Halima, Dangote’s daughter. Nafisat, at the age of 21, became Governor Yuguda’s fourth wife in 2009.
Like any other man, his ego was hurt. You will get a better picture of the scenario when you realize the fact that one of the former wives of Dangote (Hajia Mariya A.D Rufai, see below) was married to Governor Yuguda (although he later divorced her in June 2010 after 10 years of marriage over irreconcilable differences but some of the reasons alluded to was that she was absent at President Yar’adua’s (Yuguda’s in-law) burial, allegedly leaking sensitive state secrets to Alhaji Yayale Ahmed, then Secretary to the Federal Government and the final straw that enraged the Governor was the fact that she congratulated Alhaji Bala Mohammed, the new minister of the Federal Capital Territory, who was a bitter enemy of the Governor who was desperate to get a second term and felt he could spoil his chances). But calmly and gracefully, Dangote took all life threw at him and when you see his charming and disarming smiles, you’d never guess he was once heartbroken.
After he divorced his first wife that his family got for him, he married Mariya A. D Muhammad Rufai, a Senator’s daughter and former Bauchi State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Human Services (see pictures). After he divorced her, he married two other women but the marriages collapsed.
Some other women have also been romantically linked to the billionaire. These include the Director and Secretary of his United Kingdom subsidiary, Dangote Global Services, Miss Oluwatosin Coker while another is the late Ondo-born business executive, sugar merchant and reverend with the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Rev. Chief (Mrs.) Josephine Oluwadamilola Kuteyi, with whom he dragged the purchase of the Bacita Sugar Factory. A divorcee mother of four sons (Saheed, Ganiyu, Ahmed and Rasaq), she died in a helicopter crash in Osun State in 2011 while on her way to her Bacita sugar company in Kwara State. The helicopter plunged down from a height of 2,500 feet, killing all the occupants.
HOW HE STARTED When he left for Lagos as a 20-year-old in 1977, Nigeria was enjoying stupendous oil profits and the military government of the day decided to ruin some of it on FESTAC’77. There was massive construction going on in various parts of the country and it was at that moment Dangote went to his beloved grandfather to ask for a loan so he could import cement which will be used for some of the FESTAC buildings. He narrates: ‘For me, I started small as a trader in cement. Then I left cement around 1978. Because there was this armada and cement was difficult to get at that time. I had my own money which my grandfather gave me free, but then he gave me also an additional loan of N500,000 (about $3,000) which was big money in those days. At that time (1978), you could purchase ten Mercedes Benz cars with that amount as each was sold for N5,000 while a Volkswagen Beetle went for N900 to N1,000. The money was quite a substantial amount then. The loan was supposed to be paid back whenever I was okay-maybe after three or four years. But I paid the loan back within six months.’
The real genius of Dangote is his ability to transform that seed money of yesterday into the billions of dollars today. The crux of the matter here is not that he got a helping hand from his rich grandfather but what he did with the assistance.
Throughout the Obasanjo regime down to Shagari, Buhari and IBB, there were vast construction projects: estates, federal universities (like UNILORIN) and so on. And cement was obviously needed. Obasanjo and Dangote, who was still working with his uncle, first met in the 1970s when he was the federal commissioner (minister) of transport. Also, while he was in Lagos, he learnt a lot from his uncle, Usman who had already formed solid ties with the military governments and got rice importation deals in 1970 at the end of the 30-month Nigerian Civil War. When their fellow Kano man, the late Murtala Mohammed came to power, his 27-year-old uncle was one of those contracted to decongest the Nigerian seaports in Lagos and made huge fortunes. With time, Aliko was brought on board, following them to business meetings in the dead of the night. It was during this time in Lagos he began to learn how to speak the Yoruba language.
While working with his uncle in Lagos, ‘squatting in his office’, he learnt a lot. He said of those times: ‘I started with the business of cement, which was giving us a lot of money because at that time, Nigeria was making so much money and we were doing a lot of constructions. On a vehicle which I normally get from my uncle, I was making about N1,350 to N1,400 per day, and I had an allocation of about 3-4 trucks including Saturdays and Sundays. Later , I realized I was making a lot of money though then I didn’t have a lot of ideas of what to do. It was only cement business that I knew and I was stuck to it up till 1980, when I started knowing Lagos, becoming a Lagosian, understanding where to go and finding people to buy import licenses from. Within three months, I paid my grandfather back because I had no further need of his money.’
BECOMING A BILLIONAIRE It took Dangote three decades to amass one billion US dollars. His journey is a very interesting one, showing all the features of luck, opportunity, hardwork and divine providence. Under the Shagari regime, there was an unprecedented importation of essential commodities and products. Dangote’s company, then named Alco Company was one of the major importers. He also supplied huge tonnage of cement to the governments at different levels embarking on construction of vast housing projects. When the Shagari government decided to also pay more attention to the construction of Abuja, the proposed new Federal Capital Territory, Dangote’s cement was also on point. When General Muhammadu Buhari came to power in 1983, he clamped down on all the importation and dirty deals of the Shagari regime.
Businessmen and tycoons like Dangote were not too happy with the new draconian regime but he played it calm and quickly adapted. If you cannot adapt to changes in this world and keep blaming all kinds of external forces, your chances of survival are seriously limited. Being the smart dude that he is, while other businessmen were complaining and groaning under the iron fists of Buhari and Idiagbon, his Ilorin-born no-nonsense deputy, Dangote veered and formed Dangote General Textiles Products Enterprises and focused on what the government of the day wanted: exportation of local products such as gum arabic, cotton, millet, cocoa, leather products, cotton and cashew nuts.
Amazing Quotes from Dangote:
‘I don’t like to boast, but let me tell you something. I was born into money. Both my father’s -from my mother’s side and also from father’s side -they have always had money. So, it’s not that I just came and picked up something from this thing. But it does not mean also in the family that everybody would be rich. I don’t know any of my family members -both from my mother’s side and my father’s side -that has ever had a deal with anybody in the government.’ (Not many people agree with this assertion).
How can agro-industrial businesses modernise?
Aliko Dangote: There is no way you can develop agriculture at 20% interest rates anywhere, even if you grow gold. So the government needs to bring interest rates down to single-digit figures for farmers….you also have to develop storage and give people guaranteed pricing. If there is no guaranteed pricing, you are not encouraging the farmer to grow. …..Dangote is trying to produce 700,000 tonnes of sugar annually over the next four years. We may employ at least 45,000 people to reach this target. That is the only way to create jobs.
-In 1978, before I started making money, the first car I bought was a Mercedes 200 for N5,100, and that time, there was no power steering (general laughter). -While giving a motivational lecture at the Pan African University, Lagos Business School (LBS).
ONITSHA — Former governor of Anambra State, Senator Chris Ngige, yesterday, declared his intention to run for the 2014 governorship election in the state.
Senator Ngige made the declaration in Awka on the occasion of Rainbow Coalition stakeholders’ meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members, All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP), and Democratic People’s Party (DPP).
Speaking on the occasion, convener of the meeting and coordinator of Rainbow Coalition, Chief Ben Oranusi, explained that after due investigations and understanding of the personalities aspiring for the 2014 gubernatorial election, they found that Ngige was the person good enough and better experienced to take up the task of piloting the affairs of Anambra State.
Oranusi said: “We are urging him to come and contest this election and continue from where he stopped. We have been holding this meeting for months now and now is the time to call him up and say ‘go for us and become our governor again.’” Source: Former lawmaker in the House of representatives for Anambra East and West Federal Constituency Chief Ralph Okeke, later moved a motion for Senator Ngige to contest 2014 gubernatorial election.
The motion was seconded by Ezike Nwosu, an APGA member from Ezinifite Aguata in Anambra South and supported by Chidi Abasilim of Idemili South and Paul Obianaso who do not belong to any political party.
Speaking on the occasion, Ngige said: “While I was there as governor, I worked with about N80 billion as total budget and executed about N69 billion and if we go by this data and figure, you will discover that the four budget which I prosecuted I had about N150 billion, including the Internally Generated Revenue.
“Yet we delivered services and built roads and lifted the embargo on employments and promotion which the then governor placed while in office.
“But when you compare my administration with that of the incumbent, Governor Peter Obi, you will see the difference.
“He had received N1.2 trillion in total as allocation from Federal Account and about N800 billion as local government allocation which makes it up to roughly N2 trillion in the last seven years, yet we have nothing to show for it.
“I wish to ask, what do we have in Anambra State in terms of infrastructure to show for the N2 trillion received by the governor?
BraideBraide: Please I need help...my project supervisor wants me to sleep with him..I really don't know what to do..I've never been involved in this type of problem..- want to change my supervisor but it's not that easy and I have to give my HOD a good reason...I have no proof about the issue..please I really need help and I dnt want to create more problems for myself...I posted this in the education section but I did nt get replies..please help
spywareczar:Kano Bus Park Blast Scene to be Converted to Islamic School-as Igbo community cries foul
The Kano State Government is bent on converting the scene of the bus station bomb blast into an Islamic school. Governor Rabiu Kwakwanso had earlier told the Igbo traders and transporters who built and developed the park to relocate to another place to give way to another Islamic school in the place. The governor, to buttress the seriousness of his threat, had earlier blocked the back gate of the luxury bus park towards the New Road/ Ibo Road junction and commenced clearing of the site and building of sections of the Islamic school.
A day before the bus station blast which killed over 65 Igbo travelers, the governor sent some thugs and state security outfit to the place to warn the traders and bus owners to vacate the place immediately or face bloody consequences. The Igbo communities were preparing to send a delegation to beg the governor to change his mind on the day the bomb exploded. Governor Kwakwanso is yet to either visit or send any top government official to condole the Igbos who lost lives and properties including five luxurious buses in the inferno but had visited Borno State and donated N100 million naira to victims of Baga incidence.
The Igbo leaders noted that on the day the blast occured, none of the Muslim indigenous workers at the site of the Islamic school and other sites around the bus station reported for work, fueling suspicion that the locals were pre-informed about the bomb blast . There is an allegation that Governor Kwakwanso told aides that the blast was Allah’s way of driving away his enemies and paving way for the Islamic school. This was contained in a secret report the Ohaneze follow up team to Kano set up after the earlier visit of the Ohaneze leadership sent to select Igbo leadership . The follow up team discovered that there was no single security at the luxury bus park as at the time of their arrival and were worried that another blast could easily take off in the place. The team also discovered that Association of Luxury Bus Owners( ALBON), Kano State Branch, had already taken the Kano State Government to court over the park but the Governor defied the court and went on with his intentions.
The Igbo leaders in Kano lamented that the collateral casualty at the bus station could have been less had the governor not earlier ordered the closure of the back exit gate which connected the New Road to Ibo Road and as such when the blast occurred, there was no way for the other buses loaded with passengers to escape. The only exit being the Tudun Wada Road which connected the Airport road . The controversial bus park was an empty land sold to Anglican church fifty years ago and the church leased it to the luxury bus owners who developed the bus station to ensure greater security for non-indigenous travelers in the religious volatile state. The bus station is located in Sabon Gari, an area mapped out for strangers and non-indigenes . Therefore, the attempt by the State Government to forcibly convert the bus park to Islamic school is unfair as there are other empty lands all over Kano metropolis they can use for Islamic school.
Earlier on the Emir of Kano, Ado Bayero was under fire by elements within Kano State Government and some notable contenders for the Emir-ship throne for providing palace guards to secure Ohaneze leaders when they visited Kano two weeks before the follow up team came. They derided the Emir for providing security for the Ohaneze chieftains, alluding that they should have procured their President Jonathan to secure them. The Emir equally sent his first son to condole with the Igbos after the bloody bus blast .
The follow up team reported their findings to appropriate security agencies and sent a report to the leadership of Ohaneze and select Igbo leaders. The Igbos in Kano lamented that in one year over 63 persons have been secretly executed by Boko Haram agents either in their shops, offices or homes and if the number of those who died through bombings is included, about three hundred lives have so far been lost. They called on the Igbo leadership to come to their rescue or else they will bear heavy arms for self protection.
It is expected that the Ime Obi Ohaneze will deliberate on the matter in consultation with Igbo leaders and if possible take the matter up with the Kano State Government and the presidency. The Igbo leadership have asked the Ohaneze leader in Kano to ensure that Igbos do not take laws into their hands until the issue is resolved with the appropriate authority. How quick the Igbo leaders will act on this sensitive issue is another kettle altogether. Obinna Akukwe
phoneport: Gunmen in their hundreds in a convoy of 50 Hilux vans attacked Marte Local Government Area of Borno State, yesterday evening, where they succeeded in burning down all public buildings like schools, hospitals/clinics, police stations and all telecommunications masts in the council headquarters. Marte is about 150 kilometres from Maiduguri, the state capital which also shares borders with Baga and Chad Republic.
It is also an epicentre of Boko Haram sect which had witnessed series of attacks and bombings. A top police officer in Marte said: “The gunmen invaded the town at about 4p.m with over 50 Hilux 4-wheel drive vehicles armed with sophisticated weapons, chanting Allahu Akbar, meaning (God is Great) and started throwing Improvised Explosive Devices, IEDs, at all public structures without being challenged by security operatives.” Another reliable source said: “Apart from the Lake Chad Development site, no other public structure remained standing in the town as all of them have been destroyed by the terrorists.” Our correspondent gathered that the suspected terrorists had after the Baga carnage, issued a warning that Marte town would be their next target of attack. No life was, however, lost as the terrorists had warned those working in the public buildings in the town to vacate before they struck. Contacted, the state Police Commissioner, Mr. Yuguda Abdullahi and his image maker, DSP Gideon Jubrin’s phones rang several times without response, but a top security officer who did not want his name mentioned confirmed the incident. Source: http://news.naij.com/32959.html
dis is A good News...let dem kill every idot still living in Borno
henry/deelinkag: These beautiful blood sisters namely Cara, Laura and Jenna were born in 9 months . Cara, the eldest of the 3 sisters was about 9-month-old when her mother gave birth to twin sisters, Jenna and Laura.
40-year-old Tessa Singh got pregnant within 3 months of Cara’s birth.. The twins were delivered prematurely at around 28th week.
‘People can’t believe it when I tell them all the girls are the same age, yet they aren’t triplets
‘We had wanted to have babies close together so we thought when Cara was three months old that we should start trying as we didn’t know how long it would take. – said Tessa Singh, their mother.
Cara was born in July 2008, Tessa and her husband started another fertility treatment 3 months later. Lovely sisters!
Hello Nairalanders, this is a true life story. A friend's friend was in a serious relationship with this girl for like 4 years, the girl claimed to truly love him more than anything and would like to be the mother of his children and so on.
Eventually, she got pregnant for him along the line out of wedlock. Sadly, the guy died. It wasn't long after his death that this lady that claims to love him so much terminated the Pregnancy.
I want to know if what she did was right after claiming she loves him so much and would like to have a baby for him?
idot...were u there web she aborted de pregnacy...even if u were not there,why did u poke nose..na ur biss
[quote author=eGuerrilla][/quote]menh who ever goes to america is on his own...he can be arrested while trying to open de front door of his home.... Its better to be a king @ home dan a slave over there......so sad
[quote author=odumchi]The next few pictures will begin to deal with the masculine societies of the Igbos. The first picture is of the "ikperikpe" war dance. Such a dance was performed before and after a war by warriors of Arochukwu, Ohafia, Afikpo and Abiriba and a few other neighbouring communities. The dance was meant to please the ancestors so as to grant the warriors victory during war.
ogedanny: In spite of the growing population in Lagos and applicants, why are graduates more interested in relocating to lagos to find a greener pasture?
Please share your opinion and views on whether Lagos still remains the ideal place of job seekers or if there are other states job seekers can look up to
its becos lagos ve bridges and abadon house to sleep more dan any other place
NYSC › Re: POP Date For This Current Batch B Corp Members.......... by Vincent41(m): 9:11am On May 12, 2013
..na ur biss
