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michealade: call me Hi ta ya...

I will be SUN SHINE SOON.
Me, I still want to have a name that is English sounding in case GEJ buys back Nigeria from the Chinese and decides to sell to America...

CHOP I CHOP GOVT

The day he says he wants to be remembered as the best president Nigeria ever had or would ever have...

A few years ago when Nigerians were said to be the happiest people on earth, the Nigerian leaders were busy siphoning money away...
Now Nigeria does not feature in the top of the list of happy nations, the leaders are not only still chopping the money, but are now abusing Nigerians for not smiling anymore.

A nation where the leaders (GEJ etc) expect the ordinary citizens (market woman, shoemaker etc) to be the ones to lead.

Prexzi: They broke Rules n dey were expelled, mind u, dey were nt forced to come to d sch... Who born U to try ham 4 OAU?

To try what exactly or break which rule at OAU? The OAU I attended is not a barbaric school.

absolutely fantastic **pls close your eyes and assume Alex Ferguson said that

sanandreas: I dnt really know where we are going.

Are you in one of the buses?

It could be a fun year. Make new friends and you can make plans (too much time, if you ask me) to properly plan on a career etc. If you have to work in Nigeria you need to have the NYSC certificate and to get this the honorable way you need to do the 1yr service.

As you want to return to London, it would be good if you try and do your primary assignment in a company where you get to learn stuff you are interested in. That can help you experience-wise when you go back to the UK as you may not easily get graduate trainee or entry level jobs in your area of interest over there.

You just have to be careful you serve in a relatively safe state or town in Nigeria. Nigeria is not the best country in the world at appreciating the life of its citizens.

fishy

I don read read read ...I laughed and laughed and laughed.
biz4naija, graduate of unilag? or Aluu ex-resident?
I bow for you o....remember God dey

madam SEC nkoh? ok former madam

It is a simple problem. Our culture of yes-sir yes-ma (from fear and not healthy respect) of the ordinary people toward those in senior/higher positions on one hand; and the lack of intelligence of those in positions of responsibility to not know governance/responsibility is about service to others on the other hand.

GEJ did not promise to stop kidnappings...

olas2u: The Goodluck Johnathan administration as increased the poverty level in Nigeria.That subsidy removal nonsense was just to take from the poor and give to the rich.He should go away after is tenure.

GEJ said in his last TV interview that he did not promise to eliminate poverty but create wealth....so why is anybody complaining

When America (especially their loosing parties in almost every election) would rather dump the electoral college....someone wants it for another country?

By the way, the easy and clear process of popular votes is not even practiced correctly in Nigeria ...now we should go for a more obfuscating process!

Sir, we can stick to prayers...Nigeria Pray.

Good for her. Now she should not let the selfish Nigerianess or greediness and bribe hunger take over her thinking/actions....don't because you didn't have shoes when you were going to school, start trampling on everybody and thinking they don't matter

former British minister = washed out British minister

Na by mouth...when GEJ only thinks Nigeria is made up of his minions only. Dream on.

2nd Class world citizen mentality....let them learn Engris

I remember a few years ago having a discussion/argument with friends about tightening immigration rules in countries like the UK.

One of my friends had suggested that the European countries and United States do not realize how very lucky they are because most of the Nigerians that live there are ordinarily well behaved and law abiding. He argued that unlike some other countries where famine or war drive their people of different shades and hues to places like the UK, most Nigerians that would up and just leave Nigeria are usually very driven and focused people.

I really would like to add to his logic that this may be true of the first generation emigrants from Nigeria and not necessarily their offspring or family members that later join them over there. Stories are rife like that below which is really saddening.


http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4659222/Man-arrested-over-teenage-punch-attack.html

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/cctv-attack-man-held-over-teenager-assault-094902409.html

....since President GEJ made it known in the interview that has no idea what to do about BH

Oh my God...did he just say state dinner in Ethiopia?...NIgeria is in trouble...i rest my case

is there any award for the most stupidest Nigerian?

everyone is entitled to his opinion but not all including this is befitting of any rumination

Hated Blackberry when everyone had it but just got one now...and loving it. So much for iphones and samsungs...crowd mentality

IMHO, If Obama had behaved like Biden in the first interview he would still not have come out on top. His tactics the last time would have worked perfectly if he had looked up (not necessarily at the camera only) and had engaged Mitt Romney better.

[quote author=tpia@]why so many vultures in nigeria?


i was so surprised to see them in different parts of the country- never saw any while growing up.[/quote]I remember making a similar comment years back to a friend. Depends which town IMHO, I never saw these birds until I left home/university to start work in another part of the country and saw them everywhere.

A MINICAB driver living in a luxurious mansion worth more than £1m while his benefit cheat wife drove a Merc and wore a Rolex has been ordered to pay back £1.2m.

Ovo Mayomi, 44, claimed he was earning £700 a month and living in Croydon, south London.

His wife Juliet Ubiribo, 32, told benefit bosses she was a single mum so she could claim housing and council tax benefit.

She also asked the council to rehouse her because she was a victim of domestic violence – but the phone number she gave revealed her landlord, Ayiomike Neburagho, was really her husband Mayomi using a false identity.

Fraud investigators discovered he owned a large luxurious house in Nigeria worth more than £1m and boasting chandeliers and £89,000 worth of sound equipment.

He also wore a £25,000 watch and his wife drove a Mercedes Sport Coupe.

A judge has now ordered Mayomi to pay £1,197,743 in a confiscation order – or face six years in prison.

The Proceeds Of Crime Act allows the court to seize assets even if it doesn’t have enough evidence of criminal activity to secure a conviction.

As well as two money-transferring businesses and bank accounts, investigators also discovered Mayomi owned a fish farm in the country.

Court orders were signed freezing their assets in the UK and abroad in 2010, and an investigation was launched to find out how much the Nigerian-born couple had gained from their criminal lifestyle.

Judge Nicholas Ainley made the confiscation order at Croydon Crown Court after Mayomi disputed the investigators’ findings.He must cough up by March 14 next year.

In July Ubiribo was ordered to pay back £9,357 or face five months in prison.

Ubiribo was charged with 10 theft offences, four fraud act offences and two immigration offences.

Mayomi was charged with nine counts of theft, one count of fraud, four immigration offences, and one count of perjury for entering into a false marriage using a false identity.

They pleaded guilty to all charges and Mayomi was jailed for 30 months, while Ubiribo was sentenced to 12 months in prison suspended for two years.

This prosecution was the result of a joint investigation by Croydon Council’s corporate anti-fraud team and the United Kingdom Border Agency (UKBA).

Councillor Dudley Mead, deputy leader of the council, said: “This is a landmark case for Croydon as it is the first time the council’s in-house financial investigator has pursued a major confiscation order of this nature.

“As a result of our investigator’s fine work, the council expects to be able to claw back as much as £400,000 in taxpayers’ money.

“This case should serve as a clear warning that crime does not pay.”

The case comes after a nursing assistant who pocketed more than £400,000 in benefits and illegal earnings after her application for asylum was turned down THREE times was jailed yesterday.

Fanta Sesay, 41, raked in housing and council tax benefits while working at Homerton University Hospital in east London and St Thomas’ Hospital in south London.

Inner London Crown Court heard Sesay originally came to the country from Sierra Leone as an asylum seeker.

After her third asylum application was rejected she married a British citizen in 2005 and was granted indefinite leave to remain.

Sesay, who claimed she spent most of the cash on providing for her two children in Sierra Leone, was jailed for 28 months.



http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4546881/Benefit-fraudster-couple-had-1m-Nigerian-mansion.html

I thought Madame Jonathan is "Patience Faka Jonathan" and not "Promise Faka Jonathan"

ignis: Their children will become an automatic citizen of the UK or any country they are born. The y dont need a visa to go or stay there

Rules differ from country to country. That stopped in 1983 in the UK i think. Now one of the parents has to be a british citizen or has to have permanent residency before the child can be a british citizen.

Methinks this is a question for the likes of GEJ and the people in power. Am not sure there answer will not be - We don't give a damn.

The ordinary man can only best govern his house.