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Good afternoon everyone,
I have been trying to get an appointment on TLS in Lagos, but I have not seen any available even in May. Is there anything wrong? Or is there no available date in the coming months?

Thank You.

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) says it effectively captured 20,000 vehicles for various traffic infractions using its Traffic Management Solution (TMS) devices in 2024.

Offenses included illegal parking, traffic obstruction, and unauthorized passenger pick-ups and drop-offs at non-designated bus stops.

LASTMA introduced the TMS in July 2023 to enhance traffic law enforcement and management.
Details of traffic infractions
Taofiq Adebayo, Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department at LASTMA, disclosed that the authority physically apprehended 16,824 vehicles for various traffic infractions in 2024.

Out of these, 8,535 were commercial vehicles. In comparison, LASTMA physically apprehended 22,927 vehicles in 2023, including 15,025 commercial vehicles. This indicates a reduction of 6,103 in physically apprehended vehicles and 6,490 in commercial vehicles, demonstrating the positive impact of LASTMA’s enlightenment campaign.

Training and enforcement
Adebayo said as of December 2024, nearly all of LASTMA’s 4,335 staff members had received training in emotional intelligence, work ethics, and human rights, contributing to improved traffic management and enforcement outcomes.

Regarding fines imposed on motorists, Adebayo stated that these were in accordance with the Lagos State Transport Sector Reform Law of 2018, adding that vehicles committing infractions are issued a referral notice for the Lagos State Mobile Court, where substantial evidence such as videos or photographs is presented.

“When we apprehend a vehicle that committed an infraction, we issue a referral notice which is taken to the Lagos State Mobile Court. Also, before our officers apprehend such a vehicle, there would have been a substantial evidence gathered in form of video or photograph, and this is tendered at the mobile court.

“We don’t impose fines, it is the magistrate that will pronounce the fine to be paid into the government coffers,” he said.

What you should know
LASTMA has implemented measures to protect the public from being manipulated into paying fines to unauthorized individuals.

The agency’s toll-free line plays a critical role in this effort.
Additionally, LASTMA has taken disciplinary actions against erring officers, with 26 officers facing dismissal, demotion, or suspension in 2024 for misconduct.
TMS is a platform, accessed through a mobile app, which uses technology to help traffic officers manage traffic and process violations.
TMS cameras capture traffic violations and incidents in real time allowing LASTMA officers to review video and picture evidence of violations. This allows drivers to legally challenge processed violations.

https://nairametrics.com/2025/01/26/lastmas-tms-devices-capture-20000-vehicles-for-traffic-violations-in-2024/

ASAPFERG:
Nice one omoluabi

God bless yorubas
God p****h other tribes

oh no bro. As a Hausa man, I posted it to celebrate him regardless of what Kemi said about the Northers being their "enemies".

NILI Israeli Unit Tasked With Hunting Hamas Members, Responsible For Oct 7 Attack

This is a double barrelled sentence. Read twice, you will see it.

VULCAN:
It's a chatGPT write up.

You know the AI doesn't know anything that happened less than 2 yrs ago.

1. This is not AI generated article. It’s been published in Today’s Vanguard Newspaper.

2. Let’s assume it’s ChatGPT generated article, who says AI doesn’t know anything happened less than two years ago? May you’re using free version.

3. They collect the tax easily as these countries don’t have their own central banks, they use only central bank which is domiciled in France.

IyanAtiEgusi:
We no be mohammed followers with black dot for head wey dey knack head for ground 5 times daily facing the east with anus pointing at an angle to d west

Oga wetin happen your comment and your profile details are; 🫲🏽………………🫱🏽

Ningi2020:
Wait and see how enemies of Nigeria will start to mention that Nigeria should be on the list...

Nigerian has been paying unofficially but allegedly.

Lithiumite:
That's still the only reason their currency is still better than the naira.....if they get mind let them break away,nah that time you go know say naija nah heaven.

Their currency CFA is actually tired to Euro. This one no be ojoro?

Aust1n:
I don’t think so.. some of the countries that you mentioned has been toppled by the military. How do they remit tax to colonial masters?

The don’t have independent Central Bank, France keeps all their total revenue, Which they can only borrow 20% out of it on interest. Funny but true

I heard it through the grapevine that Nigeria too is paying.

if God wants to punish you, He will unite Nigerians against you.

Dpharisee:
I want to see the meltdown in South Africa, I just wish our girl gets it.

Many South Africans are wondering how come Nigerians that are tribalistic to themselves will always unite whenever it comes to fighting against South Africans

And you call yourself MashaAllah.

MashAllahu:
Quite unfortunate, sorry mia Le roux.

This is quite appalling. How could you be playing with religion for your temporary personal gain. Anyway, this habit is only popular by a tribe.

GEEBITE:
In the days of Norther military rule, Yorubas with muslim background played their game by using their islamic name to gain advantage for admission to NDA or promotion in the military. The past chief of airforce Isiaka Oladayo Amao is a strong member of Winners Chapel. Even late Governor Abiola Ajimobi was a practicing Christian until political ambition made him go back to his Islamic roots.

He actually converted because of his wife.

papagiddy:
I was surprised that he was a christian...maybe he got converted when he saw the Light....I believe he is in heaven right now.....No amount of prayer has any effect on him right now...Just that d Lord keeps his family that he left behind 🙏 Amen

Good day my people, I have been offered admission to study MSc Peace and Conflict Resolution and was verified since March, 2024, but I was not chanced then. I want to resume and make the tuition fees, Is it possible or I will have to apply for a new admission? What can I do?
Thank You

Good Morning my People, I have Msc Admission which I have not registered yet, is the registration still open? Thank You.

Thank you very much

Blessedarethepe:
Go to your study centre for documentation. You will be given your matric no.

Good day everybody. I have applied and got the admission but my RRR is yet to be verified for me to get the Matric No. Please how do I go about it?

I have been trying to apply for a post graduate program but it's not going through. Or is the admission process over for this session till next year?

Please is the master’s admission in progress? Thank you.

Enskynelson:
See the First Degree acceptable for the programme.

Thank you very much.

Hello good people of this house,
Please I have a B.Sc International Studies (2:1) but I want to apply for M.Sc Criminology and Security Studies. Can Noun give me the admission considering my first degree is in the same faculty and my career is security related?

Thank you.

cosmatika:
The northerners claim that dey used their money [b][/b]from groundnut to develop the oil in Niger Delta.

One of our security guys in PH who's from Jigawa state always argued with me. He said if Nigeria must be divided, that the oil in the ND should be divided too, because they used their money from groundnut to develop it.

Meanwhile this guy didn't even attend primary skl, so he's a stark illiterate. I asked him who told him that, he said that's what they taught them in the mosque

Bigotry of the highest order!

Just choose Sumec Firman among them while run away from MaxMech it’s very very noisy.

Your brother may not be gay. It’s just local charm which is very popular in southwest. If you want to prove my point, just ask him to dash you one of them.

Inside the world of Igbo Muslims in Nigeria’s South-east region



"An average Igbo thinks Islam is the religion of the Hausa, but we are changing that belief gradually."

ByOladeinde Olawoyin September 23, 2021 7 min read

Isa Okonkwo recalls the revolt he faced from his family members when he decided to build a mosque in his predominantly Christian Apu-Ugo community in Enugu State.

“The trauma is better imagined than experienced,” he told PREMIUM TIMES.

Mr Okonkwo is the director of administration, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), the apex Islamic body in the country. He is also the director of the School of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Ebonyi State, affiliated with the Islamic World League in Saudi Arabia. The status did not deter the opposition to his decision from members of his community

Fear of Boko Haram
Mr Okonkwo chose his words with care in our interaction, but his demeanour betrayed his emotions.

“I got land from my father while he was alive in my village in Apu-Ugo, Nkanu West Local Government in Enugu State. The land was given to me and my siblings. However, because I decided to use part of it to build the first mosque in the area, family members seriously revolted. They argued that that mosque is a subtle way of attracting Boko Haram.”

Mallam Okonkwo - Afikpo
Mallam Okonkwo – Afikpo
The incident happened at the height of the Boko Haram insurgency in the Northern part of Nigeria.

Boko Haram, officially known as Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād, is a terrorist organisation with a significant presence in North-eastern Nigeria. The group is also active in Chad, Niger, and northern Cameroon. In 2016, the group split into two factions, with the other faction known as the Islamic State’s West Africa Province.

Boko Haram opposes western way of life and seeks to establish an Islamic state in Nigeria by force of arm and terror.

According to Mr Okonkwo, due to Boko Haram attacks, many people in the south, especially in predominantly Christian Igboland, became apprehensive of Islam and Muslims.


“And it wasn’t even a massive mosque, just a small establishment that can contain, say, 50 persons. Just a place I can come back home to pray with my family. Now, that was at the family level.

“At the community level, it was even more serious than that. It took only the willpower of someone convinced of the religion for that mosque to stand till today. I didn’t buy the land; it is my ancestral land that my father gave me.”

Like Okonkwo, like Zubair
Zubair Ugwu also had a harrowing experience identifying with the Islamic faith in Nigeria’s South-east.



Mr Ugwu hails from Alor-agu in Igbo-Eze South Local Government Area of Enugu State but attended schools outside the South-east where he converted to Islam. When he returned to the region, he was shocked by the reception.

“The first time I returned to the East, in Awka, I was called a ‘sabo’ (saboteur) because I identified as a Muslim,” Mr Ugwu told PREMIUM TIMES.

Messrs Okonkwo and Ugwu said their experiences typify those of the average Igbo Muslim in Nigeria’s South-east.


Islam in Igboland
The Igbos are one of three major ethnic groups in Nigeria. According to the CIA World Factbook, as of 2017, with an estimated 33 million domiciled in Nigeria, the Igbo account for 19 per cent of the country’s population. They are found essentially in the South-eastern part of Nigeria, regarded as their homeland.


In their study titled: “The Stages of Igbo Conversion to Islam: An Empirical Study,” Chinyere Felicia Priest and Egodi Uchendu quoted Ohadike, another scholar, who found that a unique feature of the Igbo group is their economic and migratory tendencies, informed by land scarcity and population explosion that date back to the ninth century.

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Afikpo
Afikpo
The two scholars’ research was based on the analysis of interviews conducted with 30 Igbo converts to Islam who were drawn from different parts of Igboland. Their study shows that Muslim Igbos are more commonly found in Enugu – especially Nsukka, Owerri, Enohia in Afikpo North, Nakano in Afikpo, Afikpo town, Obollo Afor, Imilike Enu, Imilike Ani, Ibagwa and Okija.

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Afikpo Modrasah
Afikpo Modrasah
Mr Ugwu told PREMIUM TIMES that the religion has been practiced in those areas for over a century.

“Many Igbos believe an Igbo can never be Muslim. Yet Islam came to my village over a century ago. That is why we have an appreciable number of Muslims. Our forefathers have lived as Muslims for more than a century,” he said.

Afikpo
Afikpo
In terms of the spread of Islam in Igboland, he noted that Ebonyi and Enugu states have a substantial Muslim population. According to him, Islam is widespread in Nsukka, Enugu State, and Afikpo axis of Ebonyi, where there is an Islamic School.

He added that areas like Onu-eke in Ebonyi have a small Muslim population.

Identity Crisis
Elsewhere, Suleiman Njoku, a specialist in Shariah law and the chief imam of Imo State, painted a gloomy picture when asked about what it means to identify as a Muslim in Nigeria’s South-east region.

“There is a lot of frustration,” he said, his voice a mixture of excitement and worry.

“Immediately our people notice you are a Muslim; nobody will give you a job here. That’s certain. Look at what people are going through in the name of Hijab. As Igbo Muslims, we are in a challenging corner here. It has not been easy. But if you use wisdom, you will succeed. Some have been ostracized, chased away by family and all. But Alihamdulillahi (we thank Allah),” he said.

Afikpo Modrasah
Afikpo Modrasah
Mr Njoku explained that Muslims are mainly distrusted due to the Boko Haram factor and the temperament of “some of our brothers,” which he described as extremist.

“When people see things that do not relate to religion, they relate it to religion, like the belief that when you kill, you have 70 wives and paradise,” he said.

“When I came in here as the chief imam in 2019, I was able to bridge that (gap). I speak to them on radio, television, Facebook, and all of that. So many of them are beginning to have an understanding of what real Islam means. Unfortunately, some of our Muslim brothers here behave hostile too, and two fires cannot exist in one place.”

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Mr Ugwu, on his part, says because of the identity conflict, many Igbo Muslims were fleeing the South-east.

“The irony of it is that because of the suffering they are subjected to, the preponderance of Igbo Muslims now find it comfortable to live in the North. For instance, about 90 per cent are in the North while 10 per cent are in the South-east. Many only come back, like me, after retirement. Most of the Igbo Muslims are in the North because that is where they are allowed to worship freely,” he said.

The second layer of the identity problem, he said, is the stage of denial. Mr Ugwu said many Igbo people would never admit that there are Igbo Muslims. He recalled an experience he had with a fellow Igbo friend who thought he was a “northerner” and related with him quite well until they realised he was Igbo.

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“You can see the level of hatred; he had no problem with me as a Hausa Muslim but would not relate with me as an Igbo Muslim.

“An average Igbo man thinks Islam is the religion of Hausa men, but we are changing that belief gradually. With time, they will start appreciating that we are Muslims and Igbo,” he added.

Reintegration, reconciliation
It is easier to acquire land to construct recreational centres than to get a property to build a mosque or Madrasah (Islamic School) in Igboland, said Nkiru Mohammed, an indigene of Abia who now lives in Niger State.

Mr Mohammed said he relocated to the North after his National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme because of the ease the region affords him to practice Islam.

“It is very difficult to practice Islam in most parts of the South-east; the people can be hostile,” he said.

Commenting on land acquisition for mosque projects, Mr Okonkwo said it is easier if the federal government owns the land.

Modrasah at Imo Central Mosque, Imo State.
Modrasah at Imo Central Mosque, Imo State.
“That’s why most of the mosques you see here are in Hausa-Fulani communities or within federal government-owned facilities. In places where there is land to build a mosque, the Muslims would not be rich enough to build it, and they don’t have the support that will give them the privilege. Most of the mosques in the South-east are sponsored by Muslim organisations from outside the country,” he said.

Njoku and pupils at Imo Central Mosque, Imo State.
Njoku and pupils at Imo Central Mosque, Imo State.
He further explained that it is easier to acquire land in rural areas.

“It is no problem in areas where there are indigenous Muslims who own land, especially in rural villages like in the northern parts of Enugu State. But in urban centres, it is an uphill task. It is difficult to come up with designs of mosques or madrasah, except it is second-hand.”

Crisis management
Last November, an angry mob attacked Muslim communities in parts of the university town of Nsukka, Enugu State, following a disagreement among residents.

The altercation is believed to have started after a Muslim woman selling tomatoes boarded a commercial tricycle from a village market to her shop, and an argument ensued between her and the driver over the fare.

This reportedly led to the destruction and burning of properties belonging to Muslims in the area by some residents of the host communities and the subsequent burning of two mosques in the town.

The Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, immediately called for restraint among the warring residents. He visited the sites and promised to rebuild the mosques.

“The governor is a peace-loving man. He presented those two mosques- redesigned and rebuilt, to the Muslim community, just recently,” Mr Ugwu said.

Rebuilt Enugu mosque
Rebuilt Enugu mosque
“Also, three years ago, Igbo-Eze North Local Government headquarters was burnt by unknown arsonists, he rebuilt it. That is the governor. There was a governor before him who never thought in that direction; that’s why I said it (reconciliation efforts) depends. He has promoted peace and understanding among religious groups in the state.”

Commenting on stereotypes, Mr Ugwu said people of different religious persuasions react in different ways, and their actions should not be seen as representative of their religion. He said before the Enugu crisis, a bishop was captured on video preaching against the building of mosques and calls to prayer, two days before the two mosques in Nsukka were razed down.

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“When this bishop was inciting a mob against Muslims and mosques, a mosque was burnt the same day in Orlu, Imo State, and another bishop within that diocese was the one that mobilised people to go and chase away the hoodlums,” he said.

Burnt Enugu Mosque
Burnt Enugu Mosque
“That was a peace-loving human, a Christian defending Muslims. So it depends on the human.”

Mr Njoku, however, said it is the responsibility of Igbo Muslims to change the negative perception non-Muslims in the region have about Islam.

Burnt Enugu Mosque
Burnt Enugu Mosque
Path to Peace
A peace and conflict resolution expert, James Igwe, told PREMIUM TIMES that leadership plays a vital role in forestalling crises and promoting peace and tranquility among adherents of different religions in the South-east and elsewhere.

He called on leaders across the region to ensure the integration of religious groups towards giving them a sense of belonging and promoting peace.

Mr Okonkwo on his part argued that the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria guarantees freedom of worship and association.

“That is a plus, not only for Igbo Muslims, but for other religious minorities,” he said.

“Again, at the highest levels, there is the Nigeria inter-religious council which promotes peaceful co-existence among members of all faiths. The co-chairmen are the Sultan of Sokoto, the President-General of NSCIA, and whoever is the chairman of CAN (Christian Association of Nigeria).

“You can’t practice your religion well by killing the other person or preventing him from practicing his. No religion tells the practitioner of the religion to kill the other. Once these two bodies promote peace and those whose duty it is to implement the laws of the land live up to their responsibility, religious intolerance will be a thing of the past, whether in Igbo-land or where we have other minorities like Christians in Hausaland.”

A peep into the future
On what the future holds for Igbo Muslims in the South-east, Mr Mohammed said the prospect is clouded in uncertainties. He said he does not see himself returning to the region anytime soon, because the socio-political tension in the country does not help matters.

According to Mr Mohammed, the division and mutual suspicion among adherents of different religions in Igboland have been heightened by politics. However, he said, leaders across the religious divides were working round the clock to ensure harmony and mutual understanding.

Afikpo School of Islamic Centre
Afikpo School of Islamic Centre
Mr Njoku too is optimistic about the future. He, however, called for dialogue and mutual respect among residents, irrespective of religious persuasions.

“In recent times, things are getting better. I speak and relate with reverend fathers; they visit me, I visit them.

“Islam tells us that if you save just one person’s life, it is as if you saved humankind. If you kill one person unjustly, it is as if you have killed the whole of humanity. These are the teachings of the Quran. So that is what I teach them: that Islam is peace, love, truthfulness.”

This reporting was supported with a grant from ICFJ in conjunction with Code for Africa.


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fostermd:
Except things changes with harmonisation,least paid person ( messenger) earn #250,000 per month.

The salary scale is very good.I served and worked at NPA as a medical doctor for 5 years before leaving for Europe.

Lori iro

MARSHALDEMSA202:
Good morning NL, please help.
Which of these jobs is more stronger in terms of pay and less stress.
1. Efcc and NPA(AP Moller)

You’ve confuses the question. But I will help you correct the question then answer it. There are two questions here;

1. EFCC Vs NPA (Federal Parastatal Vs Federal Parastatal)
2. EFCC Vs AP Moller (Federal Parastatal Vs Private Organisation).

For No.1 go for NPA, don’t have a second thought. But if it’s No.2 go for EFCC because you can’t compare private sector and government parastatal.

CBN laments non-participation of South-East in agric intervention programmes
By Lawrence Njoku, Enugu
05 May 2021 | 3:50 am

CBN


The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), yesterday, said that the agricultural intervention programmes was meant for every Nigerian and not to favour a particular segment of the country.
It, therefore, lamented that the response of the South-East was not encouraging. Asking the zone to embrace the programmes to grow their businesses and agriculture,

The bank, while advising the zone to embrace the programmes to grow their businesses and agriculture, said it would continue to support Nigerians that show interest in the various intervention programmes, insisting that the impact had been tremendous since they started in the country.



The apex bank’s clarification came as the Enugu State government identified inability to domesticate commodities that the state has comparative advantage as part of the challenges facing the Anchor Borrowers Programme of the bank in the state.

It, therefore, appealed to the bank to domesticate its Nsukka honey and Nsukka pepper and piggery as some of the commodities that are doing well and should be supported in the state.

The CBN Acting Director, Corporate Communications, Osita Nwanusiobi, who spoke at a fair organised for farmers and bank officials in Enugu State, said that the bank had done well with her intervention programmes, lamenting however that its reception had been low in the South-East zone.

Nwanusiobi, who added that the apex bank put the fair together to improve awareness on the intervention programmes offered by the bank, stated that the apex bank was passionate about improving the well-being of Nigerians through agriculture and other sectors.

He lamented, however, that while other zones had continued to benefit, “we noticed that there seems to be a little bit of lethargy by people from the South-East in embracing these interventions and that is why we are coming out so aggressively to talk to them.”

On the complaints by farmers that some of the commodities the bank is supporting arrived late, Nwanusiobi said that the bank’s project team had aggregated the challenges and seasonality of the commodities, stressing that to overcome the problem, it had introduced wet and dry season farming.

He said that aside from sensitising the farmers on the need to access the intervention programmes, the fair would also discuss other challenges like bank charges, promote financial and economic stability as well as help build confidence in the financial system as a veritable platform for intervention.

On his part, Enugu State Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr. Matthew Idu, stated that the state had continued to do well in the production of honey, pepper and piggery but had not received the required support from the bank to boost production.


https://m.guardian.ng/news/cbn-laments-non-participation-of-south-east-in-agric-intervention-programmes/