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Yea ve been wondering after her most celebrated arrival frm God knows where,she has been on a lowkey.cos she was represented by Veepee's wife @ Lady Virgy Etiaba"s birthday nd book launch celebration.U nd I Knw Madam first ladies does not miss those kind of outings.i smell sth fishy.#justmythought

Congrat to Obahiagbon i saw it comming,cos he was with Osho baba in all his campaign nd he has been a loyal party man.After he lost the ticket to context for house of resp.he did'nt decamp to other party wch most egpcentric polirical eu-nuch would have done.But for prof julius Ihonvbere,i don't knw wat to say if his new position is a form of demotion to his political carreer.cos he once serve as a Special Adviser to Chief obasanjo tenure on special duties.

Have been trying to upload pics,it's not working.

Here is d link to d pic http://african.howzit.msn.com/tragedy-as-mall-in-accra-collapses#image=5

pictures courtsey msn.com and ghanacelebrities.com

pics

Pictures courtsey msn.com and ghanacelebrities.com

I do starch my shirts cos it brings out the swagg nd gentle man in me.I used cold starch nd when ironing i use Easy-On spray starch.i was introduced to dis starching of clothes by my elder bros and i can proudly and authoritative say i have introduced it to many of my folks and family members. #Noregret#

Hw many National flag do we have?i can hardly see the Green White Green Flag.

Long Live The Federal Republic Of Nigeria.

Happy Independent anniversary to a great country.My Nigeria i don't have any other country to call mine.

I pledge to Nigeria my country
To be faithful, loyal and honest
To serve Nigeria with all my strength
To defend her unity and uphold her honor and glory
So help me God.

May God touch the heart of our leaders to enable them do the right thing.

Us President Office

HAPPY BIRTHDAY,I WISH U LONG LIFE AND PROSPERITY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY,I8 WISH U LONG LIFE AND PROSPERITY.

HAPPY BIRTHADAY,I8 WISH U LONG LIFE AND PROSPERITY.

LIVE ON AIT(FUNERAL CEREMONY OF LATE PRESIDENT JOHN ATTA MILLS OF GHANA)IT LOOKS COLOURFUL.MAY HE RIP

Usain Bolt

Usain

HE IS A LEGEND

My own will be Ming Yang Li

All softdrinks are called mineral.
All Fathers came first position
while at school.
India beat nigeria 99~1 because
the ball was turned into Lion.
If ur wealth start reducing it's
ur village people dat are doing u.
Rice and stew....Every Sunday
afternoon.
Every commodity outside Africa
is original.
Anybody with Aids got it
through sex.
She's a Calabar girl...Chai she go
sabi do.
Every seasonin cube is maggi.
U must finish the rice before u
touch d meat.
Every toothpaste na maclean.
Every insecticide na Fleet
Every detergent na omo.
Any rich hausa is an 'Alhaji', d
poor ones na 'Aboki'...shuo!
U smoke, u are an armed
robber!
If u find money on d floor, pee
on it before pickin it up, else u
turn to Yam!
Only science students are smart.
Once u travel overseas u must
be very rich (as if they share
money on the plane)
Drogba use juju tie Torres 4
leg...lol
Every girl dat plays and jokes
with a boy, has slept with him.
U must buy bread when
traveling.
Every bottled water na SWAN
water.
When u loose a tooth, throw it
on the roof of d house and run
round the house 7 times"
Every packed sausage na gala.
Every cubed sugar na St. Louis.
Every retired military personnel
wey rich na retired general; every
poor one na old soldier.
Evryone dt doesnt speak
yoruba or hausa, na ibo man,
though he is frm Edo or Delta.
Evry light skinned man na
Oyinbo, evn if na Kora or chinko
or Lebanese.
Every noodle is called indomie.

It is also in this regard that the Federal Government has decided that late Chief M.K.O. Abiola be honoured,for making the ultimate sacrifice in the pursuit of justice and truth. Destiny and circumstances conspired to place upon his shoulders a historic burden, and he rose to the occasion with character and courage. He deserves recognition for his martyrdom, and public-spiritedness and for being the man of history that he was. We need in our land, more men and women who will stand up to defend their beliefs, and whose example will further enrich our democracy. After very careful consideration, and in honour of Chief M.K.O. Abiola’s accomplishments and heroism, on this Democracy Day, the University of Lagos, is renamed by the Federal Government of Nigeria, Moshood Abiola University, Lagos. The Federal Government will also establish an Institute of Democratic Studies and Governance in the University.

Thank you.

Check out Essien hw he celebrated the UCL trophy with chelsea's female physio.
Very Hillarious.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1a3nscH-9MU

FG should re-call Nigeria Ambassador to SA nd also declare the SA Ambassador to Nigeria Persona Non Gratta. And issue 7 days eviction notice to all SA citizen nd companies in nigeria.

LAGOS— AN end to the raging diplomatic row between Nigeria and South Africa kick-started by the latter’s deportation of 125 Nigerians, including a serving senator over alleged possession of fake yellow fever vaccine certificates is not in sight.

Reason: South Africa is not ready to apologise for the dehumanising treatment and Nigeria is ready to reciprocate the ‘gesture’ with equal measure.

Feelers from both countries show that there will be more deportations on both sides as the South African government has refused to admit wrong doing and apologise as demanded by Nigeria government. A Foreign Affairs source said, “we are demanding unreserved apology from South Africa for this ill-treatment of Nigerian travelers or else, we will take more drastic actions.”

A highly placed Nigerian foreign affairs official confirmed yesterday that South Africa had persistently complained to the Nigerian government that most Nigerians coming to South Africa enter the country with fake documents but that Nigeria had not addressed the issue.

The deportation last Friday of 125 Nigerians from the Oliver Tambo International Airport in Johanesburg after denying them entry into the country for allegedly possessing fake yellow fever certificates was a good opportunity, according to South Africa, to let Nigeria know that they were serious about their complaint especially as a serving senator was involved.

Indeed, Vanguard learnt yesterday that Nigeria was not unaware that 125 Nigerians were to be deported. The source said Nigeria wanted South African Government to quarantine the deported Nigerians accused of possessing fake yellow vaccine certificates, give them the right vaccine and charge them the cost in dollars and then allow them enter South Africa. This was to save Nigeria diplomatic embarrassment as a serving senator was involved

It would be recalled that Nigeria retaliated on Tuesday by deporting 28 South Africans, who were denied entry into Lagos. The 28 passengers flew into the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos aboard a South African Airways flight at about 9.30 pm. A source said: “The Federal Government decided to deny these 28 South Africans entry because of invalid documents and relevant health certificate clearance. We are also deporting them back to South Africa. The Presidency has been notified of this action. We will no longer overlook certain procedures which we have condoned in the spirit of African brotherhood.”

Nigeria, Tuesday, deported 58 South Africans.Also, yesterday, another 37 South Africans were deported. They were said to have arrived the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja at 8.30 pm aboard a South African Airways.

According to Airport sources, immediately the aircraft arrived and all the passengers disembarked and were going through immigration formalities, the South Africans among them were fished out and made to stay together before being deported to their country.

Earlier yesterday, Nigeria had threatened to retaliate South Africa’s maltreatment of Nigerians. Interior Affairs Minister, Abba Moro who spoke to reporters at the Presidential Villa in Abuja said: “I want to assure you on one thing. The Federal Government has the capacity to reciprocate appropriately if it is found that the deportation of Nigerians was not done in good faith. At the moment, Nigeria maintains a very cordial diplomatic relations with South Africa and I can assure you that we will react appropriately if it is found that South Africa has taken unfriendly action against Nigeria.”



S/A envoy summoned



Also, on Tuesday, the Federal Government summoned the South African High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Kingsley Mambolo. When he got to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he was asked to see the Permanent Secretary, Ambassador Martin Uhomoibhi, instead of the Minister of Foreign Affairs to explain why South Africa maltreated Nigerian travelers, last Friday. According to sources, “when the South African High Commissioner got to the Ministry, the Permanent Secretary was directed to ask him to explain why 125 Nigerians were deported without diplomatic courtesy. He spent about an hour interacting with the Permanent Secretary, but Nigeria was not convinced about the explanation given by South Africa.

The House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, Tuesday, asked the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Olugbenga Ashiru, to appear before it to clarify Nigeria’s relationship with other African countries. The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on the Diaspora Affairs, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has asked the Federal Government to apply the principle of reciprocity in dealing with South Africa.

Nigeria deports 33 more South Africans

Nigeria on Wednesday night deported 33 South Africans on arrival in the country through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.

The Southern Africans, who arrived aboard a South African Airways Airbus A330 around 8.30pm, were denied entry.

South Africa and Nigeria are embroiled in a diplomatic feud after the authorities at Oliver Thambo Airport in Johannesburg deported 125 Nigerians on Friday, alleging their yellow fever vaccination cards were fakes.

Nigeria responded by deporting 84 South Africans within two days.

A top immigration official, who spoke with one of our correspondents under condition of anonymity, said the deportation of South Africans would continue until the problem was resolved.

However, a preventive Health expert, Dr. Abiye Kalaiwo on Wednesday in Abuja claimed the deportation of the Nigerians resulted from the recent outbreak of Lassa fever in some parts of the country.

Kalaiwo, who is also a medical practitioner with TREM Vision House medical team, faulted South Africa, saying “exportation” of Lassa fever was rare and “actual risk of infection from an imported case appears low”.

He told our correspondent said, “The recent deportation of over a hundred Nigerians from South Africa may not be unconnected with the Lassa fever epidemic.

“If true, the step may not have been necessary as an epidemic arising from exportation of Lassa fever through traveling has been rare and actual risk of infection from an imported case appears low.

“In terms of such cross border epidemics, Nigeria should naturally have more to be concerned about persons coming in from South Africa as against the reverse.”

Meanwhile, the National Association of Nigerian Students has urged the Federal Government and its South African counterpart to end the ongoing diplomatic standoff in the interest of peace on the African continent.

NAN’s National President, Mr. Dauda Mohammed, told our correspondent, in Abuja, on Wednesday that a quick resolution of the crisis would serve both countries better.

Breaking News

Again, FG deports 33 South Africans ***As diplomatic row deepens.

http://nationalmirroronline.net/news/33338.html?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter

I hope this diplomatic impasse it wont led to conflict,And d next breaking news will not be FG recall his High commissioner to South-Africa and declare the SA High commissioner to Nigeria Persona Non Grater.

Make Drogba go hide him shameless face,cos he's d architect of this disastrous defeat. Drgba,Gyan,Ayegbeni,Keita et al.

I was highly dissappointed by Yaya performance tru out the championship.

Zambia Deserve d victory.

Congrat President Michael Sata

See ya in 2013 Afcon

CIV unbeated run as come to an end.The souls of those departed zambians players that died on a plane crash will be happy whereever they are.Am catching the next flight to Zambia cos there is going to be free banging.See ya later.

Drogba why?

The Niger Delta region is home to at least 86 per cent of projects approved by the Federal Executive Council between March and August, amounting to over N760 billion out of N883 billion contracts awarded during the period, according to documents published by the Bureau for Public Procurement.



The bureau last week published a ‘List of Contracts Approved for Award by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) from March to August 2011.’


A review of the documents by Daily Trust revealed that contracts valued at N760 billion are located in the Niger Delta, home of President Goodluck Jonathan, while projects specifically located in the other parts of the country amount to about N52 billion.

The rest of the contracts worth about N70 billion, including e-passport contracts and purchase of ambulances for NEMA, are not with specific locations.

Details of the contracts showed that the Ministry of Niger Delta has 28 projects awarded at the cost of N408 billion.

Also, all the N333 billion contracts under the Ministry of Power are spread across the Niger Delta region; while the Niger Delta Development Commission has 10 contracts for infrastructural development in the oil region, totalling N23.7 billion.

But the entire North, minus the FCT, has projects worth only N16.4 billion, as follows: Northwest N15 billion and Northeast N1.4 billion. There is no project specifically located in any of the six states of the North Central.

Four projects worth N12 billion were approved to be sited in the Southwest.

For the Niger Delta, the documents showed that FEC approved the augmentation of the contracts for the East-West Road project, sections I, II-I and II-II under the Ministry of Niger Delta costing nearly N246 billion.

These include Warri-Kaiama road in Delta State, reviewed from N64 billion to N112 billion; Port Harcourt-Ahoada-Kaiama in Rivers State reviewed from N29.9 billion to N48.97 billion; and Ahoada-Kaiama in Rivers and Bayelsa states, reviewed from N44.88 billion to N84.760 billion.

There are also contracts for the dualisation of the 99km East-West Road section III (Port Harcourt Eleme Junction-Eket) in Rivers/Akwa Ibom states and dualisation of 55km East –West Road, section IV (Eket- Oron) in Akwa Ibom state at the cost of about N67 billion and N37.5 billion respectively.

Also under the Niger Delta ministry, contracts were awarded for 12 infrastructural development projects in nine states of the region at the sum of N27.56 billion; as well as six other contracts for infrastructural development in six states of the region at the cost of about N21 billion.

The only contract approved under the Ministry of Water Resources at the cost of N4.52 billion was for the rehabilitation and expansion of Ogbia Central Water Supply Scheme in Bayelsa State.

FEC also approved a contract for the completion of Otuoke Hospital in Bayelsa at the cost of N2.8 billion.

For the North, there are contracts for the construction of Jalingo-Kuna-Lau Road in Taraba state and the reinstatement of washout and completion of the rehabilitation of Sokoto-Ilella road awarded at the cost of N1.43 billion and N2.256 billion respectively, under the Ministry of Works.

Also located in the North is the contract for the construction of the new terminal building at Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano at the cost of N12 billion.

Within the FCT, there is contract for the provision of engineering infrastructure to Maitama Extension District, Abuja, at the cost of N23.65 billion; and contracts under Aviation ministry for airside terminal building rehabilitation works at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, and direct procurement of automatic and modern flight inspection system and ancillary equipment at N9.5 billion and USD2.7 million respectively.

Contracts with no specific location include purchase of 23 ambulances at the rate of N29 million each totalling N667 million under the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA); N391 million information technology service contract under the Galaxy Backbone; and N14.8 billion contract for the production and maintenance of e-passport booklets and services under the Ministry of Interior. Agriculture ministry also got approval for the procurement of assorted commodities totalling N5.83 billion.

In all, 12 ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) through which the contracts were awarded are Niger Delta Affairs, Power, Aviation, Water Resources, Agriculture, Works, Interior, FCT, NDDC, NEMA, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Galaxy Backbone.


Source: http://www..com/news/72528/niger-delta-gets-86-of-fg-projects-n760bn-for-jonathans-zone-zero-for-northcentr.html