₦airaland Forum

Stalwert:
Very uninspiring attempt to paint evil as good. Your badly written law that seeks to be grounds for confusion by stating results can be announced while removing the clause counted. .. can only be the way forward for crooks and criminals . More importantly we are a month or 2 away from elections why should there be this unholy rush to amen the electoral laws. Wasn't not this same useless body of lawmakers who went on recess thereby putting on hold the passage of FCT budet and other critical appointments?

One of the irredeemable ones smh. Posterity will judge you all!

jomoh:
First address the criminality introduced in the electoral act quoted in the picture below.

May all enemies of Nigeria never know peace including you.

Where is the criminality zombie? Posterity will judge you all! Remember there is Karma!

netpro:
It is Government job to create enabling environment. Setting up ranches is necessary to ensure Food Security for both Farmers and cattle owners.

Nigeria has a Farmers-Herders crisis. Buhari is working on a viable solution, while the PDP and their supporters are spreading hate and fear.

So the viable solution is for the herdsmen to overrun the indigenes from their so called ranches Abi? You need your brain examined. The herdsmen should stick to the North. They are barbarians not fit for the civilization of the South. My 2 cents.

Modarun:
The delay and refusal of state governments in providing land for ranches has made the Federal Government to realise that it has more than enough land for the purpose in the different states , OKECHUKWU NNODIM writes

The Federal Government has decided to use some of its own land in various parts of the country for the establishment of ranches in order to put an end to clashes between herders and farmers across the nation.
It was learnt that the Federal Government ’ s decision was prompted by the continued delay of state governments in providing land for ranches .
Our correspondent gathered that the Federal Government would use its land as well as some identified grazing reserves for the establishment of ranches.
On July 14 , 2018 , it was exclusively reported by Saturday PUNCH that with the refusal of some state governors to give land for ranching, the Federal Government had decided to reactivate and convert about 177 out of the 415 grazing reserves across the country to ranches .
It was also reported that aside from Kogi State that had officially agreed to provide about 5, 000 hectares of land , no other state had publicly announced willingness to provide land for ranches or cattle colonies , which the Federal Government favours .
Governors of the South- East states in July rose from a meeting in Enugu with a decision that no land would be made available for the establishment of cattle ranches in the zone, while other states have deliberately been delaying in acceding to the request of the Federal Government.
Officials of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, however , stated that the Federal Government was still making plans to establish ranches across the country despite the delay by state governments .
They told our correspondent in Abuja that the government recently realised that it had more than enough land for this purpose.
The Director , FMARD , Tolu Makinde , said , “The latest decision is that the government has more land than required, even as far as ranching is concerned . There are various pieces of land in different locations across the country that have been documented and gazetted, the Federal Government has decided that it is better to use them than ask state governments to donate land .
“So , the decision has been taken and the issue now is funding, but as soon as the release from the 2018 budget starts to come in, the government will come up directly with what it intends to do. So many options are being considered .”
Makinde noted that with the latest development, the government would not compel any state to donate land for the establishment of ranches or grazing reserves .
He, however , observed that a lot of people had encroached on some of the Federal Government ’ s grazing reserves , adding that the remaining ones and the available land were more than enough for the establishment of cattle ranches .
Makinde added , “The fact now is that the government has discovered that it has more land and it is not compelling any state to donate land for grazing reserves or for ranches.
“It may interest you to know that the number of grazing reserves that the government has ; some of them have been encroached upon . However, the remaining available ones are more than enough .”
When asked to state where the Federal Government ’ s pieces of land were located , he replied, “Before Nigeria got independence , the colonial masters actually had land scattered from Maiduguri to Sokoto , up to Oyo. These were large expanses of land that were mainly left for only grazing .
“And so , when the herders are migrating with their cattle, they go to these pieces of land ; they don ’ t go to the land of other people. But problem started when we now decided to create states, as some of the land fell within some states. And some state governments decided to take them over .
“However, the ones that are documented and gazetted right now are more than enough for the Federal Government to use , instead of asking state governments to donate . So , it is the gazetted land that the government is trying to do something about as well as the identified grazing reserves .”
Another official of the ministry stated that the government would use the gazetted land as demonstration grazing centres.
“The government is going to use the gazetted land as demonstration centres, because it will have security there. There will be dams in these grazing centres to ensure adequate water supply , ” the official , who pleaded to remain anonymous, said.
“This is because three things are required in these centres. There must be security , water and fodder , which is grass for the cattle to feed on. So , anybody who wants to make use of the place will bring his livestock there and pay some token . This is against the earlier claim that the government is trying to take the land of citizens, ” the official stated.
The ministry said it would commence public enlightenment campaigns to educate Nigerians on the need to create ranches and why the Federal Government would use its own land for the purpose .
“It is becoming clear now that we don ’ t have any vibrant alternative to addressing the clashes than the establishment of ranches . And this is because it is going to benefit the farmers and herdsmen . Also , the minister ( of agriculture ) recently revealed that there is going to be a programme for artificial insemination in some of these centres , ” Makinde stated .
He noted that a number of state governments gave indication that they would provide land for ranches , but only Kogi State had fulfilled its part .
It was also learnt that about 15 other states had volunteered to provide land for the establishment of cattle ranches .
They include Adamawa , Kano , Kaduna , Katsina , Zamfara, Kebbi , Nasarawa and Plateau .
Others are Bauchi , Gombe , Borno, Jigawa , Yobe, Niger and Kwara states.
Findings from the headquarters of the FMARD in Abuja showed that while there were dissenting voices in some of the documented states that had volunteered to provide land , the 15 states had agreed to provide 5 , 000 hectares of land each for the establishment of ranches.
Earlier this year , the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh , announced that the establishment of cattle colonies in the states that had volunteered land would commence within weeks .
This, however , has not happened .
Senior officials at the agriculture ministry re -echoed what Ogbeh said , as they stressed that the Federal Government would not force any state to volunteer land for the initiative .
The officials , however , stated that the 16 northern states had been documented as locations where the initiative would start , adding that the government was canvassing support from more states , particularly from the southern part of the country.
Ogbeh’ s Special Assistant on Media , Olukayode Oyeleye , and Makinde provided our correspondent with various speeches by the minister, which extensively explained how the Federal Government planned to go about the initiative .


https://punchng.com/ranches-fg-to-use-own-land-as-states-resist/

I shudder to think what the country will experience when the lifeless one after legendary rigging wins the 2019 election and gets the second term.

Herdsmen crises on steroids, legendary unemployment numbers, more people into poverty, oh the anarchy!

My advice if you can get a visa before that election, do so so you are not a part victim of the grim statistics during the lifeless one's second term.

My 2 cents.

iamleumas:
Good afternoon Nairalanders
How's your Sunday going Sir/ma?...

Please I just finished my HND programme and I heard we're going for NYSC next year (April) but I don't want to waste the period between now and that month.

My Question is:
Which lucrative skill can I learn within 3 months?
Please suggest me sir/ma
Thanks in anticipation...

Graphic design, it is election year duh!

Also, add website design if you have the aptitude for programming (emphasis on the aptitude for programming), I do not have that aptitude but still learnt it, so was a waste of money for me.

kings09:
Greenland, gavelslam, deji17, sarrki, butterflyleo, com n do ya BMC work n defend ya buhari dullardino

Those ones are irredeemable SMH. For a morsel of bread, they don't care if the country burns! Sadly such people are in the majority in this country sigh.

kings09:
Underage voting again?

Yes again! It is happening in the 2019 election without card reader use approved in the electoral act. Desperate Buhari won 2015 election on the back of underage voters, he is preparing to take advantage of it again.

dre11:
•How political parties can rescue the process

•The helplessness of INEC




https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/12/2019-general-elections-in-jeopardy-as-card-reader-loses-out-to-presidency/

What did you expect? SMH. You want Buhari not to use his underage almajiri without PVCs to win the election.

The NASS is the only hope now but with APC reps and senators not going against the party, that bill seems dead on arrival. As usual, our docile people will not vote such people against the two thirds majority to veto the bill out as payment for the consequences SMH.

I have given up on this country, just finding the money needed to go out. It will probably take a century, even more unfortunately, till our docile people start making our leaders accountable.

It is this hard during Buhari's first term, I shudder to think what will happen when (yes I said when because the 2019 elections will be highly rigged unfortunately even though I am Atikulated) he wins thee second term.

Time to get my visa out of this country by at most 2020.

evy800:
Sorry to burst your bubbles OP I can authoritatively tell u that some special people have been selected, they have taken the exams and are already working

Oh God! Welcome to Nigeria lol

Aeker:
Life as an unemployed graduate isn't always easy. Sometimes, things get so tough that you begin to wonder if you wronged the gods, somehow.

Most times, your life can be summed up in one word: frustrating.

Your ability to achieve a mental balance gets challenged each day.

As soon as you get a moment to forget the struggles of life, that friend with whom it seemed like you had become partners in the labour market calls in to tell you how he's managed to secure a well-paying job.

"Ahhh. So my own case is the handiwork of my village people, as feared?!"

"But I thought my destiny and EMX's are tied together nah!"

Then you remember, that other members of your clique like Emeka, Roland, Wale, Aliyu, Emike, and Daniella have all secured jobs since the turn of the year.

Immediately, you look up to the sky (or ceiling in most cases; sometimes stepping outside the house may seem like a privilege) and question God in a Balotelli-esque fashion: "why always me?!"

You begin to feel alienated by success. Emotions begin to pour. But regardless of your reaction, that's not an easy question to answer.

Life gets you to suffer humiliation and hardships of being considered not good enough for any job at all. All the questions that went unanswered, the advances that were met with a stern, unwelcoming attitude at different offices... or is it the people debating issues of whether to turn you to an errand boy so you could earn some 200 bucks for recharge card or just leave you be (to suffer in silence). "Imagine! People wey no reach to even lace my shoes before."

On the home front, some of your siblings' chores become your duty. Why? Because you are not much use in the house. For every meal you eat, every time you go to bed, each time you sit idly, parents want you tasked.

Your value continues to drop on a per-second basis. It feels like nobody cares about you for anything. You grow anxious and frustrated with life. Your happiness is about to be taken away from you by unseen forces.

"But this no be the plan we been plan from the start!" Soon after that thought, you see an advert on TV reminding you that life doesn't always go according to plan. Or is it the pastor in Church reminding you that everything in life is God's design? How then am I supposed to relate to God not wanting me to succeed? You begin to question your belief in God. "Is there even a god?!"

But all of that is not you. It's frustration playing out. So many times, you feel like a lost soul in a human body. Trapped and without help. You're not sure when redemption will come, or if it will come at all.

Carefully redesigning a CV that never gets more than a glance. Your life is no longer filled with fun an excitement. Grief, self-pity, and anger are gradually taking over.

"What a sorry soul!" No money for business, no means to learn a skill or two, and no jobs to keep you busy. Life can't get any worse.

But what can you do in all of these?

You continue to reinvent, hoping that someday, your salvation will come. All that 2.1 from a reputable university doesn't feel so important anymore. Set all of that aside, believing that only grace can rescue you now.

This is my life. I am Aeker.

Things are HARD!

Please help a broke soul.

Welcome to Nigeria!

Pathosky182:
Good evening Nairalanders, this is my first post here,
I love this site and everyone in here.

The reason for this write up is for me to get advice on what to do before I go the wrong way, my girlfriend is behaving childish and strange because I showed her all the love I can show.

She has being hurting my feelings so many times and she said she loves me and don't want to loose me, when I confronted her, she complained that she is too busy that is why even on Saturdays too.

She always picks up quarrel with me and also starves me of sex. I really need advice on what to do.

Thanks a lot. I hope to get solution from here because we gat a lot lot of professor here.

You are wasting your time. Na by force to dey for relationship?

Kingwizzy16:
Ahahahahaj even the commentator shouted this is dangerous when he threw the guy for chair






Heavyweight champion of heaven

This is dangerous, do not try this at home bikonu lol

tendingNews:
Source

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WTF? Laughable. When we say church has turn to social gathering, they will come for us shior.

emailaddy:
Beat her if she assaults you. You all will be so quick to condemn a man that raises his fingers on a lady, Years ago when I still did public transport. There was a lady who demanded her change from a conductor, d guy told her to calm down that he didn’t have change, moreover he already informed everyone to enter with change, The lady replied saying “oponu” a Yoruba abuse, dunno what it means though, dude replied saying na her Papa be Oponu, next thing na slap from the lady. She slapped him twice. Dude faces her and beat her up. Two guyz who didn’t know d origin of the fight started beating the guy up, saying it was shameless to hit a lady. It was others in the bus including me that insisted that the lady is a Mad one.

We shouldn’t always let them get away with madness

Abi. Nigerian ladies and their razor mouths sha smh

Zidane of life! Digboluja! Lol

Opinionated:
How does not paying tithe make you a robber?

This is one of the reasons that Freeze and and this guy attack pastors and churches.

Why will they not be called robbers? Business must run na

darfay:
What do you mean by even?


Please don't ever compare that poultry to the University of Lagos

University of first choice

Abi o. But you will think with our meagre school fees compared to the 400,000+ naira they pay, their school will be way better SMH. Pit latrine in a private school? Lol .

MARKETfund:
That is the way to go.
Those saying otherwise are the real enemies of Mr President and the Country

In fact, as the CinC the burden of proof lies with him as he has to reel his achievements and justapose it with his other plans for the next 4 years if re-elected. In this way the electorate would be better informed of the direction of this govt.

Those of you that brag with "the real electorate are not in the internet or does not watch television" well I will tell you that they have those who does as uncles, brothers, Aunts, cousins, etc in the cities who can as well sway their opinion based on facts.

Aboki nko? Whether aboki watch TV or not, he don get for hin mind who he go vote

durubennie:
more photos

Even Unilag hostel no bad like this! Na business this Father Edeh turn the school to o lol

Xda59:
Signing exeat in a university? Is it a secondary school boarding house? Nigerians know your rights!!! This is nothing but a gross human right violation.

Abi o. University Don turn camp wey dey dey collect exeat for?

Okoyeebo:
I have never heard good news about this Father Edeh. All the time, it is controversies and various troubles.

Abi o. The guy Don turn himself to Abacha for hin school and na Father o smh

When you sacrifice for a country that does not give a shi.t about you, the corpse of that person does not even get the respect smh

InvestorO:
The way d guy take dey trap ball dey vex me

Never improved his first touch smh

BlackManta:
Nairalanders abeg can anyone explain how the ball ended up behind Lukaku

That fat elephant, anything is possible with him smh

WotzupNG:
Manchester United manager, Jose Mourinho has hit back at critics who slammed him for his attitude during Tuesday’s UCL victory against Young Boys.

The game which ended 1-0 saw United grabbing a late winner through an effort from Marouane Fellaini. Celebrating the goal, Mourinho picked up crates of water bottles and slammed them on the ground.

Former Manchester United players, Paul Scholes and Rio Ferdinand who are BT Sport pundits, slammed the Portuguese especially for how he reacted on the touchline when Marcus Rashford failed to utilize an opportunity.

Hitting back at his critics, Mourinho stated that it is easy for such people to sit at a Television studio, touch the fancy electronic screens and make analysis however they like.



http://www.wotzup.ng/2018/11/mourinho-crates-water-bottles-mocks/

This our coach that behaves like agbero SMH. I bet Chelsea gave him this agbero behavior. Mou has destroyed my Man U, I don't even follow them this season.

MrOpp:
Hello my fellow NLers,

I have been spending quite sometime on this forum recently, TBH, it has been informative, entertaining & quite educative.

I am presently in a dilemma and I need urgent input from experienced NLers, I believe we have experienced career people here that must have gone through what am going through at the moment.

I got a job about 6months ago, its quite a good job, thanks to Nairaland job section, on resumption I notice there was a total overhaul of my dept, all former staff were fired and we were employ to replace them. I resume same day with my Dept Manager two months later a junior officer was employ to join us.

I have had a fantastic relationship with my manager the past six months, and we are in good terms, we drive home together everyday, we chat, have quality conversation, even lunch together etc. but am really becoming worried about something else....

My manger seems to take credit for all my work, he somehow deny me opportunity to prove my worth to top management. Now I will give you a typical instance.

Whenever our GMD comes around, there is always a meeting with one rep from each dept. not neccessarily the departmental head, in his absence am suppose to represent the department, he denies me of opportunity like this.


He has on many occassions deny my opportunity to meet the GMD on job related issues, when the GMD needs to see someone from my dept. or sign some documents even in his absence, he either call me to handover documents to the GMD secretary or send an office assistant to drop the document.

Furthermore, on resumption, I noticed the coy still run their account dept manually, an accounting software was introduce, a software i have used for years, which he (my Manager) is not familiar with, though after the software was deploy, we were trained, even after the training he seems not to know his way around the software interface, i single handedly automated all historial data for the previous 2yrs, and my manager took the credit at the magt meetings. Without even mentioning my name, its really annoying.

I am totally pissed right not cos, he just got a pay rise courtesy to the successful deployment and automation of the accounting system, which he knows absolutely nothing about, which i singledhandedly, paintstakingly work on for over 6months even investing my Saturdays.

The above is one instance out of so many.

I expect a manager to represent work done my the department he manages as "WE in so & so dept" I have overheard him many times using "I".

He personally ask me not to pass any dept info to mgt staff member, and all enquiries should be refered to him. I feel he doesnt want me to shine.

I need advise from fellow NLers who have gone through similar situation.

This is not really going well with me.

Welcome to Nigeria! You can bet he gave testimony in the church about the pay raise SMH. Hypocrites!

AmazingELixir:



This Hausa people are completely brainless, how low can a people's mental faculty be.... little wonder shakarau recruits them with no hassle.

We really have no business being in thesame country with these crop of people, they are the very subset drawing Nigeria backward.

Exactly. I don't even think that it is illiteracy worrying them any more. They have just been like that since independence smh

Famousbabe:
President Buhari visited Maiduguri today.

Watch how Youths in Maiduguri showed their voters cards (PVCs) as they welcomed President Muhammadu Buhari in Maiduguri.

Watch the video HERE

Does this mean PMB will clear Borno in 2019?

Nawa o. Despite the hardship in the county people still love Buhari o. Especially in the North.

Wow!

What did you expect from Aboki? Even if the hardship is times 100, aboki na aboki. Atiku has a lot of job to do in the North smh

InvestorO:
One of the peeps telling us to pray for Nigeria,pray for our leaders.....you see them in functions and social gatherings with the elites and politicians who have destroyed this country but can't tell them to improve the infrastructure,social welfare,health care of the populist which most of his congregation can't afford......This fake American accent speaking fraud is one of the reasons Nigeria will remain a shithole cos of their double standards
But they are quick to run to other countries where things work and that have sane leaders and a working system

The people and citizens of USA,UK,Canada and Dubai are not as hardworking,hustling and religious as my fellow nigerians but cos they have sane,truthful leaders,PASTORS and imams who dont have 3 private jets while their members wallow in abject poverty and their members are ķilled like fowl while they keep mum

IT SHALL NOT BE WELL WITH YOU ALL....Both those who followed atiku to otta farm for reconciliation meeting and those who have a pastor as a VC...the blood of the defenceless soldiers will haunt you all......F*CK ALL THE PASTORS AND IMAMS IN NIGERIA

I am typing this with so much anger and tears in my eyes


No more political post from me again,I am too emotional for this sh*t.....focusing on my business so as to help my family and leave this shithole country

Why would they do so? They can not use their own hands to spoil their church business na. It is when there is poverty, hope mongers like our Church salesmen are in business.

oruma19:
those donating the money for school fees are in nigeria. their children are attending LASU, LASPOTECH ETC...LOLZ

Lesson for sheeples but will they ever learn?