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Dasuki was accused of sharing money as largesse from the account of the office of the NSA and he is being held for that reason, good and fair. At least GEJ is longer President, Nigerians voted him out, now that PMB is President, question is, what happened to the money earmarked for the purchase of sophisticated equipment for our military? The soldiers are shouting that their weapons are outdated/substandard and cannot match those of BH. If we cannot get an immediate answer to this question and nobody's head rolls, PMB should just release and apologize to Dasuki. It is obvious the military heads are stealing at the expense of these innocent military guys (particularly the soldiers in this instance) who put their lives at risk to protect us. The money they are acquiring is blood money, is that how sweet blood tastes?

My heart bleeds, These ANIMALS are wicked! It shall never be well with them.

The bankers' committee has been stifling this initiative since way back, they'd lobby the CBN again and wouldn't allow it happen. The development although a good one is dangerous to the banking industry, it is however very customer centric.

Zidane saw this coming and took off, wise, sharp guy.....they had better go and beg Ronaldo to come back, no one in that team has got the kind of fighting spirit he has. Yes, he could be termed 'selfish', but take it or leave it, Real Madrid lost its vibe when CR7 left.

@OP: You just answered your question, we don't think, YOU ARE GROSSLY UNREASONABLE!

A 'tired' brain ought to retire but NO, not in Nigeria.

PS: I am currently not a supporter of any candidate.

There's nothing you can tell these girls that would enter their heads, many of them reading this thread secretly desire to and will still follow yahoo+ guys when they see everything flashy, I don't know whether to call it greed, poverty or just sheer stupidity...only God can deliver our ladies.

We never can tell about the deceased, her story might just be different. May her soul RIP.

TheGreenLand:
A thief supporting a thief.
Shameless youth.
Your future is being stolen away from your eyes and you are still crying for them.
Shame on you!

Sir, I am just thinking, someone (Fayose) who collected money from the office of the NSA and someone (Ganduje) who was caught live on video collecting bribe, who is worse?

Sir, please don't go o, I have not finished thinking, that person seen on video, why has he not been arrested?

Please help my thinking Sir.

This is so heartbreaking

herkeem:
#From_a_Muslim_Parent
#Pls_share_widely

HIJAB PALAVER IN ISI: MATTERS ARISING

As a parent of students of ISI who believe in the call for the use of hijab in the school, I consider it appropriate to put forth some points. I also realised that I need to state the following in order to place my submission in the right context;

1. The call for use of hijab in ISI is solely because it is an inalienable right that of the Muslim girls. Islam requires that all Muslim women use the hijab; the constitution of Nigeria guarantees the right to use it.

2. Not all Muslims conform to the codes of Islam in the same manner; hence the call is for the Muslim girls who are willing to use it.

3. I found it difficult to understand why someone would say my child is not entitled to such a right because (s)he feels so. Why play ‘the dog in the manger’? I was stunned beyond imagination when a parent, at the PTA meeting, said his child cannot be in the same class with a hijab-wearing girl! How would my girl’s hijab disturb his child in the same class? How did we get to this level of hatred for one another because we express different religions? This is a time bomb!

4. When someone, at the PTA meeting, encouraged the ISI school management to go to court on the matter, the Christians shouted thunderous No! In essence, they are opposed to civil way of resolution and rely on their ability/capacity to force their ways of life on the Muslims.

5. It was the ISI management that disrupted school activities and not the Muslim parents. At the PTA meeting, we were told that the school administration decided to withhold their services because some girls used hijab.

6. The colonial missionaries deprived our fathers access to education; they gave them the option of either changing their faith or get educated. The next generation that ventured into education were oppressed by imposing Christian doctrines on them, vestiges of which still remain till today. The Muslims have been subjected to generational oppression. I assert the way the ISI administration’s intent is to perpetuate the generational oppression on our children. This has to stop at a point in time.

7. ISI is not a secular school; it is a multi-religion community, which is why Christian Religious Knowledge and Islamic Studies are taught in the school. A secular system does not recognise any religion.

8. ISI allowed the teaching of Islamic Studies after 43 years of its existence, whereas Bible knowledge has been taught from inception. Even at that, the University of Ibadan Muslim community paid the salaries of the Islamic Studies teachers for two years. Where is fairness here?

9. Preventing hijab use in ISI hitherto is a tradition. There is no mention of “No to use of head cover” in ISI’s School Rules and Regulations.

10. An international school should be accommodating of the expected diversity in humanity than is displayed in this scenario. Some parents expressed that it is of Christian orientation and should remain so; this is localising the international school. It is not good for the institution.

11. Peace should be based on justice and not a situation where some people lord their desires over others while the oppressed go to silence grudgingly. That is peace of the graveyard!

I was surprised when I saw the write up of a sociology scholar of University of Ibadan on this matter. The basis of my apprehension is that when the government decides to do things right, they would consult the scholars in order to provide evidence-based policies. If her submissions in the write-up represent the mind of a sociology scholar in Nigeria, this truly calls for concern.

To be specific, I found the following submission of hers quite disturbing;

1. My understanding of her statement _“If the foreign Christians who established the school had said strictly no other person of other religion except from Christianity should attend, maybe this problem would not have emerged”_ is that Muslims should consider it a privilege to be allowed any stake in that school. If this is what she meant, I am quite dazed and wondered if her career is sufficient to tame her bigotry. This probably informed her misplaced ‘advice’ of where Muslim parents should have taken their children. I expect her to know that segregating our children in such tender ages will not lead to any good for our society in the nearest future. Children of different religious affiliations should relate and appreciate the differences so that they can learn to tolerate one another in the larger society. It is surprising that a sociology scholar was actually speaking against what she should be speaking for!

2. The submission that _“the Muslim parents who are supporting this cause some of them actually got educated through their attendance of mission schools owned by Catholics, Methodist, Baptist and Anglican”_ suggests that she expects the Muslims to have been attenuated enough not to see the need to ask for the right of their children. Yes, we were forced to join the Christian fellowship sessions at schools; some of us still have Songs of Praise rhymes in our memories till now, but oppression will have to come to an end at a point in time. Her knowledge of society should have taught her that at a point in time, a people will become conscious of their identity and would want to express it.

3. Her reference to the call for hijab use as madness revealed her bigotry. A competent sociologist should appreciate a potent voice of disagreement and should advice the powers that be to address it. To disregard genuine complaints, and call it madness is to wait for implosion that may lead to social disharmony. By attempting to muffle voices of disagreement or treating genuine complaints with dismissal is to call for societal upheaval. This is basically because those who have come to the consciousness of their rights cannot be repressed all the time.

4. When the sociology scholar ventured to state that _“Permit me to say that the wearing of Hijab is not on religious bases but cultural (way of life). The region where the mode of dressing emanated from was in the Middle East which is a desert and thus the need to protect their eyes from blindness due to the sand dust”_, I marvelled at the display of ignorance. How can such a scholar arrogate to herself the authority to guide people of other religion in which she knows nothing about? Qur’aan 24 verse 31 gave specific instruction about the use of hijab.

I hereby submit that we found ourselves in this multi-religious society, not by our choice but by divine design; what we make of it is up to us. Let us live and allow others to live. Tolerance is the watch word; I my right does not infringe on yours there is no need for you to try to stop me from having right.

Akande Lasisi is a Muslim Parent

Uncle Lasisi, what is so difficult to understand in "The school does not allow it", why are these extremists so stubborn? Take your child elsewhere if the hijab is more important to you than the quality education ISI provides. Please don't come and scatter the peace we are enjoying in the south-west o, abi which kin wahala be dis sef?

beethoven:
TO THOSE WHO ARE CLAIMING THAT ISI IS A PUBLIC SCHOOL PLEASE READ A LITTLE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL BEFORE YOU JUMP ONTO THE BANDWAGON OF YOUR MURIC BANDIT LEADER PROF Ishaq Akintola WHO KNOWS NOTHING OTHER THAN FOMENTING TROUBLE.



With reference to write ups concerning wearing of Hijab and subsequent protest by selected Muslim Parents in International School Ibadan (ISI), I hereby make my submission below:

To start with, it's a pity that Muslims do preach that Islam is a Religion of Peace. All what was said in the write ups by Prof Ishaq Akintola (President of Muslim Rights Concern {MURIC}) and Prof Salisu Shehu (Deputy General Secretary, Nigerian Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs {NSCIA}) are all FICTIONS. I don't know why they just don't embrace peace and live with others peacefully with tolerance. And to say that these people spreading all these false news and information are Professors. Their Professorial status was merited via their scholarship and thus are more informed and knowledgeable and should not misinform or mislead others. They are people who are looked up to in the society for proper direction and guidance.

[b]The Secondary School, ISI was founded and established by a British-German Educator Kurt Hahn a Christian in October 1963 with funding from USAID, Ford Foundation and donation of land space by the Nigerian Western Regional Government. Most of the pioneer teaching staff were British expatriates’ educators from Gordonstoun in Scotland. The school is a co-educational Boarding and Day School, admitting pupils aged 10 to 16. It was primarily established to meet the need of finding a school with a world class standard comparable to schools in Europe and Northern America for children of expatriates, living and working in Nigeria. It opened its doors to pupils of both expatriates of diverse nationalities and highly placed Nigerians. The social setting that ISI provided attracted more patronage from people of all races. Also the principals who have headed the school have been mostly Reverend Fathers and one Muslim. The first Principal was David S. Snell (1963–1965) of blessed memory; followed by John Gillespie (1965–1968). The longest serving Principal was an Anglican clergy, Archdeacon J.A. Iluyomade (1969–1985) of blessed memory. He was also the first indigenous head of the school. After him was Rev. (Dr.) Dapo Ajayi (1986–1988) also of blessed memory, then Dapo Fajembola (1990–1991) also of blessed memory. Thereafter came the first female Principal, Esther Adetola Smith (1991–2004). After her was R.O. Akintilebo (2006–2007) who was the first Muslim Principal, Dr. M.B Malik (2007–2017) and Phebean O. Olowe (2017-present). It should be stated that between 2004 and 2006 when the school had internal crises and administrative issues a Non-Academic Staff of the University, Mr. Augustine Onwueme of Blessed memory was assigned by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Prof. Odejide as an administrator to manage the affairs of ISI. Mr. Augustine Onwueme was an administrator from June/July, 2004 until his demise in December 2005 on contract basis. [/b]

The school dress code with the emphasis of no HEAD COVER means no scarf, beret or the hijab. Permit me to say that the wearing of Hijab is not on religious bases but cultural (way of life). The region where the mode of dressing emanated from was in the Middle East which is a desert and thus the need to protect their eyes from blindness due to the sand dust. ISI is a private school not funded by any Government or even the University of Ibadan. The University of Ibadan only manages the affairs and administration of the School thus informing as Chairman of the School Governing Council to be the appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) of the Institution. This is a school where a praying ground is provided for the Muslims to observe their prayers and if you must know it's because of the Muslims that the school closes on Friday by 12.30pm in other for Muslim students to observe Jumat and they are actually been conveyed to the Mosque in the University for prayers. Also on Sundays, as the Christian students have their Fellowship in school, The Muslim Student Society (MSS) of ISI has one of the staff of the school who comes around on Sunday to anchor the fellowship with them on ISI premises. The Islamic Religion Knowledge /Arabic Language Studies was introduced into the school curriculum by Mr. R. O. Akintilebo during his tenure. He initiated this by engaging tutors who came and teach the students on a part time bases. If ISI is discriminating as claimed by the writers, Mr. R. O. Akintilebo would never be employed to head the school as a Principal. His appointment was on merit as he was one of the teachers in the school. Please tell me, is there any discrimination against the Muslims as petitioned by the unrecognized International School Muslim Parents’ Forum (ISMPF)? Why is it so difficult for people to abide by the rules and regulations of a school? No one forced those clamoring for the use of Hijab to bring their kids to ISI. There are lots of Islamic Secondary schools in Oyo state where without any difficulty they can wear their Hijab. The man who started this madness Abdurrahman Balogun (Chairman of International School Muslim Parents’ Forum {ISMPF}, an association not recognized by the school authorities), in ISI who was distributing the Hijab to the girls at the school car park on Monday 12 November, 2018 enrolled his child last year into JSS1. This is his second year in ISI. Following day, Tuesday 13th November the school management had a PTA meeting and parents made their grievances known to the management. Funny enough some of the parents and the Alumni who attended the PTA meeting to speak were Muslims and they emphasized their displeasure by what their Muslim counterparts are causing in the school. I was at that PTA meeting (being a parent whose child has been attending the school for over three years) and I witnessed all that transpired. An email sent in by one Alhaja Basirat Banke Adeniyi was read by the chairman, Lawyer Kazeem Olaniyi of the recognized PTA in the school (also a Muslim), where she expressed her disappointment over the acts of the ISMPF and suggested by mentioning Muslim schools in Ibadan that these aggrieved parents can take their kids to, if they cannot abide by the rules and regulations of ISI. The culprit of this whole madness, Abdurrahman Balogun who wrote the petition about discrimination of the Muslim students in the school and the need to wear hijab was shut down by majority of the parents from talking, for disrupting the peace of the institution which has been established over 55years where the students are all tutored together irrespective of their religion or ethnic differences. Parents at the meeting were even asking what form of discrimination was experienced by these Muslim children, none was ever mentioned. The governing council however met on Wednesday 14 November and gave their final verdict that the school will maintain its status quo one of which is no wearing of any form of head cover and anyone who violates this should not be allowed inside the school premises or the parents should take such kids to other schools where it is permitted to wear any form of head cover such as hijab. The irony about this, is the fact that those parents who are headstrong about the decision of the Governing Council has instructed their daughters to wear the hijab thus hindering their entering the school premises and attending their classes. These are the girls seen outside the school gate with their hijab on, 8 of them in number. While other Muslim parents abided by the school authorities and Governing Council verdict, instructed their girls to remove their hijab so that they can be allowed to enter the school premises and continue with their classes. These other 8 girls have been attending the school without Hijab for years until their parents are woken from their slumber by this spoiler and enemy of peace, Abdurrahman Balogun whom was said to have established the ISI Muslim Parents Association Forum. An illegal association not recognised by the school authorities aside from the PTA. Funny thing is his own child is attending classes. Do you know why? His child is a boy while those who are supporting his cause have their kids to be girls and with the new rule of no wearing of hijab they are denied access into the school. I rest my case. But the question are: Will the wearing of hijab make their girls more brilliant or better still take them to heaven? If the foreign Christians who established the school had said strictly no other person of other religion except from Christianity should attend, maybe this problem would not have emerged. The Muslim parents who are supporting this cause some of them actually got educated through their attendance of mission schools owned by Catholics, Methodist, Baptist and Anglican. I went to St. Louis Girls Secondary School Mokola and the late Arisekola Alao's daughter Fatima who was a junior attended and her other siblings attended ISI. Also the Baale of Bodija Alhaji Rasheed Adesokan two daughters, Folake and Tolani attended my school (St. Louis) in fact Folake was my mate. Although she was taken away in her final year because Folake actually converted to a Christian of her own free will. We have Muslims sending their children to Christian Private owned Universities like Babcock, Bowen, Covenant, Redeemers and so on. Why can’t they agitate for wearing of Hijab in this private owned tertiary institutions, if they can clamour for such in ISI which is equally a private owned Secondary School. At least I know there are Muslim owned universities like Cresecent University in Abeokuta and Fountain University at Osogbo all in South West. One can go on and on about this. It's all optional and choice you don't have to force your own religion doctrines on others violating the laid down rules and then going about spreading false information of discrimination against Muslim students.

Dr. Olufunke Adegoke
Lecturer, Department of Sociology,
University of Ibadan

Fantastic! Great piece. Case closed.

One incosiderate religious extremist just woke up one day and seek where to exihibit his fanaticism and he turned to ISI, a school that has known peace for 55 years. That is how they create religious crisis everywhere. Arrant nonsense!

@OP: You want people to lose their jobs! Lol...if you must drink, please have it in moderation, too much of everything is inimical to your health...whoops, wo bi, bar man, give me half bottle of Heineken, I just read that too much of it is DANGERous.

Very sad and unfair. This is a criminal case and should be treated as such.

These ones would go home now for Xmas and be telling their parents they can't kill the family Xmas chicken......May God deliver us all from wicked souls of all shapes and sizes.

internationalman:
Trust me babe it's more painful when your wife cheats on you with someone better than u in all ramifications..

In this scenario u would be very dejected and low self-esteem will set in plus u will feel insecure. And eventually u would feel u don't deserve your wife..

Now the reverse is the case if you are better than who she cheated on u with... You will gladly and boldly though, painfully boot her out of your house..
This scenario would make you feel she's the one who doesn't deserve you. Plus you would feel u deserve better...

Love this as well.

wolesmile:
No one can actually say what they'll do under any given circumstance, until they are faced with the situation. Many might want to argue this, but it is just the plain truth.



I used to think I can't forgive being cheated on.... until it happened to me. I was mad... raging mad!!!
I almost beat the hell out of her!!!
I said it was over.
But then, after cooling off for a few days, I started remembering the number of times I have cheated on her. Several times I have had to lie when almost caught. Then I knew I was wrong. I was even the one that eventually went to beg her. Though we didn't eventually marry (Just a kid between us), but the separation had nothing to do with cheating on either side.



Don't say you can or not, until you are faced with the situation....

My Opinion, though.

I love this.

Brief but great piece. @OP: Thanks for sharing.

If Abba Kyari says a suspect is dead, take that word to the bank! He is one of most competent, righteous, diligent and gallant officers the NPF has ever produced. After everything else has failed in delivering high-profile cases, Abba is called in, if he can't get it done, just forget the case and move on to the next, but guess what? He gets it done almost all of the time. Kudos to him for his selfless service in protecting us all.

Back to the other 5 suspects, they'll keep singing like birds till they enter their early graves, one after the other....the blood of the 32 victims, all dead, will not give them rest. Evil men.

Kudos toTiwa for this sincere disclosure, not everyone has got the courage to come out in the open to discuss their behind-the-scenes battles, this would help many of our ladies fighting the same battle to accept themselves just the way they are. They don't need anybody's validation to be termed 'beautiful'. True beauty lies within, deep down within you.

Corruption, corruption, corruption!

Over the years, lots of millions in shares, cryptos and unobliviously football bets, with shares having the largest percentage. Lessons learnt: Never invest in speculation and businesses you have no direct control over.

technicallyrich:
It still suprises me,how anybody will marry a oyorob ass girl.
Girls that dont wash their pant or bath and cant even cook good food not to talk about their dirtiness and juju they carry about.
Even if they reduce their bride price from the normal 2 basket of red pepper and one gallon of palm oil for ofemmmmmanu,i wont still marry them because they can never be faithful.
A oyorob ass girl told me how their women wash their rotten pusycat and use the water to cook for men so that they will amrry them.
I can bet my rich,long big prikk that lolafool is cheating and has biwitched the biafran boy.

Didn't want to quote you but I'm forced to.

Let's push their family issues aside, Lola oozes beauty, maturity and class...your above description of Igbo ladies does not in anyway fit into these.

PS: Apologies to the Igbo ladies in the house, you'all beautiful and one love but this dude with bigotry views dragged me into this.

ClintonEmex:
Those 3 or 4 people are the fans? Did they blast him more than Nairalanders?

Go to Instablog and read the mind-blowing comments there.

Jessyjack:
oh my God! this is really heartbreaking....��... I don't know why an ex-con should be employed as a security guard in a school environment... and I seriously wonder why girls still flock around Yahoo boys... just because of shawarma and Pizza...

Security guard? How? What really happened?

At their old ages...arrant nonsense.

My take: Atiku is corrupt so is PMB, events during his present administration has shown he is deluded with being a man of integrity, you cannot pamper corrupt people and dissociate yourself from corruption at the same time. I voted for this man all the times he contested, I will never vote for him again.

Bring any of them to an APC or PDP as a flag bearer and s/he stands the chance of winning. This stage of our democracy is still nascent for their type of candidacy.

effoi:
Unraveling the owners of Instablog isnt a big deal since they have a bank account. Just get an insider in the bank to check the signatories to the account and the passport photographs. Unless the real owners are using proxies to run their corporate account which i doubt .

Sounds easy.......that's why banking is such a sensitive profession. Any banker that does that and gets caught would not only lose his job but would also have a criminal case brought against him. The customer would definitely sue the bank for breach of confidentiality, you can now see how important the banking profession is. They have access to the personal information of everyone including VVIPs, so imagine our Banks infested with rogues, we are all in soup!

Nice article, don't even know how to respond to it but I strongly believe Buhari would not win the next election. His greatest challenge is having to conform with corruption in order to remain in power. My personal wish is that Buhari and Atiku should not win, someone else should but that can't happen in this present Nigeria.The people would decide anyway, let's see how it goes.

I love the couple and wish them well. Peter is not an ingrate and I respect him for that but to crown his happiness, he needs to make up with his family...very important. It's like a man saying he's happy because he loves his wife dearly and the wife and mum are not on talking terms. That kind of happiness can never be complete except he chooses to deceive himself but unto thyself, be true.

NwaAmaikpe:




For the sake of family unity and the loving memory of Late Mrs. Josephine Okoye whose dying wish was that Peter shouldn't marry Lola and for the sake of the fans who have been deprived of hearing another hit from PSQUARE.

I pray Peter does what is right for his family so that he can get the happiness he truly deserves which has eluded him in this horrible 5 years.

I understand how difficult it is for him to do, but it is his life here.
He shouldn't care about the 'Gram and drive away this evil aged woman who has brought PSquare to ruins.

Any son who neglects the counsel of his mom because of a mere woman who will eventually dump them one day is worse than an infidel.
May God never give us a child as useless as Peter.

...but Peter mentioned in his message that the Mum didn't oppose the marriage and in fact had a good rapport with Lola before she passed on, please read his message again...maybe it's just to refute the claims though...

What is oozing here? Plagiarism? Revenge? Anger? Personal scores? Competition? Envy? Jealousy? Quarrels? Hatred? Instablog haff not joined 'bad gang'? Dunno...just passing by....