I was caught up in the protest at New Benin yesterday. One thing that I can say is that most of the people who destroyed the banks along Mission Road are not depositors. They are hooligans who roam the street on a good day, waiting for unrest in areas so that they can cause mayhem.
Until the destruction yesterday, some banks were paying customers inside the hall #5,000, #3,000, and #2,000 daily in #100 denomination. But today, all of them were shut. In the coming days, the effect of those destructions will be hard on the residents.
Or, were they expecting Buhari and Emefiele to suffer the consequences of their foolish actions?

Philippine mayor gives singles extra pay on Valentine’s Day
14th February 2023
Agency Report

A life-long bachelor mayor in the Philippines is giving single staff extra pay on Tuesday for Valentine’s Day, to show gratitude for the extra hours they work and show that “someone loves them”.

Lonely hearts at General Luna town hall in Quezon province will receive three times their normal daily wage if they have been single for more than five years, Mayor Matt Florido told AFP.

Other footloose and fancy-free staff will get double pay — or the option to take a paid day off.

“I know what they’re going through today, I feel for them,” said Florido, 42, who says he has been single “since birth”.

“On Valentine’s Day no one will give them chocolates, flowers… so we thought of giving them this kind of incentive so they can also feel someone cares for them, someone loves them.”

It is the third year in a row that Florido has handed out bonus payments to singletons in local government.

Of the 289 town hall employees, 37 qualified for the compensation after passing a stringent vetting process to confirm their claimed single status.

Eligible staff were asked questions about when they were last in a relationship, the reasons they broke up, and why they are still single.

The eldest recipient was 64.

“We are just a small town so everyone knows everyone. You can’t hide anything,” said Florido of the pineapple-growing municipality.

The payments will be given to singletons at a Valentine’s Day party for all staff on Tuesday evening.

Activities on the night will include dating games.

“Who knows, they might end up getting together,” Florido said.

“Maybe they are already hitting on each other.”

https://punchng.com/philippine-mayor-gives-singles-extra-pay-on-valentines-day/
Philippine mayor gives singles extra pay on Valentine’s Day

He made a mistake, which any human can make, and he was sorry. I am sure that he still regrets that one action.
As the victim forgave him, let every other person forget the issue and move on.

Ezeama400:


President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday reiterated his commitment to ensuring free and fair elections this year.

https://www.channelstv.com/2023/02/02/buhari-re-echoes-commitment-to-free-fair-elections/

On this matter, I trust you, Mr President of Nigeria.

NOTICE OF PROTEST

You are by this notice coordially invited to a protest on the daily increment of pump price of petrol and other products from our crude oil

The protest is scheduled to hold as follows

DATE : Monday 30th January 2023

TIME: 7 am prompt

MEETING POINT: Igbinedion Teaching Hospital Open space, along sapele road, opposite market square sapele road benin city,

---------------- ( I removed the name to avoid his arrest before tomorrow )
Interim Public Relations Officer
www.edocso.org

My sister had a similar encounter at one of the FCMB branches somewhere in south south. The difference is that few of the bank's employees came with several ATM cards and began withdrawing money without regard for the customers waiting in line. When the guys on queue put an end to the bank employees' nonsense, the manager came out and the situation was brought under control. Although the situation later degenerated when the POS operators brought their madness. There was dragging of people down from the ATM stand, tearing of shirt, and leaving someone bloodied due to beating,

It's like this Michael Achimugu is in a competition with Naja’atu Muhammad.
I dey look Una two o and wishing you both have sense very soon.

I think that the ladies wore "moon bumps" (fake pregnancy). Even at that, the guy likes weird acts.

Picture of moon bump is attached.

Juanmike:
In a way that is not blu bla bulaba

Funny response . This Nairaland is a cruise haven.
Honestly, your response made me end my day with laughter.
Thanks a bunch.

At one point, I thought I was reading a Nollywood script about to be aired on Africa Magic with Chiwetala Agu as Uwakwe. 
SMH.

An individual above me is already insulting women, even when it's obvious that the OP put up a fake story.
Some days ago, it was his paternal aunt who made sexual advances at him, asking him if he had a girlfriend. Today, it's another story.

Glory be to God for sparing his life.
Speedy recovery boy.

Op, kindly add your source to authenticate the information.
To the matter arising, if Rauf Aregbesola attended the program in 2013, that means that he did so 3 years after being the governor. The immediate past governor didn't attend, but his wife and his deputy attended after 3 years of assuming office. I am sure that there were no headlines about their absence from the program in their first two years as governor. Then, why is Adeleke's case, who has yet to celebrate one month in office, an issue? Why not wait until after his third year in office before calling him out?
So be it if the governor failed to attend the gathering to which he had been invited. A source said this and another source said that in the write up may not even be true.

May God forbid another northerner to take over from the current northerner. It is the turn of the south to produce the president of Nigeria in 2023 to 2031. Anything short of that is unacceptable.
Nonsense and rented crowd.

This dissing has been taken too far.
Of all names to call PO, whom you love to hate for reasons best known to you, it is a criminal's name that died by the state's execution.
Reno, God is watching you and He will reward you at the right time.

Congratulations to the Argentina national team.

E don happen.
2:2.
I don't want penalty shootout o.

When I saw this news three days ago, I knew that one of those who drum up tribal war would bring it down to Nairaland. You people should continue dissing one another due to tribal differences.

It breaks my heart to hear the Southeast, a once peaceful region of the nation, turn into something I cannot appropriately put into words. God, please step in for the sake of the innocent people there.

Dbanj of all people involved in this fraudulent activity? E pain me reach my bone marrow.

Indonesia set to make sex outside marriage punishable by jail

MPs expected to pass new criminal code that will also make insulting the president a crime.

Rebecca Ratcliffe in Bangkok
Fri 2 Dec 2022 08.29 EST

Indonesia’s parliament is expected to pass a new criminal code this month that would criminalise sex outside marriage and outlaw insults against the president or state institutions, prompting alarm from human rights campaigners.

The deputy justice minister, Edward Omar Sharif Hiariej, said in an interview with Reuters that the new criminal code was expected to be passed on 15 December. “We’re proud to have a criminal code that’s in line with Indonesian values,” he said.

Bambang Wuryanto, a lawmaker involved in the draft, said the code could be passed by as early as next week.

If passed, the code would apply to Indonesian citizens and foreign visitors, and introduce sweeping changes affecting a wide range of civil liberties.

Sex outside marriage, which under the code could be reported only by limited parties such as close relatives, could lead to up to a year in prison, while unmarried couples would be banned from living together.

Civil society activists have said this would leave same-sex couples, who do not have the right to marry, at additional risk of prosecution. “This is dangerous not only because of the threat of punishment, but it can [give] legitimacy to the vigilante community,” said Muhamad Isnur, the chair of the Indonesia Legal Aid Foundation.
Insulting the president, which under the code could be reported only by the president, would carry a maximum of three years. Insulting state institutions and expressing any views counter to Indonesia’s state ideology would also be forbidden.

Abortion would remain illegal except in cases of rape, according to the latest draft seen by Reuters, which was dated 24 November.

While the draft has the support of some Islamic groups, others fear it would be disastrous for democratic and civil liberties. Nurina Savitri, a campaign manager at Amnesty International Indonesia, said there were dozens of articles that could be used to stifle dissent.

“There are least 88 articles containing broad provisions that could be misused and misinterpreted by both authorities and the public to criminalise those who peacefully express their opinions or exercise their rights to peaceful assembly and association,” she said.
Savitri raised concerns over a provision that would criminalise “unsanctioned public demonstrations” that cause public unrest, which she said could be used to restrict peaceful assembly.

The bill also maintains imprisonment as a penalty for defamation, and raises the prison term for those found guilty of defaming public officials, Savitri said.

It is feared that a broad article in the code that refers to “living laws” could be used to recognise hundreds of regulations that exist at a local level and that are discriminatory against women, religious minorities and LGBTQ+ people.

A previous draft of the code was poised to be passed in 2019 but the process was delayed after tens of thousands of people took to the streets in nationwide protests.

Changes have since been made to the draft code, said Isnur, but there were still many concerns over the articles it contains. “Of course these problematic articles can seriously threaten democracy in the future,” Isnur said.
Andreas Harsono, of Human Rights Watch, said changes to the code would be a “huge setback to Indonesian democracy”.

Business experts have said the overhaul could damage the country’s image as a tourist destination and undermine investment.
The draft bill has been decades in the making and is intended to replace the current criminal code, which dates back to the Dutch colonial period.

The deputy justice minister dismissed concerns that the code would undermine democratic rights, and told Reuters that the final version of the draft would ensure that regional laws adhered to national legislation.

"Indonesia set to make sex outside marriage punishable by jail" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/02/indonesia-set-to-make-sex-outside-marriage-punishable-by-jail

See money. Donating Obaseki to the semi-visible powers of Benin Empire.

One of the things I remembered Ameachi's tenure for was the free delivery through C.S. at BMH. Someone I am close to had C.S. twice there during his first tenure. I applaud him for that, and there was a measure of safety during his tenure as governor of Rivers State.
Mr. Infrastructure, from what I see on the news, you are doing well as a governor, and Ameachi also did well in his time.

pepperdemzombie:

They think she's Yoruba because of her Surname but she's from Edo. So, they are boasting of his preference of Igbo over Yoruba.
Larissa London, the lady with Davido's second son now first is not left out. That's how they bombard her too and she claimed most of the accounts are operated by Chioma herself cos she knows Chioma's tone. She and Chioma were both pregnant at same time, the boy will be 3 in February. Davido wanted her to abort to cover that Assurance but she declined. They opened different accounts to carry false news so that Davido will hate her and the boy. That's why Davido disowned the boy knowing fully he is his son and carbon copy.
That child saw Davido for the first time just a few months ago, the day Imade entered private jet, wahala. They even posted fake video that Sophie is mocking them. They are just making every efforts to make Davido hate his children with their mothers.
They are all just stupid.

May God see everyone through.

pepperdemzombie:

Please go easy with the Chioma case. She is still in mourning over the passing of her son.
Meanwhile, the intense hatred her fans have toward Sophia Momodu, particularly on YouTube channels, won't die down anytime soon. Maybe there is something that these fans know that is not known to the general public that caused such anger and resentment. Time will tell.
Be nice to Chioma my friend.

I believe that there is more to the Arabic sign on the naira notes. Even SLS allayed the fear of people of his religion when he spoke to the CBN and was assured that the Arabic sign would not be removed. I also remembered the opposition faced by GEJ when he removed the sign from the #100 note in 2014 ahead of the nation's centenary celebration.

Some people believe Sophia shouldn't continue to live on Earth. They find everything she does irritating, and she is always to blame for the bad things that occur in Davido and Chioma's lives.
You, Sophia lady, try to stay out of Davido-related disputes. You went to stir up the hornets' nest even before the dust from the accusation that you were the witch who killed Ifeanyi had settled.
Sophia, keep your distance from Chivido.

Lemme see the scoreboard well.