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If not, there are institutional controls to manage this. How many hospitsls is he going to disguise to visit? How many schools will he be visiting?

Institutions? You know nothing, institutions that are neck deep into the mess, yes he may not go everywhere but a strong message is already sent to all and sundry. Many of such centers will be very cautious, knowing that the governor may come anytime. If someone does something reasonable, it is good to commend them and move on

michlins:
The government should tell us who owns the building and let's start there. Setting up of panels makes no difference

The building is owned by fourscore heights limited, which Femi is the CEO. Now that you know the owner of the building......

Urbanchampion:
He deserved to be jailed! Why calling the Governor and his sons Kano thieves, did he convict them in any court of competent jurisdiction?

Many people are emotionally handicapped, you can not just label someone a thieve no matter who they are.

descarado:
And the Governor is busy forming panel

What can we boast of in this country?

What exactly would you have him do? He should relocate his office to the site, drive bulldozer or use shovel to remove rubble? NEMA, CCECC, Julius Berger and Lagos state emergency response unit are all on ground. Or do you think the people on the panel are the one rescuing people or what? If after a month, report and actions are not available, we will still complain, efforts are being made to get to the root of the matter, we are still complaining

What exactly is the work of moderators on this forum? How on earth did this disjointed senseless post made it to the front page? The OP may be useless here, but there are no words to describe the mod that push this to the front page

BIGDADDY000:
YOUR EXCELLENCY! with all due respects, you don't put more effort on this

issue of recovery and rescue, 48 hours after? people life is at stake here

The probability of surviving of those people trapped in there is so tin.

PLEASE DOUBLE YOUR EFFORT SIR.

You think this kind of operation is easy? Just read the attached

Kiddogarcia:
I have my name written in gold here,been selling for over a year,yet no complains yet

Fine then, that is what we want. Best wishes in your endeavors

engrfaruq:
What is NEMA doing with this case for goodness sake? All hands should've been put on deck for the rescue mission, but LASG was just left to its fate with only one caterpillar struggling to dig through the rubbles.

NEMA is there na, even Sanwo olu acknowledged them yesterday. Look, this kind of operation is not what you expect to be swift. Do you know that, the condo that collapsed in Florida in July took more two weeks for rescue and recovery? Infact, after two weeks, 76 people were still unaccounted for.

Kiddogarcia:
Everyone looking for someone to manipulate, na we be your best plug for everything sexual enhancement

Hope you are not looking to manipulate me with this too

Mokason288:


Can he swear that mercy is the only flower he plucked

Can he also swear he has stopped plucking flowers in school after he met mercy

swear this swear that, oya go the swear your own and leave the couple alone

Lastmankc:
Nah for east Nigeria security forces dey flex muscles

I am not entirely sure that the east has seen a quarter of the bombs or heavy artillery only borno state received this year alone. In other words what is happening in south east is a child play compare to what is happening in the north east, that is, if we are to be honest. However, the south east may attain the level of the north east soon, if things don't improve

Maxymilliano:
Tell that to the birds ...

He got approval for 15 floors but went ahead to construct 21 floors while you all stood by and did nothing.

Whatever happened to regulatory supervision?

Gerard Road is a very busy road in Ikoyi and there is no way such noticable infraction could not have been noticed till it collapsed, Lagos State should be held responsible 100% for the avoidable lives that was lost.

He should have told us how much he and his agency collected in bribes to allow the infraction instead of presenting a weak defense

slimthugchimee2:
Is like ignorance is fully embedded in the DNA of Nigerians, a building collapse the whole area is very volatile with people trapped under rubbles, any wrong footing can crush the people under and one idiot wants to carry crowd and go there, Any untrained person there will definetly make matters worse for the people trapped under the rocks.

Nawa

Anywhere in the world the first thing the police do is to seal of the area and wait for rescue teams to do their work.

Infact I even commend the police for what they did, I am even surprise cause such professionalism is not something you see from Nigerian police

Kudos to them

you are right, the police did a good job by sealing the place. It is for people's safety, base on their statement, they were still climbing up and down the floors. What if the remaining structure collapse again?

Nbotee:
So afta Jega hoisted dis evil on us he has d guts to go and form a party to fight d evil. Una neva see anything yet

How did he hoist the evil on on us? Did he vote in the election? Blame the people that voted in APC and leave Jega alone, even at that I can't blame them for voting APC. It is not as if PDP was doing anything good apart from massive embezzlement.

tarantino1:
One of the poorest countries on earth. Abeg wetin there dey fight for?

Africa sef

Yet, those that control power there will be excessively rich, hence the fight

Redoil:
they are always killing the same person continuously
who is lying to whom

who are the same persons?

It does not in anyway signify that the man is poor or suffering

DAMEHLISM:
The matter is in court doing what? Las las every where go melo.. If na uk this thing happen, him for don see pepper

The matter is before court for judgement, it is a process. The law affords everyone the opportunity to defend themselves, even you, if you find yourself in a situation. Even in the UK the process takes time. Mendy was arrested since when and the normal hearing will start next year, all this while he has being to court is just preambles.

Wait until the matter is melo before judging, for now they are before the court as you can see

DAMEHLISM:
Nigeria na scam.. Imagine someone being cought on camera molesting an under age minor and the case is easing off.
r kelly is about to spend the rest of his life in jail for just victims testimonies.

The matter is in court, what else do you want? Court processes are not done on snap of finger as you wish. Even Kelly's case took time.

PrinceOfLagos:
They cannot deploy Tucano jets to fight the bandits terrorists in the north, but they can deploy helicopter to the south east to bomb and kill innocent civilians

Useless people

Let us read and comment objectively, they are talking about the tucano as you yourself stated not helicopter gunship. Why are you confusing and contradicting yourself just for trbal interest? Even yesterday we read here how air force killed more than 50 bandits in Kaduna using helicopter gunship. So what is your point exactly? Was the tucano used in south east?

humilitypays:
Every man is corrupt and greedy, including white people we look up to.


It is institutions and laws that curtail those greed of men.


Northerners should allow Nigeria to restructure and strengthen our government institutions to uphold our laws and fight human excess known as corruption.


Without laws and institutions every leader in the world would want to selfishly divert the national treasury for himself, family and political associates.


Restructuring Nigeria will help foster accountability by making leaders more closer to their people and it will spring up regional competition among each regions of Nigeria.



It will push regions to think out of the box on ways to generate money internally within their region to develop their region.


Regions will start upholding tax laws seriously and will work hard to develop their human capacity in order to increase their tax revenues instead of relying on this free sharing of money from Abuja which brings laziness among the state governors.


A restructured Nigeria will reduce agitations of secession as each region will be governed by their own tribesmen and women.


It will improve security because there will be regional and state policing instead of the federal policing that have failed Nigeria woefully yet Northern Nigeria dont want it to end, why always them?

I am in total support of restructuring, however, I don't believe it will be a major solution to our problems. We have laws and institutions to curtail the problems bedeviling us, but people will not allow them to function. Those laws are being frustrated by both people of the south and north. People ensure systems and institutions work, it is deliberate effort, are we as a people ready for that? No. As it is evident here, efcc arrest someone and their region cries witch hunt. We are in a pathetic situation that will take more than restructuring to thrive. And the south is much the problem as the north

Sonnobax15:

So none of our soldier was gunned down abi?

they say one soldier killed, four wounded. But wait, you want them to killed the soldiers? What kind of human being are you? Are you a terrorist?

DaddyRochie1642:
Remove that third picture.


Oga to slap you dey hungry me

people will be asking for pictures, they post now you are saying remove it. Oga, nobody is removing anything. Take it like that

humilitypays:
All humans are corrupt by nature of human, including whites. It is laws, constitution, policies and government institutions that curtail the greed and excesses of man. Without laws, constitution and institutions to uphold the laws and constitution, every nation will be a mess.



I blame North more because they always reject and fight every effort to right the wrongs of the past.


Example, Northerners rejected restructuring of Nigeria which will bring more equity, fairness and accountability in governance.


They reject honest constitutional review of Nigeria's useless constitution concocted by the corrupt Northern Military Heads of States.


Outlaw open grazing and embrace private ranching which is what every developed and progressive nations of the world are practicing they say no.


They alone clamor for Islamism and Sharia law which no developed nation practices, even against the wish of other Nigerians.

Why must they fight everything that will corrupt the wrongs of our past.

What as I see as the major draw back here is the corruption and greed of the politicians. If the fail accountability test now, don't think they will pass it when decentralization takes place. Sometimes, people think that autonomy will automatically transform everything. It is not entirely so, it depends on the integrity of actors and me and you know the crooks we have in leadership. I just remember when south Sudan was fighting for independence from Sudan, once the got it, they became worse for it. It is not out of place to say something is fundamentally wrong with black man, especially black African

sabreal:
Its a possibility, depends on the input data for that period.
Its a payroll system. If wrong set of data are fed into the system, then expect wrong output.

The question is who is responsible to generate the input data. Payroll system is usually designed to tolerate no or minimal manual manipulations.

If the university management are responsible to an extent and they refuse to play their, they will continue to bear the consequence of being adamant.

The funniest part is that it usually takes more time to correct and get approval for such correction.

Well, it is difficult to defend what OAGF is saying, isn't it?. What I think is the system is heavily flawed or as usual, crooks in the OAGF are manipulating it and feeding large. The evidence of a flawed system are glaring. Firstly, retired or dead lecturers were paid on the system, how? Lecturers who did not enroll were paid on it, how? For those who enroll genuinely are still being short pay. I have two relatives who are NASU members of a federal university, since they enrolled, their salaries range between N3000-N6,000. These are people who willingly join the system.

humilitypays:
Remove Northern Nigeria from Nigeria and you will have a thriving and prosperous nation that will be based on merit.


Igbos and Yorubas will only be competing in who would make their region more developed and advanced.



Northern Nigeria is dragging Nigeria so backward and it hurts a lot.


The only reason Igbos criticize Yorubas is because Yorubas out of fear or cowardice like to side with The North just to get some crumbs that fell off Northern political supremacy table, except that, Igbos dont have any single issue with Yorubas.



Northern Military Heads of States consecutively destroyed Nigeria and looted Nigeria's treasury dry, shared Nigeria's crude oil wells to their family members, friends and lovers, and created a useless constitution that further held Nigeria on the floor and the same North has refused to allow honest constitutional review and restructuring to position Nigeria for greatness yet Yorubas continue to align with them out of fear.



Dear Yorubas, dont you all know that a purely Yoruba nation will be a developed nation than the dilapidated Nigeria you guys think its better for you today just because of the federal favour Lagos is getting under Nigeria and because you want a Yoruba President

Those things can never be compared to having a total Yoruba controlled nation with your gallant Yoruba youths being solely in charge of your security and territory that no invader or land grabber or terrorist can dare enter to kill or rape your women


What makes a nation prosperous and great is the love and passion the citizens have for it not the population it has or the amount of natural mineral resources it has. Human capital development is far more richer than natural mineral resources. Does Switzerland, Luxembourg or Japan or Taiwan or Singapore or South Korea have any crude oil or gold or diamond yet they are among the richest countries on earth?

Yorubas please think! Igbos are never your enemies like most of you ignorantly believe. Igbos are only asking for equity, fairness and meritocracy for all tribes and peoples of Nigeria. Can you as Yoruba man or woman point to any evil Igbos collectively did to you aside the usual political propagandas against Igbos. Ronu oh

I disagree with you on the bolded, based on current evidence, you cannot arbitrarily put the blame of regional stagnation on the doorstep of the north. The governors of the south east, south south and southwest as well as other politicians entrusted with developmental resources mostly mismanage or outrightly embezle them. So, how is the north responsible for a governor or senator not using the resources for the their state or constituent development?

thebosstrevor1:
Some of your fellow lecturers imputed false informations into the system while some didn't give their data to the system. so Stop complaining

What is amazing is that the universities in Nigeria are supposed to be a place for innovation but i am surprised that it is place that hate innovation.

Please can you further explain how wrong information can result to a payment of N6,000 to a lecturer, less than the minimum wage in a month? OAGF did not elaborate but you authoritatively commented, like you have more information.
Again, how can a system that is designed to capture personal data and biometrics before paying some one can go ahead a start paying people who are not enrolled on it at all?
Kindly throw more light please

Charmingrascal:
No Governor don ever do two term for Oyo, we thought Makinde's would be an exception but obviously na only one term him sef wan do.



Yeye Governor!!

Late Animobi did two terms

pickatyoubackup:
I thought It was wike. Abi the winners dey come in batches.

Me too, just wondering

Zorn:
Oh! I see, Peter Obi stole your family's destiny you hate filled ass . So what is the magnitude of Tinubu's criminality that you're avoiding or did he stole your memory and sight too?

I knew it will come to this, IPOB and nyamiri fighting here to defend criminals of their stock. Let the Abokis too come defend their own. Pitiful!

BigSarah:
Peter Obi has a stable defence, I can see over 12 names there but Obi happens to be the click bait..
Dead on arrival
This is probably Andy uba and malami in action again to hijack Anambra since the state of emergency plan fell like a pack of cards...
We'll see how it plays out..

Na wao, all this just because Obi's name is on list to be probed. I wonder what your opinion would be without Obi's name in there

Nduka Orjinmo - BBC News, Abuja
Mon, October 18, 2021, 5:05 AM·7 min read

Shlomo Ben Yaakov wants to become Nigeria's first rabbi
Rocking back and forth, Shlomo Ben Yaakov reads from a Torah scroll at a synagogue on the outskirts of Nigeria's capital, Abuja.

Intermittently his soft mellow voice rises in Hebrew and he is joined by the dozens who recite after him.

Most do not fully understand the language, but this small Nigerian community claims Jewish ancestry dating back hundreds of years - and they are left frustrated by a lack of recognition by Israel.

"I consider myself a Jew," says Mr Yaakov.

Outside the Gihon Hebrew Synagogue in the suburb of Jikwoyi a table is laid inside a tent built from palm leaves to celebrate Sukkot, a festival that commemorates the years Jews spent in the desert on their way to the Promised Land.

"Just as we are doing this now, they are doing same in Israel," says Mr Yaakov, as people share traditional cholla bread (baked at the synagogue) and wine from small cups being passed around.

He is an Igbo - one of Nigeria's three dominant ethnic groups which originates in the south-east of the country. His given Igbo name is Nnaemezuo Maduako.

Jewish women
Unlike their parents, most of Nigeria's young Jews have known no other religion
Many Igbos believe they have Jewish heritage as one of the so-called 10 lost tribes of Israel, though most are not practising Jews like Mr Yaakov. They comprise less than 0.1% of the estimated 35 million Igbos.

These tribes were said to have disappeared after being taken into captivity when the northern Israelite kingdom was conquered in the 8th Century BC - and the Ethiopian Jewish community, for example, is recognised as one of them.

Igbo customs such as male circumcision, mourning the dead for seven days, celebrating the new moon and conducting wedding ceremonies under a canopy have reinforced this belief about their Jewish heritage.

'No proof'
But Chidi Ugwu, an Igbo who is an anthropologist at the University of Nigeria in Enugu, says this identification with Judaism emerged only after the Biafran civil war.

The Igbos had been fighting for secession from Nigeria, but lost what was a brutal conflict between 1967-1970.

Group of armed Biafran soldiers seen during the Biafran conflict - 11 June 1968
Some say the belief that Igbos have Jewish heritage emerged after their defeat in the civil war in which more than one million died
Some people "were looking for some psychological boost to hang on to" so began to make the Jewish connection, he says.

They saw themselves as persecuted people, much as Jewish people have been through history, especially during the Holocaust.

"It is insulting to call the Igbos the lost tribe of anybody, there is no historical or archaeological evidence to back that up," he told the BBC.

He argues that as evidence suggests the Igbos were among those who migrated out of Egypt several thousand years ago, it may be that Jews picked up Igbo customs when they went there.

Several years ago controversial efforts were made to prove a genetic lineage, but a DNA test found no Jewish connection.

Rabbi Eliezer Simcha Weisz, chairman of the foreign affairs department of the Rabbinate Council of Israel - the body that determines claims of Jewish ancestry, is also in no doubt.

"They claim to be one of the descendants of Gad, one of the sons of our forefather Jacob - but they can't prove their grandparents were Jewish," he told the BBC.

"And the customs they speak of, you can find people all over the world who have Jewish practices."

He said unless the Nigerian Jews converted to Judaism - a process that entails various rituals and appearing before a Jewish court (which is unavailable in Nigeria) - they would not be recognised.

Mr Yaakov regards the idea of having to go through a conversion as an insult.

"As a convert we would be seen as second-class citizens," he says.

Secessionist surge

The congregants at Gihon take their beliefs seriously - and they and Nigeria's estimated 12,000-strong community of practising Jews - are supported by some other Orthodox Jewish groups around the world, which donate to them, make solidarity visits and campaign for their recognition.

One prominent supporter is Dani Limor, a former Mossad agent who once ran an operation to secretly take Ethiopian Jews to Israel via Sudan. He has been visiting the Jewish communities in Nigeria since the 1980s and argues that Jewish practice in the West African nation predates the civil war.

An estimated 12,000 Nigerians consider themselves to be Jewish
He believes in a school of thought that says they came from Morocco 500 years ago, first settling in Timbuktu before travelling further south - and he hopes they will eventually get the recognition they deserve.

"Judaism goes beyond the colour of the skin, it is in the heart," he told the BBC.

Gihon synagogue, said to be the oldest in Nigeria, was founded in the 1980s by Ovadai Avichai and two others who had been raised as Christians.

The friends decided to turn to Judaism when they realised the Bible's Old Testament was the foundation of the Jewish religion.

He said it was like the Jew in him had been rekindled - and given the similarities between Jewish customs and Igbo traditions he was convinced that Judaism was the true path.

Many Nigerian Jews see Nnamdi Kanu's Judaism as politically calculated to win sympathy abroad for his separatist cause
Abuja's Gihon synagogue now has a mixture of different ethnic groups among the more than 40 families who attend.

In the last few years the number of those worshipping as Jews in southern Nigeria has increased sharply, says the BBC's Chiagozie Nwonwu, an expert on the region.

This is largely thanks to the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob), a group which restarted the Igbo campaign for secession in 2014.

It is led by Nnamdi Kanu, who has reminded his followers of their alleged Jewish heritage and encouraged them to embrace the faith. The charismatic leader was once purportedly pictured praying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem.

"The first time Ipob emerged, I cried at the synagogue"", Source: Ovadai Avichai, Source description: Gihon Hebrew Synagogue founder, Image: Ovadai Avichai
"The first time Ipob emerged, I cried at the synagogue"", Source: Ovadai Avichai, Source description: Gihon Hebrew Synagogue founder, Image: Ovadai Avichai
But his followers are not regarded as authentic Jews by Nigeria's more established communities as some combine elements of Judaism and Christianity in their worship most associated with Messianic Judaism.

Mr Kanu is now in detention facing trial for treason and Ipob, which has recently taken up arms, has been banned as a terrorist group.

"The first time Ipob emerged, I cried at the synagogue. I said: 'This young boy has come to cause problems for us because what he's doing is unnecessary,'" says Mr Avichai, a Biafra war veteran.

He fears the activities of Ipob threaten the peaceful worship of the 70 or so apolitical Jewish communities.

This happened earlier this year when a Jewish community leader in the south-east was jailed for a month after her congregation received three visitors from Israel.

They had come to film the donation of a Torah scroll - often too expensive for local groups to purchase - but were suspected of having connections to Ipob and deported.

One worshipper at Gihon told me Mr Kanu had influenced his decision to join the synagogue - but the recent evolution of Ipob's campaign into an armed struggle went against the tenets of Judaism.

Mr Yaakov is not interested in the politics around being Jewish - for him it is the spiritual aspect that is important.

Official recognition by Israel of the fraction of Igbos like him as Jews would help the religious community become more organised in Nigeria. For example, at the moment there is no chief rabbi and finding kosher products can be a challenge. They are usually only sold in a few shops owned by Jewish expats - the community generally eats what is produced locally so they can follow Kosher rules.

Mr Yaakov would love to train to become the first Nigerian rabbi, something that can only be done by studying at a rabbinical school or under an experienced rabbi.

"For those of us who know our roots, we are confident of our identity," he says.

"If the Christians and Muslims can accept their own and support them, then I think the Jews should also show some encouragement.