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‎The Nigerian senate on Wednesday declared a state of emergency on road infrastructure in the country. It observed with sadness, the loss of lives resulting from the bad state of the roads across the country. Consequently, it urged the federal government to undertake the immediate rehabilitation and dualisation of major highways and interstate roads across the country. The senate also called on the federal government to reorganise the ministry of works and its agencies, especially the Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA) with a view to re-positioning it for the onerous task of rebuilding the roads. In a motion sponsored by 90 senators and moved by Dino Melaye (Kogi West)‎, the lawmakers resolved to direct its ad hoc committee on works, to embark on an audit of all road projects across country with a view to producing raw data for necessary legislative action. The senate observed that the entire road infrastructure in Nigeria was near collaspe, and that trillions of naira had been spent on road construction and rehabilitation since democracy returned to the country in 1999, with minimal or no impact on the roads. It therefore urged the federal government, through the ministry of works, to look for additional ways of funding road projects in the country. Some of the roads it noted that needed immediate attention were Lagos-Shagamu-Ibadan expressway, AYA-Nyanya-Mararaba road‎, Maiduguri-Monguno-Marte-Dikwa road, Makurdi- Otukpo road, and Benin-Ore-Shagamu road. After debate on Melaye’s motion, the senate roundly rejected motions ca‎lling for the return of toll gates on all federal roads. Some of the lawmakers who sponsored the motion include Ben Murray-Bruce (Bayelsa), Kabiru Marafa (Zamfara), Ahmed Lawan (Yobe) Shehu Sani (Kaduna), Rabiu Kwankwaso (Kano), Jonah Jang (Plateau), Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom) and Andy Uba (Anambra).

Read more at: https://www.thecable.ng/senate-declares-state-emergency-roads

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Gurgle:
Lol Mr man, did you make this thread to get help or just indulge in dirty chats

Looks like it.

Unbelievable!!!

After reading wikipedia all of una come dey form bat expert here. Smh

Wailing Wailers Dinner is Served....Lets see who wails the loudest.

Please this is not the current rate...Dailytimes got it wrong here. Mods this news ain't correct.

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The Blame Game Begins.

Me I blame Nff. They should have left the pot-bellied black guy to finish what he started.

I can officially tell you the Falcons are out of contention for a berth in Rio 2016 Olympics
Once again Equitorial Guinea stops Us from participating in the female football Event.


FT: Equitorial Guinea 2 : Nigeria 1

Eq Guinea 2 : Nig 1 Final 5min

irex:
pls where are following the falcons game

@thenff on twitter

10min to the 1st half of ET

Bash92:
Link to where you are following it ?

twitter.com

Penalties to decide this

AustineE1:
you cant be serious.

They equalised at the closing stage of the 2nd half.

Equitorial Guinea don equalise ooo

The Peoples Democratic Party Staff Welfare Association has described as “an absolute bunkum, a clumsy, and blundering blackmail”, an allegation by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Olisa Metuh, that staff members were being sponsored by the APC to destabilize the PDP.
The association said such a weak shot from a mortally crippled arsenal of witch hunt is incapable of breaking the resolve of the staff to expose the thieving band in the PDP’s National Working Committee and restore the core vision of the party.
“We are not surprised that the allegation will become the most fashionable means of covering tracks,” the staff said.
The staff are challenging the PDP’s move to sack half of its work force and cut by 50 per cent the pay of the remaining workers, just two months after leaving power.
The workers have accused the NWC members of squandering over N12 billion of party funds, and destroying the former ruling party.
In a statement Saturday, the chairperson of the workers’ association, Ngozi Nze, and Secretary, Dan Ochu-Baiye, said the allegation of being sponsored by the APC is a “wide window into the impressionable character of the man who has been in saddle as the party’s image-maker and an ominous signpost into the shallow manner the publicity of the party has been run”.
“We wish to state that this is a man whose conduct, demeanour and media outings have been a repulse to professionalism and a source of embarrassment to party members.
“We therefore place on record that the majority of the establishment staff of the PDP are not just unrepentant members of the party who have spent over sixteen years in service; who have assimilated the PDP ethos as a way of political life but are also the repository of the party’s institutional memory whose spirit can hardly succumb to the ephemerality of power loss.
“Who plays anti-party you may ask? Staff members who are genuinely resisting the morally repugnant and obsessively corrupt NWC so that the PDP will survive or the likes of Olisa Metuh who has a track record of anti-party given his open endorsement of APGA candidate in 2013 Anambra governorship election, the subsequent denigration of PDP candidate and his chances on live television program less than 24 hours after the election, even as the result was being awaited?
“Earlier in January 2010, Anambra governorship election, Metuh as National Vice Chairman, South East, abandoned Chukwuma Soludo, the PDP candidate while openly galvanizing support for Hope Democratic Party candidate, his friend and benefactor. The PDP did not only woefully lose in Otolo Nnewi Ward 1 of the Party’s zonal vice Chairman but came a distant third in his polling booth! What a faithful party officer!
“Again, we have incontrovertible evidence that the man who is PDP Publicity Secretary worked assiduously against the presidential candidate of the PDP, former President Goodluck Jonathan, in the last election in order to requite the ex-President for rejecting him as Director of Publicity of the Presidential Campaign which was given to Femi Kayode, a development which came after Metuh had squandered a whooping sum of 450 million naira media fund earlier approved for the office of PDP Publicity Secretary by President Jonathan.
“Last week’s controversial congresses in Anambra is another signpost to the destructive trajectory which the likes of Olisa Metuh is driving the PDP to. The chairman of the congress, Ike Abonyi, no doubt a veteran journalist is at present in Olisa Metuh’s employ as his media adviser. Another member of the committee, Collet Odenigbo is Metuh’s friend and adjutant on special assignments while the man returned as State Organizing Secretary, Sam Ben, is Metuh’s personal assistant. The process was so personalized to the chagrin of party members, especially leaders who were also illegally compelled to part with certain amount of money. As we write, the party is still waiting for the result of the congresses a week after it was held, pending when Metuh is done with his conclave of distortion and extortion.
“This is the same man who we reliably gathered, is surreptitiously scheming to emerge as the Organizing Secretary of the party next year. To do what? Turn the party organization into Idumota Market and institutionalize exaction, graft and impunity.
“This is a man who started in 1999 as a zonal youth leader, then National Ex-officio, Acting National Auditor, Zonal Vice Chairman and now publicity secretary. It is either his umbilical cord was buried at Wadata Plaza or that he can’t survive on any other thing except the PDP.
“We make bold to add that the worst form of anti-party is the mindless plunder of the party resources by the NWC which Olisa Metuh is an integral part of, in fact the leader of the body’s extortion gang. Recall that the same man was the Chairman of Kogi State congresses which held last week and match it with the fact that the widely rumoured request for One billion Naira from the State governor emanated the same week.
“Indeed labeling the staff of the PDP could be a veiled attempt to justify the huge sum of 70 million naira which Metuh collected in July in the name of fighting the APC in the media.
“We wish to therefore advise him and the NWC to respond to gritty issues raised in our press briefing without which the fortunes of the party will continue to dwindle,” the workers said.

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/187653-metuh-betrayed-jonathan-for-refusing-to-appoint-him-spokesperson-pdp-workers.html

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belzabull:
This is daftness and st√pidlity speaking.

Is Buhari running an APC govt or a northern govt? shouldn't he be running a Nigerian government?

Did GEJ neglect the north during his reign because they didn't give him much votes? Its only a despicable fool like you that will support this show of shame from the brainless one.

We were told that earlier appointments were based on merit, why all of a sudden did this one become on the basis of seniority? my friend sorry to say but you area very big fool and a disgrace to your family

The ease at which you throw insults is phenomenal. If your father is insulted this way will you be happy? No? And to think you are a female, it rather pathetic? You can make your point without insults. #Onelove

Ahmeduana:
UNA NEVER SEE ANYTHING, WHEN WE DEY WARN UNA NO BE INSULT UNA DEY INSULT US! NNTORR!!

My support is not based on sentiments but objectivity and when Mr. President looses objectivity I will vote him out come 2019, for now it's too early to judge. BTW, I have no regrets voting out President Jonathan. #Onelove

It's obvious Mr. President and his advisers don't take the long-term effects of perceived marginalisation into consideration. How on earth can you revert an appointment that had slightly calmed the accusation of tribalism, this is like adding fuel to fire. I support him but I don't support this nonsense.

omosexy1:
This will make a fantastic movie. Do know why our history are not portrayed on pictures so that our children can learn. What we have are stupid I LOVE YOU MOVIES and now afrocandy has added nudity to it.

There is a movie on it already. INVASION 1896 directed by Lancelot Imasuen. Quite popular movie.

A few days after taking over as acting Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Calistus Nwabueze, has been replaced by the Executive Director Finance and Administration, Haruna Jauro.

Nwabueze took over from the former Director-General of the NIMASA, Dr. Patrick Akpobolokemi, on Tuesday, following a directive from the Federal Government that Akpobolokemi should hand over to the most senior officer.

Our correspondent learnt that Jauro took over the reins from Nwabueze after a protest against Akpobolokemi to the Federal Ministry of Transport and Office of the Head of Service of the Federation.

In his petition, Jauro was said to have claimed seniority over Nwabueze.

Though Nwabueze, Jauro and the Executive Director, Maritime Safety and Shipping Development were all appointed by former President Goodluck Jonathan on July 24, 2012, Jauro claimed his seniority from the fact that he resumed duties at the Maritime House 24 hours ahead of the others.

There was no official confirmation from the Deputy Director and Head of Public Relations, Mr. Isichei Osamgbi, as his phone number was said to be switched off.

http://www.punchng.com/news/nimasa-gets-another-acting-dg/

Click HERE to read events that led up to this news.

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Animal's inhumanity to Animal

These government officials will just wake up and take decisions without thinking through. Banning online degree is ignorance taken too far. Well, na to finish my course move out of this God forsaken Country.

LuckyLadolce:
Why not OAU, Unilorin, UI, Unilag. Or Laspotech

I think you should ask your Dad...No harm intended bros. Me sef I don make up my mind say my children must attend those schools, so man got to work hard.

I have one like that...She spend all day looking out for faults. My younger sis stayed there but ran back home after 2weeks cos they were always having issues. Me went there for hols and she wanted to start her nonsense with me, She couldn't get at me ooo cos I didn't give her any chance. The strategy is called CALMNESS, let her shout and complain just keep shut, do the chores ur strength can let you, stay in ur room and only come out when ur uncle is around. Leave TV! I repeat leave Tv! Ur phone should be enough for you. When you get that job which you will get out as quick as you can.

Today am out of her house and she can't stop telling people how I am a very good and calm boy. It's well my guy.

fastguy10:
Honestly speaking I regret been a Nigerian
God 4bid in my next world I will be a Nigerian
God 4bid bad tin

Sorry to Burst your Bubble...There is no next world.

DWJOBScom:
And you didn't mind calling another "clueless"

Be good

Can you quote him calling another "clueless"

naijaboiy:
[color=#1980BC]Which bridge are you talking about?

There is no bridge anywhere around the school.[/color]

There was an overhead bridge. It's been removed now.

I used to think there is a Pedestrian Bridge on that Road. Why is it never used...Rest In Peace Dear.