Biafra: Buhari under fire over referendum

President can’t stop it – MASSOB, Ikedife

…We don’t need your consent to have new republic – IPOB

Jeff Amechi, Agbodo, Onitsha, Petrus Obi, Enugu, Okey Sampson, Aba and Geoffrey Anyanwu, Awka

Frontline Igbo leaders and groups have taken President Muhammadu Buhari to task over his decision not to allow referendum on Biafra.
Buhari, during a media event in New York City at the end of his visit to the United States as the leader of Nigeria’s delegation to the 71st United Nations’ General Assembly (UNGA) had foreclosed any chance for a referendum as a path to bring healing and closure to the vexing issue of Biafra.
The president stated that the choice left for Biafran activists was to form a political party that would advance their interest within the Nigerian democratic space.
The president’s advice to Biafran’s activists came a day after commercial activities in some key cities in the South-East and South-South were grounded following a stay-at-home order by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB ).
A few weeks ago, while speaking to youth corp members who visited him at his country home in Daura, Katsina State, Buhari impressed on them to ask their friends to forget Biafra.
But in separate reactions yesterday, former president-general of the Igbo apex group, Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide, Dr. Dozie Ikedife and the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), IPOB and others descended on the president.
Dr. Ikedife and MASSOB said said President Buhari cannot stop referendum on Biafra.
Ikedife described Biafra as unforgettable, questioning what President Buhari would allow if he was averse to referendum.
“Since he will not allow referendum, then the logical thing to ask him is, is this democracy or dictatorship? Is it his will or the will of the people that will prevail? These are the natural things that follow. Is it his discretional will or the will of the people that will prevail?
“If he won’t allow referendum, what will he allow? Does he remember that any group of indigenous people has right for self-determination? And when we are talking about referendum is not for him to vote, it does not concern him.
So, whether he allows it or not, when the time comes referendum will take place and people will be allowed to express their opinion and their wish. And I am sure that the reaction of the civilised world to such a statement will be a measure of shock and surprise, so let him think again.”
Leader of MASSOB, Comrade Uchenna Madu said Buhari was only bluffing as the Biafra referendum would commence first quarter of next year.
“President Buhari’s latest comment on Biafra further proved his is jittery, confused and unable to quench the fire of determination and consciousness of Biafra.
“The just concluded United Nations General Assembly which Buhari attended have dawn it on him that Biafra actualisation and restoration to independent and full statehood can no longer be ignored. The world leaders have shown their sympathies for the oppressive and subjective economic policies of Buhari-led Nigeria government against the industrious and creative people of Biafra.
“The Oriental, Asian and Western world are seriously in support of Biafra because 60 per cent of their economic growths are been propelled by the industrious people of Biafra. It has dawn on President Buhari that the universal clamour for Biafra referendum to determine the choice of the people of Biafra between his Nigeria and Biafra have reached greater height of momentum which he can’t deny.”
According to him: “The Biafra referendum which Buhari cannot stop will commence on first quarter of 2017. The United Nation has already announced that Nigeria is deeply divided on ethnic and religious lines. Nigeria is an artificial creation of the British colonial masters through Lord Luggard.
“With President Buhari’s latest comment on our precious Biafra, MASSOB, IPOB, Biafra People National Council (BPNC) and Niger Delta Biafra groups will redouble all our efforts, synergies, political cohesion and build more understandable platforms for speedy actualization and restoration of Biafra.”
While MASSOB plans to begin the Biafra referendum in 2017, IPOB said referendum or not, Biafra has come to stay.
In fact, it argued that the issue of referendum was settled on September 23 with the full compliance of the sit-at-home order by the people of South East and South South and those in the Diaspora. It, therefore, said anybody talking about referendum for Biafra, was living in the past.
The younger brother of the detained IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, Prince Emmanuel Kanu said the movement was not in any way perturbed by what Buhari said since the referendum had already been conducted on Biafra.
“We are not in any way perturbed by what the president said, perhaps he never knew we had already conducted referendum for Biafra and the result was very successful and encouraging.”
Kanu said what the president had refused to acknowledge was that Biafra was ahead of him and the Federal Government, stressing that it was laughable that Buhari was talking of not allowing a plebiscite that was held three days ago.
“IPOB is ahead of Buhari and his Federal Government; it is laughable that the Nigerian president is still thinking of not allowing a referendum on Biafra that was held three day ago, that shows he is living in the past. The sit-at-home order of September 23 which the people, even those in the Diaspora complied with was the referendum we needed on Biafra and no other. The people have spoken, we are almost there and we are grateful.”
He urged all Biafrans not to lose  sleep over the president’s comment, stressing that in no distant time they would get to the Promised Land where they would no more be oppressed.
Also, the Media and Publicity Secretary of IPOB, Mr. Emma Powerful, said its (Biafra) fathers and grandfathers in 1967 never expected a referendum before the declaration of Biafra.
“It’s unfortunate that Mr. president is still confused about the struggle for Biafra, the statement credited to him far away USA proves that he is undergoing serious pressure about Biafra.
“The people of former Eastern region declared Biafra Republic in 1967 and fought a war for the new republic through their leaders, the late Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu and Philip Effiong. They never expected a referendum before the declaration of Biafra but our fathers from the East then fought the war without looking backward.
“Also, the statement proved that the president is jittery over the popularity of Biafra internationally and he cannot stop it because Biafra is the will of the people in the whole South-South and South-East of Nigeria.
“In or around the world, the presidents who are clueless on such matters like this always make such statement because he doesn’t want the citizens to blame him. It happened during the colonial rule in Nigeria, but they later succumb to the pressures.
“It was the same President Buhari at the UN, that  supported the creation of Palestine from Israel but cannot allow the peaceful people of Biafra who are agitating for freedom,” IPOB lamented.
“Is President Buhari trying to imply that if the UN passes a resolution that Biafra should have a Referendum that he will go against it?” he queried.
But, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, said  it was still studying the President’s position.
“We just read about it today; he thought about it before he said it, we shall also think about it too before issuing a statement on it. For now we are not ready with a statement yet,” Secretary-General of Ohanaeze, Dr. Joe Nwaorgu said.
On his part, Evangelist Elliot Uko, president, Igbo Youth Movement (IYM) said  restructuring of Nigeria was inevitable.
“Anybody who doesn’t know that is deceiving himself. Restructuring Nigeria into six regions is inevitable; it’s the only way to save Nigeria. Anybody who doesn’t realise that is living in another world. Nigeria must be restructured.”
Meanwhile, MASSOB  has again taken her case to the world body.
In a release titled: “United Nations, this is the appointed time for you to liberate Biafra” and signed by the Director General, Organisation of Biafra Music and Film Authority (OBMFA), David Chinedu Eboson, MASSOB said the United Nations should listen to the yearnings of the Biafra people.
The release stated that the international convention on civil and political rights recognises self-determination by a people and that by virtue of that right, “a people can freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development.”



SOURCE: THE SUN

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Disabled woman makes nice paintings with her toes

People often limit themselves when they are disabled; life is practically over for most of them as they have little or no enthusiasm. They end up living like they want death to knock on their doors.
In fairness, we have to understand that most people are traumatised; they do not know what to do with their lives when they have life changing accidents. Some people were born as cripples; some became disabled due to fatal accidents while a few lost their body parts to infections.
It is difficult for someone who used to be physically fit to get over the trauma of having to be confined to a wheelchair forever. Some become nasty because they hate the prospect of having people do the things they would have done for themselves.
The next time you see an handicapped person refusing help, do not let it get to you. They have to come to terms with the truth and deal with the reality. If they are around positive minded people, their orientation could be tweaked. You can deposit encouraging words into their lives and encourage them to discover themselves.
Being disabled is not the end of the world; the paralympic games will make you have a rethink. Most of these people do not feel sorry for themselves anymore. They are simply looking for ways of making an impact in the lives of other people.
Many people have no inkling of the potentials embedded in them until they have to make that decision of fending for themselves. They stumble upon their talents when they are faced with challenges. Some discover their ability to write when they are confined to a wheelchair while others sing.
Swapna Augustine has found a way of making light shine in her life. She was born without arms but had to develop herself to do what she is now known for. She makes beautiful paintings with her toes.
Now that is incredible; not many people are able to reach out to the world in the way she has done. Some are naturally lazy as they will not do anything that might change their lives. Augustine’s paintings are simply beautiful. She has not allowed her disability to affect her creativity.

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Tension in Abuja as army clash with Shiites at protest

Emerging reports suggest that about hundred Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria who continued calling for the release of their leader Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky by holding a peaceful protest, where attacked by the Nigerian army and officers of the police.
The members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), better known as the Shi’ites, on September 22, Thursday, stormed the streets of the capital city of Nigeria, Abuja.
According to ABNA, the security operatives used tear gas and baton to disperse demonstrators who’d taken to the streets of Abuja to once again push for Zakzaky’s release.

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Edo polls: Oshiomhole declares public holiday

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state has declared Tuesday, September 27 and Wednesday, September 28 as public holiday for the conduct of the gubernatorial election.
The governor announced the holiday at an event organised by the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress in his honour, for making the labour movement proud.
He stated that the purpose of the holidays is to enable workers travel to where they registered as voters to exercise their franchise.
All attention will now be shifted to the state for the rescheduled polls moved from September 10, to September 28.

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Funny post from Nigerians due to the situation of the economy.

I was seeking the latest information online when I saw this. Though it is funny but the situation of this economy is something to think about as copious Nigerians are not happy.

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BREAKING: Bayelsa First Lady gives birth to 4 babies

The wife of Governor Henry Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa state has given birth to a quadruplet, after many years of childlessness.
Blessing in four folds, as Governor Seriake Dickson’s wife gives birth to quadruplet.
The Dickson family have to continue in celebration as after many years of childlessness, with his wife Dr Rachael Dickson delivered of a quadruplet – a bouncing baby boy and three baby girls.
According to Daily Post, the mother and children are doing very well.
Saint Mienpamo, Special Assistant on Research & Social Media to the Governor says the ”Governor’s joy knows no bound.”
The latest news has been tagged a double celebration as the governor’s re-election was overwhelmingly upheld by the Appeal Court in Abuja yesterday.

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A sagacious poem written for Biafrans

THE STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM
Over two score back was the start
The need to be alone in the land of theirs
Oh! No war should come to be
But trio years occurred the war
As copious garments slept in bloody pool
Hunger was in the skin
Pandemonium was in the nation
What a tenacious sacrifice.
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The cardinal points produce national head
Except one, the east
And thou call such one nation
Is this not contradictory?
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Now they say enough to the cheat
Let be one Nigeria while Biafra goes
For thou showeth fake love to the Israelites
And care not if they live.
Now pensive is their moods
Feeling like slaves in bondage
And bird in a cage.
How gay have thou thinketh they will be?
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See hatred on thy face
As you put a freedom fighter in cage
Saying no to courts decisions to release
To shut followers up.
Is that democracy?
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You're above the law is what you show
Military way is what you've brought.
No freedom of speech to all that deserve it
Else thou shall be 'probed'.
What a good Democracy!
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Free the freedom fighter
As it is the say of majority
Create peace for laughter
As it's a function of thy authority.
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Let Nnamdi Kanu go
This you do for conflict to go.
He is a Biafran,so we are
That's his home, likewise us.
No amount of Pharaoh can stop the Israelites
All hail Biafra.
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BY AHAOMA CHIDOZIE DAMILOLA



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School- leaver rapes four-year-old girl in her brother’s presence

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 20-year-old suspect, Bassey Johnson, for allegedly raping a four-year-old girl in the Idimu area of the state.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the school-leaver, who is also learning a trade, allegedly raped the girl, Fatima (pseudonym), when she and her elder brother went to watch a television in the suspect’s apartment.

The victim’s family and the suspect were said to be neighbours in the area.

Our correspondent gathered that on Sunday, around 9am, Fatima and her seven-year-old brother, Wareed, went to the suspect’s room to watch the TV.

It was learnt that while the two were in Johnson’s apartment, Wareed fell asleep.

The suspect was said to have raped the girl, after the brother slept.

A neighbour, who identified herself only as Adeyinka, said it was Fatima’s mother, who later discovered that the four-year-old had been raped when the girl continued to scratch her private parts.

She said, “Bass (Johnson) is very close to the girl’s family. They are neighbours and the children usually went to watch TV in his room. On that Sunday, the girl and her brother went into Bass’ room and while they were watching TV, the brother slept off.

“Bass thereafter raped the girl. The brother was sleeping in the room while Bass, who could not control his urge, raped the girl. After the girl came out of the room, the mother noticed that she kept crying and was scratching her private parts.

“When the mother checked Fatima’s private parts, she saw bloodstains and semen. When she confronted the perpetrator, the man confessed to the crime. That was how the matter got to the police.”

The matter was said to have been reported at the Idimu Police Division, and Johnson was arrested.

Our correspondent learnt that the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team had also stepped into the incident.

The DSVRT Coordinator, Lola Vivour-Adeniyi, said the girl had been taken for a checkup, adding that  the Department of Public Prosecutions had requested for the duplicate case file.

She said, “The girl was taken to Rauf Aregbesola Primary Health Centre, where she was given post-exposure prophylaxis for free. The semen of the suspect was still in her pants as of the time of the treatment. The suspect ran away initially, but the girl’s father was able to arrest him through one of their neighbours.

“The matter was reported to us on Monday, and we are going to follow up on the prosecution. The girl has been treated. The DPP has also requested the duplicate case file.”

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, confirmed the arrest, adding that the case had been transferred to the State Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department, Yaba.

She said, “The state Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, has directed that the case be transferred to the SCIID.”

SOURCE: THE PUNCH

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EFCC freezes Patience Jonathan’s personal $5m account

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has frozen Patience Jonathan’s personal account, titled ‘Patience Ibifaka Jonathan’, which is domiciled in Skye Bank Plc.

Impeccable sources within the agency told our correspondent on Wednesday that the move had become necessary due to the prima facie case established against the former President Goodluck Jonathan’s wife.

As part of investigations into alleged diversion against a former Special Adviser to ex-President Jonathan on Domestic Affairs, Waripamowei Dudafa, the anti-graft agency had frozen four companies’ accounts in Skye Bank with a balance of $15,591,700.

However, before the EFCC could arraign the four companies in court, Jonathan’s wife deposed to an affidavit, claiming that the money belonged to her.

Despite Patience’s claims, however, the EFCC arraigned the four companies –Pluto Property and Investment Company Limited; Seagate Property Development and Investment Company Limited; Trans Ocean Property and Investment Company Limited; and Globus Integrated Service Limited.

The companies pleaded guilty and the EFCC had already begun moves to ensure that the money is forfeited permanently to the Federal Government.

A detective at the EFCC told The PUNCH,“Recall that we had frozen the four companies’ accounts, which Patience Jonathan later laid claim to. We have been able to establish that the money was part of proceeds of crime.

“She had no evidence that the money in the four accounts belonged to her. All she had were platinum debit cards, which she was using to withdraw money and the cards are not evidence of ownership.

“Initially, we had traced $5m to her personal account, which we did not touch but I can confirm to you now that the $5m account, bearing Patience Jonathan’s name, has also been seized since she claimed that the monies in the company accounts and the one in her personal name all emanated from the same source.

“We are tracing other accounts belonging to Patience. It will interest you to know that despite all the letters she has written, she has never stated where she got the money from. She claimed to be a housewife and yet she has $20m.”

Patience had recently written a letter to the acting Chairman of the EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, where she claimed that she needed the money for her medical treatment abroad.

She had also sued Skye Bank for N200m, accusing the bank of freezing her accounts unjustly.

In a letter written by her lawyers, Granville Abibo (SAN) and Co, Patience said, “It is noteworthy to emphasise that the said accounts, which were in US dollar denomination, were card-based accounts and our client is the sole signatory of these accounts.

“The said bank officials also assured our client that they will change the account names accordingly and issue to our client new credit cards for the said accounts which was not done despite repeated demands.

“However, our client has been operating the said accounts using the cards for her medical bill payments and purchases for her private purposes without any let or hindrance.

“Our client was therefore surprised when the said cards stopped functioning on July 7, 2016 or thereabout. Our client immediately thereupon contacted Skye Bank Plc through our solicitors. It was only then that the bank officials informed our client that the said accounts were placed on a ‘No Debit Order’ following investigations and instructions from your commission and this is without notice to our client by either the bank or the commission.

“It is in the light of the foregoing that we urge you to use your good offices to vacate the ‘No Debit/Freezing Order’ placed on the said accounts.”

SOURCE : THE PUNCH

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Now is best time to invest in Nigeria, says Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has told potential foreign investors that the current economic challenge the country is facing has opened a vista of investment opportunities even as he boasts that Nigeria remains the number one investment destination in Africa.

Buhari also promised some fiscal incentives such as five-year tax holiday for activities classified as ‘pioneer’;  tax-free operations; no restrictions on expatriate quotas in Free Trade Zones; and a Value Added Tax regime of five per cent.

The President gave the assurance to a large gathering of political and business leaders from the United States, Africa and other regions of the world at the 2nd United States-Africa Business Forum in New York, on Wednesday, organised by the US Department of Commerce and Bloomberg Philanthropies.

Buhari said Nigeria would soon become one of the most attractive places to invest in as his administration had embarked on significant economic reforms to realise that goal.

He stated, “These are no doubt challenging times for the Nigerian economy. But let me use this opportunity to boldly affirm our conviction that there is no crisis without an accompanying opportunity.

“In our case, we see Nigeria’s ongoing economic challenges, occasioned mainly by the fall in oil prices, as an opportunity to set the economy firmly on the path of true diversification, sustainable growth and shared prosperity.”

He said the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council headed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo would soon come out with wide-ranging reforms on ports, visa-on arrival, as well as improving the speed and efficiency of land titling and business registration.

Buhari added, “We are weaning ourselves of a historical dependence on crude oil, diversifying our economy and putting it on the path of sustainable and inclusive growth. To this end, we have embarked on policies aimed at establishing an open, rules-based and market-oriented economy.

“We will continue to actively engage the private sector at the highest level to listen to your concerns and to assure you of our commitment to creating enabling policies in which your businesses can survive and thrive.”

While stressing that enormous potential exists for foreign investment and for the local economy in Nigeria, the President listed sectors that had barely been exploited to include the 180 million population and abundance of labour, arable land, forest waters, oil and gas, solid minerals, livestock and huge tourist potential.

He said that the reform measures taken by his administration from last year had started yielding positive results, especially in the areas of security, anti-corruption and revamping the economy.

The President added that the priority investment sectors for his administration now were improving infrastructure, industrial productivity, agriculture, mining and digital economy, where “young Nigerians are increasingly demonstrating that they have the talent and the passion to leverage.”

On the US-Nigeria business relations, he announced the commencement of the US-Nigeria Commercial and Investment Dialogue with a focus on the infrastructure, agriculture, digital economy, investment and regulatory reforms to be jointly led by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment and his US counterpart.

The Federal Government on Wednesday assured investors that it would make the operating environment conducive for business in the country.

It also gave an assurance that it would do all that was needed to improve the ease of doing business in the country.

The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udo Udoma, stated this while receiving the Japanese Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Sadanobu Jusaoke, in his office in Abuja.

A statement from the ministry said the minister listed some of the areas that the Federal Government was expecting collaboration with foreign investors to include crude oil refining, power, railways and expansion of export processing zones.


SOURCE: THE PUNCH

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BUHARI RESPONSIBLE FOR RECESSION, FAYOSE ALLEGES

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose said yesterday that President Mohammadu Buhari is responsible for the country’s economic recession.
Fayose added that presidenet Buhari is the major problem of the country that Nigerians must solve.
“Our president, through his actions and inactions is destroying everything that makes Nigeria a country and well-meaning Nigerians must stand-up to be counted in the crusade to save the country from going under.”
The governor alleged that president Buhari went to foreign countries to demarket Nigeria by calling all Nigerians thieves and dishonest people.
“Which foreign investor will put money in a country of dishonest people? Who made investors to leave Nigeria if not president Buhari?
“Who created (an) atmosphere of economic and political instability in the country by his acts of nepotism and vindictiveness?”
The governor lamented that “president Buhari has not only taken Nigeria to economic recession, he has also moved the country to economic depression and nepotism has prevented him from engaging even the best hands in his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC).”
In a statement issued in Ado-Ekiti, yesterday, by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, the governor said president Buhari should realise that “Nigerians will not measure his government on the basis of what his predecessors failed to do, but, on what he does or neglected to do between May 29, 2016 and May 29, 2019.”
He said with the level of hunger in the country, Buhari should rather get serious and be innovative with governance and stop his blame game.
“No nation has ever attained greatness by its leaders engaging in blame game, nepotism and vengeance as being done by President Buhari and his APC government,” Fayose noted.
The governor added that “Nigerians must begin to speak out now before the country is totally destroyed by this one-man government which does not welcome any idea coming from those perceived as opposed to his government.
“As I said earlier, the main issue confronting Nigerians now is hunger and it does not speak the language of politics.
“It is, therefore, no longer about politics; it is about preventing hunger from killing Nigerians.”
Fayose, who said the Federal Government should stop deceiving Nigerians with stories of injecting funds into the economy, added that the economic problems facing the country have gone beyond talks of injecting N350 billion into the economy through execution of capital projects.
“Even if they inject N500 billion into the economy by paying contractors for capital projects, how does that affect the price of rice and other food items?
“How does it affect the price of basic drugs?
“Instead of unsustainable measures, what president Buhari should do is to bring economic experts in the country together, not minding their political and ethnic affiliations, so they can proffer lasting solutions to the country’s economic problems.”


SOURCE: THE SUN

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Check out the body on this medical doctor

His name is Uchenna Nwosu, he is a Nigerian who lives in the U.S and works as a medical doctor . He is also an International federation of body building & fitness(IFBB) professional. He is really hot. See more photos after the cut.

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STUDENTS IN LAGOS STATE VOW TO SHUTDOWN UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS(UNILAG)AND YABA COLLEGE OF EDUCATION(YABATECH) OVER THE VICTIMIZATION OF COLLEAGUES.

The students in Lagos State under the aegis of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS)have strongly vowed to storm the University of Lagos and YABATECH over the unwanted suspension of colleagues and proscription of students' union of the afore-mentioned institutions.
It was reliably gathered that some executive members of the students' union of UNILAG and YABATECH were suspended immediately the union was banned after staging a peaceful protest as regards the better welfare of their members(students)which include the following:
*Scarcity of Water on Campus
*Power Failure
*Poor Hostel Facilities among others.
Astonishinly,the management did not only fail in responding to their demands,but also went further to boldly commit another atrocity by sanctioning a student for his sagacity to have gone on the social media to express the plights of the students by victimizing him with suspension which is contrary to the freedom of information act of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
In the same vein,the management of Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) has also victimized students and banned them from freedom of association which is an abberation to the constitution of our fatherland.
This,however,prompted the entire students in Lagos to take a couragious decision in fighting for their colleagues as an injury to ONE is an injury to ALL. This was contained in a communique issued by the newly elected chairman of the National Association of Nigerian Students,Lagos axis,Comrade Samson Adewale Moses immediately after the election that saw him emerge as the new Chairman pulling six(6) votes out of ten (10)votes at the institute of fisheries and marine studies,Oceanography,Victoria Island.
The other executives elected are highlighted below:
Comrade Adeyanmi Abraham from LASCOETH as the Vice Chairman.
Comrade Owolabi Oluwaseyi Babatunde from UNILAG as the General Secretary.
Comrade Busari Abdulqawiyy from FCE Akoka as the Public Relations Officer.
The Chairman however tagged his regime as the one for positive change,adding that aside consolidating the effort of the executive Governor of Lagos State,Mr Akinwunmi Ambode towards uplifting of schools across the state ,he will ensure that all necessary steps to success will be taken without betraying the trust and interest of the students.
Signed,
Comrade Azeez Sholagbade
Chief Press Secretary,
NANS,Lagos axis.

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I don’t regret my action — Student rusticated by UNILAG over Facebook post

A 400-level student of the University of Lagos, Olorunfemi Adeyeye, talks about the Facebook post that led to his rustication with GBENGA ADENIJI
Were you part of the University of Lagos Students’ Union executives recently suspended by the school management for their roles in a protest in the university?

No, I am neither a member of the University of Lagos Students’ Union nor a member of the Students’ Representatives Council. I am only a concerned student. I also made it known to members of a panel inaugurated by the university management when I was invited that I was not a member of ULSU or SRC but only a concerned student.

What department and level are you?


I am a 400 level student of the Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Department of Building.

Your Facebook post titled, ‘The Senate of UNILAG: A conglomeration of academic ignorami was believed to have earned you rustication for four semesters; approximately two academic sessions. Did you bargain for what happened after the post?


I was prepared for it. The whole thing started after the resolution of the Senate of the University of Lagos. Some of us saw this coming. The resolution was anti-student. You do not make a resolution without the consent of the people it will affect.
The resolution of the Senate came after the peaceful protests we had on campus on April 6, 7 and 8, 2016. On April 6, it was the union executives who went to the office of the Division of Students’ Affairs to ask that the students should be addressed. But no one came to talk to them. On the second day, it was agreed by the student leaders, the faculty and hall executives that a protest be staged. The protest was about poor welfare. At the time, there was a fuel scarcity in the country and the union executives were using the union’s bus to convey students from Yaba to Akoka. This happened for weeks. The protest was peaceful. I think the problem was ego. No member of the management came to address the students for two days.
On the third day, it was a siren of police cars and an armoured personnel carrier that woke us at 6am. We were also sent text messages to vacate the halls of residence by 10am as academic activities had been suspended. The student leaders saw the directive as draconian. We all insisted that we would not leave the campus. A student mounted the armoured personnel carrier playfully and the police officer in it drove head on until it hit the school gate and its roof opened. The student was not injured and after sometime, we decided to go home. We were at home for three weeks. Later, the management asked us to resume for examination and that there would be rationing of electricity from 7am to 7pm. All students were also told to sign an indemnity form with our parents and take an oath before we could be reabsorbed into the university. The union and its constitution were also suspended. This is a union that was just reinstated after 10 years of proscription. I saw all these as failure on the part of the Senate and an attempt to curb and crush the union. All these made me to pick my pen and write about the Senate of the University of Lagos. I later posted it on my Facebook page.


In the post, you specifically mentioned some lecturers and the vice-chancellor of the institution who you accused of certain failings in the discharge of their academic and leadership duties respectively. What was your motivation?


I was not pushed by any allure of social media. I did it because I was convinced that there was administrative failure. I am of the opinion that a citadel of learning should provide solutions. It should be a place where policy-makers should run to for ideas and a place of solution for the society. But what we have in the university today is far from that.


What happened after the semesters
We were allowed to sit for examination and after it ended, those targeted were called to appear before a panel one after the other. It was done that way so that it would not appear as ‘scapegoatism.’ I was sent a letter to appear before a panel on allegation of social misconduct. The panel was called ‘Special Senate disciplinary panel on the recent students’ protest.’ I explained what I meant in the article to members of the panel. It was later that I got a letter rusticating me from the university for four semesters



What was your first reaction when you got the letter of rustication from the university?


I did not feel any way. I read it and saw that  had been rusticated.


What are you doing to appeal the management’s decision?

On ethical grounds, I would say the reversal of the rustication should be at the discretion of the university management. But on legal grounds, I pray that the reversal comes soon. We are in court already. The case will come up on October 10. Besides, I wrote a letter of appeal to the pro-chancellor and chancellor of the university. I explained all that happened. Others executives of the union also did the same.


Do you regret your action?

I cannot regret doing what is right. Some people told me that it is proper to be anonymous when posting such an article. They also urged me to deny the post and say that my account was hacked. I see that as ‘quackery of activism.’ The decay in our society has got to a level that if one is addressing issues, it is also important to face personalities. If I had been anonymous, none of the issues I addressed in the article would be taken seriously. I want them to understand that the rot in the society starts from the education sector.



Did you receive telephone calls and text messages from friends and colleagues that you should delete it after the post generated reactions?


Nobody did that. After the post, I sent a friend request to the Acting Dean of the Students’ Affairs who accepted my request. He saw the post and shared it. I later sent him a message saying, ‘thank you for sharing the truth.’ At the panel, the members said they got it from the DSA and I think he showed it to them.


Did you envisage how long the battle for your reinstatement would last?


I did not really. But I know that it is a struggle that I am in for as long as it lasts.


Is this post about the university the first you posted on your Facebook page?


I have not directed any post to the university. I always write on general issues. There was one titled, ‘What is great about great Nigerian students?’ It was about academic docility though I mentioned the university there. I think this post generated reactions because it was directed at the university.


How are your parents reacting to the development?


Initially, I could not tell them but when I told my sister’s husband, they got to know. They said I had ‘killed’ them. But now they are calm about the whole matter.


Are they urging you to sort things out quickly?


As good parents, they are seeking ways to apologise to the university authorities. But if they do that, I will be unhappy. At this stage, the university management will use it against me. They used the apology tendered by one of the rusticated union leaders against him. When I was leaving the panel, they said I was not remorseful and that other rusticated students had written letters of apology. But none of them was pardoned.
I know that pleading guilty in court will not make the judge to set free the accused. If anything, it will only make his or her conviction easy.
I am a writer of conscience and did not post the article because I want popularity or anything. Even in the appeal I wrote, I did stylistic and semantic analyses of what I meant in the article. It is really appalling that in this clime we see it as disrespectful when a young person tries to plead with an adult to do some things in certain ways. It has got to a situation in Nigeria where university management sees itself as demigod. The philosophy now is that every protest must be met with a punishment. It is wrong



What are you doing now pending the resolution of the matter?


I am sensitising people on the environment. It is about humanitarian work. I am also starting a project on the environment as an environmental scientist. It is not part of what I learnt in school, it came as a result of self-education. We mistake schooling for education. We go to school in order to know how to read and write. But getting education is about the norms, ethos, ethics and values that an individual is able to imbibe through schooling to develop himself first before transferring them to the society for development.

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Naira drops against dollar as inflation hits 17.6%

The Naira on Friday depreciated in most major segments of the foreign exchange market just as inflation hits 17.6 percent. The Nigerian currency fell by N2.24 to exchange at N308.69 to the dollar at the interbank market, from N306.93 recorded on Thursday.
At the Bureau De Change it closed at N420 to the dollar, N550 to the Pound Sterling and N465 against the Euro.
At the parallel market, naira lost N2 to close at N425 against the dollar from N423 it traded on Thursday, while it exchanged at N545 and N470 against the Pound Sterling and the Euro, respectively.
Traders at the market said that in spite of the reduction in the rush for the greenback to meet up school fees payment, the naira continued to depreciate.
They said that the demand for dollars for importation far outstripped its supply.
Meanwhile, the National Bureau of Statistics has said the Consumer Price Index which measures inflation increased year-on-year from 17.1 per cent in July to 17.6 per cent in the month of August.
Data released by the NBS late in August had showed that the CPI rose by 0.6 percentage points from 16.5 per cent in June to 17.1 per cent in July.
The Bureau had in its August report attributed the increase to high energy prices which it added impacted negatively on the index. It said despite the fact that the country was in a period of harvest, it had yet to feel the impact as food prices was still on the increase.
“In July the Consumer Price Index which measures inflation increased by 17.1 per cent (year-on-year), 0.6 percentage points higher from the rate recorded in June (16.5 per cent),” the report had read in part.
“The pace of the increase in the headline index was however weighed upon by a slower increase in three divisions; health, transport and recreation and culture divisions.”

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Ronaldo and Bale to miss Sunday match

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September 17, 2016

    

Real Madrid's Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo (R) controls a ball next to Real Madrid's Welsh forward Gareth Bale (C) / AFP PHOTO / GERARD JULIEN

Real Madrid will have to cope without Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale in the quest for a club-record 16th straight La Liga win after coach Zinedine Zidane said both will miss Sunday’s trip to Espanyol.

Bale was forced off early by a hip knock as Real came from behind in dramatic fashion to beat Sporting Lisbon 2-1 on Wednesday in the Champions League. Ronaldo started Real’s fightback against his old club, but misses out this weekend due to illness.

“Cristiano won’t travel. He has a problem with his throat and is not ready to play,” Zidane said on Saturday.

“We are not going to risk anything and much less so with Ronaldo.”

Zidane also stressed Madrid’s busy schedule with five games in the next two weeks was also behind his decision to leave out Bale.

“He suffered a heavy blow (on Wednesday) so we won’t risk anything. All the players want to play, but we have a lot of games,” added Zidane.

“If Gareth gets another knock on the same area he could be out for 10 days or more. I prefer that he is 100 percent for Wednesday (against Villarreal).”

Zidane hinted that James Rodriguez may finally get his chance to start for the first time this season in the absence of Ronaldo and Bale after impressing as a substitute against Sporting.

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FG releases N350bn to reflate economy

•Releases N60bn social intervention fund •Initiates measures to tackle economic recession

•Nigeria to raise $1bn from Eurobond market

Moves to steer the country out of economic recession has received a boost with the decision of the Federal Government to pump the sum of N350 billion into the economy in the next few days as capital allocation to ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs).

The implementation of the N5,000 monthly stipend social intervention programme of the government is also billed to commence at the end of this month with the release of N60 billion.

Addressing journalists on these developments and government’s plan for the economy yesterday, the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, said: “We are releasing another N350 billion. There will also be the funding of about N60 billion in the social intervention programme, and that is very important in terms of putting money into people’s pocket.”

The finance minister stated that when the N350 billion is released and cash backed in a few days from now, it will bring the total amount released by the Federal Government to N770 billion for capital projects from the N1.8 trillion budgeted in 2016.

According to the minister, “those are the programmes that we really cash backed. The N5,000 to some of the most poor and vulnerable, the home school feeding programme, which is very important. That will also generate some economic activity in a lot of our local governments with women and maybe men cooking for the children.

“And then the ‘Empower the Teacher Call’, that is the graduates that will be going into primary schools as teachers so they will begin to get salaries/stipends from the end of the month.

“So we will be cash-backing these programmes today as part of the N350 billion additional releases, which will take our total capital releases to date to N770 billion.”

Adeosun explained that key projects in power, housing, transport, aviation, water defence and agriculture will get the largest chunk of the disbursement, noting that the rationale behind giving priority to key projects was in line with Federal Government’s belief that “the quickest means to revive the economy entails re-directing expenditure to funding key infrastructure that will impact growth on the economy.”

The finance minister added that the administration was “working hard to redirect the economy from being a consumption economy to a productive economy”. She assured that “the government has what it takes to achieve the goal of getting the country out of recession.”

According to her, “we have a strategic plan that will take us out of this current recession. We are raising money. As you know, the Euro bond is on. We are about to appoint Advisers.  We are about raising additional $1 billion.”

Adeosun added: “Two weeks ago, we approved the borrowing plan and that is very important, as we will be borrowing the cheapest money first. We have approved that plan from World Bank, from AfDB with interest rates as low as 1 per cent and tenor as long as 40 years. We are intervening in specific areas, which include agriculture, health, the railway project, and these are very key to what we are doing.”

Speaking on the life span of the recession, Adeosun said: “We don’t think it is going to be a long recession, considering some of the initiatives we have put in place, which will begin to bear fruits soon.”

Another of the government’s plan is to get out of the Joint Venture Companies (JVC) Cash Call burden.

According to her, “this month, for Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) we only got N41 billion from oil and gas. We had to use N110 billion for funding of cash call. If we had that money, we could have pumped that money into the economy.

“We  are working with the ministry of petroleum, with Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to get out from cash call burden.

“Instead of taking money from the federation account for JVC, the plan is to allow those joint ventures to borrow money that they need rather than taking money from the federation account, and that will improve the money in circulation,” she said.

The minister also disclosed that the federal government was doing “a lot of work with the sub-national governments around the budget support plan. Many of them have not been paying salaries for months. We have now been able to support them with additional monies every month from the FAAC account, and many of them have now resumed paying salaries.

“We are monitoring them, because the loan facilities were conditional. We have sent the monitoring and evaluation committee out to go and check that they are actually doing what they undertook to do, and we are pleased to report that many are paying salaries and that will also have a huge effect on demand and help to get the economy moving.”

“We are confident that the plan we put together will work. It is a long term plan that will reposition the economy and make sure that we don’t go through this boom and burst cycles that are driven by the oil price.

“The economy has to be more resilient than that, so that we don’t find ourselves back to where we are.”

She assured Nigerians that government’s contingent plans will be effective in repositioning the economy to ensure the economy does not slip back into recession.

In addition, “any of the programmes of the immediate past administration found to be vital in addressing the challenge of the economy will be sustained by the present administration. The YouWin programme is one of such, which is currently being restructured.”



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Chelsea loses to Liverpool

The match between Chelsea and Liverpool has finally come to an end as Liverpool bags three point back home. Chelsea loses the match to their visitors having played one goal to two. It seems to be a bad day for Chelsea but the team remains third on the EPL table.

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Governor Rochas Okorocha spotted buying roasted corn and pear today

Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha, earlier today, stopped his convoy to buy roasted corn and pear from a street trader in Owerri.

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2016 NECO result released

The National Examination Council (NECO) has released the result of the 2016 June/July Senior School Certificate Examination.
The Nation reports that the result was released on Friday, September 16 with 88.51 per cent of the candidates obtaining five credits pass and above in English Language and Mathematics.
Prof. Charles Uwakwe who is the registrar of NECO announced the release of the result at the headquarters of the exam body in Minna, Niger state.
He noted that there was a one per cent increase in the general performance of candidates in this year’s compared with 2015.
905,011 which makes up 88.51 per cent out of the 1,022,474 candidates that sat for the examination in Nigeria and other countries got five credits and above, while 84.54 per cent got credit pass and above in English Language and 80.16 per cent obtained credit pass and above in Mathematics.
Uwakwe noted that 14 schools have been derecognized by NECO for examination malpractice while 194 schools were involved in mass cheating.
He expressed shock at the alarming growth of examination malpractice in the country and warned that any school involved in malpractice will be derecognised.
He attributed the increased candidates’ performance in the examination to the staff of NECO. He also applauded the contributions from his predecessors who have laid a good foundation and the seriousness of the candidates.
Uwakwe said: “I want to solicit for support from all our stakeholders. NECO should be seen as a Nigerian baby that requires the care and support of all to enable her attain that first class international status. We are working hard to ensure NECO makes her mark in the global assessment industry.”
He also applauded the students for their good performance and said the results could be accessed on the examination’s website.

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See some Lagosians putting their lives on the line by crossing an express way even when there was a bridge close to them.

The  maxim 'a word is enough for the wise' is drastically correct because there are a lot of people who claim to be wise but are not. I would like to say that the action of a man determines his level of wisdom. No wonder Hall(1959) stated in his book that 'action speaks louder than noise'.
I was at Mile 12 this morning about to buy some things needed. Then I stood, looking at the beautiful bridge APC constructed in that area, so asked myself the reason why people complain that APC doesn't rule the city very well. Well, I thought at the same time that everyone was entitled to his or her own opinion. I bought all I wanted and took the bridge as a good Lagosian. Having crossed to the other side of the road, I became surprise to see some Lagosians crossing the road without using the bridge. Are these people insane? Why did they decide to ignore the bridge which was close to them? These were the questions I asked myself. I couldn't help but took some pictures as proof.Though many people were looking at me and I knew that they thought that I was a government worker. Hmmmmm, I didn't feel shy but took the pictures and left.
Please Lagosians and Nigerians in general, let's use the bridge to avoid accident.Remember, your presence is important to the second man.


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APC warned against nullification of Ondo primary

The publicity secretary of the APC in Ondo state, Omo’ba Abayomi Adesanya, says if the party’s primary in Ondo is nullified, the APC would lose the gubernatorial election
– Warns that the cancelling the Ondo state governorship primary will not be in the best interest of the party in the state
Amidst the controversies that have trailed the September 3 primary elections of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo state, the leadership of the party has been warned against cancellation of the primary.
Following the primary which produced Rotimi Akeredolu as flag bearer for the November 26 governorship election, there have been calls by some party members for the election to be cancelled.
But publicity secretary of the party in Ondo state, Omo’Oba Abayomi Adesanya, told the Guardian yesterday, September 15, that if the primary were nullified, the party would lose the election.
Adesanya said cancelling the Ondo state governorship primary will not be in the best interest of the party in the state.
He said: “I want those who are clamouring for its cancelation to know that such step will lead to disunity, acrimony and unending crisis that will keep the party from winning the November 26 governorship election.”
Recall that Akeredolu, former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) emerged the candidate after defeating 23 aspirants. Some aspirants, who had earlier congratulated him, however, recanted and petitioned the party’s appeal committee, alleging irregularities on the delegates’ list.

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‘Your bestfriend’s life or $3million?’ – Check out hilarious responses from Nigerians

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APC responds to PDP’s call for Buhari to resign as being silly

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) call for the resignation of President Muhammadu Buhari as being silly.
In a statement by the National Secretary of the APC, Mallam Mai Mala Buni on Thursday he said the PDP should apologise to Nigerians and return stolen public funds.
He said:
“The PDP faction by its demand to return the country to the years where looting of the public treasury was the order of the day, has taken its orchestrated plot to deflect attention from the economic mess it left behind to new insensitive and shameless heights”, Buni stated.
“While the PDP attempts to fraudulently re-write history and misrepresent facts on its misrule of the country, Nigerians are traumatised on a daily basis on disclosures of the startling level of pillage of the country’s commonwealth perpetuated under its watch.
“Instead of saving for the rainy day, past PDP administrations and their cronies literally looted the public treasury blind, using the loot to build luxury hotels and other properties, stashing loot in farmlands and hidden bank accounts.
“While the APC led administration is open to and welcomes positive and constructive contributions on resolving the country’s economic challenges, the Party assures Nigerians that the President Muhammadu Buhari administration is already employing all legitimate and innovative means to restore the country’s battered economy back to health in the quickest possible time.
“The results of the fiscal and economic agendas embarked by the President Buhari administration to tackle the effects of the country’s diminishing crude oil revenues, falling value of the Naira and resuscitate the economy will be evident soon”


Source: The Nation

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Return the country to where it was before you came into office and then resign, PDP tells president Buhari

Peoples Democratic Party has asked President Buhari to return the country to where it was in 2015 before he came into office and then resign his position. The party said this in a statement issued by their spokesperson, Dayo Adeyeye, in Abuja yesterday Wednesday September 14th. The statement in part reads
“What Nigerians want from this Administration are results, simple! And not resorting to throwing tantrums on the PDP at every given opportunity.
Our call for the President to return the Country to how he met it in 2015 is justified on the following grounds: a bag of rice was N7,000 and now is above N20,000; a mudu of beans was N150 and now is N500; one US Dollar was trading for N197 but now over N400; a liter of fuel was N87 but now N145; cost of transportation and other services have skyrocketed. Given our observation since the inception of this government, they have nothing to offer and as such, quitting will be a solution because nobody can give what he/she does not have. APC has failed. The PDP calls on Nigerians to recall President Buhari’s purported ‘body language’ at the beginning of his administration and re-iterated that governance is a serious business and not about someone’s body language’ and de-marketing strategies of Mr. President while ‘globetrotting’. When this government came to power in May 2015 riding on the achievements of previous PDP Administration, President Buhari’s handlers and his Party, the APC claimed it was his ‘body language’ that brought some positive changes the Country was witnessing at that time; so we want to know what are the results of the so called ‘body language’?” Prince Adeyeye queried. The Party concluded that the earlier the President and his team quits, the better for the Country, saying “there is no better time than now to make this call for the President to return the Country to how he met it and quit, or right away quit for a more experienced team to take over”.

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BREAKING: First details of 2017 budget emerge at ARR

The federal government has let Nigerians into some of the details of the 2017 budget during a retreat for ministers and some of heads of agencies in Abuja on Thursday, September 15. The 2017 budget contains details that will boost the economy and get the country out of recession.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the budget, which has already been approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) but has not yet been presented to the national assembly, is focusing largely on pumping funds into capital projects to get the economy running again.
President buhari delivering his address at the anti-recession retreat in Abuja.
“The government is trying to align the budget to the reality on ground and on how to pump money into the economy, especially on capital project.
“The government believes that pumping money into more capital project would generate employment and boost the economy,” NAN wrote.
According to NAN, the retreat is aimed at helping the government stakeholders understand how the 2017 budget will run and familiarise themselves with the process.
The retreat, it reports, will help set the tone for “prioritizing projects and programmes of ministries to fit into the 2017-2019 MTSS, 2017-2020 Medium Term Plan and 2017 Budget” and “also improve understanding on Budget ceiling for MDAs for 2017 Budget.”
President Buhari addressng cross-section of government stakeholders at the anti-recession retreat. Photo: NAN
It also quoted Akpandem James, media adviser to the budget minister, Sen. Udoma Udo Udoma as saying that the key objective of the retreat is to discuss the 2017 Budget and steps being taken to get the economy out of recession.
“It will provide an opportunity to discuss the framework of the 2017 Budget, the key priorities and the deliverables of the budget.

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Police arrest woman for dumping one-day-old baby

The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Mr Fatai Owoseni, on Thursday said the Police had arrested a 31-year-old woman who allegedly abandoned her day-old-baby on the street. Owoseni, who gave the suspect’s name as Ifunayan Eme, an indigene of Enugu State, said she was arrested on Tuesday during the Eid-el-Kabir holiday. He said the […]
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Patience Jonathan to sue EFCC over seized $15million

Former First lady, Patience Jonathan is said to be planning a lawsuit against EFCC following the seizure of $ 15 million found in the accounts of four companies that are currently under investigation for fraud. According to BBC, the antigraft agency has confirmed to them that Mrs Jonathan will be taking them to court for seizing the money which she has since claimed ownership of.
In a letter with reference number GA/Abibo/00226/2016 and written by her lawyers, Granville Abibo (SAN) and Co, and addressed to the Acting Chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, Patience Jonathan had said the $ 15 million seized by the antigraft agency was for her medical bills and other personal expenses.

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Woman brutalized by husband in Lagos

Ibirinde Folu Francis posted the photos on Facebook calling on the Lagos State Government, the Police and human rights activist, Dr. Joe Ogunmakin to save the woman from her abusive husband before he kills her. Details later

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Alleged thieves brutally beaten by angry mob in Aba

Three alleged thieves who specialized in stealing telecommunication mast batteries were nabbed today at Emenike street off Ngwa Road in Aba, Abia State and brutally beaten by angry mob.
The suspects were caught with 15 lister batteries which are the change over batteries that power the MTN mast. One of them have been identified as Bakassi. Police arrived the scene after the mob had administered street justice and took them to Cameroon road Police barracks.

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A wonderful write up by a 200 level student of UNIBEN, Kwubei Prestige

WE DON'T TALK ABOUT


We don't talk about the man with five hungry mouths and a pregnant wife to feed.
We don't talk about the boy hunting snails
in the cocoa farms of Ogan.
We don't talk about the mad woman with a babe on her back, eating rubbish.
We don't talk about the people of Idumuoza who last saw electricity about 10 years ago.
We don't talk about the man who drank away all his wealth and is left with a copy of his betting ticket and a tardy English.
We don't talk about the men who know the salaries of all footballers at the 'kai Kai' store.
The idle mind is a haven for thoughtless thoughts.
We don't talk about my grandma who calls our pastor's wife Mummy.
We don't talk about our Bishop who lives in a furnished dream.
We don't talk about our people who live in makeshift nightmares.
We don't talk about the old man with 10 sons and a pocket filled with war tales at your gate.
We don't talk about the officer on the high way at the mercy of gentlemen... He has 3 sons. We only talk about the 20naira he collects.
We don't talk about the daily scuffles between the drivers at Benin park. They just want some green for their children.
We don't talk about the little girl with tear stained eyes filled with desperation holding on to your arm as you shake it off with a scowl at Ring road.
We don't talk about the girl with four heartbreaks and five abortions. She's a bitch you say? She is really bad at making bad decisions.
We don't talk about the arguments we have with the crayfish seller with veiny hands under the umbrella that barely serves as covering. We haggle with her until she is resigned to losing the little profit she would have had because she is scared of not selling anything for the day.
We don't talk about the big eyed boy with holes in his shorts and a dumped tyre as means of transport.
The only long distance journey he has ever taken is a trip to and fro mama mayowa's blow-blow shop with his tyre and stick.
We don't talk about the pimply girl with a tray on her head a big tummy in front.
We don't talk about Ike who last called home five years ago since he went to Libya.
We don't talk about his sister Ize who died of prostitution in Italy.
We don't talk about Pa. Magnus whose main prayer point in church is a life overseas to make money.
We don't talk about my church Jesus is my Backbone ministries, one of the many shrines around that has successfully turned my people to mindless fanatics who believe that brooms can kill demons and a year of fasting and sitting at home can buy you a Rolls Royce.
We don't talk about the beautiful birds singing at your window.
We talk about how bad our shoes are, Umaru has no feet.
We don't talk about the two hands we have to build our dreams. Some don't.
We don't talk about a lot.
Where is the love?
If we all light up,we can scare away the dark.

By Kwubei Ife



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UNIVERSITY OF BENIN 2016 / 2017 ADMISSION SCREENING EXERCISE

UNIVERSITY OF BENIN 2016 / 2017 ADMISSION SCREENING EXERCISE

THE FACE-FACE SEGMENT OF PRE- ADMISSION SCREENING EXERCISE STARTS FROM WEDNESDAY 14 TH SEPTEMBER 2016 FOR THOSE THAT HAVE PROVIDED THEIR WAEC / NECO / OTHER RELEVANT RESULT DETAILS IN THE SCREENING APPLICATION THAT JUST ENDED . CHECK AS FROM 2 PM 12 TH SEPTEMBER 2016 FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
LOG INTO YOUR APPLICATION RECORD FOR YOUR PRESENT STATUS . THANK YOU

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Read funny reactions from Nigerians on the story of the 300 level student who withdrew from UNILORIN having encountered with Christ

It is no news that an undergraduate of the University of Ilorin, Abolarin Akin Jephthah, has done the unusual after he voluntarily withdrawn himself from the Kwara-based institution. He stated that his decision was as a result of obtaining his WAEC certificate via the other way round (malpractice) which he saw as a sin. Having encountered with Christ, he decided to leave the institution to start again by sitting for another O'level exam.
However, there have been different reactions from Nigerians on the story of which I would like you to read some in the pictures above. Thanks.



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300-level student withdraws from UNILORIN after encounter with Christ

Abolarin Akin Jephthah, a 300-level student of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), has notified the school management of his decision to withdraw from the institution.
Jephthah, an undergraduate in the sociology department made this known in a letter addressed to the N. Y. S. Ijaiya, professor and deputy vice-chancellor Academics, University of Ilorin.
In the letter, the student revealed that he obtained his West African Examinaions Council (WAEC) result through examination malpractice.
He based his decision on his newfound realisation that his foundation was faulty and as such, cannot continue to be a student of UNILORIN.
The letter was addressed to the DVC on August 12 and received on August 15.

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