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Hilarious moment Nigerians spotted a self-driving car for the first time and mobbed it. (Video)
Hilarious moment Nigerians spotted a self-driving car for the first time and mobbed it .
Virtually everyone who spotted the self-driving vehicle in Lagos thought it to be surreal…some say it was a magic trick, some took it to the spiritual realm as they felt it was a spirit driving it as someone was heard in the video clip which was shared, saying “Na spirit dey inside“.
There certainly were mixed reactions when some Nigerians spotted a self-driving car in Lagos for the very first time as seen in the video shared, some couldn’t help peeping through the car window to see whether or not someone was indeed driving the car.
Well, this is one of the technological advancements the country has been having in the last few years… watch the video below:
Virtually everyone who spotted the self-driving vehicle in Lagos thought it to be surreal…some say it was a magic trick, some took it to the spiritual realm as they felt it was a spirit driving it as someone was heard in the video clip which was shared, saying “Na spirit dey inside“.
There certainly were mixed reactions when some Nigerians spotted a self-driving car in Lagos for the very first time as seen in the video shared, some couldn’t help peeping through the car window to see whether or not someone was indeed driving the car.
Well, this is one of the technological advancements the country has been having in the last few years… watch the video below:
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Dapchi Girls: Read Army’s Statement Admitting To Withdrawing Troops Before Schoolgirls’ Abduction
The Nigerian Army through the Theatre Command of Operation Lafiya Dole, the military’s anti-insurgency command in the North-East, on Monday, admitted that troops were redeployed from the Dapchi area before the abduction of the students.
The attention of Headquarters Theatre Command Operations LAFIYA DOLE, has been drawn to a statement credited to His Excellency Alhaji (Dr) Ibrahim Gaidam, Executive Governor of Yobe State, currently circulating in the media, in which he reportedly alleged that the withdrawal of the military was responsible for the recent suspected Boko Haram terrorists’ attack and abduction of female students from Government Girls Science Technical College in Dapchi . This allegation is not only unfortunate, but also very far from the truth
Although this Headquarters will not attempt to join in any blame game, it is very expedient to set the record straight for the benefit of posterity. In carrying out its mandate to counter terrorism and insurgency in north eastern Nigeria, Operation Lafiya Dole has been alive to its responsibilities vis a vis the fight against Boko Haram insurgents. Several communities and Local Governments that were hitherto under siege of the insurgents have been liberated and the insurgents pushed out .
While troops continue to trail and decimate the remnants of the insurgents in the hinterlands, the security of the liberated communities and towns fall in the hands of the sister security agencies. The recent dislodgement and further decimation of the insurgents from their enclaves in the Sambisa and the Lake Chad Islands are testimonials to the effective operations of troops against the insurgents.
Additionally, troops are regularly conducting long range patrols, raids and ambushes to canalise and take out fleeing insurgents. Given all these efforts, it is very astonishing and shocking that such unfortunate comment and allegation is been touted against the loyal and dedicated troops of Operation Lafiya Dole.
Contrary to the comments being circulated, troops earlier deployed in Dapchi were redeployed to reinforce troops at Kanama following attacks on troops’ location at the Nigerian – Nigerien border. This was on the premise that Dapchi has been relatively calm and peaceful and the security of Dapchi town was formally handed over to the Nigeria Police Division located in the town. Troops’ redeployment was therefore done in tandem with the exigencies of operation and not as misconstrued.
It is thus obligatory, to state that the allegation reportedly attributed to the Governor of Yobe state is misleading and misinforming. We reiterate our commitment and determination to carrying out our mandate to fight Boko Haram terrorists in the north east. We also implore members of the public to continue to support us with credible information on the whereabouts of the Boko Haram terrorists. We would also like to assure the parents, government and the good people of Yobe State and indeed members of the public that we will not rest on our oars in the search and rescue of the abducted school girls and any other persons held captive by the terrorists.
Please disseminate this information to the general public through your news medium.
Thank you for your cooperation
Col Onyema Nwachukwu
Deputy Director Public Relations
Theatre Command Operation Lafiya Dole.
The attention of Headquarters Theatre Command Operations LAFIYA DOLE, has been drawn to a statement credited to His Excellency Alhaji (Dr) Ibrahim Gaidam, Executive Governor of Yobe State, currently circulating in the media, in which he reportedly alleged that the withdrawal of the military was responsible for the recent suspected Boko Haram terrorists’ attack and abduction of female students from Government Girls Science Technical College in Dapchi . This allegation is not only unfortunate, but also very far from the truth
Although this Headquarters will not attempt to join in any blame game, it is very expedient to set the record straight for the benefit of posterity. In carrying out its mandate to counter terrorism and insurgency in north eastern Nigeria, Operation Lafiya Dole has been alive to its responsibilities vis a vis the fight against Boko Haram insurgents. Several communities and Local Governments that were hitherto under siege of the insurgents have been liberated and the insurgents pushed out .
While troops continue to trail and decimate the remnants of the insurgents in the hinterlands, the security of the liberated communities and towns fall in the hands of the sister security agencies. The recent dislodgement and further decimation of the insurgents from their enclaves in the Sambisa and the Lake Chad Islands are testimonials to the effective operations of troops against the insurgents.
Additionally, troops are regularly conducting long range patrols, raids and ambushes to canalise and take out fleeing insurgents. Given all these efforts, it is very astonishing and shocking that such unfortunate comment and allegation is been touted against the loyal and dedicated troops of Operation Lafiya Dole.
Contrary to the comments being circulated, troops earlier deployed in Dapchi were redeployed to reinforce troops at Kanama following attacks on troops’ location at the Nigerian – Nigerien border. This was on the premise that Dapchi has been relatively calm and peaceful and the security of Dapchi town was formally handed over to the Nigeria Police Division located in the town. Troops’ redeployment was therefore done in tandem with the exigencies of operation and not as misconstrued.
It is thus obligatory, to state that the allegation reportedly attributed to the Governor of Yobe state is misleading and misinforming. We reiterate our commitment and determination to carrying out our mandate to fight Boko Haram terrorists in the north east. We also implore members of the public to continue to support us with credible information on the whereabouts of the Boko Haram terrorists. We would also like to assure the parents, government and the good people of Yobe State and indeed members of the public that we will not rest on our oars in the search and rescue of the abducted school girls and any other persons held captive by the terrorists.
Please disseminate this information to the general public through your news medium.
Thank you for your cooperation
Col Onyema Nwachukwu
Deputy Director Public Relations
Theatre Command Operation Lafiya Dole.
Monday, February 26, 2018
SAD! Cult Clash Kills 2 In Cross River
Renewed cult clash has claimed two lives in Cross River State.
One each died in Calabar south and Calabar Municipal.
We gathered that the killing was done on Saturday evening and Sunday morning.
An eyewitness who gave his name simply as George told our correspondent on Sunday that “two young men were killed in the renewed cult clash between two rivalry cult groups in Calabar on Saturday and Sunday.
“One was killed at Nyahasang close to a transformer (Calabar Municipal) while the other was killed at Dr Dean in Mbukpa in Calabar South local government area.”
He further said that the Nyahasang incident occurred on Sunday morning while the Dr Dean incident occurred on Saturday by 7pm.
When our correspondent called the Police Public Relations Officer, Ms Irene Ugbo, she did not pick calls, neither did she respond to text message.
But a reliable Police source who pleaded that his name should not be mentioned said that three young men had been arrested with machetes and a locally made pistol by Mbukpa Police station.
“The two cult groups are Klans and Axe men. Somebody from Klans killed an Axe man on Saturday and this morning there was a reprisal from Axe men,” he stated.
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One each died in Calabar south and Calabar Municipal.
We gathered that the killing was done on Saturday evening and Sunday morning.
An eyewitness who gave his name simply as George told our correspondent on Sunday that “two young men were killed in the renewed cult clash between two rivalry cult groups in Calabar on Saturday and Sunday.
“One was killed at Nyahasang close to a transformer (Calabar Municipal) while the other was killed at Dr Dean in Mbukpa in Calabar South local government area.”
He further said that the Nyahasang incident occurred on Sunday morning while the Dr Dean incident occurred on Saturday by 7pm.
When our correspondent called the Police Public Relations Officer, Ms Irene Ugbo, she did not pick calls, neither did she respond to text message.
But a reliable Police source who pleaded that his name should not be mentioned said that three young men had been arrested with machetes and a locally made pistol by Mbukpa Police station.
“The two cult groups are Klans and Axe men. Somebody from Klans killed an Axe man on Saturday and this morning there was a reprisal from Axe men,” he stated.
Wednesday, February 14, 2018
AKWA IBOM LAWMAKER’S SECURITY AIDE, EX-LAWMAKER’S SON, NABBED FOR CULTISM
It has been uncovered that one of the police officers arrested recently in Akwa Ibom State for alleged involvement in cult related activities was a security aide attached to a serving state lawmaker from Itu federal constituency.
The police along with his co-traveller have been sacked from the Nigeria Police Force, and will soon be charged to court.
Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Adeyemi Samuel Ogunjemilusi made the disclosure last week when he led other senior officers of the Force on a courtesy visit to the Speaker and members of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly.
Global Pilot was also able to discover that another of the arrested cult suspects was the son to a state lawmaker who preceded the said serving lawmaker in the state house of Assembly.
The police boss who resumed work in the state on the 2nd of January this year, said the dismissed officers who have been interrogated will soon be charged to court.
He disclosed that he was on a mission to the state to flush out cultism and put an end to violent crimes in the state, maintaining that he will not spare any one caught constituting a threat to the peace of the state.
Decrying the rising wave of youths involvement in cultism, Ogunjemilusi disclosed that about 60 cult members have so far been arrested in the state, while 17 have been prosecuted in the court.
“My mission is to make Akwa Ibom the safest state in the country. There are over 20 cult societies in the state, and they kept multiplying. Most cult members are armed with locally made pistols, and axes. We caught two police officers among them, we have dismissed them and we are prosecuting them along with them. Akwa Ibom Police command under my leadership is now more resolute to stamp out cultism and contend its spread in the state. We are more determined to flush out violent crimes in the state”.
The police Commissioner expressed concern at the rate at which the youths involve themselves in drug abuse, violent crime and cultism and urged the legislature to assist the police through enabling legislation that would provide stiffer penalties against cultism.
He reasoned that if the existing law on internal security was reviewed to provide stiffer penalties for any one caught involving in cult related activities, it would help the police in the war against cultism and violent crimes.
Responding, Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Barr. Onofiok Luke commended the police boss for his efforts in combating crime in the state. He assured of the readiness of the House of Assembly to collaborate with the police in fight against violent crime, cultism and other crimes.
The Global Pilot Crime Desk Investigation reveals that a police orderly attached to a legislator; and the son of a former lawmaker were among those arrested during a police raid at a popular hotel along Itu road on that night as the cult group held their meeting.
This is line with the promise of the Police commissioner during the meeting with youth leaders that any member of force caught engaging in cultic activities will be summarily dismissed. Already some of the arrested suspects are in court to plead their cases. The police commissioner solicits more information from the public to enable the force fight crime.
Sitippe.com.
The police along with his co-traveller have been sacked from the Nigeria Police Force, and will soon be charged to court.
Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Adeyemi Samuel Ogunjemilusi made the disclosure last week when he led other senior officers of the Force on a courtesy visit to the Speaker and members of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly.
Global Pilot was also able to discover that another of the arrested cult suspects was the son to a state lawmaker who preceded the said serving lawmaker in the state house of Assembly.
The police boss who resumed work in the state on the 2nd of January this year, said the dismissed officers who have been interrogated will soon be charged to court.
He disclosed that he was on a mission to the state to flush out cultism and put an end to violent crimes in the state, maintaining that he will not spare any one caught constituting a threat to the peace of the state.
Decrying the rising wave of youths involvement in cultism, Ogunjemilusi disclosed that about 60 cult members have so far been arrested in the state, while 17 have been prosecuted in the court.
“My mission is to make Akwa Ibom the safest state in the country. There are over 20 cult societies in the state, and they kept multiplying. Most cult members are armed with locally made pistols, and axes. We caught two police officers among them, we have dismissed them and we are prosecuting them along with them. Akwa Ibom Police command under my leadership is now more resolute to stamp out cultism and contend its spread in the state. We are more determined to flush out violent crimes in the state”.
The police Commissioner expressed concern at the rate at which the youths involve themselves in drug abuse, violent crime and cultism and urged the legislature to assist the police through enabling legislation that would provide stiffer penalties against cultism.
He reasoned that if the existing law on internal security was reviewed to provide stiffer penalties for any one caught involving in cult related activities, it would help the police in the war against cultism and violent crimes.
Responding, Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Barr. Onofiok Luke commended the police boss for his efforts in combating crime in the state. He assured of the readiness of the House of Assembly to collaborate with the police in fight against violent crime, cultism and other crimes.
The Global Pilot Crime Desk Investigation reveals that a police orderly attached to a legislator; and the son of a former lawmaker were among those arrested during a police raid at a popular hotel along Itu road on that night as the cult group held their meeting.
This is line with the promise of the Police commissioner during the meeting with youth leaders that any member of force caught engaging in cultic activities will be summarily dismissed. Already some of the arrested suspects are in court to plead their cases. The police commissioner solicits more information from the public to enable the force fight crime.
Sitippe.com.
Tears at Burial Of 22 Students & Teachers Of Government Day Secondary School Misau Bauchi
The corpses of the 22 students, the driver and their teacher who lost their lives as a result of ghastly motor accident, on their way to Kano for excursion have been buried, according to Islamic rights. The funeral prayers took place yesterday at emir's palace, Misau Emirate Council.
At least 22 secondary school students died on Tuesday in the road accident which happened in Gaya local government area of Kano state.
The accident, which occurred at about 11.00 a.m., involved a truck and a bus conveying the students from Misau local government, bauchi.
The students were going on an excursion at a radio station.
At least 22 secondary school students died on Tuesday in the road accident which happened in Gaya local government area of Kano state.
The accident, which occurred at about 11.00 a.m., involved a truck and a bus conveying the students from Misau local government, bauchi.
The students were going on an excursion at a radio station.
Tuesday, February 6, 2018
Nigeria Generates $35 Million From ‘Zobo Leaves’ Export In 9 Months
Hibiscus which is used for making local drink Zobo has earned Nigeria millions of dollars from exports in the last 9 months.
The Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine Service, NAQS, disclosed at the weekend that the country generated $35 million within nine months in 2017 from hibiscus (zobo) export.
This was made known by the Coordinating Director, NAQS, Dr Vincent Isegbe, at the ‘National Survey of 13 Agricultural Commodities by the Inter-ministerial Committee on Prevention and Control of Mycotoxins in Agricultural Commodities’ meeting held in Abuja.
Isegbe also explained that the essence of the committee was to know the prevalence type of mycotoxins and on which commodities, in order to help guide policy makers decide on what to do next and also open the country’s economy to opportunities in research, development, public health disease prevention and the general wellbeing of the nation.
According to him, hibiscus popularly called zobo has high commercial value that state governments could key into, which already Jigawa State has and now the largest producer of the commodity, followed by other states like Kastina, Kano, Zamfara, Kebbi, Zamfara, Borno and Yobe.
Meanwhile, states like Edo, Kwara could cultivate zobo plant due to the dry weather they have and would also boost their revenue generation.
For the farmers of zobo, he said were registering in Jigawa and Kano States, but advised them to form organised hibiscus farmers’ clusters as seen in other crops and value chains, which would further increase the production and export volumes, thereby access government and donor interventions in capacity building and technical assistance.
“In the last one year there has been increase in exports of agricultural commodities. Hibiscus alone in one country, Mexico, generated $35 million in nine months. Last year we made more than $20 million, and that is just one commodity.
“In the last one year we have done what we call export improvement initiative for so many commodities. That means we are bringing those commodities that were lying low to ensure that they are properly positioned for export.
“They use it for organic colouring agents for drinks and wines, and as natural blended drink as we drink zobo here in Nigeria, the pharmaceuticals also use it for colouring because is organic.
“In 2016 it generated $20 million, while in 2017 it generated $35 million within nine months. 1, 983 containers were exported to Mexico alone, while other countries in Europe like Germany, Greece, Latvia, and countries of former USSR.”
Meanwhile, on the issue of Mycotoxin the NAQS boss said has been a serious food safety challenge bedeviling Nigeria and many other countries around the world. Mycotoxins are poisonous substances secreted by fungi on food and feed which are associated with immunosupression, growth stunting, cancers, particularly liver and kidney cancers, infertility and death among animals and humans. On contamination, they constitute a serious food safety problem and have consequences on agriculture, public health, national and international trade.
According to him the 13 agricultural commodities the committee whose members are drawn from Ministries of Health, Agriculture, Environment, National Food Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, and other agencies of government for the planned survey will focus on maize, rice, sesame, melon, sorghum, millet, groundnut, ogbono, elubo, dried fish, kilish (beef), animal feed, milk and other animal products
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The Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine Service, NAQS, disclosed at the weekend that the country generated $35 million within nine months in 2017 from hibiscus (zobo) export.
This was made known by the Coordinating Director, NAQS, Dr Vincent Isegbe, at the ‘National Survey of 13 Agricultural Commodities by the Inter-ministerial Committee on Prevention and Control of Mycotoxins in Agricultural Commodities’ meeting held in Abuja.
Isegbe also explained that the essence of the committee was to know the prevalence type of mycotoxins and on which commodities, in order to help guide policy makers decide on what to do next and also open the country’s economy to opportunities in research, development, public health disease prevention and the general wellbeing of the nation.
According to him, hibiscus popularly called zobo has high commercial value that state governments could key into, which already Jigawa State has and now the largest producer of the commodity, followed by other states like Kastina, Kano, Zamfara, Kebbi, Zamfara, Borno and Yobe.
Meanwhile, states like Edo, Kwara could cultivate zobo plant due to the dry weather they have and would also boost their revenue generation.
For the farmers of zobo, he said were registering in Jigawa and Kano States, but advised them to form organised hibiscus farmers’ clusters as seen in other crops and value chains, which would further increase the production and export volumes, thereby access government and donor interventions in capacity building and technical assistance.
“In the last one year there has been increase in exports of agricultural commodities. Hibiscus alone in one country, Mexico, generated $35 million in nine months. Last year we made more than $20 million, and that is just one commodity.
“In the last one year we have done what we call export improvement initiative for so many commodities. That means we are bringing those commodities that were lying low to ensure that they are properly positioned for export.
“They use it for organic colouring agents for drinks and wines, and as natural blended drink as we drink zobo here in Nigeria, the pharmaceuticals also use it for colouring because is organic.
“In 2016 it generated $20 million, while in 2017 it generated $35 million within nine months. 1, 983 containers were exported to Mexico alone, while other countries in Europe like Germany, Greece, Latvia, and countries of former USSR.”
Meanwhile, on the issue of Mycotoxin the NAQS boss said has been a serious food safety challenge bedeviling Nigeria and many other countries around the world. Mycotoxins are poisonous substances secreted by fungi on food and feed which are associated with immunosupression, growth stunting, cancers, particularly liver and kidney cancers, infertility and death among animals and humans. On contamination, they constitute a serious food safety problem and have consequences on agriculture, public health, national and international trade.
According to him the 13 agricultural commodities the committee whose members are drawn from Ministries of Health, Agriculture, Environment, National Food Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, and other agencies of government for the planned survey will focus on maize, rice, sesame, melon, sorghum, millet, groundnut, ogbono, elubo, dried fish, kilish (beef), animal feed, milk and other animal products
MasterCard, Visa Cards From Nigeria ‘To Be Blocked Abroad’ As Egmont Group Considers Expelling Nigeria
Nigerians may no longer be able to carry out international transactions using Master cards, Visa cards and others as Egmont Group is considering expelling the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit.
Nigerians may no longer be able to carry out international transactions as Egmont Group is considering expelling the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) because of governance issues.
A major consequence of the expulsion will be the blacklisting of Nigeria in international finance.
This could affect use of MasterCard and Visa credit and debit cards by Nigerians.
It could also affect the international rating of Nigerian financial institutions, restricting their access to some big-ticket international transactions.
Nigeria will also no longer be able to benefit from financial intelligence shared by the other member countries, including the US and the UK.
Also to be affected is the country’s ability to recover stolen funds abroad.
It was learnt that the expulsion is part of the agenda of Egmont’ working group and heads of FIU meeting between March 2 and March 7, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The group, comprising 153 countries, mandates its members to establish a financial intelligence unit that serves as a national centre for the receipt and analysis of (1) suspicious transaction reports; and (2) other information relevant to money laundering, associated predicate offences and financing of terrorism, and for the dissemination of the results of that analysis.
All advanced countries are members of the group, which is an initiative of the American government.
In July 2017, the group had suspended Nigeria, citing interference of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the workings of the NFIU.
The body had asked Nigeria to amend the law establishing the NFIU to make it autonomous.
It also accused the NFIU of failing to protect“confidential information, specifically related to the status of suspicious transaction report (STR) details and information derived from international exchanges”.
“The heads of FIU made a decision, by consensus, to suspend the membership status of the NFIU, Nigeria, following repeated failures on the part of the FIU to address concerns regarding the protection of confidential information, specifically related to the status of suspicious transaction report (STR) details and information derived from international exchanges, as well as concerns on the legal basis and clarity of the NFIU’s independence from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The measure will remain in force until immediate corrective actions are implemented,” Egmont group had said at the time.
The senate had passed the bill granting the NFIU autonomy few days after its suspension was reported.
In December, Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of the EFCC, said NFIU had been separated from the EFCC.
He said from January 1, 2018, NFIU, would begin to operate as an independent organisation.
“We have allowed NFIU to go. They are operationally autonomy independent of EFCC,”he had said.
But what Magu said has not been implemented.
Nigeria’s admittance into the group in 2007 is considered to be one of the biggest achievements of the President Olusegun Obasanjo administration.
The membership ensured the removal of Nigerian banks from the blacklist of international finance.
The blacklisting had prevented the banks from engaging in correspondent banking with foreign institutions and also denied Nigerians access to foreign credit cards.
Source: TheCable
Nigerians may no longer be able to carry out international transactions as Egmont Group is considering expelling the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) because of governance issues.
A major consequence of the expulsion will be the blacklisting of Nigeria in international finance.
This could affect use of MasterCard and Visa credit and debit cards by Nigerians.
It could also affect the international rating of Nigerian financial institutions, restricting their access to some big-ticket international transactions.
Nigeria will also no longer be able to benefit from financial intelligence shared by the other member countries, including the US and the UK.
Also to be affected is the country’s ability to recover stolen funds abroad.
It was learnt that the expulsion is part of the agenda of Egmont’ working group and heads of FIU meeting between March 2 and March 7, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The group, comprising 153 countries, mandates its members to establish a financial intelligence unit that serves as a national centre for the receipt and analysis of (1) suspicious transaction reports; and (2) other information relevant to money laundering, associated predicate offences and financing of terrorism, and for the dissemination of the results of that analysis.
All advanced countries are members of the group, which is an initiative of the American government.
In July 2017, the group had suspended Nigeria, citing interference of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the workings of the NFIU.
The body had asked Nigeria to amend the law establishing the NFIU to make it autonomous.
It also accused the NFIU of failing to protect“confidential information, specifically related to the status of suspicious transaction report (STR) details and information derived from international exchanges”.
“The heads of FIU made a decision, by consensus, to suspend the membership status of the NFIU, Nigeria, following repeated failures on the part of the FIU to address concerns regarding the protection of confidential information, specifically related to the status of suspicious transaction report (STR) details and information derived from international exchanges, as well as concerns on the legal basis and clarity of the NFIU’s independence from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The measure will remain in force until immediate corrective actions are implemented,” Egmont group had said at the time.
The senate had passed the bill granting the NFIU autonomy few days after its suspension was reported.
In December, Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of the EFCC, said NFIU had been separated from the EFCC.
He said from January 1, 2018, NFIU, would begin to operate as an independent organisation.
“We have allowed NFIU to go. They are operationally autonomy independent of EFCC,”he had said.
But what Magu said has not been implemented.
Nigeria’s admittance into the group in 2007 is considered to be one of the biggest achievements of the President Olusegun Obasanjo administration.
The membership ensured the removal of Nigerian banks from the blacklist of international finance.
The blacklisting had prevented the banks from engaging in correspondent banking with foreign institutions and also denied Nigerians access to foreign credit cards.
Source: TheCable
Imo State Indigenes Use The Most Condoms In Nigeria – Report Says
A new report claims that Imo state indigenes use the most condoms than any other state in the whole of Nigeria.
Maureen Zubie-Okolo, a monitoring and evaluation specialist with United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF), stated that Imo state tops the chart in use of condoms in South-eastern states.
She disclosed this when she unveiled the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey to newsmen in Enugu, last Friday. According to her, among the South East states, Imo has the highest figure which is 75.9%.
She said Imo is closely followed by Anambra who has 66.0% and 57.6% for Enugu while Abia and Ebonyi states are the states with the least amount of condom usage, with Abia having 53.5% and Ebonyi having 27.5%.
The official further explained that Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey was carried out in 2016/2017 by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in collaboration with UNICEF and it is used to assist the government in policy formulation.
Maureen Zubie-Okolo, a monitoring and evaluation specialist with United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF), stated that Imo state tops the chart in use of condoms in South-eastern states.
She disclosed this when she unveiled the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey to newsmen in Enugu, last Friday. According to her, among the South East states, Imo has the highest figure which is 75.9%.
She said Imo is closely followed by Anambra who has 66.0% and 57.6% for Enugu while Abia and Ebonyi states are the states with the least amount of condom usage, with Abia having 53.5% and Ebonyi having 27.5%.
The official further explained that Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey was carried out in 2016/2017 by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in collaboration with UNICEF and it is used to assist the government in policy formulation.
“I Have Slept With 88.8% Of The Girls I Met Online. Girls Are Just Useless”
Talk about achievement… A young man has shared his achievement on Social media, and all we can say is.. We’re less proud.
He shared on Facebook a post that reads thus; “I’ve F**ked beyond 88.8% of The Girls I’ve Met Online. Girls Are Just USELESS. We Guys Should Change Them As Often As Everyday Just Like We Change Our Boxers and Pants. Guys Are You With Me??”
He shared on Facebook a post that reads thus; “I’ve F**ked beyond 88.8% of The Girls I’ve Met Online. Girls Are Just USELESS. We Guys Should Change Them As Often As Everyday Just Like We Change Our Boxers and Pants. Guys Are You With Me??”
Thursday, February 1, 2018
#bbnaija – I Am Sexually Attracted To Lolu – Khloe
In the ongoing Big Brother Naija reality TV show, Khloe who was paired with fellow housemate K Brule has revealed that she is sexually attracted to Lolu more.
Khloe on Wednesday night speaking with Anto said:
“Lolu is the only person I can be sexually attracted to in the house’.
“There is something different about lolu. He is intelligent, small and he calculates his things.”
The housemates were on Wednesday paired into twos and if the person you are paired with is evicted, you are automatically evicted too.
24-year old fashion stylist, Khloe says she is an enterpreneur who loves horror movies and would be a cat if she were to be an animal.

Khloe on Wednesday night speaking with Anto said:
“Lolu is the only person I can be sexually attracted to in the house’.
“There is something different about lolu. He is intelligent, small and he calculates his things.”
The housemates were on Wednesday paired into twos and if the person you are paired with is evicted, you are automatically evicted too.
24-year old fashion stylist, Khloe says she is an enterpreneur who loves horror movies and would be a cat if she were to be an animal.

Photo Of A Man Found In A Bottle In Ghana, Floating In A River
‘Wonders they say shall never end’. A strange photo of an unidentified man has been found in a bottle flowing on a river in Ghana.
The bottle which looked like a spell cast on the man has some fetish substances alongside a crucifix.
According to reports coming out of Ghana, the bottle was found on the Bonsa River at Tarkwa in the Western Region of the country.
Witchcraft is quite popular in Africa and it is not an uncommon sight to see fetish substances in public places across the countries on the continent. Although this is not limited to Africa only, as just last month, it was reported that another bottle of a man was found along the beach in a Caribbean country.
A Facebook User Keneci Taylor has shared her shocking experience at a Beach she visited. According to Taylor, she saw Photo of a man tied inside a red bottle as Juju to tie his destiny, Though the man’s name is unknown, but its sure looks scary.
She wrote ;
This is how some people are wicked look what wash out of the beach water on land people be careful of some of them people here
These kinds of bottles are known as spell bottles in the western world. In Central and South America, especially in Peru, spell bottles are created and are customarily filled with a variety of hand-made and natural botanical lucky and protective amulets and curios.
Most of them contain a combination of native folk-magical charms and religious artifacts such as holy prints, the crucifix and small hand-painted soapstone
When put into action, the bottle is filled with oil mixed with the concocted charms and then the photo of whoever needs to be spelled is then inserted into the bottle and sealed. Incantations are then made over the bottle and then sent into exile, either through the sea or a flowing river.
The bottle which looked like a spell cast on the man has some fetish substances alongside a crucifix.
According to reports coming out of Ghana, the bottle was found on the Bonsa River at Tarkwa in the Western Region of the country.
Witchcraft is quite popular in Africa and it is not an uncommon sight to see fetish substances in public places across the countries on the continent. Although this is not limited to Africa only, as just last month, it was reported that another bottle of a man was found along the beach in a Caribbean country.
A Facebook User Keneci Taylor has shared her shocking experience at a Beach she visited. According to Taylor, she saw Photo of a man tied inside a red bottle as Juju to tie his destiny, Though the man’s name is unknown, but its sure looks scary.
She wrote ;
This is how some people are wicked look what wash out of the beach water on land people be careful of some of them people here
These kinds of bottles are known as spell bottles in the western world. In Central and South America, especially in Peru, spell bottles are created and are customarily filled with a variety of hand-made and natural botanical lucky and protective amulets and curios.
Most of them contain a combination of native folk-magical charms and religious artifacts such as holy prints, the crucifix and small hand-painted soapstone
When put into action, the bottle is filled with oil mixed with the concocted charms and then the photo of whoever needs to be spelled is then inserted into the bottle and sealed. Incantations are then made over the bottle and then sent into exile, either through the sea or a flowing river.
Wednesday, January 31, 2018
ASH WEDNESDAY CANCELED BECAUSE OF VALENTINE?
For the first time since 1945, February 14 VALENTINE day has coincided with Ash wednesday-the beginning of the Lenten season. The Lenten season is a period of fasting and abstinence in preparation for the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ at Easter.
Several Christians, especially those of the Catholic denomination has been asking if a dispensation will be granted to allow faithfuls enjoy the VALENTINE day.
The Catholic Church has heard their prayers and have decided to respond officially.
Several Christians, especially those of the Catholic denomination has been asking if a dispensation will be granted to allow faithfuls enjoy the VALENTINE day.
The Catholic Church has heard their prayers and have decided to respond officially.
Tuesday, January 23, 2018
Go And Rest! Former President Obasanjo Issues A Statement Asking Buhari Not To Seek Second Term
Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has issued a special press statement on the state of the Nigerian nation. While reiterating his desire not to return to partisan politics, the former military head of state who later became a civilian president in 1999 used his lengthy press release to ask President Muhammad Buhari not to seek a second term in 2019.
Since we are still in the month of January, it is appropriate to wish all Nigerians Happy 2018. I am constrained to issue this special statement at this time considering the situation of the country. Some of you may be asking, “What has brought about this special occasion of Obasanjo issuing a Special Statement?” You will be right to ask such a question. But there is a Yoruba saying that ‘when lice abound in your clothes, your fingernails will never be dried of blood’. When I was in the village, to make sure that lice die, you put them between two fingernails and press hard to ensure they die and they always leave blood stains on the fingernails. To ensure you do not have blood on your fingernails, you have to ensure that lice are not harboured anywhere within your vicinity.
The lice of poor performance in government - poverty, insecurity, poor economic management, nepotism, gross dereliction of duty, condonation of misdeed - if not outright encouragement of it, lack of progress and hope for the future, lack of national cohesion and poor management of internal political dynamics and widening inequality - are very much with us today. With such lice of general and specific poor performance and crying poverty with us, our fingers will not be dry of ‘blood’.
Four years ago when my PDP card was torn, I made it abundantly clear that I quit partisan politics for aye but my concern and interest in Nigeria, Africa and indeed in humanity would not wane. Ever since, I have adhered strictly to that position. Since that time, I have devoted quality time to the issue of zero hunger as contained in Goal No. 2 of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN. We have set the target that Nigeria with the participating States in the Zero Hunger Forum should reach Zero Hunger goal by 2025 - five years earlier than the UN target date. I am involved in the issue of education in some States and generally in the issue of youth empowerment and employment. I am involved in all these domestically and altruistically to give hope and future to the seemingly hopeless and those in despair. I believe strongly that God has endowed Nigeria so adequately that no Nigerian should be either in want or in despair.
I believe in teamwork and collaborative efforts. At the international level, we have worked with other world leaders to domicile the apparatus for monitoring and encouraging socio-economic progress in Africa in our Presidential Library. The purpose of Africa Progress Group, which is the new name assumed by Africa Progress Panel (APP), is to point out where, when and what works need to be done for the progress of Africa separately and collectively by African leaders and their development partners. I have also gladly accepted the invitation of the UN Secretary-General to be a member of his eighteen-member High-Level Board of Advisers on Mediation. There are other assignments I take up in other fora for Africa and for the international community. For Africa to move forward, Nigeria must be one of the anchor countries, if not the leading anchor country. It means that Nigeria must be good at home to be good outside. No doubt, our situation in the last decade or so had shown that we are not good enough at home; hence we are invariably absent at the table that we should be abroad.
All these led me to take the unusual step of going against my own political Party, PDP, in the last general election to support the opposite side. I saw that action as the best option for Nigeria. As it has been revealed in the last three years or so, that decision and the subsequent collective decision of Nigerians to vote for a change was the right decision for the nation. For me, there was nothing personal, it was all in the best interest of Nigeria and, indeed, in the best interest of Africa and humanity at large. Even the horse rider then, with whom I maintain very cordial, happy and social relationship today has come to realise his mistakes and regretted it publicly and I admire his courage and forthrightness in this regard. He has a role to play on the side line for the good of Nigeria, Africa and humanity and I will see him as a partner in playing such a role nationally and internationally, but not as a horse rider in Nigeria again.
The situation that made Nigerians to vote massively to get my brother Jonathan off the horse is playing itself out again. First, I thought I knew the point where President Buhari is weak and I spoke and wrote about it even before Nigerians voted for him and I also did vote for him because at that time it was a matter of “any option but Jonathan” (aobj). But my letter to President Jonathan titled: “Before It Is Too Late” was meant for him to act before it was too late. He ignored it and it was too late for him and those who goaded him into ignoring the voice of caution. I know that praise-singers and hired attackers may be raised up against me for verbal or even physical attack but if I can withstand undeserved imprisonment and was ready to shed my blood by standing for Nigeria, I will consider no sacrifice too great to make for the good of Nigeria at any time. No human leader is expected to be personally strong or self-sufficient in all aspects of governance.
I knew President Buhari before he became President and said that he is weak in the knowledge and understanding of the economy but I thought that he could make use of good Nigerians in that area that could help. Although, I know that you cannot give what you don’t have and that economy does not obeymilitary order. You have to give it what it takes in the short-, medium- and long-term. Then, it would move. I know his weakness in understanding and playing in the foreign affairs sector and again, there are many Nigerians that could be used in that area as well. They have knowledge and experience that could be deployed for the good of Nigeria. There were serious allegations of round-tripping against some inner caucus of the Presidency which would seem to have been condoned. I wonder if such actions do not amount to corruption and financial crime, then what is it? Culture of condonation and turning blind eye will cover up rather than clean up. And going to justice must be with clean hands.
I thought President Buhari would fight corruption and insurgency and he must be given some credit for his achievement so far in these two areas although it is not yet uhuru!
The herdsmen/crop farmers issue is being wittingly or unwittingly allowed to turn sour and messy. It is no credit to the Federal Government that the herdsmen rampage continues with careless abandon and without finding an effective solution to it. And it is a sad symptom of insensitivity and callousness that some Governors, a day after 73 victims were being buried in a mass grave in Benue State without condolence, were jubilantly endorsing President Buhari for a second term! The timing was most unfortunate. The issue of herdsmen/crop farmers dichotomy should not be left on the political platform of blame game; the Federal Government must take the lead in bringing about solution that protects life and properties of herdsmen and crop farmers alike and for them to live amicably in the same community.
But there are three other areas where President Buhari has come out more glaringly than most of us thought we knew about him. One is nepotic deployment bordering on clannishness and inability to bring discipline to bear on errant members of his nepotic court. This has grave consequences on performance of his government to the detriment of the nation. It would appear that national interest was being sacrificed on the altar of nepotic interest. What does one make of a case like that of Maina: collusion, condonation, ineptitude, incompetence, dereliction of responsibility or kinship and friendship on the part of those who should have taken visible and deterrent disciplinary action? How many similar cases are buried, ignored or covered up and not yet in the glare of the media and the public? The second is his poor understanding of the dynamics of internal politics. This has led to wittingly or unwittingly making the nation more divided and inequality has widened and become more pronounced. It also has effect on general national security. The third is passing the buck. For instance, blaming the Governor of the Central Bank for devaluation of the naira by 70% or so and blaming past governments for it, is to say the least, not accepting one’s own responsibility. Let nobody deceive us, economy feeds on politics and because our politics is depressing, our economy is even more depressing today. If things were good, President Buhari would not need to come in. He was voted to fix things that were bad and not engage in the blame game. Our Constitution is very clear, one of the cardinal responsibilities of the President is the management of the economy of which the value of the naira forms an integral part. Kinship and friendship that place responsibility for governance in the hands of the unelected can only be deleterious to good government and to the nation.
President Buhari’s illness called for the sympathy, understanding, prayer and patience from every sane Nigerian. It is part of our culture. Most Nigerians prayed for him while he was away sick in London for over hundred days and he gave his Deputy sufficient leeway to carry on in his absence. We all thanked God for President Buhari for coming back reasonably hale and hearty and progressing well in his recovery. But whatever may be the state of President Buhari’s health today, he should neither over-push his luck nor over-tax the patience and tolerance of Nigerians for him, no matter what his self-serving, so-called advisers, who would claim that they love him more than God loves him and that without him, there would be no Nigeria say. President Buhari needs a dignified and honourable dismount from the horse. He needs to have time to reflect, refurbish physically and recoup and after appropriate rest, once again, join the stock of Nigerian leaders whose experience, influence, wisdom and outreach can be deployed on the sideline for the good of the country. His place in history is already assured. Without impaired health and strain of age, running the affairs of Nigeria is a 25/7 affair, not 24/7.
I only appeal to brother Buhari to consider a deserved rest at this point in time and at this age. I continue to wish him robust health to enjoy his retirement from active public service. President Buhari does not necessarily need to heed my advice. But whether or not he heeds it, Nigeria needs to move on and move forward.
I have had occasion in the past to say that the two main political parties – APC and PDP – were wobbling. I must reiterate that nothing has happened to convince me otherwise. If anything, I am reinforced in my conviction. The recent show of PDP must give grave and great concern to lovers of Nigeria. To claim, as has been credited to the chief kingmaker of PDP, that for procuring the Supreme Court judgement for his faction of the Party, he must dictate the tune all the way and this is indeed fraught with danger. If neither APC nor PDP is a worthy horse to ride to lead Nigeria at this crucial and critical time, what then do we do? Remember Farooq Kperogi, an Associate Professor at the Kennesaw State University, Georgia, United States, calls it “a cruel Hobson’s choice; it’s like a choice between six and half a dozen, between evil and evil. Any selection or deflection would be a distinction without a difference.” We cannot just sit down lamenting and wringing our hands desperately and hopelessly.
I believe the situation we are in today is akin to what and where we were in at the beginning of this democratic dispensation in 1999. The nation was tottering. People became hopeless and saw no bright future in the horizon. It was all a dark cloud politically, economically and socially. The price of oil at that time was nine dollars per barrel and we had a debt overhang of about $35 billion. Most people were confused with lack of direction in the country. One of the factors that saved the situation was a near government of national unity that was put in place to navigate us through the dark cloud. We had almost all hands on deck. We used people at home and from the diaspora and we navigated through the dark cloud of those days. At that time, most people were hopelessly groping in the dark. They saw no choice, neither in the left nor in the right, and yet we were not bereft of people at home and from the diaspora that could come together to make Nigeria truly a land flowing with milk and honey. Where we are is a matter of choice but we can choose differently to make a necessary and desirable change, once again.
Wherever I go, I hear Nigerians complaining, murmuring in anguish and anger. But our anger should not be like the anger of the cripple. We can collectively save ourselves from the position we find ourselves. It will not come through self-pity, fruitless complaint or protest but through constructive and positive engagement and collective action for the good of our nation and ourselves and our children and their children. We need moral re-armament and engaging togetherness of people of like-mind and goodwill to come solidly together to lift Nigeria up. This is no time for trading blames or embarking on futile argument and neither should we accept untenable excuses for non-performance. Let us accept that the present administration has done what it can do to the limit of its ability, aptitude and understanding. Let the administration and its political party platform agree with the rest of us that what they have done and what they are capable of doing is not good enough for us. They have given as best as they have and as best as they can give. Nigeria deserves and urgently needs better than what they have given or what we know they are capable of giving. To ask them to give more will be unrealistic and will only sentence Nigeria to a prison term of four years if not destroy it beyond the possibility of an early recovery and substantial growth. Einstein made it clear to us that doing the same thing and expecting a different result is the height of folly. Already, Nigerians are committing suicide for the unbearable socio-economic situation they find themselves in. And yet Nigerians love life. We must not continue to reinforce failure and hope that all will be well. It is self-deceit and self-defeat and another aspect of folly.
What has emerged from the opposition has shown no better promise from their antecedents. As the leader of that Party for eight years as President of Nigeria, I can categorically say there is nothing to write home about in their new team. We have only one choice left to take us out of Egypt to the promised land. And that is the coalition of the concerned and the willing - ready for positive and drastic change, progress and involvement. Change that will give hope and future to all our youth and dignity and full participation to all our women. Our youth should be empowered to deploy their ability to learn, innovate and work energetically at ideas and concepts in which they can make their own original inputs. Youth must be part of the action today and not relegated to leadership of tomorrow which may never come. Change that will mean enhancement of living standard and progress for all. A situation where the elected will accountably govern and every Nigerian will have equal opportunity not based on kinship and friendship but based on free citizenship.
Democracy is sustained and measured not by leaders doing extra-ordinary things, (invariably, leaders fail to do ordinary things very well), but by citizens rising up to do ordinary things extra-ordinarily well. Our democracy, development and progress at this juncture require ordinary citizens of Nigeria to do the extra-ordinarythings of changing the course and direction of our lackluster performance and development. If leadership fails, citizens must not fail and there lies the beauty and importance of democracy. We are challenged by the current situation; we must neither adopt spirit of cowardice nor timidity let alone impotence but must be sustained by courage, determination and commitment to say and do and to persist until we achieve upliftment for Nigeria. Nothing ventured, nothing gained and we believe that our venturing will not be in vain. God of Nigeria has endowed this country adequately and our non-performance cannot be blamed on God but on leadership. God, who has given us what we need and which is potentially there, will give us leadership enablement to actualize our potentiality.
The development and modernization of our country and society must be anchored and sustained on dynamic Nigerian culture, enduring values and an enchanting Nigerian dream. We must have abiding faith in our country and its role and place within the comity of nations. Today, Nigeria needs all hands on deck. All hands of men and women of goodwill must be on deck. We need all hands to move our country forward.
We need a Coalition for Nigeria, CN. Such a Movement at this juncture needs not be a political party but one to which all well-meaning Nigerians can belong. That Movement must be a coalition for democracy, good governance, social and economic well-being and progress. Coalition to salvage and redeem our country. You can count me with such a Movement. Last time, we asked, prayed and worked for change and God granted our request. This time, we must ask, pray and work for change with unity, security and progress. And God will again grant us. Of course, nothing should stop such a Movement from satisfying conditions for fielding candidates for elections. But if at any stage the Movement wishes to metamorphose into candidate-sponsoring Movement for elections, I will bow out of the Movement because I will continue to maintain my non-partisan position. Coalition for Nigeria must have its headquarters in Abuja.
This Coalition for Nigeria will be a Movement that will drive Nigeria up and forward. It must have a pride of place for all Nigerians, particularly for our youth and our women. It is a coalition of hope for all Nigerians for speedy, quality and equal development, security, unity, prosperity and progress. It is a coalition to banish poverty, insecurity and despair. Our country must not be oblivious to concomitantdanger around, outside and ahead. Coalition for Nigeria must be a Movement to break new ground in building a united country, a socially-cohesive and moderately prosperous society with equity, equality of opportunity, justice and a dynamic and progressive economy that is self-reliant and takes active part in global division of labour and international decision-making.
The Movement must work out the path of development and the trajectory of development in speed, quality and equality in the short- medium- and long-term for Nigeria on the basis of sustainability, stability, predictability, credibility, security, cooperation and prosperity with diminishing inequality. What is called for is love, commitment and interest in our country, not in self, friends and kinship alone but particularly love, compassion and interest in the poor, underprivileged and downtrodden. It is our human duty and responsibility so to do. Failure to do this will amount to a sin against God and a crime against humanity.
Some may ask, what does Obasanjo want again? Obasanjo has wanted nothing other than the best for Nigeria and Nigerians and he will continue to want nothing less. And if we have the best, we will be contented whether where we live is described as palaces or huts by others and we will always give thanks to God.
I, therefore, will gladly join such a Movement when one is established as Coalition for Nigeria, CN, taking Nigeria to the height God has created it to be. From now on, the Nigeria eagle must continue to soar and fly high. CN, as a Movement, will be new, green, transparent and must remain clean and always active, selflessly so. Members must be ready to make sacrifice for the nation and pay the price of being pioneers and good Nigerians for our country to play the God-assigned role for itself, for its neighbours, for its sub-region of West Africa, for its continent and for humanity in general. For me, the strength and sustainable success of CN will derive largely from the strong commitment of a population that is constantly mobilized to the rallying platform of the fact that going forward together is our best option for building a nation that will occupy its deserved place in the global community. May God continue to lead, guide and protect us. Amen.
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Since we are still in the month of January, it is appropriate to wish all Nigerians Happy 2018. I am constrained to issue this special statement at this time considering the situation of the country. Some of you may be asking, “What has brought about this special occasion of Obasanjo issuing a Special Statement?” You will be right to ask such a question. But there is a Yoruba saying that ‘when lice abound in your clothes, your fingernails will never be dried of blood’. When I was in the village, to make sure that lice die, you put them between two fingernails and press hard to ensure they die and they always leave blood stains on the fingernails. To ensure you do not have blood on your fingernails, you have to ensure that lice are not harboured anywhere within your vicinity.
The lice of poor performance in government - poverty, insecurity, poor economic management, nepotism, gross dereliction of duty, condonation of misdeed - if not outright encouragement of it, lack of progress and hope for the future, lack of national cohesion and poor management of internal political dynamics and widening inequality - are very much with us today. With such lice of general and specific poor performance and crying poverty with us, our fingers will not be dry of ‘blood’.
Four years ago when my PDP card was torn, I made it abundantly clear that I quit partisan politics for aye but my concern and interest in Nigeria, Africa and indeed in humanity would not wane. Ever since, I have adhered strictly to that position. Since that time, I have devoted quality time to the issue of zero hunger as contained in Goal No. 2 of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN. We have set the target that Nigeria with the participating States in the Zero Hunger Forum should reach Zero Hunger goal by 2025 - five years earlier than the UN target date. I am involved in the issue of education in some States and generally in the issue of youth empowerment and employment. I am involved in all these domestically and altruistically to give hope and future to the seemingly hopeless and those in despair. I believe strongly that God has endowed Nigeria so adequately that no Nigerian should be either in want or in despair.
I believe in teamwork and collaborative efforts. At the international level, we have worked with other world leaders to domicile the apparatus for monitoring and encouraging socio-economic progress in Africa in our Presidential Library. The purpose of Africa Progress Group, which is the new name assumed by Africa Progress Panel (APP), is to point out where, when and what works need to be done for the progress of Africa separately and collectively by African leaders and their development partners. I have also gladly accepted the invitation of the UN Secretary-General to be a member of his eighteen-member High-Level Board of Advisers on Mediation. There are other assignments I take up in other fora for Africa and for the international community. For Africa to move forward, Nigeria must be one of the anchor countries, if not the leading anchor country. It means that Nigeria must be good at home to be good outside. No doubt, our situation in the last decade or so had shown that we are not good enough at home; hence we are invariably absent at the table that we should be abroad.
All these led me to take the unusual step of going against my own political Party, PDP, in the last general election to support the opposite side. I saw that action as the best option for Nigeria. As it has been revealed in the last three years or so, that decision and the subsequent collective decision of Nigerians to vote for a change was the right decision for the nation. For me, there was nothing personal, it was all in the best interest of Nigeria and, indeed, in the best interest of Africa and humanity at large. Even the horse rider then, with whom I maintain very cordial, happy and social relationship today has come to realise his mistakes and regretted it publicly and I admire his courage and forthrightness in this regard. He has a role to play on the side line for the good of Nigeria, Africa and humanity and I will see him as a partner in playing such a role nationally and internationally, but not as a horse rider in Nigeria again.
The situation that made Nigerians to vote massively to get my brother Jonathan off the horse is playing itself out again. First, I thought I knew the point where President Buhari is weak and I spoke and wrote about it even before Nigerians voted for him and I also did vote for him because at that time it was a matter of “any option but Jonathan” (aobj). But my letter to President Jonathan titled: “Before It Is Too Late” was meant for him to act before it was too late. He ignored it and it was too late for him and those who goaded him into ignoring the voice of caution. I know that praise-singers and hired attackers may be raised up against me for verbal or even physical attack but if I can withstand undeserved imprisonment and was ready to shed my blood by standing for Nigeria, I will consider no sacrifice too great to make for the good of Nigeria at any time. No human leader is expected to be personally strong or self-sufficient in all aspects of governance.
I knew President Buhari before he became President and said that he is weak in the knowledge and understanding of the economy but I thought that he could make use of good Nigerians in that area that could help. Although, I know that you cannot give what you don’t have and that economy does not obeymilitary order. You have to give it what it takes in the short-, medium- and long-term. Then, it would move. I know his weakness in understanding and playing in the foreign affairs sector and again, there are many Nigerians that could be used in that area as well. They have knowledge and experience that could be deployed for the good of Nigeria. There were serious allegations of round-tripping against some inner caucus of the Presidency which would seem to have been condoned. I wonder if such actions do not amount to corruption and financial crime, then what is it? Culture of condonation and turning blind eye will cover up rather than clean up. And going to justice must be with clean hands.
I thought President Buhari would fight corruption and insurgency and he must be given some credit for his achievement so far in these two areas although it is not yet uhuru!
The herdsmen/crop farmers issue is being wittingly or unwittingly allowed to turn sour and messy. It is no credit to the Federal Government that the herdsmen rampage continues with careless abandon and without finding an effective solution to it. And it is a sad symptom of insensitivity and callousness that some Governors, a day after 73 victims were being buried in a mass grave in Benue State without condolence, were jubilantly endorsing President Buhari for a second term! The timing was most unfortunate. The issue of herdsmen/crop farmers dichotomy should not be left on the political platform of blame game; the Federal Government must take the lead in bringing about solution that protects life and properties of herdsmen and crop farmers alike and for them to live amicably in the same community.
But there are three other areas where President Buhari has come out more glaringly than most of us thought we knew about him. One is nepotic deployment bordering on clannishness and inability to bring discipline to bear on errant members of his nepotic court. This has grave consequences on performance of his government to the detriment of the nation. It would appear that national interest was being sacrificed on the altar of nepotic interest. What does one make of a case like that of Maina: collusion, condonation, ineptitude, incompetence, dereliction of responsibility or kinship and friendship on the part of those who should have taken visible and deterrent disciplinary action? How many similar cases are buried, ignored or covered up and not yet in the glare of the media and the public? The second is his poor understanding of the dynamics of internal politics. This has led to wittingly or unwittingly making the nation more divided and inequality has widened and become more pronounced. It also has effect on general national security. The third is passing the buck. For instance, blaming the Governor of the Central Bank for devaluation of the naira by 70% or so and blaming past governments for it, is to say the least, not accepting one’s own responsibility. Let nobody deceive us, economy feeds on politics and because our politics is depressing, our economy is even more depressing today. If things were good, President Buhari would not need to come in. He was voted to fix things that were bad and not engage in the blame game. Our Constitution is very clear, one of the cardinal responsibilities of the President is the management of the economy of which the value of the naira forms an integral part. Kinship and friendship that place responsibility for governance in the hands of the unelected can only be deleterious to good government and to the nation.
President Buhari’s illness called for the sympathy, understanding, prayer and patience from every sane Nigerian. It is part of our culture. Most Nigerians prayed for him while he was away sick in London for over hundred days and he gave his Deputy sufficient leeway to carry on in his absence. We all thanked God for President Buhari for coming back reasonably hale and hearty and progressing well in his recovery. But whatever may be the state of President Buhari’s health today, he should neither over-push his luck nor over-tax the patience and tolerance of Nigerians for him, no matter what his self-serving, so-called advisers, who would claim that they love him more than God loves him and that without him, there would be no Nigeria say. President Buhari needs a dignified and honourable dismount from the horse. He needs to have time to reflect, refurbish physically and recoup and after appropriate rest, once again, join the stock of Nigerian leaders whose experience, influence, wisdom and outreach can be deployed on the sideline for the good of the country. His place in history is already assured. Without impaired health and strain of age, running the affairs of Nigeria is a 25/7 affair, not 24/7.
I only appeal to brother Buhari to consider a deserved rest at this point in time and at this age. I continue to wish him robust health to enjoy his retirement from active public service. President Buhari does not necessarily need to heed my advice. But whether or not he heeds it, Nigeria needs to move on and move forward.
I have had occasion in the past to say that the two main political parties – APC and PDP – were wobbling. I must reiterate that nothing has happened to convince me otherwise. If anything, I am reinforced in my conviction. The recent show of PDP must give grave and great concern to lovers of Nigeria. To claim, as has been credited to the chief kingmaker of PDP, that for procuring the Supreme Court judgement for his faction of the Party, he must dictate the tune all the way and this is indeed fraught with danger. If neither APC nor PDP is a worthy horse to ride to lead Nigeria at this crucial and critical time, what then do we do? Remember Farooq Kperogi, an Associate Professor at the Kennesaw State University, Georgia, United States, calls it “a cruel Hobson’s choice; it’s like a choice between six and half a dozen, between evil and evil. Any selection or deflection would be a distinction without a difference.” We cannot just sit down lamenting and wringing our hands desperately and hopelessly.
I believe the situation we are in today is akin to what and where we were in at the beginning of this democratic dispensation in 1999. The nation was tottering. People became hopeless and saw no bright future in the horizon. It was all a dark cloud politically, economically and socially. The price of oil at that time was nine dollars per barrel and we had a debt overhang of about $35 billion. Most people were confused with lack of direction in the country. One of the factors that saved the situation was a near government of national unity that was put in place to navigate us through the dark cloud. We had almost all hands on deck. We used people at home and from the diaspora and we navigated through the dark cloud of those days. At that time, most people were hopelessly groping in the dark. They saw no choice, neither in the left nor in the right, and yet we were not bereft of people at home and from the diaspora that could come together to make Nigeria truly a land flowing with milk and honey. Where we are is a matter of choice but we can choose differently to make a necessary and desirable change, once again.
Wherever I go, I hear Nigerians complaining, murmuring in anguish and anger. But our anger should not be like the anger of the cripple. We can collectively save ourselves from the position we find ourselves. It will not come through self-pity, fruitless complaint or protest but through constructive and positive engagement and collective action for the good of our nation and ourselves and our children and their children. We need moral re-armament and engaging togetherness of people of like-mind and goodwill to come solidly together to lift Nigeria up. This is no time for trading blames or embarking on futile argument and neither should we accept untenable excuses for non-performance. Let us accept that the present administration has done what it can do to the limit of its ability, aptitude and understanding. Let the administration and its political party platform agree with the rest of us that what they have done and what they are capable of doing is not good enough for us. They have given as best as they have and as best as they can give. Nigeria deserves and urgently needs better than what they have given or what we know they are capable of giving. To ask them to give more will be unrealistic and will only sentence Nigeria to a prison term of four years if not destroy it beyond the possibility of an early recovery and substantial growth. Einstein made it clear to us that doing the same thing and expecting a different result is the height of folly. Already, Nigerians are committing suicide for the unbearable socio-economic situation they find themselves in. And yet Nigerians love life. We must not continue to reinforce failure and hope that all will be well. It is self-deceit and self-defeat and another aspect of folly.
What has emerged from the opposition has shown no better promise from their antecedents. As the leader of that Party for eight years as President of Nigeria, I can categorically say there is nothing to write home about in their new team. We have only one choice left to take us out of Egypt to the promised land. And that is the coalition of the concerned and the willing - ready for positive and drastic change, progress and involvement. Change that will give hope and future to all our youth and dignity and full participation to all our women. Our youth should be empowered to deploy their ability to learn, innovate and work energetically at ideas and concepts in which they can make their own original inputs. Youth must be part of the action today and not relegated to leadership of tomorrow which may never come. Change that will mean enhancement of living standard and progress for all. A situation where the elected will accountably govern and every Nigerian will have equal opportunity not based on kinship and friendship but based on free citizenship.
Democracy is sustained and measured not by leaders doing extra-ordinary things, (invariably, leaders fail to do ordinary things very well), but by citizens rising up to do ordinary things extra-ordinarily well. Our democracy, development and progress at this juncture require ordinary citizens of Nigeria to do the extra-ordinarythings of changing the course and direction of our lackluster performance and development. If leadership fails, citizens must not fail and there lies the beauty and importance of democracy. We are challenged by the current situation; we must neither adopt spirit of cowardice nor timidity let alone impotence but must be sustained by courage, determination and commitment to say and do and to persist until we achieve upliftment for Nigeria. Nothing ventured, nothing gained and we believe that our venturing will not be in vain. God of Nigeria has endowed this country adequately and our non-performance cannot be blamed on God but on leadership. God, who has given us what we need and which is potentially there, will give us leadership enablement to actualize our potentiality.
The development and modernization of our country and society must be anchored and sustained on dynamic Nigerian culture, enduring values and an enchanting Nigerian dream. We must have abiding faith in our country and its role and place within the comity of nations. Today, Nigeria needs all hands on deck. All hands of men and women of goodwill must be on deck. We need all hands to move our country forward.
We need a Coalition for Nigeria, CN. Such a Movement at this juncture needs not be a political party but one to which all well-meaning Nigerians can belong. That Movement must be a coalition for democracy, good governance, social and economic well-being and progress. Coalition to salvage and redeem our country. You can count me with such a Movement. Last time, we asked, prayed and worked for change and God granted our request. This time, we must ask, pray and work for change with unity, security and progress. And God will again grant us. Of course, nothing should stop such a Movement from satisfying conditions for fielding candidates for elections. But if at any stage the Movement wishes to metamorphose into candidate-sponsoring Movement for elections, I will bow out of the Movement because I will continue to maintain my non-partisan position. Coalition for Nigeria must have its headquarters in Abuja.
This Coalition for Nigeria will be a Movement that will drive Nigeria up and forward. It must have a pride of place for all Nigerians, particularly for our youth and our women. It is a coalition of hope for all Nigerians for speedy, quality and equal development, security, unity, prosperity and progress. It is a coalition to banish poverty, insecurity and despair. Our country must not be oblivious to concomitantdanger around, outside and ahead. Coalition for Nigeria must be a Movement to break new ground in building a united country, a socially-cohesive and moderately prosperous society with equity, equality of opportunity, justice and a dynamic and progressive economy that is self-reliant and takes active part in global division of labour and international decision-making.
The Movement must work out the path of development and the trajectory of development in speed, quality and equality in the short- medium- and long-term for Nigeria on the basis of sustainability, stability, predictability, credibility, security, cooperation and prosperity with diminishing inequality. What is called for is love, commitment and interest in our country, not in self, friends and kinship alone but particularly love, compassion and interest in the poor, underprivileged and downtrodden. It is our human duty and responsibility so to do. Failure to do this will amount to a sin against God and a crime against humanity.
Some may ask, what does Obasanjo want again? Obasanjo has wanted nothing other than the best for Nigeria and Nigerians and he will continue to want nothing less. And if we have the best, we will be contented whether where we live is described as palaces or huts by others and we will always give thanks to God.
I, therefore, will gladly join such a Movement when one is established as Coalition for Nigeria, CN, taking Nigeria to the height God has created it to be. From now on, the Nigeria eagle must continue to soar and fly high. CN, as a Movement, will be new, green, transparent and must remain clean and always active, selflessly so. Members must be ready to make sacrifice for the nation and pay the price of being pioneers and good Nigerians for our country to play the God-assigned role for itself, for its neighbours, for its sub-region of West Africa, for its continent and for humanity in general. For me, the strength and sustainable success of CN will derive largely from the strong commitment of a population that is constantly mobilized to the rallying platform of the fact that going forward together is our best option for building a nation that will occupy its deserved place in the global community. May God continue to lead, guide and protect us. Amen.
UNILORIN Bans Female Students From Using Any Hair Attachment & Weaveons
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The University of Ilorin, Ilorin Kwara State has banned its female student from using any hair attachment, and any form of Brazilian hair whatsoever.
According to a memo dated 22nd of January, the female students in the school are expected to go natural, which according to the school is a way of being modest and better reflection of individual character and personality.
Below is the memo:
Unilorin bans female students , Recall in 2017, the management of Unilorin shared this notice;
All students are hereby reminded that there is a DRESS CODE put in place by the University which must be observed at all times.
The University is determined to continue to impact positively on its students not only intellectually but also morally in pursuit of its avowed commitment to the development of TOTAL MAN.
To this end, it will award its degrees to only deserving students who have been found worthy not only in learning but also in character. Students are therefore strongly advised to exhibit good behaviour and dress decently at all times.
MALE STUDENTS SHOULD NOTE THAT:
The hair should be neat and well combed at all time;
The hair should not be coloured (except it is natural colour);
The hair should be well kept and groomed always;
The haircuts should not carry inscriptions; curled hair is not acceptable; artificial dreadlocks, plaiting, weaving or braiding of hair are not acceptable; and beards must be well kept.
FEMALE STUDENTS SHOULD NOTE THAT:
Weaving, plaiting, braiding, fixing and wigs are acceptable;
Hair extensions with colours such as; Blue, Green, White, Yellow, Red, Pink, and Purple or a combination of any of these colours are not acceptable;
Hair must be neatly packed and weaved;
The hairstyle should not carry inscriptions;
All wears must be below the knee level;
pencil trousers are allowed but must be complemented with tops that cover the butt line; and
all traditional and corporate wears that do not reveal sensitive parts of the body are acceptable.
The mode of dressing of a student speaks volumes about him or her. In other words, one’s appearance influences people’s perception of one’s person.
Students should, therefore, always dress responsibly to command respect. All students must refrain from wearing INDECENT CLOTHINGS, if they must be accorded respect and protect their dignity.
EVERY STUDENT MUST HANG STUDENT I.D. CARD ON HIS / HER NECK
You are hereby required to note that the following constitute inappropriate mode of dressing that will not be tolerated in the University environment (including Lecture Halls, Library, Laboratories, Examination Venues, Seminar Rooms, Faculties and Administrative building as well as in University Vehicles):
Dress that exposes any sensitive parts of the body e.g. cleavage, chest, back, navel, thigh and armpit (clothes that reveal the armpits when hands are raised e.g. sleeveless/half sleeves);
Tight fitting wears;
Transparent/See Through Wears;
Tattered Jeans/Ripped Jeans;
T-shirts with obscene inscriptions, depicting immorality, hooliganism, etc.;
Indelible markings and body tattoos by male students;
Leggings/Jeggings trousers with shorttop;
Skimpy dresses e.g. Spaghetti, Camisole only, body hugs, Private blouse and shorts;
Knickers;
Bathroom slippers not acceptable within the administrative and academic areas;
Heavy make-ups;
Sagging trousers;
Wearing of earrings by male students;
Rumpled and dirty clothes; Skin/ear piercing by male students; Dread, Galax, Fadeout and Rough Coil Haircuts, Unkempt
Appearance; and Hair plaiting or weaving by male students.
Some Faculties and Departments have prescribed Dress Codes for their students. Students in such Faculties or Departments are expected to comply with such Codes.
THE WAY YOU DRESS DETERMINES THE WAY YOU ARE ADDRESSED.
The University of Ilorin, Ilorin Kwara State has banned its female student from using any hair attachment, and any form of Brazilian hair whatsoever.
According to a memo dated 22nd of January, the female students in the school are expected to go natural, which according to the school is a way of being modest and better reflection of individual character and personality.
Below is the memo:
Unilorin bans female students , Recall in 2017, the management of Unilorin shared this notice;
All students are hereby reminded that there is a DRESS CODE put in place by the University which must be observed at all times.
The University is determined to continue to impact positively on its students not only intellectually but also morally in pursuit of its avowed commitment to the development of TOTAL MAN.
To this end, it will award its degrees to only deserving students who have been found worthy not only in learning but also in character. Students are therefore strongly advised to exhibit good behaviour and dress decently at all times.
MALE STUDENTS SHOULD NOTE THAT:
The hair should be neat and well combed at all time;
The hair should not be coloured (except it is natural colour);
The hair should be well kept and groomed always;
The haircuts should not carry inscriptions; curled hair is not acceptable; artificial dreadlocks, plaiting, weaving or braiding of hair are not acceptable; and beards must be well kept.
FEMALE STUDENTS SHOULD NOTE THAT:
Weaving, plaiting, braiding, fixing and wigs are acceptable;
Hair extensions with colours such as; Blue, Green, White, Yellow, Red, Pink, and Purple or a combination of any of these colours are not acceptable;
Hair must be neatly packed and weaved;
The hairstyle should not carry inscriptions;
All wears must be below the knee level;
pencil trousers are allowed but must be complemented with tops that cover the butt line; and
all traditional and corporate wears that do not reveal sensitive parts of the body are acceptable.
The mode of dressing of a student speaks volumes about him or her. In other words, one’s appearance influences people’s perception of one’s person.
Students should, therefore, always dress responsibly to command respect. All students must refrain from wearing INDECENT CLOTHINGS, if they must be accorded respect and protect their dignity.
EVERY STUDENT MUST HANG STUDENT I.D. CARD ON HIS / HER NECK
You are hereby required to note that the following constitute inappropriate mode of dressing that will not be tolerated in the University environment (including Lecture Halls, Library, Laboratories, Examination Venues, Seminar Rooms, Faculties and Administrative building as well as in University Vehicles):
Dress that exposes any sensitive parts of the body e.g. cleavage, chest, back, navel, thigh and armpit (clothes that reveal the armpits when hands are raised e.g. sleeveless/half sleeves);
Tight fitting wears;
Transparent/See Through Wears;
Tattered Jeans/Ripped Jeans;
T-shirts with obscene inscriptions, depicting immorality, hooliganism, etc.;
Indelible markings and body tattoos by male students;
Leggings/Jeggings trousers with shorttop;
Skimpy dresses e.g. Spaghetti, Camisole only, body hugs, Private blouse and shorts;
Knickers;
Bathroom slippers not acceptable within the administrative and academic areas;
Heavy make-ups;
Sagging trousers;
Wearing of earrings by male students;
Rumpled and dirty clothes; Skin/ear piercing by male students; Dread, Galax, Fadeout and Rough Coil Haircuts, Unkempt
Appearance; and Hair plaiting or weaving by male students.
Some Faculties and Departments have prescribed Dress Codes for their students. Students in such Faculties or Departments are expected to comply with such Codes.
THE WAY YOU DRESS DETERMINES THE WAY YOU ARE ADDRESSED.
Monday, January 22, 2018
Sir Alex Ferguson's last chewed gum auctioned.
Sir Alex Ferguson's last chewed gum as Manchester United manager, in a 5-5 scoreline with West Bromich Albion in 2013, was auctioned and sold for $608,000 ( ~210 million naira). The money was donated to the Manchester United Foundation charity.
Friday, January 19, 2018
$500M Abacha Loot Goes Missing
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is battling to answer where $500 million recovered from the late Gen. Sani Abacha’s family is. The cash was recovered from the family of the late Head of State during ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration.
The foreign governments, which released the loot to the Federal Government after hard negotiations, demanded that the cash be used for concrete developments, including infrastructures, such as roads, water, healthcare, and education.
According to EFCC detectives tracking the $500million have discovered that it was diverted. Of the $500million, about $250million was released to the Office of National Security Adviser (ONSA)during the tenure of Col. Sambo. A fact-sheet on the investigation, the $250million was withdrawn between March 2, 2015 and April 21, 2015.
The foreign governments, which released the loot to the Federal Government after hard negotiations, demanded that the cash be used for concrete developments, including infrastructures, such as roads, water, healthcare, and education.
According to EFCC detectives tracking the $500million have discovered that it was diverted. Of the $500million, about $250million was released to the Office of National Security Adviser (ONSA)during the tenure of Col. Sambo. A fact-sheet on the investigation, the $250million was withdrawn between March 2, 2015 and April 21, 2015.
Thursday, January 18, 2018
I Should Have Been Corrected With Kid Gloves” – Dethroned Akwa Ibom Queen
Miss Abasiodiong Eyo Inyang has finally opened up on why she did a semi-nude photoshoot on her birthday which caused an uproar on social media, leading to her dethronement by the organizers of the pageant.
AN APOLOGY LETTER FROM MY SUBCONSCIOUS MIND.
…”In a dilemma such as which I see myself, one would be lost on who to chose between the Devil & Deep Blue Sea.
I CHOSE THE DEEP BLUE SEA”.
I, Miss Abasiodiong Eyo Inyang who until my dethronement few days ago was MISS TEENS 2017/18 deeply apologies over my negative behaviour lately.
Few days ago I added another year to my age & I thought it wise to embark on a photoshoot, I decided to post my “Half Nude” pictures taken with the clearest of intentions.
Not knowing I would be misunderstood! And so, I apologize to organisers of the “Miss Teens Pageant” whose crown I bore… To teenagers across boards who are victims because of how they dress…
To Akwa Ibomites who I let down…
To parents, family, School & friends…
Please, from the deepest recesses of my heart, I plead for FORGIVENESS.
The past few days have been hell for me, so depressed & so hard on me regarding the fact i was a serving queen & shouldn’t indulge on negative trends. It hurts & sincerely, I have never felt this way in my entire life, and I just cannot control it.
I never meant to bring disrespect to the world of Pagentry or modelling professions, my intention was not to belittled the crown or insult fellow queens. No… Far from it.
MY REGRETS:
1.) Not being asked WHY but being judged by ALL without an opportunity for fair hearing.
2.) Not being allowed to face a panel on my suitability to continue as a TEEN AMBASSADOR before being banished.
3.) Not being asked the motive behind my actions.
4.) Not given a chance/opportunity to atone & plead for forgiveness.
5.) Being chastised, condemned & treated as an infidel over a mistake i should have been corrected with kid gloves.
Notwithstanding, I am sorry for what I did yesterday, I am sorry for what I did today and what I’ll do tomorrow.
I know I could apologize for days on end but it may not eliminate your thoughts on me but i take solace on God Almighty & on his grace I continually seek strength to endure the pain i currently face. Knowing my actions upset many tremendously,
Please I Am Deeply Sorry. My fault, I Am Human & Not A Saint Without Blame.
Dear Friends,
Help me if you will “Not to drown in this Deep Blue Sea”.
We Teens must grow, and Thrive, for a better tomorrow.
As a child raised from a Christian home, I seek for forgiveness from all who i must have offended, I am not entirely perfect so let me not be crucified over an ignorance i now regret.
It is my fervent supplications to God that my apology over this sad episode of my life be ACCEPTED by all who i offended by this ugly incidence.
Once again, I AM DEEPLY SORRY, PLEASE ACCEPT ME BACK AS I AM.
AN APOLOGY LETTER FROM MY SUBCONSCIOUS MIND.
…”In a dilemma such as which I see myself, one would be lost on who to chose between the Devil & Deep Blue Sea.
I CHOSE THE DEEP BLUE SEA”.
I, Miss Abasiodiong Eyo Inyang who until my dethronement few days ago was MISS TEENS 2017/18 deeply apologies over my negative behaviour lately.
Few days ago I added another year to my age & I thought it wise to embark on a photoshoot, I decided to post my “Half Nude” pictures taken with the clearest of intentions.
Not knowing I would be misunderstood! And so, I apologize to organisers of the “Miss Teens Pageant” whose crown I bore… To teenagers across boards who are victims because of how they dress…
To Akwa Ibomites who I let down…
To parents, family, School & friends…
Please, from the deepest recesses of my heart, I plead for FORGIVENESS.
The past few days have been hell for me, so depressed & so hard on me regarding the fact i was a serving queen & shouldn’t indulge on negative trends. It hurts & sincerely, I have never felt this way in my entire life, and I just cannot control it.
I never meant to bring disrespect to the world of Pagentry or modelling professions, my intention was not to belittled the crown or insult fellow queens. No… Far from it.
MY REGRETS:
1.) Not being asked WHY but being judged by ALL without an opportunity for fair hearing.
2.) Not being allowed to face a panel on my suitability to continue as a TEEN AMBASSADOR before being banished.
3.) Not being asked the motive behind my actions.
4.) Not given a chance/opportunity to atone & plead for forgiveness.
5.) Being chastised, condemned & treated as an infidel over a mistake i should have been corrected with kid gloves.
Notwithstanding, I am sorry for what I did yesterday, I am sorry for what I did today and what I’ll do tomorrow.
I know I could apologize for days on end but it may not eliminate your thoughts on me but i take solace on God Almighty & on his grace I continually seek strength to endure the pain i currently face. Knowing my actions upset many tremendously,
Please I Am Deeply Sorry. My fault, I Am Human & Not A Saint Without Blame.
Dear Friends,
Help me if you will “Not to drown in this Deep Blue Sea”.
We Teens must grow, and Thrive, for a better tomorrow.
As a child raised from a Christian home, I seek for forgiveness from all who i must have offended, I am not entirely perfect so let me not be crucified over an ignorance i now regret.
It is my fervent supplications to God that my apology over this sad episode of my life be ACCEPTED by all who i offended by this ugly incidence.
Once again, I AM DEEPLY SORRY, PLEASE ACCEPT ME BACK AS I AM.
Monday, January 15, 2018
unbelievable!! see African migrants caught hiding under a car while trying to sneak to Europe
Security operatives in Spain have apprehended some African migrants hiding inside a car while trying to sneak into Europe.
Unbelievable: See African Migrants Caught Hiding Under a Car While Trying to Sneak Into Europe
Security operatives in Spain have apprehended some African migrants hiding insidex a car while trying to sneak into Europe.
The migrants after they were caught
Four suspected migrants have been caught trying to sneak into Europe by hiding underneath a car as it crossed into the Spanish North African territory of Melilla, Dailymail has reported.
Two of the migrants were hiding in the car’s boot, while another was found under the bonnet. A fourth, a woman, was reportedly found under the dashboard.
The driver and a passenger in the car were also detained, according to Spanish daily La Vanguardia.
Two police officers involved in catching the four suspected migrants had to be treated for injuries – one after taking a blow to the knee, the other after being hit in the hand.
The suspected migrants reportedly entered Spanish territory at the Beni-Enzar border crossing between Melilla and Morocco.
According to Spanish media, the car sped through security controls before the driver and his passenger dumped it outside a petrol station and fled.
They were both arrested, however, and the suspected migrants soon found inside.
Unbelievable: See African Migrants Caught Hiding Under a Car While Trying to Sneak Into Europe
Security operatives in Spain have apprehended some African migrants hiding insidex a car while trying to sneak into Europe.
The migrants after they were caught
Four suspected migrants have been caught trying to sneak into Europe by hiding underneath a car as it crossed into the Spanish North African territory of Melilla, Dailymail has reported.
Two of the migrants were hiding in the car’s boot, while another was found under the bonnet. A fourth, a woman, was reportedly found under the dashboard.
The driver and a passenger in the car were also detained, according to Spanish daily La Vanguardia.
Two police officers involved in catching the four suspected migrants had to be treated for injuries – one after taking a blow to the knee, the other after being hit in the hand.
The suspected migrants reportedly entered Spanish territory at the Beni-Enzar border crossing between Melilla and Morocco.
According to Spanish media, the car sped through security controls before the driver and his passenger dumped it outside a petrol station and fled.
They were both arrested, however, and the suspected migrants soon found inside.
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