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01:22
First of all, I'd like to render my sincere apologies to all the medical practitioners if my words offend 'you'. I had lived with the believe that my blood group is B+ having done medical tests at undergraduate level & pre-marital tests showing same B+.

Just last week I needed to renew my Fit for Duty (Work) medical and discovered the result showed that my blood group was O+. I enquired to know why this change from what I had always known. Upon my query, I was referred to lab to do a confirmatory test. To my amazement, I was given a report A+. At that point, I became worried. I questioned the result and called the doctor who referred me there. The lab scientist went back to the lab and came back with a different result of O+, saying it was mistakenly read up-side-down.

I read this as an implication assuming a wrong blood group transfusion is carried out on an individual. "If incompatible blood is given in a transfusion, the donor cells are treated as if they were foreign invaders, and the patient's immune system attacks them accordingly. Not only is the blood transfusion rendered useless, but a potentially massive activation of the immune system and clotting system can cause shock, kidney failure, circulatory collapse, and death."

Back to my story, I made up my mind to have two others tests for this confirmation; The next gave me a report AB+. As usual, I questioned the report and like the former, the lab scientist also went back to the lab and another result was issued; O+.

At this point, I imagined how many innocent souls had died from the errors of our medical practitioners. I remember vividly how my cousin new born babe (barely 2 weeks old) who had already recovered from the illness waiting for discharge note died instantly after a doctor injected him (Only God knows what error he made there).

Again I decided to try two more labs for this confirmation and both showed same results. This time I met a man in the last lab that gave me hope and trust in the profession.  In less than five minutes, he came out with a report O+. I asked how sure he was and narrated my ordeal in the last few days. He almost cried that some have refused to take care/caution in handling such delicate life matters. To assure me, he took me in and carried out same test in my very before with my blood and that of some other person having explained how the possible reactions that are to happen. Still, mine O+ and the other person A+.

I think COMPLACENCY is the word to describe the errors that people make in matters like this. That you have been doing it for twenty years does not exclude the fact that you MUST take the necessary precautionary measures in doing it again.

Be inspired to do more. Stay safe and blessed.

I now know my real blood group. 
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03:52

1. NO NIN NO JAMB Registration FOR 2020 CANDIDATES

2. Candidates are to use a new phone number to create a profile before buying jamb 2020 pin

3. To generate profile code. Simply send NIN space NIN NUMBER to 55019. The candidate will get a. Profile code b. NIMC registered names c. Notification from NIMC.
The profile code can be used to purchase UTME/DE PIN

4. Candidates with no NIN number at the time of reg at the CBT center will be sent to the nearest mapped NIMC center for capturing. NIN will be given within 5mins. The candidate will also be attended to immediately they get there based on an agreement between the two boards.
NB. no CBT center will capture for NIMC.

5. No capturing, biometric capturing, snapping of pictures etc will be done during jamb registration at CBT centers. Once candidate profile code is inserted, candidate data will be fetched from NIMC server. However, biometric verification will be required to generate first registration slip for printing.

6. Only NIMC can do correction of data henceforth. So the candidate needs to be careful during NIN enrolment.

7. CBT center only can do make changes on candidate's profiles as from 2020 registration. Fingerprint verification will be required before any changes can be done on candidate's profiles. E.g change of institution/course, the printing of result slip, admission letter.

8. CBT CENTRE will no longer have access to capture and register a candidate for Noun, SANDWICH, PART time and other registrations.
Only JAMB STATE OFFICE, ABUJA, and A+ category centers can do it.

9. SWEET SIXTEEN novel will be used for 2020 jamb reg

10. Jamb exam will hold for 3 weeks by 2020

11. Candidates with biometric issues during reg n exam will get a free flight to n fro to Abuja to register and write jamb 2020 exams.
Registration starts officially by Jan 13th, 2020 and ends on 17th February 2020.

Jamb mock is scheduled for 2nd March 2020

JAMB exam starts 14th March 2020 to 4th April 2020.
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10:51 ,
BRIEF HISTORY OF IGBIDE KINGDOM WHERE I HAIL AS NARRATED BY BENJAMIN EFE ADHA

IGBIDE is one of the nine administrative clans in Isoko South Local Government Area in Delta State. There is a major water outlet known as Urie-Igbide (Igbide Lake) which is connected by a narrow but a deep creek to Patani, an Ijaw town on the River Niger. It was a major route for traders and travelers, until the opening of the highway from Warri to Patani. Therefore, fishing is man’s all season occupation because of the annual floods and the numerous fishing ponds in both the swampy forest and Urie-Igbide.
Igbide town is surrounded by different neighbouring towns. Towards the South is Umeh, Olomoro to the North, Emede to the North-East, Uzere to the East and Enhwe to the West. All these towns speak a dialect of Isoko language with slight variations from one town to another.
The oral tradition has it that the founder of Igbide town, Eru, came from a town in Imo State called Mgbidi and migrated from there through Elele in Rivers State and through the Niger to Eastern Isoko. He settled first in the present site of Owodokpokpo but because of constant raidings of his home by some warriors and notorious slave dealers from Aboh and Ijaw, he moved into the hinterland and some few kilometers away from the shores of the lake to the present site at Igbide. He made a brief stopover before reaching Igbide at a spot called Otowodo, relatively high environment which is above high flood levels, and left his war materials there. Today, the place is referred to as Egbo-Igbide where past generations had kept their war materials and made shrines devoted to their ancestors.
Eheri, the eldest son of Eru, an explorer and a hunter, left the father’s abode to find his own settlement, presently known as Emede.
Nevertheless, the people of Emede claim that they are descendants of the Edo people (Benin) and they have no relationship with the people of Igbide except through intermarriages.
The rightful descendants of Eru in Igbide are people from Ekpo and Okporhokindred’s. They are believed to have come from Igbo-land through the rivers and creeks. These two Kindred’s, form a broad division of Igbide known as Unuame, meaning from “the riverine area”. There is another distinctive group of immigrants in Igbide who claim to have come from Benin, through a land route. They are the uruwhre and Owamakindred’s. They are commonly called Okpara – meaning “the land”. Igbide is, therefore, an admixture of cultures, which has resulted in a sharp division of activities in the land, which is manifested in the Abame wrestling dance.
It is a well-known fact that Nigerians, like other Africans, are deeply religious as they believe in the existence of God or any Supreme Being. Communication with God is effected through various gods, goddesses, and ancestral spirits. And these supernatural beings are symbolically represented in concrete forms, where art comes into function. These are usually found in shrines adorned with carved or molded statuettes and masks, each representing an ideology relating to a specific god and goddess from the worship of which the Igbide people are not exempted.
The typical traditional Igbide man believes in his gods and ancestors. The most famous ones that attract a large number of worshippers are Amededho, Edho-Idodo, Oni-urie, Edho-Oboko, and Edhivi. Each of these gods has a chief priest, who acts as a mediator between man and the god. These divinities are believed to govern all activities in human endeavours, god of war and peace, god of harvest and fertility, god of wealth, healing and protection. But with the introduction of Christianity, many of the gods and shrines were destroyed especially as most of their art pieces were made of perishable materials like clay, mud, and wood. All Christians were now forbidden to take an active part in ancestral worshipping.
This is also extended to non-participation in other traditional and annual festivals celebrated in honour of ancestors as well as divinities. At present the Jehovah witness group does not participate in Abame dance.
Nevertheless, the necessity to preserve this traditional dance is paramount, considering its socio-cultural, moral and disciplinary roles in the community.
ABAME FESTIVAL
Abame festival is not held in honour of any deity in Igbide. It is a unique and special festival to every indigene. Abame is prominent in the socio-cultural history of the Igbide people. As people in the riverine area, most of their social and cultural activities have been influenced by their peculiar environment.
History has it that Abame started from the bailing of ponds. In ancient times when Igbide was quite small in size and population, the community dug some fish ponds together and was under the supervision of the council of elders (Ogbedio). Numerous ponds were dug such as Atawa, Ofori, Oyoze, Uyude etc. On the order of the Ogbedio, the ponds are bailed every two or three years. These ponds were so important to the community that everybody was restrained from fishing in them until the Ogbedio permits.
At the bailing time, some people are expected to stay at the Eyo – (starting point) and others go deep down into ovivie (deeper part). The ovivie is only seen when the water has been drained off the Eyo. At this point, the struggle for seniority came up and it was difficult to detect seniority among the youths. The only solution to it was to make them wrestle, and the lazy ones or the losers were made to bail while the winners were made to do other minor jobs like killing or driving the fishes from their hidden holes or places called ‘Eyere’, usually covered with heavy woods. Might at that time was the sole criterion for seniority. This process took a lot of time for the completion of wrestling before the actual bailing. It became paramount to convert it into a wrestling contest which could be a game for entertainment that everybody could enjoy yearly. The bailing of the pond now became the wrestling contest known as Abame wrestling contest, which literally means, wrestling in or for water (water wrestling). It became a wrestling contest for age groups. The zeal for the contest compelled the individual to train very hard before the next one. It was in different categories – junior, intermediate and senior. The challenges were between different units of each kindred before the inter-kindred competition involving the two groups into which the town and its villages are divided.
Within the main town, three kindred’s are derived; Ekpo, Okphro, and Uruwhre. Ekpo and Okpohro fall under one broad unit – Unuame (from the riverine) and Uruwhre falls under Okpara group (land). Other small villages forming Igbide clan are divided into these two groups as follows Unuame Group: Ekpo, Okpohro, Owodokpokpo, Egbo and Urovo Okpara Group: Uruwhre, Oteri, and Agbawa (Lagos Igbide). Both groups have to select their most powerful, valour-endowed and healthy youths who have the techniques and skills of wrestling. The virgin land very close to the Atawa pond is usually chosen as the arena.
This arena is never cut with matchets but trampled down with bare feet. It is assumed that some of the plants enhance the effect of charms and serve as a catalyst for the charms used by each contestant.
Usually, on a fixed date in March, which is the dry season and a period conducive for bailing ponds, all the contestants, relatives, friends and well-wishers converge in Atawa.
At that time, costume used was individualistic, although it was still skirts (Ubuluku) of different variations. The rules or regulations of the traditional wrestling contest are quite different from the modern Olympics and professional wrestling. It is simple; a fall is determined by any part of the body touching the ground. And the argument is that man walks only on the soles of his feet, therefore, for any part of the body – hands, knees, head etc. to touch the ground means one has fallen. A defeated contestant was to pay homage to the winner whenever the next festival period was near with a basin of yams. In fact, the result of the contest was usually disastrous both for the winner and loser as fighting resulting in serious injuries was always the outcome.
This contest later degenerated to two individuals. The most powerful, energetic and masculine person is selected by each kindred as the representative. This time, it was likened to the famous Greek Olympic Games where it was both for individual and national honour to win. It was ill-fated to lose. The shame and disgrace were for the individual and the kindred. Hence each group prepares series of charms of different types with various effects for their representative many days before the stipulated date. The contest was preceded by a procession from the individual kindred to Atawa, beating drums, dancing and chanting of war songs and discharging of dangerous charms. The defeat of one of the contestants automatically ended what would normally look like jubilation in Atawa. The action would become more provocative when the winning group danced home with joy and honour, singing satirical songs. The other side (the losers) would reply with stones, broken bottles, sharp objects, wood, matches, and other dangerous weapons on their opponents. Many people came back home with a lot of injuries resulting from the struggle. Loss of properties such as jewelry, shoes, headgears etc. became the hallmark of such scuffles. It created real enmity among the Igbide People.

Abame wrestling dance
It is a well-known fact that Nigerians, like other Africans, are deeply religious as they believe in the existence of God or any Supreme Being. Elaho believes that “communication with God is effected through various gods, goddesses, and ancestral spirits. And these supernatural beings are symbolically represented in concrete forms, where art comes into function. These are usually found in shrines adorned with carved or molded statuettes and masks, each representing an ideology relating to a specific god and goddess from the worship of which the Igbide people are not exempted.
The typical traditional Igbide man believes in his gods and ancestors. The most famous ones that attract a large number of worshippers are Amededho, Edho-Idodo, Oni-urie, Edho-Oboko and Edhivi. Each of these gods has a chief priest, who acts as a mediator between man and the god. These divinities are believed to govern all activities in human endeavours, god of war and peace, god of harvest and fertility, god of wealth, healing and protection. But with the introduction of Christianity, many of the gods and shrines were destroyed especially as most of their art pieces were made of perishable materials like clay, mud and wood. All Christians were now forbidden to take any active part in ancestral worshipping.
This is also extended to non-participation in other traditional and annual festivals celebrated in honour of ancestors as well as divinities. At present the Jehovah witness group does not participate in Abame dance.
Nevertheless the necessity to preserve this traditional dance is paramount, considering its socio-cultural, moral and disciplinary roles in the community.
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VIRGINITY 

We were talking about females virginity yesterday and somebody mentioned the best way to know whether a young lady is a virgin or not is that it's an absolute necessity each young lady seeps amid her first sex and am certain lion's share have the same mentality yet this isn't right. Bleeding doesn't decide whether a young lady is a virgin or not all that I chose to discharge this article to help instruct our young fellows and ladies on this issue of young ladies seeping amid first sex...THE MYTH ABOUT FEMALE VIRGINITY - why most ladies won't bleed the first occasion when they engage in sexual relations. There's an extremely regular legend in South and Central Asia (Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and so forth.) and Africa (Nigeria and numerous different countries ) that you can tell if a lady is a virgin, by regardless of whether she bleeds the first occasion when she engages in sexual relations. There is zero truth in this. Not all ladies bleed the first occasion when they engage in sexual relations, as I'll clarify it in this post. To comprehend why a few ladies bleed and some don't, it's vital to comprehend what the hymen is. The hymen is a film that will in general cover some portion of the vaginal opening (it doesn't generally square or cover the whole vagina, as a few people erroneously think). NOT ALL WOMEN HAVE A HYMEN. The hymen likewise contrasts from lady to ladylike all ladies have diverse statures and weights and highlights, all ladies additionally have distinctive sums and kinds of the hymen. A few ladies have thick hymens, some have thin hymens, and a few ladies have NO hymens by any stretch of the imagination. A few ladies have bigger hymens, a few ladies normally have a next to no measure of hymen that covers just a little bit of their vaginal opening (and consequently does not by any means act as a burden, amid first-time sex). Furthermore, the hymen wears away without anyone else as you grow up. For most ladies, the hymen wears away without anyone else with exercise, bicycling, horseback riding - it can wear off with basically some other physical action, notwithstanding moving! - or from utilizing tampons while discharging. Particularly if the hymen is little or thin, a large portion of it will, in general, wear away without anyone else as a young lady grows up. On the off chance that a lady is conceived WITHOUT a hymen, she won't bleed the first occasion when she has intercourse. On the off chance that a lady has a little or thin hymen, she probably won't bleed the first occasion when she engages in sexual relations. On the off chance that a lady's hymen has worn away without anyone else (which is extremely normal as young ladies grow up), she won't bleed the first occasion when she engages in sexual relations. The outcome is that the lion's share - at any rate 63% of ladies - won't bleed the first occasion when they engage in sexual relations, as per an examination distributed by the British Medical Journal. Ladies who do bleed include - Women with thick hymens (who comprise a little level of the populace) - Younger young ladies. Since the hymen wears away individually with time, a 16-year old has a higher shot of seeping than a 25-year old. When a young lady is of or over the lawful period of assent - 18, 20, 24 years old, for instance - the vast majority of her hymen is probably going to have worn away alone, which means it's impossible that she'll bleed a ton, if by any stretch of the imagination. Be that as it may, even a young lady can be physically dynamic, have a thin or little hymen, or have no hymen by any stretch of the imagination, which means she probably won't seep amid first-time sex. - Most regularly, ladies who bleed will, in general, be ladies who are managed generally amid sex. In the event that the person drives himself inside the young lady, when she isn't prepared, loose or sufficiently stirred, he is probably going to cause damage or death. Since a great many people believe it's typical for ladies to bleed the first occasion when they engage in sexual relations, they don't understand that this bleeding is a consequence of the lady having been harmed, and not of the hymen breaking Painful first-time sex is for the most part on the grounds that the lady isn't loose or sufficiently stimulated, and gets injured therefore; it is once in a while ever as a result of the hymen breaking. Most importantly there is no real way to survey female virginity. Bleeding does not have anything to do with virginity - it needs to do with the sort of hymen a young lady has, and hymens contrast from young lady to young lady from birth. The outcome is that lone a little level of ladies bleed the first run through! (Just 37% seep amid first-time sex, as per the examination distributed in the British Medical Journal.)

Why is this so critical to know about?

 Ladies everywhere throughout the world get mishandled, harmed and even executed because of the fantasy of 'virgin dying. Since the vast majority (people) feel that bleeding is an indication of virginity, ladies who don't bleed the first run through have been separated, experienced doubt prompting abusive behavior at home and misuse, and even slaughtered for respect. Instructing individuals that a young lady does not really need to bleed the first occasion when she has intercourse - in light of the fact that not all young ladies have thick hymens, and some are conceived with no hymen by any stretch of the imagination - is vital in light of the fact that it can truly spare lives. .P.S: I comprehend that not every person can share material like this, regardless of whether they need to. Be that as it may, the main way we can instruct individuals with respect to this issue is on the off chance that it goes into the news channels of whatever number individuals as would be prudent if however many individuals as could be expected under the circumstances perused it. 
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14:45

Formal Finance Minister Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala Speaks on Nigeria Economic

Regardless I think that it's interesting that the vast majority don't know why Nigeria economy went into retreat, they cherish the clumsy lies of Lai Mohammed about the past government destroying everything. It's likewise nearsighted to think that if Jonathan somehow happened to at present be in control, we would be more terrible off. 
The reality about Nigeria's subsidence is this; it was caused by the president's unguided talk and uncultured non-verbal communication. Right off the bat, there is nothing we are purchasing today that we weren't purchasing 5 years back, consequently, it's not our buy that put weight on Naira in any case, withdrawal of assets by outside speculators. 
After the race, the president made precariousness with his unguided articulations about how everybody is degenerate and how everybody is going to imprison. The shakiness made remote speculators to exchange their speculation and change their cash to dollars. During the time spent attempting to escape, they were eager to purchase dollars at any value, which prompts a high trade dollar rate. Despite the fact that some of them were not prepared to flee, but rather need their cash in dollars to spare their ventures from depreciation, the president gave a terrible flag by restricting store of remote cash into domiciliary records. That was sufficient with the expectation of complementary market devotees to see the draconian penmanship on the divider that was the start of dollar surge. 
To exacerbate the situation, the president thought of another unbelievable strategy of apportioning dollar to specific areas and shutting numerous parts out. That was the nail in the pine box which encouraged the development of free FALL. At last, remote financial specialists assumed control $80B out of the economy inside a brief period and everything went down to free fall. 
To the individuals who trust it will be more terrible if Jonathan is still there, you are for the most part off-base. Arrangement coherence and political soundness won't let billions of dollars leave our shores inside such minor time allotment. Despite the fact that the government may have salary deficiency, the private segment will climate the tempest by their trust in the market. 
The dread of the obscure made by PMB is in charge of the financial downturn, not low oil cost. Loan fee in America is right now at 0.5% while it is 12% in Nigeria. JP Morgan Chase wouldn't fret acquiring $50 billion from Feds at 0.5 and put in Nigeria for the return of %2000 benefit. Citi bank will do likewise, in like manner US Bank Corp. Pursue gave Buhari cautioning about the repercussions of his settling approach before they hauled out, yet his unskilled digital warriors and uneducated e-officers said JPMORGAN can go to heck, they never again have faith in financial measurements since their savior is in control. 
Sufficiently interesting they are generally enduring today as a result of the idiotic strategy, in any case, they discover alleviation by pointing the finger at it on past organization and Gucci hunger of normal Nigerians. For your data, if your leader "proceeds" with his unguided talk, Naira will go down to N1000/1 $. In any case, we express gratitude toward God, he is never again talking.

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04:07

​WHO ARE U DECEIVING ?​
You got angry in church and stopped being the member of the  ​choir​, left ​ushering​ , stopped ​sanctuary cleaning​ and every other work you were doing in church.
Eventually you've stopped going to the ​church​ because someone spoke to you in a way you didn't like...

Most of the messages from the pulpit was against you from your opinion...

Nobody called you when you were ​sick​ because according to you, ​"they do not love or care in the church..."​

But pls excuse me...
You've not stopped working for the boss who insults you most of the time, neither have you stopped work because your colleagues spoke ill of you... (Money was the reason)
                                              When working on that building construction work, a nail entered your leg, you went to the hospital to treat your leg, your supervisor never called you to ask about your situation, you came to site to continue the construction work, you never quit ( working for money)                                        
When you were sick, you didn't wait for your boss to call you or look for you at work. Rather, you called and told him about your present condition. No complaint about him not visiting you (Fear of query or loss of the job)
                                              No matter the intensity of the rain, you must get to your  work place on time, even without an umbrella but little shower on Sunday, you will have so much excuses no to serve God, which is the reason you are still  breathing                             
Do you remember that at school, your teachers, your schoolmates and or even your best friends offended you, yet you didn't stop schooling..

You can easily miss Church but not lectures because the lecturer will take attendance which counts in assessment

You can be late with your appointment with God at Church but you will be extra early for your visa interview at the embassy... �

​Who are you deceiving?​
I don't blame you too much. Maybe you don't know or you don't have adequate revelation about Church...

Please, Hear Me! Church is not a ​"No Offense Club"​ where all things must be done to please you and you alone.

​What have you done in church for the good of others?​

According to Scripture the first knowledge everybody must have about Church is that... It's ​The House Of God​ and ​The Gate of Heaven​...
Genesis 28:17...

Your service to God must be with reverential fear, honor and respect.

God is watching... � _
Change your attitude.

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17:57

1. The River Niger Bridge at Onitsha was constructed between 1964 and 1965 by Dumez- a French construction company and cost £5 million.

2. Patience Jonathan is one of Nigeria’s most-educated First Ladies, with an NCE, a B.Ed, and a PhD from University of Port-Harcourt.
3. The highest peak in Nigeria is located in Taraba and is called Chappal Waddi which means “The Mountain of Death”.
4. There are 196 countries in the world and at least one Igbo person from Nigeria lives in every one of them.
5. The Pidgin word ‘Sabi’ came from ‘Saber’, Portuguese and Spanish for ‘to know’. Both country’s ships traded slaves from the Bight of Benin.
6. Katsina College (now Barewa College in Zaria) has produced 5 Nigerian Presidents/Heads of State since it was founded in 1921 in Katsina.
7. Ojukwu taught Murtala Mohammed and Ben Adekunle at Regular Officers Special Training School, Ghana. Both ‘fought’ their teacher during the civil war
8. At Nigeria’s independence in 1960, there were 41 Secondary Schools in the North and 842 Secondary Schools in the South.
9. In 1983, Senator Arthur Nzeribe spent $16.5 million to win a Senatorial seat in Orlu (in Imo State).
10. In 1973, the Federal Government of Nigeria considered officially changing the name of “Lagos” to “Eko”. Regarding “Lagos” as a colonial name.
11. The geographical area now referred to as Nigeria was once referred to as ‘Soudan’ and ‘Nigiritia’.
12. Offences punishable by death sentence after the 1966 coup included embezzlement, rape and homosexuality.
13. MKO Abiola was named Kashimawo (Let us wait and see) by his parents. He was his father’s twenty-third child, but the first to survive infancy.
14. Jaja Wachucku was the first person to refer to Lagos as a “no-man’s land” in 1947, provoking a national controversy.
15. Jollof rice, chicken breast, serve of ice cream, tea, coffee or Bournvita, with full cream milk and sugar: Meal Cost = 50Kobo- Unilag in the late 1970s
16. At the point death in 1989, Sam Okwaraji was a PhD candidate and qualified lawyer with an LL.M in International Law (University of Rome)
17. When British Bank of West Africa (now First Bank) opened a branch in Kano in 1929, Alhassan Dantata (Dangote’s Grandfather) opened an account depositing 20 camel-loads of silver coins.
18. Jaja Wachuku is reputed to have owned the biggest one-man library in West Africa. Balewa sometimes referred to him as “Most Bookish Minister
19. The colonization of Nigeria took more than 40 years to achieve and the territories were integrated by the use of force.
20. Yoruba is spoken as a ritual language the Santeria cult in Carribean and South-Central America.
21. Slavery existed in the Nigerian territory before the 15th century and was abolished in the 19th century- 1807 by the British.
22. At least 55 women were killed in South-East Nigeria, in 1929 when the women forced the Umuahia warrant chiefs to submit to their rule.
23. The coinage ‘Supreme Court’ was first used in 1863 by the colonial administration through the enactment of the Supreme Court Ordinance No. II.
24. MKO Abiola died suddenly on July 7, 1998, exactly one month after General Sani Abacha died mysteriously on June 8, 1998.
25. Agbani Darego was the only one to wear a maillot as opposed to a bikini during the Miss Universe contest in 2001.
26. The ‘Ankara’ material is not indigenous to Nigeria. Our indigenous textiles include the Akwete, Ukara, Aso-Oke and Adire.
27. Aloma Mukhtar is the first female lawyer from the North and went on to become the first female Chief Justice of Nigeria.
28. The area known as Makoko town in Lagos was first a swamp, later sand-filled by the colonial government and served as the first bridge to the Island.
29. Esie Museum is Nigeria’s first museum, established in 1945. Once reputed to have the largest collection of soapstone images in the world.
30. Aminu Kano formed the Northern Teachers’ Association (NTA) in 1948, the first successful regional organization in the history of the North.
31. George Goldie, who played a major role in founding Nigeria, placed a curse on anyone who attempts to write his biography.
32. In 1996, John Ogbu, a Nigerian Anthropologist firmly advocated for the use of African-American Vernacular to teach in the U.S
33. Hausa Language indigenous to Northern Nigeria is spoken in 11 African States. Germany, French, U.S., and British International radio stations broadcast in Hausa.
34. The surgeon who ‘killed’ Stella Obasanjo was sentenced to 1 year in prison, disqualified for 3 years and fined €120,000.
35. The word ‘asiri’ means ‘secret’ in Hausa, Yoruba, Nupe and Igarra. It also means ‘gossip’ in Igbo.
36. Igbo-Ora in Oyo State, Kodinji in India and Candido Godoi in Brazil are the towns that produce the highest number of twin births in the world.
37. Bishop Ajayi Crowther, a Yoruba, in 1857 produced a reading book for the Igbo Language and a full grammar and vocabulary of NUPE in 1864.
38. The first TV broadcast in Nigeria and Tropical Africa was on October 31, 1959.
39. In 1978, a 50Kobo increase (from #1.50 to #2) in the cost of University Students’ meal per day caused the ‘Ali Must Go’ protests.
40. Albert E. Kitson discovered coal in Enugu in 1909. This discovery led to the building of Port-Harcourt town in 1912.
41. Today, only Nigeria has a larger black population than Brazil. More than 3.5 million Africans were captured, enslaved and transported to Brazil.
42. Groundnut pyramids were the invention of Alhaji Alhassan Dantata to stack bags before export.
43. In 1967, old traditional ruler, Oba Akran and A. Ademiluyi were jailed for 14 years (7 each) for stealing £504,750 (#2.5b).
44. Since 1960, Nigeria has been either ruled by an ex-lecturer/ex-teacher or military man. The only exceptions are Azikiwe and Shonekan.
45. If you visited Lagos in 1975, you could spend a day at the Presidential Suite of Federal Palace Hotel for #100, single room for #19.
46. The first aircraft to land in Nigeria landed in Kano in July 1925. A British fighter jet flew from Khartoum (present day Sudan).
47. In 1895, Koko of Nembe (now in Bayelsa) took 60 white men hostage. When the British refused his demands, more than 40 of those men were eaten.
48. The ‘Naira’ was coined by Chief Obafemi Awolowo when he was serving as the Federal Commissioner of Finance.
49. Koma Hill (settlement in Adamawa where people lived and practised the killing of twins) was discovered in 1986 by a NYSC corps member.
50. The pilot (Francis Osakwe) that flew Ojukwu away from Biafra (1970) was the same pilot that flew Gowon to Uganda (last flight as Head of State).
51. In 1986, Shehu Shagari was banned from participation in politics for life. The ban has still not been lifted.
52. As the wife of the deputy Head of State (Vice President of Nigeria) in 1984, Biodun Idiagbon personally ran a small ice cream shop in Ilorin..
53. Koma Hills (Adamawa State) inhabitants when discovered were observed to engage in the practise of borrowing wives among themselves.
54. Juju, Dashiki, Yam and Okra are words in the English dictionary that originated from ethnic groups located in present day Nigeria.
55. Nigeria has more English speakers than England, and more Muslims than Saudi Arabia and Syria.

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OUR FOREFATHERS WERE HAPPIER THAN WE ARE BY ARIYE EBILABO

Happiness is a feeling of pleasure, contentment or joy. To be happier than someone is to possess’ joy or enough subtle pleasure and contentment more than another person. Some people might think, how was our forefather happier than we are? Well, there are a lot of reasons to enlighten you that they, in fact, happier than we are.
Realistic satisfaction:  Our forefathers live a simple happy life where they are satisfied with what they got, they live a reality, unlike us where we photoshop and airbrush and create expectations for ourselves which are virtual and we try hard to convince ourselves. Until we face the reality we will not know that our happiness scale is not even zero quarter of our expectation scale, and that is, we are never satisfied, that’s why we’re not happy and yet we continue feeding ourselves with virtual expectations, with lies. We don’t face the reality of life. That’s the difference between us and our forefathers.
Spending time with family: They knew the real meaning of spending time with family members. They give much time to their family and friends rather than wasting it on the internet and social media. They had tasted the real taste of childhood. Most of us don’t know simple games we ought to know at our age. We don’t have a childhood. We enjoy playing stupid games at each other. In those days, everyone had time for each other’s but now selfishness has rooted itself in our society.
Depression cases. Depression has indicated us more among the recent generations than among our forefathers. Many studies show this. Our forefathers defined happiness as contentment and fulfillment from long relationships. Our generation defined happiness with events of pleasure. Our forefathers were happier than us. In today generation, children are given loads of homework, some kids spend a lot of time on gadgets, social media, hanging out friends than their families, they do not have time to spend their children. Our generation does not care about others they are so self-centered. We do not live a life of happiness, we only care about earning money. Earning money is pointless and worthless if we are not happy. Happiness in our lives is very essential or important as it reflects our lives in many ways. ‘’Happy people live longer!’’ 
Adulterated food: We are not happier than our forefathers because we are now feeding on adulterated food. We now have adulterated food everywhere were as in those days, people have fresh food to eat which enable them to live longer than this correct generation.
 Air pollution: We lack fresh air to inhale due to carbon (IV) oxide in the atmosphere whereas in those days they had good air and no sign of air pollution.  We are living in a materialistic and dangerous earth, but our forefathers lived on sound earth. Today advancement has given rise to global warming, and today people think that they are happier but our spirits know that we are not because all means of technology have indirectly affected our lives in bad ways. For instance, diseases due to radiation from radio waves and ultra-violet rays from the sun that is penetrating our atmosphere due to man’s activities that causes skin cancer, sunburns which could also cause meningitis. In the days of our forefathers, none of these happened.   Most people would say we are better because we could cure the disease. But I want you to know that prevention is better than cure. Also, our forefathers didn’t have such disease that we have. Haven’t you noticed that it was the advancement of technology and the change of belief that natural disasters and such disease started unfolding gradually? In the days of our forefathers, they didn’t have serious diseases, their disease were just minor injuries which could be easily cured by medicinal herbs.
Economic Recession: Nevertheless, our forefathers never faced an economic recession. In our present time, we face tremendous economic problems. Today the economy is good, tomorrow is bad. A few years ago, we were in economic recession because of our present government. In the days of our forefathers, they were happy without selfish government. They live there simple life on their own. Though they had few leaders who governed them, they didn’t have problems with government and didn’t lack anything. Unlike us, today bag of rice will increase, tomorrow it will decrease, and our economy is so bad to the point that our cafeteria also increases their price, Limca bottle of #5 is now #80, sweets that were #1 is now #20. In the days of our forefathers' things were not like this.
Corruption: Everyone seemed equal but they still respected people of authority like king and rulers and everything still went smooth and good. There were low cases of theft and arm robbery as there were strict rules and regulations guiding them. There was nothing like high class, low class or middle class. They were happy with their kind of life that they were living. Unlike us, we can never be satisfied with anything.  There was nothing like Muslim or Christian. They had focus and straightforward. Moreover, don’t forget the fact that there were low rate or probably no corruption in their time. We still want more. Also we need to get more important fact that they were united. There were no diversity.  They were not that poor. Poor people were still regarded in the society. They love each other. Old people spend most of their nights to tell folktale with their children. But now most grandparents of this generation don’t do that. Everyone loves each other. We care for the person right next to us and were not bias.
Death: I acknowledge the fact of the modern civilization that we have through science and technology giving human many things to enjoy that are our forefathers had no access to, such as electricity and it's by-product. But the same civilization has created huge environmental degradation in the form of industrial wastes littering the land, air, and sea as pollution which in turn have led to a large number of death.
The world health organization said on Tuesday, September 27, 2016. That 92% of the world population breath are containing pollutant exceeding WHO limits, resulting in the huge number of death across the world. 
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Beware!!!
a Facebook user (Ike Paulcharia) has raised a warning alarm to the general public notifying everyone on the fraudulent act of some individual regarding the use of ATM and helping a friend or a stranger to receive cash and either send or receive at the ATM gallery.  below is her post
''Last Friday, I ordered food from my food vendor, but a different guy delivered it. I asked what happened to the guy that usually serves me food, and was told that he was arrested by the police.
Yesterday, I ordered again, and the arrested guy brought the food. I asked him why he was arrested, and the story below will shock you.
He was at the ATM last weekend to withdraw some money. After withdrawing and about to leave, a man whom I met in the ATM stand that evening walked up to me and complained about how his bank was not available and he needed money urgently to settle bills.
In fact, he told me that his car knocked someone down and he needs money to pay the hospital bills.
He asked if he could transfer the sum of N90 thousand Naira to my account so I could help him withdraw with my card. After considering what hospitals do to patients that have no money to deposit before treatment, I gave him my account number and he transferred the money and I withdraw it with my card. He thanked me profusely and we departed.
A few days later, I got a call from my bank to come and fill a form. When I got to the bank, I was asked to sit and a BVN Re-registration form was given to me. After some minutes, some policemen came and I was arrested for phone theft and fraud6ulent transfer and withdrawal of funds.
To cut a sad story short, the man I helped at the ATM stole someone's phone, hacked his account and transferred to unsuspecting nine(9) persons in different ATM machines across Imo state
We all helped him withdraw close to 1m that day!
I was made to pay the 90 thousand naira he sent to my account, hence my release from police custody.''
Please learn from this story
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PRESIDENT BUHARI vs NIGERIAN YOUTH (a must-read  by  every intelligent  youth )

Speaking at the Common Wealth Business Forum in Westminster on April 18, 2018, Buhari said :

"Nigerian youths are lazy, uneducated; and don't like to do any work because they believe their country is an oil-rich  nation, thus always wanting  free oil money "

NIGERIAN YOUTH : Sir, you are absolutely correct. One of the lazy Nigerian youths who is enjoying free oil money had an accident with the power bike he bought with free oil money not too long ago, and he was flown abroad for treatment with free oil money, then he hired a jet with free oil money from London to Abuja after his treatment.

Sir, we Nigerian Youth completely agree with you that the Nigerian youths are lazy and uneducated and always wanting free oil money. Their role models are in Aso Rock enjoying free oil money without even solving any security or economic problem for the country. When they are ill, they fly abroad for medical vacation with free oil money.

Why would anyone disagree with you that the Nigerian youths are uneducated? It's very obvious. That's why they don't even know their rights !! Some of them ignorantly  keep defending your ineptitude !!!

Sir, at 19 years of age, you left secondary school to join the Nigerian Army. At age 21, you were commissioned a second lieutenant and appointed Platoon Commander of the Second Infantry Battalion in Abeokuta, Nigeria. Where can our youths get such opportunity today ?

You enjoyed free education as a young man, but today the youths are deprived of basic education. You were a governor, a petroleum commissioner and a Head of State as a youth; but today, youths are on social media defending your failures !

Honestly, sir, we agree with you that the Nigerian youths are lazy. That's why you ruled Nigeria as a youth and have also grabbed the job as an old man. The youths are too ignorant to even know the implication of this your comment, because some indolent ones would still rationalize it as an "ordinary" comment, forgetting that 'out of the abundance of the mind, the mouth speaks'. They don't even know that you and your fellow old men are presently doing the jobs that  the youths should,  ordinarily, be doing !

Sir, the most interesting aspect of this your "truth" is that you said it in a country where their government provides basic infrastructures, almost free education, free WiFi, free health care, almost free investment loans for their youths. While, in your own country, these lazy and uneducated youths, provide their own electricity, schools, security, roads, healthcare etc.. Yet, the indolent youths use their "free oil money" to buy mobile data to defend your ineptitude.

Sir, let us remind you that we have seen so many Nigerian youths who were almost useless in Nigeria, but when they cross over to the western world, they suddenly begin to excel in different fields of endeavor. What do you think is responsible for their positive output in the foreign land? Your guess is as good as ours.  Sir- the difference is not far-fetched : A responsible government usually plan for their youths and create enabling environment for the youths to be able to create wealth and contribute to National development. Can we say the same of your own government ? Certainly Not !  Instead, we have lazy, uneducated youths who would hang on telecommunication masts and electric cables to shout "SAI BABA"  whenever  you visit their states. SHAME ! We only wish they knew better.

Finally, sir, let us ask you this :  Apart from the free oil money this country has been paying you since your days as a youth till date, what have you been able to create  for yourself ? Do you have thriving businesses that are providing employment for the Nigerian youths? Have you invented anything on your own? Sir, you can now see that this free oil money is what has kept you going for over 50 years. Perhaps this laziness is not limited to the youths alone. We guess some 75-year-old incompetent presidents are also lazy and love free oil money; and  that's why they want to remain in power till they are 80 years old. If we take away the free oil money this country has  been paying you so that you then appraise your life, are you sure you will have any worth, sir?

We leave you to your conscience, Sir.

But, we hope that all intelligent Nigerian youths will realise that you are now using their time, after you had long-ago  used your own time.

We hope that all intelligent Nigerian youths will stop being "lazy" and  join hands,  to take charge of their own destiny.

We equally hope that Nigerian youths will get their Permanent Voter's Card ready, and give you appropriate response in 2019.

.......courtesy :

          NATIONAL  ASSOCIATION OF  DISADVANTAGED & OPPRESSED NIGERIAN  YOUTHS ( NADONY )

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Sergey Mavrodi Has Passed Away. MMM is put on “pause”

 

Dear participants, a tragic event took place: on March 26, our leader and ideological mastermind — Sergey Mavrodi — left his life. In the street, he felt unwell and complained of weakness and heartache. A passer-by called an ambulance, Sergey Mavrodi was hospitalized, alas, he couldn’t be saved. Sergey Mavrodi died at the age of 62.
In this regard, the МММ System shifts to a “pause” mode. It is impossible to provide and get help; Mavros don’t grow. In the near future, Administration will take a decision concerning MMM’s future and report on it officially. Hoping for your understanding.
Sergey Mavrodi devoted his life to serving other people. He abstained from conveniences and material benefits, communication with his family and friends in order that no one could influence him and the System. Sergey Mavrodi worked until his dying day: without holidays and vacations. Mr Mavrody always felt his responsibility for the participants and the System. He never pursued any self-interest.
Mr Mavrodi, long before the cryptocurrencies emergence, predicted that the modern financial system would become a thing of the past. While today we can see that many of Mr Mavrodi’s predictions have already come true: alternatives to fiat money have appeared and they become increasingly widely disseminated. Let us remember the principles that Mr Mavrodi defended: mutual aid and justice; and strive to implement those principles in our life. This will be our best contribution to Mavrodi’s mission.
Sergey Mavrodi is a great man who managed to unite a huge number of people worldwide in the struggle for a single purpose. MMM was his life’s work; he dreamed of changing the world. Sergey Mavrodi, you will always be in our hearts!
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Breaking: Sergeant David Bako deserts N/Army, spills how Dapchi young ladies' snatching was arranged in the Villa and executed with N80 million



Breaking: Sergeant David Bako deserts N/Army, spills how Dapchi young ladies' kidnapping was arranged in the Villa and executed with N80 million

PARIS, MARCH 24, 2018: (DGW) As numerous Nigerians keep on reacting to the Dapch young ladies' hijack dramatization, a specific Nigerian Christian warrior, Sergeant David Bako from the Middle Belt, Plateau State to be exact has uncovered how the Dapchi young ladies abduct show was plotted and executed.

He said he discovered it completely important to make the admission considering the criminal killings the nation over which he compared to ethnic purifying.

In an email sent to our newsroom here in Paris, Sergeant David Bako said the plot was arranged and practiced for two weeks by Buhari's followers in the armed force of which he was one.

He said the urgency by Buhari to run Nigeria for an additional four years drove him on to utilize all way to ensure he stays in control.

President Buhari, he stated, will be no weakling in 2019 in light of the fact that he has idealized plans to stay in the Villa past 2019.

Proceeding with the story, he stated, they were given N80 million to execute the plot to reestablish the people groups' winding down trust in the Buhari government as Boko Haram ventured up assaults as of late which was a total humiliation to the Buhari government in the wake of asserting to have crushed the Islamist faction.

He said the resurgence of Boko Haram assaults and killings in the upper east drove the administration to discover all methods conceivable to recover the people groups' certainty seeing that 2019 decision is in the same class as lost.

Buhari, he stated, does not have any desire to leave the Villa under any pretense in 2019. In the email underneath he described how the plot was arranged and executed.

He composed: '' I feel compelled to make this admission and as I make this staggering admission, I am no longer in Nigeria since I need to unavoidably forsake the Nigerian Army to spare my life and that of my family from a conceivable outline execution by Buhari's mystery specialists.

Barnawi group of Boko Haram knows nothing about the snatching of Dapchi young ladies. We were paid N80 million to complete the kidnapping which we arranged and practiced for two weeks to influence it to look genuine. 16 of us, solid Buhari's supporters partook in the plot and were given N80 million and a few trucks with which to do the activity.

On February 19, 2017, after we had gotten the cash, we were confessed to make it a best mystery and further told we would be abundantly remunerated if the arrangement pays off. The arrangement, as per our unit administrator, is to influence Nigerians to recapture their trust in the Buhari government, ground the PDP which we as a whole abhorrence with an energy and the Obasanjo coalition which the Villa saw as a developing danger if something isn't desperately done.

Obasanjo, our officer let us know will prevail with regards to dislodging Buhari from the Villa in 2019 in the event that we don't devise a way to influence Nigerians to trust more in Buhari's initiative.

The cash we got was not paid into our records but rather was brought via auto from Abuja totaling N80 million naira which was shared among us with trucks to complete the activity.

On that night the troopers positioned in the area were conveyed to different areas to empower us do the activity without hitch which we did. The Boko Haram hail you saw us conveying was composed by us and had ourselves wrapped up like the guerillas.

There was no such thing like seizing by the Barnawi group of the Boko Haram. We crashed into the school compound in a commando style, got through the school entryway while the night protects numbering at least three kept running for their dear lives as they heard our discharges and droning Islamic war tunes in the midst of 'Western training is a transgression''. We drove straight into the school quarters and requested the young ladies to get onto the trucks some of whom dozed stripped in view of the singing warmth. Despite the fact that we had been given cautioning by our administrator not to attack or unpleasant handle the young ladies thusly activity would not go on without serious consequences under any appearance.

We were given 1 hour and 45 minutes to do the activity from where we headed to the school and the task did not keep going for over 45 minutes to get the young ladies on board the trucks. So they had no opportunity to convey any of their assets.

We drove them to an undisclosed area which was obscure to any of us in light of the fact that our unit leader drove the route until the point that we landed in where they all were deliberately kept.

The claim that five of them lost their lives is obviously not valid as we didn't murder or even shoot any of them following the strict requests and guidelines that they ought to be dealt with tenderly, remained careful and unharmed.

While where they were kept we were advised to lecture them, influence ourselves to look like fear based oppressors to empower them to trust, describe and describe what they saw which would influence individuals to trust the snatching story.

We were not permitted to run with our telephones to the area where the young ladies were kept, in this way we couldn't take photos of the young ladies and the area. Was there any announcement discharged on the kidnapping by the Barnawi gathering? Was there any video film by the Barnawi amass like that of the Chibok young ladies? That was to make it a best mystery which the legislature does not have any desire to play it.

On the day we were requested to restore the young ladies, police and our associates were sent out of the course to maintain a strategic distance from any conceivable showdown - I mean with the individuals who knew nothing about the plot.

While leaving, we instructed them to grasp Islam and gave them apparel since some of them were taken away stripped with wrappers they laid down with when we stole them from the residence.

Out of the cash that was shared, I got N3 million and on apprehensions I chose to restore the cash to my unit administrator to keep it for me as I have no prepared use for the cash. I revealed to him I would go to Jos to see my mom who was sick and that on return I will gather it once again from him and take it to my bank.

Unsuspicious of my intentions, he gathered it from me and gave me five days to answer to my obligation post.

With the visa I had in my identification I needed to go similarly as Port Harcourt where nobody knows me and flew out of the nation while approaching God pardoning for the part I played in the entire activity.

What really influenced me to apologize of the abhorrence is the plot on the ground to complete ethnic purifying in Nigeria and as I compose this piece, I make strong to state here that each Nigerian people group in the southern piece of the nation has been invaded by outfitted local armies imported from Niger, Mali, and Chad by the Buhari government to release dread on Nigerians on the off chance that they by a bit of destiny oppose the progressing ethnic purging.

My associates have frequently gloated that the Quran, as per the late Sardauna, must be perused in the ocean and that is the thing that this administration is doing. The Dapchi young ladies indicated kidnapping is to influence Nigerians to trust the Buhari government is working and it would, along these lines, look bad to vote him out.

The staying four years is to influence him to execute the shrouded motivation to complete ethnic purging. The plot on the ground is to have each contradicting voice executed that would be a danger to the effective execution of the plan. That is the motivation behind why they initially thought of the steers states which the southern pioneers rejected.

As I compose this piece, my heart seeps for Nigeria and I lament the part I played in the snatching of the Dapchi young ladies to additionally cheat Nigerians into trusting Buhari is the best individual to lead the nation in the coming years. Please Nigerians, I ask for pardoning and request that you help me with supplications to God for absolution in the part I played. Offer this story and let it go round to spare Nigerians the grave peril of permitting President Buhari to proceed past 2018 in the Villa. I will come back to Nigeria when Buhari leaves control, God willing.'
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 *ONE CORNER!*

I don’t know if you have also seen or heard one devil-inspired dance that is now trending among the youth, it is called *‘ONE CORNER’.*

The name in itself is nothing but a summary of how the devil wastes young people- he pushes them into *ONE CORNER* where nobody is watching and before you know it, they are gone.

Every now and then Christians are yielding to temptations in *ONE CORNER,*

Compromising their faith in *ONE CORNER,*

Collecting bribes in *ONE CORNER* and toiling with all manner of sinful and despicable practices in *ONE CORNER.*

You may think that you’re safe and  no one sees 👀 you in that *ONE CORNER!*

Hmmnn.....!� but U lie, the devil’s plan is to slaughter your destiny in that *ONE CORNER.*

So, instead of dancing away your destiny in *ONE CORNER;*

"Why not have retreat in *ONE CORNER,*
Study God's word in *ONE CORNER,*
Pray in *ONE CORNER,*
Worship God in *ONE CORNER,*
Be Honest in that *ONE CORNER,*
Build up your life and faith in *ONE CORNER,*
Discipline yourself in *ONE CORNER,*
Trust and obey God when U're alone in *ONE CORNER."*

David was in *ONE CORNER* with his father’s flock and there God gave him a shepherd heart and raise him to be able to slaughter the Lions,
A skill that came handy in fighting Goliath.

Daniel was in *ONE CORNER* praying and the Lions cooperated with his vision & character in that *CORNER‼*

Jesus would rise up early and pray in *ONE CORNER* while everyone is yet asleep.

While the devil is busy wasting people’s lives in *ONE CORNER,* remember God is still using *ONE CORNER* also to raise Generals ‼

The preparations you make in *ONE CORNER* can make you an overcomer and a *CORNER* stone

Start from *ONE CORNER* Now!

Represent God in *ONE CORNER*


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What a touching story.

A lady worked at a meat distribution factory. One day, when she finished with her work schedule, she went into the meat cold room (Freezer) to inspect something, but in a moment of misfortune, the door closed and she was locked inside with no help in sight. Although she screamed and knocked with all her might, her cries went unheard as no one could hear her. Most of the workers had already gone, and outside the cold room it's impossible to hear what was going on inside. Five hours later, whilst she was at the verge of death, the security guard of the factory eventually opened the door. She was miraculously saved from dying that day. When she later asked the security guard how he had come to open the door, which wasn't his usual work routine, this was his explanation:
"I've been working in this factory for 35 years. Hundreds of workers come in and out every day, but you're one of the few who greet me in the morning and say goodbye to me every evening when leaving after work. Many treat me as if I'm invisible. Today, as you reported for work, like all other days, you greeted me in your simple manner 'Hello'. But this evening after working hours, I curiously observed that I had not heard your "Bye, see you tomorrow". Hence, I decided to check around the factory. I look forward to your 'hi' and 'bye' every day because they remind me that I am someone. By not hearing your farewell today, I knew something had happened. That's why I was searching every where for you."
Moral Lesson to reflect upon: Be humble, love and respect those around you. Try to have an impact on people who cross your path every day, you never know what tomorrow will bring. Let this story be an inspiration.  Let's share to inspire others; someone shared this to inspire me  and I've been greatly inspired by this story.
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This post is about how to stop election rigging in Nigeria. Elections in Nigeria are neither free nor fair’. This statement is often heard whenever issues on policies or elections are mentioned or being discussed.
Suffice to say that politicians, political analysts, and the general public do not have an exact definition for election rigging, instead colloquial definitions have been adopted.
However, the Collins dictionary defined election rigging as the act of dishonestly organizing an election to get a particular desired result through fraud and interference with the election process.
This definition sounds all too familiar with the political scene in present day Nigeria. This unpleasant sound has continuously echoed in the political system for as long as most Nigerians can remember – in fact it is something the average Nigerian has come to expect whenever elections are around the corner.
This menace of election rigging has become a “sure” route to electoral victory in Nigeria, subverting freedom and fairness in the process.
Election rigging involves activities such as ballot box snatching and stuffing, conflict between party agents and electoral staff, illegal printing and usage of voters’ card, falsification of results as well as tampering with the voters’ register.
It should be borne in mind that the elections conducted in Nigeria right from 1959 down to the 2015 elections have been fraught with various irregularities hence it is not a thing of surprise that this scourge is one of the fundamental problems facing Nigeria today.
The somewhat sophisticated nature of the rigging activities shows that this rigging process, though reaches a crescendo during election period begins long before the elections take place. It also shows that our political class tend to take the issue of elections as a “do or die affair”.
CAUSES OF ELECTION RIGGING IN NIGERIA
Election rigging chews aggressively at the very heart of democracy, standard of living and the level of trust placed on the government by the hoi polloi. It is worthy of note that this political and social vice has causes; chief among them is poverty and corruption.
·                    Corruption and Poverty: Corruption has been the bane of the country for ages, inhibiting the growth and progress of the nation. The deplorable state and standard of living of the people has served to further increase the level of poverty and corruption. Those in the political class have taken advantage of the desperate Nigerians living in this sorry state by offering them meagre amounts of money or making promises which they have no plans of fulfilling. This seems good and true to the poor masses hence they trade their votes.


  • Weak Judiciary System: The performance of the judiciary has so far been under par with respect to cases of electoral fraud which are sometimes swept under the carpet or controversially decided. This is quite disappointing because this institution is saddled with the responsibility of ensuring justice, equity and fairness even to the poorest of the poor and it is most disheartening that on issues concerning election and electoral irregularity, it seems to have been folding its arms either due to the dependence on the executive, an overload of petitions or inadequate training of judicial officers. These factors play roles in hampering the efficiency of the judiciary.



  • Economic Instability: Another significant cause of election rigging is the level of economic instability in the country. This acts as a huge motivation for people to seek political office in order for them to feather their own nests with a share of our commonwealth. This further drives the “do or die” attitude which makes desperate politicians to resort to rigging.
  • Logistics: The problem of logistics has always bedeviled the electoral umpire; the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) despite the huge efforts they have put in to overcome it. This logistical problem is further exacerbated by the infrastructural challenges facing the country.
  • Staffing: Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) normally engages temporary staff during election periods. Although the engagement of temporary staff makes economic sense as explained by the immediate past INEC chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega, the problem with temporary staff is that they are more easily influenced into electoral malpractices and are sometimes not available during the process. This most likely because they have little or nothing to lose. 

  • Indiscipline and Decadence amongst Security Operatives: There have been some instances of acts of indiscipline and decadence amongst our security operatives during elections. There has also been reports of security operatives assigned on election duty who have been used by politicians to perpetuate electoral fraud.
Other causes of electoral rigging include loss of democratic values, indiscipline among political parties and little or no punishment for offenders.

EFFECTS OF ELECTION RIGGING
The consequences of election rigging on the very fabric of Nigeria cannot be over emphasized as it affects every facet of the national life.
  • Political Apathy: Election rigging leads to political apathy among voters because they have had their voting rights systematically taken from them. This no doubt leads to the loss of trust and assurance which they have placed on the system to produce a credible leader.
·        Political Instability: In situations where people feel undermined, underrated, unneeded, not worthy of being able to make decisions as regards who should govern them, this would surely lead to unrest, violence and tension within the polity. Desperate politicians would take advantage of this instability to perpetuate a vicious cycle of violence in the nation. A continuous state of instability will in turn lead to underdevelopment, as no meaningful development can take place in a state of instability.
·        Waste of Tax Payers Money: In cases where elections are cancelled due to rigging, tax payers’ money which is meant for development is further spent on conducting re run elections.

HOW TO STOP ELECTION RIGGING IN NIGERIA?
The solution listed below are by no means all-encompassing but they will go a long way in reducing election rigging in Nigeria.
·        Political Training: In as much as we might be quick to waive this point aside, it is often said that “you cannot put something on nothing and expect it to stand”, relatively, we cannot put security operatives, electoral staff and politicians through the electoral process without first teaching them the “etiquette of political composure” and expect to get a credible, reliable and fraud free process. It would be very beneficial for the entire process if the key actors are oriented on the dos and don’ts.

·        Implementation of Strict Penalties: Those caught perpetuating electoral fraud must be given strict punishment that is commensurate with the offence committed to serve as deterrent to would be offenders. The judiciary would need to wake up to this responsibility.


·        Electoral Reform: The various arms of government has to show the political will to reform the existing electoral system such that all the existing loopholes can be blocked.

·        Improving Transparency: Voting will surely be smoother and

attempts to rig will become more glaring if all actors are aware that the process is completely transparent. Any attempt to rig will quickly be identified and nipped in the bud.
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