According to the eyewitnesses, this terrible accident involving a truck and a black Honda just happened on the bridge. See another photo after the jump.
Wednesday, 11 February 2015
Photos from a Terrible Accident on 3rd Mainland Bridge
According to the eyewitnesses, this terrible accident involving a truck and a black Honda just happened on the bridge. See another photo after the jump.
Sunday, 8 February 2015
Doyin Okupe Embarrassed By Journalists Over Buhari
During a media briefing at the presidential villa in Abuja recently, the unexpected happened!
The senior special adviser to the president on public affairs, Doyin
Okupe, mounted the podium to attack the All Progressives Congress (APC)
presidential candidate, Rtd Gen Mohammad Buhari.
In the 2 minutes, 17 seconds video, Doyin Okupe was heard saying:
General Buhari is not electable and would not be elected by the grace of God, And why I am saying that is this, Nigeria would not have a president that has not gone to school, This is not going to happen, In Nigeria it will not happen, In Nigeria it would not happen.”
However, the crowd of journalists did not allow Doyin Okupe to finish his words before they stood up, shouting in disagreement with what he had just said. It looked like a rehearsed line as all the journalists present at the briefing chanted ‘APC’, ‘APC’, APC’ and they were unstoppable!
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Doyin Okupe
In the 2 minutes, 17 seconds video, Doyin Okupe was heard saying:
General Buhari is not electable and would not be elected by the grace of God, And why I am saying that is this, Nigeria would not have a president that has not gone to school, This is not going to happen, In Nigeria it will not happen, In Nigeria it would not happen.”
However, the crowd of journalists did not allow Doyin Okupe to finish his words before they stood up, shouting in disagreement with what he had just said. It looked like a rehearsed line as all the journalists present at the briefing chanted ‘APC’, ‘APC’, APC’ and they were unstoppable!
You need to see the video below:
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Dangerous Attempt To Shift Election Date Forces Postponement of LEADERSHIP Conference
The Management of LEADERSHIP
has announced the postponement of its annual conference and awards
following moves by the government to shift the election date against the
current of public opinion.
The management said it was compelled to postpone the awards after three of its leading awardees indicated that they may be attending the National Council of States meeting, which President Goodluck Jonathan has purposely convened to shift the election date.
“Our awards have been known for their star quality. If three of the star awardees – former president Olusegun Obasanjo, Governors Kashim Shettima of Borno State and Tank Al-Makura of Nasarawa – may be attending the council of state meeting on a matter of clear and present danger to the nation, the responsible thing for us to do is to postpone the awards,” a statement from the company said.
The statement apologised for the inconvenience caused the invitees, adding that a new date will be announced soon.
“We warned against a shift in the election date in our front page comment of January 26. Though we consider the postponement of the conference painful and unsettling, we consider it a price worth paying as we stand with our star awardees and indeed the majority of Nigerians united against the unwarranted attempt to tinker with the date,” the statement said.
Management.
The management said it was compelled to postpone the awards after three of its leading awardees indicated that they may be attending the National Council of States meeting, which President Goodluck Jonathan has purposely convened to shift the election date.
“Our awards have been known for their star quality. If three of the star awardees – former president Olusegun Obasanjo, Governors Kashim Shettima of Borno State and Tank Al-Makura of Nasarawa – may be attending the council of state meeting on a matter of clear and present danger to the nation, the responsible thing for us to do is to postpone the awards,” a statement from the company said.
The statement apologised for the inconvenience caused the invitees, adding that a new date will be announced soon.
“We warned against a shift in the election date in our front page comment of January 26. Though we consider the postponement of the conference painful and unsettling, we consider it a price worth paying as we stand with our star awardees and indeed the majority of Nigerians united against the unwarranted attempt to tinker with the date,” the statement said.
Management.
Professor Jega’s Full Statement On Election Postponement
Below
is the full text of the statement on the timetable for the 2015 general
elections by the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission,
INEC, Professor Atahiru M. Jega at a press conference on the 7th pf
February, 2015.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Introduction
We invited you here today to make known the position of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the timetable for the 2015 general elections.
Let me state from the outset that the Commission’s position was reached after carefully weighing the suggestions from briefings held with different stakeholders in the electoral process.
The conduct of elections in a country like Nigeria is invariably a collective venture that involves not just the Election Management Body (EMB), but also a diverse range of stakeholders, notably security agencies, political parties and their candidates, voters, as well as interest groups, such as the civil society organizations and the media.
To guarantee successful conduct of elections, there are things that are wholly the responsibility of the EMB. But there are other things critical for the success of elections, which fall outside the control of the EMB.
In other words, while INEC must work hard to perfect its systems and processes for conducting elections, and take responsibility for any imperfections thereof, whatever the Commission does may not by itself be sufficient to guarantee the success of elections.
There are a number of issues in the preparation and conduct of an election, the most critical of which is security, which is not under the control of INEC.
Current State of INEC’s Preparedness
On Thursday, February 5, 2015, I was invited to brief the National Council of State, which is the highest advisory to the President comprising past and present leaders in Nigeria, on the level of preparedness of INEC to conduct the 2015 general elections.
I made a presentation to the Council titled ‘Preparations for the 2015 General Elections: Progress Report,’ in which I gave a detailed account of what the Commission has been doing in readiness for the national elections (National Assembly and Presidential) scheduled for February 14th, and the state elections (Governorship and State Assembly) scheduled for February 28th, 2015.
The summary of my presentation to the National Council of State meeting is that, for matters under its control, INEC is substantially ready for the general elections as scheduled, despite discernible challenges being encountered with some of its processes like the collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) by registered members of the public.
In addition, INEC has been doing everything it can to facilitate the collection of the PVCs by registered members of the public. As at 5th February 2015, the total number of PVCs collected was 45, 829, 808, representing 66.58% of the total number of registered voters.
In the delivery and deployment of electoral materials, INEC is also at a comfort level in its readiness for the general elections as scheduled (see the presentation to the Council of State).
The Commission’s preparations are not yet perfect or fully accomplished. But our level of preparedness, despite a few challenges, is sufficient to conduct free, fair and credible elections as scheduled on February 14th and February 28th.
Compared with 2011 when, within a short time, we conducted general elections that were universally adjudged free, fair and credible and the best in Nigeria’s recent electoral history, our processes are today better refined, more robust and therefore capable of delivering even better elections.
Other Variables
But as I mentioned earlier, there are some other variables equally crucial for successful conduct of the 2015 general elections that are outside the control of INEC. One important variable is security for the elections.
While the Commission has a very good working relationship with all security agencies, especially on the platform of the Inter-agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) since its inception in 2010, it has become pertinent for it to seriously consider the security advisory presented to it by the Security and Intelligence Services.
I would like to reiterate here that INEC is an EMB and not a security agency. It relies on the security services to provide a safe environment for personnel, voters, election observers and election materials to conduct elections wherever it deploys.
Where the security services strongly advise otherwise, it would be unconscionable of the Commission to deploy personnel and call voters out in such a situation.
Last Wednesday, which was a day before the Council of State meeting, the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) wrote a letter to the Commission, drawing attention to recent developments in four Northeast states of Borno, Yobe, Adamawa and Gombe currently experiencing the challenge of insurgency.
The letter stated that security could not be guaranteed during the proposed period in February for the general elections.
This advisory was reinforced at the Council of State meeting on Thursday where the NSA and all the Armed Services and Intelligence Chiefs unanimously reiterated that the safety and security of our operations cannot be guaranteed, and that the Security Services needed at least six weeks within which to conclude a major military operation against the insurgency in the Northeast; and that during this operation, the military will be concentrating its attention in the theatre of operations such that they may not be able to provide the traditional support they render to the Police and other agencies during elections.
INEC’s Decision
We have done wide ranging consultation to enable us have as much input as is necessary before taking an informed decision. In the series of consultations that we held with stakeholders, the questions consistently posed to them for consideration are:
(i) In view of the latest development, should INEC proceed with the conduct of the general elections as scheduled in spite of this strong advice; and if so, what alternative security arrangements are available to be put in place?
(ii) Or, should INEC take the advice and adjust the schedules of the general elections within the framework of Constitutional provisions?
The Commission held a meeting after the consultations, and decided to take the advice of the Security Chiefs and adjust the dates of the elections. We have done this relying on Section 26(1) of the Electoral 2010 (As Amended), which states thus: “Where a date has been appointed for the holding of an election, and there is reason to believe that a serious breach of the peace is likely to occur if the election is proceeded with on that date or it is impossible to conduct the elections as a result of natural disasters or other emergencies, the Commission may postpone the election and shall in respect of the area, or areas concerned, appoint another date for the holding of the postponed election, provided that such reason for the postponement is cogent and verifiable”.
INEC not being a security agency that could by itself guarantee protection for personnel and materials, as well as voters during elections, the Commission cannot lightly wave off the advice by the nation’s Security Chiefs.
The Commission is specifically concerned about the security of our ad hoc staff who constitute at least 600,000 young men and women, together with our regular staff, voters, election observers as well as election materials painstakingly acquired over the last one and half years.
This concern is limited not just to the areas in the North-eastern part of Nigeria experiencing insurgency; the risk of deploying young men and women and calling people to exercise their democratic rights in a situation where their security cannot be guaranteed is a most onerous responsibility.
Under such circumstances, few EMBs across the world, if any, would contemplate proceeding with the elections as proceeding with the elections as scheduled.
No matter the extent of INEC’s preparedness, therefore, if the security of personnel, voters, election observers and election materials cannot be guaranteed, the life of innocent young men and women as well the prospects of free, fair, credible and peaceful elections would be greatly jeopardised.
Consequently, the Commission has decided to reschedule the 2015 general elections thus: the national elections (i.e. Presidential and National Assembly) are now to hold on March 28th, 2015; while the state elections (Governorship and State Assembly) are to hold on April 11th, 2015. It should be noted that this rescheduling falls within the constitutional framework for the conduct of the elections, notably, Sections 76(2), 116(2), 132(2) and 178(2). See also Section 25 of the Electoral Act 2010 (As Amended).
For the avoidance of doubt, we will under no circumstances approve an arrangement that is not in line with the provisions of our laws.
Our hope is that with this rescheduling, the security services will do their best to ensure that the security environment needed for safe and peaceful conduct of the 2015 elections is rapidly put in place.
We in INEC reassure all Nigerians and indeed the international community of our commitment to do everything within the law and to conduct free, fair, credible and peaceful elections.
We call on the security agencies to honour their commitment to restore sufficient normalcy for elections to take place within the period of extension.
We also call on Nigerians, political parties, candidates and all other stakeholders to accept this decision in good faith and ensure the maintenance of peace.
As for us in INEC we’ll endeavour to use the period of the extension to keep on perfecting our systems and processes for conducting the best elections in Nigeria’s history. In particular, we believe that we would resolve all outstanding issues related to non-collection of PVCs, which agitate the minds of many Nigerians.
Finally, we wish to call on all Nigerians to accept our decision, which is taken in good faith and the best interest of deepening democracy ion our country.
Thank you.
Professor Attahiru M. Jega, OFR
Chairman, INEC
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Introduction
We invited you here today to make known the position of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the timetable for the 2015 general elections.
Let me state from the outset that the Commission’s position was reached after carefully weighing the suggestions from briefings held with different stakeholders in the electoral process.
The conduct of elections in a country like Nigeria is invariably a collective venture that involves not just the Election Management Body (EMB), but also a diverse range of stakeholders, notably security agencies, political parties and their candidates, voters, as well as interest groups, such as the civil society organizations and the media.
To guarantee successful conduct of elections, there are things that are wholly the responsibility of the EMB. But there are other things critical for the success of elections, which fall outside the control of the EMB.
In other words, while INEC must work hard to perfect its systems and processes for conducting elections, and take responsibility for any imperfections thereof, whatever the Commission does may not by itself be sufficient to guarantee the success of elections.
There are a number of issues in the preparation and conduct of an election, the most critical of which is security, which is not under the control of INEC.
Current State of INEC’s Preparedness
On Thursday, February 5, 2015, I was invited to brief the National Council of State, which is the highest advisory to the President comprising past and present leaders in Nigeria, on the level of preparedness of INEC to conduct the 2015 general elections.
I made a presentation to the Council titled ‘Preparations for the 2015 General Elections: Progress Report,’ in which I gave a detailed account of what the Commission has been doing in readiness for the national elections (National Assembly and Presidential) scheduled for February 14th, and the state elections (Governorship and State Assembly) scheduled for February 28th, 2015.
The summary of my presentation to the National Council of State meeting is that, for matters under its control, INEC is substantially ready for the general elections as scheduled, despite discernible challenges being encountered with some of its processes like the collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) by registered members of the public.
In addition, INEC has been doing everything it can to facilitate the collection of the PVCs by registered members of the public. As at 5th February 2015, the total number of PVCs collected was 45, 829, 808, representing 66.58% of the total number of registered voters.
In the delivery and deployment of electoral materials, INEC is also at a comfort level in its readiness for the general elections as scheduled (see the presentation to the Council of State).
The Commission’s preparations are not yet perfect or fully accomplished. But our level of preparedness, despite a few challenges, is sufficient to conduct free, fair and credible elections as scheduled on February 14th and February 28th.
Compared with 2011 when, within a short time, we conducted general elections that were universally adjudged free, fair and credible and the best in Nigeria’s recent electoral history, our processes are today better refined, more robust and therefore capable of delivering even better elections.
Other Variables
But as I mentioned earlier, there are some other variables equally crucial for successful conduct of the 2015 general elections that are outside the control of INEC. One important variable is security for the elections.
While the Commission has a very good working relationship with all security agencies, especially on the platform of the Inter-agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) since its inception in 2010, it has become pertinent for it to seriously consider the security advisory presented to it by the Security and Intelligence Services.
I would like to reiterate here that INEC is an EMB and not a security agency. It relies on the security services to provide a safe environment for personnel, voters, election observers and election materials to conduct elections wherever it deploys.
Where the security services strongly advise otherwise, it would be unconscionable of the Commission to deploy personnel and call voters out in such a situation.
Last Wednesday, which was a day before the Council of State meeting, the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) wrote a letter to the Commission, drawing attention to recent developments in four Northeast states of Borno, Yobe, Adamawa and Gombe currently experiencing the challenge of insurgency.
The letter stated that security could not be guaranteed during the proposed period in February for the general elections.
This advisory was reinforced at the Council of State meeting on Thursday where the NSA and all the Armed Services and Intelligence Chiefs unanimously reiterated that the safety and security of our operations cannot be guaranteed, and that the Security Services needed at least six weeks within which to conclude a major military operation against the insurgency in the Northeast; and that during this operation, the military will be concentrating its attention in the theatre of operations such that they may not be able to provide the traditional support they render to the Police and other agencies during elections.
INEC’s Decision
We have done wide ranging consultation to enable us have as much input as is necessary before taking an informed decision. In the series of consultations that we held with stakeholders, the questions consistently posed to them for consideration are:
(i) In view of the latest development, should INEC proceed with the conduct of the general elections as scheduled in spite of this strong advice; and if so, what alternative security arrangements are available to be put in place?
(ii) Or, should INEC take the advice and adjust the schedules of the general elections within the framework of Constitutional provisions?
The Commission held a meeting after the consultations, and decided to take the advice of the Security Chiefs and adjust the dates of the elections. We have done this relying on Section 26(1) of the Electoral 2010 (As Amended), which states thus: “Where a date has been appointed for the holding of an election, and there is reason to believe that a serious breach of the peace is likely to occur if the election is proceeded with on that date or it is impossible to conduct the elections as a result of natural disasters or other emergencies, the Commission may postpone the election and shall in respect of the area, or areas concerned, appoint another date for the holding of the postponed election, provided that such reason for the postponement is cogent and verifiable”.
INEC not being a security agency that could by itself guarantee protection for personnel and materials, as well as voters during elections, the Commission cannot lightly wave off the advice by the nation’s Security Chiefs.
The Commission is specifically concerned about the security of our ad hoc staff who constitute at least 600,000 young men and women, together with our regular staff, voters, election observers as well as election materials painstakingly acquired over the last one and half years.
This concern is limited not just to the areas in the North-eastern part of Nigeria experiencing insurgency; the risk of deploying young men and women and calling people to exercise their democratic rights in a situation where their security cannot be guaranteed is a most onerous responsibility.
Under such circumstances, few EMBs across the world, if any, would contemplate proceeding with the elections as proceeding with the elections as scheduled.
No matter the extent of INEC’s preparedness, therefore, if the security of personnel, voters, election observers and election materials cannot be guaranteed, the life of innocent young men and women as well the prospects of free, fair, credible and peaceful elections would be greatly jeopardised.
Consequently, the Commission has decided to reschedule the 2015 general elections thus: the national elections (i.e. Presidential and National Assembly) are now to hold on March 28th, 2015; while the state elections (Governorship and State Assembly) are to hold on April 11th, 2015. It should be noted that this rescheduling falls within the constitutional framework for the conduct of the elections, notably, Sections 76(2), 116(2), 132(2) and 178(2). See also Section 25 of the Electoral Act 2010 (As Amended).
For the avoidance of doubt, we will under no circumstances approve an arrangement that is not in line with the provisions of our laws.
Our hope is that with this rescheduling, the security services will do their best to ensure that the security environment needed for safe and peaceful conduct of the 2015 elections is rapidly put in place.
We in INEC reassure all Nigerians and indeed the international community of our commitment to do everything within the law and to conduct free, fair, credible and peaceful elections.
We call on the security agencies to honour their commitment to restore sufficient normalcy for elections to take place within the period of extension.
We also call on Nigerians, political parties, candidates and all other stakeholders to accept this decision in good faith and ensure the maintenance of peace.
As for us in INEC we’ll endeavour to use the period of the extension to keep on perfecting our systems and processes for conducting the best elections in Nigeria’s history. In particular, we believe that we would resolve all outstanding issues related to non-collection of PVCs, which agitate the minds of many Nigerians.
Finally, we wish to call on all Nigerians to accept our decision, which is taken in good faith and the best interest of deepening democracy ion our country.
Thank you.
Professor Attahiru M. Jega, OFR
Chairman, INEC
AIRTEL WHATSAPP / BBM & OPERA MINI DATA PLAN FOR 200 / MONTH
The good news I bring to you is that you really do not have to pay that much to use your most important instant messaging apps and especially if your primary browser is opera mini. You can get all this for just N200 per month on Airtel.
HOW?
You will need to subscribe to two data plans.
The first one is the Opera Mini Plan for N100 per month.
To subscribe, dial *885*3#
The second data plan is the Whatsapp Plan for N100 per month which let's you use both Whatsapp and BBM.
To subscribe, dial *948#
Now you can use Opera mini, Whatsapp and BBM for a whole month for just N200. Isn't that a great money saver?
BEST FREE ANDRIOD APPS RECOMMENDED FOR ROOTED ANDRIOD PHONES & TABLET
Rooted android phones and
tablets have great advantages over the unrooted ones. Some major advantages of
rooted android phones or tablets over the unrooted ones are;
- Ability to run special
applications
- Helps to free up your
android memory
- Ability to install custom rom.
The three advantages stated
above is a big deal to unrooted android phones or tablets. Today's stroll, I
would brief you guys about the 5 Best Free Android Apps Recommended for Rooted
Android Phone & Tablets.
Best Free Android Apps Recommended for Rooted Android Phone & Tablets
Greenify: I have always recommended this app for anyone with rooted android phones or tablets. Greenify is one genius app that makes sure your rooted android device performs faster and battery performs more efficiently no matter the hundreds of app already installed on your device. It also helps you detect any faulty app and put them into hibernation when they are not in use, and this function helps to avoid lagging of your device and also reduce consumption of android battery. Another good function of greenify is that it keeps all background app on low key (becomes out of service) except they are being used by the operator. Apart from the above mentioned features, greenify also acquires some other advancements, so I advice you install greenify app on your rooted android phone or tablet.
It's one of the fastest
two-way syncing method.
It automatically detects the
other device in use.
It also works with cloud integration,
just like the drive, dropbox, box, and ftp.
Also renders clean,
holo-themed UI which is compatible for all screen size.
It also supports background
syncing, with flexible notifications (just for android v4.1+).
Supports real-time syncing
and other great features.
So if you are looking for the
best app to synced up between multiple, datasync works best for you.
RAM Boosterz: RAM booster is an impressive android app that works on rooted android phones or tablets. The app is responsible for the RAM management of your rooted android device by managing the RAM process.
The app is also useful, so I advice you download it.
Titanium Backup: Titanium backup is the best backup tool for any rooted android device. The app is very useful and acquires loads of features. So if you need a cool tool for file backup, I recommend you make use of titanium backup.
Solid explore: Solid explorer is one cool file manager for rooted android device. It's very much user friendly with two independent panels which you can drag and drop inside the panels, and also brings a very impressive browsing experience. With solid explorer, you can easily share files between various location which includes your cloud, PC shares and also root folders. The solid explorer also provide you a wide support for all kind of cloud storage which includes, Google drive, Dropbox, Box, Mediafire, One drive and so many other cloud storage support. The solid explorer is also capable of extracting ZIP, RAR and TAR archives.
HOW TO TWEAK YOUR IMIEL AND GET 2GB FROM AIRTEL + FREEWHATSAPP FOR 6 MONTH
free bonus of 250mb data with free whatsapp
subscription for 6months on your MTN line.
In order words, it means if you succeeded in activating
this plan, you’ll enjoy free whatsapp for good 6months.
How To Activate The Offer Freely on Your MTN Line
==Get an andriod device MTK preferably.
==Tweak your MTN sim1 IMEI using the 35736006.
If you are new to this IMEI tweaking, Click HERE to see
how to tweak your IMEI
==add 6 numbers of your choice to it
==The last digit is crucial for the validity of your
tweaked IMEI. So to get the last digit, download imei
analyser from playstore or google search 4 it n download d apk in2 u android fone.
==Enter the 14 digit IMEI in the space provided and
click on Check, it will provide you with the last digit.
==If you are using the IMEI analyzer,enter the 14
digit IMEI in the space provided and click on analyze.
Whatever digit that display is your last digit. E.g
35736006102145
==Tweak the imei into your phone. if you are new to
imei tweaking click HERE
==Reboot your phone and send FREE to 131.
After then you account will be activated… if you get
not eligible, tweak your imei again.
You can also get free 2GB from Airtel by tweaking
the below imei.\
How Can I Get 2GB From Airtel NG?
==Copy this 12 digits 869878000162
==Add any 2 digits of your choice, and repeat the
step one above to get the last digits,
==Tweak it to your phone
==Send 3G to 141 and 2GB will be smiling at you.
don't dull yourself, it is blazing very hot.
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