Showing posts with label People and Places. Show all posts
Showing posts with label People and Places. Show all posts

SECURITY ALERT – ‘MBER’ MONTHS

The moment one steps into September you need nobody to tell you that the year is coming to an end.  The ‘Mber’ months are the months that actually crown the year. As they say, well spent ‘Mber’ months will always give rise to well-prepared New Year.
 
However, a lot of people refer to the last four months of the year as months of doom. At the mention of ‘Mber’ months, people are already panicking as these months are characterized with road accidents, kidnappings, armed robbery attacks, ritual killings, bomb blasts, fuel scarcity and of course the fear of the unknown. Therefore, the fear of ‘Mber’ months is the beginning of security consciousness. It is therefore expedient to remind us of certain risks associated with the period so as to mitigate them.

Tunde Bakare's Profile: Meet the Lawyer, Pastor and Now Politician

It is not common in our world, or at least in this part of the world, to have somebody combine these three titles: Lawyer, Pastor and Politician. But that is exactly who Gbolahan Sindiku Babatunde Bakare is.


Born on November 11, 1954, the converted Moslem, now a church founder is widely recognised as a no-nonsense preacher of the gospel, often using the gospel to constructively criticise various Nigerian governments.

Major Political Positions/Offices in Nigeria's Democracy

It is now time for Nigerians to go to the polls to elect their leaders into various political positions spread all over the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. It is, however, somewhat surprising that many Nigerians are ignorant of those political offices or the exact number of officers in each of those major political institutions.

What You Need To Know About NYSC Orientation Camp


The orientation course is the very first task that prospective corps members have to undertake in their mandatory 12-month service year. The course holds in every state of the federation at various orientation camps.
DURATION:
The orientation course holds for three weeks – 21 days (usually from Tuesday to Tuesday). Registration commences on the Tuesday the camp opens and closes usually the following day, Wednesday by 12 midnight. At the end of the course, corps members are given posting letters to their various places of primary assignment.
REGISTRATION:
Every corps member should ensure that he/she is properly registered at the Registration Centre. All forms inside the file given by the documentation officers should be studied carefully and properly completed. Temporary I.D. Card/Code Card will be issued during registration. Corps members are to clip this I.D. Card to their dress at all times while the orientation course lasted. The NYSC I.D. Card which is to be used for the duration of the service will be issued later on during the orientation course while the Temporary I.D. will be collected back by the documentation officers. Please note that the NYSC I.D. Card will be retrieved at the end of the service year.

THE PAST AND PRESENT DIRECTOR GENERALS OF NYSC


The National Youth Service Corps (N.Y.S.C.) scheme was established in the year 1973 at the end of the civil war with the view to foster unity among all the zones of Nigeria. There are many hierarchies in the Scheme and the overall head is the Director General. Here are all the Director Generals the Scheme has had since inception:
1.       Col. Almadu Ali                                  1973 – 1975
2.       Col. S.K. Omojokun                         1975 – 1979
3.       Col. P.K. Obasa                                  1979 – 1983

THE CURRENT POLITICAL PARTIES IN NIGERIA


·         A – ACCORD
·         AA – ACTION ALLIANCE
·         ACN – ACTION CONGRESS OF NIGERIA
·         APN – ACTION PARTY OF NIGERIA

ELECTORAL COMMISSIONS IN NIGERIA AND THEIR CHAIRMEN SINCE 1964


REPUBLIC
COMMISSION
CHAIRMAN
YEARS
FIRST REPUBLIC
FEDERAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION (FEDECO)
SIR KOFO ABAYOMI
LATER MR. E.E. ESUA
1964 – 1966
SECOND REPUBLIC
FEDERAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION (FEDECO)
CHIEF MICHAEL ANI
LATER OVI WHISKEY
1979 – 1983
THIRD REPUBLIC
NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION OF NIGERIA (NEC)
PROF. EME AWA/PROF. HUMPHERY NWOSU
1988 – 1993
FOURTH REPUBLIC
INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION(INEC)
DR. ABEL GUOBADIA
1999 – 2005
FIFTH REPUBLIC
INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION(INEC)
PROF. MAURICE IWU
2005 – 2010
FIFTH REPUBLIC
INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION(INEC)
PROF. ATTAHIRU JEGA
2010 TO DATE

HISTORICAL FACTS ABOUT NIGERIA (PART 3)


1.      DEC. 1999 – THE NEW N100 NOTE WAS INTRODUCED
2.      DEC. 2000 – THE NEW N200 NOTE WAS INTRODUCED
3.      DEC. 2001 – THE NEW N500 NOTE WAS INTRODUCED
4.      1959 – FIRST TELEVISION STATION IN NIGERIA, MWTV NOW NTA WAS ESTABLISHED IN IBADAN

HISTORICAL FACTS ABOUT NIGERIA (PART 2)


1.      1922 – FIRST POLITICAL PARTY IN NIGERIA (NNPP) ESTABLISHED BY HERBERT MACAULAY
2.      1925 – FIRST AEROPLANE IN NIGERIA LANDED AT KANO
3.      1958 – CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA ESTABLISHED
4.      1958 – THE NIGERIA FLAG DESIGNED BY TAIWO AKINWUNMI

Historical Facts About Nigeria (PART 1)


Here are some very interesting facts about Nigeria.


    1.      1000AD – FIRST ISLAMIC SCHOOL STARTED IN BORNO

    2.      1450 – ARABIC SCHOOLS ESTABLISHED IN SOKOTO, KANO AND KADUNA
 


    3.      1472 – BENIN KINGDOM ESTABLISHED BY PORTUGUESE
 



    4.      1500 – ISLAMIC RELIGION STARTED IN NORTHERN NIGERIA

10 RICHEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD

NAME                     AGE    `COUNTRY     NETWORTH              SOURCE
  • Warren Buffet          77      `USA            $62 billion      Berkshire Hathaway
  • Carlos Slim Helu        68        Mexico        $60 billion      Telecom Industry

NIGERIA’S RICHEST MEN

S/N               NAME                        AGE           WORTH
1.           Aliko Dangote               53             $2.3bn
2.           Mike Adenuga               56             $1.8bn
3.           Femi Otedola               46             $800m