ProudNigerian01:
Honestly, a lot of the credits must go to peseiro, He believed in this team even when nobody did to the point of taking a pay cut just to coach them. Kudos to him.

Meanwhile,

Since you have been hearing repent of your sins and you have ignored the message. For how long will you keep ignoring God's invitation?

Well it is another good day to remind you that God wants you to stay away from your sinful nature and obey His word.

God loves you but hates your sin, and in as much as God is merciful, if you refuse to repent, consequences will follow.

Repent, do righteousness and justice and God will give you peace, riches and all your heart desire. The only thing stopping you from receiving from God now is your sin:

Isa.59.2 - But your iniquities have separated you from your God; And your sins have hidden His face from you, So that He will not hear.

Choose to read the Bible today and obey God's command in it.

God is good always no matter the situation.

totally agree with you

People

ShoeGetSize:
Meet the 7th President of the Nigerian Court of Appeal. Her name is Justice Monica Dongban Mensem and she comes from Shendam Local Government Area of Plateau State.



Someone else who comes from Shendam Local Government Area is the recent two term APC Governor of the Plateau State, Simon Bako Lalong.

Lalong initially came into the spotlight as the Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at a time when it was fashionable to be a PDP member in Nigeria.

In 2015, Simon Lalong decamped from the PDP and joined the newly formed All Progressives Congress (APC). He would later contest for the post of Governor which he won and ended up serving two terms from 2015 to 2023.

At this stage, you may be wondering, What is the connection between Justice Monica Dongban Mensem and Simon Lalong apart from the fact that they come from the same home town? Be patient because the answer to your question is coming.

Two days before her 63rd birthday, on 11 June 2020, Justice Dongbam-Mensem became the seventh President of the Court of Appeal and only the second woman to hold the powerful position.

At that time, the governor of the state Simon Bako Lalong, like Justice Monica Dongbam-Mensem is a lawyer, and just like her, he also hails from Shendam Local Government Area.

Shendam is in the Central Senatorial Zone of the Plateau State.

The following year, after her elevation to the post of President of the Court of Appeal, the Governor of her state Mr Simon Lalong appointed Justice Monica Dongban Mensem’s daughter, Buetnaan Mandy Dongban Bassi, as a judge of the High Court of Plateau State.

The governor did this even though there was a clear conflict of interest as her mother sat on the National Judicial Council (NJC) which approved her appointment. Two years later, in September 2023, the same NJC of which Justice Monica is a prominent member also appointed her daughter's husband, MR PAUL BUETNAAN who is her son-in-law, to the Court of Appeal.

But the story gets even spicier from here onwards.

After serving his constitutionally mandated two terms of office as Governor of Plateau State, Mr Simon Lalong decided, like so many ex governors before him, to try his hand at becoming a Senator.

Remember that Shendam Local Government is the heartland of the Plateau State Central Senatorial Zone.

Remember also that both the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica and former Governor Simon Lalong both hail from Shendam Local Government.

Remember finally that while he was the APC governor of Plateau State, former Governor Simon Lalong appointed Jutsice Monica's daughter and son in law to juicy positions in both state and federal judiciaries in spite of the serious ethical concerns raised by these appointments.


In order to become the Senator from the Plateau Central Senatorial District, former Governor Lalong would have to defeat the incumbent holder of the position, Senator Napoleon Bali of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 General Elections.

So you may ask, how did our "hero" fare in the elections?

The answer is that he was soundly defeated by his opponent and he had no other option than to rush to the election tribunal to contest his one sided defeat.

Unfortunately for him, he lost once more at the election tribunal and now his situation was looking bleak so he decided to pull his trump card.

In Nigeria, appeals against the decisions of election tribunals with respect to Senatorial seats go to the Court of Appeal and the Court of Appeal is the final court, unlike election tribunal disputes relating to governorships where the Supreme Court is the final court.

Also, when it comes to Court of Appeal's jurisdiction to hear appeals over electoral disputes arising out of elections for a Senatorial Seat, the President of the Court of Appeal has the exclusive power to pick the 3 justices who will preside over the appeal.

As the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban Mensem appointed three of her fellow court of appeal justices to preside over the electoral dispute which arose from the Plateau State Central Senatorial District:

1. Justice Oluwayemisi Williams-Dawodu

2. Justice Abdulaziz Waziri,

3. Justice Okon Abang

To the surprise of absolutely nobody, these 3 justices overturned the election and the decision of the tribunal upholding the election and returned Simon Lalong as the winner of the election in which he had been roundly defeated.

Lalong was one beneficiary among many from a judicial hit-list methodically compiled by the Court of Appeal in Monica Dongban-Mensem’s home state. By the time its demolition job was over, the Court had sacked two PDP Senators from the state and five members of the House of Representatives elected on the PDP ticket.

In fact in the entire 25-member state House of Assembly, the Court of Appeal removed 16 members elected on the platform of the PDP, handing their seats and control of the state parliament – with malice aforethought – to the APC.


In all these cases, the Court claimed that the PDP should not have fielded candidates. Their reasoning overruled a long line of Supreme Court decisions. This was not a mistake; it was judicial malpractice on a very corrupt scale. At the minimum, the panel should have been called to order when they issued the first decision. But Monica Dongban Mensem who sent them there was getting what she wanted.

Instead, inebriated with hubris from the corrupt demolition job they accomplished in Jos, one of the members of the panel, Justice Abdulaziz Waziri, traveled to Yola in Adamawa State last December to celebrate the mandates they had laid to waste, claiming that the PDP “had no structures on the ground at the point they were presenting their candidates.” He alone could explain what he meant.

This was a judicial hatchet job. Any claim that the President of the Court of Appeal was not herself a member of the Panel is laughable.

Such is the state of the judiciary in Nigeria at this time that the three-person panel whom Monica Dongban-Mensem sent to Plateau State could not have wrought that amount of destruction without her active consent, if not instruction. It is simply inconceivable that a Justice of Appeal, like Okon Abang – sworn in only in October 2023 – could have gone to the home state of the President of the Court to confidently wreak so much political damage without her explicit instruction.

Such is the state of the judiciary in Nigeria at this time that the three-person panel whom Monica Dongban-Mensem sent to Plateau State could not have wrought that amount of destruction without her active consent, if not instruction. It is simply inconceivable that a Justice of Appeal, like Okon Abang – sworn in only in October 2023 – could have gone to the home state of the President of the Court to confidently wreak so much political damage without her explicit instruction.

On the 12th of January 2024, the Supreme Court ruled that the Court of Appeal in Plateau was rogue, procured and perverse. It set aside the reasoning of the Court, which denied the people their chosen representatives. But because the Court of Appeal is the final court in these matters, the decision of the Supreme Court is no remedy for the political ruin procured under the baleful influence of Monica Dongban-Mensem.

The ruin caused and supervised by this President of the Court of Appeal is incalculable.

The legislators whose mandates she has stolen are entitled to feel done over.

The people of the Plateau whose will she has ruined are entitled to feel cheated.

She and her cohort of carefully selected judicial mobsters have brought the judiciary into irreparable disrepute.

do criticize something you don't understand

Bobloco:
Where are the palliatives that were promised after the thoughtless removal of fuel subsidies?

1. The N35k cash rewards to workers?

2. The CNG buses. N100 billion was said to have been earmarked for the purchase of CNG buses. Where are the buses, and where is the money?

3. The student loans that were expected to begin in January 2024, we are now in February, and students have yet to receive the loans.

4. N25k social safety net to be shared to 15 million households

5. What about the N75 billion earmarked for the strengthening of the manufacturing sector so as to increase its capacity to expand and create good-paying jobs between July 2023 and March 2024?

6. What about the N1 trillion saved from fuel subsidy removal, which was to be reinvested into the education sector and loans?

the project is still under the pipline

ogododo:
The Katsina State Governor, Dikko Umaru Radda, disclosed on Friday that rampaging bandits terrorising some parts of the state are threatening to attack him.


The governor made this known during an expanded emergency security council meeting at the Government House.

He stated that the bandits’ threat was based on security reports.


Speaking in Hausa, Radda said: “Based on security reports that we are receiving, I am among those that the bandits are thinking of attacking, but that doesn’t muddle me because God is with us, and he will protect us.”

However, the governor explained that the threat by the hoodlums would not stop his government from adopting revolving security strategies to tackle banditry and other security challenges in the state.

The security meeting had in attendance the heads of security agencies in the state, traditional and religious leaders, top government officials and members of the business community and was still going at time of filing this report.


https://dailypost.ng/2024/02/09/bandits-threatening-to-attack-me-gov-radda-cries-out/

how can a governor be scard

Segunagagu:
Hi Guys. This is a new Ireland Study Visa thread, as the old one was removed.

Please all new students in Ireland, and also prospective students that are aspiring to come to Ireland, this thread is for you.

Also, for we that has been here for some time, let's try our best to help new students settle down, give them advice, let them about stuffs that will benefit them that we didn't get to know. Let's help them feel lucky please.

For myself, I came to Ireland 5 years ago, and a lot has happened. Please feel free to ask questions and we will be able to help you.

Apologies guys, the above might not be put together very well, but I just quickly wrote this as I was busy.
Thanks!

one day God will give us money to travel

fleksy:

This is a walkthrough and a roadmap to how you can get scholarships to the USA or Canadian schools irrespective of your class of degree (2.2, 2.1, First Class, HND Lower, HND Upper). To get into the next Fall application cycle, the time to start is now. If you follow these steps, you can apply to as many as 30 schools for next Spring or Fall Cycle.

I have compiled this roadmap to assist aspiring scholars in their graduate application journey. This guide will provide a useful framework for navigating the application process, and I hope it proves beneficial to all scholarship applicants all year round. While this is a summary of the process, a more detailed step would be shared in my subsequent write-ups.

May

🚩 Register for the GRE (optional): If required by your chosen programs, register for the GRE and familiarize yourself with the test format and content.
🚩 Register for the TOEFL (optional): If English proficiency tests are necessary, register for the TOEFL and begin preparing for the exam.
🚩 Select and start taking relevant online courses: Identify and enroll in online courses relevant to your field of study. Aim to complete them by July 31.
🚩 Apply for your passport: Begin the passport application process to ensure you have a valid passport for travel.

June

🚩 Draft your CV: Prepare your curriculum vitae (CV) highlighting your academic achievements, research experience, and relevant skills.
🚩 Search and select schools offering your course: Research and identify universities that offer your desired course of study. Select them based on your predefined criteria (outlined below).
🚩 Draft and begin sending cold emails to professors: Reach out to professors whose research aligns with your interests. Introduce yourself, express your interest, and inquire about potential research opportunities.
🚩 Attend relevant summer conferences (optional but recommended): Explore opportunities to attend conferences or webinars related to your field of study. This can enhance your knowledge and provide networking opportunities.



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