My guess is that this is a movie but it is funny sha.
Tuesday, 21 February 2012
Nigerians move for creation of more states.
Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, who stated this at a public lecture organised by a group of lawyers of the South East extraction in Lagos on Friday, said the requests were presented to the National Assembly by various groups from different parts of the country.
Speaking on 'Constitution Amendment and State Creation,' Ekweremadu, who is the Chairman of the Senate's Constitution Review Committee, said about 34 of such memoranda were intra-state demands, seven interstate, while four cut across geopolitical zones.
According to him, minority fears, search for equity, speedy development and quest for political empires and influence by the elite are some of the key factors responsible for the proliferation of states and the agitations for more since independence.
He noted that Nigeria would therefore become a federation of 81 states should all the requests be granted.
Raising fundamental questions on the state creation debate, Ekweremadu stated, “Has the creation of more states allayed the fears of minorities and the feelings of marginalisation and domination?
“Has it resulted in good governance and speedier development at state levels than we had before?
“If it is meant to bring governance closer to the people, what then is the essence of the local government areas? Importantly too, is the proliferation of states and even the extant ones viable and self-sustainable?
“Again, at a time the global trend is aggressively moving towards the contraction of the size of government and cost of governance and at a time the nation is already sweating profusely under the yoke of unwieldy size of government at the federal, state, and local levels, can we really sustain the status-quo let alone create new burdens?”
Mission Accomplished!! 28yr old man marries 71yr old woman
They are probably going for their honeymoon or something.
Eagles sack Liberia coach
Liberia have fired their Italian coach Roberto Landi just one week before they begin their quest to qualify for next year’s Africa Nations Cup finals. It is believed that the under fire Italian hit the last straw after his team fell 2-0 to a wholly home-based Nigerian professionals coach Stephen Keshi took to Monrovia last week.
Landi had been in charge for less than a year but was dismissed at the weekend, Liberia Football Association president Musa Bility said in a statement on Tuesday. No reason was given for the sack but a Reuterssource suggested the loss to Nigeria triggered their FA decision.
“No reason was given for the sacking but Liberia won just twice in eight matches under Landi and their defeat to an under-strength Nigeria in a friendly last week was the side’s first home loss in almost six years,” the report stated.
So much had been expected by Liberians from the Lone Star given the fact that no Europe-based player made the trip with the Nigerian side. Liberia president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was one of the spectators at the stadium.
Thomas Kojo has been appointed as caretaker manager for the first round, first leg qualifying match at home to Namibia next Wednesday.
The news from Monrovia could fire up the Eagles in their camp in Abuja as they continue preparations for the 2013 Nations Cup qualifying match against Rwanda in Kigali on February 29. Keshi is expected to pick 11 of the players to join the 11 foreign-based players already listed for the trip to Kigali. The full squad will combine by the weekend and fly out on Monday.
Reps order reinstatement of 41 sacked
The House of Representatives Committee on Legislative Compliance on Tuesday ordered the management of Mainstreet Bank Limited to re-absorb the 41 employees of former Afribank Plc, who were sacked in 2002.
The committee, which has the responsibility of enforcing all House resolutions, said the directive should be complied with within one week.
Man accused of raping 12-year-old girl four times
Like any observant parent, Mrs. Kehinde Oduntan became concerned when she wanted to wash the clothes of her children and noticed what looked like semen in her 12-year-old daughter’s underwear.
She quickly summoned her husband, Peter, and informed him of her discovery. Peter confirmed that what she saw was actually semen.
The parents questioned their daughter (name withheld) and after much threat, she told them their 47-year-old neighbour, Mr. Lateef Amuda, was the one that had sex with her.
“We asked her how many times he had had sex with her and she refused to tell us,” the mother told PUNCH Metro.
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