MAKOKO.....SAD STORY OF ANOTHER DEMOLITION

EKO MEGA CITY......LAGOS State government, on Monday, commenced the demolition of the large Makoko waterfront slum. Incase you are wondering where Makoko is.....
 When you have seen The Famous third mainland bridge, you have seen the settlement, which i hear is about 107 years old.

A letter was served on residents last week, giving them 72 hours to vacate their properties.
Several told the BBC they did not know where they and their families would sleep.
 Men  were seen using machetes to chop down the stilts of the wooden homes, while police watched from nearby boats.(TYPICAL OF NIGERIA!)
The letter from the Lagos state authorities says the illegal constructions constituted an "environmental nuisance, security risk and an impediment to the economic and gainful utilisation of the waterfront" and undermined the "megacity status" of Lagos.
The exact number of people that will be affected by the exercise is yet to acsertained but it is clear that  no fewer than 30,000 people lived in the targeted slum.

The Makoko community which is divided between land-based and waterfront areas, will have only the inland residents  affected by the demolitions.There have been denials of complaints in some quarters that the government had not duly notified the affected residents, the community leader, Mr Ray-mond Adekunle Akonse-moyin, said “the government has repeatedly given enough notice to those occupying these illegal structures to leave. But this has been to no avail.”
 It is another sad story and what this means is Lagos and Neighbouring states will be flooded with homeless Nigerians..... is Governor Fashola actually doing the right thing? Is the man trying to be more logical than emotional??? Lagos is a city that draws people from different walks of life and i don't see these people heading any where!

VICTORIA BECKHAM: DOES POSH SPICE REALLY EATS?

Victoria Beckham has a super model figure but at her age.....i am wondering if she actually eats! She is way too skinny! She is already a fashion icon, she is a pretty woman and she has nothing to prove but being this skinny is just outrageous!

When i see models.....they really don't appeal to me, i still don't understand why girls try so hard to be skinny and even women! Having some flesh won't hurt and being so carved out all the time just does not look like fun! Fashion comes with comfort and i guess she likes herself this way and she has milllions of fans!

JOS HIT AGAIN.... EXPLOSION AT BUKURU

An Islamic school in the Bukuru area of Jos in Plateau State was hit by a bomb a few minutes ago.

The Plateau state governor’s spokesman, Pam Ayuba who confirmed the incident said “there was an explosion this morning  in the Bukuru area of Jos South. The bomb was intended to blow up the secretariat of Jos South local government”

 A 10-year-old boy has died after a rocket was fired at a school in the Nigerian city of Jos but missed and hit a nearby building, officials say.

The school authorities say the boy was not a pupil at the large co-educational institution owned by the city's Muslim community.
The casualty figure has not been confirmed, but a military spokesman and residents said one young person died in the attack.
A resident, Murtala Abdullahi said an attacker fired a heavy weapon at a building from a main avenue, and that it appeared a Muslim school in the Bukuru area, across the street from the government building, was the target.
Military spokesman, Salihu Mustapha, who also confirmed the attack, said “someone opened fire on some innocents… one of the bullets hit a child.”

Tension...and panic! You think it will cool down but it gets even worse.

KATIE HOLMES & SURI UNHURT AFTER CRASH

Do you smell scientology karma??. Let's resist the temptation to jump the gun...it was nothing major.

Katie Holmes and  Suri Cruise were leaving Chelsea Piers (where Suri had been having gymnastics class) Monday night when their Mercedes got sideswiped by a garbage truck, resulting in denting the ridebut no one was hurt.
The scrape-up happened about 9:30 p.m. on W. 33rd St., between Seventh and Eighth Aves., police said. Holmes and Suri were passengers, and their driver was the only other person inside the ’Benz, a police source said.
“It was nothing major other than the fact that it was Katie Holmes,” the source said.






MOTHER KNOWS BEST
This will make Holmes think again about  her new team of handlers. The actress ditched her previous security team in an effort to sever any ties to Tom Cruise as she filed for divorce. It was an extremely public parting that was reportedly motivated in part by Holmes’ fears that Suri would get sucked into Cruise’s Scientology faith.

Holmes, 33, filed for divorce in Manhattan on June 28 in a surprise move that left Cruise, in the words of his mouthpiece, “deeply saddened.” She won primary physical custody in a speedy settlement reached just 11 days later.

REST IN PEACE...ATTAH OF IGALA! AGABAIDU.

 The paramount ruler of the Igala Kingdom, His Royal Majesty (HRM) Alhaji Aliyu Ocheja Obaje id dead.
 He was aged 102, the Attah Igala's death was announced by the State government on Monday in Lokoja.
Born in 1920, Dr. Aliyu Obaje was the youngest person ever to be installed as Attah Igala. He mounted the stool at the age of 36.
HRM Aliyu Obaje ascended the throne on the October 20, 1956 following the death of his predecessor, HRM Ameh Oboni.
He was one of the longest serving monarchs in Nigeria.
HRM Aliyu Obaje was the chairman of the Kogi State council of Traditional chiefs.
Having served as the Attah Igala for fifty years.
He held the Nigerian national honour of GCFR (Grand Commander of the Federal Republic).

Rest in peace your majesty....AGABAIDU!

BAUCHI: 6,000 AIDES IN ONE STATE ALONE?

Before you read the news below: I really find this very typical of NIGERIA....i don't know anywhere else where a single state will have up to 6,000 political aides? How exactly thier portfolio does helps in the development of the state? it leaves you wondering.....ONLY IN NIGERIA!    Even though the Government has sacked them, there are still going to be fresh appointments...it is a cycle. God help this country.... with the wrong mindset, everything else goes wrong. That is Bauchi alone, how about other states? 

The Bauchi State governor, Isa Yuguda, has sacked over 6,000 political appointees in the state.

A press statement signed by the Secretary to the Bauchi State Government, Ahmed Ibrahim Dandij has said.
The statement reads: “following complaints by stakeholders that the majority of political appointments made by the state government are not only lopsided but don’t reflect the structure of the ruling party at state, local government and ward levels, Governor Isa Yuguda has approved a review of these appointments with immediate effect in order to pave way for the review.
“Director Generals, Senior Special Assistants, Senior Special Assistant II, Special Assistant and special assistant II are hereby disengaged with immediate effect.”
The statement however, said the appointees whose services are essential are not affected by the disengagement. They include those on essential services and political appointees attached to the governor and his deputy.
It said “fresh political appointments would be made shortly when the review is concluded”.

AGE DOES NOT ALWAYS EQUALS COMPETENCE

 “I thought, age should speak, advanced years should teach wisdom.

  But it is the spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty that gives him understanding.

  It is not the old who are wise, not only the aged who understand what is right”

  Job 32:7-9 (NIV)

In this type of society we operate here, age is always put before ability or skill. In the real sense, it does not always have to do with how old you are…. it is important that the best man do the job: it should not always be about how many professional qualifications obtained or how long they have been on a job, when someone can excellently execute a task, encouragement and challenges should be placed before such a person. An example is about David in the Bible; if age was so much a factor, David would not have been anointed king by Samuel….God would not have chosen him. He was the youngest. (1 Sam16:1-13)

Excellence does not thrive where there is stagnation, mediocrity….. a place where people are not encouraged to use their initiative is not healthy. We may be tempted to give in to age considering how this environment, yet you must be wise enough to look at the end result. Let the best man get the job done; swallow your prejudice for excellence to thrive.

When a leader decides or allows himself to be surrounded with outdated, archaic, unproductive people, he will never rise above their level of reasoning. This is why Nigeria will always be battling with productivity and excellence because we so much place emphasis on age even when it is counter productive. Let the best man effectively do the job…that should be the most important thing. The vibrant middle class is gradually dwindling because the society does not groom people for the type of mindset that thrives in excellence. We find ourselves sometimes under the type of leadership that makes you so angry because of how unbelievably incompetent the leadership is, people who cannot run a simple cycle, how much more the seat of power? A lot of people in position of authority who think they know everything; they never give room for other people’s opinion to count….. At the end of the day, the whole system is plagued with unyielding standards of stagnancy and unproductivity.  

The world will always marginalize the ignorant; we cannot continue in fossilized backwardness. We must be able to always be logical rather than emotional in getting things done.