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Oo Nwoye: An Open Letter To President Buhari

Dear President Buhari, I’ve written and rewritten this post many times in my head, but I think today, being halfway into your tenure would be the best time to publish. A Quick Flashback A few weeks to the 2015 elections, I was caught by a squad of policemen for making an illegal u-turn somewhere in Ilupeju. The police quickly told me I should settle or I’d be in for a heavy fine of about N25 000. With a smirk on my face, the arrogance of a kingsman and the pidgin of a Benin boy, I said to him “Oga, I no go fit give you moni, we na Buhari people, we no dey give bribe”. The man couldn’t believe it. He asked why he should support you, and I went “for starters, dem no go dey chop una moni again and you no go need wear this kain uniform ”. Yes, you emboldened me. He asked where I was from and I told him Anambra. He muttered “Ah. Igbo boy dey support Buhari?”, I said “Yes o, we no too many but we dey”. Our conversation concluded with him saying “you too believe this ma...

APC’s twitter handle loses its own Poll 

Just like the PDP the twitter handle of the APC has lost it's own poll. Nigerians show their dissatisfied with Buhari Administration as APC’s twitter handle loses its own Poll A poll conducted by the official twitter handle of the All Progressives Congress asking ”Two years on; What’s your assessment of the APC-led administration in Nigeria? Kindly vote and RT” has revealed the true feelings of Nigerians towards the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration. In the poll with the voting options; ”Poor”, ”Average”, ”Excellent”, ”Indifferent”, 51% of voters voted ”poor”. 35% voted ”Average” and 10% voted ”Excellent” The result can be seen be low.  A poll conducted by the official twitter handle of the All Progressives Congress asking ”Two years on; What’s your assesment of the APC-led administration in Nigeria?

Army officer lynched to death by Irate Youths

A military officer with the 5th Infantry Battalion (5BN) at Burma Camp in Accra but on detachment duties at Diaso in the Upper Denkyira West District of the Central region has been lynched by residents on suspicion of being an armed robber. Captain Maxwell Mahama who is commander of a military detachment in the area according to his subordinates, on Monday dawn was seen jogging along the main road and as he stopped by to ask some women for directions, they saw the pistol on him. According to them, he was not dressed in military uniform and because of recent spate of armed robbery in the town after residents were attacked a day earlier, the women called the Assembly man who organised the youth of the town to lynch him. Several pleas by the security officer to the effect that he was not a criminal yielded no result as the angry residents kept hitting him life threatening object including cement blocks until he died. News of his death was later conveyed to his subord...

2017 Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) Massive Graduate and Exp. Recruitment

General Requirement for Recruitment Applicant must be Nigerian by birth. Applicants must be medically fit and present certificate of medical fitness from a government hospital. Applicant must be of good character and must not have been convicted of a criminal offence and must not be a member of a secret society/cult. Applicant must be free from financial embarrassment. Applicant must be between the ages of 18-30 years. Applicant's height must not be less than 1.65m for males and 1.60m for females. Applicant's chest measurement of not less than 0.87m for men. Applicants with any of the following disabilities need not apply: Impediment in speech (stammerer/dumb) Gross malformation of teeth Knocked knees Bent knees Bow legs K-legs Flat foot Limb legs Bent arms/deformed hands/fracture Defective eye sight (squint-eye, crossed eye, one-eyed and total blindness) Amputation of any part of physical body Hearing impaired (deaf) Hunched back Obesity Pregnancy Medic...

One Question

What is happening to the report on the SGF Babachir and the NIA boss?

One Question

What is being done about the Policeman who promised to kill 200 people?                 

2017 U.S. Embassy EducationUSA Opportunity Funds Program

Title: EducationUSA Opportunity Funds Program (OFP) Summary There are many determined and talented, low-income students in Nigeria who only require financial resources and access to information to better their educational future. For the 11th year, the United States Embassy, Nigeria seeks to identify academically qualified and highly motivated, low-income students in Nigeria to join the EducationUSA Opportunity Funds Program (OFP). OFP’s mission is to assist talented and determined, low-income students who are good candidates for financial assistance from U.S. colleges and universities but lack the financial resources to cover the up-front cost of obtaining admission. OFP works closely with students through regularly scheduled meetings and seminars to assist them throughout the application process to secure admission and scholarships to attend colleges and universities in the United States. OFP finances the cost of the application process, including registration fees for require...