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Malamine Koné Données clés Nom de naissance Malamine Koné Naissance 21 décembre 1971 Niéna, Mali Nationalité Française Pays de résidence France Profession Chef d'entreprise Activité principale Malamine Koné est un entrepreneur et chef d’entreprise français, au parcours atypique, qui décide de créer en 1999 sa propre marque de vêtements de sport « Airness »[1] dans le but d’en faire une référence dans le milieu sportif. Même si pour beaucoup de pessimistes, son projet était voué à l’échec, parce qu'il semblait se lancer dans un pari fou, perdu d'avance, 10 ans plus tard, il réussit contre toute attente à faire d’Airness la première marque française de sport[ En 2004, le Stade Rennais, une équipe jeune, dynamique et ambitieuse, sera la première à être sensible à l’histoire et à la créativité de la jeune marque. Et ce partenariat allait se révéler positif pour la marque. Airness allait se doter d’un nouveau savoir-faire et d’une nouvelle technologie afin de mieux comprendre les besoins de sportifs. La marque Airness devient successivement l’équipementier exclusif des clubs suivants : Valenciennes, Nantes, Lille, Toulouse, Le Havre, Auxerre, Rennes, Genk (Belgique), Fulham (Angleterre), Boavista (Portugal), et des sélections nationales suivantes : Mali, Guinée, Bénin, Gabon, Burkina Faso, Congo Brazza, République Démocratique du Congo. Sans oublier des partenariats d’équipementier officiel dans le basket-ball avec le SLUC Nancy, et dans le rugby avec Bourgoin-Jallieu dans l’élite du Top 14. En 2006, Airness a fait une entrée très remarquée dans le monde du tennis en signant le russe Nikolay Davydenko n°4 mondial et Nadia Petrova classée 8e à la WTA. Grâce à ces différents partenariats, Airness s’implante sur le marché international. Aujourd’hui ce sont désormais 11 licenciés qui travaillent au quotidien dans des secteurs majeurs comme le textile, la chaussure, la chaussette, la papeterie et la bagagerie scolaire, le téléphone portable, les stylos, le linge de maison et les lunettes et les parfums. En seulement 10 ans, Airness est devenue la première marque française de sport. L’histoire de Malamine Koné[3], c’est tout d’abord l’histoire d’un petit enfant berger du village de Niéna, situé à 400 kilomètres de Bamako. Ce petit garçon passait ses journées à sillonner les alentours de son village dans l’espoir de trouver un point d’eau pour son bétail. Sa préoccupation n’était pas d’aller à l’école mais de manger pour vivre. Il ne devait compter que sur lui-même, ses parents étaient partis en France chercher du travail pour lui assurer un meilleur avenir. Et c’est à l’âge de dix ans qu’il a enfin pu les rejoindre en Seine-Saint-Denis grâce à la loi sur le regroupement familial. Cet enfant qui ne parlait pas un mot de la langue française, allait découvrir une autre civilisation, une autre culture, un autre climat. Il allait aussi découvrir l’école pour la première fois de sa vie mais il était conscient qu’il devait travailler deux ou trois plus que les autres pour s’intégrer. Après deux années en classe francophone, il a enfin pu suivre une scolarité normale jusqu’à l’obtention d’un Deug de droit. Il rêvait déjà de faire ses premiers pas au Quai des Orfèvres pour être commissaire de police, ce métier qui le passionnait tant, et qu'il voulait exercer avant tout parce qu'il avait envie de se battre pour protéger les autres. Parallèlement, Malamine Koné pratique la boxe anglaise. Double champion de France amateur dans la catégorie des poids moyens, on le surnomme La Panthère sur les rings. Mais malheureusement, en 1995, victime d’un accident de la route, il évite de peu l’amputation de la jambe gauche. Et là, tous ses rêves s’effondrent. Le doute s’installe, c’est le début d’un autre combat : lutter contre la fatalité. Limité physiquement après douze opérations du genou, il voulait encore croire que c’était possible. Lors de sa convalescence, il se remet en question, réfléchit, observe, s’intéresse aux choses et se rend compte que ce sont les tenues vestimentaires de ses copains qui allaient devenir sa nouvelle source d’inspiration. Et pourquoi ne pas créer sa propre marque de vêtements de sport ? Un pari fou pour certains, trop prétentieux pour d’autres. Mais il était plus déterminé que jamais à se battre pour réussir. La création et l’ascension fulgurante d'Airness[modifier]C’est en 1999 que Malamine Koné se jette à l’eau et crée sa propre marque de sport Airness. Sans moyens financiers ni techniques pour rivaliser avec les grandes marques de sport, il disposait néanmoins de quelques atouts majeurs : un nom, Airness, qui veut dire « toujours plus haut, toujours plus fort » ; un logo, une panthère, pour symboliser la combativité et surtout une détermination, une envie de montrer qu’avec du travail et de l’abnégation, aucune barrière n’est infranchissable. C’est sur le terrain qu'il a appris les rouages du métier : le matin, il s’improvisait agent commercial pour placer ses premiers T-shirts auprès de magasins spécialisés ; l’après-midi, il préparait les quelques dizaines de pièces commandées, les rangeait dans un sac de sport pour ensuite se transformer en livreur.

An old woman frm calabar boarded a bus going to lagos. She told d driver 'pls if u reach Benin tell me o!' D driver nodded! The woman then turned to other passengers and implored them to inform her when they get to Benin should d driver forget. Everyone nodded. Shortly after, d other passengers slept off but d old neva blinked. After several hours, d woman turned to d driver 'We neva reach Benin ni?' D driver exclaimed, 'we don pass Benin since! We don almost reach Lagos sef. Benin is like 4hrs behind us!' The woman began to shout dat d driver should take her back to Benin. On getting to Benin, d driver came down,opened d door and told d woman,'Dis is Benin' The woman simply opened her handbag,brought out a sachet of panadol,removed 2 tablets and swallowed them with water. She then smiled and said 'na my daughter say if i reach Benin make i take 2 tablets of panadol, oya! Make we go

Benin pple Ÿ̲̣̣̣̥ø̲̣̣̥u̶̲̥̅̊ ar 2 much Coz dem D̶̲̥̅̊ε̲̣̣̣̥γ̲̣ use wheelbaro D̶̲̥̅̊ε̲̣̣̣̥γ̲̣ sell allcrecarr

. Djamana Tigui Exclusif! exclusif! Voici comment RAWLINGS-ZUMA-MBEKI veulent renverser Blaise Compaoré au BURKINA FASO et Alasxsane Ouattara en CÔTE D'IVOIRE!!!! Au coeur des LMP au Ghana, j'ai pu avoir l'information réelle sur laquelle compte tous les PRO-GBAGBO. De la Présidence de L'UA Il n'est de secret pour personne que l'Afrique du Sud a fait un forcing pour permettre à L'ex Madame ZUMA de s'installer à ce poste combien strategique pour la mise en place du plan RAWLINGS-ZUMA. Une fois ce poste obtenu, RAWLINGS-MBEKI-ZUMA veulent se faire les leaders absolus de l'Afrique et pour cela ils sont aidés par l'Angola de DOS SANTOS. Les autres présidents etant faibles à leurs yeux, Blaise Compaoré et Alassane Ouattara deviennent les seuls dangers qui les empêchent d'attendre leur dessein. Aussi, un plan diabolique est en cours avec l'intrusion de soldats mercenaires Sud-Africains et Angolais actuellement en formation au Ghana sous la tutelle de RAWLINGS qui a l'aval de certains Généraux Ghanéens. Ces soldats ont pour rôle dans un premier temps d'affaiblir et le Togo et le Bénin par des inssurections armées et civiles. Ce faisant ces états qu'on dit proches de ces deux chefs d'etats n'auront point la lassitude d'apporter des secours en cas d'attaque. Les mouvments encours permettront l'entrée des soldats vers le Togo et le Benin. Cela permettra de faire tomber dit-on le beau BLAISE et ensuite le bravetchè OUATTARA Selon mes sources, cela est imminent et pourrait permettre par la suite à la Commission de l'union africaine de demander l'annulation du jugement de KOUDOU au profit des juridiction africaines. Voilà oh!, c'est ça j'ai attrapé au GHANA. Et je vous dis pas, ils y croient comme fer. Pour dire que c'est sérieux. Sincèrement DJAMANA TIGUI PS. Les attaques ces jours ci sont le fait de soldats et miliciens entrainés par des mercenaires Sud-Africains

Dis morning Hon Patrick Obayaigbon drove into a petrol station in his sleek, state of the art range rover sports: #Patrick: guy, abeg give me full tank (in pigin language} Benin language) #Attendant: I only speak english, sir #Patrick: Ok brother, good morning. I currently feel a profound desire to replenish the propellant of my motorized automobile. Therefore I cordially request you to transfer from your subterranean reservoir a sufficient quantity of the combustible fluid of the highest octane rating to fill the appropriate receptacle of the said means of perambulation to the brim... #Attendant: Bros na play I dey play ooo, ah u don vex. how much fuel u wan buy?...

Live in Benin this November http://pic.twitter.com/9jKslGMN

proudly benin

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An old woman boarded a bus to lagos frm calabar told d driver; "driver,if u reach Benin tell me o!D driver nodded n then she shouted again"my children,una hear wetin I tell am? Everybody responded YES MA.On d long journey to lagos,everybody slept off but dis woman neva blinkd.Dey neva knew she doesn't know Benin. Afta several hours of driving and lagos closeby wit Benin about 4hrs bhind,d poor woman then asked;driver,u neva reach benin ni? Ooooh!!D driver exclaimed;madam Benin is like 4hrs behind us.D woman started crying"take me back 2 Benin abeg I no wan wahala o!!!After all said,and considerg d age of d woman it was agreed dat d driver shld turn back 2 Benin.On getting 2 Benin,d driver came down,opened d door n told d woman she is in Benin.D woman simply opened her hand bag,brought out a sachet of panadol,removd 2 tablets n swallowd dem wit water.She then smiled and said,na my daughter say if I reach Benin make I take 2 tablets of panadol,Oya! Mak e we dey go Lagos.

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Flexin in benin.

Jonathan Receives Benin President Boni Yayi http://t.co/lyuAXDzy

Bsr mes freres et soeurs faitent bien attention aux appels ke vs recevez. Regarder bien le numero avant de decrocher car il ya un numero satanique commencant par +229 et est compose de ((5 chiffres)). Ca vient du BENIN. Si tu decroches, tu meurts le lendemain. Actuelement, il parait ke 9 pers sont deja mortes au GHANA et 28 au NIGERIA. Lance rapidement ce message a tes parents et amis pour les informer. NB: ce serieu

Home » Examination Centers Examination Centers 1. Police College Kaduna 2. Police Training School, Sokoto 3. Army Day Secondary School, Bukavu Barracks, Kano 4. Government Day Secondary School, Opposite HQ 23 Armoured Brigade, Yola 5. Government College Maiduguri 6. Police Training School Bauchi 7. Police Staff College, Jos 8. Police Secondary School, Minna 9. Command Secondary School, Lungi Barracks, Abuja 10. Police Detective College, Enugu 11. Command Secondary School, Abakaliki 12. Emmanuel College, Douglas/Wetteral Road, Owerri 13. Police Secondary School, Calabar 14. Police Secondary School, Port Harcourt 15. Police Training School, Benin 16. Police College, Ikeja 17. Police Training School, Ibadan 18. Police Secondary School, Akure

Special Ŧђɑ̤̥̈̊п̥̥̲̣̣̣ks⌣2 all FGGC benin Alumni's 4 d BDaY wishes.God bless yu all.

All my beluvd brothers al ova d wrld come and let praise dy Lord on d 2nd septmber 2012, @ Happy Family Chapel RCCG Ekosodin,Benin -Nigeria

Who's going on a trip?! COUNTRY MAGNETS OR COINS Here's a list of the countries I still need. I'm coming to the sad conclusion that most of them are too poor to have a magnet.: Aland,(Algeria), American Samoa, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, (Ascension), (Bangladesh), (Belarus), Benin, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile,Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Comoros, Congo, Republic of, (Congo, Democratic Republic of the), Cook Islands, Cote d'Ivoire, (Diego Garcia), Djibouti, East Timor, (Easter Island),Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia

Thank u guys 4 ur prayer n i am now in Benin city.

“I called her number and it wasn’t going…I went to the police to complain… when we called the number again…someone picked it up and… told me she was in Symbol hospital in Benin which turned out to be a fake hospital.”

Hey fewds am doing a.Custom clothing and model bash (party) on 5th of September...da cuncuslate club ikpokpoan GRA in BENIN city......dnt miss it.......buh no caro jeans plzzzzz dudes.............guest artist FAME & anti viruz.....joooor...dnt miss out okay.

Some shyt never end niggas still tlkn shyt beating my ass or taken my life nd u Benin saying dis for like 5yrs nd still ain't did shyt now a year has passed nd u still singing da same song so ima say dis DO SOMETHING DIS TIME AROUND

Waitse nna tse kedi bonang Maliki Adjaho Dear Medupe I'm MALIKI ADJAHO, Private lawyer to Late Michael Medupe, a national of your country, who used to work as the Director of petroliers total Benin. On 23rd of July 2008 my client and his family were involved in a car accident unfortunately lost their lives, my client had an account valued at about US $8.3M (Eight Million Three Hundred Thousand Dollars) deposited in Bank here, Please send your email address and telephone number to my personal email: (barristeradjaho@yah­oo.com.ph) and do not reply via Facebook, reply only on my personal email: barristeradjaho@yaho­o.com.ph for confidential reasons, so that I will send more details to you. Thanks, MALIKI ADJAHO Tele: 00229-98967503

benin is cool

Funny country with funny leaders... As ur own people are struggling for better services..

Top 100 University  A report by 4icu.org has listed the top 100 best universities in Nigeria and their rankings in 2012. The ranking is based on the number of graduates they produce yearly and their competitiveness (their graduation grades). Below is the list: Ranking Criteria: The ranking is based on the number of graduates they produce yearly and their competitiveness (their graduation grades). 1. University of Lagos, Lagos 2 University of Ilorin, Ilorin 3 University of Ibadan, Ibadan 4 Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 5 University of Benin, Ugbowo 6 University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt 7 University of Agriculture Abeokuta, Abeokuta 8 Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria 9 University of Jos, Jos 10 Covenant University, Ota 11 University of Nigeria, Nsukka 12 Federal University of Technology, Akure, Akure 13 Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso 14 Lagos State University, Ojo 15 Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka 16 Pan African University, Lagos 17 Bayero University Kano, Kano 18 Redeemer’s University, Mowe 19 Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt 20 Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo 21 Federal University of Technology, Minna, Minna 22 Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma 23 Bowen University, Iwo 24 Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu 25 University of Calabar, Calabar 26 Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Owerri 27 University of Uyo, Uyo 28 Kwara State University, Ilorin 29 Benson Idahosa University, Benin City 30 University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri 31 American University of Nigeria, Yola 32 Niger Delta University Wilberforce Island, Yenagoa 33 Osun State University, Oshogbo 34 University of Abuja, Abuja 35 Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti 36 Landmark University, Omu-Aran 37 Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba, Akoko 38 Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umuahia 39 Imo State University, Owerri 40 Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola 41 African University of Science and Technology, Abuja 42 Renaissance University, Enugu 43 Benue State University, Makurdi 44 Crawford University, Igbesa 45 Lead City University, Ibadan 46 Bells University of Technology, Ota 47 Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University, Katsina 48 Madonna University, Okija 49 Abia State University, Uturu 50 Delta State University, Abraka, Abraka 51 Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi 52 Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo Town 53 Veritas University, Abuja 54 Bingham University, Auta Balifi 55 Joseph Ayo Babalola University, Ikeji-Arakeji 56 Nigerian Turkish Nile University, Abuja 57 Federal University, Dutse, Dutse 58 Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki 59 Igbinedion University Okada, Okada 60 Caleb University, Imota 61 Achievers University, Owo, Owo 62 Federal University, Oye-Ekiti Oye 63 Salem University, Lokoja 64 Obong University Obong, Ntak 65 Wukari Jubilee University, Wukari 66 Kaduna State University, Kaduna 67 University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Makurdi 68 Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti 69 Federal University, Otuoke Otuoke 70 Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijebu-Ode 71 Caritas University, Enugu 72 University of Mkar, Mkar 73 Ondo State University of Science & Technology, Okitipupa 74 Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun 75 Western Delta University, Oghara 76 Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, Aliero 77 Novena University, Ogume 78 Adamawa State University, Mubi 79 Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ndufu-Alike 80 Nasarawa State University, Keffi 81 Baze University, Abuja 82 Federal University, Wukari, Wukari 83 Akwa Ibom State University, Uyo 84 Tansian University, Umunya 85 Ekiti State University, Ifaki 86 Usmanu Danfodio University, Sokoto 87 Fountain University, Oshogbo 88 Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai 89 Oduduwa University, Ile Ife 90 Samuel Adegboyega University, Ogwa 91 Kano State University of Technology, Wudil 92 Federal University, Kashere, Kashere 93 Bukar Abba Ibrahim University, Damaturu 94 Adeleke University, Ede 95 Wesley University of Science and Technology, Ondo City 96 Wellspring University, Benin City 97 Paul University, Awka 98 Kogi State University, Anyigba 99 Rhema University, Obeama-Asa 100 Anambra State University, Uli

o FOFO do Benin dando a real ;D

The Police have recovered the Blackberry phone of Comrade Olaitan Oyerinde, the slain Principal Secretary of Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole. He was murdered in May. The phone was recovered in Yobe State. The suspect, in whose possession the phone was found, is being detained at the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) in Abuja. It was gathered yesterday that the 16 suspects arrested in connection with the murder by the police and the State Security Service (SSS) have admitted to the FCID that they sell items stolen during robbery operations to the same group of people. A source said: “After Oyerinde was murdered, the items stolen, including a Blackberry phone, were given to a receiver in Benin, who later disposed of it. “But the police traced the phone to the receiver and a buyer in Yobe State. We have arrested the buyer for questioning and he is still in custody. Receivers of stolen goods dispose of the items in places far away from the vicinity of the crime.” The source said the police have uncovered more leads into the muder since the SSS handed over the six suspects in its custody to the police on Thursday. The source said: “All the suspects have admitted that they are notorious armed robbers operating in the Benin axis. They have also admitted that they have common buyers of the loot from their operations. So, they have a meeting point. “Although they confessed that Oyerinde was killed during a robbery, we are still probing the murder allegation.” An environmentalist, who is a friend to the late Oyerinde, Rev. David Ugolor, is still being detained by the police in relation to the murder. On why Ugolor is still in custody, the source said: “We are looking into some circumstantial evidence, including the call logs of the late Oyerinde and how the two friends parted ways on May 4, the day the incident occurred.

what a country. We seff we dey inside the country we no dey get constant supply of water and electricity, gas matter di33 we no dey talk. Now Gh govt say e go supply Benin with water, electricity and LPG....e hard ooo

HELLO, YOUR EXCELLENCIES, VICE PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA AND GHANA,PRIME MINISTER OF JAMAICA,PRIME MINISTER OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO,PRESIDENT OF HAITI, PRIME MINISTER OF ZIMBABWE,FIRST LADIES OF ZIMBABWE AND SOUTH AFRICA, PRESIDENTS OF ETHIOPIA,MALI,NIGER,AND GAMBIA,VICE PRESIDENT OF KENYA, AND PRESIDENT OF BURUNDI,PRESIDENT OF BURKINA FASSO,PRIME MINISTER OF BARBADOS, FIRST LADY OF THE USA,PRESIDENT OF BOTSWANA,PRESIDENT OF BERLIZE,PRESIDENT OF ETHIPIA,PRESIDENT OF MALAWI, WHILE INVESTIGATIONS CONTINUE. VICE PRESIDENT OF SOUTH AFRICA,PRESIDENTS OF GHANA,IVORY COAST,BENIN REPUBLIC, SENEGAL, NIGERIA, MALI AND SOUTH SUDAN,TOGO AND ZAIRE AND MALAWI AND ALL OVER AFRICA,

what will be our gain if we decide five thousand naira should be in circulation. Our money will loose its value. Take Benin repblic 4 example

President Boni Yayi of Benin meets with President Jonathan in Abuja, proposes cabinet meeting, joint rehabilitation of Lagos-Seme Road.

Lord thank u, 4 a successful wedding ceremony of my beloved aunty? (Alice & Tony) which held on sat 25th of aug, 2012 @ st partrick's cath church ugbowo benin city.. My prayer 2 dem is dat God wil strengthin dere marriage & bless dem with many children.

An old woman boarded a bus to lagos frm calabar told d driver; "driver,if u reach Benin tell me o!D driver nodded n then she shouted again"my children,una hear wetin I tell am? Everybody responded YES MA.On d long journey to lagos,everybody slept off but dis woman neva blinkd.Dey neva knew she doesn't know Benin. Afta several hours of driving and lagos closeby wit Benin about 4hrs bhind,d poor woman then asked;driver,u neva reach benin ni? Ooooh!!D driver exclaimed;madam Benin is like 4hrs behind us.D woman started crying"take me back 2 Benin abeg I no wan wahala o!!!After all said,and considerg d age of d woman it was agreed dat d driver shld turn back 2 Benin.On getting 2 Benin,d driver came down,opened d door n told d woman she is in Benin.D woman simply opened her hand bag,brought out a sachet of panadol,removd 2 tablets n swallowd dem wit water.She then smiled and said,na my daughter say if I reach Benin make I take 2 tablets of panadol,Oya!Make we dey go Lagos.=D=D=)):D

Nigeria’s richest pastor and Winners’ Chapel founder, David Oyedepo, flaunts a vast business empire worth billions of naira. And there is no end to his material acquisitions. To thousands of his devotees, David Olaniyi Oyedepo, billionaire businessman and presiding bishop at the Living Faith Church, better known as Winners’ Chapel, is a preacher of immense spiritual endowment. Fondly addressed as Papa by his congregation, Oyedepo is held in awe – the kind reserved for deities. The cleric’s deistic clout, however, transcends his Winners’ Chapel enclave. To many outside his fold, the prosperity preacher, who owns homes in London and the United States, and has been owner of four private jets so far, is gleaned from his insatiable material bequest. In 2010, Forbes, the respected American business magazine which keeps a tab on the world’s rich, listed Oyedepo as Nigeria’s wealthiest pastor, with an estimated networth of $150mn (about N23bn). Oyedepo is only followed on the rich list by another Nigerian flamboyant pastor, Chris Oyakhilome of the Believers’ Loveworld Ministries, a.k.a. Christ Embassy, whose worth was put at between N4.7bn and N7bn. In Nigeria, Oyedepo conveniently leads the growing list of pastorpreneurs, church founders exploiting the passion and emotion that Christianity commands to feather their nests. A proponent of prosperity Christianity, Oyedepo is unapologetic about the materialistic tinge to his gospel. In taking to ministering, God, he repeatedly claims, told him to “make my people rich”. He describes his prosperity-centric teachings as “covenant software for programming yourself into victories and triumphs”. With abiding faith in God, there are no limits, he insists, to how prosperous a man can be. And God’s word, he says, is a goldmine. “It is loaded with treasures — treasures for your pleasure, treasures for your comfort,” he pontificates. Vast Business Interests Oyedepo’s business interests span manufacturing, petrol station, bakery, pure water factory, plant (bulldozers, etc.) hiring, education, restaurant, supermarket, bookshop, internet cafe, real estate and the latest addition, aviation. He owns the thriving Dominion Publishing House, DPH, which has turned out countless Christian and motivational literature – usually centred on prosperity – bearing his name as the author, and audio-visual materials. The DPH has more than four million copies of Oyedepo’s works – many of them bestsellers – and those of his wife, Faith, in print. The most known of the pastor’s many lines of business are his range of educational institutions. Most famous among them is the Covenant University, Ota, where the pastor is the Chancellor. Oyedepo told his congregation that he encountered God in 1981 in a vision that directed him to develop humanity through education. The world’s largest church and the universities The move to actualise the “vision” began earnestly in 1999 after the dedication of the Faith Tabernacle, which he boasts of as the world’s largest church auditoriums. Funding for the establishment of the university confirmed Oyedepo as shrewd as the most shrewd of businessmen come. At every service, a special envelope marked “CUP” (Covenant University Project) was circulated for members to donate their contributions towards the school project. The CUP funding, largely from the poor and medium income earners, was exclusive of the regular handouts in tithes, offerings and ‘seeds’ from the teeming members and well-wishers. It was also exclusive of other huge contributions from the affluent church members. Oyedepo, it was alleged, once received a single donation of N400 million from a well-known Lagos business tycoon with interests in publishing and oil & gas. Oyedepo was assisted in construction of the school’s structures by many devout members of the church, skilled and unskilled, who fell over one another either carrying blocks or fetching water or just offering free labour. The university took off actively in October 2002 with the admission of the first batch of 1,500 students. But if many of the church members thought that, by virtue of their financial contributions to the CUP and their manual labour, they had a university they could call their own and conveniently send their children to for tertiary education, they were soon rudely awakened. The elitist fees Oyedepo fixed were, and remain, way beyond what most of the parents can afford. Covenant University owners currently charge not less than N500,000 for a degree course. Oyedepo’s apologists maintain that the school administers partial scholarships for education to poor church members, but have been unable to put such details like the number of students that benefit and the amount involved, to their claim. An Advertisement manager in a leading magazine publishing firm narrated that the church continued to circulate the CUP envelope even after the university had taken off for what it (the church) said was for the school’s growth and development. For the manager, that was the last straw. “I stopped my family from attending the church. When the university was being constructed, my wife was always eager to go all the way from our residence in Akute, Ogun State, to the site in Ota, to carry blocks even when she was very reluctant to supervise work on our own site in Akute there. Worse, after the school took off and we were shown in clear terms it is not built for our children, its owners continued to ask us to donate to the CUP. I knew it was time I came to my senses,” he remarked. Although the university authorities are confirmed to have been accommodating to followers of all religions on admission matters, a peculiar case last year challenged that virtue. The school allegedly refused to admit a muslim candidate, Abdulgafar Ayomide Salami, despite satisfying the admission requirements. The institution blamed “inconsistencies” in Salami’s application for its action, a claim the candidate’s father, Taiwo, vehemently denied. “They should just be bold enough to admit it. They discriminated against my child on the basis of his religion, and that is so unfortunate,” Taiwo fumed. Oyedepo has established another tertiary institution, Landmark University in Omu-Aran (his hometown) in Kwara State. It officially opened in March last year. The university is believed to have been built with the staggering sum of $100m. Oyedepo claimed that the Landmark initiative was a response to calls from his kinsmen that he replicate the Covenant model in his hometown. It is most unlikely, however, that many residents of Omu-Aran will be able to afford the fees of the new university. But Landmark University’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Matthew Ola-Rotimi Ajayi’s explanation was that the institution came to fill the void created by the dwindling standard and paralysis, occasioned by strikes and social vices, in the public educational system. “The institution was established in response to these challenges, poised not only to break new grounds, but also to ensure that the institution’s footprints are left on the sand of time,” said Ajayi. The VC said agriculture is the focal point of the new university. This, he said, is in demonstration of its commitment to being part of the global response to the impending food crisis. Specifically, he said, the university has set, as its primary objective, a commitment towards an agrarian revolution, making the institution’s farm not only an enviable centre of excellence, but also the food basket of the country. This, he claimed, prompted the institution, through its proprietor – Winners’ Chapel – to award “100 per cent scholarship” to all the agricultural students of the institution, including agricultural engineering. To drive the agricultural revolution, Ajayi claimed, the school is investing hundreds of millions of naira as scholarships to motivate all the agricultural students of the institution, while also investing heavily on teaching and research equipment so as to enhance enterprise agriculture training. In addition, other support services – financial, technical and material – required for sustainable mechanised farming are also provided for the students. Not unexpectedly, there is an entrepreneurial method to drive the scholarship ‘madness’. Into the institution is built a thriving farm project – comprising poultry, fishery, crop farming and feedmill – whose products are said to be doing well in the market. In response to the increasing demands of the institution’s products, the university has embarked on the second phase of its expansion programme on the farm. It has commenced massive production of the Landmark Bread while plans for production of Landmark bottled water are at an advanced stage, among other products in the pipeline. As a matter of policy, the VC said, the entire university community – staff and students – irrespective of course of study, are engaged in one form of agricultural practice or the other. A third university, it is believed, will soon become operational in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. It is being located in the expansive 560-acre Goshen City, a replica of the massive Canaanland at Ota, Ogun State. The pastor is said to have already completed at Goshen City, situated along the Abuja-Keffi Road, a multi-billion naira housing project, a 15,000-capacity sanctuary, a printing press, and primary and secondary schools. Oyedepo is also believed to be planning a multi-million dollar college in upstate New York, United States. Oyedepo’s massive investment in education at the secondary level is the Faith Academy group of colleges spread across Nigeria and run by Faith, his wife. Faith Academy, a full boarding secondary school which opened in 1999, belongs to the country’s elitist league of middle-level schools that make parents pay through the nose for services rendered. The school’s fees range from N250,00 to N350,000. On the Ibadan-Ife road, Faith Academy is currently completing its sprawling complex of not less than six imposing three-storey buildings. Besides the Faith Academy secondary schools, Oyedepo has been smart enough to also establish the Covenant University Secondary School which charges fees that are no less considerate of the lean finances of Winners’ Chapel’s poor followers. Faith, Oyedepo’s wife, also runs Kingdom Heritage Model Schools, the nursery and primary arm located in different cities in Nigeria. There are about 90 Kingdom Heritage schools scattered across the country. Land acquisition binge, tithes and aircraft Oyedepo’s business acumen is well-honed. The expansive landed property alone on which the Canaan business empire sits is estimated by estate valuers to be worth, at least, N10 billion. Over time, the pastor has been acquiring many villages adjoining the original property he purchased in the 1980s, so much so that now, were the City to be an ordinary village or town rather than a church monolith that it is, it is big enough to have its own first-class oba, its traditional ruler. As it is, Oyedepo plays well the role of Canaanland’s traditional ruler and Chief Executive Officer. Church members and workers on the 5,000-acre estate both rever and fear the 57-year-old Papa as he superintends the conglomerate of business entities there. The church itself is a weekly money-spinner. Oyedepo is so shrewd as to concentrate the Sunday service at only Canaanland. Unlike the Redeemed Christian Church of God, the Living Faith Church (Winners’ Chapel) does not encourage the flowering of branches, though it equally has thousands of followers. There is only a handful of branches and then house fellowships. On Sunday, all Oyedepo’s followers, especially in Lagos and Ogun states, wishing to attend service are compelled to do so at Canaanland. From only one service of two hours the church operated every Sunday some years ago, it now runs four services. The Sango-Ota-Idiroko road as well as other access roads to the expressway leading to the church experience traffic gridlocks every Sunday from morning till afternoon as Winners’ faithful populate them. From the thousands of congregants comes a rake-in for the church in millions of naira and hard currencies, in offerings, tithes and pledges. An an usher confided in this magazine, the church makes, at least, N30 million every Sunday. And even this sum pales into a measly pittance compared with what is garnered annually at the church’s Shiloh week-long special programme held every November attended by devotees in both Nigeria and from abroad, and at every New Year’s eve service. The church also runs a factory which produces the Hebron sachet water. The product is hot number among church members who view the water as ‘divine’, and thus believe it could help unburden them of their afflictions. It also sells well in the immediate Otta environment. Also operating in Canaanland is a bakery, a filling station, a restaurant, an internet cafe, a bookshop, supermarkets and a microfinance bank. Oyedepo’s investment in property also continues to grow. On the vast land, the church has recently completed a massive housing project and the houses will soon go on sale. Already available are guest houses for paying church members and guests. Done successfully with medium-scale businesses, the flamboyant preacher has decided to go for the big one. Last week, reports did the rounds about the wealthy preacher’s latest addition to his business lines. The pastor has been reported to have floated an airline, Dominion Air, on whose board he is to sit as Chairman, as he naturally does of all his other businesses. An account has it that the airline project had been in the works for six years. The plan was only unfurled this year. Towards this, a number of aircraft has been acquired, and none of them is said to be on lease. Another version of the reports, however, claims that the crippling cost of maintaining his four private jets forced the pastor to set up an airline where he would put the planes to commercial use. An online news medium with bias for Nigerian news, Saharareporters, quoted a source in Winners’ Chapel as having said that each of the aircraft costs Oyedepo some $1,000 per hour in parking fees and maintenance. “Last year, as staff costs, fuel prices and landing fees escalated, Bishop Oyedepo had contemplated selling two of the jets. But when buyers were not forthcoming, he turned to Plan B: to set up Dominion Air and put the jets to commercial use,” claimed the medium. Among Oyedepo’s fleet of jets is a Gulfstream, a business aircraft that is not capable of carrying more than 19 passengers. Apparently overwhelmed with the colossal costs of managing four planes, Oyedepo, had, late last year, reportedly put two of his four private planes up for sale. That was few months after he acquired the Gulfstream V Jet, his fourth plane worth $35mn, and planned a private aircraft hangar. Before he acquired the Gulfstream V, Oyedepo owned a Challenger 604 and a Gulfstream IV. It is thus believed that Oyedepo’s new airline may be targeting the country’s aviation sector’s lucrative air charter services, where only a handful of passengers are ferried at princely sums. Charter services are a staple for the country’s rich, especially business tycoons, state governors and other top politicians, who prefer its exclusive services to the regular commercial carriers. Oyedepo’s church and Oyedepo himself would, as has become their trademark of keeping sealed lips on their dealings, not confirm or deny reports that the bishop is starting an airline. Flak for the man of God Oyedepo has attracted flak for amassing huge personal fortune using the church as his springboard, when some of his followers can barely afford basic supplies, let alone enjoy the luxurious lifestyle he leads. But the capitalist pastor continues to trudge on, and has been making a success of his business ventures. Oyedepo’s expanding business frontiers has re-ignited the long-running debate that places of worship be made to pay taxes to fund critical public infrastructure, education and healthcare. Going by extant laws, a church registered as an entity for the advancement of religious ideals is not expected to pay tax, but where it engages in business, it would be subject to taxation. “Agreed, Oyedepo is a businessman (and not your everyday pastor). Can we begin to see his taxes and for him to undertake Corporate Social Responsibility? The next time you think of taking on MTN for being such cruel capitalists after they invested their hard-earned cash, try asking how much Covenant University charges after church money was invested in it,” remarked Atom Lim, a blogger. Since establishing his Pentecostal ministry in 1981, his flock has grown in astronomical fashion. The 50,000-seat Faith Tabernacle where he holds court is acclaimed as one the world’s largest worship centres. The church also maintains thousands of mission stations in about 40 nations of Africa, Europe, Jamaica and America. Among Oyedepo’s thriving foreign outposts, which send revenue to the headquarters at Ota, Nigeria are those in Ghana. But in 2004, the high-flying Ghanaian arm of the church drew Oyedepo’s ire when its head, Bishop George Adjeman was suspended for discontinuing the remittance of money to the headquarters. The Ghana parishes were then said to be repatriating to the Nigerian head church about $60,000 in monthly revenues. Oyedepo’s unconventional pastoring has been attracting to him strident condemnation and criticisms, although he doesn’t ever seem perturbed by them. Sources that had worked for him at Canaanland said he does not suffer staff and pastors gladly. Two years ago, the Newswatch magazine reported cases of two pastors of the Winners’ Chapel Oyedepo had allegedly sacked when they could no longer perform their pastoral duties. Three pastors – Akah Ikenna (Benin), Ifeakwachukwu Sunday (Asaba) and Dick Abiye (Port Harcourt) – were actually said to have been involved in auto crashes that resulted in disabilities. According to the magazine’s reports, the pastors of their respective parishes on N45,000 each per month, were on official assignment for Winners’ Chapel when the vehicles they were travelling in were involved in the accidents. Sunday, ordained a pastor of the Living Faith Church on 16 January 2001, was serving at Umunede, Delta State, as a pastor of the Winners’ Chapel when his world began collapsing on him. As he narrated to Newswatch, sometime in 2006, he went to Lagos for a meeting of the church. On his way back, he had a motor accident that nearly claimed his life. One of his legs broke into two and he also suffered severe dislocations in the pelvic area. He was admitted in a hospital in Benin where he went through several surgical operations. One of them was a limb operation in which steel braces were inserted into the leg and the pelvis. He was then discharged and asked to come back for a second operation to remove the foreign objects from his leg and pelvis. But, as he claimed, the church abandoned him at the hospital in Benin, “but through the help of some brethren, I came back to my station”, bed-ridden. In that state, Pastor Sunday was redeployed to the church’s district office at Asaba. Strangely, he got another letter the same day terminating his appointment as a pastor of Winners’ Chapel. Somehow, in that agonising condition, Sunday travelled to the church’s headquarters in Ota, Ogun State, to appeal to Oyedepo for a re-consideration of his case. He recalled: “Luckily, I met Oyedepo himself as he was coming out from the church. After I had introduced myself, he asked me what I wanted. I told him I needed money for the operation to remove the metals from my body. He then directed me to one Ndubuisi who was then the secretary. Ndubuisi asked me what it would cost and I told him I did not know till we meet the doctors. He then asked me to go and do so and get back to them. When I got the documents from the doctors, I went and submitted them to him, but the church never acted on them.” In one of the documents, dated 13 October 2007, from the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, OAUTH, Ile-Ife, signed by E.P. Osaigbovo, consultant, intensivist/traumatologist, and addressed to the church’s senior Pastor in Asaba, the hospital billed Sunday N230,000. The letter read: “The aforementioned (Sunday) individual has been our patient for the past 18 months. He was managed by our surgical team following multiple fractures to the neck and shaft of the femoral bone as a result of injuries sustained in a road traffic accident. Following-up radiological evaluation reveals that there is enough callous formation in the steel-plated fracture. He is, therefore, billed for plate removal – a procedure that will involve revisiting the fracture site so as to remove the implants.” A desperate Sunday said he wrote to Oyedepo on 12 August 2009: “I had written series of letters to you, attached with the medical bill for my surgery, but all to no avail. I believe the letters did not get to you. From the time I was relieved of my service to the church, it has not been easy for me following pains from the injury. Now, I cannot stand for a period of three minutes, not alone walk. I solicit for your fatherly care. I have nowhere else to turn to but this organisation I once belonged to.” Till Sunday told Newswatch his story published in the magazine’s 7 July 2010 edition, he never got a response from Oyedepo. Sunday, an employee of the National Fertiliser Company of Nigeria, NAFCON, Port Harcourt before he resigned his appointment to be a full-time staff/pastor at Winners’ Chapel, claimed that besides sacking him and ejecting him from his quarters, the church would not even pay him his entitlements. He explained he resigned his NAFCON appointment in line with the church’s policy that a pastor and his wife shall not engage themselves in any other job. Worse, on the domestic front, Sunday’s wife, both of whom had been childless for over 10 years before the accident rendered him a vegetable, abandoned him in his bedridden state. Ikenna’s physical and financial condition is not different. But while Sunday and Abiye elected to sue Oyedepo in God’s court for God to judge him, Ikenna headed to court and popular Lagos-based lawyer, Festus Keyamo, is handling the brief. They won the case at the Otta High Court. But the defendants, Winners Chapel and Oyedepo, headed to the Appeal Court. The case has been at the Appeal stage since 2009. Barrister Vitalis, Keyamo’s deputy, expressed confidence Ikenna would win the case even if it goes up to the Supreme Court because, as he put it, it was a clear case of man’s inhumanity to man. Oyedepo himself would not immediately respond to enquiries from Newswatch on the matter. But his spokesmen were quoted to have retorted in an official statement that: “They were not abandoned. They were treated on moral ground and in demonstration of good christian character. The church (Winners’ Chapel) has the right to review its workers’ performances and release from service any staff it feels his or her services are no longer needed.” It was not until in an interview published in the 11 November 2011 edition of Newswatch that Oyedepo publicly commented on the issue. His words: “I almost cursed them (i.e. the three pastors). If there is any case that is serious to take to the court, you go to the court and lawyers will take charge.” Oyedepo also responded to questions on whether members truly contributed to build Covenant University and are still contributing. Admitting the contributions, the capitalist pastor remarked: “Yes, from the offerings that they give. From the offerings that they give and the supplies that God makes. It’s amazing.” He did not explain the nature of those celestial “supplies”. And to a question that “those who contributed are not able to send their children to his university because of the (high) cost’, Oyedepo calmly contradicted himself on “contributions” he had only minutes earlier admitted that the church collects from members: “We don’t contribute here. People give to the Lord,” he stated. Then he added: “But you see, each one (member) goes for what he can afford in the market (educational market, that is). Even the public schools they are talking about pay as much, if not more. So people are just making noise for nothing. It depends on what you can afford.” Oyedepo would also not point to a single public university that charges “as much, if not more” than Covenant does. Oyedepo has also had similar brushes with junior pastors at the church’s headquarters. Two pastors, who once questioned the bishop’s dictatorial manner of running the entity, had to leave the church to set up their own ministries. Their complaints ranged from poor welfare, to the absolute power Oyedepo wields. A number of workers at some of the business entities set up by the church have also had to complain of the poor remuneration, even though they feel their employers could afford better pay. One of such workers was a staff in the kitchen of Faith Academy, the secondary school. On duty from early morning till 6p.m., she was earning N9,000 per month. Apart from paying for public transportation from her residence to the Winners’ Chapel main gate, she would need to pay another N100 for the internal transportation arrangement from the main gate to her Faith Academy duty station. She was always complaining of the laborious nature of the kitchen job, which demanded that she alone fry eight cartons of fish every day, apart from other chores. With transportation fare taking so much toll on her miserly salary, and the kitchen’s labour taking so much toll on her health, she didn’t need any telling before she walked away from the job only six months after she was enlisted. The Dirty slap video Oyedepo’s controversial ways also achieved international notoriety last year after a YouTube video showing him slapping a teenage female worshipper became an internet sensation. During one of the church’s deliverance services in 2009, Oyedepo had accused the girl of being possessed with witchcraft, a charge the youngster stoutly rejected. “I am not a winch; I am a winch for Jesus,” she insisted, on her knees. Oyedepo repeated his “you are a witch” assertion and apparently expected the girl to quake and submit to his own exact words. But the girl stuck to her words. Stunned by her guts, the pastor, transferring the microphone he was holding in his right hand to his left, powerfully hit the girl’s left cheek with a slap that visibly rocked her, boasting: “Do know who you’re talking too? ” He then began swearing away at the girl: “Foul demon! You are a foul demon…You are not set for deliverance and you are free to go to hell.” That drama of what came to be known as “holy slap” elicited criticisms from many observers, some of whom cracked rude jokes about the preacher’s unusual methods. But Oyedepo dismissed such criticisms, saying he didn’t regret his actions. “People now complain on the internet that I slapped a witch. If I see another one, I’ll slap again,” the pastor reportedly boasted. The pastor’s unbridled desire for wealth also makes him unpopular with some other clerics. One of his most vitriolic critics is Tunde Bakare, pastor of the Latter Rain Assembly and running mate to General (retd.) Muhammadu Buhari in the 2011 presidential election. Bakare constantly rebukes prosperity preachers of Oyedepo’s hue, describing them as “apostates”. He regards them as “only interested in the gospel of wealth”. In a fit of rage, Bakare once publicly tore a book written by Oyedepo, claiming its contents were contrary to the teachings of Christ. Another notable cleric, Anthony Cardinal Okogie also chided the likes of Oyedepo for allegedly placing materialism high above the gospel. “You claim to be a pastor looking after souls. I know you cannot look after the soul without the body, but why would a pastor give 90 per cent of his time to the body and give only 10 per cent to the soul. I wonder what kind of pastors they are?” Okogie queried. According to the Catholic bishop: “That shows really that they are not sheperds of the flock. They have been skinning the flock, taking out of the milk of the flock”. Though still being kept under the radar, Oyedepo, with his new airline project, has further invited reproach from a section of the Nigerian public, who also condemn the preacher’s compulsive desire for wealth. “Pastor Oyedepo, by his choice of businesses, has severally demonstrated a disconnect between himself and hundreds of thousands of poor Christians who he claims to have come to deliver,” said Lawrence Ofili , who belongs to a faction of the opposition movement, the Save Nigeria Group, founded by Pastor Bakare. Ofili argued that Oyedepo’s decision to float an airline is a misplaced priority. “His Faith Tabernacle accommodates 50,000 worshippers every Sunday. How many of them are going to fly Dominion Air? Honestly this project is not for the poor. He should have settled for mechanised farming to engage unemployed men and women,” the critic said. Similarly, a blogger, Ofordile Tony-Okeke, in an online post, challenged Oyedepo to channel more of his material endowment to charitable ventures. “With about 70 per cent of Nigerians living in poverty, Bishop Oyedepo would do well to invest financially in the poor in his church and country. I am aware of what the World Mission Agency, an arm of the Living Faith Ministry is doing, as it provides welfare and other health and humanitarian services to the needy in the society,” wrote Tony-Okeke. The blogger, however, argues that the act of giving should never be enough. “We should give as if all things depend on giving. Bishop David Oyedepo should give, give and give until it hurts him. That way he will be doing a sacrifice like Jesus Christ, his mentor, did,” said Tony-Okeke. While Sunday has become almost a vegetable with a decaying leg and abandoned by his wife and the church he was serving before the road traffic accident, Bishop David Oyedepo is harvesting billions of naira from the church and other business empires he established. While the church policy doesn’t allow pastors and their wives to do any other job, Oyedepo, with Faith his wife in tow, is a pastorpreneur extraordinaire. Oyedepo’s business range has no limits. Born on 27 September 1954, Oyedepo began his ministry in May 1981. On 17 September 1983, Enoch Adeboye, general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, ordained him and Florence, now Faith, his wife, as pastors. He labelled himself a bishop five years later.

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Wow, according to an email I just got from "Benin Du Republic", I just won 2.5 million dollars and they are going to start sending me $5000 per day immediately! Here's what they said" >>>>Call Mr. Frank Hark, now and ask him to give you MTCN and every other information you need to pick up your $5000 today. Be in mind that they will requested you their transfer fee before they will starting releasing your payment of $5000 every day to you.<<<< Bet the "transfer fee" is $6000 a day LOL. Do people really fall for this crap??

An old woman boarded a bus to lagos frm calabar told d driver; "driver,if u reach Benin tell me o!D driver nodded n then she shouted again"my children,una hear wetin I tell am? Everybody responded YES MA.On d long journey to lagos,everybody slept off but dis woman neva blinkd.Dey neva knew she doesn't know Benin. Afta several hours of driving and lagos closeby wit Benin about 4hrs bhind,d poor woman then asked;driver,u neva reach benin ni? Ooooh!!D driver exclaimed;madam Benin is like 4hrs behind us.D woman started crying"take me back 2 Benin abeg I no wan wahala o!!!After all said,and considerg d age of d woman it was agreed dat d driver shld turn back 2 Benin.On getting 2 Benin,d driver came down,opened d door n told d woman she is in Benin.D woman simply opened her hand bag,brought out a sachet of panadol,removd 2 tablets n swallowd dem wit water.She then smiled and said,na my daughter say if I reach Benin make I take 2 tablets of panadol,Oya! Mak e we dey go Lagos.

Seni ben diye seven benin suclusu yine ben sevginin sahtesini ben senden ogrendim yeniden

ATTENTION!!! Prof. Houdegbe has given an order to the gendarmarie and police to arrest any student of Houdegbe North american University republic du benin found outside between 2100H(9:00pm) and 0600H (6:00am)...please all students endeavour to do all you have to do before 2100H(9:00 pm)...Thanks...pls re broadcast to save a friend...

akpos chilling wit hes younger bro at royal marble benin city g r a.

FERMA just need a little extra-push to successfully complete the 'patch' of Lagos-Ore-Benin road. I took time out there recently.

The ancient city of Benin

Prayer Force & Fire Min Int'l Inc Ekpoma presents:They can't share my BLOOD 2012/ 7 days fasting.Theme:TOO HOT TO TOUCH! Date:1st-7th sept 2012,Time 4pm daily,Venue:Ikhirolo junctn benin/Auchi express way,ekpoma,Edo state.On d 7th is alnight.4 seat reservatn cal:08108008382,08060399057.Host:APOSTLE CHRIS ESEKHAIGBE.

we just escape form arm robbery attack now at benin express way,other buses were attacked but our driver was very smite he quickly reverse back before they could notice our own bus.......thanks to Almighty God!

An old woman boarded a bus to lagos frm calabar told d driver; "driver,if u reach Benin tell me o!D driver nodded n then she shouted again"my children,una hear wetin I tell am? Everybody responded YES MA.On d long journey to lagos,everybody slept off but dis woman neva blinkd.Dey neva knew she doesn't know Benin. Afta several hours of driving and lagos closeby wit Benin about 4hrs bhind,d poor woman then asked;driver,u neva reach benin ni? Ooooh!!D driver exclaimed;madam Benin is like 4hrs behind us.D woman started crying"take me back 2 Benin abeg I no wan wahala o!!!After all said,and considerg d age of d woman it was agreed dat d driver shld turn back 2 Benin.On getting 2 Benin,d driver came down,opened d door n told d woman she is in Benin.D woman simply opened her hand bag,brought out a sachet of panadol,removd 2 tablets n swallowd dem wit water.She then smiled and said,na my daughter say if I reach Benin make I take 2 tablets of panadol,Oya! Mak e we dey go Lagos.

Professor Omo Omoruyi, the former Director General of the National Centre for Democratic studies, in an interview he granted The Sun Newspaper, posited that, “Any community deprived of good roads will be ax and carve, hew,shred and cleave of social, economic and political progression. Among the paramount needs of the people are accessible road, pipe-borne water, good healthcare delivery, uninterrupted power supply, security, et al. All the aforementioned are very germane for those that desires to live long.” Nevertheless, the above assertion of the Benin born Omoruyi could be liken to the story of Ilogbo-Ekiti, a countrified community in Ido/Osi local government area of Ekiti-State. Ilogbo-Ekiti is at the moment, suffering from the epidemic disease called “bad governance”. The good people of Ilogbo-Ekiti, as I write, are bawling andhowling as a result of the cruel neglect and irresponsible abandonment of their community by government across all tiers. Ilogbo-Ekiti is situated in the Northern senatorial district of Ekiti-State. It shares boundaries with Usi-Ekiti and Ido-Ekiti in the east, Ijurin-Ekiti in the West, Osi-Ekiti in the south, and Ayegunle-Ekiti in the North. The king of Ilogbo-Ekiti, Oba Edward Oluleka Ajayi, is a doctorate degree (PhD)holder. Oba Ajayi graduated from the University of North London, United Kingdom. Ilogbo-Ekiti is also blessed with numerous Sons and Daughters that have reached the peak of their career. The current Registrar of the Ekiti-State University, Ado-Ekiti (EKSU), Dr. Omojola Awosusi (Ph.D.), Prof. ‘Tola Olutoye, former Provost, College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti, Dr. ‘Deji Fasuyi (PhD), an ICT expert and Senior Lecturer in EKSU, late Obagbade Bamisaye, former Comptroller General,Nigerian Custom Service, Olufemi Aina, a top official in the Nigerian Custom Service, Justice Adesodun of the Ekiti-State High Court, Barrister ‘Tunji Orisalade, Deputy Speaker of Ekiti-State House of Assembly, Prince kayode Jegede, SpecialAdviser to Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti-State on Infrastructure Development and Public Utilities, Prince ‘Tosin Jegede, former Deputy Chief of Staff, Ekiti-State, Chief Thaddeus Aina, former Chairman of Ido/Osi local government, Idowu Jegede, a top official of Shell Petroleum etc. all hail from Ilogbo-Ekiti. On the cruel abandonment of Ilogbo-Ekiti roads There are five lawful alleyways through which commuters can access Ilogbo-Ekiti. The pathwaysare: Osi-Ekiti to Ilogbo-Ekiti, Ijurin-Ekiti to Ilogbo-Ekiti, Usi-Ekiti to Ilogbo-Ekiti, Ido-Ekiti-Ilogbo-Ekiti and Ayegunle to Ilogbo-Ekiti. Forlornly, four of these routes are no longer motorable. The 3.5 kilometers Usi-Ilogbo-Road awarded by Segun Oni leg PDP government of Ekiti-State in May, 2008 has not been completed till date. The contractor handling the road project stopped working even before Oni government was sackedby the Appeal Court in October 2010. Aside the fact that the quality of the road project is out of order, 60% of work has not been done on it till date. No contractor is working on the road at present. Ilogbo-Ijurin road, to me, may have been erased from the map of Ekiti-State. The road has never been tarred since it was constructed by the late Obafemi Awolowo led government of the old western region. The state of Ilogbo-Osi road is akin to that of Ijurin-Ilogbo road; both roads are so conical to the extent that Motorcyclists now finds it intricate to ride on them. That of Ido to Ilogbo road on its own is a fright. Erosion has declared the road a no go area for both Motorists and Cyclists. To be frank and candid, a 2011 model Hummer Jeep with good shock absorber cannot dare drive through the Ilogbo-Ido route that I saw the last time I visited Ilogbo-Ekiti. The boulevard roads in Ilogbo-Ekiti are the most atrocious. From Oju Oja to Ugbo-Eku-Okuta Edi-IleOgbomo-Odo-Ode-Aafin-Ipono Akobo intersection-old Anglican lanes are not motorableas far as I am concerned. The path from Imeya to Adiatu crossroads in Temidire Street is more than what a sane mind should label a monstrosity, it is in a grisly form! The neglect of the road that links the community’s Health centre and Oke Ayo to Ayegunle-Ilogbo to Ido highway is the most pitiable. The awful state of the road that leads to the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Oke Ooye, Ilogbo-Ekiti from the new Anglican church junction has defaced the vehicles of many worshippers of the church. The road from Ijigbo Street to new Palace is not only horrendous, but very appalling. In actual fact, Oba Ajayi, the Owa of Ilogbo-Ekiti, if not stuck or wedged, can carve a book on the poor condition of the roads in his Jerusalem. When would water flow again in the dry tap of Ilogbo-Ekiti? A United Nations report made it known that, over 1million people die yearly as a result of unhygienic water consumption. Nonetheless, this report may not be a source of concern to the goodpeople of Ilogbo-Ekiti because events show they are already addicted to the water being fetched in Ogidigbi, a stream in the town. Ilogbo-Ekiti, with a distance of less than 12km to Ero dam, Ikun-Ekiti no longer enjoys regular water supply. Water has stopped flowing in many water-pipes in a community whose son, kayode Jegede, is the one saddled with the task of co-coordinating water and power supply in Ekiti-State. Many public servants (mostly teachers) posted to Ilogbo-Ekiti have relocated to neighboring towns as a result of social and infrastructure decadence in the community. Furthermore, a drive all through Ilogbo-Ekiti conurbation indicates that virtually all the public water points where the poor masses of the town could fetch water have warped. The water points sited at the old Adiatu, Central Mosque, Aafin, Ijigbo, C.A.C., Odo-Ode, Usi road, etc. does not function again as far as I am concerned. The manual borehole located near Fasuyi house in Iyedi compound has ceased functioning since the year 2003. The modern borehole at Imeya only dispenses water for two weeks since advantageously erected in year 2006. When would Ilogbo Street light beam again? The street light poles in Ilogbo-Ekiti last functioned in 1999. The good people of Ilogbo-Ekiti, like every other Nigerians, for many years, have been paying for what they have not been enjoying. Generating power plants have taken over the streets of Ilogbo-Ekiti courtesy of epileptic power supply. Ilogbo market cruised from grace to grass! The two markets in Ilogbo-Ekiti were adjudged as the most patronized in Ido/Osi in the 90’s; but gone are the days. The story of Ilogbo markets could be equated to the lives of King Saul in the Holy bible. Saul, the first king of Israel, was demoted by God from a Titan to nobody for violating his order. The man prevalently known for his extravagancy later becomes someone that eats with ghosts in the mausoleum and catacomb. The only different between the historyof Ilogbo market and that of King Saul is that, the market men and women of Ilogbo-Ekiti did not contravene any officially authorized tenet. The regrettable feat of Ilogbo market from grandeur to meadow was largely impelled by the horrific condition of all the roads that lead to Ilogbo-Ekiti.As I write, bordering communities have stopped patronizing Ilogbo market as a result of bad road.The people of Ijurin-Ekiti no longer bring their tubers and local rice to Ilogbo to trade. WAEC to kick-out I.H.S The only secondary school in Ilogbo-Ekiti, Ilogbo High School, was donated by an age group,” Gbotoluwa” in the year 1974. The latest information on my desk has it that the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) might soon cancel its centre in Ilogbo-High School as a result of under-population. Many young lads from Ilogbo-Ekiti have chosen to be attending nearby town secondary schools rather than their own Ilogbo-High School. The state of Infrastructures inthe school is a blot on the landscape. The school dining hall, Staff Quarters, Assembly Hall, 3 blocksof classroom etc. have all shrunken. The two computers in the school’s computer Laboratory have lost touch. Why Ilogbo age groups deserves applause! History made it known that the major infrastructures and Public Institutions in Ilogbo-Ekiti namely; Primary Health Center, Post Office, Ilogbo-High School, Police Post, etc were all donated by age groups. The four Primary schools in Ilogbo-Ekiti were built by churches. The one and only civic centre in Ilogbo-Ekiti was built by an age group. The only institution built by government in Ilogbo-Ekiti i.e. the National Primary Health Centre situated along Usi-Ilogbo road does not have a single Doctor. The civic centre positioned along Aafin road awarded by Ido/Osi local government during Aina led administration in year 2005 has been abandoned since 2006. Information on my desk says the project file has disappeared from Ido/Osi council secretariat. Several projects initiated by the government since 1999 swell transversely in Ilogbo-Ekiti uncompleted. Political sloganeering! Governors have come and gone in Ekiti-State without commissioning any meaningful project inIlogbo-Ekiti. The former governor ‘Niyi Adebayo, in 2002, explicitly promised to reconstruct Ilogbo road but bowed out of office without laying any asphalt in the town. Ayo Fayose led government that was abruptly terminated via the conspiracy of Ekiti Assembly and some Federal figures in October 2006 also performed abysmally in Ilogbo-Ekiti. Segun Oni led government came with many hope but performed below expectation in Ilogbo-Ekiti. Oni awarded the 3.5 kilometers Usi-Ilogbo in May 2008 but failed to complete the project before being booted out of office in October 2010. Kayode Fayemi led government came with much prospect but yet to execute a meaningful project in Ilogbo-Ekiti. Tractors were brought to Ilogbo-Ekiti prior to the February 2012 botched council poll. Some drainages were excavated while some roads were graded apparently to cajole the good of Ilogbo-Ekiti because the tractors were taken away a day after the proposed election was declared null and void by a Federal High court sitting in Ado-Ekiti. Is Ilogbo-Ekiti under a Jinx? This question was asked by Miss Yetunde, a conscious daughter of Ilogbo-Ekiti that domiciles in the United Kingdom. Well, I wouldn’t castigate that young lady for such an evil thought; the present situation of Ilogbo-Ekiti can make one call green a red. The mind-blogging state of infrastructures in Ilogbo-Ekiti can make anyone think in the direction of Yetunde; but to the court of public opinion, the drought of Ilogbo Descendants in top government seats is the architect of many troubles masquerading against the community. Dividends of democracy under Fayemi! Ever since the return of democracy to Nigeria in 1999, Ilogbo-Ekiti descendants have never had it so pleasurable in term of juicy appointment like the way they have been treated so far by Kayode Fayemi led government. ‘Tunji Orisalade, the Deputy Speaker of Ekiti-State House of Assembly, Kayode Jegede, the Special Adviser to Fayemi on Infrastructure and Public Utilities, Dele Omoleye, the Senior Special Assistant to Deputy Governor, ‘Funmi Olayinka on Political Affairs, and ‘Femi Bobade, a Board Member of the Ekiti-State Community Development Agency (A World Bank Project) all hail from Ilogbo-Ekiti. How far have Fayemi foot soldiers in Ilogbo-Ekiti fairs? The degree of personalities mostly government functionaries that graced the 2011 annual Ilogbo Day celebration had been attributed to the influence of Political Titans of Ilogbo-Ekiti origin appointed into various positions by Governor kayode Fayemi led government. Meanwhile, these political figures of Ilogbo-Ekiti origin serving Fayemi need to be questioned on why the 3.5 kilometers Usi-Ilogbo road awarded by the Segun Oni led government since year 2008 has not been completed in about two years their Boss takes over the insignia of power. To me, the social and infrastructure development should be the benchmark and yardstick which these public officials of Ilogbo-Ekiti origin should be measured and not by the merry making galore of Ilogbo day celebration. As at today, the performance grade of Fayemi and his trusted soldiers in Ilogbo-Ekiti is E. Last of all, may I seize this opportunity to inform the all present political gladiators of Ilogbo-Ekiti origin that history and posterity will never forgivethem if Ilogbo-Ekiti is not fixed before Kayode Fayemi regime expires in October 2014. An actionof today, as my forefathers asserted, becomes history tomorrow! Adeleye, The President of Ilogbo-Ekiti Renaissance Group, Writes From Lagos

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attention attention. fais bien attention aux appels que tu reçois , regarde bien le numero avant de décrocher car il y a un numero satanique commençant par le +229 et est composé de 5 chiffres. ça vient du benin . si tu décroche tu meurt le lendemain . actuellement il parait que 9 personnes sont deja mortes au ghana et 28 au nigeria lance rapidement ce sms a tes parents et amis pour les informer. que dieu te protege.

MUST READDDDD OOOO!!! An old woman boarded a bus to lagos frm calabar told d driver; "driver,if u reach Benin tell me o!D driver nodded n then she shouted again"my children,una hear wetin I tell am? Everybody responded YES MA.On d long journey to lagos,everybody slept off but dis woman neva blinkd.Dey neva knew she doesn't know Benin. Afta several hours of driving and lagos closeby wit Benin about 4hrs bhind,d poor woman then asked;driver,u neva reach benin ni? Ooooh!!D driver exclaimed;madam Benin is like 4hrs behind us.D woman started crying"take me back 2 Benin abeg I no wan wahala o!!!After all said,and considerg d age of d woman it was agreed dat d driver shld turn back 2 Benin.On getting 2 Benin,d driver came down,opened d door n told d woman she is in Benin.D woman simply opened her hand bag,brought out a sachet of panadol,removd 2 tablets n swallowd dem wit water.She then smiled and said,na my daughter say if I reach Benin make I take 2 tablets of panadol,Oya! Mak e we dey go Lagos.

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There was an old woman who enter a bus going to lagos from aba. when d bus was about to move she call d conductor nd said please my son if u reach benin tell me abeg. Nd off d go. B4 benin d conductor slipt off same wit d old woman than wen d both woke up it was 1hrs to lagos nd d old woman asked abeg shey we never reach mi. Nd d drive reply we don pass oooo about 6hrs back d woman beg d drive nd d passage pls to take her back to benin bcos she is an old woman d consided her after drive back to benin for 6hrs the woman brouht out a sacket of pure water nd some drugs drank it nd said my dauther said i should drink it immeditely i get to benin.... So let go to lagos said d old woman.... If u r dere in d bus wat will u do??¿¿

The Egyptian FA has announced that the Egyptian National team will play two friendly matches next month with Nigeria and Benin.

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An old woman boarded a bus to lagos frm calabar told d driver; "driver,if u reach Benin tell me o!D driver nodded n then she shouted again"my children,una hear wetin I tell am? Everybody responded YES MA.On d long journey to lagos,everybody slept off but dis woman neva blinkd.Dey neva knew she doesn't know Benin. Afta several hours of driving and lagos closeby wit Benin about 4hrs bhind,d poor woman then asked;driver

Finaly p&pc records video sht of kelvin2much 4 AZONTO cms up 1st sept at 90/132 agbor rd 10am.N 2nd sept at upper mission in new benin market,.B my guest.Tanks! Guest actiste of the day rydda'fame""one touch" black iq"kliq"marveric uromi boy"mc bluetut and kapcode" natural"f pack"fdcool"wisdom"djyoungstar " and many more;;;;?????

slamist insurgency Its authority was further compromised in 2006 by the rise of Islamists who gained control of much of the south, including the capital, after their militias kicked out the warlords who had ruled the roost for 15 years. With the backing of Ethiopian troops, forces loyal to the interim administration seized control from the Islamists at the end of 2006. Islamist insurgents - including the Al-Shabab group, which later declared allegiance to al-Qaeda and in 2012 announced its merger with the global Islamist terrorist group - fought back against the government and Ethiopian forces, regaining control of most of southern Somalia by late 2008. Ethiopia pulled its troops out in January 2009. Soon after, Al-Shabab fighters took control of Baidoa, formerly a key stronghold of the transitional government. Continue reading the main story Foreign intervention in Somalia 1992 - UN troops arrive to monitor ceasefire after fighting which followed fall of Siad Barre. US-led task force delivers aid 1993 - UN mission is dealt a fatal blow when US rangers are killed in incident made famous by Hollywood film Black Hawk Down 1995 - UN troops withdraw, leaving warlords to fight on. UN casualties number 150 2006 - Ethiopia sends troops to defend interim government 2007 - African peacekeeping force AMISOM deploys 2011 - Kenya enters Somalia in pursuit of al-Shabab militia Somalia's parliament met in neighbouring Djibouti in late January and swore in 149 new members from the main opposition movement, the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia. The parliament also extended the mandate of the transitional federal government for another two years, and installed moderate Islamist Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmad as the new president. However, the government's military position weakened further, and in May 2009 Islamist insurgents launched an attack on Mogadishu, prompting President Ahmad to appeal for help from abroad. Al-Shabab consolidated its position as the most powerful insurgent group by driving its main rival, Hizbul Islam, out of the southern port city of Kismayo in October 2009. But al-Shabab was wrongfooted by a series of government and African peacekeeper offensives and a Kenyan army incursion in 2011. They withdrew from Mogadishu in August 2011, the port of Baidoa in February 2012, and the key town of Afgoye in May 2012, as government forces pushed south towards Kismayo. In a sign of growing confidence, Somalia's first formal parliament in more than 20 years was sworn in at Mogadishu airport, marking an end to the eight-year transitional period. Piracy The long-standing absence of authority in the country has led to Somali pirates becoming a major threat to international shipping in the area, and has prompted Nato to take the lead in an anti-piracy operation. 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WHO DE TELL BLIND MAN SAY RAIN DON START BEFORE HE MAKE WAY? A guy travelled from the USA with hopes of marrying a decent Naija babe. Ħe came to Benin & had plans of marrying my neighbour Esosa. Ħe got to a hotel to book a room for them to meet & decided to call Esosa. Mike: Ðearie I'm trying to get a room for us, I'm at Constential Ħotel. Esosa: No don't, its too expensive & the facilities not worth that cash, check Hexagon Ħotel , it is better but Uyigrand is the best. Mike: Ok, i'll try Uyigrand. Esosa: When u get to Uyi don't take room 212, the bed is not strong enough, & if they give u room 114, don't take it, cause the AC is not good. Room 315 is better but the hot side of the shower is bad. Ħowever try room 209, although its hard to open the door most time. Better still just take room 110 Oga mike immediately dropped the call & went back to USA. Who dey tel blind man say rain d fall. LWKMD

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Live in Benin city.....IJE -The journey outlets ...O Allah see me through...

Preparing to pay a visit to BENIN CITY.hmmm i can't wait.SHINE TEETH

It is going to be another great moment in the presence of God as gospel singers around the globe will be gathering in Benin Republic for LIFTED (Live Gospel Concert) on 7th October 2012 @ Theatre du Vedure, Hall des Art. Featuring: Arnuad MIGAN, KING, Benit, Sandra Heriti, Prince McSamuel, Tim Fred, Ndiboul Tossavi and ITON.

40 billion naira will fix Lagos-lbadan express way,benin-ore rd and other bad rd in the country instead of using it to print #5000 new note.

CURRENCY REFORM IN NIGERIA The currency reform in the country started on July 1, 1959, the CBN issued the first indigenous Nigerian currency based on the political and economic mood of the country, this necessitated the withdrawal of the WACB notes and coins that was in circulation as at then. In 1968, independent Nigeria went through another currency exchange in compliance with the Central Bank (Currency Conversion) Decree No. 51 of December 30, 1967. Since, at the time of the Decree, the country was engaged in a civil war that lasted between 1967 and 1970, it is obvious to say that the currency conversion of 1968 was aimed(Central Banking 1979). (i) to ensure the success of the trade embargo on the secessionist (Biafran) areas; (ii) to forestall the use of un-issued currency notes that were burgled from the CBN vaults in Enugu, Port Harcourt and Benin (the warravaged areas); and (iii) to frustrate the flourishing illegal trafficking in the Nigerian currency known to be going on in some foreign countries at the time. In the year 1973 the Nigerian currency was decimalised, this ultimately put paid to the use of pounds and shillings. In place of them were the 50K,NI, N5 and N10 and the CBN also introduced coins in the value of 1/2k, 1k,10k and and 25k in the economy. According to (Adeyemi 2006) in 1984, the Nigerian military government of Muhammadu Buhari in an attempt to legitimise its interruption of the democratic process through a military coup d’état directed the CBN to cause a change in the colours of the Nigerian currency. The exercise was designed to demonetise the money alleged to have been stolen by Nigerian political leaders(Adeyemi 2006) who at the time had been clamped into the prison cells following the December 31, 1983 military coup d’état by the duo of Buhari and Brigadier Tunde Idiagbon. In 1991 the economy undergo another currency reform of the notes and coins based on the recommendations of Thomas De La Rue Limited a company contracted by the CBN. This trend continued in 1999 with the introduction of the N100 note. Again, in November 2000 and April 2001 the CBN issued the N200 and N500 notes respectively. The latest currency to be introduced was the N1000 note which came in to use on the October 12, 2005, the suffering that accompanied this very note has not yet abated we are now hearing about the introduction of N5000 note which might likely be the last straw that will send the economy to the grave for final burial. The question now is the correlation between cashless policy and a high denominated currency, this will surely defeat the policy of cashless economy and send us back to the pre banking era of the 19th century when many people were keeping their money in the house. The overall effect on the economy could be negative as in most cases such money is hardly re-cycled into the economy for productive purposes. In developing countries of West Africa, such money is expended on social frivolities such as second funeral ceremonies, title-taking and ostentatious weddings. These and other social activities are known to constitute a drain on the investment capacity, and often they lead to vicious cycles of poverty (Jhingan 2000).

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@NigeriaNewsdesk: The Egyptian FA has announced that the Egyptian National team will play two friendly matches next month with Nigeria and Benin.

@NigeriaNewsdesk: The Egyptian FA has announced that the Egyptian National team will play two friendly matches next month with Nigeria and Benin.

@NigeriaNewsdesk: The Egyptian FA has announced that the Egyptian National team will play two friendly matches next month with Nigeria and Benin.

CURRENCY REFORM IN NIGERIA The currency reform in the country started on July 1, 1959, the CBN issued the first indigenous Nigerian currency based on the political and economic mood of the country, this necessitated the withdrawal of the WACB notes and coins that was in circulation as at then. In 1968, independent Nigeria went through another currency exchange in compliance with the Central Bank (Currency Conversion) Decree No. 51 of December 30, 1967. Since, at the time of the Decree, the country was engaged in a civil war that lasted between 1967 and 1970, it is obvious to say that the currency conversion of 1968 was aimed(Central Banking 1979). (i) to ensure the success of the trade embargo on the secessionist (Biafran) areas; (ii) to forestall the use of un-issued currency notes that were burgled from the CBN vaults in Enugu, Port Harcourt and Benin (the warravaged areas); and (iii) to frustrate the flourishing illegal trafficking in the Nigerian currency known to be going on in some foreign countries at the time. In the year 1973 the Nigerian currency was decimalised, this ultimately put paid to the use of pounds and shillings. In place of them were the 50K,NI, N5 and N10 and the CBN also introduced coins in the value of 1/2k, 1k,10k and and 25k in the economy. According to (Adeyemi 2006) in 1984, the Nigerian military government of Muhammadu Buhari in an attempt to legitimise its interruption of the democratic process through a military coup d’état directed the CBN to cause a change in the colours of the Nigerian currency. The exercise was designed to demonetise the money alleged to have been stolen by Nigerian political leaders(Adeyemi 2006) who at the time had been clamped into the prison cells following the December 31, 1983 military coup d’état by the duo of Buhari and Brigadier Tunde Idiagbon. In 1991 the economy undergo another currency reform of the notes and coins based on the recommendations of Thomas De La Rue Limited a company contracted by the CBN. This trend continued in 1999 with the introduction of the N100 note. Again, in November 2000 and April 2001 the CBN issued the N200 and N500 notes respectively. The latest currency to be introduced was the N1000 note which came in to use on the October 12, 2005, the suffering that accompanied this very note has not yet abated we are now hearing about the introduction of N5000 note which might likely be the last straw that will send the economy to the grave for final burial. The question now is the correlation between cashless policy and a high denominated currency, this will surely defeat the policy of cashless economy and send us back to the pre banking era of the 19th century when many people were keeping their money in the house. The overall effect on the economy could be negative as in most cases such money is hardly re-cycled into the economy for productive purposes. In developing countries of West Africa, such money is expended on social frivolities such as second funeral ceremonies, title-taking and ostentatious weddings. These and other social activities are known to constitute a drain on the investment capacity, and often they lead to vicious cycles of poverty (Jhingan 2000).

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@NigeriaNewsdesk: The Egyptian FA has announced that the Egyptian National team will play two friendly matches next month with Nigeria and Benin.

The Egyptian FA has announced that the Egyptian National team will play two friendly matches next month with Nigeria and Benin

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Nigerian University Ranking 2012 1 University of Ibadan 2 University of Benin 3 University of Lagos 4 University of Ilorin 5 Obafemi Awolowo University 6 Ahmadu Bello University 7 University of Jos 8 University of Port Harcourt 9 Federal University, Oye-Ekiti 10 Lagos State University 11 University of Nigeria 12 Covenant University 13 Federal University of Technology, Akure 14 Nnamdi Azikiwe University 15 Federal University of Technology, Minna 16 Ladoke Akintola University of Technology 17 Babcock University 18 Bayero University Kano 19 Ambrose Alli University 20 Usmanu Danfodio University 21 Joseph Ayo Babalola University 22 University of Uyo 23 Bowen University 24 Benson Idahosa University 25 Redeemer's University 26 Pan African University 27 Rivers State University of Science and Technology 28 University of Agriculture, Abeokuta 29 Niger Delta University 30 Federal University of Technology, Owerri 31 Osun State University 32 Delta State University, Abraka 33 University of Ado-Ekiti 34 Enugu State University of Science and Technology 35 Nigerian Turkish Nile University 36 American University of Nigeria 37 University of Maiduguri 38 University of Calabar 39 University of Abuja 40 University of Agriculture, Makurdi 41 Afe Babalola University 42 Tai Solarin University of Education 43 Kogi State University 44 Michael Okpara University of Agriculture 45 Abia State University 46 Imo State University 47 Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University 48 Caleb University 49 Adekunle Ajasin University 50 African University of Science and Technology 51 Lead City University 52 Kwara State University 53 Igbinedion University Okada 54 Crawford University 55 Ajayi Crowther University 56 Bells University of Technology 57 Veritas University 58 Kaduna State University 59 Anambra State University 60 Achievers University 61 Bingham University 62 Wukari Jubilee University 63 Renaissance University 64 University of Mkar 65 Obong University 66 Umaru Musa Yar'Adua University 67 Salem University 68 Federal University, Otuoke 69 Plateau State University 70 Landmark University 71 Baze University 72 Federal University, Ndufu-Alike 73 Modibbo Adama University of Technology 74 Madonna University 75 Al Hikmah University 76 Caritas University 77 Western Delta University 78 Federal University, Dutse 79 Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University 80 Oduduwa University 81 Ondo State University of Science & Technology 82 Fountain University 83 Ekiti State University 84 Federal University of Petroleum Resources 85 Kebbi State University of Science and Technology 86 Adeleke University 87 Federal University, Wukari 88 Benue State University 89 Novena University 90 Samuel Adegboyega University 91 Godfrey Okoye University 92 Wesley University of Science and Technology 93 Adamawa State University 94 Federal University, Dutsin-Ma 95 Wellspring University 96 Paul University 97 Ebonyi State University 98 Kano State University of Technology 99 Bukar Abba Ibrahim University 100 Taraba State University 101 Tansian University 102 Rhema University 103 Akwa Ibom State University 104 Nasarawa State University 105 Federal University, Kashere 106 Federal University, Lafia 107 Federal University, Lokoja

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Ilaro town, western Ogun state, southwestern Nigeria. Located on the former trade route from the towns of the empire of Oyo to the port of Porto-Novo (now the capital of Benin), 40 miles (64 km) southwest, it was established by the late 18th century as the capital and chief trade centre of the Egbado people (a subgroup of the Yoruba). With the decline of Oyo in the early 19th century, the Egbado kingdom was raided for slaves by the Dahomeyans until it was absorbed in the 1840s and '50s by the more powerful Egba kingdom at Abeokuta (29 miles [47 km] northeast). As a subject town, Ilaro served the Egba as a trading post on the western route from Lagos to Ibadan. In the 1860s European missionaries arrived and established the Yoruba Anglican Mission in Ilaro. Following the 1890 delineation of colonial boundaries by the French and the British, the Egbado, who felt oppressed by Egba rule, asked for British protection and control of their territory. A British military garrison was built in Ilaro in the same year. Modern Ilaro is a collecting point for cocoa, palm oil and kernels, kola nuts, vegetables (especially rice and okra), and fruits grown in the surrounding area. Yams, cassava, and corn (maize) are also cultivated by the town's farmers. Cotton weaving and dyeing (with locally grown indigo) are traditional industries. There are deposits of limestone (used by a cement plant at Ewekoro, 13 miles [21 km] east-northeast) and phosphate in the vicinity. Ilaro is the site of a federal polytechnic college. It is located at the end of a spur on the Lagos-Nguru railway and lies at a junction of local roads. Pop. (1992 est.) 42,410.

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NIGERIA-ROAD CRASH Most road accidents are caused by bad roads,faulty design,multiple bends&poor or outright lack of maintenance hv rendered most of our over 194,000km of roads death traps FG owns 17% of roads,States 16%&LGs 67% owned but are neglected OGUN STATE Road accidents claimed 649 lives,1,333 injuries in 1,980 crashes in 2010 The state host the longest streches if federally owned roads Lagos-Ibadan&Sagamu-Ore-Benin Expressways

The history of the Yorubas is not yet well established. Based to a large extent on the dynastic tradition of the formerly dominant Oyo clan, it is presently in the process of re- evaluation. Ancient history The African peoples who lived in Yorubaland, at least by the seventh century BC, were not initially known as the Yoruba, although they shared a common ethnicity and language group. Both archeology and traditional Yoruba oral historians confirm the existence of people in this region for several millennia. The Yoruba spiritual heritage maintains that the Yoruba ethnic groups are a unique people who originally settled at Ile-Ife. Legend holds that Oduduwa created the world at this place by delegation from the High God, Olorun. The name "Yoruba" is said to be an adaptation of "euroba" (or arabism). Some contemporary historians contend that the leading Yoruba are not indigenous to Yorubaland, but are descendants of immigrants to the region from the ancient Near East. According to the dynastic tradition of Oyo, the people left Mecca, under the leadership of Oduduwa, and reached Yorubaland towards 600 BCE where they established the kingdom of Ife.[1] Oduduwa's relatives are then believed to have subsequently established kingdoms in the rest of Yorubaland. One of his sons, Oranmiyan, took the throne of Oyo and expanded the Oduduwa dynasty eastwards. Further expansion led to the establishment of the Yoruba in what are now Southwest Nigeria, Benin, and Togo, with Yoruba city-states acknowledging the spiritual primacy of the ancient city of Ile Ife. The southeastern Benin Empire, ruled by a dynasty that traced its ancestry to Ooduan royal house but which was largely populated by the Edo and other related ethnicities, also held considerable sway in the election of nobles and kings in eastern Yorùbáland. Yoruba origin mythology of the Yoruba kingdoms and that this is why he is credited with the achievement.[2] Recently, historians have attributed this cosmological mythology to a pre-existing civilization at Ilė-Ifę which was invaded by a militant band of immigrants from the east, led by a king named Oduduwa. In this version of events, Oduduwa and his group of followers had been persecuted on the basis of religious differences and forced out of their homeland. They came to Ilé-Ifè, where they came across Oreluere and his subjects. Other informants are convinced that Oduduwa and his followers were subjugated by the pre- existing Igbo, whom local informants relate to the present Igbo people, though this claim has not been supported by competent historians. After Oduduwa Main article: Oduduwa Upon the "disapearing act" of Oduduwa, there was a dispersal of his children from Ilé-Ifè to found the kingdoms Owu, Ketu, Benin, Ila, Sabe, Popo, Awori, Ondo and Oyo). Each made a mark in the subsequent urbanization and consolidation of what became the Yoruba confederacy of kingdoms, with each kingdom tracing its origin to Ile-Ife.[3] Golden age Between 1100 CE and 1700 CE, the Yoruba Kingdom of Ife experienced a golden age. It was then surpassed by the Oyo Empire as the dominant Yoruba military and political power between 1600 CE and 1800 CE. The nearby kingdom of Benin was also a powerful force between 1300 and 1850 CE. Most of the city states were controlled by Obas, elected priestly monarchs, and councils made up of Oloyes, recognised leaders of royal, noble and, often, even common descent, who joined them in ruling over the kingdoms through a series of guilds and cults. Different states saw differing ratios of power between the kingship and the chiefs' council. Some, such as Oyo, had powerful, autocratic monarchs with almost total control, while in others such as the Ijebu city- states, the senatorial councils were supreme and the Ọba served as something of a figurehead. In all cases, however, Yoruba monarchs were subject to the continuing approval of their constituents as a matter of policy, and could be easily compelled to abdicate for demonstrating dictatorial tendencies or incompetence. The order to vacate the throne was usually communicated through an aroko or symbolic message, which usually took the form of parrots' eggs delivered in a covered calabash bowl by the senators. Modern history Map of Yoruba people, West Africa (Nigeria), 1898 The Yoruba eventually established a federation of city- states under the political ascendancy of the city state of Oyo, located on the Northern fringes of Yorubaland in the savanna plains between the forests of present Southwest Nigeria and the Niger River. Following a Jihad led by Uthman Dan Fodio and a rapid consolidation of the Hausa city states of contemporary northern Nigeria, the Fulani Sokoto Caliphate invaded and annexed the buffer Nupe Kingdom. It then began to advance southwards into Ọyọ lands. Shortly afterwards, its armies overran the Yoruba military capital of Ilorin, and then sacked and destroyed Ọyọ- Ile, the royal seat of the Ọyọ Empire. Following this, Ọyọ-Ile was abandoned, and the Ọyọ retreated south to the present city of Oyo (formerly known as "Ago d'Oyo", or "Oyo Atiba") in a forested region where the cavalry of the Sokoto Caliphate was less effective. Further attempts by the Sokoto Caliphate to expand southwards were checked by the Yoruba who had rallied in defence under the military leadership of the ascendant Ibadan clan, which rose from the old Oyo Empire, and of the Ijebu city- states. However, the Oyo hegemony had been dealt a mortal blow. The other Yoruba city-states broke free of Oyo dominance, and subsequently became embroiled in a series of internecine conflicts that soon metamorphosed into a full scale civil war. These events weakened the southern Yorubas in their resistance to British colonial and military invasions. In 1960, greater Yorubaland was subsumed into the Federal Republic of Nigeria [4]. The historical records of the Yoruba, which became more accessible in the nineteenth century with the more permanent arrival of the Europeans, tell of heavy Jihad raids by the mounted Fulani warriors of the north as well as of endemic intercity warfare amongst the Yoruba themselves. Archaeological evidence of the greatness of their ancient civilization in the form of, amongst other things, impressive architectural achievements like Sungbo's Eredo that are centuries old, nevertheless abound.[5] Etymology During the 19th century, the term Yoruba or Yariba came into wider use, first confined to the Ọyọ. The term is often believed to be derived from a Hausa ethnonym for the populous people to their south, but this has not been substantiated by historians. As an ethnic description, the word first appeared in a treatise written by the Songhai scholar Ahmed Baba (16th century) and is likely to derive from the indigenous ethnonyms Ọyọ (Oyo) or Yagba, two Yoruba- speaking groups along the northern borders of their territory. However, it is likely that the ethnonym was popularized by Hausa usage and ethnography written in Arabic and Ajami. Under the influence of Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther, a Yoruba clergyman of considerable eminence, subsequent missionaries extended the term to include all speakers of related dialects. Before the abolition of the slave trade, some Yoruba groups were known among Europeans as Akú, a name derived from the first words of Yoruba greetings such as Ẹ kú àárọ? ‘good morning’ and Ẹ kú alẹ? ‘good evening.’ This term has survived in certain parts of their diaspora as a self-descriptive.

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