Ohanaeze hails Supreme Court judgment on Chief Innocent Chukwuma

Ohanaeze hails Supreme Court judgment on Chief Innocent Chukwuma By NAN 11 June 2018 The Socio-Cultural Organization of Igbos, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has hailed the judgment of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in the case between Innoson Group of Companies and Guatanty Trust Bank.The organisation gave the commendation in a statement by Chief Emeka Attamah, Media Adviser to its President-General, Chief Nnia Nwodo, released in Abuja on Monday. In the statement, Nwodo said that by the judgment, the apex court refused to be used in an ethnic warfare to thwart Innoson of a judicial victory at the Court of Appeal. “The judgment of the Supreme Court has shown that the judiciary remains the last bastion of hope for the common man. “It is victory for democracy and an indication that there is still hope for the country.’’ He said that it was obvious that some vested interests were colluding with the EFCC to deny Innoson of his rights and to tarnish his well-earned reputation as a foremost manufacturer and investor in the country. The president-general ascribed Innoson’s travails to the systematic harassment and intimidation of Igbo sons and daughters in the country due to ethnic sentiments. He recalled the traumatic experiences of other Igbo sons, including Chief Cletus Ibeto and Chief Ifeanyi Uba, whose businesses were almost grounded by their detractors, but for their tenacity and shrewd business acumen. “Ohanaeze commended the fighting spirit of Chief Innocent Chukwuma, the CEO of Innoson Group of Companies, for his doggedness and courage notwithstanding attempts to intimidate him with trumped-up criminal charges. “No amount of intimidation or harassment will dampen the zeal of Ndigbo for a united Nigeria. “It will only ginger them on in the fight for a restructured nation where every individual will be free to pursue his legitimate aspirations and businesses in a healthy, competitive atmosphere,’’ he said.Nwodo called on the bank involved to obey the court order and pay the stipulated amount without delay to restore the confidence of the people in it.

Lionel Messi wants Barcelona to sign Antoine Griezmann

Lionel Messi wants Barcelona to sign Antoine Griezmann Author: Ibitoye Shittu

Football News, Sports, World News - Lionel Messi believes Antoine Griezmann is the type of player Barcelona need - He wants the Catalan giants to sign the Frenchman this summer - Messi says the signing of Griezmann will help Barcelona to win the Champions League Argentina superstar Lionel Messi has admitted that Frenchman Antoine Griezmann will be of great advantage for Barcelona if the club should sign him this summer. Last season, Antoine Griezmann was superb for Atletico Madrid helping the Spanish club to win the 2017/18 Europa League title. Lionel Messi believes his signing would go a long way to helping Barcelona become European champions for the first time since 2015. "I am in agreement that to win the Champions League again we need to have the best players. And Griezmann is one of them. "If the club sign him, brilliant. I don't know if he's the priority. That depends on the signing committee and the coach. "I can only say that to win the Champions League you have to have the best players. And he is very good,'' Messi was quoted by Goal to have told Sport. Become a member of the leading sports Facebook group 'Naija Football Fan Zone' Earlier,had reported how Spanish giants Atletico Madrid won the 2017/18 Europa League title after beating French club Olympique Marseille 3-0 in the final on Wednesday night, May 16. Frenchman Antoine Griezmann scored two goals for Atletico Madrid, and he could be on his way to Barcelona this summer. Going into the final, Atletico Madrid have won the competition in 2010 and 2012 and have lost in two Champions League finals since.

Super Eagles depart for sixth FIFA World Cup finals on Monday

Super Eagles depart for sixth FIFA World Cup finals on Monday Author:Uchenna Ajah

Category: World News, Football News, Sports - Super Eagles squad members will on Monday, June 11, depart their Avita Resort in Bad Tatzmannsdorf, Austria for Russia 2018 Fifa World Cup - Nigeria will be making a sixth appearance in seven finals after a remarkable debut, 24 years ago at USA'94 - The Eagles always progress to the second round if they avoid defeat in the opening fixtures Nigeria's Super Eagles squad members will on Monday depart their Avita Resort in Bad Tatzmannsdorf, Austria for Russia to participate in the 21st edition of the FIFA World Cup finals which also doubles as Nigeria's sixth appearance in seven finals after making a remarkable debut, 24 years ago at USA'94. After picking the sole ticket in the supposedly ‘Group of Death’ in the African qualifiers, the Eagles' emerged the first African team to book a passage for the 2018 tournament in Russia. At the last count, the Gernot Rohr-tutored side have played out seven pre-World Cup games against the likes of Argentina, Poland, Serbia, DR Congo, England and Czech Republic, winning two, drawing one as well as suffering three defeats. Eagles' Franco-German manager, believes the result is not Nigeria's best going into Russia 2018, but was quick to add over the weekend, just as team's captain Mikel Obi cried out some days ago, that the 'underachievers' tag to the team by fans' will further spur the team to action when hostilities kick-off in Russia. “We are okay with the garb of the underdog. But the defeats have done something for us – we have our heads firmly on our shoulders and we are focused. Rohr was quoted as saying by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) official twitter handle. The Eagles' square up against Croatia's Blazers in their opening game on Saturday, but a pip into the records book suggest that Nigeria have won two opening games at the Mundial, draw one and suffered two defeats. Furthermore, an interesting fact is that on three previous tournaments that Nigeria did not suffer defeat in the opening fixtures, (1994, 1998, 2014), the Eagles' reached the second round, otherwise known as Round of 16. “We will take it one match at a time. I love this group because we know how to rise to the occasion together. Nigeria will be ready for Croatia,” added the 53-year-old Rohr, who has only lost one competitive match since joining the Eagles' fold two years ago. Hopefully, the likes of captain Mikel John Obi, Wilfred Ndidi, Oghenekaro Etebo as well as other star players in camp will help the German boss get his groove back when action commences at the Kaliningrad Arena come Saturday.

Igbos dare the Northerners over threat to leave the North

Days after the threat by the Arewa Group on the Igbos to leave the North, the Eze N’digbo (traditional rulers) and leaders of Igbo socio-cultural associations in the North have vowed to resist any attempt by the Coalition of Northern Groups to chase them out of the region. The coalition groups are: Arewa Citizens Action for Change, led by Nastura Ashir Sharif; Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, led by Shettima Yerima; Arewa Youth Development Foundation, led by Aminu Adam; and the Arewa Students Forum, led by Alfred Solomon. Others are, Northern Emancipation Network, led by Abdul-azeez Suleiman; Northern Youth Vanguard, led by Joshua Viashman; Northern Youth Stakeholders Forum, led by Mohammad Mohammad; North-East Assembly, led by Mohammed Tasiupantami; and North Central People’s Front, led by Nathaniel Ajegenaadigizi. Concerned by the outrage that greeted the declaration, Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, and the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, ordered the arrest of the signatories to the declaration, but none of the youths has been apprehended as of Saturday. The tension generated by the declaration of the northern youths worsened on Friday afternoon, when a prominent member of the Northern Elders’ Forum, and former Ahmadu Bello University Vice Chancellor, Prof. Ango Abdullahi, threw his weight behind the coalition. The group of northern elders also expressed “disappointment” with the Northern Governors’ Forum for disowning the coalition, insisting that it was hypocritical for the Igbo to continue to live in other parts of the country while agitating for Nigeria’s breakup. Speaking with one of our correspondents, the Eze Ndigbo of Kano, Boniface Ibekwe, said the over three million Igbo indigenes in Kano would not leave the city with all their investments acquired over several decades. He said, “We have advised our people to remain calm and that nobody should travel. The lives and property Igbo are secure. As far as I am concerned, no Igbo man has relocated with his family to the East. We are here and going about our normal business. The northern groups fanning the embers of war have never experienced the pains and after-effects of war because, if they had, they would always pray for the sustenance of peace, unity and stability.’’ Also, the Eze Ndigbo of Kaduna, Igwe Sylvanus Aneke, told one of our correspondents that his people were not afraid of the plans of the Arewa youths, especially when the Federal Government had stepped into the matter. He said, “The youths have asked us to leave, but their parents, the police, the state government and the Federal Government have asked us to ignore the threat. We will rather listen to the elders and the government. “Ango Abdullahi merely expressed his opinion. We are not taking him seriously because we are used to his antics. We are watching the events for now. We will take our decisions after we have watched, prayed and discovered that nothing has changed.” The President General of the Igbo Community Welfare Association in Kaduna State, Chris Nnoli, also urged Igbo in the North to stay still. He said, “It (the ultimatum) is a serious issue that should naturally be taken seriously. We are concerned, but since the Kaduna State Government has assured us of safety, we want to hold on to this assurance. I am greatly worried that up till this moment, nobody has been apprehended over the issue. We are watching events and we believe that government will intensify action and get the youths arrested. It is when we have seen that the government and the IG’s assurances are not effective that we will start to think of other means of seeking protection.” The Eze Igbo III, Jos South in Plateau State, Lawrence Onwudinjo, who is also the President, Igbo Cultural Association, said no Igbo person would leave the North on account of any threat from any northern youth. He said, “Igbo people in Plateau State are going nowhere. There is no right-thinking human being that will ask people to leave where they are living. This is one Nigeria where we are living. Nigeria belongs to all of us. I believe that if any part of the country needs anything, they should sit down together to discuss it. Everybody should come to a roundtable to discuss it.” Another Igbo leader in Lantang, James Abraham, said no Igbo would relocate and that if they would have to move, northerners in the South-East should be waiting for their quit notice too. He said, “If the Arewa youths tell us to leave the North, their kinsmen in the South-East should also be ready to leave. Do the Arewa youths have representatives in Plateau State? They should not be taken seriously.” The President General of the Igbo community in Sokoto, Onyebuchi Uwaga, told SUNDAY PUNCH that, following the assurance from the government and the police, no Igbo would leave the North. Also, the Ezeigbo I of Nasarawa State, Nathaniel Nduba, in calling for the immediate arrest of the Arewa youths in the interest of peace, pointed out that no Igbo person would leave the region, despite the threat given by the northern coalition. A yam seller in Nasarawa, Mrs. Amaka Chukwudi, also said, “The threat by the AYCF was an empty threat. They forget that they have their brothers and sisters spread across other states. Has anybody asked them to leave? Why should the northerners give such an ultimatum?” Igbo in Bauchi State, in reaction to the ultimatum, also stated that they would not leave the North. One of them, Joshua Chukwu, said, ‘’For me, I will not take laws into my hands but will remain law-abiding, as the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria guarantees everyone, irrespective of tribe or origin, the right to reside in whatever part of the country he deems fit to pursue his legitimate business.” Similarly, Igbo in Niger State told SUNDAY PUNCH that they would ignore the threat and carry on with their legitimate activities without exercising any fear. A businessman, Tochukwu Chikwem, said he had no plans to send his family back to the East. Another Igbo man in Minna, Felix Irojiogu, said, “They are seeking recognition or attention which they don’t deserve. They are wasting their time; government should arrest them for trying to cause problem in the country.” In Katsina State, the mood of defiance was also noticed when a businessman, Jude Eze, said, “How can I listen to the rantings of those rascals? You should know they don’t know the consequences of what they are saying. It took our leaders and elders years of sweat, and some even paid with their lives, to get Nigeria to this stage and some boys who have never gone beyond their villages are saying we should pack our belongings and go. We are not going anywhere.” Meanwhile, Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, has assured non-indigenes in the state of their safety. But in Sokoto State, some Igbo men have made up their minds to leave, stressing that anyone who ignores the Arewa youths’ threat would do so at his peril. One of them, Uchendu Sunday, a father of three, who operates a patent medicine store at Mabera, in Sokoto, said, “I grew up in Kano. Sadly, my elder brother was killed there during a violent demonstration against the United States of America, when Osama bin Laden was declared wanted in 2001, after the bombing of the World Trade Centre. “It was this sad memory that haunted me out of Kano to Sokoto. This is why I have decided to end my sojourn in the North and return to the East with my wife and three children. One thing I can assure you is that there will be an exodus of Igbo from the North, based on this ultimatum.” In the East, various groups and associations said they had no intention of issuing a similar ultimatum to northerners living among them. Speaking for Igbo youths, the President of Ohanaeze Youth Council, the youth wing of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, said, “We will not ask northerners to leave. We will continue to show them love, as Igbo have done in the past.” Reacting to the ultimatum, the leader of the northern community in Enugu State, Sarkin Hausawa, Idris Ado Suleiman, stated that they exercised no fear of any tit-for-tat response by their eastern hosts. Suleiman said, “We have heard about the ultimatum. They said Igbo in the North should leave in three months. But we know it is not something that is possible.” Top Posts Today

Northern Youths Declare War On Igbos In The North, Ask Them To ‘Leave’ Within Three Months

Some Northern Nigeria youth groups on Tuesday in Kaduna issued what they called a 'Kaduna Declaration' in which they declared “war” against all Igbos residing in the North, demanding they leave the area within three months. They also asked Northerners in the South-East to leave the area, warning that as from October 1, which happens to be Nigeria’s National Day, they will commence implementation of ‘visible actions’ to prove they are no longer part of a federal union that includes the Igbo. The groups that signed the declaration include Arewa Citizens Action for Change, Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, Arewa Youth Development Foundation, Arewa Students Forum and Northern Emancipation Network, but it is unclear if known officials of any of the groups actually signed the document. They cite as reason for their decision the pro-Biafran activities of some Igbo, centred around the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), saying their latest action and similar confrontational conducts “amount to a brutal encroachment on the rights of those termed as non-indigenous people residing and doing lawful businesses in those areas illegally demarcated and defined as Biafra by the Igbo.”

The groups held that their conclusion is “necessitated by the realization that it since ceased to be comfortable or safe to continue sharing the same country with the ungrateful, uncultured Igbos who have exhibited reckless disrespect for the other federating units and stained the integrity of the entire nation with their insatiable criminal obsessions.” They said that rather than certain sections holding the whole country to ransom at every stage, each should be allowed to go its own way. They warned the government that as from October 1, they will embark on what they called “peaceful and safe mop-up of all the remnants of the stubborn Igbos that neglect to heed this quit notice,” towards “finally eject them from every part of the North.” The federal government had issued no response as of the time of this report. Pro-Biafran protesters at a recent protest on the Onitsha bridge Below is the text of the declaration: THE KADUNA DECLARATION BEING A JOINT POSITION PAPER ISSUED BY THE AREWA CITIZENS ACTION FOR CHANGE, AREWA YOUTH CONSULTATIVE FORUM, AREWA YOUTH DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION, AREWA STUDENTS FORUM AND NORTHERN EMANCIPATION NETWORK ON THE IGBO PERSISTENCE FOR SECESSION June 06, 2017

THE OPPRESSOR AND THE FOOLISH CITIZENS

WHAT JOHN ZIBIRI SAID ABOUT NIGERIA I worked and lived in Abuja for 18 years. I ran my own private company from 2001 until 2014. Two million of the likes of Buhari cannot change Nigeria. 🕹Everything is wrong with Nigeria. 📍The Director won't give you contract except you pay up front . 📍The banks won't give you loan except you concede a certain percentage. 🚩The man supervising the contract won't pass the job except you play ball. 🚩The clerk won't pass your file for payment except you rob his palm. 🚩The accounts department won't raise your payment voucher or cheque unless you see them. I can go on and on. 📍The worst thing is that it has become a norm that nobody sees anything wrong with. 🚩 If you think otherwise, they begin to think you are sick and not normal. 📍If you try to stand in their way, you put your life at risk. 🚩If you get killed there is no justice system in place to seek redress and bring the perpetrators to book. 📍The police is corrupt , the Judiciary is the same. 🚩Even the religious circle is not spared. 📍Everything in Nigeria revolves around corruption. 🚩Nobody cares about anybody. No law and order. 🚩 I looked from my left to right, everybody is only desperate about one thing "money". 📍They will kill anybody and anything that stand between them and money. 🚩I am an electrical engineer with MNSE and COREN. The system don't care about my qualifications. 🚩Distribution and transmission jobs are given to alhajis, pastors, friends and relatives without any basic skills. 🚩I started asking myself, how do I convince my kids that education and hard work is rewarding? 🙈When fools, agberos and touts are running the country from the local govt to the Presidency. 🚩Is this what my four sons will also go through? In 2014 I decided I have had enough. I decided I was leaving. I migrated to Australia with my family. 🚩Don't put yourself in harm way for any reason. 🚩The problem of Nigeria is in the hands of Nigerians living in Nigeria. 🙉Try starting a gate house in your village, everybody wants to profiteer from it. The bricklayer, the carpenter, the mason and even your brother who claim to be supervising on your behalf. 🚩They are corrupt, morally bankrupt and selfish. 🚩 Everybody there thinks about himself and nobody is thinking about Nigeria . 📍You don't have to be the one to go there to change anything. 🚩Let those under the hammer start the revolution. I beg make you hear word. 🙊This post is gonna anger a lot of my followers. I'm still gonna post it anyway. *Analogy of OPPRESSORS & FOOLISH CITIZENS. *(A case study of Nigeria citizens & their elected oppressors): 🙊 During the Soviet dictatorship of Joseph Stalin. He was a brutal dictator with mind of his own. On one fateful day, Stalin came to Politburo meeting with a live chicken. Standing in front of audience, He started to pluck the feathers of the live chicken off one by one. 🚩The chicken trembled in pain, blood tricking out of its pores. It gave out grievous cries, but Stalin being a cruel dictator continued without remorse plucking the feathers out until the chicken was completely naked. After which, he threw the chicken on the ground. 🚩The naked chicken was staggering in pain. Stalin goes into his pocket and from his pockets, he took out some chicken food and started to throw it at the poor & hapless creature. 🚩The poor chicken in pain started eating and Stalin started walking towards his seat. As he walked away, he kept dropping some feeds on the floor & the chicken followed him and sat feeding from his feet. 📍Joseph Stalin then turned to members of his political party leadership. 🚩He said, "This chicken represents the people". 🚩"You must disempower them, brutalise them, beat them up, starve them and then leave them". 🚩"If you do this, go into your pocket & give them peanuts when they are in that helpless and desperate situation, they will blindly follow you for the rest of their life, worshiping you". 🚩"They will think you are a hero forever. They will forget that, you're responsible for their sorrowful situation in the first place." 😇 Breath taking, isn't it ? 🙋‍♂ Now! Take a look at all the people some Nigerians are busy defending on social media. 🚩Take a look at those they call their heroes. 🚩They are the same people who plunged Nigeria into the situation she is. 🚩They are the same people who are responsible for their predicaments. 🙈Did you see the numbers of people that throng to Saraki's house during this Christmas period to go and collect peanuts? 🙉Did you see the crowd that welcomed Ibori? 🚩Your guess is as good as mine. And the likes of many others, we all know about. 📍Nigerians kill those they should defend and defend those they should kill! 🙉 Pass to all your contacts & let your government know we know.

Buhari remains indoors after his return

Olalekan Adetayo President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday remained indoors inside his official residence, 24 hours after he returned to the country from a 49-day medical vacation. Buhari returned to the country in the early hours of Friday from London, United Kingdom, where he had been on medical sojourn since January 19. Shortly after meeting some state governors and top government officials led by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo at the First Lady Conference Hall, Buhari retired into his official residence. The President, who was conspicuously absent at the Jumat service held inside the mosque close to his office later in the day, has not been seen in public since then. Our correspondent, who monitored events at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, for a few hours on Saturday reported that Buhari remained indoors throughout the day. “The President is indoors. He is spending time with his family members. You know he has been away for a long time. There is the need for them to catch up on some issues since he travelled,” a source said. Our corespondent also observed that the Presidential Villa was devoid of heavy vehicular movement that always characterises the visits of prominent politicians and top government officials. A security source said but for a few family members and close friends, Buhari has not been receiving visitors since he returned on Friday. The President had shortly after returning to the country urged those who might be considering sending delegations to welcome him to stay back and continue to pray for the country. His Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, had said the President would on Monday transmit a letter to the National Assembly formally informing the federal lawmakers of his return from vacation. Meanwhile, as Buhari formally resumes work on Monday, expectations are high that decisions would be taken on some national issues in the course of the week. One of such issues, our correspondent learnt, is the posting of the nation’s career ambassadors-designate. The President had on December 19, 2016 opened an induction course organised for the ambassadors-designate by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. About three months after, they have not been posted. When our correspondent raised the issue with Adesina on Saturday, he simply said, “Please bring this up again after the President has resumed duty for a while.” Another issue that the President will be expected to address urgently on resumption, it was further learnt, is the filling of two vacancies that currently exist in the Federal Executive Council. Copyright PUNCH. All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.

STOP AIRING BIG BROTHER NIGERIA By Project for Human Development · 02/20/2017 Update on February, 23 2017: A Lagos lawmaker, Segun Olulade Today, advised the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on the negative implications of Big Brother Naija on the nation's culture and youths. "We cannot prevent our inquisitive young ones from watching the obscene displays that permeate the show. I think the Nigeria Broadcasting Commission (NBC) should, without delay, stop this programme if this government means business in the promotion of our cultural values," he said. The on-going TV Reality show, Big Brother Nigeria is indeed a corruption of TV Reality shows. The Nigerian public is complaining about the moral perversity in the House of the Big Brother Nigeria. In one episode last two weeks or so, the inmates were shown openly kissing and caressing one another. This is a celebration of obscenity, eroticism and idleness. More importantly, it is a big mockery of Nigerian culture and tradition. Since the inmates are Nigerians, they should have been projecting the Nigerian cultural heritage. But instead of doing that, they are bastardizing it. When Endernol, the Dutch, first conceived the idea of BBA in 1997, open kissing and caressing by the inmates and celebration of obscenity were never considered by him. Even the TV Reality shows in other countries do not contain the obscenity we are watching in the on-going Big Brother Nigeria. There is a great danger in importing the destructive foreign lifestyle to Nigeria. Explicit sexual overtures which appeal to the prurient interest in sex, damages a country’s moral ecology in an analogous way in which oil pollutant damages a country’s ecology. The biggest tragedy of the on-going Big Brother Nigeria is that our children also glued to the TV screen watching it. Children are our future. Therefore we should protect them from lewd exposure, which might prevent their growth into free, independent and well-developed citizens. The Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) must live up to its bidding as a body charged with controlling, monitoring, regulating the electronic media and monitoring of satellite transmission in Nigeria. Our TV stations cannot become dumping grounds for all sorts of immoral programs. NBC MUST STOP THE AIRING OF BIG BROTHER NIGERIA .PLEASE COMMENT HERE TO HELP US ASCERTAIN THE STAND OF NIGERIANS.

Entrepreneurship has traditionally been defined as the process of designing, launching and running a new business, which typically begins as a small business, such as a startup company, offering a product, process or service for sale or hire, and the people who do so are called 'entrepreneurs'.[2] It has been defined as the "...capacity and willingness to develop, organize, and manage a business venture along with any of its risks in order to make a profit."[3] While definitions of entrepreneurship typically focus on the launching and running of businesses, due to the high risks involved in launching a start-up, a significant proportion of businesses have to close, due to a "...lack of funding, bad business decisions, an economic crisis -- or a combination of all of these"[4] or due to lack of market demand. In the 2000s, the definition of "entrepreneurship" has been expanded to explain how and why some individuals (or teams) identify opportunities, evaluate them as viable, and then decide to exploit them, whereas others do not,[5] and, in turn, how entrepreneurs use these opportunities to develop new products or services, launch new firms or even new industries and create wealth.[6] Recent advances stress the fundamentally uncertain nature of the entrepreneurial process, because although opportunities exist their existence cannot be discovered or identified prior to their actualization into profits.[7] What appears as a real opportunity ex ante might actually be a non-opportunity or one that cannot be actualized by entrepreneurs lacking the necessary business skills, financial or social capital. Traditionally, an entrepreneur has been defined as "a person who starts, organizes and manages any enterprise, especially a business, usually with considerable initiative and risk".[8] "Rather than working as an employee, an entrepreneur runs a small business and assumes all the risk and reward of a given business venture, idea, or good or service offered for sale. The entrepreneur is commonly seen as a business leader and innovator of new ideas and business processes."[9] Entrepreneurs tend to be good at perceiving new business opportunities and they often exhibit positive biases in their perception (i.e., a bias towards finding new possibilities and seeing unmet market needs) and a pro-risk-taking attitude that makes them more likely to exploit the opportunity.[10][11] An entrepreneur is typically in control of a commercial undertaking, directing the factors of production–the human, financial and material resources–that are required to exploit a business opportunity. They act as the manager and oversee the launch and growth of an enterprise. Entrepreneurship is the process by which an individual (or team) identifies a business opportunity and acquires and deploys the necessary resources required for its exploitation. The exploitation of entrepreneurial opportunities may include actions such as developing a business plan, hiring the human resources, acquiring financial and material resources, providing leadership, and being responsible for the venture's success or failure.[12] Economist Joseph Schumpeter (1883–1950) stated that the role of the entrepreneur in the economy is "creative destruction"–launching innovations that simultaneously destroy old industries while ushering in new industries and approaches. For Schumpeter, the changes and "dynamic disequilibrium brought on by the innovating entrepreneur ... [are] the ‘norm’ of a healthy economy."[13] "Entrepreneurial spirit is characterized by innovation and risk-taking."[3] While entrepreneurship is often associated with new, small, for-profit start-ups, entrepreneurial behavior can be seen in small-, medium- and large-sized firms, new and established firms and in for-profit and not-for-profit organizations, including voluntary sector groups, charitable organizations and government.[14] For example, in the 2000s, the field of social entrepreneurship has been identified, in which entrepreneurs combine business activities with humanitarian, environmental or community goals. Entrepreneurship typically operates within an entrepreneurship ecosystem which often includes government programs and services that promote entrepreneurship and support entrepreneurs and start-ups; non-governmental organizations such as small business associations and organizations that offer advice and mentoring to entrepreneurs (e.g., through entrepreneurship centers or websites); small business advocacy organizations that lobby the government for increased support for entrepreneurship programs and more small business-friendly laws and regulations; entrepreneurship resources and facilities (e.g., business incubators and seed accelerators); entrepreneurship education and training programs offered by schools, colleges and universities; and financing (e.g., bank loans, venture capital financing, angel investing, and government and private foundation grants). The strongest entrepreneurship ecosystems are those found in top entrepreneurship hubs such as Silicon Valley, New York City, Boston, Singapore, and other such locations where there are clusters of leading high-tech firms, top research universities, and venture capitalists.[15] In the 2010s, entrepreneurship can be studied in college or university as part of the disciplines of Entrepreneurial behaviour

THE FUTURE NIGERIA
 The much of good can be attached to Nigeria; yet, not yet the worst can be related to her. Let me talk about her people. For whom do I write? I think I write on behalf of the millions of Nigerians without either a voice or the means to articulate their grievances. But I am flummoxed quite often by the so contrary disposition of this constituency, contrary to my generous expectations.
Western education or the lack thereof cannot explain the contradictions I see. A man should know their basic interest at least. Probably, the more sophisticated or, let me say, the latent, may escape public consciousness, and this can be excused. But how am I supposed to excuse betrayal? I should expect Nigerians to realize that we have made the society we live in. Does poverty make men foolish; or does it impart madness? I know that poverty can inject the virus of anger, and we are today witnesses to this. But a mixture of anger and foolishness hardly yields dividend. I believe that the story of Nigeria cannot be true without a chapter on the betrayal of courage.
We have lost (and still do) heroes to the opposing camp. Every hero lost does damage to the confidence the people have in the army of patriots that remain in the trenches. The opposing camp is the camp with supposedly delegated power to wrest for the people the right and means to live the dream of humanity on the planet of divinity. I know that desperation can be very deceptive not only for the individual but also for the people that place their hopes in the individual. When the opposing camp has won more converts than it has lost the future of that nation becomes much bleaker. Desperation for change and national redemption must diminish neither our perception of the price for our labour nor the danger of unequal yoking. When sincere zeal teams up with cunning pretentious resolve a nation loses her heroes; and no nation makes progress that kills off her heroes this way. It always remains true that evil communication corrupts good morals.
I am not against offering public service for public good. But when personal service to a sinking monarch or head of state is disguised in the garb of public service an insidious poison has been concocted. The hero must value his service and dispense it when certain minimal conditions are met, otherwise his service shall be trampled upon and he suffers loss. The next few years under the same leadership in Nigeria shall confer only damage. I see no sincerity in the present Nigerian government; for this the future is not bright. I see only darkness for the next few years unless the Nigerians pick up courage and pile pressure on Jonathan’s government to do what is right; and what is right is quite obvious:
1.       It is right to implement the recommendations of the KPMG report on the oil sector without the red herring of a Petroleum Revenue Special Task Force (PRSTF). Is it not the pressure uncommonly piled by Nigerians during the recent fuel subsidy removal protests that has brought to limelight the KPMG report that the Jonathan’s government had ignored for more than a year? The recommendations in the KPMG report substantially point to neglect of enforcement of existing laws. An insincere government would create all kinds of task forces and committees as lullabies to quieten agitations, and then push important public matters out of public consciousness. Nigerian heroes who have accepted to work in the PRSTF are on their own. There are already existing institutions such as the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), which has been given a mere representative role in the PRSTF, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and relevant committees of the National Assembly that can help enforce those recommendations if President Jonathan is sincere. The PRSTF is additional financial burden on the nation and a waste of our resources. Specific examples of infraction such as exaggerated margins of error that have cost Nigeria millions of US dollars have been captured in the report, yet, Jonathan is hiding behind a special task force. The lack of urgency in Jonathan’s actions is very suspicious. Was it not the same government that few days ago broached setting up a committee to review the KPMG report? We talk of building institutions; but how can we do so with this culture of task forces and ad hoc committees? By the way, has any good thing come out of such efforts? The lack of will of the government to enforce existing laws is the undoing of Nigeria! Failure of President Jonathan to fully implement the recommendations in the KPMG report will set him apart as a colossal disappointment. But I don’t see him doing that without sustained pressure by Nigerians.
2.       It is right to convoke a national conference to both define a socio-political structure for Nigeria that is socially just and financially prudent and establish a system of government that is less expensive and more representative of both our culture and ethnic nationalities. I have heard people, particularly at the charade recently organized by the “National Summit Group” at Sheraton hotel Lagos, disparage reference to “ethnic nationalities.” First, there is no Nigeria without its ethnic nationalities. I am yet to meet a man who takes umbrage to being called by his father’s name, who prefers to be called just a human being without a family. That would be a misnomer, wouldn’t it? I am first a Tiv man before I am a Nigerian, and I have no apologies to make for that. And any system in Nigeria that places the Tiv nation in a serious disadvantage is completely unacceptable to me. Secondly, I found it a joke that a conference to discuss Nigeria would be called by the National Summit Group (coordinated by mainly the South-South people such as Pat Utomi, Tony Uranta, and Annkio Briggs)without a formal invitation to the ethnic groups that make up Nigeria. I find difficult to place any stamp of seriousness and importance on a so-called national conference without a single Tiv man invited! President Jonathan and the National Assembly must find a way to call Nigerians of all ethnic nationalities to discuss the issues I have raised here and in quite a number of my essays on a sovereign national conference for Nigeria. I see no future for Nigeria without such a conference; and I say this advisedly. Nigeria has no time to waste with charades projected and sponsored by Jonathan’s cronies.
The isolation of few people for favours at the expense of the majority has not helped Nigeria. For instance, Niger Delta ex-militants do not constitute the Niger Delta. Jonathan’s silence in the face of continuing (if not worsening) destruction of that region by oil operators is indicative of the danger Nigeria faces—absence of leadership. The excuse that the Boko Haram menace is being influenced by “politicians who wanted power to return to the North” is balderdash! By the way, government is supposed to maintain security irrespective of the source of insecurity. Also, the claim by Jonathan’s government and its collaborators that Nigerians that went out to protest fuel subsidy removal were sponsored by “failed politicians” shows how out of touch with the people Jonathan is.
But Nigerians should learn a lesson; and I have written about this. Credible elections ipso facto do not guarantee good leadership. Nigerians made a choice and must learn to live with its consequences. In Adamawa state, the people “voted” for PDP few days ago as I write in spite of the debilitating consequences of its rule in the past years. Either the people are dumb and stupid or the election was rigged. And if the election was rigged and yet the people remained quiet, it must either be because of the massive presence of soldiers and the police that kept vigil on the roads in the state or because the people have “left the matter in God’s hands” (a very convenient refuge for the helpless). But a people deserves the leadership it has. The future of Nigeria will be shaped by Nigerians themselves one way or the other.

POTENTIATED 30% OF LIFE
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When we die, our money remains in the bank...
Yet, when we are alive, we don't have enough money to spend.
In reality, when we are gone, there is still a lot of money not spent.
One business tycoon in China passed away. His widow, was left with $1.9 billion in the bank, and married his chauffeur.
His chauffeur said:-
"All the while, I thought I was working for my boss... it is only now, that I realise that my boss was all the time, working for me !!!"
The irony of reality is:
It is more important to live longer than to have more wealth.
So, we must strive to live a strong and healthy life, It really doesn't matter who is working for who.
In a high end hand phone, 70% of the functions are useless!
For an expensive car, 70% of the speed and gadgets are not needed.
If you own a luxurious villa or mansion, 70% of the space is usually not used or occupied.
How about your wardrobes of clothes?
70% of them are not worn!
A whole life of work and earning...
70% is for other people to spend.
So, we must protect and make full use of our 30%.
So with a matter of urgency,live ur life to d fullest.
Really,just think about it; there is nothing too serious to b too serious about life
👉Learn to let go, even if faced with grave   problems.
👉Endeavour to give in, even if you are in the right.
👉Remain humble, even if you are very rich and powerful.
👉learn to be contented, even if you are not rich.
👉Exercise your mind and body, even if you are very busy.
👉Make time for people you care about.
Remember,you live for others. Your extras can set ur neighbour on his feet.
So friend,look for someone to assist this week.If you think no one is available you know where to find me.
                                    ...VOA....

As everyone in America prepares to face the storm which is about to clear the thick dark cloud over American political firmament...
From my research work I have come to a single truth that the American political framework as designed has come to have a woman as president and now 2016 is the time.. So I tell you not as a prophet, or a seer but as a free thinker who has done his homework, I see mrs Clinton as the next US president. Is a script and I have read the script that is why I can boldly tell you categorically what the script says. The script states a woman as the next president and no matter what Trump does they will always use it against him.


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BEYOND BLAME GAMES, WHAT NEXT FOR NIGERIA?2017

Agriculture is crucial for Nigeria’s recovery     
because Nigeria is presently in such a dreary situation and economic mess, everyone is looking for whom to blame, right from the ruling administration to the opposition, to concerned bodies, and also to the average citizens. Although someone has to take responsibility for the current mess, analysts believe this country has to move forward in her development process, to revive the economy and save millions of lives. After the blame games, what should be done next, to tackle this recession?
ABIMBOLA AKOSILE


* Every Nigerian is at fault therefore we must be wise, think positive, adjust our lifestyle and do what will make us happy. To be joyful in the mist of challenge is the key to victory.
– Mrs. Moses Adetoun, Ogun State


* I believe soon this mess will be over as PMB is on top of the recession issue to find lasting solution to it. Nigerians should have patience with the government; after all 2019 is general elections and their performances will determine their fate for second term. APC government should sit up for governance rather than giving excuses for 17 months in leadership.
– Mrs. Ijeoma Nnorom, Lagos State


* Backward integration with Discipline: My tip is for Nigeria to turn inwards and focus on what we can produce from resources within Nigeria (human & non-human) to first meet our needs and for export. However, as a people we must first curtail our lavish tastes and habits, cut off excesses and be pragmatic. Agriculture is one way to go and Nigerians are already looking in that direction. Harness the resourcefulness of ages 18-45, they are the bedrock of our future successes as a nation. Our young people have shown and developed a knack for technology innovations; we should build on that. All these will work if the public and private sectors form a partnership, with Nigeria’s good as the focus of the partnership.
– Mr. Utibe Uko, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State


* In the short term, bring in technocrats and experts to help. There is also the need to take concrete steps to diversify the economy. In the long term, a political solution must be sought by restructuring how the country is being governed and by doing this, the economy will be impacted upon. Our economic problems cannot be isolated from our political problems.
– Mr. Pacer Aderinkomi, Surulere, Lagos State


* Adjust our policies and strategies to suit the prevailing challenge mitigating against Nigeria now. More food must be produced, stored and equitably marketed to the average citizen. Improve on our immigration policies and reforms. Modern trend of events demand that we go back to our drawing board and re-strategise proactively. Nigeria must wake up now.
– Miss Apeji Patience Eneyeme, Badagry, Lagos


* Unity. Nigeria is a blessed country with abundant human and natural resources. Our problem is that of selfishness, tribalism, ethnicity, religion e.t.c. If these differences are shelved and we can see others as ourselves, then what else, if this will not ensure greater development? We truly need to unite and become the envy of other nations, rather than laughing stock.
– Hon. Babale Maiungwa, U/Romi, Kaduna


* Beyond the usual blame game, the federal government must show true signs of leadership in solving the problems of this nation. There is no point in blaming someone for a problem if you cannot fix it yourself. PMB has to walk the talk and deliver answers now; Nigerians are nearly fed up! He needs to jail some sacred cows and listen to what the economic experts in his team are saying, to move the country forward. Also, the president needs to re-jig his cabinet; some of his ministers are not performing to expectations, simple truth.
– Mr. Olumuyiwa Olorunsomo, Lagos State


* The major area I want them to solve is the power sector because it would create jobs. Change begins with all of us as citizens of Nigeria. We must hold our political representatives accountable, with crusade against corruption and lawlessness as well as demand for good governance and discipline as a conduct by all.
– Mr. Feyisetan Akeeb Kareem, Coordinator, CDHR, Aniocha South, Delta State


* Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
– Mr. Ezenwa Chika, Ikeja, Lagos


* The solution of each government is to identify problems or mistakes, proffer solution and never ignore sound advice that will move our country forward from political opponents. Grievances of Nigerians should not be allowed to accumulate; it should be treated at once. The time of apportioning blame, excuses should be seen as now over, for any serious economic team aiming in that direction. We still believe this government can still make the needed change in that direction.
– Mr. Dogo Stephen, Kaduna


* Let some seasoned experts and successful entrepreneurs be invited to a one-week economic retreat to brainstorm on Nigeria’s economic problems and proffer solutions. Let them come up with a report not more than 12 pages to be submitted within one week. Then the President should set up a special economic committee with some of those who can take part in the retreat to be co-opted for implementation. Let them be given massive power backed with resources to turn around the economy within two years.
– Mr. Ore Aderinkomi, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos


* Nigeria must be restructured now; diversify the economy, stop nepotistic agenda and appoint technocrats into the economic team. Until PMB is sincere in his fight against corruption, change will remain a mirage. There is the budget padding scandal which he cried out against before; and also the INEC under PMB is a total failure. Edo poll is an eye-opener to Nigerians. Which way Nigeria?
– Pst. Obinna Osagu, Akure, Ondo State


* Blame games are worst methods to resolve the current cancerous challenges progressively ravaging our socio-economic system and citizenry. We need honesty, unity and de-politicisation of our governance, economy e.t.c. Our policies and strategies must be overhauled and refined now. Research, energy and agriculture need special attention. Mass approach is dangerous, non-proactive and failure-prone; it must be one thing at a time basis for progress. Countries that survived recession previously re-strategised and thus succeeded.
– Mr. Apeji Onesi, Lagos
THE RESPONSE
Top tip: Change poor policies
 Second: Diversify the economy
 Third: Prioritise agriculture
 Radical tip: Re-jig the cabinet!
 Total no of respondents: 13
 Male: 10
 Female: 3
 Highest location: Lagos (7)
Next Week: Has Corruption Level Truly Reduced in Nigeria?
Although the present administration made the fight against corruption one of its cardinal aims in bringing change to governance, many analysts still believe the level of corruption in the country has not really abated. With many high-profile corruption cases yet unsolved; reports of stupendous earnings by former governors turned national assembly members, and accusations of selective anti-corruption war, some believe there are no real yardsticks to show corruption has gone down in Nigeria. Is this true or not? What more can PMB do?
Please make your response direct, short and simple, and state your full name, title, organisation, and location. Responses should be sent between today ..voavictor@yahoo.com ,