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A brief for your character

TOJU IWA RE ORE MI : Toju iwa re, ore mi; Ola a ma si lo n'ile eni, Ewa a si ma si l'ara enia, Olowo oni 'nd’olosi b'o d'ola. Okun l'ola; okun n’igbi oro, Gbogbo won l'o nsi lo n’ile eni; Sugbon iwa ni m’ba ni de sare’e. Owo ko je nkan fun ni, Iwa l'ewa omo enia. Bi o l'owo bi o ko ni’wa nko? Tani je f'inu tan e ba s'ohun rere? Tabi ki o je obirin rogbodo; Ti o ba jina si'wa ti eda nfe, Tani je fe o s'ile bi aya? Tabi ki o je onijibiti enia; Bi o tile mo iwe amodaju, Tani je gbe'se aje fun o se? Toju Iwa re, ore mi, Iwa ko si, eko d'egbe; Gbogbo aiye ni 'nfe 'ni t'o je rere. (ENGLISH TRANSLATION) Enhance your character, my friend; Prosperity may depart from one’s home, Beauty may retreat from the body, And today’s rich could become poor tomorrow. Prosperity is like ocean surf; and wealth is an ocean wave, They come and go from one’s home as they Pleases​, But, only good character foll...

INTRIGUES AS THE NIGERIAN SENATE PASS THE NFIA BILL INTO LAW

The Senate has passed the bill to establish the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Agency (NFIA) thus implementing the first step in pulling the country’s financial intelligence unit out of the control of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. This has been the idea of the Nigerian Senate since rejecting the choice of the Presidency for the chairman of the EFCC. The bill was passed after it was read for the third time today, just the fourth legislative day since  it was first initiated last Thursday giving the bill accelerated consideration thereby cutting off the mandatory and routine processes of passing a legislative bill. The bill was earlier referred to the committee on anti-corruption  on Tuesday . However, without the usual public hearing, organized to consider opinions of concerned parties on any public related subject, the report of the committee was presented  on Wednesday  and the bill passed  on Thursday . The Senate said the bil...