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nigeria sao tome Principe joint commission will fetch Nigeria hundreds of millions of dollar annually. nigeria controls 60% of oil and gas proceeds from the treaty. to whom much is given much is expected. remember OBJ had to send soldiers to restore a civilian govt was toppled by soldiers in 2003.

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'No Turning Back': Teens Abuse HIV Drugs
Teens in South Africa Smoke Anti-Retroviral Drug Efavirenz for Cheap High
By JIM SCIUTTO
DURBAN, South Africa, April 6, 2009—


A drug intended to treat HIV and AIDS is sweeping the townships of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is cheap and powerfully addictive.

"Nightline" witnessed the drug's effects upclose on a 17-year-old addict we're calling Joshua to protect his identity. A high school junior from a middle-class neighborhood in Durban, he said his parents would kick him out of the house if they knew. And yet he smokes the drug every day before and after class, despite his dreams of becoming a doctor.

"Once you've first started there's no turning back," he said, adding that he wants to stop using but can't.

When he uses, "it feels like you got no problem at all. Like yesterday if you killed a person and you smoked this thing you wouldn't remember that you killed a person yesterday."

The drug Joshua and his friends are abusing is the anti-retroviral Efavirenz. When taken properly, it's part of a lifesaving treatment for HIV patients. When crushed and smoked, it's a cheap high with no medical benefit.

When the teenagers finished smoking, they didn't have to hide. Everyone in the neighborhood seems to be aware of what they're doing, and they say the same was true when they went to purchase the drug.

South Africa has one of the highest HIV infection rates in the world and KwaZulu-Natal province has the highest rate in South Africa -- 40 percent. For the infected, anti-retroviral drugs, or ARVs, are the only things standing between life and a painful death.

The drug is so cheap and plentiful, thanks in part to a well-meaning effort by the American government to distribute ARV', a program that has helped extend the lives of more than 500,000 AIDS patients.

But as the medical director of one U.S.-funded clinic said, ARV abuse is threatening to turn an HIV success story into a health crisis.

"It's extremely frustrating," said Dr. Njabulo Masabo, from the AIDS Healthcare Foundation. "It's extremely, you know, discouraging because on one end you're trying to fight this epidemic that has ravaged the world so much , the results are catastrophic."



Drug Dealer: 'They Shouldn't Blame Me'
How ARV abuse began is uncertain. Taken as prescribed, Efavirenz can cause vivid dreams. Someone -- possibly an HIV patient experimenting -- discovered that smoking the drug greatly enhances those hallucinations.

Today, some of the illegal drugs come from HIV patients selling their own lifesaving medication for profit. Others are stolen from patients or pharmacies.

Pharmacies in the townships have banklike security. The drugs are kept behind vault doors, because they have an enormous black market value. Just one container of the ARVs is worth $60, and a whole shelf is worth $3,000.

Driving through the townships, a local AIDS health worker named Zola Shezi showed us the extent of the black market in ARVs. She saw drug dens everywhere; one she identified had children playing right outside.

"Just here, the man he owns the house, he built all these rooms & one, there's one room where his customers stay and crush and do things."

The few police we saw did nothing.

In just three years, ARVs have grown from a niche drug abused by a small number of HIV patients into a widespread addiction, increasingly among young people.

Many ARV abusers are young students, and in a neighborhood like the one we visited you'll find dealers on almost every street, selling to students during school hours and just after.

In his house that doubles as a drug den, we met one of the dealers face-to-face. Dinda -- he gave us a false name to hide his identity -- said he earns many times what he could make, if he could find a job.

He acknowledged that the drugs are meant for people with HIV, but said "nobody can give me that money while I'm sitting at home; I have to go and do something for money."

Recounting a story that's not unusual in the area, he said he's the only one of eight siblings still alive. His siblings were all victims of HIV or gang violence, leaving him to take care of a large, extended family.

"I'm unemployed, four of these years I am not working, if I can stop this we can all suffer," he said. "So they shouldn't blame me for what I'm trying to make a living out of."



HIV Could Build Resistance to Medication
For families of abusers, it's a very different story. ARVs are powerful enough to turn even young people into violent addicts. We met Dudu, who told us her 21-year-old son steals from her to pay for his habit.

"Sometimes if I said I'm going to call the police he said he going to kill me," she said. "I believe him."

Now, South Africa may soon face a deadly consequence of ARV addiction. By smoking the drug, abusers are in effect giving HIV a small taste of anti-retroviral medication -- not enough to kill the virus, but enough for it to potentially develop resistance to the drug.

It's like "educating the HIV," said Masabo. "And so you'll find that we have a second epidemic emerging, an epidemic that we cannot control with the current drug that we have."

Back in the drug den, the teenage addict Joshua told us what happens to HIV patients isn't his problem.

"I feel guilty sometimes, but hey. I know what I'm doing is wrong, but what I've started I must carry on."

The cemeteries of South Africa are already crowded with victims of HIV. Now, a new danger is threatening to put the country's best defense up in smoke.


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_{The traditional rulers council of Nigeria are in full support of the ban.
Is any of the so-called eze ndigbo part of the traditional rulers council?
who installed them?
Dont you know that every traditional ruler in every state MUST get a certificate of recognition from that State Government??
Fashola has refused to recognise them. PURE and SIMPLE
if the Eze or Igwe of your town is not recognised by your state government, then your town doesnt have a traditional ruler}

Some Igbos who got titles from tribes or some other regions are banned as well? Are u saiyng that traditional rulers should be saying who bears traditional title in other states that are not within their enclaves? Maybe these traditional rulers might be angry that were not paid money by these T/chiefs who parade themselves as chiefs. Lagos state regulates who is issued with certificate of recognition by LASG as traditional rulers not titled t/chiefs. Now we are talking about legality. This is ultra vires of lagos state government period. Its above Fashola's pay grade.

What issues are  u talking about other than  the ones enucianted by your boss Rush? Cheney who got about 15% approval when he was in the office should be taking a page from Rush. Why do we have to lower standard whenever we are talking about Rush even when he calls Obama's character into question? Follow follow folks like are that he - Rush likenes Obama to Al Capone, yet we cannot question his character needless to question his claims which are out of whack

Poster,
This is a turn around relationship for you. That's why you are finding it hard to face the challanges ahead. Its not going to be easy, you need to slow down with this guy. From you post,  it seems that you had a measured expectation of this guy. ie that he would be all over you and like other guys, but he isnt and he may not be. That's why you love him more cos he's shown other side of men. Also, I would like you  to ease your emotional  affection about this dude   just a little bit. For instance, if you had a premonition about this guy, its better you still trust your guts instead of feelings. Sometime  in a relationship, we let emotions cloud our sense of reasoning cos if you rated this guy as an  A+ candiate at the begining of this relationship, it would be emotionally crushing when he does things that  warrant  a C or B- cos you had your mind made up on A. I used to tell some females to  always create atleast 20-30% dislikeness percentage in their hearts so that any time a guy misbehaves, there will be a bad space to store negative behaviour. Also rating him from your previous expriences with other men would be counterproductive. This guy is different and needs to measured differently.

You also need to build a  table   ie positive and negative. his positives on right side and negatives on the left. cross them out and see what's left. Then you would take into account what's left of him and how much they (left  over values) mean  to you moving forward. You must also sit yourself down and looking at things that are causing frictions in your relationship. What does he complain about you? You dont need to change on your values, but a little bit of felixibility or compromise will do some wonders.

Remember there is an EXIT strategy to move on  dot com

afaukwu
Read Bro! Igbo kings in Igboland requested the ban. Fashola only helped them achieve it. This looks more like a straighforward case rather than tribally-motivated

Why would someone in another state tell a governor how to constitutionally run his/her state. U dont get it that freedom of association or expression does not fall under state powers, its in the exclusive list of FG. So long as these T/Chiefs are not demanding to be recognised as traditional rulers from Lagos Govt, they are free go about their bleeping biz. Someone demanding for them to be banned does not make it right Ok. its got tribal undertone because you are singling out a particular tribe. Just like what Gov of Plateau did by banishing Fulanis from some parts of his state. Who is going to be next? " we are free when are not free to free ourselves from the law"

Tayo- D.
I'm not expecting you to stop listening to Rush, but I would want you to stop using his innuendos as the benchmarks for ur discussions. His is a light weight in advancing RNC's policies. He is not a thinker. I will never take a page from someone who is a drug addict and thrice divorced. Listen to folks like David Frum and contrast it with Rush and you will see that Rush targets street folks who cannot do their own thinking. If you are carrying out a research and you major source of information is Rush, your paper is going to have a credibility problem cos most RNC intellects do not cite him.

Tayo-D
Bush started bail-out. Bush should have used bankruptcy laws instead of waiting for Obama to do it. What your party and president did not do ,you are nowcriticizing Obama for not doing. I would be mad at my party for starting a bailing out fiesta. Wall Street asked for these bail outs not White  House. Please put square pegs in square holes not round pegs in square hole. Its so disingenuous for folks like Rush and you to take a swipe on Obama on programs that were started by your president and GOP.
The difference between hard liners like you and Rush and moderates like Obama is the way you guys keep trumping your extreme views. When Bush was president, some liberals said  " we will  move to Canada" now Obama is president, some cons like you are saying " we will secede or we want the president to fail.  Clinton was investigated in granting pardon to Mark Rich as well as his Natl Security Adviser . Mr Berger who was prosecuted. Clinton was impeached by a GOP dominated house for having sex with Monika.

U can never cure naija of its tribalism. How does chieftaincy title infringe on the rights of lagosians? Is Fashola saying that these so called T/chiefs are obstructing him from legally discharging his lawful duties? Are these T/Chiefs asking the Lagos state government to recognize their titles? There are better things to do than this.

literacy is not the basis for Nigerian presidency. if it was, OBJ should not have become one. There is no difference between Obj and kalu. They are all cabals.

NUC Chairman should look  to France where tuition is  free or to the US where students  who work earn  about  N1350 per hour.

where is witch doctor Dora Akunyili? Let her put a positive spin on  this Ekiti saga.Nigeria is a nation that is INCAPABLE  of doing great things.

i would like to know if  you would prefer to receive your bday gift/flowers in front of your co-worker or at home.

tayo –D

^{What values and moral authority are you people talking about? I can't believe we are here discussing the morality of physically inconveniencing known and confirmed terrorists, especially when the information obtained clearly helped to thwart another 911 style terrorsit attack on US soil.  Are you guys for real?}

It’s classified as torture by Geneva Convention as well US Army field manual. So get over your warped ideology and face reality. America is bigger and stronger than these terrorists and it cannot bend to the will of these devil incarnates. There has to be a clear line, US tortures in order to extract information or US doesn’t torture. John McCain opposes this method of interrogation, so is Lindsay Graham. Ask Shepard Smith of Fox News if it was torture.
It is surprising how folks like you would shout socialism if Obama wants to offer olive to branch to some American foes or puts a cap on how much CEOs make. Yet there are no American values.

There are two different things; is it needed to combat terrorism? -maybe or maybe not. Is it torture? YES

Some naija babes always rationale their odd behaviour of hoping that a man MUST be the first and last provider of give us this day. If the guy told you that he wanted to have sex with you on a first meeting how would you respond? In Naija setting, men try as much possible to protect their territory by not allowing some needy women to get anything they want by snapping their fingers.
Even if this relationship works (not likely) it would be predicated on the notion that this new guy would be generous with his pocket. You made it seem soo abnormal for folks to be wise spender  by putting it in your own word "stingy" Ask your brothers and uncles how many times  folks like you would come up that format of being hungry. Your being in his office was not by force and you  could have excused yourself, but you were there simply to be fed by him. Your  post smacks of  someone looking for an economic host. I wonder if folks like you would ever give someone  who is in a lower economic standing a chance.

Let's remember that US is stronger "by the power of its example rather than the example of its power" If US did not sign up to Geneva convention then it would be a different thing. Then ,what does "American does not torture" stand for?
Also remember that US won cold war over Soviets by strongly espousing and defending American values like, free society,deomocracy, and capitalism etc instead of towing the line of communism. There has to be an American standard that towers above standards set by non state actors like terrorists. I think that US should have been upfront about terrorist interrogation mechanisms instead of misrepresenting the facts.

cast our mind back to what happened when Nigerian illegals in Libya were promised certain amount of money and when they came back they were directed to foreign ministry/embassy and they never got the money.

Whirlwind affair and now you are engaged! just make sure he is REALLY is HALF african american,

wat so wrong about being half americam? I thought Obama proved skeptics like you wrong

american accent is also an indiactor that you might be the first to be mugged or robbed in the midst of people in Naija

this Dan Foster of a guy seems really old, why  was  a young woman like Linda Ikeji dating him. I mean she can find younger  men in Naija maybe his Americaness is a drawing factor for of these chics. its also worthy of note that most Naija DJs tend to speak with this funny American accent. Maybe  they need to be retaught by Wole Soyinka on how to speak like a Nigerian. Why must everything  about American lifestyle be copied without good governance, good roads,and transparency etc?

there is no campaign after election. Obama is the president and its a fact they will have to deal with.

I think  George Soros foundation like Open Society Institute might be of help
http://www.africa.upeace.org/
http://www.upeace.org/system/africa.cfm
http://www.osiwa.org/spip.php?id_rubrique=10

I was asked to be a groomsman, I spent my hard earned money only for my wacky professor to fix a quiz on that same day. Guess what some JJC wore that tux for me. I think it behooves on couple to offset some of the expenses if they want an elaborate wedding. Good soup na money make am.

Dan is married  to a Naija babe, so she should file paper for him.
http://naijagal..com/2009/01/exclusive-pictures-of-dan-foster-and.html

she is nigerian , a grad of UNN who works for Zenith @ Customer service unit.

http://naijagal..com/2009/01/exclusive-pictures-of-dan-foster-and.html

How old is Dan Foster?

if he were in Nigeri and wanted you to move in with him would you do it? Doyou want a sex partner or a husband? Did your mom move in with your dad b4 he married her? Why cant the guy marry you intoto?

It's easier being a prof in US colleges than having a Ph.D from MIT.
tpia
Why dont you show us the name of school she has taught to be called a professor. Most highly educated folks who teach in colleges would rather prefer Dr. than Prof.

Tpia

_{this picture looks somehow. Post the link you got it from. If Bush had bowed to the Saudi president in public,   it would have been all over the media before now, I'm sure.}

Your lopsided nature obscures you from seeing anything good in folks you disagree with. Your partisanship is way over the top. You could have wanted a better outcome, but it is what it is. Deal with it.

Want to become a billionaire? Up your chances by dropping out of college, working at Goldman Sachs or joining Skull & Bones.

Are billionaires born or made? What are the common attributes among the uber-wealthy? Are there any true secrets of the self-made?

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We get these questions a lot, and decided it was time to go beyond the broad answers of smarts, ambition and luck by sorting through our database of wealthy individuals in search of bona fide trends. We analyzed everything from the billionaires' parents' professions to where they went to school, their track records in the early stages of their careers and other experiences that may have put them on the path to extreme wealth.

Our admittedly unscientific study of the 657 self-made billionaires we counted in February for our list of the World's Billionaires yielded some interesting results.

First, a significant percentage of billionaires had parents with a high aptitude for math. The ability to crunch numbers is crucial to becoming a billionaire, and mathematical prowess is hereditary. Some of the most common professions among the parents of American billionaires (for whom we could find the information) were engineer, accountant and small-business owner.

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Consistent with the rest of the population, more American billionaires were born in the fall than in any other season. However, relatively few billionaires were born in December, traditionally the month with the eighth highest birth rate. This anomaly holds true among billionaires in the U.S. and abroad.

More than 20% of the 292 of the self-made American billionaires on the most recent list of the World's Billionaires have either never started or never completed college. This is especially true of those destined for careers as technology entrepreneurs: Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Michael Dell, Larry Ellison, and Theodore Waitt.

Billionaires who derive their fortunes from finance make up one of the most highly educated sub-groups: More than 55% of them have graduate degrees. Nearly 90% of those with M.B.A.s obtained their master's degree from one of three Ivy League schools: Harvard, Columbia or U. Penn's Wharton School of Business.

Goldman Sachs has attracted a large share of hungry minds that went on to garner 10-figure fortunes. At least 11 current and recent billionaire financiers worked at Goldman early in their careers, including Edward Lampert, Daniel Och, Tom Steyer and Richard Perry.

Several billionaires suffered a bitter professional setback early in their careers that heightened their fear of failure. Pharmaceutical tycoon R.J. Kirk's first venture was a flop--an experience he regrets but appreciates. "Failure early on is a necessary condition for success, though not a sufficient one," he told Forbes in 2007.

According to a statement read by Phil Falcone during a congressional hearing in November, his botched buyout of a company in Newark in the early 1990s taught him "several valuable lessons that have had a profound impact upon my success as a hedge fund manager."

Several current and former billionaires rounded out their Yale careers as members of Skull and Bones, the secret society portrayed with enigmatic relish by Hollywood in movies like The Skulls and W. Among those who were inducted: investor Edward Lampert, Blackstone co-founder Steven Schwarzman, and FedEx founder Frederick Smith.

Parents Had Math-Related Careers

The ability to crunch numbers is normally a key to becoming a billionaire. Often, mathematical prowess is hereditary. Some of the most common professions among the parents of American billionaires for whom we could find that information were engineer, accountant and small-business owner.

September Birthdays

Of the 380 self-made American tycoons who have appeared on the Forbes list of the World's Billionaires in the past three years, 42 were born in September--more than in any other month. Maybe that's because September is the month the Forbes list of the 400 richest Americans is published.

Tech Titans Who Dropped Out of College

Forget everything your guidance counselor told you: You don't have to go to college to be successful. More than 20% of the self-made American moguls on the most recent list of the World's Billionaires never finished college. Many of them made their fortunes in tech. Among them: Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Michael Dell, Larry Ellison, (Oracle) and Theodore Waitt (Gateway).

Skull and Bones

Several current and former billionaires rounded out their Yale careers as members of Skull and Bones, the secret society portrayed with enigmatic relish by Hollywood in movies like The Skulls and W. Among those who were inducted: investor Edward Lampert, Blackstone co-founder Steven Schwarzman and FedEx founder Frederick Smith.

Goldman Sachs

A stint at investment bank Goldman Sachs is a prime credential for becoming a finance billionaire. Of the 68 self-made American billionaires that derive their fortunes from finance, at least eight cut their teeth in Goldman's investment banking, trading, or asset management divisions. The company's crown jewel: its "risk arbitrage" unit, which launched the careers of billionaires Edward Lampert and Daniel Och, as well as former billionaires Tom Steyer and Richard Perry.

Click here for the full list of billionaire clusters.

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This fight is really not about Soludo's performance its about depleting "our national reserve" cloaked  in tribalism. Yar'dua wants to share the national reverve with his kinsmen and PDP chietains. Soludo seems to be a stumbling block to that idea. Oil money has dwindled ,so the national reserve is the best place to steal from.

^{what does Sept 11 have to do with this matter?}
Just to remind you that  a previous admin  compromised US national security interest, while you are saying that Obama should have not bowed before a Saudi King. You just reminded me of a FOX news reporter who called the Chinese communist becuase their Premier said something about US dollar, but the same reporter never questioned George Bush when he was selling US treasury bills to the same Chinese in order to finance the war in Iraq



_{The Saudi king doesnt want people kissing his hand. Obama kissed his hand and bowed when he didnt need to shouldnt have.} Did Saudi King  complain about Obama's action? Just a bunch of right wingers saying that Obama should not have done so  and  that his actions vindicate their long insistence that he's got deep "Muslim" ties.

tpia
<sup>the black man's burden.

Does anyone have a photo of George Bush, Bill Clinton or any western leader bowing kissing the Saudi leader's hand?

Kindly post it if you do.</sup>

The Bin Ladens were  allowed to fly on US airspace a day after 9-11 when all  flight operation were suspended. They were given a pass to leave the country even when no other flights were allowed. It may also surprise you to hear that  King of Jordan had to personally drive  candidate Obama to the airport when he visited him in the course of his campaign. i wonder what we make of this gesture given his muslim "background"
Is it OK to bow before the Queen?