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obinna79:
hello, i just developed http://www.hyperite.com/index.php - call 08056106302 for more details

Do you work with Joomla?

Nweddings:
We already have an active e-commerce website but will now like to expand the site to aslo have a business directory, article library and forum

We will need the designer to incorporate the existing theme and colours into the new site

We are looking for professionals to do the job so please dont waste your time and ours if you are not up to the task. Thank you.

Any developer that can setup the e-commerce website can effortlessly set up the business directory, article library and forum unless of course the initial website was setup based on an open source script that was only installed.

As the other poster stated you must state the platform the current website is based on.

candylips:
it is not a matter of what is selling in nigeria. it is a matter of using the right technology for the right job.

will you use PHP to develop an ETL batch program software ?

I don't even know what an ETL batch program software is and I don't want to go to wikipedia or google to find out but let us do it this way - tell me what ETL batch program software is and what it does and I will tell you if you can use PHP to develop one.

Trust me programming is all about logic and manipulation of data especially based on conditional statements or instructions.

nex:
So Nigerians that are always everready to video all the most ridiculous things in the weirdest corners of the world, why were their video phones not handy it this point?

So a mad driver hits a careless pedestrian and afraid of mob action, resorts to creating the more fabulous story which he knows Nigerians want to hear.

I'm very sorry for that young lady, turned from the victim to the culprit.

I keep saying it that the first thing I'll do when I get into government in this country is to ban superstition. If Nigerians can realise the damage superstition has done to this country, we will hold a National Weeping Ceremony for 2 weeks or Nigeria Weeps.

This is madness! This is Nigeria!

The police had no choice in pacifying the crowd than to admit that the woman was actually a cat. How do you calm mad people down? Yes, they should guard her so she does not disappear. It is in this kind of situation I'm forced to give the police credit.

Catwoman my brown butt! Crazy people maddened Nation.

People turn into animals and vice versa and this is not superstition.

No one is supporting this but the fact remains that whether we accept a fact or not does not really change the fact.

What we think may not be possible may actually be possible. Many have argued that such powers are simply diabolical and nothing good can come from them.

bidemi12:
@Afam Throughtout your post i was looking for any indication of humour or at the very least a smiley to indicate you were joking. alas, i did not find one. Please, please tell me you are joking. I'm still waiting for the punchline

I guess that settles the wahala? But seriously I hope you understand that human being actually do turn into animals and vice versa.

@jakumo,

You no well at all at all.

Is there any end in sight to these theories?

If the northern elites are being persuaded to buy up shares of the affected banks why not encourage southern elites to do same?

If the north does not really have a bank of its own after the N25B consolidation exercise then it means that the south controls all the banks in Nigeria. If this is correct why didn't anyone complain about this?

Any one that wants to buy shares of the banks can do so and for those who must turn everything into tribalism one tribe must have more shares than other tribes.

The conspiracy theories are getting ridiculous and embarrassing especially from supposedly educated people.

Instead of dismissing or defending the woman who people claimed to have turned into a woman from a cat after being hit by an okada I think we should push the relevant authorities to investigate this matter and invite scientists and other witches and wizards to figure out how they can harness the power of these women/cats for the good of the society.

These women/cats could be sent to rescue kidnapped people or they may even defend Nigeria in any war whether internal or external and it doesn't matter if the war is a conventional one or unconventional one.

Let them peep into the science of this animal turn woman stuff and see what good can come out of it.

Leksider:
You people especially the Sanusi's proteges/folks should go through the story below as carried by today's guardian.

And you were sent by Ibru or Erastus, right?

2 posts all directed at the same Guardian news story, wonderful.

SapeleGuy:
Exactly Bros, any new arrangement has to be based on ethnic equality and strengthening governance or performance at local government level. We are preparing to fail unless we put an end to the politics of federal character and 'I plenty pass you'. For me this is where the Aburi accord was weak.

"Adebayo agreed so enthusiastically that he advocated a “repeal [of] those Decrees that were passed after 15th January, 1966 but I think we should revert to what the country was as at 14th January, 1966, that is regional autonomy”.

This quote is ironic because it shows that these greedy young men should have stayed in the barracks and never started all this bloodshed to fulfill their personal ambitions. If you are reverting to what was so bad why waste life to change it in the first place?

My friend, majority and minority in terms of population is real. There is nothing anyone can do about it.

Why not stop focusing too much on population and instead focus on fair play.

Democracy itself is all about numbers where the majority will have their way while the minority will have their say.

How many ethnic groups do we have in Nigeria? Over 300? Are we sure that even in the over 300 we don't have about 300,000 more claiming that they are distinct too and should be represented as ethnic groups?

We should be realistic about our discussions unless we are just engaging in an academic exercise here.

@topic,

PHP.

Every single programming language has its pros and cons so it really depends on your ability to learn and master a programming language to the extent you can use it to implement any logic you want to implement.

It is not by accident that about 70% of web applications out there run on PHP and it is not by accident that the most popular (or visited) Nigeria website is Nairaland which runs on PHP.

Feel free to see comments condemning PHP as unnecessary distractions especially by people who don't understand or know the language well.

As usual people are focusing on Ojukwu's ambition instead of the serious issues he raised.

Is it now a crime for someone to be ambitious?

When we look at the position he took then and what is happening in Nigeria today who will honestly state that he was wrong?

tpia.:
lord knows how many middle easterners have Jewish blood and vice versa.

Why is it so surprising if the guy is a Jew? Some Jews arent Zionists and dont support Isreal.

Exactly!

I guess people need to understand the difference between someone who is a JEW and one that is a ZIONIST.

Ahmadinejad to the best of my knowledge is against oppression and atrocities being committed by those who call the shots in Israel and influence foreign policy in the US - Zionism is a movement which I believe is doing more harm than good to humanity.

Unfortunately, the western media will twist information and try to paint Ahmadinejad black just to satisfy their selfish interests.

The world needs more of Ahmadinejad, Chavez, Mugabe and even Ghadaffi if it must free itself from the stranglehold of the likes of US and UK.

As regards holocaust, how did anyone come to 6 million Jews murdered? How many Africans were murdered in the slave trade era?

The problem here is that we take sides based on religion, race or gender and in the process we take our eyes off the core issues.

agabaI23:
Afam,

The title still says 5 top banks and I am not sure that changed in the body of the article either.

Were the first 5 banks that had their CEOs sacked the top banks in Nigeria?

Even the same investigative journalism in the same article stated that the most touted name in the race for Soludo's replacement was Mallam Isa Yuguda, the Bauchi state governor.

Was that a mistake or was Yar'adua afraid of appointing Yuguda?

The article was also specific on the groups that were plotting to take over the 5 banks.

We are being fed with lots of misinformation and conspiracy theories and you expect me to believe them even when the facts on ground don't support them?

So, now that we have 8 banks with sacked CEOs would it be ok to believe that the plan to hijack the 5 banks has hit the rocks or is this still part of the game plan?

Give me facts please, not what you think Sanusi thinks or what he will do what he changes his mind.

agabaI23:
I think Vanguard's report said '5 top banks' not 5 leading or 5 topmost banks.

If they wanted to take over 5 banks do you think that they will go for the 5 top banks? That will raise suspicion. By the way, why is it that the 5 banks that initially passed the test were mandated to go the market raise extra fund. First bank is going to raise 500B naira, does that not mean anything?

See full article below

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Nigeria: Group Plots Takeover of Five Top Banks

Omoh Gabriel and Emeka Mamah23 March 2009
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ANTI-CONSOLIDATION forces have regrouped with the hope of dismantling the structures and forcing a takeover of the top five banks in the country, Vanguard can now reveal.

The grand plan by the group is to cause panic and uncertainty in the industry and make the target banks look unsafe for depositors.


Meantime, indications emerged yesterday that the Federal Government may announce the names of a new Governor of the Central Bank (CBN) and the Auditor-General of the Federation (AGF) in April just a few weeks before the tenure of the incumbents run out.

However, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has expressed concern over what it described as the rapidly deteriorating liquidity situation in the banking industry and tasked the Central Bank (CBN) to make public information on causes of the development as well as the scale of the crisis.

Vanguard investigations revealed that the aim of the anti-consolidation forces is to cause loss of public confidence in the banking industry and compel the Federal Government to move in by injecting funds. Further, they ultimately plan to instigate government to take equity holdings in the targeted banks.

Vanguard gathered that the group at work is made up of former bank owners who lost out during the consolidation exercise, a powerful clique in the present government, and some aggrieved persons in three of the six geopolitical zones in the country who felt left out in the consolidation exercise.

Presidency sources disclosed that those who felt left out in the consolidation exercise are up in arms to recoup what they felt they lost during Obasanjo years.

Part of the plans hatched by the group is to ensure that the incumbent Governor of the Central Bank, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, does not get a second term. The plan is also to ensure that whatever gains consolidation recorded are discredited. This, it was learnt, was meant to force the President to act quickly in the matter of appointment of a successor to Soludo as they anticipate that the president's slow move may scuttle their dreams and cause the renewal of Soludo's re-appointment for a second term.



The group's second game plan is to make Nigerian banks look unsafe in the eye of the banking public. Part of the game is to spread rumours that some banks are unsound and are on the verge of collapse. They send out text messages to individuals and account holders passing wrong information on their target banks. At the moment, the group's target is one of the high-flying new generation banks where they have sent out several messages.

New CBN Gov, Auditor-General to emerge April

The tenure of the CBN Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo and Auditor-General of the Federation, Mr. O. R. Ejenavi from Delta State will lapse in May 2009.

Naming nominees for the top jobs, according to a presidency source, will afford the Senate ample opportunity to work on them before they assume office.

While Soludo will complete his first term in office as CBN governor by May 29, Ejenavi will be due for retirement on age grounds on May 18.

However, among those being considered for the position of CBN governor include the Minister of National Planning, Dr Shamsuddeen Usman from Kano, who was a former Finance minister and deputy governor at the apex bank; another former CBN deputy governor, Obadiah Mailafia from Nassarawa, Mallam Isa Hayatudeen from Borno, a former managing director of FSB International Bank, incumbent Managing Director of First Bank, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, also from Kano, and Mallam Falalu Bello from Kaduna, Managing Director, Unity Bank.


But the most touted name so far is that of Mallam Isa Yuguda, the Bauchi State governor who won election on the platform of the All Nigeria peoples Party, ANPP, but defected to the ruling PDP last week. Yuguda is also an in-law of President Umaru Yar'Adua. Yuguda was also a former Managing Director of Inland Bank, a legacy bank in post-consolidation FinBank.

Past CBN governors include late Dr. Clement Isong (Akwa-Ibom), Alhaji Adamu Ciroma (Yobe); Mr. Ola Vincent (Lagos), late Alhaji Abdulkadir Ahmed (Bauchi); Mr. Paul Ogwuma (Abia), Dr. Joseph Sanusi (Ondo) and the current Professor Charles Soludo (Anambra).

It was also gathered that strict obedience to civil service rules will be observed in the appointment of a new Auditor General for the Federation going by the constitutional provision.

Section 86 Subsection 1 of the 1999 constitution states: "the Auditor-General for the Federation shall be appointed by the President on the recommendation of the Federal Civil Service Commission, subject to the confirmation of the Senate." That of the CBN may be determined by other factors, mostly political considerations which are at the pleasure of the President without recourse to the commission.

The most senior director in the office of the Auditor-General currently is Mr. Ogunsina G.F from Ekiti State who may be appointed unless there is political maneuvering. Having been a director since 2004, it may not be smooth sailing for Ogunsina because, there is another senior civil servant Mr. Osonuga T. A. from Ogun State who was promoted a director in 2007 and is being propelled by other forces to occupy the office.

It's unfortunate top 5 banks are targeted, says official

A CBN official who spoke on condition of anonymity said that it is unfortunate that top five banks are the target. The banks, he said, are sound. The CBN had mistaken in the past the ongoing move as de-marketing by competitors in the banking industry, saying it is unhealthy competition.


The group is using this means to make depositors panic and undertake massive withdrawal of funds from the targeted banks in an attempt to cause liquidity problem in the bank. In that state they hope to cause a take over by the government which may buy a stake in the bank and later sell to members of the privileged group who may be appointed in the interim into the board of the banks.

Arewa worries over liquidity problem

However, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) expressed concern over what it described as the rapidly deteriorating liquidity situation in the banking industry and tasked the Central Bank (CBN) to inform the people the cause of the development as well as the scale of the crisis.

ACF said that the commercial banks must have obviously lent too much money to people who either invested them in buying stocks or in the importation of petroleum products in the country, but are unable to repay such loans.

A statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the Forum, Mr. Anthony Sani however blamed the CBN for enquiring "into the volume of the so-called toxic assets of the commercial banks while refusing to tell Nigerians how or why in the first place, the banks found themselves in trouble.

The statement reads "The Working Committee of the National Executive Council of the Arewa Consultative

Forum (ACF) held its meeting at its national headquarters in Kaduna on Tuesday, the 17th of March 2009. In attendance were all National officers of the ACF drawn from the 19 northern states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). General IBM Haruna, the Chairman presided.

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"Among other things, the meeting reviewed and discussed a number of issues and other troubling developments in the country. At the end, it resolved to issue the following statement.

"The ACF deliberated on the rapidly deteriorating liquidity situation in the banking industry and observed that Nigerians are feeling increasingly frustrated by the failure of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to disclose the true the true nature and the scale of the crisis.

"Even members of the National Assembly, despite their best efforts, have been unable to get to the truth of the matter.

According to Arewa consultative forum "All that seem obvious is that our commercial banks had lent out too much money to too many people who had invested them in stocks or petroleum importation but who are now unable to pay back. Beyond that, the public has no clear idea as how or why the loans were given and on what terms."


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Seems things are moving much faster than expected.

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http://www.newsrescue.com/2009/10/demise-of-the-dollar-oil-producers-consumers-in-secret-talks-to-replace/

Demise of the dollar. Oil producers, consumers in secret talks to replace $

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The Persian Gulf Arab states have recently started secret talks with Russia, China, Japan and France “to end dollar dealings for oil”, a new report reveals.

According to the report written by Independent’s Middle East correspondent Robert Fisk, the proposal was to replace US dollar for crude oil trade by a basket of different currencies over a period of nine years until 2018.

“Secret meetings have already been held by finance ministers and central bank governors in Russia, China, Japan and Brazil to work on the scheme, which will mean that oil will no longer be priced in dollars,”

said the report, adding that France had also been involved in the talks.

The basket would include the Japanese yen and Chinese yuan, the euro, gold and a new, unified currency planned for nations in the (Persian) Gulf Co-operation Council, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Qatar.

The report did not make clear how the change would happen; a big change that would break the oil/dollar link, essentially a treasury operation that Iran, for instance, has already undertaken.

If the plan materializes, analysts say, it could be a major blow to the US economy, already suffering from an unprecedented downturn.

Related: NewsRescue- One World Media For ‘Global Citizens’- 2009 World Economic Forum; Are You Ready?

The report added that an unnamed Chinese banking source has confirmed the plan, saying that it would “change the face of international financial transactions.”

Earlier in September, World Bank President said the United States should not take for granted the dollar’s status as preeminent global reserve currency because other options are emerging.

Robert Zoellick added that global economic forces were shifting and it was time now to prepare for the fact that growth will come from multiple sources.



Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ordered in September the replacement of the US dollar by the euro in the country’s foreign exchange accounts.

Iran had announced earlier that the euro would replace the greenback in the country’s oil transactions. Iran has called on other OPEC members to ditch the sinking dollar in favor of the more credible euro. - PressTv

NewsRescue commentary- This has been in the making and is not a surprise. The war against Iraq was waged at the time Saddam Hussein had decided to discontinue selling oil in the dollar.

Analysts say that the US ‘Elite’ has prepared for this initiation of the new world order, and have moved their vital assets to other nations like Dubai where the headquarters of giant corporations like Haliburton are presently located, and have also moved their finances all over the world. Hence in a comfortable ditching of the US ’ship’, they, ‘Elites’, will continue to control global finances while the United States citizen saves himself along with America.
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calyx:
Chief you asked this question before but i thought it was a mistake but to ask it a second time I am very tempted to ask how old you are_{and mayb not if you are done with primary school edu}Otherwise how would anyone think sanusi with all the heat and suspicion around his reform will still appoint notherners as MDs of banks run by southerners. . .a non-brainer

You are simply a waste of orgasm. When idiots like you cannot defend a position they resort to diversionary personal attacks to hide their stupidity.

Again with the mind reading, next you will tell me what Sanusi ate last night and what he will eat tomorrow afternoon, silly pig.

From the same pig on another section

Forums / Career / Re: Chemical/process Engineers Forum on: September 02, 2009, 02:37 PM
Hi House,

Pls am scheduled to do an exam that has to do with chemical/ process engineering - mainly bachelors degree level and mainly calculations. I studied materials engineering for my bachelors anyway.

Could anyone help me with materials to prepare for this exam. possibly downloadable materials. Thanks

MyJoe:
[(1) We expect that shareholders will be given time to recapitalise banks
(2)  We are looking for new capital injection from investors from both local and foreign banks, and we would expect that the creation of an asset management company to remove some of the toxic assets and boost liquidity.
(3) We would expect that, if in the event that banks cannot be saved, we want an orderly exit. That would protect the depositors and the shareholders.
(4) And we will also consider government ownership as an interim arrangement depending on the time we are able to get buyers.  So these are all options under consideration. ]

Someone please enlighten me on the main problems here.

There are no problems at all.

It is just that some people have taken a position on this issue and will try to do everything to arrive at that position even if the motor dey for reverse.

Sanusi may have acted in a haste.

Sanusi may have simply allowed all the banks to sack their CEOs.

Now, regardless of what Sanusi did not do right concerning this issue what concerns us is that his actions are in order and timely too.

All the permutations, insinuations, conjectures, mind reading and assumptions will not turn the newspaper claim into a fact.

Fact don't lie, facts are steady.

Let us stop reading the minds of people or manufacturing excuses to support a fallacy.

MyJoe:
We have been told that the Vanguard story was not original. It was authored by a group determined to keep Soludo in office and sent to various media houses but was published by only Vanguard. Anyway those who allege Northern conspiracy will have to adduce proof to convince me. We all know there is a "North-South dichotomy", but we have to make assessments and draw conclusions based on facts. First a close friend told me Northerners will be appointed CEOs. When that did not materialise he told me to wait till the boards were reconstituted. Now some have been and hardly are there any Northerners. If SLS's agenda is a Northern takeover, where are the parameters for the takeover? How many northerners have the money to buy banks, anyway? Since when did Northerners start banking? Everyone talks about corruption in Nigeria, but the moment someone does something about it, this is all you hear - "selective justice", "Northern agenda", etc. Anyway, I am here, watching,

God bless you real good.

Even Ribadu that did something about corruption is being castigated by Nigerians.

What do we really want in this country?

Are the allegations and audit reports by CBN wrong? Do we have individuals being granted loans in billions without any collateral?

Even if all corrupt Nigerians are arrested and jailed today we will hear the same story of Northern agenda or ultimate plan by a group.

yawmee:
Afam, your logic would have won me if you hadn't included the Northern theory conspiracy.

Truth is that Sanusi has not given too much thought to most of these actions. The whole thing is beginning to sound like a big joke. There is no common thread of logic that binds his actions. Wema is good and BankPHB is not. Unity can survive and ETB needs cash infusion.

I will shout it on the mountain top: Sanusi's actions will not restore confidence to the banking sector. Simply because he is doing the same thing that he is punishing the banks for.

Go figure!The media will probably not tell you that.

This post is based on the correctness or otherwise of a newspaper claim that CBN had plans to sack 5 top banks in Nigeria and deliver same to the hands of some Northern people that lost out in the last consolidation exercise.

The cost of misinformation is usually high even though they may seem harmless.

I want to trust the media and asking relevant questions like these will help otherwise it may amount to the media seeing the reading, watching and listing public as mere pawns that are used to make money and I don't like that.

lekywhite:
Whats the name of your company? As a web solution provider your company should have an official email address through which we can submit our cvs.

GBAM!!!

Yoola2007:
God Help Nigeria!!! , Nigerians are the most complex human beigns on the surface of the earth i found so difficult to understand. It `s amazing how some people will place Ribadu and Ibori in the same category of criminals. What criteria are we using to place Ribadu in the same category as treasury looters. , is it because he rejected 15 million us dollar bribe from Ibori, or because he also refused 500,000 dollars and a Jet  offer from one of the governors,  or because he was a thorn on the flesh of criminals like James Iboris of this world.

I think the issue here is that corruption has been legalised in this country. The slogan now is if you can`t beat them you join them; , here is Ribadu who has got the Gut required to refuse to join them and yet we are still labelling him criminal . We all have the responsibility to celebrate him now that he is still alive. We shouldn`t wait till when he`s no more before we start talking about his achievements as is the culture of Nigerians. I honestly pray that God will deliever us from this pull him down syndrom.

If we have issues with the way and manner he went about prosecuting and exposing these criminals , it`s a diferent matter; However, none of the people accused by Ribadu has been able to prove that he was been accused wrongly. What i strongly believe we should be talking about is how we can effectively fight Corruption in this country without an iota of politics. I am sure that Ribadu, as humble as he is, may also have one or two lessons to pick -up from this forum.

Thank you so much.

I have refused to be shocked again. We are our own worst enemies.

mikeansy:
5 top banks does not translate into 5 topmost

so why is this debate an issue

You can be a top bank without necessarily being the best.
this is just a trvialization of the real issue. it is what it is, an attempt to takeover 5 banks through the back door, the position these banks maintain on the strata is of little consequence.

and on the sacking of 3 more ceos how do you explain the actions of the cbn given that they earlier told us that there wont be further sacks. why are we so ok with tolerating discordant tunes from cbn?

Well, since it is obvious that you have taken a position regardless of the facts I see no point in responding to the same thing over and over again.

As regards the content in bold trust me I prefer to tolerate discordant tunes from CBN any day to tolerating misinformation, lies, conspiracy theories from the media.

Since you have avoided abi twisted the "top 5 banks" issue can you now tackle the last question I asked earlier?

How many of the new bank MD/CEOs are Northerners?

mikeansy:
who determines a leading or lagging bank?

What not who. Capital base, customer base, liquidity etc

mikeansy:
and how does it matter to this debate?

What? It has everything to do with the issue unless you want be act like the Federal Government that will want you to believe what it tells you regardless of the facts on ground.

Now, people are manufacturing reasons to include sacking additional 3 just to prove that the Vanguard report was wrong. Why must we get to this?

So, the number 5 is the only important parameter to support a newspaper report even when the report claimed there was a plan to take over the 5 top banks in the country by the North.

Meanwhile, how many of the new MD/CEOs are from the North?

Let us for once stick to facts, logic and common sense. Present the facts let the reading public make up their minds. Do not attempt to think for anybody and more importantly do not try to convince anybody. Just the facts.

So, you guys are claiming or maintaining that the 5 sacked bank CEOs were in charge of the 5 leading banks in Nigeria. Is this correct?

Just answer this fundamental question as it goes a long way in making things clear.

At least Unity bank did not engage in the crazy unrecoverable and reckless loans the other banks engaged in.

It is better not to have enough than to owe a lot without any hope of recovering the debt.

The decision to spare Unity bank was a good one and should be applauded even if to teach the reckless lenders that banking is not all about cooking the books.

No wahala.

In fact they should send some of these 13 yr old parents to Nigeria for just 1 year and I bet they would not want to play with sex until they are close to 30 years.

It is actually a shame that people still die from simple ailments just because of the state of the health care system and of course poverty.

Is this

Ikomi:
DNA Tests Show 13-Year-Old Not Father of Baby Born to Girl, 15

The results, revealed in high court last month and made public Monday, showed the father is 15-year-old Tyler Barker, who lived near baby Maisie's mother Chantelle Steadman in Eastbourne, southern England, AFP reported. Barker was 14 when Steadman became pregnant.

Five more boys in Eastbourne, East Sussex, also said they slept with the girl.

The story of Alfie, who was initially believed to have fathered a baby when he was 12, has renewed calls for Britain to get its teen pregnancy epidemic under control.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown said previously he was worried by the story and that the government did all it could to prevent teenage pregnancies.

Alfie, who is also from Eastbourne, was "extremely distressed" when told he was not the father, according to court documents.

supposed to be a rebuttal of the original post?

If yes, then you must have missed the following from the original post.

Afam:
Earlier this year another 13-year-old, Alfie Patten, from Eastbourne in East Sussex, was believed to have become a father after his 15-year-old girlfriend conceived. But, DNA tests later showed that another 15-year-old was the father.

Britain has the worst teenage pregnancy rate in Europe, with an estimated around 43,000 teenage mothers created in England every year.

Some months ago vanguard went to town that the CBN was planning to sack the CEOs of 5 top banks in Nigeria in a plan by some people who may have lost out in the consolidation exercise to take over the banks.

When CBN sacked 5 CEOs some months later some people maintained that Vanguard saw this coming and even though the the banks involved were not the 5 top banks in Nigeria Vanguard and its supporters were adamant that they had everything covered.

Now, a few days ago CBN concluded the audit of the remaining banks and 3 more bank CEOs were fired.

How does the Vanguard claim fit into this now?

Did the 5 banks suddenly change to 8 banks?

The reason why I am asking this question is to make the average Nigerian aware of the machinations of the media houses who would do anything to make money including feeding Nigerians with misinformation, half truths, conspiracy theories and sometimes out right lies.

Nigerians must demand responsible journalism from our media houses.

Even obvious mistakes and blunders are not apologized for.

Ikomi:
Tell me what you have added to this conversation since you came in if not insultive diversions.

Listen if you confess you are an animal that knows how to use the internet, there is a big chance you might earn yourself a place in the Guinnes book of records.

Na wah ooo.

If na for Nigeria e happen the Western media go don turn am into another thing and the ignorant oyibo wannabes wey full hear for join them.

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A schoolboy aged 13 has become one of Britain's youngest fathers, it has been reported.

The boy, from Manchester, was "chuffed to bits" after his 16-year-old girlfriend gave birth to a baby girl this week, the Daily Mirror said.

His father told the paper: "My son is mature for his age and will make a good father. He will make a better dad than most 25-year-old men would."

The young couple's identity cannot be revealed for legal reasons. They are said to have been in a relationship for some time, although they did not go to the same school.

His father added: "He isn't bewildered about about what has happened. He was a bit shocked at first but now he's chuffed to bits."

Earlier this year another 13-year-old, Alfie Patten, from Eastbourne in East Sussex, was believed to have become a father after his 15-year-old girlfriend conceived. But, DNA tests later showed that another 15-year-old was the father.

Britain has the worst teenage pregnancy rate in Europe, with an estimated around 43,000 teenage mothers created in England every year.

This latest case comes after new measures to deal with teenage pregnancies announced by Gordon Brown this week. He said teenage parents on benefits would be forced to live in "supervised homes" instead of being given council houses.

"It's time to address a problem that for too long has gone unspoken: the number of children having children," he declared.

In 2007, there were 42,918 pregnancies among under-18s.

Source: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20091003, 3-6323e80.htm

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I agree it takes a strong heart to post reviews here as you may be faced with different comments from those that make sense to those that are nonsense.

But if you don't want people to post here why would you post here concerning help with scratch card implementation 24 hrs ago? Personally if you know what you are doing posting a website for reviews why people will post comments would be better as long as you take valid points made and apply them if need be.