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If not for modern day technology, some public servants would have argued white color to be red and people would have been forced to believe them because of their status. The Chairman of the NLC, Mr. Emmanuel Ademokun, said on Thursday 5th Dec. 2013, that he was beaten to stupor by thugs allegedly sponsored by the state government. He made the statement while speaking with newsmen after the state chapter of NLC and TUC embarked on an indefinite strike (which has been called off) over unpaid allowances by the state government. It was alleged that worker who were trying to enforce the strike at the Palm House Secretariat Complex located along Sapele Road, Benin City, were ambushed by thugs and beaten up. In his word, Mr Emmanuel Ademokun, the Chairman of NLC said:

"We were out this morning after holding meeting with our workers on the progress we have made so far on the issue of Salary Relativity and we went to Palm House to monitor compliance when Oloye's boys swam on us like bees, beating my members, shooting sporadically into the air even as some persons in police uniforms shot tear gas at us. As I speak with you, some of my members who were seriously injured were taking treatment at some major pharmaceuticals, you can see my swollen head. We watched helplessly as Loye (PS, Ministry of Environment and Public Utilities) gave directives to the boys to continue to disrupt us even when I told them that we came for peace and not to fight. The use of thugs by government or its agents will not deter labour from fighting for what belongs to them"

Contrary to his claims, a video has emerged of how Mr Emmanuel Ademokun instigated thugs to attack directors and permanent secretaries in the State. In the video, he said, ".......We will leave here and move round, any director we see in the office, we are going to push him out of the office" After which they match to various ministries, beating up workers and ordering them to lock up their offices.

http://www.allaroundgist.com/2013/12/busted-edo-state-nlc-chairman-emmanuel.html#more


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGclMwj-bb4

This is sadly hilarious because it shows that people worship fame. Boi...see the way that naija woman begin complain....just to take picture with an unknown person...all in the name of (he is a celebrity) lmao

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPYlbYg0gOE&feature=share

You are one of those petty people who think the progress and success of another takes from you. You try to overshadow everyone around you, before you and after you. You are the prototypical “Mr. Know it all”. You’ve never said “I don’t know” on any topic, ever. Of course this means you surround yourself with idiots who will agree with you on anything and need you for financial gain and you need them for your insatiable ego. This your attitude is a reflection of the country. It is not certain which came first, your attitude seeping into the country’s psyche or the country accepting your irresponsible behavior for so long.

Like you and your minions, it’s a symbiotic relationship. Nigeria has descended into a hellish reality where smart, capable people to “survive” and have their daily bread prostrate to imbeciles. Everybody trying to pull everybody else down with greed and selfishness — the only traits that gets you anywhere. Money must be had and money and power is king. Even the supposed down-trodden agree with this.
Nigeria accused me of fraud with the Ministry of Health. As you yourself know, both in Abeokuta and Abuja I lived in your houses as a Senator. In Lagos, I stayed in my mum’s bungalow which she succeeded in getting from you when you abandoned her with six children to live in Abeokuta with Stella.

I borrowed against my four-year Senate salary to build the only house I have anywhere in the world in Lagos. I rent out the house for income. I don’t have much in terms of money but I am extremely happy. I tried to contribute my part to the development of my country but the country decided it didn’t need me. Like many educated Nigerians my age, there are countries that actually value people doing their best to contribute to society and as many of them have scattered all over the world so have many of your children.

I can speak for myself and many of them; what they are running away from is that they can’t even contribute effectively at the same time as they have to deal with constant threats to their lives by miscreants the society failed to educate; deal with lack of electricity and air pollution resulting from each household generating its own electricity, and the lack of quality healthcare or education and a total lack of sense of responsibility of almost every person you meet. Your contribution to this scenario cannot be overestimated.

You and your cronies mentioned in your letter have left the country worse than you met it at your births in the 1930’s and 1940’s. Nigeria is not the creation of any of you, and although you feel you own it and are “Mr Nigeria” deciding whether the country stays together or not, and who rules it; you don’t. Nigeria is solely the creation of the British. My dear gone Grandmother whose burial you told people not to attend, was not born a Nigerian but a proud Ijebu-Yoruba woman. Togetherness is a choice and it must serve a purpose.
As for Nigerians thinking I have their money, when it was obvious I was part of the Yar’Adua (government’s) anti-Obasanjo phenomenon that was going on at the time. The Ministry of Health and international NGOs paid for a retreat for the Senate Committee on Health. The House Committee on Health was treated exactly the same way. The monies were given to members as estacode and the rest used for accommodation, flights and feeding. While the Senate was on the retreat in Ghana, the EFCC asked the House Committee to return the monies they received for their retreat and asked us in the Senate to return ours on our return which I refused, as it was already used for the purpose it was earmarked for in the budget that year which was to work on the National Health Bill.

The House Committee had not gone on their retreat. I did nothing wrong and my colleagues and I on the retreat did our work conscientiously. I asked the EFCC not to drag my colleagues into it and I am proud I suffered alone. As is usual in a society where people who are not progressive but take pleasure in the pain of others, most Nigerians were happy, not looking at the facts of the matter, just the suffering of an Obasanjo.
As the people that stole their millions are hailed by them the innocent is punished. When the court case was thrown out because it lacked merit even against the Minister, no newspaper carried the news. The wrongful malicious prosecution of an Obasanjo was not something they wanted to report; just her downfall. But it really wasn’t about me, it was about right and wrong in society and every society gets the fruit of the seeds it sows.

How do you think God will provide good leaders to such a people? God helps those who help themselves. I have realized that as an Obasanjo I am not entitled to work in Nigeria in any capacity. I am not entitled to work in health which is my training, or in any field or anywhere in the country or participate in any business. I have learnt this lesson well and there are societies that actually think capable, well-educated people are important to their society’s progress. Apparently, unless I am eating from the dustbin, Nigerians and possibly you will not be satisfied. I thank God it has not come to that based on God-given brains and brawn.

When I left Nigeria in 1989 for graduate studies in America, you promised to pay my school fees and no living expenses. This you did and I am grateful for because, working in the kitchen and then the library at University of California, Davis and later, working on the IT desk and later as a Teaching Assistant at Cornell gave me valuable work ethics for life. I wouldn’t have it any other way. As a black woman in the early 21st century, I have achieved much and done more than most. My wish is that black girls all over the world will have the capacity to create their lives, make mistakes, learn from it and move ahead.

Moving back to Nigeria, thinking I wanted to serve was obviously a grave mistake but one brought about by the tragic incident of April 20, 2003. This was the day five people were shot dead in my car. The mother of the children was an acquaintance I had met only one day before the incident.

We had attended the same high school and university but she was there ten years earlier than I. She had also studied public health in the UK as I had in the US. It was these coincidences that made us connect on our first meeting and then she decided to visit on the Saturday of the election of 2003 when the incident occurred. I am scarred for life by that incident and I know the mother was too as we both looked back to see two men on each side of my car shooting.

I understand her trauma and her behaviour since then can be judged from that. Nigeria is a nasty place that pushes people to lose their compass. I participated in the campaigns leading to the elections that day, more because this was my first experience of electoral process in Nigeria. Growing up there were no elections and I was too young in the 1979 and 1983 elections. It was interesting to see democracy at work. When Gbenga Daniel who I campaigned for offered me a job, I probably would have declined it, if not for the memory of the dead.
I felt I had to engage in making the country progress and to avoid such incidences in the future. I don’t need to tell you or anyone what kind of governor and person Gbenga Daniel is. As usual when I found out, you would not listen to my opinion but found out for yourself. I also campaigned for Amosun for the Senate in 2003. I have had some wonderful Nigerians do good to me, I will never forget the then Minister of Women Affairs, who saw me talking in the crowd at a campaign event and was alarmed and said “bad things can happen to you out there, I will give you one of the orderlies assigned to my office to follow you”. This was the police man that died in my car that day. I never really thought bad things would happen to me, I moved around freely in society until that shooting scarred me and I accepted a police detail. I was constantly scared for my life after that.

You called me after your vengeful letter as usual, looking out for yourself and thinking you will bribe me by saying the APC will use me for the Senate. Do you really know me and what I want out of life?

Anyone that knows me knows I am done with anything political or otherwise in Nigeria. I have so much to do and think to make this world a better place than to waste it on fighting with idiots over a political post that does no good to society. That letter you wrote to the President, would you have tolerated such a letter as a sitting President? Don’t do to others what you will not allow to be done to you. The only thing I was using that was yours was the house in Abuja where I left my things when I left the country. I eventually rented it out so that the place would not fall apart but as usual you want to take that as well. You can’t have it without explaining to Nigerians how you came about the house?
As I said earlier, this is not about politics but my frustration with you as a father and a human being. I am not involved with what is currently going on in Nigeria, I don’t talk to any Nigerian other than friends on social basis. I am not involved with any political groups or affiliation. You mentioned Governor Osoba when you spoke to me, yes I was walking down the street of Cambridge, Massachussets a few months ago, when I looked up and saw him reading a map trying to cross the street.

I greeted him warmly and offered to give him a ride to where he was going. This I did not do because I wanted anything from him politically but because that is how I was raised by my mother to treat an adult who I really had no ill-will towards. Some said he was part of the people that manipulated the elections for me to lose in 2011. I don’t have any ill-will to him for that because I think they did me a favour and someone has to win and lose.
I had told you I wasn’t going to run in 2011 but you manipulated me to run; that was my mistake. Losing was a blessing. As usual you wanted me to run for your self-serving purpose to perpetuate your name in the political realm and as the liar that you are, you later denied that it was you who wanted me to run in 2011.

In 2003 I ran because I wanted to and I thought getting to the central government I will be able to contribute more to improving lives and working on legislation that impacts the country. I found that nothing gets done; every public official in Nigeria is working for himself and no one really is serving the public or the country.

The whole system, including the public themselves want oppressors, not people working for their collective progress. When no one is planning the future of a country, such a country can have no future. I won’t be your legacy, let your legacy be Nigeria in the fractured state you created because, it was always your way or the highway.
This is the end of my communication with you for life. I pray Nigeria survives your continual intervention in its affairs.
Sincerely,
Iyabo Obasanjo, DVM, PhD
Massachusetts,
USA.

In what is turning out to be a season of open letters, daughter of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Iyabo, has ruled out further communication with her father till death, describing him as a liar, manipulator, two-faced hypocrite determined to foist on President Goodluck Jonathan what no one would contemplate with him as president.

Senator Iyabo Obasanjo in a letter to her father accused him of having an egoistic craving for power and living a life where only men of low esteem and intellect thrive.

In the 11-page letter dated December 16, 2013 exclusively obtained by Vanguard, Iyabo accused her father of orchestrating a third term for himself as president, cruelty to family members, abandonment of children and grandchildren, and also, a legendary reputation of maltreatment of women.

Iyabo who forswore further political engagements in Nigeria denied any political motive for her missive, and described Nigeria as a country where her father and his ilk have helped to create a situation where smart, capable people bend down to imbeciles to survive. She particularly noted her experience as chairman of the Senate Committee on Health when she led the committee on a retreat appropriated for in the budget only for her to be prosecuted for it.

Iyabo, first child of the former president, started the letter titled, Open Letter to my Father with a 4th century Chinese proverb by Mencius which states: “The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.”

Her letter:

“It brings me no joy to have to write this but since you started this trend of open letters I thought I would follow suit since you don’t listen to anyone anyway. The only way to reach you may be to make the public aware of some things. As a child well brought up by my long-suffering mother in Yoruba tradition, I have been reluctant to tell the truth about you but as it seems you still continue to delude yourself about the kind of person you are and I think for posterity’s sake it is time to set the records straight.
“I will return to the issue of my long-suffering mother later in this letter.

“Like most Nigerians, I believe there are very enormous issues currently plaguing the country but I was surely surprised that you will be the one to publish such a treatise. I remember clearly as if it was yesterday the day I came over to Abuja from Abeokuta when I was Commissioner of Health in OgunState, specifically to ask you not to continue to pursue the third term issue.

“I had tried to bring it up when your sycophantic aides were present and they brushed my comments aside and as usual you listened to their self-serving counsel. For you to accuse someone else of what you so obviously practiced yourself tells of your narcissistic megalomaniac personality. Everyone around for even a few minutes knows that the only thing you respond to is praise and worship of you. People have learnt how to manipulate you by giving you what you crave. The only ones that can’t and will not stroke your ego are family members who you universally treat like shit (sic) apart from the few who have learned to manipulate you like others.

“Before I continue, Nigerians are people who see conspiracy and self-service in everything because I think they believe everyone is like them. This letter is not in support of President Jonathan or APC or any other group or person, but an outpouring from my soul to God. I don’t blame you for the many atrocities you have been able to get away with, Nigerians were your enablers every step of the way. People ultimately get leaders that reflect them.

“Getting back to the story, I made sure your aides were not around and brought up the issue, trying to deliver the presentation of the issue as I had practiced it in my head. I started with the fact that we copied the US constitution which has term limits of two terms for a President. As is your usual manner, you didn’t allow me to finish my thought process and listen to my point of view. Once I broached the subject you sat up and said that the US had no term limits in the past but that it had been introduced in the 1940s after the death of President Roosevelt, which is true.
I wanted to say to you: when you copy something you also copy the modifications based on the learning from the original; only a fool starts from scratch and does not base his decisions on the learning of others. In science, we use the modifications found by others long ago to the most recent, as the basis of new findings; not going back to discover and learn what others have learnt. Human knowledge and development and civilization will not have progressed if each new generation and society did not build on the knowledge of others before them.

The American constitution itself is based on several theories and philosophies of governance available in the 18th century. Democracy itself is a governance method started by the ancient Greeks. America’s founding fathers used it with modifications based on what hadn’t worked well for the ancient Greeks and on new theories since then.

“As usual in our conversations, I kept quiet because I know you well. You weren’t going to change your mind based on my intervention as you had already made up your mind on the persuasion of the minions working for you who were ripping the country blind. When I spoke to you, your outward attitude to the people of the country was that you were not interested in the third term and that it was others pushing it. Your statement to me that day proved to me that you were the brain behind the third term debacle. It is therefore outrageous that you accuse the current President of a similar two-facedness that you yourself used against the people of the country.

“I was on a plane trip between Abuja and Lagos around the time of the third term issue and I sat next to one of your sycophants on the plane. He told me: “Only Obasanjo can rule Nigeria”. I replied: “God has not created a country where only one person can rule. If only one person can rule Nigeria then the whole Nigeria project is not a viable one, as it will be a non-sustainable project”

“I don’t know how you came about Yar’Adua as the candidate for your party as it was not my priority or job. Unlike you, I focus on the issues I have been given responsibility over and not on the jobs of others. It was the day of the PDP Presidential Campaign in Abeokuta during the state-by-state tour of 2007 that Yar’Adua got sick and had to be flown abroad. The MKO Abiola Stadium was already filled with people by 9am when I drove by (and) we had told people based on the campaign schedule that the rally would start at noon.

At 11 am I headed for the stadium on foot; it was a short walk as there were so many cars already parked in and out. As I walked on with two other people, we saw crowds of people leaving the stadium. I recognized some of them as politicians and I asked them why people were leaving. They said the Presidential candidate had died. I was alarmed and shocked. I walked back home and received a call from a friend in Lagos who said the same and added that he had died in the plane carrying him abroad for treatment and that the plane was on its way to Katsina to bury him.

I called you, and told you the information and that the stadium was already half-empty. You told me to go to the stadium and tell the people on the podium to announce that the Presidential candidate had taken ill that morning but the rest of the team, including you and the Vice-Presidential candidate would arrive shortly. I did as I was told, but even the people on the podium at first didn’t make the announcement because they thought it was true that Yar’Adua had died. I had to take the microphone and make the announcement myself. It did little good. People kept trooping out of the stadium. Your team didn’t arrive until 4pm and by this time we had just a sprinkling of people left.

That evening after the disaster of a rally, you said you had insisted that the Presidential candidate fly to Germany for a check-up although you said he only had a cold. I asked why would anyone fly to Germany to treat a cold? And you said “I would rather die than have the man die at this time.” I thought of this profound statement as things later unfolded against me. Then I thought it a stupid statement but as usual I kept quiet, little did I know how your machinations for a person would be used against me. When Yar’Adua eventually died, you stayed alive, I would have expected you to jump into his grave.

I left Nigeria in 1989 right after youth service to study in the US and I visited in 1994 for a week and didn’t visit again until your inauguration in 1999. In between, you had been arrested by Abacha and jailed. We, your children, had no one who stood with us. Stella famously went around collecting money on your behalf but we had no one. We survived. I was the only one of the children working then as a post-doctoral fellow when I got the call from a friend informing me of your arrest.

A week before your arrest, you had called me from Denmark and I had told you that you should be careful that the government was very offended by some of your statements and actions and may be planning to arrest or kill you as was occurring to many at the time. The source of my information was my mother who, agitated, had called me, saying I should warn you as this was the rumour in the country. As usual you brushed aside my comments, shouting on the phone that they cannot try anything and you will do and say as you please. The consequence of your bravado is history.

We, your family, have borne the brunt of your direct cruelty and also suffered the consequences of your stupidity but got none of the benefits of your successes. Of course, anyone around you knows how little respect you have for your children.
You think our existence on earth is about you. By the way, how many are we? 19, 20, 21? Do you even know? In the last five years, how many of these children have you spoken to? How many grandchildren do you have and when did you last see each of them? As President you would listen to advice of people that never finished high school who would say anything to keep having access to you so as to make money over your children who loved you and genuinely wished you well.

“At your first inauguration in 1999, I and my brothers and sisters told you we were coming from the US. As is usual with you, you made no arrangements for our trip, instead our mom organized to meet each of us and provided accommodation. At the actual swearing-in at Eagle Square, the others decided to watch it on TV. Instead I went to the square and I was pushed and tossed by the crowd.

I managed to get in front of the crowd where I waved and shouted at you as you and General Abdulsalam Abubakar walked past to go back to the VIP seating area. I saw you mouth ‘my daughter’ to General Abdullahi who was the one who pulled me out of the crowd and gave me a seat. As I looked around I saw Stella and Stella’s family prominently seated but none of your children. I am sure General Abdullahi would remember this incident and I am eternally grateful to him.

Getting back to my mother, I still remember your beating her up continually when we were kids. What kids can forget that kind of violence against their mother? Your maltreatment of women is legendary. Many of your women have come out to denounce you in public but since your madness is also part of the madness of the society, it is the women that are usually ignored and mistreated. Of course, you are the great pretender, making people believe you have a good family life and a good relationship with your children but once in a while your pretence gets cracked.

When Gbenga gave a ride to help someone he didn’t know but saw was in need and the person betrayed his trust by tapping his candid response on the issues going on between you and your then vice-president, Atiku Abubakar, you had your aides go on air and denounce the boy before you even spoke to him to find out what happened. What kind of father does that? Your atrocities to some of my other siblings I will let them tell in their own due time or never if they choose.

Some of the details of our life are public but the people choose to ignore it and pretended we enjoyed some largesse when you were President.
This punishing the innocent is part of Nigeria’s continuing sins against God. While you were military head of state and lived in Dodan Barracks, we stayed either with our mum in the two-bedroom apartment provided for her by General Murtala Mohammed or with your relatives, Bose, Yemisi and your sisters’ kids in the Boys Quarters of Dodan Barracks. At QueensCollege, I remember being too ashamed to tell my wealthy classmates from Queen’s College, Lagos we lived in the two room Boys Quarters or in the two room flat on Lawrence Street.

No, we did not have privileged upbringing but our mother emphasized education and that has been our salvation. Of my mother’s 6 children 4 have PhDs. Of the two without PhD, one has a Master’s and the other is an engineer. They are no slouches. Education provided a way to make our way in the world.



http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/12/iyabo-obasanjo-writes-father-says-dear-daddy-dont-nigeria/
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/12/iyabo-obasanjo-writes-father-calls-liar-manipulator-hypocrite/
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Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, the Edo State governor, has granted the pledged he made to revive Technical Education in the state by doling out grants worth over N100 million to all state owned technical colleges, including the College of Agriculture, Ugioriakhi, through the World Bank SEEFOR project in the state.

The Governor was represented by four Commissioners which includes the Commissioners for Higher Technical and Tertiary Education, Hon Washington Osifo, Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Comrade Abdul Oroh, the Commissioner for Women Affairs, Hon Mrs Maigida and the Commissioner for Arts and Culture, Mrs Jemitola Aanena. The Commissioner for Education called for strict adherence to the procurement guidelines set by the World Bank and urged Principals and Project Implementation Committee members to rise to the occasion by ensuring implementation of the agreed school improvement plans.

The SEEFOR Coordinator in the state, Mr Taiwo Akerele praised the state Government for its support for quality education, skills acquisition and manpower development in the modern economy. He announced that the efficient utilisation of this fund will encourage the SEEFOR and the State Government to replenish the funds in the 2014 fiscal year.

The World Bank, the European Union and Edo state government are collaborating to get full accreditation for courses and programs offered by Technical schools in the state through the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE). This is being pursued through the SEEFOR strategy which aims to equip the schools and train teachers through a direct grant to the schools. Under this phase, the schools have been given the sum of Twenty Three Million Naira each amounting to over a Hundred Million Naira across the state. The schools are Technical Colleges in Benin, Afuze, Irrua, Igarra, College of Agriculture Ughioriaki and the Skills Acquisition Center in Aduwawa.

http://www.allaroundgist.com/2013/12/edo-state-governor-grants-pledges-worth.html

I present to you a real & rare king, who is not only a king by title but he is a king at heart. He is just a rare gem.

The king of Jordan, King Abdullah II Bin Al-Hussein, helped push citizen's car that was stuck in snow over the weekend. Jordan's King Abdullah II came to the rescue of a family whose car got stuck during a freak snow storm. The royal was among the bystanders who pushed the vehicle free from the drift on a street in Amman during a blizzard at the weekend. The monarch had been visiting the city to check on the progress of work to clear the roads after the winter storm. To us, it is surprising but to the Jordanians, it's normal; as a Jordanian quoted

"May God bless His Majesty King Abdulla II. This is not a surprising news, as our great King is well-known for his exceptional good manners and deeds in serving his beloved people...God bless our King again and again!!! For non-Jordanian it could be a surprising news but for us it's not...His majesty is used to doing such things to be close to his people."

Can someone please show this video to our kingsmen? This's someone i can call a man of rare character. Humility + Nobility! Man of the people and for the people. May God bless the King!
http://www.allaroundgist.com/2013/12/wow-king-of-jordan-king-abdullah-ii-bin.html


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2gFDinkXRA

Omo see gobe! This woman is looking for her boyfriend on facebook. The guy blocked her and disappeared after impregnating her. lol! While the dude was skinning dip into a mentally deranged lady, he thought he got swag....and now that his ass his grassed, he is on the run. The guy better man up and come out from hiding to clean his mess before kastala go happen. rodflmao.

"Keneisha Bucknor krave post this fi me u see the one christopher alexander williams weh born november 4 1987 and u madda name marcia and u father dead u gwaan go round me call yuh hear u nuh wah own up yuh baby, weh u f**k me without boots fan dem mek me tell yuh this blood claat if u nuh come mine u baby and come gi me some support me ago find u rass and duppy yuh bumbohole people me a beg u fi share this cause him block me pon fb and me wah him see this me a come fi yuh bumbohole jus wait man."

This is seriously hilarious and i just can't hold back. Men....be careful oh lolzzzz!
http://www.allaroundgist.com/2013/12/lmao-pregnant-girlfriend-on-rampage-in.html

This is absolutely incredible and it gives goose pimples. 11 years old South African poet, Bothlale Boikanyo, who won South Africa Got Talent 2012 performed this breathtaking poem in one of her presentation. With all the craziness of Africa, watching this little piece of talent perform, makes me proud to be African! How many Nigerians can be this proud to be Nigerians?

http://www.allaroundgist.com/2013/12/my-first-black-president-awesome.html


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5xhWXzRFks

Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and the Edo widow incident may have become a thing of the past to some Nigerians but the world is not going to forget it in a flash. Femke Van Zeiji, a Dutch journalist working in Nigeria used Comrade Adams as an example to how Nigerian politicians treat their electorates like shit. She added that Nigeria is filled up with plenty Oshiomoles who are not all politicians.
http://www.allaroundgist.com/2013/12/dutch-journalist-says-nigeria-is-filled.html

This video was captured at the Traffic Enforcement Agency along Sapele Road in Benin City.
According to the cameraman who happened to be one of the victims, "On this day, while driving around Sapele Road, a female traffic officer jumped out of an obscure location, raised her hand on a 45 miles/hour traffic. Immediately, every driver came to a screeching halt. Some other traffic officers (mostly males) rushed out of their cars and started arresting all the drivers for "made up" offenses. It was later learned that it is their strategy to arrest and exploit the driving masses. On the way to their office, they requested for bribes. If you bargained too low, they took you to the office and their supervisor will then set the non-negotiable bribe amount. 5,000 Naira bribes were paid by most drivers on this day."

http://www.allaroundgist.com/2013/12/this-is-crazy-watch-how-traffic-law.html#more


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAT-Mtp24Dk

American gossip blog blast the judges of Nigeria Got Talent for belittling a 22 years old Emmanuel Udeh who auditioned as a dancer in NGT Asaba. Watch the video below and check out between Emmanuel's dancing talent and Kate Henshaw's singing talent, which is worse. SMH!
http://www.allaroundgist.com/2013/12/american-gossip-blog-bossip-blast.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzVxEVfr8Og

Men with small willy, if it will console you in anyway, know that you are not alone in the fight. A man with a small penis but big balls that are big enough to make him come out and face the world that he actually has a small manhood, has made a cockumentary about whether size matters.

30 years old Patrick Moote from Los Angeles whose girlfriend refused to marry because of his 'too small' penis decided to travel the world to talk with men, women and medical experts in a bid to answer the age-old question "does size matter?" He compiled all the conversations he had into a documentary titled 'Unhung Hero'

When asked by New York Post why he decided to make his small-penis a public concern, he responded by saying "I've always gone after things i'm insecure about head on and i saw an opportunity to answer a question that i think was bothering a lot of guys and me. Even when i was telling people about it, i never felt like i was embarrassing myself that much. It was almost like doing a service for men in general."

Meetings with medical specialists confirm that Mr Moote has a 'below normal' size penis. Refusing to give the exact size away, Mr Moote told Rolling Stone magazine: 'I did a lot of measuring, and anyone who's done it enough knows that there's anywhere from an 1/8 to 1/4-inch fluctuation on any given day. It's such a fickle creature. But if you were to say that the average penis is around five-and-a-half inches, I'm below average.' However, over a series of interviews with women on the street, Mr Moote was comforted by the fact that while size is an issue for many, it's not a huge one. Recalling their responses he said: 'You either get, "Oh my God, no! That would never be a problem," or "Oh yeah. Big time. That's a big problem." It's almost fifty-fifty.'

He discovered that being 'too big' can be just as much of a problem, and he added that the film isn't just about penis size, but about embracing all kinds of insecurities "I think it’s a conversation people should have. People are so terrified to talk about it, but something we got into a lot is that all men are insecure about it. Nowadays, there’s just as much pressure on men in terms of body image, who you're supposed to be, and what you're supposed to look like."

A YouTube video of the fail went viral, scoring over ten million hits, and Mr Moote’s girlfriend told him that one reason she couldn't marry him was that his penis was too small. He said that he knew it was an issue in the relationship, but didn't realize it was a deal-breaker. 'You can tell when, sexually, you're getting somebody's motor running or not. I felt like I wasn't, but I didn't think she would run out, either,' he said of the incident.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1qJ7V9oC5Q

Mr Moote is now back on the dating scene. Since news of his film broke, he says his penis often becomes a topic of conversation at the dinner table. "It's interesting because the times that the penis has come up, I think I've set the bar so low, girls are just surprised I even have a penis. A girl I had been on a couple of dates with before, it came out and she said, "Oh, my God, it's not that small." And i said "That's not really a compliment." The expectations are so low i can't disappoint.

He said after his extensive search to find out whether penis size matters in 2013: 'I don't feel like I have a really small penis, I just know it's not a particularly impressive or special penis. But it's my penis, I love it and it's great. But I'm still insecure about it. This wasn't a magic cure-all for me. It's not like I'm walking into parties and dropping trousers.

*Unfortunately, size does matter but not all women can accommodate a large one. Some willy are too long and could be painful and some are too thick. Some are too thin and you can't feel it. what's pleasurable to some could be nightmare to others...from short-thin-long and thick. lol! Everyone has a different fit. But if it's like waving a pencil in a cave(when your 'cave' isn't actually very cave-like) it's never gonna work. However, an intelligent mind, a good sense of humor and a sweetheart mean so much more than the size of a man's manhood.
Enough being said, watch the thriller of the cockomentary lol
http://www.allaroundgist.com/2013/11/men-cry-no-more-size-doesnt-matter-man.html
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghPZ3KxAYSQ

http://nypost.com/2013/11/26/this-man-made-a-documentary-about-his-small-penis/

This was just too unfair and it's seriously the height of unprofessionalism on the part of Kate and Dan. This guy who says his name is 'Heaven', showed up for the Nigerian Got Talent audition in Portharcourt, only for Kate Henshaw to embarrass him and walked out on him in company of Dan Foster when he tried singing, simply because his name is 'Heaven'.
Poor guy! What do you think of Heaven's audition?
http://www.allaroundgist.com/2013/11/this-is-so-unprofessional-kate-henshaw.html


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Se_-IT0W4A

Hehehehehehe.....Men are in serious trouble! In case you are yet to fathom the image in the pictures, it's ehmm p*nis jail. lol! The device serves/help women in padlocking their husbands/boyfriends organs. It's called 'Male Chastity' and it gives the keyholder absolute control over the joystick.

Here is how it's been advertised:
"Male chastity devices restrict a man from touching his genitals for sexual pleasure. The male chastity device gives the keyholder control over the sexual fulfillment of both partners by denying the wearer the touch he has had all of his life.
His focus is now on when he can experience sexual gratification, and the keyholder has complete control over the wearer's pleasure.
This denied access means the wearer must please the keyholder in order to receive the pleasure he craves."

Although, it's harsh but i hear it's very effective and comes in different sizes. lolllzzz. You can get the willy jail at CB-X.com for $150. Except the men that like kinky stuff, i'm sure no normal man who can't control his willy will agree to this. lol. See Gombe! No more excuse!!!!!!!! lmao
How many of you will like to experiment this? lol
http://www.allaroundgist.com/2013/11/this-is-serious-women-can-now-lockup.html

appelmoieddy: Nice1 0p, but kindly edit you(r) topic

thnks boo

I guess these two will always be like this. Yesterday, Linda Ikeji posted something about Tonto Dikeh sending a shoutout to her haters. The news didn't go well with Tonto because not only was the news fake, the account was as fake as the news. This morning, Tonto took to twitter to give many seats to Linda to sit down. lol! Linda of all people should have known that wasn't Tonto Dikeh's real account....anyway, she has deleted the post from her blog.

That being said, Tonto woke up this morning with the sole intention of making today miserable for Linda.
She tweeted:
"Wen ll u grownup n learn?? Wen really wld u eva b happy enough 2ignore d hate u feel inside?U re sufferin n I feel Bad 4u but am Prayin 4U
U choose not to write abt ma success,fuckin big deal but u Reduce n embarrazz ursef by pickin Fake new from fake Account,U re dyin slowly
Itz painful coz I c d amount of effort u putting into diz but all Am akin u Iz Aint u seeing d Way All d bulletz fall down Y FOOL U,Bye*
I ve gone beyond hating,Now Am praying for U** #POKO"

Tonto, I can imagine how you feel but don't forget she didn't hate on you when you were depressed and attempted suicide. She may be a pin in the ass but deep down, she is a nice girl.

http://www.allaroundgist.com/2013/11/why-embarrass-yourself-by-picking-fake.html

I'm so lmao and i'm not sure how Kanye West and Kim Kardashian are gonna take this. Few days ago, Kanye West released a new musical video 'Bound 2' which features Kim Kardashian. The video already has more than 6 million viewers on Youtube and also has more dislikes than likes because of the negative critic from both fans and haters.

Hollywood actors, James Franco and Seth Rogen, who are currently shooting a movie together, decided to do a parody of Kanye's Bound 2 in their free time and the above video is result.
Seriously, i love James Franco and i love his parody of Kanye....and i hope he is ready for Kanye's rant....because Kanye is never gonna let this slide.
http://www.allaroundgist.com/2013/11/james-franco-seth-rogen-clown-kanye.html


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNYJNI7HSsA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBAtAM7vtgc

pharmow: It is very wrong of you to indulge in insulting someone for their opinions. If U don't agree with someone's opinion state yours and move on and stop being primitive.




For those justifying what could have transpired between the deceased woman and the accused. I also like giving benefit of doubt to an accused and looking at a case like this from different angle. Because no matter what, an authority of a country will never give an account which support a foreigner that testified to murdering a citizen of their country irrespective of what transpired between them. However, no matter how many angles you look at this case from, it is a pity that this guy has both hands deep in total mess.
Firstly, Let's assume that the story from the police is genuine. There is no further story, the dude will be convicted of first degree murder and will face appropriate punishment.
Secondly, Let's assume the story from the police is false. There are two possible scenarios. The first one is that the woman had an interior motive for taking the boy to her house which could be for sex or for other reasons known to her. While at her house the deceased threatened him with scissor in order for him to agree to her demand. If this is the case, the guy doesn't have a solid case because it would be believed that he is stronger than the woman and can easily overpower her, take the weapon from her, walk away and inform the police of the sexual harrassment. Also, a woman that wanted to have sex with you is not likely to wanna kill you. Hence, no argument for self defence here. The second scenario is that the woman basically single out this guy because he's homeless and hence nuisance to the community. She took him to her house in order to involve him in racial slur and racial killing. If this is the case, then the same argument for the first scenario applies. He's stronger, could have overpowered her, take the weapon from her and inform the police immediately for insecurity of his life. However, let's imagine the unimaginable scenario that this woman is one heck of strong 60 year old muscle that overpowered an 18 year old hard knock homeless guy and was on the point of killing him with her scissor. The guy's counsel can argue self defence of his life. But from the evidences and the aftermath of the happenings, self defence is useless because (1) the woman's phone was used to trace the guy which means that he robbed her before or after her death (murder intention). (2) he did not suffer from body injury. Hence the woman did not attack him and he killed her for his selfish interest (3) He strangled the woman with scarf and covered her face with plastic bag hence there was intention for murder. Otherwise he would have left the woman when she had been weakened by the enstranglement before she died (4) he did not report the case to police, which implies that he knew what he did and believed he's not gonna be caught.

From the arguments presented above, it is very likely that the police account is genuine or the first scenario of the woman trying to have sex with him. In either case I'm certain that this dude will be convicted of first degree murder and face maximum punishment ie. life imprisonment.
Another argument his counsel can present to avoid the maximum punishment is that he's mentally ill as at the time of incident. But he doesn't have a dime, so how can he get a good lawyer? and Italians will never accept a foreigner killing their citizen to go scot-free. His story is a sorry one that has just an outcome. Thank God for him that Capital punishment has been abolished in EU. Else, he would have faced firing squad of mean looking Italian soldiers

Italians are racist but not wicked. If the woman didn't want to help him, she wouldn't have invited him to her house. There are many Nigerians here who go about begging and some people who don't have money, give them food and clothes to wear. If he is innocent, he will be set free. Few months ago, a Ghanaian boy killed 4 people with axe very early in the morning, a street before house and at the end, he was sent to a psychiatric home because to the italians, his mind was clouded with the frustration of being in another man's country without a job and a life. The wickedness and racism in us is worse than that of the italians and thanks to them thousands of jobless Nigerians in italy are still living today. Meanwhile, update of d news states that the woman was married and it was her husband that found her body with her skull partially destroyed.

Police in southern Italy have arrested an 18-year-old Nigerian boy on suspicion of murdering a 60-year-old Catherine Susca outside the coastal city of Bari. Catherine was found semi-naked with a plastic bag over her head and her skull crushed in her apartment in Torre a Mare. According to investigations, the death of Catherine Susca was caused by the beating she received in the course of the attack, suffocation with a plastic bag dropped on her head and strangulation with a scarf.

The Nigerian boy, Donald Nwajiobi, who lives in Bari but homeless, confessed he killed the woman in self defense after she attacked him with a pair of scissors and he also claimed to have acted alone. However, investigators will verify whether there were accomplices.

Donald said he had met the victim at Torre a Mare on the morning of the incident and asked her for food; the lady who was in the car asked him to follow her home with a promise to give him something to eat.

The police think once in the house, Donald tried to steal from the woman and was caught in the act, which would have led the 60 year old woman into trying to chase him out of her house with a pair of scissors, but Donald attacked her and suffocated her with a plastic bag after beating her up.

Some money was stolen from the deceased plus a mobile phone with which he was tracked down by the police.

Donald was remanded in prison after the judge, Sergio Di Paola, ruled that he could be dangerous to free him on bail for he could kill again and probably flee.

http://www.allaroundgist.com/2013/11/nigerian-boy-donald-nwajiobi-arrested.html

What is happening here in Nairaland? The front page is filled up mainly with celebrity news that make no sense whereas news affecting Nigeria is left apart to never make front page. When one writes about the misgivings of PDP, it makes front page but when one writes about the misgivings of APC, it never make front page, no matter how important it is.

The other day i posted the video of how Edo State politicians plan to cover up their tracks after rigging the local government election, the people who commented begged for it to make front page while some people warned it will never make front page because it had everything to do with APC. Behold, it didn't make front page even with the video the meeting.
http://www.allaroundgist.com/2013/11/apc-politicians-plan-how-to-cover-up.html

I guess the admin of Nairaland should make it known to everyone if trivial news are more important than important news.

SLIDE waxie: i don't care wot u say, but only a fool will remain truthful in Nigeria under the context of an election!!

So, when i knw that all other parties will rig to death, i shld just expect truth to prevail and fold my arms?

What sane man leaves his property for robbers without doing all things to protect it?

So as a Christian, if u av a gun and an arm robber tries to break into ur home with ur family around, will u abide by 'thou shall not kill' rule and watch him molest, terrorize, maim and loot ur family or shoot him at the slightest opportunity?

Even though u knw u av killed, u will still face the court and claim its in defense. ain't it?

So, if PDP, who will rig was able to amass 30,000 extra votes for itself, will it count as APC's? Only a fool won't counterattack an opposition's tactic!

In 2003 in ogun state, we voted for AC, PDP won! Clear day robbery!
By 2007, we voted again for ACN against PDP, but now, the people won. Did u knw how?

Cos we went all out against the robbers, those who can participate in the robbery did so, but this time, they carried the loot to our side!

Stop being an hypocrite! We knw in edo, the PDP who has lost the seat will come back in full force and that required more stern counter-measures!
Who is a saint, you?

U are an example of d mentally retard people burying naija and still complaining about d hardship and lawlessness of d country. I'm not a politician, but i av got conscience to know what's wrong from what's right. While good nigerians are fighting tooth and nails to make d country a better place for all and d future generation, ur type comes out to defend d corrupt politicians because of the remnant u get from their tables. U should be ashamed of urself. U r not worthy of being a Nigerian.

Unblockable: Is this a source, or an error??

what do u mean?

Nigerian politicians hoodlums are so dubious that they can go extra length to win rig their elections. The video you are about to watch will shock some people while others who are used to the ways of Nigerian political hoodlums will say 'na their way'.

Right before the LG election of last month, a chieftain of the PDP in Edo State, Chief Clifford Eineh, raised an alarm over the alleged plans by the APC to rig the council election in Esan North East LGA of Edo State.
In a statement, Eineh said:

"We are using this opportunity to call on all security agencies to beef up their strategies to avert rigging and manipulations during the council election as scores of strange faces have invaded our communities ahead of the polls. We are more particularly concerned about the security of lives and property across Esan North East Local Government Area, especially the hinterlands like Uzea and several other villages in Uromi. We particularly call on the Inspector General of Police, IGP, the Edo State Commissioner of Police, the Department of State Services, DSS, and other security agencies to rise to the challenge of defending our nascent democracy as we have reliably gathered that there are plans by the APC - led government in Edo State to announce a concocted result on the council election in their favour from Government House, Benin City. Our people shall definitely resist any result that does not emanate from the election."

Most people thought he was bluffing, being a member of the PDP who are good at rigging elections. #oops! Well, while speaking at the swearing-in of the council chairman at Government House in Benin City after the election late last month, Gov. Adams Oshiomhole had said:

"I am embarrassed that the police are involved in carrying electoral materials, arresting EDSIEC returning officers and coercing them into a police station and converting it into a collation centre supervised by policemen imported from Abuja and Lagos in order to subvert the will of the people of Esan North East".

In response to the governor's allegation, the Minister of Works, Mike Onolememen, reacted to both the governor's allegations and the re-run election in Esan North East LGA in which the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Sam Oboh was declared winner. He said he was shocked by the level of "baseless allegations" made by Oshiomhole, who he described as a "self-appointed emperor". He challenged the governor to tell Nigerians whether it was the result that were "forcefully" signed in Uromi that he (Oshiomhole) used in declaring Oboh as chairman or the one signed in Government House.

Speaking through his media aide, Tony Ikpasaja, the minister said it was untrue that he deployed his personal security to rig the election which the state government was conducting for a third time.
He said:

"I am at loss as to how a mere 'VIP' Protection Escort could have rigged an election covering 106 polling booths in 11 wards spread across the local government area in the presence of over 200 armed policemen. The good people of Edo State and indeed Nigerians are living witnesses to the deception in one-man-one-vote principle of the governor. The facts of the Esan North East council election are there for all to see."

He noted that despite the state government's manipulation of the election process, "the good people of Uromi stood their ground and expressed their preferences through the ballot."

According to the minister, the election turned out to be one of the fairest in the history of local government elections in the state with unprecedented turn-out but lamented that the Edo State Independent National Electoral Commission (EDSIEC) succeeded in disenfranchising thousands of voters through deliberate delay as accreditation and voting started at 2pm in most polling booths.
He added:

"To the amazement of all, while the votes were still being collated and counted as at 7 pm at the collation centre in Uromi, headquarters of Esan North East local government area, Governor Oshiomhole's EDSIEC went on air in Benin City, about 80 kilometres away to announce a forged and contrary result declaring the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Sam Oboh, as the winner."

Just as they say, 'the truth always comes out'. After rigging the Esan North East local government election, the APC members had a meeting to plan on how to cover their tracks and someone in the meeting had the guts to record it all.

In the video is the newly elected Chairman Esan north-east LGA - Hon. Sam Oboh, who happens to be the person sitting at the middle with a face cap on his head and asking for the electoral officers name and their phone numbers. I wonder what Adams Oshiomhole is going to do with this video and how he intends to defend it. Whatever was left of his credibility is seriously at stake.

If these were to happen in any other developed democratic country, these gentlemen will all go to jail for contravening the electoral law.

http://www.allaroundgist.com/2013/11/apc-politicians-plan-how-to-cover-up.html#more


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06KKumyOgNU

#SFBatKid Will Make You Cry Today. Well, this is going to make you cry. Miles is a five-year-old kid in San Francisco who suffers from leukemia. According to Make-A-Wish foundation:

"Miles may only be 5 years old but he is fighting a very adult battle, one that we hope he will win. Miles has leukemia. He is a bright, positive, little boy who finds inspiration in super-heroes. When we interviewed Miles for a wish, he surprised even his parents: Miles wants to be Batkid!"

The good people at the Make-A-Wish foundation organized an event with 10,000 volunteers to help turn the city into Gotham City by staging an elaborated Batventure for him so he can be a Batman for real. Miles ran around the city "fighting crime" in a series of organized events that helped him lived his dream. Even the president of the United State, President Obama sent him a Vine message. I wonder why bad things happen to innocent people sometimes. Anyway, get your tissue ready because these incredible pictures you are about to see are gonna make you cry.
To see more pix and President Obama's message, click on the below link
http://www.allaroundgist.com/2013/11/heartbreaking-watch-10000-volunteers.html#more

Airforce1: What do I stand to gain from these?

u will gain a lot when u stop thinking of what u stand to gain and start thinking of how to affect people in positive ways.

Freiburger: Nice job you 're doing out there, continue the good work.
So when are we expecting the results?

The results will be out on d evening of Nov.30th.

Missy_B: Voted

Tnk u so much Missy, i got ur mail. U rock!

Dear Nairalanders, I have a good news for you.....I have been nominated for the 'Africa Italy Excellence Awards' for the category of Best Youth Entrepreneur of the year. I was nominated not only because i run my things, but also because i give back to the society the proceeds i get from my blog.

From the proceeds of this blog, i started a yet to be registered NGO - 'Breed The Child Foundation' which oversees the little uncared-for children between the age of 6-15 from unavailable parents in my community. These children have no moral supports, they hook-up with hoodlums, they are uncared for, they have got parents who care less about what's happening in their kids lives, they are filled up with anger and frustration which often led them into violence and majority of the parents can't even afford their children's primary school education.

I cannot go out to talk to the ladies and guys here who are involved in crime and prostitution, but with the help of my team, i can breed and inculcate good moral upbringing into the little ones at home who are growing up without good role models and moral supports and make them independent thinkers who can create great ideals without fear of being shut down, give scholarships to those who are interested in education and teach others who who aren't, some handwork skills and trades.

To support my dream of making the world a better place in my own little way, Plz click on the below link and cast your vote for my humble self, Edoh Cynthia Ese, as the 'Best Youth Entrepreneur' in the Green Star Category of Africa-Italy Excellence Awards.

http://www.divinoeventorg.net/awards/vote/

http://www.allaroundgist.com/2013/11/i-got-nominated-as-best-youth.html?showComment=1384505218644#c5247625386289901638

My dear Nairalanders, I have a good news for you.....I have been nominated for the 'Africa Italy Excellence Awards' for the category of Best Youth Entrepreneur of the year. I was nominated not only because i run my things, but also because i give back to the society the proceeds i get from my blog.

From the proceeds of this blog, i started a yet to be registered NGO - 'Breed The Child Foundation' which oversees the little uncared-for children between the age of 6-15 from unavailable parents in my community. These children have no moral supports, they hook-up with hoodlums, they are uncared for, they have got parents who care less about what's happening in their kids lives, they are filled up with anger and frustration which often led them into violence and majority of the parents can't even afford their children's primary school education.

I cannot go out to talk to the ladies and guys here who are involved in crime and prostitution, but with the help of my team, i can breed and inculcate good moral upbringing into the little ones at home who are growing up without good role models and moral supports and make them independent thinkers who can create great ideals without fear of being shut down, give scholarships to those who are interested in education and teach others who who aren't, some handwork skills and trades.

To support my dream of making the world a better place in my own little way, Plz click on the below link and cast your vote for my humble self, Edoh Cynthia Ese, as the 'Best Youth Entrepreneur' in the Green Star Category of Africa-Italy Excellence Awards.

http://www.divinoeventorg.net/awards/vote/

http://www.allaroundgist.com/2013/11/i-got-nominated-as-best-youth.html?showComment=1384505218644#c5247625386289901638

This is shocking and disgusting. Watch how South African police humiliate and abuse youngsters who were out on a lazy night to play pool and mingle with friends in a tavern. The night out turned into a nightmare when cops stormed into the venue and abuse the youths, kicking them, beating them up, pouring drinks and water on them, hitting them with police baton etc all in the name of law. What is really the matter with African police officers? Why do they like taking laws into their hands?

http://www.allaroundgist.com/2013/11/watch-how-policemen-brutally-abuse.html


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=888I-Ihhsuc

Big boiz thinz! Access card to the traditional marriage ceremony between Peter Okoye of P'Square and Lola Omotayo. The marriage which is schedule to be held on Nov.17th is gonna be the bomb.

http://www.allaroundgist.com/2013/11/see-electronic-access-card-to-peter.html

Cossy Orjiakor has threatened to take legal actions against rumor monger bloggers who published stories about her being in a porn movie. She said aside 'Itohan', a movie in which one of her nipple slipped, she has never acted and will never act in a porn movie. She added that she is a super freak who is very adventurous on bed.....#clearthroat.... and that she has got all those freaky stuff like cuffs and all...and that she is not a saint...i.e if you ever imagined her to be one. hehehehe Una hear? Cossy is not smiling oh....you all bloggers should mind what you write about her.

http://www.allaroundgist.com/2013/11/cossy-orjiakor-threatens-to-take-legal.html
https://twitter.com/allroundgist