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owobokiri:
It is a lie. It is not treu that many visiting buhari are those that didn't vote for him. It is the dubious lagos-ibadam press that. Is busy creating this impression. Emir of borgu, Governor shettima and the Bornu leaders and many others have visited. On the spot, he promised so many to the bornu leaders including taking care of lake chad and searching for oil in that area. He is going to to do alll these with oil proceeds from the SS and SE! So we shouldn't demand anything from the govt of the day simply because majority of south easterners voted for their son, jonathan? We must reject ourselves to prove our patriotism? Because an opposing candidate won, we are no more entitled to what is legitmately and constitutionaly ours? Nne, that is disjointed logic if you ask me.

jomile:
it happened to me,mine was also 4yrs,at first I taught it was a joke,until it dawned on me dat it is real,d least u could do is move on,I have moved on,its been a year nd six months,now he wants me back,but am not a dog dat goes back to its vomit,just try nd be strong

Emenahagos02:
Story of how ‘naval officer’ conned and lured woman into sham wedding

A man who claimed to be an officer of the Nigerian Navy is currently enmeshed in what could best be described as a fraudulent marriage.

The man identified as Edward Benosa and who claimed to be attached to NNS Apapa, Lagos, Sunday Sun was informed, wedded a lady (name withheld) in a Catholic church in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State in June 2014 while his first marriage was still intact.

Edward, it was gathered, allegedly tricked the woman in question to foot the bills of the wedding after he reportedly showed her  a post- dated cheque of N1 million with which he claimed he intended to refund the expenses incurred by the lady.

Sunday Sun gathered that the naval officer met the lady in 2013 through a friend and they dated until the lady became pregnant early in 2014.The lady who was a youth corps member as at the time they met, a reliable source explained, was also into business.

“Along the line, a lady started calling her on phone telling her to leave her husband but she took it as one of those things, thinking the caller was Edward’s ex-girlfriend. When he confronted Edward with it, he allegedly swore with his life that he had never been married and neither did he have any child,” the source disclosed.

Not pleased with his explanation, the lady demanded to meet his parents, a demand Edward acceded to. “When they got to Lagos, the guy took her to Iba. On getting there, she saw the guy’s mother living with four children. She asked whose children they were and he told her that the children were his sister’s children.

“They later retired to a hotel room where the guy lodged her and the lady asked him if he doesn’t have a house in Lagos. He responded by telling her that he lived in the same apartment with his mother but he could not lodge her there because he didn’t want his mother to see him camping a lady he had not married formally in his room because his mother knew him to be a pious person.

“The lady said at that point she began to suspect that something was fishy. She said anytime she went to his mother’s house alone the children were always at liberty to play around but immediately Edward stepped in they would disappear.

“She later decided to ask the mother whose children they were. Shockingly, the mother, who had earlier lied about the children, later said they were Edward’s children few weeks before the wedding. She told the woman that her son told her that the children were his sister’s. Then the mother reportedly told her not to be bothered about the children since Edward didn’t formally marry their mother and since the children were not going to live with them after their wedding.

When her pregnancy was four –months-old, Edward was said to have mooted the idea of getting the pregnancy terminated to the lady on the ground that he was financially handicapped at the period, a suggestion the lady kicked against because, according to her, the suggestion was against her faith.

According to the source, Edward claimed that his salary and other allowances were being withheld by the Nigerian Navy along with some other naval personnel for their refusal to embark on a military assignment.

“Edward later told her to look for money so that they could get married. He showed her a cheque of N1 million, which he claimed was given to him by his boss. The cheque, he said, would mature after the wedding and the lady would be able to recoup the expenses she incurred on the wedding. So they fixed a June, 2014 date for the wedding

The lady, it was gathered, later secured a N500,000 loan from a bank with the intention of repaying the loan when the cheque matures after the wedding.

Curiously, Sunday Sun learnt that the lady was always responsible for Edward’s transport fares to and fro Enugu, his hotel bills and other expenses based on the understanding that his salaries were being withheld.

As preparations for the marriage approached its crucial stage, they were given Marriage Ban, a document would-be couple is expected to fill and sign with which the announcement of their proposed union would be made in their respective churches, but Edward refused to sign the document in his church in Lagos.

Sensing the implication of Edward’s refusal to sign the document the lady alongside Edward decided to make a private arrangement and got the document signed.

Since they had both agreed that the church wedding and the traditional wedding would hold on same day, Edward, who had repeatedly dodged the lady’s request to take her to his village in Delta State claiming he could not guarantee the safety of her pregnancy should she insist on visiting his village, succeeded in deceiving her.

“She wanted to go to his village but he said because she was pregnant. Let me use his language, “there are many witches in my village and I don’t want them to kill your unborn baby” so the lady did not travel to his village.

“But when the man gave the name of his village in Delta State as Uzoro Village, the lady sent her younger brother to help her locate the said village. Her younger brother was said to have travelled to Delta State but could not locate the village within the local government area he was told the village was situated.

“Before the wedding, they went to buy souvenirs and then returned to the hotel where Edward lodged. Then his phone rang but unfortunately for the guy, he was in the bathroom. So the lady had enough time to copy and save the number, she did not pick the call. When Edward returned, she told him to pick his call but he refused, claiming that the person calling him was a customer he was helping in clearing some goods, the source informed.

The lady, it was learnt, later called the number and the receiver would only compound her fear and suspicion. “When she called the number the receiver said, ‘I have been waiting for you. I am currently living with Edward and we have three children. I am your Ibo sister from Imo State. Why are you doing this to your sister?’ She told her to ask Edward if what she said was untrue and to request Edward to take her to where he lived and where his belongings were,” the source said.

When confronted with the allegation, Edward, it was gathered denied having any wife or children saying, the caller was one of his ex-girl friends.

“The lady later confronted Edward’s mother with the same allegation but she also denied that his son was married to any woman. With this you can understand that the mother was also part of the whole fraudulent plan,” the source disclosed further.

A day to the wedding, Edward, Sunday Sun learnt, arrived with only his shirt and jeans trousers without any bag. The lady who was dumbfounded hurriedly went out with him and bought his suit along with that of his younger brother, who was the best man.

The lady who had expected that their wedding ceremony would be graced by naval personnel was further shocked as no naval personnel showed up at the wedding. “As I am speaking to you the lady doesn’t know if the guy is truly a naval officer because the usual sword crossing which is a part of the ceremony when military officers are getting married did not take place during their wedding. On the wedding day, the mother came with four other guests. They finished the church wedding and went to her village for the traditional wedding and the following day, which was a Sunday, they went for thanksgiving. And on the next day, which was Monday, Edward returned to Lagos.

“Shortly after Edward returned to Lagos he started admitting that he was already married and that he has children. The woman who called her earlier also called back to taunt her, saying ‘I told you that you shouldn’t go ahead to marry him (Edward) and that he is my husband,” the source said.

Sunday Sun gathered that the lady was delivered of a baby boy in January but Edward had failed to live up to his responsibility as he was said to have abandoned the lady and her child.

But when contacted, Edward insisted that he is a naval officer but denied having been married to two other women before his marriage to the lady. “It is not true that I have been married twice. I only married once before my marriage to her (the lady),” he said.

While expressing regrets over what he called a mistake on his part, Edward said the lady failed to yield to his advice that the pregnancy be terminated. “The only mistake I made is that I went for the wedding, “ Edward lamented.

http://sunnewsonline.com/new/?p=116415

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lalasticlala:
I got this mail from a Nairaland visitor who seriously needs advice.

Please help her by offering her good and useful pieces of advice that would help raise her spirits high..

IYANGBALI:
They half gone to beg "biko forgive us,we re ready to do anything for you,including giving you our wives"

dainformant:
One Nigeria. President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari received and hosted Igbo elders who came to pay him a congratulatory visit in Abuja on Friday. The Igbo delegates made of up notable statesmen such as Gen. Ike Nwachukwu, Elder Emechebe, Gen. Sam Momah, and Col. Chris Ugokwewere led by president of Ohaneze Ndigbo, Dr Ikedife.

National Helm
http://www.nationalhelm.com/2015/04/photos-ndigbo-elders-meet-with.html

me1234:
Tinubu has begged me for forgiveness — Bode George

APRIL 26, 2015 : ENIOLA AKINKUOTU 35 COMMENTS
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Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State, Chief Bode George
Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State, Chief Bode George


In this interview with ENIOLA AKINKUOTU, the leader of the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State, Chief Bode George, speaks about the just concluded elections and other national issues

In your clear assessment, what do you think led to the defeat of the Peoples Democratic Party in the last elections?

The PDP was not defeated. We were manipulated out and history will judge what I am saying. When (Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission) Prof. Attahiru Jega came up with the use of card readers and Permanent Voter Cards, technically, you would have thought: ‘Thank God, we are in the 21st century, we have arrived.’ Take my state, Lagos, for example, 5.9 million people were registered to vote but until the week before the election which was fortunately postponed, we had 3.8 million PVCs delivered to Lagos. That means 2.1 million people were cut off. In areas where there was insurgency, there was between 80 and 90 per cent distribution rate. Most of Jega’s areas had no problems. Thank God Jega is a professor. Let’s assume that he is teaching a 400-level class in a university. He teaches Classes A, B and C. In Class A, he has completed the syllabus but in Class B, he completed 60 per cent while in class C, he only completed 30 per cent of the syllabus and they are all going to write the same examination. Is that justifiable? Is that equitable? Thus, just looking at that, would he in his own mind, be satisfied that he did a good job?

Remember he first had February 14 as the election day. We thank God it was shifted. Yet he attributed the shift to the insurgency and the military wanting to operate. In his heart of hearts, can he face his Creator and say what he did was fair? Technically, we must move with the rest of the world but this manipulation was so vicious. I come from a highly politically-inclined family. The late Herbert Macaulay was my mother’s grandfather. Thus, we have always been politically vibrant in my family. I remember the politics of the 1960s. I sat back after the elections and when I saw the political setting, I concluded that after 50 years of independence and meandering, we are back at the starting block where we were in 1960. What have we achieved? The Northern Peoples Congress is now the All Progressives Congress. The National Conference of Nigeria and the Cameroons is now the PDP which was in control of the Eastern Region and the Western Region. We have come full circle and we are back to the starting point. I love this nation but when we look at how things are being done, there is no equity, justice or fairness. I am praying we will alter the course and take the ship of state in a direction where every Nigerian will be proud to commit themselves to the unity and indivisibility of Nigeria. After an in-depth post-mortem analysis of this election, we will know that we have taken a journey that has led to nowhere.

Are you saying the elections were not credible despite President Goodluck Jonathan’s acceptance of defeat?

On the day of the presidential election, at about 1pm, when the card readers were not working, suddenly Jega said we should go manual. If you check the time it takes for a person to be accredited and the initial 500 people per polling unit and later 750; you would be shocked that over two million people were accredited in Kano within the remaining time and they all voted. We must have been a more developed country than America to pull that off. The result that came out of Kano was 1,903,999 and then I shuddered. If I have to go to a classroom to teach and analyse this result, I would say there is no improvement at all and it took us straight back to the 1960 setting. We are now back to the era whereby people vote based on tribal sentiments. This was the kind of thing (former Head of State) Gen. Yakubu Gowon wanted to stop and that was why he came up with the National Youth Service Corps programme to put all of us in a melting pot so that a Nigerian colour could emerge but we have not achieved that. Will this not haunt Jega? He should go into the inner-most chamber of his house and beg God for forgiveness. I am ready for a debate with him with facts and figures. There needs to be a total overhaul of INEC because if not, it means one section of the country will always determine who becomes President. Does that augur well for peace?

When President Goodluck Jonathan conceded defeat, he said he knew the election was manipulated and that he was not a coward but he had sworn that he would not allow any Nigerian to be killed on his own watch; thus, he threw in the towel and wished Nigeria well. His action doused a lot of tension.

There was heavy manipulation in Lagos. Why would Ajegunle, Ajeromi/Ifelodun’s ballot papers be found in Kosofe Local Government? Why would Kosofe’s ballot papers be found in Ojo Local Government? Why were hoodlums snatching ballot papers and shooting into the air? I have been calming frayed nerves because there is a graveyard silence in Lagos and people are not happy about the results. I have said we should not conflagrate Lagos. We must follow the example of the civility exercised by our President, gather our information as humanly possible and head for the tribunal.

But the South-East and the South-South gave the PDP almost 100 per cent votes. Your party also got millions of votes from Rivers and Delta states.

Most of the states in those places were originally PDP. The founding founders of our party were people who were of diverse backgrounds: Alex Ekuweme, Bola Ige, Adamu Ciroma and Abubakar Rimi came together with others to form the mega party that was Nigeria in all ramifications.

It is on record that President Jonathan got over N21bn the week he announced his intention to run. Lagos is also said to have got the largest chunk of the money in the campaign chest. But PDP leaders allegedly used the money to buy mansions for themselves instead of campaigning for Jonathan. This was said to have led to your party being outwitted by the APC. What is your response to this?

When we do a thorough post-mortem analysis, you will get the details. Those who collected the money would have to explain themselves. No kobo was sent here. I have also heard of complaints both from the APC and the PDP. It shows you the level of poverty of the mind and of the stomach. People think politics is all about self. The great orator, Cicero, said we are not born for ourselves alone but for service. If all they know is ‘grab it’, how will the money last them? The Yoruba say money is for spending. Those who stole the last time, where are they? I was inundated here with complaints of people collecting money and fleeing. It was done by the APC and the PDP. We will do an analysis and reappraise. Some people have disappeared like a submarine. We will do analysis. People cannot be fully trusted but the people given the resources will have to account for it.

Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd) has a reputation of being an incorruptible person. Do you think he can clean up the system?

The new government hurriedly put themselves together. They have no taproot; no culture. All they are after is power. On May 29, they will have the power. When I listened to Gen. Buhari’s economic postulation, I laughed. The world is in the 21st century. No one is talking about establishing Nigerian Airways or automatically turning a naira into a dollar. He said he would look into all the governors that have used their state Houses of Assembly to approve stupendous benefits for themselves. He said he would cancel it. But this is not a military government. My oga will now know what it means to deal with a National Assembly and their idiosyncrasies, state governors, political parties and their idiosyncrasies. I know Buhari to be a man that does not want any stain on his public posture. But when I was young, my mother used to say, ‘show me your friends and I will tell you who you are.’ Let my oga show me his friends and I will tell him who he is. Let him start to clean his own household because it is filthy.

I am from this state and I have been involved in politics since 1998. Bola Tinubu and I have settled our quarrel but facts are facts. Friendship is different. If I still see him, I will tell him to his face. His acquisitive tendencies know no bounds. He decided to bring (Akin) Ambode to manipulate the system and throw a lot of funds around. Where is the growth in Lagos?

Are you saying Asiwaju Bola Tinubu can stop Buhari from doing well?

Are they not in the same party? Who calls himself the national leader of the party? If Tinubu says let’s go South and Buhari says lets go East, what happens? You cannot have two captains on a ship. I told you the APC has no taproot but it is just an experimental party. I know Buhari will not want to contaminate himself but what of those who have fast hands in the tillers? We are waiting for him to announce his cabinet. Four years is a short time in the life of a nation. He is almost 73 and he should fear nothing. All he needs to do is to leave a good name behind.

You once said if Tinubu finds his way into national government, you will go on exile. Now that he has, when will you start packing your bags?

There is nothing he can do to me. I am not afraid of him and he knows that but I am now 70 and most of my children are abroad. My little girl is also abroad. I will spend more time there doing my memoirs because if I am here, I will be dealing with too many things. The book will include my 16 years of politics in Lagos and my youthful experiences.

You and Tinubu are believed to be archenemies but a member of your party, Buruji Kashamu, has described him as a role model for Yoruba and the architect of modern Nigeria. How do you see Tinubu now?

One little boy who just delved into politics said I am a mole of Bola Tinubu. He must have woken on the wrong side of his bed. Bola and I are not enemies; we are in two different parties with different ideologies. His concept of operation is at variance with mine. We are not enemies; we did not grow up together. I even went to his village in Iragbiji to campaign for our party in Osun State. I met his Oba there and they even showed me his primary school. One of his friends with whom he lived in Ibadan was my classmate at the University of Lagos.

Initially, he thought I hated him so much and convolutedly conspired to use a judge to put me in prison. Whatever you sow, you will reap. The Supreme Court said the judgment was a conjecture which means it never existed. They did not know they were helping me to go and rediscover myself. Of course it was painful. We later met at the Adamasingba Stadium Ibadan, at the burial of my good friend, Alao Arisekola. The Governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi, who is a younger brother of mine, sprang up and said, ‘Why are you and Tinubu not greeting each other?’ and I said Bola is on a different planet from mine. Oba Otudeko was also there and he said, ‘today at the burial of our mutual friend, Arisekola, we should end our hostility’ and I told them that he was involved in the conspiracy to lock me up. They called Bola, he shook my hand and said he was sorry. It was in public. Since then, if we meet in public, we greet each other but our concepts of politics are different.

For me, there is no enmity, just differences in political approaches. For me, democracy is about the people, service and the majority of the people choosing who will lead them. His own concept is imperial. He decides who should go to sleep and who gets what. Now, there is Gen. Buhari. If I remember the kind of person he is and the Bourdillon dictator, I wish them the best of luck.

There are still those who believe that if the PDP had chosen Musiliu Obanikoro, it would have performed better at the polls because he is a grass roots politician that would be able to face Tinubu. What is your take?

Obanikoro face Bola Tinubu? When people say such things, it baffles me. Let him (Obanikoro) come out openly and say it. Without mincing words, whenever he needs something, he (Obanikoro) comes here to prostrate but you see I am an irredentist of the truth. When I know that you don’t have the qualities needed for a job and you are asking me to support you, I will tell you the truth. So, he went out to say he was going to campaign on his own and I wished him the best of luck. The people decided at the primary because Jimi Agbaje was unique. The public wanted him and they voted for him. It was not about Bode George. If I were a weak leader, Obanikoro would have got away with all his shenanigans.

Why did the PDP play the ethnic card, pitting the Igbo against the Yoruba after the Oba of Lagos made threats against the Igbo? This is believed to have contributed to your party’s defeat.

That is arrant nonsense. I am happy you asked this question. Before his statement, candidates had emerged and we were getting ready for election. According to the way I was brought up in Lagos, the centre of commerce, everyone is welcome. That is why Lagos is different from every other city in Nigeria. If you come from anywhere, we accommodate you because buying and selling was our business. Thus, leaders of the South-South and Igbo came and said we should select some of their indigenes for the National Assembly and House of Assembly elections. I told them we do not select in the PDP except for where you have an advantage. For example, in Ojo, there are many Igbos. In Ajegunle, Ajeromi/Ifelodun, it is a mixture of Igbo and people from Delta. In Amuwo Odofin, there are a lot of Delta, Edo and Igbo people.

As the leader of the party, I sat down and asked my people, what is democracy? It is about representation. These people live here, have properties here and pay their taxes here. If they win, they will be representing their constituency that is made up of their own ethnic group. Already, some of them were members of their local government executive committees. They participated in the primaries and won and for the first time in the history of this state, we have some Igbos who are representing Lagos at the National Assembly. They are not representing the South-East but their people in Lagos. Therefore, it was not a matter of us playing the ethnic card. It was my friend, the kabiyesi, that was pitting the Yoruba against the Igbo. When it is time for local government elections, it would be foolish of us to go to Agege, where there is a large northern population, and present a Yoruba man as our candidate. If you want to win, you put their own person there. Lagos is the melting pot and we are showing the rest of Nigeria the way. Tribalism must be buried and totally abandoned and that was why I said we have returned to the 1960 pattern of ethnic voting.

For the first time, the Lagos PDP is on its own without federal backing. How will you survive in the opposition?

We will survive through dedication, loyalty, sincerity of purpose and absolute commitment. It is going to be tough but this is when you will sieve the boys from the men.

The failure of your party nationally has been traced to the defection of five governors, which President Jonathan did not handle properly. With the benefit of hindsight, what lessons can you take from this?

I will not like to talk about my personal views because we have not had our party post-mortem analysis. Who did what, when and how should be an internal matter. I am a leader of the party and I remain a full member of the caucus and a life member of the Board of Trustees and National Executive Committee, hence, I will not wash our dirty linen in public.

What will Jonathan be remembered for?

He will be remembered for a lot of things, one of which is his meekness which is not a sign of weakness. Even at the peak of power, he kept his cool and history will judge. He did not behave like a bull in a China shop.

Your wife is the Director-General of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. Will you allow her to continue with the Buhari administration?

If Gen. Buhari asks her to continue, I will not stop her. That is a very sensitive organisation and requires absolute trust of those in government. We are not alone in the fight against drugs. The Europeans and Americans are heavily involved in it. She is brilliant and has gone through all the trainings. She is very competent. If they want her to continue, it is fine but we have to look at those she will work with. I know Gen. Buhari. I will not say more than that.

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pedel:
Governor Rochas Okorocha will become Nigerian President after General Buhari.

Ordinary9jaGuy:
How embarrassing is this if you are a guy and you were told by a female that your pair of jeans is originally meant for women? “This can happen to anyone” I say just to console myself but the truth is that it can only happen to a category of people who do midnight shopping on the go. The kind of shopping you engage in at the early hours of the morning on your way to work and then the “Tokunbo Merchants” have their wares displayed and screaming attractive prices to your ears while brandishing the beauty of their merchandise (in an Ibo man’s accent).

I can still remember that faithful day, I was in a hurry to my newly employed job and I had been pushing going to shop for new pairs of Jeans pants (Trousers) for quite some time because I needed them in order to reduce the constant wearing of my Chinos trousers which were more official than casual.

Around few minutes past 5am, I rushed through the motor park trying to get an early bus to work. Even at that hour, people were many like it was broad day light. As I was fast walking, I heard the voice at a distance “Pick your jeans trousers here. Confam grade… One, One Thousand Naira”. I didn't want to b distracted from catching the first bus I could so I had even walked past him but buses going to my destination were still much on ground and in great demand, so I walked back to check out what he was offering for sale. Still in my hurry state, I just quickly browsed through his wares and 2 caught my eyes. I quickly paid and rushed to quickly grab a bus to my destination.

The natural thing you do when you buy from a “Second Hand” boutique (lol) is that once you get home, you run your clothing through a laundry (meaning Handwash) to get the funky tokunbo clothes fragrance out which I did over the weekend. I was really eager to try out my newly acquired faded slim fitted jeans trouser and the other was a loose faded soft jeans trouser. If me sef know be mumu, trying on the first one and seeing how suffocated my Johnson was should have been my very first clue to tell that those pants weren’t meant for me but I thought to myself, “I guess that’s how they make them now”(Mumury). Sincerely people, if you had seen how packed my junior was in this thing, most times I’d have to tuck it along with his two tag-along friends underneath my posterior just not to seem offensive in public. Ok, let’s say that was too much of a clue to have been noticed by me. Another was the issue of trying to pee while wearing this pair of jeans, omo I tell you “It was war”. I am just grateful to my healthy bladder because if not, I for don make front page many times “Grown man pees himself in Public the Nth Time” because the zipper was so tiny and short in length that when fully unzipped even my junior was unable to rear his head talk-less of emerging in his full majesty. And if this was the case with only one of the trousers, it would have been ok but both of them shared the same zipper construct.

Funny enough both trousers looked quite good on me and that even contributed to my ignorance of it ever being a female construct. I have been rocking both these jeans now for few months and even at one time, I wore the loose one to work and got quite a lot of compliments (If only I knew what I know now back then)… Chai! I’m many of you would be wondering where was his girlfriend when all wardrobe wahala dey happen?

The day of revelation of my fashion “Fvck Up” happened when I paid my sister a visit about a week ago and there’s the babe I am “chiking” in her compound. We were together gisting and she giggling at almost every sentence (Whining tinz). Na so piss hook me, I remember I felt the urge to pee before getting into a bus to my sister’s place but I suppressed it (thanks to my healthy bladder), only for it to resurface at the height of chiking levelz. Omo see rushing, I tugged at my trousers as I excused myself from the babe’s presence to the point that I was unable to make it to the toilet I had to rush back outside to take a leak. She watched me as I struggled with my trousers and belt just to set “Jonathan” free from his cage (But mine is not for 16years o… lol). And the worst part of it all was I was wearing the slim fitted jeans trousers, so upon finishing with my urine assignment, I just packed junior back into his cage un-arranged and walked by into my sister’s compound where the babe was now sitting on a white plastic chair. With a smile on my face, I walked towards her noticing her gaze wasn't on my stare but was shuttling between my face and my waist line. And soon I took a quick look at what captured her attention, only to see my “Jonathan loose in the Polls” due to inadequate monitoring of my campaign matters (no pun intended). I felt embarrassed about the situation and I “exit stage” left to my sister’s apartment. When I got into my sister’s place she was quick to admire my outfit and particularly my jeans trousers, she said it looked really nice on me. She continued by asking if I was sagging (Me, sag? Saggin is Faggin… lai lai) I was quick to object to it and then she mentioned my “rough packaging” and then I told her it wasn't my fault o that it was the jeans I was wearing, that the zipper was tiny and and it had little space to accommodate…. And then she said, “Come closer let me see the direction the zipper is sown into?” After a brief inspection, she busted out laughing “A she Jeans Obinrin lo tin wo kiri” translation “All these while you've been wearing a female jeans”. I was trying to do agidi in opposition but she then pointed out a tailoring trick used in differentiating between male jeans from female one. She said for a female jeans “the Zipper was much smaller and it is always sown from right to left (making it left Hand zipdown) while the couchy line was closer to the crotch in female” but in male’s “The zipper was much longer and it is always sown from left to right (Right hand zipdown) while the couchy line was farther to the crotch”.

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After all the analysis and explanation, I just stood there looking and feeling really stupid but at least now I know how to tell apart a female from a male pair of jeans when I intend to buy one. Na ma fault, I look like tailor for your eyes.

shammah1:
It is very clear that Nigeria has divided into 2 ethnicity. Hausa/fulani and Yoruba. The greed has just began. Desperate power mongers got what they wanted.

President and Senate President = North
Vice President and Speaker HOR = S. West

How can Nigeria unite with this? I'm also from the North but I sincerely don't support the greed APC are preaching.

God is watching...

Caseless:
APC adviced that we disregard any story in the name of zoning arrangements , as that has been put to rest right now. I shall wait to hear from them again and see which zone gets what. Bukola Saraki and gbaja are my men in this case.



I can't wait to see David Mark as an ordinary senator.

sakaguchi:
APC won't kill us in this country oo!
Choi

My Grandfather smoked his whole life. I was about 10 years old when my mother said to him, 'If you ever want to see your grandchildren graduate, you have to stop immediately.'. Tears welled up in his eyes when he realized what exactly was at stake. He gave it up immediately. Three years later he died of lung cancer. It was really sad and destroyed me. My mother said to me- 'Don't ever smoke. Please don't put your family through what your Grandfather put us through." I agreed. At 24, I have never touched a cigarette. I must say, I feel a very slight sense of regret for never having done it, because this post gave me cancer anyway.

kastonkastrol:
mr man you should stop bothering yourself about people deserting aso rock, but you should start thinking about the years you will spend in prison. if i dont see jonathan, diezani, abba moro, ffk in jail by september this year, then buhari will no longer earn my respect.

#gejmustgotojail

Sooroptimist1:
APC zones Senate presidency to North-East, Speakership to South West



Following resolutions at the APC leadership meeting in Abuja on Wednesday, April 21; which mandated the party to come up with a more acceptable zoning formula, there are strong indications that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has come up with a new zoning arrangement.

The new zoning structure, a copy of which was seen by our correspondent, takes cognisance of performance, integrity, legislative experience and ranking in considering candidates for National Assembly positions.

The new zoning formula cedes the Senate Presidency to the North-east while the Speaker goes to the South-west.


The position of Senate Leader went to the North-west while the deputy Senate President went to North-central.

Stakeholders privy to the new zoning formula from the North west and North east expressed delight with the new arrangement while some members of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) who know of the new arrangement but not mandated to speak said: “the new zoning formula is with our leaders. We only await directives to make it public.”

Meanwhile, three lawmakers eyeing the Senate Presidency from the North central are yet to respond to journalists enquiries on the party’s new zoning arrangement.

The proposed zoning table is presented below:

SOURCE:http://dailypost.ng/2015/04/25/apc-zones-senate-presidency-to-north-east-speakership-to-south-west/

cramjones:
[size=24pt]This could be the handiwork of some guy called Barcanista.
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-CramJones

zendy:
I don't see an Igbo man ever becoming by president and frankly, it is of no importance. The office of the president is more of a psychological thing than anything else. How has the presidency benefitted other zones that produced it? Did the south-South get any special benefits from GEJ's presidency? The Igbo man should think beyond the Nigerian presidency and ponder on how best to get his own country. No Nigerian president has ever done well since 1960 and none ever will because Nigeria is a fundamentally flawed enterprise. The Igbo nation should evolve into its own nation and govern its self and resources instead staying in Nigeria and wondering when the Yorubas and the northernets will seceed power to an Igbo man. We should not think small because of 'Igbo president'

CyerSeries:
I laugh you..it's a waste of limited time arguing with a low lifer like you so, fvck off my mention..

CyerSeries:
why are you ashamed to mention your tribe this wretched foool? Talk your tribe let's start from there..Why talking about Igbo? Go and solve your problem this ediot..

Mogidi:
Those who made Jonathan's administration impossible are gradually being rewarded for job well done.

Whats next?
Shekau getting the defence ministry?

At this rate Tinubu might be getting the keys to Central bank.

CHM11:
http://www.punchng.com/news/consider-ndigbo-for-appointments-obiano-begs-buhari/?hootPostID=b03c7eeb7eaea35255db9fc0ca6e20cb


I thought these people are already preparing to leave Nigeria to form Beeafra in the south east?

NaijirianKing:
Nigeria cannot do without the Igbo - and Igbo need Nigeria in order for them to continue to grow, that's why Nigeria fought tooth and nail to keep the Igbo. So Nigeria's unity is a done deal, Igbo will now continue to fully integrate themselves into the larger society. This can be seen in the fact that Igbos own 70% of Abuja and are one of the few ethnic groups that have elected Representatives in other states outside of their core.

Kingharzyz:
you have a problem, if you can still type this shit as early as 7am... use your brain and think of something else...

CyerSeries:
answer my question? Why are your people so poor and wretched with the highest rate of disease? You are are cursed by your leaders and they've used your brain for ritual that you are not able to see the bigger picture...Can't you sit down think, why are the poorest in all facet of human endeavor in this country?..the day you find answer to this question, that's when your freedom starts..for now, keep wallowing in the camp of mental slavery..

omonnakoda:
It is not rhetorical it is redundant. It is a settled question. Why is it a more important question than an Igala,Tiv,Kanuri,Efik.Urhobo or Edo President? That is not apparent to me. Compared to those groups the Ibo presidency clamour is very much at a disadvantage. It is not for others to tell Ibos what might be an upsetting and uncomfortable truth like the rejected suitor it is more dignified to say "no" and leave it at that than to offer an insulting explanation or rationale. The Ibos know the truth.There is no vacancy for an Ibo President

CyerSeries:
You are being clever by half..
Which is the poorest region in Nigeria?
Which region has the highest rate of illiteracy in Nigeria?
Which region has the highest rate of diseases in Nigeria?
Which region has least developmental infrastructure in Nigeria?
The list is on and on but answer this ones first..

StBlack1:
DO YOU KNOW?

- The average Yoruba man ALWAYS see the Ibo man as a factor against his/her progress.

- The average Northerner ALWAYS see the Ibo man as a disturbance.

To be candid, If Ibos present their presidential candidate, I pray majority of them do not get striken by heart attack when they experience the pain of seeing Yorubas vote massively against their son. Please get it right, THAT WE SEE IBOS & YORUBAS INTER-MARRY NOWADAYS MEANS NOTHING. The Germans and French inter-marry, but does that make them friends or enemies?

Social & economic events may somehow bind these two, but take it from me,
when it comes to politics between these two, Yorubas are ready to strike these people dead. If you really need to get a grasp of what I mean, let a northerner contest against an Ibo and lets see where Yorubas will massively sway their votes. ! It is a wide opinion I have well perceived from my people towards Ibos. They still believe till today that Ibos hate them, hence WHY they cant vote an Ibo man. !![/b]

Duru1:
I suggest you dwell on something more tangible than the socio-politically induced Nobel prize. No wonder Africans are considered inferior since they cannot identify themselves from a mirror.

GreenCap:
igbo president?

by wearing red cap