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Sincere 9gerian: My brother, no be small thing. GEJ is busy cleaning the mess left behind by OBJ and co.
Imagine what has been achieved in recent years:
1. Nigeria is African Cup of Nations champion.
2. Nigeria is U-17 World Cup Champion
3. Nigeria is Mandela cup champion
4. Nigeria is the Catalonia Cup champion
5. Nigeria was elected as non-permanent member of United Nations security council.
6. Nigerian was elected as first black man to head ICAO
7. Nigerian was the Forbes African Person of the year 2013
8. Nigeria Petroleum Minister was elected first woman to head OPEC
9. Nigeria built her first made in Nigeria drone
And so and so forth.

And the price of garri in the market keeps increasing

BRF is working

greatgod2012: And by the way, @op, how is your baby and madam doing. How was the christening ceremony. Thanking God for you and your family. Hugs!

Thanks a lot, baby and her mum are doing fine, The christening went well also

PORT HARCOURT— Twenty-three local government chairmen in Rivers State have defected to All Progressives Congress, APC, assuring that they would mobilise grassroots support for the party.

Chairman of Port Harcourt City Local Government and Chairman Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, Rivers state, Mr. Chimbiko Akarolo, who spoke on behalf of the others during a meeting with the acting chairman of the party in the state, Mr. Davies Ikanya, said they were going to work for the victory of the party in their local governments in all elections.

He said: “We want to assure you (referring to the APC Chairman) that we will work with you collectively. We want to reassure you that as mobilisers and grassroots politicians, we are leaders, we will not disappoint this party.

“We want to reassure you that as various leaders in the various LGAs, we will continue to sensitize our people on the programmes of our party sensitize them and re-engineer them on the manifesto of our party and where the party is going to and how progressive the party is.”

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/12/23-rivers-lg-bosses-decamp-apc/

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola has urged Lagosians to adopt more positive attitude towards public facilities so as to ensure optimal use of resources.

He also decried the conversion of roads and its setbacks to market, sales points and workshop, saying it amounts gross abuse of public facilities. The Governor spoke at the handing over 16 completed roads in Mushin.

He disclosed that the N87 billion sourced from the bond market is being deployed to pay contractors on projects being undertaken by his administration.
He declared, “our roads are common property. How we use it, is our responsibility. We must behave as responsible people by avoiding trading on the road or doing car wash or mechanic works on the roads”.
Fashola explained that only an effective partnership between the people and the government will guarantee meaningful and gave the assurance that his administration will deliver life changing projects in Lagos.

He implored Community Development Associations, CDAs, Moslem and Christian clerics to continue to preach peace and tolerance which are factors that determine togetherness that sustain our infrastructure.
The Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat stated that the road projects are part of the State government’s efforts at upgrading the socio-economic infrastructure available in Mushin, one of the identified less developed communities in the State.

Hamzat listed the new roads as Akanro/Ishaga, Akinyemi Crescent, Badejo Kalesanwo Street, Olanibi Ojekunle Street, Kekereowo Babalola Street, Ronke Street, Akinlawon Street, Ajana Street, Sadiku Street, Paul Okuntola Street, Eniola Street, Apesin Street, Kelani Street, Oyewuwo Street, Folarin Street and Oke Onijo Street. The total length of the roads is 10km.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/12/fashola-charges-lagosians-road-usage-hands-16-roads-mushin/

Thanks to everyone who shared our joy and for your prayers. Sorry I've not been able to respond to everyone, as there are sooo many things to be done as a new father

I pray God will make this happen for everyone at the right time. For those that are pregnant God will grant you safe delivery. For those that are still waiting on God for a child, God will bring smile to your faces just like He did for us.

You are all invited to the naming ceremony next week

And on behalf of Mr, Mrs and Miss Apoti we say a big thank you

PS: my wife had no idea that a gave an update on NL...lol

Father, mother and daughter

I'm now a proud father

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I'm soooo happy and I give all the glory to God. Thanks to everyone for their prayers.

******update********

Wow I can't believe this thread is on fron page.

My wife dilated to 10cm within 3 hours. And she push the baby out within the next 30 mins. My wife is sooooo incredible.

********update*******

In the last few hours she's been induced, her water has broken, she was given a drug in the drip to speed up her contractions.

After 3 attempts, they been able to give her epidural and she's not feeling any pain again. I'm so happy cos those contractions were so painful.

We are waiting for dilation to reach the suitable stage were she can push.

******* update *********

We are at the hospital mow. We were told to come because she saw some blood. She is being examined and the baby's heart is good.

And we've been told the baby is likely coming today

I think Fela Anikulapo Kuti first called them "Yellow Fever"

*******update*******

Thanks to everyone

After series of contractions throughout the night, the mucus plug came out this morning. For those who don't know, the mucus plug is a sticky liquid at cervix that blocks the womb and prevent bacteria from getting to the uterus.

We called NHS 111 immediately, and we are told its part of the delivery process and that shows her body is getting ready. They said we shouldn't come to the hospital until the contractions becomes very frequent like every 5 mins.

So finger crossed

To me the special thing about Mandela was not the fact that the went to prison or what he did before he went to prison.

I feel what made him special was the life he lived when he came out. I just finished watching his documentary and was moved. He did not allow the bitterness of spending 27 years in prison influence him.

He lived for peace and reconciliation. Whilst he was in prison the hatred between the whites and the blacks in SA was beyond control.

He was able to reconcile them and made them forgive each other genuinely. When he became president, he embraced everybody equally both the black and white minority. And he didn't persecute those that jailed and tortured him.

Outside SA, he criticised the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. He used his influence to raise billions of pounds to fight aids and poverty in Africa

He was really special

Man Utd is currently doing a Christmas offer. All you need to do is play them at Old Trafford, they will give you 3 points free of charge.

Thanks to everyone for commenting and wishing us safe delivery.

Sorry I've been busy on site and it's so cold, I couldn't use my phone.

On a lighter mood, my wife has been having some wierd and funny cravings since she got pregnant.

She craved for fufu, ewedu, akara etc and those things are hard to get here in the uk

I remember one day she woke me up like 4am that she wants to eat moi-moi omo mehn, I prepared the thing before I went to work o
over the last few days the only thing she could eat very well is puff-puff I had to learn how to make it

I just can't wait for this phase to be over

chaircover: Very funny thread. I am sure that dayo, mynd and jaybee are following the thread for totally different reasons . . . .

apoti wishing your wife a safe delivery. God will be with her all through and she will have an easy delivery Amen. Congratulations in advance.

Thanks and Amen to your prayers

Royal Roy: Nice update bros Apoti.


Emmm emm.....don't you have a psychological fear of using your YEKINI to hit the baby on the head?

I really feel somehow about that.

Lool... I have that fear o, as in I talk about it everytime we do the thing.

The last time we went for a scan, the midwife said the baby's head is already down at the cervix and can come down anytime.
But they said nothing can touch the baby as she's well protected in the sac

Mynd_44: **Brings out pen and paper**

and how do you handle the bosoms? is that restricted to touching alone?

Bros this is not a sexuality thread o

Gudintent: Uncle apoti, e dan nack an hour since your last update o

Bros bear with me. I'm not telling a story, I'm giving updates as things happen. So this might take a very long time

Mynd_44: If madam asks for it and he too needs it he should not? Besides, some doctor say it is a good thing

They told us we can do the thing till the very last day, which makes me very happy.

dayokanu: chei bros you still dey Kongo madam at week 38?

Na so we see am o bros, kongi is no respecter of person

Well she has gone back to sleep and left me wide awake wandering through Nairaland.

Apparently, its one of the "fake" contractions we were told about. I guess we'll have some more before the baby finally comes.

gratieao: You mean FFK wrote this?
What Igbo saw in 1966.................

Who is Igbo?
What did he/she see in 1966?

She woke me up 3am this morning, saying she is feeling frequent contractions.
The contraction is getting worse and more frequent

I think it may have been triggered by what we did last night. Don't ask me what we did o

Ok my wife is 38 weeks and 2 days pregnant today. Her EDD is actually on 18th of December.
We got married last year, so it's our first baby and we are very excited

I think she might give birth anytime from now as she has started feeling somehow. So I will be givi ng a real time update of the experience

Simple unbiased truth from FFK. I'm not really his fan, but I can't fault this piece.

The Northerners should be the last, I mean the very last set of people to issue threats. I wish the South can come together as one, but we are too busy hating on each other.

Oh not again,

I hope this is not true

Scotland could be independent on 24 March, 2016, if voters back leaving the UK in the independence referendum, the Deputy First Minister has announced.

The date is included in the Scottish government's White Paper, described as a "blueprint" for independence.

Nicola Sturgeon said it was a "landmark document" which had economic growth, jobs and fairness at its heart.

The Scotland Office said naming a date weakened the government's negotiating position in the event of a yes vote.

The Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael said the vote posed "a very real danger to the future of the United Kingdom".

Ms Sturgeon said the White Paper, which will be published on Tuesday, would drive the independence debate.

"This guide to an independent Scotland will be the most comprehensive and detailed blueprint of its kind ever published, not just for Scotland but for any prospective independent country," she said.

"It is a landmark document which sets out the economic, social and democratic case for independence."

Ms Sturgeon said the 670-page document was designed, above all, for the public and urged people to read it, compare it with any alternative future for Scotland and make up their own minds.

An initial print run of 20,000 copies has been produced but it will be made available to everyone who requests a copy.

The independence referendum will take place on 18 September next year, and the proposed Independence Day of Thursday 24 March, 2016, follows the dissolution of the current Scottish Parliament, which is set to be scheduled to take place at midnight on Wednesday 23 March, 2016.

March 24 is also the anniversary of the Union of the Crowns in 1603.

A Scotland Office spokesman said: "Naming the date of independence ahead of a referendum result would only weaken the Scottish government's negotiating position if Scotland voted to leave the UK.

"People in Scotland still don't know the full terms the Scottish government would try to negotiate but the 28 members of the EU, Nato and the rest of the UK would all know that for the Scottish government the date is more important than the deal.

"We agree people should read the White Paper and the UK government's evidence and make up their own mind on the referendum issue."

Speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, the Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael argued that the union was in the interests of all UK voters.

He said: "I think there are people all over the country who kind of take the existence of the United Kingdom for granted.

"What we've got to get across is that this is a very real danger to the future of the United Kingdom and that in fact the United Kingdom is good, not just for Scots.

"It's good for people in England, Wales and Northern Ireland as well. This should not just be allowed to become some sort of Punch and Judy match between Edinburgh and London."

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-25070576